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Union says propane shortfalls may be CN’s own making

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff November 22, 2019

Propane shortages for grain dryers and heating fuel in the wake of a strike by Canadian National Railway (CN) conductors and yard workers appear to be “largely manufactured” by the railway, according to the union for the striking workers. The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC-CTY), which represents over 3,000 CN staff in Canada who walked

Crops, Weather

Propane shortage looms as CN strike hits third day

By GFM Network News, Rod Nickel November 21, 2019

Winnipeg/Ottawa | Reuters — Shippers scrambled to shift freight onto trucks on Thursday as a strike at Canada’s biggest railroad, Canadian National Railway, hit its third day, leaving the critical fuel propane and other goods stranded. Some 3,200 unionized employees, including conductors and yard workers, hit picket lines on Tuesday in the biggest such action

Crops, Weather

Propane-starved East’s grain growers seek end to CN strike

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff November 20, 2019

Farmers fighting through a soggy harvest in Eastern Canada have joined their western counterparts’ call for an end to the strike by Canadian National Railway workers — not to get grain out, but to get propane in. Restoring the supply of propane for Quebec’s farm businesses, in the wake of a Canada-wide strike launched Tuesday

Crops, Weather

U.S. states declare emergencies to help farmers in propane shortage

By GFM Network News, Reuters November 18, 2019

Reuters — Regional shortages of propane, which is used for heating homes and barns and by farmers to dry their crops, have led to emergency declarations covering nine U.S. Midwest states amid late harvests of soggy grains. Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota and Wisconsin declared state emergencies beginning in late October, and continued last Friday to

Vanessa Kummer checks the quality of her family farm’s 2018 soybean crops near Colfax, N.D. on Aug. 6, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Dan Koeck)

Crops, Markets, Weather

U.S. books latest end to soy harvest in a decade

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm November 13, 2019

MarketsFarm —The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), in its oilseed crops outlook issued Wednesday, said the country’s 2019 soybean harvest will wind up the latest in 10 years. As of Sunday, the overall U.S. soybean harvest stood at 85 per cent complete, according to USDA’s weekly crop progress report. The pace was two points behind

Standing corn west of Giroux, Man. on Oct. 21, 2019. (Dave Bedard photo)

Crops, Markets, Weather

Corn harvest a struggle for three U.S. states

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm November 13, 2019

MarketsFarm — With a significant amount of corn still in the fields on the U.S. northern Plains, the harvest may be grinding to a halt, according to MarketsFarm analyst Bruce Burnett. In particular, Burnett noted, the corn harvest has been further slowed by a propane shortage, which has caused issues for farmers trying to acquire

Crops, Other

Scramble for propane marks Mother Nature’s latest challenge for U.S. farmers

By GFM Network News, P.J. Huffstutter November 6, 2019

Chicago | Reuters – Months after historic floods ravaged the U.S. Midwest, farmers scrambling to harvest their crops face a new headache: finding fuel to dry their soaked grains. Normally, farmers use propane as fuel for grain dryers to reduce moisture levels in corn crops to ready for sale or to safely store the grain. But the

Propane deliveries have hit a frenzy in Saskatchewan, although the same service delays have not been noted in Manitoba so far.

Crops, News

Wet weather fuels propane demand for grain dryers

Co-op says propane deliveries have hit record highs in Saskatchewan and are elevated elsewhere, although there have not yet been widespread service issues in Manitoba

By Alexis Stockford October 22, 2018

Propane demand has skyrocketed across the Prairies as more farmers look to their grain dryers, but Manitoba has so far avoided the service crunch. Demand for drying capacity has seen a sharp rise given the region’s early taste of winter. In the western Prairies, photos of producers checking standing crops via snowmobile have streamed over

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Tag Archives Propane

Union says propane shortfalls may be CN’s own making

Propane shortage looms as CN strike hits third day

Propane-starved East’s grain growers seek end to CN strike

U.S. states declare emergencies to help farmers in propane shortage

U.S. books latest end to soy harvest in a decade

Corn harvest a struggle for three U.S. states

Scramble for propane marks Mother Nature’s latest challenge for U.S. farmers

Wet weather fuels propane demand for grain dryers

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