Qualifying customers of the Prairies’ biggest grain handler will be able to get elevator-level pricing information through a new mobile app. Viterra on Wednesday rolled out myViterra mobile, a new mobile interface growers can customize for specific commodities and facility locations. The app is a new mobile-phone extension of the company’s online myViterra service, available […] Read more
Viterra rolls out mobile crop pricing app
SEEDING REPORTS: ‘We weren’t taking any chances’
Let us know BY EMAIL if you’re seeding. We’d love to hear more about when you started, where you are, why you’re going now instead of later, what you’re seeding, how far you are along and whether your field conditions have been slowing you down. OR, if you’re NOT seeding, let us know why, and […] Read more
Ont. marketing board offers QR codes for fruit
Growers of tender fruit in Ontario can now get QR codes to attach to their packaging, directing their customers to more information on their products. The Ontario Tender Fruit Producers Marketing Board on Tuesday launched its new website, which provides QR (Quick Response) codes that producers can request for download for use on their own […] Read more
Grain freight cost index hiked for pensions, capital costs
Reviews of pension and capital costs at Canada’s two main railways will be factored into a substantial hike in the index that governs how much the railways can charge each year to haul Prairie grain. The Canadian Transportation Agency on Monday announced a 9.5 per cent increase in its volume-related composite price index (VRCPI) to […] Read more
Shell scrubs plans for Man. straw ethanol plant
Fuel company Shell Canada "will not pursue" its plans for a straw-based ethanol plant in southern Manitoba. Monday’s announcement from Shell was its first formal acknowledgement that it in fact had plans for such a project, though company spokesmen had openly confirmed its interest in the region through other media outlets late last year. Shell’s […] Read more
FREE DRAW! Seeding underway in southern Sask.
Seeding is semi-officially underway in Saskatchewan as farmers in some southern areas of the province have begun seeding peas and lentils in the past week. “Warm and favourable weather” has allowed field work to proceed, the provincial ag ministry said in a release Thursday. “However, the majority of producers will be waiting a few more weeks […] Read more
Clubroot DNA turns up in Manitoba soils
Manitoba’s canola growers have been served notice that a particularly noxious soil-borne disease may have arrived in their province. The provincial agriculture department, in a release Thursday, reported that soil samples taken from two unrelated fields in 2011 are now confirmed to contain traces of DNA from the clubroot pathogen at "extremely low levels." These […] Read more
Teamsters at CP approve possible strike
Unionized engineers, conductors, traffic controllers, trainmen and yardmen at Canadian Pacific Railway have voted in favour of a potential strike. The workers, represented by the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC), have voted 95 per cent in favour of authorizing their bargaining committee to launch a strike "if necessary," the union said in a release Thursday […] Read more
CN’s Q1 grain handle drops
Improved revenue and profits in Canadian National Railway’s first three months of 2012 came from nearly all its business segments except grain and fertilizers. Montreal-based CN on Monday reported net income of $775 million on $2.346 billion in revenues for its first fiscal quarter ending March 31, up from $668 million on $2.084 billion in […] Read more
FREE to good home: FARM PROGRESS tickets
Editor’s Note: Well, that was quick. This contest is now closed. Ticket winners will be notified in the next few days by email, with tickets to follow by mail. Thanks to everyone who entered, and we hope to see you at the show. Haven’t got your tickets yet for Canada’s Farm Progress Show? We might. […] Read more
