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Joe Farmer Goes To Washington (Part 2)

August 25, 2011

Ihave to admit I didn’t pay much attention to Dan Glickman when he was U.S. secretary of agriculture for the Clinton administration in the late 90’s, but I did have a chance to listen to his keynote address at the Soil and Water Conservation Society’s (SWCS) annual meeting in Washington, D.C. What struck me was

Cereals, Hogs, Opinion

Letters – for Aug. 25, 2011

August 25, 2011

Proper tire inflation crucial to performance I have spent a number of years teaching advanced driving techniques to groups such as police, ambulance and the general public, and I take exception to Jim Kerr’s statement that one not “inflate the tires to the pressure shown on the tire sidewall.” To say this is to indicate

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Canola Futures Fend Off Weather-Related Bearishness

By Commodity News Service August 25, 2011

Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform managed to recapture some upward price action during the week ended Aug. 19. Support stemmed from the rally experienced in the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybean complex, with a drop-off in farmer sales of canola into the western Canadian cash market also providing a firm

Cereals, News, Oilseeds, Pulses

Winding Down The Canadian Wheat Board

By Allan Dawson August 11, 2011

The Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) will be “wound down” if the federal government delivers on its promise to end the board’s single-desk marketing authority next Aug. 1, says CWB chair Allen Oberg. Ottawa, not farmers, should cover the millions of dollars in costs, including employee severances, pensions and delivery contact defaults, the board said in

Cereals, Hogs, News, Oilseeds

In Brief… – for Aug. 11, 2011

By Reuters August 11, 2011

Correction:The following four winter wheats – CDC Kestrel, CDC Clair, CDC Harrier, CDC Raptor and CDC Falcon will be transferred from the Canada Western Red Winter wheat class to the Canada Western General Purpose class Aug. 1, 2013. Incorrect information appeared in last week’s edition. CDC Falcon will remain in the CWRW class past 2013

Cereals, News

Churchill’s First Grain Ship Arrives

By Allan Dawson August 11, 2011

Churchill’s port may not survive the dismantling of the Canadian Wheat Board, says Manitoba’s minister through Churchill, then this port doesn’t have a very bright future.” Last week, the MV Pacific Bulker loaded approximately 27,000 tonnes of Canada Western Red Spring wheat destined for Nigeria. Wheat and barley represent most of Churchill’s traffic, Struthers noted.

Cereals, Crops, News

Wheat Yields In Southern North Dakota Seen Lower

By Michael Hirtzer August 11, 2011

Spring wheat yields were projected to decline this year in the southern half of North Dakota as a late start to the planting season and excessive moisture stressed the crop, allowing diseases to thrive, crop scouts on an annual tour found. Huge pools of standing water covered large swaths of farmland across the state, submerging

Cereals, Oilseeds, Opinion

Canola Pool, Maybe. Wheat? Probably Not

By John Morriss August 11, 2011

As we pointed out last week, opponents of the CWB monopoly are doing their best to distance themselves from the reality that ending the monopoly means ending the board altogether. They are throwing out red herrings claiming that the CWB would still be around in some fashion, including one that the board could run a

Cereals, Opinion

“Endnotes” On The CWB’s Future

By Milton Boyd August 11, 2011

The following is the endnotes from the recently published paper by the Frontier Centre for Public Policy called “Removal of the Canadian Wheat Board monopoly: Future changes for farmers and the grain industry.” The paper concludes that while the loss of the board’s monopoly will be challenging, Western Canada’s sophisticated farmers will adapt to find

Cereals, Opinion

More About Money And Power Than Freedom

August 11, 2011

After surviving 14 challenges by the Americans (ruled in favour of the Canadian Wheat Board by dispute panel each time) Prime Minister Harper will dismantle the CWB in short order and Americanize the system. The CWB, which is “uniquely Canadian,” has

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