CP Rail Reports Record Year For Grain Transportation

Aug 11, 2020

With the new crop year underway, Canadian Pacific Railway has released its numbers for the last crop year which ended July 31st.

CP is reporting it hauled more Canadian grain and grain products for 2019-2020 than any other year in its 139-year history.

In total, CP moved 29.52 million metric tonnes, exceeding last year's record by 10 per cent or 2.75 MMT. CP credits the efficiency of the 8,500-foot High Efficiency Product (HEP) train model. The HEP train can carry in excess of 40 per cent more grain than the 7,000-foot train model when combined with the additional capacity of CP's new high-efficiency hopper cars.

The new cars can carry 10 percent more grain by weight and 15 percent more by volume than the older Government of Canada cars.

CP notes it's watching and assessing resource requirements for the 2020 - 21 crop year in terms of personnel, locomotives and railcar needs going forward.

Click here to see more...

Video: Sow Welfare and Group Housing Systems - Dr. Laya Alves

In this episode of The Swine it Podcast Show Canada, Dr. Laya Alves from the University of São Paulo, in Brazil, discusses how animal welfare regulations are evolving globally and their impact on pig production systems. She explains challenges in group housing, pain management, and euthanasia decisions, while highlighting the role of training and management in improving outcomes and economic sustainability. Listen now on all major platforms!

"Translating welfare requirements into daily farm routines without compromising economic sustainability remains one of the biggest challenges faced by producers globally today."

Meet the guest: Dr. Laya Alves / laya-kannan is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of São Paulo, Brazil, focusing on animal welfare in pig production, including pain management, euthanasia, and economic decision making. Her work integrates welfare science with practical farm management and sustainability. She collaborates globally to develop applied tools for producers.