Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP), once a steadfast supporter of the Canadian Wheat Board, now accepts the board is going lose its single desk. Manitoba’s largest farm group now wants to ensure farmers benefit from the controversial change, says KAP president Doug Chorney. “We’re just facing the reality of the circumstances that we find ourselves in,”
Manitoba’s KAP bows out of CWB fight
Patent Infringement Trial Reduces Farmers’ Penalties
Farmers who breach patent law should expect to pay a price, but an Ontario lawyer says the price some farmers have been paying goes beyond what the law stipulates. I would say the public and farmers out there are being somewhat deliberately misinformed about what is a fair settlement, said Kurtis Andrews, a lawyer with
Monsanto’s “Unauthorized Growers List”
Farmers convicted of, or who admit to stealing Monsanto s technology aren t the only ones being banned from purchasing Roundup Ready crops. If somebody is completely uncooperative and not abiding by the terms of conditions, we ll put them on the unauthorized grower list, said Monsanto spokeswoman Trish Jordan. Under Monsanto s Technical Stewardship
Goodale Critical Of Delays In Rail Service Legislation
Legislation to give grain shippers railway service contracts is taking too long, says Liberal MP Ralph Goodale. This is just not acceptable, Goodale said in an interview Sept. 22. I think the stalling you see… proves the railway lobby is working. The railways are trying desperately to paralyze this whole situation and make it go
Private Member’s Bill Aims To Save Railway Sidings
Aprivate member s bill aimed at saving railway sidings so farmers can use them to load producer cars was introduced in the House of Commons Sept. 21. I think this has pretty broad support among those people who represent rural constituencies, says Liberal MP Ralph Goodale, who is behind bill C-28, an act to amend
KAP Bows Out Of CWB Fight
The Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP), once a steadfast supporter of the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB), accepts the board will lose its single desk. Now Manitoba s largest farm group wants to ensure farmers benefit from the controversial change, says KAP president Doug Chorney. We re just facing the reality of the circumstances that we find
Post CWB-Monopoly Road Map Going To Ritz Soon
Aroad map for transitioning the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) to an open market will be in Agriculture Minister Ritz s hands soon. An Agriculture and Agri- Food Canada (AFFC) working group set up in July was to submit its report Sept. 15. Ritz had not received it as of Sept. 17, an official in his
Is Supply Management Next?
The Conservative government s decision to end the Canadian Wheat Board s monopoly has supply management s critics in the media, business and academia sharpening their knives. Not surprisingly, the detractors are saying it s also time for an open market in milk, eggs, chicken and turkey. If marketing freedom and open markets are good
DuPont Has Two New Fungicides Coming
Near Carman DuPont expects two of its new fungicides will commercially available to Manitoba farmers next year, and says more is to come. There s lots new coming from DuPont, Dave Kloppenburg, DuPont s launch manager for new insecticides and fungicides said Aug. 3 at the company s research farm. The message is next year,
A Majority For Single Desk
The Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) will fight Ottawa s plan to kill its single desk, a defiant CWB chair Allen Oberg said following a release of plebiscite results this week. Their message is loud and clear and cannot be ignored, Oberg, who farms at Forestburg, Alta., said during a news conference at a farm near