Y'all like wheat today !

[farmaholic]

bucket, your not far off, I think canola acres are going to explode next year, many cant afford to grow wheat anymore.

In the Sahara Slum of the Ghetto.....our soil moisture has not been replenished. Getting canola.established next spring might be a huge challenge.....if things don't change and those low humidity hot windy days are prevalent. ...we're ****ed! Seeding conditions can go from adequate to dismal real quick! Too early for fretting and hand wringing just yet, but as of now, we are already somewhat behind the eight ball!

[farming101]

Apologies, my posts on that thread were just stating some numbers without a comment on whether I thought they were good or bad. Definitely room for improvement at getting grain to port in a timely fashion.
If there were no ships waiting for grain I guess that would be worse....especially if the system was full

CP has been outperforming CN this year

CN hiring [URL="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/cn-rail-hiring-saskatchewan-1.4409104"]http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/cn-rail-hiring-saskatchewan-1.4409104[/URL]

CN has had problems this year, some not entirely their fault [URL="https://globalnews.ca/news/3810003/train-cars-derail-off-trestle-bridge-in-central-alberta-witness/"]https://globalnews.ca/news/3810003/train-cars-derail-off-trestle-bridge-in-central-alberta-witness/[/URL]

Look at the numbers for CN car cancellations

[bucket]

They had some nice weather to make some gains on emptying the prairies ....****ed around until winter with more excuses.....

CN hiring...????they should have been when Harrison was there but he cut it to the bone...


Same thing at CP eventually....

Human resources are fairly easy in mature industries.....if you forget to hire to replace .....it eventually catches up....

Province did it with nurses....ipsco did it with trades....it costs more in the long run to have bulk hiring to end up with a percentage of qualified employees.....in other words you end up with dog****ers.....maybe I should apply....

[farming101]

The article said 40 jobs posted in Melville. Seems like a lot.

[bigzee]

I threw a target in at $7.75 yesterday for 14.6 pro.
Was going to do $8, but thought that’s too nice of a round number.

[bucket]

The article said 40 jobs posted in Melville. Seems like a lot.

They might end up with 10 keepers.....

[farming101]

I threw a target in at $7.75 yesterday for 14.6 pro.
Was going to do $8, but thought that’s too nice of a round number.

That should go

[farming101]

They might end up with 10 keepers.....

Neighbour landed a CN job this summer. He likes it. Hope it works out.
You're right, CN is not going to get up to speed when they need that many all at once

[farming101]

Are those ships waiting for grain already bought or is getting the grain there an issue? ....why a widening basis then.

A 55000 tonne cargo is about 611 ninety tonne rail cars full...times 6 is 3666 cars....thats alot of unit trains.

Likely around 2650 wheat cars to fill what's there. Another due before month's end
Some of those mariners aren't going anywhere soon. Break out the cards

[farmaholic]

I threw a target in at $7.75 yesterday for 14.6 pro.
Was going to do $8, but thought that’s too nice of a round number.

$7.77 would have triggered..... Lucky sevens!

Not high enough for the Px values.... the premium and discount schedules are inverted/retarded(both work).

$7+ offers already at some terminals.... and you're a whole percent higher than the magic 13.5 px..... do the math.(but don't let me do it for you!)

[farmaholic]

Likely around 2650 wheat cars to fill what's there. Another due before month's end
Some of those mariners aren't going anywhere soon. Break out the cards

Boy is my math bad.... no wonder I can't get ahead! Smaller ships? More wht/car?

[farming101]

Boy is my math bad.... no wonder I can't get ahead! Smaller ships? More wht/car?

Math right on
I used 92.5 MT for wheat in a rail car and ya some of the ships waiting right now are a little smaller