Reading Time: 2 minutes Warburtons, the United Kingdom's largest bakery, committed $650,000 in contributions to the Global Agriculture Technology Exchange on June 5.
Cereals Canada hub receives international support
U.K. bakery Warburtons contributes $650,000 to Global Agriculture Technology Exchange
Crop production show 2025: Producers at SaskWheat question proposed building
Those attending annual meeting asked why Cereals Canada needs the Global Agriculture Technology Exchange
Reading Time: < 1 minute Producers are concerned about the need for, and cost of, a new building for Cereals Canada's technology and research centre.
Federal funds announced for Cereals Canada
Reading Time: 2 minutes The recent $7.3 million in federal money to Cereals Canada is slated for international market improvements and research into the impact of environmental conditions on cereals
Cereals Canada moves forward with building plans
Reading Time: < 1 minute Cereals Canada is moving ahead with its plans to building the Global Agriculture Technology Exchange.
Membership crisis rocks Cereals Canada
Official launch of campaign to establish the Global Agriculture Technology Exchange has been postponed
Reading Time: 3 minutes 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.
Britain, Canada agree on post-Brexit rollover trade deal
Tailor-made comprehensive pact expected to follow
Reading Time: 2 minutes London/Toronto | Reuters — Britain and Canada struck a rollover trade deal on Saturday to protect the flow of almost $35 billion-worth of goods and services between them after Brexit, and vowed to start talks on a bespoke agreement next year. As Britain prepares to end its transition out of the European Union on Dec. […] Read more
‘New’ Cereals Canada names board, chair
The merged Cereals Canada/Cigi unit held its first annual meeting
Reading Time: 3 minutes Alberta farmer Todd Hames was elected Monday as the chair of the board for the recently reconstituted Cereals Canada, at its first-ever annual meeting. The ‘new’ Cereals Canada was created June 1 when it and the Canadian International Grains Institute (Cigi) amalgamated after two years of discussions and the approval of their respective boards April […] Read more
Cigi, Cereals Canada vote to close merger deal
Merged body to take latter group's name; next step, naming a CEO
Reading Time: 2 minutes The proposed merger between Cigi and Cereals Canada has taken one of its final steps forward, with votes of approval from both organizations’ memberships. The two Winnipeg-based not-for-profit organizations announced Tuesday their memberships have approved “the amalgamation of both organizations under a unified governance and management structure.” Terms of the merger call for the consolidated […] Read more
Guess who’s paying for new grain grading?
New CGC regulations would add DON and falling number to Canada’s grade specifications
Reading Time: 8 minutes A proposal by the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) to add two grading factors to its list of parameters is stirring considerable debate, mostly among members of the western Canadian food value chain, but also in the east. The two factors revealed in a document published by the CGC late last year are falling number (FN) […] Read more
Cigi, Cereals Canada agree to pursue amalgamation
Reading Time: 5 minutes The boards of the Canadian International Grains Institute (Cigi) and Cereals Canada have agreed to pursue amalgamation by March 31, 2020. That’s if a proposal, yet to be developed, is approved by the two bodies’ member organizations, leaders Dean Dias and Cam Dahl, said Friday in separate interviews. “During the past week, both boards have […] Read more
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