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Progress In Developing Post-KVD Wheat Variety Tests

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Beverly Stow worries about the huge financial liability farmers could face if they accidentally deliver wheat to the wrong class at the elevator now that KVD (kernel visual distinguishability) is gone. The Graysville-area farmer raised the issue here last month during a Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) meeting. She pointed out that under C-13, the bill
Cereals, Opinion

AG review not necessary

Agriculture Minister Ritz is sanctimoniously outraged over the fact the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) reported a minuscule loss in their contingency fund due to the global market meltdown. Of the record $8.418 billion in gross sales, the contingency fund loss was less than one per cent. The contingency fund was established to backstop CWB producer
Cereals, News

Oat market is hammering out a bottom

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“Nobody has done that analysis. The minister himself told me they haven’t done it in their department, which is kind of strange.” – ian wishart The Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) will stop grading grain at western Canadian country elevators, even if it’s being exported directly to the United States, starting Aug. 1, 2009. Critics say
Cereals, Livestock

Demand Down For Organic Wheat

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Demand for wheat tends to hold steady even in tough economic times, but not so for what’s organically grown. Demand for organic wheat, durum and barley has flattened since the economic downturn began, Canadian Wheat Board organic marketing manager Patty Rosher said here during an Organic Week seminar Feb. 19, hosted by the provincial Agriculture
Cereals, Crops, News

New-Crop Prices To Weaken

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The Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) expects wheat and barley prices to be considerably lower in 2009-10 compared to where they thought 2008-09 prices would be a year ago, according to the grain marketer’s first new-crop Pool Return Outlooks (PROs), released February 23 during the annual GrainWorld conference in Winnipeg. However, the CWB pointed out that
Cereals, Crops, News

Farm Cash Receipts Up In 2008

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Canada’s farmers grossed $41.8 billion from the sale of crops and livestock in 2008, 14.2 per cent higher than in the previous year, Statistics Canada reported. The increase was fuelled mainly by higher prices for grains and oilseeds. Crop receipts rose 25.6 per cent to $23 billion. Receipts from sales of livestock increased just 2.9
Cereals, Opinion

Review Of CWB Pricing Options Warranted

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For once, critics of the Canadian Wheat Board are advancing a reasonable suggestion. The Grain Growers of Canada is calling for an independent review of risk management strategies at the CWB. Grain Growers of Canada is decidedly not a CWB supporter. However, unlike much of the anti-CWB rhetoric, their call for an independent review has
Cereals, Opinion

Board Accountable To Farmers

The Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) recently published its annual report for the 2007-08 crop year. It was an exceptional year for Prairie grain producers, with record sales values and revenue for their grain. At the same time, the range of flexible payment options available to producers continued to expand. Over six million tonnes were committed
Cereals, News

Ritz Rips CWB Over Barley Pool Closure

Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz slammed the Canadian Wheat Board over its decision to close down its bulk barley pool in the interests of keeping prices high for those already in the program. “I’m very concerned when I see them put out a press release saying they’re closing the bulk barley pool because they don’t
Cereals, News, Oilseeds

CWB canola-marketing idea “This is

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notgoing to come overnight and the ball is now in our court.” – butch harder – Butch Harder Efforsts to give western farmers the option to voluntarily market canola through the Canadian Wheat Board ( CWB) have beenresurrected. “ Keep your earstuned and keep listening,” outgoing Manitoba Canola Growers Association president Ernie Sirski told farmers

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