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Canada-Europe Trade Deal Raises Concerns

By Shannon VanRaes November 3, 2011

As legislation to end the Canadian Wheat Board s monopoly marches closer to reality, there is growing speculation that this country s supply management sector will be next on the free marketers hit list. It s in the government s and the WTO s (World Trade Organization) agenda, they want to ensure there is an

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Online Services Come To The Farm

October 27, 2011

NEWS STAFF / Manitoba farmers will soon be able to use an online service-delivery system to register for programs or apply for services offered by Manitoba Agriculture Food and Rural Initiatives (MAFRI). The province has rolled out AccessManitoba, a new system meant to allow businesses, entrepreneurs and individuals to register for programs and submit online

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Farmers Fight Farmers In Canadian Wheat Board Brawl

By Allan Dawson October 20, 2011

Mostly it has been farmers fighting the government over the Canadian Wheat Board s future, now it s farmer against farmer. Three western Manitoba producers paid for an inserted advertisement in the Manitoba Co-operatorlast week accusing the Keystone Agriculture Producers (KAP) of not working to save the Canadian Wheat Board and suggesting KAP members request

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Voluntary CWB Unlikely: Toews

By Allan Dawson October 6, 2011

The working group report says farmers are disappointed the Canadian Wheat Board hasn t come up with a plan for transitioning into an open market. The board says it has presented options, but Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz refuses to acknowledge or accept them. Unfortunately the minister has never sat down with the board to even

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Late Reporter Mourned

October 6, 2011

briefs staff / The National Farmers Union (NFU) has paid tribute to the late Adrian Ewins, calling him an inspired journalist and a gentleman. Adrian Ewins was always well respected for the integrity and the intelligence he brought to his profession, the association said in a release. Ewins worked as a reporter for the Saskatoon-based

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A Majority For Single Desk

By Allan Dawson September 15, 2011

The Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) will fight Ottawa s plan to kill its single desk, a defiant CWB chair Allen Oberg said following a release of plebiscite results this week. Their message is loud and clear and cannot be ignored, Oberg, who farms at Forestburg, Alta., said during a news conference at a farm near

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WTO Should Seek Smaller-Scale Doha Deal

By Rod Nickel September 15, 2011

The long-running Doha round of talks will fail to reach a deal to broadly liberalize global trade this year, and should instead seek a smal ler-scale agreement in the near term, Australia s trade minister said last Friday. The Cairns Group of 19 agricultural exporters, including Australia, Canada, Brazil and Argentina, met in Saskatoon last

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Cwb Will Hold Farmer Vote

By Allan Dawson July 7, 2011

Outraged open-market proponents were calling on farmers to boycott a plebiscite on grain marketing announced by the Canadian Wheat Board last week. Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz says he will place little to no value on the results. The current CWB Act requires farmers approve such a change through a vote first; the government plans to

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In Brief… – for Jun. 30, 2011

By Reuters June 30, 2011

Symbolic vote:Amid pressure to cut yawning U.S. deficit and debt, the Senate voted overwhelmingly late last week to immediately repeal subsidies for the ethanol industry, first won in 1978, that now cost tax payers about $6 billion a year. The Senate’s vote was mostly symbolic, as it was attached to a bill that does not

Cereals, Opinion

It’s Time To Move On

By John De Pape June 30, 2011

Allen Oberg, chairman of the Canadian Wheat Board, spoke about the future of the CWB at the Western Canadian Farm Progress Show in Regina recently. While reading and listening to his presentation online, I was struck with just how much this debate is now focused on the plight of the reformed CWB, and not about

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Canada-Europe Trade Deal Raises Concerns

Online Services Come To The Farm

Farmers Fight Farmers In Canadian Wheat Board Brawl

Voluntary CWB Unlikely: Toews

Late Reporter Mourned

A Majority For Single Desk

WTO Should Seek Smaller-Scale Doha Deal

Cwb Will Hold Farmer Vote

In Brief… – for Jun. 30, 2011

It’s Time To Move On

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