With the Canadian Wheat Board elections in full swing, open market candidates are filling the newspapers with their attacks on the CWB, blaming them for everything from failed cash flow, delivery opportunity and marketing strategy to poor communication. … One important statistic the open marketers have never touched on is the fact that the CWB […] Read more
Stories by Joyce Neufeld
Larger farms hurt rural areas
Joyce Neufeld, of Waldeck, Sask., is a former national board member of the National Farmers Union. For years, small communities have been struggling to keep their hospitals, schools and other businesses and services. In 1958, Gull Lake, Sask., a typical rural community, had both elementary and high schools. Surrounding communities of Webb, Hazlet and Tompkins […] Read more
