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Nancy Edwards: Keen for the challenges of wheat research

By Val Ominski When Nancy Edwards, a biological technology grad from Red River Community College, joined the Grain Research Lab as a technician in 1976, little did she know that one day she would be the scientist responsible for the lab’s bread wheat research group. Edwards went on to achieve her PhD in Food Science
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One GRL scientist and his revolutionary technology

By Val Ominski Protein has always made the wheat world go round, but it became even more important in the mid-1960s when some of the world’s major wheat producers began selling wheat according to protein content. In response, the Canadian Grain Commission developed a method for segregating wheat based on protein content — thereby increasing
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Fair treatment for Western farmers began 100 years ago

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It was more than a century ago but bitter conflict between farmers and the early western Canadian grain industry still resonates in the childhood memories of old-timers like Harvey English. “It was highway robbery. That’s what it was in those days,” says English, 94. “They were just stealing everything off the farmer that they could
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Cost versus benefit

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Canada’s wheat-grading system might be costing more than the benefit it returns, says Richardson International’s vice-president of corporate affairs and general counsel, Jean-Marc Ruest. To ensure the quality of Canadian milling wheat-variety registration and wheat classes are regulated. There are many grades within each class, plus differentials for protein content. “People aren’t sure if the
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CGC guarantees Canadian grain quality worldwide

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The baker is already planning his production and quality-control program for months ahead, based on grain from halfway around the world he has never laid eyes on, much less inspected. But he isn’t worried. He knows he will almost certainly get exactly the right kind of wheat with the precise specifications he requested. He also
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CWB tries to bring clarity to new open markets

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Staff say the more grain it gets the closer it can get to providing the benefits of the soon-to-be-dismantled CWB

The tiny village of Somerset was shrouded in fog March 30, not unlike the outlook for Western Canada’s new open wheat and barley market. More than 80 farmers made their way through the morning mist to hear about the CWB’s new pricing options, which includes two pools and cash offerings. It was the last in
Cereals, Opinion

An independent view

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The Co-operator began an ambitious project a few months ago, setting out to tell the history behind the Canadian Grain Commission as it celebrates 100 years of service this month. One of the things we discovered early into the effort was that there is a lot of history to tell — the story of how
Cereals, Opinion

Foreign traders vying for piece of North American grain-handling sector

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The urgency to operate in the United States or Canada has grown because of increasing global demand for crops

For decades, the world’s leading grain traders like Cargill and Bunge enjoyed an unparalleled advantage: their smaller North American competitors lacked the flexibility and diversity of a global operation, and their foreign rivals lacked access to the biggest and most stable exporters in the world. That’s about to change. Large U.S. and Canadian grain companies

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