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The Canadian Transportation Agency has been told to reconsider level-of-service complaints against CN after the original findings were struck down in court.

Appeal Court reverses CTA rulings against CN

The Federal Court of Appeal says the regulatory agency made errors in assessing car shortfalls in 2014

By Alex Binkley February 13, 2017

The Federal Court of Appeal has struck down rulings by the Canadian Transportation Agency that CN breached a level-of-service obligation in early 2014. The CTA said the failure was related to supplying two Prairie grain companies with sufficient hopper cars during the frigid early months of 2014. Justice Marc Nadon ruled the CTA “made unreasonable

BNSF crews clear track near Lemmon, S.D., about 300 km northeast of Rapid City, in late December 2016. (BNSF.com)

Crops, Weather

Snow, avalanches, rain delay grain movement to U.S. ports

By GFM Network News, Reuters February 10, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Severe winter weather has slowed rail deliveries of crops to shippers in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, sending freight rates soaring and prompting Asian buyers to seek fill-in loads as they wait for the backlog at ports to clear. Blizzards, avalanches and heavy rain in recent weeks have hit transport of corn,

Grain elevators applaud the Parliamentary Committee’s rail recommendations

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff December 28, 2016

The Western Grain Elevator Association (WGEA) has added its voice to grain industry organizations praising a report from the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities on rail transportation affecting grain shippers. Recommendations in the report broadly encompass the adjustments required to the Canada Transportation Act to ensure the Canadian economy prospers in the long

Local news

North asks AMM to support Port of Churchill

Resolution asks AMM to lobby to ensure port stays open for 2017 shipping season

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff December 1, 2016

The Association of Manitoba Municipalities wants the province and federal government to make revitalizing the Port of Churchill and ensuring operations of the rail line to the northern town their top priority. The town of Churchill’s mayor and council asked delegates for support, bringing an emergency resolution to last week’s municipal leaders’ convention in Winnipeg.

University of Manitoba supply chain professor, Barry Prentice says the maximum revenue entitlement is bad for farmers as well as the railways.

Crops, News

MRE counterpoint claims system hurts everyone

VIDEO: Barry Prentice says the MRE is bad for western grain farmers and the railways

By Allan Dawson November 16, 2016

Western grain farmers and the railways would be better off if the maximum revenue entitlement (MRE) was scrapped, according to Barry Prentice, an agricultural economist and professor of supply chain management at the University of Manitoba. “Farmers may be losing more on (grain) prices (because Canada is seen as an unreliable supplier) than they ever

Loading Harvested Wheat Into Truck, Alberta, Canada

News

Prairie harvest delays felt in CN’s revenues

The railway still booked higher overall grain/fertilizer revenue

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff November 4, 2016

Weather-related stalls in this fall’s Prairie grain harvest have chipped away at Canadian National Railway’s (CN) third-quarter financials, as the railway booked lower profits and revenues on “shifting traffic demands.” Montreal-based CN on Oct. 25 reported overall net income of $972 million on $3.014 billion in revenue for the quarter ending Sept. 30, down from

Cereals, Crops

Proposed transportation legislation gets thumbs up from grain industry

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff November 3, 2016

It might feel like Christmas came early for grain grower organizations, who have long been calling for reform of grain transportation regulations. The Federal government has promised to introduce legislation in early 2017 that is going to check some items off their wish list. Transport Minister Marc Garneau unveiled the federal government’s plans in a

Crops

Saskatchewan presses for rail interswitching, revenue cap

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 20, 2016

Farm stakeholder groups and Prairie provincial agriculture ministers got their chance Thursday to bring their concerns about grain transportation by rail to the federal minister responsible. Federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau and Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay held a roundtable meeting with grain sector representatives Thursday in Saskatoon, and met also with the Prairies’ agriculture ministers.

Crops

Railways urge Ottawa to loosen grain hauling rules

By GFM Network News, Rod Nickel October 14, 2016

Winnipeg | Reuters — Canada’s big railways are pressing Ottawa to loosen rules around hauling the country’s crops — changes they say would improve efficiency but that farmers fear would weaken their bargaining power. A February report recommended that Ottawa institutes transportation system changes, including phasing out a 16-year-old cap on revenue that Canadian National

Cereals, News

CP CEO says company ready for bumper crop, shippers skeptical

Company says new investments will increase ability to move a big crop

By Allan Dawson July 7, 2016

The CPR says it’s ready to move a bumper crop, but agriculture industry observers remain somewhat skeptical. CP CEO Hunter Harrison said, in a recent letter to Transport Minister Marc Garneau, the company is aware a big crop is on the horizon and is prepared for it. “I think it is good news that CP

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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