Canola Growers buying fairy dust with farmers’ money
(May 30, 2014) Last month the Canadian Canola Growers Association (CCGA) provided western farmers with their laugh of the day when they breathlessly opined in a news release that an amendment to the so-called Fair Rail for Grain Farmers Act “could open the door to have compensation flow back to farmers from the grain companies, when railway service failure has occurred.” At the time many...
Read MoreHarper’s Sense of humour
(April 11, 2014) Many commentators have remarked on Prime Minister Harper’s humourless approach to life and government, but Bill C-30 “the Fair Rail for Grain Farmers Act” shows how wrong they are. The Prime Minister and his Agriculture Minister must be nearly anoxic with laughter over the debate in the farm community on the merits of the Act and who can blame them? For almost 78 years...
Read MoreGrain Czars
and other magical beasts (March 25, 2014) We all know that a month ago a grain trader opened the otherwise secret world of the grain trade and showed prairie farmers just how badly they were being ripped off on grain prices. A modest amount of research using readily available public sources soon demonstrated the grain companies are taking the lion’s share of that money. None the less...
Read MoreThat ship has sailed
The Ritz/Raitt command to the railways to move a million tonnes of grain a week or else is full of irony. It will not change the fact the prairie crop has been stranded which has pushed farm prices down by half. It was perfectly predicable and the government was certainly warned. Since there will also be a huge carryover of old crop into the new crop year that also means prices for western...
Read MoreMinisters’ response to grain crisis pathetic
by admin 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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