Grain farming is the forgotten sector
The Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association remains dedicated to the values of free trade, open markets, and the entrepreneurial spirit...
Wheat Growers Expressing Frustrations With Federal Government
The Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association (WCWGA) is expressing a number of frustrations with the federal government. President Gunter Jochum...
Wheat growers upset with feds
Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association representatives feel the federal government is not helping farmers address important issues
Carbon tax hike during a pandemic a cruel prank by the federal government
The Western Canadian Wheat Growers call upon the federal government to eliminate the carbon tax on agriculture by recognizing the...
Federal Carbon Tax To Increase Despite Economic Pain
The Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association also urged the government to delay the planned increase saying now is not the...
Canada’s carbon tax increasing April 1 despite coronavirus economic crunch
The Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association had urged the government to delay the planned increase. “Now is not the time...
April Fool’s Day Carbon Tax increase is fooling no one
The Western Canadian Wheat Growers call upon the federal government to eliminate the carbon tax on agriculture by recognizing the...
North America farm suppliers race COVID-19 spread for planting season
Farmers are worried about losing access to supplies and to commercial elevators that buy their stored grain, said Gunter Jochum,...
Give farmers a carbon tax break after ‘harvest from hell’: Green Party agriculture critic
If the carbon tax is designed to change behaviour and move people toward less carbon-intensive activities, it’s not going to...
Every Canadian province — including Alberta — now has a carbon tax. But the ‘pure politics’ battle isn’t over
But as president of the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association, Jochum says he wants to see the tax program change...