Corn
 
WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S. — Estimated Sept. 1 U.S. corn stocks were up slightly, soybean stocks were up 3% and wheat stocks jumped 21% from a year ago, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said in its latest Grain Stocks report released Sept. 30.

Old crop corn stocks in all positions on Sept. 1 totaled 1,738 million bushels, up 6,607,000 bushels from 1,731 million bushels a year ago and the highest Sept. 1 stocks estimate since 1,967 million bushels in 2006. The record for Sept. 1 corn stocks was 4,882 million bushels in 1987.

soybean
 
Old crop soybean stocks in all positions on Sept. 1 totaled 197 million bushels, up 3% from 191 million bushels in2015 and compared with the record of 574 million bushels in 2007.

The Sept. 1 stocks estimate constitutes carryover into the 2016-17 crop year for both corn and soybeans. The USDA has forecast record large production of both crops in 2016.

wheat
 
Stocks of all wheat on Sept. 1 were estimated at 2,527 million bushels, up 21% from a year earlier and the highest since 2,976 million bushels in 1987. The record high Sept. 1 stocks number for wheat was 3,157 million bushels in 1986.

The USDA corn and soybean stocks numbers were below the average of trade expectations while the wheat estimate was above the trade average.