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CP’s Hunter Harrison confirms grain is captive to rail

Western Canada’s transportation mess and the railways’ response is getting  lots of attention in the mainstream media

By Allan Dawson March 24, 2014

Railway executives came out swinging last week following the federal government’s March 7 order to get the grain moving, while the western provinces stepped up the pressure on Ottawa to keep the pressure on. The Manitoba government followed Alberta and Saskatchewan’s lead in getting involved in the issue by striking a Provincial Task Force on

Cereals, News

If Ritz saw transportation crisis coming, why didn’t he act sooner, Harder asks

By Allan Dawson March 17, 2014

Gerry Ritz says he saw the grain transportation crisis coming, so why didn’t he do more to prevent it? That’s the question some farmers including Lowe Farm farmer and National Farmers Union member Dean Harder is asking. Harder chided Ritz during his March 7 news conference in Winnipeg, saying Ritz was warned removing the Canadian

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Push comes to shove for grain trains

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

By Allan Dawson March 15, 2014

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.

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

By Allan Dawson February 26, 2014

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

By Polina Devitt February 21, 2014

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

By Alex Binkley February 19, 2014

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

By Allan Dawson December 4, 2013

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?

By Laura Rance-Unger November 27, 2013

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

Cereals, Crops

KAP president tells ag minister rail service unacceptable

By Allan Dawson November 27, 2013

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

By Shannon VanRaes November 27, 2013

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

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CP’s Hunter Harrison confirms grain is captive to rail

If Ritz saw transportation crisis coming, why didn’t he act sooner, Harder asks

Push comes to shove for grain trains

Railways cut producer car sites

Traders engage in turf war for Russian terminals

Grain transportation hot button among wheat growers

CWB facility purchase raises concerns

Is “adequate” good enough?

KAP president tells ag minister rail service unacceptable

Saudi millers wrap up program at Cigi

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