The wheels are in motion to establish a new wheat commission in Saskatchewan. Norm Hall, president of the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan, said producer groups interested in establishing a provincial wheat commission will be meeting in late spring or early summer. Those organizations are expected to form a steering committee that will lay the […] Read more
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Grain commission turns sights on containerized grain
The Canadian Grain Commission is taking a closer look at containerized grain to determine if container packing facilities should require a CGC license. Commissioner Murdoch MacKay said containerized grain is one of the items being discussed in a review of CGC services. The volume of grain shipped in containers has increased over the past decade […] Read more
Viterra sale small improvement to SWP investment
By all indications, the blockbuster deal to sell Viterra to Glencore International will proceed. Viterra shareholders will approve the sale May 29, happy to get the bump in share values produced by the takeover. With some of the assets flowing to Richardson and Agrium, both Canadian companies, any concern from regulators will be muted. Some […] Read more
Sections change to bring you more good stuff
By all accounts, there’s only one thing that interests farmers as much as the weather, and that’s markets. If you have been watching and reading closely, you will know by now that this week’s Western Producer is a bit different from what you’re accustomed to. The reason for the changes is simple: we’re trying to […] Read more
Mom convinces Wal-Mart to carry gourmet baby food
Call her a mompreneur or just plain market savvy, but Jennifer Carlson Broe has steered a tasty idea from her kitchen to Wal-Mart. As a young mother, she was disappointed in the blandness of commercial baby food. “I would never eat this myself and how could I, in good conscience. feed this to my daughter,” […] Read more
Last year’s election introduced Parliament to one of its brighter lights
It is a pity that most Canadians who care about politics get most of their sense of Parliament from the daily political gong show that is question period. It means they mainly get the “what did he know and when did he know it” theatrics of the daily gladiator show, important as that is to […] Read more
Progress or purgatory at the PFRA
We are a rural family living the dream — or we were until April 11, when we had the rug pulled out from under us. We are one of the families affected by the federal government’s cuts to the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration. Not only did the federal government and its agencies not give prior […] Read more
Election shows rural Alberta wants more from premier
The dust is settling after the April 23 Alberta provincial election, and premier Alison Redford’s decisive victory indicates a shift in the way Albertans see their province. The new premier is guiding the Progressive Conservative party to the centre-right on the political spectrum. Defeat of the Wildrose Alliance party and its further-right views indicate majority […] Read more
World makes strides in food security
Amid continuing food crises and hunger around the world last year, there were also signs of food policy improvements, says a respected Washington-based food research institute. In an annual global food policy report, the International Food Policy Research Institute said last week that the food and humanitarian calamity in the Horn of Africa, made worse […] Read more
Gun registry dead despite Quebec setback: feds
Moratorium still in place in Quebec | Fight revolves around Ottawa’s plan to destroy data collected in the province
Despite a Quebec court order that the long-gun registry data bank must remain in place for the province into the summer, Ottawa insists that the federal registry is dead. “It’s abolished outside of Quebec,” said Manitoba MP Candice Hoeppner, parliamentary secretary to public safety minister Vic Toews. “We can’t start to destroy the information, and […] Read more
