News - CWB

The director of weather and market analysis with the Canadian Wheat Board says cereal growers in western Canada will be employing a number of strategies this year to salvage crops infected by ergot.

Western Canadian farmers are sowing most Prairie acres with established varieties, according to results of the CWB’s 2011-12 variety survey.

Western Canadian farmers saved $35 million in grain transportation savings during the previous crop year, through CWB programs designed to reduce producers’ costs for moving their grain to port.

The Canadian Wheat Board reports, despite this year’s difficult growing season, the 2011 western Canadian cereal crop is coming off the fields in excellent condition.

The results of the 2011 Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) Producer Plebiscite were announced today by Plebiscite Coordinator Ian Craven of MNP LLP.

The Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association is calling on the federal government to disregard the results of the Canadian Wheat Board vote, regardless of the outcome, and to move forward quickly with legislation that provides grain marketing freedom to prairie farmers.

Prairie farmers will earn an estimated $5.8 billion on the sale of last year’s wheat and barley crop – one of the highest returns in CWB history – despite one of the lowest export volumes in a decade.

The Canadian Wheat Board reports hot dry weather during July and August has helped crops throughout the eastern prairies catch up after a late start to spring planting and delayed early development due to cold wet weather.

Western Canadian farmers’ use of producer cars for transporting wheat was the second-highest in history in 2010-11, the result of growing awareness of their cost-saving benefits for farmers.

Farmers have just over one week left to vote in the CWB plebiscite.