United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service ISSN: 2642- 4940 North American Grain and Oilseed Crushings 2019 Summary March 2020 Combined United States and Canadian Soybeans Crushed Down 1 Percent From 2018 This publication is a result of a joint effort by Statistics Canada and USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service to release the soybean and canola seed crushings information for both countries within one publication. United States soybean and oilseed crushings numbers for 2019 were previously released on March 2, 2020. Canadian soybean and oilseed crushings were released on January 24, 2020. Combined United States and Canadian soybeans crushed for crude oil was 64.7 million tons in 2019, a decrease of 1 percent from 2018. Crude oil production was 24.9 billion pounds, down slightly from 2018. Combined United States and Canadian canola seeds crushed for crude oil was 12.4 million tons in 2019, up 2 percent from 2018. Crude oil production was 10.8 billion pounds, up 1 percent from 2018. Grain and Oilseed Crushings and Production - United States: 2018-2019 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item : 2018 : 2019 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Soybeans : Soybeans crushed.........................tons: 62,971,231 62,574,532 Crude oil produced...............1,000 pounds: 24,093,765 24,127,266 Cake and meal produced...................tons: 46,405,514 45,752,647 Canola : Seeds crushed............................tons: 1,910,918 1,845,721 Crude oil produced...............1,000 pounds: 1,635,588 1,547,748 Cake and meal produced...................tons: 1,080,798 1,041,720 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Grain and Oilseed Crushings and Production - Canada: 2018-2019 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item : 2018 : 2019 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Soybeans : Soybeans crushed.........................tons: 2,269,964 2,101,252 Crude oil produced...............1,000 pounds: 841,341 794,233 Cake and meal produced...................tons: 1,758,631 1,629,611 Canola : Seeds crushed............................tons: 10,236,529 10,591,713 Crude oil produced...............1,000 pounds: 9,078,371 9,229,928 Cake and meal produced...................tons: 5,701,282 5,931,079 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Grain and Oilseed Crushings and Production - United States and Canada: 2018-2019 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item : 2018 : 2019 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Soybeans : Soybeans crushed.........................tons: 65,241,195 64,675,784 Crude oil produced...............1,000 pounds: 24,935,106 24,921,499 Cake and meal produced...................tons: 48,164,145 47,382,258 Canola : Seeds crushed............................tons: 12,147,447 12,437,434 Crude oil produced...............1,000 pounds: 10,713,959 10,777,676 Cake and meal produced...................tons: 6,782,080 6,972,799 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Information Contacts Listed below are the commodity statisticians in the Crops Branch of the National Agricultural Statistics Service to contact for additional information. E-mail inquiries may be sent to nass@nass.usda.gov. Lance Honig, Chief, Crops Branch............................ (202) 720-2127 Chris Hawthorn, Head, Field Crops Section................... (202) 720-2127 David Colwell - Current Agricultural Industrial Reports.. (202) 720-8800 Chris Hawthorn - Corn, Flaxseed, Proso Millet............ (202) 720-9526 James Johanson - County Estimates, Hay................... (202) 690-8533 Jeff Lemmons - Oats, Soybeans............................ (202) 690-3234 Irwin Anolik - Crop Weather.............................. (202) 720-7621 Chris Hawthorn - Peanuts, Rice........................... (202) 720-7688 Jean Porter - Rye, Wheat................................. (202) 720-8068 Chris Singh - Cotton, Cotton Ginnings, Sorghum........... (202) 720-5944 Travis Thorson - Barley, Sunflower, Other Oilseeds....... 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