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Tighter supplies, solid demand underpin durum bids

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin January 20, 2020

MarketsFarm — Tighter global supplies are keeping the Canadian durum market well supported this winter, with firmer prices likely when the Port of Thunder Bay reopens for the spring. “We’re seeing a very strong export demand for durum,” said Jerry Klassen, manager of Canadian operations for Swiss-based GAP S.A. Grains and Products in Winnipeg. Canada

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Thunder Bay wraps up active shipping season

By GFM Network News, MarketsFarm Team January 15, 2020

MarketsFarm — The last cargo vessel of the year departed the Port of Thunder Bay on Sunday, bringing total cargo shipments through the facility to their highest level in half-a-decade. “Strong shipments of Prairie-grown grain and other dry bulk commodities from Western Canada buoyed the port’s cargo tonnage to 9.3 million metric tonnes, the highest

Manitoba shipped 3.9 million tonnes of grain through the Port of Thunder Bay this crop year.

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Manitoba Thunder Bay grain shipments set modern record

By Allan Dawson November 14, 2019

For the first time in 20 years, Manitoba shipped more grain through the Port of Thunder Bay than Saskatchewan. “Historically, Manitoba grain has accounted for about a third of the grain shipments through Thunder Bay,” Chris Heikkinen, the port’s communications and research co-ordinator, said in an email Nov. 5. “This has changed over the past

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Canola shipments boost Thunder Bay port activity

By GFM Network News, MarketsFarm Team October 5, 2019

MarketsFarm — Cargo movement through the Port of Thunder Bay is running ahead of the previous year’s pace, with some of the extra movement tied to increased canola exports to Europe, according to the latest data from the port authority. Total cargo movement in September of 1.1 million tonnes compares with the 919,386 tonnes reported

A freight train at Manchac, La., about 75 km east of Baton Rouge. (CN.ca)

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Oil on rail likely won’t interfere with grain movements

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm January 11, 2019

CNS Canada — When considering the pattern of how grain is shipped by rail in Canada, it’s very unlikely increased oil shipments would interfere, according to Quorum Corp. “That’s largely because the flow of grain is predominantly to the West Coast and Thunder Bay,” said Quorum president Mark Hemmes. About 80 per cent of Canadian

A rail car from SGCC’s fleet. (Dave Bedard photo)

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No big problems seen in grain transportation so far

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm November 27, 2018

CNS Canada — It’s so far, so good with grain shipments to the three major Canadian ports according, to a spokesperson with Quorum Corporation, which compiles weekly performance updates on Canada’s grain handling sector. The spokesperson said there not have been any big problems recently, only a few sporadic instances in rail shipments. There has

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Grain vessel lineup rising at Vancouver

By GFM Network News, MarketsFarm Team October 3, 2018

CNS Canada — The lineup of grain vessels waiting for loading at Vancouver increased to 21 for Week 8 of the grain shipping season. Reports by Quorum Corp., which monitors Prairie grain handling, stated vessels at Vancouver were up 31 per cent from the previous week (17). The increase in ships raised sentiments that grain

Thunder Bay-Atikokan MPP Bill Mauro announced provincial funding Dec. 8 for what will now operate as Lakehead University Agricultural Research Station. (LakeheadU.ca)

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Lakehead University to operate Thunder Bay ag station

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff December 31, 2017

The not-for-profit Thunder Bay Agricultural Research Station’s quest for a longer-term operating plan has ended with a new operator, and a new name. The Ontario government recently announced it will transfer the TBARS’s operating and research programming responsibilities to Thunder Bay-based Lakehead University, which will now operate the site as Lakehead University Agricultural Research Station

While railway executives say there’s now capacity to deal with a big crop,  the grain industry is a bit more skeptical.

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Railways asking grain industry to all pull together

To move the coming big crop efficiently will require better  co-operation throughout the supply chain, say railway execs 

By Alex Binkley August 31, 2016

With memories of the grain-handling chaos of 2014 still fresh and another large Prairie crop looming, the railways are calling for greater collaboration in moving this year’s harvest. “To ensure success during this crop year, the broader supply chain must work together to collectively harness our energy so that the entire Canadian economy can reap

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Thunder Bay expects more activity beyond sluggish start

By GFM Network News, Jade Markus June 8, 2016

CNS Canada — Since the Port of Thunder Bay’s season opening, its grain handle has been slower compared with previous years, but the port’s CEO says this year is a reversion to normal. The northern Lake Superior port started shipping on March 26, and as of May 31 has moved 1.5 million tonnes of cargo,

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Selling GMO tomato seeds to Canadian gardeners ‘reckless’ say advocates

U.S. grains: Wheat recovers on short covering, soy continues to fall

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures lower on falling beef prices, selling

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Tighter supplies, solid demand underpin durum bids

Thunder Bay wraps up active shipping season

Manitoba Thunder Bay grain shipments set modern record

Canola shipments boost Thunder Bay port activity

Oil on rail likely won’t interfere with grain movements

No big problems seen in grain transportation so far

Grain vessel lineup rising at Vancouver

Lakehead University to operate Thunder Bay ag station

Railways asking grain industry to all pull together

Thunder Bay expects more activity beyond sluggish start

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