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Rail lockout compounds grain transport woes

A labour dispute was the last thing an already-stressed grain handling system needed

By Gord Gilmour March 22, 2022

CP’s latest labour dispute is over — but the metaphorical wreckage is going to linger on the tracks for a while. Canadian Pacific Railway and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference agreed March 22 to settle a labour dispute that began March 20, when the railway locked its workers out over a dispute on pensions, pay

NYMEX May 2022 West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)

Markets

Fuel prices may remain high beyond Russian invasion, expert says

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News March 22, 2022

MarketsFarm — The decision by the U.S. to halt the import of Russian petroleum products due to the country’s invasion of Ukraine created sticker shock at the pumps in North America — but an end to that invasion would not necessarily mean an end to high fuel prices. On March 15, the average price of

Crops, Markets

CP service to resume as dispute goes to arbitration

Engineers, conductors to return to work Tuesday noon

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News March 22, 2022

Engineers, conductors and train and yard service staff at Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) will return to work by noon local time Tuesday as their labour dispute goes to arbitration. Federal Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan, attending labour talks between CP and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) in Calgary, announced Tuesday morning that the parties “have

Crops

CP engineers, conductors locked out; talks continue

'Parties are working through the night': O'Regan

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News March 20, 2022

A lockout has begun at Canadian Pacific Railway affecting its 3,000-odd unionized engineers, conductors and train and yard service staff, effectively shutting down CP service. “The work stoppage has begun, but CP and (the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference) are still at the table with federal mediators,” federal Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan said in a statement

Crops

Nutrien to produce ‘most potash ever’ in 2022

Company to ramp up production in response to Ukraine conflict

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News March 18, 2022

The world’s biggest potash-producing company is set to produce more potash in 2022 due to “uncertainty of potash supply” coming out of Eastern Europe. Saskatoon-based Nutrien, which has an estimated 20 million tonnes of potash-mining capacity across six mines in Saskatchewan, said Wednesday it plans to boost its output for 2022 to 15 million tonnes,

News

Stocking up for a shortage-plagued spring

There’s a long list of ag products under supply strain while one of farming’s busiest seasons is about to ramp up

By Alexis Stockford March 17, 2022

This isn’t going to be one of those springs where you can stroll into your local ag retailer and be confident you’ll be leaving with everything you need. Supply chain issues of all stripes have kept inventories of all kinds across the country depleted, even as spring approaches. The list of ag products facing supply

Crops

CP to lock out engineers, conductors starting Sunday

'Cannot prolong the uncertainty,' CEO says

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News March 17, 2022

Canadian Pacific Railway has served its unionized engineers, conductors and train and yard service staff with notice of a lockout to start just after midnight ET on Sunday, unless the company and union agree on a new labour deal by then. Calgary-based CP and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC), which represents about 3,000 CP

CF’s facility at Medicine Hat, Alta. is billed as the largest nitrogen manufacturing complex in Canada. (CFIndustries.com)

Crops, Markets

CF Industries boosts U.S. fertilizer shipments as Russian exports cut

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek March 16, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — CF Industries is increasing fertilizer shipments to both U.S. coasts from the world’s largest nitrogen complex in Louisiana to help offset a decline in exports from Russia after it invaded Ukraine, CEO Tony Will said. Global fertilizer supplies have tightened and prices have increased from already high levels as sanctions bite

Markets, News

Brazil fertilizer stocks to last for three more months, industry group says

By Reuters March 15, 2022

ANDA, an association representing fertilizer companies in Brazil, said March 3 that local fertilizer stocks should last for three more months amid a major supply chain bottleneck related to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and western sanctions on Belarus, an important producer. ANDA’s forecast, which it said was based on reports from market players, came a

File photo of Highway 363 near Moose Jaw, Sask. (Mysticenergy/iStock/Getty Images)

Weather

Spring road bans coming into effect across Prairies

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin March 15, 2022

MarketsFarm — Warming temperatures and melting snow across Western Canada may cause some disruptions to grain and livestock movement over the next few weeks as seasonal spring road restrictions come into effect across the Prairies. Annual spring road restrictions set axle weight limits for vehicles moving on certain roads, in an effort to reduce the

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Fertilizer

Rail lockout compounds grain transport woes

Fuel prices may remain high beyond Russian invasion, expert says

CP service to resume as dispute goes to arbitration

CP engineers, conductors locked out; talks continue

Nutrien to produce ‘most potash ever’ in 2022

Stocking up for a shortage-plagued spring

CP to lock out engineers, conductors starting Sunday

CF Industries boosts U.S. fertilizer shipments as Russian exports cut

Brazil fertilizer stocks to last for three more months, industry group says

Spring road bans coming into effect across Prairies

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