Archives of WBGA News and Views 2000 - 2003 - letters, correspondence and communications to and from Top Crop Manager and various organizations of interest to our members.

Top Crop West Article "Profit in Agriculture vs. Profit in Farming", December, 2003
Contradictory Definitions of the Structure and Accountability of the Canadian Wheat Board(CWB), October 24, 2003
Top Crop Article, Corn Countervail, Country of Origin Labeling (COOL), Agriculture Policy Framework (APF), West Nile and Bovine SpongiformEncephalopathy (BSE), July, 2003
WBGA and farmers in western Canada are shocked to learn that they will not receive a final payment for wheat and barley sold to the Canadian Wheat Board, August 27, 2003
We Can Add Wealth To Canada While Becoming More Profitable As Farmers, March 1, 2003
Top Crop Article - Work on Farm Income Safety Net Programs Continues, January 27, 2003
26th Annual Convention and Trade Fair February 12 - 14, 2003, December 30, 2002
Letter to Goodale - Ritter re Beinguessner, December 9, 2002
Time for Sustainable Agriculture - Safety Net Programs - Submitted to Top Crop Fall 2002
Letter to the Prime Minister Chretien and All Members of Parliament - To have growers of wheat and Barleygoing to jail, for doing something that every other business person in Canada takes for granted, is a huge embarrassment for us a country, October 15, 2002
Letter to Western Producer in response value added agriculture sector of the prairie provinces compared to that of New Brunswick, October 8, 2002
Letter to The Edmonton Journal - Extraction of beta-glucans - barley farmers currently cannot become full partners is such advancements, September 1, 2002
McCreary, attempts to rationalize why the CWB should not do a trial open market for grain, August 20, 2002
Open Letter to the Directors of the Canadian Wheat Board and Farmers, August 12, 2002
Letter to Western Producer - Comments of Frustration Experienced by CWB Director, July 2, 2002
$4,000 of Pool Account Spent On Liberal Fundraiser by Canadian Wheat Board, June 11, 2002
Report Card calls for Change - CWB, May 30, 2002
Letter to Grainews - on submitted article "The origins of the CWB's Producer Direct Sale", May 18, 2002
Letter to Western Producer - Dale Fankhanel berates Jim Chatenay questions about CWB operations, May 3, 2002
Making Safety Net Programs Effective - Submission to Grainews,
March 4, 2002
Letter to Trade Policy Planning Division on Canada's consideration of a free trade agreement with CARICOM, February 25, 2002
Corn Imports Highlight a need for change, January 29, 2002
The WBGA Proudly Announces 25th Anniversary Convention & Trade Fair February 13 - 15, 2001, December 21, 2001
Is Genetically Modified Wheat a Fit for Canadian Agriculture?, November 6, 2001
WBGA response to Greg Arason's (CWB) letter September,11, 2001, October 24, 2001
Letter to Globe and Mail in response to sarcastic nature of "Barley growers needs to separate wheat from chaff" column, September 19, 2001
Response Letter to CWB on Invitation to Discuss Introduction of GMO Wheat into the Market Place, September 17, 2001
Goodale - Ritter Apparent goal of the CWB to transform into a farm lobby, August 31, 2001
Farm group cautiously gives nod to GM Wheat, August 30, 2001
Ministers Letter - Biotechnology, August 7, 2001
Vanclief Letter - Farm Income Support - Safety Nets, July 23, 2001
Direct Subsidies not the only Agriculture
Support Option, Part II, June 29, 2001
Direct Subsidies not the only Agriculture
Support Option, Part I, December, 2000
Grainews Editor Beingessner - Malt Barley, September 3,2000
Ritter CWB Authority Buy-back Letter, April 2, 2000
Reply to the CWB Ritters Open Letter to Farmers,
September 9, 2000