Will 200000 tonnes a week west cut it.?

[wmoebis]

It's called backing up the system so no one has to bid on grain....

You have elevators looking for grain to fill their book into Feb-Mar time frame but boats waiting on west coast? ?????


It's only 5 trains to fill a boat from facilities that clean on the prairies. ....straight into a boat since it's already graded when the train is loaded....

It's not graded for export at elev.

[bucket]

Politely wmoebis. ...


It ****ing well should be graded if it's been cleaned onto a train....there should be no regrading after a 10 day rail trip....

That's bullshit in this day and age. ...

[fjlip]

And nobody gives a shit, just send the costs/demurage/dockage to the DUMB farmers, they have to pay or go broke. Biting the hand that feeds the economy....
Wonder what Putin would do???? just make the problem people disappear...

[wmoebis]

Politely wmoebis. ...


It ****ing well should be graded if it's been cleaned onto a train....there should be no regrading after a 10 day rail trip....

That's bullshit in this day and age. ...

Yes I agree Ritz did away with on site grading turned it over to 3rd party.

Unless you have been on site and understand how it works it looks pretty easy but it's not. Politics within each company comes into play.

[farming101]

Politics no doubt. Still working out how 300,600 tonnes of #4 and 5 durum was received at export terminals last year and not one kernel of #4 or 5 was exported. It would be interesting to see what the specs were for the tonnes shipped as "Other" and the price received

[MBgrower]

And nobody gives a shit, just send the costs/demurage/dockage to the DUMB farmers, they have to pay or go broke. Biting the hand that feeds the economy....
Wonder what Putin would do???? just make the problem people disappear...

according to Ritz farmers will never have to pay for demurage again.

[farming101]

Likely the merchants got stuck with a few demurrage bills but I think they're fast learners

[farmaholic]

Politics no doubt. Still working out how 300,600 tonnes of #4 and 5 durum was received at export terminals last year and not one kernel of #4 or 5 was exported. It would be interesting to see what the specs were for the tonnes shipped as "Other" and the price received

Ah-hem.....sodomy without lube. I hung on to my "poor" durum and grossed $6.75 early winter. Let's be realistic though....I'm assuming it was trickled into the new crop that graded nearly 100% #1 & 2. But I'm satisfied with what I got....excellent experience....easier to sell something( that they actually want) to someone, than to try and force it down their throats.

[bucket]

Oh oh ...politicians on holidays ....now comes the news how bad the railways are actually doing....and can't do sfa until February. ...which tells me we are back into 2013 mode.....wonderful

[farmaholic]

Oh oh ...politicians on holidays ....now comes the news how bad the railways are actually doing....and can't do sfa until February. ...which tells me we are back into 2013 mode.....wonderful

......does the world stop turning when Parliament isn't in session?

[bucket]

It doesn't even turn when they are there.....seen any progress on the Indian pulse duty?


Railways haven't hit good numbers for months.....everyone is asleep....20 questions per day about the finance minister .....one question a month about agriculture. ...

See the problem?


Macauley has only stood twice to answer about ag....in a month and a half.....

53 billion in exports and that's the respect we get in Parliament. ...

[sawfly1]

good thing peas are worth nothing.
not many to ship.

maybe it would be ok if trump cancelled NAFTA.
then we could nationalize them, or at least the rail beds.

might be affordable then , not having to pay for the lost potential profits.
but only a fair value on the rail beds.

i do not see any other solution, as long as NAFTA is on the books ,
the railways are more powerful than Govt.s

old Mulroney, with NAFTA , saved his votes in Quebec, by protecting dairy.
at the same time , selling us into slavery with the railroads.
and the liberals selling CN . all stupid.

such good planning , by liberal and conservatives and the wheat growers asc.

i wonder what lame ass solution, they will come up with this time.
for the tenth time.

what , more uncollected fines
scary

fuller rates than they already have,
that worked so well before.

only problem , with a monopoly, they do not care. there is no incentive ,
they are gonna get the business anyway.

higher rates just means more dividends, or pick up another rail line in the states, they still will not have to spend a nickle
getting the grain to the coast