Each of these organizations has a membership, and they collect levies. The levies give them an indication of who their members are and how many they represent. Each of these organizations has a policy analysis component to it, or a good many of them do, for example, the Canola Council of Canada; the canola growers; the western wheat producers association; more recently the barley council; and more recently yet, Cereals Canada and commissions that have taken some of the load off of grain marketing and policy analysis from the Canadian Wheat Board.
On November 25th, 2013. See this statement in context.