Newsroom
2001
Febraury 22, 2001
GrainWorld celebrates a decade of looking into the future
Winnipeg -- GrainWorld 2001 will build on its decade of
success by having the customers who buy on the world market and the
exporters who compete for their business giving views on where
world markets are headed. GrainWorld, Canada´s premier annual
outlook conference on grains, oilseeds, special crops and red
meats, will take place February 25 to 27 at The Fairmont Hotel in
Winnipeg.
The customer panel includes grain buyers from Mexico, the United
Arab Emirates and the United States while the exporter panel will
be made up of representatives from Canada, Australia and the United
States.
"We felt the most appropriate way of celebrating our tenth
anniversary was to put the focus squarely on grain marketing
issues," said GrainWorld Chair Brian White. "We are going
to get an inside look at the markets straight from the source."
In addition to the regular outlook sessions, the conference will
debate the merits of having a formal farm policy in Canada. After a
presentation by Hartley Furtan from the University of Saskatchewan
about Canada´s current agriculture policy, a closing panel of
Canadian farm leaders will debate the merit of a formal farm policy
in Canada.
Following a Sunday evening reception, the conference officially
opens Monday morning with the Senior Vice President and Deputy
Chief Economist of the Bank of Montreal providing a Canadian and
international economic outlook. On Tuesday morning, Jon Davis from
Salomon Smith Barney Inc. in Chicago, Illinois will be discussing
the weather in 2001. The conference will close with an entertaining
presentation from CBC´s Rex Murphy. Other highlights include
Sandy Cushon, former host of CBC´s "Country Canada" as
luncheon speaker and welcoming remarks from Canadian Wheat Board
CEO and President Greg Arason.
A copy of the full program can be found on the CWB Web site at
www.cwb.ca. While media may attend at no cost, others may register
by contacting Caroline Wiley at (204) 983-4236 or E-mail: caroline_wiley@cwb.ca.
GrainWorld is organized and sponsored by the CWB in partnership
with the rest of the Canadian grain and livestock and related
industries.
For more information, contact
| Brian White, Conference Chairman (204) 983-4265 |
Rosa-Lynne Way, Conference Coordinator (204) 984-2252 |