Winnipeg Free Press Last Modified: 6:47 PM CST Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021 | Updates Besides its role selling grain, the CWB loomed large in almost every part of the cereal value chain. (Wayne Glowacki / Winnipeg Free Press files) It’s been interesting to watch how Western Canada’s grain industry has sorted itself out since the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) lost its single desk status and was privatized nearly a decade ago. Opinion It’s been interesting to watch how Western Canada’s grain industry has sorted itself out since the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) lost its single desk status and was privatized nearly a decade ago.