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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

Cereals, News

Ritz confident C-18 will win legal nod

By Daniel Winters January 24, 2012

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz declared the battle for “marketing freedom” all but won in front of a friendly crowd at the 42nd annual Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association convention. Noting that Bill C-18, the Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act, received royal assent on Dec. 15, Ritz cited the “supremacy of Parliament” as meaning that

Cereals, Crops, News

Small Crop Offers Good Return

By Allan Dawson September 1, 2011

Last year was one of the toughest years farmers can remember, plagued with drowned-out seeding, weather-induced quality demotions, and sluggish rail service. But the prices for the 2010 crop made it worth the hassle. “At the end of the day we will see one of the highest overall returns in history, including the second-highest wheat

Cereals, Opinion

What The Australians Say Post-AWB

July 21, 2011

The following contains selected quotes from an online forum in Australia. The question posed was this: Canadians often hear about how bad it is in Australia now that your marketing board is no longer a monopoly. What are some real-world stories from the guys who actually went through the transition? Was it worth it? Is

Opinion

Letters – for Jul. 21, 2011

July 21, 2011

I’m writing in response to a letter in your July 14 edition of theManitoba Co-operator.The letter was headlined as “It still comes back to hogs.” I am saddened and disheartened at the shots people take at the beleaguered hog industry. The person who wrote that particular letter should do a little homework. Right now, the

Cereals, News

Let Farmers Vote On Cwb

By Allan Dawson June 16, 2011

The Manitoba government is putting up $180,000 to pressure the federal government into letting farmers decide the Canadian Wheat Board’s future through a vote. The provincial government hasn’t ruled out funding a legal challenge to prevent Ottawa from unilaterally removing the CWB’s monopoly on the sales of all western Canadian wheat and barley destined for

Cereals, News

Tories Want Ideas On Implementing CWB Change

By Alex Binkley June 16, 2011

The Canadian Wheat Board, farm groups and other grain industry stakeholders have this summer to submit their ideas to the Harper government for keeping the CWB viable without a monopoly on wheat and barley sales. David Anderson, the parliamentary secretary for the CWB, said in an interview legislation to end the monopoly won’t be presented

Cereals, News

Feds Wouldn’t Guarantee CWB Laker Loan

By Allan Dawson April 7, 2011

Those two controversial lake ships the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) is buying for $65 million will be paid for by farmers over four years instead of 25 because the federal government wouldn’t guarantee the CWB’s loan. “For various reasons they (federal government) weren’t going to accept that (guaranteeing a loan) so we devised a plan

Cereals, Crops

Changes Coming To CWB’s Select Winter Wheat Program

By Allan Dawson April 7, 2011

The Canadian Wheat Board has made changes to its select winter wheat program in hopes of transporting and marketing the crop more efficiently. In the past, farmers signed Guaranteed Delivery Contracts for select winter wheat throughout the crop year. Now farmers hoping to market the winter wheat they planted last fall as select must register

Cereals, Crops, Poultry

U.S. Makes Biggest Canada Feed Wheat Buy In Decade

By Rod Nickel March 24, 2011

Canadian feed wheat is flowing into the southeastern United States in the largest quantities for more than a decade, highlighting tight U.S. corn supplies and a surplus of feed wheat in Canada, several trade sources said March 10. Wilmington Bulk LLC, a consortium of North Carolina poultry and swine producers including Smithfield Foods, has bought

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Wheat growers want no-cost buybacks to get grain moving

Ritz confident C-18 will win legal nod

Small Crop Offers Good Return

What The Australians Say Post-AWB

Letters – for Jul. 21, 2011

Let Farmers Vote On Cwb

Tories Want Ideas On Implementing CWB Change

Feds Wouldn’t Guarantee CWB Laker Loan

Changes Coming To CWB’s Select Winter Wheat Program

U.S. Makes Biggest Canada Feed Wheat Buy In Decade

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