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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 1/12/10
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: JAMES E. RAMEY, DIRECTOR
REYNOLDSBURG, OH
(614)728-2100


OHIO CORN, SOYBEAN, AND WHEAT STOCKS UP FROM PREVIOUS YEAR 

Corn stocks in all positions in Ohio on December 1, 2009 totaled 467.9
million bushels, 30 percent above the 360.8 million bushels stored on
December 1, 2008. On-farm stocks, at 330.0 million bushels increased 27
percent from the 260.0 million bushels on December 1, 2008. On-farm
stocks accounted for 71 percent of the total stored. Off-farm stocks
increased 37 percent from a year ago to 137.9 million bushels. 

Soybean stocks in all positions in Ohio totaled 152.4 million bushels on
December 1, 2009 up 24 percent from the previous December. Off-farm
stocks at 52.4 million bushels are 22 percent above the 43.0 million
bushels on hand December 1, 2008 and accounted for 34 percent of total
storage. On-farm stocks at 100.0 million bushels are up 25 percent from
the 80.0 million bushels stored on farms at the same time last year. 

All wheat stored in Ohio as of December 1, 2009 totaled 75.7 million
bushels, up 16 percent from December 2008. Off-farm stocks, at 70.2
million bushels, are up 15 percent from last year and account for 93
percent of total stocks. On-farm stocks at 5.5 million bushels are up
from the 4.2 million reported on December 1, 2008. 

Corn stored in all positions on December 1, 2009 totaled 10.9 billion
bushels, up 9 percent from December 1, 2008. Of the total stocks, 7.45
billion bushels are stored on farms, up 15 percent from a year earlier.
Off-farm stocks, at 3.49 billion bushels, are down 3 percent from a year
ago. The September - November 2009 indicated disappearance is 3.89
billion bushels, compared with 3.64 billion bushels during the same
period last year. 

Soybeans stored in all positions on December 1, 2009 totaled 2.34
billion bushels, up 3 percent from December 1, 2008. Soybean stocks
stored on farms totaled 1.23 billion bushels, up 4 percent from a year
ago. Off-farm stocks, at 1.11 billion bushels, are up 2 percent from
last December. Indicated disappearance for September - November 2009
totaled 1.16 billion bushels, up 30 percent from the same period a year
earlier. 

All wheat stored in all positions on December 1, 2009 totaled 1.77
billion bushels, up 24 percent from a year ago. On-farm stocks are
estimated at 559 million bushels, up 23 percent from last December.
Off-farm stocks, at 1.21 billion bushels, are up 25 percent from a year
ago. The September - November 2009 indicated disappearance is 444
million bushels, up 2 percent from the same period a year earlier. 

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