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January 2010

The Grain Monitor’s Report for the third quarter of the 2008-09 crop year is now available. Click the button on the right to get a complete downloadable version of the most recent Summary Report and accompanying Data Tables.

Note that “reports” contains the complete library of reports undertaken and submitted by Quorum as the Grain Monitor. It has been designed to make it easy to find the report(s) you are looking for.

The Latest Reports

2008-09 Crop Year Third Quarter Report

The report details the performance of Canada’s Grain Handling and Transportation System for the quarter ended April 30, 2009, and focuses on the various events, issues and trends manifest in the movement of Western Canadian grain.

What we are working on ...

2008-09 Crop Year Annual Report

The grain monitoring team is presently completing the report for the 2008-09 Crop Year. We look forward to releasing the report in the coming weeks.

2009-10 Crop Year First Quarter Report

Data analysis is nearing completion for the first quarter of this crop year and we look forward to completing the report by early March.

Grain Monitoring Program (GMP) Dashboard Q2 2008-09 Crop Year

	2007-08 Crop Year	Q3 2008-09 Crop Year	Impact	Change	Comment
Total Time in System:	60.1	53.6 Days		-10.8%	Reduction in storage time and rail cycles
Loaded Transit Time:	8.0	7.1 Days		-11.3%	Decreased volumes of other commodities
Time In Store - Country:	31.1	29.0 Days		-6.8%	Higher throughput – good volumes
Time In Store - Terminal:	21.0	17.5 Days		-16.7%	Increased volumes/ better turns
Vessel Time in Port:	5.0	4.9 Days		-2.0%	Increased volumes/ better turns
Elevator Turnover Ratio:
Country:	6.0	6.7		11.7%	Higher volumes
Terminal:	8.5	-	-	-	(Reported annually)
Total Car Cycle:	15.9	14.0 Days		-11.9%	Impact of lower overall rail traffic

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