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Canada's major railways report strong grain shipments in week 49: Ag Transport Coalition

CN Rail performance improved last week for a third consecutive week, while CPKC Rail performance held steady and near perfect for an eighth straight week.

CN and CPKC combined, supplied 96% of shipper orders, a slight improvement from the 95% performance seen in week 48.

System performance remains north of the 90% threshold for a third straight week.

In supplying 93% of cars ordered by shippers in week 49, CN saw performance improve from the 91% order fulfillment

performance seen in week 48.

CN performance remains above the 90% threshold for a second straight week.

Meanwhile, in supplying 99% of shipper orders last week, CPKC matched the performance seen in week 48.

CPKC performance has now been at 90% or better for ten consecutive weeks, averaging 97% order fulfillment performance weekly, over that period.

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Kansas Wheat Harvest 2026 is underway near Alden, Kansas!

In this video, I spend time with Frederick Harvesting, a custom harvesting operation based in Alden, Kansas. Back at their home farm, three new John Deere S7 700 combines equipped with John Deere HDF40 draper heads work through a drought-stricken winter wheat crop while one of the farm's John Deere 8R 370 tractors pulls a Brent 1398 grain cart.

Most of the Frederick Harvesting crew was already busy cutting wheat in southwest Kansas, but these machines remained at home to finish up local fields. Throughout the video, I explain what is happening, discuss the effects of dry conditions on the crop, and capture plenty of aerial footage showing the combines working with the grain elevator at Alden in the background.