Insights and Stories on Trucking

Apr. 18, 2022 at 6:25 pm CDT

Buenos Aires | Reuters — Argentine grains trucking activity has rebounded to near normal levels after a major strike last week, according to transport data and port sources, a relief to exporters in the world’s No. 1 shipper of processed soy and No. 2 for corn. Truckers agreed late last […]

By Maximilian Heath

Apr. 20, 2021 at 4:16 pm CDT

Dairy co-operative Agropur is stepping away from hauling farmers’ milk in two of the provinces where it does business. The Quebec company announced Monday it would sell its Quebec bulk milk hauling business to unnamed “companies whose core business is transporting liquid food products,” and would also halt its milk […]

By Dave Bedard

Mar. 19, 2020 at 5:54 pm CDT

Should farmers expect delays to fertilizer deliveries heading into spring seeding? “Not if we can help it,” Fertilizer Canada CEO Garth Whyte said Thursday.”We’ve weathered all the rail system disruptions that we had over the last six months, and now, with COVID-19, we’re doing OK. “We’ve put contingency plans in […]

By Jennifer Blair

Feb. 6, 2020 at 6:25 am CST

The average Saskatchewan farmer can expect to lose about eight per cent of his or her annual net farm income to the federal carbon tax to 2020 — and 12 per cent in 2022, the province’s general ag group says. The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan on Monday released new […]

By GFM Staff

Dec. 19, 2019 at 11:52 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Western Canadian feed grain markets are showing some stability heading into the New Year, as buyers have generally booked coverage over the holiday season. “Everybody is just waiting to see what will happen,” said Mike Fleischhauer of Eagle Commodities in Lethbridge. While large amounts of tough grain were […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin