December 13, 2004

 

 

2003 US Crop Wheat Entries 2.007 Million Bushels

 

Total 2003-crop wheat entries into the government's 9-month price support loan program are 2.007 mln bu, an decrease of 0.301 mln bushels during the week ended Dec 7, according to USDA preliminary figures.

 

Total 2004-crop entries into 9-month price support loan program reported 116.001 mln bushels, up 0.383 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 30.

 

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          24         -19

California          -1     unch        2,595      unch

Colorado           65     unch       2,627        -8

Delaware           0      unch           6        unch

Florida               0     unch          26        unch

Georgia             0      unch         96        unch

Idaho               21      -12        7,002        49

Illinois               0     unch         845        -2

Indiana            14     unch        286       unch

Iowa                 0     unch           8        unch

Kansas             10       -1      14,593      -130

Kentucky           0     unch        509         -40

Louisiana           0     unch          0        unch

Maryland           0     unch        199       unch

Michigan            0     unch       691        unch

Minnesota       222      -23       9,824        14

Mississippi         0      unch        20        unch

Missouri           10     unch       799          -7

Montana          492      -79     16,363       422

Nebraska           7     unch     3,241        19

Nevada              0     unch        0          unch

New Jersey        0     unch        0          unch

New Mexico        0     unch       335       unch

New York           8     unch       926        -58

N Carolina         0      unch      178         -6

N Dakota         921     -180   13,263      554

Ohio                  0     unch      356         -5

Oklahoma          0     unch    11,087      -45

Oregon              0     unch     2,855        -6

Pennsylvania      0     unch       84          -2

S Carolina         0      unch      597        -10

S Dakota         141       -3    12,273      -119

Tennessee         0      unch      141         -6

Texas              27      unch    2,747      -103

Utah                 6           -3      551        11

Virginia             0      unch       243         1

Washington     62       unch    9,951      -126

W Virginia        0       unch        0         unch

Wisconsin        2       unch      231          5

Wyoming         0       unch      151         unch

Total US       2,007    -301   116,001      383