Quarterly grain industry brief, 03/2012, v.3 no.1

              MARCH 2012
QUARTERLY GRAIN INDUSTRY BRIEF
UNITED STATES GRAIN STOCKS
USDA-NASS
OKLAHOMA
FIELD OFFICE
Volume 3, Issue 1
Welcome to the first issue
of 2012’s Quarterly Grain Indus-try
Brief !
This publication is a compila-tion
of related reports issued
by USDA’s National Agricul-tural
Statistics Service (NASS)
in an effort to provide a
complete source of statistics
relevant to the grain industry.
Though many of the statistics
in this publication can be ac-cessed
through our website:
(www.nass.usda.gov/
Publications), this Oklahoma
Field Office summary will be
issued quarterly.
This year is a “Census of Agri-culture”
year! Forms for the
2012 Census of Agriculture will be
mailed to all known agriculture
operations in late December
2012.
Please feel free to contact our
office with any comments or
questions you may have. I hope
you find this information use-ful!
Wilbert Hundl, Jr., Director
USDA-NASS
Oklahoma Field Office
Data Source: USDA-NASS quarterly Grain Stocks report.
Stocks of Grain, United States,
March 1, 2012 and Comparable Quarters
1 Includes stocks at mills, elevators, warehouses, terminals, and processors.
2 Off-farm plus on-farm stocks.
3 Revised.
Wheat stored in all positions on March 1, 2012, totaled 1.2 billion bushels, down 16
percent from a year ago. Wheat stored in off-farm locations comprised 82 percent of the
total stocks.
Corn stocks stored in all positions on March 1, 2012, totaled 6.0 billion bushels, down 8
percent from March 1, 2011.
Sorghum stored in all positions on March 1, 2012, totaled 107.9 million bushels, down
37 percent from a year ago.
Soybean stocks in all positions on March 1, 2012, totaled 1.4 billion bushels, up 10 per-cent
from March 1, 2011.
Oat and barley stocks in all positions on March 1, 2012, totaled 72.5 and 93.7 million
bushels, respectively.
Item
Off-Farm1 Total All Positions2
Mar 1, 2011 Dec 1, 20113 Mar 1, 2012 Mar 1, 2011 Dec 1, 20113 Mar 1, 2012
1,000 Bushels 1,000 Bushels 1,000 Bushels 1,000 Bushels 1,000 Bushels 1,000 Bushels
United States
Barley 80,424 83,621 67,207 138,124 138,941 93,687
Oats 59,361 54,235 52,788 86,311 79,135 72,538
Corn 3,139,228 3,472,466 2,817,260 6,523,228 9,647,466 6,009,260
Soybeans 743,800 1,230,885 817,258 1,248,800 2,369,885 1,372,258
Sorghum 158,027 123,101 95,135 171,047 150,951 107,935
Wheat 1,137,292 1,257,318 983,255 1,425,302 1,662,718 1,200,655