Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers

A young boy along with his father and grandfather, are standing in a wheat field with a bright blue sky in the background. They are looking ahead into the horizon.

Your Crop, Your Choice

With the passage of the Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act, the Government has given Western Canadian grain producers the same freedom to market their crops as their counterparts across the country.

This change to a voluntary Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) will bring new opportunities for producers, and innovation and value-added jobs to the Canadian economy.

Marketing freedom is about choice - the same kind of choice producers have had to sell canola, oats, and pulse crops. This is about prosperity and new potential for Canada's growing agricultural sector well into the future.

With the new law now in place, the Government will work with the CWB, farmers, our provincial partners and the entire supply chain, to provide information and support for the transition to an open, competitive wheat, durum and barley market in Western Canada.

Find out more about how the Government of Canada continues to put Farmers First.


Frequently Asked Questions
Key questions and answers for you.


What you need to know
A series of background documents to provide more detailed information about the Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act and the transition to an open market.


Announcements and Events
News releases, speeches and multimedia files explaining the changes to the Canadian Wheat Board.