Domestic feed grains

1. Feed grain disappearance through the licensed elevator system accounts for only a portion (approximately 10-15%) of the total feed grain use. Most grain disappearance occurs on farms or moves outside the elevator system in farm to farm and farm to feedlot transactions.
2. Statistics on page 14 of this publication refer to Canadian domestic feed grains. This stock and handling information is included in the totals presented in the rest of the publication. That is, the domestic feed grain information is a sub set of the 'all grains' information presented on pages 3 to 13.
3. Canadian Wheat Board sales ex primary elevators are not included in commercial disappearance statistics. Sales ex Thunder Bay are reflected in Thunder Bay shipments but are not included in deliveries at Thunder Bay.
4. At times non-Board stocks and handlings are difficult to determine precisely because non-Board feed grain is physically the same commodity as Canadian Wheat Board feed grain. Through various transactions, any parcel of feed grain can change from Board to non-Board and back again before leaving the elevator system.