With the Canadian Wheat Board elections in full swing, open market candidates are filling the newspapers with their attacks on the CWB, blaming them for everything from failed cash flow, delivery opportunity and marketing strategy to poor communication. …
One important statistic the open marketers have never touched on is the fact that the CWB shipped 600,000 tonnes of western Canadian wheat through the Port of Churchill , the second highest volume in more than 30 years.
In total, 20 ocean vessels loaded with wheat or durum at Churchill were shipped to Europe, Africa and the Americas, saving thousands of dollars for western farmers.
I think most farmers are intelligent enough to see through the smokescreen and realize that it is the feds and not the CWB that are responsible for the low initial price.
Meanwhile, the feds are working to replace the CWB with the corporate grain trade or, if you will, the speculative market.
Joyce Neufeld,Waldeck, Sask.
