The war in Ukraine and extreme weather have caused massive disruptions to global food supplies. Canada’s grain crop may be poised for a record year – if congested rail networks can keep up
Meanwhile wheat outflows from Russia are stalled at last year’s levels, despite a record harvest this year. The war sent global wheat prices soaring to a 14-year high, and while prices subsequently fell to preinvasion levels, they remain roughly 70 per cent above the 10-year prepandemic average.
This season started instead with an excess of rain that delayed planting and left large parts of wheat fields, like this one west of Brandon, Man., underwater as of mid-June.Despite an uncertain start, warm weather over the summer helped growing conditions improve. That was good news for those Canadian farmers who had responded to higher wheat prices by planting more of the crop.a 9.4-per-cent jumpPhoto: Standing water in a field west of Brandon reflects the last light of the day in late June.
“It was like the Nascar pits out there,” she said. By her estimate, business was up 25 per cent this year. Photo: A combine driven by Deerboine Hutterite Colony member Mel Hofer spits out chaff while harvesting wheat on August 29.because of drought In mid-May, with heavy rains delaying the start of seeding, the Lepp sisters and other young farmers from the area gathered for dinner and drinks to console each other. “We got together for moral support because it was really scary,” Cassandra said. “I’ve farmed for 15 years and never started as late as we did this year.” In the end, the family got 70 per cent of the barley crop they had wanted, which Cassandra said she was happy about, considering the rough start.
It’s an issue Ms. Kelly in Saskatchewan is watching closely. “One of the stresses is whether bottlenecks in the transportation system threaten wheat movement for us,” she said. Photo: Sunset at the Richardson Pioneer terminal in Kemnay on Oct. 3. The terminal was completely full over the weekend while it waited to load wheat and other grains onto rail cars.
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