Acreage and Supply of U.S. Corn
	In 1,000 acres			In 1,000 bushels
Crop Year	Planted	Harvested	Yield	Production	Beg. Stocks	Total Supply
1980	84,043	72,961	91	6,639,396
1981	84,097	74,524	109	8,118,650
1982	81,857	72,719	113	8,235,101
1983	60,207	51,479	81	4,174,251
1984	80,517	71,897	107	7,672,130
1985	83,398	75,209	118	8,875,453
1986	76,580	68,907	119	8,225,764
1987	66,200	59,505	120	7,131,300
1988	67,717	58,250	85	4,928,681
1989	72,322	64,783	116	7,531,953
1990	74,166	66,952	119	7,934,028
1991	75,957	68,822	109	7,474,765
1992	79,311	72,077	132	9,476,698
1993	73,235	62,933	100.7	6,337,730	2113	8,472,000
1994	79,175	72,514	138.6	10,050,520	850	10,910,000
1995	71,245	65,210	113.5	7,400,051	1558	8,974,000
1996	79,229	72,644	127.1	9,232,557	426	9,672,000
1997	79,537	72,671	126.7	9,206,832	883	10,099,000
1998	80,165	72,589	134.4	9,758,685	1308	11,088,000
1999	77,386	70,487	133.8	9,430,612	1787	11,239,000
2000	79,551	72,440	136.9	9,915,051	1718	11,693,000
2001	75,752	68,808	138.2	9,506,840	1899	11,416,000
2002	79,054	69,313	130	9,007,659	1596	10,619,000
2003*	79,066	71,765	142.2	10,207,141
World Supply and Demand of Course Grains
	In Millions of Metric Tons
Crop Year	Production	Consumption	Ending Stocks	Stocks / Usage %
1993	799.1	839	179.1	21.4
1994	870.8	859.2	190.7	22.2
1995	802.4	841.5	151.6	18
1996	908.4	874.7	185.3	21.2
1997	883	872.2	196.1	22.5
1998	889.7	870.1	215.7	24.8
1999	876.4	882.2	209.9	23.8
2000	859.8	880.4	189.3	21.5
2001	889	900.6	177.7	19.7
2002*	861.6	889	150.2	16.9
*estimates
Major Producers of Corn or Maize		(In Thousands of Metric Tons)
Crop Year	Argentina	Brazil	China	Mexico	U.S.	World
1993	10,000	32,934	102,700	19,141	160,986	476,214
1994	11,360	37,440	99,280	17,005	255,295	560,288
1995	11,100	32,480	112,000	17,780	187,970	517,352
1996	15,500	35,700	127,470	18,922	234,518	592,172
1997	19,360	30,100	104,309	16,934	233,864	575,363
1998	13,500	32,393	132,954	17,788	247,882	605,631
1999	17,200	31,641	128,086	19,240	239,549	606,756
2000	15,400	41,536	106,000	17,920	251,854	586,068
2001	14,400	35,536	114,088	20,400	241,485	592,873
2002*	14,500	36,000	125,000	19,000	228,805	614,704
*estimates