Western Grain a SNAFU in more ways than one
(July 29/15) The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) along with Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission and Saskatchewan Barley Development Commission hosted the “Farmers Forum on Grain Transportation, Getting on Track: Solutions for the future” in Regina on July 20, 2015. From the perspective of grain farmers, the results could be characterized with the old military...
Read MoreCool win a loss for Canadians
(July 20/15) This year’s spring seeding was largely uneventful thanks to very favorable weather which now appears to be sliding into a less favourable drought in parts of the prairies. However the headlines have not stopped nor has the damage from our ham-handed but ideologically pure friends in Ottawa. A pedigreed seed grower tells me that last year’s decision by Agriculture Minister Ritz...
Read MoreGrain Companies take $13 million from farmers
by admin on Feb 18, 2015 in News Release
Grain Companies take $13 million Valentine’s gift from farmers (Pelly, Sk., February 18, 2015) “Farmers are justifiably angry over the on-going grain robbery by the private grain trade” said Kyle Korneychuk, spokesperson for the Canadian Wheat Board Alliance (CWBA), an independent prairie-wide farm group. “Using newly revealed figures we know that farmers had $13.7 million dollars taken...
Read MoreCereals Canada resorts to personal attacks
by admin on Feb 10, 2015 in News Release
(Pelly, Sk., February 10, 2015) Kyle Korneychuk, spokesperson for the Canadian Wheat Board Alliance (CWBA), an independent prairie-wide farm group released the following commentary on the personal attack generated by a January CWBA news release titled “Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister Raises Concerns:” Last month the CWBA issued a news release pointing out that Cereals Canada was made up...
Read MoreArgentina moves to protect its wheat farmers
Readers may know that only four countries consistently produce grain for sale in international markets: the US, Canada, Australia, and Argentina. Yesterday Reuters reported that Argentina will be denying export permits to the international grain oligopoly (the so-called ABCD group) because they are not paying Argentinean grain producers a fair share of the world price. Argentina’s Economy...
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