Glacier Farm Media | MarketsFarm – Deliveries of major grains increased from December to December, according to data released by Statistics Canada on Jan. 29.
Total deliveries tallied more than 4.67 million tonnes last month, compared to 3.70 million a year ago. Of that, the largest deliveries were for total wheat at about 2.69 million tonnes versus 2.21 million the previous December.
That broke down to about 2.14 million tonnes of wheat excluding durum and 547,422 tonnes of durum. A year ago, those came in at 1.95 million and 253,927 tonnes.
December canola deliveries exceeded 1.51 million tonnes last month compared to 1.08 million a year ago.
There were also increases for oats and barley, at 196,344 and 248,876 tonnes, respectively.
Rye and flax deliveries stepped back in December, with 8,110 tonnes of rye and 11,942 of flax. The same time last year they amounted to 8,710 and 15,142 tonnes, respectively.
Source: Statistics Canada (tonnes)
Grain Dec23 Dec24 Change All Grains 3,704,230 4,668,801 +26.0% Total Wheat 2,205,036 2,688,920 +21.9% Wheat Only 1,951,108 2,141,499 +9.8% Durum 253,927 547,422 +115.6% Oats 175,671 196,344 +11.8% Barley 219,775 248,876 +13.2% Rye 8,710 8,110 -7.4% Flax 15,142 11,942 -26.8% Canola 1,079,895 1,514,609 +40.3%
