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American Farmers Boost Storage Capacity
WASHINGTON - Jan 12/07 - SNS -- On farm storage capacity in the United States rose 1% above year earlier levels to 11.6 billion bushels on December 1, 2006, according to the USDA.
Iowa continues to lead all States in on-farm storage capacity with 1.80 billion bushels, followed by Illinois, with 1.30 billion bushels, and Minnesota, with 1.27 billion bushels.
Other major States include Nebraska, with 1.07 billion bushels and North Dakota, with 750 million bushels of on-farm storage capacity.
These five States account for 53% of the Nation's on-farm storage capacity. On-farm grain storage capacity includes all bins, cribs, sheds, and other structures normally used to store whole grains, oilseeds, or pulse crops located on farms.
Capacity: On-Farm Storage, by State,
and United States, December 1, 2005-2006 1/
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State : 2005 2/ : 2006
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: Million Bushels
:
AL : 30 30
AR : 150 170
CO : 170 170
GA : 70 65
ID : 130 130
IL : 1,270 1,300
IN : 690 690
IA : 1,750 1,800
KS : 395 395
KY : 170 175
MI : 250 250
MN : 1,260 1,270
MS : 75 75
MO : 440 460
MT : 340 340
NE : 1,050 1,070
NY : 85 85
NC : 75 75
ND : 740 750
OH : 430 430
OK : 80 80
OR : 40 40
PA : 130 130
SD : 580 585
TN : 65 65
TX : 150 150
VA : 45 45
WA : 75 75
WI : 350 350
:
Unall 3/ : 330 330
:
US : 11,415 11,580
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1/ Excludes AK and HI.
2/ Revised
3/ AZ, CA, DE, FL, LA, MD, N ENG, NV, NJ, NM, SC, UT, WV, and WY.
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