Wheat Board Lovers

[TOM4CWB]

Wilagro,

You have missed the issue.

You and 'single desk' supporters are the bullies.

I do NOT tell you who you can or can not do business with.

I do not bully you and tell you what crop to grow.

I do not force you to buy Fords, Groceries from Superstore, machinery from Balrus, fertilizer from Agrium, weed control from Dow, or hardware/building supplies from Nelson Lumber.

I do not understand why... when you are NOT involved in any logical way in my families farm... why we must pay back hundreds of millions of dollars of speculative losses... that we absolutely wanted nothing to do with the CWB or its' marketing 'services'... but are only forced to pay you and yours... because you say we must... to make you rich and feel powerful.

Isn't that being a bully?

[Fransisco]

Willagro, you and the other wheat board supporters are a big part of the problem.

As long as you continue to be part of the problem, by voting and lobbying for a continuation of this maddness for no rational reason, we are going to keep getting in your face and asking you to 'splain yourself.

[gregpet]

Wilagro, where did I blame CWB supporters?

I agree getting more and more dense, by the post.

[TOM4CWB]

Wilagro,

Interesting statement;

'You Antis do this repeatedly. Like whiny little brats you scream that WE should explain why WE like the CWB and explain THEIR operations and procedures...'

Sooo... who voted in this management team Wilagro?

The 8 'single desk' supporters... that are CWB Directors... who installed them... and encouraged them to manipulate our markets... and speculate with my farms' money?

Since you/your folks voted them in(the 8 'single desk' CWB Directors)... wouldn't it be logical they would respond to your direction... before they would ever listen to what 'market choice' commercial grain growers advolcate?

[katoe]

Where is all this so called expertice from the appointed directors? Perhaps Ritz should have appointed someone with risk management expertise instead of people that fit the cons. agenda.

[TOM4CWB]

katoe;

Interesting question...

If both we hire and elect... the same people who failed our 'designated area' co-operative grain industry... people who took it to the point of oblivion... why would we expect anything else?

Why are grain farmers... who elected the majority of the Directors on the CWB... not more to blame than the Conservatives?

Do you remember the definition of insanity?

Doing the same thing over and over... yet expecting a different result each time!

[charliep]

Perhaps it is not the CWB directors job to manage CWB
risk/producer payment programs. They set the overall policy and
performance measures. The management and operations side of
the CWB are one who do the doing and need to be held accountable
in the short term.

From a policy direction, the board of directors need to be a lot
more innovative in the program direction/latitude for change they
give the operations side. Examples would be more pools, more than
one pooling period within a year and pricing PPO programs against
cash sales (cash pricing if you like).

Wilagro and Katoe - You are both right in that neither of you can
make change to system. I still remember the definition of insanity
as being doing the same thing over and over and expecting a
different result. This describes the current producer payment
options to a tee. The highlights provided here are all in the annual
report - the operations side reporting to the board of directors and
stakeholders (you and all other farmers) on their successes/failures
during the year.

[wilagro]

charliep: Very good analysis...glad you spelled that out. The way CWB supporters get attacked on this forum is illogical.

I guess the antis need a convenient whipping boy to unload their frustrations on...however this is not warranted IMO.

[silverback]

How many dollars do they have to lose before you would get frustrated Wilag?

Wait, don't tell me, it doesn't matter how much because you haven't sold a kernel through the board for years and years but you still get a ballot to keep the dream alive.

Good work.

[wilagro]

Thank you silverback.

Since you are retired, look who is talking.