Table 6.  Soybean Meal Balance Sheet -- Years Beginning October 1
	1989-90	1990-91	1991-92	1992-93	1993-94	1994-95	1995-96	1996-97	1997-98	1998-99	1999-00	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09
	thousand tons
Beginning stocks	173	318	285	230	204	150	223	212	210	218	330	293	383	240	220	211	172	314	346	300
Production	27,719	28,325	29,831	30,364	30,514	33,270	32,527	34,210	38,176	37,792	37,591	39,385	40,292	38,213	36,325	40,715	41,244	43,054	43,489	43,085
TOTALa	27,982	28,688	30,183	30,687	30,788	33,483	32,825	34,524	38,443	38,109	37,970	39,729	40,818	38,619	36,830	41,073	41,557	43,524	44,000	43,550
Domestic	22,291	22,934	23,007	24,251	25,283	26,542	26,611	27,320	28,895	30,657	30,345	31,643	33,070	32,379	31,449	33,561	33,195	34,392	34,200	34,450
Exports	5,319	5,469	6,946	6,232	5,356	6,717	6,002	6,994	9,330	7,122	7,332	7,703	7,508	6,019	5,170	7,340	8,048	8,786	9,500	8,800
TOTAL	27,610	28,403	29,953	30,483	30,639	33,260	32,613	34,314	38,225	37,779	37,677	39,346	40,578	38,399	36,619	40,901	41,243	43,178	43,700	43,250
Ending stocks	318	285	230	204	150	223	212	210	218	330	293	383	240	220	211	172	314	346	300	300
Priceb	$186.48	$181.38	$189.21	$193.75	$192.86	$162.55	$235.92	$270.90	$185.28	$138.55	$167.70	$173.60	$167.73	$181.57	$256.05	$182.89	$174.17	$205.44	$335.00	$360.00
a Includes imports
b Bulk, Decatur, Illinois 48%