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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Ottawa intervenes to end rail dispute
“I’m definitely pleased. It’s too bad we couldn’t have got to this point before some of the damage was already...
‘Everybody’s paying the price’: How the railway lockout impacted Manitobans
“We’ve had 16 major port and rail disruptions since 2010. So this is something that we’ve unfortunately become quite accustomed...