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CN Rail is making a very public apology for poor grain service this past winter.

CN apologizes to grain industry for poor performance

The railway says there’s no excuse for what happened this past winter

By Allan Dawson April 12, 2018

CN Rail is making a very public apology to the grain industry. The company admits it didn’t move as much grain as it agreed to earlier this crop year, and is apologizing profusely for it and pledging to do better. And to show it’s serious dismissed its chief executive officer and appointed its chief marketing

News, Other

CN rejects Senate’s Bill C-49 amendments

CP Rail also wants the original  legislation made into law

By Allan Dawson April 12, 2018

A senior CN Rail executive says the original Bill C-49, the Transportation Modernization Act, passed by the House of Commons, without Senate’s amendments, needs to become law quickly. “It’s a balanced bill (without the Senate amendments),” Sean Finn, CN Rail’s executive vice-president of corporate services and chief legal officer, said in an interview April 4.

Differential tariffs: Some countries such as Japan have tariffs which give preference to raw seed over oil.
Canola Council of Canada

Crops, News

Poor rail service hitting canola crushers too

Some plants have had to shut down for a couple of days because trains have been delayed

By Allan Dawson March 20, 2018

Poor rail service is hurting value-added agriculture too. Some of Canada’s canola-crushing plants have had to shut down from one to three days because the railways are failing to move oil and meal fast enough, with the biggest disruptions in the West and on CN Rail lines. The crushers say that is costing millions of

Opinion

Opinion: Flawed Bill C-49 won’t aid farmers

By Cam Goff March 15, 2018

The Senate is now studying Bill C-49, a bill to amend Canada’s Transportation Act and other related acts, which the House of Commons passed in November. The National Farmers Union (NFU) is one of many groups urging the Senate’s Transportation and Communications Committee to amend the bill before it goes back to the Senate for

Local news, News

Confusion over CN rail cars to Manitoba

CN delivered cars to Manitoba in Week 30, but they were back-ordered cars and not the cars ordered for Week 30

By Allan Dawson March 8, 2018

There’s confusion over how many rail cars CN Rail sent to Manitoba in shipping Week 30. According to one news report last week, CN sent no grain cars to Manitoba elevators in Week 30. The Ag Transport Coalition (ATC), which monitors grain shipping for a group of grain shippers and farm commodity groups, says CN

Crops

CN CEO Luc Jobin steps down abruptly

By GFM Network News March 5, 2018

Reuters — Canadian National Railway (CN) CEO Luc Jobin stepped down abruptly on Monday, as the board looks to “energize” the railroad’s leadership amid a major supply crunch that has hurt profits and angered customers. “The board believes the company needs a leader who will energize the team, realize CN’s corporate vision and take the

News

CN’s grain-shipping performance getting worse

Grain companies and farmers are pushing the Senate to pass legislation to improve grain transportation

By Allan Dawson February 22, 2018

CN Rail’s grain-shipping performance started off poorly early in the crop year and is getting worse. So say grain companies and farmers, who add their complaints are backed by statistics. CN blames “bitter cold and heavy snowfall,” for its struggles, while shippers accuse CN of taking resources away from grain shipping to handle an unexpected

Crops

CN’s Q4 grain handle down in ‘challenging conditions’

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff January 23, 2018

U.S. income tax reform more than offset “challenging” conditions, including reduced grain handle, in Canadian National Railway’s fourth fiscal quarter. Montreal-based CN on Tuesday reported net income of $2.611 billion on total revenues of $3.285 billion for its fourth quarter ending Dec. 31, up from $1.018 billion on $3.217 billion in the year-earlier Q4. The

News

CN car fulfilment dropped in weeks 11 and 12

However, the company says it is bringing more crews and power online to pick up the pace

By Allan Dawson November 10, 2017

CN Rail is still struggling to fulfil grain car orders in Western Canada, according to statistics collected by the Ag Transport Coalition (ATC). A CN spokesperson says the company is committed to meeting grain company needs. To that end CN has ramped up hiring and this quarter will add another 250 new crew members, Kate

The U.S. railway CSX has come under fire from customers after Hunter Harrison took his “precision scheduled railroading” south of the border.

News, Other

Hunter Harrison faces U.S. criticism

Complaints from shippers will sound familiar to Canadian railway customers

By Eric M. Johnson October 31, 2017

The former head of both of Canada’s major railways is embroiled in a wave of customer complaints at his new company, the U.S. railway CSX. CEO Hunter Harrison was appointed to the position this past March, and he quickly implemented an overhaul that now has customers complaining. Read more: CSX customers demand end to shipping

Daily Network News

National survey of farmer and rancher mental health launches

U.S. grains: Soybean futures rise as dollar hits four-year low

U.S. livestock: Cattle retreat, hogs rise

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