Don’t blame the trains
(May 8, 2018) Prairie grain farmers live and die by the prices and delivery opportunities for their grain. On both counts farmers have a strong sense of being short changed. When the price looks good and the basis is low, the elevator is often plugged. When the basis is high making the offered price lower, the elevator has space for deliveries. This smells like the bad old days when...
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(February 24, 2014) The three Prairie Agriculture Ministers and Federal Agriculture Minister Ritz are meeting today in Winnipeg to wring their hands over the catastrophe they created in western Canada’s grain exports. No doubt there will be much finger pointing and probably some not-so-subtle bullying of the lone NDP Ag Minister to shut up about the Wheat Board and orderly marketing. Ritz...
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