Grain Movement July-December
July 2007 - December 2007 and
Revised Crop Year Summary 2005-2006&
2006-2007
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| Released: March 7, 2008 |
Peggy Stringer, Director
NASS, Montana Field Office
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Ron de Yong, Director
Montana Department of Agriculture
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Eric Siebens,
Mathematical Statistician |
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Wheat Movement
Montana wheat shipped to out-of-state destinations during July 2007 through
December 2007 was 81.2 million bushels, which was up 34% from the previous
year.
Just over 87% of wheat shipped during this period headed west, totaling
70.8 million bushels, up 34% from a year earlier. Movement to eastern
destinations during this period totaled 6.8 million bushels, up 65% from
a year ago. Other and unknown destinations totaled 3.7 million bushels,
unchanged from 3.7 million bushels a year ago.
Wheat shipped by rail amounted to 79.2 million bushels, 98% of total shipments.
Wheat trucked during this period was 2.0 million bushels compared with
2.8 million bushels last year. The percentage of wheat shipped by truck
was 2% of the total, which was down 3 percentage points from the previous
year.
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Barley Movement
Montana barley shipped to out-of-state destinations during the July 2007
to December 2007 period was 7.7 million bushels, down 18% from the same
period last year.
Shipments of barley out of Montana headed for western destinations were
up 7% from the same period last year, at 2.1 million bushels. Shipments
to eastern destinations were down 5% from last year at 4.0 million bushels.
Shipments to other destinations went down 1.7 million bushels from last
year to 1.5 million bushels this year.
Barley shipped by rail amounted to 7.5 million bushels, down 1.7 million
bushels from last year. Barley hauled by rail was 97% of total movement,
down 1 percentage point from the same period last year.
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Wheat and Barley Shipments
out of Montana from July 2006
through December 200 6 1/, 2/
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Barley |
Durum Wheat |
Hard White Wheat |
Soft White Wheat |
Spring Wheat |
Winter Wheat |
Total Wheat |
| (000 Bushels) |
| Shipments By Truck |
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| West |
63 |
5 |
68 |
9 |
505 |
1,323 |
1,910 |
| East |
98 |
138 |
2 |
6 |
9 |
19 |
174 |
| Other & Unknown |
19 |
9 |
-- |
-- |
338 |
335 |
682 |
| Total Shipments by Truck |
180 |
152 |
70 |
15 |
852 |
1677 |
2,766 |
| Shipments By Rail |
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| West |
1,991 |
242 |
427 |
-- |
16,357 |
33,939 |
50,965 |
| East |
4,090 |
3,673 |
-- |
-- |
263 |
-- |
3,936 |
| Other & Unknown |
3,141 |
1,225 |
-- |
-- |
1,364 |
427 |
3,016 |
| Total Shipments by Rail |
9,222 |
5,140 |
427 |
-- |
17,984 |
34,366 |
57,917 |
| Total Shipments |
9,402 |
5,292 |
497 |
15 |
18,836 |
36,043 |
60,683 |
| 1/ Data is reported
by commercial elevators and licensed truckers and is expanded to
represent 100% of elevator capacity. 2/ Revised. |
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Wheat and Barley
Shipments out of Montana from
July 2007 through December 2007 1/
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Barley |
Durum Wheat |
Hard White Wheat |
Soft White Wheat |
Spring Wheat |
Winter Wheat |
Total Wheat |
| (000) Bushels |
| Shipments By Truck |
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| West |
65 |
3 |
76 |
-- |
529 |
700 |
1,308 |
| East |
128 |
144 |
-- |
1 |
16 |
7 |
168 |
| Other & Unknown |
-- |
14 |
1 |
-- |
208 |
288 |
511 |
| Total Shipments by Truck |
193 |
161 |
77 |
1 |
753 |
995 |
1,987 |
| Shipments By Rail |
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| West |
2,125 |
288 |
290 |
-- |
26,301 |
42,587 |
69,467 |
| East |
3,851 |
6,469 |
133 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
6,602 |
| Other & Unknown |
1,505 |
2,042 |
-- |
-- |
995 |
128 |
3,164 |
| Total Shipments by Rail |
7,481 |
8,799 |
423 |
-- |
27,296 |
42,715 |
79,233 |
| Total Shipments |
7,674 |
8,960 |
500 |
1 |
28,049 |
43,710 |
81,220 |
| 1/ Data is reported
by commercial elevators and licensed truckers and is expanded to
represent 100% of elevator capacity. |
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Wheat and Barley Shipments
out of Montana for the Marketing
Year of July 2006 - June 2007 1/, 2/
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Barley |
Durum Wheat |
Hard White Wheat |
Soft White Wheat |
Spring Wheat |
Winter Wheat |
Total Wheat |
| (000) Bushels |
| Shipments By Truck |
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| 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 |
1567 |
2625 |
4,734 |
| Shipments By Rail |
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| West |
3,705 |
679 |
931 |
-- |
40,996 |
66,116 |
108,721 |
| East |
8,211 |
6,089 |
7 |
-- |
263 |
-- |
6,359 |
| Other & Unknown |
4,123 |
3,039 |
-- |
-- |
1,412 |
537 |
4,987 |
| Total Shipments by Rail |
16,039 |
9,807 |
938 |
-- |
42,671 |
66,653 |
120,067 |
| Total Shipments |
16,459 |
10,257 |
1,014 |
16 |
44,238 |
69,278 |
124,801 |
| 1/ Data is reported
by commercial elevators and licensed truckers and is expanded to
represent 100% of elevator capacity. 2/ Revised. |
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Wheat and Barley Shipments out of Montana for the Marketing Year of July 2005 - June 2006 1/
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Barley |
Durum Wheat |
Hard White Wheat |
Soft White Wheat |
Spring Wheat |
Winter Wheat |
Total Wheat |
| (000) Bushels |
| Shipments By Truck |
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| 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 |
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| 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 licensed truckers and is expanded to
represent 100% of elevator capacity. |
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1/ Revised.
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Data compiled and summarized by USDA’s
National Agricultural Statistics Service, Montana Field Office,
a
service provided for the Montana Wheat and Barley Committee.
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