There’s been a lot of discussion about a potential bumper crop and how to get that to market.
While some damaging storms across the Prairies are expected to have some impact getting a larger volume crop to market is always a concern, especially with the memory of 2013 and its transportation challenges still reasonably fresh in producer’s minds.
Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart says they’ve sent letters to the transport minister as well as both railways alerting them to the potential increase in grain volume:
"Everybody is warned and claimed to be engaged in delivering this crop to Tidewater. So that is optimistic, I think I am cautiously optimistic," he said.
Harvesting of that crop is now just a few weeks away.
Stewart, who also recently attended last week’s Federal, Provincial and Territorial Ag Ministers Meeting, felt the meeting was a step in the right direction.
Source : Discoverestevan