From this weeks agriweek
With four weeks left in the 2008-09 crop year, Canadian grain and oilseed exports totalled 28.31 million tonnes as of June 28, up 10% from a year ago. The 2008 harvest of the seven major western grains was 26% larger at 61.87 million tonnes.
Exports of Canadian Wheat Board grains came to 17.49 million tonnes by June 28, up 5% from 16.67 a year ago. Nondurum wheat shipments are 18% higher at 12.78 million tonnes and durum exports are up 11% but <b>barley shipments are down 52%.</b> Almost all barley exports this crop year have been malting barley.
Canola exports have already set a crop-year record at 7.16 million tonnes and are up 39% from 5.15 million at this time a year ago. Oats exports are down, flax shipments are similar (despite a 36% increase in production last year) and peas are up.
Total domestic use was slightly lower, especially milling of durum wheat, which is down by more than half to 312,000 tonnes compared to 707,000 a year ago. Domestic use of non-durum wheat recorded through commercial channels was up 5%.
Canola crush by domestic mills was up 2% at 4.05 million tonnes, setting a new record for the date. Domestic processing of oats is down sharply.
<b>The Wheat Board’s exports, besides not increasing in line with higher 2008 production, also have not been keeping up with off-farm deliveries, resulting in a big build-up of Wheat Board inventory in the commercial system. The Board took in almost 20 million tonnes of non-durum and durum wheat while exporting 16.10 million, boosting commercial stocks to
4.02 million tonnes from 3.27 million a year ago. As it happens, the outlook for a shorter crop for 2009 makes a large carryover from the about-to-end crop year more manageable. But the Wheat Board could not have been deliberately going slow knowing there would be a small crop in 2009. The latest figures do nothing to dispel the notion that the Board is not able to sell what is being produced. But it kept farmer delivery calls as high as possible to make it look like grain was moving.</b>
The most impressive achievement was
by canola exporters, who did make good
use of a record supply. The 2008-09 crop year was the last where such quantities of Canadian canola will be available for export. Sharply higher domestic crush capacity from the opening next year of two new plants will limit export availability
to about 5 million tonnes in a good year.
With four weeks left in the 2008-09 crop year, Canadian grain and oilseed exports totalled 28.31 million tonnes as of June 28, up 10% from a year ago. The 2008 harvest of the seven major western grains was 26% larger at 61.87 million tonnes.
Exports of Canadian Wheat Board grains came to 17.49 million tonnes by June 28, up 5% from 16.67 a year ago. Nondurum wheat shipments are 18% higher at 12.78 million tonnes and durum exports are up 11% but <b>barley shipments are down 52%.</b> Almost all barley exports this crop year have been malting barley.
Canola exports have already set a crop-year record at 7.16 million tonnes and are up 39% from 5.15 million at this time a year ago. Oats exports are down, flax shipments are similar (despite a 36% increase in production last year) and peas are up.
Total domestic use was slightly lower, especially milling of durum wheat, which is down by more than half to 312,000 tonnes compared to 707,000 a year ago. Domestic use of non-durum wheat recorded through commercial channels was up 5%.
Canola crush by domestic mills was up 2% at 4.05 million tonnes, setting a new record for the date. Domestic processing of oats is down sharply.
<b>The Wheat Board’s exports, besides not increasing in line with higher 2008 production, also have not been keeping up with off-farm deliveries, resulting in a big build-up of Wheat Board inventory in the commercial system. The Board took in almost 20 million tonnes of non-durum and durum wheat while exporting 16.10 million, boosting commercial stocks to
4.02 million tonnes from 3.27 million a year ago. As it happens, the outlook for a shorter crop for 2009 makes a large carryover from the about-to-end crop year more manageable. But the Wheat Board could not have been deliberately going slow knowing there would be a small crop in 2009. The latest figures do nothing to dispel the notion that the Board is not able to sell what is being produced. But it kept farmer delivery calls as high as possible to make it look like grain was moving.</b>
The most impressive achievement was
by canola exporters, who did make good
use of a record supply. The 2008-09 crop year was the last where such quantities of Canadian canola will be available for export. Sharply higher domestic crush capacity from the opening next year of two new plants will limit export availability
to about 5 million tonnes in a good year.
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