WASHINGTON — Following are key numbers from the Jan. 12 U.S. Department of Agriculture Grain Stocks, annual Crop Production, Winter Wheat Seedings and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates reports.
Corn stocks, Dec. 1, 2014: 11,203 million bus; average trade pre-estimate: 11,161 million bus; Dec. 1, 2013: 10,453 million bus.
Soybean stocks, Dec. 1, 2014: 2,524 million bus; average trade pre-estimate: 2,608 million bus; Dec. 1, 2013: 2,154 million bus.
Wheat stocks, Dec. 1, 2014: 1,525 million bus; average trade pre-estimate: 1,501 million bus; Dec. 1, 2013: 1,475 million bus.
Durum stocks, Dec. 1, 2014: 42 million bus; Dec. 1, 2013: 54 million bus.
U.S. 2014 corn production: 14,216 million bus; average trade pre-estimate: 14,366 million bus; November 2014 estimate: 14,407 million bus; final 2013: 13,829 million bus.
U.S. 2014 average corn yield: 171.0 bus an acre; average trade pre-estimate: 173.5 bus an acre; November 2014 estimate: 173.4 bus an acre; final 2013: 158.1 bus an acre.
U.S. 2014 soybean production: 3,969 million bus; average trade pre-estimate: 3,965 million bus; November 2014 estimate: 3,958 million bus; final 2013: 3,358 million bus.
U.S. 2014 average soybean yield: 47.8 bus an acre; average trade pre-estimate: 47.7 bus an acre; November 2014 estimate: 47.5 bus an acre; final 2013: 44.0 bus an acre.
All winter wheat seeded in 2014 for harvest in 2015 was estimated at 40.5 million acres; average trade pre-estimate: 42.7 million acres; all wheat seeded in 2013 for harvest in 2014 was 42.4 million acres.
Hard red: 29.5 million acres; average trade pre-estimate: 31.2 million acres; seeded in 2013 for harvest in 2014 was 30.5 million acres.
Soft red: 7.5 million acres; average trade pre-estimate: 8.1 million acres; seeded in 2013 for harvest in 2014 was 8.5 million acres.
White: 3.5 million acres; average trade pre-estimate: 3.5 million acres; seeded in 2013 for harvest in 2014 was 3.4 million acres.
U.S. corn carryover on Sept. 1, 2015: 1,877 million bus; average trade pre-estimate: 1,940 million bus; December U.S.D.A. projection: 1,998 million bus; carryover on Sept. 1, 2014, was 1,232 million bus.
U.S. soybean carryover on Sept. 1, 2015: 410 million bus; average trade pre-estimate: 402 million bus; December U.S.D.A. projection: 410 million bus; carryover on Sept. 1, 2014, was 92 million bus.
U.S. wheat carryover on June 1, 2015, was projected at 687 million bus; average trade pre-estimate: 663 million bus; December U.S.D.A. projection: 654 million bus; carryover on June 1, 2014, was 590 million bus.