Total stocks of canola and barley were up as of July 31, compared with the same date a year earlier. Stocks of wheat, oats, dry peas and lentils were down.
Closing wheat stocks decrease
Total stocks of wheat fell 18.5% year over year to 4.6 million tonnes as of July 31. The decline was partially due to lower total national supply (-1.0% year over year to 38.7 million tonnes).
Commercial stocks rose 39.7% to 3.8 million tonnes while on-farm stocks fell (-72.7% to 796 000 tonnes).
Wheat excluding durum fell 20.7% to 4.0 million tonnes year over year, while durum wheat stocks edged up 0.3% to 576 000 tonnes.
Deliveries of wheat off farm rose 1.4% year over year to 31.9 million tonnes as of July 31.
Exports of wheat fell 1.2% to 25.2 million tonnes but remained above the five-year average for the period.
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