All I have heard for years is how the Wheat Board monoply is screwing farmers. Now apparently getting rid of it is screwing farmers.
Grow up already
Are you a producer?Half of us will usually piss and moan about one thing or another.
Monopolies (cartels) are not a good thing.
At any rate, it was part of Harpos' election platform. He said was gonna do it (like the long gun registry etc) and now he is doing what he said he would do.
Shocking. :lol:
Get over it kids.
Half of us will usually piss and moan about one thing or another.
Monopolies (cartels) are not a good thing.
The CWB levelled the playing field for the farmers to get a stable price for their grains but with the free market system the farmers will have to deal with the volatility of the markets where deciding what the plant in the spring might be realized as a big mistake when harvest time arrives.
Really? Moved away from wheat because of the CWB? Explain in full. Crops are chosen by how they are marketed or by what the soil conditions will bear that year?Fact is, many prairie farmers went away from wheat and into more profitable crops to maximize the revenues from the land base... That does not suggest that the CWB was the solitary factor in this, however, they certainly did play a role.
Lining their pocket? Tell me more about how the govt lined their pockets.
Really? Moved away from wheat because of the CWB? Explain in full. Crops are chosen by how they are marketed or by what the soil conditions will bear that year?
The wheat board is not a monopoly...they don't produce. They're a monopsony, and their interests compete against the oligarchy (not a good thing) of large companies that will now nickle and dime the farmers to the brink. Wait and see.
How does signing a seed package contract in spring effect who I sell to in fall? Can I really go open market on a seed package contract or am I locked in to dealing with the company I bought my seed ferts and herbicides from? Can I buy my package from Viterra and sell to P&H or some mill in TX?I see.... So having the CWB as the only game in town magically eliminates those costs?
Puhlease