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Marketing Survey Not Supported

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The canola growers’ associations in Saskatchewan and Alberta are distancing themselves from efforts from a group of Manitoba growers who want to try marketing the crop through the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB). Last week the Manitoba Canola Growers Association (MCGA) ran a survey in the Manitoba Co-operatorand Western Producerasking how many tonnes of canola farmers
Cereals, Crops

CWB Deal Not What Most Shippers Want

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Shippers frustrated by inadequate rail service won’t likely be keen to copy an agreement struck by CP and the Canadian Wheat Board to improve grain shipments. The agreement is short on specifics especially whether it contains any financial penalties for non-performance, said Bob Ballantyne, president of the Canadian Industrial Transportation Agency. The railways want to
Cereals, Crops, News

In Brief… – for Apr. 7, 2011

Japan to import 5.11 mln tonnes wheat:Japan plans to buy 5.11 million tonnes of foreign milling wheat in the year to March 2012 to supplement locally grown grain, the Ministry of Agriculture said last week. Japan, the world’s fourth-biggest wheat importer, buys wheat to supplement locally grown grain and keeps a tight grip on bulk
Cereals, News

Feds Wouldn’t Guarantee CWB Laker Loan

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Those two controversial lake ships the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) is buying for $65 million will be paid for by farmers over four years instead of 25 because the federal government wouldn’t guarantee the CWB’s loan. “For various reasons they (federal government) weren’t going to accept that (guaranteeing a loan) so we devised a plan
Cereals, Crops

Changes Coming To CWB’s Select Winter Wheat Program

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The Canadian Wheat Board has made changes to its select winter wheat program in hopes of transporting and marketing the crop more efficiently. In the past, farmers signed Guaranteed Delivery Contracts for select winter wheat throughout the crop year. Now farmers hoping to market the winter wheat they planted last fall as select must register
Cereals, Crops

Getting Agriculture Some Recognition In The Federal Election

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Grain Growers of Canada was the first farm group to pitch farm policies to the parties competing in the May 2 election. President Stephen Vandervalk asked the party leaders “to make agriculture a key part of your election platform. Recent issues like food prices, food safety, biofuels and sustainability have created public interest in agriculture.”
Cereals, News

In Brief… – for Mar. 31, 2011

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Data collection:Rural community foundations will benefit from federal funds helping them collect annual data on how their communities are surviving. Vital Signs portraits measure the vitality of local communities using selected social and economic trends and evaluating areas having a significant impact on the quality of life, such as health, environment and education. A $200,000
Cereals, Opinion

Remember When?

Reporters are notorious information pack rats and the Manitoba Co-operator’sAllan Dawson is no exception. Rumour has it his house is slowly settling into the Pembina escarpment due to the piles of paper, assorted reports and tape recordings stored in his office. But give Dawson a bit of time and he can pull together a pretty
Cereals, Opinion, Poultry

Letters – for Mar. 31, 2011

I would like to address our federal agriculture minister’s continued use of the statement of “putting farmers first.” First, as a beginning farmer a short while ago, I fell through some cracks in our agriculture programs. I had appealed every decision, right up to your office, with the same outcome each time, and at each
Cereals, News

Court Of Appeal Upholds Ritz’s Rules

The Federal Court of Appeal has confirmed legality of federal government changes to the voters’ list in the 2008 Canadian Wheat Board director elections. But the same court also ruled that the Friends of the Canadian Wheat Board (FCWB) – had a legal right to challenge the ruling. In January 2010 Federal Court Judge James

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