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
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Dry edible beans: Stocks in commercial elevators, Michigan
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Year and Month
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Navy
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Small Red
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Black
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All other
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Total
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1,000 cwt
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1,000 cwt
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1,000 cwt
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1,000 cwt
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1,000 cwt
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December 31
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
November 30
2006
August 31
1998
1999
2000
2001
2006 1
2007 3
2008
2009 2, 3
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3,400
2,850
1,400
2,900
2,800
1,550
1,050
210
1,850
1,500
380
484
295
427
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226
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1,380
85
196
324
147
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1,550
1,700
2,100
2,900
2,500
720
180
720
1,750
800
245
195
90
27
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4,950
4,550
3,500
5,800
5,300
3,650
1,230
930
3,600
2,300
710
874
709
828
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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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