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wheat stocks in the region compared with 12% last year.
Disappearance of wheat from the Southwest in JuneAugust 2009 was 165,501,000 bus, down 134,225,000 bus,
or 45%, from 299,726,000 bus in the same span of 2008.
Sept. 1 wheat stocks in the primary soft red winter
wheat states - Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and
Michigan - were estimated at 255,075,000 bus, up
29,164,000 bus, or 13%, from 225,911,000 bus in 2008.
Farm stocks of wheat in those states totaled 27,000,000
bus, down 7,600,000 bus, or 22%, from 34,600,000 bus
a year earlier. Farm stocks accounted for 11% of the region's inventory compared with 15% a year ago.
First-quarter wheat disappearance in the Central states
was estimated at 98,134,000 bus, up 1,428,000 bus, or 1%,
from 96,706,000 bus in June-August 2008.
Sept. 1 stocks of wheat in the Pacific Northwest -
Washington, Oregon and Idaho - totaled 254,698,000
bus, up 32,698,000 bus, or 15%, from 222,000,000 bus
in 2008. First-quarter wheat usage in the region totaled 81,610,000 bus, down 4,420,000 bus, or 5%, from
86,030,000 bus in the same quarter a year earlier.
Durum stocks on Sept. 1 totaled 103,289,000 bus, up
58,799,000 bus, or 76%, from 58,799,000 bus in 2008. Farm
stocks of durum totaled 75,600,000 bus, up 39,400,000

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On average, the amount of pasta
sold in U.S. grocery stores annually.
(Source: Information Resources, Inc.)

U.S. Sept. 1 wheat stocks

'02

'03

2,215
'05

'06

'07

'08

'09

Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture

bus, or 109%, from 36,200,000 bus a year earlier. Farm
stocks accounted for 73% of the nation's durum inventory compared with 62% a year ago.
Durum use in June-August (reflecting disappearance
of mostly old crop supply) totaled 31,862,000 bus, down
1,454,000 bus, or 4%, from 33,316,000 bus in the year-ago
first quarter. The U.S.D.A. estimated corn stocks on Sept.
1, constituting the beginning inventory for the 2009-10
crop year, at 1,674,059,000 bus, up 49,909,000 bus, or 3%,
from 1,624,150,000 bus a year earlier. Disappearance of
corn during the fourth quarter of the 2008-09 marketing
year totaled 2,587,368,000 bus, up 183,501,000 bus, or 8%,
from 2,403,867,000 bus in June-August 2007. About 36%
of the Sept. 1 corn holdings were held on farms compared with 31% a year ago.
Soybean stocks on Sept. 1, also constituting the beginning inventory for the 2009-10 crop year, totaled
138,198,000 bus, down 66,836,000 bus, or 22%, from
205,034,000 bus in 2008. June-August disappearance
of soybeans was estimated at 457,975,000 bus, down
13,134,000 bus, or 3%, from 471,109,000 bus in the
year-ago fourth quarter. Farm stocks of soybeans accounted for 25% of the Sept. 1 inventory compared with
23% last year. MBN
bakingbusiness.com / world-grain.com

Miller Milling Company
Winchester, Virginia -
The best place
to ﬁnd quality
semolina for
all that pasta!

1,858

'04

1,717

'01

1,751

'00

1,923

'99

1,938

1,749

2,039

2,156

2,353

2,445

(in million bus)

Our company's roots are
in durum milling, and our
Winchester facility mills
Winchester
semolina and durum ﬂour to
your most exacting speciﬁcations.
We also offer whole grain semolina to help you
meet emerging demand for whole grain pasta.
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