Fats and Oils: Oilseed Crushings, Production, Consumption and Stocks ISSN: 2379-9862 Released November 1, 2017, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Highlights August 2017 contained 31 days. September 2017 contained 30 days. Soybeans crushed for crude oil was 4.36 million tons (145 million bushels) in September 2017, compared to 4.55 million tons (152 million bushels) in August 2017 and 4.15 million tons (138 million bushels) in September 2016. Crude oil produced was 1.70 billion pounds down 3 percent from August 2017 but up 5 percent from September 2016. Soybean once refined oil production at 1.39 billion pounds during September 2017 decreased 8 percent from August 2017 but increased 2 percent from September 2016. Canola seeds crushed for crude oil was 194 thousand tons in September 2017, compared to 152 thousand tons in August 2017 and 213 thousand tons in September 2016. Canola crude oil produced was 165 million pounds up 30 percent from August 2017 but down 10 percent from September 2016. Canola once refined oil production at 150 million pounds during September 2017 was up 10 percent from August 2017 but down 13 percent from September 2016. Cottonseed once refined oil production at 38.3 million pounds during September 2017 was down 24 percent from August 2017 but up 3 percent from September 2016. Edible tallow production was 77.5 million pounds during September 2017, down 5 percent from August 2017 but up 13 percent from September 2016. Inedible tallow production was 298 million pounds during September 2017, down 6 percent from August 2017 and down 4 percent from September 2016. Technical tallow production was 85.6 million pounds during September 2017, down 12 percent from August 2017 and down 18 percent from September 2016. Choice white grease production at 103 million pounds during September 2017 decreased 7 percent from August 2017 and decreased 8 percent from September 2016. Soybean Crushing, Production, Consumption and Stocks - United States: September 2017 with Comparisons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Item :September 2016 : August 2017 :September 2017 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Crush : Soybeans crushed........................................tons: 4,148,008 4,548,592 4,361,207 Crude oil produced..............................1,000 pounds: 1,616,609 1,762,207 1,701,762 Cake and meal produced..................................tons: 3,042,315 3,319,155 3,188,771 For animal feed.......................................tons: 2,999,215 3,269,643 3,153,899 For edible protein products...........................tons: 43,100 49,512 34,872 Millfeed produced.......................................tons: 215,143 237,324 219,873 : Refine : Crude oil processed in refining.................1,000 pounds: 1,397,555 1,550,365 1,418,280 Once refined oil produced.......................1,000 pounds: 1,368,461 1,515,905 1,389,339 : Consumption : Crude oil removed for inedible use in processing1,000 pounds: 132,793 (D) 63,531 Once refined oil removed for use in processing..1,000 pounds: 1,388,248 1,456,086 1,379,933 Removed for edible use in processing..........1,000 pounds: 1,101,371 1,139,388 1,033,739 Removed for inedible use in processing........1,000 pounds: 286,877 316,698 346,194 : Stocks : Cake and meal on hand end of month......................tons: 233,715 290,921 353,758 Millfeed on hand end of month...........................tons: 30,171 35,559 46,872 Crude oil on hand end of month..................1,000 pounds: 1,417,400 1,483,031 1,400,918 Crusher.......................................1,000 pounds: 600,477 598,197 601,211 Refiner.......................................1,000 pounds: 259,927 329,392 326,150 Offsite.......................................1,000 pounds: 556,996 555,442 473,557 Once refined oil on hand end of month...........1,000 pounds: 269,413 327,310 310,036 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. Soybean Crushing - Regional: September 2017 with Comparisons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Soybeans crushed :-------------------------------------------------------------------- Region : September 2016 : August 2017 : September 2017 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : tons : Illinois....................: 451,253 551,513 518,802 Iowa........................: 970,697 1,004,011 916,236 North and East 1/ ..........: 985,484 993,459 1,046,125 North Central 2/ ...........: 592,748 599,953 620,072 South, West and Pacific 3/ .: 495,385 613,328 587,170 West Central 4/ ............: 652,441 786,328 672,802 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Crude oil produced :-------------------------------------------------------------------- Region : September 2016 : August 2017 : September 2017 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 pounds : Illinois....................: 174,081 217,969 210,070 Iowa........................: 372,202 382,373 349,997 North and East 1/ ..........: 384,123 389,552 411,374 North Central 2/ ...........: 239,857 230,828 237,543 South, West and Pacific 3/ .: 190,805 239,134 231,191 West Central 4/ ............: 255,541 302,351 261,587 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Crude oil stocks at crusher :-------------------------------------------------------------------- Region : September 2016 : August 2017 : September 2017 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 pounds : Illinois....................: 77,781 116,293 83,848 Iowa........................: 112,590 117,235 98,407 North and East 1/ ..........: 155,045 123,299 157,799 North Central 2/ ...........: 156,933 162,898 171,143 South, West and Pacific 3/ .: 54,250 53,528 60,976 West Central 4/ ............: 43,878 24,944 29,038 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cake and meal produced :-------------------------------------------------------------------- Region : September 2016 : August 2017 : September 2017 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : tons : Illinois....................: 327,487 393,068 374,253 Iowa........................: 714,785 728,547 674,201 North and East 1/ ..........: 721,657 732,795 764,112 North Central 2/ ...........: 436,066 443,078 458,424 South, West and Pacific 3/ .: 357,654 445,349 423,283 West Central 4/ ............: 484,666 576,318 494,498 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cake and meal stocks :-------------------------------------------------------------------- Region : September 2016 : August 2017 : September 2017 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : tons : Illinois....................: 43,807 34,628 46,886 Iowa........................: 48,268 54,873 65,131 North and East 1/ ..........: 51,805 88,598 88,543 North Central 2/ ...........: 23,354 23,636 35,006 South, West and Pacific 3/ .: 35,939 48,451 75,278 West Central 4/ ............: 30,542 40,735 42,914 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ North and East includes Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia. 2/ North Central includes Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota. 3/ South, West, and Pacific includes Alabama, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina and South Carolina. 4/ West Central includes Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska. Selected Oilseed Crushing, Production, Consumption and Stocks - United States: September 2017 with Comparisons ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item :September 2016 : August 2017 :September 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Canola : Crush : Seeds crushed.............................................tons: 213,176 151,958 193,523 Crude oil produced................................1,000 pounds: 183,019 126,810 165,119 Cake and meal produced....................................tons: 120,435 86,309 111,734 Refine : Crude oil processed in refining...................1,000 pounds: 176,680 140,437 154,565 Once refined oil produced.........................1,000 pounds: 173,184 136,389 149,992 Consumption : Crude oil removed for inedible use in processing..1,000 pounds: (D) (D) (D) Once refined oil removed for use in processing....1,000 pounds: 160,876 141,797 176,130 Removed for edible use in processing............1,000 pounds: (D) (D) (D) Removed for inedible use in processing..........1,000 pounds: (D) (D) (D) Stocks : Cake and meal on hand end of month........................tons: (D) (D) (D) Crude oil on hand end of month....................1,000 pounds: (D) 211,524 (D) Once refined oil on hand end of month.............1,000 pounds: 52,783 71,972 94,807 : Cottonseed : Crush : Seeds crushed.............................................tons: 119,113 163,315 110,881 Crude oil produced................................1,000 pounds: 37,298 46,502 30,649 Cake and meal produced....................................tons: 54,805 71,275 42,795 Refine : Crude oil processed in refining...................1,000 pounds: 38,286 52,069 39,936 Once refined oil produced.........................1,000 pounds: 37,235 50,362 38,320 Consumption : Crude oil removed for inedible use in processing..1,000 pounds: - (D) (D) Once refined oil removed for use in processing....1,000 pounds: 40,747 46,475 44,189 Removed for edible use in processing............1,000 pounds: (D) (D) (D) Removed for inedible use in processing..........1,000 pounds: (D) (D) (D) Stocks : Cake and meal on hand end of month........................tons: 19,676 40,923 27,736 Crude oil on hand end of month....................1,000 pounds: (D) (D) (D) Once refined oil on hand end of month.............1,000 pounds: 41,547 46,644 44,129 : Coconut : Refine : Crude oil processed in refining...................1,000 pounds: 40,421 (D) (D) Once refined oil produced.........................1,000 pounds: 40,199 (D) (D) Consumption : Crude oil removed for inedible use in processing..1,000 pounds: (D) (D) (D) Once refined oil removed for use in processing....1,000 pounds: 83,491 53,676 60,287 Removed for edible use in processing............1,000 pounds: 39,082 (D) (D) Removed for inedible use in processing..........1,000 pounds: 44,409 (D) (D) Stocks : Crude oil on hand end of month....................1,000 pounds: (D) (D) (D) Once refined oil on hand end of month.............1,000 pounds: 62,791 51,207 51,331 : Corn : Crush : Crude oil produced................................1,000 pounds: (S) 208,590 185,243 Refine : Crude oil processed in refining...................1,000 pounds: (S) 184,280 174,108 Once refined oil produced.........................1,000 pounds: (S) 179,843 170,133 Consumption : Crude oil removed for inedible use in processing..1,000 pounds: (S) (D) (D) Once refined oil removed for use in processing....1,000 pounds: (S) 174,748 171,382 Removed for edible use in processing............1,000 pounds: (S) (D) (D) Removed for inedible use in processing..........1,000 pounds: (S) (D) (D) Stocks : Crude oil on hand end of month....................1,000 pounds: (S) 47,439 51,957 Once refined oil on hand end of month.............1,000 pounds: (S) 82,941 75,193 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Selected Oilseed Crushing, Production, Consumption and Stocks - United States: September 2017 with Comparisons (continued) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item :September 2016 : August 2017 :September 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Palm kernel : Consumption : Once refined oil removed for use in processing....1,000 pounds: 35,833 42,601 39,705 Removed for edible use in processing............1,000 pounds: (D) (D) (D) Removed for inedible use in processing..........1,000 pounds: (D) (D) (D) Stocks : Once refined oil on hand end of month.............1,000 pounds: 94,899 105,180 92,191 : Palm : Consumption : Once refined oil removed for use in processing....1,000 pounds: 188,248 195,562 199,755 Removed for edible use in processing............1,000 pounds: 178,212 186,474 188,956 Removed for inedible use in processing..........1,000 pounds: 10,036 9,088 10,799 Stocks : Once refined oil on hand end of month.............1,000 pounds: 417,024 414,010 405,931 : Peanut : Refine : Crude oil processed in refining...................1,000 pounds: 29,473 (D) 29,610 Once refined oil produced.........................1,000 pounds: 25,432 (D) 27,399 Consumption : Crude oil removed for inedible use in processing..1,000 pounds: (D) (D) (D) Once refined oil removed for use in processing....1,000 pounds: 25,739 23,084 26,485 Removed for edible use in processing............1,000 pounds: (D) (D) (D) Removed for inedible use in processing..........1,000 pounds: (D) (D) (D) Stocks : Crude oil on hand end of month....................1,000 pounds: (D) 59,249 58,173 Once refined oil on hand end of month.............1,000 pounds: (D) (D) (D) : Safflower : Refine : Crude oil processed in refining...................1,000 pounds: (NA) 3,249 (D) Once refined oil produced.........................1,000 pounds: (NA) 3,249 (D) Consumption : Crude oil removed for inedible use in processing..1,000 pounds: (NA) - - Once refined oil removed for use in processing....1,000 pounds: (NA) 5,521 (D) Removed for edible use in processing............1,000 pounds: (NA) (D) (D) Removed for inedible use in processing..........1,000 pounds: (NA) (D) (D) Stocks : Crude oil on hand end of month....................1,000 pounds: (NA) (D) (D) Once refined oil on hand end of month.............1,000 pounds: (NA) (D) 942 : Sunflower : Refine : Crude oil processed in refining...................1,000 pounds: 41,182 37,474 33,677 Once refined oil produced.........................1,000 pounds: 38,730 36,663 31,843 Consumption : Crude oil removed for inedible use in processing..1,000 pounds: 232 (D) (D) Once refined oil removed for use in processing....1,000 pounds: 40,023 46,757 (D) Removed for edible use in processing............1,000 pounds: (D) (D) (D) Removed for inedible use in processing..........1,000 pounds: (D) (D) (D) Stocks : Crude oil on hand end of month....................1,000 pounds: 47,449 48,857 48,911 Once refined oil on hand end of month.............1,000 pounds: 28,307 38,786 41,903 : Vegetable foots, raw and acidulated : Refine : Oil produced......................................1,000 pounds: (D) (D) (D) Consumption : Oil removed for inedible use in processing........1,000 pounds: (D) (D) (D) Stocks : Oil on hand end of month..........................1,000 pounds: (D) (D) (D) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Represents zero. (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. (NA) Not available. (S) Insufficient number of reports to establish an estimate. Animal Fats and Oils Production, Consumption and Stocks - United States: September 2017 with Comparisons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Item :September 2016 : August 2017 :September 2017 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 pounds : Choice white grease : Production................................................: 112,216 111,635 103,468 Removed for inedible use..................................: 110,832 112,037 101,877 Stocks on hand end of month...............................: 13,077 7,282 8,872 Feather meal : Production................................................: 96,961 99,989 97,232 Stocks on hand end of month...............................: 18,460 18,130 23,121 Lard : Production................................................: 30,362 29,052 28,156 Removed for use in processing.............................: 29,845 29,508 28,808 Removed for edible use in processing....................: (D) (D) (D) Removed for inedible use in processing..................: (D) (D) (D) Stocks on hand end of month...............................: 9,144 6,732 5,401 Meat meal, meat and bone meal, and dry rendered tankage : Production................................................: 489,606 528,087 533,518 Stocks on hand end of month...............................: 56,741 48,220 65,473 Other grease : Production................................................: 60,357 72,628 69,369 Removed for inedible use in processing....................: 62,161 70,547 68,324 Stocks on hand end of month...............................: (D) (D) (D) Poultry fats : Production................................................: 209,206 216,053 207,914 Removed for inedible use in processing....................: 211,536 210,932 208,426 Stocks on hand end of month...............................: 22,649 28,721 23,078 Poultry by-product meals : Production................................................: 259,234 280,460 266,001 Stocks on hand end of month...............................: 57,767 64,227 64,416 Tallow, edible : Production................................................: 68,841 81,494 77,479 Removed for use in processing.............................: 69,200 82,950 76,146 Removed for edible use in processing....................: (D) (D) (D) Removed for inedible use in processing..................: (D) (D) (D) Stocks on hand end of month...............................: 17,062 20,480 23,690 Tallow, inedible : Production................................................: 310,898 315,213 297,599 Removed for inedible use in processing....................: 310,377 318,150 292,281 Stocks on hand end of month...............................: 84,911 84,329 88,643 Tallow, technical : Production................................................: 103,861 97,434 85,595 Removed for inedible use in processing....................: 111,198 109,974 93,222 Stocks on hand end of month...............................: 13,136 (D) (D) Yellow grease : Production................................................: 183,125 167,897 172,553 Removed for inedible use in processing....................: 178,108 179,531 171,785 Stocks on hand end of month...............................: 89,281 81,179 82,356 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. Statistical Methodology Survey Procedures: Fats and Oils: Oilseed Crushings, Production, Consumption and Stocks is part of the Current Agricultural Industrial Reports (CAIR) program. CAIR reports are administered under NASS's Census of Agriculture program. Response to CAIR surveys are required by law (Title 7, U.S. Code). Animal and vegetable fats and oils data are collected from all known facilities that crush, refine or render. Crushing facilities include processors that use either solvent extraction or continuous screw press. The census universe was determined during operation profile interviews which were completed for each potential facility to identify the presence of rendering, oilseeds crushing, and crude oil refining in 2014. In the Animal and Vegetable Fats and Oils survey questionnaire, facilities are asked for previous calendar month data on oilseed crushing, crude oil production, once refined oil production, rendering production, and end of month stocks. Facilities are mailed questionnaires with the options of completing the survey by mail or by Electronic Data Reporting (EDR). For surveys not received in a reasonable amount of time, telephone follow-up is conducted. Estimating Procedures: Imputation is done for operations with non-response by using historical data and current data relationships. Data for reporting firms are added to estimates for non-reporting firms to obtain National totals. Revision Policy: Data are revised the following month based on late reports or corrected data. Final figures are published in the annual summary of the following year. Reliability: Survey data are based on a census of all known facilities and therefore, have no sampling variability. Monthly data can vary due to different firms reporting month to month. Survey data are also subject to non-sampling errors such as omissions and mistakes in reporting and in processing the data. 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