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Feed weekly outlook: Prairie prices remain strong

Exports, domestic use both up on year

By Glen Hallick, GFM Network News December 10, 2020

MarketsFarm — Feed grain prices in Western Canada held steady during the first week of December as solid export demand from China continues to underpin the domestic feed market. “Demand has backed off a little bit for December. We’ve seen a flattening [of prices], but I think that’s just a step back for now,” said […] Read more

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Thunder Bay port on pace for largest season in over 20 years

By MarketsFarm Team, GFM Network News December 3, 2020

MarketsFarm — Shipping activity through the Port of Thunder Bay remained strong during November, with just over a million tonnes of grain moving through the facility on the northern shore of Lake Superior. Increased demand for Canadian grain in Europe, the Middle East and Africa has led the port to a 20-year high for cargo […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Export demand keeps Thunder Bay grain traffic solid

By MarketsFarm Team, GFM Network News November 5, 2020

MarketsFarm — Grain movement out of Thunder Bay continues to run at a very strong pace, with shipments to Europe, the Middle East and North Africa behind much of the increased movement. As of Saturday, more than two million metric tonnes of grain have been directly exported from Thunder Bay elevators by ocean-going (saltie) vessels […] Read more

(Martin Farming photo courtesy Scoular Co.)

Crops

Southwestern Ontario elevator to handle Scoular grain

Martin Farming to take grain at new elevator

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News October 23, 2020

Scoular Co. has set up a new delivery point for southwestern Ontario growers from whom it buys grain. The Omaha-based, privately-held grain firm announced Thursday it has made a deal with Martin Farming — which operates at Paris, just northwest of Brantford — that will direct grain to Martin’s new 22,000-tonne-capacity elevator. The agreement “allows […] Read more

A view of Anchorage, Alaska from Cook Inlet. (RobsonAbbott/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Reuters

Trump issues permit for Alaska-to-Alberta railway

By GFM Staff, Reuters, GFM Network News September 30, 2020

Washington | Reuters — U.S. President Donald Trump has issued a presidential permit for a private-sector proposal to build a railway from northeastern Alberta’s oil sands to ports in Alaska, a project that still faces numerous hurdles. Trump said over the weekend on Twitter he would issue the permit, which he signed on Monday but […] Read more

The White Pass border crossing between Alaska and northwestern British Columbia, about 25 km north of Skagway, Alaska. The proposed A2A line would largely skirt B.C. en route from Alberta to Alaska. (Thierry64/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Reuters

Trump-backed Canadian railway to Alaska faces high hurdles

Proponents say line could move grain, fertilizer as well as oil

By Rod Nickel, Timothy Gardner, GFM Network News September 28, 2020

Winnipeg/Washington | Reuters — A private-sector proposal endorsed by U.S. President Donald Trump to build a railway from Canada’s oil sands to ports in Alaska would free landlocked crude but faces numerous steep challenges. Trump wrote on Twitter over the weekend that he would issue a permit for the Alaska-Alberta Railway Development Corporation (A2A Rail) […] Read more

File photo of rye at a grain market in India. (Deepak Sethi/E+/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Indian cabinet minister quits over farm legislation

By Mayank Bhardwaj, GFM Network News September 17, 2020

New Delhi | Reuters — India’s minister for food processing resigned on Thursday over her opposition to planned laws to allow farmers to sell produce directly to bulk buyers and make contract farming easier, saying the legislation will hurt millions of the country’s farmers. “Proud to stand with farmers as their daughter and sister,” Harsimrat […] Read more

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Grain traffic at Thunder Bay up 27 per cent on year

By MarketsFarm Team, GFM Network News September 9, 2020

MarketsFarm — Grain movement through the Port of Thunder Bay is reported to be up 27 per cent compared to the previous year halfway through the 2020 shipping season. A total of 5.05 million tonnes of grain were shipped through Thunder Bay as of Aug. 31, port officials said in a release. That compares with […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Weather

CBOT weekly outlook: Markets prepare for Laura

Hurricane approaching U.S. Gulf Coast

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm, GFM Network News August 26, 2020

MarketsFarm — Hurricane Laura, currently a Category 3 hurricane, is expected to hit the U.S. Gulf Coast late Wednesday or early Thursday but the Chicago Board of Trade is already feeling its effects. “It’s going to bring widespread rain and flooding to the Delta region, where unharvested rice, corn and soybean crops may feel a […] Read more

A general view of damage at the site of Tuesday’s blast in Beirut’s port area on Aug. 5, 2020. (Photo: Reuters/Mohamed Azakir)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Kuwait to rebuild Beirut port grain silo after blast

By Reuters, GFM Network News August 24, 2020

Beirut | Reuters — Kuwait said it will rebuild Lebanon’s only large grain silo that was destroyed by the massive Beirut port explosion, raising fears of food shortages in a country already in financial meltdown. The destruction of the 120,000-tonne capacity structure at the port, the main entry point for food imports, meant buyers must […] Read more

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Feed weekly outlook: Prairie prices remain strong

Thunder Bay port on pace for largest season in over 20 years

Export demand keeps Thunder Bay grain traffic solid

Southwestern Ontario elevator to handle Scoular grain

Trump issues permit for Alaska-to-Alberta railway

Trump-backed Canadian railway to Alaska faces high hurdles

Indian cabinet minister quits over farm legislation

Grain traffic at Thunder Bay up 27 per cent on year

CBOT weekly outlook: Markets prepare for Laura

Kuwait to rebuild Beirut port grain silo after blast

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