News - CWB

The CWB announced that it has reached its first agreement for grain handling services, with programs for farmers to be rolled out by the end of the month.

The Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) will offer farmers a full portfolio of grain-marketing programs in the 2012-13 crop year, including pooling options, futures contracts and cash prices.

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz met with the reinvigorated Canadian Wheat Board as they begin working together in the best interests of western Canadian wheat and barley farmers and position the voluntary marketing entity for success in an open market.

The board of directors of the Canadian Wheat Board have elected Bruce Johnson as its new chair. Mr. Johnson, a Regina business executive, has served as a CWB director since 2006.

Today, CWB President and CEO Ian White, issued a statement in regards to the passage of Bill C-18 and the 2012-13 marketing year.

The chair of the CWB’s farmer-controlled board of directors is calling on the federal government to respect today’s federal court ruling that the Minister for the CWB acted illegally in denying Prairie farmers a vote on the CWB.

The Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association have filed legal action against the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) for its misuse of farmers’ money.

The Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association has instructed lawyers to commence legal action against the Canadian Wheat Board and eight of its directors for their misuse of farmers’ money.

Agriculture Food and Rural Initiatives Minister Stan Struthers said he is speaking out on behalf of all prairie farmers because the federal government is planning to take away farmers’ rights by stripping the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) of its monopoly.

Allen Oberg, chair of the CWB’s farmer-controlled board of directors, issued the following statement regarding the report of the federal government’s working group on the transition to an open market, released on September 28.