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Richardson to boost Peace region grain handle

New elevator in progress west of Grande Prairie

Prairie grain handler Richardson Pioneer has started work on a new elevator to expand its access to the southern reaches of northwestern Alberta’s Peace region. The Winnipeg company said Thursday it expects to complete a new high-throughput grain elevator by fall next year on Canadian National Railway (CN) track at Huallen, about 35 km west […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Extradition ruling not the only anchor on canola

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News May 28, 2020

MarketsFarm — Although ICE July canola finished $1.30 per tonne lower Wednesday, at $463.50, following a ruling on the extradition of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, Wayne Palmer said there’s much more to the decline in the price. While Palmer, a trader with Exceed Grain in Winnipeg, called the ruling “a nail in canola’s coffin,” he […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets, Reuters

China yet to resume all canola imports from Canada, officials say

No correction measures yet shown, Chinese foreign ministry says

By Reuters, GFM Network News April 4, 2020

Beijing | Reuters — China has yet to resume all canola imports from Canada, the foreign ministry said on Friday, after suspensions were imposed on some suppliers last year. Canola imports from some Canadian exporters were suspended by China because of quality reports and it has not received any correction measures, so imports have not […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Grain World: Beijing analyst brings different perspective

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm December 3, 2019

Saskatoon | MarketsFarm — Ivy Li brought a much different perspective about China to the Grain World conference in Saskatoon. Specializing in Chinese agricultural markets, the Beijing-based independent analyst veered away from the usual statements that often cast China as the bad guy on the world stage. Also, Li pointed out, Canada has been doing […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Weather

Knowing your wheat’s falling number critical this year

By Allan Dawson November 18, 2019

[UPDATED: Nov. 22, 2019] The ‘harvest from hell’ has resulted in one of the worst years in recent memory for sprout damage. That’s pushed down falling numbers and — since grain buyers have different approaches to handling this issue — increased the need for farmers to know the falling numbers for their wheat. But if […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Reuters, Weather

Millions of acres of canola freeze, compound ‘harvest from hell’

By Rod Nickel November 15, 2019

Winnipeg | Reuters — Heavy snow and rain during harvest on the Canadian Prairies have left several million acres of canola buried until spring, the latest blow in a miserable year that may compound farmer problems into 2020. Canola is renowned as Canada’s most profitable crop, exported to China, Japan and Mexico to make vegetable […] Read more

Crops, Machinery & Shop

Regulator rips CN’s use of freight embargoes at West Coast

By GFM Staff April 15, 2019

Canadian National Railway has been found in breach of its service obligations on grain and other traffic by a federal regulator aiming to crack down on the company’s use of freight embargoes. The Canadian Transportation Agency on Monday released its determination on “possible freight rail service issues in the Vancouver area” last fall. The regulator […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

USDA lowers Canadian canola export forecast

By Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm April 10, 2019

MarketsFarm — The slowing pace of Canadian canola exports, linked to the country’s trade dispute with China, saw the U.S. Department of Agriculture lower its forecast for Canadian canola exports in the current 2018-19 marketing year. In its latest Oilseeds: World Markets and Trade report, USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service said actual Canadian exports could end […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola hinges on iffy U.S.-China deal

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm April 10, 2019

MarketsFarm — Canola contracts one the ICE Futures platform held within a narrow range during the week ended Wednesday, waiting for a catalyst to push futures one way or the other. To Errol Anderson of ProMarket Communications in Calgary, canola’s path is connected to a trade deal between the U.S. and China, which be a […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Reuters

Third canola exporter runs into trouble in China

By David Ljunggren April 2, 2019

Ottawa | Reuters –– Chinese authorities have filed a quality complaint against a third Canadian exporter of canola, Canada’s agriculture minister said on Tuesday, potentially deepening a trade and diplomatic dispute between Beijing and Ottawa. Early last month, China cited the discovery of pests as the reason for blocking shipments of canola seed from Richardson […] Read more

U.S. grains: South American supply issues wane

U.S. livestock: Live cattle climb ahead of USDA report

Feed weekly outlook: Offshore demand still lifting Prairie barley

GFM Network News

U.S. grains: South American supply issues wane

U.S. livestock: Live cattle climb ahead of USDA report

Feed weekly outlook: Offshore demand still lifting Prairie barley

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Richardson to boost Peace region grain handle

ICE weekly outlook: Extradition ruling not the only anchor on canola

China yet to resume all canola imports from Canada, officials say

Grain World: Beijing analyst brings different perspective

Knowing your wheat’s falling number critical this year

Millions of acres of canola freeze, compound ‘harvest from hell’

Regulator rips CN’s use of freight embargoes at West Coast

USDA lowers Canadian canola export forecast

ICE weekly outlook: Canola hinges on iffy U.S.-China deal

Third canola exporter runs into trouble in China

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