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Acts and Regulations

• Canada Grain Act - Office Consolidation
  available free on our web site in Adobe PDF format or in print for $16.50 plus shipping

• Canada Grain Regulations
  available free on our web site in Adobe PDF format or in print for $22.00 plus shipping

Discussion, Consultation and Submission Papers

• Canadian Grain Commission Review of Regulation of Producer Car Loading Facilities
  also available in Adobe PDF format

• Canadian Grain Commission Submission to the Prime Minister's Caucus Task Force on Future Opportunities in Farming

• Development of Options for Special Crops Payment Protection Programs - Kelly Associates
  available in Adobe PDF format

• Discussion Paper on the Use of Variety Eligibility Declarations
  also available in Adobe PDF format

• Grain on the ground - Discussion Paper
  available in Adobe PDF format

• Identity Preserved Systems in the Canadian Grain Industry - Discussion Paper
  also available in Adobe PDF format

• Review of Maximum Shrinkage Allowances at Primary Elevators - Discussion Paper
  available in Adobe PDF format

• Should canary seed be designated a grain under the Canada Grain Act? Discussion Paper.
  available in Adobe PDF format

• Special Crops Insurance Plan: Producer Opinion Survey
  available in Adobe PDF format

• Submission to the Variety Registration Office on the Regulatory Proposal Regarding the Elimination of Mandatory Prior Merit Assessment for Variety Registration
  available in Adobe PDF format

• Western Canada's Wheat Quality Control System: Future Directions - Discussion paper by the CWB and CGC
  also available in Adobe PDF format

Corporate Publications

• Organization and Operations of the Canadian Grain Commission
  also available in Adobe PDF format

• Organizational Reviews
  available in Adobe PDF format
  Governance Review and Program Review

• Performance Report, 2001 - 2002
  This report is accessible electronically from the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat Internet site: http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/rma/dpr/dpre.asp

• Report on Plans and Priorities, 2003-2004
  also available in Adobe PDF format 

Fact Sheets of General Information

• Breads of the world

• The Canada Grain Act

• Canadian flour and the breads we consume

• The CGC and ergot

• The CGC and grain safety

• The CGC and grain sanitation

• The CGC and market support

• The CGC and producer cars

• The CGC and quality assurance

• The CGC and quality research

• The CGC and technical innovation

• The CGC and the annual Harvest Survey

• The Canadian Identity Preserved Recognition System

• Don't take risks selling your grain. Your security coverage is limited

• Facts for farmers series
  also available in Adobe PDF format

• Grain dryers

• Grain Grades and Standards

• How grain grades change

• Keeping barley clean

• Producers' right to protein arbitration

• Quality of Canadian Flax

• Reduce risks when selling your grain

• Sprout-damaged kernels and CWRS breadmaking quality

• Taking a representative sample

• What You Need to Know About Malting Barley and Locked Box Samples

• Your grain, your gain. Why risk it? Questions and Answers about dealing with licensed grain companies
  also available in Adobe PDF format

• Your rights and responsibilities under the Canada Grain Act

Guides and Manuals

• Conversion Tables for use with Model 919/3.5 and 393/3.5 Moisture Meters
  available free on our web site in Adobe PDF format or in print for $2.00 each plus shipping

• Grading tolerances for fusarium-damaged grain and DON feeding guidelines

• Identifying Wheat and Barley Seed Affected by Fusarium Head Blight Grain Biology Bulletin, No. 2
  available in print for $31.60

• Moisture Determination Guidelines for the Model 919/3.5 and 393/3.5 Moisture Meters

• Official Grain Grading Guide
  available free on our web site in Adobe PDF format

• Procedures for measuring moisture content in light weight wheats

• Product Segregation Code Books
  Eastern Grain Inspection and Western Grain Inspection
  priced publication, annually on August 1 and updated periodically

• Protection of farm-stored grains and oilseeds from insects, mites and molds - Adobe PDF format

• Red Seeds of Wheat and Barley: Marker Dyes. Grain Biology Bulletin, No. 1
  available in print for $31.60

• Sampling Systems Handbook and Approval Guide
  also available in Adobe PDF format

• Test weight conversion charts
  available in Adobe PDF format

• Visual Identification of Small Oilseeds and Weed Seed Contaminants. Grain Biology Bulletin, No. 3
  available in print for $31.60

• Varietal Handbook, Volume 1, Western Canadian Wheat
  available in print for $250.00

• Varietal Handbook, Volume 2, Barley
  available in print for $300.00

Methods and Practices

• Asian End-Product Testing at the Grain Research Laboratory

• Grain Research Laboratory. Malting barley methods
  also available in Adobe PDF format

• Grain Research Laboratory. Oilseeds methods
  also available in Adobe PDF format

• Grain Research Laboratory. Wheat methods
  also available in Adobe PDF format

• Protein Testing Methods at the Canadian Grain Commission

• Quality Monitoring of Canadian Oilseed Crops

Multimedia

• Canadian Grain Storage CD-ROM

• Domestic Mustard Seed Grading Slideshow by Louise Christiansen (opens in a pop-up window)

Policies and Directives

• The Canadian Wheat Access Facilitation Program

• Condominium Storage

• Direct Hit Program

• Memoranda of the CGC (Trade memos)

• Orders of the Canadian Grain Commission

• Policy for Previously Inspected Eastern Grain

• Preventing Workplace Violence

• Services to Unlicensed Users

• Storage of Grain on the Ground

Quality Reports

• Crop Quality Reports

• Export Quality Reports

Reports

• Barley Cleanliness Committee Report and Summary of Recommendations

• Review of Producer Composition of the Western Grain Standards Committee
  available in Adobe PDF format

Research (conference papers, general research information, proceedings, posters, scientific papers)

• Applications of the Perten SKCS 4100 in Flour-milling by Phil Williams
  Conference paper.

• Automated Quality Testing. The Status of Grain Grading by Electronics, using Near-infrared Technology by Phil Williams
  General research information.

• Bibliography of Scientific Papers 1930 - date
  The Bibliography of Scientific Papers is a searchable database of citations to papers (journal articles, book chapters) written by the staff of the Grain Research Laboratory of the Canadian Grain Commission. The papers date from 1930 to the present.

• Canadian Barley Symposium '99. Proceedings of the Canadian Barley Symposium, Winnipeg, Manitoba, February 23-25, 1999. Adobe PDF format
  Proceedings.

• Canadian Workshop on Fusarium Head Blight. November 28 - 30, 1999 Winnipeg, Manitoba - Adobe PDF format
  Proceedings.

• Cultural Characteristics of the Causal Agents of FHB in Western Canada by Randy Clear and Susan Patrick
  General research information.

• Effect of environment as determined by oil content and unsaturation on the composition of flaxseed by James K. Daun and Roman Prybylski
  Poster.

• Errors in Protein-testing, and their Consequences by Phil Williams
  General research information.

• Fusarium Head Blight in Canada by Randy Clear and Susan Patrick
  General research information.

• Grain-grading in Canada by Electronics by Phil Williams
  Conference paper.

• The Implications of Frequently Encountered Grading Factors on the Processing Quality of Common Wheat by J.E. Dexter and N.M. Edwards
  Conference paper.

• The Implications of Frequently Encountered Grading Factors on the Processing Quality of Durum Wheat by J.E. Dexter and N.M. Edwards
  Conference paper.

• Meeting the durum wheat quality requirements of an evolving processing industry: past, present and future trends by J.E. Dexter and B.A. Marchylo
  Conference paper.

• Practical applications of milling research by J.E. Dexter
  Conference paper.

• Producing a Quality Malt from Hulless Barley by M.J. Edney and B.G. Rossnagel
  Conference paper.

• Protein Testing Methods at the Canadian Grain Commission by Phil Williams, Debbie Sobering and John Antoniszyn
  Conference paper.

• Recent advances in near-infrared applications for the agriculture and food industries by Phil Williams
  Conference paper.

• Recent Trends in Durum Wheat Milling and Pasta Processing: Impact on Durum Wheat Quality Requirements by J.E. Dexter and B.A. Marchylo
  Conference paper.

• Saturated Fatty Acids in Canadian Canola by J.K. Daun and D.R. DeDlercq
  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.
  Scientific paper.

• The Use of Rheological Techniques to Elucidate Durum Wheat Dough Strength Properties by Nancy M. Edwards, James E. Dexter aand Martin G. Scanlon
  Conference paper.

• Variety Development and Quality Control of Wheat in Canada by Phil Williams
  Conference paper.

Statistical Publications

• Canadian Grain Exports
  priced publication, annually

• Exports of Canadian Grain and Wheat Flour
  priced publication, monthly

• Grain Deliveries at Prairie Points
  priced publication, annually

• Grain Elevators in Canada
  priced publication, periodically

• Grain Statistics Weekly
  priced publication, weekly

• Tariff Summaries: Primary, Process, Terminal, and Transfer
  priced publication, periodically