Justin Trudeau proceeds with cap on fertilizer use despite risk of food shortages, bankrupt farmers
Farm groups, like the Western Canadian Wheat Growers, have said the federal plan will reduce crop output, reduce income for...
Gormley – Gunter Jochum
Western Canadian Wheat Growers released a report in September on how the proposed fertilizer emissions reduction will affect Canadian farmers....
Farmers feel ignored as Trudeau government pushes them to reduce emissions
The Western Canadian Wheat Growers commissioned a report that said the plan would cost Alberta $2.95B, Saskatchewan $4.61B and Manitoba $1.58B just...
Trudeau government targets grain growers as worst emissions offenders
“I would like to know where they got their facts from,” said Gunter Jochum. “I believe those facts were entirely...
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...
Congratulations to the New Directors on Sask Wheat Commission
CALGARY, AB: The Western Canadian Wheat Growers would like to congratulate the four newly elected Directors of the Sask Wheat...
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...
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...
Wheat Growers Concerned About MNP Analysis On Proposed Fertilizer Reduction
The Western Canadian Wheat Growers says it’s shocked by the depth of the impact of the federal government’s proposed 30%...