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Move grain out before water moves in

Province will consider lifting spring weight restrictions on Manitoba roads if  producers need to move grain or livestock out of flood-affected areas

By Shannon VanRaes April 9, 2013

When the flood waters come, grain stops moving — and that means farmers better hurry if they want to empty some bins and recharge their bank account this spring, industry officials say. And unlike past floods, the Canadian Wheat Board won’t be overseeing grain movement to ensure there’s plenty of elevator space for those needing

Cereals, Oilseeds, Opinion

Letters, March 28, 2013

March 28, 2013

Farmers well represented by commodity groups I am replying to your recent article regarding farmer’s voice splintered. I am a grain farmer from Alberta growing wheat, canola and peas and have been involved in the canola and newly formed wheat commission in this province for the past 20 years. I take exception to your comments

Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds, Pulses

Farmers urged to consider forming one, national association

By Allan Dawson March 16, 2013

Manitoba producer Danny Penner says there would be less duplication and better use of checkoff dollars

A Manitoba farmer mounting an effort to create one big commodity association says a splintered voice is not only expensive, it could cost farmers control of their industry. As the number of commodity organizations collecting checkoffs continues to grow, a 5,000-acre Manitoban farmer can be paying around $20,000 a year in checkoffs, said Danny Penner,

Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds, Pulses

A new wheat and barley association another step closer

By Allan Dawson February 23, 2013

Manitoba farmers are a step closer to establishing a new spring wheat and barley association to collect voluntary checkoffs for wheat and barley research and marketing. An interim seven-member board of directors met Feb. 15 in Winnipeg and Dauphin-area farmer Don Dewar, a former president of the Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP), was selected as chair.

Cereals, Opinion

Letters, Feb. 14, 2013

February 15, 2013

Standing up for farmers? The Harper government has been using the phrase “Standing up for farmers” when it makes agricultural announcements. But I think “sticking it to farmers” is more realistic. A case in point is the firing of Adrian Measner CEO of the farmer-controlled Canadian Wheat Board in 2006. Although farmers paid for Mr.

Cereals, Crops, News

CWB says ad met its objective

By Laura Rance-Unger February 12, 2013

The chief strategy officer for CWB says the agency stands by its controversial ad depicting a cowgirl stuck on a fence, saying most people like it. “We’ve got more feedback than I ever expected,” said Dayna Spiring about the ad that has been running in farm newspapers in recent weeks. Spiring acknowledged there have been

Cereals, Opinion

Letters, Feb. 7, 2013

February 12, 2013

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. Please forward letters to Manitoba

Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Private-sector investment needed in wheat research

By Alex Binkley February 12, 2013

Wheat research in Canada needs a game-changing development or the crop will become a poor cousin to corn and canola, says Murray Fulton of the University of Saskatchewan. “We need a drastic change in wheat research,” Fulton, chairman at the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School, told a conference organized by the Canadian Agriculture Economic Society. Wheat yields

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, News

FNA will act as sourcing agent for new CWB

By Dave Bedard February 5, 2013

Staff with Farmers of North America (FNA) will soon be able to act as the middleman for farmers interested in contracting grain to CWB. Saskatoon-based FNA, a farmers’ buying group negotiating deals on low-cost inputs and other farm supplies and services, announced Jan. 24 its staff will act as “a key sourcing agent for CWB

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, News

CWB privatizing sooner than later

By Allan Dawson January 30, 2013

The CWB is talking to potential partners about taking the government-owned grain company private sooner than later. “We’ve been talking to people already in the grain industry and people who are not and want to invest in it,” Gord Flaten, the CWB’s vice-president for grain procurement, told reporters Jan. 16 after speaking at Ag Days.

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