- Corn Stocks Down 15% from March 2010

- Soybean Stocks Down 2%

- All Wheat Stocks Up 5%

Released March 31, 2011, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service

(NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of

Agriculture (USDA).

Corn

Corn stocks in all positions on March 1, 2011 totaled 6.52 billion bushels, down 15% from March 1, 2010. Of the total stocks, 3.38 billion bushels are stored on farms, down 26% from a year earlier. Off-farm stocks, at 3.14 billion bushels, are down slightly from a year ago. The December 2010 - February 2011 indicated disappearance is 3.53 billion bushels, compared with 3.21 billion bushels during the same period last year.

Soybeans

Soybeans stored in all positions on March 1, 2011 totaled 1.25 billion bushels, down 2% from March 1, 2010. Soybean stocks stored on farms are estimated at 505 million bushels, down 17% from a year ago. Off-farm stocks, at 744 million bushels, are up 13% from last March. Indicated disappearance for the December 2010 - February 2011 quarter totaled 1.03 billion bushels, down 4% from the same period a year earlier.

All Wheat

All wheat stored in all positions on March 1, 2011 totaled 1.42 billion bushels, up 5% from a year ago. On-farm stocks are estimated at 288 million bushels, down 17% from last March. Off-farm stocks, at 1.14 billion bushels, are up 13% from a year ago. The December 2010 - February 2011 indicated disappearance is 508 million bushels, up 20% from the same period a year earlier.

Durum Wheat

Durum wheat stocks in all positions on March 1, 2011 totaled 56.5 million bushels, up 2% from a year ago. On-farm stocks, at 35.7 million bushels, are up 4% from March 1, 2010. Off-farm stocks totaled 20.8 million bushels, down 2% from a year ago. The December 2010 - February 2011 indicated disappearance of 11.8 million bushels is down 42% from the same period a year earlier.

Barley

Barley stocks in all positions on March 1, 2011 totaled 138 million bushels, down 12% from March 1, 2010. On-farm stocks are estimated at 57.7 million bushels, 14% below a year ago. Off-farm stocks, at 80.3 million bushels, are 11% below March 2010. The December 2010 - February 2011 indicated disappearance totaled 42.4 million bushels, 14% below the same period a year earlier.

Oats

Oats stored in all positions on March 1, 2011 totaled 86.3 million bushels, 12% below the stocks on March 1, 2010. Of the total stocks on hand, 27.0 million bushels are stored on farms, down 13% from a year ago. Off-farm stocks totaled 59.4 million bushels, down 11% from the previous year. Indicated disappearance during December 2010 - February 2011 totaled 14.7 million bushels, up 16% from the same period a year ago.

Grain Sorghum

Grain sorghum stored in all positions on March 1, 2011 totaled 171 million bushels, down 3% from a year ago. On-farm stocks, at 13.0 million bushels, are down 45% from last March. Off-farm stocks, at 158 million bushels, are up 4% from a year earlier. The December 2010 - February 2011 indicated disappearance from all positions is 66.8 million bushels, down 11% from the same period last year.

Sunflower

Sunflower stocks in all positions on March 1, 2011 totaled 867 million pounds, down 29% from March 1, 2010. All stocks stored on farms totaled 330 million pounds and off-farm stocks totaled 537 million pounds. Stocks of oil type sunflower seed are 663 million pounds; of this total, 257 million pounds are on-farm stocks and 406 million pounds are off-farm stocks. Non-oil sunflower stocks totaled 204 million pounds, with 73.2 million pounds stored on the farm and 130 million pounds stored off the farm.