Canadian National Railway has released its grain transportation response to federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau and Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay. The ministers had asked the two major railways to submit their plans to get grain moving by March 15. According to a March 14 update posted on CN’s website, as per the ministers’ request, the […] Read more
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Enjoy stable diesel market while you can – analyst
WINNIPEG (CNS) – The short-term outlook for the diesel market in North America calls for current prices to remain largely untouched through spring planting, however it could change drastically after that. According to Tom Kloza of the Oil Price Information Service in New Jersey, prices for diesel could even get higher than crude oil. “It […] Read more
India not a guaranteed market for Canadian pulses
WINNIPEG (CNS) – Despite positive developments between Canada and India in regards to pulse crops, the Chief Executive Officer of Pulse Canada is warning producers not to rely on India as market for pulses. “India is not the market that it was eight months ago and it emphasizes the need to find alternate markets,” said […] Read more
Runoff risk rises in Sask. after recent snowfalls
Last week’s snowfall has raised the prospects for near normal runoff in parts of Saskatchewan The Water Security Agency in its updated spring runoff outlook March 13 said between 20 and 45 centimetres of snow March 3-5 changed initial projections for a below normal runoff. “Assuming near normal conditions going forward to the melt, a […] Read more
RCMP to hold meetings on rural policing, public safety
Federal public safety minister Ralph Goodale says the public meetings Saskatchewan’s 87 RCMP detachments are holding will help open lines of communication. Speaking to reporters in Regina March 9, the minister said the fact that people at some of the first meetings have said they would defend their property any way they can is concerning. […] Read more
Argentine soy scorched beyond return, season ‘dead’ – experts
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Hope has withered for any recovery in Argentine soy yields hit by a four-month drought that shows no signs of abating, farmers and analysts said on Monday, prompting China to step in to fill the gap in soymeal exports from the world’s No. 1 supplier. The dryness that has blighted the […] Read more
Brazil’s bartering farmers raise risks for Canada’s Nutrien
WINNIPEG, Manitoba/SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Taking a page from its aggressive growth strategy in the United States, cash-rich Canadian fertilizer giant Nutrien Ltd. plans to plow investment into Brazil in a bid to reap up to 30 percent of farm supply sales in fertile pockets of the country. But business in Brazil’s farm sector – […] Read more
Argentine soy scorched beyond return, season ‘dead’ – experts
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Hope has withered for any recovery in Argentine soy yields hit by a four-month drought that shows no signs of abating, farmers and analysts said on Monday, prompting China to step in to fill the gap in soymeal exports from the world’s No. 1 supplier. The dryness that has blighted the […] Read more
Sask., Ottawa continue tussle over carbon tax
The first meeting between Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, unsurprisingly, did not result in an agreement on carbon pricing. Saskatchewan continues to oppose a carbon tax and is the only province that hasn’t signed the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change. The province is currently consulting on the climate […] Read more
Canadian wheat bids track U.S. futures lower
Winnipeg (CNS Canada) – Hard red spring wheat bids in Western Canada moved lower during the week ended March 9, as losses in the United States futures and a firmer tone in the Canadian dollar weighed on values. Depending on the location, average Canada Western Red Spring (13.5 percent CWRS) wheat prices were down by […] Read more
