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Railways should repay farmers excess revenues: WGEA

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“More than anything it just seemed to us to be the right thing to do.” – Wade Sobkowich The almost $60 million western grain farmers overpaid the railways last year should be returned to farmers, says the Western Grain Elevator Association, which represents Canada’s main grain companies. The association said the overpayments, which amount to
Cereals, News

CWB needs to keep evolving: Hill

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Reviewing 10 years of farmer oversight at the Canadian Wheat Board, its chairman sees an organization that’s evolved substantially but has to keep that evolution going. “As producers, we wanted more flexibility and choices,” said Larry Hill, who farms at Swift Current, Sask. and has sat on the farmer-elected board of directors since it first
Cereals, Opinion

LETTERS – for Jan. 8, 2009

Grain Growers of Canada wish list At this special time of year, the Grain Growers would like to reflect on accomplishments over the past 12 months and look forward to next year. On the positives, we’d like to recognize the Transport Committees of the House and Senate for their quick work in passing Bill C-8
Cereals, News

CWB Pool / from age 1

“… the 07-08 crop year was a great case study for the advantages of single desk (selling) and pooled pricing.” – maureen fitzhenry was $510.35 a tonne ($13.99 a bushel), more than double the 2006-07 return. After deductions the average Manitoba return is $12.67 a bushel. The in-store return for Special Select two-row and six-row
Cereals, Livestock, Livestock Markets

Lots of barley to feed western cattle

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Large domestic feed grain supplies should help underpin the Canadian cattle sector for the time being by giving it a competitive advantage compared to the U. S., according to an industry analyst who thought the Canadian cattle market was looking reasonably well supported heading into the new year. Market analyst Herb Lock of Farm$ense Marketing
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Canadian feed barley will stay close to home

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Canada is not expected to be a major feed barley exporter this year, as domestic prices should remain more attractive to farmers, according to market sources. While feed barley prices in Western Canada continue to weaken and have more room to the downside, international prices are considerably lower which should keep Canada out of the
Cereals, Oilseeds, Opinion

Grain price reality check

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Reality is slowly seeping into the psyche of the grain industry. Prices have come down a long way. The unfortunate truth is that they aren’t likely to bounce back any time soon. While unlikely to fall to the bargain basement levels of a few years ago, prices in 2009 are also unlikely to resemble the
Cereals, Opinion

Americans use bully tactics at WTO

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Lest there was ever any doubt, new text released by the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Dec. 6 makes it glaringly apparent that the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) is once again being attacked by the United States for nothing but political reasons. Let’s start with the facts. Despite 14 trade challenges and investigations launched by
Cereals, Opinion

LETTERS – for Dec. 18, 2008

Protect rural residents from ILOs It was gratifying to read about a recent Supreme Court of Canada ruling whereby companies can be sued for polluting, despite operating within government regulations and that this could have ramifications for agriculture. The report “Polluters liable for excessive annoyances,” by Ron Friesen in the Manitoba Co-operator Dec. 4 also
Cereals, News

Snowstar wheat leads CWB’s IP program

Demand for snow-white whole-wheat products has spurred the Canadian Wheat Board to put out a new identity-preserved contract program (IPCP) for 2009-10. Snowstar is a new variety of Canada Western Hard White Spring (CWHWS) wheat, for which Prairie farmers will be offered a $15-per-tonne premium to grow, as the CWB carries out international market development.

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