
Western Canadian Grain Elevator Association executive director Wade Sobkowich called the double railway stoppage devastating for the grain industry. CN and CPKC locked out about 9,300 engineers, conductors and yard workers on Thursday, while CPKC's 3,500 workers began a strike.
The grain industry moves roughly $50 million a day, and the disruption is mounting daily.
With harvest at peak elevator intake, stranded grain at elevators and backlogged rail shipments reduce available export supply and widen Canadian basis discounts. This supports higher prices for competing origins.
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Tras 283 eventos alcista de logística pasados, Trigo (SRW) se movió una mediana de -0,2 % en 5 sesiones (46% al alza; mitad central entre -1,4 % y +1,3 %), y -0,1 % en 20.
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