U.S. Soybeans and Products Supply and Use (Domestic Measure) 1/ 
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Item                           2017/2018                      2018/2019 
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SOYBEANS                                Million acres 
Area 
 Planted                     90.1       90.1             89.1             89.1 
 Harvested                   89.5       89.5             88.3             88.3 
                                       Bushels 
Yield per harvested 
 acre                        49.3       49.3             52.1             52.1 
                                     Million bushels 
 Beginning stocks             302        302              438              438 
 Production                 4,411      4,411            4,600            4,600 
 Imports                       22         22               25               25 
 Supply, total              4,734      4,734            5,063            5,063 
 Crushings                  2,055      2,055            2,080            2,080 
 Exports                    2,129      2,129            1,900            1,900 
 Seed                         104        104               96               96 
 Residual                       8          8               32               32 
 Use, total                 4,296      4,296            4,107            4,107 
 Ending stocks                438        438              955              955 
 Avg farm prc ($/bu) 2/      9.33       9.33      7.60 - 9.60      7.85 - 9.35 
                                    Million pounds 
SOYBEAN OIL 
Beginning stocks            1,711      1,711            1,990            1,990 
Production 4/              23,767     23,767           24,025           24,025 
Imports                       335        335              300              300 
Supply, total              25,814     25,814           26,315           26,315 
Domestic Disappearance     21,376     21,376           22,200           22,200 
Biodiesel 3/                7,150      7,134            7,800            7,800 
Food,Feed & Other 
            Industrial     14,226     14,243           14,400           14,400 
Exports                     2,447      2,447            2,200            2,200 
Use, total                 23,824     23,824           24,400           24,400 
Ending stocks               1,990      1,990            1,915            1,915 
Avg farm prc (c/lb) 2/      30.04      30.04    28.00 - 32.00    28.00 - 32.00 
                                  Thousand short tons 
SOYBEAN MEAL 
Beginning stocks              401        401              553              553 
Production 4/              49,216     49,216           49,147           49,147 
Imports                       495        495              350              350 
Supply, total              50,112     50,112           50,050           50,050 
Domestic                   34,733     34,733           35,850           35,850 
Exports                    14,826     14,826           13,750           13,750 
Use, total                 49,559     49,559           49,600           49,600 
Ending stocks                 553        553              450              450 
Avg farm prc ($/s.t) 2/    345.02     345.02  290.00 - 330.00  290.00 - 330.00 
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Note:  Totals may not add due to rounding.  Reliability calculations at end 
of report.  1/ Marketing year beginning September 1 for soybeans; October 1 
for soybean oil and soybean meal.  2/ Prices: soybeans  marketing year 
weighted average price received by farmers; oil  simple average of crude 
soybean oil  Decatur; meal  simple average of 48 percent protein  Decatur. 
3/ Reflects only biodiesel made from methyl ester as reported by the U.S. 
Energy Information Administration.  4/ Based on an October year crush of 2 
079 million bushels for 2017/18 and 2 080 million bushels for 2018/19. 
 
 
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