TY  - RPRT
AB  - Over the summer and early autumn of 2006, the Government of Canada  has indicated its desire to remove the single-desk selling powers of  the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB). The purpose of this paper is to  explore the impacts of this proposal. The main conclusion of the  paper is that it will be very difficult, if not impossible, for the  CWB to survive as an organization. Thus, contrary to what the recent  task force report by the federal government indicates, the most  likely impact of removing the single-desk selling powers is that the  CWB will cease to exist. The elimination of the CWB would transform  the Canadian grains industry, with the impact of this change felt in  virtually every part of the system. The changes that would accompany  the loss of the CWB's single-desk selling power would make the  Canadian system more and more like that in the United States. It is  expected, for instance, that grain company and railroad competition  would fall, that producer cars and short line railways would suffer,  that the current freight revenue cap would disappear, and that less  value would be returned to farmers. Once these changes are made they  are irreversible - it would be virtually impossible to go back and  restore the system to what is currently in place. The decision to make  in a plebiscite. In making this decision, farmers will have to ask  themselves, "What is my vision of the grains sector in Canada?"
AU  - Fulton, Murray E.
DA  - 2006
DA  - 2006
DO  - 10.22004/ag.econ.31787
DO  - doi
ID  - 31787
KW  - Crop Production/Industries
KW  - Marketing
KW  - Canadian Wheat Board
KW  - CWB
KW  - grain
KW  - CWB removal
KW  - Task Force  Report
L1  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/31787/files/fu060001.pdf
L2  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/31787/files/fu060001.pdf
L4  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/31787/files/fu060001.pdf
LA  - eng
LA  - English
LK  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/31787/files/fu060001.pdf
N2  - Over the summer and early autumn of 2006, the Government of Canada  has indicated its desire to remove the single-desk selling powers of  the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB). The purpose of this paper is to  explore the impacts of this proposal. The main conclusion of the  paper is that it will be very difficult, if not impossible, for the  CWB to survive as an organization. Thus, contrary to what the recent  task force report by the federal government indicates, the most  likely impact of removing the single-desk selling powers is that the  CWB will cease to exist. The elimination of the CWB would transform  the Canadian grains industry, with the impact of this change felt in  virtually every part of the system. The changes that would accompany  the loss of the CWB's single-desk selling power would make the  Canadian system more and more like that in the United States. It is  expected, for instance, that grain company and railroad competition  would fall, that producer cars and short line railways would suffer,  that the current freight revenue cap would disappear, and that less  value would be returned to farmers. Once these changes are made they  are irreversible - it would be virtually impossible to go back and  restore the system to what is currently in place. The decision to make  in a plebiscite. In making this decision, farmers will have to ask  themselves, "What is my vision of the grains sector in Canada?"
PY  - 2006
PY  - 2006
T1  - The Canadian Wheat Board in an Open Market: The Impact of Removing the Single-Desk Selling Powers
TI  - The Canadian Wheat Board in an Open Market: The Impact of Removing the Single-Desk Selling Powers
UR  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/31787/files/fu060001.pdf
Y1  - 2006
ER  -