Wheat and other grains are our passion. We spend our lives caring for soil, water, and crops to deliver the world’s finest products. We even reduce CO2 in the atmosphere.
Canadians can be proud of their farmers for delivering the world’s most nutritious, safe, and healthy grain products for Canadians families. And for being a major part of the Canadian economy.
The Wheat Growers Association exists to be a voice for Canadian farmers at a time when agriculture is increasingly under threat from domestic and global trends aimed at reducing productivity. Imagine wanting to reduce the productivity of Canadian farmers who deliver the best product, with the least environmental impact? It doesn’t make sense for farmers, or Canadian families. The Canadian food supply should matter to everyone, farmers, and consumers alike.
The World Needs Canadian Grain
Wheat is a staple food for 35% of the world’s population, and is Canada’s largest field crop grown. Every year, Canada exports to more than 70 countries, with additional domestic use for food, and feed.
But this food supply is in jeopardy. The federal government has signalled it will require a reduction of nitrous oxide as a part of an emissions reduction strategy. Although that sounds sensible, solutions must be practical, realistic, and not at odds with other government objectives, nor risk food sustainability. Ironically, it has set a target to increase Canadian agriculture exports from $55 billion in 2015 to at least $85 billion by 2025. This 55% increase is not attainable if nitrogen fertilizer use is reduced by 30%. A reduction in fertilizer use is also contrary to the UN goal of eliminating world hunger by 2030.
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What’s New
27Sep
Farmers frustrated as Grain Services Workers continue strike action
Daryl Fransoo, Chair of the Wheat Growers Association says exporters are currently working hard with Chinese importers to move critical…
Read More25Sep
Negotiations between union and grain terminals resume during second day of strike in Vancouver
The Wheat Growers point out agriculture exports were valued over $99 billion in 2023, and the success of the sector…
Read More24Sep
The biggest issues rural farmers can’t control
Loren McGinnis speaks with Stephen Vandervalk, vice-president of the Wheat Growers Association, on a special edition of CBC Calgary’s Eyeopener…
Read More24Sep
Grain Workers Union Strike Threatens Canadian Agriculture Exports
CALGARY, AB: Another week brings another potential strike, this time by the Grain Workers Union (GWU), which, after a recent…
Read More28Aug
Government (In)Action – Days Late and Millions of Dollars Short
“The Wheat Growers have called for the government to take decisive action since May 2024. Agriculture and all other industrial…
Read More28Aug
Manitoba farmers brace for ‘catastrophe unfolding’ as potential railway stoppage looms
“This will shut down not just agriculture, but the whole economy — everybody will feel it,” Jochum said, as he…
Read More23Aug
Railroad Lockout Remains for CPKC
Gunter Jochum, a farmer in Manitoba and president of the Wheat Growers Association, told DTN on Thursday he just started…
Read More23Aug
Grain farmers and pork producers bearing the brunt of rail stoppage
Or farmers might have been forced to dump grain on the ground, exposed to the elements, which could lead to…
Read More23Aug
How Alberta’s reliance on rail shipments prompts unease amid labour uncertainty
“We have contracts, they’re in place. They have certain time periods that we were about to deliver by, and companies…
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