Alana Vannahme

Reading Time: 3 minutes (Resource News International) — Farmers in Western Canada are less than enthusiastic about early new-crop malting barley prices being floated in Western Canada. Rahr Malting Canada Ltd. at Alix, Alta. had been offering between $4.25 and $4.50 (farm gate) for 2009-10 malting barley but those prices were met with minimal interest from farmers, said Kevin […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes (Resource News International) — After low interest through November and December, farmers in Western Canada are reportedly starting to head to their local retailers to book fertilizer for the spring. Officials with grain company Viterra, participating in the company’s earnings report conference call on Wednesday, predicted steady bookings between now and March. A late harvest […] Read more

Reading Time: 3 minutes (Resource News International) — The next two to three months will be a good time to sell both red and green lentils, as prices are expected to trend mainly sideways at current levels before dipping as summer approaches. Greg Simpson, president of Simpson Seeds Inc. at Moose Jaw, Sask., said at 37 cents a pound, […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes (Resource News International) — Representatives for unionized ship and dock workers at West Coast ports and for the British Columbia Maritime Employers Association (BCMEA) have agreed to a week-long break from labour negotiations, so each can consider the other party’s latest proposal. Greg Vurdela, BCMEA’s vice-president of marketing and information services, said the parties met […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes (Resource News International) — While 2009 will be another strong year earnings-wise for Viterra, it will not be quite as good for Canada’s largest grain company as 2008 was, according to a new Scotia Capital equity report. Total earnings (EBITDA) for fiscal year 2009 were pegged by Scotia Capital on Jan. 9 at $393 million, […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes (Resource News International) — Dock and ship foremen at West Coast ports continue to hold off on striking as negotiations surrounding new collective agreements plod forward. The British Columbia Maritime Employers Association (BCMEA) tabled its “comprehensive response” Friday to a Jan. 3 proposal by the International Longshoremen and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 514. Greg Vurdela, […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes (Resource News International) –– Canada’s busy West Coast ports are already feeling the impact of a possible strike by ship and dock foremen belonging to Local 514 of the International Longshoremen and Warehouse Union (ILWU) of Canada. Roughly 425 workers at ports in B.C.’s Lower Mainland, Vancouver Island and Prince Rupert have voted to strike […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes (Resource News International) — The British Columbia Maritime Employers Association (BCMEA) said Sunday it will mull over a contract offer made over the weekend by Local 514 of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union of Canada (ILWU). The offer was presented in the early morning hours on Sunday and capped off a negotiating session between […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes (Resource News International) — The Canadian Wheat Board’s wheat export program was slow to get going in 2008-09 but has nearly caught up to last year’s pace heading into the second stretch of the marketing year. According to the Canadian Grain Commission’s grain handling summary for week 21 ended Dec. 21, Canadian non-durum wheat exports […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes (Resource News International) — The threat of a strike at Canada’s busiest West Coast ports still looms after meetings Monday between a port workers’ union and their employers failed to result in a new labour contract. According to an update on the British Columbia Maritime Employers Association (BCMEA) website, scheduled negotiations resumed Monday with the […] Read more