MarketsFarm — Deliveries of most major grains in Canada were higher in August than a year ago, according to Statistics Canada.
The federal agency issued its monthly deliveries report on Tuesday, showing total deliveries last month came to 5.103 million tonnes, up nearly 15 per cent from the previous August.
Wheat deliveries (excluding durum) tallied 2.936 million tonnes last month, rising more than 14 per cent compared to August 2022. Meanwhile those for durum dipped almost seven per cent from a year ago at 313,576 tonnes.
While canola came in 983,337 tonnes, jumping 29 per cent from August 2022, barley fell just over 13 per cent at 407,530 tonnes.
Table: Producer deliveries of major grains, in millions of tonnes. Source: StatCan.
| Grain | August 2022. . | August 2023. . | Change (pct) |
| All grains | 4.440 | 5.103 | +14.9 |
| Total wheat | 2.904 | 3.250 | +11.9 |
| Wheat (no durum). . | 2.567 | 2.936 | +14.4 |
| Durum | 0.337 | 0.314 | -6.9 |
| Oats | 0.243 | 0.391 | +61.0 |
| Barley | 0.470 | 0.408 | -13.2 |
| Rye | 0.047 | 0.050 | +7.1 |
| Flax | 0.016 | 0.022 | +40.0 |
| Canola | 0.762 | 0.983 | +29.0 |
