Jan. 10 Grain Stocks: On- and Off-Farm Grain Storage Capacity

On-Farm Grain Storage Capacity Up Slightly from Last Year

The United States on-farm storage capacity totaled 13.0 billion bushels on December 1, 2013, up less than one percent from December 1, 2012. Iowa continues to lead all States with 2.05 billion bushels of on-farm storage capacity followed by Illinois with 1.46 billion bushels. Other major States include Minnesota with 1.45 billion bushels, Nebraska with 1.15 billion bushels, North Dakota with 880 million bushels, and Indiana with 800 million bushels of on-farm storage capacity. These six States account for 60 percent of the Nation’s on-farm storage capacity. On-farm grain storage capacity includes all bins, cribs, sheds, and other structures located on farms that are normally used to store whole grains, oilseeds, or pulse crops.

Off-Farm Grain Storage Capacity and Facilities

Capacity of off-farm commercial grain storage in the United States totaled 10.4 billion bushels on December 1, 2013, up 1 percent from December 1, 2012. The largest increase occurred in North Dakota where an additional 23.0 million bushels of capacity was added since December 1, 2012. Other notable increases were shown in Nebraska, where capacity increased 21.7 million bushels, and Kansas, where capacity increased 20.0 million bushels from a year ago.

Illinois and Iowa remained the two largest off-farm storage capacity States during 2013 with 1.45 billion and 1.40 billion bushels respectively. Kansas was the third largest followed by Nebraska and Minnesota. These five States accounted for 52 percent of the Nation’s off-farm storage capacity on December 1, 2013.

Off-farm grain storage capacity includes all elevators, warehouses, terminals, merchant mills, other storage, and oilseed crushers which store whole grains, soybeans, canola, flaxseed, mustard seed, safflower, sunflower, rapeseed, Austrian winter peas, dry edible peas, lentils, and chickpeas/garbanzo beans. Capacity data exclude facilities used to store only rice or peanuts, oilseed crushers processing only cottonseed or peanuts, tobacco warehouses, seed warehouses, and storage facilities that handle only dry edible beans, other than chickpeas/garbanzo beans.

Off-farm storage facilities totaled 8,783 on December 1, 2013, down slightly from December 1, 2012. States with the largest number of facilities include Iowa with 900, Illinois with 850, Kansas with 715, Minnesota with 585, and Nebraska with 482.

Charts are below.

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 On-Farm Storage Capacity - States and United States: December 1, 2012 and 2013 [Excludes Alaska and Hawaii] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : 2012 : 2013 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : million bushels : Alabama .......: 35 35 Arkansas ......: 200 205 Colorado ......: 170 170 Georgia .......: 60 60 Idaho .........: 130 130 Illinois ......: 1,460 1,460 Indiana .......: 800 800 Iowa ..........: 2,050 2,050 Kansas ........: 380 380 Kentucky ......: 200 200 : Michigan ......: 290 290 Minnesota .....: 1,450 1,450 Mississippi ...: 110 110 Missouri ......: 510 510 Montana .......: 345 345 Nebraska ......: 1,130 1,150 New York ......: 115 120 North Carolina : 100 100 North Dakota ..: 865 880 Ohio ..........: 530 530 : Oklahoma ......: 75 75 Oregon ........: 55 55 Pennsylvania ..: 150 160 South Dakota ..: 690 690 Tennessee .....: 75 80 Texas .........: 160 160 Virginia ......: 55 55 Washington ....: 75 75 Wisconsin .....: 365 375 : Unallocated 1/ : 310 310 : United States .: 12,940 13,010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Includes Arizona, California, Delaware, Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, Nevada, New England, New Jersey, New Mexico, South Carolina, Utah, West Virginia, and Wyoming. Off-Farm Storage Facilities - States and United States: December 1, 2012 and 2013 [Excludes Alaska and Hawaii] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Facilities : Off-farm storage capacity :--------------------------------------------------------------------- State :December 1, 2012:December 1, 2013:December 1, 2012 :December 1, 2013 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------- number ------- ------- 1,000 bushels ------ : Alabama .......: 68 68 35,000 35,000 Arizona .......: 22 22 20,000 20,000 Arkansas ......: 150 150 276,000 281,000 California ....: 123 124 92,000 92,000 Colorado ......: 112 113 127,000 125,000 Delaware ......: 16 16 22,000 22,000 Florida .......: 18 17 5,200 5,200 Georgia .......: 113 111 52,000 52,000 Idaho .........: 141 139 123,000 123,000 Illinois ......: 850 850 1,451,000 1,451,000 : Indiana .......: 400 395 467,900 478,700 Iowa ..........: 890 900 1,390,000 1,400,000 Kansas ........: 715 715 980,000 1,000,000 Kentucky ......: 160 155 72,000 74,000 Louisiana .....: 27 27 115,000 115,000 Maryland ......: 48 48 47,000 49,000 Michigan ......: 201 206 200,000 210,000 Minnesota .....: 585 585 690,000 690,000 Mississippi ...: 59 53 66,300 63,900 Missouri ......: 335 335 240,000 245,000 : Montana .......: 157 157 81,700 81,300 Nebraska ......: 484 482 863,470 885,130 New England ...: 18 18 5,790 5,790 New Mexico ....: 18 18 13,500 13,500 New York ......: 38 41 37,600 37,600 North Carolina : 170 165 85,000 88,000 North Dakota ..: 342 346 357,000 380,000 Ohio ..........: 399 395 420,500 425,200 Oklahoma ......: 224 224 235,000 235,000 Oregon ........: 82 78 56,000 56,000 : Pennsylvania ..: 164 164 37,000 38,000 South Carolina : 51 50 18,700 18,700 South Dakota ..: 241 240 302,000 310,000 Tennessee .....: 150 150 61,000 61,000 Texas .........: 460 460 640,000 640,000 Utah ..........: 41 40 17,000 17,000 Virginia ......: 78 77 35,000 35,000 Washington ....: 249 248 217,600 222,200 Wisconsin .....: 370 370 320,000 335,000 Wyoming .......: 18 17 10,000 10,000 : Unallocated 1/ : 14 14 3,580 4,180 : United States .: 8,801 8,783 10,288,840 10,430,400 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Includes New Jersey, Nevada, and West Virginia 
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