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Conservatives Racing To Dec. 5 On CWB Bill

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Few noticed the irony as the Conservatives used their majority to shove its legislation to end the Canadian Wheat Board s marketing monopoly through a special Commons committee in three evenings. The committee met Nov. 1-3 in an ornate chamber, once known as the Reading Room, across the Hall of Honour from the Railway Committee
Cereals, Opinion

Keep Things In Perspective

Manitoba s largest general farm policy organization has taken its share of lumps lately, a reflection of just how acrimonious the debate of the day in farm policy has proven to be. To their credit, members of the Keystone Agricultural Producers general council tackled some difficult discussions at their recent meeting with jocularity after an
Cereals, Opinion

OUR HISTORY: August, 1926

The August, 1926 of The Scoop Shovel,the Co-operator spredecessor, featured an advertisement for the Midget Marvel Flour Mill. It read: The mill that is creating a revolution on the Flour Milling Industry putting the milling of wheat back into the small towns. This Mill makes the finest grade of flour from locally grown wheat. A
Beef cattle, Cereals, Crops, Opinion

Our History: October 31, 1974

Crow Rate to end? This issue reported on a meeting of the Canada Grains Council, where Canadian Wheat Board Minister Otto Lang first proposed a review of the Crow Rate. Lang suggested that railways be allowed to charge commercial rates, but that farmers be directly compensated for the extra cost and that payments have to
Cereals, Opinion

Letters – for Nov. 3, 2011

Rally Turnout Underscores Majority View Judging by the overwhelming turnout at the pro-CWB rally in Winnipeg Oct. 28, it is apparent that the plebiscite results of 62 per cent consensus on one issue is quite accurate. Money raised for the legal challenges was three times more than expected and the largest donations are still coming
Cereals, News

Tories Tap Farmers For CWB Committee

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The Conservatives have tapped their Prairie bench strength to serve on a special legislative committee that will review the bill to end the Canadian Wheat Board s monopoly over wheat and barley sales. There was nearly endless political jockeying over the bill, with NDP MP Pat Martin charging it was a conflict of interest for
Cereals, Crops, News

Saudi Arabia Increases Storage Capacity

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Saudi Arabia expects to import 1.9 million tonnes of wheat in 2011, the director general of the state-run Grain Silos and Flour Mills Organization (GSFMO) said Oct. 19. Around 1.9 million tonnes this year and slightly more next year, Waleed el-Khereiji told reporters on the sidelines of a Russian grain conference in Egypt. The increase
Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Markets Toss And Turn On Economic Uncertainty

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ICE Futures Canada canola contracts bounced around within a relatively narrow range during the week ended Oct. 28, posting declines in most months, aside from the nearby November. The gains in the front month were tied to position-evening ahead of deliveries against the contract, as traders exited their positions in November and the spread narrowed
Cereals, Crops

Stripe Rust Overwinters In Alberta For The First Time

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Stripe rust hit Alberta winter wheat hard last year, after it overwintered there for the first time. Plant pathologists blame the insulating effect of the deep, persistent snow cover we had last winter for the stripe rust fungus surviving in southern Alberta. The fungus infected the winter wheat and spread into spring wheat, limiting the

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