USDA Supply/Demand Report

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January 12, 2010


                 U.S. Feed Grain and Corn Supply and Use 1/
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                            :         :         :      2009/10  Projections
        Item                : 2007/08 : 2008/09 :==============================
                            :         :   Est.  :    December         January
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FEED GRAINS                 :
Area                        :               Million acres
 Planted                    :  109.0      101.8          99.9           100.1
 Harvested                  :   98.3       91.0          89.5            89.6
Yield per harvested         :                Metric tons
     acre                   :   3.56       3.58          3.84            3.91
                            :             Million metric tons
Beginning stocks            :   36.2       45.1          47.1            47.0
Production                  :  349.7      325.7         343.7           350.1
Imports                     :    3.3        3.0           2.5             2.4
  Supply, total             :  389.1      373.7         393.4           399.6
Feed and residual           :  157.1      142.5         143.8           147.9
Food, seed & industrial     :  117.1      133.0         146.3           146.0
  Domestic, total           :  274.2      275.5         290.1           294.0
Exports                     :   69.9       51.2          55.9            55.8
  Use, total                :  344.1      326.6         346.0           349.7
Ending stocks, total        :   45.1       47.0          47.4            49.8
  CCC inventory             :    0.0        0.0           0.0             0.0
  Free stocks               :   45.1       47.0          47.4            49.8
    Outstanding loans       :    2.7        4.4           5.8             5.8
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CORN                        :
Area                        :               Million acres
 Planted                    :   93.5       86.0          86.4            86.5
 Harvested                  :   86.5       78.6          79.3            79.6
Yield per harvested         :                  Bushels
    acre                    :  150.7      153.9         162.9           165.2
                            :               Million bushels
Beginning stocks            :  1,304      1,624         1,674           1,673
Production                  : 13,038     12,092        12,921          13,151
Imports                     :     20         14            10              10
  Supply, total             : 14,362     13,729        14,605          14,834
Feed and residual           :  5,913      5,246         5,400           5,550
Food, seed & industrial     :  4,387      4,953         5,480           5,470
 Ethanol for fuel 2/        :  3,049      3,677         4,200           4,200
  Domestic, total           : 10,300     10,198        10,880          11,020
Exports                     :  2,437      1,858         2,050           2,050
  Use, total                : 12,737     12,056        12,930          13,070
Ending stocks, total        :  1,624      1,673         1,675           1,764
  CCC inventory             :      0          0             0               0
  Free stocks               :  1,624      1,673         1,675           1,764
    Outstanding loans       :    106        171           225             225
Avg. farm price ($/bu) 3/   :   4.20       4.06    3.25- 3.85      3.40- 4.00
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Note: Totals may not add due to rounding.  1/ Marketing year beginning
September 1 for corn and sorghum; June 1 for barley and oats.  2/ For a further
breakout of FSI corn uses including ethanol, see the ERS Feed Outlook table 5,
or Feed Grains Database at "www.ers.usda.gov/db/feedgrains." 3/ Marketing-year
weighted average price received by farmers.






        U.S. Soybeans and Products Supply and Use (Domestic Measure) 1/
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                           :         :         :      2009/10  Projections
        Item               : 2007/08 : 2008/09 :===============================
                           :         :   Est.  :    December         January
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SOYBEANS:                  :               Million acres
Area                       :
  Planted                  :   64.7       75.7          77.5            77.5
  Harvested                :   64.1       74.7          76.6            76.4
                           :
                           :                   Bushels
Yield per harvested        :
    acre                   :   41.7       39.7          43.3            44.0
                           :
                           :             Million bushels
                           :
Beginning stocks           :    574        205           138             138
Production                 :  2,677      2,967         3,319           3,361
Imports                    :     10         13             8               8
  Supply, total            :  3,261      3,185         3,465           3,507
Crushings                  :  1,803      1,662         1,695           1,710
Exports                    :  1,159      1,283         1,340           1,375
Seed                       :     93         95            94              94
Residual                   :      0          6            81              83
  Use, total               :  3,056      3,047         3,210           3,262
Ending stocks              :    205        138           255             245
Avg. farm price ($/bu) 2/  :  10.10       9.97    8.75-10.25     8.90 -10.40
                           :
                           :
                           :               Million pounds
SOYBEAN OIL:               :
Beginning stocks           :  3,085      2,485         2,742           2,742
Production                 : 20,580     18,746        19,240          19,085
Imports                    :     65         90            75              75
  Supply, total            : 23,730     21,321        22,057          21,902
Domestic                   : 18,335     16,385        16,500          16,500
  For methyl ester         :  3,245      1,907         2,200           2,200
Exports                    :  2,911      2,193         3,250           3,250
  Use, total               : 21,246     18,578        19,750          19,750
Ending stocks              :  2,485      2,742         2,307           2,152
Average price (c/lb) 2/    :  52.03      32.16         35.50-          36.00-
                           :                            38.50           39.00
                           :
                           :           Thousand short tons
SOYBEAN MEAL:              :
Beginning stocks           :    343        294           235             235
Production                 : 42,284     39,104        40,325          40,425
Imports                    :    141         88           140             140
  Supply, total            : 42,768     39,486        40,700          40,800
Domestic                   : 33,232     30,743        30,800          30,600
Exports                    :  9,242      8,508         9,600           9,900
  Use, total               : 42,474     39,251        40,400          40,500
Ending stocks              :    294        235           300             300
Average price ($/s.t.) 2/  : 335.94     331.17        260.00-         265.00-
                           :                           310.00          315.00
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Note: Reliability calculations at end of report.  1/ Marketing year beginning
September 1 for soybeans; October 1 for soybean oil and meal.  2/ Prices:
soybeans, marketing year weighted average price received by farmers; for oil,
simple average of crude soybean oil, Decatur; for meal, simple average of 48
percent, Decatur.






                           U.S. Wheat Supply and Use 1/
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                            :         :         :      2009/10  Projections
        Item                : 2007/08 : 2008/09 :==============================
                            :         :   Est.  :    December         January
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Area                        :               Million acres
 Planted                    :   60.5       63.2          59.1            59.1
 Harvested                  :   51.0       55.7          49.9            49.9
Yield per harvested         :                   Bushels
    acre                    :   40.2       44.9          44.4            44.4
                            :             Million bushels
Beginning stocks            :    456        306           657             657
Production                  :  2,051      2,499         2,216           2,216
Imports                     :    113        127           110             110
  Supply, total             :  2,620      2,932         2,983           2,983
Food                        :    948        927           940             940
Seed                        :     88         75            78              72
Feed and residual           :     16        258           190             170
  Domestic, total           :  1,051      1,260         1,208           1,182
Exports                     :  1,263      1,015           875             825
  Use, total                :  2,314      2,275         2,083           2,007
Ending stocks               :    306        657           900             976
  CCC inventory             :      0          0             0               0
  Free stocks               :    306        657           900             976
    Outstanding loans       :      1         27            30              30
Avg. farm price ($/bu) 2/   :   6.48       6.78    4.65- 5.05      4.70- 5.00
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                       U.S. Wheat by Class: Supply and Use
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   Year beginning           :  Hard  :   Hard  :  Soft  :       :       :
     June 1                 : Winter :  Spring :  Red   : White : Durum : Total
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2008/09 (estimated)         :                Million bushels
Beginning stocks            :    138        68      55       37       8     306
Production                  :  1,035       512     614      255      84   2,499
  Supply, total 3/          :  1,174       625     702      300     130   2,932
Domestic use                :    472       273     332      100      81   1,260
Exports                     :    447       210     199      136      24   1,015
  Use, total                :    919       483     531      236     105   2,275
Ending stocks, total        :    254       142     171       64      25     657
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2009/10 (projected)         :
Beginning stocks            :    254       142     171       64      25     657
Production                  :    919       548     404      237     109   2,216
  Supply, total 3/          :  1,174       730     592      313     174   2,983
Domestic use                :    443       263     291      101      84   1,182
Exports                     :    300       200     105      170      50     825
  Use, total                :    743       463     396      271     134   2,007
  Ending stocks, total      :
                   January  :    431       267     196       42      40     976
                  December  :    384       257     177       42      40     900
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Note: Totals may not add due to rounding.  1/ Marketing year beginning June 1.
2/ Marketing-year weighted average price received by farmers. 3/ Includes
imports.






               U.S. Sorghum, Barley and Oats Supply and Use 1/
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                            :         :         :      2009/10  Projections
         Item               : 2007/08 : 2008/09 :==============================
                            :         :   Est.  :    December         January
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                            :               Million bushels
SORGHUM                     :
Area planted (mil. acres)   :    7.7        8.3           6.6             6.6
Area harv. (mil. acres)     :    6.8        7.3           5.7             5.5
Yield (bushels/acre)        :   73.2       65.0          64.0            69.4
Beginning stocks            :     32         53            55              55
Production                  :    497        472           364             383
Imports                     :      0          0             0               0
   Supply, total            :    530        525           419             438
Feed and residual           :    165        232           140             150
Food, seed & industrial     :     35         95            90              90
   Total domestic           :    200        327           230             240
Exports                     :    277        143           140             140
   Use, total               :    477        471           370             380
Ending stocks, total        :     53         55            49              58
Avg. farm price ($/bu) 2/   :   4.08       3.20    2.85- 3.45      3.05- 3.55
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BARLEY                      :
Area planted (mil. acres)   :    4.0        4.2           3.6             3.6
Area harv. (mil. acres)     :    3.5        3.8           3.1             3.1
Yield (bushels/acre)        :   60.0       63.6          73.0            73.0
Beginning stocks            :     69         68            89              89
Production                  :    210        240           227             227
Imports                     :     29         29            30              25
   Supply, total            :    308        337           346             341
Feed and residual           :     30         67            50              50
Food, seed & industrial     :    169        169           170             170
   Total domestic           :    199        236           220             220
Exports                     :     41         13            10               5
   Use, total               :    240        249           230             225
Ending stocks, total        :     68         89           116             116
Avg. farm price ($/bu) 2/   :   4.02       5.37    4.10- 4.60      4.20- 4.60
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OATS                        :
Area planted (mil. acres)   :    3.8        3.2           3.4             3.4
Area harv. (mil. acres)     :    1.5        1.4           1.4             1.4
Yield (bushels/acre)        :   60.1       63.7          67.5            67.5
Beginning stocks            :     51         67            84              84
Production                  :     90         89            93              93
Imports                     :    123        115            95              95
   Supply, total            :    264        270           272             272
Feed and residual           :    120        109           120             125
Food, seed & industrial     :     74         74            75              75
   Total domestic           :    195        183           195             200
Exports                     :      3          3             3               3
   Use, total               :    198        186           198             203
Ending stocks, total        :     67         84            74              69
Avg. farm price ($/bu) 2/   :   2.63       3.15    2.00- 2.30      2.00- 2.20
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Note: Totals may not add due to rounding.  1/ Marketing year beginning
September 1 for sorghum, June 1 for barley and oats.  2/ Marketing-year
weighted average price received by farmers.






                          U.S. Rice Supply and Use 1/
                 (Rough Equivalent of Rough and Milled Rice)
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                            :         :         :      2009/10  Projections
        Item                : 2007/08 : 2008/09 :==============================
                            :         :   Est.  :    December         January
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TOTAL                       :
Area                        :               Million acres
 Planted                    :   2.76       3.00          3.13            3.14
 Harvested                  :   2.75       2.98          3.10            3.10
Yield per harvested         :                    Pounds
   acre                     :  7,219      6,846         7,038           7,085
                            :
                            :            Million hundredweight
 Beginning stocks 2/        :   39.3       29.4          30.4            30.4
 Production                 :  198.4      203.7         218.2           219.9
 Imports                    :   23.9       19.2          21.0            21.0
   Supply, total            :  261.6      252.4         269.7           271.3
 Domestic & residual 3/     :  127.4      128.4         129.5           129.5
 Exports, total 4/          :  104.7       93.6          97.0            99.0
  Rough                     :   37.7       31.1          35.0            35.0
  Milled (rough equiv.)     :   67.1       62.5          62.0            64.0
   Use, total               :  232.2      222.0         226.5           228.5
 Ending stocks              :   29.4       30.4          43.2            42.8
Avg. milling yield (%) 5/   :   70.5       70.5          70.5            70.5
Avg. farm price ($/cwt) 6/  :  12.80      16.80   13.90-14.90     13.65-14.65
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LONG GRAIN                  :
 Harvested acres (mil.)     :   2.05       2.35                          2.27
 Yield (pounds/acre)        :  6,980      6,522                         6,743
 Beginning stocks           :   28.5       19.0          20.1            20.1
 Production                 :  143.2      153.3         152.5           152.7
   Supply, total 7/         :  189.4      188.2         190.1           190.8
 Domestic & Residual 3/     :   91.3      103.0          99.5            99.5
 Exports 8/                 :   79.1       65.1          68.0            69.0
   Use, total               :  170.4      168.1         167.5           168.5
 Ending stocks              :   19.0       20.1          22.6            22.3
 Avg. farm price ($/cwt) 6/ :  12.40      15.00   12.60-13.60     12.50-13.50
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MEDIUM & SHORT GRAIN        :
 Harvested acres (mil.)     :   0.70       0.63                          0.84
 Yield (pounds/acre)        :  7,924      8,063                         8,010
 Beginning stocks           :   10.0        9.1           8.0             8.0
 Production                 :   55.2       50.5          65.7            67.1
   Supply, total 7/         :   70.8       61.9          77.2            78.1
 Domestic & Residual 3/     :   36.1       25.3          30.0            30.0
 Exports 8/                 :   25.7       28.5          29.0            30.0
   Use, total               :   61.8       53.9          59.0            60.0
 Ending stocks              :    9.1        8.0          18.2            18.1
 Avg. farm price ($/cwt) 6/ :  14.60      23.70   17.75-18.75     17.00-18.00
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Note: Totals may not add due to rounding.  1/ Marketing year beginning August
1.    2/ Includes the following quantities of broken kernel rice (type
undetermined) not included in estimates of beginning stocks by type (in mil.
cwt): 2007/08-0.8; 2008/09-1.3; 2009/10-2.4. 3/ Residual includes unreported
use, processing losses, and estimating errors.  Use by type may not add to
total rice use because of the difference in brokens between beginning and
ending stocks.  4/ Includes rough rice and milled rice exports.  Milled rice
exports are converted to an equivalent rough basis.  5/ Expressed as a percent,
i.e., the total quantity of whole kernel and broken rice produced divided by
the quantity of rough rice milled.  6/ Marketing-year weighted average price
received by farmers.  7/ Includes imports.  8/ Exports by type of rice are
estimated.






                          U. S. Cotton Supply and Use 1/
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                           :         :         :      2009/10  Projections
        Item               : 2007/08 : 2008/09 :===============================
                           :         :   Est.  :    December         January
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                           :               Million acres
Area                       :
  Planted                  :  10.83       9.47          9.14            9.15
  Harvested                :  10.49       7.57          7.73            7.69
                           :
                           :                   Pounds
Yield per harvested        :
    acre                   :    879        813           782             774
                           :
                           :             Million 480 pound bales
                           :
Beginning stocks 2/        :   9.48      10.04          6.34            6.34
Production                 :  19.21      12.82         12.59           12.40
Imports                    :   0.01       0.00          0.01            0.01
  Supply, total            :  28.70      22.86         18.93           18.74
Domestic use               :   4.59       3.59          3.40            3.40
Exports                    :  13.65      13.28         11.00           11.00
  Use, total               :  18.24      16.86         14.40           14.40
Unaccounted 3/             :   0.41      -0.34          0.03            0.04
Ending stocks              :  10.04       6.34          4.50            4.30
                           :
Avg. farm price 4/         :   59.3       47.8     56.0-64.0       57.0-64.0
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Note: Reliability calculations at end of report.
1/ Upland and extra-long staple; marketing year beginning August 1.  Totals may
not add due to rounding.  2/ Based on Bureau of Census data.  3/ Reflects the
difference between the previous season's supply less total use and ending
stocks based on Bureau of Census data.  4/ Cents per pound for upland cotton.
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