On December 1, 2022, Indiana corn stocks totaled 842 million bushels, 5 percent below a year earlier, according to Nathanial Warenski of USDA NASS, Indiana Field Office. About 68 percent of the corn was stored on farms. The first quarter disappearance was 233 million bushels, compared with 216 million bushels a year earlier.
Soybean stocks on December 1, 2022, were 280 million bushels. That was 3 percent higher than stocks a year earlier. The first quarter indicated disappearance was 80.9 million bushels, compared with 86.7 million bushels the same period a year ago. Farm stocks of soybeans were 165 million bushels.
Wheat stocks on December 1, 2022, were 18.7 million bushels, 16 percent below a year ago. Second quarter indicated disappearance was 2.98 million bushels, compared with 3.63 million bushels last year. About 98 percent of wheat stocks were in commercial storage.
Nationally, corn stored in all positions on December 1, 2022, totaled 10.8 billion bushels, down 7 percent from December 1, 2021. Of the total stocks, 6.75 billion bushels were stored on farms, down 7 percent from a year earlier. Off-farm stocks, 4.06 billion bushels, were down 8 percent from a year ago. The September-November 2022 indicated disappearance was 4.30 billion bushels, compared with 4.67 billion bushels during the same period last year.
Soybeans stored in all positions on December 1, 2022, totaled 3.02 billion bushels, down 4 percent from December 1, 2021. Soybeans stocks on farms totaled 1.48 billion bushels, down 3 percent from a year ago. Off-farm stocks, 1.55 billion bushels, were down 4 percent from last December. Indicated disappearance for September-November 2022 totaled 1.53 billion bushels, down 4 percent from the same period a year earlier.
All wheat stored in all positions on December 1, 2022, totaled 1.28 billion bushels, down 7 percent from a year ago. On-farm stocks were estimated at 362 million bushels, up 32 percent from last December. Off-farm stocks, 918 million bushels, were down 17 percent from a year ago. The September-November 2022 indicated disappearance was 498 million bushels, 26 percent above the same period a year earlier.
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