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Air cleared at Canadian Grain Commission?

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Manitoba Co-operator reporting discord among the Canadian Grain Commission’s (CGC) three commissioners has cleared the air around the CGC’s office, according to sources. In March sources told the Co-operator there was division and mistrust among the commissioners, over Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s review of the Canada Grain Act and the CGC, which administers it. It
Producer groups say the CGC surplus should be used to lower fees for farmers, but the commission disagrees.
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Grain Growers of Canada calls for further cuts

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The Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) will not cut its fees to further reduce its surplus ahead of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s (AAFC) review of the commission and the Canada Grain Act, which it administers. Remi Gosselin, manager of the CGC’s corporate information services made the comment last month in response to calls from the Grain
The Canadian Grain Commission has been under review on and off since 2006.
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Digging into the grain act, CGC review

Ag Canada plans on a comprehensive exercise not just a Bill C-48 reboot

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When Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) told the Grains Roundtable in Montreal March 8 it was leading a review of the Canada Grain Act and Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) it didn’t seem unusual. The CGC has been under review on and off since 2006 when the last comprehensive review was wrapped up. In 2013 the
The Certificate Final is issued on every cargo, and guarantees it meets official grade specifications.
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Farmers defend grain commission’s role

WGEA says the CGC can continue to protect Canada’s brand by overseeing private grain inspectors

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The creation of the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) 107 years ago followed decades of farmer complaints that the grain trade cheated them on grades and diluted the quality of their grain when exported. Much has changed since 1912, but many farmers say the CGC is still needed. “The reasons why the CGC was invented in
Editorial, Opinion

Editorial: Lose the certificate, lose the brand

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These days you can hardly read an article on business success without a reference to the importance of branding. But last week the federal budget confirmed what we reported in the last issue — the Canadian Grain Commission and its Certificate Final for export shipments are under review. That means that so is the brand
Sources say the Canadian Grain Commission’s chief commissioner is pushing a pro-grain company agenda with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.
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CGC review predetermined?

Farmers worried their interests won’t be 
considered

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Evidence has surfaced that the Canadian Grain Commission’s chief commissioner is promoting a pro-company agenda in a pending review of the Canada Grain Act while sidelining two assistant commissioners in the process. The review was announced at a meeting of the industry’s Grains Round Table and confirmed in last week’s federal budget. It said the
Should falling number and DON be grading factors?
Cereals, Crops

Should falling number and DON be grading factors?

Expensive machines would replace visual assessments of sprout and fusarium damage

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Should falling number and deoxynivalenol (DON) be official grain-grading factors? The Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) is asking the grain industry for opinions before May 10. Both factors are included now, but through visual proxies — sprout damage for falling number and fusarium-damaged kernels for DON. They aren’t as accurate as machine measurements, but they are
“Most of our trials, everything pushes yield. We’re looking at three, four, five per cent be!er than the checks, and that’s a significant increase for the average farmer. Now we have to be cognizant that we’re not giving up one or two points of protein to get a couple of points of yield.” – Glen Hawkins, PRCPSC chair
Crops, Pulses

Time for a new balance on pulse protein-yield trade-off

The group that recommends new pulse varieties for registration with the CFIA says it hopes to “bolster” or, at the least, “hold the line” on protein


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Canada’s pulses have a protein problem, and now the group that recommends varieties for CFIA registration says it’s time to add it back into the equation. The shortfall was under scrutiny during the latest annual meeting of the Prairie Recommending Committee for Pulse and Special Crops (PRCPSC) in Saskatoon Feb. 25-28. The committee highlighted the
The Canadian Grain Commission's head office in Winnipeg. Some in the industry would like to see the CGC's 'Certificate Final' quality guarantee made optional.
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AAFC launches CGC and grain act review

Chief commissioner downplays reports of disagreement among commissioners

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Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada has quietly launched a review of the Canadian Grain Act and its administrator the Canadian Grain Commission, sources have told the Manitoba Co-operator. The review, which has not been announced to the public, comes amid mistrust and division among the CGC’s three commissioners, according to several sources. CGC chief commissioner Patti

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