January 17, 2023

Wheat Growers React to New Agriculture Canada Priorities – “Agriculture Canada Has Been Ideologically Captured” – President

CALGARY, AB: The Western Canadian Wheat Growers reacted to news reported in Western Producer that Agriculture Canada has issued new priorities for its research – priorities that do not reflect the needs of the sector or consumers, but instead reflect climate and other goals that could be at odds with agricultural best practices. Agriculture Canada [...]

December 13, 2022

Wheat Growers Express Concern Over Federal Consultation on “Sustainable Agriculture” – “Regulations Don’t Create Sustainability”

CALGARY, AB: The Western Canadian Wheat Growers reacted to the announcement yesterday that the federal government will undertake consultations aimed at providing a “coordinated approach to improving the agriculture sector’s environmental performance and sustainability.” Coming on the heels of proposals to “voluntarily” limit the use of fertilizer, and in the context of this government’s aggressive [...]

September 14, 2022

New Polling Data – Farmers Overwhelmingly Opposed to Proposed Fertilizer Emissions Cut

CALGARY, AB: New polling data from iFusion Research demonstrates the federal government’s proposed 30% fertilizer emissions cut is on the wrong side of the opinions of those who know this area best – farmers. The research was conducted at the end of August and shows, among other findings, that farmers oppose the reduction targets by [...]

September 1, 2022

Wheat Growers Challenge Proposed Fertilizer Reduction – “Will lead to broke farmers, food insecurity, inflation” – Submission to Federal Government

CALGARY, AB: The Western Canadian Wheat Growers have taken a firm stand in opposition to a proposed cut of 30% to nitrogen-based fertilizer emission reduction in a submission to the federal government. The policy attempts to reduce greenhouse gases, but the actual reduction would be infinitesimal, and the impact on the food in Canada, and […]

July 29, 2022

Ten Years of Marketing Freedom

CALGARY, AB: On August 1, 2012, Western Canadian grain farmers will celebrate the end of the Canadian Wheat Board’s monopoly on the sale of wheat and barley and the freedom to sell their own crops. After decades of lobbying, court battles and public debate, it became legal for all Canadian grain farmers to sell their […]

July 25, 2022

Conservative Party Leadership Candidates Response to Agriculture Policy Issues

CALGARY, AB: With the Conservative Party of Canada Leadership selection underway, the Western Canadian Wheat Growers have surveyed the approved candidates regarding their position on seven specific agriculture policies. The questions are: 1. As the next leader of the CPC, what would your top priorities be for farmers and the agriculture industry across the prairies? […]

July 20, 2022

Will we see a deal on a new Ag Policy Framework?

Darryl Fransoo, Chair of the Western Canadian Wheat Growers says it will be interesting to see if we get a deal done. He’s hoping the ministers hold tight when it comes to business risk management and tying it to all the environmental aspects the Feds want to jump in.

July 19, 2022

Western Canadian Wheat Growers urge Ag Ministers to focus on reality heading into FPT meetings

“Canadians are facing the highest inflation rate in decades, food prices are rising dramatically and those that can afford it least will be hurt the hardest,” said WCWG Chair Daryl Fransoo.

July 18, 2022

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 the discussion to focus on the reality facing Canadian grain farmers. Over the past several years, the federal government has introduced policies that only harm Canadians’ food security. “Canadians are facing the highest inflation rate […]

July 12, 2022

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 data earlier rather than modelling worst-case scenarios,” said Jim Wickett, WCWG’s Secretary-Treasurer.

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