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Originally Posted by mykalberta
If a vote was taken by all farmers based on land owned, there would be no problem getting it through.
The problem comes with the old farmer who owns 700 acres and still thinks that is enough to have a good living off and he wants to give it to his son.
Once they die off, the opposition will be non existent.
I have been involved with 3 different trips across the border to get on avreage an extra 3$/bushell of wheat and that was when the dollar wasnt near as good as it is today.
The CWB is an antiquated machine built for a time when you had a plethora of farmers owning a few hundred acres. At that time it was needed, but the economics of farming has changed and so should the CWB.
MYK
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You have more experience than me and might be right. The sad truth is that the family farm as its been known since the dawn of our country is all but gone. That is due in large part to the evaporation of institutions and programs such as the wheat board that level the playing field.
I agree that you might get more money moving your grain across the line, but there is a break even there? Surely its not as cost effective the farther north you go (increased costs due to having to truck the grain an extra few hundred miles, etc.)