Elevator I regularly deliver to is suspending deliveries until there is a resolution to the shipping problem. FML, I was hoping to turn 2 hopper bins a couple times this year and prevent having to put a low value shit yielding crop on the ground. I dunno... just keep piling it on I guess. Just keep on "Livin the Dream!™?"
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Originally posted by helmsdale View PostElevator I regularly deliver to is suspending deliveries until there is a resolution to the shipping problem. FML, I was hoping to turn 2 hopper bins a couple times this year and prevent having to put a low value shit yielding crop on the ground. I dunno... just keep piling it on I guess. Just keep on "Livin the Dream!™?"
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Originally posted by LEP View Post
Is this for contracted grain or something that you wanted to sell?
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Originally posted by LEP View PostI heard the same thing. No new contracted grain until the labor dispute is settled.
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Originally posted by helmsdale View Post
The email sent out though, said even for contracted grain, you need to phone ahead to ensure they've got room for you. They're willing to work with customers on harvest deliveries, but by and large if you can store it, they'd prefer you store it.
It’s a rotten time to have no shipping. Grain quality can be sketchy as fields are tested, bin space on farms can fill with half a truck left, plans for hauling off combine get nixed… strikes are always a pain but this one has the potential to be the king hemorrhoid.
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If this turns into a prolonged fiasco where does it leave corn cars coming from the states to the feedlots?
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That's what I was thinking as well about the imported corn. And evidently once a feedlot/mill switches they don't like to switch back and forth so they will probably stick with barley or wheat instead of unpredictable corn if that happens.
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Farmer and I were just talking about it. They feed some cattle over the winter. It’s nothing for the feedlot nutritionists to set the rations up for 40lb barley. The protein so far is phenomenal. If everyone’s got light weight, high protein barley then once the rations are set, they’re set. No switching back and forth between heavy and light weight stuff.
So feedlots pay less for lightweight and have the rations set for that weight - they won’t care. Why pay to bring up corn and worry about those issues.
Yeah they don’t want to pay $7 for a load of light stuff when their bins are all 50+lbs but if everything coming in is light, less of an issue.
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Does anyone know how much it is cost right now to land corn in feedlot alley? I believe a small amount was coming in by truck in the past as well?
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Originally posted by Blaithin View Post
Once they’re full, they’re full. If a train doesn’t show up it won’t matter if grain is contracted or not.
On another note, I think I seen on X that canada pulled a durum contract for delivery to one of the north african countries? Contracted loads were apparently panamax, so Im guessing that'll come out of vancouver and transit the canal? First question, is the canal back in full operation? I haven't seen anything lately. 2nd is that durum in store vancouver? Because I'll be damned if I want to eat the demurage costs associated with empty boats sitting in harbor while the crew parties it up on shore!
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The freedom convoy supposedly cost the economy billions in trade which led some of the justification to the emergencies act. At the very least if this stale bunch of liberals can't see the end game here and start tomorrow with talk of back to work legislation or arbitration , there is something wrong with this country.
Railways should never have concurrent contracts or expiry dates in the September to November time frame. Why would the government allow that?
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