# Agriculture groups speak on rail disruption - Top Crop ManagerTop Crop Manager

> A rail work stoppage between Canada's CN and CPKC railways and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference began on 22 August. Agriculture groups estimated losses of over $43 million per day for grain farmers and about $11 million per day in lost canola seed exports, and welcomed federal action ordering binding arbitration.

- Date: 2024-08-26 · published 2024-08-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Canada · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/28904-agriculture-groups-speak-on-rail-disruption-top-crop-managertop-crop-manager
- Commodities: [Canola Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CANMEAL.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

Stalled rail movement of grain and canola delays exports and processing, which weighs on Canadian origin basis and supports prices for alternative supplies, while the government order should limit the duration of the disruption.

## Read by commodity

- BARGE: neutral
- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- CANMEAL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2025-03-13 | [Canada's agricultural future depends on fixing rail service failures - RealAgriculture](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25579-canada-s-agricultural-future-depends-on-fixing-rail-service-failures.md) | +5.7% | +2.3% |
| WHEAT | 2018-04-21 | [Agriculture minister pushes for end to CP Rail's labour woes - iPolitics](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65528-agriculture-minister-pushes-for-end-to-cp-rail-s-labour-woes-ipolitics.md) | +1.1% | +0.0% |
| WHEAT | 2026-10-16 | [Black Sea Disruptions: Why Large Crops Aren't Reaching Grain and Oilseed Buyers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14080-black-sea-disruptions-why-large-crops-aren-t-reaching-grain-and-oilseed-buyers.md) | +1.0% | — |
| WHEAT | 2021-07-26 | [Grain sector works its way through COVID disruption](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45955-grain-sector-works-its-way-through-covid-disruption.md) | -0.2% | +0.9% |
| WHEAT | 2024-06-12 | [Update on possible dual rail strike at CN and CPKC: Union planning second strike vote - RealAgriculture](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29790-update-on-possible-dual-rail-strike-at-cn-and-cpkc-union-planning-second-strike.md) | -2.1% | -3.3% |

## Sources

- topcropmanager.com: https://www.topcropmanager.com/agriculture-groups-speak-on-rail-disruption/

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