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The Canadian Wheat Board and Its Role in Agricultural Trade
Contributed by: Cresswell
  • 1. What was the primary purpose of the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB)?
A) To regulate all agricultural products
B) To provide loans to farmers
C) To import food from other countries
D) To market and sell wheat and barley
  • 2. In what year was the Canadian Wheat Board established?
A) 1960
B) 1935
C) 1945
D) 1920
  • 3. Who appointed the members of the Canadian Wheat Board?
A) Provincial governments
B) The federal government
C) The Canadian farmers' union
D) The wheat farmers themselves
  • 4. What was the CWB's primary source of revenue?
A) Taxpayer funding
B) The sale of wheat and barley
C) Foreign investments
D) Government grants
  • 5. What did the CWB do to help stabilize farm incomes?
A) Subsidized production costs
B) Offered pooling of grain sales
C) Guaranteed minimum prices
D) Provided insurance for crops
  • 6. In terms of exports, which country was a significant market for Canadian wheat?
A) Brazil
B) Russia
C) Australia
D) The United States
  • 7. Which crops were primarily managed by the Canadian Wheat Board?
A) Rice and oats
B) Corn and soybeans
C) Wheat and barley
D) Canola and pulses
  • 8. When was the Canadian Wheat Board's monopoly on marketing Western wheat and barley dismantled?
A) 2015
B) 2000
C) 2012
D) 2005
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