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Grain Growers funded to promote grain sales

By Allan Dawson December 5, 2012

Fifty thousand dollars in federal government money is going to the Grain Growers of Canada to promote Canadian grain, which will include sending farmers on overseas trade missions. It’s part of $208,000 David Anderson, parliamentary secretary for the Canadian Wheat Board, announced here Nov. 21 during the annual Grain Industry Symposium organized by the Canada

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CGC distributes Newco Grain security

By Allan Dawson December 5, 2012

Eligible farmers owed money for grain they delivered to Newco Grain Ltd., of Coaldale, Alta., when it was a licensed grain dealer before May 11, received 95.1 per cent of what they were owed, the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) said in a news release Nov. 23. About 144 farmers received approximately $3 million through the

Cereals, Crops, News

Canadian grain farmers enjoying good times

By Allan Dawson December 4, 2012

It’s a great time to be a farmer in Western Canada, but don’t expect the good times to last forever, grain industry officials said during the Fields on Wheels conference in Winnipeg Nov. 9. “This is truly a time of opportunity,” said Richard Wansbutter, Viterra’s vice-president of government and commercial relations. “I really think these

Cereals, Crops, News

Post-CWB monopoly system receives record grain volume Q1

By Allan Dawson November 30, 2012

Concerns that Canada’s grain pipeline would initially struggle in the wake of ending the Canadian Wheat Board’s monopoly have proven groundless. A record 14 million tonnes of grain were delivered to the Canadian grain-handling system during the first 15 weeks of the crop year, Cargill Canada president Len Penner told the Grain Industry Symposium here

Beef cattle, Opinion

WSGA wants investigation into XL beef recall

By Phil Rowland November 30, 2012

The Western Stock Growers’ Association (WSGA) has respectfully asked the Government of Canada to launch an independent investigation into the crisis surrounding the closing and long process to reopen the XL beef plant in Brooks. Recently, producers at the Alberta Beef Producers (ABP) zone meeting in Fort MacLeod supported a motion to call for an

Cereals, Opinion

The reason farmers sought market power back then

November 29, 2012

The following contains excerpts from comments to the recent Fields on Wheels conference by Paul Earl, who has a PhD in history and is acting director of the University of Manitoba’s Transport Institute. Earl spent many years working for United Grain Growers and the Western Canadian Grain Growers Association lobbying the federal government to end

Cereals, Crops, News

Regulations, farmer voice needed in post-CWB monopoly world

By Allan Dawson November 29, 2012

Two vocal advocates for deregulating Western Canada’s wheat marketing are now suggesting farmers need a strong voice and new regulations to protect them from the open market. While free enterprise is the best economic system, it only works when transactions are voluntary and there is true competition, Paul Earl, a former lobbyist against the Canadian

Cereals, Crops, News

Western grain system humming so far this crop year

By Allan Dawson November 29, 2012

Canada’s grain-handling and transportation system performed above average during the first 13 weeks of the new crop year, but it’s too soon to tell if there’s a connection with ending of the Canadian Wheat Board’s monopoly, according to Mark Hemmes, president of Quorum Corporation, the firm hired by the federal government to monitor system performance.

Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Why were canola yields down?

By Allan Dawson November 21, 2012

Has canola turned into a wimp or were 2012’s lacklustre western Canadian yields due to poor weather, diseases, insects and pushed rotations? The Manitoba Canola Growers Association (MCGA) hopes to find out later this month when it meets with the life science companies that produce new canola cultivars, MCGA director Ernie Sirski told the Keystone

Crops, News, Oilseeds

Grains Act amendments get good grade but could be higher

By Alex Binkley November 21, 2012

Proposed changes to the Canadian Grain Commission grade well with national farm groups, but they say the results could be even better. The commission’s operating costs “must be driven down through a more comprehensive streamlining of operations than the current amendments facilitate,” said Gordon Bacon, CEO of Pulse Canada and spokesman for the Canadian Special

Daily Network News

Canadian agriculture must be seen as growth sector: Blois

Chicken, eggs benefit from demand for economical protein

Spain detects first swine fever cases outside initial Barcelona outbreak zone

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Grain Growers funded to promote grain sales

CGC distributes Newco Grain security

Canadian grain farmers enjoying good times

Post-CWB monopoly system receives record grain volume Q1

WSGA wants investigation into XL beef recall

The reason farmers sought market power back then

Regulations, farmer voice needed in post-CWB monopoly world

Western grain system humming so far this crop year

Why were canola yields down?

Grains Act amendments get good grade but could be higher

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