Farmers will be able to get premiums ranging from $2.50-$10 per tonne under the Canadian Wheat board’s 2004-05 market development contract program.
The varieties grown under the contracts are test marketed among potential customers, who use the limited available quantities for their milling and end-use qualities.
This year the board will offer market development contracts on 11 new varieties:
- A new Canada Prairie Spring red wheat variety called 5700PR will fetch a premium of $5 a tonne.
- The extra strong Canada Western Amber Durum variety AC Navigator will carry a premium of $2.50 a tonne.
- Two CW Experimental Hard White wheats called Snowbird and Kanata will be eligible for a $7.50 a tonne premium.
- Seven varieties of CW Red Winter Select will fetch a premium of $10 a tonne – AC Bellatrix, AC Readymade, AC Tempest, CDC Buteo, CDC Osprey , McClintock and Norstar.
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Gord Flaten, director of market development for the CWB, said all varieties grown under the contracts represent significant breeding advancements in their classes.
“In addition to earning a premium for their crops, farmers who enter into these contracts are also helping to ensure that the wheat and durum varieties grown in Western Canada continue to meet the needs of our customers,” he said in a News release
news announcing the 2004-05 program.
Under the contract, the board guarantees acceptance and delivery of all qualifying production within the crop year.
The board also pays escalating on-farm storage fees from Oct. 1, 2004, or the date on which the contract is signed (whichever is later) to the date of delivery or the delivery authorization date (whichever is earlier).
Sign-up forms will be available in early March from pedigreed seed growers, elevators or the CWB. Farmers can get more information about the program from the wheat board’s website at www.cwb.ca.
