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Farmers urged to lobby for rail costing review

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The millions of dollars the railways are reported to have overcharged western grain farmers underscores the need to review railway costs – and to update the formula used to determine how much the railways can earn hauling grain. So said Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) spokeswoman Maureen Fitzhenry in an interview last week: “We need to
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Open market on hold, but WCWGA still optimistic

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“Whether it’s a few months or a few years, certainly we hope it’s the shorter.” – Kevin Bender The open barley and wheat markets the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association (WCWGA) has pushed long and hard for is on hold, but its new president is certain it will come someday. “We had hoped it would
Cereals, Crops, News

Pooling seen surviving in open market

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Canadian farmers would likely be better off in an open market too, even in the absence of farmer-owned co-ops, according to the chairman of an Australian grain-marketing co-op now working in such a market. With the Australian Wheat Board (AWB) having lost its wheat-marketing monopoly, pooling continues in Australia, according to Ian Wandel, chair of
Cereals, Crops, Opinion

Don’t change the formula

JOHN MORRISS EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Among the vices I will confess to is a lifelong interest in Formula 1 racing, a sport with no socially redeeming value and that some acquaintances dismiss as “round and round” (though it’s certainly less so than Nascar). It’s called “Formula” because the cars must comply with a formula which specifies
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How the West can be wooed

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“…being poor is not a watertight compartment. The relatively well off this year may be next year’s poor.” Michael Ignatieff, the newly minted leader of the Liberal party, is on record as wanting to re-establish a political presence in the form of elected members from Western Canada. He seems to want to do this through
Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Canola hits $10 in old and new crop

DON BOUSQUET It’s Your Business For three-times-daily market reports from Don Bousquet and RNI, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca Grain and oilseed futures at ICE Futures Canada in Winnipeg closed the week ended Jan. 9 mixed. Canola rallied to two-month highs; strength in the Chicago soy complex, export demand as China and Pakistan
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CWB total export outlook unchanged

The Canadian Wheat Board said Jan. 7 it expects to export 12.7 million tonnes of wheat when the crop year ends July 31, up 12 per cent from the 2007-08 crop year, due to a large harvest. The CWB also expects to export 3.35 million tonnes of durum compared with 3.1 million tonnes last year.
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Railways should repay farmers excess revenues: WGEA

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“More than anything it just seemed to us to be the right thing to do.” – Wade Sobkowich The almost $60 million western grain farmers overpaid the railways last year should be returned to farmers, says the Western Grain Elevator Association, which represents Canada’s main grain companies. The association said the overpayments, which amount to
Cereals, News, Oilseeds

What’s up – for Jan. 15, 2009

Please forward your agricultural events to [email protected] or call 204-944-5762 Jan. 19-21 – North American Strawberry Growers Association annual general meeting, Hotel Monteleone, 214 Rue Royale, New Orleans, LA. For more info visit www.nasga.org. Jan. 20 – Canola Days, Amphitheatre, Keystone Centre, Brandon. For more info call MCGA at 204-982-2120. Jan. 20-22 – Red River
Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds, Opinion

The party’s over. The hangover begins

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Data from Statistics Canada’s annual Farm Financial Survey suggest the events of the last 18 months will live long in the collective memory of Manitoba farmers – in the form of a pounding financial hangover. The 2007 survey (the 2008 numbers are not yet released) would suggest farmers were quick to respond to the short-lived

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