Harvest Sample Program (Aug 22, 2019; Wk 20)

Remember - The Canadian Grain Commission is ready to grade grain samples harvested in 2019.  Register online to receive a harvest sample kit (by October 15, 2019).  Samples are accepted until the end of November but send as soon a harvest is complete.

This is a FREE opportunity for growers to gain unofficial insight into the quality of their grain and to obtain valuable dockage information and details associated with damage or quality issues.  The data collected also helps Canada market its grain to the world!

More information on the Harvest Sample Program is available at the Canadian Grain Commission’s website.

In exchange for your samples, the CGC assesses and provides the following unofficial results FOR FREE:

     • Unofficial grade*
     • Dockage assessment on canola
     • Protein content on barley, beans, chick peas, lentils, oats, peas and wheat
     • Oil, protein and chlorophyll content for canola
     • Oil and protein content and iodine value for flaxseed
     • Oil and protein for mustard seed and soybeans
     • Falling number for wheat
     • Vomitoxin (deoxynivalenol or DON) levels for wheat and corn

Many producers find having both grade and quality information on their samples before delivering their grain to be helpful.  Sign up for a harvest sample kit before October 15, 2019.

Harvest Sample Program (Aug 15, 2019; Wk 19)

The Canadian Grain Commission is ready to grade grain samples harvested in 2019.  Register online to receive a harvest sample kit (by October 15, 2019).  Samples are accepted until the end of November but send as soon a harvest is complete.

This is a FREE opportunity for growers to gain unofficial insight into the quality of their grain and to obtain valuable dockage information and details associated with damage or quality issues.  The data collected also helps Canada market its grain to the world!

More information on the Harvest Sample Program is available at the Canadian Grain Commission’s website.

In exchange for your samples, the CGC assesses and provides the following unofficial results FOR FREE:

     • Unofficial grade*
     • Dockage assessment on canola
     • Protein content on barley, beans, chick peas, lentils, oats, peas and wheat
     • Oil, protein and chlorophyll content for canola
     • Oil and protein content and iodine value for flaxseed
     • Oil and protein for mustard seed and soybeans
     • Falling number for wheat
     • Vomitoxin (deoxynivalenol or DON) levels for wheat and corn

Many producers find having both grade and quality information on their samples before delivering their grain to be helpful.  Sign up for a harvest sample kit before October 15, 2019.

Preparing and protecting grains for market (July 18, 2019; Wk15)

REMINDER - A few helpful tools to keep at your finger tips:

Since May we have posted our prairie provinces' searchable PDFs of Crop Production Guides.

Keeping It Clean has information to help prepare and protect your grains for market.  Check out their site to find important information.  Learn more about avoiding malathion in bins storing canola, access their spray to swath calculator, and access a pre-harvest glyphosate staging guide. 

The Canadian Grain Commission has information to help you manage stored grain.  Read tips to prepare your bins to prevent insect infestations.  If there are insects in your grain, use their online diagnostic tools to help identify the problem species.  If pest species are confirmed, there are control options - read more to make the right choice for your grain storage system and your specific grain.

Interested in signing up for Canadian Grain Commission's Harvest Sample Program?

Preparing and protecting grains for market (July 11, 2019; Wk14)

A few helpful tools to keep at your finger tips:

Since May we have posted our prairie provinces' searchable PDFs of Crop Production Guides.

Keeping It Clean has information to help prepare and protect your grains for market.  Check out their site to find important information.  Learn more about avoiding malathion in bins storing canola, access their spray to swath calculator, and access a pre-harvest glyphosate staging guide. 

The Canadian Grain Commission has information to help you manage stored grain.  Read tips to prepare your bins to prevent insect infestations.  If there are insects in your grain, use their online diagnostic tools to help identify the problem species.  If pest species are confirmed, there are control options - read more to make the right choice for your grain storage system and your specific grain.

Interested in signing up for Canadian Grain Commission's Harvest Sample Program?

Harvest Sample Program (Aug 23, 2018; Wk 16)

The Canadian Grain Commission is ready to grade grain samples harvested in 2018.  Samples are accepted up to November but send samples as soon a harvest is complete.

This is a FREE opportunity for growers to gain unofficial insight into the quality of their grain and to obtain valuable dockage information and details associated with damage or quality issues.  The data collected also helps Canada market its grain to the world!

More information on the Harvest Sample Program is available at the Canadian Grain Commission’s website where growers can register online to receive a kit to submit their grain.  

In exchange for your samples, the CGC assesses and provides the following unofficial results FOR FREE:

• dockage assessment on canola
• unofficial grade
• protein content on barley, beans, chick peas, lentils, oats, peas and wheat
• oil, protein and chlorophyll content for canola
• oil and protein content and iodine value for flaxseed
• oil and protein for mustard seed and soybean
• NEW for 2018-19: Participants will receive Falling Number and deoxynivalenol (DON) results for their wheat samples at no cost. This enhancement to the Harvest Sample Program is the first initiative to be funded by the Canadian Grain Commission’s accumulated surplus.

Many producers find having both grade and quality information on their samples before delivering their grain to be helpful.

Stored Product Pests (Aug 23, 2018; Wk 16)

The Canadian Grain Commission's website has an online key to stored product pests.  Growers managing grain storage can find an online identification tool for stored product pests (e.g., Rusty grain beetle, Red flour beetle, Confused flour beetle, Saw-toothed grain beetle, and more).  The online tool features excellent diagnostic photos.  A screen shot of the webpage is included below for reference.

Harvest Sample Program (Aug 16, 2018; Wk 15)

The Canadian Grain Commission is ready and willing to grade grain samples harvested in 2018.  Samples are accepted up to November but send samples as soon a harvest is complete.

This is a FREE opportunity for growers to gain unofficial insight into the quality of their grain and to obtain valuable dockage information and details associated with damage or quality issues.  The data collected also helps Canada market its grain to the world!

More information on the Harvest Sample Program is available at the Canadian Grain Commission’s website where growers can register online to receive a kit to submit their grain.  

In exchange for your samples, the CGC assesses and provides the following unofficial results FOR FREE:

• dockage assessment on canola
• unofficial grade
• protein content on barley, beans, chick peas, lentils, oats, peas and wheat
• oil, protein and chlorophyll content for canola
• oil and protein content and iodine value for flaxseed
• oil and protein for mustard seed and soybean
• NEW for 2018-19: Participants will receive Falling Number and deoxynivalenol (DON) results for their wheat samples at no cost. This enhancement to the Harvest Sample Program is the first initiative to be funded by the Canadian Grain Commission’s accumulated surplus.

Many producers find having both grade and quality information on their samples before delivering their grain to be helpful.

Stored Product Pests (Aug 16, 2018; Wk 15)

The Canadian Grain Commission's website has an online key to stored product pests.  Growers managing grain storage can find an online identification tool for stored product pests (e.g., Rusty grain beetle, Red flour beetle, Confused flour beetle, Saw-toothed grain beetle, and more).  The online tool features excellent diagnostic photos.  A screen shot of the webpage is included below for reference.

Weekly Update (August 24, 2017; Wk 17) - Stored Product Pests

The Canadian Grain Commission's website has an online key to stored product pests.  Growers managing grain storage can find an online identification tool for stored product pests (e.g., Rusty grain beetle, Red flour beetle, Confused flour beetle, Saw-toothed grain beetle, and more).  The online tool features excellent diagnostic photos.  A screen shot of the webpage is included below for reference.

Weekly Update (August 24, 2017; Wk 17) - Harvest Sample Program

The Canadian Grain Commission is ready and willing to grade grain samples harvested in 2017.  Samples are accepted up to November but send samples as soon a harvest is complete.

This is a FREE opportunity for growers to gain unofficial insight into the quality of their grain and to obtain valuable dockage information and details associated with damage or quality issues.  The data collected also helps Canada market its grain to the world!

More information on the Harvest Sample Program is available at the Canadian Grain Commission’s website where growers can register online to receive a kit to submit their grain.  

In exchange for your samples, the CGC assesses and provides the following unofficial results FOR FREE:

• dockage assessment on canola
• unofficial grade
• protein content on barley, beans, chick peas, lentils, oats, peas and wheat
• oil, protein and chlorophyll content for canola
• oil and protein content and iodine value for flaxseed
• oil and protein for mustard seed and soybeans

Many producers find having both grade and quality information on their samples before delivering their grain to be helpful.

2016 Harvest in western Canada

The Canadian Grain Commission holds and generates a wealth of information related to harvest in Canada AND they have one of the best Stored Product Pest online resources which includes a photographic identification key plus grain management tips.  

It doesn't matter if you're an entomologist, an agrologist, or one of our hard-working growers - we all pay attention to harvest and here's what the CGC is able to share with us as of October 27, 2016:

• Quality data and statistics for western Canadian BARLEY
• Quality data for western Canadian CANOLA
• Quality data for western Canadian FLAXSEED
• Preliminary quality data for western Canadian LENTILS
• Preliminary quality data for western Canadian PEAS
• Quality data for western Canadian WHEAT (western Amber Durum or western spring Red)

Visit the Canadian Grain Commission's homepage for more!

Weekly Update (August 24, 2016; Wk 17) - Harvest Sample Program

The Canadian Grain Commission is ready and willing to grade grain samples harvested in 2016.  Samples are accepted up to November but send samples as soon a harvest is complete.

This is a FREE opportunity for growers to gain unofficial insight into the quality of their grain and to obtain valuable dockage information and details associated with damage or quality issues.  The data collected also helps Canada market its grain to the world!

More information on the Harvest Sample Program is available at the Canadian Grain Commission’s website where growers can register online to receive a kit to submit their grain.  

In exchange for your samples, the CGC assesses and provides the following unofficial results FOR FREE:

• dockage assessment on canola
• unofficial grade
• protein content on barley, beans, chick peas, lentils, oats, peas and wheat
• oil, protein and chlorophyll content for canola
• oil and protein content and iodine value for flaxseed
• oil and protein for mustard seed and soybeans

Many producers find having both grade and quality information on their samples before delivering their grain to be helpful.

Weekly Update (August 24, 2016; Wk 17) - Stored Product Pests

The Canadian Grain Commission's website has an online key to stored product pests.  Growers managing grain storage can find an online identification tool for stored product pests (e.g., Rusty grain beetle, Red flour beetle, Confused flour beetle, Saw-toothed grain beetle, and more).  The online tool features excellent diagnostic photos.  A screen shot of the webpage is included below for reference.

Weekly Update (August 17, 2016; Wk 16) - Harvest Sample Program

The Canadian Grain Commission is ready and willing to grade grain samples harvested in 2016.  Samples are accepted up to November but send samples as soon a harvest is complete.

This is a FREE opportunity for growers to gain unofficial insight into the quality of their grain and to obtain valuable dockage information and details associated with damage or quality issues.  The data collected also helps Canada market its grain to the world!

More information on the Harvest Sample Program is available at the Canadian Grain Commission’s website where growers can register online to receive a kit to submit their grain.  

In exchange for your samples, the CGC assesses and provides the following unofficial results FOR FREE:

• dockage assessment on canola
• unofficial grade
• protein content on barley, beans, chick peas, lentils, oats, peas and wheat
• oil, protein and chlorophyll content for canola
• oil and protein content and iodine value for flaxseed
• oil and protein for mustard seed and soybeans

Many producers find having both grade and quality information on their samples before delivering their grain to be helpful.

Weekly Update (August 10, 2016; Wk 15) - Harvest Sample Program

The Canadian Grain Commission is ready and willing to grade grain samples harvested in 2016.  Samples are accepted up to November but send samples as soon a harvest is complete.

This is a FREE opportunity for growers to gain unofficial insight into the quality of their grain and to obtain valuable dockage information and details associated with damage or quality issues.  The data collected also helps Canada market its grain to the world!

More information on the Harvest Sample Program is available at the Canadian Grain Commission’s website where growers can register online to receive a kit to submit their grain.  

In exchange for your samples, the CGC assesses and provides the following unofficial results FOR FREE:

• dockage assessment on canola
• unofficial grade
• protein content on barley, beans, chick peas, lentils, oats, peas and wheat
• oil, protein and chlorophyll content for canola
• oil and protein content and iodine value for flaxseed
• oil and protein for mustard seed and soybeans

Many producers find having both grade and quality information on their samples before delivering their grain to be helpful.

Weekly Update (August 3, 2016; Wk 14) - Harvest Sample Program

The Canadian Grain Commission is ready and willing to grade grain samples harvested in 2016.  Samples are accepted up to November but send samples as soon a harvest is complete.

This is a FREE opportunity for growers to gain unofficial insight into the quality of their grain and to obtain valuable dockage information and details associated with damage or quality issues.  The data collected also helps Canada market its grain to the world!

More information on the Harvest Sample Program is available at the Canadian Grain Commission’s website where growers can register online to receive a kit to submit their grain.  

In exchange for your samples, the CGC assesses and provides the following unofficial results FOR FREE:

• dockage assessment on canola
• unofficial grade
• protein content on barley, beans, chick peas, lentils, oats, peas and wheat
• oil, protein and chlorophyll content for canola
• oil and protein content and iodine value for flaxseed
• oil and protein for mustard seed and soybeans

Many producers find having both grade and quality information on their samples before delivering their grain to be helpful.