Now that it looks like the Canadian Wheat Board's single desk is about to be extinguished, it seems that the main stream media has turned its focus to the Canadian Dairy industry. Is the CWB situation the same as the supply mananged dairy industry? Should the Canadian dairy industry be in Gerry Ritz's cross hairs... Read More
Category: Ag Policy
The announcement of the building of the AGT durum processing plant in the Regina area is welcome news for producers in that area. Strangely enough, it's also news that's stirred up some controversy. Some proponents of the single desk call it a fallacy and a ploy, while some on the other side call it... Read More
Yesterday the Federal Conservatives released the new CWB bill which for the first time outlines it's intentions for the CWB in a non-single desk world. The Act includes everything from the repeal of the old act to the dissolving of the current Board of Directors including the release of Chairman Alan Oberg. We discussed this... Read More
It's the fourth consecutive NDP government for Manitoba with voters electing Greg Selinger for the provinces top job last Tuesday. So what does that mean for agriculture in the province? Does the election signal the go ahead for the government to stay the course when it comes to ag policy? If that's how the NDP... Read More
If you make a decision you are bound to be criticized. The Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) is under attack from the NFU based on KAP's decision to not work with the NFU in their defiance of the government's single desk decision. In the NFU press release they even state that KAP members digruntled with this... Read More
This morning I was scanning my news feeds and I stumbled across a tweet from MB Farm Journal. The topic of the tweet was the apparent need for increased cattle slaughter capacity in Manitoba. The discussion in the video was with the candidates in the Manitoba provincial election. They were discussing the apparent need in... Read More
The CWB's plebiscite has resulted in a marginal victory for the single desk die hards as John Depape expected on RealAgriculture last week. The next events in this saga will produce predictable outcomes as well in my opinion. Now that the CWB has a form (subject to debate) of approval from farmers they will begin... Read More
"Get You Popcorn Ready" -- Terrell Owens, when with the Dallas Cowboys With the result of the plebiciste being released on Friday, the next week is going to be very interesting. Based on the results the CWB will have to engage the next step in their campaign to save the single desk in Western Canada.... Read More
I have been reading two groups are doomed in the face of the single desk being extinguished. The first is producer cars and the second is the inland terminals. With the elimination of the single desk, the Inland Terminal Association of Canada finds itself faced with a number of challenges to overcome and a number... Read More
The Canadian Wheat Board has been travelling across Western Canada meeting with farm organizations and farmers to discuss the future of the CWB. Well at least thats what the intent was. In reality according to CWB District two Director, Jeff Nielsen the outcome was more of a lobby to grasp on to the single desk... Read More