Seven points about western grain
At times the whole Wheat Board, grain marketing issue can appear dauntingly complex. So here is a quick summary: Since the invention of the telegraph, the international grain market has been controlled by five giant companies. Aside from Canada there are really only three countries producing reliable bulk supplies of grain for international sale: The United States, Argentina, and...
Read MoreChaos at Port
Turning the coyotes loose (Feb 4, 2014) A few days ago a friend asked me why most of the media stories about the chaos in grain shipping at the west coast failed to mention the end of the single desk farmer-controlled Canadian Wheat Board. As in any system with a lot of moving parts, one failure often leads to another. Ottawa killing the single desk Wheat Board has removed one of the very few...
Read MoreOttawa’s science experiment on farmers
(January 8, 2014) With Ottawa now systematically destroying books in university and fisheries libraries across Canada, just as their appointees did to the library at the Canadian Wheat Board, many are noticing that evidence is no longer part of Ottawa’s decision making. However we have to give Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz full marks for conducting a science experiment in grain marketing. ...
Read MoreCompetition creates chaos at ports
by admin 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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