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CWB Raises 2011-12 PROs

The Canadian Wheat Board has increased its projected returns for wheat, durum and barley in its latest Pool Return Outlook (PRO) for the 2011-12 crop year. Wheat values have increased since last month’s PRO by between $12 and $18 per tonne, depending on class, grade and protein level. Durum values have gone up between $6
Cereals, News

Research Key To Choosing Right Futures Broker

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In relation to time spent on production, farmers in Canada spend very little time actually marketing their crops and even less time seeking out brokerage firms that will guide them. But with the impending end of the Canadian Wheat Board monopoly on wheat and barley in 2012, more farmers may be looking for a broker
Cereals, News

CWB Wind-Down Affects Delivery And Pricing Programs

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Western Canadian farmers used to marketing some of their wheat and durum later in the crop year will have fewer options in 2011-12, as the uncertain future facing the Canadian Wheat Board has caused the marketing agency to refrain from offering some of its programs. “Given the uncertainty around the 2012- 13 crop year, and
Cereals, Crops, News

CWB Sees More Wheat And Durum This Year

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The Canadian Wheat Board raised its 2011-12 outlook for wheat and barley on Friday, as a warm, dry summer looks to produce bigger harvests than a year ago. Spring floods left an estimated six million acres unplanted across the Prairies, but a hot summer with timely rains has helped crops in Alberta and most of
Cereals, Hogs, Opinion

Letters – for Aug. 25, 2011

Proper tire inflation crucial to performance I have spent a number of years teaching advanced driving techniques to groups such as police, ambulance and the general public, and I take exception to Jim Kerr’s statement that one not “inflate the tires to the pressure shown on the tire sidewall.” To say this is to indicate
Cereals, Crops

Near-Record Producer-Car Use

Western Canadian farmers’ use of producer cars for transporting wheat was the second highest in history in 2010-11, the Canadian Wheat Board says in a release. Farmers loaded 12,784 producer cars in the past crop year, just below the record of 12,934 set two years ago. Producer-car use has increased dramatically over the past 15
Cereals, News, Oilseeds, Pulses

Winding Down The Canadian Wheat Board

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The Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) will be “wound down” if the federal government delivers on its promise to end the board’s single-desk marketing authority next Aug. 1, says CWB chair Allen Oberg. Ottawa, not farmers, should cover the millions of dollars in costs, including employee severances, pensions and delivery contact defaults, the board said in
Cereals, News

Churchill’s First Grain Ship Arrives

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Churchill’s port may not survive the dismantling of the Canadian Wheat Board, says Manitoba’s minister through Churchill, then this port doesn’t have a very bright future.” Last week, the MV Pacific Bulker loaded approximately 27,000 tonnes of Canada Western Red Spring wheat destined for Nigeria. Wheat and barley represent most of Churchill’s traffic, Struthers noted.
Cereals, Opinion

“Endnotes” On The CWB’s Future

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The following is the endnotes from the recently published paper by the Frontier Centre for Public Policy called “Removal of the Canadian Wheat Board monopoly: Future changes for farmers and the grain industry.” The paper concludes that while the loss of the board’s monopoly will be challenging, Western Canada’s sophisticated farmers will adapt to find

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