The Sprout: Grain farmers beef with dairy payout
The Western Canadian Wheat Growers (WCWG) called the move “shameful” and an act of “simply electioneering” by the government, which...
Guess who’s paying for new grain grading?
“Working with proposed changes to grading factors can translate into a lot of speculation, and that’s troubling for Jim Wickett,...
Stephen Vandervalk featured on GX on Agriculture talking about the trade issues and the government’s passive stance
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Farm group pegs ag losses at $3.7 billion as trade disputes with China, India, Italy and others add up
The unprecedented number of diplomatic disputes and non-tariff trade barriers affecting the export of Canadian agricultural products is now at...
Entering unchartered territory in trade (dis)agreements
Wheat Growers Director Cherilyn Jolly Nagel talks with RealAgriculture.
Wheat growers push Ottawa for action on trade
In a firmly worded June 17 letter to federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau, the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association said...
Canadian wheat sales to China hit 14-year high despite dispute, displacing U.S. shipments
“Any extra sale is critical this year. That gives us some optimism,” said Jim Wickett, a Saskatchewan farmer and chairman...
GX on Agriculture Podcast: Director Cherilyn Jolly-Nagel on Fed’s Climate Action Incentive Fund
Director Cherilyn Jolly-Nagel, Saskatchewan Director on the board of the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association, talks about the federal government’s...
‘An absolutely brutal year’: Alberta farm incomes plummet 70 per cent in 2018
Director Matt Sawyer featured: Alberta farm incomes plummeted in 2018 due to a “brutal” combination of conditions that included severe...
Wheat Growers President Gunter Jochum Discusses the Federal Canola Funding Announcement
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