Letter From Richard Gray on Malt Barley

[wilagro]

And IF you can't do better on your own? Then what? Are you going to cry and moan and advocate a return to a CWB type organization? OR will it be too late?

[Burbert]

wilagro, While we are at it, lets reinvent the Alberta Wheat Pool too! No, no we have Agrisnore, a real open market go getter, that still has elevators standing at locations across the prairies with railroads running past them, and mergers, yet they refuse to buy a kernel of grain. They want to sell us stuff. Oh wait there is another Canadian option, my friends at ESOOOOOOOOO, they want to sell us fertilizer too, talk about having to deal with scumm. Which is the best of the worst, thats where we have to deal, talk about competition WOWWWWehh!

[wilagro]

Burbert: A good idea. The "old" Alberta Wheat Pool was a farmer owned co-operative that did for the most part work to our advantage. After the business school trained management types got finished with IT, it became just another business whose main purpose was "fleece" and that is not the type that comes from sheep either.

I think these "youngsters" will just have to learn the hard way. ADM and Cargill are patiently waiting for the future to unfold.

[rainman]

Wilagro, all I want is a chance to learn the hard way!! If all the supporters are so informed as to what would happen if barley dissapeard from the CWB, then why are they hanging on so tight. If there was a choice and I could market to either side, then the CWB should show that they are so great by delivering the farmer a higher price. I think it is ridiculous how there are all of these outside forces trying to hold on to the board, and many are not farmers!

[Fransisco]

Chuckchuck said, "Individual freedoms are important but <b>responsibility to the rest of producers is also very important.<b>"

Chucky, it is not my responsibility to make your theoretical marketing plan work.

I owe you nothing.

I have no responsibility to you other than to leave you alone to do what you think is best for yourself and your business. Why can you not respect your neighbors enough to do the same?

If you can't figure out how to capture the average price that sets your heart aflutter that's not my problem. I have a farm to run, I don't have the time or desire to run yours as well.

There is certainly no 'moral' obligation on my part to do so. That is as much a fabrication as the boards 'premiums'.