Insights and Stories on Canadian Grain Commission

Jun. 26, 2020 at 4:40 pm CDT

If you want to be a Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) commissioner, or chief commissioner, now’s your chance. The Canadian government is advertising both positions on the CGC’s website and Twitter. Applicants must apply online for the positions, which are cabinet appointments. The deadline is Tuesday (June 30). The jobs involve […]

By Allan Dawson

Jun. 25, 2020 at 10:06 pm CDT

Changes are afoot as early as next week for growers from all across Canada — and from the United States — who deliver grain to licensed Canadian buyers, as revised trade rules take effect between the two countries. With the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), the successor trade deal to NAFTA, […]

By Dave Bedard

Jun. 19, 2020 at 2:21 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Weekly Canadian canola exports fell to their second-lowest level of the 2019-20 crop year-to-date during the week ended Sunday, according to the latest data from the Canadian Grain Commission. Only 80,300 tonnes of canola were exported during the 45th week of the crop year, down 44 per cent […]

By MarketsFarm Team

Jun. 1, 2020 at 3:44 am CDT

MarketsFarm — Canola supplies in the commercial pipeline fell below a million tonnes for the first time in more than seven months, according to the latest Canadian Grain Commission data, amid solid exports and a slowdown in farmer deliveries. Total visible canola supplies of 815,200 tonnes, as of May 24, […]

By MarketsFarm Team

Mar. 16, 2020 at 6:09 pm CDT

Canada’s grain companies are committed to keeping grain moving to domestic and export customers, but how the spread of COVID-19 might affect business is still an unknown, says Wade Sobkowich, executive director of the Western Grain Elevator Association. “We are are going to do everything in our power to keep […]

By Allan Dawson