Think Beer.

Really, who can accuse the CWB of being sexy, and who cares about farmers. I mean really, they grow food, we eat it. Simple.

What if the barley growers switch to wheat, or corn because they can get better prices? Who cares?

Think beer.

Reaction to the CashPlus Program for Malting Barley Click on the interview with Greg Porozni, he basically states that other crops are looking good to him and other farmers.

You think the price of gas is high, think about what would happen if western barley farmers switched to canola. No barley, no beer.

Think of yourself as a farmer, I know it’s hard for you urban folks, but just imagine, its spring, time to determine what crop to plant, wheat, peas and canola are all higher than barley, what do you plant? The CWB has total control of the price you can get for barley, and they are offering a dollar less than Montana producers will get. Because of the “single desk” monopsony of the CWB, you have to sell your barley and wheat to them, but not canola. So what do you plant this spring? Think it won't impact you? Think again.

Wheat shortfall costing consumers more bread

Buying bread is starting to cost more dough these days. That's because the price of wheat has been steadily on the rise.

In developing countries, people are eating more of it, and farmers worldwide are growing less. Many of them are lured by high prices for crops like corn and sunflower that feed the growing demand for alternative fuels like Ethanol.

The result: wheat stockpiles are at a sixty-year low, and prices have never been higher. I just paid $3.50 for 12 hamburger buns, and it's going to get worse.

If the CWB is to survive, they must allow farmers choice or suffer from having no farmers planting either wheat or barley. What can the CWB do if that happens? What would they have to sell? Can they throw western farmers into jail for not planting wheat or barley?

It's time for the opposition MP's to free our western farmers! If they do not, if they vote against "choice" for western farmers, you better stock up on pasta, and beer, because they could stop producing wheat and barley, and start producing crops for ethanol fuel. Or maybe they will just produce potatoes, that should get Liberal MP Wayne Easter in a snit. The greenies will love more ethanol fuel, but we sure won't.

Think beer.