Ministers’ response to grain crisis pathetic

by on Feb 26, 2014 in News Release

Minister needs to put single desk option on the grain transportation table (Pelly, Sk., February 26, 2014)  Farmers facing huge cuts in grain prices, long delivery delays, and cash flow problems as they prepare for spring seeding find the response of the Federal and Provincial Agriculture Ministers to the grain crisis pathetic, observed Kyle Korneychuk, spokesperson for the Canadian Wheat Board...

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Emperor’s new clothes

by on Feb 24, 2014 in Articles and Letters

by:  Ron Watson The emperor’s new grain marketing clothes have now been exposed for the hot air they were “woven” from. Farmer opportunity to contract or deliver wheat is unequal or non-existent, and wheat prices have fallen by 50% putting them well under both U.S. and world prices. Don’t let the emperor and his courtiers tell you that the answer is to give more money to the railways....

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For farm families everyday is family day

by on Feb 17, 2014 in Articles and Letters

Editor’s note:  (February17) On Family Day we are printing this article to honour those farm families who contribute so much to Canadian society and the legacy their forbearers created.   by Murray Hidlebaugh  (Feb 17/2014) Grain farmers on the prairies are rediscovering their ability to work together and with others for a common cause. That cause is remedying the erosion of their...

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UPOV 91 – gold for seed companies

by on Feb 5, 2014 in Articles and Letters

– Eric Sagan, Melville, Sask. I have just received my 2014 Saskatchewan Seed Guide. I have counted approximately 70 different wheat varieties and approximately 24 different barley varieties which are mostly Plant Breeders Rights protected which really means farmers have to pay more There is also a so called “new” farm organization calling itself “Partners in Innovations.”  Upon...

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Competition creates chaos at ports

by on Nov 26, 2013 in News Release

NEWS RELEASE (Regina, November 26, 2013)  Farmers facing long delays to deliver their grain are not accepting Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz’s excuses for the chaos at Canada’s grain ports warned the Canadian Wheat Board Alliance, a prairie wide organization representing grain farmers.  “The Minister’s excuses are a diversion from the fact he destroyed the logistical efficiency created...

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