# Manitoba canola farmers keeping close eye on railway blockades following difficult harvest | CBC News

> Manitoba canola farmers are watching anti-pipeline rail blockades that have shut parts of CN Rail's network, following a difficult season marked by an October snowstorm, a November rail strike and December derailments. Farmers say canola prices have fallen and cash flow concerns are rising.

- Date: 2020-02-15 · published 2020-02-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Canada · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/54704-manitoba-canola-farmers-keeping-close-eye-on-railway-blockades-following
- Commodities: [Canola Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CANMEAL.md), [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

Rail shutdowns delay canola and grain movement to export terminals, increasing logistics costs and supporting basis weakness for Canadian canola and meal supplies.

## Read by commodity

- BARGE: neutral
- CANMEAL: bearish ▼

## Sources

- cbc.ca: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-farmers-rail-train-blockades-pipeline-1.5465563

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