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Cereals, Livestock, Opinion

LETTERS – for Nov. 20, 2008

At least on ballot, choice is clear I, along with three out of the five Canadian Wheat Board director candidates, wish to thank the Co-operator for your even-handed manner of providing equal space to all the candidates (Co-operator, Nov. 13, pages 21 to 25). While these three candidates advocate a particular policy they name as
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Food agency picks advisory panel

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“We didn’t meet the expectations of Canadians in dealing with listeria and that has had a profound effect on the CFIA.” – Brian Evans, Canadian Food Inspection Agency Executive Vice-President The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is turning to outside experts for advice in battling food safety threats. It has named four academics to an advisory
Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Markets still controlled by “outside” forces

For three-times-daily market reports from Don Bousquet and RNI, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca Grain and oilseed futures at ICE Futures Canada in WinnipegWinnipeg closed the week ended Nov. 14 moderately lower as weakness in Chicago soybean and soyoil markets weighed on prices. The continued global financial instability also undermined the markets. Farmer
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NFU wants CWB election co-ordinator replaced

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The ballot application form had contained a “catch-22” for permit book holders. The National Farmers Union (NFU) wants the Canadian Wheat Board to fire elections co-ordinator Ian Craven of the accounting firm Meyers Norris Penny. In a Nov. 5 letter to CWB president and CEO Ian White, NFU president Stewart Wells accuses Craven of undermining
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Seek damages from U. S. over CWB: Easter

Canada should demand compensation from the U. S. for damages, legal bills and lost profits stemming from its government’s latest failed trade action against the Canadian Wheat Board, says federal Agriculture Critic Wayne Easter. Easter, a Liberal MP from P. E. I., said last week he had written to the Conservative government’s newly appointed International
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Conditions favour CWB single desk: USDA

Declining grain prices, the Conservative government’s ongoing minority status and the current global financial crisis may help protect the Canadian Wheat Board’s single marketing desk “for a while longer,” a U. S. ag agency’s report suggests. The Global Agriculture Information Network (GAIN), operated by the U. S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agriculture Service (FAS), noted
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Be careful what you ask for…

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There’s an old saying that goes something like this: be careful what you ask for ’cause you just might get it. I’m often reminded of that saying when I get into discussions with people who want to get rid of the Canadian Wheat Board’s single-desk powers. For them, the board is a monopoly buyer of
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Candidates’ views surveyed

The Canadian Federation of Independent Business has posted the results of its Canadian Wheat Board candidates’ survey on its website. The pro-open market CFIB asked candidates about their views on the CWB, and in particular, their views on marketing choice for western Canadian wheat and barley producers. Elections for directors of the CWB are held
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System needs more give and take

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Background: An active grain and beef producer, and also employed off the farm. Has experience dealing with people, in all areas, including business (board rooms), and in the community as a full-time police officer. My wife Joyce and I have farmed in the Dugald area for the past 25 years. We have four children who
Cereals, News, Oilseeds

Farmers must embrace free market opportunities

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I farm full time at MacGregor, Man. Over the years I have been involved in farm policy issues, particularly grain transportation and marketing. It has become clear to me that the only way for the wheat and barley industry to become more prosperous for farmers and their communities is to embrace free market opportunities, with

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