Canadian Grain Commission Archives - Page 16 of 16

PHOTOS: Harvest Sample Program workshop

By Lee Hart September 4, 2015

As farmers attending the workshop sponsored by Alberta Barley, Alberta Wheat Commission and the Alberta Canola Producers Commission heard again, determining quality of any particular sample is a subjective process. While some quality sorting technology is available and is in the process of being refined, determining the quality and grade of wheat, barley and canola […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Wheats in CWRS, CPSR classes up for review

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News May 9, 2015

Owners of Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) and Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) wheat varieties have until month’s end to decide whether to put their products through more trials, or let their varieties be reclassified. The Canadian Grain Commission on Friday announced a review of the CWRS and CPSR wheat classes will start immediately, citing […] Read more

Cereals, News

Farmers say some low-quality grain grades inconsistent

Grain quality has taken a beating from hail, moisture and disease. Now some farmers report facing uneven wheat and durum grading at the elevator

By Lisa Guenther January 20, 2015

Some farmers are still hurting from a poor growing season and harvest at elevators this winter, as they struggle with inconsistent grading. “The condition of this year’s durum crop leaves a lot to be desired,” Jim Wickett said. Wickett farms near Rosetown, Sask., and sits on the Western Standards Committee, which makes recommendations to the Canadian […] Read more

Feed processors operating in Canada may be brought into the Canadian Grain Commission’s producer protection program under Grain Act amendments tabled Tuesday in Ottawa. (Photo copyright Ronaldo Ronan Rufino, courtesy Alltech)

Crops

CGC producer protection being revamped, may include feed mills

By Allan Dawson, GFM Network News December 10, 2014

The Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) is considering adding feed mills to its producer protection program, as part of an overhaul of the program proposed in the federal government’s Bill C-48. C-48, dubbed the Modernization of Canada’s Grain Industry Act, got its first reading Tuesday in the House of Commons. Adding feed mills to the mix […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Letter to the editor, Dec. 5, 2014

By GFM Network News December 5, 2014

Rod Nickel’s article,“Canada’s wheat exports dogged by quality complaints,” incorrectly states that there has been an increase in the number of complaints from buyers of Canadian wheat since the removal of the single desk marketing authority from the Canadian Wheat Board. Since 2011-12, the last crop year that Canadian wheat was marketed through the Canadian […] Read more

Cereals, Crops

Fusarium in the bin

A third of CWRS samples submitted to the  CGC were downgraded due to fusarium. Now what?

By Patty Milligan December 3, 2014

Since the first major outbreak in Manitoba in 1993, fusarium head blight (FHB) has established itself in Manitoba and eastern Saskatchewan and continues to move into western Saskatchewan, Alberta, and northern B.C. Farmers in some parts of the Prairies are now accustomed to dealing with the fungal disease and its dominant strain, F. graminearum, and […] Read more

Features

Choose a buyer carefully when selling your grain

You’ve kept your crop safe from insects and disease. Now keep it safe from the risk of not payment default

By Neil Blue October 14, 2014

There is plenty of risk to producing a crop, particularly one of high yield and quality. However, production risk is only one of the risks of grain farming. There are also legal, personal, storage and marketing risks. In marketing your crop, you may follow all the steps — know your costs per unit of production, […] Read more

Crops, Features, Spring Wheat

Wheat gluten strength concerns buyers

International buyers still concerned after Canadian wheat showed poor gluten strength in 2012

By Julienne Isaacs October 3, 2014

In 2012, international buyers of Canadian wheat registered complaints about the crop’s poor gluten strength, according to Dave Hatcher, a research scientist with the Canadian Grain Commission. 2013 presented less of a problem, but even into 2014, buyers are still concerned about the overall crop quality. Several factors impact gluten strength. Weather, variety and growing conditions […] Read more

Crops, Features

Producer cars to lower risk

Producer cars are an alternative to help Prairie farmers manage the uncertainty of basis and delivery opportunities

May 20, 2014

After seeing how the past winter evolved in regards to extremely high basis levels and limited delivery access because of the bumper crop, I have been looking at available options to help farmers better manage these risks. Today I want to take a look at producer cars and how they can help manage basis fluctuations […] Read more

Features

Bleaching grain

Fall rain can mean bring lower quality wheat and fewer hard vitreous kernels

By Angela Lovell November 19, 2013

An untimely rain just before harvest can cause wheat kernels to “bleach” or whiten and can lead to some loss in quality that can cause downgrading at the elevator. Bleaching of grain kernels is caused by wet conditions at or near maturity when alternate wetting and drying causes tiny fissures because the grain expands when […] Read more

Trade mission heads for Japan as Canada becomes the country’s top pork supplier

U.S. grains: Soybeans drop on lack of Chinese demand, wheat hits contract lows

Canadian durum samples show damage from wet weather

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