Bunge Eastern Plants Pay Farmers $11.61 a bushel for Canola, West?

[bgmb]

Klause,

That should never make sense but it does. Ripping all the rails out was a bit short sighted dont you think.

[bgmb]

Have you looked at hauling to vancouver? is it possible? There was lots of wheat trucked to tbay from manitoba last winter.

[bgmb]

how about producer cars of canola to Churchill. I would guess that the landed Churchill price should be $20/tonne better than altona.

[charliep]

Actually lots of feed grains moved from Alberta to the BC Frazer Valley last year. All grain flowed to Vancouver for export so the dairy/poultry/feedmills farms were forced to be very creative in sourcing their feed needs. Necessity is the mother of invention.

[fjlip]

Good question..."Seems odd that Altona wouldn't be able to buy closer?"
Is there NO canola, or WHERE are farmers selling it that pays better?
Help us understand, MB farmers!
Perhaps TOO MANY crushing plant located in MB, need to close some and open more in Sk?
If they need it so bad, a premium/basis adjustment would correct this trucking WASTE! Ah free market, dumb at times!

[agstar77]

Less canola more beans in S Mb.

[Klause]

This one is brand new. Larger capacity than the one from ldm in yorkton.



There's no canola in altona or very little... we are talking 15 miles from the USA boarder in some of the best corn and bean country in Canada. Plus veggie farms... plus potatoes... plus edible beans.


Why they built it there I don't know.

However bunge pays trucking... I'd you factor in what we make for trucking... The price sf3 quoted is within 20 cents.


We haul back beans or corn for feed mills.


it's a solid 2 trip ringer grosses well over 3 grand, pretty close to 4 if I load to the limit.

[Klause]

2 day trip for a ringer*


The amount of 2 and three axle trailers in S. Manitoba is amazing... lots heading south Lightway's business must be booming

[MBgrower]

I dont know why altona didnt build a bean crush line instead of expanded canola. There wont be any canola within 100 miles of altona in 10 years. And we are shipping all our beans to nd and mn.

[Braveheart]

Beans seem to do better in the valley than canola. Out here on the plains west of the escarpment canola still rules.

More interesting than Bunge at Altona is that Northstar Agri has a crush in Hallock, MN, and crushes canola, even deeper in bean country.