Fats and Oils: Oilseed Crushings, Production, Consumption and Stocks ISSN: 2379-9862 Released February 1, 2022, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Highlights November 2021 contained 30 days. December 2021 contained 31 days. Soybeans crushed for crude oil was 5.95 million tons (198 million bushels) in December 2021, compared with 5.72 million tons (191 million bushels) in November 2021 and 5.79 million tons (193 million bushels) in December 2020. Crude oil produced was 2.32 billion pounds up 4 percent from November 2021 and up 4 percent from December 2020. Soybean once refined oil production at 1.64 billion pounds during December 2021 decreased 1 percent from November 2021 but increased 4 percent from December 2020. Canola seeds crushed for crude oil was 176,931 tons in December 2021, compared with 160,197 tons in November 2021 and 215,502 tons in December 2020. Canola crude oil produced was 141 million pounds, up 12 percent from November 2021 but down 20 percent from December 2020. Canola once refined oil production, at 148 million pounds during December 2021, was up 6 percent from November 2021 and up 3 percent from December 2020. Cottonseed once refined oil production, at 53.1 million pounds during December 2021, was up 64 percent from November 2021 and up 53 percent from December 2020. Edible tallow production was 66.9 million pounds during December 2021, down 23 percent from November 2021 and down 9 percent from December 2020. Inedible tallow production was 286 million pounds during December 2021, down 24 percent from November 2021 but up 8 percent from December 2020. Technical tallow production was 104 million pounds during December 2021, down 17 percent from November 2021 but up 22 percent from December 2020. Choice white grease production, at 123 million pounds during December 2021, decreased 5 percent from November 2021 but increased 12 percent from December 2020. Soybean Crushing, Production, Consumption and Stocks - United States: December 2021 with Comparisons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Item : December 2020 : November 2021 : December 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Crush : Soybeans crushed........................................tons: 5,794,233 5,717,943 5,947,222 Crude oil produced..............................1,000 pounds: 2,233,486 2,235,370 2,324,183 Cake and meal produced..................................tons: 4,235,822 4,164,959 4,322,245 For animal feed.......................................tons: 4,190,556 4,115,130 4,268,957 For edible protein products...........................tons: 45,266 49,829 53,288 Millfeed produced.......................................tons: 305,109 291,811 307,307 : Refine : Crude oil processed in refining.................1,000 pounds: 1,614,330 1,701,596 1,673,573 Once refined oil produced.......................1,000 pounds: 1,576,008 1,663,486 1,640,109 : Consumption : Crude oil removed for inedible use in processing1,000 pounds: 148,651 155,107 177,666 Once refined oil removed for use in processing..1,000 pounds: 1,614,446 1,625,636 1,677,093 Removed for edible use in processing..........1,000 pounds: 1,118,660 1,201,284 1,226,483 Removed for inedible use in processing........1,000 pounds: 495,786 424,352 450,610 : Stocks : Cake and meal on hand end of month......................tons: 308,933 333,525 372,832 Millfeed on hand end of month...........................tons: 50,460 42,087 38,477 Crude oil on hand end of month..................1,000 pounds: 1,717,305 1,940,772 2,035,694 Crusher.......................................1,000 pounds: 781,381 937,363 954,641 Refiner.......................................1,000 pounds: 277,490 338,069 341,872 Offsite.......................................1,000 pounds: 658,434 665,340 739,181 Once refined oil on hand end of month...........1,000 pounds: 393,481 465,191 430,197 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Soybean Crushing - Regional: December 2021 with Comparisons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Soybeans crushed :-------------------------------------------------------------------- Region : December 2020 : November 2021 : December 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : tons : Illinois....................: 676,653 667,542 690,990 Iowa........................: 1,206,389 1,195,092 1,224,279 North and East 1/ ..........: 1,286,949 1,284,894 1,340,409 North Central 2/ ...........: 932,895 938,426 988,790 South, West and Pacific 3/ .: 726,266 685,243 686,568 West Central 4/ ............: 965,081 946,746 1,016,186 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Crude oil produced :-------------------------------------------------------------------- Region : December 2020 : November 2021 : December 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 pounds : Illinois....................: 256,308 258,905 266,247 Iowa........................: 479,689 466,018 479,965 North and East 1/ ..........: 496,703 497,334 513,178 North Central 2/ ...........: 355,533 367,976 388,266 South, West and Pacific 3/ .: 272,543 262,298 266,050 West Central 4/ ............: 372,710 382,839 410,477 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Crude oil stocks at crusher :-------------------------------------------------------------------- Region : December 2020 : November 2021 : December 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 pounds : Illinois....................: 97,208 130,224 111,914 Iowa........................: 131,349 142,265 152,785 North and East 1/ ..........: 191,111 257,434 276,807 North Central 2/ ...........: 195,616 192,590 214,737 South, West and Pacific 3/ .: 53,892 71,627 62,900 West Central 4/ ............: 112,205 143,223 135,498 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cake and meal produced :-------------------------------------------------------------------- Region : December 2020 : November 2021 : December 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : tons : Illinois....................: 479,154 479,210 489,734 Iowa........................: 884,343 870,604 896,068 North and East 1/ ..........: 947,899 939,348 973,831 North Central 2/ ...........: 695,890 688,681 722,433 South, West and Pacific 3/ .: 524,963 490,266 495,221 West Central 4/ ............: 703,573 696,850 744,958 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cake and meal stocks :-------------------------------------------------------------------- Region : December 2020 : November 2021 : December 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : tons : Illinois....................: 59,441 72,108 67,919 Iowa........................: 35,518 48,377 50,962 North and East 1/ ..........: 95,399 104,593 105,010 North Central 2/ ...........: 39,779 40,451 58,676 South, West and Pacific 3/ .: 21,579 25,209 31,308 West Central 4/ ............: 57,217 42,787 58,957 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: December 2021 with Comparisons ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item : December 2020 : November 2021 : December 2021 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Canola : Crush : Seeds crushed.............................................tons: 215,502 160,197 176,931 Crude oil produced................................1,000 pounds: 176,692 125,126 140,696 Cake and meal produced....................................tons: 118,867 93,909 102,961 Refine : Crude oil processed in refining...................1,000 pounds: 148,439 144,298 152,553 Once refined oil produced.........................1,000 pounds: 143,441 139,918 148,163 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: 164,192 141,559 143,856 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: 32,636 37,101 (D) Crude oil on hand end of month....................1,000 pounds: 66,052 39,882 39,951 Once refined oil on hand end of month.............1,000 pounds: 98,555 88,870 99,220 : Cottonseed : Crush : Seeds crushed.............................................tons: 158,998 135,480 147,664 Crude oil produced................................1,000 pounds: 42,474 35,172 41,365 Cake and meal produced....................................tons: 69,927 58,686 62,493 Refine : Crude oil processed in refining...................1,000 pounds: 35,697 33,140 54,528 Once refined oil produced.........................1,000 pounds: 34,654 32,280 53,078 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: 44,584 37,695 46,222 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: 15,677 40,931 33,667 Crude oil on hand end of month....................1,000 pounds: 27,085 (D) (D) Once refined oil on hand end of month.............1,000 pounds: 24,337 15,901 23,275 : 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: 54,241 59,310 67,083 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: 65,241 83,707 78,947 Once refined oil on hand end of month.............1,000 pounds: 57,182 (D) (D) : Corn : Crush : Crude oil produced................................1,000 pounds: 170,910 150,429 151,431 Refine : Crude oil processed in refining...................1,000 pounds: 164,340 (D) (D) Once refined oil produced.........................1,000 pounds: 161,920 (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: (S) (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: 61,020 81,351 89,813 Once refined oil on hand end of month.............1,000 pounds: 78,915 71,515 77,457 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Selected Oilseed Crushing, Production, Consumption and Stocks - United States: December 2021 with Comparisons (continued) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item : December 2020 : November 2021 : December 2021 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Palm kernel : Consumption : Once refined oil removed for use in processing....1,000 pounds: 50,062 37,832 39,924 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: 74,883 70,559 66,931 : Palm : Consumption : Once refined oil removed for use in processing....1,000 pounds: 230,568 236,388 212,943 Removed for edible use in processing............1,000 pounds: 224,958 224,788 208,213 Removed for inedible use in processing..........1,000 pounds: 5,610 11,600 4,730 Stocks : Once refined oil on hand end of month.............1,000 pounds: 261,988 267,420 305,163 : Peanut : Refine : Crude oil processed in refining...................1,000 pounds: 26,560 26,861 27,623 Once refined oil produced.........................1,000 pounds: 25,230 25,732 26,667 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: 24,576 36,867 29,323 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: 10,684 (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: 3,276 (D) (D) Once refined oil produced.........................1,000 pounds: 3,334 (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: 5,486 (D) 6,035 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: 6,685 (D) 1,988 Once refined oil on hand end of month.............1,000 pounds: 1,285 (D) (D) : Sunflower : Refine : Crude oil processed in refining...................1,000 pounds: 48,107 47,946 40,710 Once refined oil produced.........................1,000 pounds: 47,935 46,289 38,723 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: 39,278 39,515 36,609 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: 55,877 38,099 (D) Once refined oil on hand end of month.............1,000 pounds: 23,557 25,113 22,222 : 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) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. (S) Insufficient number of reports to establish an estimate. Animal Fats and Oils Production, Consumption and Stocks - United States: December 2021 with Comparisons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Item : December 2020 : November 2021 : December 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 pounds : Choice white grease : Production................................................: 110,632 129,988 123,435 Removed for inedible use..................................: 114,200 127,668 126,360 Stocks on hand end of month...............................: 9,577 9,239 6,315 Feather meal : Production................................................: 96,594 80,324 77,684 Stocks on hand end of month...............................: 24,797 20,916 13,193 Lard : Production................................................: 24,185 34,175 30,416 Removed for use in processing.............................: 22,969 37,328 31,368 Removed for edible use in processing....................: (D) (D) (D) Removed for inedible use in processing..................: (D) (D) (D) Stocks on hand end of month...............................: 8,599 4,725 4,950 Meat meal, meat and bone meal, and dry rendered tankage : Production................................................: 440,433 520,433 494,499 Stocks on hand end of month...............................: 68,558 103,456 81,910 Other grease : Production................................................: 38,730 38,213 45,421 Removed for inedible use in processing....................: 39,049 44,449 43,943 Stocks on hand end of month...............................: (D) (D) (D) Poultry fats : Production................................................: 195,729 167,555 163,485 Removed for inedible use in processing....................: 191,565 167,924 169,826 Stocks on hand end of month...............................: 32,605 36,031 29,689 Poultry by-product meals : Production................................................: 268,235 280,759 271,214 Stocks on hand end of month...............................: 44,281 115,846 100,954 Tallow, edible : Production................................................: 73,204 86,896 66,873 Removed for use in processing.............................: 72,403 91,676 67,586 Removed for edible use in processing....................: (D) (D) (D) Removed for inedible use in processing..................: (D) (D) (D) Stocks on hand end of month...............................: (D) 15,860 20,536 Tallow, inedible : Production................................................: 264,828 377,789 285,505 Removed for inedible use in processing....................: 270,562 383,668 304,995 Stocks on hand end of month...............................: 90,847 (D) (D) Tallow, technical : Production................................................: 84,720 125,128 103,539 Removed for inedible use in processing....................: 85,516 122,514 105,968 Stocks on hand end of month...............................: (D) (D) (D) Yellow grease : Production................................................: 179,928 187,154 171,389 Removed for inedible use in processing....................: 178,621 220,539 178,984 Stocks on hand end of month...............................: 88,033 98,756 90,985 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (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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