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The CFIA announced on June 14 that seven genetically modified wheat plants had been found earlier this year.
Cereals, News

GM wheat in Alberta raises questions

CFIA stresses what’s most important is Canada’s commercial wheat and seed system are GM-free

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Regulators are scratching their heads after seven genetically modified wheat plants were found in Alberta. No country, including Canada, allows genetically modified (GM) wheat to be produced commercially, so the discovery raises questions, including some the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) can’t answer, like how it got there and the variety of wheat involved. However,
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Cereals, News, Other

Delivery deadline looms as wheat classes change

Twenty-five CWRS and four CPSR wheats are going to the CNHR 
class Aug. 1

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Western Canadian farmers should deliver certain wheat varieties before July 31 or risk getting a lower price. Starting Aug. 1, 25 wheats in the Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) class and four in Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR), move to the Canada Northern Hard Red (CNHR) class (see variety list further down). The change, aimed
Canada’s top 10 wheat customers between August and March accounted for 74 per cent of wheat exports.

Cereals, News

Canadian wheat exports up so far this crop year

Cam Dahl of Cereals Canada credits quality and a weak Canadian dollar

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Canada is exporting more wheat than traditional competitors the United States and Australia thanks to a low Canadian dollar and the quality of Canadian wheat, says Cereals Canada president Cam Dahl. “You’re seeing exports from the Black Sea explode through the roof,” Dahl said in an interview May 15. “You’re seeing exports from the U.S.
(Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)
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Visible Canadian canola supplies tighten

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CNS Canada — Visible canola supplies in Canada dipped below one million tonnes for the first time since the 2017 harvest, according to the latest Canadian Grain Commission data. Canola stocks in commercial hands as of Sunday were pegged at 991,400 tonnes by the Canadian Grain Commission in its latest report. That’s down by about
Cigi, Cereals Canada explore merger
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Cigi, Cereals Canada explore merger

The two organizations already work closely and have some of the same members and directors

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Two Winnipeg grain industry organizations have joined the list of those pondering collaboration and even a possible merger. The Canadian International Grains Institute (Cigi) and Cereals Canada say now may be the time to band together. Cigi was created in 1972 to promote Canadian grain and field crops to domestic and international processors. Besides overseas
Some farm organizations say a balance is needed between the interests of the farmers who produce the wheat and the customers who buy and process it.
Cereals, Opinion

Opinion: The ongoing class struggle

What’s fuelling new concerns about Western Canada’s wheat classification system?

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Their timing seems off. Three years ago after consulting and reaching a consensus with Western Canada’s grain industry, the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) changed the end-use quality standards of two major wheat classes to address customer complaints about end-use quality, including low gluten strength. Now Cereals Canada’s executive director Cam Dahl says the wheat classification
That’s one rich ditch
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That’s one rich ditch

Our History: May 1994

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Both the U.S. Midwest and the Canadian Prairies suffered from too much moisture in 1993, but things had switched by the spring of 1994. This photo in our May 26 issue showed a ditch full of topsoil north of Carman, the result of gale-force winds on May 17. A recently bulldozed shelterbelt could be seen
Cereals, News, Other

The wheat class review process

The focus was on addressing customer complaints that wheats 
in the CWRS class had reduced gluten strength

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Customer complaints about lower gluten strength wheat in the Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) class started making headlines in 2013. But industry officials including Earl Geddes, then the executive director of the Canadian International Grains Institute (Cigi), and then Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) chief commissioner Elwin Hermanson, said the problem could be fixed. Chinese officials
Grain commission wheat class process criticized
Cereals, News, Other

Grain commission wheat class process criticized

The Alberta Wheat Commission and Cereals Canada call for more transparency and industry input

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Two grain groups are calling for reforms to how the grain industry determines end-use quality standards for milling wheat classes. Cereals Canada and the Alberta Wheat Commission say the process needs to be more open. The class system, overseen by the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) and used to protect Can­ada’s reputation for consistent wheat quality
Cereals, News

A fine balance

One major wheat seed producer says protecting Canada’s quality reputation is important

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Changes to wheat classes have been disruptive for the seed business, but it was also necessary, according to a representative of one of the country’s major seed companies. Todd Hyra, Western Canada business manager for SeCan says even though the wheat class changes have disrupted business for SeCan and its seed grower-members, restoring gluten strength

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