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CWB to conduct farmer vote on monopoly

Jun. 28, 2011 at 4:59 pm CDT

The Canadian Wheat Board will hold a farmers’ vote on the future of its marketing monopoly on Prairie wheat and barley, in a last-ditch bid to stop Ottawa from opening up the trade to competition. The CWB said Tuesday that the plebiscite on whether to retain the world’s last major […]

Wetness to push Man. unseeded acres to record

Jun. 14, 2011 at 10:55 pm CDT

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Wet conditions hit size of Prairie wheat crop: CWB

Jun. 14, 2011 at 5:54 pm CDT

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Rains stall Saskatchewan seeding

Jun. 1, 2011 at 5:17 pm CDT

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Wheat, barley single desks to end together: CWB

Jun. 1, 2011 at 4:18 pm CDT

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Tories aim to end CWB single desk in 2012

May. 18, 2011 at 9:00 pm CDT

Canada’s Conservative government will likely introduce legislation this autumn that will end the Canadian Wheat Board’s marketing monopoly on wheat and barley in 2012, the returning federal agriculture minister said Wednesday. Western Canada’s grain industry has operated since the Second World War under a monopoly that forces farmers to sell […]

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Viterra not commenting on GrainCorp chatter

May. 18, 2011 at 8:30 pm CDT

Viterra’s chief executive declined to comment on Wednesday on his company’s possible interest in acquiring GrainCorp, a leading Australian grain handler that market watchers see as a takeover target. However, CEO Mayo Schmidt, responding to a question at the BMO Capital Markets farm investor conference in New York, noted Australia’s […]

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CWB’s former CEOs see tough road ahead

May. 11, 2011 at 5:32 pm CDT

The Canadian Wheat Board faces a tough battle to survive as a voluntary pool competing against grain-handling heavyweights, two former chief executives of the monopoly seller say. The big three Canadian grain handlers — Viterra, Richardson International and Cargill — won’t easily welcome a new competitor and the board is […]

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Red River to crest in Winnipeg this week

May. 4, 2011 at 4:03 pm CDT

A weekend storm that brought snow, rain and strong winds to the already flooded Red River Valley created large waves but did not inflict major damage on flood defenses in Manitoba. The Red River is expected to peak in Winnipeg on Wednesday or Thursday at levels slightly below those of […]

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CWB to survive without monopoly, Ritz says

May. 3, 2011 at 4:00 pm CDT

The Canadian Wheat Board, the last major agricultural marketing monopoly in the world, can survive the loss of its exclusive hold over the buying and selling of Western Canada’s wheat and barley and compete in an open system, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz told Reuters on Tuesday. Ritz’s Conservative Party won […]

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