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CWB Single Desk To End, But When?

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It’s not a question of if, but when Stephen Harper’s majority Conservative government will kill the Canadian Wheat Board’s monopoly over western Canadian wheat and barley. The Tories have promised since 2006 to abolish the CWB’s statutory single desk, but were stymied until winning 167 seats in the May 2 election, giving them a solid
Cereals, Opinion

Letters – for Apr. 21, 2011

I almost gagged when I read your front-page article “Cold weather makes cattle greener.” I had to check and make sure it wasn’t dated April 1. Alas, it was the April 14 issue. Attaching all these devices to cattle to measure for contributions to global warming seems somewhat foolish. For a true test of how
Cereals, Opinion

Letters – for Nov. 18, 2010

Dogs in a truck offence – offensive Just when a person is thinking that the urban-rural gap cannot get any wider– Dr. Terry Whiting is quoted in a Manitoba Co-operatorarticle concerning Manitoba’s new animal rights and welfare rules. In the specific quote of concern “Sheriff” Whiting informs us that driving a pickup truck with a
Cereals, Opinion

Letters – for Oct. 28, 2010

A report in the Oct. 14 Manitoba Co-operator announced that the Canadian Chamber of Commerce recently passed a resolution at its annual meeting in Gatineau, Quebec calling for an “amendment to the CWB Act supporting voluntary marketing of wheat and barley.” It further “called on the minister to use his powers to instruct the CWB
Cereals, News, Oilseeds

In Brief… – for Oct. 7, 2010

Deer ticks now across province:The deer ticks known to harbour the bacteria that cause Lyme disease can now be found throughout Manitoba, including their “well-established” population in the southeast, according to U of M entomologist Terry Galloway. Until this season’s fieldwork is done, it’s not known if deer tick populations have also “established” themselves in
Cereals, Crops

Bumper Australian Crop To Strain Rail Links

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Australia’s biggest wheat harvest in nearly a decade threatens to strain a creaky rail network and delay grain shipments just as buyers look to the country to plug global supply gaps caused by a Russian export ban. The logjam, reminiscent of a scramble by exporters early in 2009 to fill orders immediately after the harvest
Cereals, News

Allen Oberg New Wheat Board Chair

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Maximizing farmer returns and increasing farmer cont rol are priorities for the Canadian Wheat Board’s new chair Allen Oberg. The District 5 director who produces crops and cattle near Forestburg, southeast of Edmonton, was elected the CWB’s chair last week during the board’s regulator monthly meeting. Oberg, who was first elected to the CWB in
Cereals, Crops

Outgoing Director Cites Single-Desk Advantages

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“They are still in a position where their ability to put legislation through on the wheat board is doubtful, but I don’t have any illusions that if they were in a majority situation they would move pretty swiftly on their commitments.” – BILL NICHOLSON Outgoing Canadian Wheat Board director Bill Nicholson predicts that the Conservatives
Cereals, Crops

Canada Picks Up Wheat Exports To Africa From AWB

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The Canadian Wheat Board has picked up some wheat export sales to Africa from AWB Ltd., because the former Australian Wheat Board can no longer guarantee supply, CWB chief executive Ian White said Jan. 28. “Some customers in Africa who used to get 100 per cent of their supply from the Australian Wheat Board have

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