News - CWB

The Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association strongly supports Bill C-619, a Private Member’s Bill tabled last week by Ontario Conservative MP Bruce Stanton that would give prairie farmers the ability to opt out of the compulsory provisions of the Canadian Wheat Board.

Agriculture Minister and Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board Gerry Ritz announced the reappointments of Ian White as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), and David Carefoot as a Director of the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB).

Prairie farmers will become owners of ships that move their wheat on the Great Lakes, under an agreement reached today between the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) and shipping companies Algoma Central Corporation and Upper Lakes Group Inc.

The Western Canadian malt barley market is dysfunctional, according to Western Barley Growers Association (WBGA) President, Brian Otto.

Producers must not be left to shoulder the full burden of costs for government-run services that maintain Canada’s grain quality-control system, says the chair of the CWB’s farmer-controlled board of directors.

As the new Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) Directors meet this week for the first time since the 2010 CWB election, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) sent an open letter to the Board outlining its members’ concerns on customer service and the need for marketing change.

The CWB welcomes an announcement today by the Government of Canada that free-trade negotiations will officially commence with Morocco, a crucial market for exports of high-quality durum wheat worth a quarter billion dollars a year to Prairie farmers.

New forecasting technology on WeatherFarm™ will greatly improve weather predictions, reducing error in short-term forecasts by as much as 50 per cent.

The CWB has increased its 2010-11 export target by almost two million tonnes over mid-summer projections, but remains challenged by a lower-grade crop resulting from poor weather conditions during the 2010 growing season.

The low voter turnout in the Canadian Wheat Board director elections demonstrates that bona fide farmers have rejected the election process, says the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association.