A Manitoba judge questioned on Tuesday whether he, and not another court, should rule on whether to suspend a law that will end the Canadian Wheat Board’s grain monopoly. The case, brought by eight farmers who were directors of the board until Ottawa took control last month, is one of the final attempts to save […] Read more
Case underway: Farmers ask judge to suspend CWB law
Dry winter on Prairies a worry for cattle, winter wheat
Canada’s Prairie farm belt is the driest it has been in five years, raising concerns for cattle and winter cereals in a region that has been recently more prone to floods. Large pockets of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba have received less than 40 per cent of normal precipitation during the past three months, especially northwestern […] Read more
CWB 2.0 backs out of directors’ court challenge
A court challenge of the new law ending the Canadian Wheat Board’s marketing monopoly proceeded in a Manitoba court on Friday, while the government insisted it was full steam ahead on its market-opening plans, and grain handler Viterra began offering forward contracts. Eight now-former farmer directors of the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB), who had launched […] Read more
Cargill Considering A Wheat Pool
Reading Time: 2 minutes Cargill may run a pool for western Canadian farmers spring wheat in 2012 and will also be ready to offer farmers forward price contracts for their grains in an open market, the president of the company s Canadian division said Nov. 25. If a government bill to strip the Canadian Wheat Board of its monopoly […] Read more
Louis Dreyfus Doesn
Reading Time: 2 minutes Global commodity trader Louis Dreyfus is gradually expanding its Western Canada grain-handling capacity, but is not looking to be active in mergers and acquisitions as the region moves to an open market, said the head of its Canadian office. Privately held Louis Dreyfus, based in France, is a major global grain trader but holds just […] Read more
Louis Dreyfus Doesn
Reading Time: 2 minutes Global commodity trader Louis Dreyfus is gradually expanding its Western Canada grain-handling capacity, but is not looking to be active in mergers and acquisitions as the region moves to an open market, said the head of its Canadian office. Privately held Louis Dreyfus, based in France, is a major global grain trader but holds just […] Read more
Supply management on table in EU talks, negotiator says
Canada is willing to talk about its protected farm industries in free trade negotiations with the European Union, but its goal is to keep its protectionist mechanism, supply management, in place, the country’s chief agriculture negotiator said Wednesday. The Conservative government, sensitive to sentiment in vote-rich Eastern Canada, has long said it will maintain supply-management […] Read more
Cargill considering a 2012 Prairie wheat pool
Cargill may run a pool for western Canadian farmers’ spring wheat in 2012 and will also be ready to offer farmers forward price contracts for their grains in an open market, the president of the company’s Canadian division said on Thursday. If a government bill to strip the Canadian Wheat Board of its monopoly as […] Read more
CWB supporters take to Parliament Hill
Supporters of the Canadian Wheat Board took their protest to Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, in a last-ditch effort to sway legislators as the bill to deregulate the board moves toward third reading. Several CWB directors and a few Prairie grain farmers urged the Conservative government to drop plans to end the CWB’s marketing […] Read more
CWB bill clears second reading in Commons
A government bill to end the Canadian Wheat Board’s grain monopoly cleared another stage in the House of Commons on Monday, as Ottawa races to make the most important change to the Prairie grain industry since the Second World War. The Conservative government’s bill passed second reading, surviving NDP and Liberal motions to halt it, […] Read more
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