Durum faring better in SE Alta: CWB tour

Skiff, Alberta / Reuters — Durum, the wheat used to make pasta, has fared better against dry conditions than other major crops in a pocket of southeastern Alberta, crop tour scouts noted on Wednesday. Durum is typically planted in drier soils than spring wheat, but fields still looked surprisingly decent, given some of the driest […] Read more

CWB pegs canola production at 12.18 mln tonnes

Commodity news Service Canada — CWB is estimating the Canadian canola crop will produce 12.18 million tonnes in 2015/16 (Aug/Jul), according to a supply and demand table released via the Market Research Services Twitter account on Wednesday. The projection is below a previous estimate from the company of 12.60 to 13.00 million tonnes, which was […] Read more








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No emergency debate on CWB sale

Members of Parliament won’t be having a debate on the sale of the former Canadian Wheat Board anytime soon. Andrew Scheer, speaker of the House of Commons, on Monday rejected the request from Pat Martin, the New Democrats’ MP for Winnipeg Centre, for an emergency debate on CWB’s planned sale of a 50.1 per cent […] Read more

The CWB Marquis, CWB’s new laker vessel, is shown here before leaving China in October last year. (CWB.ca)

Opposition seeks Commons debate on CWB sale

The federal opposition New Democrats are asking for an emergency debate in the House of Commons on the pending sale of majority control in CWB, the former Canadian Wheat Board. Winnipeg Centre MP Pat Martin, the party’s critic for public works and government services, announced Friday he has written to Commons Speaker Andrew Scheer requesting […] Read more



G3’s Karl Gerrand, CWB CEO Ian White, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and CWB chief strategy officer Dayna Spiring (from left) announce G3’s $250 million plan to take a majority stake in CWB. (Dave Bedard photo)

Bunge, Saudi Arabia to buy control of CWB

Agribusiness giant Bunge and the Saudi Arabian government’s ag investment arm are the joint “successful acquirer” of the former Canadian Wheat Board. Bunge Canada and SALIC Canada, an arm of the Saudi Agricultural and Livestock Investment Co., on Wednesday announced their new Winnipeg-based joint venture, G3 Global Grain Group, will pay $250 million to CWB […] Read more