Wheat is straight cut as combines hit the fields to harvest in Binscarth, Manitoba on Sept. 25, 2025.

Mail strike disrupts grain sample delivery

The Canadian Grain Commission has asked farmers to consider delivering harvest samples directly to CGC offices, services centres or approved drop offs as Canada Post strike delays mail

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Canadian Grain Commission has asked farmers to consider delivering harvest samples directly to CGC offices, services centres or approved drop offs as Canada Post strike delays mail.







The Canadian Grain Commission said Aug. 28 both dealer and primary elevator licences at Purely Canada Foods’ Saskatchewan facilities in Avonlea, Kindersley and Lajord had been pulled and farmers in all three prairie provinces could be owed money.  | Screencap via youtube.com/Purely Canada Foods

Eligible Purely Canada claimants receive full payouts

Not all claims against the Saskatchewan-based company were eligible

The Canadian Grain Commission has announced that producers owed money from Purely Canada Foods have been fully compensated, just days after a lender applied to place the company in receivership.