Reading Time: < 1 minute Farmers have until Nov. 30 to submit samples to the Canadian Grain Commission’s Harvest Sample Program. It’s a voluntary program open to all Canadian grain producers. In exchange for the samples, they’ll receive valuable insight into the quality of the crop they have available to market this crop year, including:
Harvest sample program runs until month’s end
Harvest Sample program extended
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Canadian Grain Commission has extended the deadline for its Harvest Sample Program to Dec. 30. The program provides an unofficial grade along with quality information for crops to help farmers with marketing. Producers who are not currently registered for the Harvest Sample Program, but who would like to take part this year, have until […] Read more
Harvest sample program now open
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Canadian Grain Commission harvest sample program is now open. The free program gives producers a host of info that can be used when marketing or delivering grain. This includes an unofficial grade; dockage for canola; protein content for cereals and pulses; oil, protein and chlorophyll content for canola; falling number for wheat and rye; […] Read more
Don’t forget to harvest sample
Reading Time: < 1 minute Even though grain is in high demand, producers should still be taking samples of each load so they have a representative sample for each bin, says provincial crop market analyst Neil Blue. “The goal is to have a sample that has the same characteristics as the large volume of product it represents,” said Blue. “Producers […] Read more
Get harvest samples as the crop goes in the bin
Reading Time: < 1 minute Don’t forget to take samples before every crop goes in the bin, says provincial crop market analyst Neil Blue. “The goal is to have a sample that has the same characteristics as the large volume of product that it represents,” said Blue. “Producers will then have a sample that can be used to shop around […] Read more
Know your grain quality going into the bin
Reading Time: < 1 minute A provincial crop specialist is reminding producers to take a sample of each load going into the bin to get a representative overall sample. “The goal is to have a sample that has the same characteristics as the large volume of product that it represents,” said Neil Blue. Farmers should also consider using the Canadian […] Read more
Protein premiums drop from historic high in 2018
Shopping around can reveal how buyers are grading your wheat and how they pay for protein premiums
Reading Time: 2 minutes The 2018 crop year featured a strong protein premium for wheat, in particular hard red spring wheat. Neil Blue, provincial crop market analyst with Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, looks at the situation with protein premiums on wheat in 2019. Blue says that wheat protein premiums this crop year have dropped back to below-average levels due […] Read more
A sea of green washed through this year’s canola crop
Green seed usually isn’t a big problem, but a quarter of this year’s harvest may be downgraded
Reading Time: 3 minutes Feeling a little green after getting the grade for a load of canola you’ve just delivered? You’re not alone — many producers are taking a hit after a year that produced unusually high amounts of green seed. “We’re grading about 80 per cent of canola at No. 1, but some samples are grading into No. […] Read more
Harvest Sample Program deadlines extended
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Canadian Grain Commission is extending the deadlines for its Harvest Sample Program by a month because of this year’s late harvest. Producers now have until Nov. 30 to register online at www.grainscanada.gc.ca and until Dec. 31 to submit samples taken from their crops. There is no cost, and participating producers are emailed a report […] Read more
Useful data from Harvest Sample Program
Reading Time: < 1 minute Many producers have told us that it’s useful to have grade and quality information on samples before delivering their grain. Participants in the Harvest Sample Program receive dockage assessment on canola; an unofficial grade; protein content on barley, beans, chickpeas, lentils, oats, peas and wheat; oil, protein and chlorophyll content for canola; oil and protein […] Read more
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