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CTA to bump up Prairie grain freight cost index

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News April 25, 2018

Fuel and infrastructure improvements are expected to push up the cost of railroading and, in turn, the index guiding how much money Canada’s big two railways get to keep from hauling Prairie grain in the next crop year. The Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) on Wednesday announced it will set the volume-related composite price index (VRCPI) […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

Senate hands back transport bill, with changes

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News March 29, 2018

Federal legislation sought by farm groups wanting improvements to rail service for the grain sector is on its way back from the Senate to the House of Commons. Senators on Thursday afternoon passed Bill C-49, the Transportation Modernization Act, on third reading — but with several amendments proposed Wednesday by the standing Senate committee on […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

Prairie grain freight cost index to rise with fuel prices

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News April 28, 2017

An “expected sharp rise” in fuel costs in 2017 compared to 2016 may help raise the cap on how much money Canada’s big two railways can charge to move Prairie grain in 2017-18. The Canadian Transportation Agency — the tribunal which, among its other duties, sets the annual maximum revenue entitlements (MREs) on Prairie grain […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

CP, CN both top their Prairie grain revenue caps

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News January 3, 2017

The Western Grains Research Foundation (WGRF) can soon expect a late gift of over $4.4 million in surplus Prairie grain freight revenue, according to a new ruling from the Canadian Transportation Agency. The agency said Dec. 22 it has determined Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) and Canadian National Railway (CN) went over their maximum revenue entitlements […] Read more

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Cost index for railways’ grain revenue cap gets boost

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News April 29, 2016

The loonie’s decline since last year has led federal regulators to dial up the index guiding how much money Canada’s big two railways get to keep from hauling Prairie grain. The Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) announced Friday it will raise its volume-related composite price index (VRCPI) by 4.8 per cent, to 1.3275, for the 2016-17 […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

Debate: Sask. ag leaders seek rail response

By Lisa Guenther, GFM Network News March 23, 2016

If there’s one thing all Saskatchewan’s political parties can agree on, it’s that the current rail system isn’t working for grain producers — but there’s less consensus on the solutions. Transportation is the single most important issue facing grain growers in Saskatchewan right now, said Cathy Sproule, the provincial New Democrats’ ag critic, during an […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

CN to challenge latest grain revenue penalty

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News February 1, 2016

Ordered to hand over more than $7 million in Prairie grain handling revenue and related fines for the 2014-15 crop year, Canadian National Railway now plans to challenge the bill in court. Montreal-based CN on Monday filed in the Federal Court of Appeal, seeking leave to appeal the Canadian Transportation Agency’s (CTA) Dec. 29 finding […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

CN, CP both over revenue limits for 2014-15 grain haul

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News December 29, 2015

Canada’s big two railways will both be required to hand over seven figures in Prairie grain revenue from the 2014-15 crop year after taking in more than their federally-allowed maximums. The Canadian Transportation Agency on Tuesday ruled Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway (CN, CP) exceeded their grain revenue entitlements for the crop year […] Read more

Crops, News

Reviewing the CTA

The Canada Transportation Act is under review. Prairie farm associations  are sending their views about grain transportation to the review panel

By Lisa Guenther February 17, 2015

The Canada Transportation Act (CTA) Review “is a critical moment in time,” Robynne Anderson told delegates at Saskatoon’s CropSphere in mid-January. Anderson was speaking for the Prairie Oat Growers Association (POGA). It’s also a chance to create a more fair, equitable and transparent system, said Anderson, founder of Emerging Ag, an issues management and communications […] 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

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CTA to bump up Prairie grain freight cost index

Senate hands back transport bill, with changes

Prairie grain freight cost index to rise with fuel prices

CP, CN both top their Prairie grain revenue caps

Cost index for railways’ grain revenue cap gets boost

Debate: Sask. ag leaders seek rail response

CN to challenge latest grain revenue penalty

CN, CP both over revenue limits for 2014-15 grain haul

Reviewing the CTA

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

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