In a recent letter to the editor, agriculture minister Gerry Ritz stated that every cousin or organization of the Canadian Wheat Board such as the Communist Party of Canada were fully represented at the CWB meetings held across Western Canada. I attended the CWB meetings at Regina and Dauphin. At neither place was the Communist […] Read more
Stories by George E. Hickie
No vote
It is very obvious neither agriculture minister Gerry Ritz nor prime minister Stephen Harper intend to allow western grain producers to decide for themselves through a fair, honest vote whether they want the Canadian Wheat Board to have sole jurisdiction to market their milling wheat and malt barley. My many years as a resident of […] Read more
Cow gas
A March 15 Postmedia news story states that cows release methane gas by burping and farting (their terminology, not mine) and are responsible for a significant amount of the world’s greenhouse gas. They also claim that up to 17 percent of the world’s methane output comes from livestock, and that methane is 20 times more […] Read more
CGC needed
Our 2010 oat crop turned out fairly well. Judging by eyesight and feel of hand, I estimated bushel weight at 38 to 40 pounds. With over 50 years farming experience, I have had a little practice at this. Weather damage was not a serious factor. It should have graded a No. 2 milling and certainly […] Read more
Election meddling
So the Conservative MPs are at it again. Just like they did two years ago, during the last round of wheat board director elections, they’re using our money to tell us how we should vote. Somehow they’ve gotten a voters’ list and they’re subtly sending every farmer in their constituency a pamphlet that tells us […] Read more
