The End Of CWB's Impact on Risk Management For Banks.

 The End of the CWB’s Impact on Risk Management for Banks
And What It Means for Pulse Growers

 By Larry Weber for Sask Pulse Newsletter

At the end of August, I gave a presentation to a group of bankers who were all in the agricultural lending field. It was a unique group, representing both commercial lending (exports) and agricultural lending (farms), and the discussion period rapidly turned to the topic of risk management practices for farmers and pulse companies. It’s difficult to dispute the fact that not much has changed for pulse growers in the new wheat marketing system that began on August 1, 2012. However, from a risk management perspective for banks, much has, and this affects pulse growers.

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