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Reg Dyck, chair of KAP’s transportation committee, says most of the savings gained from a more efficient grain-handling and transportation system have gone to the railways, not farmers.

KAP seeks regulations to spur rail competition

The Manitoba farm organization submits 13 recommendations to the rail review panel

By Allan Dawson October 5, 2015

Thirty years of reforms to Western Canada’s grain-handling and transportation system (GHTS) have seen rail profits increase while farmers pay more to ship grain and get poorer service, Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) has told the Canada Transportation Act Review panel. KAP blames a lack of competition between the two main rail firms, Canadian National Railway

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and Transport Minister Lisa Raitt

Crops, National news

Ottawa drops minimum rail shipping order

Permanent  improvements to grain transportation must come from the Canada Transportation Act review

By Allan Dawson, Dave Bedard April 2, 2015

The federal government’s order-in-council requiring the two major railways to ship a minimum amount of grain has expired, but can be reinstated if required, says Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz. The first order last March compelled the railways to ship one million tonnes in total per week or face a fine of up to $100,000 a

Crops

CTA review yields early findings

By measuring transportation success by the number of cars delivered, regions farthest from port suffer

By Shannon VanRaes February 23, 2015

The Canada Transportation Act (CTA) review is still 10 months away from completion, but already some things are becoming apparent. Speaking at Keystone Agricultural Producers annual meeting in Winnipeg, Murad Al-Katib said that it’s clear that the federal government’s attempt to ensure smooth rail transportation has resulted in some new complications. “The words ‘unintended consequences’

Cereals, News

Sask. Wheat says wide basis costing wheat growers billions

Economist Richard Gray says elevator prices are down even though f.o.b. Vancouver prices have remained steady to higher since

By Allan Dawson February 19, 2015

The Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission (SWDC) says export wheat prices are similar to or higher than last October, but farmers are receiving about $20 per tonne less. “Rail transportation and handling capacity have not improved and this is being reflected in even lower returns for producers and a lower share of export values as the

Crops, Markets

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

By Dave Bedard, 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

Crops

CN overshoots 2013-14 grain handling revenue cap

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff December 18, 2014

The Western Grains Research Foundation will get a $4.98 million gift this season from Canadian National Railway, but not out of holiday spirit per se. The Canadian Transportation Agency on Thursday ruled CN, during the 2013-14 crop year, exceeded its maximum allowable revenue from Prairie grain handling by $4,981,915, above its previously set “entitlement” of

Daily Network News

U.S. corn and soybean yields revised down by USDA

JBS profit falls amid still-challenging US market environment

U.S. grains: Soy hits 17-month high, corn to four-month top as trade braces for U.S. data

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KAP seeks regulations to spur rail competition

Ottawa drops minimum rail shipping order

CTA review yields early findings

Sask. Wheat says wide basis costing wheat growers billions

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

CN overshoots 2013-14 grain handling revenue cap

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