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Measuring changes in the grain transportation system
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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
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Cereals North America: Communication key to improved grain transportation

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Winnipeg | CNS Canada –– Canada’s grain transportation system is running relatively smoothly for the time being, but there is still plenty of room for improvement — and better communication between participants is seen as a way to alleviate future bottlenecks. The 2013-14 crop year, with its logistical challenges and, eventually, federal government intervention, are
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Ritz Offers Railway Costing Review Compromise

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Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz says he would support a costing reviewing if it focused on all elements of the grain-handling and transportation system not just the railways. But the first order of business for the Harper government remains dealing with the recommendations of the final report of the Railway Freight Service Review, he told the
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CN puts grain investments on hold

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Western grain transportation should be completely deregulated, including elimination of the cap on railway revenues designed to protect grain farmers from railway gouging, says Wayne Atamanchuk, Canadian National Railway’s (CN) assistant vice-president of bulk commodities. Meantime, CN has stopped investing in grain transportation fearing “creeping re-regulation” will inhibit CN’s ability to earn a profit from
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Farmers not well served by grain transportation reforms

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“We have a first-class system. I don’t think there’s anybody who beats us. When you talk to buyers around the world they say, ‘You’ve got all of this and you still screw it up.’” – MARK HEMMES From the farmer’s point of view, reforms made eight years ago to Western Canada’s grain transportation system have
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Poor rail service hurts grain competitiveness

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If Paterson Grain serviced its customers the way the railways service Paterson Grain, it wouldn’t get much repeat business, according to the Winnipeg-based company’s vice-president of operations Keith Burch. “If we (said) ‘We’ll sell you 10,000 tonnes of canola and we promise to deliver 80 per cent of that, and only 90 per cent of

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