By Alice McFarlane

Agriculture Roundup for Thursday September 10, 2020

Sep 10, 2020 | 11:23 AM

During the 2020 shipping season roughly five million metric tonnes of grain was moved through the Port of Thunder Bay.

It is a 27 per cent increase in volume compared to the same period last year.

Thunder Bay Port Authority Chief Executive Officer Tim Heney projected this year’s grain shipments should reach the 10-million tonne mark.

That would be Thunder Bay’s highest volume handled in a single year since 1997.

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China has increased the amount of agricultural products it buys from the United States.

Soybean sales to China jumped by 24 per cent compared to last year. China also purchased $4.6 billion pork which was an increase of 20 per cent.

United States Department of Agriculture Outlook Board Chair Mark Jekanowski said China has been a regular buyer of soybeans and the country also made large corn purchases.

Chinese buying has supported commodity prices.

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4-H Canada has announced the recipients of the 2020 TD 4-H Agriculture Scholarship.

A total of 12 4-H members from across Canada were selected to receive $2,500 toward their post-secondary education in agriculture, agricultural science, or agricultural business this fall.

There were two Saskatchewan recipients. Isobel Kinash from Wishart is studying agriculture the University of Saskatchewan and Makenzie Olson from Tisdale is enrolled in the animal science technology program at Lakeland College.

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