Alberta Forms Wheat and Oat Commissions for Advocacy and Research
Canadian Press DataFile -- EDMONTON, AB -- July 31, 2012 -- The Alberta government has created two new commissions to help fund research and marketing efforts for oat and wheat farmers.The Alberta Wheat Commission and the Alberta Oat Growers Commission will be funded by farmers through a check-off on delivered grain.
The check-offs will be 70 cents per tonne on wheat and 50 cents a tonne on oats _ refundable if producers request.
The wheat commission replaces two previous commissions, one for winter wheat and one for soft wheat.
Under federal legislation, the Canadian Wheat Board loses it monopoly on the export of wheat from Western Canada on Wednesday, the first day of the crop year.
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