Reading Time: 2 minutes NO BOARD VERSUS PRO BOARD In response to the letter from Ken Larsen (Sept. 12) I have long been of the opinion that no one should be able to tell me where I buy my fuel and oil, equipment, vehicles, fertilizer, seed or breeding stock, etc. By the same token, I shouldn t have the […] Read more
LETTERS – for Sep. 26, 2011
Candidates Fail To Respond
Reading Time: 2 minutes Re: Agriculture policy missing in march to premier s chair; editorial Aug. 29). Catchy title and excellent article! We also found it very frustrating trying to communicate with five of the six candidates for premier. We wrote to all six, asking what their platform was, if they would repeal bills 36, 19, 50, 24, and […] Read more
Grits Give Agriculture The Silent Treatment
Reading Time: 3 minutes Most citizens would seem to be vaguely aware that there is a PC Party leadership contest going on which will crown a new premier of Alberta. But I expect a lot fewer know an Alberta Liberal party leadership contest is also going on at the same time. Citizens can be forgiven for their blissful unawareness […] Read more
Agriculture Minister Slams CWB’s “Defeatist Approach” At Meetings
Reading Time: 2 minutes Across Canada, harvest is in full swing as farmers now reap the benefits of months of hard work put into their fields. Regretfully, a double standard still applies to Canadian grain farmers: while farmers in Ontario and other parts of Eastern Canada seek out the best possible prices for their wheat and barley, western Canadian […] Read more
Wheat Growers Outlines Plan For A New Canadian Wheat Board
Reading Time: 4 minutes OnAug.23theWesternCanadianWheatGrowersAssociationputforwardapositionpaperoutliningthestructureofanopenmarketandanewCanadianWheatBoard.ItrecommendstheCWBloseitsmonopolyonAug.1,2012,butcontinueasabuyerandsellerandreceivegovernmentguaranteesoninitialpaymentsuntil2015.Farmerswouldreceivesharesbasedonpreviousdeliveries,andthatthefederalgovernmentshouldassumeallcostsassociatedwiththewindupoftheexistingCWB.Asummaryofthepaperfollows. The new CWB is to be reconstituted, without any monopoly or regulatory powers, effective Aug. 1, 2012 and assume all assets, liabilities and contractual commitments of the existing CWB. The new CWB Act is to provide for the issuance of share capital and for continuation of the CWB as a company under the Canada […] Read more
Is Agriculture Image Being Blindsided By Social Media?
Reading Time: 3 minutes A speaker at a recent national cattle industry event showed a video which both bemused and shocked the audience. The speaker and her research company, on behalf of an industry group, was investigating public response to the image of beef. Part of the research involved a focus group to ascertain their opinions on the topic. […] Read more
CWB’s Fight Misses The Farmer
Reading Time: 2 minutes I attended the three so-called producer information meetings set up by the CWB in Medicine Hat, Camrose and Falher. Having read some of the media reports of the previous week’s meetings in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, I knew that these meetings were all about politics, and an all-or-nothing message from the CWB chair and keeping the […] Read more
The Only Good Snake Is A Live Snake
Reading Time: 3 minutes How many among us have never been in an awkward or foreign setting where all we wanted was to tap our ruby slippers together and murmur “There’s no place like home?” I recently returned from a vacation in Arizona and I loved having the time off to pursue my favourite hobby, which is finding and […] Read more
LETTERS – for Aug. 29, 2011
Reading Time: 2 minutes Farmers Can’t Sit On The CWB Fence I farm for a living and one of the most important machines on my farm is actually my sales department, the Canadian Wheat Board. The federal government now wants to end the board’s ability to bargain on behalf of me and my neighbours. Most of us are pretty […] Read more
LETTERS – for Aug. 15, 2011
Reading Time: 2 minutes Re: “CWB demise means big changes to grain-marketing landscape,” July 4. On behalf of the steering committee for an all-wheat commission in Alberta, we would like to clarify a comment that our commission would be created in response to anticipated changes to the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB). Members of the Alberta Winter Wheat Producers Commission […] Read more
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