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Kellie Leitch speaking in Ottawa in March 2014. (Labour.gc.ca)

Labour minister says CP, engineers urged to bargain

By Reuters February 11, 2015

Vancouver | Reuters — Federal Labour Minister Kellie Leitch on Wednesday said she was encouraging the parties at Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) to bargain, but declined to speculate on what Ottawa might do if workers went out on strike. CP said its managers will be ready to take over if the railway’s engineers and conductors […] Read more

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CP conductors, engineers serve strike notice

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff February 10, 2015

Unionized engineers and conductors on Canadian Pacific Railway’s (CP) trains have served formal notice they’ll strike Sunday, barring a negotiated deal with the company. The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC), which represents CP’s locomotive engineers, conductors, trainmen and yardmen, said Tuesday it’s notified CP that the affected workers will strike effective 12:01 a.m. Sunday “in […] Read more

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Strike vote passes for CP engineers, conductors

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff February 9, 2015

Canadian Pacific Railway’s unionized conductors and engineers have voted to give themselves a trump card in talks with the company for a new contract. Eligible employees voted 93 per cent in favour of strike action “if necessary” to reach a negotiated settlement with the company, according to their union, the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC). […] Read more

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BMR hardware chain joins Coop federee

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff February 6, 2015

Agrifood processor and ag retailer La Coop federee has moved from minority stakeholder to full owner of home reno and hardware retail chain Groupe BMR. Coop federee, Quebec’s biggest agrifood company, announced Thursday it exercised an option in its 2013 purchase of a minority position in BMR, buying the retailer’s remaining shares and making it […] Read more

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Prairie shippers’ group expands grain car tracking

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff February 3, 2015

A clutch of Prairie grain industry stakeholders says its pool of weekly data on rail car spotting is getting deeper and still shows significant shortfalls in car delivery from Canada’s big two railways. The Ag Transport Coalition on Tuesday released a performance measurement update, which it says now includes aggregate data from shippers representing about 85 […] Read more

The rocket carrying the SMAP soil moisture observatory lifts off Jan. 31 at California’s Vandenberg AFB. (Bill Ingalls photo courtesy NASA)

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NASA launches satellite to map soil moisture

By Irene Klotz January 31, 2015

Reuters — An unmanned Delta 2 rocket was launched Saturday to put a NASA satellite into orbit that is expected to improve drought monitoring and flooding forecasts. The 39-metre rocket, built and flown by United Launch Alliance, lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 6:22 a.m. PT, the U.S. National Aeronautics and […] Read more

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Grain handle up as CN books record freight in 2014

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff January 27, 2015

Canadian National Railway (CN) reported increased revenue from a higher grain and fertilizer handle as part of its “record full-year freight volumes” for fiscal 2014. The railway on Tuesday released fourth-quarter and 12-month results, booking substantially higher revenues and profit in 2014 over 2013. Montreal-based CN reported $844 million in net income on $3.207 billion […] Read more

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Regulatory requirements seen keeping diesel prices high

By Dave Sims January 26, 2015

CNS Canada — Diesel prices in North America aren’t likely to come down to the levels of gasoline anytime soon, according to an analyst. “It’s probably going to trade at a premium to gasoline for some time,” said Phil Flynn, energy market analyst for Price Futures Group in Chicago. One of the main challenges facing […] Read more

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Grain shippers’ data show ongoing rail supply/demand gap

By Dave Bedard January 26, 2015

Numbers newly crunched by a clutch of Canadian grain shippers paint a picture of a gap that’s wide, and getting wider, between the numbers of rail cars they say they need and what they say they’re getting. The Ag Transport Coalition — which so far includes eight Canadian grain-handling and crop commodity groups, working with […] Read more

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Deere to cut over 900 U.S. workers as ag economy weakens

By Tom Polansek January 23, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — Deere and Co., the world’s largest maker of farm equipment, will lay off more than 900 employees at plants in Iowa and Illinois in the latest round of job cuts spurred by a decline in grain prices that is hurting demand for agricultural machinery. The layoffs, which represent about three per […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

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NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense

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Labour minister says CP, engineers urged to bargain

CP conductors, engineers serve strike notice

Strike vote passes for CP engineers, conductors

BMR hardware chain joins Coop federee

Prairie shippers’ group expands grain car tracking

NASA launches satellite to map soil moisture

Grain handle up as CN books record freight in 2014

Regulatory requirements seen keeping diesel prices high

Grain shippers’ data show ongoing rail supply/demand gap

Deere to cut over 900 U.S. workers as ag economy weakens

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