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A ship is docked for unloading at G3’s St. Lawrence River terminal at Trois-Rivieres, Que. (G3.ca)
Markets

St. Lawrence Seaway sees increased tonnage in 2023

The seaway saw the longest scheduled shipping season in history

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Cargo movement through the St. Lawrence Seaway was up by more than 3.4 per cent in 2023 compared to the previous year, with nearly 38 million tonnes of cargo moved through the binational system, according to a joint report from the Canadian St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLMC) and the United States Great Lakes St. Lawrence Development Corporation (GLS).
Winter wheat got off to a quick start in the spring and yielded well in 2023 in Ontario.
Crops, News

173 bushels per acre tops 2023 wheat YEN

Ontario growers topped major categories in the third year of the program

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Ontario growers had the top scores in this year’s Great Lakes Yield Enhancement Network (YEN) results. Jeff Cook has the highest yield in the program at 173.4 bushels per acre and Mark Davis had the highest yield potential at 117.6 per cent. Why it matters: Networking, large volumes of data and competition is helping to […] Read more
File photo of locks on the Welland Canal at Allanburg, Ont. (Jimfeng/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Markets

Seaway workers serve strike notice

Waterway would be 'closed to all traffic' in event of strike

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Five Unifor locals representing 361 workers with the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corp. (SLSMC) have served their 72 hours’ notice of a strike that could shut the waterway to grain and all other traffic just after midnight Sunday at the earliest. Unifor members represented by Locals 4211, 4212 and 4323 in Ontario and Locals 4319 […] Read more
David Piccini, Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks.
News

Province allocates $6 million towards restoring Great Lakes

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The Ontario government is investing $6 million to support 30 multi-year projects to help protect, conserve and restore the Great Lakes. Funding was announced July 17 by David Piccini, Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks, at Kaiser Lake Farms in Greater Napanee. Piccini said in a release the projects will improve water quality, reduce […] Read more
File photo of a storm cloud from the southwestern end of Lake Winnipeg at Matlock, Man. (IanChrisGraham/iStock/Getty Images Plus)
Crops

More than half of world’s large lakes drying up, study finds

Gains in Great Lakes, Lake Winnipeg come from runoff, rainfall

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London | Reuters — More than half of the world’s large lakes and reservoirs have shrunk since the early 1990s, chiefly because of climate change, intensifying concerns about water for agriculture, hydropower and human consumption, a study published on Thursday found. A team of international researchers reported that some of the world’s most important freshwater […] Read more
The Robin Hood logo still adorns the former flour mill at Port Colborne, Ont. today. (LondonAg.com)
Crops

Lake Erie grain terminal sold to main tenant

Ceres sells export facility to London Ag Commodities

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The former Robin Hood flour mill turned grain export terminal on the Ontario side of Lake Erie is under new ownership by its main user. Minneapolis-based Ceres Global Ag announced Wednesday it has sold the well-known terminal at Port Colborne, Ont., about 30 km west of Buffalo, N.Y., to London Agricultural Commodities (LAC) for US$4 […] Read more
Snow and ice cover in North America as of Nov. 22, 2020. (NOAA.gov)
Crops, Livestock

Most of Prairies already covered in snow

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MarketsFarm — Most of the Canadian Prairies were already blanked in snow by late November, with the deepest snowpack in Alberta and Saskatchewan, according to data compiled by Environment Canada and the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Aside from the Rocky Mountains and some areas around the Great Lakes, the U.S. was largely […] Read more
This demonstration site will show one of the options for managing phosphorus flow coming off farm fields.
Crops

Filtering phosphorus from drainage water

New phosphorus-runoff reduction initiative focused on finding tech solutions that work at the farm level

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Every farm is different and what technology works on one may not suit the other. According to representatives from farm groups, environmental groups and municipal governments, understanding this truism is critical to finding solutions to Lake Erie’s algal bloom troubles. Why it matters: Investigating phosphorus filtration technologies for drainage systems and ones that work at […] Read more
(PortOfThunderBay.com)
Crops

Ice-free Great Lakes mean sunny outlook for seaway

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CNS Canada — A lack of ice on the Great Lakes means Canada’s St. Lawrence Seaway will start shipping grain earlier than last year. Last year the seaway’s opening was delayed until the beginning of April, due to the amount of ice in the system, according to Bruce Hodgson, director of market development for St. […] Read more

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