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

Dec 30, 2019

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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Video: Evolution of Beef Cattle Farming

The Clear Conversations podcast took to the road for a special episode recorded in Nashville during CattleCon, bringing listeners straight into the heart of the cattle industry. Host Tracy Sellers welcomed rancher Steve Wooten of Beatty Canyon Ranch in Colorado for a wide-ranging discussion that blended family history and sustainability, particularly as it relates to the future of beef production.

Sustainability emerged as a central theme of the conversation, a word that Wooten acknowledges can mean very different things depending on who you ask. For him, sustainability starts with the soil. Healthy soil produces healthy grass, which supports efficient cattle capable of producing year after year with minimal external inputs. It’s an approach that equally considers vegetation, animal efficiency, and long-term profitability.

That philosophy aligned naturally with Wooten’s involvement in the U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef, where he served as a representative for the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association. The roundtable brings together the entire beef supply chain—from producers to retailers—along with universities, NGOs, and allied industries. Its goal is not regulation, Wooten emphasized, but collaboration, shared learning, and continuous improvement.