ALL WHEAT PRODUCTION. STOCKS and UTILIZATION 



1981 - 1985 MARKETING YEARS 

 SUPPLY 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 



--Million Bushels — 



Beginning stocks 1/ 75.8 88.3 113.8 93.6 93.1 



Production 172.8 180.3 136.9 104.7 50.2 



Total Supply 248.6 268.6 250.7 198.3 143.3 



DISPOSITION 



Recorded movement out of State 2/ 115.4 138.2 134.3 88.3 56.3 



Milled for flour in Montana 8.9 7.7 6.9 6.4 7.2 



Used for seed in Montana 6.0 5.0 5.3 5.6 4.9 



Used for livestock feed 3/ 1.8 1.9 2.0 2.0 1.2 



Unaccounted disappearance (to balance) 4/ 28.2 2.0 8.6 2.9 -7.4 



Total Disposition 160.3 154.8 157.1 105.2 62.2 



Ending Stocks 1/ 88.3 113.8 93.6 93.1 81.1 



1/ Farm, commercial — June 1 stocks. 



2/ Reported by elevators, licensed truckers and special survey of truck destinations and 



barge traffic. 

 3/ Utilization for feed — on farms where grown, cattle feeders, feed mills and purchased 



by other farmers for feed. 

 4/ Due to unknowns in components, probably most is unrecorded truck movement. 



WHEAT MOVEMENT TO PACIFIC NORTHWEST. UTILIZATION, and EXPORTS 1/ 



BY MARKETING YEARS 1981 - 1985 



MARKETING YEAR 2/ 

 ITEM 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 



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--Million Bushels — 



Beginning Stocks 75.8 88.3 113.8 93.6 93.1 



Production 172.8 183.6 136.9 104.7 50.2 



Ending Stocks -88.3 -113.6 -93.6 -93.1 -81.1 



Total Disposition 3/ 160.3 154.8 157.1 105.2 62.2 



Shipments of wheat into Pacific 

 Northwest 4/ 

 (adjusted for unaccounted disappearance) 135.5 134.0 129.9 79.7 45.5 



Estimated Montana wheat milled for flour 

 in Pacific Northwest 

 (includes bulgar) 5/ 20.5 18.6 19.6 18.9 18.4 



Estimated Montana wheat exported from 



Pacific Northwest ports 6/ 115.0 115.4 110.3 60.8 27.1 



Percent of total disposition 72% 75% 70% 58% 44% 



Inspected exports of Hard Red Spring, 

 Hard Red Winter and Durum from 

 Pacific Northwest ports 166.5 216.2 181.2 163.5 154.2 



Montana exports as percent of total 

 HRS , HRW and Durum exports from 

 Pacific Northwest ports 69% 53% 61% 37% 18% 



1/ Pacific Northwest — Oregon and Washington. 



2/ June 1 - May 31 . 



3/ Beginning stocks plus production minus ending stocks. 



4/ Source: Montana Grain Movement project. 



5/ Total Pacific Northwest wheat millings minus estimated wheat originating from Oregon, 



Washington or other states. 

 6/ Estimated Montana wheat shipped to Pacific Northwest minus estimated Montana wheat 



milled in Pacific Northwest. 



NOTE: Funding for the above statistics was provided by the Montana Wheat & Barley Conmittee. 



