Cwb Impasse Stymies Buyers

Canadian millers could be forced to import wheat from the U.S. if they can t forward contract with the Canadian Wheat Board or private trade during the transition to an open market, industry officials say. Millers and other food processors routinely forward contract wheat up to a year in advance but the pending end of

Farmers Will Finally Get Their Wish

DearEditor, Birthday parties are usually more fun. Instead, western Canadian wheat and barley farmers are capping off 68 years of being treated like second-class citizens. On October 12, 1943, the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) monopoly was born and imposed on western Canadian farmers when Canada was committed to supplying cheap wheat to Europe during the


Our History:

Wheat sparks verbal battle in Parliament Agriculture Minister James Gardiner fended off accusations that the Canada-U. K. wheat agreement cost Prairie farmers $330 million over the five-year pool that ended July 31, 1950. Gardiner said the postwar deal delivered higher returns than farmers would have received under the open market. In fact, there was no

Letters – for Oct. 13, 2011

More information needed The CWB single-desk collective selling western Canadian wheat and malt barley for farmers represents, by the most conservative and neutral studies, a minimum of $500 million in their pockets annually. But what is $500 million anyway? Is it really that much? And what about the annual tenfold spinoff value as it cycles


Harper Orders Wheat Board Out Of The Way

Canada s Conservative government will pass legislation very soon to end the Canadian Wheat Board s monopoly on marketing western wheat and barley for milling or export, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Oct. 7, strongly warning the board to get out of the way. Harper, in Regina, Saskatchewan for the announcement for construction of Western

Friends Of Canadian Wheat Board’s Day In Court Dec. 6

The Friends of the Canadian Wheat Board (FCWB) and federal government square off in Federal Court Dec. 6. in Edmonton, although there s a chance the case will be heard in Winnipeg. The FCWB, a coalition of farmers and other Canadians in support of a democratic, farmer-controlled wheat board, wants the court to rule Ottawa


Briefs

Russia says meat imports deal clears obstacle to WTO MOSCOW/REUTERS Russia, aiming to join the World Trade Organization by the end of the year, has arrived at a compromise on meat imports, which have been a sticking point in final talks. Russia regulates meat imports with annual tariff quotas, under which certain volumes may be

Letters – for Oct. 6, 2011

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Voluntary CWB Unlikely: Toews

The working group report says farmers are disappointed the Canadian Wheat Board hasn t come up with a plan for transitioning into an open market. The board says it has presented options, but Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz refuses to acknowledge or accept them. Unfortunately the minister has never sat down with the board to even

Wheat Cash Advances To Be Administered By Canola Growers

Ottawa has stripped the administration of wheat, durum and barley cash advances from the Canadian Wheat Board and transferred it to the Canadian Canola Growers Association. The change, announced Sept. 29, makes sense, District 10 wheat board director Bill Toews said in an interview. Given the reluctance of the government to give any regulated access