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Cargill CEO sees Harvey not likely weighing much on farm freight

By GFM Network News September 1, 2017

Mexico City | Reuters — Global commodities trader Cargill does not expect a significant impact on freight costs or logistics from the massive flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey in Texas and Louisiana, its top executive said Friday. Cargill CEO David MacLennan said while it was still too early to assess the full impact of the […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Owen Sound, Baie-Comeau in revamped port sale program

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News April 24, 2015

Two ports hosting grain terminals are up for sale and possibly divestiture under a new federal program to get out of the port business. Transport Minister Lisa Raitt on Friday announced a new Ports Asset Transfer Program (PATP) to “facilitate the transfer” of port facilities to other owners or levels of government, naming 50 ports […] Read more

General, Markets, Reuters

U.S. farmers hit hard by labour strife at West Coast ports

By GFM Network News February 13, 2015

Los Angeles | Reuters –– Protracted labour strife and shipping disruptions at U.S. West Coast ports have hit farmers especially hard, posing a major barrier to perishable goods headed to overseas markets and resulting in losses estimated at hundreds of millions of dollars a week. Foreign Pacific Rim customers facing chronic delays in shipments of […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. West Coast port operations resume, more labour talks scheduled

By GFM Network News February 9, 2015

Los Angeles | Reuters — U.S. West Coast port operations resumed in full on Monday after shipping companies suspended loading and unloading of freighters for the weekend, citing chronic cargo backups the shippers and dockworkers have blamed on each other during months of labour tensions. Reopening of the ports to cargo vessels idled by the […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. shippers say West Coast ports near gridlock on stalled contract talks

By Reuters, GFM Network News January 13, 2015

San Francisco | Reuters — Cargo traffic at several of the biggest U.S. West Coast ports has slowed to near gridlock, negotiators for shipping lines and terminal operators for 29 ports said on Monday as contract talks with the dockworkers’ union remain strained. Union officials however have denied staging slowdowns, saying some of decisions by […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Striking port workers in Argentine grains hub halt shipping

By Reuters, GFM Network News December 18, 2014

Buenos Aires | Reuters — Port workers in part of the Argentine grain hub of Rosario went on strike on Thursday to demand a year-end bonus, paralyzing ship movements, said the head of the powerful CGT union’s local branch. Wage increases are lagging behind Argentina’s soaring inflation rate, which some private economists estimate is around […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

U.S. shippers, West Coast dockworkers resume contract talks

By GFM Network News December 18, 2014

Los Angeles | Reuters — Negotiators for shipping lines and terminal operators at 29 U.S. West Coast ports resumed contract talks with the union for dockworkers on Thursday, as cargo backups continued at the ports, a representative for the labour group said. Officials from the Pacific Maritime Association and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union […] Read more

Meatpackers rethink beef exports to US after Trump tariffs, industry lobby says

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U.S. pulse group commits to doubling production in five years

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Meatpackers rethink beef exports to US after Trump tariffs, industry lobby says

Ag in Motion innovation awards showcase top 2025 ag technology

U.S. pulse group commits to doubling production in five years

Tag Archives ports

Cargill CEO sees Harvey not likely weighing much on farm freight

Owen Sound, Baie-Comeau in revamped port sale program

U.S. farmers hit hard by labour strife at West Coast ports

U.S. West Coast port operations resume, more labour talks scheduled

U.S. shippers say West Coast ports near gridlock on stalled contract talks

Striking port workers in Argentine grains hub halt shipping

U.S. shippers, West Coast dockworkers resume contract talks

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