Barry Wilson

Annual delegate elections for Saskatchewan Wheat Pool are under way in even-numbered districts. Nominations opened Jan. 12 and will close Feb. 10. Nomination forms are available from local pool committee secretaries, delegates, district representatives and from the member relations division at head office in Regina. In sub-districts where more than one nomination is received, an […] Read more

VANCOUVER – Dairy farmers who harbored doubts that the industry is about to enter high-risk times in the next round of world trade talks should have no doubts at all following last week’s national Dairy Farmers of Canada convention. Speaker after speaker warned that Canadian dairy protection and export policies will be targets when other […] Read more

VANCOUVER – Japanese farmers have been big losers in the aftermath of the 1993 world trade deal, a Japanese farm leader said last week. Hiroshi Kono, executive director of the Japanese farm group JA Zenchu, told the annual convention of Dairy Farmers of Canada Jan. 20 that liberalized trade rules have meant fewer farmers, lower […] Read more

VANCOUVER – The uncertainty over whether Canadian dairy farmers will be allowed to use a controversial growth hormone in their herds appears certain to drag on for at least another year. “I think it will be at least 1999,” said Richard Doyle, executive secretary of Dairy Farmers of Canada. “I don’t think that’s a problem […] Read more

VANCOUVER – Traditionally, the spectre of cheap foreign imports has been considered the great threat to Canada’s dairy farmers and their domestic market dominance. Last week, Dairy Farmers of Canada officials argued there is another, growing threat from within Canada’s borders. Dairy substitutes, food supplements and so-called novel foods are threatening to erode market share […] Read more

Don Dewar, a seed grower and grain farmer from Dauphin, Man., is the new president of Manitoba’s farm lobby group. Dewar takes the helm of Keystone Agricultural Producers from Arborg farmer Les Jacobson, who is retiring after 14 years of involvement with the group, the last three as president. Dewar, who served as the group’s […] Read more

VANCOUVER – Agriculture minister Lyle Vanclief last week announced an expanded list of costs eligible for federal compensation, setting the stage for millions of federal dollars to flow to Ontario and Quebec farms affected by the early January ice storms. But he was unable to tell the Dairy Farmers of Canada annual policy conference what […] Read more

VANCOUVER – The chair of the Canadian Dairy Commission last week told dairy industry leaders the days of their protective supply management system are numbered. In his first address to a Dairy Farmers of Canada meeting since being appointed to head the federal dairy agency last year, Guy Jacob offered a blunt assessment of sector […] Read more