The loss of the Single Desk will be of enormous detriment of farmers and Australia generally. It shall expose our graingrowers to the inadequacies and whimsical price fluctuations in Boston which can easilly be manipulated against Australian growers. The loss of the desk removes stability in the market and totally works in favour of giant corporate properties and will cause a huge reduction in smaller family farms already under enormous pressure.

To put it simply, the loss of the Single Desk is no different to shooting oneself in the foot!

The loss of the Single Desk will be of enormous detriment of farmers and Australia generally.

It will expose our graingrowers to the inadequcies and whimsical price fluctuations in Chicago and Boston which can easilly be manipulated against Australian growers.

The loss of the desk removes stability in the market and totally works in favour of giant corporate properties and will cause a huge reduction in smaller family farms already under enormous pressure.

To put it simply, the loss of the Single Desk is no different to shooting oneself in the foot!

The days of peasant farming are over, CQ. So is socialist market interference. It's time to join the real world and compete. If you can't do that, get out of the way.

If CQ doesn't understand basic market forces such as demand & supply, not mentioning that Chicago is the main wheat exchange, then he'd be better off selling up and putting his money on term deposit. At least he won't be exposed to the whimiscal price flucuations in Boston.

It's an exciting prospect...finally having complete freedom of choice in marketing your own crop. Pound for pound, the farmer will gain more from deregulation than anyone else.

A fantastic move for Australia and open world markets. Australia has the knowledge, technology, and ambitions to create a profitable crop. Any feelings and concerns about whimsical price fluctuations in Boston indicate that this may not be the industry for CQ or other like-minded individuals; but it clearly gives other aggressive and smart individuals an opportunity to hedge against the highs in Chicago and largely improve profitability and cash flow.

Finally we can take full advantage of the pricing opportunities available to most producers in the developed and major agricultural developing nations. Some may see "whimsical" price fluctuations in exchange boards, while others see opportunities to hit high prices with the volatility associated with a market that is continuously inundated with news. Recall days of stagnant market movement - many called for volatility and now we have it. You can reach for the highs if movement is flat. For those concerned with high volatility - educate oneself about market forces and market players and better understand volatility.

The enormous discounts and price instability of the new world of wheat marketing just falls into the lap of corporate grain traders at the expense of average farmers. For farmers now, the only option to get a decent price at harvest is to forward sell and hedge.

Forward selling and hedging a crop you haven't harvested is just horse racing, eventually you will discover that heads you lose, tails you can't win. The long term prospects for Oz growers now are the same as South African wheat growers in 01, a smaller disintegrating industry.

Grain shortages are temporary, suplus is common. Discipline will always beat the mob. Divide & conquor I say, corporates take all. Time will be cruel. Welcolm to peasant farming.

Are you fools? Do you know how much the AWB put it its pocket? Do you know with a (grain) pool, the grower has 100pc price risk?? Not the pool provider. Deregulation will bring the market into reality. Smart farmers will excel.

More buyers = more options, more competition = better prices. Everything revolves around supply and demand.

And populations are increasing - arrable land is not.

If you think the AWB protected you, you should sell up now.