ILLINOIS FARM REPORT RELEASED: APRIL 3, 2001 IFR-01-05

Illinois   Agricultural   Statistics Service P.O. Box 19283, Springfield, IL 62794 Phone: (217) 492-4295 U.S. Department of Agriculture Illinois Department of Agriculture http://www.agr.state.il.us/agstats.htm

VOL. 22, NO. 5

Corn stocks in Illinois on March 1, 2001 are estimated at 1.095 billion bushels, 12 percent more than March 1, 2000. This is the largest amount of corn stored on March 1 since 1988, when stocks totaled 1.387 billion bushels. The December-February disappearance totaled 438.6 million bushels, two percent less than the same period a year earlier. Off-farm stocks, at 575.0 million bushels, were up nine percent from a year earlier and accounted for 54 percent of the state total. On-farm stocks were up 16 percent from March 1, 2000 to 520 million bushels. Soybean stocks are estimated at 249.1 million bushels, virtually unchanged from last year's March 1 total of 249.7 million bushels. The December-February disappearance totaled 180.6 million bushels, unchanged from the same period a year earlier. On-farm stocks, at 135 million bushels, increased four percent from a year earlier and accounted for 54 percent of the total stocks. Off-farm stocks decreased five percent from last year and totaled 114.1 million bushels. Wheat stocks are estimated at 28.9 million bushels for March 1. This is nine percent less than last year's highest level since 1982 of 31.9 million bushels. Off-farm stocks, at 28.0 million bushels accounted for 97 percent of the state total.

U.S. corn stocks in all positions on March 1, 2001 totaled 6.04 billion bushels, up eight percent from March 1, 2000 and the highest level since 1987. Of the total stocks, 3.60 billion bushels were stored on farms, up nine percent from a year earlier. Off-farm stocks, at 2.44 billion bushels, were up six percent from the previous year. The December 2000-February 2001 indicated disappearance is 2.48 billion bushels, compared with 2.44 billion bushels during the same period last year. Soybeans stored in all positions on March 1, 2001 totaled 1.40 billion bushels, up one percent from March 1, 2000. On-farm stocks, estimated at 780 million bushels, were up seven percent from the same period a year ago. Off-farm stocks, at 625 million bushels, were six percent lower than March 1, 2000. Indicated disappearance for the December 2000-February 2001 quarter totaled 835 million bushels, up six percent from the same quarter in 2000. All wheat stored in all positions on March 1, 2001 totaled 1.34 billion bushels, down five percent from a year ago. On-farm stocks are estimated at 390 million bushels, down eight percent from last year. Off-farm stocks, at 950 million bushels, are down four percent from a year ago. The indicated December 2000-February 2001 quarter disappearance is 466 million bushels, down slightly from the same period a year earlier.

HOGS AND PIGS

The number of hogs and pigs on March 1, 2001 in Illinois was 4.10 million, one percent more than were on hand on March 1, 2000. This was 50 thousand less than were on hand on December 1, 2000. Breeding hogs on hand March 1, 2001 were estimated at 440 thousand head, two percent more than a year earlier, while market hogs, at 3.66 million head, were up one percent.

The pig crop from December of 2000 through February of 2001 was 1.76 million, one percent below the same period in 2000. There were 205 thousand sows that farrowed, unchanged from a year earlier. The litter rate for the quarter was 8.6 pigs saved per litter and was down from the previous quarter of 8.7.

Farrowing intentions for the March through May quarter of 2001 is 210 thousand, equal to those farrowed during this period a year earlier. The first estimate of intentions for the June through August quarter of 2001 is for 210 thousand sows to farrow, five percent greater than the previous year.

U.S. inventory of all hogs and pigs on March 1, 2001, was 58.8 million head. This was two percent above March 2000, but one percent below December 1, 2000. Breeding inventory, at 6.24 million head, was up one percent from March 1, 2000, but down slightly fromDecember 1, 2000. Market hog inventory, at 52.5 million head, was two percent above last year, but one percent below last quarter.

The December 2000-February 2001 U.S. pig crop, at 24.9 million head, was two percent more than 2000, but one percent less than 1999. Sows farrowing during this period totaled 2.84 million head, one percent above last year. The sows farrowed during this quarter represented 45 percent of the breeding herd. The average pigs per litter was 8.78 pigs saved per litter for the December 2000-February 2001 period, compared to 8.76 pigs last year. Pigs saved per litter by size of operation ranged from 7.50 for operations with 1-99 hogs to 8.90 for operations with more than 5,000 hogs and pigs.

U.S. hog producers intend to have 2.91 million sows farrow during the March-May 2001 quarter, one percent above the actual farrowings during the same period in 2000, but three percent below 1999. Intended farrowings for June-August, at 2.92 million sows, are one percent above the same period in 2000, but slightly below 1999.

The total number of hogs under contract, owned by operations with over 5,000 head, but raised by contractees, accounted for 32 percent of the total U.S. hog inventory, up from 31 percent last year.

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