HDR1012000110040401970830Grain Stocks-Corrected                                 
                                                                                
Released March 31, 1997, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service        
(NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture.  For     
information on "Grain Stocks" call (202) 720-2127, office hours 7:30 a.m. to    
4:00 p.m. ET.                                                                   
                                                                                
                                                                                
                     Corn Stocks Up 18 Percent                                  
                                                                                
Corn stocks in all positions on March 1, 1997, totaled 4.49 billion bushels,    
18 percent above a year earlier.  Of the total stocks, 2.87 billion bushels     
are stored on farms, 43 percent above last year.  Off-farm stocks, at 1.62      
billion bushels, are 10 percent below a year earlier.                           
                                                                                
The December-February 1997 indicated disappearance is 2.41 billion bushels,     
4 percent above the disappearance of 2.31 billion bushels during the same       
period a year earlier.                                                          
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
All wheat stocks March 1, 1997 are estimated at 822 million bushels in all      
positions, down slightly from March 1, 1996.  Farm stocks are 321 million       
bushels, up 45 percent from last March, but off-farm stocks, at 501 million,    
are down 17 percent. Disappearance for the quarter ending March 1 is 397        
million bushels, down 23 percent from the same period a year ago.               
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
Durum wheat in all storage positions March 1, 1997 totaled 55.1 million         
bushels, up 13 percent from last March 1.  On farm stocks are 33.1 million      
bushels, up 21 percent from last year.  The third quarter disappearance of      
31.1 million bushels is up 38 percent from the previous year's third quarter.   
                                                                                
                                                                                
Gr Lg 11-1 (3-97)                                                               
Soybeans stored in all position on March 1, 1997, totaled 1.06 billion          
bushels, down 11 percent from March 1, 1996.  On-farm stocks, estimated at 514  
million bushels, were slightly above the same period last year and accounted    
for                                                                             
49 percent of total stocks. Off-farm stocks, at 542 million bushels, were down  
20 percent from last year.                                                      
                                                                                
Indicated disappearance during the December 1996 - February 1997 quarter        
totaled 767 million bushels, up 19 percent from the same period one year ago.   
                                                                                
                                                                                
Barley stored in all positions on March 1, 1997, totaled 172 million bushels,   
3 percent below stocks of March 1, 1996.  Of the total barley stocks on hand,   
82.1 million bushels are stored on farms, 39 percent above a year ago.          
However, March 1, 1997 off-farm stocks are 24 percent below last year at 90.4   
million bushels.  Indicated disappearance during the December-February quarter  
totaled 75.8 million bushels, 17 percent above the same period a year earlier.  
                                                                                
                                                                                
Oats stored in all positions on March 1, 1997, totaled 95.6 million bushels,    
15 percent below the stocks of March 1, 1996. Of the total stocks on hand,      
56.2 million bushels were stored on farms, 2 percent below last year. Off-farm  
stocks totaled 39.4 million bushels, down 29 percent from a year earlier. The   
indicated December-February disappearance from all positions is 32.8 million    
bushels, down 19 percent from one year ago.                                     
                                                                                
                                                                                
Grain sorghum in all positions totaled 274 million bushels, up 69 percent from  
March 1, 1996.  Of the total sorghum stocks on hand, 77.0 million bushels are   
stored on farms, 133 percent above a year earlier.  Off-farm stocks, at         
197 million bushels, are 52 percent above the previous year.  Disappearance     
for the December-February quarter is 193 million bushels, up 39 percent from    
the same period last year.                                                      
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
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This report was approved on March 31, 1997, by the Secretary of Agriculture     
and the National Agricultural Statistics Service's Agricultural Statistics      
Board.                                                                          
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
This report was approved on March 31, 1997, by the Secretary of Agriculture and 
the National Agricultural Statistics Service's Agricultural Statistics Board.   
                                                                                
                                                                                
           Dan Glickman                              Rich Allen                 
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           Secretary of                     Agricultural Statistics Board       
           Agriculture                               Chairperson                
           Dan Glickman                              Rich Allen                 
                                                                                
                                                                                
           Grain Stocks:  By Position, Month, United States, 1996-97            
                                (Domestic Units)                                
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      :                1996                :                1997                
      :------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 Date :     On    :     Off    : Total All :    On    :     Off    : Total All  
      :   Farms   :  Farms 1/  : Positions :   Farms  :  Farms 1/  : Positions  
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      :                              1,000 Bushels                              
      :                                                                         
      :                        Corn                                             
      :                                                                         
Mar 1 : 2,000,200   1,799,341    3,799,541  2,870,000   1,623,772    4,493,772  
Jun 1 :   780,100     937,794    1,717,894                                      
Sep 1 :   196,600     229,342      425,942                                      
Dec 1 : 4,800,000   2,103,711    6,903,711                                      
      :                                                                         
      :                                 Sorghum                                 
      :                                                                         
Mar 1 :    33,000     129,566      162,566     76,980     197,169      274,149  
Jun 1 :    13,955      56,433       70,388                                      
Sep 1 :     5,500      12,871       18,371                                      
Dec 1 :   144,590     322,767      467,357                                      
      :                                                                         
      :                                  Oats                                   
      :                                                                         
Mar 1 :    57,350      55,268      112,618     56,200      39,399       95,599  
Jun 1 :    32,600      33,708       66,308                                      
Sep 1 :    93,400      39,532      132,932                                      
Dec 1 :    80,650      47,934      128,584                                      
      :                                                                         
      :                                 Barley                                  
      :                                                                         
Mar 1 :    58,825     119,107      177,932     82,060      90,390      172,450  
Jun 1 :    25,600      73,993       99,593                                      
Sep 1 :   193,700     122,078      315,778                                      
Dec 1 :   137,700     110,522      248,222                                      
      :                                                                         
      :                                All Wheat                                
      :                                                                         
Mar 1 :   220,550     602,914      823,464    320,750     501,104      821,854  
Jun 1 :    74,610     301,410      376,020                                      
Sep 1 :   824,500     899,696    1,724,196                                      
Dec 1 :   584,150     634,660    1,218,810                                      
      :                                                                         
      :                              Durum Wheat 2/                             
      :                                                                         
Mar 1 :    27,250      21,381       48,631     33,100      21,956       55,056  
Jun 1 :    12,470      13,275       25,745                                      
Sep 1 :    79,700      22,687      102,387                                      
Dec 1 :    66,100      20,011       86,111                                      
      :                                                                         
      :                                 Soybeans                                
      :                                                                         
Mar 1 :   512,000     678,356    1,190,356    514,000     541,607    1,055,607  
Jun 1 :   234,100     388,701      622,801                                      
Sep 1 :    59,523     123,935      183,458                                      
Dec 1 :   935,100     887,773    1,822,873                                      
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1/  Includes stocks at mills, elevators, warehouses, terminals, and processors. 
2/  Included in All Wheat.                                                      
                                                                                
           Grain Stocks:  By Position, Month, United States, 1996-97            
                                 (Metric Units)                                 
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      :                1996                :                1997                
      :------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 Date :     On    :     Off    : Total All :    On    :     Off    : Total All  
      :   Farms   :  Farms 1/  : Positions :   Farms  :  Farms 1/  : Positions  
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      :                               Metric Tons                               
      :                                                                         
      :                                  Corn                                   
      :                                                                         
Mar 1 : 50,807,420  45,705,370   96,512,790 72,901,360  41,245,710  114,147,070 
Jun 1 : 19,815,450  23,821,060   43,636,520                                     
Sep 1 :  4,993,870   5,825,560   10,819,430                                     
Dec 1 :121,925,620  53,436,720  175,362,340                                     
      :                                                                         
      :                                 Sorghum                                 
      :                                                                         
Mar 1 :    838,240   3,291,130    4,129,370  1,955,380   5,008,320    6,963,710 
Jun 1 :    354,470   1,433,460    1,787,940                                     
Sep 1 :    139,710     326,940      466,640                                     
Dec 1 :  3,672,760   8,198,660   11,871,410                                     
      :                                                                         
      :                                   Oats                                  
      :                                                                         
Mar 1 :    832,430     802,210    1,634,650    815,740     571,870    1,387,620 
Jun 1 :    473,190     489,270      962,460                                     
Sep 1 :  1,355,700     573,810    1,929,500                                     
Dec 1 :  1,170,630     695,760    1,866,390                                     
      :                                                                         
      :                                  Barley                                 
      :                                                                         
Mar 1 :  1,280,760   2,593,250    3,874,010  1,786,650   1,968,010    3,754,660 
Jun 1 :    557,370   1,611,010    2,168,380                                     
Sep 1 :  4,217,320   2,657,930    6,875,250                                     
Dec 1 :  2,998,060   2,406,330    5,404,400                                     
      :                                                                         
      :                                 All Wheat                               
      :                                                                         
Mar 1 :  6,002,390  16,408,630   22,411,020  8,729,380  13,637,820   22,367,200 
Jun 1 :  2,030,550   8,203,040   10,233,590                                     
Sep 1 : 22,439,210  24,485,710   46,924,930                                     
Dec 1 : 15,897,960  17,272,610   33,170,570                                     
      :                                                                         
      :                               Durum Wheat 2/                            
      :                                                                         
Mar 1 :    741,620     581,900    1,323,520    900,830     597,540    1,498,380 
Jun 1 :    339,380     361,290      700,660                                     
Sep 1 :  2,169,080     617,440    2,786,520                                     
Dec 1 :  1,798,950     544,610    2,343,560                                     
      :                                                                         
      :                                  Soybeans                               
      :                                                                         
Mar 1 : 13,934,360  18,461,820   32,396,180 13,988,790 14,740,120   28,728,910  
Jun 1 :  6,371,160  10,578,710   16,949,870                                     
Sep 1 :  1,619,950   3,372,960    4,992,910                                     
Dec 1 : 25,449,250  24,161,220   49,610,470                                     
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1/  Includes stocks at mills, elevators, warehouses, terminals, and processors. 
2/  Included in All Wheat.                                                      
              Corn:  Stocks by Position, State, and United States,              
                                March 1, 1996-97                                
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
      :                1996                :                1997                
      :------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 State:     On    :     Off    : Total All :    On    :     Off    : Total All  
      :   Farms   :  Farms 1/  : Positions :   Farms  :  Farms 1/  : Positions  
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
      :                              1,000 Bushels                              
      :                                                                         
AL    :         *       4,370            *          *       4,142            *  
AZ    :         *         712            *          *       1,087            *  
AR    :         *       1,589            *          *       1,370            *  
CA    :         *       5,198            *          *       6,874            *  
CO    :    19,000      13,850       32,850     32,000      18,500       50,500  
DE    :         *       6,224            *          *       8,062            *  
FL    :         *           *            *          *           *            *  
GA    :         *       7,014            *          *       7,116            *  
ID    :         *         724            *          *         828            *  
IL    :   270,000     328,847      598,847    375,000     324,515      699,515  
IN    :    95,000     145,057      240,057    135,000     106,820      241,820  
IA    :   490,000     417,034      907,034    660,000     338,289      998,289  
KS    :    24,000      67,703       91,703     55,000      95,848      150,848  
KY    :    18,000      12,464       30,464     33,000      13,148       46,148  
LA    :         *       6,628            *          *       7,647            *  
MD    :         *      13,017            *          *      15,910            *  
MI    :    65,000      48,336      113,336     65,000      36,842      101,842  
MN    :   320,000     151,643      471,643    390,000     110,616      500,616  
MS    :         *       3,289            *          *       3,093            *  
MO    :    34,000      22,678       56,678    100,000      38,960      138,960  
MT    :         *          95            *          *         125            *  
NE    :   210,000     239,795      449,795    410,000     221,964      631,964  
NV    :                                                                         
NH    :                 1,419        1,419                  1,043        1,043  
NJ    :         *           *            *          *         298            *  
NM    :         *           *            *          *           *            *  
NY    :         *           *            *          *       1,995            *  
NC    :     9,500      14,003       23,503     15,000      15,954       30,954  
ND    :    12,000       6,320       18,320     23,000       7,840       30,840  
OH    :    96,000     109,904      205,904    105,000      71,476      176,476  
OK    :         *           *            *          *       3,767            *  
OR    :         *         412            *          *       1,038            *  
PA    :    35,000       6,600       41,600     60,000       9,750       69,750  
SC    :         *       2,470            *          *       3,012            *  
SD    :    72,000      24,692       96,692    150,000      28,508      178,508  
TN    :         *       9,520            *          *       6,686            *  
TX    :     3,700      59,050       62,750      6,000      54,699       60,699  
UT    :         *         609            *          *         697            *  
VA    :         *       6,004            *          *       6,481            *  
WA    :         *       4,543            *          *       7,875            *  
WV    :         *           *            *          *           *            *  
WI    :   140,000      46,557      186,557    145,000      38,887      183,887  
WY    :         *           *            *          *          21            *  
      :                                                                         
Unall*:    87,000      10,971      170,389    111,000       1,989      201,113  
      :                                                                         
US    : 2,000,200   1,799,341    3,799,541  2,870,000   1,623,772    4,493,772  
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
*   "Off farms unallocated" includes State data not published to avoid          
    disclosure of individual operations; "on farms unallocated" includes minor  
    producing States' data not published separately.                            
1/  Includes stocks at mills, elevators, warehouses, terminals, and processors. 
           All Wheat:  Stocks by Position, State, and United States,            
                                March 1, 1996-97                                
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
      :                1996                :                1997                
      :------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 State:     On    :     Off    : Total All :    On    :     Off    : Total All  
      :   Farms   :  Farms 1/  : Positions :   Farms  :  Farms 1/  : Positions  
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
      :                              1,000 Bushels                              
      :                                                                         
AL    :        *         941            *          *           *            *   
AZ    :        *           *            *          *       1,555            *   
AR    :       50           *            *        100       2,456        2,556   
CA    :      300       6,746        7,046        500       8,666        9,166   
CO    :    6,500      21,550       28,050      8,000      16,800       24,800   
DE    :        *           *            *          *         249            *   
FL    :        *           *            *          *           *            *   
GA    :        *       2,213            *          *       1,817            *   
ID    :    9,000      23,066       32,066     11,000      22,375       33,375   
IL    :      400      14,558       14,958        500       8,880        9,380   
IN    :      150       7,130        7,280        350       5,862        6,212   
IA    :        *           *            *          *           *            *   
KS    :    7,500      85,253       92,753      9,500      87,064       96,564   
KY    :        *         938            *          *       1,615            *   
LA    :        *       4,644            *          *       4,192            *   
MD    :        *       2,706            *          *       1,602            *   
MI    :      700      10,869       11,569        800       9,108        9,908   
MN    :   22,000      33,179       55,179     34,000      22,256       56,256   
MS    :        *         579            *          *         181            *   
MO    :    1,100      15,788       16,888      1,100       9,897       10,997   
MT    :   48,000      26,500       74,500     64,000      14,600       78,600   
NE    :    6,000      37,307       43,307      5,000      21,944       26,944   
NV    :        *           *            *          *           *            *   
NH    :                    *            *                      *            *   
NJ    :        *           *            *          *           *            *   
NM    :        *       2,139            *          *           *            *   
NY    :        *       6,535            *          *       6,140            *   
NC    :      300       4,316        4,616        200       4,012        4,212   
ND    :   81,000      67,200      148,200    118,000      59,800      177,800   
OH    :      550      25,719       26,269        500      18,000       18,500   
OK    :    1,500      23,821       25,321      2,200      23,519       25,719   
OR    :    3,000      15,829       18,829      4,000      20,310       24,310   
PA    :        *       4,500            *          *       4,650            *   
SC    :        *         106            *          *         240            *   
SD    :   20,000      16,231       36,231     43,000      18,426       61,426   
TN    :        *       3,674            *          *       2,725            *   
TX    :    1,000      51,828       52,828        900      27,261       28,161   
UT    :        *       5,143            *          *       3,775            *   
VA    :        *       1,978            *          *       3,060            *   
WA    :    6,500      56,910       63,410     11,000      56,521       67,521   
WV    :        *           *            *          *           *            *   
WI    :        *      13,621            *          *       4,198            *   
WY    :        *           *            *          *           *            *   
      :                                                                         
Unall*:    5,000       9,397       64,164      6,100       7,348       49,447   
      :                                                                         
US    :  220,550     602,914      823,464    320,750     501,104      821,854   
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*   "Off farms unallocated" includes State data not published to avoid          
    disclosure of individual operations; "on farms unallocated" includes minor  
    producing States' data not published separately.                            
1/  Includes stocks at mills, elevators, warehouses, terminals, and processors. 
                                                                                
                                                                                
         Durum Wheat:  Stocks by Position, North Dakota, Other States,          
                     and United States, March 1, 1996-97 1/                     
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        :                1996               :               1997                
        :---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  State :     On    :    Off    : Total All :    On    :    Off    : Total All  
        :   Farms   :  Farms 2/ : Positions :   Farms  :  Farms 2/ : Positions  
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
        :                             1,000 Bushels                             
        :                                                                       
ND      :   23,000     13,200      36,200      29,000     13,400      42,400    
        :                                                                       
Oth Sts :    4,250      8,181      12,431       4,100      8,556      12,656    
        :                                                                       
US      :   27,250     21,381      48,631      33,100     21,956      55,056    
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1/  Included in All Wheat.                                                      
2/  Includes stocks at mills, elevators, warehouses, terminals, and processors. 
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
         Durum Wheat:  Stocks by Position, North Dakota, Other States,          
                     and United States, December 1, 1996 1/                     
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  State  :           On          :          Off          :      Total All       
         :         Farms         :        Farms 2/       :      Positions       
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
         :                            1,000 Bushels                             
         :                                                                      
ND       :         60,000                 10,800                 70,800         
         :                                                                      
Oth Sts  :          6,100                  9,211                 15,311         
         :                                                                      
US       :         66,100                 20,011                 86,111         
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1/  Included in All Wheat.                                                      
2/  Includes stocks at mills, elevators, warehouses, terminals, and processors. 
                                                                                
            Soybeans:  Stocks by Position, State, and United States,            
                                March 1, 1996-97                                
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
        :                1996               :               1997                
        :---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  State :     On    :    Off    : Total All :    On    :    Off    : Total All  
        :   Farms   :  Farms 1/ : Positions :   Farms  :  Farms 1/ : Positions  
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
        :                             1,000 Bushels                             
        :                                                                       
AL      :        *           *            *         *       4,509            *  
AZ      :                    *            *                     *            *  
AR      :    3,000      27,999       30,999     4,000      22,129       26,129  
CA      :                                                                       
CO      :                    *            *                     *            *  
DE      :        *           *            *         *           *            *  
FL      :        *           *            *         *           *            *  
GA      :      600       8,029        8,629       700           *            *  
ID      :                                                                       
IL      :  102,000     127,548      229,548    93,000     102,367      195,367  
IN      :   30,000      44,468       74,468    30,000      37,993       67,993  
IA      :  131,000     145,187      276,187   133,000     108,545      241,545  
KS      :    7,000      30,499       37,499     8,000      23,155       31,155  
KY      :    6,000      10,217       16,217     6,000       8,472       14,472  
LA      :      300      10,910       11,210       200       7,924        8,124  
MD      :        *           *            *         *           *            *  
MI      :   10,000       9,836       19,836     7,000       8,642       15,642  
MN      :   90,000      60,941      150,941    84,000      43,983      127,983  
MS      :    2,000       9,169       11,169     2,200       8,675       10,875  
MO      :   24,000      31,775       55,775    28,000      24,788       52,788  
MT      :                                                                       
NE      :   22,000      44,664       66,664    25,000      36,089       61,089  
NV      :                                                                       
NH      :                                                                       
NJ      :        *           *            *         *           *            *  
NM      :                                                                       
NY      :                  185          185                   172          172  
NC      :    4,500      10,119       14,619     4,500       8,912       13,412  
ND      :    5,300       4,500        9,800     3,800       2,540        6,340  
OH      :   32,000      40,199       72,199    35,000      38,337       73,337  
OK      :        *         708            *         *           *            *  
OR      :                    *            *                     *            *  
PA      :        *       1,430            *         *       1,925            *  
SC      :    2,000       5,856        7,856     1,800       5,366        7,166  
SD      :   19,500      13,044       32,544    27,000      11,196       38,196  
TN      :    3,700       4,185        7,885     2,400       3,189        5,589  
TX      :        *       5,014            *         *           *            *  
UT      :                    *            *                     *            *  
VA      :        *           *            *         *           *            *  
WA      :                    *            *                     *            *  
WV      :                    *            *                     *            *  
WI      :    9,100       7,428       16,528     6,400       5,687       12,087  
WY      :                                                                       
        :                                                                       
Unall*  :    8,000      24,446       39,598    12,000      27,012       46,146  
        :                                                                       
US      :  512,000     678,356    1,190,356   514,000     541,607    1,055,607  
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*   "Off farms unallocated" includes State data not published to avoid          
    disclosure of individual operations; "on farms unallocated" includes minor  
    producing States' data not published separately.                            
1/  Includes stocks at mills, elevators, warehouses, terminals, and processors. 
             Barley:  Stocks by Position, State, and United States,             
                                March 1, 1996-97                                
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
        :                1996               :               1997                
        :---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  State :     On    :    Off    : Total All :    On    :    Off    : Total All  
        :   Farms   :  Farms 1/ : Positions :   Farms  :  Farms 1/ : Positions  
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
        :                             1,000 Bushels                             
        :                                                                       
AL      :                    *           *                     *            *   
AZ      :        *          59           *          *         47            *   
AR      :                    *           *                     *            *   
CA      :      400       1,323       1,723        400      1,420        1,820   
CO      :      325       5,920       6,245        510      6,470        6,980   
DE      :        *          97           *          *          *            *   
FL      :                    *           *                     *            *   
GA      :                   34          34                    16           16   
ID      :    8,000      14,348      22,348      7,000     10,583       17,583   
IL      :                    *           *                     *            *   
IN      :                    *           *                     *            *   
IA      :                    *           *                     *            *   
KS      :        *           *           *          *         44            *   
KY      :        *           *           *          *         51            *   
LA      :                    *           *                     *            *   
MD      :        *         270           *          *        136            *   
MI      :        *          42           *          *          *            *   
MN      :    8,500      31,134      39,634     12,000     21,351       33,351   
MS      :                    *           *                     *            *   
MO      :                   10          10                    16           16   
MT      :   11,000       8,500      19,500     12,000      4,800       16,800   
NE      :        *           *           *          *          *            *   
NV      :        *           *           *          *          *            *   
NH      :                    *           *                     *            *   
NJ      :        *           *           *          *          *            *   
NM      :                    *           *                                      
NY      :                   24          24                    69           69   
NC      :        *         145           *          *        114            *   
ND      :   21,000      27,600      48,600     39,000     22,100       61,100   
OH      :                    *           *                     *            *   
OK      :        *          45           *          *         62            *   
OR      :      500       2,975       3,475      1,100      2,007        3,107   
PA      :        *         290           *          *        325            *   
SC      :        *           *           *          *          *            *   
SD      :    2,400       1,421       3,821      2,900          *            *   
TN      :                    *           *                     *            *   
TX      :        *          44           *          *          *            *   
UT      :    1,300       1,129       2,429      1,800      1,295        3,095   
VA      :        *         272           *          *        290            *   
WA      :    1,000       5,192       6,192      1,500      5,204        6,704   
WV      :                    *           *                     *            *   
WI      :        *      13,938           *          *      8,718            *   
WY      :      400       1,586       1,986        450          *            *   
        :                                                                       
Unall*  :    4,000       2,709      21,911      3,400      5,272       21,809   
        :                                                                       
US      :   58,825     119,107     177,932     82,060     90,390      172,450   
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
*   "Off farms unallocated" includes State data not published to avoid          
    disclosure of individual operations; "on farms unallocated" includes minor  
    producing States' data not published separately.                            
1/  Includes stocks at mills, elevators, warehouses, terminals, and processors. 
              Oats:  Stocks by Position, State, and United States,              
                                March 1, 1996-97                                
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
        :                1996               :               1997                
        :---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  State :     On    :    Off    : Total All :    On    :    Off    : Total All  
        :   Farms   :  Farms 1/ : Positions :   Farms  :  Farms 1/ : Positions  
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
        :                             1,000 Bushels                             
        :                                                                       
AL      :        *          *            *          *          *           *    
AZ      :                  12           12                    11          11    
AR      :        *          *            *          *         27           *    
CA      :        *        155            *          *        100           *    
CO      :        *        135            *          *         82           *    
DE      :                   *            *                     *           *    
FL      :                   *            *                     *           *    
GA      :        *        156            *          *        103           *    
ID      :        *        340            *          *        275           *    
IL      :    1,100        553        1,653      1,300        699       1,999    
IN      :        *        254            *          *        208           *    
IA      :    5,000      5,622       10,622      5,500      4,720      10,220    
KS      :      600        682        1,282        800      1,200       2,000    
KY      :                   *            *                     *           *    
LA      :               1,406        1,406                     *           *    
MD      :        *         20            *          *         27           *    
MI      :    1,200        980        2,180      1,000        981       1,981    
MN      :    7,000     17,024       24,024      7,000     11,736      18,736    
MS      :                   *            *                     *           *    
MO      :      350          *            *        300      1,967       2,267    
MT      :    2,200        205        2,405      1,500        450       1,950    
NE      :    1,500          *            *      1,500          *           *    
NV      :                                                                       
NH      :                   *            *                     *           *    
NJ      :                   *            *                     *           *    
NM      :                   *            *                                      
NY      :    1,500        305        1,805      1,400        205       1,605    
NC      :        *        123            *          *        140           *    
ND      :   10,000      1,060       11,060      8,500      1,230       9,730    
OH      :    1,900      1,713        3,613      1,200      1,989       3,189    
OK      :        *        201            *          *        362           *    
OR      :      300        604          904        300        649         949    
PA      :    3,000        550        3,550      2,600        510       3,110    
SC      :        *         61            *          *         91           *    
SD      :    7,000      1,621        8,621      8,500      1,366       9,866    
TN      :                 253          253                   107         107    
TX      :      800      2,467        3,267        500      1,377       1,877    
UT      :        *         71            *          *        119           *    
VA      :                  26           26                    72          72    
WA      :        *        200            *          *        129           *    
WV      :        *          *            *          *          *           *    
WI      :    9,000          *            *     10,000      2,242      12,242    
WY      :        *         27            *          *          *           *    
        :                                                                       
Unall*  :    4,900     18,442       35,935      4,300      6,225      13,688    
        :                                                                       
US      :   57,350     55,268      112,618     56,200     39,399      95,599    
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
*   "Off farms unallocated" includes State data not published to avoid          
    disclosure of individual operations; "on farms unallocated" includes minor  
    producing States' data not published separately.                            
1/  Includes stocks at mills, elevators, warehouses, terminals, and processors. 
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
            Sorghum:  Stocks by Position, State, and United States,             
                                March 1, 1996-97                                
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
        :                1996               :               1997                
        :---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  State :     On    :    Off    : Total All :    On    :    Off    : Total All  
        :   Farms   :  Farms 1/ : Positions :   Farms  :  Farms 1/ : Positions  
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
        :                             1,000 Bushels                             
        :                                                                       
AL      :        *           *           *          *           *           *   
AZ      :                2,160       2,160                  3,213       3,213   
AR      :      250           *           *        300           *           *   
CA      :                  307         307                    685         685   
CO      :      600         750       1,350      1,300       1,400       2,700   
DE      :                    *           *                      *           *   
FL      :                    *           *                      *           *   
GA      :        *          18           *          *         102           *   
ID      :                                                                       
IL      :      400       1,280       1,680      1,000       2,552       3,552   
IN      :                  210         210                     39          39   
IA      :                    *           *                      *           *   
KS      :   17,000      55,307      72,307     35,000      96,000     131,000   
KY      :        *         105           *          *           *           *   
LA      :       20       1,367       1,387         30       2,035       2,065   
MD      :                    *           *                      *           *   
MI      :                                                                       
MN      :                                                       *           *   
MS      :       30         198         228         10           *           *   
MO      :    4,400       3,427       7,827      7,500       4,548      12,048   
MT      :                                                                       
NE      :    6,000      23,110      29,110     24,000      29,370      53,370   
NV      :                                                                       
NH      :                    5           5                      *           *   
NJ      :                                                                       
NM      :      200       1,237       1,437        240           *           *   
NY      :                    *           *                      *           *   
NC      :        *           *           *          *           *           *   
ND      :                                                                       
OH      :                    *           *                      *           *   
OK      :    1,000       4,189       5,189      2,000       7,610       9,610   
OR      :                    *           *                      *           *   
PA      :                    *           *                    134         134   
SC      :        *           *           *          *           *           *   
SD      :    1,300         351       1,651      1,900         783       2,683   
TN      :        *         122           *          *         231           *   
TX      :    1,300      33,507      34,807      2,900      43,908      46,808   
UT      :                    *           *                      *           *   
VA      :                    *           *                      *           *   
WA      :                    *           *                      *           *   
WV      :                                                       *           *   
WI      :                    *           *                      *           *   
WY      :                    *           *                      *           *   
        :                                                                       
Unall*  :      500       1,916       2,911        800       4,559       6,242   
        :                                                                       
US      :   33,000     129,566     162,566     76,980     197,169     274,149   
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
*   "Off farms unallocated" includes State data not published to avoid          
    disclosure of individual operations; "on farms unallocated" includes minor  
    producing States' data not published separately.                            
1/  Includes stocks at mills, elevators, warehouses, terminals, and processors. 
                 Corn and Sorghum:  Stocks by Position, State,                  
                      and United States, December 1, 1996                       
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
        :              Corn 1/              :              Sorghum 1/           
        :---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  State :     On    :    Off    : Total All :    On    :    Off    : Total All  
        :   Farms   :  Farms 2/ : Positions :   Farms  :  Farms 2/ : Positions  
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
        :                             1,000 Bushels                             
        :                                                                       
AL      :         *       4,090           *         *           *           *   
AZ      :         *       1,377           *                 2,300       2,300   
AR      :         *       2,021           *       600           *           *   
CA      :         *      11,233           *                   600         600   
CO      :    50,000      28,445      78,445     3,500       3,415       6,915   
DE      :         *      11,312           *                     *           *   
FL      :         *           *           *                     *           *   
GA      :         *       6,353           *         *          54           *   
ID      :         *       1,046           *                                     
IL      :   730,000     453,252   1,183,252     3,300       3,855       7,155   
IN      :   380,000     119,753     499,753                    29          29   
IA      :   980,000     415,018   1,395,018                     *           *   
KS      :    90,000     135,307     225,307    70,000     168,905     238,905   
KY      :    69,000      16,433      85,433         *           *           *   
LA      :         *       7,755           *       100       2,664       2,764   
MD      :         *      20,496           *                     *           *   
MI      :   125,000      50,619     175,619                                     
MN      :   555,000     134,934     689,934                     *           *   
MS      :         *       5,190           *        80         748         828   
MO      :   165,000      49,990     214,990    13,000       6,973      19,973   
MT      :         *          45           *                                     
NE      :   710,000     295,352   1,005,352    34,000      52,756      86,756   
NV      :                                                                       
NH      :                   682         682                     *           *   
NJ      :         *         603           *                                     
NM      :         *           *           *       610           *           *   
NY      :         *       1,617           *                     *           *   
NC      :    26,000      18,132      44,132         *           *           *   
ND      :    39,000      10,010      49,010                                     
OH      :   185,000      80,473     265,473                     6           6   
OK      :         *       6,215           *     5,500      11,336      16,836   
OR      :         *           *           *                     *           *   
PA      :    81,000      10,810      91,810                    79          79   
SC      :         *       3,324           *         *           *           *   
SD      :   225,000      38,449     263,449     4,200         793       4,993   
TN      :         *       8,977           *         *         223           *   
TX      :    10,000      87,502      97,502     8,000      63,549      71,549   
UT      :         *         865           *                     *           *   
VA      :         *       8,462           *                     *           *   
WA      :         *       9,157           *                     *           *   
WV      :         *           *           *                     *           *   
WI      :   210,000      45,237     255,237                     *           *   
WY      :         *          41           *                     *           *   
        :                                                                       
Unall*  :   170,000       3,134     283,313     1,700       4,482       7,669   
        :                                                                       
US      : 4,800,000   2,103,711   6,903,711   144,590     322,767     467,357   
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
*   "Off farms unallocated" includes State data not published to avoid          
    disclosure of individual operations; "on farms unallocated" includes minor  
    producing States' data not published separately.                            
1/  Revised.                                                                    
2/  Includes stocks at mills, elevators, warehouses, terminals, and processors. 
                                                                                
              All Wheat and Soybeans:  Stocks by Position, State,               
                      and United States, December 1, 1996                       
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
        :            All Wheat 1/           :            Soybeans 1/            
        :---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  State :     On    :    Off    : Total All :    On    :    Off    : Total All  
        :   Farms   :  Farms 2/ : Positions :   Farms  :  Farms 2/ : Positions  
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
        :                             1,000 Bushels                             
        :                                                                       
AL      :        *           *            *         *       5,966            *  
AZ      :        *       2,422            *                     *            *  
AR      :      300       9,992       10,292    12,000      50,500       62,500  
CA      :    1,700      10,492       12,192                                     
CO      :   19,000      21,140       40,140                     *            *  
DE      :        *         616            *         *           *            *  
FL      :        *           *            *         *           *            *  
GA      :        *       2,859            *     1,500      10,059       11,559  
ID      :   25,000      43,721       68,721                                     
IL      :    2,100       9,643       11,743   198,000     166,652      364,652  
IN      :      650       8,200        8,850    95,000      59,428      154,428  
IA      :        *           *            *   177,000     176,627      353,627  
KS      :   17,000      92,012      109,012    16,000      46,266       62,266  
KY      :        *       2,379            *    21,000      13,952       34,952  
LA      :        *       4,936            *     2,000      13,603       15,603  
MD      :        *       2,928            *         *      11,864            *  
MI      :    1,300       9,952       11,252    12,000      12,857       24,857  
MN      :   60,000      24,769       84,769   120,000      62,877      182,877  
MS      :        *           *            *     7,000      18,427       25,427  
MO      :    3,100      11,493       14,593    60,000      49,930      109,930  
MT      :  110,000      16,800      126,800                                     
NE      :    9,000      29,255       38,255    40,000      57,287       97,287  
NV      :        *           *            *                                     
NH      :                    *            *                     *            *  
NJ      :        *           *            *         *           *            *  
NM      :        *           *            *                                     
NY      :        *       6,278            *                     *            *  
NC      :      900       5,109        6,009    14,000      11,520       25,520  
ND      :  220,000      53,800      273,800     7,600       3,880       11,480  
OH      :    1,600      25,466       27,066    66,000      47,747      113,747  
OK      :    5,500      35,731       41,231         *       1,858            *  
OR      :   11,000      25,287       36,287                     *            *  
PA      :        *       5,530            *         *       3,040            *  
SC      :        *       1,026            *     4,000       6,503       10,503  
SD      :   58,000      21,607       79,607    36,000      17,743       53,743  
TN      :        *       3,826            *     8,000       9,330       17,330  
TX      :    2,000      36,149       38,149         *           *            *  
UT      :        *       3,248            *                     *            *  
VA      :        *       5,058            *         *       6,501            *  
WA      :   21,000      88,458      109,458                     *            *  
WV      :        *           *            *                     *            *  
WI      :        *       5,602            *    11,000      10,144       21,144  
WY      :        *           *            *                     *            *  
        :                                                                       
Unall*  :   15,000       8,876       70,584    27,000      13,212       69,441  
        :                                                                       
US      :  584,150     634,660    1,218,810   935,100     887,773    1,822,873  
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
*   "Off farms unallocated" includes State data not published to avoid          
    disclosure of individual operations; "on farms unallocated" includes minor  
    producing States' data not published separately.                            
1/  Revised.                                                                    
2/  Includes stocks at mills, elevators, warehouses, terminals, and processors. 
                                                                                
                  Oats and Barley:  Stocks by Position, State,                  
                      and United States, December 1, 1996                       
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
        :              Oats 1/              :             Barley 1/             
        :---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  State :     On    :    Off    : Total All :    On    :    Off    : Total All  
        :   Farms   :  Farms 2/ : Positions :   Farms  :  Farms 2/ : Positions  
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
        :                             1,000 Bushels                             
        :                                                                       
AL      :        *         95            *                      *           *   
AZ      :                  17           17          *         223           *   
AR      :        *         49            *                      *           *   
CA      :        *        123            *        700       1,612       2,312   
CO      :        *         90            *      1,700       8,145       9,845   
DE      :                   *            *          *           *           *   
FL      :                   *            *                      *           *   
GA      :        *        107            *                     29          29   
ID      :        *        318            *     12,000      14,528      26,528   
IL      :    1,800        984        2,784                      *           *   
IN      :        *        189            *                      *           *   
IA      :    5,800      6,354       12,154                      *           *   
KS      :    1,300      1,418        2,718          *           *           *   
KY      :                 125          125          *          53           *   
LA      :                   *            *                      *           *   
MD      :        *         11            *          *         137           *   
MI      :    1,300          *            *          *           9           *   
MN      :    9,000     15,826       24,826     16,500      23,162      39,662   
MS      :                  21           21                                      
MO      :      550          *            *                      *           *   
MT      :    2,300        250        2,550     28,000       5,000      33,000   
NE      :    3,100          *            *          *           *           *   
NV      :                                           *           *           *   
NH      :                   *            *                      *           *   
NJ      :                   *            *          *           *           *   
NM      :                                                                       
NY      :    2,300        249        2,549                     62          62   
NC      :        *        112            *          *         205           *   
ND      :   16,000      1,335       17,335     60,000      24,650      84,650   
OH      :    1,700      1,817        3,517                      *           *   
OK      :        *        195            *          *          54           *   
OR      :      600        725        1,325      3,000       2,885       5,885   
PA      :    3,600        550        4,150          *         270           *   
SC      :        *        160            *          *           *           *   
SD      :   12,000      1,849       13,849      4,000         501       4,501   
TN      :                  95           95                      8           8   
TX      :      800        788        1,588          *           *           *   
UT      :        *          *            *      2,400       1,499       3,899   
VA      :                  46           46          *         296           *   
WA      :        *        172            *      3,500      10,230      13,730   
WV      :        *          *            *                      *           *   
WI      :   12,500      4,171       16,671          *      10,259           *   
WY      :        *          *            *        600           *           *   
        :                                                                       
Unall*  :    6,000      9,693       22,264      5,300       6,705      24,111   
        :                                                                       
US      :   80,650     47,934      128,584    137,700     110,522     248,222   
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
*   "Off farms unallocated" includes State data not published to avoid          
    disclosure of individual operations; "on farms unallocated" includes minor  
    producing States' data not published separately.                            
1/  Revised.                                                                    
2/  Includes stocks at mills, elevators, warehouses, terminals, and processors. 
       Reliability of March 1, 1997, Grain Stocks Estimates                     
                                                                                
Survey Procedures:  The grain stocks estimates in this report are based on      
                    surveys conducted during the first two weeks of March.      
Separate surveys were conducted to obtain the on-farm and off-farm estimates.   
The on-farm stocks survey included about 57,000 operators selected in a manner  
that ensures that all operations in the U.S. had a chance to be selected.       
These producers were asked to provide the total quantities of grain on their    
operations as of March 1, 1997.  This included all whole grains and oilseeds    
stored whether for feed, seed, or sale as well as any stored under a            
Government program.                                                             
                                                                                
The off-farm stocks survey is an enumeration of all known commercial grain      
storage facilities.  This includes nearly 11,000 facilities with about          
8.0 billion bushels of storage capacity.  An effort is made to obtain a report  
from every facility.  Reports of stock holdings are normally received from      
operations covering about 90 percent of the capacity.  Estimates are made for   
missing facilities to make the survey complete.                                 
                                                                                
                                                                                
Estimation Procedures:  On-farm and off-farm survey data are reviewed at the    
                        State and national levels for reasonableness,           
consistency with historical estimates, and current crop size.  After estimates  
are made for on-farm and off-farm stock inventories, the total of these two is  
evaluated using the balance sheet approach.  This method utilizes other         
sources of data to measure the reasonableness of the stocks estimates.          
Estimates of production, imports, exports, crushings, milling, and all other    
recorded uses of grain and oilseeds are reviewed to make sure beginning         
stocks, production and utilization, and ending stocks are within reasonable     
balance and present the best possible estimate of stocks.                       
                                                                                
                                                                                
Revision Policy:  On-farm and off-farm stocks are subject to revision the       
                  quarter following initial publication and again in the        
following December 1 Grain Stocks report published in January each year.        
Revisions can be made when late reports are received, errors are detected in    
reporting and calculating, and production estimates are revised.  Estimates     
will also be reviewed after data for the 5-year Census of Agriculture are       
available.  No revisions will be made after that date.                          
                                                                                
                                                                                
Reliability:  Reliability of the on-farm and off-farm stocks must be treated    
              separately because the survey design for the two surveys are      
drastically different.  The on-farm stocks estimates are subject to sampling    
variability because all operations holding on-farm stocks are not included in   
the sample.  This variability, as measured by the relative standard error at    
the U.S. level, is approximately 1.5 percent for corn, 2.2 percent for          
soybeans, and 2.5 percent for all wheat.  This means that chances are           
approximately 95 out of 100 that survey estimates for stocks will be within     
plus or minus 3.0 percent for corn, 4.4 percent for soybeans, and 5.0 percent   
for all wheat of the value that could be developed by averaging the estimates   
produced from all possible samples selected from the same population and        
surveyed using the same procedures.  The relative standard errors of the        
estimates for sorghum, barley, and oats are 6.5, 4.6, and 3.8, respectively.    
Sampling errors cannot be applied directly to the on-farm stocks published in   
this report to determine confidence intervals since the Agricultural            
Statistics Board estimates represent a composite of information such as the     
balance sheet components.                                                       
                                                                                
Survey estimates are also subject to non sampling errors such as omission,      
duplication, imputation for missing data, and mistakes in reporting,            
recording, and processing the data.  Off-farm, as well as on-farm stocks, are   
subject to these types of errors.  These errors cannot be measured directly,    
but they are minimized through rigid quality controls in the data collection    
process and a careful review of all reported data for consistency and           
reasonableness.                                                                 
                               Index                                            
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
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Barley                                                                          
                                                                                
  March 1, 1997 ..................................................         9    
  December 1, 1996 ...............................................        14    
                                                                                
                                                                                
Corn                                                                            
                                                                                
  March 1, 1997 ..................................................         5    
  December 1, 1996 ...............................................        12    
                                                                                
                                                                                
Oats                                                                            
                                                                                
  March 1, 1997 ..................................................        10    
  December 1, 1996 ...............................................        14    
                                                                                
                                                                                
Sorghum                                                                         
                                                                                
  March 1, 1997 ..................................................        11    
  December 1, 1996 ...............................................        12    
                                                                                
                                                                                
Soybeans                                                                        
                                                                                
  March 1, 1997 ..................................................         8    
  December 1, 1996 ...............................................        13    
                                                                                
                                                                                
All Wheat                                                                       
                                                                                
  March 1, 1997 ..................................................         6    
  December 1, 1996 ...............................................        13    
                                                                                
                                                                                
Durum Wheat                                                                     
                                                                                
  March 1, 1997 ..................................................         7    
  December 1, 1996 ...............................................         7    
                                                                                
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