Daily Network News

More News →

Tag Archives Canadian Wheat Board

Cereals, News

KAP Bows Out Of CWB Fight

By
The Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP), once a steadfast supporter of the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB), accepts the board will lose its single desk. Now Manitoba s largest farm group wants to ensure farmers benefit from the controversial change, says KAP president Doug Chorney. We re just facing the reality of the circumstances that we find
Cereals, News

In Brief… – for Sep. 29, 2011

Cargill expands West Fargo plant:Cargill will spend an estimated $50 million rebuilding and expanding its oilseed-processing plant in West Fargo, the company has announced. The existing facility has served us well since we built it 30 years ago, and we are now looking at rebuilding it to meet the needs of our customers for the
Cereals, Hogs, Livestock, Opinion

Moving Beyond Invisible

By
Some are saying it s been a ho-hum campaign so far as Manitoba politicians head into the final stretch of their race to the polls Oct. 4. But from this desk, one of the outstanding features of the 2011 election has been the farm and rural communities collective efforts to move beyond invisible. For far
Cereals, Opinion

Market Power: 50 Years Forward, 50 Years Back

By
As a farmer, I m alarmed at an elected government denying farmers a say in arguably the most important question in the history of Prairie farming. Without the marketing and representative power of the Canadian Wheat Board, grain farmers would be a scattered bunch of thousands peddling their wares to a handful of powerful grain
Cereals, Opinion

Letters – for Sep. 29, 2011

Farmers deserve freedom of choice It is correct that 62 per cent of eligible farmers, deemed by the CWB, voted in favour of protecting the monopoly of the CWB, a foregone conclusion. When the math is done right, confirmed by Sidney Green, it is in fact only 34 per cent of all farmers. However, whatever
Cereals, News

Goodale Critical Of Delays In Rail Service Legislation

By
Legislation to give grain shippers railway service contracts is taking too long, says Liberal MP Ralph Goodale. This is just not acceptable, Goodale said in an interview Sept. 22. I think the stalling you see… proves the railway lobby is working. The railways are trying desperately to paralyze this whole situation and make it go
Cereals, Opinion, Poultry

Is Supply Management Next?

By
The Conservative government s decision to end the Canadian Wheat Board s monopoly has supply management s critics in the media, business and academia sharpening their knives. Not surprisingly, the detractors are saying it s also time for an open market in milk, eggs, chicken and turkey. If marketing freedom and open markets are good
Cereals, News

Co-Operator Editor Receives International Writing Award

By
Co-operatoreditor Laura Rance has placed third in an internat ional writing competition focused on sustainable agriculture, contest organizers announced Sept. 17. The newly launched IFAJYara Award for Reporting on Sustainable Agriculture honoured the top three entries at the recent International Federation of Agr icultural Journalists (IFAJ) congress held here last week. The competition, which drew
Cereals, News

Candidates Debate Food Issues

By
Candidates in Manitoba s provincial election risked eating their words earlier this month, at a debate on food-related election issues in downtown Winnipeg. Troy Osiname, Liberal candidate for Seine River, Gord Mackintosh, NDP candidate for St. Johns and Kelvin Goertzen, Progressive Conservative candidate for Steinbach fielded questions from Food Matters Manitoba and members of the
Cereals, News

Post CWB-Monopoly Road Map Going To Ritz Soon

By
Aroad map for transitioning the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) to an open market will be in Agriculture Minister Ritz s hands soon. An Agriculture and Agri- Food Canada (AFFC) working group set up in July was to submit its report Sept. 15. Ritz had not received it as of Sept. 17, an official in his

AgCanadaTV

AgCanadaTV Special Feature: Crop pest insects to watch out for in 2026

Sponsored by:
More Videos →

Latest Market News

More Market News →