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Western farmers want rail headaches fixed for the future

Presentations to Commons agriculture committee all noted the need for a long-lasting fix to this problem

By Alex Binkley March 29, 2018

It’s too close to spring and planting time for a special order to the railways to move more grain to achieve much, Prairie farmers have told the Commons agriculture committee. Rural roads will soon be impassable for grain trucks and farmers will be focused on planting this year’s crop rather than hauling grain to terminals,

A freight train at Manchac, La., about 75 km east of Baton Rouge. (CN.ca)

Crops

Canadian railways in catch-22 over crude shipment

By GFM Network News March 28, 2018

Reuters — Canadian railway operators see a lucrative opportunity to transport more crude oil to the U.S. as a rise in output forces producers to find new routes to its southern neighbour. However, their need for long-term contracts and the pressure to move a surplus of grains in the country is making it hard to

Cereals, Opinion, Other

Bill C-49: Helping the railways farm the farmers

This legislation is flawed and will deregulate railways by stealth

By Ken Larsen March 26, 2018

Here we go again! Some Prairie farmers cannot ship their grain. Grain companies and their friends are blaming the railways for not getting the grain to port. After months of railway lobbying, the federal government is pushing new transportation legislation, claiming Bill C-49 will punish the railways for neglecting grain shipments. Yet this legislation effectively

News, Oilseeds

VIDEO: As rail service declines, some canola crushers forced to sit idle

By Allan Dawson March 9, 2018

*[UPDATED, Mar. 12, 2018] Poor rail service is forcing some Canadian canola crushers to shut down temporarily, costing them millions of dollars in lost capacity. Manitoba Co-operator reporter Allan Dawson spoke with Canadian Oilseed Processors Association executive director Chris Vervaet about the issue March 8 during the Canola Council of Canada’s annual general meeting in

Our History

The railway ‘spaghetti’ network

Our History: January 1975

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff January 4, 2018

The map of the rail network in Western Canada looked a lot more like spaghetti in 1975. In our January 2 issue, we reported that the federal government had announced the basic rail network of 12,413 miles would be protected until 2000, and that 6,283 miles would be reviewed. It was later announced that would

Country Crossroads, Local news, Other

CN Police Services encourages people to use caution this winter

By CN Release December 13, 2017

As part of its ongoing commitment to rail safety, CN is encouraging drivers to use caution around railway crossings and reminding winter outdoor enthusiasts to stay away from railway tracks. “Icy roads, reduced visibility and storms are a potentially dangerous combination and we encourage people to drive safely and use caution around railway crossings,” said

Crops

China to subsidize grain transportation, storage

By GFM Network News, Reuters November 24, 2017

Beijing | Reuters — China plans to subsidize grain transportation and storage facilities in the latest push by Beijing to modernize the world’s largest agriculture sector. Beijing will subsidize projects upgrading or building facilities to load and receive grains along main railways and ports for major waterways including the Yangtze and Pearl rivers, a document

The U.S. railway CSX has come under fire from customers after Hunter Harrison took his “precision scheduled railroading” south of the border.

News, Other

Hunter Harrison faces U.S. criticism

Complaints from shippers will sound familiar to Canadian railway customers

By Eric M. Johnson October 31, 2017

The former head of both of Canada’s major railways is embroiled in a wave of customer complaints at his new company, the U.S. railway CSX. CEO Hunter Harrison was appointed to the position this past March, and he quickly implemented an overhaul that now has customers complaining. Read more: CSX customers demand end to shipping

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.

A steam shovel loading fill onto Manitoba and North Western flatcars. Steam shovels were capable of swinging the boom from side to side but the boom was fixed in position and only the bucket or dipper and the “dipper stick” could be raised and lowered. However, the dipper stick can be moved in and out. One can make out the rack bolted to the bottom of the dipper stick over the shoulder of the man in the bowler hat and vest. The large gear on the side of the boom worked a pinion which ran the rack back and forth. A small steam engine mounted on the boom worked this gear. The movable dipper stick made the steam shovel more effective. Other steam engines on the shovel swung the boom from side to side as required and worked the winch which raised and lowered the dipper.

Country Crossroads, Local news, Other

The Manitoba and North Western Railway

The now-forgotten railway was one of the region’s ‘colonization railways’

By Alex Campbell October 11, 2017

In the photo collection of the Manitoba Agricultural Museum, there is photo of several railway flatcars marked Manitoba and North Western. These cars belonged to a railway operating in Manitoba between 1881 and 1900. The Government of Canada in the early 1880s embarked upon a policy of granting land subsidies to small railway companies in

Daily Network News

‘We should always aim for free trade’: low tariffs not good enough say agriculture leaders on Hoekstra remarks

CBOT weekly outlook: Soybeans/corn awaiting acreage data

ICE Canada Weekly: More behind canola, soyoil than crude oil prices

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