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Australian wheat stocks down, quality up
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA — Australian wheat stocks are down 7% compared to 2011, but the wheat was generally of a better quality than last year, according to the Sept. 17 grain stocks report from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Bulk storage of wheat grain in August was down 711,000 tonnes, or 7%, from the same month a year ago. Storage was down 2.4 million tonnes, or 21%, to 9.1 million tonnes since July. “The continuous decrease of Australia’s bulk storage of wheat grain closely follows the expected pattern of decline post-harvest in combination with increasing wheat grain exports over the last few months,” ABS said. The stocks of wheat grain stored in 2011-12 are generally of a better quality than in 201011, which has consequentially lifted the ratio of milling grade wheat grain to feed grade wheat grain this season. In August 2012, the ratio of milling to feed grade wheat grain was 3:1 while August 2011 ratio was 1.1:1, ABS said. Stocks of wheat grain for milling in August were 6.8 million tonnes, which was 75% of all grain stored. This was a decline of 1.4 million tonnes (or 17%) since July and an increase of 1.7 million tonnes (34%) compared to August 2011. At the end of August, feed grade wheat grain stocks were 2.3 million tonnes (25% of all grain stored) which was a decrease of 980,000 tonnes (30%) from July. Compared to August 2011, feed grade wheat grain stocks were down by 2.4 million tonnes (52%). All states recorded a decrease in stocks of wheat grain stored in August. With a decrease of 806,000 tonnes (17%) from July, Western Australia registered the biggest fall of wheat grain stocks. The largest quantity of wheat grain was held in Western Australia with 4 million tonnes that accounted for 44% of the Australian total. New South Wales (including ACT) was next largest with 2.4 million tonnes contributing 26% of national stocks.

Cake in honour of the moon.
Everywhere in the world, ﬂour is more than just a nutritional staple. Sweet baked goods have a special place in all cultures. For example, in China alongside everyday baked goods there are special items made only for certain occasions and holidays. One of these is the mid-autumn festival, also called the Harvest Moon Festival, celebrated each year on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month on a night with a full moon. It is one of the year’s most important festivities, and is celebrated with family and close friends. People give each other little round "moon cakes", with sweet or savoury ﬁlling, made round to look like the full moon and decorated with wishes for harmony, happiness, or long life on the top. www.ﬂour-art-museum.de www.muehlenchemie.de
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U.S. 2012 corn crop could be smallest since 2006
WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S. — U.S. 2012 corn production was forecast at 10,727,364,000 bushels, down 51,225,000 bushels from 10,778,589,000 bushels forecast in August and down 13% from 12,358,412,000 bushels in 2011, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said in its Sept. 12 Crop Production report. Soybean production was forecast at 2,634,310,000 bushels, down 57,704,000 bushels, or 2%, from 2,692,014,000 bushels forecast in August and down 421,722,000 bushels, or 14%, from 3,056,032,000 bushels last year. If realized, corn production would be the lowest since 10,531,123,000 bushels in 2006, the USDA said. The USDA corn number was above the average pre-report trade estimate of 10.403 billion bushels. The soybean number was slightly below the pre-report average of about 2.638 billion bushels.

U.S. feed grain supply up despite decline in corn yield
WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S. — Higher carry-in stocks of feed grains are expected to boost supplies of U.S. feed grains despite a decline in estimated corn and sorghum yields, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service (ERS). The U.S. 2012-13 feed grain supply is forecast at 321.4 million tonnes, up 2.7 million from August’s forecast and 37 million below last marketing year, ERS said. The agency said a decline in feed and residual use in 2011-12 is the primary factor contributing to the 4.1-million-tonne increase in beginning stocks for August. Forecast feed grain production, at 284.5 million tonnes, is 39 million below 2011, according to ERS. ERS projected an increase in feed grain
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use for 2012-13 at 600,000 tonnes because larger forecast feed and residual use will offset a decline in exports. Total use is forecast at 25.5 million below 2011 levels at 300.1 million tonnes, compared to the 2011-12 estimate of 325.6 million tonnes. Feed and residual disappearance is projected 1.9 million tonnes higher in September in part reﬂecting growth in expected September-December corn disappearance with an expected rise in early new-crop usage during the 2011-12 marketing year. ERS said exports were lowered 1.3 million tonnes from the August forecast to 34.6 million. Ending stocks are forecast at 21.3 million, which is 2.1 million tonnes higher than the August forecast.

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