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Cereals, Crops, Opinion

Freedom Cry No Excuse For Dishonest Deliveries

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Alot can be learned while waiting in line at the elevator. One day I observed elevator employees climbing up on the top of a large semitrailer to probe a load of wheat for samples. For most small elevators, this would be considered unusual since the typical load is sampled as it is dumped into the
Cereals, Crops, News

West Coast Wheat Shipments Drop

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Total West Coast grain movement so far this crop year is just a bit off the pace from 2009-10. As of week 18 (Dec. 5) grain terminals in Vancouver and Prince Rupert shipped out almost 6.4 million tonnes of the major grains and oilseeds, down seven per cent compared with the same period a year
Cereals, Crops

Protecting Canada’s Grain Quality Reputation

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The Canadian Grain Co m m i s s i o n , t h e Canadian Wheat Board and the Western Grain Elevators Association have jointly issued a release reminding farmers that producer declarations protect the returns farmers earn from the international marketplace. The declaration system relies on producers to attest that the grain
Cereals, News

Singledesk Directors Still Hold Balance Of Power At CWB

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Directors who support single-desk selling retain the balance of power at the Canadian Wheat Board. Four of the five directors elected Dec. 12 support single- desk marketing. Four of the five other farmer-elected directors elected two years ago in even-numbered districts also support the single desk. However, it’s widely believed the five government-appointed directors support
Cereals, News

Producer Cars Receiving Special Treatment, Farm Leader Charges

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Producer cars and short line railways receive special treatment from the Canadian Wheat Board, according to the president of the Grain Growers of Canada. “Producer cars are not always profitable,” Doug Robertson told a symposium put on by his organization and the Canada Grains Council last month. “Sometimes certain agencies (CWB) make them profitable for
Cereals, Opinion

Letters – for Dec. 9, 2010

Huyde says suit justified The Hudye claim (Variety declarations put to the test,Dec. 2) should make a difference to every farmer who sells to the Canadian Wheat Board because it asserts, among other things, that the CWB owes farmers a fiduciary duty. Simply put, it’s a claim that the CWB must at all times act
Dairy cattle, Livestock

National Milk Pool Urged To Soften Dairy Import Risk

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Volatile fluid milk prices in the United States show the need for a national all-milk pool in Canada, Manitoba dairy farmers were told last week. A combination of low U.S. prices and a strong loonie could allow fluid milk to enter Canada despite high import tariffs, according to the head of the Canadian Dairy Commission.
Cereals, News

Variety Declarations Put To Test

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The Canadian Wheat Board is being sued for more than $50 million by a Saskatchewan farm that has its delivery contract cancelled for delivering an ineligible variety of Red Spring wheat. But industry officials say the lawsuit by Hudye Farms Inc. and two associated companies is really a test of the four-year-old grain variety declaration
Cereals, Hogs, News, Oilseeds

Letters – for Dec. 2, 2010

The November 18 issue was very interesting reading and has prompted me to write to compliment Laura Rance for her excellent editorial on the changes in the Animal Care Act and the increased authority for provincial animal-welfare officers. I also have to say that the two letters to the editor regarding dogs riding in the

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