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Push comes to shove for grain trains

The federal government is promising a legislated fix to ensure railway performance

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Now that the federal government has given the two national railways four weeks to get grain shipments up to speed or face daily fines of up to $100,000, all eyes are on what happens next. The government has promised it will table legislation to improve rail service for grain after the parliamentary break this month.
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Cereals, News

Railways cut producer car sites

CP Rail says the points it dropped weren’t being used, but KAP says farmers need more options, not less

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The railways recently cut 19 producer car loading sites across the West even though farmers are using producer cars more than ever as they struggle to get a record crop to market. “If anything we need more producer car sites, not less,” Keystone Agricultural Producers’ (KAP) president Doug Chorney said in an interview. “KAP’s policy
Cereals, News

Traders engage in turf war for Russian terminals

Investments planned to take export capacity from 
30 million to 50 million tonnes

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International trade houses are buying into Russian grain port facilities to try to counter high handling costs from one of the world’s top producers of cereals, making smaller players fear they will lose out. Even with erratic harvests in recent years, Russia normally ranks among the top five global wheat exporters. But a lack of
Cereals, Crops

Grain transportation hot button among wheat growers

Delegates urged Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz to consider ending the revenue cap or consider running rights

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The state of grain transportation dominated the recent Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association annual convention in Ottawa last week with producers calling on Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz to take action. In a brief presentation to the convention, Ritz said there had to be more accountability in the grain transportation network. Afterwards delegates peppered him with
CWB’s planned purchase of grain handling and port terminal assets from the Soumat arm of Toronto’s Upper Lakes Group Inc. has renewed calls for the wheat board’s contingency fund to be paid to farmers.
Cereals, News

CWB facility purchase raises concerns

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CWB Ltd. is buying handling facilities, but some farmers are wondering who’s paying the bill. CWB announced last week that it would purchase Mission Terminal, Les Élévateurs des Trois-Rivières and Services Maritimes Laviolette for an undisclosed amount. Some have concerns that the former Canadian Wheat Board’s contingency fund, which farmers claim as theirs, will bankroll
Opinion

Is “adequate” good enough?

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Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz is doing his best to put a brave face on what appears to be a looming train wreck when it comes to getting this year’s crop to market. While rail movement of 5,000 to 5,500 cars per week to export ports is high by historical standards, grain companies are reporting a
KAP president tells ag minister rail service unacceptable
Cereals, Crops

KAP president tells ag minister rail service unacceptable

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Gerry Ritz says rail performance, which is being monitored, 
is adequate given the big crop to move

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz says he has yet to see conclusive proof that the railways aren’t doing an adequate job moving this year’s bumper crop to market. “I hear a lot of anecdotal evidence and I follow it up and say, ‘give me the car numbers… give me the dates,’ and nobody can, nobody has,”
Cereals, Crops

Saudi millers wrap up program at Cigi

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Agroup of millers is taking home a host of new skills, after trading sand dunes for snowbanks to study in Manitoba. Eleven wheat processors from Saudi Arabia have spent the last six months learning all aspects of milling and wheat processing at the Winnipeg-based Canadian International Grains Institute (Cigi). “For me I can relate what
Rising export demand is underpinning prosperity in agriculture.
Cereals, Crops

Churchill exports up after longer than usual shipping season

OmniTRAX says exporting crude oil through Churchill would help ensure the port’s viability

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The Port of Churchill, which closed for the season Nov. 12, was open almost two weeks later than usual and exported more than 600,000 tonnes of grain. Merv Tweed, president of OmniTRAX Canada, which owns the port and the Hudson Bay Railway that serves it, said that while this year’s performance is encouraging, the port
Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz says Canada’s railways are doing an “adequate” job moving this year’s record crop to market. The Western Grain Elevators Association says it’s not good enough and farm groups agree.   photo: allan dawson
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Ritz rates current rail service for grain ‘adequate’

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Canada’s railways are doing an “adequate” job moving this year’s record crop to market, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz told an industry conference last week. “The increase in volume means the logistics system must fire on all cylinders to ensure farmers’ products are making it to market on time. To date our system is proving effective

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