Insights and Stories on Grain

CN kicks off recovery after eight-day strike

Nov. 28, 2019 at 3:15 pm CST

Reuters –– Canadian National Railway on Thursday said it was putting a recovery plan in place while ramping up operations after the country’s biggest rail strike in a decade. The eight-day-long work stoppage at Canada’s largest railroad sent shocks through the country’s economy with grain and propane shipments scuttled. The […]

Propane shortage looms as CN strike hits third day

Nov. 21, 2019 at 5:19 pm CST

By Kelsey Johnson Rod Nickel

CN conductors on strike

Nov. 19, 2019 at 7:26 am CST

By GFM Staff

Third-quarter grain handle down for CN, CP

Oct. 24, 2019 at 11:21 am CDT

By GFM Staff

Canola shipments boost Thunder Bay port activity

Oct. 4, 2019 at 7:23 pm CDT

By MarketsFarm Team

Cargill’s quarterly profit up on beef, egg demand

Sep. 26, 2019 at 4:53 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Global commodities trader Cargill reported a three per cent increase in adjusted quarterly profit on Thursday, citing strong consumer demand for meat and eggs in North America and growth in its animal nutrition businesses. Cargill, the largest privately held U.S. company, said its adjusted operating earnings […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

Grain leaves Churchill for first time in four years

Sep. 9, 2019 at 7:50 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The first grain vessel in four years left the northern Manitoba port of Churchill over the weekend, according to social media posts from port owners Arctic Gateway Group. “Happy to report the successful completion and departure of the first grain vessel of the season from Churchill,” Arctic Gateway […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

P+H to buy Louis Dreyfus’ Prairie elevators

Sep. 4, 2019 at 7:14 pm CDT

Updated — Commodities and agrifood giant Louis Dreyfus Co. is stepping out of the grain handling business it built in Canada with a deal to sell its Prairie elevator network. Louis Dreyfus (LDC) announced Wednesday it has an agreement in place to sell its 10 elevators across Western Canada to […]

By Dave Bedard

Chinese pork imports seen doubling over two years by 2020

Aug. 26, 2019 at 1:51 pm CDT

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Chinese pork meat imports are projected to sharply rise from 2.1 million tonnes in 2018 to 3.3 million tonnes in 2019 and 4.2 million tonnes in 2020, because of the African swine fever outbreak, broker and consultancy INTL FCStone said on Monday. FCStone estimated during […]

By Marcelo Teixeira

Viterra to buy ILTA Grain pulse processing plant

Aug. 20, 2019 at 6:22 pm CDT

Creditor-protected Prairie pulse processor and exporter ILTA Grain is set to sell a next-to-new southern Saskatchewan facility to one of Canada’s biggest grain firms. Glencore Agriculture’s Viterra arm said Tuesday it has signed a purchase deal for the assets of ILTA’s processing facility at Belle Plaine, Sask., about 25 km […]

By GFM Staff