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Voluntary CWB Proposed In Bill C-619

By Allan Dawson February 17, 2011

Ontario MP Bruce Stanton has introduced a private members’ bill to end the Canadian Wheat Board’s singledesk marketing authority. Bill C-619 would give farmers the ability to “opt out” of having to market their wheat and barley destined for export or domestic human consumption through the CWB for at least two years at a time.

Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Canada Crop Stockpiles Shrink After Smaller Crops

By Rod Nickel February 10, 2011

Stockpiles of wheat and canola in Canada, a leading exporter, shrank slightly more than expected at Dec. 31 from a year earlier due to smaller crops, Statistics Canada said Feb. 4, underscoring tight global supplies that have pushed up food prices and sparked protests. Stocks of all wheat in grain bins and country elevators were

Cereals, Crops

Growers Favour Barley Over Wheat

By Brent Harder February 10, 2011

With wheat showi ng strong returns across Western Canada, it appears producers are showing more interest in wheat than barley “Wheat is garnering a significant portion of the acre increase, barley a little less so at the moment,” said Bruce Burnett, director of weather and market analysis with the Canadian Wheat Board in Winnipeg. Bill

Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Wheat Growing Makes Comeback In Minnesota

By Doug Holen February 10, 2011

Fields of barley, oats, rye, triticale, and winter and spring wheat could be seen from Rochester to Grand Forks until the early 1990s, when they all but disappeared from southern and central Minnesota. What once was old is new again. In the past six to seven years, the University of Minnesota has heard an increasing

Cereals, News

Cwb President Reappointed For Three Years

By AAFC February 10, 2011

Agriculture Minister and Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board Gerry Ritz has reappointed Ian White as president and chief executive officer (CEO), and David Carefoot as a director of the Canadian Wheat Board. “I am pleased Mr. White and Mr. Carefoot have agreed to continue serving western Canadian farmers,” said Minister Ritz. “As president and

Cereals, Crops

Canada Offers Wheat, Japan Buys As Planned

By Chikako Mogi February 4, 2011

Japan bought food wheat from Canada at a regular tender on Feb. 3 and a Canadian Wheat Board memo shows it managed to find scarce high-protein supplies despite a global shortage of top-quality wheat. The wheat board sold Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture 37,110 tonnes of top-grade spring wheat for shipping March 12 to April 11,

Cereals, Opinion

CWB Director Has His Facts Wrong

By John De Pape February 3, 2011

In the Jan. 6 issueManitoba Co-operator,Canadian Wheat Board-elected director Bill Woods takes aim at the railways for what he calls “slick accounting.” Unfortunately, Woods has his facts wrong, which makes his whole argument meaningless. The annual review of regulated rail rates and charges showed that the revenue of CN and CP came in under the

Cereals, News

Board Skips Tender Due To Low Protein

By Rod Nickel February 3, 2011

The Canadian Wheat Board didn’t fill a recent wheat tender from Japan because its wheat has a lower percentage of protein than Japan usually requires, a spokeswoman for the marketing agency said Jan. 27. But the wheat board remains confident of filling future tenders from Japan, its fourth-largest wheat export market, as talks with Japan’s

Cereals, Crops

Organic Wheat Tough To Move, Says CWB Marketer

By Daniel Winters February 3, 2011

Canadian organic wheat farmers have effectively been shut out of the European market due to lower-priced competition from Kazakhstan. After the meteoric rise of organic wheat to $30 per bushel in the spring of 2008 that ended in the global economic recession that began later that fall, food manufacturers started looking elsewhere for raw materials.

Cereals, Livestock

Free Trade Talks With Morocco Wins Praise From Ag Sector

By Alex Binkley February 3, 2011

Canadian farm groups and the Canadian Wheat Board were quick with praise last week for a federal initiative to launch free trade negotiations with Morocco, saying a deal is needed to keep Canadian durum and pulse exports competitive with shipments from the United States. The U.S. has had an FTA with the North African country

Daily Network News

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ICE Weekly: Trade progress, new data threaten to break canola’s price range

CBOT Weekly: Trade awaits USDA S/D report

Tag Archives Barley

Voluntary CWB Proposed In Bill C-619

Canada Crop Stockpiles Shrink After Smaller Crops

Growers Favour Barley Over Wheat

Wheat Growing Makes Comeback In Minnesota

Cwb President Reappointed For Three Years

Canada Offers Wheat, Japan Buys As Planned

CWB Director Has His Facts Wrong

Board Skips Tender Due To Low Protein

Organic Wheat Tough To Move, Says CWB Marketer

Free Trade Talks With Morocco Wins Praise From Ag Sector

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