MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 



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ALL WHEAT PRODUCTION, STOCKS AND UTILIZATION 



1974, 1975 & 1976 Marketing Years 



1974 



1975 



1976 



SUPPLY 



Beginning stocks— July 1' 18.3 



Production 120.1 



Total Supply 138.4 



DISPOSITION 



Recorded movement out of State' 80.7 



Milled for flour in Montana 7.2 



Used for seed in Montana 5.2 



Used for livestock feed' 1.1 



Unaccounted disappearance (to balance)' 19.9 



Total Disposition 114.1 



Ending stocks July 1' 24.3 



Million Bushels 



24.3 

 155.9 



180.2 



97.8 

 7.1 

 4.9 

 1.6 



18.7 



130.1 

 50.15 



50.15 

 167.3 

 217.4 



88.8 

 8.1 

 4.8 

 5.4 



22.5 



129.6 

 87.85 



'Farm and commercial. 



^Reported by elevators and licensed truckers — adjusted for known incompleteness. , 



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



'Due to unknowns in components and probable unrecorded movement. 



5June stocks beginning June 1, 1976. 



WHEAT MOVEMENT TO PACIFIC NORTHWEST, UTILIZATION AND EXPORTS^ 



By Marketing Years 1971-1976^ 



1971 



1972 



1973 



1974 



1975 



1976 



ITEM 



Beginning stocks, July 1 



Production 



Ending stocks, July 1 



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 trom Pacific NW ports 



'Pacrfic Northwest — Oregon and Washington. 



'July 1-June 30, 1971-1974; July 1-May 31. 1975; June 1-May 31, 1976. 



'Beginning stocks plus production minus ending stocks. 



'Source: Montana Grain Movement project. 



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



'Recorded Montana wheat shipped to Pacific Northwest minus estimated Montana wheat milled in Pacific Northwest. 



'June 1 Stocks. 



'July 1-May 31. 



