New Crop Prices

[TOM4CWB]

Charlie,

I do believe you missed the point.

If I grow a US variety, of perfect quality, it is good milling wheat for everyone in the real world except the CWB.

But the CWB still grades it Canada Feed, and charges me at least an extortionary buy-back price. Is this fair?

Did the CWB in fact create any value for me, when they don't even market this wheat, and do nothing within the Canadian system to buy or fairly accomodate this wheat.

The Western Grain Marketing Panel said let unregistered varieties go.

The CWB will not.

The CWB will have this one on their grave marker if they do not deal with it fairly!

[charliep]

A question back to you Tom4CWB. Are we talking about changes that would allow you to move grain south under a more flexible system or are you talking about fundamental changes to the grading system that will impact all deliveries/sales? Under the assumption of the latter, what would the grading system look like? Would we move to a US system? Can we compete with what I consider a Walmart system in the US - particularly in a world where US subsidies are based on price and encourage maximum yield? Do we have a competitive advantage we can exploit in our varieties/current system? A fundamental aspect is who is accountable for moving specific product with identifiable quality characturistics from the elevator to port (Braveheart raised this question in another link) - CWB or grain companies?