CWB winter rail program

[TOM4CWB]

Dear Charlie,

Do you have any idea how many tonnes and the cost per tonne of this program for 2009-10? Did the CWB ship much durum?

[charliep]

Actually don't know the answer to either question. To manufacture, I would start with CGC Grain Statistics weekly.

<a href="http://www.grainscanada.gc.ca/statistics-statistiques/gsw-shg/2009-10/week-semaine-46/gsw-shg-13-eng.htm">disposition of canadian grain</a>

From this table, there was 540,000 tonnes of durum shipped from western primary/process elevators to eastern transfer elevators (my guess rail). There was 965,000
tonnes shipped to Thunder Bay. Some of this may have been railed east in a winter program. Even 100.000 tonnes of durum moved out of Churchill so far in 2009/10.
Other numbers are also interesting.

[charliep]

I screwed up. You actually shipped 152,000 tonnes of durum out of Churchill.