# Transload facility planned for Manitoba | The Western Producer

> Mid Canada Transload Services is building an inland port and rail siding near Letellier, Manitoba, about 11 km north of the US border. The facility will offer daily rail service to the US and Mexico and start with a few hundred thousand bushels of storage.

- Date: 2017-05-11 · published 2017-05-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Canada · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71071-transload-facility-planned-for-manitoba-the-western-producer
- Commodities: [Oats](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OATS.md)

## Why it matters

Added rail-served grain storage in southern Manitoba could ease shipping constraints for producers and improve access to US and Mexican buyers. The impact on prices is limited while the project is still at the planning stage.

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| OATS | 2024-09-24 | [Vancouver grain terminal workers go on strike amid harvest season - The Globe and Mail](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28343-vancouver-grain-terminal-workers-go-on-strike-amid-harvest-season-the-globe-and.md) | +6.4% | +2.9% |
| OATS | 2025-11-24 | [Higher Rail Costs Pressure Oat Shipments into the U.S. - RFD](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22011-higher-rail-costs-pressure-oat-shipments-into-the-u-s-rfd.md) | -4.5% | -2.5% |
| OATS | 2026-10-24 | [Fire breaks out at Quaker Oats plant in Cedar Rapids , Iowa – Winnipeg Free Press](https://feedsoft.ai/events/772-fire-breaks-out-at-quaker-oats-plant-in-cedar-rapids-iowa-winnipeg-free-press.md) | -7.6% | — |

## Sources

- producer.com: https://www.producer.com/news/transload-facility-planned-for-manitoba/

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