Tag: Wheat board
Alberta’s New Wheat Commissions Advocate For Producers
EDMONTON — The end of the Wheat Board monopoly is Aug. 1, so the Government of Alberta has created two new commissions to represent...
Wheat Farmers Worry
CALGARY — A feeling of uncertainty has settled among Western farmers as Ottawa’s new law to create an open market for the sale of...
Canada to End Wheat Board Monopoly
WINNIPEG — The hotly debated fate of the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) is at the mercy of the Canadian government, which has put forward...
Farmers: Wheat Board Report Falls Short
WINNIPEG — The National Farmers Union (NFU) is concerned the recent government report about the future of grain marketing in Canada is missing key...
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...
