CN and CP take .10 Cents more per bushel in 2010 2011.

[SASKFARMER3]

Well well well the parasites are at it again just announced that railways will get an extra 7%for the 2010 2011 crop year. Or just take and add an extra .10cents to your freight bill. Shipped 500000 bushels that's an extra 50,000.00 off your bottom line.
Reason increased fuel costs. Hm

[SASKFARMER3]

What should the penalty be for piss poor service. Hm

[fjlip]

$.20 per bu. If we were French farmers there would be thousands in city streets, because we're f'ing mad and not going to take any more! Canadian farmers bend over for more abuse.

[bucket]

These increases are approved/formulated by the cta - a part of the govrnment.

It is odd that the baltic dry index goes down and freight/shipping
companies rates come down. Not in Canada, we just keep taking it. If anything the railways rates should be coming down not up.

Liberal, conservative,ndp - it doesn't matter - they are all in taking care of their friends at the railways. Unions for the ndp, liberal senators hold shares, and the conservatives want board positions.

[furrowtickler]

Couple this increase with the CWB pro's falling into a "red" hole and we will need a 60bus wheat crop to break even.
Runnin numbers on board grains looked awefull before, now this b/s is even worse. Also, I doubt like hell we will get an interm payment from '09, just a few pennies next Dec.

[Burbert]

This is probably only the beginning, as the economy improves big business takes it's rightful share. Kanadian business is based on increases, each and every year. Haven't yous noticed it? Every year prices go up, up and up. Greed is good, greed is what makes the market work. Banks, railroads, grain companies, oil companies git more and more, den the trickle down begins and we git tossed a copper or two, ta keep us goin and hopin!!

[bucket]

Interim, good luck, and the final is a pipe dream.

If you read what the cwb doesn't tell you - the durum pool is in deficit. Why do you think they are begging farmers to reduce contracts or moving it into next year?

But all is well, we have agristabilty which will come into effect in 2012 for the 2010 year. All after the fact programs are useless.

[wmoebis]

Here it is spring! Where is the CROW?

[bucket]

The liberal shot the crow since they looking after our best interests and ensuring the liberal senators could collect healthy dividend cheques from the railways for the rest of their lives.

Ralph got in on the deal as well. And its obvious because he forgot to put in level of service fines or an adequate review of costs in a realistic time frame.

With the efficencies that the railway have gained on the backs of farmers, the freight rate should be 1/3 of what it is today. Its the equivalent of daddy buying you the equipment and all you have to do is pay the difference to keep it upgraded.

[fjlip]

Get on your MP's cases. Cons are the problem...
Currently, the railways and the CTA adjust the revenue cap upward to account for changes in railway costs. But there is no mechanism in place to adjust the revenue cap downward to account for increased railway productivity and efficiency and, hence, lower actual costs. The railways have eliminated their cabooses, tore up branchlines, adopted more fuel-efficient locomotives, cut the number of grain delivery points, and have driven the system more toward 50- and 100-car loading. All these moves have reduced railways’ costs. But because the federal government has refused to do a railway costing review, CN and CPR have been allowed to pocket all those efficiency gains, and they continue to do so.

Boehm concluded: “It is a one-way street: farmers pay more if railways’ costs go up, and there is no reduction in rates if railways’ costs go down as a result of system restructuring and efficiency gains.” Until 1992, the federal government conducted regular costing reviews, adjusting railway charges downward to reflect increasing efficiencies within the system and, thus, sharing a portion of efficiency with grain farmers. Quadrennial costing reviews and the sharing of efficiency gains reflected the reality that efficiency gains were created by investments by all system participants—railways, grain companies, governments, and farmers.