December 6, 2004

 

 

US 2003-Crop Wheat Entries 2.308 Million Bushels

 

Total 2003-crop wheat entries into the government's 9-month price support loan program are 2.308 mln bu, an decrease of 0.504 mln bushels during the week ended Nov 30, according to USDA preliminary figures.

 

Total 2004-crop entries into 9-month price support loan program reported 115.618 mln bushels, up 1.277 mln bushels from a week ago.

 

Following is a breakdown of activity in the regular 9-month non-recourse loan program for 2003 and 2004 crop wheat in thousand bushels. Changes are from statistics for the period ended Nov 23.

 

Source: USDA

 

               ---2003-crop---     ---2004-crop---

                Outstanding           Outstanding

                  9-Month  Change  9-Month    Change

Alabama            0       unch        9           unch

Arizona              0       unch      269         unch

Arkansas           0       unch       43          unch

California         -1       unch     2,595          -9

Colorado          65      unch     2,635          -3

Delaware           0      unch         6          unch

Florida               0      unch       26            -4

Georgia             0      unch       96            -2

Idaho              33      unch     6,953         119

Illinois               0      unch       847         -36

Indiana            14      unch       286        unch

Iowa                 0      unch        8           unch

Kansas             11     unch   14,723        -105

Kentucky           0      unch       549        -30

Louisiana           0      unch        0          unch

Maryland           0      unch      199            7

Michigan            0      unch      691          13

Minnesota        245     -44     9,810         304

Mississippi          0     unch       20          -20

Missouri            10     unch      806          -9

Montana          571     -87    15,941        465

Nebraska           7      -12     3,222        -11

Nevada              0      unch       0         unch

New Jersey         0     unch        0         unch

New Mexico        0      unch      335        39

New York           8      unch      984        -2

N Carolina         0      unch      184        -10

N Dakota       1,101     -360   12,709     608

Ohio                  0     unch      361        -10

Oklahoma          0     unch    11,132      -38

Oregon              0     unch      2,861        9

Pennsylvania      0     unch        86         -4

S Carolina          0     unch      607         17

S Dakota         144    unch   12,392     -239

Tennessee         0     unch       147        -2

Texas              27     unch    2,850        -9

Utah                 9      unch      540        48

Virginia             0        -1        242        -3

Washington      62     unch   10,077       186

W Virginia         0      unch        0         unch

Wisconsin          2     unch       226         8

Wyoming           0     unch      151      unch

Total US       2,308    -504  115,618     1,277