Saskatchewan farmer Gordon Nodge asked the question that’s on a lot of farmers’ minds: Who’s to blame for the contamination of Canada’s flax by CDC Triffid? “The liability for the inadvertent leak and subsequent contamination (of Canada’s non-GM flax) must lay somewhere,” said the farmer from Swift Current, Sask., during a conference call March 18
Some Farmers Asking Who Is Liable?
Brisk Grain Movement Coming
The Canadian Wheat Board is on track to meet its export target of 19.3 million tonnes of wheat, durum and barley this year thanks to unusually good rail service, farmers here were told last week. “In my 10 or 11 years at the wheat board this is probably their (railways) best year next to last
Assistant CGC Commissioners Redundant?
“Farmers have been well served by their efforts. There have been many instances where the intervention of the assistant commissioner has resolved disputes fairly.” – GLENN TAIT The Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) has been operating fine without the six assistant commissioners historically appointed by the federal government and that will continue, a spokesman says. Remi
Proposed Changes For Moisture Shrink Allowance
The Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) is ending the 1.1 per cent “rebound factor” licensed primary elevators are now allowed to use to calculate the moisture shrinkage deducted from farmers on grain the elevators have dried. The CGC will continue to regulate how moisture shrinkage is calculated. The 1.1 per cent will be replaced with a
Zero Shrinkage Proposed For Process Elevators
Some farmers called it “tookage” – the deduction primary elevators used to take from farmers to cover grain lost during handling known as “shrinkage.” The Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) set the shrinkage deduction at terminal elevators at zero in 1990 and did the same at primary elevators in 2003. Now it’s proposing the same for
Winter Cereals Manitoba Focused On Research
Winter Cereals Manitoba (WCM) has money in the bank and the farmer-funded organization knows exactly where it’s going: research. Two projects are already planned, but WCM chair and Birtle-area farmer Garth Butcher told the organization’s annual meeting here March 10 he wants to hear members’ priorities. WCM collected 50 cents a tonne from around 2,000
Ochratoxin Regulations Coming For Canadian Grains
“As we go forward there are going to be more and more regulators around the world paying attention and the marketers of your grain are going to be paying more and more attention with what you do, as producers, on your farm in terms of storage, in terms of following the label when using pesticides.”
Brewer, Farmers Team Up
Beer was flowing freely at the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) recently in celebration of a unique project that’s putting more money in malting barley growers’ pockets, encouraging sustainable production and improving a brewers’ beer and bottom line. Don’t fret, the bill won’t be coming off farmers’ final payments. A keg of “Biggar Beer” was donated
Saved Flax OK If It Tests GM Free
The flax industry has reversed an earlier decision requiring farmers to sow only certified seed this year after finding contamination by the genetically modified CDC Triffid in more cultivars. Prairie flax growers can continue sowing farm-saved seed provided it tests negative for traces of genetically modified (GM) CDC Triffid, flax growers were told at a
New York Is Big, But This Is Biggar Beer… And It’s Good
Beer camp. Instead of canoeing or basket weaving you learn how to make beer. And you get to taste beer – really, really good beer. It sounds too good to be true. Just imagine the campfire songs. This is not a sophomoric fantasy. This place exists and it’s run by Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. ,