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Canola, Cereals, Crops, Markets, Peas, Pulses

Notable changes in exports to China, India

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm 18 hours ago

China and India figured prominently in the September export data issued by the Canadian Grain Commission on Nov. 7. For the most part, the CGC’s numbers highlighted issues with grain, oilseed and pulse exports from licensed facilities to those countries.

A nameplate outside the Canadian Grain Commission building in downtown Winnipeg. (Dave Bedard photo)

Markets, News

Canadian Grain Commission to use surplus to avoid fee increases

By Phil Franz-Warkentin October 27, 2025

The Canadian Grain Commission will continue to use its surplus to cover budget shortfalls and avoid potential fee increases until 2028, the federal agency announced Monday, Oct. 27.

Canada’s postal strike has complicated sample submission to the Canadian Grain Commission’s Harvest Sample Program. Photo: Greg Berg

Crops, News

Mail strike disrupts grain sample delivery

By Jeff Melchior October 7, 2025

The Canadian Grain Commission has asked farmers to consider delivering harvest samples directly to CGC offices, services centres or approved drop offs as Canada Post strike delays mail.

Crops, Reuters

Canadian durum samples show damage from wet weather

By Ed White, Reuters September 22, 2025

Canada’s durum crop has been damaged from rainy, damp conditions, with some farmers holding off on harvesting crops in the hopes of drier weather the Canadian Grain Commission said.

Crops, News

The Redwood Group to no longer hold grain dealer licence

By Geralyn Wichers June 30, 2025

Food and feed ingredient supplier The Redwood Group will no longer hold a grain dealer licence as of July 1, the Canadian Grain Commission said.

“But we lost a lot of acres… which suggests to me that some organic guys have let some of their organics land go. And they are growing canola on the side,” says Laura Telford. Photo: Greg Berg

Canola, Markets

ICE Canada Weekly: Canola in a good position

July contract to hit C$700/tonne, just when?

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm April 23, 2025

Canola futures are expected to climb higher on the Intercontinental Exchange in the coming weeks, commented Phil Speiss, trader with RBC Dominion Securities in Winnipeg. How quickly that happens is dependent on whether demand rationing kicks in or not.

Cereals, Crops, Features

New falling number test may better spot sprouting

A new methodology could save farmers from misapplied penalties in years of weather damage

By Sean Pratt April 19, 2025

Some growers say they’ve been unfairly penalized for a condition that did not harm the baking performance of the flour made from their wheat, prompting calls for a new methodology to replace the standard Hagberg-Perten falling numbers test.

The Canadian Grain Commission said Aug. 28 both dealer and primary elevator licences at Purely Canada Foods’ Saskatchewan facilities in Avonlea, Kindersley and Lajord had been pulled and farmers in all three prairie provinces could be owed money. | Screencap via youtube.com/Purely Canada Foods

News

Eligible Purely Canada claimants receive full payouts

Not all claims against the Saskatchewan-based company were eligible

By Karen Briere March 6, 2025

The Canadian Grain Commission has announced that producers owed money from Purely Canada Foods have been fully compensated, just days after a lender applied to place the company in receivership.

News

Former assistant commissioner claims harassment at Canadian Grain Commission

Patty Rosher says she was informed she was being investigated for allegations of inappropriate behaviour in September 2022

By Sean Pratt February 19, 2025

A former assistant chief commissioner of the Canadian Grain Commission has written a blog post claiming she was subjected to interference and harassment during her time at the agency.

(Manitoba Co-operator file photo by Alexis Stockford)

News, Reuters

Drought leaves Canadian farmers unpaid

Failure of unlicensed companies, complaint deadline, insufficient security seen as holes in farm support

By Ed White, Reuters February 12, 2025

Hundreds of Canadian farmers have received delayed payments for their crops or not been paid at all, as a growing number of grain-buying firms declare bankruptcy amid drought and low commodity prices, according to interviews with dozens of farmers, a government agency, and a review of bankruptcy documents.

GFM Network News

B.C. ostriches culled, CFIA confirms

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs end week on high note

U.S. grains: Soybeans bounce as Chinese demand assessed, wheat drops

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