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Stocks of Canadian Grain at July 31, 2007

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The eight publications in this series are released throughout the crop year detailing farm stocks of grain, crop area, yield and production. Stock reports detail the farm-held stocks at the provincial level and farm-held plus commercial stocks at the Canada level for major Canadian grains.

Definitions of the crop categories referenced in Report No. 6, Field crop Reporting Series are listed below.

Stocks on farms: farm held stocks of grains include marketable grain, reserves for on-farm feed, seed use and dockage.

Commercial stocks: stocks of grain held at facilities such as elevators, terminals, mills, etc.  Commercial stocks exclude dockage.

Dockage: dockage is material that must be removed from grain in order that the grain can be assigned the highest grade for which it qualifies.

Major crops: wheat, oats, barley, flaxseed, canola, corn for grain and soybeans.

Coarse grains: oats, barley, corn for grain and mixed grains.

Oilseeds: canola, flaxseed and soybeans.

Major special crops: dry peas, lentils, mustard seed, sunflower seed and canary seed.


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