GRAIN STOCKS - JUNE 1, 2005

Columbia, S.C., June 30, 2005: CORN stocks stored in off-farm facilities in SOUTH CAROLINA totaled 2.07 million bushels, up 43 percent from last June's off-farm stocks, according to the USDA NASS South Carolina Field Office. SOYBEAN stocks stored in off-farm facilities totaled 3.64 million bushels, up 30 percent from last June.

CORN stocks in all positions on June 1, 2005 in the UNITED STATES totaled 4.32 billion bushels, up 45 percent from June 1, 2004. This is the highest June 1 stocks level since 1988. Of the total stocks, 2.46 billion bushels are stored on farms, up 60 percent from a year earlier. Off-farm stocks, at 1.86 billion bushels, are up 30 percent from a year ago. The March - May 2005 indicated disappearance is 2.44 billion bushels, compared with 2.30 billion bushels during the same period last year.

SOYBEANS stored in all positions on June 1, 2005 totaled 700 million bushels, up 70 percent from June 1, 2004. On-farm stocks totaled 356 million bushels, up 224 percent from a year ago. Off-farm stocks, at 344 million bushels, are up 14 percent from the previous year. The March - May 2005 indicated disappearance is 682 million bushels, up 38 percent from the same period a year earlier.

ALL WHEAT stored in all positions on June 1, 2005 totaled 540 million bushels, down 1 percent from a year ago. On-farm stocks are estimated at 161 million bushels, up 22 percent from last year. Off-farm stocks, at 379 million bushels, are down 9 percent from a year ago. The March - May 2005 indicated disappearance is 445 million bushels, down 6 percent from the same period a year earlier.

For additional information call: Robert A. Graham, Director

                                                Jim H. Johnson, Agricultural Statistician