The only sure way for drivers not to drown when crossing flooded rural roads is not to cross them, says Gordon Giesbrecht, associate dean at the University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation. Even if a road isn’t washed out — something drivers can’t see — it takes just 18 inches of water to […] Read more
Don’t drive across flooding roads
Ottawa Declined To Back CWB Loan To Buy Lakers
Reading Time: 3 minutes STAFF |HOLLAND, MAN. Those two controversial lake ships the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) is buying for $65 million will be paid for by farmers over four years instead of 25 because the federal government wouldn’t guarantee the CWB’s loan. “For various reasons they (federal government) weren’t going to accept that (guaranteeing a loan) so we […] Read more
Changes To Select Winter Wheat Program
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Canadian Wheat Board has made changes to its select winter wheat program in hopes of transporting and marketing the crop more efficiently. In the past, farmers signed Guaranteed Delivery Contracts for select winter wheat throughout the crop year. Now farmers hoping to market the winter wheat they planted last fall as select must register […] Read more
Court Of Appeal Upholds Ritz’s Rules
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Federal Court of Appeal has confirmed legality of federal government changes to the voters’ list in the 2008 Canadian Wheat Board director elections. But the same court also ruled that the Friends of the Canadian Wheat Board (FCWB) – had a legal right to challenge the ruling. In January 2010 Federal Court Judge James […] Read more
CWB Repeats Its Conditions For Approving GM Wheat
Reading Time: 2 minutes staff/holland, Man. A number of conditions must be met before the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) will support the introduction of genetically modified (GM) wheat in Canada. “We feel there needs to be rules put into place,” District 10 CWB director Bill Toews told farmers here last month. “Before any of that happens there has to […] Read more
Record Incomes, But How Much Goes To The Farmer?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Agriculture Canada and Statistics Canada recently released estimates that Canadian farm income in 2010 set a new record of $8.9 billion, with average net operating income per farm at $50,077. But those figures aren’t so rosy, says to Darrin Qualman, a former researcher with the National Farmers Union. “These income levels are in no way […] Read more
Federal Legislation Promises Improved Rail Service
Reading Time: 3 minutes After months if not years of lobbying, the grain industry got what it wanted Mar. 18 – government action on rail service. And while shippers say they’re cautiously optimistic, some organization officials say it’s exactly what they’ve asked for. At an announcement made at a Paterson elevator near Winnipeg, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, accompanied by […] Read more
New Killer For Kochia In Flax
Reading Time: 3 minutes Western Canadian flax growers have a new herbicide called Authority, to control Group 2-resistant kochia. But there’s lots for farmers to consider before using Nufarm’s new pre-emergence product with residual weed control. Soil pH, organic matter and texture will affect the application rate and in some cases prevent its use. And there are recropping restrictions, […] Read more
Shrinkage Deduction Ending At Process, Transfer Elevators
Reading Time: 2 minutes The official term is “shrinkage” but farmers often call it “took-age” and won’t be grieving its demise. The Canadian Grain Commission has ordered licensed process and terminal elevators to stop making shrinkage deductions effective March 19. “Comprehensive shrinkage” is defined as the loss in weight of grain while it’s handled or treated, and shrinkage deductions […] Read more
Elevator Companies And Grain Commission Headed To Court
Reading Time: 2 minutes The court case launched by Western Grain Elevators Association concerns a formula, approved by the Canadian Grain Commission, used to calculate how much weight the grain will lose. In addition to that deduction, elevator companies were allowed, until Aug. 1, 2010, to deduct another 1.1 per cent. It was based on the idea that when […] Read more
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