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Farmers, grain companies warn railways be ready to move a big crop
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Farmers, grain companies warn railways be ready to move a big crop

Western production could exceed the 
five-year average

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The prospects of another bumper crop this year have western Canadian grain companies and farm leaders warning the railways to be ready. They want to avoid a repeat of the colossal and costly backlog of 2013-14 when crop production set a new record by a large margin. “We know it’s going to be a big
Grain and other bulk commodity shippers are voicing concerns that Canadian railway capacity is no longer up to the job of moving product to export markets reliably.
Crops, News

Railway capacity worries exporters

Shippers say the railways have been whittling away at their own capacity for years 
and that’s affecting Canada’s national economic security

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As bulk shippers contemplate future growth in their shipments, their concern over whether Canada’s major railways are up to the job is also growing. Jim Everson, Soy Canada’s executive director, says agriculture and resource sector shippers are concerned CN and CP may not have the capacity to deal with larger volumes. All the resource-based industries
(Dave Bedard photo)
Crops

Debate: Sask. ag leaders seek rail response

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If there’s one thing all Saskatchewan’s political parties can agree on, it’s that the current rail system isn’t working for grain producers — but there’s less consensus on the solutions. Transportation is the single most important issue facing grain growers in Saskatchewan right now, said Cathy Sproule, the provincial New Democrats’ ag critic, during an
Railways exceeded their regulatory revenue cap moving record volumes
Crops, News

Railways exceeded their regulatory revenue cap moving record volumes

The Canadian Transportation Agency says the railways were allowed to earn $1.46 billion shipping grain in 2014-15, but exceeded their maximum revenue entitlement by $9 million or about 22 cents a tonne

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The nation’s two main railways moved a record volume of western Canadian grain in the 2014-15 crop year but they collected more from grain shippers than regulations allow. Canadian National Railway Company (CN) and Canadian Pacific Railway Company (CP) together shipped 41.3 million tonnes of western grain to export position and were supposed to do
Railway rate deregulation arguments don’t add up, skeptics say
Cereals, Comment

Railway rate deregulation arguments don’t add up, skeptics say

Competitive markets work, but the key is competition and that’s lacking in Canada’s rail sector

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Consensus is rare in western Canadian grain transportation policy. That’s why when two economists who have spent decades sparring over contentious issues actually agree, people take notice. The sky didn’t fall, as Paul Earl joked it might, after admitting at a recent Winnipeg meeting that he is in agreement with University of Saskatchewan agricultural economist
Opinion

Considering Churchill’s future

With melting permafrost, is Churchill's rail line viable over the long term?

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A sudden, substantial drop in grain exports from Churchill this summer raises questions about the long-term economic viability of the port. A comprehensive review is needed to identify costs, benefits and risks associated with saving the railway, along with alternative economic opportunities for a port community on Hudson Bay without rail access. Federal and provincial
Grain backlog no impact on farm incomes: Ritz
Crops, News

Grain backlog no impact on farm incomes: Ritz

A study says it cost farmers billions

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The grain-shipping backlogs between 2013 and 2015 had “no negative dollar impact” on Prairie grain farmers, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said Oct. 13 in response to a recently released study putting the losses in the billions. University of Saskatchewan agricultural economist Richard Gray has published a study estimating grain-shipping delays during the winter of 2013-14
Reg Dyck, chair of KAP’s transportation committee, says most of the savings gained from a more efficient grain-handling and transportation system have gone to the railways, not farmers.
Crops

KAP seeks regulations to spur rail competition

The Manitoba farm organization submits 13 recommendations to the rail review panel

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Thirty years of reforms to Western Canada’s grain-handling and transportation system (GHTS) have seen rail profits increase while farmers pay more to ship grain and get poorer service, Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) has told the Canada Transportation Act Review panel. KAP blames a lack of competition between the two main rail firms, Canadian National Railway
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Room for improvement, says railway report card

Data collected for the Ag Transport Coalition says the railways deliver most of the cars grain shippers order but many arrive late

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Railway service for Western Canada’s grain shippers was “highly variable and timeliness of delivery was an issue,” in the 2014-15 crop year that ended July 31, the Ag Transport Coalition (ATC) said in a news release Aug. 15. Canadian National Railway Company (CN) and Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (CP) supplied shippers with 69 and 43

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