A federal bill aimed at improving Canada’s transportation systems and ensuring better rail service for shippers passed third reading in the House of Commons Wednesday and is off to the Senate. If passed, the Transportation Modernization Act will provide greater certainty for western Canadian grain shippers that depend on Canadian railway companies to transport grain […] Read more
Grain storage on the move
FARGO, ND — A 4,000 bushel bin may not seem significant. But if it’s mobile, with 14 big tires and its own 900 bushel per minute unload auger, it might come in handy at harvest. That’s what Walkabout Mother Bins is all about, said Katie Hansen, sales representative for USAKanagroo, the company in Webster, South […] Read more
Oats posts harvest low, movement frees bin space
Most Prairie oat growers appear to be relatively satisfied as they grind their way through a dull oat market. Prices might not be good, but the crop has been moving and yields have been making up for soft prices. “People are buying it and using it,” said Neil Townsend of FarmLink Marketing. “It’s providing cash […] Read more
Sustainability push sparks conference
Meetings about greenhouse gas emissions and biofuels are just starting to become regular occurrences in Western Canada. In Europe there are entire tradeshow events and large scale conferences, conferences. Governments there have provided direction and funding to industries including agriculture about energy production, use and climate change planning. The Agricultural Producers of Saskatchewan and the […] Read more
Crop report – October 26, 2017
Manitoba SOUTHWEST Harvest progress has spring wheat and canola complete, flax and soybeans are 80 percent complete, grain corn harvesting has just started and sunflower harvest has not yet begun. Winter wheat established well and is responding favourably to recent good weather conditions. Most areas have adequate livestock feed with good quality. NORTHWEST Harvest is […] Read more
Crop markets edge lower as focus switches to South America
November Canola futures spent much of the morning above $500 a tonne Monday, but weaked late and closed again below $500. Most crops were a few cents per bushel in the red Monday, on a day with little conviction. “Canola was lagging, but it was firm, then everything flipped and it was stronger for a […] Read more
Logistics park planned for Oyen, Alta.
The town of Oyen, in east central Alberta, will be home to a proposed new transload and rail logistics facility. Sources say construction on the Oyen Rail Yard & Logistics Park will begin this fall. The 155-acre facility is billed as a multi-phase economic development project, to be managed by Alberta’s Special Areas Board, the […] Read more
Crop report – October 12, 2017
Manitoba SOUTHWEST There was good harvest progress in spite of precipitation, which varied from 10 to 75 millimetres along with hail. Spring cereal harvest is almost complete, canola is about 77 percent complete and flax and soybeans have started. Winter wheat and fall rye seeding is complete with most fields in the two to three […] Read more
Soaring river freight hits U.S. farmers as grain prices slide
CHICAGO, Ill. (Reuters) — U.S. farmers are running out of options for their just-harvested corn and soybeans as delays on the Mississippi River, the main conduit for crops to export markets, cause shipping backlogs, while grain storage on the river’s banks is filling up. Low river levels and back-ups at aging locks have slowed navigation […] Read more
Submit grain samples early, urges CGC
Beginning this year, grain and oilseed producers who submit crop samples to the Canadian Grain Commission’s Harvest Sample Program will have a new option that allows them to receive their results more quickly. Producers who provide an email address can get sample results via email — including unofficial grade and quality — as soon as […] Read more
