Public meeting in the heart of grain country sends message to Ottawa

by on Mar 10, 2014 in News Release

Public meeting in the heart of grain country sends message to Ottawa (Raymore, Sk., March 10, 2014)  The Canadian Wheat Board Alliance hosted a large meeting of prairie grain farmers yesterday in Raymore, Saskatchewan.  By an almost unanimous vote the meeting passed a motion demanding the Federal Minister of Agriculture immediately conduct a vote on the restoration of the farmer-controlled...

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CWBA public meeting on marketing chaos

by on Mar 4, 2014 in News Release

CWB Alliance to hold public meeting updating farmers on marketing chaos (Pelly, Sk., March 3, 2014)  The Canadian Wheat Board Alliance is inviting farmers to a public meeting, Sunday, March 9th, one PM, at the Elks Hall in Raymore, Saskatchewan. There will be updates on the chaos in grain marketing, the new check-off organizations in Saskatchewan responsible for allocating farmers’ plant...

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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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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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One year after CWB

by on Aug 1, 2013 in News Release

NEWS RELEASE One year after CWB, private market fails farmers (Regina, August 1, 2013)  “A year after the end of the single desk Canadian Wheat Board it is clear western farmers are no longer receiving the full value for their grain.  It is also clear most of the missing value is being taken by the private grain trade,” Bill Gehl, chairperson of the Canadian Wheat Board Alliance remarked on...

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Producer cars withering

by on Jul 16, 2013 in News Release

Producer cars withering – farm group calls for open access to terminal elevators (Regina, July 16, 2013) Recent numbers obtained by the Canadian Wheat Board Alliance (CWBA) show that producer car shipments are down by almost 40% from last year.*  “This means farmers have lost at least five million dollars ” noted Bill Gehl, chairperson of the CWBA. “Clearly the private sector is...

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