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A rail car from SGCC’s fleet. (Dave Bedard photo)

Three shortlines to buy Saskatchewan’s grain cars

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News July 5, 2017

The Saskatchewan government has picked the three buyers who will divvy up its provincially-owned fleet of grain hopper cars. The province, in its March budget, announced a request for offer (RFO) for the Saskatchewan Grain Car Corporation’s (SGCC) fleet of rail cars as it winds down that operation. The province said it would give “first […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

Early reviews positive for grain transportation bill

By Allan Dawson, GFM Network News May 16, 2017

Long-awaited amendments to the Canada Transportation Act that Prairie grain farmers and shippers hope will result in better rail service were tabled Tuesday in the House of Commons. At press time Tuesday farm organization and grain company officials were still assessing Bill C-49, which also deals with other transportation issues, including air travel. At first […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Pasture, Weather

Saskatchewan budget seen as costly touch for farms

By Leeann Minogue, GFM Network News April 17, 2017

Saskatchewan’s general farm organization is consulting its farmer members on less-discussed features of last month’s provincial budget, while warning them to brace for impact from new budget-related costs. The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan last Monday wrapped up its latest round of spring district meetings, at all six of which APAS general manager Duane Haave […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Markets

Prairie shippers’ group expands grain car tracking

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News February 3, 2015

A clutch of Prairie grain industry stakeholders says its pool of weekly data on rail car spotting is getting deeper and still shows significant shortfalls in car delivery from Canada’s big two railways. The Ag Transport Coalition on Tuesday released a performance measurement update, which it says now includes aggregate data from shippers representing about 85 […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Markets

Grain shippers’ data show ongoing rail supply/demand gap

By GFM Network News January 26, 2015

Numbers newly crunched by a clutch of Canadian grain shippers paint a picture of a gap that’s wide, and getting wider, between the numbers of rail cars they say they need and what they say they’re getting. The Ag Transport Coalition — which so far includes eight Canadian grain-handling and crop commodity groups, working with […] Read more

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Alberta crop conditions improve: report

U.S. grains: Corn sets contract lows on expectations for big US crop

U.S. livestock: Cattle strength continues

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Three shortlines to buy Saskatchewan’s grain cars

Early reviews positive for grain transportation bill

Saskatchewan budget seen as costly touch for farms

Prairie shippers’ group expands grain car tracking

Grain shippers’ data show ongoing rail supply/demand gap

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