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Prairie grain freight cost index to rise with fuel prices

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff April 28, 2017

An “expected sharp rise” in fuel costs in 2017 compared to 2016 may help raise the cap on how much money Canada’s big two railways can charge to move Prairie grain in 2017-18. The Canadian Transportation Agency — the tribunal which, among its other duties, sets the annual maximum revenue entitlements (MREs) on Prairie grain […] Read more

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

Crops, Reuters, Weather

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

By 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, […] Read more

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Grain elevators applaud the Parliamentary Committee’s rail recommendations

By Canadian Cattlemen 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 […] Read more

Cereals, Crops

Proposed transportation legislation gets thumbs up from grain industry

By Canadian Cattlemen 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 […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

Saskatchewan presses for rail interswitching, revenue cap

By Canadian Cattlemen 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. […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Railways urge Ottawa to loosen grain hauling rules

By 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 […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Post-CWB review flags grain trade ‘inefficiency’

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff April 13, 2016

WITHDRAWN, April 15, 2016: A historian’s review of the Prairie grain trade, commissioned by supporters of the former single marketing desk for wheat and barley, suggests history is repeating itself at grain growers’ expense — but the data on which the review is based is now being questioned. The Canadian Wheat Board Alliance on Wednesday released a […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

Debate: Sask. ag leaders seek rail response

By Lisa Guenther March 23, 2016

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 […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Reuters

Canada, U.S. toughen oil train safety standards

By Edward McAllister, patrick-rucker May 1, 2015

Washington/New York | Reuters — The U.S. and Canada on Friday announced long-awaited safety rules for trains carrying oil, as regulators seek to reduce risks after a series of explosive accidents that accompanied a surge in crude-by-rail shipments. The rules call for a rapid phase-out of older tank cars considered unsafe during derailments, and are […] Read more

Aerial view of Lac-Megantic after the July 2013 derailment and explosion that killed 47 people. (TSB.gc.ca)

Crops, Machinery, Reuters

Canada to set new speed limits on dangerous goods trains

By Reuters April 23, 2015

Updated April 25, 2015 — Ottawa | Reuters — Canada will immediately impose a new speed limit of 65 kilometres per hour for dangerous goods trains moving through urban areas with more than 100,000 people, Transport Minister Lisa Raitt said Thursday. This is one of many measures the Conservative government has introduced since the July […] Read more

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Prairie grain freight cost index to rise with fuel prices

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

Grain elevators applaud the Parliamentary Committee’s rail recommendations

Proposed transportation legislation gets thumbs up from grain industry

Saskatchewan presses for rail interswitching, revenue cap

Railways urge Ottawa to loosen grain hauling rules

Post-CWB review flags grain trade ‘inefficiency’

Debate: Sask. ag leaders seek rail response

Canada, U.S. toughen oil train safety standards

Canada to set new speed limits on dangerous goods trains

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