Tag Archives: grain movement
Transport Canada wants feedback from groups on rail transportation policy
The grain industry is gearing up for meetings and submissions on rail transportation. SaskAgToday.com Chief Agricultural Editor Kevin Hursh says it's a wide-ranging review of grain transportation poli...
Oct 03, 2023
Russian drone strikes hit a Ukrainian port on Romania’s border that is key to grain exports
Russian drones on Wednesday hit a Ukrainian port city along the border with Romania, causing significant damage and a huge fire at facilities that are key to Ukrainian grain exports. The attacks follo...
Aug 02, 2023
Russian drone strikes hit a Ukrainian port on Romania’s border that is key to grain exports
Russian drones on Wednesday hit a Ukrainian port city along the border with Romania, causing significant damage and a huge fire at facilities that are key to Ukrainian grain exports. The attacks follo...
Aug 02, 2023
Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association keeping tabs on potential strike at B.C. ports
A potential strike of B.C. port workers is looming. Yesterday (Wed), members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union voted in favour of strike action and could walk off the job on Saturday,...
Jun 29, 2023
APAS wants the federal government to support provisions that would increase rail competition
Increase rail competition and lowering costs of hauling farm commodities are the goals of provisions included in a federal bill to extend interswitching on railways. Ian Boxall, president of the Agric...
May 30, 2023
Farm leader concerned about impact PSAC strike could have on grain movement
The Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association wants the federal government to find a resolution to the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) strike as quickly as possible. President Gunter Jochum,...
Apr 20, 2023
CN Rail sets new grain movement record in February
CN Rail says last month was the best February ever for prairie grain movement on the CN network. Grain shipments reached 2.4 million metric tons last month, exceeding the record set in February 2021 b...
Mar 03, 2023
Grains analyst says grain movement was like a roller coaster in January
A grain movement analyst says January was a month of ups and downs in grain shipping by rail. Milt Poirier with QGI Consulting says grain movement was poor at Christmas, saw some recovery in early Jan...
Feb 22, 2023
CN Rail outlines plan to move prairie grain to market this winter
CN Rail says it is well prepared to move this falls larger prairie crop to market. The assistant vice president of grain at CN, David Prezednowek says the winter rail plan shows 57 new locomoti...
Oct 06, 2022
Sask farmers disappointed with latest grain shipment figures
Saskatchewan farmers are disappointed with the latest grain movement numbers. The Ag Transport Coalition says CN Rail only supplied 24 to 30 percent of the hopper cars ordered in the last half ...
Feb 08, 2022
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