Port's grain rush levels off.

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Grain volumes through the Port of Thunder Bay have gone from a record-setting monthly pace back to merely average levels.

The western Lake Superior port administration reported "near-normal levels" of grain movement in August with just under 650,000 tonnes on the books. It's still five per cent higher than the five-year average for that month.

Overall, it's been another banner year with grain shipments to date 23 per cent above the five-year average and ranking as the second highest level at this point in the season since 1997.

The normalization of shipments means that the back-to-back bumper harvests of 2013 and 2014 on the Prairies have finally...