Insights and Stories on Crops

Nov. 25, 2008 at 7:04 pm CST

Canada’s two major railways plan to rethink their grain services after an appeal court decision upheld a substantial cut in how much revenue they get to keep from hauling Prairie grain. Both Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) and Canadian National (CN) said Tuesday they will review their offerings for grain shippers, […]

Nov. 25, 2008 at 5:13 pm CST

(Resource News International) — The Canadian Wheat Board reports it’s begun the movement of board grains to its East Coast transfer elevators early, to take advantage of unexpected laker vessel availability. Normally, the CWB implements a winter rail program to transport board grains from Western Canada and already-stored supplies at […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Nov. 25, 2008 at 4:44 pm CST

Canada’s railways carried a “record-breaking” 361.6 billion tonne-kilometres of total freight in 2007, the Railway Association of Canada reported Tuesday. The association, which represents 55 member railways including Canadian National (CN) and Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), said its freight workload grew by 1.6 per cent year-over-year compared to 2006. Intermodal […]

Nov. 25, 2008 at 1:28 am CST

None of the crops covered under Ontario’s Risk Management Program (RMP) has triggered a pre-harvest payment to the province’s farmers this fall. Pre-harvest market prices were finalized last week for the 2008 RMP for Ontario farmers, and the average market prices for the six-month pre-harvest pricing period are higher than […]

Nov. 24, 2008 at 7:20 pm CST

(Updated Nov. 25) — Prairie grain and pulse crop producers expect to be among the beneficiaries of Canada’s signature on a free trade agreement (FTA) with Colombia. Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon and International Trade Minister Stockwell Day signed the FTA and others relating to labour, the environment and taxation […]