With its global footprint, BroadGrain Commodities trades in wholesale grains and foods, moving them around the world with ease. Earlier this year, as Canadian grain farmers were sitting on a record yield of grain, unable to get their product by…
Winnipeg, MB — Grain shippers welcomed news that a work stoppage at CP has been avoided following a recommendation from federal officials and the parties to hold a ratification vote. A work stoppage this week on CP would have had a…
Calgary, AB — Federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay says he has no immediate solution for getting Canadian grain moving again as farmers begin planning for spring seeding. “It’s been an ongoing and unfortunate issue,” MacAulay said at an event in…
Ottawa, ON —Billions of dollars are at stake if Canada doesn’t deal quickly with a severe shortage of rail cars that is keeping millions of tonnes of in-demand grain trapped in the country’s prairies, grain farmers say. Government inaction could…
Calgary, AB — Grain shippers and producers are raising concerns about a growing backlog of rail shipments that they say is leading to lost sales and unreliable exports. “It’s not getting better, it’s getting worse,” said Wade Sobkowich, executive director of the…
CALGARY, Alta.–Canadian Pacific has enhanced its sales and marketing team and has named John Brooks as Senior Vice-President and Chief Marketing Officer, effective immediately. “As CP moves into the next phase of its impressive turnaround, it is time to focus…
CALGARY, Alta.– Canadian Pacific said that despite a weather-delayed harvest, October was its best-ever month for Western Canadian grain movement to Vancouver and that it stands ready to work with its supply chain partners through the 2016/17 season to transport a…
WINNIPEG, Man.–On April 22, Canada’s new Liberal government extended by one year rules put in place in 2014 to speed movement of grain by rail, after an unprecedented backup of grain on the Western Prairies that year. The former Conservative government…
CALGARY, Alta.– Canadian Pacific is well positioned to provide best-in-class service to western Canadian grain shippers during the 2015-2016 crop-year. CP’s service offering to grain customers is driven by efficiency and creating velocity in the rail portion of the complex grain…