CALGARY, AB: The Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association is today celebrating the one year anniversary of an open market for wheat and barley in western Canada. “The move to an open market has met or exceeded all our expectations,” says Levi Wood, President of the Wheat Growers. “It has been a smooth transition, with farmers […]
CALGARY, AB: The Western Canadian Wheat Growers are thrilled at the arrival of grain marketing freedom for prairie farmers at 12:01 a.m. this morning. Western farmers now join their eastern Canadian counterparts in having the freedom to market their own wheat and barley. “It’s a fantastic day to be a freedom-loving Canadian farmer,” says Kevin Bender, President […]
CALGARY, AB: The Western Canadian grain industry is primed and ready for the implementation of an open market in wheat and barley on August 1. Prairie grain farmers are now poised to make some significant gains under their new found freedom. Under the Canadian Wheat Board monopoly, prices for wheat and barley were often a dollar per […]
CALGARY, AB: The Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association is pleased with the unanimous decision of the Federal Court of Appeal to strike down the earlier ruling of Justice Douglas Campbell, and confirm the federal government was fully within its right to create an open market in wheat and barley in western Canada. “This ruling removes any doubt […]
CALGARY, AB: The Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association is delighted by a ruling from the Manitoba Court of Queen’s Bench today which firmly rejects an injunction application by eight former Canadian Wheat Board directors and upholds grain marketing freedom for Western Canadian farmers. “This ruling is great news for prairie farmers,” says Kevin Bender, President of the […]
CALGARY, AB: The Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association is disappointed that certain groups continue to use the courts in a futile effort to overturn the forthcoming open market in wheat and barley. “Most farmers have moved on and are eagerly embracing the opportunities that lie ahead under an open market,” says Kevin Bender, President of the Wheat […]
