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Calls for a review of railway costs

Some farm groups suspect producers are paying more than was originally intended under the maximum revenue entitlement

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When the railways start replacing hopper cars as expected if the Transportation Modernization Act becomes law, western farmers will pay more, in total, to ship grain to export. That’s because the maximum revenue entitlement (MRE) will be adjusted to pass on the purchase costs to shippers and ultimately farmers. Most farm and shipper groups agree
grain rail cars
Cereals, News

Nitty-gritty details in Bill C-49

The revenue cap stays, but railways can include the cost of new hoppers

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It took a few days of intense review for the Western Grain Elevators Association (WGEA) before giving its blessing to the Transportation Modernization Act. Others were equally meticulous. “Every word does matter, and the order of the words matters,” Greg Cherewyk, Pulse Canada’s chief operating officer, said in an interview. And while Pulse Canada also
Built in 1937, with a crib annex added in 1956, a 125,000-bushel elevator at Lowe Farm, in the RM of Morris, was operated by Manitoba Pool and, after 1998, by Agricore. In 2001, it was sold into private ownership along with several others around the province. It was put up for sale again in late 2014, along with the former Pool elevator a few miles away, at Homewood.
Country Crossroads

PHOTOS: This Old Elevator: April 2017

The Manitoba Historical Society wants to gather information about all the grain elevators in Manitoba

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In the 1950s, there were over 700 grain elevators in Manitoba. Today, there are fewer than 200. You can help to preserve the legacy of these disappearing “Prairie sentinels.” The Manitoba Historical Society (MHS) is gathering information about all elevators that ever stood in Manitoba, regardless of their present status. Collaborating with the Manitoba Co-operator
A 30,000-bushel elevator at the railway siding of Birdtail, on the northeast edge of the Waywayseecappo First Nation near Rossburn, was built and operated by the British America Elevator Company. Sold to Manitoba Pool in 1929, the elevator closed in December 1974 and was later used for private grain storage. Its railway line was abandoned in 1996 and the building was destroyed by fire on the evening of October 13, 2008. The cause of the fire was undetermined.
Country Crossroads

PHOTOS: This Old Elevator: March 2017

The Manitoba Historical Society wants to gather information about all the grain elevators in Manitoba

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In the 1950s, there were over 700 grain elevators in Manitoba. Today, there are fewer than 200. You can help to preserve the legacy of these disappearing “Prairie sentinels.” The Manitoba Historical Society (MHS) is gathering information about all elevators that ever stood in Manitoba, regardless of their present status. Collaborating with the Manitoba Co-operator
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Comment, Crops

False premises don’t help rail discussion

The real solution will involve commercial partnerships, not central planning by government

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Gord Gilmour’s recent editorial (‘Playing with trains,’ February 16, 2017) makes some valid points related to Canada’s grain supply chain. We agree that canola crush has been good for farmers, and the supply chain has been resilient this winter. Unfortunately, Gilmour also perpetuates unhelpful fallacies, and he advocates policies that would hinder the performance of
Editorial, Opinion

Editorial: Playing with trains

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With spring just around the corner, it’s becoming clear a big wreck in grain shipping is unlikely this winter. Despite a 76-million-tonne crop to move, big blizzards and those infamous periods of frigid winter temperatures, the system has held together. Mark Hemmes of grain monitor firm Quorum said in a recent article in the Co-operator
An Alberta farmer says plenty of grain is moving through Western Canada — but too much of it is U.S. grain.
Cereals, News

Is U.S. grain eating up Canadian rail capacity?

Not according to CP Rail, which on average moves two trains of American grain through Western Canada daily

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An Alberta farmer alleges Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) isn’t moving Canadian grain in a timely way because it’s preoccupied shipping American grain through Western Canada — an allegation CP denies. The Carstairs-area farmer asked not to be identified fearing it might reveal his source. The farmer said according to his source every day CP brings
Measuring changes in the grain transportation system
Cereals, News

Measuring changes in the grain transportation system

Grain monitor proves that better data collection can drive change and improvement

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The business adage that you can’t change what you don’t measure seems to fit the Prairie grain transportation system. In a presentation to the annual conference of the Canadian Agriculture Economics Society, Mark Hemmes, president of Quorum Corp., which tracks the performance of the grain transportation and handling system for Transport Canada, used the numbers
The Canadian Transportation Agency has been told to reconsider level-of-service complaints against CN after the original findings were struck down in court.
Cereals, News

Appeal Court reverses CTA rulings against CN

The Federal Court of Appeal says the regulatory agency made errors in assessing car shortfalls in 2014

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The Federal Court of Appeal has struck down rulings by the Canadian Transportation Agency that CN breached a level-of-service obligation in early 2014. The CTA said the failure was related to supplying two Prairie grain companies with sufficient hopper cars during the frigid early months of 2014. Justice Marc Nadon ruled the CTA “made unreasonable
A grain elevator at the former CPR railway siding of Cameron (named for Melita implements dealer A. E. Cameron, in the RM of Two Borders, was built by the Lake of the Woods Milling Company sometime between 1902 and 1910. It became part of Ogilvie Milling after the two companies merged in 1954 and was purchased by Manitoba Pool in 1959. The 38,000-bushel elevator was closed around 1970 and sold into private hands. It now stands abandoned, surrounded by cropland.
Country Crossroads

PHOTOS: This Old Elevator: January 2017

The Manitoba Historical Society wants to gather information about all the grain elevators in Manitoba

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In the 1950s, there were over 700 grain elevators in Manitoba. Today, there are fewer than 200. You can help to preserve the legacy of these disappearing “Prairie sentinels.” The Manitoba Historical Society (MHS) is gathering information about all elevators that ever stood in Manitoba, regardless of their present status. Collaborating with the Manitoba Co-operator

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