WASDE: Projected 2015/16 Wheat Ending Stocks Raised 30 million Bushels

WHEAT: Feed and residual use for 2015/16 is lowered 30 million bushels reflecting disappearance for June-November as indicated by the December 1 stocks released in the GrainStocks report. Seed use is lowered 6 million bushels on the winter wheat planted area reported today in the Winter Wheat Seedings report. U.S. supplies for 2015/16 are lowered 6 million bushels on reduced imports and slightly lower beginning stocks. Projected 2015/16 ending stocks are raised 30 million bushels. The 2015/16 season average farm price range is narrowed 10 cents on both the high and low ends to $4.90 to $5.10 per bushel.

 

Global wheat supplies for 2015/16 are raised 1.2 million tons on both increased beginning stocks and production. World wheat production remains record high and is raised 0.5 million tons led by 0.5-million-ton increases for both Russia and Pakistan and a 0.3-million-ton increase for the EU. Partly offsetting is a 0.7-million-ton reduction for Uruguay and a 0.4-million-ton reduction for Brazil; both reductions are on updated government statistics and reflect crop damage from excessive rain. World wheat trade for 2015/16 is down fractionally with several, mostly offsetting, changes. Global use is reduced, mostly in the United States. With supplies increasing and use reduced, ending stocks are raised 2.2 million tons to a record 232.0 million tons. This total is 9 percent larger than the previous stocks record set last year.

 

 

 

Video: From Conventional to Regenerative: Will Groeneveld’s Journey Back to the Land

"You realize you've got a pretty finite number of years to do this. If you ever want to try something new, you better do it."

That mindset helped Will Groeneveld take a bold turn on his Alberta grain farm. A lifelong farmer, Will had never heard of regenerative agriculture until 2018, when he attended a seminar by Kevin Elmy that shifted his worldview. What began as curiosity quickly turned into a deep exploration of how biology—not just chemistry—shapes the health of our soils, crops and ecosystems.

In this video, Will candidly reflects on his family’s farming history, how the operation evolved from a traditional mixed farm to grain-only, and how the desire to improve the land pushed him to invite livestock back into the rotation—without owning a single cow.

Today, through creative partnerships and a commitment to the five principles of regenerative agriculture, Will is reintroducing diversity, building soil health and extending living roots in the ground for as much of the year as possible. Whether it’s through intercropping, zero tillage (which he’s practiced since the 1980s) or managing forage for visiting cattle, Will’s approach is a testament to continuous learning and a willingness to challenge old norms.

Will is a participant in the Regenerative Agriculture Lab (RAL), a social innovation process bringing together producers, researchers, retailers and others to co-create a resilient regenerative agriculture system in Alberta. His story highlights both the potential and humility required to farm with nature, not against it.