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CWB Must Be A Strong Advocate For Farmers

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For over 30 years, I have produced wheat and canola near Benito, Man. This has made me a strong supporter of the single-desk marketing and farmer control of the Canadian Wheat Board. These are the reasons I am asking for your support in the Canadian Wheat Board directors’ elections. It matters who we elect and
Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

CWB Needs A Strong Future Vision

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Farmers have fought hard and with passion to have their voices heard around the table of the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB). What farmers need are leaders who not only represent their business interests, but who have a vision for a strong and successful CWB in two to 10 years from now. This leadership needs to
Cereals, News

Court Overturns Shipper Complaint Against CN

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Canadian National Railway (CN) did not breach its level-of-service obligations to the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) and four other grain companies in the 2007- 08 crop year the Federal Appeal Court said in its ruling Sept. 9. Although the ruling overturns the Canadian Transportation Agency’s (CTA) decision in favour of the complaint launched in 2008
Cereals, Crops

Two More Private Members’ Bills Deal With CWB

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Two more private members’ bills dealing with the Canadian Wheat Board received first reading in the House of Commons last week. If it becomes law Bill C-588 will stop members of Parliament from spending taxpayers’ money to influence Canadian Wheat Board elections. Bill C-589, if approved, will give the CWB’s directors more control of the
Cereals, News

Producer Car History

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Farmers gained the right to load their own grain in May 1902 through an amendment to the Manitoba Grain Act, after it became apparent elevator companies and the railways conspired to prevent farmers loading cars themselves. The amendment introduced the “Car Order Book” – allocating cars on a first-come, first-served basis. The Canadian Pacific Railway
Cereals, Crops

And The Winner Is…

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Seed of the Year is proud to announce AC Metcalfe, a two-row malting barley variety, as the winner of Seed of the Year -West. AC Metcalfe, developed by Bill Legge at AAFC Brandon, received full registration in 1997, and was an advance in agronomic, disease resistance and quality traits in a two-row malting barley variety.
Cereals, Crops

Canada Wheat Board Raises Grain Export Target

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Warm, dry late-harvest weather partially salvaged Western Canada’s small, low-quality crops of wheat and barley, raising harvest and export prospects, a top Canadian Wheat Board official said Oct. 29. The board expects to export up to 15.8 million tonnes of wheat and barley in the current 2010-11 crop year, up about five per cent from
Cereals, News

Hearings On GM Regulation Bill C-474 Shut Down

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Preventing genetically modified (GM) crops from contaminating non-GM crops is practically impossible. That’s the message weed scientist Rene Van Acker would have given the House of Commons’ agriculture committee hearing on Bill C-474 in Ottawa Oct. 28, had he been given the opportunity. But hearings on NDP MP Alex Atamanenko’s legislation came to an abrupt
Cereals, Grain Markets

Canada Said To Have Sold Wheat To South Korea

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Canada is believed to have exported feed wheat to South Korea, although confirmation was lacking. It was reported by overseas exporters Oct. 27 that South Korea’s Major Feedmill Group bought a total of 110,000 tonnes of Canadian feed wheat in a tender at $308.25 per tonne, with arrival by Feb. 10, 2010. John Lyons, media
Cereals, News

CWB Ballots In The Mail

Ballot packages have been mailed to 28,481 potential voters in this fall’s Canadian Wheat Board director elections in CWB Districts 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9. “If they have not received them by Nov. 9 voters should call the toll-free election information line at 1.877.780.VOTE,” said election co-ordinator Ian Craven. Producers who may be eligible

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