PROSPECTIVE PLANTINGS

GRAIN STOCKS

RICE STOCKS

Executive Summary

MARCH 31, 2014 12:00 PM

United States Department of Agriculture

National Agricultural Statistics Service
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Field Crops Stocks

Principal Crops Planted Acres Corn

Feed Grain Acres Soybean

Food Grain Acres All Wheat

Oilseed Acres Rough Rice

Other Crop Acres

Contents
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Survey Overview

March Ag Survey Off-Farm Grain

Stocks Survey

Survey Type Farmer Reported Reported

Collection Method Mail, Phone, Internet,

Personal Interview

Mail, Phone, Internet, 

Personal Interview

Items Collected Acreage Intentions, 

On-Farm Stocks

Grains and Oilseeds 

On Hand

States All except AK and HI All except AK and HI

Sample Size ~ 84,000 ~ 8,800 Facilities

Collection Period Feb 27 – Mar 18 Feb 27 – Mar 20
0

20

40

60

80

100

120

Percent

Acreage Intentions vs. Actual Planted Acres

Usual Planting Progress

Corn Soybeans

March 

Survey

June 

Survey

4 weeks

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Year Principal Crops

Change from 

Previous Year

--Million Acres--

2005 317.6 - 4.7

2006 315.6 - 2.0

2007 320.4 + 4.8

2008 325.0 + 4.6

2009 319.3 - 5.7

2010 316.7 - 2.6

2011 315.1 - 1.6

2012 326.3 +11.2

2013 324.8 - 1.5

2014 325.9 +1.1

U.S. Principal Crops Planted Acres
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325.9

290

295

300

305

310

315

320

325

330

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Million acres

U.S. Principal Crop Acres

Planted Harvested
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2 0 1 4 P r in c ip a l C r o p s P la n te d

A c r e s (0 0 0 ) a n d C h a n g e F r o m P r e v io u s Y e a r

2 3 3 5

-7 5

7 3 1

-1 4 7 7 0 4

2 2

3 5 5 0

-4 6 0

6 3 9 3

4 7 8

8 7

1 3

4 8 7

- 5

1 1 5 8

-3 0

3 7 2 8

-1 2 0

1 8 N C

4 4 6 5

-3 7

2 2 8 4 2

-2 1 3

1 2 3 8 0

5 0

2 4 8 0 5

4 8 5

2 3 1 4 8

-3 2 6 6 5 0 9

-5 9

3 5 0 1

-6 2

2 6 5

- 4

1 5 9 2

-1 5

9 5

- 9

6 6 4 4

1 4 0

2 0 0 7 5

6 2 1

4 3 3 5

-1 6 9

1 4 4 4 0

-1 8 4

9 5 8 1

1 6

1 9 4 5 0

-1 0 3 3 2 6

-5 4

5 8 &

- 6

3 1 8

6

9 8 0

5

3 2 2 8

8 0

4 9 8 9

-4 7

2 2 7 1 9

2 3 3 2

1 0 1 8 3

2 0

1 0 3 6 0

-1 3 7

2 1 5 7

1 4

3 7 3 2

8 0

1 1 N C

1 5 9 5

- 9 U .S . 3 2 5 ,9 3 0

1 ,1 3 4 & R e c o r d L o w

1 7 1 5 7

-6 9 8

5 2 4 2

- 4

2 3 4 6 8

-5 5 1

1 0 7 0

4 4

2 6 5 &

- 7

2 8 3 8

-3 2

3 6 7 0

3

6 6 2

-1 2

8 1 0 2

1 5 1

1 4 3 4

1 4
Soybeans, 4,960

All Cotton, 694

S Wheat, 413

Canola, 389

Rice, 388

Dry Beans, 331

D Wheat, 329

Peanuts, 309

Sunflower, 17

Hay, 10

Tobacco, 6

Potatoes, 0

Sugarbeets, -44

Oats, -216

Barley, -315

W Wheat, -1,083

Sorghum, -1,380

Corn, -3,674

Change in Planted Acres (000)

2014 Compared With 2013

2014 Estimates Not Available for Proso Millet, Rye, & Sugarcane.

Harvested Acres for Hay & Tobacco
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91.7

50

55

60

65

70

75

80

85

90

95

100

1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014

Million acres

U.S. Corn Acres

Planted Harvested
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2 0 1 4 C o r n P la n te d

A c r e s (0 0 0 ) a n d C h a n g e F r o m P r e v io u s Y e a r

2 9 0

-3 0

7 0

-1 5 6 0 0

-2 8 0

4 3 0

-1 7 0

1 2 3 0

1 0

1 7 5

- 5

8 0

-3 5

3 7 0

-1 4 0

3 8 0 #

3 0

1 1 9 0 0

-1 0 0

5 8 0 0

-2 0 0

1 4 0 0 0

4 0 0

4 4 0 0

1 0 0 1 5 0 0

-3 0

4 8 0

-2 0 0

4 6 0

-2 0

2 6 0 0 N C

8 6 0 0 N C

5 8 0

-2 8 0

3 3 0 0

-5 0

1 2 0 N C

9 4 0 0

-5 5 0 5

- 2

9 0 N C

1 1 0

-1 0

1 1 8 0

-2 0

8 5 0

-8 0

2 9 5 0

-9 0 0

3 7 0 0

-2 0 0

3 0 0

-7 0

8 0 N C

1 4 2 0

-6 0

3 2 0

-3 0 U .S . 9 1 ,6 9 1

-3 ,6 7 4

# R e c o r d H ig h N C = N o C h a n g e

5 8 0 0

-4 0 0

8 3 0

-6 0

2 1 0 0

-2 5 0

9 2

9

5 0 0

-1 0

1 9 0 N C

4 7

- 6

4 1 0 0 N C 8 5

-1 5
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81.5

60

65

70

75

80

85

1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014

Million acres

U.S. Soybean Acres

Planted Harvested
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2014 Soybeans Planted

Acres (000) and Change From Previous Year

500

65

3350

90

185

20

38

6

240

10

9500

50

5500

300

9600

300

3900

300 1700

50

1350

230

500

20

2100

200

7400

700

2150

140

5500

-100

5400#

600

91

2

330#

50

1600

140

5650#

1000

4700

250

340

-5

590#

50

360

40

U.S. 81,493 #

4,960

# Record High

NC = No Change

4800#

200

1600

40

145

40

600

NC

24

2

1750#

170
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2 0 1 4 C o m b in e d C o r n & S o y b e a n s P la n t e d

A c r e s (0 0 0 ) a n d C h a n g e F r o m P r e v io u s Y e a r

7 9 0

3 5

7 0

-1 5 3 9 5 0

-1 9 0

4 3 0

-1 7 0

1 2 3 0

1 0

2 7 N C

3 6 0

1 5

1 1 8

-2 9

6 1 0

-1 3 0

.& #

.

3 8 0 #

3 0

2 1 4 0 0

-5 0

1 1 3 0 0

1 0 0

2 3 6 0 0 #

7 0 0

8 3 0 0

4 0 0 3 2 0 0

2 0

1 8 3 0

3 0

3 2

1

9 6 0 N C

1 8

2

4 7 0 0 #

2 0 0

1 6 0 0 0 #

7 0 0

2 7 3 0

-1 4 0

8 8 0 0

-1 5 0

1 2 0 N C

1 4 8 0 0

5 0 5

- 2

1 3

- 1

1 8 1

2

1 1 0

-1 0

1 5 1 0 #

3 0

2 4 5 0

6 0

8 6 0 0 #

1 0 0

8 4 0 0

5 0

6 4 0

-7 5

8 0 N C

2 0 1 0

-1 0

2N C

6 8 0

1 0 U .S . 1 7 3 ,1 8 4

1 ,2 8 6

# R e c o r d H ig h N C = N o C h a n g e

1 0 6 0 0

-2 0 0

2 4 3 0

-2 0

2 2 4 5

-2 1 0

9 2

9

8 5

- 7

1 1 0 0

-1 0

1 9 0 N C

7 1

- 4

5 8 5 0

1 7 0

8 5

-1 5
11.1

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014

Million acres

U.S. All Cotton Acres

Planted Harvested

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2 0 1 4 U p la n d C o tt o n P la n te d

A c r e s (0 0 0 ) a n d C h a n g e F r o m P r e v io u s Y e a r

3 4 0

-2 5

1 5 0

-1 0 3 4 0

3 0

6 0

-3 3

1 1 0

-2 1

1 3 5 0

-2 0

3 6

9

1 8 0

5 0

3 8 0

9 0

2 6 0

5

3 5

- 4

4 7 0

5 2 2 0

3 5 2 5 0

- 8 U .S . 1 0 ,9 4 3

7 3 7

2 8 0

3 0

6 4 0 0

6 0 0

8 2

4
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42.0

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

55

1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014

Million acres

U.S. Winter Wheat Acres

Planted Harvested
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W in t e r W h e a t P la n t e d , 2 0 1 4 A c r e s ( 0 0 0 ) a n d C h a n g e F r o m P r e v io u s Y e a r

5 3 0 0

- 3 0 0

5 9 0 0

- 3 0 0

4 4 0

- 2 4 0

9 3 0 0

- 2 0 0

2 3 0

- 1 7 0

8 3 0

- 1 6 0

9 5 0

- 1 5 0

2 8 0

- 1 4 0

7 4 0

- 1 3 5

1 6 0

- 1 0 0

1 2 0 0

- 1 0 0

5 2 0

- 9 0

6 2 0

- 8 0

2 3 0

- 7 0

7 0 0

- 7 0

6 3 0

- 6 0

7 3 0

- 6 0

5 8 0

- 5 0

5 6 0

- 5 0

4 3 0

- 4 0

2 3 0

- 4 0 U .S . 4 2 ,0 0 7

- 1 ,0 8 3

# R e c o r d H ig h

1 6 5 0

- 4 0

2 9 0

- 3 0

2 9 0

- 2 5

4 2 0

- 2 0

1 1 0

- 1 5

1 5

- 1 0

1 7 5

- 1 0

6

- 6

8 0

- 5

2 5

- 5

3 4 0

- 5

1 5

- 5

3 0

- 4

1 1

2

4 0

1 0

1 6 0

1 0

1 4 0

2 0

1 5 0 0

3 0

2 5 0 0

5 0 0

2 8 5 0

5 5 0

8 0 0 #

5 8 0
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12.0

10

12

14

16

18

20

22

1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014

Million acres

U.S. Other Spring Wheat Acres

Planted Harvested
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O t h e r S p r in g W h e a t P la n t e d , 2 0 1 4 A c r e s ( 0 0 0 ) a n d C h a n g e F r o m P r e v io u s Y e a r

2 6 0 0

- 3 5 0

1 1 0 0

- 9 0

4 9 0

- 4 0

1 5

- 3

8 &

- 2

6

- 2

1 2 0 0 N C

9 0 N C

6 0 0

1 0 0

5 9 0 0

8 0 0

U .S . 1 2 ,0 0 9

4 1 3 & R e c o r d L o w

N C = N o C h a n g e
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1.80

0.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

4.0

4.5

1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014

Million acres

U.S. Durum Wheat Acres

Planted Harvested
Feed Grains

2014 

Intentions

2013 

Planted

%

Change

--Million Acres--

Corn 91.7 95.4 -3.9

Sorghum 6.68 8.06 -17.1

Oats 2.79 3.01 -7.2

Barley 3.17 3.48 -9.1

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March 2014 Prospective Plantings
Food Grains

2014 

Intentions

2013 

Planted

%

Change

--Million Acres--

All Wheat 55.8 56.2 -0.6

 Winter Wheat 42.0 43.1 -2.5

 Durum Wheat 1.80 1.47 +22.4

 Other Spring Wheat 12.0 11.6 +3.6

Rice 2.88 2.49 +15.6

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March 2014 Prospective Plantings
Oilseeds

2014 

Intentions

2013 

Planted

%

Change

--Million Acres--

Soybeans 81.5 76.5 +6.5

Peanuts 1.38 1.07 +29.0

Sunflower 1.59 1.58 +1.0

Canola 1.74 1.35 +28.9

Flaxseed 0.326 0.181 +80.1

All Cotton 11.1 10.4 +6.7

 Upland Cotton 10.9 10.2 +7.2

 American Pima 0.158 0.201 -21.4

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March 2014 Prospective Plantings
Other Crops

2014 

Intentions

2013 

Planted

%

Change

--Million Acres--

All Hay (Harvested) 58.3 58.3 +<0.1

Sugarbeets 1.15 1.20 -4.2

Tobacco (Harvested) 0.362 0.356 +1.8

Spring Potatoes 0.076 0.076 -0.5

Sweet Potatoes 0.126 0.116 +9.2

Dry Edible Beans 1.69 1.35 +24.5

Dry Edible Peas 0.921 0.860 +7.1

Austrian Winter Peas 0.029 0.018 +58.3

Lentils 0.320 0.362 -11.6

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March 2014 Prospective Plantings
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10.5

7.01

0.0

2.0

4.0

6.0

8.0

10.0

12.0

14.0

16.0

04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10 10-11 11-12 12-13 13-14

Billion bushels

U.S. Corn Stocks

Beginning Supply Dec Mar Jun Sep
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2.15

0.992

0.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

4.0

04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10 10-11 11-12 12-13 13-14

Billion bushels

U.S. Soybean Stocks

Beginning Supply Dec Mar Jun Sep
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1.87

1.47

1.06 

0.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10 10-11 11-12 12-13 13-14

Billion bushels

U.S. All Wheat Stocks

Beginning Supply Sep Dec Mar Jun
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134

89.0

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10 10-11 11-12 12-13 13-14

Million cwt

U.S. Rough Rice Stocks

Beginning Stocks Dec 1 Mar 1 Jun 1 Aug 1
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