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Mixed reactions from farm groups to Bill C-49 progress

By GFM Network News November 6, 2017

Commodity News Service Canada – Western Canadian producer groups support changes to rail transportation in Canada but vary on support of the latest legislation, Bill C-49. Bill C-49 passed its third reading in the House of Commons Nov. 1 and is now off to the Senate for review. The bill is meant to amend the […] Read more

Columns

A new era brings change and challenge

Transportation players are working together after the end of the CWB's single desk

By Lisa Guenther October 6, 2017

Greg Northey, industry relations director for Pulse Canada, says grain companies have had to handle more logistical challenges since the end of the Canadian Wheat Board’s single desk’s, which he said was “probably an interesting learning curve.” Northey is unsure how that learning curve affected grain movement in years with big issues. But he thinks […] Read more

News

Hold off on closing producer-car loading sites, says APAS president

Government needs to "get off the pot" and do a full rail costing review

By Lisa Guenther September 5, 2017

The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) is asking for a time-out on Canadian Pacific (CP) Railway’s planned closure of 10 producer-car loading sites. “It’s great to have legislation (saying) that we can get producer cars, but if there’s nowhere to drop them off, it’s not going to help anybody,” says Todd Lewis, president of […] Read more

“We’re ready to move whatever size grain crop that we see this year,” says David Przednowek, CN’s director of grain marketing.

Crops, News

CN sets new record for grain shipment

Better communication with partners and longer trains help move grain faster, more efficiently

By Lisa Guenther August 24, 2017

Canadian National (CN) Railway set a new record for grain shipment in 2016-2017, nudging past the 2014-15 record by two per cent. The railway moved a total of 21.8 million tonnes in the last year, and also set new monthly shipping records during the fall and winter. The railway attributes its success to a combination […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Ottawa to keep revenue cap on grain shipments by rail

By Reuters, GFM Network News May 16, 2017

Ottawa | Reuters — The Canadian government introduced draft legislation on grain transportation on Tuesday that would keep in place a revenue cap on western grain that railways haul for export. The grain revenue cap, or “maximum revenue entitlement” (MRE), has been in place since 2000 and is intended to balance the market power of […] Read more

Cereals, News

Grain cars moving, but not fast enough for some farmers

Poor weather slows loading on the West Coast

By Lisa Guenther March 16, 2017

With spring around the corner, some farmers are worried they won’t get grain delivered before road bans and field work begins. Brian Stratuliak is a grain and cattle producer in the Dawson Creek, B.C., area. He had planned to deliver 300 tonnes of feed wheat this winter, but has only been able to deliver 120 […] Read more

Walter Moebis took this photo of parked empty grain cars near Rycroft, Alta., on Jan. 19.

Cereals, News

Too many grain cars left out in the cold?

Ag Transport Coalition reports CP rail car performance drops

By Lisa Guenther February 22, 2017

Walter Moebis came across a strange sight while visiting family near Rycroft, Alta., in mid-January. A line of Canadian National (CN) hopper cars, which he estimated to be four to five miles long, sat on the tracks west of Rycroft. Moebis’ father-in-law said the cars had been there a week or so earlier. When Walter […] Read more

Canola, Cereals, News

Grain transportation mostly smooth in January

CN hopper car demand up, while CP car demand down from previous year

By Lisa Guenther February 6, 2017

Grain movement has been relatively smooth for much of January, according to the latest numbers from the Ag Transport Coalition. Canadian National (CN) has supplied over 90 per cent of hopper cars order between January 8th and 21st, according the Coalition’s reports for grain weeks 24 and 25. Canadian Pacific (CP) filled 73 per cent […] Read more

Canola, Cereals, Crops

Grains sector continues to welcome transport legislation

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News November 4, 2016

CNSC – Accolades from producer groups and others in the grain industry continue to roll in for the federal government’s upcoming transportation legislation. The planned measures were outlined this week by Marc Garneau, the federal transportation minister, in a speech in Montreal. The new legislation will allow reciprocal penalties in service level agreements between railway […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

CP offers assurances for 2016-17 grain handle

By Allan Dawson, GFM Network News June 29, 2016

Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) says it’s ready and willing to move a bumper Prairie crop in 2016-17. “Operationally, CP is eager and prepared to move grain this coming crop year,” company CEO Hunter Harrison said in a letter to federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau. The letter, dated Tuesday, was also circulated to Prairie transportation and […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished

NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense

GFM Network News