Genome Prairie works to get expensive equipment into the hands of smaller companies and agricultural organizations
For farmers in the field, quick genomics assessment offered by services like the Manitoba Canola Growers’ Pest Surveillance Initiative enables producers to know what problems they’re dealing with.Tag Archives Canadian Grain Commission — page 5
High-tech CGC lab aids farmers in disease fight
Canadian Grain Commission facility focuses on quick analysis as it aims to identify crop disease at the microscopic level
In the Canadian Grain Commission’s laboratories, the rapid evolution of technology is allowing scientists to spot, catch and exactly identify specific strains of diseases like fusarium, the toxins they produce and many other threats to grain quality and safety.
Federal workers back at work; CRA staff still out
A tentative agreement was reached for the bargaining groups representing more than 120,000 workers on the weekend.
Agriculture concerned as strike continues
Picket lines went up at Viterra terminals in Vancouver and Montreal on April 24 to protest the fact that inspections are being done by grain companies or third parties they have hired.
Grain handlers take inspection samples during strike
The president of an agriculture union local in Ontario says the Canadian Grain Commission is using replacement workers to complete inspections at port during the strike.
Grain commission plans for disruption
About 65 percent of the Canadian Grain Commission’s employees are members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada and could be off the job as of April 19.
Miller to step down as CGC chief commissioner
The top appointed executive at the Canadian Grain Commission is stepping down from her job. CGC chief commissioner Patti Miller announced her intention to retire in an internal email to CGC staff members on Feb. 18. Miller was appointed chief commissioner at the CGC in 2017. Her six-year term at the commission’s top executive was […] Read more
CGC posts $100 million surplus
The surplus is a result of high export volumes — commission says a user fee reduction may be considered
The Canadian Grain Commission has built up a surplus of nearly $100 million since 2013-14 through excess user fees collected from Canadian grain farmers. That surplus has prompted the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association to call for surplus fees to be immediately returned to farmers. In a Jan. 3 news release, the association called the […] Read more
Farmers overcharged nearly $100 million in CGC user fees
The Canadian Grain Commission has built up a surplus of nearly $100 million since 2013-14 through excess user fees collected from Canadian grain farmers. That surplus has prompted the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association to call for surplus fees to be immediately returned to grain farmers. In a Jan. 3 news release, the association called […] Read more
CGC announces grading changes for wheat, fababeans and chickpeas
The Canadian Grain Commission has announced grading changes that affect wheat, chickpeas and fababeans produced in Western Canada. As of Aug. 1, 2017, all grades of chickpeas and fababeans grown in Western Canada will have an ergot tolerance of .05 percent, the CGC has announced. Ergot is a cereal disease that is toxic to people […] Read more
