Recent Blogs
October 11, 2018
Open letter to Minister Lawrence MacAulay re: Harvest 2018
Dear Minister MacAulay, As you are no doubt aware, this fall is proving to be a challenging one for grain farmers across Canada. From coast to coast farmers continue to face adverse weather that is having a significant impact on their ability to make progress with harvest. It is becoming increasingly clear that in some regions, harvest will not be able to be completed this fall. For farmers that will have to cope with grain left in the field, the ...
June 14, 2018
CPTPP – A strong future for Canadian grain farmers
I love growing grain. I’ve done it my whole life and I am proud of the quality product my family and I produce in Saskatchewan. Canadian grain farmers are known for growing more grain on existing land in a sustainable manner. All this is required to not only meet the increasing expectations of the global markets but to keep our soil and ecosystems healthy for the next generation. The government of Canada has said that is in favour of ...
April 25, 2018
Government and Industry – keeping grain on track
As a Canadian grain producer in Alberta, I am landlocked. I grow my grain thousands of kilometers from the nearest port, meaning that I, like most of my fellow grain farmers, am dependent on the most efficient and cost effective method of transporting our product to market. For generations across the prairies that has been rail. With only two major railways in Canada we farmers have not always been in the most enviable of situations. From a producer prospective there ...
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