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The Andersons Grain Group’s Toledo-area elevator at Maumee, Ohio. (AndersonsGrain.com)

The Andersons to pay debt, invest in core units after rail business sale

Renewable fuels, specialty foods investments considered

By Karl Plume, GFM Network News August 18, 2021

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain handler The Andersons plans to use US$550 million from the sale of its rail leasing business to pay down debt and invest in sustainable farming and low carbon initiatives in its core grain and fertilizer units, CEO Pat Bowe told Reuters on Tuesday. Maumee, Ohio-based Andersons sold its rail […] Read more

Parrish and Heimbecker’s existing grain elevator at Yorkton, Sask. (ParrishandHeimbecker.com)

Crops

P+H to replace eastern Saskatchewan elevator

New facility, loop track to be on line in mid-2022

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News July 3, 2021

Agrifood company Parrish and Heimbecker (P+H) plans to build a new and leaner grain elevator at Yorkton, Sask. to replace its 41-year-old facility there. The privately-held Winnipeg grain firm said Wednesday it has already started work on the new build, which it expects to have ready to receive grain in June next year. The existing […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

IGC expects larger world grain crop but tighter stocks

By MarketsFarm, GFM Network News May 28, 2021

MarketsFarm — World grain production is forecast to hit a new record in 2021-22, but increasing demand should still cause ending stocks to tighten to their lowest level in seven years, according to updated projections from the International Grains Council. Total grain production — which includes wheat, corn and other coarse grains — is forecast […] Read more

File photo of the Hernando de Soto Bridge as viewed from the Mud Island River Park at Memphis. (Akrassel/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Barge backlog starts moving as Mississippi River reopens

Over 1,000 barges waiting to pass

By Tom Polansek, GFM Network News May 14, 2021

Chicago | Reuters — The Mississippi River reopened to vessel traffic near Memphis on Friday, the U.S. Coast Guard said, ending a shutdown of part of the waterway that caused a backlog of more than 1,000 barges carrying oil, corn and other goods. The Coast Guard said the river is open to all vessel traffic […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

U.S. barge backup worsens as Mississippi River shut near Memphis

By Tom Polansek, GFM Network News May 14, 2021

Chicago | Reuters — A traffic jam on the lower Mississippi River swelled to 771 barges on Thursday as a fractured bridge near Memphis closed the waterway that is crucial for U.S. crop exports. The shutdown fueled concerns about shipping U.S. grain and soy to export markets at a time when global inventories are slim […] Read more

Loading grain on a vessel at a Burrard Inlet terminal. (Maxvis/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets

Ocean freight rates at decade highs

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News May 7, 2021

MarketsFarm — Ocean freight rates have climbed steadily higher over the past year, recovering from the lows hit at the start of the pandemic in early 2020 to see their highest levels in over a decade. The Baltic Dry Index (BDI), a major indicator of shipping rates, hit a high of 3,266 points on Wednesday. […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

Cost index up for CN, down for CP in grain revenue formula

CP expects lower labour costs, CN higher

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News April 30, 2021

Expected labour costs were the major difference in a new ruling on the index that determines how much revenue each of Canada’s big two railways get to keep in the coming crop year from hauling Prairie grain. The Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) on Thursday announced its decisions on the volume-related composite price index (VRCPI) for […] Read more

A live Google map from the evening of March 30, 2021 showing vessels currently at Thunder Bay. (Portofthunderbay.com)

Crops, Weather

Port of Thunder Bay opens for season

By MarketsFarm Team, GFM Network News March 31, 2021

MarketsFarm — The 2021 navigation season is officially underway at the Port of Thunder Bay, as the tugboat Sharon M1 and barge Huron Spirit arrived late Friday. The tug-barge combo discharged a calcium chloride brine solution, used as a stabilizer and dust suppressant. The same combo also opened the season 2020, one year ago to […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Reuters

Canadian Pacific to buy Kansas City Southern in bet on trade

Biggest North American rail deal ever valued at US$25 billion

By Ann Maria Shibu, Nandakumar D, Rebecca Spalding, GFM Network News March 22, 2021

Reuters — Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) agreed on Sunday to acquire Kansas City Southern in a US$25 billion cash-and-stock deal to create the first railway spanning the United States, Mexico and Canada, standing to benefit from a pickup in trade. It would be the largest ever combination of North American railways by transaction value. It […] Read more

Grain storage at a Russian seaport. (Pridannikov/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets

Baltic Dry Index tops 2,000 points

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News March 17, 2021

MarketsFarm — Ocean freight rates have moved steadily higher over the past month, nearing some of their highest levels of the past year. The Baltic Dry Index (BDI), a major indicator of shipping rates, has moved higher most of the past month, settling above 2,000 points for the first time in five months on Tuesday, […] Read more

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The Andersons to pay debt, invest in core units after rail business sale

P+H to replace eastern Saskatchewan elevator

IGC expects larger world grain crop but tighter stocks

Barge backlog starts moving as Mississippi River reopens

U.S. barge backup worsens as Mississippi River shut near Memphis

Ocean freight rates at decade highs

Cost index up for CN, down for CP in grain revenue formula

Port of Thunder Bay opens for season

Canadian Pacific to buy Kansas City Southern in bet on trade

Baltic Dry Index tops 2,000 points

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