Tag: Canadian Wheat Board
Cargill Signs on with Canadian Wheat Board
WINNIPEG — Cargill, a Winnipeg-based grain handler, is the first company to enter into an alliance with the revamped Canadian Wheat Board (CWB). The...
Harper Supports Wheat Board Bill
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper recently weighed in on the ongoing Wheat Board bill controversy, stating the government has the right to change...
Wheat Board Decision Questioned
TORONTO — Government officials haven’t performed a thorough analysis of the data that led to the dismantling of the Wheat Board, according to CBC...
National Farmers Union Appeals to Government
TORONTO — The National Farmers Union (NFU) in Ontario has asked Minister Gerry Ritz, minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and minister for the...
Wheat Board Vote Called Non-Binding
WINNIPEG — Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz has dismissed the results of the Canadian Wheat Board vote, where 60 per cent of wheat growers...
Prairie Farmers Discuss Future of Canadian Wheat Board
REGINA — Hundreds of Prairie farmers gathered in Regina recently to discuss the future of the Canadian Wheat Board, an organization with a single-desk...
Farmer’s Union Calls for Government Support
SASKATOON — Following recent discussions about the future of the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) under the new Conservative majority government, The National Farmers Union...
Shredded Wheat Board?
WINNIPEG — Political observers in Canada’s Prairie provinces expect the newly elected Conservative majority government to loosen the controls of the Canadian Wheat Board,...