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                             STOCKS OF GRAIN


News Release                                            September 30, 2005



                        GRAIN STOCKS SUPPLY MIXED 



SIOUX FALLS, September 30, 2005 -- South Dakota stocks of corn, soybeans,
and sorghum on September 1 were up from last year, but all wheat, barley, 
and oats were down from a year ago, according to the South Dakota Office 
of USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service.  Total stocks include 
grain on farms, grain in mills and elevators, grain in government storage 
bins, and grain stored under the farmer-owned Grain Reserve Program.

All wheat stocks, at 112.8 million bushels, were down 3 percent from last 
year.  On-farm stocks totaled 72.0 million bushels, down 4 percent from 
last year.  Off-farm stocks, at 40.8 million, were down 2 percent from a 
year ago.

Corn stocks totaled 83.9 million bushels on September 1, up 106 percent 
from last year.  On-farm stocks contributed 50.0 million bushels, up 79 
percent from last year.  Off-farm stocks, at 33.9 million bushels, were 
up 165 percent from last year.

Soybean stocks in South Dakota totaled 9.5 million bushels, up 133 percent 
from last year.  On-farm stocks represented 5.8 million bushels, up 263 
percent from a year ago.  Off-farm stocks totaled 3.7 million, up 50 percent
from last year.

Oat stocks on September 1, at 14.3 million bushels, were down 1 percent 
from last year.  On-farm stocks were 11.5 million bushels, down 4 percent 
from last year.  Off-farm stocks totaled 2.8 million, up 14 percent from 
last year.

Barley on-farm stocks totaled 1.8 million bushels, down 22 percent from last 
year.  Off-farm stocks are not published.

Sorghum off-farm stocks, at 722,000 bushels, were up 473 percent from last 
year.  On-farm stocks are not published.  



        The complete report can be accessed at www.usda.gov/nass/
                or call Carter Anderson or Steve Noyes at
                              605-323-6500