Fats and Oils: Oilseed Crushings, Production, Consumption and Stocks ISSN: 2379-9862 Released June 1, 2018, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Highlights March 2018 contained 31 days. April 2018 contained 30 days. Soybeans crushed for crude oil was 5.15 million tons (172 million bushels) in April 2018, compared to 5.47 million tons (182 million bushels) in March 2018 and 4.51 million tons (150 million bushels) in April 2017. Crude oil produced was 1.96 billion pounds down 5 percent from March 2018 but up 13 percent from April 2017. Soybean once refined oil production at 1.44 billion pounds during April 2018 decreased 1 percent from March 2018 but increased 10 percent from April 2017. Canola seeds crushed for crude oil was 152 thousand tons in April 2018, compared to 164 thousand tons in March 2018 and 164 thousand tons in April 2017. Canola crude oil produced was 131 million pounds down 6 percent from March 2018 and down 7 percent from April 2017. Canola once refined oil production at 109 million pounds during April 2018 was down 10 percent from March 2018 and down 14 percent from April 2017. Cottonseed once refined oil production at 40.3 million pounds during April 2018 was down 17 percent from March 2018 and down 16 percent from April 2017. Edible tallow production was 82.6 million pounds during April 2018, down 5 percent from March 2018 but up 14 percent from April 2017. Inedible tallow production was 305 million pounds during April 2018, down 11 percent from March 2018 but up 5 percent from April 2017. Technical tallow production was 92.8 million pounds during April 2018, down 7 percent from March 2018 but up 3 percent from April 2017. Choice white grease production at 104 million pounds during April 2018 decreased 5 percent from March 2018 but increased 3 percent from April 2017. Soybean Crushing, Production, Consumption and Stocks - United States: April 2018 with Comparisons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Item : April 2017 : March 2018 : April 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Crush : Soybeans crushed........................................tons: 4,509,463 5,465,240 5,149,147 Crude oil produced..............................1,000 pounds: 1,737,775 2,079,123 1,964,922 Cake and meal produced..................................tons: 3,300,745 4,029,272 3,822,338 For animal feed.......................................tons: 3,249,314 3,976,961 3,781,356 For edible protein products...........................tons: 51,431 52,311 40,982 Millfeed produced.......................................tons: 222,754 277,277 257,585 : Refine : Crude oil processed in refining.................1,000 pounds: 1,334,313 1,519,782 1,477,749 Once refined oil produced.......................1,000 pounds: 1,306,589 1,459,498 1,437,977 : Consumption : Crude oil removed for inedible use in processing1,000 pounds: 73,685 (D) 85,570 Once refined oil removed for use in processing..1,000 pounds: 1,445,439 1,427,523 1,430,438 Removed for edible use in processing..........1,000 pounds: 1,173,210 1,062,399 1,115,186 Removed for inedible use in processing........1,000 pounds: 272,229 365,124 315,252 : Stocks : Cake and meal on hand end of month......................tons: 387,207 492,224 404,468 Millfeed on hand end of month...........................tons: 42,923 51,967 47,658 Crude oil on hand end of month..................1,000 pounds: 1,848,364 2,080,138 2,316,192 Crusher.......................................1,000 pounds: 897,851 915,122 924,045 Refiner.......................................1,000 pounds: 347,857 362,840 452,654 Offsite.......................................1,000 pounds: 602,656 802,176 939,493 Once refined oil on hand end of month...........1,000 pounds: 391,625 364,344 372,584 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. Soybean Crushing - Regional: April 2018 with Comparisons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Soybeans crushed :-------------------------------------------------------------------- Region : April 2017 : March 2018 : April 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : tons : Illinois....................: 573,507 618,612 615,746 Iowa........................: 952,417 1,158,623 1,071,709 North and East 1/ ..........: 1,034,640 1,263,566 1,224,411 North Central 2/ ...........: 637,805 751,088 659,328 South, West and Pacific 3/ .: 501,151 730,338 684,371 West Central 4/ ............: 809,943 943,013 893,582 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Crude oil produced :-------------------------------------------------------------------- Region : April 2017 : March 2018 : April 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 pounds : Illinois....................: 226,617 243,725 236,412 Iowa........................: 361,116 442,506 411,345 North and East 1/ ..........: 406,268 480,354 466,765 North Central 2/ ...........: 234,759 272,083 246,259 South, West and Pacific 3/ .: 194,184 276,443 260,451 West Central 4/ ............: 314,831 364,012 343,690 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Crude oil stocks at crusher :-------------------------------------------------------------------- Region : April 2017 : March 2018 : April 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 pounds : Illinois....................: 196,621 154,913 139,509 Iowa........................: 175,273 173,914 164,705 North and East 1/ ..........: 201,587 237,509 256,429 North Central 2/ ...........: 236,618 246,586 253,376 South, West and Pacific 3/ .: 57,391 56,058 68,031 West Central 4/ ............: 30,361 46,142 41,995 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cake and meal produced :-------------------------------------------------------------------- Region : April 2017 : March 2018 : April 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : tons : Illinois....................: 417,359 450,750 453,840 Iowa........................: 696,163 862,308 796,270 North and East 1/ ..........: 763,093 933,877 911,120 North Central 2/ ...........: 466,873 550,233 496,024 South, West and Pacific 3/ .: 365,106 533,275 501,127 West Central 4/ ............: 592,151 698,829 663,957 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cake and meal stocks :-------------------------------------------------------------------- Region : April 2017 : March 2018 : April 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : tons : Illinois....................: 61,435 103,943 81,479 Iowa........................: 79,494 69,321 65,445 North and East 1/ ..........: 93,644 112,525 100,661 North Central 2/ ...........: 49,873 53,640 31,721 South, West and Pacific 3/ .: 51,922 75,071 68,616 West Central 4/ ............: 50,839 77,724 56,546 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: April 2018 with Comparisons ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item : April 2017 : March 2018 : April 2018 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Canola : Crush : Seeds crushed.............................................tons: 164,103 164,100 152,358 Crude oil produced................................1,000 pounds: 141,282 139,998 131,216 Cake and meal produced....................................tons: 92,811 90,656 85,399 Refine : Crude oil processed in refining...................1,000 pounds: 129,821 123,888 112,715 Once refined oil produced.........................1,000 pounds: 126,667 121,234 108,678 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: 148,682 145,358 150,506 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: 47,695 (D) (D) Crude oil on hand end of month....................1,000 pounds: (D) (D) 175,880 Once refined oil on hand end of month.............1,000 pounds: 70,452 82,562 79,596 : Cottonseed : Crush : Seeds crushed.............................................tons: 155,733 151,913 141,895 Crude oil produced................................1,000 pounds: 47,395 48,788 40,917 Cake and meal produced....................................tons: 69,240 73,505 61,531 Refine : Crude oil processed in refining...................1,000 pounds: 49,667 50,364 41,810 Once refined oil produced.........................1,000 pounds: 48,058 48,780 40,262 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: 45,355 49,363 46,405 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: 31,596 10,429 12,053 Crude oil on hand end of month....................1,000 pounds: (D) (D) (D) Once refined oil on hand end of month.............1,000 pounds: 56,610 59,020 53,631 : Coconut : Refine : Crude oil processed in refining...................1,000 pounds: (D) (D) (D) Once refined oil produced.........................1,000 pounds: (D) (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: 65,728 53,252 57,489 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) (D) (D) Once refined oil on hand end of month.............1,000 pounds: 50,373 58,211 51,427 : Corn : Crush : Crude oil produced................................1,000 pounds: 192,904 169,269 172,066 Refine : Crude oil processed in refining...................1,000 pounds: 199,911 178,242 188,003 Once refined oil produced.........................1,000 pounds: 194,098 175,293 182,551 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: 180,605 189,907 184,173 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: 17,791 75,325 68,184 Once refined oil on hand end of month.............1,000 pounds: 75,939 66,413 66,708 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Selected Oilseed Crushing, Production, Consumption and Stocks - United States: April 2018 with Comparisons (continued) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item : April 2017 : March 2018 : April 2018 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Palm kernel : Consumption : Once refined oil removed for use in processing....1,000 pounds: 26,887 21,056 26,282 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: 72,581 95,452 83,484 : Palm : Consumption : Once refined oil removed for use in processing....1,000 pounds: 178,736 195,602 198,369 Removed for edible use in processing............1,000 pounds: 167,762 187,931 194,419 Removed for inedible use in processing..........1,000 pounds: 10,974 7,671 3,950 Stocks : Once refined oil on hand end of month.............1,000 pounds: 438,334 467,988 422,563 : Peanut : Refine : Crude oil processed in refining...................1,000 pounds: (D) (D) 29,706 Once refined oil produced.........................1,000 pounds: (D) 16,775 27,643 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: 15,687 18,022 23,203 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) (D) (D) Once refined oil on hand end of month.............1,000 pounds: (D) (D) (D) : Safflower : Refine : Crude oil processed in refining...................1,000 pounds: 5,430 (D) (D) Once refined oil produced.........................1,000 pounds: 5,430 (D) (D) Consumption : Crude oil removed for inedible use in processing..1,000 pounds: (D) - - Once refined oil removed for use in processing....1,000 pounds: 6,906 (D) (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: 10,907 13,737 9,220 Once refined oil on hand end of month.............1,000 pounds: (D) 3,200 2,897 : Sunflower : Refine : Crude oil processed in refining...................1,000 pounds: 37,507 35,073 (D) Once refined oil produced.........................1,000 pounds: 35,751 33,519 (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: 49,977 (D) (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: 77,729 76,752 70,010 Once refined oil on hand end of month.............1,000 pounds: 62,221 80,340 79,154 : 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. Animal Fats and Oils Production, Consumption and Stocks - United States: April 2018 with Comparisons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Item : April 2017 : March 2018 : April 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 pounds : Choice white grease : Production................................................: 101,511 109,976 104,166 Removed for inedible use..................................: 102,104 110,761 105,285 Stocks on hand end of month...............................: 8,197 8,100 6,997 Feather meal : Production................................................: 94,979 97,568 90,328 Stocks on hand end of month...............................: 22,452 19,247 22,836 Lard : Production................................................: 28,099 27,683 26,539 Removed for use in processing.............................: 28,243 25,790 24,443 Removed for edible use in processing....................: (D) (D) (D) Removed for inedible use in processing..................: (D) (D) (D) Stocks on hand end of month...............................: 9,740 13,020 16,030 Meat meal, meat and bone meal, and dry rendered tankage : Production................................................: 492,745 517,317 464,787 Stocks on hand end of month...............................: 49,285 49,828 51,527 Other grease : Production................................................: 63,418 58,684 48,386 Removed for inedible use in processing....................: 61,888 64,511 52,175 Stocks on hand end of month...............................: (D) (D) (D) Poultry fats : Production................................................: 188,763 206,820 192,964 Removed for inedible use in processing....................: 185,035 209,421 193,085 Stocks on hand end of month...............................: 23,706 24,160 23,826 Poultry by-product meals : Production................................................: 245,796 278,120 257,530 Stocks on hand end of month...............................: 49,516 67,761 69,789 Tallow, edible : Production................................................: 72,413 87,195 82,637 Removed for use in processing.............................: 73,890 90,120 83,223 Removed for edible use in processing....................: (D) (D) (D) Removed for inedible use in processing..................: (D) (D) (D) Stocks on hand end of month...............................: 16,655 23,639 24,151 Tallow, inedible : Production................................................: 289,604 342,024 304,552 Removed for inedible use in processing....................: 301,184 353,948 305,608 Stocks on hand end of month...............................: 71,125 89,311 90,498 Tallow, technical : Production................................................: 89,713 99,889 92,787 Removed for inedible use in processing....................: 99,811 107,037 99,887 Stocks on hand end of month...............................: (D) 11,051 (D) Yellow grease : Production................................................: 158,108 191,395 169,214 Removed for inedible use in processing....................: 150,161 181,193 178,662 Stocks on hand end of month...............................: 88,839 101,867 88,362 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (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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