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Ritz Pulls Back From CWB Debate

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Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz says his party “respects the vote” of farmers who back the single desk and suggested there won’t be any attempt to impose dual marketing on the Canadian Wheat Board unless a majority of producers vote for it. “Until farmers make that change, I’m not prepared to work arbitrarily,” said Ritz. “They
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Food Safety Offenders To Be Revealed

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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency will start posting the names of importers and domestic food companies that run afoul of food safety laws. “This is a fair and balanced way to protect consumers,” Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz told a media briefing at a small community grocery store. “While consumers have a high degree of confidence
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Federal Funds For Potato Exports

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Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz presented $743,000 to the Canadian Horticulture Council last week to help it find new international markets for top-quality Canadian spuds. He said demand for Canadian potatoes is surging and the growers want to make the most of the opportunity that’s been presented them. The funding is modelled after assistance the minister
Cereals, Opinion

Wheat Growers Oppose Wheat Board Vessel Purchase

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Ashocking announcement has erased all doubt as to the level of contempt that the Canadian Wheat Board holds for western farmers. The CWB purchased two brand-new ships for the purpose of transporting grain on the Great Lakes. Farmers with no choice in the matter will finance the $65-million purchase over four years. At the CWB’s
Cereals, Opinion

Letters – for Mar. 3, 2011

In “Delaying the drainage” (editorial, Feb. 3) you referred to the Red River Basin report about storing water upstream, with an estimated 885,000 acres of one foot of storage being adequate to reduce peak levels. This probably wouldn’t take up 885,000 acres because some storage would be more than one foot deep, but nonetheless it
Cereals, Opinion

Ritz’s Reckless Rhetoric

It appears from the Feb. 17 issue of theCo-operatorthat Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz is upset with the Canadian Wheat Board’s (CWB) decision to buy two boats to ship grain into the St. Lawrence Seaway.
Cereals, Opinion

Letters – for Feb. 17, 2011

Wheat sold at a loss The 2009 crop took a year to get all the money from the Canadian Wheat Board. My cost to plant and harvest 160 acres was $25,897. When I got my last payment of $23,686 I lost $2,211 and did not charge for labour. I got $2.45 per bushel for No.
Cereals, Opinion

Farmers Need Equal Treatment

Gerry Ritz doesn’t understand the wishes of western farmers who do not want to give up the Canadian Wheat Board in favour of the open-market system that the U.S. and Australia
Cereals, News

Voluntary CWB Proposed In Bill C-619

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Ontario MP Bruce Stanton has introduced a private members’ bill to end the Canadian Wheat Board’s singledesk marketing authority. Bill C-619 would give farmers the ability to “opt out” of having to market their wheat and barley destined for export or domestic human consumption through the CWB for at least two years at a time.
Cereals, News

Cwb President Reappointed For Three Years

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Agriculture Minister and Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board Gerry Ritz has reappointed Ian White as president and chief executive officer (CEO), and David Carefoot as a director of the Canadian Wheat Board. “I am pleased Mr. White and Mr. Carefoot have agreed to continue serving western Canadian farmers,” said Minister Ritz. “As president and

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