Soybean harvest 2014.

Steady harvest strains grain infrastructure

Good weather has kept combines running from soybean to corn harvest across Ontario at quick pace

Ontario grain handlers are struggling under the faster-than-normal progression of soybean harvest into corn harvest. There are no reports of Ontario corn being stockpiled on the ground, but “with the vessel delays that we’ve seen at ports, there’s sometimes nowhere for the corn to go,” said Hensall Co-op grain originator and marketer Berkley Fedorchuk. “We’ll make things work as best we can.”

The on-farm storage question

The on-farm storage question

Should you build new or expand existing grain storage on your operation? There’s no easy answer

There are compelling reasons for farmers to invest in on-farm grain storage. It offers them flexibility in marketing and the opportunity to get better prices later in the crop year.


Agco to sell grain bin firm GSI

Agco to sell grain bin firm GSI

Agco has completed a deal to sell the majority of its Grain and Protein business division, including its grain bin and handling equipment arm GSI, to American Industrial Partners. Agco also plans to sell four other owned brands as part of "strategic transformation."



Grain bins

Get your grain bins ready for harvest

GRAIN BINS | Preparation tips to prevent spoilage and be safe

The first step in minimizing grain spoilage from insects is to start with a clean bin. Grain-feeding pests can survive on residual grain, broken kernels, fines, foreign material and moulds accumulated inside grain bins and around the bin perimeter.

Grain bins

Grain storage decisions more complex than pure economics

Trying to save tax by delaying sales can be a treadmill you can’t get off

A paper, titled “Commodity Storage and the Cost of Capital: Evidence from Illinois Grain Farms,” says higher capital costs — mostly made up by the interest on borrowed money that could be covered by grain sales — affect the storage decisions of some but not all farmers.


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U.S. farmers face harsh economics with record corn supplies in silos

Growers miscalculated when they held on to corn rather than booking sales, experts say

Farmers across the United States are kicking themselves for putting off corn sales after fields dried up in May and June, fueling expectations for higher prices and smaller harvests. Instead, prices tanked as rains saved the crop. The size and speed of the price collapse stung farmers and left their storage bins stuffed with record amounts of corn.

Ukrainian farmers who owned their own equipment were not at risk of missing crucial field work windows.  Photo: Ihor Pavliuk

War teaches Ukrainian farmers tough lessons 

As the war approaches its second anniversary, the farmers who adapted earliest have been in the best position to survive  

Feb. 24 marks two years since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. It seems like a short time, but it has caused huge upheaval in our society. Hundreds of thousands have died and millions have lost their homes.