The company reported 23,088 carloads during the month, which was also a new February record. The company moved 2.395 million tonnes of grain in January 2026 with 24,688 carloads — both monthly records for January.

“This is the second straight monthly Canadian grain record and it continues a strong start to 2026 as our railroaders work safely and efficiently with our supply chain collaborators to move a record grain crop across Western Canada,” said Elizabeth Hucker, CPKC vice-president of sales and marketing bulk, in the news release.

CPKC transported more than 17.1 MMT of Canadian grain and grain products through the first 30 weeks of the 2025/26 marketing year, hitting the largest totals since the record setting 2020/21 crop year.

The volume of Canadian grain and grain products moving on CPKC tracks have exceeded the average supply chain capacity targets outlined in the company’s annual grain service plan in multiple weeks in 2025/26.

CPKC said it was “critical that all supply chain participants, including customer loading facilities and terminal operators loading grain into vessels at ports, operate at full capacity to sustain this strong momentum.”

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“The FX4 SP and FX4 18S are built for grain operations that require reliable, high-throughput conveyors that range from 8,000 to 10,500 (bushels per hour),” AGI’s senior vice-president for North American farm and global portables, Paul Brisebois, said in a press release.

The self-propelled mover kit available for the FX4 SP with all-terrain tires makes moving the conveyor around for those less-than-perfectly-located grain bins a little easier. The conveyor comes with a 37-horsepower Vanguard gas engine that moves grain through a 10-inch tube using a 15-inch belt.

Those features give this model an 8,000-bushel per hour capacity.

An under-hopper skid plate improves belt protection and allows for easier cleanup at the end of a job. It also offers a low-profile collapsible hopper and handler to allow for more clearance under trucks and hoppers.

The FX4 SP is available in 39-, 44- and 49-foot lengths. It’s available under the AGI Batco, AGI GrainMaxx, AGI Hutchinson and AGI Westfield brand names.

The FX4 18S electric top drive conveyor uses a larger 12.75-inch tube and an 18-inch belt, giving it a 10,500-bushel per hour capacity. It’s available in 39- and 44-foot lengths.

A new steel hopper option is available as well as what the company calls a “no-nonsense” discharge hood to better direct grain flow straight down. For durability and better performance, the belt runs on a new, larger drive roller.

“The FX4 18S is all about capacity and control,” AGI director of global product management Kent Woods said. “We’ve upgraded the belt, rollers and hopper to give farmers a conveyor that performs under pressure and simplifies setup.”

This model will also appear on dealers’ lots under the same four brand names as the FX4 SP.

“This series launch reflects AGI’s commitment to building smarter, more efficient grain handling solutions for farm operations of all sizes,” Brisebois said.

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“GrainVue is a temperature and moisture monitoring system for inside grain bins,” says Dave Ellis, GSI’s district manager.

“It can be added to new or existing bins. It will read real-time temperature and moisture.”

Available on an annual subscription basis, the system hardware uses a built-in cellular connection to send information to the cloud. Growers can log into the system online to get real-time data or send instructions to the system’s controller on the bins to start or stop fans.

GrainVue can also be preset to turn fans on or off based on conditions both inside and outside the bin.

“It comes with a weather station that takes into account humidity, temperature and all those components,” says Ellis.

“You can have automatic fan control to where it would kick the fan on for you when it’s supposed to at the optimum time and temperature. You can set your own parameters.

“You can actually rehydrate (soy)beans with it if there’s humidity in the air and the beans are dry. It will kick on and put moisture back into the beans, increasing your profitability.”

GrainVue users can also set the system up to send alerts. Those alert conditions can be customized to meet any grower’s preferences.

The system can handle the input from a number of sensor cables inside the bin, which gives a grower flexibility in deciding how closely the grain is monitored.

“You can do the minimum, which is one in the centre,” says Ellis.

“Our recommendation is to add more. You can have moisture and temperature cables. It’s all how in-depth you want to read the entire bin. These are all digital cables, not analogue.

“The good thing about this system is it’s modular. You can start out with just one basic cable without fan control. If you like it, you can start adding components whenever you want to.”

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StatCan published its major grain deliveries report for August 2025 on Sept. 25. In total, 3.588 million tonnes were delivered compared to 4.329 million in August 2024. The agency noted that tariffs placed on Canadian goods headed to the United States may have an impact on deliveries.

All wheat deliveries in August totaled 2.259 million tonnes compared to 2.321 million one year earlier. For durum, 279,584 tonnes were delivered last month, up from 244,560 tonnes in August 2024.

Canola deliveries fell below one million tonnes for the first time since August 2023, dropping to their lowest monthly total since May 2022. StatCan reported 621,555 tonnes of the oilseed were delivered in August, compared to 1.32 million tonnes in August of last year.

August barley deliveries were 379,238 tonnes, slightly more than the 375,071 tonnes delivered in August 2024. For oats, 278,097 tonnes were delivered, up from 267,271 tonnes one year earlier. Rye deliveries were up from 29,375 tonnes in August 2024 to 38,098 last month. Flaxseed deliveries were down from 15,127 tonnes in August 2024 to 11,953 tonnes a year later.

Saskatchewan provided 36.6 per cent of all deliveries, followed by Manitoba with 22.2 per cent and Alberta at 20.4 per cent.

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“We’ve actually had to tell people that’s a grain trailer,” says Derek Dutton, owner of Ontario-based Specialized Trailers.

“They’ve been walking by not realizing what it is.”

The trailers are built by Raglan Trailers, also out of Ontario, but Dutton’s company has been working with Raglan on design input and handles marketing for Raglan. The pair of super-B trailers was the first of that design to come to Western Canada.

“This is the first western model,” says Dutton.

“We’ve had the eastern models running back in Ontario since the end of last year.”

The eastern models Dutton refers to are shorter than the pair on display at AIM. The wider variety of crop types grown in the West called for a longer trailer combination that could also handle a larger volume of lighter grains such as oats.

The trailers on display had a 3,000-cubic-foot capacity, and Dutton says that could even be increased by using a higher sidewall. The company is willing to build the all-aluminium trailers to meet any customer needs.

In fact, the trailers on display were the result of an Alberta customer asking the company for a higher-capacity unit, one that could not only haul grain but fracking sand as well.

“It’s a very flexible design,” he says.

“We’ll do exactly what the customer wants to have.”

With curved sidewalls allowing for an interior that doesn’t require corner brackets, the trailer design is based off of pneumatic trailer configurations that allow for easy and complete cleanouts. The curved shape of the walls helps create the strength needed to eliminate interior structures that cause grain and any other material to lodge.

“It’s like an egg,” he says.

“There are no square corners that get pressure.”

The sidewalls are made from quarter-inch aluminum. The frame is also fully aluminum.

Dutton says some customers who are pulling the trailers in Ontario have told him they are experiencing about a 10 per cent increase in fuel efficiency because the trailers pull easier. They also seem to be less susceptible to high crosswinds, possibly due to their curved sides.

He adds his company intends to conduct some comparison tests soon to verify those anecdotal driver claims.

Because grain trailers are often taken off roads into fields across uneven terrain, there can be extreme twisting forces exerted on the frame. To counter that, the Raglan trailers use a solid three-inch rubber cushion block between the kingpin plate and the frame, something not all that common on other trailer brands.

“What this does is take all that (twisting) force out of the frame,” he says.

“We do it on the lead and the pup.”

The trailers are designed to be filled with a level load to distribute the weight properly across the axle groups, eliminating the need to guess how to load them unevenly to ensure road-legal weight distribution.

Because this was the first trailer of its design to come to the Prairies, Dutton says he is eager to get feedback on the design. If farmers and truckers in the West are looking for different features, the company is willing to make changes.

“We’re here to listen to everybody and say, ‘What do you see?’” he says.

“We can then go back and translate that into some other ideas.”

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The company announced the deal in a Sept. 22 news release outlining the purchase agreement.

It includes the grain elevator and storage assets but not the fermentation and distillation facility on the same site.

The facility has storage capacity of 63,000 tonnes, making it one of the largest in Western Canada, as well as full cleaning and drying capability. Both CN and CPKC provide rail service to the site.

NWT, however, has booked several years of financial losses and announced last September it would indefinitely halt operations at the Unity elevator, about 80 km southwest of North Battleford.

NWT said in a separate release Sept. 22 it expects the aggregate purchase price to be $27 million, “substantially all” of which would go to pay down debt.

“Given the current state of the grain industry and the recent financial results of the company’s grain division, the board believes it is in the best interests of the company and its stakeholders to sell the company’s grain assets, make a significant repayment of debt and continue to operate the fermentation and distillation business,” NWT chairman Brad Sperle said in the release.

The sale is subject to approval by NWT shareholders — who include local farmers and others — at a meeting to be held the week of Oct. 20, and would then close on or about Oct. 29.

“We firmly believe that our operational and logistical expertise, focus on superior service and targeted future investments in the facility will allow us to bring it to its full potential for the benefit of our customers,” Bunge Canada CEO Kyle Jeworski said in a separate release. — Includes files from Grainews staff

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Now, grain handling equipment manufacturer AGI is adding augers to that list.

The company showed its prototype E-UTX Smart Auger at this summer’s Ag in Motion 2025 farm show near Langham, Sask.

The E-UTX uses battery technology sourced from a partnership with California-based Monarch, which currently builds battery electric (BEV) tractors. Monarch has also licensed its technology to CNH for use in its BEV tractor development program.

However, AGI’s Kent Woods says the new E-UTX is about more than just providing an electric option for an auger. It’s just one part of the creation of a smart auger that incorporates several high-tech features along with the alternative drive system.

“We wanted to take it a step further, so it’s a smart auger. We’re trying to increase efficiency but also hit huge safety concerns and try to alleviate them as much as possible.

“When we got right down to it, how do we take unloading a truck from a two- or three-person job to one person, where someone doesn’t have to leave their truck in -30 C weather? You’d run it (the auger) right from your iPhone sitting in the cab.”

Along with remote operation, the auger can also be controlled directly from an operator station that incorporates a joystick and digital screen, which can be used to input safety and control parameters as well as display operating data and a camera image.

To add to the safety of everyone working nearby, the auger has a “human detection field.”

“If it’s running and someone gets within that field, it would shut down,” Woods says.

A Smart Auger can also store GPS information about the farmyard it’s working in to help improve operator safety when moving it and to remember specifications about bins.

“It goes as far as mapping out each farmyard,” Woods says.

“If I have a bin that has a bottom hopper height of 28 or 29 inches, I can actually set the auger so it will never go any higher than that when moving it. I can map power lines through the GPS.”

The onboard system can relay information about how much material has moved through the auger to help assist in loading or unloading trucks and collect management data.

The battery pack is capable of running the auger under load for about four hours. It can be plugged in for recharging to extend that range if there is a power source nearby. If it’s being used where there is no electricity, the auger battery pack can be used to power other tools or systems.

While the model on display at Ag in Motion was a pre-production prototype, AGI expects to begin production of the E-UTX for 2026.

The exact specifications of the eventual production model may be slightly different than those shown on the prototype, Woods says, depending in part on the feedback the company gets from farmers.

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At Ag in Motion in July, we spoke with two product reps on the show grounds about two things in particular that producers should watch for when it comes to grain storage: moisture and temperature.

“When Mother Nature doesn’t do her bit to dry the crop so they don’t need any additional attention, that’s when a grain dryer is an invaluable piece of equipment for farmers,” says Ron Kleuskens, technical sales rep with AGI.

Due to drier conditions, the past few growing seasons have seen less of a demand for on-farm grain drying added Kleuskens, but weather cycles often come with an element of surprise.

Kleuskens says deciding on a grain dryer shouldn’t be a last-minute decision as there is more to consider than the actual build, such as electrical work.

“The more forethought you put into it gives dealers and builders time to make sure everything is up when you need it,” he says.

“Just because they’ve got the equipment in it doesn’t mean the electrician can just snap to it. There’s other parts to it.”

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Back in July at the show, Kleuskens said it was about a six- to eight-week lead time to set up a grain dryer once a sale is finalized.

Once your grain is inside the bin and dried to an optimal level, bin monitoring systems can offer an added layer of security and peace of mind.

Flaman was one exhibitor at Ag in Motion that offers bin monitoring equipment. Its product, Bin-Sense, is a remote grain monitoring device that keeps you in the loop about the condition of grain inside your bin by triggering an alert if the temperature or moisture of your grain rises above a set threshold.

“Once there is a rise in temperature, the system will send a notification to your phone or computer and it alerts you to a temperature spike,” says Kent Sackmann, grain monitoring manager wth Flaman.

Once an alert is received, a producer can take corrective action such as turning on aeration fans or moving grain as needed.

The Bin-Sense app (available for both Android and Apple) allows a user to monitor their grain from a smartphone or by logging into the website via a desktop computer.

Sackmann shared that producers with higher-value crops in their bins are more likely to use a remote bin monitoring system.

So, depending on where you may be in your crop rotation — and where you predict grain prices may be headed — may spur your decision to invest in a remote grain bin monitoring system.

The Canadian Grain Commission offers safe storage guidelines of all major crops to help producers avoid bin spoilage.

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Total wheat deliveries of more than 3.24 million tonnes improved 34.3 per cent, while durum jumped more than 141 per cent at almost 542,000 tonnes.

Oats were also significantly higher, rising 66.3 per cent at almost 301,150 tonnes.

Canola was the second largest delivery, with 1.92 million tonnes of the oilseed delivered to commercial positions in April, up 31.9 per cent from a year ago.

At just short of 355,600 tonnes, barley incurred the only decline, down 7.2 per cent from last April.

(Source: Producer deliveries of major grains, Statistics Canada)

Grain          Apr2024     Apr2025     Up/Down

All Grains    4,468,523   5,857,662    +31.09%

Total Wheat   2,414,614   3,243,354    +34.32%

Durum Only      224,814     541,977   +141.08%

Oats            181,099     301,149    +66.29%

Barley          383,188     355,580     -7.20%

Rye              17,254      13,744    -20.34%

Flax             20,020      29,332    +45.60%

Canola        1,870,670   1,462,404    -21.82%

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“Bartlett’s acquisition of Ceres is vindication of the strategy we set out to achieve 12 years ago, which is to build the company into one of North America’s leading merchandisers of durum, oats, spring wheat and canola,” said Ceres board chair Jim Vanasek in a news release.

Why it matters: Ceres has operations in Manitoba and Saskatchewan

Ceres is a Minnesota-based grain buyer and logistics company with locations in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. It also owns Delmar Commodities, based in Winkler, Man., and Jordan Mills in Roland, Man.

Bartlett is headquartered in Kansas City with locations in the American Midwest and East Coast, and Mexico. It is part of the Savage group of companies.

“We see incredible potential in combining our networks,” said Savage president and CEO Jeff Roberts.

Ceres’ network and assets are a “natural complement to the Bartlett business,” said Bartlett executive director Bob Knief in a separate news release.

Its assets include a combined grain and oilseed storage of about 45 million bushels.

“We see incredible potential in combining our networks

Bartlett has agreed to purchase Ceres at US$4.50 per share, which would value the sale at roughly US$140 million. The transaction is subject to court approval and closing conditions.

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