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Dec. 28, 2016 at 3:23 pm CST

Commodity News Service Canada – Ownership of the Hudson Bay rail line and shuttered Port of Churchill may change soon, as the port’s current owners and a collection of northern First Nations have inked a formal agreement, according to a company press release. Omnitrax, the rail company that currently owns […]

By MarketsFarm Team

Jul. 29, 2016 at 4:12 pm CDT

Commodity News Service Canada – Saskatchewan crops are in generally good condition despite recent wet and windy weather, says the Saskatchewan government. In a release, the province said sixty-two per cent of the spring wheat, winter wheat, flax and canola was in good condition as of July 25. Lentils are rated […]

By MarketsFarm Team

Jul. 26, 2016 at 3:44 pm CDT

Manitoba’s largest general farm organization Keystone Agricultural Producers is calling on the federal government to keep the Port of Churchill operating until the end of the 2016 shipping season and beyond. Workers at the Port of Churchill were told Monday there would be no grain shipments going through the port […]

By MarketsFarm Team, Staff

Nov. 25, 2015 at 5:59 pm CST

CNS Canada –– ICE Futures Canada canola contracts eked out minor gains for the week ended Wednesday. The increase, however minimal, may have come as welcome relief to a market caught in the grip of large global oilseed supplies for several weeks. “Canola will hang in here until there is […]

By MarketsFarm Team

Nov. 20, 2015 at 3:59 pm CST

The Baltic Dry Index fell to its lowest levels ever on Friday, which bodes well for the competitiveness of Canadian grain exports. The BDI, a gauge of global ocean freight prices, was quoted Friday at 498 points — the first time the index dipped below 500 since records began in […]

By MarketsFarm Team