Major Canadian Railways See Grain Shipments Drop Over the Past Week: Ag Transport Coalition
CN and CPKC Rail supplied a combined 72% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 1, a notable decline from the 81% order fulfillment performance seen in week 53. In supplying 66% of cars ordered by shippers in week 1,…
CPKC workers, CN Rail issuing strike and lockout notices ahead of deadline
Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. (CPKC) and Canadian National Railway Co. (CN Rail) and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference, union representing about 9,300 workers, are gearing up for a potential work stoppage later this week. Workers at CPKC issued 72-hour…
Improving bio-industrial sector the goal of latest federal funding announcement
Ottawa has announced up to $6.5 million in funding to Bio-industrial Innovation Canada (BIC) through the AgriScience Program – Clusters Component, an initiative under the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership. The Bio-products Cluster, led by BIC, will develop specialized technologies that…
Ray Orb reflects on his time as President of SARM, plans for the future
It’s a new chapter for Ray Orb, as he is now adjusting to life after being the president of the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) for the last ten years, and twenty overall with the Board. Thursday was his…
Provincial Agriculture Minister weighs in on potential railway stoppage, the start of harvest, and a joint call for reversal of changes to capital gains tax
In a one-on-one interview with host of SaskAgToday and 620 CKRM AgriNews Director Ryan Young, Provincial Agriculture Minister David Marit talked about a variety of topics. First, Marit shared what he has noticed and heard of crop conditions and crop…