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Revenue Cap Accounting Questioned

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CN and CP won’t face penalties for exceeding their revenue caps in the crop year that ended July 31, even though farmers paid about $6 per tonne above those caps to ship their grain. The railways collectively were $5.4 million or 17 cents a tonne under the Canadian Transportation Agency’s (CTA) revenue cap of almost
Cereals, News

CGC Seeks A Doubling Of Fees

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The Canadian Grain Commission wants to more than double its service fees in anticipation that Ottawa will soon cut back support for the agency. Under the proposal, fees, which have been frozen since 1991, could average $1.80 a tonne, up from about 70 cents, said CGC spokesman Remi Gosselin. “We are getting 50 per cent
Cereals, Crops

Lower-Quality Crop Prompts Creation Of New Standard Samples

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Apoorer-quality western Canadian crop in 2010 has prompted new standard samples, standard prints and guide samples for wheat, peas, pea beans and lentils. They’re used to assist grain inspections grade grain, Randy Dennis, Canada’s chief grain inspector with the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC), said in a recent interview. “If there’s an opportunity to add a
Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

CGC Continues Researching Machines To Help Grain Grading

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Someday distinctly green kernels in canola and sprout damage in wheat may no longer be grading factors. The hope is instruments in elevators will be able to precisely measure the chlorophyll content in canola and the falling number in wheat. Those are the real degrading factors end-users are trying to uncover by counting distinctly green
Cereals, Country Crossroads

A New Year, New Recipes

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Most of us start January with resolve to take better care of our health, eating well, exercising regularly, and finding a bit more of that “balance” we seek in our lives. It can be tricky to stay fit during a long Manitoba winter, unless we’re skiers and skaters, or walk a great deal. Fortunately, many
Cereals, Country Crossroads

Why Eat Barley?

Arguably one of the oldest grains ever eaten, we “drink” this ancient grain more often than we eat it. Barley is also easy to find on store shelves, either as pearled or pot barley. Polishing to make pot or pearl barley removes the inedible hull, although that also removes some of the nutrients too. Whole
Cereals, Crops

Western Barley Futures Contract Languishes

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Open interest in western barley futures have declined to virtually zero, which would normally signal the end of the contract’s long and distinguished history is close at hand. However, officials from ICE Futures Canada are not ready to give up on the contract quite yet and are working on ways to reinvigorate it. Open interest
Cereals, Crops

CWB Ups Wheat And Durum PROs

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The Canadian Wheat Board expects to see higher prices for the wheat and durum marketed during the 2010-11 crop year, according to updated Pool Return Outlooks released Dec. 16. Malt barley price expectations were revised slightly lower from the previous month, while feed barley was left unchanged. PROs for wheat were increased by $3 to
Cereals, Crops

Protecting Canada’s Grain Quality Reputation

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The Canadian Grain Co m m i s s i o n , t h e Canadian Wheat Board and the Western Grain Elevators Association have jointly issued a release reminding farmers that producer declarations protect the returns farmers earn from the international marketplace. The declaration system relies on producers to attest that the grain

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