# Rail lockout compounds grain transport woes - Manitoba Co-operator

> Canadian Pacific and the Teamsters agreed on March 22 to settle their labor dispute through arbitration, after a shutdown that began March 20. The Western Grain Elevator Association said the lockout hit an already strained grain handling system and that the damage to grain movements will persist.

- Date: 2022-03-22 · published 2022-03-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Canada · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/42315-rail-lockout-compounds-grain-transport-woes-manitoba-co-operator
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Grain elevators and exporters face a backlog of stranded cars during peak seeding-season shipping, which keeps near-term export logistics tight and supports Canadian wheat prices.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2024-06-27 | [Rail strike still looms as holdup stretches on - Manitoba Co-operator](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29789-rail-strike-still-looms-as-holdup-stretches-on-manitoba-co-operator.md) | -2.2% | +4.2% |
| WHEAT | 2025-04-14 | [Grain off the rails: Transportation update \| paNOW](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16949-grain-off-the-rails-transportation-update-panow.md) | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| WHEAT | 2021-09-28 | [Patrick-MUA stoush compounds pain for ag exporters - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45092-patrick-mua-stoush-compounds-pain-for-ag-exporters-grain-central.md) | +5.5% | +8.4% |
| WHEAT | 2022-07-21 | [Grain Transportation Report, July 21, 2022](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16695-grain-transportation-report-july-21-2022.md) | -11.0% | -1.2% |
| WHEAT | 2020-01-22 | [Transport strikes in France impacting cereal sector \| 2020-01-22  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55085-transport-strikes-in-france-impacting-cereal-sector-2020-01-22-world-grain.md) | -4.5% | -0.1% |

## Sources

- manitobacooperator.ca: https://www.manitobacooperator.ca/news-opinion/news/rail-lockout-compounds-grain-transport-woes/

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