Insights and Stories on Grain Transportation

Record amount of grain moved, CN goes over revenue limit

Dec. 29, 2021 at 2:46 pm CST

The Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) recently ruled that Canadian National Railway exceeded its maximum grain revenue entitlements for the 2020/21 crop year. Meanwhile, the CTA stated that Canadian Pacific was under its entitlement. The CTA’s report stated that CN’s revenue from transporting Western Canadian grain was nearly C$1.045 billion and […]

CN, CP railways break grain shipping records

Aug. 4, 2021 at 4:12 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

Carbon tax an eight per cent hit on net income, APAS says

Feb. 6, 2020 at 6:25 am CST

By GFM Staff

Crop year ends with grain export record

Aug. 2, 2019 at 4:09 pm CDT

By Staff

Russia to boost grain transport subsidies in 2018

Dec. 7, 2017 at 6:37 pm CST

By Reuters

China to subsidize grain transportation, storage

Nov. 24, 2017 at 8:12 pm CST

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 […]

By Reuters

Mixed reactions from farm groups to Bill C-49 progress

Nov. 6, 2017 at 9:12 am CST

Commodity News Service Canada – Western Canadian producer groups support changes to rail transportation in Canada but vary on support of the latest legislation, Bill C-49. Bill C-49 passed its third reading in the House of Commons Nov. 1 and is now off to the Senate for review. The bill […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

Ottawa to keep revenue cap on grain shipments by rail

May. 16, 2017 at 10:19 am CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — The Canadian government introduced draft legislation on grain transportation on Tuesday that would keep in place a revenue cap on western grain that railways haul for export. The grain revenue cap, or “maximum revenue entitlement” (MRE), has been in place since 2000 and is intended to […]

By Reuters

Grains sector continues to welcome transport legislation

Nov. 4, 2016 at 10:20 am CDT

CNSC – Accolades from producer groups and others in the grain industry continue to roll in for the federal government’s upcoming transportation legislation. The planned measures were outlined this week by Marc Garneau, the federal transportation minister, in a speech in Montreal. The new legislation will allow reciprocal penalties in […]

By Staff

CP offers assurances for 2016-17 grain handle

Jun. 29, 2016 at 5:59 pm CDT

Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) says it’s ready and willing to move a bumper Prairie crop in 2016-17. “Operationally, CP is eager and prepared to move grain this coming crop year,” company CEO Hunter Harrison said in a letter to federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau. The letter, dated Tuesday, was also […]

By Allan Dawson

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