A new building for Cereals Canada could cost farmers and grain companies about $100 million of farmers money.  | Getty Images

Wheat growers question need for new building

If you repeat it, if you say it louder, if that’s your talking point, people will totally believe it,” stated former federal environment minister Catherine McKenna. It seems supporters for a new agriculture building in Winnipeg bought into this infamous diatribe. Related story: Under one roof? Not so fast We have heard over and over […] Read more

The idea, broached by Cereals Canada but not made public, has been around for years. It apparently grew from a desire to bring together a critical mass of crop industry players and replace facilities that some consider to be outdated and inadequate. | Screencp via cerealscanada.ca

Under one roof? Not so fast

A proposal to bring some of Winnipeg’s scattered agriculture industry organizations and institutions under one roof has provoked chatter and at least one denunciation. The idea, broached by Cereals Canada but not made public, has been around for years. It apparently grew from a desire to bring together a critical mass of crop industry players […] Read more

A semi truck pulling a B-train driving away from a large, modern inland grain terminal.

Force majeure needs caution

In Canadian contract law, a force majeure isn’t just an act of God situation. A lot depends on the terms and language in the contract and who wrote the agreement.