HDR1012000110040329960830Grain Stocks                                           
                                                                                
Released March 29, 1996, 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 8:00 a.m. to    
4:30 p.m. ET.  For assistance with general agricultural statistics,             
information about NASS, its products or services, contact the NASS Information  
Hotline at 1-800-727-9540 or E-mail:  NASS@NASS.USDA.GOV.  Estimates refer to   
March 1, 1996.                                                                  
                                                                                
                   Corn Stocks Down 32 Percent                                  
                                                                                
Corn stocks in all positions on March 1, 1996, totaled 3.80 billion bushels,    
32 percent below a year earlier.  Of the total stocks, 2.00 billion bushels     
are stored on farms, 43 percent below last year.  Off-farm stocks, at 1.80      
billion bushels, are 14 percent below a year earlier.                           
                                                                                
The December-February 1996 indicated disappearance is 2.31 billion bushels,     
7 percent below the disappearance of 2.49 billion bushels during the same       
period a year earlier.                                                          
                                                                                
All wheat stocks March 1, 1996 is estimated at 826 million bushels in all       
positions, down 15 percent from March 1, 1995.  This is the lowest March 1      
total since the reference date was changed in the 1986-87 marketing year.       
Farm stocks are 224 million bushels, down 33 percent from last March, while     
off-farm stocks, at 602 million, are down 5 percent. Disappearance for the      
quarter ending March 1 is 512 million bushels, down 2 percent from the same     
period a year ago.                                                              
                                                                                
Durum wheat in all storage positions March 1, 1996 totaled 48.6 million         
bushels, up 14 percent from last March 1.  On farm stocks are 27.3 million      
bushels, up                                                                     
5 percent from last year.  The third quarter disappearance of 22.5 million      
bushels is down 1 percent from the previous year's third quarter.               
                                                                                
Gr Lg 11-1 (3-96)                                                               
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
Soybeans stored in all positions on March 1, 1996, totaled 1.19 billion         
bushels, 13 percent below holdings a year earlier.  On-farm stocks, at 512      
million bushels, were 19 percent below last March and accounted for 43 percent  
of the March 1, 1996, holdings.  Off-farm stocks totaled 678 million bushels,   
8 percent below last March.                                                     
                                                                                
Indicated disappearance for the December 1995-February 1996 quarter totaled     
644 million bushels, 12 percent below the comparable period a year earlier.     
Disappearance during the first two quarters of the 1995-96 marketing year       
totaled 1.30 billion bushels, 4 percent below the previous year.                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
Barley stored in all positions on March 1, 1996, totaled 176 million bushels,   
9 percent below the stocks of March 1, 1995.  Of the total barley stocks on     
hand, 58.8 million bushels were stored on farms, 32 percent below a year        
earlier.  Off-farm stocks, at 118 million bushels, were 11 percent above last   
year.  Indicated disappearance during the December-February quarter totaled     
66.1 million bushels, 23 percent below the same period a year earlier.          
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
Oats stored in all positions on March 1, 1996, totaled 112 million bushels,     
25 percent below the stocks of March 1, 1995.  Of the total stocks on hand,     
57.1 million bushels were stored on farms, 27 percent below last year.  Off-farm
stocks totaled 55.3 million bushels, down 22 percent from a year earlier.       
The indicated December-February disappearance from all positions is 40.7        
million bushels, down 6 percent from a year earlier.                            
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
Grain sorghum totaled 162 million bushels, down 42 percent from last March.     
Stocks on farms total 33.0 million bushel, less than half those of last year;   
off-farm sorghum stocks are down 37 percent.  Disappearance for December        
95-February  96 quarter is 139 million bushels, down 2 percent from the same    
period last year.                                                               
                                                                                
                                                                                
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This report was approved on March 29, 1996, 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, 1995-96            
                                (Domestic Units)                                
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      :                1995                :                1996                
      :------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 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 : 3,502,000   2,089,693    5,591,693  2,000,200   1,798,598    3,798,798  
Jun 1 : 2,072,000   1,342,896    3,414,896                                      
Sep 1 :   740,900     816,940    1,557,840                                      
Dec 1 : 3,960,000   2,145,774    6,105,774                                      
      :                                                                         
      :                                 Sorghum                                 
      :                                                                         
Mar 1 :    74,620     206,312      280,932     33,000     129,271      162,271  
Jun 1 :    44,570     114,212      158,782                                      
Sep 1 :    17,842      53,772       71,614                                      
Dec 1 :    79,090     222,186      301,276                                      
      :                                                                         
      :                                  Oats                                   
      :                                                                         
Mar 1 :    78,400      70,575      148,975     57,050      55,250      112,300  
Jun 1 :    46,750      53,848      100,598                                      
Sep 1 :   107,200      72,967      180,167                                      
Dec 1 :    87,200      65,804      153,004                                      
      :                                                                         
      :                                 Barley                                  
      :                                                                         
Mar 1 :    86,800     106,156      192,956     58,825     117,607      176,432  
Jun 1 :    37,905      74,688      112,593                                      
Sep 1 :   198,900     113,624      312,524                                      
Dec 1 :   121,400     121,110      242,510                                      
      :                                                                         
      :                                All Wheat                                
      :                                                                         
Mar 1 :   335,250     633,823      969,073    223,550     602,290      825,840  
Jun 1 :   163,410     343,175      506,585                                      
Sep 1 :   743,600   1,137,499    1,881,099                                      
Dec 1 :   477,000     861,267    1,338,267                                      
      :                                                                         
      :                              Durum Wheat 2/                             
      :                                                                         
Mar 1 :    26,060      16,675       42,735     27,250      21,381       48,631  
Jun 1 :    12,240      13,752       25,992                                      
Sep 1 :    72,560      24,655       97,215                                      
Dec 1 :    47,220      23,886       71,106                                      
      :                                                                         
      :                                Soybeans                                 
      :                                                                         
Mar 1 :   635,300     734,898    1,370,198    512,000     677,756    1,189,756  
Jun 1 :   348,800     443,072      791,872                                      
Sep 1 :   105,130     229,684      334,814                                      
Dec 1 :   861,500     971,929    1,833,429                                      
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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, 1995-96            
                                 (Metric Units)                                 
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      :                1995                :                1996                
      :------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 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 : 88,954,900  53,080,650  142,035,540 50,807,420  45,686,490  96,493,910  
Jun 1 : 52,631,220  34,111,130   86,742,350                                     
Sep 1 : 18,819,730  20,751,230   39,570,960                                     
Dec 1 :100,588,630  54,505,170  155,093,800                                     
      :                                                                         
      :                                 Sorghum                                 
      :                                                                         
Mar 1 :  1,895,440   5,240,570    7,136,000    838,240   3,283,630   4,121,870  
Jun 1 :  1,132,130   2,901,120    4,033,250                                     
Sep 1 :    453,210   1,365,870    1,819,080                                     
Dec 1 :  2,008,980   5,643,780    7,652,760                                     
      :                                                                         
      :                                   Oats                                  
      :                                                                         
Mar 1 :  1,137,970   1,024,390    2,162,370    828,080     801,950   1,630,030  
Jun 1 :    678,570     781,600    1,460,180                                     
Sep 1 :  1,556,000   1,059,110    2,615,120                                     
Dec 1 :  1,265,700     955,140    2,220,850                                     
      :                                                                         
      :                                 Barley                                  
      :                                                                         
Mar 1 :  1,889,850   2,311,270    4,201,120  1,280,760   2,560,590   3,841,350  
Jun 1 :    825,280   1,626,140    2,451,420                                     
Sep 1 :  4,330,540   2,473,870    6,804,410                                     
Dec 1 :  2,643,170   2,636,860    5,280,030                                     
      :                                                                         
      :                                All Wheat                                
      :                                                                         
Mar 1 :  9,124,010  17,249,840   26,373,840  6,084,030  16,391,650  22,475,680  
Jun 1 :  4,447,290   9,339,690   13,786,980                                     
Sep 1 : 20,237,480  30,957,650   51,195,130                                     
Dec 1 : 12,981,810  23,439,850   36,421,660                                     
      :                                                                         
      :                               Durum Wheat 2/                            
      :                                                                         
Mar 1 :    709,240     453,820    1,163,060    741,620     581,900   1,323,520  
Jun 1 :    333,120     374,270      707,390                                     
Sep 1 :  1,974,760     671,000    2,645,760                                     
Dec 1 :  1,285,120     650,070    1,935,190                                     
      :                                                                         
      :                                Soybeans                                 
      :                                                                         
Mar 1 : 17,290,030  20,000,650   37,290,680 13,934,360  18,445,500  32,379,850  
Jun 1 :  9,492,780  12,058,440   21,551,220                                     
Sep 1 :  2,861,170   6,250,970    9,112,140                                     
Dec 1 : 23,446,190  26,451,570   49,897,760                                     
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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, 1995-96                                
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      :                1995                :                1996                
      :------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 State:     On    :     Off    : Total All :    On    :     Off    : Total All  
      :   Farms   :  Farms 1/  : Positions :   Farms  :  Farms 1/  : Positions  
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      :                              1,000 Bushels                              
      :                                                                         
AL    :         *       4,080            *          *       4,370            *  
AZ    :         *         710            *          *         712            *  
AR    :         *       1,446            *          *       1,589            *  
CA    :         *       4,325            *          *       5,198            *  
CO    :    33,000      20,880       53,880     19,000      13,850       32,850  
DE    :         *       6,764            *          *       6,224            *  
FL    :         *           *            *          *           *            *  
GA    :         *       8,201            *          *       7,014            *  
ID    :         *         961            *          *         724            *  
IL    :   480,000     490,686      970,686    270,000     328,847      598,847  
IN    :   190,000     168,621      358,621     95,000     145,057      240,057  
IA    :   820,000     430,956    1,250,956    490,000     417,034      907,034  
KS    :    46,000      91,220      137,220     24,000      67,703       91,703  
KY    :    37,000      15,217       52,217     18,000      12,464       30,464  
LA    :         *      10,931            *          *       6,628            *  
MD    :         *      13,112            *          *      13,017            *  
MI    :   105,000      51,276      156,276     65,000      48,336      113,336  
MN    :   495,000     152,694      647,694    320,000     151,643      471,643  
MS    :         *       5,219            *          *       3,289            *  
MO    :    86,000      40,694      126,694     34,000      22,678       56,678  
MT    :         *          70            *          *          85            *  
NE    :   450,000     242,643      692,643    210,000     239,062      449,062  
NV    :                                                                         
NH    :                   971          971                  1,419        1,419  
NJ    :         *         196            *          *           *            *  
NM    :         *         783            *          *           *            *  
NY    :         *           *            *          *           *            *  
NC    :    16,000      15,672       31,672      9,500      14,003       23,503  
ND    :    23,000       4,060       27,060     12,000       6,320       18,320  
OH    :   160,000     118,287      278,287     96,000     109,904      205,904  
OK    :         *           *            *          *           *            *  
OR    :         *         397            *          *         412            *  
PA    :    56,000       7,300       63,300     35,000       6,600       41,600  
SC    :         *       2,211            *          *       2,470            *  
SD    :   155,000      19,794      174,794     72,000      24,692       96,692  
TN    :         *       8,172            *          *       9,520            *  
TX    :    10,000      70,267       80,267      3,700      59,050       62,750  
UT    :         *         564            *          *         609            *  
VA    :         *       5,163            *          *       6,004            *  
WA    :         *       6,329            *          *       4,543            *  
WV    :         *           *            *          *           *            *  
WI    :   210,000      58,646      268,646    140,000      46,557      186,557  
WY    :         *         215            *          *           *            *  
      :                                                                         
Unall*:   130,000       9,960      219,809     87,000      10,971      170,379  
      :                                                                         
US    : 3,502,000   2,089,693    5,591,693  2,000,200   1,798,598    3,798,798  
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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. 
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
           All Wheat:  Stocks by Position, State, and United States,            
                                March 1, 1995-96                                
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      :                1995                :                1996                
      :------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 State:     On    :     Off    : Total All :    On    :     Off    : Total All  
      :   Farms   :  Farms 1/  : Positions :   Farms  :  Farms 1/  : Positions  
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      :                              1,000 Bushels                              
      :                                                                         
AL    :        *       1,949            *          *         941            *   
AZ    :        *       1,290            *          *           *            *   
AR    :      100           *            *         50           *            *   
CA    :      500       8,407        8,907        300       6,746        7,046   
CO    :    9,000      21,350       30,350      6,500      21,550       28,050   
DE    :        *           *            *          *           *            *   
FL    :        *           *            *          *           *            *   
GA    :        *       2,048            *          *       2,213            *   
ID    :    9,000      15,541       24,541      9,000      23,066       32,066   
IL    :      500      17,382       17,882        400      14,558       14,958   
IN    :      400       4,475        4,875        150       7,130        7,280   
IA    :        *           *            *          *           *            *   
KS    :   12,000     103,096      115,096      7,500      85,253       92,753   
KY    :        *       2,675            *          *         938            *   
LA    :        *       4,838            *          *       4,644            *   
MD    :        *       1,958            *          *       2,706            *   
MI    :      800      13,554       14,354        700      10,869       11,569   
MN    :   32,000      31,837       63,837     22,000      33,179       55,179   
MS    :        *           *            *          *         579            *   
MO    :      550      13,268       13,818      1,100      15,788       16,888   
MT    :   69,000      22,000       91,000     51,000      25,500       76,500   
NE    :   10,000      30,364       40,364      6,000      37,683       43,683   
NV    :        *           *            *          *           *            *   
NH    :                    *            *                      *            *   
NJ    :        *           *            *          *           *            *   
NM    :        *       2,416            *          *       2,139            *   
NY    :        *       7,194            *          *       6,535            *   
NC    :      700       4,360        5,060        300       4,316        4,616   
ND    :  130,000      61,000      191,000     81,000      67,200      148,200   
OH    :      900      33,866       34,766        550      25,719       26,269   
OK    :    4,000      31,672       35,672      1,500      23,821       25,321   
OR    :    3,500      20,462       23,962      3,000      15,829       18,829   
PA    :        *       5,400            *          *       4,500            *   
SC    :        *           *            *          *         106            *   
SD    :   37,000      12,737       49,737     20,000      16,231       36,231   
TN    :        *       4,143            *          *       3,674            *   
TX    :      900      61,868       62,768      1,000      51,828       52,828   
UT    :        *       5,106            *          *       5,143            *   
VA    :        *       2,862            *          *       1,978            *   
WA    :    8,000      54,649       62,649      6,500      56,910       63,410   
WV    :        *           *            *          *           *            *   
WI    :        *      17,278            *          *      13,621            *   
WY    :        *           *            *          *           *            *   
      :                                                                         
Unall*:    6,400      12,778       78,435      5,000       9,397       64,164   
      :                                                                         
US    :  335,250     633,823      969,073    223,550     602,290      825,840   
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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, 1995-96 1/                     
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       :                1995               :                1996                
       :----------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 State :     On    :    Off    : Total All :    On    :     Off    : Total All  
       :   Farms   :  Farms 2/ : Positions :   Farms  :  Farms 2/  : Positions  
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       :                             1,000 Bushels                              
       :                                                                        
ND     :   23,000      9,100      32,100      23,000      13,200      36,200    
       :                                                                        
Oth Sts:    3,060      7,575      10,635       4,250       8,181      12,431    
       :                                                                        
US     :   26,060     16,675      42,735      27,250      21,381      48,631    
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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, 1995 1/                     
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 State :           On           :           Off          :      Total All       
       :          Farms         :       Farms 2/ 3/      :      Positions       
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       :                             1,000 Bushels                              
       :                                                                        
ND     :         41,000                   12,200                 53,200         
       :                                                                        
Oth Sts:          6,220                   11,686                 17,906         
       :                                                                        
US     :         47,220                   23,886                 71,106         
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1/  Included in all wheat.                                                      
2/  Includes stocks at mills, elevators, warehouses, terminals, and processors. 
3/  Revised.                                                                    
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
            Soybeans:  Stocks by Position, State, and United States,            
                                March 1, 1995-96                                
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      :                1995                :                1996                
      :------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 State:     On    :     Off    : Total All :    On    :     Off    : Total All  
      :   Farms   :  Farms 1/  : Positions :   Farms  :  Farms 1/  : Positions  
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      :                              1,000 Bushels                              
      :                                                                         
AL    :        *           *             *         *           *             *  
AZ    :                    *             *                     *             *  
AR    :    5,000      32,025        37,025     3,000      27,999        30,999  
CA    :                                                                         
CO    :                    *             *                     *             *  
DE    :        *           *             *         *           *             *  
FL    :        *           *             *         *           *             *  
GA    :    1,900       9,173        11,073       600       8,029         8,629  
ID    :                                                                         
IL    :  123,000     145,918       268,918   102,000     127,548       229,548  
IN    :   42,000      39,894        81,894    30,000      44,468        74,468  
IA    :  147,000     149,233       296,233   131,000     145,187       276,187  
KS    :   13,500      38,273        51,773     7,000      30,499        37,499  
KY    :   10,000       9,103        19,103     6,000      10,217        16,217  
LA    :      300      11,617        11,917       300      10,910        11,210  
MD    :        *       9,244             *         *           *             *  
MI    :    9,800      10,188        19,988    10,000       9,836        19,836  
MN    :  100,000      63,393       163,393    90,000      60,941       150,941  
MS    :    3,800           *             *     2,000       9,169        11,169  
MO    :   35,000      39,940        74,940    24,000      31,775        55,775  
MT    :                                                                         
NE    :   27,000      46,728        73,728    22,000      44,684        66,684  
NV    :                                                                         
NH    :                                                                         
NJ    :        *           *             *         *           *             *  
NM    :                                                                         
NY    :                    *             *                   185           185  
NC    :    9,500      11,771        21,271     4,500      10,119        14,619  
ND    :    5,300       3,000         8,300     5,300       3,880         9,180  
OH    :   42,000      41,789        83,789    32,000      40,199        72,199  
OK    :        *           *             *         *         708             *  
OR    :                    *             *                     *             *  
PA    :        *       1,900             *         *       1,430             *  
SC    :    3,700       6,433        10,133     2,000       5,856         7,856  
SD    :   28,000      11,268        39,268    19,500      13,044        32,544  
TN    :    6,500       4,981        11,481     3,700       4,185         7,885  
TX    :        *       5,611             *         *       5,014             *  
UT    :                    *             *                     *             *  
VA    :        *       3,989             *         *           *             *  
WA    :                    *             *                     *             *  
WV    :                    *             *                     *             *  
WI    :    9,000      10,145        19,145     9,100       7,428        16,528  
WY    :                                                                         
      :                                                                         
Unall*:   13,000      29,282        66,826     8,000      24,446        39,598  
      :                                                                         
US    :  635,300     734,898     1,370,198   512,000     677,756     1,189,756  
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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, 1995-96                                
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
      :                1995                :                1996                
      :------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 State:     On    :     Off    : Total All :    On    :     Off    : Total All  
      :   Farms   :  Farms 1/  : Positions :   Farms  :  Farms 1/  : Positions  
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
      :                              1,000 Bushels                              
      :                                                                         
AL    :                    *            *                      *            *   
AZ    :        *         255            *          *          59            *   
AR    :                    *            *                      *            *   
CA    :      300       2,733        3,033        400       1,323        1,723   
CO    :      800       5,285        6,085        325       5,920        6,245   
DE    :        *           *            *          *          97            *   
FL    :                    *            *                      *            *   
GA    :                    *            *                     34           34   
ID    :    9,000       8,894       17,894      8,000      14,348       22,348   
IL    :                    *            *                      *            *   
IN    :                                                        *            *   
IA    :                    *            *                      *            *   
KS    :      100         116          216          *           *            *   
KY    :        *          22            *          *           *            *   
LA    :                    *            *                      *            *   
MD    :        *         925            *          *         270            *   
MI    :        *          73            *          *          42            *   
MN    :    9,000      26,616       35,616      8,500      31,134       39,634   
MS    :                                                        *            *   
MO    :                    *            *                     10           10   
MT    :   15,000       7,200       22,200     11,000       7,000       18,000   
NE    :        *           *            *          *           *            *   
NV    :        *           *            *          *           *            *   
NH    :                  318          318                      *            *   
NJ    :        *           *            *          *           *            *   
NM    :                    *            *                      *            *   
NY    :                    *            *                     24           24   
NC    :        *         174            *          *         145            *   
ND    :   37,000      23,350       60,350     21,000      27,600       48,600   
OH    :                    *            *                      *            *   
OK    :        *         125            *          *          45            *   
OR    :    1,000       2,344        3,344        500       2,975        3,475   
PA    :        *         530            *          *         290            *   
SC    :        *           *            *          *           *            *   
SD    :    5,000       2,121        7,121      2,400       1,421        3,821   
TN    :                    *            *                      *            *   
TX    :        *         134            *          *          44            *   
UT    :    2,100       1,063        3,163      1,300       1,129        2,429   
VA    :        *         425            *          *         272            *   
WA    :    1,100       4,224        5,324      1,000       5,192        6,192   
WV    :                    *            *                      *            *   
WI    :        *      14,103            *          *      13,938            *   
WY    :      600           *            *        400       1,586        1,986   
      :                                                                         
Unall*:    5,800       5,126       28,292      4,000       2,709       21,911   
      :                                                                         
US    :   86,800     106,156      192,956     58,825     117,607      176,432   
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
*   "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, 1995-96                                
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
      :                1995                :                1996                
      :------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 State:     On    :     Off    : Total All :    On    :     Off    : Total All  
      :   Farms   :  Farms 1/  : Positions :   Farms  :  Farms 1/  : Positions  
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
      :                              1,000 Bushels                              
      :                                                                         
AL    :        *           *            *          *           *            *   
AZ    :                   35           35                     12           12   
AR    :        *          88            *          *           *            *   
CA    :        *         125            *          *         155            *   
CO    :        *         198            *          *         135            *   
DE    :                    *            *                      *            *   
FL    :                    *            *                      *            *   
GA    :        *         121            *          *         156            *   
ID    :        *         279            *          *         340            *   
IL    :    1,100       1,132        2,232      1,100         553        1,653   
IN    :      300         255          555          *         254            *   
IA    :    6,000       8,061       14,061      5,000       5,622       10,622   
KS    :    1,000         913        1,913        600         682        1,282   
KY    :                   88           88                      *            *   
LA    :                    *            *                  1,406        1,406   
MD    :        *           *            *          *          20            *   
MI    :    1,800       1,200        3,000      1,200         980        2,180   
MN    :   12,000      27,462       39,462      7,000      17,024       24,024   
MS    :                  236          236                      *            *   
MO    :      300       2,987        3,287        350           *            *   
MT    :    2,100         150        2,250      2,200         180        2,380   
NE    :    1,900           *            *      1,200           *            *   
NV    :                                                                         
NH    :                    *            *                      *            *   
NJ    :                    *            *                      *            *   
NM    :                    *            *                      *            *   
NY    :    2,300         493        2,793      1,500         305        1,805   
NC    :        *         165            *          *         123            *   
ND    :   15,000       1,770       16,770     10,000       1,060       11,060   
OH    :    1,400       2,935        4,335      1,900       1,713        3,613   
OK    :        *         511            *          *         201            *   
OR    :      500         811        1,311        300         604          904   
PA    :    3,600         570        4,170      3,000           *            *   
SC    :        *           *            *          *          61            *   
SD    :   13,000       2,050       15,050      7,000       1,621        8,621   
TN    :                  398          398                    253          253   
TX    :      700       1,431        2,131        800       2,467        3,267   
UT    :        *           *            *          *          71            *   
VA    :                   43           43                     26           26   
WA    :        *         139            *          *         200            *   
WV    :        *           *            *          *           *            *   
WI    :   11,000           *            *      9,000           *            *   
WY    :        *          33            *          *          27            *   
      :                                                                         
Unall*:    4,400      15,896       34,855      4,900      18,999       39,192   
      :                                                                         
US    :   78,400      70,575      148,975     57,050      55,250      112,300   
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
*   "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, 1995-96                                
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
      :                1995                :                1996                
      :------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 State:     On    :     Off    : Total All :    On    :     Off    : Total All  
      :   Farms   :  Farms 1/  : Positions :   Farms  :  Farms 1/  : Positions  
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
      :                              1,000 Bushels                              
      :                                                                         
AL    :        *           *            *          *           *            *   
AZ    :                2,830        2,830                  2,160        2,160   
AR    :      650           *            *        250           *            *   
CA    :                  197          197                    307          307   
CO    :    1,100       2,170        3,270        600         750        1,350   
DE    :                    *            *                      *            *   
FL    :                    *            *                      *            *   
GA    :        *           *            *          *          18            *   
ID    :                                                                         
IL    :      600       2,627        3,227        400       1,280        1,680   
IN    :                  109          109                    210          210   
IA    :                    *            *                      *            *   
KS    :   30,000      92,476      122,476     17,000      55,307       72,307   
KY    :        *         139            *          *         105            *   
LA    :       30       2,133        2,163         20       1,367        1,387   
MD    :                    *            *                      *            *   
MI    :                                                                         
MN    :                                                                         
MS    :       40           *            *         30         198          228   
MO    :    7,300       5,490       12,790      4,400       3,427        7,827   
MT    :                                                                         
NE    :   25,000      44,722       69,722      6,000      23,289       29,289   
NV    :                                                                         
NH    :                    *            *                      5            5   
NJ    :                                                                         
NM    :      800       1,460        2,260        200       1,237        1,437   
NY    :                    *            *                      *            *   
NC    :        *           *            *          *           *            *   
ND    :                                                                         
OH    :                    *            *                      *            *   
OK    :    1,300       5,368        6,668      1,000       3,715        4,715   
OR    :                    *            *                      *            *   
PA    :                    *            *                      *            *   
SC    :        *           *            *          *           *            *   
SD    :    3,200         747        3,947      1,300         351        1,651   
TN    :        *         246            *          *         122            *   
TX    :    3,500      43,005       46,505      1,300      33,507       34,807   
UT    :                    *            *                      *            *   
VA    :                   85           85                      *            *   
WA    :                    *            *                      *            *   
WV    :                    *            *                                       
WI    :                    *            *                      *            *   
WY    :                    *            *                      *            *   
      :                                                                         
Unall*:    1,100       2,508        4,683        500       1,916        2,911   
      :                                                                         
US    :   74,620     206,312      280,932     33,000     129,271      162,271   
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
*   "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, 1995                       
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
      :               Corn 1/              :              Sorghum               
      :------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 State:     On    :     Off    : Total All :    On    :     Off    : Total All  
      :   Farms   :  Farms 2/  : Positions :   Farms  :  Farms 2/  : Positions  
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
      :                              1,000 Bushels                              
      :                                                                         
AL    :         *       4,584            *         *           *            *   
AZ    :         *         581            *                     *            *   
AR    :         *       2,264            *       500           *            *   
CA    :         *       9,442            *                   460          460   
CO    :    38,000      21,355       59,355       900       1,590        2,490   
DE    :         *       8,108            *                     *            *   
FL    :         *           *            *                     *            *   
GA    :         *       6,708            *         *         120            *   
ID    :         *       1,181            *                                      
IL    :   650,000     422,380    1,072,380     1,900       2,423        4,323   
IN    :   320,000     143,618      463,618                   127          127   
IA    :   820,000     466,814    1,286,814                     *            *   
KS    :    48,000      96,529      144,529    32,000     104,400      136,400   
KY    :    60,000      14,111       74,111         *         344            *   
LA    :         *       9,857            *        60       2,439        2,499   
MD    :         *      16,668            *                    17           17   
MI    :   130,000      63,494      193,494                                      
MN    :   500,000     170,212      670,212                                      
MS    :         *       5,247            *       130           *            *   
MO    :    89,000      31,340      120,340    17,000       5,653       22,653   
MT    :         *          45            *                                      
NE    :   460,000     276,233      736,233    17,000      40,091       57,091   
NV    :                                                                         
NH    :                 1,461        1,461                                      
NJ    :         *         505            *                                      
NM    :         *       1,604            *       300       1,388        1,688   
NY    :         *           *            *                     *            *   
NC    :    25,000      16,458       41,458         *           9            *   
ND    :    27,000       6,900       33,900                                      
OH    :   180,000     111,375      291,375                     *            *   
OK    :         *       6,057            *     1,800       6,259        8,059   
OR    :         *         694            *                     *            *   
PA    :    65,000       8,000       73,000                     *            *   
SC    :         *       4,067            *         *           *            *   
SD    :   145,000      30,382      175,382     2,500         667        3,167   
TN    :         *      11,448            *         *         155            *   
TX    :    23,000      88,824      111,824     3,800      52,377       56,177   
UT    :         *         543            *                     *            *   
VA    :         *       7,166            *                    87           87   
WA    :         *      10,731            *                     *            *   
WV    :         *           *            *                                      
WI    :   220,000      60,569      280,569                     *            *   
WY    :         *         151            *                                      
      :                                                                         
Unall*:   160,000       8,068      275,719     1,200       3,580        6,038   
      :                                                                         
US    : 3,960,000   2,145,774    6,105,774    79,090     222,186      301,276   
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
*   "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, 1995                       
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
      :              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    :        *       1,386             *         *       7,993             *  
AZ    :        *       2,088             *                     *             *  
AR    :      150      11,668        11,818     5,500      53,147        58,647  
CA    :    1,000      10,190        11,190                                      
CO    :   17,000      30,090        47,090                     *             *  
DE    :        *       1,553             *         *           *             *  
FL    :        *           *             *         *           *             *  
GA    :        *       2,888             *     2,000       7,712         9,712  
ID    :   22,000      32,960        54,960                                      
IL    :    2,100      26,162        28,262   185,000     185,681       370,681  
IN    :    1,100      16,218        17,318    84,000      58,435       142,435  
IA    :        *           *             *   166,000     202,562       368,562  
KS    :   18,000     149,201       167,201    12,000      39,330        51,330  
KY    :        *       3,196             *    19,000      13,037        32,037  
LA    :        *       7,913             *     2,000      16,121        18,121  
MD    :        *       5,986             *         *       7,968             *  
MI    :    1,300      16,380        17,680    14,000      18,888        32,888  
MN    :   42,000      34,419        76,419   125,000      80,592       205,592  
MS    :        *       1,186             *     6,000      21,093        27,093  
MO    :    1,800      21,429        23,229    54,000      51,406       105,406  
MT    :  105,000      24,000       129,000                                      
NE    :   16,000      47,223        63,223    35,000      61,428        96,428  
NV    :        *           *             *                                      
NH    :                    *             *                                      
NJ    :        *           *             *         *           *             *  
NM    :        *           *             *                                      
NY    :        *      10,644             *                   261           261  
NC    :    1,400       6,859         8,259    11,500      10,352        21,852  
ND    :  160,000      72,200       232,200     8,500       6,400        14,900  
OH    :    1,850      43,057        44,907    59,000      55,773       114,773  
OK    :    4,500      43,706        48,206         *           *             *  
OR    :    9,000      22,736        31,736                     *             *  
PA    :        *       6,000             *         *       2,500             *  
SC    :        *       1,607             *     5,000       5,094        10,094  
SD    :   40,000      20,432        60,432    29,000      20,686        49,686  
TN    :        *       5,887             *     8,000       9,621        17,621  
TX    :    2,000      63,502        65,502         *       7,088             *  
UT    :        *       5,807             *                     *             *  
VA    :        *       5,924             *         *       5,950             *  
WA    :   16,000      86,612       102,612                     *             *  
WV    :        *           *             *                                      
WI    :        *      12,103             *    13,500      13,331        26,831  
WY    :        *           *             *                                      
      :                                                                         
Unall*:   14,800       8,055        97,023    17,500       9,480        58,479  
      :                                                                         
US    :  477,000     861,267     1,338,267   861,500     971,929     1,833,429  
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
*   "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, 1995                       
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
      :                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    :        *         417            *                      *            *   
AZ    :                   42           42          *         130            *   
AR    :        *          28            *                      *            *   
CA    :        *         211            *        600       2,942        3,542   
CO    :        *         155            *      1,300       4,365        5,665   
DE    :                    *            *          *           *            *   
FL    :                    *            *                      *            *   
GA    :        *           *            *                     53           53   
ID    :        *         322            *     14,000      14,360       28,360   
IL    :    1,600         748        2,348                      *            *   
IN    :        *         316            *                      *            *   
IA    :    7,000       7,807       14,807                      *            *   
KS    :    1,500       1,315        2,815          *           *            *   
KY    :                   87           87          *           *            *   
LA    :                  565          565                      *            *   
MD    :        *          37            *          *         683            *   
MI    :    1,700       1,338        3,038          *          25            *   
MN    :   11,000      20,282       31,282     13,500      26,505       40,005   
MS    :                    *            *                      *            *   
MO    :      600           *            *                      *            *   
MT    :    4,300         220        4,520     26,000       9,000       35,000   
NE    :    2,100           *            *          *          15            *   
NV    :                                            *           *            *   
NH    :                    *            *                      *            *   
NJ    :                    *            *          *           *            *   
NM    :                    *            *                      *            *   
NY    :    3,000         501        3,501                      *            *   
NC    :        *         149            *          *         321            *   
ND    :   17,000       1,380       18,380     47,000      26,000       73,000   
OH    :    2,900       2,764        5,664                      *            *   
OK    :        *         457            *          *          60            *   
OR    :      800         594        1,394      2,000       5,235        7,235   
PA    :    4,800         675        5,475          *         600            *   
SC    :        *          58            *          *           *            *   
SD    :   11,000       1,586       12,586      4,400       1,725        6,125   
TN    :                  349          349                      *            *   
TX    :    1,000       3,078        4,078          *          77            *   
UT    :        *         115            *      2,300       1,937        4,237   
VA    :                   29           29          *           *            *   
WA    :        *         235            *      2,000       8,552       10,552   
WV    :        *           *            *                                       
WI    :   11,700           *            *          *      12,773            *   
WY    :        *          31            *        600           *            *   
      :                                                                         
Unall*:    5,200      19,913       42,044      7,700       5,752       28,736   
      :                                                                         
US    :   87,200      65,804      153,004    121,400     121,110      242,510   
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
*   "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, 1996, 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 76,000 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, 1996.  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          
8.3 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 are 
combined and 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, conducted by  
the Department of Commerce, 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, 1.9 percent for soybeans, and
2.7 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, 3.8 percent for soybeans, and 5.4 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 6.1, 3.9, and 3.4, 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 or 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, 1996 ..................................................          9   
  December 1, 1995 ...............................................         14   
                                                                                
Corn                                                                            
  March 1, 1996 ..................................................          5   
  December 1, 1995 ...............................................         12   
                                                                                
Oats                                                                            
                                                                                
  March 1, 1996 ..................................................         10   
  December 1, 1995 ...............................................         14   
                                                                                
Sorghum                                                                         
                                                                                
  March 1, 1996 ..................................................         11   
  December 1, 1995 ...............................................         12   
                                                                                
Soybeans                                                                        
                                                                                
  March 1, 1996 ..................................................         8    
  December 1, 1995 ...............................................        13    
                                                                                
All Wheat                                                                       
                                                                                
  March 1, 1996 ..................................................         6    
  December 1, 1995 ...............................................        13    
                                                                                
Durum Wheat                                                                     
                                                                                
  March 1, 1996 ..................................................         7    
  December 1, 1995 ...............................................         7    
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
The next "Grain Stocks" report will be released at 8:30 a.m. ET on              
June 28, 1996.                                                                  
                                                                                
                                                                                
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