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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 1/12/11
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: JAMES E. RAMEY, DIRECTOR
REYNOLDSBURG, OH
(614)728-2100


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

Corn stocks in all positions in Ohio on December 1, 2010 totaled 401.9
million bushels, 14 percent below the 468.1 million bushels stored on
December 1, 2009. On-farm stocks, at 270.0 million bushels decreased 18
percent from the 330.0 million bushels on December 1, 2009. On-farm
stocks accounted for 67 percent of the total stored. Off-farm stocks
decreased 4 percent from a year ago to 131.9 million bushels. 

Soybean stocks in all positions in Ohio totaled 139.2 million bushels on
December 1, 2010 down 9 percent from the previous December. Off-farm
stocks at 57.2 million bushels are 9 percent above the 52.4 million
bushels on hand December 1, 2009 and accounted for 41 percent of total
storage. On-farm stocks at 82.0 million bushels are down 18 percent from
the 100.0 million bushels stored on farms at the same time last year. 

All wheat stored in Ohio as of December 1, 2010 totaled 73.0 million
bushels, down 9 percent from December 2009. Off-farm stocks, at 71.4
million bushels, are down 4 percent from last year and account for 98
percent of total stocks. On-farm stocks at 1.6 million bushels are down
from the 5.5 million reported on December 1, 2009. 

U.S. corn stored in all positions on December 1, 2010 totaled 10.0
billion bushels, down 8 percent from December 1, 2009. Of the total
stocks, 6.30 billion bushels are stored on farms, down 15 percent from a
year earlier. Off-farm stocks, at 3.74 billion bushels, are up 7 percent
from a year ago. The September - November 2010 indicated disappearance
is 4.11 billion bushels, compared with 3.86 billion bushels during the
same period last year. 

U.S. soybeans stored in all positions on December 1, 2010 totaled 2.28
billion bushels, down 3 percent from December 1, 2009. Soybean stocks
stored on farms totaled 1.09 billion bushels, down 11 percent from a
year ago. Off-farm stocks, at 1.19 billion bushels, are up 7 percent
from last December. Indicated disappearance for September - November
2010 totaled 1.20 billion bushels, up 4 percent from the same period a
year earlier. 

U.S. all wheat stored in all positions on December 1, 2010 totaled 1.93
billion bushels, up 8 percent from a year ago. On-farm stocks are
estimated at 550 million bushels, down 2 percent from last December.
Off-farm stocks, at 1.38 billion bushels, are up 13 percent from a year
ago. The September - November 2010 indicated disappearance is 522
million bushels, up 22 percent from the same period a year earlier. 

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