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Best In The West

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 17, 2011

AC Metcalfe, a two-row malting barley variety, is the winner of Seed of the Year – West in 2010, the Western Grains Research Foundation has announced. Part of the western award is a scholarship for $4,000 awarded to a student enrolled in a western Canadian university and currently completing a masters or PhD in plant

Cereals, Opinion

The Business Case For Farmers Owning Lake Freighters

By Allen Oberg February 17, 2011

The Canadian Wheat Board has decided to purchase two lake vessels, based on a very strong business case that will result in significant economic benefits for Prairie farmers. This investment will generate revenue for decades to come, and pay for itself many times over – just as CWB ownership of rail hopper cars has done.

Cereals, Opinion

Letters – for Feb. 17, 2011

February 17, 2011

Wheat sold at a loss The 2009 crop took a year to get all the money from the Canadian Wheat Board. My cost to plant and harvest 160 acres was $25,897. When I got my last payment of $23,686 I lost $2,211 and did not charge for labour. I got $2.45 per bushel for No.

Cereals, Opinion

“Corn Pone” Opinions Don’t Serve Farmers

February 17, 2011

I would like to respond to John DePape’s ongoing criticism of the Canadian Wheat Board and DePape’s disparaging remarks about Travacon. Travacon has been called upon as an expert witness on several high-level rail hearings and it was Travacon’s analysis

Cereals, Opinion

Farmers Need Equal Treatment

February 17, 2011

Gerry Ritz doesn’t understand the wishes of western farmers who do not want to give up the Canadian Wheat Board in favour of the open-market system that the U.S. and Australia

Cereals, News

Voluntary CWB Proposed In Bill C-619

By Allan Dawson February 17, 2011

Ontario MP Bruce Stanton has introduced a private members’ bill to end the Canadian Wheat Board’s singledesk marketing authority. Bill C-619 would give farmers the ability to “opt out” of having to market their wheat and barley destined for export or domestic human consumption through the CWB for at least two years at a time.

Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

More Canola Acres Expected

By Dwayne Klassen February 10, 2011

Agriculture and Agri- Food Canada is expecting the area seeded by Canadian farmers to canola in the spring of 2011 will be up from the level seen at the same time in 2010, according to its first acreage outlook released Jan. 28. The market analysis branch of Agriculture Canada cautioned, however, that the actual area

Cereals, Country Crossroads

Fewer Opting To Work At Home In Past Decade

By Lorraine Stevenson February 10, 2011

Working from home was supposed to be the way of the future, and Brent VanKoughnet bought into it, running his company AgriSkills Inc. from his home in Carman for more than 12 years. It seemed like a perfect fit. Due to the nature of his business, he had the luxury to choose whether to work

Cereals, Crops, News

Wheat Deficit, Corn Surplus Seen In 2011-12

February 10, 2011

Global wheat production should rebound in 2011- 12 but still fail to match demand, leading to a further drawdown in stocks and rising prices, Societé Generale analyst Emmanuel Jayet said in a report Feb. 7. “The continuing trend of decreasing global stocks, the possible failure of the U.S. harvest, the poor crop prospects of the

Cereals, News

Saudi Arabia To Import More Wheat

By Asma Al Sharif February 10, 2011

Saudi Arabia plans to import around two million tonnes of wheat in 2011 like last year and will boost imports to three million tonnes after 2016 as it ends local production, a source at the grains authority said Feb. 2. The top OPEC oil exporter has emerged as a major wheat buyer to feed its

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Best In The West

The Business Case For Farmers Owning Lake Freighters

Letters – for Feb. 17, 2011

“Corn Pone” Opinions Don’t Serve Farmers

Farmers Need Equal Treatment

Voluntary CWB Proposed In Bill C-619

More Canola Acres Expected

Fewer Opting To Work At Home In Past Decade

Wheat Deficit, Corn Surplus Seen In 2011-12

Saudi Arabia To Import More Wheat

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