Federal-Provincial-Territorial AG Minister’s Real Priorities
CALGARY, AB: With the FPT Agriculture Minister’s set to meet this week in Saskatchewan, the Western Canadian Wheat Growers urge...
Gormley – Gunter Jochum
Western Canadian Wheat Growers released a report in September on how the proposed fertilizer emissions reduction will affect Canadian farmers....
Wheat Growers speak out against potential changes to pesticide act
“We would support PMRA Program renewal with more transparent decision-making, more predictable risk assessment, and the ability to bring in...
Western Canadian Wheat Growers makes submission to PMRA’s review of Pest Control Products Act
“We believe the Pest Control Products Act is fit for purpose and that added improvements and regulatory modernization can be...
Farmers feel ignored as Trudeau government pushes them to reduce emissions
The Western Canadian Wheat Growers commissioned a report that said the plan would cost Alberta $2.95B, Saskatchewan $4.61B and Manitoba $1.58B just...
Wheat Growers PMRA Review Submission re: Pest Control Products Act
CALGARY, AB: The Western Canadian Wheat Growers have made their submission to the Pest Management Regulatory Agency’s review of the...
Crop inventory to reach “record low level” by end of year: Agriculture Canada
“I would like to know where they got their facts from,” said president Gunter Jochum. “I believe those facts were...
Manitoba farmer says advance buying of inputs has helped, a bit, as costs soar
Gunter Jochum, president at Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association, joins BNN Bloomberg and says higher crop prices are welcome but...
“Totally unfair” – Wheat farmers blast Trudeau government over carbon tax
“Absolutely we are unfairly targeted because we as a primary producer have no way of dealing with the carbon tax,” ...
Trudeau government targets grain growers as worst emissions offenders
“I would like to know where they got their facts from,” said Gunter Jochum. “I believe those facts were entirely...