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grain shippers
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CP sets record for grain shipments to Vancouver
Calgary, AB — Canadian Pacific announced that November 2018 was another very strong month for the movement of Canadian grain. The company has broken its previous record for carloads of Western Canadian grain and grain products shipped to the Port…
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Feds, farmers disagree about what to do with surplus funds
Winnipeg, MB — The government and grain producers have very different ideas about what to do with a $130 million surplus collected by the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC). The CGC announced that it will invest the funs in a Harvest…
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Wheat Kings
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…
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Grain shippers welcome action to avoid rail work stoppage
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…
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Grain rail backlogs ‘unfortunate’ issue: federal agriculture minister
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…
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Western grain farmers push for legislative fix to railway bottleneck
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…
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Grain industry facing ‘dire situation’ as backlog of grain shipments grow
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…
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CP enhances sales and marketing team, names John Brooks CMO
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…
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CP reports “best-ever” month of grain movement to Vancouver
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…
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Canada extends by one year rules for rail to speed grain moves
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…
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Canadian Pacific says it is well positioned to serve grain shippers in upcoming crop-year
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…