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Pulse weekly outlook: Wrinkles, loss of colour problems for lentils

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm September 10, 2019

MarketsFarm — As Canada’s lentil harvest comes along slowly, issues with wrinkles and the loss of colour have arisen, according to Markus Mosnaim of Globeway Canada in Mississauga. Loss of colour in green lentils translates to a downgrade, he said. “It can drop to No. 2, depending on how much colour is lost.” Wrinkles, meanwhile,

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USMCA ratification bill amends Canada Grain Act

By Allan Dawson, GFM Network News June 19, 2019

U.S. complaints that Canada discriminates against its wheat will be addressed, if Canadian legislation to ratify the updated North American Free Trade Agreement becomes law. Bill C-100, the implementing legislation for the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), received first and second reading in the House of Commons May 29 and last Tuesday (June 11) respectively. It

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Outrage, acceptance greet Son of NAFTA

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff October 2, 2018

Responses from Canada’s farm sectors range from acceptance to anger as concessions and market access granted under the successor to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) come into clearer view. Dairy: ‘Who needs an enemy?’ The new agreement, announced Sunday and dubbed the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) by the U.S. government, is expected to

The Canadian Grain Commission will use individual standard samples for frost/heat stress and mildew replacing the current combined standard samples as the assessment tools for these grading factors in all classes of western Canadian wheat starting Aug. 1. This photo shows various amounts of mildew versus a sound sample.

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Wheat grading factor changes August 1

Mildew and heat/frost stress will be assessed separately instead of in combination

By Allan Dawson June 26, 2018

Grading factors for mildew and heat/frost stress when grading western Canadian wheat will be tweaked starting Aug. 1, the start of the 2018-19 crop year, the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) has announced. “It’s not a significant difference,” Daryl Beswitherick, the CGC’s program manager for quality assurance standards and reinspection, said. “The frequency of the factors

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Pulse weekly outlook: Wrinkles, loss of colour problems for lentils

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