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Cereals, Opinion

Government bailouts bypass livestock producers

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Cattle and hog producers watching the growing list of industries slated for infusions of cash by the Canadian government must be wondering what they have to do to convince politicians their industry’s worth. In addition to promising aid to the Canadian auto and aerospace industries, Canada’s free enterprise government is now talking about assistance for
Cereals, News

Farmers look for cheaper fertilizer

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Fed up with the high cost of fertilizer and the refusal of Canadian companies to provide any kind of financial break, producers and producer groups have taken it upon themselves to seek out cheaper alternatives, including importing products from the U. S. and overseas, industry sources say. “There have already been a number of producer
Cereals, Other

Canadian feed barley will stay close to home

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Canada is not expected to be a major feed barley exporter this year, as domestic prices should remain more attractive to farmers, according to market sources. While feed barley prices in Western Canada continue to weaken and have more room to the downside, international prices are considerably lower which should keep Canada out of the
Cereals, Oilseeds, Opinion

Grain price reality check

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Reality is slowly seeping into the psyche of the grain industry. Prices have come down a long way. The unfortunate truth is that they aren’t likely to bounce back any time soon. While unlikely to fall to the bargain basement levels of a few years ago, prices in 2009 are also unlikely to resemble the
Cereals, Opinion

Americans use bully tactics at WTO

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Lest there was ever any doubt, new text released by the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Dec. 6 makes it glaringly apparent that the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) is once again being attacked by the United States for nothing but political reasons. Let’s start with the facts. Despite 14 trade challenges and investigations launched by
Cereals, Opinion

LETTERS – for Dec. 18, 2008

Protect rural residents from ILOs It was gratifying to read about a recent Supreme Court of Canada ruling whereby companies can be sued for polluting, despite operating within government regulations and that this could have ramifications for agriculture. The report “Polluters liable for excessive annoyances,” by Ron Friesen in the Manitoba Co-operator Dec. 4 also
Cereals, News

More notice before variety de-registration

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Killing KVD has revealed the need to give seed growers, farmers and elevators more notice before de-registering wheat varieties so there’s time to clean them out, says Earl Geddes, the Canadian Wheat Board’s (CWB) vice-president of farmer services. The CWB has a special one-time delivery program for Pelissier, a Canadian Western Amber durum (CWAD) wheat
Cereals, News

Snowstar wheat leads CWB’s IP program

Demand for snow-white whole-wheat products has spurred the Canadian Wheat Board to put out a new identity-preserved contract program (IPCP) for 2009-10. Snowstar is a new variety of Canada Western Hard White Spring (CWHWS) wheat, for which Prairie farmers will be offered a $15-per-tonne premium to grow, as the CWB carries out international market development.
Cereals, News

Speaker allows Anderson letter

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“The chair has concluded that there are not sufficient grounds for finding a prima facie breach of privilege in this case.” – PETER MILLIKEN Conservative MP David Anderson did not breach his parliamentary privileges by mailing a letter instructing Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) bal lot holders to vote for pro-open market candidates in the recent
Cereals, News

Single-desk support unchanged

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Pro-single-desk directors continue to hold the balance of power at the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) following the most contentious wheat board election since they began in 1998. Four of the five directors elected want the CWB’s monopoly on the sale of western wheat and barley for domestic human consumption or export to remain. That includes

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