EAST LANSING, Mich. — On December 1, 2020, Michigan corn stocks totaled 255 million bushels, 30 percent higher than a year earlier, according to Marlo Johnson, Director, USDA NASS, Great Lakes Regional Office. About 71 percent of the corn was stored on farms. The first quarter disappearance was 87.4 million bushels, compared with 81.6 million bushels a year earlier.
Soybean stocks on December 1, 2020, were 73.2 million bushels. That was 7 percent higher than stocks a year earlier. The first quarter indicated disappearance was 41.5 million bushels, 36 percent of supply. Farm stocks of soybeans were 31.5 million bushels.
Wheat stocks on December 1, 2020, were 32.1 million bushels, 22 percent below a year ago. Approximately 92 percent of wheat stocks were in commercial storage. Second quarter indicated disappearance was 8.91 million bushels, 16 percent of supply.
Corn stocks in all positions on December 1, 2020, totaled 11.3 billion bushels, down slightly from December 1, 2019. Of the total stocks, 7.05 billion bushels were stored on farms, down 1 percent from a year earlier. Off-farm stocks, 4.28 billion bushels, were up 1 percent from a year ago. The September – November 2020 indicated disappearance was 4.78 billion bushels, compared with 4.51 billion bushels during the same period last year.
Soybeans stored in all positions on December 1, 2020, totaled 2.93 billion bushels, down 10 percent from December 1, 2019. Soybean stocks stored on farms totaled 1.31 billion bushels, down 14 percent from a year ago. Off-farm stocks, 1.62 billion bushels, were down 6 percent from last December. Indicated disappearance for September – November 2020 totaled 1.73 billion bushels, up 43 percent from the same period a year earlier.
All wheat stored in all positions on December 1, 2020, totaled 1.67 billion bushels, down 9 percent from a year ago. On-farm stocks were estimated at 483 million bushels, down 7 percent from last December. Off- farm stocks, 1.19 billion bushels, were down 10 percent from a year ago. The September – November 2020 indicated disappearance was 484 million bushels, 4 percent below the same period a year earlier.
— USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service
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