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Higher Threshold Requested

By Allan Dawson May 27, 2010

“My biggest fear was that they would immediately go to the weighted ballot. I think this will actually stop that.” – IAN WISHART The Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association (WCWGA) says C-27 is a step in the right direction, but doesn’t go far enough to prevent hobby farmers from voting in Canadian Wheat Board elections.

Cereals, Hogs, Opinion

Letters – for Apr. 22, 2010

April 22, 2010

Customers will determine industry trends Regarding the story “Gestation stalls could become Canada-U. S. trade issue,” Manitoba Co-operator April 15, Manitoba Pork Council chairman Karl Kynoch said his industry is not against loose housing for sows but change must be based on science, not human emotion and that MPC is going to make sure that

Cereals, Opinion

“Voluntary CWB” code words for open market

By Boyd And Rita Solnes March 4, 2010

As the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association continues to agitate for a voluntary CWB (“Volunteer CWB would be democratic,” Feb. 18), they need to ask themselves one question. If such a thing was workable for farmers, why would it not be in place today? The CWB is a single-desk marketing organization. Without a single desk,

Cereals, Crops, News

Market Access Oversold

By Allan Dawson March 4, 2010

The benefits of free trade and unfettered access to world agricultural markets are being oversold to farmers, according to Daryll E. Ray, an agricultural economist at the University of Tennessee. Economic principles such as supply and demand and comparative advantage don’t work the same with food as other commodities. Food, like insulin to a diabetic,

Cereals, Oilseeds, Opinion

Letters – for Feb. 18, 2010

February 18, 2010

We welcome readers’comments on issues that have been covered in the Manitoba Co-operator. In most cases we cannot accept “open” letters or copies of letters which have been sent to several publications. Letters are subject to editing for length or taste. We suggest a maximum of about 300 words. Volunteer CWB would be democratic The

Cereals, News

Changes Needed To CWB Election Rules

By Allan Dawson February 11, 2010

“Everything this government does is with a view to destroying the wheat board so whether they make changes by opening the act or otherwise their end-game is always the same.” – STEWART WELLS Farmers divided over the Canadian Wheat Board’s (CWB) role can agree on one thing: the rules for electing directors and the role

Cereals, News

Wheat Growers’ Group Formed To Protest CWB

By Ron Friesen January 14, 2010

“There was absolutely no reason to have faith in the wheat board.” – WALLY NELSON The way Wally Nelson tells it, it all began in early December 1969 when a farmer named John Wood came to his John Deere dealership to apologize for not being able to pay his bill. There’d been a decent crop

Cereals, Opinion

CashPlus Controversy Has Little Traction

By Kevin Hursh December 24, 2009

Alittle over two years ago, the Canadian Wheat Board came up with a program called CashPlus for malting barley sales. Depending on who you listen to, it’s either been an absolute failure or a tremendous success. CashPlus was initiated at a time when the Conservative government was doing everything in its power to end the

Cereals, News, Oilseeds

CashPlus Additional Payments Attacked And Defended

By Allan Dawson December 17, 2009

Farmers who used the Canadian Wheat Board’s (CWB) CashPlus program to sell malting barley last crop year were shortchanged, according to the Malting Industry Association of Canada (MIAC). However, the board says the allegation doesn’t take all the facts into account and is based on a faulty assumption – that CashPlus barley was sold for

Cereals, News, Oilseeds

Questions Raised About Monsanto Penalties

By Allan Dawson November 12, 2009

Four Ontario farmers found guilty of stealing Monsanto’s Roundup Ready soybean technology are unlikely to find sympathy from fellow farmers who abided by their contracts. But Monsanto’s decision to deny those farmers access to its seed technology for life is raising questions among industry observers concerned about concentration in the marketplace. In 2007, 65 per

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Soy hits 17-month high, corn to four-month top as trade braces for U.S. data

Federal budget shows remaining disconnect between agriculture, policymakers, panelists say

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures continue downward

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