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Smoke rises from the site of burning railcars at a CP derailment near Guernsey, Sask., on Feb. 6, 2020. (Photo: Reuters/Nayan Sthankiya)

Canada to cut speed limits for trains hauling dangerous goods

New curb follows another Saskatchewan crash, fire

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News February 6, 2020

Ottawa/Winnipeg | Reuters — The federal government said Thursday it would impose temporary speed limits on trains hauling dangerous goods after a Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) crude oil train derailed and caught fire. The accident, which happened in the early hours of Thursday near Guernsey, Sask., about 40 km south of Humboldt, was the second […] Read more

General, Machinery, Markets

New environmental rules expected to further lift diesel prices

By GFM Network News November 19, 2019

MarketsFarm — Diesel prices in Canada and the U.S. have increased marginally ahead of winter, which is expected for this time of year — but in the New Year, prices on the farm will likely be higher than normal, as the ocean freight industry adopts new environmental standards. While a farmer’s demand for diesel is […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Reuters, Weather

U.S. diesel prices hit three-year low as harvest delays feared

By GFM Network News October 10, 2019

New York | Reuters — Diesel prices in the U.S. Midwest have sunk to a three-year seasonal low as farmers in the region face adverse weather conditions, further complicating an already delayed harvest season, traders and farmers said. Diesel demand typically rises during harvest season because farming equipment and trucks transporting product use the fuel. […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. Midwest floods to weigh on diesel demand come harvest

By GFM Network News July 11, 2019

Putnam County, Ill. | Reuters — A disappointing planting season due to massive flooding in the U.S. Midwest this spring is expected to have spillover effects on diesel demand during harvest season, analysts and traders said. Heavy storms that lingered over the Midwest left millions of acres unseeded and put crops that were planted late […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Markets

New marine fuel rules to boost diesel prices for at least a year, analysts say

By GFM Network News June 10, 2019

Houston | Reuters — Global prices for diesel and marine fuels should rise by October ahead of a January switchover to new, very low-sulphur marine fuels, and remain higher for at least a year as refiners shift production to make more of the new fuels, analysts said. Marine fuels containing no more than 0.5 per […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Markets

Rising diesel prices coming

By GFM Network News April 3, 2019

MarketsFarm — Higher diesel prices are on the horizon for Canada and the U.S. in 2019. GasBuddy.com senior petroleum analyst Dan McTeague pointed to an increase in overall demand, combined with a slowdown in heavy oil production and the federal carbon tax as well as pending IMO 2020 regulations — that is, the International Marine […] Read more

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s headquarters building in Washington, D.C. (Skyhobo/E+/Getty Images)

Crops, Reuters

U.S. EPA changed rules to help refiners get biofuel waivers, suit alleges

By GFM Network News March 7, 2019

Reuters — U.S. environmental regulators quietly changed the way they assess applications from refineries for waivers from the nation’s biofuels law, making it possible for highly profitable plants to secure lucrative exemptions, according to court documents filed by a biofuels trade group on Thursday. The new documents, part of a lawsuit that began last year, […] Read more

General, Machinery, Markets

Oil sanctions on Venezuela could benefit Canada

By GFM Network News February 1, 2019

How Canada benefits from the oil sanctions the United States plans to place on Venezuela is contingent on the country’s ability to move its Western Canadian Select crude oil to U.S. refineries, said two oil industry experts. As part of an effort to effect regime change in Venezuela, U.S. President Donald Trump announced this week […] Read more

General, Markets

Tight supplies could see diesel prices rise

By GFM Network News November 6, 2018

CNS Canada – As supply tightens, farmers should consider stocking up on diesel before it’s too late, according to an analyst. “We think the market’s getting kind of overdone down here and this might be your best chance…if we do get a cold winter I think we’ll see these prices really pop,” said Phil Flynn […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Markets

Dwindling diesel supplies could boost price

By GFM Network News July 26, 2018

CNS Canada — Strong global demand and a looming North American harvest could send diesel prices higher in coming months. According to one energy analyst in Chicago, farmers may want to buy some fuel before prices get too high. “We’re telling our people to hedge some of your exposure, because we do think that, barring […] Read more

Daily Network News

USDA attachés forecast some changes in China’s oilseeds, cereals

China urges hog producers to manage output, vows timely reserve adjustments

Farm Credit Canada offers aid to farmers, companies affected by Iran war price spikes

Tag Archives diesel

Canada to cut speed limits for trains hauling dangerous goods

New environmental rules expected to further lift diesel prices

U.S. diesel prices hit three-year low as harvest delays feared

U.S. Midwest floods to weigh on diesel demand come harvest

New marine fuel rules to boost diesel prices for at least a year, analysts say

Rising diesel prices coming

U.S. EPA changed rules to help refiners get biofuel waivers, suit alleges

Oil sanctions on Venezuela could benefit Canada

Tight supplies could see diesel prices rise

Dwindling diesel supplies could boost price

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