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Vaccine protest jams southern Alberta border crossing

Premier, transportation minister called for blockade to disperse

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UPDATED, Jan. 31 — A major supply chain corridor between Alberta and the U.S. remained blockaded through into Sunday evening by vehicles in protest of mandates requiring foreign truckers entering Canada and the U.S. to be vaccinated. The protest on Highway 4 at the Coutts, Alta. border crossing, about 100 km southeast of Lethbridge, began
Gavilon in October last year opened a new southern Montana grain elevator, shown here, at Huntley, just northeast of Billings. (Gavilon.com)
Crops, Markets

Viterra to buy Marubeni’s U.S. grain firm Gavilon

Grain handler looking to expand reach in Americas through acquisitions

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Grain firm Viterra’s plans to buy an expanded global reach are about to move forward with a 10-figure deal for the bulk of U.S. ag commodity firm Gavilon’s grain business. Viterra, owned by commodities firm Glencore and two Canadian public-sector pension funds, announced Wednesday it will pay $1.125 billion to buy Omaha-based Gavilon from the
Tracy Robinson. (TCEnergy.com)
Crops

CN names new CEO, easing tussle with investor

Former CP executive Tracy Robinson returns to rail

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Reuters — Canadian National Railway on Tuesday named industry veteran Tracy Robinson as its new chief executive officer, soothing a months-long tussle with its second-largest shareholder over leadership at the railroad operator. Robinson will replace Jean-Jacques Ruest, who announced his decision to step down from the role in October following investor demands for his exit
Farmer Dave Gruenbaum plants corn as he terminates off-season cover crops with a roller near Plain City, Ohio, May 2021.
News

Farming for the climate

U.S. growers embrace cover crops while eyeing low-carbon future

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Reuters – Illinois farmer Jack McCormick planted 350 acres of barley and radishes last fall as part of an off-season crop that he does not intend to harvest. Instead, the crops will be killed off with a weed killer next spring before McCormick plants soybeans in the same dirt. The barley and radishes will not
Keefer Terminal (foreground) at the Port of Thunder Bay. (PortOfThunderBay.ca)
Crops, Other

Thunder Bay shipping season wraps up

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MarketsFarm — The last vessel of the shipping season will depart the Port of Thunder Bay on Friday. Grain handling volumes were down on the year, but increases in other categories helped limit the overall reduction in movement through the northern Lake Superior port. The 2021 navigation season will come to a close with the
Seeding in southwestern Manitoba in the spring of 2021. (Manitoba Co-operator file photo by Alexis Stockford)
Weather

Last year was world’s sixth-warmest on record, U.S. scientists say

Heat content of oceans at record level, NOAA says

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Reuters — Last year ranked as the sixth-warmest year on record, causing extreme weather events around the world and adding to evidence supporting the globe’s long-term warming, according to an analysis on Thursday by two U.S. government agencies. The data compiled by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and NASA also revealed that
A view near the Canadian end of the Ambassador Bridge, which connects Windsor and Detroit and is considered one of North America’s busiest trade routes. (Steven_Kriemadis/iStock/Getty Images)
Markets

Cross-border supply chains still may face disruptions from vaccine mandates

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CLARIFIED, Jan. 13 — Ottawa/Washington | Reuters — COVID-19 vaccine requirements for foreign truckers at the U.S.-Canada border still could cause supply-chain disruptions if both countries do not decide to allow exemptions, the head of the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) said Thursday. Canadian truck drivers who aren’t vaccinated may enter Canada by right — but
Yara’s headquarters in Oslo. (Yara.com)
Crops, Other

Yara to stop buying potash from Belarus due to sanctions

Fertilizer firm buys 10-15 per cent of country's potash output

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Oslo | Reuters — Norwegian fertilizer maker Yara said on Monday it will wind down purchases of potash from Belarus by April 1 as international sanctions made it impossible to continue the trade. Yara estimates that it buys 10-15 per cent of the annual output of state-owned Belaruskali, one of the world’s largest producers of
Potash prices in China, the world’s largest consumer, are also high despite the recent release of some of that country’s potash reserve.
Markets, News

Potash importers brace for prolonged price rally after sanctions on Belarus

Prices are already at a 13-year high and U.S. sanctions will likely fuel further rises

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Reuters – Global potash prices are set for an extended rally after the United States imposed sanctions on major supplier Belarus Potash Company (BPC), piling more pressure on farmers and consumers already facing rocketing costs and a global economy navigating rising food inflation. Prices were already at 13-year highs before the U.S. move on Dec.

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