CWB Marketing of Barley Plebiscite... whats it about?

[just_wondering]

The question Tom is

Will the conservative government throw you back in jail for selling Barley?

I don't have the courage of my convictions to go to jail for this.

But I will fight it out through the channels we have
I saw Strahl speak today outside Saskatoon the plebicite was among many issues that he has on his plate
Bio-fuels, Transportation and shippers rights, Mad Cow, Chem OUI, The plebicite was the only divisive issue and thats the one they Campained on?

[charliep]

Terry Young did an excellent job of presenting a case for voting for one of the two open market questions.

I will note the word "BARLEY" was used throughout the article. When talking about the plebescite, my hope is that barley remains the focus and discussions are based on a business case for this crop.

[Burbert]

charliep, Answers to your questions.
1. Our farm deals within the CWB and the open market as it exists today.
2. I am currently happy with barley marketing.
3.I want the Crow, back. I want the CWB to continue to be responsive and co-operative with farmers. I want to continue to benefit from higher prices. I want the CWB to continue to lobby the government for assistance for a strong ag sector( I feel bad that Measner lost his job doing our bidding). I want the CWB to be my voice, my broker, when dealing with the multi national grain companies.
4. I will vote for the status quo. I think the CWB does a good job. I believe they have integrity and are an honest hardworking organization, with farmers best interest at heart.

There are my answers. Call me naive, but the system works for our farm!

[charliep]

You make a case for how the CWB benefits your business. Will you still market barley to the CWB in an open market setting?

[Burbert]

charliep, Possibly, depending on market conditions, price, etc. I will continue to use the board as much as possible, if it remains a viable entity in an open, dog eat dog world..

[wedino]

Burbert, In a "dog eat dog world" are you prepared to support the cwb? That being, throw some dollars toward it.

[Burbert]

wedino, Sure I'll continue to support the CWB IF it remains a viable entity. In farming we throw dollars at just about everything. A case in point, is Agrisnor Units, shares in a company that is a do nothing organization, that morphed Agrisnor from the AW Poo, ultimately became Agrisnor Unit, still pretending to be a farmers friend, trying to sell stuff. I'm having a heck of a time, trying to cash in their publicly traded shares, or trade them for Sask Poo shares. I hope Agrisnor goes the way of the do do bird ASAP. What a useless orginizationnnnnnnnnnn!

[parsley]

I thought SWP and AWP were farmer- run.

Did the farmers do something you didn't like, or what is the complaint?