Rolf Penner- This is from last fall, October to be exact. It clearly shows how prices are higher in an open market environment vs the single desk arena.
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CWB monopoly is like OPEC?
Rolf Penner- There is an argument out there that the CWB monopoly single desk does for farmers what OPEC does for oil producers. Continue reading
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Canadian Share of Global Malting and Feed Barley Exports
Data Source: IGC, Stats Canada
Market Share of Major Barley Exporters
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What Single Desk Advocates View as Proof -Econometric Models
Rolf Penner- If there is any doubt that single deskers worship complexity take a look at the following. Simple real world price comparisons show us what is really going on but they prefer we look at things like this. Click sections to enlarge
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Canadian Share of World Durum Exports
Data Source: IGC, Stats Canada
Rolf Penner- Durum is the one crop that the CWB actually has enough market share in to be able to exert some kind of market power. But according to the latest Informa study ” of the 41 countries to which Canada exported durum, market influence by Canada could potentially be exercised in six.”
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All Wheat Exports – Canada and World
Data Source: USDA
Rolf Penner- Hmm, the rest of the world keeps increasing exports and we’re going the opposite way. Why would that be? I believe that it’s because there are many countries, not just the US, that have a comparative advantage over us when it comes to economic freedom in exporting wheat.
Manitoba Hog Production 1960-2006
Rolf Penner- If farmers are supposed to make a lot less money in an open market environment then how come they ramped up production in Manitoba after the monopoly was removed ?
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Western vs Eastern Wheat Acreage
Rolf Penner- If changing from a monopoly to a voluntary wheat board is such a bad thing why are Ontario farmers growing more wheat after their single desk was removed while Western farmers who are still under a single desk system are growing less?
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CWB Administration Costs keep climbing
CWB Administration Costs
Over the past 20 years, administrative costs have risen by an average of $1.99 million per year or an average rate of increase of 7.2%, in spite of declines in CWB grains administered. Continue reading
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