# Prairie Grain Stocks Continue to Grow

> Canada's primary elevator stocks rose for a fourth straight week to 4.62 million tonnes in week 28, up 25% year over year. Blockades have slowed rail movement and cancelled thousands of hopper cars.

- Date: 2020-02-21 · published 2020-02-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Canada · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/54610-prairie-grain-stocks-continue-to-grow
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Canola Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CANMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

Rising stocks signal slower grain movement and tight country capacity, which can weigh on Canadian cash prices while adding to export logistics costs.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bearish ▼
- CANMEAL: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2022-07-12 | [USDA Reports Cause Grain, Soybean Markets to Continue to Plunge](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4307-usda-reports-cause-grain-soybean-markets-to-continue-to-plunge.md) | +7.2% | +7.0% |
| WHEAT | 2026-01-12 | [Dec. 1 Grain Stocks Top Expectati... \| Syngenta CA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20999-dec-1-grain-stocks-top-expectati-syngenta-ca.md) | +0.2% | +2.0% |
| WHEAT | 2018-12-10 | [Harvest tonnages continue to exceed projections in WA - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61502-harvest-tonnages-continue-to-exceed-projections-in-wa-grain-central.md) | +0.8% | +1.7% |
| WHEAT | 2026-01-13 | [U.S. Grain Stocks Build As Corn, Sorghum Lead -](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21117-u-s-grain-stocks-build-as-corn-sorghum-lead.md) | -0.4% | +2.2% |
| WHEAT | 2025-09-30 | [Grain markets react to unexpected USDA stocks data](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9840-grain-markets-react-to-unexpected-usda-stocks-data.md) | +0.4% | +5.9% |

## Sources

- dtnpf.com: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/blogs/canada-markets/blog-post/2020/02/21/prairie-grain-stocks-continue-grow

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