# 'Perfect storm': Anti-pipeline blockades deepen challenges for farmers after winter of rail headaches - Financial Post

> Anti-pipeline blockades have stalled CN network shipments, adding to Canadian farmers' losses from the November CN strike. Farm groups say there is no spare rail capacity, so recovery could take weeks or months.

- Date: 2020-02-12 · published 2020-02-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Canada · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/54611-perfect-storm-anti-pipeline-blockades-deepen-challenges-for-farmers-after
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md)

## Why it matters

Lost rail capacity delays grain and food shipments to export buyers, supporting Canadian grain basis and freight costs for feed buyers.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- OCEANFRT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2019-11-18 | [First CN Rail strike in decade piles more woes on battered Western farmers - Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56083-first-cn-rail-strike-in-decade-piles-more-woes-on-battered-western-farmers.md) | +3.8% | +3.1% |
| WHEAT | 2018-04-18 | [CP Rail vows not to be held ‘hostage’ by unions, but grain farmers fear strike would be ‘devastating’ - Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65531-cp-rail-vows-not-to-be-held-hostage-by-unions-but-grain-farmers-fear-strike.md) | +0.1% | -0.9% |
| WHEAT | 2023-08-08 | [After attacking Ukraine wheat exports, Russia faces own shipping challenge \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14369-after-attacking-ukraine-wheat-exports-russia-faces-own-shipping-challenge.md) | -1.2% | -8.0% |
| WHEAT | 2025-03-13 | [Farmers pay price as railway delays deepen \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25578-farmers-pay-price-as-railway-delays-deepen-the-western-producer.md) | +5.7% | +2.3% |
| WHEAT | 2018-04-19 | [CP Rail strike could be devastating for Western Canadian farmers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65532-cp-rail-strike-could-be-devastating-for-western-canadian-farmers.md) | +0.3% | -1.2% |

## Sources

- financialpost.com: https://financialpost.com/economy/perfect-storm-anti-pipeline-blockades-deepen-challenges-for-farmers-after-winter-of-rail-headaches/

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