Durum Stocks Jump 18%
WASHINGTON - Mar 28/13 - SNS -- U.S. durum wheat stocks in all positions on March 1, 2013 totaled 42.4 million bushels, up 18% from a year ago., according to the latest stocks in all positions report form the USDA.
On-farm stocks, at 21.4 million bushels, are up 20% from March 1, 2012. Off-farm stocks totaled 21.0 million bushels, up 17% from a year ago. The December 2012 - February 2013 indicated disappearance of 18.6 million bushels is up 52% from the same period a year earlier.
Durum Wheat Stocks by Position - States and United States: March 1, 2012 and 2013
[Included in All wheat]
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: 2012 : 2013
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State : On : Off : Total all : On : Off : Total all
: farms : farms 1/ : positions : farms : farms 1/ : positions
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: 1,000 bushels
:
Montana .........: 4,000 2,053 6,053 5,000 1,935 6,935
North Dakota ....: 13,500 6,243 19,743 16,000 6,042 22,042
:
Other States ....: 400 9,603 10,003 400 13,019 13,419
:
United States ...: 17,900 17,899 35,799 21,400 20,996 42,396
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1/ Includes stocks at mills, elevators, warehouses, terminals, and processors.
Durum Wheat Stocks by Position - States and United States: December 1, 2012
[Included in All wheat]
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: On : Off : Total all
State : farms : farms 1/ : positions
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: 1,000 bushels
:
Montana .........: 9,700 2,104 11,804
North Dakota ....: 26,500 7,481 33,981
:
Other States ....: 500 14,721 15,221
:
United States ...: 36,700 24,306 61,006
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1/ Includes stocks at mills, elevators, warehouses, terminals, and processors.
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