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Grain Container Shipping Has Its Place

By Allan Dawson December 17, 2009

If there was ever a product suited to bulk shipping, it’s grain. But for years, Barry Prentice has promoted containers as an alternative. And the idea seems to be catching on. Ten years ago one or two per cent of Canada’s grain was exported in a container versus bulk, now containers account for 14 to

Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Deregulation Has Led To System Efficiency

By Allan Dawson December 10, 2009

Canada’s grain handling and transportation system is more streamlined and the railways more profitable thanks to partial deregulation, Mark Hemmes, president of Quorum Corporation told the Fields on Wheels conference Dec. 2. In 2000, federal legislation allowed the railways to charge whatever they wanted to move western grain to export so long as total revenues

Crops

Grain Moved At A Record Pace End Of Last Crop Year

By Allan Dawson December 10, 2009

“I really do see this as a sustainable model and you’ll see more of it at CP.” – MURRAY HAMILTON The record pace of grain shipping the final half of the last crop year was no fluke according to Canada’s railways, even though some observers suspect the drop in other rail traffic due to the

News

Canada-EU Trade Talk A “Big Deal”

By Allan Dawson December 3, 2009

Everything, including supply management, is still on the table six months into talks between Canada and the European Union (EU) on a trade deal that could be more comprehensive than the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Canada’s chief negotiator says. “We have agreed from the start everything is on the table,” Steve Verheul of

Cereals, Oilseeds

In Brief… – for Oct. 8, 2009

October 8, 2009

Conditions worsen: Violence on Zimbabwe’s farms, once the country’s economic mainstay, is worsening, the country’s Commercial Farmers Union said on Sept. 30. Many white farmers have been evicted from land by President Robert Mugabe’s government since 2000, as part of a land reform program credited with causing a slump in agriculture. “The reality is that

News, Oilseeds

Low-Level Tolerances Needed For GM Crops

By Allan Dawson October 1, 2009

“Once an event has been approved it’s not a question when that event will show up, it’s a question of what day on the calendar it will show up.” – DENNIS STEPHENS Governments must agree on tolerances for small amounts of genet i -cally modified plants (GM) in commodity shipments and Canada’s should take the

Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds

Push For GM Wheat Resurrected

By Allan Dawson May 21, 2009

Five years to the month after Monsanto shelved its controversial Roundup Ready genetically modified (GM) wheat, farm groups in Canada, Australia and the United States are pushing for the “synchronized introduction” of biotech wheat. The Grain Growers of Canada, Wes tern Canadian Wheat Growers Association (WCWGA) and Alberta Winter Wheat Producers Commission are leading the

Cereals, News, Oilseeds

Grain Growers of Canada enjoy lobbying success

By Allan Dawson December 11, 2008

“I personally cannot remember a time over the last decade that our issues have been the government’s issues.” – Ross Ravelli Grain Growers of Canada members revelled in their lobbying successes and plotted strategy for ongoing battles at their recent annual meeting here. “I personally cannot remember a time over the last decade that our

News

Can Stockwell Day slay the supply management dragon?

By Allan Dawson November 20, 2008

Canada’s agricultural supply management sector may meet its match in Stockwell Day, the new federal minister of international trade. At least that’s what the Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance (CAFTA) is hoping. “I think he comes from the right side of the political spectrum,” to get Canada to be a stronger supporter of trade liberalization through

Cereals, News

Poor rail service hurts grain competitiveness

By Allan Dawson November 20, 2008

If Paterson Grain serviced its customers the way the railways service Paterson Grain, it wouldn’t get much repeat business, according to the Winnipeg-based company’s vice-president of operations Keith Burch. “If we (said) ‘We’ll sell you 10,000 tonnes of canola and we promise to deliver 80 per cent of that, and only 90 per cent of

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures end lower

ICE Weekly: Trade progress, new data threaten to break canola’s price range

CBOT Weekly: Trade awaits USDA S/D report

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