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A CN locomotive near Jasper, Alta. (Photo courtesy CN)

Grain handle helps CN to record first-quarter volume

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff April 29, 2017

Canadian National Railway reports moving more Prairie grain in its first quarter than at the same time last year, despite “more demanding winter conditions” compared to 2016. Montreal-based CN on Monday reported net earnings of $884 million on overall revenues of $3.206 billion for the quarter ending March 31 (Q1), up from $792 million on […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

Prairie grain freight cost index to rise with fuel prices

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff April 28, 2017

An “expected sharp rise” in fuel costs in 2017 compared to 2016 may help raise the cap on how much money Canada’s big two railways can charge to move Prairie grain in 2017-18. The Canadian Transportation Agency — the tribunal which, among its other duties, sets the annual maximum revenue entitlements (MREs) on Prairie grain […] Read more

Crops

Glyphosate clears Health Canada re-evaluation

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff April 28, 2017

Crop protection companies selling glyphosate have two years to make minor changes to parts of their product labels, as the 43-year-old herbicide formally clears Health Canada’s re-evaluation process. The re-evaluation, launched in late 2009 in a standard federal practice for registered pesticides in Canada, has ruled that products containing glyphosate — when used following the […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Alberta recruits new board for AFSC

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff April 27, 2017

Alberta’s provincial government has named a new board of directors to its farm financing and crop insurance agency, to replace the board it fired last year. Agriculture Minister Oneil Carlier on Thursday announced the appointment of a new eight-member board for the provincial Agriculture Financial Services Corp., (AFSC), which has been handled by an interim […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

BASF still out for ag chem deals

By Reuters April 27, 2017

Frankfurt | Reuters –– German chemicals giant BASF said it would continue to push for acquisitions to shore up its crop protection business, after the antitrust-related sale of assets from the merger of Dow Chemical and DuPont left it empty-handed. “We are generally interested in strengthening our business further, acquisitions are part of that, that […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Alberta pledges ‘streamlined’ crop insurance inspections

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff April 27, 2017

Alberta’s provincial crop insurance agency will “streamline” its inspection procedures to better deal with unharvested acres from last fall, the government said Wednesday. The announcement from provincial Agriculture Minister Oneil Carlier follows a conference call with officials from Agriculture Financial Services Corp. (AFSC) and from the province’s wheat, barley, canola and pulse grower commissions. “Balancing […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Weather may put wrench in record-low summerfallow intentions

By Phil Franz-Warkentin April 26, 2017

CNS Canada –– The amount of land left to summerfallow in Western Canada could hit a new record low in 2017, according to the latest Statistics Canada data, as the practice falls more and more out of favour. However, weather conditions still have the final say, with ‘unintended’ summerfallow a distinct possibility in 2017. Heading […] Read more

Crops

Operation Pollinator to create friendly spaces for bees and other pollinators on the Prairies

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff April 24, 2017

Syngenta Canada and the Soil Conversation Council of Canada have signed on to a multi-year partnership to promote the dedicated spaces for pollinators on the Prairies. Under the program, farmers can sign up to establish Operation Pollinator sites on their farms. In exchange for converting one to two acres of lower productivity land, the farmer […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Alberta farm groups want provincial action on unharvested crops

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff April 24, 2017

A coalition of Alberta farm groups calling itself “Team Alberta” is meeting with the province’s agriculture minister and representatives from the Agriculture Financial Services Corporation (AFSC) on Wednesday seeking immediate action regarding approximately one million unharvested acres still sitting in farmers’ fields. They are recommending that farmers in the hardest hit areas of Alberta be […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

Grain revenue, grain handle higher in CP’s Q1

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff April 20, 2017

Increased grain and potash traffic and revenue helped Canadian Pacific Railway book a shift to “positive volumes” in its first-quarter ledger. Calgary-based CP on Wednesday reported net income of $431 million on revenues of $1.603 billion for its quarter ending March 31, down from $540 million on $1.591 billion in the year-earlier period. “We turned […] Read more

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Pulses

Grain handle helps CN to record first-quarter volume

Prairie grain freight cost index to rise with fuel prices

Glyphosate clears Health Canada re-evaluation

Alberta recruits new board for AFSC

BASF still out for ag chem deals

Alberta pledges ‘streamlined’ crop insurance inspections

Weather may put wrench in record-low summerfallow intentions

Operation Pollinator to create friendly spaces for bees and other pollinators on the Prairies

Alberta farm groups want provincial action on unharvested crops

Grain revenue, grain handle higher in CP’s Q1

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