CWB, Where is the rest of our wheat money?

[parsley]

From an article titled "Average CWB salary $51,000/year" written by Moira Wright and published in Grainews, there werwe approximately 450 employees at the CWB earning an average of $51,000.00 /year in 1993!!!!

The CWB refused to release their salary scales. They are exempt from freedpm To Information.

Can you imagine what the salaries would be in 2001????

That accounts for a good whack of your wheat money.

Parsley

[parsley]

Ianben, if you look under the thread...Farmcorp....I posted some meeting results for you.

Parsley

[ianben]

Thanks Parsley
Much apresiate your time and trouble. They sure have big ideas 70million tonnes phew!!! Will need massive support for that!
Does not sound to good if poor attendance at their meetings and that is probably the volume they need for it to work.
However I still think something along these lines is the answer, if the family farm is to survive.
You may need to reform your CWB first but I do not think it will give you the long term future we all desire.
I still think we all think each others system is better than what we have ourselves, but no system produces what we NEED a future for our children.

Thanks again Ian

[CWBRules]

wilagro,

I'm with vader on this one. Were's your clever retort?? Don't worry about being out numbered cause I'll jump on the bandwagon with ya.

See:

The CWB is beneficial for all wheat and barley producers. The state only has our best interests at heart. The CWB is a price giver, NOT a price taker.

*Now where did I put my hammer & sickle???*

CWBRules

[TOM4CWB]

Boy,

I can see the smoke rising from the east already, you guys, don't get them too mad, they might send CISIS after you!

How will we seed all this wheat if we are all in jail, lighten up a little already??!!

[wilagro]

I am writing from my bunker as the flak flies above me. Now where is that white flag? The rather heated discussions over the CWB and the its impact have been great. However, I have a confession to make. I haven't produced any grain for years now...only enough for my cattle. Since they (Agricore) closed the local elevator, and world grain prices have hit the skids...what is the point? Most of my farm is seeded to forage crops.
I don't have the answers for solving the grain growers dilemna, but if you expect meaningful gov't assistance or even a consistent agricultural policy in Canada your dreaming in technicolour. The CWB policies at times do not make sense for certain sectors of the farming or business community but at least they have shown a desire to adapt and change (mostly as a result of producers demands).
Keep up the good fight and don't let the forces of the 'EVIL EMPIRE' (eastern Liberal b------s) get the best of you.
I will be collecting my OAP shortly...I will soon have more annual NET income than I received from farming. Having a TAXABLE income...will indeed be a pleasant surprise.

[TOM4CWB]

wilagro,

I am glad you guys are doing good.

Of course getting the next generation involved in grain growing is the biggest challenge.

With out a stable grain supply, value added in agriculture cannot happen on a long term basis.

I am not willing to turn the worlds exportable grain production over to Brazil and Eastern Europe just yet.

We must figure out how to do a better job of growing and selling our grain crops. Our Northern climate has some big advantages, and the trick will now be to figure out how to make our farms and communities good places to live, attractive enough to be in the running as a desirable place to live.