LANSING, Mich. — On September 1, 2019, Ohio corn stocks totaled 82.0 million bushels, approximately 4 percent below a year earlier, according to Cheryl Turner, State Statistician, USDA NASS, Ohio Field Office. About 34 percent of the corn was stored on farms. The fourth quarter disappearance was 113 million bushels, compared with 111 million bushels a year earlier.
Soybean stocks on September 1, 2019, were 43.9 million bushels. That was 81 percent higher than stocks a year earlier and a September 1 record high for Ohio. The fourth quarter indicated disappearance was 67.3 million bushels, compared with 46.8 million bushels during the same period a year ago. Farm stocks of soybeans were 16.0 million bushels.
Wheat stocks on September 1, 2019, were 60.5 million bushels, 21 percent below a year ago. About 97 percent of wheat stocks were in commercial storage. First quarter indicated disappearance was 1.85 million bushels, compared with 2.33 million bushels during the same period last year.
U.S. old crop corn stocks in all positions on September 1, 2019, totaled 2.11 billion bushels, down 1 percent from September 1, 2018. Of the total stocks, 753 million bushels were stored on farms, up 22 percent from a year earlier. Off-farm stocks, 1.36 billion bushels, were down 10 percent from a year ago. The June – August 2019 indicated disappearance was 3.09 billion bushels, compared with 3.16 billion bushels during the same period last year.
U.S. old crop soybeans stored in all positions on September 1, 2019, totaled 913 million bushels, up 108 percent from September 1, 2018. Soybean stocks stored on farms were estimated at 265 million bushels, up 162 percent from a year ago. Off-farm stocks, 648 million bushels, were up 92 percent from last September. Indicated disappearance for the June – August 2019 quarter totaled 870 million bushels, up 11 percent from the same period a year earlier.
U.S. all wheat stored in all positions on September 1, 2019, totaled 2.38 billion bushels, down slightly from a year ago. On-farm stocks were estimated at 776 million bushels, up 23 percent from last September. Off-farm stocks, 1.61 billion bushels, were down 8 percent from a year ago. The June – August 2019 indicated disappearance was 657 million bushels, 11 percent above the same period a year earlier.
— USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service
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