Insights and Stories of Allan Dawson

Dec. 10, 2021 at 7:42 pm CST

Canada’s major companies hope their operations won’t be disrupted when Ottawa requires federally regulated employees be vaccinated against COVID-19 starting early in 2022. “It depends on whether employees that aren’t vaccinated will get vaccinated, or would they leave their jobs,” Wade Sobkowich, executive director of the Western Grain Elevator Association […]

By Allan Dawson

Nov. 10, 2021 at 2:33 pm CST

Cargill is closer to fixing problems with paying farmers promptly for their delivered grain. “They [Cargill] have worked through most of the issues,” Canadian Grain Commission spokesman Remi Gosselin said in an interview Tuesday. “Our understanding at the grain commission is that there should be no issues on a go-forward […]

By Allan Dawson

Sep. 10, 2021 at 1:07 pm CDT

After moving a record 61.5 million tonnes in the last crop year, the question now is whether faced with the prospect of a smaller crop, the grain transport system will fall victim to railway reductions. Given the railways set new grain movement records five years running, there’s no reason why […]

By Allan Dawson

Sep. 2, 2021 at 1:40 pm CDT

Farmers can’t prevent canola flowers from aborting in hot weather resulting in lower yields, but one seed company is providing some insurance against it — as part of the price of the seed. Brevant’s Nexera canola seed comes with a “a first-of-its-kind” insurance policy worth up to $100 an acre […]

By Allan Dawson

Jul. 15, 2021 at 4:31 pm CDT

Canadian National Railway’s fire-damaged bridge at Lytton, B.C. reopened for traffic Tuesday — but all train movement, including for grain, through British Columbia’s wildfire-ravaged southern Interior, is “hit and miss” and will remain so until the fire risk lessens. “Both (CN and Canadian Pacific Railway) are having troubles because there […]

By Allan Dawson