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2003-2004
Fusarium head blight in western Canada
Revised February 7, 2003
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August
Grain Statistics Weekly
The weekly and crop year to-date movement of principal grains and oilseeds from Canadian farms for domestic processing and export.
Exports of Canadian Grain and Wheat Flour
A monthly and crop year to-date review of grains, oilseeds and wheat flour exported to country of destination. Includes port and sector points of exit.
Memoranda of the CGC
Extension of Severely Sprouted Tolerances
News Release
Canadian Grain Commission explains how to protect stored grain during hot weather
The Canadian Grain Commission is reminding producers and grain handlers about ways to maintain grain quality when storing grain during hot weather this harvest.
Visitors and Tours
Australian Wheat Board and Boston Consulting Group
Regulatory
Licensing and Payment Protection for Producers
Canada Grain Regulations
Memoranda of the CGC
Memoranda of the CGC
Canada Grain Regulations - Amendments made to Schedule 1
News Release
Canadian Grain Commission launches its 2003 harvest survey
Starting this month, the Canadian Grain Commission will mill, bake, cook and crush thousands of grain samples in the 2003 harvest survey.
Harvest Survey
CGC Harvest Survey: confirming facts about Canadian grain
Licensed Primary Elevator Tariffs
Each grain company determines the maximum tariffs (fees) which they will charge for services. These services include elevating, cleaning, drying and storing grain. All companies are required to file a schedule of tariffs with the Canadian Grain Commission before the beginning of each crop year and before any increases are made during the year.
Licensed Terminal Elevator Tariffs
Each grain company determines the maximum tariffs (fees) which they will charge for services. These services include elevating, cleaning, drying and storing grain. All companies are required to file a schedule of tariffs with the Canadian Grain Commission before the beginning of each crop year and before any increases are made during the year.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are standard samples and are they different every year?
Frequently Asked Questions
Repeal of regulations that deal with 90-day payment
What are the regulations that deal with 90-day payment?
Are the 90-day payment regulations the same as producer security provisions?
What does the repeal of the 90-day payment regulations mean for producers and licensees?
Why did the Canadian Grain Commission repeal the 90-day payment regulations?
When were the 90-day payment regulations established?
Visitors and Tours
Visitors from Parrish and Heimbecker Limited
Licensed Process Elevator Tariffs
Each grain company determines the maximum tariffs (fees) which they will charge for services. These services include elevating, cleaning, drying and storing grain. All companies are required to file a schedule of tariffs with the Canadian Grain Commission before the beginning of each crop year and before any increases are made during the year.
Grain Elevators in Canada
Licensed Transfer Elevator Tariffs
Each grain company determines the maximum tariffs (fees) which they will charge for services. These services include elevating, cleaning, drying and storing grain. All companies are required to file a schedule of tariffs with the Canadian Grain Commission before the beginning of each crop year and before any increases are made during the year.
Canola Export Quality Data
List of Licensees
According to the Canada Grain Act, elevators and grain dealers must be licensed and post security to cover their liabilities (what they owe) to grain producers. The Canadian Grain Commission licenses elevator companies and grain dealers.
Producer Car Loading Facilities Exempted from Licensing
Orders of the CGC
Order-2003-78 - Producer Car Order for Crop Year 2003-2004
Order-2003-79 - Deer, Antelope, Elk or Moose Excreta
Order-2003-80 - Calculation of Moisture Shrinkage Allowance for Grain Artificially Dried at Primary Elevators
Order-2003-81 - Non-Registered Varieties of Peas, Beans, Lentils
Product Segregation Codes
Western Grain Inspection, effective August 1, 2003
The Product Segregation Code books contain grain codes and associated product codes within each grain.
Product Segregation Codes
Eastern Grain Inspection, effective August 1, 2003
The Product Segregation Code books contain grain codes and associated product codes within each grain.
July
Flaxseed Export Quality Data
Canadian Identity Preserved Recognition System
Producer Cars
Summary of Major Producer Car Rules and Important Facts for the 2003-2004 Crop Year
Visitors and Tours
Visitors from
Oriental Brewery in South Korea
Delegation
from the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply
Memoranda of the CGC
Grading Product Selected for the Warburton Program
Official Grain Grading Guide
The Guide is used by CGC grain inspectors as a complete reference on the grading of grains, oilseeds and pulses.
Business Group
The CGC has commenced a 2 year, $3.5 million project funded by the Canadian International Development Agency.
Visitors and Tours
Canadian
Seed Growers Association
Two Agricore United grain buyers
News Tip
Marquis wheat: King Wheat is 100 years old by Bill Scowcroft
In August 1903, Charles Saunders selected a single head of wheat from a sea of plots at the Central Experimental Station in Ottawa-and made history.
Frequently Asked Questions
Questions and Answers about Shrinkage
June
Visitors and Tours
Staff from the Translation Bureau
News Release
CGC implements regulatory changes for 2003-04 crop year
On August 1, 2003 the Canadian Grain Commission will implement regulatory changes to support efficient grain handling in Canada and to address quality concerns of processors, buyers and marketers.
News Release
Canadian Grain Commission to repeal regulations that deal with 90-day payment
Following consultations with producers and the grain industry, the Canadian Grain Commission has decided to repeal regulations that direct licensed primary and process elevators and grain dealers to pay producers in full for grain within 90 days of purchase, regardless of whether producers have requested payment.
Visitors and Tours
Visitors from North East Terminal
Variety Eligibility Declaration (VED)
News Release
More unique opportunities for processors
Canada is already a leader in supplying identity preserved crops (IP) domestically and around the world. Now the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) will be helping Canadian agricultural suppliers gain recognition for their ability to supply products to unique customer specifications.
Services
Canadian Identity Preserved Recognition System (CIPRS)
Identity preserved agricultural production involves maintaining the unique traits or quality characteristics of a crop right from seed through transportation, handling until processing.
Resources
Scientific paper
Separation
and characterization of barley starch polymers by a flow field-flow
fractionation (FFF) technique in combination with multi-angle light
scattering (MALS) and differential refractive index (RI) detection by S. You, S. G. Stevenson, M. S. Izydorczyk and K. R. Preston.
Published in Cereal Chemistry 79(5):624-630.
Quality Data for Soybean Shipments
Third summary for 2002-2003 shipment testing
Visitors and Tours
Alberta Canola Producers Commission
Journalist from Bulletin de l'Agriculteur, Chicoutimi, Quebec
Memoranda of the CGC
May
Moisture Conversion Table
Effective August, 2003
Visitors and Tours
Louis Dreyfus Corp. representatives from the United States
Increasing the
Grain Company Auditing Capability of the Canadian Grain Commission
Canadian Embassy in the Dominican Republic
Exhibit Program
Western Canada Farm Progress Show, Regina, June 18 to 20
Memoranda of the CGC
Grade Revisions Adopted from the April 8, 2003 Meeting of the Western Grain Standards Committee
Harvest Survey 2002
Quality of Canadian soybeans 2002
This report provides quality data for the 122 soybean samples submitted to the Grain Research Laboratory. The Canadian Grain Commission's Industry Services in Chatham, Ontario, collected the harvest survey samples. The data in this survey also included a significant number of samples (41) identified as being grown in Manitoba.
News Release
Research project aims to reduce malting barley marketing risks
A research partnership spearheaded by the Canadian Grain Commission and funded by Automated Quality Testing Inc. could reduce risk in malting barley marketing for producers, grain companies and malting companies and increase the competitiveness of Canadian malting barley in world markets.
Memoranda of the CGC
Excreta Detection in Grain at Terminal and Transfer Elevators
Speech
Presentation to Inland Terminal Elevators Association
In our role as regulator and mediator, leader in grain research, and issuer of the Certificate Final we are responding to and initiating many changes.
April
Visitors and Tours
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Exports of Canadian Grain and Wheat Flour
A monthly and crop year to-date review of grains, oilseeds and wheat flour exported to country of destination. Includes port and sector points of exit.
Visitors and Tours
Guides and Manuals
Sampling Systems Handbook and Approval Guide
The Sampling Systems Manual contains the requirements for automatic mechanical sampling systems that are used for official Canadian Grain Commission samples, and is intended for CGC inspectors and members of the grain trade.
Quality Matters
Evaluation of a rapid test for sprout damage underway
Sprout damage in wheat is a tricky thing to assess. A wheat sample containing a small amount of severely sprouted kernels may have high levels of alpha-amylase, the enzyme that damages bread-making quality. Or it may not.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why do grain grades change throughout the year?
Harvest Survey 2002
Quality of 2002 western Canadian mustard - HTML version
This report presents information on the oil, protein and glucosinolate contents and the fatty acid composition of oriental (Brassica juncea), brown (Brassica juncea) and yellow (Sinapis alba) mustard grown throughout western Canada in 2002.
Visitors and Tours
News Release
Canadian Grain Commission compensates producer-creditors of API Grain Processors Ltd.
Most farmers owed money by API Grain Processors Ltd. following its December 3, 2002 receivership will soon receive cheques for 99.8 per cent of the value of their claims.
Memoranda of the CGC
Approval and Testing of Sampling Systems
Canadian Grain Commission, Corporate Publication
Report on Plans and Priorities, 2003-2004
The Report details how the Canadian Grain Commission intends to use the resources at its disposal to discharge its responsibilities to protect grain producers' interests and to ensure consistent grain quality to Canada's domestic and foreign grain customers.
Facts for Farmers
A grade changes only after the Western Standards Committee has researched, discussed and approved the change, and after the regulations in the Canada Grain Act change. While grades change rarely, standard samples may change slightly each year to reflect the specific environmental conditions of the growing year.
News Release
Farmer-creditors of FarmGro Organic Foods fully compensated by the Canadian Grain Commission
The Canadian Grain Commission will compensate fully all but one of 28 farmers owed money by FarmGro Organic Foods following the company's receivership December 17, 2002.
Visitors and Tours
Visitors and Tours
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Harvest Survey 2002
Quality of 2002 western Canadian mustard - Adobe PDF version
This report presents information on the oil, protein and glucosinolate contents and the fatty acid composition of oriental (Brassica juncea), brown (Brassica juncea) and yellow (Sinapis alba) mustard grown throughout western Canada in 2002.
March
News Release
Canadian Grain Commission Assistant Chief Commissioner Terry Harasym has announced the next steps in the CGC study of a proposal to use variety eligibility declarations (VED) to segregate grain in the grain handling system.
Memoranda of the CGC
Visitors and Tours
Slide Presentation,
Domestic Mustard Seed Grading by Louise Christiansen, February 2003
Canadian Grain Exports
An annual review of the Exports of Canadian Grain and Wheat Flour.
Memoranda of the CGC
Assignment of Grades to Alsen Wheat
Memoranda of the CGC
Visitors and Tours
Sinograin Northern Agricultural Development Company Ltd.
News Release
Alsen eligible for top three CWRS grades until July 31, 2003 only
The Canadian Grain Commission has announced that Alsen, a variety of hard red spring wheat whose interim registration expires March 27, 2003, will continue to be eligible for the top three grades of Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat until July 31, 2003, only.
News release email service
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Publications
The Canadian Identity Preserved Recognition System
Canada has maintained an enviable reputation for supplying domestic and world markets with safe, high quality grain, oilseeds and pulses. Underlying that reputation is Canada's use of varieties that produce superior food products and a regulatory system by which quality and safety are assured on a consistent basis.
Quality Data for Soybean Shipments
Second summary for 2002-2003 shipment testing
Employment Equity
Harvest Survey 2002
Quality of 2002 Western Canadian Solin
This report presents quality data and information based on the Canadian Grain Commission 2002 harvest survey of western Canadian solin. Quality data presented includes oil content, protein content, and fatty acid composition of solin harvest survey samples.
Harvest Survey 2002
Quality of 2002 Western Canadian Canola
This report presents quality data and information based on the Canadian Grain Commission 2002 harvest survey of western Canadian canola. Quality parameters included are the contents of oil, protein, chlorophyll, glucosinolates and free fatty acids, and the fatty acid composition of harvest samples.
Visitors and Tours
Grain Deliveries at Prairie Points
The tables show the total deliveries of - wheat, oats, barley, flaxseed, canola and peas at licensed primary elevators located at prairie shipping points, for the crop year 2001-2002, firstly by province and secondly by train runs within grain loading blocks. Also shown are average annual deliveries at each point over the 10-year period 1991-92 to 2000-01.
Publications
Quality of Canadian Flax
Revised March 3, 2003
James K. Daun and Doug DeClercq
Canadian flaxseed is valued for its consistent high quality. This quality is measured as high oil content, high iodine value and low moisture, admixture and free fatty acids. The primary reason for the high quality of Canadian flaxseed is the active involvement of plant breeders in maintaining and increasing quality standards.
February
Harvest Survey 2002
Quality of 2002 western Canadian flaxseed - Adobe PDF version
Visitors and Tours
Exports of Canadian Grain and Wheat Flour
A monthly and crop year to-date review of grains, oilseeds and wheat flour exported to country of destination. Includes port and sector points of exit.
Visitors and Tours
Visitors
from Dysart, Saskatchewan
News Release
Canadian Grain Commission reviews status of canary seed
The Canadian Grain Commission is asking producers and the grain industry if canary seed should be designated a grain under the Canada Grain Act and Regulations.
Discussion Paper
Should canary seed be designated a grain under the Canada Grain Act?
In order for a crop to be regulated in accordance with the Canada Grain Act, it must be designated as a grain in the Canada Grain Regulations. Currently, 21 grains are so designated. Grains may be added by amending the regulations. The Canadian Grain Commission is requesting that interested parties comment on whether or not canary seed should be so designated.
Visitors and Tours
Harvest Survey 2002
Quality of 2002 Western Canadian Flaxseed
This report presents quality data and information based on the Canadian Grain Commission 2002 harvest survey of western Canadian flaxseed. Quality data presented includes oil, protein and free fatty acids content, the fatty acid composition, and the iodine value of harvest survey samples.
Fusarium Head Blight
Fusarium
head blight in western Canada
Cultural Characteristics of the Causal Agents of FHB in Western Canada
Harvest Survey 2002
Quality of 2002 western Canadian wheat
Data presented in this report were generated from quality tests carried out on composites representing approximately 6000 individual samples submitted by producers and primary elevator managers from the three prairie provinces. These data are not quality specifications for Canadian wheat. Rather, they represent our best estimate of quality.
January
News Release
Naber Seed farmer-creditors payout underway
Farmers owed money by Naber Seed and Grain Co. Ltd. will soon be receiving compensation from security the company posted as a condition of licensing under the Canada Grain Act.
Visitors and Tours
Embassy of the Russian Federation in Ottawa
Frequently Asked Questions
How many primary elevators are there in Canada? Revised January 30, 2003.
Harvest Survey 2002
Quality of western Canadian mustard
Harvest Survey 2002
Quality of Western Canadian Solin
Visitors and Tours
Maple Leaf Foods and Canada Bread
Murray Calder, Member of Parliament, Dufferin-Peel-Wellington-Grey
Canadian Grain Commission meetings with producers
Join us at FarmTech 2003, January 29 - 31, 2003
Mayfield Inn & Suites
16615-109th Avenue
Edmonton Alberta
Discussion session on the latest issues in grain quality
assurance: Variety eligibility declarations in the grain
quality assurance system
Terry Harasym, Assistant Chief Commissioner, CGC
Quality assurance and grading issues in 2002
Debbie Pankewich, Inspection Specialist, CGC
Wednesday, January 29
2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Room 2201-2203
Thursday, January 30
10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Second Floor Convention Lounge Area
Friday, January 31
10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Room 2208-2210
Drop by the Canadian Grain Commission booth in the Trade center and get answers to your grading questions. See you at booth #21.
News Release
Canadian Grain Commission begins consultations on proposed variety eligibility declaration system
The Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) invites grain producers and all sectors of the Canadian grain industry to provide input between now and March 31, 2003 on a proposal to modify Canada's grain handling and quality assurance system.
Discussion Paper
A Discussion Paper on the Use of Variety Eligibility Declarations
In 2001, the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) established an advisory committee to consider alternatives to relying on kernel visual distinguishability (KVD) to segregate grain. With this paper, we are broadening the discussion to seek input from all stakeholders. In the Commission's view, the direction we have outlined is the direction we must take if Canada's reputation for grain quality is to be maintained.
Quality of Western Canadian Wheat Exports
This bulletin reports quality data for cargoes of all classes of western Canadian wheat exported by ship from February 1 to July 31, 2002.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where can I compare this year's deliveries by farmers to grain elevators to last year's deliveries?
Harvest Survey 2002
Memoranda of the CGC
Last updated: 2003–08–29