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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

Putting Farmers First A Priority

I am writing in response to a letter to the editor re: “Farmers need equal treatment” in the February 17 issue of the Manitoba Co-operator. Sagan needs to get his facts straight on the Canadian Wheat Board. For over 65 years, western Canadian grain farmers have had no choice in the marketing and distribution of
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, Crops

Market Trends Suggest Higher Prices In Store

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Market fundamentals are expected to trump global political uncertainty as the Canadian Wheat Board raises its 2010-11 pool return outlook (PRO) values for wheat by as much as $13 per tonne. The board’s latest PROs see durum values up $1-$5 per tonne from its January PRO levels, while Pool B feed barley values are up
Cereals, Crops

How Much Wheat Have You Priced?

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Delivering wheat to the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) isn’t the same as pricing it, even if the wheat is just going into the pool. And until grain is priced its value can go up or down. That’s why about a year ago the CWB introduced a price calculator farmers can access on the CWB’s website
Cereals, Crops

Next Year’s Prices Bode Well For “Next Year Country”

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The Canadian Wheat Board is predicting generally higher wheat and durum prices for the upcoming crop year, the result of a tighter global supply- and-demand balance. Pool return outlook (PRO) prices for most wheat classes are up from the previous year’s PROs, according to the CWB’s first pool return outlook for 2011-12 released Feb. 28
Cereals, News

CWB To Push Grain Out Of Flood-Prone Areas

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The Canadian Wheat Board aims to get out ahead of expected spring flooding by clearing elevator space now in certain parts of Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The board said Feb. 16 it will allocate additional rail cars to elevators in flood-prone areas so affected farmers can then deliver accepted Series A and B grain. The CWB
Cereals, Opinion

Hard To Sink This Deal

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The reaction to last week’s announcement that the Canadian Wheat Board is investing in lake freighters was for the most part predictable. Some farm groups actually think it’s a wise investment and a practical thing for the board to do. It’s certainly not the first time the board has invested in transportation infrastructure. And in
Cereals, Opinion

Letters – for Feb. 24, 2011

Regarding the story “All producers have a role in welfare image,” in the Feb. 17Manitoba Co-operator,I agree with the succinct differentiation provided by the executive director of the Ontario Farm Animal Council, Crystal MacKay. This is exactly the message that I have been trying to get across. All animal activists have been painted with the
Cereals, Livestock

CWB Earned $5.2 Billion In 2009-10

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The Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) earned $5.2 billion in gross revenues in 2009-10 on the sale of 21 million tonnes of wheat, durum and barley, resulting in returns to western Canadian farmers of $4.6 billion. Farmer returns were down from the previous two crop years, according to the CWB’s annual report released Feb. 18, but

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