Agriculture rail transport and 2020: the year in pests

CP Rail continues to outperform CN Rail on the percentage of hopper cars supplied to shippers. Those statistics come from the Ag Transport Coalition, which monitors rail performance on behalf of shippers and producer groups. CP supplied 79 per cent of cars ordered in shipping week 18 . . .compared to 68 per cent for CN. Those numbers show a small decline from the previous week. Milt Poirier is with QGI Consulting, which produces the weekly report for the Ag Transport Coalition. He will tell us about the latest report on rail service and performance. Saskatchewan's insect specialist calls 2020 a “relatively moderate” year for pests in the province’s agricultural crops. Flea beetle and cutworm in canola and other crops, grasshoppers, diamondback moth are just a few. James Tansey with the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture will discuss the areas most impacted by insects and the pest that could be a real troublemaker in the 2021 growing season.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.