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CP Rail says closer collaboration with shippers helps it manage the challenging winter season while moving more grain than ever before.
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CP Rail sets back-to-back grain-shipping records

That’s good news because there’s an above-normal amount of grain to move 
despite harvest delays

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CP Rail moved a record amount of grain in November, beating its previous record set in October. Meanwhile, CN Rail is gearing up its grain shipping after an eight-day strike resulted in delivering just 2,015 of the 5,409 cars elevator companies ordered for week 16 (Nov. 17 to 23) of the current crop year. The
(File photo by Dave Bedard)
Crops

Prairie grain freight cost index adjusted upward

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Corrected, May 6, 2019 and Jan. 7, 2021 — Canada’s big two railways can expect a small raise in the amount of revenue they get to keep from hauling Prairie grain in the coming crop year. The Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) on Tuesday announced it will set the volume-related composite price index (VRCPI) at 1.4371
CN executive says shipping more Alberta oil won’t hurt grain shipping.
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Bitter cold delays CN grain car deliveries

Alberta oil won’t move at the detriment of grain, says VP Sean Finn

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Cold weather hurt Canadian National Railway’s (CN) grain-shipping performance week 29 (Feb. 10 to 16), but it’s confident it can quickly catch up. “Last week was a pretty tough week,” Sean Finn, CN’s executive vice-president of corporate services and chief legal officer, said in an interview Feb. 23. Temperatures across much of Western Canada fell
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Crops

Railways ration space as commodity congestion problems worsen

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Winnipeg | Reuters — Canada’s two major railways are rationing space on trains traveling to the country’s biggest port and recently prioritized some commodities over others to deal with congestion, the latest indication of their struggle to meet demand from new trade deals. That move prompted Canada’s transport regulator last week to start an investigation
Grain shippers worry trains like these will displace hopper cars, especially in light of an Alberta government program to buy oil cars.
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Grain shippers wary of railways’ crude oil plans

Officials from both CN and CP Rail say increasing oil traffic will not hurt their grain service

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Western grain shippers are watching closely to ensure their rail service doesn’t decline as oil shipments increase. “We would be concerned if either railway were to reduce grain capacity in favour of crude oil,” Wade Sobkowich, executive director of the Western Grain Elevator Association said in an interview Dec. 5. “Regardless of what the needs
Th passage of Bill C-49 will see CN invest in new grain cars and other infrastructure to move grain faster across the Prairies.
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CN investing to improve grain transportation

The railway didn’t get everything it wanted in Bill C-49, but it was enough to trigger millions 
of dollars in capital spending, including 1,000 new high-capacity grain cars

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A top CN executive says Bill C-49 is already sparking a wave of grain transportation investments. Both CN and CP Rail have ordered 1,000 new high-capacity grain cars and are investing in other infrastructure to move more grain faster partly due to the legislative changes, says Sean Finn, CN’s executive vice-president of corporate services and
Opinion

Opinion: The Great Canadian Grain Robbery

If you can’t identify the problem then you can’t provide a solution

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Allan Dawson, in the April 12 edition (Putting a price tag on the grain backlog), continues to defend a false narrative of ‘blame the railways.’ The information provided by Ken Larsen in his National Farmer’s Union op-ed on March 22 was confirmed by a highly respected journalist for the Western Producer, Brian Cross, who noted
Editorial, Opinion

Editorial: A silver lining

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No one would look at the ongoing struggle to move grain to port position this winter as a positive thing. It’s been a long and exhausting grind for everyone involved from the farmer through to the railways. Challenging weather met understaffed and underequipped railways and the result was poor service, scant grain movement and expensive
Canadian Canola Growers Association CEO Rick White told the House of Commons agriculture committee March 19 in Ottawa it’s time to double the limit on cash advances to $800,000.
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Request to double cash advance limit to $800,000

Rick White says it will help farmers get through the 
grain backlog, but is also justified because farms are 
much bigger than when the limit was last raised

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It’s time to up the limit on cash advances. Doubling the limit on cash advances to $800,000 will help western grain farmers struggling with reduced cash flow due to the grain transportation backlog, says Canadian Canola Growers Association (CCGA) CEO Rick White. It’s also justified because the limit hasn’t been increased for 12 years and

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