Saskatchewan farm group and Ministers feel grain will move easier this harvest
Federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau doesn’t think there will be a problem with grain transportation by rail this year.
Garneau and federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay held a meeting Thursday in Saskatoon with more than a dozen farm groups as part of the development of a long-term plan for transportation in Canada.
“CP and CN are equipped to handle the large grain harvested this year,” Garneau said. “Everything I’ve seen and heard from both of them leads me to believe they won’t have any issues.”
The second largest crop on record is getting ready to hit the rail cars and that has some farmers worried because of the issues of moving grain back in 2013.