Insights and Stories of Dwayne Klassen

Mar. 12, 2008 at 1:04 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Spring road restrictions in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba are in the process of being implemented and are expected to limit farmers’ ability to move grain for the next couple of months, according to industry officials. Spring weight restrictions have already been implemented on certain rural roads […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Mar. 10, 2008 at 6:03 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — The development of the biofuel industry in Canada remains on track with a number of operations already in place and a number of others on board to start production very shortly, according to an official with the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association. “With crude oil values climbing […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Mar. 8, 2008 at 3:24 am CST

(Resource News International) — Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada expects the area seeded by Canadian farmers to durum this spring will be a bit less than what it had anticipated earlier in the year, according to an updated acreage outlook from AAFC’s market analysis division. The area expected to be planted […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Mar. 5, 2008 at 2:00 pm CST

(Resource News International) — Japan’s consideration of lowering its wheat protein requirements is not expected to have much effect on Canadian wheat sales to that country, but the reduced protein content was expected to make competition for that market a bit tougher and in turn lower prices, according to market […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Feb. 22, 2008 at 2:07 pm CST

(Resource News International) — The 2008 navigation season on the Welland Canal section of the St. Lawrence Seaway system will begin on March 20 and on the Montreal/Lake Ontario section on March 22, according to a notice issued by the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation. The opening of the Welland […]

By Dwayne Klassen