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CN & CP Under Maximum Grain Revenue Entitlements For 2018/19 Crop Year

The Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) has ruled that revenues for CN and CP Rail were below their maximum grain revenue entitlements for the 2018 - 2019 crop year.
 
This means no overage-related payouts or penalties were assessed.
 
CN's grain revenue of $933,357,710 was $371,116 below its entitlement of $933,728,826. CP's grain revenue of $862,734,965 was $764,101 below its entitlement of $863,499,066.
 
CN and CP moved 13.4% more grain this crop year.
 
In the 2018–2019 crop year, 46,060,737 tonnes of Western grain were moved under the MRE program.
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In this episode of The Swine Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, Dr. Kwangwook Kim, Assistant Professor at Michigan State University, discusses the use of non-nutritive sweeteners in nursery pig diets. He explains how sucralose and neotame influence feed intake, gut health, metabolism, and the frequency of diarrhea compared to antibiotics. The conversation highlights mechanisms beyond palatability, including hormone signaling and nutrient transport. Listen now on all major platforms!

“Receptors responsible for sweet taste are present not only in the mouth but also along the intestinal tract.”

Meet the guest: Dr. Kwangwook Kim / kwangwook-kim is an Assistant Professor at Michigan State University, specializing in swine nutrition and feed additives under disease challenge models. He earned his M.S. and Ph.D. in Animal Sciences from the University of California, Davis, where he focused on intestinal health and metabolic responses in pigs. His research evaluates alternatives to antibiotics, targeting gut health and performance in nursery pigs.