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CN CEO sees grain backlog extending into 2015

By Solarina Ho March 19, 2014

Reading Time: 3 minutes Toronto | Reuters — A record-shattering Canadian harvest, combined with one of the most frigid winters in decades, has created a grain-handling backlog that will not be cleared until next year, the head of Canadian National Railway (CN) said Wednesday. “It will take more than the summer, continue into fall, into next year,” Claude Mongeau, […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Wheat soars to 10-month high on crop worries

By Tom Polansek March 19, 2014

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures climbed to a 10-month high on Wednesday on concerns dust storms and dry conditions will hurt harvests in the southern Plains states. Soybean futures hit an eight-session high on projections that strong domestic and export demand could prevent inventories from recovering from last year’s drought-depleted levels. A lack […] Read more

General, Weather

World conservation ag congress coming to Winnipeg

By Country Guide Staff March 19, 2014

Reading Time: 2 minutes “We are running out of dirt, and it’s no laughing matter.” So says Dr. David Montgomery, professor of earth and space sciences at the University of Washington in Seattle, and author of Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations. Montgomery, who sees the recent rise of no-till farming as “the hope for a new agricultural revolution that […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Man. storage listing for ‘at-risk’ grain near launch

By Country Guide Staff March 19, 2014

Reading Time: < 1 minute The Manitoba government expects to have an online service up by the end of this week for farmers rushing to get unbinned grain up off the ground. “Our first priority is getting this grain moving, but secondly, we need to ensure we have ample space should farmers need emergency alternate locations for at-risk grain in […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Markets, Weather

Heavy ice to keep eastbound grain landlocked for now

By Country Guide Staff March 18, 2014

Reading Time: 2 minutes Even under federal government pressure to get more Prairie grain moving by rail to Vancouver and Thunder Bay, crops that make it to the latter port aren’t going anywhere this week, shipowners warn. The Canadian Shipowners Association, the Ottawa-based group for Canadian companies with domestically-flagged vessels, warned in a release Tuesday the Great Lakes and […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Wheat up two per cent on weather, Ukraine concerns

By Mark Weinraub March 14, 2014

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose two per cent on Friday, extending a rally on worries about dry weather limiting crop production in the U.S. Plains and ongoing fears that supplies from Ukraine will be disrupted due to political turmoil, traders said. The strength in wheat lent support to corn prices, but soybeans […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Weather

Manitoba corn acres seen holding steady from 2013

By Terryn Shiells March 13, 2014

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada –– Corn acres planted in Manitoba this spring aren’t expected to change much from last year, as weaker prices will likely discourage further expansion. “I don’t think we’ll see a big increase and that’s simply just because the price of corn wasn’t quite as attractive as it was twelve months ago,” said Myron […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Snowfall aids spring seeding outlook across West

By Dave Sims March 13, 2014

Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — Above-normal snowfall in central and northern growing areas of Western Canada should help improve moisture levels ahead of spring seeding, according to CWB’s crop and weather specialist. Snowcover was sorely needed because a lack of rain last fall, especially in the north, helped create dry areas that drew moisture from the soil […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Weather

Manitoba moves to find space for ‘at-risk’ grain

By Country Guide Staff March 12, 2014

Reading Time: 1 minute A grain bin listing service and “flexibility” in spring load limits on provincial roads are among the moves Manitoba plans to pursue to get “at-risk” grain out of harm’s way in view of the current grain freight backlog. The province on Wednesday announced it will launch a review of flood-prone areas to help farmers move […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Markets, Weather

Grain handling firms rip CP chief’s claims

By Allan Dawson March 10, 2014

Reading Time: 3 minutes The organization representing the Prairies’ mainline grain handlers isn’t buying claims from Canadian Pacific (CP) Railway’s CEO about why the railway’s grain shipments are lagging. Hunter Harrison, in a full-page ad last week in Canada’s two national newspapers, said the harshest winter in 60 years, a record Western crop and grain companies not running 24/7 […] Read more

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