# Grain growers, railways clash over slow pace of shipments - The Globe and Mail

> Western Canadian grain companies say slow rail deliveries are causing them to lose sales and pay penalties to foreign buyers. The two major railways delivered only 38% of ordered grain cars in the latest week, with CN supplying 17%. Farmers are reporting full storage bins and cash-flow strain.

- Date: 2018-02-26 · published 2018-02-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Canada · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/66510-grain-growers-railways-clash-over-slow-pace-of-shipments-the-globe-and-mail
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Canola Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CANMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

Grain stuck on the Prairies cuts Canada's export availability, which supports wheat prices in importing markets and tightens supplies of canola-based feed ingredients.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- CANMEAL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2018-03-07 | [Western ports clogged on slowdown in crop shipments by rail - The Globe and Mail](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66013-western-ports-clogged-on-slowdown-in-crop-shipments-by-rail-the-globe-and-mail.md) | -0.2% | -0.3% |
| WHEAT | 2025-10-06 | [Kazakhstan restricts rail shipments of grain to the port of Aktau](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22403-kazakhstan-restricts-rail-shipments-of-grain-to-the-port-of-aktau.md) | +0.0% | +6.3% |
| WHEAT | 2019-12-20 | [One month after CN strike, major grain backlogs remain - The Globe and Mail](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55600-one-month-after-cn-strike-major-grain-backlogs-remain-the-globe-and-mail.md) | +0.3% | +2.3% |
| WHEAT | 2018-05-29 | [Grain Shipments May be Impacted by CP Rail Strike \| Red River Farm Network](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65033-grain-shipments-may-be-impacted-by-cp-rail-strike-red-river-farm-network.md) | -0.9% | -2.8% |
| WHEAT | 2020-03-16 | [Ukraine: in the second week of March, the seaports halved grains shipments](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53985-ukraine-in-the-second-week-of-march-the-seaports-halved-grains-shipments.md) | -3.2% | -5.5% |

## Sources

- theglobeandmail.com: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/grain-growers-railways-clash-over-slow-pace-of-shipments/article38108064/

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