Western Grains Research Foundation Archives - Page 8 of 9

CPR’s Revenue Cap Overage Reduced Due To Court Ruling

By Allan Dawson May 28, 2009

Although the WGRF regrets the loss of any revenue, it knows overages it collects from the railways is farmers’ money. Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) didn’t overcharge western farmers for hauling their grain during the 2007-08 crop year by quite as much as first determined by the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA). As a result, the Western

Cereals, Crops

Grain Freight Charges Should Drop Next Crop… In Theory

By Allan Dawson May 7, 2009

Western farmers, on average, should pay 7.4 per cent less to move their grain to export in the 2009-10 crop year that starts Aug. 1 due mainly to lower railway fuel costs, the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) announced April 30. Assuming normal grain-shipping volumes, farmers collectively should, on average, pay $28.41 a tonne to ship

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Correction:

April 2, 2009

Astory that appeared on Page 20 of the March 12 Manitoba Co-operator wrongly said the Western Grains Research Foundation checkoff is 50 cents per tonne. In fact, the checkoff is 30 cents per tonne.

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Research, Trade Top Priorities For Farmers

By Alex Binkley April 2, 2009

“There just simply isn’t the return in cereals and pulses under our system to spur private research at the levels necessary.” – DOUG ROBERTSON, ALBERTA GRAIN FARMER AND GGC PRESIDENT More basic agriculture research and improved trade deals will go a long way toward helping Canadian farmers be competitive internationally, farm groups say. Grain Growers

Cereals, News

Kyle Durum Wheat “Seed Of The Year” In The West

By Allan Dawson March 5, 2009

Kyle durum wheat, the most popular durum grown in the West between 1988 and 2005, was named Seed of the Year for Western Canada at the recent Prairie Grain Development Committee annual meeting. Kyle and its developer, Fred Townley-Smith, a retired Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) plant breeder, were recognized Feb. 25. The first crosses

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A – for Feb. 5, 2009

February 5, 2009

An identifying caption was not included with the photo of a sunflower bud moth larva, shown here and in the article “ Sunflowers average in 2008” (Co- operator, Jan. 15, page15) Regulations under the Canada Transportation Act require railway earnings that exceed the statutory revenue cap on grain freight must be turned over to the

Cereals, News, Oilseeds

Farmers split over revenue cap excess

By Allan Dawson January 29, 2009

“This is an excellent opportunity for Western Grains Research to share its vision of what could be done with this money. “ – Doug Robertson Farm groups continue to disagree over what to do with the $59.8 million the railways owe them after overcharging to ship grain in 2007-08. Last week the Western Canadian Wheat

Beef cattle, Cereals, Crops, Livestock, Opinion

Farmers and cowmen

By Laura Rance-Unger January 29, 2009

The latest release from the George Morris Centre “Feed grains and livestock in Canada – a reconciliation” brings to mind the lyrics from a certain operetta performed by the Carman Collegiate High School back in the 1970s. “Oh, the farmer and the cowman should be friends… one man likes to push a plow, the other

Cereals, News

Farmers urged to lobby for rail costing review

By Allan Dawson January 15, 2009

The millions of dollars the railways are reported to have overcharged western grain farmers underscores the need to review railway costs – and to update the formula used to determine how much the railways can earn hauling grain. So said Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) spokeswoman Maureen Fitzhenry in an interview last week: “We need to

Cereals, News

Railways should repay farmers excess revenues: WGEA

By Allan Dawson January 15, 2009

“More than anything it just seemed to us to be the right thing to do.” – Wade Sobkowich The almost $60 million western grain farmers overpaid the railways last year should be returned to farmers, says the Western Grain Elevator Association, which represents Canada’s main grain companies. The association said the overpayments, which amount to

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CPR’s Revenue Cap Overage Reduced Due To Court Ruling

Grain Freight Charges Should Drop Next Crop… In Theory

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Research, Trade Top Priorities For Farmers

Kyle Durum Wheat “Seed Of The Year” In The West

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Farmers split over revenue cap excess

Farmers and cowmen

Farmers urged to lobby for rail costing review

Railways should repay farmers excess revenues: WGEA

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