Survey of Commercial Stocks of Corn and Soybeans (Country elevators and feed mills) - December 31, 2011

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General Information

Purpose

This survey collects data on commercial elevator stocks of corn and soybeans and the industrial use of corn.

Authority

Statistics Canada is prohibited by law from publishing any statistics which would divulge information obtained from this survey that relates to any identifiable business without the previous written consent of that business. The data reported on this questionnaire will be treated in confidence and used for statistical purpose only. The confidentiality provisions of the Statistics Act are not affected by either the Access to Information Act or any other legislation.

Collected under the authority of the Statistics Act, Revised Statutes of
Canada, 1985, Chapter S19. Completion of this questionnaire is a legal requirement under the Statistics Act.

Confidentiality

Your answers are confidential.

Statistics Canada is prohibited by law from releasing any information it collects which could identify any person, business, or organization, unless consent has been given by the respondent or as permitted by the Statistics Act. The confidentiality provisions of the Statistics Act are not affected by either the Access to Information Act or any other legislation. Therefore, for example, the Canada Revenue Agency cannot access identifiable survey records from Statistics Canada.

Information from this survey will be used for statistical purposes only and will be published in aggregate form only.

Data-sharing agreements

To avoid duplication of enquiry, Statistics Canada has entered into data-sharing agreements with provincial statistical agencies, which must keep the data confidential and use them only for statistical purposes. Statistics Canada will only share data from this survey with those organizations that have demonstrated a requirement to use the data.

Section 11 of the Statistics Act provides for the sharing of information with provincial statistical agencies that meet certain conditions. These agencies must have the legislative authority to collect the same information, on a mandatory basis, and the legislation must provide substantially the same provisions for confidentiality and penalties for disclosure of confidential information as the Statistics Act. Because these agencies have the legal authority to compel businesses to provide the same information, consent is
not requested and farm operations may not object to the sharing of their data.

For this survey, there are Section 11 agreements with the provincial statistical agencies of Quebec and Ontario.

The shared data will be limited to information pertaining to farm operations located within the jurisdiction of the respective province.

Record linkage

To enhance the data from this survey, Statistics Canada may combine it with information from other surveys or from administrative sources.

Instructions

1.Please report inventories held in your company's elevators in metric tonnes.

2.Exclude all stocks held in elevators licensed by the Canadian Grain Commission but include imports.

3.Please keep a copy of this report for your file and return a copy to Statistics Canada within one week.

4.Enter only the stock owned by the company and held in company owned elevators in the "Company Owned" column. Enter any other stock in the "Held For" column; i.e. Farm Accounts, Storage Receipts and Other Companies.

STOCKS AT (MONTH) 31st, 20XX

GRAIN

(metric tonnes)

GRAIN - Question identifier:1.

Grain Corn

  • a: Company owned
  • b: Held for Farm Accounts, Storage Receipts, Other
  • c: Total

GRAIN - Question identifier:2.

Soybeans (exclude roasted)

  • a: Company owned
  • b: Held for Farm Accounts, Storage Receipts, Other
  • c: Total

Contact Information

- Contact Person

- E-mail Address

- Telephone Number

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