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Cereals, Crops

2011-12 Initial Payments See Sharp Rise

he Canadian Wheat Board initial payments for the crop year beginning Aug. 1 are taking a sharp jump higher from where they were set a year ago. The payment for No. 1 CWRS 12.5 per cent protein starts off the new year at $208 per tonne, up from $128 per tonne as of Aug. 1,
Cereals, Crops

CWB Farmer Directors To Meet With Growers

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Farmer directors for the Canadian Wheat Board will host six meetings across the Prairies in August to discuss the board’s fate if the federal government proceeds with proposed changes to its single-desk monopoly. “As farmers, we are at the eleventh hour and facing a monumental change,” said CWB board chair Allen Oberg, who farms near
Cereals, Opinion

Open Letter To CWB Directors

The private elevator companies and the railways are expecting more revenue at the expense of the farmers’ income if Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz destroys our Canadian Wheat Board. The power of price negotiation for farmers is
Cereals, News

Farmers Shouldn’t Bear Cost Of CWB Winddown: KAP

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Keys tone Agr icul tural Producers want assurances farmers won’t be footing the bills associated with ending the Canadian Wheat Board monopoly. They also want key non-marketing services in research and market development, presently supported by farmers through the CWB, to continue. Delegates at the July general council meeting passed two carefully worded resolutions stating
Cereals, News

Winter Wheat Outlook Improves

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Decent growing weather over the past couple of weeks has helped winter wheat crops in Western Canada catch up in their development, but a late harvest is expected and disease is also causing problems in some areas, said an official with the Canadian Wheat Board. Most winter wheat is now in the heading stage, with
Cereals, News

Wheat Board Should Get On With New Role: Richardson

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The Canadian Wheat Board should not receive ongoing government help after its grain-marketing monopoly ends, but needs to quickly plan for a new role, the head of Richardson International Limited, Canada’s second-largest grain handler, said on July 7. Canada’s Conservative government, which holds a majority of seats in the House of Commons, plans to pass
Cereals, Oilseeds, Opinion

Shhh… Don’t Tell The Canola Council

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We want to believe those promises of good things to come Western Canada’s way once the Canadian Wheat Board is outa’ the way. We really do. According to Minister of Agriculture Gerry Ritz, the CWB monopoly is weakening our clout in world wheat and barley trade. “What was once Canada’s signature crop has fallen behind,”
Cereals, News

CWB Fate Clouds Agriculture Ministers’ Meeting

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Canada’s agriculture ministers agreed on food policy development and improved support programs for farmers, but the results of their annual meeting were overshadowed by debate on the Canadian Wheat Board’s fate. The meeting in St. Andrews, N.B. featured a green light for further development of a National Food Strategy (NFS) under the aegis of the
Cereals, Crops

CWB, Crow Fights Have Something In Common: Alberta

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Efforts to end the Canadian Wheat Board’s (CWB) single desk are reminiscent of the battle to kill the Crow Rate, says pollster David Herle. Both went on for years, eventually wearing down farmer resistance and “these are both Alberta agendas,” said Herle, principal partner in the Gandalf Group, which surveys farmers for the CWB. “The
Cereals, News

Most Manitobans Support Keeping CWB Single Desk: Struthers

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After connecting with Manitobans through a “virtual” meeting on the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) June 29, there’s no question most Manitobans support the board’s statutory single desk, Stan Struthers says. More than 70 per cent of respondents who voted over the phone favour that, Manitoba’s minister of agriculture, food and rural initiatives said in an

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