Co-op advantage clear, says WA grain grower

12 February 2015

WA Farmers grains council president Kim Simpson gave an impassioned plea to federal Senators on the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee about the inherent value of CBH Group’s co-op structure to local growers.

Mr Simpson told the hearing that CBH was a co-operative built by growers, paid for by growers and is run largely by growers, “And it does save us a lot of money”.

“If you compare the freight and handling costs in the west to the freight and handling costs here or in the east, you can see the difference,” he said.

“The difference is getting wider every single year, which is why CBH has the support, in my guess, of somewhere in the vicinity of 90 per cent of WA growers.

“It benefits us in two ways. One is the cost and the other is the fact that CBH maintains 190-odd receival points across WA.

Read the full story: Co-op advantage clear: Simpson, Stock Journal, 11 February