Hey kamichel,
Glad I caught your attention, and yes ADM is in control because of political connections. No, the CWB can't be hurt - this is a people organization, and should it be slam dunked tomorrow morning, I guarantee you that by 3 PM there would be hardly one unemployed individual left from that outfit. There has been a lot of talk about 'ownership' of grain and who owns what. Yes, on paper, the CWB does take possession of one's grain on delivery. Moot point. Think of the CWB (and grain companies) as a realtor selling your product or home. A professional sales agent working on your behalf. But ultimately, you the creator of the product are completely responsible for the integrity of that product in the hands of the end user. (Somehow, this little principle of commerce is lost on much of the farming community. Fact is, your responsibility does not end at the farm gate. We must get past this mindset.) You have your strengths, they (marketing agencies) have theirs. You want to impress me and state that you can do your own sales stuff, please save your breath. Want to really impress me, tell me that you can overhaul your diesel injection pumps in your basement, now that I like and can witness the proof of. You say that the USA is selling barley offshore. I submit that it is not the USA, but the US dept of Commerce, and likely to get the barley, you have to buy X number of planes, cars, missiles, air time - whatever. By the way, the US dept of Comm is the worlds largest 'single desk seller'. Finally, you say you are being offered a premium off Board for malt, under the current structure, how does that compute? Here is one for everybody to chew on. I was told by the govt and the RR's that if we got rid of the Crow rate, de-regulated - and centralised our grain handling facilities into 100 car units, why, we could move grain as cheap as coal - 10 bucks a ton. So what went wrong? It seems to me that there were some farm organizations who preached this outcome; some have backtracked, but more importantly, they really screwed up on this one, but are dispensing advice on the future of grain marketing. Ah, hell with it, let's all go to Puerto Vallarta before seeding starts.
Rockpile
Glad I caught your attention, and yes ADM is in control because of political connections. No, the CWB can't be hurt - this is a people organization, and should it be slam dunked tomorrow morning, I guarantee you that by 3 PM there would be hardly one unemployed individual left from that outfit. There has been a lot of talk about 'ownership' of grain and who owns what. Yes, on paper, the CWB does take possession of one's grain on delivery. Moot point. Think of the CWB (and grain companies) as a realtor selling your product or home. A professional sales agent working on your behalf. But ultimately, you the creator of the product are completely responsible for the integrity of that product in the hands of the end user. (Somehow, this little principle of commerce is lost on much of the farming community. Fact is, your responsibility does not end at the farm gate. We must get past this mindset.) You have your strengths, they (marketing agencies) have theirs. You want to impress me and state that you can do your own sales stuff, please save your breath. Want to really impress me, tell me that you can overhaul your diesel injection pumps in your basement, now that I like and can witness the proof of. You say that the USA is selling barley offshore. I submit that it is not the USA, but the US dept of Commerce, and likely to get the barley, you have to buy X number of planes, cars, missiles, air time - whatever. By the way, the US dept of Comm is the worlds largest 'single desk seller'. Finally, you say you are being offered a premium off Board for malt, under the current structure, how does that compute? Here is one for everybody to chew on. I was told by the govt and the RR's that if we got rid of the Crow rate, de-regulated - and centralised our grain handling facilities into 100 car units, why, we could move grain as cheap as coal - 10 bucks a ton. So what went wrong? It seems to me that there were some farm organizations who preached this outcome; some have backtracked, but more importantly, they really screwed up on this one, but are dispensing advice on the future of grain marketing. Ah, hell with it, let's all go to Puerto Vallarta before seeding starts.
Rockpile
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