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Notable changes in exports to China, India

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm November 7, 2025

China and India figured prominently in the September export data issued by the Canadian Grain Commission on Nov. 7. For the most part, the CGC’s numbers highlighted issues with grain, oilseed and pulse exports from licensed facilities to those countries.

A nameplate outside the Canadian Grain Commission building in downtown Winnipeg. (Dave Bedard photo)

Markets, News

Canadian Grain Commission to use surplus to avoid fee increases

By Phil Franz-Warkentin October 27, 2025

The Canadian Grain Commission will continue to use its surplus to cover budget shortfalls and avoid potential fee increases until 2028, the federal agency announced Monday, Oct. 27.

Wheat is straight cut as combines hit the fields to harvest in Binscarth, Manitoba on Sept. 25, 2025. Photo: Greg Berg

Crops, News

UPDATED: Mail strike disrupts grain sample delivery

The Canadian Grain Commission has asked farmers to consider delivering harvest samples directly to CGC offices, services centres or approved drop offs as Canada Post strike delays mail

By Jeff Melchior October 10, 2025

The Canadian Grain Commission has asked farmers to consider delivering harvest samples directly to CGC offices, services centres or approved drop offs as Canada Post strike delays mail.

Canada’s postal strike has complicated sample submission to the Canadian Grain Commission’s Harvest Sample Program. Photo: Greg Berg

Crops, News

Mail strike disrupts grain sample delivery

By Jeff Melchior October 7, 2025

The Canadian Grain Commission has asked farmers to consider delivering harvest samples directly to CGC offices, services centres or approved drop offs as Canada Post strike delays mail.

Crops, Reuters

Canadian durum samples show damage from wet weather

By Ed White, Reuters September 22, 2025

Canada’s durum crop has been damaged from rainy, damp conditions, with some farmers holding off on harvesting crops in the hopes of drier weather the Canadian Grain Commission said.

A canola crop partially in swath near St. Adolphe, Man. in September 2023. Pic: Dave Bedard

Crops, Markets, Op/Ed

Should you believe boots on the ground or satellites in the sky on Canadian canola production?

Expert’s Radar: It looks like StatCan’s newer high-tech monitoring protocols won the battle this past crop year

By Phil Franz-Warkentin August 30, 2025

Questions remain over just how much canola was grown in Canada a year ago, and whether the satellites and computer models now producing most estimates are as reliable as ground-level surveys, given the data’s weight on canola prices.

Crops, News

The Redwood Group to no longer hold grain dealer licence

By Geralyn Wichers June 30, 2025

Food and feed ingredient supplier The Redwood Group will no longer hold a grain dealer licence as of July 1, the Canadian Grain Commission said.

Canola futures prices have just about recovered from the decline caused by the imposition of Chinese tariffs on canola meal and oil. Canola products sales to the U.S. continue without any tariffs.

Markets

ICE Canada Weekly: Canola in a good position

July contract to hit C$700/tonne, just when?

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm April 23, 2025

Canola futures are expected to climb higher on the Intercontinental Exchange in the coming weeks, commented Phil Speiss, trader with RBC Dominion Securities in Winnipeg. How quickly that happens is dependent on whether demand rationing kicks in or not.

The Canadian Grain Commission said Aug. 28 both dealer and primary elevator licences at Purely Canada Foods’ Saskatchewan facilities in Avonlea, Kindersley and Lajord had been pulled and farmers in all three prairie provinces could be owed money. | Screencap via youtube.com/Purely Canada Foods

News

Eligible Purely Canada claimants receive full payouts

Not all claims against the Saskatchewan-based company were eligible

By Karen Briere March 6, 2025

The Canadian Grain Commission has announced that producers owed money from Purely Canada Foods have been fully compensated, just days after a lender applied to place the company in receivership.

Patty Rosher, former assistant chief commissioner of the Canadian Grain Commission, said things turned south in September 2022 when Agriculture Canada’s director general of human resources informed her that she was being investigated for allegations of inappropriate behaviour.

Crops, News

Former assistant commissioner claims harassment at Canadian Grain Commission

Patty Rosher says she was informed she was being investigated for allegations of inappropriate behaviour in September 2022

By Sean Pratt February 19, 2025

A former assistant chief commissioner of the Canadian Grain Commission has written a blog post claiming she was subjected to interference and harassment during her time at the agency.

Daily Network News

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U.S. grains: Corn futures set June high on US export demand

California researchers create nitrogen-fixing wheat

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Notable changes in exports to China, India

Canadian Grain Commission to use surplus to avoid fee increases

UPDATED: Mail strike disrupts grain sample delivery

Mail strike disrupts grain sample delivery

Canadian durum samples show damage from wet weather

Should you believe boots on the ground or satellites in the sky on Canadian canola production?

The Redwood Group to no longer hold grain dealer licence

ICE Canada Weekly: Canola in a good position

Eligible Purely Canada claimants receive full payouts

Former assistant commissioner claims harassment at Canadian Grain Commission

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