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CN, CP set third-quarter records for grain movement

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MarketsFarm — Canada’s big two railways again reported moving record amounts of Canadian grain during the third quarter of 2020. Canadian National Railway (CN) reported Monday it had shipped 7.76 million tonnes of grain by rail, and Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) said Friday it had moved 7.72 million tonnes. For CN that not only marked
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Crops, Markets

Grain exports continue strong out of Thunder Bay

COVID-19 leads to increased demand, reduced oil traffic by rail

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MarketsFarm — The Port of Thunder Bay reported another strong grain handling month in May, as more than 1.1 million tonnes of Canadian grain and oilseeds moved through the harbour on the northern shores of Lake Superior during the month. Increased demand from many countries stockpiling grain amidst the global COVID-19 pandemic was cited as
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Crops, Markets

Elevator operators seek quick end to CN strike

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The Western Grain Elevator Association (WGEA) wants grain shipments on Canadian National Railway (CN) to resume as soon as possible. “It has a major impact for every day that we’re not moving grain on CN,” WGEA executive director Wade Sobkowich said in an interview Tuesday. “A federal mediator has been appointed and that’s a step
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Crops, Markets

Egypt tightens import quarantine rules on grains

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Cairo | Reuters — Egypt has tightened its agriculture quarantine regulations, imposing a rule that will prevent grain shipments suspected of contamination from being offloaded until they receive test results, according to a letter sent to traders Monday. The rule comes just one month after the world’s biggest wheat buyer discontinued its controversial zero tolerance
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Crops, News

Room for improvement, says railway report card

Data collected for the Ag Transport Coalition says the railways deliver most of the cars grain shippers order but many arrive late

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Railway service for Western Canada’s grain shippers was “highly variable and timeliness of delivery was an issue,” in the 2014-15 crop year that ended July 31, the Ag Transport Coalition (ATC) said in a news release Aug. 15. Canadian National Railway Company (CN) and Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (CP) supplied shippers with 69 and 43
If you thought grain-shipping woes were solved, think again, warn grain shippers and flour millers.  photo: allan dawson
Cereals, Crops, News

Grain shippers: Worried about a repeat of poor railway performance

The railways say there hasn’t been enough grain to move to 
meet their government-mandated thresholds

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Ottawa has ordered the railways to move at least 526,250 tonnes of grain a week and there’s a smaller crop so there should be no worries about getting this year’s crop to market, right? Wrong. “Yes, we’re nervous about it,” Wade Sobkowich, executive director of the Western Grain Elevator Association (WGEA), said in an interview

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