What’s up – for Nov. 13, 2008

Please forward your agricultural events to [email protected] call 204-944-5762 Nov. 14 – “Build Business Success: Assemble Your Toolkit,” 8:45 a. m. to 2 p. m., Shamrock Centre, Killarney. A seminar for women in business or interested in business. For more info or to register (deadline Nov. 7) call Carling at MAFRI at 204-523-5260. Nov. 15–

U. S. farm sector cautiously welcomes Obama win

America’s farm sector has cautiously welcomed Democrat Barack Obama’s historic White House win as good news for a raft of industry priorities like crop subsidies, ethanol expansion and agricultural trade. “He knows agriculture and he has been a real supporter of agriculture,” said Rick Tolman, CEO of the National Corn Growers Association, a powerful lobbying


Ritz returns, Transport gets a new look

“Farming is the backbone of the Canadian economy and in times of global economic uncertainty this government is committed to continue putting farmers first.” Gerry Ritz is staying on as agriculture minister in Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s new cabinet. But there’s plenty of change in other key portfolios. As was generally expected, Jim Flaherty remains

CWB election candidates finalized

Nineteen farmers are running for five Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) directors’ positions this fall in an election many believe will be the most important since CWB governance was changed in 1998. The mandate and perhaps the very existence of the CWB hangs in the balance as farmers vote in Districts 2, 4, 6, 8 and


Election changes little on farm scene

The Conservative win in the Oct. 14 election brought little change to the farm scene in Parliament. Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz was re-elected with a comfortable margin in his western Saskatchewan riding, despite the national flap over his “cold cuts” comments. Ritz’s main critics, Liberal Wayne Easter and the NDP’s Alex Atamanenko, also won in

CWB voters’ list case in court Oct. 17

“It’s just part of their pattern of trying to create as much turmoil and confusion as they can around everything there is to do with the wheat board.” – Stewart Wells Arguments for expediting a court case aimed at overturning the federal government’s changes to the Canadian Wheat Board director elections voters’ list are scheduled