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Editor’s Take: Writing a new story for Canada’s grain sector

By Gord Gilmour May 14, 2020

Ask any writer and they’ll tell you the hardest thing is writing a story without an antagonist. Heroes are a dime a dozen, but it’s the villains who are usually more interesting characters, providing the conflict that drives the plot along and captures the interest of the reader. As our Allan Dawson reports in our

Stock position is expressed as the percentage of grain tonnage stored in both primary and port terminal networks compared to the total estimated working capacity. The graph compares the current year against the three-year average for each week. When space in the country exceeds 85 per cent it is considered tight. When it is 90 per cent or higher it is constrained.

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Growing gap in country and terminal grain stocks first sign of trouble

By Allan Dawson May 14, 2020

One of the first red flags (see graph) for grain movement came in January when grain stocks at country elevators started to build faster than stocks in export terminals as grain shipping slowed, Mark Hemmes, Canada’s grain monitor, said in an interview May 6. By around week 27 (Feb. 2-8) country elevators, on average, were

The Canadian Grain Commission building on Main Street in Winnipeg. (File photo)

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NFU sees red flags in CUSMA bill for grain growers

Bibeau urged to 'correct mistakes' in NAFTA 2.0-enabling legislation

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff March 8, 2020

The National Farmers Union is warning of sweeping changes to Canadian grain regulation it sees tucked into federal legislation meant to put through the successor deal to NAFTA. Bill C-4, the implementing legislation for the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), passed second reading Feb. 6 and came back without amendment Feb. 27 from the Commons standing committee

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P+H to challenge regulators’ request for elevator sale

Case to be heard sometime at later end of fall

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News February 4, 2020

Grain firm Parrish and Heimbecker aims to keep its now-expanded Prairie elevator network intact against a proposed order from federal antitrust regulators. Winnipeg-based, privately-held P+H in September announced a deal to buy all 10 of the primary Prairie grain elevators built by agrifood giant Louis Dreyfus Co. between 1998 and 2003. The two companies have

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ADM says to seek early retirements, may cut jobs

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek April 11, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain trader Archer Daniels Midland said on Wednesday it will seek voluntary early retirements by some North American employees and may eliminate individual jobs as part of a restructuring of specific areas. The actions are needed to strengthen ADM’s core business and establish the company as a global leader in

Water vapour imagery from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s GOES East satellite on April 10, 2019 shows a powerful late-season winter storm expected to bring heavy snow and high winds to parts of the north-central U.S. Plains and the upper Midwest. Bright blue and white areas indicate high water vapour or moisture content. (Satellite map courtesy NOAA)

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Blizzard forces closure of some U.S. grain processors, elevators

By GFM Network News, Reuters April 11, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — A second “bomb cyclone” blizzard hitting the United States was limiting the movement and processing of corn, soybeans and wheat around the Midwest and Plains on Thursday. Grain trader Cargill said it was closing three of its grain handling facilities in Minnesota, two in South Dakota and one in Nebraska on

A photo simulation of the proposed new Fraser Grain Terminal from Port Royal Park in New Westminster looking southeast. (FraserGrainTerminal.ca)

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Port authority clears new West Coast terminal

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff November 22, 2018

Work is expected to start within two weeks on a new port grain terminal expected to improve rail efficiency for grain shipments to Canada’s West Coast. Prairie grain handler Parrish and Heimbecker announced Thursday it’s “moving forward” with the Fraser Grain Terminal project as proposed in late 2016, after receiving approval for its project permit

Cargill’s ag input centre at Harrow, Ont., will need to find a new owner under order from federal regulators. (VisitHarrow.ca)

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La Coop federee’s Ontario grain play cleared

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff November 14, 2018

La Coop federee’s plans to expand into southern Ontario’s grain handling and crop input retail sectors are now down by four retail sites. The federal Competition Bureau said Tuesday it has an agreement in place for its approval of a deal which will see Cargill’s Ontario grain and ag retail outlets and its joint-venture stake

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Crystal City area grain growers face long haul

Few local shipping options after local elevator burned to ground

By Alexis Stockford August 29, 2018

Days after fire razed a Crystal City grain elevator to the ground, Kyle Holman had an extra 400 bushels of wheat to move, and no local terminal. “Maybe I wasn’t the best customer as far as using them consistently, but there were definitely situations where it’s going to be hard to replace the convenience of

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Cargill selling Ontario grain, inputs businesses

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 22, 2018

Quebec agrifood co-operative La Coop federee is set to stake a larger claim in Ontario’s grain and crop input sector with a deal for Cargill’s assets there. Cargill’s Winnipeg-based Canadian arm announced Thursday it will sell its Ontario grain and crop input outlets and its joint-venture stake in South West Ag Partners to La Coop

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Women who fed a nation

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

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Editor’s Take: Writing a new story for Canada’s grain sector

Growing gap in country and terminal grain stocks first sign of trouble

NFU sees red flags in CUSMA bill for grain growers

P+H to challenge regulators’ request for elevator sale

ADM says to seek early retirements, may cut jobs

Blizzard forces closure of some U.S. grain processors, elevators

Port authority clears new West Coast terminal

La Coop federee’s Ontario grain play cleared

Crystal City area grain growers face long haul

Cargill selling Ontario grain, inputs businesses

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