1.   A spokeswoman for the Canadian Wheat Board, which markets Canadian grain, declined to comment on any recent sales, citing policy.

2.   Canadian grain farmers are required to sell only to the Canadian Wheat Board, a national monopoly which controls the purchase, sale and export of wheat and barley.

3.   Hansen called on the Clinton administration to continue a tariff rate quota on Canadian grain until trade inequities are eliminated.

4.   On the other hand, Canadian grain farmers receive government subsidies and other supports to tide them over during years when wheat prices are depressed.

5.   Russia also may be in the market for U.S. and Canadian grain, traders said.

6.   That would leave the WCE without a role in setting the price for many Canadian grains.

7.   The nine-member panel was set up last year by Agriculture Minister Ralph Goodale to examine the western Canadian grain trade.

8.   The state of South Dakota, reacting to the complaints of farmers, is trying to hamper the importation of Canadian grain and livestock.

9.   Vancouver is the largest port for the export of Canadian grain.

10.   For a week, North Dakota and South Dakota have been stopping trucks carrying the Canadian grain or livestock into the states.