Culture of Control: Farming With the Shackles of the Canadian Wheat Board

by Ken Motiuk

Overview

In 1935 the Canadian Wheat Board was established to oversee the marketing, handling, and transportation of Western Canadian grain. Under the CWB's increasingly rigid regulations, farmers in the West were prohibited from responding to free market...

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781038317537
Publisher:	FriesenPress
Publication date:	04/04/2025
Pages:	356
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.97(d)

About the Author

Ken Motiuk is a proud third-generation grain farmer and activist who has played significant roles in both government and numerous agricultural organizations. Now semi-retired, Ken and his wife, Wendy, spend winters at their home in Arizona and return every year to their 13,000-acre farm in Mundare, Alberta, for spring planting and autumn harvesting and to assist the family's fourth- and fifth-generation farmers with bookkeeping, financing, and planning. Culture of Control: Farming with the Shackles of the Canadian Wheat Board is Ken Motiuk's first book.