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More Than A Name

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Over much of Saskatchewan it was common for farmers en route to town to become trapped in soil drifts across the roads in summer as by snowdrifts in winter. – MEN AGAINST THE DESERT, JAMES H. GRAY 1967 Few of us can imagine much less remember the conditions that brought the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration
Cereals, Opinion

Good Riddance To C-13

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Farmers should be grateful that Bill C-13, a bill to amend the Canada Grain Act, failed to make it through Parliament. The bill was removed from consideration for second reading by a motion supported by all three opposition parties. The motion called for the bill to be brought back to Parliament in six months, but
Cereals, News

Grain Act Bill Dead Or Delayed

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“The key here is that this hoist motion actually kills the bill before it even has a chance to make it to committee.” – PIERRE LEMIEUX Opposition parties employed a rarely used parliamentary tactic to effectively kill the federal government’s proposed legislation amending the Canada Grain Act last week. Just as the government was preparing
Beef cattle, News

In Brief… – for Apr. 9, 2009

Fair gets its grant: The Manitoba government has given the Royal Manitoba Winter Fair a $100,000 grant as part of a five-year commitment, said Rosann Wowchuk, minister of agriculture, food and rural initiatives. The Royal Manitoba Winter Fair is the only fair in Western Canada designated as royal. Attendance in 2008 exceeded 118,000 visitors. The
Cereals, Opinion

Is This “Modernization?”

JOHN MORRISS EDITORIAL DIRECTOR While appointments to the Canadian Wheat Board have traditionally been at a reasonable arm’s length from politics (at least until the director appointments were hijacked by the current government), it’s always been understood that things are different at the Canadian Grain Commission. Appointments have almost always been given to those with
Cereals, News

Canadian Wheat Board Branding Effort Two Years Later

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Amarketing strategy to give Canadian wheat an identity like the iconic Juan Valdez for Colombian coffee growers is a long-term attempt to increase demand, but one grain expert says it will be a stiff challenge. The Canadian Wheat Board, which has a government-granted monopoly on wheat and barley sales from Western Canada, the country’s major
Cereals, News

Report Rips Tories’ CWB, CGC Policies

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“Piece by piece, the minority Conservative government under Stephen Harper is dismantling Canada’s highly successful grain system.” The Canadian Grain Commission and the Canadian Wheat Board are essential to the export success of Prairie farmers but the Harper Conservatives are trying to destroy them, a report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says. The
Cereals, Crops, News

Farmers Urged To Keep Grain Coming

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For once the stars have aligned in favour of farmers. Wheat exports from Canada are moving at a blistering pace while prices remain relatively strong. Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) grain movement since October has been well above the five-and 10-year average and could be the biggest since 1999-2000. The only potential fly in the ointment
Cereals, Crops

Wrong Wheat Delivery Fines Uncertain

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“Details have to be developed after the bill receives royal assent. Then we would draft corresponding regulations…. – REMI GOSSELIN A lot of western Canadian farmers are under the impression they’ll face big fines for delivering the wrong wheat to an elevator if C-13, a bill to amend the Canada Grain Act, becomes law. It’s
Cereals, News

Why Didn’t Five MPs Register In CWB Election?

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The National Farmers Union (NFU) registered as a third-party intervener in the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) elections last year. NFU president Stewart Wells says the five Conservative MPs that wrote to voters in Districts 4, 6, and 8 should do the same. “Everyone can read the laws and regulations of Canada, even the Conservative MPs,”

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