Crops

CN and CPKC Rail supplied a combined 99% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 38, an improvement from the previous week’s 94%, and the best one week performance seen thus far during the 2022-23 grain year. The improvement reflects improved performance for each of CN and CPKC. In supplying 98% of hopper cars ordered on time […]

Canadian farmers won’t have to worry about grain movement coming to a complete halt. A tentative deal between the federal government and workers with the Public Sector Alliance of Canada union has been reached. The Canadian Grain Commission is within PSAC. Only Canada Revenue Agency workers remain on the picket lines. President of the Western […]

Canadian farm groups are asking producers to lobby federal ministers and MPs to urge them to super-size a government proposal for what’s called ‘extended interswitching.’ The measure essentially gives grain shippers a choice in which railway they deal with, as long as the competitor’s line is no more than 160 kilometres away. It means a railway would have […]

The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority says overall cargo volumes fell by three per cent last year, as the global economy began to show signs of a slowdown. The authority, which overseas Canada’s largest port in Vancouver, says grain and fertilizer exports surged in the second half of the year, but the gains were not enough […]

The Manitoba government has opened intakes for two new programs under the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (Sustainable CAP) that provide funding to support sustainable farming in Manitoba, federal Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau and Manitoba Agriculture Minister Derek Johnson announced today. “Farmers are on the front lines when it comes to the impact of […]

Russia’s envoy to the United Nations in Geneva says no real progress has been made in resolving issues raised by Moscow over the Black Sea grain deal, which is set to expire next month. Separately, Ukraine accused Russia of blocking the passage of four grain ships from its Black Sea ports. The Kremlin has repeatedly said the […]

Statistics Canada says farmers are expecting to plant the largest wheat crop in more than two decades in 2023. The data agency says this is possibly due to favourable prices and strong demand for wheat.  Russia’s invasion of Ukraine more than a year ago drove up global wheat prices, as Ukraine has been one of […]

A major shareholder in pea and canola protein processor Merit Functional Foods has brought on an unnamed partner in its bid to buy the business out of receivership. After announcing last month it would submit a bid for the practically-new Merit assets, Vancouver-based plant protein firm Burcon NutraScience says it’s now “participating in a bid” for Merit in […]

According to updated supply and demand projections from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canadian pea, chickpea and edible bean exports will likely beat earlier expectations during the current 2022-23 marketing year. The stocks-to-use rations for the three crops should also tighten as a result. In its report Friday, the government agency upped its call for Canadian pea exports […]

Statistics Canada released its first acreage report for the 2023 growing season this morning. It says farmers expect to plant more wheat, canola, corn for grain, barley and soybeans in 2023, while area seeded to oats, lentils and dry peas is anticipated to decrease compared with the previous year. Farmers in Saskatchewan anticipate planting 7.3% more wheat in 2023, […]