For the first time in my farming history, it’s near the end of October and all of the wheat I produced this year is delivered and sold. The CWB exercised authority over farmers’ wheat since 1943. Farmers were required to get a permit book under which grain deliveries were allowed. The CWB exercised stringent control […] Read more
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CWB pleased with grain movement, producer interest
Wheat committed to CWB pools is moving through the commercial grain handling system as expected, CWB officials said last week. However, some elevator companies in Western Canada are still not taking delivery of new crop CWB grain at certain locations, they added, stressing that delivery opportunities will improve as the marketing year progresses. “(Grain) companies […] Read more
CWB eliminates variety survey
Western Canada’s new leaner CWB will not be conducting its annual variety survey this year. CWB spokesperson Maureen Fitzhenry said corporate downsizing has forced the agency to scale back programming and focus on core marketing initiatives. The variety survey was launched in the late 1990s and was viewed by the industry as an important tool […] Read more
Richardson, Dreyfus join others, sign deals for CWB grain
More access for farmers | Agreement also provides CWB with access to Richardson’s port facilities
CWB has signed another commercial grain handling agreement, this one with Richardson International, the largest privately owned grain handling company in Canada. The deal means farmers who sell their grain through CWB will have access to more than 170 delivery points across the West, including 41 Richardson Pioneer facilities located in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. […] Read moreOptimism prevails at CWB under open market system
Last week, when CWB entered the post-single desk era, the tone of its July 31 news release sparkled with upbeat language. Times have clearly changed from even a year ago, when gloom pervaded the Canadian Wheat Board. “We begin the new era in a position of strength and a climate of optimism,” president and chief […] Read more
Farmers who illegally transported grain granted pardons
The Conservative government has granted pardons to prairie farmers who were convicted after illegally taking grain across the American border. Prime minister Steven Harper announced the pardons Aug. 1 on a grain farm near Kindersley, Sask., the same day the Canadian Wheat Board lost its monopoly marketing powers as the single-desk seller of wheat, durum […] Read more
CWB predicts large crop in most areas
Western Canadian farmers who are already enjoying near-record prices for cereal grains are also on track to produce one of their biggest crops in years. Bruce Burnett, a weather and crop specialist with CWB, said last week that 2012 production of wheat, durum and barley in western Canada is likely to surpass levels in 2010 […] Read more
CWB prepares for next chapter
‘Business as usual’ | CWB now operates as a voluntary marketing agency and competes for customers
A revamped version of the CWB will enter the new crop year 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, […] Read moreA momentous day and week in Prairie Farming History – but in which way?
To mark this historical week in prairie farming history, I have taken a few days off. Well, actually that’s just to use up some time I need to take off and I’m running out of summer in which to do it, but it certainly does allow me to sit off on the sidelines and watch […] Read more
Appeals court sides with Ottawa on CWB issue
Lower court wrong | Ritz did not break law by introducing CWB ending bill without farmer vote
The Federal Court of Appeal has decisively supported the right of the federal government to end the CWB monopoly without a farmer vote. In a June 18 judgment, the court shredded the 2011 ruling of Winnipeg Federal Court justice Douglas Campbell that agriculture minister Gerry Ritz violated “the rule of law” when he introduced legislation […] Read more
