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Wisconsin Corn in Storage No Much Different Than Year Ago
Wisconsin Ag Connection - 01/15/2018

Corn stored in all positions in Wisconsin as December 1 totaled 443 million bushels, according to the latest USDA Grain Stocks report. This is a marginal decrease from a year ago. Of the total stocks, 63 percent were stored in on-farm storage facilities. The indicated quarterly disappearance from September-November totaled 179 million bushels, 11 percent less than the 202 million bushels from the same period last year.

Soybeans stored in all positions in December was 74 million bushels, 11 percent higher than the previous record of 66.9 million bushels on hand in late-2016. Of the total stocks, 38 percent were stored on-farm. Indicated disappearance for September-November was 35.6 million bushels, 23 percent less than the 46 million bushels from the same period last year.

Oats stored on-farm in Wisconsin totaled 2.35 million bushels, down 16 percent from last year.

All hay stored on Wisconsin farms as of December 1 is estimated at 2.65 million tons, a decrease of 17 percent from 2016. Disappearance from May-December totaled 1.65 million tons, compared with 1.54 million tons for the same period in 2016.

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