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Safety protocols in place for farmers’ grain deliveries

Grain moving as normal, but farmers need to practice social distancing when delivering to elevators

Grain deliveries to country elevators should continue without any disruptions, the executive director of the Western Grain Elevator Association says. “All of the members of the Western Grain Elevator Association are doing everything in their power to keep the grain supply chain functioning” during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, Wade Sobkowich said Tuesday. “That means we’ll


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Fire guts Saskatchewan town’s last elevator

Residents of Prelate, Sask. had a rude awakening Tuesday as the village’s last grain elevator, owned by Paterson Grain, was engulfed in flames. Calls to 9-1-1 started coming in at 5:48 a.m. Tuesday, according to Jason Gizen, a local volunteer firefighter and pedigreed seed grower. Gizen lives in the house closest to the elevator and

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Paterson taps brakes on China canola sales

Winnipeg | Reuters — Crop handler Paterson Grain will take a more cautious approach to selling canola to Chinese buyers for the near term, after China said it would toughen its standard on canola shipments from Canada, the CEO of parent Paterson GlobalFoods said. China’s quarantine authority, AQSIQ, told Ottawa last week it would allow



Court Overturns Shipper Complaint Against CN

Canadian National Railway (CN) did not breach its level-of-service obligations to the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) and four other grain companies in the 2007- 08 crop year the Federal Appeal Court said in its ruling Sept. 9. Although the ruling overturns the Canadian Transportation Agency’s (CTA) decision in favour of the complaint launched in 2008


Agrium, Rivals Seen Focusing On Smaller Deals

“Consolidation of the fertilizer industry worldwide is far from over.” – JOERGEN OLE HASLESTAD Aprotracted takeover battle in the global fertilizer industry ended this week with a victory for CF Industries Holdings Inc., but the losers are unlikely to wait long before climbing back into the fray. CF Industries’ agreement to acquire Terra Industries brought

Rosser Resists CentrePort Annexation Plan – for Oct. 8, 2009

“Why are we transferring all this development to the City of Winnipeg?” – ANDREW PATERSON, PATERSON GRAIN The City of Winnipeg may have a fight on its hands as it seeks to annex land from a neighbouring municipality for a planned inland port facility. Residents of the Rural Municipality of Rosser voiced strong opposition to


High Praise For Late Agronomist Keith Mills

“Keith was the type of guy who would never quit.” – DAVE MANNING Keith Mills, a highly respected extension agronomist, is being remembered by farmers and colleagues for his energy and intellect and how much they learned from him. Mills, who worked for Westco, a division of Viterra, died suddenly at his home in Claresholm,

Bigger bins at Killarney’s Paterson Grain

While the rest of the country roils in recession, a Killarney elevator is set to triple its grain-handling capacity. Construction will be completed soon on a series of four new steel bins adjoining the existing large four-section white silo at Paterson Grain. “We had more producers than we could handle,” said Larry Shackel, general manager