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List of Frequently
Asked Questions
Buying Canadian Grains
Where can I buy Canadian
grains, oilseeds, peas, beans and lentils?
Canada Grain Act and the Canadian Grain
Commission
Where can I get a copy of the report by COMPAS Inc.
entitled "Review of the Canada Grain Act and the
Canadian Grain Commission", tabled in Parliament on
September 18, 2006?
The report which was commissioned by Agriculture and
Agri-Food Canada is available on AAFC's web site at
www.agr.gc.ca/cgcreview
Delivery contracts
Delivery contracts that
are not honoured by licensees
Employment
What employment
opportunities are available at the Canadian Grain
Commission?
Genetically Modified Grains
What is the Canadian Grain Commission's position
regarding genetically modified
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Grading Factors
Frost damage and heat stress
in wheat - Questions and answers![](/web/20071115001045im_/http://www.grainscanada.gc.ca/images_shared/fills/transparent.gif)
- What classes of wheat are graded for frost damage
and heat stress?
- What do frost-damaged and heat-stressed kernels look
like?
- What causes frost damage and heat stress
- What effect does this factor have on quality?
- What are the tolerances for grading frost-damaged
and heat-stressed wheat?
Sprouted and severely sprouted
kernels - Questions and Answers
- What classes of Canadian wheat are graded for sprout
damage?
- What are the tolerances for sprouted and severely
sprouted kernels?
- What do sprouted kernels look like?
- What do severely sprouted kernels look like?
- What causes sprout damage?
- What is falling number?
- Why is alpha-amylase important?
- How does alpha-amylase affect bread-making
quality?
- How does alpha-amylase affect pasta-making
quality?
Grain Elevators
How many primary elevators
are there in western Canada?![](/web/20071115001045im_/http://www.grainscanada.gc.ca/images_shared/fills/transparent.gif)
Where can I compare this
year's deliveries by farmers to grain elevators to
last year's deliveries?
Grain Grades
Why do grain grades
change throughout the year?
Grain Handling
Shrinkage - questions and
answers
Grain Terminology
Where can you find information on grain terminology? CGC
Glossary
International Organization for Standardization
(ISO)
Certification to meet International
Organization for Standardization (ISO) standards![](/web/20071115001045im_/http://www.grainscanada.gc.ca/images_shared/fills/transparent.gif)
Industry Services and
certification to ISO 9000 standards
Moisture
When is my grain considered
dry?
Oats
How much do your oats really
weigh?
Organizations
Who serves Canada's grain
producers?
Payment Protection for Producers
Payment Protection for Producers -
Questions and answers
- If the licensee I deal with does not pay me, am I
guaranteed to be paid in full?
- How can I reduce my risk of not getting paid?
- How do I know if a grain handler or buyer is
licensed?
Producer Cars
Producer car loading
facilities - Questions and answers![](/web/20071115001045im_/http://www.grainscanada.gc.ca/images_shared/fills/transparent.gif)
- How are producer car loading facilities exempted
from licensing provisions under the Canada Grain
Act?
- If I apply to the CGC for a producer car, am I
covered by CGC security if I take my grain to a
producer car loading facility?
Protein
Protein content -
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- Does the Canadian Grain Commission check the
calibration of company protein testers at primary
elevators?
- What is the margin of error allowed on protein
reinspection?
- Does this apply to samples submitted directly to the
CGC by producers or grain companies?
- Why have any error margins at all?
Standard Samples
What are standard
samples and are they different every year?
Subject to Inspector's Grade and Dockage?
What is Subject to
inspector's grade and dockage?
Test Weight
What
is test weight?
Variety Designation Lists
Variety Designation Lists -
questions and answers
- What are the CGC's variety designation lists?
- What is the purpose of the CGC's variety designation
lists?
- Why are varieties added to and removed from the
variety designation lists?
- Why do the lists for some wheat classes, such as
Canada Prairie Spring White (CPSW), just include a few
varieties?
- Can I deliver any wheat variety?
- What do the AC, CDC and RC prefixes on some
varieties mean?
- What role do the CGC's Western and Eastern Grains
Standards committees perform relating to the variety
designation lists?
Western Canadian wheat
What are the classes of western
Canadian wheat?
Where can I get a photo of
them?
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