Louisiana Rice and Grain Stocks Report
USDA's latest Rice and Grain Stocks Report for Louisiana was released Thursday. Louisiana rough rice stocks in all positions on June 1, 2016, totaled 4.32 million hundredweight (cwt), up 3 percent compared to June 1, 2015. Stocks held on farms totaled 980 thousand cwt, compared to 1.4 million cwt last year. Off-farm stocks totaled 3.34 million cwt, up 19 percent from last year.
Louisiana corn stocks at off-farm grain storage facilities on June 1, 2016, totaled 15.8 million bushels, up 42 percent from June 1, 2015. Soybeans at off-farm storage facilities totaled 9.28 million bushels, compared to 2.29 million bushels last year.