Fats and Oils: Oilseed Crushings, Production, Consumption and Stocks ISSN: 2379-9862 Released October 1, 2015, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Highlights May 2015 contained 31 days. June 2015 contained 30 days. July 2015 contained 31 days. August 2015 contained 31 days. Soybeans crushed for crude oil was 4.38 million tons in August 2015, compared to 4.68 million tons in July 2015 and 4.55 million tons in June 2015. Crude oil produced was 1.64 billion pounds down 6 percent from July 2015 and down 4 percent from June 2015. Soybean once refined oil production at 1.41 billion pounds during August decreased 1 percent from July and decreased 3 percent from June. Canola seeds crushed for crude oil was 145.3 thousand tons in August 2015, compared to 159.2 thousand tons in July 2015 and 102.3 thousand tons in June 2015. Canola crude oil produced was 118.5 million pounds down 11 percent from July 2015 but up 36 percent from June 2015. Canola once refined oil production at 127.3 million pounds during August was down 4 percent from July but up 20 percent from June. Cottonseeds crushed for crude oil was 97.7 thousand tons in August 2015, compared to 110.3 thousand tons in July 2015 and 125.8 thousand tons in June 2015. Cottonseed crude oil produced was 29.3 million pounds down 11 percent from July 2015 and down 25 percent from June 2015. Cottonseed once refined oil production at 43.9 million pounds during August was down 15 percent from July and down 10 percent from June. Edible tallow production was 57.3 million pounds during August 2015, down 5 percent from July 2015 and down 11 percent from June 2015. Inedible tallow production was 268 million pounds during August 2015, up 6 percent from July 2015 but down 6 percent from June 2015. Technical tallow production was 100.3 million pounds during August 2015, up 17 percent from July 2015 and up 16 percent from June 2015. Choice white grease production at 106.3 million pounds during August decreased slightly from July and decreased 8 percent from June. Soybean Crushing, Production, Consumption and Stocks - United States: May 2015 - August 2015 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Item : May 2015 : June 2015 : July 2015 : August 2015 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Crush : Soybeans crushed ...........................................tons: 4,682,322 4,549,103 4,680,979 4,382,895 Crude oil produced .................................1,000 pounds: 1,754,179 1,708,286 1,740,224 1,643,322 Cake and meal produced .....................................tons: 3,472,958 3,380,130 3,472,710 3,187,881 For animal feed ..........................................tons: 3,432,552 3,332,573 3,416,487 3,106,490 For edible protein products ..............................tons: 40,406 47,557 56,223 81,391 Millfeed produced ..........................................tons: 235,330 226,653 236,314 297,000 : Refine : Crude oil processed in refining ....................1,000 pounds: 1,439,683 1,499,818 1,463,674 1,439,350 Once refined oil produced ..........................1,000 pounds: 1,400,207 1,458,282 1,427,344 1,408,036 : Consumption : Crude oil removed for inedible use in processing ...1,000 pounds: (D) (D) (D) 117,061 Once refined oil removed for use in processing .....1,000 pounds: 1,348,234 1,448,372 1,411,262 1,395,946 Removed for edible use in processing .............1,000 pounds: 1,078,712 1,158,925 1,089,432 1,119,210 Removed for inedible use in processing ...........1,000 pounds: 269,522 289,447 321,830 276,736 : Stocks : Cake and meal on hand end of month .........................tons: 456,016 300,225 307,850 305,920 Millfeed on hand end of month ..............................tons: 51,724 34,400 36,616 32,616 Crude oil on hand end of month .....................1,000 pounds: 1,350,252 1,278,576 1,218,631 1,296,675 Crusher ..........................................1,000 pounds: 1,054,953 1,027,209 950,159 955,546 Refiner ..........................................1,000 pounds: 163,049 167,724 149,785 250,678 Offsite ..........................................1,000 pounds: 132,250 83,643 118,687 90,451 Once refined oil on hand end of month ..............1,000 pounds: 376,449 380,046 354,715 338,446 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. Soybean Crushing - Regional: May 2015 - August 2015 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Soybeans crushed :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Region : May 2015 : June 2015 : July 2015 : August 2015 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : tons : Illinois ...................: 527,050 606,566 553,006 592,782 Iowa .......................: 999,851 1,042,505 963,713 924,771 North and East 1/ ..........: 1,122,112 1,069,307 1,107,382 967,985 North Central 2/ ...........: 586,822 515,011 662,728 686,391 South, West and Pacific 3/ .: 630,186 551,190 615,424 538,922 West Central 4/ ............: 816,301 764,524 778,726 672,044 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Crude oil produced : Crude oil stocks at crusher :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Region : May 2015 : June 2015 : July 2015 :August 2015: May 2015 : June 2015 : July 2015 :August 2015 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 pounds : Illinois ...................: 199,753 229,969 210,218 229,564 263,758 260,325 182,384 186,815 Iowa .......................: 373,025 384,007 355,836 343,825 154,548 176,662 159,745 148,111 North and East 1/ ..........: 411,841 395,927 405,282 356,274 233,055 210,258 193,378 242,941 North Central 2/ ...........: 221,107 198,012 244,417 255,895 220,252 177,279 185,604 244,594 South, West and Pacific 3/ .: 235,004 207,559 230,382 202,043 52,299 61,165 77,866 43,887 West Central 4/ ............: 313,449 292,812 294,089 255,721 131,041 141,520 151,182 89,198 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cake and meal produced : Cake and meal stocks :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Region : May 2015 : June 2015 : July 2015 :August 2015: May 2015 : June 2015 : July 2015 :August 2015 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : tons : Illinois ...................: 384,474 443,421 402,832 437,569 74,899 61,107 64,068 57,547 Iowa .......................: 741,843 771,184 713,971 679,922 93,268 62,259 54,557 46,941 North and East 1/ ..........: 836,302 800,609 823,075 716,415 105,526 69,294 94,817 78,902 North Central 2/ ...........: 447,321 391,598 501,675 507,854 57,914 21,242 28,561 31,862 South, West and Pacific 3/ .: 458,922 405,561 449,432 354,849 50,768 53,669 42,802 41,589 West Central 4/ ............: 604,096 567,757 581,725 491,272 73,641 32,654 23,045 49,079 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, North Carolina and South Carolina. 4/ West Central includes Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska. Selected Oilseed Crushing, Production, Consumption and Stocks - United States: May 2015 - August 2015 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Item : May 2015 : June 2015 : July 2015 : August 2015 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Canola : Crush : Seeds crushed ............................................tons: 112,135 102,281 159,241 145,328 Crude oil produced ...............................1,000 pounds: 94,626 87,396 133,462 118,497 Cake and meal produced ...................................tons: 64,406 58,947 90,983 80,766 : Refine : Crude oil processed in refining ..................1,000 pounds: 139,820 109,253 143,818 130,974 Once refined oil produced ........................1,000 pounds: 136,406 105,896 132,069 127,341 : Consumption : Crude oil removed for inedible use in processing .1,000 pounds: (D) (D) (D) (D) Once refined oil removed for use in processing ...1,000 pounds: 132,078 120,085 138,638 131,203 Removed for edible use in processing ...........1,000 pounds: (D) (D) (D) (D) Removed for inedible use in processing .........1,000 pounds: (D) (D) (D) (D) : Stocks : Cake and meal on hand end of month .......................tons: (D) (D) 37,071 (D) Crude oil on hand end of month ...................1,000 pounds: 70,155 52,991 71,721 69,098 Once refined oil on hand end of month ............1,000 pounds: 66,095 73,554 74,327 83,440 : Cottonseed : Crush : Seeds crushed ............................................tons: 141,846 125,787 110,345 97,738 Crude oil produced ...............................1,000 pounds: 43,639 38,971 33,035 29,271 Cake and meal produced ...................................tons: 64,958 55,528 49,101 (D) : Refine : Crude oil processed in refining ..................1,000 pounds: 54,697 49,090 52,009 45,192 Once refined oil produced ........................1,000 pounds: 53,547 48,705 51,578 43,886 : Consumption : Crude oil removed for inedible use in processing .1,000 pounds: - - (D) (D) Once refined oil removed for use in processing ...1,000 pounds: 51,442 55,723 59,450 43,476 Removed for edible use in processing ...........1,000 pounds: (D) (D) (D) (D) Removed for inedible use in processing .........1,000 pounds: (D) (D) (D) (D) : Stocks : Cake and meal on hand end of month .......................tons: 53,074 56,310 58,230 46,450 Crude oil on hand end of month ...................1,000 pounds: 43,475 (D) (D) (D) Once refined oil on hand end of month ............1,000 pounds: 39,934 43,662 36,572 36,458 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Represents zero. (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. Selected Oils Production, Consumption and Stocks - United States: May 2015 - August 2015 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Item : May 2015 : June 2015 : July 2015 : August 2015 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 pounds : Coconut : Refine : Crude oil processed in refining ..............................: 40,119 45,270 51,186 53,485 Once refined oil produced ....................................: 38,530 46,882 52,447 55,403 : Consumption : Crude oil removed for inedible use in processing .............: (D) (D) (D) (D) Once refined oil removed for use in processing ...............: 62,128 68,679 74,903 77,537 Removed for edible use in processing .......................: (D) (D) (D) (D) Removed for inedible use in processing .....................: (D) (D) (D) (D) : Stocks : Crude oil on hand end of month ...............................: 85,109 92,718 97,939 89,674 Once refined oil on hand end of month ........................: 26,409 18,312 18,994 25,624 : Corn : Refine : Crude oil processed in refining ..............................: (S) (S) (S) (S) Once refined oil produced ....................................: (S) (S) (S) (S) : Consumption : Crude oil removed for inedible use in processing .............: (S) (S) (S) (S) Once refined oil removed for use in processing ...............: (S) (S) (S) (S) Removed for edible use in processing .......................: (S) (S) (S) (S) Removed for inedible use in processing .....................: (S) (S) (S) (S) : Stocks : Crude oil on hand end of month ...............................: (S) (S) (S) (S) Once refined oil on hand end of month ........................: (S) (S) (S) (S) : Olives : Crush : Crushed for oil ..............................................: - - - - Virgin oil produced ..........................................: - - - - : Refine : Refined oil produced .........................................: (D) (D) (D) (D) : Consumption : Refined oil removed for use in processing ....................: (D) (D) (D) (D) Removed for edible use in processing .......................: (D) (D) (D) (D) Removed for inedible use in processing .....................: (D) (D) - - : Stocks : Virgin oil on hand end of month ..............................: 89 80 78 (D) Refined oil on hand end of month .............................: (D) (D) (D) (D) : Palm kernel : Consumption : Once refined oil removed for use in processing ...............: 33,465 29,973 34,692 34,387 Removed for edible use in processing .......................: (D) (D) (D) (D) Removed for inedible use in processing .....................: (D) (D) (D) (D) : Stocks : Once refined oil on hand end of month ........................: 90,109 84,513 97,557 81,101 : Palm : Consumption : Once refined oil removed for use in processing ...............: 141,603 157,995 178,735 170,257 Removed for edible use in processing .......................: 136,910 147,667 165,458 164,502 Removed for inedible use in processing .....................: 4,693 10,328 13,277 5,755 : Stocks : Once refined oil on hand end of month ........................: 377,332 365,663 352,521 346,704 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Selected Oils Production, Consumption and Stocks - United States: May 2015 - August 2015 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Item : May 2015 : June 2015 : July 2015 : August 2015 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 pounds : Peanut : Refine : Crude oil processed in refining ..............................: (D) 25,611 22,970 18,675 Once refined oil produced ....................................: (D) 23,546 21,184 16,713 : Consumption : Crude oil removed for inedible use in processing .............: - (D) (D) (D) Once refined oil removed for use in processing ...............: (D) 19,820 22,219 17,761 Removed for edible use in processing .......................: (D) 19,820 (D) (D) Removed for inedible use in processing .....................: - - (D) (D) : Stocks : Crude oil on hand end of month ...............................: 18,612 13,465 16,926 16,452 Once refined oil on hand end of month ........................: 10,513 (D) (D) (D) : Sunflower : Refine : Crude oil processed in refining ..............................: 22,169 36,850 33,504 43,104 Once refined oil produced ....................................: 20,501 35,177 31,997 40,916 : Consumption : Crude oil removed for inedible use in processing .............: (D) (D) (D) (D) Once refined oil removed for use in processing ...............: 25,416 33,317 34,818 30,446 Removed for edible use in processing .......................: (D) (D) (D) (D) Removed for inedible use in processing .....................: (D) (D) (D) (D) : Stocks : Crude oil on hand end of month ...............................: 31,163 24,803 53,153 37,676 Once refined oil on hand end of month ........................: 23,254 23,155 18,559 45,210 : Vegetable foots, raw and acidulated : Refine : Oil produced .................................................: (D) (D) (D) 27,523 : Consumption : Oil removed for inedible use in processing ...................: (D) (D) (D) (D) : Stocks : Oil on hand end of month .....................................: 23,141 24,501 28,863 16,553 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Represents zero. (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: May 2015 - August 2015 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Item : May 2015 : June 2015 : July 2015 : August 2015 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 pounds : Choice white grease : Production ...................................................: 117,875 115,688 106,407 106,288 Removed for inedible use .....................................: 118,362 114,100 108,268 102,643 Stocks on hand end of month ..................................: 19,241 18,053 14,338 16,795 Fatty acids : Production ...................................................: (S) (S) (S) (S) Stocks on hand end of month ..................................: (S) (S) (S) (S) Feather meal : Production ...................................................: 93,489 91,527 92,653 97,549 Stocks on hand end of month ..................................: 17,034 15,885 17,744 17,288 Glycerin, crude : Production ...................................................: (S) (S) (S) (S) Processed in refining ........................................: (S) (S) (S) (S) Stocks on hand end of month ..................................: (S) (S) (S) (S) Glycerin, refined : Production ...................................................: (S) (S) (S) (S) Stocks on hand end of month ..................................: (S) (S) (S) (S) Lard : Production ...................................................: 25,338 28,884 24,504 32,120 Removed for use in processing ................................: 25,917 28,705 29,665 43,023 Removed for edible use in processing .......................: (D) (D) (D) (D) Removed for inedible use in processing .....................: (D) (D) (D) (D) Stocks on hand end of month ..................................: 17,447 14,308 7,393 (D) Meat meal, meat and bone meal, and dry rendered tankage : Production ...................................................: 495,421 473,234 397,569 423,961 Stocks on hand end of month ..................................: 89,480 66,311 63,128 73,664 Other grease : Production ...................................................: 65,928 71,689 77,704 74,573 Removed for inedible use in processing .......................: 67,602 72,204 73,185 76,451 Stocks on hand end of month ..................................: (D) (D) (D) (D) Poultry fats : Production ...................................................: 189,379 181,315 173,661 190,825 Removed for inedible use in processing .......................: 134,436 138,290 106,159 144,538 Stocks on hand end of month ..................................: 20,372 15,850 18,658 18,194 Poultry by-product meals : Production ...................................................: 247,970 233,763 226,713 251,707 Stocks on hand end of month ..................................: 60,308 49,412 54,509 55,603 Tallow, edible : Production ...................................................: 67,807 64,251 60,035 57,280 Removed for use in processing ................................: 77,196 65,558 70,912 78,202 Removed for edible use in processing .......................: (D) (D) (D) (D) Removed for inedible use in processing .....................: (D) (D) (D) (D) Stocks on hand end of month ..................................: 28,753 31,895 25,919 23,430 Tallow, inedible : Production ...................................................: 296,905 284,102 251,530 267,812 Removed for inedible use in processing .......................: 298,733 297,329 254,916 249,391 Stocks on hand end of month ..................................: 97,887 90,352 84,884 107,356 Tallow, technical : Production ...................................................: 102,098 86,150 85,997 100,321 Removed for inedible use in processing .......................: 103,538 85,661 95,951 106,374 Stocks on hand end of month ..................................: (D) (D) 25,871 29,877 Yellow grease : Production ...................................................: 151,921 170,786 152,255 151,601 Removed for inedible use in processing .......................: 136,190 162,261 142,417 154,106 Stocks on hand end of month ..................................: 94,455 91,928 93,019 95,754 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. (S) Insufficient number of reports to establish an estimate. 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. The first annual summary will be published in March of 2016. 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. While these errors cannot be measured directly, they are minimized by carefully reviewing all reported data for consistency and reasonableness. Information Contacts Listed below are the commodity statisticians in the Environmental, Economics, and Demographics Branch of the National Agricultural Statistics Service to contact for additional information. E-mail inquiries may be sent to nass@nass.usda.gov. Troy Joshua, Chief, Environmental, Economics, and Demographics Branch.. (202) 720-6146 Scott Shimmin, Head, Environmental and Demographics Section............ (202) 720-0684 Stephanie Brennan - Field Crops Chemical Use ....................... (202) 690-0392 David Colwell - Current Agricultural Industrial Reports............. (202) 690-3233 Doug Farmer - Vegetable Chemical Use................................ (202) 720-7492 Ginger Harris - Census of Agriculture............................... (502) 582-5293 Steve Peterson - Farms, Land in Farms, Census of Agriculture........ (202) 720-5581 Jackie Ross - Census of Agriculture................................. (202) 720-7644 Miste Salmon - Current Agricultural Industrial Reports.............. (202) 690-3226 Theresa Varner - Farm Labor, Chemical Use........................... (202) 690-2284