Grain Movement January-June
January 2006 - June 2006 andMarketing Year Summary 2004-2005 & 2005-2006
Released: October 1, 2007
Peggy Stringer, Director
NASS, Montana Field Office
Ron De Yong, Director
Montana Department of Agriculture
Eric Siebens,
Mathematical Statistician
 
Wheat Movement

Montana wheat shipped to out-of-state destinations during January 2007 through June 2007 was 64.1 million bushels, which is down 26% from the previous year.

Ninety-two percent of wheat shipped during this period headed west, totaling 58.8 million bushels, down 22% from a year earlier. Movements to eastern destinations during this period totaled 2.7 million bushels, down 59% from a year ago. Other and unknown destinations totaled 2.7 million bushels, down from 5.0 million bushels a year ago.

Wheat shipped by rail amounted to 62.2 million bushels, 97% of total shipments. Wheat trucked during this period was 2.0 million bushels compared with 2.2 million bushels last year. The percentage of wheat shipped by truck was 3% of the total, which is unchanged from the previous year

 
Barley Movement

Montana barley shipped to out-of-state destinations during the January 2007 to June 2007 period was 7.1 million bushels, down 12% from the same period last year.

Shipments of barley out of Montana headed for western destinations were up 99% from the same period last year, at 1.8 million bushels. Shipments to eastern destinations decreased from 5.7 million bushels last year to 4.2 million bushels this year. Shipments to other destinations went down from 1.4 million bushels last year to 1.0 million bushels this year.

Barley shipped by rail amounted to 6.8 million bushels, down 0.8 million bushels from last year. Barley hauled by rail was 97% of total movement, up from the same period last year.

 
Wheat and Barley Shipments out of Montana from January 2007 through June 2007 1/
 

Barley

Durum Wheat

Hard White Wheat

Soft White Wheat

Spring Wheat

Winter Wheat

Total Wheat

(Thousand Bushels)

Shipments By Truck

 

  West

117

21

5

--

320

669

1,015

  East

111

246

2

1

1

14

264

  Other & Unknown

12

31

--

--

395

265

691

Total Shipments by Truck

240

298

7

1

716

948

1,970

               

Shipments By Rail

             

  West

1,713

437

503

--

24,639

32,177

57,756

  East

4,121

2,417

7

--

--

--

2,424

  Other & Unknown

982

1,814

--

--

47

110

1,971

Total Shipments by Rail

6,816

4,668

510

--

24,686

32,287

62,151

               

Total Shipments

7,056

4,966

517

1

25,402

33,235

64,121

1/ Data is reported by commercial elevators and is expanded to represent 100% of elevator capacity.
 
Wheat and Barley Shipments out of Montana from January 2006 through June 2006 1/, 2/
 

Barley

Durum Wheat

Hard White Wheat

Soft White Wheat

Spring Wheat

Winter Wheat

Total Wheat

(Thousand Bushels)

Shipments By Truck

 

  West

101

7

18

--

457

1,237

1,719

  East

279

99

3

5

6

24

137

  Other & Unknown

12

--

--

--

256

107

363

Total Shipments by Truck

392

106

21

5

719

1,368

2,219

               

Shipments By Rail

             

  West

817

546

221

--

32,113

40,279

73,159

  East

5,433

5,690

--

--

764

--

6,454

  Other & Unknown

1,343

1,756

107

--

2,559

191

4,613

Total Shipments by Rail

7,593

7,992

328

--

35,436

40,470

84,226

               

Total Shipments

7,985

8,098

349

5

36,155

41,838

86,445

1/ Data is reported by commercial elevators and is expanded to represent 100% of elevator capacity. 2/ Revised.
 

Wheat and Barley Shipments out of Montana for Marketing Year July 2006–June 2007 1/
 

Barley

Durum Wheat

Hard White Wheat

Soft White Wheat

Spring Wheat

Winter Wheat

Total Wheat

(Thousand Bushels)

Shipments By Truck

 

  West

180

26

73

9

826

1,992

2,926

  East

209

384

3

7

9

33

436

  Other & Unknown

31

40

--

--

732

600

1,372

Total Shipments by Truck

420

450

76

16

1,567

2,625

4,734

               

Shipments By Rail

             

  West

3,705

679

931

--

40,996

66,084

108,690

  East

8,211

6,089

7

--

263

--

6,359

  Other & Unknown

4,123

3,039

--

--

1,412

537

4,988

Total Shipments by Rail

16,039

9,807

938

--

42,671

66,621

120,037

               

Total Shipments

16,459

10,257

1,014

16

44,238

69,246

124,771

1/ Data is reported by commercial elevators and is expanded to represent 100% of elevator capacity.
 

Wheat and Barley Shipments out of Montana for Marketing Year July 2005–June 2006 1/, 2/
 

Barley

Durum Wheat

Hard White Wheat

Soft White Wheat

Spring Wheat

Winter Wheat

Total Wheat

(Thousand Bushels)

Shipments By Truck

 

  West

238

119

37

13

950

3,022

4,141

  East

531

235

11

7

53

26

332

  Other & Unknown

152

4

--

--

311

464

779

Total Shipments by Truck

921

358

48

20

1,314

3,512

5,252

               

Shipments By Rail

             

  West

2,198

816

320

--

62,708

78,688

142,532

  East

9,589

8,300

42

--

1,386

89

9,817

  Other & Unknown

2,607

5,106

107

--

6,356

682

12,251

Total Shipments by Rail

14,394

14,222

469

--

70,450

79,459

164,600

               

Total Shipments

15,315

14,580

517

20

71,764

82,971

169,852

1/ Data is reported by commercial elevators and is expanded to represent 100% of elevator capacity. 2/ Revised.
 
 
Data compiled and summarized by the Montana Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistic Service
 a division of USDA, a service provided for the Montana Wheat and Barley Committee.
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