News - Wheat Growers

The Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association is calling on federal and provincial governments to strengthen crop insurance programs rather than resorting to ad hoc payments when crop losses occur due to weather-related events.

The annual Canadian Wheat Board producer survey, released last week, once again demonstrates that most farmers support marketing choice for both wheat and barley.

The Western Canadian Wheat Growers say that proposed changes to the Canadian Wheat Board election rules tabled on Friday in the House of Commons are a step in the right direction but don’t go far enough.

The Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association has proposed ten recommendations to improve rail service in western Canada. The recommendations are contained in the Wheat Grower submission to the Rail Freight Service Review Panel.

The Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association is very disappointed by the passage at second reading of Bill C-474, legislation that threatens to introduce non-science based factors into the approval of new seed technologies.

The Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association urges the Canadian government to move forward quickly in providing prairie farmers with greater marketing freedom, following an announcement by the Supreme Court of Canada that it will not be hearing the Canadian Wheat Board’s appeal of a lower court ruling.

Prairie farmers who delivered malt barley under the Canadian Wheat Board’s CashPlus program are being shortchanged, says the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association.

In an appearance before the House of Commons Agriculture Committee in Ottawa yesterday, the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association recommended a thorough consultation process with industry before any new fusarium-related regulations are implemented.

The Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association is disappointed the Canadian Wheat Board has decided to fight a court ruling that upheld a government order directing the CWB to not spend money to promote its monopoly over prairie farmers.

The Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association is pleased the Federal Court of Appeal has overturned a court ruling last June that had given the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) a free hand to promote the continuation of its monopoly over prairie farmers.