Insights and Stories on Canadian Grain Commission

Four Eastern wheats to be reclassified in July

Nov. 29, 2018 at 7:49 pm CST

Four classes of Canada Eastern wheat are set to be reclassified in mid-2019 into a new “Other” class, to cut the costs of segregating grain during commercial handling. The Canadian Grain Commission announced Thursday a new Canada Eastern Other Wheat (CEOW) class will be created effective July 1, 2019. At […]

Visible canola supplies building: CGC report

Nov. 2, 2018 at 12:15 pm CDT

By MarketsFarm Team

Canola crush margins tightest in years

Sep. 15, 2018 at 4:09 am CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

World Crop Briefs: Australia reaches trade deal with Indonesia

Sep. 12, 2018 at 4:37 pm CDT

By MarketsFarm Team

Some Canadian Exotic Grains customers compensated

Aug. 14, 2018 at 3:24 pm CDT

By MarketsFarm Team

Chinese demand boosting Canadian wheat, barley exports

Jul. 18, 2018 at 9:11 pm CDT

CNS Canada — China is making major moves to import more Canadian wheat and barley this year. Data released by the Canadian Grain Commission show China more than tripled its wheat imports, taking in 979,100 tonnes as of May, up from 295,300 tonnes in the same period of 2016-17 and […]

By Terry Fries

Visible Canadian canola supplies tighten

May. 25, 2018 at 9:26 pm CDT

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 […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Canola exports slow down in latest weekly report

Feb. 23, 2018 at 2:30 pm CST

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 […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Producers lose transparency with end of weekly crush report

Feb. 5, 2018 at 2:11 pm CST

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 […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

Speculative buying sees canola prices firm up

Nov. 20, 2017 at 2:30 pm CST

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 […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin