DES MOINES, Iowa — Corn stored in all positions in Iowa on March 1, 2022, totaled 1.44 billion bushels, up 4 percent from March 1, 2021, according to the latest USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service – Grain Stocks report. Of the total stocks, 53 percent were stored on-farm. The December-February 2022 indicated disappearance totaled 635 million bushels, 31 percent above the 483 million bushels from the same quarter the previous year.
Soybeans stored in all positions in Iowa on March 1, 2022, totaled 378 million bushels, up 48 percent from March 1, 2021. Of the total stocks, 37 percent were stored on-farm. Indicated disappearance for December-February 2022 was 154 million bushels, 2 percent above the 151 million bushels from the same quarter the previous year.
United States Grain Stocks
Corn stocks in all positions on March 1, 2022, totaled 7.85 billion bushels, up 2 percent from March 1, 2021. Of the total stocks, 4.08 billion bushels were stored on farms, up 1 percent from a year earlier. Off-farm stocks, at 3.77 billion bushels, are up 3 percent from a year ago. The December 2021 – February 2022 indicated disappearance is 3.79 billion bushels, compared with 3.60 billion bushels during the same period last year.
Soybeans stored in all positions on March 1, 2022, totaled 1.93 billion bushels, up 24 percent from March 1, 2021. Soybean stocks stored on farms are estimated at 750 million bushels, up 26 percent from a year ago. Off-farm stocks, at 1.18 billion bushels, are up 22 percent from last March. Indicated disappearance for the December 2021 – February 2022 quarter totaled 1.22 billion bushels, down 12 percent from the same period a year earlier.
Oats stored in all positions on March 1, 2022, totaled 43.0 million bushels, 17 percent below the stocks on March 1, 2021. Of the total stocks on hand, 13.6 million bushels were stored on farms, down 20 percent from a year ago. Off-farm stocks totaled 29.4 million bushels, down 15 percent from the previous year. Indicated disappearance during December 2021 – February 2022 totaled 12.4 million bushels, 12 percent above the same period a year ago.
— USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service