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Originally Posted by Fuzz
with the canola thing, is this something the wheat board would have been helpful in managing and moving to alternate markets, or are farmers able to use other services to do that? I have no idea how this works. Are they better or worse of in a situation like this without the old system?
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70% of trade goes through China. There aren’t many other identities ready to absorb 6M tonne of canola seed. Especially right at a time when crops are beginning to come off the field. So no, I don’t believe any identity would be able to manage off loading that amount of canola elsewhere. Maybe a stronger voice to lobby within our own walls, but that’s about it.
I could be wrong, but don’t believe the CWB ever marketed canola either.