Decommissioning underway | The 100 year old facility couldn’t handle large ships; company sharing capacity with Cargill
Parrish & Heimbecker is decommissioning its century old grain terminal at Thunder Bay, Ont., citing inadequate size and the need for greater efficiency. P & H executive John Heimbecker said the terminal’s size and draft are no longer sufficient to accommodate large, modern grain vessels. “The terminal was basically 100 years old and the draft […] Read moreNews
Thunder Bay facility no longer efficient: P & H
Museum celebrates elevator opening
MOOSE JAW, Sask. — The band played, horses and wagons pulled people around the grounds and somewhere in the crowd, someone was keeping a happy and satisfying secret. More than 1,100 people gathered Sept. 7 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Mawer, Sask., grain elevator and its grand opening at its new home at […] Read more
High humidity, abundant moisture a recipe for sclerotinia
Early signs point to lower levels of sclerotinia stem rot in Saskatchewan canola fields this year, but ideal conditions for infection are being linked to the unusual appearance of the disease in some parts of Alberta. The Canola Council of Canada recently alerted growers that in some fields the symptoms of the disease are appearing […] Read more
Mideast turmoil, Chinese demand hike shipping costs
Iron ore bulk shipments | Owners of large dry bulk ships are seeing some recovery but demand for smaller vessels is still in the doldrums
LONDON/SINGAPORE (Reuters) — A glut of vessels is keeping shipping rates well below their pre-financial crisis peaks, but the cost of shipping industrial commodities recently approached two-year highs, helped by Chinese demand for iron ore and growing political risks. The shipping industry is now in the fifth year of a deep downturn after firms ordered […] Read moreUkraine could see record grain crop
KIEV (Reuters) — Ukraine’s grain harvest is likely to reach an all-time high of 56.06 million tonnes because of favourable weather that has increased yields of corn and wheat, said UkrAgroConsult. The consultancy, which had ex-pected a grain harvest of 53.8 million tonnes a month ago, increased its outlook for corn by eight percent to […] Read more
Crop adjusters processing claims
Alberta hail claims are above average in 2013 but still far below those of 2012, which was a record year for hail damage. “Last year was by far the worst. Just rough guessing, we’re probably 1,000 claims behind last year,” said Brian Tainsh of Alberta Financial Services Corp. “It’s been very, very busy, needless to […] Read more
U.S. heat wave eases frost fear for corn, soybeans
Yields may be reduced | Development of late seeded crops is catching up but maturity of corn is still a month away
CHICAGO (Reuters) — Warm, humid, late-summer weather across the central United States is speeding the development of corn and soybeans. The favourable conditions have eased concerns about potential yield losses due to frost for this year’s late planted crop. About 10 percent of the projected record corn crop was seen at risk in early September, […] Read moreWheat up in Thursday trading
Wheat was the winner Thursday, rising seven to 10 cents per bushel on American wheat futures contracts, while soybeans were the loser, falling eight to nine cents for most contracts. Perhaps the most interesting aspect of Thursday price action was the lack of major follow-through from Wednesday’s “no tapering yet” news from the U.S. Federal […] Read more
Oil company pays price for horning in on hawk territory
A Calgary-based energy company has had its mineral surface lease cancelled because of failure to protect ferruginous hawks. Crew Energy Inc. was ordered Sept. 19 to stop operating an oil well near Suffield, Alta., and reclaim the site due to violations under the public lands act. The provincial environment department found that Crew did not […] Read more
Weekly U.S. wheat export shipments highest since at least 1990
(Reuters) — U.S. exporters loaded and shipped more wheat last week to global buyers than any time in at least the past 23 years, with most of the grain headed for China and Brazil, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data on Thursday. Exporters shipped 1.204 million tonnes of U.S. wheat in the week ended […] Read more
