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Rising export demand is underpinning prosperity in agriculture.

Churchill exports up after longer than usual shipping season

OmniTRAX says exporting crude oil through Churchill would help ensure the port’s viability

By Allan Dawson November 20, 2013

The Port of Churchill, which closed for the season Nov. 12, was open almost two weeks later than usual and exported more than 600,000 tonnes of grain. Merv Tweed, president of OmniTRAX Canada, which owns the port and the Hudson Bay Railway that serves it, said that while this year’s performance is encouraging, the port

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz says Canada’s railways are doing an “adequate” job moving this year’s record crop to market. The Western Grain Elevators Association says it’s not good enough and farm groups agree. photo: allan dawson

Crops

Ritz rates current rail service for grain ‘adequate’

By Allan Dawson November 20, 2013

Canada’s railways are doing an “adequate” job moving this year’s record crop to market, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz told an industry conference last week. “The increase in volume means the logistics system must fire on all cylinders to ensure farmers’ products are making it to market on time. To date our system is proving effective

Cereals, News

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

Daily Network News

Court finds Sunterra liable to U.S. lender

Prairie forecast: Above-average temperatures across Prairies

Prairie CWRS wheat bids mixed to start February

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