Agriculture Canada is closing its Cereal Research Centre this month, marking the end of nearly a century of public plant breeding in Winnipeg. It is another sorry landmark on the Stephen Harper government’s systematic path of destruction through Canada’s public agriculture institutions. Publicly funded plant breeding at the CRC, along with other Agriculture Canada research […] Read more
Stories by Glenn Tait
Defend us, premier
I just recently heard premier Brad Wall’s radio ad, in which he states that he is the person to look to, to stand up for the people of Saskatchewan. Wall mentioned his admirable, albeit 11th hour, stand on potash as an example. Shortly thereafter, I heard a report of the Wall government’s support of (federal […] Read more
Market share – for Apr. 7, 2011
It is very odd that a master in economics (Greg Petryshyn,Western Producer,March 17 letters) is confused by my simple observations of post-board Australian wheat marketing. Mr. Petryshyn says that it is impossible for a multiplicity of buyers to drive the price of a commodity down. The number of real buyers, end-use consumers, of Australian wheat […] Read more
Australian system
I read with interest Greg Petryshyn’s letter (Open Forum, Feb. 17.) He wrote that Australian wheat farmers are happy and doing better under deregulation because of the higher prices brought about by the multiplicity of buyers. Though there are now about 30 buyers for Australian on-farm wheat, the higher prices are almost certainly a reflection […] Read more
