Fats and Oils: Oilseed Crushings, Production, Consumption and Stocks ISSN: 2379-9862 Released July 1, 2021, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Highlights April 2021 contained 30 days. May 2021 contained 31 days. Soybeans crushed for crude oil was 5.21 million tons (174 million bushels) in May 2021, compared with 5.10 million tons (170 million bushels) in April 2021 and 5.39 million tons (180 million bushels) in May 2020. Crude oil produced was 2.04 billion pounds up 3 percent from April 2021 but down 1 percent from May 2020. Soybean once refined oil production at 1.71 billion pounds during May 2021 increased 4 percent from April 2021 and increased 12 percent from May 2020. Canola seeds crushed for crude oil was 159,799 tons in May 2021, compared with 193,146 tons in April 2021 and 194,813 tons in May 2020. Canola crude oil produced was 134 million pounds, down 16 percent from April 2021 and down 17 percent from May 2020. Canola once refined oil production, at 150 million pounds during May 2021, was up 4 percent from April 2021 and up 22 percent from May 2020. Cottonseed once refined oil production, at 39.8 million pounds during May 2021, was up 21 percent from April 2021 and up 12 percent from May 2020. Edible tallow production was 102.8 million pounds during May 2021, up 13 percent from April 2021 and up 80 percent from May 2020. Inedible tallow production was 339 million pounds during May 2021, down 8 percent from April 2021 but up 22 percent from May 2020. Technical tallow production was 118 million pounds during May 2021, up 6 percent from April 2021 and up 50 percent from May 2020. Choice white grease production, at 91.7 million pounds during May 2021, decreased 6 percent from April 2021 and decreased 17 percent from May 2020. Soybean Crushing, Production, Consumption and Stocks - United States: May 2021 with Comparisons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Item : May 2020 : April 2021 : May 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Crush : Soybeans crushed........................................tons: 5,386,534 5,095,631 5,205,032 Crude oil produced..............................1,000 pounds: 2,057,617 1,991,877 2,043,058 Cake and meal produced..................................tons: 3,970,047 3,773,943 3,849,675 For animal feed.......................................tons: 3,914,540 3,731,721 3,800,161 For edible protein products...........................tons: 55,507 42,222 49,514 Millfeed produced.......................................tons: 270,933 270,766 273,209 : Refine : Crude oil processed in refining.................1,000 pounds: 1,570,271 1,678,886 1,752,311 Once refined oil produced.......................1,000 pounds: 1,532,758 1,642,251 1,711,885 : Consumption : Crude oil removed for inedible use in processing1,000 pounds: (D) 107,443 101,956 Once refined oil removed for use in processing..1,000 pounds: 1,513,117 1,664,176 1,648,613 Removed for edible use in processing..........1,000 pounds: 1,073,872 1,215,141 1,221,204 Removed for inedible use in processing........1,000 pounds: 439,245 449,035 427,409 : Stocks : Cake and meal on hand end of month......................tons: 442,173 417,603 592,860 Millfeed on hand end of month...........................tons: 55,674 34,403 48,594 Crude oil on hand end of month..................1,000 pounds: 2,048,938 1,814,888 1,720,633 Crusher.......................................1,000 pounds: 875,530 945,718 893,077 Refiner.......................................1,000 pounds: 431,345 264,724 247,714 Offsite.......................................1,000 pounds: 742,063 604,446 579,842 Once refined oil on hand end of month...........1,000 pounds: 396,477 362,700 426,027 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. Soybean Crushing - Regional: May 2021 with Comparisons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Soybeans crushed :-------------------------------------------------------------------- Region : May 2020 : April 2021 : May 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : tons : Illinois....................: 576,483 602,959 582,792 Iowa........................: 1,100,051 1,077,647 1,044,686 North and East 1/ ..........: 1,242,434 1,181,213 1,140,335 North Central 2/ ...........: 854,165 740,687 866,672 South, West and Pacific 3/ .: 635,744 599,822 684,564 West Central 4/ ............: 977,657 893,303 885,983 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Crude oil produced :-------------------------------------------------------------------- Region : May 2020 : April 2021 : May 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 pounds : Illinois....................: 229,132 236,611 228,670 Iowa........................: 419,557 431,292 420,025 North and East 1/ ..........: 476,061 460,822 446,077 North Central 2/ ...........: 313,372 283,193 334,255 South, West and Pacific 3/ .: 243,751 230,159 263,788 West Central 4/ ............: 375,744 349,800 350,243 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Crude oil stocks at crusher :-------------------------------------------------------------------- Region : May 2020 : April 2021 : May 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 pounds : Illinois....................: 108,904 159,970 140,864 Iowa........................: 173,673 189,514 175,563 North and East 1/ ..........: 221,161 210,365 216,426 North Central 2/ ...........: 240,239 230,583 191,988 South, West and Pacific 3/ .: 61,539 52,724 68,519 West Central 4/ ............: 70,014 102,562 99,717 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cake and meal produced :-------------------------------------------------------------------- Region : May 2020 : April 2021 : May 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : tons : Illinois....................: 418,999 441,948 419,546 Iowa........................: 806,876 796,327 779,358 North and East 1/ ..........: 923,780 878,415 841,583 North Central 2/ ...........: 632,245 558,515 646,497 South, West and Pacific 3/ .: 463,113 439,037 504,547 West Central 4/ ............: 725,034 659,701 658,144 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cake and meal stocks :-------------------------------------------------------------------- Region : May 2020 : April 2021 : May 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : tons : Illinois....................: (D) 59,855 89,892 Iowa........................: 82,284 48,654 87,395 North and East 1/ ..........: 78,560 136,328 149,456 North Central 2/ ...........: 56,373 70,046 106,917 South, West and Pacific 3/ .: (D) 43,069 89,508 West Central 4/ ............: 72,660 59,651 69,692 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. 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: May 2021 with Comparisons ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item : May 2020 : April 2021 : May 2021 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Canola : Crush : Seeds crushed.............................................tons: 194,813 193,146 159,799 Crude oil produced................................1,000 pounds: 161,642 160,030 134,345 Cake and meal produced....................................tons: 107,328 111,658 90,958 Refine : Crude oil processed in refining...................1,000 pounds: 126,876 150,342 154,670 Once refined oil produced.........................1,000 pounds: 122,620 144,334 149,526 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: 161,074 148,155 142,872 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: 63,239 33,419 38,130 Crude oil on hand end of month....................1,000 pounds: 54,629 66,276 68,996 Once refined oil on hand end of month.............1,000 pounds: 123,808 95,834 116,311 : Cottonseed : Crush : Seeds crushed.............................................tons: 93,725 95,786 125,509 Crude oil produced................................1,000 pounds: 26,346 27,788 34,224 Cake and meal produced....................................tons: 39,903 43,800 55,035 Refine : Crude oil processed in refining...................1,000 pounds: 36,733 34,124 41,001 Once refined oil produced.........................1,000 pounds: 35,514 32,897 39,835 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: 34,259 35,826 39,620 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: 18,182 18,773 36,756 Crude oil on hand end of month....................1,000 pounds: 21,900 25,286 24,482 Once refined oil on hand end of month.............1,000 pounds: 39,389 19,092 18,746 : 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: 55,030 47,205 51,792 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: (D) 84,355 81,306 Once refined oil on hand end of month.............1,000 pounds: (D) 44,237 (D) : Corn : Crush : Crude oil produced................................1,000 pounds: 177,596 158,563 167,108 Refine : Crude oil processed in refining...................1,000 pounds: 156,442 145,488 156,602 Once refined oil produced.........................1,000 pounds: 151,914 142,776 153,473 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: 157,959 (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: (D) 65,890 68,651 Once refined oil on hand end of month.............1,000 pounds: 32,862 66,926 77,664 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Selected Oilseed Crushing, Production, Consumption and Stocks - United States: May 2021 with Comparisons (continued) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item : May 2020 : April 2021 : May 2021 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Palm kernel : Consumption : Once refined oil removed for use in processing....1,000 pounds: 27,202 48,662 55,999 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: 43,722 64,595 50,005 : Palm : Consumption : Once refined oil removed for use in processing....1,000 pounds: 186,065 226,817 221,930 Removed for edible use in processing............1,000 pounds: 180,337 222,156 217,209 Removed for inedible use in processing..........1,000 pounds: 5,728 4,661 4,721 Stocks : Once refined oil on hand end of month.............1,000 pounds: 368,764 273,146 280,053 : Peanut : Refine : Crude oil processed in refining...................1,000 pounds: (D) 19,100 24,152 Once refined oil produced.........................1,000 pounds: (D) 19,053 22,612 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: (D) 21,125 26,066 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: 18,165 (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: 3,950 3,107 1,182 Once refined oil produced.........................1,000 pounds: 3,883 2,945 1,147 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: 3,060 3,737 3,342 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: 11,923 (D) (D) Once refined oil on hand end of month.............1,000 pounds: 2,991 (D) (D) : Sunflower : Refine : Crude oil processed in refining...................1,000 pounds: 39,909 46,783 35,565 Once refined oil produced.........................1,000 pounds: 37,886 43,796 33,247 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: 25,194 38,978 28,054 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: 30,626 61,442 44,830 Once refined oil on hand end of month.............1,000 pounds: 21,132 21,020 20,377 : 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. Animal Fats and Oils Production, Consumption and Stocks - United States: May 2021 with Comparisons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Item : May 2020 : April 2021 : May 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 pounds : Choice white grease : Production................................................: 110,913 97,445 91,738 Removed for inedible use..................................: 108,731 96,310 97,532 Stocks on hand end of month...............................: 8,011 12,373 6,541 Feather meal : Production................................................: 107,366 81,631 93,858 Stocks on hand end of month...............................: 29,834 15,752 14,092 Lard : Production................................................: 18,726 20,696 21,085 Removed for use in processing.............................: 18,312 20,683 23,777 Removed for edible use in processing....................: (D) (D) (D) Removed for inedible use in processing..................: (D) (D) (D) Stocks on hand end of month...............................: 9,259 6,925 5,198 Meat meal, meat and bone meal, and dry rendered tankage : Production................................................: 401,117 481,207 457,002 Stocks on hand end of month...............................: 66,791 68,720 62,037 Other grease : Production................................................: 33,402 35,284 37,021 Removed for inedible use in processing....................: 34,566 32,209 36,349 Stocks on hand end of month...............................: (D) (D) (D) Poultry fats : Production................................................: 229,986 170,567 196,754 Removed for inedible use in processing....................: 222,459 168,501 192,167 Stocks on hand end of month...............................: 36,139 27,299 31,886 Poultry by-product meals : Production................................................: 315,975 277,928 307,753 Stocks on hand end of month...............................: 37,014 48,016 52,014 Tallow, edible : Production................................................: 57,236 90,917 102,834 Removed for use in processing.............................: 54,873 92,185 107,463 Removed for edible use in processing....................: (D) (D) (D) Removed for inedible use in processing..................: (D) (D) (D) Stocks on hand end of month...............................: 24,724 12,000 7,522 Tallow, inedible : Production................................................: 278,733 367,648 339,224 Removed for inedible use in processing....................: 259,179 364,010 348,586 Stocks on hand end of month...............................: 107,693 105,462 (D) Tallow, technical : Production................................................: 78,736 112,081 118,323 Removed for inedible use in processing....................: 77,668 110,151 119,506 Stocks on hand end of month...............................: (D) (D) (D) Yellow grease : Production................................................: 137,949 195,987 182,045 Removed for inedible use in processing....................: 124,941 203,599 183,996 Stocks on hand end of month...............................: 78,795 90,308 88,355 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (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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