Insights and Stories of Alana Vannahme

New-crop malting barley prices fail to excite

Jan. 23, 2009 at 5:06 pm CST

(Resource News International) — Farmers in Western Canada are less than enthusiastic about early new-crop malting barley prices being floated in Western Canada. Rahr Malting Canada Ltd. at Alix, Alta. had been offering between $4.25 and $4.50 (farm gate) for 2009-10 malting barley but those prices were met with minimal […]

Viterra sees Prairie farmers booking fertilizers

Jan. 22, 2009 at 2:28 am CST

By Alana Vannahme

Now’s good time to sell red, green lentils: dealer

Jan. 16, 2009 at 7:07 pm CST

By Alana Vannahme

B.C. ports, union take week to ponder proposals

Jan. 16, 2009 at 6:51 pm CST

By Alana Vannahme

Scotia analysts see lower earnings for Viterra

Jan. 15, 2009 at 6:30 pm CST

By Alana Vannahme

B.C. port talks proceed; truckers also may walk

Jan. 14, 2009 at 2:25 pm CST

(Resource News International) — Dock and ship foremen at West Coast ports continue to hold off on striking as negotiations surrounding new collective agreements plod forward. The British Columbia Maritime Employers Association (BCMEA) tabled its “comprehensive response” Friday to a Jan. 3 proposal by the International Longshoremen and Warehouse Union […]

By Alana Vannahme

Possibility of strike already impacts B.C. ports

Jan. 9, 2009 at 4:22 pm CST

(Resource News International) –– Canada’s busy West Coast ports are already feeling the impact of a possible strike by ship and dock foremen belonging to Local 514 of the International Longshoremen and Warehouse Union (ILWU) of Canada. Roughly 425 workers at ports in B.C.’s Lower Mainland, Vancouver Island and Prince […]

By Alana Vannahme

B.C. port negotiators weigh union contract offer

Jan. 5, 2009 at 7:32 pm CST

(Resource News International) — The British Columbia Maritime Employers Association (BCMEA) said Sunday it will mull over a contract offer made over the weekend by Local 514 of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union of Canada (ILWU). The offer was presented in the early morning hours on Sunday and capped […]

By Alana Vannahme

Wheat exports catch up to 2007-08 pace

Dec. 31, 2008 at 2:09 pm CST

(Resource News International) — The Canadian Wheat Board’s wheat export program was slow to get going in 2008-09 but has nearly caught up to last year’s pace heading into the second stretch of the marketing year. According to the Canadian Grain Commission’s grain handling summary for week 21 ended Dec. […]

By Alana Vannahme

West Coast port workers able to strike Friday

Dec. 31, 2008 at 3:45 am CST

(Resource News International) — The threat of a strike at Canada’s busiest West Coast ports still looms after meetings Monday between a port workers’ union and their employers failed to result in a new labour contract. According to an update on the British Columbia Maritime Employers Association (BCMEA) website, scheduled […]

By Alana Vannahme