Export Sales Reporting
Canada may be one of the world’s largest agricultural exporters, but grain producers are operating at a major market intelligence disadvantage. An Export Sales Reporting program in Canada can level the playing field – making Canada more competitive.
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A Level Playing Field
An Export Sales Reporting program is a comprehensive reporting system that publishes daily data on large sales and cumulative sales to customer countries for major grains.
It provides critical visibility into global demand patterns that allows grain producers to make more strategic decisions when it comes to operations, marketing, and pricing. This lets farmers increase revenue and could generate national returns up to $56.6 million (a conservative estimate) annually.
An Export Sales Reporting program in Canada would allow farmers timely access to sales and export data that can help them:
- Optimize grain marketing strategies
- Plan crops and storage based on global and domestic demand
- Enhance system wide planning for more predictable supply chain flows
- Effectively respond to rapidly changing global market conditions
Better Data. Better Market Decisions.
If Canadian farmers are expected to compete in global markets, they need access to market intelligence tools their competitors already use. Global grain markets are increasingly data-driven and regions such as the U.S. and EU have a competitive advantage over Canada due to their robust reporting and transparency requirements. Canada risks falling further behind if it does not modernize its reporting framework.
Why Stop At Good Enough?
As Canada looks to grow and diversify export markets, it’s critical that we not only focus on physical infrastructure but also the information and data infrastructure required for the sector to meet its full potential. As a sector, we’re coming forward with a solution that is going to benefit farmers, producers, exporters, supply chains, and Canada’s national economy.
This campaign is supported by SaskCrops, a coalition representing virtually all Saskatchewan grain, oilseed, and pulse farmers.
Have questions or want to get involved?
Please reach out to Ellen Grueter, Communications Manager, egrueter@saskoilseeds.com.