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Richardson books record port handle during expansion

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News May 11, 2016

Prairie grain firm Richardson International has wrapped up construction of a major new expansion at its Port Metro Vancouver export terminal and reported a record grain handle for the year while doing so. The Winnipeg company on Tuesday reported its North Vancouver terminal shipped 5.2 million tonnes of grain and oilseeds in 2015, which it […] Read more

Crops, Markets

StatsCan report confirms tightening canola, wheat supplies

By GFM Network News May 6, 2016

CNS Canada — Canadian canola and wheat supplies are much tighter heading into the final months of the 2015-16 crop year than they were at the same point a year ago, according to Statistics Canada’s latest stocks report. StatsCan pegged the country’s canola stocks, as of March 31, at 7.49 million tonnes in its report […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Seeding underway in southern Alberta

By GFM Network News April 29, 2016

CNS Canada — Alberta farmers are in the early stages of seeding this year’s crop, with operations expected to become more widespread over the next few weeks. “Southern Alberta is the most advanced, and (farmers) have been plugging away for as long as two weeks in some areas,” said Mark Cutts, a crop specialist with […] Read more

Crops

CN books lower first-quarter grain handle

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News April 25, 2016

Higher revenue per carload offset reduced grain and fertilizer traffic for Canadian National Railway (CN) in its first fiscal quarter. Montreal-based CN on Monday reported overall net income of $792 million on total revenues of $2.964 billion for the quarter ending March 31, up from $704 million on $3.098 billion in the year-earlier Q1. The […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

Ottawa moves to extend expanded rail interswitching

By GFM Network News April 22, 2016

Prairie crop growers hoping that changes in federal rail freight rules will continue past their expiration date are about to get their wish. Transport Minister Marc Garneau and Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay on Friday announced they would bring forward a resolution in Parliament to extend provisions of the previous government’s Bill C-30, the Fair Rail […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

CP pulls more grain for less in first quarter

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News April 22, 2016

Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) hauled more carloads of Canadian grain in its first quarter of 2016 compared to the same period last year — but for less revenue per car. Calgary-based CP on Wednesday reported overall net income of $540 million on revenues of $1.591 billion for its quarter ending March 31, up from $320 […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Farmers big on pulses, but canola down on the year

By GFM Network News April 21, 2016

CNS Canada — Canadian farmers will be seeding record acres of peas and lentils this spring, as expected, but the increases to pulse crops are coming at the expense of canola — which saw acres come in below expectations in a report out from Statistics Canada. In its first acreage survey of the year, released […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Canada’s farmers seen seeding less canola than expected

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News April 21, 2016

Reuters — Canadian farmers intend to seed less canola than expected, and will sow record-large areas with pulse crops, according to the government’s first farmer survey of crop sowings for 2016, released on Thursday. Wheat seedings are also expected to decline, but not as much as traders and analysts expected on average. Statistics Canada estimated that […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Pulses

New-crop chickpea prices strong, but seed short

By GFM Network News April 19, 2016

CNS Canada — Production issues in growing regions have driven chickpea prices higher, one analyst says, but limited seed means Canadian producers may not be able to take advantage of strong new-crop pricing. “Bottom line, the world is out of chickpeas,” said Colin Young of Midwest Investments. “As the year progressed everyone was hoping the […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Canada’s pulse acres set to rise, wheat likely lower

By GFM Network News April 19, 2016

CNS Canada –– Early seeding operations are already underway in parts of Western Canada, and the general sentiment is that farmers are planting more peas and lentils at the expense of most everything else. Statistics Canada releases its first survey-based acreage estimates of the year on Thursday. “I think we’ll see a surge in pulse […] Read more

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Peas

Richardson books record port handle during expansion

StatsCan report confirms tightening canola, wheat supplies

Seeding underway in southern Alberta

CN books lower first-quarter grain handle

Ottawa moves to extend expanded rail interswitching

CP pulls more grain for less in first quarter

Farmers big on pulses, but canola down on the year

Canada’s farmers seen seeding less canola than expected

New-crop chickpea prices strong, but seed short

Canada’s pulse acres set to rise, wheat likely lower

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