March 31 Sunflower Stocks Rise

WASHINGTON - Mar 28//24 - SNS -- The quantity of sunflower seed on farms and in commercial positions rose 22% over the previous year, totalling 1.16 billion pounds as of March 1, according to the USDA.

All stocks stored on farms totaled 648 million pounds and off-farm stocks totaled 515 million pounds.

Stocks of oil type sunflower seed are 1.03 billion pounds; of this total, 590 million pounds are on-farm stocks and 444 million pounds are off-farm stocks. Non-oil sunflower stocks totaled 128 million pounds, with 57.6 million pounds stored on the farm and 70.7 million pounds stored off the farm.

Sunflower Stocks by Position and Type - States and United States:
March 1, 2023 and 2024
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                :               2023               :               2024
  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 ...:  340,000    141,204     481,204     305,000    304,916      609,916
                :
Other States ...:  231,680    106,701     338,381     285,210    139,012      424,222
                :
United States ..:  571,680    247,905     819,585     590,210    443,928    1,034,138
                :
Non-oil         :
North Dakota ...:   28,000     51,395      79,395      22,000     63,628       85,628
                :
Other States ...:   15,000     41,112      56,112      35,630      7,082       42,712
                :
United States ..:   43,000     92,507     135,507      57,630     70,710      128,340
                :
All             :
North Dakota ...:  368,000    192,599     560,599     327,000    368,544      695,544
                :
Other States ...:  246,680    147,813     394,493     320,840    146,094      466,934
                :
United States ..:  614,680    340,412     955,092     647,840    514,638    1,162,478
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1/ Includes stocks at mills, elevators, warehouses, terminals, and processors.