Western Canadian farmers are poised to make their largest wheat sales to China in five years.
For three-quarters of a century, the CWB has worked for Prairie farmers, marketing their grain to countries around the world.
The Canadian Wheat Board says weather patterns during the remainder of the growing season will determine the quality of this year’s crops.
The Canadian Wheat Board estimates 10 to 12 million acres could go unseeded across the prairies this year because of the relentless rains received over the last month.
Western Canadian farmers have been paying $200 million per year more for rail service than was considered fair under former legislation, a new study suggests.
The annual Canadian Wheat Board producer survey, released last week, once again demonstrates that most farmers support marketing choice for both wheat and barley.
Exceptional spring rainfall will severely impact this year’s wheat, durum and barley production, leaving leave more than eight million acres unseeded, the CWB announced today in its preliminary crop forecast.
Prairie farmers are strongly asserting their right to control the future of the Canadian Wheat Board, according to the CWB’s annual producer survey, released today.
Allen Oberg, a grain and cattle producer from Alberta, has been elected the new chair of the Canadian Wheat Board’s farmer-controlled board of directors.
The CWB announced that 2009-10 initial payments for wheat will increase by between $5 and $44.65 per tonne, depending on grade, class and protein level, effective June 3, 2010.
