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Green lentils. (Savany/iStock/Getty Images)

Pulse weekly outlook: Markets steady heading into holidays

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin December 17, 2020

MarketsFarm — Pea and lentil markets in Western Canada are holding relatively steady heading into the holiday season, with little movement expected one way or the other until the New Year. “That’s normal for this time of year,” said Dale McManus of Johnston’s Grain at Welwyn, Sask. on the lack of activity and stagnant prices.

Hapag-Lloyd containers at a shipping terminal in Hamburg in March 2017. (File photo: Reuters/Fabian Bimmer)

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse industry watching container supply closely

One major container firm is shipping them back to Asia empty to meet a surge in demand

By Allan Dawson, GFM Network News October 30, 2020

Pulse Canada is keeping an eye on container supplies following the recent announcement by a major supplier it would be shipping them back empty to Asia from North America to meet a surge in demand. Why it matters: Canadian pulse crop exporters rely on shipping containers to get their products to international customers. A lack

File photo of cranes at the Port of Montreal. (Jean-Paul_Lejeune/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops

Truce reached in Montreal port strike

Longshoremen to return to work Sunday

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News August 21, 2020

Striking longshoremen at the Port of Montreal plan to return to work Sunday morning, beginning a truce of up to seven months brokered by federal mediators. Federal Labour Minister Filomena Tassi announced Friday that the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 375, Syndicat des debardeurs and the port’s Maritime Employers Association (MEA) have “concluded

Crops, Markets

Containerized crops may get stuck in Montreal port’s strike

Longshoremen on 'indefinite' strike as of Monday morning

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News August 11, 2020

Bulk grain traffic through the Port of Montreal isn’t expected to be affected by a longshoremen’s strike that began Monday morning, but eastbound containerized crops may be among the traffic put on hold. CUPE’s Syndicat des debardeurs Local 375, which represents about 1,150 longshoremen and longshorewomen at the port, served notice Friday that it would

An image created by Nexu Science Communication, together with Trinity College in Dublin, shows a model structurally representative of a betacoronavirus, the type of virus linked to COVID-19. (Nexu Science Communication via Reuters)

Markets

Food exporters sign safety declarations in lieu of virus-free guarantees

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume June 30, 2020

Reuters — U.S. food and feed exporters are shipping goods to China with letters assuring the safety of their cargo in lieu of official declarations requested by Chinese authorities that guarantee coronavirus-free shipments, a U.S. agricultural export group said on Friday. The commitment statements, drafted by the Agriculture Transportation Coalition (AgTC), are meant only to

A container terminal in Halifax. (CN.ca)

Crops

CN sees eastern network revival on supply chain diversity, ports

By Allison Lampert, GFM Network News June 22, 2020

Montreal | Reuters — Canadian National Railway, the country’s biggest railroad, is banking on growth in consumer products and supply-chain diversification in Asia, to revive traffic on its underutilized eastern Canadian rail lines, the company’s CEO told Reuters Friday. Coronavirus, which hit China’s industrial production, along with U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods, are further leading

A container terminal at the Port of Vancouver. (FangXiaNuo/E+/Canada)

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Logistics, lack of containers hamper pulse crop movement

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin April 17, 2020

MarketsFarm — Logistics disruptions due to COVID-19 are hampering nearby movement of pulses, according to a number of industry participants speaking Thursday on a webinar organized by the Global Pulse Consortium. However, the longer-term impact of the pandemic remains to be seen. “The shipping industry has been hugely impacted by COVID-19,” Chris Oliver, nautical director

Prince Rupert’s Ridley Island is the planned site for Ray-Mont Logistics’ crop container loading facility. (CNW Group/Prince Rupert Port Authority)

Crops

Prince Rupert expansion to handle crop containers

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 20, 2017

A Montreal logistics firm specializing in loading pulses and grains into containers for export out of Vancouver and Montreal plans to set up shop at Prince Rupert. The Prince Rupert Port Authority on Monday announced Ray-Mont Logistics is developing a logistics and container loading facility at the south end of the West Coast port’s Ridley

Crops, Pulses

Pulses stranded at sea as shipping company flounders

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin September 9, 2016

CNS Canada — The bankruptcy of a major Korean shipping company has raised some concerns for Canadian pulse crops moving by container, but any disruptions to movement will likely be minor, according to an industry analyst. Hanjin Shipping Co., the world’s seventh-largest container shipping company, declared bankruptcy on Aug. 31, leaving more than half of

Country Crossroads, Local news

Waterlogged organization encourages water stewardship

Rain barrels have long provided cost savings and conservation opportunities  but this time they are being offered with a community kickback

By Jennifer Paige May 20, 2015

After two devastating floods, Brandon’s Riverbank Inc. has been barely left afloat and is now looking to raise funds to rebuild, all the while keeping water stewardship in mind. “We are excited for this initiative. It will allow us to offer the public a chance to purchase a quality rain barrel for their home or

Daily Network News

Women who fed a nation

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise on China demand hopes; corn and wheat rebound

U.S. livestock: Hogs rebound, cattle hit upward limits

Tag Archives Containers

Pulse weekly outlook: Markets steady heading into holidays

Pulse industry watching container supply closely

Truce reached in Montreal port strike

Containerized crops may get stuck in Montreal port’s strike

Food exporters sign safety declarations in lieu of virus-free guarantees

CN sees eastern network revival on supply chain diversity, ports

Logistics, lack of containers hamper pulse crop movement

Prince Rupert expansion to handle crop containers

Pulses stranded at sea as shipping company flounders

Waterlogged organization encourages water stewardship

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