Insights and Stories on Grain Transportation

Railways over revenue cap in drought year, CTA finds

Dec. 22, 2022 at 3:52 pm CST

Despite a dramatically lower Prairie grain handle in the last crop year, the Western Grains Research Foundation can expect a $5.7 million gift card from Canada’s big two railways by the end of next month. The Canadian Transportation Agency, which sets the maximum revenue entitlements (MREs) each crop year for […]

Feed weekly outlook: Barley, wheat prices pull back

Dec. 15, 2022 at 3:52 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Soybean futures rise

Dec. 13, 2022 at 5:43 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

Belarus to allow Ukraine grain transit with no preconditions, U.N. says

Dec. 12, 2022 at 5:06 am CST

By Michelle Nichols

Biden asks Congress to avert U.S. rail strike

Nov. 28, 2022 at 7:26 pm CST

By David Shepardson

Feed weekly outlook: Grain prices expected to hold firm

Nov. 24, 2022 at 6:15 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Feed prices on the Prairies are likely to remain steady through to the new year, according to Brandon Motz of CorNine Commodities at Lacombe, Alta. “I think the markets for now are to be flat,” he said, noting there has been talk in the market of 25 trains […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Black Sea grain export deal extended

Nov. 17, 2022 at 6:26 pm CST

Reuters — A deal aimed at easing global food shortages by helping Ukraine export its agricultural products from Black Sea ports was extended for four months on Thursday, though Russia said its own demands were yet to be fully addressed. The agreement, initially reached in July, created a protected transit […]

By Michelle Nichols

Feed weekly outlook: More corn, oats in feed rations

Nov. 17, 2022 at 5:06 pm CST

MarketsFarm — As prices for feed barley and wheat increase, more feedlots are turning to corn, according to Susanne Leclerc of Market Master Ltd. at Edmonton. “A lot of places are switching to corn. The desirability of feed barley has been coming down,” she said. “So it will be interesting […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Feed weekly outlook: Grain supplies good, freight costs higher

Nov. 10, 2022 at 6:20 pm CST

MarketsFarm — There are still sufficient supplies of feed barley and wheat to be had on the Canadian Prairies — but there are issues with getting that feed from point to point, according to Erin Harakal, senior trader at Agfinity at Stony Plain, Alta. “I do think there are enough […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Alberta RCMP spike grain truck to recover canola

Oct. 5, 2022 at 11:32 am CDT

RCMP in central Alberta say they’ve recovered a “significant amount” of canola and arrested and charged two people after a grain truck suspected in an alleged canola theft was halted by a spike belt. In a release Tuesday, RCMP at Bashaw — about 80 km northeast of Red Deer, in […]

By Dave Bedard

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