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Senate hands back transport bill, with changes

By Country Guide Staff March 29, 2018

Reading Time: 3 minutes Federal legislation sought by farm groups wanting improvements to rail service for the grain sector is on its way back from the Senate to the House of Commons. Senators on Thursday afternoon passed Bill C-49, the Transportation Modernization Act, on third reading — but with several amendments proposed Wednesday by the standing Senate committee on […] Read more

A freight train at Manchac, La., about 75 km east of Baton Rouge. (CN.ca)

Crops, Machinery, Reuters

Canadian railways in catch-22 over crude shipment

By Ahmed Farhatha, Anirban Paul March 28, 2018

Reading Time: 3 minutes Reuters — Canadian railway operators see a lucrative opportunity to transport more crude oil to the U.S. as a rise in output forces producers to find new routes to its southern neighbour. However, their need for long-term contracts and the pressure to move a surplus of grains in the country is making it hard to […] Read more

Great railroading and sound business: general manager Travis Long and Kevin Friesen, a farmer owner, plan BTRC’s next step.

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The little railway that did

These Manitoba farmers show how much can be achieved with superior leadership skills

By Angela Lovell December 6, 2017

Reading Time: 14 minutes Remember The Little Engine that Could? It’s a story about optimism, hard work and determination, which pretty much sums up the story of the Boundary Trail Railway Company (BTRC), a producer-owned, short-line railway in southern Manitoba. In 2008, a group of Manitoba farmers, with no clue how to run a railway, signed a piece of […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Reuters

China to subsidize grain transportation, storage

By Reuters November 24, 2017

Reading Time: < 1 minute Beijing | Reuters — China plans to subsidize grain transportation and storage facilities in the latest push by Beijing to modernize the world’s largest agriculture sector. Beijing will subsidize projects upgrading or building facilities to load and receive grains along main railways and ports for major waterways including the Yangtze and Pearl rivers, a document […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

New record set for Prairie grain throughput in 2016-17

By Allan Dawson August 22, 2017

Reading Time: 4 minutes Western Canada’s grain industry moved a record volume of grain in the 2016-17 crop year that ended July 31 and is gearing up to ship this year’s crop, expected to be the smallest in four years. Export terminals at Vancouver, Prince Rupert and Thunder Bay put through 35.945 million tonnes of grain last crop year, […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

Early reviews positive for grain transportation bill

By Allan Dawson May 16, 2017

Reading Time: 3 minutes Long-awaited amendments to the Canada Transportation Act that Prairie grain farmers and shippers hope will result in better rail service were tabled Tuesday in the House of Commons. At press time Tuesday farm organization and grain company officials were still assessing Bill C-49, which also deals with other transportation issues, including air travel. At first […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

Prairie grain freight cost index to rise with fuel prices

By Country Guide Staff April 28, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes 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

Reading Time: 2 minutes 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 Country Guide Staff December 28, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes 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 Country Guide Staff November 3, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes 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

Daily Network News

Canadian Agricultural HR Council gets federal funds for workforce development tools

Farm groups call on agriculture minister to pause federal research cuts

Feed grains weekly: Prices bump up

Tag Archives railways

Senate hands back transport bill, with changes

Canadian railways in catch-22 over crude shipment

The little railway that did

China to subsidize grain transportation, storage

New record set for Prairie grain throughput in 2016-17

Early reviews positive for grain transportation bill

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

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