Insights and Stories on Crops

Sep. 5, 2007 at 2:20 pm CDT

Six western Canadian grain shippers have launched new level-of-service complaints against Canadian National Railway (CN), which they say has failed to comply with the spirit of a recent Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) ruling. The shippers — Winnipeg grain handlers Paterson Grain and Parrish & Heimbecker, Alberta’s Providence Grain Group, Saskatchewan’s […]

By Resource News International

Sep. 5, 2007 at 1:03 pm CDT

In a deal expected to increase its access to grain, ethanol and coal markets in the U.S. Midwest, Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) will pay US$1.48 billion cash to buy the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad Corp. (DM&E), the company announced last night. Headquartered at Sioux Falls, S.D., the DM&E is […]

By FBC staff

Sep. 5, 2007 at 12:37 pm CDT

Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives has resumed daily authorizations for stubble burning in the province, following a suspension after a three-car collision west of Winnipeg August 28. Drivers involved in the mid-afternoon crash near Elie complained their visibility was impaired by smoke billowing across the Trans-Canada Highway from an […]

By FBC staff

Sep. 4, 2007 at 5:45 pm CDT

Farmers in Saskatchewan have 44 per cent of the 2007 crop harvested, according to the provincial agriculture department’s weekly crop report for the week of September 2. That’s up from 27 per cent last week, and ahead of the five-year (2002-06) average of 31 per cent combined. All areas of […]

By FBC staff

Sep. 4, 2007 at 5:12 pm CDT

Favourable weather conditions allowed producers across Manitoba to make significant harvest progress, according to the provincial agriculture department’s crop update for the week ended September 4. Spotty thundershowers did slow harvest operations in a few isolated areas. Harvest activities in the south and east of the province were virtually complete […]

By Resource News International