Sunflower Stocks Drop 8%
WASHINGTON - Mar 29/18 - SNS -- Sunflower stocks in all positions on March 1 totaled 1.24 billion pounds, 8% below last year, according to the USDA's stocks in all positions report.
All stocks stored on farms totaled 546 million pounds and off-farm stocks totaled 692 million pounds.
Stocks of oil type sunflower seed are 1.05 billion pounds; of this total, 482 million pounds are on-farm stocks and 565 million pounds are off-farm stocks.
Non-oil sunflower stocks totaled 191 million pounds, with 64.4 million pounds stored on the farm and 127 million pounds stored off the farm.
Sunflower Stocks by Position and Type - States and United States:
March 1, 2017 and 2018
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: 2017 : 2018
Varietal type :---------------------------------------------------------------------
and State : On : Off : Total all : On : Off : Total all
: farms : farms 1/ : positions : farms : farms 1/ : positions
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: 1,000 pounds
:
Oil :
North Dakota ...: 235,000 303,263 538,263 275,000 328,928 603,928
:
Other States ...: 253,050 272,881 525,931 206,800 235,652 442,452
:
United States ..: 488,050 576,144 1,064,194 481,800 564,580 1,046,380
:
Non-oil :
North Dakota ...: 51,000 116,172 167,172 38,000 60,038 98,038
:
Other States ...: 48,240 70,991 119,231 26,350 66,969 93,319
:
United States ..: 99,240 187,163 286,403 64,350 127,007 191,357
:
All :
North Dakota ...: 286,000 419,435 705,435 313,000 388,966 701,966
:
Other States ...: 301,290 343,872 645,162 233,150 302,621 535,771
:
United States ..: 587,290 763,307 1,350,597 546,150 691,587 1,237,737
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1/ Includes stocks at mills, elevators, warehouses, terminals, and processors.
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