GRAIN STOCKS FOR CORN AND WHEAT UP FROM LAST YEAR

Columbia, S. C., September 30, 2005: OLD CROP CORN stocks stored in off farm facilities in SOUTH CAROLINA totaled 828 thousand bushels as of September 1, 2005, up slightly from the 824 thousand bushels stored off the farm on September 1, 2004, according to the USDA NASS South Carolina Field Office. South Carolina WHEAT stocks stored off the farm totaled 2.53 million bushels on September 1 compared to 2.38 million bushels stored off the farm on September 1, 2004.

OLD CROP CORN stocks in all positions in the UNITED STATES on September 1, 2005 totaled 2.11 billion bushels, up 120 percent from September 1, 2004. Of the total stocks, 821 million bushels are stored on farms, up 87 percent from a year earlier. Off-farm stocks, at 1.29 billion bushels, are up 148 percent from the previous year. OLD CROP SOYBEANS stored in all positions on September 1, 2005 totaled 256 million bushels, up 127 percent from September 1, 2004. Soybean stocks stored on farms totaled 99.7 million bushels, up 239 percent from a year ago. Off-farm stocks are up 88 percent from September 1, 2004, to 156 million bushels. ALL WHEAT stored in all positions on September 1, 2005 totaled 1.92 billion bushels, down 1 percent from a year ago. On-farm stocks are estimated at 719 million bushels, down 9 percent from last year. Off-farm stocks, at 1.20 billion bushels, are up 4 percent from a year ago.

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                                                Jim Johnson, Agricultural Statistician