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July 16, 2010
Today, the Hon. John Baird, Minister of Transport released the Grain Monitor’s Annual Report for the 2008-09 crop year. 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 Annual Report
The report details the performance of Canada’s Grain Handling and Transportation System for the crop year ending July 31, 2009, and focuses on the various events, issues and trends manifest in the movement of Western Canadian grain.
What we are working on ...
2009-10 First Quarter Report
The grain monitoring team has completed the report for the first quarter of the 2009-10 crop year and looks forward to releasing the report in the coming weeks.
2009-10 Crop Year Second Quarter Report
Data analysis is nearing completion for the second quarter of this crop year and we look forward to completing the report by early September.
Grain Monitoring Program (GMP) Dashboard Q1 2009-10 Crop Year
2007-08 Crop Year |
2008-09 Crop Year |
Q1 2009-10 Crop Year |
Impact |
Change |
Comment |
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Total Time in System: |
60.1 |
51.2 |
56.1 Days |
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+9.6% |
Return to near normal operations |
Loaded Transit Time: |
8.0 |
6.8 |
6.1 Days |
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-10.3% |
Decreased volumes + focus on operations (i.e. on train power initiatives etc) |
Time In Store - Country: |
31.1 |
27.7 |
31.9 Days |
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+15.2% |
End of crop year/ later harvest
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Time In Store - Terminal: |
21.0 |
16.7 |
18.1 Days |
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+8.4% |
Slowing of system volumes |
Vessel Time in Port: |
5.0 |
4.6 |
5.3 Days |
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+15.2% |
Reduced volumes |
Elevator Turnover Ratio: |
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Country: |
6.0 |
6.7 |
6.0* |
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-10.2% |
Reduced volumes |
Terminal: |
8.5 |
10 |
- |
- |
(Reported annually) |
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Total Car Cycle: |
15.9 |
13.4 |
12.5 Days |
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-6.7% |
As above
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* For comparative purposes, the value of 6.0 presented here represents an annualized equivalent for the 1.5 actually recorded as the country elevator’s capacity turnover ratio in the first three months of the 2009-10 crop year.
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