Hay stored on Wisconsin farms is up 18 percent from last year at 2.11 million tons. This is according to the latest hay stocks report from the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service.
Disappearance from May 1 to Dec. 1 totaled 1.99 million tons, down slightly from 2 million in 2020.
Meanwhile, the U.S. average for hay stored on farms was down 6 percent from 2020 at 79 million tons – the third lowest Dec. 1 stocks since 1977. Disappearance from May 1 to Dec. 1 totaled 59.2 million tons, down 6 percent from the year before.
Record low Dec. 1 hay stock levels were estimated in Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Dakota and Oregon.
Looking at grains, corn stored in all positions in Wisconsin as of Dec. 1 was down 7 percent at 432 million bushels, according to the NASS grain stocks report. Of the total stocks, 54 percent were stored on-farm. Disappearance totaled 171 million bushels, 28 percent above the 134 million bushels from the same quarter the previous year.
Wisconsin soybeans stored in all positions totaled 86.2 million bushels, up 25 percent from 2020. Of the total stocks, 35 percent were stored on-farm. Indicated disappearance for September to November 2021 was 32.9 million bushels, 34 percent below the 49.5 million bushels from the same quarter the previous year.
Oats stored in all positions totaled 8.82 million bushels, up 40 percent from Dec. 1, 2020. Of the total stocks, 20 percent were stored on-farm.
