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Opinion: The Great Canadian Grain Robbery

If you can’t identify the problem then you can’t provide a solution

By Ken Sigurdson May 7, 2018

Allan Dawson, in the April 12 edition (Putting a price tag on the grain backlog), continues to defend a false narrative of ‘blame the railways.’ The information provided by Ken Larsen in his National Farmer’s Union op-ed on March 22 was confirmed by a highly respected journalist for the Western Producer, Brian Cross, who noted

Opinion

Opinion: Price no reliable indicator

Without independent audits there’s no way to tell what grain sells for 

By Ken Larsen May 2, 2018

Allan Dawson’s response to my article about grain movement (Putting a price tag on the grain backlog, Manitoba Co-operator, April 12) was provocative. In it he contends the price and basis doesn’t reflect the issue and trucking prevents farmers from being captive sellers. While I agree that price is important, and with Prof. Richard Gray’s

Former agriculture minister and Conservative MP Gerry Ritz speaking to the House of Commons agriculture committee’s emergency meeting on the grain transportation backlog in Ottawa March 19.

Comment/Feedback

Rail had it easier when the wheat board existed

According to Gerry Ritz, that’s because the CWB shipped grain in ‘dribs and drabs’

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 3, 2018

Former agriculture minister and Conservative MP Gerry Ritz appeared before the House of Commons agriculture committee during an emergency meeting March 19 in Ottawa to discuss the grain transportation backlog in Western Canada. Alistair MacGregor, the NDP MP for Cowichan —Malahat — Langford in British Columbia asked Ritz about the former Canadian Wheat Board’s role

News

NFU has plan to bolster producer cars

Producer cars are in decline and according to the National Farmers Union it is by design

By Allan Dawson March 29, 2018

What good is a statutory right to a producer car that can’t be loaded or unloaded? That’s the question former National Farmers Union (NFU) president Terry Boehm wants answered. It’s also why the NFU wants C-49, the Transportation Modernization Act, amended to protect and enhance farmers’ access to producer cars — rail cars farmers load

(File photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Crops, Markets

Canola exports slow down in latest weekly report

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin February 23, 2018

CNS Canada — Weekly Canadian canola exports were down during the week ended Sunday, hitting their lowest level since September 2017, according to the latest Canadian Grain Commission data. Canada exported only 129,000 tonnes of canola during the latest reporting period, which compares with the previous five-week average of 194,800 tonnes. Total canola exports during

(Mark Wilson photo courtesy Louis Dreyfus Co.)

Crops, Markets

Producers lose transparency with end of weekly crush report

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News February 5, 2018

CNS Canada — Canada’s grains industry found itself shocked when the Canadian Oilseed Processors Association (COPA) announced Friday it would stop publishing its weekly report on member crushings. “I loved that report. In Western Canada, or Canada in general, I think any reports that give you kind of a weekly snapshot of what’s happening in

Manitoba agriculture minister, Ralph Eichler.

Crops, Local news

Lower premiums for crop insurance in 2018

The unpopular pre-harvest deductible on corn and soybeans is gone,  there’s coverage for novel crops and hail coverage options have been raised

By Allan Dawson January 26, 2018

Insuring soybeans in Manitoba will be a lot cheaper this year, with premiums dropping an average of 17 per cent. That’s the biggest move in an across-the-board premium drop that sees an average reduction on all crops of seven per cent, Agriculture Minister Ralph Eichler said while speaking at Ag Days here Jan. 16. Other

Canadian Grain Commission inspection specialist Usman Mohammad demonstrating one of several CGC-approved sieves used to determine canola dockage during a grading school in Brandon Dec. 7.

Crops, Oilseeds

Canola dockage tips from CGC grading school

During the dockage assessment process canola should be cleaned so farmers get the best possible grade

By Allan Dawson January 5, 2018

Here’s a tip for canola growers about dockage, conspicuous admixture and grades — pay attention to the sieves. If your canola is downgraded due to conspicuous admixture, or if you feel your dockage is too high, check with the buyer about what sieves were used to determine dockage — material that isn’t canola and buyers

Rapid Visco Analyzers are just one small step towards the longed-for ‘black box’ for grain testing.

Cereals, News

Falling number, objective grain-grading debate not new

The grain industry explored machine testing more than a decade ago

By Allan Dawson January 4, 2018

Calls for “objective” grain grading on the elevator driveway, especially for falling number, have been around for years, ebbing and flowing with the quality of the wheat crop. These days it’s the Alberta Grain Commission and Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association (WCWGA) advocating for the change. They say since grain companies sell wheat to customers

Cereals, News

Complaints about Canadian grading of U.S. wheat justified: Gifford

By Allan Dawson December 22, 2017

American complaints that Canadian regulations unfairly block American wheat from entering Canadian elevators are justified, says Mike Gifford, Canada’s former chief agricultural trade negotiator. “This is a classic issue of where the optics are awful,” Gifford told the 22nd annual Fields on Wheels conference in Winnipeg Dec. 15. “It seems to me it is an

Daily Network News

Record large Canadian wheat and canola crops: Statistics Canada

CFIA updates plant protection regulations

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat ease after gains driven by Black Sea jitters

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