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BNSF crews clear track near Lemmon, S.D., about 300 km northeast of Rapid City, in late December 2016. (BNSF.com)

Snow, avalanches, rain delay grain movement to U.S. ports

By Reuters, GFM Network News February 10, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Severe winter weather has slowed rail deliveries of crops to shippers in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, sending freight rates soaring and prompting Asian buyers to seek fill-in loads as they wait for the backlog at ports to clear. Blizzards, avalanches and heavy rain in recent weeks have hit transport of corn, […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Reuters

CP mulls litigation over opposition to Norfolk Southern deal

By GFM Network News March 2, 2016

Reuters — Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) said Wednesday it is looking at all legal options in response to what it described as concerted efforts by certain U.S. railroads to block its proposed merger with Norfolk Southern. “It is unfortunate that CP must consider the use of litigation to ensure a level playing field and protect […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Reuters

CP’s Norfolk bid riles U.S. railroads

By GFM Network News January 21, 2016

Chicago | Reuters –– A legal protest by Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) over a meeting among big U.S. railroads about mergers in their industry has highlighted manoeuvring in the sector to cope with a rapid downturn and possible consolidation. Calgary-based CP on Tuesday asked the U.S. Justice Department to look into statements by U.S. railroads, […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Soybeans

U.S. soy shippers say rail service improved

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News May 4, 2015

The U.S. Soy Transportation Coalition (STC) says it’s pleased with recent improvements to rail service, and is giving especially high marks to Canadian Pacific Railway (CP). Last week, the STC and the University of Minnesota concluded the research project “2014 Harvest: Attaching a Garden Hose to a Fire Hydrant,” which was started due to U.S. […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Court tosses CP’s appeal on U.S.-bound grain interswitching

By GFM Network News January 19, 2015

Confirming that a deal is as good as a fixed asset, a Prairie grain handler gets to keep using a lower-price rail route from Alberta into Montana, now that a Federal Court ruling has shot down an appeal from the railway taking grain down to the border. Writing on Jan. 2, Judge J.D. Denis Pelletier […] Read more

Crops, Features

Northgate welcomed as another marketing option

An $80 million grain terminal and rail export service in southern Sask. is expected to encourage all grain companies to sharpen their pencils

By Lee Hart December 9, 2014

Cameron Nordin can’t wait until the first trains start hauling grain and canola out of a new rail terminal at Northgate, Saskatchewan, destined for U.S. markets. Right now, most of the crops from his southeast Saskatchewan farm near Oxbow are trucked about 60 miles east to a Cargill elevator at Elva, Manitoba. He has other […] Read more

Canada’s annual inflation rate in June up slightly to 1.9 per cent

U.S. grains: Corn rebounds from contract lows on short covering, bargain buying

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures come down from highs

GFM Network News

Canada’s annual inflation rate in June up slightly to 1.9 per cent

U.S. grains: Corn rebounds from contract lows on short covering, bargain buying

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures come down from highs

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Snow, avalanches, rain delay grain movement to U.S. ports

CP mulls litigation over opposition to Norfolk Southern deal

CP’s Norfolk bid riles U.S. railroads

U.S. soy shippers say rail service improved

Court tosses CP’s appeal on U.S.-bound grain interswitching

Northgate welcomed as another marketing option

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