Somebody help me. Why would our provincial government agree with prime minister (Stephen) Harper that farmers should not have a say in any proposed changes to our Canadian Wheat Board? The CWB legislation requires that the board of directors be consulted and that a farmer plebiscite occur before the CWB mandate is changed. The federal […] Read more
Stories by Lyle Wright
Real farmer?
The latest Canadian Wheat Board election continues the 80 percent majority of pro-single desk directors. The Harper government could take note and recognize that western Canadian farmers have spoken again and again in these director elections with substantial support for our marketing agency. However, the same old insults continue. Agriculture minister Gerry Ritz dismissed the […] Read more
Organic pesticides
Lorne Hepworth, in his Jan. 27 letter toThe Western Producer,is very misleading in his assertion that organic producers have available and use the same pesticides as conventional producers. All organic certification bodies have a seemingly endless list of biocides deemed too dangerous for use in organic food production. As an organic producer, I confess to […] Read more
Test the seed, yes, but farm-saved OK
Lyle Wright of Kerrobert, Sask., wonders if we have learned from the Triffid flax situation. Recent chaos in the Canadian flax market should not be the unexpected surprise that the industry is claiming it to be. Many farm groups were concerned with the seed industry’s inability to control the unwanted spread of genetically modified crops […] Read more
