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Farmers urged to lobby for rail costing review

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The millions of dollars the railways are reported to have overcharged western grain farmers underscores the need to review railway costs – and to update the formula used to determine how much the railways can earn hauling grain. So said Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) spokeswoman Maureen Fitzhenry in an interview last week: “We need to
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Open market on hold, but WCWGA still optimistic

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“Whether it’s a few months or a few years, certainly we hope it’s the shorter.” – Kevin Bender The open barley and wheat markets the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association (WCWGA) has pushed long and hard for is on hold, but its new president is certain it will come someday. “We had hoped it would
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Pooling seen surviving in open market

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Canadian farmers would likely be better off in an open market too, even in the absence of farmer-owned co-ops, according to the chairman of an Australian grain-marketing co-op now working in such a market. With the Australian Wheat Board (AWB) having lost its wheat-marketing monopoly, pooling continues in Australia, according to Ian Wandel, chair of
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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

Fertilizer prices plummet

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Lots of people make predictions. Journalists write them down so there’s no escaping when you’re wrong. Combing through my predictions of the past year, I got a few things right. On other issues, I was out to lunch. One of the biggest misses came on the Canadian Wheat Board. The CWB’s single-desk sales authority is
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, Crops, Oilseeds

Make wheat like canola, CropLife told

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“One of the things farmers maybe should be interested in is having some control over their own germplasm.” – David Rourke Plant breeders need to make wheat more like canola, farmers said during CropLife Canada’s annual convention in Ottawa last month. “You look at what canola (yield) has done and it has been phenomenal,” Jeff
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Alberta wheat grower to lead WCWGA

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Kevin Bender, a 38-year-old Bentley, Alta., farmer, is the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association’s (WCWGA) new president. Bender, who farms 3,800 acres with his father and brother, takes over from Mossbank, Sask., farmer Cherilyn Jolly-Nagel, who stepped down after holding the position for almost five years. Bender was elected by the WCWGA’s board of directors,
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CWB pool returns one for the record books

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The 2007-08 crop year is one for the books and according to the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) it shows the value of price pooling and single-desk selling. Total CWB earnings from wheat, durum and barley sales for the year ending July 31, 2008 hit a record $8 billion, up from the previous record of $6.1
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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

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