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The prime minister honours CWB protesters for fighting unjust law

August 10, 2012

The following is an excerpt from Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s remarks while at an event in Kindersley, Sask., Aug. 1 to celebrate the government’s victory in eliminating the Canadian Wheat Board’s single desk. What a great day this is. It’s a great day for western Canadian farmers — a great day for all who have

Cereals, Crops, Opinion

You can’t manage what you won’t measure

By Ralph Goodale August 10, 2012

Sixty-nine years of history came to an end August 1. The single-desk marketing system of the Canadian Wheat Board, which started in 1943, is now officially dead. Few farmers were ever asked about this change. There was no producer vote, no public hearing, no respectable debate in Parliament. There was no cost-benefit analysis. There’s not

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, News

CWB sees good crop, good quality, good prices ahead

By Allan Dawson August 10, 2012

Western Canadian farmers were beginning to harvest a bumper, high-quality crop at a time of strong world prices that are expected to remain that way during the 2012-13 crop year, a CWB official said last week. Widespread drought in the American Corn Belt and the wheat-growing areas of Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan, is positive for

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, News, Oilseeds

CBOT, MGEX wheat mostly lower on the week

By Phil Franz-Warkentin August 10, 2012

The canola market saw another week of ups and downs during the period ended Aug. 3, but managed to finish on the plus side overall. U.S. weather concerns and uncertainty over the size of the canola crop itself provided underlying support. With early harvest operations expected to pick up steam over the next few weeks,

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, News

New CWB offers higher initial payments

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff August 10, 2012

The government-backed CWB has upped the ante in the new market environment by offering higher initial payments on its Early Delivery Pool and Harvest Pool. The CWB released information on its 2012-13 initial payments July 30, two days before the launch of the open market in Western Canada. The payments apply to wheat, durum and

Cereals, Country Crossroads, Recipe Swap

Recipe Swap: The benefits of barley

By Lorraine Stevenson August 10, 2012

How often do you add pot or pearled barley to your soups or stews, or bake with barley flour? Canadians don’t eat much barley — we consume it as beer, mostly — but that’s going to change as our perceptions of the food value of this crop start to shift, thanks to a new health

Cereals, News, Opinion

Our history, Aug. 1928

August 10, 2012

As “The Official Organ of Manitoba Co-operative Wheat Producers Ltd.,” our predecessor publication The Scoop Shovel was an enthusiastic promoter of signing up for the wheat pool, which involved a commitment to deliver all wheat production for five years. The issue reported that to date 18,628 farmers had signed up in Manitoba, more than 10

Cereals, News, Opinion

Déjà vu all over again?

By Laura Rance-Unger August 10, 2012

You could say a lot about the federal government’s process for ending the Canadian Wheat Board’s single-desk monopoly this week, and many have. But you have to admit Gerry Ritz’s timing was impeccable. Or rather, he lucked out. With commodity prices soaring due to the fiercest drought to grip the U.S. in more than half

Cereals, Crops, News

Health Canada gives barley permission to boast about its health benefits

By Lorraine Stevenson August 10, 2012

Forget the apple — a few grams of barley will keep the doctor away. Health Canada has given its stamp of approval to the grain after years of research established that beta-glucan, a type of fibre found in barley, can reduce blood cholesterol, which is a risk factor for heart disease. “A health claim really

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, News

Single-desk supporters appeal to Supreme Court

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff August 10, 2012

The group Friends of the Canadian Wheat Board is seeking leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada regarding a Federal Court of Appeal ruling overturning a Dec. 6, 2011 ruling by Federal Justice Campbell. It will be joined in its bid to challenge the federal government’s decision to end the CWB’s single desk

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The prime minister honours CWB protesters for fighting unjust law

You can’t manage what you won’t measure

CWB sees good crop, good quality, good prices ahead

CBOT, MGEX wheat mostly lower on the week

New CWB offers higher initial payments

Recipe Swap: The benefits of barley

Our history, Aug. 1928

Déjà vu all over again?

Health Canada gives barley permission to boast about its health benefits

Single-desk supporters appeal to Supreme Court

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