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As Western Canadian grain production increases, the volume of grain being exported by container is increasing as well.

Big jump in western Canadian grain production ‘new normal’

Canadian crop/product exported to the U.S. rail vs. truck

By Allan Dawson November 19, 2018

Lots has changed since the federal government appointed Quorum Corporation in 2001 to monitor Western Canada’s grain handling and transportation system, especially the amount of grain to be monitored. In 2001 Western Canada’s total grain supply — production plus carry-in from the previous year — was about 50 million tonnes. This year it’s about 80

Grain movement is already prompting some concerns this season, with a larger-than-average crop in the bin.

Crops, News

Unexpectedly big crop moving slower than last year

That worries KAP president Dan Mazier, but the WGEA and  grain monitor aren’t overly concerned — yet

By Allan Dawson October 26, 2017

Western Canada’s bigger-than-expected crop is moving to export slower than at last crop year’s record pace, and while grain companies aren’t panicking, Keystone Agricultural Producers’ (KAP) president Dan Mazier says it’s costing farmers. “It may not be a crisis, but it’s still taking money out of farmers’ pocket,” Mazier said in an interview Oct. 20.

News, Pulses

Rail shippers look to legislation to address service issues

By Allan Dawson May 14, 2012

The federal process to negotiate service level agreements or a dispute settlement mechanism for railway customers didn’t deliver, but the exercise was still a success, according to Greg Cherewyk, executive director of Pulse Canada. That’s because it clearly demonstrates federal legislation is required to make it happen. “The Dinning process has done a great job

Cereals, News

CTA issues revenue cap report

By Allan Dawson January 12, 2012

Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) exceeded what it’s allowed to earn hauling western Canadian grain to port by $1.25 million last crop year (2010-11), while Canadian National (CN), was $913,447 under. The results didn’t surprise Ian McCreary, a former Canadian Wheat Board elected director and farmer at Bladworth, Sask. “Rail competition just isn’t there,” he said

Cereals, News

Cwb Impasse Stymies Buyers

By Allan Dawson October 13, 2011

Canadian millers could be forced to import wheat from the U.S. if they can t forward contract with the Canadian Wheat Board or private trade during the transition to an open market, industry officials say. Millers and other food processors routinely forward contract wheat up to a year in advance but the pending end of

Cereals, News

Rail Revenue Cap Changes?

By Allan Dawson May 12, 2011

Gerry Ritz, who hopes to continue as Canada’s agriculture minister in the newly elected Harper majority government, said last week farmers might need to pay more for grain transportation in order to get better railway service. “We want a much more commercially based system,” said Ritz, who was re-elected May 2 in the Saskatchewan constituency

Cereals, Opinion

CWB Director Has His Facts Wrong

By John De Pape February 3, 2011

In the Jan. 6 issueManitoba Co-operator,Canadian Wheat Board-elected director Bill Woods takes aim at the railways for what he calls “slick accounting.” Unfortunately, Woods has his facts wrong, which makes his whole argument meaningless. The annual review of regulated rail rates and charges showed that the revenue of CN and CP came in under the

Cereals, News

Revenue Cap Accounting Questioned

By Allan Dawson January 6, 2011

CN and CP won’t face penalties for exceeding their revenue caps in the crop year that ended July 31, even though farmers paid about $6 per tonne above those caps to ship their grain. The railways collectively were $5.4 million or 17 cents a tonne under the Canadian Transportation Agency’s (CTA) revenue cap of almost

Cereals, Crops

Broad Shipper Coalition Pushing Hard For Rail Regulation

By Allan Dawson November 25, 2010

0ttawa Watching railway customer Rob Davies and railway spokesman Cliff Mackay debate railway regulation was like watching Abbott and Costello, except this was improv. “I just don’t think regulations create win-win solutions,” Mackay, president of the Railway Association of Canada, said during a panel discussion here Nov. 16 during a grain industry symposium organized by

News

Grain Container Shipping Has Its Place

By Allan Dawson December 17, 2009

If there was ever a product suited to bulk shipping, it’s grain. But for years, Barry Prentice has promoted containers as an alternative. And the idea seems to be catching on. Ten years ago one or two per cent of Canada’s grain was exported in a container versus bulk, now containers account for 14 to

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Tag Archives Quorum Corporation

Big jump in western Canadian grain production ‘new normal’

Unexpectedly big crop moving slower than last year

Rail shippers look to legislation to address service issues

CTA issues revenue cap report

Cwb Impasse Stymies Buyers

Rail Revenue Cap Changes?

CWB Director Has His Facts Wrong

Revenue Cap Accounting Questioned

Broad Shipper Coalition Pushing Hard For Rail Regulation

Grain Container Shipping Has Its Place

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