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“A bumper 2025 harvest and strong global demand meant that grain shipments by rail remained strong throughout the year,” StatCan said. Photo: File

Strong grain shipments by rail offset freight losses in 2025

By Geralyn Wichers February 24, 2026

Reading Time: < 1 minute Strong cereals volumes — particularly wheat — helped offset sharp declines in freight received from U.S. rail connections in 2025, with total freight moved by rail in Canada during the year down only marginally from 2024, Statistics Canada reported on Feb. 24.

Crops, News

August grain deliveries down from 2024: StatCan

By Adam Peleshaty September 25, 2025

Reading Time: < 1 minute Statistics Canada reported on Sept. 25, 2025 that August major grain deliveries were down from a year earlier.

News

Ontario, Alberta sign new agreements on energy trade

Deal suggests new rail trade to Ontario, access to deep water port in James Bay

By Jonah Grignon July 7, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes Ontario and Alberta have signed agreements to build new trade infrastructure between the two provinces.

News, Reuters

ADM declares force majeure along US Gulf terminals, Bloomberg News reports

By Reuters January 23, 2025

Reading Time: < 1 minute Global grains trader ADM has halted loading of grain vessels and declared a force majeure at U.S. Gulf terminals as the region faces a severe winter storm, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday.

News

Poland to build new grain terminal in Gdansk to bolster food security

By Pawel Florkiewicz, Reuters December 2, 2024

Reading Time: < 1 minute Poland plans to build a new grain terminal at the Port of Gdansk by 2026, which will enable the country to respond to crisis situations, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Monday.

News

Canada’s railways grind to a halt

By Don Norman August 22, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutes 12:01 AM EDT on August 22, after negotiations that began last year failed to bring about a resolution to the dispute, CN and CPKC announced at that they would lockout their employees who are members of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC). The move affects roughly 9,000 employees at the two companies.

File photo of a CN locomotive. (Dave Bedard photo)

News

Time runs out for a negotiated settlement for Canada’s railway labour dispute

By Don Norman August 21, 2024

Reading Time: 3 minutes Deadline for lockout set by Canada's major railways expires just after midnight tonight, and the reality of what that means to the agriculture sector is settling in.

Fertilizer Canada calls for federal interference in rail dispute

A work stoppage would cost fertilizer sector $55-63 million in lost sales a day, Fertilizer Canada estimates

By Alexis Stockford August 21, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutes Fertilizer Canada, and many other farm organizations in Canada, are calling for binding arbitration to stop both strike action and lockouts.

General, Markets

Spring road restrictions coming soon to Prairies

Grain, equipment movement can be affected by road bans

By Phil Franz-Warkentin February 27, 2024

Reading Time: < 1 minute The spring melt across Western Canada will cause disruptions to grain and livestock movement, as seasonal spring road restrictions come into effect across the Prairies.

Crops, Markets

Transport Canada to review Bunge-Viterra marriage plans

Competition Bureau also to probe proposed deal

By Dave Bedard September 27, 2023

Reading Time: 2 minutes Canada’s federal transport department will conduct its own review of U.S. grain giant Bunge’s plans to buy and merge with Viterra — with an eye particularly on both companies’ stakes in Canadian port terminals. Transport Minister Pablo Rodriguez announced Tuesday that his department will review the deal under the mergers and acquisitions provisions of the […] Read more

Daily Network News

Canadian agriculture must build on the moment federal politicians say

Prairie forecast: A north-south temperature split as spring struggles to move in

More canola, spring wheat likely to be seeded this spring

Tag Archives grain transportation

Strong grain shipments by rail offset freight losses in 2025

August grain deliveries down from 2024: StatCan

Ontario, Alberta sign new agreements on energy trade

ADM declares force majeure along US Gulf terminals, Bloomberg News reports

Poland to build new grain terminal in Gdansk to bolster food security

Canada’s railways grind to a halt

Time runs out for a negotiated settlement for Canada’s railway labour dispute

Fertilizer Canada calls for federal interference in rail dispute

Spring road restrictions coming soon to Prairies

Transport Canada to review Bunge-Viterra marriage plans

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