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Grain Stocks ISSN: 1949-0925 Released March 31, 2015, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United s Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Of the total stocks, 4.38 billion bushels were stored on, up 13 percent from a year earlier. -farm stocks, at 3.36 billion bushels, are up 7 percent from a year ago.

1 Grain Stocks ISSN: Released March 31, 2015, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United s Department of Agriculture (USDA). Corn Stocks Up 11 Percent from March 2014 Soybean Stocks Up 34 Percent All Wheat Stocks Up 6 Percent Corn stocks in all on March 1, 2015 totaled 7.74 billion bushels, up 11 percent from March 1, Of the total stocks, 4.38 billion bushels were stored on, up 13 percent from a year earlier. -farm stocks, at 3.36 billion bushels, are up 7 percent from a year ago. The December February 2015 indicated disappearance is 3.47 billion bushels, compared with 3.44 billion bushels during the same period last year. Soybeans stored in all on March 1, 2015 totaled 1.33 billion bushels, up 34 percent from March 1, Soybean stocks stored on are estimated at 609 million bushels, up 60 percent from a year ago. -farm stocks, at 725 million bushels, are up 18 percent from last March. Indicated disappearance for the December February 2015 quarter totaled 1.19 billion bushels, up 3 percent from the same period a year earlier. All wheat stored in all on March 1, 2015 totaled 1.12 billion bushels, up 6 percent from a year ago. -farm stocks are estimated at 279 million bushels, up 17 percent from last March. -farm stocks, at 846 million bushels, are up 3 percent from a year ago. The December February 2015 indicated disappearance is 405 million bushels, down 3 percent from the same period a year earlier. Durum wheat stocks in all on March 1, 2015 totaled 37.6 million bushels, down 1 percent from a year ago. -farm stocks, at 16.2 million bushels, are down 22 percent from March 1, farm stocks totaled 21.4 million bushels, up 23 percent from a year ago. The December February 2015 indicated disappearance of 6.43 million bushels is down 59 percent from the same period a year earlier.

2 Barley stocks in all on March 1, 2015 totaled 118 million bushels, down 3 percent from March 1, farm stocks are estimated at 41.8 million bushels, 5 percent below a year ago. -farm stocks, at 76.1 million bushels, are 2 percent below March The December February 2015 indicated disappearance totaled 38.2 million bushels, 20 percent below the same period a year earlier. Oats stored in all on March 1, 2015 totaled 59.4 million bushels, 69 percent above the stocks on March 1, Of the total stocks on hand, 20.8 million bushels were stored on, up 5 percent from a year ago. -farm stocks totaled 38.6 million bushels, up 152 percent from the previous year. Indicated disappearance during December February 2015 totaled 7.61 million bushels, down 41 percent from the same period a year ago. Grain sorghum stored in all on March 1, 2015 totaled 119 million bushels, down 33 percent from a year ago. -farm stocks, at 9.00 million bushels, are down 44 percent from last March. -farm stocks, at 110 million bushels, are down 31 percent from a year earlier. The December February 2015 indicated disappearance from all is 104 million bushels, up 87 percent from the same period last year. Sunflower stocks in all on March 1, 2015 totaled 696 million pounds, down 14 percent from March 1, All stocks stored on totaled 257 million pounds and off-farm stocks totaled 439 million pounds. Stocks of oil type sunflower seed are 503 million pounds; of this total, 195 million pounds are on-farm stocks and 308 million pounds are off-farm stocks. Non-oil sunflower stocks totaled 193 million pounds, with 61.4 million pounds stored on the farm and 131 million pounds stored off the farm. This report was approved on March 31, Secretary of Agriculture Designate Karis T. Gutter Agricultural Statistics Board Chairperson James M. Harris 2 Grain Stocks (March 2015)

3 Contents Grain Stocks by Position and Month in Domestic Units United s: 2014 and Grain Stocks by Position and Month in Metric Units United s: 2014 and Corn Stocks by Position s and United s: March 1, 2014 and Sorghum Stocks by Position s and United s: March 1, 2014 and Oat Stocks by Position s and United s: March 1, 2014 and Barley Stocks by Position s and United s: March 1, 2014 and All Wheat Stocks by Position s and United s: March 1, 2014 and Durum Wheat Stocks by Position s and United s: March 1, 2014 and Durum Wheat Stocks by Position s and United s: December 1, Sunflower Stocks by Position and Type s and United s: March 1, 2014 and Soybean Stocks by Position s and United s: March 1, 2014 and Corn and Sorghum Stocks by Position s and United s: December 1, Oat and Barley Stocks by Position s and United s: December 1, All Wheat and Soybean Stocks by Position s and United s: December 1, Statistical Methodology Information Contacts Grain Stocks (March 2015) 3

4 Grain Stocks by Position and Month in Domestic Units United s: 2014 and 2015 [Blank data cells indicate estimation period has not yet begun] Date Corn September 1... December ,860,500 1,863, ,000 7,087,000 3,147,623 1,988, ,904 4,124,380 7,008,123 3,851,716 1,231,904 11,211,380 4,380,000 3,364,906 7,744,906 Sorghum September 1... December ,950 4,500 1,945 30, ,784 87,924 32, , ,734 92,424 34, ,594 9, , ,544 Oats September 1... December ,800 9,710 41,400 31,300 15,323 15,029 32,910 35,670 35,123 24,739 74,310 66,970 20,810 38,550 59,360 Barley September 1... December ,830 19,110 97,820 74,510 77,734 63,145 81,997 81, ,564 82, , ,135 41,840 76, ,899 All wheat September 1... December ,530 96, , , , ,288 1,193,770 1,056,830 1,056, ,283 1,907,220 1,529, , ,688 1,124,398 Durum wheat 2 September 1... December ,700 12,800 38,700 23,900 17,430 8,724 19,121 20,147 38,130 21,524 57,821 44,047 16,200 21,422 37,622 Soybeans September 1... December , ,100 21,325 1,218, , ,945 70,666 1,309,744 2 Included in All wheat. 993, ,045 91,991 2,527, , ,522 1,333,722 4 Grain Stocks (March 2015)

5 Grain Stocks by Position and Month in Metric Units United s: 2014 and 2015 [Blank data cells indicate estimation period has not yet begun] Date Corn September 1... December (metric tons) (metric tons) (metric tons) (metric tons) (metric tons) (metric tons) 98,061,220 47,327,460 11,735, ,018,090 79,953,310 50,510,630 19,556, ,764, ,014,520 97,838,090 31,291, ,782, ,257,120 85,472, ,729,670 Sorghum September 1... December , ,310 49, ,740 4,058,700 2,233, ,050 4,879,410 4,463,850 2,347, ,450 5,654, ,610 2,782,550 3,011,160 Oats September 1... December , , , , , , , , , ,090 1,078, , , , ,610 Barley September 1... December , ,070 2,129,780 1,622,260 1,692,460 1,374,820 1,785,270 1,777,170 2,646,740 1,790,890 3,915,050 3,399, ,960 1,655,990 2,566,950 All wheat September 1... December ,464,510 2,639,770 19,416,930 12,867,510 22,301,370 13,425,100 32,489,100 28,762,200 28,765,870 16,064,870 51,906,020 41,629,710 7,585,240 23,015,860 30,601,100 Durum wheat 2 September 1... December , ,360 1,053, , , , , ,310 1,037, ,790 1,573,630 1,198, , ,010 1,023,900 Soybeans September 1... December ,393,610 2,969, ,370 33,148,530 16,653,950 8,054,300 1,923,210 35,645,390 2 Included in All wheat. 27,047,570 11,023,520 2,503,580 68,793,920 16,579,710 19,718,260 36,297,960 Grain Stocks (March 2015) 5

6 Corn Stocks by Position s and United s: March 1, 2014 and 2015 Alabama... Arizona... Arkansas... California... Colorado... Delaware... Florida... Georgia... Idaho... Illinois , ,000 6,194 3,401 14,076 7,394 25,612 8, ,805 6, ,511 54,612 1,217,511 36, ,000 6,189 2,493 12,649 9,402 27,342 12,209 1,038 8,876 6, ,061 63,342 1,437,061 Indiana... Iowa... Kansas... Kentucky... Louisiana... Maryland... Michigan... Minnesota... Mississippi... Missouri , ,000 68,000 44, , , , , , ,689 25,345 16,504 15,877 81, ,049 13,934 70, ,308 1,217, ,689 69, , , , , ,000 59,000 60, , , , , , ,905 27,818 22,057 15,548 63, ,702 16, , ,886 1,473, ,905 87, , , ,363 Montana... Nebraska... Nevada... New England... New Jersey... New Mexico... New York... North Carolina... North Dakota... Ohio ,000 14, , , ,902 1,784 21,341 83, , ,902 35, , , ,000 13, , , ,875 2,080 21,118 70, , ,875 34, , ,876 Oklahoma... Oregon... Pennsylvania... South Carolina... South Dakota... Tennessee... Texas... Utah... Virginia... Washington... 70, ,000 12, ,249 2, ,847 23,277 82, ,867 8,561 80, ,847 62, ,000 11,045 8,889 3, ,257 19, , ,848 12,139 70, ,257 West Virginia... Wisconsin... Wyoming ,000 96, , , , ,357 Unallocated ,000 2, , ,000 4, ,159 United s... 3,860,500 3,147,623 7,008,123 4,380,000 3,364,906 7,744,906 Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. Not available. 2 " unallocated" includes data withheld to avoid disclosure of individual operations. " unallocated" includes minor producing s' data not published separately. 6 Grain Stocks (March 2015)

7 Sorghum Stocks by Position s and United s: March 1, 2014 and 2015 Alabama... Arizona... Arkansas... California... Colorado... Delaware... Florida... Georgia... Idaho... Illinois ,548 1, Indiana... Iowa... Kansas... Kentucky... Louisiana... Maryland... Michigan... Minnesota... Mississippi... Missouri... 7,500 1,050 96, ,617 1,982 5, ,511 1, ,611 1,375 Montana... Nebraska... Nevada... New England... New Jersey... New Mexico... New York... North Carolina... North Dakota... Ohio ,406 6, ,864 3,514 Oklahoma... Oregon... Pennsylvania... South Carolina... South Dakota... Tennessee... Texas... Utah... Virginia... Washington... 2,300 9,325 6,025 32,886 35, ,334 1,179 13,883 14,783 West Virginia... Wisconsin... Wyoming... Unallocated ,200 5,773 28,643 1,600 2,722 14,261 United s... 15, , ,734 9, , ,544 Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. Not available. 2 " unallocated" includes data withheld to avoid disclosure of individual operations. " unallocated" includes minor producing s' data not published separately. Grain Stocks (March 2015) 7

8 Oat Stocks by Position s and United s: March 1, 2014 and 2015 Alabama... Arizona... Arkansas... California... Colorado... Delaware... Florida... Georgia... Idaho... Illinois Indiana... Iowa... Kansas... Kentucky... Louisiana... Maryland... Michigan... Minnesota... Mississippi... Missouri... 1,100 2, , , , ,500 1,000 2, , ,046 Montana... Nebraska... Nevada... New England... New Jersey... New Mexico... New York... North Carolina... North Dakota... Ohio , , ,573 Oklahoma... Oregon... Pennsylvania... South Carolina... South Dakota... Tennessee... Texas... Utah... Virginia... Washington... 1,100 1, , ,410 3,260 1,200 2, , ,530 4,307 West Virginia... Wisconsin... Wyoming... 2,700 1,895 4,595 2,800 4,412 7,212 Unallocated ,600 4,269 16,103 6,600 14,840 25,826 United s... 19,800 15,323 Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. Not available. 2 " unallocated" includes data withheld to avoid disclosure of individual operations. " unallocated" includes minor producing s' data not published separately. 35,123 20,810 38,550 59,360 8 Grain Stocks (March 2015)

9 Barley Stocks by Position s and United s: March 1, 2014 and 2015 Alabama... Arizona... Arkansas... California... Colorado... Delaware... Florida... Georgia... Idaho... Illinois ,400 6, ,291 28,691 8, ,915 23,715 Indiana... Iowa... Kansas... Kentucky... Louisiana... Maryland... Michigan... Minnesota... Mississippi... Missouri... 1, ,343 7,493 1, ,217 7,417 Montana... Nebraska... Nevada... New England... New Jersey... New Mexico... New York... North Carolina... North Dakota... Ohio... 11,500 16,000 12, , ,355 34, ,500 12,500 12, ,194 26,961 34,694 Oklahoma... Oregon... Pennsylvania... South Carolina... South Dakota... Tennessee... Texas... Utah... Virginia... Washington , , , ,095 West Virginia... Wisconsin... Wyoming ,460 2,791 3,402 Unallocated ,400 2,657 19,588 4,100 8,258 21,422 United s... 43,830 77, ,564 41,840 76, ,899 Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. Not available. 2 " unallocated" includes data withheld to avoid disclosure of individual operations. " unallocated" includes minor producing s' data not published separately. Grain Stocks (March 2015) 9

10 All Wheat Stocks by Position s and United s: March 1, 2014 and 2015 Alabama... Arizona... Arkansas... California... Colorado... Delaware... Florida... Georgia... Idaho... Illinois ,200 4,000 5,600 1,100 2,643 4,160 2,216 8,973 17,368 2,664 3,202 24,879 26,402 2,246 10,173 21,368 30,479 27, ,600 12,500 2,100 2,922 3,381 10,845 7,912 22,530 2,426 1,279 3,223 22,997 26,221 10,905 8,112 31,130 35,497 28,321 Indiana... Iowa... Kansas... Kentucky... Louisiana... Maryland... Michigan... Minnesota... Mississippi... Missouri ,400 1,500 30,000 1,300 23,937 1, ,915 5,893 2,805 10,380 26,943 30,124 14,226 24, ,315 28,443 60,124 15, ,200 1,300 26,000 2,000 29,583 2, ,033 8,687 7,392 12,683 19,456 33,029 2,104 18,585 29, ,233 20,756 59,029 20,585 Montana... Nebraska... Nevada... New England... New Jersey... New Mexico... New York... North Carolina... North Dakota... Ohio... 62,000 1, , ,359 24,087 11,548 9,873 69,724 40,555 90,359 25,587 10, ,724 41,455 67,000 2,300 2, ,000 1,300 28,113 34, ,759 13,638 57,620 37,700 95,113 36,514 15, ,620 39,000 Oklahoma... Oregon... Pennsylvania... South Carolina... South Dakota... Tennessee... Texas... Utah... Virginia... Washington... 1,700 5,500 15,500 1,000 4,200 81,156 16,033 5,004 1,072 22,640 3,576 22,609 4,149 3,764 64,648 82,856 21,533 38,140 23,609 68,848 1,300 2,000 24,000 1,200 2,400 60,085 16,502 5,071 1,546 27,169 11,358 36,098 4,518 6,288 56,076 61,385 18,502 51,169 37,298 58,476 West Virginia... Wisconsin... Wyoming... 20,172 32, Unallocated ,000 4,128 93,768 9,900 1, ,182 United s , ,435 1,056, , ,688 1,124,398 Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. Not available. 2 " unallocated" includes data withheld to avoid disclosure of individual operations. " unallocated" includes minor producing s' data not published separately. 10 Grain Stocks (March 2015)

11 Durum Wheat Stocks by Position s and United s: March 1, 2014 and 2015 [Included in All wheat] Montana... North Dakota ,000 12,500 1,864 6,510 9,864 19,010 6,100 10,000 1,809 4,860 7,909 14,860 Other s ,056 9, ,753 14,853 United s... 20,700 17,430 38,130 16,200 21,422 37,622 Durum Wheat Stocks by Position s and United s: December 1, 2014 [Included in All wheat] Montana... North Dakota... 1 (1,000 bushels) (1,000 bushels) (1,000 bushels) 8,000 15,500 2,375 4,631 10,375 20,131 Other s ,141 13,541 United s... 23,900 20,147 44,047 Sunflower Stocks by Position and Type s and United s: March 1, 2014 and 2015 Varietal type and Oil North Dakota (1,000 pounds) (1,000 pounds) (1,000 pounds) (1,000 pounds) (1,000 pounds) (1,000 pounds) 110, , , , , ,068 Other s , , ,625 95, , ,824 United s , , , , , ,892 Non-oil North Dakota... 32,000 56,016 88,016 25,000 53,727 78,727 Other s... 35,200 70, ,129 36,400 77, ,963 United s... 67, , ,145 61, , ,690 All North Dakota , , , , , ,795 Other s , , , , , ,787 United s , , , , , ,582 Grain Stocks (March 2015) 11

12 Soybean Stocks by Position s and United s: March 1, 2014 and 2015 Alabama... Arizona... Arkansas... California... Colorado... Delaware... Florida... Georgia... Idaho... Illinois ,000 3,029 15, ,863 91, ,452 89,000 1,774 14, ,410 6, , ,371 Indiana... Iowa... Kansas... Kentucky... Louisiana... Maryland... Michigan... Minnesota... Mississippi... Missouri... 38,000 74,000 9,200 5,000 59,000 22,000 34, ,224 31,718 4,250 12,516 50, ,022 72, ,224 40,918 17, ,142 49,022 63, ,000 14,000 12,500 72,000 42,000 57, ,888 51,156 4,550 3,294 4,457 20,871 50, , , ,888 65,156 33, ,183 71,187 Montana... Nebraska... Nevada... New England... New Jersey... New Mexico... New York... North Carolina... North Dakota... Ohio... 17,500 8,700 33,000 69,227 7,941 20,026 30,662 86,727 28,726 63,662 32,000 19,500 58,000 76,036 12,259 15,558 44, ,036 35, ,621 Oklahoma... Oregon... Pennsylvania... South Carolina... South Dakota... Tennessee... Texas... Utah... Virginia... Washington... 14,500 2,540 34,975 2, ,731 5,165 49,475 5,165 28,500 1,573 3,514 3,098 26,799 2, ,063 55,299 West Virginia... Wisconsin... Wyoming... 6,500 13,522 20,022 8,700 20,829 29,529 Unallocated ,500 12,798 90,348 60,000 3, ,513 United s , , , , ,522 1,333,722 Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. Not available. 2 " unallocated" includes data withheld to avoid disclosure of individual operations. " unallocated" includes minor producing s' data not published separately. 12 Grain Stocks (March 2015)

13 Corn and Sorghum Stocks by Position s and United s: December 1, 2014 Alabama... Arizona... Arkansas... California... Colorado... Delaware... Florida... Georgia... Idaho... Illinois... Corn 1 Sorghum 1 63,000 1,050,000 6,440 3,409 27,309 10,078 39,613 14,735 1,187 11,221 7, , ,613 1,899, , Indiana... Iowa... Kansas... Kentucky... Louisiana... Maryland... Michigan... Minnesota... Mississippi... Missouri ,000 1,320, , , , , , , , ,533 30,566 23,619 25,427 67, ,520 20, , ,983 2,048, , , ,968 1,132, ,315 17,000 2, ,368 1,307 1,167 1, ,368 3,464 Montana... Nebraska... Nevada... New England... New Jersey... New Mexico... New York... North Carolina... North Dakota... Ohio ,000 29, , , ,710 2,317 26,488 81, ,887 1,289,710 55, , ,887 2,200 7,252 9,452 Oklahoma... Oregon... Pennsylvania... South Carolina... South Dakota... Tennessee... Texas... Utah... Virginia... Washington , ,000 18,038 9,579 3, ,504 23, , ,860 11, , ,504 2,800 7,266 3,284 24,062 26,862 West Virginia... Wisconsin... Wyoming , , ,323 Unallocated ,000 4, ,457 6,300 3,601 26,448 United s... 7,087,000 4,124,380 11,211,380 30, , ,594 Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. Not available. 2 " unallocated" includes data withheld to avoid disclosure of individual operations. " unallocated" includes minor producing s' data not published separately. Grain Stocks (March 2015) 13

14 Oat and Barley Stocks by Position s and United s: December 1, 2014 Alabama... Arizona... Arkansas... California... Colorado... Delaware... Florida... Georgia... Idaho... Illinois... Oats 1 Barley , , ,439 39,439 Indiana... Iowa... Kansas... Kentucky... Louisiana... Maryland... Michigan... Minnesota... Mississippi... Missouri... 1,600 3, , ,324 1, ,512 6,112 Montana... Nebraska... Nevada... New England... New Jersey... New Mexico... New York... North Carolina... North Dakota... Ohio , ,040 5,372 22,500 20,500 13, ,832 36,047 39,332 Oklahoma... Oregon... Pennsylvania... South Carolina... South Dakota... Tennessee... Texas... Utah... Virginia... Washington... 2,050 4, , ,504 6, , ,774 1,071 4,974 West Virginia... Wisconsin... Wyoming... 3,700 5,672 9,372 4,274 4,565 Unallocated ,900 10,049 25,596 6,700 1,941 29,160 United s... 31,300 35,670 66,970 74,510 81, ,135 Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. Not available. 2 " unallocated" includes data withheld to avoid disclosure of individual operations. " unallocated" includes minor producing s' data not published separately. 14 Grain Stocks (March 2015)

15 All Wheat and Soybean Stocks by Position s and United s: December 1, 2014 Alabama... Arizona... Arkansas... California... Colorado... Delaware... Florida... Georgia... Idaho... Illinois... All wheat 1 Soybeans ,000 19,000 3,100 5,180 4,320 11,421 10,082 31,882 3,240 1,473 5,695 31,145 34,022 11,571 10,682 43,882 50,145 37, ,000 10,158 32, ,738 8, , ,625 Indiana... Iowa... Kansas... Kentucky... Louisiana... Maryland... Michigan... Minnesota... Mississippi... Missouri... 1,400 13,500 3,000 43,000 2,500 32,579 2, ,089 9,880 7,454 16,917 25,169 33,942 3,975 21,817 33, ,589 28,169 76,942 24, , ,000 24,000 28, ,000 90,000 88, ,616 81,637 11,929 6,479 11,342 36,200 95,865 7,935 54, , , ,637 64, , ,364 Montana... Nebraska... Nevada... New England... New Jersey... New Mexico... New York... North Carolina... North Dakota... Ohio ,000 3,600 3, ,000 2,100 29,957 41, ,331 16,854 67,249 50, ,957 44,616 20, ,249 52,323 65,000 49, , ,874 17,630 49,168 70, ,874 98, ,593 Oklahoma... Oregon... Pennsylvania... South Carolina... South Dakota... Tennessee... Texas... Utah... Virginia... Washington... 2,000 8,200 44,000 2,100 7,300 72,715 21,640 7,073 1,642 33,618 12,065 40,166 4,786 7,130 81,879 74,715 29,840 77,618 42,266 89,179 60,000 6,815 4,793 3,082 72,798 8,355 2,461 5,635 3, ,798 3,603 West Virginia... Wisconsin... Wyoming... 32,598 1,396 17,500 35,273 52,773 Unallocated ,000 1, , ,000 2, ,170 United s ,800 1,056,830 1,529,630 1,218,000 1,309,744 2,527,744 Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. Not available. 2 " unallocated" includes data withheld to avoid disclosure of individual operations. " unallocated" includes minor producing s' data not published separately. Grain Stocks (March 2015) 15

16 Statistical Methodology Survey Procedures: The grain stocks estimates in this report are based on surveys conducted during the first two weeks of March. Separate surveys are conducted to obtain the on-farm and off-farm estimates. The on-farm stocks survey is a probability survey that includes a sample of over 84,000 farm operators selected from a list of producers that ensures all operations in the United s have a chance to be selected. These producers are asked to provide the total quantities of grain stored on their operations as of March 1, This includes all whole grains and oilseeds stored whether for feed, seed, or sale as well as any stored under a government program. The off-farm stocks survey is an enumeration of all known commercial grain storage facilities. This includes approximately 8,700 facilities with 10.7 billion bushels of storage capacity. An effort is made to obtain a report from all facilities. Reports of stock holdings are normally received from operations covering about 90 percent of the capacity. Estimates are made for missing facilities to make the survey complete. Estimation Procedures: -farm and off-farm survey data are reviewed at the and National levels for reasonableness, consistency with historical estimates, and current crop size. After estimates are made for on-farm and off-farm stocks, the totals of these two are combined and evaluated using the balance sheet approach. This method utilizes other sources of data to check the reasonableness of the stocks estimates. Estimates of production, imports, exports, crushings, millings, and all other recorded uses of grains and oilseeds are reviewed to make sure beginning stocks, production, utilization, and ending stocks are within reasonable balance and present the best possible estimate of stocks. Revision Policy: -farm and off-farm stocks are subject to revision the quarter following initial publication and again in the following December 1 Grain Stocks report published in January each year. Revisions can be made when late reports are received, errors are detected in reporting and calculations, and production estimates are revised. Estimates will also be reviewed following the 5-year Census of Agriculture. No revisions to these years will be made after that date. Reliability: Reliability of the on-farm and off-farm stocks must be treated separately because the survey designs for the two surveys are very different. The on-farm stocks estimates are subject to sampling variability because all operations holding on-farm stocks are not included in the sample. This variability, as measured by the relative standard error at the United s level, is approximately 2.1 percent for corn 3.0 percent for soybeans, and 2.6 percent for all wheat. This means that chances are approximately 95 out of 100 that survey estimates for stocks will be within plus or minus 4.2 percent for corn, 6.0 percent for soybeans, and 5.2 percent for all wheat of the value that could be developed by averaging the estimates produced from all possible samples selected from the same population and surveyed using the same procedures. The relative standard errors for sorghum, barley, and oats are 14.2, 4.6, and 8.2 percent, respectively. Survey indications are also subject to non-sampling errors such as omission, duplication, imputation for missing data, and mistakes in reporting, recording, and processing the data. -farm, as well as on-farm stocks, are subject to these types of errors. These errors cannot be measured directly, but they are minimized through rigid quality controls in the data collection process and a careful review of all reported data for consistency and reasonableness. 16 Grain Stocks (March 2015)

17 Information Contacts Listed below are the commodity statisticians in the Crops Branch of the National Agricultural Statistics Service to contact for additional information. inquiries may be sent to Lance Honig, Chief, Crops Branch... (202) Anthony Prillaman, Head, Field Crops Section... (202) Angie Considine Cotton, Cotton Ginnings, Sorghum... (202) Tony Dahlman Crop Weather, Barley... (202) Chris Hawthorn Corn, Flaxseed, Proso Millet... (202) James Johanson County Estimates, Hay... (202) Anthony Prillaman Oats, Rye, Wheat... (202) Bianca Pruneda Peanuts, Rice... (202) Travis Thorson Soybeans, Sunflower, Other Oilseeds... (202) Grain Stocks (March 2015) 17

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