Our free mobile app, allowing you to keep track of Canadian farm news, weather and commodities on your smartphone, is now available for the Android platform. AgReader Mobile, developed for the Farm Business Communications family of publications, became available Thursday through the Android Market (search for “agricultural news”) and is also available by using an […] Read more
AgReader Mobile now available for Android phones
Corn to rule at Husky ethanol plant this spring
Husky Energy’s ethanol plant in Manitoba is set to ditch wheat and focus on corn for a two-month-long run this spring. "In the next couple of months, March and April, we’re going to do a 100 per cent corn run," said Raymond Dyck, grain marketing co-ordinator for the Husky plant at Minnedosa, about 50 km […] Read more
Sask. begins removing winter weight allowances
Allowances for winter weights for grain trucks and other heavy vehicles on a number of Saskatchewan roads will begin to be removed starting just after midnight Thursday (March 1). "Operators are advised to monitor their loads and watch for restrictions during this sensitive time period," provincial Highways Minister Jim Reiter said in a release late […] Read more
N.Y. sinks ‘unattainable’ rules for St. Lawrence traffic
State conservation officials in New York have deep-sixed proposals for rules that would have required vessels using the St. Lawrence Seaway to install treatment systems for their ballast water by next year. Thursday’s announcement comes as a relief to the Canadian government, as enforcement of such rules on transiting ships would have blocked grain and […] Read more
Viterra to boost SE Sask. elevator’s capacity
A high-throughput Viterra elevator in Saskatchewan’s southeast corner is set to get expansions of both its storage and rail car capacity. The Calgary company on Wednesday announced it will double the rail car spot at its concrete elevator at Fairlight, Sask., about 55 km west of Virden, Man., and boost its storage capacity by about […] Read more
Que. organic miller backed to double production
A $2.7 million expansion project at an organic flour mill in Quebec’s Estrie region has picked up a federal loan to help cover the bills. La Meunerie Milanaise, based at Milan, about 70 km northeast of Sherbrooke, will get up to $814,393 in a "repayable contribution" from the federal Agricultural Flexibility Fund’s AgriProcessing Initiative. The […] Read more
CP wants conciliator in talks with crews’, controllers’ union
The union for Canadian Pacific Railway’s train crews and rail traffic controllers isn’t yet in a strike position, but the railway already wants Ottawa to drop a conciliator into their contract talks. Calgary-based CP said Friday it has been in talks with the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) since early October toward a new contract […] Read more
Manitoba to loosen spring trucking restrictions
Springtime restrictions on truck weights on various Manitoba roads will now be based on actual road conditions instead of hard dates on the calendar. The provincial government on Wednesday announced a new policy in which it "will take changing weather conditions into account in determining when spring road restrictions must be put in place, instead […] Read more
Equipment dealer, museum founder Stan Reynolds, 88
Memorial services are expected to be held later this spring for the auto and ag equipment dealer whose collections of vintage iron were the basis for the Reynolds-Alberta Museum. Stan Reynolds of Wetaskiwin, Alta. died last Thursday in Edmonton at age 88, the provincial government reported Monday. Reynolds’ "lifelong interest in machines of all types […] Read more
Lower ocean freight costs support grain exports
Soft ocean freight rates, which hit 25-year lows in early February, are helping cut into Canada’s grain freight disadvantage with some of its competitors, according to industry participants. The Baltic Dry Index, which is used as a guide for global shipping rates, is sitting at 715 points, up from a 25-year low of 647 points […] Read more
