By Alice McFarlane

Agriculture Roundup for Thursday July 15, 2021

Jul 15, 2021 | 10:16 AM

MELFORT, Sask. — The federal government said precautionary measures will be addressed along rail lines to address safety concerns resulting from extreme weather and wildfire risks.

An unprecedented wildfire displaced hundreds of people in Lytton, BC, the Lytton First Nation, and surrounding areas. Extreme weather and wildfire risk continues to pose a danger in British Columbia, as well as other parts of Canada.

Transport Minister Omar Alghabra ordered a 48-hour stop to rail transport in parts of British Columbia while new restrictions will remain until Oct. 31.

The order also spelled out localized safety measures for operations between Kamloops and Boston Bar or between Kamloops and North Bend on the Thompson and Ashcroft branch tracks.

The interim measures will give the department time to work with railway companies to incorporate fire risk reduction measures on a permanent basis.

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World Agricultural Supply/Demand Estimates (WASDE) report released on Monday showed tighter wheat supplies for the 2021-22 crop year.

The new crop wheat ending stock estimate was reported at 665 million bushels. Production was reduced by 152 million bushels with concerns about drought in the spring wheat growing area.

New crop ending stocks for corn were projected at 1.432 billion bushels with the average yield pegged at 179.5 bushels per acre.

Soybean ending stocks for the new crop were 155 million bushels which is unchanged from the previous report.

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alice.mcfarlane@pattisonmedia.com

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