A CN locomotive pulls a grain train toward the photographer at sunset.

Rail enters calm labour seas

Major railways now have prolonged contract agreements with most of their unions

Canada’s two national railways are about to enter a stretch of prolonged labour peace with the major unions representing their workers.





A farmer is working on top of his air seeder in the middle of a field.

Tight nitrogen supply boosts prices

Fertilizer manufacturers are shifting their investment focus to lower carbon forms of nitrogen, such as green ammonia

Strong nitrogen fertilizer demand is butting up against tight supplies in some regions of the world, says an analyst.




Rain pours from beneath a huge storm cloud in the distance, a lush green prairie pasture is in the foreground.

Hot, dry summer expected

Precipitation forecast up in the air; more confidence in temperature prediction

Precipitation is expected to be below normal in the May-June-July period for much of the Prairie region except for eastern Saskatchewan and western Manitoba, where it should be normal.


Mexico now top buyer of U.S. ag commodities

Mexico now top buyer of U.S. ag commodities

A growing demand for meat, poultry and dairy has increased the country’s feedgrain imports from the United States

A growing demand for meat, poultry and dairy has increased the country’s feedgrain imports from the United States