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Railways mum on how producer car orders are allocated when total car demand exceeds supply

By Allan Dawson November 14, 2013

Railways mum on how producer car orders are allocated when total car demand exceeds supply When rail car orders exceed the supply how do the railways decide how many cars are set aside to fill producer car versus grain company orders? Only the railways know for sure and last week they were not answering the

Cereals, News

Producer car shippers bypass plugged elevators

By Allan Dawson November 14, 2013

A12-car train jerks to a steady rhythm every few seconds as part-time engineer Travis Long ever so slowly “stretches” the newly connected cars, while a roaring hum fills the locomotive’s cab. It’s the satisfying sound of grain moving to market via producer cars on the Boundary Trail Railway Company’s (BTRC) short line — 23 miles

Country Crossroads

Rugs elevate bygone Prairie symbol

An exhibit of exquisite hooked art rugs by the Heritage Rug Hookers of Saskatoon on six-community tour of Manitoba

By Lorraine Stevenson April 10, 2013

An art exhibit of the gone-but-not-forgotten Prairie grain elevator is helping revive a once common craft of Prairie homemakers, too. A collection of 40 hooked rugs, each depicting a grain elevator, is now on display in Carman. The collection — which has been displayed at about 20 galleries in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and, most recently Virden

Cereals, Crops, Weather

Move grain out before water moves in

Province will consider lifting spring weight restrictions on Manitoba roads if  producers need to move grain or livestock out of flood-affected areas

By Shannon VanRaes April 9, 2013

When the flood waters come, grain stops moving — and that means farmers better hurry if they want to empty some bins and recharge their bank account this spring, industry officials say. And unlike past floods, the Canadian Wheat Board won’t be overseeing grain movement to ensure there’s plenty of elevator space for those needing

Crops, Oilseeds

CGC issues warning on excessive canola dockage

By Allan Dawson March 28, 2013

The commission says buyers need to adjust for smaller but still sound canola seed harvested last fall

The Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) is warning canola growers to be on guard for excessive dockage deductions this crop year. “Unexpected dockage levels are a common concern among canola producers this year,” CGC chief commissioner Elwin Hermanson said in a news release last week. “Were the dockage levels in your canola a little higher this

Crops, News

Shippers suggest amendments to beef up Fair Rail Freight Service Act

By Allan Dawson March 28, 2013

The worst rail service in three years prompted shippers to propose amendments to toughen Bill C-52, the Fair Rail Freight Service Act, to help balance their relationship with the railways, says Wade Sobkowich, executive director of the Western Grain Elevator Association (WGEA). “Service is very poor on both railroads,” he said in an interview March

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, News

Grain Growers funded to promote grain sales

By Allan Dawson December 5, 2012

Fifty thousand dollars in federal government money is going to the Grain Growers of Canada to promote Canadian grain, which will include sending farmers on overseas trade missions. It’s part of $208,000 David Anderson, parliamentary secretary for the Canadian Wheat Board, announced here Nov. 21 during the annual Grain Industry Symposium organized by the Canada

Cereals, Crops, News

Post-CWB monopoly system receives record grain volume Q1

By Allan Dawson November 30, 2012

Concerns that Canada’s grain pipeline would initially struggle in the wake of ending the Canadian Wheat Board’s monopoly have proven groundless. A record 14 million tonnes of grain were delivered to the Canadian grain-handling system during the first 15 weeks of the crop year, Cargill Canada president Len Penner told the Grain Industry Symposium here

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, News

CWB looks to cash market to attract more wheat

By Terryn Shiells November 30, 2012

Sign-up deadlines for CWB’s pool programs have come and gone, but the company is still looking for more grain. “We’ve been able to get some really good sales for the tonnes that we have now, and movement has been really good,” said Gord Flaten, CWB’s vice-president of grain procurement. “So looking to the rest of

Cereals, Crops, News

Regulations, farmer voice needed in post-CWB monopoly world

By Allan Dawson November 29, 2012

Two vocal advocates for deregulating Western Canada’s wheat marketing are now suggesting farmers need a strong voice and new regulations to protect them from the open market. While free enterprise is the best economic system, it only works when transactions are voluntary and there is true competition, Paul Earl, a former lobbyist against the Canadian

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures rise on first WASDE since September

U.S. export sales include only small soybean business to China

U.S. corn and soybean yields revised down by USDA

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