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Cereals, Crops

Wheat recommending committee used new procedures at annual meeting

Outgoing chair Brian Beres says the changes, the result of member consensus, 
streamline the wheat registration process and make it more transparent

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New operating procedures have streamlined the process of reviewing new varieties of wheat for registration, but the system continues to come under pressure for even more changes. The Prairie Recommending Committee for Wheat, Rye and Triticale (PRCWRT), which recommends whether new wheats for Western Canada should be registered implemented the results of a review ordered
Cereals, Crops, Weather

2014 spring seeding off to a slow start

The first above normal temperature day this season sees farmers take to the fields

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Miami farmer Wes Hill was seeding spring wheat May 10 trying to get as much done ahead of the rain and cool weather that arrived May 11. Hill has been planting for a week, but lots of other Manitoba farmers haven’t been as lucky. Some south-central Manitoba farmers were taking the fields for the first
Grain bins
Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Stored canola at risk for moisture damage and heating

Equalize the storage temperature with outside conditions to avoid moisture from condensation

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The Canola Council of Canada is telling farmers to warm their stored canola before it gets hot outside to avoid a buildup of moisture that can cause spoilage. Statistics Canada says there were about nine million tonnes of canola in commercial and on-farm storage as of March 31, which is double the amount in the
Cereals, Crops, News

Farmers pay for overdue CGC maintenance

New fees will cover postponed capital spending commitments

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News that the Canadian Grain Commission postponed undertaking millions of dollars in maintenance costs until its cost recovery fees were in place isn’t sitting well with farmers facing huge increases in service costs. Blacklocks Reporter, an online news service, obtained the Canadian Grain Commission Business Plan 2013-14 through federal Access to Information. In it, the
Cereals, News

CWB building, buying spree continues

The company could cut its federal ties early

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CWB’s multimillion-dollar building and buying spree on its path to early privatization continues with the proposed purchase of Prairie West Terminal and its four elevators for $43.13 million. And it’s not done yet. “Our aim is to ultimately have a proper network of port and country facilities and this is a very important stepping stone
Black and white photo of a prairie grain elevator.
Cereals, News

Farmers of yesteryear protected western wheat quality

Blending wheats of different grades was a scandalous crime that drew action from the PMO’s office

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Determined to Remove Grievance of Farmers: Sir Wilfred Declares Government Has Secured Evidence of Mixing of Wheat and is Pledged to Punish the Guilty Parties” So reads the title of a front-page article in the Manitoba Free Press of Tuesday, July 19, 1910. The body of the news article reports on a meeting between the
Cereals, Crops, Opinion

The grain market needs a dose of ‘good cholesterol’

More regulation is not the solution to improving grain transportation

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Just as there is both good cholesterol and bad cholesterol, there are both good and bad regulations. The CWB single desk was an example of a bad regulation — it clogged the arteries of western Canadian grain commerce by burdening farmers with high costs and no evidence of premium prices. Markets are efficient and effective
Grain auger filling a railway car with grain.
Cereals, Crops

Producer car orders on hold for 2014-15

The new program will make producer car ordering seamless between crop years

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Producer car orders for next crop year are on hold until the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) launches its new online application process, expected soon, says CGC spokesman Remi Gosselin. “If producers have already submitted an application for producer cars for the crop year 2014-15 they will resubmit their application when we begin accepting them through
Long line of grain rail cars.
Cereals, Crops, Opinion

New insights into Canadian Wheat Board orderly marketing

Markets work best when unfettered and there is competition

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I have a new understanding of the term “orderly marketing.” I once thought of it simply as the approach the now defunct single-desk Canadian Wheat Board took to selling western Canadian wheat and barley. You know — pricing to market, not flooding markets to avoid driving prices down and providing equitable delivery opportunity for farmers.
Man speaking at press conference.
Cereals, News

West Coast bottleneck means lower prices in the country

So long as grain supplies are large the gap between world and country elevator prices 
will remain wide, the agriculture committee was told

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Western Canadian grain farmers will continue to get a lot less than the world price, even if the railways improve their service, the House of Commons agriculture committee was told April 2. That’s because almost all of the West’s grain wants to be exported through the West Coast where prices are highest, but can’t because

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