Grain Transportation Backlog – Presentation to Ag Committee
Director Daryl Fransoo gives a presentation to the Ag Committee regarding the grain transportation backlog.
Highlighting agriculture in Manitoba’s 2018 budget
Increasing the tax exemption will “put Manitoba in line with the other Prairie provinces,” William Pallister, a director with the...
Wheat Growers Welcome Tax Announcement In Budget 2018
The Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association (WCWGA) is welcoming at least one announcement that was included in the 2018 provincial...
Agriculture an also-ran in federal budget
The Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association offered a blunter reaction. President Levi Wood said the WCWGA “was appalled that the...
Farmers concerned about growing backlog of rail shipments
There’s growing concern from grain shippers and producers that we’ll see a repeat of 2013-14 this year, when a bottleneck...
Rail Bottleneck – Danielle Smith
Daryl Fransoo is a guest on Danielle’s show where they talk about the severe shortage of rail cars that has...
Western wheat growers group blasts Budget 2018
The 370-page document makes hardly any mention of the farming and food sectors – and that isn’t sitting well with...
Are Prairie farmers on the brink of the Great Grain Crisis 2.0?
“Farmers are mobilizing. We are a strong voice when we come together. It’s time we get acknowledged for the dollars...
“Downright awful:” producers worry about train backlog
Daryl Fransoo, director for the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association, told Murray Wood who’s filling in for John Gormley this...
Rail bottleneck puts squeeze on Saskatchewan farmers
“We’re facing conditions that are very similar to 2013, where farmers lost billions of dollars due to the lack of...