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MCGA Adopts Preferential Ballot

By Allan Dawson September 3, 2009

“The members wanted it and we didn’t see any reason not to do it.” – mcga president rob pettinger Apreferential ballot will be used to elect four Manitoba Canola Growers Association (MCGA) directors this fall for four-year terms. “The members wanted it and we didn’t see any reason not to do it,” MCGA president Rob

Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Linear Grain Will Handle CWB Crops

By Allan Dawson September 3, 2009

Carman-headquartered Linear Grain will soon be handling Canadian Wheat Board crops, giving farmers another delivery option. “We’re slowly increasing our storage capacity to better serve our customers,” Linear grain merchant Ryan McKnight said in an interview Aug. 27. “We’ve bought another 10 big bins increasing our (grain storage) capacity by about 1,600 metric tonnes.” To

Cereals, Hogs, Opinion

Letters – for Aug. 27, 2009

August 27, 2009

CWB promotion waste of farmers’ money Having been in the business world for over a decade before entering farming, we found our best advertisement didn’t cost us a cent. Simply, do a better job than your competition, be fair and honest, and business took care of itself. The Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) does the exact

Cereals, Opinion

Manitoba Farmer Gives Commons Committee An Earful

By Alex Binkley August 20, 2009

Politicians and farm groups spend too much time debating marketing boards, the Canadian Wheat Board and farm safety nets and not enough on what will really help producers, a southwestern Manitoba farmer told the Commons agriculture committee recently. “Those three areas of policy suck 90 per cent of the oxygen out of the ag policy

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In Brief… – for Aug. 20, 2009

August 20, 2009

Be slap happy: August 20 is World Mosquito Day – a day set aside to raise awareness of the importance of mosquito control. “Mosquitoes cause more human suffering than any other organism, and afflict not only humans, but animals as well,” the American Mosquito Control Association says in a release. The annual event was originated

Cereals, Opinion

Myths Distort Canadian Farm Policy

By Dr. Greg Mason August 13, 2009

“(T)he argument that we need to subsidize farming in case the world collapses and we need to supply ourselves simply makes no sense. Myths exist about the strategic position of food, the importance of the family farm to the preservation of rural Canada, and the need to defend Canadian farming in the face of European

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Frost Threatens Late-Developing Prairie Grain Crop

By Ron Friesen August 6, 2009

The threat of an early and devastat ing frost hangs over the western Canadian grain industry as anxious farmers hope for warm weather in August to ripen seriously delayed crops. Nearly all of the Prairie grain region has experienced much below-normal temperatures so far this growing season, putting crops two to three weeks behind their

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Canada Wheat Board Told To Pay In Damaged Wheat Row

By Rod Nickel August 6, 2009

A judge has ordered the Canadian Wheat Board to pay two of its overseas grain customers $1.8 million to resolve a 26-year-old dispute over frost-damaged spring wheat. A Canadian judge ruled July 17 that the CWB is liable for negligently misrepresenting the quality of the wheat. The CWB had told its customers and exporters in

Cereals, Crops

Wheat Values Slip In 2009-10 PROs

July 30, 2009

Upwardly revised estimates of U. S. wheat acres, record-high exports from producers overseas and a strong loonie have combined to cut down the Canadian Wheat Board’s 2009-10 pool return outlooks (PROs) for wheat by $12 to $17 per tonne. Among the July PROs released July 23, lower international durum values pressured the new-crop durum outlook

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CWB Wants To Appeal “Gag Order”

By Allan Dawson July 30, 2009

“We think it’s a fundamental issue to the CWB. It’s about farmers having control of the Canadian Wheat Board. It’s as simple as that.” – Larry Hill The struggle over who controls the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) – its board of directors or the federal government – might be decided by the Supreme Court of

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B.C. agrochemical startup gets $1.2M in federal funding

Prairie forecast: Another Alberta clipper?

OPINION: Understanding how plants pause and restart growth can help develop climate-resilient crops

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