March 1 Grain Stocks, Montana, USA
Released: March 31, 2009
For more information contact: Thomas Chard or Steve anderson at 1-800-835-2612.
 
All wheat stocks in Montana on March 1, 2009 were 73.5 million bushels, up 71 percent from March 1, 2008. All wheat stocks stored on farms amounted to 54.0 million bushels, up from 23.0 million bushels a year ago. All wheat stored off farms amounted to 19.5 million bushels, down 3 percent from a year ago. All wheat disappearance for the December 2008-February 2009 quarter was down 22 percent from the same quarter last year to 39.9 million bushels, compared with 50.8 million bushels a year ago.

Montana barley stocks in all positions on March 1, 2009 were 19.9 million bushels, up 19 percent from a year ago. Barley stored on farms was 8.5 million bushels, up 42 percent from last year. Off-farm barley storage was up 6 percent from a year ago to 11.4 million bushels. All barley disappearance during the December 2008-February 2009 quarter was up 5 percent from the same quarter a year ago to 7.8 million bushels, compared with 7.5 million bushels a year ago. Oat stocks in all positions were estimated at 1.1 million bushels, up 10 percent from last year. On-farm oat stocks were 1.0 million bushels, up 11 percent from 900,000 bushels stored a year ago. Oats stored off-farm were down 8 percent from last year to 55,000 bushels.

In the United States, all wheat stored in all positions on March 1, 2009 totaled 1.04 billion bushels, up 46 percent from a year ago. On-farm stocks are estimated at 280 million bushels, up 205 percent from last March. Off-farm stocks, at 756 million bushels, are up 23 percent from a year ago. The December 2008 - February 2009 indicated disappearance is 386 million bushels, down 9 percent from the same period a year earlier.

U.S. durum wheat stocks in all positions on March 1, 2009 totaled 32.8 million bushels, up 30 percent from a year ago. On-farm stocks, at 18.7 million bushels, are up 131 percent from March 1, 2008. Off-farm stocks totaled 14.1 million bushels, down 17 percent from a year ago. The December 2008 - February 2009 indicated disappearance of 11.7 million bushels is down 20 percent from the same period a year earlier.

Barley stocks in all positions in the U.S. on March 1, 2009 totaled 128 million bushels, up 16 percent from March 1, 2008. On-farm stocks are estimated at 44.1 million bushels, 56 percent above a year ago. Off-farm stocks, at 83.9 million bushels, are 2 percent above March 2008. The December 2008 - February 2009 indicated disappearance totaled 44.9 million bushels, 77 percent above the same period a year earlier.

U.S. oats stored in all positions on March 1, 2009 totaled 95.4 million bushels, 21 percent above the stocks on March 1, 2008. Of the total stocks on hand, 30.0 million bushels are stored on farms, down 3 percent from a year ago. Off-farm stocks totaled 65.4 million bushels, up 36 percent from the previous year. Indicated disappearance during December 2008 - February 2009 totaled 19.6 million bushels, up 27 percent from the same period a year ago.

Corn stocks in all positions in the U.S. on March 1, 2009 totaled 6.96 billion bushels, up 1 percent from March 1, 2008. Of the total stocks, 4.09 billion bushels are stored on farms, up 8 percent from a year earlier. Off-farm stocks, at 2.87 billion bushels, are down 7 percent from a year ago. The December 2008 - February 2009 indicated disappearance is 3.12 billion bushels, compared with 3.42 billion bushels during the same period last year.
 
March 1, 2009 Grain Stocks
GRAIN and POSITION

MONTANA

UNITED STATES

Mar. 1 , 200 8

Dec. 1 , 200 8

Mar. 1 , 2009

'09/'0 8

Mar. 1 , 200 8

Dec. 1 , 200 8

Mar. 1 , 200 9

 

Thousand Bushels

Percent

Thousand Bushels

ALL WHEAT  
 On Farms

23,000

92,000

54,000

235%

91,990

454,000

280,200

 Off Farms 1/

20,100

21,360

19,510

97%

617,280

968,374

756,372

 TOTAL

43,100

113,360

73,510

171%

709,270

1,422,374

1,036,572

DURUM WHEAT 2/  
 On Farms 3/

   --

   --

   --

   --

8,100

26,100

18,700

 Off Farms 1/, 3/

   --

   --

   --

   --

17,058

18,405

14,101

 TOTAL

--

--

--

--

25,158

44,505

32,801

BARLEY  
 On Farms

6,000

17,000

8,500

142%

28,270

77,050

44,060

 Off Farms 1/

10,720

10,720

11,410

106%

82,154

95,766

83,895

 TOTAL

16,720

27,720

19,910

119%

110,424

172,816

127,955

OATS  
 On Farms

900

1,300

1,000

111%

31,000

42,600

30,000

 Off Farms 1/

60

50

55

92%

47,988

72,322

65,364

 TOTAL

960

1,350

1,055

110%

78.988

114,922

95,364

CORN  
 On Farms

   --

   --

   --

   --

3,780,000

6,482,000

4,085,000

 Off Farms 1/

   --

   --

   --

   --

3,078,722

3,595,564

2,873,397

 TOTAL

   --

   --

   --

   --

6,858,722

10,077,564

6,958,397

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