Useless Alberta Barley Commission

[BennyHin]

Good post Sask!

As for Tom4CWB: I'm starting to believe that you would support any stupid organiSation so long as it is based in Alberta... the ABC, what a joke.

[charliep]

Wilagro, Burbent

Help me understand your vision for the barley industry?

[wd9]

Re health claim. The US has regs much more conducive to receiving a a health claim. Canada's regs are a disaster when it comes to getting a Qualified Health Claim (QHC).

For example the same time canola started with the FDA in the US it took around 260 days to achieve. Soy started the QHC process in Canada and by the time it was granted in the US for canola, soy received a letter back saying that they had received the claim. No estimate on length of time. Must be 2 1/2 years by now and still no QHC for soy in Canada.

Saskfarmer3, you were probably the same guy jeering the same rant back in 2002 when canola had a goal of 7 MT in 2007.

Guess what, we now grow almost 10 million tonnes at over $3 billion in value with an ever increasing demand for food oil. Have gone to view several biodiesel plant sites in the last while where the demand over the next couple of years will ramp only upward. Listen to the news from Minister Strahl tommorrow on an announcement BTW from, ahem, "somewhere around Calgary"

Crush facilites over the next couple of years will expand double to what we have today, and yes there is buyers for that 6.5 million tonnes of domestic crush.

New uses and process for meal including protein extraction for fish meal replacements and non-allergenic proteins are just coming on-stream and look very promising.

Specialty canola oils in view of the ever increasing pressure of transfats especially with the transfat task force recommendations released open up for easily 25% of the oil produced to be specialty HOLL oils. There is great opportunity in this field.

The decision was made back in '02 either this industry grows, or it is over. Not many people knew that. Farmers, germplasm developers, exporters, crushers, and biodiesel producers decided to grow it, and have.

Grow it even more, have demand and production of 15 million tonnes by 2015. Key is demand and production and both have to be monitored carefully. I personally think farmers will have a hard time keeping up with the demand.

Anyway, back to barley, hate to post ho but just felt the need. What was that again, oh yeah, barley strategy?

T4, you should be able to do a good job of that.

[Burbert]

charliep, The sky is the limit, how many times do I have to point it out, I have a home PC, I can now market anywhere in the world. Grain companies are now my best friends, they'll help me do it ALL. They'll do the r & d cause they are such good guys, and if they don't I'll sell to the cow guys that surround me, and sue them if they don't pay on time. The ABC can be rolled into the private sector. We are all poised to be RICH, RICH, RICH. Survival is no longer an option, lets all get bigger and badder. Farmers are going to rip the world a new one, in the near future, we have the power and are going to use it. In the mean time lets get rid of the ENTIRE Dept of Agriculture too, they've done a number on the industry, government will be happy to save the cash! My home PC is now God, the information highway awaits. Got to go now, I have a customer in KAZIKASTANOLIA wanting to buy a bag of orgasmic carrots, premium price, if I can figure out how to get it there, or where the he-- the place is! If in doubt, I'll call my friends at Cargrill.

[wilagro]

charliep: While I am not as good as Burbert with his PC, I concur with HIS vision of the future of barley marketing in Canada.

Thanks for asking...

[charliep]

I'll leave the last word with you. My work will continue to be on creating marketing opportunities for barley and improving market signals/efficiency along the supply chain. Success will be measured in barley profitability for Alberta farmers and expanding markets for both seed and value added products.

[chaffmeister]

"Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit."
- Oscar Wilde

[chaffmeister]

BTW - my quote/comment was directed at Burbert.

[TOM4CWB]

CHARLIE,

Our "friends" Wilagro and Burbert... have quite a state of mind...

This is quite revealing... indications of cooperation with others seem very distant...

I believe we are asking what good governance should look like from a public perspective:

"Good governance has realistic, audited programs to combat corruption, and does not send good money after bad. Corruption in officials is a grave breach of trust. It connotes decay, immorality, or impairment of integrity or virtue.... The culprits exploit their office to win advantages to which they are not entitled. They are not up to the tasks of good government, but seek office to milk the system. Given the opportunity and the ease of concealment, the temptation is rife in societies inured to it. Beyond a criminal law which detects it and orders restitution, we need a fearless press, a vigilant democracy and savvy electorate."

I certainly don't see the above listed issues as a problem with ABC Directors... Good will and sacrifice of time and resourses are the hall marks of those I have known at ABC... and from personal experience with Alberta Agriculture people.

I am thankful for the work and progress these folks have made... a real & positive contibution to our communities.

[Burbert]

Chaff Here is a quote from my friend. "The truth hurts" Wild Oscar.

[chaffmeister]

Burbert and wilagro: Take note - these all remind me of you guys when it comes to the CWB.

'There is no better soporific and sedative than scepticism.'
— Friedrich Nietzsche

'Whether you believe you can or whether you believe you cannot, you are absolutely right.'
— Henry Ford

‘He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils, for time is the greatest innovator.’
— Francis Bacon

‘New ideas pass through three periods:
• It can’t be done.
• It probably can be done, but it’s not worth doing.
• I knew it was a good idea all along.’
— Arthur C. Clarke

‘Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.’
— Albert Einstein

When people are least sure, they are often most dogmatic.’
— John Kenneth Galbraith

[wilagro]

chaffmeister: Thanks for all of those nice quotes from those old dead people. I presume that you didn't have any good ones of your own.

I don't live by "famous quotes" from "famous people"; that is too restrictive.