Grain Millers’ Saskatchewan milling plant at Yorkton. (GrainMillers.com)

Glyphosate raises milling questions

There’s more to the controversy surrounding glyphosate than whether the herbicide is safe to use or not: one miller has said it found oats and other grains treated with pre-harvest glyphosate don’t mill as well as untreated grains. Since 2015, Grain Millers Inc. has had a glyphosate-free policy on oats, said Eric Deblieck, a crop



The Canadian Grain Commission is still consulting the grain sector on proposed changes to Western Canada’s wheat class system, including the idea of a new milling wheat class that could be called Canada Northern Hard Red. The expert Prairie Recommending Committee for Wheat, Oats and Triticale is voting at its annual meeting at Banff in February.

Western Canadian wheat class consultations coming to a head

CGC proposing creating a new milling wheat class

Canada Northern Hard Red could be the name of a new western Canadian milling wheat class being proposed by the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC). However, both the class and the proposed name aren’t a done deal, say CGC officials Remi Gosselin and Daryl Beswitherick. “We’re going back to industry stakeholders and engaging in discussion to see