Insights and Stories of GFM Staff

Port authority clears new West Coast terminal

Nov. 22, 2018 at 7:43 pm CST

Work is expected to start within two weeks on a new port grain terminal expected to improve rail efficiency for grain shipments to Canada’s West Coast. Prairie grain handler Parrish and Heimbecker announced Thursday it’s “moving forward” with the Fraser Grain Terminal project as proposed in late 2016, after receiving […]

Gardiner Dam Terminal set to go full Viterra

Nov. 17, 2018 at 6:04 pm CST

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Parmalat to buy Kraft’s Ontario cheese plant, brands

Nov. 16, 2018 at 5:25 am CST

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Ceres lands tenant for Niagara-area grain elevator

Nov. 15, 2018 at 4:25 am CST

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La Coop federee’s Ontario grain play cleared

Nov. 14, 2018 at 2:58 pm CST

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New Brunswick ag, fisheries files remarried

Nov. 12, 2018 at 8:29 pm CST

New Brunswick’s incoming minority Progressive Conservative government will again have one minister handling the province’s agriculture and aquaculture files. Premier Blaine Higgs on Friday announced Gagetown-Petitcodiac MLA Ross Wetmore as his minister of agriculture, aquaculture and fisheries. Wetmore, 65, replaces Andrew Harvey and Benoit Bourque, who had handled the agriculture […]

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Self-checking field health mapping system launched

Oct. 31, 2018 at 9:31 am CDT

The farmer’s job of poring over satellite field maps looking for disease, weed and insect trouble is about to go automatic. Winnipeg-based digital ag consulting firm Farmers Edge recently released Health Change Maps and Notifications, a new function that automatically scans the company’s daily satellite imagery and alerts growers of […]

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CN’s grain handle up in record quarter

Oct. 30, 2018 at 9:43 am CDT

Traffic in Canadian National Railway’s grain and fertilizers segment rose eight per cent in its latest quarter, helping the company to record quarterly revenue. Montreal-based CN on Oct. 23 reported net income of $1.134 billion on $3.688 billion in revenues for its quarter ending Sept. 30, up from $958 million […]

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Grain handle down slightly in record quarter for CP

Oct. 29, 2018 at 10:25 am CDT

Grain carloads were marginally fewer but grain revenue per carload climbed 10 per cent to help Canadian Pacific Railway to its highest quarterly revenue ever. Calgary-based CP on Oct. 18 booked net income of $622 million on $1.898 billion in revenues — its “highest ever (revenues) for any quarter” — […]

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La Coop federee to rebrand agribusiness arm

Oct. 29, 2018 at 9:40 am CDT

Crop and livestock producers dealing with the agribusiness division of Quebec’s La Coop federee can expect to see a new name in the game early next year. La Coop announced Sept. 25 it will change the name of the division — which today operates under the Elite and La Coop […]

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