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Cereals, News

FCWB Appealing Voters’ List Ruling

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Friends of the Canadian Wheat Board (FCWB) is appealing a Federal Court decision upholding changes to the CWB’s voters’ list made by Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz in 2008. The coalition of farmers and others in support of the CWB contend Justice James Russell erred on two points in Winnipeg Jan. 29, said FCWB spokesman and
Cereals, News, Oilseeds

What’s Up – for Feb. 25, 2010

Please forward your agricultural events to [email protected] call 204-944-5762 Feb. 25-27 – Prairie Conservation and Endangered Species Conference, Winnipeg Convention Centre, 375 York Ave. For more info visit www.pcesc.caor call Shannon toll free at 866-532-6155. Feb. 26 – Farm Focus: Celebrating Farm Families and Rural Living, 9:30 a. m. to 4 p. m., Boissevain School,
Cereals, News

Changes Needed To CWB Election Rules

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“Everything this government does is with a view to destroying the wheat board so whether they make changes by opening the act or otherwise their end-game is always the same.” – STEWART WELLS Farmers divided over the Canadian Wheat Board’s (CWB) role can agree on one thing: the rules for electing directors and the role
Cereals, News

Federal Court Dismisses CWB Voter List Challenge

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“By taking this to court the Friends attempted to prove that this was not just a dirty trick, but it was an illegal dirty trick.” – STEWART WELLS AFederal Court judge has dismissed a farmer group’s call for a judicial review of changes in how the voters’ list is drafted for Canadian Wheat Board director
Cereals, Opinion

Letters – for Feb. 4, 2010

Government argument insulting I spent Wednesday, Jan. 20 sitting in Federal Court in Winnipeg as a farmer-applicant on behalf of the Friends of the Canadian Wheat Board. Our case is about the voter manipulation by the federal government in 2008 in our farmer-funded Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) director elections. Instead of using the majority of
Cereals, Crops

Canada Picks Up Wheat Exports To Africa From AWB

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The Canadian Wheat Board has picked up some wheat export sales to Africa from AWB Ltd., because the former Australian Wheat Board can no longer guarantee supply, CWB chief executive Ian White said Jan. 28. “Some customers in Africa who used to get 100 per cent of their supply from the Australian Wheat Board have
Cereals, News

CWB Lowers Price Outlooks

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The Canadian Wheat Board has lowered its price projections for most classes of wheat and durum sold during the 2009-10 (Aug./July) crop year. The Pool Return Outlooks, released January 28, were left unchanged for barley. Wheat values were steady to down $5 per tonne from December, with most classes of wheat seeing declines. The CWB
Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Mild Weather Raises Stored Crop Risk

Unusually mild temperatures in Western Canada are threatening to damage stored crops, potentially downgrading quality and reducing supply for exports, a canola industry official said Jan. 15. Canola crushers are noticing shipments of canola with mould and other heat damage, said Jim Bessel, a senior agronomy specialist with the Canola Council of Canada. “Because of
Cereals, News

Wheat Growers’ Group Formed To Protest CWB

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“There was absolutely no reason to have faith in the wheat board.” – WALLY NELSON The way Wally Nelson tells it, it all began in early December 1969 when a farmer named John Wood came to his John Deere dealership to apologize for not being able to pay his bill. There’d been a decent crop
Cereals, News

FCWB Defends Wheat Board Against Ottawa In Court

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“We’re saying a minister should not be able to change or override the regulations and the voting procedures of the Canadian Wheat Board just through a simple letter of instruction and a secret one at that.” – STEWART WELLS Allegations that Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz exceeded his authority by instructing the Canadian Wheat Board to

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