Canada Approves Act Ending CWB Monopoly
Farmers will have the choice next summer to deliver wheat and barley to the CWB or another buyer
The Canadian government approved on Dec. 16 the Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act, which ends the Canadian Wheat Board’s (CWB) monopoly over Western Canadian wheat and barley.
Farmers will have the choice starting Aug. 1, 2012, for the delivery of wheat and barley to the CWB or another buyer.
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