CN and CP say recent legislation allowed them to make the improvements that helped accommodate increased volumes
Nobody knew COVID-19 was coming, but Canada’s railways were primed to make the most of their sudden ability to ship grain to port. Two years of heavy investing into 2020 had set up Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway to be able to haul much more grain than before the 2018 Transportation Modernization Act […] Read moreAuthor Archives

Trucking industry faced COVID-19 backlash from fearful public

Ag markets trends for 2021: What do we need to watch?

Dairy, hog sectors suffer hits
The dairy industry has rebounded from economic shutdown in early stages of the pandemic while the hog industry continues to struggle with low prices and logistics issues
Two of Canada’s livestock industries got savaged in the first COVID-19 lockdowns and outbreaks, but both have stabilized and one is recovering. Rather than the disasters that ravaged both the dairy and hog industries in spring, the two production systems have fallen out of the national news. “There’s a lot more confidence in the industry […] Read more
How processors weathered the COVID storm

Agriculture hit by COVID-19 but mainly showed resiliency

2020: The year food mattered

Tempered flour seen as new market for pulses
A Regina company hopes to capture some of the large market for wheat flour by using lentils, peas, chickpeas and beans
A Regina food ingredient creator and processor is boosting its efforts to develop new uses for prairie pulse crops. “The potential market is huge,” said Gord Flaten, chief executive officer of Avena Foods. “There are hundreds of millions of tonnes of flour consumed in the world.” Some of that mostly wheat-based flour could be displaced […] Read more
Permanent deal with U.K. next priority for exporters

Strong demand expected to push corn, soybean prices
Analyst argues tighter stocks will help prices keep ahead of increased acreage and yields in the United States next year
Scott Irwin has a beautiful Christmas gift for grain farmers. It’s the year 2021 wrapped in bullish projections that won’t be easy to tear off. The noted University of Illinois market analyst sees “very strong corn and soybean prices in 2021,” he said during the Illinois Farm Economics Summit Dec. 2. Irwin sees plenty of […] Read more