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(File photo by Dave Bedard)
Crops

CP CEO rules out raising Kansas City Southern bid

CP's first-quarter profit climbs

By Reuters April 22, 2021
Reuters — Canadian Pacific Railway CEO Keith Creel said Wednesday the company will not raise its bid for U.S. railroad Kansas City Southern, saying bigger rival Canadian National’s offer is […] Read more

File photo of a barley field in Argentina. (Juan Pablo Marchelletti/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Markets

Argentine truckers end strike, freeing China-bound barley

Canada, France would have been buyers' Plan B

By Hugh Bronstein, Maximilian Heath February 10, 2021
Buenos Aires | Reuters — Argentine truckers ended a 20-day strike that had blocked access to ports in Buenos Aires province, agricultural industry sources said on Tuesday, following a deal […] Read more

(Dave Bedard photo)
Crops

Federal work/rest rules to be updated for railway workers

More clarifications coming, Teamsters say

By Dave Bedard December 9, 2020
A perennial sticking point in work stoppages and labour disputes at Canada’s two major railways is expected to be at least somewhat addressed within the next two and a half […] Read more

The White Pass border crossing between Alaska and northwestern British Columbia, about 25 km north of Skagway, Alaska. The proposed A2A line would largely skirt B.C. en route from Alberta to Alaska. (Thierry64/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops

Trump-backed Canadian railway to Alaska faces high hurdles

Proponents say line could move grain, fertilizer as well as oil

By Rod Nickel, Timothy Gardner September 28, 2020
Winnipeg/Washington | Reuters — A private-sector proposal endorsed by U.S. President Donald Trump to build a railway from Canada’s oil sands to ports in Alaska would free landlocked crude but […] Read more

(File photo by Dave Bedard)
Crops

Fuel, labour to pull grain freight cost indices lower

CP's share buybacks also a factor in its VRCPI

By Dave Bedard May 7, 2020
The numbers that decide how much revenue Canada’s big two railways get to keep from Prairie grain handling have been marked downward for the 2020-21 crop year. The Canadian Transportation […] Read more


(Dave Bedard photo)
Crops, Markets

CN faces grain export backlog of 10,000 carloads, CEO says

By Allison Lampert March 3, 2020
Montreal | Reuters — Canadian National Railway (CN) lost capacity equivalent to 10,000 carloads, or one million tonnes of grain exports, in February due to rail blockades by protesters opposed […] Read more

The first CN train passes through the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory on Feb. 24, 2020 after a camp next to the tracks was raided by police earlier in the day. (Photo: Reuters/Chris Helgren)
Crops

Protestors put up new rail, road barricades in wake of arrests

By Denise Paglinawan, Steve Scherer February 25, 2020
Ottawa/Toronto | Reuters — Protesters in Canada blocked train lines, Vancouver’s port entrance and at least one highway on Tuesday in response to the arrest of 10 indigenous activists when […] Read more

Federal Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller meets with representatives of the Mohawk Nation at the site of a rail stoppage at Tyendinaga, Ont., east of Belleville, on Feb. 15, 2020. (Photo: Reuters/Carlos Osorio)
Crops

Passenger trains to run again, pipeline protests block freight

By David Ljunggren February 18, 2020
Ottawa | Reuters — Passenger rail operator Via Rail said Tuesday it would soon resume partial services between Quebec City and Ottawa while the government sought to end anti-pipeline protests […] Read more


Barley. (Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)
Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Rally likely to end soon

By Glen Hallick January 30, 2020
MarketsFarm — After a bit of a rally for feed grain prices over the last three to four weeks, the feedlots are on the full side, said Brandon Motz of […] Read more

(Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)
Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Firm undertone to Prairie grains

By Phil Franz-Warkentin January 9, 2020
MarketsFarm — Solid demand from cattle feeders and ongoing logistic issues across the Prairies should keep a firm undertone in the feed grain market for the time being, according to […] Read more

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