The Canadian Wheat Board and Canada Bread, makers of Dempster’s products, announced a branding partnership that directly promotes farmers’ wheat to consumers countrywide.
Manitobans will see and hear new television, print and radio spots supporting the Canadian Wheat Board and the ability of farmers to have the right to decide the future of their own grain marketing agency.
Agriculture Food and Rural Initiatives Minister Stan Struthers expressed his opposition to the federal governments’ decision to dismantle the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) and committed to continue to push the federal government to reverse its decision.
The Canadian Wheat Board reports improved weather conditions over the past couple of weeks have allowed prairie farmers to make significant planting progress but seeding remains about one week behind last year and about 10 days behind normal.
The Western Canadian Wheat Growers are pleased to see the re-appointment of the Hon. Gerry Ritz as the federal Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board.
Durum farmers who have been unable to sell their crops due to transportation delays will have additional time to repay their 2009 cash advances under the Advance Payment Program (APP).
The Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association opposes the inclusion of canola marketing under the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB), until such time as the CWB is made voluntary and is divorced from government.
A weather and crop analyst with the Canadian Wheat Board expects prairie farmers to focus on getting the most profitable crops and crops that have forward contracted into the ground as they contend with delayed planting due to abundant moisture.
The effect of U.S. ethanol policy on global commodity markets and food prices will be the focus of a keynote speech on February 28 at GrainWorld 2011, Canada’s leading annual grain-industry conference.
The CWB has released its annual report for the 2009-10 crop year, showing gross revenues of $5.2 billion.
