CWB Paying Churchill Premium For Wheat

WINNIPEG - Mar 19/08 - SNS -- The Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) will pay premiums and storage payments to farmers in the Churchill catchment area for wheat stored on-farm for shipment through the northern Manitoba port.

To ensure there is enough wheat available to meet the program's relatively high ship[ping requirements at the beginning of July, the CWB said effective today, farmers participating in the Churchill Corridor Guaranteed Delivery Contract (GDC) will receive a premium of CDN $2.50 per metric ton (MT), plus monthly storage payments of $1 per MT for Nos. 1, 2 and 3 Canada Western Red Spring (CARS) wheat stored on-farm until it is called for shipment to the port.

The Churchill Corridor GDC will result in significantly higher payments to farmers than the Churchill Freight Advantage Rebate (CFAR) program, which it replaces. Future Churchill Corridor GDCs could extend to grains other than CARS. A list of eligible delivery locations in the Churchill catchment area is attached.

Exporting Prairie wheat through Churchill saves farmers rail freight costs and St. Lawrence Seaway charges. Last year, the CWB shipped 621 000 MT of western Canadian wheat and durum through Churchill, the highest volume since 1977. CWB shipments comprised 100% of the grain shipped through Churchill in 2007 and 90% of all traffic.

Stations in the CWB Churchill catchment area
Train run       Station           Train run       Station
11.01           WALDRON           25.03           ZENON PARK
11.01           MELVILLE          25.05           CROOKED RV
11.03           YORKTON           25.05           ELDERSLEY
11.04           RHEIN             25.05           MISTATIM
13.01           DAUPHIN           25.05           MURPHYS
13.02           KAMSACK           25.05           TISDALE
13.02           EUTTON            25.05           VALPARAISO
13.02           ROBLIN            25.06           AYLSHAM
13.03           SWAN RIVER        25.06           BROOKSBY
13.03           SWAN RV VY        25.06           CARLEA
13.07           BOWSMAN           25.06           CARROT RV
13.09           MINITONAS         25.06           MOOSE RNGE
15.01           CANORA            25.06           NICKLEN SG
15.02           BUCHANAN          25.06           RIDGEDALE
15.02           INVERMAY          25.06           WHITTOME
15.02           KUROKI            25.07           MELFORT
15.02           MARGO             25.08           WHITE STAR
15.02           QUILL LAKE        27.01           LAKE LENORE
15.02           WADENA            27.02           WAKAW
15.02           WATSON            29.01           SPIRITWOOD
15.04           THE PAS           29.01           RABBIT LAKE
15.07           KENVILLE          73.04           NOKOMIS
15.07           KENVILLE W        73.06           NOKOMIS A
15.07           NORQUAY           74.01           YORKTON
15.07           PELLY             74.02           KELVINGTON
15.07           PREECEVILE        74.02           WADENA
15.09           CLEMENCEAU        74.03           CHOICELAND
15.09           HUDSON BAY        74.03           WHITE FOX
17.01           GOODEVE           74.04           ORCADIA
17.01           ITUNA             74.05           CODETTE
17.01           RAYMORE           74.05           NIPAWIN
17.01           BOOTH SIDING      74.05           ROSE VALLEY
17.04           SASKATOON         74.05           RUNCIMAN
17.06           ALLEN             74.06           YORKTON A
17.06           CLAVET            74.07           FOAM LAKE
23.01           HAGUE             74.08           TISDALE
23.03           HUMBOLDT          75.06           SASKATOON
23.03           DIXON             75.07           NAICAM
23.05           ABERDEEN          75.07           SPALDING
23.06           NORTH BATTLEFORD  75.07           WATSON
23.06           BRADA             75.11           CMI SIDING
23.07           HAMLIN
25.01           PRINCE ALBERT
25.02           BIRCH HILL
25.02           BIRCH OMNI
25.02           KINISTINO
25.03           ARBORFIELD
25.03           NEW OSGOOD