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Letters – for Sep. 8, 2011

Appreciate the coverage I extend words of appreciation for the August 25 Co-operator!The editorial highlighted good science that is well ahead of the curve when it detailed “ECO Farming.” Concerning the “new reporter,” Shannon VanRaes, please detail more of what you saw “growing up near Tillsonburg (and) “watching a way of agricultural life fade into
Cereals, Crops, Opinion

WCWGA Needs To Do Its Homework

It appears that the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association’s last-ditch attempt to make itself sound as if it knew something about the world grain trade as per its Aug.
Cereals, News

Oberg Reacts To WCWGA Plan For Post-Monopoly CWB

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Aproposal for a revamped voluntary Canadian Wheat Board that calls for no startup capital would be “a recipe for disaster,” the board’s current chair Allen Oberg says. “If it has to operate on strictly commercial terms it will not survive for long,” the Forestburg, Alta. farmer said in response to the plan released by the
Cereals, Crops, News

Small Crop Offers Good Return

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Last year was one of the toughest years farmers can remember, plagued with drowned-out seeding, weather-induced quality demotions, and sluggish rail service. But the prices for the 2010 crop made it worth the hassle. “At the end of the day we will see one of the highest overall returns in history, including the second-highest wheat
Cereals, Opinion

Wheat Growers Outlines Plan For A New CWB

The new CWB is to be reconstituted, without any monopoly or regulatory powers, effective Aug. 1, 2012 and assume all assets, liabilities and contractual commitments of the existing CWB. The new CWB Act is to provide for the issuance of share capital and for continuation of the CWB as a company under the Canada Business
Cereals, Livestock, Opinion

Letters – for Sep. 1, 2011

As the District 2 CWB director, I attended the three so-called producer information meetings set up by the CWB in Medicine Hat, Camrose and Falher. Having read some of the media reports of the meetings in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, I knew that these meetings were all about politics, and an all-or-nothing message from the CWB
Cereals, News

CWB Has Staff Retention Plan

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The Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) has a staff retention plan, but the marketing agency’s president and CEO isn’t discussing the details. “These are confidential matters between the staff and the CWB,” Ian White said in an interview Aug. 26. “All we’re doing is trying to… is give staff and ourself the best chance of retaining
Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Big Canadian Crop Coming, Says StatsCan

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While Canadian farmers will produce more wheat and a record-large canola crop in 2011, according to Statistic Canada, Manitoba’s crop production will be well below average. StatsCan estimated in its Aug. 24 report based on a July 11 survey all-wheat production of 24.076 million tonnes, up nearly four per cent from a year ago, and
Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Canola Trade Bullish Despite Big Forecast

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Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform posted some modest advances during the week ended Aug. 26 despite the fact that a crop production survey from Statistics Canada estimated output of the crop at a record-size level. The government agency’s survey for the period ended July 31 said canola production in Canada during
Cereals, Grain Markets

CWB Raises 2011-12 PROs

The Canadian Wheat Board has increased its projected returns for wheat, durum and barley in its latest Pool Return Outlook (PRO) for the 2011-12 crop year. Wheat values have increased since last month’s PRO by between $12 and $18 per tonne, depending on class, grade and protein level. Durum values have gone up between $6

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