The old Canadian Wheat Board was alternately called a monopoly and, less commonly, a monopsony. It sometimes was known as a "single desk," too. Monopoly refers to having complete ownership or control ...

WINNIPEG -- The Canadian Wheat Board is predicting a better crops this year. The agency expects western wheat and durum crops will total 21.2 million tonnes. That's up 3.7 million tonnes from last ...

WASHINGTON — United States trade negotiators say they are aggressively seeking to dismantle the Canadian Wheat Board and other state-subsidized trade monopolies during World Trade Organization talks ...

The July death of World Trade Organization talks should have eased the pressure to reform or eliminate the world’s two largest agricultural state trading enterprises, the Australian Wheat Board and ...

An excessively wet spring is creating significant problems for the Canadian Prairie Provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The immediate issue is how many crop acres have been planted versus ...