Miller Magazine Issue: 142 October 2021

43 MILLER / OCTOber 2021 NEWS In its fourth forecast for the 2021 crop, COCERAL sees the total grain crop in the EU-27+UK at 312.6 million tonnes. This is down from the previous forecast of 315.1 mln t, but significantly up from the 297.2 million tonnes harvested in 2020. The wheat production has been revised down to 143.4 mln t from 145.8 mln t mainly due to lower-than-expected crops in France, Germany, and Scandinavia. Last year’s crop was at 128.1 mln t. The EU-27+UK 2021 barley produc- tion is now estimated at 60.3 mln t, down from 62.4 mln t in the previous forecast and from the 63.7 mln t seen last year. The EU-27+UK 2021 corn crop forecast has been revised up to 67.3 mln t from 65.0 mln t (last year: 62.7 mln t) due to weather-related upward revisions for Poland, Germany and the Balkan countries. The Polish corn area has been revised up significantly. The EU-27+UK rapeseed crop is still forecast at 18.5 mln t (last year 17.5 mln t). Coceral lowers EU grain production forecast G3 announced plans to build two new grain elevators in Alberta and Saskatchewan. Manitoba-based company currently has 17 grain elevators across Western Canada. G3 Rycroft, Alberta and G3 Melfort, Saskatchewan will each have a capacity of 42,000 tonnes. Both new facil- ities will be located on CN Rail. Construction will begin later this year, pending final regulatory approvals, with completion expected in early 2023. Both new elevators will be built with the same high-ef- ficiency features as G3’s other new facilities in Western Canada: a loop track that can quickly load a 150-car unit train, the ability to unload a Super-B truck in less than five minutes, excellent road access for area producers and rail links to export markets. “We are excited to extend our network of high efficiency facilities to the farming com- munities around Rycroft and Melfort,” says G3 CEO Don Chapman. “G3 is keeping grain moving to market, and that means more delivery opportunities for our farmer customers, and faster service which saves farmers time and money.” G3 currently has 17 grain elevators across Western Canada including two which opened this year: G3 Ver- milion, Alberta and G3 Swift Current, Saskatchewan. G3 Terminal Vancouver, a state-of-the-art grain export termi- nal on the West Coast, opened in 2020. G3 to build new elevators in Alberta and Saskatchewan