The CWB board of directors takes yet another hit with its latest resignation. CWB District 2 Director Jeff Nielsen has made the decision to step down, a decision based primarily on his and what he feels are his constituents opposition to the use of pool funds in fighting the governments decision to eliminate the board... Read More
Category: Ag Policy
This week Henry Vos resigned from the Canadian Wheat Board for several reasons. I talked to him this morning so that he can get his reasons in the open and in the clear. Whether you agree with Henry's decision to resign, it is very visible that Henry feels strongly about his reasons and what is... Read More
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
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