Grain commission says harvest sample data shows that the higher standards will affect only a small number of farmers
Changes to Canada’s official grain grading guide are coming Aug. 1, and will align primary and export test weights for wheat. Canadian Grain Commission chief inspector Derek Bunkowsky said updates for the 2023-24 crop year are based on science. “The test weight alignment to the export test weight, that’s all based on scientific research, extensive […] Read moreTag Archives Canadian Grain Commission
Farmer complacency often to blame
Only sixty-six responses were received by Agriculture Canada’s 2021 Canada Grain Act Review request for submissions. Ag Canada didn’t post these briefs so it’s impossible to know how many came from producers, but given the number of grain handlers and farm organizations, it’s a safe bet there were no more than 30 from the tens of thousands of farmers in Western Canada. That’s sparse comment from a farm clientele that’s habitually unhappy about elevator grading and dockage.
Ag community excited about genomics’ future
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.
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
