Grain Silos (Photo by wattpublishing via Flickr)Grain Silos (Photo by wattpublishing via Flickr)
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U-S Farmers Holding More Corn, Soybeans And Wheat Than Last Year

The USDA reports American corn, soybean and wheat stocks were all up June 1st from a year ago.

Corn stocks were up 6 per cent, soybeans 39 per cent and all wheat stocks were up 30 per cent from June 1st of 2015.

According to the USDA, American on-farm stocks of corn were up 9 per cent from a year ago.

On-farm soybean stocks were up 14 per cent.

All wheat stocks were up an estimated 27 per cent from last year.

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