Neal Fisher Quotations

We've been able to respond to their needs. We sell spring wheat in 100 markets each year, and they're consistently our third largest (market) behind Japan and the Philippines. They pay premium prices, and they pay cash.

We've always thought it would go a long way if Canada would volunteer price information so our producers would know if they are being beaten on price or on other factors, like quality.

I think everybody's feeling on this is it will get better as times goes on,

This is still a very marketable crop. Almost every year you have something

They may open their market, but a market to what?

This is, unfortunately, one of the years that was conducive to a scab outbreak.

DON is more of a food processing issue than a food safety issue,

Anytime you do something that opens a few doors I guess that's positive, but in this case it's not going to satisfy producers here. The elements of this agreement that I have seen may be helpful in some respects, but certainly it's not what producers here are expecting. It doesn't solve the problem.

In talking to the industry, people are fairly confident this is a manageable situation.