GEORGIA CROP REPOR
F GEORG IA
JAN 5 1968
E
u. s. Department of Agriculture
Georgia Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service
409A North Lumpkin Street, Athens , Georgia
January 2, 1968
LESPEDEZA SEED PRODUCTION I N GEORGIA DOWN 2 PERCENT NATION DOWN 22 PERCENT
The 1967 Georgia lespedeza seed production is estimated at 1,760,000 pounds, compared with 1,800,000 pounds in 1966, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. The 5-year
(1961-65) average production is 2,446,000 pounds. Acres harvested for seed in 1967 is 8,000 acres,down 11 percent from the 9,000 acres harvested last year and 30 percent below the 1961-65 average of 11,400 acres. Yield per acre of 220 pounds in 1967 is 20 pounds above last season's yield. Dry weather during the fall months reduced yields, especially in the southern districts.
UNITED STATES LESPEDEZA SEED PRODUCTION
Lespedeza seed production in the Nation is estimated at 40,442,000 pounds, 22 percent below last year and 40 percent below average. The year's decrease resulted from a 14 percent decline in harvested acres and a 10 percent decline in yield. Production was the lowest since
1936.
Nine of the 15 producing States harvested less acreage than in 1966 and, except for Kansas, the other States harvested less acreage than average. Yields were down from 1966 in 10 of the 15 States.
Korean lespedeza accounted for 52 percent of 1967 lespedeza production compared with 59
percent in 1966. Striate Kobe accounted for 37 percent of total 1967 production compared with
33 percent in 1966. Production totals of each species for 1967 (with estimates for 1966 in parentheses) are: Korean, 20,968,000 pounds (30,692,000); Striate Kobe, 14,998,000 (17,414,000); Striate Conunon and Tennessee 11 7611 , 56,000 (244,000); Sericea, 4,404,000 (3,670,000); and other varieties, 16,000 (15,000) pounds.
Carryover of lespedeza seed from 1966 and previous years as of June 30, 1967, was esti-
mated at 7,242,000 pounds (2,590,000 held by growers and 4,652,000 by dealers). Holdings a year earlier totaled 8,276,000 pounds (2,438,000 by growers and 5,838,000 by dealers). Initia~
supply of lespedeza seed (1967 production, plus June 30, 1967 carryover) is indicated at 47,684,000 poun~ 21 percent less than the beginning supply of 60,311,000 pounds a year
earlier. ~
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State : -~...-!2!:~~g~g~~~~~-____:___....E:eld per~-cr_e_ _ ,_ l_ _!E.~E:2E.:~~~---
: Average
:Average
:Average
. . -~-.:.. 1961-65_ __1266_____1967 _ :;1961.:65 1966 1967 -:12_61-65 _ _];2__6_ _.1_..9,_7_-
A-c-re-s
Pounds
1:.000 pound~
Ind.
24,000 10,000 12,000
200 180 160 5,110 1,800 1,920
Ill.
17,200 10,000 11,000
185 160 140 3,421 1,600 1,540
Mo.
62,200 48,000 30,000
211 200 180 13,103 9,600 5,400
Kans.
12,200 14,000 16,000
227 215 200 2,852 3,010 3,200
Md.
10,400
7,000 6,000
191 135 130 1,984
945
780
va.
6,300
2,000 1,700
151 140 160 1,004
280
272
N. C.
47,600
s. c. : 8, 800
24,000 26,000 7,000 8,000
153 180 165 212 185 190
7,128 4,320 4,290 1,884 1,295 1,520
GEORGIA : 11,400
9 ,000 8, 000
Ky. ----:--49,6oo----~o,ooo----38;005
. 216 200 220 2.446 1 , 800 1.760
2Iio2w--2oo 11,938 - 13,~00--- ?,bOO ~-
Tenn.
37,200 30,000 26,000
205 205 200 7,618 6,150 5,200
Ala.
4,300
3,500 4,000
189 210 190
823
735
760
.. Miss.
Ark.
3,600 17,000
3,000 2,500 14,000 12,000
.. 156 180 160
360 370 400
562
540
400
6,160 5,180 4,Boo
Okla. :_6Jooo
.. . ....:_QQQ_____5 . OOQ..._-1.__~19__160 _QQ_..1____hQ:ili___hgL__b.QQQ__
-----..___ _ u. s. 317,800 239,500 206,200
211 217 196 : 67,067 52,035 40,442
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C. 1. CRENSHAW Agricultural Statistician
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician in Charge
After Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 30601
QE!:ml!!: ~~.
Postage and Fees Paid
u. s. Department of Agriculture
r
ATIONAL
GEOR GIA CRO
ATHENS, GEORGIA
January 3, 1968
GEO R GIA CHICK HA T CH2 R Y RE POR T
Place m ent of broile r chi ck s in G e orgia during the we ek e nded De c e mbe r 30 was 7, 860,000--7 p e rcent less t han t he pre vious week and 8 percent l e ss than the comparable week last ye ar, according t o t h e G e org i a C::rop Re porting Ser vic e .
An e stimated ll, 63 7, 000 br oile r t ype eggs we r e set by G e orgia hatche ries-2 p e rcent more than the pre vio us week a nd slig htly more t han the comparable week a year e arlie r.
T he majority of the pri ces pai d t o G eorgia p roducers for broile r hatching e ggs were r e p orted w ithin a rang e of 50 to 6 5 cents p e r doz '= n The ave rag e pric e of hatching egg s wa s 57 c ent s p er do z e n . The p r i ce o f e ggs from flock s wit h hatche ry owned co ckerels gen e rally was 2 c ents be low the a ve rage price . Most price s rece ive d for broile r chicks by Georgia hatc he r i e s we r e reported within a range of $6. 00 to $9. 00 with an average of $8 . 00 p er hundr e d . The ave rag e prices last year were 60 c e nts for eg gs and $ 8. 7 5 fo r c hi cks .
Week Ende d
G 2 0RGIA EGGS SE T , HA TCHINGS, A ND CHICK PLA CE MENTS
B GG TYPE
Eggs S et
Chicks Hatched
I
1966
196 7
o/o of
y e ar
1966
1967
I
T hou.
Thou .
ago Pet.
Thou.
Thou.
Ufo of year ago
Pet.
Dec . 2 Dec. 9 Dec . 16 I
I Dec. 2 3 I
Dec. 30
Week Ended
818 753 711 881 815
E ggs Set})
19 66 Thou.
1967 Thou.
46 0
56
543
464
62
514
513
72
645
556
63
605
4 58
56
561
BROIL ER TYPE
Ufo of year ago
Pet.
Chicks Placed for
Broilers in G eorgia
rr;o of
1966
1967
year
ago
Thou.
Thou. Pet.
251
46
275
54
463
72
3 68
61
335
60
Av. Price
Hatch
Broiler
E ggs
Chicks
Per
Per
Doz .
Hundre d
1967
1967
Cents
Dollars
Oct. 28
11,275 ll, 271 100
18, 14 1
7, 53 7
93
56
Nov. 4
ll, 142 ll, 090 100
' 8, 171
7,637
93
57
Nov. ll
11,220 10,964
98
8,44 9
8,270
98
57
Nov. 18
11,203 10,94 0
98
8, 376
8, 173
98
57
Nov. 25
11,433 10 , 814
95
8, 203
8,068
98
57
Dec. 2
11,276 11, 289 100
8, 151
8, 103
99
57
Dec. 9
ll, 729 10, 633
91
8, 171
8,315 102
57
Dec . 16
ll, 908 11, 4 27
96
, 8, 4 17
8,060
96
57
Dec . 23
ll, 83 5 ll, 44 5
97
8, 4 35
8,446 100
57
Dec. 30
11,615 11, 63 7 100
j 8, 546
7, 860
92
57
l I Include s e gg s set b y hat cheri es p rodu cin g c hi ck s for hatche r y supp1y flock s .
7 . 75 8. 00 8.00 8.00 8. 00 8. 00 8. 00 8. 00 8.00 8. 00
A.H CHIE LANG L EY Agricultur al Statistician In Charge
W. A. WAGNER Ag ricultural Statistician
U. S . Department of A griculture
Georgia Departme nt of Agricultur e
Statistical Reporting 3ervi ce
409 A Nort h L u m pk i n Stree t, At h e ns, G e o f~'!;6P!B'I .1i.a~--------
iJNtVERSIT'f OF GEO RGIA
JAN 4 1968
e R OILER TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACE D IN COMME RCIAL ARZ AS BY WE EKS - 1967
Page 2
STATE
Dec.
16
E GGS SET
Week Ended
Dec.
Dec.
23
30
CHICKS PLACED
J Ufo of
year
Dec.
ago 1/ . 16
Week Ended
Dec.
Dec.
23
30
Ufo of
ye ar
ago 1/
THOUSANDS
I.
THOUSANDS
Maine
1, 738
1,907
1, 756 94
1, 304
1, 515
1, 333
98
Connecticut
256
297
298 82
146
185
150
68
Pennsylvania
1, 317
1, 310
1, 559 137
894
802
857
105
Indiana
462
482
460 65
316
309
284
90
Missouri
319
330
317 47
359
370
304
92
Delaware
2, 270
2, 384
2,385 101
2, 138
2,247
2, 106
100
Maryland
4, 296
4,334
4,344 98
2,998
2,988
2,779
92
Virginia
1, 405
1, 560
1, 530 112
982
1, 062
927
96
West Virginia
128
120
91 61
313
261
181
68
-North Carolina South Carolina
6,372 387
6, 351 401
6,431 391
I 96
4, 535
94
354
4,640 361
4,297 313
94 98
.
GEORGIA
11,427 11, 44 5 11,637 100
8,060
8,446
7,860
92
::J
F lorida Tenne ssee Alabama Mi ssissippi A rkansas L o uisiana Texas Wa shi ngton Oreg on California
T OTAL 1967 (22 St a t e s)
923
848
909 171
681
609
601
174
676
738
717 75
837
777
730
89
8, 173
8,395
8, 528 108
5,970
6,315
5,486
92
4,626
4, 59 4
4,669 106
3,754
3, 918
3, 875
107
9, 519
9, 530
9,303 101
6, 701
6,809
6, 312
92
1, 102
1, 061
1, 151 115
757
703
803
102
4,301
4 , 176
4,314 111
3,038
3, 162
2,992
107
472
552
527
79 1: 404
468
404
105
369
3 64
371 103
238
24 0
156
57
1, 737
1,673
1, 681 93
1, 264
1, 298
1, 314
93
62,275 62 ,852 63,369 101 46,04 3 47, 4 85 44,064
96
TOTAL 1966* (22 States)
62,987 62,820 62,459
46,74 2 46,334 46, 101
% of Last Year
99
100
101
1/ Current week as percent of same week last year.
Revised.
r ~
99
102
96
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JAN 8 1968 DECEMBER ~5, 1967
LIBRARIES
[pffin~~
J Released 1/4/68
GE ORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
GEORGIA PRICES RECEIVED 8 POI1~S HIGHER
The Index of Prices Received by Georgia Farmers for All Commodities increased 8 points during the month ended December 15, 1967 to 259. This was 15 points above the December 15,1966 il:cex nf 244.
The price of cotton again gained substantially and was principally responsible for the increase in the Crop Index of 12 points to 286. This was 32 points above the December 15, 1966 index of 254. Small changes in the prices of eggs and meat animals were counteracting, result-
ing in the livestock index ts registering no change at 205. This was 14 points below the
December 15, 1966 index of 219.
UNITED STATES PRICES RECEIVED INDEX UP 3 POINTS PARITY I NDEX UP 1 POINT, ADJUSTED PARITY RATIO 79
The Index of Prices Received by Farmers advanced 3 points (1 percent) during the month
ended December 15, to 253 percent of its 1910-14 average. Higher prices for oranges, cattle,
and eggs were mainly responsible for the increase. Partially offsetting were price declines for
cotton and hogs. The index was 1 1/2 percent below December 1966.
The Index of Prices Paid by Farmers for Commodities and Services, including Interest, Taxes, and Farm Wage Rates increased 1 point during the month to 345. The index was 8 points (2 percent) above a year earlier,
With the Prices Received Index up 3 points and the Parity Index up 1 point, the Adjusted Parity Ratio, reflecting Government Payments, rose 1 point to 79.
The Parity Ratio was unchanged at 73.
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1910-14 = 100
.. . . - - 1966
: 1967 : 1967
:--rndex : Date
.
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GEORGIA
PricesReceived All Commodities All Crops
244 y
251
259
254
274
286
310 319
lliarch 1951 March 1951
y
- - - - - - - -. - - -- Livestock and Livestock
Products
.
--~--~------
219 ll . 205 y .
205
. 295
Sept. 1948
--
UNITED STATES
Prices Received Parity Index 3/
257
250
253
: 313
Feb, 1951
337
344
345
345
July 1967 ~
Parity Ratio -
:
76
73
A~ljusted-Parity Ratio-~;:----
7l ____l_ 123____ Oct. 1946
:
-
01 .(.ETr~l~inarv)
1 Revised. r
_ _ :___:__~_T83_ _ : 78_ : Also April 19~1. 3 Prices Paid, Interest,
78 Taxes,
and
=-----L-----
Farm Wage Rates based on
data for the indicated dates. [/ Also October a.nd December 1967. 5/ The Adjusted Parity
Ratio, reflecting Government payments, averaged 86 for the year 196b, compared with 80 for
the Parity Ratio. Preliminary Adjusted Parity Rati.os for the current year, supplied by the
Economic Research Service, are based on estimated cash receipts from marketings and estimates
of Government payments for the current calendar year.
ARCHIE lANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
\VILLIAM A. HAGNER Agricultural Statistician
rssu:ED-BY:- The Georgia crop~Reporting-servic;,-usnA",-4o9.A North 1uiiipk'in street"; .Athens"; Georgia,
in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture.
r
---- -- _ _ _ PRICES --RECEI VED AND PAID BY FARMERS . DECEMBER 15. 1967. WITH COJIIPARIS ONS --- - - -~------------:-~-------GEORGIA-- --~---:---~---UNITEDSTATEs :-De~-rg-:-Nov:--l.s--;--D8c. 15-:nec.1.5-=No~-15---:-Dec: 15-
QO!ll12~~t v-~L1_1~t~~------- ~- -L--~~ _.;_ _ _l 9~ 1 ---l--.12 L..1__~~~__.:._
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RECEIVED : bu.
.
: 1. 80
1.38
:
1.40
1.61
Oats, bu.
.91
. 85
87
.677
1 96]_~=~_1 96] _ _
1.39 . 651
1.39 . 661
Corn, bu.
1.48
1.05
1.10
1.29
.970
1.03
Barley, bu. Sorghum Grain, cwt.
~ 1.12 ~p 2. 2.5
1. 00 1. 90
1.02 1.95
1.06 1.89
. 974 1.68
.975 1. 73
Cotton, lb. Cottonseed, ton
18.5 $ 69.00
26.5 52.00
30.0 54.00
22.03 30.48
65.90 56.00
27 . 61 57.00
Soybeans, bu.
~p 2. 80
2.40
2.45
2. 82
2.43
2.48
Peanuts, lb.
11.0
11.4
11.4
11.3
1 1 .5
11.1
Sweet Potatoes, cwt.
$ 7.20
6.30
6.25
5.38 4.51
5.45
Hay, baled, ton: All
~~ 27 .so 27.60
28.20 25.10 22,80
23 .40
Alfalfa Lesped ez a
'.i> 39.00
:J 30.00
35.50
30.00
36.50 31.00
25.90 23.40 25. 80 24.20
24.00 24.70
Peanut :rvlilk Cot..rs , head Hogs, cwt .
y Beef Cattle, All, cwt. 1/ Cows, cwt.
$> 24.50
c~~ 200.00 19.10
1:> 18. so
~ 16.00
23.00 200. 00
17.20 18.30 15.10
24.00 190. 00
16 . 7 0 18.30 15.10
24 . 3 0
2.57 .oo
18.90 21. 00
15.40
23.10 262,00
17.00 21.30 14.90
23.80 262 .00 16.60 21.70 15.40
Steers and Heifers, cwt,
:;;; 21.00 21.10
20. 90 23.10 23.60
24. 00
Calves , cwt.
~5 22.70
23. 80
23.70 25.30 25.60
26 .10
Milk, wholesale, cwt.:
Fluid Market Ha n u f a c t u r e d
All 3/
Turkeys , lb. Chickens, lb., excl. broilers
Commercial Broilers
Al l Eggs, all, doz.
~~ 6.55 ~~ 4.L6 ~) 6.55 25.0 10.0 11.0 10. 9 47.6
6.70
6.70 20. 0 9.0 10.5 10.4 36.1
4/ 6.70 - 20.0
9.5
10.5 10.4 30.9
5.66
4.31 5.28 25.0
8.9 12.0 11.6
41.0
5. 81
4.17
5.36
19.1
7. 6
11.5 11.0 29.6
4/ 5.33
- 18.8
7.8 11, 6 11.2 32.1
PR~e_ PAJ:g, ~
Mixed Dairy Feed, cwt.:
All Under 29% protein
4.20
4.10
4.00
3.98 3.81
3.81
14% protein
3.90
3.70
3.70
3.66 3.57
3.58
16% protein
4.20
4.10
4.00
4.04 3.87
3. 89
18% protein
4.50
4.30
4.20
4.21 4.00
3.98
20% protein
4.55
4.40
4.25
4.44 4.20
4.10
Cottonseed Meal, 41%, cwt.
5.30
5.10
5.10
5.39 5.27
5.27
Soybean Meal, 447~ , ctvt.
~? 5.60
5.00
.s.oo 5.55 5.20
5.17
Bran, cwt.
$ 4.10
4.00
3.95
3.80 3.54
3.58
Middlings, cwt.
$ 4.30
4.15
4.10
3.90 3.67
3.69
Corn l'ieal, cwt. Broiler Grower Feed, cwt.
$ 3. 70
3.20
3.20
3.54 3.21
3.20
(~ 5. 40
4.90
4.90
5.11 4. 83
4.82
Laying Feed, cwt. Scratch Grains, cwt. Alfalfa Hay, ton
. ~;i 5.10
\~'~ 4 4.5 ~~ 44.00
4. 70
4.10
40.00
4. 7.5 4.10 42.00
4.70
4.09
35.90
4.49
3-97 33.60
4.52 3.96 34.30
All Other Hay, ton
~p 36.00 35.00
. 36.00 33.60 31.90
32.60
anowance Y."Co;s" and ii'Steers and heifers" -coiTibine'd;1ith
wher; necessary forSiaughter-bulls .
2/ Includes cull dairy cows sold for slaughter, but not dairy cows for herd replacement.
I"i1/
Revis ed . Pr eliminary
estimate .
After Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Stat istical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 30601
.QFFIC~;h BUS I~~
Postage and Fees Paid U. S, Department of Agricultur e
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
ATHENS, GEORGIA
January 10, 1968
GE ORGIA CHICK HATCHERY REPOR T
Placeme nt of broile r chicks in G e orgia during the week ende d January 6 was 8, 698,000--11 percent mor e than the pre vi ous w e ek but 2 percent less than the comparable week last ye ar, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Se rvi ce.
An estimated 11, 721, 000 broile r type eggs were set by G e orgia hatcheries-! p e rc e n t more than the previ ous week but 5 percent less than the comparable week a year earlier.
T he majority of the p rices paid to G e orgia producers for broiler hatching eggs wer e re ported within a rang e of 50 to 65 cents per dozen. The averag e pric e of hatching eggs was 58 cents p e r doze n. The price of eggs from flocks with hatchery
owned cockerels generally was 2 cents be low the average price. Most prices r e ceived for broiler chicks by G e orgia hatcheries we re report ed within a range of $6.00 to $9.00 with an average of $ 8. 25 p e r hundr e d. The average prices last ye ar we re 60 c ents for eggs and $8. 7 5 for chicks.
Week Ended
GE ORGIA EGGS SE T, HATCHINGS, AND CHICK PLACEMENTS
EGG TYPE
Eggs Set
Chicks Hatched
-1966
1967
1967
-
1968
o/o of
year ago
-1966
1967
1967
-
1968
o/o of
I year
I ago
Thou.
Thou.
Pet .
Thou.
Thou.
Pet.
Dec. 9 Dec. 16 Dec. 23 Dec. 30 Jan. 6
Week Ended
753 711 881 815
969
E ggs Set~/
1966
1967
1967 Thou.
1968 Thou.
464
62
51 4
591 556
-1/
83 63
645 605
4 58 735
I I
56 76
' :
I
561 513
BROIL.-S R. TYP
275
54
463
72
368
61
335
60
472
92
__ _ .A v. Pric ~
Chicks Placed for
Hatch
Broiler
Broile rs in Georgia
.6ggs
Chicks
o/o of
year ago
1966 1967
1967 1968
o/o of i P e r
year Doz. ago 1967-68
Per Hundred 1967-68
Pet.
Thou.
Thou. Pet.
Cents
Dollars
Nov. 4 Nov. 11 Nov. 18 Nov. 25 Dec. 2
Dec. 9 D e c. 16 Dec. 23
11, 142 11,090 100
8, 171
7,637 93
57
11,220 10,964 98
8,449
8,270 98
57
11 , 203 10,940
98
8, 376
8, 173 98
57
11, 433 10, 814
95
8, 203
8,068 98
57
11, 276 11,289 100
8, 151
8, 103 99
57
11, 729 10, 633
91
8, 171
8,315 102
57
11,908 11, 4 27
96
8, 417
8,060 96
57
11 , 835 11, 445
97
8, 4 35
8,446 100
57
De c. 30 Jan. 6
11,615 11,637 100
8, 546
7,860
92
57
12, 3 59 11, 721
95
8, 891
8,698 98
58
1/ Revis e d. 2/ Includes eggs set by hatche rie s producing chicks for hatche ry supply flocks
8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.25
A R CHI:S LANGLEY
W. A. WAGNER.
Agricultural Statistician In Charge
Agricultural Statistician
---- ------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------
U. S. De partme nt of Agric ulture
G e orgi a De partment of Ag r iculture
St ati stical R e porting Service
409A North Lumpkin Street, Athens, Ge r i
UNIVERSITY Of GEORGIA
JAN 11 \968
BROILER TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL AREAS BY W~EKS - 1967-68 Page 2
EGGS SET
!
CHICKS PLACED
STATE
Week .i:!- nded
Dec.
Dec.
23
30
Jan. 6
I o/o of I
year ! Dec.
ago 1/ 1 23
Week Ended
Dec.
Jan.
30
6
% of
year ago 1/
THOUSANDS
I
I
I
THOUSANDS
I
Maine Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana
l, 907 297
l, 310 482
l, 756 298
l, 559 460
l, 753 344
l, 466
90
99 116
1, 515
ji
I,I,
185 802
446
74 Iij~ 309
1, 333
150 857 284
1, 337 156 800 274
95 83 117 77
Missouri Delaware Maryland
330 2,384 4,334
317 2,385 4,344
332 2,396 4,582
53 103 107
I 370 2,247 2,988
304 2, 106 Z,779
315 2, 352 3, 119
95 116
108
Virginia
1, 560
1, 530
1,530 121
1, 062
927
1, 005
114
West Virginia North Carolina
120 6, 351
91 6, 431
I 108 74
6, 500 100
261 4,640
181 4,297
280 5,048
100 105
.
::>
South Carolina
401
391
410 94
361
313
328
96
II
GEORGIA
11,445 11, 637 11,721
95 .I 8,446
7, 860
8, 698
98
II
Florida
848
909
829 164 II 609
601
548
127
Tennessee Alabama Mississippi
738 8,395
717 8, 528
720 8, 751
75 111
IIII
777 6,315
730 5,486
941 6,326
104 104
4, 594 4,669 4,621 101
3,918
3,875
4,054
105
Arkansas Louisiana
9, 530 l, 061
9,303 l, 151
9,493 102 1,064 102
6, 809 6,312 6, 884
98
703
803
824 106
Texas
Washington Oregon California
4, 176 552 364
l, 673
4,314
527 371 1, 681
4,529 112
570 91 266 58 1, 702 91
3, 162
2,992
3, 238
109
468
404
340
77
240
156
325 170
1, 298 1, 314 1, 330
90
TOTAL 1967-68
62,852 63,369 64, 133 101 47,485 44,064 48,522
103
(22 States)
TOTAL 1966-67* (22 States)
62,820 62,459 63,390
46,334 46, 101 47,213
%of Last Year
100
101
101
*l/ Current week as percent of same week last year. Revised.
102
96
103
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
ATHENS, GEORGIA
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
.__ _ _uen_A&_IES_ _.._;D~ 'c....ember 1967 Released 1/15/68
DECEMBER MILK PRODUCTION UP 2 MILLION POUNDS
Milk production on Georgia farms during December totaled ~9 mill ion pounds, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. This compares with 87 mill ion pounds produced in December last year and 87 mill ion during November 1967. The 1961-65 December average production was 81 mill ion pounds.
Product ion per cow in herd averaged 630 pounds-- 40 pounds above the previous year, and 10 pounds above the November output. The 5-year average production per cow for the month was 466 pounds.
The estimated average price received by producers for all wholesale milk during December was $6.70 per hundredweight. This was $.15 above the previous year, and the same as the November average.
Prices paid by dairymen for feed were about 20 cents per hundredweight below the previous year and 10 cents below the November 1967 price.
MILK PRODUCTION AND PKICES RECEIVED AND PAID BY DAIRYMEN
GEORGIA
UNITED STATES
Item and Unit
Dec. 1966
Nov. 1967
Dec. 1967
Dec. 1966
No v.
1~67
Dec. 1967
Milk Production, mill ion lbs.
Production Per Cow, lbs. l l
Number Milk Cows,
thousand head
87
~7
~9
9,511
8,~61
9,304
590
620
630
687
660
695
147
141
141
PRICES ~ECEIVED - DOLLARS 11 All wholesale milk, cwt. 11
FI u i d mi I k, cwt. Manufactured milk, cwt. Mi I k Cows, head
6.55
6.55 4.45 200.00
6.70 6.70
200.00
!i_/6.70 190.00
5.28 5.66 4.31 257.00
5.36 5.81
4.17 262.00
!i_/5.33 262.00
PRICES PAID- DOLLARS 11
Mixed Dairy Feed: 14 Percent Protein, cwt. 16 Percent Protein, cwt. 18 Percent Protein, cwt. 20 Percent Protein, cwt.
All Under 29 Percent Protein, cwt.
Hay, Ton
3.90 4.20
'-+.so
4.55
4.20 36.00
3.70 4. I 0 4.30 4.40
4. I 0 35.00
3.70 4.00 4.20 4.25
4.00 36.00
3.66 4.04 4.21 4.44
3.98 33.60
3.57 3.87 4.00 4.20
3.81 31 .90
3.58 3.b9 3.98 4. I0
3 .~1 32.60
l l Mo~thly average. 11 Dollars per unit as of the 15th of the month except wholesale milk which is average for month.
31 Revised. 4; Pre I imina ry.
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
W. PAT PARKS Agricultural Statistician
IssuED-BY:- Th; Georgi~ crop-R;porti-;:;g-s;r~i~e-; USDA~ 4o9Ai~orth-L-;;mpkln-Str;et,-Ath;n-;,-G~.-; in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture.
~. ,
.. . : ' :. . : ~ '.. ;
UNITED STATES MILK PRODUCTION
December mi lk output 2 percent less than a year earlier
December milk production i n t he United States is est imated at 9,304 mill ion pounds, 2 percent less than a year earlier and 5 percent below the 1961-65 average. Average daily production was up 2 percent from November to December, the same seasonal gain as in 1966. December output pro v ided 1.50 pounds of milk per person daily, compared with 1.48 pounds a month earlier and 1.55 pounds a year earlier. Preliminary estimates of monthly milk production for the year 1967 t otaled 119,583 mill ion pounds. This is 1 percent less than 1966 and 5 percent less than a verage. Production was up slightly a year earlier in January, February, and April but lower in all other months.
December rate per cow up I percent frcm a year earlier
December milk output per cow, at 695 pounds, was I percent more than the monthly rate of 687 pounds a year earlier and 12 percent more than the December average of 618 pounds. Product ion per cow was at the highest December level of record in 36 States. Daily output per cow averaged 22.4 pounds in December, 0.4 pound above November and 0.2 pound above a year earlier.
Milk per cow and milk production, by months, United States 1967, with comparisons
Month
January February March Apri 1 ' May June July August September October November December
Mi 1k Eer cow
Average
1961-65 . . 1966
. 1967
Pounds
621
678
715
591
635
670
676
736
766
690
752
785
757
312
844
729
79b
821
671
736
761
629
696
722
592
663
680
602
670
684
581
649
660
618
687
695
Mi 1k Eroduct ion
Average
1961-65
1966
1967
Million pounds
10,222
9,696 11 ,062 11 ,260 12,310 11 ,816 10,849 10,148
9,522 9,643 9 , 2 b8 9,841
9,805
9, 137 10,537 10,725 11 , 525 11,269 10,350 9,763 9,263
9,333 9,012
9. 511
9 ,855 9 ,217 10,510 I0, 732 11 ,508
11 '146 10' 311 9,757 9,173 9,209 8,861 9,304
Change from 1966
Percent
ro.s
,!0.9 -0.3
,to. 1
-0.1 -1.1 -0.4
-o. 1
-1.0 -1.3 -I. 7 -2.2
Annual
7,759 8,513
8,806
125,660 120,230 119' 583
-0.5
After Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Stat istical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Postage and Fees Paid U. S. Department of Agriculture
v J ...J
Acguisi t i ons Division Un1versity of Geo~gi a n iv e rsity Li br a~ies Athens Georgi a 3 0601
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
ATHENS, GEORGIA
January 17, 19 6 8
GEORGIA CHICK HATCHERY REPORT
Placement of broiler chicks in G e orgia during the week ended January 13 was 8, 682,000 -- slightly less than the previous week and 1 percent less than the compar~ble week last year, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service.
An estimated 11, 939, 000 broiler type eggs were set by Georgia hatcheries-2 percent more than the previous week but 4 percent less than the comparable week a year earlier.
The majority of the prices paid to Georgia producers for broiler hatching eggs were reporte d within a range of 50 to 65 cents per dozen. The average price of hatching eggs was 59 cents p er dozen. The price of eggs from flocks with hatchery owned cockerels generally was 2 cents below the average price. Most prices received for broiler chicks by Georgia hatcheries we re reported within a range of $6. 00 to $9.00 with an average of $8. 25 per hundred. The average prices last year were 60 cents for eggs and $8. 7 5 for chicks.
Week Ended
GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS, AND CHICK PLACEMENTS
EGG TYPE
Eggs Set
Chicks Hatched
1966
1967
o/o of
1966
1967
1967
1968
year ago
1967
1968
Thou.
Thou.
Pet.
Thou.
Thou.
o/o of year ago
Pet.
Dec. 16 Dec. 23 Dec. 30 Jan. 6 Jan. 13
Week Ended
711 881 815
969 1,085
Eggs Set'!:_/
1966
1967 Thou.
1967
1968 Thou.
591
83
710 1/ 81
458
56
735
76
679
63
645
463
72
605
368
61
561
335
60
513
472
92
652
568
87
BROILER TYPE
I
o/o of I
year I ago
-
Av. Price
Chicks Placed for !' Hatch
Broiler
Broilers in Georgia Eggs
Chicks
1966
1967
o/oof ! Per year , Doz.
Per Hundred
1967
1968
ago 1967-68
1967-68
Pet.
Thou.
Thou. Pet. Cents
Dollars
Nov. 11 Nov. 18 Nov. 25
11, 220 10,964
98
11, 203 10,940
98
11 ,433 10, 814
95
8,449 8, 376 8,203
8,270 8, 173 8,068
98 I 57 98 ! 57 98 I 57
Dec. 2
11, 276 11,289 100
8, 151
8, 103
99
57
Dec. 9
11, 729 10,633
91
8, 171
8,315 102 57
Dec. 16
11,908 11,427
96
8, 417
8,060
96
57
Dec. 23
11, 83 5 11,445
97
8, 435
8,446 100 57
De c. 30
11, 615 11,637 100
8, 546
7,860
92
57
Jan. 6
12, 359 11,721
95
8, 891
8,698
98
58
Jan. 13
12,392 11,939
96
8,783
8,682
99
59
1/ Revised.
2/ Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatchery supply flocks.
8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8. 25 8.25
ARCHIE LANGLEY
W. A. WAGNER
A--g-r-i-c-u-lt-u-r-a-l-S-t-a-t-is-t-i-c-ia-n--I-n-C--h-a-rg--e------------------A-g-r-i-c-u-lt-u-.r-a-l--S--t--a-t-is-t-i-c-ia-n--------------
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Georgia D ~tment of Agriculture
Statistical Re porting Service
EINJv
409A North Lumpkin Street, Athens, Geo gia ERSITY OF GEORGIA
1
JAN -18 1968
~ ........ . LIB..R..A. R..I.ES
~
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- ~OII ILER TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL AREAS BY WE'-''F--' Kuc - 1967 68 Page 2
EGGS 3ET
i! CHICKS PLA0E D
STATE
f
Week Ended
Dec.
Jan.
30
6
Jan. 13
o/o of year II Dec. ago 1I 1 30
We~k Ended
Jan.
Jan.
6
l3
% of
yaar ago 1/
THOUSANDS
..
THOUSANDS
II
line
1, 7 56
1, 7 53
1, 793
93
I
1, 333
1, 337
1, 469
100
.nnecticut
298
344
286 100
150
156
136
75
nnsylvania
1, 559
1, 466
1, 609 127
857
800
773
152
Iiana
460
446
347 57
284
274
243
72
.ssouri .laware
317 2,385
332 2,396
281 2,459
I 49
304
99
2, 106
315 2, 352
314 2,290
75 108
' ryland rginia
4,344 1, 530
4, 582 1, 530
4, 569 1, 454
106 104
,,
2,779 927
3, 119 l, 005
3,399 1, 032
104 122
:st Virginia rth Carolina nth Carolina
91
108
116 79
181
280
267
103
6,431 391
6, 500 410
I 6,682 103 448 106
4,297 313
5, 048 328
4,746 355
99 109
.
::J
:ORGIA
11,637 11,721 11,939 96
7,860
8, 698
8,682
99
or ida nne ssee aba ma ssis sippi kansas ui s iana xas shington egon lifornia
lTA L 1967-68 l2 States)
909
829
914 177
601
548
661
161
717
720
713 75
730
941
846
95
8, 528
8,751
8,752 107
5,486
6,326
6,473
107
4,669
4,621
4,607 100
3,875 4,054
3,973
103
9,303
9,493
9,326 99
6,312
6,884
7' 102
102
1, 151
1, 064
1, 066 101
803
824
821
104
4,314
4, 529
4,412 108
2, 992
3,238
3, 188
107
527
570
556 97
404
340
379
76
371
266
483 109
156
325
322
148
1, 681
1,702
l , 603 84
1, 314
1,330
1, 266
100
63,369 64, 133 64,415 101 44,064 48, 522 48,737
103
lTA L 1966-67* l2 States}
62, 459 63,390 64,011
46, 101 47,213 47,245
of Last Year
101
101
101
Current week as percent of same week last year. Revis e d.
96
103
103
ATTLE
ON FEED
GEORGIA
CROP REPORTING
SERVIO,
Releas ed 1/19/68
JANUARY 1, 1968
On January 1 t her e wer e 74,000 head of cattle and calves on grain fee d for slaughter in Georgia. Acc or di ng to t he Crop Rep orting Servic e, t his was 23 , 000 head, or 45 perc ent above the number on f eed last year at thi s time . The January 1 inventory in Georgia shovmd a partial;.. ly s easonal increase of 76 perc ent from the previ ous quarter when 42,000 head wer e on fe ed.
Fed cattle sold for slaughter dul'ing t he October - December quarter totaled 24,000 head.
This c ompared with 34,000 during the same period of 1966 and 35,000 during the July -September
quarter of l<>.s t year. There were 56,000 cat tle and calves placed on feed during the October -
December quarter
75 perc ent above t he number plac ed. a year ago and 47 percent above place-
ments dur ing the previous quarter.
Cattle fe eders i n Ge orgia had 60 ~ 000 steers and 14,000 heifers on January 1. Of the 74,000
head total, 55,000 had been on f eed l ess than 3 months, 18,000 had been on feed 3-6 months and
the remaining 1,000 had been on f eed more than 6 months.
l11a.i~r_ ~~g States
Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market in 39 feeding States are estimated at 11,451,000 head as of January 1, 1968, an increase of 2 percent from a year earlier. The 32 major fe eding States had 11,297,000 head on fee d for slaughter market c ompared with 11,125,000 head January 1, 1967, also an increase of 2 percent.
In the 32 major feeding States t he number of cattle and calves placed on feed during the fourth quarter of 1967 was 7,943 , 000 head, a 3-percent increase over the same period in
1966. Plac ements were 1 percent larger in t he North Centr al States and 5 percent higher in the
\!estern region. Recorded shipments of stocker and feeder cattle into the 8 Corn Belt States during October and November were the same as a year earlier.
Marketings of grain fed cattle for slaughter from the 32 States during the October-December quarter totaled 5,237,000 head, 4 percent more than a year earlier. North Central region marketings were up 7 percent from last year, but marketings in the Western region were dmm 2 percent.
~~~~~i~ JEten~~~~
Cattle fee ders in t he 32 major States intend to market 5,274,COO head during the JanuaryMarch period. This would be 2 perc ent more t han t he actual marketings f or the s ame period a year earlier. A breakdown of anticipated marketi ngs in the 32 States dur ing the January-l.-:iarch quarter shows 33 percent to be market ed during January, 34 percent in February and 33 percent in 1'1arch. Expected marketing s, as published, are bas ed on the usual relationship bett-veen survey data and actual marketings.
ARCHI E LANGlEY Agricultur al St atist ician I n Charge
1rJ . PAT PARKS Agricultural Statist ician
---~-------- - ~ - ----- - - - ~---------------- ---------
ISSUED BY: The Ge orgia Crop Repor t i ng Service, USDA, 409A North Lumpkin Street, Athens, Ga., in cooperation wit h the Georgia Depar t ment of Agriculture.
------~--------------C-a-t-t l-e--a -nd Calve s on Fe e d, P lac eme n-t s a n d M ar Kev:Lng s
By Quarters 1/
- PLACED . ~-------- --~---:~ ---~-- -- ----- ------- -- --Nf:Jt:JBZR
--~ --------NUMBER----
CATTLE CH FEED
:
OH FEED ?}
:
JYf.ARKETED ?}
STATE
-~--:----------~-:ac-c-:.-:July-:.:oct:--:.--:oct. -:July-.: :Oct.-=
: Jan. 1, : Cct . 1, : Jan. 1, :Dec. :Sept. :Dec. :Dec. :Sept. :Dec.
_ _____ : 1967 : 1967 : 1968 : 1966 : 1967 : 1967 : 1966 : 1967 : 1967
~--- - ----- - ---:----(coo)
------;-------~ ~o oo'f--
-:~ ~-nsoO)-~--
GEoRGIA Alabama Florida Mississippi Tennes s ee
Kentucky Oklahoma
Texas Pennsylvania 12 N. Cent . Sts . 11 V.Testern Sts .
51 42 76 25 41
59 170
674 82
7,142 2, 763
42 17 37 18 19
37 141
644 54
5,191 2 , 3 91
74 41 62 22 29
58 181
810 85
7, 137 2, 798
Jg_ State To~~l~_ _.:_ll.J:g2.__8,59L_ 11. 297
32
38
56
34
35
32
12
35
12
8
69
26
55
46
21
17
16
16
13
9
29
16
19
14
9
37
20
40
17
20
132 116 128
85
86
488 455 543 323 395
54
40
60
28
33
5, 173 3,052 5, 249 3,095 3,390
1,664 1,427 1, 742 1, 359 1,351
.
.
: _7.:..727 _2.:_218_..L_243_:__i:.Q26__2.:.327
24 11
30
12 9 19 88
377 29
3,303
1, 335
5.237_
Cattle and Calves on Feed by vrei ght Groups, Kind of Cattl e
and Length of Time on Feed, Georgia and 32 Eajor Feeding State's
- ---------- By Quar ters y'
----~-~------ - -- ------------
-------------------
GEORGIA
=Jan:-r;-:a~t:-r; -:-ran. 1,
Breakdown of Cattle on Feed : 1967 : 1967
-----
- - - :- - - -(000)
1968 --
Total on Feed Weight Groups:
Under 5oo lbs .
500-699 lbs . 700- 899 lbs . 900-1,099 lbs . 1, 100 lbs . and over
51
42
11
4
18
15
17
17
5
6
. 74 11,125
27 24 14
9- :
1, 867 2, 729 3,694 2,382
453
8,591
708 1,873 3, 073 2, 573
364
11, 297
1,864 3,013 3,606 2,427
387
Kind of Cattle : St eers and Steer Cal ves Heifer s and Hei fer Calves Cows and Others
41
37
10
5
60 7,846
14-
.
3, 218 61
6,031 2,544
16
7, 850
3, 394
53
Time on Feed:
Under 3 months
32
35
55 7, 522
4, 979
7,725
3-6 m~nths
16
5
18 : 2, 891
2, 377
3,049
Over 6 months
:
3
2
1 : 712
l. 215
'.)23
1/cattle arid-~esortfe ed areani mals b eingfattenecCio:r-tiie-siaughte~arket on grain or
- other concentrates whi ch are expected to pr oduce a carcass that will grade good or better .
?} Includes cattle plac ed on f eed after beginning of quarter and market ed by end of quarter.
Aft er Fi ve Days Return t o United States Departme nt of Agriculture
Statistical Reporti ng Servic e 409A North Lumpkin Street Athens , Georgia 30601
.Q!:f];Q~L BUSI NE....._
Post age and Fees Pai d U. S. Depart ment of Agric ul ture
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING
JAN 2 31968
ATHENS, GEORGIA
DE CE MBE R 1967
January 22, 1968
Ite m
During Dec.
1966 1/
1967 2/
o/o of last year
Jan. thru Dec.
1966 1I
1967 2/
o/o of last year
Broiler Type
Pullets Placed (U.S. )3/
Total
Domestic
Chickens Tested:
Broiler Type
Georgia
United States
Egg Type
Georgia
United Stat e s
Chicks Hatche d:
Broiler Type
Georgia
United States
Egg Type
Georgia
United States
Commercial Slaughter:4/
Young Chickens
Georgia
United States
Mature Chickens
Light Type
Georgia
United States
Heavy Type
Georgia
United States
Egg Production:
Georgia
South Atlantic United 3tates
-5/
Thou.
3, 114 2, 769
735 2, 716
49 1, 126
39,937 218, 119
2, 558 35,363
31,434 186,734
767 11, 228
309 2,447
403 1,080 5, 837
Thou.
Pet. Thou.
Thou.
Pet.
3,085 99 2,749 99
45,216 39,712
41, 427 92 36,492 92
601 82 2,305 85
12 24 783 70
6,971 28, 122
380 7, 542
6,924 99 28,738 102
312 82 7' 210 96
38,407 96 211,774 97
1, 580 62 26,851 76
519, 166 2, 746, 592
37,933 569,333
496,933 96 2,745, 524 100
32,959 87 536, 540 94
28,378 90 168,482 90
393,855
401, 591 102
2, 235, 661 2,309,662 103
704 11' 543
315 2, 176
446 1, 150 5,937
92 103
102 89
111 106
102 I
6,975 124,469
3,414 23,779
4, 501 12, 186 66,450 .
8,914 128 143, 820 116
4,206 123 26,894 113
4,977 111 13, 259 109 70, 171 106
1/ Revised. 2/ Preliminary. 3/ Pullets for broiler hatchery supply flocks, includes
expected pullet replacements from eggs sold during the preceding month at the rate of
125 pullet chicks per 30-doz. case of eggs. 4/ Federal-State Market News Service-
Slaughter reports only include poultry slaughtered under Federal Inspection. 5/ South
Atlantic States: Del., Md., W. Va., N. C., S. C., Ga., Fla., Va.
-
YOUNG CHICKENS: SLAUGHTERE D UNDE R FEDERAL INSPECTION
BY SELECTED STATES, 1966 and 1967
I
Number Inspected
State
During Nov.
Jan. thru Nov.
Indicated Percent Condemned
During Nov.
Jan. thru Nov.
1966
1967
1966
1967
1966
1967
1966
1967
Thou.
Thou.
Thou.
Thou.
Pet.
Pet.
Pet.
Pet.
Maine
4,577
4,724
64, 162 65,442 4.0
3.4
3.3
3. 5
Pa.
7,056
6, 310
80, 190 7 5, 783 4.9
4.6
4. 1
4.8
Mo.
2, 843
2,721
33, 123 36, 114 5.9
3. 1
5. 0
3.7
Del.
6,825
7,079
84,788 84, 142 4.3
5.3
4.2
5. 1
Md.
11, 300
9, 711 127' 590 130,934 4.6
5.4
4.2
4.9
Va.
2,930
4,242
39,210 46,876 4. 1
3.8
N. c.
19,477 18,460 232,958 234, 585 4.2
3.3
3.3
3.6
3.9
3.8
Ga.
27,947 28,216 348,865 362,288 4. 1
4.7
3.6
4.8
Tenn.
4,352
4, 122
56,705 56,232 4.2
3.7
3. 1
4.4
Ala.
18, 693 19,885 232,009 244, 139 3.6
3.3
3. 1
3.3
Miss.
12, 509 13, 125 146,362 151,217 3.2
2.8
3. 1
2.9
Ark.
26, 109 26,466 292,633 318,255 4.4
3.3
3.8
3.8
Texas
10, 124 11,018 119,979 138, 556 3. 1
4.0
3.3
3.3
--------
u. s.
--------------------------------------
171,303
2,050,613
---------------------------------
4. 1
3.8
3.6
4.0
172,456
2, 152, 205
U. S. Department of Agnculture
Georpa Department of Agr1culture
Statistical Reporting Service, 409A North Lumpkin Street, Athens, Georgia 30601
I United State s - December 1967
Shell egg holdings were down to 85 thousand cases after a 65-thousand case
decline in De-cember. January 1 stocks were more than 3 times the holdings of a
year earlier and 15 percent larger than ave rage. Frozen egg holdings totaled 87
million pounds, 9 million less than a month earlier. Holdings on January 1, 1967 were
36 million pounds and average holdings are 57 million pounds. The December 1967
decline of 9 million pounds was 6 million larger than last year but 3 million less than
average. January 1 stocks of frozen poultry were 548 million pounds compared with
437 million last year and the average of 360 million pounds. The December 1967 decline
of 61 million pounds was average for the month but about double the December 1966
disappearance . Frozen turkeys stored on January 1 were 370 million pounds, about
100 million pounds more than a year earlier and 150 million more than average. Frozen
beef holdings were up 11 million pounds from December 1, and totaled 266 million at the
beginning of this year. These stocks were 26 million short of year earlier supplies but
33 million larger than average. A 5-percent gain in frozen pork holdings in December
brought January 1 warehouse holdings up to 257 million pounds. Stocks were larger for
all frozen pork cuts except hams, which de clined 45 percent to 28 million pounds. The
largest gain was in pork bellies which totaled 70 million pounds on January 1, 1968.
This was 21 million more than a month earlier and 25 million more than a ye ar earlier.
Stocks of dry salt pork were up slightly from a month earlier but a reduction in other
pork cuts more than offset these gains. Total cooler pork was down 13 percent to 30
million pounds.
Commodity
Unit
Dec. 1961-65 av
Dec. 1966
Nov. 1967
Dec. 1967
Eggs: Shell Frozen eggs, total
Case
1
!Pound
Thou.
74 57,436
Thou.
27 36,228
Thou.
150 95,957
Thou.
85 87,247
Poultry, frozen: Broilers or fryers Hens, fowls Turkeys Other & Unclassified
Total Poultry
I
Pound do . do . do. do.
28,674
42,075
40,271
41,058
54,701
53,466
68,932
71,454
218, 287
267, 101 430,952 369, 527
58, 826
73,431
68, 232
65, 731
- ~~2~ ~~~------- -~3-~-q_7_~--- _62_8!. ]_8_7_--- ~~ 7!. 772-----
Beef: Frozen in Cure
and Cured
do.
247,756
306,558 267, 146 277,741
Pork: Frozen and
Cooler
do.
Other meat and meat
228,340
234,233 278, 586 287' 139
products Total all red meats
do. 1 do.
89,685 565, 781
80,694 621,485
91,064 636,796
85,249 650, 129
MID-MONTH PRICES RECEIVED AND PRICES PAIP
Item
G e orgia
Dec. 15 Nov. 15 Dec. 15
1966
1967
1967
United States
Dec. 15 Nov.l5 Dec. 15
1966
1967
1967
Prices Received:
Cents Cents Cents
Cents Cents
Cents
Chickens, lb. excluding
broilers
10.0
9.0
9. 5
8. 9
7.6
7.8
Com 'l Broilers (lb.)
11. 0
10. 5
10. 5
12 . 0
ll. 5
11. 6
All Chickens (lb.)
10.9
10.4
10.4
11. 6
11.0
11. 2
All Eggs (dozens)
47.6
36. l
38.9
41.0
29.6
32. 1
Prices Paid :(Eer 100 lb.)
Dol.
Dol.
Dol.
Dol.
Dol.
Dol.
Broiler Grower
5.40
4.90
4.90
5. ll
4. 83
4.82
-Laying Feed
5. 10
4.70
4.75
4.70
4,49
4 . 52
-' Scratch Grains
4.45
4. 10
4. 10
4.09
3.97
3.96
This report is made possible through the cooperation of the National Poultry Improvement
Plan, Official State Agencies, the Animal Husbandry Research Division of the Agricultural Research S ervice, the Inspection Branch of the Poultry Division, Consumer and Marketing Service and the Agricultural Estimates Division of the Statistical Reporting Service and the many breeders, hatche ries, poultry processors and the poultry farmers that report
to these agencies. ARCHIE LANGLEY
Vol. A. WAGNER
Agricultural Statistician In Charge
Agricultural Statistician
After Five Days Return to: Unite d States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street
Athens, Georgia 30601 OF.CICIAL BUSINESS
Postage and .t'~ees Paid U. S. Department of Agriculture
.JA N 2 5 1968 EORuTA CROP
SERVICE
ATHENS, GEORGIA
January 24, 1968
GEORGIA CHICK HATCHERY REPORT
Placement of broiler chicks in Georgia during the week ended January 20 was 8, 791, 000--1 percent more than the previous week but 1 percent less than the comparable week last year, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service.
An estimated 11, 832, 000 broiler type eggs were set by Georgia hatcheries-! percent less than the previous week and 6 percent less than the comparable week a year earlier.
The majority of the prices paid to Georgia producers for broiler hatching eggs were reported within a range of 50 to 65 cents per dozen. The average price of hatching eggs was 59 cents per dozen. The price of eggs from flocks with hatchery owned cockerels generally was 2 cents below the average price. Most prices received for broiler chicks by Georgia hatcheries were reported within a range of $6. 00 to $9.00 with an average of $8.25 per hundred. The average prices last year were 60 cents for eggs and $8.75 for chicks.
Week Ended
GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS, AND CHICK PLACEMENTS
EGG TYPE
Eggs Set
-19bb
-19b7
'ro of
year
1967
1968
ago
Chicks Hatched
-19bb
-19b7
1967
1968
Thou.
Thou.
Pet.
Thou.
Thou.
'7o of year ago
Pet.
Dec. 23 Dec. 30 Jan. 6 Jan. 13 Jan. 20
Week Ended
Nov. 18 Nov. 25 Dec. 2 Dec. 9 Dec. 16 Dec. 23 Dec. 30 Jan. 6 Jan. 13 Jan. 20 1/ Revised
881 815
969 1, 085 1, 194
710
81
605
458
56
561
735
76
513
679
63
652
793
66
619
BROILER TYPE
Eggs Set 11
-19bb
1967 Thou.
-19b7
1968 Thou.
'ro of
year ago
Pet.
Chicks Placed for
B railers in Georgia
-19bb
-l9b7
'ro of
year
1967
1968 ago
Thou.
Thou. Pet.
11, 203 10,940
98
11, 433 10, 814
95
11, 276 11,289 100
11,729 10,633
91
11, 908 11, 427
96
11, 835 11, 445
97
11, 615 11,637 100
12,359 11, 721
95
12,392 11, 939
96
12,562 11,832
94
8,376 8, 203 8, 151 8, 171 8,417 8,435 8, 546 8, 891 8,783 8, 843
8, 173 98
8,068 98
8, 103 99
8,315 102
8, 060 96
8,446 100
7, 860 92
8, 698 98
8,682 99
8, 791
99
368
61
335
60
472
92
568
87
393
63
Av. Price
Hatch
Broiler
Eggs Per Doz. 1967-68
Chicks Per Hundred 1967-68
Cents
Dollars
57
s.oo
57
8.00
57
s.oo
57
8.00
57
8.00
57
8.00
57
8.00
58
8.25
59
8.25
59
8.25
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
- W. A. WAGNER Agricultural Statistician
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Georgia Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service
409A North Lumpkin Street, Athens, Georgia
BROILER TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMME ~ CIAL AR E A S BY WE EKS - 1968
Page 2
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EGGS SET
il CHICKS PLACED
I
I
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Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
o of I!
year ! Jan.
Vleek ~~ nded
Jan.
Jan.
o/o of
year
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13
20
ago 1/ : 6
13
20
! ago 1/
THOUSANDS
THOU3A ND.3
Maine Connecticut Pe nnsy1vania Indiana Missouri Delaware Maryland Virginia We st Virginia North Carolina South Carolina
GE ORGIA
1, 753
1, 793
1, 737
90
1, 337
1, 469
1, 323
90
344 1, 466
446 332
286 1,609
347 281
281
87
1, 401 109
438 71
274
52
156
136
162
93
800
773
962
169
274
243
243
59
315
314
381
100
2,396 4, 582 1, 530
2, 459 4,569 1, 454
2,282
91
4,601 100
1,372 92
2, 352
2,290
2, 189
87
3, 119
3,399
3,384
113
1, 005
1, 032
1, 024
118
108
116
108 72
280
267
357
162.
6, 500
6,682
6,789 103 I; 4,868* 4, 7Ll 6
5, 025
105
410
448
494 114 1: 328
355
310
88
j:
11, 721 11,939 11, 832
94
8,698
8,682
8, 791
99
Florida
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
Washington
Or eg on
California
TOTAL 1968
(22 State s)
I
829
914
891 159
548
661
719
160
720
713
684
72
941
846
834
93
8, 751
8,752
8, 583 103
6,326
6,473
6,492
105
4,621
4 ,607
4,557
98
4,054
3,973
4, 050
110
9,493
9,326
9, 282
96
6, 884
7' 102
6, 879
99
1, 064
1,066
1, 059
97
824
821
896
114
4, 529
4,412
4,381 104
3, 236* 3, 188
3, 185
108
570
556
570
84
340
379
392
100
266
4 83
308
73
325
I!
322
297
106
1,702
1,603
1, 674
87 li 1, 330
1, 266
1, 286
97
64, 133 64 ,415 63, 598
97 114 8, 34 0* 48,737 49, 181
104
i
I
I
TOTAL 1967* (22 State s)
I
63,390 64,011 65,438
I
%of Last Ye ar I
101
101
97
JJ Curr e nt w e ek a 's percent of same w e ek last year
* Revised.
!47, 213
I
I
103
47,245 103
47, 505 104
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GEORGIA HONEY PRODUCTI ON UP 9 PERCENT I N 1967
Honey production during 1967 t ot aled 4,500, 000 pounds - 9 percent above the 1966 production of 4,128,000 pounds. A slight i ncreas e i n number of colonies and yield per colony resulted in this increas ed production in 1967 .
Beekeepers reported 6?5 ,000 pounds of honey on hand for sale in mid-December, compared with
454, 000 pounds a year earlier.
Prices rec eived by beekeepers for all honey sold during 1967 averaged 17.0 cents per pound c ompared with 18. 8 cents in 1966 .
Beeswax production totaled 81, 000 pounds and was valued at ~i>47 ,000.
UNITED STATES Hm~y PRODUCTION DOWN 10 PERCENT I N 1967
Honey production during 1967 t otaled 223,363,000 pounds, down 10 percent from the 1966 crop
and the lowest production since 1956. The 1967 production per colony averaged 46.3 pounds,
compared with 51.9 pounds in 1966 . The 1967 honey crop was pr oduced by 4,825,000 colonies, up
1 percent from the 4,772,000 colonies in 1966. Production of beeswax, at 4,543,000 pounds, for the 1967 season ~vas down 4 percent fr om the 1966 crop of 4, 739,000. In mid-December producers
reported 59 million pounds of honey on hand for sale compared with 57 million pounds a year
earlier and the 1961-65 average of 61 million pounds. Stocks in mid-December represented 26
percent of the 1967 crop compared wi th 23 perc ent in 1966.
The 1967 s eason was unfav orable in most ar eas of t he United States except the South Atlantic region and California. Low rainfall and high temperatures during the spring and summer months vrere primarily responsible for lot.ver ed production in most of the States. The number one
l1oney producing State, California, i ncreased production almost one-half over the low 1966 pro-
duction. Production of honey vJas loHer than, or the same as, last year in 31 States and higher in 18 States. Of the top eight producing States, only California and ~'iinnesota showed higher production in 1967 than in 1966.
In 1967 producers of h oney received an average of 15.6 cents per pound for sales of their products. Prices of honey sold wholesale in 1967, excluding chunk and comb, are not strictly comparable with 1966 prices, because of a revision in the 1967 honey questionnaire. The 1966 average price for all honey was 17.4 cents. These prices relate to all wholesale and retail sales of extracted , chunk, and c omb honey f r om both large and small apiaries.
Unproc essed bulk honey averaged 12.4 cents per pound, while processed bulk honey averaged
14.8 cents per pound in 1967. Proc essed pac kaged honey was 22.5 cents per pound. Extracted honey in wholesale lots averaged 13.5 cents per pound compared with 14.4 cents per pound in
1966. Chunk honey sold wholesale averaged 27. 9 cents per pound in both 1966 and 1967. Whole-
sale sales of comb honey averaged 35.0 cents per pound in 1967, up slightly from 36.1 cents
in 1966.
Pric es f or r etail s al es of extracted honey averaged 29.7 cents per pound in 1967, compared with 27. 9 cents in 1966 . The pric e of comb honey sold r etail increased from 40.8 cents in 1966 t o 42. 5 cents in 1967. Retail sales of chunk honey averaged 37.9 cents in 1967 compared with 37.5 cents i n 1966 .
The pric e of beeswax increased shar pl y from 1966 to 1967. BeesvJax averaged 58.8 cents per pound in 1967, up f rom 46. 6 cents per pound in 1966. A f actor that contributed to the higher price was a dr op in imports from South Ameri ca and Afric a . Normally, about half of the U. S. domestic c onsumption of bee s wax is impor ted .
ARCHI E lANGLEY
L. H. HARRIS, JR.
Agricultur al Stat istician I n Charge
Statistical Assistant
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:
: -l%b-:-I'967--:-l966--:-1967-:--l966-!--l9~-:
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Naine
N. H. Vt. Hass. R. I. Conn.
N. Y. N. J. Pa.
5
5
31
23
.5
.5
40
24
8
8
47
35
10
10
22
24
2
2
22
22
10
10
18
28
164
164
54
40
36
37
34
40
117
113
32
29
15.5 200 376 220
44
180
8' 8.56 1,224 3, 744
11.5 120 280 240
44 280 6,.560 1,480
3,277
66 82
123 88
17 70 1 , 461
395 839
50 48
92 100 16 110 1,030
364 662
Ohio
Ind. Ill. Mich. Wis.
149
149
41
ll
6, 109
1, 639
98
102
62
13
6,076
1,326
91
91
67
39
6,097
3,549
116
121
74
.so
8, .5 84
6,050
142
142 105
78
14,910
11,076
1,173 1,209 1,238
1,42.5
2,56.5
316
223
674 901 1, 661
Minn. Iowa Mo.
N. Dak.
s. Dak.
Nebr. Kans.
19.5
189
92
108
137
141 104
90
102
101
6.5
55
46
.so 11.5
102
9.5
101 112
100
99
103
9.5
55
49
49
6.5
.so
17,940 14,248
6, 630
.5,2 90 10,640
9,405 3,185
20,412 12,690
5,.5.5.5 .5,100 10,100
.5,665 2,450
2,763
2, 36.5 1,.518
698
1,.532
1,336
.567
3,164 1,904
867 694
1, 374 708 385
De l . l"ld. va. vf. va.
N. C.
s. c.
GEORGIA Fla.
5
.5
37
43
185
21.5
65
70
32
32
40
46
1,280
1,472
380
421
106
103
18
22
1,908
2,266
55?
646
89
92
12
24
1,068
2,208
372
707
213
226
10
1.5
2,130
3,390
609
800
60
63
ll
12
660
7.5 6
206
22.5
172
180
24
2.5
4, 128
4;..5QQ__
776
76.5
294
309
6(5
5tl
19,9?2
17,922
3,359
2,652
Ky .
Tenn. Ala .
1'-iiss.
A1ark. .
Okla. Texas
88
87
22
22
1, 936
1,914
142
146
20
16
2,840
2,336
99
96
27
23
2, 673
2,208
6.5
65
32
32
2, 080
2,080
90
92
26
28
2,340
2, .5?6
86
86
39
40
3,354
3,440
49
50
37
46
1,813
2,300
239
22 9
51
40
12,189
9,160
693 900 631
443 521 5.50 439 1, 914
60.5 467 431 439 611
533 538 1 , 356
Mont.
80
80
80
98
6,400
7,840
986
1,113
Idaho
210
214
5o
48
10,.500
10,272
., 1,596
1,315
V.Jyo .
31
31
71
53
2, 201
1,643
321
222
Colo.
53
.51
82
42
4,346
2,142
717
3.56
N. Mex.
14
15
73
.54
1,022
810
142
97
Ariz.
96
88
68
41
6, .528
3,608
796
400
Utah
51
.51
51
44
2,601
2,244
403
294
Nev .
9
9
68
80
612
720
86
103
Wash.
91
97
44
43
4,oo4
4,171
505
563
Oreg .
67
70
47
39
3, 149
2, 730
617
388
Calif.
.5.59
559
38
48 States 4,76""6 4,819
jl. 9
Hawaii
58 :---r--~-6--
54 46.3
41
21,242
~7,2 94
_]~~223,117
2). 846
3,hll_.
42,9~--~871
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GEORGIA:
Most Grain Stocks Up
Soybean stocks in all positions on January l, 1968 totaled 10,340,000 bushels- sharply above the 6,768,000 bushels on hand a year ago.' Stored corn in Georgia totaled 56 ,723,000 bushels compared with 34,735,000 bushels on hand a year ago. Wheat, stored in all positions, totaled l ,310,000 bushels compared with 771,000 bushels on January l, 1967. Holdings of 28~,000 bushels of sorqhum grain were up from 279,000 bushels. Rye holdings of 132,000 bushels were up sharply from the 12,000 bushels on hand a year ago. Oats stocks at 701,000 bushels were down 794,000 bush els. Stored barley at 56,000 bushels, was 66,000 bushels below holdings a year ago.
Total rated capacity of off-farm commercial storage establishments in Georgia was 26,000,000 bushels on January l, 1968 compared with 23,000,000 bushels last year.
GRAIN
Georgia Grain Stocks -- January l ' 1968 with comparisons
ALL POSITIONS
ON FARMS
OFF FARMS
:Jan. I Av.
1967
1968
1967
1968
1962-66
1967
l ,000 bushels
I ,000 bushels
1,000 bushels
1968
Corn
27,647
46,205
7,088
10,5lts
Oats
l ,205
595
290
106
Bar! ey
104
*
18
*
Wheat
176
507
59 5
803
Rye
10
62
2
70
Sorghum Soybeans
242 2,700
k
4, 553
37 4,068
i:
5,7<57
*Not pub 1 i shed to avoid disclosing individual operations.
36,917 1 ,622
107 817
27 237 1,905
34,735 l ,495 122
771 12
27'9 6,768
56' 723 701
56 I ,310
132 289 10,340
UN ITED STATES
Wheat, Feed Grain and Soybean Stocks Larqer
Wheat stocks were 15 percent more than a year earlier, but otherwise the smallest January holdings since 1953. Stocks of the four feed grains totaled 156 mill ion tons-- 9 percent more than last year, but 5 percent below average. Soybean stocks were a record high 8 percent above a year earlier.
~wheat in storage on January l totaled 1,208 mill ion bushels. Off-farm stocks, at 704 mill ion bushels, were up 10 percent from January I last year and farm holdings, at 505 mill ion bushels, were up 23 percent. Disappearance from all storage positions during the 1967 OctoberDecember quarter is indicated at 348 mill ion bushels compared with 367 mill ion bushels a year earlier.
Rye stocks of 27.7 mill ion bushels in all storage positions were 2 percent less than a year earlier. Oat stocks in all storage positions on January 1 totaled 647 mill ion bushels compared with 662 mill ion a year earlier. Most of the dec! ine in total stocks occurred in stocks held on farms. Barley stored in all positions on January l, 196o totaled 303 mill ion bushels -- 3 percent more than a year earlier. Both on-farm and off-farm stocks increased from year-earlier levels. Sorqhum qrain in all storage positions totaled 733 mill ion bushels on January 1, 1968, ll percent less than a year earlier. Production hit a record high in 1967, but carryover on October 1 was well below a year earlier.
Corn in all storage positions on January 1 totaled 4,215 mill ion bushels- - IS percent more than a year earlier and l percent above average . Production of corn in 1967 was 15 percent . more than in 1966, but carryover of old corn on October l was 2 percent less than a year earlier. Indicated disappearance of corn durin g the 1967 October-December quarter was l ,330 mill ion bushels.
Soybean stocks in all positions on January I, 196o totaled 782 mill ion bushels. Off-farm stocks, at 432 mill ion bushels, were 15 percent above a year earlier, and farm stocks at 350 mill ion bushels were 2 percent above.
ARCHIE LAN GLEY Agricultural Statistician In Char ge
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A-GL-rLa-i-lnJH--E-a.-An-Td---p-o--s--i-t-i-o-n-------------------1-9-6-2---6-6-------.-19-6-7 --------1-96-7----------1-96-8---
On Farms 1/
356,207
408,539
601,522
504,541
}C1iomllms,odEitylevC.red&i1trfuCseosrp. .Y2J/I
__ 34,189
3,926
969
761
l_,_?42_, }1 ____ 636.:,.6,?_1____ _923.:..62_8_____ 10?.,~81:
R-Y-E
-
-
-
-T-G-TA-L -
------------------
--L-6-3-9.-7
0-7-
-.
-
-
-
- - -1 . 0 4 9 . 1 16
1.55
----------~-
6.
18
9
- - -1.-20-8.1-8-3
On Farms 1/
10,316
9,566
12,276
8,683
Commod Mills,
i
ty Credit Corp. Elev. & Whses.
y
J2/ )
_ 202
605
474
425
~ ~ _1J:,~2. ~ ____ l._8.:.2J:.6_____ g_0.:.$4______1.,22.
TOTAL
21.~43
28. 387
33.274
27.737
-coRN----~-----------------~---------~~--------------------
On Farms 1/
Commodity Credit Corp. 2/
Mills, Elev. & Whses. OATs_ _ _ _ _TO-TAL-- - - - -
1; --
-~3/
3,001,756
2,898,768
569 ,155
3,352,730
468,884
108,491
97,571
97,846
- - [.7l2912:58"6o4~
~
--
670.12 8 -3767773 87- -
156.504 -- -8237'2'30----
764 379 4.2lho955"
--~--------------~--------------
On Farms 1/
664, 856
556,765
640,299
543,621
Commodity Credit Corp. 2/
4,332
7,232
6,674
6,668
________ _____________ Mills, El ev. & lJhses. 1r31
TOTAL
--
------ ~ - ----
82, 266
97. 878
128.996
97,084
- - - - - -6"617875---- - - - 647.3i3 7.5.. 1 .[5~ ~-
~77579 "69--
~-------- - -- -- --------
BARlEY
On Farms 1/
190,295
179,138
230,565
182 ,795
Commodity Credit Corp. 2/
9,439
4,786
4,030
3,902
- Mills, El ev . & Whses . 1;-3;
120,871
110.440
145.441
_ _ _T~~-------- _~ -~-__jg".!.bo1_:_:__:_:._:g2~:;]~4-_:-_:_:~2so;g]:-_-
...=-_:_]1_1g5f.,!901r7i_
SORGHUM
On Farms 1/
176, 652
234,168
44,414
218,921
Commodity Credit Corp. 2/
4,670
4,632
4,598
4,572
1'-iills,
-SOY-BE-AN-S
El ev.
-TO-TA-L
&
-
Whses.
---
-1;-_3/
ti
-- l
821 731
582.240
oo) :o5}- - - - -821-0[0-
194. 888 - - - -2[37900--
-~--.::.:l- ----- ------.1.--...---------- ----
-
-
-
.5-~-f0...93..1.:.9f..i8-i.01-
On Farms 1/
243,816
344,394
h/ 41,626
349, 784
Commodity Credit Corp. 2/
57
0
4/ 0
0
Mills ~ Eiev . & Whses. 1r1/
TGrAL
- ...
- -
-
306 410 S5o-:28} -
-
-
-
377.041 -721-;-435- -
-
W47
48.511 9o;lJ7- -- -
-
432 42.3 78r,2o7
V!:::"Es-t:-:im~atesOftheCrop ReportingBOard.-----
----
---
2/ CCC-owned grain at bin sites .
J/ All off-farm storages not other'lvise dssigr..ated, including terminals and processing plants.
- Inc ludes CCC -owned grain in these storages.
gj September 1 estimate.
--------------------- ------
r s_s_U-EDBY-:--Th_e_G_e-or_g_i_a. Crop Reporting service:-usDA, 409ANOrth LumpkinStreet, Athens:-aa., in cooperation with the Ge orgia Department of Agriculture.
Aft er Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Servic e 409A North Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 30601
QFEICIA~ ~~~~
Postage and Fees Paid U. S. Department of Agriculture
'd0 )
Acquisitions Division University of Georgia UniversitY Libraries Athons Goorgia 30601
FARM
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
ATHENS, GEORGIA
January 30, 1968
GEORGIA TURKEY GROWERS I NTEND TO RAISE 5 PERCENT LESS TURKEYS
I N 1968 ~~: Turkey gr owers in Geor gi a expect to produce 1,827,000 head in 1968 compared with
1, 917,000 in 1967, or a decrease of 5 percent. Growers expect to produce
1,662,000 heavy breeds and 165 ,000 light breeds compared with 1,807,000 and 110,000, respectively, last year.
t1H'IED STATES GRCMERS I NTEND TO RAI SE FEHER TURKEYS IN 1968
United States: Turkey growers intend to pr oduce 14 percent fewer turkeys in 1968 than last ------ year, according to the Crop Reporting Board. Present plans of growers are
to reduce heavy breeds by 15 percent and light breeds by 10 percent. If produc ers carry out their present intentions , the 1968 turkey crop for the Nation would be about 108 million compared with the 126 million turkeys raised in 1967. A crop of this size, even with the sharp decrease, would be the third l argest of record, exceeded only by the 1966 and 1967 crops. Production cutbacks are planned in all r egions of the country. Decreases planned are: West 22 percent, North Atlantic 18 percent, West North Central 13 percent, East North Central and South Central 12 percent each, and South Atlantic 9 percent.
Growers plan to produce 93.8 million heavy breed turkeys in 1968, a decrease of 15 percent from last year. Present plans indicate that heavy breed turkeys will account for about 86 percent of total turkeys raised in 1968 , compared with 87 percent in 1967 and 86 percent in 1966. Decreases planned for heavy breeds are 24 percent in the West, 17 percent in the North Atlantic, 13 percent in the South Central and West North Central, 11 percent in the East North Central and 8 percent in the South Atlantic.
Producers intend to raise 14.7 million light breed turkeys in 1968, down 10 percent from last year. The expected number of light breeds to be raised in 1968 is below last year in all
regions except the South Central and West wher e increases are expected to be 4 and 5 percent,
respectively.
The number of turkeys actually raised in 1968 may vary somewhat from the January 1, 1968 intentions of growers. Such changes may depend on reactions to this report, price of feed, supply and prices of hatching eggs and poults, and prices received for turkeys during the next few months. On January 1, 1967 growers intended to produce 8 percent more turkeys in 1967 than 1966. The number produced in 1967 was 8 percent more than in 1966; however, there were some slight . changes from intentions in both light and heavy breeds.
Testings of all heavy breeds July through December 1967 were down 25 percent from the cor-
responding period in 1966. The July -December testings of light breeds were down 32 percent from the same months a year earlier.
C. L. CRENSHAW Agricultural Statistician
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
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in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture.
After Five Days Return to
United States Department of Agriculture Statistical Reporting Servic e 409A North Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUS INESS
Postage and Fees Paid
U. s. Department of Agriculture
Acquisitions Division University of Georgia University Libraries Athons Georgia 30601
Turkeys: Numbe r rais e d l 96 7 and inte nded numbe r to be
---stare--:.
rai sed in 1968, by breeds , by States
---- --------19b7-----~----:- ---
l9D8
:Total turkeys
and
--Heavy --: Light --:---
-----Heavy
division : breeds : breeds : Total
breeds
----~-~---"l;ooo--1;ooo - ----r;ooo- - -- 1, ooo
Light :
:1968 as per-
-- breeds :
1, ooo
-
1T,ootaol
o
:cen -
t
of
1967
head
~3_
head
~~ad_
~~
b~L
~~
Maine
30
3
33
23
3
26
79
New Hampshire
66
4
70
69
3
72
103
Vermont
20
0
20
20
3
23
115
Mass.
234
16
250
199
16
215
86
Rhode Island
14
0
14
12
0
12
86
Connecticut
153
9
162
141
9
150
93
New York
331
48
379
308
43
351
93
New Jers ey : 477
ll
488
339
11
350
72
Pennsylvania N. Atlantic
: :
-3l ~
07683 8-~-323412 _
_
_32.. 402045-
-
--
-
12.45456 7--~I15i7~-~21:.680o32___8802_ _
Ohio
:-3, 451____603- - 4 , o54___ 3,55j___ 464 ---4,019
99--
Indiana
3, 794
52 9
4, 323
3,111
397
3,508
81
Illinois
911
84
995
72 9
78
807
81
Michigan
: 1,087
80
1,167
1,033
80
1,113
95
Wisconsin E.N. Central
::D~4-. 6-181:7544-5 8-J::S5:.0t;7I6:S_
_
_
112:97J1"99~1.349I87---I~4.831669-----
86 8. .;;,-8--
Minnesota
:- 11,952 ~:?ss----r7:74o ----il:59J - 4 , 9 2o--- 16,513---~---
Iowa
7,091
440
7,531
5,673
396
6,069
81
Missouri
11,159
314
11,473
9,262
236
9,498
83
North Dakota
1,005
102
1,107
854
106
960
87
South Dakota
675
604
1,279
506
761
1,267
99
Nebnaska
904
9
913
814
8
822
90
Kansas
: 597
3
600
394
12
406
68 ___ _
4 w. N. Central:-33.:.383___ ]~g6o _:::_4o.t;Ii3--~:.._ 2~.096-- ~I!)~==35.~5r----s:7____
Delaware
: 105
201
306
105
151
25 6
8
Maryland
157
21
178
152
16
168
94
Virginia
2,717 2,880
5 , 5 97
2,771
2,304
5,075
91
West Virginia : 893
771
1, 664
679
810
1,489
89
North Carolina: 5,919 1,018
6, 937
5, 623
1,018
6,641
96
South Carolina: 1,901
0
1, 901
1,426
1,426
75
Georgia Florida
--:: -~1.68047
110
1, 917
1,662
165
-195----gr-----64 ---19g
l~282579--IO95o--
South Atl. :J~~--s~i%" ~==--l-~:7~--- J:S:.~~---=4:259 ~--17.14}- -
Kentucky
: 221
22
2L!.3
7;;
ll
86
91 35
Tennessee
37
0
37
33
33
89
Alabama
1,041
6
1, 047
729
2
731
70
Mississippi
94
1
95
90
l
91
96
Arkansas
7,872
470
8,342
5, 903
555
6,538
78
Louisiana
10
10
8
8
80
Oklahoma
: 1,571
5o
1,621
1,414
38
1,452
90
Texas
: ~ 8 94
South Central:18, 7hO
-719465--
3,090
7. 973
19.485'"""-----y{).3og--
176774____1'87.:104709_
101 _ _ _8 _ 8-
-
Mont., Idaho - - - -
---------~---~
----------------
& Wyo. 1/
262
6
268
209
l
210
78
Colorado
2,565
83
2, 648
2,180
85
2,265
86
New Mexico
9
l
10
9
l
10
100
Ariz ona
81
0
81
47
47
58
Utah
3,781
22
3, 803
3,025
51
3,076
81
Nevada
Washington
416
196
612
374
225
599
98
Oregon
: 1,687
301
1,988
1,350
301
1,651
83
California We s t er n
.:=---218-7~-653-2-. . . ----l .-54-56-9~s-- ----"-12-9-8.1-31-21-1--_-_-_-21--o3-.-:8.90..2% _...-._--1--. 1-42-5-39-----..212.L.2:.:2I6Tl
9
-
75
--?--s---------
. UNITED STATES: 110,088 16,355
126 , 443
93, 835 14,657 108,492
86
~ntana:rd;hoallifwyomingcombinedtoavoiddisclosing illilividual-operationS:-----
~ ~
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
;:~~ w~~mrb'L?
rn~m'L?
ATHENS, GEORGIA
FEB 11968
LIBRARIES G E O R GIA CHICK HAT C HER Y RE PO..-\~-------J
January 31, 19f 8
Placement of broile r chicks in Ge orgia during the week ended January 27 was 8, 722, 000--1 percent less than the previous we ek and 2 percent less than the comparable w e ek last year, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting .S ervice.
An estimate d 11, 988, 000 broile r type eggs were set by G e orgia hatcheries-! percent more than the previous week but 7 percent less than the comparable week a year earlier.
The m a jority of the prices paid to Georgia producers for broiler hatching e ggs w e r e r ep ort e d within a range of 50 to 65 cents per dozen. The average price of hatc hing eggs was 59 cents p e r dozen. The price of eggs from flocks with hatchery owne d cockerels generally was 2 cents be low the average price. Most prices received for broiler chicks by Georgia hatcheries were reported within a range of $6.00 to $ 9.00 with an average of $8.50 per hundred. The average prices last year were 60 cents for eggs and $8. 7 5 for chicks.
Week E nded
GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS, AND CHICK PLACEMENTS
EGG TYPE
Eggs Set
-1966
1967
1967
-
1968
! %of year
I
I ago
Chicks Hatched
-1966
1967
1967
-
1968
Thou.
Thou.
Pet.
Thou.
Thou.
% of
year ago
Pet.
Dec. 30 Jan. 6 Jan. 13 Jan. 20 Jan. 27
Week Ended
815 969 1,085 1, 194 1, 178
Eggs Set_!./
1966
-
1967 Thou.
1967
-
1968
Thou.
458
56
561
735
76
513
679
63
652
793 I 66
619
704 I 60 I
760
BROILER TYPE
335
60
472
92
568
87
393
63
595
I
I
78
% of
year ago ;
Av. Price
Chicks Placed for ~~Hatch
Broiler
Broil'-....". rs in Georgia I Eggs
I
1966
1967
% I
of i
Per
-
-
year I Doz.
1967
1968
ago I 1967-68
Chicks Per Hundred 1967-68
Pet.
Thou.
Thou. Pet. Cents
Dollars
Nov. 25
11,433 10, 814
95
8, 203
8,068 98
57
Dec. 2
11,276 11,289 100
8, 151
8, 103
99
57
Dec. 9
11, 729 10,633
91
8, 171
8, 315 102
57
Dec. 16
11,908 11,427
96
8,417
8,060
96
57
De c. 23
11, 83 5 11,445
97
8,435
8,446 100
57
Dec. 30
11,615 11,637 100
8, 546
7,860
92
57
Jan. 6
12, 359 11,721
95
8, 891
8,698 98
58
Jan. 13
12,392 11,939
96
8,783
8,682
99
59
Jan. 20 Jan. 27
12, 562 11,832
94
8,843
8,791
99
59
12, 892 11,988
I 93
8,929
8,722
98
59
1/ Revised.
8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.25 8.25 8.25 8. 50
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
W. A. WAGNE R Agricultural Statistician
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Georgia Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service
409A North Lumpkin Street, Athens, Georgia
BROILER TYPE E GGS SET AND CHICKS PLAC E D IN COMMERCIAL ARE AS BY 'VE E KS - 1968 Page 2
STATE
Jan. 13
E GGS SET
Week Ended Jan. 20
Jan. 27
THOUSA NDS
i II;
CHICKS PLA CED
o/o of
ye ar
Jan.
Week E nded J::l.n.
I
Jan. --- II'
I ago l/ 1 13
20
27 I
~
THOUSANDS
o/o of
year ago 1/
Maine Conne cticut P ennsylvania Indi ana Mi s souri Delawar e Maryland Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina
1, 793 286
1, 609 347 281
2, 4 59 4, 569 1, 454
116 6,682
448
1,737 281
1, 401 438 274
2,282 4,6 01 1, 372
108 6,7 89
494
1, 857 99 363 115
1, 566 111
492 75
289 53 2,432 97 4,684 102 1, 521 96
119 78 6, 575 100
456 108
1, 469
1, 323
l, 'j77
92
136
162
136
71
773
962
935
133
243
24 3
278
73
314
381
425
115
2, 29 0
2, 189
2,43 7
103
3, 399
3, 384:
3, 174
99
1,032
1,024
1, 153
151
26 7
357
266
112
4,746
5,025
5, 033
104
35 5
31 0
358
105
GE OR GIA
"'
11,939 11, 832 11,988 93
8, 682
8,791
8, 722
98
Flo rida
T e nnessee Alabama Miss issippi
~A r kansas
!~ Louisiana T exas Washington ~ Oregon " California
i~ TOTAL 1968 (22 States)
914
89 1
930 148
661
719
672
142
713
684
694 72
846
834
696
84
8, 7 52
8, 58 3
8, 604 103
6,473
6,492
6,832
111
i
4, 60 7 9, 326
4, 557 9,282
4 , 681 103 9, 4 51 95
3,973
4,050
4,01 0
105
7, 102
6,879
6, 94Ll
100
~
1, 066 4,412
1, 059 4,381
1,030 98 4,607 105
821
89 6
785
103
3, 188
3, 185
3,487
112
556
570
627 83
379
392
415
88
483
308
408 151
322
297
292
86
1, 603
1, 674
1, 727 88
1,266
1,286
1, 288
94
64,415 63, 598 65, 101 98 48, 737 49, 181 49,720
103
E~ TOTAL 1967* ' (22 States)
64, 011 65,438 66,398
47,245 47,505 48, 151
%of Last Year
101
97
98
1/ Current week as percent of same we ek last year.
* Revised.
li 103
104
103
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FEB 5 1968 1968
Released 2/2/68 GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
GE ORGIA PRICES RECEIVED 4 POINTS LOWER
The Index of Prices Received by Georgia Farmers for All Commodities declined 4 points
during the month ended January 15, 1968 to 255. This was 12 points above the January 15,- ,1967
index of 243.
The price of cotton declined 3 cents per pound to 27.0 and was principally responsible for the decline in the All Crop Index to 277 as most grain crop prices registered small increases and other crops showed no change. Meat animal prices were mostly unchanged, and increases in prices of broilers and eggs pushed the Livestock Index 6 points higher to 209. This was 8 points below that for January 1967.
UNITED STATES PRICES RECEIVED AND PARITY INDEXES UP 2 POINTS ApJUSTED PARITY RATIO 79
During the month ended January 15, the Index of Prices Received by Farmers advanced 2
points (3/4 percent) to 255 percent of its 1910-14 average. Higher prices for hogs, tomatoes,
and lettuce contributed most to the increase. Partially offsetting were price declines for cotton and milk. The January index was the same as a year earlier.
The Index of Prices Paid by Farmers for Commodities and Services, including Interest, Taxes, and Farm Wage Rates, at 346, was 2 points above the revised December index. The index was 7 points (2 percent) above a year earlier.
1rJith the Prices Received Index up 2 points and the Parity Index up 2 points, the Adjusted Parity Ratio, reflecting Government payments, T!Tas unchanged at 79.
The Parity Ratio was unchanged from the revised December ratio of 74.
-----In~ -~---I=ND-EJXa'nNuUIa-'JBrEyR-S:g----:nGeEcOeRmGIbAeArND15-;-U=i=\JT.:I:T.:Ea;D:;nuSaTr~yA=lT~5E;;.S....----R-e-c-o-r"'"'d~H~i-g~h____._
= _ _ 1910-1~- 100
__:___ _]:,21___.:.__1967
.. 122.
Jpde~-L-~:~te;;.__
GEORGIA
Prices Received
All Commodities
243
All Crops
254
Livestock and Livestock -
Products
.
217
--~---------------------
259
255
310 : iVIarch 1951
. 286
277
. 319 :March 1951 ?}
203 y: 209
295 :Sept. 1948
UNITED STATES
Prices-Received
Parity Index l/
Parity Ratio
. :
255 .
253 :
339 1/
75
344 74
1/:
1/:
AdjwtecrParity Ratio-4/:-------:-
255
.. 313 :Feb. 1951
346 : 346 :Jan. 1968
74
123 :Oct. 1946
--:~-------
(preliminary)
-:
81
: . 79
79
yRerised. ?} Also April 19>1. _2TPrices Paid, Interest, Taxes,--andFarmWage-Ratesbased-
on data for the indicated dates. k/ The Adjusted Parity Ratio~ reflecting Government
payments, averaged 79 for the year 1967 compared with 74 for the Parity Ratio. Preliminary
Adjusted Parity Ratios for the current year, supplied by the Economic Research Service, are based on estimated cash receipts from marketings and estimates of Government payments for
the current calendar year.
ARCHIE lANGlEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
V.TILLIAM A. vJAGNER Agricultural Statistician
1ss11ED-BY:- T"he Georgia crop- Reporting-service:- usnA-; 4o9A-North-L'Umj?kin-street, -Athens,-Georgia,
i n cooperation with the Georgia DApartment of Agriculture.
----- _ __![!:ICES --REC!?];YE..J2_[!~}Lf:!!f!LJ~I_E~T~.:__~TI.l~- 12.,1-96_}il:f!L_C CHf~lJS
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:
UNITED STATES
: -Jan.l5-;~Dec:I~--:Jan .l5 : Jan.l5-:- -Ii~ .15~=:~Ja-n-.-l5
Commodity and Unit
: 1967 : 1967 : 1968 : 1967 : 1967 1968
PRIC:ZS RECEIVED----------~ ~-- - ~-~~-
---~---- --
~meat: bu. ~Oats, bu. Corn, bu.
Barley, bu. Sorghum Grai n, ct-rt. Cotton, lb. Cott onseed, ton
~~ 1. so
~;i . 89
r;;; 1.50
~ 1.12 ~~ 2. 25
18. 5
:;; 69. 00
1.4o
. 87 1.10
1.02
1. 95
30.0 54. 00
1.4o
.91
1.16
1.02
1. 95
27.0
53.00:
1.57 .682
1.28
1.04 1. 92 19.79 65 . 3 0
1. 39 . 661
1. 03 91'5
1. 73 27. 61 5 7.00
1.40 . 667
1. 04
. 978 1.75 22 . 38 56. 40
Soybeans, bu.
Peanuts, lb .
Sweetpotatoes , cwt.
Hay, baled, t on:
All .
Alfalfa
le spedeza
Peanut
JVIi lk Cows , he ad
Hogs, cwt . Beef Cattle, all, cvrt .
1/
Cows, cut . ?}
St eers and Hei f ers, c-vrt .
Cal ves, ct>Tt .
1-filk, ~-;rholesale , cwt .
Fluid Har ket
Nanufact ured
Al l '3/
Turkeys; lb .
Chic~cens , lb; excl. broilers
Cornmer ci al Broilers
Al l
Eggs, All, doz.
::; 2. 80
11. 0
;> 6. 90
~~ 28.50 () 36.00 ~~ 31. 00 ~ 25. 50
0 200. 00
() 18. 30 ~~ 18. 70
~:~ 16 . 00 ~~} 21. 00
~) 23 .70
6. 65
4.25
:; 6. 65 24.0 10.0
12.5
12. 3 43.1
2.45 11. 4
6.25
28.20
36.50
31.00 24. 00 190 .00 16.70 18.30 15.10 20. 90 23.70
-6.45
6.45 20.0
9.5
10.5 10. 4 38.9
2.50
11.4
6.50
2. 77 11.4 5.20
28.50
36.50 30.50
24.50 190.00
16.70 18.60
15.70 21.20
24.40
25.50
26.40 26.10
25 . 5 0 256.00
18.90 21.70 16.30
23.90 26.10
.
4/ 6.60 : - 20.0
6.5
12.5 : 12.1
39.2 :
5.57 4.22
5.15
22.6 9.1
13. 9 13.3
37.4
2.48 11.1
5.53
23.40 24.00 24.70 23. 80 262 . 00 16. 60 21.70 15 . 40 24.00 26.10
5. 73
4. 20
5.29
18. 8 7. 8
11. 6 11. 2 32.1
2.53 11. 3 6. 21
24 . 00 24.70 25. 00 24. 20 264 .00 17. 60 21.80 15. 60 24. 00 26 . 40
4/ 5. 24 ~ 18. 2
7. 9 13.5 12. 9 31.5
~~ PAID , FEED Mi xed Dairy Feed, ton
14% protein 16% protein 18% protei n 2C%,.:pr otein
Cottonseed Heal, 41%, cwt. Soybean Meal, 44%, c~vt. Bran, cwt . Hiddlings , cwt . Corn Heal, cwt . Br oi l er Grower Feed, ton Laying Feed , t on Chick Starter, ton Al falf a Hay, ton All other Hay, ton
~~ 74. 00
~) 79.00 ~:; 84. 00
::~ 86. 00
$ 5.30 ~~ 5.50
:,.; 4.15
-.; 4. 30
~:) 3. 65
~~ 100.00 ~) 96. 00
() 106. 00
$ 44. 00 $ 35.50
74. 00 76.00
78.00
79.00
5.10
5.00
3.95
4.10
3.20 92.00
89.00
76.00
42.00 36.00
73.00 71.00
78.00 78.00 8o.oo 8o.oo
82.00 86.00
5.10 : 5.46
5.10 5.60 3.95 3.91
4.10 3. 99
3.25 3.53
93.00 : 96.00 86.00 : 89~00
)5.00 : 100. 00 43.00 : 36.30
37.50 : 34.00
69. 00 74.00 76.00 80.00
5.27 5.17 3.58 3. 69 3. 20 90.00
84~00
:J4. oo
34.30 32.60
69 .00
75. 00 n. oo
88. 00
5. 27 5.20
3. 59
3. 613
3. 19 90. 00
82 ~ 00 9L~. o o
34.50 32.70
y 11 Covisila:ndfi'Steers and heifers 11 combine d tvith a1Im~ance where necessary forslaughrer-b'UIIS:" y I ncludes cull dairy cm-1s sold for slaughter, but not dairy cotvs for herd replacement.
3/ Revi sed.
.
[/ Preliminary estimate.
After Fi ve Days Return t o United States r epartment of Agriculture
Stat i stical Rep orting Ser vice 409A Nor t h Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia _30601
.QFFICIAL ~USJ]ESS
Postage and Fees Paid
u. s. Depart ment of Agricultme
CROP REPORTING SERVICE
ATHENS, GEORGIA
GE ORGIA CHICK HATCHERY REPORT
FEB 81968
Placement of broile r chicks in G ~ orgia dur
-&l~~\R!!~de_d }~e ruary_3 wa.s
8, 735, 000--slightly more than the previous week but 2 percent ess
the comparable
week last year, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service.
An estimated 11, 994, 000 broiler type eggs were set by Georgia hatcheries-slightly more than the previous week and 8 percent less than the comparable week a year earlier.
The majority of the prices paid to Georgia producers for broiler hatching eggs . were r e ported within a range of 50 to 65 cents per dozen. The average price of hatching eggs was 59 cents per dozen. The price of eggs from flocks with hatchery owned cockerels generally was 2 cents below the average price. Most prices received for broiler chicks by Georgia hatcherie s were reported within a range of $6.00 to $9. 00 with an average of $8. 50 per hundred. The average prices last year were 60 cents for eggs and $8. 7 5 for chicks.
Week Ended
Dec. 2 Dec. 9 Dec. 16 Dec. 23 Dec. 30 Jan. 6 Jan. 13 Jan. 20 Jan. 27 Feb. 3
STAT E
GEORGIA EGGS SE T, HATCHINGS, AND CHICK PLACEMENTS
BROILEH TYPE
Eggs Set !J
Chicks Placed for
Av. Price
Hatch
Broiler
1966
1967
o/o of
Broilers in Georgia
Eggs
1966
1967 o/o of Per
Chicks Per
year
year Doz.
Hundred
1967
1968
1967
1968 a o 1967-68 1967-68
Thou.
Thou.
Thou.
Thou. Pet. Cents
Dollars
11, 276 11, 289 100
8, 151
11, 729 10,633
91
8, 171
11,908 11,427
96
8,417
11, 835. 11, 445
97
8, 435
11,615 11,637 100
8, 546
12,359 11,721
95
8,891
12,392 11,939
96
8,783
12, 562 12,892 13,096
11,832 11,988 11,994
94
8,843
93 92
I 8,929
!
I
8,909
Egg Type Eggs Set
1967 (Week Ended)
I
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Feb.
I I
Jan.
14
21
28
4
13
I
Thousands
8, 103
99
57
8,315 102
57
8,060
96
57
8,446 100
57
7,860
92
57
8,698
98
58
8,682
99
59
8, 791
99
59
8,722
98
59
8,735 98
59
1968 (Week Ended)
Jan.
Jan.
Feb.
20
27
3
Thousands
8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.25 8.25 8.25 8.50 8. 50
I o/o of
! year
ago 2/ Pet.
Ga. Ill. Calif. Wash.
1, 085 1, 194 1, 178 1,365
679
793
704
834
61
435
525
450
440
260
515
545
435
99
1, 557 1, 765 1,985 2,282 1,, 663.-. 2, 032_-- J, '?.8~9~- __1_, 7 ?7
76
245
233
262
310
184
217
184
225
73
4 State Total 3, 322 3, 717 3,875 4,397 2,786 3,557 3,222 3,221
Egg Type Chicks Hatched
STATE
1967 (Week Ended)
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
14 "
21
28
Feb. 4
I
I Jan.
I 13
1968 (Week Ended)
Jan.
Jan.
Feb.
20
27
3
Thousands
Thousands
73
o/o of year ago 2/ Pet.
Ga. Ill. Calif. Wash.
652
619
760
872
568
393
595
574
66
285
305
165
340
295
210
225
215
63
1, 527 1, 437 1, 409 1, 166 1,066 1, 309 1, 492 1,241 106
236
231
214
191
206
149
172
156
82
4 State To'tal 2, 700 2, 592 2, 548 2, .569 . 2, 13 '5 2, 061 2, 484 2, 186
85
1/ Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatchery supply flocks.
2/ Current week as pe:rcent of same, week last year.
BROILER TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL AREAS BY WEEKS - 1968 Page 2
EGGS SET
CHICKS PLACED
STATE
-
Week Ended
Jan.
Jan.
20
27
Feb.
3
o/o of
year
ago 1/
Jan.
20
Week Ended
Jan.
~- eb.
27
3
o/o of
year
ago 1/
THOUSANDS
'
THOUSANDS
Maine Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana Missouri Delaware Maryland
- Virginia ("
West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina
GEORGIA
Florida
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Arkansas
. Louisiana
Texas
"'
Washington .
Oregon-
California
TOTAL 196t5
{2-2 States)
TOTAL 1967* (22 States)
1,737 1, 857
1, 803 90
1, 323 1, 377
1, 401
92
281
363
291 123
162
136
145
76
1, 401 . 1, 566
1, 523 126
962
935
964 121
438
492
470 69
243
278
235
81
274
289
321 52
381
425
313
80
2, 282 2,432
2,301 84
2, 189 2,437 -2, 619
98
4,601 4,684 4,662 105
3,384 3, 174 3,138 102
1, 372 1, 521
1, 567 100
1, 024
1, 153
1, 052
118
108
119
93 61
357
266
305 117
6,789 6, 575 6, 761 93
5,025
5, 038
5, 217
103
494
456
438 103
310
;
358
387 113
11,832 11, 988 11, 994 92
8, 791
8,722
8, 735
98
891
930
909" 101
719
672
716 125
684
694
691 71
834
696
725
76
8, 583
8,604
8, 568 104
6,492
6,832
6, 67;6
103
4,557
4,681
4,838 103
4,050
4,010
4, 136
107
9,282
9,451
9, 506 96
6,879 6,944 6,866
97
1, 059
1,030
1,078 98
896
785
808 101
4,381
. 570
4,607 627
4,493 101 693 . 103
3, 185
3,487
3,324
104
392
415
404
93
308
408
368 84
297
292
380 127
1, 674
1,727
1, 79?.
b3, 598- 65, 101 65, 160
95 96
1,286 1, 288
t'l'j. H:Sl . 'l'J,ft.U
1, 263 . 49,809
91 101
'
65,438 66,398 67,778
:47, 505 48, 151 49,455
%of Last Year
97
98
96
l/ Current week as p ercent of same week last y ear
Revised.
104
103
101
..~.. .
bO II
'"'.E < ...
0 v
u v
vc::
.c::
.....
0
.
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FEB 121968
Georgia Crop Reporting Serv ice
/
Athens, Georgia
February 8, 1968
UNITED STATES --VEGETABlES FOR FRESH MARKET February 1, 1968
SNAP BEANS : At 612,000 hundredweight, the production of Florida ~~ snap beans is the same as in 1967. A steady supply of bush beans is expected during February from the
important Pompano Area, supplemented by light supplies from tada County. Pole beans are expected to be in light to moderate supply.
CABBAGE: Prcduction of winter cabbage, forecast at 6,484,000 hundredweight, is 9 percent less than the 1967 crop. Cold weather in Florida slowed growth and maturity, reducing
shipments the last week of January. Volume supplies are expected during most of February and Narch. In Texas, moderate supplies will b~ available in February from the San Antonio, Winter Garden and Laredo areas. Shipments from the Lower Valley are expected to increase in late February. In Arizona, light supplies are expected to be available until June. In California, harvest in the Imperial Valley and south coastal regions increased in January and supplies are expected to continue heavy through February and Harch.
S\~ET CORN: The winter sweet corn in Florida is estimated at 612,000 hundredweight, 21 percent less than last year. Harvest was active in most areas except Dade County during
January. Supplies are expected to increase after mid-February. Cold temperatures and scattered frost on January 26 retarded growth.
ONIONS: Early spring onions in south Texas made fair to satisfactory progress in January. GrOWth was slowed by cool temperatures in early January although mild temperatures
during second half of the month stimulated growth. Most of the crop in the Lower Valley is later than normal. Very light supplies should be available in February and early March from the small acreage that survived Hurricane Beulah.
Harvest of the bulk of the crop in the Valley is expected to get under way in late March with peak supplies about mid-April. In the Winter Garden, Laredo, and Coastal Bend areas, onions have been developing well although growth vras slowed by cold weather in early January. General harvest is expected to start in early April with the Laredo and Coastal Bend areas expecting peak supplies in late April and the Hinter Garden area reaching peak production in early May.
TCHATOES: Production of winter tomatoes in Florida is estimated at 2,420,000 hundredweight,
15 percent less-tha:n last year. Supplies of mature greens and vine ripes are ex-
pected to continue steady during February. Lowest temperatures of the season on January 26 slowed groHth and maturity.
Please Turn Page For Acreage and Estimated Production Reported to Date
_ _ _ _ _ _!E~-2E...~st2:roat~d pro~tion rep~~9~~~.:..12~~ C>mpar~~~
r CROP
AND
:
Acreage
: Yield per acre :
Production
:--"Harvest8cf-:-F0r-:---
: --
: ------
:AVerage:- :harvest:Average:
Ind. :Average:
Ind.
STATE - - - - - - - -
:1962-66: 1967 ~_-Acres -
1-968-:-1962-66:.:.c1'W96t7. -
19-68---:-1:9J6.2,-o66o: o1'9C67wt::-=19-6-8- -
SNAP BEANS
1rJinter:
Florida CABBAGE
y---
17.460 lJJOOO _17.z00 ____.34 ,36
35
___ 291.. 612
612__._
VJinter:
Florida Texas Arizona California
Group Total
Early Spring gj
15,100 15,400 15,800 183 210
18,980 19,000 12,500 123 130
. 1,420 1,600 1,700 5.260 5.100 6aoo
202 170 222 22.2
:Lio:]bO. g1: 100 12.:1-22:...=~o
.. 12,230 11,850 11,350 142
173 152
215 2, 757 3,234 3,397
120 2,307 2,470 1,500
180
285 272
306
210 1'80
1,174 1.148 6.5247;124
1.281
4 8 4 - 6.1....___ _ _
1, 731 1,806 Apr 8
Sf.JEET CORN
Winter
:
Florida
: ..!..12G_ll,lQ.O 10,200
$8 70
60
4 X L - . 1.7....7..__ _6.-.12
TOMATOES
:
-
irfinter
:
~Fncloluriddeas
___ proces
si
ng
.:.17~221096n~-a.c2r0e0age12fo,:1r0h0a.r..v
187 est is
190
200 3,~209
PTOSpective acreage.
21 831
2.420
ARCHIE LANGlEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
L. H. HARRIS, JR. Vegetable Crop Estimator
usDA.; ISSuED-BY:- The Georgia Crop-Reporting-Se:rVi'ce;
tro9~-Norih-tiinpkin-Street,-Athena,-Georgia,
in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture.
After Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 30601
u.
s.
Postage and Department
Fees Paid of Agriculture
~tiJNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICr:::LT::-U__R__E__
I~:X./)
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A T H Eto~ S , G E0 R G I A
r I 8 2 8 1968
LIBRARIES
T HE POUL TRY AND Z GG SITUATION A pprove d by the Outlook and Situation Board, F e bruary 13, 1968
SITUATION AND OUTLOOK (BROILERS)
Broiler production in 1967 was up about 3 percent from a ye ar earlie r. Most of the increase came in the first half, when production was 6 percent above first-half 1966 output. Production was adjuste d downward to near year-earlier levels in the summer and was below 1966 levels in the last quarter.
Prices to producers for broilers in 1967 averaged 13.3 cents per pound, 2 cents per pound below 1966. Although broiler production in the last quarter of 1967 was cut below year- earlier levels, price s continued lower than in the fall of 1966 reflecting continued larger supplies of competing meats. Larger supplies of broilers, red meats, and turkeys combined to depress broiler prices through the year. Total red meat production during 1967 was 5 percent above 1966. Fed beef production in 1967 was up about 2 percent from a year earlier and pork production was about a tenth above 1966 output. Turkey meat production was 13 percent above year-earlier levels.
Broiler chick placements for marketing in the first quarter of 1968 we re about the same as a year earlier. Based on current level of placements, seasonal patterns, and feed costs, broile r production by the summer of 1968 is expected to average slightly above 1967 levels. Production in the fall is expected to be near 1967 levels.
The broiler hatchery supply flock was built up to a high level by mid-1967, about 20 percent above 1966. By the end of the year, the indicated size of the flock was near yearearlier levels. Placements in the last half of 1967 indicate that by mid-1968 the hatchery supply flock may be a tenth below the high level of 1967. While this could restrain any large growth this year, it appears there is ample capacity to provide broiler chicks for some small increase in production over last year.
Live broiler prices to producers averaged 13.5 cents per pound in January, about 1/2 cent a pound under a year earlier. The 9-city wholesale ready-to-cook price in the last half of January averaged about 26 cents per pound, about the same as a year earlier.
Broiler prices this spring and summer may average a little above the same period last year. Plentiful supplies of red meats and turkey will continue to influence broiler prices at least through the first half of this year.
USDA purchases of young chicken began in September and were discontinued on January 17. A total of 57.2 million pounds (ready-to-cook) were purchased at a cost of $16.9 million. These purchases totaled 3. 2 million pounds more than under the 1966/67 program. Young chickens purchased under the program are distributed to schools participating in the National School Lunch Program.
Military purchases of young chickens in 1967 amounted to 104. 5 million pounds, about 8 percent more than in 1966.
Exports of fresh and frozen young chicken declined about lJ percent in 1967. Exports of canned poultry declined about 2 percent during 1967. Continued heavy competition from European production and high EEC levies are expected to result in further declines in exports. Any increase in U. S. broiler prices is expected to accelerate the decline.
Broiler feed prices declined during the last half of 1967, but for the year averaged about the same as in 1966. Feed costs are expected to continue near current levels through most of the first half of 1968. Because of lower broiler prices, the broiler-feed price ratio averaged 2. 7 in 1967, compared with 3. 1 in 1966. Prices of broiler hatching eggs and broil-er chicks averaged lower in 1967 than a year earlier. With fewer layers in the broiler hatchery supply flock, prices of hatching eggs and broiler chicks are expected to average higher this year.
Turkeys The 126 million turkeys raised in 1967 was a record. With increases in heavy breeds as well as he avier marketing weights, turkey meat production climbed
13 percent. Production in the first half (normally a period of light marketing) was up nearly one-third and the carryove r at the beginning of 1967 was one-third larger than a year earlier,
Farm turkey prices in 1967 averaged 19.8 cents per pound, 3. 2 cents below the price received a year earlier.
Turkey meat continues in heavy supply during the first half of 1968 because of large carryover stocks. On January 1, 370 million pounds of turkey were in cold storage, 103 million pounds more than a ye ar earlier. The number of poults placed and eggs set for marketing in the early months of 1968 is about the same as a year earlier and a sharp cutback is indicated for t he second quarter. Even with this indicated cut in production, turkey supplie s through the first half of the year will continue larger than a year earlier.
--------------------------------------------------------~~/
A substantial cut in turkey production for the main marketing season is in prospect for 1968. On January 1, t urkey producers indicated thei r inte ntions to produce 14 percent fewer turkeys this year than in 1967. This is usually a fairly reliable indicator of the number of turkeys raised during the year. (The USDA Turkey Marketing Guide is sued in Decembe r recommended production of no more than 103 million head, a reduction of 18 percent.) Other available indicn.tors, such as the profitability ratio for turkeys in 1967, (s ee November issue of Poultry and Egg Situation) and the change in number of turkeys t e s te d for pullorum in the period July-December also point to a substantial reduction in turkey production in 1968.
Because of the large carryover, turkey prices are likely to continue at low levels through the first half of 1968. If produ,ction is cut back about in line with intentions, prices in the main marketing season {September to December) likely will average moderately above the 19.8 cents received in 1967.
The growth in the use of federally inspected turkey for further processing or sale as parts was interrupted in 1967. The amount of federally inspected turkey further processed into convenience foods (such as frozen dinners, turkey rolls, and roasts) declined from 335 million pounds (22. 7 percent) in 1966 to 318 million pounds (19. 1 percent) in 1967. The amount of turkey cut up also declined, from 121 million pounds to 115 million pounds, or from 8. 2 percent to 6. 9 percent of federally inspected slaughter. The buildup in the amount of furthe r processed turke y in storage and the price relationship between whole turkey and further proces sed products contributed to the interruption of this growing market for turkeys.
Exports of turkeys in 1967 totaled 48.9 million pounds, about 4 percent above those in 1966. With continued low U. S. prices, exports in the first half of 1968 may be increased slightly over last year. However, the fees and levies imposed by the EEC on turke y meat imports continue to increase and this may offset the effect of lower prices in the first half of 1968.
Military purchases of turkey during 1967 amounted to 52.7 million pounds, about 6 percent below 1966.
A USDA purchase program for turkey was initiated in July 1967. Total purchases under the 1967 program, which ended in October, amounted to 74.8 million pounds (ready-to-cook) at a cost of $22. 9 million. Turkeys purchased under this program are distributed to schools participating in the school lunch program. Purchases of turkey under the 1966 program amounted to 12.9 million pounds.
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GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
fd 'fw~~rnL1~ rn~~~mt?
ATHENS, GEORGIA
e FEB l 19G8.r:.,..eb uary l.t.t, 1968
GE ORGIA CHICK HATCHERY REPORT
LIBRA RIE S
Placement of broiler chicks in Georgia during the week ended February 10 was 8, 593,000--2 percent less than the previous week and 5 percent less than the comparable
week last year, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service.
An estimated 11, 850, 000 broiler type eggs were set by Georgia hatcheries--! percent less than the previous week and 9 percent less than the comparable week a
year earlier.
The majority of the prices paid to Georgia producers for broiler hatching e ggs
were e po rted within a range of 50 to 65 cents per dozen. The average price of hatching eggs wa s 60 cents per dozen. The price of eggs from flocks with hatchery owned
cocke rels generally was 2 cents below the average price. Most prices received for
broiler chicks by G e orgia hatcheries were reported within a range of $6. 00 to $ 9. 50 with an average of $8.75 per hundred. The average prices last year were 60 c e nts for eggs and $8. 75 for chicks.
Week Ended
GE ORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS, AND CHICK PLACE MENTS
BROILER TYPE
Eggs Set J.:../
1966
-
1967
Thou.
1967
-
1968
Thou.
% of year ago
Pet.
_ __fiv. Pric e
Chicks Placed for I Hatch
Broilers in Georgia I Eggs
i 1966 - - I 1967
1967 1968
%of Per year Doz.
ago ! 1967-68
Broiler Chicks Per Hundre d
1967-68
I Thou.
!
Thou. Pet. Cents
Dollars
Dec. 9
11, 729
Dec. 16
11,908
Dec. 23
11, 83 5
D ~ c. 30
11,615
Jan. 6 Jan. 13 Jan. 20 Jan. 27
I
I
I
I
12, 3 59 12,392 12, 562
12,892
Feb. 3
13,096
Feb . 10
12,971
10, 633 11,427 11,445 11,637 11, 721
11, 939 11, 832 11,988 11,994 11,850
91
8, 171
96
8,417
97
8,435
100 95 96 94
8, 546
I I
8, 891 8,783
I 8, 843
I 93
8,929
92
8,909
91 I 9, o63
8, 315 8,060 8,446 7,860 8,698 8,682 8, 791 8,722 8,735 8, 593
102
57
96 I 57
100 I 57
92
57
98
58
99
59
99
59
98
59
98
59
95
60
8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.2 5 8.25 8.25 8. 50 8.50 8.75
EGG TYPE
Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the week ended February 10 was 631,000--10 percent more than the previous week but 31 percent less than the comparable w=ek last year. An estimated 801, 000 eggs for the production of egg type chicks were set by Georgia hatcheries, 4 percent less than in the previous week and 36 percent less
than the comparable week last year.
In the four states that accounted for about 25 percent of the hatch of all egg type chicks in the U. S. in 1967, hatchings during the week ended .iTebruary 10 were down 5 percent and settings were down 15 percent from a year ago.
EGG TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS HATCHED, 1968
i Eggs Set (Week Ended) o/o of
Chicks Hatched (Week Ended)
State
Jan.
20
Jan.
27
Feb. Feb. year
3
10 ! ago 2/
Jan.
20
Jan.
27
F"b. Feb.
3
10
Thousands
1 Pet.
Thousands
Ga.
793
704
I 834 so 1 64
393
595
574 631
Ill.
515
545
435 565 109
210
225
215 390
Calif. 2, 032 1, 789 1,727 1. 798 1 90
Wash. , 193 3/ 184
225 347 I 89
1,309 1, 492 1, 241 1, 502
149
172
156 153
I % of
I year
Iago 2/ Pet.
69 98 114 82
Total 3, 533 3/ 3, 222 3,221 3, 511 i 85
2,061 2,484 2, 186 2,676
95
1I Includes egg s set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatchery supply flocks.
2/ Current week as percent of same week last year.
3/ l'evised.
BROILER TYP E E GGS S E T AND CHICKS PLACE D IN COMMERCIAL AR EAS BY vl ~~-2 KS - 1968 Page 2 I
I
E GGS SE T
CHICKS P LA CZD
I Q)
I 1-l I ;:l
STATE
Jan.
27
Week E n c!.~_4 ______ __ _ ! o/o of t
Feb.
3
THOUSAND3
Feb.
10
I I year
I
ago
l/
I
! '
Jan.
27
W e e k ~ndB d
l'~eb.
3
THOUJll. NDS
-- ---
E'eb.
10
o/o of
ye ar
ago 1/
I+> 1.-i I ;:l
I .~
I 1-l
ltl.()
<r:
Maine Connecticut P ennsylvania
1, 857 363
1, 803 291
1, 887 327
92 !.I 1,377
91 H 136
1, 401 145
1, 326 145
85 84
1, 566
1, 523
1, 616
115
jl
I
,I
935
964
860
100
Indiana Missouri De laware Maryland Virginia Wes t Virginia North Carolina So uth Carolina
GEORGIA
492
470
474
67 :1 278
235
285
85
289 2,432 4,684
321 2,301 4,662
315 2, 323 4, 570
45 81 104
I ~
425 2,437
3, 174
313 2, 619 3, 138
366 2, 318 3, 146
80 85 100
1, 521 119
1, 567 93
1, 619 86
i 94
1, 153
55
266
1, 052 305
1, 059 242
111 69
6, 57 5 456
11,988
6,761 438
11,994
7' 193 458
11, 850
100 109
91
~""~
5,038 358
1- 8,722
5, 217 387
8, 735
5, 253 384
8, 593
104 88
95
..r.o..
tl.O 1-l 0
0)
0
.
~
Florida Tennessee Alabama Mississippi
930
909
922 101 f~l 672
716
797
148
694 8,604
691 8, 568
706 8,468
73 97
trh
696 6,832
725 6,676
901 6, 564
96 99
4,681
4,838
Ll , 810 101 I 4,010
4, 136
3,997
106
Arkansas Louisiana Texas Washington Ore gon California
9,451
9, 506 10, 219 101 I 6,944
6,866
6, 512
90
1,030
1, 078
1, 136 104
785
808
810
97
4,607
4,493
4, 594 98
3,487
3,324
3,288
100
627
693
I 647 103
415
404
430
95
408 1, 727
368 1, 792
388 1,738
102 88
I
I
292 1, 288
380 1, 263
264 1, 248
63 85
TOTAL 1968 (22 States)
65,101 65, 160 66,346
96 !49, 720 49,809 48,788 !
96
I
TOTAL 1967* (22 States)
~ of Last Year
66,398 67,778 69,331
98
96
96
I
I
1148, 151
,I
~I, 103
49,455 101
50,695 96
~
*l/ C urr e nt week as percent of same week last year. Revise d.
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SER ATHENS, GEORGIA
fEB 211968
BRARI ES
I'E_8 2119~
JANUARY Mill{ PRODUCTION UP 3 MILLI ON POUNDS
January 1968 Released 2/15/68
Milk production on Georgia farms during January totaled 89 million pounds, according to
the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. This compares with 86 million pounds produced in January
last year and 89 million during December 1967. The 1962-66 January average production was 81
million pounds.
Production per cow in herd averaged 635 pounds -- 45 pounds above the previous year, and
5 pounds above the December output. The 5-year average production per cow for the month was
466 pounds.
The estimated average price received by producers for all wholesale milk during January was ~6 . 60 per hundredweight . This was $.05 below the previous year, but $ .15 above the
December average.
Prices paid by dairymen for feed were down from the previous year but averaged above the December 1967 price.
------------l'I-TL-K-P-RO-D-UC-T-I-ON-A-ND-- P-RI-C-ES--aReoErC:E-gIV:cEaD- A-N-D--P-A-I-D--B-Y -D-AIR--Y-iuviE-Nn.It:8cfStates___
Item and Unit
- Jan:------n~:-------yan.
Jan.
Dec .----- Jan.
.. _ _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ _ __L_~1____2967____!~Ll 1967_~- 1967 ---- 1968_
Milk Production, million Production Per Cow, lbs.
lb1s/.
Number Milk Cows,
thousand head
86
89
590
630
146
141
89 9,847
635
716
140
9,304 695
9,608 724
PRICES RECEIVED - DOLLARS All wholesale milk, cwt.
J72/
Fluid milk, cwt.
Manufactured milk, cwt.
!VIilk Cows, head
6.65 6.65
4.25 200.00
6.45 6.45
190.00
-- !/6.60 : :
5.15
5.57 4.22
190.00 256.00
5 . 29
5. 73
4.20
262.00
!/5 .24 264.00
PRICES ~ - ~~~ g/
Nixed Dairy Feed, ton 14 percent protein 16 percent protein 18 percent protein 20 percent protein
74.00 79.00 34.00 86.00
74.00 76.00
78.00 79.00
73.00 78.00 80.00 82.00
71.00 78.00 80.00 86.00
69 . 00
74.00 76.00 80. 00
69. 00
75.00
77 .oo 80. 00
Hay, ton
. 35.50
36.00
37.50 34.00
32.60
32.70
1/ lvionthl.y average:---~-----------=-----~--.-~-----'---~--------
2/ Dollars per unit as of the 15th of the month except wholesale milk which is average for
- month .
I'3//
Revised. Preliminary.
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
W. PAT PARKS Agricultural Statistician
issuED- BY:- The Georgia crop-Reporting-service; usnA; 4o9A-North-Lumpkin-street,-Ath8ns,-Ga.; in ceoperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture.
UNITED STATES MILK PRODUCTION
Milk production for January is est~ated at 9,608 million pounds, 2 percent less than a
year earlier and 6' percent below the 1962-66 average for the month. Production was up 3 per-
cent from December 1967 to January 1968, compared with a 4-percent increase a year earlier. January production was less than a year earlier in most States. Increases were reported in only 10 States and production was unchanged in 9 States. January output provided 1.55 pounds per person daily, compared with 1.50 pounds a month earlier and 1.60 pounds a year earlier.
Milk production per cow up 1 percent from a year earlier
During January, milk production per cow averaged 724 pounds, up 1 percent from a year earlier and 13 percent above average. This was the smallest year-to-year rate increase per cow for any month since May 1966. Production per cow was a record high for the month in 32 States. Daily output per cow averaged 23.4 pounds in January compared with 22.5 pounds a month earlier, and 23.1 pounds a year earlier.
Month
January February March April Nay June July August September October November December
Annual
Milk per cow and milk production by months, United States
average 1961-65, 1966, and 1967
:
l1ilk per cow
.
1-'Iilk production
Average
:
: Average
: Change
1961-65 : 1966
1267 1961-65 .L 1966 ___;_-.;}=9.-.6.._7__.:...f.~ro.-.-mo....;;;;~l9~66
~~
Million pounds
Percent
. 621 591
677
635
676
736
690 755
757
811
. 716 10,222
671
9,696
769
11,062
788
11,260
844
12,310
9,787 9,133 10,527
10,747 ll,489
9,847 +0.6 9,203 +0.8
10,517 --o.l 10,734 -o.l 11,470 -o.2
.. 729 671
. 629
798
735 697
820
11,816
11,248 11,095 -1.4
764
10,849
10,322 10,315 : -0.1
722
10,148
9,744 9,109 --o.4
592
661
680
9,522
9,214
9,124 -1.0
602
667
685
9,643
9,262
9,167 -1.0
581
645
661
9,288
8,925
8,814 -1.2
618
688
699
9_,841
9.z494
9,299 -2.1
7, 759 8,501
:
. 8,821 : 125,66o
ll9,892 119,294 : -o.5
After Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINES
Postage and Fees Paid
u. s. Department of Agriculture
'-100
Acquisitions Division U~varsity of Geo~gia Unive~sity Libraries Athons Goorgia 30601
,.,
LIVES TOCK
LIVESTCCK INVENTORY - JANUARY 1, 1968 GEORGIA
Released 2/ 16/68
Georgia Cattle Inventorv ~ ~ Percent
The inventory of cattle and calves on Georgia farms January 1, 1968 is estimated at
1,833,000 head - - 2 percent above the 1,797,000 head on farms a year earlier, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service .
Cows two years old and older kept for milk declined 5 percent to 155,000. He ifers 1 - 2
years old kept for milk amounted to 40,000 and heifer calves kept for herd replacement were placed at 46,000. Total animals being kept for milk, excl uding dairy-type bulls, were esti mated at 241,000 head compared with 250,000 the previous year .
The number of other cattle in Georgia (all cattle except milk cows and dairy replacement
heifers) increased nearly 3 percent to 1,592,000. The number of beef-type brood cows was
placed at 787,000 compared with 754,000 a year earlier . Heifers 1 - 2 years old increased 2 percent to 200,000.
The inventory value of all cattle and calves was estimated at ~~i 210, 795,000 compared with $203,061,000 on J anuary 1, 1967.
Hog illY~~ Up g Percent
The number of hogs and pigs in Georgia J anuary 1, 1968 i s pl aced at 1,506,000 head - 11 percent above the 1,357,000 on hand at the beginning of t he previous year . The value of hogs and pigs amounted to $38, 554,000 - 1 percent below a year earlier . Georgia ranked eleventh among the States i n number of hogs on farms .
The number of chickens, excluding commercial broilers , on Georgia farms January 1 , 1968 .
is estimated at 34,215 , 000. This is less than l percent below the 34,335,000 head on hand t he ' previous year. Georgia ranks second only to California in the number of chickens on farms and
has held that positi on f or a number of years . The estimat ed total value of chickens , excluding broilers, is $35,926, 000 compared with $37,768,000 on January l, 1967.
The Georgia turkey inventory is placed at 115,000 head valued at $552,000 compared with
89,000 head valued at ~436,000 a year earlier.
~ ~9tal value of all cattle, hogs, sheep and lambs, turkeys and chickens (excluding broilers ) on Georgia farms January 1, 1968 is estimated at ~~ 285, 918,000 - up 2 percent
from the January 1, 1967 total of $280,185 ,000.
Species
Cattle and Calves Hogs Sheep and Lambs Chickens 1/ Turkeys TOTAL
LIVESTOCK ON GEORGIA FARMS, JANUARY 1
Number, Value Per Head, and Total Val ue, 1967- 1968
1967
1968
Humber
Aver age
Total
Number
Average
On Farms
Va lue
Va l u e
On Farms
Va lue
1 , 000
1 , 000
1,000
head
Dollars
dollars
head
Dollars
1,797
113
203 ,061
1 ,833
115
1,357
28 . 60
38,810
1 , 506
25 . 60
6 .8
16.20
110
6.0
15 . 20
34,335
1.10
37 , 7 68
34 ,215
1.05
89
4 .90
436
115
4 .80
280,185
Total
Va l ue 1,000 dollars 210 ,795 38,554
91 35 ,926
552 285 ,918
Ye a r
LIV~STCCK Clif GEORGIA F RHS, J.AHUARY 1, 1961-1967 Revi se d; 1968 Prel:im inary
Al l
Cows and He ifers
Other
Cattle
2 Years and
Cows 2 : Hogs :Sheep
Chickens
and
Older Kept
: Years and : and : and
!I
Ca lve s
for Milk
Ol d e r
Pi i1:S :Lambs
1,000 head -
Turkeys
1961
1 , 481
230
526
1,566 21
14 , 287
47
1962
1,570
218
579
1,519 18
16 , 603
61
1963
1,633
205
620
1,580 14
20,246
49
1964
1,764
195
688
1,485 10
24 ,1 26
65
1965
1 ,852
183
750
1,262
7 .6
26,833
55
1966
1,815
170
7 65
1,212
6 .8
28,533
62
1967
1 '797
163
754
1,357
6 .8
34 ,335
89
! /1968D'-o c-s: ~n-o~t~1in,~8c~3l~3u~de-_c_o_m_m_e_r_cl. ~a~l~b~ro-l~1.lr5c~5r~s-. ------------7-87~~----~1,506
6.0
34,215
115
ISSUED BY: The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, USDA, 409A North Lumpkin Street, Athens, Ga. , in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agri culture .
The January 1, 1968 inventory of cattle and calves on farms and ranches is estimated at 108. 8 million head, according t o the Crop Reporting Board. This number represents a slight increase f r om t he 108.6 million head on farms a year earlier. A 3 percent decrease i n dairy cattle was mor e t han offset by a 1 percent increase in beef cattle. The number of hogs and pigs
on farms January 1 was 54.3 million head, an increase of 2 percent. The inventory of sheep and lambs at 22.1 million head was 7 percent under the previous year and the smallest inventory
since records t-Jere started in 1867. The number of stock sheep and lambs declined 7 percent during 1967 while the number of sheep and lambs on feed was down 9 percent. The number of chickens on farms decreased 1 percent to 424.6 million head on January 1, 1968 while the number of turkeys -decreased 7 percent to 7.3 million head.
The total value of livestock and poultry on farms and ranches January 1, 1968 was $18.7 billion, a decrease of 1 percent from the ~~19.0 billion a year earlier. l"leat animals (cattle, hogs, and sheep) accounted for ~18.2 billion of the total. The January 1, 1967 value of meat
animals was 018.4 billion. The current value of the cattle inventory was $16.2 billion, vir-
tually unchanged from the value for January 1, 1967. The value of hogs and pigs, at $1.6 billion was down 9 percent from the ~1.8 billion a year earlier. Lower hog prices more than offset
the 2 percent increase in inventory numbers. The value of all sheep at $425 million was down 10 perc ent. The poultry inventory value included chickens at ~467 million and turkeys at $34.1 million, compared with ~513.1 million and $40.1 million, respectively, a year earlier.
NID"lBER ON FARJV. JS AND RANCHES JANUARY 1
- - - - - --- - - ------~UN=-ITEQ_~~~-------------------------~l9-b~~8---
Class of livestock
Average
:
as % of
and poultry------""--1=9__6_2_-6~6_.:___1966
1967
1.000 head
1968
1967--=-Percent
Cattle
106,125
108,862
108,645
108,813
100
Hogs
53,915
47,414
53,249
54,263
102
All sheep
27,424
24,734
23,898
22,122
93
Chickens
384,473
393,019
428,746
424,550
99
Turkeys_~-----~---~------6_._:.._3_6_o _____6....9.__02._~--J~.l....7...._ _ _.._7._2_8.2_____~9......,3._
---~-~
VAL~_.QF LIVESTO~~POULTRY_!!~~-h_UNITED STAT~----------
Class of livestock
Average
and poultry
1962-66
1966
:
1967
1968
-----------~~~--~~-------~~~-----~~~---~~~-----r;ooo-aai~la_r_s~------------~~
Total Value
Cattle Hogs All SheAp
Aggregate livestock y
13,864,815
1,573,578
.
419,979
15,858,372
14,442,853 2,143,507 490,686
17,077,046
16,166,097 1,769,689
472,099
18,407,885
16,183,380 1,610,510
425,444
18,219,334
Ch i c kens Turkeys
450,127 28,231
474,876 36,303
Aggregat e livestock &poultry gj
16,336,730
17,588,225
y-17 Includes cattle, hogs, and all sheep. Includes cattle, hogs, all sheep, chickens, and turkeys.
513,082 40,127
18,961,094
466,598 34,121
18,720,053
--
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Char ge
After Five Days Return to United State s Department of Agriculture
Stat istical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street At hens, Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS
W. PAT PARKS Agricultural Statistician
Postage and Fees Paid U. S. Department of Agricult ure
I
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
? ,......IJ
ATHENS, GEORGIA
F e bruary 21, 1968
BROILER TYPE
Place ment of broile r chicks in Georgia during the week ende d February 17 was 8, 839, 000--3 percent more than the pre vious week but 6 percent l e ss than the comparable week last year, according to the Georgia Crop R eporting Service.
An estimated 12,079,000 broiler type eggs were set by G e orgia hatcherie s-2 p e rcent more than the previous week but 9 percent less than the comparable we ek a year earlier.
The majority of the prices paid to Georgia producers for broiler hatching eggs were reported within a range of 50 to 66 cents per dozen. The ave rage price of hatching eggs was 61 cents per dozen. The price of eggs from flocks with hatchery owned cockerels gen e rally was 2 cents below the average price. Most prices receive d for broile r chicks by Georgia hatcheries were reported within a range of $7. 00 to $9. 50 with an average of $9.00 per hundred. The average prices last year were 60 cents for e ggs and $8.75 for chicks.
Week Ended
GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS, AND CHICK PLACE MENTS
BROILER TYPE
Eggs Set !}
1966
-
1967
1967
-
1968
Ufo of year ago
Av. Price
Chicks Placed for
I Hatch
Broilers in Georgia
Eggs
Broiler Chicks
-1966
-1967
Ufo of Per year Doz.
Per Hundred
1967
1968
ago 1967-68 1967-68
Thou.
Thou.
Pet.
Thou.
Thou. Pet. Cents
Dollars
Dec. 16
11,908 11,427
96
8,417
8,060
96
57
Dec. 23
11, 835 11, 445
97
8,435
8,446 100
57
Dec. 30
11,615 11,637 100
8,546
7,860
92
57
Jan. 6
12, 359 11,721
95
8,891
8,698
98
58
Jan. 13
12,392 11,939
96
8, 783
8,682
99
59
Jan. 20
12, 562 11,832
94
8, 843
8, 791
99
59
Jan. 27
12,892 11,988
93
8,929
8,722
98
59
Feb. 3
13,096 11,994
92
8,909
8, 735
98
59
Feb. 10
12,971 11, 850
91
9,063
8,593
95
60
Feb. 17 I
13,221 12,079
91
9,393
8,839
94
61
8.00 8.00 8.00 8.25 8.25 8.25 8.50 8. 50 8.75 9.00
EGG TYPE
Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the week ended February 17 was 468,000--26 percent less than the previous week and 53 percent less than the comparable we ek last year. An estimated 877, 000 eggs for the production of egg type chicks were set by Georgia hatcheries, 9 percent more than the previous week but 35 percent less than the comparable week last year.
In the four states that accounted for about 25 percent of the hatch of all egg type chicks in the U. S. in 1967, hatchings during the week ended February 17 were down 24 percent and settings were down 29 percent from a year ago.
I
: I
State
I EGG TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS HATCHED, 1968
Eggs Set (Week Ended) %of
Chicks Hatched (Week E nded)
Jan.
Feb.
Feb. Feb. year
Jan.
Feb.
F e b. F e b.
27
3
10
17 ago 2/
27
3
10
17
Thousands
Pet.
Thousands
Ga.
585 3/ 834
801 877 65
Ill. Calif.
515 1,789
3- /
435 1,727
565 515 1,798 1, 685
71 78
595 225 1, 492
574 215 1, 241
631 468 390 400 1, 502 1,314
Wash. 1 184
225
347 274 61
172
156
153 151
o/o of
ye ar
ago 2 I
Pet. 47
111
86
72
Total 1 3, 073 3/ 3, 221 3, 511 3, 3 51 71
2,484 2, 186 2,676 2,333 76
1I Includes eggs set by hatche ries producing chicks for hatchery supply flocks.
2./ Curr e nt we ek as percent of same week la s t year.
3/ Re vis e d.
BROILER TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL AREAS BY WE E K3 - 1968 Page 2
EGGS SET
CHI::;Ks PLACE D
STATE
I -t-----;:::.--;---W_e_ek-;::;-E,n_d_e_d_-y:;--;--i!t 'Jo of
Feb.
Fe b.
Feb.
year
3
10
17
ago 1/
THOUSANDS
I
Peb. 3
Week Ended
.tt~eb.
10
THOUSANDS
Feb
17
% of
year ago 1/
Maine
1, 803
1,887
1, 970 100
1, 401
1, 326
1, 431
95
Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana Missouri Delaware Maryland
291
327
313 121
145
145
146
99
1, 523 470 321
1, 616 474 315
1, 63 7 112
496 69 348 52
9~i6;4
860 285 366
995
99
297
86
345
79
2, 301
2, 323
2,406
86
1..
2,619
2,318
2,385
83
4,662 4, 570 4,672 101
3, 138
3, 146
3, 211
108
.....
0
..C.1. l
0.0
Virginia
1, 567
1, 619
1, 695 106
1,052
1, 059
1, 026
103
~
0
West Virginia North Carolina
93 6,761
86 7' 193
97 68 7,290 96
305
242
368
116
5, 217
5, 253
5, 171
97
Q)
l)
South Carolina
438
458
475 101
387
384
394 104
GEORGIA
11,994 11,850 12,079 91
8,735
8, 593
8, 839
94
.
::>
Florida Tennessee Alabama Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas Washington Oregon California
TOTAL 1968 (22 States}
TOTAL 1967* (22 States}
909
922
862 97
716
797
752
145
691
706
726 75
725
901
750
71
8, 568 8,468 8, 584 94
6,676 6, 564 6, 576
99
4,838 4,810 4,868 100
4, 136
3,997
4,020
105
9, 506 10, 219 10,058 99
6,866 6, 512 6,948
93
1, 078
1, 136
1, 138 100
808
810
809
102
4,493 4, 594 4,691 99
3,324
3, 288
3, 533
104
693
647
627 98
-407*
430
417
79
368
388
311
81
380
264
325
117
1,792
1,738
1,834 88
1,227* 1, 248
1, 297
90
65, 160 66,346 67,177 95 49,776* 48,788 50, 03 5
97
67,778 69,331 70, 539
~ 49, 455
50,695
51,614
%of Last Year
96
96
95
*1/ Current week as percent of same week last year. Revised.
HH
96
97
FEE ( 1968 GEORGIA CROP REPORTING S E R V C E
ATHENS GEORGIA
Item
B roile r Typ e
Pulle ts Place d (U.S. )3 I
Total Domestic Chi ck ens T e s t ed: Broiler Type Georgia L"nited State s Egg Type G eorgia Unite d St ate s Chicks Hatc he d: Broiler Type Georgia Unite d State s Egg Type Georgia Unit ed State s Commercial Slaughter:4/ Young Chickens Georgia Unite d States Mature Chickens Light Type Georgia United State s Heavy Type Georgia United States Egg Production: G e orgia South Atlantic 5/ United States
J ANUARY 1968
F e bruary 23, 1968
1 o/o of
o/o of
Dur ing J an.
last
Jan. thru Dec.
last
1967 l/
1968 2/ 1 year 1966 l/
1967 2/
year
Thou.
T hou.
Pet. ' Thou.
Thou.
Pet.
3,094 2, 649
2,929 95 2, 518 95
45,216 39,712
41,427 92 36,492 92
586 3,085
62 1, 192
657 112 2,448 79
50 81 922 77
6,971 28, 122
380 7, 542
6,924 99 28,738 102
312 82 7, 210 96
42,397 221,484
2,918 40, 579
41,419 98 229,018 103
519, 166 2,746, 592
2,289 33,458
78 82
li
37,933 569,333
496,933 96 2, 745, 524 100
32, 9 59 87 536, 540 94
32,283 187, 898
1,042 14,280
373 2, 439 Mil.
411 1, 099 5, 899
33,257 189,722
l, 151 14, 442
103 :1 393, 855 101 :: 2, 23 5, 661
I
110 I'
101
6,975 124, 4 69
264 1, 959 Mil.
449 l, 165 5, 988
71
I 80 'I
109 106 ' 102 :1
3, 414 23, 779 Mil.
4, 501 12, 186 66,450
401,591 102 . 2,309,662 103
8,914 128 143,820 116
4, 206 123 26, 894 113 Mil.
4, 977 111 13, 259 109 70, 171 106
l/ Revised. 2/ Preliminary. 3/ Pullets for broiler hatchery supply flocks, includes expected pullet replacements from eggs sold during the preceding month at the rate of 125 pullet chicks per 30-doz. case of eggs. 4/ Federal-State Market News ServiceSlaughter reports only include poultry slaughtered under Federal Inspection. 5/ South Atlantic States: Del., Md., W. Va., N. C., S. C., Ga. , Fla., Va.
YOCNG CHICKENS: SLAUGHTERED UNDER FEDERAL INSPECTION BY SELECT~D STATES, 1966 and 1967
State
Number Ins ected
During Dec.
1966
1967
Jan. thru Dec.
1966
1967
I
Indicated Percent Condemned
I During Dec.
Jan. thru Dec.
i 1966
1967
1966
1967
Thou.
Thou.
Thou.
Thou.
Pet.
Pet.
Pet.
Pet.
Maine
5,639
5, 151
69,801 70, 593 3.6
3. 7
3.3
3.5
Pa.
7' 132
6, 127
87,322 81,910 4.9
5. l
4. 1
4.8
Mo.
3, 052
2, 741
36,175 38,855 6.8
3.7
5.2
3.7
D e l.
7,895
6, 510
92,683 90,652 4.7
5. 1
4.3
5. l
M d.
12, 557
9,614 14 0, 14 7 14 0, 548 5.0
5. 3
4.3
4 .9
Va.
3,657
4 ,075
42, 867 50, 951 4.3
4.5
N. c.
19,214 17,772 252,172 252,357 5.0
3.7
3. 3
3. 7
3. 9
3 .8
Ga.
29,900 27,376 378,765 389,664 5.4
4.7
3. 7
4 .8
T enn.
4,971
4 , 234
61 , 676 60, 4 66 8.7
3 .9
3. 6
4.3
A la.
20,924 20, 166 252, 933 264,305 5. 1
3.4
3 .2
3.3
Mis s .
13' 9 56 12,606 16 0,318 163,823 4. l
2.8
3.2
2.9
__ _ __ Ark.
27,093 25,210 319,726 343,465 5.4
3.6
3 .9
3.8
~ _1_1~ ~:~- __ -~o_.-~~~ ___ :: =~ ~: ~
1:~~ ~~!
4.0
5.1
3. 4
3.4
------------------- ----------------
185,428
2, 236,04 1
5.0
4.0
3.7
4.0
167,185
2,319,390
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Georgia Department of A griculture
Stati stical Reporting Service , 409A North Lumpkin Street, Athens, G e orgia 3060 l
c
r
E nd-o-l'vfonth S to c ks o Poultry, Poultry Products, Me a t and Meat Pr oducts
Unit e d States - January 1968
Holdings of she ll eggs on F e bruary 1 were lower than a mont h e arlie r by 9 thousand cases . F~ b r ua ry 1 s tocks wer e 77 thousand cases compared with 63 thousand a y e ar e arlier and the ave r age of 73 thousand cas e s. Froze n egg stocks w e re 85 million pounds, 4 8 million more than ye ar e arlie r holdings and 39 million pounds more than ave rage . F e bruary 1 holdin gs of froze n poultry w e r e 524 million pounds, down 16 million from Janua ry 1. Stocks w e r e 21 p e rce nt g reater than on February l, 1967 and 52 percent gr e a te r than average . Holdings of frozen turke ys amounte d to 359 million pounds. This time last ye ar, turkey holdings we re 272 million and the ave rage is 209 million pounds. A 2 -million -pound January gain brought meat stocks to 646 million pounds on February 1. The s e holdings we r e 3 perce nt lowe r than a year earlie r but 12 percent more than average . Total pork stocks were up t o 289 million pounds, a gain of 3 million during January. Canned m e ats gaine d 4 million pounds and totaled 61 million pounds. B e ef decline d 6 million pounds to tota l 269 million on F e bruary 1.
Commodity
Egg s : She ll Froze n e ggs, total
Unit
Cas e Pound
Jan. 1962-66 av
Thou.
73 46,384
Jan. 1967 Thou.
63 37,074
Dec. 1967 Thou.
86 89,488
J an. 196 8 Thou.
77 85, 319
Poultry, froz e n:
Broilers or fryers
do.
27,346
Hens, fowls
do.
52,700
Turkeys
do.
208,712
Othe r & Unclassified
do.
55,260
Total Poultry
do.
344,018
44,256 55, 615 272, 121 62,044 434, 036
41,310 69,616 366,870 62, 4 89 540, 285
37,74 2 67,394 358,651 60, 140 523,927
Beef: Frozen in Cure I
and Cured
do.
Pork: Frozen and
Coole r
do.
Othe r meat and meat
products
do.
Total all r e d meats
do
235, 584
251, 100
92, 542 579,226
319,364
256,244
92, 231 667, 839
274,675
285,927
83,454 644,056
269, 158
289,298
87,998 646,454
MID-MONTH PRICES RECEIVED AND PRICES PAID
Georgia
United 3tates ------~~--~~--------------
Item
Jan. 15 Dec. 15 Jan. 15 1 Jan. 15 Dec. 15 Jan. 15
--------------------J.------vr:~:~e-1n-9:t6~s-7-------;:C"e_n_1t79-s6.;7______C~e-1n-9:6t~8s---l1.--::C1en9t
67 s
1967 Cents
1968 Cents
Price s Rec eive d:
Chicke ns, lb. excluding
broile rs
10.0
9.5
6.5
9.1
7.8
7.9
Com'l Broile rs (lb.)
12.5
10.5
12.5
13.9
11.6
13.5
All Chickens (lb.) All Eggs (dozens)
12.3 43. 1
10.4 38.9
12. 1 39. 2
I 13. 3 37.4
11. 2 32. 1
12. 9 31. 5
Price s Paid:(per ton)
Dol.
Dol.
Dol.
Dol.
Dol.
Dol.
Broile r Grower
100.00
92.00
93.00 196.00 90.00
90.00
Laying F e ed
96. 00
89. 00
86. 00 189. 00 84. 00
82.00
This report is made possible through the cooperation of the National Poultry Improvement
Plan, Offi cial State Agencies, the Animal Husbandry Research Division of the A gricultural
R e s e arch Service, the Inspection Branch of the Poultry Division, Consume r and Marketing
Se r vice and the Agricultural Estimates Division of the Statistical Reporting Se rvice and
the many bre e ders, hatcheries, poultry processors and the poultry farm e rs that report
to thes e age ncies.
ARCHIE LANGLEY
W. A . WAGNE R
A gricultural Statistician In Charge
Agricultural Statistician
A fter F ive Days Return to: Unite d State s De partment of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting 3e rvice 4 09A North Lumpkin Street
A t hens, Georgia 30601 O FFICIA L BUSINESS
Postage and Fe e s Paid U. 3 . Department of Ag riculture
950
Acquisitions Division Univers ity Librari e s Univ&rsity qf Georgia Athens Georgia 30601
LIVESTOCK
UtUVERSlit
C A L F C R 0 P - l 9 7 FEB 2 51968
GEORGIA
'--..,:;....----J L\BRARlES
Jbleased 2/26/68
Calves born on Georgia farms during 1967 are estimated at 743,000 head -- l percent above the 739,000 born in 1966, and 8 percent ab ove the 1961-65 average calf crop, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service .
The number of cows and heifers 2 years old and older on farms at the beginning of t he year
was estimated at 917,000 head c ompared with 935,000 on January l, 1966.
UNITED STATES
---- CALF CROP UP SLIGHTLY The 1967 calf crop for t he United States is estimated at 43,647,000 head compared with 43,526,000 for 1966, according to the Crop Reporting Board. This is 3 percent above the 1961-65 average number of calves born.
There were 49,883,000 cows and heifers 2 years old and older on January l, 1967 compared with 50,420,000 on farms January 1, 1966. However, by January l, 1968 the number had increased slightly to 49,962,000 head.
The number of calves born in 1967 expressed as a percentage of cows and heifers 2 years old and older on hand at the beginning of the year was 87 percent, one point above a year earlier. This percentage is not strictly a calving rate because the January l inventory of cows and heifers 2 years old and older does not include all heifers that calve during the year and includes some cows that died or were slaughtered before calving .
NORTH CENTRAL STA.'m..
In the North Central States, 4 States had smaller calf crops than a year earlier, and 8 had more calves born. Michigan had the greatest percentage reduction, at 7 percent. Kansas showed a 5-percent increase.
SOUT HERN~~__
Of the 8 South Atlantic States, 4 had smaller calf crops, one had no change and 3 had larger.
In the South Central area 3 States had larger calf crops than a year earlier, and 5 had a re-
duction in calves born. The greatest increase -- 4 percent -- occurred in Texas, the largest
cattle State in the Nation.
WESTERN STATES
In the 1-Je stern States, 6 States had l arger calf crops than in 1966, one State had no change while 4 States had smaller crops. Montana, Colorado, Utah, and California each had 2 percent more calves than a year earlier. Wyomi ng, Arizona , Nevada, and Oregon were each down l per -
cent.
NORTH ATLANTIC STATES
--- ~
.
The 1967 calf crop was smaller in all North Atlantic States , except IIaine and Rhode Island . Maine was up l percent and Rhode Island was unchanged from a year earlier .
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
W. PAT PARKS Agricultural Statistician
~UED BY:--fEe-Georgia Crop Reporting Service:-usDA, 409A North-rumpkin Street, Athens, Ga., in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture .
Stat e
Calf orop, l966 e nd l967, by States
Calve s born a s
Cows and he ifer s
p ercent of cows
2 yrs. & older January 1
V and heifers 2+ J anu ary 1
Ca lve s born
5-ye::.r average
:1961-1965
1966
1967
1966
1967
5-year average
:1961-1965
1966
:1967 a: s 1967 ~oI of
=1966
1,000 head
Perc ent
1,000 he ~n
: Per c e n t
Ma ine N . H. Vt.
Mass .
R. I.
Conn. N.Y.
N J . Pa: .
1C9 58 282
100
13 93 1,410 134 1,068
92 50 249 88 12 84 1,311
113 988
89
82
85
48
84
85
244
84
84
86 . I 82
81
11
75
82
83
83
80
1,246
83
84
103
79
81
950
86
86
89 49 23 6
81 11
75 1,188
107
924
75 42
209
72 9
70 l,C88
89
850
76
1 01
41
98
205
98
70
97
9
100
66
94
1,047
96
83
93
817
96
Ohio Ind.
Til. Mich.
Wi s .
991 812
1,3C8 810
2,543
890 773 1,248 750
2,449
870
86
88
738
87
89
1,168
87
89
680
83
85
2,384
89
90
846 711 1,151
702 2,288
765 67 3 l,C86
622 2,180
76 6
100
657
98
1,040
96
578 <:
93
2,146
98
Minn. Iowa Mo. N. Dak. S. Dak. Ne b r . Kansas
Del. :tvld. Va . W. Va. N. C.
s. c.
Ge or,Q;ia Fla.
1,835 1,999 2,0C9 1,068" 1, 698
1,994 1,805
30
268
779
..
298 515
310
839
1,-ow
1,776 2,044 2,115 1,207 1,830 2,149 1,906
24 248 735 282 530 321 935 1,089
1,717
86
89
1,629
1,527
1,528
100
2,025
93
94
1,835
1,901
1,904
100
2,151
91
91
1,808
1,925
1,957
102
1,182
88
90
982
1, 06 2
1, 064
100
1,871
93
93
1,564
1,702
1,740
102
2,107
90
92
1,822
1,924
1,938
101
1,893
88
93
1,647
1,677
1,760
1C5
:
21
77
77
24
18
16
89
242
85
86
224
211
208
99
726
83
84
654
610
610
100
265
85
87
255
240
231
96
542
81
82
4C5
429
444
103
320
82
84
250
263
269
1 02
917
79
81
686
739
743
101
l, C89
74
68
740
806
741
92
Ky . Tenn. Al a . Miss. Ark. La. Okla. Texa s
Mont. Idaho Wyo. Colo.
N. Mex . Ariz. Utah Nev. VTash. Oreg. Ca lif.
1,234 1,155
987
1,325 862
1,171 1,983 5,402
1,318
662
.
632 978
t
740
423
372
301
591
779
1,766
1,292 1,274 1,042 1,439
925 1,184 2,173 5,589
1,511 699 719
1,043 750 417 395 320 585 813
1,853
1,315
91
92
1,260
84
84
1,007
80
82
1,414
81
81
945
83
84
1,125
78
80
2,115
86
88
5,670
84
86
1,1C5
1,002 801
1,013 706 915
1,706 4,469
1,176
1,070 834
1,166 7 68 924
1,869
4,695
1,210
103
1,058
99
826
!)9
1,145
98
794
103
900
97
1,861
100
4,876
1 04
1,536 684
t
91
91
1,202
1,375
90
'92
598
629
1,398
102
629
100
694
89
91
1,071
93
92
737
86
88
446
85
79
393
88
90
320
81
80
594
89
88
798
89
90
1,884
87
88
5 64
881 629 336 324 241 529
689 1,562
640 970 645 354
348 259 521 724
1,617
632
99
985
102
649
101
352": 99
354
102
256
99
523
100
718
99
1, 650
102
48 States Alaska
48,878
50,311
49,77 6
86
4.5
4.6
4 .4
87
88 86
42,256
43,448
3.8
4.0
43,570 3.8:
--1-0g0s-
Hawa ii
93
1C5
103
70
71
65
74
73 l
99
t
United
States
48,97 6
50,420
49,883
86
87
42,325
43, 5 26
43, 647
100
1/ Not strictly a ca lving rate. Figure repre sents calves born expressed as percentage of the numb er of cow-s-
- and he ifers 2 ye2.rs old and over on fanns and r an che s January 1.
After Five Days Return to
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,.,
LIVESTOCK REPORT
LA JVI B
CROP -19 GEORGIA
UN\VERS\t'l Of GEO:,_ .. .
~0r o '~
\,;vO
7
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R leased 2/27/68
Georgia's 1967 lamb crop is estimated at 3,300 head -- the same as the previous year but sharply below the 1961-65 average of 7, 800 lambs.
The number of breeding ewes 1 year and older on farms January 1, 1967 at 4,700 head was unchanged from the previous year's total but was well below the 5-year average of 10,000.
UNITED STATES
~ffi CR OP DOWN 5 PERCENT
The 1967 lamb crop is estimated at 15,040,000 head, 5 percent less than the 15,881,000
head produced in 1966, according to the Crop Reporting Board. Breeding ewes one year old and older on farms and ranches January 1, 1967 were 4 percent below a year earlier, and ewe lambs under 1 year old were down 2 percent from January 1, 1966. The 13 Western sheep States pro-
duced 6 percent fewer lambs in 1967. The lamb crop in the 35 Native States was 5 percent below
1966. In Texas, the leading sheep State, the lamb crop was 8 percent smaller than a year earlier .
The lamb crop percentage (number of lambs saved per 100 ewes 1 year old or older on hand January 1) for 1967 vras 93, down 1 point from t he 1966 percentage . The Western States lambing percentage , at 88, was 3 points below 1966, while the percentage in the Native States was 106, up 2 points from the previous year.
13~~S TATES
The 13 Western States (11 West, South Dakota, and Texas) produced a lamb crop of 10,384,000 head, 6 percent less than the 1966 crop of 10,993,000 head. Both a decline in the number of breeding ewes and a drop in the lambing percentage contributed to the smaller lamb crop in 1967. The January 1, 1967 number of breeding ewes 1 year old and older was 11,816,000 head, 3 percent less than January 1, 1966. The lamb crop was smaller than a year earlier in all Western States except Utah and California. The number of early lambs (dropped before March 15) in the Western States was down 4 percent from a year earlier.
NATIVES~
The 1967 lamb crop in the 35 Native States is estimated at 4,649,000 head, 5 percent less
than the number saved in 1966. The lamb crop was smaller in 26 States, unchanged in 1 State, and larger in 8 States . The number of ewes 1 year old and older on hand January 1, 1967 was down 7 percent from a year earlier . The l ambing percentage at 106 t..;ras 2 points above 1966.
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
1rJ . PAT PARKS Agricultural Statistician
--------- -~----------------------~-----------~-- ----.---.-......--~-------
I SSUED BY: The Georg i a Crop Reporting Service, USDA, 409A North Lumpkin Street, Athens, Ga., i n cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture.
STATE
LAM B CROPs ~966 AND ~967
Breeding ewe s 1 year and older
.January 1
5-year average
1961-65
1966 1 , 000 head
1967
Lambs save d per lCO ewe s l+
.January 1 !,/
1966
1967
I-fumber
8MO.i8
u Lambs saved
- year
average 1961- 65
1966 . . 1967
1 , 000 hea d
: 196/aS-
% of
1966 P e r c en t
Ma ine N . H. Vt.
M...'\ SS
R. I . Conn . N. Y.
N .J Pa .
...... I
............
:
22 4.5 6 .8
8 1.7
4.7 95
9 145
14 3 .5 6.0
7 1.5 3.3
80
7 130
13
1\J7
1 08
3.6
94
97
5.7
95
102
7
96
97
1.5
100
87
3 .5
100
100
75
108
111
6.9
89
96
i28
1C6
104
23 4.2 6.4 7 .1 1.7 4 .4
103 8 .5
144
15 3.3 5 .7 6 .7 1.5 3 .3
86 6.2
137
14
93
3.5
106
5 .8
102
6.8
101
1.3
87
3.5
1 06
83
97
6.6
106
133
97
Ohio
600
532
Ind.
290
230
ill.
3 67
284
...... Mich .
\'!is .
214 149
189 129
515
98
101
585
521
520
100
212
107
111
303
245
235
96
272
106
108
392
302
294
97
163
110
109
224
207
178
86
126
1C8
115
163
139
145
104
...... Minn.
Iowa
'
5 63 796
447 684
420
110
113
636
490
474
97
622
101
105
818
693
652
94
Mo .
s
385
291
262
103
103
379
299
269
90
N. Dak.
431
333
300
104
102
462
346
305
88
S. Dak .
1 ,140
983
968
104
103
1 , 179
1 , 026
997
97
Nebr .
262
242
230
102
104
274
2{18
239
96
...... Kans.
Del .
Md . Va .
......
404
2 .5 22 213
353
2 .0 16 176
331
96
102
384
339
337
99
2.0 15 174
110
100 I
2.7
100
93
23
120
117
238
2.2 16 211
2.0
91
14
88
203
96
Vl . Va.
N. C.
s. c.
......
.... .. Georp:ia
Fla.
.
191 31 5 .0 10 5 .2
155 19 3.0
4 .7 4 .6
142
110
112
16
100
106
2.0
80
80
4 .7
70
70
4.2
74
93
2\J7 32
4.2 7 .8 4.2
170
19 2.4
3.3 3.4
159
94
17
89
1.6
67
3 .3
100
3 .9
115
Ky.
249
137
129
109
117
273
149
151
101
Tenn.
122
70
61
96
90
119
67
55
82
Ala .
13
7
6.3
83
86
12
5.8
5.4
93
Miss.
28
17
............ Ark.
La . Okla .
1
20 43
125
9
27 93
15
88
73
22
15
11
73
8
82
83
20
7.4
6.7
91
22
63
68
31
17
15
88
93
107
103
126
100
96
96
Texa s
3,833
3 ,158
3,190
82
75
2,814
2,590
2,392
92
...... ...... Mont .
I da, ho Wyo. Colo .
...... N.Mex.
Ariz . Uta h
.......... .. Nev .
V!ash. Oreg . Calif .
1,158
766 1 , 66 9
1,054
846 348
973 230 189
598 1 , 293
1,006
645 1,538
906 687 349
890 200 118 466 1 ,188
936 616
1,442
852 668
323
878 191
111 425 1,216
92
90
1 '('79
926
842
91
112
115
865
7 25
706
97
87
82
1,417
1,338
1,182
88
101
100
1 , 067
916
850
93
79
75
666
540
502
93
83
85
289
291
276
95
86
90
844
765
792
104
95
90
204
190
172
91
114
115
214
135
128
95
101
102
595
470
434
92
91
91
1,182
1 ,C8 l
1,111
103
.... 48 States
19,934
Alaska
I
7
Hawa ii
16 ,841 9
16,208 10
94
93
18 , 4 58
15,875
15,033
95
67
70
5 .2
6.0
7.0
117
United States
19,941 16,850
16,218
94
93
18,463
15,881
15,040
95
1/ Lambs saved de fined as lambs living .July 1, or sold before .July 1 in the Native States and Lambs docked or - branded in the West ern States .
Aft er Five Days Return to Unit ed Sta t es Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service 4C9A North Lumpkin Street
Athens, Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Postage and Fee s Pa id U. S. Department of Agriculture
EORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
ATHENS, GEORG I A
MAR 1 4968' uar
BROILER TY E
LIBRARIES
Placement of broiler chicks in G e orgia during the we e k ende d F e bruary 24 was 9, 062, 000--3 percent more than the previous week but 4 percent less than the comparable week last year, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service.
An estimated 12, 169,000 broiler type eggs were set by Georgia hatcheries--! percent more than the previous week but 9 percent less than the comparable week a year earlier.
T he majority of the prices paid to Georgia producers for broiler hatching eggs we r e r eported within a range of 55 to 67 cents per dozen. The average price of hatching eggs was 62 cents per dozen, The price of eggs from flocks with hatchery owned cockerels generally was 2 cents below the average price. Most prices received for
broiler chicks by Georgia hatcheries were reported within a range of $8.00 to $9. 75 with an average of $9. 25 per hundred. The average prices last year were 60 cents for eggs and $8.75 for chicks.
Week Ended
GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS, AND CHICK PLACEMENTS
Eggs Set];_/
1966
-
1967
1967
-
1968
BROILER TYPE
I
I
Chicks Placed for
i
I
Broilers in Georgia
% of year ago
1966
-
1967
-1967
1968
%of year ago
Av. Price
Hatch
Broiler
Eggs
Chicks
Per
Per
Doz.
Hundred
1967-68 1967-68
Thou.
Thou.
Pet.
Thou.
Thou. Pet. Cents
Dollars
Dec. 23 Dec. 30 Jan. 6 Jan. 13 Jan. 20 Jan. 27 Feb. 3 Feb. 10 Feb. 17 Feb. 24
11, 83 5 11,445
97
8,435
8,446 100
57
11,615 11,637 100
8, 546
7,860
92
57
12,359 11,721
95
8, 891
8,698
98
58
12,392 11,939
96
8,783
8,682
99
59
12, 562 11, 832
94
8,843
8, 791
99
59
12, 892 11,988
93
8,929
8,722
98
59
13,096 11,994
92
8,909
8, 735
98
59
12, 971 11, 850
91
9,063
8, 593
95
60
13,221 12,079
91
9,393
8,839
94
61
13,346 12, 169
91
9,421
9,062
96
62
8.00
8.00
8.25
8.25
8.25
8. 50
8. 50 8.75
.
9.00 .
9.25
EGG TYPE
Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the week ended February 24 was 578, 000--24 percent more than the previous week but 47 percent less than the comparable week last year. An estimated 885, 000 eggs for the production of egg type chicks were set by Georgia hatcheries, 1 percent more than the previous week but 33 percent less than the comparable week last year.
In the four states that accounted for about 25 percent of the hatch of all egg type chicks in the U. S. in 1967, hatchings during the week ended February 24 were down 29 percent and settings were down 19 percent from a year ago.
State
Ga. Ill. Calif. Wash.
EGG TYPE E GGS SET AND CHICKS HATCHED, 1968
Eggs Set (Week E nded)
i% of
I
l'~eb.
Feb.
F e b. F e b. 1year
3
10
17
24 FtgO 2/
Chicks Hatche d (We e k Ended) floof
Feb.
Feb.
F e b. Feb. year
3
10
17
24 iago 2/
Thousands
723 3/ 801
877 885 67
1,
420 727
3- /
1,
565 798
515 6 50 79 1, 685 1,958 94
225
347
274 274 72
574 215 1, 241 156
Thousands
631
4 68 578 53
390
4 00 325 98
1, 502 1, 314 1, 327 78
153
151 151 60
Total
3,0953/3,511 3,351 3,767 81
2, 186 2,676 2,333 2, 3 81 71
1/ Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatchery supply flocks.
Z/ Current week as percent of same week last year. 3/ Revised.
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BR OILEH TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL AR.~AS BY WE .Z: KS - 1968 Page 2
STATE
I
EGGS SET
I
CHIC ~<S PLAC~D
Week Ended
Feb.
Feb.
10
17
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I
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Eeb.
year
Feb.
24
ago 1I . 10
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Feb.
year
17
24
1 ago 1/
THOUSANDS
THOUSANDS
Maine Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana Missouri D e laware Maryland
1, 887 327
1, 616 474 315
2,323 4, 570
1,970 313
l, 637 496 348
2,406 4, 672
I
1,966 342
I 94 I 1,326
98 i 145
I 1, 545 104
860
447 63
285
360 56
366
2,375 80
2,318
4, 593 101
3, 146
1, 431 146
995 297 345 2, 38j
3, 211
1, 388 183
999 306 358 2, 227 3,332
89 120
129 95
84
81 103
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Virginia We st Virginia North Carolina South Carolina
1, 619 86
7, 193 458
1, 695
97 7,290
475
1, 669 116
7,275 446
95 87
98
I 1, 059
!
242 5,253
98
I
i
384
1, 026 36G
5, 171 394
1, 002 332
5, 146 347
101 134
95 91
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GEORGIA
11, 850 12,079 12, 169
91
I
I
8, 593
8,839
9,062
96
Florida Tenne ssee Alabama Mississippi Arkansa s Lo uis iana Texas Washington
-Or egon
California
TOTAL 1968.
(22 States)
922 706
862 726
I 932 105
797
723 76
901
752 7.50
731
156
740
67
8,468
8, 584
8,708 92
4, 810
4,868
4,847 98
6, 564
6, 576
6,660
99
3,997
4,020
4,088
103
10, 219 1, 136 4, 594 647 388
10 , 058 1, 138 4,6 91 627 311
10,065 97 1, 160 98 4, 563 96 665 84
431 103
6, 512
b,948
7, 17 5
97
810
809
801
99
3,288
3, 533
3, 501
100
43 0
417
4 50
90
26 4
325
338
93
1, 738
l, 834
1,858 85
1, 248
1,297
1,286
94
66,346 67,177 67,255 94 48,788 50, 03 5 50, 4 52
97
TOTAL 1967*
(2 2 States)
69,331 70,539 71,795
~of La.st Year
96
95
94
{I .current week as percent of sam e week last year.
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50,695 51,614 51, 84~
96
97
97
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GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
ATHENS, GEORGIA
68 GEORGIA SOYBEANS
County Estimates - Acreage, Yield, and Production - 1966 Revised; 1967 Preliminary
District and County
DISTRICT 1
Bartow Chattooga Floyd Gordon Hurray Polk Walker 1!hitfield Other Counties
TOTAL
Die!EJCT g_
Barrow Clarke Fannin Gwil"l.nett Jackson Oconee Union Walton Other Counties
TarAL
1 ~TRICT
Elbert Franklin Hart IVJ:adison Oglethorpe Stephens 1,vi1kes Other Counties
TOTAL
Harvested Acres
1966
1967
160 1,600 2,800 4,230 1,550
410 1,850
100
12,700
1,000
4,000 4,800 5,400 2,000
Eco
2,000 200
20,000
240 110 300
300 240 1,740 170
3,100
200
300
100
~,200
200 1,500
200 2,600
200
7,500
1,260 580
1,650 1,500
580
330 100
6,000
5,300 2,200 4,200 7,000 2,500
100 5oo 200
22,000
Yield Per Acre
1966
1 9 ~1-
Production
1966
196 7
28.0 30.0 25.5 22.5 25.5 28.0 23.5 26.0
24.9
26.0
28.0 25.0 22.0 27.5 27.0 23.5 25.0
25.0
4,480 48, 000 71,400 95,175 39,525 11,480 43,475
2,600
316,135
26,000
112,000 120,000 118,800 55,000 16,200
47,000
5,ooo
5 00 , 0 00
26.0 18.0 16.0
20.5 30.0 26.0 22.0
24.3
25.0 26.0 20.0 23.0 25.0 25.0 23.5 24.0 25.0
24.0
6,240 1,980 4,800
6,150 7,200 45,240 3,740
75,350
5,000 7,800 2,000 50,600 5,000 37,500 4,700 62,400 5,000
180,000
19.5 24.5 23.5 23.0 17.0
28.0 22.0
22.2
24.0 25.0 24.5 24.5 24.5 25.0 27.5 24.5
24.5
24,570 14,210 38,775 34,500
9,860
9,240 2,200
133,355
127,200 55,000 102,900 171,500 61,250
2,500 13,750 4,900
539,000
March 1968
GE ORGIA SOYBEANS
County Estimates - Acreage, Yield, and Production - 1966 Revised; 1967 Preliminary
. ---------------- --------- ------------ . ----~-----~-------------------
. __,_-
.
~------ -----
Cotveta Fayette Harris Henry Lamar Uacon l\'larion Eeritvether Pike Schley Spalding Taylor Upson Other Counties
TGrAL
110 230 720
10,760
710 1,480 1,240 3,950
300
19,500
100 300 500 2,200 500 15 ,ooo 300 500 3,000 3,000 1,000 5,000 200 400
32,000
23.0 18.0 22 . 5
24.0
26.5 28.0 25.0 19.0
24.0
23.3
Baldwin Bibb Bleckley Butts Crawford Dodge Hancock Houston Johnson Jones Laurens Montgomery Horgan Newton Peach Pulaski Treutlen Twiggs 1:Jashington 1fueeler Wilkinson Other Counties
TOTAL
1 80 1,ooo 2,840
370
~. ,260
640 180 24,660 1,560
6,120 2,920
11,520 1,190
180 980 14,500 180 1,020 100
74,400
600
Boo
5,500 1,000 6,200 3,000
300 30,000 3,200
300 14,000 4,500
600 400 .15, 700 2,000 2,000 4,oco 16,000 2,000 2,500
L~OO
115,000
18.0 20.0 25 .0
lB.o
20.0 25.0 21.5 22.0 17.0
25.0 20.0
28.0 23.0 24.0 26.0 18.5 22.5 16.5 23.5
22.3
24.0 25.0 21.0 25.0 25.0 26.0 24.0 24.0 26.0 27.0 25.5 24.0 24.0 24.0
25.5
2,530 4,140 16,200
258,240
18,815 41,440 31,000 75,050
7,200
45L~,615
2,400 7,500 10,500 55,oco 12,500 390,000 7,200 12,000 78,000 81,000 25,500 120,000 4,800 9, 600
816,000
20.0
3,240
12,000
24.0
20,000
19,200
26.0
71,000 143,000
24.0
6,660
24,000
25.0
85,200 l5.S,oco
24.5
16,000
73,500
23.0
3,g7o
6,900
24.0
542,500 720,000
20.0
26,520
64,000
22.0
6,600
2h.5
153,000 343,000
23.0
58,400 103,500
24.0
14,400
22.5
9,000
27.0
322,560 423,900
24.0
27,370
48,000
23.5
4,320
47,000
25.0
25,480 100,000
21.0
268,250 336,000
23.5
L~ ,o5o
47,000
22.0
.16,830
55,000
22.5
2,350
9,000
24.0 1,657,600 2,760,000
l'iarch 1968
GECRGIA SOYBEANS
____________ ______ . County Estimates - Acreage, Yield, Production - 1966 Revised; 1967 Preliminary
. . . ... -~
- -~ - ---- -
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---------~ -- - -----~----------------~---
------ ---------.....-. -------- District
~r_d_G_Qunt v
: :
1
9H6a6rve-s-t-e:d-
1A9cr6e7s
-
--
-
-:;---196I 6ie
ld
-:-
~
Per Acre
-1967
:: 196I6r_o_d_u_c:_ti_o_n___1967 ___ _
----~-
Atkinson Ben Hill Berrien Brooks Coffee Co l q u i t t Cook Crisp Dool y Zchols Irwin Jeff Davis Lanier Lovmde s Telfair Tift Turner "\Plilcox 1rlorth other Counties
TOTAL
140 400 2,840 3,690 660 1,890 1 , 010 3,710 1.5,290
2,900 230 170
1,470 310 710
1,160 1,130 3,.590
100
41,400
200 1,000 6,000 6,000 1,200 .5,000 1,800 7,000 2.5,000
200 4 , 000
.sco 300 3,.500 1,.500 1,Boo 2,000 2,.500 6, .500
76, 000
29.0 17.0 23.0 17. 0 19. 0 23.0 22.0 18.0 2.5. 0
1.5.0 21.0 23 .5 21 .5 19.0 20 .5 21 .5 16 .5 23.0 24.0
21.7
2.5.0 20 . 0 22.0 20.0 21.0 23.0 22 .5 22 .5 24.0 21.0 20.0 21.0 22.0 22.0 21.0 22 .5 22 .5 20.0 23.0
22.5
4,060 6,800 6.5,320 62, 730 12,.540 Lf3,470 22,220 66, 780 382,2.50
43,.500 4, 83G 3, 99.5 31, 60.5 .5,890 14,.5.5.5
21.~ , 940
l(l,64.5 82,.570 2,400
899,100
.5 ,ooo 20,000 132,000 120,000 2.5,200 11.5,000 40,.500 1.57 ,.soo 6co,ooo 4,200 80 , 0 0 0 10,.500
6,600 77 ,ooo 31,.500 40 ,.50 0 4.5,000 .50,000 149,.500
1,710,000 -
- - - - DISTRICT 9
Appling Bacon Bryan Chatham Evans Pierce Tattnall Toombs vJare Wayne other Counties
8.50 200 1,000 6.50 2, 730 200 3,280 1,900
190 200
11,200
STATE TGTAL 3Jl,OOO
3,000
Boo
1,.500 700
4,000 1,000 8,000 .5,000
200 700 100
2.5,000
.542 ,000
23 .5 23 .5 2.5.5 23.0 21.0 20.0 22.0 22.0 22.0 22.5 23.0 22.0 26 .5 24.0 26.5 23.0
21.0 23.0 22.0 2.5. 0 21.0
24.3 23.0
23.0 24.0
19' 97.5 .5,100 21,000 14,300
60,060
4,600
e6,92o
.50,3.50
4,370 .5,000
271,67.5
6,923,000
70,.500 18,400 30,000 1.5,400 90,000 22,000 192 ,000 11.5,000
4,200 1.5,400
2,l00
.57.5' 000
13 , 0 0 8 , 0 0 0
ARCHIE lANGlEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
A. J. BORDELON Agricultural Statistician
ISSuEDBY:-The-G;orgi'aCropReporting-Sffi:v:i.'Ce-;-us'DA' 409ANorthLumpki'riStreet' Athe~: Ga.:
in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture.
l'iarch 1968 . GE ORGIA SOYBEANS
County Estimates -Acreage, Yield, and Production - 1966 Revised; 1967 Preliminary
- - - - - - - -.. - - - - - - - - - - - -.- - - - -
,!.: District
: Harvested Acres
:
Yield Per Acre
:
Production
and County____
l9bb:_-: ,
]:9b?
~ --;-- -----=1966-
:SUS: rieiS1_96_?:_ -l9_ b6
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u
s:
h
e
l1s96
7~~ --
Bulloch Burke Candler Columbia Ef f ingham Emanuel Glascock Jefferson Jenkins l'1cDuffie Ric:b.mond Screven \tV'arren
TOTAL
Baker Calhoun Clay Decatur Dougherty Early Grady lee Ivliller l\iitchell Quitman Randolph Seminole Stewart Sumter Terrell Thomas Webster
TOTAL
18,g70 25,850 3,540
220 7,440 4,180
300
15,220
5,580
230 930 21,400 2,340
10_6,100
33,000 35,000
4,000 250
12,000 14,000 1,200 . 26,000 14,000 1,250
1,800
35,000
5,000
182,500
480 820 100 730 2,880
360
2,200 2,930 2,000 1,880
500
650 200 7,100 1,000 2,670 100
26,600
1,700 3,000
200
3,500
4,000 2,500 2,800 6,000 2,500 3,500
100 1,500 1,500 1,200 17,500 3,000 7,000
500
62,000
28.0 23.0 27.5 18.0 21.5 22.0 21.5 21.0 19.0 17.0 16.0 24.0 21.5
23.5
23.0 20.0 20.0 18.0 25.5 15.0 25.0 19.5 20.5 29.5
18.0 24.5 24.0 25.5 28.0 18.5 20.0
23.3
28.0
25.0
27.5 21.0
24.0 25.0 23.0
24.5 22.5 21.0 23.0 25.0 24.0
528,360
594,550 97,350 3,960
159,960 91,960
6,450
323,675 106,020
3,910 14,880
513, 600 50,310
924,000 875,000 110,000
5,250 288,000
350,000 27 ,600
637,000
315,500
26,250
41,400 875,000 120,000
25.2 2,494,985 4,595,000
21.5 20.0 20.0 20.0 22.0 19.5 22.0 20.0 21.0 23.0 21.0 20.0 22.0 22.5 23.0 22.0 20.0 21.0
21.5
11,040 16,400
2,000 13,140 73,440 5,400
55,000
57,135 41,000 55,460
9,000 15,925
4,800 181,050
28,000 49,395
2,000
620,185
36,550 60,000 4,000 70,000 88,000 48,750 61,600 120,000 52,500 80,500
2,100 30,000 33,000 27,000 402,500 66,000 140,000 10,500
1,333,000
IY'ID STATES DEPARTMENT
GEORGIA CROP REPORTIN
ATHENS, GEORGIA
Athe ns 1 Ge orgia GEORGIA C O RN COUNTY ESTIMATES I
Di s t ri c t a nd County
Planted for All Purposes
Acreage
DISTRICT l
Bartow Catoosa Chattooga Dade Floyd Gordon Murray Paulding Polk walker Whitfield
Acres
412 00 780
21800 1121 0 41400 61650 3 1 OS 0 11450 11880 2182 0 21260
Acres
31650 570
21500 11180 31650 51880 21900 1141 0 11670 21490 21100
GRICULTURE
SUNEIRVEYRSI J~ ~F GEORGIA
MARS 1968
M rch 1 19 68
Harvested for Grain
Yield Per Acre
Production
Bushels
Bushels
51.2 49.1 47.2 45 . 8 -~ 7. 4
so. 3
47.2 4 0. 4 43.1 50.2 49.5
1871 000 281 000
11 8 1000 54 1000
1731000 2961000 1371000
571000 721 000 1251000 l 04 10 00
TOTAL
311500
281000
48.2
113511000
DISTRICT 2
Barrow Che rokee Clarke Cobb Dawson DeKalb Fannin Forsyth Fulton Gilmer Gw innett Hall Jackson Lumpkin Ocone e Pickens Towns Union Walton White
112 00 11 l 00
600 600 720 800 11230 11650 116 00 960 11900 11630 11460 840 11280 500 850 11800 21430 11250
11150 11000
400 500 7 00 43 0 l,l8 C 1155 0 112 00 950 117 50 11 34 0 11 35 0 690 11050 490 77 0 117 00 21000 112 00
43.5 46.0 52.5 44.0 52.9 55.8 60.2 40.6 45 . 0 58.9 42 . 9 45.5
~7.4
62.3 47.6 49.0 59 . 7 61.8 42. 0 48.3
501000 461000 21100 0 221000 371000 24 1000 71,000 63100 0 54 1000 561000 7510 00 611000 641 0 0 0 431000 5 01000 24100 0 46100 0 1051000 84 1000 581 000
TO TAL
DISTRICT 3
Banks Elbe rt Franklin Habersham Hart Lincoln VI ad i son Ogle thorpe Rabun Stephens W ilkes
24 14 00
112 2 0 11300 21300
980 21000
87 0 21300 11 6 00 11130
790 1121 0
211 4 00
11170 11180 11950
760 11900
780 212 00 11 54 0
800 770 950
49.3
40.2 44 . 1 44 .1 52.6 46 .8 38.5 48.2 42.2 55.0 45.5 42.1
11054 1000
471000 52 1000 86 10 00 401000 89 1000 301 00 0 l 06 1000 651 0 0 0 44100 0 3 5 10 00 401 000
TOTAL
151 7 00
141000
45.3
63 4 1000
District and County
DISTRICT 4
Carroll Chattahoochee Clayton Coweta Douglas Fayette Haralson Harris Heard Henry Lamar Macon Marion Meriwether Muscogee Pike Schley Spalding Talbot Taylor Troup Upson
TOTAL
DISTRICT 5
Baldwin Bi b b Bleck ley Butts Crawford Dodge Greene Hancock Houston Jasper Johnson Jones Laurens Monroe Montgomery Morgan Newton Pe ach Pulaski Putnam Rockdale Taliaferro Treutlen Twiggs W ashington Whee ler Vlfilkinson
TOTAL
(Issued March 19 68)
GEORGIA C ORN' COUNTY ESTIMATES, 1967 PRELIMINARY
Planted for All Purposes
Acreage
Harvested for Grain
Yield Per Acre
Production
Acres
Acres
Bushels
Bushels
517 00 180 430
31600 11 02 0 11900 21150 21 100 11900 31000 1, 8 00 131300 8, 2 00 5,400
37 0 3,100 5,300 1,850 1' 1 00 10,400 2,600 1,600
77,000
41900 160 340
21950 610
11760 21 050 1172 0 1,800 21100 1, 670 1 0, 8 00 6,300 5, 2 00
170 3,000 4,500 1,360 1,060 8, 500 2,150 1' 1 00
6412 00
42.7 31.2 44.1 46.8 41.0 49.4 37.6 34.3 50. 0 47.6 48.5 56.9 52.9 47.5 41.2 50.7 51.8 51.5 39.6 56.9 44.7 55.5
50.2
2091000 5100 0
15,000 1381000
251000 871000 771000 591000 901000 1001000 811000 6151000 333,000 2471000
71000 1521000 233,000
701000 421000 484,000 96,000 611000
31226,000
2,300 11900 11,400 11 04 0 21300 201600 1, 65 0 41450 1 01 5 00 11 100 151900 1,800 461200 11300 131400 3,600 21300 415 00 71 1 00 11 12 0
800 540 121100 61000 14' 2 00 121300 512 00
2051600
1, 700 1,750 9,600 11000 1,600 161 5 00 11300 4, 300 9,800
800 131000
880 39,000
52 0 10,800
217 00 11 100 41400 617 00
430 7 00 52 0 101000 51000 131300 101700 31400
1711500
44.1 54.3 54.2 49.0 39.4 56.2 36.9 36. 7 66.4 46.2 48.0 44.3 55.2 44.2 54.1 46.3 50.0 68 . 2 57.2 32.6 44 . 3 34.6 48.0 44.0 52. 1 57.2 40.0
53.1
75,000 95,000 520,000 491000 63,000 928,000 481000 158,000 6511000 37,000 6241 000 39,000 211521000 231000 5841000 125,000 551000 3001000 3831000 141000 31,000 18,000 4801000 2201000 693100 0 6121000 13 61000
911131000
(Iss ued Ma rch 1968)
District and County
DISTRICT 8
Atkinson Ben Hill Berrien Brooks Clinch Coffee Colquitt Cook Crisp Dooly Echols Irwin Jeff Davis Lanier Lowndes Telfair Tift Turner Wilcox Worth
GEORGIA CORN COUNTY ESTIMATES, 1967 PRELIM INARY
Planted for All Purposes
Acreage
Harvested for Grain Yield
Per Acre
Acres
Acres
Bushels
Production Bushels
11 12 00 1314 00 381400 4512 00
21000 551500 5812 00 281000 21,900 231700
41600 391000 22 12 00
81900 321300 2 01 3 00 231600 171200 141900 391 7 00
10,000 1117 00 331800 401700
11500 471200 531500 261600 211500 221500
31500 341500 19,500
71600 281 100 1617 00 211000 151800 131000 371300
62.9 61.8 60.8 57.7 54.7 64.9 62.9 58.7 64.9 54.6 46.6 59.8 55.6 54.6 61.8 52.6 66.0 61.8 57.7 63.9
629,000 7231000 210551000 2,3481000
82,000 3,0641000 31364 1000 1,562,000 113951000 112281000
1631000 210621000 110851000
4151000 11737,000
8781000 113851000
977,000 7501000 213831000
TOTAL
5201200
4661000
60.7
2812851000
DISTRICT 9
Appling Bacon Brantley Bryan Camden Charlton Chatham Evans Glynn Liberty Long Mcintosh Pierce Tattnall Toomb s Ware
'Nayne
331800 221800
41800 11970
30 11400 11350 141000
150 1 I OS 0 21600
350 33,400 391400 211600 101800 2 31 2 00
311300 201600
31800 11600
20 700 11000 121400
80 850 11850 100 31,100 31,500 18,200 1 014 00 181400
60.0 62.0 48.9 63.1 50. 0 52.9 60.0 65.0 62.5 55.3 55.1 60.0 66.0 65 . 0 62. 0 58.4 59.5
1,8781000
112781000 1861000 1011000 11000 371000 601000 8061000 51000 471000 1 021 000 61000
210531000 210481000 111281000
607 1000 110941000
TOTAL
2121700
1831900
62.2
1114371000
- - -- - - - - - - -- - -- - - -- - - -- -- -- - --- - - - - -- --- - - - - --- - -
STATE TOTAL
1,7361000
11532,000
58.0
8818561000
C. L. CRENSHAvV Agricultural Statistician
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
ISSUED BY : The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, USDA, SRS, 4 09A North Lumpkin Street, Athens, Georgia in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture, Atlanta 1 Georgia.
District and County
DISTRICT 6
Bulloch Burke Candler Columbia Effingham Emanuel Glascock Jefferson Jenkins McDuffie . Richmond Screven Warren
TOTAL
DISTRICT 7
Baker Calhoun Clay Decatur Dougherty Early Grady Lee Miller Mitchell Quitman Randolph Seminole Stewart Sumter Terrell Thomas Webster
TOTAL
(Issued March 1968)
GEORGIA CORN COUNTY ES.TIMATES,
Planted for All Purposes
Acreage
Acres
Acres
19 67 PRELIMINARY Harvested for Grain Yield Per 'Acre
Bushels
Production Bushels
631 7 00 281400 181800
1 152 0 101600 311000
31300 131600 1612 00
21880 21700 32 11 00 31300
2281100
531500 271300 1514 00
11250 91600 261800 21700 111700 141300 21450 21300 2812 00 21700
1981200
62.? 52.4 57.3 37.6 59.4 53.4 47.8 62.3 53.4 38.8 46.5 61.3 41.5
57.3
313321000 114311000
8831000 471000
5701000 1,4311000
1291000 7291000 7631000
951000 1071 000 117281000 1121000
1113571000
171100 141800
71600 491500 121 100 331300 4314 00 1417 00 32,900 451700
21400 171900 211700
81400 271800 19,100 4517 00
61700
4201800
161100 141100
71300 441400 111 000 3 01 5 00 401300 131300 2 91 7 00 411600
21300 161900 201000 71000 2312 00 181300 421700
6,100
3841800
57.4 67.7 62.5 44.1 54.3 61.5 55.3 61.5 56.4 60.5 51.3 58.4 51.2 56.4 68.6 66.6 63.5 57.4
58.2
924,000
9541000
4561000
1,9561000
597,000
118751000
2,230,000
8181000
11674,000
215161000
118,000
987 1000
110251000
3951000
11592,000
1,2191000
2,7131000 350,000
' -( ~
221399,000
~..TED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
GEORG lA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
GEORG\~ A TH EN S , G E0 RG I A 1 UKlVERS\ll Of
1
M~R5 1968
March 1968
District and County
DISTRICT 1
1967
County
GEORGIA WHEAT Estimates -- Acreage,
Yield,
and
Prbm~~~ ES
P'rel iminary
-
Harvested Acres
Yield Per Acre
1967
1967
Bushels
1
Production 1967
Bushels
Bartow Catoosa Chattooga Dade Floyd Gordon Murray Paulding Polk Wa 1ker Whitfield
580 120 40
30 380 320 1 ,090 40 250 190 560
27.0 24.0 24.0 16.0
27.5 24.0 22.5 24.0 26.0 29.0 22.5
15,670 2,880
960 480 10,450
7.6~0
24,520 960
6,500 5,500 12,600
TOTAL
3,600
24.5
88,200
DISTRICT II
Barrow Cherokee Clarke Cobb Dawson , .
DeKaofb""-l'
Fannin Forsyth Fulton Gilmer Gwinnett Ha 11 Jackson Lumpkin Oconee Pickens Towns Union Walton White
...; .... ..:.
TOTAL
280 30
1,200 20 30 20 20
200 20 10
500 200 1,400
2,400 20 60 20
950 20
7,400
23.0 24.0 22.0 20.0 20.0 24.5 23.0 25.0 22.0 17.0 24.0 25.0 24.0
27.5 22.0 24.0 22.0 21.5 17.0
24.5
6,440 720
26,400 400 600 490 460
5,000 440 170
12,000 5,000 33,600
66,000 440
1,440 440
20,420 340
180,800
DISTRICT _1_11
Banks Elbert Franklin Habersham Hart Lincoln Madison Oglethorpe Rabun Stephens Wi 1kes
TOTAL
500 1,700 2,700
100 4,500
80 5,700 2,550
20 500 150
lo,500
19.0 22.5 23.0 19.0 25.5 23.0 24.0 25.0 15.0 23.0 22.0
24.0
9,500 38,250 62, 100
1 ,900 114,750
1 ,850 136,tlOO 63,750
300 11,500 3,300
444,000
Dis tr ict and County
DISTRICT IV
Carroll Chattahoochee Clayton Coweta Douglas Fayette Haralson Ha rris Heard He nry Lamar Macon Marion Meriwether Muscogee Pike Schley Spalding Talbot Taylor Troup Upson
TOTAL
DISTRICT V
Baldwin Bibb Bleckley Butts Crawford Dodge Greene Hancock Houston Jasper Johnson Jones Laurens Monroe Montgomery Morgan Newton Peach Pulask i Putnam Rockdale Taliaferro Treutlen Twiggs \-/ a s h i n g t o n Wheel e r ~I i 1k i nson
TOTAL
GEORG IA ~/HEAT
1967 County Estimates -- Acreage, Yi e ld, and Production
Prel iminarv
Harvested Acres
Yield Per Acre
1967
1967
Bushels
Production
1967 Bushels
-370
130 40 bo 240 so 80 80 1 ,300 420 2,650 240 40 80 1 ,090 320 1, 100 40 290 80 480
9,200
26.0
25.0 18.0 25.0 24.0 25.0 22.0 26.0 25.0 27.0 27.5 29.0 25.5 26.0 22.0 27.0 27.0 25.0 26.0 23.0 27.0
26.0
9,620
3,250
z,o7o20o
5,760 1 ,250 1. 760 2,080 32,500 11.350
72.9~0
6,960 1 > 020 2,080 23,9b0 6,640 29,700 1 ,000 7,540 1,840 12,960
239,000
30 1. 250
900 1 ,050 1,350
270 350 220
~.o5o
290 720
50 2,020
280 270 850 300 2,900 1, 100 160 220 150
90 340 4,100 720 270
28,300
25.0 29.0 27.0 27.0 27.0
21 .o
19.0 20.0 29.0 26.0 25.0 18.0 28.0 24.0 25.0 24.0 23.0 27.0 2(:) .0 20.0 20.0 23.0 24.0 27.0 26.0 27.5 22.5
27.0
750 36,250 24,300 28,350 36,4SO
5,670 6,650 4,400 233,450 7,540 18,000
900 56,560
6,720 6,750 20,400 6,900 7b,300 30,800 3,200 4,400 3,450 2,160 9,1 80 106,600 19, 800 6,070
764,000
Y9~1
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
~16 ~~~illL1'L? IT1ID1r@IT1~lli'IT
ATHENS, GEORGIA
March 1968
Data from Georgia 1967 We ekly Hat chery Reports on Bro leUrNIC.YhER1.~itF GEORGIA
(Hevis ed March 1968)
MAR 131968
Week
Eggs
Ending ._ 1967
Set
Thou.
Hatchings and Cross State Movement
: LIB~Dfi~~es
Total
Placed :
Shipped
P1ac
'"'-i rl
Rece ved
Hatched: For
into : out of
in : Hatch. .Jjrlrr. er
Broilers: State : State
Georgia Eggs
Chicks
Thou.
Thou.
Thou. Thou.
Thou.
Cents
Dollars
Jan. 7 12,359
9, 524
9,318
300
Jan. 14 12, 392
9,428
9,245
249
Jan. 21 12, 562
9, 541
9,400
234
Jan. 28 12,892
9,682
9,488
233
727
8, 891
60
711
8,783
60
791
8,843
60
792
8,929
60
8.75 8.7 5 8.7 5 8.75
F e b. 4 13, 096
9, 841
9,631
257
Feb. 11 12, 971
9,949
9, 757
332
Feb . 18 13,221 10, 204 10,006
275
Feb . 25 13,346 10, 137
9,924
350
979 1, 026
888
853
8,909
60
9.063
60
9,393
60
9,421
60
8.75 8.75 8.75 8.75
Mar. 4 13, 174 10,376 10, 174
400
Mar . 11 13, 027 10,603 10,385
527
Mar. 18 13, 185 1.0, 591 10, 351
378
Mar. 25 13, 167 10,486 10, 262
391
868
9,706
58
998
9,914
57
761
9,968
56
688
9,965
56
8.25 8.00 7.75 7.75
Apr. 1 13,062 10,451 10,221
472
Apr. 8 12,981 10,323 10,068
353
Apr . 15 13,202 10, 457 10, 256
431
Apr. 22 12, 736 10,480 10, 246
502
Apr . 29 12,899 10, 265 10,055
495
677
10, 016
56
749
9,672
56
758
9,929
56
726
10, 022
56
763
9,787
56
7.75 7.75 7.75 7.75 7.75
May 6 12, 523 10,440 10, 197
466
May 13 11,919
9,981
9,788
337
May 20 12,414 10,066
9,878
387
May 27 12, 535 10, 102
9,885
423
714
9,949
56
654
9,471
56
678
9,587
56
749
9, 559
55
7.75 7.75 7.75 7.75
June 3 12, 288
9,866
9,669
350
June 10 12, 155 10,078
9. 884
415
June 17 12, 179 10, 120
9,926
316
June 24 12, 179
9,987
9,795
311
742
9,277
55
804
9,495
55
785
9, 457
56
880
9,226
56
7. 50 7.50 7.75 7.75
July 1 12,354
9,739
9, 545
436
July 8 12,281
9, 564
9,343
403
July 15 12,031
9,703
9, 523
458
July 22 12,061
9,751
9,572
340
July 29 12,031
9, 691
9,507
257
804
9, 177
56
766
8,980
57
868
9, 113
58
802
9, 110
58
924
8,840
58
7.75 8.00 8.25 8.25 8. 25
Yl e e k Ending
1967
Data from Georgia 1967 Weekly Hatchery Reports on Broiler Chicks
(R e vis e d Ma rch 1968}
E ggs: Set :
Thou.
Hatchings and Cross State Movement
Total : Placed
Shipped
Placed
Hatched: for
into
out of
in
Broilers State : State
Georgia :
Thou.
Thou.
Thou. Thou.
Thou.
Prices
Paid
Received
Hatch. Broiler
E ggs
Chicks
Cents
Dollars
Aug . 5 11, 854
9,491
9,289
290
A ug. 12 11,517
9,557
9,358
262
Aug . 19 ll, 277
9,527
9,332
208
Aug . 26 10,754
9,263
9,094
304
757
8, 822
58
600
9,020
57
715
8,825
57
784
8,614
56
8.25 8.00 8.00 7.75
.Sept. 2 10, 17 1
9, 161
8,912
213
Sept. 9 10, 880
9, 059
8,869
259
Sept. 16 10,886
8,752
8,558
210
Sept. 23 11,433
8, 109
7,917
278
.S e pt. 30 10,465
8,445
8, 278
413
852
8,273
56
911
8, 217
56
881
7,887
56
881
7,314
56
879
7' 812
55
7.75 7.75 7.75 7.75 7. 50
Oct. 7 10,736
8,704
8, 516
300
Oct. 14 10, 549
8,920
8,698
273
Oct. 21 11, 289
8,295
8, 119
369
Oct. 28 11,271
8,337
8, 127
283
795
8,021
55
872
8,099
55
937
7, 551
56
873
7,537
56
7.50 7.50 7.75 7.75
Nov. 4 11, 090
8,415
8,217
285
Nov. 11 10,964
9,004
8, 821
324
Nov. 18 10,940
8,980
8,799
316
Nov. 25 10, 814
8,746
8, 576
229
865
7,637
57
875
8,270
57
942
8, 173
57
737
8,068
57
8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00
De c. 2 11,289
8,872
8,675
194
766
8, 103
57
8.00
Dec. 9 10, 633
8, 818
8,647
371
703
8, 315
57
8.00
Dec. 16 11,427
8, 500
8,366
260
566
8,060
57
8.00
De c. 23 11, 445
8,884
8,700
343
597
8,446
57
8.00
Dec. 30 11,637
8,349
8,226
318
684
7,860
57
8.00
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
622, 543
485,393
41,397
TOTAL
495,614
17,380
461,376
ARCHI..!. LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
W. A. WAGNER Agricultural Statistician
After Five Days Return to: Unit e d .States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street Athens, Ge orgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Postage and Fees Paid U. S. Department of Agriculture
MAR8
Rele as ed 3/5/68 ORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
LGV.JER
The Index of Prices Re ceived by Geor gia Farmers for All Commodities declined 6 points during the month ended February 15, 1968 to 248. This ~~as 4 points above the February 15,196 7
index of 244 .
The decline in t he price of cott on from 27 .0 to 23 .5 was principally r esponsible for the decline in the Index. Egg prices were also lower . Broiler , other chicken, cor n, and meat animal prices were higher than the previous month, and most other prices showed ver y little change .
Ul'TITED STATES PRICES RECEIVED IUDEX UP 3 POINTS, PARITY I NDEX UP 2 POINTS ADJUSTED PARI TY RATIO SO
Th)3 Index of Prices Recei ved by Farmers advanced 3 points (1 perc ent) during the month ended February 15, t o 25 8 percent of its 1910 -14 average . Higher prices for cattle and hogs were mainly responsible for the increase . Partially offsetting wer e price declines for lettuc e and cotton. The February index Has 2 percent above a year earlier .
The Index of Prices Paid by Farmers for Corrrn1odities and Services, including Interes t , Taxes, and Farm Wage Rates advanc ed 2 points (1/2 percent ) during the month to 348, a record high. The index was 10 points (3 percent) above a year earlier.
vJith the Prices Received Ind ex up 3 points and the Parity Index up 2 points, the Adjusted Parity Ratio, reflecting Government payments, advanc ed to 80.
The Parity Ratio, at 74, was unchanged from January.
Il.TDEZ: NUl-illERS -- G:SORGIA Al:TD UNI TE!) STATES -~-----rnC1ex------ -~-?etiru2.ry-l5-:--'Ja.nuar-,r-~s-:-7ebruar:--I5 : -==--~e~ ord~~IgE====
---~- -12!-Q.-::J:~ =_lQ.Q__ ____.:.~____J:2~L__ L___l7}~ -i--. . -~968_____:__ Ind~~-- -l--- -~_t e----- -
GEORGIA Prices~Re ceived
All Commodities
244
All Crops
255
Livestoc k and Livestock
------ ---------.-- Products
217
-- ~---------~--
UNITED STATES
Prices Received
2.5 2
Parity Index 2/
338
Parity Ratio
75
254 y::
248
. 277 .
267
310 :harch 1951
319 :l"iarch 1951 ?)
207
------
-I}-:-. -------2-09-
-
-.-
29.5
-----
-
-:.0 -S e-p-t .-
1948
---
-
.
255
2.5 8
313 :Feb. 1951
346
348
348 :Feb. 1968
74
74
123 : Oct . 1946
0
AdjustedPar:FtyR'atio4/~-- ------- ;
------~---~-~~~~~-----
(preliminary)
-:
80
:
79 :
80 :
:
yRevise~ffAlso--.Aprill951:- lf'PricesPaid, Interest ,-T'aXes0n'd-Farmwage-R:aies based- --
on data for the indicated dates . 4/ The Ad justed Parity Ratio, reflecting Goverrunent
payments , aver aged 79 for t he year-1967 compared with 74 for the Parity Ratio. Preliminary
Ad justed Parity Ratios for the current year, s upplied by the Economic Re search Servic e, are
based on estimated cash receipts from marketings and estimates of Government payments for
the current calendar year.
ARCHIE LAHG lEY Agricultural Statistici an In Charge
vJILLIAH A. 'HAGNER Agr icultural Statistician
"issuED- BY:- The Georgia crop-Reporting- s ervice-; usnA-; 4o9A- IIJorth- Lmnpkin-street , - Athens, - Geor gia,
in cooperation r~ith the Georgia Department of Agriculture .
QE~9.Q2:ty a_gd_QE2:.L__ _ __
WPRhICeaEtS:-
RECEIVED
bU. ----
Cats, bu
Corn, bu.
Barley, bu.
Sorghum Grain, cwt. Cotton, lb.
Cottonseed, ton
Soybeans, bu.
Peanuts, lb.
Sweetpotatoes, cwt.
Hay, baled, ton: Al l
Alfalfa
Lespedeza Peanut
Milk Cows, head Hogs, ct-Tt .
Beef Cattle, All, cwt. b/
Co~m, cwt. 2/
Steers and Heifers, cwt.
Calves , cwt.
Hille , ~holesale, cwt.: Fluid Harket
Jvianufactured
All ;})
Turkeys, lb.
Chickens, lb: excl. broilers
Commercial broilers
Al l
Eggs, all, dozen
PRIG~ PAID, ~ Nixed Dairy Feed, ton
14% protein 16% protein 18% protein 2C/fo protein Cottonseed meal, 41%, cwt. Soybean Heal, 44%, cwt. Bran, cwt. Middlings, cwt. Corn l"leal, cwt. Broiler Grower Feed, ton laying Feed, ton Chick Starter, ton Alfalfa Hay, ton All Other Hay, ton
~? 1. 80
~p 88
~~ 1.51 ~ 1.12
$ 2.25 19.0
~~ 67.00 ~~ 2. 80
11.0
$ 6.90
~;; 27.50
~~; 35.50
(? 30.50
::~ 24.50
~;; 200. 00
~~
f:~
18.00 19.10
3/
3/
c~::; 16.20 -
21.50 21
0 24.20
Q 6.60
~-? 4.15 ::~ 6.60
23.0 9.0 14.0 13.7
38.8
1.40 .91
1.16 1.02 1.95 27.0
53.00
2.50 11.4
6.50
28.50
36.50 30.50
2L~ .5o
190.00 16.70 18.60 15.70 21.20 24.40
6.25
6.25 20.0
6.5
12.5 12.1 39.2
0 74.co
~~ 79.00 ~ 84.00 (; 86.00
5 t:::>. 20
(? 5.40
(r 4.lo
;J; 4.20
$ 3.65 $ 98.00
f~ 94.00 $104.00
$ 45.00
~ 37.00
73.CO 78.00 80.00
82.00
5.10
5.10
3.95
4.10
3.25 93.00
86.00
95.00
43.00
37.50
1.40 .91
1.24 1.02 2.00
23.5 52.00
2.55 11.6
6.60
1.49 .674
1.26
1.03
1.93 20.21
63.30
2. 71 11.6
5.69
29.50
36.50
31.00
23.50
200.00
16.90 19.00
15.90
21.70 24.60
25.30
26.20
26.20
: 25.60
:257 .oo
18.80 21.60
17.00
23.30 : 26.60
btl 6.25
20.0
7.5 13.5 13.1 36.4
5.49 4.12
5.06
21.4
8.8
: 15.4
14.6
. 32.4
.
1.40 .667
1.04 . 978
1. 75 22.38 56.40
2.53
11.3 6.21
24.00 24.70 25. 00 24.20 264.00 17.60 21.80 15.60 24.00 26.40
5. 72
4.15 5.27 18.2
7.9 13.5 12.9
31.5
1.42 .686
1. 06 . 984
1.86 19.90 57.80
2.57 11.3
6.43
23.80 24.20 25 .60 24 . 3 0 265 .00 18. 90 22.80 16.70 24.90 27.80
4/ 5.21 ~ 17.5
8.1 14.6 13. 9
30.0
70.00
n.oo
78.00 80.00
5.20
5.10
3.90
4.05
3.30
94.00
85.00
95.00
43.00
37.00
70.00
77 .oo
79.00 : 86.00
: 5.46 : 5.51
3.80 3.86
3.52 95.00
88.00
99.00
35.90
. 34.00
69.00 75.00
77 .oo
80.00
5.27 5.20
3.59
3.68
3.19 90.00 82.00
94.00 34.50 32.70
68 .00
74.00
n.oo
79.00 5.28
5.24
3."58 3.65
3.22 90.00 82.00
94.00
34.20 32.60
ITirCo;Siiand 11 steers andheirersii'COiiibined with allowance where necessary for slaughter bulls.
2/ Includes cull dairy cows sold for slaughter, but not dairy cows for herd replacement.
J/ Revised.
~ Preliminary estimate.
Aft er Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINES.
Postage and Fees Paid
U. s. Department of Agriculture
GEORGIA CROP REPORTIN
ATHENS, GEORGIA
March 6, 1968
BROILE R TYPE
Placement of broiler chicks in Georgia during the week ended March 2 was 9, 035, 000--slightly less than the previous week and 7 percent less than the comparable week last year, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service.
An estimated 12, 530, 000 broiler type eggs were set by Georgia hatcheries--3 percent more than the previous week but 5 percent less than the comparable week a year earlier.
The majority of the prices paid to Georgia producers for broiler hatching e ggs were reported within a range of 55 to 67 cents per dozen. The average price of hatching eggs was 62 cents per dozen. The price of eggs from flocks with hatchery owne d cockerels generally was 2 cents below the average price. Most prices received for broiler chicks by Georgia hatcheries were reported within a range of $8.00 to $9.75 with an average of $9. 25 per hundred. The average prices last year were 58 cents for eggs and $8. 25 for chicks.
Week Ended
GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS, AND CHICK PLACEMENTS
BROILER TYPE
Eggs Set !J
Chicks Placed for
Av. Price
Hatch
Broiler
1966
-
1967
1967
-
1968
u;o of
year ago
Broilers in Georgia
-1966
1967
-
Ujo of year
1967
1968
ago
Eggs Per Doz. 1967-68
Chicks Per Hundred 1967-68
Thou.
Thou.
Pet.
Thou.
Thou. Pet. Cents
Dollars
Dec. 30 Jan. 6 Jan. 13 Jan. 20 Jan. 27 Feb. 3 Feb. 10 Feb. 17 Feb . 24 Mar. 2
11, 615 11,637 100
8, 546
7,860
92
57
12, 359 11, 721
95
8, 891
8,698
98
58
12,392 11, 939
96
8,783
8,682
99
59
12, 562 11,832
94
8,843
8, 791
99
59
12, 892 11,988
93
8,929
8,722
98
59
13,096 11,994
92
8,909
8, 735
98
59
12,971 11' 8 50
91
9,063
8, 593
95
60
13, 221 13, 346 13, 174
12,079 12, 169 12, 530
91 91 95
9,393
I 9,421 I 9,7o6
8,839
94
9,062
96
9,035
93
61 62 62
8.00 8.25 8.25 8.25 8.50 8.50 8.75 9.00 9.25 9.25
EGG TYPE
Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the week ended March 2 was 668, 000--16 percent more than the previous week but 35 percent less than the comparable week last year. An estimated 903, 000 eggs for the production of egg type chicks were set by Georgia hatcheries, 2 percent more than the previous week but 25 percent less than the comparable week last year.
In the four states that accounted for about 25 percent of the hatch of all egg type chicks in the U. S. in 1967, hatchings during the week ended March 2 were down 15 percent and settings were down 16 percent from a year ago.
State
Ga. Ill. Calif. Wash.
EGG TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS HATCHED, 1968
Eggs Set (W eek Ended)
1% of
Chicks Hatched (Week Ended)
Feb.
Feb.
Feb. Mar. year
Feb.
Feb.
Feb. Mar.
10
17
24
2 a_g_o 2/
10
17
24
2
Thousands
Thousands
801
877
885 903
75
631
468
578 668
1,
545 798
-3/
515 1,685
650 575 1, 958 2,020
69 99
390 1, 502
400 1,314
325 430 1,327 1, 394
347
274
274 212
64
153
151
151 272
Total 3, 491 3/3,351 3,767 3, 710
84
2,676 2,333 2,381 2,764
1/ Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatchery supply flocks.
2/ Current week as percent of same week last year. 3/ Revised.
I Ujo of 1 ye ar
ago 2 I
65
108
I
I
92
I 89
II 85
-]3ROILE R TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL A HZ AS BY VV"EE KS - 1968 Page 2
EGGS SET
CHICKS PLACED
sTAT E
-
Feb. 17
Week Ended Feb. 24
THOUSANDS
Mar. 2
I1 % of year ago 1_.{
Feb. 17
Week Ended
Feb.
Mar.
24
2
THOUSANDS
%of year ago 1/
Maine Conne cticut Pennsylvania Indiana Missouri Delawar e Maryland Virgini a West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina
GEORGIA
Flori da Tenn essee Alabama Mis sissippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas Washington Or ego n California TOTAL 191>8 (22 States )
1,970 313
1, 637
1,966 342
1, 545
2,060 366
1, 473
102
1, 431
101 I
146
98
995
1,388 183 999
1, 416 138 971
88 0:::
63 109
z f7~
.r.o.
496 348 2,406
447 360 2,375
534 87 318 50 2,338 79
297 345 2,385
306 358 2,227
319 408 2,328
83 105
86
l)
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l)
4,672 1, 695
4, 593 1,669
4,773 104
3, 211
1, 592 90 I 1,026
3,332 1, 002
3,373 947
. 106 <
86
97
116
110 70
368
332
378
111 ~
7,290
7,275
7' 511 100
5, 171
5, 146
5, 4 57
99
4 75
446
480 98
394
347
381
102
12, 079 12, 169 12, 530 95
8, 83 9
9,062
9,03 5
93
862
932
909 108
752
73 1
770
164
7 26
723
769 80
750
740
948
91
8, 584
8,708
8, 701 95
6, 576
6, 660
6, 468
94
4,868
4, 847
4,948 99
4,020
4,088
4 , 164
101
10, 058 10, 065 10, 237 99
6,948
7' 17 5
7,253
94
1, 138
1, 160
l' 114 101
809
801
8 10
95
4,691
4 , 56 3
4,488 94
3, 533
3, 501
3, 539
97
627
665
68 7 90
4 17
4 50
4 25
98
311 l, 834 67,177
431 l , 858 67 ,255
296 1, 971 68 ,205
79 f 325
91
1, 29 7
96
-
1 50, 035
338 1, 286 50, 4 52
308 1, 33 7 51, 17 6
123 91 96
TOTAL 196 7* (22 States )
70, 539 71, 79 5 71,23 6
I 'fo of Last Ye ar
[r Current week
as
p e rcent
95 of same
94 week
la st
96 year .
* - R ev1. sed.
51,614 51,844 53 ,294
97
97
96
Commercial broiler production in Georgia for 1967 was 447, 12.3, 000 birds. This was the 17th consecutive year that Georgia has led the nation in broiler production. This, however, was a decline from the 456, 192, 000 birds produced in 1966 and was the first time since 1946 that the re was not an increase from the year befor e .
Gross incom e from broile rs produced in Georgia in 1967 amounted to $19 0, 921, 000.
This is a decline of $ 33, 892, 000 from the 1966 income of $224,9 03,000 but still exce e ds the income from any othe r agricultural commodity in the State . Average liveweight p e r bird was 3. 5 pounds, compared to 3. 4 pounds last year. Average price p e r pound for the
year was 12.2 cents compared to 14.5 cents last year and 14.5 cents in 1965. The price in 1967 ranged from a high of 14.0 cents in February to a low of 10 . 5 in November.
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PRODUCTION AND VALUE OF GEORGIA BROILERS (Period 1948-67)
Year
1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967
Numbers (000}
33,025 45, 574 62, 892 88,678 112,621 121,631 154,471 177,642 222, 780 261,000 292, 119 303,031 320,250 348,200 353,600 359,760 373, 880 402, 770 456, 192 447, 123
Value (000$)
29, 108 32,977 45,433 68, 530 88, 61 0 93,826 101,951 125,700 129, 836 150,336 164,521 153,000 171,206 156, 272 168,031 168,799 174,153 198, 566 224,903 190,921
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Commercial broiler production during 1967 in the ZZ States covered by the "We ekl.y
chick placement reports totaled 2, 507 million birds, up 1 percent from the 2, 483 million produce d in 1966 and the l a r ge st of r e cord for these State s. Thes e 22 State s p roduced
97 p e r c ent of t he Nation' s b roil e rs in 1966.
The averag e price received for the 1967 production in these 22 States was 13.2 cents per pound live weight, 2 cents less than the average price received in 1966. The gross income from broiler production was $1,170 million compared with $1,312 million during 1966. Georgia, the leading broiler producing State, had a gross income of $190, 921, 000 from broilers. The 1967 average live weight per bird produced was 3. 5 pounds. The number of pounds produced in the 22 States totaled 8, 850 million pounds, up 2 percent from 1966.
The leading State in number of chicks placed in 1967 was Georgia with 461,376,000
followed by Arkansas with 373, 244,000, Alabama 338, 845,000, North Carolina 268,687, 000,
Mississippi 209,657,000, Texas 166, 954,000, Maryland 157,053,000, Delaware
132, 129, 000, Maine 76, 031, 000, and California 71, 311, 000. Placements of 2, 255, 287, 000
in thes e 10 States accounted for 87 percent of all the broiler chicks placed in t he 22 States
last ye ar.
Commercial Broiler Production and Gross Income in 22 States, 1966-1967
State and Total
Number produced
Thou.
1966
I Pounds Price
produced ! per lb.
Thou.
Cents
Gross income
1,000 Dols.
,:
I I;
Number
'i produced
Thou.
I!
I 1967
! Pounds Price I Gross
produced per lb. income
Thou.
Cents 1,000
Dols.
Maine
72,458
289,832 18.2
52,749 !i 73,907
295,628 16.3 48, 187
Conn. Pa. Ind. Mo.
10, 271 43,983 21,208 21,965
38,003 171, 534
76,349 74,681
17.9 16.5 15.9 15.0
6,803 28,303 12, 139 11,202
ji 9,038
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44,256 17,039 20, 867
34,344 177,024
63,044 73,034
15. 8 15.4 14.6 13.6
5,426 27,262
9 , 204 9,93 3
Del.
121,678
462,376 15. 9 73,518 11 127,346
483,915 14 . 4 69 ,684
Md.
159,491
606,066 15. 9 96,364 I 151,032
573,922 14.5 83,219
Va.
50, 278
155,862 15. 5 24, 159 11 51, 786
165,715 14. 5 24,029
W. Va.
N. c. s. c.
18,605 260,269
17,486
63,257 910,942
61,201
15. 6 15. 3 14.5
9,868 ~ 16, 372
I 139,374 I 262, 872 8, 874 19,483
57,302 946, 339
68, 190
14.6 13. l 12.3
8,366 123,970
8,387
Ga.
456, 192 1,551,053 14;5 224,903 447, 123 l, 564, 930 12.2 190,921
Fla. Tenn. Ala.
18,640 50,325 324 , 124
59,648 171,105 l, 134, 434
14.8 15.4 14.2
8,828 i 25, 164 26,350 i 46,802
I
161,090 1324, 629
83,041 159, 127 l, 136, 202
12.7 14. 4 12.0
10, 546 22,91 4 136,344
Miss.
183,734
606,322 14.6 88, 523 1 196,931
669, 565 12. l
81,0 17
Ark.
361,753 l, 193,785 14.7 175,486 i 365,371
1, 205, 724 12.6 151,921
La.
3 5,317
120,078 14. 5 17,411 1! 41, 240
144, 340 12.6 18, 187
J Texas
Wash.
152,918 22,412
519,921 82,924
15. 2 18.0
79,028 I 161,434
14,926 21,980
548, 876 83,524
13.3 17.1
7 3 ,001 14 ,283
------ Oreg.
Calif.
____61_72_,,_60_03_04_____2_44_85_,,_30_62_06_____117_8._.08_____4_48_,,_11_64_59_ J!1__61_93_,,_10_54_05_______2_46_97_,,_32_47_06____11_76_.._19_____4_58_,, _05_9058
I
Total ,2,482,741 8,642, 759
15.2
2, 506, 867
1,312,212
8,850,402
13.2 1, 170, 404
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Georgia Department of Agricultur e
Statistical Reporting Service
409A North Lumpkin Street, Athens, G e orgia
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
W. A. WAGNER Agricultural Statistician
After Five Days Return to: United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 30601
OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Postage and Fees Paid U. 3. Department of Agriculture
Georgi a Crop Reporting Service
Athens, Georgia
March 8 , 1968
VEGETABLES FOR FRESH MARKET March I , 196b
GEORGIA
Watermelon Intentions: Land preparation is making good progress, but cold temperatures are causing some delay in planting. A 6 percent increase is
indicated for planting intentions at this date. Weather conditions and other crop plantings could affect the final planted acreage.
Ear ly Sprinq Cabbaqe: The unusually cold, dry weather has retarded plant growth a nd development. Stands are fair to good in most areas, bu t fav or-
able weather is needed for plants delayed by cold temperatures.
UNITED STATES
Snap Beans: Production of winter snap beans in Florida is estimated at 550,000 cwt., 10 percent below the 1967 crop and 7 percent below average. Recurring
low temperatures and strong winds during February adversely affected growth and set of bloom. Bush beans are available in quantity at Pompano, supplemented by lesser amounts from so ut h Dade County. The volume of pole beans is expected to increase. Scattered frost in Dade County, February 28 did no significant damage.
Cabbaqe: Winter cabbage production is forecast at 6,561,000 cwt., 8 percent below 1967.
In Florida, ample supplies are available. Head size is expected to be improved by the general rain in late February that ended the drought. In Texas, harvest conti nue s in the San Antonio, Winter Garden, and Laredo areas. Warm weather in Arizona durin g Fe br uary has been favorable for growth.
The early sprinq cabbage acreage is estimated at ll ,500 acres for harvest compared with ll ,850 acres harvested in 1967. In South Carol ina and Georgia, unusually cold, dry weather has retarded plant growth. Young cabbage in south Alabama is in good condition. In Mississippi, adverse weather retarded growth and some fields needed to be reset. Plants are in fair to poor condition. Cold weather during February did not seriously affect the Louisiana crop, although in the northern areas some leaf burn was evident. Harvest was past peak in the New Orleans area in late February. Cutting is expected to begin in the Breaux Bridge area by lat e March. Harvest in California should begin in the south coast districts about April l.
Tomatoes: The early sprinq tomato acreage, at 15,500 acres for harvest in 1968, compares
with 17,800 acres harvested in 1967. Florida's spring tomatoes have suffered but little damage from the adverse weather thus far. The majority of damage has been wind burn and twisted vines. Growth has been slowed appreciably. Frost in late February and early March killed some very young acreage, particularly in the Ft. Pierce area. This acreage will probably be replanted. In Texas, cold, wet weather delayed seed germination and replantin g was necessary on some acreage. Light freezes in late February delayed growth. In California, fields progressed favorably with some cherry tomatoes being harvested in the Imperial Valley. Volume production of round type fruit is expected in May.
(Over)
Waterme lons: Growers i ntend to harve st l93 ,400 a cres of early summer wat ermelons this year compared wit h 188 ,700 acres harvested ~67 and the 5- year average of
191 , b30 a c res. Wea ther conditi ons have been favorable in California and planting is now underway in t he so ut h coast counti es . Planting should be active in the San Joaquin Val l ey during Ap r il and Ma y . Planting in Arizona is nearin g completion, and the crop is making satisfact ory growt h. Harvest should be g in in ea rl y June. In Texas, soil moisture is adequate to excel lent in mos t p roducing areas. First supplies are expected from the Lower Valley in late Ma y. In South Carol i na, land preparation is nearing completion. In Georgia, cold, dry wea th er has delayed l an d p reparation somewhat, but plantings are expected to be well underway by mid-March in the ma jor producing areas. Lan d p reparation is underway in the coastal area of Alabama a nd planting is expected to begin s hor tly. Planting should start in Mississippi about mi d- March . Cold, wet weather has delayed planting in Louisiana.
Crop and State
ACREAGE AND ESTIMATED PRODUCTION REPORTED TO DATE, 196~ WITH COMP AR ISO NS
Acreage
----~Ha~rv~e~s~t~e~d~_____ : For
Yield per Acre
Produc ti on
Average
:harvest: Av.
:Ind. :Avera ge:
Ind .
1962-66
1967
1968 62-66: 1967 : 1968 : 1962- 66 196 7
1968
Ac res
Hundredweight
1,000 hundre dweig ht
CABBAG E J./
Wi nter: Flo ri da Texas Ar izona California
Group Total
Early Spring: South Carol ina Georgia Al a b a ma Mississippi Louisiana California
Group Total
1.-/ATERME LONS
Late Sp rinq 1/
15,100 15,400 16,300 183 210 210 2,7 57 3 ,234 3, 423
18,980 19, 000 12 ,500 123 130 120 2,307 2,47 0 1,500
1,420
1,600 2,100 202 170 170
285
272
357
5,260
5.100 6,100 222 225 210 1.174 1'1 48 1. 28 1
40,760 4 1,100 37,000 160 173 177 6,524 7.1 24 6, 561
2, 720
2 ,400 2,500 102
90
2,b60
2,500 2,500 117 125
610
650
700 110 110
920
700
700 128 145
2,060
2,300 2,300
94 100
3,060
3,300 2,800 242 265
12,230 11 , 850 11,500 142 152
276
335 67 118 194 742
173 1
21 6 312
72 102 230 874
1 ,806
Ap r . 8
64,280 60,700 60,100 163 149
10,452 9,061 Ma y 8
Ear ly Summer 1/
North Carol ina
8,140
6,500 6,700
62
70
South Carol ina
23,200 24,000 23,000
74
90
Georg ia Alabama Mississippi
33' l 00 13,540 6,900
36,000 13,000 8,300
38,000 13,500 &,300
86
95
93 100
74
tiO
Arkansas
6,100
5,700 5,800
&9
85
Louisiana
2,940
3. 100 3,300
87
80
Oklahoma
8,640
9,500 11 ,000
70
80
Texas
75,400 70,000 70,000
63
60
Arizona
4,280
3,400 3,300 157 175
Ca 1 i fern ia
9,140
9,200 10,500 164 155
Group Total 191.380 188,700 193,400
79
ll Includes processing. l l 1968 acreage for harvest is prospective acreage.
503 1 7 13 2,844
1. 259 51 0 541 254 607
4, 71 9 669
1 ,496
15,114
455 2. 160 3 , 420 1, 300
664 4(j4 248
760 4,200
595 1,426
15,712
J une 7
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4o9ANorth-L~mpkln-Str~et,-,1\th~ns,-G:; .-;
in cooperation with the Georg ia Department of Agriculture.
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
L. H. HARRIS, JR. Vegetab le Crop Es timat or
Aft er Five Days Return to Uni te d States Department of Agric ult u re
Statistical Reporting Servi ce 409A North Lumpkin Street At hens, Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS
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ATHENS, GEORGIA
March 13, 1968
B R OILER TYPE
Placement of broile r chicks in Ge orgia dur ing the w e ek ended March 9 was
9, 154 , 000--1 percent more than the previous week but 8 percent less than the com-
parable week last year , according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service.
An estimated 12, 530, 000 broiler type eggs were set by Georgia hatcheries--
the same as the previous week but 4 percent l e ss than the ccmparable week a year e a r lier.
The majority of the prices paid to Georgia producers for broiler hatching eggs
were reported within a range of 55 to 67 cents per dozen. The average price of hatching eggs w a s 62 c ents pe r dozen. The price of eggs from flocks with hatc her y
owne d c o ckerels generally was 2 cents below the average price. Most prices received for broiler chicks by Georgia hatcheries were reported within a range of
$8.00 to $9.75 with an average of $9.25 per hundred. The average prices last year were 57 cents for eggs and $8. 00 for chic~s.
Week Ended
Jan. 6 Jan. 13 Jan. 20 Jan. 27 Feb. 3 Feb. 10 Feb. 17 Feb. 24 Mar. 2 Mar. 9
GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS, AND CHICK PLACEMENTS
BROILER TYPE
Eggs Set J.:.l
1967
Thou.
1968
Thou.
o/o of
year . ago
Pet.
Chicks Placed for ' Broilers in Georgia
1967
1968
o/o of
year ago
Thou.
Thou. Pet.
Av. P r ice
Hatch Broile r
Eggs Chicks
Per
Per
Doz.
Hundr ed
l968 1968
Cents Dollars
12, 359 11,721
95
8, 891
8,698 98
58
12,392 11,939 96
8,783
8,682 99
59
12,562 11, 832
94
8, 843 . 8,791 99
59
12,892 11,988 93
8,929
8,722 98
59
13, 096 11, 994 92
8,909
8,735 98
59
12, 971 11, 850
91
9,063
8, 593 95
60
13, 221 12,079 91
9,393
8,839 94
61
13, 346 12, 169
91
9,421
9,062 96
62
13, 174 12, 530
95
9,706
9,035 93
62
13,027 12, 530
96
9,914 9, 154 92
62
8.25 8.25 8.25 8. 50 8. 50 8. 75 9. 00 9. 25 9. 25 9.2 5
EGG TYPE .
Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the week ended March 9 wa s 72 1, 000- 8 percent more than the previous week but 32 percent less than the comparable we ek last year. An estimated l, 020, 000 eggs for the production of egg type chicks were set by Georgia hatcheries, 13 percent more than the previous week but 17 percent l ess than
the comparable week last year.
In the four states that accounted for about 25 percent of the hatch of all egg type chicks in the U. S. in 1967, hatchings during the week ende d March 9 were down 26 percent and settings were down 20 percent from a year ago.
State
Ga. Ill. Calif. Wash.
EGG TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS HATCHED, 1968
Eggs Set {Week Ended)
o/o of
Chicks Hatched {Week Ended)
Feb.
17
Feb.
24
Mar. Mar. year
2
9 ago 2/
F e b.
17
Feb.
24
Mar. Mar.
2
9
Thousands
Thousands
877
885
1,
530 685
-3/
1,
650 958
274
27 4
903 1, 020 83 575 630 68 2,020 1, 722 83 212 318 82
468 400 1,314 151
578 325 1, 327 151
668 430 l, 394 272
721 425 l, 322 224
o/o of
year
ago 2/
68 78 79 63
Total
3, 366 3/ 3, 767 3,710 3,690 80
2,333 2,381 2, 764 2,692 74
1I Includes eggs set by hat che ries producing chicks for hatchery supply flocks. 2/ Current week as percent of same we ek last year. 3/ Revis e d.
sROILER TYP E EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL A ~{E AS BY WE,EKS - 1968 Page 2
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EGGS SET
I
CHICi{S PLA CZD
sTATE
-
Week E;; nded
Feb.
Mar.
24
2
I
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Mar. I
9
o/o of ____ __ _V{_~~):s_]: ng~_ <;l __ _ _ _
year
Feb.
Mar.
Mar.
1/ 24
2
9
%of year
a o 1/
Maine Connecticut
Penns y1vania
Indiana Miss our ~ Delaware Maryland Virginia West Virginia
North Carolina South Carolina
THOUSANDS
~
THOUSANDS
s:: ..1.1.:.1
I
1, 966
2,060
2, 071 107
1, 388
1, 416
1, 464
95
342
366
320 136
183
138
178
123
..u...
o:4t; r:il .....
1, 545 447
1, 473 534
1, 481 123 518 91
999 306
971 319
955
107
312
94
z~ t~j(+f>)
360
318
358 56
358
408
358
75
~Rl
2,375
2, 338
2,469
87
2,227 2,328 2, 176
80
!-4
0 ::;
4, 593 1, 669
4,773 1, 592
4,770 105 1, 532 94
3,332
3,373
3, 601
115
1, 002
947
1, 120
109
~....,
0 ~u
116
110
114 76
332
378
253
68
~J::
7,275 446
7, 511 480
7,472 102 461 90
5, 146
5, 457
5, 508
96
347
384
438 120
1:1.0
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12, 169-- 12, 530 12, 530 96
9,062
9, 035
9, 154
92
Florida Tennessee Alabama Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas Washington Oregon California
TOTAL 1968
(22 States}
TOTAL 1967*
(22 States}
932
909
968 112
731
770
763
160
723
769
721 72
740
948
824
86
8,708
8, 701
8, 834 - 96
6,660
6,468
6, 705
94
4,847
4,948
5,036 98
4 ,088 4, 164 4, 188
98
10, 065 10, 237 10, 213 97
7, 175
7,253
7. 557
97
1, 160
1, 114
1, 116 104
801
810
843
97
4, 563
4,488
4,606
95
3, 501
3,539
3, 522
94
665
687
724 87
450
425
440
91
431
296
473 146
338
308
269
96
1 858
1,971
2 040 105
1, 286
1, 33 7
1 339
0
67,255 68,205 68,827 98 50,452 51, 176 51, 967
96
71,795 71,236 70,401
51, 844 53,294 54, 114
94
96
98
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0181A ClOP IEPOITI 8 EIVICE
MAR 171968
LIBRARIES
ATHENS , GEORGIA
FEBRUARY MI LK PRODUCTI ON UP 5 ~ITLLION POUNDS
February 1968 Rel eased 3/15/ 68
Milk production on Georgia farms during February totaled 82 million pounds, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. This compares with 77 million pounds produced in February last year and 89 million during January 1968. The 1962-66 February average production was
75 million pounds. '
Production per cow in herd averaged 585 pounds -- 60 _pounds above the previous year, but 50 pounds below the 31-day previous month . The 5~ear average production per cow for the month was 434 pounds.
The estimated average price received by producers for all wholesale milk during February was ~6.25 per hundredweight. This was ~ -35 below the previous year, but was
equal to the January average.
Prices paid by dairymen for feed were down from the previous year and fr om the January 1968 price.
MILK PRODUCTION AND PRICES RECEIVED AND PAID BY DAIRTI~N
--~=---Q~orgia---==.=-_;-~--U.-m":"'.t:-e~d=--=s~tates ---~
Item and Unit
: Feb.
--~---~------~-1961
Jan.
Feb.
1968 J968
Feb.
Jan.
Feb.
1967 ___];968- 1968
Milk Production, million lbs.
Production Per Cow, lbs. 1/
Number Hilk COt-TS ,
thousand head
77
89
82
525
635
585
146
140
140
9,203 671
9,608 724
219,264999
y PRICES REQEIVED - DOLLARS
All wholesale milk, cwt. ]/ Fluid milk, cwt. Manufactured milk, cwt. Milk Cows, head
6.60
. 6.60 4.15 :200.00
6.25 bv'6. 25
6.25 190.00 200.00
:
5.06
5.49 4.12 257.00
5.27
5. 72
4.15 264.00
gj5. 21
265.00
y PRICES PAID - DOLlARS
Mixed Dairy Feed, ton
14 percent protein 16 percent protein 18 percent protein
20 percent protein
74.00
. 79.00 84.00 86.00
73.00 78.00 80.00
82.00
70.00
n.oo
78.00 80.00
70.00
n.oo
69.00 68.00 7).00 74.CO
..
79.00 77.00 77.00
86.00 80.00 79.00
Hay, ton
37.00 37.50 37.00
34.00 32.70 32.60
- - - - - - - - ----.---.--- yy Honthlyaverage. Dollars per unit as of the 15th of the month except wholesale milk which is average for
month.
3/ Revised.
4/ Preliminary
j_l
~
Extra day in February 1968 added 3.6 percent to monthly output.
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
W. PAT PARKS Agricultural Statistician
ISSUEh-BY:- The Georgia Crop-Reporting-SerVice; usD.A; 4o9A-North-Lmnpkin-Street, - Athens,aa: in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture.
UNITED STATES HILK PRODUCTION
United States milk production for February is estimat ed at 9,249 million pounds , 0.5 percent more than a year earlier but 4 percent below the 1962-66 average for the month . The increase over a year earlier resulted from the extra day in February this year . Daily average production for February t-vas down 3 percent from February, 1967. February output provided 1.59 pounds of milk per person daily compared with 1.55 pounds a month earlier and 1.66 pounds a year earlier .
Dailv milk producti on per cot-r shows little gain fr om February 1967
-~---- - ------ -- --- ------ --------------------- ~.
During February, milk production per cow averaged 699 pounds , up 4 percent from a year earlier and 14 percent above the 1962-66 average for the month. Most of the gain over February 1967 resulted f r om the extra day in the month this year. On a daily basis, February production per cow averaged 24.1 pounds,about the same as a ye ar earlier but 3 percent above January 1968. l'.iilk production per cow was highest in hinnesota and New fexico--each with 860 pounds. Following were California with 850 pounds, Net-r Jers ey with 815 pounds and l'Iassachusetts with 805 pounds.
Eilk per cow and milk production by months, United States, 1968, tJith comparisons
96 ---~iont:----- Average : G~~~6~~r-c~~ 8- ---Avera~: : ~~~~k Podu:;~----: c~nge_::=:
1962-66 :
:
: 1962-66 :
:
f~ 196l___
-----~~----~--~---~---~~-- }iillion- Nillion____Ei lJ.i on
January : -Po6u4nd4s
February : 611
Jan.-Feb. total: March : - 698-
April : 713
May :
778
June . : 750
July : 692
August : 651
September : 614
October : 623
November : 603
December : 641
Annual . : - 8,021
P--oun7d16s
Pounds
- - 724
Pounds Pounds
lo,T9b 9,847
9Po;uwndss -
Percent -2.4
___71 1/692_ 9.636 1~ 832
-7~6~9------~lo ,%8
9.203
9.249 1/ +0.5
19J o5o_ _:_lB;TI~=~~l. o- -
10,517
788
11,175 10,734
844
12,143 11,470
820
11,658 11,095
764
10,714 10,315
722
10,047
680
9,446
685
9,547
661
9, 208
8' 682919______::'1249:.745997
9,709 9,124
9,167 8,814
1199-.2;929 94----------------
1/Extra(fay in. 'Fbruary 1968 added 3. b percenr=ro--montil\vootput. -ana-dilly averag-e----
- basis, percentage change in production from 1967 is -3.0 percent for February, and -2.7 percent for the January- February total.
After Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Stati stical Reporti ng Service 409A North Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 30601
.QEIJ~-~!IS INESS
Postage and Fees Paid U. S. Department cf Agriculture
FARM REPORT
ATHENS, GEORGIA
MAR 1 9 1968
March 18, 1968
PRO PECTIVE PlANTINGS -- 1968
LIBRARIES
Georgia
Based on farmers' plans as of March 1, the total acreage planted and to be planted t o crops in the State thi s year will be smaller than 1967, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. Indicated acreages are lower than last year for all crops except cotton,peanuts, r ye, and sweetpotatoes.
I The purpose of this report is to assist grow;~;-~enerally ----]
in making such changes in their acreage plans as may appear
1
I desirable. Acreages actually planted this year can be more
!
I or less than indicated for such reasons as weather or economic
j conditions, labor supply, farm programs, and how this report
~ffect~ fa~ers '_ acti~~:________- -- -- -- -- -- - -- - - - -
PROSPECTIVE PLANTn~GS FOR 1968
CR 0 P
Average 1962-66
PLANTED ACREAGES
Indicated
1967
1968
1968 as percent of 1967
Thousands
Thousands
................ Corn, all
Oats
1,745.0 284.0
l,73b.O 208. 0
Barley .......
20.0
ll. O
Cotton .............
............ y Sweetpotatoes
Tobacco, all
601.0 10.8 66.1
340. 0 8.8 73.2
Sorghums, all
Soybeans g/ ....... Peanuts gj..........
Hay , all ~
46.0 199.0 503.0 478.0
47.0 583.0 493.0 433-0
1/ Acreage Harvested. ?J Grown alone for all purposes.
Thousands 1,632.0 196.0 8.0
375.0 9.0 58.1 45.0
560.0 498.0 411.0
Percent 94 94 73 110 102
79 96 96 101
95
Corn Acreage Down 6 Percent: Georgia farmers have indicated they will plant 1,632,000 acres of corn for all purposes this year. If these intentions are
followed, the 1968 acreage will be 6 percent below both last year and the 1962-66 average.
Cotton Acreage Up 10 Percent: The State's 1968 cotton acreage is indicated at 375,000 acres, 35,000 above the 340,000 planted last year, but 226,000 acres
below the 1962-66 average of 601,000 acres.
Tobacco Down 21 Percent: The regular tobacco allotment, adjusted for over and under marketings for 1967, indicates a total of 57,000 acres of Type 14 tobacco
to be planted in 1968. Growers intend to plant 1,100 acres of Type 62 tobacco which gives a comb ined total of 58,100 acres. Last year, Georgia farmers grew 72,000 acres of Type 14 and
1,200 a cres of Type 62, or a total of 73,200 acres.
Peanut Acreage U~ l Percent: Peanuts planted alone for all purposes were i ndicated at 498,000 acres, l percent above last year's 493,000 acres .
Oats Dovm 6 Percent: The acreage seeded to oats for the 1968 crop is indicated tlt 196, 000 acres - 12,000 acres less than planted in 1967.
Soybean Acreage Down 4 Percent: Georgia grovrers indicated they would p lant 560,000 acres of s oybeans ( a lone for all purposes ) in 1968 - 23, 000 acre s
les s than last year.
Sorghum Down 4 Percent: A t otal of 45,000 acres is expected to be planted f or all purpose s
in 1968, compared! :with 47,000, acres in 1967.
-. . . i .
.
Pl ease turn page t~~.~l-t~ ~t~~.~-~:. 'i'n:ormation.
P~anting intentions ror the ~7 crops 1nc1uded in the March 1 survey total 25l million acres - 2 percent or 6 million less than last year.
y PLANTED ACREAGES, UNITED STATES
CR 0 P
Corn, Durum
Other Oats
.WSa..plh.lre.ian.tg....~..~ .e.:...a...t..................................
'1,;
Barley - ~
SSSTCooowotrybetgbaoehcetnucapmonosst,a?toa}:elJsl....~............................................
Peanuts :J ...............
Hay '?:)
Average
1262-66 Thousands
66,207 2,372
9,055 26,100
12,143 14,094
16,559 175
1,086 32,401
1,500 66,838
1967 Thousands
70,905 2,826 10,854 20,611 10,012
9,502 19,229
151 981 4o,68o
1,479 64,728
Indicated
1268
~housands
64,914 3,398 9,549
21,214 10,268 11,108 17,005
151 906 41,761 1,484 63,017
: 1968 as percent ~
1967 Percent
91.6 120.2 88.0 102.9 102.6 116.9 88.4 100.0
92.4 102.7 100.3
97.4
1/ Does not include Alaska and Hawaii. ?} Acreage Harvested. 3/ Grown alone for all purposes.
Feed Grain Acrea~e 6 Percent Below Last Year and Average: Producers' plans on March 1 indicate a total feed grain acreage of 113.4
million - 6 percent below last year and average. Substantial decreases are indicated for both corn and sorghums, more than offsetting slight increases in oats and barley. The decrease in acreage for corn and sorghum reflects increased participation in the 1968 Feed Grain Program, permitting farmers to divert up to half their corn and sorghum base acreage, or 25 acres whichever is larger.
Cotton: Growers intend to plant 11,1o8,000 acres of cotton, 17 percent more than the "heavily
diverted" acreage level of last year, based on plans around March 1. General partici-
pation in the 35 percent maximum diversion option limited plantings in 1967 to 9,502,000 acres
and in 1966, the first year of the Current Diversion Program, to 10,349,000 acres. The 1962-
1966 average is 14,094,000 acres.
The increase over last year is mostly because of the required five-percent diversion this year, compared with 12.5 for last year, a sharp reduction in the payment rate for diversion in excess of the minimum requirement, and favorable prices f~r premium quality cotton last fall. Unfavorable weather held plantings below intentions in some areas last year.
Soybeans: Growers' intentions are to plant a record-high acreage to soybeans for the eighth consecutive year. Prospective soybean acreage planted for all purposes total
41,761,000 acres, almost 3 percent more than the 1967 planted acreage. Indicated acreage changes by regions are: Northcentral, up nearly 4 percent; Southcentral, up l percent; South Atlantic, virtually unchanged; and the minor producing North Atlantic up 10 percent.
Tobacco: Growers intend to set 906,400 acres of all types of tobacco for harvest in 1968, about 8 percent below the acreage harvested last year and the smallest since 1890.
Flue-cured accounts for most of the drop from 1967, although small declines are indicated for other major classes except Southern Maryland with no change. All types of tobacco except Southern ~~ryland, Pennsylvania Seedleaf, Shade-grown, and Perique are under quotas this year with basic allotments unchanged from 1967.
ARCHIE LANGLEY
C. L. CRENSHAW
--------------------------- .. --------------------- Agricultural Statistician In Charge
Agricultural Statistician
ISSUED BY: The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, USDA, ~09A North Lumpkin Street, Athens, Ga.,
in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture
After Five Days Return United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical -Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Postage and Fees Paid
u. s. Department of Agriculture
900
~qu1sitiona Division
urnvei-s1 ~ ot Geo~a untvera1~ Llbrar!el
Athona OOorgia 10801
8EOR81A CROP REPORT I Ill SERVICE
w~~mL1~ rniD~rn~mt?
ATHENS, GEORGIA
March 19, 1968
Weekly estimates of eggs s e t and chicks hatched in 4 states. These states,
in 1967, accounted for 25 pe rc ent of the egg type chicks hatched in the United States. (Revised March 1968)
Week Ended
Georgia
EGGS SET
(Egg Type)
Illinois
California
Washington
Total
Thou.
Thou.
Thou.
Thou.
Thou.
Jan.
7
Jan. 14
Jan. 21
Jan. 28
969 1,085 1, 194 1, 178
233
1, 893
475
l, 560
538
1, 803
463
2,079
281
3,376
254
3,374
240
3, 775
271
3,991
Feb. 4 Feb. 11 Feb. 18 Feb. 25
1, 365 1, 245 1, 358 1,328
464
2,317
578
2,012
759
2,220
852
2, 196
319
4,465
398
4,233
444
4,781
383
4, 759
Mar. 4 Mar. 11 Mar. 18 Mar. 25
1, 198 1,225 1, 160 1, 109
851 929 1,037 1, 018
2,046 2,075 1, 809 2, 153
328
4,423
385
4,614
453
4,459
382
4,662
Apr. 1
Apr. 8 Apr. 15 Apr. 22 Apr. 29
1, 253 1, 155
999 988 1, 201
882 1, 053 1, 158
951 1, 023
1,996 2,078 1,690 1,908 1, 722
343
4,474
386
4,672
350
4, 197
383
4,230
306
4,252
May 6
May l3 May 20 May 27
June 3 June 10 June 17 June 24
July
1
July
8
July 15
July 22
July 29
Aug. 5 Aug. 12 Aug. 19 Aug. 26
Sept. 2 Sept. 9 Sept. 16 Sept. 23 Sept. 30
Oct.
7
Oct. 14
Oct. 21
Oct. 28
Nov. 4 Nov. 11 Nov. 18 Nov. 25
Dec. 2 Dec. 9 Dec. 16 Dec. 23 Dec. 30
1, 066 1, 000
923 741
680 669 543 674
589 515 590 591 614
631 619 645 685
606 614 440 411 549
396 408 568 560
404 314 359 556
460 419 591 710 491
830
1, 897
753
1, 676
736
1, 493
639
1, 929
544
1, 438
550
1, 413
525
1, 311
468
1, 348
429
1, 630
383
1, 853
466
1, 904
348
1, 734
439
1, 500
561
1, 458
474
1, 200
400
1, 650
524
1, 708
249
1, 539
358
1,637
197
1, 632
363
1, 401
586
2, 050
338
1, 589
419
1, 233
342
1, 149
402
991
432
1, 411
435
1,062
507
1, 392
261
1, 220
302
1, 274
143
1, 3 59
243
1, 272
360
1, 435
254
1, 741
274
4,067
366
3,795
291
3,443
285
3, 594
276
2,938
348
2, 980
192
2, 571
258
2,748
259
2,907
217
2,968
244
3, 204
268
2,941
249
2,802
251
2,901
255
2, 548
276
2,971
327
3,244
309
2,703
345
2,954
279
2, 548
311
2,486
266
3, 4 51
153
2,476
289
2,349
303
2,362
274
2, 227
187
2,434
302
2, 113
212
2,470
351
2,388
187
2,223
177
2,098
245
2,351
250
2,755
187
2,673
Jan.
7
513
284
Jan. 14
652
278
Jan. 21
619
326
Jan. 28
760
184
Feb. 4
872
371
Feb. 11
919
409
Feb . 18
993
370
Feb. 25
1, 082
358
Mar. 4
1,025
445
Mar. 11
1, 060
569
Mar. 18
1, 0 50
681
Mar. 25
905
656
Apr. 1
956
740
Apr. 8
950
799
Apr. 15
887
804
Apr. 22
1, 002
706
Apr. 29
906
832
May
6
854
909
May 13
766
742
May 20
921
788
May 27
853
656
June 3
836
587
June 10
770
552
June 17
630
486
June 24
571
413
July
1
527
418
July
8
457
393
July 15
510
365
July 22
475
321
July 29
412
272
Aug . 5
488
340
Aug. 12
473
265
Aug. 19
491
329
Aug. 26
505
415
Sept. 2
513
365
Sept. 9
505
312
Sept. 16
539
403
Sept. 23
485
191
Sept. 30
505
272
Oct.
7
352
146
Oct. 14
329
279
Oct. 21
412
436
Oct. 28
334
240
Nov. 4
326
322
Nov. 11
455
267
Nov. 18
441
318
Nov. 25
314
337
Dec. 2
251
353
Dec. 9
275
395
Dec. 16
463
196
Dec. 23
368
242
De c. 30
335
107
After) Five Days Return to: United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street
Athens, G e orgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS
l, 346 l, 533 1, 439 1, 446
1, 170 1, 340 1, 561 1, 740
1, 531 1, 712 l, 662 1, 555
l, 598 l, 411 1, 621 l, 50 l 1, 581
1, 274 1, 410 l, 262 1, 440
l, 252 l, 109 l, 391 l, 109
1, 058 982 988
l, 226 l, 412
1, 428 l, 365 1, 158 1, 115
912 1, 221 1, 283 1, 159 1, 252
l, 229 l, 027 1, 560 1, 201
964 863 742 l, 060
803 1,069
909 935 1,030
297 243 239 222
198 192 208 248
302 358 316 257
299 357 292 252 299
279 271 245 213
284 230 221 210
274 150 192 204 182
202 206 189 196
194 214 280 243 257
188 240 213 121
219 234 216 147
241 174 282 153 142
2.,440 2, 70 6 2,623 2,612
2, 611 2,860 3, 132 3,428
3,303 3,699 3,709 3,373
3, 593 3, 517 3, 604 3,461 3,618
3,316 3, 189 3, 216 3, 162
2, 959 2,661 2,728 2,303
2, 277 1,982 2,055 2,226 2,278
2,458 2,309 2, 167 2,231
1, 984 2,252 2, 505 2,078 2,2 86
l, 915 1,875 2,621 1, 896
1, 831 l, 819 1, 717 1, 858
1,648 l, 913 1, 850 1,698 1, 614
Postage and F ees Paid
u. S. Department of Agricultur e
ATHENS, GEORGIA
March 20, 1968
B R OILER T YPE
Place ment of broi l e r chicks in G e orgia during the week ended March 16 wa s 9, 098, 000--1 percent less tha n the previous week and 9 percent less than the comparable week last year, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service.
An estimated 12,482, 000 broiler type eggs were set by Georgia hatcheries-slightly less than the previous week and 5 percent less than the comparable week a year earlier .
The majority of the price s paid to Georgia producers for broiler hatching eggs were reported within a range of 55 to 67 cents per dozen. The average price of hatching eggs was 61 cents p e r doze n. The price of eggs from flocks with hatc he ry owned co ck e rels generally was 2 cents below the average price. Most prices r e ceive d for broile r chicks by Georgia hatche ries wer ~ reported within a range of $ 8.00 to $9 .75 with an average of $9 .00 per hundred. The average prices last year were 56 cents for eggs and $7. 7 5 for chicks.
Week Ended
Jan. 13 Jan. 20 Jan. 27 Feb. 3 Feb. 10 Feb. 17 Feb. 24 Mar. 2 Mar. 9 Mar. 16
GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS, AND CHICK PLACEMENTS
BROILER TYPE
Eggs Set !}
Chicks Placed for
Av. Price
Hatch
Broiler
% of
Broilers in Georgia
Eggs
Ufo of P er
Chicks Per
1967
1968
year
1967
1968
year Doz.
Hundre d
ago
a.go 1968
1968
Thou.
Thou.
Pet.
Thou.
Thou. Pet. Cents
Dollars
12,392 11, 939
96
8,783
8,682
99
59
12, 562 11, 832
94
8,843
8, 791
99
59
12,892 11,988
93
8,929
8,722
98
59
13,096 11,994
92
8,909
8,735
98
59
12,971 11, 850
91
9,063
8, 593
95
60
13,221 12,079
91
9,393
8,839
94
61
13,346 12., 169
91
9,421
9,062
96
62
13, 174 12, 530
95
9,706
9,035
93
62
13, 027 12, 530
96
9,914
9, 154 92
62.
13, 185 12,482
95
9,968
9,098
91
61
8.25 8.25 8.50 8. 50 8.75 9.00 9.25 9.25 9.25 9.00
EGG TYPE
Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the week ended March 16 was 863, 000-20 percent more than the previous week but 18 percent less than the comparable week last year. An estimated 858, 000 eggs for the production of egg type chicks were set by Georgia hatcheries, 16 percent less than the previous week and 26 percent less than the comparable week last year.
In the four states that accounted for about 25 percent of the hatch of all egg type chicks in the U.S. in 1967, hatchings during the week ended March 16 were down 17 percent and setting!!' were dowri 14 percent from a year ago.
State
Ga. Ill. Calif. Wash.
EGG TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS HATCHED, 1968
Eggs Set (Week Ended}
Ufo of
Chicks Hatched (Week Ended)
Feb.
Mar . Mar.
Mar . year
Feb. Ma r . Mar. Mar.
24
2
9
16 ago 21
24
2
9
16
Thousands
1, 079 li 903 1,020
858
74
Thousands
578 668
721
863
650
575 630
855
82
325 430
425
510
1, 958 z.,. 020 1, 722 1, 735
96
1, 327 1, 394 1, 322 1, 510
257 3- 1 212
318
372
82
151 272
224
199
Total 3, 944 3 I 3, 71 o 3,690 3, 820
86
2,381 2,764 2,692 3,082
1/ Includes e gg s set b y hatcheries p roducing chicks for hatcher y supp1y flocks.
2.1 Current week as percent of same week last year. 31 Revised.
Ufo of year
ago 2 I
82 75 91 63
83
GS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL AREAS BY WE EKS -1968
e 2
EGGS SET
CHI:;KS PLACED
r.
2
9
16
THOUSANDS
year
0 1/
THOUSANDS
2,060 366
1, 473 534 318
2,338 4,773 1, 592
110 7, 511
480
2,071 320
1, 481 518 358
2,469 4,770
1, 532 114
7,472 461
2, 156 105 331 93
1, 637 112 512 77 370 45
2,433 82 4, 727 103 1, 673 97
117 82 7, 565 103
514 99
12,530 12, 530 12,482 95
909
968
967 115
769
721
727 71
8,701 8, 834 8,683 97
4,948
5,036
5, 027 98
10, 237 10, 213 10, 294 98
1, 114 1, 116 1, 190 112
4,488 4,606 4,534 94
687
724
708 90
296
473
366 106
1,971 2,040
884
2
1, 416 1, 464 1, 470
92
138
178
122
66
971
955
936
96
319
312
288
79
408
358
400
90
2,328 2, 176 2,471
88
3,373 3,601 3, 242 101
947 1, 120 1, 061
97
378
253
337
108
5, 457 5, 508 s. 520
99
384
438
373
95
9,035 9, 154 9,098
91
770
763
753
149
948
824
942
94
6,468 6,705 6, 695
92
4, 164 4, 188 4, 162
97
7, 253 7, 557 7,483
95
810
843
890
100
3,539
3, 551
95
425
477
87
308
362 127
434
89
71,478 70,402 71, 316
96
98
97
as percent same wee st year.
53,489 54,269 54, 900
96
96
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Athens, Georgia
LIVESTOCK REPORT
WOOL PRODUCTION , PRICE M~D VALUE -- 1967
l"'arch 22, 1968
1967 V.JOOL PRODUCTION DCWN 8 PERCENT
Wool production in Georgia during 1967 totaled 35,000 pounds , 8 percent below the previous
year ts revised esti1.1ate of 38,000 pounds, according to the Crop Reporting Service .
The nm,iller of sheep shorn was placed at 5,500 head , 600 below the 1966 total. Wei ght per
fleece averaged 6. 3 pounds compared t~th 6. 2 a year earlier.
The average price per pound r ec eived by producers was down ~~ .02 at :~ . 42 . Total value amounted to ;~15,000 compared with ~pl7 ,000 in 1966.
lJ:nit2d__t at e s :
Production of shorn and pulled wool in the United States during 1967 amounted to 211 milli on pounds, grease basis, according to the Crop Reporting Board. This is 4 percent below the 1966 production of 219 million pounds .
Shorn r-JOol production in 1967 totaled 188 million pounds, a 4 percent decline from the 1966 production of 195 million pounds. Shorn wool production, clean basis, is equivalent t o 90 million pounds in 1967 compared with 93 million pounds in 1966 using a conversion factor of 47 .7 percent.
The number of sheep and l ambs shorn in 1967 t otaled 22 .0 million head, a 4 per cent
decrease from the 22 . 9 million he ad shor n i n 1966. The fleece weight averaged 8.56 pounds
per fleece in 1967 compared \vith 8.51 pounds a year earlier.
Fulled wool production in 1967 wa s 23.0 million pounds, 5 percent below t he 1966
production of 24 .1 million pounds . Production of pulled wool in 1967 was equivalent to 16. 8 million pounds clean basis , compared with 17.6 million pounds in 1966, using a conversion factor of 72. 9 percent. Commerc ial slaughter of sheep and lambs during 1967 was about the same as a year earlier . The average weight per skin of wool pulled was 3.44 pounds in 1967 compared with 3. 43 pounds the previous year.
Farmers and ranchers in the United States during 1967 received an average price of 39 . 8 cents per pound for shorn wool. This was 12.3 cents a pound lo~rer than the average price of wool sold in 1966. Nati ve States (which account for most of the 11 fleec e 11 t.rool production) received an average of 36. 6 cents per pound in 1967 compared trith 51. 8 cents in 1966 . In the 11 Western States, Texas and South Dakota ( tvhich produce most of the 11territory11 wool) the price received averaged 40 . 8 cents per pound during 1967, 11. 4 cents below 1966. The total value of shorn wool produced in 1967 was 75 million, a decrease of 26 percent from the 1966 value of (.~101 million.
ARCHIE LANGlEY Agricultural Statistician I n Charge
V>T . PAT PARKS Agricultural Statistician
ISSUED BY: The Georgia Cr op Reporting Service, USDA, 409A North Lumpkin Street, Athens,Ga. , in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture.
WOOL PRODUC1' ICH .Ai\fD VA LUE , BY_ ST:\l"~ S , 1966 liN D 1967
STATE
1966 RZ:VISED
1967
: Sheep
He i ght per .Produ~. Price per.
Sheep We i ght per. Produc-: Price per:
: shorn 1/; fl eece 2/ ; tion ; pound 3/ ; Value 4/; shorn 1/ fl ee ce ~fs tion :pound 'if : Value 4/
: 1,000
l,OCO
1,oco
1,ooo
l,OCO
1,000
: head
Pound s
Pound s Cents
dollar s
head ~~ Pounds Cents ~~~
Ma ine
19
7e6
144 65
94
18
7.5
135
49
N.H. :
4.9
7.1
35 62
22
4 .8 7.1
34
44
,V. t.
.1.Yla SS
7.5
8.1
9 .,'5
7.4
61 61 70 62
37
6 e8 8.2
56
46
43
9.5 7.3
69
45
R. I.
1.9
7.4
14 64
9 :
1.8 7.2
13
45
Conn.
4.4 7.5
33 61
20
4.8 7.3
35
45
N. Y.
92
8 .1
744 59
439
90
8.1
725
41
N J
9 .5
7.7
73 50
36
8.6 7.4
64
45
Pa . Ohio
170
7.5
715
8 .7
1,275 57
6,239 52
727 3,244
16'? 7.5
692
8.8
1~2 15
42
6,1C6
39
Ind.
2e 1
7.9
2,2C8 51
1,126
275
s.o
2,189
35
ill.
431
7.8
3 ,366 50
1,683
363
7.9
2,854
34
1~ich ..
265
8 .5
2 , 249 54
1,214
240
8.6
2,073
37
Hi s .
151
7.9
1,188 49
582
150 8.2
1! 233
34
Minn. :'-oil
7.7
4, 684 54
2,529 I
580
8.0
4,657
37
Iowa
935
7.8
7,316 52
3,804
823
8.2
6,739
35
Mo.
352
7.9
2,791 51
1,423
328
8.1
2, 672
34
N Dak .
382
9.4
3 , 577 53
1,896
354 9 .8
3,483
38
S. Dak . 1, 258
9 .0
11,342 56
5 ,352
1,216
9.4
11,401
42
Ne b r .
4C8
7.8
3,182 48
1,527
392
7.9
3 , 1 00
33
Kans.
434
8 .5
3,708 43
1,594
421
8.6
3!612
31
Del.
2.4
7.5
18 53
10
2.4 7.1
17
45
Md .
18
7.0
126 56
?1 J
17
7.1
121
46
Va .
210
6.0
w. Va .
170
5 .7
1,262 65 975 60
820
196
6.2
585 : 164
5.9
1,218
49
9f 8
48
N. C.
22
6 .2
s. c. :
3.6
6 .7
GEORGIA I
6 .1
6 .2
136 60
24 51 38 44
82
' 12
17 I
19
7.0
2.4 7.1
5.5 5.3
133
42
17
39
35
42
Fla.
5.6 5:2
29 38
11
5.1 6 .5
J3
36
Ky.
146
7.3
1,066 54
576 I
135
7.2
972
41
Tenn .
73
5 .8
423 55
233
60
5.8
348
42
Ala .
8.6
6.0
52 50
26
7.0 6 .0
42
39
Miss.
20
5 .1
102 51
52
19
5.1
97
38
Ark.
10
6 .7
67 46
31
8.7 7.1
62
33
La.
34
4 .6
156 48
75 I
28
4 .7
132
36
Okla .
126
8.2
1,033 42
434
125
8.3
1,034
29
Texa s
5,031
7.7
Mont . I 1, 213
9 .7
38,777 49 11,792 58
19 ,COl 6,83!i
4,993 1,134
7.4 9.9
36 29'.8 11,277
41 46
Idaho
751
10.4
7,813 57
4,453
696 10.6
7,346
40
Wyo.
1,878
10.4
19,526 52
10 ,154
1,768 10.7
18,867
40
Colo.
1,359
8 .s
12,018 53
6,370
1,271
8.9
11,335
38
N. Mex.
924
9.5
8,754 48
4,2C:2
884
9.6
8,462
39
Ariz .
5C6
7.2
3,627 42
1 , 5 23
472
7.0
3,317
34
Utah
991
10.0
9,895 52
5 , 1 45
l,C09 10.1
10,227
41
Ne v .
226
9 .9
2,241 52
1,165
212
9.8
2,C82
42
Wa sh.
171
9.2
1,567 54
846
159
9.4
1,492
39
Or eg .
613
s.o
4 ,905 5.6
2 , 7 47
571
8.3
4,735
40
Calif. J 1,844
48 State s:22,904
Ala ska :
19
7.7 8.51 11.3
14,117 194 2838
215
51 52.1
"::J7
7,200 ioi,CBl
123
1 1858 21,961
21
7.6 8.56 11.7
14 1077 187 .909
246
42 39.8 40
lh.;t"e.ii :
N 0 T .A VAIL L BLE
u.s. :22,923
8.51
195,053 52.1
a N OT 1'..VAIL.AB L E
ioi.zc4 I 21,982
.56 - iss zl55
39 .8
lf.-Includes shc:mring at corrmercia l f eeding ya rds.
2/ For Texas and California the weight per fle ece is the amount of -vrool shorn per she ep and
- lrunb during the ye ar.
~v For each Stat e , monthly price weighted by monthly sales of mol, Januarythrough Doccrnb ~:r. Pro duct.ion multiplied by J anuary-Dcc -=mbor n.verr.ge price .
66 15
26 31 6 16 297 29 510 2, 381 766 97 0 7 67 419 1,723 2, 359 9 C8 1 ,324 4,788 1, 023 1,120
8 56 597 465 55
7 15 12 399 146 16 37 20 48 300 15,16~-- - 5,187 2 , 938
7 , 5 47 4 ,307 3 ,3 00 l ,128 4 ,193
874 58 2 1,894 5 1912 Z42Z5Z
98
74,855
Aft er Five Days Return to TJhited St2.t es Department of Agr iculture
St c.tistical Reporting Servic e 409A N~rth Lurr~kin Street
Athens, Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSJliiESS
Postage and Fees Pa id U. S. Department of Agriculture
ATHENS, GEORGIA
FEBrtUARY 1968
Item
Broile r Type Pullets Placed(U. S . )3 /
Total Dome stic Chickens Tested:
During Feb.
1967 1/
1968 2/
Thou.
Thou.
Jan. thru .r~eb.
1967 1/
1968 2/
Thou.
Thou.
3, 4 50 2,947
3, 270 95 2, 841 96
6, 544 5, 596
6, 199 5, 359
o of last year Pet.
95 96
Broiler Type G eorgia Unite d States
Egg Type Georgia United States
Chicks Hatched:
600 2,370
27 648
571 95 2, 128 90
27 100 864 133
1, 187 5, 455
89 1, 840
1,228 4, 576
77 1, 786
10, 84 "
87 97
Broiler Type Georgia United States
Egg Type G e orgia Unite d States
Commercial Slaughter:4/
40,360 217,590
3,932 46,315
39, 574 98 219, 197 101
2, 400 61 38, 126 82
82,757 442,850
6, 850 86,076
80,993
98
448,215
101
4,689
68
7 ll;--5 84" , _ 83
Young Chickens G eorgia Unite d States
Mature Chickens Light Type Georgia Unite d States Heavy Type
28,449
29, 401 103
60,732
62,658
103
162,048 173,014 107 349,946
362, 736
104
..
1,089
11
880 81 :j 2,131
2, 031
95
12,657
11,012 87 Il 26,937
25,454
94
Georgia United States Egg Production: Georgia South Atlantic 5/ United States
198 1, 8?0
Mil. 374
1, 004 5, 404
287 1, 806
Mil. 409
1, 085 5, 642
! 145 11
571
97
4, 309
11
109 ;!
Mil. 785
108 11 2, 103
104 )! 11, 313
551
96
3, 765
87
Mil.
858
109
2, 251
107
11, 630
103
1/ Revised. 2/ Preliminary. 3/ Pullets for broiler hatchery supply flocks, includes
expected pullet replacements from eggs sold during the preceding month at the rate of 125 pullet chicks per 30-doz. case of eggs. 4/ Federal-State Market News ServiceSlaughter reports only include poultry slaughtered under Federal Inspection. 5/ South
Atlantic States: Del., Md., W.Va., N.C., S.C., Ga., Fla., Va.
YOUNG CHICKENS: SLAUGHTERED UNDER FEDERAL INSPECTION BY SELECTED STATES, 1966, 1967 and 1968
State
Number Inspected
During Jan.
Jan. thru Dec.
1967
1968
1966
1967
Indicate d Percent Condemne d
During Jan.
Jan. thru Dec.
1967
1968
1966
1967
Thou.
Thou.
Thou.
Thou.
Pet.
Pet.
Pet.
Pet.
Maine
5,929
6, 188
69,801 70, 593 3. 5
3.9
3.3
3.5
Pa.
7,449
7,002
87,322 81, 910 4.9
5. 5
4. 1
4.8
Mo.
3,321
3,072
36, 17 5 38,855 7.0
4.9
5.2
3.7
Del.
7, 489
7,490
92,683 90,652 4.9
5.0
4.3
5. 1
Md.
12, 687 10,987 140, 147 140, 548 5.4
5.0
4.3
4 .9
Va.
3, 856
4,678
4 2,867 50, 9 51 5.0
5.4
N. c.
21,227 21,270 252, 172 252,357 5. 5
4.2
3.3
3.7
3.9
3.8
Ga.
31,602 31,481 378,765 389,664 5.6
5. 1
3.7
4 .8
Tenn.
5,025
5, 167
61,676 60,466 7.7
6.0
3.6
4 .3
Ala.
19,718 21,795 252,933 264 ,305 5.0
3.8
3.2
3.3
Miss.
13,285
I Ark.
Texas
27 J 136 11, 55 1
14, 160 28,046 11, 147
160,318 319,726 13 1, 6 7 5
I 163,823 5. 1
343,465 6. 1 148, 60 1 4.2
3. 1 4. 1 5.5
3.2
2.9
3.9
3.8
3.4
3. 4
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l
189,879
2, 319,390 I
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Georgia Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Ser.vice, 409A North -Lumpkin Street, Athens, Georgia 30601
She ll egg stocks increas e d one thousand cas e s during F e bruary to 76 thousand on
March 1. Gene rally stocks decline dur i ng F e bruary. Last year , a 10-thousand case decline
lowe red holdings to 53 thous and and the ave rage decline is 32 thousand cases. Ave rage
March l stocks are 41 thousand cases . F rozen eggs totaled 80 million pounds, twice the
stocks both of a year earlie r and ave rage . The decline of 5 million pounds during February
was slightly l e ss than average in contrast to the 4-million pound gain a year e arlie r. Total
poultry holdings were 459 million pounds on March l, compare d with 525 million a month
earlier. The decline of 66 million pounds compared with 25 million pounds a year e arlier
and 44 million average. Total March l stocks were a record high for the date. Turkey
holdings we re 312 million pounds on March l, a record high for the date. During February
holdings were reduced 49 million pounds compared with 18 million a year earlier . The
average February decline is 27 million pounds. Warehouse stocks of meat totaled 634 mil:-
lion pounds on March l, down 17 million from a month earlier and 63 million from a year
earlier. A verage March l stocks are 602 million pounds. Beef holdings declined 24 million
pounds but stocks of pork and other meats increased 7 million. The beef inventory of 252
million pounds on March l was 19 p e rcent less than a year earlier but 13 p e r cent above ave rag "' . ork holdings totaled 291 million pounds on March l. The 3-milli on po und
incre as e during February compared with a 34-million increas e a year earlier and the ave r-
age February increase of 28 million. Canned meats rose 7 million pounds during the month.
Commodity
Unit
Feb. 1962-66 av
Feb. 1967
Jan. 1968
Feb. 1968
Thou.
Thou.
Thou.
Thou.
Eggs:
Shell
Case
41
53
75
76
Zrozen eggs, total
Pound
39,928
40,804
85,464
80,0 6 7
Poultry, frozen:
Broilers or fryers
do.
23,218
Hens, fowls
do.
47,389
Turke ys
do.
181, 708
Gther & Unclassified
do.
48,088
Total Poultry
do.
300,403
43, 167 55, 3 71 253, 885 56,752 409, 175
37, 513 66,941 360, 589 59,827 524,870
31,040 61, 865 311,682 54,64 0 459,227
Beef: Frozen in Cure and Cured
do.
223, 547
312, 523
275, 588 251,697
Pork: Frozen and
Cooler
do.
279,118
290,335
288, 103 290,828
Other meat and meat products
do.
98, 961
94, 258
87, 077
91, 4 77
Total all red meats
do.
60 l, 626
697, 116
650, 768 634,002
MID-MONTH PRICES RECEIVED .AND PRICES PAID
---+-- ---. - 1=- -- - ---- ---Ge.o.r:g.la____ ___ ___
U.nikd St.ate.s__ _--~ ~
I Item
Feb. 15 Jan. 15 Feb. 15 ! Feb. 15 Jan. 15 F e b. 15
i 1967
1968
1968
1967
1968
19 68
Cents
Cents
Cents
Cents Cents
Ce nts
Price s Received:
Chickens, lb. excluding
broilers Com 11 Broilers (lb.)
9.0 14.0
6.5 12. 5
7.5 13. 5
8.8 15.4
7.9 13.5
8.1 14 .6
All Chickens (lb.)
13.7
12. l
13. l
14.6
12.9
13.9
AllEggs (dozens)
38.8
39.2
36.4
32.4 31.5
30.0
Prices Paid:(per ton)
Dol.
Dol.
Dol.
Dol.
Dol.
Dol.
Broile r Grower
98. 00
93.00
94.00
95~ 00 90.00
90.00
Laying Feed
94. 00
86. 00
85. 00 1 88. 00 82. 00
82. 00
This r e port is made possible through the cooperation of the National Poultry Improvem ent
Plan, Official State Agencies, the Animal Husbandry Research Division of the Agricultural
Research Service, the Inspection Branch of the Poultry Division, Consumer and Marketing
Se rvice and the Agricultural Estimate s Division of the Statistical Reporting Service and
the many breeders , hatcheries, poultry processors and the poultry farm ers t hat r eport
to these agencie s.
ARCHIE LANGLEY
W. A. WAGNER
Agricultural Statistician In Charge
Agricultural Statistician
After Five Days Return to: United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service 4 09A North Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 3060 l OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Postage and Fees Paid U. S. Department of Agriculture
950 Acquisitions Division University Libraries University of Georgia Athena Georgia 30601
0 Til
ATHENS, GEORGIA
Ma rch 27, 1968
BROIL ,~R T YP .2
' "
Placement of broiler chicks in Georgia during the week ended March '23 was 9, 183, 000--l percent mor e than the previous week but 8 percent less than the comparable week last year, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service.
An estimated 12, 572, 000 broile r type eggs were set by Georgia hatcheries-! percent more than the previous week but 5 percent less than the comparable week a year earlier.
The majority of the prices paid to Georgia producers for broiler hatching eggs were reported within a range of 55 to 67 cents per dozen. The average price of hatching egg s was 60 c ents p e r dozen. The price of eggs from flocks with hatehery owned co kerels generally was 2 cents below the average price. Most prices receiv e d for broiler chicks by G eorgia hatcheries were reported within a range of $8.00 to $9.75 with an average of $8.75 per hundred. The average prices last year were 56 cents for eggs and $7. 7 5 for chicks.
I Week I
Ended
JJan.
Jan. 27
Feb. 3 Feb. 10 Feb. 17 Feb. 24 Mar. 2
Mar. 9 Mar. 16 Mar. 23
GEORGIA EGGS SET,
Eggs Set}:_/
1967
Thou.
12, 562 12, 892 13, 096 12,971 13, 221 13,346 13, 174 13,027 13, 185 13, 167
1968
Thou.
11, 832 11,988 11, 994 11 t 8 50 12,079 12, 169 12, 530 12, 530 12,482 12, 572
HATCHINGS, AND CHICK PLACEMENTS
BROILER TYPE
o/o of
ye ar ago
Chicks Placed for
Broilers in Georgia
o/o of
1967
1968
year ago
Av. Price
Hatch
Broiler
Eggs
Chicks
Per
Per
Doz.
Hundred
1968
1968
Pet.
Thou.
Thou. Pet. Cents
Dollars
94
8,843
8,791
99
93
8,929
8,722
98
92
8,909
8,735
98
91
9,063
8, 593
95
91
9,393
8,839
94
91
9,421
9,062
96
95
9,706
9,035 93
96
9,914
9, 154 92
95
9,968
9,098 91
95
9, 965
9, 183
92
59
8.25
59
8. 50
59
8. 50
60
8.75
61
9,00
62
9.25
62
9.25
62
9.25
61
9.00
60
8.75
EGG TYPE
Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the week ended March 23 was 737, 000-15 percent less than the previous week and 19 percent less than the comparable week last year. An estimated 1, 031, 000 eggs for the production of egg type chicks were set by Georgia hatcheries, 20 percent more than the previous week but 7 percent less than the comparable week last year.
In the four states that accounted for about 25 percent of the hatch of all egg type chicks in the U. S. in 1967, hatchings during the week ended March 23 were down 13 percent and settings were down 21 percent from a year ago.
State
EGG TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS HATCHED, 1968
Eggs Set {Week Ended)
i ! o/o of
Chicks Hatched (Week Ended)
1\.;far. Mar. Mar. Mar . year 1 Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar.
2
9
16
23
ago 2/ j 2
9
16
23
o/o of
year
. ago 2I
Ga.
Ill.
Calif. Wash.
Total
Thousands
903 l, 020 858
I 590 2,020
-3/
l,
630 722
855 l, 735
212
318 372
3, 725 3/ 3, 690 3, 820
l, 031 \ 93
895 188
l, 500 - 70
263
I
1
6
9
3, 689 !79
I
I
I
668 430
Thousands
721
863
425
510
1,394 l, 322 l, 510
272 224
199
2, 764 2, 692 3, 082
737 81 450 69 l, 590 102 167 65
2, 944 1 87
1/ Includes eggs set by hatc he ri e s producing chicks for hatchery sllpply flocks.
2/ Current week as percent of same w~ek las~. year. 3/ Revised.
ROlLER TYPE E GGS SFJT AND CHICKS PLACED IN CO M ME RCIAL AR.!;AS BY WE E KS- 1968 Pa e 2
Q)
Main e Conne cticut Penns y1vania Indiana Missouri Delaware Maryland Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina
GEORGIA
florida Tenne ss e e
rna Miss i s sippi Arkans as Lo u i s i a n a Texas Wa s h i n g t o n Orego n
fornia
AL 1968 (22 Stat e s}
EGGS SET
Wee k E nded
Mar.
Mar.
9
16
Mar. 23
T HOUSANDS
2,071 320
1, 481 518 358
2,469 4,770 1, 532
114 7,472
461
2, 156 331
1, 637 512 370
2,433 4,727 1, 673
117 7, 565
514
2,081 309
1, 516 543 371
2, 457 4,600 1, 653
124 7, 741
504
12, 530 12,482 12, 572
968 721 8, 834 5,036 10,213 1, 116 4, 606 724 473 2 040
68, 827
967 727 8,683 5,027 10, 294 1, 190 4 , 53 4 708 366 1, 884
68, 897
922 743 8,903 5, 110 10,409 1, 168 4, 583 664 4 32 1 64
69,369
% of year i
0 1/ 1
CHICKS PLACE D
Mar. 9
THOUSANDS
Mar. 23
104
1, 464
1, 470
1, 485
107
178
122
158
97
955
936
837
89
312
288
327
48
358
400
354
85
2, 176
2,471
2,401
101
3,601
3,242
3,400
97
1, 120
1, 061
1, 082
78
253
337
287
104
5, 508
5, 520
5, 640
103
4 38
373
409
95
9, 154
9,098
9, 183
110
763
753
759
74
824
942
881
100
6,705
6,695
6,870
102
4, 188
4, 162
4, 193
100
7, 557
7, 4 83
7,667
99
843
890
886
9.S
3, 522
3, 551
3, 586
78
440
477
573
94
269
362
188
8
1,339
1 434
1 500
97
51,967 52,067 52,666
70,402 71 , 316 71, 254
, 269 54,900 54,950
98
97
97
Cur r ent week a s percznt of same week last year.
Re vise d.
~
96
95
96
% of
92 98 97 87 80 84 100 91 95 100 108
92
157 81 98 99 97
103 96
104 64 4 96
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GEORGIA CROP REPORTING
SERVICE
APRIL 1 , 1968
Released 4/17/68
Georgia
Cattle .2!2 Feed Up 14,000 Head
On April 1, an estimated 62,000 head of cattle and calves were on concentrate feed for slaughter in Georgia. According to the Crop Reporting Service, this was 14,000 head, or 29 percent, above the number on feed last year at this time. The April 1 inventory in Georgia showed a decrease of 16 percent from the previous quarter when 74,000 head were on feed.
Fed cattle sold for slaughter during the January - March quarter totaled 31,000 head. This compared with 26,000 during the same period of 1967 and 24,000 during the OctoberDecember quarter of last year. There were 19,000 cattle and calves placed on feed during the January - March quarter - 17 percent below the number placed a year ago and 66 percent below placements during the previous quarter.
Cattle feeders in Georgia had 51,000 steers and ll ,000 heifers on April l. Of the 62,000 head total, 1~,000 had been on feed less than 3 months, 43,000 had been on feed 3 - 6 months, and the remaining l ,000 had been on feed more than 6 months.
Major Feeding States
Cattle .Q!2 Feed Up 1 Percent
Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market in the 32 major feeding states on April l, 1968 are estimated at 10,671,000 head - an increase of 2 percent from a year earlier. Larger holdings of heifers and heifer calves offset declines in other classes and accounted for the increase.
Placements up l Percent--Marketings up~ Percent
There were 5,059,000 cattle and calves placed on feed in January through March in the 32 states, an increase of 7 percent from the same period in 1967. Placements were up 12 percent in the North Central States, but were down 2 percent in the Western states. Shipments of
stocker and feeder cattle into the 8 Corn Belt States during January and February were up
54,317 head or 6 percent from the same period in 1967.
Marketings of fed cattle for slaughter during the first quarter totaled 5,661,000 head in
the 32 states, 5 percent higher than in the same period in 1967. North Central region market-
ings were up 7 percent from last year, while marketings in the Western region were up 4 per-
cent.
Marketing Intentions
Of the April l cattle on feed 5,542,000 head are expected to be marketed during the AprilJune period. This would be 1 percent higher than marketings for the same period a year earlier. Feeders in the North Central States intend to market 1 percent less while those in Western States plan a 1 percent increase. A breakdown of anticipated marketings during the April-June quarter shows 33 percent to be marketed in April, 33 percent in May, and 34 percent in June. Estimates of expected marketings are based on the usual relationship between survey data and actual marketings.
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
~1. PAT PARKS Agricultural Statistician
ISSUED BY: The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, USDA, 40j A North Lumpkin Street, Athens, Ga., in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture.
Cattle and Calves on Feed, Placemerts and Marketings
By Quarters 1/
------.-..-- . . . - --:--- -------~-...---- -~----------
funvrnER--- PIACED-~--
:
NUIVJBER
----
!.~~~TILfiT._E~~-__!____.QN_.f.~~!L1L-----.:.__~RKETED 2/ _ _
STATE
:
: Jan. - :Cct. - : J<!n. -
:Aprill,:Jan. l,:AprilJ,:Mar. :Dec. : 1'1ar.
:Jan. - :Oct. -:Jan. :Mar. :Dec. :Har.
--- : 1967 :
---~----~-
1(9o68 o:m196-8- -:1:9-67
:1967 : 1968
: 1967 : 1967 : 1968
~oacry--------=
(oooy-~--
GEORGIA Alabama Florida Mississippi
Tennessee Kentucky Oklahoma Texas Pennsylvania 12 N. Ce1.t Sts. 11 Western Sts.
48 23
45 14
28 50 150
653 76
6,973
. 2,423
74 41
62 22
29 58 181
810 85
7,113 2,798
62
23
23
14
44 . 32
12
5
21
7
52
14
141 103
761 . 4C6
80 : 21
7,095 : . 3,037
. 2,380: 1,068
56
35
55 16
19 40 128
543 60
5,234 1,742
19 8
23 6
9 15 82
421 21
3,412 1,043
: 26
33
63 16
20 23 123
427 27
3,206 1,408
24 11 30 12
9 . 19
88
377 29
3,312 1,335
31 26
41 16
17 21 122
470 26
3,430 1,461
32 State Total :10,483 11,273 10,671 : 4,730 7,928 5,.059 5,372 5,246 5,661
-----------------------------------------~-------------------------
Cattle and Calves on Feed by Weight Groups, Kind of Cattle
and Length of Time on Feed, Georgia and 32 Major Feeding States
y By Quarters
- - - - - - - - -~-~------~-~
-~----------~--~-- ---
- - - - B_r_e_akdo~p of_9~_ttle__o~_ .E~~d__
~~~--=---:OG=EORGIA
:A:r:ril 1, : Jan:r 1:--:
April 1,::
32 ~'JAJOR STATES Aprii-r;-:-"'Jan. J . :-A_tr.il
1,--
; !_ 1967
1968
_.;:.;....;...:.....---=-~<o~o~o
19-6-8 -:.: --1S-67-.-:-ro1o96o8 ;--: -1-96-8 - -
Total on Feed vJeight Groups:
Under 500 lbs. 500-699 lbs. 700-899 lbs. 900-1,099 lbs. 1,100 lbs. and over
48
74
62 10,483
11,273 10,671
2
27
5
701
1,862
801
21
24
28
3,619
2,998
3,708
17
14
15
3,246
3,580
3,364
8
9
14 : 2,438
2,433
2,345
479
395
453
Kind of Cattle:
Steers and Steer Calves
43
60
51
7,482
7,907
7,375
Heifers and Heifer Calves
5
14
11
2,959
3,313
3,264
Cows and others
42
53
32
Time On Feed:
Under 3 Months
22
55
J-6 Months
20
18
~~6 J:viont~~--------.:.____2___ 1
18
4,542
7,701
4,783
43
5,285
3,050
5,201
--~-------65______.;;.52=2"---~----
y Cattle and calves on feed are animals being fattened for the slaughter market on grain or other concentrates which are expected to produce a carcass that will grade good or better.
?} Includes cattle placed on feed after beginning of quarter and marketed by end of quarter.
After Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North Lu.:-,lptin .Street Athens, Georgia 30601
OF~;[! BUSINESS
Postage and Fees Paid
U. s. Department of Agriculture
&w~wmm
rPill~@~~
MARCH 15, 1968
Released 4/2/68 GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
GEORGIA PRICES RECEIVED l POINT HIGHER
The Index of Prices Received by Georgia Farmers for All Commodities increased l point during the month ended March 15, 1968 to 250. This was 6 points above the March 15, 1967 index of 244.
There was little change in the prices of the crops used in computing the Crop lndex,and it remained at 267; this, however, was 9 points above that registered in March of 1967 of 258. Prices of meat animals, chickens, and eggs were higher than a month ago, and the Livestock Index increased to 214- 3 points above a month ago and l point above March 15, 1967.
UNITED STATES PRICES RECEIVED INDEX UP 1 POINT, PARITY INDEX UP 2 POINTS ADJUSTED PARITY RATIO ~0
During the month ended March 15, the Index of Prices Received by Farmers advanced l point (l/3 percent) to 259 percent of its 1910-14 average. Higher prices for beef cattle contributed most to the increase. Partially offsetting were price declines for milk and hogs. The March index was 4 percent above a year earlier.
The Index of Prices Paid by Farmers for Commodities and Services, including Interest, Taxes, and Farm Wage Rates rose 2 points {l/2 percent) from mid-February to 350, a record high. The index was ll points (3 ~ercent) above a year earlier.
l:!ith the Parity Index up 2 points and the Prices Keceived Index up l point, the Adjusted Parity Ratio, reflecting Government payments, remained at ~0.
The Parity Ratio, at 74, was also unchanged from February.
Index
l ~ l 0-14 = l 00
INDEX NUMBERS-- GEORGIA .~ND UNITED STATES
March 15 :February 15 March 15
1967
1968
1968
GEORGIA Prices Received
All Commodities All Crops Livestock and Livestock Products
244
24~ l l
250
258
267
267
213 1I
211 !/
214
Record Hi qh
Index
Date
310 :March 1951
319 :March 1951 1/
295 :Sept. 1948
UN IT ED STATES
Prices Received
Parity Index 11
Pa r i t y Rat io
250
258
339
348
74
74
259
313 :Feb. 1951
350
350 :March 1968
74
123 :Oct. 1946
Adjusted Parity Ratio ~/
{preliminary)
79
80
80
!/Revised. 11 Also April 1951. 11 Prices Paid, Interest, Taxes, and Farm Wage Rates based
on data for the indicated dates. ~/The Adjusted Parity Ratio, reflecting Government
payments, averaged 79 for the year 1967 compared with 74 for the Parity Ratio. Preliminary
Adjusted Parity Ratios for the current year, supplied by the Economic Research Service, are
based on estimated cash receipts from marketings and estimates of Government payments for
the current calendar year.
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
~/ILL IAM A. \.JAGNER Agricultural Statistician
IssuED-BY:- Th; Georgi~ crop-R;porti~g-s;r~ice: usoA: 4o9A-North-L~mpkln-Str;et,-Ath;ns,-G~.: in cooperation with the Georgia Departmenc of Agriculture.
Commod i tv a nd Un it
1"1a rc h I -c:
19f.i
PRIC ES i~E C t iV E D:
~l h e a t, bu .
$
1. 80
Oa t s , bu.
$
. 89
Corn, bu.
$
1. 52
Barley, bu.
$
1.12
Sor:_J hum Grain, cwt.
$
2.25
Cotton, 1b.
20.0
Cotton seeci, ton
$
6Lf. 00
Soybea ns , bu.
$
2.75
Peanuts , I b.
II. 0
Sweetpotatoes , cwt.
$
6.90
Hay, baled, ton:
All
$
27.30
,'\lfalfa
$
35.50
Lespedeza
$
30.00
Peanut
$
23.00
Milk Cows, head
$ 200,00
Hogs, cwt.
$ ll 17.60
Bee f Cattle, All, cwt. l/
$
18.70
Cows, cwt. 1/
s ~"'e rs and Heifers, cwt.
$
16.00
$
21.00
Calves , cwt.
$
24.20
Milk , wholesale, cwt.:
Flui d Marke t
$
6.40
Manufactured
$
AI 1 ]/
$
6,40
Turkeys , lb.
22.0
Chickens, 1b.:
E;<cluding Bro i lers
10.0
Commercial Broilers
13.0
All
l2.b
Eggs, All , doz.
41.0
PRICES PAID z FEED
Mixed Dairy Feed, ton
14% protein
$
16% protein
$
18% protein
$
20% protein
$
Hog f eed, l l.~%-18% protein, cwt. $
Cot ton seed mea 1, 41%,cwt.
$
Soybean mea 1 , 44%, cwt.
$
Bran, cwt.
$
Middlings, cwt.
$
Corn mea 1, cw t .
$
Bro i 1er Grower Feed, ton
$
Laying Feed, ton
$
Chick Start er, ton
$
Alfalfa Hay, ton
$
All Other Hay, ton
$
76.00 78.00 UL~. 00
85.00 4.45 5.20
5.30 3.90 4.10
3.65 96.00 :;~!~. 00
102 .00 44.00 ;;6.00
] <;J63
1.40 .j l
1.?..4 1.02 2.00 .l 3. 5 52 .00
2.55 11.6 6.60
1.40
. :;1 2
1.24 i .02 2.00
23.5 53.00
2.55 II. 5 7.20
29.50 36.50
31 .oo
23.50 200.00
16. ;;0 19 .00
15.90 21. ?0 24.60
30.00 36.50 51.50 24.00 200.00 17 .40 19 .50 16.40 22.00 25.30
0.50
6.SO ~/b. ]0
20.0
20.0
7.5
8. 0
13 .5
13 . 5
13. I
36.4
70.00
77 .oo
7d.OO 80.00
s.zo
5. 10
3....9o0s
3.30 94.00 35.00 95.00 43.00 37. ( i()
n.oo
7u.OO Ul.OO 82.00
4.25
5.l0 5.20
3.90
4.0~
3.30 ';4.00 b!.~. 00
:~s.oo
L:.2. oo
36 .00
1. 59 . 682
1.28 1.02 1. 96 20.45 63.50 2.74 11.5 6 .09
25.10 26.00 25.80 25.80 2)6.00 17.90
21. so
16.70 23.00 26.20
S.3G
4.07 4.95 20.5
u.b
14.3
70.00 76.00 7b.OO b4.00
4. 55 5 L~2 . 5.45 3. 72 3.70 3 .L:.9 95.00 Uu.OO
~9.00
36.00 3). :.;C
Feb. 15 : March j 5
1968
1:;; 68
1.42 . 686
1.06
.984 1. b6
19 . 90
57.~0
2.57 11. 3 6 . i+3
1.42 .607
1.06
.971 1. U6
19. 35 56. I 0
2. 5/ 11.5 6.76
2) .80 24. 20 25. 60
2L>r. 30
265.00 18. 90
22.LO
16.70 24.90 27.80
23.60 24.00
25.30 25.00 269.00 18.50
23.30 17.50 25.20 28.10
5.66 4 .0L
5. 22 17.)
!:I 5. 11
17. ~
8 .1
8 .2
14 . 6
14 .6
bl .OO 74.00
77 .oo
79 .00 ;+ 4L~
5. 28 5. 2 1-~ 3.58 ;.65
..,,.-??-
:)0.00 tl 2 . 0 0 94.00 34.20 32. .60
69 .00 73 .00 76 .00 78 .00
4.38
5.27 5.22 3.56 3.63 3.20 90.00 81.00 94.00 34.1 0 3'2 .40
ll 1/
' ' Cows' ' and "steers Inclu des cull dairy
and heifers" cows so lc: f
combined with or siau s.J hter,
allowance but not C:a
where n i ry cows
ecessary for f or herd rep
slau l ace
sht er me nt .
bulls.
3/ Rev i sed.
~I Pre 1 imina ry estimate.
After Five Days Return to Unite d Stale s De partme nt of Agr icul t ure
Statistical Reporting Serv ice 409A Nor t h Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Postage and Fees Paid U. S. Department of Agriculture
~00
Acquisitions Division ~verai;r of Georgia Un1vers1~ Libraries Athons Georgia 30601
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ATHENS, GEORGIA
April 2, 1969
BROILER TYPE
Placement of broiler chicks in Georgia during the week ended March 29 was 9, 485, 000--l percent more than the previous week and 2 percent more than the comparable week last year, according to the Georgia Crop R8porting Service.
An estimated 12, 761, 000 broiler type eggs were set by Georgia hatcheries--! percent more than the previous week and slightly more than the comparable week a year earlier.
The majority of the prices paid to Georgia producers for oroiler hatching eggs were reported within a range of 60 to 70 cents per dozen. The average price of hatching eggs was 65 cents per dozen. The price of eggs from flocks with hatchery owned cockerels generally was 2 cents below the average price. Most prices received for broiler chicks by Georgia hatcheries were reported within a range of $8. 25 to $11. 00 with an average of $9. 7 5 per hundred. The average prices last year were 61 ce nts for eggs and $9.25 for chicks.
Week Ended
Jan. 25 Feb. l Feb. 8 Feb. 15 Feb. 22 Mar. 1 Mar. 8 Mar. 15 Mar. 22 Mar. 29
GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS AND CHICK PLACEME NTS
Eggs Set]:_/
1968
Thou.
11, 988 11,994 11, 850 12,079 12, 169 12, 530 12, 530 12,482 12, 572 12, 759
1969
Thou.
11,779 11, 885 11, 878 12, 207 12, 37 8 12,449 12,496 12,472 12,614 12,761
% of year ago
Pet.
98 99 100 101 102 99 100 100 100 100
A~P_ri<;.~---
Chicks Placed for i Hatch
Broilers in Georgia
Eggs
II % o_f Per
1968
1969
year ! Doz.
Broiler Chicks Per Hundred
ago i 1969
1969
Thou.
Thou. Pet. i Cents Dollars
I
!
8,722
8,427
97
65
9.75
8, 735
8,483
97
65
9.75
8, 593
8, 661 101
65
9.75
8, 839
8,841 100
65
9.75
9,062
9,062 100
65
9.75
! 9,035
9, 154
I 9,076 100
65
9,282 101
65
9.75 9.75
9,098
9, 183
I
I
9,307
9,428 9,413 9,485
I 104
65
103
65
102 I 65
9.75 9.75 9.75
EGG TYPE
Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the week ended March 29 was 888, 000-10 percent less than the previous week but 3 percent more than i:he comparable week last year. An estimated 1, 111, 000 eggs for the production of egg type chicks were set by Georgia hatcheries, 10 percent more than the previous week out 17 percent less than the comparable week last year.
In the four states that accounted for about 26 percent of the hatch of all egg type chicks in the U. S. in 1968, hatchings during the week ended March 29 were up 4 percent but settings were down 4 percent from a year ago.
Sta te
Ga. Ill. Calif. Wash.
Mar. 8
1, 085 680*
1, 981 196
EGG TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS HATCHED, 1969
Eggs Set (Week Ended) !% of
Mar. Mar. Mar. year
15
22
29
ago 2/
Thousands
1, 217 1,014 645 650
2,007 1,686
l, 111 83 805 80
2,066 120
377 263
213 69
Chicks Hatched (Week Ended) J o/o of
Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. year
8
15
22
29
ago 2 I
Thous ands
894 857
986
495 530
495
I 888 103
535 105
1, 591 1,294 1, 095 1, 4 82 ' 111
247 352
207
157 1 67
Total
3,942* 4,246 3,613 4, 195 96
3, 227 3,033 2,783 3, 062 I 104
1/ Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatchery supply flocks.
2/ Current week as percent of same week last year. * Revised.
/
TYPE E GGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMEHCIAL AREAS BY WE Z KS - 1969 P e 2
EGGS SET
CHICKS PLA C:.~ D
_ ________ _ W~~]._< E ~9:~.5L__ _ ___ %of
Mar. 15
Mar. 22
Mar. 29
year
o 1I
----W'""""'e~!s.._&p.Ji~.sl_____ ________, o/o of
Mar.
Mar.
Mar.
year
15
22
29
0 1/
THOUSANDS
T .IOU3AND3
2,097 224
1, 660 532 299
2, 6_84 5, 515 1, 747
35 7,918
545
2, 153 323
1, 820 567 277
2,679 5, 4 14 1, 741
49 7,970
551
2,201 101
259
81
1, 986 122
572
80
304 80
2,670 107
5, 412 114
1, 912 113
35 30
8,019 104
567 104
1,342
1, 517
1, 4 98
97
152
133
99
57
881
898
1, 013
141
273
319
267
83
532
464
4 57
123
2,91 4
3,226
2, 833
121
3,858
3, 580
3,854
111
1, 194
1, 251
1, 238
114
338
336
376
111
6, 061
6, 178
6,000
107
44 1
472
430
106
12,472 12, 614 12, 761 100
9,428
9,413
9,485
102
1, 144
729 9, 623 5,090 11, 809 1,074 4, 893
778 363 2,002
1, 174 753
9,731 5, 123 11,902 1, 027 4,745
681 397 2, 107
1, 211 119
766 101
9,848 111
5, 140 101
12, 553 118
1, 103 93
4, 800 106
708 121
479 122
1 992
98
849
812
803
109
848
766
795
86
7,465
7,682
7,697
115
4, 703
4, 611
4,650
108
8,386
8,626
8, 842
112
98 8
973
990
101
3,471
j,630
3, 564
103
39 2
442
499
87
278
217
274
83
1 672
1 596
1 570
103
73,233 73,798 75,298 107
56,466 57' 142 57,234
108
69,226 69,684 70,451
52,015 52, 585 53,079
106
106
107
week as percent of same week last year. ed.
109
109
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IEORGIA CROP REPORTING S
ATHENS, GEORGIA
April 3, 1968
BROILER TYPE
Placement of broiler chicks in Georgia during the week ended March 30 was 9, 307, 000--1 percent more than the previous week but 7 percent less than the comparable week last year, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service.
An estimated 12, 759,000 broiler type eggs were set by Georgia hatcheries-! percent more than the previous week but 2 percent less than the comparable week a year earlier.
The majority of the prices paid to Georgia producers for broiler hatching eggs were reported within a range of 55 to 67 cents per dozen. The average price of hatching eggs was 61 cents pe rdozen. The price of eggs from flocks with hatchery owned cockerels generally was 2 cents below the average price. Most prices receive d for broiler chicks by Georgia hatcheries were reported within a range of $8. 50 to $9.75 with an average of $9.25 per hundred. The average prices last year were 56 cents for eggs and $7.75 for chicks.
Week Ended
GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS, AND CHICK PLACEMENTS
Eggs Set !J
1967
1968
BROILER TYPE
lifo of year ago
Chicks Placed for
Broilers in Georgia
Ufo of
1967
1968 year
ago
Av. Price
Hatch
Broiler
Eggs
Chicks
Per
Per
Doz.
Hundred
1968
1968
Thou.
Thou.
Pet.
Thou.
Thou. Pet. Cents
Dollars
Jan. 27 Feb. 3 Feb. 10 Feb. 17 Feb. 24 Mar. 2 Mar. 9 Mar. 16 Mar. 23 Mar. 30
12,892 11, 988
93
8,929
8,722 98
59
13,096 11, 994
92
8,909
8, 735 98
59
12,971 11, 850
91
9,063
8,593 95
60
13, 221 12,079
91
9,393
8,839 94
61
13, 346 12, 169
91
9,421
9,062 96
62
13, 174 12, 530
95
9,706
9,035 93
62
13, 027 12, 530
96
13, 185 12,482
95
9,914 9,968
9. 154 9,098
9Z
I I
62
i
91
61
13, 167 12, 572
95
9,965
9. 183 92
60
13, 062 12,759
98
10, 016
9,307
93
61
8.50 8.50 8.75 9.00 9.25 9.25 9.25 9.00 8.75 9.25
EGG TYPE
Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the week ended March 30 was 820, 000-11 percent more than the previous week but 14 percent less than the comparable week last year. An estimated 1, 138, 000 eggs for the production of egg type chicks were set by Georgia hatcheries, 10 percent more than the previous week but 9 percent less thar;t the comparable week last year.
In the four states that accounted for about 25 percent of the hatch of all egg type chicks in the U. S. in 1967, hatchings during the week ended March 30 were down 20 percent and settings were down 11 percent from a year ago.
State
Ga. Ill. Calif. Wash.
EGG TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS HATCHED, 1968
Eggs Set (Week Ended)
% of
Chicks Hatched (Week Ended)
Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. year
Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar.
9
16
23
30 ago 2/
9
16
23
30
Thousands
Thousands
1, 020
858 1,031 1, 138
91
1,
665 722
3- /
1,
855 735
895 1, 500
885 1,640
100 82
721 863 425 510 1,322 1, 510
737 450 1, 590
820 510 1, 306
318
372 263
304
89
224 199
167
233
% of
year
ago 2 I
86 69 82 78
Total 3, 725 3/ 3, 820 3,689 3,967
89
2,69Z 3,082 2,944 2, 869
80
.1.,/, Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatc.her y supp1y flocks.
c. Current week as percent of same week last yea.r. 3/ Revised.
OILER TYPE E GGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL AREAS BY v\T E Z KS - 1969
e 2
EGGS SET
CHICKS PLA CI;D
--- -- - --- - ---- V{ ~~~- ~~9:~.___ _ - ---
Mar.
Mar.
Mar.
15
22
29
o/o of
% :-:-_ __W.;..:.....;;=e e!L~!l..dft~<;l__. .----- .
of
year . Mar.
Mar.
Mar.
year
a 1/ 15
22
29
a 1/
THOUS ANDS
T _f0U3A ND3
Maine
2,097
2, 153
2, 201 101
1,342
1, 517
1, 4 98
97
......
- u, vu - c t i c u t ylvania
224 1,660
323 1, 820
259 81 1, 986 122
152
133
99
57
881
898
1, 013
141
0
"0 '
rt'l
532
567
572 80
299
277
304 80
273
319
267
83
532
464
4 57
123
..r.d..
0.0
aware
2, 684
2,679
2, 670 107
2,914
3,226
2, 833
121
~
0
Maryland Virginia
5, 515 1, 747
5, 4 14 1, 741
5,412 114 1, 912 113
3,858
3, 580
3,854
111
1, 194
1, 251
1, 238
114
Q)
0
West Virginia
35
49
35 30
338
336
376
111
North Carolina
7,918
7,970
8,019 104
6, 061
6, 178
6,000
107
South Carolina
545
551
567 104
441
472
430
106
GEORGIA
florida Tennessee Alabama Miss is sippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas Washington
12,472 12, 614 12,761 100
9,428
9,413
9,485
102
1, 144
729 9,623 5,090 11,809 1,074
4, 893 778 363
2,002
1, 174 753
9,731 5, 123 11,902 1,027 4,745
681
397 2 107
1, 211 119
766 101
9,848 111
5, 140 101
12, 553 118
1, 103 93
4, 800 106
708 121
479 122
1 2
8
849
812
803
109
848
766
795
86
7,465
7, 682
7,697
115
4, 703
4, 611
4,650
108
8,386
8,626
8, 842
112
988
973
990
101
3, 4 71
J,630
3, 564
103
39 2
442
499
87
278
217
274
83
1, 672
1, 596
1 570
103
73,233 73,798 7 5, 298 107 56,466 57' 14 2 57,234
108
69,226 69,684 70,451
52,015 52, 585 53,079
106
106
107
RCeuvrt_rseendt. week as percent of same week last year.
109
109
10 8
ATHENS, GEORGIA
April 3, 1968
BROILER TYPE
Placement of broiler chicks in Georgia during the week ended March 30 was 9, 307, 000--1 percent more than the previous week but 7 percent less than the comparable week last year, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service.
An estimated 12, 759,000 broiler type eggs were set by Georgia hatcheries-! percent more than the previous week but 2 percent less than the comparable week a year earlier.
The majority of the prices paid to Georgia producers for broiler hatching eggs were reported within a range of 55 to 67 cents per dozen. The average price of hatching eggs was 61 cents perdozen. The price of eggs from flocks with hatchery owned cockerels generally was 2 cents below the average price. Most prices received for broiler chicks by Georgia hatcheries were reported within a range of $8. 50 to $9.75 with an average of $9.25 per hundred. The average prices last year were 56 cents for eggs and $7.75 for chicks.
Week Ended
GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS, AND CHICK PLACEMENTS
Eggs Set !J
1967
1968
BROILER TYPE
ulo of year ago
Chicks Placed for
Broilers in Georgia
ro of
1967
1968 year
ago
Av. Price
Hatch
Broiler
Eggs
Chicks
Per
Per
Doz.
Hundred
1968
1968
Thou.
Thou.
Pet.
Thou.
Thou. Pet. Cents
Dollars
Jan. 27 Feb. 3 Feb. 10 Feb. 17 Feb. 24 Mar. 2 Mar. 9 Mar. 16 Mar. 23 Mar. 30
12,892 11, 988
93
8,929
8,722 98
59
13,096 11, 994
92
8,909
8,735 98
59
12,971 11, 850
91
9,063
8,593 95
60
13, 221 12,079
91
9,393
8,839 94
61
13,346 12, 169
91
9,421
9,062 96
62
13, 174 12, 530
95
9,706
9,035 93
62
13,027 12, 530
96
13, 185 12,482
95
9,914 9,968
9, 154 9,098
92 l 62
I
91
61
13, 167 12, 572
95
9,965
9, 183 92
60
13, 062 12, 7 59
98
10, 016
9,307
93
61
8. 50 8.50 8.75 9.00 9.25 9.25 9.25 9.00 8.75 9.25
EGG TYPE
Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the week ended March 30 was 820, 000-11 percent more than the previous week but 14 percent less than the comparable week last year. An estimated 1, 138, 000 eggs for the production of egg type chicks were set
by Georgia hatcheries, 10 percent more than the previous week but 9 percent less than
the comparable week last year.
In the four states that accounted for about 25 percent of the hatch of all egg type chicks in the U. S. in 1967, hatchings during the week ended March 30 were down 20 percent and settings were down 11 percent from a year ago.
State
Ga. Ill. Calif. Wash.
EGG TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS HATCHED, 1968
Eggs Set (Week Ended)
Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar.
9
16
23
30
o/o of
year
ago 2/
Chicks Hatched (Week Ended)
Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar.
9
16
23
30
Thousands
Thousands
1, 020
858 1, 031 1, 138
91
665 3/ 855 895
885 100
1, 722 1, 735 1, 500 1,640
82
318
372 263
304
89
721 425 1, 322 224
863 510 1, 510 199
73.7 450 1, 590 167
820 510 1, 306 233
o/o of
year ago 2/
86 69 82 78
Total 3, 725 3/ 3, 820 3, 689 3, 967
89
2, 692 3, 082 2, 944 2, 869
80
1 ncludes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatchery supply flocks.
Z/ Current week as percent of same week last year. 3/ Revis~d.
OIL E R TYP E ~ GGS SE T AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMME RCl\ L A R~i:A 3 BY W:SEKS -1968 Pa e 2
E GGS SET
:::; a r c
D
% of
% of
r.
year
16
23
30
a o 1/
THOUSANDS
THOUSAN:OJ
Maine Connecticut Pennsylvania indiana Missouri Delaware Maryland Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina
GEORGIA
florida Tennessee Alabama Mis sis sippi
2, 156 331
1,637 512 370
2,433 4,727 1, 673
117 7, 565
514
12,482
967 727 8,683 5,027 10,294 1, 190 4, 534 708 366 884
2,081 309
1, 516 543 371
2, 457 4,600 1,653
124 7,741
504
12, 572
922 743 8,903 5, 110 10, 409 1, 168 4, 583 664 432 1,964
2, 179 109 322 98
1, 623 106 725 127 378 42
2,494 87 4,745 103 1, 707 98
118 74 7,837 107
530 119
12, 7 59 98
1,009 121 742 74
8,879 100 5,079 99 10, 576 101 1, 186 106 4,608 97
587 67 392 90 034 110
1, 470
1, 485
1, 541
101
122
158
174
117
936
837
717
10 l
288
-327
322
85
400
354
372
92
2,47'1
2,401
2, 342.
91
3, 242
3,400
3,479
101
1, 061
1,082.
1,030
97
337
287
338
91
5, 520
5,640
5, 72.3
104
373
409
369
96
9,098
9. 183
9,307
93
753
759
736
161
91 2
881
957
94
6,695
6,370
6, 691
95
4, 162
'!: , 193
4,303
99
7,483
7, 667
8, 012
101
890
886
961
113
3, 551
3,586
3,452
91
477
573
560
111
36 2
188
332
110
4 34
500
517
104
0
98
71, 316 71,254 70,925
54;900 54,950 54, 182
97
97
99
as percent o same wee last year.
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Athens , Georgia
Apri l 1, 1968
Re l eased A~ril 8, 1968
-G-E-O-R-G-IA-
The cold, dry weather conditions during March were very unfavorable for planting ve getable and melon crops. Additional moisture is needed over central and southern areas t o attain good stands and favorable growth. Light supplies of cabbage t-rere available in late Harch vJith volume expected to increas e during April:--Planting of watermelons and cantaloups has been completed in southern areas and stands are generally- good in-early planted fields.
SrJAP BEANS: The ~UY-~~ snap bean crop is estimated at 418,000 cwt., 7 percent belc11 last year .
The r.1id -spring acreage of snap beans is expected to total 10,100 acre s for harvest i n 1968: ~h~compares with 9,600 acres harvested last year. Planting in South Carolina was in full mving as l'iarch ended, with over half the crop planted . In Geor gia, planting is nearing completion. Cold, dry weather has caused considerable replanting. In Alabama, plants are up. In Louisiana, early seedings vJere killed by the f rosts in late Narch and are current ly being replanted. Later seedings, which had not er.1erged, were undamaged and should provide the first picking about Hay 10. Peak harvest is now expected in late l.iay.
Q~~: Pr oduction of ~~Eter cabbage is placed at 6,750,000 cwt., 5 percent l ess than
last ye ar. In Florida, volume supplies should continue through most of April with harvest active in all producing areas.
The ~rly~ring_ cabbage crop is forecast at 1,541,000 cwt., 15 percent below 1967. Harvest of South Carolina's crop is expected to be gin in late April. In Georgia, light harvest got underway in late 1-Iarch. In Alabama, movement continued fair to good from the southern counties. The Hississippi crop is two to three weeks late. In Louisiana, harvest of the early crop is virtually complete , but cutting of the later crop is not expected before mid-month. In the Breaux Bridge area, heads are just starting to form . Harvest i n California is undervJay in all major producing areas. Peak volume is expected during l'.iay.
e_~ QQEN: Forecast at 2, 824,000 ctvt., production of ~arly_~J2~Qg Stveet corn is 17 percent less than 1967. The volume in Florida is expected to increase
during April due to an expected ::harp ir:.crease fr01~1 the Ever gl ades .. Fr eezing t emperatures and strong ~vinds in late February and early Harch kill ed sor.1e acreage in the Everglade s, much of \vhich has been replanted. Cold vreather i n late I-iarch did very little damage in the Everglades or l ower east coast, but damage d s ome acreage in central Florida.
~u~mvrn~g~: Early ~ri~[ cucumbers are estimated at 1,108,000 cwt ., placing the 1968 production 9 percent above last year. Volume from Florida should increase
sharply during April.
~';r:..Rt_iEL.Q~e__: The acreage of 1~~~- spring watermelons for harvest in 1968 is placed at 62,4CO acres, compared with 60,700 acres harvested i n 1967. Harvest in
Florida is underway. Freezing temperatures and strong t-vinds during liarch slo1ived grovJth and killed plants making replanting ne cessary especially in central and north Florida .
Please turn r age
ARCHIE LANGLEY
L. H. HARRIS, JR.
Agricultural Statistician In Charge
Vegetable Crop Estimator
---------------------------r----- -- ------------ ISSUED BY: The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, USDA, 409A l'lorth Lumpkin Street, Ath ens, Ga.,
in cooreration with the Georgia Department of Agriculture.
Cr op and Stat e
irur:- For
:_Yi!2~--~
Product~on
harvest : Av. :
:Ind. : Average :
:
- - __ _________.:..__196g -66 : _19~_,_7---'--1~9_6.8 :62-66: 1967 :1968 : 1962-66 : 1967 : 1965
:
Ac r e s
----~Hundr e dwe ight-~:- l , OClOhundredweight---
SNAP BEAlS
rii d-Spring:
:
South Carolina
4,540 3,700
3,900 30 35
135 130
Ge orgi a
2,800 3,000
3,000 25 24
69
72
=-- Alabama
880
700
700 : 20 27
Louisiana
: 2.180 2.200
2.Soo: 27 34
_ Gr~Trl___.:._1:9~89.: 9:6oo --=-JP_S22. :---27~ '31
18
19 l1Iay 8
:
58
75
=- ?90 -==g_z6--=-=:
CABBAGE 1
:
:
:
Early Spring: South Car olina Ge orgia Alabama Hi s s i s s ippi louisiana California _ _Q~_lot~J.:
CAl~TALOUPS
2,720 2,400
2,500 102 90 95
276 216 238
2,860 2,500
2,500 117 125 110
335 312 275
610
650
700 110 110 100
67
72
70
920
700
700 128 145 80
118 102
56
: 2,060 2,300
2,300 : 94 100 100 :
194
230
230
__________________ ________ ____ :-1223o--11.850___ 134_:--T. 731---r: --1j2___ : 3.060 '3.'300
2.800: 242 265
1 1 . 5 o o : -... I 4 2 ... ---"----~----- -------- ----~
...,.__
240: ...
742
874 672 8oo-1 ' 3 4 1
Spring:
Florida
1,260
Texas
9,940
Arizona, Yuma
: 16,920
California
: 6..:580
__QroN?_!~~--i__.Jg_joo
TOi:iATOES
1,000
1,200 : 72 90
91
90
12,500
13,500 : 83 105
800 1,312
-:J?: ---= 10,900 9.400
_~J'J?QQ_
10,500 : 119 120
2,003 1,308 Hay 8
100 : -J24 125
:
817 1.175
32Q_: lQL _115-=::__: _ 3.JlQ_::T.tl8~--
:
:
Early Spring:
Florida
13,700 14,300
12,600 197 225 200: 2,695 3,218 2,520
Texas
8,380 2,200
2,000 : 50 58 50 : 452 128 100
California
: 2.920 --~0
l~QQ_: 142_~1Q____ll0_.:.____~4~8 ___g]1_~l2J_
__Qroup :E~al____.:__ 25:oQ.Q l?.BO,Q___ 16.t,200 :1Ii3 20:2___1?8 : 3.1~6S::..J.61~_2.:9kJ_
WATERlvJELONS
:
--.--...:..-.
Late Spring: Florida California
Group Total
__ _____ Ear_l..y.. Summe.r__2_/_._
: 58,800 57,000
57,000 : 161 145
9,460 8,265
:: -~52848o0 99J..:t.?1OoOo_ _ 6S2:.44oogo~:.l1:81I:-12l1i59 __ --:-:-w:li9s9g2--9.07~916 .h:a_v 8_
. .
.
191.380 188.: 7oo~-illJ.4oQ_.:._]L___83____-1.--l2114 .~2.t112_l~~-L
g;1/ Includes processing. 1968 acreage for harvest is prospective acreage.
Aft er Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Servic e 409A -.rorth Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 30601
OFFICIAL ~!!e~SS
Postage and Fees Paid
u. s. Department of Agriculture
~eek Endin g Ap ri l 8 , 1968
Released 3 p.m. Monday
SPR ING PLANT ING PROG RE SS LAGGING BEHIND
EA R
Athens, Ga., April 8, 1968 --Spring planting progress has been hindered in the northern
areas by cold, wet weather and by lack of soil moisture south of t he fall 1ine, a ccording to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service, Planting of corn, tobacco, and peanuts is wel 1 behind the earlier-than- normal progress of last year.
According to County Agents reports, about one-third of the intended tobacco acreage had been transplanted by the end of the week, compared with over 70 percent l a st yea r. Irrigation was necessary in many areas during the week.
Nearly 30 percent of the 2!D acreage had been planted in the souther n areas, compared with 50 percent last year, Statewide, 27 percent of the acreage had been seeded, compared with 41 percent a year ago,
Only 4 percent of the intended peanut acreage has been seeded. This compares with 18
percent for the comparable week of last year. Use of chemicals for weed control was active
throughout the week. Nearly 20 percent of the intended cotton acreage in southern areas had been planted, but none had been seeded in the north. Statewide, 14 percent had been planted,
compared with 16 percent last year.
Peaches remained in good condition. Full-bloom dates averaged ten days to two weeks later than last year. Prospects remain good. Small qrains and pastures in southern areas are in need of rain. Livestock are in fair to good condition.
WEATHER SUMMARY-- Heavy rains occurred in north Georgia on Thursday ni gh t and Friday. Totals exceeded two inches in the area north and west of a 1ine from Newnan to Toccoa. Several places had almost 4 inches during a 24 to 36 hour period. The rainfall decrea se d sharply to the south. Amounts were less than one-half inch over the entire area sou t h of the fall 1 ine.
Many south Georg ia areas had no measurable rain during the week ending Friday, April 5. Light,
scattered showers were reported over parts of south Georgia on Friday night and Saturday but amounts were generally one-fourth inch or less. Most of south Georgia continued very dry at the
end of the period.
Temperatures were generally mild over north Georgia and warm in the south during the past
week. Highs reached the 8os on one or more days at most south and central stations. Most areas had their highest temperatures on Thursday and Friday with slightly cooler weather
moving into the State during the week end. Averages for the week ranged from 5 degrees above
normal in the south to slightly below normal in several north Georgia counties.
Georgia was cold and comparatively dry during the first three months of 1965. January
and February were both very cold. Average January temperatures ranged from 4. 8 below normal
in the southwest section to 6.6 below normal in the east central part of the State. February
was even colder with divisional averages ranging from 7.3 to 9.5 below normal. March tem-
peratures also averaged cooler than normal in most areas but departures were much smaller than
for the two previous months.
Rainfall has been deficient over all of Georgia since the f irst of the year but the driest areas have been in southern sections. Rainfall for the period January through Ma rch has averaged about 75 percen t of normal in the northern third of Georgia, near 60 percent of normal in central sect i ons and only about 50 percent of normal in the south. Heavy rains during the firs t week of April brought ample moisture to north Georgia but most of the south continued extremely dry.
Th e five-day forecast for the period Tuesday through Saturday (April 9- 13) calls for
temperatures to ave rage near normal with no important day -to-day changes. Rainfall is expected to be mostly heavy with several periods of showers during the week. Amounts are expected to ran ge f rom 1/2 to 1 1/2 inches
,THIS I S TlK FIRST V'EEKLY CROP .Ai-l" ~ 'EAT!T":: R RE ? ORT OF..
TH~ 19c8 SEASCN FOR GI:ORGIA. . RS!AS:C S :'TILL BE .MADE ..
.., }.-iCNDAY, 3 p ,m. EACH .:::::K THRCGGH OCTOBER
*
ISSU~ D BY: The Georg i a Crop Reporting Se rvice , At hens , Georg i a ; in coop e r a tion with the COop e r a tive Ext ens i on Servi c e , Univers it? of Ge orgia ; Geo r gia Dep3. r tment of Agr icu lture ; 2-nd t he ~fee.t her Bur e a u, ESSA ,
u. s. De par tment of Ccrrme rce.
Precipitation For The Week Ending AprU 5, 1968
GEORGIA
Temperature extremes for the v1eek ending
April 5, 1968 (Provisi onal )
Highest: 88 at Waycross on t he 5th
Lowe s t g 31 at, Tallapoosa on the 2nd
0 ~
'~
* For per iod April 6-8, 1968
~ Less t han eC05 incho
e tu rn t o ure
Po: .age ad Fee Paid S. epar ment of Agr i culture
IMMEDIA E - U. S. EAT ER REPO Th is rep r wi 11 t rea ed in a I
Res pect s a s Let er Ma i l (See Sec . 34 . !7, P. L. & R. )
970
The Univ Library
Univ Off Ga Athens Ga 3o60l
ATHENS, GEORGIA
REPORTING SERVICE
~ ITJIDr;JITJ~ill~ A pril 10, 19 68
B R OILER T YPZ
Placement of broile r chicks in Georgia durin g the week ended Ap ril 6 wa s 9, 183, 000--l p e rcent l ess t han the pr e vious w eek and 5 p e rc e n t l e"' a than the comparable w e ek last ye a r , accor ding to the Geo1gia Crop Repo r ting Se rvice .
An e stimate d 12,909, 000 broiler type eggs were se t by Ge orgia hatc he rie s-! percent more than the previous week but l p e rcent less than the comparabb w eek a year earlier.
The majorit y of the prices paid to Georgia produce rs for broiler hatching e ggs were reporte d within a range of 55 to 67 cents per dozen. T he averag e price of hatching e ggs was 60 c ents p e r dozen. The price of eggs from flocks with hatche ry owned cockerels g ene rally was 2 ce nts be low t he ave rage price. Mo st prices r e ceive d
for broile r chicks by Georgia hatcheries w e r e reported within a range of $ 8. 50 t o
$9. 75 wit h an average of $ 9. 00 per hundred. The ave rag e prices l a st year w e r e 56 c ents for eggs and $7. 7 5 for chicks.
Wee k E nded
G E OR GIA .!.!.GGS S E T , HATCHINGS, A ND -:HI CK P L ACZM:S NTS
BR OILE ;:t TYPZ
Zggs Set}:_/
1967
1968
% of
year ago
: hicks Plac e d for E roilers in G eorgia
1967
1968
o/o o-J:
year j a go I
- ~y_~ _E_rjc~--- .
Hatch
Broiler
:z ggs
Chicks
P er
Per
Doz.
Hundred
1968
1968
Thou.
Thou.
Pet.
Thou.
T~10U, Pet. Cents
Dollars
Feb. 3 Feb. 10 Feb. 17 lc""""'e b. 24 Mar. 2 Mar. 9 Mar. 16 Mar. 23 Mar. 30 Apr. 6
13,096 11,994
92
8,909
8,735
98
59
12,971 11' 8 50
91
9,063
8, 593
95
60
13,221 12,079
91
9, 393
8, 839
94
61
13,34 6 12, 169
91
9,421
9,062
96
62
13, 174 12, 530
95
9,706
9,035
93
62
13,027 12, 530
96
9,91 4
9, 15 ~
92
62
13, 185 12,482
95
9,968
9,098
91
61
13, 167 12, 572
95
9,965
9, 183
92
60
13,062 12, 7 59
98
10, 016
9,307
93
61
12,981 12,909
99
9,672
9, 183
95
60
8. 50 8.75 9,00 9 . 25 9.25 9.25 9.00 8.75 9.25 9.00
:SGG TYP:C
Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the week ende d A pril 6 was 66 1, 000-19 p er cent l e ss than the previous week and 30 perce nt less than the c omparable week last year. An estimated 1, 172, 000 eggs for t he production of egg type chicks were set by G e orgia hatcheries, 3 percent more than t he previous we ek and 1 p e rcent more t:1an the comparable week last year.
In the four state s that accounted for about 25 percent of the hatch of all egg t ype chicks in the U. 3. in 1967, hatchings during the week ended A pril 6 were down 15 percent and settings were down 29 percent from a ye ar ago.
State
B GG TYP2 E GGS SE T AND CHICKS Hi T CHED, 1968
Eg gs ,3et {We ek Ende d)
o/o of
Chi cks Hatched. (Wee k E nded)
Mar. Mar . Mar. Apr . year
Mar. Ma r . Mar. Apr.
16
23
30
6
ago 2/
16
23
30
6
1 % of
I
! year : ago 2/
Ga. Ill. Calif. Wash.
Thousands
858 1, 031 l, 138
855
895 885
1,735 l, 500 1,640
410 3/ 263 304
1, 172 : 101
i 735 1I 70
1, 122 54 306 1 79
863 5 10 l, 510 199
Thousan ds
737
820
4 50
. 510
1, 590 1, 306
167
233
661 ! 70
675 8~
1, 34 o I 95
319 1 89 I
Total
3, 858 3/3, 689 3,967 3, 335 ! 71
3,082 2,944 2, 869 2, 995 I 85 I
1/ Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for ha t c i:J.e ry supply flocks .
2/ Current we ek as perce nt of same week last year. 3 I Revis e d.
TYP E E GGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMER CU,.. L AR1i;.AS BY W"E2KS - 1968 Pa e 2
Mar. 23
THOUSANDS
Apr. 6
2,081 309
1, 516 543 371
2,457 4,600 1, 653
124 7,741
504
2, 179 322
1, 623 725 378
2,494 4,745 1,707
118 7,837
530
2,020 404
1, 602 637 395
2,451 4,806 1, 734
112 7,880
560
12, 572 12, 759 12,909
922 743 8,903 5, 110 10,409 1, 168 4, 583 664 432 1,964
69,369
1,009 742
8, 879 5,079 10, 576 1, 186 4,608
587 392 2,034
70, 509
1,018 737
8, 935 5, 108 10,865 1, 137 4,467
609 433 1, 923
70,742
o/o of
100 99 111 103 43 82 103 93 72 109 112
99
121 68
101 98 100 102 96 71 86 99 99
Mar. 23
Mar. 30
Apr.
6
THOUSh ND O:
1, 4 85 158 837 327 354
2, 401 3,400 1, 082
287 5,640
409
1, 541 174 717 322 372
2,342 3,479 1, 030
338 5,728
369
1, 622
159 1, 010
336 405 2,255 3,476 1, 096 355 5, 732 454
9. 183
9,307
9, 183
759 881 6,870 4, 193 7,667 886 3,586 . 573 188 1, 500
52,666
736 957 6, 691 4, 303 8, 012 961 3,452 560 332 1, 517
53,240
719 914 7, 008 4, 291 7,772 958 3,473 473 315 1 3
53,499
o/o of
year
or/
103 72
12.9 80 95 85
102 90 1t.!: 2 102
128
95
156 90 98 100 97 117 92 95 99 100
98
71,254 70,925 71, 689
54,950 54, 182 54,465
97
99
99
96
98
98
..(.1..j
0.0 1-< 0
Q)
l.)
.
0
FARM
l2 GEORGIA INC Ol,lE FROli TURKEYS UP 2 PERCENT
~---~RODUQ1'JfN UP f~RCENT - - - - -
Turkey growers in Georgia received (P? ,571,000 gross income from turkeys produced in 1967. This was 2 percent more than the ~~ 7,42 6 ,000 received in_, l 966 . There ~vere 1,912,000 turkeys produced in 1967 compared to 1,706,000 in 1966. The average weight per bird sold was 19. 3 pounds . 3 of a pound heavier than last season. Average price per pound was 20. 8 cents in 1967 c ompared with 23.4 cents in 1966.
Gross income from turkeys in 1967 at t:;458. 8 million was do~.vn 6 percent from the 1966 record high of 4P485 . 7 million. The average price received during 1967 for tur keys marke ted was 19.5 cents per pound cor,lpared with 23.1 cents per pound in 1966 .
Gross i nccne from turkeys tvas below a year earlier in all r egions except the South Central which advanced 8 percent . The sharpest declines were recorded for the East North Central and lJorth Atlantic at 16 and 11 percent, respectively. The ~-re st North Central was
down 7 percent and the South Atlantic and Hest v1ere down 5 percent each.
Tm'keys raised in 1967 totale d 126.4 million birds, 8 percent more than the 1966 crop and a record high. Production of turkeys during 1967 totaled 2,350 million pounds, up 11 percent from the 1966 production.
Turkey gro~v-ers raised 110.1 million heavy breed birds in 1967 compared with 101.0 million during 1966 -- an increase of 9 percent. Light breed turkeys raised totaled 16.4
million birds, an increase of 5 percent from the 1966 total of 15.6 million.
Increases in the number of turkeys raised occurred in all re gions except the North / Atlantic and East North Central. Sharpest gains were in the South Central and Hest with 19 and 13 percent increases, respectively. The \Illest North Central hacJ an 8 percent incre se
and the South Atlantic 5 percent . De creases vrere 4 percent in the llorth Atlantic and 2 p rcent
in the East North Central.
Turkey breeder hens on farms at the be ginning of 1968 totaled 3,439,000 birds, down 17 percent from the 4,1L!.8,000 birds a year earlier. Heavy breed hens on hand January 1, 1968 totaled 3,045,000, a decrease of 17 percent from January 1, 1967 number. Light breed hens numbered 394,000 birds on January 1, 1968, down 20 percent from a year earlier . The number of other turkeys (market birds and breeding toms ) on January 1, 1968 totaled 3,850,000 birds -- 15 percent above the beginning of 1967.
Sales of turkeys during 1967 tv-ere 10 perc ent higher than in 1966 and totaled 126.7 million birds compared vlith 115 . 4 million ~Jirds sold in 1966 . Growers r eported that 71 percent of the light breeds and 6 percent of the heavy breeds ~vere sold as fryer-roasters . The total pounds of liveweight turkeys sold in 1967 amounted to 2,351 million pounds compared with 2,107 million pounds in 1966 -- an increase of 12 percent .
(ever )
' "I"'\ I"\
4,500
TURKEY PRODUCTI ON,
SELECTED STATES
--~-----~-:------ ------- ---- ~-:--------:-- -Price-:--~:--xrrv--- -
s elected States
:
Production
:--N~b'"er------POunds
:
_..J.__
1,ooo Head - -- - - - - -- - - - h 1,000 Lbs.
Sold y
Per Pound
:
l,ooo- ib'S~--cents
Gr oss : Turkeys Income : On Ha~d
: Jan. 1. 1968 l,ooo- :T,o001i0ad"Dollars
- - GEORGIA
North Carolina South Carolina Florida Delaware I"laryland Virginia West Virginia
1,912 6,922 1,894
258 306 177
5,585
1,663
36,444 117,238
35,556
2,826
4,370 3,540 77,707 23,661
36, 400
20.8
7,571
115
117,269
20.6 24,157
652
35,462
21.3
7,553
186
2, 836
21.3
604
13
4,374
20.1
879
7
3,540
19.5
690
22
77, 715
19.7 15,310
244
23,630
20.3
4,797
94
California Mi n n e s o t a Nissouri Iowa Arkansas Texas
19,045
. 378,710
379,548
18.6 70,596 1,582
17,711
285' 815
285,904
18.6 53,178
907
11,459
222,634
222,460
20.0 44,492
438
7,518
151,623
151,760
18.2 27,620
218
8,337
161,971
161, 990
19.4 31,426
138
5,071
156,482
156,390
19.2 30,027
785
. . . ~-------~--------------------------------------------------------------------~
UNITED STATES
126,180 : 2,349, 728
2,350,804
19.5 : 458,838 : 7,289
y .. .. . .. InclUdes consuraption in household OfprOducerswhich is less thanonepercent of prOduction~
for the U. s.
/ Over 3 months old.
C. L. Crenshaw Agricultural Statistician
Archie Langley Agricultural Statistician
In Charge
After Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Statist ical Reporting Service
409A North Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 30601
OFEJC IAkmlDTESS
Postage and Fees Paid U. s. Depart ment of Agriculture
District
and County
0 I STRICT VI
Bulloch Burke Candler Columbia Effingham Emanuel Glascock Jefferson Jenkins McDuffie Richmond Screven Warren
TOTAL
DISTRICT ill
Baker Cc.lhoun Clay Decatur Dougherty Early Grady Lee Miller Mi tche 11 Quitman Rando 1ph Seminole Stewart Sumter Terre 11 Thomas Webster
TOTAL
DISTRICT Y.!JJ.
Atkinson Ben Hi 11 Berrien Brooks Clinch Coffee Colquitt Cook Crisp Dooly Echols Irwin Jeff Davis Lanier Lowndes Telfair Tift Turner V.Ji 1cox Worth
TOTAL
GEORGIA WHEAT f967 County Estimates -- Acreage, Yield, and Production
Preliminary
Harvested Acres 1967
Yield Per Acre
1967 Bushels
Production
1967 Bushels
1 J 330 2,200 2,550
240 380 850 470 14,950 370 240 570 1 ,350 1 ,500
27,000
24.0 26.0 27.0 26.0
21 .o
22.5 23.0 24.5 23.0 25.5 24.0 28.0 27.0
25.0
31, 920 57,200 68,850 6,240
7,980 19,120 10,810 366,270 8,510 6' 120 13,680 37,800 40,500
675,000
750 660
bo 400 2,400 1,700 1 ,000 750 1 ,000 230
ti50 800 450 4,000
6~0
1 '200 450
17,400
23.0 24.0 24.0 26.0 24.0 22.0 27.5 23.0 24.0 26.0
27.0 26.0 27.0 30.0 27.0 25.0 28.0
26.0
17,250 15,840
I ,920 10,400 57,600 37,400 27,500 17,250 24,000 5,980
22,950
20,~00
12,150 120,000
18,360 30,000 12,600
452,000
70 80 550 1 ,400
300 160 180 4,000 6,Uoo
250 70
550 350 150 1. 100 240 1 '750
lb,OOO
29.0 29.0 27.0 28.0
28.5 30.0 25.0 28.0 32.0
26.0 25.0
25.0 29.0 30.0 28.0 28.0 24.0
29.0
2,030 2,320 14,850 39,200
b,550 4,800 4,500 112,000 217,600
6,500 I, 750
13,750 10,150 4,500 30,800 6,700 42,0 00
522,000
Distr ict an d Coun t y
1967 Coun t y Estrma t e s -- ~crea ge, Yield, and Prel imlnary
Harvested i\cres 196 /
Yield Per Acre
1967 Bushels
Preduct i.on 1967 Bushels
DISTRICT IX
App I in g Bacon Brantley Bryan Camden Charlton Chatham Evans Glynn Liberty Long Mcintosh Pierce Tattna II Toombs Hare Wayne
60
26.0
I, 560
90
24.0
2,160
40
23.0
920
140
26 . 0
3,640
240
25.0
6,000
30
24.0
720
TOTAL
600
25.0
15,000
-sTATE TOTAL------ -,3o-:-ooo----------- 26-:o-------- 3,3Bo,ooo------
IssuED-BY;- Th; Georgi-; crop-R;porti~g-s;r~i~e-:- usoA-:- 4o9A-North-L~mpkin-Str;et,-Ath;ns,-G;orgi~-: in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture.
Ar~CH IE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
A. J. BO~DELON Agricultural Statistician
GEORGIA CROP REPOR
A thens, Geo
\Jeek Endin g Apr i I I5, 1968
3 p.m. Monday
PL AN TI NG INCKEAS ING
Athens, Ga., April IS-Spring planting in Georgia moved forward rapidly during the week
in areas where soil conditions permitted, according to the Crop Reporting Service. Statewide,
planting is still behind last year's progress. Showers were very beneficial in South Georgia,
but many areas remained dry. Field work in the northern part of the State was 1imited by
wet so i 1s.
County Agents reported 70 percent of the tobacco transplanted by the end of the period,
o9 compared with percent last year. Some resetting has been necessary. This crop was being
irrigated in drier locations.
Corn planting advanced rapidly in South Georgia and was nearly half completed Statewide. Only 1 imited plantings have been made in the northern districts.
Cotton planting advanced in the central and southern part of the State and was 27 percent planted Statewide at the end of the week. Last year 37 percent of the crop had been seeded at this time.
Additional plantings of peanuts were made but had not reached the active stage over the entire belt. Many farmers were waiting for rain before seeding. Only lo percent of the crop had been planted.
Small qrains and pastures were showing improvement in areas that had rains. Growth continued slow in the drier locations. Older small grains are 11 heading. 11 Peach prospects remain good. Some spraying was done during the week.
Veqetable and melon crops in South Georgia were reported in fair to good condition by State Market Managers. General rains and favorable temperatures are needed for plant growth in most southern areas. Cantaloup, watermelon, and tomato planting were nearing completion. Cabbaqe harvest is under way.
WEATHER SUMMARY-- Rainfall was reported on two or three days over most of Georgia during the week ending Friday, April 12. However, amounts were generally 1ight, with only a few weather observers measuring more than three-fourths of an inch. Some of the heavier amounts occurred in the dry central and southern sections. The largest reported amount was at Newington, where 1.30 inches were measured. Divisional averages for the week ranged from
.24 of an inch in the west central division to .82 of an inch in the east central. Most
areas received additional rain during the week end as a storm area moved through the State Sunday and Sunday night. Amounts were generally heavier in the northwest where several places had more than an inch.
Temperatures were warm early in the week, turned cooler at mid-week and were mild through the week end. Maxima reached the high eighties in south and central areas on one or more days
and a few 90's were reported. This marked the first 90 degree weather in Georgia during 196tl.
Early morning lows were slightly below freezing in the extreme north on Friday. Averages for the week ranged from near to slightly above normal.
The five-day forecast for the period Tuesday through Saturday (April 16-20) calls for temperatures to average about 2 to 4 degrees below normal. Normal highs for this time of year range from 73 to 79 degrees and normal lows from 47 to 57 degrees. It should be warmer Wednesday and a 1ittle cooler Thursday and Friday. Rainfall is expected to average 1/4 to 3/4 inches in showers and occur about Thursday.
the of
Temperature extremes for the week ending April 12, 1968 (Provisi onal))
Hi ghest g 90 at Hawkinsville on the loth.
28 at Blairsville on the 12th.
~- For t he period April 13-15$ 1968 T Less than ,b05 incho
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IEOIIIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
ATHENS, GEORGIA
Athens, Georgia
UNIV RSITy OF
APR J. 91968
March 196~
LIB RAR IE
R lea sed 4/ l 5/6tl
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MARCH MILK PRODUCTION UP 4 MILLION POUNDS
Milk production on Georgia farms during March totaled 93 mill ion pounds, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. This compares with 89 mill ion pounds produced in March last year and 82 mill ion during February 1968. The 1962-66 March average production was 84 mill ion pounds.
Production per cow in herd averaged 670 pounds 55 pounds above the previous year and 85 pounds above the 29-day previous month. The 5-year average production per cow for the month was 491 pounds.
The estimated average price received by producers for all wholesale milk during March was $6.30 per hundredweight. This was $.10 below the previous year and $.20 below the February average.
Prices paid by dairymen for feed were down from the previous year, but were above the February 196~ price.
MILK PRODUCTION AND PRICES RECEIVED AND PAID BY DAIRYMEN
Item and Unit
March
1~67
Georgia Feb. l::-)68
March 1968
March 1967
United States
Feb.
March
1968
1':368
Milk Production, million lbs.
Production Per Cow, lbs. l/
Number Milk Cows,
thousand head
89
82
93
10,517 9,249
10,269
615
585
670
769 5/ 699
778
145
140
139
ll PRIC ES RECEIVED - DOLLARS 2/
All wholesale milk, cwt. Fluid milk, cwt. Manufactured milk, cwt. Mi l k Cows, head
6.40 6.40
200.00
6.50 6.50
200.00
~/6. 30 200.00
4.95 5.36 4.07 256.00
5.20 5.66 4.08
265.00
~/ 5.11 269.00
PRICES PAID - DOLLARS 11
Mixed Dairy Feed, ton 14 percent protein 16 percent protein 18 percent protein 20 percent protein
76.00 78.00 84.00 85.00
70.00 77 .oo 78.00 80.00
n.oo
78.00 {) 1.00
82.00
70.00 76.00 78.00 84.00
68.00 74.00 77 .oo 79.00
69.00
73.00 76.00 7G.oo
Hay, ton
36.00
37.00
36.00
33.50 32.60
32.40
ll Monthly average. 11 Dollars per unit as of the 15th of the month except wholesale milk which is average for
month. 31 Revised. 4; Preliminary.
21 Ex t ra day in February 1968 added 3.6 percent to monthly output.
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
~1. PAT PARKS Agricultural Statistician
IssuED-BY:- Th; Georgi~ crop-R;porti~g-s;r~i~e~ USDA~ 4o9A-North-L~mpkln-Str;et,-Ath;ns,-Ga.: in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture.
United States milk production in March is estimated at 10,269 mi11ion pounds, 2 percent less than a year earlier and 6 percent below the 1962-66 monthly average. Production was
smallest ror March since 1953. Daily average production for March was up 4 percent from Febru-
ary, c ompared with a seasonal increase of 3 percent a year earlier. March output provided
1. 65 pounds of milk per person daily , c ompared wit h 1.59 p ound s a mont h ear lier and 1.71 pounds
a year earlier.
March rate per cow up 1 per~t from a year ear~
Milk output per cow averaged 778 pounds during March, 1 percent more than a year earlier and 11 percent above average for the month. Daily output in March averaged 25.1 pounds per cotJ, compared tvith 24.1 pounds a month _earlier and 24.8 pounds in March 1967. Production per cow set record highs in 37 States.
Milk per cow and milk production by months, United States, 1968, with comparisons
------:--:::::_~11:':-i'::"l~k-._..p..e_r,_c_o_w_ _.
:
l1ilkj)r0dti;-tion
Month
Average
_______: 1962-6 :
PounQ
1967
-AVerage
:
Change
_12_ 1962-66 : 1967 : 1968 : from 1967
Million - MillionMITITOii--
- - - Pounds : Pounds
Pounds
Pounds
~--
- - - Percent
January
644
716
724 10,196
9,847 9,608
- 2.4
February
611
671
699 : 9,636
9,203 9,249
+ 0.5
March Jan.-I1ar. total
___...,69_8_ _ _].9...~-----7:7.8--::)D1.0B.9o6'8_o_
10~11__ _,2~9 .?67
10.269 -~---
29.12b
-
L2..5..,.4;--
April -
713-7';:::-;:88~-~- 11,17>
10,734
---
......... May :
778
June
750
844 820
12,143 11,658
11,470 11,095
July.
692
764
10,714 10,315
August
651
722
10,047
9,709
September
614
680
9,446
9,124
October
623
685
9,547
9,167
November
603
661
9,208
8,814
December
641
699___
9.759
9.J199________,_ _ __
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Ending PL ANTI NG INCKE ASING
LI BRARIE
3 p.m. Monday
At hens , Ga . , Ap ril IS - Spr ing planting in Georgia moved forward rap i dly dur i ng the week
in areas whe re so i l conditions permitted, according to the Crop Reportin g Ser v ice. Statewide,
planting is still behind last year's progress. Showers were very beneficial in South Georgia,
but many areas remained dry. Field work in the northern part of the State was I imited by
wet so i Is.
County Agents reported 70 percent of the tobacco transplanted by the end of the period,
compared with 69 percent last year. Some resetting has been necessary. This crop was being
irrigated in drier locations.
Corn planting advanced rapidly in South Georgia and was nearly half completed Statewide. Only I imited plantings have been made in the northern districts.
Cotton planting advanced in the central and southern part of the State and was 27 percent planted Statewide at the end of the week. Last year 37 percent of the crop had been seeded at this time,
Additional plantings of peanuts were made but had not reached the active stage over the
entire belt. Many farmers were waiting for rain before seeding. Only Jo percent of the
crop had been planted.
Small qrains and pastures were showing improvement in areas that had rains. Growth continued slow in the drier locations. Older small grains are 11 heading. 11 Peach prospects remain good. Some spraying was done during the week.
Veqetable and melon crops in South Georgia were reported in fair to good condition by State Market Managers. General rains and favorable temperatures are needed for plant growth in most southern areas. Cantaloup, watermelon, and tomato planting were nearing completion. Cabbaqe harvest is under way.
WEATHER SUMMAIW -- Rainfall was reported on two or three days over most of Georgia during the week ending Friday, April 12. However, amounts were generally light, with only a few weather observers measuring more than three-fourths of an inch. Some of the heavier amounts occurred in the dry central and southern sections. The largest reported amount was at Newington, where 1.30 inches were measured. Divisional averages for the week ranged from .24 of an inch in the west central division to .82 of an inch in the east central. Most areas received additional rain during the week end as a storm area moved through the State Sunday and Sunday night. Amounts were generally heavier in the northwest where several places had more than an inch.
Temperatures were warm early in the week, turned cooler at mid-week and were mild through the week end. Maxima reached the high eighties in south and central areas on one or more days and a few 90's were reported. This marked the first 90 degree weather in Georgia during 196b. Early morning lows were slightly below freezing in the extreme north on Friday. Averages for the week ranged from near to slightly above normal.
The five-day forecast for the period Tuesday through Saturday (April 16-20) calls for temperatures to average about 2 to 4 degrees below normal. Normal highs for this time of year range from 73 to 79 degrees and normal lows from 47 to 57 degrees. It should be warmer \t/ednesday and a I ittle cooler Thursday and Friday. Rainfall is expected to average 1/4 to 3/4 inches in showers and occur about Thursday.
ISSUED BY: The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, Athens, Georgia; in cooperation with the Cooperative Extension Service, University of Georgia; Georgia Department of Agriculture; and the Weather Bureau, ESSA, U. S. Department of Commerce.
Temperature extremes for the -week end1ng April. 121 1968 (Prcm.siona1))
Highest:
90 at Ha\dcinsvill.e on the lOth.
28 at Blairsville on the 12th.
?: .For the period April 13.J..5$ 1968
T Less than .05 inch.
After Five Days Return to
United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service ,
1 , -<
409A North Lwnpkin Street
Athens, Georgia 30601
OFFICIAL BUSINESS
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ATHENS, GEORGIA
A pril 17, 1968
BROILER T YPE
Placement of broile r chicks in G e orgia during the w eek e nde d April 13 was 9, 263, 000--1 percent more than the previous week but 7 p e rcent l e ss t han the comparable week last ye ar, according to the G e orgia Crop R eporting Se rvice .
An estimate d 12, 877,000 broile r type e ggs were set by G e orgia hatcheries-slightly less than the previous week and 2 percent less than the compar able we ek a year earlier.
The majority of the price s paid to Georgia produce r s for broiler hatching eggs were reporte d within a range of 55 to 67 cent s per doz e n. T h e a v e r age price of hatching e ggs was 60 cents per dozen. The price of eggs fr om flocks wit h hatchery owned cockerels generally was 2 ce nts b e low the ave rage p r ice . Most pri ce s receive d for broiler chicks by G e orgia hatcheries we r e reporte d within a range of $8. 50 to $9.75 with an average of $9. 00 p e r hundred. The ave r a ge pri c e s last year we r e 56 cents for eggs and $7.75 for chicks.
Week Ended
GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS, AND CHICK PLACEME NTS
BROILER TYPE
Eggs Set -1/
1967
1968
% of
year ago
Chicks Placed for
Broilers in G e orgia
'1o of
1967
1968
year
ago
Av. Price
Hatch
Broiler
Eggs
Chicks
Per
Per
Doz.
Hundre d
1968
1968
Thou.
Thou.
Pet.
Thou.
Thou. Pet. Cents
Dollars
Feb. 10 Feb. 17 Feb. 24 Mar. 2 Mar. 9 Mar. 16 Mar. 23 Mar. 30 Apr. 6 Apr. 13
12,971 ll, 8 50
91
9,063
8, 593
95
60
13, 221 12,079
91
9,393
8,839
94
61
13,346 12, 169
91
9, 4 21
9,062
96
62
13, 174 12, 530
95
9,706
9,035
93
62
13, 027 12, 530
96
9,914
9, 154
92
62
13, 185 12,482
95
9,968
9,098
91
61
13, 167 12, 572
95
9,965
9, 183
92
60
13, 062 12, 7 59
98
10,016
9,307
93
61
12,981 12,909
99
9,672
9, 183
95
60
13, 202 12, 877
98
9,929
9,263
93
60
8.75 9.00 9.25 9.25 9.25 9.00 8. 75 9.25 9.00 9.00
EGG TYPE
Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the week ended April 13 was 848, 000-28 percent more than the previous week but 4 percent less than the comparable week last year. An estimated l, 030, 000 eggs for the production of e gg type chicks were set by Georgia hatcheries, 12 percent less than the previous week but 3 percent more than the comparable week last year.
In the four states that accounted for about 25 percent of the hat ch of all egg type chicks in the U. S. in 1967, hatchings during the week ended April 13 were down 18 percent and settings were down 12 percent from a year ago.
State
Ga. Ill. Calif. Wash.
EGG TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS HAT CHE D, 19 6 8
Eggs Set (Week Ended)
o/o of
Chicks Hatche d (Week Ended)
Mar. 23
Mar. Apr.
30
6
Apr. year 13 ago 2/
Ma r. Mar.
23
30
Apr . 6
Apr. 13
Thousands
Thousands
l, 031 l, 138 l, 172 l, 030 103
l,
930 500
3- /
l,
885 640
735 l, 122
$80 l, 468
76 87
263
304 306
303
87
737 450 l, 590 167
820 510 l , 306 233
661 6 75 l, 34 0 319
848 720 l, 174 198
Total 3, 724 3/3,967 3,335 3,6 8 1
88
2,944 2, 869 2, 995 2,940
1/ Includes e gg s set b y hatche ries p roducing c hicks for ha t che r y s upp1y flocks.
2/ Current week as p e rcent of same w eek last ye ar. 3 / R e vi sed.
o/o of
year
ago 2 I
96 90 72 68
82
BROILER TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMER::IAL ARF-"-:AS BY WEEKS - 1968 Page 2
EGGS SET
CHICKS PLACED
STAT E
Week Ended
Mar.
Apr.
Apr.
30
6
13
o/o of
Week Ended
year Mar.
Apr.
Apr .
ago 1/ 30
6
13
o/o of year ago 1/
THOUSANDS
THOU3ANDS
Maine Co n n e c t i c u t
Pennsylvania Indiana Mi ss ouri Delaware Maryland Virginia West Virginia North Carolina Sout h Carolina
2, 179
2,020
2,063 103
1, 541
1, 622
1, 578
103
322 1, 623
404 1, 602
414 130
174
1, "623 106 i 717
159 1, 010
146
104
896
101
725
637
641 103
322
336
327
94
378
395
383 45
372
405
435
88
2,494
2,451
2, 566 83
2,342
2, 255
2,622
95
4,745 4, 806 4,783 103
3,479
3,476
3,066
95
1, 707
1, 734
1, 710 87
1, 030
1,096
1, 277
113
118
112
111 71
338
355
352
96
7, 837
7, 880
7,892 108
5,728
5, 732
5, 741
100
530
560
.S39 109
369
454
486
126
GEO RGIA
Florida Tennes see Alabama Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas Washington Oregon _California TOTAL 1968 (22 States)
12, 759 12,909 12,877 98
9,307 9, 183 9, 263
93
1, 009
1, 018
1, 027 125
736
719
710
146
742
737
780 73
957
914
949
96
8, 879
8,935
9,095 104
6, 691
7, 008
7,048
100
5,079
5, 108
5,080 98
4,303
4,291
4,344
101
10, 576 10,865 11,057 106
8,012
7, 772
7, 921
100
1, 186
1, 13 7
1, 140 99
961
958
915 109
4,608
4,467
4, 517 100
3,452
3,473
3, 501
95
587
609
727 107
560
473
492
90
392
433
423 87
332
315
343
98
2,034
1,923
1,922 105
1, 517
1, 493
1, 476
98
70, 509 70,742 71,370 100 53,240 53,499 53,888
99
TOTAL 1967* (22 States)
70,925 71,689 71,258
lt1~fcLurarsetnYt ewaerek
I
as
percent
99 of
same
99 week
last
100 year.
Revised,
54, 182 54,465 54, 536
98
98
99
..r.o..
bO 1-i 0
Q)
(.)
......
0
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UNIV RSITY OF GEORGIA
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE Athens, Georgia
Week Ending April 22, 1968
Released 3 p.m. Monday
PLANTING COND~TIONS VARIED
Athens, Ga., April 22
Farmers in South Georgia had trouble with their planting
schedules last week due to dry soils, according to the Crop Reporting Service. To the north,
it was wet fields and low temperatures that delayed plantings. Despite these handicaps, con-
siderable acreage was seeded, and progress was approaching normal for this date.
According to County Agents' reports, transplantings of tobacco had reached 90 percent completion by the week end. Irrigation was commonplace, and 1 imited resetting was necessary due to the dry conditions. Several areas reported heavy infestations of flea beetles in the young tobacco.
Cotton was 53 percent planted, and a fourth of the intended acreage was up to a stand. Cool temperatures on some Central Georgia fields made replanting necessary. First plantings were made in many northern counties. '
Peanut seeding was very active during the week, and 52 percent of the crop has now been planted compared with 18 percent last week. Much of this acreage was "dusted-in", and additional moisture will be needed for proper germination.
Small qrains and pastures were reported in mostly good condition in the north where rainfall has been plentiful. In the south, they were usually described as "fair."
The peach crop's development and cultural practices were about on schedule. Vegetable and melon crops in southern areas were in mostly fair to good condition. Plantings are nearing completion. \..Jatermelons were beginning to run near Donalsonville.
':lEATHER SUMMARY
Most of the rainfall occurred late Sunday and Monday, April 14-15.
Amounts continued to be generally I iyht, except for several places in the northwest half of the
State with totals in excess of one inch. The yreatest weekly amount was 1.60 at Jasper, while
Cedartown measured 1.52 inches. Most places in the southeastern third of the State continued
very dry with several reports of no rain for the week. Divisional averages for the week
ranged from .OS in the southeast division to .99 in the northwest. No rei ief from the lack
of rain occurred during the week end. Thus far this month rainfall totals have ranged from
about 1 1/2 inch surplus over the northern third of the State to near a one-inch deficiency
over much of the southern half.
Temperatures were rather warm except for a cool spell in the north at mid-week while all sections warmed toward the end of the week. This brought the highest temperatures so far this year to most places with many readings reaching 90 or higher over the southern third of the State on Friday. Several places in the northern counties reported low readings in the 30's dur ing mid-week with a few spots getting near or slightly below freezing temperatures on Tuesday morning. Averages for the week ranged from 3 to 6 degrees above normal at most places.
The five-day outlook for the period Tuesday through Saturday {April 23-27) calls for temperatures to average about~ degrees above normal. Normal highs for this time of year range from 75 to 81 degrees and normal lows from 50 to 60 degrees. Rainfall is expected to average about 3/4 of an inch occurring at the beginning of the period and during the week end.
ISSUED BY: The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, Athens, Georgia; in cooperation with the Cooperative Extension Service, University of Georgia; Georgia Department of Agriculture; and the Weather Bureau, ESSA, U. S. Department of Commerce.
u.
s
o r .D.EPA.RT..wli:NT
co~ac:a::.
WEATHER BUREAU
Athens. G~orgia
ES~
Precipitation For The Week Ending April 19, 1968
GEORGIA
Temperature extremes for the week ending April 19, 1968 (Provisional)
Highest& 92 at 5 stations on the 19th.
Lowests 28 at ID.airsville on the 16th
19
* For t he period .Alpril 20-22, 1968
T Less than o005 incho
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MA R CH 19 68
ta A pr 1 23, 1968
APR 2 4186e
o of
o of
Item
During Mar.
last
last
1967 11
1968 21 year
I
year
Thou.
Thou.
Pet.
Pet.
Broiler Type
Pullets Placed(U. S. )3 I
Total
4, 112
3,931 96
10, 656
10, 130
95
Domestic
3,650
3,362 92
9,24 6
8, 721
94
Chickens Tested:
Broiler Type
Georgia
692
614 89
1, 879
1, 842
98
United States
2,821
2,04 0 72
8,275
6,615
80
Egg Type
Georgia
34
12 35
123
89
72
United States
594
436 73
2,434
2, 223
91
Chicks Hatched:
Broiler Type
Georgia
46, 562
43,990 94 129,319
124,983
97
United States
256, 135 247,342 97 698,985
695,557
100
E gg Type
G e orgia
4,419
3,427 78
11,269
8, 116
72
United States
66, 132
53, 520 81 152,208
125, 104
82
Commercial Slaughter:41
Young Chickens
Georgia
34,208
32, 131 94
94,940
94, 789
100
United States
188, 810 185, 118 98 538,756
547,854
102
Mature Chickens
Light Type
G eorgia
646
785 122
2,777
2, 816
101
United .3tates
11,346
10,037 88
38, 283
35, 491
93
Heavy Type
Ge orgia United States
407 2, 349
243 1, 710
60
978
73 il 6, 658
794
81
5, 475
82
Egg Production:
Georgia
South Atlantic 51
United States
Mil. 423
1, 135
l 6, 110
Mil. 436
1, 182 6, 147
1
103 II 104 !
Mil. 1, 208 3, 238
101 lj 17, 422
Mil.
1, 294
107
3, 432
106
17, 777
102
1/ Revised. 2/ Preliminary. 3/ Pullets for broiler hatchery supply flocks, includes
expected pullet replacements from eggs sold during the preceding month at the rate of
125 pullet chicks per 30-doz. case of eggs. 41 Federal-State Mctrket News Service-
.3laughter reports only include poultry slaughtered under F e deral Inspection. 51 South
Atlantic States: Del., Md., W.Va., N.C., S. C., Ga., Fla., Va.
YOUNG CHICKENS: SLAUGHTERED UNDER FEDE RAL INSPECTION
BY SELECTED STATES, 1967 and 1968
I
Number Inspected
Indicated Percent Condemned
State
During Feb.
Jan. thru Feb.
During Feb.
Jan. thru F eb.
1967
1968
1967
1968
1967
1968
1967
1968
Thou.
Thou.
Thou.
Thou.
Pet.
Pet.
Pet.
Pet.
Maine
4,766
5,951 10, 695 12, 139
4. 1
4.3
3.8
4. 1
Pa.
6, 295
6,474 13, 744 13,476
5. 5
6.0
5.2
5.7
Mo.
2, 819
2, 815
6, 140
5, 887
4.9
4 .7
6.0
4.8
Del.
6,045
7, 244 13, 534 14,734
4.8
4 .8
4.9
4 .9
Md.
10,088 10, 167 22,775 21, 154
5.0
5. 0
5.2
5.0
Va.
3,067
4, 195
6,923
8,873
4.4
4 .8
N. c.
18,425 18,773 39,652 40,043
5.4
4. 1
4 .7
5. 1
5.4
4.2
Ga.
27,519 28,371 59' 121 59,852
5. 5
5.3
5.6
5.2
Tenn.
4,071
4,302
9,096
9,469
5.3
3.2
6.6
4 .8
Ala.
17,234 19, 281 36,952 41,076
4.6
3.8
4.8
3.8
Miss.
11, 382 12,794 24,667 26,954
4 .5
2.9
4.8
3.0
Ark.
24, 511 26,398 51,647 54,444
5. 1
4.2
5.7
4. 1
T__e_x_a_s__
..
10,247 10,534
-------------------
21,798 21,681
------------------
u. s. 162,214
350, 745
4 .0
4 .7
4. 1
5. 1
-----------------------------------
4.9
4.4
5.2
4 .4
172,697
362, 576
U. S. Department of Agnculture
G eorg1a De partment of Agnculture
Statistical Reporting Service, 409A North Lumpkin Street, Athens, Georgia 30601
End-of-Month Stocks of Poultry, Poultry Products, Meat and M e at Products
United States - March 1968
F r ozen egg holdings were 82 million pounds, up 2 million from March 1. Yeare arlie r stocks totaled 44 million and the average is 42 million pounds. Shell eggs in storage were up to 80 thousand cases from the 77 thousand on March 1. April 1 stocks were double a year-earlier holdings and 82 percent above ave rage. Frozen poultry stocks decreas e d 56 million pounds during March to 402 million pounds on April 1--15 percent more than a year earlier and 58 percent above average. Turkey holdings were 269 million pounds compared with 207 million on April 1, 1967 and average stocks o( 151 million. Whole birds amounted to 230 million pounds. Cut-ups, parts and furthe r processing items totaled 39 million pounds. Holdings of meat decreased 21 million pounds during March t o 614 million on April 1. Pork, and lamb and mutton advanced during the month but offsetting were declines in beef, canned meats, and veal. Prozen pork totaled 274 million pounds, up 11 million from a month earlier but 28 million pounds below a year earlier. Frozen pork bellies gained 15 million pounds and totaled 92 million on April 1. Cured pork stocks moved up 4 m i llion pounds from March 1, to 32 million. Canned meat holdings on April 1 were 66 million pounds compared with 67 million a month earlier. Frozen beef declined 34 million pounds during March to 205 million pounds on April 1. Yearearlier stocks were 285 million pounds and the average is 207 million pounds.
Commodity
Unit
Mar. 1962-66 av
Mar. 1967
Feb. 1968
Mar. 1968
Eggs: Shell Frozen eggs, total
Case Pound
Thou.
44 42,231
Thou.
40 43,670
Thou.
77 79,940
Thou.
80 81,983
Poultry, frozen:
Broilers or fryers
do.
Hens, fowls
do.
Turkeys
do.
Other & Unclassified
do.
Total Poultry
do.
20, 503 41,398 150, 864 41,680 254,445
41, 135 49,635 206,625 53,338 350, 733
31,261 62, 503 310,307 54, 059 4 58, 130
27,027 59,863 268, 509 46,422 401,821
Beef: Frozen in Cure
and Cured Pork: Frozen and
do.
221,328
299,986 253,614 219,277
Cooler
do.
315,066
331,192 291,480 306,367
Other meat and meat products
Total all red meats
do.
105,435
do.
I 641, 829
96, 188 727, 366
89,995 635, 089
88,820 614,464
MID-MONTH PRICES RECEIVED AND PRICES PAID
Item
Georgia
Mar. 15 Feb. 15
1967
1968
Mar. 15 1968
United States
Mar. 15 Feb. 15 Mar. 15
1967 1968
1968
Cents
Cents
Cents
Cents Cents
Cents
Prices Received:
Chickens, lb. excluding
broilers
10.0
7.5
8.0
8.8
8. 1
8.2
Com 11 Broilers (lb.)
13.0
13. 5
13. 5
14.3
14.6
14.6
All Chickens (lb.)
12.8
13. 1
13.3
13.7
13.9
14.0
All Eggs (dozens)
41.0
36.4
38.3
34.6
30.0
30.4
Prices Paid:(per ton)
Dol.
Dol.
Dol.
Dol.
Dol.
Dol.
Broiler Grower
96.00
94.00
94.00
95.00 90.00
90.00
Laying Feed
94.00
85.00
84.00
88.00 82.00
81.00
Th1s report 1s made poss1ble through the cooperat10n of the Nat10nal Poultry Improve ment
Plan, Official State Agencies, the Animal Husbandry Research Division of the Agricultural
Research Service, the Inspection Branch of the Poultry Division, Consumer and Marketing
Service and the Agricultural Estimates Division of the Statistical Reporting Service and
the many breeders, hatcheries, poultry processors and the poultry farmers that report
to these agencies. ARCHIE LANGLEY
Agricultural Statistician In Charge
W. PAT.PARKS Agricultural Statistician
After Five Days Return to: United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street
Athens, Georgia 30601 O F FICIAL BUSINE SS
Postage and Fees Paid U. S. Department of Agriculture
APR 2 61968 G E 0 R G I A C R0 P R E P 0 R T I N G S E R VLieQJfR IE
ATHENS, GEORGIA
April 24, 1968
BROILER TYPE
Placement of broiler chicks in Georgia during the week ended April 20 was 9, 168,000--1 perce nt less than the previous week and 9 percent less than the comparable week last year, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service .
An estimated 13,000,000 broiler type eggs were set by Georgia hatcheries -! percent more than the previous week and 2 percent more than the comparable week a year earlier.
The majority of the prices paid to Georgia producers for broiler hatching eggs were reported within a range of 55 to 67 cents per dozen. The average price of hatching eggs was 60 cents per dozen. The price of eggs from flocks with hatchery owned cockerels generally was 2 cents below the average price. Most prices received for broiler chicks by Georgia hatcheries were reported within a range of $8. 50 to $9.75 with an average of $9.00 per hundred. The average prices last year were 56 cents for eggs and $7.75 for chicks.
Week Ended
GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS, AND CHICK PLACEMENTS
Eggs Set ~J
1967 Thou.
1968 Thou.
BROILER TYPE
I
- Av. Price
Chicks Placed for
Hatch Broiler
Broilers in Georgia Eggs Chicks
o/o of
year I ago
1967
1968
o/o of
year ago
Per Doz. 1968
Per Hundred 1968
Pet.
Thou.
Thou. Pet. Cents Dollars
Feb. 17 Feb. 24 Mar. 2
Mar. 9 Mar. 16 Mar. 23 Mar. 30 Apr. 6 Apr. 13 Apr. 20
13, 221 12,079
91
13,346 12, 169
91
13, 174 12, 530
95
13,027 12, 530
96
13, 185 12,482
95
13, 167 12, 572
95
13,062 12, 7 59
98
12,981 12,909
99
13,202 12, 877
98
12, 736 13,000 102
9,393 9,421 9, 706 9,914 9,968 9,965 10,016 9,672
9,929 10,022
8,839 9,062 9,035 9, 154 9,098 9, 183 9,307 9, 183 9,263 9, 168
94
61
I 96
62
93
62
92 I 62
91
61
92
60
93
61
95
60
I 93 I 60
91
60
9.00 9.25 9.25 9.25 9.00 8.75 9.25 9.00 9.00 9.00
EGG TYPE
Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the week ended April 20 was 1, 012, 000--19 percent more than the previous week and 1 percent more than the comparable week last year. An estimated 917, 000 eggs for the production of egg type chicks were set by Georgia hatcheries, 11 percent less than the previous week and 7 percent less than the comparable week last year.
In the four states that accounted for about 25 percent of the hatch of all egg type chicks in the U. S. in 1967, hatchings during the week ended April 20 were down 4 percent and settings were down 13 percent from a year ago.
State
Ga. Ill. Calif.
Was-~.
EGG TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS HATCHED, 1968
Eggs Set (Week Ended)
Mar.
Apr.
Apr. Apr.
30
6
13
20
% of
ye ar
ago 2/
Chicks Hatched {Week Ended)
Mar. Apr.
Apr.
Apr.
30
6
13
20
Thousands
1,2653/1,172 1,030
l, 020 3/ 735
880
917 93 945 99
1,640 1, 122 l, 468 1, 605 84
304
306
303 214 56
820 510 1,306 233
Thousands
661
84 8
675
720
1,340 1, 174
319
198
l, 012 790
l, 291 238
% of
year
ago 2 I
10 l 112
86 94
Total 4, 229 3/ 3, 335 3,681 3,681 87
2, 869 2, 995 2,940 3,331 I 96
1/ Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatchery supply flocks"f'
2/ Current week as percent of same week last year. 3/ Revised.
R TYPE E GGS SET AND CI-llCKS PLACED IN COMMER CIAL AREA..S BY WEEKS - 1968
e 2
EGGS SET
CHICKS PLACED
_Yl_~e k E~d~_d_ _
Apr.
Apr.
Apr.
6
13
30
Apr. 6
\.pr. l3
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Apr .
year
30
0 1/
THO USANDS
THOUSA NDS
2,020 4 04
1,602 637 395
2, 451 4, 806 1, 734
112 7,880
560
2,063 4 14
1, 623 641 383
2, 566 4,783 1, 710
111 7,892
539
2, 131 101
317 97 1, 744 100
761 136 400 49 2,480 80 4, 844 105 1, 7 53 92 115 78 7,901 109 520 107
1,622
1, 578
1, 600
104
159
146
201
103
1, 010
896
936
102
336
327
404
139
405
435
432
89
2,255
~.622
2, 584
92
3,476
3,066
3, 156
92
1, 096
1, 277
1, 184
115
355
352
408
109
5,732
5, 74 1
5, 895
104
454
486
465
125
12,909 12, 877 13,000 102
9, 183
9,263
9, 168
91
1, 018
1, 027
1, 015 123
719
710
712
179
737
780
768 72
914
949
1, 000
95
8,935 9,095 8,958 100
7,008
7,048
6,974
99
5, 108
5,080
5,062 98
4, 291
4, 344
4,372
101
10,865 11,057 10,721 99
7,772
7,921
7,852
98
1, 137
1, 140
1, 182 96
958
915
993
116
4,467
4, 517
4,584 100
3, 4 73
3, 501
3,479
95
n
609
727
615 79
473
492
457
75
4 33
423
388 86
315
343
301
95
1 923
1 922
2 017 101
1, 493
1 476
1 510
108
70,742 71,370 71,276 100 53,499 53,888 54,083
99
71,689 71,258 71,610
54,465 54, 536 54,748
99
100
100
iur~ent week as percent of same week last year.
ev1sed,
98
99
99
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Poultry Production and Cash Receipts Down
Production of chickens (including broilers) in the State during 1967 totaled 467,930 ,000 head-- 2.4 percent less than the 1966 total of 479 1573 1000 according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. Production of broilers was down 2 percent; chickens produced for hatching egg flocks were down 9 percent and other chickens decreased by 12 percent.
Egg production during 1967 totaled 4 1981 million eggs -- 10.7 percent more than the 1966 total of 4 1501 million. Production of hatching eggs was up 9.6 percent while other eggs increased by nearly 11 percent.
Cash receipts from all chickens and eggs including commercial broilers were estimated
at $352 1371 1 000 compared with $409 1384 1000 in 1966. Price per pound of all chickens averaged 2. 3 cents below the previous year and the all egg price was 10. 0 cents per dozen less than the 1966 average.
GEORGIA CHICKEN PRODUCTION AND INCOME 1963 -1967
No. Froduced
I
No. Sold
I Pounds Sold
I Price
Per Lb.
Cash Receipts
Thous.
Thous.
Thous.
Cents
11000 dol.
All Chickens
Including
Comm. Broilers
1963
377,684
3711872
1,287,214
13.8
177,187
1964
392,094
38717 07
1,3431324
13.6
182,448
1965
4201874
417,677
1,446,318
14.3
2 071 102
1966
479,573
472,360
1 1 63419 09
14.3
234,211
1967
467,930
4661765
116641547
12.0
1991488
.v Commercial
Broilers
1963
359,760
359,760
1,2231184
13.8
1681799
1964
3731880
373,880
1,2711192
13.7
1741153
1965
402177 0
4021770
113691418
14.5
198,566
1966
456,192
4561192
115511053
14.5
224,903
1967
4471123
4471123
1,5641930
12.2
1901921
Ha'tching Egg
Flocks
1963
5,411
4,452
33,390
17.5
5,850
1964
41952
4,807
361052
15.8
517 09
1965
51567
41935
371012
16.0
5,922
1966
61592
51481
411 108
15.0
6,157
1967
51993
61 014
45, 105
12.7
51728
Other
Flocks y
1963
10, 801
7,660
30,120
8.2
21538
1964
11, 771
91020
341744
7.0
2,586
1965
111 062
9,972
381572
6.4
2,614
1966
161789
10,687
421748
7.3
3,151
1967
141814
13,628
541512
5.2
2,839
All Chickens &
Eggs Including
Broilers
1963
294,547
1964
308,284
1965
348,698
1966
409,384
1967
352,371
1/ Cash receipts include home consumption which is less than 1 percent of total
- production. Jj Includes both commercial and farm flocks - eggs principally for human
consumption.
All Eggs 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967
Hatching Eggs 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967
Other Eggs .!/
1963 1964 1965 1966 1967
GEORGIA EGG PRODUCTION AN D IN COME, 1963 - 1967
Ave. No. IEggs Per Eggs
Eggs Sold
I Price Per Doz.
Cash Receipts
Layers
Layer Produced '(bmm. Hatch. i All I Comm. i Hatch. \ All '. .Comm. ! Hatch.
All
-- 1 1000 head No. Millions
Millions --
Cents
1 1000 dollars
15,999 171591 181792 21,298 221684
2 08
3,321
21663
597 312 60
28.0 66.4 :4.3. 2 841314 331 046
117,360
213
31743
3, 047
645 31692
37.0 59.3 40.9 931962 31,874
1251836
215
4, 042
31291
707 31 998
38.1 62.9 42.5 1041537 371 059
1411596
211
4, 501
31669 794 41 463
43.1 65.4 47 . 1 1311925 431248
1751173
220
41981
4, 075
870 41 94 5
32.8 57.2 37.1 111,~83 41,500
1521883
31458
192
663
31650
196
717
31909
2 01
785
41428
200
884
41760
204
969
64
597
70
645
76
707
88
794
97
870
661
38.0 66.4
715
37.0 59.3
783
38.1 62.9
882
43.1 85.4
967
32.8 57.2
2, 027 2,158 21413 3,161 2,651
331046 31,874
371 059 43,248 411500
351 073 341 032 391472 46,409 441151
121541 13,941 141883 161870 17,924
212
2,658
2,599
217
3, 026 21977
219
3,257
31215
214
3,617
31581
224
4, 012
31978
2,599 21977 31215 31581 31978
38.0 37.0 38.1 43.1 32.8
82,287 91,8 04 102, 124 1281764 1081732
821287 911804 102 I 124 1281764 1081732
..!/Includes eggs from both commercial and farm flocks - used principally for human consumption.
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The
Georgia
Crop
Reporting
Service 1
United
States
Department of Agriculture 1
4 09A
North Lumpkin Street,
Athens,
Georgia 1
in cooperation with
The Georgia Department of Agriculture.
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
W. A. WAGNER Agricultural Statistician
GEORGIA: Mos t Grain Stocks Uo
APRIL 1 , 1968
__..,__..., ,_.-._..,.~_,.__
.41~1..----------------..,,
UNIV,RiiT't' OF GEORG\- ~
j
Kelease d 4/26/6b by
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
l.IBRARIES
Corn stocks in all positions on April l, l96b, totaled- 37,102,000 bushels compared with 22,535,000 bushels on hand a year ago. Oats stored in all positions totaled 472,000 bushels compared with 698,000 bushels the previous April. Wheat holdings of bl3,000 bushels were up sharply from the 411,000 on hand a year earlier. Soybeans stored on April I totaled 7,590,000 bushels, 1,794,000 bushels more than last year. Rye stocks totaled 7~,000 bushels compared to
5,000 a year ago. Georgia Grain Stocks-- April I ' 1968 With Campa r i sons
GRAIN
ON FAHMS
1967
1968
I ,000 bushels
OFF FARMS
1967
1968
I ,000 bushels
ALL POSITIONS
:Jan. I Av. 1967
1968
1962-66
l ,000 bushels
Corn Oats Bar! ey
\~heat
Rye Sorghum Soybeans
17,647 522 14
58 5
137 2,077
3I, I00
350 22
203
37 142 2,862
4,888 176
*
353
51 3,719
6,002 122
610*
42
* 4,728
2 I ,605 912 54
4~6
16 100 I, 168
22,535 698
"/(
41 l
5 !88 5,796
37,102 472
* 813
79 * 7,590
*Not published to avoid disclosing individual operations.
UNITED STATES
Feed Grain, Wheat, and Soybean Stocks Larger
Stocks of the four feed grains on April 1 totaled 116 mill ion tons-- 12 percent more than a year earlier but 5 percent below average. Stocks of all wheat were 19 percent greater than on April I, 1967. Record soybean stocks were 17 percent more than a year earlier. Rye stocks were down 6 percent.
Corn in storage on April I totaled 3,168 mill ion bushels-- 17 percent more than a year earlier and 3 percent above average. Current stocks are the largest for April 1 since 1964. Offfarm stocks of 806 mill ion bushels were 20 percent above a year earlier. Farm holdings at 2,362 mill ion bushels were up 16 percent. Indicated disappearance from all positions during the JanuaryMarch quarter is 1,048 mill ion bushels compared with 962 million a year earlier.
Soybean stocks in all positions on April 1, 1968 totaled 537 mill ion bushels,49 percent above average. Off-farm stocks, at 301 mill ion bushels, were 25 percent above a year earlier and farm
stocks, at 235 mill ion bushels, were up o percent.
April I stocks indicate a disappearance during September 1967-March 1968 of 526 mill ion bushels from a beginning supply of 1,063 mill ion bushels (including a carryover of 90 mill ion bushels). During the period, 343 mill ion bushels were processed for oil, approximately 169 mill ion bushels were exported, and minor quantities were fed to 1ivestock.
All wheat in storage on April I totaled 836 mill ion bushels, 19 percent more than a year earlier but otherwise the smallest April I holdings since 1952. Farm stocks of 360 mill ion bushels were 51 percent above last year and off-farm holdings of 477 mill ion bushels were up 3 percent. Disappearance from all storage positions during January-March is indicated at 373 mill ion bushels compared with 349 mill ion a year earlier.
Rye stocks in all storage positions on April I totaled 22.9 million bushels. Indicated disappearance during January-March was 4.8 mill ion bushels compared with 4. I mill ion a year earlier. Oat stocks of 441 mill ion bushels in all positions on April I were nearly equal to a year earlier but II percent below average. Barley stored in all positions totaled 217 mill ion bushels,nearly 5 percent more than a year earlier and I percent above average. Sorghum grain stocks in all storage positions totaled 522 mill ion bushels, I percent less than a year earlier and 35 percent below average. This was the smallest total for April I since 1958.
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
A. J. BORDELON Agricultural Statistician
' --- .r:_
,..._.-~
Stocks of grains, April 1, 1968 with comparisons (In thousand bushels)
Grain and position
April l av. 1962-66
April l 1967
Jan. 1 1968
April l 1968
ALL UHEAT
On Farms ll
Commodity Credit Corp. 11 Mills, Elev. & Whses. 1111
215,976 28 ,310
1.038.712
238,769
I, 539 459.831
504,541 761
703.729
359,679
751 476,060
TOTAL
1.282.997
700. 139
l .209 031
336,490
RYt
On Farms l/
6,863
7,547
8,683
6,761
Corr.modity Credit Corp.]:/
195
559
425
426
Mills, Elev. & Whses. 1/3/
9,524
16.197
18,585
15,750
TOTAL
16 582
24.303
27.693
22.937
CO RN
On Farms l/
Commodity Credit Corp. 11 Mills, Elev. & Whses. 1111
2,083,980 422,047 570.769
2,043,897
98,279 572.811
3,352,827 97,C$46 765.906
2,362,178
97,870 708,297
TOTAL
3,076.796
2,714.987
4,216,579
3,168,345
OATS
On Farms l/
Commodity Credit Corp. 11 Mills, Elev. & Whses l/ 11
426,613 4, 211 66,694
354,567 6,864 81,031
543,433 6,668
97,82b
358,111 6,665 76.349
TOTAL
497.518
442 462
647 929
441 125
BARLEY
On Farms l/
Commodity Credit Corp. 11 Mills, Elev. & ~lhses. 1111
110,905 8,452
94.388
114,921 4,523 87.717
182,889
3,902 114.795
127,678 3,946
85,048
TOTAL
213.745
2071161
301 .586
216,672
SORGHUM
On Farms l/
Commodity Credit Corp. 11 Mills, E1ev. & Whses. 1111
105,395 4,454
692,321
133,178 4,624
380,688
218,921
4,572 514,769
1L~6,849
4,586 370.321
TOTAL
802 170
526 .L~90
738 262
521,756
SOYBEANS
On Farms l/
Commodity Credit Corp. 11 t-lills, Elev. & Whses. 1111
147,467
3 211.91:?
217,410
0
240.500
349,7b4
0
432,333
235,473
0
301,295
TOTAL
359.369
L~57, 910
782,117
536.768
l l Estimates of the Crop Reporting Board.
11 c.c.c.-owned grain at bin sites.
11 All off-farm storages not otherwise designated, including terminals and processing plants.
Includes c.c.c.-owned grain in these storages.
After Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Postage and Fees Paid U. S. Department of Agriculture
SERVICE
, GEORGIA
APR 2 8 1968
April 26, 1968
1967 At~AL SUMMARY
GEORGIA MILK PRODUCTION UP 40 MI LLION POUNDS PRODUCTION PER COW RECORD HIGH
Total milk production on Ge orgia farms in 1967 wap estimated to be 1, 040 million pounds, compared with 1,000 million the previous year, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service . These estimates of production relate to milk from all cows kept for milk, including those held primarily to produce milk for home consumption.
Milk produced per cow in herd during 1967 was placed at 7,220 pounds, a record high. This compared with the previous record level of 6,670 pounds in 1966.
The number of cows kept f or milk on f~rms in the St ate averaged 144, 000 - the lowest since these estimates were begun in 1937.
MILK RECEIPTS AT PLANT HIGHEST OF RECORD
Milk sold wholesale to plants and dealers in 1967 totaled 955 million pounds -- 50 million pounds above the 1966 annual total. Milk used on farms where produced continued to decline. The 63 million pounds in this category during 1967 compared with 71 million pounds the previous year and was less than half the amount used on farms 5 years ago.
Cash receipts from combined marketings of milk (Grade A, manufacture, and milk sold retail by farmers) amounted to 63,756,000 dollars in 1967. This compared with 58,437,000 dollars in 1966 . The farm value of all milk produced was placed at 67,912,000 dollars -- 8 percent above the 62,900,000 dollars the previous year.
GEORGIA MILK COWS, PRODUCTION PER COW, TOTAL MILK PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION, 1962-66, REVISED - 1967 PRELIMINARY
Year
Number of Milk
Cows y
1,000
Production per COW
Pounds
Total !'roduction
g)
Million Pounds
Milk ~~rketed b~ Farmers
Sold to
Retailed
Plants
by
and
Farmers 3}
Dealers
Million
Million
Pounds
Pounds
Milk used on Farms
:where Produced
Million Pounds
1962
193
5,180
1,000
820
1963
182
5,310
966
810
1964
170
5,600
952
820
1965
158
6,270
991
885
1966
150
6,670
1,000
905
1967
144
7,220
1,040
955
40
140
35
121
30
102
25
81
24
71
22
63
y Average number on farms during year, excluding heifers not yet fresh. g) Excludes milk sucked
by calves. }/ Includes sales by producer-distributors and other farmers on own routes or at
farms.
ISSUED BY: The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, USDA, 409A North Lumpkin Street, Athens, Georgia,
in cooperati on with the Georg~a Department of Agriculture.
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exceeded 90 degrees on one or more days over the southern third and a few mountain stations re-
ported freezing temperatures on the mornings of April 25th and 26th.
The five-day outlook for the period Tuesday through Saturday (April 30- May 4) calls for temperatures to average 2-4below normal with no important day-to-day changes. Normal highs for this time of year range from 77 to 83 degrees and normal lows from 51 to 60 degrees. Little or no ra i nfa II is expected.
IssuED-BY:- Th; Georgi~ crop-R;porti~g-s;r~i~e~ Athe~s~ Georgi~;-i~ ~oop;r~tio~ ;ith-the---Cooperative Extension Service, University of Georgia; Georgia Department of Agriculture; and the Weather Bureau, ESSA, U. S. Department of Commerce.
UNITED STATES MILK PRODUCTION, DISPOSITION, AND INCOME
Milk cows on farms in 1967 numbered 13.5 milli on -- the least of recor d . However, production per cow was highest on r ecord at 8,821 pounds, up 4 percent fr om the previ ous record in 1966. Total production of milk during 1967 was 119.3 billion pounds , slightly below the previous year . . The farm value of milk produced was a record high of $6,036 million. Cash receipts from farmers' mar ketings were $5,770 million , up 4 percent fr om the previ ous r e cord i n 1966 .
Milk Producti on Down Sli ghtly In 1967
Mi lk producti on in 1967 was 119.3 billion pounds , down one-half percent fr om 1966, as a decline i n cow numbers more than offset a rise in output per cow. By regi ons, milk producti on last year decreased 2 percent in the North Atlantic and l percent in the East North Central, but gained slightly in the West North Central Region and rose l percent in the rest of the Nation.
Record-high Cash Receipts
Farmers ' cash receipts fr om marketings of milk and cream totaled a record high of $5, 770 million in 1967. This was 4 percent above the previous record a year earlier. Cash receipts from marketings increased in all regions, with gains ranging from 3 percent in the North Atlantic and East North Central Regions t o 8 percent in the South Atlantic Region . Wisconsin led all States in cash receipts fr om marketings of milk and cream, followed by New York, California, Minnesota , and Pennsylvania. These 5 States accounted for 44 percent of the national total f or cash receipts i n 1967.
Returns for combined marketings of milk and cream averaged $5.06 per hundredweight in 1967. This was record high, exceeding by 22 cents per hundredweight the previous record in 1966.
Cash receipts from milk sold to plants and dealers totaled $5,515 million in 1967, an increase of 5 percent from 1966. Returns from sale of cream were $577 million , down 20 percent from the previous year. Sales by farmers directly to consumers produced $1973 million of receipts compared to $188.4 million in 1966. The value of milk used on farms in 1967 is estimated at $166.8 million , down 5 percent from a year earlier. The farm value of all milk produced in 1967 was $6,036 million, a 4-percent increase over 1966.
ARCHIE lANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
W. PAT PARKS Agricultural Statistician
After Five Days Return t o United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS
!l-astage and Fees Paid U. S. Department of Agriculture
9A North Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 30601
OFFICIAL BUSIN ESS
A thens , Geo rg ia
Week Ending Apr i l 29, 1968
RAINS HELPFUL - SOME SOUTHERN AREAS STILL DRY
LIBRAR E
Athens, Ga., April 29 --Scattered showers during the week over much of south Georgia were
very beneficial for planting and growing crops, but some areas were missed by the rains and
soils are very dry, according to the Crop Reporting Service. Additional rains over the northern
half of the State 1 imited field work. Major farm activities during the week were land preparation, planting, cultivating older plantings, applying post emergence herbicides and insect and
disease control measures on tobacco, peaches and pecans.
County Agents reported tobacco transplanting virtually complete. However, some resetting has been necessary to establish good stands. Older plantings were being cultivated and insect control was underway.
Corn planting was 83 percent completed statewide. Cultivating was in progress and appl ications of post emergence herbicides were made in older plantings. Some fields were sidedressed with nitrogen during the week.
Cotton planting neared completion in many southern counties, but barely started in the north. About three-fourths of the States crop has been seeded. Nearly half of the seeded acreage was reported up to a stand.
Peanut planting progressed rapidly and was three-fourths complete. The condition of the planted acreage was mostly good.
Small grains and pastures have been hurt by prolonged dry weather in the south. County Agents described the condition as mostly fair to good except in the drier locations where the condition was poor.
Peaches remain in good condition. Thinning and spraying were active.
Veqetable and melon crops are making fair to good progress in central and southern areas, according to Market Managers. Dry conditions have been rei ieved somewhat by showers during the week. Strong winds and hail caused considerable damage in a few areas and heavy frost was reported in the mountains. Cabbage and onion harvests are underway. A 1 ight volume of ~ beans, tomatoes and cucumbers is expected around mid-May. Watermelons and cantaloups were beginning to bloom.
~lEATHER SUMMARY-- General rains reduced moisture deficiency over all except some southeast and south central counties. Amounts were generally between 1/2 to 1 1/4 inches ranging from 1.49 at Elberton to .05 or less at several places in extreme south central and extreme southeast. Additional amounts during weekend of April 26-29 brought some relief to Blakely with 2.01, Tifton 1.49, Homerville 1.21 and Alma 1.58. Divisional averages for the week ending April 26, 1968 ranged from .17 in the southeast to 1.10 in the northeast.
Temperatures were 2-4 degrees below normal over much of the northern 2/3 ranging to 1-3 degrees above normal over the southern quarter. The week began quite warm over most sections and moderated to near or slightly below normal toward the weekend. Early week high temperatures exceeded 90 degrees on one or more days over the southern third and a few mountain stations reported freezing temperatures on the mornings of April 25th and 26th.
The five-day outlook for the period Tuesday through Saturday (April 30- May 4) calls for temperatures to average 2-4below normal with no important day-to-day changes. Normal highs for this time of year range from 77 to 83 degrees and normal lows from 51 to 60 degrees. Little or no rainfall is expected.
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Cooperative Extension Service, University of Georgia; Georgia Department of Agriculture; and the Weather Bureau, ESSA, U. S. Department of Commerce,
U .D.:PAaTNZNT or CO...UCRCJC
WEATHER BUREAU
Athens, Georgia ESSA
Precipitation For The Week Ending April 26, 1 968
GEORGIA
Temperature ext:reres for the week ending April 26.~~ 1 968 {Provisional)
Highest& 97 at Bainbri dge on the 22nd.
Lowest& 29 at Blairsville on the 26th.
* For t he period April 27 -29, 1 968
T Less than ~oo5 inch.
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GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
ATHENS, GEORGIA
GEOKGIA 1 S LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY CASH RECEIPTS DROPPED 61 MILLION DOLLARS IN 1967
Apr i I 30, 1968
Cash receipts to Georgia farmers from sales of their 1ivestock ~nd poultry_totaled $573,950,000 .
during 1967 - -down $61,043,000 from the 1966 record high $634,993,000 receipts, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. It was the first year since 1961 to register a decline. Hogs, cattle, broilers, other chickens and eggs showed a decline.
Receip t s from commercial broilers suffered the sharpest setback-- a 15 percent drop from the previous year. Sales of eggs was a close second with a 13 percent decl ine. Increased cash income was recorded for dairy products, turkeys, and sheep.
Cash receipts from individual crops will not be available until August,l96b.
Georqia Livestock & Poultry Cash Receipts
1963
1964
1965
(Thousand Dollars)
1966
1967
Pre! iminary
Hogs
53,432
53,292
61 '131
70,481
67,242
Cattle and Calves
56 , 336
57,140
76,582
89,232
~2,970
Dairy Products
52' 119
52,104
55,558
58,437
63,756
Commercial Broilers
168,799
174,153
198,566
224,903
190,921
Other Chickens
8,388
8,295
8,536
9,308
8,567
Turkeys
4,827
6,199
5,576
7,426
7, 571
Eggs
117,360
125,836
141 ,596
175,173
152,883
Sheep and Lambs
87
60
26
16
25
Wool
36
35
23
17
15
TOTAL
461 ,384
VJ. P. PARKS H. A. WAGNER Agricultural Statisticians
477' 114
547,594
634,993
573,950
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
ISSUED BY: The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, USDA, 409A North Lumpkin Street, Athens, Ga., in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture.
Lani e r Lownde s Te l f a i r Tift Turne r Hi Icox '.vort h
TOT AL
. ~ ;;;,-----
I , 195 3,645
660 2 , 4 55
l ts5 245 I ,670
34 , 890
{continue d on back of page)
C J I_.} /
2 , 0 84 I ,973 I , 955 2, 277 I , 924 I, 706 2,080
2,1 89
"?, L fU
2 ,490 7' J92 I ,290 5,591
35 6 41 8 3 ,473
76 ' 3/9
~GIA
(:,..,a FARM
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
MAY 2 81968
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
ATHENS, GEORGIA
District and Coun t y
.z., l, DIST r~ ICTS
l and~
DIST RICT ..2. Dodge Johnson Laurens Mont gomery Treutlen ltJhee l e r
TOTAL
DISTi\ICT 6 Bul 1och Candler Effin gham Emanuel Jenkins Screven
TOT.ll.L
DISTRICT l
Decatur Dougherty Grady Mi tche 11 Thomas
TOTAL
DISTRICT 8 Atkinson Ben Hill Berrien Brooks Clinch Cof fee Colquitt Cook Crisp Oooly Echols Irwin Jeff Davis Lan ier Lowndes Telfair Tift Turne r iJi l cox '.vorth
TOTAL
GEORGIA FLUE-CURED TOBACCO:
Harvested Acreaqe
1967 COUNTY ESTIMATES Yield Per Acre Lbs.
0
0
360 85 2b0 975 90 5 555
3' 160
l '7 d9 l ,459 l ,6 11 1 ,651 1,490 l ,771
l ,633
3,520 2,010
240 l ,680
18 5 o5
7 '720
l , b53 1 ,927 l '550 l ,810 1 '795 l '74 l
1 ,851
270 20
l '235 1 . ~ oo 1 ,475
4,900
1 ,87b l ,650 1,998 2,106 2 ' 112
2,066
l, I55 o50
3,570 2,095
285 4,535 5,255 2,865
25 5
2b5 1 .~30 1 ,9oo l '195 3,645
660 2,455
l t> 5 245 l , 670
34,890
(continued on back of page)
2,33) 1,962
2,2~1
2' l 17 2,028 2,299 2,240 2,247 1 . s~.o 2,200 2,000 2,321 2,157 2,084 1 ,973 I , 955 2,277 1,924 1'706 2,080
2' 189
.....J
3 I ")
Ma y 19ob
Production (000 l bs.)
0
644 124 451 1,6 l0 l ,348 9b3
5, l 60
6,523 3 , '673
372 3,041
332 148
14,289
507 33
2,467 4 ,002 3' 1l 5
l 0' 124
2,695 1,66u 8 ,179 4,435
57 8 10,426 1l ,7/3 6,438
46 11 570 4,480 4,270 2,490 7' 192 l ,290 5,591 35 6 418 3,473
76 ' 3/ 9
Di st rict
an d Count v
D I ST i~ I CT 2
App l in g Bacon Brantley Bryan Cha rl :: on Evans Liberty Long Pierce Tat tnail Toombs via re , \!l a y n e
TOTAL
Other Counties
---=;...;G:;E.,O;.~. GIA FLUE-CURED TOBACCO:
Harvested Acreaqe
1967 COUNTY ESTIMATES Yield Per Acre Lbs.
2,610 2,095 I, 315
325 200 I ,425 100 360 3,450 3,360 2,030 I ,630 I ,600
20,500
30
2,014 2,248 I ,931 I ,695 I, 745 I ,890 I ,540 I ,bll 2,264 2,034 I ,911 2,225 2, I lU
2,070
1 ,933
STATE TOTAL
71 '200
2,005
May 1968
Production (000 1bs.)
5,256 4,709 2,539
551 349 2,693 154 652 7,811 6,834 3,880 3,626 3,388
42,442
58
148,452
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
C. L. Cr~ENSHA\-/
Agricultural Statistician
ISSUE D BY: The Georgia Crop Keporting Service, USDA, 409A North Lumpkin Street, Athens, Ga., in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture.
After Five u.:1 ys Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North Lumokin Street Athens, Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Postage and Fees Paid U. S. Department of Agriculture
mD STATES DEMRTMENT OF AGRICe~'lliJRE
G E0 RG I A C R0 P REP0 R T I N G :: ERY I C E
ATHENS, GEORGIA
GEORGIA PEANUTS PICKED AND THRESHED (These estimates are based on the latest available
\.\BRP.R\ES
1m 1na rv)
District and County
Districts l . ., and l
District 4 Chattahoochee Nacon Mar ion Muscogee Schley Talbot Taylor Upson
Total
Harvested Acres
0
25
5,200 2,690
s
2 ,l~25
oo
1 ,o65 15
12,305
Yield Per Acre (pounds)
0
,....,
560 1 7') 3 1. )05
400 1. 539 l ' 400 1t l:b
600 1,611
Production (000 pounds)
0
14 9,326 3. 511
2 3,73 3
112 3. 111
9 l 9 ,81L
District ~ Bleckley Dodge Hancock Houston Johnson Laurens Montgomery Peach Pulaski Treutien Twiggs ~Jash i ngton vlhee l er l,Ji 1k i nson
Total
2.135 5,9u5
.~.. 5, L~ 15
265
7,315 890 490
7,945 50
1,060
950
785 560 33,83C
2,250 1 ,b67
200 2,049 1, 506 1, 785 1,691
1 .sao
2,229
l, soc
:~,O t /
l '706 2,032 l. 71 8 1, :J7L
4,804
11 '172 1
11 ,096
3~9
13,054 l. 505 774
1"; ,705 45
2, 191 1 ,621
1 ,595 962
66, 925
District 6 Bulloch Burke Candler Effingham Emanuel Glascock Jefferson Jenkins Richmond Screven
Total
13.595
5,360
1 ,39S
44S
2,605
45
l ,680
.. r '
2,595 ISS
.. -
4,780
32,655
2, l 01 1,660 l, 748 1 ,580 l ,643
844
1, 757 1. 757 l; 594 2,276
1 ,979
28,557 9,968
2,439 703
4,279 J8
2,951
4 ,559 247
10,878 64,619
Please turn pa ge
ISSUED BY: The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, USDA, 409A North Lumpkin Street, Athens, Ga., in cooperation with the Georgia Department of A9riculture.
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GEORG I A PI!'ANU'rS PI C:K"ED AND 0 THRESHED -
1967
C'""i\Cft> ,'::; 0
:
0 , ,
,
,
(These estimates are based on the latest available data arid~ are o re'liminarv)
District and
Yield Per Acre
Producti on
County
Harve sted Acres
(pounds)
(000 pounds)
DISTRICT 1
Ba ker
13,705
l ,967
26,963
Calhoun
I 5,190
2, I 02
31 ,927
Clay
10,000
1 ,b64
18 ,637
Decatur
16,410
1J 782
29,238
Dou gherty
6,180
2,018
12,470
Early
29,770
1 ,835
54 , 624
Grady
8 ,605
2,004
17,246
Lee
15,040
2, 10&
3 1 J 703
Mi I ler
19,830
2,147
42,570
t-1itchel 1
20,035
2,041
40 ,893
Quitman
2,890
1,206
3 ,L84
Randolph
18,690
1 J 816
33,944
Seminole
12,275
2,136
26,223
Stewart
5, 735
l ,405
8, 059
Sumter
13,650
l ,924
26,265
Terrel I
20,260
1 ,9b9
40,289
Thomas
4,620
2,032
9,3&u
\~ebster
7,450
1 ,526
11 ,372
Total
240,335
1 ,936
465,295
DISTRICT.. Atkinson Ben Hi I I Berrien Brooks Coffee Colqui t t Cook Crisp Dooly Irwin Jeff Davis Lanier Lowncies Telfair Tift Turner Wilcox '.o/orth
Total
250 6,855 2,085 L:o ,950
3,565 10,005 2,625 Jl+, 0/5 17,610 15,580
75 10 610
3,055 12,550 19,405 12, lOS
29' 130 154,540
2,084 2,361 2, 121
2' 126 2,210 2,423
2,095 2,336 2,255 2,510 I ,9G7 2,200 1, 598 I ,765 2,186 2,286
2,475
2' 137 2,273
521 16,1 85 4 ,!+23
10 , 525 7,878 24,239 5. 26L~ 32,87i;
39,703 39, I 02
149 22
975 5,391 27,439 ~:o4 J 362
29 ,955 62, Z55 351,266
DISTRICT 2
Appling Bryan Evans Tattna 11 Toombs Wayne
Total
STATE TOTAL
235 175 1 ,065 1 J 120 l ,735
5 4,335
478,000
1 , 3is3 1 ,246 1 ,658 1, 734 1,696
600 1 ,660
2,040
325 218 1,766 1 ,942 2,943
3 7 J 197
975.120
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
C. L. CRENSHAH Agricultural Statistician
After Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Postage and Fees Paid U. S. Department of Agriculture
m m[] MAY .j i~,t.;-5 &&11crr ~~ill [pffi~@~&)
APRIL 15, 1968
3t ~-
Released 5/1/68
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
GEORGIA PRICES RECEIVED 2 POINTS LOWER
The Index of Prices Received by Georgia Farmers for All Commodities declined 2 points
during the month ended April 15, 1968 to 249. This was 8 points above the April 15, 1967 index of 241.
There was 1ittle change in the prices of the crops used in computing the Crop Index, and
i t remained at 267; this, however, was 8 points above that registered in Apr i l of 1967 of 259.
Prices of ho gs, chickens, and eggs were lower than a month ago, and the Livestock Index
d ropped to 211 - 4 points below a month ago but o points above April 15, 1967.
UNITED STATES PRICES RECEIVED INDEX UNCHANGED PARITY INDEK UP 3 POINTS ADJUSTED PARITY RATIO 79
The Index of Prices Received by Farmers remained unchanged during the month ended
April 15, at 259 percent of its 1910-JL~ average. Hi gher prices received for tomatoes, potatoes,
oranges, and manufacturing grade milk were offset by price declines for fluid market milk,eggs,
and wheat. The index was 6 percent above April 1967.
The Index of Prices Paid by Farmers for Commodities and Services, including Interest, Taxes,
and Farm Wa ge Rates advanced 3 points (3/4 percent) during the month. At 353, the index was 13 po ints (4 percent) above a year earlier.
With prices paid by farmers higher and prices received unchanged, the preliminary Adjusted Parity Ratio declined to 7~.
The Parity Ratio declined I point to 73.
Index
1910-14: I 00
GEORGIA Prices Received
All Corr:mod it ies All Crops Livestock and Livestock Products
INDEX NUMBERS -- GEOKGIA AND UNITED STATES
April 15 March 15
April 15
1967
1963
196~
241
251 ll
249
259
267
267
203 ll 215 l/
211
Record High
Index
Date
310
:March 1951
319
:March 1951 1/
295
:Sept. 194~
UNITED STATES
Prices Received
Parity Index 11
Pa r i t y Rat io
259
259
313
:Feb. 1951
350
353
350
:Apr i I 196~
74
73
123
:Oct. 1946
Adjusted Parity Ratio~/
(pre I imina ry)
77
80
79
11 Revised. 1/ Also April 1951. 3/ Prices Paid, Interest, Taxes, and Farm vJage Rates based on
data for the indicated dates.-~/ The Adjusted Parity Ratio, reflecting Government payments,
averaged 79 for the year 1967 compared with 74 for the Parity Ratio. Preliminary Adjusted
Ra t ios f or the current year, supplied by the Economic Research Service, are based on estimated cash receipts from marketings and es t imates of Government payments for the current calendar year.
ARCHIE LANGLEY
WILLIAM A. WAGNER
Agricultural Sta t istician In Charge
Agricultural Statistician _
lSSUED-BY:-The-Geo~gla-C~op Repo~tlng Se~vlce,-USDA,-409A No~th Lu~pki; St~eet~ Athe;s~ Ga~,-i; ~
cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture.
]"'t
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PRICES--RECEIV1 AND PAID BY FARMERS, APRJL 15, 1968 WITH COMPARISONS
GEORGI A
UNITED STATES
Commodi t y and Unit PRICES RECEIVED:
:April 15 March 15 Apr i l 15
1967
1968
196 8
April 15 1967
March 15 1968
Wheat, bu. Oats, bu. Corn,bu. Barley, bu. Sorghum Grain, cwt. Cotton, lb. Soybeans, bu. Peanuts, lb. Sweet Potatoes, cwt. Hay, Baled, ton:
$ I. 7b
$
'd7
$ I. 5I
$ I. I0
$ 2.25
l/ 20.0
$ 2.80
I I. 0
$ 6.90
1.40
.92 I .24 1.02 2.00
23.5 2.55 11.5 7.20
1.35 .90
I 27 1.02 2.00
23. 5 2.55 11.5
7.90
1. 55
.6bo
1.26 1.02
l/ 1.94
20.43 2. 71 11.2
6.04
1.42 .687 1. 06
971 1 .86
19.35 2.57 II. 5 6.76
AI I Alfalfa Lespedeza Peanut
Mi I k Cows, head Hogs, cwt.
Beef Cat t le, All cwt. ll Cows, cwt. 11
Steers and Heifers, cwt. Calves, cwt. Milk, Wholesale, cwt.:
$ 27.20
$ 36.50
$ 31.00 $ 24.00 $ 200.00 $ 16.40 $ 18.60 $ 15.80 $ 20.80 $ 2L~. 20
30.00 36.50 31.50 24.00 200.00 17.40
19.50 16.40 22.00 25.30
30.00 36.50 31.50 24.00 200.00 16.90 20.00 16.80 22.50
25.50
24. I0
24.90
25.40
24.80
257.00
17.00
l3l/
21 .80 16.80
23.20
26. I0
23.60 24.00
25.30 25.00 269.00 18.50 23.30 17.50 25.20 28.10
Fluid Market Manufactured
AI I l/
Turkeys, I b. Ch icken s , I b. :
Excluding Broilers Co~mercial Broilers AI I Eggs, All, doz. PRICES PAID, FEED:
$ 6.30
$ $ 6.30 21.0
9.0
12.5
12.4
35.1
6.45
6.45 !! 6.35
20.0
20.0
e.o
8.5
13.5
13.5
13.3
13.2
38.3
33.5
3/5.15
- l+.Ol
114.79
11 19.3
11 8.5 11 13.9 11 13.2 11 30.0
5.52 4.05 5.08 17.9
11 ts. 1
14.6 14.0 30.4
Mixed Dairy Feed, ton: 14% Protein 16% Protein 18% Protein 20% Protein
$ 74.00
$ 77 .oo
$ 80.00 $ 84.00
n.oo
78.00
bi.OO
82.00
70.00
75.00 'd 1 00 82.00
70.00 76.00 78.00 83.00
69.00
73.00
76.00 78.00
Hog feed 14%-18% protein, Cottonseed Meal, 41% cwt. Soybean Meal, 44% cwt. Bran, cwt. Mi dd I i ngs, cwt.
cwt. $
$ $ $ $
4.55 5.10 5. I 0
3.95 4.15
4.25 5.20 5.20
3.90 4.05
4.20 5.20 5.00 3.80 3.95
4.61
11 5. 37
5.35 3.70 3.79
4.38 5.27 5.22
3.56 3.63
Corn ~1eal, cwt.
$ 3.65
3.30
3.30
3.52
3.20
Broiler Grower Feed, ton Laying Feed, ton Chick Starter, ton
$ 94.00 $ 94.00
$ 102.00
94.00 84.00
95.00
93.00
82.00
91.00
94.00 88.00
97.00
90.00
81 .oo
94.00
Alfalfa Hay, ton All Ot her Hay, ton
$ 42.00 $ 32.50
42.00 36.00
40.00 36.00
35.60 33.40
34. I0 32.40
:April 15 196&
1. 36 .694 1.06 .963 I .83 19.58 2.56 11.4 7.46
22.90 23.20 24.70 24.20 270.00 18 .60 23.50 17.80 25.30 28.10
!I 5.01
18.8
8.4 14.2 13. 5 28.6
6b.oo
72.00
76.00 79.00 4.37
5.25
5.21
3.52 3.59 3. 19 89.00 80.00 93.00 33.30 31.80
l l "Cows' ' and "steers and heifers" combined with allowance where necessary for slaughter bulls. 11 Includes cull dairy cows sold for slaughter, but not dairy cows for herd replacement.
3/ Revised. ~/ Prel iminary estimate.
After Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Postage and Fees Paid U. S. Department of Ag riculture
UNIVIER&ITY OF QEORQlA
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
MAY 21968
~~w~~m[1~ miDUJm~
ATHENS, GEORGIA
May 1, 1968
BROILE B T YPE
Plac e m e nt of broiler chicks in Geor g ia during the week ended A pril 27 was 9, 385,000--2 p e rcent more than the previous week but 4 percent l ess than the com-
parable week last year, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service.
An estimated 12, 942, 000 broiler type eggs were set by Georgia hatcheries- -
slightly less than the previous week but slightly more than the comparable w eek a
year earlier. The majority of the prices paid to Georgia produc e rs for broiler hatching eggs
were reported within a range of 55 to 67 cents per dozen. The averag e pric e of hatching eggs was 60 cents per dozen. The price of eggs from flock s with hatchery
owned cockere ls g ene rally was 2 cents below the average price . Most prices received
for broiler chicks by G z orgia hatcheries were reported within a range of $8 . 25 to $9. 75 with an average of $ 8.75 per hundred. The average prices last year w e re 56 cents for eggs and $7. 75 for chicks.
Week 'I Ended
Feb . 241
Mar. 2 I
Mar. 9 1
Mar. 16 Mar. 23 Mar. 30 Apr. 6 Apr. 13 Apr. 20 Apr. 27
GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS , AND CHICK PLACEME NTS
BROILER TYPE
Eggs Set !J
1967
Thou.
1968
Thou.
7o of
year ago
Pet.
Chicks Place d for
I Av. Price
Hatch
Broiler
I
I Broilers in Georgia Eggs %of Per
Chicks Per
II1 1967 Thou.
1968
Thou.
year 1 Doz.
ago . 1968
I Pet. 1 C e nts
Hundred
1968
Dollars
13,346 12, 169
91
13, 174 12, 530
95
13,027 12, 530
96
13, 185 12,482
95
13, 167 12,572
95
13, 062 12,.759
98
12, 9 81 12,909
99
13, 202 12, 877
98
12, 736 13,000 102
12, 899 12,942 100
9,421 9,706 9,914 9,968 9,965 10, 016 9,672 9,929 10,022 9,787
9,062 9,035 9, 154 9,098 9. 183 9,307 9, 183 9,263 9, 168 9,385
96 l 62
93 I 62
92 1 62 91 I 61
I 92 1 60
61
9935
60
I 9913
60 60
96 I 60
9.25 9.25 9.25 9.00 8.75 9.25 9.00 9.00 9.00 8.75
EGG TYPE
Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the week e nded April 27 was 988, 000 -2 percent less than the previous week but 9 percent more than the comparable week last year. An estimated 923, 000 eggs for the production of egg type chicks were set by Georgia hatcheries, 1 percent more than the previous week but 23 perc e nt less than
the comparable week last year.
In the four states that accounted for about 25 percent of the hatch of all egg type chicks in the U. S. in 1967, hatchings during the week ended April 27 were down 25
percent and settings were down 8 percent from a year ago.
EGG TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS HATCHED, 1968
State
Eggs Set {Week Ended}
Apr.
Apr. Apr .
Apr.
I I o/c of I
year
Chicks Hatched {Week Ended) o/o of
Apr. Apr.
A pr.
Apr. I year
6
13
20
27
ago 21 j
6
13
20
27 I ago 2 I
Thousands
Thousands
Ga.
1,23531 1, 030 917
I Ill.
Calif.
1
1, 7182023-1
880 1, 468
945 1,605
923 975 1, 763
I 77
661 848 1, 012
95 I 675 720
790
102 ! 1,340 1, 174 1, 291
988 605 887
Wash. ! 3'>6
303 214
271
I 89
319 198
238
245
I
Total l 3, 443 3 I 3, 681 3,681 3,932
I
I
92 ' 2,995 2,940 3,331 2,725
1/ Includes e ggs set by hatcherie s producing chicks for hatche ry supply flocks .
I
Ij 109 73
I
I 56
I
!
82
i
i 75
21 Current week as percent of same we e k last year. 31 R e vised .
/
BROILER TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACE D IN COMMERCIAL AREAS BY W ~ E KS-1968 Page 2
STATE
Apr. 13
EGGS SET
Week E nded
Apr.
Apr.
20
27
Ji
o/o of
:
I
year I!
ago 1/11
:diCKS PLACZD
Apr. 13
Week E nded
Apr.
Apr.
20
27
% of
year
ago 1/
THOUSANDS
THOUSA NDS
Maine Conne cticut Penns ylvania Indiana Missouri Delaware Maryland Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina
GEORGIA
Florida Tenness e e Alabama Missis sippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas Washington Oregon .falifornia .l"UTAL 1968 (2.2 State s)
2,063 414
1, 623 641
2, 131 317
1, 744 761
2,035 378
1, 616 764
97 101 103 139
II I,,'
1, 578 146 896 327
1, 600 201 936 404
1, 567 182 946 398
99 102 107 127
383 2, 566 4, 783
400 2,480 4, 844
409 2, 548 4,812
52 85 104
435
I 2,622
I 3,066
432 2, 584 3, 156
384 2,425 3,443
71 87 100
1, 710
1, 753
1, 707
92
1, 27 7
1, 184
1, 250
116
111 7,892
115 7,901
I 94
59
7, 850 106
352. 5, 741
408 5, 895
313 6, 026
85 107
539
520
545 112
480
465
456
122
12, 877
13, 000
12,942 100
9,26J
I
9, 168
9,385
96
1,027
1, 015
1, 018 117 I 710
712
740
158
780
768
768
76
949
1, 000
992
100
9,095
8,958
I 9,099 101
7,048
6,974
7, 062
101
5,080
5,062
5, 162 100
4,344
4,372
4,455
100
11, 057 10, 721 11,007 113
7,921
7, 852
8, 045
99
l, 140
l, 182
1, 118 100
915
993
971
111
4, 517
4, 584
4,605 100
3, 501
3,479
3,441
95
727
615
630 100
492
457
L_k23
75
423
388
381
91
343
301
377
87
1, 922
2,017
1, 963 108
l, 476
1, 510
1, 472
101
71,370 71, 276 71,451 102
53, 888 54, 083 54, 753
100
TOTAL 1967* (2.2 States)
71,258 71,610 70, 166
~Last Year I
100
100
102
R ur~ ent w e ek as percent of same week last year. ev1s e d.
54, 536 54,748 54,970
.I
99
99
100
..r..o.
00 1-t
0 v
l)
.
:::>
......
0
.
U)
MAY 6'1968
m ERSITY OF GEORGIA
GEORGIA
MAY 61968
LIBRAR IES
Released 5/2/68
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
Cattle Slaughter Down 12 Percent in 1967
Commercial slaughter plants in Georgia slaughtered 356, 500 head of cattle in 1967 -12 percent below the 404,500 head slaughtered in 1966. Total liveweight f or the year was 296,741, 000 pounds compared with 325,903,000 pounds for 1966. The average liveweight of all cattle slaughtered increased 26 pounds from 806 pounds in 1966 t o 832 in 1967.
Calf Slaughter Up 4 Percent
The 1967 total calf ki ll in Ge orgia was 63,500 head compared with 61,100 s laughtered in 1966 . Liveweight t otaled 26,987,000 pounds in 1967 or an average of 425 pounds per animal . '
Hog Kill 15 Percent Above Previous Year
Hog Slaughter in Georgia plants totaled 1,692,000 head in 1967. This was a 15 percent increa se over the 1,475 ,000 head butchered in 1966 . The hogs averaged 221 pounds each in 1967 for a total liveweight of 374, 581,000 Jounds. Liveweight for the previous year t otaled
319,833,000 pounds.
Georgia Annual Livestock Slaughter, 1967 1/
Average
Total
No. of
Live
Live
M~on~t~h~---------H~e~a~d~-------W~e~l~g~h~t~-------W~eight
1, 000
lbs.
l,OCO lbs .
No. of
Head
1, 000
Average Live
Weight lbs.
Total
Li ve
Weight
1,000 lbs.
CATTLE
CALVES
Jan.
34.0
821
27,914
7.1
428
3, 039
Feb.
28.5
831
23,684
6. 7
426
2,854
Mar.
32. 0
856
27, 392
7.2
435
3,132
Apr.
29.0
838
24, 302
4.4
446
1,962
~~y
31.0
840
26,040
5.6
416
2,330
June
29 .0
840
24,360
5.5
430
2,365
July
27 .0
828
22 ,356
4. 9
418
2,048
Aug.
33 .5
826
27,671
6.2
425
2, 635
Sept.
30. 0
824
24,720
6.5
415
2,698
Oct .
30 . 0
815
24,450
4.8
405
1,944
Nov .
28. 0
839
23 , 492
2.5
419
1, 048
TDOeTc. AL----
24.5 -356-=-5-----
831 832----
20,360 -296-:-741---
2.1 63-:-5------
444 425-----
932 - 2 6 , 987 -
HOGS
SHEEP AND LAMBS
Jan.
157.0
222
34, 854
Feb.
145. 0
220
31,900
Mar.
160.0
219
35 ,040
Apr .
137. 0
219
30,003
May
134 .0
221
29 ,614
June
125.0
217
27,125
July
114 .0
217
24 , 738
.1
67
7
Aug .
135 .0
216
29,160
Sept.
13 0 . 0
222
28,860
Oct .
149. 0
225
33,525
Nov.
156. 0
227
35,412
TDeOc .TAL---
150 .0
-1~692:0
-
---
22229 1----
j4 ,350
--
-374~5~31---- - = - 1 - - - - - -
--7- 0 -
----
-.--
7- - -
j} Includes Federally inspected and other commercial slaughter, but excludes farm slaughter.
IssuED-BY:- ifhe Georgia crop-R~pc;'rtirg-service; usnA; 4oiCNorth-l~rr,pkin-street, - i thens,aa-:-, incooper ation with the Ge crgia Department of Agriculture.
48 STATES
Livestock Slaughter, Meat and lard Production , 1967
Total production of red meat in the 48 States during 1967, including commercial and farm
slaughter, was 34,195 million pounds, up 5 percent from 1966, according t o the Crop Reporting
Board . Beef production in 1967 amounted to 20, 185 million pounds , 2 percent greater than the
1966 production of 19,694 million pounds . Veal production was 792 million pounds, down 13 per-
cent from the 1966 production of 910 million pounds. Pork production totaled 12,572 milli on
pounds, up ll percent fr om the 11,328 million pounds produced in 1966 . Lamb and mutton productioi
was 646 million pounds, down l percent from the 1966 total of 650 million pounds . Beef acc ounted
for 59 percent of the total red meat production during 1967, pork 37 percent, veal 2 percent, and
lamb and mutton 2 percent. lard production totaled 2,076 million pounds in 1967, up 8 percent
fr om the 1,929 million pounds produced in 1966.
The total number of cattle slaughtered in 1967 was up slightly fr om 1966 . Federally inspected cattle slaughter was 2 percent more than a year earlier but other cattle slaughter was down 5 percent. Total calf slaughter in 1967 was ll percent below the 1966 number. The slaughter of calves in Federally inspected plants declined 10 percent, while other calf slaughter was down 13 percent from 1966. The number of hogs slaughtered in 1967 was up ll percent fr om 1966 . Hog slaughter in Federally inspected plants increased ll percent while other hog slaughter increased 8 percent from 1966. Sheep and lamb slaughter in 1967 was virtually the same as the previ ous year. The number slaughtered under Federal inspection in 1967 was down slightly fr om 1966,while other sheep and lamb slaughter went up 5 percent.
The average live weight of all cattle s laughtered during 1967 was 1,018 pounds, 9 pounds heavier than a year earlier . Average live weight of calves slaughtered at 234 pounds decreased 6 pounds; hogs averaged 241 pounds, l pound lighter; and sheep and lambs averaged 101 pounds, l pound lighter than in 1966 .
Commercial livestock slaughter: Number of head slaughtered
by months, 48 States, 1967
' Federa l: Othe r
: Total
W.e:T'Ith :Inspe ction : Commercial Comnercial
1,000
1,000
l,COO
head
head
head
~ederal :
Other
Inspection Corrmercial
1,000
1,000
head
head
Tot al : Federal:
Commercial :Inspection:
1,000
1,000
head
head
Other : Corrm e r c i a l :
1 ,000
-hea-d -
Total Corrmeroial
1,000 head
Ca ttle
Calves
Ho~s
Jan. Feb . llr!lr o Apr .
l\~ay
June July Aug . Sept . Oct . Nov. De c.
2 , 367.9
533 .7
2,901 .6
372.5
175 . 3
547 .8: 6 , 291 .7 1,012 . 6
7,304 .3
2,107 .3
470 .8
2 ,578.1
313 . 0
151 .6
464.6
5,661 . 4
920 . 2
6 ,581.6
2, 339 . 3
509 .8
2,849 .1'
400.4
159.4
5 59 .8
6 ,727 .5
961.0
7, E88 . 5
2 ,184 .8
47 6 . 1
2,660 . 9
316.3
148 . 0
464.3 : 5 ,866 .7
901.3
6, 7 E8 . 0
2,4~7 . 5
514. 5
2 ,942 . 0
299 .9
155.1
455 . 0
5,310. 2
895 . 2
6 ,205.4
2 , 423 . 0
510. 5
2 ,933.5
285 . 2
153 .7
438.9
5,177 .8
832 . 4
6 ,010 .2
2,238 .4
480 .3
2,718 .7
270.8
156 . 2
427.0
4,743 .1
792.4
5,535 . 5
2,460 .8
537.7
2,998.5
332 . 3
174 .1
5C6.4
5,807.6
924 . 5
6 ,732.1.
2,330 .5
507.2
2,837 .7
348.2
163.5
511.7 1
6,114 .5
894 .1
7 ,OC8 . 6
2,432.7
542 .7
2,975.4
383 .2
172.3
555 .5
6 , 683 . 5
992 . 3
7 ,67 5 .8
2 , 253 . 5
527 . 2
2 ,780 .7
357.1
168 .5
525.6
6 ,431.0 1,050 . 4
7,481.4
_ ___ __ ~,~ll ~
~7~.~ _ _ _ ~,~9~.~ ~ _ _ l2~I _ _ _ _ ~3~.~ _ _ _ _4~2~2_: _ _ ,~02 2
l~Ol2~2_ _ _ 7~1] 2..=2
TOTAL l,/27,779.6
6 ,089.0
33 ,8 E8 .6
! / Totals b a sed on unrounded data .
4, C'Ol . 6
1,917 .2
5,918 .8
7 0 ,915.0 11,208.6 8 2 ,123 . 6
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural St atistician In Charge
W. PJ.T PARKS Agricultural Statistician
After Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Postage and Fees Paid U. S. Department of Agriculture
7 tJ-
Georgia Weekly Crop and Weather Bulle
~ GEORGIA CROP REP ORTIN G SE RV ICE
Athens , oJ;tl'I\:)IERSIT Of
Week Ending May 6 , 1968 RAI NS BENEFIT CROPS
MAY 7
LI BRARIES
leased 3 p.m. Monday
Athens, Ga., May 6 - Rains finaiJy came to Sou'th Georg i a last week, and crop condi tions
were much improved by the increased soil moisture, according to the Crop Reporting Service. The same rains I imited field work in northern sections where rainfall has been plentiful. Crop planting was the main field activity during the week. Others i ncluded cultivation and
sidedressing of older plantings, insect and weed controls, grain hay harvest, and pasture improvement.
County Agents reported transplanting of tobacco complete in most areas with I imited re-
setting occurring. Cultivation and insect control were active. There were scattered reports of hail damage.
Corn plantings reached 92 percent complete. Early planted fields received herbicide treatments, appl ications of nitrogen, and cultivation.
About 86 percent of the cotton crop was seeded by week's end, and 61 percent of the crop was judged to be up to a stand. Replantings were necessary in a few areas.
The peanut crop reached 90 percent planted and conditions were favorable in most areas. Soybean planting has been very slow to date, and only about 4 percent of the crop has been
seeded. Growing conditions for small grains and pastures were improved by the rains. Cuttings of oats for hay were reported in several areas. Peach prospects continued excellen t . Insect controls and thinning were very active.
Farm Market Managers reported good growth on vegetable and melon crops. Insec t and disease damage has been I ight to date. Harvest was under way on~ beans, squash, onions,and Enql i sh peas. Cabbage harvest was near peak. ~latermelons, cantaloups, and tomatoes were making good v i ne growth and setting fruit.
WE ATHER SUMMARY-- Rainfall occurred in all areas of Georgia during the week ending Friday , May 3. Heaviest amounts were reported in the previously dry southern sections and in the west central part of the State. Amounts ranged from more than two inches at a few places to less than one-half inch in the extreme northeast. Although the moisture deficiency has been temporarily rei ieved in south Georgia additional rains will be needed soon due to the extreme dryness that had developed in the area. Showers occurred over most of the State during the week end but were generally 1ight.
Average temperatures dur i ng the week ranged from just under 60 in the extreme north to around 70 in the southern third of the State. These averages were from 2 to 5 degrees below normal for this time of year. Unusually cool weather moved into the State late in the week end. Record low temperatures for the date were reported at several places on Monday morning, May 6. Scattered I ight frost was also , reported at several places. Blairsville Experiment Station had a low of 28.
Apr i l rainfall ranged from more than an inch above normal in northwest Geo rgia to a l most two i nches below normal in the sou t hwest and south central sections. The southern part of the State was very dry until the last week of the month when moderate rains fell over most of
the area. The observers at Carrollton and Newnan recorded over 8 inches of rain dur i ng April
while Fitz gerald was receiving only 1.38 inches. April temperatures averaged near to slight1y above normal
The five -da y outlook for the period Tuesday throu gh Saturday (May 7- ll)calls for t emperatures to average near normal. Normal highs for this time of year range from 79 to 83 degrees and normal lows from 53 to 61. Warmer Tuesday and Wednesday and a I i ttle cooler Thur sd ay and Frida y . Rainfall amounts will average 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch in scattered showers on Wednesday and Thursday.
-IS-SU-ED-B-Y:- -Th-e -G-eo-rgi-a -Cr-op-R-ep-or-ti-ng-S-er-v i-ce-, -A-the-ns-, -G-eo-rgi-a ;- -in -co-o-pe-ra-tio-n -wi-th-t-he- - - -
Cooperative Ex t ension Service, University of Georgia; Georgia Department of Ag riculture ; and the Weather Bureau, ESSA, U. S. Department of Commerce.
U. S .DEPARTMENT OF <;:OM.MERCE WEATHER BUREAU Athens, Georgia ESSA.
Precipitation For The Week Ending May 3~ 1968
GEORGIA
Temperature extrenes for the week erxiing May 3j 1968 (Provisk 'naJ.) o
Highest: 92 at Fort Stewart on May 2nd.
Lowest:. 37 at Clayton on April 3oth.
* For the period May 4-6, 1968
T Less than o005 inch
Af t er Five Day s Retu rn t o United Sta t e s Department of Ag ri culture
Stat i st ica Re po rt ing Se rv ice 409A No r th Lumpki n Street At ens , Geo rg ia 3060 1 OFF ICIAL BUS INESS
IMMEDIATE - U. S. WEATHER REPORT This repo rt wi ll bet ea t ed in all
Respe cts as Le t ter Ma i l (See Sec. 34 . 1 7 ~ P. L. & R.)
Postage and Fees Paid U. S. Department of Agriculture
DIJ7
~3
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
:,~.6~~w~~~~-l----t-lrMI
ATHENS, GEORGIA
MAY 91968
May 8, 1968
LIBRAR IES
Placement of broiler chicks in Georgia during the week ended May 4 was 9, 535,000--2 percent more than the previous week but 4 percent less than the comparable week last year, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service.
An estimated 12, 800, 000 broiler type eggs were set by Georgia hatcheries-1 percent less than the previous week but 2 percent more than the comparable week a year earlier.
The majority of the prices paid to Georgia producers for broiler hatching eggs were reported within a range of 55 to 67 cents per dozen. The average price of hatching eggs was 60 cents per dozen. The price of eggs from flocks with hatchery owned cockerels generally was 2 cents below the ave rage price. Most prices received for broiler chicks by Georgia hatcheries were reported within a range of $8.25 to $9 .75 with an average of $9. 00 per hundred, The average prices last year were 56 cents for eggs and$7.75 for chicks.
Week Ended
GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS, AND CHICK PLACEME NTS
BROILER TYPE
Eggs Set};_/
1967 Thou.
1968 Thou.
o/o of
year ago
Pet.
Av. Price
Chicks Placed for I Hatch
! Broilers in Georgia
Eggs
1967
1968
II o/o of
year
Per Doz.
ago . 1968
Broiler Chicks Per Hundred 1968
Thou.
Thou. Pet. Cents
Dollars
Mar. 2 Mar. 9 Mar. 16 Mar. 23 Mar. 30 Apr. 6 Apr. 13 Apr. 20 Apr. 27 May 4
13, 174 13,027 13, 185 13, 167 13,062 12,981 13,202 12,736 12, 899 12, 523
12, 530 12, 530 12,482 12, 572 12, 7 59 12,909 12, 877 13,000 12,942 12,800
95
9,706
96
9,914
95
9,968
95
! i
9, 965
98
10, 016
99
9,672
98
9,929
102
10,022
I 100
9,787
102
9,949
9,035 9, 154 9,098 9, 183 9,307 9, 183 9,263 9. 168 9,385 9,535
93
62
92
62
I 91 I 61
92
60
93
61
95
60
I 93
60
91
60
96
60
I 96
60
9.25 9.25 9.00 8.75 9.25 9.00 9.00 9.00 8.75 9.00
EGG TYPE
Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the week ended May 4 was 882, 000--ll percent less than the previous week but 3 percent more than the comparable week last year. An estimated 831, 000 eggs for the production of egg type chicks were set by Georgia hatcheries, 10 percent less than the previous week and 22 percent less than the comparable week last year.
In the four states that accounted for about 25 percent of the hatch of all egg type chicks in the U. S. in 1967, hatchings during the week ended May 4 were down 9 percent and settings were down 19 percent from a year ago.
EGG TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS HATCHED, 1968
State
Eggs Set (Week Ended}
Apr.
Apr. Apr.
May
13
20
27
4
I o/o of
year
Chicks Hatched (Week Ended}
Apr. Apr.
Apr.
May
ago 2/
13
20
27
4
o/o of
year ago 2/
Ga. Ill. Calif. Wash.
Thousands
l, 102 3/ 917 923
l,
910 468
3- /
l,
945 605
975 l, 763
335 -3/ 214
271
831 78 770 93 l, 480 78 219 80
848 720 l, 174 198
Thousands
l, 012
988
790
605
l, 291
887
238
245
882 103 705 78 l, 169 92 261 94
Total
3, 815 3/3,681 3,932 3,300 81
2,940 3,331 2, 725 3,017 91
l I Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatchery supply flocks. Z/ Current week as percent of same week last year. 3/ Revised.
-BROILER TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL ARE-AS BY WEE KS-1968 Page 2
EGGS SET
I
CHICK3 PLAC~D
ST AT E
Week Ended
I o/o of I
Week Ended
Apr.
Apr.
May year ! Apr.
Apr.
May
% of
year
-
20
27
4
THOUSANDS
ago 1/ 20
27
4
THOUSANDS
ago 1/
I
Maine Conne cticut
P ennsylvania
2, 131
2,035
2, 129 108
1,600
l, 567
1, 553
102
317 1, 744
378 1, 616
375 1,694
89 103
II
201 936
182
195
124
946
1, 031
101
Indiana Mi ss ouri
761
764
717 130
400
409
407 52
404
398
352
97
432
384
463
102
Delaware
2,480
2, 548
2, 578 86
2, 584
2,425
2,376
77
Maryland
4, 844
4,812
4,902 106
3, 156
3,443
3, 543
112
Virginia
1, 753
1,707
1,628 86
1, 184
1, 250
1, 197
101
West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina
115
94
81
55 I 408
313
380
95
7,901 520
7,850 545
I 7,931 105 530 106
5, 895 465
6,026 456
5, 904 448
106 116
GEO RGIA
13,000 12,942 12, 800 102
9, 168
9,385
9, 535
96
Florida Tennessee Alabama Mississippi Arkansas Louis iana Texas Washington Oregon California
TOTAL 1968 (22 State s)
1, 015
1, 018
1,001 116
712
740
728
181
768
768
771 77
1,000
992
951
96
8,958
9,099
9,035 102
6,974
7. 062
7, 041
101
5,062
5, 162
5,220 101
4,372
4,455
4,434
101
10,721 11,007 11,161 110
7,852
8, 045
7. 819
98
1, 182
1, 118
1, 214 107
993
971
875
102
4, 584 4,605 4, 760 103
3,479
J,441
3, 584
102
615
630
589 75
4 57
423
522
124
388
381
406 112
301
377
326
81
2,017
1,963
2,065 101
1, 510
1, 4 72
1, 494
108
71,276 71,451 71,994 102 54,083 54,753 54, 7 51
100
TOTAL 1967* (22 States)
71,610 70, 166 70,691
!o of Last Year
100
102
102
l/ Current week as percent of same week last year, i Revised.
54,748
I
I 99
54,970 100
54, 560 100
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Athens , Georgia
May 1, 1968
GEORGIA
Released: May 9, 1968
The extremely dry weather c0nditions were finally relieved by rains in mcst southern areas in late April. Unusually cool nights have delayed plant growth of some vegetable cr~ps and is , causing p ~or stands on late plantings. Insect and disease damage has been light t o date. Spring cabbage are moving in volume and snap bean harvest is getting underway. Tomato vines are making favorable growth and setting a good crop of fruit. Watermelons and cantaloups are in good condition, with no noticeable damage due to the prolonged dry weather. Light watermelon harvest j.s expected in early June frcm southern areas. The production of spring crops is expected to be less than a year ago, due mainly to dry weather and cool nights.
UNITED STATES
Snap Beans: Production of mid- spring snap beans f or 1968 is forecast at 266, 000 hundredweight, down 10 percent from last year. In South Carolina, harvest should
begin around ~ay 15. Plant growth has been slowed by the extremely dry weather and cool nights in Georgia. Harvesting is expected to start by mid-May. The Alabama crop is a week or 10 days later than usual. Recent raic > should improve prospects in the southern area. The Louisiana crop is in good condition, althpugh 2 weeks late. Picking is expected to get underway about May 10 and t o reach peak volume about May 25.
Cabbage: Production of early spring cabbage is estimated at 1,472, 000 hundredweight, down 18 percent fro~7. In South Carolina} active harvest was expected to begin
the first full week of May, about two to three weeks later than usual. The extended cold weather
during February and the dry weather during March and most of April were unfavorable for develop-
ment. Rains came near the end of April and conditions are expected to improve. Peak harvest
was delayed in Georgia due to extreme dry weather during the past three months. Some acreage
abandonment is expected because of small heads. Light movement continues in Alabama. A dry
April reduced yield prospects from a month earlier. Recent rains should improve prespects of
late acreage. The Mississippi crop is two to three weeks late. Fields are mostly in fair con-
dition. Harvest should begin the second week of t1ay. In Louisiana some acreage in St. Martin
and Plaquemine Parishes has been abandoned. latest plantings are in good condition, and harvest
should become active again in early May.
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Cantalcups: Estimated at 13,200 acres for harvest in 1968, the early summer cantaloup acreage is 300 acres less than last year. In South Carolina, planting was
nearing completion on May 1. Shortage of moisture during most of April delayed germination and retarded growth and some replanting was necessary in Barnwell County. With moisture received near the end of the month, most of the acreage is expected to have fairly good stands. In Georgia, considerable replanting was necessary due to dry soils and cool nights. Recent rains in s outhern Alabama have been beneficial. The crop is generally up to even stands.
Sweet Corn: The first forecast of late spring sweet corn production is 561,000 hundredweight, up 10 percent from 1967. In South Carolina, much of the corn is up to
a good stand; however, s ome replanting was necessary due to the extended dry period during late March and most of April. Rainfall received near the end of April was very beneficial. Good stands are reported for Georgia; however, general rains are needed for plant growth. Recent rains in southern counties of Alabama were beneficial. The crop is up to even stands and developing well.
Tomatoes: The late spring tomato crop is forecast at 1,175, 000 hundredweight, 10 per cent below last year. In South Carolina, dry weather during late March and mosc of
April made some replanting necessary. Stands are spotty in many fields. Recent rains have im- proved growing conditions but the crop is ten days later than usual. Harvest is expe cted to get underway the first week of June. Light harvest is expected in Ge orgia by late May. The Mississippi crop is about two weeks late because of the recent cold vleather. Plants are in fair to good condition. The Louisiana crop i s a little later than last year.
Watermelons: The early Stillmer watermelon acreage is estimated at 200,900 acres for harvest in l~compared with 188,700 acres harvested in 1967. In South Carolina,
the lack of soil moisture slowed germination and retarded growth in late planted fields. The general rain of April 24 helped relieve the dry conditions. Good stands are reported in most areas of Georgia. Recent showers were beneficial, but general rains are needed. In Alabama, stands are generally good and recent rains improved crop prospects. In Texas, plants are responding t o more favorable temperatures. Harvest is expected to get underway in South Texas in
late May with peak supplies in early June.
CROP AND STATE
SN"AP BEANS Mid-Sprinl!:
::>outh Garolina Georg ia A l a bama Louisiana Group Total CABBAGE -1--;Earlv Sprine:: South Carolina Ge orgia Alabama !viis sis sippi Louisiana California Group Total C.f\.NTALCUPS EP.rlv Sumner: - SouthCarolina Ge orgia Alabama Oklahoma Arizona, Other Grou12 Total S1.'.'EET COFN La te Sprine:: SOuth Carolina Georgia A l a b ama California
Group Total TOM.ATOES Late Sprine:: SOuth Carolina
Ge orgia Mi s s i s s i p p i Louisiana Texas
Group Total WATERMELCN S La te Sprine:: -Florida
California
Group Total
Acreage a nd est~atcd production r~y~rted to dat e , ~? 68 ~th co~parisons
: ___. _ _ _Ac_reage
----- - s
Harve sted
Average
I
For
Yi eld per a cre
Production
harve st : Av .
lnd. :Average :
1962- 66
1967
1968 : 62- 66: 1967
1968 :19 52- 66: 1967
- Acre s -
- Cwt.
- 1 , 000 cvrt
lhd. 1968
4,540 2,800
880 2,180 10,880
2,720 2,860
610 920 2,060 3,060 12,230
3,680 5,900 1,600 1,620
800 13,600
1 ,240 1,940 3,000 6,060
=- 12,240
7,640 2,760
780 1,140 5,700
Ia,o20
58,800 5,480
64,280
3,700 3,000
700 2,200 9,6CO
2.400 2,500
650 700 2,300 3,300 11,850
3,500 5,500 1,500 1,900 1,100 13,500
1,300 1,400 2,500 4,000 ,200
7,100 2,800
650 1,400 5,800
17 ,7_50
57 ,oco
3,700 60,700
3,900
30
35
3,000
25
24
700
20
27
2,500
27
34
10,100
27
31
27
135
130
105
21
69
72
63
25
18
19
18
32
58
75
80
26
290
296
266
2,500 102
90
2,200 117 125
700 110 110
700 128 145
2,100
94 100
2,800 242 265
11,000 142 152
80
276
216
120
335
312
90
67
72
90
118
102
100
194
230
240
742
874
134
1,731 1,806
200 I
264 63 63
210 672 1,472
3,500
38
42
5,700
56
60
1,500
48
52
1,900
58
60
600 124
75
13,200
54
56
140
147
332
330
June 7
77
78
94
114
90
82
733
751
1,300 1,200 3,500 3,900 ,900
7,800 3,000
600 1,600 5,700 I~ ,700
52
60
55
65
78
72
30
32
28
58
45
34
42
50
52
123
125
182
70 55
65
~5-
-
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-
5770_
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s-26c0-..a-- ---
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-- --
73 105
80
562
746
49
67
60
134
188
45
50
58
55
45
35
32
55
65
n
46
45
45
262
261
58 7~ --- ~__ _J,C59 i,304-
624
180 27 88
256
I,l~
57,000 161 145 5,800 181 215 62,800 163 149
145
9,460 8,265
190
992
796
149 10, 452 9 ,061
8,265 1,102 9,3 67
Early Sumner:
~th Carolina
8,140
South Carolina
23,200
Georgia
33,100
Alabama
13,540
Mississippi
6,900
Arkansas
6,100
Louisiana
2,940
Okla homa
8,640
Texas
75,400
Arizona
4,280
Ca lifornia
9,140
Group Tetal
!91,380
1/ Includes processing.
6,500 24,000 36,0CO
13 ,ooo
8,300 5,700 3,100 9,500 70,000 3,400 9,200
Iss ,700
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
6,700
62
70
24,000
74
90
40,000
86
95
13,500
93 100
9,500
74
80
5,600
89
85
3,300
87
80
11,000
70
80
74,000
63
60
3,300 157 175
10,000 164 155
2oO,~C5o
7-9
83
503 1,713 2,844 1,259
510 541 254
607 4,719
669 1,496 15,114
455 2,160 3,420 1,300
664 484 248
760 4,200
595 1.426 15~712
June 7
L. H. HARRIS, JR. Vege t able Crop Estimator
-ISSUED BY: -The-Georgia -crop Reporting ~ervice,-U~DA,-409A~orth Lumpkin stre et~ Athens~ Georgi a ,-in c ooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture .
Aft er Five Day s Re turn t o United State s Department of Agriculture
St at i stical Re porting Service
4C9A North Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSJNESS
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Postage and Fee s Pa id U. S. Department of A~riculture
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE - ATHENS, GEORGIA
GEORGIA CG~TON CROP ESTIMATED AT 228, 000 BALES
Final gi nnings for Ge orgia's 1967 cotton crop indicate a producti on of 228,000 bale s of 500 pouoC.s gross weight according t o the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. Product i on i n 1967 was 28 percent be.low the 1966 crop of 316,000 bales and compares vrith the 5 -year ( 1961- 65 ) average of 566 , 000 bales. Cottonseed prod1lCtion in Georgia fr om the 1967 crop was i ndi cated at 95,000 t ons, compared with the 1966 production of 130;000 tons.
Acreage planted in 1967 was 335, 000 acres , down 68, 000 acres f rom t he 403 , 000 p lanted i n 1966 . Acreage de s troyed f or ccmpl iance and fr om natura l causes amounted t o 68,000 acres . Acreage harve st ed i n 1967 was estimat ed at 267, 000 a cres , 113,000 acre s be l ow t he 330,000 a cr es harvested i n 1966 .
The 1967 yield per harve sted a cre was 408 pounds . Yie l d per harve sted a cr e i n 1966 vras 398 pounds and the 5 -year ( 1961--65) average yield wa s 422 pounds .
The va lue of cotton and cottonseed fr om Georgia's 1967 cr op vra s 34, 402,000 dovm 15 percent f r om
the ~40 ,363,000 value f or the 1966 crop. The average price f or cotton lint fr om t he 1967
crop vras 25.9 cents per pound compared with 20.17 cents a year earlier. The aver age pr i ce received f or cottonseed was ~51.60 per ton, compared with $65.20 per ton received a year
earlier.
- - - - - - - - -:- - - - - - - - - - -:- - - - - - - - - - -: -Li-nt-Y-ie-ld- - -: -Pr-od-uc-ti-on-- -l ;--
STATE
Planted
Harvested
:per Ha rvested : 500 l b . gr oss
:
Acres
:
Acres
: Acre
: v.Jeight Bales
: 1966 : 1967 : 1966 : 1967
: 1966 : 1967 : 1966 : 1967
- - - - - - - - - - -Thousand: Acres - - - ifhousar1d- Acres - - - Pounds - - -'Thous and-Bales --.
N. Carolina S. Carolina
244
191
155
75
290
277
94
44
355
307
305
190
442
449 282
179
GEORGIA
403
335
380
.}98
4o8 316
228
Tenne s see
398
336
365
23 6
475
295 363
145
Alabama
589
513
564
340
392
278 461
197
Missouri
255
245
190
90
408
314 162
59
Mississippi
1, 032
955
993
890
653
567 1, 353 1, 054
Arkansas
930
830
865
715
418
333 756
497
Louisiana
367
348
357
330
602
621 449
428
Oklahoma
447
425
380
370
270
251 214
194
Texas
4,265
3 , 960
3,968
3,525
385
376 3, 182 2, 767
N. Mexico
142
132
134
122
648
619 181
157
Arizona
255
248
252
245
979
887 515
454
California
632
595
618
588
952
847 1, 228 1, 040
Gther
State s
35
28
26
14
359
410
19
12
UNITED STATES
10 , 349
9 ,448
9 , 552
7 , 997 ---;4~8::-0:-----,4"4-:::::7-2~~5=7'-"'5~-=--=--.:,_7=.-,-.._4~5":"'=-5-_-_--
1/ Equivalent 500 -pound gros s weight bales gi nned, as reported by the Burea ~ of t he Census wi th
an allowance made for interstate movement of seed cotton for ginni ng, r ounded t o t housa nds by
States.
COTTON AND COTTONSEED: STATE
Season Average Price Received by Farmers and Value of Production, 1966 and 1967 Crops ~
CG'ITON
.
CO'ITONSEED
-Price Per---=--- -Value----=---------:-- vaiue-- --
Pound
cf Production
Price Per Ton
of Production
N. Carolina S. Carolina
Cents
22.18 22.38
Cents
29.6 30 .5
1, 000 dollars
10,412
31,518
1,00~
dollars 6,441
27, 238
dollars
64 . 60 63.90
dollars
51.60 52.60
1 ,800 dollars 2,519 929 7, 476 3,945
GEORGIA
20.17 25.9
31,887 29,500
65.20 51. 60
8 , 476 4,902
Tennessee Alabama Missouri Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana Oklahoma Texas N. Iv!exico Arizona California Other
States ~
22.28 20.65 22. 05 21.77 21.74 21.35 17.20 17.14 27.39 22.22 26.97
21.42
28.6 25.6 29.4 28.4 29.8 28.8 20.1 19.7 30.9 29-7 31.9
28.4
40,405 47,580 17,851 147,312 82,134 47,881 18,417 272 , 6 8 6 24,745 57, 057 165,528
2,054
20,788 25,228 8,685 149, 619 74,073 61,622 19 , 449 271,823 24 , 299 67,211 165,965
lj686
67.10 62.40 62.40 69.80 65.60 68.60 65.50 67.40 70-50 58.70 61.40
60 .30
55-10 51.60 53. 00 58.30 55.60 55. 00 56.80 55. 80 59.60 53.00 53. 00
50 . 30
10,065 11,856
4,243 39,646 20,664 12,691
5,895 89,305
5, 288 12,327 30,086
471
UNITED STATES
20.84 25.b 997,467 953 , 627
1/ 1967 Crop Preliminary
65 .90 55.20 261 ,008
2/ Allowance made for unredeemed loans at the end of season.
3/ Average price t o April l, 1968, including an allowance for unredeemed loans.
~ Data not shown separ~tely for Virginia, Florida, Illinois , Kentucky, and Nevada.
3,361 4,283 1,325 26,060 11, 676 9,790 4,658 64,728 3,993 10,123 23,214
254
173,241
C. L. CRENSHAI-7 Agricultural Statistician
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agr i cultural Statistician In Charge
After Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Postage and Fees Paid U. S. Department of Agri culture
MAY 1419Ge
Georgia Weekly Crop and -w-~~~~~--..11 etin
~ GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
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Athens , Georgia
Week Ending May 13, 1968
Released 3 p.m. Monday
PLANTING ACTIVE NORTH
Athens, Ga., May 13 -- Cotton and corn planting during the week was active in the upper
half of the State, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. Planting of these crops,
as well as peanuts, had reached the final stages in southern districts.
County Agents reported cotton planting 90 percent completed Statewide. Practically all the acreage had been seeded in the central and southern areas and about two- thirds had been planted in the north. Cool temperatures and dry soils retarded seed germination and plant development. Sidedressing, weed control, and cultivating were active in the south.
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Tobacco was being cultivated, and flea beetle and bud worm control received much atten-
tion. Peanut planting moved forward and was 95 percent completed. Sidedressing, cultivation,
and a pplication of herbicides continued. Disease and insects caused considerable damage in
several fields.
Corn planting was well advanced in the south but only half completed in the north. Sidedressing was active in the south, and older plantings were being 11 laid by.'' Seeding soybeans gained momentum, but was still slow in some areas. Statewide, about one-fifth of the acreage had been planted.
Small qrains are maturing and harvest has started. Drying soils caused a slight dec! ine in pasture condition. Havmakinq increased.
I
Peach prospects remained mostly good. Light harvest has started in the Brooks County area. The May I production forecast for the State was placed at 4,400,000 bushels.
Veqetable and melon crops were needing moisture and warmer temperatures for best growth and development, according to Market Managers. Most crops remain in fair to good condition. Harvest of cabbaqe, ~beans, and onions continued with a I ight volume of okra and cucumbers expected this week.
\lEATHER SUMMARY- Rainfall was generally light during the week ending Friday, May 10. Heaviest amounts were around I inch mostly at scattered places in or near the mountains. Lighter amounts fell where the need for rain was greatest, generally less than 1/2 inch over southeast half with Warrenton, Camilla and Carrollton reporting no rain. Additional showers during week end of May 11-13 brought insignificant rei ief to driest areas.
Average temperatures during the week ranged from near 60 in the north to almost 70 over
the south. These averages were 3-5 degrees below normal in the north rangin~ to 1-3 degrees
below normal in the south. It was unseasonably cool over the north and mild over the remainder of the State early in the week becoming mild to rather warm over most of the State during the week end of May 11-13. Several mountain stations in the northern counties had freezing temperatures on Monday morning, May 6.
The five-day outlook for the period Tuesday through Saturday (May 14-1&) calls for temperatures to average 8-11 degrees above normal with I ittle day-to- day changes. Normal righs for this time of year range from 02 to ~7 and normal lows from 56 to 64. Rainfall is expected to be I ight with only widely scattered afternoon showers .~ounts will generally be Jess than l/2 inch.
ISSUED BY: The Georgia Crop Re porting Service, Athens, Georgia; in cooperation with the Cooperative Extension Service, University of Georgia; Georgia Department of Agriculture; and the ~eather Bureau, ESSA, U. S. Department of Commerce.
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Prec pitation For The Week Ending May 10 , 1 968
GEORGIA
Temper ature extremes f or the week ending May 10, 1 968 (Provisional)
Highes g 89 a.t several s outh central ald. southeastern stations on May 4tl".t o
28 at. Blairsville on May 6th.
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ATHENS, GEORGIA
GE NEI{.l\L CRO P KEPO RT AS OF t-1AY I, I968
May 14, 1960
Geor q ia
Weather during April was quite varied. Generally, North Geor ~ ia stayed we t during most of the month, while much of South Georgia was dry. Temperatures have been a I ittle cooler than usual. These conditions delayed planting an d had adverse ef f ects on seed germination and early plant development.
As of May I, practically all tobacco had been transplan t ed; four-fi ft hs of the corn, three- fourths of the cotton and peanut acreage had been seeded; and soybean p lantin ~ had s t arted.
Most of the St ate had rains i n late April and early May. Durin g the secon o week of May, planting was ac t ive in North Georgia and nearly complete in the South except fo r late- p lanted crops. Cultivating, sidedressing, applyin g herbicide and insect and disease con t rol prac t ices were active in the southern half of t he State.
Peaches: Georgia's 196b peach crop is forecast at 4 ,400,000 bushels compare d wit h 3,000,000 bushels in 1967. The estimate includes both f a rm and commerc ia l product ion. Light harvest started in early May in extreme South Georgia.
Wheat Production Up: Production of whea t in Georg ia is currently forecast at 3,74l,OUO bushels- II percent more than produced last year. The increase in production results from a n increase in yield per acre which is expected to avera ge 29.0 bushels compared wit h 26,0 bu s hels last year.
Milk Production: A total of ~ I mill ion pounds of milk was produ ced on Georgia farms during April. The level is the same a$ production in i\pril 1967, but 4. G pe rcent above the 1962-66 average.
Eqq Production: Hens on Georgia farms produced a n estimated 417 mi ll ion eggs during
April compared with 418 mill ion a year earlier. Layers on hand totaled 22 ,688 ,00 0 compared
with 21,679,000 in April IS67.
PEACHES
Production 1/
State
Average
Indica te d
1962-66
1967
196o
Mi II ion
Mi I! ion
I ,000
Mi II ion
I ,000
North Caro I ina South Carol ina Georgia
pounds
6 I b
301.9 181.{.4
pounds
40.0
171 .o
14{; .8
bushels 800
3,300 3 ,000
pounds
b9. 0
406 .0 220.0
bushels
l '780 / , UOO 4 ,400
Alabama Hississippi Arkansas Louisiana Oklahoma Texas
38 .0
50.0
I ,000
45.0
~00
13 . 2
17.5
350
12.0
240
53.7
52.0
I ,000
41. G
{} OO
6.8
9.2
Jb5
~ .1J:
170
h.9
l O. I
210
9.6
200
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0 States
695.5
527.4
10,445
&61. 9
16 ,920
11 Includes quantities unharvested on account of economic conditions, and excess cullage of
harvested fruit.
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
C. L. U\ ENSHA~J Agricul t ura l St atistician
(Please turn pa qe for Uni t ed State s information)
ISSU ED BY: The Geor 9 ia Crop Reporting Service, US DA , 403A North Lumpkin Stre e t , At hens , Ga., in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture.
UNITED STATES GEN~ '{AL CRO P ~EPO i T AS OF MAY 1, 19 6 8
~ inte r wheat p rospects declined slightly during April. The 1968 crop is now expe cted t o tot al 2 pe r ce nt below last years record crop but nearly a fourth above avera ge . Sprin g fieldwork p rogressed rapi dly in the important North Central States and much of the Eas t but slowly in the South Central St ates. April ra i nfall was generally heavy in the West North Central and Sputh Central Re g ions. Relatively dry weather in most other regions left scattered areas of defic'ient soil moisture.
Sou thern peach prospects are much improved over last year. Pear and cher ry crops in Washin gton and Oregon have been damaged by cold weather and frosts. Progress of the 1967-68 citrus harvest is about normal, but indicated production is well belo~ last year. Pa sture and hay crop p rospects are sli ghtly better than a year earlier. April milk production was 3 percent less than a year earlier, but egg production was up slightly. Production of sprin g vegetables and potatoes will I ikely total less than last year.
Winter Wheat Prospects Lower: Expected production of winter wheat dec lined during April, an d the 1960 crop j s now expected to be 2 percent small e r than Jast years reco rd crop but
23 percent above a'.A~rage. Moisture shortages were critical in It/estern Kansas, Eastern Colora -
do, Northwestern Ok\ahoma, and portions of the Texas High Pla i ns, reducing yield p rospects and causing some acreag~ losses. Prospects also declined slightly in Mon t ana because of moisture shorta ge. Below nor~al temperatures in the West slowed growth. Adequa t e moisture a nd above normal t emperatures !~proved prospects over much of the central and eastern portions of the Corn Belt. The p rosp~cti v e yield of 27.9 bushels per harvested acre compa res with 26.6 bushels last year and the averdge of 26 . 4 bushels.
Southern Peach Prosoects Good: Peach production in the 9 Southern States is forecast at U61.9 mi ll ion pounds, 63 percent more than last year and 24 percent above ave ra ge. Production in the Carolinas and Georg ia is expected to be nearly twice th~t of las t year. Smaller crops are expected in Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansds, Louisiana, and Oklahoma.
Milk Production: April milk production is estimated at 10,460 mill ion pound s , 3 pe rcent less than a year earlier and 6 percent below t he 1962- 66 a vera ge for
the month. Daily average production for April was up 5 percent from March compared with a 6-percent seasonal increase a year earlier.
Poultry and Eqq s: The Nation 1 s layin g flock produced 5,993 mill ion eg gs, up sl i ghtly from April 1967, 3 percent less than a month earlier, and 5 perc0nt above the l J62- 66 average. The average number of layers for April 1968 is e st imated at 317 mill ion, up 1 percent frcm a year ago and 6 percent above average. This is he largest number of la yers for the month since 1952. Egg product ion per layer averaged 18.~9 during April compare d with 19 .09 a year ear l ier and the 5-year avera ge of 19.01 eggs.
The number of layers on May 1 is estimated a t 3Jl:. 5 mill ion, l percent above a yea r earlier and 6 percent above average. r: stimated May 1 layer numbers by reg ion s increased over a year earlier as follows: VJe st, G percent; South Atlantic, 5 percent ; Eas t North Central,
2 percent, and South Central, 1 percent. Layer numbers were down 7 percent i n the West North
Central and down slightly in the North Atlantic regions.
Af te r Five Days Return to United St ates Department of Ag riculture
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 30601 OFFICI AL BUSINESS
Posta ge and Fee s Paid U. S. Dep ar tme nt of Ag r iculture
7
ATHENS, GEORGIA
SPECIAL PEACH REPORT AS OF MAY I, 1968
GEORGIA
PEACH PRODUCTION PROSPECTS UP:
Athens, Ga., May 14 -- Georgia's 1968 peach crop is forecast at 4,400,000 bushels, sharply above the 3,000,000 bushel crop in 1967.
A good crop is in prospect in all producing areas. Heavy thinning has been necessary. Light harvesting has started in the Brooks County area.
The peach estimates, I ike those for practically all other crops, necessarily relate to total production. Therefore, they include not only inspected rail and truck shipments, but also local sales, non-inspected truck shipments to points in Georgia and adjoining states, quantities used on farms where produced and any quantities not uti I ized because of economic conditions. The following table shows the relationship between the Department's total production estimates and the inspected rail and truck shipments for the years 1961 through 1967. The percentage of the total production moving in inspected shipments during this period has
varied from 41 to 68 percent except in 1965 when only 23 percent of production was inspected.
An unusually high percent of that year's crop was not utilized because of excessive rains.
GEOi{G I A PEACHES
Year 1961
Production
Not
Total
Utilized ll
1,000
~
5,000
1 ,000 __!?&
210
Unrecorded sales and
farm use 1/
1,000 bu.
1 ,449
Inspected Rail and
Truck Shipments
Processed:Equiv.
1,000
Percent of
:Cars 11 bushels: Total Prod.
1 ,000 bu.
Number
945
4,356
2,396
48
1962
4,000
210
1,032
843
3,4($3
l ,915
48
1963
4,900
240
1, 270
1,030
4,072
2,360
48
1964
1 ,400
0
326
124
950
68
1965
4,500
1 ,410
8~~ 3
1,1 o2
1,915
1, 055
23
1966
3,800
1 ,209
748
2,824
1, 553
41
1967
3,000
74
790
452
2,807
1 ,6L4
56
Average
1961-
1967
3,800
348
990
761
3,026
1. 702
47
1968
4,400 ~/
l l Not utilized on account of economic conditions. 11 Local sales, non-inspected truck shipments to points in Georgia and adjoining states and
quantities used on farms where produced.
31 Average load 550 bushels per car, 1961-1966; 600 bushels in 1967. ~/ May 1 forecast.
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
C. L. CRENSHA~J Agricultural Statistician
ISSUED BY: The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, USDA, 409A North Lumpkin Street, Athens, Ga., in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture.
SPECIAL PEACH REPORT AS OF MAY I 196U - Utii TED STAT t:. S
Peach production in the 9 Sou thern States is for ecast at b6 1. 9 mill ion pou nds , 63 pe rcent mo re than la s t yea r a nd 24 perce nt a bove avera ge . Productio n i n the Carolina s an d Georgia is expe c te d t o be nearl y twice tha t of las t year . Sma l ler crop s a re expected i n la bama, Mississ ippi , Arka nsas, Louisiana and Oklahoma .
In Nor th Carol ina, al 1 varie t ies ha d a hea vy set and p rospects a re very good . Weather durin g Apri l was f avorable fo r g rowth an d de ve lopment . South Carol ina has p rospects for an e xcellen t pea ch crop this year . Sprin g weather has been ve ry favo rable with ad equa t e rainfall in t he main producin g areas . Most o rchards have alrea dy bee n thinne d on ce, a nd ad d i t ional thinnin g wi ll be necessary. There has been no free ze dama ge i n eithe r State .
Weather in Geor g ia has been mostly favorable for the 196b peach crop . All area s rece i ved ab undan t chilling hours during the dormant period , and cold dama ge was ve ry I ight. Rainfal 1 has bee n I igh t since January I, par t icularly in central and southern dis t r ic ts . Despite benefici al rains in l ate Ap ril, subso i l moisture is still generally short . The crop is a 1 itt le later than la s t season with first movement expected f rom the Brooks Count y area about Ma y 15. In Alabama , early bloomin g varieties were damaged b~ a freeze ) n la te March , bu t p ros pec ts for o ther varieti es are good. Thinnin g is under wa y in most areas and har ve st is expec t ed to be9i n around June 1.
In Miss i ssippi, the peach crop suffered varyin g de g rees of damage f rom a la t e freeze . Harvest is expected to get under way around June 10 . Arkansas peach prospect~ a re bes t in the Clarksville area where a heavy se t has required ext ensive thinnin g. Prospect s in the Crowley Ri dge area range from fair to good . Frosts and rainy weather during the bl bomin g period were 1 unfavorable for pollination. In t he Nashville area, a ~ery good peach crop was heavil y damaged by hailstorms i n late April. Although the extent of damage has not been assessed, the crop was destroyed in some orchards and severely dama ged in man y others. The storm wrought considerable wood damage a nd uprooted some youn g trees.
Louisiana peac h prospects are generally very good. Consi dera ble co ld damage was reported in the northwestern and central areas, bu t a heav t crop is in p ros pe ct + or the ~us t on and northeast areas. Oklahoma expects a good crop with freeze damage I im ite d most ly to small orchards in the northwestern part of the State . Moisture s uppl i es are good and trees in commercial areas have a heavy set. In Texas, fruit set is good in all comme rcial areas. Soil moisture is adequate and fruit is sizing well. Harvest of early varieties is expected to get under way in late May.
Colorado peach growers are expecting a good crop for the first time in 5 years . Tree s came through the winter in excellent condition and prod uce d an e xcept ionally heavy bloom set. Cold weather in mid-April caused some thinning, but growers s till ant ic ipate much t h i nnin g work.
Prospects in California for both Clin gstone and Freestone s are ~ ood . Weat her ha s been
generally f avorable for fruit development. A frost around the mi ddle of Apri l caused some damage to both Clin gs t ones and Freestones, but losses were generally 1 i ght. Thinnin g of
Clingstones is under way . Harvest of early Free stones began in the Southern San Joaquin
Valley in early May.
PEACHES
Production 1/ .
State
Average
1962- 66
1967
Indicated
1968
Mi I 1 ion
Mi I 1 ion
1, 000
Mi 11ion
1 , 000
Pounds
Pound s
Bush e l s
Poun ds
Bushels
North Carol ina
61 . b
4o.o
&oo
ss . o
1, 780
Sou t h Ca ro I ina Georg ia
301. 9 l b4 . 4
171.0 148 . 8
3 ,3oo 3 , 000
4oG. o 220 . 0
7 , eoo 4 ,400
Alabama
3U .O
50.0
1,000
45 .0
900
Mississi ppi
13.2
17 . 5
350
12. 0
240
Arkansas Loui sia na Okla homa Te x a s
9 States
53. 7
52.o
1 ,ooo
4 1. 6
Goo
6.8
9.2
1U5
8 .5
170
:
8. s
10. 1
21 0
::::i . 0
20 0
:- -
6296 .57 .5----
5228 .78.4---
600
-l o.4~-5-
-
--
u6310 . .29 - - -
-
16 .9623o0 - - -
1/ Include s quantities unharve st e d on a ccount of economic condit ions , and exc e ss cull agc of harve st e d fruit.
-
Aft er Five Days Ret urn to
Post age and Fee s Pa id
un i ted St at e s Depar tment of Agricult ure
U. S . Depar tment of Agriculture
St a t ist i cal Reporting Service
4C9A North Lumpkin Street
At hens , Geor g i a 3C60l
OFFICillli BUSJNESS
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERV
IVERSITY OF GEORGIA
ATHENS, GEORGIA
LIBRARIES
Athens, Georgia
April 1968 Released 5/15/68
Ar;>RI:j:., H.ILK PRQDUC~ICN S.AJ"lE ~S .YE;AR AGO
Milk production on Georgia farms during April totaled 91 million pounds, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. This equaled the milk production of April last year but was 2 million pounds less than the Harch, 1968 production. The 1962-1966 average production was 87 million pounds.
Production per cow in herd averaged 655 pounds -- 25 pounds above the previous year but 15 pounds below the 31-dny previous month. The 5-year average production per cow for the month was 508 pounds.
The estimated average price r eceived by producers for all wholesale milk during April
was ~6. 35 per hundredweight. This was 5 cents above the previous year but 10 cents belo1.v
the March average.
Prices paid by dairymen for f eed were mostly b e lo~v the previous year and the J.Vlarch 1968 price.
JVIILK -PR-O-DU-C-TI-ON--A-ND--PR-IC-E-S-R-E-CEIVED AND -P-A--.ID-B-Y-D-AI-RY.M.E.N...-.--------
Item and Unit
Ge o r g i a
:-April Hc:.rch - -April
-----------~=-J-96L_ __128 1968
-
A
p
r
i
l
-
-U
ni}tfeadrc
h S
tates -~Apr
il _
_
_
_
19L 1968 ___1:2____
Milk Production, million lbs.
Production Per Cow, lbs. 1/
Number 1'1ilk Cows,
thousand head
91
93 91
10,734
10,269 10,460
630
670 655
713
778
795
145
139 139
17 fg~ B:ECEIVEI2_ - J2.QY!E. 2/
All wholesale milk, cwt. Fluid milk, cwt. Manufactured milk, cwt. Milk Cows, head
6.30 6.30
200.00
6.45 4/6.35
4.79
6.45 - -
3/5.15
- 4.01
200. on 200. oo: 257.00
5.08
5.52 4.05 269.00
!!/5. 01 270.00
PRICES PAID - DOLLARS ?}
MiXeTDairy Feed, ton
14 percent protein 16 percent protein 18 percent protein 20 percent protein
74.00 77.00 80 . 0 0 84.00
72.CO 70.00 : 78.co 75.00- : 81.00 81.00 82.00 . 82.00
70.00 76.00 78.00 83 . 0 0
69 .00 73.00 76.00 78.00
68.00 72.00 76.co 79.00
Hay, ton
. 32.50 36.00 36.00 33.40
32. 40
31. so
y 1 onthly average. ----------------------..!..-.----------------~--
2/ Dollars per unit as of the 15th of the month except wholesale milk which is average for month.
I3l//
Revised. Preliminary.
ARCHIE lANGlEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
V.T. PAT PARKS Agricultural St atistician
Yssu:ED-BY:- The Georgia crop-Reporting- ser-Vice; usBA; 4o9A-North~Lumpkin-street, -Athens,Ga:-, in cooperation with the Geor gia Department of Agriculture.
UNITED STATES BILK PRODUCTION
U. s. milk production in April is estimat ed 2t 10,460 million pounds, 3 perc ent l es s thQn
a year eQrlier and 6 percent belo~v- aver age . Production for the month vras smallest since 1952.
:r::oily r..verago production for April t-n:s up 5 perc ent from Harch, com.i_)ared v.rith a seas onal
increase of 6 percent a year earlier. April output provid ed 1.74 pounds of milk per person daily, compared with 1 .65 pounds a month earli er and 1.80 pounds a year earlier .
April milk production was lot.;er than a year earlier in most St ates. In the North Atlantic and North Central Regions, production was smaller except in Vermont and Sout h Dakota; which had gains of 2 and 1 percent, r espectively. In the South Atlc::.ntic nnd South Central Regions , production ~v-as up in Virginia and Louisiana, unchange d in :North Cc::.rolina, GeorgiC'., and Okl ahoma. ,
and dotm elsewhere . In the ~Te st, 5 States showed increased production, 5 shot-led decr eases .s <:'.nd
1 shotv-ed no change.
Apri_],_E!2:_~tput per c ot-r up 1 p~~~
Hilk output per cow averaged 795 pounds during April, 1 percent more than 2 year earlier and 12 percent above average for the month. D2ily output in April avor2ged 26. 5 pounds per
cow, compar ed with 25.1 pounds a month earlier and 26.3 pounds <:'. year earlier. Production per cow w~s at r ecord-high l evels in 36 States . April output per cow was highe st in Arizona with
980 pounds, followed by California, 955 pounds; 11innesota , 940 pounds; No tJ Jer s ey, 900 pounds;
and Uashington, 890 pounds.
Hilk per COH and milk production by months ,
. ===---=== United States, 1968, with comp<:'.risons
------- ----~---- rvul!sJ?er 0tv --=--===-~--~=----~~==::::IJ1f:-=p~o~~;ti2n
11 onth
Average 1967
1960 : Aver age : 1967
1968
Change
----------------:~.....;:1; 96g:6
:
:
- -----
-~962 ~66 :
:
: from 1967
Hillion hiilion-?liiiTOn------------
January
Pounds Pounds
-b!it- ?16
Pounds - 724
Pouncs Pounds Pounds
10, l 9b -3";847 -9~ bOB
Percent
- --=2:4
Febru<:'.ry
611
671
699
9, 636 9,203
9, 249
+0.5
i,Iarch
69 8
769
77 G
10,968 10,517
10,269
-2.4
April Jan. -Apr. total
: :
-
-
-
71.1 ::-
-
-
-
-
788 :.-
--
--
-7:9.5-
-
: -:
01:1:,197"53--4100:,-7jo314
___ -3190,.456C0f6-~--;-i2'.:6tr--
ir May : ----
8
1 1, 470____ ~---8Iii7.-------------:--12, 143
----------~----
June
750
820
11 ,658 11,095
July
692
764
: 10,714 10,315
August
651
722
September ~
614
680
10,047 9,709 9, 446 9, 121.~
October
623
685
9,547 9,167
November :
603
661
9,208 8, 814
---------------------- -- ------ __ _____ ------- ---- December : 6l.U
699
: 9. 759 9. 299
__ . _____ _______ Annual :~s:021----s . S21--------:-I24:497-ll9:294~--------
,.. ..__ _.,__
..._, ......
.._
._
After Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Statistic<:'.l Reporting Service 409A Harth Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 30601
QfllQIAL_~~2e_
Postage and Fees Pai d
U. s . Department of Agr iculture
GEORGIA CROP REP
,
ATHENS, GEORGIA
May 15, 1968
BROILER TYPE
Placement of broiler chicks in Ge orgia during the we ek ende d Ma y ll was
9, 653, 000--l percent more than the previous week and 2 per cent mor e than the
comparable week last year, according to the Georgia Crop K8porting Se rvice .
An estimated 12, 831, 000 broiler type eggs were set by Georgia hatche ries--
slightly more than the previous week and 8 percent more than the comparable we e k
a year earlier.
The majority of the prices paid to Georgia producers for broile r hatching eggs
were reported within a range of 55 to 67 cents p e r dozen. The ave rag e price of hatching
eggs was 60 cents per dozen. The price of eggs from flocks with hatcher y owned
cockerels generally was 2 c ents below the average price. Most prices r eceived for
broiler chicks by Georgia hatcheries were reported within a range of $ 8. 2 5 to $9 . 75
~ith an average of _$9. 00 per hundred. The ave rag e pric e s last ye ar were 56 cents for
eggs and $ 7.75 for chicks.
Week Ended
Mar. 9 Mar.16 Mar.23 Mar.30 Apr. 6 Apr. 13 Apr. 20 Apr. 27 May 4 May 11
Gi;ORGIA EGGS SET,
Eggs Set 1/
1967
Thou.
13,027 13, 185 13, 167 13, 062 12, 981 13,202. 12,736 12, 899 12, 523 11, 919
1968
Thou.
12, 530 12,482 12, 572 12, 7 59 12,909 12, 877 13, 000 12,942 12,800 12,831
HATCHINGS, AND CHICK PLACEM.E N TS
BROILER TYPE
Av.
%of
year ago
Pet.
Chicks Placed for
Broilers in Georgia
o/o of
1967
1968
year
ago
Thou.
Thou. Pet.
i Hatch
I Egg s
j Per
I1 D~9eo:z~.s
i
96
9,914
9, l5L}
92
I
I
62
I
95
9,968
9,098
91
61
95
9,965
9, 183
92
60
98
10,016
9,307
93
61
99
9,672
9, 183
95
60
98
9,929
9,263
93
60
102
10,022
9, 168
91
60
100
9, 787
9,385
96
60
102
9,949
9, 535
96
60
108
9, 4 71
9,653 102
60
Price Broiler Chicks Per Hundred 1968 Dollars
9.25 9.00 8. 75 9.25 9.00 9.00 9.00 8.75 9.00 9.00
EGG TYPE
Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the week ended 1'v1a y 1 1 was 7 4 2, 000-16 percent less than the previous week and 3 percent less than the comparable week last year. An estimated 815,000 eggs for the production of egg type chicks we r e set by Georgia hatcheries, 2 percent less than the previous week and 18 p e rcent le ss than t he comparable week last year.
In the four states that accounted for about 25 percent of the hatch of all egg type chicks in the U. S. in 1967, hatchings during the week ended May ll were down 10 percent and settings were down 15 percent from a year ago.
State
EGG TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS HATCHE D, 19 6 8
I Eggs Set (Week Ended} j o/o of
I Apr. Apr. May
May year
Chicks Hatched (Vv ee k Ended}
Apr. Apr.
May
May
20
27
4
ll
ago 2/
20
27
4
ll
Ga.
917
n1. I 945
Calif. l, 605
Thousands 923 831 975 770 1, 763 1, 480
815 550 1, 633
82 I 1, o12
73
790
97
l, 291
Thousands
988
8 82
742
605
705
740
887 l, 169 1,206
Wash.
214
271 219
226
62
238 245
261
172
1
I
Total 1 3, 681 3, 932 3, 300 3, 224 1 85 1 3, 331 2, 725 3, 017 2, 860
1/ Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatche ry supply flocks .
2/ Current week as percent of same week last year.
o/o of year ago 2/
97 100
86 63
90
l BROILER. TYPE . E GGS S E T AND CHI CKS PLACE D IN COMM.E. R CIAL AREAS BY W:SEKS -19 68 Page 2.
E GGS SET
CHICKS PLA C.L!:; J::l
STATE
Week E nded
%of
Week Ende d
% of
A pr.
May
May
year !j Apr.
lvia y
May
year
27
4
11
a go 1/i 27
4
11
ago 1/
THOUSANDS
THOUSA NDS
Maine Conne cti cut P enn s ylvania Indiana Missouri Delawa re Maryla nd Virginia We st Virginia North Carolina South Carolina
2,035 378
l, 616
2, 129 375
1,694
2, 151 334
l, 542
104 122
I '
l, 567 182
96 'I 946
1, 553 195
l, 03 1
1, 579 197
l, 038
99 136
93
764
717
727 142 I 398
352
392
118
409
4 07
414
54
384
463
4 56
87
2,548
2, 578
2, 617
88
2, 42 5
2, 376
2,338
73
4,812
4 ,902
4 ,966 107
3, 443
3, 543
3,610
124
1,707
l, 628
l, 689
89
1,250
l, 197
l, 211
97
94
81
80
53
313
380
387
126
7,850
7,931
7,977 107
6,0 26
5,904
5, 905
105
545
530
I 537 110
456
448
459
142
GEORGIA
Florida
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
Vv as hington
Or egon
I
California ~
TOTAL 1968
(22 States )
I, 12,942 12, 800 12,831 108
9,385
9, 535
9,653
102
l, 018
l, 00 l
I l, 00 l 130
74 0
728
690
145
768
771
737
74
992
951
929
93
9,099
9,035
9, 163 103
7,0 62
7' 041
7,035
100
5, 162
5, 220
5, 300 107
4,455
4, 434
4,494
104
11,007 l, 118
11,161 1,214
10,779 l, 167
107 104
.,I,
8,04S 971
7' 819 875
7, 905 946
98 101
4,6 05
4 , 760
il 4, 630 102
3, 441
3,5 84
3, 552
100
630
589
635
95 i 4 23
522
4 95
103
381 l, 963 71' 451
4 06 2,065 71,994
378 1,975 71,630
130 96
103
3 77
lI l, 472 I 54,753
3 26 l, 494 54,751
294 1, 474 55, 039
84 98 101
TOTAL 1967t.c
I
(22 States)
!
70, 166 70,691 69,24 2
'
rio I of Last Ye ar
102
102
103
Current week a:s _percent of sam e week last year.
Revised.
! 54, 970
I
I
l
I I
100
54 ,560 100
54 , 519 101
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~ GEORG IA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
Week Ending May 20, 1968 RAINS DELAY UPSTATE FIELD WORK
MAY 2 1 1968
Released 3 p.m. Mono ay
Athens, Ga., May 20 -- Field work was hal
y nor rn counties by rains and
wet soils, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. There were delays in other areas
for the same reason. The condition of most crops already planted improved as more moisture
became available for parts of the dry southern area. Soils remained quite dry in the south-
west corner of the State.
County Agents reported cotton 95 percent planted, Statewide. About 80 percent of the crop was up to a stand. Early season insect and weed control moved forward as conditions permitted.
Older plantings of tobacco were sidedressed and laid by. Budworms continued to be a serious problem in several areas, and control measures were being taken. Peanut planting reached 99 percent completion. Leafspot and insects were found more frequently, and controls were stepped up. Post-emergence herbicides and fertilizers were applied to many older fields.
About 95 percent of the~ crop was seeded by week end with nearly all of the remaining acreage in northern counties. As planting was completed for other crops, soybeans received more attention, and 2o percent of the crop has been seeded. Small qrain harvest was under way in southern areas as the weather permitted. Other fields were maturing rapidly. Pastures improved. Much hay acreage is ready to cut, but many farmers were waiting for the showery weather conditions to pass.
Peach harvest began in the Macon - Peach - Crawford areas. Thinnin g continued in many orchards. Overall condition of the crop showed a slight improvement.
Market Managers reported the lack of soil moisture and hot and windy weather caused considerable damage to some vegetable crops in southern areas. Harvest of cabbaqe, snap beans, cucumbers, sguash and onions was active with volume movement. Light volumes of cantaloups and watermelons are expected the first week in June from southern areas.
\-lEATHER SUMMARY-- Rainfall occurred almost daily over north and central Georgia during the week ending Friday May 17. Daily amounts ranged from 1ight to excessive and weekly totals were mostly between 2 and 4 inches over the northern half of the State. The heaviest rains were reported in the Tallapoosa area where 9.29 inches fell during the week and 5.22 inches were measured in one 24-hour period. Rainfall was generally 1ight in the dry southwest and south central areas where only widely scattered showers occurred. Most of the southeast section received an inch or more of rain during th e week. Some heavier showers occurred in the drier areas of south Georgia during the week end but they were apparently too scattered to bring much relief to the area. General rains are still needed over much of the ~outh.
Temperatures were rather warm during most of the week with averages rangin g mostly from one to four degrees above normal. Afternoon highs reached the low 90's on several days over most of south Georgia and several places recorded their warmest weather of the year. Cooler air moved into the State late in the week end. Lows were in the 40's over nor t h Georgia and in the 50's over most of the south on Monday morning, May 20.
The five-day outlook for the period Tuesday through Saturday {May 21 - 25) ca lls for temperatures to average 4 to 8 degrees below normal. It will be cool at the beginning of the period and turn warmer during the latter part of the week. Rainfall is expected to range from one-fourth to one-half inch and occur in scattered thundershowers about Friday or Saturday.
ISSUED BY: The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, Athens, Georgia; in coopera t ion with the Cooperative Extension Service, University of Georgia; Georgia Department of Agriculture; and the Weather Bureau, ESSA, U. S. Department of Co~merce.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE WEATHER BUREAU Athens, Georgia
ESSA:.
Precipation For The Week EP..ding May 17~ 1968
GEORGIA
Temperature extremes for the -week endib.g May 17 11 1968 (Provisional ) .
Highest; 950 a t Cairo on the 15th.
Lowestg 46 at Cornelia on the 12th,
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Less than .005
18-2011 inch.
1968
Arter Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpld.n Street Athens, Georgla 306ol OFFICIAL Bl5INESS
IMMEDIATE - U. S. WEATHER REPORT This report will be treated in all
Respects as Letter Mail
(See Sec. 34.17, P. L. & Ro)
Postage and Fees Paid
U. s. Department .of Agriculture
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GEORGIA CROP REPORTING
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ATHENS, GEORGIA
APRIL 1968
May 21, 1968
Item
During Apr.
1967 1/
1968 2/
o/o of
last year
Jan. thru Apr.
1967 1/
1968 2/
o/o of
last year
Broiler Type
Pullets Placed (U.S. )3 I
Total Domestic Chickens T e sted: Broiler Type Georgia United States Egg Type Georgia United States Chicks Hatched: Broiler Type Ge orgia United States E gg Type Georgia United States
Commercial Slaughter:4/ Young Chickens
Georgia United States Mature Chickens Light Type
G eorgia United States Heavy Type Georgia United State:s: Egg Production: G eorgia
South Atlantic 5/
United States
Thou.
4,037 3, 504
495 2,338
6 533
44, 512 250,348
4,004 74,418
32,979 183, 209
742 12,607
392 2, 167 Mil.
418 1, 115 5,986
Thou.
Pet. T hou.
4,303 107 3,738 107
14 ,693 12, 750
384 2, 175
10 294
43, 521 248,857
3,792 62,245
30,766 189,026
78
2,373
93
10,614
I
I 167
129
55
2 ,968
I
98 ,1 17 3 , 831 99 1 94 9, 333
95
15, 273
84 226,62 6
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93 !1 127,919
103 '! 721, 96 5
892 120 11, 54 5 92
3, 51 9 50,890
246 63
1,370
2,017 93
8, 825
Mil.
Mil.
4 17 100
1, 626
1, 156 104 jl 4 , 354
5,993 100 !! 23,411
Thou.
14, 4 33 12, 459
2, 226 8, 791
100 2, 5 17
168, 504 944, 4 14
11,908 18 7,349
125, 555 73 6,880
3,708 47,036
1, 040 7,492 Mil. l ' 711 4, 588 23,769
Pet.
98 98
94 83
78 85
97 99 78 83
98 102
105 92 76 85
105 105 102
1/ Revised. 2/ Preliminary. 3/ Pullets for broiler hatche ry supply flocks, includes
expected pullet replacements from e ggs sold during the pre c eding . month at the rate of
125 pullet chicks per 30-doz. case of eggs. 4 / Federal-S t ate ivlarket N e ws Se rvic e
Slaughter reports only include poultry slaughte red unde r F e d e ral Inspe c tion. 5/ South Atlantic States: Del., Md., W. Va., N. C., S. C., Ga., F l a ., Va.
State
YOUNG CHICKENS: SLAUGHTERED UNDER 1'~-:; D E R A L INS P E CTION BY SELECT2 D STATES, 1967 and 1968
Number Inspected
Indicated P e rcent Condemne d
During Mar.
1967
1968
Thou.
Thou.
Jan. thru Mar.
1967
1968
Thou.
Thou.
During Mar.
1967
1968
Pet.
Pet.
Jan. thru Mar.
1967
1968
Pet.
Pet.
Maine
6,373
5,419 17,068 17,558 4.0
3.7
Pa.
7,119
6,499 20,863 19,975 5. 4
5. 4
Mo.
3,282
3,240
9,422
9,127 4 .9
3.9
Del.
7, 080
7, 209 20, 614 21, 943 6. l
4. 9
Md.
11,138 10,619 33,913 31,773 5.3
4 .9
Va.
3, 570
4, 579 10, 493 13, 4 52 4. 3
5. 3
3.9
4 .0
5.3
5.6
5.6
4.5
5. 3
4. 9
5.2
4.9
4. 6
5. 2
N. C.
20, 820 19,969 60,472 60, 012 4 . 9
4. 0
5. 2
4. l
Ga. Tenn. Ala.
33, 526 29, 530 92, 64 7 89, 382 i: 5. 7
5. 8
4, 789 21,195
4, 936 21,568
13, 885 58,147
I 14, 40 5 I 5. 2
62,644 4 .0
2. 9 3.6
5. 6
5. 4
6. l
4. l
4 .5
3.7
Miss.
13,678 13,137 38,345 40,091 1 3.7
2.7
4.4
2.9
Ark.
28, 599 26, 164 80, 246 80, 608 j 4. 9
4. 5
5. 4
4. 3
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u. s. 1190,907
541,652
4.8
4 .4
179,625
54 2,201
5.0
4.4
U. S. Department of Agriculture
G eorgia De partment of Ag riculture
Statistical Reporting Service , 409A North Lumpkin Stre et, Athens, G e o r gia 30601
E nd-of-Month Stocks of Poultry, Poultr y Products, M eat and Me at Products Unit ed .Stat es - April 1968
Froze n egg holdi ngs were 86 million pounds, up 4 . 4 million pounds from A pril l. Ye ar-earlier stocks totaled 55 million. S he ll e ggs in storage were up to 97 tho usan d cas e s from 82 thousand on April l. May 1 stocks were 20 thousand cas es be low a year e arlie r holdings but were above ave rage by 4 0 thousand cases . Frozen poultry stocks decreased 49 million pounds during A pril to 351 million pounds, 9 per cent more than a ye ar earlier and 61 percent above ave rage . Turkey holdings at 225 million pounds compared with 268 million pounds on A pril 1, 1968. The May holdings ar e sharpl y above average for the date . On May 1 whole birds amounted to 191 million pounds whib parts, cut up>, and further processing ite ms totale d 34 milli on. Stocks of meat totaled 662 million pounds, 44 million above a month earlier. This compares with May 1 stocks of 783 million a year earlier and ave rage stocks of 6 78 million. Pork holdings increased 48 million pounds during April to 353 million and canned meats increased 5 million to 70 million. Beef stocks of 216 million pounds on May 1 compare with month-earlier holdings of 225 million and year e arlier holdings of 289 million.
Commodity
E ggs: Shell Frozen eggs, total
Unit
Case Pound
j Apr. 11962-66 av.
Apr. 1967
Mar . 1968
Apr. 1968
Thou.
Thou.
Thou.
Thou.
I 57
117
82
97
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Poultry, frozen:
Broile rs or Fryers Hens, fowls Turkeys Other & Unclassified Total Poultry
Beef: Pork:
P rozen in Cure and C ured Frozen and Cooler
I do.
21,241
41,964 26,34 1
27,039
do.
36,498
I do.
118,708
do. 1 41, o63
47, 844 176,067
s4 , 887
59,473 267,813
46, 48 1
55,754 2 25 ,420
42, 54s
do. , 217, 510
320, 762 400, 108 350, 758
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do. 1210,363
I
do. 1354,205
288,642 225, 13 5 387, 472 305, 542
215,928 353, L'.:4 2
Other meat and meat products
Total all red meats
do.
113, 469
do.
678,037
106, 440 87, 31 6 782, 553 6 17,993
92, 154 661, 524
MID-MONTH PRICES HECEIVED AND PRICES PAID
Item
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Georgia
United .3tates
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1967
1968 1968
1967
19 6 8
1968
1
Prices Received:
I
Cents Cents Cents
Cents Cents Cents
Chickens, lb. excluding j
broilers
I
Com '1 Broilers (lb.) I'
All Chickens (lb. )
All Eggs (dozens)
I
.Price Paid:~r ton)
Broiler Grower
Laying Feed
9.0 12. 5 12.4 3 5. 1 Dol. 94.00 94.00
8.0 13. 5 13.3 38.3 Dol. 94.00 84.00
8. 5 13. 5 13; 2
33.5 Dol. 93.00 82.00
8.5 13.9 13. 2 30.0 Dol. 94.00 88.00
8. 1 14.6 14.0 30.4 Dol. 90.00 81.00
8.4 14.2 13. 5 28.6 Dol. 89.00 80.00
This report is made possible through the cooperation of the National Poultry Improvem e nt
Plan, Official State Agencies, the Animal Husbandry Research Division of the A gricultural Research Service, the Inspection Branch of the Poultry Division, Consume r and Marketing Service and the Agricultural Estimates Division of the Statistical deporting Se rvice and
the many breeders, hatcheries, poultry processors and the poultry farmers that report to
these agencies. ARCHIE LANGLEY
W . A . WAGNER
Agricultural Statistician In Charge
Agricultural Statistician
After F ive Days Return to: Unite d States Department of Agriculture
Statistical deporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street
Athens, Georgia 30601 OPPICIAL BUSINESS
Posta ge and ..l::'~ ees Pai d U. S. De partme nt of A griculture
GEORGIA
ATHENS, GEORGIA
Mfl.Y 2. 4 \968
22, 1968
BROILER
Placem.:nt of broiler chicks in Georgia during the week ended May 18 was 9, 442, 000--2 perc"'nt less than the previous week and 2 percent less than the comparable week last year, according to the Georgia Crop i:1eporting Service.
An estimated 12, 843, 000 broiler type eggs were set by Georgia hatcheries-slightly more than the previous week and 3 percent more than the comparable week a year e arlier.
The majority of the prices paid to Georgia producers for broiler hatching e ggs were r eported within a range of 55 to 67 cents per dozen. The ave rage price of hatching eggs was 61 cents per dozen. The price of eggs from flocks with hatchery owned cockerels gene rally was 2 cents below the average price. Most prices receive d for broiler chicks by Georgia hatcheries were reported within a range of $8 . 25 to $9.75 with an average of $9 .00 per hundre d. The average price s last year we re 56 cents for e ggs and$7.75 for chicks.
Vveek Ended
Mar. 16 Mar. 23 Mar. 30 Apr. 6 Apr . 13 Apr . 20 Apr. 27 May 4 May ll May 18
GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS, AND CHICK PLACE ME NTS
BROILER TYPE
Eggs 3et l I
1967 Thou.
1968 Thou.
o/o of
year ago
Pet.
Chicks Placed for
i v. Price
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Eggs
Chicks
1967
1968
% of i
year! ago ,
Per Doz . 1968
Per Hundred 1968
Thou.
Thou. Pet. C ents
Dollars
13, 185 12,482
95
9,968
9,098
91
61
13, 167 12, 572
95
9,965
9, 183
92
60
13, 062 12, 759
98
10, 016
9,307
93
61
12, 981 12,909
99
9,672
9, 183
95
60
13, 202 12, 877
98
9,929
9,263
93
60
12,736 13,000 102
10, 022
9, 168
91
60
12, 899 12,942 100
9,787
9,385
96
60
12, 523 12,800 102
9,949
9, 535
96
60
11,919 12, 831 108
9,471
9, 653 102
60
12,414 12, 843 103
9, 587
9,442
98
61
9.00 8.75 9.25 9.00 9.00 9.00 8.75 9.00 9.00 9.00
E GG TYPE
Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the week ended May 18 was 719, 000-3 percent less than the previous week and 22 p e rcent less than the comparable week last year. An estimated 1, 056, 000 eggs for the production of egg type chicks were set by Georgia hatcheries , 30 percent more than the previous week and 14 percent more than the comparable week last year.
In the four states that accounted for about 25 percent of the hatch of all egg type chicks in the U. S. in 1967; hatchings during the week ended May 18 were up 1 percent but settings were down 3 pe rcent from a year ago.
State
EGG TYP E E GGS S E T AND CHICKS HATCH:S D, 1968
Eggs Set (Week Ended) i % of
Apr .
May May
May I year
Chicks Hatched (We e k Ended) !% of
Apr. May
May
I May year
2 7
4
11
18 i'_a_.g...:...o_2..;..l_t-__2_7_ _ _4_ _ _ _l__ l _ _ _l_8_ _1 ago 2 I
Thousands
1
Thousands
Ga. Ill. Calif. Wash .
Total
92 3 975 1, 763 211
3,932
831 770 1, 480 219
815 550 1, 633 226
3, 300 3, 224
l, 056 1 114 530 ; 72
1, 427 i 96 316 109
3, 329 I 97
988 882 605 705 887 1, 169 245 261
2,725 3,017
742 740 1, 206 112
2,860
719 !1 78 750 95 1, 351 ; 107
I zo8 85 I
i 3, 263 101
1I Includes eggs set by hatche ries producing chicks for hatche ry supply flocks. 7.1 Curr e nt week as perc e nt o f sam e week last year.
BROILER TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL AREAS BY WEEKS - 1968 Page 2
STATE
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j __ _ _ ___ _ week En~ed
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May
May -1 year 1 May
May
May
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2, 129 375
2, 151 334
2, 127 412
I 105
117
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1, 553 195
1, 579 197
l, 598 209
98 112
Pennsylvania
1,694
l, 542
l, 699 99
l, 031
l, 038
937
94
Indiana
717
727
724 116
352
392
446
U7
Missouri
407
414
352 57
463
456
398
69
Delaware
2,578
2,617
2,672 95
2,376
2,338
2, 581
95
Maryland Virginia West Virginia North Carolina
4,902 1,628
4,966 1,689
4,845 103
3, 543
l, 911
106
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l, 197
J, 610 1, 211
3,460 1, 179
104 97
81 7,931
80 7,977
I 129 83
380
7,865 104 ' 5,904
387 5, 905
409 5, 821
127 102
South Carolina GEORGIA
530
537
572 102
448
459
555
136
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12,800 12, 831 12, 843 103 ! 9, 535
9,653
9,442
98
Florida Tennessee Alabama Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas Washington Oregon California
TOTAL 1968 (22 States)
TOTAL 1967* (22 States)
1, 00 l 771
9,035 5,220 11, 161 1, 214 4, 760
589 406 2,065
l, 001 737
9, 163 5,300 10, 779 1, 167 4,630
635 378 1, 975
1, 019 121 665 71
9, 119 100 5, 182 103 11,039 109 1, 185 103 4, 570 99
785 125 387 101
1, 919 95
728
690
748
156
951
929
877
90
7,041
7,035
7,027
99
4,434
4,494
4, 509
104
7, 819
7,905
8, 097
105
875
946
849
95
3, 584
3, 552
3,617
101
522
495
440
98
326
294
350
115
1, 494
1, 474
1, 510
112
71,994 71,630 72,021 103 , 54,751 55, 039 55,059
102
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1I 54,560 54, 519 54:, 164
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Week Ending Ma y 27, 1968
Released 3 p.m. Monday
FA ~MERS PUT IN BUSY WEEK
Athens, Ga., May 27
Last week was a busy one on most Georgia farms, according to the
Georgia Crop Reporting Service. Upstate farmers made up for delays in planting and hay making
caused by several weeks of rainy weather. In central and southern sections, the main emphasis
was on cultivating, fertilizing, and controlling insects and diseases.
County Agents reports showed cotton planting almost complete. Cool nighttime temperatures have caused slow plant development in many areas. Insect control programs were under way i n the south. it.feed control anti fertilization were common over a wide area.
Budworms continued to be a problem throughout the tobacco belt. Overall condition of the tobacco crop declined slightly during the week. The peanut crop was judged mostly good showing little change from the previous week. Treatment for leafspot continued.
Much of the~ crop in southern areas was sidedressed and laid-by. Additional soil moisture was needed over much of this area for best growth, and some relief was received in the form of weekend showers. Statewide, the corn crop is judged mostly good. About 43 percent of the soy bean crop was planted by the week end. This compared with 30 percent for this date in the two previous years. Small qrain harvest spread to several central counties during the week and became more widespread in southern counties. Hay harvest was one of the main activities over much of the State. Quality was generally good with some fields being slightly over mature.
Light peach harvest continued in several central counties. Thinning continued in lessadvanced orchards. Condition of the crop continued to imp rove, and was rated mostly good.
Low soil moisture and cool nigh t s lowered the quality of vegetable crops being harvested in southern areas, according to Market Managers. Cabbaqe, onion and~ bean harvest was past the peak. A li ght volume of tomatoes moved during the week. Adverse weather continued to retard cantalouo and wa t ermelon development. Ve~etable crops in the mountains are reported in fa ir to good condition.
\.JEATHER SUMMA:W - - Light to locally moderate rainfall occurred over all of Georgia early in the week endin g Friday, May 2L~, l ~l 6b. /\mounts ransed from less than one-:1alf inch over the extreme north and in the southwest section to more than an inch over most of the southeast. There was I ittle or no rain after Sunday and the entire State enjoyed about five days of sunny weather. Shower) conditions returned to the State during the week end and most areas received rain on Saturday and Sunuay. Amounts varied wi dely, with weekend totals ranging from
.34 of an inch at Au gusta to more than three inches in parts of north Georgia. The drier sec-
tions of southwest Georgia received moderate amounts during the week end. A thunderstorm brought winds of 65 miles per hour to the Athens Airport Saturday night, damagin g hangars and several airp lanes.
Georgia enjoyed unseasonably cool weather during most of the past week. Early morning temperatures were in the fort i es i n the north and the low fift ies in the south on two or three days. Several places reported new record lows for the date on one or more days. A warming trend late in the week moved temperatures up to near normal but the weekend showers and cloudiness ke pt daytime readings well below normal i n north Georgia. Averages for the week ran ged from 2 to 5 degrees below normal.
The f ive-da y outlook for the period Tuesday through Saturday (May 2&- June I) calls for
tempe ratures to average 2 to 5 cie g rees below normal with I ittle day-to-day change. Normal
hi3hs range from 85 to 91 degrees and normal lows from Sb to 65 degrees in the north and from
64 to 68 de g rees in the south. Rainfall is exr- ected to be moderate to heavy in s howers with
amounts ran g in g from 1/4 to l inch. Showers are l ikely near the end of the per iod with a
chance of some shower activity in the e x treme sou t h early in the period.
ISSUED BY: The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, Athens, Georgia ; in cooperation with the Cooperative Extension Service, University of Georgia; Georgia Department of Ag riculture ; and the Weather Bureau, ESSA, U. S. Department of Commerce.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE WEATHER BUREAU Athens. Georgia
Precipitation For The Week ~Jding May 24~ 1968
GEORGIA
Temperature extreres for the week endiDg May 24,
1968 (Provisional)o
Highest : 9':f at Americus Fitzgerald and
Valdost a on the 24tho 3~ at Blairsville on the 22nde
* For period 25~27~ 1968 o
T Less than o005 incho
After Fi.ve Days Return -vo
United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service
409A North Lumpkin Str eet Athens, Georgia 30601
OFFICIAL BUSlNESS
D1MEDIATE - Uo So 'WEA.THER REPORT
This report will be t reated in. all Respects as Letter Mail
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GEORGIA CROP REPORTING
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
ICEMAY 3 1968
ATHENS, GEORGIA
May 29, 1968
BROILER TYPE
Place ment of broiler chicks in Georgia during the week ended May 25 was 9, 403, 000--slight ly less than the previous week and 2 percent less than the comparable week last year, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service.
An estimated 12, 843,000 broiler type eggs were set by Georgia hatcheries-the same as the previous week but 2 percent more than the comparable week a year
earlier. The majority of the prices paid to Georgia producers for broiler hatching eggs
were reported within a range of 55 to 67 cents per dozen. The average price of hatching eggs was 61 cents per dozen. The price of eggs from flocks wit h hatchery owned cockerels generally was 2 cents below the average price. Most prices received for broiler chicks by Georgia hatcheries were reported within a range of $8.2 5 to $9.75 with an average of ~ 9. 00 per hundred. The average prices last year were 55 cents for eggs and $ 7.75 for chicks.
We ek Ended
GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS, AND CHICK PLACEME NTS
Eggs Set !J
Chicks Placed for Broilers in Georgia
A v. Price
Hatch
Broiler
E ggs
Chicks
'1o of
'1o of Pe r
Per
1967
1968
year
1967
1968
year Doz.
Hundred
ago
ago 1968
1968
Thou.
Thou.
Pet.
Thou.
Thou. Pet. Cents
Dollars
Mar.23 Mar.30 Apr. 6 Apr. 13 Apr. 20 Apr. 27 May 4 May ll May 18 May 25
13, 167 12, 572
95
9,965
9, 183
92
60
13,062 12, 7 59
98
10, 016
9,307
93
61
12,981 13,202
12,909 12, 877
I 99 I 9, 672
98
9. 929
9, 183
95
9, 263
93
60 60
12, 736 13, 000 102 1 10, 022
9, 168
91
60
12, 899 12,942 100 I 9,787
9,385
96
60
12, 523 12, 800 102 i 9, 949
9, 535
96
60
11,919 12,414
12, 831 12, 843
l 108 ! 9, 471
103
9, 587
9,653 102
9,442
98
60 61
12, 53 5 12,843 102 : 9, 559
9,403
98
61
8.75 9.25 9.00 9.00 9.00 8.7 5 9.00 9.00 9 .00 9.00
EGG TYPE
Hatch of egg t ype chicks in Georgia during the week ended May 25 was 712, 000-l percent less than the previous week and 17 percent less than the comparable week last year. An estimated 783, 000 eggs for the production of egg type c hicks were set by Georgia hatcheries, 26 percent less than the previous week but 6 percent more than the comparable week last year.
In the four states that accounted for about 25 percent of the hatch of all egg type chicks in the U. S . in 1967, hatchings during the week ended May 25 were down 17 percent and settings were down 7 percent from a year ago.
EGG TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS HATCdED, 1968
i
Eggs Set (Week Ended} 1 o/o of
Chicks Hatched (Week Ended) %of
1 -S-ta-te--I~----M-4a_y_
_
_
_
May __1_1___
_
May __1_8____
_
_M2_a5_y_~--a~yge~oa_r_2~/_
_
_
May __4___
_
_
May _1_1__
_
_
_
May __1_8__
_
_
_
May __2_5___,_
_ay~eg_ao_r2~l
1
Thousands
Thousands
Ga.
831
815 l, 056
783 106
882 742
719
712
83
Ill.
800 3/ 550 530
675 106
705 740
750
625
95
Calif. 1I l, 480 l, 633 l, 427 l, 663
86
l, 169 l, 206 1, 351 l, 109
77
Wash .
219
226 316
236
83
261 172
208
166
78
1
I I
Total l 3, 330 3/3,224 3, 329 3, 357
93
J 3, 017 2, 860 3, 263
2, 612
83
1/ Includes eggs set by hatcheries produ,cing chicks for hatchery supply flocks.
2/ Current week as percent of same week last year. 3/ Revis e d.
B .~.~OILER TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL ARZA S BY \iii EEKS - 1968 Page 2
!
EGGS SET
CHI .:;KS P LACED
STATE
Week Ended
May
May
11
18
May 25
% of
yea r
~~~~M'a-y----W~~Me~e~k'a_Ey_n_d_e_d__'M,-a_y____
o/o of
year
a g o 1/ ~--l_1_ _ _ _1__8 _____2_5_ __!__a:._:g::...o.:.........::1:..:./_ _
THOUSANDS
T d0US A N.U3
Maine
2, 151
2, 127
2, 136 103
1, 579
1, 59 3
1, 557
100
Conne cticut
334
4 12
421 119
197
209
163
70
Penns ylvania Indiana Missouri
l, 542 727 414
1,699 724 352
l, 621 792 436
114 137
58
i 1, 038 392 456
937 -1: 4 6 398
962
95
3 86
112
493
107
..C..l.l
OJ)
Delaware
2, 617
2,672
2, 641
94 !j 2, 338
2, 581
2,403
80
0'""'
Maryland Virginia
4,966
4 , 845
4,929 104 l 3, 610
3, 4 60
3, 656
118
l, 689
l, 911
l, 7 83 106 I., 1, 211
1, 179
1, 131
90
(!)
l)
West Virginia
80
129
102
66 1. 387
409
272
75
North :arolina South Carolina
7,977 537
7,865 572
8,010 568
109 101
li
,'l',j
5, 905 459
5, 321 555
5,933 425
103 117
,!
GEORGIA
12, 83 l
12, 843
12, 843 102 I 9,653
I
9,442
9,403
98
Florida
1,001
1,019
1,024 116
690
74 8
771
165
Tennessee
737
665
801
87
929
877
894
91
Alabama
9, 163
9, 119
9, 125 101
7, 035
7, 027
7, 071
101
Mississippi
5, 300
5, 182
5, 128 101
4, 494
4, 509
4, 478
103
A rkansas
10,779 11,039 10,984 109
7,905
8,097
8,066
104
Louis iana Texa s
1, 167
1, 185
1, 192 105
946
8 4-9
973
109
m
4, 630
4, 570
4, 535
99
3, 552
3, 61'7
3, 690
104
~
Was hingt on Oregon
635
785
723 111
4 95
440
475
90
378
387
325 114 I 294
350
304
127
GCll
1 ~Tc~Oa~lT~iAfoh~Lr~n1~9i6a8~-n---l---~~17~,19, ~673~05-~~17~2,~,092~119T---7~11,~9,9~87~7~8-1~093~5~~~~~,~515~,,~043~97~4-~5~15~,,0~559~1~0--5~~5l,~0,2~55~1~9~-~1l0~1O~O----- >-t ~
(22 State s)
~~ @
.-1 u
TOTAL 1967*
69, 242 70, 155 69,715
~.-!' 54, 519 54, 164 54,323
~ -~
.....
O'""J' ) ~ .......
0
(22 State s)
:1
~ -~
'
~ ~
II
-
~ %of Last Year ,!
103
103
103
*!_I Current w ee k a s p e rcent of same w ee k last y e ar. .R evised.
ii 101
102
101
I'
W t f)
:H I: .-~t
U :::1
~...,
<r.:~
.u. .
O'""J' )
.
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GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
ATHENS, GEORGIA
June 1968
GEORGIA COTTON: ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1 ~6 7
(These estimates are based on the latest availa bl e data and are preliminary)
: PRODUCTiON
District
ACRES
YI ELD LINT PER ACRE
500 Pound
and
:Gross I_,Jeight
Coun ty
Planted
Harvested
Planted
Harvested
Bales
Acres
-Acr-es
Pounds
Pounds
Bales
DIST RICT 1
Bartow Catoosa Chattooga Dade Floyd Gordon Murray Paulding Pol k Walker ~/hi tf ie 1d
10,030 200
2,210 80
4,090 4,240
510 50
2,840
560 80
4,140 20 20 10
1 ' 3 80 160 0 0
1 ,280
5 5
77
187
10
100
1
100
25
200
54
161
7
181
0
0
0
0
7 L~
165
2
200
12
200
1 ,620 4 4 4
460 60 0 0
440 2 2
TOTAL
24,890
7,020
50
177
2,596
DISTRICT 2
Barrow Cherokee Clarke Cobb Dawson De Kalb Forsyth Fulton Gwinnett Ha 11 Jackson Oconee Pickens ~Ia 1ton White
TOTAL
1,240 15
170 30
5 30 35 200 520 140 840 3,430 20 7,660
5
14, 3LfO
8 10 0 50 0 0 5 20
125 120
10 410 3,010
0 6,480
5
11 ,045
109
167
0
0
65
220
0
0
0
0
33
200
86
150
110
176
60
258
14
200
106
217
255
290
0
0
285
337
200
200
234
303
280 0 25 0 0 2 6
45 65 4 185 1 ,830
0 4,560
2
7,004
Page 2
June 1968
GEORGIA COTTON: ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1967
(These estimates are based on the latest available data and are prel iminarv)
L
: PRODUCTION
District
ACRES
YIELD LINT PER AC RE
500 Pound
and
:Gross Height
County
Planted
Harvested
Planted
Harvested
Bales
Acres
Acres
Pounds
Pounds
Bales
DISTRICT l
Banks EI bert Frankl in Habersham Hart Lincoln Madison Oglethorpe Stephens ~li I kes
230
3' 170 3,170
10
4,380 150
2,940
I, 590 130 400
75 2,490 I ,640
0
3,550 120
2,130 I ,000
50 280
78
240
265
338
135
260
0
0
289
357
173
217
196
270
161
256
85
220
205
293
35 I, 760
890 0
2,650
55 I ,200
535 22 170
TOTAL
16' 170
II, 335
217
309
7,317
DISTRICT 4
Carro II Clayton Coweta Douglas Fayette Haralson Harr is Heard Henry Lamar Macon Mar ion Meriwether Muscogee Pike Schley Spalding Talbot Taylor Troup Upson
TOTAL
820 70
I ,820
35 140 65 480 195 2,770 360 6,520 1 '390 3' 160
5 2,510
950 470 370 4,280 590 150
27' 150
180 10
I, 120 10
100 30 440 150 2,290 230 5,420 1 ,250 3,070 0 2,180 560 410 360 4,050 570 140
22,570
38
172
29
200
136
221
57
200
171
240
108
233
273
298
123
160
242
293
119
187
392
471
265
294
237
244
0
0
273
314
185
314
309
354
168
172
465
492
158
163
173
186
65 4
515 4
50 15 275 50 1 ,400
90 5,340
770 1 ,560
0 1 ,430
360 305 130 4,160
195 55
296
356
16 '773
Page 3
District and
County
June 1968
GEORGIA COTTON: ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1967
(These estimates are based on the latest available data and are prelim inary)
: PRODUCTION
ACRES
YIELD LINT PER ACRE
500 Pound
:Gross Weight
Planted
Harvested
Planted
Harvested
Bales
-Acr-es
Acres
Pounds
Pounds
Bales
DISTRICT 2_ Baldwin Bibb Bleckley Butts Crawford Dodge Greene Hancock Houston Jasper Johnson Jones Laurens Monroe Montgomery Morgan Newton Peach Pulaski Putnam Rockdale Taliaferro Treutlen Twiggs Wash ington ~/hee 1er ~Ji lkinson
520
315 3,550
510 640 6,100 190 1 ,840 1 ,910 200 8,850
5 14,300
160
1'260 6,050 1,350
860
4,330 190 380
90 1 ,030 1 ,380 7,600
700 420
420 160
3' 190 200 460
5,750 180
1 '760 1 ,530
180 8,260
5 12,300
140
890 5,700 I ,020
270 3,670
170 280 70 970 1,260 6,070 600 310
146
181
160
254
500
165
563
627
4,185
116
295
125
291
404
390
382
406
4,880
142
150
55
215
225
830
304
379
1 ,205
155
172
65
338
362
6,240
200
200
2
374
435
11 ,200
144
164
so
168
238
440
265
281
3,350
159
210
450
159
507
285
423
499
3,830
384
429
150
203
275
160
133
171
25
251
267
540
507
556
1 ,470
410
513
6,500
247
288
360
212
287
185
TOTAL
64,730
55,815
349
405
47,297
DISTRICT 6 Bulloch Burke Cand 1e r Columbia Effingham Emanuel Glascock Jefferson Jenk i ns McDuffie Richmond Screven vJa rren
4,450 19,300 2,410
240
390 7,960 1 ,810 10,600
5' 170 1'71 0
740 5,660 4,690
3,390 12,900
1,960 190 360
7,340 1 ,580 8,690 3,500 1 ,680
290 4,950 3,630
263
346
2,450
324
485
13' 100
228
280
1 '150
192
242
95
172
186
140
320
347
5,330
330
378
1 ,250
359
438
7,950
307
454
3,320
264
269
940
201
514
310
468
535
5,530
244
315
2,390
TOTAL
65' 130
50,460
323
417
43,955
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June 1968
GEORGIA COTTON: ACRE AGE, YI ELD AND PRODUCT ION, 1967
(These estimates are based on the latest available data and are prel iminarv)
: PKODUCT IOill
Dis t rict
ACRES
YIELD LINT PER ACRE
500 Pound
and
:Gross v/eight
County
Planted
Harvested
Planted
Harvested
Bales
Acres
Acres
Pounds
Pounds
-Bal-es
DISTRICT l
Baker Calhoun Clay Decatur Dougherty Early Grady Lee MiII er Mitchell Quitman Randolph Seminole Stewart Sumter Terrell Thomas Webster
690 3,010
1 t 300 630 810
4,400 540
1 '740 1 ,850 4,200
190 3,300 1 ,410 1 ,240
5,170 6,900 I ,940
420
630 2,480
I, 230 440
770 4,060
490 I ,590
1 '760 3,840
170 2,880 I, 230 I ,230 4,500 6,700 1 ,680
380
239
262
427
518
418
442
138
198
333
351
348
377
237
261
416
455
300
315
319
349
479
535
459
526
199
228
477
481
407
468
486
500
376
435
286
316
340 2,680 I, 140
180
565 3,200
270 I, 510
1 '160 2,800
190
3' 170 590
1 ,240 4,400 7,000 1 ,530
250
TOTAL
39,740
36,060
388
427
32,215
DISTRICT 8 Atkinson Ben Hi 11 Berrien Brooks Clinch Coffee Colquitt Cook Crisp Doo1y Echols Irwin Jeff Davis Lanier Lowndes Telfair Tift Turner vii 1cox Worth
TOTAL
80 2,220 1 ,060 3,220
5 1 ,930 13,200
830 6,320 15,860
15 3,210
740 190 840 1 ,960 2,250 4,110 5, 770 10,200
74,010
45 2,140
940 2,4bo
5 1,640 12,300
670 5,300 14,500
15 2,900
710 170 760 900 2,000 4,000 5,500 9,200
66' 175
125
222
20
428
444
1,990
275
310
610
234
303
1 ,570
200
200
2
204
240
820
448
481
12,400
249
309
430
448
535
5,930
608
665
20 ,200
200
200
6
371
410
2,490
212
221
330
263
294
lOS
174
192
310
103
223
420
344
387
1 ,620
505
518
4,340
420
441
5,050
437
485
9,300
439
491
67,943
Page 5
GEORGIA COTTON: ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1967
June 1968
(These estimates are based on the latest available data and are pre 1imina r:t)
: PRODUCTION
District
ACRES
YIELD LINT PER ACRE
500 Pound
and
:Gross \>/eight
County
Planted
Harvested
Planted
Harvested
Bales
Acres
-Acr-es
Pounds
Pounds
-Bal-es
DISTRICT ,2
Appling Bacon Brantley Bryan Charlton Evans Liberty Long Pierce Tattnall Toombs ~Ia re
~layne
1,350 470 20 40
5 680
15 30 590 1 ,640
3,350 90 560
1,050
330 10
25 0
470 10
15 250 1, 250
2,750 60
300
127
163
66
94
100
200
75
120
0
0
110
160
67
100
33
67
63
148
108
142
253
309
44
67
59
110
360 65 4
7 0
155 2 2
75 370
1 '780 10
70
TOTAL
8,840
6,520
157
212
2,900
------------------------------------------------
STATE TOTAL
335,000
267,000
326
408
228,000
C. L. CRENSHAW Agricultural Statistician
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
ISSUED BY: The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, USDA, 409A North Lumpkin Street, Athens, Ga., in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture.
Week Endi ng June 3, 1968
FI ELD W O ~K LI MITED
LlBRARlES
Released 3 p .m. Monday
Athens, Ga., June 3
Field work during the past week was I imited by weather conditions
on mos t Georgi a farms, according t o the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. It was st i ll too wet
for f iel d work i n much of the nor t hern part of the State by the week end. Hay makin g was
hindered, and some hay was weather dama ged.
/
County As en t s reported some improvement in the cond i tion of cotton, bu t cool n ig hts still imited deve lopment. Stands are being reduced by seedling disease, par t icularl y i n the northern part of the State. Post-emergence herbicides were being applied to control broad leaf wee ds i n some areas. Squarin g is rather general in sou t hern counties.
The cond i t ion of both the peanut and tobacco crops imp roved durin g the week as the moisture s i tuation was more favorable. Pesticide a ppl i cations were rather general f or bo t h crops.
The corn crop was improve d considerabl y by the more favorable so i l mo i sture conditions. Ea r l y fiel ds are beginnin g to tassel in southern counties, and much of the crop has been laid by in cen tra l areas.
Soybean planting continued and is now over half complete Statewide. Small q rain harvest gained momentum and is now about 40 percent complete in the southern coun t ies. Hay harvest was ra t her ge neral, but some was dama ged by rains.
?ea c h harvest was i ncreasing ; siz i ng of early varieties is small, but should be nefit from the more favorable soil moisture.
Mar ke t Mana gers reporte d recent rains ha ve been very benef ic ial, an d all vegetable crops we re i n fair to good condition. S ~ raying for insects and disease has been active, Lima beans, southern peas, and tomatoes are expected to move in volume this week. Sweetpotato v~ growth
made good progress. Di seases are causing considerable damage to some fields of cantaTOups and
watermelons. Li 9ht harvest is expected this week.
lt/ E ATHE ;~ SUMMARY-- Moderate to locally heavy rainfall occurred over most of Georgia dur-
ing the week ending Friday, May 31, 1968. Showers and thundershowers mainl ~' dur i ng the week end brou ght divisional averages rang i ng from 1.28 in the west central to 2.46 in the south cen t ral. Ext remes during this perio d ranged from .72 at Elberton to 4.72 at Calhoun. Some
thunderstorms on Sunday, June 2 produced hail and minor wind damage at scattered p laces in
northeast Georgia.
Rainfall totals for May brough t rei ief to moisture deficiencies at some scattered places
over the State. May rainfal I de partures from normai ranged from about 2 1/4 inches above in the
nor t h central to about one inch below normal in the southwest. For the period from January
throu gh May rainfall totals ran ge d f rom about 1/2 inch below normal in the north central to
abou t 9 i nches below normal in the southwest.
Unseasonably cool temperature s continued through most of the past week ra ng i ng f rom 5 to 7 degree s below normal over the north and central t o only 2 to 4 de g rees below nonnal over the
ex treme sou t h. Several moun t ain s t ations reported low readings near 40 de g ree s on \.Jednesday
mor ni ng, May 29 . A warmin g tre nd during the week end of June I to 3 brou ght t emperatures
back t o near normal over most of the State.
The f ive-day outlook for the pe r iod Tuesday throu gh Saturday (June 4- 8) calls for tem-
pera t ures t o avera ge a few degrees below normal without much day-to-day change. Normal highs
ran ge fro m 86 to 92 de g rees and normal lows from 62 to 69 degrees. Ka i nfall i s e xpected to avera ge 1/2 i nch or more in the north and one inch or more i n the south. Scattered to numerous
showers and thundershowers in the south portion Tuesday - \lednesday, then becom i ng widely
sca tt ere d. Widely scattered thundershowers in the north portion, ma i nly Fr i day and Saturday.
ISSUED BY: The Georgia Crop Report i ng Service, Athens, Geor g ia ; in cooperation wi t h the Cooperat i ve Extens ion Serv i ce, University of Geor g ia ; Georg ia Departmen t of Agriculture; and the ~eather Bureau, ESSA, U. S. Department of Commerce.
U. s. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
WEATHER BUREAU
Athens, Georgia ESSA..
P.recipitati n F r The Week Ending May 31, 1968
GEORGIA
Temperat ure extremes f or the week ending May 31 .? 1968 (Provis.:.onal) o
Hi ghes t g 94 at Albany, Quitman and
Newington on the 25th .
39 at Blairsville on the 29th.
* For t he period J~~ 1-3~ 1968o
T,p less than oOOS incho
lMMEDIATE - U. S o WEATHER REPOR This report will be trea ~d n a
Res c s as Let r Y.ail
( See ec . 34ol7, P o Lo & Ro)
Poe.t sge and Fees Paid Uo S o Department f Agriculture
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERV CE
ATHENS, GEORGIA
June 5, 1968
BROILE R TYPE
Placement of broiler chicks in Georgia during the week ended June l was 9, 511, 000--1 percent more than the previous week and 3 percent more than the comparable week last year, according to the Georgia Crop .Reporting Service.
An estimated 12,960, 000 broiler type eggs were set by Georgia hatcheries-! percent more than the previous week and 5 percent more than the comparable week a year earlier.
The majority of the prices paid to Georgia producers for broiler hatching eggs were reported within a range of 55 to 67 cents per dozen. The average price of hatching eggs was 61 cents per dozen. The price of eggs from flocks wit h hat chery owned cockerels generally was 2 cents below the average price. Most prices received for broiler chicks by Geo r gia hatcheries were reported within a range of $8. 25 to $ 9.75 with an average of $9.00 per hundred. The average prices last year were 55 cents for eggs and $7. 50 for chicks.
Week Ended
GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS, AND CHICK PLACEMENTS
Eggs Set}:_/
1967
1968
% of
year
ago
Chicks Placed for j
Broilers in Georgia
I
I
I
% I
of
1967
1968 year
ago
Av. Price
Hatch
Broiler
Eggs
Chicks
Per
Per
Doz.
Hundred
1968
1968
Thou.
Thou.
Pet.
Thou.
Thou. Pet. Cents
Dollars
Mar. 30
13, 062 12, 759
98
10,016 9,307 93
61
Apr. 6
12,981 12,909
99
9,672 9, 183 95
60
Apr. 13
13, 202 12,877
98
9,929 9,263 93
60
Apr. 20
12, 736 13,000 102
10,022 9, 168 91
60
Apr. 27
12, 899 12,942 100
9,787 9,385 96
60
May 4
12, 523 12, 800 102
9,949 9. 535 96
60
May ll
11,919 12,831 108
9, 471 9,653 102
60
May 18
12, 414 12, 843 103
9, 587 9,442 98
61
May 25
12, 535 12, 843 102
9, 559 9,403 98
61
June l
12,288 12,960 105
9,277 9, 511 103
61
9.25 9.00 9.00 9.00 8. 75 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00
EGG TYPE
Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the week ended June l was 739,000-4 percent mo r e than the previous week but 12 percent less than the comparable week last year. An estimated 900, 000 eggs for the production of egg type chicks were set by Georgia hatcheries, 15 percent more than the previous week and 32 percent more than the comparable week last year.
In the four states that acc ounted for about 25 percent of the hatch of all egg type chicks in the U. S. in 1967, hatchings during the week ended June l were down ll percent but settings were up 20 percent from a year ago.
State
Ga. Ill. Calif. Wash.
EGG TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS HATCHED, 1968
Eggs Set (Week Ended)
May
May May
June
ll
18
25
l
% of
year ago 2/
Chicks Hatched (We ek E nded) I % of
May May
May
June year
ll
18
25
l
ago 2I
Thousands
Thousands
815 l, 056 570 J/ 530 l, 633 l, 427
290 l) 316
783 675 1,663 236
900 132 680 125 l, 853 129 106 38
742 719
712
739 88
740 750
625
440 75
l, 206 l, 3 51 l, 109 1,238 99
172 208
166
228 80
Total 3, 308 3/3, 329 3,357 3, 539 120 ' 2, 860 3, 263 2,612 2,645 89
1/ Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatchery supply flocks.
2/ Current week as percent of same week last year. 3/ Revi3ed.
BROILER TYPE EGGS SET AND C ~1ICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL AR:SAS BY WEEKS-1968 Page 2
STATE
Maine Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana Missouri Delaware Maryland Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina
GEORGIA
EGGS SET
- - M-a-- y -We--e--kM--.la-:!y;nd-ed- -Jun- e -,I
18
25
1 I
THOUSANDS
2, 127 412
1,699 724 352
2,672 4,845 1, 911
129 7,865
572
2, 136 421
1, 621 792 436
2,641
4,929 1, 783
102 8,010
568
2, 109 104 456 114
1,678 112 748 13 5 413 52
2, 624 92 4,902 103 1, 708 99
108 71
7,998 107
596 108
12, 843
12, 843 12,960 105
I CHICKS PLACED Week Ended
May 18
May 25
June 1
I
THOUS A NDS
II
1, 598
1, 557
I! 209
163
937
962
446
386
i
!
398 2,581
493 2,403
3,460
li 1, 179
3, 656 1, 131
1, 53 7
186 983 397 426 2, 568 3, 563 1, 121
I 409 5,821
I
555
272 5, 933
425
309 6,046
458
I
9,442
9,403
9, 511
o of year ago 1/
99 105 99 124 100 91 110 93 74 106 129
103
Florida Tennessee Alabama Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas Washington Oregon California
TOTAL 1968 (22 States)
1,019 665
9. 119 5, 182 11,039 1, 185 4, 570
785 387 l, 919
72,021
1,024
1,049 124
748
771
784
153
801
782 85
877
894
848
92
9, 125 5, 128
9, 188 5,079
104 99
II
7,027 4, 509
7,071 4,478
7,086 4,549
100 108
10,984 10, 884 106
8,097
8,066
8, 175
110
1, 192 4, 535
1, 233 108 4, 514 98
849
973
863
98
3,617
3,690
3, 575
102
723
687 96
325
433 106
440
475
476
99
350
304
277
120
1, 878
l, 886 94
1, 510
1, 519
1, 540
100
71,997 72,035 103
55,059 55,025 55,278
104
TOTAL 1967* (22 States)
70, 155
69,715 69,893
54, 164 54,323 53, 249
% of Last Year
103
103
103
*1/ Current week as percent of same week last year. Revised.
102
101
104
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Released 6/6/ 68 RGIA CR0P REPORTI NG SERVICE
GEORGIA PRICES RECE IVED l POINT HIGHER
The Index of Pri ces Rece ived by Georgia Farme r s f or All Commoditie s increased l point during the month ended Ma y 15, 1968 t o 250. Thi s was 4 p oints above the May 15, 1967 index of 246 .
There was little change in the price s of the crops used in computing the Crop Index, an~ it remained at 267; this, however, was 8 points above that registered in May of 1967 of 259. Increases in the price of hogs were principally responsib le f or the increase in the livestocK index from 211 i n April t o 214 in Ma y 1968. This, however, was 2 points below the 216 in May 1967.
UNITED STATES PRICES RE CE IVED AND PARITY INDEXES UP l POINT ADJUSTED PARITY RATIO 79
During the month ended May 15, the Index of Prices Rece ived by Farmers advanced l point (l/3 percent) to 260 percent of its 1910-14 average, the Crop Reporting Board announced t oday. Higher prices for p otatoes and cotton contributed most to the i ncrease. Partially offsetting were price declines for onions, eggs, and hogs. The Ma y index was 3 percent above a year earlier.
The Index of Prices Paid by Farmers f or Commodities and Services, including Intere s t, Taxes, and Farm Wage Rates advanced l point (l/ 4 percent) during the month. At 354, the index was 4 percent above a year earlier.
With prices of farm products and prices paid by farmers both higher, the preliminary Adjusted Parity Ratio remained unchanged at 79, and the Parity Ratio at 73.
INDEX NUMBERS - - GEORGIA AND 1Jl'HTED STATES
Index
Ma y 15
April 15
May 15
1910-14 = 100
1967
1968
1968
GEORGIA Prices Received
All Commodities All Crops Livestock and Livestock Products
246
249
250
259
267
267
216 y
211 y
214
Record High
Index
Date
310 :Va r ch 1951
319 :March 1951 ?}
295 :Sept. 1948
UNITED STATES Prices Received
Parity Index :J
Parity Ratio
Adjusted Parity Ratio &/
(preliminary)
252
259
260
313 : Feb . 1951
341
353
354
354 :May 1968
74
73
73
123 : Oct. 1946
79
79
79
1 Revised . 2 Also April 1951. 3 Prices Paid, Interest, Taxes, and Farm Wage Rates based on data for the indicated dates. 4 The Adjusted Parity Ratio, reflecting Government payments, averaged 79 for the year 1967 compared with 74 for the Parity Ratio. Preliminary Adjusted Ratios f or the current year, supplied by the Economic Research Service, are based on estimated cash receipts from marketings and estimates of Government payme nts f or the current calendar year.
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Stati s tician In Charge
WILLIAM A. WAGNER Agricultural Statistician
I SSuED- BY:- Th~ Georgia crop-R~porting-s~r~ice~ USDA~ 4o9A-North-Lumpkin-Str~et,-Ath~ns, aa:,In cooperation with the Ge or gia Department of Agricult ure.
PRICES - - RECEIVED i.\.ND PAID BY F.I-\R\fERS , l 1AY 15, 1968 HITH COMPARISONS
GEORGIA
UNITED S ~ATES
: ~M- ay-~ 15----- Ap-r7 i l-1~ 5~~-M-a~ y ~ 15~~~M~ ay~1~ 5 - : Apri l -1-5---M~a- y -1-5
Commodity and Unit PRICES RECEIVED :
. 1967
1968
1968
1967
1968
1968
Wheat, bu.
$ 1.69
l.35
1.35
1.58
l. 36
l -36
Oats , bu .
$
. 84
. 90
.85
. 693
. 694
. 692
Corn, bu . Barley, bu.
Sorghum Grain, cwt.
Cotton1 lb. Soybeans, bu.
Peanuts 1 lb. Sweet Potatoes, cwt.
$ l.48 $ 1.00 $ 2 .20 20.5
$ 2.75
$ 6.90
1 . 27 1.02 2.00 23 .5 2.55 11.5
7-90
1 . 27 1 . 02 1.90 23 -5 2 . 60
7-90
1 .25 1 . 05 1. 97 19-70 2.69
7.08
1. 06 . 963 1 .83 19 .58 2 .56 11.4
7.46
1 . 09 .986 l.84 21. 09 2.58
8 . 03
Hay, Baled, t on : Al l Alfalfa les:i_)edeza Peanut
Milk Cows, head
$ 27.60 $ 36.50 $ 30. 00
$ 24.00 $ 200 .00
30.00 36.50 31.50 24. 00 200. 00
28.00 35 . 00 29 . 00 24.00 200 . 00
23.80 24.50 24. 80 24.10 259. 00
22 .90 23.20 24.70 24 .20 270 . 00
22.40 22.40 24. 00 23.]0 272 . 00
Hogs, cwt. Beef Cattle, All, cwt. ~
Cows, cwt. ?}
$ 20.00 $ 19.40 $ 16.10
16.90 20. 00 16.80
17.80 20.20 16 .90
21.50 22 . 30 16 . 90
18 . 60
23.50 17.80
18 . 20
23.70 17. 80
Steers and Heifers, cwt. Calves, cwt.
$ 21.90 $ 25-70
22.50 25.50
22 .50 26. 00
23.80 26.80
25 . 30 25 .30 28 . 10 28 .10
Milk, Wholesale, cwt:
Fluid Market
Manufactured
All ;J
Turkeys, lb .
$ 6.45 $
$ 6.45 21.0
6.35
6.35 20. 0
i:J} 6-35
20 . 0
5-13
3-99 4.75 19.5
5.42 4 .19 5-03 18 . 8
Chickens, lb. : Excluding Broilers Commercial Broilers All
Eggs , All, dcz. PRICES PAID, FEED:
8.5 12.0
ll.8 34.3
8 .0
13 5 13.2 33.0
3/ 7-9
13.2
12.7 28.8
8 .4 14.2
13.5 28.6
7-9 14.6
13 9 27.0
Mixed Dairy Feed, ton:
14% Protein i:J}
16% Protein 18% Protein 20% Protein Hog feed 14%-18% protein, cwt. Cottonseed Meal, 41%, cwt. Soybean Meal, 44%, cwt. Bran, cwt. Middlings, cwt. Corn Meal, cwt Broiler Grower Feed, ton Laying Feed, ton Chick Starter, ton Alfalfa Hay, ton All Other Hay, ton
$ 75-00 $ 77-00 $ 82.00
$ 84.00
$ 4.55 $ 5.10 $ 5.10
$ 3-95 $ 4.00
$ 3-70 $ 94.00 $ 94.00 $ 102.00 $ 45.00 $ 36.00
70.00 75.00 8l.OO 82.00
4.20
5.20 5.00 3.80
3-95 3-30 93.00 82.00 91.00 40.00 36. 00
72. 00
75-00 80 . 00 81. 00
4.25 5.20 5.10 3.80
3-95 3-30 93 . 00 82 .00 94.00 39.00 35.00
70. 00 75.00 77. 00 82 . 00
4.54
5-33 5.26
3-59 3.66
3-51 93.00
3}86.00
97-00 34.80
33-10
68 . 00 72.00 76. 00
79- 00 4.37
5-25 5.21
3 -52 3-59 3-19 89 . 00 80 . 00
93 . 00
33-30 31.80
67.00 72.00
75- 00 78.00
4.41
5-f:6 5-23 3.48
3-57 3.20 89.00 80.00
93.00 3 2 . '90 31.40
Y " Cows " and "steers and heifers" combined with allowance where necessary for slaughter bulls.
~ Includes cull dairy cows sold for slaughter, but not dairy cows for herd replacement.
3./ Revised .
~ Preliminary estimate.
After Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street Athens, Ge orgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSI1~SS
Postage and Fees Paid U. S . Department of Agriculture ,
GElABLE
Georgia Crop Reporting Service
REP /
R~l l ~958
LIBRAR iES Athens , Georgia
June 1, 1968
GEORGIA
Released: June 8, 1968
Rains in late May were very beneficial to all vegetable and melon crops. During most of May the lack of moisture and cool nights delayed growth in southern and central areas, causing the harvesting season to be shorter than usual.
Harvest of spring snap beans and cabbage in South Georgia was nearing completion around June 1. A 1ight volume of 1 ima beans and tomatoes was harvested in late May. Diseases are causing considerable damage to some fields of cantaloups and watermelons in southern areas. Light volume is expected the first week in June.
UNITED STATES
SNAP BEANS: Mid-spring snap bean supplies are placed at 289,000 hundredweight, 2 percent below last year. Harvest in South Carol ina was active on June 1. In some areas, yields
were reduced by moisture shortages. In areas where moisture supplies were adequate, yields have been above normal. Rain during the last week of May delayed harvest causing some beans to become overmature. Late planted fields generally are in the bloom stage and in good condition. In Georgia, recent rains have been very beneficial to late plantings. Harvest is nearing completion in southern areas. Dry weather in southern counties of Alabama during most of the month delayed the crop. The crop looks good, although late, in central and northern counties where rainfall has been adequate. In Louisiana, rains in late May lowered the quality of beans. Harvest reached the peak about May 25, with a sizable volume expected to be available until about June 15.
-CANTALOUPS: The early summer cantaloup crop is placed at 797,000 hundredweight, 6 percent more than the 1967 crop. South Carol ina's crop started slow because of extremely dry
weather; however, with recent rains the crop is growing rapidly and setting fruit. Light harvest of early planted fields should get underway by the last of June. Ample moisture was received in Georgia during late May and yield prospects improved considerably. Cool nights and dry weather delayed plant growth and caused poor stands of early plantings. Light volume is expected from southern areas in early June. Recent rains in southern counties of Alabama have greatly improved prospects. Vines in this area have set a good crop. In central and northern counties the crop is late due to cool temperatures during May. The Oklahoma crop is later than normal. Most fields are beginning to vine. The crop in central Arizona is in good condition. Harvest should begin around mid-June and continue to late July or early August.
SWEET CORN: The late sprinq sweet corn crop, placed at 554,000 hundredweight, is 9 percent above 1967. In South Carol ina, there are some spotty stands because of the
earlier dry weather; however, recent rains came at a good time and prospects have improved. Cool weather has delayed the crop slightly and harvest is expected to get underway around midJune. Recent rains in Georgia were very beneficial. Harvesting was expected to begin in early June. In Alabama, the acreage in the southern counties was in the tassel stage on June 1. Recent rains have greatly improved prospects in the southern areas. In central and northern counties, the crop is in various stages -- from just emerging to knee high. In Florida, supplies are expected to be heavy during June from the~ spring crop. Supplies will come primarily from the Zellwood area which began 1 ight harvest in late May.
TOMATOES: The late sprinq tomato production is estimated at 1,214,000 hundredweight, 7 percent
below last year. In South Carol ina, volume movement was expected by June 10. Stands in most fields are spotty due to earlier dry weather; however, fruit set is generally good. Good rains received near the end of May were beneficial. In Georgia, plant growth has been delayed by cool nights and dry weather. Irrigated fields have made good progress and 1ight volume moved to market the last week in May. Recent rains have been beneficial in central areas. In Mississippi, the crop is in good condition. In Louisiana, prospects generally are good, although the crop has encountered considerable adverse weather, especially in the Oak Grove-Rayville area. In this area, continued rains delayed transplanting and have held back development. Harvest for the State is expected to peak around June 15 and be finished about mid - July.
WATERMELONS: Production of late sprinq watermelons, at 9,367,000 hundredwei ght, is 3 percent above last year. In Florida, supplies are expecte d to cont i nue at a high level
throughout June. Harvest is nearing completi on at Ft. Myers-Immokalee on June 1. South Cen t ral counties were in volume production on Ju ne 1 and should suppl y the bulk of early June melons. North Cent ral counties ha d 1 ig ht supplies, Volume should peak about mid - June.
( Continued on next page)
!vATERMELONS, Cont.: The first forecast of early summer watermelons is 16,227,000 hundredweight, 3 percent above 1967. In North Carol ina, stands in most fields are good.
In South Carol ina, scattered showers the latter part of May relieved the dry conditions. Vine growth has been rapid. Light harve$t is expected to start by July 1 in the Hampton - AllendaleBarnwell area and by mid-July in the Pa geland-Chesterfield area. In Georgia, movement was expect ed the first week in June from southern areas. t{ecent rains stimulated vine growth and s1z1ng. In Alabama, recent rains have improved prospects. In central and northern counties, the crop is in variable stages of development--from just emerging to vines running. In Mississippi, prospects look good. In Arkansas, the crop has been plagued by heavy rains and cool weather. Floods destroyed stands in a number of fields and considerable replanting was required. Wet fields have hindered cultivation. In Louisiana, the crop is about two weeks late. Consid e rable acreage had to be replanted in both the Saline and Farmerville areas because of heavy rains. In the Saline area, vines are running and blooming. In Jefferson County, Oklahoma, the crop is be g inning to vine--about 2 weeks later than normal. Moisture is plentiful. Some replanting was necessary in central Oklahoma due to heavy rains . In Texas, some hail damage occurred in the Lower Rio Grande Valley . Excessive moisture in central and east Texas has caused damage. Harvest was underway in the Lower Rio Grande Valley in late May--about three weeks later than last year. Harvest should peak in early June. In north Texas, supplies should be available in July.
CROP
.AND
STATE SNAP BEAN S Mid-Sprinft:
South Carolina
Georgia Ala.bama
Louisiana Group Total
GANTALOUPS Ea rly Sumner:
South Carolina
Ge o r g i a
Al a b~a
Okla hom2.
Arizona , Other Group Total
S\'iEET CORN
Lat e Sprin~t.: South Carolina Ge orgia Al a bama
California Group Total
TOMATOE S La t e Sprinlt:
South Carolina Ge o r g i a Mississippi Louisiana
Texa s
Group Total WATERMELONS Early Sunmer:
North Carolina South Carolina
Ge o r g ia Al abama
Mississippi Arkansas
Louiilhne. Cklahctta Texr:.s
Arizona Ca lifornia
Group Total
Acrea;te and e sttma t ed production r eport ed to dat e , 1968 with comparisons
Ac r e a lte
Harvested
For
Yield per a cre
Production
Average
harvest Av. :
Ind. Average
1962-66
1967
1968 : 62- 66: 1967
1968 1962 66 : 1967 :
_ Acre s -
Cwt.
1,000 cwt.
Irid. 1968
4,540
3,700
3,900
30
35
32
2,800
3,000
3,000
25
24
26
880
700
700
20
27
23
2,180
2,200
2,500
27
34
28
10,880
9,600
10,100
27
31
29
135
130
125
69
72
78
18
19
16
58
75
70
290
296
289
3,680
3,500
3,500
38
42
43
5,900
5,500
5,700
56
60
65
1,600
1,500
1,500
48
52
50
1, 620
1,900
1,900
58
60
60
800
1,100
700 124
75
1 25
I3,ooo
13,500
13,300 54
56
60
140
147
150
33 2
330
370
77
78
75
94
114
114
90
82
88
733
751
797
1,240
1,300
1,300 52
60
60
1,940
1,400
1,200
30
32
35
3,000
2,500
3,500
42
50
48
6 ,060
4,000
3,800 70
65
70
12,240
9,200
9,800
55
55
57
65
78
78
58
45
42
123
125
1 68
4 20
260
266
665
5C8
554
7,640
7,100
7,800
73
1C6
85
562
746
663
2,7 60
2,800
3,000 49
67
60
134
188
180
780
650
600
45
50
45
35
32
27
1,140
1,400
1,600
58
55
55
66
77
88
5,700
5,800
5,700
46
45
45
262
261
256
18,020
17,750
18,700 58
73
65
l,C69 1,304 1,214
8,140
6,500
6,700
62
70
70
503
455
469
23,200
24,000
24,000
74
90
85
1,713 2,160 2,040
33,100
36,000
40,000
86
95
95
2,844 3,420 3,800
13,540
13 ,coo
13,500
93
100
95
1,259 1,300 1,282
6,900
8,300
9,500
74
80
80
510
664
760
6,100
5,700
5,600
89
85
80
541
484
448
2,940
3,100
3,300
87
80
80
254
248
264
8, 640
9,500
11,000
70
80
70
607
760
770
75,400
70,000
74,000
63
60
55
4,719 4,200 4,070
4,280
3,4CO
3,900 157
175
160
669
595
624
9,140
9,200
10,000 164
155
170
1,496 1,426 1,700
s 191,380
188,700
201,500
79
83
81
15,114 15,712 16,227
ARCHJE LA1'fGLEY
L. H. HARRIS, JR.
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Athens, Ga., June 10 - -Fie ld work was very active over the State during th e week, but was brou gh t to a halt on Thursday and Friday in the eastern part of the State by rains, according to the Georgia Crop Report i ng Service. Cool ni ghts in northern count ies are causing reduced stands of cotton and 1 imiting development. Prospects for other crops are especia lly good,
County Agents reported a deterioration in the condition of cotton during the week as cool nights were very unfavorable, especially in northern counties. These unfavorable condit ions have resulted in some acrea ges of cotton being destroyed and replanted to soybeans.
Corn is making very good progress, is being laid by in central coun ti es, a nd is tas seling in southern count ies. Nit roge n application and cultivation were general in northern areas .
Tobacco condition is better than the previous week. Harvest is still very 1imited. Peanuts are making good progress. Producers were busy applying land p la ster and pestici des ,
Soybean planting is 70 percent complete Statewide; much of the rema inder to be p lanted is to follow small grains. Mex ican Bean Beetles are damaging this crop in some areas.
Small qrain harvest is progressing upstate and is about 80 percent complete in South Georgia and 45 percent complete Statewide. Hay harvest is very active, bu t some was damaged by rain.
Peach harvest is becoming more widespread. A total of 371 carlot equivalents had been shipped by June 6.
Market Manager~ reported excess ive rains late i n the week delayed har vest of most vegetable and melon crops in southern areas. Tomatoes remain in good condition, as most fields were picked prior to the rains. Sweetpotato transplantinq with vine cutt i ngs is well under way. Diseases continue to show up in some fields of cantaloups and watermelons. Movement of melons is expected to increase this week.
t-/E ,i\THER SUMMARY- Rainfall was generally light over western and northern se ctions of Georgia during the week ending Friday, June 7. Heavy to excessive amounts fell over mo s t of the eastern half of the State late in the period as tropical storm Abby moved through this area. Abby entered Georg i a south of Brunswick late Thursday and moved slow ly no rthward throu gh the southeast and east central sections. Rain began over extreme southea st Georgia Thursday morning and spread over east and central areas as the storm moved northward . Storm totals were almost five inches in parts of the southeast and were more than two inches over the eastern third of the State. Abby brought I ittle or no rain to the extreme western parts of the State and several counties in southwest Georgia were becoming quite dry aga i n by the end of the week. This first tropical storm of the year caused only minor wind damage in southea~t coastal areas and the rains should be beneficial in sections that have been deficient in rainfall for several months.
Temperatures were warm at the beginning of the week, mild early in the week end a nd warm again at the end of the period. Averages for the week ranged from near normal i n the western sections to four degrees below normal in the east. The rain and cloudiness associated with tropical storm Abby kept daytime highs in the 70's on one to three da ys in most of centra l and eastern Georgia.
The five-day outlook for the period Tuesday through Saturday (June ll - 15) calls for temperatures to average 2 to 4 degrees above normal. Normal highs for this time of year range from 88 to 93 degrees and normal lows from 63 to 69 degrees. Rainfall is expected t o average less than l/2 inch and occur as widely scattered afternoon or evening thundershowers.
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Precipitation For The Week Ending June 7, 1968
GEORGIA
Temperature extremes for the week ending
June 7, 1968. (Provisional)
Highest:- 94 5t several places on the
2nd or 3rdo
Lowest& 4SO a.t Blairsville on the 1st.
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o78
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June 11, 1968
GENERAL CROP REPORT AS OF JUNE 1, 1968
Georgia: Temperatures in Georgia during ~~y were a little cooler than normal and rainfall was highly varied. North Georgia stayed wet a good portion of the month while some
sections of the southern part of the State became very dry. Toward the end of the month, all areas had received rains and the crop outlook had improved considerably Statewide.
Since June 1, crop conditions have continued to improve except in local areas. The cool nighttime temperatures have contributed to cotton seedling disease and has resulted in some acreage loss, especially in North Georgia.
Pe~ches: Georgia's 1968 peach forecast on June 1 was placed at 230 million p ounds or 4,600,000 bushels. The estimate is considerRbly above the short crop last year
of 148.8 million pounds or 3,000,000 bushels.
Wheat: The June 1 forecast placed Georgia's 1968 wheat crop at 3,870,000 bushels compared with 3,380,000 bushels in 1967. Yield per acre is estimated at 30.0 bushels --
4 bushels higher than last year's average.
Egg Production: Egg production on Georgia farms during M~y was estimated at 416 million--
5 million less than the 421 million produced in l~y 1967. Number of layers
on farms during May averaged 21,879,000 compared with 21,494,000 a year ago.
Milk Production: Milk production on Georgia farms during May totaled 92 million pounds. The level is 1 million pounds above production the previous month and May 1967.
United States Summary
Winter wheat prospects improved 3 percent during l~y as timely showers and cool weather halted deterioration in previously very dry areas of the Central Great Plains. Winter wheat output is now estimated at a record high, 2 percent above last year and 27 percent above average. Corn and soybean planting was ahead of normal in the Hestern Corn Belt, about on schedule in the Southeast, but lagging the usual pace in the Eastern Corn Belt and most Southcentral States. Hay and pasture prospects were above both a year earlier and average. Production of non-citrus fruits is expected to be above last year. Production of 1967-68 citrus, harvest of which is nearing completion is an estimated 28 percent less than last season. Output of spring vegetables is estimated at 4 percent below 1967 but 3 percent above average. Spring potato production is expected to be below last year. May milk production
was 2 percent less than a year earlier and 7 percent below average. Egg production in May totaled 1 percent less than a year earlier but 5 percent above average.
Record Winter Wheat Crop in Prospect: Production of winter wheat is estimated at a recordhigh 1.2 billion bushels. This is 3 percent above
prospects of a month earlier, 2 percent more than produced in 1967, and 27 percent above average.
Winter wheat prospects improved during May as cool weather and timely showers halted deterioration in the previously very dry portions of the Central Great Plains. The rains came too late for a considerable acreage in far WtStern Kansas, southeastern Colorado, the western Panhandle of Oklahoma, and extreme northern High Plains of Texas. However, prospects on the acreage remaining for harvest improved materially. Elsewhere in the Great Plains , prospects are generally good. Cool wet weather delayed maturity but provided excellent filling conditions. In the East and South, prospects remained good to excellent despite some lodging and flood damage. Winter wheat in Idaho was generally in good condition. A lack of moisture c ontin~ed to plague wheat in Washington and Oregon. Light showers the last half of May provided s ome relief, but dryland wheat was under moderate to severe moisture stress on the first of June.
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Peache s : The peach crop is f orecast at 3,788.8 million pounds, 41 percent above l as t year and 8 percent above average. Excluding California Clingstone, mostly a canning
crop, producti on of 1, 948.8 million pounds is forecast, 48 percent more than l ast season a nd slightly more than average.
In the 9 Southern States, production is expected to total 896.3 milli on pounds, 70 per cent more than last year and 29 percent above average. Only Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana expect smaller crops. Increases are largest in the Carolinas and Ge orgia. North Caroli na 's harvest started in late N~y on early varieties. In South Carolina, harvest of earl y var ieties began in the upper Coastal Plains and Ridge areas about mid-~~y, but volume wa s light through June 1. In Georgia, a light movement has been underway since the second week of Ma y . Alabama growers started picking early varieties about May 22. In Louisiana, harvest of early varieties started about May 17. Volume supplies are expected the first week of June. I n Oklahoma,harvest i s expected to start early in June. In Texas, picking of early varieties began i n t he hill country and in northeast Texas in late May. Harvest will increase in June with lat e varieties furnishing supplies until August.
Milk Production: May milk production is estimated at 11, 283 milli on pounds , 2 pe r cent l e ss than a year earlier and 7 percent below the 1962-66 average f or t he month .
Daily average production for May was up 4 percent from April, compared with a 3 per cent seasonal i ncrease a year earlier. May is the peak month in milk producti on.
Poultry and Eggs: Egg production during l~y totaled 6,068 million eggs, a decrease of l percent
from a year earlier but 5 percent above the 1962-66 l'~..ay average . The ave r age
number of l ayers for May is estimated at 311.8 million, up l e s a t han l percent fr om a year earlier but down seasonally by l percent frcm a month earlier. Egg producti on per l ayer averaged 19 .46 eggs compared with 19.72 a year earlier and the May average of 19. 69 eggs.
May egg production was below last year by 9 percent in the West North Central, 2 per cent in the North Atlantic, and less than 1 percent in the South Central region. Regiona l increas e s
were: East North Central, 2 percent; South Atlantic, 3 percent; and the West, 1 percent.
The number of layers on June 1 totaled 309.1 million, a slight decrease fr om a year earlier
but 6 percent above average. Numbers by regions increased 4 percent in both the Sout h Atlanti c
and We s t and 2 percent in the East North Central regions. The sharpest decline was 7 percent in the West North Central region. Both the North Atlantic and South Central regions had decreases of l percent.
The rate of lay on June l averaged 62.3 eggs per 100 layers compared wi th 63 . 2 eggs f or both a year earlier and average. The rate of lay declined in all regions except t he East North Central which had a gain of l percent. Declines were: South Atlantic, l percent , North Atlantic , 2 percent; a nd \Vest North Central and Vlest, each 3 percent. The rate in t he South Cent r a l region was down less than 1 percent from a year earlier.
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
C. L. CRENSHA"l Agricultural Stat isti cian
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GEORGIA C R 0 P R E P 0 R T I N G S E lf~''E~BtTY OF GEORGIA
J:.JN l 3 1968
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SPECIAL PEACH REPORT AS OF JUNE 1, 196B
-
June 11, 196B
Georgia's 196B peach crop was forecast at 4,600,000 bushels as of June 1 -- 200,000 bushels above the May 1 estimate and 1,600,000 bushels above the short 1967 crop of 3,000,000
bushels.
Cool, dry weather delayed the development of the crop early in the month, especially in the southern area of the State where the moisture supply was very short. Good rains received the last of the month improved prospects. Abundant to excessive rains have been received in the northern half of the State, but cool weather has delayed growth. The crop is later than usua 1.
According to the Market News Service, 522 equivalent cars had moved to June 9 compared to 906 cars to same date in 1967. A good supply of Cardinal, Dixired, Redcap, Redhaven, Coronet and Keystone will be available during the first half of June.Triogem,Coronet ,a nd Sunhigh will be available in volume the last of the month.
Peach estimates relate to total production which includes rail and truck shipments, local sales, non-inspected truck shipments to points in the State and adjoining states, quantities used on farms where produced, and in some years quantities not utilized because of economic conditions.
STATE
PEACH PRODUCTION 1/ SELECTED STATES
Average
1962-66
1967
Mi 11 ion
Mi 11 ion
1,000
Pounds
Pounds
bushels
Indicated
196B
Mi 11 ion
1,000
Pounds
bushels
North Ca ro 1 ina South Ca ro 1 ina GEORGIA Alabama Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana Oklahoma Texas
61.8 301 .9
40.0
171 .o
Boo
3,300
96.0 416.0
1 ,920
B,ooo
1B4.4
l4B.B
3,000
230.0
4,600
3B.o
50.0
1 ,000
50.0
1,000
13.2
17.5
350
12.0
240
53.7
52.0
1 ,000
41.6
Boo
6.8
9.2
lB5
B.5
170
B.9
1o. 1
210
12.0
250
:__ _2fl.z _____2~.~ ______ 20Q ____ _3Q.1 _____ 23Q __
9 States
695.4
527.4
10,445
B96.3
17,610
l/ Includes quantities unharvested on account of economic conditions and excess cullage of
harvested fruit.
C. L. CRENSHA~I Agricultural Statistician
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
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UNITED STATES SPECIAL PEACH REPORT AS OF JUNE 1, 1968
The peach crop is forecast at 3,788.8 mill ion pounds, 41 percent above last year and 8 percent above average. Excluding California Clingstone, mostly a canning crop, production of 1,948.8 million pounds is forecast, 48 percent more than last season and slightl y more than average.
In the 9 Southern States, production is expected to total 896.3 mill ion pounds, 70 percent
more than last year and 29 percent above average. Only Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana
expect smaller crops.
Increases are largest in the Carolinas and Georgia. North Caro-
l ina's harvest started in late May on early varieties. In South Carol ina, harvest of early
varieties began in the upper Coastal Plains and Ridge areas about mid-May, but volume was
I ight through June 1. In Georgia, a I ight movement has been under way since the second week of
May. Alabama growers started picking early varieties about May 22. In Louisiana, harvest of
early varieties started about May 17. Volume supplies are expected the first week of June.
In Oklahoma, harvest is expected to start early in June. In Texas, picking of early varieties
began in the hill country and in northeast Texas in late May. Harvest will increase in June
with late varieties furnishing supplies until August.
In New England, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, production is expected to be much above last year's small crop. Frost damage reduced New York's crop prospects to 27 percent below average. New Jersey and Pennsylvania expect above average crops.
Smaller crops than last year are forecast in Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan. Winter injury reduced prospects in Indiana and Illinois, and a freeze early in May took a heavy toll in Michigan. In Ohio, a cold winter and an early May freeze reduced prospects to less than average, but the crop will exceed last year's production. Missouri and Kansas expect larger than average crops. In Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia, moisture was generally adequate to size the early varieties and give a good start to late varieties.
Severe April freeze damage and poor pollination conditions reduced peach prospects in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho to considerably below last year and average. In VJashington, the Lower Yakima Valley suffered the most. There are good crops in the Parker-Parker Heights areas and on the higher ground south and east of Union Gap. In Oregon, frosts hit the peach crop in nearly all areas; only late varieties on higher elevations appear to have largely escaped damage. In Idaho, hails damaged local areas of Canyon County.
In California, the clingstone crop is forecast at 1,840.0 mill ion pounds, 34 percent above last year and 18 percent above average. Growing conditions have been good. The Freestone crop in California is expected to total 470.0 mill ion pounds, 14 percent more than last year.
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THE POULTRY AND EGG SITUATION Approved by the Outlook and Situation Board, June 12, 1968
SITUATION AND OUTLOOK (BROILERS)
Production loNer ; Prices Higher
Broiler production in the first half of this year likely will be about 1 percent under the same period last year. Output in the first quarter was about the same as a year earlier, but broiler chick placements for marketing in the second quarter were down about 2 percent.
Rising consumer incomes, little change in supplies of completing red meats, and population gains are strengthening the demand for broilers. Despite competition from larger storage supplies of turkey, broiler prices in recent months have averaged significantly above those a year earlier.
From mid-February through May wholesale prices of ready to cook broilers in 9 major markets av3raged 27.9 cents per pound, 2 cents above prices in the same period last year.
Hatchery Supply Flock May Increase
Pullet chick placeme nts for the broiler hatchery supply flock in April were 7
percent higher than in April 1967. This is the fi r st increase over year-earlier rates since February 1967. Pullet chick placements during t he next few months are expected to be at least as large qS 1967.
Placements in the second quarter will largely determine the size of the hatchery supply flock into the spr i ng of 1969. I mproved broiler prices so far this year and a r ebuilding of t he hatchery supply flock (which is now well belol-T last year 1s high level) will likely lead to incre ased placements. In recent years,changes in the size of the hatchery supply flock have not had a direct ef fect on broiler production,due to changes in the utilization of hatching eg gs.
Moderate Gain in Output Expected
Broiler production in t he last half of 1968 is expected to be r.J.oderately above levels of a year earlier, when fourth qua rter out put was cut sharply. Improved broiler prices and lo-vmr f s ed costs havs provided some incentive to expand production. Some offsetting factors are higher hatching e gg prices and generally increasing costs for other items used in production, processing, and marketing. Feed costs in the last half of 1968 may not change greatly because of the high level of output of corn and soybean meal. Feed manufacturing costs are expected to rise, however.
Broiler prices in the sec ond half will likely continue above last year's depressed levels. Little change is expected in red meat supplies, and their prices are expected to average above year-earlier levels. Pros pective smaller supplies of turkeys will also lend strength to broiler prices.
Chicken Export Payment Program Resumed
Exports of whole broilers in the first quarter 1968 were down 25 percent,compared
with a year earlier. Exports of chicken parts, almost all from broilers, were up 13
percent. Total exports were about the same as a year earlier.
On April 29, the Department announced the resumption of the Chicken Export
PaJ~ent Progr am to enable u. s . exporters to compete in Switzerland where other countries are underselling u.s. chickens through subsidy programs. Export payments are planned
for 6 million pounds of poultry to be shipped to Switzerland. As of June 12, a total of 810 thous and pounds of young chicken had been accepted for shipment prior to August 28. This program is financed by Section 32 (Public Law 320) funds.
SITUATION .h.ND OUTLOCK (TURKEYS)
Suppl i es Above La st Year's
Turkey meat production in the first quarter of 1968 was moderately above a year earlier. Production in the second quarter may be about half' the level of a year ago, as pla cements for marketing in. this period were cut sharply and there are fewer breeder turkeys to be marketed. However, cold storage holdings continued record large.
Cold storage holdings of turkey on May 1 at 225 million pounds, was 49 million pounds above a year earlier, and 106 million pounds above the 1962-66 average.
Through May, turkey consumption and exports were at a high level, resulting in a good movement out of cold storage. From January 1 to May 1, holdings were reduced by 143 million pounds, compared with a reduction of 91 mil~ion pounds a year earlier. Considering current whole sale prices, the level of consumption in the second quarter in recent years, and the current level of exports, cold storage stocks by July 1, may be near last year's record high level of 160 million pounds.
Prices Stren~then, But Below Last Year's Levels
Prices for live turkey strengthened slightly in May and averaged 19.0 cents a pound. This was 1.5 cents above the February low, but 0.5 cents below a year earlier. Prices of frozen ready-to cook turkey in major markets strengthened during i>iay-particularly for heavier reight birds. Prices for fryer-roasters and lightweight hens continued below heavyweight toms, reflecting an increased supply of lighter weight turkeys and smaller supplies of heavyweight toms for further processing and insitiutional use.
1968 Tur:ke y Output Down Substantially; Hip;her Prices Expected
Based on smaller poult hatchings and eggs settings, turkey meat production for the year will likely be cut well below last year's record output. These indicators point to a 15 percent cut in heavy breeds and about 20 percent cut in light breeds. The largest cut likely will be in marketings during the third quarter, with fourth quarter marketings down s o~ewt~tless than last year.
With indicated smaller output of turkey in the main marketing season, and a reduction in cold storage holdings to less price-depressing levels, prices in the main marketing season are expected to average moderately above last year's level of 19.5 cents per pound.
Turkey Exports Up
Exports of turkey and turkey parts in the first quarter of 1968 were up 3.3 million pounds or 34 percent from 1967 levels. Exports are expected to continue above year earlier levels through the summer even with some further increase in price.
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BROILER TYPE
June 12, 1968
Placement of broiler chicks in Georgia during the week ended June 8 was 9, 492, 000--slightly less than both last week and the comparable week last year, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service.
An estimated 12, 806, 000 broiler type eggs were set by Georgia hatcheries-1 percent less than the previous week but 5 percent more than the comparable week a year earlier.
The majority of the prices paid to Georgia producers for broiler hatching eggs were reported within a range of 55 to 67 cents per dozen. The average price of hatching eggs was 61 cents per dozen. The price of eggs from flocks with hatchery owned cockerels generally was 2 cents below the average price. Most prices received for broiler chicks by Georgia hatcheries were reported within a range of $8.25 to $9.75 with an average of $9.00 per hundred. The average prices last year were 55 cents for eggs and $7. 50 for chicks.
Week Ended
Apr. 6 Apr. 13 Apr. 20 Apr. 27 May 4 May 11 May 18 May 25 June 1 June 8
GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS, AND CHICK PLACEMENTS
Eggs Set !J
I
Chicks Placed for
Av. Price
Hatch
Broiler
B railers in Georgia
Eggs
Chicks
1967
1968
I Ufo of
year
1967
1968
% of Per
year Doz.
Per Hundred
ago
ago 1968
1968
Thou.
Thou.
Pet.
Thou.
Thou. Pet. Cents
Dollars
12, 981 12,909
99
9,672
9, 183
95
60
13,202 12, 877
98
9,929
9,263
93
60
12,736 13,000 102
10,022
9, 168
91
60
12, 899 12,942 100
9,787
9,385
96
60
12, 523 12,800 102
9,949
9, 535 96
60
11,919 12, 83 1 108
9,471
9, 653 102
60
12,414 12,843 103
9, 587
9,442
98
61
12, 53 5 12, 843 102
9, 559
9,403
98
61
12,288 12,960 105
9, 277
9, 511 103
61
12, 155 12,806 105
9,495
9,492 100
61
9.00 9.00 9.00 8.75 9.00 9.00 9,00 9.00 9.00 9.00
EGG TYPE
Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the week ended June 8 was 762, 000-3 percent more than the previous week but 1 percent less than the comparable week last year. An estimated 907, 000 eggs for the production of egg type chicks were set by Georgia hatcheries, 1 percent more than the previous week and 36 percent more than the comparable week last year.
In the four states that accounted for about 25 percent of the hatch of all egg type chicks in the U. S. in 1967, hatchings during the week ended June 8 were down 4 percent but settings were up 25 percent from a year ago.
EGG TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS HATCHED, 1968
Eggs Set (Week Ended}
i o/o of
I
I
Chicks Hatched (Week Ended}
o/o of
State
May
May June
June year
May May
June
June J year
18
25
1
8
ago 2/
18
25
1
8
ago 2/
Thousands
Thousands
I
Ga.
1, 056
783 900
907
136
719 712
739
762
99
Ill.
Calif.
1,
570 427
3- /
1,
675 663
680 1, 853
635 2,010
115 142
750 625 1, 351 1, 109
440 1, 238
445 1, 095
81 99
Wash.
316
236 106
Total 3, 369 3/3, 357 3,539
185
53
I 3,737 125
I 208 166
I
13,263 2, 612
228 2,645
I 245 107 !
2, 547 I 96
1I Includes e gg s set b y hatcheries p roducing chicks for hatcher y supp1y flocks.
2/ Current week as percent of same week last year. 3 I Revised.
STATE
I
Week Ended
May
June
June
25
1
8
THOUSANDS
Maine Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana Missouri Delaware Maryland Virginia We st Virginia North Carolina South Carolina
2, 136 421
1, 621 792 436
2,641 4,929 1, 783
102 8,010
568
2, 109 456
1, 678 748 413
2,624 4,902 1, 708
108 7,998
596
2,994 428
1,687 865 388
2, 574 4,834 1,648
106 7,934
597
GEORGIA
12,843 12,960 12, 806
Florida Tennessee Alabama Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas Washington Oregon Califor nia TOTAL 1968 {22 State s)
1,024 801
9, 125 5, 128 10,984 1, 192 4, 535
723 325 1, 878 71,997
1,049 782
9, 188 5,079 10, 884 1, 233 4, 514
687 433 1, 886 72,035
1,025 801
9,072 5,065 10, 818 1,033 4,470
701 450 1, 976 71,192
TOTAL 1967* {22 States)
69,715 69,893 69, 193
l ~of Last Year j./ Current week
~s
103 percent of
same
103 week
last
103 year.
Revised.
o/o of l
year j
ago q
I
I 148
I 113
102 155
58 93 104
95 69 107 111
May 25
V/ eek Ended June 1
THOUSANDS
June 8
1, 557 163 962
386
493 2,403 3,656 1, 131
272
5, 933
425
1, 53 7 186 983 397 426
2, 568 3, 563 1, 121
309 6,046
458
1, 554 196 956 368 431
2, 687 3,478 1, 248
408 5, 817
442
105
9,403
9, 511
9, 492
123
771
88
894
103
7,071
101
4,4'78
106
8,066
92
973
97
3,690
96
475
135 II 304
99
1,519
103
55,025
784 848 7, 086 4,549 8, 175 863 3, 575
476
277 1, 540 55, 278
786
1, 015
7' 17 5 4,386 8,467
935 3, 602
586 354 1, 499 55,882
54,323 53,249 53,978
,, 101
104
104
o/o of
year
ago 1/
103 117
95 97
87
96 104 111 104 102
98
100
172 111 100 101 113 105 100 122 136 99 104
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GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
Athens, Georyia
May 196b Released 6/13 / 68
MAY MILK PRODUCTION UP 1 MILLION POUNDS
Milk production on Georgia farms during May totaled ~2 mill ion pounds, according to the Crop Reportin0 Service. This was 1 mill ion pounds above both the May, 1967 and April, 1968 production. The 1962-66 average production was 87 mill ion pounds.
Product ion per cow in herd averaged 665 pounds - 35 pounds above the previous year and 10 pounds above the previous month. The 5-year average production per cow for the month was 510 pounds .
The estimated average price received by producers for all wholesale milk during May was $6.35 per hundredweight. This equaled the April, 1~68 price, but was 10 cents below the previous year.
Prices paid by dairymen for feed during the month were below the previous year.
MILK PRODUCTION AND PRICES RECEIVED AND PAID BY DAIRYMEN
Item and Unit
May 1967
Georqia Apr i 1 May 19b8 1968
May 1967
United States
Apr i 1
May
1S68
19bU
Milk Production, mill ion lbs.
Production Per Cow, lbs. l l
Number Milk Cows, thousand head
PRICES RECE IV ED - DOLLARS 1/ All wholesale milk, cwt. 11
F 1u i d mi 1k, cwt. Manufactured milk, cwt. Mi 1k Cows, head
91
91
j2
: 11 ,470 I0 ,L~60
11 ,283
63 0
655 665
81-+J-+
795
859
144
139 138
6.45 6.45
6.35 6.35
200.00 200.00
4/ 6.35 200.00
1+. 75 5. I~
3.99 259.00
5.03
5.42 4.19 270 .00
!I 5.02
272.00
PRICES PAID - DOLLARS 1/
Mixed Dairy Feed, ton 14 percent protein 16 percent protein 18 percent protein 20 percent protein
75.00 77 .oo 82.00 84.00
70.00
75.00 81 .oo 82.00
72.00 75.00 80.00 81.00
70.00
75.00 77.00 82.00
68.00 72.00 76.00 79.00
67.00 72.00 75.00 7ti.OO
Hay, ton
36.00 36.00
35.00
33. I 0 j 1.80
31 . 40
l/ Monthly average.
11 Dollars per unit as of the 15th of the month except wholesale milk which is avera e for
month. 31 Revised. ~I Pre 1imi na ry.
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
JUN l 81968
LIBRARIES
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
~1 . P/H PARKS Agricultural Statistician
IssuED-BY:- Th; Ge;rgi~ cr;p-R;p;rti~g-s;r~i~e~ USDA~ 4o9A-N;rth-L~mpkin-Str;et,-Ath;n~.-G~.~ in cooperation with the Georgia Depar tment of Agriculture .
UNITED STATES MILK PRODUCTION
Ma v milk p roduction 2 percent below last year
U. S. milk production in May is estimated at 11,283 mill ion poun ds, 2 percent less than a year earlier and 7 percent below the l9b2-66 average for the month. Production for May was the smallest since 1~40, partly because of continued declines in cow numbers ad partly because of the trend toward lower seasonal peaks in monthly production. Daily avera~ production for May was up 4 percent from April compared with an increase of 3 percent in 1961 and a 5 pe rcent average increase. Total milk production during January-May was 2 percent less than a year earlier. Production during May provided 1.81 pounds of milk per person daily, compar ed with 1.74 pounds a month earlier and 1.86 pounds a yaar earlier.
May milk output per cow rises 2 percent
Milk output per cow averaged D5~ pounds during May, 2 percent more than a year earlier and 10 percent above average for the month. Unusually good pastures during May contributed to the improvement. Daily output per cow averaged 27.7 pounds, compared with 26.5 pounds a month earlier and 27.2 pounds a year earlier. Production per cow was at record-high levels for May in 37 Sta t es. Highest output per cow was in California with l ,000 pounds, followed by Washington, 995 pounds ; Minnesota, 980 pounds ; and Wisconsin, ~75 pounds.
Month
January February March April May Jan.-May total June July August September October November December
Annual
Milk per cow and milk production by months,
United States 1968, with comparisons
Milk per cow
Milk product ion
Average
Average
l 9b2-66
1967
1968
1962-66
lS~67
l96b
t-li 11 ion Mill ion Mill ion
Pounds
Pounds
Pounds :'ounds Pounds
Pounds
644
716
724
10,196
9,b47
9 ,608
611
6il
6~9
9,636
9,203
9,249
698
769
778
10,968 10,517
10,269
713
788
79~i
ll '175 l0,7j4
l 0 ,'-!.60
778
84L~
859
12' 143 ll ,470
ll ,2&3
750
uzo
54,118 ll ,658
51,7/l ll ,0~5
50,869
692
J6L~
10,7JL~
10,315
651
722
10,047
9,709
614
680
9, L}L~6
9,124
623
685
~.547
9,16/
603
661
9,208
8' ~lL}
641
699
9. 7S9
0 .299
8,021
&,321
124,49/ 119,294
Change from 1967
Percent
-2.4 70.5 - 2.4 -2.6 -1.6 -1.7
After Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street Athens, Georg ia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Postaye and Fees Paid U. S. Department of Agriculture
Georgia Weekly Crop and Weather Bulle
~ GEORGIA CROP REPORTIN b-t!.e+~~p;.e.---~~
Athens, Georg1a
Week Endi ng June I/ , 1~68 FARM WO RK VARIED - .
LIB RAR IES
3 p.m. Monday
Athens, Ga., June 17
Georgia farmers performed a wide range of farm work dur ing the
week, according to the Crop Reporting Service. Among the most common of these were cult iva-
tion and fertilization of row crops, insect and disease control, small grain harvest, ha yi ng,
late season planting, and many others. Crop condition remained mostly good. Soil moisture was'
generally adequate except for areas along the western border of the State. A five - county area
in the central part of the dry strip continues to be very dry.
According to County Agents' reports, cotton remained in fair to good condition. Cool ni 9hts continued to cause problems in northern sections and losses to seedling diseases were aga i n reported.
The~~ crop remained in good to excellent condition over much of the State. Late plantings of corn in river bottoms were macie in northern areas while the central and southern area crop has been laid by and was tasseling.
Harvest of tobacco continued very 1ight but topping and ,suckering were very active. Light wind and hail damage was reported in southeastern sections.
Soybean planting reached 80 percent completion and sorghums were about 65 percent seeded. Small qrain harvest neared completion in most southern counties and was about three-fourths complete, Statewide
.0. total of 957 carlots of peaches was shipped through June 13 as harvest gained momentum. Recent rainfall has improved sizing of peaches in many areas .
Market Mana~ers reported vegetable conditions over the State to be mostly good. \latermelon movement was fairly 1ight last week but is expected to be heavy during the current week.
WEATHER SUMMARY-- Heavy rainfall was recorded over northeast Georgia early in the week ending Friday, June 14 as the dissipating tropical storm Abby moved northward through the western part of the Carolinas. Some totals exceeded 4 inches in the northeast Geor 9 ia moun t ains. The only other rainfall during the week occurred as showers and thundershowers mainly \.Jednesday afternoon and evening. Amounts were highly variable, ranging from more than an inch at a few places to less than 1/4 inch at a number of stations. Several places along the western border of the State had no measurable rain during the week. Averages by climatological divisions
ranged from 3.24 inches in the northeast to only .38 of an inch in the northwest. Practically
no rainfall was recorded in the State during the week end.
T ~mperatur~s ( 9~ the week averaged slightly above normal in the western part of the State but were near to slightly below normal in central and eastern sections. It was mild at the beginning of the week but a warming trend brought afternoon highs to the 90's in all areas except the mountains by midweek. Most of the State's weather obsevers recorded their highest temperatures of the year on Tuesday and \/ednesday. Cooler weather moved back into the State briefly on Thursday and Friday but a warming trend had be~un before the weekend was over.Early morn i ng tempera t ures dropped to the 40's over extreme north Georgia on Friday and were in the SO's over much of the State.
The f ive- day outlook for the period Tuesday through Saturday (June 18-23) calls for temperature s to average 1 to 3 degrees below normal. It will be warm durin g the first part of
the per iod and cooler the latter half. Normal highs for this time of year range f rom 88 to 93
de g rees and normal lows from 64 to 71. Rainfall is expected to average 1/2 to I 1/2 inches and
occur in showers mainly during the first half of the period.
ISSU ED BY: The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, Athens, Georgia; in cooperation with the Cooperative Extension Service, Unive r sity of Georgia; Georgia Departmen t of
Agriculture ; and the Weather Bureau, ESSA, U. s. Department of Commerce.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMME;RCE WEATHER BUREAU Athens, Georgia
ESSA
Precipitation For The ~ek Ending Jum 14, 1968
GEORGIA
Temperature extrenes for the week ending June 14, 1968. (Provisional)
Highest: 99o0 at Ml.bany and Cairo on the
11th and 12th.
!Dwest z 40 at Tallapoosa on the 14th.
* For the period June 15-171 1968
T' less than o005 incho
Af ter Five Days Return t o United Stat es Department of Agriculture
St atistical Reporting Service 4d9A North Lumpkin St r eet Athens, Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS
IMMEDIATE - Uo S . WEATHER REPORT
This report will be treat ed. in all Respe cts as Letter Mail
(See Sec o 34 .17, P aLo & Ro )
Postage and Fees Paid UoS. Department of' Agriculture
9oo /
G~AJ
196~
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING
"" ifw~~mr1w rn~1r
ATHENS, GEORGIA
June 19, 1968
BROILER TYPE
Placement of broiler chicks in Georgia during the week ended June 15 was 9, 604, 000--1 percent more than the 'f>revious week and 2 percent more than the com-
parable week last year, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service.
An estimated 12,467,000 broiler type eggs were set by Georgia hatcheries--
3 percent less than the previous week but 2 percent more than the comparable week a year earlier.
The majority of the prices paid to Georgia producers for broiler hatching eggs
were reported within a range of 55 to 67 cents per dozen. The average price of hatching eggs was 61 cents per dozen. The price of eggs from flocks with hatchery owned
cockerels generally was 2 cents below the average price. Most prices received for
broiler chicks by Georgia hatcheries were reported within a range of $8.25 to $9.75 with an average of $9. 00 per hundred. The average prices last year were 56 cents for
eggs and $7. 7 5 for chicks.
Week Ended
GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS, AND CHICK PLACEMENTS
Eggs Set ]_I
1967
Thou.
1968
Thou.
o/o of
year ago
Pet.
Av. Price
Chicks Placed for I Hatch
Broilers in Georgia I Eggs
1967
1968
l I
o/o of
year
Per Doz.
ago 1968
Thou.
I Thou. Pet. 1 Cents
Broiler Chicks Per Hundred
1968
Dollars
Apr. 13 Apr. 20 Apr. 27
May 4
May 11 May 18 May 25
June 1 June 8
June 15
13,202 12, 877 98
9,929 9~263
93
60
12, 736 13,000 102
10,022 9, 168 91
60
12, 899 12, 942 100
9,787 9,385 96
60
12, 523 12, 800 102
9,949 9, 535 ,' 96
60
11,919 12, 831 108
9,471 9, 653 102
60 -
12,414 12, 843 103
9, 587 9,442 98
61
12, 535 12,843 102
9, 559 9,403 98
61
12, 288 12,960 105
9,277 9, 511 103
61
12, 155 12,806 105
9, 495 9, 492 . 100
61
12, 179 12,467 102
9,457 9,604 102
61
9.00 9.00 8.75 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00
EGG TYPE
Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the week ended June 15 was 660, 000--
13 percent less than the previous week but 5 percent more than the comparable week
last year. An estimated 709, 000 eggs for the production of egg type chicks were set by Georgia hatcheries, 22 percent less than the previous week but 31 percent more than the
comparable week last year.
In the four states that accounted for about 25 percent of the hatch of all egg type chicks in the U. S. in 1967, hatchings during the week ended June 15 were down 7
percent and settings were down 3 percent from a year ago.
State
EGG TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS HATCHED, 1968
I % Eggs Set (Week Ended)
of
May
June June
June year
Chicks Hatched (Week Ended)
May June
June
June
25
1
8
15 I ago 2/
25
1
8
15
j o/o of
year
ago 2/
Ga. Ill. Calif. Wash.
783 610* 1, 663 236
Thousands
900 907 680 635 1, 853 2,010 106 185
709 131 260 50 1, 419 1 108 115 1 60
712 625 1, 109 166
Thousands
739
762
440
445
1, 238 1, 095
228
245
660 105 480 99 1, 215 87
180 81
Total
3,292* 3, 539 3,737 2, 503 1 97
2,612 2,645 2, 547 2, 535 93
1/ Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatchery supply flocks. 2/ Current week as percent of same week last year. * Revised.
B ROILE R__ T_!_~E E GGS SE T -AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIA L J , R8AS BY ':.!E E Ks ..: -19"6"8 p -a g e-- 2 -
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EGGS SET
CHICKS PLA CED
S TATE
Ma i ne Connecticut Pennsylvania
1I- -
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1
:Week Ended June
8
THOUSANDS
June
15
2, 109 456
1,678
2,094* 428
1, 687
1, 917 401
1, 463
---- -:r o/o of f;
vv-eek Ended
l
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year ;: -j~ile -------"Jline
uzie- - --, year
ago 1I 1' 1
8
15
ago 1/
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I
97
I ,I
1, 53 7
1, 554
1, 566
102
125 :I 186
196
199
109
91 li 983
956
861
84
Indiana Missouri Delaware Maryland Virginia
748 413
685* 388
689 377
120 58
,II,
397 426
368 431
424
136
412
99
2,624 4,902
2, 574 4, 834
2, 587 4, 895
97 liZ
l
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2, 568 3, 563
2,687 3,478
2,766 3,367
100 105
1, 708
1,648
1, 670 100 'I 1, 121
1, 248
1, 287
128
West Virginia
108
106
107 75 II 309
408
315
88
North Carolina
7,998
7,934
7,973 113 ' 6,046
5, 817
5,963
109
South Carolina
596
597
593 115 :i 458
442
441
102
GEORGIA Florida
ti
12,960
12,806
12,467
104
";! "
9, 511
9,492
9,604
105
J,I
1,034* 1, 025
1, 018 113
788*
786
753
138
Tennessee
782
801
808 108 li 848
1, 015
1, 053
123
Alabama
9, 188
9,072
8, 900 107
7, 086
7, 175
7, 010
105
Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas Washington Oregon California
5,079
5, 065
4,943 103 II 4, 549 4, 386
4,351
105
10,884 1, 233
10,818 1, 033
10, 577 976
il 109
8, 175
88
863
8,467 935
8, 001 931
106 112
4, 514 687 433
4,470 701 450
4,433 103 I' 3, 575
627 403
99 120
rI!
476 277
3,602
58 6 3;,4
3, 563 536 299
105 120 115
1, 886
1, 976
1,940
99 ,Jl, 1, 540
1, 499
1, 415
96
TOTA L 1968 (22 States)
72,020* 71, 192
69, 764
105
I.
~. 55
282*
55, 882
55, 117
106
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TOTAL 1967* (22 States)
69,893 69, 193 66,434
~of Last Year
103
103
105
*1/ Current week as percent of same week last year. Revised.
1li153,249
I:
li 104
I'
53,978 104
51,969 106
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GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
ATHENS, GEORGIA
Item
Broiler Type Pullets Placed (U. S. )3/
Total Domestic Chickens T e sted: Broiler Type Georgia United States Egg Typ e Georgia United States Chicks Hatched: Broiler Type Georgia United States Egg Type Georgia United States Commercial Slaughter:4/ Young Chickens Georgia United States Mature Chickens Light Type
Georgia United States Heavy Type Georgia United States Egg Production: Georgia 3 outh Atlantic 5/ Unite d States
During Ma
19 6 7 1/
196
Thou.
Thou.
3,688 3,3 64
3,666 3,046
520 2,064
6 250
385 l , 717
6 336
44,729 257,042
3,749 68 ,073
45,375 2 6 1, 528
3, 31 0 59, 227
37,507 211, 569
33,649 209,995
628 11,604
738 10,668
Pet.
! Thou.
!.,.I
hru May 19 68 2 / Thou .
99 91
I
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p
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74 I
83
!I
" 100
134 r
18, 38 1 16,114
2, 893 12, 677
135 3, 2 17
18, 0 99 15, 50 5
2, 611 10, 50 8
10 6 2, 870
I.
li 10 l
218, 560
il 102 1, 2 06, 375
88 I!
87 I!
II
19,0 22 294, 69 9
II
90
99 II
165, 4 26 933, 53'1:
213 , 879 1, 2 0 5, 942
15,218 246, 576
159,204 946 ,875
118 I'I.
92
4 , 147 62,494
4 , 446 57,704
461 2,470 Mil.
421 1, 135 6, 120
358 78 2,281 92 Mil.
416 99 l, 170 103 6,068 99
1, 831 11, 29 5 Mil.
2,047 5,489 29, 531
1, 398 9, 773 Mil . 2, 127 5, 7 59 29,837
o/a of
l ast year Pet.
98
99
90 83
79 89
98 100
80 84
96 101
107 92
76 87
104 105 101
1/ Revised. 2/ Preliminary. 3/ Pullets for broiler hatche r y s upply flocks, includes expected pullet replacements from eggs sold d uring the preceding month at the rate o f 125 pullet chicks per 30-doz. case of eggs. 4/ Federal-State Market News Service Slaughte r reports only include poultry slaughtered unde r Federal Inspecti on. 5/ South Atlantic States: Del., Md., W .Va., N. C., S . C ., G a ., Fla., Va.
State
YOUNG CHICKENS: SLA UGHTERED UNDER FE DE HAL INSP ECTION BY SELECTED STATES, 1967 and 1968
Number Inspected
Indicated Percent Condemne d
During Apr.
1967
1968
Jan. thru Apr.
1967
1968
During A pr.
1967
1968
Jan. thru A p r .
1967
19 68
Thou.
Thou.
Thou.
Thou.
Pet.
Pet.
Pet.
Pet.
Maine
6,030
5, 882
23,098 23, 440 4 .0
3. 6
3.9
3. 9
Pa.
6,362
6,846
27,225 26, 821
5. 8
4. 6
5. 4
5. 3
Mo.
3 , 109
3,726
12, 531 12,853 3 . 9
3. l
5.2
4. l
Del. Md .
7,035
7, 890
27,649 29,833 5.9
4. 3
11, 6 54 10, 812
45, 567 42, 585 5.6
4 ,5
5. 4
4 .7
5. 3
4. 8
Va.
3,779
6, 145
14 , 272 19, 597 3. 5
4. 8
N. c .
19,073 21,063
79, 545 81,075 3. 5
3. 4
4 .3
5. l
4. 8
3.9
Ga.
31,041 29, 884 123,688 119,266 4 .8
5. 5
5. 4
5. 4
T enn.
4,990
5, 181
18,875 19,586 4 . l
2 .7
5.6
3.8
A la.
20,985 21,729
79, 132 84,373 3. l
3. 5
4. l
3 ,7
Miss.
12,470 13, 4 95
50,815 53, 586 3.2
2. 3
4. l
2. 8
Ark.
26,288 28, 572 106, 534 109, 180 4.0
3.6
5.0
. 4. 1
Texas
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3. 2
3. 5
3.8
4 .7
----------------------------------
u.s. 182,015
723, 667
4. l
.3 . 9
4. 8
4. 3
l 9 0, 9 54
7 3 3' l 55
U, S. Department of Agriculture
Georgia Department of Agri culture
Statistical Reporting Service, 409A North Lumpkin Street, Athens, Georgia 3060 l
End-of-Month Stocks of Poultry, Poultry Products, Meat and Meat Products United States - May 1968
Frozen egg holdings were 98 million pounds, up 12 million pounds f rom May l. Year- ea rli e r stocks totaled 71 ~illion. Shell eggs in storage were up seasonally to 205 thousand cas es from 102 thousand on May l. June l stocks were 60 tho usand cases below year-earlier holdings and were 12 thousand ca s es below average. Frozen poultry stocks de creased 27 million pounds during May to 324 million pounds, 10 percent more than a year earlier and 70 per cent above average. Turkey holdings were 204 million pounds compare d with 225 million pounds on May l, l96H. The June holding s were more than double the average for the date. On June l whole birds amounted to 174 m illion pounds while parts, cut ups, and further proce ssing items totaled 30 million . Stocks of meat totale d 669 million pounds, 7 million above a month earlier. This compares with June l stocks of 725 million pounds a year earlier and average stocks of 656 million. Pork holdings increased 29 million pounds during May to 384 million. Frozen pork b e ~lies at 132 million pounds increased 14 percent during May, compared with a 2 percent decrease during May 1967. Frozen pork butts at 9 million pounds increas e d 19 percent during the month. Beef stocks totaled 195 million pounds on June l compare d with month-earlier holdings at 215 million and year-earlier holdings of 288 million.
I '
Commodity
Eggs:
I
Shell
Frozen eggs, total
Poultry, frozen: Broilers or fryers Hens, fowls Turkeys Other & Unclassified
Total Poultry
Unit
Case Pound
May 1962-66 av.
Thou.
May 1967
Thou.
A pr. 1968
Thou.
Ma y 1968
Tho u.
217
265
10 2
205
_ 7_ ~!. ~~ ~ _______ '!_11 .9J~____~~._1_~o_____ J'!!. '!~5>___
do.
19,698
39,277 26,621
23,075
do.
34,470
49, 827 56, 650
53,958
do.
95,941
14 9,418 225,075 204,086
do.
4 0,036
57. 038 42,2 2 1
42, 566
do. l2Q!. !~?------ _2J_5}. .?!>.9_- _3_~~.-~(:~--- }_2]!. i>_8_?_--
Beef: F rozen in Cure and Cured
Pork: Frozen and Cooler
Other meat and meat products
Total all red meats
do.
201, 848
i
do. 1 344, 776
i
do. . lll, 945
do. ! 658, 569
288,007 215, 230
336,033 3 54,900
100, 9 54 91, 43 1 724,994 661,561
194 ,839
383, 512
90,342 668,693
MID-MONTH PRICES RECEIVED AND PRICES PAID
Item
May 15 1967
Georgia
Apr. 15 May 15
1968
1968
United States
May 15 Apr. 15 May 15
1967
1968
1968
Cents
Cents
Cents
Cents Cents
Cents
Prices Received:
Chickens, lb. excluding
broilers
8.5
8. 5
8.0
7.9*
8. 4
7.9
Com '1 Broilers (lb.)
12.0
13.5
13.5
13. 2
14.2
14 .6
All Chickens (lb.)
11. 8
13.2
13.2
12.7
13. 5
13.9
All Eggs (dozens)
34.3
33.5
33.0
28.8
28.6
27.0
Price Paid:(per ton)
Dol.
Dol.
Dol.
Dol.
.L>ol.
Dol.
Broiler Grower
94.00
93.00
93.00
93.00 89.00
89.00
Laying Feed
94.00
82.00
82.00
86.00* 80.00
80.00
* Revised.
This report is made possible through the cooperation of the National Poultry Improvement
Plan, Official State Agencies, the Animal Husbandry Research Division of the Agricultural
Research Service, the Inspection Branch of the Poultry Division, Consumer and Marketing
Service and the Agricultural Estimates Division of the Statistical Reporting 3ervic e and
the many breeders, hatcheries, poultry processors and the poultry farmers that report to
these agencies.
ARCHIE LANGLEY
W. A. WAGNE R
Agricultl'lral Statistician In Charge
Agricultural Statistician
After Five Days Return to: United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street
Athens, Georgia 3060 l OFF ICIAL BUSINESS
Postage and F ees Paid U. S. Department of Ag riculture
UNIVIlRSITI OP a&OR8\A
Week Endin g June 24, 1968
Athens , Geo rgia
ulletin
!'),~
' I
Released 3 p.m. Monday
CROP CONDITIONS DECLINE SLIGHTLY
Athens, Ga., June 24 -- Drier soils received most of the credit for a general decline in
the condition of crops last week, according to the Crop Reporting Service. Even with the
decline, crops were still judged to be in mostly good condition, Statewide. Soil moisture
was short to very short over the southern half of the State but adequate in the north. The
southwestern part of the State was the driest and crops, particularly corn, showed definite
signs of the moisture shortage.
County Agents reported cotton to be in mostly fair to good condition. Seedling diseases caused the loss of stands in a number of northern area fields. Some of these were replanted to soybeans. Insect populations increased and control measures were stepped up~
Corn showed the sharpest drop in overall condition but ~respects had been high and the crop is still considered mostly good. Activity was high in tobacco fields during the week as
topping and suckering continued and harvest increased. About 9 percent of the crop had been
pu II ed.
Small qrain harvest reached about 85 percent completion. Soybeans were planted after grain harvest in a number of fields and about 90 percent of the crop was seeded by week end. - Sorghum plantings reached 79 percent completion.
Peach harvest increased during the week and about 28 percent of the crop had been gathered by the close of the period. A total of 1,350 carlots of peaches was shipped through June 20 compared with I ,597 last year.
According to Market Managers the dry, hot weather is causing damage to some vegetable and melon crops in southern areas. Conditions are reported to be good in the mountain areas. Movement of watermelons and cantaloups is expected to reach peak volume during the week. Tomato harvest has passed the peak. Early varieties of sweetpotatoes are expected to reach the market in early July.
WEATHER SUMMA~Y -- Georgia rainfall was confined to widely scattered showers during the week ending Friday, June 21. Amounts were generally I ight throughout the State and many areas
received no measurable rainfall. About two-thirds of the cooperative weather observers reported less than one-fourth inch of rain and only 3 or 4 reported as much as an inch. Showers were a I ittle more numerous in the northern third of the State and most of the heavier amounts
were recorded in that section. Averages by climatological divisions ranged from .59 of an
inch in the northeast to only .03 in the central division. Showers became a I ittle more numerous during the week end. Several observers in the drier southern sections reported 3/4 of an inch or more on Saturday.
Temperatures were moderately high throughout most of the . week.Af.ter.nooli highs In the low 90 1 s were common in north Georgia and mid and upper 90 1 s were reported in south and central sections. Early morning lows were mostly in the 60 1 s and low 70 1 s. Averages for the week ranged from near to slightly below normal.
The five-day outlook for the period Tuesday through Saturday (June 25-29) calls for
temperatures to average near normal in south Georgia and I to 3 degrees above normal in the north. Normal highs range from 88 to 91 degrees and normal lows from 66 to 71 de g rees. Rainfall is expected to average 3/4 to 1 1/2 inches in scattered showers in the north and central areas and 1/2 to 1 inch in the southeast. Rainfall is expected to occur mainly during the
latter part of the period.
ISSUED BY: The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, Athens, Ga; in cooperation with the Cooperative Extension Service, University of Georgia; Georgia Department of Agriculture; and the Weather Bureau, ESSA, U. S. Department of Commerce.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE WEATHER BUREAU Athens, Georgia ESSA
Preci pitation For The Week Ending June 21, 1968
GEORGIA
Temperature extremes for week ending June 211 1968. (Provisional)
Highest: 97 at several p1aceso Lowestg 48 at Blairsville on the 15th.
* For the period June 22-24, 1968o
T Less than o005 inch,
.
After Five Days Return to
. United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service
409A North Lumpkin Street
Athens, Georgia 30601
IMMEDIATE - U. S. WEATHER REPORT
This report will be treated in all R spects as Letter Mail
(See Sec. 34.17, P.L. & R.)
Postage and Fees Paid
u. S. Department of Agriculture
,.,
JUN 2 71968
LIVESTOCK REPORT
SPRING P IG CRO.GEORGI A
June 1, 1968
Released 6/25/68 GEOKG IA
CRO P ~E P O RTI NG SERVICE
Sprinq Piq Crop Down 1 Percent
Georgia's 1968 spring p ig crop (December, 1967 - ~~ay, 1968) is estimated at l , 23 5, 000 head , pe rce nt below the 1967 sprin g crop of 1,250,000 head. A to ta l of 174,000 sows farrowed dur ing the pe riod- averaging 7.1 pigs per 1itter.
1968 Fa 11 Intentions Steady
Sows farrowin g during the fall of 1968 {June - November) on Georgia farms are expe cted to number 152,000 - equal to the 1967 fall farrowings. If these intent ions are rea li zed (a nd assuming an average pi gs per 1 itter of the same s ize as last year's of 7.2), the fall p i g crop would total 1,094,000 head.
UN ITED STATES
December - May Piq Crop Down
The December- May Pig Crop totaled 47.7 mill ion head, down I percent from the 48 .2 mill ion head for the same period last year. A total of 6.5 mill ion sows farrowed in this per i od, 1 percent less than the 6.6 mill ion a year earlier. The number of pigs per 1 itter averaged 7. 36
compared with 7.34 last year.
Increase Expected in Fall Piq Crop
Hog producers indicated on June they in te nd ed t o farrow 6.0 mill ion sows durin g t he June - November 1968, an increase of 2 percent from the 5. 9 mil 1ion sows farrowed during the
same period last year. If carried out as intended and if pigs per I i t ter equa i t he average adjusted with an allowance for trend, the June- November 1968 p i g crop will be 44. 1 mi ll ion head, 2 percent more than last year. The 1968 pig crop (December 1967 through Novembe r 1968 ) wou ld be 91.8 mill ion head, slightly above 1967.
Year
Georq ia 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968
SOWS F A~ROW ING, PIGS PER LITTER, AND PIGS SAVED
Georqia and United States. 1964 - 1968
Sows Farrowin q
Piqs Per Litter
Pi ::: s Saved
Dec. -
June-
Dec.-
June-
Dec. -
June-
May
Nov.
May
Nov.
May
Nov.
I ,000 head
Number
1,000 hea d
152
130
144
125
153
145
176
152
174 ..!/1 52
7.0
7.0
7.0
7. 1
7. I
7. 1
7. 1
7.2
7. 1
1/ 7.2
1 ,064 1,008 1,086 1, 250 1, 235
910 88t> 1,0 30 1 , 09lJ J:./1 , 094
Year
1 ,974 1 ,896 2 ,116 2,344 2,3 29
United
States 1964 1965 1966
1967 1968
6 ,596 5,890 6,201
6,570 6,481
5,525 5,006 5,81 I 5,867 l/5,962
7.23
7.21
7.22
7.27
7.32
7.25
7.34
7.38
7.36
J:./7 .40
47,682 42 ,525 45, 422 48,204
47,712
39 ,862 36 ,415
42,]L~l
43, 29 <:; J:./44 , 100
87,544 78,940 87 , 5 63 91 . 50 2
9 1,812
l/ Spring f arrowing indicated from breeding intentions reports. 2/ Average number of pigs per
1 itter with allowance for trend used to compute indica ted pig crop. Number roun de d to nearest
100,000 head.
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
(See Reverse For Number on Farm)
1.-1 . PP1T P/~ :\K S Agricultural Sta tistician
JUNE I I NVEi~TORY
_georqia
Hoos on Farms Unchan oed
The number of hogs and pig s on Georgia farm~ June J, 1968, is estimated at 1,561,000 head, equal to the inventory for June, 1967. Breakdown of t he hogs and pig~ shpwed 21 9 ,000 for breed ing (down 6 pe rcent from the 234,000 breeders last year) and 1,342 ,000 other hogs compared with
1,}27,000 last year.
United States
Nation's Hoqs Down 1 Percent
The June 1, 1968 inventory of all hogs and pi gs on farms in the United States is estimated at SS.O mill ion head. This was 1 percent less than the 59.4 million head on farms a year earlier. Hogs kept for breeding purposes t otaled 8.9 mill ion, down I per~ent. The remainder
kept for other purposes totaled 50.1 mill ion, a decraase of 1 percent.
All hogs and pigs Year:
HOGS AND P IG S ON FAKNS , GEORG I A .\NO UN ITE D STATES
June I, 1964-1~ 68
{Thousand Head)
Hogs and pigs
Other hogs and piqs
for breeding
U'nder
60-119 120- 179 : 180-219: 220 lbs.
Total 60 lbs.
lbs.
i b s . _ _ t _ _ _ _l~b~s~~=--a~n~d~o~v~e~r-
Georqia
1964: 1965: 1966:
1967: 1968:
1,33 5 1, 26 o
1 J 357 1 J 561 1 ,1)61
200
1. 135
522
329
204
57
23
190
1,078
507
310
IL5
~A
22
217
1 J 140
547
331
182
57
23
23l:.
1,327
637
372
226
66
26
219
1.342
577
376
268
94
27
United States
1964: 1965: 1966: 1967: 1968:
5~ J 777 52,968
56 J 165
59,372 59.014
~) J 037
7,915 8,747 8,988 8,897
50,740 lS ,053 47,418 50. 381+ 'iO, 117
26,977 23,469 25,31 6 26,029 25.372
11,480 10,320 10,872 11 ,890 11 608
1. 121 6,694
6,715
7,373 7,616
3,802
3,437 3,383 3,804 Lo.. . 095
1 ,360
1 J 133 1.132 1 ,289 I ,425
Acknowledgement is made to the Postmasters and Rura 1 and Star Route Carriers. for their assistance in collecting the basic information from which these estimates were made. This report is made possible by the cooperation of several thousand Georgia farmers whq furni~h reports for their individual farms.
lssuio-Bv:- The Georgia crop-Reporting-service~ usoA~ 4o9A-North-LUmpkTn-Street,-Athens,-Ga.~ in cooperation with t he Georgia Department of Agriculture.
After Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Postage and Fees Paid
u. S, Department of Agriculture
)' UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
GEORG lA CROP REPORTING SER 1
GJN.vERs1ry OF G
ATHENS, GEORGIA
EORGIA
CRIMSON CLOVER SE ED FO ~E CAST Georqia
LIBRARIES
, 1968
Crimson Seed Production Up Sl iqhtly ~ l96U
The 1968 crimson clover seed production in Georg ia is forecast at 525,000 pounds - 3 percent above the very short crop in 1967 of 510,000 pounds, but only 48 percent of the 1962 - 66 avera ge production of 1,102,000 pounds. The acreage harvested is 5,000 compared with 6,000 last year and 9,200 acres for the 1962-66 average. Yield per acre in 1968 is 105 pounds compared with 85 pounds in 1967.
Li tt le rainfall was received during the spring months in the southern half of the State, and yield prospects were reduced in this area. Some intended acreage was not harvested due to low yield. In North Georgia heavy rains during the harvesting season delayed harvest and resulted with heavy shattering.
United States
Crimson clover seed production in the Southern States this year is estimated at 2,053,000 pounds, 15 percent more than the 1967 crop. Reseeding varieties such as Dixie, Autauga, and Auburn are expected to total 1,286,000 pounds compared with the 1,087,000 pounds produced from these varieties last year.
Heather conditions were generally favorable for production of crimson clover. Development durin g the winter months in the southern producing States was generally good. Ample moisture in Alabama and Tennessee favored growth and development and weather conditions were generally good during harvest. In Georgia, rainfall during May caused some shattering and delayed harvest. A generally favorable season in Mississippi and Arkansas produced above average yields. The five - State total of 14,400 acres is 12 percent below the 16,400 acres harv ~ sted last year and 47 percent below the 1962-66 average.
Yield per acre in the five-State area is estimated at 143 pounds, an increase of 34 pounds from the 109 pound yield in 1967. Yields exceeded last year in Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi. The indicated yield of 250 pounds in Arkansas was the same as in 1967.
Harvest of crimson clover seed was generally later than last year. Average beginning dates of harvest this year were: May 22 in Georgia, May 25 in Alabama, May 21 in Mississippi, and June 3 in Tennessee and Arkansas.
Carryover of old-crop crimson clover seed by growers in the five Southern States is estimated at 28,000 pounds, 49 percent less than last years carryover of 55,000 pounds. A report covering June 30, 1968, stocks of old- crop seed held by dealers will be issued Augusts.
There has been no crimson clover seed imported since September 1963.
An estimate of the late-harvested crimson clover seed crop in Oregon is scheduled for release August 8.
(OVER)
- 2-
CRIMSON CLOVER SEED: Acreage harvested, yield per acre, and production, Average 1962-66, annual 1967 and 1968
State
Ga. Tenn. Ala. Miss.
Ark~
Acres harvested
lndi-
Average 1967
cated
1962-66 ll
1968
Yield per acre lndi-
:Average: 1967 cated
:1962-66: l l 1968
Acres
Pounds
9,200
6,000
5,000
116
85
105
5,800
2,000
1 ,600
168 140
180
8,600
5,000
4,300
125
90
150
2,920
2,800
2,800
120 140
150
860
600
700
189 250
250
Production (clean seed)
lndi-
Average
1967
cated
1962-66
ll
1968
Thousand pounds
1.102
947 1 ,089
349 160
510
525
280
288
450
645
392
420
150
175
Total 5 States
27,380 16,400 14,400
132 109
143
ll Revised.
3,646
1'782 2,053
C. L. CRENSHA~J Agricultural Statistician
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
ISSUED BY: The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, USDA, 409A North Lumpkin Street, Athens, Ga., in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture.
After Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street
Athens, Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Postage and Fees Paid
U. s. Department of Agriculture
Af t er Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Sta t istical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Postage and Fees Paid
u. s. Department of Agriculture
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVIC E
ATHENS, GEORGIA
BROILER TYPE
LIBRARIES
Placement of l:lro iler chicks in Ge or gia during t e
was
9, 660, 000--l percent :nor e than the previous week and S percent more than the com-
parable week last yeal~ , according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service .
An estimated 12,417,000 broiler t ype e ggs v-rere set by Georgia hatcheries sli ghtly
less than the previous -r,re ek but .2 percent more than the comparab le week a year earlier .
The majority of the pr i ces paid to Georgia Froc:Jucers for broiler hatching e ggs
were reported within a range of 55 to 67 cents per dozen . The average pr i ce of
hatching e E: gs was 61 cents per dozen. The price of e ggs from flocks with hatchery
owned cockerels generally was 2 cents below the average pri ce . Most pl~ ice s received
for broiler chicks by Geor gi a hatcher ies wer e reported within a range of !.~8 . 2) to .8 . 75
with an average of '. -9 . 00 per hundred . The average prices last year were 56 cents for
eggs and \ 7 . 75 f or chicks .
Week Ended
I
I
I
1967
I Thou .
I Apr . 20 12,736
Apr . 27 12 , 899
Hay 4 12,)2 3
111 Hay
11,919
May 18 l2,L.lL.
Hay 2) 12 , 53.5
June l ' 12,288
I June 8 1 12,155
June 1s 12 , 179
June 22 ! 12,179
G~O~GIA EGGS S :~T, HATCHP~GS , Mm CHIC K PlACill'TENTS
Eggs Set ~/
1968 Thou .
c/0. of year ago
Pet .
Chicks Placed for
Broilers i n Georgia
7u of
1967
1968
year
ago
Thou .
Thou .
i:;ct .
Av . Price
j liatch Eggs
I Per
I
I Doz .
~ 1968
tsr o 1 l e r Chicks Per Hundred 1968
I Cents
Dollars
13,000 12 , 942 12,800 12 , 831 l2 , 8L.3 12 , GL3 12 , 960 12 , 806
12,467 12,417
102
10,022
100
9,787
102
9,9L.9
108
9,471
103
9, 587
102
9 , 5 59
lOS
9, 277
lOS
9, 495
102
9,457
102
9,226
--L
9, 168
9,385
9,535
9,653
9, L42 9,L03 9,)11
9,492 9, 504 9,600
91
I 60
96
I 60
96
I 60
102
I 60
98
61
98
61
103
61
I
100
I I
61
102
I
I
61
lOS
I 61
-l
9 . 00 8 . 75 9 . 00 9. 00 9.00 9 . 00 9 . 00 9.00 9-. 00 9 . 00
EGG TYPE
Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the week ended June 22 was 753,000- -
14 percent more than the previous Heek and 32 percent more than the comparable week last year . An estimated 1,032,000 e ggs for the production of egg type chicks >Jere set by Geor gia hatcheries, 46 percent more than the previous week and 53 percent more than the comparabl e week last year .
In the f our states that accounted f or about 2) percent of t he hatch of all egg type chicks in the U. S. in 1967, hatchings during the 1-~reek ended June 22 v.rere up 22 percent and settings were up 32 percent from a year ago.
I '
State I
I
EGG TYPB .'. GGS SET ATilD CHIC KS HATCHED, 19?8
Eggs Set (1fl!eek Ended)
I
%of
I !
Chicks Hat ched (!.Jeek Ended) ! %of
June June June June year I June June June June year
l
8
l)
22
ago 21 l
8
1.5
22
ago 2/
Thousands
Thousands
I Ga .
900
Ill.
680
907 635
709 1,032
260
525
1)3 739
112 I 440
762 445
660 480
753 )00
132 121
I I
Calif . 1 1,853
2, 010
1,419
1,918
lt!ash .
140-l~
185
ll)
146
142 ,l, 238 1,095 1,21) 1,444
57
22.8
24.5
180
114
130 54
i
Total
3,573-l~
3,737
2,)03
3,621 L_UJ,645
2,547
2,535
2,811
122
vI7 Includes e ggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatchery supply flocks .
Current week as percent of same week last year .
-l:-Revised
-- ~--
STATE
Bi=WILl'l TYFE SGGS Si.T _4;D CHIC ~CS PLi, C~D I H COi i:: ~.-lCi f\ L AE .~:S BY lJE:SKS - 1968 Pa ge 2
~--~-=--=-~=~,zggs SET_ __~-=---
I j June
i.feek 2nded June--June---~
--- --j==-=~ ;) of L_ ___
year_ , ~ .June
-
CHICl~ P~-i.CED~------
t>Jeek Ended . - J ; ; of
June
June
:year
---
1;---~----~-
22
THOUSP. Y'DS
-~yo_~_ --~------15_______ ~-----i~to 1/.._______
t
THOUS.A !\DI S
Maine
2, 094 1,917 2,089 100 ~ 1,554 1~566 1,543
99
Conne c t i c u t
428
401
h54 129 ~ 196
199
21} 113
Pennsylvania
1,687 1,463 1,555
97
t:;
956
861
929 103
Indiana Eissouri Dela'tvare
685 388 2,574
689 377 2,5s7
689 325 2,57o
126 52 9o
~ j
r
368 431 2,687
424 hl2 2,1 66
377 L4o 2,468
129 108 94
.
:::>
-1aryland
4,83h 4, 895 4,902 107 ~ 3,478 3,367 3,522 lCO
Vir ginia
1,648 1,610 1,633
93 r 1,248 1, 287 1,429 128
~-iest Virginia
106
107
110
12
ij h08
31.5
289
(:9
North Carolina 7,934 7,973 7,964 112
5,817 5,963 5,885 105
South Carolina
597
593
55o 104
442
4Ll
423
96
G-O.: GIA
12,806 12,467 12,417 102
9,492
0/ ' 6oL.
9, 660
lOS
~ lorida
1,025 1,018 1,018 124
786
753
785 152
Tennessee
801
808
781
92
1,015 1,053 1,049 102
Alabama
9,072 8,900 8,794 102
7,175 7, 010 6,757
96
His s issippi .
5,065 4,943 4,991 102
h,386 L,351 L,388
99
Ar kansas
10,818 10,577 10,522 102
8,467 8,001 1,956 103
louisiana
1,033
976
983
86
935
931
930 104
Texas
h,470 4,433 4,299
96
3,602 3, .S63 3,532
97
~iashingt on
Ore &on
701 450
627 h03
574 411
95 121
I~ I
586 354
536 299
537 105 320 119
California
1,976 1,940 1, 826___:_:95__1 1,499 1,4.15 1,47h
91
TOTAL 1968
71,192 69,764 69,463 102 ' 55,882 55,117 54,906 102
(22 States)
TOTAL 1967~~
69,193 67,37CP~~ 68,319
!53,978
53,. 68()-'n~(- 53,876
(22 States)
ct
_j~ to of last Year
103
104-JH< ,-1-::0;-2--;-___
v-current * week as percent of same week last year.
*!;- Rcoevrirseecdte. d.
_1_04..;___ _1_0) -lH<
102
r '' .. . '.. I...(; H' P . T ~ n1\'
Athens, Ge
Wee}{ Ending July 1, 1968 CROPS DETE~IORATE
UBRARI~~
3 p.m. Monday ~
Athens , Ga ., July l -- The condition of most crops and pastures declined considerably during the pas t week, a ccording to the Ge orgia Crop Reporting Service. Soil moisture wa s mostly very short t o short over much of the southern two-thirds of the State and yield prospects dropped unde r continued sunny ski es . There were isolated areas in the dry sections that had r ece ive d very s cattered thunder showers and these areas continue to report good crop conditions.
Cotton was the only crop that County Agents as a whole reported in about the same condition as a week ago . Insect infestation levels showed a small increase and reflected the very active control programs . About 83 percent of the crop was squaring by the week end and about one-half was setting bolls .
''
The sharpest decline was reported in the State's corn crop. Some areas that had previously reported excellent prospe cts were said to be approaching the critical point. Soybean plantings continued but were limited mostly to fields where small grains were recently harvested. About 90 percent of the crop has been seeded. Sor~hum plantings reached 79 percent completion.
Tobac co harvest increased and 18 percent of the crop had been pulled by the week end. Topping and suckering were again the main activity with insect controls , claiming part of the workload. Small ~rain harvest was drawing to a close as about 95 peree-nt of these crops has been combined.
The volume of peach movement continued to increase and 43 percent of the crop was judged gathered . Carlot e quivalent shipments through June 27 totaled 1,739 compared with 2,094 carlots thr ough the same date l ast year.
Market Manager s reported the continued dry weather and hot sun damaging ve~etable and mel~n crops. The harve st season will be shortened in southern and central areas unless relief is_____
received soon. Movement of watermelons and cantaloups remained heavy. Moderate supplies of cabbage are available in the mountain areas and snap bean harvest is beginning this week.
WEATHER SUMMARY -- Rainfall was mostly light to locally moderate over Georgia during the v1eek ending Friday June 28, 1968 . Amounts were quite variable in showers that occurred early in the period and again about Thursday. Several places had more than an inch during the week but most cooperative weather observers measured less than one-half inch and a few recorded no measurable rain. Large se ctions of the State were very dry at the end of the week. No rain was reported during the week end and the hot, sunny weather caused rapid depletion of the dwindling soil moisture .
Georgia temperatures showed more variation than is usual for summertime. A warming trend
during the first part of the week brought midweek readings to well above normal. Early mornini lows wer e in the mid-seventies in south Georgia and were near, or slightly above, 70 degrees in the north on one or more days. A cold front moved through the State on Thursday causing a 24-hour drop in temperatures of frcm 10 to almost 20 degrees. Lows were in the 40's in extreme north Georgia on Friday and dropped to the 50's in most central and southern areas. A large number of weather observers reported new record lows for the date. Rapid warming during the vTeek end brought above norm?-1 temperatures back to the State by Sunday.
The five-day outlook f or the period Tuesday through Saturday (July 2~6) calls for temperatures t o ave r age l t o 4 degrees below normal. It should not be so warm Wednesday and Thursday but warm again by Saturday. Normal highs range from 88 to 93 degrees and normal lows
fr om 66 to 72. Rainfall is expe cted to average l/2 to l inch and occur in scattered showers
and thundershowers ma inly on Tuesday and Wednesday.
I SSuED- BY:- The Georgia Crop-Reporting-Service~ Athens~ Georgia;-in cooperation with-the--- ! Cooper ative Extension Service, University of Georgia; Georgia Department of Agriculture ; and the Weather Bureau, ESSA, U. S. Department of Commerce.
U. s. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ~
WEATHER BUREAU Athena, Georgia
ESSA.
Precipitation For The Week Ending June 28, 1968
GEORGIA
Temperature extremes for the week ending June 28, 1968 (Provisional).,
Highest: 99 at Hawkinsville and Valdosta on the 26th.
42 at Blairsville on the 28th.
* For the period June 29-July 1, 1968o
T Less than .005 inch.
After Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service
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(See Sec. 34.17, P.L. & R.)
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Releas e d 7/ 2/l 96b GEO ~ GIA C; OP ~i P O RTI N G S~ RV IC E
GEORG IA P:U CES i~ ECE IVED 2 PO INTS HIGHE R
The Inde x of Prices Recei ved by Georgia Farmers for AI 1 Commodit ies increa sed 2 po i nts dur i ng the month en de d June 1) , ]j 68 to 25 2 . This was 2 points abo ve the J une 15, 1967 i ndex of 2SO.
There was 1 i ttle change in the pr i ces of t he crops used i n compu t in ~ t he Cro p Index, and it remained at 26i; this, however, was j points above that registere d i n June of 1967 of 264. Increases in the price of hogs, chickens, and eggs were pr i nc ipall y res pons i b!e fo r t he i ncrease in the livestock index from 214 in May to 221 in June 196b. This wa s 2 po i nt s above the 21 9 in June 1967.
U i~ITED STATES PKICES .~ECEIV 0 INDE;( DO\/N l POINT, PARITY IND EX UNCH i\N GED AUJUSTEu PA;U TV RAT I 0 79
The Index of Prices Receive d by Farmers dec! ined l point (l / 3 pe rce nt ) d~r i n s the mon t h en de d June 15 , to 25~ percent of its 1910-14 average , the Crop Re por t i ng Boa rd an nounced to day. Contr i buting most to the decrease were price declines fo; wheat and mil k . Pa rt ia ll y of f se ttin g were h ig her prices for hogs and eggs. The June index was l l/ 2 perce nt a bove a ye ar e arlie r .
The lnde;< of Prices Paid by Farmers for Commodit ies anc:J Ser v i ce s, Incl udi ng Int e re st, Ta xes, and Farm Wage Rates, at 354, was unchanyed from May , but 4 percen t abo ve a ye ar earl ier.
With prices r ecei ved by farmers down slightly an d 0 r i ces pai d by f a rmer s un c h a n g e ~ . the Preliminary Adjusted Parity Ratio remained at 79, an a the i' arity kat ie a t 7) .
Index
l g 10- 14 = l 00
l iWE X NUMBE ;{S -.- GEOi\GIA Ai~ D UNITL: O S TP,H: ~
June 15 May 15
June 15
lj 6l
l 0 6L
I ~ Sb
-
-
-1n dr\ee c/<
o
r :
d
Hi c,h Da te
GEORGI A Pr i ces l~ece i ved
,13,11 Commodit ies
All Crops Livestock and Livestock
Products
1/ 250 ] ,':.:,)4
219
250
/ ~ 2
267
207
214
221
310 i"ia r ci1 195 1 )I; March 1951 Jj
295 Se pt. 1~48
UN I TEO STATES
Pr i ces i{ece i ve d
, a r i t y Index J/
?a r i t y i{ a t i o
255
2b 0
259
31) Fe b. 1951
342
3 54
3~- L~
35L:. J une 196b ~I
75
73
73
12 3 Oct. i ~46
Adjusted Parity ~atio ~/ (pre 1 imi nar y}
bO
79
7'9
.!/Revi se d . 1:/ Also Ap ril 19 51. 3/ Prices Paid, In t erest, Ta;:e s, an d Fa rm .!a ge Ra tes bas ed on da t a f or the indicated dates. !!,7 Also May J ~ G8. :2/ The Adjuste G Par it y Rat io, ref lec t in g
Government payments, averaged 79 for the year 1~ 6 7 com~ a re ~ wi t h 74 f or t he Par i t y ~atio. Prel imi nary Adj uste d Ratios f or the current year, sup p l ied by the Econom i c ,,e sea rch Se rv i ce ,
a re ba se d on estima t ed cash receipts from marketings and estimates of Governme nt pa yme nt s f or the current calendar year.
ARCHIE LANGLEY Ag ricultural Stat i s t ician In Charge
':! iLLI AI'-1 A. \/AG i!ER Ag r i cu lt ural Stat is t ici a n .
ISSU ED BY: The Georgia Crop Reportin g Service, USD A, 409A North Lumpkin Stre et , Ath en s , Ga., in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Ag r i culture.
?;<ICES--RECEIVED AND :>AID BY FARMERS JUNE 15, 1968 \liTH COMPARISO ~!S
GEORGIA
UN IT ED STATES
June 15
May 15
June 15 :June 15: May 15 June 15
~ommodi ty and Unit
1~67
1968
1968
1967
1968
1968
PRICES RECEIVED
~/heat, bu.
$ 1. 55
I. 35
1.20 1.49
1.36
1 2'-t
Oats, bu.
$
.80
.85
.76
.717
.692
.694
Corn, bu.
$
1.48
1.27
I. 25 1.26
1 .09
1.07
Barley, bu.
$
.~6
I .02
.98 1.06
.986
.970
Sorghum Grain, cwt. Cotton, 1b.
$ 2.20
21 .o
1.90 23.5
1.90 1.97 23.5 20.34
1.84 21 .09
1. 80 20.79
Soybeans, bu.
$ 2.70
2.60
2.50 2. 71
2.58
2.54
Hay, Baled, ton:
.l\ 11
$ 27.60
28.00
27.50 23.20 22.40
21 .90
Alfalfa
$ 36.50
35.00
34.00 23.90 22.40
22.30
Lespedeza
$ 29.50
29.00
30.00 24.50 24.00
23.60
Peanut Mi 1k Cows, head
$ 24.00 $ 195.00
24.00 200.00
24.00 23.70 23.30 190.00 259.00 272.00
23.00 273.00
Hogs, cwt.
Beef Cattle, All, cwt. l/ Cows , cwt. 2:./
$ 20.80 $ 20.00 $ 16.90
17.80 20.20 16.90
18.40 20.20 16.90
21. I0 23.00 17.40
18.20 23.70 17.80
19.30 23.80 17.90
Steers and Heifers, cwt. Calves, cwt.
$ 22.40 $ 25.00
22.50 26.00
22.50 24.60 27.00 26.80
25.30 28.10
25.50 28.20
Milk, Wholesale, cwt: F1u id /'1a rke t Manufactured All ]_/
$ 6.25 $ $ 6.25
6.35
s.os 5.40
3.96 4.18
6.35
!;!:/6.25 4.67
4.99 !;!:/4.93
Turkeys, lb. Ch icken s , 1b :
21.0
20.0
20.0 19.8
19.0
19.5
Excluding Broilers Commercial Broilers
7.5
12.S
8.0
8.5
7.6
7.j
7.9
13.5
14.0 13.6
14.6
15.0
All
12.3
13.2
13.8 13.0 13.9
14.4
Eggs, All, doz.
33.3
33.0
39.0 27.4
27.0
30.3
PRICES PAID, FEED
Mixed Dairy Feed, ton: 11
14% Protein
$
16% Protein
$
18% Protein
$
20% Protein
$
Hog Feed,l4%-18% protein, cwt. $
Cottonseed Meal, 41%, cwt.
$
Soybean Meal, 44%, cwt.
$
Bran, cwt.
$
Middlings, cwt.
$
Corn Meal, cwt.
$
Poultry Feed, ton 11
Broiler Grower Feed
$
Laying Feed
$
Chick Starter
$
Alfalfa Hay, ton
$
All Other Hay, ton
$
74.00 78.00 84.00 85.00 4.55
5.20 5.00 3.95 4.15 3.70
9b.oo
94.00 102.00 40.00 35.50
72.00 75.00 80.00 81.00 4.25
5.20 5.10 3.80 3.95 3.30
93.00 82.00 94.00 39.00 35.00
74.00 76.00 b2.00
b4.oo
4.20 5.20
5. I0
3.85 3.95
3.30
89.00 85.00 90.00 36.00 34.00
69.00 75.00
77 .oo
82.00
4.58
5.35 5.31 3.59 j.67 3.50
94.00 b7.00 98.00 32.70 31. 10
67.00 72.00 75.00 78.00 4.41
5.26 5.23
5.48 ).57
3.20
8~.00
8o.oo
93.00 32.90 31 .40
67.00
71 .oo
75.00 77.00 4.41
5.28 5.28
3.4h
3.57 3. 19
88.00 80.00 93.00 31.90 30.30
l/ "Cows'' and "steers and heifers" combined with allowance where necessary for slaughter bulls.
11 Includes cull dairy cows sold for slaughter, but not dairy cows for herd replacement.
3/ Revised ~/ Preliminary estimate.
After Five Days ~eturn to United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Postage and Fees Paid U. S. Department of Agriculture
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G E 0 R G I A C R 0 P R E P 0 R T I N S E RLVBR~Iis
ATHENS, GEORGIA
July 3, 1968
BROILER TYPE
Placement of broiler chicks in Georgia during the week ended June 29 wa s 9, 406, 000-.3 percent less than the previous week but 2 percent more than the comparable week last _year, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service.
An estimated 12, 497, 000 broiler type eggs were set by Georgia hatcherie s- -1 percent more than the previous week and l percent more than the comparable week a year earlier.
The majority of the prices paid to Georgia producers for broiler hatching eggs were reported within a range of 55 to 67 cents per dozen. The average price of hatching e ggs was 61 cents per dozen. The price of eggs from flocks with hat chery owned cocke r els generally was 2 cents below the average price. Most prices received for broiler chicks by Georgia hatcheries were reported within a range of $ 8.25 to $9.75 with an average of $9.00 per hundred. The average prices last year were 56 ce nt s for e ggs and $ 7.75 for chicks.
Week Ended
GEORGIA EGGS SET, Eggs Set];_/
1967 Thou.
1968 T hou.
H..~TC HINGS, AND CHI C K PLACEME N TE:
.A v.
Chicks Place d for
Hatch
o/o of
Broilers in Georgia Eggs
%of P e r
year
1967
1968
year Doz.
ago
ago 1968
Pet.
Thou.
Thou. Pet. Cent s
Price Broiler Chick s Per Hundred 1968
Dollars
Apr. 27 May 4 May ll May 18 May 25 June 1 June 8 June 15 June 22 June 29
12, 899 12,942 100
9, 787
9, 385 96
00
12, 523 12,800 102
9,949
9,535
96
60
11, 919 12, 831 108
9,471
9,653 10 2
60
12,414 12, 843 103
9. 587
9,442
98
61
12, 535 12, 843 102
9, 559
9,403
98
61
12, 288 12,960 105
9, 277
9, 511 103
61
12, 155 12,806 105
9,495
9,492 100
61
12, 179 12,467 102
9,457
9,604 102
61
12, 179 12,417 102
9. 226
9,660 105
61
12, 354 12,497 101
9, 177
9,406 102
61
8.75 9 .00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00
EGG TYPE
Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the week ended June 29 was 682, 000-9 percent less than the previous week but 29 percent more than t he comparable w e ek last year. An estimated 8:_36, 000 eggs for the production of egg type c hick s were set bf Georgia hatcheries, 19 percent less than the previous week but 42 percent more than the comparable week last year.
In the four states that accounted for about 25 percent of the hatc h of all egg type :chicks in the U. S. in 1967, hatchings during the week ended June 29 were up 27 percent and settings were up 2 percent from a year ago.
EGG TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS HATCi1:ED, 1968
State
Eggs Set (Week Ended}
June
June June
June
8
15
22
29
! %of
year
I
ago 2/
Chicks Hatched (Week Ended)
June June
June
June
8
15
22
29
Thousands
Thousands
Ga.
Ill.
907 635
709 1, 032 260 525
I 836 I 142
325
76
762 660
753
682
445 4 80
500
4 80
Calif. 2, 010 1, 419 1,918
Wash.
255*
115 146
i 1, 685
I
I
103
114
44
I
1, 095 1, 215 245 180
1, 4 44 11 4
l, 522 203
Total ! 3, 807* 2, 503 3, 621
I 2,960 I 102
! 2. 547 2, 535
2, 811
2, 887
1/ Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatche ry supply flocks .
2/ Current week as percent of same week last year. *Revised.
o/o of
year a go 2/
129 115 144
74
127
BROILER TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMME H.CIAL AREAS BY WEEKS -1968 Page 2
EGGSSET
C HICKSPLACED
STAT E
Maine Conne cti cut Pennsylvania Indiana Missouri Delawar e Maryland Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina
year
une
year
a 1/
29
a o 1/
.....
H
THOUSA NDS
I
I'
,CD
Q I <t: ro I ....
1, 917 401
2,089 454
2,054 411
102 126
llp1i
1, 566 199
1, 543 213
1, 506
161
97 83
1, 463
1, 555
1,633 104 li 861
929
895
94
689 377 2, 587 4,895
689 325 2,570
4,902
695 307 2, 547
4,949
122 50 92
108
."!I
424 412
2, 766
I: 3, 367
377 440 2,468 3, 522
375 476
2, 769 3,272
101 127
95 105
0
.r.o.
bD H 0
Q)
lJ
1,670 107
1, 633 110
1,683 101
95 69
II
1, 287 315
1, 429 289
1, 054 438
94 106
7,973
7,964
7, 833 109 !;I 5, 963
5, 885
5, 964
106
593
550
463
86 I , L_i,41
il
423
416
101
.
::::>
GEORGIA
12,467 12,417 12,497 101 !i 9, 604
9,660
9,406
102
Florida Tennessee Alabama Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana
1, 018
1, 018
1,027 121 ,, 753
785
801
169
808
781
726 84 I 1, o53
1,049
1, 083
103
8,900
8, 794
8, 743 101 I 7, 010
6, 757
6,912
100
4,943
4, 991
5,024 107 I 4, 351
4,388
4,346
101
10, 577 10, 522 10,423 103 !! 8, 001
7, 956
7,873
104
976
983
966 89
931
930
912
107
4,433
4, 299
4,032 92
3, 563
3, 532
3,363
95
627
574
557 95
536
537
553
103
403
417
339 113
299
320
336
132
1,940
1~ 826
1,934 97
1 415
1 474
1 489
8
69,764 69,463 68,944 101
55, 117 54,906 54,400
102
67,370 68,319 68,018
53, 680 53, 876 53,242
....
0
104
102
101
aCeuVr'rlesendt. wee k as percent of same week last year.
103
102
102
.
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Georgia Weekly Crop and Weather Bullet
~ GEORGIA CROP REP -fi~I~E~~~~~~~EORGIA
Athens, G org1a J UL 1
Week Ended July 8, 1968
Monday
CROP CONDITION DECLINES FURTHER
Athcnn, Ga., July 8 -- The condition of all crops , hay and pasture de clined during the
past week, a ccording to the Ge orgia Crop Reporting Service. The drouth conditions wer e
alleviated ove r most areas except the southwest quarter of the State by end of week. This
will be beneficial to crop s in these areas but was not entirely r e flected in r eports r e ce ived.
County Age nts report ed the condition of cotton to have de clined during the week. Conditions were good for weed and insect control but there was a de cline in the vegetative growth and some shedding of fruit caused by inadequate moisture. The crop is blooming and setting fruit except in the northernmost counties.
The corn crop was in the critical stage of development and the l a ck of moi sture was particularlJ damaging in the southern half of the State . Yields espe cially in the southwest quarter of the State will be reduced considerably.
Soybean plantings wer e reported to be 96 percent and sor~hum plantings 89 pe rcent complet e . Dry soils we r e a hindrance to completion of the plantings of thene crop s .
Tobacco harvest continued and is now 25 percent complete . Irrigation water was limited in some areas and the condition of tobacco is not holding up to previous expectations.
The rrinci~al peanut producing area of the State is located in that ar ea that has not r e ceived adequate r e lief from the drouth; conse quently, the condition of this crop declined sharply. Reports indicate that yields of the Spanish varieties have already been reduced but that runners could still recover.
Good quality peaches are moving to market in volume . Keystone, Southland, Rcdglobe , Sunhigh and Ranger varieties arc available in most areas. Carlot equivalent shipments through July 4 were 2,140.
Market managers reported the fresh vegetable movement declining in South Georgia. There' is still heavy movement of watermelon and cantaloups. Hot sun and dry soils damaged the crops in some areas. Cabbage and snap beans are available in the mountain areas.
WEATHER SU~ARY -- Rainfall during the last part of the week ending Friday, July 5, brought some r e lief to many of the drier sections of Georgia. Amounts varied considerably over the State, ranging from l e ss than 1/2 inch at several places to more than 3 inches at a few others. About one -half of the reporting we athe r observers measured over an inch of rain from Wednesday through the end of the week. Fortunat8ly some of the larger amounts occurred in the previously dry southern and central areas. For many places this was the first appreciable rainfall in three or four weeks and soils had become extremely dry. Averages by climatological divisions ranged from .68 of an inch in the northwest to 2.19 inches in the central. Additional rain is still badly needed in much of the southwest se ction of the State . Light rains fell during the week end but were confi~ed mainly to the southeast area.
Temperatures were hot early in the week when several places in south and central Ge orgia experienced highs of 100 degrees . Afternoon readings in the mid and uppe r 90's we r e common in all areas except the mountains. Temperatures were mild after Wednesday under cloudly, rainy skies. Highs were generally in the 80's during the weekend. Averages for the week ranged
from 1 to 3 degrees below normal.
The five -day outlook for the period Tuesday through Saturday (July 9-13) calls for temperatures to average 2 to 5 degrees below normal with no important changes indicated. Rainfall is expected to average 1/2 to 1 inch and occur as scattered showers or thundershowers mainly about Wedne sday and Thursday.
-ISS-UE-D-B-Y:- -Th-e -Ge-or-gi-a -Cr-op-R-ep-or-ti-ng-S-er-vi-ce-, -A-the-ns-, -G-eo-rg-ia;-i-n-c-oo-pe-ra-tio-n-w-ith- -th-e - - -
Cooperative Extension Service , University of Georgia; Georgia Department of
Agriculture; and the Weather Bureau, ESSA, u.s. Department of Commerce .
U. II. D.EPAaTMENT OF COMMERCE WEATHER BUREAU Athens. Georgia ESSA.
Precipitation For The Week Ending July 51 1 968
GEORGIA
Temperature, extre~s for the week ending
July 5, 1968o (Provisional)
Highest: Lowest:
101 at Cordele and Hawkinsville on July lo
0
42 at Clayton on June 29.
* For the period July 6-8, 1968
T Less than .,005 incho
A.fter Five Days Return to ' United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia Jo601 OFFICIAL BUSJNESS
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GEOilGIA HAP SHOWING CROP REPOI1TI NG DI STRICTS
Cot t on Acrea ge :> Jan te d by Oist r !ct s
-----.--
.
: 1968 a s pe rcerit--
Distr ic t : 1967 : : . 196C ~ . of L,,o7
(OOQ acres)
1. '
] c
- .J
2~
11 6
2..,
)
14
16
16
19
114
11 ~
4
27
33
122
5,.
b
65
n
b'c...;,
bO
112 12 3
7
40
49
1H
8
74
::11
123
C,.)
.J
~
10
Ill
State
335
i+OO
119
Non-Cotton
1
I
Macon
0
.Columbus
AJ bany
7
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, J,,W~~LEJ1'L? [;]&\~~~
ATHENS, GEORGIA
July 10, 1968
BROILER TYPE
Placement of broiler chicks in Georgia during the week ended July 6 was 9, 332,000--1 percent less than the previous week but 4 percent more than i:he comparable week last year, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service.
An estimated 12,022,000 broiler type eggs were set by Georgia hatcheries-4 percent less than the previous week and 2 percent less than the comparable week a year earlier.
The majority of the prices paid to Georgia producers for broiler hatching eggs were reported within a range of 55 to 67 cents per dozen. The average price of hatching ; eggs was 61 cents per dozen. The price of eggs from flocks with hatchery owned cockerels generally was 2 cents below the average price. Most prices received for broiler chicks by Georgia hatcheries were reported within a range of $8.25 to $9.75 with an average of $9. 00 per hundred. The average prices last year were 57 cents for eggs and $8 .00 for chicks.
\Veek Ended
GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS, AND CHICK PLAC::!:ME NTS
Eggs 3et !}
1967
1968
"/o of year ago
Av. Price
Chicks Placed for
Hatch
Broilers in Georgia
Eggs
l I
' l
. t
1967
1968
% of Per
year ! .Uoz . ago 1968
Broiler Chicks Per Hundred 1968
Thou.
Thou.
Pet.
Thou.
T b.ou. Pet. Cents
Dollars
May 4
12, 523 12, 800 102
9,949
9,535
96
60
May 11
11,919 12, 831 108
9, 471
9, 653 102
60
May 18
12,414 12, 843 103
9, 587
9,442
98 61
May 25
12, 535 12, 843 102
9, 559
9,403
98
61
I June 1
June 8
12, 288 12, 155
12,960 12,806
105 105
9, 277 9,495
9, 511 103 9,492 100
61 61
June 15 '
June 22
12, 179 12, 179
12,467 12, 417
I 102
9, 457
102
9,226
9,604 102 9,660 105
61 61
June 29 July 6
12, 3 54 12, 281
12,497 12,022
I 101
9, 177
98
8, 980
9,406 102 9,332 104
61 61
9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00
9.00 -
9.00
EGG TYPE
Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the week ended July 6 was 598, 000-12 percent less than the previous week but 31 percent more than the comparable week last year. An estimated 742, 000 eggs for the production of egg type chicks were set by Georgia hatcheries, 11 percent less than the previous week but 44 percent more than the comparable week last year.
In the four states that accounted for about 25 percent of the hatch of all egg type chicks in the U. S. in 1967, hatchings during the week ended July 6 were up slightly, but settings were down 17 percent from a year ago.
EGG TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS HATCHED, 1968
State
Eggs Set ( Week Ended)
June
June June
July
15
22
29
6
o/o of
year ago 2/
Chicks Hatched (Week Ended)
June June
June
July
15
22
29
6
o/o of
year_
ago 2/
Thousands
Ga.
709 1,032 836
742 144
Ill.
245*
525 325
265
69
Calif. 1, 419 1, 918 1, 685 1, 345
73
Wash.
127*
146 114
111
51
660 480 1, 215 180
Thousands
753
682
500
480
1, 444 1, 522
114
203
I 598 131
190
L18
1,099 112
102
68
Total 2, 500* 3,621 2,960 2,463
83
2, 535 2, 811
2, 887
I 1, 989 100
TTTncludes eggs set by hatchenes produc1ng ch1cks for hatchery supply flocks.
2/ Current week as percent of same week last year.
*Revised.
BROILER TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMM"ERCIAL AREAS BY V>/E EKS-1968 Page 2
STATE
I
I
EGGS SET
Week Ended
June
June
July
22
29
6
I I
l
CHICKS PLA I.:::::SD
I I
!
oy/oeoafr ago 1/ l
June 22
Week Ended
June
July
29
6
%of year ago 1/
THOUSANDS
ll
THGUSANDS
. Maine
II
2_, 089
2,054
1, 935 102
1, 543
1, 506
1, 451
96
Connecticut
454
411
369 105
213
161
198
96
Pennsylvania
1, 555
1,633
1,637 113
929
895
862
111
Indiana
689
695
721 120
377
375
355
114
Missouri Delaware Maryland Virginia West Virginia
325 2, 570
307 2, 547
332 2,462
48 I 440
87
I I
2,468
~:76
2,769
398 2, 745
97 98
4,902 1,633
110
4,949 1, 683
101
4,979 1, 496
100
109
91 66
I 3, 522
I
1, 429 2.89
3,272 1, 054
438
3, 245 1, 130
439
99 115
118
North Carolina
7,964
7,833
7,634 110
5, 3135
5, 964
5, 805
108
South Carolina
550
463
506 93
423
416
384
91
GEORGIA
12, 417 12,497 12,022 98 I 9,660
9,406
9,332
104
Florida Tennessee Alabama Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas
Washington Oregon California TOTAL 1968 (22 States)
1,018
1,027
904 108 II 785
801
761
160
781
726
806 95
1,049
1, 083
918
86
8,794
8,743
8,676 101
6, 757
6,912
6,938
103
4,991
5, 024
4,945 104
4,388 4,346 4,236
99
10, 522 10,423 10,300 104
7,956
7, 873
7,673
108
983 4,299
966 4,032
952 4,095
86 ,, 930
96
3, 532
912 3,363
857 3,244
99 91
574
557
577
92 ; 537
553
465
101
417 1, 826
339 1,934
397 116 1,936 101
'
320 1, 474
336 1, 489
277 1, 478
114 102
69,463 68,944 67,781 101 '!54, 906 54,400 53' 191
103
!
TOTAL 1967* (22 States)
68,319 68,018 67, 121
P"'o
ofCuLra~setntY
ear week
1
as
102 percent of same
101 week
last
101 year.
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I 102
~3,242
102
51,611 103
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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
JU L 151968
Ep0 R
RLJAR IES
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
ATHENS, GEORGIA
Jul y 11, 1;;)68
GENE RAL CROP REPORT AS OF JULY 1, 1968
Drv Soils :,educes Crop Prospects: Continued dry weather during most of June reduced y ield ?res pects for several crops in Central and South Georgia,
according to the Crop ~e p orting Service. The drouth conditions were alleviated over most of the State during the first week of July, but the important southwest quarter of the State still needed additional moisture. Small gr a in harvest was completed under generall y favorable conditions, and yiel ds for all gra in cro~s were above year-earlier levels.
Corn: Corn production in 1968 is forecast at 66 ,195,000 bushels, one-fourth les s t han the 88,856,000 bushels har ve sted l a st year. Both acrea ; e for harvest and ; iel cl a re lower
than 1967. Yield per acr e is i n ~ i ca t e d to be 45.0 bushels compa red with the recor ~ hig h of 58.0 bushels las t year.
Tobacco: Georgi a 's flue - cured tobacco produc t ion is estimated at Ill ,l 50,U00 poun ds , considerably below las t 1ear' s p roduction of 14 L, 45 2,000 pounds. Acreage for ha r v es~ at
57,000 is 14,200 less than 1967 . Yiel d per acre is forecast a( : , 950 poun c s c~~~ a re ci with 2 , 0L5
p oun~s last year.
Grai11 .Production: Increase~ yiel ds more than offse t a decline in acrea ~: e of .~ r .:lin c.-o;:; s,anci the 1~6& production of wheat, oats, barley, and 1yc is uo l>y ;) percent
over the 196 7 crop.
Soybeans: The a creage of soybeans to be harvested f or bean s is indicated at 520 ,000 - 22,000 acres less than 1967 .
Peaches: Production of peaches i n Geor g ia this year is estimated at 230 mill ion poun ds compared with 148.8 mill ion in 1967. Shipments throu s h Jul y 8 total eJ 2,3~ 3 ca rlot
equivalents compared with 2 ,464 to the same date last yea1.
GEORGIA ACREAGE AND PRODUCTION, 1~67 AND 1 ~66
Crop and Unit
Acrea ge 1/
For
:Harvested : harvest
1967
1968
Thousand Acres
Yield Per Acre
1967
Indicated
19 6 8
~ re d u ctio n
196 7
!ndicated
19 68
Th_ous ands
Corn, for grain
Wheat
Oats
Rye
Bar! ey
Tobacco, Type 14
Sweetpotatoes
Hay, all
Peanuts, Alone .!/
Soybeans, for beans
Peaches
Cotton
1/
bu.: bu.: bu.: bu.: bu.: I bs.: cwt.: tons:
1bs.:
l, 532
1)0
100 67
9 71.2
8.0 433 493 542
335
1,471
121 90( 70
8 57.0 8.5 L46 498 520
400
58.0 26.0
35.0
lij. 5
31 .o
2,0b5
90' 1 .9)~
45.0 jO .O 41.0 22.0
37.0
1 ,9SO
l:$0 I
1 .~n?.:
ll Planted acreage for cotton and peanuts, harvested acreage for others.
88, 856
3,380
3,500 1 ,24G
?.79 14b ,'-l-52
720
&45
JL8,800
66,195
3 , 6 30
4,018 l ,540
29~
111.150 I 6b0 853
230,000
AP.CHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician in Charge
?lease turn pa ge
C. L. C i \l:i~ SH A'tl
Agricultural Statistician
UNITED STAT~S CROP SUMMARY AS OF JULY I, 19bB
Crop ~ respects on July I were ge nerally good t o e xcellent except in parts of the Gul f States, Central Great Plains, a nd Pacific No rthwe s t . Tota l crop acreage planted for \S6b harvest dec\ inecl 6.8 mil l ion a cres from l ast year o r about 2 percent . Fee d g ra in p roduction is e xpected to be sl ig htl y below las t year's record . ? ros ~ ects f or win te r wheat improved i n most area s in June. Ind i cate ; r ecord p roduc tion of wheat and r i ce booste d to ta l food grai ns 6 percent above 1967 . Milk production dur i ng Ju ne was 1 percent less than a year earlier an d 6 percent bel ow the June avera 9e. Egg product io n also was 1 percent less than a year earlier, but 5 perce nt above the
June avet-age .
To t al Crop Acreaqe Dec l i ne s
Crops planted for 1 ~ 68 harv est total 310 mill ion acres - - 6 . ~ mill ion less t ha n last year,
but otherw is e t he larges t tota l since 1 ~60. Acrea ge p lante d t~ feed g rains dec ! i ne d 4 pe r cen t
and ,to f ood g ra i ns 6 percent. In contrast, o i lseeds ac reage in creas e d 5 per ce nt . Des pi te some del~ys in plan t in g , far me rs were able to plant most i ntende~ ac rea ge. Some abandone d wheat acre-
age in the central and southern Plains was replanted to sor ghums.
Total acreage for harves t in 1968 declined less than p lanted acreage because losses are ex--
pected to be less than la st year, particularly for cotton, corn, an d wheat. Current 196& esti -
mate of 298 mill ion acres f or har vest is 3.3 mil l ion acres l e ss than l as t yea r .
CORi~: Production of corn for grain in 1968 is e xpect e d to total ~~ . 5 bill ion bushels, 6 per-
cent les s than last year's record crop, bu t 15 perce nt above a vera ye . The decline
from last year resul ts lar gel y from 7 percent fewer acres f or ha r ves t as grain. Th e i ndicated
record y ield per acre of 79 . 7 bushels i s 1.5 bushels above the 1967 yi eld. The 5- year average
is 68 . 3 bushels. Changes in production estimates between Jul y l and harvest have avera ged 225
mill ion bus hels for the pa st 7 1ears, ranging from 08 to 423 mill ion bushe ls.
ALL \!HEAT: Production of a ll wheat is forecast a t a recor d 1, ~88 million bus hel s, L:. r ercent
--
above the p rev ious hi gh in 1967 and 29 percent above ave ra ge . Chan ge s in pro-
duction estimates be twee n the Ju l y l forecast and the final estimate have ave ra ged 4S mi ll ion
bushels during the past decade, ran g i ng from 8 t o 11 4 mi ll ion bushels. The U. S. y ield per
harvested acre is indicated at 28 . 3 bushels compared wi t h 25.8 last yea r. The p re vious hi gh of
27.5 occurre d in 1~ 5b . Acreage of all wheat for harves t as g rai n i s 56 . 0 mill ion, 5 percent be-
low last ~~ear but lb percent above average.
SOYBEANS: Soybeans plan t ed alone for all purposes in 196b are estima ted at 41. 7 mi ll ion
acres, 2 percent more than last year's recor d ~f0. 7' mi l l ion acres, and 2~ percent
above average. Growers expe ct t o harvest 40. 9 mi ll ion acres for bea11s , 3 pe r cen t more than last
year and 30 percent above avera ge .
Planted acrea ge increased in all but the South Atlantic re g ion. rhe North Cen-
tral region was up 3 percent, the Soutl1 Central 2 per :ent an d the minor North Atl a ntic region
14 percent. The South Atlantic reg ion was down 2 percent.
U. S. ACREAl.ic HARVESTED /1fW P~O lJ UCTIOiJ, 1967 NW 196o
Crop and Unit
Acreaqe
For
Harvested : harvest
19b 7
1968
Thousands
Yield ?er Acre
Indicated 19 6b
Production
19L7
Ind i cated
1968
Th o u s a n d s
Corn, for grain
bu.:
v/heat, all
bu.:
Oats
bu.:
Cott'on ll
Tobacco
I bs.:
Hay, a 11
tons
Soybeans, for beans
Peanuts ll
Pota'toes, Irish
cwt.:
Swee\: potatoes
cwt.:
.!/ Planted.
60, 38 ~; 59, OOLr
15 ,970 9,448
~ 61
6/.{., ns
39, 742
I , L~72
1 , 4 58
147
55,886 56,039 17,765 11 ,051
899 63,567 40,949
I ,479 I ,393
148
73. 2
25.8
4~ . 0
2,052
1.~~
20 9 93
79.7 2b. 3 50 .0
2,033 1 :~ l
4, /Z2 , 164 1 , 52L!., Y+5
78 1,(j6/'
l , 972 ' l l}j 126 ,361
L}, /+52, I 25
l, S87 ,646
888,700
1,829,499 121,177
30 5 , U. l 2
91
13. 658
13.509
ISSUED BY: The Georgi a Crop Keportin g Service, USDA, 409A North Lumpkin St ree t , At hens, Ga.,
in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture.
Af t er Five Days Re t urn to
Post age and Fees Paid
United States Department of Agriculture
U. S. De pa rtment of Ag riculture
Sta ti st ical Reporting Service
409A North Lumpkin Street
Athens, Georgia 30601
OFFICIAL BUSINESS
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
JUL 151968
Athens, Georgia
LIBRARIES
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SPECIAL PEACH REPORT AS OF JULY 1, 1968
Prospe cts on July 1 indicat ed the 1968 Ge orgia pea ch crop to be 4,600,000 bushels. The estimate i c unchange d frcm l ast month but 53 pe rcent above the 1967 crop cf 3,000,000 bushels.
Weathe r during June was favorable for harvest and good qua lity was market ed. The heavy
fruit set plus the shortage of moisture ha s r educed the s ize of fruit in many ar eas . A
smaller percentage of the tota l crop i s r ea ching the s ize r e quirements of the "Market
Agreement and Order" tha n us ual. Good rains since July l should increase the fruit s ize of
the late varieties . Tota l recorded shipments t o July 8 we r e 2,393 carlot e quivalents compared t o 2,464 to the same date l ast year.
Va rieties going to market the first part of July we re Keystone, Southland, Dixigem, Redglobe , Triogem a nd Loring. Elberta should be available by mid-July.
The peach e stimat e r e lates to total production which includes rail and truck shipments , local sales, non-inspected truck sal es to points in the State and adjoining stat es , quantity used on f arms where produced, a nd in some year qua ntities not utilize d because of e conomic conditions. Norma lly, inspe cted r a il and truck shipment s a ccount for about ha lf of the production estimate .
STATE
PEACH PRODUCTION ~ SELECTED STATES
Aver age
1962-66
l.Ullion
Pounds
Million Pounds
1,000
Bushe ls
Indicnted
1968
i>iillion
1,000
Pounds
Bushe ls
Ncrth. Carolina South Carolina GEORGIA Alabama Mississippi Arkansas Loui s iana Oklahoma Texas
61.8
40.0
800
88 .0
1,760
301.9
171.0
3,300
416.0
8,000
184.4
148.8
3,000
230.0
4,600
38.0
50.0
1,000
42.0
840
13.2
17.'5
350
12.5
250
537
52.0
1,000
41.6
800
. 6.8 8.9
92
185
7.0
140
10.1
210
12.0
250
:__2.l ______ g_8.!.8______ .OQ ___ _3Qg _____ .3Q _
States
695.4
527.4
1 Includes quantities unharvested on account of economic conditions
harvest e d fruit.
17,2 0
cullage of
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
C. L. CRENSHAW Agricultural Statistician
(Please turn page for United States information)
ISSUED BY: The Ge orgia Crop Reporting Service , US~, 4Q9A North Lumpkin Street, Athens , Ga., in coope ration with the Ge orgia Department of Agriculture .
UNITED STATES - SPEC.I.AL PEACH REPORT AS OF JULY l, 1968
The l\'ation's 1968 peach crop i s fore cast at 3, 703 milE on po\Ulds , 38 percent ubove lo st year and 6 percent more than average . Excluding Califor nia Clinstones, mostly a canning crop, production of 1,923 milli on pounds is f ore ca st, 46 percent more than last season but slightly be l ow aver age . Larger crops than l ast year ar c in prospe ct in the Atlantic Stat es while in most Central States sme ller crops arc expe cted. Production i s expe cted to be l ess than last year in Washington, Oregon and Idaho, but other \-!est ern States expect larger crops .
California's Clingstone pea ch crop, used mostly for cunning, encountered geed weather conditions in June with the exception of hot , dry winds J\me 29 which caused some crop loss. The de cline from last month's forecast r e sults from lat~ varieties setting a smaller crop than indicated earlier. A f ew Fortuna and Loadel p0ach~s wer e harvested in the Bakersfie ld area the -vreck of June 24.
The July l fore cast for the 9 Southern States --879 million pounds--is 67 percent more than last year and 26 percent more than average. The three major Southern State s (North and South Carolina, and Georgia) expect crops substantially larger than last year and average. Oklahoma and Texas a lso expect above average crops this year. In North Carolina, early maturing varieties are being harvested, and in South Carolina, harvest was in full swing on July 1. In Alabama, harvest of mid-season varieties was active in June . Volume movement of Elbcrto.s was expected shortly after July 4. Frequent rains aided sizmg in Arkansas. In Oklahoma, prospe cts for the mid-season and later varieties are good. Harvest was active in Texas in June , and harvest of later varietie s will increase during July.
After Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 30601 OFFICLlL ~USINESS
Postage and Fees Paid. U.S. DepartmcLtof Agriculture
REPORT
July l, 1968
Georgia Crop Reporting Service
Athens, Georgia
Re l eased: July ll, 1968
GEORGIA
Production of summer veget ables and me l ons i s e stimated to be 8 pe rcent above la st year, a ccording t o the Georg ia Crop Reporting Service . Increas~s in production of wct erme lon,
snap beans and cabbage more than offset decr eases in limas , canta loups , corn a nd tcmatoes . Hot, dry weather in South Geor gia during June cut production and l ower ed quality of some vegetables . Supplies ar e de creasing in s outhern and central ar eas , but increasing in
northern producing counties . The Federal-Stat e Market News Se rvice r eported a t ota l of
6,643 carlot e quivalents of waterme l ons shipped through July 8 compar ed with 5, 755 for the
sam dat e l ast year .
UNITED STATES
LTI-1A BEANS : Production of surr.mer lima beans is pla ced at 242, 000 cwt. (hundredwe ight), 7 pe rcent be low l as t year. In New J er sey, the crop i s making good growth.
Harvest is expe cted to st art afte r mid-July. ~ode rate to he avy suppli~s a r c expe cted to be moving by the l ast week of July and continue through August . In North Carolina, harvest should be active t he l ast half of the month and into early August. In South Car olina , harvest was active as of July l and should continue through July. Harvest i s complet ed in s outhern areas of Ge orgia. Ra ins are needed in centra l and northern ar eas . I n Alabama, harve s t was active in ce ntral and s outhern counties on July l. Pla nt ings in northern counties need moisture.
SNAP BEAl~S: A s~~er snap bee n crop of 959,000 cwt. i s fore ca st, down 6 percent fr om 1967. In
New England, cold, excess ive ly wet weather duri ng June s lowed deve l opme nt. Supplies should be heavy by mid-July. In New York, growth has b een somewhat s l ow and planting was inte rrupted by cool, wet weather. First harvest was expe cted about the f i r st week of July. In Pennsylvania, cool, wet weather r esulted in p oor st ands and s l mv grovrth in some areas. Harvest was de layed but should begin during the se cond week of July . In Ohio, cool weather has r etarded crop growth . Harvest should be at peak volume about mi d-July . In Illinois and Michigan, planting and crop deve lopme nt vra s de layed by wet, cool weather. In Te nnessee, soil moisture is nee d~:::d in a ll ar eas. In southwest Virginia, harvest was expected to start in early July with peak volume early August. In North Cor olina shmvers have been plentiful and above normal vegetative growth ha s dl!ve l opcd . Volume movement should begin
around mid-July. Light volume wes 0xpe ctcd from the mountain ar ea s of Geor gi a around July 5.
'Heather conditions have b een favore.ble to dat e . In Al abema, harvest of the:: early crop is about complet e d in southern counties , but still a ctive in other area s . In Colorado, cool weather has de layed normal growth. Hail damage bas been reported on some fie lds .
CANTALOUPS : The fore cast of early summe r canta loups is f or a production of 742, 000 cwt.,
l percent be low last year. In South Carolina, ha rvest was a ct i ve in the Barnwell area the first week of July and should be come a ctive in the Page land- Chest er fi e ld ar ea by mid-July . Harvest is complet ed in southern Ge orgia and pas t peak in centra l ar eas . The recent dry and hot weather damaged vine s and caused the size of me lons to be smaller than usual in the central areas . Harve st in Alabama was just b eginning in southe rn counties on July l. The crop in Oklahoma is a little late this year because of t be cool damp spring. Heavy rains in many areas at planting time caused some r eplanting. In central Arizona, conditi ons arc good. Peak movement is e xpe cted around the middle of July and harvest is expe cted t o be complet ed in early Augus t.
WATEfu~LONS : Production of earl y summer wat erme lons is pla ced at 16,234,000 cwt., 3 percent
above l ast year. In North Ca rolina, a plentiful supply of moisture during June r e sulted in
normal growth . Harvest is expe cte d to start about July 20. In South Carolina, harvest
starte d in the Allendale-Barmre ll-Hampton ar ea the l ast week in June and i s expected t o start in the Pageland-Chest erfie ld area about mid-July. Harvest was nearing completion by July l i n southern areas of Georgia and passed peak in the centra l s e ctions . Continued hot weathe r has damaged vines on l at e plantings . Harvest was b eginning in southern Alabama on July l. Dry weather during June r educe d yie ld prospe cts . The Mis s issippi crop i.s in good t o exce llent condition. Movement has s tarted in southe rn ar eas. The Arkansas crop got off to a ve ry s low st a rt , but is improving vrith r e cent warm weat he r and ade quate moisture . In Loui s iana, ha rvest is expect ed to s t a rt about mid-July from the Farmerville ar ea
and supplies a r e expe cted in good volume from about July 15-25.
rsStifD-BY:- The Georgia crop-Reporting-ser~ice~ usnA~ 4o9A-North-Lumpkin-street, -Athens,-Ga.~ :
in coope ration with the Ge crgia Department of Agriculture .
CROP '. ND s:c:T.:;
Ao:roa/{o c:zu! Estimated Production ~ortod to Dntc , 1968 "Vrith oompt'.risonc;:
ACRE.Il.G:
Ft -. RVESTED
,____,m""o"'""I-- -
YIBLD FER ACRE
PRODUCTICN
. Avcrr.fl;c '
Harve st
-_r7.,v=-.-"7""-------:--rn..-::-:d;-.--:--rA.:::v:c::-r=:'-.:~1 c::-----:-----"7""--rlri~a-.--
~ c2-6 6 ' 19n7
19 58 ' 62- 66 1967 1968 :19 ~?.-6 0
1967
19c8
LlHA BE.'lT S
- Acre s-
_C\,.rt -
l, OC'C cwt.-
Surrm,:r
New .Jersey North C::-.. ro lin ~. South Caro l ina Geo r g ia Ah.b'11lla -~roup Tot a l
SHAP BE.'li'T S
1,3 20
1,240
1 ,840
:
3 ,720
3 ,-:.oo
-12 ~;}7 0
1 , COO
l,OCO 1,700 3 ,cro
-:r3o ,,3(cCOr
900
35
1 , CCO
32
l, SCO 21
2,8 0C
23
--93-,,24C'cOcr--!2s2- -
33
32
46
33
29
~5
40
40
35
40
23
21
38
39
32
26
24
85
78
67
2236- --------22-36---------:-:!7m-7_---------- - - -276i6 - -- - --z744z--
Surme r
iii evr H<~mp shire
:i80
130
130
4(.
40
40
7
He. s sa chuset t s
940
800
750
35
36
35
33
Rhode Island
140
140
140
39
40
40
6
Con n e c t i c u t
560
650
65 0
37
40
40
21
New York
8 ,860
7,2CO
6 ,500
38
41
40
336
Pennsylva.nia
1,040
BOO
720
42
50
45
44
Ohio
2, C20
1,6CO
1 ,500
53
60
50
1C8
illinois
1,220
1,200
1,200
29
30
32
35
Michi gan
2,160
2 , 1 CO
2 ,1 ::0
32
30
32
70
Virg i n ia.
450
5 00
5CO
29
-lO
40
JB
N?rth Caroline.
5,720
5,6CO
5 ~ 500
46
46
45
265
Ge orgia
1 ,28(-
1,3 (;0
1,4CO 37
38
40
47
Tenne ssee
1,150
9 CO
850
45
47
46
~1
Al abmna
970
800
7~0
27
30
27
26
lf.,-_ _ _ _ Color~i
Group Tot a.l -e:JillBACZ
660
650
750
:--27,3 60--24,37 0 ----23~440
......._.:.;...-----'-<..'-'-
52 40
40 42
55 41
34 l,C99
5
5
29
26
6
6
26
26
295
260
40
32
96
75
36
38
63
67
20
20
258
248
49
56
42
39
24
20
26
41
l.-;-ol5---:--gs9--
Le.t ::; SurrmGr
Pennsylve.ni~
2,680
? ,2CO
2,000 200
220
18 C
539
484
360
I n d ie.n :o>.
1,180
1 ,2CO
1,300 234
235
250
276
282
325
Illinois
2,220
2,4CG
2,400 190
20\ 18C
421
480
432
Iowa
s
440
280
300 151
135
140
67
38
42
North Ca rolina t
3,420
3,3CO
3,CCO 168
240
17 C;
575
792
51 C
Georgi ~.
Colnra do
510
500
5CO 111
110
115
57
2 ,C80
2 ,coo
2,1CO 250
230
230
523
55
58
460
483
\Ta . s h i na t o n
1,300
1,300
1,300 237
235
225
3Ce
3C6
292
.-:=-- Ce.liforaia
2, ~'" 20
2,700
.,...,.,,:;;Gr~o:;.,u;;,P~T;,.;o~t:.::a:.::l:....-....;;.====1~6;,c~:.5:~~ 0.-~.!.;;.88.;..;.0___
2,600 15,5CO
217 203
235
220
612
222---=-198=- 3 ?.?8
634
572
3__;~R---~ , 074
CilN T.I\LOUPS
Earlv Surmer
South Carolin:o>.
3 ,usc-
3,5CO
::: ,5CO 38
42
45
140
Georgia
5,9oc-
5,5 00
5,7 LC
56
:> O
50
3~?
Al abmna Okle.homa
1,6CO
1,500
1,30('
48
52
46
77
1,620
1,900
1,9('(; :::a
so
::' C
94
Arizona , other
800
l,lCO
1 , ( <.' C 124
75
125
90
Group Total
13 ,6ce 13,500
13,400
5 .!~
56
55
733
TCI-l!!.TO::: S
147
158
33 0
285
78
60
114
114
82
125
751
742-
Late Spring:
South Carolin:o>.
Georgia lv!is sis sippi Louisiana
Tex:o>. s Group Total
1!ATE RlviELcH ,::;
7,640 2,760
780 1,140 5,700 18,020
7,100 2,800
650 1,400 5,800
17,750
7,500
73
1 C5
65
562
746
488
3 , ;. 0 0
49
67
60
134
188
18 (;
600
45
50
45
35
32
27
1,600
58
55
65
66
77
104
5,700
46
45
45
262
261
256
18 ,400
58
i3
57
1 ,05~-----.=-::=1.,.3.0;4.__ _..1.;.:c:.5..5:=;:;_-
Earlv Surrmer
!1orth Carolina
8,1CO
South Carolina
23,200
Georgia
33,100
Al abama
13,540
Missis sippi
6,900
Arkansa s
6,100
Louisiana
2,940
Okl a homa
:
8,640
Texa s
75,400
Ar i zon a
4,280
C2.lifornia
9,140
!/Group Tote.l : 191,380 Include s preces sing.
6 ,500 24,000
36,0CO
13,000 8,300
5,700 3,100 9,500
70,000 3,400 9,200
188,700
ARCHE lJJ' TGUY Agriculturt>.l Stc.ti stician In Ch:o>.rg z
6,700
62
70
70
503
24,000
74
90
85
1,713
40,000
86
95
95
2,844
13,000
93
100
90
1,259
9,500
74
80
80
510
5,600
89
85
85
541
3,300 87
80
90
254
n,ooo 70
80
70
607
74,000
63
60
55
4,719
3,900 157
175
175
669
10,000 164
155
170
1,496
20l,OCC
79
83
81
15-,114
455 2,16('
3,420
1,300 664
484
248
760 4,2 00
595 1,426 15,712
469 2,C40
3,800
1,170 760
476
297 770 4, G7 0 682 1,7CO 16 ,2~~4
L. H. HARRIS, JR. Yc ~ ctabl C; Crop E stimator
Aft er Five Days Return to Uriit ed Sta.t e s Department of Agriculture
Stat istical Reporting ServicG 4C9A li! orth Lurnpkin Street Athens, Georgia 3C601 OFFICIAL BUSTI'TESS
Post ag0 and Feos Paid U.S . Department of Agricult ur e
Athens , Georgi a
Week Endin g July 15, 1968
LIBRARIES
Releas e 3 p.m. Monday
CRO PS ~ECOVE K ING FROM D ~ OUGHT
Athens, Ga., July 15 -- There was a marked improvement in the condition of crops during
the past week, according to the Geor 9 ia Crop Report i ng Serv i ce. The brighter crop outlook came
as a result of widespread rainfall that broke an extended drou ght over much of the State. A
few areas reported conditions were still dry, and there were a few scat t ered count ies t hat re-
ceived too much rainfall but, as a whole, the soil mo i sture situation was very favorable.
County Agents reported cotton improved considerabl y . Abou t 82 percent of the crop has set bolls. Insect infestation levels i ncreased during the wee k and reflec t ed the difficulty farmers were having with their control programs due to the frequent ra ins.
The im:) rovement in crops was least for .2..1:.!.2 r{ains came too late for much of the older portion of the crop to reco ver, and yields are expected to be reduced. Later plantin ~ s were recoverin g ,and good yields may still be made on these.
Both peanuts and so vbeans were reported in much better condit ion. Con t rols were active during the week for insects and diseases, particularly for peanuts. Cond i t ions were favorable for leafspot development in peanuts, and much attent ion was g iven to its control.
Tobacco harvest was hampered by the rains but was act i ve when wea t her pe rmitted. About 37 percent of the crop has been harvested. Non-irrigated tobacco in severa l ! ocal ities was hurt be yond recovery when the ra i ns finally came.
Peach harves t reached 6S percent completion during the week. Carlo t e qui vale nt shipments totaled 2,632 through July 11 compared with 2,591 carlo t s t hrou ~ h t he same date last year. The United States Department of Ag riculture announced they would purchase Georgia a~ d South Carol ina peaches durin g the period July 11, 1968 to August 10, 1968.
Market Managers reported the rains would be beneficial t o many vegetabl e crops, but i n some areas conditions were too wet for late plantin gs of such crops as watermelons, cantaloups, and tomatoes. Watermelons and cantaloup movement continued heavy. Good su pp lies of cab2ao.e were available in mountain areas.
WEATHER SUMMARY-- Rainfall was moderate to locally heavy over most of Geor g ia during the week ending Friday, July 12. Amounts ranged from about one-fourth inch at Gainesville and Monticello to 4.50 inches at Buena Vista. At least two-thirds of the repo r tin g weather observers measured more than an inch during the week. Many of the heavier amounts occurred in the previously dry southern sections. Measurable rain was recorde d every day at several south Georgia locations and occurred on three or more days at most re portin g stations over the State. Averages by climatological divis ions ranged from J. L}Q inches i n t he nor t h cen t ral to 2.14 inches in the south central div i sion. The extreme!( dr y cond it io ns tha t ha ve pl ag ue d much of south and central Georgia for the past several weeks have now bee n rel ieve d , at l east temporari 1y.
The cloud y , rainy weather kept daytime temperatures well bel ow those normal l y expe cted i n July. Afternoon highs were mostly in the 80's with only a few places in south Geor g ia experiencing a temperature as high as 90 through Friday. This was in s har p cont ra s t to the previous week when several 100 read i ngs were observed. Early mornin g t em pera tu r es were a bou t norma ~ but averages for the week ran ged from one to four degree s below Jul y normals. Temp e ra tures were warmer during the week end as the shower activity decreased.
The five-day outlook for the period Tuesday throu gh Saturday (July 16-20) ca lls f or temperatures to avera ge one to three de g rees above normal with little day t o da y ch an ge . Normal highs for this t ime of year range from 88 to Sl3 degrees and normal lows from 6tl t o 72. :{ainfall is expected to be I i ght, averaging one- half i nch or less in widely scat t ered af ternoon and eveninq thundershowers durinq the per iod. ISSUED BY: The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, Athens, Georgia ; in cooperat ion with the
Cooperative Extension Service, University of Georg ia; Georgia Department of " ' " .. i rt~ l tt or <> :> n ~ t h .o IJP:>thPr R11r<=>:>U F S<; A , lJ . <; _ l"l enn r t mPn t o f rf"1rrme r c P..
U. B. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE WEATHER BUREAU Athena, Georgia
ESSA
Precipitation For The Week Ending July 12, 1968
GEORGIA
Temperature extremes for the week ending July 12, 1968
Highest: 92 at Quitman on the 12th.
Lowest: 550 at Clayton on the 7th.
* For the period July 13-15~
T Less than o005 inch.
After Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSlNESS
IMMEDIATE - U. S. WEATHER REPORT This report will be treated in all
Respects as Letter Mail
(See Sec. 34.17, P.L. & R.)
Postage and Fees Paid U. S. Department of Agriculture
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
Athens, Georgia
JUL 1 8 1968
LIBRARIES
JUNE MILK PRODUCTIO~NfUiUPP'22~lLt:'!rnf-f"~~
June 1968 Released 7116/68
Milk production on Georgia farms during June totaled 87 million pounds, according to the Crop Reporting Service. This was 2 million pounds above the June 1967 production but was down 5 million pounds from the previous month. The 1962-66 average production was 81 million pounds.
~roduction per cow in herd averaged 630 pounds - 40 pounds above the previous year but35pounds below the previous month. The 5-year average production per cow for the month was 480 pounds.
The estimated average price received by producers for all wholesale milk during June was $6.25 per hundredweight. This equaled the June, 1967 price, but was 10 cents below the previous month.
Prices paid by dairymen for feed during the month were below the previous year.
MILK PRODUCTION AND PRICES RECEIVED AND PAID BY DAIRYMEN
Geor~ia
United States
ITEM AND UNIT
June May
June
June May
June
--------------------------~1~96~7--~1~9~~--~1~9~68~--~1~9~6~7--~1~9~
~68
Milk Production, million Preduction Per Cow, lbs.
yl!>s.
Number Milk Cows,
thousand head
85
92
590
665
144
138
11,095 11,283
820
859
10,955 836
PRICES RECEIVED - DOLLARS gj
All wholesale milk, cwt. 27
Fluid milk, cwt. Manufactured milk, cwt. Milk Cows, head
PRICES PAID - DOLLARS g/
Mixed Dairy Feed, ton 14 percent protein 16 percent protein
18 percent protein
20 percent protein
6.25 6.25
6.35 6.35
:195-00 200.00
1!) 6.25
190.00
4.67
5-05 3-96 259.00
4.99 5.40 4.18
272.00
1!) 4.93
273-00
:74.00 :78.00 :84.00
:85.00
72.00
75.00 80.00 81.00
74.00 76.00 82.00 84.00
69.00
75-00 77-00 82.00
67.00 72.00 75.00 78.00
67.00 71.00 75-00 77-00
Hay, ton
:35-50 35-00
34.00 31.10 31.40 30.30
1/ Monthly average.
gj Dollars per unit as of the 15th of the month except wholesale milk which is average for
month.
~
:'
Revised. Preliminary.
ARCHIE LANGlEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
W. PAT PARKS Agricultural Statistician
'IssuED-BY:- Tb.~ 'Georgia crop-R~porting-s~rvice~ usD.A~ 4o9A-North-Lumpkin-street,-Athens,aa-:-,in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture.
UNITED STATES MILK PRODUCTION June milk product ion l percent below last year
U. S . milk production in June i s estimated at 10,955 milli on pounds , 1 percent less than a year earlier and 6 percent below the 1962-66 average for the month. Production for the month was smallest s ince 1937, because of a continued de cline in cow numbers and a trend toward lower seasona l peaks in production . Daily average production for June was about the same as May. In 1967, June daily aver age milk production was the s ame as May . However, the average decrease from May to June i s 1 per cent. Total milk production during the first half of 1968 was 1.7 percent les s than a year earlier. June production provided 1.82 pounds of milk per person daily, f or all uses, compared with 1.81 pounds in May and 1.86 pounds a year earlier.
June milk output per cow 2 percent above a year earlier
Milk output per cow averaged 836 pounds during June , 2 percent more than a year earlier and 11 percent above aver age f or the month. Daily output per cow in June averaged 27.9 pounds compared with 27 .7 pounds in May and 27 . 3 pounds a year earlier. Production per cow set record highs for June in 44 States . Highe st output per cow was in Ca lifornia at 985 pounds ; followed by Wi s cons in, 960 pounds ; Minne s ota , 940 pounds; and Washington, 935 pounds .
MONTH
Milk per cow and milk production by months,
United States, 1968 , with compa ri sons
Milk per cow
Milk :eroduction
Average: 1967
1968
Average
1967
1968
1962-66:
1962-66
Million
Million
Million
Pounds Pounds Pounds
Pounds
Pounds
Pounds
: Change :from 1967
Percent
January February March April May June Jan. June Total July August September October November December
Annual
644 611 698 713 778 750
692 651 614 623 603 641 8 2021
716 671 769 788 844 820
764 722 680 685 661 699 8,821
724
10, 196
9,847
699
9,636
9,203
778
10,968
10 , 5 1 7
795
11,175
10,734
8 59
12,143
11,470
836
11, 658
1 1 2 095
65 1776
62,866
10,714
10,315
10,047
9,709
9,446
9,124
9,547
9,167
9,208
8,814
9 , 759
9,299
124,497 1192294
9,608
9,249 10,269 10,460 11,283
10~955
61 2824
-2.4 +0.5 -2.4 -2.6 -1.6
-1.3 -1.7
After Five Days Return to United States Department of Agr iculture
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Postage and Fees Paid U. S. Department of Agriculture
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AG
GEORG lA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
ATHENS, GEORGIA
JUL 1 81968
LIBRARIES
GEORGIA FESCUE SEED PRODUCTION UP 10 PERCENT
Georgia : The 1968 producti~n of t all fe s cue seed in Georgi a i s e s timat e d at 2, 200 , 000 pounds 10 pe rcent above the 1967 production of 2,000, 000 pounds . According t o th~ Ge or gia Crop Reporting Se rvice. The a creage ha rvested for se ed i s 11,000 a cres compa r ed t o 10, 000 last year. The indicated yie ld per acre of 200 pounds i s the same as in 1967. The shortage of moisture reduced production in the southern districts while weather conditions were very favorable in the northern ha lf of the State.
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The 1968 product i on of t a ll fe s cue seed i n the nine s outhern st at e s i s e st i mated at 42,954,000 pounds . Thi s is 10 ,ercent above t he r evised 1967 crop of 39, 086, 000 pounds but is 7 percent below the 1962-66 average.
Weather conditions were excellent this year for early spring growth and maturity in most of the southern States. A bumper crop was in prospect until mid-June when heavy rains and winds materia lly a ffected final outturn of the crop. This affected both the potential acreage and potential yields. Production was above 1967 in all of the southern states except Kentucky and Oklahoma. In Mis souri, the leading tall fescue state, production was 33 percent above the short crop of a year earlier. In Kentucky, the production wa s down 13 percent and was 32 percent below average.
A tota l of 195,300 acres were harve s ted,4 -percent above the 188 ,300 harve s ted a year earlier but 15 percent below the five-year average. Average acres harvested in the nine southern states was 230,240.
The indicated yield for the 1968 crop is 220 pounds per acre compared with 208 pounds a year earlier. This is l2 percent above the average yield in the nine southern states. Harvest of this year's tall fescue seed ranged from four days earlier in Mississippi to six days later in Arkansas.
Carryover of old-crop seed by growers in the nine-state area totaled 1, 831,000 pounds compared with 7,003,000 a year earlier. Dealers' carryover for the United State s will be published in the August 15 tall fescue report.
The forecast of the tall fescue seed crop in the Pa cific Nort hwest will be included in a r~port scheduled for release on August 15.
(Please turn page)
TALL FESCUE SEED: Acreage harvested, yield per acre and production, average 1962-66, annual 1967 and 1968
STATE
Acreage harvested
Indi-
Average: 1967
cated
1962-66: 1/
1968
Yield per acre
Production (clean seed~
Indi-
Indi-
:Average: 1967
cated :Average: 1967
cated
:1962-66: 1/
1968 :1962-66: 1/
1968
Ac r e s
Pounds
Thousand pounds
Mo.
s c.
84,400 69,000 79,000 183
190
220 15,696 13,110
17,380
10,200 11,000 12,000 170
185
190 1,798
2,035
2,280
G!qORGIA
K;)f.
9,200 10 2000 11 , 000 187
200
200 1,806
2,000
2,200
71,800 54,000 47,000 225
240
240 16,551 12,960
11, 280
Tenn.
34,400 24,000 24,000 190
210
215 6,626
5,040
5,160
Ala.
7,260
8,000 9,000 205
220
240 1,492
1,760
2, 160
Mjjss.
2,900
3,000 3,000 135
160
160
404
480
480
.P;.JZk.
7,500
6,000 7,000 182
190
210 1,371 1,140
1,470,
O:ijla.
2,580
3~300 3,300 167
170
165
419
561
544
Total
g, States
230,240 188,300 195,300 197
208
220 46,162 39,086
42 ,954
!} Revised.
C. L. CRENSHAW fiaricultural Statistician
ARCHIE lANGlEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
ISSUED BY: The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, USDA, 409A North Lumpkin Street, Athens , Ga., in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture.
After Five Days Return to U~ited States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 30601
OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Postage and Fees Paid U. S. Department of Agriculture
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GEORGIA CROP REPORTING
JUL 1 81968
ATHENS, GEORGIA
July 17, 196 8
I ..
BROILER TYPE
Placement of broiler chicks in Georgia during the we e k ended July 13 was 9. 271,000--1 percent less than the previous week but 2 percent more than the comparable week last year, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service.
An estimated 12, 146, 000 broiler type eggs were set by Georgia hatcheries--! percent more than the previous week and 1 percent more than the comparable week a
year earlier. The majority of the prices paid to Georgia producers for broiler hatching eggs
were reported within a range of 55 to 67 cents per dozen. The average price of hatching eggs was 61 cents per dozen. The price of eggs from flocks with hatchery owne d cockerels generally was 2 cents below the average price. Most prices r eceived for broiler chicks by Georgia hatcheries were reported within a range of $8. 25 to $9. 75 with an average of $9. 00 per hundred. The average prices last year were 58 cents for egg s and $ 8. 25 for
chicks.
Week Ended
GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS, AND CHICK PLACEMENTS
Eggs Set !J
Chicks Placed for
Av. Price
l Hatch
Broiler
Broilers in Georgia
Eggs
Chicks
% of
% of Per
Per
1967
1968
year
1967
1968
year Doz.
Hundred
ago
ago 1968
1968
Thou.
Thou.
Pet.
Thou.
Thou. Pet. Cents
Dollars
May 11 May 18 May 25 June 1 June 8 June 15 June 22
June 29 July 6 July 13
11,919 12, 831 108
12,414 12, 843 103
12, 535 12, 843 102
12, 288 12,960 105
12, 155 12, 806 105
12, 179 12,467 102
12, 179 12,417 102
12, 354 12,497 101
12,281 12,022
98
12,031 12, 146 101
9,471
9,653 102
60
9, 587
9,442 98
61
9,559
9,403 98
61
9,277
9, 511 103
61
9,495
9,492 100
61
9,457
9,604 102
61
9,226
9,660 105
61
9, 177
9,406 102
61
8,980
9,332 104
61
9, 113
9, 271 102
61
9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00
EGG TYPE
Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the week ended July 13 was 814, 000-36 percent more than the previous week and 60 percent more than the comparable week last year. An estimated 710,000 eggs for the production of egg type chicks were set by Georgia hatcheries, 4 percent less than the previous week but 20 percent more than the comparable week last year.
In the four states that accounted for about 25 percent of the hatch of all egg type chicks in the U. S. in 1967, hatchings during the week ended July 13 were up 40 percent but settings were down 11 percent from a year ago.
State
Ga. Ill. Calif. Wash.
EGG TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS HATCHED, 1968
Eggs Set (Week Ended)
Ufo of
Chicks Hatched (Week Ended)
June
June July
July year
June June
July
July
22
29
6
13 ago 2/
22
29
6
13
Thousands
1, 032.
836 742
710 120
525
325 265
220
47
1, 918 1,685 1, 345 1, 710
90
16 6* 114 111
213
87
7 53 500 1, 444 114
Thousands
682
598
814
480
190
405
1, 522 1,099 1, 529
203
102
134
Ufo of year
ago 2I
160 111 155
70
Total I 3,64 1* 2,960 2,463 2, 853
89
2, 811 2, 887 1, 989 2, 882 140
1/ Includes eggs set by hatchenes producmg ch1cks for hatche ry supply flocks.
2/ Current we e k as percent of same week last year.
*Re vised.
-BRO I L E R
TYPE
E GGS
SET
AND
CHICKS PLACE D EGGS SET
IN
COMMERCIAL AREAS- BY WEEKS":' l'968 CHICKS PLACED
"'Page
2
STATE
Week Ended
% of
Week Ended
% of
June
July
July
year
June
July
July
year
-
29
6
13
THOUSANDS
ago 1/ 29
6
13
T HOUSP. N:OS
ago 1/
Maine
I
Connecticut
Penn sylvania
Indiana
Missouri
DelaTJare
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
2,054 411
1,633 695 307
2, 549* 4,949 1, 683
101 1, 833
463
l, 935 369
l, 637 721 332
2,462
4,979 1, 496
100 7,634
506
2,092 106
338 105 1, 634 102
696 122 341 52 2,376 89 4,924 113 l, 475 88
41 29 7,497 106
507 98
1, 506
1, 451
1, 548
101
161
198
191
104
895
862
915
89
375
355
364
117
476
398
434
104
2,769
2,745
2,495
90
3,272
3,245
3,478
108
1, 054
1, 130
1, 145
114
43 8
439
404
113
5,964
5, 805
5, 650
104
423*
384
470
109
GEORGIA
12,497 12,022 12, 146 101
9,406
9,332
9, 271
102
Florida
Tennessee Alabama Mississ i ppi Arkans as Louisiana Texas
Wa s h i n g t o n Oregon
~alifornia
TOTAL 1968
(22 States)
1,027
904
1,039 115
801
761
833
153
726
806
777 104
1, 083
918
1, 027
120
8,743
8,676
8,605 103
6,912
6,938
6,768
102
5,024
4,945
5, 128 107
4,346 4,236
4,271
103
10,423 10,300 10,385 107
7, 873
7,673
7. 583
101
966
952
963 87
912
857
788
95
4,032
4,095
4, 118 96
3,363
3, 244
3, 147
92
557
577
630 99
553
465
428
96
339
397
427 127
336
277
294
113
1,934
1,936
1, 870 95
l, 489
1, 4 78
1, 439
98
68,946* 67,781 68,009 102 54,407* 53' 191 52,943
102
TOTAL 1967 * (22 .States)
68,018 67,121 66,434
53,242 51, 611 51, 969
OJo of Last Year
'Ti7 C. ur.r ent week
as
101 percent of
same
101 week
last
102 year.
Rev1sed.
'
102
103
102
a,...r ..:.:.l,
.......
.u:.,.:..l..
0.0
<t; ......
0
.r. o. . 0,....0
0
Q)
{,)
......
0
. .U)
~
CATTLE
ON FEED
GEORGIA
CROP REPORTING
JULY 1, 1968
Released 7/19/68
Georgia
Cattle on Feed !:!E_ 2,000 Head
On July 1, an e s tima ted 41,000 head of cattle and calve s >vere on concentrate feed f or slaughter in Ge orgia . According to the Crop Reporting Service, thi s was 2,000 head, or 5 percent, above the number on feed last year at this time. The July 1 inventory in Georgia showed a decrease of 34 percent from the previous quarter when 62,000 head were on feed.
Fed cattle sold for s l aughter during the April - June quarter tota led 40,000 head . This compared with 36,000 during the same period of 1967 and 31,000 during the J anuary March qua rter. There were 19,000 cattle a nd calves pla ced on fe ed during the Apri l June quarter -- 30 percent below the number placed a year ago but equal to the pla cements
during the previous quarter.
Cattle feeders in Georgia had 37,000 steers and 4,000 heifers on July 1. Of the 41,000 head total, 16,000 had been on feed less than 3 months, 14,000 had been on feed 3-6 months, and the remaining 11,000 had been on feed more than 6 months .
Major Feeding States
Cattle On Feed Up 1 Percent
Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market on July 1, 1968 in the 32 major feeding States are estimated at 9,304,000 head, 7 percent more than a year earlier.
Increases from a year earlier were recorded in all weight class ifications except the
1,100 pounds and over class, which was down 1 percent.
Placements and Marketings Higher
Cattle and calves placed on feed during the April-June period tota led 4,403,000 head in the 32 States. Thi s was 11 percent above the number pla ced on feed during the same period of 1967. Placements were up 6 percent in the North Centra l States and 16 percent in the Western States. Shipments of stocker and feeder cattle into the 8 Corn Belt States during April and May were 3 percent below the same period .in 1967.
Marketings of fed cattle for slaughter totaled 5,770,000 head for the April-June quarter -- 1 percent above the comparable period in 1967. Fed cattle marketings during
the past quarter were up 1 percent in the North Central States and the same as a year earlier
in the Western States .
Marketing Intentions
Of the July 1 number on feed , cattle feeders intend to market 5,371, 000 head during July, August, and September. This would be 5 percent above July-September 1967 marketings.
Feeders in the North Central States intend to market 2 percent more and those in the
Western States plan a 5 percent increase. Feeders intend to market 31 percent of the 3month total during July , 34 percent during August, and 35 percent during September.
Expected marketings are based on the usual relationship between survey data and a ctual
marketings
.JI.RCHIE LANGLEY
W. PAT PARKS
Agricultural Statistician In Charge
Agricultural Statis tician
1sstiED-BY:- The ~~rgia crop-Rep~rting-ser;ice~ usDA~ 4o9A-North-L~pkin-street,~then8,aa~,
in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture.
STATE
GEORGIA Alabama Florida Mississippi Tennessee Kentucky Oklahoma Texas Pennsylvania 12 N. Cent. Sts. 11 Western Sts.
32 State Total
y Cottle and Calves on Feed, Placements and Marketings By Quarters
CATTLE ON FEED
July 1 :April 1 : July 1
1967 1968
1968
(ooo)
39
62
41
13
23
15
32
44
35
11
12
11
12
21
14
37
52
38
111
141
121
584
761
748
47
80
6o
5,529
7,095
5, 741
2,315
2,380
2,480
NUMBER PL-'I.CED
ON FEED 2/
:Apr-
Jan - Apr
:June
Ma r
June
1967
1968
1968
(ooo )
27
19
19
8
8
8
31
23
23
7
6
7
4
9
7
16
15
16
78
82
88
386
421
494
12
21
19
2,071 3,472 2,203
1,311 1,043 1,519
8,730 10,671 9,304 3,951 5 , 119 4,403
NUMBER
MARKETED 2/
Apr - J an - :Apr
June Mar :June
1967 1968 :1968
( ooo )
36
31 40
18
26
16
44
41 32
10
16
8
20
17 14
29
21 30
117 122 108
455
470 507
41
26
39
3,515 3, 490 3,557
1,419 1,461 1,419
5,704 5. 721 5,770
Cattle and Calves on Feed by Weight Groups, Kind of Cattle
Y and Length of Time on Feed, Georgia and 32 Major Feeding States, by Quarters, 1967 and 1968
Breakdown of Cattle on Feed
July 1 1967
GEORGIA
April 1 July 1
1 68 1968
Total on Feed Weight Groups:
Under 500 lbs.
500-699 lbs. 700-899 lbs. 900-1,099 lbs. 1,100 lbs. and over:
39
62
41
8,730 10,671
1
5
5
401
801
10
28
3
1,907 3,708
17
15
24
3,698 3,364
11
14
9
2,311 2,345
413
453
9,304
461 2,013 4,C98 2,324
408
, Kind of Cattle
Steers and Steer Calves
36
Heifers and Heifer Calves
3
Cows and Others
51
37
6,161 7,375
11
4
2,544 3,264
25
32
6 , 436 2,839
29
Time On Feed Under 3 Months 3-6 Months Over 6 Months
25
18
16
3,732 4,902
9
43
14
2,997 5,081
5
1
11
2,001
688
4,204 3,251 1,849 '
1/ Cattle and calves on feed are animals being fattened for the slaughter market on grain
or other concentrates which are expected to produce a carcas s that will grade good or better.
2/ Includes cattle placed on feed after beginning of quarter and marketed by end of quarter .
After Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 30601
OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Post age and Fees Paid U. S. Department of Agriculture
~,-<.
Crop and Weather Bunet\n
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
~},~
Week Ending July 22, 1968
JUL 2 31968
Released 3 p.m. Monday
CONDITION MOST CROPS IMPROVE
LIBRARIES
Athens, Ga., July 22
Shower activity over much of the State resulted in continued im-
provement of most crops, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. Corn was an excep-
tion with much of the acreage in Central and South Georgia past the growing stage. County
Agents reported soil moisture mostly adequate except in a few southern areas.
The cotton crop was judged mostly good to fair. All of the crop is in the fruiting stage, and 86 percent is setting bolls. Boll weevil infestation was unchanged at 13 percent as farmers continued with control measures. A I ittle cotton is beginning to open in older plantings
in the south.
Condition of~ was steady to lower as much of the acreage in southern and central Georgia was maturing. First harvest was reported during the week. The late corn in the northern part of the State is in good condition.
Tobacco harvest was half completed at the end of the period. Curing and preparing for market were active. Peanut condition was reported mostly good. Many farmers were spraying and dusting their crops to control insects and diseases. Limited digging is expected to get under way this week.
Soybean prospects remain mostly good. The improved moisture situation will be very beneficial to this crop. Cultivation of late plantings continued and insect control received much attention. Haymaking was active Statewide; however, curing was a problem because of the shower activity.
Nearly three-fourths of the State's peach crop had been picked by the end of the period. Rain interrupted harvest in some areas, but sizing should improve with the additional moisture. The Market News Service reported 3,010 carlot equivalents shipped through July 18 compared with 2,827 for the date last year.
Market Managers reported harvest of early summer vegetables and melons nearing completion in central areas. Harvest of I ima beans and southern~ was active. Moderate supplies of snap beans and cabbage are available in the mountain areas.
WEATHER SUMMARY-- Rainfall over Georgia was highly variable in scattered showers during the week ending Friday, July 19, 1968. Many areas had showers on three or more days but they were generally 1ight. Almost one-half of the reporting weather observers measured less than one-half inch of rain during the week. Several places in south Georgia had no measurable rain during the week while a few widely scattered weather stations received over two inches .One of the wettest places in the State was Alpharetta where rain fell on four days and totaled 3.15 inches. Averages by climatological divisions ranged from 1.27 inches in the north central to only .23 of an inch in the central division. Shower activity decreased somewhat during the week end. Some areas were becoming dry again by the end of the period.
It was hot throughout the week with afternoon highs consistently in the mid to upper 90's in south Georgia and in the low 90's over most of the north, except the mountains. The Blairsville Experiment Station had one of its fairly infrequent 90 degree readings on the 18th. The afternoon showers brought some relief from the heat in some areas. Early morning temperatures were in the 60's and low 70's, about normal for July. This was the first week of the year that the temperature failed to drop below 60 degrees at one or more reporting stations. Averages for the week were about normal as slightly cooler air moved into the State during the week end.
The five-day outlook for the period Tuesday through Saturday (July 23-27) calls for temperatures to average near normal with no important day-to-day changes. Normal highs range from 89 to 93 degrees and normal lows from 68 to 72. Rainfall is expected to be moderate, averaging 1/2 to one inch in widely scattered thundershowers.
ISSUED BY: The Georgia Crop Reportlng Service, Athens, Georgia; in cooperation with the Cooperative Eixtension service, University of Georgia; Georgia Department of Agriculture; and the 'weather 'Bureau, ESSA, U. S. Department of Commerce.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE WEATHER BUREAU Athens, Georgia
ESSA
Precipitation For The Week Ending July 19, 1968
GEORGIA
Temperature extrenes for the week ending July 19, 1968 (Provisional)
Highest: 98 at Homerville on the 13th and Folkston on the 17th.
Lowest:
60 at Blairsvill~' Dallas and Helen on the ~th and Blairsville on the 17th.
I
\
* For the period July 20-22, 1968
T Less than o005 inch
. Afte r Fi ve Day s Return t o
ifnited States Depa rtment of Ag r i cult ure
Statist ical Repo rt i ng Se v "ce
'
409A No rth Lumpk"n S reet
\
Athe ns , Geo r g ia 3060 1 OFFICIAL BUS INE SS
IMMEDIATE - U. S. WEATHE R REPORT This report wil l be treated i n ll
Respects as Letter Ma il (See Sec. 34 . 17 , P. L. & R. )
Pos t age a nd Fees Paid U. S. Departmen t of Agriculture
900
!cquisitiona D1v1a1on unlve~s1~ ot Georsia OD1vers1t.r L1brar1ee Athans GOorgia 30801
~:Jj-~m w mIT/if wL1 ~ m~ Dl:ftJ" 7
d G E 0 R G I A c R 0 p R E p 0 R T I N G s V 1 ~ l 2 4 1968
Cff
LP
1.2 ATHENS, GEORG I A
JUNE 1968
J u1 y 2 3 , 19 6 8
Ite m
During June
1967 1/
1968 2/
% of
last
year
Jan. thru June
1967 1/
1968 2/
%o(
las 1f year
Thou.
Thou.
Pet. Thou.
Thou.
Pet.
Broiler T ype Pullet s Placed (U.S. )3 /
Total Domestic Chickens T e sted:
3,984 3,620
I
I 4,076 102
3, 566 99
22, 365 22, 17 5
22, 17 5 99 -
19,071
86 -
Broiler Type Georgia United States
386 2, 111
373 97 1, 602 76
3, 279 14, 788
2, 984
91
12, 108
82
Egg Type Georgia United States
Chicks Hatched: Broiler Type
Georgia United States Egg Type Georgia United States Commercial Slaughter:4/ Young Chickens Georgia United States Mature Chickens Light Type
Georgia United States
0 341
42,764 244,971
2, 782 47,929
37,780 213, 193
605 11,500
23 277 81
13 5 3, 558
129
96
3, 147
88
43,902 103 251, 583 103
3,04 9 110 43,701 91
261,324
257,781
99
1, 451, 346 1, 4 57, 525 100
21, 804 34 2,628
18,267
84
290,277
85
32,659 197,845
477 7,696
86 93
I
'
203, 206 1, 14 6, 727
I
79 67
4,752 73,994
191,863 1,144,720
4,923 65, 4 00
94 100
1 0 4 :'. 88
Heavy Type
Georgia
United States
Egg Production:
Georgia
South Atlantic United States
-5/
214 1, 723 Mil.
407 1,086 5, 806
,,
230 107
2, 045
1, 712 Mil.
391
99
,I
I'
13,018
I Mil.
96
2,454
1, 102 101 I
6, 575
I 5, 721 99
35, 337
1, 628 11,485 Mil.
2, 518 6, 860 35,558
80 88
103 104 101
1/ Revised. 2/ Preliminary. 3/ Pullets for broiler hatchery supply flocks, includes
expected pullet replacements from eggs sold during the preceding month at the rate of 125
pullet chicks per 30-doz. case of eggs. 4/ Federal-State Market News Service Slaughter
reports only include poultry slaughtered under Federal Inspection. 5/ South Atlantic
States: Del., Md., W.Va., N. C., S.C., Ga., Fla., Va.
-
State
YOUNG CHICKENS: SLAUGHTERED UNDER FEDERAL INSPECTION BY SELECTED STATES, 1967 and 1968
Number Inspected
Indicated Percent Condemned
During May
1967
1968
Thou.
Thou.
Jan. thru May
1967
1968
Thou.
Thou.
During May
1967
1968
Pet.
Pet.
Jan. thru May
1967
1968
Pet.
Pet.
Maine
6,687
6,355 29,785 29,795 3_. 5
4.0
3.8
3.9
Pa.
6,987
7' 190 34,212 34, 011 4.9
4.3
5.3
5. 1
Mo.
3,747
4, 149 16,278 17,002 4.5
2.4
5.0
3.7
Del.
8,448
7,853 36,097 37,686 6.4
4.2
5.7
4.6
Md.
13, 176 12,261 58,743 54, 846 6. 1
4 .3
5. 5
4.7
Va.
N. c.
Ga.
5, 066
6,688 19,338 26,285 3.7
4 .6
23, 350 24, 129 102, 89 5 105, 204 3.6
3.2
37' 114 32,241 160,802 151,507 5.2
5. 1
4. 1
4.6 .. 5. 4
4.9
3.7 5.3
-
Tenn.
6,000
5,836 24,875 25,422 4.2
2. 9
5.3
3.6
Ala.
25,767 22,837 104, 899 107,210 3.4
3. 5
4.0
3.6
Miss.
14, 589 15,768 65,404 69,354 2.6
1.8
3.8
2.6
Ark.
31,841 30, 834 138, 375 140,014 3.9
3. 1
Texas
14, 145 13' 53 7 58, 851 59, 104 2.9
3.0
4.8 3.6
3.9 4.3
.
-------
u. s.
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------- ~
217,440
941, 107
4. 1
3.5
4.6
4. 1
208,927
942,082
'
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Georgia Department of AgriculturE!
Statistical Reporting Ser ~i ce, 409A North Lumpkin Street, Athens, Georgia 30601
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE WEATHER BUREAU Athens, Georgia
ESSA
Precipitation For The Week Ending July 19, 1968
GEORGIA
Temperature extrenes f~r the week ending July 19, 1968 (Provisional)
Highest: 98 at Homerville on the 13th and Folkston on the 17th.
Lowest:
60 at Blairsvill~! Dallas and Helen on the .L4th and
Blairsville on the 17th
23
* For the period July 20-22, 1968
T Less than o005 inch
After Fi ve Day s Return t o
United States Depa rtment of Agr i cult ure
Statist ical Repo rt i ng Se rv "ce
409A No rt h Lumpk i n S reet
\
At hens, Geo r g ia 3060 1 OFF ICIAL BUS INESS
IMMEDIATE - U. S. WEATHER REPORT This report wil l be t reated i 11
Respects as Letter Ma i l (See Sec. 34.17 , P. L. & R. )
Pos ta ge a nd Fees Paid
U. s. Departmen t of Agriculture
900
~oquisit!ona Divlaion unlvers1~ ot G&ors1a OD1vers1t.; L1brar1ee Athons GOorg!a 30801
"7
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING S
m w m w r1 d.lt~
116
~
~~THENS, GEORGIA
JUNE 19 6 8
July 23 , 196 8
o/o of
o/o o(
Item
Broiler Type p ullets Placed (U.S. )3/
Total
During June
1967 1/
1968 2/
lThou. 3,984
Thou. 4, 07 6
last year Pet.
102
Jan. thru June
1967 1/
19 6 8 2/
Thou.
Thou.
22,365
22, 17 5
last year Pet.
99 -
Domestic Chickens Tested:
3,620
3, 566 99
22, 17 5
19,071
86 -
B railer Type Georgia United 3tates
386 2, 111
373 97 1, 602 76
3, 279 14, 788
2,984 91
12, 108
82
E gg Type Georgia United States
0
23
13 5
129
96
341
277 81
3, 558
3, 147
88
Chicks Hatched:
B railer Type
Georgia United States
42, 764 244,971
43,902 103 251, 583 103
261,324
257,781
99
1, 451, 346 l, 457, 525 100
E gg Type
Georgia
2, 782
3,049 110
21, 804
18, 267
84
United States
47,929
43,701 91
342,628
290,277
85
Commercial Slaughter:4/ Young Chickens
Georgia United States Mature Chickens Light Type
Georgia
37,780 213, 193
605
!
32,659 197, 845
86 93
I
I '
I
203, 1, 146,
206 727
191,863 1,144,720
94 100
I
477 79
4,752
4,923
104 ~'
United States Heavy Type
11, 500
7,696 67 I
73,994
65,400
88
Georgia United States Egg Production: Georgia South Atlantic 5/ United States
214 1,723
Mil. 407
1, 086 5, 806
230 107 11
2. 045
1,712 Mil.
391
I 99
13,018
Mil.
96
'!'
.
2, 454
1, 102 101
6, 57 5
5, 721
11
99 1
35, 337
1, 628 11,485
Mil. 2, 518 6, 860
35, 558
80 88
103 104 101
1/ Revised. 2/ Preliminary. 3/ Pullets for broiler hatchery supply flocks, includes
expected pullet replacements from eggs sold during the preceding month at the rate of 125
pullet chicks per 30-doz. case of eggs. 4/ Federal-State Market News Service Slaughter
reports only include poultry slaughtered under Federal Inspection. 5/ South Atlantic
States: Del., Md., W.Va., N. C., S.C., Ga., Fla., Va.
-
State
YOUNG CHICKENS: SLAUGHTERED UNDER FEDERAL INSPECTION BY SELECTED STATES, 1967 and 1968
Number Inspected
Indicated Percent Condemned
During May
1967
1968
Thou.
Thou.
Jan. thru May
1967
1968
Thou.
Thou.
During May
1967
1968
Pet.
Pet.
Jan. thru May
1967
1968
Pet.
Pet.
Maine
6,687
6,355 29,785 29,795 3_. 5
4 .0
3.8
3.9
Pa.
6,987
7' 190 34,212 34,011 4.9
4.3
5.3
5. 1
Mo.
3,747
4, 149 16,278 17,002 4.5
2.4
5.0
3.7
Del.
8,448
7,853 36,097 37,686 6.4
4 .2
5.7
4.6
Md.
13, 176 12,261 58, 743 54,846 6. 1
4. 3
5. 5
4 .7
Va.
N. c.
Ga.
5,066
6,688 19,338 26,285 3.7
4 .6
23,350 24, 129 102, 89 5 105,204 3.6
3.2
3 7' 114 32,241 160,802 151, 507 5. 2
5. 1
4. 1
4.9
4.6 5. 4
3.7 5.3
-
Tenn.
6,000
5,836 24,875 25,422 4.2
2. 9
5.3
3.6
Ala.
25,767 22, 837 104, 899 107,210 3.4
3. 5
4.0
3.6
Miss.
14, 589 15,768 65,404 69,354 2.6
1.8
3.8
2.6
Ark.
31,841 30,834 138, 375 140,014 3.9
3. 1
Texas
14, 145 13, 537 58, 851 59, 104 2.9
3.0
4.8 3 .6
3.9 4.3
-
-u-.--s-. --
-------------------------------------- ---------------------------------~
217,440
941, 107
4. 1
3. 5
4.6
4. 1
208,927
942,082
'
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Georgia Department of Agriculture'
Statistical Reporting Se r ~ice, 409A North Lumpkin Street, Athens, Georgia 30601
End-of-Month Stocks of Poultry, Poultry Products, Meat and Meat Products United States - June 1968
Frozen poultry stocks decre ase d 17 million p ounds duri ng June to 29 5 million pounds. This was 4 percent less than a year earlier but 62 percent above a ve rage . Turkey holdings were 185 million pounds compared with 194 million pounds last month. The July 1 holdings were more than double the average for the date. Whole turkeys totaled 156 million pounds, while parts, cut ups, and further processing items totaled 28 million. Shell eggs in storage were up seasonally to 278 thousand cases from 191 thousand on June l. July l stocks were 149 thousand cases below year-earlier holdings and 22 thousand cases below average. Frozen egg holdings were 106 million pounds, up 11 million from June l. Year-earlier stocks totaled 85 million. Stocks of meat totaled 606 million pounds, 68 million less than a month earlier. This compare s with year earlier stocks of 664 million pounds and average stocks of 595 million. Pork holdings decreased 66 million pounds during June to 322 million. F rozen pork bellies at 102 million pounds decreased 22 percent during June, compared with an 11 pe r cent decrease during June 1967. Other pork items shared in the decrease in pork holdings during June. Beef stocks totaled 193 million pounds on July 1 compared with month-earlier holdings of 194 million and year-earlier holdings of 276 million.
Commodity
Eggs: Shell Frozen eggs, total
Poultry, frozen: B railers or fryers Hens, fowls Turkeys Other & Unclassified
Total Poultry
Unit
June 1962-66 av.
Thou.
June 1967
Thou.
May 1968
Thou.
June 1968
Thou.
Case Pound
do. do. do. do. do.
300
427
191
278
-9--1,--8-3-6--------8-4-,-6-3-3----9--5,-3-9-8-----1-0-6-'-1-9-0---
l .19, 304
34, 877 21,948
20, 058
32, 709
51, 636 54, 03 6
4 7, 787
87,633
159,914 194,149
184 ,552
42,916
61,779 41,609
42, 540
lBf:.. 2Qf ______ ..3..9_8.,l_2..9.f>___3_l_L_7_4.~ ____29~..t9...3_7__
Beef: Frozen in Cure and Cured
Pork: Frozen and Cooler
Other meat and meat products
Total all red meats
do.
1196,773
j
do.
I 293, 629
do.
104, 124
do.
I 594, 526
275, 656 193, 600
293, 074 388, 123
95, 020 92, 184 663, 750 673, 907
193,068
321,958
90, 543 605, 569
MID-MONTH PRICES RECEIVED AND PHICES PAID
Item
Georgia
June 15 May 15 June 15
1967
1968
1968
United States
June 15 May 15 June 15
1967
1968
1968
Cents Cents Cents
Cents Cents Cents
Prices Received: Chickens, lb. excluding broilers Com 11 Broilers (lb.) All Chickens (lb.) All Eggs (dozens)
Prices Paid: {per ton) Broiler Grower Laying Feed
7.5 12.5 12.3 33.3 Dol. 98.00 94.00
8.0 13. 5 13.2 33.0 Dol. 93.00 82.00
8. 5 14.0 13.8 39.0 Dol. 89.00 85.00
7.6 13. 6 13.0 27.4 Dol. 94.00 87.00
7.9 14 .6 13.9 27.0 Dol. 89.00 80.00
7.9 15.0 14.4 30.3 Dol. 88.00 80.00
This report is made possible through the cooperation of the National Poultry Improvement Plan, Official State Agencies, the Animal Husbandry Research Division of the Ag ricultural
Research Service, the Inspection Branch of the Poultry Division, Consumer and Marketing
Service and the Agricultural Estimates Divi .ion of the Statistical Reporting Se rvice and
the many breeders, hatcheries, poultry processors and the poultry farmers that report to
these agencies.
ARCHIE LANGLEY
W. A. WAGNER
Agricultural Statistician In Charge
Agricultural Statistician
After Five Days Return to: United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street
Athens, Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Postage and Fees Paid U. S. Department of Ag riculture
~'7
,q:~~~m&~CRO[ifu~~
ATHENS, GEORGIA
B .i.~OILE R TYPE
Placement of broil e r c hicks in Georgia during the week ended July 20 was 9, 380, 000--l p e rcent more than the previous week and 3 percent mo r e t han t he comparable week last year, according t o the Georgia Crop Repor ting 3ervice .
An estimated 12, 164 , 000 broiler type eggs were set b y Georgia hatcheries-slightly more than the p re vious week and l percent mo r e t han the comparable week a year earlier.
' The majority of t he prices pai d to Georgia producers for b roiler hatching eggs were reporte d within a r a nge of 55 to 67 cents pe r dozen. Tne aver age price of hatching eggs was 61 cents p er dozen. The price of eggs fr om flocks with hatchery owned cockerels generally was 2 cents below the average price. Mo st pri ces recei ved for broiler chicks by Georgia hatcheries were reported within a range of $ 8. 2 5 to $9.75 with an average of $9.00 per hundred. The average price s last year were 58 cents for eggs and $ 8. 25 fo r chicks.
V.J"eek Ended
G E ORGIA E GGS SET, HATCHINGS, AND CHICK PLACEME NTS
E ggs Set})
1967
1968
o/c of
year ago
Chicks Placed for Broilers in Georgia
19 67
1968
% of ye ar a go
_ _!~:y:!._Pri c:_e :t-:Iatch B ra ile r-
Eggs C hicks
P er
Pe r
Doz.
H undred
1968
1968
Thou.
Thou.
Pet.
Thou.
Thou. Pet. Cents Dollars
May 18
12,414 12,843 103
9, 587
9,442
98
61
May 25
12, 535 12, 843 102
9, 559
9,403
98
61
June 1
12, 288 12,960 105
9,277
9, 511 103
6l
June 8
12, 155 12, 806 105
9, 4 95
9,492 100
61
June 15
12, 179 12, 4 67 102
9, 4 57
9,604 102
61
June 22
12, 179 12,417 102
9, 226
9,660 105
61
June 29
12,354 12,497 101
9, 177
9, 4 06 102
61
July 6
12, 281 12,022
98
8,980
9,352 104:
61
July 13
12, 031 12, 146 101
9, 113
9,271 102
61
July 20
12,061 12, 164 101
9, 110
9,380 103
61
9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9 .00 9.00 9.00
EGG TYPE
Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the week ended July 20 was 677, 000-17 percent less than the previous week but 4 3 percent more than the comp::na ble week last year. An estimated 810, 000 eggs for the production of egg type chides were set by Georgia hatcheries, 14 percent more than the previous weel< and 37 per cent mare than the comparable week last year.
In the four states that accounted for about 25 percent of the hatch of a ll egg type chicks in the U. S. in 1967, hatchings during the week ended July 20 were up 11 percent but settings were down 16 percent from a year ago.
i
~ .
Ill. Calif. Wash.
EGG TYPE EGGS SET A ND CHICKS I-IA.TCHED, 19 68
Eggs Set (Week Ended}
I % of
June
July July
July year
29
6
13
20
ago 2/
Chicks Hat che d (W-eek Ended} % of
June July
July
July year
29
6
13
20 1 ago 2/
836 390* l, 685 114
Thousands 742 710 265 220 1,34 5 l, 710 111 213
810 137 275 79 l, 280 74 120 4 5
682 480 l, 522 2 03
Thousands
598
814
190
405
1,099 1, 529
102
134
I 677 1 14 3
310 97 1, 392 114
88 43
I Total 3,025* 2,463 2, 853 2,485 84
2,887 l , 989 2, 882 2, 46 7 111
1/ Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatche ry supply flocks.
2/ Current week as percent of same week last year. * Revised.
-BROILER TYPE E GGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL AREAS BY WEE KS - 1968 Page 2
EGGS SET
I!
I
C HICKS PLA CE D
STA TE
l_ ____ __~_ek .~nded
- -- o/o of 1-- - --- We el< Ens.led_ - - - %of
July
July
July
year
July
July
July
year
6
13
20
ago 1/ 6
13
20
ago 1/
THOUSA NDS
TH:)USA NDS
Maine
1, 935
2,092
2,047 100
1, 451
l, 54 8
l, 560
105
Connecti cut Pennsylvania Indiana Missouri
369 1, 637
721
338 l, 634
696
314 l, 507
732
111 87
135
I
!
I
198 862 355
191 915 364
159
85
966
106
413
127
332
341
326
57 I 398
434
414
92
.,r..o..
tlO
Delawar e Maryland
2,462 4,979
2,376 4,924
2,339 86 4,999 118
2,745
2, 495
2, 249
79
3,245
3,478
3, 673
120
0'"'
0,)
Virginia
l, 496
l, 475
1,664 103
l, 130
l, 145
l, 155
110
lJ
West Virginia
100
41
41 30
439
404
356
80
North Carolina
7, 634
7,497
7,393 108
5, 805
5, 650
5, 726
105
South Carolina
506
507
494 89
384
470
355
83
GEORGIA
12,022 12, 146 12, 164 101
9,332
9,271
9,380
103
Florida Tennessee Alabama Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas Washington Oregon California
TOTAL 1968 (22 States)
TOTAL 1967* (22 States)
904
1,039
1, 033 118
' 761
833
825
148
806
777
805 104
918
1, 027
959
104
8,676 8,605 8,483 103
6,938
6,768
6,658
98
4,945
5, 128
5, 204 109
4,236
4, 271
4,251
106
10, 300 10,385 10,246 110
7, 673
7, 583
7' 501
102
952
963
1, 010 95
857
788
821
98
4,095
4, 118
4, 135 99
3, 244 3, 147 3, 050
93
577
630
570 92
46 5
428
409
101
397
427
339 115
277
294
253
92
l, 936
l, 870
1, 877 94
l, 478
1, 439
1, 446
105
67,781 68,009 67,722 103 53, 191 52,943 52, 579
102
67, 121 66,434 65,446
51, 611 51,969 51,567
%of Last Year
101
102
103
I
jl Cur.rent week as percent of same week last year.
Rev1sed.
103
102
102
f Georgia Weekly Crop and Weather Bulle
~
GEO RGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
Athen Ge~ r~~~S ITY OJ= GEORfUA
Week End i ng July 29, 1968 CROP HARVEST INCREASING
JU L3 01968
LIBRAR IE
Released 3 p.m. Monday
Athens, Ga., July 29 - - Harvest of Georgia's tobacco and peach crops remained active
during the week, and peanut digging gained momentum, according to the Crop Reporting Servi c~ .
County Agents reported soil moisture short to very short over much of the State, and the hot,
dry conditions were causing rapid maturity of some crops.
Nearly nine- tenths of the State's cotton acreage was setting bolls, and cotton was opening in older plantings in the south. An increase in infestation of boll weevils, boll worms, a'nd ' spider mites was no ted in spite of continuing control measures.
I
Dry weather has reduced~ prospects in much of the southern half of the State. Yields have been cut sharply in the drier areas in the southwestern quarter. Some damaged corn is being salvaged for silage.
Tobacco harvest moved forward and was nearly two-thirds completed. Curing and preparing for the July 31 opening of the tobacco markets were active.
The condition of peanuts dropped sharply during the week as the result of hot, dry weather. These weather conditions are hastening maturity of early varieties, and if continued will reduce yields of late peanuts.
Rain is needed for good development of soybeans and sorqhums. Insect control in soybeans continued. Much hay was saved as weather for curing was nearly ideal over much of the State
.
Peach harvest is well advanced, and nearing completion in several counties. Market News Service reported a total of 3,307 carlot equivalents shipped through July 23 compared with 2 ~ 902 to the same date last year. Market conditions since early July prevented much of the crop from being shipped.
Sweetpotato harvest continued with reduced yields from dry weather. Veqetable and ~elan supplies were I ight.
WEATHER SUMMARY-- Georgia rainfall was I ight to locally moderate in widely scattered thundershowers during the week ending Friday, July 26. Amounts ranged from none at several places to more than two inches at two or three places in south Georgia. Almost one-half of the reporting weather observers measured less than one-fourth inch of rain during the week ~ These I ight amounts and the high temperatures left many areas in need of additional rain at the end of the week. Averages by climatological divisions ranged from .14 of an inch in the northeast to .86 of an inch in the southeast. There was a slight increase in shower activity on Sunday with some areas receiving one-half inch or more.
Temperatures averaged higher during the week than for any previous week this summer. A gradual warming trend continued throughout the week and brought afternoon highs to the high 90 1 s in south Georgia and the low 90's in the north by Friday. The unusually hot weather continued through the week end and by Sunday several places in the south were reporting highs of 100 degrees or slightly above. Early morning lows were also warmer than normal. Readings in the mid-seventies were common in the south. Averages for the week ranged from one to three degrees above normal.
The five-day outlook for the period Tuesday through Saturday (July 30- August 3) cal ~ s for temperatures to average near normal in the northern half of the State and slightly above normal in the southern half. Normal highs range from 89 to 93 degrees and normal lows from 68 to 72. Little change is indicated until the last half of the week when it should be slightly cooler in the north. Rainfal I is expected to be one inch, or less, and occur as widel y scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers. Showers are expected to be more numer-
ous in the north than in the south. lSSUED-BY:- Th; Georgi~ Crop-R;porting-S;r~i~e~ Athens~ Georgi~;-in ~oop;r~tlon with-the---
Cooperative Extension Service, University of Georgia; Georgia Department of Agriculture; and the Weather Bureau, ESSA, U. S. Department of Commerce.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE WEATHER BUREAU Athens, Georgia ESSA
Precipitation For The Week Ending July 26 9 1968
GEORGIA
Temperature extrenes for the week ending July 26, 1968. (Provisional)
Highest: 100 at Americus on the 25th and Cordele on the 26th.
Lowest: 52 0 at Cla~~on on the 24th.
1.21
~ ~
* For the period July 27-29, 1968.
T Less than o005 inch.
After Five Days Return to
United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service
409A North Lumpkin Street
Athens, Georgia 30601
OFFICIAL BUSINESS
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IMMEDIATE - U. S. WEATHER REPORT This report will be treated in all
Respects as Letter Mail (See Sec. 34.17, P. L. & R. )
The Univ Libr a ry Univ Off Ga Athens Ga 30601
Postage and Fees Paid U. S. Department of Agriculture
July l, 1968
GEORGIA:
Releas ed 7/30/68
GEORGIA CROP ~PORTING SERVICE
Corn and Soybean St ocks Up .
Corn s t ocks on July 1, 1968 totaled 14,751, 000 bushels compa r ed with 10,124, 000 bushels on hand a yea r ear lier. Soybeans stored on July l tota led 2,623,000 bushels compared with 2,154,000 bushels on hand July 1, 1967. Stored oat s t ot a led 141,000 bushels -- le ss than half the quantity on hand a year e arlier. Compa r able data f or the other grains cannot be shown to avoid di s clos ing individual operations.
Georgia Gra i n Stocks -- July 1, 1968 With Comparisons
GRAIN
ON FARMS
1967
1968
OFF FAR!\18
1967
1968
ALL POSIT IONS
1967
1968
Corn
1, 000 bushels
7' 64_7__
11,551
1,000 bushels 2,4~ 3,200
Oats
241
105
48
36
Barley
7
4
*
*
Wheat
39
135
*
429
Rye
2
12
*
20
Sorghum
46
28
*
*
Soybeans
* Not publi shed
to
415 avoid
780
1,739
1,84'3
disclosing individual operations.
l, 000 bushels
10,124-- 14,751
289
141
* * * *
2,154
*
564 32
*
2,62'3
UNITED STATES
All Stocks Larger Except Rye and Flaxseed
Stocks of the four feed gra ins (corn, oats, barley and sorghum) on July l totaled 78.2 million tons -- 19 percent more than a year earlier, but 9 percent below average. Stocks of all old crop wheat vrere 26 percent greater than on July ::.., 1967 but 44 percent less than average. Record soybean stocks were 43 percent greater than a year earlier. De spite the increase in 'all wheat s tocks, durum holdings were 21 percent les s than a year earlier. Rye stocks were 3 percent less.
Old crcp carrycver of a ll wheat on July l totaled 537 million bushels, 26 percent more than a year earlier but 44 percent less than the 5-year average. Farm holdings, at 228 .million bushels, were up 57 percent from a year earlier. Off-farm stocks of 309 million bushels were 10 percent above the previous year. July l stocks in all positions indicate a disappearance during the crop year -- July 1, 1967 to June 30, 1968 - of 1,412 million bushels compared with 1,422 million the previous ;year and the average of 1,389 million bushels.
Old crop r ye stocks in all storage positions on Jul:y l totaled 18.2 millien bushels, 3 percent less than a year earlier but 75 percent above average. Farm stocks, at 37 million bushels, were up 3 percent from July 1, 1967. Off-farm holdings totaled 14.5 million bushels 4 percent less than a year earlier. Indicated disappearance during April-June was 5.0 million bushels compared with 5.6 million a year earlier.
Corn in all s torage pos itions on July l totaled 2,149 million bushels, 23 percent more than a year earlier, and l percent above average. Current stocks are the largest for July l since 1964. Off-farm stocks of 528 million bushels were 30 percent above a year earlier. Farm holdings at 1,621 million bushels were up 21 percent. Indicated disappearance from all positions during the April-June quarter was 1,020 mi llion bushels compared with 972 million a year earlier.
Soybean stocks in all storage p os itions on July l, 1968 tota led a record 285 million bushels, 43 percent abcve a year earli er and 96 percent above average. Off-farm stocks, at 164 million bushels, were 44 percent above a year earlier and f arm stocks, at 120 million bushels, were 42 percent larger.
ARCHIE lANGLEY Agricultural Stati stician In Charge
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
AUG 1 1968
A J. BORDELON Agricultura l Statistician
LIBRARI ES
Stocks of grains, July 1, 1968 with comparisons
(In thousand bushels )
July l I\.v.
July l ,
April 1,
Gra in and pos ition
1962-66
1967
1968
July 1, 1968
ALL WHEAT ( old crop)
On Farms y
107,389
145,479
359,679
228,471
Commodity Credit Corp. ?}
Mills, Elev. & Whses. Y }/
26,231 820,589
997 278,528
751 476 .~39
750 307 , 941
TOTAL
954,208
425,004
836, 769
537 , 162
RYE (old crop)
On Farms y
Commodity Credit Corp. ?}
Mills, Elev. & \-fuses . y }/
2,456 242
7.698
3,588
523 14,574
6,761 426
15,981
3,695
427 14,048
TOTAL
10,396
18,685
23 168
18,170
CORN
On Farms y
1,408,140
1,337,292
2,362,178
1,620,604
Commodity Credit Corp. Mills, Elev. & vlhses.
gj
y
3./
342,728 382,257
97,690 307,993
97,870 709 , 172
97,788 430 , 639
TOTAL
2,133,125
1,742,975
3,169,220
2,149,031
y OATS (old crop) On Farms
232,445
198,940
358,111
203,964
Commodity Credit Corp. gj
Mills , Elev. & Whses. y ~
4,968 53,426
6,664 64,682
6,665 76,869
6,668 59,356
TOTAL
290,839
270,286
441,645
269,98_
y BARLEY (old crop) On Farms
51,510
56,974
127,678
70,628
Commodity Credit Corp. ~
I~ lls, Elev. & Whses. -y- 1/
8,338 61,231
4,240 60,558
3,946 85,320
3,944 61,495
TOTAL
121,079
121,772
216,944
136,067
SORGHUI\1 GRAIN
On Farms y
57,652
81,980
146,849
94,167
Commodity Credit Corp. ~
4,640
4,606
4,586
4,587
Mills, Elev . &Whses. ~ }/
~OYBEATNOSTAL
On Farms y
::~669o,60~73~78~l~---23-43-85-,,95-34=37~~~------3'5~72~01,~,37~526-1 -----~27~3721~,,5~8725~l~
38,342
84,610
235,473
120,066
Commodity Credit Corp. ?}
17
0
0
0
llil~,Ekv.&Whses.y ~ -~1~0~6~,8~9~2~11-4-,1-7~0 ~~~---~~30~1~,0-9-5 --~~~4~,~4~~
TOTAL
14 ,251
1: 8,780
536,568
284 508
l Estimates of the Crop Reporting Board.
gj C.C.C. -owned grain at bin sites.
~ All off-farm storages not otherwise designated, including terminals and processing plants.
Includes C.C.C.-ovmed grain in these storages.
After Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 30601
OFF ICIAL BUSINESS
Postage and Fees Paid U.S. Department of Agriculture
,.,
CALF CR0 P - l 6 8 JUL 3 1196&lea
GEORGIA
LIB RAR IES
The 1968 ca lf crop in Georgia i s expected t o t ot al 763 , 000 head , a ccording t o the Cro? Reporting Service. This would be 3 percent above the 1967 calf crop of 743, 000, and 7 percent above the 1962 -66 average of 712,000 head.
On J anuary l, 1968 , there were an e s timated 942, 000 cows and heifers 2 years old and older (for all purposes) on Ge orgia farms compared with 917,000 a year earlier. The ratio of calve s born and t o be born t o cows and he ifer s 2 year s old and older is 81 percent - - the same as in 1967.
UNITED STJ'.IES
Calf Crop Up l Percent
The 1968 calf crop f or the Un].ted States is expected to total 43 ,902, 000 head, l percent more than 1967 according to the Crop Reporting Board.
Cows and heifers 2 years old a nd older on farms and ranche s J anuary l, 1968 t ot a led 49,962 ,000 head, slightly above the 49 , 883 ,000 head on January l , 1967.
The number of calves born and t o be born in 1968, expressed as a per centage of cows and heifers 2 years old and older on hand the first of the year is e stimated at 88 percent , l point above the previous year. Thi s percentage is not strictly a calving rate because the January l inventory of cows and heifers 2 years old and older does not include a ll heifers that ca lve during t he year and includes some cows that die or are s l aughtered before calving.
North Central States Unchanged
The calf crop in the North Central St ates is expected t o t ot al 17,047, 000 head, about the same as l ast year. The East North Central States are down 2 percent while the We st North Central States are up l percent.
Southern States Up 2 Percent
The expected calf crop in the Southern States totaled 16,183, 000 head, 2 percent above a year earlier. The calf crop in the South Atlantic State s was up l percent while the South Central States were up 2 percent fr om 1967. Texas, the largest cattle St ate, expects a l percent larger calf crop.
Western States Up l Percent
The calf crop in the Western States at 8,218, 000 head i s up l percent from the previous year. Montana, with 4 percent more calves than a year earlier, had the greatest percentage increase whi le Idaho, Wyoming , and Utah show a 3 percent increase fr om 1967.
North Atlantic States Down 2 Percent
The expected calf crop of 2 , 376 , 000 head in the North Atlant ic St ate s is down 2 percent. Each State is l ower except Ma ssachusetts which i s unchanged from a year ago.
ARCHIE LANGIE Y Agricultural Statistician In Charge
W. PAT PARKS Agricultural Statistician
ISSUED BY: The Georgia Crop Report ing Service , USDA, 409A North Lumpkin Street, Athens, Ga., in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture .
STATE
Maine N. H vt. Ma ss. R. I. Conn. N.Y. N.J. Pa.
Calf CroEI
Cows 11nd heifers
I
2 yrs. and older
I '
January 1
5 - y e o. r aver age 1962..66
1967
1968
1,000
-h-e-a:dres
56 274
96
13 90 1,386
l,COO -heaadg
48 244 86
11 83 1,246
l,OCO head -ag
47 240 84
11 81 1,226
128
103
97
1,049
950
921
1967
And 1968 Calves b
o2 r
bi; n a
st s
a
t
es
percent of covrs
and he ifers 2+
January 1 1/
1967
1968
s S-year 1average tl962-66
-P-earcsen-t
85 84
81
82 80 84
Percent 84
85 82 83 76
80 85
1,000 he a d --85
47 227 78 10 73 1,164
81
80
102
86
87
906
Calves born 2/
1967
1968
19158 a s ~ of 1967
1,000
1,000
head --76
~
Percent
75
99
41
40
98
205
197
96
70
70
100
9.0
8.4 93
66
65
98
1,047
1 , 0 4 2
100
83
78
94
817
801
98
Ohio Ind. Til. Mich.
Wi s .
963
87 0
868
88
803
738
7 07
89
1,295
1,168
1,168
89
797
68 0
635
85
2,527
2,384
2,355
90
86
824
7 66
746
97
90
702
657
636
97
89
l,D 7
1, 040
1,040
100
86
68 2
578
546
94
90
2' 270
2,146
2,120
99
Minn .
1,835
1,717
1,699
89
Iowa
2,022
2,025
2, 010
94
Mo.
2,058
2,151
2,2C8
91
N. D~k.
1,117
1,182
1,139
90
S. Dak.
1,752
1,871
1,863
93
Nebr.
2,047
2,107
2,199
92
Kans. Del.
'' 1,859 28
1,893 21
1,950 21
93 77
Md.
262
242
240
86
Va.
773
726
730
84
w. Va.
294
265
260
87
N. C.
s. c.
519
542
315
320
528
82
319
84
Ga. Fla.
875
917
942
81
1,039
l,C89
1,035
68
Ky. Tenn.
' 1,270
' 1,200
1,315 1,260
1,377 1,249
92 84
Ala.. Miss. Ark. La. Okla.
Texas
1,009
l,O\fl
1,029
82
1,366
1,414
1,449
81
887
945
959
84
' 1,184 2,C64 5,523
1,125 2,115 5,670
l,C89 2,094 5,710
80
88 86
88
1,615
1,528
1,495
98
94
1,865
1,904
1,889
99
91
1,857
1,957
2, 009
1 03
90
1,017
1,064
1,025
96
94
1,614
1,740
1,751
101
89
1,864
1,938
1,957
101
94
1,684
1,760
1,833
1C4
77
22
16
16
l CO
88
220
2C8
211
101
86
646
610
628
1 03
88
252
231
229
99
83
411
444
438
99
85
256
269
271
101
81
712
743
763
103
72
767
741
745
101
91 87
1,141 1,032
1,210 1 , 05 8
1,253 l,C87
104 103
-
83
817
826
854
103
81
1,058
1,145
1,174
103
85
732
794
815
103
81
926
900
882
98
91
1,776
1,861
1,9r6
102
86
4,581
4,876
4,911
101
Mont. Idaho Wyo.
1,377
:
680 659
1,536 684 694
1,576 694 721
91 92 91
Colo. N.Mex.
' 1,002 753
1,071 737
l,C85 736
92 88
Ariz.
428
446
431
79
utah
380
393
400
90
Nev.
3CJ7
320
320
80
VTash.
595
594
594
88
Oreg.
I
795
798
8('6
90
Calif.
I 1,787
1~884
1,862
88
48 States
I 49,o4o
49,770
49,85:3
88
Alaska
I
4.6
4.4
4.4
86
Hauvr.asi.i
96
103
1C5
71
49 2740
49,883
49 2962
87
92
1,255
1,398
1,450
1C4
93
613
629
645
103
90
589
632
649
103
93
912
985
1,009
102
86
641
649
633
98
80
343
352
345
98
91
333
354
364
103
78
248
256
250
98
87
531
523
517
99
90
7C8
718
725
101
88
1,579
1,650
1, 631
99
88
42,923 43 ~570
43,824
10!
:8z6o
3.9 6:Z
3.8 :Z3
3.8 l eo--'
7~
J0]
88
42 2994 43,647
43,902
101
1/ Not - and
strictly a calving rate heifers 2 years old and
.
Figure over on
represents calv farms and ranche
es s
Jabnournaryex1pr.esse/dCaaslvpe es rcbeonrntagbeef
of t or e
he number of cows June 1 plus the
number expected to be born after June 1.
After Five Days Return to United States Departmen t of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 30601
OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Postage and Fee s Paid
u. S. Department of Agriculture
,.,
LIVESTOCK
.
REPORT
WOOL PRODUCTION - 1968
Athens, Georgia
Released 7/30/68
Georqia
\~col production in Georgia for 1968 is estimated at 31,000 pounds, 4,000 pounds below the previous year's estimate of 35,000 pounds, accordin g to the Crop Reporting Service.
The number of sheep shorn was placed at 5,100 head, 400 below the 1967 total. Yleight per fleece averaged 6.1 pounds compared with 6.3 a year earlier.
United- States
Wool shorn and to be shorn in the United States during 1968 is estimated at 175,871,000 pounds, grease basis, according to the Crop Keporting Board. This is 7 percent below the 1967 production of 188,155,000 pounds. The 1968 production is equivalent to 83,890,000 pounds, clean basis, compared with 89,750,000 pounds for 1967, based on a conversion factor of 47.7 percent.
The number of sheep and lambs shorn and to be shorn during 1968 is estimated at 20,580,000 head, a 6-percent decrease from the 21,982,000 head shorn in 1967. The 1968 average weight per fleece is 8.55 pounds compared with 8.56 pounds last year.
Shorn wool production in the Western Sheep States (11 Western States, South Dakota, and Texas) is estimated at 133,042,000 pounds, 6 percent below the 1967 clip of 141,616,000 pounds. Wool production is smaller in all Western States, except Idaho.
Sheep shorn and to be shorn in 1968 are estimated at 15,252,000 head, 6 percent less than the 16,243,000 head shorn in 1967. The average fleece weight is 8.72 pounds, the same as a year earlier.
Texas, the leading wool producing State, expects a total clip of 35,200,000 pounds, 5 percent less than the 1967 production of 36,998,000 pounds. Texas sheep and lambs shorn and to be shorn, at 4,574,000 head, is 8 percent smaller, while the average fleece weight of 7.7 pounds is 0.3 pounds heavier than in 1967. Wyoming, the second ranking wool producing State, expects a production of 11,542,000 pounds, 7 percent smaller than the 18,867,000 pounds produced in 1967. Wool production in California, the third leading State, is expected to total 13,468,000 pounds, 4 percent below 1967.
A wool clip of 42,553,000 pounds is estimated in the 35 Native or "fleece wool States {excluding 13 Western States and Alaska). This is 8 percent less than the 46,293,000 pounds shorn in 1967. The smaller 1968 clip results from a 7-percent decline in the number of sheep and lambs shorn and a fleece weight of 8.02 pounds, 0.08 pound 1 ig hter than the 8.10 pounds in 1967.
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
W. PAT PARKS Agricultural Statistician
ISSUED BY: The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, USDA, 409A North Lumpkin Street, Athens, Ga., in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture.
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
AU G1 1968
LI BRARIE
State
Ma ine N.H. Vt. Mass. R. I. Conn. N. Y. N J. Pa.
Wool Shorn 19 67 and 1968, b y Stat e s
Number sheep shorn y
V'feight per fl ee ce
5- year aver age 1962- 66
1967
1968
5-year aver age 1962-66
1967
?/
1968
1, 000 head
1,000 ~
1,000 he a d
Pounds
Pounds
Pounds
25 5 .8 8.2 10
2.1 5.7 106
11 183
18 4.8 6 .8 9.5
1.8 4.8
90 8.6 162
16
7.1
4.8
6.8
6.1
7 7
9.0
7.2
1.7
6 .9
5.0
7.1
86
7.9
8.0
7.3
15a
7.4
7.5
7.2
7.1
7.1
8.2
8.1
7.3
7.4
7.2
7.3
7.3
7.2
8.1
7.6
7.4
7.7
7.5
7.5
Fool product ion
5- year aver age 1962- 66
1967
1968
1,000 pounds
1,000 Eounds
1,000 pounds
180 40 63
74 15 40
833
77 1,357
135
34 56
69
13 35 725 64 1,215
115 34 49
67 12 36
652 62
1,la5
Ohio
Ind. ill.
Mich. Wi s .
7a4
692
6a4
a.5
a .a
a.6
6 , 686
6 .106
5,899
325
275
256
7.8
8.0
8.0
2,535
2 ,1a9
2,C57
523
363
335
7.4
7.9
7.7
3,8a2
2,a54
2,592
291
240
221
8.5
8.6
8.3
2,465
2,073
1,833
170
150
143
7.7
8.2
8.2
1,339
1, 233
1 ,175
Minn.
697
580
477
7 .a
Iowa
1,118
823
75a
7.6
Mo.
444
328
306
7 .a
N. Dak.
477
354
323
9.6
s. Da.k.
1,434
1,216
1,150
9.0
Ne b r .
5C5
392
373
7.6
Kans.
532
421
404
8.2
8.0
a.l
5 , 459
4, 657
3,869
a.2
8.1
8,531
6 ,739
6,157
a.1
7.9
3 , 457
2 , 672
2,42a
9.a
9.8
4 ,569
3,4a3
3,180
9.4
9.7
12,981 11,401
11,115
7.9
7.9
3 , 8 25
3 ,100
2,937
8.6
8 .5
4,339
3 , 612
3,415
Del. Md.
Va W. Va.. N. C.
s. c.
GEORGIA Fla.
2.7 22
228 200
30
4.9 10
6.2
2.4 17 196
164 19
2.4 5.5 s.i
1.9
7.1
17
6.9
la9
5 .9
15a
5.6
18
6.2
1.8
6.6
5.1
6.3
5.5
4.7
7.1
7.4
19
17
14
7.1
7.1
150
1 21
121
6 .2
6.1
1,349
1, 2la
1,153
5.9
5.9
1,128
968
932
7.0
6.5
la7
133
117
7.1
6 .7
32
17
12
6 .3
6 .1
63
35
31
6 .5
5.1
29
33
28
Ky. Tenn. Ala.
Miss.
Ark.
La. Okla. Texas
218 110
13 30
17 49 145 5,565
135
117
7.1
60
48
5.6
7.0
6 .2
5.9
19
17
5.1
a.7
7.5
6.7
2a
25
4.6
125
112
a.l
4,993
4,574
7.7
7.2
7.4
1,535
972
a 66
5.8
6 .2
611
348
29a
6.0
6.0
77
42
37
5.1
s.o
151
97
a5
7.1
7.3
117
62
55
4.7
4.6
223
132
115
a.3
8.3
l , l 6a
1,034
935
7.4
7.7
43,015 36,99a
35,200
Mont. Idaho Vlyo.
Colo. N. Mex. Ariz. utah Nev. Wash. Oreg. Calif.
48 States Alaska Hawa ii
1,331 840
1,955 1,43a 1,014
513 1,071
245
233
741 2,017 25,702
16
1,134 696
1,768 1,271
884 472 l,OC9 212 159 571 l,a58
21,~61
21
1,092
703
1,7Ul 1,121
821 441 98a 205
143 537 1,770 20,556
24
10.0 10.3
10.3 9.1 9.4 7.2 9.9 9.8 9.2 7 .a
7.7 a.40 n.a
9.9 10.6
10.7 a.9 9.6 7.0 10.1 9.a 9.4
a.3 7.6 a.s6 11.7
9.9 10.6
10.3 8.4 9.2
6.9 9.9
10.0 9.0 8.1
7.6 a.54
11.5
13,304 8, 6a9
20,115 13,103
9,535
3,6a4 10,561
2,3a6 2,129
5,806 15,4a7 217,401
laS
11,277 7,346
18,867 11,335
8,462
3,317 1 0 , 227
2,C82
1,492 4,735 14,077
la7 ,909 246
10,840 7,446
17,542 9,3a9
7 ,sao 3,037 9,748 2, C50
1,293 4,334 13 ,46a 175,595
276
u. s.
25,71a
21,982
20,580
a.46
a.56
a.55 217,586 18a,155 175,a71
1/ Includes sheep shorn at commercial feeding yards.
~ For Texas and California the we ight per fleece is the average p er an:imal and not the aver age per shearing
since some sheep are shorn more than once each year.
After Five Days Return to United State s Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Postage and Fee s Pa id U. S. Depa rtment of Agriculture
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
ATHENS, GEORGIA
July 3 1, 1968
JjROILER TYPE
Placement of broiler chicks in Georgia during the week ended July 27 was 9, 161, 000--2 percent less than the previous week but 4 percent more than the comparable week last year, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service.
An estimated 11, 905, 000 broiler type eggs were set by Georgia hatcheries-2 percent less than the previous week and 1 percent less than the comparable week
a year earlier. The majority of the prices paid to Georgia producers for broiler hatching eggs
were repcrted within a range of 55 to 67 cents per dozen. The average price of hatching eggs was 61 cents per dozen. The price of eggs from flocks with hatchery owned cockerels generally was 2 cents below the average price. Most prices received for broiler chicks by Georgia hatcheries were reported within a range of $8.25 to $9.75 with an average of $9.00 per hundred. The average prices last year were 58 cents for eggs and $8.25 for chicks.
GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS, AND CHICK PLACEMENTS
Week
. Ended
Eggs Set 1/
1967
1968
% of year ago
Chicks Placed for
Broilers in Georgia
%of
1967
1968
year
ago
Av. Price
Hatch
Broiler
Eggs
Chicks
Per
Per
Doz.
Hundred
1968
1968
I May 25
June l June 8 June 15 June 22 June 29 July 6 July 13 July 20 July 27
Thou.
12, 53 5 12, 288 12, 155 12, 179 12, 179 12, 354 12,281 12,031 12,061 12,031
Thou.
12, 843 12,960 12, 806 12,467 12,417 12,497 12,022 12, 146 12, 164 11, 905
Pet.
Thou.
I 102
9, 559
105
9,277
105
9,495
102
9,457
102
9, 226
101
9, 177
98
8,980
101
9, 113
101
9, 110
99
8, 840
Thou.
9,403 9, 511 9,492 9,604 9,660 9,406 9,332 9,271 9,380 9, 161
Pet. Cents
98
61
103
61
I
100
61
102
61
105
61
102
61
104
61
102
61
103
61
104
61
Dollars
9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00
EGG TYPE
Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the week ended July 27 was 605, 000-11 percent less than the previous week but 47 percent more than the comparable week last year. An estimated 834, 000 eggs for the production of egg type chicks were set by Georgia hatcheries, 3 percent more than the previous week and 36 percent more than the comparable week last year.
In the four states that accounted for about 25 percent of the hatch of all egg type chicks in the U. S. in 1967, hatchings during the week ended July 27 were down 12 percent but settings were up 1 percent from a year ago.
EGG TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS HATCHED, 1968
I
Eggs Set (Week Ended)
j o/o of
State
July
July July
July , year
I Chicks Hatched ( Week Ended} J %of
July July
July
July year
6
13
20
27 ago 2/
6
13
20
27 ago 2/
Thousands
Thousands
I
Ga.
742
710 810
834 136
598 814
677
605 1 147
Ill.
250* 220 275
425 97
190 405
310
200 74
Calif.
1, 345 1, 710 l, 280 1,387 92 I 1,099 1, 529 1, 392 1,079 76
Wash.
111
213 120
I 181 73
102
134
88
114 63
i
Total
2, 448>!< 2, 853 2,485 2, 827 101 I 1, 989 2, 882 2,467 1, 998 1 88
I
1/ Includes e gg s set b y hate he rie s pro due ing c hicks for hatcher y supp1y flocks.
2/ Current week as percent of same week last year.
* R cvisf.-~----------------~
UN VERSITY OF GEORGIA
AUG l 1968
LIBRAR IES
BROILER TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL AHEAS BY VV"EEKS-1968 ?age 2
EGGS SET
II
C!-IICKS PLACED
STATE
Week Ended
July
July
13
20
I % of I
I 11 : July
27
year . July
ago
13
Week Ended
July
July
20
27
o/o of
year ago 1/
THOUS A NDS
f:
THOUSA NDS
Maine
......
i
2,092
2,047
2,004 107
l, 548
1, 560
l, 420
97
0
Connecticut
338
314
290
94
191
159
146
82
Pennsylvania
1,634
1, 507
1, 722 107
915
966
893
95
Indiana
696
732
748 131 )
364
413
353
106
Missouri
341
326
331
52
4 34
414
489
116
Delaware
2,376
2,339
2, 324 85
2,495
2,24 9
2, 272
79
Maryland
4,924
4,999
4,917 113
3, L,l;78
3,673
3, 508
119
Virginia West Virginia North Carolina
1, 475
1, 664
1, 523
97
1, 1Ll 5
1, 155
1, 081
93
41 7,497
41 7,393
41 7, 139
26 101
I
~
404
~.650
356 5, 726
310 5, 527
111 101
South Carolina
507
494
499
93
L_;, 70
355
401
91
GEORGIA
12, 146 12, 164 11,905
99
9, 271
9,380
9, 161
104
Florida
1, 039
1, 033
946 112
833
825
737
117
Tennessee
777
805
767 108
1, 027
959
864
101
Alabama Mississippi Arkansas
8,605 5, 128 10, 385
8,483 5,204 10, 246
8, 391 5,049 11,022
102
6,768
I
I 102
4, 271
115
7. 583
6,658 4,251 7. 501
6, 517 4, 262 7,457
96 106 100
Louisiana Texas
Washington Oregon
~alifornia
TOTAL 1968
(22 States)
963 4, 118
630 427
1, 010 4, 135
570 339
1,020 4, 160
594 359
88
97 102
(88
II 3, 147 I 423
118
294
821 3,050
"1:09 253
829 3, 113
424 293
100 96
110 113
1, 870 68,009
1, 877 67,722
1, 953 67, 704
101 103
IIi
1, 52,
4 39 943
1, 446 52, 579
1, 457 5i, 514
103 100
I
I
TOTAL 1967* (22 States)
66,434 65, 446 65,968
I 51,9o/ 9
51, 567
51, 265
......
0
tof Last Year 1
102
103
103
102
102
100
.
.ll)
::>
#0~0 7
Glf ~tz.
t/111
UNITED
STATES
DEPARTMENT
OF
AGRICULTURE
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
ATHENS, GEORGIA
H0 NE Y P R 0 DU CT I 0 N
August l, 1968 GEORGIA
Colonies of be es on July l totaled 180,000, a ccording t o the Ge orgia Cr op Reporting Service. This is 3 percent above the 175,000 colonie s on hand a yea r ago . The conditi on of colonie s on July l was 85 percent of normal, compared with 81 percent last yea r.
UNITED STATES
Colonies of bee s on July lin the 48 St ate s t ot a led 4,771,000 . Thi s is a decline of l percent from the 1967 number. With the exception of 1967, the number of colonies have declined every year since 1958 . The l ar ge s t reg ional decline of 4 percent wa s i n the South Central. The North Atlantic and Eas t North Central were ea ch dovm 3 percent. The We s t North Central and South Atlantic were up l percent and the Hest was about the same as a year earlier.
Condition of colonies on July l for the 48 St a te s was reported at 83 percent of normal-1 percent below the previous year a nd 3 percent below the aver age condition for recent years. Average condition of colonies by regions ranged from 82 percent in t he West to 85 in the West North Centra l and South Centra l. However, variation between State s -vras much grea ter r a nging
from 75 to 96 percent of norma l. Compared with a year earlier the \-Test was down 6 percentage
points and the North Atla ntic was down 4. The South Central was up 2 percentage p oint s and the East -North Centra l and West North Centra l were up 3 points . The South J.tlantic at 84 percent of normal was the same as a year ago. Dry spring weather in the West was primarily respons ible for the lower colony conditi on. In the North Atla ntic State s , a cold \Tinter fo llowed by a cool wet spring caused some losses and lowered colony conditions . Bee a ctivity thi s spring was hampered by cool wet weather over most of the eastern two-thirds of the country .
Conditi on of nectar plants varied widely in the 48 State s but averaged 77 percent of normal on July 1, compared with 79 percent a year earlier. The large st change occurred in the West with a decline of 16 percentage p oint s . The North Atlanti c was down by 2 p oints while all other regions were up 2 to 5 point s from a year earlier. Early plant growth was s l owed by dry weather in the West and by cool, wet weather in most other areas .
In Ca lifornia, the leading honey producing State in 1967, extremely dry weather limited growth of most wild nectar producing pla nts . Condition was reported at 68 percent compared with 93 on July l, 1967. Minnesota , the second r anking honey producer in 1967, reported a plant condition of 80 -- l point above a year earlier.
ARCHIE LANGlEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
L. H. HARRIS, JR. Stati stica l Assistant
********** ** ******************* *** * *** * *** * *****
ISSUED BY: The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, USDA, 409A North Lumpkin Street, Athens, Ga., in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture.
Colonies of Bees and Condit1.on of Colonies and 1 ectar Plants on July 1
State and
Colonies of Bees
1968 as %
Condition 1/
Colonie s
Nect ar Plants
Division
l967
1968
of 1967 1967
1968
1967
1968
~aine
1'hou. 5
-Tho-u. 5
Percent 100
86
75
86
76
N. H.
5
5
100
90
79
88
78
Vt.
8
8
100
80
81
79
82
Mass .
10
10
100
88
85
86
84
R. I.
2
2
100
82
85
79
83
Conn.
10
10
100
86
80
87
80
N. Y.
164
157
96
84
79
82
78
N. J. Pa.
:
37
35
95
84
76
90
88
:___11:3_____ ]:lg_ ___ ...32. ____83. ____ .2____ I4_____7. __ _
N. Atl. Ohio
Ind. Ill. Mich. Wis. E. N. Cent.
~S4
344
97
84
80
81
79
149
146
98
76
83
69
81
102
95
93
73
83
73
83
91
89
98
83
84
83
82
: 121
120
99
84
83
82
87
: --
142 -605-----
51389 9
-
--
98 -9
7-
-
-
85
84
-80---- 83- - -
-
83 78- - - -
83
-8~
-
--
Minn. Iowa Mo.
N. Dak. S. Dak. Nebr. Kans. W. N. Cent.
189
189
100
83
83
79
80
141
142
101
84
87
80
84
101
106
105
88
84
78
86
52
55
106
83
92
79
82
101
99
98
78
87
80
83
103
103
100
77
80
78
75
:
49
49
100
80
81
79
83
: - - 736---- -743--- -101---- 82---- - 85 - - - -79- - - - 82-- -
Del. Md. Va. W. Va. N. C.
s. c.
Ga. Fla. S. Atl.
5
5
100
95
96
91
90
32
31
97
88
87
80
88
103
101
98
79
80
69
75
92
91
99
82
78
79
82
226
219
97
85
84
69
69
63
64
102
80
80
67
75
: 175
180
103
81
85
71
72
: 309
324
105
87
86
74
75
--1:-005--- -l,OJ.5-- -lOl--- -84----84----72-----74---
Ky. Tenn. Ala. Miss. Ark.
La.
Okla.
Tse.xasCent.
87
87
100
80
85
78
79
146
131
90
86
84
75
72
96
91
95
85
84
75
71
65
52
80
89
84
85
77
92
90
98
91
87
87
84
86
86
100
86
89
76
77
:
50
50
100
82
77
77
75
: 229
227
99
75
84
68
83
:-- -851----- 814--- -9'6--- -83---- 85---- 76---- -78- --
Mont. Idaho Wyo. Colo. N. Mex. Ariz. Utah Nev.
Wash. Oreg. CWaelisft .
80
83
104
86
81
86
83
214
218
102
93
78
90
73
30
32
107
95
85
82
80
51
47
92
79
76
70
60
15
15
100
85
82
68
76
88
84
95
80
82
78
74
51
49
96
81
76
77
78
9
9
100
88
80
88
78
97
90
93
87
78
80
82
:
70
74
106
90
85
87
76
:- -1:-525694- - - - l, 256656 - - - l1O0O1 - - - -8898 - - - - 8852- - - - 8938- - - - -7682 -
iJ48
States Percent
of
: 4,815 normal .
4,771
99
84
83
79
77
After Five Days Return to
United States Department of Agriculture Statistical Reporting Service
409A North Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 30601
OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Postage and Fees Pai d U. S. Department of Agriculture
Released 8/2/1968 GEORGI A CROP REPO RTI NG SE RVICE
GEO RGI A P~ ICES RECEIVE D 1 POINT LOWER
The Index of ?r ices Re ce i ved by Geor gi a Farmers for All Corr.mod it ies decl i ned 1 point during the month ended July 15, 19 6 ~ to 251. This was 5 points below the July 15, 1967 index of 256.
The p rices of corn, cotton, and sweetpotatoes were lower than a month ago, causing the All Crop Index to drop 6 points to 261; this was also lower than the July 15, 1967 Index by 7 points . Hog, broiler eggs and turkey prices were higher, increasing the 1ivestock index 8 points to 229, which was 2 po ints hi gher than last year .
UNITED STATES PRICES RECEIVED AND PARITY INDE XES UP 1 POI NT ADJUSTED PARITY RATIO 79
During the month ended July 15, the Index of Prices Received by Farmers ad vanced 1 point (1/3 percent) to 260 percent of its 19 10-14 avera ge, the Crop i{eporting Board announced today. Contribu ti ng most to the i ncrease were higher pr i ces for hogs, fluid market milk, and eggs. Partially offsetting were price declines for ap p les, cotton, and wheat. The Ju ly index was 1 1/2 percent above a year earlier.
The Index of Prices Paid by Farmers for Commodities and Services, includin g Interest, Taxes, and Farm Wa ge Rates advanced I po int (1/4 percent ) during the month to a new high of 355. The index was 3 percent above a year earlier.
With prices of farm products, prices paid by farmers, and farm wage rates all higher, the preliminary Adjusted Parity Ratio remained unchan ged at 79, and the Parity Ratio at 73.
Index 1910-14= 100
Georqia Prices Received
All Commodities All Crops Livestock and Livestock Products
INDEX Nut1BEK.S -- GEO RGIA ,(\ND UNITED STATES
July 15
June 15
July 15
1967
1968
1968
256
252
251
268
267
261
J./227
221
229
Record Hiqh Index : Date
310 ~ia rch 1951 319 March 1951 21 ~:J5 Se pt. 1948
United States Prices Received
Parity Index 1/
Parity Ratio
256
259
344
354
74
73
260
31 3 Feb. 1951
355
355 July 1968
73
123 Oct. 1946
Adjusted Parity t{at io !;I
(preliminary)
80
79
79
!/Revised. 1/ Also ,(\pril 1951. 3/ Prices Paid, Interest, Taxes, and Farm t>Jage Rates based
on data for the indicated dates. 4; The Adjusted Parity Ratio, reflecting Government payments,
avera ged 79 for the year 1967 compared with 74 for the Parity Ratio. Preliminary Adjusted
Ratios for the current year, supplied by the Economic Research Service, are based on estimated
cash receipts from marketings and estimates of Government payments for the current calendar year.
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
WILLIAM A, WAGNER Agricultural Statistician
ISSUED BY: The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, USDA, 409A North Lumpkin Street, Athens, Ga., in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture.
PRICES--RECEIVED AND PAID BY FARME RS. JULY 15 . 1968 ~ I TH COMPAR ISO ~S
July 15
GEO RG 1.1\ June 15
UNITED STATES Ju ly 15 :July 15: June i 5 Ju ly i5 --'--'~~---
Commod i tv a nd Unit
I 967
1968
1968
I 967
1968
1968
Pi{/CES RECE IVED
\/hea t , bu.
$ I. so
1. 20
1. 20 l. 37
1. 24
l. 19
Oa t s, bu
$
.80
.76
. 77
. 66S
.694
.606
Corn, bu.
$
1.45
1.25
I. 22 I . 21
1.07
1.04
Bar 1ey, bu. -~or s hum Grain , cwt. Cot t on, 1b.
$
.99
$
2.20
22.0
. SiB 1. 90 23. 5
.95 1.90 22.0
I .06
2.08 20.92
3/ . 983 -1. 80 20 . 79
. 93i
1 ...,l.J_
' I ,
20.04
Soybeans, bu.
$
2.70
2.50
2.50 2.66
2 . 54
2. 52
Swee t potatoes, cwt.
$
6.30
6.60 6.22
I I . 60
7.55
Hay, Ba led, ton:
,~II
$ 26.20
27.50
27.50 22.40
21 . 90
2 I .40
A!fa I fa
$ 35.50
34 .00
31.00 22.90
22. 30
2I. 70
Lespedeza
$ 27.50
30.00
29.00 24 .20
23. 60
23.30
Peanu t
$ 22.50
24.00
24.00 23.50
23.00
22.70
Mi 1k Cows, head
$ 210.00
190.00
210.00 :262.00 273 .00
276 . 00
Hogs, cwt.
$ 21.20
18.40
19.90 21.50
19 .30
20 .80
Beef Ca ttle, All, cwt. 11
$ 19.80
20.20
20.50 23 .20
23.80
24.00
Cows , cwt. 1./
$ 16.70
16.90
16.90 17 . 40
17. 90
17.70
Steers an d Heifers, cwt.
$ 22.20
22. 50
23. 20 2L~ . 90
25 .50
25.90
Ca I ves, cw t.
$ 25.50
27.00
26.90 27.20
28 .20
28. I0
Milk, Who lesale, cwt .:
Fl uid Ha r ket
$
6.2C
6.20
5. 22
5. 30
Manufactured
$
3. 95
i+. l 5
All 1/
$ 6.20
6.20
!16. IS 4 .79
4.90 !15.06
Turkeys , lb.
21.0
20.0
2 I . 0 20. 4
19. 5
19 . 7
Chickens, lb.:
Excluding Broilers
8. 5
2. 5 7.6
7.9
8. 0
Commercial Broilers
13.5
14 . 0
I L:. 5 14.4
15.0
15 . ...
All
13. 3
13.8
14 . 2 i 3 . 8
I L~ . 4
l L!. 9
Eggs, All, doz.
37.5
39.0
42.0 29.9
30.3
32.7
PRICES PAID, FEED
Mixed Dairy Feed, ton: l l
14% Protein
$
16% Protein
$
18% Protein
20% Pro t ein
$
Hog Feed, 14%-18% protein, cwt.$
Cot t onsee d Meal, 41%, cwt.
$
Soybean Meal, 44%, cwt.
$
Bran, cwt.
$
Mi dd 1 i ngs, cwt.
$
Corn Meal, cwt.
$
Poultry Feed, ton }/
Broiler Grower Feed
$
Laying Feed
$
Chick Starter
$
Alfalfa Hay, ton
$
All Other Ha y , ton
$
73.00
77 .oo
82.00 83.00 4.55
5. I 0 4.90 3.90 4.10 3.65
98.00
~6.00
102.00 38.00 3L~. 00
74.00 76.00 &2.00 84 .00 4.20
5.20 5.10 3.85 3.95 3.30
8:/.00 8).00 90.00 36.00 34.00
74.00
75.00 79 .00
82.00 4. 15 5.20 5.20 3.70 3.85 3.35
91.00 83.00 93.00 35.00 33.00
69.00 74.00 76.00 82. 00 4 .55
5. 34 5.38 3.57 3.68 3.49
94 .00 86.00 97.00 32.60 31.20
67.00
7 I .00
75 . 00
77 .oo
1+. 41
5.28
5. 28
3.48
~ J
C.,.,,l
3. 19
88 .00
80.00
93. 00 3I .90 30.30
67.00 71.00 74.00 76.00
4. 38 5. 31 5.4, 3. 43 3.50 3. i 8
89 .00 80 .00 94.00 3 I .8:) 30.20
1/ 11 Cows: and 11 steers and heifers11 combined with allowance where necessary for slaughter bulls.
1/ Includes cull dairy cows sold for slaughter, but not dairy cows for herd re placement.
3/ Revised. ~/ Preliminary estimate.
After Five Days Return to United States Depa rtment of Agr i cu lture
Statistica l Report ing Servi ce 40 9~ North L L ~pkin Street At hens , Georgia 30601 OFFI CIAL BUSINESS
Postage and Fees Pa id U. S. Departme nt of Agricu l ture
GEO RG IA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
Athens GWf~SITY OF G0RSIA
Week Ending August 5, 1968 CROPS STILL NEED MOISTURE IN MANY AREAS
AUG 61968
LIBRARIES
Released 3 p . m. Monduy
Athens, Ga . , August 5 -- Soil moi sture levels improved in par ts of the State but ma ny areas are still dry, a ccording t o the Crop Reporting Service . Crop conditions were extreme l y varied even within counties us some areas f a iled to receive the s cattered showers that benefitted other sections.
County Agent s reported about 95 percent of the cott on crop was s etting bolls and ab out 2 percent of the crop was open. Very light picking begun during the week . Insect infe st ation levels increa s ed de spite vigorous controls . Boll worms were menti oned in s evera l areas as being particula rly trouble scrre
. Condition of the corn crop rema ined about the same during the week . Out look for older plantings i s not expected to improve as r uin cametoo l ate in severa l areas . Part of the weather damaged crop continued t o be salvaged for silage.
Activity on t obacco f a rms was very high as ha rve sting, curing and marketing were given priority. According to the Market News Service, a tota l of 24,653 , 347 pounds of t obacco was sold on Georgia ma rket s through August 2 for on avernge price of $67.80 per hundred. Thi s -compared with 22,303,765 pounds at $65.79 for the first three days of marketing l a st yea r.
The condition of peanuts declined further l ast week. Many fields were maturing r apidly and . light harvest continued. Dry weather and ins ect problems s till threaten the l at e -crop yields . _Soybean conditions rema ined about the same as the previous week with a wide va riety of insects giving f armers prob l ems . Haying was at its peak in many a reas during the week. Shower s caught cuttings on the ground in a few areas .
About 88 percent of the pea ch crop has been harve sted and sever a l sections reported harvest complete. Through August 1, Market News reported 3,597 carlot equiva lents shipped compa r ed with 2,944 carlots for the some date l ast yea r. Sweetpotatoes harve s t increas ed and improvement in quality was noted. Veget able marketings were declining in s outhern areas but increas ing in the north.
Numerous report s of pink eye outbreaks in cattle were received. Pasture s were in mos t l y fair to good condition .
WEATEER SUMM~RY--Afternoon a nd evening thundershowers occurred in pa rt s of Georg i a a lmost every day during the week ending Friday, August 2. Rainfall amount s varied greatly, r anging from less than one-tenth of an inch in a few local areas to more than 4 inches in others . The showers were generally heavier in the south central, southeast und north centra l sections . The observer at Homerville reported that 3 inches fell in one hour during the a fternoon of August 1, and Helen, at the other end of the State, ha d 4.05 inche s on July 31. Aver ages by climatologica l divisions ranged fr om .73 inches in the northwest to 2.27 inche s in the ~outh centra l division. Parts of southwest Georgia received only light amounts of r a in and cont inued extremely dry at the end of the week. The showers continued to occur over mos t sections during the weekend.
Temperature s continued hot mos t of the week but moderated some toward the end of the period with the increase in shower activity. Several pla ce s in s outh Geor gia recorded highs of 1000 or s lightly above, and readings in the 90's were common in a ll areas except the higher elevations . : several obs ervers reported their highe st temperature s in four or five summer s . Aver ages for the week r anged from near to s lightly above normal.
Ra infa ll showed large va riations over Ge orgia during July . Many areas were dry during much of the month. The southwe st division showed a deficit of about 2 inche s for the month and the southeast and central divi s ions were nea rly an inch short of norma l r a infall .
The five-day outlook for the period Tue sday through Saturday (August 6 -10 ) ca l l s for temperatures to average 1 t o 3 degree s above normal with little day t o day change. Rainfa ll is expected to be moderate in widely s cattered thunder showers occurring ma inl y in the a fternoon and evening throughout the period. Tota ls will r ange generally fr om one -third to one inch with a few isolated 2 i nches or more.
IsSUED-BY:- The Georgia Crop-Reporting-Ser;ice~ Athens~ Georgia;-in c ooperati on with-the----Cooperative Extens ion Service, University of Ge orgia ; Georgia Department of Agriculture; a nd the Weather Bureau, ESSA, U. S. Depa rtment of Commerce.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE WEATHER BUREAU Athens, Georgia
ESSA
Precipitation For The Week Ending August 2 ~ 1968
GEORGIA
Temper ature extreme s f ar the w-eek ending August 2, 1968o (Provisional)
Highe s t g 104 at Americus on July 28th.
Lowest g 60 a t Clayton on July 27th and August 1s t o
.30
* For t he peri od August 3-5 ~ 1 968 o
T Less t han .005 incho
After Fi ve Days Ret ur United S tate~ Depa t ment f Ag r ic l t ure
Sta t istical Repo r t ing Se rv ice 409A No r th Lumpk' n St ree t Athe ns, Geo r g ia 3060 1 OFF ICIAL BUSIN ESS
IMMEDIATE - U. S. WEATHER REPORT This repo rt wil l be treated in a l l
Respe cts as Letter Ma i l (See Sec. 34. 17, P.L. & R. )
Po~ ta ge a, d rees Paid U. S. Depart~e t f Agricu l t u re
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING
UNIVERSITY OF a ..Oita\A
AUG 81968
I CE
ATHENS, GEORGIA
August 7. 1968
BROILER TYPE
Placement of broiler chicks in Georgia during the week ended August 3 was 9, 051, 000--1 percent less than the previous week but 3 percent more than the comparable week last year, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service.
An estimated 11, 745, 000 broiler type eggs were set by Georgia hatcheries-! percent less than the previous week and 1 percent less than the comparable week a year earlier.
The majority of the prices paid to Georgia producers for broiler hatching eggs were reported within a range of 55 to 67 cents per dozen. The average price of hatching eggs was 62 cents per dozen. The price of eggs from flocks with hatchery owned cockerels generally was 2 cents below the average price. Most prices received for broiler chicks by Georgia hatcheries were reported within a range of $8.25 to $9.75 with an average of $9.00 per hundred. The average prices last year were 58 cents for eggs and $8.25 for chicks.
Week Ended
June 1 June 8 June 15 June 22 June 29 July 6 July 13 July 20 July 27 Aug. 3
GEORGIA EGGS SET,
Eggs Set !}
1967 Thou.
1968 Thou.
HATCHINGS, AND CHICK PLACEMENTS
Av.
Chicks Placed for
Hatch
UJo of
B railers in Georgia
Eggs
OJo of Per
year a o
1967
1968
year Doz. a o 1968
Pet.
Thou.
Thou. Pet. Cents
Price Broiler Chicks Per Hundred 1968
Dollars
12,288 12,960 105
12, 155 12,806 105
12, 179 12,467 102
12, 179 12,417 102
12,354 12,497 101
12, 281 12,022
98
12,031 12, 146 101
12,061 12, 164 101
12,031 11,905
99
11, 854 11,745
99
9,277
9, 511 103
61
9,495
9,492 100
61
9,457
9,604 102
61
9,226
9,660 105
61
9, 177
9,406 102
61
8,980
9,332 104
61
9, 113
9,271 102
61
9, 110
9,380 103
61
8, 840
9, 161 104
61
8, 822
9,051 103
62
9o 00
9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00
EGG TYPE
Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the week ended August 3 was 556, 000-8 percent less than the previous week but 14 percent more than the comparable week last year. An estimated 884, 000 eggs for the production of egg type chicks were set by Georgia hatcheries, 6 percent more than the previous week and 40 percent more than the comparable week last year.
In the four states that accounted for about 25 percent of the hatch of all egg type chicks in the U.S. in 1967, hatchings during the week ended August 3 were down 9 percent but settings were up 4 percent from a year ago.
State
Ga. Ill. Calif. Wash.
EGG TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS HATCHED, 1968
Eggs Set (Week Ended)
o/o of
I Chicks Hatched (Week Ended)
July
July July
Aug. year
July July
July
Aug. l
13
20
27
3
ago 2/
13
20
27
3
Thousands
710
810 834
884 140
Thousands
814 677
605
556
230*
275 425
420
75
1, 710 1, 280 l, 387 l, 371
94
213
120 181
330 131
405 310
1, 529 1,392
134
88
200 1, 079
114
185 1, 349
155
o/o of
year ago 2/
114 54 94 77
Total 2, 863* 2, 485 2, 827 3, 005 104
2, 882 2, 467 1, 998 2, 245
91
1 Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatchery supply flocks.
2/ Current week as percent of same week last year.
*Revised.
BROILER TYPE E GGS SE T AND CHICKS PLACED IN C OMMERCIAL A?... T~J.,. S BY WEEKS -1968 Page 2
I
EGGS SET
I
I
CH~ I CK_.c..:, ~" D PLA ......., ..~
STAT E
Week Ended
I o/o of l
Week Ended
I %of
July 20
July 27
Aug. 3
year !I July
ago l A 20
July 27
I A ug. 3
I year ago 1/
I
Maine Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana Missouri Delaware Maryland Virginia West Virginia North Carolina
THOUSANDS
2,047 314
1, 507 732 326
2,339 4,999 1,664
41 7, 393
2,004 290
l, 722 748 331
2,324 4,917 l, 523
41
7' 139
1,939 349
1, 604 824 343
2, 355 4, 656 l, 726
39 7, 194
I
I I
I
103 I
THC USA NDS
l, 560
l, 420
l, 570
110
I
I
lS9
104 136
i
!
I
966 413
. 56
414
87
2, 249
146 893 353 489 2, 272
145 853 405 414 2,368
109 i 3,673
3, 508
3, 281
106 I l, 155
1, 081
982
27
I !
356
310
393
107
5,726
5,527
5, 437
105 80 87
118
94 86 118 84 117 100
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494
499
487
86
355
401
418
109
GEORGIA
12, 164 11,905 11, 745
Florida Tennessee Alabama Miss is sippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas Washington Oregon California TOTAL 1968 (22 States)
* TOTAL 1967
(22 States)
l, 033 805
8, 483 5, 204 10, 246 1, 010 4, 135
570 339 1, 877 67,722
946 767 8, 391 5, 049 11, 022 1, 020 4, 160
594 359 1, 953 b7,704
912 751 8,408 4,986 10,032 1, 005 3,991 649 318 1, 812 66, 125
65,446 65,968 64,838
* .% of Last Year
103
103
102
1/ Current week as percent of same week last year.
.H.evised.
99
9,380
!
117
825
! 107
959
103 I 6,658
103 106
I
I
4, 251 7, 501
89
I
I
821
95 I 3, 050
110 ;
409
I 97 I
253
100 I 1, 446
I 102 52, 579 I
51, 567
I
I 102
9, 161
737 864 6, 517 4,262 7, 457 829 3, 113 424 293 1, 457 51, 514
51, 265
100
9, 051
792 962 6,494 4, 350 7, 450 795 3,081 453 325 1, 393 51,412
50,613
102
103
136
116
100
106
102
97
93
105 133
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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
AJ~~Ef'~Tf9ffl;GE0Rc;BW?;;r---;!~Ql utMAJI1~2 1968
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE . ATHE~~IUISGIA
Athens, Georgia
GEORG I,'\ - AUJ}UST 1 COTTO N KEPORJ
August 8, 1968
Geor~ia 1 s 1968 cotton crop is forecast at 355,000 bales based on information reported by
crop correspondents as of August 1, the Georgia Crop Reporting Service said toda y. This is 127,000 bales, or 56 percent, more than last years short crop of 2.28,000 bales, but 1n,ooo bales below the 1~02- 6 6 ave~age p roduction. Acreage for harvest is estimated at 390,000 46 percent above the 1967 harvested acres of 267,000. The indicated yield per acre of 1int is 437 pounds compared with 408 poun ds last year.
Dry weather and cool nights in the southern districts made it difficult for ~ rowers to obtain good stands and much rep lant i ng was necessary . In the northern area of the State, cool weather and excessi ve moisture delayed plant growth and the crop got off to a late s t art. Soil moisture continued short in the so ~ thern half of the State until early in July. Dur ing July most areas received rains, and infestation of weevil and boll worms increased. It has been difficult for growers to carry out an effective insect control program since early July.
Final outturn of the crop com~ ared with the forecast will depend upon whether the various factors affecting the crop during the remainder of the season are more or less fav orable than norma 1
C. L. CRENSHAI:! Agricultural Statistic ian
ARCHIE U\NGLEY Agricultural St atistician In Charge
'\ Non-Cotton \
;~UGUST 1 CONDIT ION BY CROP REPORT Ii~G DISTtt ICTS
District 1966 1967 1968 Pe r cen t
-.
-4
Macon
73 Si+ 84
2.,
)
68 b2 81 75 68 81
L~
75
7::.
""":' ...,
t";l
5
75 /2 78
G
76 66 74
7..
75 70 75
0
85 / 6 73
9
71 71 76
State
77 70 76
Districts shown are
I
crop reporting districts
0
and not Congressional
Distr icts
. Columbus
Albany
7
Valdosta
See re verse side
for UNITE D ST.'\TES
information.
UNITED STATES - COTTON REPORT AS OF AUGUST 1, 1968
The Crop Reporting Board of the Statistical Reporting Se rvice makes the following report from data furnished b ~: crop corre spondents, field s t at isti c ians, Bureau of the Census, Agri cultural Sta bilization and Conservation Service, and cooperating State agen cie s. The final out t urn of cotton compared with t his forecast will depend upon whether the various inf luences af fecti n~ the crop dur ing the remainder of the season are more or less favorable than usual.
State
N. C.
s. c.
Georgia Tenn. AI .a. Ho.
Ac rea qe
Harvested : 1962-66 :a veraqe 1967
l ,000 1 ,000 acres ac res
336
75
489
190
584
267
482
236
787
340
3l::J
90
For harvest
1968 I , 000
-acr-es
200
345 390 355 535 200
Lint yield per
harvested acre
1962-66
1968
average . 196/ indic.
Pounds Pounds Pounds
365
277
396
440
449
SOb
431
408
437
568
295
500
458
278
431
549
3 1L~
432
Product ion 1/
500- lb. q ross we iq ht bale
1962-66
1968
avera qe 1967 indic.
1 , 000
1 ,000 l ,000
-bal-es
bales -bal-es
263
44
165
448
179
365
527
228
355
576
145
370
757
197
480
376
59
180
Hiss. Ark. La. Okla. Texas
1,381 l, 179
492 542 5,512
890 715 330 370 3,525
1 '150 1 ,025
410
380
4,175
657
567
672
1,887 I ,054 I , 610
538
333
503
l ,343
L~97 I ,075
556
621
632
566
428
540
269
251
253
303
194
200
369
376
382
4,223 7_,767 3,325
N. Hex.
176
122
I 53
Ariz.
352
245
295
Ca I if.
725
588
680
Other
States 1/
44
14
24.7
657
1 ,051 1,091
403
619
565
887 1,033
847 l ,041
410
400
2'+2
776
1 ,661
38
157
454
I, OL}O
I 2
180 635
l ,475
20.6
u. s.
: 13,401 7,997 10,318
500
447
511 13,986 7,455 10,976
Amer. Egypt, ]/ :
98.6
66.4
67.4
537
502
518
l I l. 7
69.8
72.8
A 11-Produ~tio~ gi~ned-a~d-to be-gln~ed.- soo-po~nd bale-contains ~bout 4~o ~et po~nds-of Ji~t:
1 Vir gi nia, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, and Nevada.
11 Included in State and United States totals. Grown in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and
California.
CROP REPORTING BOARD
After Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Sta ti stical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Postage and Fees Paid U. S. Department of Agr iculture
ETABLE REP /
Georgia Crop Repo r t ing Service
August 1, 1968
- - GEORGIA
Rel eased: August 8, 1968
Soil moisture has been IilOstly adequate during July for SUI11T11er veget able and me lon crops in northern areas. Light supplies of lima beans, snap beans, cabbage , t omatoes, and wat ermelons are expected to continue through most of August.
UNITED STATES
~ EANS: Summer lima bean production, estimated at 220,000 hundredweight, is down 16 percent from the 1967 crop of 261,000 hundredweight. In South Carolina, harvest
should be completed by the latter part of August. Heavy rainfall the first part of July and continuous hot weather the latter part, reduced yield prospects. Continued hot and dry weather in central areas of Georgia r educed production. Light supplies expected to continue from northern areas through August. Hot, dry weather in Alabama r educed yields in southern half of the State but in most northern counties moisture has been r110re favorable and yields are good.
~~: Production of summer snap beans is estli1ated at 923,000 hundredweight, 9 percent less than in 1967. Harvest in the New England States is at the peak and good
volume is expected through August. Harvest started in early July in southwest Virginia where peak movement is expected in early August. In North Carolina, harvest is near the peak volume for the season. Weather has been favorable for normal crop development. In Georgia, dry, hot weather is delaying harvest of late plantings. Light supplies are expected to continue from the r.1ountain areas until early Septenber. Harvest in west Tennessee is about completed. In east Tennessee snap bean harvest continues. Yields are reduced in southern and central coun-
ties of Alabama because of hot, dry weather. In most northern counties yields are good as adequate moisture has been received.
CABBAGE: The ~ sur1wer cabbage crop is estimated at 3,160,000 hundredweight, 11 percent less than last year. In Pennsylvania, cutting is in progrGss. Harvest is making good
progress in Indiana. Moisture supply has been adequate. In Illinois, harvest started on schedule. In the southwest area of North Carolina, harvest of the early planted acreage is completed. Harvest started in late July in the northwest area. In Georgia, harvest of the early acreage is nearing completion. Light supplies from a small late deal is expected to continue through September. The crop in Colorado is in good condition but is about a week late . Late rains have been beneficial. The crop in Washington is developing well. Supplies are normal for the season. In California, moderate supplies are available from the Salinas Valley and south coastal districts. Supplies should continue steady through the late SUli'!Toler and early fall.
WATERMELCNS: Estimated production of early swnmer watermelons is placed at 15,913,000 hundredweight, 1 percent above 1967. In North Carolina, peak movement should be the
first three weeks in August. Harvest in South Carolina is in the final stages in the AllendaleBarnwell-Hampton area and is at the mid-point in the Pageland-chesterfield area. Lack of adequate moisture has reduced size. Shipments are expected to continue through most of August. In Georgia, only a few late planted fields remained for harvest in central areas on August 1. Light supplies are expected from northern areas through August. Hot, dry weather in Alaba!ila reduced yields in southern and central counties. The small acreage in r.wst northern counties is producing good yields. In Mississippi, harvest is about over in central and south, but supplies are plentiful in northeastern areas. In Arkansas, the crop is doing well where soil moisture is adequate. Volume movement is under way. In Louisiana, harvest was past peak on August 1. Some supplies are expected to be available until midmonth. In southern Oklahoma, harvest was in full swing on August 1. The crop in other areas of the State was just maturing2 or 3 weeks later than normal. Harvest in Texas was past the peak in east and central Texas by August 1. Harvest got underway in north Texas about mid-July and will continue into Cctober. The crop has adequate moisture in most areas.
CANTALOUPS: Production of early ~~ cantaloups is forecast at 811,000 hundredweight, up 8 percent from last year. In South Carolina, light Ii10Vement is expected to continue
through most of August. In Georgia, harvest is completed in southern and central areas. Light supplies are expected from northern areas until September. Hot, dry weather in Alabama reduced yields in central and southern counties. In northern counties yields are good.
ISSUED BY: The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, USDA, 409A North Lur.1pkin Street, Athens, Ga., in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture .
CReP
J:...VD
STATE
LJMA. BE.li..N S
Sumner
New Jersey
North Carolina
South Carol ina
Georgia
Alabama
Gr
SUP
o;
Jostal
Sumner Nevr H2.mpshire Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut
Nevr York Penn s y1 va,n i a Ohio illinois Michigan
Virginia North Carolina Georgia
Tennessee Aleb?.llla
c,lorado
Aoree,ge and E st~ated Production Reported to Date,l968 vrith Comparisons
1
ACREAGE
H/I_RVE STE D
For
YJELD FER ACRE
Average 1962-66
1967
Harvest s Av.
1968
=62-66
Ind. 1967 : 1968
Aver age 1962-66
PRODUCTION
1967
Ind. 1968
- Acres -
_Qvrt -
- 1, 000 cvrt. -
1,320
1,000
900
35
33
34
46
33
31
1,240
l,OCO
1,000
32
35
30
40
35
30
1,840
1,700
1,500
21
23
20
38
39
30
3,720
3,000
2,800
23
26
22
85
78
62
3,600
3,300
3,200
22
23
21
77
76
67
I~,I7o
Io,ooo
~.400
~5
2o
~:3
301
261
~20
180
130
130 40
40
40
7
5
5
940
8 00
750
35
36
40
33
29
30
140
140
140
39
40
40
6
6
6
560
650
650
37
40
40
21
26
26
8,860
7,200
6,300
38
41
35
33 6
295
220
1,040
800
700 42
50
45
44
40
32
2,020
1,600
1,500
53
60
55
1C8
96
82
1,220
1,200
1,200
29
30
30
35
36
36
2,160
2,100
2,1CO
32
30
32
70
63
67
450
500
500
39
40
35
18
20
18
5,720
5,600
5,500
46
46
45
265
258
248
1,280
1,300
1,400
37
38
40
47
49
56
1,150
900
850
45
47
46
51
42
39
'
970
800
750
27
30
26
26
24
20
Late Sumner-
Pennsylvania
2,680
2,200
2,000 200
220
180
539
484
360
Indiana
1,180
1,200
1,300 234
235
250
276
282
325
illinois
t
2,220
2,400
2,400 190 200
2CO
421
480
480
Iowa
s
440
280
300 151 135
140
67
38
42
' North Carolina
Georgia
3,420 510
3,300 500
3,000 168
240
170
500 111
no
115
575
792
57
55
510 58
Colorado
2,C80
2,000
2,100 250 230
245
523
460
514
Washington
1,300
1,300
1,300 237
235
230
3C8
3C6
299
California
2 820
2 7CO
2 6CO
2
634
572
Er:rlv E:ur.mcr North carolina South Carolina
Georgia Alabama
Missis sippi ArkansasLouisiana Oklahoma
Te:Kl:!. s Arizona
California Group Total
t
'
8,140 23,200
t 33,100
s 13,540
6 ,9CO
6,100
2,940
8,640
75,400
4,280
~
9,140
I --,:g:( , :380
ll Includes processing.
6,500 24,000 36,000 13 ,ooo
8,300 5,700 3 , 1 CO 9,500
70,000
3,400 9,200 188,700
6,700
62
70
65
503
455
436
24,COO 74
90
70
1,713
2,160
- 1,680
40,000
86
95
90
2,844
3,420
3,600
13,000
93
100
85
1,259
1 ,3 CO
1,105
9,500
74
80
80
510
6'54
760
5,600
89
85
85
541
484
476
3,3 00
87
80
80
254
248
264
11,000
70
80
7C
607
7 60
770
74,000
63
60
60
4,719
4,2 CO
4,440
3,900 157
175
175
10,000 164 155
170
669 1,496
595 1,426
c82 1,700
~OI,ooo
7Q
83
79
15,114 15:712
I5,9I3
ARCHIE LiiNGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
L. H. HARRIS, JR. Veget able Crop EstimatC'Ir
After Five Days Return to Uriited States Department of Agriculture
statistical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street Athens , Georgia 30601
OFFICI!.L BUS:!HE~S
Po stage and Fees Paid U. S. Department of Agriculture
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AUG 14 1968
GEORGIA CROP REPORT ING SERV ICE
ATHENS, GEORGIA
GENERAL CROP REPORT AS OF AUGUST l, 1968
Georgia : Dry weather during much of the gr ovring s e<:.con hoc reduced St ate average yie ld prospects for a ll l a t e -maturing crops except cotton . Yields fr om sma ll grains that were
harve s ted e arlier were cons ider ably above the ave rage s in 1967.
Corn: Corn production in 1968 is f or e cas t at 60,3 11, 000 bushel~ - 32 percent l ess than the 88,856, 000 bushe l::; produced la~ t year . Both a creage and yi e lds ore be l ow 1967 l evels
and a ccount for the de cline .
Toba cco : Georgi a ' c flue - cur ed tobacco production i c estimat ed a t 111, 150,000 p ounds - 25 percent le ss than t he crop of 148 ,452 , 000 p ounds l a s t year. A de crea se i n the
a creage-poundage a llotment a ccount s for most of the de cline ; however, yield per a cre i s expected to average 135 pound~ l es s than l as t year.
Peanut s : A t ot a l of 848,700, 000 p ounds of peanut s i s indica t ed f or 1968 compa r ed with 975, 120, 000 l ost year . - n increase of 14, 000 a cres reculted l arge l y from the
ruling that permitted sal e or lease of a creage previ ous l y tied up i n Government progr ams . Dry weather has reduce d yie ld prospect s over much of the be lt . Yields ore eA~ected to overage 1,725 pounds compa red with 2 ,040 pounds l as t year .
Soybeans : Producti on of s oybeans was pla ced at 10,920 , 000 bushels compa red with 13, 008,000 bushels i n 1967 . crenge for ha rvest was pla ced at 520,000 und the yield ic
f orecast at 21.0 bushels - both or e be l ovr l as t year 1 s l eve l s .
Pea che s : Geor gia ' s peach producti on estimate i s uncha nged at 230 million pounds --55 per cent mor e th n produced in 1967 .
Peca ns : First forecas t available Septembe r 10 .
GEORGih CROP PRODUCTION AND HARVESTED ACREJ1.GE, 1967 and 1968
c re a ge
Yield Per Acre
P r od u c t i o n
:i:Iarve sted : For
Indicated
:Indicated
CROP AND UNIT
1967 :Ihrve st
19 67
i968
1967 : 1968
1968
Thousands
Thous ands
Corn, for grain, bu. Wheat, b :.t. Oats , bu. Rye, bu. Barley, bu. Tobacco, Type 14, lb . Sweetpotatoes , cwt . Hay, a ll, ton
Cotton, bale
Peanuts, (P & T) , lb.
Soybeans, for beans, bu. Sorghums , for gr a in, bu. Pea che s , bu.
11 Pounds of lint .
1,532 130 100
67
9 71.2 8.0
433
267 478 542
ll
1,471 121
98 70
8
57- 0 8 .5 446
390 492 520
12
58. 0 26 . 0
35 . 0 18 . 5 31.0 2,085
90 1.95+
408-y
2, 040 24. 0
37-0
41. 0 30. 0 41. 0 22 . 0
37- 0 1,950
80
y l. 8J
437 1, 725 21.0
34.0
88,856 3,380 3 ,5 00 1, 240
279 148,452
720
845 228
975,120 13,008 407
148,800
6o, 311 3, 630 4, 018 1, 540 296
111,150 6i8o
817
355 848,700
10,920 408
2:i0,000
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultura l Statis tician In Char ge
C. L. CRENSHAW Agr i cultura l St ati st ician
rsstiED-BY:- The Geor gia crop-Reporting-ser~ice; usnA~ 4o9A-North-Lumpkin-street, -Athens,-Ga . ~- i n coopera tion with the Ge or gi a Depa rtment of Agriculture .
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UNITED STATES CROP Sill~.ARY AS OF AUGUST l, 1968
Corn production ic forecact at 4.6 billion buchelo, up 2 percent from July 1, 4 percent lower --than in 1967 but 18 percent more than the 1962-66 average.
All Wheat production, at a record-high 1.6 billion bushels, in up 1 percent fr om the July 1 foreca ot, 5 percent more than last year, and 31 percent above average.
Oat production, estimated at 938 million busheln, ic 20 percent more than 1967 ond 3 percent above average.
Sorghum Grain production, forecact at 772 million busheln, is up 1 percent from last year's record crop, and 30 percent above average.
Soybean production ic placed at u record-high 1,064 million bushels, 9 percent more than last year and 38 percent above average.
Full Potato production is forecast at 217 million hundredweight, down 6 percent from 1967 but 7 percent above average.
Apples are estimated at 5,426 million pounds, about the same as the 1967 crop but 8 percent below average.
CROP AND UNIT
U. S. ACREAGE HARVESTED AND PROilUCTION, 1967 and 1968
Acreoge
Yield Per Acre
Production
:Harvested: For
Indicated
Indicated
1967 : Horvent 1967
1968
1967
1968
1:68
Thousando
Thousands
Corn, for grain, bu.
60,385 55,886
Wheat, all, bu.
59,004 56,039
Onto, bu.
15,970 17,765
Barley, bu.
9,188
9,999
Rye, bu.
1,072 1,019
Cotton, bole
7,997 10,318
Hay, all, ton
64,728 63,567
Soybeo.no, bu.
39,742 40,949
Peanuto, (P &T), lb.
1,402 1,425
Sweetpotatoeo, cwt.
147
148
Tobacco, lb.
961
899
Peacheo, lb.
y1 Poundo of lint. Includes come quuntitieG not harveoted.
78.2
25.8
49.0
40.3
y
22.5 447
1.95
24.5
1,765
93 2,052
81.5
28.7
52.8
42.5
y
23.7 511
1.91
26.0
1,720
93
2,032
4,722,164
1,524,349 781,867 370,246 24,075
7,455 126,361
972,701
2,473,385 13,658
1,972,147 2/ 2,692.1
4,555,893 1,605,958
938,435 425,172
24,124
10,976 121,676
1,064,358 2,450,750
13,778 1,827,494 2 3,694.3
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GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
A n ~ ~SNY OF GEORGIA
Week Ending August 12, 1968 SOIL MOISTURE MOSTLY DEFICIENT
AUG 131968
LIBRAR IES
Keleased 3 p.m. Monday .
Athens, Ga., August 12 -- Most areas in the State are still short of soil moisture,
according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. The high temperature and hot sun, as well as
lack of moisture, caused a dec! ine in crop condition from a week ago in most areas.
County Agents reported that cotton opening has become rather general in southern counties. Several agents reported the first bale in the county ginned. Insect infestation was about the same as last week.
Condition of the corn crop declined during the week as the dry conditions affected corn that was in a critical stage of development in the central and northern parts of the State. Silage making was active in central counties.
Tobacco harvest is 84 percent complete, curing and marketing were very active. According to the Federal-State Market News, a total of 58,908,374 pounds had been marketed in Georgia through August 8 at an average price of $69.43 per hundred pounds.
Peanut condition declined slightly during the week. Harvest was gaining momentum and almost 15 percent of the crop had been dug by week's end. Soybean condition was also less favorable than the previous week. Insects were presentin g a problem in many fields.
Haymakinq was quite active and weather conditions were favorable for curing in most areas.
Peach harvest was reported 94 percent complete. Supplies of vegetables and melons have been reduced by the hot, dry weather. Light to moderate supplies of sweetootatoes are available.
Pinkeye infections among cattle are quite troublesome.
1:/EATHER SUMMA1W -- Georgia rainfall was confined to widely scattered showers during the week ending Friday, August 9, 1968. The showers were also mostly 1 ight. About 60 percent of the reports received from weather observers showed totals for the week of less than one-half inch. Many areas over the State received no rain at all and a few had heavy amounts. The observers at Surrency and Quitman measured more than 2 inches of rain. Averages by cl imatological division ranged from .92 inches in the southwest to only .23 inches in the east central division. The 1 ight rainfall and high temperatures of the past week resulted in further depletion of the already short soil moisture and left many areas of the State extremely dry at the end of the week. There was some increase in shower activity during the week end, especially in the south.
Hot. weather continued throughout the week. The highest temperatures occurred from midweek to early week end when readings around the 100 degree mark were common in central and southern sections. The high reached 90 on one or more days in the north Georgia mountains. There was a slight moderation of temperatures in northern sections during the week end, as a cool front moved into the State. Averages for the week ranged from 1 to 4 degrees above normal.
The five-day outlook for the period Tuesday through Saturday (August 13- 17) calls for temperatures to average 1 to 3 degrees cooler than normal. Normal highs for this time of year range from 88 to 93 degrees and normal lows from,66 to 72, Rainfall is expected to average near an inch in scattered thundershowers.
ISSUED BY: The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, Athens, Georgia; in cooperation with the Cooperative Extension Service, University of Georgia; Georgia Department of Agriculture; and the Weather Bureau, ESSA, U. S. Department of Commerce.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE WEATHER BUREAU Athena, Georgia ESSA
Precipitation For The Week Ending August 9~ 1968
GEORGIA
Temperature extremes for the week ending August 9, 1968o (Provisional)
Highest: 102 at Surrency on the 8th. Lowest: 620 at several places.
* For the period August 10-12,
T Less than o005 inch
After Five Days Retu rn to United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Se r v ice 409A North Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 30601 OFF ICIAL BUS INESS
IMMEDIATE- U. S. WEATHER REPORl This report will be treated in all
Respects as Letter Mail See Sec . 34 . 17 , P. L. & R. )
Posta ge and Fees Paid U. S. Depart me ~t o~ Agriculture
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
Athens, Georgia
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
AUC. 2 01968
July 1968 Released 8/14/68
Milk production on Georgia farms during July totaled 87 mill ion pounds, according to the Crop ~eporting Service. This was 2 mill ion pounds above the July 1967 production and was equal to the production the previous month. The 1962-66 average production was 82 mill ion pounds.
Production per cow in herd averaged 635 pounds - 40 pounds above the previous year and 5 pounds above the previous month. The 5-year average production per cow for the month was 495 pounds.
The estimated average price received by producers for all wholesale milk during July was $6.15 per hundredweight. This was 5 cents below both the July 1967 price and June 1968 price.
Prices paid by dairymen for feed during the month were mostly below the previous year.
MILK PRODUCTION AND PRICES RECEIVED AND PAID BY DAIRYMEN
ITEM AND UNIT
GEORGIA
July
June
July
1967
1968
1968
UNITED STATES
July
June
July
1967
1968
1968
Milk Production, mill ion lbs. Production Per Cow, lbs. 1/ Number Milk Cows,
thousand head
85
87
595
630
143
138
87
10,315
635
764
137
10, 937 837
10,208 783
PRICES RECEIVED- DOLLARS 11 All wholesale milk, cwt. 11
Fluid milk, cwt. Manufactured milk, cwt. Milk Cows, head
6.20 6.20 6.20 6.20
210.00 190.00
!!_/ 6. 15 210.00
4.79 5.22
3.95 262.00
4.90
5.30 4.15 273.00
!I 5.06
276.00
PRICES PAID - DOLLARS _1L Mixed Dairy Feed, ton
14 percent protein 16 percent protein 18 percent protein 20 percent protein
73.00
77 .oo
82.00
83.00
74.00 76.00 82.00 84.00
74.00
75.00 79.00 82.00
69.00 74.00 76.00 82.00
67.00
71 .oo
75.00 77 .oo
67.00
71 .oo
74.00
76.00
Hay, ton
34.00 34.00
33.00
31.20
30.30
30.20
ll Monthly average.
l l2/ Dollars per unit as of the 15th of the month except wholesale milk which is average for month. Revised.
!:! Pre 1imina ry.
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
W. PAT PARKS Agricultural Statistician
IssuED-BY:- The Georgi~ crop-Reporti~g-Ser~i~e~ usoA~ 4o9~North-L~mpkin-Street,-A-~ens,-G~.~- in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture.
UNITED STATES MILK PRODUCTION
July milk production I percent below a year earlier
U. S. milk production in July is es timat ed at 10,208 mill ion pounds, l percent less then a year earlier and 5 percent below the 1962-66 Jul y average. June 1968 milk production has been revised slightly downward to 10,~37 mill ion pounds. Daily average milk production for July was down 10 percent from the revised June production, the same change as a year earlier. Total milk production during the first 7 months of 1968 was 1.6 percent less than a year earlier. July production provided 1.64 pounds of milk per person daily, for all uses, compared ,with 1.81 pounds in June and 1.67 pounds a year earlier.
July milk output per cow 2 percent above a year earlier
Milk output per cow averaged 783 pounds during July, 2 percent above a year earlier and 13 percent above average for the month. Daily output per cow in July averaged 25.3 pounds, compared with 27.9 pounds in June and 24.6 pounds a year earlier. Production per cow was at a record-high level for July in 42 States. Highest output per cow was in California at 1,020 pounds; followed by Washington, 930 pounds; Utah, 890 pounds; Alaska, 885 pounds; and Nevada, 875 pounds.
MONTH
January February March Apri 1 May June July Jan.-July Total August September October November December
Annual
ll Revised
Milk per cow and milk production by month,
United States, 1968, with comparisons
Mi 1k per Cow
Production
Average 1962-66
1967
1968
Average 1962-66
1967
Pounds
Pounds
Pounds
Mpoi ulnl~osn
Mpoi u11n ~osn
1968
: Change :from 1967
Mpoi u11n ~osn Percent
644 611 698 713 778 750 692
651 614 623 603 641 8.021
716 671 769 788 844 820 764
722 680 685 661 699 8.821
724
699 778
795 859
.!/ 83 7
783
10, 1S6 9,636 10,968
11 '175 12,143 11,658 10,714 76.490 10,047 9,446 9,547 9,208
9.759 124,497
9,847
9 ,608
9,203
:;,249
10,517 10,269
10,734 10,460
11 ,470 11 '283
11 ,095 l l 10,937
10,315 10,208
73 t 181 72,014
9,709
9,124
9,167
8,814
9,299
119.294
-2.4
10.5
-2.4 -2.6 -1.6
-1.4 -1.0 -1.6
After Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Postage and Fees Paid U.S. Department of Agriculture
47
~~%J~~~GEORG~ICAROP~REPOR~fu~mt?
ATHENS, GEORGIA
LIBRAR IE S
Aug ust-l4, 1968 -
Placement of broiler chicks in Georgia during the week ended A ugust 10 was 8, 714, 000--4 percent less than the previous week and 3 percent less than the comparable week last year, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service.
An estimated 11, 590, 000 broiler type eggs were set by Georgia hatcheries-! percent less than the previous week but 1 percent more than the comparable week a year earlier.
The majority of the prices paid to Georgia producers for broiler hatching eggs were reported within a range of 55 to 67 cents per dozen. The average price of hatching eggs was 63 cents per dozen. The price of eggs from flocks with hatchery owned cockerels generally was 2 cents below the average price. Most prices re ce ived for broiler chicks by Georgia hatcheries were reported within a range of $8. 2 5 to $10.00 with an average of $9 . 25 per hundred. The average prices last year were 57 cents for eggs and $8. 00 for chicks.
Week Ended
GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS, AND CHICK PLA CE MENTS
Eggs Set -1/
1967
1968
'Ifo of year ago
Chicks Placed for
Broilers in Georgia
% of
1967
1968
year
ago
Av. Price
1 Hatch
Broiler
1 Eggs
Chicks
Per
Per
Doz.
Hundred
1968
1968
Thou.
Thou.
Pet.
Thou.
Thou. Pet. Cents
Dollars
June 8 June 15 June 22 June 29 July 6 July 13 July 20 July 27 Aug. 3 Aug. 10
12, 155 12,806 105
12, 179 12,467 102
12, 179 12,417 102
12, 354 12,497 101
12,281 12,022
98
12, 031 12, 146 101
12, 061 12, 164 10 l
12,031 11, 905
99
11, 854 11, 745
99
11,517 11, 590 10 l
9,495 9,457 9,226
9, 177
8,980 9, 113 9, 110 8,840 8,822 9,020
9,492 9,604 9,660 9,406 9,332 9, 271 9,380 9, 161 9,051 8,714
100
61
102
61
105
61
102
61
I
I 104
61
102
61
103
61
104
61
103
62
97
! I
63
9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.25
EGG TYPE
Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the week ended August 10 was 696, 000-25 percent more than the previous week and 47 percent more than the comparable week last year. An estimated 967,000 eggs for the production of egg type chicks were set by Georgia hatcheries, 9 percent more than the previous week and 56 percent more than the comparable week last year.
In the four states that accounted for about 25 percent of the hatch of all egg type chicks in the U. S. in 1967, hatchings during the week ended August 10 were down 9 percent but settings were up 31 percent from a year ago.
State
Ga. Ill. Calif. Wash.
I EGG TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS HATCHED, 1968
Eggs Set (Week Ended) I u;o of
Chicks Hat ched (Week Ended) u;o of
July
July Aug.
Aug. year
July July
Aug .
Aug. year
20
27
3
10
ago 2/
20
27
3
10
ago 2 I
Thousands
Thousands
810
834 884
967 156
677 605
556
696 147
310*
425 420
480 10 l
310 200
185
245
92
1, 280 l, 387 l, 371 1,634 136
l, 392 1,079 l, 34 9 1,067
78
120
181 330
245
96
88 114
155
89
43
Total 2, 520* 2,827 3,005 3,326 131
2,467 1,998 2,245 2,097
91
* 1/ Includes eggs set by ha~chenes producmg chtcks for hatchery supply flocks.
2/ Current week as percent of same week last year.
Revised.
-BROILER TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACE D IN COMMERCIAL AHEAS BY WEEKS-1968 Page 2
'
EGGS SET
i
CHICKS PLACED
STATE
Week Ended
<Ffo of I
Week Ended
<Ffo of
July
Aug.
Aug.
year
July
Aug.
A ug.
year
I
27
3
10
ago 1/1 27
3
10
ago 1/
THOUSANDS
THOUSANDS
Q.)
~ ::j
I.=:
I ::j
I .U...
~
tl.O '
~
Maine Connecti cut Pennsylvani a
Indiana Missouri Delaware Maryland Virgini a West Virginia North Carolina South Car olina
2,004 290
1,722 748 331
2, 324 4,917 1, 523
41 7, 139
499
1,939 349
1,604 824 343
2, 355 4,656 1, 726
39 7, 194
487
1, 853
98
357 114
1, 574
97
691 135
315
56
2,252
86
4,495 105
1, 458 91
35
25
6,997 105
496
91
1, 4 20
1, 570
1, 463
97
14 6
145
174
89
893
853
878
79
353
405
387
117
489
414
365
99
2, 272
2,368
2, 217
94
3,508
3, 281
3, 395
110
1, 081
982
1, 339
121
310
393
237
83
5, 527
5,437
5, 385
103
401
418
405
89
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GEORGIA
Florida Tennessee Alabama Missis sippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas Washington Oregon .falifornia TOTAL 1968 (22 States)
11, 905 11, 745 11, 590 101 I 9, 161
9,051
8, 714
- 97
946
912
909 116
737
792
778
140
767 8,391
751 8,408
749 109 8, 185 101
864
962
978
122
6, 517
6,494
6,383
101
5,049
4,986
4,830 101
4,262
4, 350
4,358
106
11,022 1, 020
10,032 1, 005
9,715 104 1, 012 90
7, 457
7,450
7' 171
103
829
795
841
106
4, 160
3,991
4,017 104
3, 113
3,081
3,044
95
594
649
550 102
424
453
421
91
359
318
397 121
293
325
233
114
1, 953
1, 812
1, 671
87
1, 457
1, 393
1, 469
100
67,704 66, 125 64, 148 101
51,514 51, 412 50, 635
101
TOTAL 1967* (22 States)
65,968 64,838 63,787
51, 265 50,613 49,924
! of Last Year
lt
C
n
u
r~ent
week
as
103 percent of
same
102 week
last
101 year
100
102
101
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AUG16 1968
T
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
ATHENS, GEORGIA
August 15, 1968
GEORGIA CASH FARM RE CEIPTS UP 31 MILLION DOLLARS IN 1967
Income from farm marketings and Government payments in Georgia set a new all-time record in 1967 with $1,110,938,000, according to the Georgia Crop Keporting Service. This was 31 mill ion dollars above the 1966 cash receipts and the third year receipts have exceeded one bill ion dollars.
Livestock and 1ivestock products accounted for $576,209,000 , or 55.8 percent of the total marketings. Receipts from all crops were $456,904,000, and Government payments amounted to $77,825,000.
Cash receipts from commercial broilers declined in 1967, but remained number one with value of marketings totaling $190,921,000. Eggs ranke d second with $152,883,000, followed by peanuts, $111 ,608,000; tobacco, $100,905,000 ; cattle and calves, $82,970,000; hogs, $67,242,000; and dairy products, $63,756,000.
Livestock and Products
__ _$27,10~,QOQ __ _
Percent of total 55.8%
GEORGIA CASH FARM RECEIPTS FROM MARKETINGS, 1967
1
(Government payments of $77,825,000
not included in percentages)
Crops $lJ56, 904,000
Pe~cent of-tot~l-44.2%-
I
C. L. CRENSHAW Agricultural Statistician
-CRO-PS
Cotton Lint Cotton Seed Cotton, Total Peanutc Tobacco Soybeano Peache s Pecans Other Fruits and Nutc Truck Crops Corn Forest Products All Other Crops
TOTAL CROPS
LIVESTOCK Hogs Cattle and Ca.lveo Dairy Producto Commercial Broilers Other Chickeno Turkeyo Eggs Other TOTAL LIVESTOCK
AND PRODUCTS
GOVER!.~ NT
PAYMENTS TOTAL Cf1SH INCOHE
ALL SOURCES
g Preliminary.
Ci\SII FARM INCDr1E FOR GEORGI/\
(Thou0and Dollaro)
1964
1965
1966
91,694 10,237 101,931 87,444 77,130 7,055 6,713 4,312
1,619 25,616 35,299 31,850 22,836 401,805
78,951 9,765 88,716 98,915 79,041 8,928 6,540 10,593 4,423 22,848 34,181 29,642 25,707 409,534
33,845 7,977 41,822 90,134 71,522 16,547 9,611 10,474 3,402 23,651 43,290 24,465 27,801 362,719
53,292 57,140 52,104 174,153 8,295 6,199 125,836
1,635 478,654
3~,416
919,875
61,131 76,582 55,558 198,566 8,536 5,576 141,596
2,588 550,133
49,608
1,009,275
70,481 89,232 58,437 224,903 9,308
7,426 175,173
2,157 637,117
80,173
l,080,0C9
1967 y
27,403 4,532 31,935
111,608 100,905 31,456 11,542 17,501
3,215 43,844 48,386 22,824 33,688 456,904
67,242 82,970 63,756 190,921
8,567 7,571 152,883 2,299 576,209
77,825 1,110,938
ISSUED BY: The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, USDA, 409A North Lumpkin Street, Athena, Ga ., in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture .
After Five Days Return to United Stateo Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service
409A North Lumpkin Street Athena, Georgia 30601
OFFIC~L BUSINESS
Postage and Feec Paid
U. s. Department of Agriculture
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
Week Ending August 19, 1968 HARVEST ACTIVITY INCREASES Athens, Ga., August 19 -- Harvest of Georgia
AU G2 01968
LIB RAR IES
Released 3 p.m. Monday during the past week,
according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. Most of the activity was in southern sections
with harvesting progress about normal for the date.
Reports from County Agents over the State indicated cotton was in mostly fair to good condition with about 98 percent of the crop setting bolls and 12 percent open. Several central counties reported ginnings of the first bale for the year. Insect infestat ion levels increased slightly with boll worms being one of the leading pests.
The~ crop remained in about the same condition as the week before and was rated mostly fair to good. Many northern counties reported a need for more moisture. Light harvest of high moisture corn began during the week in a few southernmost counties.
Tobacco harvest was very active, but was nearing completion by week's end with 94 percent of the crop gathered. Marketing was heavy. The Federal-State Market News Service reported 98,020,416 pounds sold on Georgia markets throu9h August 16 at an average price of $70.32 per hundredweight.
The condition of peanuts remained about the same as the previous week. Harvesting prog. ressed at a good pace. About 23 percent of the crop was dug and 13 percent threshed. A few counties reported harvest of the Spanish variety almost complete while others were just begin-
ning. Showers hampered harvesting operations in several southern counties. Soybeans showed a slight improvement during the week, but insects continue to be a problem.
Silaqe harvest and hayinq were particularly heavy during the week. Peach harvest was about complete except for a few northern counties. Sweetpotato harvest moved forward in southern areas. Supplies of veqetables and melons declined seasonal!~'
Outbreaks of pinkeye infections continue to be reported in many cattle herds over the State.
HEATHER SUMMARY - Scattered showers continued to occur over Georgia dur i ng the week ending Friday, August 16. Rainfal l 'otals were highly variable but were generally 1ight in the north and moderate to locally he~y over much of the south and central area. A few north Georgia observers reported no rain during the week while several in the south measured more than two inches. Averages by climatological division ranged from 1.54 inches in the central division to only .17 of an inch in the northeast. The shower activity decreased toward the end of the week and very 1 ittle rain was recorded in the State during the week end.
A weak cold front moved into north Georgia early in the week and dropped maximum temperatures by several degrees. Highs were in the 70's over most of the north on Monday, i\ugust 12, and remained in the 80's for two or three more days. Only slight relief was felt in the south. By the end of the week highs were again pushing into the low and mid 90's in the north . and the high 90's in the south. Several places in south Georgia e xper ienced 100 de ~ ree weather on Sunday, August 18. Avera ge s for the week ranged from sli ghtly below normal in t he north to 3 degrees above normal in the south.
The five-day outlook for the period Tuesday through Saturday (Au gus t 20- 24) calls for
temperatures to average 3 to 5 degrees above normal. Normal highs for this time of year range
from 88 to 92 degrees and normal lows from 65 to 71. Rainfall is expected to be I ight in
widel y scattered thundershowers.
ISSUED BY: The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, Athens , Georyi a; in coopera ti on with the Coopera ti ve Extens ion Service, University of Georgia , Georgia Department of Agriculture ; and the Weather Bureau, ESSA, U. S. Department of Commerce.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE WEATHER BUREAU Athens, Georgia ESSA
Precipitation For The Week Ending August 16~ 1968
GEORGIA
Temperature extreres for the week ending
August 16, 196Bo (Provisional)
Highest~ 100 at Monticello on the loth. Lmrest: 600 at Clay.ton on the 16th.
* For the period August 17...19~ 1968.
T Less than o005 incho
_ _ After Fi_ye Days Retu rn to 'United States Depa rtment of Agriculture
Statisti~j Reporting Se rvice 409A North Lumpk in Street Athens, Georgia 30601 OFF ICIAL BUS INESS
IMMED .IATE - U. S. WEATHE R REPO R This report will be treated i n a l l
Respects as Letter Mail (See Sec. 34 .1 7, P. L. & R.
Pos ta ge and Fees Paid U. S. Departme nt of Agriculture
3(
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
ATHENS, GEORGIA
AUG2 31968
I. .
LIBRARIES
BROILER TYPE
Placement of broiler chicks in Georgia during the week ended A ugust 17 was 8, 590, 000--1 percent less than the previous week and 3 percent less than the comparable week last year, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting .Service.
An estimated 11, 232, 000 broiler type eggs were set by Georgia hatcheries-3 percent less than the previous week and slightly less than the comparable week a year earlier.
The majority of the prices paid to Georgia producers for broiler hatching eggs were reported within a range of 60 to 70 cents per dozen. The average price of hatching eggs was 64 cents per dozen. The price of eggs from flocks with hatchery owned cockerels generally was 2 cents below the average price. Most prices received for broiler chicks by Georgia hatcheries were reported within a range of $ 8.25 to $10.50 with an average of $9. 50 per hundred. The average prices last year were 57 cents for eggs and $8.00 for chicks.
Week Ended
GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS, AND CHICK PLACEMENTS
Eggs Set !J
1967
1968
o/o of
year ago
Chicks Placed for
I Broilers in Georgia o/o of
1967
1968 year
ago
Av. Price
Hatch
Broiler
Eggs
Chicks
Per
Per
Doz.
Hundred
1968
1968
Thou.
Thou.
Pet.
Thou.
Thou. Pet. Cents
Dollars
June 15 June 22 June 29 July 6 July 13 July 20 July 27 Aug. 3 Aug. 10 Aug. 17
12,179 12,467 102
12, 179 12,417 102
12, 3 54 12,497 101
12, 281 12,022
98
12,031 12, 146 101
12, 061 12, 164 101
12,031 11,905
99
11, 854 11, 745
99
11,517 11, 590 101
11, 277 11, 23 2 100
9,457 9,226 9, 177 8,980 9, 113 9, 110 8,840 8,822 9,020 8, 825
9,604 9,660 9,406 9,332 9,271 9, 380 9, 161 9,051 8,714 8, 590
102
61
105
61
102
61
104
61
I 102
103
i
I '
61 61
104
61
103
62
97
63
97 I 64
9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 ).00 9.25 9. 50
EGG TYPE
Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the week ended August 17 was 608, 000-13 percent less than the previous week but 24 percent more than the comparable week last year. An estimated 909, 000 eggs for the production of egg type chicks were set by Georgia hatcheries, 6 percent less than the previous week but 41 percent more than the comparable week last year.
In the four states that accounted for about 25 percent of the hatch of all egg type chicks in the U. S. in 1967, hatchings during the week ended August 17 were down l percent but settings were up 8 percent from a year ago.
State
Ga. Ill. Calif. Wash.
EGG TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS HATCHED, 1968
Eggs Set (Week Ended}
o/o of
Chicks Hatched (Week Ended}
July
Aug. Aug.
Aug. year
July Aug.
A ug.
Aug.
27
3
10
17
ago 2/
27
3
10
17
Thousands
Thousands
760*
884 967
909 141
605 556
696
608
425
420 480
280
70
200 185
245
340
l, 387 l, 371 l, 634 1, 790 108
1, 079 l, 349 l, 067 l, 057
181
330 245
219
79
114 155
89
138
Total 2, 753* 3, 005 3, 326 3, 198 108
1, 998 2, 245 2, 097 2, 143
* 1 Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatchery supply flocks.
2/ Current week as percent of same week last year.
Revi sed.
o/o of
year ago 2/
12".!: 103
91 73
99
BROILER TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL AREAS BY WEEKS-1968 Page 2
EGGS SET
CHICKS PLACED
ST ATE
Week Ended
o/o of
Week Ended
% of
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
year
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
year
3
10
17
ago 1/ 3
10
17
ago 1/
THOUSANDS
THOUSANDS
"'0"'
Main e Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana Missouri Delaware Maryland Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina
1, 939 349
1,604 824 343
2,355 4,656 1, 726
39 7, 194
487
1, 853 357
1, 574 691 315
2,252 4,495 1, 458
35 6,997
496
1, 715 98
305 117
1, 693 120
694 119
308
58
2, 193 84
4, 537 110
1, 530
93
35 24
6, 820 103
496
89
1, 570
1, 463
1, 467
104
145
174
162
81
853
878
958
91
405
387
354
118
414
365
328
81
2,368
2, 217
1, 967
73
3,281
3, 395
3,441
121
982
1, 339
1, 255
119
393
237
347
93
5, 437
5, 385
5, 463
106
418
405
389
104
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GEORGIA
Florida Tennessee Alabama Miss is sippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas Washington Oregon .falifornia TOTAL 1968 (22 States)
11,745 11, 590 11, 232 100
912
909
892 119
751
749
767 111
8,408
8, 185
7, 881
97
4,986
4,830
4,753 103
10, 032
9,715
9,496 105
1, 005
1,012
1, 022 94
3,991
4,017
3,904 107
649
550
561 100
318
397
307 90
1, 812
1, 671
1, 743
96
66, 125 64, 148 62,884 101
9,051
8, 714
8, 590
97
792
778
712
107
962
978
938
110
6,494
6,383
6, 500
102
4, 350
4, 358
4, 258
101
7,450
7, 171
7, 310
101
795
841
836
98
3,081
3,044
3,068
94
453
421
425
99
325
233
272
124
1, 393
1, 469
1, 476
102
51,412 50,635 50, 516
101
TOTAL 1967* (22 States)
64,838 63,787 62,090
~ of Last Year "lit .Cur ~ent week
as
102 percent of same
101 week
last
101 year.
Rev1sed.
50, 613 49,924 50, 212
102
101
101
. .....
1-t
Ul
<bO t:l
Item
o/o of
last
year
Thou.
Thou.
Pet. Thou.
Thou.
Pet .
Broiler Type
Pullets Placed(U. S . )3/
Total
2, 971
3, 271 110
25,336
25,446
100
Domestic
2,673
2,870 107
2 2,407
21,941
98
Chickens Tested:
Broiler Type
Georgia
444
491 111
3,723
3, 47 5
93
United States
1,930
1, 693
88
16,718
13' 80 1
83
Egg Type
Georgia
42
7
17
177
13 5
76
United States
465
278
60
4 ,023
3,424
85
Chicks Hatched:
Broiler Type
Georgia
42,816
43,443 101
304, 140
301,224
99
United States
241,078 245, 827 102 1,692, 424 1, 703, 352
101
Egg Type
Georgia
2,069
2,925 141
23,873
21, 192
89
United States
34,040
35, 971 106
376,668
326, 248
87
Commercial Slaughter:4/
Young Chickens
Georgia
34,655
34, 774 100
237,861
226, 63 7
95
United States
202,941 217,710 107 1,349,668 1,362,430
101
Mature Chickens
Light Type
Georgia
504
606 120
5, 256
5, 529
105
United States
9, 135
9. 163 100
83, 129
74 , 563
90
Heavy Type
Georgia
299
279
93
2, 344
1, 907
81
United States
1, 795
2, 015 112
14, 813
13, 500
91
Egg Production:
Mil.
Mil.
Mil.
Mil.
Georgia
419
402
2, 873
2, 920
102
South Atlantic 5/
1, 114
1, 117
7, 689
7, 977
104
United States
872
5 785
41 210
41 343
100
se
reliminary. 3
ets r br
ry s
s, 1n
s
expected pullet replacements from eggs sold during the preceding month at the rate of 125
pullet chicks per 30-doz. case of eggs. 4/ Federal-State Market News Service Slaughter
reports only include poultry slaughteredunder Federal Inspection. 5/ South Atlantic
States: Del., Md., W. Va., N. C., S. C., Ga., Fla., Va.
-
State
YOUNG CHICKENS: SLAUGHTERED UNDER FEDERAL INSPECTION BY SELECTED STATES, 1967 and 1968
Number Inspected
During June
Jan. thru June
1967
1968
1967
1968
Indicated Percent Condemned
During June
Jan. thru June
1967
1968
1967
1968
Thou.
Thou.
Thou.
Thou.
Pet.
Pet.
Pet.
Pet.
Maine
6,785
6, 186
36, 570 35, 981 3 . 4
4. 1
3 .7
3.9
Pa.
6,808
6,381
41,020 40,392 4.9
4. 1
5.2
5.0
Mo.
3,500
3,833
19,778 20, 835 2.7
2.5
4.6
3.5
Del.
8,400
6,929
44,497 44,615 4.8
4.6
5. 5
4.6
Md.
13,332 11,951
72,075 66,797 4.5
4 .0
5.3
4 .6
Va.
4,734
6, 527
24,072 32,812 3.6
4. 4
N. c.
22,876 22,209 125,771 127,413 3.7
3.0
4.0
4.8
4.4
3.6
Ga.
37,593 30,337 198,395 181, 844 4.9
4 .5
5.3
5.2
Tenn.
5,994
5,371
30,869 30, 793 4 . 3
2.6
5. 1
3.4
Ala.
25, 160 22,722 130,059 129,932 3.0
3.2
3.8
3 .6
Miss.
15, 210 14,363
80,614 83,717 2.2
2.0
3.5
2. 5
Ark.
33,058 29,291 171,433 169,305 3.5
2.7
4 .5
3.6
Texas
13,940 12,445
72,791 71, 549 2.7
2.7
3. 4
4 .0
-------
u. s.
--------------------------------------
218,785
1,159,892
------------ -- ----------------------
3.7
3.3
4. 5
4 .0
197, 186
1, 139, 268
U. S. Department of Agnculture
Georg1a Department of Ag nculture
Statistical Reporting Service, 409A North Lumpkin Street, Athens, Georgia 30601
End-o t'-Month Stock o{ .Poultry, Poult ry Products , Meat and M at Produ \.8
United S tate s - July 1968
Shell eggs in storage were down to 258 thousand cases from 287 t housand on July l. July 1 stocks were 133 thousand cases below year-ear lier holdings and 15 thou sand cases below average. Fro z e n egg holdings were 11 2 million pounds, up 4 million from July l. Year-earlier stocks totaled 93 million. Frozen poultry stocks increased 3 5 million pounds during July t o 331 million pounds. This was 10 percent below a year earlier and 63 percent above average. Turkey holdings were 223 million pounds compared with 185 million last month, and a 5-year average of 104 million. Whole turkeys t otale d 195 million pounds, while parts, cut ups, and further processing items totaled 28 million. Stocks of meat totaled 543 million pounds, 72 million less than a month earlier . T his compares with yearearlier stocks of 601 million pounds and average stocks of 537 million. Pork holdings decreased 82 million pounds during July to 244 million. Frozen p ork bellies at 58 million pounds decreased 4 3 percent during July compared with a 32 percent decrease during the same month a year earlier. All other pork items shared in the decrease in pork holdings during July. Beef stocks totaled 210 million pounds on August 1 compared with monthearlier holdings of 199 million and year-earlier holdings of 265 million.
Commodity
Unit
July 1962-66 av.
July 1967
June 1968
July 19 68
Eggs: Shell Frozen eggs, total
Poultry, frozen: Broilers or fryers Hens, fowls Turkeys Other & Unclassified
Total Poultry
Beef: Frozen in Cure and Cured
Pork: Frozen and Cooler
Other meat and meat products
Total all red meats
Thou.
Thou.
Thou.
Thou.
Case
273
3 91
2 87
258
Pound 100,668
92,736 107,703 112, 129
--------- ---------------------------------------
do.
20,268
35,568
19,620
17' 539
do.
30,970
52,372
48,019
44, 579
do.
103,739
221,254 185, 291 222,991
do.
48,205
58,846
42,856
45,813
do.
203, 182
368,040 295,786 330,922
----------------------------- --------------------
do.
197,335
265, 122 199,089 21 0, 445
do.
236,721
238,655 326,000 244,344
do.
102,479
do.
536, 535
96,867 600,644
90, 137 615,226
88,019 542,808
MID-MONTH PRICES RECEIVED AND PRICES PAID
Item
July 15 1967
July 15 1968
United States
June 15 July 15
1968
1968
Cents
Cents
Cents
Cents Cents
Cents
Prices Received:
Chickens, lb. excluding
broilers
8. 5
8. 5
8. 5
7. 6
7. 9
8. 0
Com'lBroilers(lb.)
13.5
14.0
14.5
14.4
15.0
15.5
All Chickens {lb.)
13.3
13. 8
14. 2
13. 8
14.4
14.9
All Eggs (dozens)
37. 5
39.0
42.0
29.9
30.3
32.7
Prices Paid: (per ton)
Dol.
Dol.
Dol.
Dol.
Dol.
Dol.
Broiler Grower
98.00
89.00
91.00
94.00 88.00
89.00
Layin Feed
96.00
85.00
83.00
86.00 80.00
80.00
This report is made possible through the cooperation of the ational Poultry Improvement
Plan, Official State Agencies, the Animal Husbandry Research Division of the Agricultural
Research Service, the Inspection Branch of the Poultry Division, Consume r and Marketing
Service and the Agricultural Estimates Division of the Statistical Reporting Service and
the many breeders, hatcheries, poultry processors and the poultry farmers that report to
these agencies.
ARCHIE LANGLEY
W. A . WAGNER
Agricultural Statistician In Charge
Agricultural Statistician
After Five Days Return to: United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street
Athens, Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Postage and Fees Paid U. S. Department of Agriculture
and Weather Bulletin
GEO R GIA CROP REP ORTING SERVICE A thens, Geor g1 a
Week Ending August 26, 196S
Released 3 p.m. Monday
MOISTURE SHORT ST ATEv/1 DE
Athens, Ga., August 26 -- The general condition of Georgia crops declined last week, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service, Most of the blame for lower prospects was credited to the shortage of soil moisture over the State. Only a few isolated counties in the southwest corner reported adequate moisture supplies.
Slightly over one-fourth of the cotton crop was open, according to Count y Agents' reports,
but harvest remained 1 ight. Only about 3 percent of the crop has been gathered, but defol ia-
tion began in southern counties in preparation for heavier machine harvest. Condition of the crop dec! ined from the previous week due mostly to low moisture and high temperatures.Lowered insect infestation levels reflected the more rigid controls obtained under clear skies.
Corn harvest for silage was heavy during the week, but g rain harvest was still limited to h i gh moisture corn in southern areas. The majority of County Agents judged their corn crop to be only fair. Northern counties we re suffering from the lack of moisture that hurt soutnern sections earlier in the season.
Tobacco harvest declined sharply seasonally, but marketing remained active. Many farmers were busy getting the last of their crop to market. The Federal-State Market News Service reported 129,687,066 pounds sold on Georgia markets through August 22 at an average price of $69.14 per hundredweight.
Peanut harvest was very active and was running ahead of normal for the date. About 44 percent of the crop had been dug and 31 percent threshed by the week end. A total of 97,316 tons had been inspected by the Fe''eral-State Inspection Service through August 24. Spanish varieties made up 85 percent of those inspected. Soybean prospects declined sharply during the week as a variety of insects added to the problem of water shortages.
Haying was very active durin9 the week, but yields were reduced on many farms by the prolonged dry spell. Armyworms were reported on the increase in many northern area pastures and hay fields. Cattle remained in mostly good condition, but pinkeye was a problem. Quarantines were reinstated on feeder and breeder hog s due to increased reports of cholera.
~lEATHER SUMMARY-- Rainfall in Georgia was confined to widely scattered showers during the w~ek e~ding , Friday, August 23. Many area s received no rain at all and more than one half of the reporting weather observers ~~ asu ~d less than one-fourth inch during the week. Heav~ showers occurred in a few places but they were generally very localized and covered only small
areas. Several observers recorded more than an inch and a brief downpour on Tuesday left 2.33 inches in the gage at Surrency. Averages by climatological division ranged from .61 of an inch in the northeast to only .17 of an inch in the east central division. The week end brought a slight increase in thundershower activity and several places received moderate rainfall amounts on Saturday or Sunday. Damaging winds were reported in some of the more severe
thunderstorms.
Georgia experienced its hottest weather in several years during the past week. The mercury pushed to near, or above the 100 mark in all areas of the State except the higher mountains in the north. Many observers recorded 95 , or higher, each day of the week and 100 or above on three or four days. The increase in showers an d the ap p roach of a cool front brought a break i n the extreme heat to northern sect ions on Sunday. Highs i n the north were generally 4 to 8 degrees lower on Sunday than on Friday and Saturday. Average s for the week ranged from 4 to 6 degrees above normal.
The five-day outlook for the per iod Tuesday through Saturday ( August 27 - 31) cal Is for temperatures to average about 4 deg rees below normal. No rmal h i ghs range from 87 t o 91 and normal lows from 64 to 70 degrees. Rainfall is e xpe c ted to be I i ght in the north, averaging about one-tenth inch. Heavier amounts are i ndicated for the south in showers early in the
period.
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UNIVEitSITY OF GEORGIA
AUG 2 8 1968
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GEORGIA
Temperature extremes f or the week en:iing August 23, 1968o (Provisional,)
Highe st~ 1040 at several places on the 23:rd o
Lowe s t g
0
61
at
Clayton
on
t he
17th.
* For period August 24-26, 1968 o
T Less t han. . 005 incho
After Five Days Return o
P.st~e and Fees Paid
United State s Departrren:t of Agriculture
1!J o So Dl:!lpartmen of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service
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Athens , Georgia 3060J.
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GEORGIA CROP REPORTING
AUG3 01968
ATHENS, GEORGIA
August 28, 1968
BROILER TYPE
Placement of broiler chicks in Georgia during the week e nde d A ugust 24 was 8, 467, 000--1 percent less than the previous week and 2 percent less than the comparable week last year, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service .
An estimated 11,411, 000 broiler type eggs were set byGeorgia hatcheries--2 percent more than the previous week and 6 percent more than the comparable week a year earlier.
The majority of the prices paid to Georgia producers for broiler hatching eggs were reported within a range of 60 to 70 cents per dozen. The average price of hatching eggs was 64 cents per dozen. The price of eggs from flocks with hatche ry owned cockerels generally was 2 cents below the average price. Most prices r e ceived for broiler chicks by Georgia hatcheries were reported within a range of $ 8.25 to $10.50 with an average of $9 . 50 per hundred. The average prices last ye ar w e r e 56 cents for eggs and $7 .75 for chicks.
Week Ended
GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS, AND CHICK PLACEMENTS
Eggs Set J)
1967
1968
o/o of
year ago
Chicks Placed for Broilers in Georgia
1967
1968
o/o of
year ago
b. v, P;rice
Hatch Broiler
Eggs Chicks
Per
Per
Doz .
Hundred
1968
1968
Thou.
Thou.
Pet.
Thou.
Thou. Pet. Cents Dollars
June 22 June 29 July 6 July 13 July 20 July 27 Aug. 3 Aug. 10 Aug. 17 Aug. 24
12, 179 12,417 102
9,226
9,660 105
61
12,354 12,497 101
9, 177
9,406 102
61
12,281 12,022
98
8,980
9,332 104
61
12,031 12, 146 101
9. 113
9,271 102
61
12,061 12, 164 101
9, 110
9,380 103
61
12,031 11,905
99
8, 840
9, 161 104
61
11,854 11,745
99
8,822
9,051 103
62
11,517 11, 590 101
9,020
8, 714
97
63
11, 277 11, 232 100
8,825
8, 590
97
64
10, 754 11,411 106 ' 8, 614
8,467
98
64
9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.25 9. 50 9.50
EGG TYPE
Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the week ended August 24 was 691, 000-14 percent more than the previous week and 37 percent more than the comparable week last year. An estimated 916, 000 eggs for the production of egg type chicks were set by Georgia hatcheries, 1 percent more than the previous week and 34 perce nt more than the comparable week last year.
In the four states that accounted for about 25 percent of the hatch of all egg type chicks in the U. S. in 1967, hatchings during the week ended August 24 were up 1 percent and settings were up 7 percent from a year ago.
State
Ga. Ill. Calif. Wash.
EGG TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS HATCHED, 1968
Eggs Set (Week Ended)
o/o of
Chicks Hat c he d (We e k Ended) I o/o of
Aug.
Aug. Aug.
Aug. year
Aug. A ug.
A ug .
Aug. year
3
10
17
24
ago 2/
3
10
17
24
ago 2/
884 435* l, 371
Thousands 967 909 480 280
1,634 1,790
916 134 410 78 1,907 112
556 185 1,349
Thous ands
696
608
24 5
34 0
l, 067 1, 057
691 137 330 80 1,029 92
278*
245 219
244 75
155
89
138
212 108
Total
2,968* 3, 326 3, 198 3,477 107
2,245 2,097 2, 143 2, 262 101
1/ Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatche ry supply flock s .
2/ Current week as percent of same week last year. *Revised.
BROILER TYPE E G GS SET A ND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL AR _"!J'AS BY Hv. ,r;!.,'EK).S - 1968 P age 2
EGGS SET
!
CHICK3 PLACED
STAT E
Week End.ed
Aug.
Aug.
10
17
Aug.
24
I %of
I
!
l year 1 Aug. ago l/ 10
Week Ended
- - % of
Aug.
Aug.
year
17
24
ago l/
THOUSANDS
THOUSANDS
Maine
I
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Missouri
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
l, 853
l, 715
l, 796 98
l, 463
l, 467
l, 410
102
357
305
337 140
174
162
155
98
1, 574
l, 693
l, 414 93
878
958
902
97
691
694
643 119
387
354
373
101
315
308
301 67
365
328
360
80
2,252
2, 193
2, 129 105
2, 217
1,967
2,649
102
4,495 1, 458
4, 537 1, 530
I 4, 528 135
1, 527 96
3,395 1,339
3,441 1, 255
2,922 1, 138
101 99
35 6,997
35 6, 820
I 10 74
6,885 110
237 5, 385
347 5,463
359 5, 251
112 104
496
496
423 72
405
389
351
82
GEORGIA
Florida Tennessee Alabama Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas Washington Oregon .falifornia
TOTAL 1968
(22 States)
11, 590 11,232 11,411 106
8,714
8, 590
8,467
98
909 749 8, 185 4, 830
9,715 1, 012 4,017
550
397 1, 671
892 767 7, 881 4, 753
9,496 1,022 3,904
561 307 1, 743
859 111 761 107 8,094 104 4,687 101 9,697 103 1,004 95 3, 813 108 436 86 311 86 1,686 115
778
712
679
104
978
938
985
125
6, 383
6, 500
6,338
101
4,358
4, 258
4, 218
102
7. 171
7,310
7, 018
100
841
836
826
103
3,044
3,068
2, 899
91
421
425
459
112
233
272
287
105
1, 469
1, 476
1, 417
104
64, 148 62, 884 62,752 105 50,635 50, 516 49,463
101
TOTAL 1967*
(22 States)
63,787 62,090 59, 531
~f Last Year
1l/
c
R ur.rent
week
as
101
percent of
same
101
week
last
105
year.
ev1sed.
49,924
I
~ 101
50, 212 101
49, 188 101
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LIVESTOCK REPORT
~thens, Georgia
LAMB CROP
l 968
GEORGIA
Released 7/J0/68
Georgia's 1968 lamb crop is e s timated at 3,200 head -- down 100 head fr om the previous year and was sharply below the 1962-65 average of 6,200 lambs.
The number of breeding ewes l year and older on farms January 1, 1968 at 4,200 head was down 500 head fr om the previous year's total and was well below the 5-year average of 7,800.
UNITED STATES
Lamb Crop Down 4 Percent
The 1968 lamb crop totaled 14,472,000 head, 4 percent less than the 15,040, 000 head produced in 1967, according to the Crop Reporting Board. The lamb crop in the 13 Western Sheep States was 3 percent smaller than a year earlier, and 6 percent lower in the 35 Native Sheep States.
Breeding ewes l year old and older on farms and ranches January 1, 1968 were down 5 percent from a year earlier, and ewe lambs under l year old were down 13 percent.
The lambing percentage (number of lambs saved per 100 ewes l year old or older on hand January 1), at 94, was l point above 1967. The Western States lambing percentage at 90 was 2 points higher than a year earlier, while the percentage for the 35 Native States, at 106, 'tas unchanged.
Western States
The 1968 lamb crop in the 13 Western States (ll Western, South Dakota, and Texas) totaled 10,114,000 head, down 3 percent from the 1967 crop of 10,384,000 head. The number of breeding ewes l year old and older on January 1, 1968 was down 5 percent from 1967. Texas, the leading sheep State, with 17 percent of the Nation's lamb crop, produced 2,399,000 lambs in 1968, about the same as a year earlier. An increase of 5 points in the Texas lambing percentage, from 75 to 80, more than offset a 6 percent decrease in the number of ewes l year old and older on January 1, 1968. The lamb crop was smaller than a year earlier in all Western States except Texas, Wyoming and New Mexico. The number of early lamb s (dropped before March 15) in the Western States was 3 percent lower than in 1967.
Native States
The lamb crop in the 35 Native States (excluding the 13 Western States and Alaska)
totaled 4,351,000 head -- down 6 percent from the 1967 crop of 4,649,000 head. The 4umber of ewes l year old and older on January 1, 1968 in the Native States was down 6 percent ~rom a year earlier. The lambing percentage at 106 was unchanged from 1967.
ARCHIE LANGLEY
Agricultural Statistician In Charge
W. PAT PARKS Agricultural Statistician
ISSUED BY: The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, USDA, 409A North Lumpkin Street, Athens, Ga., in cooperation with the Georgia Departmed of Agriculture.
State
Ma i n e l'J H. Vt. Mass. R. I. Conn. N y N J Pa .
Ohio Ind. ill. Mich. Vli s .
Minn. Iowa 1-:o N. Dak.
s. Dak.
Nebr. Kans.
Del. Md . Va.
w. Va.
N. C.
s. c.
Georstial. fia.
Ky. Tenn. Ala. Miss. .Ark. La. Okla.
Texas ?/
Mont. Idaho Wyo. Colo. N.Mex. Ariz. Utah Nev. Wash Oreg. Calif.
48 States Alaska Hawaii
u. s.
5-year aver age 1962-66
Le.mb Crop : 1967 and 1968
reeding ewes
Lambs saved per :
1 year and older
100 ewes 1 /- s
January 1
January 1 );../ :
1967 1,000 head
1968
1967
1968
P~:rcent
20 4.2
6 .4 7.6 1.6 4.4 91 a.2
139
13 3.6 5.7 7.0
1.5 3.5 75 6 .9 128
12
1Ca
100
3.6
97
l C6
5.0 102
9a
6 .7
97
99
1.4
a7
93
3.7 100
100
74
111
104
6 .1
96
100
127
104
106
569
515
26a
212
336
272
205
163
142
126
515
1 01
99
210
111
110
250
lOa
109
155
109
106
123
115
115
522
420
754
622
344
262
399
300
l ,CJ79
96a
252
230
3a5
331
365
113
113
566
105
104
246
103
105
273
102
109
910
103
106
216
104
102
331
102
99
2.3 19 198 177 26
4.2 7 .a
5.1
2.0 15 174 142 16
2.0
4.7
4.2
1.6 100
100
15
93
100
162
117
116
136
112
112
16
106
106
1.5
80
75
4.2
70
77
4.4
93
86
204 102
10 23 16 37
111 3,645
129
112
117
116
61
47
90
91
6.3
5.4 86
93
15
14
73
a6
a
7.2
83
93
22
20
68
65
93
86
103
101
3,190
2,999
75
ao
1,101
718 1,629 1,002
8 01 349 944 221 1 68 551 1,253
936 616 1,442
852 668
323
a7a 191 111 425 1,216
a 52
90
95
609
115
113
1,399
82
85
780
100
100
635
75
81
313
85
77
859
90
92
181
90
92
103
115
115
395
102
100
1,167
91
91
18,863
l6,2C8
15,324
93
94
8
10
li
70
64
la,871
16,218
15,335
93
94
u Lambs S2.Ved
S-year
aver age
1967
1962-66 t
1,000 head
196a
21 4.0 6.1
7 .l 1.6 4.2 9a 7.5 1 41
14 3 .5 5.8
6 .a 1 .3
3.5 83
6.6
133
12 3.8 4.9 6.6
1.3 3 .7
77 6.1
134
55a
520
512
2al
235
231
361
294
272
2la
178
164
154
145
142
5a4
770 342 424 1,123 261
370
474
411
65 2
586
269
258
305
297
997
965
239
221
337
328
2.5 20 226 194 27
3.5 6 .2 4.1
2.0 14 203 159
17 1.6
3.3 3.9
1.6 15 188 153 17
1.1 3.2
3 .a
219
99
9.0 la 15 25 114
2,709
151
55
5.4 11
6.7 15 96 2,392
130 43
5.0 12
6.7 13
87 2,399
1,024
a11 1,382
1,018 623
291 al7 199 190
551 1,145
842 7C6 l,la2
850 502
276 792 172
128 434
1,111
809 6a8 l,la9
780 512
240 790 167
118 395
1,062
17,477
15,033
5.4
7.0
-- - --
17,483
15,040
14,465 7.0
14,472
196~-
% of
1967 Percent
86 109 a4
97 100 106
93 92 101
9a 9a 93 92 9a
a7 90 96 97 97 92 97
ao 1CJ7
93 96 roo 69 97 97 -
I
86, 78 93 ' 109 100 87 91 100
96 97 101 92 102 a7 100 97 92 91 96
96 100
96
1/ Lambs saved defined a s lambs living July 1, or sold before July l in the Native States and lambs docked or
y branded in the Western States. March 1 early lamb crop estimates for Texas published in Mt.An. 5 -2 are r evised as follows: 1961- 1,091,000; 1962-1,185,000;1963-878,000; 1964-826,000; 1965-933,000; 1966-1,140,000; 1967-1,005,000; 1968- 1,032,000.
After Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSlNESS
Postage and Fees Paid U. S. Department of Agriculture
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
ATHENS, GEORGIA
GEORGIA'S 1968 TURKEY PRODUCTION DOVN 1 PERCENT
Georqia: The 1968 turkey production in Georgia is expected to be 1,897,000 head compared with 1,917,000 in 1967- or a decrease of 1 percent -according to the Georgia
Crop Reporting Service. Heavy breeds are down 2 percent while 1ight breeds have an increase of 15 percent.
UNITED STATES TURKEY CROP BELOW LAST YEAR
United States: Turkeys raised in 1968 are expected to total 106.9 mill ion birds, 16 percent below 1967, according to the Crop Reporting Board. Fewer turkeys are
expected in all regions. Decreases from last year by regions are as follows: North Atlantic, 15 percent; East North Central, 16 percent; West North Central, 15 percent; South Atlantic, 5 percent; and South Central and West combined, 20 percent.
The number of heavy breed turkeys raised in 1968 is expected to total 93.1 mi ll ion compared with 110.2 mill ion last year--a decline of 16 percent. Less heavy breeds are expected in all regions except the South Atlantic which is up 6 percent. Decreases by regions are as follows: North Atlantic, 18 percent; East North Central, 11 percent; West North Central, 19 percent; and the South Central and West combined , 21 percent.
Light breed turkeys raised during 1968 are expected to total 13.8 mill ion birds, 16 percent below the 16.4 mill ion raised during 1967. The East North Central is down 55 percent and the South Atlantic is down 35 percent. The North Atlantic and West North Central are up 7 and 2 percent respectively. The South Central and West combined is up 3 percent.
Minnesota, the leading turkey producing State this year, will raise 16.1 mill ion birds; 5 followed by California with 14.4; Missouri, 9.1; North Carol ina, 8.2; Texas, 7.0; Arkansas, 6.9; Iowa, 6.0; Virginia, 4.5; Wisconsin, 4.1; and Ohio, 3.8 million.
Turkey poults hatched during the period September 1967 through July 1968 were 17 percent below the corresponding period the previous year. Compared with a year earlier, decreases oc- _ curred in all months except September and October, which were up 15 and 8 percent respectively. The largest percentage decreases from a year earlier occurred from December 1967 through March 1968. During this period changes ranged from 72 percent in December to a low of 60 percent in January 1968. The number of heavy breed eggs in incubators on August 1 was down 14 percent and 1 ight breed eggs in incubators were down 37 percent from a year earlier. Prices received by producers for 1 ive turkeys during January through July have been below the same months in 1967.
C. L. CRENSHA~I Agricultural Statistician
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
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ISSUED BY: The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, USDA, 409A North Lumpkin Street, Athens, Ga., in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture.
State
and Division
Maine
N. H.
Vt.
Mass.
R. I Conn. N. y N J. Pa.
N. A. Ohio Ind. I I 1. Mich. Wis.
E.N.C. Minn. Iowa Mo. N. Dak. S. Dak. Nebr. Kans.
W.N.C. Del. Md. Va. W. Va. N. C. s. c. Ga. Fla.
s. A.
Ky. Tenr.. AI a. Miss. Ark. La. Texas Mont., Idaho: Wyo. ,N ,Mex.:
& Ok Ia. l /
Colo. Ariz. Utah Nev. Wash. Oreg. Ca I if. s.c.&v/est.:
Turke'j:S:
Heavr_ Breeds
196b as:
1967
1968 : % of
1967
Thou. Thou. Pet.
30
37 123
75
37 49
20
24 120
272
234 86
14
14 100
153
114 74
331
308 93
477
329 69
I. 763 1.481
84
3.135 2 578 82
3,451 3,416 99
3,794 3, Ill
82
911
847 93
I ,087 I ,031
95
4,618 3.971
86
13.861 12.376 89
I I ,952 9,920 83
7,091 5,744 81
I I, I59 8,816 79
I ,005
774 77
675
560 83
904
878 97
597
364 61
33.383 27,056 81
105
I I 5 I 10
I 57
114 73
2,717 2,989 110
893
822 92
5,919 7,044 I 19
1,860 I, 507 81
I ,807 I .771
98
64
I 3 20
13 1522 141375 106
221
144 65
37
26 70
I ,041
729 70
94
39 41
7,872 6,455 82
10
9 90
7,894 6,868 87
Number Raised on Farms
Light Breeds
: 1968 as :
1967
1968 : % of
1967
Thou.
Thou. Pet.
3
3 100
4
5 125
0
I
18
16 89
0
0
9
8 89
48
40 83
II
II 100
241
272 113
334
356 107
603
338 56
529
254 48
84
33
39
80
78 98
458
92 20
I 754
795 45
5,788 6,193 107
480
259 54
314 102
267
so
85 49
604
652 108
9
2 22
3
7 233
7.300 7.430 102
201
86 43
21
24 I 14
2,880
I ,526
53
771
247 32
I ,018
I, I~I I I7
0
0
I I0
126 I I 5
195
174 89
51126 31374 65
22
22 100
0
0
6
I 3 216
I
I 100
470
461
98
0
0
196
122 62
I ,932 I ,377 71
2,561 2,279 89
81
57 70
3,781 2,949 78
416
337 81
I ,687 I ,602
95
18,652 13,802 74
46,279 36.673 79
57 83 0 22
196 301 459 I ,813
39
68
24 29
0
3 14
225 I I 5
391 130 560 122 I 1861 103
To ta l all Breed s
1967
1968
.
1968 % of
as
1967
Thou. Thou. Pet. 33 - -40 121
79
42 53
20
25 125
290
250 86
14
14 100
162
122
75
379
348 92
488
340 70
2.004 I. 753 87
3.469 2.934 85
4,054 3,754 93
4,323 3,365 78
995
880 88
I, 167 I, 109 95
5.076 4.063 80
15 , 61 5 13, 171
84
17,740 I6, I I3 91
7 , 571 6,003
79
I I ,473 9,083
79
I, I07
824 74
I, 279 1, 2I2 95
913
880 96
600
371
62
40,683 34.486 85
306
201
66
178
138
78
5,597 4,515 81
1,664 1,069 64
6,937 8,235 I 19
I ,860 I, 507 81
I .917 I ,897 99
259
187 72
18,718 17.749 95
243
166 68
37 I ,047
95
26 70 742 71 40 42
8,342 6,916 83
10
9 90
8,090 6,990 86
I ,989 I ,416 71
2,644 2,303 87
81
57 70
3,803 2,952 78
612
562 92
I , 988 I ,993 100
19,1 11 14.362 75
48,092 38.534 80
u. s.
I 10.180 93.058 84 16.397 13.816 84 126,577 106,874 84
l l Oklahoma, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming and New Mexico combined to avoid dis c losing individual
ope rat ions.
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GEO R GI A CROP REP ORTING SE RV ICE
Athens , Georgra
Week Ending September 2, 1968
HARVESTING GAINS MOMENTUM
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Athens, Ga., Sept. 3 - - Harvesting of most major crops gained momen t um as favorable har-
vesting weather was experienced throughout most of the week, according t o the Georgia Crop
Reporting Service. The soil moisture shortage in many areas of South Georg ia was rei ieved dur-
ing the early part of the week. However, many sections of the State are sti ll in need of rain.
According t o County Agents' reports, 7 percent of the Sta te cotton ac reage ha s been harvested. Much of this acreage was handpicked, but defol iation continued in southe r n counties in preparation for increased machine harvest. Condition of the crop improve d somewhat over last week.
Corn silage harvest continued heavy and grain harvest of mostly high-moisture corn in southern areas reached 7 percent. Most of the crop remained in fair condi t ion.
Tobacco harvest was virtually completed for the State except for clean-up operations. According to the Federal-State Market News Service, there was a decline in grades and quality of offerings during this final week as the markets were closed on Thursday , August 29. Through this date a total of 140,763,552 pounds of tobacco was sold on Georgia markets at an average price of $68.23 per hundredweight.
Peanut harvest increased as seventy percent of the crop had been dug and 57 percent threshed by the end of the week. This was a 26 percentage point increas e over t he week e nding August 26. The Federal-State Inspection Service reported a total of 236,562 tons inspected through September 2. This was well ahead of normal for this date. Spa n ish variet ies dec ~ ined to 71 percent of the total inspected.
Statewide soybean prospects declined from last week. Much of the decline was in the north as many areas experienced continued dry weather conditions during the critical blooming stage. Land preparation for small qrain planting has been delayed by the lack of soil moisture. Haymaking, especially in the northern half of the State, continued very active throughout most of the week. Cattle condition declined as most grazing has been adversely affected by the moisture shortage.
WEATHER SUMMARY
Rainfall was mostly I ight in north Georgia and moderate to locally
heavy in the south during the week ending Friday, August 30, 1968. Many observers in the ex-
treme north recorded no measurable rain. In contrast, excessive rainfall was reported in the
extreme southeast. St. Simons Island had more than 5 inches for the week ending Friday with
about 3 more inches fallin g during the weekend. Most of the rain in south Georgia resulted
from a low pressure center that remained almost stationary over central Florida for several
days. This same storm center brought general rains to most of the State dur i ng the weekend
as it moved to the northeast. Average rainfall for the week ending Fr i day ranged from 1.89
inches in the southeast to less than one-tenth of an inch in the northeast.
Georgia temperatures made an abrupt change at the beginnin g of the week from record high to unseasonably mild. After several days of 100 degree weather , highs during the past week were generally in the 80's or e ve n lower. Early morning lows droppe d t o t he 40' s in the mountains and to the 50's i n all areas except the extreme sou t h. Averages f o r the week were 5 to 7 degrees below normal and 10 to 15 degrees cooler t han the week before .
Based on i ncomplete reports, August rainfall was below normal in all sec t ions of Georgia, with the largest negative departures in the northern third. After being dry much of the month, south Georgia received generous rains near the end of August that brought totals up to near normal. Temperatures averaged warmer than normal in all areas.
The five-day outlook for the period Tuesday through Saturday (Sep t ember 3- 7) calls for temperatures to average near normal. A warming trend early in the per iod shou l d give way to cooler weather near the end of the week. Rainfall is expected to average about one- half inch and occur late i n the period.
ISSUED BY: The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, Athens, Georg ia ; i n cooperat ion wi th the Cooperat i ve Extension Service, Univers i ty of Georg ia ; Georg i a De par t men t of Agr i culture; and the Weather Bureau, ES SA, U. S. Departmen t of Commerce .
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE WEATHER BUREAU Athens. Georgia ESSA
Precipita tion For The Week Ending August 30.ll 1968
GEORGIA
Temperat ure extremes for t he week ending
August 30, 1968o (Provisional)
Highest g 105 at Hawkinsville on the 24th and Dublin on the 25th.
Lowestg 4'2 a. Blairsville and Dallas
on t rn 29tho
* For the period Augus 3 =September 2, 1968o
T Less than o005 inch o
Da.J! Aft er Five
Re uxn o
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Athens 3 Georgia 30601
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--- GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
GEORGIA PRICES RECEIVED 9 POINTS HIGHER
The Index of Prices Received by Georgia Farmers for All Commodities increased 9 points during the month ended August 15, 1968 to 261. This was 17 points above the August 15, J:]67 index of 244.
)
The prices of grain crops generally were below a month ago but prices of cotton, peanuts tobacco and sweetpotatoes were higher so that the All Crop Index increased 16 points to 277. This was 21 points higher than the August 15, 1967 index of 256.
Egg prices were higher than a month ago but prices of hogs and broilers declined while cattle prices were not much changed and the livestock index declined 4 points to 226. Thi ~ ,
however, was 9 points above August 15, 1967.
UNITED STATES PRICES RECEIVED INDEX UP 1 POINT AND PARITY INDEX DOWN 1 POINT ADJUSTED PARITY RATIO 79
The Index of Prices Received by Farmers advanced 1 point (1/3 percent) during the month ended August 15, 1968, to 261 percent of its 1910-14 average, according to the Crop Reporting Board. Contributing most to the increase were higher prices for cotton, oranges, and milk. Partially offsetting were price declines for hogs, potatoes, and corn. The August index was 2 percent above a year earlier.
The Index of Prices Paid by Farmers for Commodities and Services, Including Interest, Taxes, and Farm Wage Rates, declined l point (l/4 percent) during the month to 354. This is the first month the index declined since November 1967. The index was 4 percent above a year earlier.
Although prices of farm products we rehigher and prices paid by farmers were down,the preliminary Adjusted Parity Ratio remained unchanged at 79.
The Parity Ratio increased l point to 74.
Index 1910-14 = 100
INDEX NUMBERS -- GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES
:August 15,: July 15,
August 15,
1967
1968
1968
Record High
Index
Date
Georgia Prices Received
All Commodities All Crops Livestock and Livestock Products
244 256
252 !I
261
261
277
310 March 1951
319 March 1951 gj
217
230 !I
226
295 Sept. 1948
United States Prices Received
Parity Index 'j)
Parity Ratio
255
260
261
313 Feb. 1951
342
355
354
355 Jul y 1968
75
73
74
123 Oct. 1946
Adjusted Parity Ratio ijJ
(preliminary)
80
79
79
1J Revised. gj Also April 1951. jJ Prices Paid, Interest , Taxes, and Farm Wage Rates based
on data for the indicated dates. 4/ The Adjusted Parity Ratio, reflecting Government pay-
ments, averaged 79 for the year 19b7 compared with 74 f or the Parity Rat i o . Pre liminary Adjusted Ratios for the current year, supplied by the Economic Research Servi ce, are based on estimated cash receipts fr om marketings and estimates of Government payments f or the current
calendar year.
ARCHIE LANGLEY
WI LLIAM A. WAGNER
Agricultural Statistician In Charge
Agricultural Statistician
J$$.JJEP ~Y:____.,..Th.~--~prgia Cro_p__ F~p.o:r:t.iilg .$gJ;:v.1~e. , U:ElJ'>., .409A N..ox:tA .. J..w:np.kiP. Street, J.l.thens., . Ua....,_
in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture.
PRICES -- RECEIVED
Commodity an d Unit PRICES RE CEIV ED y/hea t , bu.
Oats, bu. Corn, bu. Barley, bu. Sorghum Grain, cwt. Cotton, lb. Cottonseed, ton Soybeans, bu. Peanuts, lb. Sweetpotatoes, cwt. Hay, Baled, ton:
All Alfalfa Lespedeza Peanut Mi l k Cows , head Hogs, cwt.
Beef Cattle, All, cwt. ll Cows, cwt. 1/
Steers and Heifers, cwt. Calves, cwt. Milk, Uholesale, cwt.:
Fluid Market Manufactured
All l/
Turkeys, 1b. Chickens, lb.:
Excluding Broilers Commercial Broilers All Eggs, All, doz.
August 15 1967
$
l .45
$
.80
$
1. 35
$
1. 00
$
20.0
$
58.00
$
2.65
11 .4
$
].00
$
27.40
$ 35.50
$
28.00
$
22.50
$ 200.00
$
19.90
$
19.70
$
16.40
$
22.30
$
24.20
$
6.30
$
$
6.30
21.0
8.5
12.0
11.8
35.2
:August 15: 1968
1.20
.77
1. 22
"\ 9~
1.19
22.b I
1. IS .77
1. 17 .95
26.5 49.00
2.50 12.0
?.so
1 .41 .622
1.11 1.01
1.95
21 .99
52.00 2.56 , 11 .4 1
114.17
27.50 1 31 .00 I
29.00 \ 24.00 . 210.00 19.90 20.50 16.90 23.20 26.90
29.00 34.00 29.50 25.00 200.00 18.60 20.50 16.50 23.30 26.90
21 .90
22.30 23.30 22.90 263.00 20.40
23.30 1].00
25. I 0 26.90
6.30
6.30
21.0
~/6.35
21.0
5.41
3.99 4.96 20.0
8.5 14.5 14.2 42.0
9.5
7.6
14.0
13.0
)3.8 12.5
43.8
29.9
:Aug. 15 196b
1 a:;J .606
1.04 .931
1. 74 20.04
2.52
7.55
1.19 .533 .986 .814
1.63 25.99 55.70
2.51 12.0 4.67
21 .40
21.70 23.30
22.70
276.00 20.80 2'-+.00 17.70 25.90 28.10
21.30
21.50
23.oo
22.70 277.00
19.00
23.90
17.40
25.70 27.80
5.52 4.15
5.06
19.7
~/5.20 -
20.2
8.0
8. 3
15.5
14.8
14.9
14.2
32.7
34.1
PRICES PAID, FEED:
Mixed Dairy Feed, ton: 11
14% Protein
$
16% Protein
$
18% Protein
$
20% ?rotein
$
Hog Feed, 14%-lb% protein, cwt. $
Cottonseed Meal, 41%, cwt.
$
Soybean Meal, 44%, cwt.
$
Bran, cwt.
$
Middlings, cwt.
$
Corn Meal , cwt.
$
Poultry Feed, ton 11
Broiler Grower Feed
$
Laying Feed
$
Chick Starter
$
Alfalfa Hay, ton
$
All Other Hay, ton
$
73.00 76.00 83.00 84.00
5. 10
4.80 3.95
4.15 3.55
98.00 94.00 102.00 37.00 32.00
74.00 75.00 79.00 82.00 4.15
5.20
5.20
3.70
3.85 3.35
91 .oo
83.00 93.00 35.00 33.00
71.00 74.00 78.00 80.00
5.10 5.10 3.80
3.90
3.20
91.00 84.00 94.00 33.00 31.00
69.00 74.00 76.00 81.00 4.54
5.31
5.30
3.52 3.61 3.42
93.00 85.00 96.00 32.00 30.80
6].00
71 .oo
74.00 76.00 4.38
5.31 5.41 3.43 3.50 3. 18
89.00 80.00 94.00
31 .80
30.20
6].00 70.00 73.00
77 .oo
4. 36 5.31 5.51
3.36
3.43 3. 13
88.00 79.00 93.00 31.70
30. l 0
l l 11 Cows 11 and 11 Steers and heifers11 combined with allowance where necessary for slaughter bulls. 11 Includes cull dairy cows sold for slaughter, but not dairy cows for herd replacement.
3/ Revised. ~/ Preliminary estimate.
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GEORGIA
CROP
REPOR
U.fll lliERSJn' OF GEORG J..
INl:i :>ERVIC E
ATHENS, GEORGIA
-
BROILER T YPE
September 4, 1968
Placement of broiler chicks in Georgia during the week ended August 3 1 was 8, 318,000--2 percent less than the pr e vious week but l p ercent more than the com parable week last year, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service.
An estimated 10, 763, 000 broiler type eggs were set by Georgia hatcheries--6 percent less than the previous week but 6 percent more than the comp arable week a year earlier.
The majority of the prices paid to Georgia producer s for broiler hatching eggs were reported within a range of 60 to 70 cents per dozen. The average price of hatching eggs was 64 cents per dozen. The price of eggs from flocks with hatc hery owned cockerels generally was 2 cents below the ave rage price . Most prices receive d fo r broiler chicks by Geor gia hatcheries were repo rted within a range of $8.25 to $ 10. 50 with an ~verage of $9.50 per hundred. The average pr ices las t year w e re 56 cent s for eggs and $7. 7 5 for chi cks.
Week Ended
June 29 July 6 July 13 July 20 July 27 Aug . 3 Aug. 10 Aug . 17 Aug. 24 Aug . 31
GEORGIA EGGS SET. HATCHINGS, AND CHICK PLACE MENTS
Eggs Set U
1967
1968
Ufo of year ago
Av. Price
I Chicks Placed for
Broilers in Georgia
Hatch Eggs
Broiler Chicks
UJo of Per
Per
1967
1968
year Doz.
Hundred
ago 1968
1968
Thou.
Thou.
Pet.
Thou.
Thou. Pet. Cents
Dollars
12,354 12, 497 101
12, 281 12,022
98
12, 031 12, 146 101
12, 061 12, 164 10 l
12,031 11,905
99
11, 854 11,745
99
11,517 11, 590 101
11, 277 11, 232 100
10,754 11,411 106
10, 171 10, 763 106
9, 177 8,980 9, 113 9, 110 8, 840 8,822 9,020 8,825 8,614 8,273
9,406 9, 332 9,27 1 9,380 9. 161 9,051 8,714 8, 590 8,467 8,318
102
61
104
61
102
61
103
61
104
61
103
62
97
63
97
64
98
64
101
64
'
9.00 9.00 9 . 00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.25 9.50 9. 50 9. 50
EGG TYPE
Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the week ended August 31 wa s 760, 000-10 percent more than the previous week and 48 percent more than the comparable week last year. An estimated 935, 000 eggs for the production of egg type chicks were set by Geo rgia hatcheries, 2 percent more than the previous week and 54 percent more than the comparable week last year.
In the four states that accounted for about 25 percent of the hatch of all egg type chicks in the U . S . in 1967, hatchings during the week ended August 31 were up 36 percent and settings were up 23 percent from a year ago.
State
Ga . Ill. Calif. Wash.
EGG TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS HATCHED, 1968
i I Eggs Set (Week Ended)
o/o of
I Aug.
Aug . Aug .
Aug . ye ar
10
17
24
31
a go 2/
Thous ands
Chicks
Hatched (Week Ended)
I
I
o/o of
I Aug . A ug.
Aug .
A ug . year
I 10
17
24
31
ago 2/
Tho usands
967
909 916
935 154
696 608
691
760
8
520*
280 410
520 209
245 34 0
33 0
425 116
1, 634 1, 790 1, 9 07 l, 636
10 6
1,067 1, 057 l, 0 29 1, 298
14 2
271*
219
244
244
79
89
138
212
212 109
I Total 3,392* 3, 198 3,477 3,335
123
2, 0 97 2, 14 3 2, 262 2,695
1/ Includes eggs set by hatchenes producmg ch1cks for hatche ry supply flocks .
2/ Current week as percent of same week last year. * Revised.
i
I
136
BROILER TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL Al~EAS BY WEEKS-1968 Page 2
EGGS SET
CHICKS PLACED
STATE
Maine Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana Missouri Delaware Maryland Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina
Aug. 17
Week Ended Aug. 24
THOUSANDS
Aug. 31
1, 715 305
1,693 694 308
2, 193 4, 537 1, 530
35 6,820
496
1, 796 337
1, 414 643 301
2, 129 4, 528 1, 527
10 6,885
423
1, 599 292
1,607 635 306
1, 810 4, 196 1, 469
34 6,268
435
o/o of
year ago 11
118 120 120 154
79 82 139 109 29 145 76
Aug. 17
Week Ended Aug. 24
THOU3ANDS
Aug. 31
1, 467 162 958 354 328
1, 967 3,441 1, 265
347 5,463
389
1, 410 155 902 373 360
2,649 2,922 1, 138
359 5, 251
351
1, 338 141 905 333 407
2, 416 2, 806 1, 17 5
304 5, 056
376
o/o of
year
ago 1/ .r.~o.
cr: ...u_...,
98 102
z~ ...C_..I,.J
tj .r_o,
106
~ U')
103 120 100
~ ~ ro
J.t
.ct:
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~
. ::l
95 ~ .u..
108
H l:lO
83
~
99
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11, 232 11,411 10,763 106
8, 590
8,467
8,318
101
Florida Tennessee Alabama Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas Washington Oregon California
TOTAL 1968 (22 States)
892 767 7,881 4,753 9,496 1, 022 3,904 561 307 1,743
859 761 8,094 4,687 9,697 1,004 3, 813 436 311 1, 686
853 108 727 100 7,623 110 4, 575 103 9,663 118 942 85 3,963 146 474 86 343 140 1, 612 131
62, 884 62,752 60, 189 115
712 938 6, 500 4,258 7, 310 836 3,068 425 272 1, 476
50, 516
TOTAL 1967* (22 States)
62,090 59, 531 52,442
~ of Last Year
1/ Current week
I
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last
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50,212
I I
101
679 985 6,338 4,218 7,018 826 2,899 459 287 1, 417 49,463
49, 188
101
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Week Ending September 9, 1968
CROP CONDITION DECLINED
Athens, Ga., September 9 -- Cont inued dry weather throughout most of the State resulted
in further decline of most crop conditions during the week, according t o the Georgia Crop
Reporting Service. Soybeans were affected most as shedding of blooms and pods continued.
According to County Agents' reports, 16 percent of the State cotton a creage has been harvested. Defoliation remained active and machine harvest increased. The overall cotton condition decreased from the previous week.
Corn harvest gained momentum as harvest for grain was 12 percent complete. Soybean yield prospects declined over much of the State because of the continuing dry weat her . Some weatherdamaged soybeans were being salvaged for hay. Control of insects remained active in most areas.
Peanut harvest increased to 84 percent dug and 73 percent threshed. However, progress was hindered in some areas by dry soil. The Federal-State Inspection Service reported a total of 311,805 tons inspected through September 7
Land preparation for small grains moved forward, but was hampered by the lack of soil moisture.
Pasture and pecan condition declined from last week. Haymaking continued but quality .decreased.
WEATHER SUMMARY -- Rainfall was moderate to heavy in extreme north Georgia and along the lower east coast and mostly light over the remainder of the State during the week ending Friday, September 6. Several weather observers in the southwest and south central sections reported no measurable rain during the week. The heavy rains along the lower coast resulted from the storm center that brought excessive rains to northeast Florida. Average rainfall for the week ending Friday ranged from 2.04 inches in the north central section to .05 of an inch in the southwest. Showers fell over the southern third of the State on Sunday,September 8, with totals of more than an inch at several places.
Georgia temperatures were cool at the beginning of the period with a gradual warming trend through the week. Highs reached the mid 80's in the north and the mid 90's in parts of the south by the end of the period. Cool air moved back into north Georgia during the weekend. Early morning temperatures were in the 40's in the mountains and the 50's over the northern third of the State on Saturday the 7th. Averages for the week ranged from near to slightly below normal.
The five-day outlook for the period Tuesday through Saturday (September 10-14), calls for temperatures to average 3 to 5 degrees below normal. Normal highs ranged from 85 to 89 and normal lows from 61 to 70. Rainfall is expected to average 1/2 to 1 inch and occur mainly during the first half of the period.
ISSUED BY: The Georgia Crop Reporting Service , Athens, Georgia; in ceoperation with the Cooperative Extension Service, University of Ge.orgia; Georgia Department of Agriculture; and the Weather Bureau, ESSA, U. S. Department of Commerce.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE WEATHER BUREAU Athens. Georgia ESSA
Precipitation For The Week Ending September 6~ 1968
GEORGIA
Temperature extremes f or the week ending
September 6, 1968o (Provisional)
Lowest&.
97 at Fort Gaines on
September 5tho
80 at Bl ue R~. dge on
August 3lsto
0
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T Less than e005 incho
After Fi re Days Re urn to United States Department f Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street Athens Georgia 3o6ol
OFFICIAL BUSINESS
IMMEDIATE - Uo So WEk.rHER REPORT
This report will be treated :i.n all
Respe c s aa letter Vail
(See Sec. 34 . 171 P. Lo &R.)
Po tage and Fees Paid 'U . S . Dspartment of Agri
UN1VERSI1Y OF GEORG"
SE P 121968
LIB RAR IES
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE - ATHENS, GEORGIA
Released September 9, 1968
GEORGIA COTTON REPORT AS OF SEPTEMBER 1, 1968
Georgia's 1968 cotton crop is forecast at 355,000 bales based on information reported by crop correspondents and ginners as of September 1, The Georgia Crop Reporting Service said today. The estimate is unchanged from a month ago. The current forecast is 127,000 bales above the 1967 crop, 39,000 above the 1966 crop, but 172,000 bales below the 1962-66 avera ge .
Continuing hot, dry weather during most of August retarded developme nt of la t e cotton in some areas. Shedding of bloom and small bolls was evident. Defoliation was act ive in southern areas in late August in preparation for machine harvest.
According to the Bureau of the Census, 19,111 bales had been ginned to Septembe r 1, com- _ pared with 5,529 to the same date in 1967 and 6,672 in 1966.
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INDICATED COTTO N PRODUCTION, 1968; FINAL PRODUCTION, 1967. 1966
Non-Cotton
-.
Crop Reporting
District
1968
23,000
2
11,000
3
16,000
4
24,000
5
67,000
6
70,000
7
49,000
8
86,000
9
9,000
State
355,000
1967
2,596 7,004 7,317 16, 773 47,297 43,955 32,215 67, 943 2,900
228,000
1966
18,470 10,900 12,560 24,280 62' 110 63,750 43,390 72,340 8,200
316,000
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UNITED STATES information.
AI bany
7
UNITED STATES - COTTON REPORT AS OF S~ PTEMBER 1, 1968
The Crop Reporting Board of the St atistical Report i ng Serv ice makes the f ollowing report from data furnished by c rop corres ponde nts, f ield statisticians, Burea u of the Census, Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, and cooperating State agencies. The fi nal outturn of cotton compared wit h this forecast wi ll depend upon whether the various influences affecting the crop during the remainder of the season are more or less favorable t han usual.
State
N. C.
s. c.
Ga. Tenn. AI a. Mo.
Acres for
harvest
1968 _l/
l ,000 acres
200 34S 390 3SS S3S 200
Li nt y i e l d pe r
harvested acre
1962- 66
1968
average 1967 indic.
Pounds
36S 440 431 S68 4S8 S49
Pounds Pounds
277
360
449
438
L~08
437
29S sao
278
431
314
4S6
Product ion 2/
500-pound qross wei qht bales
l ~b 2 - 66
Indicated
average
1967
Aug. 1, Sept. l,
1968
1968
l ,000
I ,000
1 ,000
l ,000
-bal-es
bales
bales
bales
263
44
165
ISO
448
179
36S
31S
527
228
355
3SS
576
l4S
370
370
7S7
197
480
480
376
59
180
190
Miss. Ark. La. Okla. Texas
I,! SO 1 ,02S
410 380 4, l7S
6S7
567
689
S38
333
SIS
SS6
621
620
269
251
303
369
376
397
I ,887 I ,343
S66 303 4,223
1 ,054
497 428 194 2,767
1 ,610 I ,075
540 200 3,32S
I ,6SO I, I 00
S30 240
3,4SO
N. Mex. Ariz. Ca I if. Other
States ]_I
IS3
6S7
619
580
29S
l ,OSl
887 I ,033
680
I ,091
847 I ,076
2S
403
410
420
242
776 I ,661
157 4S4 I ,040
I 2
180 635 l ,475
20.6
18S 63S I, S2S
22
u. s.
10,318
500
447
S21
13,986
T.45S
10,976
II, 197
Amer.Egypt. !:_/
67.4
537
502
518
111 7
69.8
72.8
72.8
l/ August I estimate. 11 Production ginned and to be ginned. A 500-lb. bale contains about 480 pounds of lint. 11 Virginia, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, and Nevada. !:! Included in
State and United States totals. Grown in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and Califo r nia.
CROP REPORTING BOARD
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
C L CRENSHAW Agricultural Statistician
After Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Serv ice 409A North Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS
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&~tJ~7 a~GIFAARM REPORT
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
ATHENS, GEORGIA
GENE RAL CROi REPORT AS OF SEPTEMBEI~ l, 1968 Georq ia
Con t inuing dry weather over much of the State during August decreased yield pro spects of late-maturing crops : Soybeans and lc3te corn were damaged severely insome areas. By September l, crop harvest was gaining momentum ; peanut harvest was well along, and cotton picking with mechanical pickers was increasing.
Corn: The corn crop showed further deterioration during August, especially the late acreage in northern districts. The September l production was indicated at 58,840,000
bushels, compared with 88 ,856,000 bushels in 1967. Yield per acre was placed at 40 bushels -
sa. 18 bushels below last year 1 s record of
Cotton Product ion Unchan qed: Production of cotton is forecast at 355,000 bale s , t he same as est imated a month ago. The level is 127,000 bales above
last year's short crop.
Tobacco: Georgia's flue-cured tobacco estimate was placed at 108,300,000 compared with 148,452,000 last year.
Peanuts: The State peanut crop is turning out a I ittle better than growers anticipated a month ago. The September 1 forecast was placed at 910,200,000 pounds -- 65
mill ion pounds below production last year. The crop is extremely variable th i s year wit h yi e lds averaging from poor to excellent. The State's yield is indicated to average l ,850 pounds per acre compared with 2,040 la5t year.
Soybeans: The continued hot, dry weather over much of the State during Augus t reduced
soybean prospects. As of September l, a crop of 9,880,000 bushels was indicated-
considerably less than the 13,008,000 bushel production last year. An avera ge yield of 19.0
bushels per acre is indicated
5 bushels below the 1967 average.
Pecans: A pecan crop of 50,000,000 pounds is in prospect for 1968. The level is 5 mill ion pounds below production in 1967.
Milk production on Georgia farms during August totaled 86 mill ion pounds; eqq production during August totaled 394 mill ion eggs.
GEORGIA CROP PRODUCTION AND HARVESTED ACREAGE, 1967 AND 1968
Acreaqe
Yield Per Acre
Production
For
Harvested: harvest
Indicated
: Indicated
CroQ and Unit
1967
1968
1967
1968
1967
1968
Thousands
Thousands
Corn, for grain, bu. Wheat, bu. Oats, bu. Rye, bu. Barley, bu. Tobacco, Type 14, 1b. Sweetpotatoes, cwt. Hay, a 11 , ton Cotton, bale Peanuts ( p & T) ' 1b. Soybeans, for beans, bu. Sorghums, for grain, bu. Pe1ches, total crop, 1bs. Pecans, 1bs.
1 '532 130 100
67
9 71.2 8.0
433 267 478 542
11
l ,471 121
98 70
8
57.0 8.5 446
390 492 520
12
58.0 26.0
35.0 18.5 31.0 2,085
901 1.95~
408 ll
2,040 24.0 37.0
40.0 30,0 41.0 22.0
37.0 1,900
b5
l. 9.0.
437 ll
1 ,850 19.0 34.0
88,856 3,380 3,500 1,240
279 "148,452
720 845 228 975,120 13,008 407 ll.j8,8oo
55,000
58,840 3,630 4,018 1 ,540
296 - 108,300
7 :~2
81+6
355 910,200
9,880 408
230,000 50,000
ll Pounds of 1int.
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
C, L. CRE i~ SH A~J Agricultural Stat istician
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1Ple~s~ 1ULn_p~g~ foL Qnlt~d_S1a1e~ lnfoLm~tlo~)- _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ISSUED BY: The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, USDA, 409A North Lumpkin Street, Athens, Ga.,
in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture.
UNITED STATES CkO? SUi"lMA;{Y AS uF SEPT EHSC:R 1, i 968
Corn prospe ct s increas ed 2 percent in Aus ust to 4.6 bill ion bushe l s, 2 pe rcent less than last year's re cord crop but 20 percent more than the 1962-66 average,
Soybean production prospects are a record high 1.1 bill ion bushels, ll percent more than the 1967 crop and 40 percent above average.
All Wheat production is estimated at a record 1.6 bill ion bushels, down 1 percent from last rr.onth, but S percent more than last year and 30 percent above average.
Oat production, estimated at 9)L} mill ion bushe .ls, is 20 percent more than 1967 and 3 percent above average.
Sorqhum Grain production, f o re cast a t a re cor ~ hish 79l mil l ion bushels, i s 2 percent more than the August I forecast, 3 perce n ~ a~ove the 1967 c rop and 33 percent above average.
,Hay production is estimated at 124 mill ion tons, 2 percent Jess than last year but 2 percent above average.
Fall Potato production is forecast at 211 mill ion hundredweight, 9 percent Jess than last year but 4 percent above average,
Crop and Unit
U. S. ACREAGE HAKVE~TED AND PRODUCTION. 1967 A~D 1968
Acreage
Yield Per Acre
Production
For
:Harvested: harvest
Indicated
Indicated
1967
1968
1967
1968
1967
1968
Thousands
Thousands
Corn, for grain, bu. ~/heat , a I 1, bu. Oats, bu. Barley, bu. Rye, bu. Cotton, bale Hay, a 1I , ton Soybeans, bu. Peanuts, (P & T), I b . Sweetpotatoes, cwt. Tobacco, 1b. Peaches, I b. Pecans, 1b.
60,385 59,004
15,970 9,188 I ,072
7,997 64,728
39,742 I ,402
147 961
55,886 56,039 17,765 9,999
J ,019 10,318 63,567 40,949
I ,425 148
899
78.2 25.i.i 49.0 40.3 22.5 l/447 1.95 24.5 I, 765
93 2,052
~3.0
28.5 52.6 42.5 23.7 l/S21 1.95 26.4 I, 744
92 1,995
4, 722,164 1, 524,349
781 ,867 370,246
24,075 7,455
126,361 972,701 2,473,385
13,658 1,972,147 1/2,692,100
23 I ,900
4, 636,456 J '596' 59~
934,424 424,563
24, J2L}
I I, 197
123,827
1'079 ,627 2,485,375
13,604
I ,793,817
1/3,599, I00 188,700
1/ Pounds of I int.
l l Includes some quantities not harvested,
After Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS
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GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
ATHENS, GEORGIA
S ptember 11, 19 6 8
BROILE
Placement of broiler chicks in Georgia during the weekended Septe mber 7 was 8, 034,000--3 percent less than the previous week and 2 percent l e ss than the c omparable week last year, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service .
An estimated 10, 134, 000 broiler type eggs were set by Georgia hatcheries--6 percent less than the previous week and 7 percent less than the comparable week a year earlier.
The majority of the prices paid to Georgia producers for broiler hatching eggs were reported within a range of 60 to 70 cents per dozen. The average price of hatching eggs was 64 cents per dozen. The price of eggs from flocks with hatche ry owned cockerels generally was 2 cents below the average price. Most price s r eceived for broiler chicks by Georgia hatcheries were reported within a range of $ 8.25 to $ 10,50 with an average of $9. 50 per hundred. The average prices last ye ar we r e 56 cents for eggs and $7. 7 5 for chicks.
Week Ended
July 6 July 13 July 20 July 27 Aug. 3 Aug. 10 Aug. 17 Aug. 24 Aug. 31 Sept. 7
GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS ' AND CHICK PLACEMENTS
Av. Price
Eggs Set]:_/
I Chicks Placed for
Broilers in Georgia
Hatch Broiler
Eggs
Chicks
1967
1968
o/o of
year
1967
1968
o/o of Per
year Doz.
Per Hundred
ago
ago
1968
1968
Thou.
Thou.
Pet.
Thou.
Thou. Pet. Cents Dollars
12, 281 12,022
98
8, 980
9,332 104
61
12,031 12, 146 101
9, 113
9,271 102
61
12, 061 12, 164 101
9, 110
9,380 103
61
12, 031 11,905
99
8,840
9, 161 104
61
11,854 11, 745
99
8,822
9,051 103
62
11, 517 11, 590 101
9,020
8,714
97
63
11, 277 11, 232 100 I 8,825
8, 590
97
64
10,754 11, 411 106
8,614
8,467
98
64
10,171 10,763 106
8,273
8,318 101
64
10, 880 10, 134
93
8, 217
8,034
98
64
9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.25 9.50 9.50 9.50 9. 50
- EGG TYPE
Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the week ended Septe mber 7 was 693, 000-9 percent less than the previous week but 37 percent more than the comparable week last year. An estimated 1, 089, 000 eggs for the production of egg type chicks w e re set by Georgia hatcheries, 16 percent more than the previous week and 77 percent more than the comparable week last year.
In the four states that accounted for about 25 percent of the hatch of all egg type chicks in the U. S. in 1967, hatchings during the week ended September 7 were up 10 percent and settings were up 19 percent from a year ago.
State
Ga.
Ill.
Calif. Wash.
EGG TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS HATCHED, 1968
Eggs Set (Week Ended)
Aug.
Aug. Aug.
Sept.
17
24
31
7
o/o of
Chicks Hatched (Week Ende d)
I year
Aug. Aug.
A ug.
Sept.
ago 2/
17
24
31
7
909 280 l, 790 221*
Thousands 916 935 410 520 1,907 1,636 244 244
1,089 177 300 84
1, 893 116 k 223 65
608 340 1, 057 138
T housands
691
760
330
425
1,029 1, 298
212
212
693 210 1, 395 173
o/o of
year ago 2/
137 67
114 81
Total
3,200* 3,477 3,335 3, 505 119
2, 143 2, 262 2,695 2,471 1 110
1/ Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatchery supply flocks.
2/ Current week as percent of same week last year. * Revised.
BROILER TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMEH.CIAL AREAS BY WE EKS-1968 Page 2
EGGS SET
'
CHICK3 PLACED
STATE
Week Ended
Aug.
Aug.
24.
31
-
Sept. 7
o/o of -
year Aug. ago 1/ 24
Week Ended
Aug.
Sept.
31
7
% of
year
1 ago 1/
THOUSANDS
TH)USANDS
Maine Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana Missouri Delaware Maryland Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina
GEORGIA
Florida T-ennessee A,;labama Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas W,ashington Oregon .S:alifo rnia
TOTAL 1968 (22 States)
1,796 337
1, 414 643 301
2, 129 4, 528 1, 527
10 6,885
423
1, 599 292
1,607 635 306
1,810 4, 196 1, 469
34 6,268
435
1, 190 74
221 114
1, 4"75 101
588 103
237
51
1, 659
70
3,430 87
1, 282
78
'37
28
5, 335 84
481
88
1, 410
1, 338
1, 285
98
155
141
153
97
902
905
931
119
373
333
349
100
360
407
381
94
2,649
2, 416
2, 133
91
2,922
2,806
3,045
99
1, 138
1, 175
1, 074
103
359
304
347
94
5, 251
5, 056
4,944
98
351
376
364
87
11,411 10, 763 10, f34
93
8,467
8, 318
8,034
98
859 761 8,094 4,687 9,697 1,004 3, 813 436 311 1, 686
853 727 7,623 4, 575 9,663 942 3,963 474 343 1, 612
850 106
140 105
6, a89
79
4,455 109
9, 336 106
926 87
3, 5-63
97
486
99
196
74
1, 0.93
67
679
683
642
96
985
937
894
115
6, 3381 6, 104
5, 569
88
4,218
4, 129
4, 015
104
7, 0181 7,000
6, 856
104
826
802
835
108
2,899
2, 871
2,892
107
459
430
397
102
287
288
249
95
1, 417
1, 297
1, 380
107
62, 752 60, 189 53, 8Q3
91
49,463 48, 116 46,769
99
TOTAL 1967* (22 States)
59, 531 52,442 59, 3_i6
~ of Last Year
'1i
/
v
cur.rent week
as
105 percent of
same
115 week
last
-9-1 year.
.ctev1sed.
49, 188 48,029 47, 181
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Athens, Geor gia
SEP18 1968
LIBRAR IES
AUGUST MILK PRODUCTION UNCHANGED
August 1968 ~eleased 9/16/68
Milk production on Georgia farms during August totaled 86 mill ion pounds, according to the Crop Reporting Service. This was the same as the August 1967 production, but was 1 mill ion pounds below the production of the previous month. The 1962-66 average production was 82 million pounds.
Production per cow in herd averaged 625 pounds- 25 pounds above the previous year but 10 pounds below the previous month. The 5-year average production per cow for the month was 490 pounds.
The estimated average price received by producers for all wholesale milk during August was $6.35 per hundredweight. This was 5 cents above both the August 1967 price and July 1968 price.
Prices paid by dairymen for feed during the month were mostly below the previous year.
MILK PRODUCTION AND PRICES RECEIVED AND PAID BY DAIRYMEN
ITEM AND UNIT
:August 1967
GEORGIA July 1968
August 1968
August 1967
Ul~ ITED STATES
July
August
1968
1968
Milk Production, mill ion lbs.
86
87
Production Per Cow, 1bs. l l
600
635
Number Milk Cows,
thousand head
143
137
86 9,709 10,208
625
722
783
137
9,567 736
PRICES RECEIVED- DOLLARS '1:/
All wholesale milk, cwt. J./
6.30
F1u id mi 1k, cwt.
6.30
Manufactured milk, cwt.
Mi 1k Cows. head
:200.00
6.30 6.30
210.00
~/6.35
200.00
4.96 5.41
3.99 263.00
~ .06
5.52 4.15 276.00
!15.20 277.00
PRICES PAID - DOLLARS '1:/
Mixed Dairy Feed, ton 14 percent protein 16 percent protein 18 percent protein 20 percent protein
73.00 76.00 83.00 84.00
74.00 75.00 79.00 82.00
71.00 74.00 78.00 80.00
69.00 74.00 76.00
81 .oo
67.00
71 .oo
74.00 76.00
6].00 70.00 73.00
77 .oo
Hay, ton
27.40
27.50
29.00 21 .90
21.40
21 .30
1/ Monthly average.
1/ Do 11 a rs per unit as of the 15th of the month except wholesale mi 1k which is average for
month.
3/ Revised. ~I Preliminary.
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
'vi. PAT PARKS Agricultural Statistician
ISSUED BY: The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, USDA, 409A North Lumpkin Street, Athens, Ga., in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture.
UNITED STATES MILK PRODUCTION
Auoust milk production I percent below a year earlier
U. S. milk product ion i n Augus t is estimated at 9 ,567 mill ion pounds, l percent less than a year earlier and 5 percent below the 1962-66 Augus t avera ge. Average da i l y milk production for August was down 6 percent from July, same change as a year earlier. Total milk production in the first 8 months of 1968 was 1. 6 percent less than a year earlier. August production provided 1.53 pounds of milk per person daily for all uses, compared with 1.64 pounds in July and 1.57 pounds a year earlier.
Output per cow 2 percent above a year earlier
Milk output per cow averaged 736 pounds during August, 2 percent above a year earlier and 13 percent above average. Daily August output per cow averaged 23.7 pounds, compared with 25.3 pounds a month earlier, and 23.3 pounds a year earlier. Production per cow set a record high for August in 44 States, highest in California at 995 pounds; followed by Alaska and Washington each at 890 pounds; Utah, 870 pounds ; Nevada, 860 pounds and Arizona, 835 pounds.
MONTH
January February March Apri 1 May June July August
Jan.-Aug. Total
September October November December
Annual
Milk per cow and milk production by months,
United States, 1968 with comparisons
Milk per cow
Production
Average 1962-66
Pounds
1967 Pounds
1968 Pounds
Averaye 1962-66 Mi 11 ion pounds
1967 Mi 11 ion
pounds
Change 1968 :from 1967 Mi 11 ion pounds Percent
644
716
724
l 0' 196
9,847
9,608 -2.4
611
671
699
9,636
9,203
9,249 t0.5
698
769
778
10,968
10,517
10,269 -2.4
713
788
795
11 '175
10,734
10,460 -2.6
778
844
859
12,143
11 ,470
11 '283 -1.6
750
820
837
11 '658
11,095
10,937 -1 .4
692
764
783
10,714
10,315
10,208 -1.0
651
722
736
10,047
9.709
9.567 -1.5
86,537
82,890
81,581 -1.6
614
680
623
685
603
661
641
699
9,446 9,547 9,208 9 759
9' 124 9,167 8,814
9.299
8,021
8,821
124,497
119' 294
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and Weather
GEORGIA CROP REPORTIN G SERVICE Athen s, Georgia
Bulletin
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Week Ending September 16, 1968
Released 3 p.m. Monday
SHORTAGE OF MOISTURE DAMAGED LATE CROPS
Athens, Ga., September 16 -- Shortage nf moisture continues to be a problem in m~st areas ,.
of the State. Soybean prospects declined further, summer and winter pastures are in need of
rain. Dry soils have delayed land preparation and planting of fall crops. The dry weather
has hastened maturity of cotton and corn and good progress has been made in harve sting operations.
Acc ording to County Agents' reports 72 percent of the corn crop is in poor to fair condition with 20 percent of the crop harvested. Level of yields varies widely by areas.
Cotton harvest is active in most areas of the State; about one fourth of the crop was
harvested by September 14. Large percent of the crop being defoliated in preparation for mechanical harvesting.
Peanut harvest about complete;yields are higher than expected earlier . Soybean prospects declined during the week--30 percent of the cr~p was reported in poor condition. Rain is badly needed. Insect infestation heavy in many areas, grcwers are spraying for control .
Good progress in saving the late hay crops. Yields were reduced by the shortage of moisture.
Pecan prospects very irregular by areas and varieties. Gocd app1e crop is moving to market from mountain counties.
WEATHER SUMMARY -- Scattered showers occurred over Georgia early in the week ending Friday, September 13, but amounts were mostly light. The heaviest showers occurred in the southeast and south central area where a few totals exceeded 2 inches. A heavy shower dumped 3.25 inches in the gage at Valdosta on Sunday, September 8. A large majority of weather observers recorded less than one-fourth inch of rain for the week and several had none at all. Many areas of the State continue extremely dry. Averages by climatological division ranged fr~m .03 of an inch in the northwest to 1.06 inches in the southeast area. Little or no rain fell anywhere in the State from Tuesday through the weekend.
Temperatures were mostly mild in the north and warm in the south . Daily highs were generally in the high 70's and low 80's in the northern third of the State but moved into the
90's on several days in south Georgia. Early morning temperatures dropped to the 50's on most days in north Georgiaand to the 60's in the south. Cooler air moved into extreme north Georgia late in the week and several places had readings in t he low 40's on Friday morning. Averages
for the week ranged from 4 to 6 degrees below normal.
The five-day outlook for the period Tuesday through Saturday (September 17-21) calls for temperatures to average near normal. Normal highs range from 83 to 88 degrees and normal lows from 60 to 67 degrees. It should be warm at the beginning of the period with little change during the week. Rainfall is expected to average 1/2 to 1 inch and occur as scattered showers and thundershowers on Tuesday and Wedne sday and as widely scattered showers the rest of the week.
ISSUED BY: The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, Athens, Georgia; in covperation with the Cooperative Extension Service, University of Georgia; Geor gia Department of Agriculture; and the Weather Bureau, ESSA, U.S. Department of Commerce.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE WEATHER BUREAU Athens, Georgia ESSA
Preci pit ation For The Week Ending September 13 3 1.968
GEORGIA
Temperature extr emes for the week ending
September 13, 1968o (Pr ovisional)
Highest: 96 at Newington on the 8th.
Lowest g 41 a t Blairsville and Calhoun
on the 13tho
* For the period September 14-16,
T Less than .oo5 inch.
After Five Days Ret urn to United States Department of Agricult ure
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ATHENS, GEORGIA
September 18, 1968
BROILER TYPE
Placement of broiler chicks in Georgia during the week ended .September 14 was 8, 120, 000--1 percent more than the previous week and 3 percent more than the comparable week last year, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service.
An estimated 10, 809,000 broiler type eggs were set by Georgia hatcheries--7 percent more than the previous week but 1 percent less than the comparable week a year earlier.
The majority of the prices paid to Georgia producers for broiler hatching eggs were reported within a range of 60 to 70 cents per dozen. The average price of hatching eggs was 64 cents per dozen. The price of eggs from flocks with hatchery owned cockerels generally was 2 cents below the average price. Most prices received for broiler chicks by Georgia hatcheries were reported within a range of $ 8. 25 t o $10 . 50 with an average of $9. 50 per hundred. The average prices last year were 56 cents for eggs and $7. 7 5 for chicks.
Week Ended
GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS, AND CHICK PLACEMENTS
Eggs Set ij
1967
1968
'1o of year ago
Chicks Placed for
Broilers in Georgia
Ufo of
1967
1968 year
ago
Av. Price
Hatch
Broiler
Eggs
Chicks
Per
Per
Doz.
Hundred
1968
1968
Thou.
Thou.
Pet.
Thou.
Thou. Pet. Cents
Dollars
July 13 July 20 July 27 Aug. 3 Aug. 10 Aug. 17 Aug. 24 Aug. 31 Sept. 7 Sept. 14
12, 031 12, 146 101
12, 061 12, 164 101
12, 031 11, 905
99
11, 854 11, 745
99
11,517 11, 590 101
11, 277 11,232 100
10,754 11,411 106
10, 171 10,763 106
10, 880 10, 134
93
10,886 10,809
99
9, 113
9,271 102
61
9, 110
9, 380 103
61
8,840
9, 161 104
61
8,822
9, 051 103
62
9,020
8,714 97
63
8, 825
8, 590
97
64
8,614
8, 467
98
64
8,273
8, 318 101
64
8, 217
8,034
98
64
7,887
8, 120 103
64
9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.25 9. 50 9. 50 9. 50 9.50 9. 50
EGG TYPE
Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the week ended .September 14 was 677,000--2 percent less than the previous week but 26 percent more than the comparable week last year. An estimated 988, 000 eggs for the production of egg type chicks were set by Georgia hatcheries, 9 percent less than the previous week but 125 percent more than the comparable week last year.
In the four states that accounted for about 25 percent of the hatch of all egg type chicks in the U. S. in 1967, hatchings during the week ended .September 14 were up 6 percent and settings were up 26 percent from a year ago.
State
Ga.
Ill.
Calif. Wash.
EGG TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS HATCHED, 1968
Eggs Set (Week Ended)
o/o of
Chicks Hatched (Week Ended)
Aug. 24
Aug. Sept.
31
7
Sept. year 14 ago 2/
Aug. A ug.
24
31
Sept. 7
Sept. 14
Thousands
Thousands
916
935 1, 089
988 225
450*
520 300
305 155
1, 907 1,636 1, 893 1, 688 103
244
244 223
217
78
691 330 1, 029 212
760 425 1, 298 212
693 210 1, 395 173
677 350 1, 460 181
% of
year ago 2/
126 87
114 "65
Total 3, 517* 3,335 3, 505 3, 198 126
2,262 2,695 2,471 2,668 106
1/ Includes e gg s set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatchery supply flocks.
2/ Current week as percent of same week last year. * rtevised.
BROILER TYPE E GGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL A.ti.EAS BY WEEKS-1968 Page 2
EGGS SET
I
CHICKS PL.AC)1; D
STATE
A ug.
31
Week E nded Sept.
7
THOUSANDS
Sept.
14
o/o of
Week Ended
year Aug.
Sept.
Sept.
ago 1/ . 31
7
14 -
THOUSANDS
o/o of
year
ago 1/
Maine Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana Missouri Delaware Maryland Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina
GEORGIA
Florida Tenness ee Alabama Missis sippi Arkansa s Louisiana Texas Washington Oregon California
TOTAL 1968
(22 State s}
1, 599 292
1,607 635 306
1, 810
4, 196 l, 469
34 6,268
435
l, 190 221
l , 475 588 237
1, 6 5<r
3,430 l, 282
37 5,335
481
1,996 105 296 68
l, 531 117
610 109 290 61 2,067 87 4,407 113 1, 515 91
37 31 6,878 105
471 100
1, 338
l, 285
1, 309
98
14 1
153
169
113
905
931
799
90
333
349
395
117
407
381
369
94
2,416
2, 133
2, 162
111
2, 806
3,045
3, 002
134
1, 175 1, 074
963
92
304
347
349
94
5, 056
4,944
4,863
103
376
364
328
71
10,763 10, 134 10, 809 99
8, 318
8,034
8, 120
103
853
850
862 111
683
642
626
106
727
740
680 99
937
894
884
105
7,623
6,089
7,795 100
6, 104
5, 569
6,003
97
4,575
4,455
4,269
96
4, 129
4,015
4,022
104
9, ,663
9,336
9,670 107
7, 000
6, 856
6,970
100
942
926
990 92
802
835
841
109
3,963
3, 563
4, 128 110
2, 871
2, 892
2, 782
101
474
4 86
555 95
430
397
366
102
343
196
276 84
288
249
200
73
1, 612
l, 093
1, 739 100 r 1, 297
1, 380
1, 284
118
60, 189 53,803 61, 871 102 f 48,116 46,769 46,806
103
TOTAL 1967*
(22 States}
52,442 59,326 60,789
!..of Last Year
1/ Current week
as
115
percent of same
91
week
last
102
year.
Revised.
48,029 47, 181 45,459
~
100
99
103
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GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
Athens, Geo rg 1a
Week Endin g September 23, 1968
Released 3 p.m. Monday
MOISTURE SHORTAGE CONTINUES
Athens, Ga., September 23 - - Most of the southeastern two-thirds of the State is still
short of soil moisture, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. Harvest i ng of
cctton, corn, and peanuts made good progress in these areas, but dry soils delayed land prepa-
ration for fall-sown crops. Soybean prospects declined still furth er . In t he northwestern
third of the State most areas haci ample soil moisture.
According to County Agents' report~ almost one-third of the~ crop had been gathered. Yields per acre in many fields in the southwestern fourth of the State are much below the level of the past two years.
Cotton harvest is nearing completion in some southern counties and is reported 40 percent complete State-wide. Most harvest in the northern part of the State has been hand picked, with machine harvest just beginning.
Peanut harvest is almost complete; weather conditions have been near ideal f or harvest, and the crop is better than expected earlier. Soybean prospects continued to decline, and about one-third of the reporters indicated that prospects for the crop were poor.
Soil moisture was favorable for land preparation and the seeding of fall-sown crops in tbe northern third of the State, but in other areas very I ittle progress was made.
Pecan prospects are still very irregular. Good apple movement continued.
WEATHER SUMMARY-- Rainfall was moderate to locally heavy over northern and western sections but decreased to I ittle or none in parts of south Georgia during the week ending Friday, September 20. Most weather observers north and west of a I ine from Bainbridge to Toccoa
reported more than an inch of rain dur,iQg the week and a few measured over two inches. The wet-
test p lace was Helen with 4.23 inches. The western half of the previously dry southwest section received good rains but amounts dropped off sharply to the east. Blakely had two inches of rain and Albany, SO miles to the east, ha~ less than one-tenth inch. Soils continue very dry over fairly large areas of the State. Averages by climatological division ranged from 1.94 inches in the northeast to only .22 of an inch in the south central. There was I i t tle rainfall in the State after Friday and most areas enjoyed sunny weather during the week end.
Temperatures were warm to mild most of the week but were cool in extreme north Georgia at
the beginning and end of the period. Highs were mostly in the HO's but reached ~0 at a few
places in the south and remained in the 70's on one or more days in north Geory ia. Lows were
generally in the SO's and 60's except in the mountains where some 40's were reported. Averages
for the week ranged from 2 above normal at Savannah to 3 below normal at Athens.
'
The five-day outlook for the period Tuesday through Saturday (September 24-28) calls for
temperatures to average near to slightly above normal. It should be warm a t the beginning and
slightl y cooler the last half of the period. Normal highs range from 82 to 86 and normal
lows range from SS0 to 62 in the north and from 62 to 68 in the south. Rainfall is expected
to average 1/10 to 3/10 inches and occur as scattered showers mostly during the latter half of
the period.
I
ISSUED BY: The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, Athens, Georgia ; in cooperation with the Cooperative Extension Service, University of Georgia ; Georg ia Department of Agriculture; and the Weather Bureau, ESSA, U. S. Department of Commerce.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE WEATHER BUREAU Athens, Georgia
ESSA
GEORGIA
Temperature extre!OOs f r the waek ending
Septembe r 20.9 68 o Provi. io:nal )
,.a Highest g / a Thomas : ~ e on the 19th.
Lowest g
0
41.
at
Helen
on
the
14th.
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_.~ TIIOM4
* F r the period September 2 - 23 .9 1 968 o
T Less than eOOS inch c
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Item
During Aug.
1967 1/
1968 2/
o/o
last
year
Jan. thru Aug .
1967 1/
1968 2/
% of
last
year
Broiler Type
Pullets Placed (U.S. )3 I
Thou.
Thou.
Pet. Thou.
Thou.
Pet. -
Total Domestic Chickens Tested:
3, 047 2,704
3,298 108 2,824 104
28,383 25, 111
28, 744 101 24, 765 99
Broiler Type
Georgia United States Egg Type
729 2,403
511 70 1, 887 79
4,452 19, 121
3, 986 90 15,687 82
Georgia United States Chicks Hatched:
35
8 23
212
144 68
414
34 1 82
4,437
3, 766 85
Broiler Type
Georgia United .3tates Egg Type
41,665 232, 283
40,771 98 233, 574 101
345, 805 1,924 ,707
341, 995 99 1, 936, 926 101
Georgia United States Commercial Slaughter:4/
2, 183 36,011
2,994 137 35,879 100
26,056 412,679
24, 186 93 362, 127 88
Young Chickens
Georgia United States Mature Chickens
38,802 220,946
35, 011 90 196. 841 89
276,663
261, 648 95 .
1, 570, 614 1, 559, 271 99
Light Type
Georgia United States Heavy Type
628 9,944
603 96 8,974 90
5, 884 93,073
6, 132 lOL.l:
83, 537 90
Georgia United States Egg Production:
349 2,395 Mil.
299 86 2,224 93 Mil.
2,693 17,208 Mil.
2,206 82 15,724 91 Mil.
Georgia
410
394 96
3, 283
3,314 101
South Atlantic 5/ United States
1, 107 5, 794
1,087 98 5,643 97
8,795 4 7,001
9, 064 103 46, 986 100
1/ Revised. 2/ Preliminary. 3/ Pullets for broiler hatchery supply flocks, includes
expected pullet replacements from eggs sold during the preceding month at the rate of
125 pullet chicks per 30-doz. case of eggs. 4/ Federal-State Market News .3ervice
Slaughter reports only include poultry slaughtered under Federal Inspection. 5/ South
Atlantic States: Del., Md., W. Va., N. C., S. C., Ga., Fla., Va.
State
YOUNG CHICKENS: SLAUGHTERED UNDER PEDERAL INSPECTION BY SELECTED STATES, 1967 and 1968
Number Inspected
Indicated Percent Condemned
During July
1967
1968
Jan. thru July
1967
1968
During July
1967
1968
Jan. thru July
1967
1968
Thou.
Thou.
Thou.
Thou.
Pet.
Pet .
Pet.
Pet.
Maine
5,878
6,464
42,448 42,445 3.0
3.7
3.6
3.9
Pa.
6,615
7,444
47,635 47, 836 4.5
3.8
5. 1
4.8
Mo.
3,244
4, 536
23,022 25,371 2.9
2.7
4 .4
3.3
Del.
7,758
8,235
52,255 52, 850 4.6
4 .0
5.4
4.5
Md.
11, 613 13,300
83,688 80,097 4. 3
3.7
5.2
4.4
Va.
N. c.
4, 519
7' 188
28, 591 40,000 2.9
20,839 24,680 146,610 152,093 3.2
3.7 2.9
3.9
4.6
4.2
3.5
Ga.
32,098 33,448 230,493 215,292 4.6
4.2
5.2
5. 1
Tenn.
5,054
6, 126
35,923 36,919 4. 1
2.5
4.9
3.2
Ala.
22,468 25,090 152, 527 155, 022 2.7
3. 1
3.6
3.5
Miss.
13,239 15,936
93,853 99,653 2.2
1.9
3.3
2. 4
Ark.
28,773 32,438 200,206 201,743 2.9
2. 5
4.3
3.5
Texas
12, 597 14,354
85,388 85,903 2.8
2.8
3.3
3.8
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I --------------------------------------
1 193, 664
1, 353, 556
--------------------------------- --
3.4
3. 1
4.3
3.8
220, 169
1, 359, 437
Umted States Department of Agr1culture
Georg1a Department of Agnculture
.3t.ati c: ti cal Reoorting Service , 409A North Lumpkin Street, Athens, Geor gi a 30601
End-of-Month .5tocks of Poultry, Poultry Products, Meat and Meat Products United States -August 1968
Shell eggs declined 29 thousand cas e s from a month earlier to 233 thousand . September l stocks were 82 thousand cases below year-ear lie r holdings but 22 thousand above average. Frozen egg holdings were 108 million pounds, down l million from August 1. Year-earlier stocks totaled 99 million. Frozen poultry stocks increased 77 million pounds in August to 410 million pounds. Septe mber l holdings were 16 percent below a year earlier but 57 percent above average, Turkey holdings were 301 million pounds compared with 226 million last month, 332 million a year earlier and 157 million average. Whole turkeys totaled 268 million pounds. Parts, cut ups and further processing items totaled 33 million. Stocks of meat totaled 521 million pounds, 27 million less than a month earlier, 7 million below a year earlier and 46 million above average. Pork holdings decreased 47 million pounds in August to 198 million. Frozen pork bellies at 27 million pounds decreased 55 percent, compared with a 45 percent decrease a year earlier. All other pork items shared in the decrease in pork holdings. Beef stocks totaled 242 million pounds, 28 million above a month earlier but 3 million less than a year earlier.
Commodity
Eggs: Shell Frozen eggs, total
Poultry, frozen: Broilers or fryers Hens, fowls Turkeys Other & Unclassified
Total Poultry
Beef: Frozen in Cure and Cured
Pork: Frozen and Cooler
Other meat and meat products
Total all red meats
Unit
A ug. 1962-66 Av.
Thou.
Aug. 1967
Thou.
July 1968
Thou.
Aug. 1968
Thou.
Case
211
315
262
233
Pound -9-8--,6-2-7---------9-8-,-9-3-8---1-0-9--,6-5-2-----1-0-8-,-3-9-9---
do.
21,178
36,225 17,384
16,915
do.
32, 573
54,647 43, 274
39,660
do.
156, 536
332,059 225,950 300,885
do.
50,409
63,376 45, 886
52,494
do. 2--6-0-,6-9-6--------4-8-6-,-3-0-7---3-3-2-,-4-9-4-----4-0-9-,-9-5-4----
do.
204, 375
245, 148 214, 086 241,725
do.
181, 104
198, 586 245,030 198, 329
do.
89,482
do. 1474,961
84, 197 88,798 527,931 54 7,914
80, 500 520, 554
MID-MONTH PRICES RECEIVED AND PRICES PAID
Item
I Georgia
t
1
United States
Aug. 15 July 15 Aug. 15 Aug. 15 July 15 Aug. 15
1967
1968
1968
1967
1968
1968
Prices Received: Chickens, lb, excluding broilers Com 11 Broilers (ib.) All Chickens {lb.) All Eggs {dozens)
Prices Paid: (per ton) Broiler Grower Laying Feed
Cents Cents Cents
Cents Cents Cents
8.5 12.0 11.8 35.2 Dol. 98.00 94.00
B. 5 14.5 14.2 42.0
Dol. 91.00 83.00
9.5 14.0 13.8 43.8
Dol. 91.00 84.00
7.6 13.0 12. 5 29.9
Dol. 93.00 85.00
8.0 15. 5 14.9 32.7
Dol. 89.00 80.00
8.3 14.8 14.2 34 . 1
Dol. 88.00 79.00
This report is made possible through the cooperation of the National Poultry Improvement
Plan, Official State Agencies, the Animal Husbandry Research Division of the Agricultural
Research Service, the Inspection Branch of the Poultry Division, Consumer and Marketing
Service and the Agricultural Estimates Division of the Statistical Reporting Service and
the many breeders, hatcheries, poultry processors and the poultry farmers that report
to these agencies.
ARCHIE LANGLEY
W. A. WAGNER
Agricultural Statistician In Charge
Agricultural Statistician
After Five Days Return to: United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street
Athens, Georgia 3060 l OPFICIAL BUSINESS
Postage and Fees Paid U. S. Department of Agriculture
0 o7
S EP 2 61968
q~)w~~mL1'L? milltrm~rnt? 1{-.4~
GE0 RG I A CR0 P REP0 RT I NG
ATHENS, GEORGIA
September 25, 1968
BROILER TYPE
Placement of broiler chicks in Georgia during the w e ek e nde d Septe mbe r 21 was 7, 432, 000--8 percent less than the previous week but 2 per ce nt more than the comparable week last year, according to the Georgia Crop Report ing Se rvice.
An estimated 11, 271, 000 broiler type eggs were set by Ge orgia hatcheries-4 percent more than the previous week but l percent less than the com parable week a year earlier.
The majority of the prices paid to Georgia producers for broiler hatching eggs were reported within a range of 60 to 70 cents per dozen. T he ave rage price of hatching eggs was 64 cents per dozen. The price of eggs from flo ck s with hatchery owned cockerels generally was 2 cents below the average price . Most prices received for broiler chicks by Georgia hatcheries were reported within a range of $8.25 to $10. 50 with an average of $9.50 per hundred. T he average prices last year were 56 cents for eggs and $7. 75 for chicks.
Week Ended
GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS, AND CHICK P LA CE ME NTS
I
A v. Price
Eggs Set}_/
Chicks Placed fo r
Hat c h Broiler
Broilers in Georgia
Eggs Chicks
1967
1968
o/o of
year ago
1967
1968
o/o of
year ago
Per Doz. 1968
Per Hundred 1968
Thou.
Thou.
Pet.
Thou.
Thou. Pet. Cents Dollars
July 20 July 27 Aug. 3 Aug. 10 Aug. 17 Aug. 24 Aug. 31 Sept. 7 Sept. 14 Sept. 21
12,061 12, 164 101
12, 031 11,905
99
11, 854 11,745
99
11,517 ll' 590 10 l
11, 277 11,232 100
10, 754 11,411 106
10,171 10,763 106
10, 880 10, 134
93
10,886 10,809
99
11,433 11,271
99
9, 110 8, 840 8,822 9,020 8, 825 8,614 8, 273 8, 217 7,887 7,314
9,380 10 3
9, 161 104
9,051 103
8, 714
97
8, 590
97
8,467
98
8,318 10 l
8,034
98
8, 120 103
7,432 102
61
9 .00
61
9.00
62
9.00
63
9.25
64
9. 50
64
9. 50
64
9. 50
64
9.50
64
9. 50
64
9.50
EGG TYPE
Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the week ended Se ptember 21 was 749, 000--ll percent more than the previous week and 54 percent mo re than the comparable week last year. An estimated 907, 000 eggs for the production of egg type chicks were set by Georgia hatcheries, 8 percent less than the previous week but 121 percent more than the comparable week last year.
In the four states that accounted for about 25 percent of the hatch of all egg type chicks in the U. S. in 1967, hatchings during the week ended September 21 were up 29 percent and settings were up 22 percent from a year ago.
State
Ga. Ill. Calif. Wash.
EGG TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS HA TC HE D, 19 68
Eggs Set {Week Ended}
A ug.
Sept. Sept. Sept.
31
7
14
21
o/o of
year ago 2/
Chicks Hatc hed (Week E nded}
Aug. Sept. Sept . Sept.
31
7
14
21
935 535* 1,636 283*
Thousands l, 089 988
300 305 l, 893 1,688
223 217
907 390 l, 478 256
221 107 105
82.
760 425 l, 298 212
Thousands
693
677
210
350
l, 395 l, 460
173
181
749 425 l, 271 229
o/o of
year
ago 2 I
154 223 110
94
Total 3,389* 3, 505 3, 198 3,031 122
2,695 2, 4 71 2, 668 2,674 129
1/ Includes eggs set by hatchenes producmg chtcks for hatchery supply flocks .
2./ Current week as percent of same week last year. * Re vised.
BROILER TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL A.1.~ZAS BY WE,~ K3 - 1968 Page 2
I
EGGS SET
1j
C HI .~..J~(S PLA "? D '-' --'
STATE
I
I
Week Ended
Sept.
Sept.
.3ept.
i o/o of I
Week Ended
~ year
Se pt
Sept.
..:.Oe p t .
-- %of year
7
14
21
ago 1/ 7
14
21
ago 1/
THOUSANDS
T H O U EJANDS
Maine Conne cticut Pennsylvania Indiana Missouri Delaware Maryland Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina
l, 190 221
l, 475 588 237
l, 659 3,430 1,282
37 5,335
481
l, 996 296
l, 531 610
290 2, 067 4 , 4 07 l, 515
37 6,878
4 71
1,809 96
294 125 1, 497 109
622 124 301 61 2, 164 93 4,448 114 1, 550 100
38 34 6, 653 106
4 74 106
1,285
l, 309
l , 169
123
153
169
151
107
931
799
955
118
349
395
371
159
381
369
346
170
2, 133
2, 162
1,930
94
3,0~5
3,002
2,648
125
1,074
963
973
11 3
347
349
266
107
4,944 4, 863
4,383
136
364
328
349
86
GEORGIA
10, 134 10, 809 11,271 99
8,034
8, 120
7,432
102
Florida T enne ss ee
850 740
862 680
862 725
I 107 I
102
642 894
626 884
655
108
858
110
Alabama Missis sippi
6,089 4,455
7,795 4, 269
I 7' 911 102
4,7 95 104
5, 569 4,015
6,003 4,022
5, 753 3,889
107 103
Arkans a s Louisiana Texas
Washing t on Oregon
s;alifornia
9,336
9,6 70
9,675 107
6,856
6,970
6,712
111
926
990
966 90
835
841
780
98
C\) tll)
3, 563 486 196
4, 128 555 276
4,215 122 527 92 449 171
2, 892
2,782
2, 827
138
397
366
353
101
249
200
250
152
!-<
..ecll
(.)
1,093
l, 739
l, 681 102
l, 380
l, 284
1, 230
133
~
H
TOTAL 19 68 {22 States)
53,803 61 , 871 62,927 104 46,769 46,806 44,280
112
TOTAL 1967* (22. States)
59,326 60,789 60, 522
o/~ of Last Year
91
102
104
*1/ Current week as percent of same week last year.
Revised.
47, 181 4 5, 459 39,411
99
103
112
..e.ll.
tll)
!-< 0
Q.)
l)
.
~
. )
U IVERSITY Of GEORG1A Athens Georg 1a
Week Ending September 30, 1968 HARVEST MOVES AHEAD UNDER DRY CONDITIONS
- UBP-AR_ES
Released 3 p .m. Monday
Athens, Ga., September 30
Most of the southern three-fourths of the State remained
dry to very dry last week, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. The continued
clear skies dela yed fall seedings due to dry soils but allowed harvest of mature crops to
make good headway.
Corn harvest ran well ahead of normal for the date, accordin g to Count y Agents over the State:--About 43 percent of the crop was gathered by the week end compared with 33 and 29 percents for the same date for the past two years. Dry weather has reduce d yiel ds in many areas.
Defoliation and harvest of cotton was very active. County Agents judged about 47 percent of the crop picked. Shortages of mechanical pickers were noted in certain local i ties.
Soybean prospects continued to decline under the extended dry weather that has plagued the crop. The majority of reports indicated the current condition to be mostly poor to fair. Token harvest began in southernmost counties.
Small grain seedings were about one-fourth complete. Many areas reported soils too dry to allow land preparation or further plantings. Pastures declined a gain due to moisture shortages. Havinq was active under mostly ideal harvesting conditions where sufficient growth was available.
Pecan prospects remained very irregular as harvest neared in southern areas. Apple movement continued but at a lower volume than last year.
WEATHER SUMMAIW- Rainfall was highly variable but mostly 1ight over Geor g ia during the week ending Friday, September 27, 1968. There were many areas that received no rain at all during the week while heavy local showers brought more than 2 inches to a few widely scattered places. The observer at Lumber City measured 2.54 inches for the 24- hour period ending Friday morning. In contrast, weather stations in three nearby counties had no measurable rain during the entire week. Averages by. climatological division ranged from .78 of an inch in the northwest to only a trace in the northeast. Large areas of the State continued extremely dry at the end of the period.
Typical early fall weather, with warm days, cool nights and a high percentage of sunshine, continued throughout the week. Highs were mostly in the 80 1 s but reached 90 at a few places i n south Georgia. Early morning lows were in the 50 1 s and 6os with a few readings in the high 40 1 s in the mountains. Slightly cooler weather moved into north Georgia near the end of the period.
The dry weather that has persisted over much of Georgia throughout the year continued through September. Totals for the month were below normal over most areas except parts of the north central and northeast sections. Most of south Georgia received less than one-half the normal September rainfall. This was the 9th consecutive month of below normal rainfall for the southwest climatological division. So far this year, tha t area of Georg ia has re ceived less than two-thirds of the normally expected rain.
The five-day outlook for the period Tuesday through Saturday (October 1- 5) calls for temperatures to average near normal. Normal highs range from 78 to 84 degrees and normal lows from 52 to 62 degrees. Rainfall is expected to be moderate to heavy in the southeastern twothirds of the State and occur mainly during the latter half of the per iod. Ra infall amounts should average one-fourth to three-fourths inches.
ISSUED BY: The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, Athens, Georgia; in cooperation with the Cooperative Extension Service, University of Georgia; Georg ia Department of
Agriculture; and the Weather Bureau, ESSA, U. s. Department of Commerce.
U. s. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
WEATHER BUREAU
Athens, Georgia
ESSA
Precipitation For The Week Ending September 27~ 1968
GEORGIA
Temperature extremes for the week ending September 27 9 1968 o (Provisional)
0
Highest: 94 at Appling on the 25th.
Lm-;est: 470 at Blairsville on the
23rd ~ 24th and 25tho
* For the period September 28~30, 1968o
T Less than o005 incho
After Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 3o601
OFFICIAL BUSIN&SS
IMMEDIATE - U. S. WEATHER REPORT This report will be treated in all
Respects as letter Mail
(See Sec. 34.17, P.L. & R.)
Postage and Fees Paid
u. S. Department of .Agriculture
.~
CATTLE
ON FEED
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING
SERVICE
OCTOBER I, 1968
IVERSITY OF GE6R61A
Released 10/23/68
OCT2 5 1968
Georgia
Cattle .2.!:!. Feed Up 10,000 Head
LI BRARIES
On October I there were 52,000 head of cattle and calves on ~rain feed for slau ~ hter in Georgia. Accordin g to the Crop Reporting Service, this was 10,000 head, or 24 per cent above the number on feed last year at th is time. The October I inventory in Georgia showed a seasonal increase of 27 per cent from the previous quarter when 41,000 head were on feed.
Fed cattle sold for slaughter during the July-September quarter totaled 30,000 head. This compared with 35,000 during the same period of 1967 and 40,000 during the April - June quarter of this year. There were 41,000 cattle and calves placed on feed during the July - September quarter - - 8 per cent above the number placed a year ago and 116 per cent above placements during the previous quarter.
Cattle feeders in Georgia had 49,000 steers and 3,000 heifers on October I. Of the 52,000 head total, 3~,000 had been on feed less than 3 months, 9,000 had been on feed 3-6 months and the remaining _.4,000 had been on feed more than 6 months.
Major Feeding States
Cattle!:!. Feed Up Jj_ Per Cent
Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market on October I, 1968 in 32 major feed i ng States is estimated at 9,506,000 head, II percent more than a year earlier.
Placements and Marketings Up
Cattle and calves placed on feed in the 32 States during July-September totaled 5, 936 ,000
head, an increase of 14 per cent or 721,000 head from the same period in 1967. Placements were up 8 per cent in the North Central States and 16 per cent in the Western States. Shipments of stocker and feeder cattle into the 8 Corn Belt States during July and August were up 17 per cent from the same period in 1967.
Marketings of fed cattle for slaughter during the third quarter totaled 5,73b,OOO head -7 per cent or 3bl ,000 head above the corresponding period in 1967. Fed cattle market i ngs were up 5 per cent in the North Central States and 8 per cent in the It/estern States.
Marketing Intentions
Of the October l number on feed, cattle feeders intend to market 5,3S5,000 head during October, November and December. If these intentions materialize, marketings from those on feed October I, 1968 will be 7 percent above October-December marketings last year. Intentions are to market 34 per cent of the 3-month total during October, 32 per cent durin g November, and 34 per cent during December. Expected marketings are based on the usual relationship of survey data and actual marketings.
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
\tJ. PAT PARKS Agricultural Statistic ian
ISSUED BY: The Georgia Crop Reportin g Service, USDA, 409A North Lumpkin Street, Athens, Ga., in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture.
STATE
GEORGIA Alabama Florida Mississippi Tennessee Kentucky Oklahoma Texas Pennsylvania
12 N. Cent. Sts. II It/estern Sts.
32 States Total
Cattle and Calves on Feed, Placements and Marketings
By Quarters l l
NUMBER PLACED
CATTLE ON FEED
ON FEED ]/
:Oct. 1 July 1
1967
1968
(000)
Oct. 1 :Oct. 1 :July 1 Oct. 1
1968
1967 : 1968
1968
(000)
NUMBER
Mi\RKETED ]/
Oct. 1: Ju 1y 1 :Oct. 1 1967: ' 1968 1968 (000)
42
41
52
17
15
22
37
35
46
18
11
19
19
14
24
37
38
39
141
123
179
644
748
907
51
60
61
38
19
41
12
8
18
26
23
30
16
7
16
16
7
19
20
16
22
116
89
148
455
494
630
37
19
43
35
40
30
8
16
11
21
32
19
9
8
8
9
14
9
20
30
21
86
107
92
395
507
471
33
39
42
5. 191 . 5. 743 2,391 2,480
5,482 2,675
3,052 2,204 3.310 1,L~27 1,519 1,659
3,390 3,556 3,571 1'351 1,419 1,464
8,588 9,308 9,506
5,215 4,405 5,936 5,357 5,768 5, 738
Cattle and Calves on Feed by Weight Groups, Kind of Cattle
and Length of Time on Feed, Georgia and 32 Major Feeding States,
By Quarters l l
Breakdown of Cattle on Feed
Oct . I 1967
GEORGIA July I 1968 (000)
Oct. I 1968
Oct. I 1967
32 MAJOR STATES
July 1
Oct. I
1968
1968
(000)
Total on Feed Weight Groups
Under 500 1bs . 500-699 lbs. 700-899 lbs. 900-1,099 lbs. I, 100 lbs. and over
42
41
4
5
15
3
17
24
6
9
52
8,588
9,308
23
708
461
10
1 ,873
2,015
13
3,073
4,101
6
2,571
2,323
363
408
9.506
767 2,262 3,498 2,636
343
Kind of Cattle: Steers and Steer Calves Heifers and Heifer Calves Cows and Others
37
37
5
4
49
6,028
6,437
3
2,544
2,842
16
29
6,553
2,933 20
Time On Feed: Under 3 Months 3-6 Months Over 6 Months
35
16
5
14
2
11
39
4,976
4,206
9
2,377
3,250
4
I, 235
I ,852
5, 727 2,632
1 '147
l l Cattle and calves on feed are animals being fattened for the slaughter market on grain or
other concentrates which are expected to produce a carcass that will grade good or better.
l l Includes cattle placed on feed after beginning of quarter and marketed by end of quarter.
After Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Stati.stical Reporting Service
409A North Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Postage and Fees ~aid U. S. Department of Agriculture
SE PTEMBER 1, 1968
UNITED STATES STOCKS OF SOYBE AN S IN ALL POSITIONS
OCT 31968
LIBRARIES
Carryover of old crop soybeans in all positions on September 1 tot a led 166 .6 mill ion bushels, according to the Crop Reporting Board. This compares with 90.1 mill ion bushels on hand a year earlier; 35.6 mill ion bushels on hand September 1, 1966 ; and 29.7 mill ion bushels on hand Sept ember 1, 1965. Further historical comparisons for September 1 based on survey data are not available, since this series of estimates was initiated with the Septem be r 1,1965 report.
Of the total September 1, 1968 soybean stocks, 29 mi ll ion bushels were owned by the
Commodity Credit Corporation, and CCC loans were outstanding on an add it ional 109 mi ll ion
bushels.
,
The September I end-of-year stocks indicate a disappearance of 896 mill ion bushels since September I, 1967. Beginning supplies on September 1, 1967 were I ,063 mi ll ion bus hels (carryover of 90 mill ion bushels plus 1967 production of 973 mill ion bushels). Re corded dis appearance since September I, 1967 totaled 892 mill ion bushels, consistin g of 576 mill ion bushels crushed, approximately 267 mill ion bushels exported, and 4~ mill ion for seed and feed.
Soybean Stocks, September I, 1~ 68 with comparisons (In thousand bushels)
Position
On Farms 2:/
Commodity Credit Corp. 3/
Hills, Elev. & Whses. 1/-!1
September 1
1966 .!/
4,412 0
31 ,227
September 1967
41 ,626 0
48,SJ 1
July I 196b
120,698 0
164,442
September 1968
2/60,949 29
105,589
TOTAL
35,639
90, I37
2&5, I40
166,567
l/ No average available. September I stocks estimates initiated in 1~65. Formerly estimated
as of October I. 11 Estimates of the Crop Reporting Board. 11 C.C.C. - owned grain at bin
sites. !!_/All off- farm storages not otherwise designated, including terminals and p rocessing
plants. Includes C.C.C.-owned grain in these storages. 2/ Revised.
(Please turn page)
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician in Charge
C. L. CHE NSHAI,J Agricultural Statistician
ISSUED BY: The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, United States Department of Ag riculture, 409A North Lumpkin Street, Athens, Ga. in cooperation with the Geor gia Department of Agriculture.
Soybeans- - Stocks on Farms, Sep t ember l, 1968 , Total
and Off - Fa rm Stocks. Seo tember 1 a nd July 1
On Farms
Off - Farm to t a l 2/
Total a l l positio ns 3/
State
Sept . I, Sept . 1, Jul y I, Sept. 1, Sept. 1,
Jul y I,
Sept. 1,
196L 1/
1 ~6 7
1968
1968
196 7
1s68
196e
.-------~-----1-,0-0-0--~----.-! ,-0~0~0------l~,-00-0------~l~,0-0-0------~I ~,0-0-0------~l ,-0-0-0 -----l~,~00-0---
bushels
bushels
bushels
bushels
bushels
bushe ls
bushels
I'J y
3
N J
2
Pa .
12
*
2
2
47
rr 0)
Ohio
2,00tl
l ,963
9,509
4,37b
2,863
14,2 78
6, 386
Ind.
l ,055
2,129
U,914
6, 689
3, 373
12, 701
7,744
Ill.
3, 683
7,8b3
27,731
19 ,139
10,289
L~3,386
22,822
Mich. \lis. Minn. Iowa Mo.
204
166 18 ,906 26 ,225
I /}77
87
L~ s
6 , 721 12, 381 2, 9L~3
727 576 18,196
37,958 9, 398
168
109 17 ,084 32 ,688 6 , 569
173 267 17, 997 31, s t:. l
3, 782
I , 083 976
L~6 , _. 06
83' 123 13 , 459
372 27 5 35,990 58,91 3
8 ,046
N. Dak.
s. Dak .
479
329
450
200
701
I , 188
679
794
106
28 L ~
186
87 8
I ' 7L:.':)
980
Nebr. Kans Del.
Md. Va.
N. C.
s. c.
Ga.
2, Ill
93 15
11
41 271
1,412
32 5
1 '500
l , 63 1
563*
89 5
20
3, 7L}5 2' 155
*
I ,943*
I ,972
I ,UL~ 3
2' 1 ~5
880... " ;':
i:
697 557
3,698 2, 147
6 7, v-
I, 185 12l{.
8' 141+
2,897
;':
) , 300 L:. , 326 2 , 623
4 ,306 973
* 96*8
I , 969
Fla.
28
Ky. Tenn. Ala. Miss.
33 279 51 747
l ,260 723
-1<
6,001
5,223*
*
13 8 I ,582
l , l~7 3
I, JL:- 5
6 ,837 6 , 967
189**
2 , 329
Ark. La.
367
120
I ,67*5
4' 121
998
l ,G7 5
*
4 , 722
l '11 8
Okla.
25
Texas
3 L~
2,456*
72 2,382
?.,523
97 2,416
N. Mex.
Nev.
Cal if. Unallocated
*
5 577
* *
*
21.191
*
8. Y07
*
6 137
;':
*
23.779
*
9.99 3
U. S.
60.949
48. 511
164.442
105 618
90.137
28S. 140
166.567
* Included in unallocat ed to avoid disclo sing individua l op er ations. l / Revised. 2/ Include s st ocks a t mills,
elevD.tors, war ehouse s, t enninal s, proc e ssors, and CCC- owned gr a in a t bin site s. 3 r 0ff-.f 2.nn to t al plus f a nn
stocks.
Aft er Five D~ys Return to
Unite d St a t e s Department of Agriculture Statistical Reporting Service 409A Horth Lumpkin Stre et Athens, Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSTI.fE SS
Postage and Fe e s Pa id U. S. Depe,rtmcnt of Agriculture
@illU@lNr1frWill
[pffi~@~0
September 15, 1968
Georqia Prices Received Index 1 Points Higher
The Index of Prices Received by Georyia Farmers for All Commodities increased 2 points to 263 during the month ended September 15, 1968. This was 14 points above the September 15, 1967 I nde>~ of 249.
The prices of cotton and cottonseed were higher than last month, but the prices of most other crops were the same or lower, so that the All Crop Index dec! ined I point to 276. This was 13 points higher than the September 15, 1967 Index of 263.
Cattle and broiler prices were lower than a month ago, but hog, egg, and milk prices were hi gher, and the I ivestock index increased 7 points to 233. This was 15 points above September I 5 , 19 67
UNITED STATES PRICES RECEIVED INDEX UP 6 POINTS P/\RITY INDEX UP 2 POINTS,ADJUSTED P.t\RITY KATIO 81
During the month ended September 15, the Index of Prices Received by Farmers advanced 6 points (2 percent) to 267 percent of its 1910-14 average, according to the Crop l{eporting Board. Contributing most to the increase were strong seasonal gains in egg and milk prices. Partially offsetting were price declines for cattle, soybeans, and chickens. The September index was 6 percent above a year earlier.
The Index of Prices Paid by Farmers for Commodities and Services, including Interest, Taxes, and Farm Wage Rates climbed 2 points (1/2 percent) during the month to 356, a record high. The index was 4 percent higher than a year earlier.
With the Prices Received Index up 6 points and the Parity Index up 2 points, the prel iminary Adjusted Parity Ratio advanced to 81.
Index
I 91 0- Jl+ = I 00
INDEX NUMBERS -- GEORGIA AND UNITtD STATES
Sept. 15 August 15
Sept. 15
1967
1968
1968
Record Hiqh
Index
Date
Georqia Prices Received
All Commodities All Crops Livestock and Livestock Products
249
261
263
277
218
226
263
310 March 1951
276
319 March 1951 l l
233
295 Sept. 1948
United States Prices Received
Parity Index 11
Parity l~at io
253
261
343
35!.:.
74
74
267
313 Feb. 1951
356
356 Sept. 1968
75
123 Oct. 1946
Adjusted Parity Ratio }/
(pre I imi na ry)
79
79
81
l l Also April 1951. 11 Prices Paid, Interest, Taxes, and Farm Wage Rates based on data for the indicated dates. 11 The Adjusted Parity Ratio, reflecting Government payments, averaged 79 for
the year 1967 compared with 74 for the Parity Ratio. Preliminary Adjusted Ratios for the current year, supplied by the Economic Research Service are based on estimated C3Sh receipts from marketings and estimates of Government payments for the current calendar year.
ARCHIE LANGLEY
\:I I LL Ii\1~ A. !.J,~GI~ ER
~icultural Statistician In Charge
Agr i cultural Sta ti stician
ISSUtD BY: The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, USDA, 409A North Lumpkin Street, Athens, Ga.,
in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture.
Pi<ICES -- RECEIVED /\ND P :~ID BY FAKMERS SEPTEMBEr{ 15 . 1'::l b8 UITH COM?AiUSOi'-I S
GEO i ~G I A
UN I TED STAT E
: Sept. 15 .1\u g. 15 :Sept. 15 Se!) t. 15 Au 9 . 15
Commod i ty a nd Unit
196 7
l96b
l96b
l <.J67
1968
PRIC ES ; ECE IVED
Whea t , bu. Oa t s, bu .
$ l. 35
$
,80
l. 15
.n
l. 15
.n
l. 39 .638
l. 19 .533
Co r n, bu.
$ l. l 0
l. 17
l. 07
l. 12
.986
Bar 1e' , bu.
$
.96
.95
.95
. 982
.814
Sor j hum Grain, cwt.
$ 2.05
l. 80
l .80
1.63
Co t ton, lb. Co t to nseed, ton
23.5
$ so.oo
26.5 49.00
27.5 50.00
21.27 51 ,80
25.99 55.70
Soybeans, bu.
$ 2.55
2.50
2.53
2.51
Peanu t s, lb.
11 .6
12.0
II 6
11.5
12.0
Swee tpo t atoes, cwt.
$ 6.70
7.50
6,00
3.59
4.67
Hay, Ba 1ecJ, ton:
,'\ l l
$ 26.80
29.00
28.50
22.10
21.30
Alfalfa
$ 35.00
34.00
34.00
22.60
21.50
Lespedeza
$ 28.00
29.50
29.00
23.60
23.80
Peanut Mi Jk Cows, head
$ 22.00 $ 200,00
25.00 200.00
25.00 210,00
22.70 264.00
22.70
277 .oo
Ho ~ s, cwt.
Beef Ca t tle, All, cwt. l/
$ 1~. 20 $ 19.40
18.60 20.50
19 .10 20.20
19. l 0 23.00
19.00 23. 90
Cows, cwt. 1/
$ 16.20
16.50
16 .30
16 .50
1/ .40
Steers and Heifers, cwt.
$ 22.00
23.30
23.00
25.00
25.70
Calves, cwt.
$ 23.90
26.90
25 /:i O
26 .70
27. 80
Milk, ~ holesale, cwt.:
Fl u i d 1'1a rke t
$ 6.60
6.45
5.67
5. 72
Manufactured
$
}/4.06
4.18
All }/ Turkeys, lb.
$ 6.60
21 .o
6.45 21.0
~/ 6.75
21.0
5.20
20 . l
5.24 20.2
Chickens, lb.:
Excludin g Broilers Commercial Broilers
8.0
11.5
~.5
14.0
10,0 13.5
7.5 12 . 5
8.3 1Lf, 8
i\ ll
11 3
I 3.B
13.3
11. 9
14.2
Eggs, All, doz.
38.3
43.8
54. 1
32.0
34. 1
Sept. 15 1968
1. 22 .561
1 01 .875
1. 62 26.24 51.00
2.40
II 6
3.85
21.70 21 .90 24.00 22.70 278.00 19.50 23.60 17.00 25.50 27.30
4/5.46 -20.6
8.2 14. 1 13.4 42.7
PRICES PAID, FEED:
Mixed Dairy Feed, ton: 11
14% Protein 16% Protein 18% Protein 20% Protein Cot t onseed Meal, 41%, cwt. Soybean Meal, 44%, cwt. Bran, cwt. Midcll ings, cwt. Corn Mea 1, cwt.
Poultry Feed, ton 11
Broiler Grower Feed Laying Feed Ch i ck Starter Alfalfa Hay, ton All Other Hay, ton
$ 70.00 $ 76.00
$ 31 .oo
$ 83.00 $ 5.00 $ 5.30 $ 3.95 $ 4.00 $ 3.40
$ 98.00 $ 93.00
$ l oo. 00
$ 38.00 $ 34.00
71 .oo
7L:. 00 78.00 80.00
5. j 0 5. I 0
3.80 3.90 3.20
91 .00 84.00 94.00 33.00 3I .00
72.00 76.00 80.00 82.00
s.oo
5.10 3.80 3.85 3.30
90.00 85.00
~4.00
33.00 31.00
68.00 73. 0() 75.00 81.00
5.33 5 L:-] 3.47
3.57
3.38
93.00 85.00 96.00 32.30 30.70
67 .00 70.00 73.00
77 .oo
5.31
5. 51
3.36 3.43 3. 13
88 . 00 79.00 93.00 31.70 30.10
66.00 70.00 73.00 76.00
5.30
5.56
3.29 3.40 3. 12
89.00 79 .00 93.00 32.20 30. l 0
l l "Cows" and "steers and heifers" combined with allowance where necessary for slaughter bulls. 11 Includes cull dairy cows sold for slaughter, but not dairy cows for herd replacement.
!13/ Revised. Preliminary.
Af t er Five Days Return to Un ite d States Department of Agriculture
~ tatistical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Pos t a ge and Fees Paid U. S. Department of Agriculture
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING
ATHENS, GEORGIA
Octo ber 2, 1968
BROILER TYPE
Placement of broiler chicks in Georgia during the week ended September 28 was 7, 356,000--1 percent less than the previous we ek and 6 percent less than the comparable week last year, according to the Georgia Crop Re porting Se rvice.
An estimated 10, 834, 000 broiler type eggs were set by Georgia hatche ries-4 percent less than the previous week but 4 percent more than the comparabl e week
a year earlier. The majority of the prices paid to Georgia producers for broiler hatching e ggs
were reported within a range of 60 to 70 cents per dozen. The aver age p rice of hatd1ing eggs was 64 cents per dozen. The price of eggs from flocks with hatcher y owned cockerels generally was 2 cents below the average price. Most prices re-
ceived for broiler chicks by Georgia hatcheries were repo rted within a range of $8.25 to $10 .50 with an average of $9 . 50 per hundred. The average prices last year were 55 cents for eggs and $ 7. 50 for chicks.
Week Ended
July 27 Aug. 3 Aug. 10 Aug. 17 Aug. 24 Aug. 31 Sept. 7 Sept. 14 Sept. 21 Sept. 28
GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS, A ND CHICK PLACE MENTS
Eggs Set J)
1967 Thou.
1968 Thou.
o/o of year ago
Pet.
Chicks Placed for
Broilers in Georgia
1967
1968
o/o of
year
ago
Thou.
Thou. Pet.
Av. Price
Hatch Eggs P er Doz . 1968
Broiler Chicks Per Hundred 1968
Cents Dollars
12,031 11,905
99
8,840
9, 16 1 104
61
11,854 11, 745
99
8, 822
9,051 103
62
11,517 11, 590 101
9,020
8, 71 4 97
63
11,277 11, 232 100
8,825
8, 590 97
64
10, 7 54 11,411 106
8,614
8,467 98
64
10, 171 10,763 106
8,273
8,318 10 1
64
10, 880 ' 10, 134
93
8,217
8,034 98
64
10, 886 '' 10, 809
99
7,887
8, 120 103
64
11, 433 11 ,' 271
99
7,314
7, 4 32 10 2
64
10,465 10, 834 104
7, 812
7,356
94
64
9.00 9.00 9.25 9. 50 9.50 9.50 9. 50 9.50 9.50 9. 50
EGG TYPE
Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the week ended Septembe r 28 was 782, 000--4 percent more than the previous week and 55 perc~p.t more than the comparable week last year. An estimated 99 5, 000 eggs for the production of egg type chicks were set by Georgia hatcheries, 10 percent more than the pr eviou s week and 81 percent more than the comparable week last year.
In the four stp.tes that accounted for about 25 percent of the hatch of all egg type chicks in the U. S. in 1967, hatchings during the week ended September 28 were up 14 percent but settings were down 7 percent from a year ago.
EGG TYPE EGGS SET ~ND CHICKS HATCHED, 19 68
State
Eggs Set (Week Ended)
Sept. 7
Sept > _Sept.
14 "21
Sept. 28
o/o of
year ago~/
Chicks Hatched (Week E nded)
Sept. 7
Sept. 14
S e p t. 21
Sept. 28
o/o of year
ago J:J
Ga. Ill. Calif. Wash.
Thousands
1,089
988 907
995 181
300
305 390
355 61
l, 893 1,688 l, 478 1,654 81
223
217 256
202 76
693 210 l, 395 173
Thousands
677
74 9
350
42 5
l, 460 l , 271
181
229
782 155 235 86 l, 405 112 179 70
Total
3, 505 3, 198 3,031 3, 206 93 2, 4 71 2,668 2,6 74 2,601 114
1/ Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatchery s upply flocks .
2/ Current week as percent of same week last year.
-BROILER TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL AREAS BY W~EKS- 1968 Page 2
I
EGGS SET
CHICKS PLACED
STATE
-
Week Ended
o/o of
Week Ended
I o/o of
I
Sept. 14
Sept. 21
Sept. 28
THOUSANDS
year ago}:_/
Sept. 14
Sept. 21
Sept. 28
THOUSA NDS
year
I ago}:_/
Maine Connecticut Pennsylvania
Indiana Missouri Delaware Maryland Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina
1, 996 296
l, 531 610 290
2,067 4,407 1, 515
37 6, 878
471
1, 809 294
l , 497 622 301
2, 164 4,44 8 1, 550
38 6, 653
474
1, 628 92 158 48
1, 493 128 643 136 252 53
2,066 114 4 , 196 115 1, 508 113
35 27 6, 793 118
451 96
1, 309
1, 169
833
7t.:
169
151
105
56
799
955
958
109
395
371
253
73
369
346
366
110
2, 162
1,930
l, 546
72
3, 002
2,648
2,667
98
963
973
810
81
349
266
304
91
4, 863
4,383
3,713
75
328
349
335
90
GEORGIA.
10 , 809 11 , 271 10, 834 104
8, 120
7,432
7, 356
94
Florida Tennessee Alabama Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas
Washington Oregon California
TOTAL 1968 (22 States}
862
862
868 111
626
655
637
113
680
725
728 103
884
858
802
121
7,795
7' 911
7,938 111
6,003
5, 753
5, 009
85
4, 269
4, 795
4, 730 108
4,022
3,889
3,833
108
9, 670
9,675
9, 867 126
6,970
6,712
6,876
107
990
966
877 85
841
780
724
93
4, 128
4, 215
4,051 133
2,782
2,827
2, 691
96
555
527
441 91
366
353
343
100
276
449
326 85
200
250
163
81
l, 739
l, 681
1, 659 141
l, 284
1,230
873
72
61,871 62,927 61, 542 112 46, 806 44,280 41, 197
92
TOTAL 1967* (22 States}
60,789 60, 522 54,757
45,459 39,411 44,638
%of Last Year
-_1I Current weeK.
as
102 percent of
same
104 week
last
112 year.
* Revised.
103
112
92
......
0
Cl) tl()
..1rco-1
0
~
H
Week Ending October 7, 1968
LIBRARIES
Released 3 p.m. Monday
COTTON AND CORN HARVEST OVER 50 PERCENT COMPLETE
Athens, Ga., October 7 --Statewide, cotton and corn harvest was over 50 percent
complete by the end of the week, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. Much
of the State continued to experience dry soil conditions. However, general rains during
most of Sunday helped to alleviate this problem over much of the State.
County Agents reported good progress in ~ harvest during the week. About 57 percent of the State acreage had been harvested compared to 43 percent last week.
Cotton harvest continued active with 5~ percent of the crop picked. Almost ~0 percent of the cotton in the extreme sou.thern areas has been harvested.
Soybean condition was mostly poor to fair. Yield prospects continued to decline as the result of the extended dry weather. Harvest of a few fields in southern areas was reported.
Small~ seeding made little headway with 38 percent of the acreage planted. Land preparation and seeding should increase in most areas following the rain received during the weekend.
Pastures and~ crop condition continued to decline. However, haymaking remained active throughout most of the State. Pecan prospects remained spotty.
\lEATHER SUMMARY- Light rain occurred over most of north Georgia but very little was reported in the southern half of the State during the week ending Friday, October 4. Amounts in the north were generally less than one-half inch and provided little or no relief from the dry conditions. More than one-half of the observers reporting from south of the Fall Line recorded no rain. Most of this area continued extremely dry at the end of the period. Averages by climatological division ranged from .42 of an inch in the east central to only a trace in the northeast and south central. A general rain area moved into the State late in the weekend bringing moderate to locally heavy amounts to most of north Georgia and light amounts to the south. However, rain was still falling over much of the south Monday morning. Totals for the 24-hour period ending Monday morning exceeded an inch over most of north Georgia.
Temperatures were warm most of the week but turned much cooler at the weekend. A cold front moved into the State Thursday night and dropped temperatures 10 to 20 lower than they had been earlier in the week. Many places experienced new record lows for the date on Saturday morning with readings in the 30's in much of the north and the 40's in other areas, except the extreme south. The Blairsville Experiment Station recorded 27 and frost was reported at several places over the northern third of the State. Averages for the week ranged from 2 above normal at Savannah to 4 below normal at Athens and Rome.
The five-day outlook for the period Tuesday through Saturday (October 8- 12) calls for . temperatures to average near normal in the north to a little above normal in the south. Normal highs range from 75 to 81 and normal lows from 50 to 59. Kainfall is expected to be heavy in the north and moderdte in the south and occur late in the period.
JSSUED-BY:- Th; Georyi~ Crop-R;porti;g-S;r~i~e~ Athe;s~ Georgi~;-;; ~oop;r~tio; with-the-Cooperative Extension Service, University of Georgia; Georgia Department of Agriculture; and the Weather Bureau, ESSA, U. S. Department of Commerce,
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE WEATHER BUREAU Athens, Georgia ESSA.
Precipitation For The Week Ending October 49 1966
GEORGIA
Temperature extremes for the week ending October 4, 1968o (Provisional)
Highest g 97 at Bainbridge on the 3rd. Lowestg J90 at LaFayette on the 4th.
oll
T
0
~ ~
* For the period October 5-7, 1968.
T Less than o00'5 inches o
After Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Stat i st ical Repo r tin g Service 409A North Lumpkin St reet Athens, Geo r g ia 30601
IMMEDIATE - U. S. WEATHER REPORT This report wi ll be treated in all
Respe cts as Lette r Mail (See Sec. 34.17, P.L. & R.)
Fo sta ge a nd Fees Paid . U. S. Depa r tme it of Agriculture
IVEitSJTY OF GEORGIA
OC T1 019 8
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE - ATHENS, GEORGIA
Re leased October 8, 1968
GEORGIA COTTON REP ORT AS OF OCTOBER I, 1968
Cotton prospects for Georgia as of October I were for a production of 280,000 bales (500 pounds gross weight) based on information furnished by crop correspondents and ginners as announced by the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. The current forecast is 75,000 bales below last month but 52,000 bales above the 1967 crop of 228,000 bales. Indica ted yield per acre of 345 pounds is 63 pounds below the 1967 yield and 86 pounds below average .
Dry weather that has persisted over much of Georgia throu ghout the growing season reduced yield in most area s . The s hortage of moisture during September hastened maturity and good progress was ma de in harvesting operations. Harvest was about three- fourths complete in southern distr i ct s by October I, one- half complete in the central area ano just beginning active in the northern area. A high ~ercentaye of the crop will be harvested with mechanical pickers.
The Bureau of Census reports 154,000 running bales ginned to October I compared to 80,000 bales to same date last year and 131,000 bales in 1966.
INDICATED COTTON PRODUCTIOtJ, l9b8; FINAL PRODUCTION, I:J67, 1966
Crop Reporting
District
196~
1'.:167
1:;66
Non-Cotton
..J
~
-.i.
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
State
16,000
9, 000
12,000 20,000 53,000 52,000 41,000 69,000
b,OOO
2, 5~ 6 7 ,004
7,3 17 16 , 773 L:)-,297 L~3 ,955 32,2 15
67,943 2 ,900
280,000 228,000
18,470 10,900 12,560 24 ,280 62,110 63,750 43,390 72,340
8,200
316,000
I
Macon
0
.Columbus
Please see reverse side for
UNITED STATES information.
Albany
7
Valdosta
UN ITED STATES - COTTON ~EPORT AS OF OCTOBER l, l ~68
The Crop Reporting Board of the Statistical Reportin g Service makes the following report from data furnished by crop correspondents, field statisticians, Bureau of the Census, Agricul tural Stabilization and Conservation Service, and cooperatin g State agencies. The final outturn of cotton compared with this forecast will depend upon whether the various influences affecting the crop during the remainder of the season are more or less favorable than usual.
State
N. c. s. c.
Ga.
T~nn.
Ala. Mo.
Miss. Ark. La. Okla. Texas
N. Mex. Ariz. Cal if. Other
States 11
Acres for
harvest
196~ l l
1,000 acres
200 345 390 355 53 5 200
i '1 50
1 ,025 410 380
4,175
I 53 295 6bo
25
Lint y ie 1d per harvested acre
1962-66 1967 average
196~
indic.
Pounds Pounds Pounds
365
277
324
440
44S
376
431
408
345
5b8
295
47 3
458
278
3~5
54SJ
314
480
65/
567
vb9
538
333
515
556
621
585
2G9
251
316
369
376
400
G57 l ,051 1,091
619
GJ2
8b7
1 ,066
847
1,094
403
410
410
Production 2/
500-pound qross wei qht bales
Indicated
1962-66 averaqe
1967 :Sept. l' 1968
Oct. l'
1~68
I ,000
1,000
I ,000
I ,000
ba Jes
bales
-bal-es
bales
263
44
150
135
448
179
315
270
527
228
355
280
576
145
370
350
r75r, 7.o
19 7
480
5~
190
440 200
I ,887 I ,343
566 303 4,223
I ,054
497 428 194 2,767
1, 650 I, I00
530 240 3,450
I, 650 I, 100
500 250 3,475
242
776 1,661
I 57 454 1 ,040
185 635 1'525
1:1 5 655 I ,550
38
12
22
21. 1
u. s.
10,318
500
447
515 13,986
7,455
I 1,197
11 ,071
Amer. Egypt. !I
67.4
537
502
526
Ill 7
69.8
72.8
73.8
l l August 1 estimate. 2/ Production ginned and to be ginned. A 500-1 b. bale contains about
480 net pounds of 1int. 11 Virginia, Florida, Ill ino is, Kentucky, and Nevada . !I Included in
State and United States totals. Grown in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California.
C, L. CRENSHAvJ Agricultural Statistician
/\RCH IE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
After Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Postage and Fees Paid U. S. Department of Agriculture -
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ATHENS, GEORGIA
October 9, 1968
BROILER TYPE
Placement of broiler chicks in Georgia during the week ended October 5 was 8, 034, 000--9 percent more than the previous week and slightly more than the comparable week last year, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service.
An estimated 9, 941, 000 broiler type eggs were set by Georgia hatcheries--8 percent less than the previous week and 7 percent less than the comparable week a year earlier.
The majority of the prices paid to Georgia producers for broiler hatching eggs were reported within a range of 60 to 70 cents per dozen. The average price of hatching eggs was 64 cents per dozen. The price of eggs from flocks with hatchery owned cockerels generally was 2 cents below the average price. Most prices received for broi~er chicks by Georgia hatcheries were reported within a range of $8.25 to $10. 50 with an average of $9. 50 per hundred, The average prices last year were 55 cents for eggs and $7. 50 for chicks,
GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS, AND CHICK PLACEMENTS
Week Ended
Eggs Set]._/
1967 Thou.
1968 Thou.
o/o of
year a o
Pet.
Chicks Placed for Broilers in Georgia
1967 Thou.
1968 Thou.
%of year ago
Pet.
Av. Price
Hatch Broiler
Eggs Chicks
Per
Per
Doz.
Hundred
1968
1968
Cents Dollars
Aug. 3
11, 854 11,745
99
8, 822
9,051
103
62
Aug. 10
11, 517 11, 590 101
9,020
8, 714
97
63
Aug. 17
11, 277 11,232 100
8,825
8, 590
97
64
Aug. 24
10, 754 11, 411 106
8,614
8,467
98
64
Aug. 31
10, 171 10, 763 106
8, 273
8,318 101
64
Sept. 7
10, 880 10, 134
93
8,217
8,034 98
64
Sept. 14
10, 886 10, 809
99
7, 887
8, 120 103
64
Sept. 21
11,433 11, 271
99
7,314
7,432 102
64
Sept. 28
10,465 10, 834 104
7, 812
7,356
94
64
Oct. 5
10, 736
9,941
93
8, 021
8,034 100
64
9.00
9.25 9. 50 9.50 9.50 9.50 9.50 9.50 9.50 9.50
EGG TYPE
Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the week ended October 5 was 837, 000--7 percent more than the previous week and 138 percent m?re than the comparable week last year. An estimated 919,000 eggs for the productl.on of egg type chicks were set by Georgia hatcheries, 8 percent less than the prev10us week but 132 percent more than the comparable week last year.
In the four states that accounted for about 25 percent of the hatch of all egg type chicks in the U, S, in 1967, hatchings during the week ended October 5 were up 33 percent and settings were up 26 percent from a year ago.
State
Ga. Ill Calif. Wash.
EGG TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS HATCHED ' 1968
Eggs Set (Week Ended)
% of
Chicks Hatched (Week Errl ed)
Sept. Sept. Sept. Oct. year
Sept. Sept. Sept. Oct.
14
21
28
5
ago 2/
14
21
28
5
1,046* 425*
1,688 217
Thousands
907 995 390 355 1, 478 l, 654 256 202
919 232 250 74 l, 697 107 259 169
677 350 1, 460 181
Thousands
749
782
425
235
1, 271 1, 405
229
179
837 255 1, 279 167
%of year
ago 2 I
238 175 104
89
Total 3,376* 3,031 3, 206 3, 125 126
2,668 2,674 2, 601 2, 538 133
1/ Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatchery supply flocks.
2/ Current week as percent of same week last year.
BROILER TYPE EGGS SET AND CHI CKS PLACED IN CO MMERCIAL ARE AS BY WEEKE - 1968 Page 2
STATE
EGGS SET
Week Ended
Sept.
Sept.
21
28
Oct. 5
j o/o of
I year ago 1/
C HICKS PLACED
Sept. 21
Week Ended
3ept.
Oct.
28
5
I o/o of
I year ago 1/
THOUSANDS
THOUSANDS
Maine Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana Missouri Delawa re Maryland Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina
l, 809 294
l, 497 622 301
2, 164 4,448 l , 550
38 6, 653
474
1,628 158
1, 493 643 252
2,066
4, 196 1, 508
35 6, 793
451
l, 595 88 290 108
1, 449 115 522 109 293 75
l , 743 93 4, 176 107 l, 411 102
36 30 5, 228 105
459 103
l, 169
833
l, 384
96
151
105
127
66
955
958
864
105
371
253
411
150
346
366
349
97
1,930
1, 546
1,885
86
2, 648
2, 667
3,268
119
973
810
1, 083
116
266
304
385
98
4,383
3,713
4,992
101
349
335
333
91
'+-< 0
.I..'.l.l
CD 1-t 0 <ll
\.)
GEORGIA
11,271 10, 834
9,941
93
7,432
7,356
8,034
100
Florida
862
868
900 105
655
637
653
115
Tennessee
725
728
759 112
858
802
908
117
Alabama Mississippi
7, 911 4, 795
7, 938 4,730
7, 523 105 4, 348 109
5, 753
5,009
6,007
99
3, 889
3,833
3, 864
102
Arkansas
Louisiana Texas
Washington Oregon ~ahfornia
9, 675
966 4, 215
527 449 1, 681
9, 867 877
4,051 441 326
1, 659
9. 297 115 860 82
3, 647 117 427 146 245 126
1, 165 79
6, 712
6,876
7,032
106
780
724
884
111
2, 827
2, 691
2,973
102
353
343
455
120
250
163
192
75
1, 230
873
1,329
107
<ll CD 1-t
u..Ic'll
1=1
H
.. .
TOTAL 1968 (22 States)
62,927 61, 542 56,314 103 44 , 280 41 , 197 47,412
103
1-< CD
<
.0.,
'+-<
.C..>,
TOTAL 196 7* (22 States)
60, 522 54, 757 54, 522
39,411 44,638 46, 160
0
0 ::0
:C;>
~Last Year
1./
Cur ~ent R ev1sed
week ,
as
104 percent of
same
112 week
last
103 year .
II 112
92
103
U)
t.&IA
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GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
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GENEI{AL CI{OP REPORT AS OF OCTOBEH 1, 1968 GEORGIA
October 11, 1968
Soils remained dry over much of the State during September resulting in lower yield prospects for most crops, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. Yields were indicated below estimated levels a month ago for cotton, soybeans, tobacco, grain sorghum, sweetpotatoes and hay.
2m: Georgia's corn production in 1968 is forecast at )8,840,000 bushels, down sharply
from the 88,856,000 bushels produced in 1967. Yield per acre is estimated at 40.0 bushels, 18 bushels below the 1~67 average.
Cotton: Production of cotton is forecast at 280,000 bales compared with 228 ,000 in 1967. Yield of 1int per acre is estimated to be 345 pounds--63 pounds below last year's
average.
Tobacco: Georgia's flue-cured tobacco production in 1968 was placed at 105,450,000 pounds compared with 148,452,000 pounds in 1967.
Peanuts: The October 1 peanut forecast was increased to 924,960,000 pounds--about 50 million pounds below last year's crop of 975,120,000 pounds. Yield per acre is
estimated at 1,8&0 pounds compared with 2,040 pounds in 1967.
Soybeans: The continuing dry weather during September further reduced soybean production. Production of beans was forecast at 8,840,000 bushels compared with 13,008,000
in 1967. Yield per acre was indicated to average 17.0 bushels on October 1, 7 bushels below last year's average.
Pecans: Prospects for pecans declined during September. A 1968 crop of 48,000,000 pounds was indicated on October 1. The level is 7,000,000 pounds below the 1967 crop.
1gg production on Georgia farms during September totaled 387 mill ion e9gs. Se pt ember~ production totaled 83 mill ion pounds.
GEORG IA CROP PRODUCT ION AND HARVESTED ACKE ,I\GE, 1967 AND 196o
Acreage For
Yield Per Acre
Production
Crop and Unit
Harvested: harvest
Indicated
: Indicated
1~6Z
1268
196Z
1968
1967
1968
Thousands
Thousands
Corn, for grain, bu. Wheat, bu. !Oats, bu. IRye, bu.
!Barley, bu. Tobacco, Type 14, 1b. Sweetpotatoes, cwt. !Hay, a 11, ton
rcotton' bale :Peanuts, (P&T), 1b. ~Soybeans, for beans, bu. 'Sorghums, for grain, bu. Peaches, total crop, 1b. Pecans, 1b.
1 '532 130 100
67
9 71.2 8.0
433 267
478 542
11
1 ,471 121
98 70 8
51.0
8.5 446
390 492
520 12
58.0 26.0
35.0 18.5 31.0 2,085
90 1. 95
408 ll
2,040 24.0
37.0
40.0
30.0 41.0 22.0
37.0 1,850
80
1. 76
345 ll
1,880
17.0 31.0
88,856
3.3~0
3,500 1 ,240
279 148,452
720 845 228
975,120 13,008
407 148 ,800
55,000
58 ,840 3,630 ' 4,018 1,540 296 "
105,450 680
785 280
924,960 8, 840
372 ' 230,000 48, 000
l l Pounds of 1int.
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
C. L. CRE NS HA\J
Agricultural Statistician
uso/\-; IssuED-BY:- Th; Georgi'i Crop-R;port(;;g-s;r~i~e-;
4o~A-i~orth-L~mpkin-Str-e-et,-Ath-e-ns,-G-;.-;
in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture.
(Please turn page for United States information)
UNITED STATES CROP SUMMARY AS OF OCTOBEK 1, 1968
Corn for grain is forecast at 4. 6 b i ll ion bushels, 3 percent less than the 1967 crop but 19 percent above the 1962-66 average.
Soybean production is estimated at a record-high I. 1 bill ion bushels, down I percen t from the September 1 forecast, but 10 percent more than last year, and 39 percent above average.
Sorqhum grain prospects are a record-high 777 mill ion bushels, down 2 percent from a month earlier, but I percent more than last year, and 31 percent above average.
Peanut prospects, at a record-high 2,485 mill ion pounds, are slightly more than last year, and 18 percent above average.
Hav production is estimated at 126.3 mill ion tons, up 2 percent from a month earlier, but about the same as last year and 4 percent above average.
Fall potato prospects are 216.8 mill ion hundredweight, up 3 percent from the September 1 forecast, and 7 percent above average but 6 percent below last year,
U, S. ACREAGE HARVESTED AND PRODUCTION, 1967 AND 1968
Crop and Unit
Acreage
For
:Harvested: harvest
1967
1968
Thousands
Yield Per Acre
Indicated 196b
Production
:Indicated
1967
1968
Thousands
Corn, for grain, bu. Wheat , a 11 , bu. Oats, bu. Barley, bu. Rye, bu. Cotton, ba 1e Hay, all, ton Soybeans, bu. Peanuts (P&T), lb. Sweetpotatoes, cwt. Tobacco, lb. Peaches, 1b. Pecans, ton
60,385 59,004 15,970 9,188
1 ,072
7,997 64,728 39,742
1 ,402
147 961
55,886 56,039 17,765
9,999
I ,019 10,318
63,567 40,949
1,425 148
899
78.2
25.L
4;7.0 40.3 22.5
l/447
1.95 24.5 1, 765
~3
2,052
82. 1
28.5 52.6 42.5
23.7
l/515
1.99 26.0 1,744
90 1,942
4,722,164
1'524. 349 781 ,867 370,246 24,075
7,455 126,361
972,701 2,473,385
13,656
1 ,972' 147 .f/2,692, 100
231 ,900
4, 587, 115 1, 597,858
934,424 424,563
24,124 11,071 126,261 1,065,552 2,484,785 13,295 1,746,929
2/3 '600' 100 - 181,300
l l Pounds of I int .f/ Includes some quantities not harvested.
I
After Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Postage and Fees Paid U. S. Department of Agriculture
ocr 1 6 7968
Week Ending October 14, 1968
COTTON AND CORN- HARVESTS i~EMA IN ACT ~~V;E----L-IB-R.A..R.I:E:S:...___
Released 3 p .m. Monday
Athens, Ga., October 14 - -Cotton and corn harvests were major farm activities through-
out most of the State last week, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. Land
pre parat ion and seeding small g rains and winter pastures also received considerable attention
where soil conditions permitted . Scattered showers rei ieved the dry con ditio ns i n a few
areas, but mos t of central and southern Georgia remained dry.
County A9ents reported cotton picking two-thirds completed statewide. Many counties in south Georgia have completed harvest while picking is just gettin g underway i n some counties of the north. Yields are not turnin g out as well as anticipated and product ion for the State is estimated at 280,000 bales.
Corn harvest is ahead of normal with 58 percent of the crop gathered. Continuing dry weather during much of the growing season has resulte d in an estimated average yield per acre of 40 bushels, 18 bushels below the 1967 average.
Soybean harvest remained very 1ight but increasing. The condition of the crop continues to decl i ne. County Agents in a few counties reported that yield prospects are so poor that many acres will not be harvested for beans.
Seeding small qrains and pastures moved forward where soil conditions permitted. This activity has been delayed over much of the State because of dry soils.
Pecan prospects are spotty. Ninety-two percent of the reporters indicated the crop to be f air to poor while only 8 percent reported good. The better prospe ct s were reported in the southern producing areas.
Pastures have improved in areas that have received rains, but three - fourths of the reporters still judged pasture conditions as only poor to fair.
':lEATHER SUMMARY- Rainfall was moderate to locally heavy in north Georgia and mostly 1ight in the south during the week ending Friday,October 11. Totals for the week exceeded two inches at a few places and were more than an inch at several others in the north. Amounts were smaller in the southern half of the State with most observers reporting less than one - half inch. The rains were too l ight in south Georgia to provide any effective relief to the persistent dry conditions in that area. Averages by climatolog i cal division ranged from 1.13 inches in the north central to .30 of an inch in the southwest. Most of the rainfall occurred on Sunday and Monday, October 6-7, and there were only isolated showers during the remainder of the week and through the weekend. Locally heavy showers occurred in the Athens area Sunday night with 1.71 inches falling in one hour 3 miles east of the airport. Much of south and central Georgia continues very dry.
A mass of cool air moved into the State at the beginning of the period dropping temperatures to unusually low levels on Saturday and Sunday. Freezing occurred i n e xtreme north Georgia and temperatures in the 40's were recorded in all other areas excep t the extreme south. Temperatures were mild to warm during the remainder of the week with highs in the 70's in the north and 80's in the south. Early morning temperatures were mostly in the SO's i n the north and 60's in south Georgia. Averages for the week ranged from near normal in the e xtreme northwest to 6 above normal in the extreme south.
The five-day outlook for the period Tuesday through Saturday (October 14- 19) calls for temperatures to average 4 to 8 degrees above normal. Unseasonably warm weather the first of the week should change to cooler toward the end of the week. Kainfall is expected to average 1/4 to 3/4 inches in scattered showers mainly late in the period.
ISSUED BY: The Georgia Crop ~eporting Service, At hens, Georgia ; in coopera ti on with the Cooperative Extension Service, University of Geor g ia ; Georgia Department of Agriculture; and the Weather Bureau, ESSA, U. S. Department of Corrmerce.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE WEATHER BUREAU Athens, Georgia
ESSA
Precipitation For The Week Ending October 1: .J> 1968
GEORGIA
Temperature extremes for tre week ending October 11, 1968. (Provisional)
0
Highest: 92 on the 5th at Thomasville
0
Lowest: 27 on the 5th at Blairsville.
* For the period October 12-14JJ 1968o
T Less than o005 incho
After Five Days Retur tc United States Departme t of Ag ricu ture
Statistical Repo rti ng Se vi ce 409A North Lumpk in St ree t Athens, Georg ia 3060 1
IMMEDIATE - U. S. WEA HER REP OR This report will be t reated i n a l l
Respects as Lette r Mail (See Sec. 34.17, P.L. & R. )
P sta ge and Fees Paid U. S. Depa rtme nt of Agriculture
illill~@l!][b1fl!]ffillj[b
Octob~r 15 > 1968
!PillD~~
Released 11/5/68 GEORGIA CROP REFORTING SERVICE
Geor gia Pri ces Rece i ved Index I Poi nt s Lower
The I ndex of Prices Received by Georgia Farmers f or All Commodi ties de clined 7 points
to 255 during the month ended October 15, 1968. This \vas 8 points above the October 15, 1967 Index of 247.
Price de clines for cotton and soybeans were responsible f or a decline i n the All Crop Index to 272 as corn and wheat were slightly higher than a month ago.
Cattle, hog , calves, broiler and egg prices were all lmver than a month ago and the
livestock i ndex declined 13 points t o 219, this however was 12 points higher than on October 15, 1967.
UNITED STATES PRICES RECEIVED INDEX DOWN 5 POINTS PARITY INDEX UP 3 POINTS, ADJUSTED PARITY RATIO 79
The Index of Prices Received by Farmers dropped 5 points (2 percent) during the month ended October 15 to 262 percent of its 1910-14 average , according to the Crop Reporting Board. Lower prices for hogs and eggs contributed most to the decline. Higher milk prices were partially offsetting . The October index was 4 percent above a year earlier.
The Index of Prices Paid by Farmers for Commodities and Services , including Interest, Taxes, and Farm Wage Rates advanced 3 points (3/4 percent) during the month to a new high of 358. The index was 4 percent above a year earlier.
With prices of farm products lower, and prices paid by farmers and farm wage rates higher, the preliminary Adjusted Parity Ratio declined to 79 , and the Parity Ratio to 73.
INDEX NUMBERS -- GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES - - - - - I n d e x - - - - - - - : - Oct.I5-: Sept~l5-: - . Cct.I5- -=---Record High---
- - - 1-91-0--14- -= - 1-00- - - - -.: - - 1-96-7 - -: - - 1-96-8 - -: - - 1-96-8 - - :- - In- d-ex- - : - - D-at-e -
Georgia
Prices Received All Commodities All Crops
247
262-y
255
y 310 March 1951
266
276
272
319 March 1951
Livestock and Livestock
Products
. 207
232-y
219
295 Sept. 1948
------------------------------ - -------------
United States
Prices Received
Parity Index 1/
Parity Ratio
252 344
267 355
~
262 358
313 Feb. 1951 358 Oct. 1968
73
75
73
123 Oct . 1946
AdJusted-Parity :Ratio -l{/- -=------------------------------
(preliminary)
78
81
79
I/-R;vis;d~ gfAl;o-Aprfl-1951.-yP;::i-;-e; Paid-:- Inte;::e;t-:- Ta~e;, -a;d-F~~ W~ge-R~t;s-b~s;d-
on data for the indicated dates. ~ The Adjusted Parity Ratio, reflecting Government pay-
ments, average~ 79 for the year 1967 compared with 74 for the Parity Ratio. Preliminary
Adjusted Ratios for the current year, supplied by the Economic Research Service are based
on estimated cash receipts from marketings and estimates of Government payments for the
current calendar year.
ARCHIE LANGLEY
WILLIAM A. WAGNER
Agricultural Statistician In Charge
Agricultural Statistician
ISSUED BY: The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, USDA, 409A North Lumpkin Street, Athens,Ga.
in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture
PRICES-- RECEIVED Ai'ID PAID BY FARMERS OCTOBER 15. IY68 1i/ITH COMPA~ISONS
GEORG I A
Ui'-JITED STATES
Oct. I5 Sept.15 Oct, 15 Oct. 15 Sept. 15 : Oct. 15
Commodity and Unit
1 ~ 67
1968
196~
1967
1968
1':j68
PRICES RECEJVt:D: \'iheat, bu. Oats, bu.
$ I ,40
1.1 s
1 .20
$
.80
.n
.n
1.43 . 6U.-7
1. 22
. 56 1
1.26 .582
Corn, bu.
$ 1.05
1. 07
1. 10
1 .04
1 ,01
.962
Barley, bu.
$ 1. 00
.95
.~5
::; BL~
. 875
.881
Sorghum Grain, cwt,
$ 2.00
I .80
1.80
1. 68
1 . 62
1 ,60
Cotton, 1b. Cottonseed, ton
24.5 $ 52.00
27.5 50.00
26 ,0 50.00
27.26
o 5 L~. 1
26 . 2 4 51.00
26.51 50.50
Soybeans, bu.
$ 2.45
2.40
2, L1.L1.
2.40
2.32
Peanuts, 1b.
11.5
11. 6
ll.b
11. 3
11.6
12. 1
Sweetpotatoes, cwt.
$ 6.60
6,00
5.70
3.25
3.85
4.34
Hay, ba 1ed, ton:
All
$ 27. 10
28.50
28.50
22.60
21.70
21 .80
Alfalfa
$ 34.50
34.00
35.00
23.20
21 .90
21 .90
Lespedeza
$ 28.uo 29.00 30.00
24.30
24.00
24.10
Peanut
$ 21.00
25.00
24.00
22.30
22.70
23.30
Mi 1k Cows , head
$ 200.00 210.00 210,00
265.00
278.00
280.00
Hogs, cwt.
Beef Cattle, All, cwt. ll
$ 18.20 $ 18.80
19. 10 20.20
18.10 20.00
18 .00 22.30
19 .50 23.60
17.90 ~3. 10
Cows , cwt. 1/
$ 15.40
16.30
16.30
15.70
17.00
16.60
Steers and Heifers, cwt.
$ 21.60
23.00
22.70
2L}, 30
2 ~ .50
24.90
Calves, cwt.
$ 23.00
25.90
25.30
26.20
27 . 3 0
27.30
Milk, Wholesale, cwt.:
Fluid Market
$ 6.60
5.74
5.93
Manufactured
$
4.15
4. 30
All ]/
$ 6,60
6.45 ~/6.55
5.30
5.46
~/5.57
Turkeys, lb.
21.0
21.0
21.0
19.0
20.6
20.9
Chickens, lb.:
Excluding Broilers
8.0
10,0
11.0
7.1
8.2
8.2
Commercial Broilers
11.0
13.5
11.5
12.4
14. 1
12.8
All
10,8
13.3
11.5
11.7
13.4
12.2
Eggs, All, doz.
32.7
54.1
45.7
28.7
42. 7
37.6
PRICES PAID, FEED Mixed Dairy Feed, ton:
14% Protein 16% Protein 18% ?rotein 20% Protein Cottonseed Meal, 41%, cwt. Soybean Meal, 44%, cwt. Bran, cwt. Midcil ings, cwt. Corn Meal, cwt. Poultry Feed, . ton J/ Broiler Grower Feed Laying Feed Chick Starter Alfalfa Hay, ton All Other Hay, ton
$ n.oo
$ 75.00 $ 80.00 $ 82.00 $ 4. ) 5
$ 5. 10
$ 3.90 $ 4.15 $ 3. 10
$ 94.00 $ 89.00 $ 96.00 $ 36.00 $ 32.00
72.00 76.00
Bo.oo
82.00 5.00
5. 10
3.80 3.85
3.30
90.00 85.00
~4.00
33.00 31.00
69.00 74.00
77 .oo
78.00 4.95
5.50
3.70 3.90 3. 10
90.00 81.00 92.00
34.00
33.00
68.00 73.00 75.00 81.00 J/5.30
5.32 3.50 3.64
3.31
~1 .oo
84.00 94.00 32.60 31.60
66 .00 70.00 73.00 76.00
5.30 5.56 3.29 3.40 3. 12
J/88.00 79.00 93.00 32.20 30.10
66.00 70.00 73.00 76.00
5.20 5.54
3. 314-
3.44 3.09
88.00 79.00 93.00 32.20 30. 10
l l 11 Cows" and "steers and heifers'' combined with allowance where necessary for slaughter bulls.
11 Includes cull dairy cows sold for slaughter, but not dairy cows for herd replacement.
:3!t1l
Revised. Preliminary.
After Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Posta 0e and Fees Paid
U. s. Department of Agriculture
Athens, Georgia
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
LP ~UlfYw:~w~ ~
0
~ ,,
,
I
September 1968
~ Released 10/15/68
- ;.;:...-..
September Milk Production Drops
Milk production on Georgia farms during September totaled 83 mill ion pounds, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. This was 3 mill ion pounds below both the September 1567 and August 1968 productions. The 1962-66 average production for the month was 80 mi 11 ion pounds.
Production per cow in herd averaged 610 pounds - -5 pounds above the previous year but 15 pounds below the previous month, The 5-year average production per cow was 482 pounds.
The estimated average price received by producers for all wholesale milk during September was $6.75 per hundredweight, This was 15 cents above the September 1967 price and 30 cents above the August 1968 price,
Prices paid by dairymen for feed during the month were steady to mi xed from the previous year but above those of the previous month.
ITEM AND UNIT
MILK PRODUCTION AND PRICES RECEIVED AND PAID BY DAIRYMEN
GEORGIA
UN ITEU STATES
September August September September August September
1967
1968
1968
1967
1968
1968
Milk Production,
mi 11 ion lbs.
86
Production Per Cow,
lbs. .!.1
605
Number Milk Cows,
thousand head
142
Prices Received-Dollars ]j
All who 1esa 1e mi 1k , cwt. ]_/ 6,60
Fluid milk, cwt.
6.60
Manufactured milk, cwt.
Mi 1k Cows, head
200,00
86 625 137
6.4s 6.45 200,00
b3
9 ,124
9, 567
610
680
73 6
136
6.75 !:I: 210.00
5.20 5.67 L~. 06 ]_/
264.00
5.24 5. 72 4.1 8 277 .00
9,058 698
5.46 !:1
278.00
Pr ices Paid-Dollars 1/
Mixed Dairy Feed, ton 14 percent protein 16 percent protein 18 percent protein 20 percent protein
70.00 76.00 81 .00 83.00
71 .00 74.00 78.00 80.00
]2.00
76.00 80.00 82.00
68,00
73.00 75.00 81 ,00
67.00 70.00
73.00 77,00
66 .00 70.00 73.00 76.00
Hay, ton
34.00
31.00
31.00
30.70
30. 10
30. 10
l l Monthl y average.
11 Dollars per unit as of the 15th of the month e ;~ cept wholesale milk which is average for
month. 3/ Rev i se d. ~I Preliminary.
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
vJ, PAT PARKS Agricultural St atist ic ian
- - -- - - - -- -- - ---- - -- - - - - - -- - - - --- - - - - -- - - -- - - - - - --- -- - -- -- - - --- - --- - - ---- - --~ - - - - - -- - - -------
ISSUED BY: The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, USDA, 409A North Lump k in St reet , Athens, Ga.,
in cooperation with the Georgia Departme nt of Agriculture.
UNITED STATtS MILK PRODUCTION
September milk production I oercent below a year earlier
U. S. milk production in September is e st imated at 9,0 58 mill ion pounds , l per cent less than a year earlier and 4 percent below the 1962 -66 Se ptember average. Daily avc ra 0e milk p rodu ction for Se ptember was down 2 percent from Augus t, compared with a 3 percent de cline aurin 9 the same period a year earlier. Total milk p roduction in the f i rst 9 months of 1968 was 1.5 percent less than a year earlier. September production provided 1. 50 pounds of milk pe r person daily for all uses, compared with 1.53 pounds in Au gust an d 1.52 pouncis a year earl ier.
Output per cow 3 percent above a year earlier
Milk ou tput per cow averaged 698 pounds during September, 3 percent more than a year earlier and 11 percent above the average. The September gain over a ye ar earlier was the lar gest since October 1967. Daily September output per cow avera ~ed 23. 3 pounds , compared with 23 .7 pounds a month earlier and 22.7 pounds a year earlier. September p roduction per cow was at record-high levels in 47 States. Highest output per cow was in Ca lifornia, at 9 55 pounds ; followed by Washin gton, 890 pounds ; Arizona, 860 pounds ; Nevada, 835 pounds and Alaska and Connecticut each with 82 5 pounds.
MONTH
Ave rage 1962 - 66
Pounds
Milk per cow and milk production by months, United States, 1968, with comparisons
Milk per cow
Production
1967
1968
Average 1962-66
11)67
1 ~68
Pounds
Pounds
Mi 11 ion pounds
Mi 11 ion pounds
Mi 11 ion pounds
January
644
February
611
March
698
A;> r i 1
713
May
778
Jun e
750
July
692
August
651
Se r) tember
614
Jan. - Sept. total
716
724
671
699
769
778
788
795
844
859
820
837
764
783
722
736
6HO
b98
10' 196
~ .636
10,968 11 '175 12' 143 11 ,6:;8 10,714 10 ,0'-+7 9.446
: -) 5 , 9 8 3
9 ,8L:) 9,203 10,517 10,734 11 ,470 11 ,0~5 10,315 9,709 9 ' 124
92,014
9,GOti 9,249 10,26::,) 10,4GO 11 ,283 10,937 10,208 9,56/ 9. 058
90, 639
October
623
685
November
603
661
December
641
699
9,547 9 ,208 9 .75::1
9' 167 8,81 4
9.299
Annual
8,021
8,821
124,497
119,294
Change from 1967
Percent
- 2.4 10.5 -2.4 -2.6 -1.6 -1.4 -1.0 -1 5
-O.l
-1.5
After Five Days Return to: United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service 409A Nu rth Lumpkin Street
Athens, Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Pustage and Fees Paid U. S. Department of Agriculture
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING
ATHENS, GEORGIA
Cctober 16, 1968
BROILER TYPE
Placement of broiler chicks in Georgia during the week ended October 12 was 8, 137, 000--l percent more th11-n t;_he_p!~viou~ week and slightly more than the comparable week last year, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service .
An estimated 10,033,000 broiler type eggs were set by Georgia hatcheries--! percent more than the previous week but 5 percent less than the comparable week a year earlier.
The majority of the prices paid to Georgia producers for broiler hatching eggs were reported within a r<l.nge of 60 to 70 cents per dozen. The average price of hatching eggs was 63 cents per dozen. The price of eggs from flocks with hatchery owned cockerels generally was 2 cents below the average price. Most prices received for broiler chicks by Georgia hatcheries were reported within a range of $8.25 to $10.50 with an average of $9.25 per hundred. The average prices last year were 55 cents for eggs and $7. 50 for chicks.
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GEORGIA EGGS SET, HAtCfiiNGS, AND CHICK PLACEMENTS
Week Ended
Eggs Set !}
1967 Thou.
1968 Thou.
Ufo of year ago
Pet.
Chicks Placed for
Broilers in Georgia
Ufo of
1967
1968 year
ago
Thou.
Thou. Pet.
Av. Price
Hatch
Broiler
Eggs Per Doz. 1968
Chicks Per Hundred 1968
Cents
Dollars
Aug. 10 Aug. 17 Aug. 24 Aug. 31 Sept. 7 Sept. 14 Sept. 21 Sept. 28 Oct. 5 Oct. 12
11,517 11, 590 101
11,277 11,232 100
10, 754 11,411 106
10, 171 10, 763 106
10, 880 10, 134
93
10,886 10, 809
99
11, 433 11, 271
99
10,465 10, 834 104
10, 736
9,941
93
10, 549 10,033
95
9,020
8, 714 97
63
8, 825
8, 590 97
64
8,614
8,467
98
64
8,273
8,318 10 l
64
8, 217 a, 034 98
64
7,887
8, 120 103
64
7,314
7,432 102
64
7' 812
7,356
94
64
8, 021
8,034 100
64
8,099
8, 137 100
63
9.25 9. 50 9. 50 9. 50 9. 50 9.50 9.50 9. 50 9.50 9.25
..L ''" 'EGG TYPE
Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the week ended October 12 was
771, 000--8 percent less than the previous week but 134 percent more than the com-
parable week last year. An estimated 922, 000 eggs for the production of egg type chicks
were set by Georgia hatcheries, slightly more than the previous week and 126 percent
more than the comparable week last year.
.
In the four states that accounted for about 25 percent of the hatch of all egg type
chicks in the U. S. in 1967, hatchings during the week ended October 12 were up 33
percent and settings were up .29 percent from a year ago.
State
Ga. Ill. Calif. Wash.
Sept. 21
907 390 1, 478 256
EGG TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS HATCHED, 1968
Eggs Set (Week Ended) o/o of
Sept. Oct.
Oct. year
28
5
12
ago 2/
Chicks Hatched (Week Ended}
Sept. Sept. Oct.
Oct.
21
28
5
12
Thousands
995 919
922 226
355 250
525 125
1,654 1,697 1,273 103
749 425 1, 271
Thousands
782
837
235
255
1, 405 1, 279
771 300 1, 217
202 259
309 107
229 179
167
199
o/o of
year ago 2/
234 108 119
83
Total 3,031 3,206 3, 125 3,029 129
2,674 2,601 2, 538 2,487 ! 133
1/ Includes e gg s set by hatcheries p roducing chicks for hatchery supply flocks.
2/ Current week as percent o samerweek last year.
BROlLER TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMME i{CIP-L, AREAS BY WEEKS - 1968 Page 2
EGGS SET
CHICKS PLACED
STATE
Week Ended
Sept.
Oct.
28
5
Oct. 12
UJo of
year ago 1/
Sept. 28
Week Ended
Oct.
Cct.
5
12
%of
year ago 1/
Maine Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana Missouri Delaware Maryland Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina
GEORGIA
Florida Tennessee Alabama Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas Washington Oregon .falifornia TOTAL 1968 (22 States)
THOUSAND3
'
I
THOUSANDS
1, 628
1, 595
1, 771 100
833
1, 384
1, 300
90
158
290
230 73
105
127
128
84
1, 493
1, 449
1, 437 102
958
86 4
768
92
643
522
682 133
253
411
379
118
252
293
353 93
366
349
347
94
2,066
1, 743
1, 714 77
1, 546
1, 885
2,290
109
4, 196
4, 176
4, 546 110
2,657
3,268
3,079
110
1, 508
1, 411
1, 488 100
810
1, 083
1, 161
123
35
36
36 32
304
385
281
92
6, 793
5,228
6, 573 103
3, 713
4,992
4,930
102
451
459
I 454 92
335
333
395
113
I
10, 834
9,941 10, 033
95
7, 356
8,034
8, 137
100
868
900
905 106
637
653
739
106
728
759
791 119
802
908
887
98
7,938
7, 523
7, 76.5 99
5, 009
6,007
6,280
108
4, 730
4,348
4,249 101
3, 833
3,864
4, 183
108
9, 867
9,297
8, 351 96
6,876
7,032
7,050
108
877
860
889 83
724
884
821
104
4,051
3,647
3,961 118
2, 691
2,973
3,083
113
441
427
514 105
3~3
455
427
113
326
245
317 176
163
192
287
139
1, 659
1, 165
1,308 79
873
1,329
1, 393
117
b 1, 542 56,314 58,367 99 41, 197 47,412 48,345
106
TOTAL 1967* (22 States)
54, 757 54, 522 58, 790
~Last Year
l R'--Ur.rent week
as
112 percent of same
103 week
last
99 year.
ev1sed.
44,638 46, 160 45,724
92
103
106
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Week Ending October 21, 1968
RAINS HELPFUL BUT MISS SOUTHWEST
Athens, Ga., October 21 -- The soil moisture situation was greatly improved in many
sections during the week, but the southwestern quarter of the State received 1ittle or no
relief. Harvest operations and fall plantings continued as the weather permitted, according
to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service.
County Agents reported cotton harvest delayed by rains in many areas. The crop was estimated to be three-fourths harvested, Statewide. Short plants and imma t ure bolls made harvesting more difficult as yields failed to measure up to expectation on man y farms.
Corn harvest received considerable attention during the week. About seven-tenths of the crop was gathered by week end. Progress for the date continued sl i ghtl; ahead of normal.
Combining of soybeans became more widespread during the week, but still remains 1 ight. Only about five per cent of the crop has been harvested - about normal for the date. Over one - half of the County Agents judged the crop to be only fair.
Land preparation and seeding of fall grains were active during the period where weather and soil conditions permitted. Sections that had delayed plantings because of dry soils are expected to step up planting operations. In much of the Southwest where the rains failed to fal I, soils continued too dry for plowing and planting. A number of deep wells have gone dry in th is area.
Light harvest of pecans began in central and southern sections. The crop is reported very spotty this year.
1-JE.t.\THER SUMMAt{Y - - Georgi a ra infa 11 ranged from 1i ght to heavy during the week ending Friday, October 18, 1968. Totals exceeded three inches in the lower coastal area and several places in the southeast had more than two inches. The smallest amounts were reported in the dry southwestern section where only traces occurred at a few places. Totals varied generally from one-fourth to one inch over the northern and central sections. Most of the week's rain was associated with hurricane Gladys as it moved northward through the eastern Gulf during the week and then northeastward across Florida early Saturday. Much of the State received moderate amounts of rain during the 24-hours ending Saturday morning but, again, only light amounts were reported in the southwest. This section of the State continued very dry at the end of the period. Rainfall averages by climatological division ranged from 2.33 in the southeast to .07 in the southwest.
Temperatures were unusually warm throughout most of the week. Highs were mostly in the 70's in the north and the 80's in the south and lows were in the 50's and 60's. A cold front moved through the State on Saturday, October 19, and temperatures were more seasonal at the end of the period. .1\verages for the week were generally 4-7 degrees above normal.
The five-day outlook for the period Tuesday through Saturday (October 22-26) calls for temperatures to average 3 to 7 degrees above normal except near normal in the extreme south. A warming trend through the middle of the period turning cooler during the week end. Normal highs range from 71 to 79 degrees and normal lows from 43 to 48 de g rees in the nor t h and 48 to 56 degrees in the south. Rainfall will be moderate with amounts ranging from l/4 to l/2 inch occurring late in the week.
ISSUED BY: The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, Athens, Georgia ; in cooperation with the Cooperative E >~ tension Service, University of Georgia; Georgia De partment of Agriculture; and the Weather Bureau, ESSA, U. S. Department of Commerce.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE WEATHER BUREAU Athens, Georgia ESSA
Precipitation For The Week Ending October 18 9 1968
GEORGIA
Temperature extremes for the week ending October 18, 1968 o (Provisional)
H. ighest: 900 on the 14th at Blakely and Quitmano
Lowest:
0
49 on the 14th and 15th at Blairsville and on the 14th at Cornelia, Helen and Tallapoosa.
* For the period October 19-21, 1968o
T Less than o005 incho
After Five Days Return to
United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service
409A North Lumpkin Street
Athens, Georgia 30601
OFF ICIAL BUSINESS
~7 0
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(See Sec . 34 . 17, P. L. & R. )
Postage and Fees Paid U. S. Depa r t me nt of Agriculture
ATHENS, GEORGIA
O c t obe r 23 , 1968
BROILER TYPE
Placement of broiler chicks in Georgia during t he w eek ende d Octo be r 19 was 7, 806, 000--4 percent less than the previous week but 3 pe r c e n t more than the comparable week last year, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service.
An estimated 11, 381, 000 broiler type eggs were set by Geor gia h atche rie s -13 percent more than the previous week and 1 percent more than the comparable week a year earlier.
The majority of the prices paid to Georgia producers for broiler hatching eggs were reported within a range of 60 to 70 cents per dozen. The average price of hatching eggs was 63 cents per dozen. The price of eggs f rom flock s with hat chery owned cockerels generally was 2 cents below the average p r ice . Mo st p r i ces received for broiler chicks by Georgia hatcheries were repo rted withi n a r ange of $8.25 to $10.50 with an average of $9.25 per hundred. The average p r i ces la st ye ar were 56 cents for eggs and $7. 7 5 for chicks.
Week Ended
GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS, AND CHICK PLA CEME NT S
Eggs Set];_/
1967
1968
o/o of
year ago
__
A v ,__.P ri.~- ___
I Chicks Placed for
a atch B railer
Broilers in Geor gia _I :E ggs Chicks
1967
1968
%of ' Pe r ye ar Doz. ago 1968
Per Hundred 1968
Thou.
Thou.
Pet.
Thou.
Thou. Pet. Cents Dollars
Aug. 17 Aug. 24 Aug. 31 Sept. 7 Sept. 14 Sept. 21 Sept. 28 Oct. 5 Oct. 12
Oct. 19
11,277 11,232 100
10, 754 11, 4 11 106
10, 171 10, 763 106
10,880 10, 134
93
10, 886 10, 809
99
11,433 11,271
99
10, 465 10, 834 104
10, 736
9,941
93
10, 549 10, 033
95
11, 289 11, 381 101
8, 825 8,61 4 8,273 8,217 7, 887 7,314 7, 812 8,021
8,099
7' 551
8, 590 97 8, 46 7 98 8,31 8 101
8,034 98 8, 120 103 7, 432 102 7, 356 94 8,034 100
8, 137 100
7,806 103
64
9. 50
64
9. 50
64
9. 50
64
9. 50
64
9. 50
64
9.50
64
9. 50
64
9. 50
63
9.25
63
9.25
EGG TYPE
Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the week e nde d Octob e r 19 was 819, 000--6 percent more than the previous week and 99 perce nt more t han the comparable week last year. An estimated 945, 000 eggs for the production of e gg type chicks were set by Georgia hatcheries, 2 percent more than t he p revious week and 66 percent more than the comparable week last year.
In the four states that accounted for about 25 percent of t he hatch of all egg t ype chicks in the U. S. in 1967, hatchings during the week ended October 19 were down 3 percent but settings were up 31 percent from a year ago.
State
Ga.
Ill.
Calif. Wash.
EGG TYPE EGGS SET A ND CHICKS HATCHED 1968
Eggs Set {Week Ended)
Sept. Oct. Oct.
Oct.
28
5
12
19
% of year
0 2/
Chicks Hatched (Week E n ded)
Sept . O ct .
Oct .
Oct.
28
5
12
19
995 365* 1,654 202
Thousands
-9l9 922 250 525 1, 697 1, 273
259 309
945 166 440 129 1, 476 128 245 81
782 235 1, 4 05
179
Tho usands
83 7
771
255
300
1,279 1, 217
16 7
19 9
819 270 1,288 162
% of
199 62 83 76
Total
216* 3, 125 3, 029 3, 106 131
2,6 01 2
4 87 2 53 9 97
1/ Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatc he ry s upply flocks .
2/ Current week as percent of same week last year. * R evis e d.
BROILER TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMER CIAL AR8AS BY WEE KS-1968 Page 2
STATE
Maine Connectic ut Penns ylvania Indiana Missouri Delaware Maryland Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina
Oct. 5
EGGS SET
Week Ended
Oct.
Oct.
12
19
THOUSANDS
1, 595 290
1, 449 522 293
1, 743 4, 176 1, 411
36 5,228
459
1, 771 230
1, 43 7 682 353
1, 714 4, 546 l, 488
36 6, 573
454
1,882 161
1, 561 550 236
2,458 4,735 l, 610
34 6,942
446
II CHICKS PLA CE D
I o/o of
year
II- Oct .
I ago 1/ 5
W3ek Ended.
__ j %of
Oct. 12
Oct. 19
I year ago 1/
I
TH)USA NDS
I
I 105
1,384
55 I
127
1,300 128
1, 210 118
89 87
94 I 864
768
818
116
96
411
46 I 349
379 347
384
126
337
108
I 110
l, 885
2,290
2,032
116
113
3,268
3,079
3, 10 l
123
102
1,083
l, 161
946
108
28
385
281
338
122
106
4,992
4,930
5, 060
116
100
333
395
293
76
GEORGIA
Florida Tennessee Alabama Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas Washington Oregon California
TOTAL 1968 (22 States)
9,941 10, 033 11,381 101
8,034
8, 137
7,806
103
900 759 7,523 4,348
9,297 860
3,647 427 245
1, 165
905 791 7,765 4, 249 8,351 889 3,961 514 317 1,308
922 101 815 128 7, 892 94 4, 595 107
8,966 101 1,007 95 4, 126 119
583 102
266 113 l 880 108
653
739
694
111
908
887
979
114
6, 007
6,280
5,984
110
3,864
4, 183
4, 153
113
7,032
7,050
7, 156
117
884
821
788
106
2,973
3,083
3, 148
129
4 55
427
315
94
192
287
223
81
1,329
l, 393
1 371
153
56,314 58,367 63,048 103 47,412 48,345 47, 254
113
TOTAL 1967* (22 States)
54, 522 58, 790 61,375
~ of Last Year
103
99
103
{I vr"' urrent week as percent of same week last year.
.Revised.
46, 160 45,724 LH, 948
103
106
113
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GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
v :J ' ATHENS, GEORG I A
SEPTEMBER 968
~ Octob e r 24, 1968
I
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During Sept.
1967 1/
1968 2/
o/o of
last year
Jan. t hru 3cpt.
1967 1/
1968 2/
o/o of
last year
Thou.
Thou.
Pet. Tho u.
Thou.
Pet.
Broiler Type
Pullets Placed (U.S.)3/
Total
3, 453
3, 522 102
31 , 83 6
32,266 101
Domestic Chickens Tested:
3,041
3, 118 103
28, 152
27, 883
99
Broiler Type
Georgia
568
666 118
5, 020
4 , 6 52
93
United States
2, 356
2,453 104
2 1,4 10
18, 160
85
Egg Type
Georgia
41
16 39
2 53
160
63
United States Chicks Hatched:
511
463 91
5,014
4 , 375
87
Broiler Type
Ge orgia United States Egg Type
36,985 201, 668
35,834 97
382, 790
377, 829
99
203, 887 101 1 2,12 6 ,375 2, 14 0 , 8 13 101
I
Georgia United States Commercial Slaughter:4/
2, ll31 34,603
3, 140 144 I 28, 237
36,485 10 5 II 44 7, 282 II
27,326
97
398,612
89
Young Chickens
Georgia United States Mature Chi ckens Light Type
34,441
31,818 92 I! 311. 104
293,466
94
203 , 455
197, 500 97 i~ l, 774 , 069 1,756,771
99
i
Georgia
665
4 98
75 II
6, 54 9
6, 63 0 101
United States
10,995
8,073 73
104 , 068
91 , 6 10
88
Heavy Type
G eorgia
418
266 64
3, 111
2, 4 72
79
United States
2, 995
2, 212 74
20, 203
17, 936
89
Egg P r oduction:
Mil.
Mil.
Mil.
Mil.
Ge orgia
399
387 97
3, 682
3, 701 10 l
South Atlantic 5/
l, 080
l, 054 98
9, 876
10, 118 102
United States
5,613
5,426 97
52,615
52,413 100
1/ ..~. evised. 2/ Preliminary. 3/ Pullets fo r broiler hatchery supply flocks, inclu.:les
expected pullet replacements from eggs sold during the preceding month at the rate of
125 pullet chicks per 30-doz. case of eggs. 4/ Federal-State Market News Service
Slaughter reports only include poultry slaughtered under Federal Inspection. 5/ South
Atlantic States : Del., Md., W . Va., N. C,, S. C., Ga., Fla., Va .
State
YOUNG CHICKENS: SLAUGHTERED UNDER FE D ERA L INS PECTION BY SELECTED STATES, 1967 and 1968
Number Inspected
Indicated Percent Condemned
During Aug.
1967
1968
Jan. thru Aug .
1967
1968
During Aug.
1967
1968
Jan. thru Aug.
1967
1968
Thou.
Thou.
Thou.
Thou.
Pet.
Pet .
Pet.
Pet.
Maine
7, 015
6,481
49,463 48,926 3.0
3. 7
3. 5
3. 9
Pa.
7,801
7,419
55,436 55,255 4 . 4
3. 5
5.0
4. 6
Mo .
3,717
4, 594
26, 739 29,965 2.5
2. 5
4. l
3.2
Del.
8,784
7' 835
61,039 60,685 4 . 3
3. 6
5. 2
4. 4
Md .
13,373 12,940
97,061 93,037 4.2
3. 2
5. 1
4. 3
Va.
5,040
6,861
33,631 46, 861 2.8
3. 5
N. c.
24,968 24, 196 171, 578 176,289 3. 0
2. 8
3. 7
4 .5
4. 1
3. 4
Ga.
38,352 33,719 268, 845 249,011 4 . 2
4 .0
5. 0
4. 9
Tenn.
6, 106
5,998
42,029 4 2,917 4 . l
2. 6
4.8
3.2
Ala.
26, 527 25, 282 179,054 180, 304 2 . 8
3. 0
3. 5
3.4
Miss.
16, 107 16,252 109,960 115,905 1.9
2 .0
3. l
2. 3
Ar k,
32,875 32 ,904 233,081 234, 647 2 . 7
2.4
4. l
3. 3
Texas
15, 148 14,401 100, 536 100, 304 2. 8
2. 6
3. 3
3. 6
-u.
----s.
-
--------------------
227,392
1,
-------------
580, 948
-----
------------
3.2
3.
----
0
----- -4 .2
-----------3.7
219,662
1, 579,099
Un1ted States Department of Agnculture
Geor g1a D e partment of A gncu1ture
Statistical Reporting Service, 409A North Lumpkin Street, Athens , Georgia 30601
End-of-Month 3tocks of Poultry, Poultry Products, Meat and Meat Products United 3tates-September 1968
Shell eggs declined 83 thousand cases from a month earlier to 14 6 thousand . October 1 stocks were 107 thousand cases below year-earlier holding s and 41 thousand below average . Frozen egg holdings were 100 million pounds, unchanged from a year earlier but down 9 million from September 1. Frozen poultry sto cks increased 67 million pounds in September to 480 million pounds. October 1 holdings were 20 percent below a year earlier but 33 percent above average. Turkey holdings were 374 million pounds compared with 305 million last month, 441 million a year earlier and 249 million average. Whole turkeys totaled 342 million pounds. Parts, cut ups, and further processing items totaled 32 million. Stocks of meat totaled 511 million pounds, 2 million more than a month earlier, 58 million above average but 27 million below a year earlier. Frozen pork bellies at 16 million pounds decreased 43 percent, compared with a 38 percent decrease a year earlier. Hams at 27 million pounds increased 8 million. Beef stocks totaled 239 million pounds, 7 million above a month earlier but 11 million less than
a year earlier.
Commodity
Eggs: Shell Frozen eggs, total
Poultry, frozen: Broilers or fryers Hens, fowls Turkeys Other & Unclassified
Total Poultry
Beef: Frozen in Cure and Cured
Pork: Frozen and Cooler
Other meat and meat products
Total all red meats
Unit
Case Pound
do. do. do. do. do.
co.
do.
do. do.
Sept. 1962-66 Av.
Thou.
Sept. 1967
Thou.
A ug. 1968
Thou.
Sept. 1968
Thou.
187
253
229
146
-9--0-,7-6-8---------9-9-,9-9-1----1-0-8-,-9-6-1-----1-0-0-,-2-4-1---
22,490
35,386 16, 671
17,394
35,631
56, 587 40,349
37,081
248, 751
441,454 304,696 374,248
55,463
69, 492 51,772
51,639
3--6-2-,3-3-5--------6-0-2-,-9-1-9---4-1-3-,-4-8-8-----4-8-0-,-3-6-2---
208, 125
250,302 231,850 238, 884
162,053
202,648 196, 589 196,706
82,844 453,022
84,458 79,958 537,408 508,397
74,962 510, 552
MID-MONTH PRICES RECEIVED AND PRICES PAID
I
Georgia
United States
Item
Sept. 15 Aug. 15 Sept. 15 !Sept. 15 Aug. 15 Sept. 15
1967
1968
1968 I 1967
1968
1968
Prices Received: Chickens, lb, excluding broilers Com '1 Broilers (lb.) All Chickens (lb.) All Eggs (dozens)
Prices Paid: (per ton) Broiler Grower Laying Feed
Cents Cents Cents I Cents Cents Cents
8.0 11. 5 11. 3 38.3 Dol. 98.00 93.00
9. 5 14.0 13. 8 43.8 Dol. 91. 00 84.00
10.0 13. 5 13.3 54. 1 Dol. 90.00 85.00
7. 5 12. 5 11. 9 32.0 Dol. 93.00 85.00
8.3 14.8 14.2 34. 1 Dol. 88.00 79.00
8.2 14. 1 13.4 42.7 Dol. 89.00 79.00
This report is made possible through the cooperation of the National Poultry Improvement
Plan, Official State Agencies, the Animal Husbandry Research Division of the Agricultural
Research Service, the Inspection Branch of the Poultry Division, Consumer and Marketing
Service and the Agricultural Estimates Division of the Statistical Reporting Service and
the many breeders, hatcheries, poultry processors and the poultry farmer s that report
to these agencies.
ARCHIE LANGLEY
W. A. WAGNER
Agricultural Statistician In Charge
Agricultural Statistician
After Five Days Return to: United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street
Athens, Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Postage and Fees Paid U. S. Department of Agriculture
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GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE Athens, Georg 1a
WP.ek Ending October 28, 1~68
Re l ea sed 3 p.m. Monday
SOUTHWEST STILL DRY
At hens, Ga., Oct. 28
The lack of soil moisture in th e southwestern area of the State
is limiting land preparation and the planting of fall sown crops, according to t he Geor g ia
Crop Reporting Service. There were several reports of small gra ins dying due to the lack of
moisture in this area.
Wet fields prohibited the use of mechanic~] p Jckers in the nor thern part o f the State the first of the week where most of the cotton remains for harvest, accordin g to Count y Age nts reports. It is estimated that cotton harvest, Statewide, is bO percent complete .
Corn harvest was active as the weather permitted and is 77 percent complete Statewide. Yields in some North Georgia counties are good.
Soybean harvest is gaining momentum and was 12 percent complete by the end of the week. Yield prospects in some fields in the dry areas are so poor that no harvest is I ike ly.
Winter pastures in central and northern areas made good growth where ample moisture was received. Land preparation and planting of smal 1 qrains also progressed ra pidly in these areas. In much of the southwest, land preparation and planting of small g rains were st ill limited by dry so i 1s.
Light harvest of pecans continued. In some areas the crop is 1 ight.
vJEATHER SUMMARY-- Light to locally heavy rainfall occurred over most of Georgia early in the week ending Friday, October 25. Most of the rain resulted from hurrica ne Gladys and the heaviest amounts fell in the extreme eastern sections. The observer at Appli ng, in Columbia County, measured 2.67 inches for the 2~-hour period ending Saturday morn i ng, October IS. Amounts decreased to the west and were very light over the dry southwest section of the State. Several observers in this area measured less than one - tenth inch for the week . Ave rages by climatological division ranged from 1.97 inches in the northeast to .11 of an i nch in the southwest. Practically no rain has fallen in the State since Saturday, the l ~t h, and top soils were becomin g dry in most areas by the end of the period. Extremely dry conditions continued in the southwest and south central sections.
Temperatures were mild most of the week with highs in the 70's in the north and 80's in the south. This changed abruptly near the end of the week when the coldest weather of the fall season began moving into the State. Lows were in the 20's i n the extreme north and the 30's over the remainder of the State on both Saturday and Sunday morning. Heavy frost was reported over north and central sections and 1ight frost occurred in the Sa vanna h area on Sunday morning. The Blairsville Experiment Station recorded a low of 22 on the 27th. There was considerable warming on Sunday but a new cold front began movin g i nto the State early Monday,
October 28. Averages for the week were 3 to 4 degrees below normal.
The five-day forecast for the period Tuesday through Saturday (O ctober 29 - November 2)
calls f or temperatures to avera ge 5 to 10 degrees below normal. Normal highs range from 66 to
76 deg rees and normal lows from 39 to 51 degrees. No rainfall is e xpe cted during the period.
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Cooperative Extension Service, University of Georgia ; Georg ia Department of Agriculture ; and the Weather Bureau, ESSA , U. S. Department of Commerce.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE WEATHER BUREAU Athens. Georgia
ESSA
Precipitation For The Week Ending October 252 < .968
GEORGIA
Temperature extremes for the week ending
October 25 , 1968o (Provisional)
Highest g 87 a Quitman on the 23rd.
Lowest g 31 at Blairsville on the 21 st and 22ndo
* For the period October 26-28, 1968.
T Less than .005 inch. After Five Days Return to
United States Department ot Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 3o6o1 OFFICIAL BUSINESS
IMMEDIATE - U. S. WEAT1!ER REPORT This report will be treated i n all
Respects as Letter Mail
(See Sec. 34.17, P. L. &R.)
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lVERSI'TY OF G01\G\~
oc 3 i9 8
OCTOB ER 1, 196&
Released 10/ 29 /68 by Georg ia Crop Reporting Service
GEO f~G IA:
All Stocks Uo Over a Year Aqo
Stocks of 2Ln (old crop) in all positions in Georgia totaled 5,522,000 bushels on October 1, 1968, up sharply above the 1,}12,000 bushels on hand last year. An increase of 2,972,000 bush-
els of on-farm stocks from last year accounts for a larger carryover as off-farm storage also increased over last year. Oats on hand in all positions totaled 1,940,000 bushels, 8 percent above the 1,794,000 bushels last year. Wheat stocks in all positions amounted to 2,182,000 bushels, 15 percent over the 1,896,000 bushels on hand last year. Barley stocks in all positions totale d 162,000 bushels, 25 percent above the 130,000 in storage October 1, 1~67. Stocks of~ in all positions totaled 856 ,000 bushels on October 1, 1968, 33 percent above the 642,000 bushe 1s 1as t year.
Georg ia Grain Stocks---October 1' 1;)68 with comparisons
GRAIN
ON FAHMS
1967
1968
1,000 Bushels
OFF FARMS
h67
1:; 68
1,000 Bushels
ALL POSITIONS
1967
1968
1,000 Bushels
Corn (old crop) Oats Barley \/heat Rye
l ,471 1,470
98 744 54G
4,443 I, 567
148 1,452
708
241
324 32 1 , 152 96
l ,079
373 14
730 148
1. 712 I, 7J4
130 1,896
642
5,522 1,940
162 2,182
856
UNITED STAT ES:
All Stocks Larqer Except ~ye
Stocks of all grains on October 1 were above a year earlier e xcept rye. Stocks of the four feed grains (corn, oats, barley, and sorghums) totaled b).~ mill ion tons, 28 percent more than a year earlier but 15 percent below average. Stocks of all wheat were up 9 percent from a year earlier with durum holdings up 47 percent. Kye stocks were 4 percent less than a year
earlier. Fla xseed holdings were 15 percent above last year.
Old corn carryover stocks in all positions on October 1 totaled 1,146 mill ion bushels- 39 pe~nt more than a year earlier but 12 percent less than average. Indicated disappearance of 1, 005 mill ion bushels during the July-September ~uart e r is~ percent more than in the same
months in 19G7 .
St ocks of old corn on farms, at 7b5 mill ian bushels, were j 4 pe rcen t above a year ~arl ier
and 32 percen t more than a verage. Old corn hel1d in off- farm positions totaleci about 381 million bushels compared with 254 mill ion bushels a year earlier.
~wheat in s torage October 1 totaled 1,690 mill ion bushels, 9 percent more than a year earl ier but 6 percent below the 1962-66 October 1 average. Off-farm stocks at 946 mill ion bushels were 1 percent lower than a year earlier but farm holdings, at 744 mill ion bushels were up 24 percent. Disappearance from all storage positions during the July-September quarter is indicated at 446 mill ion bushels compared with 393 mill ion for the same quarter last year.
Rye stocks in all stora ge pos i tions on October 1, at 31.9 mill ion bushels, were down 4 per-
cent from a year earl ier. Oat stocks in all positions totaled 930 mill ion bushels, 20 percent more than a year earlier and 3 percent above average. Barley stored in all positions on October l totaled 446 mi ll ion bushels, 17 percent more than a year earlier and 9 percent above avera ge. Sorqhum ~rain old crop carryover stocks on October 1 in all positions were 292 mill ion bushels, 20 percent above last year, but about one-half the average for the date.
ARCHIE U'INGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
Please turn page
A. J. BORDELON Agricultural Statistician
Grain and position
Stock s of g rains, October I, 1968, with comparisons
(In thousand bushels)
Oct. I Av.
Oct. 1
Ju 1y 1
1962-66
19 67
19 6 8
Oct. 1
1::; 68
ALL \-!H EAT
On Farms ll Commodity Credi t Corp. 11 Hills, Elev. & Whses. ll 11
TOT i\L
RYE
On Farms l/
Commodity Credit Corp. 11 Hills, Elev. & Whses. ll 11
TOTAL
CORN {old crop)
On Farms l/
Commodity Credit Corp. 11 Mills, Elev. & Whses. l/ 11
TOTAL OATS
On Farms l/
Commodity Credit Corp. 11 Mil Is, Elev. & Whses. ll 11
TOTAL BARLEY
On Farms l/ Commodity Credit Corp. _/
Mill~, Elev. & Whses. ll 11
TOTAL SORGHUM {old crop)
On Farms Commodity Credit Corp. _/
Mills, Elev. & Whses. l/ 11
TOTAL
FLAXSEED
On Farms ll Commodity Credit Corp. 11 All others ll 11
TOTAL
4b3,886
601, 522
228, 471
743,822
24,810
969
749
756
1 .2~4.024
953 , 698
308.251
945,248
- -1~792~720---- -1~5S6~1S9---- -537~471--- -1~689~~26-
16,567
12,276
3,702
13,886
345
474
- 419
419
___ l4..t.8_26______ lO..t.S_4_____ 13..!..8_9_____ l7..t.523_
31,807
33.274
17 . ~ 9 0
31,898
580,880
569,155
l ,620,604
765,290
347,273
97,571
97,785
103,312
380,155
156,504
43 2.793
277.187 .
- -1~ 308~ 308----- -823~230--- -2~1Sl~IH2--- -~~145-789-
772,174
640,2 99
203,964
776,062
6 ,115
6,674
6,668
6,658
121 375 59 . b43 147,147 12~ . 9 9 6 _ _ _ _ ..t_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
899 663
775.Y 6~
270.475
929 ,867
254,597
230,565
70,628
295,560
9,036
4,0 30
3,944
3,931
144 439 145.441 62,200 146 295 _ _ _ _ ..t_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ..t_ _ _
408 072
380,0 36
136.772
445 . 786
3~.852
44 , 41 4
94 ,167
60,600
4,56b
4 ,5 ~ ~
4,5b7
4,586
539 766 194,88b 272.821 226 362 _ _ _ _ ..t_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .,t_ _ _
584 , 226
?43.900
371 . 575
291.548
14,166
8,740
1 ,2 ~ 9
14,383
2
0
0
0
17 401 14.549 5.664 12 324 _ _ _ _ ..t_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .,t_ _ _
31.569
23 289
6,963
26 707
l l Estimates of the Crop Reporting Board.
_/ c.c.c.-owned grain at bin sites.
11 Afl off-farm storages not otherw i se designated, including terminals and processing plants.
Includes C.C.C.-owned grain in these storages.
ISSUED BY: The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, USDA, 409A North Lumpkin Street, Athens, Ga., in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture.
***********************l'************************"d'********* *The January and April Stocks of Grain Reports are being*
* *discontinued. The next estimate of stocks of grain for*
*off-farm and all positions will be for July 1, 1 ~ 69 .
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GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERV I E OC T3 - 1968
ATHENS, GEORGIA
October 30, 1968
B ROILER TYPE
Placement of b r oiler chicks in Georgia during the week ended October 26 was 6, 937, 000--11 percent less than the previous week and 8 percent less than the comparable week last year , according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Servi ce.
An estimated 11 , 344, 000 broiler type eggs were set by Geor gia hatcheries-slightly less than the previous week but 1 percent more than the compar able week a year earlier.
The majority of the prices paid to Georgia producer s for broile r hatching eggs were reported within a range of 60 to 70 cents per dozen. The a verage p r ice of hatching eggs was 63 cents p e r dozen. The prices of eggs fr om floc k s with hatche r y owned cockerels generally was 2 cents below the average price. Mos t p ri ces received for broiler chicks by Georgia hatcheries were reported within a r ange of $ 8.25 to $ 10. 50 with an average of $9. 25 per hundred. The average prices last ye a r were 56 cents for eggs and $ 7. 7 5 for chicks.
Week Ended
Aug. 24 Aug. 31 Sept. 7 Sept. 14 Sept. 21 Sept. 28 Oct. 5 Oct. 12 Oct. 19 Oct. 26
GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS, AND CHICK PLACE MENTS
Eggs 3et ':}
1967 Thou.
1968 Thou.
% of
year a o
Pet.
Chicks Placed for
Broilers in Georgia
% of
1967
1968
year
ago
Thou.
Thou. Pet.
A v. Price
Hatch
Broiler
Eggs
Chicks
Per
Per
Doz.
Hundred
1968
1968
Cents
Dollars
10 , 754 11 , 411 106
8, 614
8, 467
98
64
10, 171 10, 763 106
8, 273
8,318 101
64
10, 880 10, 134
93
8, 217
8,034
98
64
10, 886 10, 809
99
7, 887
8, 120 103
64
11,433 11,271
99
7, 314
7,432 102
64
10,465 10, 834 104
I 7, 812
7,356
94
64
10, 736
9,941
93
8,021
8,034 100
64
10, 549 10, 033
95
8, 099
8, 137 100
63
11 , 289 11,381 101
I 7, 551
7, 806 103
63
11,271 11,344 101
i 7, 537
6,937
92
63
9. 50 9. 50 9.50 9. 50 9.50 9.50 9. 50 9.25 9 . 25 9.25
EGG TYPE
Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the week ended October 26 was 834, 000-2 percent more than the previous week and 150 percent more than the comparable week last year. An estimated 950, 000 eggs fqr the production of egg type chicks were set by Georgia hatcheries , slightly more than the previous week and 70 percent more than the comparable week last year.
In the four states that accounted for about 25 percent of the hatch of all egg type chicks in the U.S. in 1967, hatchings during the week ended October 26 were up 46 percent and settings were up 33 percent from a year ago.
State
Ga. Ill. Calif. Wash.
EGG TYPE EGGS SET A ND CHICKS HAT::HED, 196 8
Eggs Set (Week Ended) I %of
~ hick s H a t che d (Wee k E nde d )
Oct.
Oct. Oct.
Oct. year
Qct. Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
5
12
19
26
ago 2/
5
12
19
26
Thousands
1,043* 922 945
950 170
250
525 44 0
380
95
1, 697 1, 273 l, 476 1, 289 130
259
309 245
337 123
837 255 1, 279 167
T ho usands
771
8 19
834
300
270
395
1, 217 1, 288 1, 334
199
16 2
208
Total 3, 249* 3, 029 3, 106 2, 956 133
2, 538 2, 4 87 2, 539 2, 771
1 Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatche r y supply flocks.
2/ Current we ek as percent of same week last year.
* R evised.
o/o of
year ago 2/
250 165 111 172
146
-BROILER TYPE EGGS SE T AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAT.w A:i {E< AS BY - 1968 v\rl:!~J..kL:'J KS P age 2
EGGS SET
CHICKS PLACED
STATE
Week Ended
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
o/o of
year
Week Ended
O.:t.
Oct.
Oct.
Ofc of year
12
19
26
ago 1/ 12
19
26
ago 1/
-
THOUSANDS
THOUSANDS
Maine Connecticut Pennsylvania
Indiana Missouri Delaware Maryland Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina
1, 771 230
l, 437 682 353
l, 714 4, 546 1, 488
36 6, 573
454
l, 882 161
1, 561 550 236
2,458 4, 735 l, 610
34 6, 942
446
l, 933 108 225 88
1, 647 109 564 113 236 48
2, 317 104 4,792 114 l, 744 118
34 26 6,778 106
460 115
1, 300
l, llO
1, 167
81
128
118
139
89
768
818
842
106
379
384
345 137
347
337
331
92
Z, 290
2,032
1,. 917.
96
3,079
3, 101
2., 898
116
1, 161
946
925 102
281
338
24)
107
4,930
5, 060
3~ 769
103
395
293
347
109
GEORGIA
10, 033 11 , 381 11 , 344 101
8, 137 7, 806 6,937
92
Florida Tennessee Alabama Missis sippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas Washington Oregon
,falifornia TOTAL 1968 (22 States)
905
922
960 104
739
694
70S 126
791
815
805 123
887
979
950
101
7,765
7, 892
8, 260 99
6,280
5, 984
5,90'1
106
4, 249
4, 595
4, 892 109
4, 183
4, 153
3,829
112
8, 351
8, 966 10 , 001 107
7,050
7, 156
6, 276
107
889
1, 007
984 88
821
7S8
706
93
3,961
4, 126
4,269 120
3,083
3, 148
2,742
110
514
583
540 lll
427
31.5
Z8l
124
317
266
354 82
2.87
223
194
148
l, 308
l , 880
1,788 108
1, 393
1, 371
932
91
58,367 63 , 048 64,927 105 48,34 5 47, 254 42,384
103
TOTAL 1967* (22 States)
58, 790 61,375 61, 705
!l~I
of Last Y RC u r.r e n t
ear week
as
percent
99 of same
103 week
last
105 year.
ev1sed.
45, 724 41,948 41, 176
106
113
103
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GEORGIA CROP REPORTIN
Athens , Georgia
Week Ending November 4 , 1968
L--;;;.--~"Ireie'a;;se;;d 3 p.m. Monday
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This is the final i s sue of
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the Ge or gia Weekly Crop
*
and
* * * *
Weather
* * * * * * * * * *
Bullet in f or 1968 .
* * * *
Publi-
cation of the Bulletin will be resumed in April 1969.
Much appreciation i s expressed to County Agents, Market Managers, and Cooperative Weather Ob~ervers through whose efforts this Bulletin has been possible.
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DROUGHT CONTINUES , HARVEST ACTIVE
Athens , Ga ., Nov . 4 -- Fai r s kies extended the drought that has p lagued the s outhwest part
of the State , but the open weather permitted good harvest progress , according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service . Soils were classed very dry over all of the s outhwe stern section ~ along
the western b order and through central Ge orgia. Several County Agent s reported the s i tuation was becoming crit i cal.
Cotton harvest moved along at a good pace, according to County Agents. The crop was 85 per-
cent picked by the week end. Extensive use of mechanical harvesters was being made in all sections.
Corn harvest advanced to 81 percent completion Statewide during the period. About 80 to 93
percent of the crop has been gathered in southern areas compared with 39 to 53 percent gathered in northern sections.
Frost and dry weather have improved conditions for soybean harvest over much of the State. The best progress of the season was made in combining the crop during the past week, bringing the total t o about one-fifth completion. Harvest is expected to incre ase rapidly now a s farmers complete harvest of other cr ops and turn their attention t o s oybe ans . Yi elds i n s ome dry areas are such that many fields will not be har vested.
Small grain plantings i n a number of counties are at a standstill due t o the dry soil conditions. About 68 percent of the acreage has been planted. A limited amount of replanting occurred during the week.
Pecan harvest was active in the southern part of the State. Other sections are expecting light yields and harvest has been very light to date. Pasture condition declined again due to the dry weather.
WEATHER SUMMARY
No measurable rain was reported in Georgia during the week ending
Friday, November 1. This was the first week since the crop season began last April that rainfall
did not occur in the State. Most observers recorded their last October rainfall on the 19th, so .
there was actually a 13 or 14 day period with practically no rain in the State. The dry condi-
tions in the southwest section became more severe during this period and most other areas had
become quite dry by the end of the week. Rainfall occurred over most of the State Sunday night,
November 3 - 4. Totals exceeded an inch at several places, including some of the drier sections
of south Ge orgia.
Temperatures were unseasonably cool during the first part of the week but a warming trend during the last half brought readings back to normal and above by the end of the period. Freezing was reported on 2 or 3 morni ngs i n the northern half of the State and readings were in the 30's in extreme south Georgia Wednesday morning. Highs reached the 80's at several places before the
end of the week. Averages ranged from 3 below normal in the southeast t o 3 above normal in the northwest.
October rainfall was above normal in the eastern half of Georgia and mostly below normal in the west. The southwest division received only about 33 percent of normal rainfall for the month and continued to be the driest section of the State. October rainfall was heaviest in the northeast and s outheast.
The five-day forecast for the period Tuesday through Saturday ( November 5-9) calls for temperatures t o average near normal with no important changes. Rainfall is expected to average .15 to .40 i nches and occur about the middle of the week. IssuED-BY:- The Georgia Crop-Reporting-Service-:- Athens-:- Georgia;-i n cooperation with-the----
Cooperative Extension Service , University of Georg ia; Georgia Department of Agri cu lture; and the Weather Bureau, ESSA, U. S . Depar tme nt of Comme rce .
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE WEATHER BUREAU Athens. Georgia ESSA
Precipitati n For The Week Ending November
~ 1968
GEORGIA
Temperature extremes for the week ending November 1, l968o (Provisional)
Highest g 84 at Talbot t on on November 1st.
Lowest : 22 a+ mair~.&Jle on October 27t h an~ October 3oth.
* For peri od November 2--4 .1l 1968
T Less than o005 inch o
After Five Da ys et . to United St a tes Dep a rtme . t of Ag icul tu re
Statisti ca l Report in g Service 409A No t Lu1 pk i, St ree t Athens, Ge r gi a 3060 1 OFFIC IAL B -H11 Ei_
IMMEDIATE - U. S. WE T,R EP OR
This repo r t wi ll be t i e a ted in a l l Respects a s Let e a :J
(See Sec . 34 . 17 , P. & R.
Post a ge and Fees Paid U. S. De par t ~e n t of Agriculture
UNITED STATES - COTTON KEPO~T AS OF NOV~MBER 1, 1968
The Crop Heportiny Board of the Statistical Reporting Service makes the followiny report from data furnished by crop correspondents, field statisticians, Bureau of the Census, Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Ser v ice, and cooperating State agencies. The final outturn of cotton compared with this forecast will depend u~on whether the various influences affecting the crop during the remainder of the season are more or less favorable than usual.
State
Acres for
harvest
1~68 ll
1,000 acres
Lint yield per harvested acre
l96l-66 lS~67
average
1968
indic.
Pounds Pounds Pounds
Production 1/
500-oound qross weiqht bales
Indicated
1962-66
1967
Oct. l , Nov. l ,
average
lS68
1968
1 ,000
1 ,000
I ,000
I ,000
bales
bales
bales
bales
N. C.
s. c.
Ga. Tenn. AI a. '
Mo.
200
365
277
300
263
44
135
125
345
440
449
362
L48
179
270
260
390
431
408
332
527
228
280
270
355
568
295
446
S/6
145
350
}30
535
4SC
278
368
757
197
440
410
200
549
3 J!+
480
376
59
200
200
Miss. Ark. La. Okla. Texas
1 150 1 ,025
'-+1 0
380
4,175
657
567
538
333
556
621
269
251
369
376
668
1,887 . I ,054
I , 650
1,600
492
1. 343
4~J7
I, 100
I ,050
603
566
42t5
500
515
316
303
194
250
250
405
4,22j 2,767
3,47 5 3,525
N. Mex. Ariz. Ca 1 if. Othe1r
States 11
I .c;-j
657
bl~
596
242
157
2~5
1 ,051
887
I ,123
776
454
680
1 ,091
8'-+7
I ,041
1 ,661
1 ,O!+O
25
403
410
426
)8
12
190
6~0
1,475
21
22
u. s.
10,)18
500
50~
7.455
11 ,071 10,912
Amer. Egypt. }!I
67.4
537
502
457
Ill . 7
69.8
73.8
76.8
ll August 1 estimate. 11 Production ginned and to be ginned. A 500-lb. bale contains about 480 net pounds of I int. 11 Virginia, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, ana Nevada. il Included
in State and United States totals. Grown in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California.
CROP REPORTING BOAKD
C. L. CRENSHAW Agricultural Statistician
AKCH IE LAr~GLY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
After Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Postage and Fees Paid U. S. Department of Agriculture
NOV 71968 GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SE I C E
ATHENS, GEORGIA
Novembe r 6, 1968
B ROILER TYPE
Placement of b r oiler chicks in Georgia during the week ended November 2 was 7, 649, 000--10 percent more than t he previous week and slightly more than the comparable week last year , according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service.
An estimated 11, 338, 000 broiler type eggs were set by Georgia hatcheries-slightly less than the previous week but 2 percent more than the comparable week a year earlier.
The majority of the prices paid to Georgia producers for broiler hatching eggs were reported within a range of 60 to 70 cents per dozen. The average price of hatching eggs was 63 cents per dozen. The price of eggs from flocks with hatchery owned cockerels generally was 2 cents below the average price . Most prices received for broiler chicks by Georgia hatcheries were reported within a range of $ 8. 25 to $10. 50 with an ave rage of $9. 25 per hundred. The average p ri ces last year were 57 cents for eggs and $ 8 . 00 for chicks.
Week Ended
GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS, AND CHICK PLA CEMENTS
Eggs Set l_/
1967 Thou.
1968 Thou.
o/o of
year ago
Pet.
Chicks Placed for
Broilers in Georgia
1967
1968
o/o of
year
ago
Thou.
Thou. Pet.
Av. Price
Hatch
Broiler
Eggs
Chicks
Per
Per
Doz.
Hundred
1968
1968
Cents
Dollars
Aug. 31 Sept. 7 Sept. 14 Sept. 21 Sept. 28 Oct. 5 Oct. 12 Oct. 19 Oct. 26 Nov. 2
10, 171 10, 763 106
8, 273
8,318 101
64
10, 880 10, 134
93
8, 217
8, 034
98
64
10, 886 10, 809
99
7, 887
8, 120 103
64
11 ,433 1 1,2 71
99
7, 314
7,432 102
64
10 ,465 10, 834 104
7,812
7, 3 56
94
64
10, 736
9.941
93
8,021
8,034 100
64
10 . 549 10, 033
95
8,099
8, 137 100
63
11 , 289 11 , 381 101
7, 551
7, 806 103
63
11, 271 11 , 344 101
7, 537
6, 937
92
63
11 , 090 11,338 102
7,637
7,649 100
63
9. 50 9. 50 9. 50 9. 50 9. 50 9. 50 9.25 9.25 9.25 9.25
EGG TYPE
Hatch of egg type chi cks in Georgia during the week ended November 2 was 797, 000--4 percent less than the previous week but 144 percent more than the comparable week last year. An estimated 864, 000 eggs for the production of egg type chicks were set by Georgia hatcheries, 9 percent less than the previous week but 114 percent more than the comparable week last year.
In the four states that accounted for about 25 percent of the hatch of all egg type chicks in the U. S. in 1967, hatchings during the week ended November 2 were up 3 5 percent and settings were up 14 percent from a year ago.
State
Ga.
Ill.
Calif. Wash.
EGG TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS HATCHED, 1968
Eggs Set (Week Ended)
Oct.
Oct. Oct.
Nov.
12
19
26
2
o/o of
year ago 2/
Chicks Hatched (Week Ended)
Oct. Oct.
Oct.
Nov.
12
19
26
2
922 570* l, 273 309
Thous ands 945 9 50 440 380 l , 476 l, 289 245 337
864 214 455 105 l, 311 93 141 75
Thousands
771 819
834
797
300 270
39 5 445
l, 217 1, 288 1,334
994
199 162
208
244
o/o of
year ago 2/
244 138 103 111
Total 3, 074~.< 3 , 106 2, 956 2, 771 114
2,487 2 , 539 2 , 771 2, 480' 13 5
1/ Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatchery supply flocks.
2/ Current week as percent of same week last year. * Revised.
BROILER TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL AREAS BY WEEKS-1968 Page 2
STATE
EGGS SET
Week Ended
Oct.
Oct.
19
26
I
INov. 2
%of year ago 1/
THOUSANDS
CHICKS PLA CZD
Week Ended
Oct.
Oct.
Nov.
19
26
2
THOUSANDS
%of year ago 1/
Maine Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana Missouri Delaware Maryland Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina
GEORGIA
Florida Tennessee Alabama Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas Washington Oregon California
TOTAL 1968 (22 States)
l, 882 161
l, 561 550 236
2,458 4, 735 1,610
34 6,942
446
1, 933 225
l, 647 564 236
2, 317 4, 792 1, 744
34 6,778
460
l , 882 113 204 69
l , 642 115
522 121 253 54 2,432 106 4, 823 113 l, 654 113
14 12 6,491 101
478 137
1, 210
l, 167
1,304
93
118
139
98
69
818
842
822
97
384
345
415
137
337
331
432
96
2,032
l, 917
l, 794
80
3, 101
2, 898
3,244
120
946
925
1,070
106
338
243
279
96
5, 060
3,769
4, 808
101
293
347
375
101
11,381 11,344 11,338 102
7, 806
6,937
7,649
100
922 815 7, 892 4, 595 8,966 1,007 4, 126
583 266 l, 880
960 805 8, 260
4, 892 10,001
984 4, 269
540 354 l, 788
956 110 815 127 8, 541 101 4, 832 108 9, 745 111 l, 006 92 4 , 281 113 581 112 352 101 1,903 121
694
705
629
94
979
950
747
105
5, 984
5,909
6,225
101
4, 153
3,829
3, 715
103
7, 156
6,276
5, 622
90
788
706
806
103
3, 148
2, 742
j, 117
119
315
281
362
120
223
194
238
118
l, 371
932
l, 253
101
63 , 048 64,927 64, 745 107 47, 254 42.,384 45,004
101
TOTAL 1967* (22 States)
61,375 61,705 60,767
~of Last Year
103
105
107
{I Cur~ent week as percent of same week last year .
.Rev1sed.
41,948 41,176 44, 733
113
103
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GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
ATHENS, GEORGIA
GENERAL CROP REPORT AS OF NOVEMBER I, 1~68
November 13, 1968
Crop Harvest Well Advanced
By November I, harvest of Georgia 1 s crops was well along. Statewide, cotton harvest was 85 percent complete and 80 percent of the corn had been gathered. Harvest of the soybean crop was becoming active over much of the State.
Corn: The estimated 1968 corn crop is placed at 58,840,000 bushels compared with 88,856,000 bushels the previous year. Yield per acre was placed at 40 bushels.
Cotton: Production of cotton is forecast at 270,000 bales compared with 228,000 bales in ~ 1967.
Tobacco: Type 14 tobacco production of 105,450,000 pounds is sharply below last years crop of 148,452,000 pounds.
Peanuts: The 1968 peanut production of 929,880,000 pounds is about 5 percent below the record crop last year. Yields are estimated to average 1,8~0 pounds per acre.
Soybeans: The States soybean crop of 8,320,000 bushels is sharply below the 1967 crop of 13,008,000 bushels.
Pecans: A pecan crop of 41,000,000 pounds was indicated on November I. The level is 7 mill ion pounds below the previous month 1 s estimate.
Milk production on Georgia farms during October totaled 87 mill ion pounds- 1 mill ion pounds less than production a year ago but 4 mill ion above the pre v ious month.
Eqqs produced on Georgia farms during October are estimated at 422 mill ion - 3 mill ion le~s than the previous October production of 425 mill ion eggs.
GEORGIA CROP PRODUCTION AND HARVESTED AC~EAGE, 1967 AND 1~68
Crop and Unit
Corn, for grain, bu. Wheat, bu. Oats, bu. Rye, bu. Barley, bu. Tobacco, Type 14, lb. Sweetpotatoes, cwt. Hay, a II, ton Cotton, bale Peanuts (P & T), I b. Soybeans, for beans, bu. Sorghums, for grain, bu. Peaches, total crop, 1b. Pecans, lb.
Acreage
For
: Harvested : harvest
196Z
1~68
Thousands
I, :>32
uo
1,471 121
100
98
67
70
9
b
71.2
57.0
8.0
8.5
433
446
26 /
390
478
4';12
542
520
II
12
Yield Per Acre
Production
j
Indicated
: Indicated
196Z
1968
1967
1968
Thousands
58.0 26.0
35.0 18.5 31 .o 2,085
90
1.95 40~ l l 2,040 24.0
37.0
40.0 88,856
30.0
3, 380
'+I 0
3,500
22.0
I ,240
37.0
279
I ,850 140,452
80
720
I. 76
845
332 1I
228
I ,890 975' 120
16.0 1),008
31.0
407
148,800
55,000
58,640
3,630 4,018
1J 540 296
105,450 680
785 270 929,880 8,320
372 230,000 41,000
ll Pounds of 1int.
ARCHIE LANGLEY
C. L. CRENSHAW
Agricultural Statistician In Charge
Agricultural Statistician
(Please turn page for United States information)
JSSUED-BY:- Th; Ge~rgi~ Cr~p-R;p~rti~g-S;r~i~e: USDA: 4o9A-N~rth-L~mpkln-Str;et,-Ath;ns,-G~,--l in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture.
UNITED STATES CROP SUMMAKY AS OF NOVEMBER I, 19bH
Corn prospects decreased 3 percent in October to 4.4 billion bushels, 6 percent less than last ----year's record crop, but 15 percent above the 1962-66 average.
Soybean production is a record 1.1 bill ion bushels, up 1 percent from a month earlier, 11 percent more than the 1967 crop and 40 percent above average.
Sorqhum grain production is forecast at 755 mill ion bushels, down 3 percent from a month earlier and 1 percent below last year's record crop, but 27 percent more than average.
Pecan prospects are for 168 mill ion pounds, 28 percent less than in 1967 and 19 percent below average.
Milk production in October was 9,159 mill ion pounds, about the same as a year earlier but 4 . percent below average.
Eogs laid in October totaled 5,680 mill ion, 5 percent more than in September, 7 percent above average, but 3 percent below last year.
u. S. ACREAGE HARVESTED AND PRODUCTION, 1967 AND 1968
Crop and Unit
Corn, for grain, bu. Wheat, all bu. Oats, bu. Barley, bu. Rye, bu. Cotton, bale Hay, a 11 , ton Soybeans, bu. Peanuts (P & T) 1b. Sweetpotatoes, cwt. Tobacco, 1b. Peaches, 1b. Pecans, 1b.
Acreage
For
: Ha rves te~: harvest
196?
1~68
Thousands
60,385
55,886
59,004
56,039
15,970 9,188 1,072
7,997 64,72tl
17,765
9,999 1,019 10,318
63,567
39,742 1 ,402
40,949 1 ,425
147
148
961
899
Yield Per Acre
Production
1~67
78.2 25.8 49.0 40.3 22.5 114'+7 1.95 24.5 1,765
93 2,052
1~68
79.4 28.5 52.6 42.5 23.7 l/508 1.99 26.4 I, 738
92 1 ,913
Indicated Indicated
1~67
1968
Thousands
4, 722,164 4,439,758
1,524,349 781 ,867
1'597 ,858 934,424
370,246 24,075
424,563 24,124
7,455 126,361
10,912 126,261
972,701
1,079,490
2,473,385
2,476,905
13,658 1,972,147
13,570 1'720 ,004
.f/2,692,100 1/3,600,100
231 ,900
167,950
l/ Pounds of 1int. 11 Includes some quantities not harvested.
After Five Days Return to United States De~artment of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street
Athens, Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Postage and Fees Paid U. S. Department of Agriculture
P7Po7
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GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
I:~~Wl][11[B
ATHENS, GEORGIA
No vembe r 13, 1968
Placement of broiler c hicks in Georgia during the week e nded November 9 was 8, 459 , 000--11 pe r cent mo r e than the previous week and 2 p ercent more than the comparable week la s t year, according to the Georgia C rop .Re po r ti ng Servi ce .
An estimated 11 , 234 , 000 broiler type eggs were set by G e o r g ia hat c h e ries- -1 percent less than the previous week but 2 percent more than t he compar able week a year earlier.
The majority of the pri ces paid to Georgia producers for br oile r hatching eggs were reported within a rang e of 60 to 70 cents per dozen. The a ver a ge pri ce of hatching eggs wa s 63 cents per dozen. The price of eggs from flock s wit h h atchery owned cockerels generally was 2 cents below the average price . Mo s t prices received for broiler chicks by Georgia hatcheries were reported withi n a r ange of $8. 25 to $10. 50 with an average of $9. 25 per hundred. The averag e p r i c es las t ye ar were 57 cents for eggs and $8. 00 for chicks.
Week Ended
Sept. 7 Sept. 14 Sept. 21 Sept. 28 Oct. 5 Oct. 12 Oct. 19 Oct. 26 Nov. 2
Nov. 9
GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS, AND CHICK PLACE MENTS
Eggs 3et 1I
1967
1968
o/o of
year ago
Chicks Placed for
Broilers in Georgia
1967
1968
o/o of
year ! ago
Av. Price
Hatch
Broiler
E ggs
Chicks
Per
Per
Doz.
Hundred
1968
1968
Thou.
Thou.
Pet.
Thou.
Thou. Pet. Cents
Dollars
10, 880 10, 134
93
8, 217
8, 034 98
64
10, 886 10 , 809
99
7, 887
8, 120 103
64
11 , 43 3 11,271
99
7, 314 7, 4 32 102
64
10,465 10 , 834 104
7, 812
7 , 3 56 94
64
10 , 736
9,941
93
8,021
8, 03 4 100
64
10 , 549 10 , 033
95
8, 099
8, 137 100
63
11,289 11,381 101
7, 551
7, 80 6 10 3
63
11 , 271 11,344 101
7, 537
6,937 92
63
11, 090 11 , 338 102
7, 637
7,649 100
63
10, 964 11, 234 102
8, 270
8, 459 102
63
9.50 9. 50 9. 50 9. 50 9. 50 9.25
9.25 9.25 9.25 9.25
EGG TYPE
Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the week ende d N ovember 9 was 714, 000--10 percent less than the previous week but 57 percent mor e than the comparable week last year. An estimated 688, 000 eggs for the production of egg type chicks were set by Georgia hatcheries, 20 percent less than the previous week but 119 percent more than the comparable week last year.
In the four states that accounted for about 25 percent of the hatch of all egg type chicks in the U. S. in 1967 , hatchings during the week ended November 9 were up 35 percent but settings were down 4 percent from a year ago.
State
Ga.
Ill.
Calif. Wash.
EGG TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS HATCHED, 1968
Eggs .3 et (W eek Ended)
I
o/o of
Chicks Hatche d (We ek Ended)
Oct.
Oct. Nov.
Nov. year
Oct. Oct.
N ov.
Nov.
19
26
2
9
ago 21
19
26
2
9
Thousands
945
950 864 688 219
475>:< 380 455 345
79
l, 476 1, 289 1, 311 783
74
24 5
337 141 220
73
819 270 l, 288 162
Tho us a nds
834
797
395
445
1, 33 4
994
208
244
714 380 1' 167 191
o/o of
year
ago 2I
157 142 135
82
Total
3, 141* 2, 956 2, 771 2,036
96
2, 539 2, 771 2, 4 80 2,452 135
* 1 I Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatche r y s upply flocks.
2.1 Current week as percent of same week last year.
R e vis e d.
BROILER TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL AREAS BY WEEKS - 1968 Page 2
I
EGGS SET
II CHICI(S PLACED
Maine Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana Missouri Delaware Maryland Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina
1, 933
l, 882
1, 748 97
1, 167
1,304
1, 314
91
225
204
196 89
139
98
118
104
1,647 564
1, 642 522
I 1, 608 123
842
492 92
345
822 415
904
91
367
116
236 2, 317
253 2,432
I 243 52
2, 234 101
331 1, 917
432 1, 794
334 2, 51 4
80 114
4, 792
4, 823
4, 870 113
2,898
3,244
3, 168
113
1, 744
1, 654
1, 532 106
925
1,070
1, 148
105
34
14
22 18
243
279
323
97
6,778
6,491
6,409 100
3, 769
4,808
4~934
99
460
478
446 103
347
375
397
114
GEORGIA
Florida Tennessee Alabama Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas Washington Oregon California
TOTAL 1968 (22 States)
TOTAL 1967>~ (22 States)
11 , 344 11, 33 8 11,234 102
6,937
7,649
8,459
102
960
956
943 98
705
629
657
102
805
815
818 130
950
747
913
116
8, 260 4, 892 10,001
984 4, 269
540 354 1, 788
8, 541 4, 832 9. 745 1, 006 4, 281
581 352 1,903
8, 259 103 4, 586 104
9, 887 110 1, 020 96 4,302 110
495 91 355 101 l, 780 105
5,909
6,225
6,469
99
3,829
3,715
3,939
106
6, 276
5,622
7,053
!08
706
806
874
112
2, 742
3, 117
3, 171
116
281
362
411
99
194
238
213
116
932
1, 253
1 438
112
64, 927 64, 745 63,479 104 42, 384 45,004 49, 118
105
61,705 60,767 60, 785
41, 176 44,733 46,915
!_of Last Year
'1i / c urrent week
as
105 percent of
same
107 week
last
104 year.
Revised,
1 103
101
105
..(..1..j
00 '-t 0
Cl)
CJ
.
tf)
GEORGIA CROP
SERVICE
IVOV 2 1 1968
....... ..
/\the ns, Georgi a
liBRAR IES
October Milk Product ion Down
October 1968 Released 11118/ 68
Milk pro duction on Geor g ia f arms dur i ng October t otal ed 87 mi ll ion pounds, a ccordin g to th e Geor s ia Crop Reportin y Serv i ce. This was 1 mill ion pounds be low t he Oc t obe r 1967 production , but 4 mill ion poun ds above Se 9tember 1968 . The 196 2- 66 a vera ge p roduct ion for the month was 81 mill ion poun ds.
Produc t ion per cow in herd a vera ge d 640 pounds - -2 0 pounds above the p rev ious year and 30 pounds above t he p re vious mon th . The 5- year ave ra ge p roduct ion per cow wa s 4~8 pounds.
The estimate d ave rage p rice receive d b; producers for all whol esa le mi lk du rin g October was $6. 55 pe r hundre dwe ight. Th i s was 5 cents below the Oc t ober 1967 p rice but 10 ce nts above the September 1968 pr i ce .
Prices pai d by aairymen f or f eed durin g t he month were below both the prev ious year and the p rev ious mon t h.
MIL K P~ O D UCTIO N AND PR ICE S KECEIVED AND PA IU BY D A I ~YM EN
Gt:Of~G I i\
UN I TED ST/n ;: s
ITEM AND UNIT
October September
I')(;/
I ;t68
October Sep~ember October
196b
19 68
Mil k Producti on ,
mi I I ion I bs .
Product ion Pe r Cow,
1bs. ll
620
Number Milk Cows,
thousand head
Prices Received-Dollars 11
All wholesale milk, cw t . l l 6.60
F1u i d mi I k, cwt
6 . GO
Manufactured milk, cwt.
Milk Cows, head
200 .00
b/
9, 16/
610
640
i36
6.4) 6.45
210.00
6 . 55 !I:
210.00
5. 30 '.; . 74
4.1~
265. 00
s; ,O SL
~ '159
701
5.46
). 93 4 . 30
7.. 7b . OO
5.57 !I
2.1:50 .00
Pr i ces Pa i d- Dollars 11
Mixed Da i ry Feed, ton 14 percent protein 16 pe rcent prote i n 18 percent protein 20 percent prote i n
Ha y , ton
72.00 75.00
bo.oo
82.00
32.00
72.00 ]6.00
&o.oo
~2.00
31.00
6;J.OO 74.00
T/ .oo
78.00
)3.00
68.00 73.00 ] ) .00 81.00
31.60
}0.00 73.00 76 .0U
30.10
6C. oo
70.00 7].00 76 .0J
30.10
l l Monthly avera ge.
21 Dollars per un i t as o f t he 15t h of the month e xce pt wholes a l e milk wh i ch is a ve ra Je for
mon t h. 31 f~e v i sed. ~I Prelim i nary.
ARCHI E LAN GLEY Agr i cultural Sta ti stic i an In Char ge
'vJ. PAT PP,RKS Agr i cul t u r al St a ti s t ician
-----------------------------------------------
ISSUED BY : The Geor g ia Croi Reportin g Service, USDA, 409A North Lumpkin St ree t, Athens, Ga., in coopera t ion with t he Georgia Department of Agriculture.
UN I TED ST.l\TES NILK PRODUCT 1ON
October mi lk production close to a year earlier
United St ates mi lk p roduction in October i s estima t ed a t j ,l 59 mill ion pou nds , nearly equal to the 9,167 mi ll ion poun ds a year earlier, but 4 percent less than t he 1 ~ 6 2 -66 avera ~e. October was the first mo nth of 1968 when p roduction practicall y equalled a year earlier (except February which ha d 2~ da ys). Increased production in Californ ia, Wiscons i n and Penns y lvania helped boos t ou t put to the 1967 level. Total milk production in the first 10 mont hs of 1~6b was 1.4 percen t less than a year earlier. Daily average milk p roduction in October decreased 2 percent from Se ptember, compare d wi th a 3- percent decline a year earlier.
Outout per cow 3 perce nt above a year earlier
Milk out put per cow avera ged ]O j pounds durin g October, 3 percent more than a year earlier
and 13 percent above average. The month's gain over a year earlier was the largest since August 1967 (e xcept for February 1~ 68 which had 29 days). Da i ly ou tp ut per cow ave raged 22.8 pounds in October, compared with 23.3 pounds a month earlier an d 22.1 pounds a year earlier.
October production per cow was at record high levels in 46 States. Highest output per cow was in California, at ') 70 poun ds; f ollowed by Ar izona, 515 pounds ; V.!ashin gton, &:;JO pounds, Connecticut, 8 ~5 rounds, and Massachusetts wi th 850 pounds.
Month
Mil k per cow and milk production, by months,
Uni t ed States. 1968. with compa r i sons
Mi 1k per cow
Milk product ion
Average
Avera ge
196 2-66
1 ~ 67
1968
lS62-66
1~ 6 7
1 ':7 6~
~1 i 11 ion
Mi 11 ion Mi 11 ion
Pounds
PoL!n cis
Pounds: oounds
pounds
poun ds
Change . from 1967
Pe rcent
January February March Apri 1 May June July .1\ugus t September October
6Lf l ~
71 6
724
10, 1::)6
9,847
~ .60 8
- 2.4
6 11
671
699
9 ,636
::;,203
9 ,249
fO. ~~
6~8
7o'9
778
10,::}68
10,)17
10,269
-2.4)
713
]88
795
11,175
10,734
10,460
-2.61
778
8Lf!:.
859
12, Jlf3
II , ]LfO
11 ,283
-1. 6
750
u2o
837
11,658
11 ,095
10, ~3 7
-1.4
692
764
783
10,714
10,315
10 , 203
-1 .o'
651
72'2
/36
10, O'7
'9,109
9 , 5 67
-1.5
bl4
680
698
::J ,L:.'-6
9, J2Lf
9,05o
-0.7
623
G8 5
707
9.S47
9.167
9. i 59
-0.1
Jan. - Oct.total
10~.530
1OJ, 181
~9.798
-1.4
November December
603
66 1
6Lf 1
6:;0
9,?.08 1J. 7S9
8 ,8Jl+
:1.2~ ~
Annual
8,021
8,821
124,Lf::-)7
11 ~ ,294
After Five Days Return to United States Department of A0 riculture
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin St reet Athens, Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Postage and Fees Paid U. S. Department of Agriculture
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING
NO 211968
ERVICE
( )/
ATHENS, GEORG I A
November 20, 1968
BROILE.8. TYPE
Placement of broiler chicks in Georgia during the week ended November 16 was 8, 397, 000--1 percent less than the previous week but 3 percent more than the
comparable week last year, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting 3ervice.
An estimated 11, 529, 000 broiler type eggs were set by Georgia hatcheries--
3 percent more than the previous week and 5 percent more than the comparable week a year earlier.
The majority of the prices paid to Georgia producers for broiler hatching eggs
were reported within a range of 60 to 70 cents per dozen. The average price of hatching eggs was 64 cents per dozen. The price of eggs from flocks with hatchery owned cockerels generally was 2 cents below the average price. Most prices received for broiler chicks by Georgia hatcheries were reported within a range of $8 .25 to $10. 50 with an average of $9 . 50 per hundred, The ave r age p rices last year were 57 cents for eggs and $8 . 00 for chicks.
Week Ended
Sept. 14 Sept. 21 Sept. 28 Oct. 5 Oct. 12 Oct. 19 Oct. 26 Nov. 2 Nov. 9 Nov. 16
GEORGIA E GGS SET, HATCHINGS, A ND .:::HIC:K P L ACZMENTS
Eggs Set JJ
1967
Thou.
10, 886 11,433 10,465 10, 736 10, 549 11,289 11,271 11,090 10,964 10,940
1968
Thou.
10, 809 11,271 10, 834 9,941 10, 033 11,381 11,344 11 ,33 8 11,234 11,529
o/o of
year ago
Pet.
99 99 104 93 95 101 101 102 102 105
A v.
Chicks Placed for
Hatch
Broilers in Georgia j
I 196 7
196 8
o/o of
year
I ago
Eggs Per Doz.
1968
Thou.
Thou. Pet. Cents
Price Broiler Chicks Per Hundred
1968
DollarliJ
7, 887
7,3 14 7, 812
8, 120 7,432
7, 356
I 103
64
102
64
94
64
9. 50 9. 50
9.50
8,021
8, 034 100
64
9. 50
8, 099
8, 137 100
63
9.25
7, 551
7, 806 103
63
9.25
7, 537
6,937 92
63
9.25
7,637
7,649 100
63
9.25
8, 270
8,459 102
63
8, 173
8, 39'7 103
64
9.25 9.50
EGG TYPE
Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the week ended November 16 was 748, 000--5 percent more than the previous week and 70 percent more than the comparable week last year. An estimated 933, 000 eggs for the production of egg type chicks were set by Georgia hatcheries, 36 percent more than the previous week and 160 percent
more than the comparable week last year.
In the four states that accounted for about 25 perceni: of the hatch of all egg type chicks in the U. S. in 1967, hatchings during the week ended November 16 were up 35
percent and settings were up 7 percent from a year ago.
State
Ga. Ill. Calif. Wash.
EGG TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS HATCHED, 1968
Eggs Set (Week Ended}
o/o of
C hicks Hatched (Week Ended)
Oct.
26
Nov. Nov.
2
9
Nov. year
16
ago 2/
Oct.
26
Nov.
2
Nov . 9
Nov.
16
Io/o of
year
ago 2/
950 390* l, 289 355*
Thousands
864 688 455 345 1, 311 783 141 220
933 260 325 64 1, 269 91 115 54
834 395 1, 334 208
Thousands
797
714
44 5
380
994 1, 167
244
191
748 170 310 97 982 132 283 131
Total
2, 984>!< 2,771 2, 036 2, 642 107
2, 771 2, 480 2, 452 2, 323 135
1/ Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatchery supply flocks.
2/ Current week as percent of same week last year. * Revised .
BROILE R TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLA C ED IN COMMERCIAL A.RS .f:. 3 BY V/E EKS-1968 Page 2
ST ATE
EGGS SET
~
CHIC Y...3 FLA:;BD
I
Week Ended
J o/o of
Week End~ d
o/o 0 f
I
Nov. 2
Nov. 9
Nov:- l year
Nov.
16
ago 1/ i 2
Nov. 9
Nov. 16
year ago 1/
THOUSANDS
I
THOU3P. N.US
Maine Conne cticut Pennsyl vani a Indiana Mi ssouri Delaware Maryland Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina
GEO RGIA
Florida Tennessee Alabama Missis s ippi Arkans as Loui s iana Texas Wa s h i n g t o n Oregon California
TOTAL 19 6 8 (22 State s }
1, 882
1, 748
1, 892 111
1, 304
1, 31 4
1, 394
102
204
196
225 84
98
118
101
56
1, 642
1, 608
1, 592 109 I 822
90 4
917
114
522
4 92
484 92
415
367
350
120
253
243
238 54
432
33-"1
350
91
2, 432
2, 23 4
2, 294 102
1, ?94
2, 514
Z, 570
109
4, 823
4, 870
4 , 779 113
3, 244
3, 168
3, 133
120
1, 654
1, 532
1, 522 110
1,070
l, 148
1, 104
103
14
22
36 40
279
323
323
96
6,491
6,409
6,461 105
4, 808
4,934
4,951
99
478
446
505 121
375
397
375
102
I
11,338 11 , 234 11, 529 105 I 7, 64 9
8,459
8,397
103
956 815 8, 541 4, 832 9, 745 1, 006 4, 281 581 352 1, 903
943 818 8, 259 4, 586 9, 887 1,020 4, 302
495 355 1, 780
948 105
834 130 8,414 105 4, 610 107 10, 257 114 1, 006 99 4, 267 111
457 84 327 116
1 986 121
I 629
I 747 6, 225 3,715 5,622 806 3, 117 362 238 1, 253
657 913 6,469 3,939 7,053 874 3, 171 411 213 1, 438
690 1, 010 6, 513 4, 285 7, 211
896 3,202
364 248 1 43 6
91 121 101 107 106
109 116 110 73 114
64, 745 63 , 479 64 , 663 108 45, 00 4 49, 118 4 9, 820
105
TOT A L 19 6 7* (22 States)
I
60, 767 60 , 785 60 , 042
~of Last Year
*l /
,.... '-'Urrent week
as
107 percent of
same
104 week
last
108 year.
Revised.
44, 733 46,915 Li,7,332
101
105
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"'1\ .tr~ENS, GEORGIA
NO 2 2 968
OCTOBER
ember 21, 1968
Item
Broiler Type Pullets Placed (U.S. )3/
Total Domestic Chickens Te s ted: Broder Type Georgia United States Egg Type Georgia United States Chicks Hatched: Broiler Type Georgia United States Egg Type Georgia United States Commercial Slaughter:4/ Young Chickens Georgia United States Mature Chickens Light Type
Georgia United States Heavy Type Georgia United States Egg Production: Georgia South Atlantic 5/ United States
During Oct.
1967 1/
1968 2/
Thou.
Thou.
Jan. thru Oct.
year 1967 1/
1968 2/
I Pet. Thou.
Thou.
3,090 2, 632
3,414 110 2,955 112
34, 926 30, 784
3 5, 680 30,838
756 2, 377
30 649
654 87 2,312 97
21 70 589 91
5, 776 23,788
284 5, 663
5,305 20,472
182 4,964
37, S66 205,637
1, 567 32, 878
33,792 199, 270
831 14, 586
396 2,434 Mil.
425 l, 137 5, 860
37,203 98 215,288 105
3, 591 229 38, 599 117
34,955 103 214,225 108
420, 656 2,332, 012
I 29,804 480. 160
i I 344, 896
i1, 973, 339
;
415,032 2, 356, 101
30,917 437, 211
328,421 1,970,996
710 11,517
329 2,363 Mil.
422 l, 120 5,680
85
7,380
79
11 8, 6 54
83
3, 507
97
22, 637
I Mil.
99
99 97
I 4, 107 11, 012 ,: 58,474
7,340 103, 127
2, 801 20,299 Mil.
4 , 123 11,238 58,093
o/o of
last year _ Pet.
102 100
92 86
64 88
99 101
104 91
95 100
99 87
80
9P
100 102
99
1/ Revised. 2/ Preliminary. 3/ Pullets for broiler hatchery supply flocks, includes
expected pullet replacements from eggs sold du'ring 'the preceding month at the rate of
125 pullet chicks per 30-doz. case of eggs. 4/ Federal-State Market News Service
Slaughter reports only include poultry slaught~red under Zederal Inspection. 5/ South
Atlantic States: Del., Md., W. Va., N. ::., S. C., Ga., Fla., Va.
-
.State
YOUNG CHICKENS: SLAUGHTERED UNDER FEDERAL INSPECTION BY SELECTED STATES, 1967 and 1968
Number Ins ected
During Sept.
1967
1968
Jan. thru Sept.
1967
1968
Thou.
Thou.
Thou.
Thou.
Indicated Percent Condemned
During Sept.
1967
1968
Jan. thru Sept.
1967
1968
Pet.
Pet.
Pet.
Pet.
Maine
5, 296
5,471
54, 759 54,397 3.2
4.0
3. 5
3.9
Pa.
6, 758
6,756
62, 194 62, 011 4. 1
3. 5
4 .9
4. 5
Mo.
3,255
3, 842
29,994 33,807 2.2
2.7
3.9
30 1
Del.
7,485
6, 950
68, 524 67,635 4.2
3. 6
5. 1
4.3
MJ.
11, 543 11, 373 108, 604 10L.i:, 410 3.8
3. 5
4.9
4.2
Va.
4, 330
6,085
37,961 52,946 2.8
3. 5
3.6
4. 4
N. C.
21, 575 21,088 193, 153 197,377 2.9
3. l
3.9
3. 4
Ga.
32, 109 30, 268 300, 954 279, 279 3. 9
4.2
4.9
4.8
Tenn.
5, 267
5, 355
47, 296 48, 272 2.9
2.7
4.6
30 1
Ala.
22, 622 22, 254 201, 676 202, 558 2.9
30 1
3.4
3.4
Miss.
13,970 14, 533 123,930 130, 438 2.3
2. 1
3. 0
2.3
Ark.
29, 236 28,943 262,317 263, 590 2.8
2. 5
3.9
3.2
Texas
13,618 12,731 114, 154 113,035 3. 1
2. 8
3.2
3.6
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-----------------------------------
3.2
3.2
4.0
3.7
I
194, 136
l, 773, 235
United States Department of Agriculture
Georgia Department of Agriculture
Statistical Heporting Service, 409A North Lumpkin Street, Athens, Georgia 30601
End-of- Month Stocks of Poultry, Poultry Products, Meat and Meat Products United 3tates - October 1968
Shell eggs increased 11 thousand case s in October to 161 thousand. November 1 stocks were 78 thousand cases below year-earlier holdings but 2 thousand above average. _.;<'rozen egg holdings were 93 million pounds, down 5 million from a year earlier and 9 million below October l. Frozen poultry stocks increased 111 million pounds in October to 603 million pounds. November 1 holdings were 16 percent below a year earlier but 24 percent above average. Turkey holdings were 503 million pounds compared with 386 million last month and 551 million a year earlier. Whole turkeys totaled 467 rr.. illion pounds. Parts, cut ups, and further processing items totaled 36 million. Stocks of meat totaled 571 million pounds, 54 million more than a month earlie r, 84 million above average but 20 million below a year earlier. Frozen pork bellies at 20 million pounds increased 4 million during October. Stocks totaled 32 million pounds a year earlier. Hams at 41 m illion pounds, increased 14 million during the month. Beef stocks totaled 263 million pounds, 21 million above a month earlier and 8 million more than a year earlier.
Commodity
Eggs: Shell Frozen eggs, total
Unit
1
Oct.
I 1962-66 Av.
Thou.
Case Pound
Oct. 1967
Thou.
Sept. 1968
Thou.
Cct. 1968
Thou.
Poultry, frozen: Broilers or fryers Hens, fowls Turkeys Other & Unclassified
Total Poultry
Beef: Frozen in Cure and Cured
Pork: Frozen and Cooler
Other meat and meat products
Total all red meats
do.
24,312
37,267
18,366
17,997
do.
42,391
64,362
36,655
33,758
do.
360,256
550,769 385, 94 3 502,949
do. do.
I 59, 357
I 486, 316
68, 759 721, 157
51,043 492, 007
48,210 602, 914
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do.
1 221,429
do.
178,304
254,931 250,452
241 ,6 89 197, 060
262, 894 221,751
do.
86, 781
do.
486, 514
85, 835 591, 218
78,071 516, 820
86,091 570,736
MID-MONTH PRICES -~ECEIVED AND P :UCES PAID
Item
Oct. 15 1967
Georgia
Sept. 15 Oct. 15
1968
1968
United States
Oct. 15 3ept. 15 Oct. 15
1967
1968
1968
Cents
Cents
Cents
Cents Cents
Cents
Prices Received:
Chickens, lb. excluding
broilers
8. 0
10. 0
11. 0
7. 1
8. 2
8. 2
Com 11 Broilers (lb.)
11. 0
13. 5
11. 5
12. 4
14. 1
12. 8
All Chickens (lb.)
10.8
13.3
11.5
11.7
13.4
12.2
All Eggs (dozens)
32. 7
54. 1
45. 7
28. 7 42. 7
37.6
Prices Paid: (per ton)
Dol.
Dol.
Dol.
Dol.
Dol.
Dol.
Broiler Grower
94. OO 90. 00
90. 00
91. 00 88. 00
88. 00
Laying Feed
1 89.00
85. 00
81. 00
84.00 79. 00
79. 00
This report is made possible through the cooperation of the National Poultry Improvement
Plan, Official State Agencies, the Animal Husbandry Hesearch Division of the Agricultural
,;,~esearch Service, the Inspection Branch of the Poultry Division, Consumer and Marketing
3ervice and the Agricultural Estimates Division of the Statistical ,;,=teporting Service and
the many breeders, hatcheries, poultry processors and the poultry farmers that report
to these agencies.
A;:{CHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
W. A. WAGNER Agricultural Statistician
After Pive Days . Return to: United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical i~eporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street
Athens, Georgia 30601 OF F I::::::IAL BUSINESS
Postage and Fees Paid U. S. Department of Agriculture
GEORGIA CROP EP
/
ATHENS, GEORGIA
November 27, 1968
BROILER TYPE
Placement of broile r chicks in Georgia during the week ended November 23 was 8, 638, 000--3 percent more than the previous week and 7 perc e nt more than the comparable week las t year, according to the Georgia Crop R eporting Service.
An estimated 11, 271, 000 broiler type eggs were set by Georgia hatcheries-2 percent less than the previous week but 4 percent more than the comparable week a year earlier.
The majority of the prices paid to Georgia producers for broiler hatching eggs were reported within a range of 60 to 70 cents per dozen. The a verage price of hatching eggs was 65 cents per dozen. T he price of eggs from flocks with hatchery owned cockerels generally was 2 cents below the average price. Most price s received for broiler chicks by Georgia hatcheries were reported within a range of $ 8. 25 to $11. 00 with an average of $ 9.75 per hundred. The average price s last year w e re 57 cents for eggs and $8. 00 for chicks.
Week Ended
Sept. 21 Sept. 28 Oct. 5 Oct. 12 Oct. 19 Oct. 26 Nov. 2 Nov. 9 Nov. 16 Nov. 23
GEOrtGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS, AND CHICK PLACE MENTS
Eggs Set ij
1967
Thou.
11 , 433 10,465 10, 736 10, 549 11,289 11,271 11,090 10, 964 10,940 10, 814
1968
Thou.
11 , 271 10, 834 9.941 10, 033 11,381 11, 344 11, 338 11, 234 11, 529 11,271
% of
year a o
Pet.
99 104 93 95 101 101 102 102 105 104
Av. Price
Chicks Placed fo r
1 Hatch
l Broilers in Georgia ! Eggs
"lo of Per
1967
1968
Doz.
Broiler Chicks Per Hundred
1968
1968
Thou.
7,314 7, 812 8,021 8, 099
Thou.
1 Cents
7,432
I
102
64
7, 3 56 94 \ 64
I 8, 034 100
64
8, 137. 100
63
Dollars
9. 50 9. 50 9.50 9.25
7, 551
7,806 103
63
9.25
7, 537
6,937 92
63
9.25
7,637
7,649 100
63
9.25
8, 270
8, 459 102
63
9.25
8, 173 . 8,397 103
64
9.50
8,068
8,638 107
65
9.75
EGG TYPE
Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the week ende d Nove mber 23 was
,
670 , 000--10 percent less than the previous week but 113 percent mo re than t~e comparable.
week last year. An estimated 914, 000 eggs for the pro~uction of egg type duck s were
set by Georgia hatcheries, 2 percent less than the prevwus week but 64 percent more
than the comparable week last year.
In the four states that accounted for about 25 percent of the hatch of all egg type
chicks in the U. S. in 1967, hatchings during the week ended November 23 were up 12
percent and settings were up 42 percent from a year ago.
State
Ga.
Ill.
Calif. Wash.
EGG TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS HA T CHE D, 1968
Eggs Set {Week Ended)
o/o of i Chick s H at c h e d (W e ek Ended)
Nov.
Nov. Nov.
Nov. year
Nov. Nov .
Nov .
Nov.
2
9
16
23
ago 2/
2
9
16
23
864 455 1, 311 14 1
Thousands
688 933
914 164
345 325
540 207
783 1, 269 1, 621 133
220 115
305
87
Thousands
797 71 4
748
670
445 380
310
350
994 1, 167
982
970
244 191
283
97
Total 2, 771 2, 03 6 2, 642 3, 380 i 142
2, 480 2, 4 52 2, 323 2, 087
1/ Inciudes eggs set by hatcheries 1-roducing chicks for hatchery supply flocks.
2/ Current week as percent of same week las t year.
o/o of
year ago 2/
213 104 92
66
112
BROILEH STATE
d -
-
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-
-
-
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-
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.
,
-
-
-
;
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-
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Week Ended
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year il Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
year
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Maine Connecticut
THO USANDS
li
THOUSANDS
II
1, 748 196
1, 892
225
1, 820 216
104
66
"l ,1.:
;
1, 314 118
1,394 101
l, 3 71 113
105 75
Penns ylvania Indiana Missouri Delaware Maryland
l , 608 492 243
1, 592 484 238
1, 4 19 104 1:
90 ~
521 215
101 54
"i!
ii
il
3 67
33~
917 350 350
952
107
3 L.i:Q
109
360
96
2, 234
2, 294
2, 353 107 ,'I. 2, 51 4:
6 2, 570
2, 447
108
4, 870
4, 779
4, 555
107
1
;1t
3, 1:JG
3, 133
3 ,301
112
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Virginia
1, 532
l, 522
l, 444
99 ji 1, 148
l, 104
1, 219
121
West Virginia North Carolina
22 6, 409
36 6,461
22 6,348
27 103
1
1IiIi
323
(: , 934
323 4,951
226
4, 825
71 101
South Carolina
446
505
43 2
96 1!
397
375
368
119
I
GEO ~ GIA
11, 234
11, 529
11,271
104
11 11
8, L~59
8,397
8,638
107
I!
Florida
943
948
951
109 1l:
657
690
719
104
Tennessee Alabama Mississippi Arkansas
818
834
839 130 j! 913
1, 010
1, 059
131
8, 259 4, 586 9,887
8, 414 4, 610 10,257
8, 303 4, 561 10,227
104 106 114
1~,:,1'
6, 469
3, 939
7,053
6, 513 4, 285 7,211
o, 588
4 , 167
7,332
102 10L..: 114
Louisiana
1. 020
1. 006
985
95 I! 874
896
880
115
~.0
Texas
4, 302
4, 267
4, 075 105 jl 3, 171
3, 202
3, 267
110
~
V/ as hington Oregon
495
457
355
327
473
90 ,. 411
339 101 ji 213
3 6 Ll 248
370
99
311
115
0ro
..S::alifornia TOTAL 1968
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l, 4 36 49, 8 20
1, 49 5
50, 348
124 108
~ Q
~ ~
{22 States)
TOTAL 1967* (22 3tates)
60, 785 60, 042 60,041
i7 ! of Last Year
104
108
105
* Current week a s percent of same week last year.
.L~evised.
j,:
az-~u
I: 46, 915 4 7.332 46 . 684
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LIVESTOCK REPO RT
FALL PIG CROP
December 1, 1~68
GEORGIA
Released 12/26/68 GEORG IA
CROP REPORTING SERVICE
Fall Piq Crop Up 6 Percent
Georgia's 1968 fall pig crop i s est imated at 1,1 59,000 head, 6 percent above t he JuneNovember 1967 crop of 1,094 ,000 head. Sows farrowed durin g the per iod totaled 161, 000 head, up 9,000 . from the same period last year.
1967 Annual Piq Crop Up 4 Percent
Total pigs saved in Georgia for the December 1967 - November 1968 period was p laced at 2,444,000 head. This was 4 percent above the 2,344,000 during the pre vious year.
1969 Spring Intentions Up 2 Percent
Georgia farmers reported intentions to farrow 185,000 sows during the December 1968 May 1969 period. This would be 2 percent above the 181,000 a year ago and 18 perce nt above the 1962-66 average.
UNITED STATES
The June-November 1968 pig crop of 45,270,000 head was 4 percent above the 43, 540,000 a year earlier. The combined December 1967-November 1968 crops totaled 94 ,496,000 head, 3 percent more than the 1967 total of 91,745,000. Farmers intend to far row 6,981,000 sows during the December 1968 - May 1969 period, 5 percent more than were farrowed during the comparable period a year earlier.
Georgia 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
SOWS FARROWING, PIGS PER LITTER, AND PIGS SAVED
Georgia and United States, 1963 - 1968
Sows Farrowing
Pigs Per Litter
Pigs Saved
Dec.-
June-
Ma:t
Nov.
1,000 head
Dec.-
June-
Ma1:
Nov.
Number
Dec. -
June-
Ma>.:
Nov.
1,000 head
169
149
152
130
144
125
153
145
176
152
181
161
ll 185
7.0
7. 1
7.0
7.0
7.0
7. 1
7.1
7. 1
7. 1
7. 2"
7. 1
7.2
1 '183 1 ,064 1 ,008 1 ,086
1 '250 1 ,285
1 ,058 910 888
1 ,030 1,094 1,159
Year
2,241 1,974 1,896 2,1 16 2,344 2, 444
United
States
1963
7,099
5,987
7. 15
7.23
50,749 43,307 94,056
1964
6,596
5,525
7.23
7.21
47,682 39,862 87,544
1965
5,890
5,006
7.22
7.27
42,525 36,415 78,940
1966
6,201
5,811
7.32
7.25
45,422 42,141 87,563
1967
6,570
5,899
7.34
7.38
48,205 43,540 91 '745
1968
6,680
6,156
7.37
7.35
49 ,226 45,270 94,496
1969
l/6,981
117.41
1/51,7 00
l l Spring farrowing indicated from breeding intentions reports. 1/ Average number of pigs per
1itter with allowance for trend used to compute indicated pig crop. Number rounded to near-
est 100,000 head.
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
W. PAT PARKS Ag r i cu 1tu ra 1 Statistici an
Hogs on Farms Up 3 Percent In Georgia
There were 1,648,000 hogs and pigs on Georgia farms December 1, 1968, 3 percent above the 1,600,000 head a year earlier. Hogs and pigs kept for breeding purposes tot a led 239,000, up 3 percent. Other hogs and pigs were also up 3 percent at 1,409,000 head.
u. S. Hoqs And Piqs Up 4 Percent
Hogs and pigs on farms in the United States December I, 1968 are estimated at 61.0 mill ion head. This was 4 percent above the 58.8 mill ion head a year earlier. Hogs kept for breeding totaled 9.6 mill ion, up 4 percent. The remainder, kept for other purposes, totaled 51.5 mill ion, an increase of 4 percent.
Year
1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968
1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968
All hogs: and ~igs:
I ,612 l ,370 I ,288 I ,443 I ,600 l, 648
62,060 56, 106 50,519 57,126 58,777 6 I , 025
HOGS AND PIGS ON FARMS, GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES December 1, 1963-1968 (Thousand Head)
Hogs and pigs for breeding
226 199 193 224 233 239
9, 117 8,166 8,224 8,858 9,181 9,570
Total
I ,386 1 , 171 I ,095 I ,219 1 ,367 1 ,409
Otbec begs aod Bigs
Under 60-119 120-179 180-219
60 I bs. I bs.
I bs.
I bs.
GEORGIA
590
402
284
71
444
369
263
62
430
329
246
63
500
345
256
85
560
383
287
96
578
408
296
99
220 lbs. and over
39 33 27 33 41 28
UNITED STATES
52,943
18,864 13,949
47,940
16,483 12,967
42,295
15,344 11,470
48,268
17,320 12,827
49,596
18,013 13,398
51,455
18,517 13,976
11 , 119 10,152 8,689
9,956 9,853 10,576
6,678 6, I67 ;!
>
5,158 6,095 6,232 6, 311
2,333 2, I71 l ,634 2,070 2,100
2,075
Ackno~ledgement is made to the Postmasters and Rural and Star Route Carriers for their assistance in collecting the basic information from which these estimates were made. The cooperation shown by several thousand farmers who furnished reports for their individual farms is also app rec i.ated.
IssuED-BY:- Th; Georgi-; crop-R;portt"~9-s;rvfce: usoA: 4o9A-North-L~mpkln-Str;et,-Ath;ns,-G-;.-
in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture.
After Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Postage and Fees Paid U. S. Department of Agriculture
f l v 7 '.:/o
!. ~4-4~ ~
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
<f w~~rnUJ't? rnm~rn~mt?
ATHENS, GEORGIA
De
BROILER TYPE
DE C C) i968
Place ment of broiler chicks in Georgia during the week en was 8, 581, 000--1 percent less than the previous week but 6 p erce t._~~~~~.t-ae--- comparable week last year, according to the Georgia :::::rop Re po rti ervice.
An estimated 11, 197, 000 broiler type eggs were set by G e orgia hatcheries-1 percent less than the pre vio us week and 1 percent less than the comparable week a year earlier.
The majo rit y of the prices .Paid to Georgia producers for broiler hatching eggs were reported within a range of 60 to 70 cents per dozen. The average price of hatching eggs wa s 65 cents per dozen. The price of eggs from flock s with hat cher y owned cockerels generally was 2 cents below the average price. Mo:::;t pri ce s rece i ved for broiler chicks by Georgia hatcheries were reported within a r ange of $8 . 2 5 to $11. 00 with an average of $ 9.75 per hundred. The average prices last year were 57 cents for eggs and $8 .00 for chicks.
GEORGIA EGGS SET, HAT':HINGS, AND CHICK PLA CEMENTS
A v. PricE!
Eggs Set 1/
Chicks Placed fo 1
H atch
Broiler
Broilers in Georgia
E ggs
Chicks
Week
1967
1968
% of
1967
1968
%of 1 Per year Doz.
Per Hundred
_E_n_d_e_d------r---------------------~~~------------------~a~o__i__l9.~6__8 ______19~6__8 ____
Thou.
Thou.
Pet.
Thou.
Thou. Pet. Cents
Dollars
Sept. 28 Oct. 5 Oct . 12 Oct. 19 Oct. 26 Nov. 2 Nov. 9 Nov. 16 Nov. 23 Nov. 30
10,465 10, 834 104
10, 736
9,941
93
10, 549 10, 033
95
11, 289 11,381 101
11,271 11,344 101
11, 090 11,338 102
10,964 11, 23 ;.. 102
10,940 11, 529 105
10,8 14 11,271 104
11, 289 ll' 197
99
7, 812
7, 356 94
64
8,021
8, 034 100
64
8, 099
8, 137 100
63
7, 551
7, 806 103
63
7, 537
6,937
92
63
7, 637
7, 649 100
63
8, 270
8,459 102
63
8, 173
8, 397 103
64
8, 068
8,638 107
65
8, 103
8, 581 106
65
9. 50 9. 50
9 .25 9 . 25 9.25 9.25
9.25 9.50 9.75
9. 7 5 .
EGG TYPE
Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the week end.ed November 30 was 543, 000--19 percent les s than the previous week but 116 percent more th3.n the comparable week last year. An estimated 924, 000 eggs for the production of egg type chicks were set by Georgia hatcheries, 1 percent more than the previous week and 10 l per cent more than the comparable week last year.
In the four states that accounted for about 25 percent of the hatch of all egg type chicks in the U. S. in 1967, hatchings during the week ende::l November 30 were down 4 percent and settings were up 26 percent from a year ago.
State
Ga. Ill. Calif. Wash .
EGG TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS HAT CHED, 1968
Eggs Set (Week Ended}
Nov.
Nev. Nov.
Nov.
9
16
23
30
Thousands
I o/o of 1 Chicks Hat ched (W eek Ended)
I: y e ar J Nov . ago 2/ i_ _ 9
Nov. 16
Nov . 23
Nov. 30
J
Thousands
! o/o of
: year
1 a go 2/
I
688
933
914
345
325 540
924 1 201 1 714 748
6 70
425 141 II 380
310
350
I 543 , 216
265 75
783 1, 269 l , 621
220
115 305
1, 285 101 166 89
I1, 167 191
982 283
970 97
599 1 75 177 73
Total 2, 036 2, 64 2 3, 380
! I 2, 800 126
2, 4:52 2, 323 2, 087
1
1, 584 ! 96
1/ Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hat c~1.er y supply flocks.
2/ Current week as percent of same week last year.
BROIL E H TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL A :{.EAS BY Vl~ E K3 -1963 Page 2
~
STATE il'
Nov. 16
EGGS SET
Week Ended
Nov.
Nov.
23
30
T H O US .AN D S
~ Maine Conne cticut Penns ylvania
Indiana Mis s ouri Delaware Maryland Vi rginia West Virginia North Carolina f. 3outh Carolina
1, 892 225
1, 592 4 84 238
2, 294 4, 779 1, 522
36 6, 461
505
1, 820 216
1, 419 521 215
2, 353 4, 555 1, 444
22 6, 348
432
1, 800 209
1, 53 8 406 234
2, 274 4 , 662 1, 555
25 6,494
435
GEOHGIA
Florida Tennesse e Alabama Mississippi Arkansas Louisia na Texas Washington Oregon California
TOTAL 1968 (22 States )
11' 529
948 834 8,414 4,610 10, 257 1, 006 4, 267 457 327 1, 986
64,663
11 , 271
951 839 8, 303 4, 561 10, 227 985 4,075 473 339 1, 951
63, 320
11 , 197
902 838 8, 143 4,674 9, 956 972 4,064 473 347 1, 869
63,067
TOTAL 1967* (22 State s)
60, 042 60,041 61 ' 89 5
* I ~1 fc
Last Y
ur ~ ent
ear week
as
108 percent of same
105 week
last
102 year.
Rev1sed.
~
Ufo of
year
L,~,
CHICKS I-_T_,ACED Week E nded
I!: N ov.
Nov.
Nov.
ago 1/ 1 16
23
30
T ~ I O USA NDS
I90
1, 394
64
101
117 li 917
81 l: 3 50
53 J!
3 50
101
2, 570
109 110
fi
!.II,
3, 133 1, 104
20
J,
323
102 I! 4 , 951 111 l! 375
I
I 99
8,397 I
100 I 690
125
1,010
100
6, 513
103
4,285
108
7' 211
98
896
100
3,202
82
364
100
248
108
l, 436
102 i 49, 820
I
I
114 7 , 3 32
I
I
1, 3 71 113 952 34 0 360
2,44 7 3,301 1, 219
226 4,825
368
8,638
719 1, 059 6, 588 4, 167 7,332
880 3, 267
370 311 1, 495 50,348
46,684
1, 321 105 946 358 3 69
1, 881 3,018 1, 107
217
~ .691
259
8, 581
559 1, 022 6, 336 4,050 6, 766
962 3, 182
329 309 1, 395 4 7,763
4 6, 911
I 105
108
102
o/c of
year ago 1/
97 74 112 109 107 92 96 104 79 98 79
106
81 131 101 104 100 122 104 88 114 112 102
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NOVEMBER 15 , 1968
\9 8
l i B R A R IES
Released 12/5/1968 GEORGIA CROP REPORT ING SE~VICE
Geor o ia Prices Received In dex 1 Points Lower
The Index of Prices Re ceiveQ by Georgia Farmers for All Commodities declined 2 points to 2 ~ 4 during the month ende d No vember 15 , 1968 . This was 3 points abo ve the November 15,1 S67
Index of 25 1.
A p rice decline for co tt on was res ponsible for the decline in the All Crop Index to 269 as
rices for corn, wheat, oats, 'l ea nu t s, :)ecans, and sweetpotatoes were all slightly higher than a month a go.
Cattle a nd hog p rices were lower t han a month a go, but p rices for broilers, farm chickens, eggs, and milk were higher so t ha t the 1 i"estock index increased l po in t to 221. This was 16 points hi gher than on November 15, 1967.
UN ITE D ST /\Tl: S P;l.l CES RECEIVED INDEX UNCHANG ED
Pr~,\ ITY IN DEK u:) I POINT, ADJUSTED PAi11TY R.\TIO 79
The Inde x of Price s ~ece ived by Farmers remaine~ u~chan ged durin g the month e nde d No vember 15 at 262 percent of its 1910- 14 average, 3ccording to t he Crop ~e~orti n g Board. The most import a nt chan ges were price i nc reases for corn and milk and p rice declines for oranges
and cotton. The index was 4 percent a bove November 1967.
The Index of Price s Pa id by Fa rme rs for Commodities and Ser v ices, i nclu cl in ~ Interest, Taxes, and Farm Wage Rates advanced to a new lligh of 35S' durin~ the month. The in dex was only
1/ 4 pe rce nt above a month earlier, b ~t 5 percent more t han a year e3rl ~e r.
\lith pri ces of farm p rot:iuci:s unchan ge d, and prices paid by farmei-s onl y sl i J ht ly hi gher, the preliminary Adjusted Pal-it ,, ;:atio remained unchan ge d at 7S , and the Parit ~ i\atio at 73.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I!:!Df.X_N_\lt'l~c~S--.:::. QEQKQ1_6 _6NQ .!:!,N_!_TfD_. SlA_lE~ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
In dex
: Nov . 15
Oct. lS
Nov. 15
Re cord Hiqh
____ 1910~1~ ~ 10Q ______ :__ 1 ~61 _ ~ __ 126~ _ ~ __ 198_ -== =IDd~x= === = Qaie= = =
Geor q ia Prices ~eceived
All Commodities All Crops Livestock and Livestock Products
1/
251
25 6
254
310
March 1951
274
27?.
269
319
March 1951 11
11
205
220
221
29S
Se:--t. 1~48
United States ,0 r 1cas Received Parity Index }/ Parity Rat io
25 I
26 2
343
358
73
73
262
31 :
Feb. 1951
359
359
Nov. 1968
73
123
Oct. 1946
Ad}usted-P;rity Rat(~-~~-----------------------------------
_ (2r~llmln~r.y) __________ :___7. _____73, _____ 19_ _____________ _ 11 Revised. 11 Also Ap ril 195 1. } /? rices Paid, In te rest, Ta xe s, a nd Farm Wa3e ~a tes based
on data for the indicated dates. ~/The Adjusted Parity Ratio, refl ec tin s Government payments, a vera ge d 79 f or t he year 1967 compared with 74 f or th e ~arity Ratio. Pre! im i nary Adjusted Ratios f or the current year, supplied by the Economic Research Service 3re based on estima t ed cas h recei~ts from marketin gs and estima tes of Government ~ayme nts fo r the curren t calendar
}ear .
A~CHIE LANGLEY
0 1LLI AM A. WAGNER
Agricultural Statistici~n In Ch arqe
Aqricultura l Statistician
ISSUE D BY: The Geor gia Crop Re porti n0 Service, USD A, 40 ~)A North Lu~p ki n Sueet, Athe-ns, Ga.,
in cooperation wit h the Georgia De partment of Agriculture.
P~IC E S - - REC~IVi U ANU PA l~ BY FP1i<t1!: ,{$ NOVt:1iBt :{ 1'-- . 1~)0tl \/I TH Cot~ ?."\ R I SOHS
- ---:---G::.':E::..:-O:..K:..;..::Gc.l:.c.l.l..:_ _ _ _ _____,'--- _ _..:.U.:.;!.f ITt:IJ ST ATb _ _ _ __
No v. 15 Oct. 15
h!o v . 15
Nov. i 5
Oc t. ' 1 :l~ ov. 15
Commodftv an ~ Unit P ~U CE.:> i-<ECI::I VED :
I 'b/
'I::J6b
! Sub
I Jo/
1'.1u U
l)bb
--~-~~~~--~~-~-~~ --~-~~--~~~~~-~~
'..!hea t, bu. Oats , bu.
$ 1.38
$
.85
I .20
.n
1 25 :
.~ 4:
l. j :j . 65 1
1. 26
.~<:i2
I. 29
.603
Corn , bu.
$ I. 05
I. IO
1.15:
. 975
:i62
I .04
Barley, bu. Sor ~h um Grain, cwt. Cotton, lb. Cottonseed, ton
$ I. 00
$ 1.90 26. S $ 52.00
.:35 1. 80
26 .0
so.oo
I. 00: I .90:
23.5 50.00:
. '974 1.68 30. 1+3
56 .00
.881 1. 60 26 .51 50.50
.b9 1
I .681
21+. I G
so.sd
Soybean s, bu. Peanuts, 1b.
$ 2.40 I I .4
2 . +O
11.8
2.40: 12. 0
2.43 11. 5
2 . 32 I2. 1
2 .l+O'
I I 9 1
Sweetpotatoes, cwt.
$ L, j O
5.70
G.30:
L~. 00
4.)2-
Hay, Bale d , ton:
.ll.l l
$ 27 . 60
28.)0
29. ~ 0:
22.b0
2 1 &o
22.30
Alfalfa
Lesp ede z.:~
$ 35.50 $ 30.00
35.00 50.00
37.50:
31.oo:
23 . 40 ?.i+. 20
21 . 90 2 L~. 10
22.40 25.00
Pea nut Mi I k Cows , head
$ 23.00 $ 200.00
24.00 210.00
24.)0:
2o;;.oo:
23 . 10 262.00
23.)0 280 .00
23. 50 2b2.00
Hogs, cwt.
Beef Cattle, All, cwt. ll
$ 17.30 $ 1~.60
18.10 20.00
17.40 :
19.so:
17. 10 21 .40
1/. 90
23 . l 0
17.50 23.00
Cows, cwt . 2/
$ 1S.20
16.30
16 .30:
14 . :;0
l G. bO 16. 30
Steers and Heifers, cwt.
$ 21.50
22.70
22.GO:
23. 60
24 . ;)0
25.30
Calves, cwt.
$ 23.80
25.30
2S.uO:
2 5 . t>O
27 . 30
27.)0
Milk, Wholesale, cwt.:
Flu id Ma rket
$ 6.65
6.70
~. ~0
6 .09
Manufactured
.1\11 l/
$ $ b.bS
6.70
~/6.80:
l ~.lel
) . 35
. +.42 5.62
'
4/ '3 .67
Turkeys, lb.
20.0
21.0
22.0
lb .u
20.9
-21. 4
Chickens, lb.:
Excluding Broilers
. 8 .5
11 0
P.. 5
7.0
8. 2
u.6
Comme rcial Broilers
. 10. S
11.5
12.0
I 10
12 . 8
13.6
AI 1
1o.4
11.~
12.0
ll. 1
12.2
12. 9
Eggs, All, Joz.
. )S. S
4~.7
47. ~
2:;1 .~
~) 7. 6
jt>.~
?KICES PAID, FEED
Mixed Dairy Feed, ton:
14% Protein
$
16% Protein
$
18% Protein
$
20% Protein
$
Hog Fee c , 14%- lb% p rotein,cwt. $
Cottonseeci Meal, 41%, cwt.
$
Soybean Meal, 44%, cwt.
$
Bran, cwt.
$
Mi dci 1 i n ~ s, cwt.
$
Corn Mea 1, cwt.
$
Poultry Feed, ton }/
Broil e r Grower Feed
$
Lay i ng Feed
$
Chic k Star ter
$
Alfalfa Hay, ton
$
AI 1 Other Hay, ton
$
]i.~ . OCl
75.00
Lio.oo
uz.oo
.:.:. 30
5.10
5.00 lf. 00 4. 15 3.20
:;1 2.00
Bb.OO :7 1+. 00
40.00 35.00
6~.00
74.00
J) .OD 78.00
'+.:;; :~
~.5U
3.70 3.90 3. 10
:;JO.OO
bl .oo
~2.0 0
)-'f. 00
33.00
7 1OCJ: / 5.00:
n.oo: 7u.oo:
4.1 o: 4.75: s .4o: 3.i:>o: 3 .:::~s= 3.30:
b9.oo:
b4.oo:
93.00: 36.oo: 3s.oo:
b8.00 74.00
7G. 00
bl .oo
4. :.~ 1
2/ 5.2 b
5.20 3. 5':
3. 67 3.21
~o.o o
&3.00 9 4 . 0 :J 33.60 31. 90
66 .00 70.00
73.00
/0 .0()
i+. J7
) .20 5.54 3 . jl~ ].44
3.09
~l:l .OO
7').00 ~:13 . 00 32.20 30 . 10
I
66.oq
71 .oo
74.00 77 .oo 4.32
; 12
~.39
3.35 3.49
3. 11'
I
89.00 7'-3.00 9).0d
32.~0
51. 10
1/ 11 Cows 11 and 11 steers and heifers11 combined with allowance where necessary for slau ghter bulls.
11 Includes cull dairy cows sold for slaughter, but not Jairy cows for herd replacement.
]_/ Revised.
!/ Pre 1 imina ry.
After Five Days Keturn to United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS
~osta g e and Fe~s Paid U. S. Department of Asri culture
DEC 8
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE -
De c embe r j, 1968
GE OaG I A COTTON ~ EPO RT AS OF D EC~M B E K l, 1968
Georgia 1 s cotton p ro ducti on in l ~ G8 amou nted to 265 ,000 ( 500 poun J s g ross we i ght) bales, according t o the Geor~ia Crop ~epo r ti ng Service . This is 37,000 bale s above the shor t 1967 crop, but 262, 000 bales be l ow the ~ -yea r (1 96 2- 66) average produ ction . The indicated 1968 yiel d per ac re of }22 po un ds i s the sma llest yield since 1~54. The acrea ge har veste d this year
is 39 5,00 0 compared t o 267,0 00 i n 196 7.
Weat her conditions durin g the g rowi ng season were very un favorable, an d final yi e lds were lower t han e xpected earlier i n the season . The short age of mo istu re reduce d y ie l ds in many areas an d es o ~cia ll y in the southwes t ern ~ortio n of th e St ate . There WdS some fre e ze damage in the northern coun t ies but much l e s s t ha n in 1967.
Burea u of Ce nsus g i nnin gs to Decem be r l were 262 ,000 runn i ng bales compared with 213,000 to th e same da t e in 1 ~67 .
I ND I Ci\T ED COTTO N ~' R O DUC TIO N . 1 96 ~ : Fl iML PHOD~CT I 0~'t__}j6 7 , 1-36 t>
'\ Non-Cotton \
-4
.Columbus
Macon
Crop Reporti ng Dist r ict
1':; 6b
l b , OOO
?
L.
~j ' 000
11 ,000
20,0 00
50, QOL
48 , 000
3b ,OO O
68 ,000
7 , 0 00
State
2o 5 , 0 0 0
1 ~ 67
i~66
2 , 596 7, O Q~f
7 , 517 l G, 773 47 , 29 7 43, 955
32, 2 15
6],943 2, 900
16,470 1o,:;uo 12,560 24,280
62' ll 0 63,750 43,390 72,340 8,200
22o ,OOO 316,000
Please see reverse side for
U i~ ITED ST.li.TE S information .
I
0
Albany
1
Valdosta
U f~ I HD STATES COTT O!~ r\t:? ORT AS OF OECEMBtR I, l 96 b
The Crop Keportin g Board of the Statistical Reporting Service makes the following report from Gata furnished by c rop cor respon dents, fielu statisticians, Burea u of the Census, Agricultural Stabilization a nd Conser vatio n Service, and cooperating State agencies.
State
N. C.
s. c.
Ga. Tenn. Ala. Mo.
Miss. ,l\rk. La. Okla. Texas
N. Mex. .l\riz. Ca I if.
Other States ]/
Acrea 4e harveste d
196 2-66 :
196~
avera qe: 1~67 est.
I ,000 I ,000 I ,000
acres acres acres
336
75
19 5
4b9
190
340
584
267
39 5
482
236
365
7'd7
340
52 5
319
90
190
I, 3b 1 I, I 79
492
542
5, 512
17 6 352 725
44
tl90 71)
330 370 3, 525
122 245
5b8
I l~
1, I 05 980
L~ I 0
385 4 , I25
I 52 29 6 687
25
Lint yie ld per
harvested acre
1962-66
196b
averaqe 1 ~ 67 : est.
Pounds Pounds Pounds
365
277
295
440
449
360
431
40b
322
568
29 5
434
458
278
370
5i+:i
3 14
493
657
567
660
538
333
504
556
621
632
269
251
2~9
369
376
404
6 57 1 ,051
1 ,091
619
568
tiG7 I, I51
~47
I ,072
403
4 10
Production ll
500-pound qross weiqht bales
19 6 2 - 6 6
196~
averaqe
196 7
est.
1 ,000
1 ,000
1,000
bales
bales
-bal-es
263
44
120
448
179
255
527
22Cl
265
576
145
330
757
19 7
405 -
376
59
195
1, 887
1 ,3'-+ 3 566 303
4 ,223
1 ,054
497 420
194
2, 767
1,520 .
I ,030 540 240
3,475
242
776 1, 661
157
454 1,040
180 710 I, 535
12
22
u. s.
13,401 7.997 10,175
500
511
7,455 I 0,822
Total
Amer.-Egypt.
98.6
66.4 67.0
537
502
551
111 7
c r
-"~
0::;. I
76.9
l/
l l Production ginned and to be ginned. -~ 500-lb. bale contains about 480 net pounds of 1int.
]j Sums of acrea ge and production for "other States'' rounded for inclusion in Uni ted States
totals.
}/ Included in State and Unite d States totals.
C. L. C~ENSHA\1/ Agricultural Statistician
ARCHI E U\i~ GLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
After Five Days l{eturn to United States Department of A3riculture
Statistical Keporting Service 40~A North Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSI NESS
Postage and Fees Pa id
U. s. Department of Agriculture
Georgia Crop Reporting Service
Athens , Georgia
VEGETABLES FOR FRESH 1~4RKET December 1, 1968
December 9, 1968
Georgia
Growe r s intend t o ha rve s t 2 . 400 acres of early spring cabbage in 1969, compared with 2,500 acres harve sted in 1968 . Rains have been rece ived in most areas, and transplanting was getting well under way around De cember l .
The final sumna ry f or the 1968 crops will be mailed t o you in l ate De cembe r or early J anuary .
United St ates
The 1969 acr eage of -vdnter cabbage f or harvest is est imated at 46,300 acr es, compared with 37,600 acres harvested l a st:Year. Planting in Florida was very active in Novembe r and is expected t o continue during December. Heavy r ains in Central and Hasti ngs ar eas j us t pr ior to and during the passing of Harricane "Gladys " in late October de l ayed gr owth and ne cessitated considerable r ep lant ing . Frost and l ow t empe ratures during the s econd and third weeks of November was not conducive t o gr ov1th . Harvest started during Novembe r . Supplies should incr ease gradually during December a nd reach volume prop ort lons in early J anuary. In the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas , the crop is making good progre s s. Harvest got unde r way in early November with increased volume expect ed in De cember. Harvest started in the San Antonio area about mid- Oct ober and in the vrinter Garden in late October. Supplie s from these areas were light during November but are expect ed to increase in December. Hail in the Winte r Garden area in late November did s ome damage. In Arizona , harvest is under way with supplies expected to be available until June . Planting cont inues on a light scale . Planting is comp let e in Califa'nia . The gr owing s eason has been i dea l, promoting a rapid growth and maturity . Harvest is unde r way in the Desert and South Coast di s tricts but peak activity is not expected until February .
For the early spring cabbage crop , growers lnt end to ha r vest 10, 850 acres . This compares with 10,600 acres harvested l a s t year . Planting in South Car olina is JUst get ting unde r way and should be in the final stages by Januar;y l. Plants in seedbeds are in good conditi on as r ainfall has been adequate and no adverse weathe r has occurred t o date . Transp l anting was well unde r way by Decembe r l in Ge orgia . Moi sture has been r eceived and an adequate supply of plants is available . I n Louisiana, planting is under way in the Arnaudville Br eaux Bridge area and is expected to be in fu l l swing just prior t o the Chr istmas holidays. In the New Orleans garden areas , peak harvest is expected during the month of December. I o California , planting progressed favorably during November and should continue through February .
ISSUED BY : The Ge orgia Crop Reporting Service, USDA, 409A North Lumpkin Street , Athens, Ga. , in cooperation Hith the Georgia Department of Agriculture .
ACREAGE A~~ ESTIM~TED PRODUCTION REPORTED TO DATE 1969 WITH COMPARISONS
Cr op a nd State
CABBAGE y
ACREAGE
Harvested
:Average :
:196~-67:
1968
- Acres
For
YIELD PER ACRE
PRODUCTION
:harvest:
:Average :
:Ind. :Average:
1969 :1963-67: 1968 :1969:1963-67: 1968
- Cwt. -
- 1,000 cwt.
Ind. 1969
~linter:
Florida
15 , 280 17,000
18,500
188
230
Texas
18,480 12, 500
21,000
134
150
Arizona
1,480
1, 900
1,300
181
145
California
5,140
6 ,200
5 .500
216
25 0
Group Total ~9_, 380_ 37 ,600
46 ,300
167
202
Early Spring ?:../
South Carolina 2,700
2; 000
2,300
94
75
Georgia
2, 660
2 J 500
2,400
117
110
Alabama
620
700
750
111
100
Mississippi
840
700
500
130
90
Lcuisiana
2,100
2 )000
1,800
97
100
California
3,160
2 , 700
3 , 100
249
245
Group Total
12,080 10,600
10,850
144
134
2,868
3,910
2,479
1,875
268
276
1,11.3
1 , 550
Jan.
6,727
7 ,611
254
150
310
275
69
70
108
63
Apr.
204
200
788
662
1,733
lz420
1/ Includes processing .
?J 1969 acreage for harvest is prospective acreage .
ARCHIE IANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
L. H. HARRIS, JR. Vegetable Crop Estimator
After Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Ser vice 409A North Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Postage and Fees Paid U. S. Department of Agriculture
I I tJ"7'~ r:l 7
1 c-~/}-.3
tf
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DEC 12 1968
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING S E RV I C E LIBRARI
ATHENS, GEORGIA
Decem ber 11 , 1968
B ~ O I LER T YP E
Placeme nt of b r oller c hicks in Georgia d uring the w e e k ended De ce mbe r 7 was 8 , 853 000-- 3 pe rc e nt more than t he p revi ou s w ee!c a nd 6 p e r cet1t more than the com pa rab l e w eek l a st y ea r , ac co rding to the G e or gia r::: r- op !~e p oTttn g ~ erv i ce .
An est[mated ll , 01 8, 000 b ro iler type e g gs w e r e s e t by G eo rgi a hatcherie 3 --
2 p ercent le ss than the p revious week but 4 p er cent mo re than the c omparable week a yea r ea rl [e r .
T he majority of the p -rices pai d t o Ge orgia p roducer s fo r broiler hatching e g gs w ere re p orted w ithin a r an g e of 6 0 to 70 cent ::; p e r dozen . The aver a ge price of hat chi n g ~ e ggs wa 3 65 ce n -t: ::; pe :c d ozen . Th e p r[ce o f eg g s f rom fl o clo w ith hat ~ hery o wned co cker el s gene r ally wa s 2 cen t s be l ow t h e avera g e pr ice . Most p rt~e 3 Teceive d fo r b r oile r c h ~ cks by G e o rg i. a ha t che r i e .> we re l e po rt ed with in a r ang e o{ $8 . ~5 to $11 . 0 0 w i th an a-.rerage of $ 9. 75 p er hundr ed. The a v erage p rices last year we r e 57 cents or e 3 g s and $ 8.00 fo r chicks.
We ek E nded
I
I Oc t. 5
O ct. 12 I
I Oct. 19
Oct. 26
I No v. 2
I Nov. 9
Nov. 16 Nov. 23
I Nov. 30
Dec. 7
GEO R G IA EGG S SET, H AT :::: HING ~ , AND ~H I -::::K PLA ':: !~MENTS
S ggs Set l/
19 6? Thou .
19 63
T hou .
% of
year ago
P et.
::::h i c lcs Plac ed for
B "' o il3 r ::; [ n Ge orF; ~ 2.
1'/c of
1967
19 68
y ea. ::
a eo
Thou .
T ho u . Pet .
.A v . Hat ch E gs s
P ~r
Doz .
C: ents
P ... ice B roiler ::: hicks P er Hundred l 96J
Dollars
10 'i' 3 6
9 9~ 1
93
8, 021
e 0 34 100
64
10 . 549 10 03 3
95
8, 099
"(; 137
100
6 .
11. 289 11 38 1 10 l
7' 551
7 . 806 10 3
63
11 , 2 7 1 ll' 344 101
7 ' 53 '/
6 , 93 7 92
63
11 090 ll 338 102
7 , 63 7
7 64 9 100
63
10 . 9 6<: ll. 2 3 4 102
8, 270
8, !59 102
63
10 94 0 ll. 52 9 10 5
0
J,
17 3
e. 3~7
10 ~
64
10 , 814 l l Z. ?l 104
8, 0 68
8, 63 3 10 7
65
l l 289 11 197
99
o() , 10 3
c. 581 10 6
65
10 , 6 3 3 11 , 01 8 104
3. 3 15
8, 8 53 10 6
65
7 . 50 9 .2 5
0-.;. ,~(.,,.::.>
9 .25 9.25 9 . 25 9. 50 9.75 9 . 75
9.75
EGG TYPE
Hatch of e gg type c h icks in Geo rgia d u ring the w eek ended D e cem ber 7 was 7 52 , 000-38 pe rcent more than the prevtous week and 173 pe rcent more than the comparable week l ast yea r . An e s timated 649 . 000 eggs for the product ion of e g:::; t ype c h i ck s were s et by Georgia hatcher ie s , 30 p e rc ent les s than the p :revious w e ek but S5 p erce nt mo:L e than the comparable w eek l a s t ye ar .
In the fou r state s that accounted foi. about 2 5 pe:rcen'~ o f t he h atc h o f all eg g type _ chicks in the U. S . i.n 1967 hat c hings du ri ng the week ende d Decembe:c 7 we re up 6 percent and sett in gs we r e up 5 percent fr om a year a e o.
EGG T YP E E GGS SE T A ND ::: HI '::KS HAT : HE:D , 19 6 8
Egg s Set {Week Ended )
o/o of
C h ic k s H a t c h e d {W ee k Ended)
I' S t a t e
Nov . 16
Ga. 1\ 9 33
Ill.
3 00 >:<
I C alif. 1 l 26 9
w 8h
11 5
No v . Nov.
23
30
Thous ands
9 14 924 54 0 4 2 5
l 621 l 28 5
305 166
Dec . 7
649 26 5 l. 1 17 166
y e a :;: ago 2/
1 55 185
82 94
Nov. 16
748 3 10 982 283
No v.
Nov .
23
30
Thousands
6 70
54 3
3 50
Z.65
9'7 0
597
97
177
Dec . 7
752 235 950
90
o/o of
ye a r
ago 2/
27 3 59
89
52
T:t al. 1 2 6 :C 7 >:< 3 . 3 8 0 2 8 00 2 , 197
10 5
2, 323 2. 0 "7 l , 584 2 027
106
1 / InclIude s egg s set by hatche r ies p roduc~Ln-t;-- ~h.i~c~k- s -f-o-r ,h-a~t c.h-e-r - y -s-u- pp-l-y~f~ lo~c~k-s-.-----~--------
2/ :::urrent w eek as p ercent of same week las t year .
~< ?. o vi.sed .
B . :\OILE R TYPE EGGS S.~ .t..T A,ND ~..r.cJ:c"rl.-I. ~~...J -.:,.-,. ,~::; PT;~A ~ ...E J~ D IN ~ ...J OlMM~~ ..;-:),..~.JT'.-LT~ .'t"H1\ .~ ~r,' '.)~ BY_ -v-r.E~ .._:;-n"r\r.co:...- 11 68 Page 2
I_ .________~9_G_S_S_E_--~_ __ _ ______j __ _ _:.::a_r-:Ks FL/'> ,::;z__D_-----.---:----
STATE
1
'~-
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Week Endel
Nov .
- Nev.
23 T H C U3S0i~. NDS
Dec. 7
! I
o/o o f
ye a r
;1~1
-No
:r-.-
-
Vifeek E -Nov.
nd-e-d-:::0:::-,-~ c-: -.-
I
o/c of
yzar
11___ __ 1 a g o 1/ 1, 23
30 THOUS.A. ND::'
7---'-a-g~o -1-/ -
Ma tne
1
I !
q
li
1. 8 zo 1 eoo
1 7 3 1 1oo ~: 3 71
1, 32 1
l , 3 53
106
:::onne c tl c ut
216
zo 9
17 9
76 :1 l l 3
10 5
10 3
81
Penns ylva n ia
1 4 19
l ' 53 8
1 397 10 l ~~
952
946
895
99
Indi ana Mis s ouri
521 2 15
4: 0 6 2 34:
446
76 ;: 3 :' 0
2 2 9
54 lI!I 36 0
3 53 369
29"'1
97
3 59
101
Delawar e Ma ryland Virg ini.a
~- ;~;
1, 444
;:~ ~ ~
1, 555
~: ;~; i~~ I ;: ~-~ i
i 1, 448 117
1,219
1, 881 3, 01 8 l, 107
Z, 56 0 3 , 077 l, 0 ~-5
112 107 106
West Vi.r gi. nia North Caroli.na South Carolina
22 6. 348
25 6 , 4:94
45 6 . 250
47 i Z!..u
110 !I 4 , G~5
217 4,691
2.66 (, 882
83 104
432
43 5
39 2 99 :j 3S8
259
364
109
j,
GEO =( G I.A
l:o~lor i.da Tenne sse e
!t
11 , 271
11 , 197
ll. 018
il 104
.I
:
8, 6JJ
8, 501
8, 853
106
951 839
902 838
911 799
:! 101 n '? 19
124
l. 059
559 1, 022
654
88
96 3
128
A::l;a~b:~asms:ai;pi
Loui. s ta na
1~8: ~3~0~3
985
~8: ~1~4!3
9 72
~8 . ~3g7i0
;1~1~7
; ~~ ii 6 . 58 2
!I ;
96 8
38 jj 3 80
!: ~i~ 6, 336
9 62
6, 510 4 , 144 7, 559
889
108 111 113 121
Texas Wash ingt on
4, 075 473
4 . ~0-67 43
3 , 864 4 J9
99
3 . 26 7
94 j 370
~ Oregon- n . a
~--
, _
_
3 39 _-:---1.__9_5_1_
_:--1,_38~46-:--7:9::---::-1_._82_92_58_ _
114 _10_9_
l
_1
Jl 1 l, 49 5
3, 182 3 29 309
l , 395
3, 234 333 269
1, 56 0
108 83
113 124
TOTAL 1968 (22 State3 )
63 320
63 . 067
61,8 25 10 '? ji!j SO ::)-1- 8 - -4-7,--767'3
50, 169
108
To r AL 19 6 7 >!< (22 States )
60 041 6 1 89 5 57 65 7
I {}~~ Year !
105
102
107
* ...,u n ent week a s p erc ent of s arr; e w ee k l a s t ye ar.
-q e v ised.
li11
,. 4 6 684
,:i,
":I
10 8
4 6, 911 102
46, 3 77 108
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GEORGIA
CR0 P
REP 0 R T I N G S E R V I R,lv~oo~L..._,__,__..-----, VER 1 OF GEORGIA
LPill01fn(~~EC 1968
I RARI ~.
1\1
.~
1~6b
~eleased 12/13/68
November Milk Production Up
Milk p roduction on Geor g ia farms duriny November totale d Ub mill ion poun ds, accord ing to the Geor ~ ia Crop ~eport i ng Ser v ice . This was 1 mill ion pounds a bo ve th e November 1967 production, and 1 mill ion pounds above October 196~. The 19~2-66 averase proouction f or the month
was 79 mill ion pounds.
Production per cow in here avera ge o 6)0 pounds--30 poun ds above the p rev ious year and 10 pounds above the previous month. The 5-year average production per cow was 480 pounds.
The estimated a vera ge p rice received by producers for all wholesale mi lk durin g November was $6.80 per hundredwei 9h t. This was 15 cents above the November 1 ~6 7 price and 10 cents above the October 1 ~6 8 p rice.
Prices paid b 1 dairymen for f eed during the month were below the previous year but were steady to hi gher than the previous month.
MILK P~ODUCTION AND P~ICES RECEIVED AND PAID BY DAIKYMEN
GEORGIA
UNITt:D STATtS
ITEM /\ND UNIT
November October November November October November
----------------------~--~l~i ~67_____~1~9~6~8------~~~~G~: b~--~ 1 ~~~7______~lj~o~&-~-------~l~s~s~8______
Milk Production,
mi 11 ion lbs.
Production Per Cow,
lbs . l/
Number Milk Cows,
thousand head
'd7
88
L,814
j ' 1)9
&,793
620
640
650
o6 1
681
1).
;
.,.,
Prices Received-Dollars ~ /
All wholesale mil k ,cwt. }/ Fl u i d mi 1k, cwt. Manufactured milk, cwt. Mi 1k Cows, head
b.65
G.65
200.00
6.70 6.70
210.00
6.80 L~j: 20 5 .00
5.35 5.80 ~ . 1b 2b2.00
5. 62
b. 09 4. L:2 280.00
5.67 !I
2b2.00
Prices Paid- Dollars 11
Mixed Dairy Feed, ton 14 percent prote i n 16 percent protein lb percent protein 20 percent protein
7'-!-.00 75.00 l:SO.OO 82.00
69 .00 74.00 77.00 78.00
71 .oo
75.00
77 .oo
78.00
6&.00 74 . 00 /b.OO bl.OO
66.00 70 . 00 73 .00 76.00
66 .00
71. oo
74.00
77 .oo
Hay, ton
35.00 33.00
35.00
31 . ~ 0
30 . 10
31.10
l/ Monthly average .
2/ Dollars per unit as of the 15th of the month e ~ cept wholesale milk wh i ch is average for
month. 3/ Revised .
4; Pre 1 imina ry.
AKCHJ E L,~NGLEY Ag ricultural Statistician In Charge
~! . PAT PARKS Agricultural Statistician
ISSUfD BY: The Georgia Crop Reportiny Service, USD A, 409 ~ North Lumpkin Street, Athens, Ga., in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture.
UNITE D STATES MILK PRODUCTIO N
No vember milk product ion close to l eve l of year ear li er
Uni ted States milk p roduct ion i n Novem ber is estimated at <5,793 million poun ds, nearly equal to t he 8 , 8 14 mil 1 ion poun ds a year ear li e r but 5 perce nt less tha n the 1962 -66 November avera ye . Total milk production for 1968 throu gh Novembe r was 1. 3 perce nt l e ss than a year ear lier . Dai l y avera ge milk producti on in November decreased about I pe rcen t from October, the sama as a 1ear ear li er . November milk p ro duction provide d 1.45 pounds of mil k pe r pe rson dail y f or all uses, compared wi t h 1.46 pounds a mon t h earlier an d 1. 47 pounds a year earlier.
Out put per cow 3 percent above a year earlier
Milk out put per cow a ve raged 681 pounds during November, 3 perce nt more than a year earlier and 13 percent above a verage f or the month. Daily ou tp ut per cow a verage d 22 . 7 p oun ~ s in November, compared with 22.b pounds a month earlier and 22 .0 a year earlier , Novembe r production per cow was at record high level s in 45 States, hi ghe st i n Califor n ia, at 920 pounds; followed by Arizona, 900 pounds ; Massachusetts, 830 pounds ; and Connecticu t , &20 poun ds .
lvJON TH
Milk per cow an d milk produ ctio n, b y month s,
Unite d States. 196u. with compar i sons
Mi 1k per cow
Milk production
Average
.'~ve rage
1:) 6 2 - 6 6
1967
1 ~6 8
1962- 66
196/
1968
Mi II ion
l"li ll ion t'l i ll ion
Pound s
Pound s
Pounds
pounds
pound s
poun ds
Chan ge from 1 ~ 67
Percent
January February March April May June Jul y August September October November
Jan. - l~ov,Total
Decembe r Annual
644
7 16
611
0/ l
698
769
713
; 8u
77 8
t;L.tLr
750
820
G92
j 6 L:.
b5 1
i:~2
6 14
680
623
685
603
661
- 64 1____
6 _:~s
8,02 1
8.b2 l
nJ+:
6~9 :
77'd:
7') 5:
tl59:
U) 7: 78):
736:
6~0:
/07: t)l:} 1:
--- .
10' 1 ~6 9,6 36 10,968 II, 175 12 ,143 11 ,65L 10 ,/14 lO,O i+7 9 , L~Lf6 9, SL}I ':1 .208
114. 73e
9 . 7S9 124.497
9 ,tJi.O
9 , 20 3 10,517 10, 7)4 11 ,'+7 0 11 ,0 ~5 I0,J lS
9 , 709 9' J:~h 9 , I67 8,81'+
109. 955
'.1 . 29~ ll S,2~ 4
9,608 ~) ''249 I 0 , :~69 10 ,460 II, 2.U3 10,937 10,2013
:1 ,567
9, 0 :_1i;
9 ' 159 U.793 108.59 1
-2.4
t0.5
-2.4 -2.6 -1 0 6 -1.4 -1.0
-1.5 -0.7 -0.1 -0.2 -1.3
*"Ef fect ive January 1, 1 ::-J o~ , the St a tist ica l fl.c :Jortin g Se rvice pl ans t o -1>
* discontinue calculation and publication of 5- year averages that ap pea r*
* * in this report. The report will contain clata for the curr e nt an d the
-;, two precedin~ years. I t is bel ie ved that change s in a g r i culture have 7~
7> decreased the value of the f ive-year averages for makin ~J compar i sons."*
After Fi ve Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Report ing Service 409 A North Lumpkin Street At hens, Geor gia 30601 OFFICI AL BUSI NESS
Posta ge and Fee s Paid U. S. Department of Agriculture
ff/J C!bt:J7
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVIC E
L/43
11H21 w~~..__~ _ ~
ATHENS , GEOR GIA
DEC 91968
December 18, 1968
Plac e m e nt o f broil e r chic k s in G e or g i a during t he w eek ended Dece mber 14 was 8, 74 7, 000- -1 p e r c ent l ess than t he p revious week b ut 9 pe rce nt mor e than the comparable week last year, a ccording to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service .
An estimated 11, 4.1 8 , 00 0 broiler type egg s wer e s et by G e orgia hatcher ies-4 percent more tha n the pr e vi ous week but slightly less than the c omparable week a year earlier .
The majority of the prices p aid to Georgia producers for b roile r hatching eggs were reporte d withi n a range of 60 to 70 cents per do z e n . The ave rage p rice of hatching eggs w a s 6 5 cents pe r dozen. The price of e ggs fro m flo ck s with ha tchery owne d cocker els generally was 2 cents below the average p r i ce . Mos t p r i ces re ceived for b r oiler c hicks by G e orgia hat cheries were r e p orte d within a range of $ 8 . 25 t o $ 11.00 with an average of $9 .75 per hun dred. The ave r a g e prices last year were 57 cents for e g gs and $8 . 00 for chi cks .
Week Ended
Oct. 12 Oct. 19 Oct. 26 Nov. 2 Nov. 9 Nov. 16 Nov. 23 Nov. 30 Dec . 7 Dec . 14
GE ORGIA E GGS SE T , HA TCHINGS , AND CHICK PLA CEME NTS
Eggs Set 1I
1967
19 68
o/o of
year ago
i C hicks P l aced for I
Broilers in Georgia
1967
1968
I o/o of
year
ago
Av . Hatch E gg s Per Doz. 1968
Price Broiler Chicks P er Hundred 1968
Thou ,
Thou.
Pet.
Tho u.
Thou, Pet . / Cents Dollars
10, 549 10, 0 33
95
8, 099
8, 137 100
63
11, 289 11, 38 1 101
7' 551
7, 806 103
63
11,271 11 , 344 101
7, 537
6 , 937
92
63
11,090 11, 338 102
7, 637
7, 649 100
63
10,964 11, 234 102
8,2 7 0
8,459 10 2
63
10, 94 0 11,529 105
8, 173
8,39 7 103
64
10,814 11 , 271 104
8, 068
8,638 107
65
11, 289 11,197
99
8, 10 3
8, 58 1 10 6
65
10,633 11,018 104
8, 315
8, 8 53 106
65
11 , 427 11, 41 8 100
8, 0 60
8, 747 109
65
9 . 25 9 .25 9. 2 5 9.25 9.25 9.50 9 . 75 9 . 75 9 . 75 9 . 75
EGG TYPE
Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the w eek e nded Decembe r 14 was 7 54, 000 - - slightly more than the pr e vious week but 63 pe rc ent more than the comp arabl e week last year . An estimated 74 0, 000 eggs for the production of egg t ype chicks we re set by G e orgia hat cheries, 14 p er cent more than t he previo us week a n d 2 5 p er c ent more than the comparable week last year.
In the four states that accounted for about 25 percent of the hatch of all egg type chicks in the U , S . in 1967, hatchings during the week ended Decemb_r 14 were up 4 2 percent and settings were up 22 percent from a year ago .
State
Ga .
Ill.
Calif. Wash .
Total
EGG TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS HAT :::::HED, 1968
E gg s Set (Week Ended)
I %of
Chick s H atc h ed (Vv eek Ende d ) ; o/o o f
Nov.
Nov. De c.
Dec. year
Nov. Nov.
De c .
Dec , year
23
30
7
14
a go 2/
23
30
7
14
ago 2 /
T housand s
Thousands
91 4
924 649
740 125
6 70
543
7 52
7 54 I 163
540
42 5 26 5
385 158
350 26 5
235
435 22 2
1, 621 1, 285 1, 11 7 1, 509 119
970 599
95 0 1, 191 131
305 3, 380
166
166
2,800 2, 19 7
242 99 2,876 122
9 7 177 2,087 1, 584
90 2,0 27
238 1 84
I
z, 61s I 142
1/ Includes eggs s e t by hatche ries producing chicks for hatchery s upply flocks .
2/ Current week as pe rcent of same week last year .
B ROILER TYPE E GGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMER:::::IA L Art2AS BY WE.~KS -1968 Page 2
EGGS SET
:',I
CHI CKS PLACf!.:D
STATE
Week Ended
Nov.
Dec .
30
7
Dec. 14
o/o of 1!----_ w..~~lL~~
year jj Nov.
J.Jec.
Dec.
ago 1/ , 30
7
14
I %of
l year ago 1/
THOUSA NDS
THuUSAN03
Maine onnec tic ut
P enn s yl vania Indi ana Mi s sour i Del aware Marylan d Virginia West Vi r g ini a North Carolina South Carolina
GE ORG IA
Florida Tennessee Al a b a m a Missis sippi Arkansa s Louisiana Texas Washington Oregon Cali for ni a
TOTAL 196 8 (2 2 State s)
1, 800
1, 737
1,822 105
1, 321
1, 353
1, 36 1
104
209
179
271 108
10 5
103
109
75
1, 53 8
l , 397
1' 519 112
946
895
785
88
406
446
465 112
35 8
297
31 3
99
234
229
234 68
369
359
36 3
101
2, 274
2, 33 7
2,465 102
l, 881
2, 560
2, 289
111
4 , 662
4, 547
4, 564 100
3,01 8
3,077
3, 291
106
1, 555
1, 44 8
1, 562 114 I l , 10 7
1, 045
1, 027
105
25
45
32 24
2 17
26 6
285
91
6,494
6, 2 50
6,689 100
4,691
4,882
4, 760
103
4 35
392
407 103
259
364
373
105
r ll, 197 11,018 11,418 100
8, 581
8, 853
8,747
109
902
911
1,068 116
559
654
678
102
838
799
794 108
1,022
963
1, 001
123
8, 143
8, 370
8, 525 103
6, 336
6, 510
6,430
109
4, 674
4, 505
4,799 103
4,050
4, 144 4, 063
108
9,956
9,82 1 10, 240 109
6,7 66
7,559
7, 508
112
972
968
968 88
962
889
891
118
4, 064
3, 864
4, 240
99
3, 182
3,234
3,052
101
4 73
4 39
4 12 87
329
333
374
98
347
295
330 92
309
269
243
102
1, 869
1, 828
1, 853 106
1, 395
1, 56 0
1, 500
119
63, 06 7 6 1, 825 64 , 677 103 4 7, 763 50, 169 49 , 443
10 8
TOT AL 19 6 7".c (2 2 State s)
6 1,895 57 , 6 57 63 ,009
46 , 9 11 46 , 377 <1 5,982
bf Last Year
102
107
103
].I
.~
CurrEnt week as percent cf same week last year.
Re vised.
10 2
108
108
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GEORGIA
--
NOVEMBE_
December 20 , 1S63
----------------------~~~%~o~f ~~~~~t---------------%_
T _
f
_
_
_ _
It m
During Nov.
last
Jan . th ru Nov,
12 " t
----------------------r--19~6~7~1~/____~19~6~8~2~/___y~e~a~r~~l9~6~7~1~/____~1~96~~8~2~/___ f0~_r_ __
Broiler Tv:pe
Thou.
Thou.
Pet . T hou.
Tho u.
Pet .
Pullets Placed (U . .3 . )3/
Total Domestic Chickens Tested:
3,416 2, 9 59
3, 592 105 3, 152 107
38,342 33, 743
39 ,27 2 102 33 ,990 101
Broiler Type
Georgia United States Egg Type
548 2, 464
574 105 2, 315 94
6, 323 26, 251
5, 8 80
93
22,787
87
Georgia United States Chicks Hatched:
16
4 3 269
3 00
224
75
955
737 77
6,61 8
5, 701
86
Broiler Type Georgia United States
Egg Type Georgia United States
Commercial 3laughter:4/ Young ::::hickens
Georgia United States Mature C hickens Light Type
37,870 211,342
l, 57 5 27,681
28, 804 170, 533
I 38, 873 103 i 4S8, 526
4 53,905
99
222, 501 105 l 2, 54 3,354 2, 578,602 101
i 2, 9 0 3 184 ! : ; 1, 379
35, 283 127
507, 841
33,820 108 472,494 93
I
28, 082
I
97 ! 373,700
356,503
95
177,048 104 : 2, 143 , 872 2, 14 8, 044 100
i
I
Georgia
828
74 1 89 \
8,208
8,081
98
United State s
13, 649
11, 166 82
13 2, 303
114, 293
86
Heavy Type
Georgia
387
390 101
3, 894
3, 191
82
United States
2, 108
2, 489 118
24 ,7 45
22,788
92
Egg Production:
Mil.
Mil .
Mil.
Mil.
Georgia
South Atlantic 5/
4 24 1, 113
4 19 99 1, 090 98
L.J: , 531 12 , 1?.. 5
4 , 542 100 12,323 10 2
United States
5, 726
5, 539 97
64, 200
63,632
99
1/ Revised. 2/ Preliminary. 3/ Pullets fo r broiler hatc ~1ery supp.l.f flocks, includes
expected pullet replacements from eggs sold during the preceding month at the rate of
125 pullet chicks p er 3 0-doz. cas e of egg s. 4/ 2ederal-3tate Markzt News S er ;rice
Slaughter reports only include p oultry slaughtered under Federal Ins pection. 5/ South
Atlantic States : D e l., M-::1., W . Va . , N. C . , 0, C., Ga . , .tTla., V a .
YOUNG CHICKE NS: SLA UGHTERED UNDER ZEDE RAL INSPECT ION
BY SELECTED STATES, 1967 and 1968
Number Inspected
Indicat ed Percent Condemned
State
During Oct.
Jan. thru Oct.
During ::;.ct.
Jan. thru Oct.
I
1967 Thou.
1968 Thou.
1967 Thou.
1968 Thou.
1967 Pet.
1968 Pet.
1967 Pet.
1968 Pet.
Maine I 5, 959
6,0 86
60,71 8 60, 483 3 .2
4. 0
Pa.
I 7,279
7,2 53
69,473 69,264 3.8
4 .0
3. 5 4. 8
3. 9
- Ll. A ~.
Mo .
3,399
4 ,203
33 ,393 38,010 2.2
2. . 8
3 .7
3. l
Del.
8, 539
3, 359
77,063 75,994 4 . 8
3. 5
5. l
L!- . 2
Md.
12, 619 13,744 121, 223 11 8 , 154 4 . 4
3. 3
4. 9
4. 1
Va .
4,673
7' 526
42,634 60,472. 3 .2
3. 9
N . c.
22,972 24, 108 216, 125 221, 4 85 3 . 2
3. 0
3. 6
4 .3
3. 8
3. 3
Ga .
33, 118 34, 365 334,072 313,644 4 . 2
4,4
4. 9
4.8
Tenn.
4,81 4
5, 950
52 , 110 54, 22.2 2.8
3. 1
4 . 4:
3. 1
A la .
22, 57 8 24,918 224, 254 227,476 I 2 . 7
3. 9
3. 3
3. 4
Miss .
14 , 162 16,049 138,092 146, 4 87 2.2
2. 2
2. 9
2. 3
Ark.
29, 4 72 31, 584 291, 789 295,174 3. 1
2. 6
3. 8
3.2
Texas
13,384 13, 557 127, 538 126, 592 3.0
2.7
3. 2
3.5
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3.3
3 J..,
4: ,0
3. 6
218,958
1, 992, 193 I
Unite d States Department of Agriculture
Georgia Depart m e nt of A griculture
Statistical .dep orting S e rvic e , 409A North Lumpkin Street, .Athens, Georgi a 30601
c; nd- of- lvi.on th .::: to c k s of P oultry, Poultry I-'roducts, Meat and. 1\lleat Produ c ts United States - No ve m 0er 1968
3hell egg s decline d 84 t ho usand cas es in Nove mbe r t o 88 tho usand. De cembe r 1 stocks w e r e 62 t housand cas e s b e low yea r ea r lie r hol ding s. "Tr oz en egg hol d i.ng s w e re 8 2 m i lli on p o unds, down 13 m i lli on from a year e arli e r and 10 m illion below No vemoer l. ..c~roz e n poultry s tocks de clined 10 8 milli on pounds in Novemb e r to 4 99 million and 107 million bel ow a ye ar e arlie r. Turkey holding s were 398 million po unds, down 106 million fro m l as t month and 31 million below a year earlier. W hole t urkeys totaled 369 million pounds . Parts, cut up, and further processed items t ot ale d 29 million. Stocks of meat totaled 604 million pounds, 32 million more than a month earli.e r, but 34 million below a year earlier. Frozen pork bellies a t 33 million pounds inc r e a se d 13 million during Nove m be r but were 16 million less than a year earlier. Ha ms, at 30 million pounds, declined 12 million during the month. Beef stocks to~ale d 290 million pounds, 24 million above a month earlier and 21 millionrnore than a yea r e a rlie r.
C ommodity
Unit
Nov. 1962-66 Av.
Thou.
Nov . 1967 Thou.
Oct. 196 8 Thou.
Nov. 1968 Thou.
Eggs: Shell Frozen eggs, t ota l
Poultry, frozen: Broilers or fryers Hens, fowls Turkeys Other & Unclas s ified
Total Poult ry
Case
105
150
172
88
Pound - }:.~ ?2------- 3.5.! _6;)_-- _9_~,-~3-~---- _8]..! ].}_8_ ----
do.
26 ,369
4 0, 271 17 , 99 7
18,037
do.
4 7,917
68, 932 34 , 205
3 2,140
do.
283, 674
423 , 652 50,, 44 8 398 , 065
do.
60,070
68, 232 49 , 902
50, 591
do.
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Beef: Froz e n in ...... ure and ::::ured
Pork: .l!~rozen and Cooler
Other meat and m e at pro d ucts
Total all red meats
do.
247,564
do.
216,84 8
do.
89, 33 5
do.
553, 747
26 8,24 6 265,951
278, 586 222,422
91,0 64 83 ,275 637, 896 57 1,648
289,640
231,208
82,675 603, 523
MID-MONTH PRICES l\E -:::: EIVED A ND P iU :Ec P A ID
Item
Prices Received: Chickens, lb. e xcluding broilers Com '1 Broilers (lb.) All Chickens (lb) All Eggs (dozens)
Prices Paid: (per ton) Broiler Grower Laying Feed
Nov. 15 1967
Cents
Georgia
Oct. 15 Nov. 15
1968
1968
Cents ...::ents
- United State s
Nov . 15 V,., CL, 15 Nov. 15
19 67
1968
1968
r .._ ..J '~ UL. S
'::: ents
C ents
8. 5 10. 5 10.4 3 5. 9 Dol. 92.00 88.00
11. 0 11. 5 11. 5 .!_1.5 . 7
Dol. 90.00 81.00
12.5
12.0 12.0
9 ~:!:7.
Dol. 89.00 84.00
7. 0 11. 8 11. 1 2. 9 . 8 D ol. 90.00 83.00
8. 2 12. 8 1 2: . 2 37. 6 T.Jo l . 88 .00 79.00
8. 6 13 . 6 12..9 38 .8 D o l. 89.00 79.00
This report is made possible through the cooperation of the N ational Poultry Improvement Plan, Official State Agencies, the Animal Husbandry Hesearch Division of the Agricultural Research Service, the Inspection Branch of the Poultry Division, Cons umer and Markzting Service and the Agricultural Estimates Division of the .:Jtatist ical R epor ting 3ervice and the many breeders, hatcheries, poultry processors and the p o ultry fa.rmers that report to these agencies.
ARCHIE L A NGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Cha rge
iN , .A . 'NA GN~ ~ R A g ricultural Stati stician
After Five Days R eturn to: United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical R eporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street
Athens, Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUS INES S
Po ::> t ae '~ a n r . .~_.. es Paid U. S . 03p a r t m enc of A gricultu:ce
REPO
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
1968
GEORGIA AN~~AL CBOP REPORT - - 1968
THE VALUE OF GECRGIA CRCFS DOWN 76 MI LLION DOLlARS : The va lue of the principa l crops produced in Georgia during 1968 amounted to
$390,500, COO - 16 percent belovr the record 1967 va lue of $466,587,000 . The maj ority of the decr ease in value i s due t o the l ow yi 0lds r esulting fr cm unfavarable weather during the gr m-ring sec.s on. A shortage of moisture r educed ~-ields per a cre fr om the 1967 average us f ellows: Corn, 18 bushels; s oybecms, 9 . 0 bushels ; cott on, 86 pounds; peanuts , 160 pounds; and toba cco, 198 pounds . Georgia ' s f eanut crop wa s the most importa nt in value of production with a t ot a l amounti ng to $1C9, 320, 000> followed by toba cco va lued at $76,856,000 . Corn ranked third with a val1.:,ation of $66, 348 , 000 and cotton wes f ourth a t $40,562, 000 . The va lue of the soybean crop, a t $17,346,000, is a little more than ha lf of l ast year's total r e sulting frcm r educed a creage nd low yie lds .
PRO~UCTICN OFF : The 1968 cor n production of 58 ,200 ,000 bushels is 31 million bushels be low l a st yecr ' s r e cor d crop. Tobacco poundage is down 43 million pounds . Peanuts
rer e off 41 mi lli on p ounds, the soybean crop was 46 percent l e ss thEm the 1967 production and the p ecu.n producti on of 38 milli on p ounds this year is 17 million pounds less t han in 1967.
DISTRIBUTIO q C'F 1968 CROP VALl.JE I N PERCE11lTAG~ OF TGTAL VALUE
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ARCHIE LANGlEY ABriculturul St utistician In Chc::tge
C. L. CREr'SH.'l.\\ .hgri ct:ltur:..cl St:..:tist icj ;:-,n
Crop
Ye a r
Ha rv' d Acreage
11000 acres
Yield Fer Acre
.!/1 196 6 and 1967
Frod uc -
Uni t
tion
Unit Price
1 1000
dol.
Total Vah:e 1 1000
dol.
Cotton Lint 2/
Cottonseed Corn, Grain Sorghum Grain vVheat Oats Barley Rye Potatoes 1 Sweet Tobacco, All Hay, All Sugar Cane Syrup
Y Peanuts 1 for Nuts
Soybeans, for Beans ll
Lespedeza, for Seed Crimson Clover, for Seed Fescue , for Seed Peaches 1 Total
Production 4/
196 8 1967 1968 1967 1968 1967 1968 1967 1968 1967 1968 1967 1968 1967 1968 1967 1968 1967 1968 1967 1968 1967 196 8 1967 1968 1967
19 68 1967 196 8 1967 1968 1967 1968 1967
1968 1967
395 267
11455 11532
10 ll 114 13 0 90 100
6
s
74 67 8. 5. .8 .. 0 57.4 72.4 435 433 1.0 1.0 497 478 472 5<? 2 5.0 8.0 5. 0 6. 0 14.0 10. 0
322 408
40.0 58.0 28.0 37.0 28.0 26.0 4.2 . 0 35.0 38.0 31.0 21.0 18.5 80.0 90.0 1,878 21 076 l. 80 l. 95
280 260 11880 21 04Q 15.0 24.0 2 00 220 12 0
85 230 200
Bales
2 65
228
l 09
Tons
98
581200 Bushels 881856
280
Bushels
4. 07
31192 Bushels 31380
Bushels Bushels
31780 315 00
228 279
1155 4 Bushels 112 4 0
680
G-N t ,
720
l 07 17 31 Pounds 15 01 2 94
7 21
Tons
845
280
Gallons
260
93 4 1360 Poun~s 975 112 0
71 080 Bushels 13 1008
11000 Pounc!s 1,87 0
600
Pounds
510
3122 0 Pounds 2,000
Pounds 24614 00 1431800
.265 351112 .258 29,386
50.00 51.60
51450 51 057
1.14 l.ll l. 03
661348 981630
288
l.l 0
448
l. 2 0
3,830
l. 52
51138
.79
2,986
.82 . 97 .98 l. 80
2187 0 221 273
2,797
2.26
21802
6. 50
41 42 0
6. 81
4 1903
.713 76,856
.672 l 011 007 29 .0 0 22,649 28 .00 231660
l. 75
490
l. 65
429
. 117 109,320
. 115 1121139
2. 45 17,346
2.46 32,000
.240
240
.2 44
429
. 27 0
162
.250
128
. 135
435
. 130
260
. 0556 121777
. 0818 lll 869
Pecans 1 Total Production
Commercial Vegetal)les 5/
19 58 1967 1968 1957
62 .l 58.9
381000 Pounds 55,000
. 421 .376
l5 19GO 2 01 7 00
121793 141459
TOTAL ABOVE CROPS
(Excl. acreage of
1968 37 01. 0
3901500
peanut hay, Zruits I
1957 3733.3
466 1587
and pecans . )
..!/19 68 price and value figures are prelimi!'1ary . Excludes price support payments ._1/Cotton
Y yield in pounds - price per pound. Covers only acreage alone and harvested for peanuts
and beans. 4/ Includes 16.6 million pounds abandoned and excess cullage 1968 and 3. 7 million pounds excess cullage 1967 excluded in computing value .~/Does not include sweetpotatoes.
The Georgia Crop Reporting Service 1 U. S. Department of Agriculture 1 4 09A North Lumpkin Street in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture.
A ter Five Days Return To United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service 4 09A North Lumpkin Street .Athens 1 Ge. orgia 3 06 01 OFFI CIAL BUSI NESS
Postage and Fees Paid U . S. Department of Agriculture
Georgia Crop Reporting Service
Athe s, Georgia
Decembe r 23, 1963
GE .:J RG IA AN NUAL VEGETABLE SU ~IJ: 1,1ARY - 1968
Production of the eight principal commercial vegetable and two pro cessing crops harvested in Georgia during 1968 was valued at $17, 21 3, 00.'), a decrease of l_l percent below the 1967 value of $19,362,00 0 . This de cre ase in value is attributed to lower yields and prices on most major vege table and melon c rops . '1'hese crops were harvested from an estimated 7 0, 6 00 acres in 1968 compared to 66,900 in 1967.
vv eather conditions vvere very unfavo rab le for normal plant growth and production during the spring and summer mo nths. The prolo nged dry w eather reduced the quality of many vegetables during the 196 8 season.
AC REAGE, PRJDUCTI Ol'J , P.RICE Al'.JD VALUE OF PRI NCIPAL C ROPS, 1968- 1967J/
CR :J P
Year
Harvested Yield Acreage Per Acre
Prod uction
Price Per Cwt.
Value
Acres
c -Nt.
1 1 00 0 C::wt. Do llars l, 000 dol.
For Fresh Market :
Beans 1 Lima
196 8
31000
22
66
11.90
785
1967 _ _ _3_, _Q_Q_Q_ __ _ __?_6_____ 7 8____ ___ 1_1_._0_0_ _ _ _8_5_8_
196 8
3,000
25
75
9.80
7~5
Beans, Snap, Spring 1967
3,000
24
72
9 . 80
706
1968
1,20 0
36
43
12.00
516
Beans 1 Sr:np, Summer 1967
1,300
38
49
12.5 0
612
196 8
2,5 00
110
275
2.80
770
Cabbage, Spring
196 7
2,5 00
125
312
2.85
889
1968
5 00
11 5
58
3. 8 0
220
__c_a_b_b_a~g~e~~_S_u_m__m_e_r____~l9 _~67~- ______5~00~----~l~l~0~-------5~5~------~3~.70~________2~04~
1968
5,700
60
342
5.70
1,949
Cantaloups
1967 196 8
5,500
60
-~--~~-
J. ,400
34
330
6.90
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48
3 . 90
2,277 187
C o r n , Sw e e t 1 967 1 , 4 0 0 32 4 5 5 . 1 0 2 3 0 _ _ _ _ _:___ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __;:;_..:.....;;;..-'-------~-=--=-..:;-----"---------'C..:;.__
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3 1 50 0
6 6
2 31
6, 50
l, 5 02
Tomatoes
19 6 7
2, 8 00
67
188
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19 68
39,500
90
3,555
7.60 1.60
1,429 51688
'IV'atermelons
19 67
3 6 ,000
95
3, 420
1.9 5
6,669
1968
8,500
80
680
6.50
4,420
Sweet Potatoes
1967
8,000
90
720
6. 81
4,903
TOTAL FRESH MARKET
19 6 8 1 9 6 7
68 1 8 00 64 I 000
XXX XXX
5 1 373 5I 269
XXX X XX
16 1 772 18 I 777
For Proces s inq :
TOTAL PROCESS I NG y
1 9 6 8 1 9 6 7
11 8 00 2 1 900
XXX XXX
XXX XXX
XXX XXX
4 41 58 5
TOTAL, FRESH \t1ARKE T 19 68
7 0 ,600
XXX
XXX
AND PRO CESSING
1967
66,9 00
XXX
XXX
XXX XXX
17,213 19,362
l/ Include s only commercial vegetables for which estimates are made, 1968 data preliminary.
2/ Not published separately to avoid disclosure of individual operations.
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
L . H. HARRIS , JR. Statistica l Assistant
'The Georgia C rop Re po rti n~; Se rvice, U.S . . j)epartment of Agriculture, 409A 1\iort h Lumpkin St re et in co o peratio n with th e Georgia Department of .1\.g riculture .
GiO~GI ~- VALU E OF P~ODUCTIO N BY CRO PS
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UNITf:: D STATES: In 1968, production was 1 percent more than in 1967 for the 27 principal fresh market ve getables an c, melons. The 1968 prot: uct ion of 227 mrll ion hun<.Jre oweight
com0a res with 1967 production of 224 mill ion hundredweight an t.l the aver.J:.:Je annudl p ro duction of ~ 1 6 mill ion. Crops maki n0 major contributions to this year's incre.3sed pro<.Juction from l ::;G7 were lettuce , cantaloups, a nci car rots. rtecord high production was estimate d for broccoli, lettuce, onions, and green peppers. The 27 prin cipal ~ egetable and melon crops had a total
value of $1,201 mill ion, 4 percent mor ~ (han a year earlier. Lea d in s crops in value were
let t uce an a tomatoes whose combined total accounted for 36 percent of the U. S. total.
The five leading States in the 1968 production of fresh ve9etables and melons were Cal ifornia, Florida, Texas, Arizona, and New York. These States accounte ~ for 64 percent of the harvested acreage, 70 percent of the production, and 7b percent of the value of the ve~etables and melons p roduced in the United States.
This summary provides fresh market estimates for the 27 principal vegetables and melons ~rown commercially in the more important producing States. These estimates provide basic
statistics on over bO percent of the national output of all vegetables and melons grown for
fresh market ~dl~.
After Five Days ~eturn to United States Department of Agriculture
St a ti stical Report i ng Service 40jA North Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 30b0l OFFICIAL BUSINE~S
Postage and Fees Paid U. S. Department of Agriculture
800
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Division
t Geo;-gia.
Universi;r Libraries
Athens Goorgla 30601
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
ATHENS, GEORGIA
Placement of broiler chicks in Georgia during the week ended Decembe r 21
was 8, 67 5, 000--1 percent le ss than the previous week but 3 percent more than the
comparable week last year, according to the Georgia Crop 1~e porting Servic e .
An estimated 11, 4 18, 000 broiler type eggs were set by Georgia hatcheries--
the same as the pr evio us week but slightly less than the compar a ble week a year
e arlier.
The majority of the prices paid to Georgia produce rs for broil er hatching e ggs
were reporte d within a range of 60 to 70 cents per dozen. The ave rage p rice of
hatching eggs was 65 cents per dozen. The price of eggs from flocks with hatchery
owned co ckerels ge nerally wa s 2 cents below the average price, Most prices received
for broiler chicks by Georgia hatcheries we r e reported within a range of $ 8 . 25
to $11. 00 with a n average of $ 9.7 5 p e r hundred. The averag e prices l ast year we re
57 cents for eggs and $ 8.00 for chicks.
. \
We ek Ended
G ZORGIA EGGS SET, Eggs Set}:_/
1967 Thou,
1968 Thou.
HATCHINGS , l~ ND CHICK PLA CEM~NTS
o/o of
year ago
Chicks Placed for
,.-- -l"~ v-.-P-r-i c-e ----
Hatch Broiler
Broilers in Georgia I Eggs
I % of Per
I 1967
1968
yea r Doz.
Chicks Per Hundred
ago
1968
1968
Pet.
T ~l.OU.
Thou. Pet. Cents Dollars
Oct. 19 Oct. 26 Nov. 2 Nov. 9 Nov. 16 Nov. 23 Nov. 30 Dec. 7 Dec. 14 Dec. 21
ll, 289 11,381 101
7' 551
7, 80 6 103
63
11,271 11,344 101
7, 537
6,937
92
63
11' 090 11,338 102
7,637
7, 649 100
63
10,964 11,234 102
8, 270
8, 459 102
63
10, 940 11,529 105
8, 173
8, 397 103
64
10,81 4 11,271 104
8,068
8,638 107
65
11, 289 11' 197
99
8, 103
8, 581 106
65
10, 633 11,01 8 104
8, 315
8,853 106
65
11,427 11,4 18 100
8,060
8, 747 10 9
65
11, 445 11, 4 18 100
8,446
8,615 103
65
9. 25 9. 25 9 .25 9 . 25
9. 50
9 .75 9.75 9 .7 5 9.75 9 .7 5
EGG TYPE
rtatc h o f egg type chicks in Georgia during the week ended Decembe r 21 was 718, 000--5 perc ent 1es s than the previous week bt:t 9 5 perc e n t mor e t han the c omp arab l e week last year. An estimated 780, 000 eggs for the production of egg t yp e chicks we r e set by Georgia hatche ries , 5 p e rcent more t han the previous we ek and 10 p e r ce nt more than the comparable we e k last ye ar.
In the four states that accounted for about 25 percent of t he hat ch of a ll egg type chicks in the U. S. in 1967, hatchings during the week ended December 2 1 were up 30 percent and settings were up ll percent from a year ago.
E GG TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS HAT C H1DD , 19 68
Sta te
E ggs 3et (We ek E nded)
o/o o f
Nov.
De c. Dec.
Dec . !year
30
7
14
21 l ago2/
Chi cks Hatched (Week E n ded)
Nov. Dec.
Dec .
Dec .
30
7
14
21
% of
ye ar
ago 2/
Ga. Ill. Calif. Was h .
Tot al
Thousands
924
649 740
465*
26 5 385
1,285 166
1' 117 1, 509
166 242
2, 840* 2, 197 2, 876
110 355 9 ri 1, 658 11 6
I 253 101
3, 046 ! 111
Tho usands
543 7 52
754
265 235
4 35
599 950 1, 191
177
90
238
1., 584 2 , OZ7 2, 6 18
71 8 ! 195 365 1 151
996 I 107 132 i 86
I
2 , 211 ._ :_'i. 3 0 _
* 1/ Includes egg s set by hatcheries producing chic ks for hatchery suppl y flocks .
2/ C urrent week as percent of same week last year.
1-{evi s e d.
B .ti.OILER TYPE EGGS SE T A ND CHICKS PL A CE D IN COMME.R~ IA L AR 1~P.-3 BY V/EB KS -19 68 P age 2
I
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C HI CKS PLA C~D
STA T E
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Dec.
7
Dec .
14
D ec . 1 y e ar :1 Dec,
21
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!
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1 I li
7
_ _y(~-~k Ende.d____ _____ - ~- -
De c.
Dec ,
14
21
% of
yea r
a go 1/
Maine Connec ticut P ennsylvania Indiana Missouri Delaware Mar yland Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina
GEO.ti.G I.lj.
1'~lorida
Tennessee A labama Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas Vvas hi ngton Ore go n Califo rnia
T OTAL 1968
(22 States}
THOUSA NDS
!I
TH O U0A.N JS
I
1,737
1, 822
l, 937 102 ,,I 1, 353
1, 361
1, 265
83
179 1, 397
271 1, 519
211
72 !,
103
1, 523 113 ,IIII, 895
109 785
98
54
839
106
446 229
46 5 234
532 243
133 84
,II'
297 359
313 363
282
90
3 51
106
2,337
2,465
2,401 102 II 2, 560
2, 289
2, 281
102
4, 547
4 , 564
4,618 100 I; 3,077
3,291
3, 143
104
1, 448
l, 562
1, 595 105 II 1,045
1,027
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111
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266
285
246
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6,250
6,689
6,763 10.Z ,j.l 4,882
4 ,760
4:,871
102
392
407
454 108
364
373
404
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8, 853
8,747
8,675
103
911
1, 068
963
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686
113
799 8,370
4, 505
794 8, 525
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8, 742 104
6, 510
4,711 102 ji 4, l L!:'-1:
1, 001 6,430 4,063
696 6, 164 4, 111
96 98 104
9, 821 968
10, 240 968
10, 513 975
111 90
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7' 559 88 9
7, 50 8 891
7,310 861
108 122
3, 864
4, 240
4,031
95
3,234
3, 052
3, 025
96
439 295 1, 828
412 330 1, 853
494 319
92 88
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1, 915
115
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1, 560
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l, 500
330 269 1, 484
74 112 114
61, 825 64 , 677 65, 142 103 1150, 169 49,443 ~8 . 544
102
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107
103
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Di s trict an d County
DI STRICT !:!_
Bu11 och Burke Can d l e r Columb ia Eff in gham Emanue l Glascock Jefferson Jenk i ns l'lcDuff ie Richmond Screven IJ/a rren
TOTAL
DISTRICT l
Baker Calhoun Ciay Decatur Dou gherty Early Grady Lee Mill e r Mi tc hell Ra nr_io Ip h Sem i nole Stewart Sumter Terrell Thomas IIJ/ebs t e r
TOTAL
DIST KICT 8
At kinson Ben Hi 11 Berrien Brooks Coff ee Co 1qui tt Coo k Crisp Doo 1y Irwi n Jef f Davis Lowncie s Telfair Tift Turne r 1.'/i 1cox Lforth
TOT AL
GEORG I A 1/HEAT
1968 County Estimates -- Acreage Yield, and Production
Pre 1 imina ry
Harvested Acres ..
Yield Per Acre
Bushels
Prot:uct ion Bushe ls
I ,200 2,000 2,250
210 340 750 410 13,300 530 210 500 1 ,200 1 ,300
24,000
28.0 26.0 2] .0 26.0
o zL~.
23.0 26.0 2t>.5 25.0 25.0 27.0 28.0 27.0
26.5
33 ,600 52,000 60,7 50 5, 460 8,1 60 17, ?. 50 10, 660 352,450 8 ,250 5,250
13' 500
33 , 600 35,100
636,030
6SG 580
70
350 2,000
1' 500 850 650
850
200
800
700 400 3,400 600 l ,000 400
15,000
27.0 2/.0
~s.o
28.0 26.0 l/.5 26.0 31.0 26.0 J O. O 28.0 28.0
2.';J.O
32.0 ?.b.o
27 .o
28.0
28.5
17,550 15,660
1 '750
:;.~oo
52 ,000 41, Z50 23 ,800 20' 150 22' 100
6,000
22 , l~OO
19 ,600 11,600 10&,800 16,800 27,000 11 '200
427 ,460
60 70 500 1 ,200 270 140 160
3,~00
6,000 220 60 ' +80 300 130 950 210
1 ,!)50
15,800
28.5 29.0 28.5 28.0 28.0 30.0 27.0 28.0 2:-;.5 28.0 27.5 27.0 29 .0 31.0 29.0 2&.0 28.0
28.7
1 '71 0 2 ,030 14,250 33, 600 7, ; 60 4,200
l~.3 2 0
98 ,000 171,000
6 ,160 1 ,650 12,960 8 ,700 1+,030
2s7,,u5a5o0
43,400
453,000
District an d County
DIST IUCT 2
,!\~\) l i ng c. vans Long Tattnall Toombs LJa re
TOTAL
GEORG f .l\ ~JH~ AT
U6b County C:stimates -- Acreage, Yteid, and Prpductlon
Preliminary
Harvested Acres
Yield ~er Acre
Bushels
Product Jo;--Bushels
60
25.0
1. 500
90
26.0
2. 3L~o
40
Z!:i.5
I ,020
140
28.5
3 ,9Si0
240
25.0
6,000
30
25.9
750
600
26.0
15 ,600
STATE TOTAL
28.0
~.1~2,000
ARCHIE U\NGLfY Agricultural Statistician In Char~e
C. L. CRENSHA':J Agricultural Statistician
rv IsSU~D-BY:- Th; Georg j-; crop-ReportI-;;g-Se l~e: USDA: lto9A-i'lorth-LumpkTn-street,-Athens,-Georgia. in cooperation Y~ith the Georgia Department of Agriculture.
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