Insights and Stories on Propane

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 […]

Grain groups seek ‘essential service’ status for rail

Nov. 26, 2019 at 8:29 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

CN strike drags on, hitting grain exports, fertilizer output

Nov. 25, 2019 at 4:37 pm CST

By Allison Lampert Kelsey Johnson

Union says propane shortfalls may be CN’s own making

Nov. 22, 2019 at 8:45 pm CST

By GFM Staff

Propane shortage looms as CN strike hits third day

Nov. 21, 2019 at 5:19 pm CST

By Kelsey Johnson Rod Nickel

Propane-starved East’s grain growers seek end to CN strike

Nov. 20, 2019 at 4:17 pm CST

Farmers fighting through a soggy harvest in Eastern Canada have joined their western counterparts’ call for an end to the strike by Canadian National Railway workers — not to get grain out, but to get propane in. Restoring the supply of propane for Quebec’s farm businesses, in the wake of […]

By GFM Staff

U.S. states declare emergencies to help farmers in propane shortage

Nov. 18, 2019 at 2:08 pm CST

Reuters — Regional shortages of propane, which is used for heating homes and barns and by farmers to dry their crops, have led to emergency declarations covering nine U.S. Midwest states amid late harvests of soggy grains. Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota and Wisconsin declared state emergencies beginning in late October, […]

By Reuters

U.S. propane bottlenecks not affecting Canada

Nov. 15, 2019 at 7:04 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Despite ongoing shortfalls of propane in some areas of the U.S. Midwest, the situation doesn’t appear to be adversely affecting Canada, according to the Canadian Propane Association. The late harvest in the Midwest has been further hampered by wet conditions, forcing farmers to dry their grain before putting […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Corn harvest a struggle for three U.S. states

Nov. 13, 2019 at 2:26 pm CST

MarketsFarm — With a significant amount of corn still in the fields on the U.S. northern Plains, the harvest may be grinding to a halt, according to MarketsFarm analyst Bruce Burnett. In particular, Burnett noted, the corn harvest has been further slowed by a propane shortage, which has caused issues […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. books latest end to soy harvest in a decade

Nov. 13, 2019 at 2:16 pm CST

MarketsFarm —The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), in its oilseed crops outlook issued Wednesday, said the country’s 2019 soybean harvest will wind up the latest in 10 years. As of Sunday, the overall U.S. soybean harvest stood at 85 per cent complete, according to USDA’s weekly crop progress report. The […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

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