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| Metric | 2015/16 |
2016/17 Est. |
2017/18 Proj. March |
2017/18 Proj. April |
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 | 88.0 | 94.0 | 90.2 | 90.2 | 0 |
| Area Harvested | 80.8 | 86.7 | 82.7 | 82.7 | 0 |
| Metric Tons | |||||
| Yield per Harvested Acre | 168.4 | 174.6 | 176.6 | 176.6 | 0 |
| Million Metric Tons | |||||
| Beginning Stocks | 1,731 | 1,737 | 2,293 | 2,293 | 0 |
| Production | 13,602 | 15,148 | 14,604 | 14,604 | 0 |
| Imports | 68 | 57 | 50 | 50 | 0 |
| Supply, Total | 15,401 | 16,942 | 16,947 | 16,947 | 0 |
| Feed and Residual | 5,114 | 5,472 | 5,550 | 5,500 | -50 |
| Food, Seed & Industrial 2/ | 6,648 | 6,883 | 7,045 | 7,040 | -5 |
| Ethanol & by-products 3/ | 5,224 | 5,432 | 5,575 | 5,575 | 0 |
| Domestic, Total | 11,763 | 12,356 | 12,595 | 12,540 | -55 |
| Exports | 1,901 | 2,293 | 2,225 | 2,225 | 0 |
| Use, Total | 13,664 | 14,649 | 14,820 | 14,765 | -55 |
| Ending Stocks | 1,737 | 2,293 | 2,127 | 2,182 | 55 |
| Stocks to Use *** | 12.71 | 15.65 | 14.35 | 14.78 | 0.43 |
| Avg. Farm Price ($/bu) 4/ | 3.61 | 3.36 | 3.15 - 3.55 | 3.20 - 3.50 | 0.1 |
| Metric | 2015/16 |
2016/17 Est. |
2017/18 Proj. Mar |
2017/18 Proj. Apr |
Change** |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Note: Totals may not add due to rounding. Reliability calculations at end of report. 1/ Marketing year beginning September 1 for soybeans; October 1 for soybean oil and soybean meal. 2/ Prices: soybeans, marketing year weighted average price received by farmers; oil, simple average of crude soybean oil, Decatur; meal, simple average of 48 percent protein, Decatur. 3/ Reflects only biodiesel made from methyl ester as reported by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. 4/ Based on an October year crush of 1,908 million bushels for 2016/17 and 1,970 million bushels for 2017/18. | |||||
| Million Acres | |||||
| Area Planted | 82.7 | 83.4 | 90.1 | 90.1 | 0 |
| Area Harvested | 81.7 | 82.7 | 89.5 | 89.5 | 0 |
| Bushels | |||||
| Yield per Harvested Acre | 48.0 | 52.0 | 49.1 | 49.1 | 0 |
| Million Bushels | |||||
| Beginning Stocks | 191 | 197 | 302 | 302 | 0 |
| Production | 3,926 | 4,296 | 4,392 | 4,392 | 0 |
| Imports | 24 | 22 | 25 | 25 | 0 |
| Supply, Total | 4,140 | 4,515 | 4,718 | 4,718 | 0 |
| Crushings | 1,886 | 1,901 | 1,960 | 1,970 | 10 |
| Exports | 1,942 | 2,174 | 2,065 | 2,065 | 0 |
| Seed | 97 | 105 | 106 | 103 | -3 |
| Residual | 18 | 34 | 33 | 30 | -3 |
| Use, Total | 3,944 | 4,213 | 4,163 | 4,168 | 5 |
| Ending Stocks | 197 | 302 | 555 | 550 | -5 |
| Stocks to Use *** | 4.99 | 7.17 | 13.33 | 13.2 | -0.14 |
| Avg. Farm Price ($/bu) 2/ | 8.95 | 9.47 | 9.00 - 9.60 | 9.10 - 9.50 | 0.1 |
| Metric | 2015/16 |
2016/17 Est. |
2017/18 Proj. Mar |
2017/18 Proj. Apr |
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 | 55.0 | 50.1 | 46.0 | 46.0 | 0 |
| Area Harvested | 47.3 | 43.9 | 37.6 | 37.6 | 0 |
| Bushels | |||||
| Yield per Harvested Acre | 43.6 | 52.7 | 46.3 | 46.3 | 0 |
| Million Bushels | |||||
| Beginning Stocks | 752 | 976 | 1,181 | 1,181 | 0 |
| Production | 2,062 | 2,309 | 1,741 | 1,741 | 0 |
| Imports | 113 | 118 | 155 | 155 | 0 |
| Supply, Total | 2,927 | 3,402 | 3,076 | 3,076 | 0 |
| Food | 957 | 949 | 955 | 955 | 0 |
| Seed | 67 | 61 | 62 | 62 | 0 |
| Feed and Residual | 149 | 156 | 100 | 70 | -30 |
| Domestic, Total | 1,174 | 1,167 | 1,117 | 1,087 | -30 |
| Exports | 778 | 1,055 | 925 | 925 | 0 |
| Use, Total | 1,951 | 2,222 | 2,042 | 2,012 | -30 |
| Ending Stocks | 976 | 1,181 | 1,034 | 1,064 | 30 |
| Stocks to Use *** | 50.03 | 53.15 | 50.64 | 52.88 | 2.25 |
| Avg. Farm Price ($/bu) 2/ | 4.89 | 3.89 | 4.60 - 4.70 | 4.60 - 4.70 | 0 |
| Crop | USDA Apr | USDA Mar | Change** |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corn | 230.90 | 231.86 | -0.96 |
| Soybeans | 96.72 | 96.65 | 0.07 |
| Wheat | 254.60 | 252.60 | 2 |
| Crop | USDA Apr | USDA Mar | Change** |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corn | 197.78 | 199.17 | -1.39 |
| Soybeans | 90.80 | 94.40 | -3.6 |
| Wheat | 271.22 | 268.89 | 2.33 |
| Country | Crop | Production |
|---|---|---|
| Argentina | Corn | 33.00 |
| Soybeans | 40.00 | |
| Brazil | Corn | 92.00 |
| Soybeans | 115.00 |
All information is sourced from The United States Department of Agriculture’s USDA.gov website.
** The "Change" column is calculated by subtracting the previous month’s projections from the current month’s projections.
*** The "Stocks to Use" row is calculated by dividing "Ending Stocks" by "Use, Total".
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