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Judge delays decision on CWB

By Rod Nickel January 27, 2012

Suspending a new law that ended the Canadian Wheat Board’s monopoly would sow confusion in Western Canada’s grain industry, lawyers for the federal government said in court Jan. 18 in a hearing on a plea from eight former directors. The one time CWB directors, Prairie farmers ousted when the bill to revamp the CWB became

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More Crops Briefs, Jan. 26

By Erica Johnson January 27, 2012

CWB’s winter rail program expects high volumes The Canadian Wheat Board’s winter rail program is expected to be one of the highest-volume years ever. “This is very good to see,” said CWB spokesperson Maureen Fitzhenry. “There was a big crop and a lot of demand.” The 2010-11 program transported 840,000 tonnes of wheat and durum

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New ICE Canada grain contracts off to slow start

January 27, 2012

Traders took a cautious approach to new IntercontinentalExchange grain futures and options contracts introduced Jan. 23 as the exchange looked to capitalize on the approaching end of the Canadian Wheat Board’s monopoly. ICE Futures Canada, based in Winnipeg, launched new milling wheat, durum and barley contracts for delivery in October and later, after the wheat

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Manitoba agriculture minister supports the return of CWB assets to producers

By Shannon VanRaes January 27, 2012

If Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) assets are sold, the money should be returned to producers, says Ron Kostyshyn, the province’s newly minted minister of agriculture, food and rural initiatives. “The sacrifice of two cents on a bushel of wheat, historically… was put into some type of investment for the betterment of grain transportation,” he told

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Co-operating with its competitors

By Laura Rance-Unger January 27, 2012

Attendance was down at the annual Canadian Wheat Board breakfast at Ag Days this year, but the farmers who came were encouraged by what they heard. “That just made my day. Now we have a choice,” said Jake Hofer, a wheat producer from Treesbank Colony after listening to a presentation by Gord Flaten, the board’s

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Monitor open market, Goodale says

By Allan Dawson January 24, 2012

The new open wheat and barley market promised for western Canadian farmers starting Aug. 1 should be monitored by an independent institution so the findings can help guide future policies, says Saskatchewan Liberal MP Ralph Goodale. “Unless you start working on this right now from the beginning and follow it through from Day 1 you

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New twist in wheat board legal battle

By Allan Dawson January 24, 2012

The battle over the future of the Canadian Wheat Board has moved off the farm, out of the parliamentary chambers and into the courts. Two new court actions were launched early in the new year, including a class-action lawsuit claiming $15.4 billion is owed to farmers upon the dismantling of Canadian Wheat Board assets. “The

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Market steady, but uncertainty ahead

By Shannon VanRaes January 24, 2012

Commodity prices may have peaked in 2011, ProFarmer analyst Mike Jubinville told farmers attending the St. Jean Farm Days. “My gut feeling right now is that the heights have already come in,” Jubinville told producers. “It’s not that I’m feeling bearish about the marketplace going into 2012, personally I think that there is going to

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The Jacksons

By Rollin Penner January 24, 2012

We’re a week into January and the temperature continues to hover around zero at the Jackson house. Same as last year, only last year it was zero inside the house, not outside. That was the night when the furnace quit working late in the evening and no one noticed until Andrew awoke in the morning,

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Wheat growers want no-cost buybacks to get grain moving

By Allan Dawson, Daniel Winters January 25, 2012

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz has pledged to push the Canadian Wheat Board for no-cost buybacks for farmers who want to pre-empt the open market expected Aug. 1. Ritz told the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association meeting in Moose Jaw last week he would push for such an arrangement or changes to producer pricing options during

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