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Canadian Grain Commission proposes 24 per cent cut to major user fees Aug. 1

The question of what to do with the existing surplus remains

By Allan Dawson May 4, 2017

The Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) proposes to rein in its growing operating surplus by cutting its two major user fees Aug. 1, — eight months earlier than normally would be the case. If implemented, the combined fees for officially inspecting and weighing ships exporting Canadian grain will drop by 44 cents a tonne, or 24

News

What to do with a $107.2-million surplus?

The CGC wants grain sector feedback on options, but sending cheques back to farmers is not one of them

By Allan Dawson March 22, 2017

The Canadian Grain Commission proposes to cut grain industry user fees 23 per cent to lower its operating surplus of $107.2 million and rising. The surplus as of Sept. 30, 2016 is almost $45 million more than the $62.5 million CGC projects it needs to operate in 2018-19. “So with an average volume of 34.4

The Prairie Recommending Committee for Wheat, Rye and Triticale (PRCWRT) has streamlined voting on new varieties seeking a recommendation for registration.  The PRCWRT held its annual meeting in Winnipeg Mar. 2. Here ballots are being distributed to members of the PRCWRT’s cultivar voting panel.

Cereals, News

Wheat recommending committee reforms paying efficiency dividends

The process was sparked by a 2013 letter from then agriculture minister Gerry Ritz

By Allan Dawson March 16, 2017

Ordinarily voting over whether to recommend new wheat, rye or triticale varieties for registration can stretch on well into the afternoon. This year it was over before the morning coffee break at the annual meeting of the Prairie Recommending Committee for Wheat, Rye and Triticale (PRCWRT) in Winnipeg Mar. 2. Many participants said they thought

Cereals, Opinion

Opinion: Wheat growers support free trade

By Jason Scott, Levi Wood February 28, 2017

Since the end of the Canadian Wheat Board’s government monopoly control over the marketing of western Canadian wheat, there has been a great deal of change in the Canadian wheat industry and positive modernization of many regulations. One of the most significant changes to come from marketing freedom for wheat farmers has been the growth

Thousands of litres of fuel are needed for farmers to grow, maintain and harvest their crops, and a carbon tax could dramatically rise their fuel costs.

News

Carbon tax alarms agriculture groups

Too heavy-handed regulation that’s out of step with other countries could put Canadian farmers at a disadvantage

By Alex Binkley October 13, 2016

Proposals for a carbon tax to help reduce emissions that cause climate change pose a major threat to Canadian farmers, says the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association. Canadian farmers already have to cope with a tough climate, says Robin Speer, WCWGA executive director. “They’re already producing more food while using less land, water and fuel

CFIA’s Mark Forhan told the Prairie Recommending Committee for Wheat, Rye and Triticale (PRCWRT) it’s too big.

Cereals, Crops

CFIA tells wheat recommending committee its operating procedures still need work

The Prairie Recommending Committee for Wheat, Rye and Triticale thought it had met  most of former agricuture minister Gerry Ritz’s requests

By Allan Dawson March 22, 2016

The ghost of agriculture minister past haunted the Prairie Recommending Committee for Wheat, Rye and Triticale (PRCWRT) during its annual meeting Feb. 25 in Saskatoon. Gerry Ritz isn’t agriculture minister and there’s a new Liberal government in Ottawa, yet some of his policies on Canada’s variety registration system are still being implemented by the Canadian

Cereals, Comment

Railway rate deregulation arguments don’t add up, skeptics say

Competitive markets work, but the key is competition and that’s lacking in Canada’s rail sector

By Allan Dawson December 29, 2015

Consensus is rare in western Canadian grain transportation policy. That’s why when two economists who have spent decades sparring over contentious issues actually agree, people take notice. The sky didn’t fall, as Paul Earl joked it might, after admitting at a recent Winnipeg meeting that he is in agreement with University of Saskatchewan agricultural economist

Cereals, Crops

Shaking up Western Canada’s wheat class system

A lot of familiar Canada Western Red Spring wheats will move to another class to  maintain the quality and enhance the consistency of Canada’s top milling wheat

By Allan Dawson August 14, 2015

Complaints from customers over low gluten strength is prompting changes to Canada’s premium milling wheat class. Some famous old wheats, including Katepwa and Neepawa, along with some newer ones, are being pulled from Western Canada’s top Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat class Aug. 1, 2017. (see list at bottom of article) It’s part of

Cereals, Opinion

Lunar eclipses, voodoo — and doughnuts

By Laura Rance-Unger April 29, 2014

The mythology around lunar eclipses — especially “blood moons” like the one we witnessed early April 14 — is that they foretell of significant events, ranging from doomsday scenarios to the second coming. Without any pretence of superstition, we couldn’t help but note this in the context of our story this week about three major farm

Cereals, Crops, Opinion

The need for speed

By Laura Rance-Unger April 11, 2013

When the Harper government gutted Canada’s environmental review legislation as part of the 2012 omnibus budget, the public was told it was because the process was inefficient, slow and standing in the way of economic development. But as researchers at the University of Toronto noted, federal officials “provided no evidence apart from the testimony of

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures rise on expectations of tight supplies

U.S. grains: Chicago soybeans fall, but achieve first annual gain in three years

ICE Canada Weekly: Canola unlikely to have a good start to 2026

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