Canadian grain is heading to markets at a record-breaking pace but is there a point where the COVID-19 buying frenzy subsides, causing a lull in sales? Grain companies exported 12.2 million tonnes of bulk grain, oilseeds and pulses through week 12 of the 2020-21 crop year, a 29 percent increase over the same time last […] Read more
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West Coast exports off to slow start
The pace of Western Canada’s 2018-19 grain exports through the Port of Vancouver is off to a relatively slow start, according to data compiled by the Grain Monitoring Program. Through Week 3 of the 2018-19 crop year, total export shipments through the Port of Vancouver were listed at 731,000 tonnes. That’s down 31 percent from […] Read more
Grain export figures summarize six-month performance
The Canadian Grain Commission has released figures that shed new light on the pace of Canada’s agricultural exports in the first half of the 2017-18 crop year. Not surprisingly, the figures show a drastic reduction in exports of Canadian field peas and lentils. However, the pace of wheat and canola shipments — Western Canada’s two […] Read more
Columbia expands west coast transloading facilities
A west coast transloading and logistics company that specializes in containerized grain and pulse crops is rebuilding its facilities at the Port of Vancouver. Columbia Containers will spend approximately $26 million to build a new transloading facility on the south shore of the Burrard Inlet. Construction started earlier this month and is scheduled for completion […] Read more
Prairie grain exports off last year’s pace
The amount of prairie grain that’s been shipped from Canadian export terminals to overseas destinations is down significantly from last year, according to figures from the federally appointed Grain Monitoring Program. GMP data released by Quorum Corp. last week shows that shipments of all grain and oilseeds from Vancouver during the first two months of […] Read more
Railway not to blame for poor Port of Churchill volumes
The 68 percent drop from last year may put the federal program’s $9 per tonne grain shipping subsidy in jeopardy
One thing jumps out at Neil Townsend when he scans the Canadian Grain Commission’s weekly report on grain movement. “What the heck is happening in Churchill?” said the director of G3 Market Research. “We’ve barely exported anything out of Churchill this year.” The port has shipped 144,000 tonnes of grain through the first 11 weeks […] Read more
Canadian wheat carryout might grow
Grain analysts are beginning to think Canada will export a lot less wheat than Agriculture Canada is forecasting and that means higher carryout and lower prices. Marlene Boersch, managing partner in Mercantile Consulting Venture, has been tracking the Canadian Grain Commission’s export numbers and they’re not on pace to meet Agriculture Canada’s forecast for 18 […] Read more
Bad weather delays Thunder Bay port opening
Official says better logistical co-ordination between shippers and rail companies should improve grain movement
Harsh winter conditions in Ontario have affected Great Lakes shipping routes for the second year in a row. As a result, the opening of the grain shipping season at the Port of Thunder Bay will again be delayed. However, this year’s delays will be minor compared to those experienced last spring, says Time Heney, chief […] Read more
Free market, but little grain heading to U.S.
U.S. loses luster | Feedlots, grain companies and marketers are offering good prices so there is no incentive to haul south
Visitors to the United States who are worried about big lineups of grain trucks clogging the border crossings can relax. There are no reports of significant grain truck movement of prairie farmers’ wheat, barley or durum into the U.S. now, and most observers and analysts don’t expect to see much. “It’s a bit of an […] Read more
CWB taps past relationship
Securing Asian sales | Japan, other countries also interested in canola
The CWB has sewn up half the spring wheat market in Japan for the next six months. Derek Sliworsky, who manages the board’s Tokyo office, said Japanese buyers are worried about the new marketing environment coming this August and particularly how that will affect quality. He said much of their concern comes from their experience […] Read more
