EAST LANSING, Mich. — On Dec. 1, 2020, Ohio corn stocks totaled 484 million bushels, approximately 21 percent above a year earlier, according to Cheryl Turner, State Statistician, USDA NASS, Ohio Field Office. About 68 percent of the corn was stored on farms. The first quarter disappearance was 145 million bushels, compared with 108 million bushels a year earlier.
Soybean stocks on December 1, 2020, were 220 million bushels. That was 4 percent higher than stocks a year earlier. The first quarter indicated disappearance was 73.8 million bushels, compared with 40.9 million bushels during the same period a year ago. Farm stocks of soybeans were 115 million bushels.
Wheat stocks on December 1, 2020, were 42.6 million bushels, 14 percent below a year ago. About 98 percent of all wheat stocks were in commercial storage. Second quarter indicated disappearance was 16.9 million bushels, compared with 11.2 million bushels during the same period last year.
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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