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There Are Other Issues Than The CWB

By John Morriss September 15, 2011

Though you d hardly know it, the Canadian grain industry is facing issues other than the Canadian Wheat Board. For example, just what are the long-term prospects for Prairie wheat and barley exports, wheat board or not? That came to mind last week while reading Reuters reports on production and export activity out of the

Cereals, Crops, Opinion

Who Will Be Responsible For CWB Demise?

September 15, 2011

With the announcement from the federal government that the monopoly will be removed and farmers will have a choice in marketing their wheat and barley, all hell has broken loose. The supporters of the single desk are running around in a panic forecasting the rape and pillage of the Western farmers by the big bad

Cereals, News

FCWB’s Court Case Continues

By Allan Dawson September 15, 2011

Legal action to force Ottawa to hold a plebiscite on whether to keep or end the Canadian Wheat Board s (CWB) single desk will be heard in Federal Court. On Sept. 9 a Federal Court prothonotary rejected the federal government s application to dismiss the Friends of the Canadian Wheat Board s (FCWB) application filed

Cereals, Dairy cattle, News

Australian Trade Minister Supports End To Single Desk

By Allan Dawson September 15, 2011

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz has a new high-profile ally in his quest to end the Canadian Wheat Board s (CWB) single desk Australian trade minister Craig Emerson. The Australian Wheat Board s export monopoly ended in 2008 and Emerson said it has been a great success. The Australian experience has been unambiguously good, he said

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets

EU Barley Quantity And Quality Down From Last Year

By Nigel Hunt September 15, 2011

Barley harvests in Western Europe are winding down with an overall slight fall in the size of the crop and quality also expected to decline, particularly in Germany, crop analysts said Sept. 8. Winter barley in Germany suffered major damage from the triple blow of a very cold winter, springtime drought and summer rain, according

Cereals, Opinion

Letters – for Sep. 8, 2011

September 8, 2011

Appreciate the coverage I extend words of appreciation for the August 25 Co-operator!The editorial highlighted good science that is well ahead of the curve when it detailed “ECO Farming.” Concerning the “new reporter,” Shannon VanRaes, please detail more of what you saw “growing up near Tillsonburg (and) “watching a way of agricultural life fade into

Cereals, News

Oberg Reacts To WCWGA Plan For Post-Monopoly CWB

By Allan Dawson September 8, 2011

Aproposal for a revamped voluntary Canadian Wheat Board that calls for no startup capital would be “a recipe for disaster,” the board’s current chair Allen Oberg says. “If it has to operate on strictly commercial terms it will not survive for long,” the Forestburg, Alta. farmer said in response to the plan released by the

Cereals, Opinion

Wheat Growers Outlines Plan For A New CWB

September 1, 2011

The new CWB is to be reconstituted, without any monopoly or regulatory powers, effective Aug. 1, 2012 and assume all assets, liabilities and contractual commitments of the existing CWB. The new CWB Act is to provide for the issuance of share capital and for continuation of the CWB as a company under the Canada Business

Cereals, Livestock, Opinion

Letters – for Sep. 1, 2011

September 1, 2011

As the District 2 CWB director, I attended the three so-called producer information meetings set up by the CWB in Medicine Hat, Camrose and Falher. Having read some of the media reports of the meetings in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, I knew that these meetings were all about politics, and an all-or-nothing message from the CWB

Cereals, News

CWB Has Staff Retention Plan

By Allan Dawson September 1, 2011

The Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) has a staff retention plan, but the marketing agency’s president and CEO isn’t discussing the details. “These are confidential matters between the staff and the CWB,” Ian White said in an interview Aug. 26. “All we’re doing is trying to… is give staff and ourself the best chance of retaining

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Tag Archives Barley

There Are Other Issues Than The CWB

Who Will Be Responsible For CWB Demise?

FCWB’s Court Case Continues

Australian Trade Minister Supports End To Single Desk

EU Barley Quantity And Quality Down From Last Year

Letters – for Sep. 8, 2011

Oberg Reacts To WCWGA Plan For Post-Monopoly CWB

Wheat Growers Outlines Plan For A New CWB

Letters – for Sep. 1, 2011

CWB Has Staff Retention Plan

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