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‘Immediate’ penalties urged for railways on grain delays

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The Alberta government is calling on federal lawmakers to impose a system of “immediate” cash penalties against railways that don’t meet obligations on grain delivery. The province’s agriculture minister Verlyn Olson is booked to meet Monday in Winnipeg with his federal counterpart, Gerry Ritz, plus representatives from the grain industry and Canadian Grain Commission. Up […] Read more
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Cost of Agrium potash expansion jumps on cold, wind

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Reuters — Canadian fertilizer producer Agrium said Friday the cost of expanding its west-central Saskatchewan potash mine had jumped 25 per cent from the original estimate, after cold and windy weather hampered construction. The Calgary-based company plans to complete its project at Vanscoy, about 20 km southwest of Saskatoon, by the end of 2014, boosting […] Read more
CN’s last work stoppage saw its Teamster-represented engineers walk the picket line in 2009. (File photo by Dave Bedard)
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CN, Teamsters reach new deal to avoid conductors’ strike

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Conductors, trainmen and yardmen for Canadian National Railway (CN) will remain on the job following an 11th-hour tentative agreement under threat of back-to-work legislation. “We commend the leadership of the (Teamsters Canada Rail Conference unit) for reaching consensus with the company and averting a possible strike,” CN chief operating officer Jim Vena said in a […] Read more
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California water allocation forecast hits record-low level

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Los Angeles | Reuters — A worsening drought in California will likely force a first-ever complete cutoff this year in state-supplied water sold to 29 irrigation districts, public water agencies and municipalities up and down the state, officials said Friday. Although the state Water Resources Department typically ends up supplying more water than first projected […] Read more
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Australian ranchers set for drought-relieving rains

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Sydney | Reuters — Australian cattle farmers will receive much-needed rains in the next two days, forecasters said Wednesday, offering some relief to ranchers struggling to keep animals alive during a period of prolonged drought in the world’s No. 3 beef exporter. The Australian Bureau of Meteorology said much of prime Queensland pastoral land, home […] Read more
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U.S. grains: Large global supplies knock down soy, wheat

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures tumbled on Wednesday under pressure from expectations that a bumper South American crop will raise global inventories, while large supplies pushed wheat futures to a 3-1/2 year low. Corn futures also declined. Rains in hot, dry areas of Argentina improved the outlook for soybean production by “confining and shrinking […] Read more
Crops, Weather, Winter Wheat

Richardson joins revamped winter wheat initiative

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Grain handler Richardson International has signed on as a partner in a new organization to promote winter wheat acres in the West. Winnipeg-based, privately-held Richardson is joining the Western Winter Wheat Initiative, a new body formed out of the Winter Cereals Sustainability in Action program, set up in 2009. Ducks Unlimited Canada and Bayer CropScience, […] Read more

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