Grain Industry Issues

Information and Updates on current issues around KVD and Grain Quality Assurance
Marketing Choice

• Informa Report: An Open Market for Canadian Wheat Board Grain (PDF 772 Kbytes)

• Executive Summary (PDF)
• Full Report (PDF)
• Recent Studies Show Successful Transition to Marketing Choice
  • "Ontario's Wheat Industry with Direct Marketing" October 2005 (PDF)
  • "Oats: The Evolution from the Central Desk System to the Open Market" November 2005 (PDF)
• Marketing Choice Survey: Western Canadians Speak on Marketing Choice - Ipsos Reid, February 2005 (PDF)
• Alberta's Test Open Market Proposal-Summary (PDF)
• Alberta's Test Open Market Proposal-Technical Report (PDF)
• Marketing Choice Survey Results, Alberta Farmers. Ipsos Reid, Fall 2003
• Ag Summit 2000-Marketing Choice Action Team report, June 2002
• "Benefits and Costs of a Voluntary Wheat Board to the Province of Alberta"-George Morris Centre, June 2002
• "Economics of Single Desk Selling of Western Canadian Grain"- Colin Carter & R.M.A. Lyons, 1996
• Marketing Choice for Wheat in Canada, September 2003
• Ontario Wheat Producers Marketing Board-Comparison to the Canadian Wheat Board
• Marketing Choice Website- Choice Matters
• Alberta Plebiscite Results on Barley and Wheat Marketing, December 1995
• "You be the Judge: Assessment of Ontario Wheat Prices" -Updated Aug. 26, 2004

• "Report Respecting the Review of the Electorial Process for the Election of CWB Directors"-Nov. 30, 2005
• "Your Voice, Your Vote - the 1,2,3's of Preferential Voting"
• A Review of CWB Benchmarking Methodology-207K PDF
• Wheat Benchmarks Report

• The Canadian Barley Industry in Transition - Sparks Companies Inc., April 2004 (revised)

• The Report of the Seed Sector Advisory Committee, May 2004

• "2005 is a Pivotal Year for WTO Negotiations on Agriculture. Does Canada Stand to Gain??"
• Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance (CAFTA)
• US Trade Challenge Against the Canadian Wheat Board
• Canadian Wheat Board Industry News/News Releases

• New CAIS Program
• New NISA (under Agriculture Policy Framework)

• Alberta's Crop Insurance Changes

• Details on APF
• Key Messages
• APF Questions & Answers

• Discussion Paper on the use of Variety Eligibility Declarations

• Grain Growers of Canada - Homepage

• Alberta Clubroot Management Plan
• Alberta Fusarium Management Plan
• Q&A- Alberta's Fusarium Graminearum Response Plan

• Quorum-Monitors of Canada's Grain & Transportation System
• Producer Netback Calculator
• Western Canadian Rail Rates
• Alberta Elevators by Capacity

• US Crops - Where are they grown?

• "Ethanol Production in Alberta"- Cheminfo Services Inc., 2000

• CFIA- Biotechnology, Novel Traits
• Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) Working Group on the Introduction of GMO Wheat
• CWB & Biotechnology
• Monsanto's Industry Committee to Advise on Wheat
• Council for Biotechnology Information