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Officially open in May 2016 the Northgate Commodities Logistics Centre is moving 100 railcars per week and has capacity for 2.7 million bushels of grain storage.

It’s built… and they’re coming

Grain is moving south at Northgate where an abandoned Sask. hamlet once stood

By Lee Hart October 3, 2016

A new Canadian-built grain export terminal at Northgate in southern Saskatchewan is booming these days. Actually, the Northgate Commodities Logistics Centre about 60 km southeast of Estevan hasn’t seen too many slow days since the first railcars started rolling south in January 2015. Officially opened in May 2016, the 2.7 million bushel capacity grain terminal […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grain prices soar as floods shut waterways, threaten crops

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News December 31, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain farmers scrambled to find shelter for their crops and handlers hunted for alternative transportation routes, as widespread floods shut waterways from Illinois to Missouri and spurred a surge in physical prices of corn and soybeans. The sudden jump in prices could complicate a months-long stand-off between farmers who are […] Read more

Concrete is poured in May for a grain terminal now owned by G3 Grain. Farmer deliveries in September reached their highest level in records since 2001. (CWB.ca)

Crops, Markets

Grain deliveries hit record high in September

By MarketsFarm Team, GFM Network News October 22, 2015

CNS Canada — September was a very busy month for grain handlers in Western Canada, as farmer deliveries into the commercial pipeline hit their highest levels ever. Producers made deliveries of 5.879 million tonnes of the major grains and oilseeds during the month, topping the previous monthly record of 5.819 million tonnes set two years […] Read more

Cereals, Columns

How to haul your grain to the U.S.

Many farmers are looking at State-side selling opportunities. Sarah Weigum digs into the details

By Sarah Weigum July 31, 2015

Here in the brave new post-single desk world I hear a lot of curious chatter from farmers thinking about hauling their own wheat and barley to the United States. Of course, Canadian pulse and oilseed producers have always been allowed to sell their production to the U.S. so this is not entirely uncharted territory. Other […] Read more

Columns, Crops

Currency and the wheat basis

Grain companies are blending their currency conversions into the wheat basis.  For western Canadian farmers, this is not pricing transparency at its best

By Brian Wittal March 17, 2015

As I explained in my last article maybe we aren’t being ripped off with the wheat basis, but it looks to me like we are being misled (ripped off) with the currency conversion being calculated within the basis! Let me expand on this with some numbers and facts so that you can decide what transparency […] Read more

Reuters

Cargill to close Man. grain facility

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News October 30, 2014

Reuters – Cargill Ltd. said on Thursday that it will close its Swan River, Manitoba grain facility, which includes two elevators, as of May 31, 2015. The facility would require costly upgrades if it remained open, Jeff Wildeman, regional manager of Cargill AgHorizons said in a statement. Cargill’s crop inputs facility in Swan River will remain open. The decision comes as Cargill […] Read more

GFM Network News

Pulse Weekly: SPG looks back at harvest, ahead to trade

U.S. grains: Soy futures set 15-month high after China agrees to purchases

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures take a pause after recent slides

Tag Archives grain elevators

It’s built… and they’re coming

U.S. grain prices soar as floods shut waterways, threaten crops

Grain deliveries hit record high in September

How to haul your grain to the U.S.

Currency and the wheat basis

Cargill to close Man. grain facility

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