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Cereals, Opinion

The system works

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Step away from the hollering last week – both in and outside of the House of Commons – for just a minute. Block out the images of television journalists shivering in the damp Ottawa cold trying to find words to fill the minute-by-minute live coverage, the murky handycam footage of an Opposition leader who can’t
Cereals, News, Oilseeds

Grain Growers of Canada enjoy lobbying success

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“I personally cannot remember a time over the last decade that our issues have been the government’s issues.” – Ross Ravelli Grain Growers of Canada members revelled in their lobbying successes and plotted strategy for ongoing battles at their recent annual meeting here. “I personally cannot remember a time over the last decade that our
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
Cereals, News

CWB election ends in controversy

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Canadian Wheat Board election co-ordinator Ian Craven is investigating whether four Conservative members of Parliament (MPs) illegally used the CWB election voters’ list to send letters last month advising farmers how to vote. He’s also seeking a legal opinion as to whether federal politicians should be registered as third-party interveners. The letters, sent on House
Cereals, News

Millions in freight savings

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Western grain shippers will save $2.59 a tonne or $72 million per year after a Federal Court ruled against Canada’s two major railways in a battle over how much maintaining hopper cars should cost. The Federal Court of Appeal rejected the railways’ argument that the Canadian Transportation Agency erred in the way it retroactively cut
Cereals, Opinion

Smart thinking

JOHN MORRISS EDITORIAL DIRECTOR At first glance, it’s beyond bizarre. Members of Parliament, at public expense, sending letters to constituents recommending how to vote in a Canadian Wheat Board director election (see page ). What were they thinking? A recent “blog” by Globe and Mail columnist Robert Silver provides a possible explanation. He says the
Cereals, Hogs, News, Pulses

Colombia FTA seen securing crop markets

Prairie grain and pulse crop producers expect to gain from Canada’s signature Nov. 21 on a free trade agreement (FTA) with Colombia. The Canadian Wheat Board is now urging Parliament to ratify the deal and secure Canada’s $100 million wheat market worth of wheat and $23 million of malting barley to Colombia each year. According
Cereals, News

CWB ends 2007-08 with record pool revenue

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Strong sales and high prices generated record returns for Prairie grain farmers from the Canadian Wheat Board this past year. The CWB ended the 2007-08 grain year with a record $8.4 billion in gross pool receipts for wheat and barley. The net return to farmers after marketing costs is $7.8 billion, board chairman Larry Hill
Cereals, Other

Shrinking loonie supports CWB PROs

A weaker Canadian dollar and a “dramatic drop” in ocean freight rates are supporting the Canadian Wheat Board’s latest pool return outlooks (PRO) for wheat. Wheats rose $5 per tonne in the November 2008-09 PROs released last Thursday. For example, the PRO value for No. 1 Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) at 14.5 per cent
Cereals, News

Throne speech light on details for farmers

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“We will invest billions of dollars in renewable energy sources, including biofuels, wind, solar, geothermal and tidal power.” – Prime Minister Stephen Harper Agriculture got more mention than usual in the throne speech and the first remarks by Prime Minister Stephen Harper at the start of the new Parliament last week, but with scant few

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