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Dry Bean Stock Report

Contact: Heather Throne 517-373-1085

September 18 , 2009

Commercial elevators in Michigan held 828,000 hundredweight (cwt) of dry beans in storage as of August 31, 2009, according to the Michigan Department of Agriculture. The quantity on hand included 427,000 cwt of navy beans; 226,000 cwt of small red beans; 147,000 cwt of black beans; and 27,000 cwt of all other classes. Stocks account for all beans in commercial off-farm storage and include a small portion of non-Michigan grown products. An estimate of the quantity of dry beans held on farms is not included in this report.

This is the fifth issue in a new series of Dry Bean Stock reports. The Michigan Bean Commission and the Michigan Bean Shippers Association requested re-initiation of this report. The Michigan Department of Agriculture concluded that the report should be re-initiated in August of 2006. Data for intervening years are not available. This is the third issue in which the Michigan Department of Agriculture, Producer Security Services Section has compiled and issued the Dry Bean Stocks reports and August 31 will be the reference date for tabulation and publishing henceforth.

Dry bean stocks are not included in the USDA Agricultural Statistics Board system of grain stocks reports. Dry bean stocks data included in this report were tabulated from administrative reports supplied monthly by elevator operators to the Michigan Department of Agriculture. For more information, please contact Jeff Haarer, Producer Security Services Section Manager, at 517-241-2865 or haarerj@michigan.gov .

Dry edible beans: Stocks in commercial elevators, Michigan
Year and Month	Navy	Small Red	Black	All other	Total
	1,000 cwt	1,000 cwt	1,000 cwt	1,000 cwt	1,000 cwt
December 31 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 November 30 2006 August 31 1998 1999 2000 2001 2006 ¹ 2007 ³ 2008 2009 ^{2, 3}	3,400 2,850 1,400 2,900 2,800 1,550 1,050 210 1,850 1,500 380 484 295 427	226	1,380 85 196 324 147	1,550 1,700 2,100 2,900 2,500 720 180 720 1,750 800 245 195 90 27	4,950 4,550 3,500 5,800 5,300 3,650 1,230 930 3,600 2,300 710 874 709 828
¹ Black beans were included in the all other category prior to 2006. ² Small red beans were included in the all other category prior to 2009. ³ The sum of the classes may not equal the "Total' due to rounding.

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