Improved CWB Delivery Programs Coming

“Farmers will have to look at the whole package to see if that’s what they want.” – MATT KJARSGAARD Enhancements are coming to Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) grain delivery programs in the new crop year, officials say. They include increased volumes of grain that can be delivered through GrainFlo, as well as storage payments for

CWB Turns 75 Years Old

“This milestone is particularly significant to many international customers, who view our longevity as a sign of stability in an often volatile world market environment.” – CWB CHAIRMAN ALLEN OBERG The Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) turned 75 years old July 5. Loved by some and despised by others, its future is far from clear. The


CFA Rejects NFU Presence At Pre-Ag Ministers’ Meeting

“I’ve been at meetings for years where CFA people have been around and I may be forceful and make my points but I’m certainly not confrontational. I think I know the difference.” – TERRY BOEHM The National Farmers Union (NFU) didn’t get to meet with provincial agriculture ministers last week because the Canadian Federation of

Demand A Costing Review Of Railway Grain Transportation

Disbelief. Followed by frustration and, we hope, the desire to do something about it. That is response many western grain farmers are likely to feel upon receiving news that they may have greatly overpaid the railway companies to ship their product. Railway earnings for handling grain are the focus of a new study by respected


Goodale Bill To Put Farmers In Control At CWB

“Charlie Mayer and Bill Knight, …they didn’t much like the Canadian Wheat Board, but they didn’t attempt to shoot it in the head in the middle of the night.” – RALPH GOODALE Liberal MP Ralph Goodale is trying once more to turn control of the Canadian Wheat Board over to farmers. The architect of the

Farmers Demand Ottawa Review Rail Costs For Grain

“The railways … don’t want competition and they don’t want regulation. You can’t have it both ways.” – IAN WISHART Western grain farmers are overpaying the railways by an estimated $200 million a year or $6.87 a tonne to haul their crops to export, according to a study prepared for the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB).


Avoid Hasty Response To Unseeded Acreage

A s the seeding window closes, the unseeded acreage projections are staggering. But it’s difficult to know how governments should respond or if they should respond at all. The Canadian Wheat Board says Western Canada will have the lowest wheat acreage since 1971. Barley acreage is expected to be the lowest since 1965. Pressure is

Unseeded Acres Arrive In Markets

For three-times-daily market reports from Resource News International, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca. Mounting weather concerns across Western Canada finally made their way into the canola market during the week ended June 11, causing the futures to rally sharply higher on ideas that large areas will be left unseeded this year due to


CWB Survey Says Farmers Want Control

“The message from farmers is crystal clear: they want to be firmly in charge of their marketing organization and call the shots on its future.” – ALLEN OBERG The majority of western Canadian farmers believe they should be the ones deciding the future of the Canadian Wheat Board, according to the board’s annual producer survey.

CGC Payment Security Alternative Closer

“We still like the old one (program), there’s no question about that.” – ROB BRUNEL KAP is making headway on a “Plan B” should the federal government scrap the Canadian Grain Commission’s (CGC) security program that kicks in when licensed grain companies fail to pay farmers. “We are going to be putting forward a policy