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“Corn Pone” Opinions Don’t Serve Farmers

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Published: February 17, 2011
Cereals, Opinion

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

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