Daily Network News

More News →

Tag Archives Gerry Ritz

News

G20 Action Plan Good For Farmers

By
International farm ministers rejected tight controls on commodity speculation in favour of more open information on developments in the food chain that could affect both farmers and consumers, says Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz. The first meeting of G20 farm ministers signed an action plan in Paris that stresses more trade and innovation, including biotechnology, to
Cereals, News

Manitoba Government’s CWB Support Criticized

By
Open-market proponents are criticizing the Manitoba government for funding a campaign to let farmers decide the Canadian Wheat Board’s future through a vote. The Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association (WCWGA), the Manitoba’s Progressive Conservative opposition and federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz say the Manitoba government’s $180,000 advertising program is misguided. Premier Greg Selinger says removing
Cereals, News

Will Producers Still Be Viable In An Open Market?

By
Short-line railway companies are asking the federal government what impact the end of the Canadian Wheat Board’s (CWB) single desk will have on the viability of producer cars, producer car-loading facilities and ultimately short-line railways. Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz says farmers will still have access to producer cars, but CWB chair Allen Oberg predicts it
Cereals, News

The CWB Is The Single Desk

By
The Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) is the single desk and can’t survive without it, according to CWB chair Allen Oberg. “Whether you think that is a good thing or a bad thing is up to you,” he told farmers at the Farm Progress Show in Regina June 16. “But we must look ahead with our
Cereals, News

Let Farmers Vote On Cwb

By
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, Oilseeds, Opinion

Sell Or Wind Down The CWB

By
Rhetoric is “language designed to have a persuasive or impressive effect on its audience, but is often regarded as lacking in sincerity or meaningful content.” There’s been lots of it in the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) debate. But push came to shove with the election of a majority Conservative government May 2. The government says
Cereals, News

Who’s Responsible For A Viable Open-Market CWB?

By
Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz says the Canadian Wheat Board can survive in an open market, but it’s up to the board and the industry to figure out how. Ritz arrived for a half-hour visit at the board May 30 – his first-ever foray into its downtown offices – to inform officials there what he had
Cereals, News

Struthers Opposes Ottawa’s Open-Market Move

By
With many Manitoba farmers struggling to seed this year’s crop, news that the Canadian Wheat Board’s (CWB) sales monopoly will end Aug. 1, 2012 comes at a bad time, says Manitoba Agriculture Minister Stan Struthers. “The last thing they needed was to have the federal Conservative government come along and run a knife through the
Cereals, Opinion

Letters – for Jun. 2, 2011

By
Well, Stephen Harper and his Tories finally have their longed-for majority. Harper tells us in his victory speech that “we will have to govern well, govern in people’s interest” and that “even as a majority you have to, on an ongoing basis, keep the trust of the population.” Is that going to be the case
Opinion

Outcome Doubtful

We’ve all heard the saying: “Be careful what you wish for because it might come true.” Even though I’m retired and no longer grow wheat, I will watch with interest to see what happens when Stephen Harper and Gerry Ritz replace the CWB monopoly with a “dual market” or “marketing choice.” Maybe with some input

AgCanadaTV

AgCanadaTV: In case you missed it; your national ag news recap for March 27, 2026

Sponsored by:
More Videos →

Latest Market News

More Market News →