Looming Canadian rail stoppage poised to disrupt North America’s agricultural supply chain

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Open this photo in gallery: Rail cars are loaded at Nutrien's Cory potash mine near Saskatoon, on Aug. 12, 2019.Nayan Sthankiya/Reuters A looming stoppage of freight railway operations across Canada would disrupt North America’s agricultural supply chain, snarling shipments of everything from wheat to fertilizer and meat. Unless last-minute labour agreements are reached, both Canadian National Railway CNR-T and Canadian Pacific Kansas City CP-T, an effective duopoly, will shut nearly all freight rail services in Canada for the first time at midnight on Thursday. Canada is the world’s top exporter of canola, used in food and biofuel, and of potash...