December 20, 2004

 

 

US 2003 Crop Wheat Entries 1.728 Million Bushels

 

Total 2003-crop wheat entries into the government's 9-month price support loan program are 1.728 mln bu, an decrease of 0.279 mln bushels during the week ended Dec 14, according to USDA preliminary figures.

 

Total 2004-crop entries into 9-month price support loan program reported 116.765 mln bushels, up 0.764 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 Dec 7.

 

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          unch

California        -1        unch     2,581         -14

Colorado         20        -45      2,586         -41

Delaware          0       unch        6            unch

Florida              0       unch       26           unch

Georgia            0       unch       89             -7

Idaho             21       unch     7,502          500

Illinois             0        unch      840            -5

Indiana          14       unch       286         unch

Iowa               0       unch        8            unch

Kansas           10      unch    14,201        -392

Kentucky         0       unch      509          unch

Louisiana         0       unch        0           unch

Maryland         0       unch      199          unch

Michigan          0       unch      699             8

Minnesota     222      unch    9,205         -619

Mississippi       0       unch       20          unch

Missouri          0        -10       780          -19

Montana        485      -7      17,228        865

Nebraska        7       unch    3,189         -52

Nevada           0       unch        0          unch

New Jersey      0      unch        0          unch

New Mexico     0       unch      299         -36

New York        8       unch      945          19

N Carolina       0      unch      178         unch

N Dakota       762    -159    13,861       598

Ohio                0     unch      357           1

Oklahoma        0     unch    10,979      -108

Oregon            0     unch    2,819         -36

Pennsylvania    0     unch       84         unch

S Carolina        0     unch      593          -4

S Dakota         83      -58   12,240       -33

Tennessee        0     unch      134         -7

Texas             27     unch    2,767        20

Utah                6     unch      589         38

Virginia            0     unch      233        -10

Washington     62     unch   10,058      107

W Virginia        0     unch        0         unch

Wisconsin        2     unch       231       unch

Wyoming         0     unch      142         -9

Total US      1,728     -279  116,765     764