7307.0 - Wheat Use and Stocks, Australia, May 2011 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 08/07/2011   
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Image: Wheat Grain Stored WHEAT GRAIN STORED


WHEAT GRAIN STORED

Total wheat grain stored by bulk grain handlers, growers and users at the end of May 2011 was 17.2 million tonnes.

Wheat grain stored by bulk grain handlers at the end of May 2011 was 15.3 million tonnes, of which 8.4 million tonnes (55%) was graded for milling and 6.9 million tonnes (45%) graded for feed.

Wheat grain growers and users stored 1.9 million tonnes of wheat grain at the end of May 2011, which was a decrease of 453 thousand tonnes from April 2011. Despite the wet weather and flooding this year's total was 268 thousand tonnes more than in May 2010.


WHEAT GRAIN STORED BY BULK GRAIN HANDLERS, at month end, 2010 -11
Graph: WHEAT GRAIN STORED BY BULK GRAIN HANDLERS, at month end, 2010 -11



WHEAT GRAIN STORED BY WHEAT GROWERS AND USERS, as at 31 May 2011
Graph: WHEAT GRAIN STORED BY WHEAT GROWERS AND USERS, as at 31 May 2011