Canada’s hot and dry growing season in 2021 cut into the oil content of the country’s canola crop, with preliminary data pointing to the second-lowest oil content of the past […] Read more
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Canadian canola oil content well below average
Canola exports down 72 per cent through eight weeks
MarketsFarm — Canadian canola and wheat exports continue to run well behind the year-ago pace, with movement of all crops down 34 per cent through the first eight weeks of […] Read more
Grain exports running well behind year-ago pace
Prices, low stocks keep lid on demand
MarketsFarm — Canadian grain exports are running well behind the year-ago pace through the first few weeks of the 2021-22 marketing year, as smaller supplies and high prices limit offshore […] Read more
Grain commission proposes big inspection fee cut
Effective Aug. 1 the cost of outward inspection would be cut by 29 per cent
The Canadian Grain Commission (CGC), whose role in Canadian grain quality assurance is under federal review, wants to cut its fees for four official grain inspection and official grain weighing […] Read more
W.A. Grain enters receivership
Farmers owed money for grain delivered to this company should contact the Canadian Grain Commission
Alberta-based grain and pulse handler and processor W.A. Grain + Pulse Solutions went into receivership April 26. Farmers who delivered grain to its faculties in Alberta and Saskatchewan but haven’t […] Read more
CGC suspends W.A. Grain’s licences to month-end
The firm, with facilities in Saskatchewan and Alberta, can't buy or sell grain in the interim
Licences for Prairie grain and pulse handler W.A. Grain and Pulse Solutions and its primary elevators in Alberta and Saskatchewan have been suspended by the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC). The […] Read more
Virtual town hall on federal Grain Act set for Friday
Time is running out on consultations, but the April 23 event gives farmers a chance to provide input
The deadline for submitting comments to the federal government’s review of the Canada Grain Act and Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) is April 30, but farmers can also offer feedback at […] Read more
Pulse packers’ security covers cash owed to farmers
Sales of Globeways plants in Manitoba, Saskatchewan now approved
More than 50 farmers who were owed money for deliveries to Prairie pulse and special crop processors Canpulse Foods and Global Grain Canada are expected to get what they’re owed, […] Read more
Feds launch consultations on Canada Grain Act
Review to run until April 30
The federal government is now officially canvassing the grains sector on upgrades to Canada’s grain regulatory system. Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau, speaking Tuesday to Saskatchewan crop organizations’ virtual CropSphere conference, […] Read more
Former KAP president promoted at CGC
KAP GM to replace Chorney as CGC's assistant chief
The acting chief commissioner for Canada’s grain handling regulator has formally levelled up to the chief’s role, while the GM of Manitoba’s general farm group replaces him at the second […] Read more