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Cigi CEO JoAnne Buth
Cereals, Crops

New milling and sorting equipment for Cigi

The Canadian International Grains Institute still plans to expand, but isn’t looking for funding just yet

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Some unique and cutting-edge technology is about to be installed at the Canadian International Grains Institute (Cigi), courtesy of $2 million in funding from the federal and provincial governments. “Agriculture is changing, we need to cater to the international markets and Cigi has always been known for the testing, developing work it does,” said Manitoba’s
bread display on a table
Cereals

VIDEO: The many definitions of bread

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Bread is on one hand one of the world’s most common foods, but on the other hand one of the most varied. In this video, staff at the Canadian International Grains Institute (Cigi) talk about the different types of bread around the world, and how they work with customers to determine the best type of
Eric McLean
Cereals, Crops

Gluten strength improving, but customers remain concerned

After some recent soul-searching, Canada’s wheat industry seems intent on 
restoring its reputation for quality and consistency

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Canadian bread-making wheat, once considered the world’s best, is selling at a discount to American and Australian wheat, according to some southeast Asian customers. Thanks to a shift in varieties, Canadian wheat quality has improved since 2013 when some customers complained about low gluten strength in the Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) class. Meanwhile, the
chickpeas in a testing lab
Crops, Pulses

VIDEO: Putting more ‘superfood’ in the North American diet

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It’s hardly an exaggeration to call pulses a ‘superfood’ — they’re high in protein and other nutrients, they’ve been proven to reduce bad cholesterol and they provide free nitrogen for the farmers who grow them. But while they’re a staple in diets in the Middle East, consumption is low in North America. In this video,
Rod Merryweather, CEO of FP Genetics, asking the Prairie Recommending Committee for Wheat, Rye and Triticale Feb. 26 to vote in favour of giving Elgin ND, a high-yielding American Dark Northern Spring wheat, a three-year interim registration for market development purposes.
Cereals, Crops

Nine new CWRS wheats recommended for registration

Sixteen of the 36 cultivars reviewed were automatically endorsed

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A record 36 cultivars sought the Prairie Recommending Committee for Wheat, Rye and Triticale’s support for registration at the committee’s annual meeting here Feb. 23 to 26. The committee of experts representing the grain industry from breeders and farmers to seed companies, marketers and end-users, assesses new cultivars to see if they meet the agronomic,
testing gluten strength
Cereals

VIDEO: The gluten story

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If you’ve ever chewed a few kernels of wheat to make ‘gum,’ you’ve done a gluten test. Domestic and overseas wheat millers do a somewhat more sophisticated gluten test to determine how flour milled from different wheats will perform in a bakery. The gluten strength of different varieties has been in the news lately, and
wheat sorting in a grain facility
Cereals, Crops

Cigi testing fusarium damage-control technology

New equipment shows promise for sorting fusarium kernels out of wheat and durum


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Cigi researchers are working with two technologies that show promise for upgrading fusarium-damaged grain. In partnership with the University of Saskatchewan, the institute has spent three years investigating the possibilities of near-infrared spectroscopy using a Swedish-designed BoMill. The institute has also been looking at the use of optical sorters, and presented both technologies at a
man at microphone
Crops, News

New provincial wheat and barley groups pledge to co-operate

There's agreement collaboration will make farmers' checkoff dollars stretch further

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Western Canada’s new provincial wheat and barley organizations agree their best path forward is co-operating to make the best use of farmers’ checkoff dollars — but that doesn’t mean there won’t be some bumps in the road. Some were evident during a panel discussion at the Interprovincial Seed Growers meeting in Winnipeg Nov. 5 when
A group of farmers taking a tour of Cigi in 2010
Cereals, Local news

Cigi gets funding, still searching for new location

Cigi gets support for 
market development

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The Canadian International Grains Institute (Cigi) has received five years of funding for its core programs, but is still looking for cash to cover a planned relocation. Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz announced an investment of $15 million Oct. 27, which will support market development efforts and sales of Canadian field crops in global markets through customer education
Earl Geddes.
Cereals, News

VIDEO: Retiring Cigi chief looks back

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Canadian International Grains Institute (Cigi) CEO Earl Geddes is retiring after more than 35 years in agriculture during which time he was a farmer, farm leader, consultant, senior wheat board official and head of Cigi. Manitoba Co-operator reporter Allan Dawson asked Geddes about some of the highlights of his career.

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