Surging wheat prices to spur Canada farmers to sow more acres
“The spring wheat market is on a tear,” said Stephen Vandervalk, vice president of Alberta for the Western Canadian Wheat...
Reduction of fertilizer use raising concerns in ag industry
Stephen Vandervalk, Alberta vice president for the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association, is frustrated by the additional requirements producers will...
Agriculture Roundup for Wednesday January 19, 2022
Manitoba has a new agriculture minister. Interlake-Gimli MLA Derek Johnson replaces Ralph Eichler after a cabinet shuffle on Tuesday. Western...
Local farmers share a common wish for Christmas, recognition for becoming carbon net-zero
Association president Gunter Jochum says the cost just keeps going up for farmers — with added amounts every year. “On...
Farmers wish to be recognized as carbon net-neutral
The Western Canadian Wheat Growers (WCWG) wish grain farmers across the prairies to be recognized as being carbon net-negative. WCWG chair...
NFU and Wheat Growers want changes to contracts
The National Farmers Union and the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association don’t agree on much. But the two groups do...
GM wheat takes a 136,000-acre step forward
Cherilyn Jolly-Nagel, director of the Western Canadian Wheat Growers, wishes she had access to that technology on her farm near...
Letter to Canadian Grain Commission re: Cargill Late Payments
Read the letter here: https://wheatgrowers.ca/wp-content/uploads/CGC-Cargill-Nov-2-2021.pdf
Emission reduction goals too costly?
The Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association said its members were “shocked by the depth of the impact” that Ottawa’s proposed...
Cdn. ag industry groups react to fertilizer report
The Canola Council of Canada and Western Canadian Wheat Growers are among those worried with recent findings that the industry...