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The official launch of the funding campaign to establish the Global Agriculture Technology Exchange (GATE) has been postponed, with Cereals’ Canada’s June 27 board meeting expected to clarify which members are staying and which might leave. Photo: Screencap via gate-canada.ca
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Membership crisis rocks Cereals Canada

Official launch of campaign to establish the Global Agriculture Technology Exchange has been postponed

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One medium-sized grain company has definitively decided to leave the organization, a large one has triggered a two-year option to depart if it chooses and other grain companies may have also triggered two-year potential-departure options, sources say.

The Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Crops now realizes it made a mistake in proposing a code of practice for grain farmers before first demonstrating why it’s needed, says roundtable chair Jason Lenz, seen here in a video from last year promoting the code. 
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Proposed grain code morphs into sustainability ‘tool’

Group revamps controversial code after extensive consultations with buyers and farmers

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After four years and considerable controversy, Canada’s grain industry has revamped its proposed code of practice by turning it into a sustainability “tool.” A cross-Canada working group developed the guide, which is focused on practices already widely employed by farmers and on raising awareness of that stewardship, according to the chair of the Canadian Roundtable
Trade impacts from the CFIA’s gene editing decision are vastly different on either side of the organic conventional line.
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The trade take on CFIA’s gene-editing decision

Canada joins many countries friendly to GE crops, but some regions and organic markets will continue to opt out

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When it comes to grain trade, systems that provide transparency and choice for customers will likely continue to be important as more gene-edited crops hit the market. “We’re working proactively on some of these approaches,” said Krista Zuzak, director of crop protection and production with Cereals Canada. WHY IT MATTERS: Trade impacts from the CFIA’s gene-editing decision are vastly different on either
Sheila elder (third from right) visits a flour mill in Ecuador with members of the Latin America new crop mission. The mill uses almost exclusively Canadian wheat, Elder said.
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Supply, sustainability top of mind for Canada’s wheat customers

Cereals Canada’s new crop missions found millers and bakers eager to ensure their supply of wheat amid global food insecurity

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Latin American millers and bakers were keen to learn about Canadian farmers’ sustainability practices, says a Manitoba farmer recently returned from a Cereals Canada new crop mission. “There was a lot that we just weren’t letting people know that we actually do,” said Sheila Elder, a farmer from Wawanesa. Elder participated in Cereals Canada’s crop
Crop quality ‘complete turnaround’: Cereals Canada
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Crop quality ‘complete turnaround’: Cereals Canada

Good harvest conditions have delayed Cereals Canada’s Harvest Assessment Program

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Preliminary estimates suggest better cereal crop quality this year compared to 2021, says Elaine Sopiwnyk, vice-president, technical services for Cereals Canada. Formal results from the organization’s harvest assessment program are not yet available, but estimates from Cereals Canada’s weekly calls with the exporters that participate in the program suggest things look good. “What we’ve heard
Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau and Cereals Canada CEO Dean Dias forego the customary ribbon cutting for a bread cutting ceremony to celebrate 50 years of Cereals Canada.
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Half a century of Cereals Canada

Under different names, Cereals Canada has been the face of the country’s high-quality grain exports for five decades

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With supply-chain issues, the war in Ukraine and looming concerns over global food security, Cereals Canada has its work cut out for it.  “Canadian agriculture plays a very important role in providing food security to the world,” said the industry association’s CEO Dean Dias. “We do that by doing scientific work, innovation…technical support, customer service,
What about wheat?
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What about wheat?

Cereals Canada website resource talks up the fine points of Canadian wheat and wheat research

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Wheat has taken its turn as a food ‘villain.’ For instance, in the early 2010s, the book Wheat Belly by cardiologist Dr. William Davis told consumers that wheat, and in fact most grains, was a cause of the flab around their belly, joint pain, eczema, and even depression and anxiety. The book was a bestseller,
“We ended up overall with a very high-quality crop with high protein levels. ” – Derek Bunkowsky.
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New crop mission answered drought-related questions

Customers wanted to know about the quality and quantity of wheat after a tough growing season

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Rationing of wheat and durum, protein-related issues, but overall a good-quality crop. That was what international buyers were told to expect during Cereals Canada’s virtual new crop missions in late 2021. In a webinar on January 17, Cereals Canada staff, farmer representatives and experts summarized what they said to, and what they heard from, customers
Cereals Canada’s executive committee unchanged
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Cereals Canada’s executive committee unchanged

Membership grows to 21 cereals organizations

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Cereals Canada’s executive committee is unchanged following its first annual meeting June 24 since amalgamating with the Canadian International Grains Institute (Cigi) June 1, 2020. Farmer Todd Hames of the Alberta Wheat Commission (AWC) chair, Cargill’s Jennifer Marchand vice-chair, farmer Robert Misko of the Manitoba Crop Alliance (MCA) treasurer and Richardson’s Jean-Marc Ruest secretary. “I
A wheat crop on the Prairies nears harvest in 2018.
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High-quality online presentations to promote high-quality Canadian wheat

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COVID-19 has sidelined Cereals Canada and the Canadian Grain Commission’s annual in-person fall new crop missions, to major Canadian cereal customers around the globe. But Cam Dahl is confident the live, online seminars starting Nov. 20, will be effective. “This is something we’re putting a lot of effort into,” Dahl, Cereals Canada’s chief strategy officer,

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