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WASDE - 596 - 12 | U.S. Corn Supply and Use 1/ (January 2020)

Metric	2017/18	2018/19 Est.	2019/20 Proj. December	2019/20 Proj. January	Change**
Note: Totals may not add due to rounding. 1/ Marketing year beginning September 1 for corn and sorghum; June 1 for barley and oats. 2/ For a breakout of FSI corn uses, see Feed Outlook table 5 or access the data on the Web through the Feed Grains Database at www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/feed-grains-database.aspx. 3/ Corn processed in ethanol plants to produce ethanol and by-products including distillers' grains, corn gluten feed, corn gluten meal, and corn oil. 4/ Marketing-year weighted average price received by farmers.
	Million Acres
Area Planted	90.2	88.9	89.9	89.7	-0.2
Area Harvested	82.7	81.3	81.8	81.5	-0.3
	Metric Tons
Yield per Harvested Acre	176.6	176.4	167.0	168.0	1
	Million Metric Tons
Beginning Stocks	2,293	2,140	2,114	2,221	107
Production	14,609	14,340	13,661	13,692	31
Imports	36	28	50	50	0
Supply, Total	16,939	16,509	15,825	15,962	137
Feed and Residual	5,304	5,432	5,275	5,525	250
Food, Seed & Industrial 2/	7,057	6,791	6,790	6,770	-20
Ethanol & by-products 3/	5,605	5,376	5,375	5,375	0
Domestic, Total	12,361	12,223	12,065	12,295	230
Exports	2,438	2,065	1,850	1,775	-75
Use, Total	14,798	14,288	13,915	14,070	155
Ending Stocks	2,140	2,221	1,910	1,892	-18
Stocks to Use ***	14.46	15.54	13.73	13.45	-0.28
Avg. Farm Price ($/bu) 4/	3.36	3.61	3.85	3.85	0

WASDE - 596 - 15 | U.S. Soybeans and Products Supply and Use (Domestic Measure) 1/ (January 2020)

Metric	2017/18	2018/19 Est.	2019/20 Proj. Dec	2019/20 Proj. Jan	Change**
Note: Totals may not add due to rounding. Reliability calculations at end of report. 1/ Marketing year beginning September 1 for soybeans; October 1 for soybean oil and soybean meal. 2/ Prices: soybeans, marketing year weighted average price received by farmers; oil, simple average of crude soybean oil, Decatur; meal, simple average of 48 percent protein, Decatur. 3/ Reflects only biodiesel made from methyl ester as reported by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. 4/ Based on an October year crush of 2,085 million bushels for 2018/19 and 2,105 million bushels for 2019/20.
	Million Acres
Area Planted	90.2	89.2	76.5	76.1	-0.4
Area Harvested	89.5	87.6	75.6	75.0	-0.6
	Bushels
Yield per Harvested Acre	49.3	50.6	46.9	47.4	0.5
	Million Bushels
Beginning Stocks	302	438	913	909	-4
Production	4,412	4,428	3,550	3,558	8
Imports	22	14	20	15	-5
Supply, Total	4,735	4,880	4,483	4,482	-1
Crushings	2,055	2,092	2,105	2,105	0
Exports	2,134	1,748	1,775	1,775	0
Seed	104	88	96	96	0
Residual	5	43	32	32	0
Use, Total	4,297	3,971	4,008	4,008	0
Ending Stocks	438	909	475	475	0
Stocks to Use ***	10.19	22.89	11.85	11.85	0
Avg. Farm Price ($/bu) 2/	9.33	8.48	8.85	9.00	0.2

WASDE - 596 - 11 | U.S. Wheat Supply and Use 1/ (January 2020)

Metric	2017/18	2018/19 Est.	2019/20 Proj. Dec	2019/20 Proj. Jan	Change**
Note: Totals may not add due to rounding. 1/ Marketing year beginning June 1. 2/ Marketing-year weighted average price received by farmers. 3/ Includes imports.
	Million Acres
Area Planted	46.1	47.8	45.2	45.2	0
Area Harvested	37.6	39.6	37.2	37.2	0
	Bushels
Yield per Harvested Acre	46.4	47.6	51.7	51.7	0
	Million Bushels
Beginning Stocks	1,181	1,099	1,080	1,080	0
Production	1,741	1,885	1,920	1,920	0
Imports	158	135	105	105	0
Supply, Total	3,080	3,119	3,105	3,105	0
Food	964	955	955	955	0
Seed	63	59	61	60	-1
Feed and Residual	47	90	140	150	10
Domestic, Total	1,075	1,103	1,156	1,165	9
Exports	906	936	975	975	0
Use, Total	1,981	2,039	2,131	2,140	9
Ending Stocks	1,099	1,080	974	965	-9
Stocks to Use ***	55.48	52.97	45.71	45.09	-0.61
Avg. Farm Price ($/bu) 2/	4.72	5.16	4.55	4.55	0

World Ending Stocks ( 2018/19 Est. )

Crop	USDA Jan	USDA Dec	Change**
Corn	320.39	319.17	1.22
Soybeans	110.28	109.80	0.48
Wheat	278.06	277.85	0.21

World Ending Stocks ( 2019/20 Proj. )

Crop	USDA Jan	USDA Dec	Change**
Corn	297.81	300.56	-2.75
Soybeans	96.67	96.40	0.27
Wheat	288.08	289.50	-1.42

South American Production ( 2019/20 Proj. )

Country	Crop	Production
Argentina	Corn	215.00
	Soybeans	188.40
Brazil	Corn	50.00
	Soybeans	53.00

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