A revamped version of the CWB enters the new crop year today with a clean balance sheet, a streamlined workforce, a revised lineup of marketing contracts and a new corporate identity.
But lingering legal issues surrounding the demise of the Canadian Wheat Board’s monopoly have yet to be resolved and likely won’t be for months, if not years.
CWB chief executive officer Ian White says it will be business as usual as the voluntary marketing agency enters the new era of grain marketing in Western Canada this week.
Here’s a sampling of what farmers are saying on social media to mark this historic day:
