Insights and Stories on Canadian Grain Commission

CGC, other fed workers to strike Tuesday night if no wage deal reached

Apr. 17, 2023 at 4:03 pm CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — Some 155,000 public workers in Canada will go on strike at midnight on Wednesday if they are unable to reach a wage deal with the federal government, the leader of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) union said on Monday. PSAC president Chris Aylward said […]

Bidding open for Merit Foods for two more weeks

Apr. 6, 2023 at 5:52 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

China top destination for Canadian grains, oilseeds

Feb. 1, 2023 at 8:21 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Canadian canola oil content up in 2022: Preliminary CGC data

Nov. 3, 2022 at 9:27 am CDT

By MarketsFarm

Farmers get week to dispute grain grade, dockage

Oct. 13, 2022 at 8:29 am CDT

By Dave Bedard

Weekly Canadian canola exports climb higher

Oct. 7, 2022 at 3:49 pm CDT

MarketsFarm – An influx of freshly harvested supplies saw weekly Canadian canola exports hit their highest level in nearly two years at the end of September 2022, according to the latest Canadian Grain Commission report. The 300,500 tonnes of canola exported during the week ended Oct. 2 marked the first […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Farmers’ wheat, canola deliveries picking up in West

Sep. 16, 2022 at 7:51 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The advancing Prairie harvest has seen an increase in farmer deliveries of grains and oilseeds into the commercial pipeline, according to the latest weekly data from the Canadian Grain Commission. Export activity for canola remains very light through the first six weeks of the 2022-23 crop year, but […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Canola exports slow to trickle

Jun. 3, 2022 at 7:15 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Canadian canola exports have slowed to a trickle, as supplies dwindle with only two months left in the current marketing year. Only 900 tonnes of canola were exported out of the country during the week ended May 27, according to the latest data from the Canadian Grain Commission. […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Mildew scrapped as grading factor for No. 3 wheats

May. 12, 2022 at 12:57 pm CDT

The Canadian Grain Commission will change its standard samples for mildew in No. 1 and No. 2 wheats, and drop it as a grading factor for No. 3 wheats, effective this summer. The CGC on Monday laid out a list of changes to its grain grading policies and standards for […]

By Dave Bedard

Elevator declarations changing Aug. 1

Apr. 28, 2022 at 5:53 pm CDT

The declarations of eligibility western Canadian farmers sign before delivering to elevators, effective Aug. 1, will no longer include crops that don’t require end-use quality assessment as part of the variety registration process. “It’s not a big change,” Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) spokesman Remi Gosselin said in an interview Thursday. […]

By Allan Dawson