June 1 Grain Stocks, Montana, USA
Released: June 30, 2009
For more information contact: Thomas Chard or Steve anderson at 1-800-835-2612.
 
All wheat stocks in Montana on June 1, 2009 were 40.4 million bushels, up 113 percent from a year ago. All wheat stocks stored on the farm amounted to 26.0 million bushels, up 348 percent from a year ago. All wheat stored off farm amounted to 14.4 million bushels, up 9 percent from a year ago. All wheat disappearance for the March - May 2009 quarter was 33.2 million bushels, up 37 percent from 24.2 million bushels last year.

Montana barley stocks in all positions on June 1, 2009 were 13.8 million bushels, up 60 percent from a year ago. Barley stored on farm was 5.0 million bushels, up 104 percent from the previous year. Off-farm storage of barley, at 8.8 million bushels, was up 42 percent from last year. Barley disappearance for the March - May 2009 quarter, at 6.1 million bushels, was down 24 percent from last year's 8.1 million bushels. Oats stocks in all positions were 730,000 bushels, down 9 percent from last year and the lowest stocks since records began in 1950. On-farm oat stocks were 700,000 bushels, down 7 percent from a year ago. Oats stored off farm were down 40 percent from last year to 30,000 bushels.

For the U.S., all wheat stored in all positions on June 1, 2009 totaled 667 million bushels, up 118 percent from a year ago. On-farm stocks are estimated at 141 million bushels, up 449 percent from last year. Off-farm stocks, at 526 million bushels, are up 88 percent from a year ago. The March - May 2009 indicated disappearance is 373 million bushels, down 7 percent from the same period a year earlier.

Durum wheat stocks in all positions on June 1, 2009 totaled 25.2 million bushels, up 204 percent from a year ago. On-farm stocks, at 13.3 million bushels, are up 466 percent from June 1, 2008. Off-farm stocks totaled 11.9 million bushels, up 100 percent from a year ago. The March - May 2009 indicated disappearance of 7.10 million bushels is down 58 percent from the same period a year earlier.

Barley stocks in all positions on June 1, 2009 totaled 88.6 million bushels, up 30 percent from June 1, 2008. On-farm stocks are estimated at 27.0 million bushels, 171 percent above a year ago. Off-farm stocks, at 61.6 million bushels, are 6 percent above June 1, 2008. The March - May 2009 indicated disappearance is 40.5 million bushels, 4 percent below the same period a year earlier.

Oats stored in all positions on June 1, 2009 totaled 84.1 million bushels, 26 percent above the stocks on June 1, 2008. Of the total stocks on hand, 17.5 million bushels are stored on farms, 9 percent higher than a year ago. Off-farm stocks totaled 66.7 million bushels, 32 percent above the previous year. Indicated disappearance during March - May 2009 totaled 11.3 million bushels, compared with 12.2 million bushels during the same period a year ago.

Corn stocks in all positions on June 1, 2009 totaled 4.27 billion bushels, up 6 percent from June 1, 2008. Of the total stocks, 2.21 billion bushels are stored on farms, up 12 percent from a year earlier. Off-farm stocks, at 2.06 billion bushels, are up slightly from a year ago. The March - May 2009 indicated disappearance is 2.69 billion bushels, compared with 2.83 billion bushels during the same period last year.
 
June 1, 2009 Grain Stocks
GRAIN and POSITION

MONTANA

UNITED STATES

Jun 1 , 2008

Mar 1 , 2009

Jun 1 , 200 9

'09/'08 9

Jun 1 , 2008

Mar 1 , 2009

Jun 1 , 2009

 

Thousand Bushels

Percent

Thousand Bushels

ALL WHEAT  
  On Farms

5,800

54,000

26,000

448%

25,655

280,400

140,745

  Off Farms 1/

13,110

19,510

14,350

109%

280,183

759,949

526,299

  TOTAL

18,910

73,510

40,350

213%

305,818

1,040,349

667,044

DURUM WHEAT 2/  
  On Farms 3/

         --

         --

            --

            --

2,350

18,700

13,300

  Off Farms 1/, 3/

         --

         --

            --

            --

5,938

13,571

11,874

  TOTAL

--

--

--

--

8,288

32,271

25,174

BARLEY  
  On Farms

2,450

8,500

5,000

204%

9,950

44,310

27,010

  Off Farms 1/

6,180

11,410

8,770

142%

58,273

84,791

61,560

  TOTAL

8,630

19,910

13,770

160%

68,223

129,101

88,570

OATS  
  On Farms

750

1,000

700

93%

16,100

30,200

17,480

  Off Farms 1/

50

55

30

60%

50,674

65,250

66,656

  TOTAL

800

1,055

730

91%

66,774

95,450

84,136

CORN  
  On Farms

          --

          --

            --

            --

4,085,000

1,970,900

2,205,400

  Off Farms 1/

          --

          --

            --

            --

2,872,298

2,057,117

2,060,153

  TOTAL

          --

          --

            --

            --

6,957,298

4,028,017

4,265,553

1/ Terminals, mills, interior elevators.  2/ Included in all wheat.  3/ Not published in order to avoid disclosing individual operations.
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