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CN’s 2015 grain handle down, grain revenue up

Canadian National Railway’s (CN) fourth-quarter and full-year ledgers show lower traffic, but increased revenue, from its grain and fertilizer business in 2015, en route to record full-year earnings. Montreal-based CN on Tuesday reported overall net income of $3.538 billion on $12.611 billion in total revenues for 2015, up from $3.167 billion on $12.134 billion for

Crops

Vessel demand concerns extend Baltic index fall

By GFM Network News, Reuters January 22, 2016

Reuters — The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, which tracks rates for ships carrying industrial commodities, extended its record low run to a 14th straight session on Friday on persistent vessel glut and weak demand. The overall Baltic Dry Index, which gauges the cost of shipping dry bulk including iron ore, cement, grain, coal

Crops

CP books more Prairie grain revenue at year-end

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff January 21, 2016

Higher grain revenue on Canada’s Prairies helped lead to record full-year revenues and offset a lower fourth-quarter gross for Canadian Pacific Railway (CP), as the company warned of substantial job cuts ahead. The railway on Thursday reported overall net income of $1.352 billion on record revenue of $6.712 billion for 2015, down from $1.476 billion

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Feds scrap ‘conditional’ pesticide approvals

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News January 21, 2016

Federal crop chemical regulators this summer will stop granting “conditional” registrations for new pesticides — a practice already largely on the way out, they note. Health Canada, which oversees the federal Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), said Tuesday it plans to stop granting new conditional registrations starting June 1, describing the move as an “important

Livestock, Markets

New Zealand to host TPP signing Feb. 4

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff January 21, 2016

New Zealand plans to host the signing of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact by its 12 member nations on Feb. 4. The country’s trade minister, Todd McClay, confirmed in a statement Thursday that New Zealand has issued invitations to TPP ministers to sign the agreement in Auckland, marking the end of negotiations. Signing the deal

Crops, Markets

Feed barley market steady, gains expected in spring

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin January 19, 2016

CNS Canada — The feed barley market is holding relatively steady in Alberta early in the New Year, but advances are expected looking ahead to the spring. “There has been a fair bit of selling (over the past few weeks) but that hasn’t really pressured prices down any further,” said Jared Seitz of grain brokerage

Comment, Crops

Producer investment drives wheat and barley success

The WGRF is celebrating 35 years of supporting research

By Western Grains Research Foundation January 19, 2016

If you like the fact you have a lot of wheat and barley varieties to choose from when you plan out a cropping season, give yourself a pat on the back – you helped make it happen. Since 1995, the WGRF has invested over $90 million in wheat and barley variety development through partnerships with

Crypto can quickly spread so you need to be vigilant and use good management practices.

Beef cattle, Livestock

Beef 911: Crypto presents a number of challenges

Protozoa are difficult to detect so vigilance is needed to spot and deal with outbreaks

By Roy Lewis January 19, 2016

The incidence of ‘crypto’ diarrhea is most definitely higher on dairy farms where calves are raised in close confinement and the wet or moist environment is conducive to the transmission of these protozoa. But large-animal veterinarians are also detecting it more often in our beef herds out west. Crypto is a protozoa with a very

Crops, Markets

Hurdles still ahead for food-approved canary seed

By GFM Network News, Jade Markus January 19, 2016

CNS Canada — Canary seed has been ruled fit for human consumption by Health Canada — a victory for an industry working toward that goal for years — but it’s just one step of many to get canary seed onto plates. Canary seed, until now used almost exclusively as birdseed, has received novel food approval

Crops

EU food safety watchdog hits back in glyphosate safety row

By Barbara Lewis, GFM Network News January 13, 2016

Brussels | Reuters –– The head of Europe’s food safety watchdog has written to a group of nearly 100 senior scientists strongly rejecting their criticisms in a row about the safety of glyphosate. The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), which advises European Union policymakers, issued an opinion in November that glyphosate is unlikely to cause

Daily Network News

Proposed Sask. poultry research facility gets funding influx

Agriculture Canada makes small balance sheet adjustments

Federal government funds Quebec organic fertilizer company

Barley

CN’s 2015 grain handle down, grain revenue up

Vessel demand concerns extend Baltic index fall

CP books more Prairie grain revenue at year-end

Feds scrap ‘conditional’ pesticide approvals

New Zealand to host TPP signing Feb. 4

Feed barley market steady, gains expected in spring

Producer investment drives wheat and barley success

Beef 911: Crypto presents a number of challenges

Hurdles still ahead for food-approved canary seed

EU food safety watchdog hits back in glyphosate safety row

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