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A science-based grading system is one factor in Canadian wheat and durum’s competitive edge in the world market.

What grain customers want to know about Canadian wheat

From gluten to glyphosate: what end users want to know about our wheat

By Lisa Guenther May 28, 2018

Customers in far-flung places such as Japan may seem far removed from a western Canadian farm. But those customers are keenly interested in how Canadian wheat and durum is grown and handled before it arrives at their mills, bakeries, or other processing facilities. In fact, Japanese bakers are quite aware of different Canadian wheat varieties, […] Read more

(Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Canola, Crops, Reuters

Visible Canadian canola supplies tighten

By GFM Network News May 25, 2018

CNS Canada — Visible canola supplies in Canada dipped below one million tonnes for the first time since the 2017 harvest, according to the latest Canadian Grain Commission data. Canola stocks in commercial hands as of Sunday were pegged at 991,400 tonnes by the Canadian Grain Commission in its latest report. That’s down by about […] Read more

Combine to Customer participants take a look at the equipment in the pulse mill during a tour led by  Shelley Lagasse, a pulse and special crops technologist with Cigi.

Cereals, Features

Getting from combine to customer

This Cigi program is a great way for farmers to learn more about ag markets

By Lisa Guenther April 25, 2018

At the end of Heather Johnson’s first day of work for the Canadian International Grains Institute (Cigi), her colleagues rolled out a fresh rack of bread for everyone to enjoy. “Boy, have I landed in the right place,” she said to herself that day. Johnson, Cigi’s director of communications, was speaking to Combine to Customer […] Read more

All loaves were made with the same dough, but shaped differently.  Left to right: Cross-grained, machine-shaped and hand-shaped.

Columns

Reporter’s Notebook: From combine to customer

A trip to the Cigi course on export grains is teaching Lisa Guenther the fine details

By Lisa Guenther April 5, 2018

I’m writing this column after my second day at the Combine to Customer tour, the crash course in the wheat supply chain organized by the Canadian International Grains Institute (Cigi) in Winnipeg. It’s one of those info-rich events where I have more material than I know what I can do with so watch for more […] Read more

(File photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Canola, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Canola exports slow down in latest weekly report

By GFM Network News February 23, 2018

CNS Canada — Weekly Canadian canola exports were down during the week ended Sunday, hitting their lowest level since September 2017, according to the latest Canadian Grain Commission data. Canada exported only 129,000 tonnes of canola during the latest reporting period, which compares with the previous five-week average of 194,800 tonnes. Total canola exports during […] Read more

(Mark Wilson photo courtesy Louis Dreyfus Co.)

Canola, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

Producers lose transparency with end of weekly crush report

By GFM Network News February 5, 2018

CNS Canada — Canada’s grains industry found itself shocked when the Canadian Oilseed Processors Association (COPA) announced Friday it would stop publishing its weekly report on member crushings. “I loved that report. In Western Canada, or Canada in general, I think any reports that give you kind of a weekly snapshot of what’s happening in […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Speculative buying sees canola prices firm up

By GFM Network News November 20, 2017

Winnipeg | CNS Canada – ICE Canada canola prices bounced around within a wide range during the week ended November 17, but finished on a firmer note as a rally in Chicago Board of Trade soybeans gave canola a boost. Any strength was largely tied to chart-based speculative buying, with no real fresh fundamental news […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Spring Wheat

Record weekly canola exports reported

By GFM Network News November 10, 2017

Winnipeg | CNS Canada – Canada exported the most canola in a single week ever during the week ended November 5, according to the latest Canadian Grain Commission report. The CGC pegged weekly canola exports at 470,200 tonnes of canola during the reporting period. That compares with average weekly exports over the past year of […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

Visible Canadian canola stocks tightest in four years

By GFM Network News September 1, 2017

CNS Canada — Canola supplies in commercial hands in Canada dropped to their tightest level in four years, according to the latest data from the Canadian Grain Commission for the week ended Sunday. Visible canola supplies, at 511,500 tonnes, are down from the already tight level of 556,700 posted the previous week, and represent the […] Read more

Crops, News

Grain buyers want you thinking about residues before you harvest

It hasn’t happened yet, but exceeding pesticide residue limits on exported grain could cause a ‘big problem’

By Jennifer Blair August 25, 2017

Grain growers are again being urged to heed the labels on their pre-harvest pesticides and avoid going over maximum residue limits. “We’re selling our crops mostly into export, and our exports markets are very sensitive to residual levels of different crop protection products that we use,” said Alberta Wheat Commission chair Kevin Auch, who farms […] Read more

GFM Network News

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise on export optimism; corn, wheat nearly flat

U.S. livestock: Chicago cattle and hogs slide back

FCC-led coalition to invest $5 billion into agriculture innovation

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