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A view from Globeways Canada’s office at Mississauga, Ont., from a 2011 video marking the presentation of the Mississauga Board of Trade’s award for Small Business of the Year. (MBOT video screengrab via YouTube)
Crops, Pulses

Pulse packers’ security covers cash owed to farmers

Sales of Globeways plants in Manitoba, Saskatchewan now approved

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More than 50 farmers who were owed money for deliveries to Prairie pulse and special crop processors Canpulse Foods and Global Grain Canada are expected to get what they’re owed, as both companies’ assets move to new ownership. Canpulse, Global Grain Canada and their parent company Globeways Canada went into receivership last Nov. 19, following
Grain Markets, Markets

Canadian grain exports up 35 per cent on the year

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Canadian grain companies continue to do brisk business moving grains and oilseeds out of the country, with movement of canola, wheat, barley and many other crops running well ahead of the year-ago pace. Crop-year-to-date exports of Canada’s major grains and oilseeds as of Jan. 17 came in at 26.4 million tonnes, according to Canadian Grain
Top: When there were thousands of elevators scattered across the Prairies, data gathering was much more difficult. Seen here the very first ‘standard’ elevator, built in 1881 in Gretna. Main: The G3 terminal elevator in Vancouver. These kinds of sophisticated operations make data collection relatively easy today.
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A century later a key data report still informs the grain trade

The Canadian Grain Commission’s Grain Statistics Weekly celebrates its 100th anniversary this year

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Canada’s grain industry has changed a lot since 1921, but some things have been constant — sowing, reaping, and of course, the Grains Statistics Weekly.  The publication, whose name succinctly describes its content, celebrates its 100th anniversary this year, the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) announced recently on its website. “In a lot of ways it
News, Other

Chasing grain stats in 1921

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It’s hard to imagine the effort it would have taken staff at the Board of Grain Commissioners for Canada (now Canadian Grain Commission), to gather the statistics reported in what became the Grains Statistics Weekly. The number of country elevators in Western Canada peaked at 5,758 in 1933. In January 1921, when the publication began,
“The grain companies have never wanted the CGC. They would much prefer a situation wherein they can make all the rules themselves... “ Stewart Wells, NFU.
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Grain act, grain commission review revived

The ongoing examination is sure to reveal fractures and differing interests

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Two pillars of Canada’s $26-billion grain industry are again under review — a process reviving long-standing divisions between some farmers and grain companies over grain industry regulations. The Canada Grain Act and Canadian Grain Commission which administers it, deal with grain buyer licensing, grade standards, grading disputes, quality control and producer payment protection. Some submissions
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CGC review started quietly amid suspicion in 2019, then sidelined

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Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) quietly began its review of the Canada Grain Act and the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) in March 2019. The kickoff was an AAFC briefing to members of the Grains Roundtable, which represents a cross-section of the grain sector. There was no ministerial announcement or news release, but shortly after it
The Canadian Grain Commission building on Main Street in Winnipeg. (File photo)
Crops

Feds launch consultations on Canada Grain Act

Review to run until April 30

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The federal government is now officially canvassing the grains sector on upgrades to Canada’s grain regulatory system. Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau, speaking Tuesday to Saskatchewan crop organizations’ virtual CropSphere conference, announced the feds’ current Canada Grain Act review has entered its consultation stage, running until April 30. The government said it wants feedback from grain
Doug Chorney is the Canadian Grain Commission’s new chief commissioner. He was appointed assistant chief commissioner in 2017 and had been acting chief since June.
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Praise for Canadian Grain Commission staff during pandemic

Doug Chorney used his family history to underscore the importance of hope in these tough times

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Hope is a powerful state of mind, important now as ever. That’s the message Doug Chorney delivered to Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) staff in a speech Dec. 17. At the time he was the CGC’s acting chief commissioner; Dec. 21 he was appointed chief. “In 1903 my grandfather came to Canada from Poland as a
Canola samples tested by the Canadian Grain Commission suggested overwintered canola from last year can still be processed into 
good-quality oil.
News, Oilseeds

Overwintered canola can still have value, but process it quickly

Grain commission released the results of a study it did on canola seeded in 2019 and harvested this spring

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Some of the unharvested canola that overwintered in 2019-20 was worth harvesting and processing based on research led by Véronique Barthet, the program manager for oilseeds with the Canadian Grain Commission’s (CGC) Grain Research Laboratory. “Grain handlers and processors had concerns about free fatty acid levels in overwintered canola crops,” Barthet said in a CGC
Doug Chorney (left) is the Canadian Grain Commission's new chief commissioner. He was appointed assistant chief commission in 2017 and had being acting chief since June. KAP general manager Patty Rosher (right) was appointed assistant chief commissioner of the Canadian Grain Commission Dec. 21, 2020.
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CGC’s Doug Chorney promoted to chief, Patty Rosher appointed assistant chief commissioner

In addition to its regular work, the grain commissioner and grain act are under review

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The Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) has a new chief and assistant chief commissioner. Doug Chorney, the CGC’s acting chief commissioner, has been promoted to chief and Patty Rosher, general manager of the Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) since March 2019, is the new assistant chief commissioner. Both appointments were announced by Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Marie-Claude

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