The following is excerpted from the 9 September 2011 edition of Reuters Canada.

Canada is wise to plan the removal of its grain marketing monopoly, Australia's trade minister said on Friday, noting that opening the wheat market has boosted his country's trade position.

Australia dismantled its wheat monopoly under the Australian Wheat Board in 2008, leaving the Canadian Wheat Board as the world's only major agricultural monopoly...

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