New reports from Cereals Canada aim to confirm how Canada’s cereal crops, such as this one in southwestern Alberta, are among the most sustainable in the world.

Prairie cereals have reduced their carbon footprint

Farmers that grow cereal crops on the Prairies have some things to be proud of when it comes to greenhouse gas emissions, report says

Reading Time: 5 minutes Canadian farmers growing crops like wheat, barley and oats on the Prairies have things to be proud of when it comes to greenhouse gas emissions, report says.






The official launch of the funding campaign to establish the Global Agriculture Technology Exchange (GATE) has been postponed, with Cereals’ Canada’s June 27 board meeting expected to clarify which members are staying and which might leave. Photo: Screencap via gate-canada.ca

Membership crisis rocks Cereals Canada

Official launch of campaign to establish the Global Agriculture Technology Exchange has been postponed

One medium-sized grain company has definitively decided to leave the organization, a large one has triggered a two-year option to depart if it chooses and other grain companies may have also triggered two-year potential-departure options, sources say.



“You go into it thinking wheat is wheat is wheat — and you find out that’s not the case.”

Unique program tells the rest of the story on wheat

Alberta farmers say the Combine to Customer program made them realize how big the value chain is

Reading Time: 3 minutes The farming life can be a lonely one, and it’s all too easy to forget you’re part of a large network bringing food to the tables of families around the world. But that realization strikes producers who have taken the Combine to Customer course put on by Cereals Canada. “I now have a whole new […] Read more

The welcome mat was rolled out everywhere for Bentley producer Jason Lenz, (second from right, seen here at the Dufil Prima Foods flour mill in Lagos) and his colleagues.

Canada’s wheat farmers get a warm welcome abroad

‘Keep growing wheat’ message repeatedly delivered

Reading Time: 5 minutes “Glad to see you again — even more glad that you’ve got a full crop to sell this year.” That was the theme of nearly every conversation that farmers and grain sector representatives on the New Crop Missions heard as they travelled for the first time since the pandemic began. “I think the supply chain […] Read more


Top quality wheat crop this year

Top quality wheat crop this year

Reading Time: < 1 minute A high proportion of this year’s wheat crop is of “excellent quality,” falling into the top two grades, with high protein content across all Canadian wheat classes, says Cereals Canada and the Canadian Grain Commission. The New Wheat Crop Report says more than 90 per cent of both Canada Western Red Spring and Canada Prairie […] Read more

farmer holding wheat

Cereals Canada back on the road

Reading Time: < 1 minute Cereals Canada has resumed its in-country training program after a pandemic-forced suspension of nearly three years. In September, a team of technical experts travelled to Nairobi for a training workshop with 14 millers and mill staff from six African countries. Along with presentations, the workshops feature hands-on activities in analytical testing, milling, blending and baking […] Read more