Insights and Stories on Cwb

Durum faring better in SE Alta: CWB tour

Jul. 22, 2015 at 4:23 pm CDT

Skiff, Alberta / Reuters — Durum, the wheat used to make pasta, has fared better against dry conditions than other major crops in a pocket of southeastern Alberta, crop tour scouts noted on Wednesday. Durum is typically planted in drier soils than spring wheat, but fields still looked surprisingly decent, […]

CWB pegs canola production at 12.18 mln tonnes

Jul. 22, 2015 at 11:52 am CDT

By Terryn Shiells

Spring wheat yields puny in dry Alberta: CWB tour

Jul. 22, 2015 at 11:01 am CDT

By Rod Nickel

Farmers play last card in planned CWB class action

Jul. 13, 2015 at 8:39 pm CDT

By Staff

Late start expected for Manitoba’s Port of Churchill

Jun. 19, 2015 at 6:57 pm CDT

By Jade Markus

CWB’s chosen suitor weighs West Coast terminal idea

Jun. 2, 2015 at 3:20 pm CDT

The new Prairie grain player tapped to take a majority stake in the former Canadian Wheat Board is now considering the possibility of its own port terminal. Bunge Canada and Saudi-owned crown corporation SALIC Canada, in their joint venture G3 Global Holdings, have agreed to a separate joint venture with […]

By Staff

No emergency debate on CWB sale

Apr. 21, 2015 at 3:24 pm CDT

Members of Parliament won’t be having a debate on the sale of the former Canadian Wheat Board anytime soon. Andrew Scheer, speaker of the House of Commons, on Monday rejected the request from Pat Martin, the New Democrats’ MP for Winnipeg Centre, for an emergency debate on CWB’s planned sale […]

By Staff

Opposition seeks Commons debate on CWB sale

Apr. 19, 2015 at 1:32 am CDT

The federal opposition New Democrats are asking for an emergency debate in the House of Commons on the pending sale of majority control in CWB, the former Canadian Wheat Board. Winnipeg Centre MP Pat Martin, the party’s critic for public works and government services, announced Friday he has written to […]

By Staff

Guenther: Farmers keep minority stake in CWB, for now

Apr. 15, 2015 at 1:26 pm CDT

While G3 Global Grain Group is set to scoop a majority stake in CWB, grain farmers will be able to hold onto some equity in the former Canadian Wheat Board over the next seven years at the least. G3 is a new joint venture between Bunge Canada and Saudi Agricultural […]

By Lisa Guenther

Bunge, Saudi Arabia to buy control of CWB

Apr. 15, 2015 at 9:15 am CDT

Agribusiness giant Bunge and the Saudi Arabian government’s ag investment arm are the joint “successful acquirer” of the former Canadian Wheat Board. Bunge Canada and SALIC Canada, an arm of the Saudi Agricultural and Livestock Investment Co., on Wednesday announced their new Winnipeg-based joint venture, G3 Global Grain Group, will […]

By Dave Bedard

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