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File photo of the Port of Montreal. (Guy Banville/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Machinery & Shop, Markets

Baltic Dry Index hits 12-year high

Canadian grain exports slow either way

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MarketsFarm — Strong demand to move cargo coupled with weather-related shipping constraints in a number of key corridors has helped take ocean freight rates to their highest levels in more than a decade. The Baltic Dry Index (BDI), a major indicator of shipping rates, settled Friday at 4,275 points, marking its highest level since November […] Read more
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Crops, Machinery & Shop

CP, Kansas City lock in new deal as CN steps out

More efficient flow of grain, perishables, machinery parts touted

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Canadian Pacific Railway and U.S. railway Kansas City Southern on Wednesday again formalized their engagement after competing suitor Canadian National Railway walked away from the table. CP and KCS, which reported “unanimous” support from both companies’ boards, have entered a merger agreement committing CP to pay about $31 billion in cash and stock, or about […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Weather, Winter Wheat

Thunder Bay reports rare inbound grain shipment

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MarketsFarm — Grain movement at the Port of Thunder Bay included a rare inbound cargo of feed wheat, according to the port’s latest monthly report. A 12,000-tonne shipment of feed wheat was delivered to Richardson’s Current River elevator from the company’s facility in Hamilton, Ont. The wheat was said to be destined for Manitoba feedlots, […] Read more
Grain is loaded onto ships for export at a port on the Parana River near Rosario, Argentina on Jan. 31, 2017. (File photo: Reuters/Marcos Brindicci)
Crops, Reuters

Argentina forms agency to manage cargo river, grain exporters worry

Added bureaucracy in grain shipping feared

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Buenos Aires | Reuters — Argentina said on Wednesday it had formed a new government agency to manage dredging operations needed to ensure navigation of the Parana River, which carries about 80 per cent of the country’s grains exports from the Pampas farm belt out to sea. For decades, cargo ships have paid tolls directly […] Read more
File photo of wheat being loaded onto a bulk vessel at port in Russia. (YGrek/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Markets, Winter Wheat

Russia’s agriculture ministry pauses grain harvesting data

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Moscow | Reuters — Russia’s agriculture ministry has paused its daily publication of grain harvesting data while it refines the reporting format used by the country’s growing regions, the ministry said Wednesday. Russia is the world’s largest wheat exporter, supplying it mainly to Africa and the Middle East. It competes with the European Union and […] Read more
The Andersons Grain Group’s Toledo-area elevator at Maumee, Ohio. (AndersonsGrain.com)
Crops, Machinery & Shop, Reuters

The Andersons to pay debt, invest in core units after rail business sale

Renewable fuels, specialty foods investments considered

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain handler The Andersons plans to use US$550 million from the sale of its rail leasing business to pay down debt and invest in sustainable farming and low carbon initiatives in its core grain and fertilizer units, CEO Pat Bowe told Reuters on Tuesday. Maumee, Ohio-based Andersons sold its rail […] Read more
Parrish and Heimbecker’s existing grain elevator at Yorkton, Sask. (ParrishandHeimbecker.com)
Crops

P+H to replace eastern Saskatchewan elevator

New facility, loop track to be on line in mid-2022

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Agrifood company Parrish and Heimbecker (P+H) plans to build a new and leaner grain elevator at Yorkton, Sask. to replace its 41-year-old facility there. The privately-held Winnipeg grain firm said Wednesday it has already started work on the new build, which it expects to have ready to receive grain in June next year. The existing […] Read more
The province’s craft distillery sector doesn’t use a lot of grain, but if it’s getting a tax break, it should buy local, says Alberta Wheat and Barley.
News

Producers aren’t toasting tax change for small distillers

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Province changes rule so small-scale distillers no longer have to source grain from Alberta

Reading Time: 3 minutes A provincial government decision to allow small distillers to source grain from outside Alberta is having “unintended consequences” on the province’s cereal growers. “In any value-added strategy, you need to have a focus on acquiring your product from the local producers,” said Tom Steve, general manager of Alberta Wheat and Barley. “So if we’re going […] Read more
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Corn, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

IGC expects larger world grain crop but tighter stocks

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MarketsFarm — World grain production is forecast to hit a new record in 2021-22, but increasing demand should still cause ending stocks to tighten to their lowest level in seven years, according to updated projections from the International Grains Council. Total grain production — which includes wheat, corn and other coarse grains — is forecast […] Read more

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