USA: Barley stop as of March 1 up 7% yoy
Barley stocks in all positions on March 1, 2017 totaled 147 million bushels, up 7 percent from March 1, 2016, USDA said in its latest report.
On-farm stocks are estimated at 56.5 million bushels, 2 percent below a year ago. Off-farm stocks, at 90.3 million bushels, are 13 percent above March 2016.
The December 2016 - February 2017 indicated disappearance totaled 45.7 million bushels, 7 percent above the same period a year earlier.