MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 51 



ALL WHEAT PRODUCTION, STOCKS AND UTILIZATION 



1974-1978 Marketing Years 



1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 

 Million Bushels 

 SUPPLY 



Beginning stocks' 18.3 24.3 50.1 87.8 97.9 



Production 120.1 155.9 167.3 130.9 146.1 



Total Supply 138.4 180.2 217.4 218.7 244.0 



DISPOSITION 



Recorded movement out of Stated 80.7 97.8 88.8 82.4 127.8 



Milled for flour in Montana 7.2 7.1 8.1 7.9 8.3 



Used for seed in Montana 5.2 4.9 4.8 5.2 5.4 



Used for livestock feed' 1.1 1.6 5.4 5.1 3.0 



Unaccounted disappearance (to balance)* 19.9 18.7 22.5 20.2 12.4 



Total disposition 114.1 130.1 129.6 120.8 156.9 



Ending stocks' 24.3 50.1 87.8 97.9 87.1 



'Farm, commercial— July 1 stocks 1974 & 1975 - June 1 stocks 1976 and on. 



■'Reported by elevators, licensed truckers. Includes special survey of truck destinations 1978. 



'Utilization for feed — on farms where grown, cattle feeders, feed mills, and purchased by other farmers for feed. 



■■Due to unknowns in components and probable unrecorded movement. 



WHEAT MOVEMENT TO PACIFIC NORTHWEST, UTILIZATION AND EXPORTS' 



By Marketing year 1973-1978 



Marketing Vear^ 



1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 



ITEM 



Beginning stocks^ 



Production 



Ending stocks' 



Available supply" 



Shipments of wheat into Pacific Northwest 

 (adjusted for unaccounted disappearance)' . . . 



Total wheat used for flour in 



Pacific Northwest (includes bulgar) 



Estimated Montana wheat milled for flour 



in Pacific Northwest (includes bulgar)' 



Estimated Montana Wheat exported 



from Pacific Northwest ports" 



Percent of available supply 



Inspected exports of Hard Red Spring, 



Hard Red Winter and Durum from 



Pacific Northwest ports 



Montana exports as percent of total HRS, HRW 

 and Durum exports from Pacific NW ports . . . 



'Pacific Northwest — Oregon, Washington, and Northern Idaho. 



^July 1 - )une 30, 1973-74; July 1 - May 31. 1975: June 1 - May 31, 1976-1977. 



'July 1 stocks 1972-1975— June 1 stocks 1976 and on. 



"Beginning stocks plus production minus ending stocks. 



'Source: Montana Grain Movement project, including allowance for Northern Idaho. 



•"Total Pacific Northwest wheat millings minus estimated wheat originating from Oregon, Washington, or other States. 



"Estimated Montana wheat shipped to Pacific Northwest mmus estimated Montana wheat milled in Pacific Northwest. 



"July 1 - May 31. 



