Sask. commission commits $825,000 to nine new research projects under the Canola Agronomic Research Program
The Saskatchewan Canola Development Commission is asking farmers to help identify new research priorities. SaskCanola is a producer-funded commission, supported by about 20,000 levy-paying canola growers in the province. The organization recently launched a new website at saskcanola.com and kicked off a new online research priorities survey, seeking feedback from the province’s canola growers on […] Read more
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CP Rail to resume operations after arbitration agreement
Canadian Pacific Railway and its employees represented by the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference have agreed to enter into binding arbitration. CP said in a news release this morning that it has reached agreement with TCRC’s Train and Engine Negotiating Committee to enter binding arbitration, a move that will end a work stoppage at Canada’s second […] Read more
CP work stoppage would threaten animal welfare: feeders
Stakeholder groups in the Canadian beef industry are adding their names to the growing list of agriculture organizations concerned over a potential work stoppage at Canadian Pacific Railway. The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association and the National Cattle Feeders’ Association said today that a service disruption at the country’s second largest rail company would have significant impacts […] Read more
Canola prices still have room to grow: analyst
The bull market for Canadian canola will eventually reach its peak but there may be room for record prices to go even higher, says an ag commodity market analyst with MarketsFarm. In a March 17 webinar, Mike Jubinville said underlying market factors continue to support prices for Canadian canola, despite record values. “I think it’s […] Read more
Farmland values increase more than last year
The national average rose by 8.3 percent last year, outpacing a 5.4 percent increase in 2020 and 5.2 percent in 2019
The market for Canadian farmland showed no signs of softening in 2021 despite weather-related challenges that affected farm productivity across much of the country, said Canada’s largest farm lender. According to Farm Credit Canada’s 2021 Farmland Values Report, farmland values across the country rose by a weighted average of 8.3 percent last year, outpacing a […] Read more
CP union vows to keep talking despite lockout notice
Workers at Canadian Pacific Railway who were served notice of a workplace lockout beginning March 20 say they will remain at the negotiating table before and after a lockout occurs in hopes of reaching an agreement with the country’s second largest railway company. Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC), which represents roughly 3,000 workers at CP […] Read more
Alberta commissions call for federal intervention to avoid rail strike
Alberta’s provincial wheat and barley commissions are urging the federal minister of labour to find an immediate resolution to an ongoing labour dispute that could result in a strike at Canadian Pacific Railway beginning March 16. In a March 15 letter to labour minister Seamus O’Regan, Alberta Wheat and Alberta Barley said any disruption to […] Read more
Federal mediators hope to avert CP strike
Government mediators were expected to resume meetings today with the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference and Canadian Pacific Railway in hopes of averting a looming strike. TCRC, which represents more than 3,000 locomotive engineers, conductors, trainpersons and railyard workers at CP, announced March 4 that TCRC members could go on strike as early as March 16. […] Read more
CP employees on brink of strike
A strike by rail workers at Canadian Pacific Railway would have a “potentially disastrous” impact on the country’s economy and could compromise agricultural productivity, according to Canada’s commercial fertilizer industry. In a March 11 news release, Fertilizer Canada called on the Teamster’s Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) and CPR to “swiftly resolve their negotiations to avoid […] Read more
Fears of rail strike make bad grain year worse
Forty percent less grain shipped through Vancouver, Prince Rupert and Thunder Bay in the first 29 weeks of 2021-22
The volume of western Canadian grain exports, already 40 percent behind last year’s pace, could soon hit another roadblock, pending a potential strike involving workers at Canadian Pacific Railway. In a March 3 news release, Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) confirmed that more than 3,000 CP employees including locomotive engineers, conductors, trainpersons and railyard workers […] Read more
