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CashPlus Move “Blindsides” Barley Growers

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A Prairie barley growers’ group says those holding uncontracted malting barley have been “blind-sided” by the Canadian Wheat Board’s decision not to use its designated barley pool to select for new export sales. The CWB announced Jan. 30 that to protect relatively high current pooled values for designated barley, given recent international market price declines,
Cereals, News

Cashplus Only Malt Option Now

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The Canadian Wheat Board moved last week to protect record returns to its malting barley pool from volatile and declining world prices. The CWB announced last week further malting barley sales will now be made through its CashPlus option. That way the value of the pool won’t be eroded by lower-priced sales, said CWB spokeswoman
Cereals, Opinion

LETTERS – for Feb. 5, 2009

New legislation has far-reaching implications Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives Minister Rosann Wowchuk has recently announced that under the new Food Safety Act all food premises in the province of Manitoba will have to be licensed. She wants to start with livestock and move her way down to fruits and veggies. I have read these
Cereals, News, Oilseeds

Farmers split over revenue cap excess

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“This is an excellent opportunity for Western Grains Research to share its vision of what could be done with this money. “ – Doug Robertson Farm groups continue to disagree over what to do with the $59.8 million the railways owe them after overcharging to ship grain in 2007-08. Last week the Western Canadian Wheat
Cereals, News

CWB chief predicts stable prices in 2009

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World wheat, durum and malting barley prices will stabilize over the next 12 months and be “reasonably high” through 2009, according to Ian White, president and CEO of the Canadian Wheat Board. “Volatility should be reduced by increased stocks in the world, but any significant production or supply side shocks to the system… will reflect
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Farmers urged to lobby for rail costing review

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The millions of dollars the railways are reported to have overcharged western grain farmers underscores the need to review railway costs – and to update the formula used to determine how much the railways can earn hauling grain. So said Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) spokeswoman Maureen Fitzhenry in an interview last week: “We need to
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Open market on hold, but WCWGA still optimistic

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“Whether it’s a few months or a few years, certainly we hope it’s the shorter.” – Kevin Bender The open barley and wheat markets the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association (WCWGA) has pushed long and hard for is on hold, but its new president is certain it will come someday. “We had hoped it would
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CWB needs to keep evolving: Hill

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Reviewing 10 years of farmer oversight at the Canadian Wheat Board, its chairman sees an organization that’s evolved substantially but has to keep that evolution going. “As producers, we wanted more flexibility and choices,” said Larry Hill, who farms at Swift Current, Sask. and has sat on the farmer-elected board of directors since it first
Cereals, Opinion

LETTERS – for Jan. 8, 2009

Grain Growers of Canada wish list At this special time of year, the Grain Growers would like to reflect on accomplishments over the past 12 months and look forward to next year. On the positives, we’d like to recognize the Transport Committees of the House and Senate for their quick work in passing Bill C-8
Cereals, Opinion

Americans use bully tactics at WTO

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Lest there was ever any doubt, new text released by the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Dec. 6 makes it glaringly apparent that the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) is once again being attacked by the United States for nothing but political reasons. Let’s start with the facts. Despite 14 trade challenges and investigations launched by

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