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Boucher & Jones Fuels and Davis & McCauley Fuels — Petro-Canada distributor

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AGRICULTURE ·  PROPANE

Propane for the dryer, the barn, and the greenhouse.

Bulk propane on a standing route through Perth, Oxford, Wellington, Norfolk, Brant, and the rest of the southwestern Ontario footprint — tanks topped before harvest, before the first hard frost, and through the winter draw. After-hours dispatch on the same number you call during the day. The same rep on the account year-round.

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02 / FOR YOUR OPERATION

Three operations, one route.

  • CASH CROP · HARVEST WINDOW

    Grain drying

    Pre-positioned bulk so the dryer never waits on a truck during the Sept–Dec peak.

    • Load profile
      Seasonal peak, Sept–Dec
    • Tank config
      Dual standard, third for redundancy
    • Region focus
      Perth, Oxford, Huron
    The peak week — October propane burn
  • DAIRY · POULTRY · HOG

    Livestock barns

    Keep-full delivery year-round. Sunday and holiday dispatch on the same line as the day shift.

    • Load profile
      Year-round, heat-driven
    • Delivery
      Keep-full, 7-day dispatch
    • Priority tier
      Above greenhouse in shortage
    The brooding-week burn
  • NORFOLK · BRANT · HALDIMAND

    Greenhouse

    Manifolded supply for heat plus CO2 enrichment, year-round for ornamentals and bedding plants.

    • Load profile
      Year-round, dual-purpose
    • Fuel spec
      HD-5 propane, vapourizers
    • Tank config
      Multi-tank manifolded
    Propane and CO₂ in Ontario greenhouses
03 / SUPPLY CONTINUITY

Where propane comes from, and why it matters.

  • Sarnia

    Almost all Eastern Canadian propane comes off the Plains Midstream Sarnia NGL fractionator. Sixty-three percent of Canadian propane moves by rail; eighty-five percent of Quebec’s supply does. Southwestern Ontario sits inside truck-deliverable range of Sarnia, which is the geometric reason a local distributor with tanker pickup at the terminal can keep moving volume when rail can’t.

  • November 2019

    Eight days into the November 2019 CN Rail strike, Quebec was at twenty percent of normal propane reserves, the Premier had declared an emergency, and tanker lineups at the Sarnia terminal stretched for hours. Truck capacity could not replace rail capacity at the volumes Eastern Canada draws. The strike is the empirical reference for how a rail-dependent supply chain fails, and it’s the event the rest of the industry plans against.

  • The hierarchy

    When supply tightens, the Canadian Propane Association allocates against an informal hierarchy: hospitals, water treatment, residential heat first; livestock barn heat second; general agriculture and greenhouses last. The hierarchy is industry practice from the 2019 event, not statute, but it remains the operative reference. Agriculture sits at the bottom — that’s a fact, not a slight, and it’s the reason the part of the program below matters as much as it does.

  • Pre-positioning

    Top off bulk storage by November 1. Maintain a 21-day inventory floor at peak draw. Confirm written winter delivery schedules with the supplier by October 1. The standard is the empirical lesson from 2019, and it’s how a propane account that doesn’t get caught short is run.

SOURCE · PLAINS MIDSTREAM CANADA · SARNIA NGL FRACTIONATOR · CANADA ENERGY REGULATOR — PROVINCIAL ENERGY PROFILES · CANADIAN PROPANE ASSOCIATION · CBC NEWS · CTV LONDON · REALAGRICULTURE — NOV 2019

04 / COMPLIANCE

Three pieces of paperwork worth knowing.

Most farms have these handled at install. The page names them so they don’t turn into surprises later — and so the questions you ask the next time a tank goes in, you ask early.

  • 01

    TSSA · 200 PSIG TANKS

    Director’s Order FS-271-24 took 200 psig tanks (MAWP below 250) out of service on October 1, 2025. Tanks installed before about 2010 may need replacement; the MAWP is on the nameplate. Distributors can’t fill non-compliant equipment.

  • 02

    ECCC · E2 PLAN

    On-site propane storage at or above 4.5 tonnes (~9,300 L liquid) triggers a federal Environmental Emergency plan. A single 4,000 USWG tank crosses the threshold. Most multi-tank ag installations are over it, and most don’t know.

  • 03

    TSSA · INSPECTION CYCLE

    O. Reg. 211/01 requires distributor inspection within ten years on the supply path; CSA B149.2 governs setbacks, transfer, and tank placement. Standard service handles the paperwork at the regular cycle.

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05 / FAQ

Questions farmers ask.

01How much propane will I need to dry corn this season?
About 3.4 litres per tonne per moisture point removed, in a continuous cross-flow dryer (OMAFRA Report 24-005). A thousand-acre corn operation off a 175-bushel-per-acre yield, taking ten points out, runs through somewhere around 150,000 litres before the season is done. Your acres, your yield, and the moisture spread you actually see decide the rest. We size the pre-position and the contract around that number.OMAFRA REPORT 24-005
02When should I lock in my drying propane price?
Pre-buy and summer-fill windows close in late spring on the volumes most cash crops draw. The hub price almost always moves up through the September-to-December overlap of drying and the start of residential heating, so locking before that window is the standard play. We walk through the options — pre-buy, fixed price, summer-fill, basis — on the call.INDUSTRY CONVENTION
03What size tank do I need for the dryer?
Dual 1,000-gallon tanks are the common setup for a mid-size cash crop, often with a third for redundancy in a wet-year operation. The right size depends on your peak-week burn, the dryer’s draw, and how much delivery slack you want during the harvest week. A site visit takes an afternoon and gives you a sized recommendation with the CSA B149.2 setbacks already factored in.CSA B149.2 · O. REG. 211/01
04Can you guarantee delivery during harvest?
No supplier honestly guarantees delivery against a CN-strike-class disruption — the 2019 event made the limits of that promise plain. What we do is run the program that minimizes the exposure: pre-position bulk in August, hold a multi-week inventory floor, write your harvest schedule in October, and answer the after-hours line on the same number you call during the day. The honest version of the question is who you want on the truck when it gets tight.CN STRIKE NOV 2019
05How fast can you respond to a stockout?
Wireless tank monitoring catches the falling-tank curve well before it becomes a stockout, which is the answer most accounts want. When a real emergency call comes in, the rep on your account picks up; through harvest we keep extra volume on hand and trucks moving on the standing route, so we’re not starting cold. The honest answer on a specific window depends on where you sit on the route — call us and we can be specific.OPERATIONS
06Can I get diesel and propane on the same account?
Yes. Most mixed crop-and-livestock and most cash-crop-with-Tier-4-equipment accounts run that way. One rep on both lines, one invoice if you want it, coloured diesel for the field, clear off our cardlock for the farm-plated truck, propane for the dryer and the barn — sorted on one conversation.OPERATIONS
07Do I need TSSA inspection on my propane tank?
Yes. Distributors can’t supply propane to a tank that hasn’t been inspected within the previous ten years (O. Reg. 211/01, s. 18), and CSA B149.2 sets the setbacks and tank-placement rules the inspector uses. Standard service handles the paperwork on the regular cycle. Director’s Order FS-271-24 also took 200 psig tanks (MAWP below 250) out of service on October 1, 2025 — if your tank predates roughly 2010, the nameplate will tell you whether it needs replacement.O. REG. 211/01 · CSA B149.2 · TSSA FS-271-24
08Will the delivery schedule change after the Davis & McCauley acquisition?
No. The standing routes Davis & McCauley ran continue under the Boucher & Jones banner, with the same drivers and the same dispatch line. The acquisition added the London and St. Thomas depots to the network; it didn’t change how an existing account is run. If anything’s shifted on your account, it’s that the after-hours line is now staffed every night and weekend on the same number.OPERATIONS
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Talk to dispatch about your propane account.

Tell us about your operation — the dryer, the barn, the greenhouse range, what you draw and when. We’ll size the program around it, and we’ll do the same for diesel, DEF, and lubricants if those run on the same farm.

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05 / COVERAGE ·  SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO · 9 REGIONS

Across southwestern Ontario, by named rep.

Standing routes across nine regions. Same rep year-round; off-hours emergency dispatch through the same number.

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