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Confectionary Stocks Tighten

WASHINGTON - Mar 31/08 - SNS -- Sunflower stocks in all positions in the United States on March 1, 2008 totaled 1.03 billion pounds, down 6% from March 1, 2007, according to this year's USDA March 1 stocks in all positions report.

All stocks stored on farms totaled 392 million pounds and off-farm stocks totaled 635 million pounds. Stocks of oil type sunflower seed are 795 million pounds; of this total, 331 million pounds are on-farm stocks and 463 million pounds are off-farm stocks. Non-oil sunflower stocks totaled 232 million pounds, with 60.9 million pounds stored on the farm and 171 million pounds stored off the farm.

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