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Another grain export terminal proposed for Vancouver
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Another grain export terminal proposed for Vancouver

The way western Canadian crop production is growing the increased 
capacity is needed, say some industry observers

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A second, new grain export terminal proposed for the Port of Vancouver, is welcome news, says University of Saskatchewan agricultural economist Richard Gray. Western Canadian grain production is on the upswing and because of rising demand in Asia, Canadian grain companies want to export through the West Coast because that’s where prices are highest. Additional
A wooden grain elevator at the railway siding of Newstead, five miles east of Souris along Highway No. 2, was built in 1936 by the McCabe Grain Company. Bought by United Grain Growers in 1968, the elevator was renovated and an annex was moved beside it from nearby Carroll. The facility was closed in June 1982 and removed from the site.
Country Crossroads

PHOTOS: This Old Elevator: November 2016

The Manitoba Historical Society wants to gather information about all the grain elevators in Manitoba

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In the 1950s, there were over 700 grain elevators in Manitoba. Today, there are fewer than 200. You can help to preserve the legacy of these disappearing “Prairie sentinels.” The Manitoba Historical Society (MHS) is gathering information about all elevators that ever stood in Manitoba, regardless of their present status. Collaborating with the Manitoba Co-operator
A rendering of what G3’s proposed Vancouver grain terminal on the north shore of Burrard Inlet, will look like, if the project goes ahead. While G3 has most of the necessary permits for the project, there are still many details to work out before G3’s board of directors decides to start construction, says G3 official Brett Malkoske.
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A look at G3’s proposed new Vancouver grain terminal

A spiral track would allow trains to arrive on site, ease congestion elsewhere, 
and unload intact before returning to the Prairies

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G3’s proposed Vancouver grain terminal will be the most efficient in North America and maybe the world, Doug MacDonald told Prairie farm leaders touring the port Nov. 15. CN’s vice-president of bulk commodities made the comment as the group’s boat cruised by the Lynnterm break bulk terminal on the north shore of Burrard Inlet, where
Grain shippers of all types are heralding promised changes to the transportation regulatory environment announced Nov. 3 by Transport Minister Marc Garneau.
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Grain sector hails transport reform

But some farm groups worry about the future of the maximum revenue entitlement

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Farm groups, grain shippers, crop processors and supply chain organizations are all praising Transport Minister Marc Garneau’s plan to make Canada’s grain transportation system more competitive. But some farm groups are uneasy about the future of the maximum revenue entitlement (MRE). Speaking to the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal Nov. 3 Garneau announced legislation
Scrapping maximum revenue entitlement will double farmers’ freight bill
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Scrapping maximum revenue entitlement will double farmers’ freight bill

Agricultural economist Derek Brewin concludes the MRE works for farmers 
and the railways and has resulted in a more efficient system

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Western Canadian farmers will pay the railways at least double what they do now to ship grain if the maximum revenue entitlement (MRE) is phased out as recommended in the Emerson Report. “The increase is somewhere between 100 and 150 per cent in real rates if we remove the MRE,” University of Manitoba agricultural economist
railcars at grain elevator
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Railways say they’re ready to move grain

A late start to the shipping season, big crop and the forecast for a 
harsh winter are combining to challenge the railway

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Canada’s railways are still ready to move Western Canada’s grain crop despite forecasts for a harsh winter. Poor weather has delayed harvest in parts of Saskatchewan and Alberta, resulting in a slow start to the 2016-17 shipping season, but grain companies and the railways are still expecting farmers will harvest in the low- to mid-70-million-tonne
In 1994, a new elevator was opened at La Riviere by Manitoba Pool, joining an annex built in 1980. In November 2004, both of them, along with three steel bins, were moved 14 miles north to Somerset and set beside an elevator built there in 1992, doubling its capacity. The facility is now in use by Delmar Commodities.
Country Crossroads

PHOTOS: This Old Elevator: October 2016

The Manitoba Historical Society wants to gather information about all the grain elevators in Manitoba

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In the 1950s, there were over 700 grain elevators in Manitoba. Today, there are fewer than 200. You can help to preserve the legacy of these disappearing “Prairie sentinels.” The Manitoba Historical Society (MHS) is gathering information about all elevators that ever stood in Manitoba, regardless of their present status. Collaborating with the Manitoba Co-operator
University of Manitoba agricultural economist Derek Brewin suspects grain companies captured $3.5 billion that should’ve gone to western Canadian wheat farmers due to a wider-than-normal export basis.
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Wide basis cost farmers billions

The University of Manitoba’s Derek Brewin suspects 
grain companies got the money instead

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Who grabbed more than $3.5 billion in revenue from the Prairie grain trade over two recent crop years? Many have asked that question and now a University of Manitoba agriculture economist has weighed into the debate. Derek Brewin says it was likely captured by the various grain companies that pocketed the difference in the 2013-14
KAP president Dan Mazier was looking forward to discussing grain transportation issue face to face with Transport Minister Marc Garneau Oct. 20.
Crops, News

Farmers get Garneau meeting

KAP’s Dan Mazier and other farm leaders were to get a face-to-face meeting with the transport minister October 20 in Saskatoon to discuss changes to the Canada Transportation Act

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If all goes according to plan, western Canadian farm leaders are finally going to get a chance to bend Marc Garneau’s ear. They’ve long been seeking a face to face with the federal transport minister, to tell him what changes they’d like to see to grain transportation under the Canada Transportation Act. KAP’s Dan Mazier
This photo from 1962 shows the three elevators operating at Altamont at that time, including two United Grain Growers elevators with markedly different paint schemes, dating from 1905 (right, built by Ogilvie Flour Mills) and 1925 (centre). In the background is the CNR train station and a Federal Grain elevator taken over by Manitoba Pool in 1972. The 1905 elevator came down in 1967 and the 1925 elevator closed in 1993, while the Pool elevator closed in 1989. The elevators, and the men who operated them, are commemorated by two model elevators at the site.
Country Crossroads

PHOTOS: This Old Elevator: September 2016

The Manitoba Historical Society wants to gather information about all the grain elevators in Manitoba

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In the 1950s, there were over 700 grain elevators in Manitoba. Today, there are fewer than 200. You can help to preserve the legacy of these disappearing “Prairie sentinels.” The Manitoba Historical Society (MHS) is gathering information about all elevators that ever stood in Manitoba, regardless of their present status. Collaborating with the Manitoba Co-operator

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