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Canada's grain export terminals can handle almost 19,000 cars a week, elevators say, but the rails say they'll deliver 8,000 a week combined in winter and 11,000 the rest of the year.

Rail car shortfalls drag on sales, grain companies say

Grain companies say they can handle twice the number of rail cars they’re getting

By Allan Dawson August 30, 2018

Western Canada’s major grain companies say car shortfalls are seriously hampering their ability to make sales. In fact, they say they can handle twice as many rail cars during the first half of the crop year than what the railways intend to supply. “We don’t expect the railways to gear up to provide 18,750 rail

Cereals, News

Transportation bill to be ambitious package

Despite a tight timeline the transport minister is still promising action before the summer recess

By Alex Binkley May 11, 2017

While offering no details, Transport Minister Marc Garneau says seven key issues for the grain sector will be included in a bill on rail service to be introduced in Parliament this spring. In a letter to the Commons transport committee, Garneau said, “I look forward to presenting this legislation, which will support a more transparent,

While railway executives say there’s now capacity to deal with a big crop,  the grain industry is a bit more skeptical.

Crops

Railways asking grain industry to all pull together

To move the coming big crop efficiently will require better  co-operation throughout the supply chain, say railway execs 

By Alex Binkley August 31, 2016

With memories of the grain-handling chaos of 2014 still fresh and another large Prairie crop looming, the railways are calling for greater collaboration in moving this year’s harvest. “To ensure success during this crop year, the broader supply chain must work together to collectively harness our energy so that the entire Canadian economy can reap

A wheat train pulls up next to a cargo ship at the Alliance Grain Terminal in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Opinion

Editorial: Long wait, more rhetoric

By Laura Rance-Unger March 3, 2016

A long-awaited report by the panel reviewing the Canadian Transportation Act will disappoint those in the grains sector looking for more accountability in the system that moves their crop to market. The report “Pathways: Connecting Canada’s Transportation System to the World” is the result of an accelerated review of the federal legislation. The scheduled review

Field-by-field mapping could improve yield, productivity predictions

U.S. grains: Corn futures edge up, soybeans sag on improving US crop ratings

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures up, hogs mixed

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Field-by-field mapping could improve yield, productivity predictions

U.S. grains: Corn futures edge up, soybeans sag on improving US crop ratings

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures up, hogs mixed

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Rail car shortfalls drag on sales, grain companies say

Transportation bill to be ambitious package

Railways asking grain industry to all pull together

Editorial: Long wait, more rhetoric

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