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Clock ticking for company co-operation on grain price transparency

Gerry Ritz wants information posted starting Aug. 1 and John De Pape is confident the target can be met

By Allan Dawson April 29, 2015

John De Pape is trying to get all Prairie grain companies to give him their prices so he can post regional averages starting Aug. 1, but if they don’t the federal government might have to force them to. “It’s a stick the (agriculture) minister (Gerry Ritz) has,” De Pape, president of FARMCO, told the Keystone

National news

Mixed reaction to sale details: some like it not, some like it sold

Opponents say the lack of farmer control and foreign ownership is offensive while others are glad the deal is done

By Allan Dawson April 23, 2015

The Friends of the Canadian Wheat Board (FCWB) and National Farmers Union and federal NDP oppose the sale. “This was just another step in the largest transfer of wealth away from farmers in the history of this country,” said FCWB chair Stewart Wells who farms at Swift Current, Sask., and served as an elected wheat

Crops

Check inputs to ensure they’re customer approved

Manipulator, a plant growth regulator recently registered for wheat in Canada,  hasn’t been approved in the United States yet

By Allan Dawson April 6, 2015

End-users and regulators are literally putting your grain under the microscope, measuring residues in the parts per trillion. That puts the onus on farmers to deliver grain that meets their standards or risk rejection. So, before applying inputs farmers should consult agri-retailers and grain buyers about what products markets are accepting and follow label directions

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and Transport Minister Lisa Raitt

Crops, National news

Ottawa drops minimum rail shipping order

Permanent  improvements to grain transportation must come from the Canada Transportation Act review

By Allan Dawson, Dave Bedard April 2, 2015

The federal government’s order-in-council requiring the two major railways to ship a minimum amount of grain has expired, but can be reinstated if required, says Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz. The first order last March compelled the railways to ship one million tonnes in total per week or face a fine of up to $100,000 a

Stephen Harper in a discussion at a conference

Crops, News

Harper says railways can’t be allowed to misuse market power

The order-in-council requiring minimum grain movement expires at the end of March

By Allan Dawson March 20, 2015

Western Canadian farmers and grain companies have a new supporter for their argument that the railways have too much market power — Prime Minister Stephen Harper, no less. A year after the Canadian cabinet in an unprecedented move passed an order-in-council requiring Canadian National (CN) and Canadian Pacific (CP) railways to ship a weekly minimum

Cereals, Crops

Everything you ever wanted to know about shipping grain to the U.S.

Online publication includes info on weight restrictions, phytosanitary certificates and more

By Allan Dawson February 17, 2015

Canadian and American grain companies have a new resource to assist them when buying or transhipping grain to or through each other’s countries. The goal is to expedite grain trading between the two nations and beyond following the elimination of the Canadian Wheat Board’s single desk. “We’ve seen all sorts of border challenges in other

Gerry Ritz, Canada's agriculture minister

Crops, News

Commercial feed mills to be covered by CGC security

When governing the grain commission Gerry Ritz says ‘if it ain’t broke don’t fix it’

By Allan Dawson January 23, 2015

If Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz gets his way, farmers who sell to feed mills will be protected under the proposed Canadian Grain Commission’s (CGC) producer payment security program. “My direction to them (CGC) is find a way to incorporate feed mills,” Ritz said in an interview Jan. 9. “The direction is, yes, they will be

railways cars at an inland grain terminal

Crops, News

Railways fined for failing to move enough grain

Farmers and grain companies say the fines are too small relative to the cost of delivery delays

By Allan Dawson January 16, 2015

Canada’s two national railways have been fined for not meeting federal targets for grain shipments, but not as much as farmers and grain companies say is warranted. CN Rail said in a statement it will pay its $100,000 for two violations “and move forward,” while CP Rail will contest a $50,000 fine for a single

Crops

CN Rail over, CP under 2013-14 Maximum Revenue Entitlement

The railways moved 38.76 million tonnes of western grain to export ports — the most ever since 2000-01 

By Allan Dawson January 9, 2015

It cost western Canadian grain farmers, on average, $33.69 a tonne to ship grain by rail during the 2013-14 crop year, down 30 cents a tonne from the crop year before. And, as was the case in 2012-13, one railway was slightly over and the other slightly under the statutory Maximum Revenue Entitlement (MRE), also

Crops, News

Should farmers pay for protection against grain company defaults?

The Canadian Grain Commission has proposed setting up a security fund paid for by grain companies,  but Rob Brunel says Ontario’s farmer-funded model has merit

By Allan Dawson January 6, 2015

Rob Brunel knows farmers aren’t keen on more checkoffs, but the Ste. Rose du Lac farmer believes that’s the best way to replace the Canadian Grain Commission’s (CGC) current security program. “My preference has been to set up something like Ontario has,” the chair of Keystone Agricultural Producers’ (KAP) Grains and Oilseeds Committee said in

Daily Network News

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Clock ticking for company co-operation on grain price transparency

Mixed reaction to sale details: some like it not, some like it sold

Check inputs to ensure they’re customer approved

Ottawa drops minimum rail shipping order

Harper says railways can’t be allowed to misuse market power

Everything you ever wanted to know about shipping grain to the U.S.

Commercial feed mills to be covered by CGC security

Railways fined for failing to move enough grain

CN Rail over, CP under 2013-14 Maximum Revenue Entitlement

Should farmers pay for protection against grain company defaults?

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