Georgia crop reporting service [1970]

~@ m~@L1trm~L1 LPm~@~0

Dec embe r 15, 1';;;69
Re l e a se d 1/6/70 GEORGI A CRO P REPORT IN G SE~VICE

GEO:'(GIA r, ; ICES ;{ECE IVED l i~DE ~( UNC W\NGED
The Index of Prices Re ce i ve d by Georgi a Farmers for ~ I I Co~modi ties remaine d a t 266 percen t o f the 1910-14 average du r ing t~e month end ed December 15, 1969. This was 18 points hi ghe r tha n the December 15, 1968 Inde x of 248.
Co tto n prices decl ined, but advances wer e reg istered in prices for corn, wheat, and swe et pot atoes, and the Al l Crop Index decreased to 265 during th e month ended December 15,1969. Shar ply higher egg pr ices increas ed the Livestock Index to 262 which was 5 points above the prev ious month and 40 po ints above the same month last year.
UNITED ST AT ES PKICE S ~EC E I V E D INDEX UP I POINT PARITY INDEX UP I POINT
ADJUSTED PA:{ITY K/\TIO 82
The Inde x of Prices Received by Farmers adva nce d I point (1/3 percent) during the month e nde d Dece mbe r 15 to 286 percent of its 1910-14 average and was the highest since September 1952, according to the Crop Re po r t i ng Board. Higher prices for eggs, cattle, and hogs contr ibut ed most to the increase. Price decl ines for lett uce, tomatoes, and cotton were partialIyoffsetting. The index was 9 percent above December 1968.
The Index of Prices Paid by Farmers for Co~mod it ies and Services, Including Interest, Taxe s, a nd Farm Wa ge itates reached a record high of 378. This was I point , (1/4 percent) a bove the previous high of 377 in Novembe r . The index rose 18 points (5 percent) during the year.
Wi t h prices of farm products and prices paid by farmers both highe r, the Prel iminary Adj us t ed Parity Ratio remained unchanged at 82, and the Parity Ratio at 76.

INDEX NUHBEHS - GEOi{G I '\ :~iJ D UNITED ST i\TES

Dec. 15 : Nov. 15 : Dec. 15 :

I 9 10 - IJ} :: 10-0 - - - - - - - :

1963 :

1969 :

1969

:

G EO : ~G I PI :

Pr jces r~e c e i ved

, AI I Commod i tie s

'r.

248 11

266

266

i\ II Crops

260

268

265

Liv es t ock and Livestock

Products

222 11 257 11 262

Record Hiqh
Index : -- -Da-t e- -- -

310 March 1951

319

t-\a rch 1951 1/

295

Sept. 1948

UNITED ST inES:

Pri ce s Re ce ive d

262

285

286

313 Feb. 1951

Parity Index }I

360

377

378

378 Dec. 1969

. Par i t y Ra t i0

73

76

76

123

Oct. 1946

/\dJu~t-;d-P:;rity Ratio -!if - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ,- - - - - - - - - - -

(Prelim inary)

:

79

82

82

,125 Oct. 1946

.!/ ,~e v i s e d . 1/ Also April 1951. }I Pr ices Paid, Interest, Taxes, and Farm \'/a ge f~ates based
on dat a f o r the indicated dates. ~I ~d j u s t e d Parity Ka t io , refl ecting Government payments, avera ged 79 for the year 1968 compared with 74 for the Parity Ra t io . Prel iminary Adj us t ed R ~ t ios for the current year, suppl ied by the Econom ic Re s ea rc h Serv ice are based on estimat ed cash re ce i pt s for marketings and estimates of Government payments for the current calendar
yea r ,

ARCHIE L'\NGLEY Ag r icu l t ura l St a t i s t i c ia n In Ch ~rge

~ I L L I1M ~ WAGNEn Ag r i c u l t u ra l 'St a t i s t i c ia n

The Geo r gia Crop Reporting Servic~~ US~ q, 4094 No rt h Lumpk in Street, Athens, Ga., in co ope ra -

tion wit h the Georg ia Departme 4

:4g r icu l tu re ,

109

l' I\lCC::S -- i{ECtIVED i\ i'lD P '.ID BY F'\I ~M E , t S DECE HBEI\ i s. :96g \'! ITH COt i? \i\lSO!\!S

Georqia

United States

Dec. 15 Nov. 15 Dec. 15 Dec. 15 Nov. 15 Dec. 15

Corr.mod itv a nd Unit

1'-)68

l ';6g

1969

1968

1969

1969

P,{1 G:.: 3 : ~:::: C E I V E D

':.' ; H~ '3 t , bu. Oats, bu . Co rn , bu . Ba r 1ey, bu.

$ 1.30

1.35

I .lfO

$ .85

.90

.90

$ 1.20

I. 35

1.40

$ 1.00

1.00

1.00

1. 26 .607 1.05 .902

1.29 57 (";
,0
1.07 .881

1. 30 .580
I. 0;)
.892

Sorg hum Gra in, cwt.

$ 1.90

1.72

I 9L~

J .92

Cotton, l b,

20.5

19.5

18.5

21.55

21.35

19.95

Cot tons e e d, ton

$ 51.00

40 .00

40.00

50.30

42.30 44.20

Soybe ans, bu. Pe an ut s , lb.

$ 2.'f5
e 12.0

2.35 12.5

2.35 12.5

2.42 12.0

2.30 12.3

2.30 . 12. 5

Sweet ro t atoes, cwt.

$ 7.00

6.50

6.80

6.16

4.18

5.29

Hay, ba 1e d , ton:

All

$ 29.50 30.00 31.00

23.00

23.50 24.00

!:l,] f a l f a

$ 38.50 37.00 40.00

23.20

23.80

24.40

Les ped eza

$ 3I .00

32.00

34.00

25.50

25.60

26.20

Peanu t

$ 25.00

22.50

23.50

24.10

23.50

24. 10

Hil k Cows, he a d

$ 200.00 225.00 225.00 283.00 308.00 309.00

Hogs, cwt.
Beef Ca tt 1e I AI I, CI;oJt. 1/
Cows, cwt. 1/
Steer s and Heifers, cwt.

$ 17.80
$ 1s. 50
$ 16.50
$ 21.70

24.40 22.20 18.00 26.00

25.00 23.00 19.00 26.20

17.80 23.50 16.50 26.00

25.00 24.80 18.30 27. 10

, 25. 70 25.60 19.00 27.80

Calves, cwt .

$ 25.00

29.50

30.50

27.80

31. 40 32.80

Milk , who l e s a l e , cwt.

Flu id Market Manuf a ct ured ,1.\ 11 } /

$ 6.65

6.80

3/6.01

$

1/4 . 47

$ 6.65

6.80

6.90

5.61

6.27 4.74 5.88 4/5.83

Turkeys, lb.

22.0

22.0

22.0

21.1

23.6

T 25 . 6

Chickens, lb.:

Exclud in g Broilers

12.5

13.5

14.0

9. I

10. I

10.8

Commerc ial Broilers

12.5

13.0

12.0

13.5

14.2

13.5

.!\ 1I Eggs, all, doz.

12.5

13.0

12. 1

12.9

13.7

13.2

50.3

55.6

60.7

42.2

48.8

54.6

Pi\lCES P'\ ID, FEED Mixed D3 iry Feed, ton:
14% protein 16% protein 18% p ro te i n 20% protein Hog Feed, 14%-18% protein,cwt. Cottons e ed Meal, 41%, cwt. Soybe a n 11e a 1, 44%, cwt. Bran , cwt.
M: dd l i ngs , cwt. Co r n I'iea 1 , cwt ,
Poultry Feed, ton : Broiler Grower Feed
Lay ing Feed
Ch i ck St ilrte r A.lfalfa Ha y, ton
All Other Hay, ton

s 71.00
$ 76.00 $ 78.00 $ 80.00 $ $ 4.80 $ 5.20 $ 3.85 $ 4.05 $ 3. 30
$ 89.00 $ 86.00 $ 95.00 $ 30.00 $ 37.00

70.00 76.00 80.00 82.00 4.35 4.70 5.30 3.90 4.05 3. 50
89.00 78.00 91.00 38.00 36.00

70.00 76.00 81.00 82.00
4.75 5.20 3.90 4.10 3. 50
93.00 80.00 94.00 39.00 36.00

66.00
72.00
74.00 78.00 4.38 5.08 5.31 3.50 3.61 3 . 14
88.00 7'3.00 93.00 33.60 31.20

67.00 72.00 74.00 79.00 4.45 4. 93 5.26 3.53 3.61 3.32
90.00 80.00 94.00 34.40 32.80

67.00 73.00 75.00 79.00 4.49 5.00 5.28 3.57 3.67 3.33
9 1.00 81.00
~6.00
35.00 33.00

1/ "Cows" and "steers and heifers" combined with allowance where necessary for slaughter bu I Is. 1/ Includes cull dairy cows sold for slaughter, but not dairy cows for herd replacement.
3/ Rev is ed. ~/ Pre l im i na ry

~ fte r F ive Days Return to
United States Department of Agriculture Statistical Reporting Service 409 ~ North Lumpkin Street At he ns , Georgia 30601 OFFICI AL BUSINESS

~~~ ~ POSTAGE & FEES PAID
Unit.d Sto.es Deportmen t of Agriculture

...
....
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r I ::5/ . I I
\

Decembe r 15, 1::;69

o JP. i\ : ~ '~n

.,_I L1 UR4R lrl s

Released 1/6/70 GEORdIA CROP f~ E P OR T I i'J G SERVICE

GEO i{GIA P. ~ICES ;{ECEIVED II~DE;{ UNCW\NGED

The Index of Prices Received by Georgia Farmers for All Co~modities remained at 266 per~ent of the 1910-14 average during the month ended December 15, 1969. This was 18 points
higher than the December 15, 1968 Index of 248.

Cotton prices decl ined, but advances were registered in prices for corn, wheat, and sweetpotatoes, and the All Crop Index decreased to 265 during the month ended December 15,1969. Sharply higher egg prices increased the Livestock Index to 262 which was 5 points above the prev ious month and 40 points above the same month last year.

UNITED ST ATES PRICES RECEIVED INDE X UP PAR ITY INDEX UP I POINT
ADJUSTED PA:{ ITY R/\T I0 82

POINT.

The Index of Prices Received by Farmers advanced I point (1/3 percent) : du r i ng the month
ended December 15 to 286 percent of its 1910-14 average and was the highest since September 1952, accordi ng to the Crop Reporting Board. Higher prices fo~ eggs, cattle, and hogs contributed most to the increase. Price decl i.nes for lettuce, tomatoes, and cotton were partial-
Iyoffsetting. The index was 9 percent above December 1968.

The Index of Prices Paid by Farmers for Commodit ies and Services, Including Interest,
Taxes, and Farm Wage Rates reached a record high of 378. This was I point (1/4 percent) above the previous high of 377 in November. The index rose 18 points (5 ~ercent) during the year.

Wi t h prices of farm products and prices paid by farmers both higher, the Pre l iminary Adj us t e d Parity Ratio remained unchanged at 82, and the Parity Ratio at 76.

-1910 -11+ :: 100 GEOftG I A: Pr ic es Rece l ved
Al l Commodities : Al l Crops l ivestock and Livestock
Products

. INDEX NUfvlBEHS - GEO f<GI I\ Ai"lD Dec. I.e.J . Nov. 15

UNITED ST : Dec.

iHES 15

.

: 1968 : 1969 : 1969 :

:

248 1/ 266

:

260

268

266 . 265

:

222 11 257 1/

262

. Record Hiqh

Index

Date ---

310

March 1951

319

Ha rch 1951 1/

295

Sept. 1948

UNITED ST.'nES:

P rices Rece ived

262

285

286

313

Feb . 1951

Parity Index }/

360

377

378

378

Dec. 1969

Par i t Y Ra t i0

.

73

76

76

123

Oct 1946

AdJust;d-P;rlty Ratio -!if - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - -

(Prel iminary)

:

79

82

82

125

Oct. 1946

II ~e vi s e d . 1/ Also April 1951. }I Prices Paid, Interest, Taxes, and Farm Yage Rates based
on data for the indicated dates. !i/ Adj us t e d Parity Ka t io , reflecting Government payments,
averaged 79 for the year 1968 compared with 74 for the Parity Ka t io . Prel iminary Adj us t e d Rat ios for the current year, suppl ied by the Economic ~e s e a r c h Service are based on estimated eash receipts fQr marketings and estimates of Government payments for the cur~ent calendar
year.

AR CHIE L:\NGLEY ural Statistician In Charge

W I L L I ~M A WAGNER Ag r i cu l t u ra l Statistician

a Crop Reporting Service, USD ~, 409 A North Lumpkin Street, Athens, Ga., in coope ra the Georgia De pa r t me nt of Agriculture.

-

l~ i\ I C [ S -- i{ECI::IVED AND P ~.ID BY F\:{ME,tS. Dl.:CE}lBE, \ i 5 . :9Gg ,.IITH cOt ;:' ',, \l SO:'IS

Dec. 15 Commod i ty a nd Un i t : 1'-)68

Georqia
Nov . 15 I' J6g

United States

De c . 15 1969

II

De c. 15 1968

Nov. I 5 Dec. 15

1969

1969

':.' i ~ e ,) t , bu.
Oa ts, c u , Corn, bu . Ba rl e y , bu. So r qnurn Gra in, cwt. Cott on , lb. Co t t onsee d , ton Soybea ns , bu. Pe a nut s , lb. Swee t r o t atoes, cwt. Hay, baled, ton:
Al l '-\ 1h I fa Le s pedeza Pean ut Hi I k Cows, head Hogs, cwt , Beef Ca tt Ie, AI I, CI-Jt. 11
Cows, cwt , 1/
Steer s and Heifers, cwt. Calves, cwt. Milk, who l e sa l e , cwt.
Fl u id Ma r ke t Manu f actured
,1.1. 11 J/
Turkey s, lb. Chickens, lb.:
Exclud ing ,Bro i l e r s Comme rc i alB ro i Ie rs
'-\ I 1
Eggs , a l l , doz.

$ 1.30 $ .85 $ 1.20 $ 1.00 $ 1.90 20.5 $ 51. 00 $ 2.45
e 12.0
$ 7.00
$ 29.50 $ 38.50 $ 31.00 $ 25.00 $ 200.00 $ 17.80 $ 19.50 $ 16.50 $ 21.70 $ 25.00
$ 6.65 $ $ 6.65 22.0
12.5
e 12.5
12.5 50.3

1.35 .90
I. 35 1.00
19.5 40.00
2.35 12.5 6.50
30.00 37.00 32.00 22.50 225. 00 24.40 22.20 18.00 26.00 29.50
6.80
6.80 22.0
13.5
13. a
13.0 55.6

1. 1-f0 .90
I.LfO
1.00
18.5 40.00
2.35 12.5 6.80
31. 00 40.00 34.00 23".50
225 ~00
25.00 23.00 19.00 26.20 30.50
6.90 22.0
14.0 12.0 12. I 60.7

1. 26 .607
J. 05 .902
1.72 21.55 50.30
2. Lf2
12.0 6. 16
23.00 23.20 25.50 24.10 283.00 17.80 23.50 16.50 26.00 27.80
3/6.01 1/4,1+7
5.61 21.1
9. I 13.5 12.9 42.2

1.29
57 !)
,0
I. 07 .881
1.9 Lf 21.35 42.30
2.30 12.3 4.18

I. 30 .580
I. 0:;
.892 1.92
19.95 44.20
2.30 12. 5 5.29

23.50 23.80 25.60 23.50 308.00
25.00 ' 24.80 18.30 27.10 31. 40

24.00 24.40 26.20 24. 10 309.00 25.70 25. 60 19.00 27.80 32.80

6.27 4.74 5.88 23.6

4/5.83 -25.6

10.1
I Lf. 2
13.7 4b.8

10.8
13.5 13.2 54.6

PI\ICES P,'IID, FEED

Mi xed D3 iry Feed, ton:

14% protein

$ 71.00

16% p ro t e i n

$ 76.00

18% p ro t e i n

$ 78.00

20% p ro t e i n

$ 80.00

Hog Feed, 14%-18% protein,cwt. $

Co t t onsee d Meal, 41%, cwt.

$ 4.80

Soybe an l'lea I, 44%, cwt ,

$ 5.20

Bran, cwt.

$ 3.85

M: dd1 i ngs , cwt.

$ 4'.05

Co rn ~iea 1, cwt ,

$ 3.30

Poultry Feed, ton:

Bro il er Grower Feed

$ 89.00

Lay in g Feed

$ 86.00

Ch i ck Sta rter

$ 95.00

t\ 1fa 1f a Hay, ton

$ 30.00

Al l Other Hay, ton

$ 37.00

70.00 76.00 80.00 82.00 4.35 4.70
5.30 3.90 4.05 3.50
89.00 78.00 91.00 38.00 36.00

70.00 76.00 81.00 82.00
4.75 5.20 3.90 4.10 3.50
93.00 80.00 94.00 39.00 36.00

66.00 72.00 74.00 78.00 4.38 5.08 5.31 3.50
3.61 3.14
88.00 79.00 93.00 33.60 31.20

67.00 72.00 74.00 79.00 4. /-f5 4. :)3
5.26 3.53 3.61 3.32
90.00 80.00 94.00 34.40 32.80

67.00 73.00 75.00 79.00 4.49 5.00 5.28 3.57 3.67 3.33
91.00 81.00 96.00 35.00 33.00

1/ "Cows" and "steers and heifers" combined with allowance where necessary for slaughter bull s ,

11 Inclu des cull dairy cows sold for slaughter, but not dairy cows for herd replacement.

!3i1l

Re v is e d. Pre l imi na ry

' f t e r ~ ive Days Return to Un ited Sta t e s Department of Agriculture
Statist ical Reporting Service 40 9 ~ North Lumpkin Street
At he ns , Georgia 30601 OFFICI ~L BUSINESS

~::> ~ POSTAGE & FEES PAID
Unit.d Sta'e. Deportment of Agriculture


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o

GEORGIA CROP

.,
,J

.1.\..

r1,'.

REPO mTING

.~ (\ "'7 n

~

'.'

ATHENS, GEORGIA

J anuary 7, 1970

BR OILER T YPE

Placement of broiler chicks in Georgia during the w e e k e n de d January 3 was 8,842,000--9 percent more than the previous w e ek and 2 p ercent more than the comparable week last year, according to the Geo rgia Crop R e p o r t in g Se r vice ,
An e stimated 12,068,000 broiler type e gg s were set by Georgia hatcheries--l percent l es s than the previous we ek but 5 percent more than the comparable week a year earlier.
T he majority of the prices paid to Georgia producers fo r broiler hatching eggs w er e r eported within a range of 60 to 70 cents p er dozen. T h e average price of hatching eggs wa s 6 7 cents per dozen. The price of e gg s from flo cks with hatchery owned cockerels generally was 2 cents below the ave r a g e price. Most prices r eceived for broile r chicks b y Georgia hatcheries were repo rted within a ran g e of $ 9 . 00 to $11. 00 with an a verage of $ 10. 25 per hundred. The a ve r a g e prices l a st year wer e 65 cents for egg s a n d $ 9 . 75 for chicks.

Week Ended

GEORGIA E G G S SET, HATCHINGS A N D CHI CK PLACE ME N T S

U Eggs Set

I
I

1968
-

1969

1969
-
19 7 0

Ufo of year ago

A v . Price

C hi c k s Place d for 1 Hatch

B r oile r s in Georgia

E ggs

1968

1969

%of Per

-

-

year Doz.

Broiler Chicks Per Hundred

1969

1970

ago

1969-70 1969-70

Thou.

Thou.

Pct.

Thou.

Thou. Pct. Cents

Dollars

Nov. 1 Nov. 8 Nov. 15 Nov. 22 Nov . 29 Dec. 6 Dec. 13 Dp.f:. 20
I an. 3

11 ,338 II, 234 11, 529 11,271 11, 197 11,018 11,418 1 1. 4 1R
11,461

II , 814 II, 566 11 , 891 11,629 11,847 10 ,910 11,806 1/../.h7
12,068

104

7,649

103

8, 459

103

8,397

103

8,638

I 106

8,581

99

n, 853

103

8, 747

107

~ (..,7 ~.

105 , 8, 654

7,307

96

64

8,459 100

65

8,699 104

66

8,722 101

66

8, 56 4 100

66

8,613

97

67

8,45 8

97

67

>l hl ?

QQ

h7

8,84 2 102 I 67

10.00 10.00 10 .00 10.00 10.00 10.25 10. 25 t n ? t=.
10. 25

EGG TYPE
Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the week ended January 3 was 77 5, 000-37 percent more than the previous week and 25 percent more than the comparable week last year. An estimated I, 103,000 eggs for the production of e g g type chicks were s et by Georgia hatcheries, 17 percent more than th e previous w eek and 39 percent more than the comparable week last year.
In the four state s that accounted for about 26 percent of the hatch of all egg type chicks in the U. S . in 1968, hatchings during t he w eek ended January 3 were up 9 percent and s ettings w ere up 24 percent from a year ago.

i
State I
I

EGG TYPE EGGS S ET AND CHICKS HATCH~~ D, 1969 and 1970

Eggs Set (We e k Ended)

% of

Chicks H a tched (W e ek Ended) Ii 0;0 of

D ec.

D ec. D ec.

J an. ye a r

Dec. De c .

De c.

Jan. . year

13

20

27

3

ago 2/

13

20

27

3

a go 2/

Thousands

Thousands

Ga.

952

Ill.

385*

Calif. 1,780

Wa s h . , .17 8

944 946 425 480 1,9101,980
24 3 259

1,103 340
1,826
273

13 9

677 71 4

564

775 125

119

265 245

195

305

88

115 140

I1,1101,108 224 197

1,285 193

I 1,3 08 113

139

70

T,ote.l : .3 , 2 9 5* 3,522 3,665 3,542 12 4 1 2,276 2 ,264 2,237 2,527

1/ f n:::!udes c -ggs s et by hatcheries producing chicKs-for-hatche ry supply flOCKS.

'2/ Cur r ent we ek as p ercent of sam e week las t year.

>:< -,~ e vi s e d .

1109

. B R O ILE R TYPE E GGS SE T A ND CHI CKS PLA CE D IN COMMER CIA L A B E A S BY \:TZ E KS - 19 6 9 - 7 0 Page 2

S TA TE

D ec. 20

EGGS SE T

Week E n de d De c . 27

Jan. 3

~

C HICKS PLA C:S.O

I I ~ ,

0/0 of I
year I ago 1/

ij

Dz c . 20

Week E n ded

u ec.

Jan .

27

3

% of
year ! a go 1/

Maine Connecti c ut P enn sylva nia Indiana Mis souri De laware Ma r ylan d Virginia West Virginia North Ca r olina So ut h Ca r olina

T HOUSANDS

2, 17 3

2, 044

2, 07 5

119

I T HO USA NDS

1, 361

1,449

1,49 5

112

roil

78 1,792

10 9 1, 782

10 1 35 1, 712 1 12

139

162

142.

137

1, 082

1, 011

1, 04 8

117

a

520

525

44 4 103

220

204

204

82

276

- 223

400

436

226

74

434

I II

2, 9 6 2

2, 887

2,7 54 104

Z, 8 89

2.,599

2, 9 13

110

5,386

5,535

5, 3 3 0 11 6

3,744

3,682

3, 669

120

....

2, 000

1, 900

1, 8 2 2 13 0

1, 498

1,244

1, 439

125

27

33

43

90

3 10

317

348

168

7,788

7 ,7 54

7,969 115

5,794

5,352

5, 987

121

530

597

6 14 124

455

4 37

460

III

GEORGIA

12 , 267 12 , 144 12 , 0 6 8 10 5

8,61Z

8, 122

8, 842

102

F lor i da Tennesse e Al a ba ma Mi s sis si ppi A r ka ns a s Louis iana Texas Washington Oregon California
TOTAL 1969 - 70
(22 States)

1, 187

1, 175

1, 155 117

857

816

755

105

703

7 10

736

95

849

772

840

86

9, 436

9,422

9 , 7 8 5 1 13

6,992

6,985

7, 389

112

5, 307

5, 27 1

5,48 5 113

4, 560

4 ,4 16

4, 726

113

12 , 152 12, 3 14 12 ,431 114

8,917

8,244

8, 621

120

1,076

1, 190

1, 187 121

881

894

1, 140

144

4,728

4, 807

4, 857 115

3,482

3,330

3, 513

III

648

628

497

87

541

329

395

118

293

342

341

81

25 9

210

249

107

2,252

2, 18 8

2,377 124

1,750

1,604

1, 678

115

73 ,.525 73, 561 7 3,987 112 ' 5 5 , 64 8 52,634 56,309

113

TOTAL 1968-69 >,'< (22 States)

64,827 63,915 66, 155

48, 569 47,325 49,779

0/0 of Last Year

113

115

112

1/ Current week as p ercent of same w eek 1a st year.

I

115

III

113

* J.e vl s e d .



















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FARM

REP 0,Rf~:~lDf .'0"." 1970

GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE

J cnuar y 13, 1970
GEORGIA FARIvl EUi'!IBERS COliTI lJ1JE DOHl:l!ARD TREl!D
The nunber of f'arns operat ing i n Ge or gia i n 1970 i s est inated at 75, 000 by t he Ge or[:;ic Crop Report i ng Servi ce . The tot al i s 3,000 f eHcr than 1969 and continue s t o t reud downward , Land in r aru o in 1970 is ec t u aat.ed at 16, 900, 000 a cres coupared with 17, 600, 000 i n 1969. '
UEITED STATES FARiV! i;'Ui'/IBERS DROP 28 PERCEi:T DURI1[G PAST DECADE
The iTat i on had an e stinat ed 2,971, 000 opernting f'a r us during 1969 , 3 pe rcent l e s s than in 1968. The pr e limi nary estiuute for 1970 i ndi cate s 2,895 ,000 f'arns 'vill be i n ope rat ion , anot her 3 perce nt drop .

Total l and i n f'arras , e ctinated at ab out 1, 124 n i l lion a cres for 1969 , continues a s Low steady decline but at a s l ower rate than the f'arm nunbe r s . For 1970, t he pr e Lirrinar y e st i nat e of land in f ams i G 1,119 n i l lion a cre s .
The pa st decad e saw a 28 percent decline in nunber of f o.rus while only a 5 percent drop wa s re cor ded i n l and in fan~s. The s e change s are ass ociated wi t h a 31 percent increase in the aver age s i ze of f arns. The continued di sappearan ce of t he s Wl l 1 nc.r .?;i na l f arn s e long with larger uni t ne r ge rs i nto nore effic i ent operat ions cont r ibute nost to the change in f'arn nunbe rs . Urbanizat ion a nd highway con struction l ead the r e a sons for decline in l and in t'arras . These ar e part i a lly offset by new l ands be i ng br ought i nto pr oduct i on.
This report include s dat a f or Ala s':a and HClwa ii Ln nat i onal tot al for a ll years pr e s ent ed. For explanation of ba sis for e stirlate s of fan~s , s ee i;wlber of Fanl s report , J anuar y 10, 1968.

Ye a r

i.unb er of Farms and Land ~11 Far.ns , U. S . 1960 -70

Farms
(Thousa nds )

Land in Farns ( Thousand Acre s)

Average s i ze of f'a .rt ic (Acres )

1960

3,962 ,

1, 176, 946

297

1961

3,821

1, 169 , 899

306

1962

3, 685

1, 161 ,383

315

1963

3 ,561

1, 153, 072

324

1964

3,442

1,146 , 806

333

1965

3,340

1 ) 11~1, 536

342

1966

3, 239

1) 137 , 161

351

1967

\
,

3 ,146

1,131,982

360

1968 I

3 , 054

1, 127,567

369

1969

2 ,9 76

1,123 ,3 72

377

1970 11

2, 895

11 Pre lin i na r y .

ARCllIE IAi:GLEY Agricul t ura l Statisti cian In Charg8

1, 119,410

38 7

C. L . CREI;SIIAH
Agricult ur a l Stat ist i ci an

I SSUED BY: The Ge orgi a Crop Report i ng Ser vice, Unite d States Departne nt of Agr i cuJ~ure , 409A Horth Lunpki.n Street, Athens , Ge orgiu in coope rat ion with the Gecr gi2 Dep art nent of Agriculture .

ilunber- of Fe r n s an d Land in Farrrs , by States , 1968-70

State

Farn s 1968 : 1969 : 1970 1/ : 1968

Land in Farns : 1969 : 1970 1/

Ilunber - - ..

- - - 1, 000 a cres

~n i ne
l~ . IT . Vt . Mass . R. I. Conn . E. Y.
I:. J.
Po..
Oh i o I nd . Ill. Mich . Hi s . di nn . I owa Mo . IT. Da~ :.
. S . Da~:.
ileb r
Kans . De l. Md . Va. W. Va. H. C. S . C. Gu.
FIe. .
Ky . Te nn . Ala . Mic s . Arl: . La .
O~:la .
Texa s Mont . I daho Wyo .
Col o .
1:. iv1ex .
Ar i z . Ut ah
l ~v .
Hash . Or eg . Cal i f .

: 11, 000

:

3, 900

:

8 , 100

:

7,000

:

1,000

:

5,300

: 61, 000

:

9,100

: 77,000

:. 115,000

: 100, 000

: 131,000

: 89,000

: 116,000

: 133,000

: 1!~7,000

: 148,000

: 45,000

: 48,500
: . - 76,..000

: 91,000

:

3,900

:. 19,500

: 75,000

: 31,000

: 165,000

: 55,000

: 80,000

: 35,000

: 133, 000

: 132, 000

: 93,000

: 99,000

: 77 ,000

: 56,000

: 92,000

: 195,000

: 27,100

: 29,400

:

8,800

: 31, 000

: 14 , 000

:

6,100

: 15, 000

:

2,100

: 46,000

: 41,500

: 64,000

10, 300 3, 700 7, 600 6,500 1, 000 4, 900
59 , 000 8, 900 75,000 113,000 98,000 128,000 87,000 114, 000 129,000 143,000 145,000 43,000
... . 4747,,500000
88 ,000 3 , 800
18,700 73,000 30,000 161,000 53,000 78,000 34,000 125,000 128,000 89,000 97,000 75,000 54,000 91,000 191,000 26,700 28 ,900 8 , 600 31, 000 13,800 6 , 000 14,500 2,100 46, 000 40,500 60 ,000

9 , 700 3,500 7,200 6,000
900 4, 600 57 , 000 8 , 700 73 , 000 111, 000 96 , 000 126, 000 85, 000 112, 000 125 , 000 140, 000 . 142 , 000 . 41, 000
46,500
73 , 000
86,000 3, 700
17 ,700 71, 000 29 ,000 157 , 000 51, 000 75,000 34, 000 120, 000 125 ,000 85, 000 93,000 74, 000 52, 000 90 ,000 187,000 26, 300 28, 500 8 , 400 30,500 13, 600 5, 900 14, 500 2,100 45 ,500 39 ,500 57 , 000

2, 500 780
2, 410 800 97 660
12, 000 1, 050
10, 800 17, 600 17, 600 29, 800 13 , 4 00 20,800 32,300 34 , 500 33,500 42 ,000
45 ,500
48 ,200
50,100 720
3,300 11 , 800
5, 300 16,100 8 , 600 17, 900 16 , 200 17, 000 15, 600 15,200 17,700 17 , 9 00 12, 000 37, 200 145, 000 67, 100 15 , 4 00 37, 000 39,)00 48 , 600 43 }5(:C 13 ,300 8,800 18 , 100 20,900 37 , 200

2,400 740
2,320 750 94 620
11,800 1, 020
10 ,650 17,500 17 , ~OO 29 , 700 13,200 20 ,600 32 ,200 34, 500 33 ,300 42 ,000
45 ,500
48 ,200
50, 000 710
3,250 11 , 600
5,200 16, 100 8 ,400 17 , 6 0 0 16 ,200 16,900 15,500 15, 000 17, 600 17, 900 12,100 37,200 145, 000 67 , 100 15 , 400 37,000
39 ,500 h8, 3CO
L~3 , 400
13, 300 9 , 000 18 ,100
20,900 37 ,000

2,300 700
2,250 710 90 590
11, 500 1,010
10, 585 17 , hoo 17,200 29 ,600 13 ,000 20 ,400 32,200 34,400 33,000 42, 000
45,500
48 , 100
50, 000 700
3 , 2 00 11, 400
5, 100 16 , 1 0 0 8 , 200 16,900 16,200 16, 800 15, 400 14, 800 17, 500 17,900 12,200 37 , 2 0 0 145,000 67,100 15, 500 37,000
39,000 48,200 43,300 13, 200 9,000 18 , 100 20,900 36, 800

48 States : 3,049,300 2,966,000 2, 890,300 1,123 , 317 1, 119,754 1,115,235

A1asl:o. ?J :

310

310

310

1, 900

1, 880

1, 835

Hawai i

.

4,700

4,600

4 ,600

2 , 350

2 ,350

2 ,3 40

U. S.

: 3 ,054~~11o 2, 970 , 910 --2~895 , 210 1,127,567 1 ,123 ,984 1, 119 , 410

y ?J Pre Liraf.nar-y,

Exclusive of grazi ng l a nd leased f r a n U. S . Oover-nnerrt , A'l.a s ka f'arrr.land

totals ab out 70,000 acres.

After Five Days Return t o United States Depzrrtmerrt of Agri cult ure
St ati stical Reporting Service 409A 1Jor t h Lunplri,n Street Athens, Georgia 30601 OFR'I CIAL BUSIllESS ..

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POSTAGE & FEES PAID Unit.d States Depar tment of Agric ultu re

















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ATHENS, GEORGIA

CROP REPORTING SERVICE
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Ja n uar y 14 , 1970

Placement of 'broiler chicks in G eorgia dun n g t h e w e e k e nded January 10 was 9,10 8,000--3 percent more than the p r e vious we ek and 6 per c ent mo r e than t he compar a ble w e ek last year, according to the G eorgia C r op Bep o rtin g Servic e .
An estimated,l2, 502,000 broiler type eggs were s e t by G eorgi a hatcher ies--4 percent more than the previous week and 9 p e rcent more than t he comparable week a year earlier.
T h e majority of the p ric es paid to G eor gia producers fo r broil e r hat ching eggs we re r eported within a range of 60 to 70 cents p er dozen. The a verage p ri c e of ha tc hing egg s was 67 cents per dozen. The p rice of egg s fro m flo cks wit h hatche ry owne d
co c ke r e l s generally was 2 c e nts below the a vera ge price. Mo s t price s r e c e ived for broiler chicks by Georgia ha tche r ie s we r e repo r ted within a ran ge of $9 . 00 to $ 11. 00 with an average of $~O. 25 pe t hund r e d. T h e a v er a g e pri c e s l a s t ye ar w e r e 65 cen ts fo r e gg s and $9.75 for chicks.

We ek Ended

GEORGIA E G ::iS SET, HA T CHINGS A ND C HI C K FLACEME N TS

Eggs Set 11

1968 1969

1969 1970

0/0 of
year ago

C hicks Plac ed fo r

Av .
!---H~ t c h '

P---r-i-1c3

e
~~il

e

r

Broile r s in Geo rgia . Eggs

Chi cks

1968 1969

1969 1970

o/u of
yea r ago

Per Doz . 19 69-70

P er Hundre d 1969-70

Thou.

Thou.

Pet.

Thou.

Thou. Pet. Cents

Dollar s

Nov. 8 Nov. 15 N ov . 22 Nov. 29 Dec. 6 Dec. 13 Dec. 20 Dec. 27 Jan. 3 Jan. 10

11, 234 11,566 103

8,459

8,459 100

65

11, 529 11,891 103

8,397

8,699 104

66

11,271 11, 629 103

8, 638

8,722 101

66

11, 197 11,847 106

8, 581

8, 56 4 100

66

11,018 10,910

99

8,853

8,613

97

67

11,418 11,806 103

8,747

8,4 58

97

67

11,418 12,267 107

8,675

8,612

99

67

10, 895 12, 144 III

8,384

8, 122

97

67

11,46 i

lz,D68 105

8, 654

8, 842 102

67

11,471 12, 502 109

8,603

9, 108 106

67

10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.25 10.25 10.25 10.25 10.25 10.25

EGG TYFE
Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the week ende d January 10 w as 773,000-slightly less than the previous week but 22 percent more than the comparable week la s t year. An estimated I, 133,000 eggs for t he production of e gg type chicks were se t by Georgia hatcheries, 3 percent more than the previous week and 46 percent m o re tha n t he comparable week last year.
In the four states that account ed for about 26 percent of t h e hatch of a ll egg typ e chicks in the U. S. in 1968, hatchings during th e w eek ended January 10 w er e up 17 percent and settings were up 36 percent from a ye ar ago .

State
Ga . IlL Cali f. Was h .
Total

,
I

EGG TYPE EGGS S ET A ND C HI CKS HA T CHED, 19 69-70

Eggs Set (Week Ended)

I % of : Chi c k s ~ at ched (Vv e e k E n d e d )

% of

II Dec. 20
I! 944 415*

De c , Jan.

27

3

Thousands 946 1, 10 3
: 4 80 340

Jan . I ye a r :
I 10 i ag o 2/ ! i
1, 13 3 14 6 I
540 I 14 2 :

De c. 20
7 14 24 5

De c . 27

J an. 3

T housands

564

775

195

3 05

Jan . ; year 10 , ago :~ i
7 7 3 i 12 2 3 15 ; 111

I 1,910

I
I

243

1,980 1,826 259 27 3

2,26 3 I' 129 2 03 'I 154

: 1,10 8 1, 2 85

i'

197 193

1,308 139

1, 4 2 8 : 115 258 : 12 5

I 3,512* 3,665 3 , 542 4, 139 ! 13 6

2, 264 2,23 7 2, 52 7 2, 7 74 ' 11 7

11 Includes eggs set by hatc heri e s p rodu cing c hi c ks for h atc hery s up p ly fl o c ks.

* 2/ C u r r e n t week as percent of sam e w e ek la st ye a r .

Revi se d .

B ROILE R TYP E E G G S S E T A ND C HI C KS P LA CED IN COMME RCIi. L AX2 AS BY W ~E KS - 1 9 6 9 - 7 0 P ag e 2

STATE

I
r- - --
I

EGGS SET

- ___. _, ,. ., _.YL~ e k. ~n_q~ <L .. ._, ,_ .. _

Dec .

J an .

Jan .

27

3

10

T HO USA NDS

Ma i ne Connecticut P e nns ylvania Indiana Mi s s our i Dela war e Mar ylan d Vir ginia We s t Virgini a North Carolina So ut h Carolina

2, 044 109
1, 782 525 204
2,887 5, 53 5 1, 900
33 7,7 54
597

2, 075 101
1, 7 12 444 2 04
2, 75 4 5, 330 1, 822
43
7, 969 6 14

2, 128 84
1, 8 4 9 4 56
2 17 2, 9 18 5, 603 1, 827
41 8, 192
609

GEO RG IA

12, 144 12,0 68 12, 50 2

F lor ida Tenness e e Alabama Mi s sis sippi A r kansas Louisiana Texa s Wa s hington O reg on California

T OTAL 196 9 - 70

(22 States )

I

I T OTA L 1968 - 69*

(2 2 S tates)

I

!,

0/0 o f L ast Year 1,

1, 175 7 10
9, 422 5,27 1 12, 31 4 1, 190 4,807
628 342 2, 18 8
73 , 561

1, 155 736
9, 78 5 5, 4 85 12, 431 1, 187 4, 8 57
497 34 1 2,3 77
73, 987

1, 129 771
10, 126 5, 622
12, 620 1, 2 10 4, 921 669 344 2,298
76, 136

63 ,91 5 ' 66 , 155 66; '555

115

11 2

114

CHE;KS PLA CBD

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ye a r " Dec .

Jan.

J an .

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3

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I:

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113 36

I!II.Ij'
I'

1,44 9

162

1, 4 9 5 142

1, 63 0 10 7

114 93

~ : 1, 011

!i :1

223

1, 04 8 226

976 258

89 12 2
119

'I
!"! ;,

436
2, 59 9 3,682

43 4 2, 913 3, 669

4 18 3, 266 3, 495

12 1
III

:1 1,244 .! 317

1,439 348

1,43 0 301

117 :1 5,3 52

,: 109

,I
i~

43 7

5, 987 460

5, 85 6 54 6

,:

109 1Ii; 8, 122

8,84 2

9, 10 8

'I

Ii

117 104

I
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816 77 2

113 114

i

6,9 85 4 ,416

755 840 7, 389 4, 726

9 03 907 7, 49 4 4, 767

117

8, 244

8, 621

8,806

127

894

11 8 11 0
99 117

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3,33 0 32 9 21 0
1,6 04

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114 I,:' 52 , 634

II

i:

i:

1, 140 3, 513
395 249 1, 678
56 ,309

1, 024 3, 6 17
470 297 1, 772
57, 448

. 11 4 7',"3'25' 4 9, 779 '4'9, 863

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115

% of
year
ago 1/
118 93 112 67
I II
13 3
III
14 2 94 117 140
10 6
127 103
III
11 7 120 126 118 107 146 117
115

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GEO RGIA CR OP REP ORT I NG SERVICE

w~~mITJW rnlS~m~mW

ATHENS, GEORGIA

1970

BROILER TYPE UO RAR'l::S

Placement of broil er chicks in Georgia during th e w e ek ended January 24 w a s

9,139, OOO--slightly less than the previous week and 8 percent more than the comparable

we ek last year, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service.

An estimated 12,320,000 broiler type eggs were set by Georgia hatcherie s--

slightly more than the previous week and 5 percent more than the comparable week a

ye ar earlier.

The majority of the prices pa i d to Georgia producers for broiler hatching eggs

w e r e reported within a rang e of 60 to 70 cents per dozen. T h e average price of hatching

e g g s was 67 cents p er doz en. The price of e g g s from flock s with hatchery owned

cockerels generally was 2 c e nts below the average price. Mo s t prices received for

broiler chicks by Georgia hatche ries wer e repo rted wi thi n a r a n g e of $ 9 . 00 to $ 1 L 00

w it h an average of $10.25 p e r hundr ed. The aver ag e pric es l ast year w ere 65 c ents for

e ggs and $9.75 for chicks.

.

W eek E nded

GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS A ND CHICK P L A CE ME N T S

U Eggs Set

Chicks Placed for

Av. Price

Hatch

Broiler

Broilers in Georgia Eggs

Chicks

-1968

1969
-

0/0 of
year

-1968

-1969

0/0 of Per year Doz.

Per Hundr ed

1969

1970

ago

1969

1970 ago 196 9-70 1969-70

Thou.

Thou.

Pct.

Thou.

Thou. Pct. Cents

Dollars

Nov. 22 Nov. 29 Dec . 6 Dec. 13 D ec . 20 Dec. 27
Jan. 3 Jan. 10 Jan. 17 Jan. 24

11,271 11, 629 103

11, 197 11,847 106

11,018 10, 910

99

11,418 11,806 103

11,418 12,267 107

10, 895 12, 144 III

11, 461 12,068 105

11,471 12, 502 109

11, 737 12,273 105

11, 779 12,320 105

8,638 8, 581 8,853 8,747 8,675 8,384 8,654 8,603 8, 296 8,427

8,722 8,564 8,613 8,458 8, 6 12 8, 122 8, 842 9, 108 9, 154 9, 139

101

66

100

66

97

67

97

67

99

67

97

67

102

67

106

67

I 110

67

108

67

10.00 10.00 10.25 10.25 10.25 10. 25 10 . 2 5 10 .25 10 . 2 5 10.25

EGG TYPE

Hatch o f egg type chicks in Georgia during the week ended January 24 was 97 0,000-12 percent more than the previous week and 4 7 percent more than the comparable w eek last year. An estimated 1, 182, 0 00 eggs for the production of egg type chicks wer e set by Georgia hatcheries, 4 percent more than the previous week and 15 percent more
than the comparable week last year.
In the four states that accounted for about 26 percent of the hatch of all egg type c h i c k s in the U. 3 . in 1968, hatchings during the week ended January 24 were up 19 percent and settings were up 29 percent from a year ago .

St at e
Ga. Ill. Calif. Wa sh.

EGG T YP E EG GS SET AND CHICKS HATCHED, 1970

Eggs Set (Week E n de d)

Jan.

Jan. Jan.

Jan.

3

10

17

24

%of
year
ago 2/

Chicks Hatched (Week Ended) I %of

Jan. J an.

Jan.

Jan. year

3

10

17

24 ago 2/

Thousands

1,212* 1,133 ' 1, 14 2 1, 182 115

340

540 420

525 122

1, 826 2,263 1, 827 2,345 128

273

203 167

202

74

Thousands

775 773

869

970 147

305 315

330

265 118

1,308 1, 428 1, 580 1,412 122

139 2 58

188

202 124

Total

,

~

,

3.

,6

51*
ggs

4s,e1t. 3.b9y

3, 556
natc ne r i

e

4
s

,2
p

r5o4d.u

c

r

119 ng

,

,

12, 527

,

~

2,77

4 Y

su2p,p9.l6y7

..

.2, 849

129

2/ Current week as percent of same week last year.

>',( Revised.

Q)

BROILER TYPE E GGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL A RE AS BY WEE KS - 1970 P age 2

.I

- STATE

I
I

EGGS SET

Week Ended

Jan.

Jan.

Jan.

o of year

C :.nCKS PLACE D

We ek Ended

Jan.

Jan.

Jan.

% of
year

.~ ~.,
...-l
(~J
.~
~

10

17

24

THOUSANDS

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Maine Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana Missouri Delaware Ma r yl a n d Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina

2, 128 84
1,849 456 217
2, 918 5,603 1, 827
41 8, 192
609

2, 211 146
1,794 498 218
2,874 5, 558 1, 900
43 8, 050
57 4

2,227 115

160

71

1,758 105

492

87

218

92

2, 849 105

5,583 114

1,847 115

4 5 125

8, 046 109

597 118

1, 630

1, 541

1, 525

125

107

113

169

123

976

955

970

106

258

307

242

85

418

414

411

96

3,266

2, 716

2,705

104

3,495

3,928

3,860

126

1, 430

1,491

1,460

145

301

346

350

100

5,856

5,771

5,895

112

546

514

525

118

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12 , 502 12 ,273 12 , 3 2 0 105

9, 108

9, 154

9, 139

108

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1, 129

1, 157

1, 130 105

903

921

894

118

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771

770

720

98

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961

962

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7, 494

7,336

7,625

114

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TOTAL 1969* (22 States)

5,622

5, 40 0

5, 527 III

4,767

4,807

4,902

114

12, 620 12 , 642 12, 7 8 0 117

8,806

8,969

8,993

115

1,210

1, 2 0 5

1, 205 12 5

1,024

998

959

116

4,921

4, 84 7

4 , 908 116

3,617

3,622

3,786

119

669

622

839 150

470

508

347

72

344

4 51

383

87

297

236

273

90

2,298

2,327

2,362 122

1, 772

1, 758 ' I 857

125

76, 136 75,689 76 ,043 111

57,448 57,366 57, 849

114

66,555 67,729 68,755

49,863 49,694 50,964

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ATHENS, GEORGIA

J anuary 30, 197(': GEORGIA TURKEY GROWERS InTEIID TO RAISE 5 PERCEHT MORE TURKEYS I N 1970

Ge or gi a: Turl~ey gr owe rs in Georgia expect to pr oduc e 1,717 , 000 head in 1970 cor.~ared with
1,635, 000 in 1969, or a n increa se of 5 perce nt.

UNITED STATES GRO\<7ERS IHTEIID TO RAIS E MORE TURKEYS IN 197 0

Uni t ed St ate s : Turke y growers intend t o r a i s e 5 percent nore turl~eys in 1970 than i n 1969 .
Pre sent plans of growers are to increa se heavy br eeds 5 percent and increa se
light breeds 1 percent. If producers carr y out p resent i nt ent i ons, t he 1970 tur~.e y crop would t ota l ab out 112 Di l l i on an d would be t he third l a r ge st crop of r ecord . In 1969 , 106 ~lillion were raised . Increased production is planne d in a l l regions wi th the l arge st chan ge " i n the West .
Incr ea se s a re Nor t h Atlantic, 1 percent; Nor t h Central, 3 per cent ; Sout h Atlant i c and Sout h
Cent r al cODb i ned, 6 percent; a nd We st up 8 per cent.

Growe r s plan to produce 100.3 n i l lion heavy breed t urkey c i n 1970. Heavy breed t ur );:eys will a c count for about 90 percent of the total t urkeys to be raised in 1970, compared wi t h 89 per cent i n 1969 a nd 88 percent in 1968. Increase s a re planned for he avy breeds in all r egi ons ex cept the Hor t h At lant i c which shows virtually no change. Increase s planned a r e : Horth Ce nt r a l , 4 pe r ce ntj Sout h Atlantic a nd South Central combined, 5 percent; and the West, 8 percent.

Produce rs intend to raise 11. 5 miLld on light breed t.urkeys in 1970. " The rnnnbe.r to be
r a ised i s 1 percent larger than 1969 and is up in a l l regions ex cept the Horth Centra l "Ther e a 4 per cent dr op is expected. Increases planned are : l~orth Atlantic, 1 percent; West, 6 percent j South At lanti c and South Central conbined 14 percent.

The nur.ilier of turkeys actually raised in 1970 Day vary sonewhat fron the J anuary 1, 1970 intent ions of gr owers . Such changes nay depend on reactions to thi s report, price of f eed, s upp l y a nd pr i ces of hatching eggs and poults, and prices r eceived for turl~ys during the next
f ew norrths . On J anuary 1, 1969 gr ower s intended to produce 3 percent n or e tiurkeys in 1969 t han in 1968. The nunb er produced in 1969 was about the sane as in 1968. The nunbe r of light breeds r a i se d showed the l argest decline fron intentions although heavy breedG declined slightly.

Te st i ngs of a l l heavy breed turkeys July through December 1969 wer e 'dom1 2 pe rcent fr on t he corre sponding period in 1968. The July-Decenber testings of light breeds were down 28 percent .

C. L. CREIISlIAW Agri cultural Statistician

ARCHIE LAHGLEY Agricultural Statistician I n Charge

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ISSUED BY: The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, USDA, 409A Horth Lunpkm Street, Athens, Ga . , i n cooperation with the Georg i a Dep artment of Agr i cul t ure

Af te r Five Days Return t o Uni t e d States Departnent of Agr i cul t ure
Stati sti cal Reporting Ser vi ce 409A llor-t h Lumpkf.n St reet At he ns, Georgia 30601 OFFI CIAL BUSIlJESS

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POSTAGE & FEES PAID
Un ited Stares Deportm ent of Ag ricu lture

Tur!~eys : Hw~ber raised 1969 end intended nlli~ber to be r aised in 1970, by breeds, by States

State

"

1969

Heavy I Light

breedsJ br~Ad s I. Total

I Heavy

1970
Li eht

hrA An R _ hrAAn R

Total t.urkeys

I Total
I

1970 a s per~e nt of 1969

1,000 he ad - - - - - - - - - ,.

Perce nt

Ma i ne !Jew IIanpshi r e Ve r Dant Ma ssa chuset ts Rhode I sland . - ....

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12 28 8
"' 22132'..

Conne cticut

104

lJew Yor'l;

358

IJew J ersey

104

Pe nn s y l v a n i a Ohio
Indi an a
I l l i n o i s

" -1-,67-8 --

: 3, 429 '



3, 515 658

Mich i8an
Minnes ot a

&

Wis

consin:

825 13, 844

2 3 0 20 '0
7 54 7 250
498 107 14 62 5,873

14 31 8 243 12 111 412 111 1,928
3,927 3,622
672 887
19,717

13 26 8 230 10 99 344 105 1,704
3,395 3,304
711 800
15,216

2 3 1 21 0 7 57 7 250
702 218 32 60
5,060

15 29 9 251 10 106 401 112 1,954
4,097 3,5 22
743 860
20,276

107 94 112 103 83 95 97 101 101
104
97 111
97 103

I owa Mis sour i Hor t h Dakotia SOut h Dakot.a Heb ras l:a Ka nsa s
Del awar e Maryland Vi r 8 i nia Vle st Virginia Hor t h Carolina South Carolina Ge or8 i a
Ke ntucl:y Tennes s ee Alabana Miss iss i ppi
Ar-kans a s
LOui siana Ok I a hona Texa s
Colorado
Ut ah IJeva da Washingt on Ore go n Ca lifor nia
Ot her Stat e s y
UlIITED STATES



5,730 7,934
764 450 701
357 21 88 3,381 455 8,101
2~ 540
1,631
58 15 627

48 54 135 644 10
3
129 7
804 222 1,318
0 4
0 0 13

5,778 7,988
899 1,094
711 360
150 95 4,185 677 9, !~19 2,540 1,635
58 15 640

5,959 7,934
902 427 816 361
16 62 3,754 478 8,506 2,540 1,717
23 10 13

50 150 185 686 15
3 110
5 849 222 1,582
0 0
0
14

6,009 8, 084 1,087 1,113
831 364
126
67 4,603
700 10,088 2,540 1,717
23 10 27

104 101 121 102 117 101
84 71 110 103 107 100 105
40
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6
6, 9~
2,439 3,208

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41 6,661

0

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Y 1,340

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7,0 25 2,442

1 3,209

34
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8,007
2,634 3,400

1

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Y 6,925

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Y 1,544

13-0- - _8.-,137

3 2,637

1 3,401

85 104 67 115 110168106

39y0
: 14,906
97 95,091

18y4

574 1,812

226 15,132

138

235

11,325 106,416

402
l/
16,248
97 100,283

167

569

Y 1,978
271 16,519

149

24.6

11,487 - 1-11-,7-7-0 - _.-

99 109 109 105
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JANU ARY 15. 1970

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Released 2/3170

GEOAGI A CROP REPO~TI NG SE ~VICE

GEORGI A PRICES RECEIVED INDEX UP~~~POI NTS
The Index of Prices Received by Georgia Farmers for Al l Commodities rose to 267 percent of the 1910-14 average during the month ended January 15. 1970. This was 21 points higher than the January 15, 1969 Index of 246.
The All Crop Index rema ined the same as December 15. 1969. Higher prices for hogs, beef cattle and chickens increased the Livestock Index to 267 which was 6 points above the prev ious month and 42 points above the same month last year.

UNITED ST ATES PRICES RECEIVED INDE X UP 1 POINT PARITY INDE X UP 5 POI NTS ADJ USTED PARITY RATIO 81

During the month ended January 15, the Index of Prices Received by Farmers advanced 1 point (1/3 percent) to 287 percent of its 1910-14 average. the highest since September 1952, acco rding to the Crop Reporting Board. Contributing most to the increase were higher prices for cattle and hogs. Partially offsetting were seasonally lower prices for eggs and cotton. The index was 9 percent above January 1969.

The Index of Pr ices Paid by Farmers for Commodities and Services, Interest, Taxes, and Farm ~a g e Rates advanced 5 points (1 1/2 percent) to a new high of 383. This was the largest mo nt h- t o- mo nt h increase since the 7 point increase from December 1950 to January 1951. The major part of the current i nc rea se resulted from increasing annual tax and interest rates and seasonally adjusted farm wage rates, although commodities and services were also higher. The
index was 5 percent above a year earl ier.

Wi t h prices paid for all types of expenditures rising faster than prices for farm products. the prel iminary Adjusted Parity Ratio decl ined 1 point to 81 and the Parity Ratio to 75.

I 910 - 14 : 100
GEORGIA: Prices Received
All Commodities All Crops Livestock and Livestock Products

INDEX NUMBERS - GEORGIA\ND UNITED STATES Jan. 15 : Dec. 15 : Jan. 15 1969 : 1969 : 1970

246

265 1/

267

255

265

265

225 1/ 261 1/

267

Record Hiqh Index : Date

310

March 1951

319

March 1951 1/

295

Sept. 1948

UN nED STATES:

Pr ices Received

263

286

287

313

Feb. 1951

Parity Index 1/

364 1/ 378

383

383

Jan. 1970

Pa r i t y Ra t i0

.

72

76

75

123

Oct. 1946

AdJust;d-P;rlty Ratio - - ~/- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

(Pre1 imi na ry)

:

78

82

81

125

Oct. 1946

1/ Revised. 1/ Also April 1951. 1/ Prices Paid, Interest, Taxes, and Farm vl a ge Ra t e s based on data for the ind icated dates. 1/ Adj us t e d Parity Rat io, reflecting Government payments,
averaged 80 for the year 1969 compared with 74 for the Parity Ratio. Prel iminary Adj us t ed Rat ios fo r the current year, supp li ed by the Economic Research Service are based on estimated cash rece ipts for marketings and estimates of Government payments for the current calendar
ye ar.

i\RCHIE L'l.NGLEY

WILLIAM A. ~A GN ER

Aq ricultural Statistician In Charqe

Aq r i cu l t u ra l Statistic ian

The Geor gia Crop Reporting Service, USDA, 409 A North Lumpkin Street, At he ns , Ga., i n coopera-

t ion wi t h the Georgia Department of Agriculture.

PRICES -- RECEIVED AND PAID BY F:'\RMERS, J C\NU.'.\IW 15, 1970 WITH COMPARISONS

GEO ltG 1,4,

!

UN ITED ST ,i\TES

Commodit y a nd Unit

Jan. 15 Dec. 15 : Jan. 15

lq6g

Ig69 : 1970

Jan. 15 : Dec. 15 : Jan. 15 Ig69 : 1969 : 1970

PRICES RECEIVED

~/ he a t , bu.

$

1.30

1.40

1.40

1.27

1.30

1.29

Oa t s , bu. Corn, bu.

$

.87

.90

.85

$

1.25

1.40

I L~O

.625 1.08

.580
I. AS

.587 1. 12

Barley, bu.

$

1.00

1.00

1.00

.898

.892

.877

Sorg hum Grain, cwt.

$

1.90

1. 74

1.92

1.92

Cotton, lb. Cottonseed, ton

19.0 $ 50.00

18.5 40.00

18.5 40.00

3/19.37 - 49.90

19.95 44.20

19.09 46.50

Soybeans, bu.

$ 2.50

2.35

2.40

2.46

2.30

2. 36

Peanuts, lb.

12.0

12.5

12.5

11.8

12.5

12. 1

Sweet pot atoes, cwt. Hay, baled, ton:

$ 7.00

6.80

6.80

.1/6. 50

5.29

5.77

Al l

$ 30.00

31.00

31.50

23.50

24.00

25.00

Alfalfa

$ 37.50

40.00

41.00

23.80

24.40

25.50

Lespedeza Pea nut

$ 30.00 $ 24.50

34.00 23.50

34.00 2L~. 00

25.90 24.60

26.20 24.10

27.50 24.70

Milk Cows, head

$ 205.00 225.00 235.00

282.00 309.00 315.00

Ho gs, cwt.
Beef Cattle, All, cwt. 1/ Cows, cwt , 1/

$ 17.60
$ 19.90 $ 16.20

25.00 23.00 19.00

25.50 23.30 19.50

18.60 23.60 16.60

25.70 25.60 19.00

26.30 26.20 19.70

Stee r s and Heifers, cwt.

$ 23.00

26.20

26.50

26.10

27.80

28.40

Ca 1ves, cwt ,

$ 26.00

30.50

30.00

28.30

32.80

33.60

Mi l k, wholesale, cwt.:

Flu id t'larket
Manu factured
Al l 3/
Turkeys, lb.

$ 6.75 $ $ 6.75
e 21.0

6.70
6.70
22.0

6.75 22.0

5.99 4.41
5.53 20.4

6.25 4.77
5.86
25.6

4/5.8.0 -24.8

Chickens, l bv :

Excluding Broilers Commercial Broilers Eggs, al I, doz.

10.0

14.0

11.0

e 13.0

12.0

14.0

51. 7

60.7

59.7

9.2 14.3 43.0

10.8 l3.5 5L~. 6

10.8 14.8 53. 1

Table, doz.



58.4

Hatching, doz.

e

67.0

~ RICES PAID, FEED

Mi xed Dairy Feed, ton:

14% protein

$

16% protein

$

18% protein

$

20% protein

$

Hog Feed, 14%-18% protein,cwt. $

Cottonseed Meal, 41%, cwt.

$

Soybean Meal, 44%, cwt.

$

Bran, cwt.

$

Middl i ngs , cwt ,

$

Corn Meal, cwt.

$

Poultry Feed, ton:

Broiler Grower Feed

$

Lay ing Feed

$

Ch ick Starter

$

Alfalfa Hay, ton

$

Al I Other Hay, ton

$

68.00
73.00
77.00 80.00
4.85 5.10 3.95 4. 10 3.40
91.00 84.00 94.00 37.00 36.00

70.00 76.00 81.00 82.00
4.75 5.20 3.90 4.10 3.50
93.00 80.00 94.00 39.00 36.00

72.00 79.00 83.00 85.00
5.00 5.60 4.00 4. 10 3.50
95.00 83.00 96.00 40.00 37.00

67.00 72.00 75.00 78.00 4.31
5.04 5.24 3.59 3.69 3.21
88.00 80.00 93.00 34.30 31.90

67.00 73.00 75.00 79.00 4.49
5.00
5.28
3.57 3.67 3.33
91.00 81.00 96.00 35.00 33.00

69.00 74.00 77.00 81.00 L~. 56
5.31 5.73 3.73 3.81 3.35
93.00 82.00 97.00 35.80 33.80

.!/ "Cows" and "steers and heifers" combined with allowance where necessary for slaughter bulls. 1/ Includes cuI I dairy cows sold for slaughter, but not dairy cows for herd replacement.
3/ Rev ised.
4/ Pre 1imi na rv ,

After Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street At he ns , Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS

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DECE!vIBER ivlILK PRODUCT IOi! UP 9 PERCEnT

De ceube r 1969 Relea sed 1/ 16/ 70

Mil!: production on Georgia farnG during Decenber t otaled 96 nillion pounds , a ccor di ng to the Ge orgia Crop Reporting Service. Thi s wa s 9 [lill ion pounds above De cenbe r 1968 and 3 nillion pounds above the previous n orrt h .

Production per cow in herd avereged 680 pounds - 50 p ounds above the previ ous year a nd 20 pounds ab ove the previous rlonth.

'Ih e e trt Lnat. ed aver age price r eceived by pr oducer s f or all who .Iena Le tr i Ll; dur ing Decenbe r was $6.90 per hundz-edve Lgh't , Thi s was 10 cents above the ilovenber 1969 pri ce and 25 ce nt s above the Decenber 1968 pri ce.

iHLK PRODUCTIOlJ Al:D PRICES RE-(;E-I-V-E._D - - Al~D-P-AI-D-B-Y -D--A--IRY-i-1E-E - - - -- - -- --

Iten an d Unit

Dec.
1968

Geor3i a
ilov ,
1969

Dec. 1969

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United State s

: Dec. 1968

l.Tov .
1969

Dec . 1969

: 11i ll: production,

ntlli on lbs

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Pr oduction per cow

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l;w:lber n i l!: cows thousand he ad


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Pri ces Received-Dollars gj

All whole s ale niJ.::, cwt. 31 ;

Fluid rri Lk, cwt . l'funufa ct ured niJ.::) cwt.



Mil!: cows, head

:

87 630
138
6.65 6.65
-
200.00

93

96 : 9 , 191

660

680 :

716

141

141

6.80
6.80
-
225.00

.

4/ 6. 90: 5. 61

-

- : }/ 6. 01

- : 3J 4.47

225 00 : 283 .00

8)688 692
5 .88 6 . 27 4.74 308 . 00

9) 175 732
~ 5. 83 309 00

Pri ce s Paid-Dollars gj

Mixed Dairy Feed, ton 14 percent protein 16 percent protein 18 percent protein 20 percent protein
Hay) t on

: 71. 00 : 76.00
78. 00
: 80.00
:
: 3700

70. 00 76. 00 80.00 82.00
36. 00

70. 00 : 76. 00 : 81.00 : 82 .00 :
36 . 00 :

66 . 00 72.00 74. 00 78. 00
31 .20

67. 00 72. 00 74. 00 79. 00
32. 80

67 . 00 73. 00 75 00 79 00
33 00

Mont hl y aver age .
IgI; Dollars per unit a s of the 15th of the nont h except wholesa le nil}: which i s ave rage for
no nt h .
y}/ Revised . Pre l ini na r y .

ARCHIE lAl~GLEY Agri cultural Statisticia n In Charge

W. PAT PARKS Agricultura l Stati sticia n

I SSUED BY: The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, US:JA) 409A llor-t h LW:lp::in Street , Athe ns) Georgia, in cooperation with the Georgia :Jepartnent of Agriculture.

UlTITED STATES ,'lILK PRODUCTIOi:
De.s:enbe r n i l ': produ ction s li!3~.!- ly below u ye a r eQr lie r
U. S . i:li l !: p r'oduct.f.on dur i ng De cenber i s e stinated at 9,175 n i l lion p ounds j 0. 2
pe r ce nt be Low e year ear l ier . Daily average product i on i n Decenber Vln:J 1..p. 2 per-cent f r an
ilov enb e r , the S[1I:1e neunona L increa se a n in 1968 . Decenbe r out put pr ovided l.L~5 pou nds of ru Ll: pe r pers on daily for 011 us e n- c-conpa r ed uith 1.42 p ounds i n i.ovenb e r and 1.47 pounds
a ye a r ear l i er .
Prelininary nonthly e at.traat.e s of tri Ll: produ cti on f or 1969 t.ot.a Led 116,174 n i l lion poundc , 0.9 pe r cent le s s than t he 1968 t ota l. Pr oduct i on wa s be l ow C'. yea r ear l ier i n a l l [lont h s of 1969 excep t Augus t , Septenber a nd Octobe r . The lar ge st decrease s occ1Arred duri ng t he f i r s t 5 n ont hs of t he year . Revis ed es 't m ct e s of the nunbe r of r.ri Ll; cows , pr oduct i on per COl., and t ota l l:1i l!: product ion by nonths f or 1968 an d 1969 wi l l be published by Stat es i n the Februnry 11 r ep or t.
Decenber :r:nt e per cow up 2 percent f roD D. yenr e ur l ier
Mi l!: out put pe r cow aver-age d 732 p ounds dur i ng De cenbe r , 2 pe rcent above a yea r ear lier . Dur ing 1969, n ont hl y r ate s were n ost l y 1 t o 2 pe rcent nbove a ye ar ear l ier f or J an uary -Jul y, increa s ed t o goins of 3-4 per cent for August - October and s lowed t o ab out 2 per cent in iiovenber and De cenber . Decerwer production per cow wa s at r ecord high leve l s i n 41 State s - highe st in Ca l iforni n at 945 pounds ; f ol l owed by Ar i zona , 890 p ounds; Connecticut , 885 p ound s ; Hawa ii, 880 p ound s and Eew J er s ey, 860 p ound s.

Mi l!: per cow and rri Ll: prcduct i on , by norrt hs ) United Stat es

Mont h
J anuary February Mar ch April May June J uly Augu st Sept enbe r Oc t ob e r ilovenberDecenbe r
Annua l

ivIi ll: pe r cow
:

1967

1968

P- ou n- d s

: 713

721

:


667 762

698 773

: 784

797

: 837

858

:


817 767

: 722

832 785 738

: 681

699

: 687

707

: 660

678

: 698 '

716

8, 797 9,006

1969
735 689 784 807 869 850 804 761 724 727 692 732
9,174

;

: 1967

Mi l!: Production

1968

1969

:

Million Pounds


:
:

9, 802 9,150
10, ~,07
10,675 11, 3GO 11,038 10,326 9,688

9,546 9,2 07 10, 169 10, 457 11,227 10,840 10,201
9,5 67

: 9, 114 : 9, 169 : 8, 781

9, 035 9, 120 8, 721

: 9, 259 9, 191

._- - -
118, 769 117, 281

9,4 07 8, 795 9, 983 10,2 61 11, 046 10, 766 10,165 9, 612 9, 126 9,150 8, 688 9,175
116,174

1 Chan 8
fron 968
Percent
-1. 5 -4 5 -1. 8 -1. 9 -1.6 -07 -0. 4 +0 5 -:-1. 0 .' 03 -0.4 -0.2
Y- O. 9

y Ext ra day in February 1968 . On a da i ly average ba s is, change f rOLl 1968 wa s -1 .1 per ce nt f or February and -0.7 per cent f or t he year .

After Five Days Return to United Stat e s Dep artnent of Agriculture
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40911. llor t h Lunp kf,n Street At he ns , Georgia 30601
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Item

DECEMBER 1969

I

I During Dec.

1!I

196- 8-- 1/
Thou.

196} ~/
Thou.

I % of I
I last "
I , _y~~!"_ : Pct.

"IV' 'ERS /TY OF GEl
January 20, 1

,~

J A;, ~: 1 1970

_i % of
Ii last
. ' ye ar

T hou.

Thou.

Pct.

Broiler Type Pullets Placed (U. S. )3/
Total Domestic
Chickens Tested Broller Type
G eorgia United States Egg Type G eorgia United States

3, 611 3, 148
513 2,327
55 579

I

3, 513 3,047

97 i
97 !
I

I

i 585 114

2,569 110

14 25 699 121

42, 560 36,924
6,392 25, 113
279 6,280

44,732 105 3 8 , 1)1' 4 105
6,873 10 8 28, 286 113
260 93 6 , 209 99

Chicks Hatched Broiler Type
Ge o rgia United States Egg Type Georgia United States

40,603 227,794
3, 155 33,979

40,959 101 256, 479 113
2,946 93 38,626 114

494, 508 496,383 100 2,799,089 3,024,794 10 8

38,754 514, 301

41,439 107 528, 921 10 3

Commercial Slaughter:4/ Young Chickens
G eorgia United States Mature Chickens Light Type
G eorgia United States Heavy Type G eorgia United States

24,974 165, 846
NA 11,135
NA 1,934

29,703 119 200, 113 121
1, 107 7,987 72
518 2,401 124

368,320 378,923 10 3 2,338,245 2,532,518 108

NA 125,428
NA 24,682

NA 126, 576 101
NA 26,519 107

Egg Production
Georgia Hatching Other
Total So ut h Atlantic 5/ Unit ed St a te s -

Mil.
73 377
450 1, 149 5,704

iV(i l,
81 111 406 108
4 87 108 1,260 110 5,851 103

Mil.
970 4,022
4,992 13, 540 69,326

Mi l.
1,068110 4,358 108
5,426 109 14,349 10 6 69, 778 101

1/ Revi s e d .
2/ Preliminary. 3/ Pullets for broiler hatchery supply flocks, includes expected pullet r eplacements fro m
- eggs sold during the preceding month at the rate of 125 pullet chicks per 30-doz. case
of e gg s . 4/ F ederal-State Market News Service Slaught er reports only include poultry slaught er ed
- under Federal Inspection. 1968 figures are not the same as reported last year due t o
differences in method of rep.orting. 1968 and 1969 figures in this report are comparable.
5/ South Atlantic States: Del., Md., W. Va., N. C., S. C., Ga., Fla., v.
NA - Not Available

United States Department of Agriculture

Georgia Department of Agriculture

St at ist i ca l Reporting Service, 409A North Lumpkin Street, At h en s , Georgia 30601

State

YOUNG CHICKENS: SLAUGHTZRED UNDBR FEDZl.~AL INSPECTION BY SELECTED STATES, 1968 and 1969

Number Inspected

During Nov.

1968

1969

Jan. thru Nov.

1968

1969

:

Indicated Percent Condemned

i During Nov.

Jan. thru Nov.

1968

19691968

1969

Thou.

Thou.

Thou.

Thou. ! Pet.

Pet.

Pet.

Pet.

Maine

4,378

4,759

64,861 63,349 5.3

4.2

4.0

3.9

Pa.

5,643

5, 872

74,907 74,920 4.0

5. 1

4.4

4. 5

Mo.

3,268

3,374

41,278 47,195 3.1

3.9

3.1

3 .9

Del.

5,994

6,605

81,988 86, 199 3.8

3.9

4.2

3.7

Md.

10,018 11,191 128, 172 149,984 3.4

3.9

4.0

3.5

Va.

5, 178

5,942

65,650 77, 755 4 .0

3 .4

4.3

3.4

N. S.

16, 657 19 , 4 4 0 238, 142 251, 04 1 3.5

3.2

3.3

3.5

Ga.

25,980 24,402 339,624 346,077 4.9

3.9

4.8

4.5

Tenn.

4,392

4,995

58,614 58, 262 3.4

3.2

3.1

3.4

Ala.

17,288 19, 526 244, 764 263,657 4. 0

3.9

3.5

3.4

Miss.

13,51 9 13,640 160, 006 168,112 2.3

2.2

2.3

2.2

~ Ark.

25, 594 25, 741 320,768 337,282 2.9

3 .5

3 .1

3.3

Texas

10, 753 11,467 137,345 146,842 3.3

3 .6

3.5

3.0

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U. S. : 165,337

2,157,530

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.5

176,349

2,306,274

Item

MID-MONTH PRICES RZc;EIVED AND PRICES PAID

Georgia

Un i t e d States

Dec. 15 Nov. 15 Dec. 15 iDee. 15 Nov. 15 Dec . 15

1968

196 9

1969 ; 1968

1969

1969

Cents Cents Cents

Cents Cents Cents

Prices Received:
Chickens, is.,
e x cI, broilers
Com T Broilers (lb.) All Chickens (l b . )
All Eggs (dozens)

12. 5 12.5 12. 5 50.3

13.5 13.0 13. 0 55.6

14. 0 12.0 12. 1 60.7

I 9. 1
I 13. 5

I
I

12.9

I

I 42.2

10. 1 14.2 13.7 48.8

10.8 13.5 13.2 54.6

Prices Paid: (per ton)

I

Broiler Grower Laying Feed

I i
!

Dol.
89.00 86.00

Dol.
89.00 78.00

Dol.
93.00 80.00

i Dol.
! 88.00
I 79.00

Dol.
90.00 80.00

Dol.
91. 00 81. 00

T his report is made pos sible 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 ~eporting Service and the many breeders, hatcheries, poultry processors and the poultry farmers that report to these agencies.

ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge

W. A . 'WAGNER Agricultur al 3tatistician

After Five Days Return to . United States Department of Agricultur e
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 30601
OZFICIAL BUSINESS

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Y 21, 1970

BROILER T Y!5:t:; 9 4 ' - .,

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Placement of broiler chicks in Geor gia during the w e ek e n d e d January 17 w a s 9,154,000--1 percent more than the previou s week and 10 percent more than the comparable week last year, according to the Georgia Crop depo r tin g Se r vic e ,
An estimated 12,273,000 broiler type eggs were set by Georgia hatcheries--2 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 60 to 70 cents per dozen. The average price of hatching eggs was 67 cents per dozen. T he price of eggs from flocks with hatcher y owned cockerels generally was 2 cents below the average p rice. Mo s t prices rec eived for broiler chicks by Georgia hatcherie s were r epo r t e d within a range of $ 9 . 00 to $11.00 with an average of $10. 25 per hundred. The average prices last year wer e 6 5 c ents for eggs and $9. 75 for chicks.

We ek Ended
Nov. 15 Nov. 22 Nov. 29 Dec. 6 Dec. 13 Dec. 20 D ec. 27 Jan. 3 Jan. 10 Jan. 17

GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS AND CHICK PLACEMENTS

Eggs Set J:../

1968

1969

1969

1970

0/0 of
year ago

_______-h '!...__S.J i c_~___ _

I Chicks Placed for i
I Broilers in Georgia i

- i
I

1968

1969
-

I %yeoafr

1969

1970

ago .

Hatch Eggs Per Doz. 1969 -70

Broiler Chi ck s Pe r Hundred 1969-70

Thou.

Thou.

Pct. I Thou.

Thou. Pet. I Cents i

Dollars

11,529 II, 891 103

8,397

11,271 11,629 103

8, 638

11,197 II, 847 106

8, 581

11,018 10,910

99

8, 853

11,418 11,806 103 1 8, 74 7

11,418 12,267 107 I 8,675

10, 895 12, 144 III

8,384

11, 461 12,068 105

8,654

11,471 12, 502 109

8,603

11,737 12, 273 105 ! 8, 296

8,699 104

66

8,722 101

66

8, 564 100

66

8,613

97

67

8,458

97

67

8,612

I 99

67

I 8, 122
8,842 19072

67 67

9, 108 106

67

9, 154 110 ! 67

10.00 10.00 10.00 10 .25 10.25 10.25 10.25 10.25 10.25 10.25

EGG TYPE
Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the week ended January 17 was 869, 000-12 percent m ore than the previous week and 91 percent more than the comparable w e ek last year . An estimated 1,142, 000 eggs for the production of egg type chicks were set by Georgia hatcherie s, 1 percent more than the previous week and 50 percent more 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 January 17 were up 29 percent and settings were up 9 percent from a year ago.

EGG TYPE EGGS SET A ND CHICKS HATCHED, 1969-70

State
Ga. Ill. Calif. Wash.
Total

Eggs Set (Week Ended)

Dec.

Jan. Jan.

Jan.

27

3

10

17

1,086* 435*
1, 980
259

Thousands 1,103 1,133
340 540 1, 826 2, 263
273 203

1, 142 420
1, 827 167

% of
ye ar ago 2/
150 91
102 69

I 3,760* 3,542 4, 139 3,556 1109

!

Chicks Hatched ("Week Ended) 0/0 of

Dec. Jan.

Jan .

J an. year

27

3

10

17

ago 2/

Thousands

I

564 775

773

869 1191

195 305 I, 285 1,308

315 1,428

330 I 94
1,580 116

193 139

258

188 145

I

2,237 2,527 2,774 2,967 : 129

1/ Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatchery supply flocks.
2/ Current week as percent of same week last year. * Revised.

B H O IL E R TYP E E G G S SET AND C H IC KS PLA C ED IN C OMMEK C IA L A R ~ A S B Y '// :. KS - 1970 Pag e 2

E GGS SET

CHI CKS PLA:::;2lJ

STATE

We e k Ended . " "j ~ n~ _.... ..- ja~ .- -

r % ja~~ - - - -

of year

i

-ja~ : "

W~ek E n
-"- "' -j a;~'

d_.e-

.d.

. ::r-~~~

% of
year

Maine

3

10

17

THOUSANDS

I ago 1/ ;I 3

10

17

TH-JUSA N DS

ago 1/

....

2,075

2, 128

I 2, 211 110

1,495

1, 630

1, 541

123

o

Connecticut

101

84

146 78

142

107

113

93

Pennsylvania Indiana

1, 712 444

1,849 456

I 1,794 105 498 95

1,048 22.6

976 '?58

955

101

307

119

Mi s so ur i Delaware

204 2,754

217
2,918

i 218 94
2, 874 114

434 2,913

4 18 3,266

414 2, 716

101 120

Ma r yla n d Virginia W e s t Virginia

5,330 1, 822
43

5, 60 3 1, 827
41

I 5,558 117 I 3,669

1,900 126

1,43 9

43

93 I 3 4 8

3,495 1,430
301

3,928 1, 491
346

121
135
116

North Ca r olin a South Ca r ol in a

7,969 614

8, 192 609

8,050 110

5,987

I 574 108

460

5, 856 546

5, 771 514

112 107

GEO.i~. GIA
Florida Tennessee Alabama Mi s sis sippi Arkansas Louisiana T exas Wa s hin gton Oregon California
TOTAL 1970
(22 States)
TOTAL 1969*
(22 States)

12,068 12, 502 12,273 105

8 842

9, 108

9, 154

110

1

1, 155

1, 129

1, 157 112

755

903

921

145

736 9,785

771 10,126

770 10,129

104 113

I 840 7,389

907 7, "1 94

961 7, 336

101 114

5,485

5, 622

5, 400 110

4,726

4,767

4, 807

116

12,431 12,6 20 12,642 117

8,621

8, 806

8,969

118

1, 187

1, 210

1, 205 123

1, 140

1,024

998

125

4 , 857

-'.1: , 92 1 4, 84 7 116

3, 513

3,617

3, 622

115

497

669

6 2 2 100

395

470

508

135

341

344

451 124

2-1 9

297

236

82

2,377

2,298

2, 327 117

1, 6713

I

1, 772

1,758

116

73,987 76, 136 75,689 112 156, 309 57, 448 57,366

115

I

66, 155 66, 555 67, 729

\
14 9, 779

-19, 863

49,694

0/0 of Last Year

112

114

112

1/ Current week as percent of same week last year.

I 113
* Revised.

115

115

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January 26, 1970

GEORGI4 HONEY P~ODUCTION UP 15 PERCENT IN 1969

Honey production during 1969 totaled 5,984,000 pounds - 15 percent above the 1968 production of 5,220,000 pounds. The number of colonies on hand at the beginning of the year was 176,000 - a 2 percent decrease over 1968. Yield per colony in 1969 was 34 pounds compared with 29 pounds in 1968.

Beekeepers reported 718,000 pounds of honey on hand for sale in mid-December, compared with 574,000 pounds a year earl ier.

Prices received by beekeepers for all honey sold during 1969 averaged 17.0 cents per pound - no change from the previous year.

Beeswax production totaled 102.000 pounds and was valued at $61,000.

UNITED STATES

Honey production during 1969 totaled 283,268,000 pounds, 42 percent above 1968. This record crop was produced by 4,762,000 colonies, nearly equal to last year's 4,770,000 colonies. The yield of honey per colony was 59.5 pounds, nearly 18 pounds per colony higher than the 41.9 pounds average per colony in 1968. Production of beeswax in 1969 totaled 5,460,000 pounds, up 38 percent from 1968.

In mid-December, producers reported 67 mill ion pounds of honey on hand for sale compared with 43 mill ion pounds a year ago. Stocks in mid-December represented 24 percent of the 1969 honey production, compared with 21 percent in 1968.

The 1969 season was very favorable with good weather conditions and nectar suppl ies in nearly all States. Production in Cal ifornia and Minnesota was more than double their 1968 crop.

The Nation's beekeepers received an average price of 17.4 cents per pound for 1969 sale~ of a l l honey. The 1968 average price for all honey was 16.9 cents. Prices were higher for all types of honey sold at both wholesale and retail. These prices relate to all wholesale and re t a i l sales of extracted, chunk. and comb honey from apiaries owned by farmers and nonfarmers.

Extracted honey in wholesale lots sold for an average price of 15.2 cents per pound, one~ half cent higher than in 1968. Unprocessed bul.k honey averaged 13.6 cents per pound compared with 12.9 cents a year earl ier. Sales of processed bulk honey averaged 17.0 cents per pound, one cent higher than in 1968. Processed package sales averaged 24.0 cents per pound compared with 23.8 cents a year earl ie r,

Prices received for retail sales of extracted honey averaged 31.6 cents per pound in 1969, one cent above 1968. Sales of all chunk honey averaged 32.3 cents per pound, up from 29.8 cents a year earl ier. The price of all comb honey sales averaged 41.1 cents per pound compared with 40.0 cents in 1968.

Beeswax prices averaged 61.1 cents per pound in 1969 compared with 61.6 cents in 1968 and 58.8 cents in 1967.

A"CH IE LANGLEY Ag r icu l t ura l Statistician In Charge

L. H. HARRIS, JR. Statistical Assistant

Th; Ge~rgi:; Cr~p-R;p~rti-;:;g-S;r~i-;;e:USO (\: 409A-N~rth-L~mpkin-Str;et,-Ath;n-;,-G:;.: in-c~ope-;a:- tion with the Georgia Department of Agriculture.



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ria s s ,
:1 . I.
Conn.
j'l. Y. jIJ . J. Pa ,

HONEY BEES: Number of

Colonies

of bees

1968: 1969

Thousands

5

5

5

5

8

7

10

10

2

2

10

9

157

149

35

35

110

108

Ohio Ind.
Ill. ~~ i ch ,
':Ii s ,
~j i nn . Iowa Ho .
N. Oak. S . Oak. Neb r
Ka ns .
De 1
Iv'l d .
Va. \'/ . Va.
ill . C. S. C.
9.2..: Fla.
Ky. Tenn. /\ 1a . Miss. Ar k , La.
Okl a.
Texas

146

150

31

95

88

32

88

87

42

120

121

75

139

129

55

183

196

57

142

138

70

99

101

40

55

53

90

104

110 107

103

104

70

49

49

45

4

4

40

29

28

46

101

97

19

91

92

17

219

226

19

64

63

13

180

176

29

321

337

65

83

81

18

139

146

17

91

89

23

52

56

24

90

92

25

83

84

38

55

60

36

227

232

42

Mont.

Idaho

\'!yo .

Colo.

i~. He x .

Ar iz.

Utah

Nev.

I:fa Sh.

Oreg.

Ca 1i f.

:

L:,8 Stat e s :

Hawa i i

80
220
32 46
15 83 50 8
97 74 565 4. 764
6

U. S.

4 .770

77 218 32 1+5
15 75 49 7 90 71
~
4.757 5
4.762

85 46 51 41 61 57 21 65 39 32 29
41.9
59
41.9

Af t e r Five Days Return to
United States Department of Agr iculture
Statistical Reporting Serv ice
409A North Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 30601
OFFICIAL BUSINESS

production of honey. 1968 aw'';;l 1969

Honey

Value

production

production

1968 _ : 1969

196'8 : 1969

1.000 pounds

I .000 do I Ia r s

25

80

125

36

58

19

75

95

31

Lf1

42

128

294

ui;

106

32

220

320

94

143

22

40

Lf4

16

18

17

210

153

84

64

58

6,594

8,642

I ,029

1,426

47

1,225

31

3,080

1,645
3,3 /+8

336

469

653

723

34

4,526

53

3,040

50

3,696

83

9,000

115

7,645

5, 100 4,664
4,350 10,043 14,835

914
535 713 1,386 1,223

994
900
879 1,627 2,418

110

10,431

80

9, 940

42

3, 960

125

4,950

135

11,128

81

7,210

35

2,205

21,560 11,040 4, 242 6,625 14,850 8,424
1,715

1,815 1,511
661
678 1,636
995 366

4,161 1,800
785 967 2,16 8 1,221 285

40

160

45

1,334

24

1,919

18

1,547

23

4,161

18

832

34

5.220

75

20,865

160 I ,260 2,328 1,656 5,198
1,134 5.984 25,275

52 398 547 498 965
247 887 3,964

55
I 397 6G7 530
1,242
375 1,~ 5,080

26

1,494

27

2,363

28

2,093

32

1,248

28

2,250

42

3, 154

33

1,980

50

9,534

2, J06
3,942 2,492
I ,792 2,576 3,528 1,980
11,600

481
513 452
271 563 486
529 1,497

708 883 561
373
680
515 594 1,9Lf9

125 54 78 70 48 42
50
105
39 53
a.,
~
75

6,800 10,120 1,632 1,886
915
4,731
I ,050
520
3,783 2,368 16.385 199.727
354

9,625 I I ,772 2,496 3, 150
720 3,150 2,450
735 3, 51 0
3,763 46.397 282.893
375

898 1,'-107
222 341 101 530 154
74 51 1
360 2,09..7 33-,_80 1
55

1,367 1,730
389 592 94 384 429
112 541
595 , 6 ,11.1_ 4~ 349
64

59.5 200.081

28~.268

23,856 49,413

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J a nuary 1) 1970

1

Relea s ed 1/27/70 by
Ge org i a Crop Reporting Servi ce

Soybea n stoc~:s in a l l po sit i ons on J anuary 1, 197 0 t ot a l ed 12 )229 ,000 bushels .. 1, 810 ) 000

bushels n ore than a year ag o . Stored corn i n Ge orgi a t otaled 29,271,000 bus he ls conpar ed with

34 ) 068 ,000 bushels on hand a year ago . Wheat , stored in a l l pos it ions , totaled 1,134 , 000

bushels conpar ed with 1)3 78,000 bushe l s on J an uary I ; 1969. Rye holdings of 475 ) 000 b ushels

were up f r on 189,000 bushels on hand a yea r ago . Oat st o c~:s at 2)002 )000 bu shels wer e up

617, 000 bushe ls .

---

Total rat ed capa ci t y of of f ofa rra conner cLa.L st or age est ab l ishue nt s i n Ge orgi a wa s
32 ) 000 , 000 bushe ls on J anuary 1; 1970 conpa r cd vri th 30 )000 , 000 bushe ls l ast ye ar. U. S . off- f ar D gr a i n storage capacity t ot a l ed 5) 636 ,990 ) 000 bushels c o[~a red to 5 )5 38 , 980 , 000 bushels l ast year .

GRAll'.

Georgia Grain Stoc~:s _.. J an ua ry 1) 1970

with conpari s ons

OH FARMS

OFF OFAffiiIS

1969

197 0

lqhq

1970

1;000 bushels

1) 000 bu shels

Corn

: 28 ,518

24)000 : 5,550

5)271

Oat s

:

945

1) 760 :

440

242

Barley Hhe at

57

:

798

62 :

25

*

439 :

580

695

Rye

:

155

372 :

34

103

Sorghun

:

168

420 :

*

---

Soybe an s

:

* Not pub l ished

to

2 ,124 av oid

3 ,699 : 8 ,295

8,530

disclosing individual operations.

: 34 , 068

: 1, 385

:

82

: 1, 378

:

189

:

*

: 10 ,419

29 ,271 2, 002
*
1, 134
475 420 12 , 229

UlJITED STATES

Feed Grain) Feed Gr a i n ) Oi l s eed Stocks - ~.ll l arger
St oc!:s of t he foul' f eed grains ( cor n ) oats , barley , and sorgh~~ gra i n ) on J an uar y I , 1970 t otaled 164.4 nillion tons conpared with 160.9 n i l li on a year earlier and 157.4 n i llion on J anuar y 1) 1968. Sorghu[l holdings were below a ye ar e arlier , but the de cline wa s no re t ha n offse t by i ncre ase s f or corn) oat s) and barley. Total s t.ocl.s of vhe a t an d rye are 46. 6 n i l l ion t ons - -up 14 percent fr on a year earlier . All wheat st ocl:s were the highe st for t he date s i nce 1964. Oilseed st. ocks (soybeans and flax s eed ) t otaled 32.3 nilli on t ons - -up 10 percent fr on January 1, 1969 . Soybean st. ock s a re r ecord h i gh for the date.

Al l wheat in storag e on January 1) 1970 t otaled 1 , 527 rli l l i on bushels , 13 per ce nt above a ye ar ear l i er and the largest for the date s i nce 1964. Farra st.oc':s wer e rec ord l arge at 608 ni l lion bushe l s and nearly 5 percent ab ove January 1, 1969. Off-farn st.ock s at 919 [li lli on bus he l s were 20 percent above a year ear l ier a nd the large st f or the date since 1966. Dis appea rance fron all stor age positions during t he 1969 Octobe r -Decerwe r quarte r i s indicated at 344 nri Ll.Lon bushels compared with 339 railli on a year ear lier.

Rye s t.o cl;s in a l l positi ons on J anuary 1 t otaled 29. 6 ra.iLLfon bus he ls, conpared t o 24 .3 n illion a year ag o and 38.3 mi l l i on on October 1) 1969 . Off -farn stocl:s at 18. 6 Dillion bus he l s a r e 20 percent above holdings a year ago but 2 pe rcent below J anuary 1968. Oat stocl:s in a l l posit i ons on J an uary 1 ) 1970 totaled 884 mi l lion bus he ls - - 13 per ce nt above a year ea r lier and 35 per ce nt above January 1 ) 1968 . Of' f' <f' ar m s t ocl:s t ot a l ed 161 ni lli on bu shels , up shar p l y f' r on t he 123 r,lillion a ye ar ear l ie r . Farm holdi ngs were 723 n illion bu she ls conpar ed with 661 million last yea r --up 9 pe rcent . Barl ey in storage J anuary 1, 1970 t otaled 419 n i l l i on bushels , 13 percent acove a year earlie r) an d the large st J anuar y s t.ocks on r ec ord . Farm holdings , at 258 Ili llion bushels , were 4 percent above a year earlie r and a lso a r ecord high . Off farm s t ocl:s at 161 n i llion bus he ls wer e 30 percent above J anuary 1969 . Borrrhum gra i n at.ocl;s totaled 692 m.i.Ll.L on bus hels on J anuary 1 ) 7 per cent below a year earl ie r .

M C!IIE LAEGLEY Agr i cul t ur a l Statistician In Charge

A. J. BORDELOlJ Agr icul t ural Statis t i cian

Corn s t ocks in a l l s tor age p os i t i on s on J anua ry I , 1970 t ot aled 4 ,313 n illion bus he Ls -> l.:.p 2 p e r ce nt fron 0. ye a r' e ar Li .er . Off farn s t.ocr;s of 992 n i l l i on bushe l s were 4 p erce nt above a ye a r ear Li.er , and r arn ho Ld Lng s at 3,321 nillion bushe ls wer e up 1 per-c e nt t'r on a yea r ac;o . Indi cate d di s app earance f ron a ll p os i t i on s during t he past 3 tl ont h s ( Oct ob e r -De cetilie r ) wa s
1 , 37 8 n i l li on b u s he ls.

Soybea n s t oclta in all storage pos itions on J anuary I , 1970 t otaled a r ecord 1 , 048 n i l l ion b us he l s, 9 p e rcent ab ove a ye a r ear lier. Of ffan .l s t o cks of 680 nillion b u shels wer e up 24 pe r ce nt } but f'artr st ocl;e at 368 ni llion b ushe I s were d own 10 p e rcent .

- - - - - - - -- - -
Gr ain end p osit i on

Stoc!:s of s rains , J a nuary 1 , 1970 with conpar isons

- --

-

- -. ---'-(-=I,:Jn:-..a....tn:..h.:=O.,:u.-.L:s, a nd

bushels)
J- a n. .r, Oct . 1, J a n . 1, ,;:.~~ =..!.- _=__-----7";'"" _:_____:_-- -.---=,----- -

19 68

19 6 9

1969

1970

ALL ,mEAT
y On Far ms ?J ConDod ity Credi t Corp . Mi l ls , El e v . & \ih s e s. ~/ l /

TOTAL

RYE
y On Farms ?J Coranodi t y Cr edit Corp.
y 1/ Mi l l s} Elev . & "lhses.

TOTAL

c uRl!
y On Farris

y :J Coranod i ty Cred i t Corp . 2 /
i4ills , Elev . & Whne s.

TOTAL

OATS

On Farn s 1/
Conmod i ty- Cred i t Corp . ?:)
1/ y Mi l ls , Elev . & V1hses.

TOTAL

LEY
On Farn s l:/
y 1/ Conraod i ty Cred i t Cor p . '?J
Mills , Elev . & Whses .

TOTAL

y S ORG~TIJ:i."1 On Farris ?J Cor.m od ity Cre d it Corp . y :J Mi l l s} El e v . & V1hses .

TOTAL

o UYHEAl1S
y On Fa ruIs
?J Cormod i t y Credit Corp.
y :J Mills , Elev . & V1hs e s. TOTAL

35 0}-6-3_4..

409} 127 4,179

~ 7 1 >77 2
fjj 5,326

367i 543
15 ,462

432,333

543 , 600

4/247, 311

604i 59!~

- - - - 782-;g'b'f ' - - - 95b ,'Ob - - 47324~409- .- - 1 , 047 ,599

g;17 Es t i ria t e s of the Cr op Report i ng Boar d . Ja nua ry I, 1969 on Farn s t.ocl:s are- interp ola t i ons . C.C . C. - ovn1e d g ra in at bin site s.
3J All of f f a r n stora ge s not ot herwise de s i gnated , inc lud ing t.e rraf.na Ls a nd pr ocess ine; pla nt s.

I n cludes C.C.C .. owned e;rai n i n t hese stora ge s.
V Se p tenb e .. 1 est Ina t.e ,

I SSUED BY: The Georg i a Crop Repor-t Lng Service, USDA, 409A Hor t h Lur.Ipl:in Stre et , At he ns , Ga . ,
in c oope r at ion with the Ge org ia Departn e nt of Ae;r i cu l t ur e .

Af t e r Fi ve Days Return t o: United Stat e s Departn e nt of Agr i cultur e
St a t is t i ca l Repor t i ng Se r v i ce 409A I'Jor t h Lurap kLn Street At he n s ) Georgia 30601 OFF I CIAL BUSTIJESS

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r:
CATTLE

ON FEED

GEORGIA

CROP REPORTING

Georqia

JANUARY 1, 1970

t f\ t ' (' 0 10.:-, (\

J r-, \'\ (.. ;) \ ..J U

Cattle on Feed Down 11 Percent

UU R(:IR~ ~; 5

_J

1/27170

On January 1 there were 59,000 head of cattle and calves on-grain or concentrate fe ed for slaughter in Georgia. Acco rd i ng to the Crop Reporting Service, this was 12,000 head, or 17 percent below the number on feed last year a t this t ime.

Ca ttl e feeders in Georgia had 51,000 steers a nd 8,000 heife rs on feed on January 1. By we i ght s , the 59,000 cattl e on fe ed we re a s follows: 7,000 - under 500 pounds; 34,000 - 500 t o 700 pounds ; 12,000 - 700 to 900 pounds; and 6,000 - 900 to 1,100 pounds.

Ma io r Feedinq States

Cattl e on Feed Up Percent

Ca ttl e and calves on feed for slaughter market in 39 feeding States are estimated a t 13,249,000 head as of January 1, 1970, a n increas e of 6 percent f rom a year earl ier.

The 22 ma j o r feeding Stat~s had 12,640,000 head on feed for slaughter market compared with 11,893,000 head January 1, 1969, an increase of 6 percent.

Fourth Quarter Placements a nd Marketinqs Hiqher

Ca ttle and calves placed on f e ed in the 22 major feeding States during October - December 1969 tot al ed 8,545,000 head, 4 percent above the same period in 1968.

Fed cat t le market ed f o r slaughter from the 22 States during the October-De cember quart er total ed 6,008,000 head, 10 percent higher than a ye ar earl ier.

-Tim-e -on -Fe-ed
Cattl e a nd calves on feed less t ha n 3 months in the 22 States are estimated at 8,236,000, up 4 percent from January 1, 1969. There were 3,687,000 on feed 3-6 months, up 9 percent. Cattl e on fe ed over 6 months totaled 717,000 head, up 24 percent.

Marketinq Intentions

In the 22 major fe eding States, cattle feeders intend to market 6,139,000 head during t he Jan uary-March 1970 period from the number on feed Janua ry 1. If these intentions are carried out, market ings from cattle on feed January I, 1970 would be 7 percent above marketings during J anuary- March a year earl ier. Of the January I number on feed, 32 percent are expected to be marketed in January, 33 percent during February, a nd 35 percent in March. Expected marke tings are based on the usual relationship of survey dat a and actual marketings.

ARCH IE U\NGLEY

v; Pin PARKS

A..grJ.c,!dl,!uJ:aJ. ..ti!tJ.s.!i. ii!n_i.!J. ~hi!.r3e

_ ~9Li.ult,!dri!.I_S.!a.!i2tJ.cJ.a1!

The Georgi a Crop Reporting Service, USD ,\, 409A North Lumpkin Street, Athens, Ga., in coopera-

tion with the Georgia Department of Agriculture .

CATTLE /\ND Ci\LVES ON FEED BY WE IGHT GROUPS .C\ND KINO OF CATTLE
GEORG IA AND 22 M,\JOR FEED ING ST ATES, JANUARY 1 . 1/

Breakdown of Cattle on Feed
Total on Feed \/e ight Groups:
Under 500 lbs. 500-699 Ibs. 700-899 Ibs. 900- I ,099 I bs , 1,100 lbs. and over

GEORGIA
:
1968 : 1969 : (000)

:

74

71

:

27

30

:

24

18


:

14
9-

16
-7

:

22 MAJOR STATES

:

1970 : 1968 : 1969 : 1970

:

(000)

:

59 : 10,755

II ,893

12,640

7:

34 :

12 :

6
-


:

1,765 2,847 3,414
2,339 390

1,831 3,259 3,809 2,521
473

1,998 3,401
3,917 2,757
567

Kin d 0 f Ca tt Ie:

Steers and Steer Calves :

60

56

Heifers and Heifer Calves

Cows and Others

:

14
-

14 I

51 : 7,547 8 : 3,162
- 46

8,363 3,482
48

8,730 3,861
49

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 carcass that will grade good or better.
NOTICE
Georgia is one of ten states which have been dropped from the Quarterly Cattle-on-Feed Program. Cattle-on-Feed reports for Georgia will be issued annually hereafter with a survey
date of January 1.

After Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS

~~
POSTAGE & FEES PAID
Un it.d State. Deportment 01 Agriculture

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GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE

w~~rnL!Jt? rnm1rrn~mt?

ATHENS, GEORGIA

January 28, 1970

B ROILER TYPE

Placement of broiler chick s in Georgia during the week e n de d January 24 was 9, 139, OOO--slightly l ess than the previous week and 8 percent m o r e than the comparable we ek last year, according to the Georgia Crop R e po r tin g Service.
An e s ti m a t e d 12,320,000 broiler type e ggs were set by G eorgia hatche r ie s-oslightly more than the previous week and 5 p erc ent mor e than the .c o m p a r a b1e week a year ea r lie r .
T he majority of the prices paid to Georgia producers for broiler hatching eggs we re r eported within a range of 60 to 70 cents per dozen. The average pric e of hatching e ggs was 67 cents per dozen. The price of egg s from flocks with hatchery owned cockerels generally was 2 cents below the avera ge price. Mo st prices received for broiler chicks by G eorgia hatcheri es were repo rted wi thin a r a n g e of $ 9 . 0 0 to $ 1 1. 00 with an average of $10.25 p er h undred. The a ve rage pric e s l a st year were 65 cents for e gg s an d $9.75 for chicks.

W eek Ended
Nov. 22 Nov. 29 Dec. 6 Dec. 13 Dec. 20 Dec. 27 Jan. 3 Jan. 10 Jan. 17 Jan. 24

GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS A ND CHICK PLA CE ME NT S

Eggs Set !.J

Chicks Placed for

Av. Price

Hatch

Broiler

-1968

1969
-

%of
year

Broilers in G eorgia

-1968

-1969

%of
year

Eggs Per Doz.

Chicks Per H undr ed

1969

1970

ago

1969

1970

ago

1969-70 1969-70

Thou.

Thou.

Pct.

Thou.

Thou. Pct. Cents

Do,llars

11,271 11,629 103

11, 197 11,847 106

11,018 10, 910

99

11,418 11, 806 103

11,418 12,267 107

10, 895 12, 144 III

11,461 12,068 105

11,471 12, 502 109

11,737 12,273 105

11, 779 12,320 105

8,638 8, 581 8, 853 8, 747 8, 675 8, 384 8,654 8,603 8,296 8,427

8,722 8, 564 8,613 8,458 8,612 8, 122 8, 842 9, 108 9, 15 4 9, 139

101

66

100

66

97

67

97

67 .

99

67

97

67

102

67

106

67

110

67

I 108

67

10.00 10.00 10.25 10.25 10.25 10.25 10.25 10.25 10.25 10.25

EGG TYPE

Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the week ended January 24 was 970,000--

12 p ercent more than the previous week and 47 percent more than the comparable w eek last year. An estimated 1, 182, 000 eggs for the production of egg type chicks were set

by Georgia hatcheries, 4 percent more than the previous week and 15 percent more than the comparable week last year.

In the four state s that accounted for about 26 percent of the hatch of all egg type

chicks in the U. 3. in 1968, hatchings during the week ended January 24 were up 19

percent and settings were up 29 percent from a year ago.

.

St ate

EGG TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS HATC HED, 1970

Eggs S et (Week Ended)

0/0 of

Chi.ck.s H a t c h e d (Week Ended) II 0/0 of

J an.

Jan. Jan.

Jan. year

Jan. J an.

Jan.

Jan. year

3

10

17

24 ago 2/

3

10

17

24 ago 2/

Thousands

Ga.

1,212* 1,133 -1,142 1, 182 115

Ill.

340

540 420

525 12 2

Calif. 1, 826 2,263 1,827 2,345 12 8

Wash.

273

203 167

202

74

Thousands

775 773

869

970 147

305 3 15

330

265 118

1,308 1, 428 1,580 1,412 122

139 2 58

188

202 12 4

I I . .. . . Total

,

~

,

3,
,

6 5 1* ggs

4s,e1t.3.b9y

3, 556

na

.
t

cn

e

r

i

e

4,254

s

p

r

o

,
duc

11 mg

9

2, 527 2, 77 4 2, 967

~

.

Y

,
supply

"

2,849
,

129

2/ Current week as p ercent of same week last year.

>:C R e v i s e d .

I BROILER TYPE E GGS SET AND CHI CKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL ARE AS BY WEE KS - 1970 Pag e 2

EGGS SET

C:-lICKS PLACE D

.-

STATE

Week Ended

0/0 of

Week Ended

0/0 of

Jan. 10

Jan. 17

I J an .

year f; Jan.

24 I ago 1/ ' 10

Jan. 17

Jan. 24

year ago 1/

I
I
Maine Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana Missouri Delaware Ma r yl a n d Virginia We st Virginia North Carolina South Carolina

THOUSANDS

THOUSANDS

2, 128

2,211

2,227 115

1, 630

1, 541

1, 525

125

~

84

146

160 71

107

113

169

123

Z

1, 849

1,794

1, 758 105

976

955

970

106

4 56

498

492 87

258

307

242

85

217

218

218 92

418

414

411

96

2,918

2,874

2,849 105

3,266

2,716

2,705

104

5, 603

5,558

5, 583 114 , 3,495

3,928

3,860

126

1, 827

1,900

1,847 115

1, 430

1,491

1,460

145

41

43

45 125

301

346

350

100

8, 192

8,050

8,046 109 I 5,856

5,771

5,895

112

609

574

597 118

546

514

525

118

GEORGIA

12,502 12,273 12, 320 105

9, 108

9, 154

9, 139

108

Florida Tennessee Alabama Mis sis sippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas Washington Oregon Califor nia TOTAL 1970 (22 States)

1, 129

I, 157

1, 130 105

903

921

894 118

771

770

720 98

907

961

962

100

10, 126 10, 129 10, 04 7 108

7,494

7,336

7,625

114

5,622

5, 40 0

5, 527 111

4, 767

4,807 4,902

114

12, 620 12, 642 12, 780 117

8,806

8,969

8,993

115

I, 210

1, 20 5

1, 20 5 125

1,024

998

959

116

4 , 92 1 4 , 84 7 4, 908 116

3,617

3,622

3,786

119

669

622

839 150

470

508

347

72

344

451

383 87

297

236

273

90

2,298

2,327

2,362 122

1,772

1, 758

1, 857

125

76, 136 75,689 76,043 111 57,448 57,366 57, 849

114

TOTAL 1969* (22 States)

66 ,555 67,729 68,755

49, 863 49,694 50,964

0/0 of Last Year I

114

112

111

115

115

114

1/ Current week as percent of same week last year. * Revis e d,

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GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE

w~~rn[b'L? I ATHENS, GEORGIA

"j:'.J-/ 0 .Ee b r u a r y 4, 1970

Placement of broiler chicks in G eorgia during the we ek e n d e d January 31 wa s 9, 399, 000--3 percent more than the previou s week and 11 pe rc ent more than the co mparable week last year, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service.
An estimated 12,449,000 broiler type eggs were set by Georgia hatcheries--l percent more than the previous week and 5 percent more than the comparable we ek a
year earlier. The majority of the prices paid to Georgia producer s for broiler hatching egg s
w er e reported within a range of 60 to 70 cents p er dozen. The average pric e of hatching eggs was 67 cents per doz en. The pric e of eg gs f r o m flocks with hatchery owned cockerels generally was 2 cents below the average price. Most prices r eceived for broiler chicks by Georgia hatcheries we r e reported within a range of $9.00 to $ 11. 00 with an average of $10.25 per hundr ed. The a verage prices last year were 65 c ents for eggs and $9. 75 for chicks.

We ek Ended

GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS A ND CHICK PLACEMENTS

Eggs Set J:..I

-1968

1969
-

1969

1970

0/0 of
year ago

Chicks Placed for B roilers in Georgia

1968
-
1969

1969
-
1970

0/0 of
year ago

Av. P ric e

Hatch B roiler

Eggs

Chi cks

Per

P er

Doz.

H un dre d

1969-70 1969-70 '

Thou.

Thou.

Pct.

Thou.

Thou. Pct. Cents Dollars

Nov. 29

11, 197 11,847 106

8,581

8, 56 4 100

66

10.00 .

Dec. 6

11,018 10,910

99

8, 853

8, 613 97

67

. 10.25

Dec. 13

11,418 11, 806 103

8, 747

8,458 97

67

10.2 5

D ec. 20

11,418 12, 267 107

8,675

8,612

99

67

10.25

D ec. 27

10, 895 12, 144 III

8,384

8, 122

97

67

10.25

Jan. 3

11,461 12,068 105

8, 654

8, 842 102

67

10. 25

Jan. 10

11,471 12, 502 109

8,603

9, 108 106

67

10. 25

Jan. 17

11,737 12,273 105

8,296

9, 154 110

67

10.25

Jan. 24

11, 779 12,320 105

8,427

9, 139 108

67

10. 25

Jan. 31

11, 885 12, 419 105

8,483

9,399 III

67

10. 25

EGG TYPE
Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the week e n de d January 31 wa s 823,000--15 percent less than the previous week but 40 perc ent more than the co mparable w e ek last year. An estimated 1,156,000 eggs for the production of egg type c hi cks were set by Georgia hatcheries, 2 percent less than the pr evious week but 15 perc ent mor e 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 January 31 were up 36 . p ercent and settings were up 10 percent from a year ago.

State
Ga. IlL Calif. Wash.

EGG TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS HATHCED, 1970

Eggs Set (Week Ended)

Jan.

J an. Jan.

Jan.

10

17

24

31

0/0 o f
ye ar
a g o 21

Chicks Hatched (Week Ended) i % of

Jan. J an.

Jan.

I Jan. ye a r

10

17

24

31 ag o 2 I

1, 133 485*
2,263 203

Thousands 1, 142 1, 182
420 525 1, 827 2,345
167 202

1, 156 115
505 93 2,240 113
257 105

773 315 1,428 258

Thousands

869

970

330

265

1, 580 1,412

188

202

823 140 380 125 1, 788 135 155 148

Total 4,084* 3,556 4,254 4,158 ,110

2,774 2, 967 2,849 3, 146 I 136

* II Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatchery supply flocks.

"21 Current week as percent of same week last year .

Revi s e d .

B ROIL E R T YP E EGGS S E T A N D CHIC KS PLA CED I N C OMME R CIA L ARE AS BY WZE KS - 19 7 0 P a ge 2

EGGS SET

czo C HIC ~{S PLA

STATE

Week Ended

I - - - - - - - - . --

.- - - -

" ~ ' -'- ' . . _ - - - . -

Jan.

J an.

17

24

-

--

-

Jan.

31

I1 year

Week Ended

%of

y e a r --- --J a~: - - - -- J a n_:- --- -J ~ ~ ~- - - - -I

ago 1/ 17

24

31

ago 1/

THOUSANDS

THOUSANDS

Maine Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana Missouri Delaware M a r yl a n d Virginia We s t Virginia North Carolina South Carolina
GEORGIA
Florida Tennessee Alabam a Mis sis sippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas Wa s hington Oregon California
TOTAL 1970 (22 States)

2, 211 146
1,794 498 218
2,874 5, 558 1,900
43 8,050
574

2,227 160
1,758 492 2 18
2,849 5, 583 1, 847
45 8, 046
597

2, 126 109

127

55

1, 839 109

527 110

219

91

2 ,879 11 2

5,633 113

1, 91 4 116

45

90

8,020 103

6 11 120

1, 541

1, 525

1, 499

119

113

169

136

113

955

970

1, 102

128

307

242

235

75

41 4

411

484

113

2,716

2,705

3,248

132

3,928

3,860

3, 537

112

1,49 1

1, 4 6 0

1,41 6

115

346

350

348

131

5, 771

5,895

6,084

114

51 4

525

6 12

143

12,273 12,320 12,449 105

9, 154

9, 139

9,399

III

1, 157

1, 130

1, 170 112

921

894

910

128

770

720

757 108

961

962

734

88

10, 12 9 10 , 047 10 , 0 10 108

7, 336

7,625

7,946

112

5,400

5, 527

5, 626 110

4,807

4,902

4,990

116

12,642 12,780 12,692 113

8,969

8,993

9,094

119

1, 205

1, 205

1, 197 118

998

959

940

123

4, 847

4,908

5,217 119

3,622

3,786

3, 810

121

622

839

644 135

508

347

498

110

451

383

616 113

236

273

327

132

2,327

2, 362

2,399 126

1, 758

1, 857

1, 792

117

75, 689 76,043 76,717 110

57,366 57, 849 59, 141

116

TOTAL 1969* (22 States)

67,729 68,755 69,670

49,694 50,964 51, 083

0/0 of Last Year I

112

III

110

115

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Georqia Cattle Inventory Up 1 Percent
The inventory of cattle and calves on Georgia farms January I, 1970 is e s t ima t e d at 1,889,000 head -- I percent above the 1,870,000 head on farms a year e a r l ier, a cco rdi ng to the
Georgia Crop Reporting Service. Cows two years and older kept for milk were i nd ica te d at the same level as a year a go at
152,000. Heifers I - 2 years old kep t fo r mi l k t otal ed 38,000 a nd heifer calves kept f or herd replacement were placed at 44,000. Tot al a n ima l s being kept for mi l k , e xc l udi ng da iry-type bulls, were estimated at 234,000 head, no c han ge f rom the pre v ious ye ar.
The number of other cattle i n Geor g ia (a l I catt l e exc e pt mi lk cows a nd da i ry re placement heifers) increased I percent to 1,655,000. The number of beef-type brood cows wa s placed at 830,000 compared with 811,000 a year earl ier. Heifers I - 2 years old increase d to 207,000. The inventory value of all cattle a nd calves was estimated at $264,460,000 compared wi t h $231,880,000 on January I, 1969.

Hoq Inventory Up 8 Percent --- The number-of hogs and pigs in Georgia December 1, 1969 was placed at 1,780,000 head 8 pe rce nt above the 1,648,000 on hand December I, 1968. The value of hogs and pigs amount e d to $56,960,000 - 28 percent above a year earl ier. Georgia ranked eighth among the states in number of hogs on farms December I, 1969. (January I estimates of all hogs a nd p igs on farms have been discontinued. Hogs and p igs data relate to December I of the precedin g year.)

Chickens On Farms Up 1 Percent
The number of chickens, excluding commercial broilers, on Georgia farms January I, 1970
i s estimated at 39,451,000 - 7 percent above the 36,969,000 head on farms the previous year.
Georgia continues to rank second in the number of chickens on farms, exceeded only by Cal ifornia. The estimated total value of chickens, excluding broilers, is $47,341 ,000 compared with
$42,514,000 on January 1, 1969. Georgia's turkey inventory was placed a t 105 , 000 head va lued a t $567 , 000 comp a red with
110,000 head valued at $534,000 a year earl ier.

lhe total value of all cattle, hogs, sheep, turkeys, and chickens (excluding bro il ers) on Georgia farms January I, 1970 was estimated at $369,411,000 - up 16 percent from t he January I, 1969 total of $319,338,000.

Species
Cattle and Calves
Hogs 1/
Shee p and Lambs
Chickens 1/
Turkeys TnTAL

Livestock on Georgia Farms, January I

Number, Value Per Head, and Total Value. 1969-1970

Number

1969
Ave raqe

:

1970

Total

:

~umber

Ave ra ge

On Farms 1,000

Value

Value 1,000

: On Farms

:

1,000

Value

head 1,870

Dollars 124

dolla rs: 231,880:

head 1,889

Doll ars 140

1,648

26.90

44,331:

1,780

32..00

5.5 36,969
110

14.40 1.15 4.85

79: 42,514:
534: 319, 338

5.5 39,451
105

15.00 1.20 5.40

Total Value

Livestock on Geor q la Farms , January I. 1967-1969 Re v i se d : 1970 Prel iminary

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Cows and Heifers

Other

1/

Cattle

2 Years and

Cows 2

Hogs

Sheep Ch ic kens

and

Older Kept

Years and

a nd

and

1/

Year: Calves

for t-i ilk

01 der

Piqs

Lambs

- 1,000 head -

1967 :

1,797

163

754

1,443

6.8

34,335

1968 :

I ,833

155

787

1,600

6.0

34 , 215

1969 :

1,870

152

811

1,648

5.5

3 6 , 9 69

1970 :

1.889

152

830

1,780

5. 5

1/ De cembe r I preceding year. 1/ Does not i nc l ude commerc ial bro ilers.

39 .451

Turkeys
89 124 110 105

The Georgi~ Crop-Reporti-;:;-g-Ser~i~e-; USDA-; 409ANorth-L~mpkin-Street,-Athens, -G~.-; in-coopera-=- tion with the Georgia Department of Ag r ic u l t u re .

UNITED STATES The inventory estimates of I ivestock and poultry on U. S. farms and ranches show more cattle and calves, chickens and turkeys than a year earl ier, but fewer hogs and pigs, and sheep and lambs. Cattle and calves on farms and ranches this January I are estimated at 112.3 mill ion, up 2 percent from the 109.9 mill ion on hand January 1, 1969. Beef cattle and calves were up 3 percent but dairy cattle and calves decl ined 2 percent during the year. The 56.7 mill ion hogs and pigs on farms December I, 1969 is 6 percent less than the 60.6 mill ion on hand a year earl ier. Al l sheep and lambs on hand January I, 1970, at 20.4 mill ion, are 4 percent below a year earl ier, continuing a decl ine in numbers that began in 1961. Stock sheep and Jambs decl ined 4 percent from a year earl ier, while sheep on feed were down 2 percent. The number of chickens is estimated at 431.5 mill ion, up 3 percent from January I, 1969. Turkeys are estimated at 6.7 mill ion, up 1 percent from a year earl ier.

The value of I ivestock and poultry on farms and ranches totaled a record high $23.5 bill ion, an increase of 16 percent from the $20.3 bill ion a year earl i e r , t1eat animals (cattle, hogs and sheep) accounted for $22.9 bill ion of the total compared with $19.7 billion a year earl ier. The value of the cattle inventory is an estimated $20.2 bill ion, up 16 percent from a year earl ier. The value of hogs and pigs is estimated at $2.2 bill ion, up 19 percent as higher average values per head more than offset the 6 percent decl ine in numbers. The value of a1 1 sheep and lambsat $509.2 mill ion was up 9 percent from a year earl ier even though numbers decl i ne d . The chicken inventory is valued at $581.0 mill ion compared with $506.1 mill ion a year ea rl ie r . Turkeys were valued at $36.8 mill ion on January 1, 1970 compared with $32.7 mill ion a yea r ea r lie r

Class of livestock and poultry

NUMBER ON FA~MS AND RANCHES JANUARY UN ITED SH\TES

1968

1969

:

1970

1.000 head

1970
as % of
1969
Pe rcent

Catt I e
Hogs .l!
. Al l Sheep
Ch ickens 1/ Turkeys 1/
1/ December I preceding year.

109,152

109,885

58,777 22,140

60,632 21,238

425,158 7,301

419,635 6,604

1/ Excludes commercial broilers.

112,330

102

56,743

9/-+

20,422

96

431,533

103

6,674

101

1/ Excludes turkey fryers.

VALUE OF LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY J/\NUAf\Y I. UN /TED ST /\TES

Class of livestock

and poultry

1968

1969

1,000 dollars

Total Value

1970

Cattle and Calves
Hogs and Pigs 1/
All Sheep

16,234,302 I ,661 ,616 425,698

17,394,098 1,851,596 468,761

20 , 175 ,485 2,212,153 509,219

Aggregate Livestock 1/

18,321,616

19,714,455

22,896,857

Chickens Turkeys

486,414 33,938

506, 100 32,739

580,951 36,770

Aggregate livestock & poultry 1/

18,841,968

20,253,294

23,514,578

1/ December 1 preceding year. 1/ Includes cattle, hogs, and sheep. 1/ Includes cattle, hogs,

all sheep, chickens,and turkeys.

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BROILE rt TYPE

Placement of broiler chicks in Georgia during the we ek e n de d Zebruary 7 was
9, 575,000--2 percent mor e than the previous w ee k and 11 p erc ent more than th e co m-
parable week last year, according to the G e orgia Crop R eporting Service.
A n estimated 12,795,000 broiler type e gg s were set by Georgia hatcheries--
3 p ercent more than the previous week and 8 percent more than the comparable we ek
a ye ar earlier.
The majority of the prices p aid to Geor gi a producer s for broiler hatching egg s
wer e r eported within a range of 60 to 70 ce n t s p er doz en. T he a ve rag e price of h atching eggs was 67 cents per doz en . Th e pric e of e g g s f r o m flo cks with hatchery
owned cockerels generally wa s 2 c ents be low t he a ve rage p r i c e. Mos t prices r eceived
for b roile r chicks by G eo r gi a hatc h e rie s w e r e repo r t ed wi t h i n a ran g e of $9. 00 t o $ 11. 00 with a n a v e r a g e of $ 10 . 25 p e r h undre d . The a v e r a g e p r i c e s las t ye ar wer e 65 ce n ts for e g g s a n d $9 . 75 for chi cks.

We e k Ended

GEORGIA EGGS SET, HA T C HINGS .AN D CHI C K P LA CE ME N T S

Eggs S et !J

-1968

-1969

1969

1970

% of
year
ago

Chi ck s Plac ed for

Broilers in G e o r gia

-19 6 8

1969
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%of
year

1969

1970 ago

Av. Price

Hatch

Broile r

Eggs

Chicks

Per

P er

Doz.

Hundred

1969-70 1969-70

Thou.

Thou.

Pct.

Thou.

Thou. Pct. Cents

Dollars

Dec. 6 Dec. 13 D ec. 20 D ec. 27 Jan. 3 J an. 10 Jan. 17 Jan. 24 Jan. 31 Feb. 7

11,018 11,418 11,418 10,895 11,461 11,471 11,737 11, 779 11, 885 11,878

10,910 11,806 12,267 12, 144 12,068 12, 502 12,273 12,320 12,449 12,795

99

8,853

103

8,747

107

8,675

111

8,384

105

8, 65 4

109

8,603

105

8, 296

105

8,427

105

8,483

108 I 8, 661

8,613 97

67

8,458 97

67

8, 612 99

67

8, 122 97

67

8, 842 102

67

9, 108 106

67

9, 154 110

67

9, 139 108

67

9,3 99 I I I

67

9,575 11 1 I 67

10.25
10.25 10.25 10.25 10.25 10.2 5 10. 2 5 10. 25 10.25 10.25

EGG TYPE

Hatch of egg typ e chicks in Georgia du ring the we e k e n de d Fe b r ua r y 7 wa s 88 9, 000-8 p ercent more than the previous week and 34 percent more than the comparable w e ek last year. An estimated 1,143, 000 eggs for the production of e g g typ e chicks w er e se t
by Georgia hatcheries, 1 percent less than the previous week and 2 percent less than the comparable week last year.
In the f our states that accounted for about 26 percent of the hatch of all eg g t ype chicks in the U. S. in 1968, hatchings during the week ended Feb r ua r y 7 were up 9
p erc ent and settings were up 11 percent from a year ago.

State

EGG TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS HA T C HE D, 1970

E gg s Set (Week Ended)

Jan .

Jan. Jan.

F eb.

17

24

31

7

%of
ye ar
ago 2/

C h i c k s Hat c he d (W eek Ended)

Jan. Jan.

Jan .

F eb.

17

24

31

7

Thous ands

T hous ands

0/0 of
ye a r
a go 2/

Ga .

1, 142 1,182 1, 156 1, 143

98

IlL

430* 525 505

425

78

Calif. 1, 827 2,345 2,240 2, 263 134

Was h .

167

202 257

29 2

94

869 33 0 1, 58 0 188

970 265 1, 41 2 202

823 380 1,788 155

889 330 1,419 13 0

T otal 3,56 6* 4,254 4, 158 4, 123 I _~_~ ~61__?-,--~'!9 __ _~-,--1 1>_ ~ 2, 768

* 17-IncrLla.es~ eggs s-et by hatcher1esproc:lucing c hi c k.stor hat che r y s upply flo-cks.

2/ C u r re n t we ek as perc e nt of same w e ek l a st y e a r .

Revi s e d,

134
93 107 66
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Ma in e

2,227

2, 126

2, 123 106 I 1, 525

1,499

1, 651

118

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Connecticut

160

127

125 52

169

136

120

78

Pennsylvania Indiana Missouri

1,758 492 218

1, 839 527 219

1,743 4 77 231

112 83 91

IIII

970 242 411

1, 102 235 484

1,007 277 459

117
96 111

Delaware Maryland

2, 849 5, 583

2, 879 5, 633

I 2,821 107
5, 590 109

2,705 3,860

3,248 3,537

2,732 4, 060

103 120

Virginia West Virginia North Carolina

1, 847 45
8,046

1,914 45
8, 020

1,788 104
44 92 8, 249 106

1,460

1,416

1, 365

109

350

348

365

165

5, 895

6,084

6,056

110

South Carolina

597

61 1

580 107

525

612

539

119

GEORGIA
Florida Tennessee Alabama Mis sis sippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas Washington Oregon California
TOTAL 1970 (22 States)

12,320 12,449 12,795 108

9,139

9,399

9, 575

III

1, 130 720
10,047

1, 170 757
10,010

1, 121 106 751 107
10,058 106

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894

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962

I 7,625

910 734 7,946

1,034 679
7,728

145 82
109

5, 527 12, 780
1, 205 4,908
839 383 2,362
76,043

5, 626 12, 692
1, 197 5, 217
64 4 616 2,399
76,717

5,714 110 12,739 112
1, 212 121 4 , 97 8 109
629 105 533 123 2,357 111
76,658 108

! 4,902

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8,993 959

I 3, 786

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347 273

1 857
1
57, 849

4,990 9,094
940 3, 810
498 327 1, 792
59. 141

.<1. :, 791 8,988 1, 033 3,893
451 314 1, 853
58,970

112 116 122 123 124 99 121
113

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68,755 69,670 70,952

1150. 964 51, 083 52, 166

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111

110

108

17 Current we ek as percent of same w eek la st year.

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Review of 1969 and Outlook for 1970 Production--Broi1er production during 1969 was substantially above a year earlier.
Output of young chicken meat (mostly broiler) in Federally inspected processing plants during 1969 rose 9 percent to a total of 6.5 billion pounds, ready-to-cook weight. Over 2.5 billion birds were marketed through these plants in 1969, up 8 percent. They averaged a record 3.6 pounds each, over 1 percent above the previous year. Average weight has trended upward about 1 percent a year in the last decade.
The broiler hatchery supply flo ck continues to expand. With the number of pullets placed quarterly running above year-earlier levels since the second quarter of 1968, the hatchery supply flock could support a substantial increase in broiler production this year.
In response to favorable broiler prices during the past year, producers during 1970 will likely continue to increase production. The historical relationships between the ratio of feed and chick costs to broiler prices and changes in production of broilers in the following year would suggest an increase of around 10 percent this year. Base d on broiler chick placements, supplies for January-March will average around 13 percent above those months of 1969. Output likely will continue above year-earlier levels through all of 1970; although the margin may narrow during the year.
Prices Unusually strong consumer demand for meat kept broiler prices during 1969
above year-earlier levels despite the 9 percent increase in broiler meat production and continued large supplies of red meats. Wholesale prices of ready-to-cook broilers in 9 cities averaged 29 cents per pound in 1969 compared with 27 cents in 1968. Broiler prices in early 1970 continued relatively strong, but the difference narrowed and in February fell below a year earlier. For the first half of the year prices are expected to average near the year-earlier level of 28.8 cents a pound. Continued record large supplies of broilers during the second half of 1970, combined with some expected increase in supplies of red meats, may reduce broiler prices moderately from those in the second half of 1969.
Broiler production costs in 1969 were up from 1968 and will likely increase moderately again in 1970. Prices of broiler feed probably will average slightly higher and the cost of broiler type chicks, up in recent months, may continue upward. The cost of other production items--wages, interest and equipment--likely will increase, but at a slower rate than in 1969.
Utilization Consumption cf broiler meat, stimulated by strong consumer demand and relatively
high prices for other meats, increased substantially in 1969 despite higher prices. Per capita consumption of broiler meat, at a record 35.3 pounds, was 2.5 pounds above 1968. In addition, there was an estimated per capita use of about 4 pounds of other chicken meat.
Exports of young chicken and chicken parts (mostly broilers) during 1969 totaled 83.9 million pounds, ready-to-cook weight, about the same as in 1968. Exports of whole young chicken totaled 22. 5 million pounds, 6 percent above 1968 and accounted for 27 percent of the total. This increase was offset by a 5 percent decline in chicken parts exported. The increase in exports of whole young chickens re sulted from USDA's export payment program. During 1969, contracts were signed for the export of 13.4 million pounds of whole broilers to be shipped to Switzerland at a subsidy cost of $2.3 million. This compares with 8.3 million pounds at a cost of $1. 4 million in 1968.

USDA's 1969 purchases of broiler meat for the school lunch program totaled 43 . 2 million pounds at a cost of $14.9 million. Purchases under this program in 1968 totaled
35. 1 million pounds at a cost of $10.7 million. In addition, US DA purchased a r eadyto-cook equivalent of 4. 1 million pounds of canned boned chicken, at a cost of $ 1. 6 million, for distribution to needy families in 1969.
Military purchases of young chicken in January-October 1969 totaled 67.5 million pounds, down 21 percent from 1968. Much of this decline can be account ed for by the change in purchases from whole birds to cut-up birds without necks, backs, and giblets.

After Five Days Return to: United States Department of Agriculture
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Released 3/3170 GEO RGI A CROP REPO RTI NG SE ~VIC E

GEO !tG'f.'M51'nC Es~ RECE IVED IND EX DO~'/N 1 POINT
The Inde x of Prices Received by Georgia Farmers for Al l Commodities decreased to 267 pe rcent of the 1910-14 average during the month ended February 15, 1970. This was 16 point s higher t ha n the February 15, 1969 Inde x of 251.
The Al l Crop Index remained the same as January 15, 1970. Lower prices for ch lc kens , e ggs, and milk de c re a se d the Livestock Inde x to 266 which was 2 points below the previous mont h but 36 poin ts above the same month last year.

UNITED ST ATES PRIC ES RECEIVED INDE X UP 3 POINTS PAR ITY !NDE X UP 3 POINTS ADJ USTED PARITY RATIO 81

The Index of Prices Received by Farmers advan ced 3 points (1 percent) durin g th e mo nt h ended February 15 to 290 percent of its 1910-14 average, according to the Crop Report ing Boa r d. This wa s the 5th consecutive monthly increase, and the highest index since ~ugust 195 2. Contributing most to the increase during the month were h igher prices for cattle and hogs. Sharply lower egg prices and seasonally lower prices for milk were partially offsettin g. The index wa s 9 percent above February 1969.

The Index of Prices Paid by Farmers for Commodities and Services, Interest, Taxe s, a nd Fa rm l!a ge I~ates reached a record high of 386. Th i s was 3 po i nts 0/4 percent) above the prev ious high of 383 in January. The index c1 imbed 20 points (5 percent) above a year earl ie r .

Hi t h prices of farm products a nd prices paid by farmers both higher, the pre1 im i nary Adj us t e d Parity Ratio remained unchanged at 81, and the Parity Ratio at 75.

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INDEX i'JUi'1BERS - - GEOi~G I A l,ND ..:Uc:.:N.:.1T.:.;c-:.:D:......;:S~T.:...:AT.:..:E::.:S=---_ _,

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Re co rd Hi ch

1969 : 1970 : 1970

GEO RGIA: P rices 11ece i ved
1~ 1 1 Commodities '\11 Crops Livestock a nd Livestock Products

251
260

II
II

268 11
265

267 265

230 .!I

268 11

266

310

I'ia r ch 1951

319

tv1a r ch 1951 1/

295

Sept. 19'-+8

UN (TED ST /J.TES
Prices Rece i ved
Parity Index 1/
Par i t Y I{a t i0

267

287

290

313

Feb. 1951

366

383

386

386

Feb. 1970

73

75

75

123

Oct. 1946

Adjusted-P~rity RatiO" ~/- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

(Preliminary)

:

79

81

81

125

Oct. 1946

11 Revis ed. 11 Al so Ap r i l 1951. 11 Pr ices Paid, Interest, Taxes, and Farm Wage ~a t e s based
on data for the indicated dates. ~I Adj us t e d Parity Ratio, reflecting Government payments, averaged 80 for the year 1969 compared wit h 74 for the Parity Ratio. Pre1 iminary Adj us te G Ratios for the current year, supp1 ied by the Economic Re se a rch Service are based on esti ma t e d cash rec e ipts for marketings and estimates of Government payments for the current cal en dar
year.

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:\g r i cu 1tu ra 1 Stat i_.~..tl sl9..!L__

The Georg ia Crop Re po r t i ng Service, USD i, 409A North Lumpkin Street, At he ns , Ga., i n coope ra-

t ion wi t h the Georgia Department of Ag r i cu 1tu re ,

PRICES -- RECEIVED ,~N D P,i\ID BY F ~RI1 E f~S. F [B :1U /~iW I 5. 1970 HITH COMP ~ R I SONS

GEO KGIA

UN ITED STiHES

Feb. 15 : Jan. 15 : Feb. 15

Feb. 15 : Jan. 15: Feb. 15

Co ~m o d ity a nd Unit

1969: 1970: 1970

1969: 1970: 1970

PRI C[ S REC EIVED

~! h e a t , bu.

$

1 .30

1.40

1.40

I. 28

I. 29

I. 30

Oa t s, bu.

$

.87

.85

.85

.644

. 587

.591

Corn, bu .

$

1.27

1.40

1.40

1.09

1. 12

1. 14

Ba r l ey , bu.

$

1.00

1.00

1.00

. 909

. 877

. 860

Sorghum Gra in, cwt.

$

2.00

1.77

1. 92

1. 92

Cot to n , l b.



20.5

18.5

18.5

19.70

19.09

20.2 5

Cot to ns eed, ton

$ 51.00 40.0

40.00

50.20

46.50

47 . 00

Soybe ans, bu.

$

2.50

2.40

2.45

2.48

2.3 6

2. 40

Peanu t s, lb.



12.0

12.5

12.5

11.9

12. 1

12. 1

Swe e t pota toes, cwt.

$

7.00

6.80

6.80

6.59

5.77

6.00

Ha y, bal e d, ton:

Al l

$ 30.00 31.50 31.50

24.40

25.00

25. 20

Al fa lf a

$ 37.00 41.00 41.00

24.90

25. 50

25. 70

Lesp e de za

$

31.00 34.00

33.50

26.30

27. 50

27. 40

Pean ut

$

24 . 00 24.00

24.50

24.50

2~ . 70

24 .60

1-\ il k Cows , hea d

$ 210.00 235.00 235.00

285.00 315.00 320. 00

Ho gs, cwt .

$ 1/ 19.00 25.50

26.00

19.60

26.3 0

27. LtO

Be e f Ca t t l e , Al l , cwt. II

$

21.0 0 23.30

23.60

24.20

26. 20

27. 20

Cows, c wt , 11

$

17.50 19.50

20.30

17.70

19 . 70

21. 00

St ee r s a nd Heifers, cwt.

$ 24 . 00 26.50

26.50

26.30

28. 40

29 . 10

Ca I ves, cwt ,

$

28.00 30.00

32.00

29.70

33. 60

35. 10

Mi lk , sold to plants, cwt.

Flu id lvIar ke t

$

6.55

7.00

5.91

6 .22

Ha nuf a c t u re d

$

4.33

1.;" 78

/\ 11 3/

$

6.55

7.00

6.95

5.45

5. 81

5. 72

Turke ys, lb.



20.0

22.0

22.0

19.6

24. 8

24 .9

Ch ic ken s, l b, :

Exc l udi ng Broilers



10. 5

11 .0

10.5

9.3

10. 8

10. 5

Co~me rc ial Broilers



13.5

14.0

13.5

15.0

14. 8

14.3

Eggs , a l I .doz ,



45.7

59.7

53.0

38.6

53. 1

47.3

Ta bl e, doz.



58.4

50.3

Ha t ch i ng, doz.



67.0

67.0

PRIC ES P ~ID, FEED

Mixed Da iry Feed, ton:

14% prote in

$

69.00 72.00

71.00

67.00

69 . 0 0

70 .00

16% protein

$

75.00 79.00

79.00

72.00

74. 00

75. 00

18% protein

$ 78.00 83.00 85.00

75.00

77 .00

78. 00

20% pro t e in

$

Hog Fe ed, 14%-18% protein,cwt. $

82.00 85.00

88.00

78.00 4.42

8 1. 00
L:. 56

82. 00
4. 61

Cottonseed Mea l , 41%, cwt.

$

4.75

5.00

5.20

Soybean Me al, 44%, cwt.

$

5. 10 5.60

5.70

5.03

5. 31

5. 53

5.21

5. 73

5. 0() 7,

Bran, cwt. t'l iddl i ngs , cwt.

$

3.90 4.00

4 . 10

$

4.00

4.10

L,l. 20

3.64

3.7 3

3. 82

3.73

3. 81

3. 9 1

Corn Mea l , cwt.

$

3.40

3.50

3.50

3.22

3.3 5

3. 37

Poultry Feed, ton: Broi l er Grower Feed Lay in g Feed

s
$

89.00 80.00

95.00 83.00

I 95.00 I
83.00

88.00 79.00

93. 00 82.00

9 lj . 0 0
83.00

Ch ic k Starter Al fa l f a Hay, ton

$ $

92.00 96.00 36.00 40.00

I 96.00
40.00

93.00 35.10

97.00 35.80

99 . 00 35. 80

AI I Othe r Hay. ton

S

34.00 _31.00 __ 11.00

_32.20

33.80

33. YO

II IICOWS II and II steers and heifers ll combined with allowance where necessary fo r s la ught e r bu ll s .

11 Includ es cull dairy cows sold for slaughter, but not dairy cows fo r herd re pl ac emen t.

}I Re v i sed.

!:!:.I Pr e 1 imi na ry

Af t e r Five Days Return to Unite d States Department of Ag r ic u l t u re
Statistical Reporting Service 409A No r t h Lumpkin Street At he ns , Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS

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J ANUARY MILK PRODUCTION UP 9 PE RCENT

r Janua ry 1970 Rel eased 2/16/70

Mi l k production on Georgia farms during Ja nuary totaled 102 mill ion pounds, according t o t he Georgia Crop Re po rt ing Service. This wa s 8 mill ion pounds above January 1969 and 6 mil l ion pounds above t he previous mon th.

Produc t ion pe r cow in herd averaged 730 pounds - 60 pounds above the prev ious year and 50 pounds a bove the prev ious month.

The es ti ma t e d average price received by p rod ucers for all wholesale milk during January was $6.75 per hundredweigh t. Th is was 5 cents above the Decembe r 1969 pri ce but t he sa me as the January 1969 price.

MILK PRODUCTION AND PRICES RECEIVED AN D P ~ID BY D ~IRYMEN

Georaia

:

United States

It em and Unit
Mi l k producti on , mil I ion 1bs ,
Produc t ion pe r cow
lb s. 1/
Number mi lk cows tho us and head
Prices Recei ved- Do l l a r s 1/
Al l who le sa l e milk, cwt. 1/
Flu id mi lk, cwt. Ma nufactu re d milk, cwt. Mil k cows , head
Pr ice s Paid-Dollars 1/

: Jan. 1969
:

:

94

:

670

:

140

:

:

: 6.75

: 6.75

:

-

: 205.00

:

Dec. 1969
96 680 141
6.70 6.70
-
225.00

Jan. 1970
102 730 140
6.75
-
235.00

: Jan. : 1969
:

: 9,411

:

734

: 12,818
:

:
: 5.53 : 5.99
.: 4.41 282.00
:

Dec. 1969
9,170 730
12,559
5.86 6.25 4.77 309.00

Jan. 1970
9 ,412 750
12,544
~/5.80
315.00

Mixed Dairy Feed, ton 14 percen t protein 16 percent protein 18 pe rce nt protein 20 pe rce nt p rote in
Ha y, t on

: 68.00 : 73.00 : 77.00 : 80.00
. 36.00

70.00 76.00 81.00 82.00
36.00

72.00 79.00 83 .00 85.00
37 . 0 0

: 67.00 : 72.00 : 75.00 : 78.00 : : 31.90

67.00 73.00 75.00 79.00
33.00

69.00 74.00 77 . 0 0 81.00
33.80

1/ Mont hl y ave ra ge . 1/ Doll a rs per unit as of the 15th of t he month exce pt wholesal e milk wh ich is average fo r
mo nt h.
3/ Re vised
"!i/ Pre l imi na ry

i\RCHIE L,\NGLEY Ag ri cu lt ura l Stat ist ician In Cha rge

~J PAT P.l\RKS Agr icultural Stat ist ic ian

Th; Ge~ rgi ~ Cr~p-R;p~rti~g-S;rvi"C"e~ USDi\~ 409.i\-N~rth-L~mpkln-Str;et ,-Ath;ns, -G;orgla~ I n- - - coope ra t ion with the Georgia Departmen t of Ag r icul t ure .

UNITED STATES MILK PRODUCTION

J anu ary milk production about the s ame as a year earl ie r

U. S. milk production in January is est imated at 9,412 mil I ion pounds comp ared with 9,411 mi l l io n pounds a year earl ier. Production increased 3 percent from December 1969 t o January 1970, the same gain as a year earl ier. Milk product ion was above d year ea r l ier in most of the
North and South Atlantic States, but down in most States of the North Central ae g ion. In the
South Central and West, production was mostly unchanged or higher. January output per cow
provided 1.48 pounds of milk per person daily for all uses, compared with 1.45 pounds a month e a r l ier and 1.50 pounds a year earl ier.

Prod uction per cow UP 2 percent. milk cows down 2 percent

January milk production per cow was 750 pounds, up 2 percent from a year earl ier and 3 perce nt above a month earl ier. January rate per cow was at a record high rate in 43 States and highest in Arizona at 995 pounds. Following were Cal ifornia, 935 pounds; Alaska, 925 pounds; Hawaii, 910 pounds; and Massachusetts and New Jersey each with 895 pounds. Milk cows on farms during January totaled 12,544,000, 2 percent less than a year earl ier and 5 percent less than January 1968.

Milk Cows and Milk Production - 1969

The Nation's milk cows produced 116.2 bill ion pounds of milk in 1969, 0.9 percent less than the revised estimate of 117.2 bill ion pounds produced in 1968 and the smallest U.S. production since 1952. The annual average number of milk cows on farms in 1969 was a record-low 12,689,000, down 3 percent from the previous record low of 13,038,000 in 1968. Output per cow reached a record-high rate of 9,158 pounds in 1969, up 2 percent from the previous record of 8,992 pounds in 1968. The revised estimates for 1968 and 1969 are based on annual review of
more complete production and util ization data.

Milk per cow and milk production by months, United States

Month

Milk Per Cow 1/

1967

1968

1969

Pounds

~lilk Production

1967

1968

1969

-- Mill ion Pounds

1/
Change
from T968
Percent

Janua ry February Ma rc h Ap ri I May June July August September Octobe r November December

713

717

734

9,802 9,495

9,411

-0.9

667

696

687

9,150 9,187

8,792 1/-4. 3

762

775

780 10,407 10,197

9,960

- 2.3

784

796

806 10,675 10,457

10,265

-1.8

837

858

867 I I ,360 11,235

11,034

-1.8

817

826

847 11,038 10,786

10,759

-0.3

767

783

800 10,326 10,202

10,142

-0.6

722

740

764

9,688 9,612

9,673

fO.6

681

701

726

9, 114 9,083

9,165

fO.9

687

706

725

9,169 9,124

9,138

fO.2

660

677

691

8,781 8,717

8,691

-0.3

698

711

730

9,259 9,139

9,170

fO.3

Annua l

8,797 8,992 9,158 118,769 117,234 116,200 1/-0 . 9

1/ Excludes milk sucked by calves. 1/ Extra day in 1968 added 3.6 percent to February production. On a daily average basis, change from 1968 was -0.9 percent for February and -0.6 percent
for the year.

Af t e r Five Days Return to
Un ited States Department of Agriculture Statistical Reporting Service
409A North Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 30601
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C i\ L F C R 0 P - 1 96 9 GEORG I .A,

[~e Ieas ed 2/ 17/70

Calves born on Georgia farms during 1969 a re esti mated a t 8 19 , 000 hea d -- 5 percent a bove
the 782, 000 born i n 1968, accordi ng t o t he Georg i a Cro p I~e p o r t i n g Se rv i ce .

The number of cows and he i f e r s 2 ye a ,'s ol d a ~ d o lde r o n f arms a t the be g innin g of 1969 i s esti ma t e d at 963,000 head c o~ ) a re d wi t h 342 , 000 o n Ja nuary I , 1968.

UNITED ST '\TES
CALF CR OP UP 2 PE RCENT The 1969 calf crop for t he Un i te d Sta t e s is e s t ima te d a t Lt 5 , 196 , 000 head, ac cording to the
Crop Re po r t i ng Board. This is 2 percent more than the 44,239 ,000 born a year earl ier.
The number of cows and heifers 2 years old and older on f arms January I, 1969 is estimated at 50,379,000 head, sl ightly higher than the 50,049,000 head on farms January I, 1968.
The number of calves born during 1969 e xp re s se d as a percent age of cows and he ifers 2 ye ars old and older on hand the first of the year is estimated at 90 percent, 2 points above a year earl ier. This percentage is not strictly a calving rate because the January I inventory of cows and heifers 2 years old and older does not include all heifers that calve during the year and includes some cows and heifers that died or we re slaughtered before calv ing.

NORTH CE NT I~AL STI~TES The calf crop in the North Central States totaled 17,141,000 head, sl ightl y a bove the
17,051,000 calves born a year earl ier. The East No r t h Central States are down 2 percent while the We s t North Central States are up I percent.

SOUTHE Ri~ SPiTES UP 4 PERCENT
The 1969 calf crop in the Southern States is estimated at 17,195,000 head, 4 percent above 1968. The South Atlantic States are up 5 pe rcerrt from 1968 and the South Central States up
4 percent. Texas, the leading cattle State, shows a 6 percent larger calf crop.

\,/ ESTERN ST l\TES UP 2 PERCENT The calf crop in the 11 Western States at 8,425,000 head is up 2 percent from the previous
year. Cal ifornia, the leading cattle State in this region, shows a 2 percent smaller calf crop. Montana and Colorado, the next ranking States in this area, are both up 3 percent from 1968.

NORTH ATLANT IC ST ATES UP SLIGHTLY The number of calves born in the North Atlantic States is estimated at 2,354,000 head.
Pennsylva nia and New York, the le ad i ng ca ttle St a t e s in t hi s regi on, wnre both ~ p l e ss than a ~ h o l e percent frcm a year ea r l i ~r.

ARCHIE LANGLEY Ag r ic u l t u ra l Statistician In Charge

H. P/iT PARKS Ag r i cu l t u r a l St atistician

The Geo r g i a Crop Reporting Service, USDA, 409A North Lumpkin Street, Athens, Ga., in cooperation wi t h the Georgia Department of Ag r i cul t u re .

Af t er Five Days Return to
Uni t ed St at es Department of Agriculture statistical Reporting Service 4C9A ~ o rt h Lumpkin Street At hen s, Georgia 30601 OFFICI1I.L BUSJNESS

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POSTAGE & FEES PAID
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REPORTING SERVICE
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B R OIL ER T YPE

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GEORGIA EGGS SET,

_ _ _ _ _..,-

Eggs Se t 1./

We e k E n de d

1968
I_
I 1969

1969 _
1970

Thou.

Thou.

D ec. 13 Dec. 20 D e c . 27 Jan. 3 Jan. 10 J an. 17 J an . 24 Jan. 31 Feb. 7 F e b . 14

11,418 11,418 10,895 11,461 11,471 11, 737 II, 779 11,885 11, 878 12,207

11,806 12, 267 12, 14 4 12,068 12,502 12, 273 12,320 12,449 12,795 12, 678

HAT CHINGS AND CHICK P L A CE ME N T S

Ii !

I C hicks Pla c e d fo r

,__.. .. Av.
Hatch

% of
ye ar ago

1 Broile r s in G eorgia I E gg s

I 19 6 8

19 6 9

% of ! P er

_
I 1969

_ 1970

year l Doz.
ago i 1969-70

I

Pet. I Thou.

Thou. Pet. : Cents

I

103

8, 747

8,458

I 97

67

107

8,675

8, 612

99 I 6 7

III

8, 384

8 , 12 2

I 97

67

105

8,654

8, 84 2 102 6 7

109

8, 60 3

9, 108 10 6 I 67

105

8 , 29 6

I 9, 15 4 110 67

10 5

8, 427

9, 13 9 10 8 , 6 7

105

8,483

9,399

III I I

67

108

8,661

9,575 111 ! 67

10 4

8,841

9,731 110 ' 67

Price _- . - ... .. - ~

~ -- _

Broile r

Chicks

P er

Hun dre d

19 69-70

Dollar s

10.25 10 . 2 5 10.25 10.25 10.2 5 10. 25 10 .25 10 : 25 10. 25 10. 25

EGG TYPE
Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the we ek e n d e d F'e b r ua r y 14 was 910,000-- 2 perc ent more than the pr evious we ek a n d 10 p er c ent mor e than th e compa ra ble week last year. An e s tim a te d 1, 242, 000 eggs for the product ion of egg type chicks were s e t by G eorgia hatcheries, 9 percent more than th e pr evi o u s week and 18 p erc ent mor e than the comparable week last year.
In the four states that accounted for about 26 percent of the hatch of all egg type c h i c k s i n t he U. S. in 1968 , hatchings during th e week e n d ed F e b r uar y 14 w er e up 18 p ercent and settings were up 4 percent from a year ago.

EGG TYPE EGGS SET A ND C HICKS HAT CHED, 1970

State

I'

Eggs Set (We ek E n de d)

Jan .

Jan. Feb .

Feb.

!_ 24

31

7

14

% of
year ago 2 /

Chicks Hat c he d (W e ek E nde .d) % o f

Jan. J an .

Fe b .

Feb . i year

24

31

7

14 : a go 2 /

T ho us a n ds

Thousands

Ga .

1, 182

I Ill.

I 510*

I Cali f. 2, 345

Was h . i 202

1, 156 505
2,240 257

1, 143 42 5
2, 2 6 3 29 2

T o t a l : 4 , 2 3 9>';: 4 , 15 8 4,12 3

1, 242 11 8
380 , 62
2,305 i 1 10
311 ! 97
;
i
4 , 23 8 ! 10 4

970 823

265 3 80

,, 1,41 2 1, 7 8 8

!

202

155

,
i 2,84 9 3,14 6

889 330 1, 419 130
2, 768

91 0 : 110 3 7 5 : 11 4 1,771 : 127 161 : 94
3, 21 7 11 8

* 1/ Include s e g g s set by hatcheri e s produ cing chicks for h a tchery s up p l y flock s.

'2/ Curr e n t w eek as p erc ent o f same w e ek l a s t year .

Re vi s e d.

BROILER TYP E E G GS SE T A N D CHICKS PLACED IN C O M ME R CIA L A REAS BY -N ~ Z KS - 19 7 0 P age 2

I

EGGS SET

i

CHI C KS PLA CED

STATE

% of
year

ago 1/

Maine Connecticut Penns y1vania Indiana Missouri Delaware Maryland Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina
GEORGIA

2, 126

2, 123

2, 143 113

1, 499

1, 651

1, 637

122

127

125

158

62

136

120

111

76

1, 839

1, 743

1, 826 112

1, 102

1, 007

1, 077

106

527

477

413

80

235

277

230

71

219

231

254 100

484

459

4 82

124

2,879

2, 821

2, 73 2 101

3,248

2,732

2,667

108

5,633

5, 59 0

5,538 103

3,537

4,060

3,999

III

1,914

1, 7 8 8

1, 9 54 114

1, 41 6

1, 365

1, 460

113

45

44

36

84

348

365

355

122

8, 020 611

8, 219 580

9, 074 116 ! 6,084

640

114

I
I

612

6,056 539

6, 582 558

114 143

12, 449

12,79 5

I 12,678 10 4

9,399

9, 575

9, 731

110

Florida Tennessee Alabama Mi s sis sippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas Washington Oregon California
TOTAL 1970 (22 States)

1, 170 757

1, 121 75 1

I 1, 180 110

910

749 107 I 73 4

1,034 679

887

116

729

84

10 ,010 5,626

10 , 0 58 5, 7 14

10, 4 09 110 i 7,94 6

5, 875

113

II
4, 990

7,728 4, 791

7, 884 4 , 94 1

107 112

12 ,692 1, 197 5,217

12.,7 39 1, 2 12
4 , -n

12 , 7 29 1, 236

109 115

'I 9,099440

5, 0 36 10 8

3, 810

8,988 1, 033 3,893

9,050 1,050 3, 866

115 121 120

644

629

77 5 113

II

498

451

694

182

6 16

5 33

4 6 5 130

327

314

299

85

2, 39 9

2, 357

2 , 57 7 127 I 1,792
!

1, 853

1, 80 6

116

76,717

7 6, 658

7 8, 477

10 9

1 59 , 14 1

58,970

60,095

112

TOTAL 19 69* (22 States)

69 ,670 70 , 952 71 , 9 14

!
15 1, 083
!

52, 166

53, 496

0/0 of Last Year

110

108

109

j

i 11 6

113

112

1/ Current we ek as percent of same week last year. * R evised.

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19, 1970

J ANUARY

L IBRA~ I ~S

It e m

During Jan.

1969 1/

1970 2/

Thou.

Thou.

0/0 of last year
Pct.

Jan. thru Dec.

I 0/0 o f last

1968 1/

1969 2/ I year

Thou.

Thou.

Pct.

Broiler Type Pullets Pla ce d (U. S . )3/
To tal Dom e s t i c

3, 429 2,959

3, 667 107 3, 141 106

4 2, 560 36.924

44,732 105 38, 894 105

Chicke n s Teste d Broile r Type
Geor gia Unit e d St at e s Egg Type G eor gi a Unit ed St at e s

63 7 2 , 823
19 712

607 95 2,418 86
22 116 736 103

6,392 25, 113
279 6,280

6, 873 10 8 28, 286 11 3
260 93 6, 209 99

Chi cks Hatc hed B r oiler Type
G eor gia United St ate s Egg Type G eorgia United St a te s

40,320 235. 228
2,605 37,708

43,605 108 269,301 114
3, 767 145 45,675 121

4 94 , 508 2,799,089
38,754 514. 301

4 96, 383 100 3,024, 794 108
41.439 107 528,921 103

Commercial Sla ught e r :4 / Young Chickens
G eor gia United Sta te s Mature Chicken s Light T ype
Ge orgia United St ate s Heavy T ype Georgia United St at e s

32,937 211,626
NA 12,291
NA 2, 184

34, 141 104 227,372 107
1, 783 11,128 91
387 2, 532 116

368,320

378,923 103

2,338,245 2,532,518 108

NA 125.428
NA 24,682

NA 126,576 101
NA 26,519 107

E gg P r oduction G eor gia
Ha t c hing Other

Mil.
82 380

Mil.
85 104 391 103

Mil.
970 4,022

Mil.
1, 068 110 4, 358 108

T otal So ut h Atlant i c 5/ United State s -

462 1, 157 5,708

476 103 1,248 108 5,871 103

4,992 13, 540 69.326

5,426 109 14, 349 10 6 69,778 101

1/ R e vi s e d.
2/ P r eliminary. "3/ P ull et s fo r 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 e ggs . 4 / F ederal-State Ma r k et News Service Slaughter reports only include poultry slaughtered
- under Federal Inspection. 1968 figures are not the same as reported last year due to
differ enc es in method of reporting. 1968 and 1969 figures in this report are comparable.
5/ South Atlantic States: D el., Md., W. v c., N. C., S. C., cs., Fla., v .
NA - Not Ava ila bl e

United Sta te s Departm ent of A g r i c ul t u r e

Georgia Department of Agriculture

Statist i ca l R ep o r t ing Se r vi c e , 4 09A North Lumpkin Street, At hen s , Georgia 30601

State

YO UNG CHICKENS: SLAUGHTERED UNDER FEDERAL INSPECTION BY SELECTED STATES, 1968 and 1969

Number Inspected

During Dec.

Jan. thru Dec.

1968 . 1969

1968

1969

Indicated Percent Condemned

During De c .

Jan. thru Dec.

1968

1969

1968

1969

Thou.

Thou.

Thou.

Thou.

Pct.

Pct.

Pct.

Pct.

Maine

5, 181

6, 163

70,042 69,512 4.5

4. 2

4.0

4. 0

Pa.

6, 176

6,237

81,083 81,157 4.3

5.2

4. 4

Ll . 6

Mo.

3,620

3,688

44,898 50, 883 3.6

4. 8

3. 1

4.0

DeL

6,876

7,688

88, 864 93,887 4.4

4. 1

4. 2

3.7

Md.
v .

10,346 14, 145 138,518 16 4, 129 3.8

4. 1

6,262

7,082

71,912 84,837 3.8

4. 2

4.0

3.6

4. 2

3.4

N. C.

18, 793 22, 119 256,935 273, 160 3.7

3.6

3.4

3.5

Ga.

27, 008 32,217 366,632 378,294 5.4

5.0

4.8

Ll . 6

Tenn.

4, 420

5, 142

63,034 63,404 3.8

3.3

3.2

3. 4,

Ala.

19,390 23,021 264, 154 286,678 4 .2

4.6

3.5

3. 5

Miss.

13,654 16,399 173,660 184,511 2.7

2.8

2.3

2.3

Ark.

26,930 28,788 347,698 366,070 3.4

3. 6

3.2

3.3

Texas

12, 180 14, 238 149, 525 161,080 3.6

3.8

3.5

3. 1

------_ .. --------------- ------------ ---- ------- --- ------------- ------------ -------

U. S. 1 178, 3 50

2, 335, 880

3 .9

4. 0

3.6

3.5

210,012

2,516,286

MID-MONTH PRICES RECEIVED AND PRICES PAID

Georgia

I

United States

Item

I Jan. 15 Dec. 15 Jan. 151 Jan. 15 Dec. 15 Jan. 15

1969

1969

1970

1969

1969

1970

Cents

Cents

Cents I Cents Cents

Cents

Prices Received: Chickens, Ib, , excL broilers Com'l Broilers (lb.) All Eggs (dozens) Table (dozens) Hatching, (do ze n s )

10.0 13.0 51. 7

14.0 12.0 60.7

11.
14.0 59.7 58.4 67. 0

9.2 14.3 43. 0

10.8 13.5 54.6

10.8 14.8 53. 1

Prices Paid: (per ton)
Broiler Grower Laying Feed

DoL
91. 00 84.00

Dol.
93.00 80.00

Dol.
95 . 00 83 .00

DoL
88.00 80.00

Dol.
91. 00 81. 00

DoL
93.00 82.00

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 Se r vi ce and the many breeders, hatcheries, poultry processors and the poultry farmers that report to the s e agencies.

AR CHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge

w. A. WAGNER
Agricultural Statistician

After Five Days Return to: United States Department of Agr i cul.tur e
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street Athens , Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS

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Georgia's 1969 lamb crop is estimated at 2,900 head -- down 9 percent from the previous year when 3,200 head were saved.

The number of breeding ewe s I year a nd old e r on farms Jan ua ry 1, 1969 a t 3,900 head wa s 300 head below the estimated number on farms fo r 1968.

UN I TED STATES
Lamb Crop Down 5 Percent The 1969 lamb crop for the Un ited States is estimated at 13,686,000 head, 5 percent less
than the 14,433,000 head produced i n 1968, according to the Crop Reporting Board. The lamb crop in the 13 Western Sheep States was down 5 percent and in the 35 Native States was down 6 percent. Breeding ewes I year old and older on farms and ranches January I, 1969 were down 4 percent from a year earl ier and ewe lambs under 1 year old were down 3 percent.
The lambing percentage for 1969 (number of lambs saved per 100 ewes I year old a nd older on hand January 1), at 93, is I po int below 1968. The 13 Western States lambing percent age a t 89 and the 35 Native States percentage, at 105, were both down I point from a ye ar earl ier.
Western States
The 1969 lamb crop in the 13 We s t e r n States (11 Western, South Dakota, and Texas, totaled 9,628,000 head, down 5 percent from the 1968 crop of 10,111,000 head. The number of breeding ewes I year old and older on January 1, 1969, at 10,820,000 head, was down 3 percent from a . year earl ier. The lambing percentage during 1969, at 89, is 1 point below 1968. The lamb crop
was smaller than a year earl ier in all Western States except Ar izo na , which was up 2 percent.
The number of early lambs (dropped before March 15) in the Western States was up 2 percent from 1968.
Native States
The lamb crop in the 35 Native States (excluding the 13 Western States and Alaska) totaled 4,052,000 head - down 6 percent from the 1968 crop of 4,315,000 head. The number of ewes I year old and older on January I, 1969 was 3,859,000 head, 5 percent less than a year earl ie r . The lambing percent for 1969 at 105 is I point lower than in 1968.

ARCHIE LANGLEY Aqricultural Statistician In Charqe

v, PAT PIj,RKS
Agricultural Statistician

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Due to,the unusLally large number of requests on our sheep and wool

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* * surveys for information about sheep shear ing service and markets for wool I

* the following is suppl ie d as a publ ic service to Georgia's sheep and wool *

-/, growers: "The FLAGA She ep Producers Assoc iation will begin its shearin g -I,

* program on March 17. The ' 1970 wool sale will be held in Crawford, Georgia, *
* * some time during the first two weeks of June. Anyone wishing to obtain * * shearing service or more in formation regarding the wool sale should con-

* tact Mr. Joe Robertson, FLAGA Sheep Producers As soc ia ti on , Maxeys,Georgi a, *

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State

Lamb Crop: 19 67 __1969

Breeding ewe s

: Lambs saved per:

:

1 year and older January 1

:

100 ewes 1+

: : January 1 ~.1

V Lambs saved

: 1969 as

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:

:

: %of

19 67 : 19 68

:

1969

: 1967: 1968: 1969: 19 67

: 1 9 68 : 1969 : 19/58

1,000 head - -

- - N- u-nb-e-r - -

- - 1 3000 head - -

-Per-c pn-t

Ma ine N . H.
ve,
Ma s s . R. I. Conn. N . Y. N. J. Pa.
Ohio Ind. Ill. i-.1ich. Wi s .
Mi.nn Iowa Mo . N. Dak. S. Dak. Ne br . Kan s .
Del. Hd .
v. 1'( . v,
N . C. S. C.
Geor~ia
Fla.
Ky. Tenn. Ala. Mi s s . Ark. La. Okla. Texas

:

13

:

3.6

:

5.7

I

7 .0

:

1 .5

:

3.5

:

75

:

6.9

I

1 28

I

I

515

I

212

I

272

I

163

I

126

I

:

4 20

I

622

:

262

I

300

I

9 68

:

23 0

I

33 1

:

I

2.0

I

15

I

174

:

142

:

16

:

2.0

:

4.7

I

4.2

:

:

129

:

61

:

6 .3

I

15

I

8.0

:

22

I

93

: 3,190

13 3.8 5 .3 7. 0 1.4 3.8
74 6 .1
127
515 210 250 155 123
365 566 234 27 3 91 0 20 6 28 5
1.6 15 171 13 6 16
1.5 4 .2 4.4
112 47 5.4 14 7 .2 20 89
2,999

12 4.0 5 .0 7 .0 1.5 4 .0
72 5 .9
1 24

l C8 1 00 1 00 97 105 98
102 98 98 97 1 01 97 87 93 93
100 100 1 00 111 104 104
96 103 102 104 1 06 102

14 3.5 5.8 6.8 1.3 3.5
83 6 .6
13 3

13 4 .0 5 .2 7.1 1.3 3 .8
77 6 .3
134

12

92

3 .9

98

1\- .9

94

6 .8

95

1.4

lC8

4 .0

105

75

97

6 .0

95

126

94

505

1 01 99 98

520

197

III 110 110

235

24 0

lC8 109 106

294

153

109 108 lCS

178

116

115 115 112

145

51 2

494

96

231

21 7

94

272

254

93

1 67

165

99

142

130

92

358

113 113 109

474

5 60

l C8 106 1 05

672

213

1 03 105 104

269

254

1 02 1 09 107

3C5

864

1 03 106 103

997

19 0

1 04 102 1 04

239

239

93 99 103

3CS

411

39 2

95

599

586

98

245

2 22

91

297

272

92

9 65

890

92

210

197

94

28 3

246

87

1.5
15 159 134
15 1.2 3 .9 4.3

100 lCO 107 93 1 00 1 07
117 116 115 112 112 112 106 106 100
8 0 8 0 83
70 77 74 93 8 6 84

2.0 14 203 159 17
1.6 3.3 3.9

1.6 15 1 99 1 53 17
1.2 3.2
3 .8

1.6

1 00

16

1 07

18 3

92

150

98

15

88

l. 0

83

2.9

91

3 .6

95

94

117 116 107

151

130

1 01

78

40

90 91 95

55

43

38

88

5 .0

86 93 90

5.4

5. 0

4.5

90

13

80 8 6 85

12

12

11

92

6 .5

8 3 93 95

6 .7

6 .7

6 .2

93

18

68 65 67

15

13

12

92

88

103 102 103

96

91

91

100

2 ,878

75 79 80 2,392

2,369

2, 302

97

Mon t . Idaho Wy o . Colo . N . iviex . Ariz. Ut ah Nev. Wa sh . Oreg . Calif.

:

936

I

616

: 1,442

I

85 2

I

66 8

:

323

:

878

:

191

:

III

I

425

: 1,216

870 609 1,399 762 635 313 859 181 103 4C8 1,155

8 61

9 0 95 90

842

8 26

775

94

585

115 113 112

706

688

655

95

1, 38 5

82 86 84 1,182

1,203

1, 1 63

97

7 40

100 100 100

850

7 62

740

97

616

75 81 78

502

51 2

478

93

3 21

76 79 79

247

248

254

1 02

83 0

90 92 92

792

790

7 64

97

17 0

90 92 91

172

1 67

155

93

1 00

115 115 109

128

118

1 09

92

396

102 101 95

434

412

37 6

91

1,074

91 91 90 1.nl

1,051

9 67

92

48 States
Alaska Hawaii

: 16,2C8

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15,271 11

14. 67 9 11

93 94 93 14,996

14,426

13,680

95

70 64 55

7.0

7.0

6 .0

86

United

States

: 1 6, 218

15,282

14, 69 0

93 94 93 15,003

14,433

13 , 68 6

95

Y Lambs savedaeI'ined as lambs living July 1, or sold b efore July 1 in the Native States a n d lamb s dock e d or branded i n the Western States.

Aft er Five tay s Ret urn to Unit ed Stat e s Department of Agriculture
Statistical Re porting Service 409A Nor th Lunpki n Street At hens, Ge orgia 30601 OFFI CIAL BUSJN'ESS

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ATHENS, GEORGIA

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TbE_. I B ROILER

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Placement of broiler chicks in Georgia during the we ek ended Fe b r ua r y 21 wa s 9,728, OOO--slightly less than t he previous week but 7 percent more than the comparable week last year, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service.
An estimated 12, 800, 000 broiler type egg s were set by Georgia hatcheri e s -- 1 percent more than the previous w e ek and 3 p ercent more than the comparable w e e k 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 cent s per dozen. The average pr ic e of hatching eggs was 64 cents per dozen. The price of eggs from flocks with hatche r y owned cockerels g enerally wa s 2 cents below the average price. Most pri c e s received for broiler chicks by Georgia hatcheries wer e r eported within a r a nge of $9.00 to ;$11. 00 with an ave r a g e of $ 10 . 0 0 pe r hundred. The averag e pric e s l ast year were 65 c ents for eggs and $9. 75 ,for chicks.

Week Ended

G EORGIA E G G S SET , HA T C HI NGS AND CHICK P L ACEME NTS

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E g g s Set J:../

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I Hatch

Broilers in Georgia

'E g g s

B r oile r Chicks

1968

1969

% of

1968

1969

% of I P er

P er

1969

1970

year ago

_ 1969

_ 1970

I year , D o z.

Hundr ed

ago 19 69-70 19 69-70

Thou.

Thou.

Pet.

Thou.

Thou. Pet. I Cents Dolla r s

Dec . 20 Dec. 27 Jan. 3 Jan. 10 Jan. 17 Jan. 24 Jan. 31 F eb. 7 Feb. 14 Feb. 21

11, 418 10, 895 11,461 11, 471 11,737 11, 779 11, 885 11, 878 12, 207 12,378

12, 267 12, 14 4 12,068 12, 502 12, 273 12 ,320 12, 449 12,795 12, 678 12, 800

107 I 8, 675

111

8, 384

105

8,654

109

8,603

105

8, 296

105

8, 427

105

8, 483

I 108

8,661

104 I 8,841

10 3

I
;

9,062

8,612 8, 122 8,842 9, 108 9, 154 9,139 9,399 9,575 9, 731 9,728

99 97 102

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67 67 67

106

67

110

67

108

67

111

67

I I I I

67

110

67

107

i
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10 .2 5 10. 2 5 10.25 10 .25 10. 2 5 10. 2 5 10.25 10 .25 10 .2 5 10.00

EGG TYPE
Hatch of egg type chicks i n Georgia during the week ended Februa ry 21 w a s 897, 000- -1 percent l es s than the previous week but 12 percent more than the compar a bl e week la st year. An estimated 1, 140,000 eggs for the production of egg type chicks were set by Georgia hatcheries, 8 percent less than the previous week but 16 p ercent m o r e than the comparable week last year.
In the four states that accounted for about 26 percent of the hatch of all e gg type chicks in the U. S. in 1968, hatchings during the we ek ended February 21 wer e
up 7 percent and settings were up 11 percent from a year ago.

State

E GG TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS HATCHED, 1970

I I Eggs_~Set {We ek E nde ~

% of

Chicks ~atche d (~e ek En~ed)

I Jan.

l' e b , F eb.

l' eb , ye ar

Jan. l' e b ,

l' e b ,

l' e b,

31

7

14

21 I a g o 2 / , 3 1

7

14

21

% of
yea r
ag o 2 /

Ga.

I 1,156

Thousands 1,1 43 1, 24'2

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1,140 1116

I

823

Thous ands

889

910

897 ! 112

Ill. Calif.

365* 425 3 80

500 ' 71

2,240 2,263 2,305 2,280 I 131

I 380 330 1,788 1,419

375 1,771

275 65 1,7 34 11 3

Wash.

257

292 311

310 77

155 130

161

2 2 8 127

Total

4,018* 4,1234,238 4 ,230111

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1 3,1462,768 3,217 3,1 34 : 107

I

.

* 1/ Includes eggs set by hatch eri es producing chicks for hatchery supply flocks.

2/ Current week as percent of s ame week last year.

R evised.

B RO ILER TYP E E G G S S E T A N D CHICKS PLA CED IN C O M M E H C IA L ARZA S BY Vl:S1~ 1(S _ 1970 Pag e 2

STA T E

E GGS SET
! !I___._______ __,__ , ," _ _W.~ ek End ed ,. ,__ ._ ., ____ % of

0 H I C .{. S P LA C ~ J:) . _\JY.~_e k }~I} d~g__ .._ .___ __

~- e b .
7

F eb.
14

I F e b .

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21 I ago 1/ ! 7

F e b.
14

~' e b .
21

% of
yea r
ago 1/

THOUSA N DS

TdOU8 .ANDS

Maine

C onne ct i c ut

Penns ylvania

Indiana

Missouri

Delaware

Maryland Virginia

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We s t Virginia

I'

North Ca r ol iria

I South Carolina

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GEORGIA

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2, 123 125
1,743 477 231
2, 821 5, 590 1,788
44 8,249
580
12,795

2, 143 158
1.826 413 254
2,732 5,538 I, 954
36 9,074
640
12 , 6 7 8

2,099 108 182 88
I , 760 110 518 91 255 100
2,752 98 5, 571 101 2, 024 129
44 122 9, 105 114
610 113
12, 800 103

I, 651

1,637

I, 558

116

120

111

139

90

1,007

1,077

I, 101

105

277

230

228

78

459

482

536

128

2,732

2,667

2, 751

96

4,060

3,999

4,007

124

I, 365

1,460

1, 472

114

365

355

305

94

6, 056

6,582

6, 562

113

539

558

554

124

9,575

9.731

9,728

107

Florida Tennesse e Alabama Mis sis s ippi A r k a ns a s Louisiana Texa s Wa s hin gt on Or egon California
TOTAL 1970 (22 States)

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I, 121 751

1, 180 749

1, 225 104 756 108

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10,058 5, 71 4

10, 4 09 5, 875

10, 4 96 107 5, 986 114

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12,739 12, 729 12,9 27 110

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I, 212

1, 236

1, 222 113

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4, 97 8
629 533 2,357

5, 036 775 465
2, 577

4, 979 106
926 17 5 385 102 2, 555 120

1,034

887

917

122

679

729

675

78

7,728

7,884

7,962

109

4, 791

4,941

5,052

112

8, 988

9,050

8,998

113

1 , 0 33

1,050

1,057

121

3,893

3,866

3,9 39

116

4 51

694

50 3

169

3 14 1,853

299 I, 806

435 I, 850

99 126

76,658 78,477 79, 177 109 158. 970 60,095 60,329

111

TOTAL 1969* (22 States)

70 ,952 71,914 72,949

152. 166 53,496 54, 132

%of Last Year

108

109

109

1/ Current w eek as percent of same week last year.

I 113
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112

111

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DISTRICT ~
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Chattahoochee Cl ayton Coweta Douglas Fayette Haralson Ha rr is Heard Henry Lamar Macon Mar ion Meriwether Muscogee Pike Schley Spalding Talbot Taylor Trou p Upson
TOTAL
DISTRICT .2
Baldwin Bibb B1eckley Butts Crawford Dodge Greene Hancock Houston Jaspe r Johnson Jones Laurens Monroe Montgomery Morgan Newton Peach Pulaski Putnam Rockdale Ta1 iaferro Treutlen Twiggs ~J a s h i ngton t.J hee l e r Wi 1kinson
TOTAL

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GEORGIA CORN COUNTY ESTIMATES. 1969 PRELIHINARY

Harvested for Grain

Planted for

Yield

'~ 1 1 Purcoses

i~c reage

Per Acre

Producti on

Acres

i.'..c res

Bushels

Bushel s

4,300 150 370
3,000 760
1,600 I ,800 I ,750 I ,600 2,550 I ,550 11 ,700 7,000 4,500
320 2,500 4,400 1,500
900 8,850 2, 100 1,300
, 64,500

3,500 100 250
2,200 400
1,300 I ,500 1,300 1,350 1,500 1,250 9,000 5,000 4,000
120 2,300 3,700 1,050
800 6,900 1,680
800
50,000

39. I 20.0 40.0 43.2 27.5 40.0 32.7 23.1 31.9 36.0 35.2 49.6 32.0 36.0 16.7
31 .7
37.0 38.1 21.2 38.7 27.4 23.8
37.6

137,000 2 , 0 00 10,000
95, 000 11,000 52,000 49,000 30,000 43,000 54,000 44,000 446,000 160,000 144,000
2,000 73 ,000 137,000 40,000 17,000 267,000 46,000 19,000
1,878,000 '

2,350 1,850 11 .800 . 1,000
2,350 21,500
1,650 4,1+50 11 ,000 1,100 16,100 1,850 48,000
1. ,300 13,700 3,600 2,400 4,700 7,450
1,100 800 500
12,500 6,200 14,800 12,800 5,150
<212, 000

1,700 1,650 9,300
900 I ,550 15,900 1,250 4,100 9,700
800 12,700
900 38,800
500 10,700 2,600
1, 150 4,400 6,600
400 650 450 9,900 5,000 13,100 10,600 3,200
168,500

37.1 40.0 30.4 23.3 25.2 25.2 18.4 18.3 53.3 26.2 30.5 25.6 30.0 28.0 40.2 21.2 20.0 51 1 30.0 25.0 26.2 17.8 30.0 30.0 32.8 33.9 32.5
, 32. 1

63,000 66,000 283,000 21 ,000 39,000 400,000 23,000 75,000 517,000 21,000 387,000 23,000 1 , 1 6 4 , 0 00 14,000 430,000 55,000 23,000 225,000 198,000 10,000 17,000 8,000 , 297,000 150,000 430,000 359,000 104,000
5,402,000















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GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE

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ATHENS, GEORGIA

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Gn 1;97I 0

March 1970

Data from Georgia 1969 Weekly Hatchery Reports on Broiler Chicks (Revised March 1970)

Week Ending
t969

Eggs Set
Thou.

Jan. 4 11,461 Jan. 11 11,471 Jan. 18 11, 737 Jan. 25 11,779

Hatchings and Cross State Movement

'1' otal

Placed

Shipped

Placed

Hatched

for

into

out of

in

Broil e r s State State

Georgia

Thou.

T ho u.

T ho u. Thou.

Thou.

9, 2 15 9, 093

225

664

9, 188

9,059

254

710

8,766

8,650

181

535

9, 186 9,033

99

705

8, 654
8,603 8,296 8,427

Prices

Paid R eceived

Hatch. Broiler

Eggs

Chicks

Cents Dollars

65

9.75

65

9.75

65

9.75

65

,:9. 75

Feb. 1 11, 885

9,239

9,088

131

736

8,483

65

9.75

Feb. 8 11, 878

9,375

9,208

147

694

8,661

65

9.75

Feb. 15 12,207

9,563

9,426

158

743

8,841

65

9.75

Feb. 22 12,378

9,746

9,559

238

735

9,062

65

9.75

Mar. 1 12,449

9,758

9, 578

260

762

9,076

65

9.75

Mar. 8 12,496

9,922

9,726

240 , 684

9,282

65

9.75

Mar. 15 12,472 10,064 9.884

236

692

9,428

65

9.75

Mar. 22 12,614 10,087

9,912

244

743

9,413

65

9.75

Mar. 29 12, 761 10, 169

9,991

312

818

9,485

65

9.75

Apr. 5 12,690 10,210 10,025

304

777

9,55Z

65

9.75

Apr. 12 12,655 10, 263 10,081

284

891

9,468

65

9.75

Apr. 19 12, 631 10, 192

9,994

279

760

9, 513

65

9.75

Apr. 26 12, 666 10,299 10, 103

292

906

9,489

63

9.50

May 3 12,714 10,240

9,997

283

906

9,314

61

9.25

May 10 12,305 10,115 9,909

324

818

9,415

58

8.75

May 17 12,702 10,038 9,831

266

889

9,Z08

58

8.75

May 24 12, 803

9,932

9,744

201

674

9. 271

57

8. 50

May 31 12,637

9,956

9,769

259

919

9, 109

57

8.50

June 7 12,501 10, 104

9,931

295

854

9,372

57

8.50

June 14 11,719 10,151

9,958

261 1,048

9, 171

57

8.50

June 21 12, 217 10,080

9,881

214

863

9,232

57

8.50

June 28 12, 116 10, 098

9,931

308

945

9,294

58

8.75

July 5 12,412

9,228

9,092

253

796

July 12 12, 217 . 9, 4 94

9,367

110

751

July 19 12,086

9,683

9,513

161

962

~uly 26 12, 187

9,885 9,698

259

970

I

8, 549 8,726 8, 712 8,987

60
61 ." 62
62

9. 00 9. 25 9.50 9. 50

Data from Georgia 1969 Weekly Hatchery Reports on Broiler Chicks (Revised March 1970)

Week E n din g 1969

Eggs Set
Thou.

Hatchings and Cros s State Movement

Total l:-'laced

Shipped

Placed

Hatched for

into out of

in

Broilers State

State

Georgia

Thou.

Thou.

Thou. Thou.

Thou.

Prices

Paid

Receive d

Hatch

Broile r

Eggs

Chicks

Cents

Dollar s

A ug. 2 12,021

9, 553

9, 367

273

942

8,698

62

9. 50

Aug. 9 12,039

9,6 66

9, 477

158

977

8,658

62

9.50

Aug. 16 11, 548

.9,370

9, 175

151

853

8.473

63

9.75

Aug. 23 11, 577

9.352

9, 169

251

926

8.494

63

9.75

Aug. 30 10,956

9,376

9,213

209

932

8,490

63

9.75

Sept. 6 9.713

9,269

9,075

254

903

Sept. 13 11, 358

9,28 1

9,088

265

867

Sept. 20 11. 749

8, 57 6

8, 395

21 4

788

Sept. 27 11,388

7, 789

7,597

176

788

8,426 8,486 7, 821 6,985

64

10.00

64

10.00

64

10.00

64

10.00

Oct. 4 10, 139

9,003

8.796

252

871

Oct. 11 10, 145

9,411

9, 173

2 13

904

Oct. 18 11, 785

9, 180

8,97 7

229

951

Oct. 25 11, 956

8,091

7,873

273

558

8, 177 8,482 8,255 7, 588

64

10.00

64

10.00

64

10.00

64

10.00

Nov. 1 11, 814

8, 109

7.893

183

769

Nov. 8 11,566

9,305

9, 115

191

847

Nov. 15 11, 891

9,512

9,326

215

842

Nov. 22 11,629

9, 578

9,323

273

874

Nov. 29 11,847

9,354

9, 182

215

833

7,307 8,459 8,699 8,722 8, 564

64

10.00

65

10.00

66

10.00

66

10.00

66

10.00

Dec. 6 10,910

9,484

9 ,288

227

902

8,613

67

10.25

Dec. 13 11,806

9,218

9,065

265

872

8,458

67

10.25

Dec. 20 12,267

9,312

9, 122

217

727

8,612

67

10.25

Dec. 27 12, 144

8, 813

8,724

220

822

8, 122

67

10.25

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621,094

485,444

42,704

TOTAL

494,848

12, 002

454,742

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ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge

W. A. WAGNER Agr i c ult ur al Statistician

After Five Da ys Return to: United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 30601
OFFICIAL BUSINESS

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POSTAGE & FEES PAID
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District and Countv

March 1970

GEORGIA CORi~ COUNTY ESTIMATES. 1969 PRELIMIN ARY



Planted for All Purposes

.:

Ac rea qe

.Harvested for Grain Yield

:

Per Acre

:

Produc t ion

Ac re s

'\c re s

Bushels

Bushel s

DISTRICT 6

Bulloch Burke Candler Columb ia Eff i ngham Ema nue l Glascock Jefferson Jenk ins McDuf fie Richmond Screven t/a r re n

63,700 27,700 18,400
1,500 10,200 30,700 3,300 13,600 16,000 2,800 2,600 31,600 3,400

52,400 26,500 14,700
1, 16O 9,300 26,000 2,650 11,700 13,800 2,300 2,240 27,500 2,550

41.2 33.0 40.0 21.6 44.0
35.0 31.3 43.0 38.0 27.0 33.0 53.0 22.4

2 ,1 61 ,000 874 , 000 588 ,00 0 25 , 000 409 ,0 00 9 10 , 000 83, 000 503 , 000 5 2 4 , 0 00 6 2 , 0 00 74, 000
1,457 ,00 0 57, 000

TOT.'\L

225,500

192,800

40.1

7,727, 000

DISTRICT 1
Baker Calhoun Clay Deca t u r Dougherty Earl y Grady Lee Miller Mi tche 11 Qui tma n Randolph Semino l e Stewa r t Sumter Terre 11 Thomas ItJe bs t e r
TOT AL

17,300 14,900 7,800 52,000 12,100 34,100 44 ,600 14,700 33,100 46,600 2,400 18,000 22,000 8,400 28,800 19,100 46,300 6,800
429,000

14 , 1 0 0 13,400 7,000 42,000 10,000 28,300 37,600 12,600 27,500 40,500 2,000 16,100 19,000 6,700 22 , 0 0 0 17,000 40 ,300 6,000
362,100

22.3 24.4 37.0 24.4 24.4 27.4 28.5 40.6 20.3 28.0 40.5 34.5 27.4 35.5 40.6 38.6 25.5 42.7
28.9

31 5 ,000 327,000 259,000 1,024,000 244,000 776 ,000 1,070,000 512, 000 559,000 1,13 2,000 81,000 556,000 521,000 238 ,000 894,000 657,000 1,0 26,000 256,000
10, 447,000

~/la rch 1970

GEORGIA CORN COUNTY ESTIMATES, 1969 PRELIMINARY

Distr ict a nd County

: :

Planted for All Purposes

.
:

Ac rea ge

Harvested for Gra in

: :

Yield Per Acre

.

Product ion

.a.c re s

Acres

Bushels

Bushel s

DIST RICT 8

At ki nson Ben Hill Be rr ien B"rooks
CI inch Coffee Co l qui tt Cook Cr i sp Dooly Echol s I rwin Jeff Dav is L'anie r
Lowndes Te Ifa i r Tift Turne r Wi lcox Wor th

11 ,000 13,300 38, 100 44 ,200 1,900 54,400 57,600 27,700 21,700 23 ,100 4,SOO 38,300 21,700 8,700 31,700 20,000 23, 100 16,900 14,800
39,300

9,700 11,300 32,200 38,200 1,440 44,600
50,300 2S, 100 20 ,300 21,000
3,260 32,300 18 , s o o
7,200 26,300 15,400 19,200 14,400 12,400
34,700

44.8
28.5
37.7 33. I 41.0 32.6 25.7 26.0 32.1 32.6 38.0 29.6 35,6 32. 1 29.5 25.5 28.0
23.9 28.0 24.5

435 , 000 322, 000 1, 213 , 000 1,264 ,000
59,000 1,454,000 1,294,000
652,000 6SI,000 685,000 124,000
955,000 659,000 231,0 00 777,000 392,000 538, 000 344 ,000 347,000 849,000

TOT '\L
D"IST RICT ~
App ling Bacon Brantley Bryan Camden Cha r l t on Chat ham Eva ns Glynn Liberty Long Mcintosh Pierce Tattna 11 Toombs vl e re \'!ayne
TOT AL

512,000
31,600 21 ,400 4,500
1,900 30
1,330 1,300 13, 100
130 1,010 2,500
300 31 , 400 36,900 20,300 10, 100 21,600
199,400

437,800
28.900 18,800 3,660 1,470
20 640 940 11,800 80 780 1,720 90 28,900 30 ,400 17,200 9,600 17,SOO
172, SOO

30.3
36.2 37.5 39.6 33.3 50.0 40.6 39.4 34.0 50.0 34.6 40.1 44.4 45.0 39.5 37.2 3S.0 43.0
39.1

13, 245,000
1,045,000 705,000 14S,000 49,000 1, 000 26,000 37,000 401, 000 4 , 000 27,000 69,000 4,000
1,300,000 I ,20 I , 000
640,000 336,0 00 752,000
6,742,000

- --- --- ------------ - ------ ------------ -- -- - - - -- -

ST,,\TE TOT AL

1,70 J , 000

1,426,000

33.0

47 ,058 ,0 00

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C. L. CRENSHAt.J Agr icultu ral Statistician

ARCH IE L :~NGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge

ISSUED BY : The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, USDA, SRS,409A North Lumpkiri Street, Athens , Georgia in cooperat ion with the Georgia Department of Agriculture.











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ATHENS, GEORGIA

M I\f~ 5 19'70

March 4, 1970

-- . .. BROILE Rt TYPE;'~f'J\lHt!8
Placement of broiler chicks in Georgia during the week ended February 28 wa s 9,600,000--1 percent less than the previous week but 6 percent more than the compa r able week last year, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service.
An estimated 13,086,000 broiler type eggs were set by Georgia hat.::heries-- 2 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 $9 .00 to $ 11. 00 with an average of $10.00 per hundred. The average prices last year were 65 cents for e ggs and $9. 7 5 for chicks.

Week Ended

GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS AND CHICK PLACEMENTS

~ggs e et J:./

I

- --A- v_...- -. P.. _r--i.c-e-. - ._ ._- _.-,

Chicks Placed for

Hatch Broiler

Broilers in Georgia

Eggs Chicks

-1968
1969

-1969
1970

%of
year ago

-1968
1969

-1969
1970

%of
year
ago

Per

Per

Doz. Hundr ed

1969-70 1969-70

Thou.

Thou.

Pct. , Thou.

Thou. Pct. Cents Dollars

Dec. 27 Jan. 3 Jan. 10 Jan. 17 Jan. 24 Jan. 31 Feb. 7 Feb. 14 Feb. 21 Feb. 28

10, 895 11,461 11,471 11,737 11, 779 11, 885 11, 878 12,207 12,378 12,449

12, 144 12,068 12, 502 12,273 12,320 12,449 12,795 12,678 12,800 13,086

111

8,384

105

8,654

109

8,603

105

8,296

105

8,427

105

8,483

108

8,661

104

8, 841

103

9,062

105 I 9,076

8, 122 8,842 9, 108 9, 154 9, 139 9,399 9, 575 9, 731 9,728 9,600

97

67

102

67

106

67

110

67

108

67

111

67

111

67

110

67

107

64

106 I 64

10.25 10.25 10.25 10.25 10.25 10.25 10.25 10.25 10.00 10.00

EGG TYPE
Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the week ended February 28 was 916, 000- -2 percent more than the previous week but 2 percent less than the comparable week last year. An estimated 1,322,000 eggs for the production of egg type chicks were set by Georgia hatcheries, 16 percent more than the previous week and 13 percent mo re 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 :b""'e b r ua r y 28 were up 6 percent and settings were up 29 percent from a year ago.

State
Ga. Ill. Calif. Wash.

EGG TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS HATCHED, 1970

Eggs Set (Week Ended)

%of

Chicks Hatched (Week Ended)

Feb. 7

Feb. Feb.

14

21

Feb. year

28

ago 2/

Feb. F eb .

7

14

Feb. 21

r Feb'
28

%of
year
ago 2/

Thousands

Thousands

1, 143 380*
2,263
292

1,242 380
2,305 311

1, 140 500
2,280 310

1,322 113 640 98
2,221 152 394 142

889 330 1,419 130

910 375 1,771 161

897 275 1, 734 228

916 1 98 290 69 1, 712 122 254 107

Total

4,078* 4,238 4,230 4, 577 129

2,768 3,217 3, 134 3, 172 . 106

* 1/ Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatchery supply flocks.

2/ Current week as percent of same week last year.

Revised.

STA T E..J

-- ---
F eb. 14

~.,,--------- - - ._\

Feb.

Feb.

21

28 !

0

----- - - -

aygeoa r 1~ 1

Feb. 14

_

_ I _- ._ -- ..

% . ..... _--- -- ----- - -

of

Peb. 21

~""" e b .
28

I year a go 1/

THOUS ANDS

THOUSAN DS

Maine Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana Missouri Delaware Maryland Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina

2, 143

2,099

2, 186 104

1, 637

1, 558

1, 570

109

158

182

147 52

111

139

III

87

1,826

1, 760

1, 732 100

1,077

1, 101

1,033

108

413

518

551 103

230

228

246

65

254

255

262 96

482

536

502

120

2,732

2,752

2,845 103

2,667

2,751

2,913

98

5,538

5,57 1

5,606 101

3,999

4,007

3,754

114

1,954 36

2,024 44

! 2,044 115 35 69

1, 460 355

1,472 305

1,499 387

124 95

9,074

9, 105

9,201 115 t 6, 582

6,562

6,497

109

640

610

652 115 ! 558

554

556

135

GEORGIA

12,678 12, 800 13,086 105

9,731

9,728

9,600

106

Florida

Tennessee

Alabama

..

Mi s sis sippi

Ar kansas

Louisiana

T exas

Washington

Oregon

Califor ni a

TOTAL 1970 (22 States)

TOTAL 1969* (22 States)

1, 180

1, 225

I , 285 113

887

917

898

122

749

756

812 116

729

675

1, 007

119

i

10,409 10, 49 6 10,624 I II : 7,884

7,962

8,203

109

5,875

5,986

6, 062 116

4,941

5,052

5, 148

11 3

12,729 12, 927 13, 187 III

9,050

8,998

9,259

114

1, 236

1, 22 2

1,214 112

1,050

1, 0 57

90 4

102

5,036 4, 979

5, 147 109 ~ 3, 86 6

3,939

3,994

115

775

9 26

665 110 I 694

503

461

114

465

385

519 195

299

435

421

122

2,577

2,5 55

2, 39 5 119 I 1, 806

1,850

1, 916

115

78,477 79,177 80,257 109 60,095 60,329 60,879

110

"

71,914 72,949 73,336

I 53,496 54, 132 55,325

0/0 of Last Year :I

109

109

109

112

III

110

* 1/ Current week as percent of same we ek last year. R e vi s e d,

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GEORGIA ' S COMMERCIA L BROI LE .2 INCOME $218,23 6,000 IN 1969 C o m m e r cia l broiler pr oduc t i on in G e o r gi a fo r 1969 wa s 442 , 221 , 0 0 0 bir ds . This wa s the 19th cons ecutive year that G eorgi a has led the n ation in broil e r p r od uction. G r o s s income from broiler s p roduced in Geo r gia in 1969 amounted to $ 2 18, 236, 000 . This i s a n increase of $ 17, 987, 000 fr o m t he 19 68 i n c o m e o f $ 20 0 , 249, 000. Averag e liveweight per bird wa s 3.5 pounds, t he s a me as last year. Ave r a ge price pe r pound for the y ear was 14.1 c ents compar ed to 13. 1 c e nts last yea r and 12.2 c e n t s i n 19 6 7. In co m e from comme rcial br oilers excee de d that from any other a g ri cultur al commodity in Georg i a for the fi r s t time i n 195 6. P re li mi nary es ti m a tes indicate that i n 1969 broiler income wa s exceeded by tha t from the s ale of eggs and t he bi r ds used in eg g production. Thus, a fte r 13 ye ars the broiler ha s b een supplant e d by t h e
hen as G eorgia's leading income producer.

PRODUCTION AND VA LUE O..:!--.. G E OR GIA B R OIL E RS (Period 19 5 0- 6 9)

4 7 5-

- - -- --_.._- -- -._- --- ---.-- _. __ . __ " " ._-;- ,';' 7 5

450-

Ye ar 1950

Numbe r s (000)
62,892

V alue (0 00 $)
45,43 3

: _~_~:~:- N u mb er Broiler s
t ue ,- B o-l'r'ars
ERS\Tt Of liEURG\j!.

I

r--I rr:

I
+4 50
,,

400-

195 1 1952 1953 19 54 1955 1956 1957

88,678 11 2 ,6 21 121,6 31 154, 4 7 1 177, 642 222, 780 261,000

6 8 , 53 0 8 8, 610 9 3, 82 6 10 1,951 12 5, 7 00 129 ,836 150, 336

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350 300-

1958
1959 19 60 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

250-

292,119 303,031 320 ,250 348, 200 353,600 359,760 373 ,880 402, 770 4 56 , 19 2 447, 123 436, 748 442, 221

16 4, 521 15 3,000 17 1, 20 6 156, 272 168,031 168, 79 9 174,153 198,566 224,903 190,921 200, 249 218,236

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Year s

1969 COMMERCIAL BROILER PRODUCTION IN 22 STATES

Commercial broiler production during 1969 in the 22 States covered by the we ekly chick placement reports totaled 2,703 million birds, up 7 percent from the 2,537 million produced in 1968 and the largest of record for these States. These 22 State s produced 97 percent of the Nat'ion ts broilers in 1968.

The average price r eceived for the 1969 production in these 22 State s wa s 15. 2 cent s per pound live weight, up from an average of I -l, 1 cents in 1968. The gross incom e f r o m broiler production was $1,473 million compared with $1, 273 million during 1968. Georgia, the leading broiler producing State, had a gross income of $218, 236, 000 fro m broilers. The average live weight per bird produced in 1969 was 3.6 pounds. The number of poun ds produc ed in the 22 States totaled 9,714 million pounds, up 8 percent from 19 68.

The l eading State in number of chicks placed in 1969 was Georgia with 454. 7 million followed by Arkansas with 435. 1; A l a b a m a 369.3; North Carolina 298.1; Missi ssippi 235. 2; Maryland 187 .9; Texas 179.6; Delaware 143 .5; California 82.3 and Maine 76.7 million. Placements of 2,462.3 million in these 10 States accounted for 87 percent of all the broil e r chicks placed in the 22 States in 1969.

State and Total

Commercial Broile r P roduct i on and Gross Income in 22 States, 1968-69

I I I 19 68

Number Pounds

Pri ce

Gross

produced produced pe r lb. _ income

I I 1969
Number Pounds i P r ice

Gros s

produced produced' per lb. incom e

Thou.

Thou.

Cent s

1, 000

Thou.

Thou. Ce nts

1, 000

Dols.

Dol s ,

Maine

72,429

296,959 16 . 1

47,810 72,900

298,890 17. 6

52, 605

Conn.

8, 134

31, 723 16.2

5, 139

6,657

25,297 17.5

4 , "-127

Pa.

45,424

181,696 16.2

29,435 48,998

195,992 16.9

33, 123

Ind.

17, 100

61, 56 0 15. 1

9,295 13, 934

51, 556 16.0

8, 249

Mo .

20,450

71,757 14.7

10, 522 21,796

76,286 15. 5

11, 824

Del.

114,873

436,517 15.5

67,660 133, 503

52 0,662 16.6

86, 430

Md.
v.
W. v.

157,887 56,965 16,460

599,971 187,9 84
59, 2 56

15. 5 15.0 14.8

92,996 28,198
8,770

174,274 63,469 16, 542

679 ,669 16.6 222, 142 16. 1
57, 897 15.2

112,825 3 5, 765 8, 800

N. C.

262,872

972,626 14.4

140, 058 280,637 1, 038,357 15.3

158, 8 69

S . C.

19,543

68,400 13.4

9, 166 24,219

84, 766 14. 1

11, 952

Ga.

436, 748 1,528,61 8 13. 1 200,249 442,221 1,547,774 14. 1 218,236

l'~la.

35,481

124, 184 13 .4

16,641 38,737

135, 580 14. 1

19,117

Tenn.

42, 100

143, 140 15.0

21, ...1:71 46, 132

166,075 15.6

25,908

Ala.

328, 510 1, 149, 785 13.2

151,772 352, 745 1,234,608 14.0

172, 845

Miss.

203,451

691,733 13.0

89,925 221,016

773, 556 14.0

108, 29 8

Ark.

390,947 1,290,125 13.6

175, 457 414,623 1,409,718 15.0

2 1 1,4 58

La.

42,776

153,994 13.5

20,789 46,706

168, 142 14.4

24 , 21 2

Texas

161,940

566,790 14.4

81,618 170, 574

59 7,009 15.5

92, 536

Wash.

21,288

80, 894 17.7

14, 318 21,436

83,600 18.4

15, 382

l__ ____ __ Oreg.

13,750

49,500 17. 7

8,762

Calif.
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T otal 1 2, 536, 792 9,004,153

14. 1 1, 272, 733 2, 702, 576

15.2 9,713,643

1,473, 329

U. S. Department of Agriculture

Georgia Department of Agriculture

Statistical Reporting Service

409A North Lumpkin Street, Athens, Georgia 30601

ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge

W. A. WAGNER Agricultural Statistician

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Statistical Reporting Service 4 09A North Lumpkin Street
Athens, Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS

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Georgia Crop Repo r ting Serv ice

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VEGET ABLES FOR FRESH Mt:fKET

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MI\RCH I, 1970

L-. LiBRARIES J ~

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1970

Early Sprinq Cabbaqe: Plant growth has been delayed by cold weather, and harvest ing i s expected to be later than normal. Stands from older p l a n ti ngs are
good, a nd transplanting of a small late acre age has be en co~pleted.

Wa t e rme l o n Intentions: Land p repa ra t ion i s making good progress, but cold temperatures have he l d plant ings to a min imum as of March 1 in sout hern areas.
Plant in g i s e xpe c t e d to be wel l unde r way by mid-March i n central areas. Seed suppl ie s are
reported to be adequate, with Cha r l es t o n Greys and Jub ilees being the leading var ieti es. A
I-percent decrease is indicated f o r the 1970 prospective acreage for harvest.

UN ITED STqTES

Snap Beans: Product ion of winter snap beans in Flor ida i s estimated at 250,000 hundred-

----

we i ght , down sharpl y from the 1969 crop of 566,000 hundredweight. Smaller

acreage a nd lower yields account for the reduction. Harvest of bush beans continues i n the

Pompano and south Dade County areas. Pole beans are also available from south Dade County.

Suppl ies are expected to increase during the latter part of March.

Cabbaqe: Wi nt e r cabbage production is forecast at 6,805,000 hundredweight, 11 pe rce nt
less than the 1969 crop. In Florida head sizes have been small but improving ,a s new fields come into product ion . Suppl ies should increase gradually in March with peak volume expected to be delayed until Ap ri l . The Texas harvest was at peak volume in t he Low~r Rio Grande Valley in February with other south Texas areas furnishing 1 ight suppl ie s . The c rop
has generally made good growth although a few late fields in the San Ant on io-H i nte r Garden area show the effects of the January freeze. Moderate to good suppl ies are expected from the Lower Valley in March with diminishing movement from the Winter Garden. The Arizona crop i s in good condition. Wa rm temperatures were beneficial to the development of late plantings.

The early sprinq cabbage acreage is estimated at 9,050 acres for harvest compared with 10,000 acres harvested in 1969. First movement from South Carol ina is expected by early ~p r i l . Cold weather and excessive moisture during January and February delayed plant growth i n Georg ia. Harvest is expected to get under way by mid- April. Stands are good, but warmer weather is needed. The Mississippi crop was generally set before mid-February. Plants are i n fa ir to good condition. In Louisiana, harvest is past peak in the New Orleans area and should start about Ap r i l 1 in the Breaux Bridge area. In Cal ifornia, cutting is expected to start about the first of April.

Watermelons: Growers intend to harvest 197,400 acres of early summer watermelons this year compared with 198,800 acres harvested in 1969 and 200,600 acres harvested in
1968. Planting of the South Carol ina crop is expected to start in early March in the southern counties and by late March in the Pageland-Jefferson area. Adequate to excessive rain in Georgia has delayed land preparation. Planting was getting under way in southern counties the first week in March. In Alabama, plantings in coastal counties began the last week of February a nd in other southern counties is expected to begin early in March. Rain and wet fields delayed seedbed preparation in some local ities. In Mississippi, planting should start about the middle of March. In Louisiana, wet soils have 1 imited field preparation. Planting is expected to be active by mid-March. Seedbed preparation is well under way in the Terral-Ryan area of Oklahoma. Planting is expected to start about Ap r i l 1 in Texas. Cool, wet weather restricted ' g rowt h and delayed completion of planting in south Texas areas. February rains in south central and east Texas delayed field work but planti ng is expected to begin by mid-March. Planting of the Ar i zona crop is expected to be completed by mid-March. Weather during February was favorable for early crop development.

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Tomatoes: The early sprinq tomato acreage, at 20,600 acres for harvest in 1970, compares with 23,700 acres harvested in 1969. In Florida, transplanting con tinues in
the Ft. Pierce and Manatee-Ruskin-Wauchula areas. Adverse weather has slowed growth. In Texas, seeding was completed in February with transplanting expected to end in early March. Early set plants are making good growth and some are beginning to bloom. Harvest is expected t o start in late April.

Crop a nd State

ACRE /\GE /\ND ESTIMATED PRODUCTION REPORTED TO D.'\TE, 1970 HITH COMPARISONS

. Acreaqe
Ha rvested

: For :

Yie 1d pe r acre

:

Product ion

. 1968

:harvest:

:

: Ind. :

:

.

1969 : 1970 : 1968 : 1969 : 1970: 1968 : 1969 :

[nd . 1970

CABB AGE .U
~J i nte r: Flor ida
Texas i\ r i zona Cal ifornia
Group Total ~ Sprinq:
South Ca ro I ina Georgia Missi ssippi
Louis iana Ca I i forn ia
Group Total

- Ac re s -

- Hundredweight - _ 1,000 hundredweight -

17,000 12,500
1,900
{.. ?nn
37,600
2,000 2.500
700 2,000 2,700 9.900

17,600 16.500 230 230

21,000 19,000 150 125

1.500

1.000 145 110

Li Linn

Li {..nn 250 175

44 ,500 4 I , 100 202 171

1.900

I ,200

2 . 600

2,500

500

450

2.200

1.900

2,800

3,000

10,OQQ_. _.9.... 050

75

65

110 120

90

80

100 110

245 240

_131)____ 139

175 3.910

145 1.875

150

276

220 1. 550

166 7.611

150
275 63 200 662
-.L350

4.048 2,625
..165
- 77n
7,608

124 31 2 40 24 2 672 1,390

Ap r , 8

WATERMELONS
Late Sprinq 1/

61.600

59,100 55.700 136 135

8,372 7.963 May 8

Early Summer 1/

North Ca ro 1 ina

6,000

7.100

6,900

65

88

390

625

South Ca ro I ina

24,000

24,000 23,000

68

67

1,632 I .608

Georgia

39.500

37,500 37.000

90

80

3.555 3,000

.1\ 1abama

14.500

13,500 14.400

90

85

1.305 1.148

Mississippi

8.500

10,000 11.000

78

68

663

680

Arkansas

5.800

6,200

6.000

85

80

493

496

Louisiana

3.300

3,400

3,800

90

75

297

255

Oklahoma

11.000

11 ,500 11.500

70

80

770

920

Texas

74.000

70.000 72.000

65

67

4.810 4,690

Ari zona

4.000

5,100

3.800 170 150

680

765

Ca I i forn i a

10.000

10,500

8,000 160 145

1,600

1 ,5 2~

Group Total

200,600 198.800 197.400

81

79

16.195 15.710

1/ Fresh Market and Processing 1/ 1970 acreage for harvest is prospective acreage.

July 8

.!\RCH IE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge

L. H. HARI\! S. J r~.
Vegetable Crop Estimator

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BR OIL ER T YPE

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LIB RA R ~

Plac em ent of broil er chicks i n Georg fa du h n g "th-e-wJek ended M a r c h 7 w a s

,9, 4 53 , 0 00 - - 2 percent l e s s than the previous w e ek but 2 percent more than the

comparable week last year, a ccording to the G eorgia Crop R e po r ti ng Se r vi ce .

A n e s ti m ate d 13,114,000 broiler type eggs were set by Georgia hatcheries--

slightly more than the previous week and 5 p ercent more than the comparable week

"a year e a r li e r .

:

T he majority of t he price s paid to G eorgia producer s for broiler hatching eggs

were r eport ed within a rang e o f 60 to 70 c ent s per dozen. The average p r ic e of

hatching egg s w a s 64 cents p e r do zen. T he price of eggs from flocks with hatche r y

owned cockerels generally wa s 2 cents b elow t he average price. Mo s t price s r ece i ve d

fo r broiler chicks by G eor g i a ha t c h e r i e s w ere re p o r t e d within a range of $ 9 . 00 to

$11.00 with an a v e rage of $ 10 .00 per hun dre d . The average prices last y e ar w er e 65

'c e n t s fo r eg g s a n d $ 9 . 7 5 fo r c hi cks .

Week Ended

GEORGIA EGGS SET, HAT CHINGS AND CHICK PLACEMENTS

E gg s S e t !J

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1969

1970

%of
year ago

Chicks Placed for

Broilers in Georgia

% of

1969

1970 year

ago

A v . P rice

Hat ch

B r oile r

Eggs

Chicks

Per

P er

Doz.

Hundre d

1970

1970

Thou.

Thou.

Pct.

Thou.

Thou. Pct. Cents

Dolla r s

Jan. 3 Jan. 10 Jan. 17 Jan. 24 Jan. 3 1 Feb. 7 Feb. 14 Feb. 21 Feb. 28 Mar. 7

11,461 12,068 105

8,654

8,842 102

67

11,471 12, 502 109

8,603

9, 108 106

67

11,737 12, 273 105

8,296

9, 154 110

67

11,779 12,320 105

8,427

9, 139 108

67

11, 885 12,449 105

8,483

9,399 III

67

11, 878 12, 795 108

8, 661

9, 575 111

67

12, 207 12,678 104

8, 841

9, 731 110

67

12,378 12, 800 103

9,062

9,728 107

64

12,449 13, 086 105

9,076

9,600 106

64

12,496 13, 114 105

9,282

9,453 102

64

10.25 10 .2 5 10. 25 10. 25 10. 25 10. 25 10. 25 10.00 10 .00 10.00

EGG TYPE
Hatch of e gg type chicks in G eorgia during the week ended March 7 was 975, 000-6 percent more than the previous week and 9 percent more than the comparable week l a st year. An estimated 1, 294, 000 eggs for the production of egg type chicks were s et b y Georgia hatcheries, 2 p ercent less than the previous week but 19 percent more than t he comparable week last year.
In the four states that accounted for about 26 percent o f the hatch o f all eg g typ e chicks in the U. S. in 1968, hatchings during the week ended March 7 wer e up 2 per c ent and settings were up 12 percent from a year ago.

State
,

I EGG TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS HATCHED, 1970

Eggs Set (Week Ended)

0/0 of

Chicks Hatched (W e ek Ended) % of

F eb.

F eb. Feb.

Ma r . ye a r

Feb. F eb .

F eb.

Ma r . yea r

14

21

28

7

ago 2/

14

21

28

7 ' ago 2/

Thousands

Thousands

Ga.

I, 242 I, 140 I, 32 2 1, 294 119

Ill.

410* 500 640

510

75

Calif. 2, 305 2,280 2,2 21 2,28 8 115

Wash.

311

310 39 4

322 164

910 375 I, 771 161

897 275 1, 73 4 2 28

916 290 1, 712 254

Total

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4 , 26 8* 4,230
,
gg s set" by

4, 577 nat" cne r i

e

4 s

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112 ng

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s

3, 1. 72
upply

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* 2/ Curr ent w eek as p erc ent of s ame we e k la st year.

Revi s e d.

975 325 1,7 32 272
.3,3 04

I! 109 66
II 109 11 0
Ii 102

B R OIL E .8. TYPS E G G S SET AND C HICKS P L A CE D IN COMME _~ CIA L A~E AS B Y WE EKS - 1970 P a g e 2

STA TE

E GGS SET

CHICKS l-'LA CE 0

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F eb .

Fe b.

Mar .

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Ma r .

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year

i
I

21

28

7

ago 1/ I 2 1

28

7

ago 1/

I

THOUSANDS

T H O USA NDS

Ma ine Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana Mis souri Delaware Ma r ylan d Virginia We s t Virginia North Carolina South Carolina

2, 099

2, 186

2, 186 104 I 1, 558

1, 570

1, 590

116

182

147

137 50

139

111

124

89

1, 760

1, 732

1, 805 100

1, 101

1,033

1, 152

113

518

551

427 80

228

246

175

56

255

262

265 87

536

502

506

110

2, 752

2,845

2,868 106

2,751

2,913

2,758

91

5, 571

5, 606

5, 663 104

4, 007

3,754

3,814

104

2,024

2, 044

2,057 122

1,472

1,499

1,439

113

44

35

43 100

305

387

430

124

9, 105

9,201

9, 125 116

6, 562

6,497

6, 890

115

610

652

670 125

554

556

616

145

GEORG IA

12,800 13, 08 6 13, 114 105

9,728

9,600

9,453

102

Florida Tennes see Alabama Mi s sis sippi A rkansas L ouis iana Texas Wa s hingt on Oregon Californi a
T O TA L 1970 (22 Sta te s )

1,225

1,285

1, 269 109

917

898

994

148

756

8 12

789 119

675

1,007

987

126

10,496 5, 986

10, 624 6, 062

I 10, 9 14 112
6, 178 120

7,962 5,052

8,203 5, 148

8,305 5,324

109 115

12 ,927 13, 187 13, 20 0 I II

8,9 98

9,259

9,097

110

1, 222

1, 214

1, 223 112

1, 057

90 4

1, 140

109

4, 979

5, 147

5, 2 16 I II

3,939

3,994

4,050

120

926

665

799 98

385

5 19

55 3 193

50 3

461

582

97

435

421

403

162

2, 555

2, 395

2, 311 112

1, 850

1,916

1,899

122

79, 177 80,257 80,812 110

60 ,329 60, 879 61,728

110

TOTAL 196 9*

72 ,949 73,336 73, 435

(22 States)

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0/0 of Last Year

I I

109

109

110

17 Cu r r ent w eek ~ s percent of same week last year.

154 , 132 55,325 56,078

* III III R evised.

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March 16, 1970 PROSPE CTIVE PLANTINGS

1970

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Bas ~~; ~~ f~rmers' Ip l a ns as of March 1, the total acreage planted and to be p l an te d t o c lops in th ~~t~te ~ ~iJ year will be smaller than 1969, according to the Georg i a Crop Re po r t i ng Service. Indicated a c rea ge s are l ess than last year for corn, cotton, oats, swe e t po t a t oes and hay. Ac rea ge s equal to or above l ast year's are indicated for barley, tobacco , so r ghum, soybeans, and peanuts.

The purpose of thi s rep o r t i s to a s s i s t growers generally

in making such ch a nge s in their acreage plans as may a ppe a r

desirable. Acreages actually planted this year can be more

or less than indicated for such reasons as weather or e conomi c

conditions, labo r supply, farm programs, and how this report

affects farmers' actions.

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PROSPECTIVE PLANTINGS FOR 1970

CR0 P

1968 Thousands

P LAN TED
1969 Thousands

/\ C R EA G E S Indicated 1970 Thousands

197 0 a s perce nt of 1969 Pe r cent

. Corn ,
Oats Barl ey Cotton

a..1...1............................................

..:
: :

I ,70 I 200
7 410

I ,70 I 200 6 410

1,684 196 6 405

99 98 100
99

Sweetpotatoes :

...... Tobacco, a II 1/

:

........ . Sorghums, a II

:

9 57.4
42

8.5 60.6
50

8.0

94

67.7

112

50

100

Soybeans 1/. . . . . . . . . . .. :

525

514

529

103

Peanuts 1/ ............ :

513

518

518

100

Hay, all 1/ .......... :

435

439

430

98

1/ Acreage harvested. 1/ Grown alone for all purposes.

Corn Acreaqe Down 1 Percent: Georgia farmers have indicated they will plant 1,684, 000 ac res of corn for all purposes this year. If these intention s a re followed ,
the 1970 acreage will be 17,000 less than both last year and 1968.

Cotton Acreage Down 1 Percent: The State's 1970 cotton acreage is indicat ed at 40 5, 000 acre s , 5,000 less than the 410,000 planted last year and 1968 .

Tobacco Up 12 Percent: The regular tobacco allotment, adjusted for under marketin gs for 1969, along with grower intentions, indicates a total of 67,000 acres of
Type 14 tobacco to be planted in 1970. Growers intend to plant 700 acres of Type 62 to bac co which gives a combined total of 67,700 acres. Last year, Georgia farmers grew 59, 500 a c re s of Type 14 and 1,050 acres of Type 62, or a total of 60,550 acres.

Peanut Acreage Unchanqed: Peanuts planted alone for all purposes were indicated at 518 , 000 acres, the same as the previous year.

Oats Down 2 Percent: The acreage seeded to oats for the 1970 crop is indicated at 196 , 000 acres - 4,000 acres less than planted in 1969.

Soybean Acreaqe Up 3 Percent: Georgia growers indicated they would plant 529,000 acre s of soybeans (alone for all purposes) in 1970, compared with 514, 000
last year and 525,000 in 1968.

Sorghum Unchanqed: A total of 50,000 acres of sorghum is expected to be plante d for a l J pu rpose s in 1970, the same as last year but 8,000 acres more than plant e d in 1968.

Please turn page for United States information

UlJITED STATES PROSPECTIVE PLAUTIHGS FOR 1970
Pl a nt i ng intentions for the 17 crops in the Ma r ch 1 survey are for 8 t otal of 258 ni l lion a cr e s -- 3 percent or 6 .4 Di l l i on acres nore than planted l a st yea r .

PIAlfTED ACREAGES, Ui:ITED STATES -y

CROP

:

1968

;
:

1969



Indi cated 1970

: 1970 as per ce nt : of 1969

Thousands

Thousands

Thousands

Pe r c e nt

Cor n, a l l

:

Durun wheat

:

Ot he r spr i ng wheat :

Oats

:

Ba r ley

:

Cotton

:

Sorghuns , a l l Sweet pot a t oe s

.:

~ Tobacc o
Soybean s 3

: :

Peanut s
Hay ?J

11

: :

65, 126
3, 679 9,540 23 , 166 10,477 10, 912 18,014
149 880
42,037 1,493
62, 693

64,257 3,406 7,786
23,636 10,158 11,898
17 , 438 154 921
42,088
1,506 61,838

66,662 2,398 8,540 24,596 10 , 6 73 12,224
18 ,557 146
899 43,064
1,513 62,065

?J U Does not include Alaska and IIawaii .

Acreage harvested .

purposes .

103 .7 70 .4
109 7 104 .1 1051 102.7 106.4 95 .2 97 .6 102 3 100 5 100 . 4
3.1 Grown a l one f or a l l

Cor n plantings are exp ected to total 66.7 13illion a cres, up 4 percent fr~3 t he 64 . 3 . .._- planted last year and 2 percent above 1968 .
Cot t on acreage intent ions, at 12 .2 Dillion acres , are 3 perce nt above the 11. 9 planted a year ag o, and 12 pe r cent higher than 1968 .
Soybean intende d p lantings, at 43 .1 ni l l i on acres f or all purpose s , a r e expe ct ed to be record high for the tenth consecutive year, 2 percent above the 42 .1 i n 1969.
Durw.l wheat plantings are exp ected to total 2.4 ni llion acres, 30 percent l e s s t han t he 3 .4 in 1969 , and 35 pe r cent below 1968.
Other s~ring wheat prospective acreage planted, at 8 . 5 nillion a cr e s, i s 10 percent above the 7.8 planted last year, but 10 percent less than 1968 .
Oat prospe ctive plantings, at 24. 6 nillion acres, are 4 percent above the 23 .6 planted a year earlier, and 6 percent above 1968 .
Barley plantings are expected to t otal 10. 7 [lillion acres, 5 percent above the 10.2 planted a year ear l i er and 2 percent above 1968.
IIay a cr eage for harve st i s expected to total 62 .1 uillion acres, up slightly f r ou t he 61.8 harvested in 1969, but down 1 percent fr~:l 1968 .
Tobacco acreage to be set , at 899 thousand acres, is 2 percent l e s s than the 921 l ast year, but 2 percent above 1968 .

ARCUIE IAlJGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge

C. L. CREUSlIAW Agricultural Stat istician

ISSUED BY: The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, USDA, 409A Nor-th Lumpkf,n Street , At he ns , Ga , , in cooperation with the Georgia Departnent of Agri cultur e.

Aft er Five Days Return to Uni t ed State s Departnent of Agriculture
Stat ist i ca l Repor t i ng Service 409A Hor t h Lumpkf.n Street At he ns, Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSTIlliSS

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February 1970 Re l ea se d 3/16/70

FEBRUARY MILK PRODUCTION UP 7 PERCENT

Milk production on Georgia farms during February totaled 95 mill ion pounds, accord ing to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. This was 6 mill ion pounds above February 1969 but 7 mill ion pounds below the previous month, due mainly to the difference in number of days.

Production per cow in herd averaged 680 pounds - 45 pounds above the previous year but 50 pounds below the previous month.

The estimated average price received by producers for all wholesale milk during February
was $6.95 per hundredweight. This was 5 cents below the January 1970 price but 40 cents above the February 1969 price.

MILK PRODUCTION AND PRICES RECEIVED AND PAID BY DAIRYMEN

Georqia

:

United St ates

Item and Unit

Feb. 1969

Jan. 1970

Feb. 1970

Feb. 1969

Jan. 1970

Feb. 1970

Mil k product ion, mill ion I bs ,
Production per cow
Ibs. 1/
Number milk cows
thousand head

89

102

95

8,792

9,412

8,840

635

730

680

687

750

706

140

140

140

12,795 12,544 12,529

Prices Received-Dollars 1/

All wholesale milk, cwt. 1/
Flu id mil k > cwt , Manufactured milk, cwt. Mi Ik cows, head

6.55 6.55
210.00

7.00 7.00
235.00

6.95 235.00

5.45
5.91 4.33 285.00

5.81 6.22 4.78 315.00

5.72 320.00

Prices Paid-Dollars 1/

Mixed Dairy Feed, ton 14 percent protein 16 percent protein 18 percent protein 20 percent protein
Hay, ton

69.00 75.00 78.00 82.00
34.00

72.00 79.00 83.00 85.00
37.00

71.00 79.00 85.00 88.00
37.00

: 67.00 : 72.00 : 75.00 : 78.00 : : 32.20

69.00 74.00 77 .00 81.00
33.80

70.00 75.00 78.00 82.00
33.90

1/ Monthly average. 1/ Dollars per unit as of the 15th of the month except wholesale milk which is average for
month. }/ Revised.

ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge

W. PAT PARKS Agricultural Statist ician

Th; Georgi-; Crop-R;port(;;g-S;r~i~e~USDA~ 409A-North-L~mpkin-Str;et,-Ath~ns>-G;0-;:gia~In- - - cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agr iculture.

UNITED STATES MILK PRODUCTION

February milk production up 1 percent from a year earl ier

United States milk production in February is estimated at 8,840 mill ion pound s, 1 percent more than a year earl ier. Daily average production increased 4 percent from January to Feb ruary compared with a 3 percent increase between these months a year earl ier. Feb ruary output per cow provided 1.54 pounds of milk per person daily for all uses, compared with 1.48 pounds a month earl ier and 1.55 pounds a year earl ier.

Production above a year earl ier in most States

Milk production equaled or exceed~d a year earl ier in all North At l a nti c St a t es exce pt New Jersey where production was down 2 percent. In the East North Central States production wa s down in Ohio and 111 inois, but up elsewhere. In the West North Central, production was down in all States except Missouri, where it was unchanged. Production was up in all South At la nt ic States. Mississippi and Arkansas were unchanged, but all other South Central St ates were above a year earl ier. In the West, 7 States reported increased production a nd 4 we re unch anged from a year earl ier.

Product ion per cow up 3 percent. milk cowi down 2 percent

February milk production per cow was a record high 706 pounds, up 3 pe rcent from a year earl ier. Relatively mild weather over much of the Nation during February helped boos t out put per cow. February rate per cow was at record high levels in 38 States and highest i n Ar i zona at 925 pounds. Following were Minnesota, 860 pounds; Cal ifornia, 845 pounds; and New Jer sey and Hawaii each with 830 pounds.

Milk cows on farms during February were 12,529,000 head, 2 percent less than a year earl ie r .

Month

Milk per cow and 'milk production by months, United States

Milk per ~ow_ I f :

1968

1969,

1970 ' :

Pounds --

:

__ Milk production

1968

1969

1970

-- Mill ion pounds

17
Change from 1969 Percen t

January Feb rua ry

717

734

750: 9,495

9,411

9,412

0.0

696

687

706: 9.187

8.792

8.840

10. 5

Jan.-Feb. total

18,682. 18,203 18.252

;10.3

Ma rch Apr i I May June July August September Octobe r November December

775

780

796

806

858

867

826

847

783

800

740

764

701

726

706

725

677

691

711

730

: 10,197 : 10,457 : 11,235 : 10,786 : 10,202 : 9,612 : 9,083 : 9,124 : 8,717 : 9.139

9,960 10,265 11,034 10,759 10,142 9,673 9,165 9,138 8,691 9.170

Annual

: 8,992

9,158

1/ Excludes milk sucked by calves.

: 117,234 116,200

Af t e r Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street At he ns , Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS

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March 18, 1970

BROIL ER TYPE
P l a c e me nt of broiler chicks in Georgi a during the wee k e n de d March 14 was " 5 85, 000--1 percent more than the previous week and 2 pe r cent mor e tha n t he compa r able week l ast year, a c co r din g to the Georgia Crop Rep o rting Service .
An estimated 13,005, 000 broile r type eggs were s e t by Georgia hatcheries--l p erce nt less than the previous we ek but 4 percent more than the compar able w e ek a year ear lie r .
The majority of the prices paid to Georgia producer s for broile r hatching eggs wer e r eported within a range of 60 to 70 cents per dozen. The averag e p rice of hat ching eggs was 64 cents per dozen. The price of eggs from flock s with ha t cher y owned cockerels generally was 2 cent s below t he average p r ice. Most p r i ces re ceived for broiler chicks by Geor gia ha tche ries wer e reported within a rang e o f $ 9 . 0 0 to $11.00 with an average of $10.00 pe r h undred. The averag e prices l a st year we re 6 5 c e n t s fo r eggs and $9.75 fo r chicks.

We ek Ended

GEORGIA E GG S SET, HAT C HI NGS A N D CHIC K PLACE MENT S

E gg s Set})

1969

1970

0/0 of
year ago

Chicks Placed for

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E gg s Chicks

1969

1970

0/0 of
year ago

Per Do z. 19 70

Per H undre d 1970

Thou.

Thou.

Pct.

Thou.

Thou. Pct. Ce nts Dollar s

Jan. 10 Jan. 17 Jan. 24 Jan. 31 F eb. 7 Feb. 14 F eb. 21 Feb. 28 Mar. 7 Mar. 14

11,471 11,737 11, 779 11, 885 11, 878 12 , 207 12,378 12,449 12,496 12,472

12, 502 12, 273 12,320 12,449 12, 795 12, 678 12,800 13,086 13,114 13,005

109

8,603

105

8,296

105 I 8,427

105

8,483

108

8, 661

104

8,841

103

9,062

105

9,076

105

9,282

104

9,428

9, 108 9, 154 9, 139 9,399 9,575 9,731 9,728 9,600 9,453 9,585

106

67

110

67

108

67

111

67

III

67

110

67

107

64

106

64

102

64

102 , 64

10.25 10.2 5 10. 25 10.25 10.25 10. 25 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00

EGG TYPE
Hatch of egg type chicks i n Georgia during the week e n de d Mar c h 14 was 90 3 , 000 --7 percent less than the previous week but 5 percent more than the comparable week last year. An estimated 1,404,000 eggs for the production of egg type chicks w ere set by Georgia hatcheris, 9 percent more than the previous week and 15 pe r c ent mo r e t han the com pa r a bl e week last year.
In the four states that accounted for about 26 percent of the hatch o f a ll e gg t ype chicks i n the U. S. in 1968, hatchings during the week ended Ma r c h 14 we re up 8 pe rc e n t and settings we r e up 12 p ercent from a year ago.

St a t e

EGG TYPE EGGS SET A ND CHICKS HAT CHED, 1970

I Eggs Se t (Week Ended)

% of ; Chicks Hat c he d (We ek E n de d)

I F eb.

F e b . Mar. Ma r . i year

Feb. Feb .

Mar.

Mar.

21

28

7

14 l a g 0 2 /

21

28

7

14

Thousands

I

I

I

Thous an ds

\ % of
I year
I ago 2/

G a. IlL Calif. Wash.
T otal

1,140 515*
2,280 310

1,322 640
2,221 394

, _4,245~__42 7 7

1,294 510

1, 404 \115 795 117

i 2,288 2,156 1 10 7

322

4 2 8 11 4

I
4, 4 ~__4 , 783_ L112

897 275 1,734 228

916 290 1, 7 12 2 54

I 3,13 4 3, 17 2

9 75 3 25 1,7 3 2 272
3,3 04

903 \ 10 5 3 90 I 74 1, 729 113 4
239 ! 68
I
3, 26 1 [ 10 8

* 1/ In clude s eggs set by hatche ries producin g chicks for hat c h e r y supply fl ocks .

2/ Cur r e nt week as percent of same week last year.

Revi se d.

B ROILER T YPE EGGS S ET AND CHI CKS P L A CE D IN COMMEH CIA L AREAS B Y WE E KS - 19 70 P ag e 2

S TAT E

E G GS SE T

I.I,

C HI C ;.( S PLA C Z D

%of
year a go 1/

Ma i ne Connecticut P enns ylvania Indiana Mis sour i Delaw ar e Ma ryland V irg inia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina
GEORGIA
Florida Tennesse e Alabama Mis sis sippi Ar kansa s L ouis i a na T exas Wa shin gt on Oregon California
TOTAL 1970 (22 States)

2, 186

2, 186

2, 16 3 103

1, 590

1, 603

119

147

13 7

178 79

124

132

87

1, 732

1, 805

1, 710 101 I, 1,033

1, 152

1, 070

121

551 262

427 26 5

440 313

86 103

'" I
I

24 6 502

175 506

27 4

101

501

93

2,845 5, 606

2,86 8 5, 663

I 3, 03 5 112
5,657 105

2,9 13 3,754

2,758 3,814

2, 581 4 , 106

89 109

2,044

2, 057

2, 137 122

1,499

1,439

1, 547

127

35

43

45 129

387

430

353

104

9,201

9, 125

8,972 112

6,497

6,890

6, 895

114

652

670

672 123

556

616

557

115

13, 086 13, 114 13,005 104

9,600

9,453

9, 585

102

1, 28 5

1, 269

1,242 109

898

994

985

117

812 10,624

789 10,914

780 10, 959

I 102

1,007

115

8,203

987 8,305

997 8, 384

142 112

6,062 13, 187

6, 17 8 13, 200

6, 200 120 13, 165 107

5,148

5,324

5, 430

117

9,259

9,097

9, 137

104

1,214

1, 223

1, 23 1 112

90 4

1, 140

1, 142

1 16

5, 147

5, 2 16

5,2 16 104

3,994

4, 0 50

4, 059

115

665

79 9

712 93

4 61

582

690

176

519 2,395

55 3 2, 3 11

490 135 2,336 116

4 21

403

274

99

1, 91 6

1,899

1,942

115

80,257 80, 812 80 , 658 109

60, 879 61, 728 62, 244

1 10

TOTAL 1969* (22 States)

73, 448 73,916 73,884

55,327 56,275 56,6 60

0/0 of Last Year

109

109

109

110

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110

110

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Ite m
Broiler Type
Pullets Placed (U. S. )31
. T otal Domestic

During Feb.

1969 II

1970 21

Thou.

Thou.

0/0 of
last year
Pct.

3,410 2, 806

3,794 111 3,231 115

Jan. thru Fe b.

1969 1I

1970 21

Thou.

T ho u.

6, 839 5,765

7,461 6,372

0/0 o f last ye ar P ct .
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Chickens Tested Broiler Type : Georgia
Unite d State s Egg Type I Georgia
United States

599 1,992
16 556

600 100 2,934 147
25 156 598 108

1, 236 4,815
35 1, 268

1, 207

98

5,352

III

47

134

1,334

105

Chicks Hatched Broiler Type
Georgia United States Egg Type Georgia United States

38,368

40,936 107

78,688

84, 541

107

228, 112 253,667 111

464, 537

522,9 68

113

3, 171 40,297

3,612 114 47,048 117

5,776 78, 341

7,379

128

92,723

118

Commercial Slaughter:41

Young Chickens

Georgia

28,620

30,920 108

61,557

65,061

106

United States

182, 593 204,601 112

394,219

431,973

110

Mature Chickens

Light Type Georgia

798

1,673 210

NA

3, 456

-

United States

10, 723

10,480 98

23, 014

21,608

94

l Heavy Type Georgia

181

377 208

NA

764

-

United States

1,703

2,463 145

3,887

4,995

129

Egg Production Geo r gia
Hatching Other

Mil.
83 343

Mil.
78 94 336 98

Mil.
165 723

Mil.

163

99

727

101

Total
S o ut h Atlantic 51
Unite d State s

426

1, 078

~

5,281

414 97 1. 112 103 5,326 101
I

888 2,235 10, 988

890

100

2,361

106

11, 198

102

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- e ggs sold during the preceding month at the rate of 125 pullet chicks pe r 30-doz. cas e

of egg s .
41 F e d e r a l - St a t e Market News S ervice Slaughter reports only include poultr y s l a ug ht e re d

- under Federal Inspection. .
51 S outh Atlantic States: ner ., Md., W. v s., N. C., S. C., Ga., Fla., v .

NA- Not Available

United States Department of A gr i c ult ur e

Georgia Department of Ag r i c ult ure

Statistical Reporting Service, 409A North Lumpkin Street, A thens, G eor gia 30601

State

YOUNG CHICKENS: SLAUGHTERED UNDER FEDERAL INSPECTION BY SELECTED STATES, 1968, 1969 and 1970

Number Inspected

During Jan.

Jan. thru Dec.

1969

1970

1968

1969

Indicated Percent Condemned

During Jan.

Jan. thru Dec.

1969

1970

1968

1969

Thou.

Thou.

Thou.

Thou.

Pet.

Pet.

Pet.

Pet.

Maine

5,749

6,340

70,042 69,512 4.8

3.9

4. 0

4. 0

Pa.

6,953

6,748

81,083 81,157 4.9

4.9

4 .4

4. 6

Mo.

4,079

4,704

44,898 50,883 4. 1

5.2

3. 1

4.0

Del.

7,794

7 ,468

88, 864 93,887 4.3

4.8

4. 2

3.7

Md. Va.

13,781 14, 631 138,518 164, 129 4.0

4.7

7,012

7,497

71,]12 84,837 4.5

5. 5

4. 0 4. 2

.3 . 6

3

s: ~

N. C.

22,469 25, 138 256,935 273, 160 4.2

4. 1

3. 4

3. 5

Ga.

32, 521 33,704 366,632 378,294 5.6

5.7

4 .8

4 .6

Tenn.

5, 577

5,424

63,034 63,404 4.0

3. 5

3.2

3. 4

Ala.

23,710 24,076 264, 154 286,678 4.0

5.0

3. 5

3.5

Miss.

15, 501 16,471 173,660 184, 511 3. 1

2.9

2.3

2.3

Ark.

29,873 31,567 347,698 366,070 3.7

3.9

3. 2

3. 3

Texas

13,519 14,459 149, 525 161, 080 3.8

4. 1

3.5

3. 1

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U. S. 208,298

2, 335, 880

4.2

4.5

3. 6

3.5

221,765

2, 516, 286

MID-MONTH PRICES RECEIVED AND PRICES P AID

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Feb. 15 1969

Georgia Jan. 15
1970

Feb. 15 1970

United States

Feb. 15 Jan. 15 F eb. 15

1969

1970

1970

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Prices Received: Chickens, is., excl. broilers Com'l Broilers (lb.) All Eggs (dozens) Table (dozens) Hatching, (dozens)

Cents

Cents

Cents

Cents Cents

Cents

10. 5 13.5 45.7

11. 0 14.0 59.7 58.4 67.0

10.5 13.5 53.0 50.3 67.0

9.3 15.0 38.6

10.8 14.8 53. 1

10. 5 14.3 47. 3

Prices Paid: (per ton)
Broiler Grower Laying Feed

Dol.
89.00 80.00

Dol.
95.00 83.00

Dol.
95.00 83.00

Dol.
88.00 79.00

Dol.
93.00 82.00

Dol.
94.00 83.00

This report is made possible through the cooperation of the National Poultry Improvement Plan, Official State Agencies, the Animal Husbandry Research Division of the A gr i c ult ur al Research Service, the Inspection Branch of the Poultry Division, Cons umer and Marketing Service and the A g r i c ult ur a l Estimates Division of the Statistical Reporting Se r vi ce and the many breeders, hatcheries, poultry processors and the poultry farmers that report to these agencies.

A RCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge

W. A. WAGNER Agricultural Statistician

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BROILER TYPE

Placement of broiler chicks i n Georgia during the week ende d Mar ch 2 1 was 9,847,000--3 percent more than the previous week and 5 percent m o r e than the comparable week last year, acco rding to the G eorgia Crop R eporting Se r vi ce .
An estimated 13,241, 000 broiler type eggs were set by G eorgia ha t cheries--2 percent more than the previous we ek and 5 percent more than the c o mpa r abl e wee k a year e a r lie r .
The majority of the price s paid to Georgia producers for broil e r hatching eggs were reported within a range of 60 to 70 cents per dozen. The average pri c e of hatching eggs was 64 cents per dozen. The price of eggs from flocks with hatchery owne d cocker el s generally was 2 c ents belo w the average price. Mos t pri c e s r e c eiv e d fo r broiler chicks by Georgia hat c he r ie s wer e r eported within a range of $9. 00 t o $ 11. 00 with an a verage of $10.00 pe r hundred . The average prices l ast year were 65 cents for eggs and $9.75 for chicks .

We ek Ended

GEORGIA EGGS SE T , HAT CHINGS A ND CHICK P L ACE ME NT S

U Eggs Set

1969

1970

%of
year
ago

Chicks Placed fo r I Broilers in Georgia I
%of!

1969

1970

yea r

ago

Av. P rice

Ha tch

B r oile r

Eggs

Chi cks

P er

P er

Doz.

Hundre d

1970

19 70

Thou.

Thou.

Pet.

Thou.

Thou. Pct. Cents

Dollars

Jan. 17 Jan. 24 Jan. 31 Feb. 7 Feb. 14 Feb. 21 P e b . 28 Mar. 7 Mar. 14 Mar. 21

11,737 12,273 105 11, 779 12,320 105 11, 885 12,449 105 11, 878 12,795 108 12,207 12,678 104 12,378 12,800 103 12,449 13, 086 105 12,496 13, 114 105 12,472 13,005 104 12, 614 13, 241 105

8,296 8,427 8,483 8, 661 8, 841 9,062 9,076 9,282 9,428 9,413

9, 154 110

67

9, 139 108

67

9,399 111

67

9,575 III

67

9,731 110

67

9,728 107

64

9,600 106

64

9,453 102

64

9,585 102

64

9,847

105

1
I

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10. 25 10 .25 10.25 10. 2 5 10. 25 10 . 00 10 .00 10 . 0 0 10 .00 10 . 00

EGG TYPE
Ha t c h of egg type chicks in Georgia during the week ended M arch 21 was 1, 082 , 0 0 0 - 20 perc ent more than the previous w eek and 10 percent more than the co m p a r able w e ek last year. An estimated 1,351,000 eggs for the production of egg type chi ck s we r e set by Georgia hatcheries, 4 percent l ess than the previous week but 33 p e r c ent more t han the comparable week last year.
In the four states that accounted for about 26 percent of the hatch of all egg t ype chicks i n the U. S. in 1969, hatchings during the week ended Ma r c h 21 w ere up 29 p e rc ent and settings were up 18 percent f r o m a year ago.

State

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Ca li f.

Wash.

EGG TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS HATCHED, 19 70

I Eggs Set (Week Ended)

,f % of I!

Feb .

Mar. Mar. Mar. ye ar :

28

7

14

21 a g o 2/ I

Chicks H a t c h e d (INe ek Ende d ) ' Feb. Ma r . Ma r . Ma r . I

28

7

14

21

Thousands

I

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%of
ye ar
ago 2/

1, 322 68 5*
2, 221 394

1, 294 510
2, 288 322

1,404 795
2, 156 42 8

1, 35 1 805
1,954 29 5

I 13 3
I 122
II 11 6 81

916 290 1, 712
I 254

975 325 1, 73 2 272

903 390 1, 7 2 9 23 9

1, 0 82 525
1, 668 30 9

i 11 0
I 10 6 152
I 149

Total 4, ~ 2 2 * 4,414 4,783 4,40 5

11 8 ! 3, 172 3, 304 3 ,2 61 3 , 58 4

* 1 Include s egg s s et by hatcheri e s producing chicks for hatche r y sup ply floc ks .

2/ Current week as percent of same we ek l a s t ye ar.

Revi s e d,

I 129

BROILER T YPE EGGS SE T A N D CHICKS PLACED IN CO M MERCIAL A.REAS BY Vf E E KS - 1970 P age 2

ST ATE

Mar . 7

E GGS SET

We ek E nde d

Ma r .

Ma r .

14

21

%of
ye ar ago 1/

CHr::':KS P L ACED

We ek Ended

Ma r .

Ma r .

Ma r .

7

14

21

% of
year
ago 1/

THOUSANDS

THOUSANDS

Ma i n e Conne ctic ut Pennsylvania Indiana Missouri Delaware Maryland Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina
GEORGIA
Florida Tennessee Alabama Mis sis sippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas Washington Oregon California
TOTAL 1970 (22 States)

2, 186 137
1, 805 427 265
2, 868 5,663 2,057
43 9, 125
670

2, 163 178
1, 710 440 313
3,035 5,657 2, 137
45 8,972
672

2,214 103

140 43

1,889 106

519

90

315 III

3, 110 116

5, 534 102

1,914 110

39

80

9,082 113

675 123

13, 114 13, 005 13, 241 105

1, 269 789
10,914 6,178
13,200 1,223 5, 216
799 553 2,311

1,242

1, 287 110

780

787 102

10,959 10, 800 112

6,200

6,280 121

13, 165 13 ,337 106

1, 231 "" 1, 218 116

5,216

5,209 106

712

634

98

490

460 116

2,336

2,561 119

80, 812 80,658 81,245 109

1, 590 124
1, 152 175 506
2,758 3,814 1,439
430 6, 890
616
9,453
994 987 8,305 5,324 9,097 ."I , 140 4,050 582 403 1, 899
61,728

1,603 132
1, 07 0 274 501
2,581 4, 106 1,547
353 6,895
557
9,585
985 997 8,384 5,430 9, 137 1, 142 4,059 690 274 1,942
62,244

1, 634 106
1,088 351 562
2,767 3,970 1, 549
405 7,077
531
9,847
979 934 8,498 5,439 9,716 971 4, III 449 307 1, 861
63, 152

108 80
121 111 120
86 111 122 121 115 103
105
121 131 III 119 109 100 112 102 141 117
110

TOTAL 1969* (22 States)

73,916 73,884 74,631

56,275 56,660 57, 370

0/0 of Last Year

109

109

109

1/ Current week as percent of same week last year.

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110

110

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Weekly estimates of eggs set and chicks hatched in 4 states. These state s, in 1969, accounted for 26 percent of the egg type chicks hatched in the United States. (Revised March 1970)

Week Ended

Georgia

EGGS SET

(Egg Type)

Illinois

California

Washington

T otal

Thou.

Thou.

Thou.

Thou.

Thou.

Jan. 4

796

311

Jan. 11

776

421

Jan. 18

826

494

Jan. 25

1, 026

459

1, 643 1, 816 1, 826 1, 869

21 8

2,968

140

3, 153

233

3,3 79

2 27

3, 58 1

Feb. 1

1,009

60 1

Feb. 8

1, 169

57 8

Feb. 15

1, 055

656

Feb. 22

1,008

718

Mar. 1

1, 165

662

Mar. 8

1,085

704

Mar. 15

1, 217

726

Mar. 22

1,014

710

Mar. 29

1, 160

865

2,025 1,849 2, 149 1, 751
1,483 1,987 1,997 1, 718 2, 107

238

3, 873

30 9

3, 905

321

4, 181

400

3,877

271

3, 581

190

3,966

374

4 ,3 14

363

3,805

213

4, 345

Apr. 5

1,246

842

Apr. 12

1,236

792

Apr. 19

1,264

898

Apr. 26

1,400

762

I, 771 1, 681 I, 853 1,666

236

4, 095

331

4 , 04 0

316

4,331

303

4, 131

May 3

1,453

651

May 10

1, 208

699

May 17

I, 115

696

May 24

1, 261

632

May 31

993

777

June 7

1,066

616

June 14

823

478

June 21

1, 133

607

June 28

1,042

477

July 5

1,072

464

July 12

917

458

July 19

903

403

July 26

920

423

Aug. 2

938

360

Aug. 9

839

541

Aug. 16

902

457

Aug. 23

1,073

601

Aug. 30

945

411

Sept. 6

942

447

Sept. 13

978

506

Sept. 20

861

365

Sept. 27

1,000

365

Oct. 4

950

353

Oct. 11

1, 011

566

Oct. 18

I, 051

488

Oct. 25

864

506

Nov. 1
Nov. 8 Nov. 15 Nov. 22 Nov. 29

785

416

811

396

873

400

870

387

914

376

Dec. 6

775

261

Dec. 13

952

385

Dec. 20

944

415

Dec. 27

1,086

435

1,368
1, 336
1, 720 1,471 1,356
1, 522 1,399 I, 316 1,746
1, 274 1, 540 1, 719 1, 503
I, 755 1,605 1, 720 I, 820 1,991
1,942 I, 661 1, 552 1, 763
1,342 1, 621 1,334 I, 135
1, 595 1, 801 1, 512 1,457 1,465
I, 712 1,758 1,930 2, 102

267

3, 739 '

225

3, 468

273

3, 80 4

248

3,612

227

3,353

299

3, 503

147

2,847

262

3,318

183

3,448

218

3, 02 8

176

3,091

133

3, 158

173

3, 019

188

3, 24 1

168

3, 153

140

3,219

168

3, 66 2

291

3, 638

261

3, 592

236

3, 381

253

3, 031

258

3,386

192

2, 83 7

328

3 , 526

187

3, 06 0

265

2, 7 70

181

2, 977

202

3,2 10

258

3, 043

284

2,99 8

277

3,032

243

2, 99 1

185

3, 280

322

3, 611

246

3, 869



We e k E nde d

Georgia Thou.

CHICKS H1-\.TCHED

(Egg Type)

Illinois

California

Thou.

Thou.

Wa uhington
Thou.

Jan. 4

618

346

I, 195

202

Jan. 11

634

299

I, 277

210

J a n. 18

454

371

1,403

130

Jan. 25

660

246

I, 193

174

Feb. 1

588

337

1,348

100

Feb. 8

661

381

I, 339

191

F eb. 15

824

35~

1,416

169

F eb. 22

801

463

I, 549

178

Mar. 1

935

445

1,422

239

Mar. 8

894

525

I, 601

243

Mar. 15

857

546

I, 308

349

Mar . 22

986

503

I, 108

201

Mar. 29

888

556

1,496

153

Apr . 5

968

574

I, 542

283

Apr. 12

836

561

1,330

290

Apr . 19

963

68 3

I, 624

174

Ap r . 26

I, 035

665

1,363

191

May 3

975

626

I, 246

255

May 10

1,014

709

I, 388

242

May 17

1,069

617

I, 199

228

May 24

1, 162

521

I, 01 0

206

May 31

928

524

985

181

June 7

852

543

1,290

206

June 14

I, 009

4 99

1,096

190

June 21

772

614

993

166

June 28

853

505

I, 132

238

July 5

658

373

1,027

III

July 12

933

455

1, 001

194

July 19

834

376

I, 310

142

July 26

796

3 67

965

168

Aug. 2

688

353

1, 187

136

Aug. 9

679

318

1, 290

98

Aug. 16

690

321

1, 142

143

Aug. 23

761

277

I, 31 0

148

Aug. 30

630

406

1, 185

130

Sept. 6

765

361

1,234

107

Sept. 13

821

451

1, 344

129

Sept . 20

785

312

1,475

227

Sept. 27

783

344

1,442

195

Oct. 4

828

394

1, 207

182

Oct. 11

659

285

I, 169

195

Oct. 18

785

274

1,302

210

Oct. 25

758

279

I, 001

149

Nov. 1

809

442

1, 241

246

Nov. 8

840

385

1, 033

143

Nov. 15

689

395

872

207

Nov. 22

605

312

1, 215

134

Nov. 29

635

317

1,386

159

Dec. 6

639

308

I, 110

197

Dec. 13

677

298

I, 102

224

Dec. 20

714

282

I, 100

223

Dec. 27

564

211

1,2 77

193

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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POSTAGE & FEES PAID Unit. d State. Deportment o f Ag' iculture

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Tho u.
2, 36 1 2, 4 20 2, 3 58 2,27 3
2, 373 2, 57 2 2, 762 2,991
3, OLll
3, 268 3,060 2,798 3,093
3, 367 3,0 17 3,444 3, 254
3, 102 3, 353 3, 113 2, 399 2,618
2, 891 2,794 2, 545 2,728
2, 169 2, 583 2, 662 2,296
2, 364 2,3 85 2, 296 2, 496 2, 351
2, 467 2,7 45 2, 799 2,764
2, 611 2,308 2, 571 2, 187
2,738 2,401 2, 163 2,266 2,497
2,254 2, 301 2, 319 2,245

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Ke cent Situation Production - - Broiler m e at p r oduc tion in early 1970 w as s ubs ta ntia lly a bo v e a
ye a r earli er. January produ c t i on r ose 7 p e rcent and February 17 p e rc ent. Output of F ederally inspected b roiler m e at duri ng January-February total ed 1. 1 billion pounds , r eady- to-c ook weight, 12 p er c e n t a b o ve t he s ame months l a s t ye a r. T he numb er o f broilers marketed was up 1 1 p e r c ent a nd t he average live weight a t 3 .6 5 pounds was a bo ut 1 percent highe r. T he live w e i ght o f broiler s marketed ave raged 3 . 6 pounds dur ing F ebruary, nearl y 3 p er c ent b e low Janua ry. We e k l y r e p o r t s i ndi c ate tha t b roiler s la ug hter in t h e fi r s t 3 w e e k s o f Mar c h wa s a b o ut 18 p erc ent a b ove a ye a r e a r l i e r .

Prices -- Whole sale p rice s of r ead y- t o - c ook broiler s in 9 c ities averag e d 28 cents a pound during Janua ry - Marc h , down slightly fr om a yea r e a rli e r . Prices in January and early February avera g e d above year-earlier l evels; but prices declined in Fe b r ua r y and for March a v erag e d a bo ut 1 cent a pound below Ma r c h 1969. Competition from other meats probably ha d little influence during this p eriod. Lower prices in r e cent weeks were caused p r i m a rily b y increased broiler s upplies . Production of b e ef was slightly above a ye ar ear lier but was a little more tha n offs et by smaller supplies of other red m e at s. P r i c e s of r ed meats in 1970 have be en w ell above a year e a r lie r .
Broiler p roduction c o st s in e a rl y 1970 have gone up fu r ther. The in dex of prices paid by farm ers for commoditie s and services for March was 5 percent above a year e a rli e r . Broiler feed prices i n the first quarter of 1970 averaged a bo ut $6 a ton more than last year.

Utilization -- USDA purchas es of fresh frozen cut-up young chicken for the school lunch program for January (program discontinued January 28) totaled 7.3 million pounds at a cost of $2. 5 million. Total purchases during the 1969/70 school year amounted to 50. 4 million pounds at a co st of $ 17 . 4 million. Purchas es during the 1968/69 school year totaled 48.7 million pounds at a cost of $15. 3 million.
USDA in January-March contracted to make payments (under the e x p o r t payment program) on 2.4 million pounds of young chicken to be shipped to Swit ze rla n d and Greece at a cost of $311,000. Of this total amount, 1. 6 million pounds went to S w i t z e r l a n d at a cost of $218, 000. This compared with shipments to Switzerland of 2.7 million pounds a t a cost of $ 447, 000 for the same months of 1969. Payment on shipments to Greece began in January 1970.

Outlook Production - - The broiler ex pa n s i on will continue through spring. Based on broiler chick placements, supplies during the second quarter of 1970 likely will average about 10 percent above a year e a r lie r ; they were up 13 percent f o r the first quarter. The margin over last year is e xpe ct e d to narrow in the second half.

In response to higher prices during 1969, producers have continued to add more pullets to the broiler hatchery supply flock. There were about 8 percent more birds in the flock during January-February. Flock placements have continued above a year e a r l i e r but the margin has narrowed and the laying flock by fall may total about 5 percent above a year earlier. Nevertheless, the hatchery supply flock could continue to sustain a substantial increase in broiler production throughout 1970.
Prices -- Larger supplies of broiler meat are expected to hold prices below year-earlier levels during 1970. A continueci strong consumer demand for meats and little change in red meat supplies until late in 1970 will help to bolster the price for poultry meat. Nevertheless, the price dampening effects of increased broiler meat supplies will likely keep broiler prices through the rest of the year below those of 1969

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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B ROIL ER TYPE EGGS SE T AND CHI C KS PLA CED IN C O M MERCIAL A RE i , S BY VlZE KS - 1970 P age 2

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STATE

E GGS SET

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2, 163

2,214

2, 212 100

1, 60 3

1,6 34

1, 605

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178 1, 710
4 40 313 3,035 5,657 2, 137
45 8,972
672

140 1,889
519 315 3, 110 5, 534 1,9 14
39 9,082
675

246 95 1,830 98
54 8 97 388 125
3, 108 116 5, 757 106 1,841 96
40 82
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13 2

106

96

98

1,070

1,0 88

1, 101

109

274

351

25 4

97

501

562

579

125

2, 581

2,767

2, 870

101

4, 106

3, 970

3,939

102

1, 547

1, 549

1,442

115

353

405

462

123

6,895

7,077

6,962

116

557

531

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Florida Tennessee Alabama Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas Washington Oregon California
TOTAL 1970 (22 States)
TOT AL 1969*.:: (22 States)

1,242

1, 287

1,254 104

985

979

1, 010

126

780

787

791 101

997

934

978

142

10,959 6,200

10, 800 6,280

10,951 112 6,256 120

8,384

8,498

8,646

112

5,430

5,439

5, 549

121

13, 165 1, 231 5,216

13,337 1, 218
5,209

13, 136 103 1,217 108
5,316 109

9, 137

9,716

9,680

109

1, 142

971

987

98

4,059

4, III

4, 143

115

712

63 4

702 104

690

449

694

137

490

460

533 111

274

307

276

101

2,336

2,56 1

2, 520 126

1,942

1, 861

1, 836

117

80,658 81,245 81,748 108 1I 62, 244 63, 152 63, 816
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112

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73,884 74,631 75, 588

56,660 57,370 57,228

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109

108

110

110

112

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Released 4/28/70 GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE

GEORGIA:
Grain Stocks Except Corn Above Last Year
Corn stocks in all positions on April 1, 1970, totaled 18,522,000 bushels, compared with 21,440,000 on hand a year ago. Soybeans stored in all positions totaled 7,242,000 bushels, 372,000 bushels more than last - year. Wheat holdings of 1,142~000 bushels compared with 855,000 last year. Oat stocks totaled 827,000 bushels, 85,000 bushels more than the previous year. Bye holdings totaled 300,000 bushels compared with 123,000 bushels on April 1, 1969.

Geor g ia Grai n Stocks --- April J, 1970 With Campa r i sons

Grain

On Farms

:

1969

1970 :

I ,000 bushe 1s

Off Farms

1969

1970

1,000 bushels

:

AJ 1 Pos i t ions

: 1969

1970

1,000 bushels

Corn Soybeans Wheat Oats Ba r ley Rye Sorghum

17,460
920 479 567
23 78 81

14,117 1,457 292 684 18
203 140

3,980 5,950
376 175
16
45
-;(

4,405 5,785
850 143
*
97
*

* Not publ ished to avoid disclosing individual operations.

2I ,440 6,870
855 742
39 123
*

18,522 7,242 I , 142
827
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UNITED STATES

Grain Stocks Except Corn and Sorghum Above Year Ago

Stocks of the four feed grains (corn, oats, barley and sorghum) on April I, 1970, totaled 116.5 mill ion tons -- sl ightly more than the 116.0 mill ion tons a year earl ier. Increases in oats and barley more than offset decl ines in corn and sorghums. Total stocks of wheat were 7 percent above a year earl ier, with durum wheat stocks up 40 percent. Record April 1 soybean holdings were 1 percent above a year ago. Rye stocks were 23 percent above a year earl ier.

Corn stocks in all storage positions on April I, 1970 totaled 2,989 mill ion bushels -down 2 percent from a year earl ier. Off-farm stocks of 768 mill ion bushels were 6 percent less than a year earl ier, but farm holdings at 2,222 mill ion bushels were virtually the same as a year ago. Indicated disappearance from all positions during the past 3 months (January-March) was 1,324 mill ion bushels, compared with 1,192 mill ion bushels a year earl ier.

Soybean stocks in all storage positions on April 1, 1970 totaled a record 730 mil I ion bushels, 1 percent above a year earl ier. Off-farm stocks of 523 mill ion bushels were up 16 percent, but farm stocks at 207 mill ion bushels were down 25 percent. Stocks on April 1, 1970 indicate a disappearance during the September-March period of 711 mill ion bushels from a beginning supply -of 1,441 mill ion bushels (carryover of 324 -mill ion bushels plus 1969 production of 1,117 mill ion bushels). During the past seven months, approximately 420 mill ion bushels were processed for oil and about 255 mill ion bushels were exported.

All wheat in storage April I, 1970 totaled 1,194 mill ion bushels, 7 percent above a year earl ier and the largest for the date since 1964. Farm stocks at 454 mil I ion bushels were 2 percent below the record large April I, 1969 level. Off-farm stocks at 740 mill ion bushels were 14 percent above a year earl ier and the largest for the date since 1965. Disappearance from all storage positions during the January-March quarter is indicated at 337 million bushels compared with 233 mill ion a year earl ier.

Rye stocks in all positions on April 1, 1970 totaled 24.5 mill ion bushels,compared with 20.0 mill ion a year ago and 29.9 mill ion on January I, 1970. Oat stocks in all positions on April I, 1970 totaled 672 mill ion bushels--22 percent above a year earl ier and 51 percent above April 1, 1968. Barley in storage April I, 1970 totaled 327 mill ion bushels, 16 percent above a year earl ier, and the largest April stocks on record. Sorqhum qrain stocks on April 1,1970 totaled 506 mill ion bushels, 7 percent below a year earl ier.

Stocks of grains, April I, 1970 with compa r i sons

(In thousand bushels)

Ap r ill,

Ap r i l l ,

Jan. 1,

Ap r ill,

Grain and pos ition

1968

1969

1970

1970

ALL "'/H EAT

On Fa rms 1I
Co~modity Credit Corp. 11
Mills, Elev. & Whse~.. 1/ ...!..., 2<"I

362,427 751
476,339

463,416
759 648.214

608,077 941
922.434

454,302 944
739.142

TOTAL

8"39.517

1.112.389

1.531.452

1.194.388

RYE
On Farms II Co~modity Credit Corp. 11 Mills, Elev. & Whse s . 11 11

6,829 426
1S.9RI

5,922 419
13.678

11,129 413
18 . 3 1 6

7,650 413
16.482

TOTAL

23.236

20.019

29,858

24.545

CORN
On Farms II Commodity Credit Corp. 11 Mills, Elev. & Whses. II 11

2,394,728 97,870 712,076

2,223,680 148,992 668,236

3,320,292 144,243 848.894

2,221,699 135,285 632,408

TOTAL

3.204.674

3.pLtO.908

4.313~29

2,98()'392

OATS
On Farms II Commodity Cred it Co rp. 11 Mills, Elev. & Whse s . II 11

361,671 6,665
76.869

442,820 6,650
102.727

723,295 7,965
153.021

528,779 7,914
135.476

TOTAL

445,205

552.197

1384_. 281~2~ 169

BARLEY
On Farms 11 Commodity Credit Corp. 11 Mills, Elev. & Whses. 1111

129,092 3,946
8S.320

183,783 3,917
95.117

257,970 4,915
157.236

192,825 4,906
129.404

TOTAL

218.358

282.817

420.121

327.135

SORGHUM
On Fa rms II Commodity Credit Corp. 11 Mills, Elev. & Whses. II 11

142,130 4,586
370 .321

129,823 4,598
408.768

188,912 4,581
498.925

120,261 4.577
381,318

TOTAL

517 .037

543.189

692_,-4HL _.50QL.l5.6

SOYBEANS

On Farms II

:

Commodity Credit Corp. 11 :

Mills, Elev . & Whses. II 11:

235,811 0
301,182

276,142 4,158
445.590

367,594 15,462
667.963

207,092 14,506
508,222

TOTAL

: 536.993

II Estimates of the Crop Reporting Board.

725,890 _ I ,Q51 .019

729.820

1121 C.C.C.-owned grain at bin sites. All off-farm storages not otherwise designated, including terminals and processing plants.

, Includes C.C.C-owned grain i n these storages.

C. L. CRENSHAW Agricultural Statistician

A. J. BORDELON Agricultural Statistician

After Five Days Re t ur n to Uni ted States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS

?~> POSTAGE & FEES PAID Un ited Stete s De portment 0 1 Agr ic ultur e





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GEORGIA CROP REPO~TING SERVICE

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ATHENS, GEORGIA

! JA 1;.(1< 2 :37J

p r i l 1, 1970

- y - T/xPj Placement

of

broiler

B ROILER chicks in Georgia

dU

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LIBRARIES
tli'e w e e

k

--e-.n

J

d

March

28

wa s

10, 112, 000- -3 percent more than the previous week and 7 p ercent m o r e t ha n the co m -

parable week last year, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service.

An estimated 13,420, 000 broiler type eggswere set by G eorgia hatc heri e s --1

percent more than the previous week and 5 percent more than the compa r able week a

year earlier.

.

,

The majority of the prices paid to Geor giaproduce r s for broiler ha t ching e ggs

were reported within a range of 60 to 70 cents per dozen. T he a v e r a ge p ri ce o f ha tching

eggs was 63 cents per dozen. The price of eggs from flock s wit h' hatc h e r y owne d cocke r els

generally was 2 cents below t he avera ge price - . Mo s t price s r eceiv ed fo r broile r chicks

by Georgia hatcheries were r e ported within a . range of $ 9 . 0 0 t o $ 1 1. 0 0 with a n a ve r age

of $ 9 . 50 per hundred. The a v e r a ge p r i c e s last year w ere 65 c e nts fo r e g gs and $ 9 . 75

for chicks.

GEORGIA EGGS SE T, HATCHINGS AND CHICK P L ACE MENT S

_____-,- ! ' Eggs Set 1./

I . Chicks Pl~'ced for

A v . P r i ce i" H aTcli.--- - -B r o i l e r--

~I Broilers in G eor gia I E e g s

Chicks

-::~~

I
I 1969

1970

%0f

I year

1969

1970

%0 f I P er
year ! Doz.

P er Hundred

ago !

ago ; 1970

1970

Thou.

Thou.

Pet. I Thou.

Thou. P ct . i Cent s Dollar s

Jan. 24 Jan. 31 Feb. 7 Feb. 14 Feb. 21 Feb. 28 Mar. 7 Mar. 14 Mar. 21 Mar. 28

11,779 11, 885 ,11 , 8 7 8 12,207 12,378 12,449 12,496 12,472 12,614 I 12,761

12,320 12,449
12,795 12,678 12, 800 f3, 086 13, 114 13,005 13,241 13,,420

105 105 108 104 , 10 3
105 105 104 105 105

i 8,427 8,483
8,661
8,841
9,062 9,076
II 9,282
i! 9,428 9,413 ! 9,485

9, 139 9,399 9, 57 5 9, 731 9,728 9,600 9,4'53 9,585 9,847 10, 1) 2

EGG TYPE .

,, '
,~

108 j 67

111

!
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I 111

67

110

67

I

, 107 I

I

10 6 10 2

,

64 64 64

102 ! 64

105

I I

64

107 I 63

10.25 10.25 10.25 . 10.25 10.00 10.00 10. 00 10.00 10.00
9.50

Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the week e nde d March 28 was 1,021,000-6 percent less than the previous week but 15 percent more than the compa r able week last year. An estimated 1, 534,~000 eggs for the production of egg type chicks w e re s et b y Georgia hatcheries, 14 percent more than the previous week a n d 32 perc ent more than
the comparable week last year.
In the four states that accounted for about 26 percent of the hatch of all egg typ e
chicks in the U. S. in 1969, hatchings during the week ended March 28 w e r e up 13 percent and settings were up 10 percent from a year ago'; '/ /
q ~ : i . ,"

State

EGG TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS . HAT,CHED" J970 . I

Eggs Set (WeekEnded)

%of

Chicks Hatched (We ek Ended)

Mar. 7

Mar. Mar ;

14

21

Mar. year- " Ma r . Ma r .

28 ago 2/

7

14

Mar. 21

Ma r . 28

Thousands

T ho us a n ds

I
I

%

of

i year

I ago 2/

Ga. Ill. Calif. Wash.

1,294 530*
2,288 322

1,404 795
2, 156 428

1, 351 805
1,954 295

1, 534 132 660 76
2,270 108 331 155

I i . 975

903 ; '

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32.5 "..i 732 ' 1,

390 729

- 27?J 239

1,0 82 '525
1, 66 8 309

1, 021 115 430 77
1,727 115 312 204

Total I 4,434* 4, 783 4,405 4,795 I 110

-;
I ' 3,304 , 3, 261 3 , 58 4

3, 4 90 I 113

* 1/ Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatchery s up pl y flocks .

2/ Current week as percent of same week last year.

Re vis ed.

BROILER T Y P E EGGS SET A N D CHI C KS PLA CED IN C O M MERCIAL AR E l-"S BY VlZ E KS - 1970 P ag e 2

Q)

STATE

EGGS SET

__ ..____ .________y! ~~~J~_n4~~ . _. ___..._

Ma r .

Mar .

Ma r .

14

21

28

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C HICKS P LA Ct.;J)

Mar .
14

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Mar.

Mar .

21

28

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ago 1/

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i

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South Carolina \

2, 163
178 1, 710
440 313 3,035 5,657 2, 137 45 8,972 672

2,214 140
1,889 519 315
3, 110 5, 534 1,9 14
39 9,082
675

2, 212 100 246 95
1, 830 98 548 97 388 125
3, 108 116 5,757 106 1, 841 96
40 82 9,000 110
682 120

1, 603

1, 634

1, 605

107

132

106

96

98

1,070

1,088

1, 101

109

27 4

351

25 4

97

501

562

579

125

2, 581

2,767

2, 870

101

4, 106

3, 970

3, 939

102

1, 547

1, 549

1,442

115

353

405

462

123

6,895

7,077

6,962

116

557

531

595

126

GEORGIA

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9, 585

9.847 10, 112

107

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Florida Tennessee

I

1,242

1,287

1,254 104

i

780

787

791 101

985

979

1, 010

126

997

934

978

142

Alabama

10,959 10, 800 10,951 112

8,384

8,498

8,646

112

Mississippi
Arka.u::id.::i .
Louisiana Texas Washington Oregon California

6,200

6,280

6,256 120

5,430

5,439

5, 549

121

13, 165 13,337 13, 136 103

9, 137

9,716

9,680

109

1, 231

1, 21 8

1, 217 108

1, 142

971

987

98

5,216

5,209

5,316 109

4,059

4, III

4. 143

115

712

63 4

702 104

690

449

694

137

490

460

533 111

27 4

307

276

101

2,336

2, 56 1

2, 520 126

1,942

!

1, 861

I, 836

117

TOTAL 1970 (22 States)

80,658

81,245

81,748 108

1I 62, 244
!

63,152

63, 816

112

i

TOTAL 1969*.-~
(22 States)

73,884 74,631 75, 588

I156, 660
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57,370

57,228

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108

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Released 4/2/70 IA CROP REPORT ING SE RVICE

GEO RGIA PR ICES RECEIVED INDEX DOWN I POINT

The Index of Pr ices Re ce i ve d by Georgia Farmers for All Commodit ies decre ased to 266

percent of the 1910-14 a ve ra ge durin g the month e nde d March 15, 1970. This was 1I point s

higher than the Ma r c h 15, 1969 Inde x of 255.

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\I

The Al l Crop Index remained the sa me as February 15, 1970. Lower pr ices for eggs and mil k decreased the Livestock Index to 263 wh ic h was 3 points below the prev ious month but 29 point s above the same mo nt h l a s t yea r .

UNITED STATES PR ICES REC EIVED INDEX DOV!N I POINT PARITY I NDEX UNCHA NG ED
ADJ USTED PARITY KAT IO 81
Du ring t he mon th e nded March 15, the Inde x of Price s Recei ve d by Farmers decl i ne d 1 poin t (1/3 percent) to 289 percen t of it s 1910-14 a ve ra ge , according to the Crop Re po r ti ng Board. Exce pt for Februa ry 1970 , th is was the h i ghest index since August 1952. Contributin g mo s t t o t he decre as e during the mont h were pri ce de cl ines for hogs, eggs, and milk. Pa rt i ally offset t ing we re h igher cattle pr i ce s . The index wa s 7 percent above March 1969.
The Inde x of Pri ces Paid by Fa rme r s for Commodities and Serv ices, Interest , Taxes, a nd Farm Wag e Ra t e s wa s unchanged at 386, equal ing the record h i gh of the prev ious mont h. The index ros e 17 points (5 pe rcent) durin g the past 12 months.
Wi t h prices of farm products decl in ing sl ightly , and prices paid by farmers unchanged, the prel ini mary Adj us t e d Par ity Ra tio remained at 81 and the Parity Rat io at 75.

1910-14 = 100

INDEX NUMBERS -- GEORGI A AND UNITED STATES

Mar. 15 : Feb. 15 : Mar. 15 1969 : 1970 : 1970

Record Hiqh Index : Dat e

GEORGIA :

Prices Rece i ved

All Commodities Al l Crop s

255 1/

267

266

310

Jvta rc h 1951

264 -

265

265

319

Ma rc h 1951 1/

Liv estock and Livestock

Produc ts

234 J/

266

263

295

Sept. 1948

UNITED STATES
Prices Received
Par i ty Index 1/
Par i ty Ra ti o

271

290

289

313

Feb. 1951

369

386

386

3C6

Ma rc h 1970 4/

73

75

75

123

Oct. 1946 -

--- ---- ---- -- -- --------- ------- --- ---- --- -- --- --- ------ ------- -------------- --- -- ---- ------ ---

Adjusted Parity Ratio 2/:

(p r e 1i mi na ry)

:

79

81

81

125

Oc t , 1946

1/ Re vised . 2/ Also April 1951. 3/ Pr ice s Pa id, Interest, Taxes , and Farm I:!a ge Ra t e s
based on data for the indicated d a t e~. ~/ Al so February 1970. 2/ Ad justed Pa r i t y Ra t io ,
refl ec t in g Government pay ments, ave ra ged 80 for the year 1969 compared with 74 f or the Pa r it y Ra t i o . Prel im in a ry Adj us te d Rat ios for the current ye a r , suppl ied by the Econom ic Re search Se rvi ce are based on est ima t ed cash re ce ip ts for marketings and e s tima tes of Governmen t payments for the curren t ca l e ndar year .

A I~C H IE LANGLEY Ag r icu lt u ra l Stat ist i ci an In Char ge

WILLIAM A. ~~\G NE a Ag ric u l t u ra l Sta t ist i c ian

The Geo r gi a Crop Report ing Serv ic e, USDA, 409A No r t h Lump kin Stre et, Athens, Ga., i n coopera ti on wi t h the Georg ia Depar t ment of Agr icul ture.

PRICES -- RECE IVED AND PAID BY FARMERS. MARCH 15, 1970 WITH COMPARISONS

GEORGIA

: Ma r . 15 Feb. 15 :t-lar. 15

: 1969

1970 : 197C

~ ! h e a t , bu.
Oa t s, bu. Corn, bu. Ba rley , bu. Sorg hum Grain, cwt. Cotton, lb. Cottonseed, ton Soybeans, bu. Peanuts, lb. Sweetpotatoes, cwt. Hay, ba 1ed, ton:
.1\ I 1 Alfalfa Lespedeza Peanut Mil k Cows, head Hogs, cwt.
Beef Cattle, All, cwt. .l/
Cows, cwt. 21 Steers a nd He i fe rs, cwt , Ca 1ves, cwt. Milk, sold to plants, cwt. Flu id Ma rke t l'ianu'factu red All }/ Tu rkeys, 1b. Chickens, lb. Excluding Broilers Commerc ial Broilers Eggs, all, doz. Table, doz. Hatching, doz.

$

1. 30

$

.86

$

1. 29

$

1.00

$

2.00

21.5

$

$

2.50

12.0

$

7.50

$ 30.00 $ 36.00 $ 31.00
$ 22.50 $ 210.00
$ 19.50 $ 21. 10
$ 17.50 $ 24.00 $ 27.70

$ 6. 35
$ $ 6.35
e 20.0

11.0 C 14.5 47.6



1.40 .85
1.L:O
1.00
18.5 40.00
2.l.:5 12.5 6.80
31.50 41.00 33.50 24.50 235.00 26.00 23.60 20.30 26.50 32.00
6.95
6.95 22.0
10.5 13.5 53.0 50.3 67.0

1.40 .82 1.43 1.00
19.0
2.45 12.3 6.90
31.00 39.00 33.50 24.00 250.00 24.50 24.90 20.50 28.50 34.00
6.85 22.0
11.0 14.0 49.1 46.0 64.0

1. ~8 .621 1.09 .898 1. 76 20.57 49.90 2.48 11.8 7.02
24.80 25.40 26.10 23.90 289.00 20.00 25.20 18.70 27.20 30.70
5.80 4.34 5.35 19.7
9.8 15.3 39.5

1. 30 .591
1 IL:.
.860
1.92 20.25 47.00
2. 40 12. 1 6.0 0

1. 28
.581 1. 13
.831 1. 87 20.70 47. 10 2.42 12. 2 6.06

25.20 25.70 27.40 24.60
320.00 27 .L~O
27.20 21.00 29.10 35.10

24.90 25.40' 27.40 24.80 326.00 25. 60 28.80 22.10 30.70 36.50

6. 11
4.69 5.69 24.9

L~ / 5 . 5 9
- 25. 6

10.5 I L~. 3
i~7.3

10.9 14.8
42. 5

..ElU.CE S PA I D, FEED

Mixed Dairy Feed, ton:

I L~,,!~ prate i n

$

16% prote in

$

18% p ra t e i n

$

20% protein

$

Hog Feed, 14%-18% protein,cwt. $

Cottonseed Meal, 41%, cwt.

$

Soybean Meal, 44%, cwt.

$

Bran, cwt ,

$

Middl ings, cwt.

$

Corn Meal, cwt.

$

67.00
73.00 76.00
79.00 4.20
4.85 5.20 4.00
4.05 3. L}0

71.00 79.00 85.00 88.00
5.20 5.70 4.10 4.20 3.50

72.00 77.00 80.00 82.00 4.60
5.20 5.60
3.95 4.05 3.60

67.00
72.00
74.00 77.00 4.39
5.01 5.21 3.59 3.67 3.24

r70...0000
78. 00
02.00 4.61
5.53 5.87 3.82 3.91
3.37

69.00 73. 00 74.00 79.00 4.49
5.40 5.62 3.72 3.72 3.36

Poul try Feed, ton:

Broiler Grower Feed

$ 90.00

95.00

96.00

88.00 94.00 94.00

Lay ing Feed

$ 80.00

83.00

82.00

79.00 83.00 83.0 0

Chick Starter

$ 90.00

96.00

97.00

92.00

99.00

98. 00

Alfalfa Hay, ton

$ 38.00

40.00

39.00

36.00

35.80

35.00

All Other nay. ton

$ 36.00

37.00

36.00

32.80

33.90

33.70

1/ " COWS" and " steers and heifers" combined with allowance where necessary for slaughter bulls. 1/ Includes cull dairy cows sold for slaughter, but not dairy cows for herd replacement.

}/ Rev i sed.

!./ Pre 1 i mi na ry

Af t e r Five Days Return to Un ited Sta tes Department of Agriculture
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Hee !l: End i ng Apr i l 6 , 1970 SPRIHG PLANTUrG DELAYED

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Athe ns) Ga.) April 6 -- Cool te~pe rature a nd wet s oils have delayed planting operations in the St a t e ) according t o the Georgia Crop Reporting Servi ce. Ot he r field activities including orchard sp rayi ng , top dre s sing pa sture and small gr a i ns , app l i cat i on of herbi cides and land prepara t ion have also been dela yed by b oggy fi elds.

According to County Age nt s' repor ts ) 31 percent of the i nte nded tobacco acreage had been s et b y t he e nd of the week, c ompare d t o 43 p erce nt l a st ye a r Olld 34 percent in 1968. The condition of t he plants already set i s mostly f a i r . Pla nt s i n bed s a r e becoming overly laree.

Cor n planti ~lg was 7 p erce nt comple t e. Some a cr eage will ~ee d r ep l ant i ng a s hea~J sanding ha s o~red during ex ces s i ve r a i ns . Onl y t oken amount s of cotton a nd Eeal1uts have been s eeded.

Small gra i ns a nd pastures ha ve ma de g ood progre s s. Top dre s s ing is later than normal due t o boggy fields.

Peach prospects vary considerably a nd are mostly only fa i r . Some varieties in central and northern a r ea s have suffered a complete k i l l .

Marke t Managers r eported conditions for planting ve geta b l e s and ~elons a r e only fair due to e x ces s i ve moisture and cool temp e ratur e s . Some r-epLant.Lug wi ll be ne cea cc ry as the r esult of advers e we ather. Tomato tra nsplanting ha s bee n dela ye d. Litt l e or no ea rly spring cabbage harvest i s expe ct e d before late April.

WEATHER SUlV1i".lARY: Hea vy to e x ce s s i ve rains f ell over most o f t he State durin[~ the week e nd i ng Friday) April 3. Amounts ranged from around 1 L ICh i n pa rts of the northwest to more than 6 inches in some areas of southwe st Georgia. The Plai ns Exp eriment Station, in Sumter County, had 7.54 inches for the wee k a :1C1 5.20 inche s dur i ng the 24-hour period ending Tuesday
morni ng, Ma r ch 31. The ex ce s s i ve r ains caused flash fl ood i n c; 0_, many s ma l l streams and combined
with earlier heavy rains to produce ma j or overflows a Long pa r t s of the Flint River. Some of the heavier rains were accompanied u y tht.uderstorms, hail e nd da ma[;Ll,3 winds. Reports of torna d oes we r e r eceived f r om two or thre e a r ea s . The we e ke nd wa s mo s t ly sunny a nd mild urrtd L late Sunday whe n clOuds and light r ain move d i nto some a r e a s.

Temperature s were mild most of t he we e k. Hi gh s r e a ch ed the 70 '::; i n the nor t h and the 80's in the s out h on one, or mor e days. Lows were mostly i ll t he 40 ' s a nd 50' n , The coolest weather occurred on Friday mor ning when lows were i n the 20' ~J i n the e xt reme nor t h and i n the 30' G in most other areas. Averages ranged from ab out 30 be l ow normal i :, Lne northe us t to 30 abo ve UQlmal i n the southwest.

Mar ch rainfall was much above nor ma l i n all are as e x cept the e xt r eme uor t h arId nor theaet , Totals ra nged mostly from 6 to 9 i nche s over the s out.he r n t 'ro-thi r d s of t he State: with a f elT place s r eporting more than 11 i nc he s. Hos t of the r a i nfa l l came c:.ur i l-:!:3 the I a st hc Lf' of the month ) with ve r y heavy amount s oc cur r ing ar ound t he 20t h a i.d agaLn nc a r- 'cne e nd. of the morrth , Temperatur e averages were generaLly above normal dur Lng Ma r ch . This wac the first mou t h uf nce l ast Jt.l;y that temperatures a vera ged warmer t ha n norma l over mos t . of the St a te . 'Ihe co.Ide ot weather occurred around mi d - mont h whe n t. emper-at.ur- e s c1roppe d t o t.h e mi d. and 1m., 20' a i .: thl.' nor th .

The Out l ook for Hedne sday t hrOugh Frida y of th is we c:k cuLl.s f or mi l d ve at.her- \'led ne sdaJ' and warmer Thursday a nd Frida y. Showe r s a r e i nd i ca t e d f or about 'I'hur cda y ni [;;ht a nd Friday 'vith cooler weat he r movi ng i n by l ate Fri da y.
THIS IS THE FIRS T WEEKLY CROP AIID HEATHER REPORT OF THE 197 0 SEASON FOR GEORGIA. RELEASES HI LL BE MADE
MOHDAY) 3 p. m. EACH WEEK THROUGH OCTOBER.

The Ge orgia Cr op Reporting Serv i ce , Athe ~ s ) Ge org i aj i n coop e r a t i on with the Cooperat ive Exte~ s i on Se r v i ce , University of GeorBi E'. j Ge org i a Departme nt of Ae;r i ct.lt ur e j and the Heather Burea u) ESSA, U. S . Department of Commer ce.

u. S. DEPART ME NT OF COMMER CE
WEATHE R BUREAU Athens, Ge orgia
Precip j: r, ;O,+i ):-.. f e-I The Week Endi r.g jl.Fil j . :. 970

GEO RGIA

I'empera t.uz-e ext. r eme a for the week
er.dlr.g J:.pr i l 3, 1970 ( Pr ovisiona l )
H ighe 8t ~ 860 a t Cami l l a , Moul t r i e
and rh omas vil le on April 1st.
Lowe st.s 2S o at Cornelia on April 3rd.

CARROLL HC4RO

.68

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* For t h e pe r i od Apr i l 4-6, ~. 9 7.J
T Le s s than . 005 i cch

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SITY OF GEORGI A

APR pnRTINr. ~r:RV"CE

ATHENS, GEORGIA

April 8, 1970

BROILER TYPE

Placement of broiler chicks i n Georgia during the week ended April 4 was 9,630,000--5 percent less than the previous week but 1 percent more than the comparable week last year, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service.
An estimated 13,254,000 broiler type eggs were set by Georgia hatcheries-I 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 55 to 70 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 cent s below the average price. Most prices received for broiler chicks by Georgia h a tc h erie s were reported within a range of $8. 50 to $10.00 with an average of $9. 25 per hund re d . The average prices last year were 65 cents for eggs and $9. 75 for chicks.

Week Ended

GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS AND CHICK PLACEMENTS

Eggs Set !J

1969

1970

% of
year ago

Av. Price

Chicks Placed for I Hatch

Broiler

Broilers in Georgia

Eggs

Chicks

0/0 of Per

Per

1969

1970

year Doz.

Hundred

ago 1970

1970

Thou.

Thou.

Pct.

Thou.

Thou. Pet. Cents

Dollars

Jan. 31 Feb. 7 Feb. 14 Feb. 21 Feb. 28 Mar. 7 Mar. 14 Mar. 21 Mar. 28 Apr. 4

11,885 12,449 105

8,483

9,399 III

67

11, 878 12,795 108

8,661

9,575 111

67

12,207 12,678 104

8,841

9,731 110

67

12,378 12, 800 103

9,062

9,728 107

64

12,449 13,086 105

9,076

9,600 106

64

12,496 13, 114 105

9,282

9,453 102

64

12,472 13,005 104

9,428

9, 585 102

64

12,614 13,241 105

9,413

9,847 105

64

12,761 13,420 105

9,485 10,112 107

63

12, 690 13, 254 104

9,552

9,630 101

62

10.25 10.25 10.25 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00
9.50 9.25

EGG TYPE
Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the week ended April 4 was 1,190,000-17 percent more than the previous week and 23 percent more than the comparable week last year. An estimated 1,341,000 eggs for the production of egg type chicks were set by Georgia hatcheries, 13 percent less than the previous week but 8 percent more 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 1969, hatchings during the week ended April 4 were up 9 percent and settings were up 11 percent from a year ago.

State

EGG TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS HATCHED, 1970

Eggs Set (Week Ended)

Mar. Mar. Mar. Apr.

14

21

28

4

0/0 of year ago 2/

Chicks Hatched (Week Ended)

Mar. Mar. Mar. Apr.

14

21

28

4

Thousands '

Thousands

Ga.

1,404 1,351 1,534 1,341 108

Ill.

765*

805 660

750

89

Calif. 2, 156 1,954 2,270 2,205 125

Wash.

428

295 331

253

107

903 390 1,729 239

1, 082 525
1,668 309

1, 021 430
1,727 312

1, 190 615
1,593 285

. .. . T. otal . 4.,753* 4,4.0.5 4,795 4, 549 . III

~

ggs set by natcne r i e s producrng

.. 3,261 3, 584 3,490 3, 683

~

Y supply r, _ _ , __

"2/ Current week as percent of same week las t year.

* Revised.

0/0 of year ago 2/
123 107 103 101
109

I B R OILE R T YP E E G G S SE T AND CHI CKS PLACED IN CO M MERCIA L A R E A S BY 1HEEKS - 1970 Pag e 2

EGGS SET

CHICKS PLA CE D

S T AT E

Week Ende d

% of

We ek Ended

% of

I

Ma r .

Ma r .

Apr .

year

Mar .

Mar.

Apr .

year

21

28

4

a go 1/ 21

28

4

ago 1/

I

THOUSANDS

THOUSANDS

Maine

2,214

2, 2 12

2, 184 97

1,634

1, 605

1, 638

107

Connecticut

140

246

268 85

106

96

123

111

Pennsylvania Indiana

1, 889 519

1, 830 548

1, 791 92 550 101

1,088 351

1, 101 254

984

112

304

124

..e..l.l. on

Mis s o uri Delaware Maryland

315 3, 110 5, 534

388 3, 108 5,757

390 142 3, 161 117 5,606 102

562

579

497

95

2,767

2,870

2,669

92

3,970

3,939

4, 219

112

oIo-l
Q)
Q

Virginia

1,914

1,841

1,963 104

1,549

1,442

1, 638

129

West Virginia

39

40

44 92

405

462

352

92

North Carolina

9,082

9,000

9,071 III

7,077

6,962

6, 842

112

South Carolina

675

682

626 115

531

595

684

147

GEO RGIA

13,241 13,420 13,254 104

9, 847 10, 112

9,630

101

Florida Tennes see Ala ba m a Mis s is s ippi Arka n s a s Louisiana Texas Wa s hington Oregon California
TOTAL 1970 (22 States)

1, 287 787
10, 800 6,280 13,337 1,218 5, 209
634 460 2,561

1, 25 4
791 10 , 9 5 1 6, 25 6 13, 136
1, 2 17 5,31 6
70 2 53 3 2,520

1,297 112 788 97
10,959 113 6,218 117
13,297 104 1,222 112 5,340 110 703 102 539 113 2, 435 115

979

1, 010

978

123

9 34

978

1, 071

155

8, 498

8,646

8,604

113

5, 439

5, 549

5, 524

118

9,716

9,680

9,9 47

111

97 1

987

968

100

4, III

4, 143

4, 194

113

449

694

528

83

307

276

35 4

159

1, 861

1, 836

1, 839

119

81,245 81 ,748 81,706 108

63, 152 63,816 63, 587

110

TOTAL 1969*

74,631 75,588 75, 867

(22 States)
I
0/0 of Last Year I

109

108

108

1/ Current week as percent of same week last yea r .

57,370 57,228 57, 561

110

112

110

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Georgia Crop Reporting Serv ice

REPORT -: ens , Georg ia

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April 1,1970

APR1 3 1970

Released April 9, 1970

GjORGIA

.

L/ BRAR!l:S

The cold, wet weather conditions during MarCh We l"'e-u" fi::rvGf:a b.J..!i for planting spring vegeta-

bles and melon 'crops ~ 'Cons i de ra bl e replanting of early planted watermelons has been necessary. Tomato transplanting has been delayed in some areas. Stands of cabbage are good, and late

plantings are beginning to grow. Harvest from older plantings is expected to get underway in

late April.

UNITED STATES

SNAP BEANS: Snap beans for early spring harvest in Florida are forecast at 471,000 hundredweight, 12 percent above 1969 production. Peak volume is expected during April.

The mid-spring snap bean crop for 1970 is expected to total 8,300 acres for harvest compared with 8,550 acres harvested last year. In South Carol ina, cool, wet weather caused some poor stands and retarded growth. In Georgia, early planted fields in southern areas are up to good stands. Planting has been delayed by cold and wet weather in both Georgia and Alabama. Cold, wet weather in Louisiana has put the crop about 10 days behind normal as earl iest plantings were killed by freeze. Light harvest is expected to begin around May 4, with volume movement the following week.

CABBAGE: Production of winter cabbage, at 6,950,000 hundredweight, is 9 percent less than 1969. Harvest in Florida is expected to be at peak volume during April. Hastings
and central sections will dominate the supply but shipments will be made from other areas. Harvest is well past peak in south Texas.

An early spring cabbage crop of 1,375,000 hundredweight is forecast for 1970, sl ightly less than in 1969. In South Carol ina and Georgia, extended cold weather has delayed the crop. Harvest is expected to get underway about mid-April and peak in early May. Harvest in Mississippi is expected to be one to two weeks earlier than in 1969. The crop is in fair to good condition. Harvest In Louisiana was virtually completed in the New Orleans area by April I, but was not expected to start in the Arnaudville area until around April 10.

TOMATOES: An early spring tomato crop of 2,689,000 hundredweight is forecast. This compares with 1969 production of 3,200,000 hundredweight. Suppl ies in Florida are
expected to gradually increase during April. Peak volume Is expected In Mayas all areas come into production. A much 1ighter than normal yield is expected because of adverse weather.

WATERMELONS: The late spring watermelon crop for 1970 is estimated at 51,300 acres for harvest, which cOmpares with 59,100 acres harvested in 1969. Harvest in
Florida is expected to start in early May, with peak volume during June.

CANTALOUPS: An estimated 38,600 acres of spring cantaloups for harvest in 1970 compares with 48,100 acres harvested in 1969. Adverse March weather delayed develop-
ment in south Florida. First harvest is expected in early May. Growth in Texas was restricted by cool temperatures in the Lower Rio Grande Valley during February and early March. Vines responded to milder temperatures in late March with early vines beginning to bloom by April 1. Light harvest is expected to get underway in the Lower Valley in early May with volume movement by late May. At Laredo, the crop is generally making good progress. In the Winter Garden and Presidio areas, early planted fields are up to a good stand.

ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge

L. H. HARRIS, JR. Vegetable Crop Estimator

The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, USDA, 409A North Lumpkin Street, Athens, Ga., in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture.

Hid-Spr ing:

South Ca ro I ina

3, 800 3,200

Georgia

3,000 2,600

Al a bama

700

650

Louisiana

2. 200 2 . 100

Group Total

9 .700 8 .5 50

CABBAGE 1/

Winter:

Florida

17, 000 1] ,600

Texas

12, 500 21 , 000

Ar izon a

1,900 1, 500

Ca lifo rn ia

6 .2 00 4 .400

Group To t a l

37 .60 0 1.~4. ~~)~C:.I..._

Early Sp r ing :

South Ca ro 1i na

2 ,000

1, 900

Georg ia

2 ,50 0

2 ,600

Mississippi

700

500

Louisiana

2, 000

2 , 200

Ca 1 i forn ia

2 ,700

2. 800

r...,..,,,p Total

10, 000

CANTALOUPS

Spring:

Flor ida

1, 000

1,2 00

Texas

12,500 18, 000

Ar izona

11,600 12,800

Ca 1 i forn ia

13, 100 16.100

Group Total

38, 200 48 ,100

TOMATOES

Early Spring:

Florida

: 14 ,2 00 19,300

Texas

: 1,600

2 ,000

Cal ifornia

: 2 . 000

2 ,400

Group Total

: 17.800 23 ,700

WATERMELONS

Late Spring:

Florida

56 , 000 53 , 500

Cal i f o r ni a

5 . 600

5, 600

Group Total

61. 600 59 . 100

1/ Fresh Market a nd Pro ce ssing

3,100 2,500
600 2. 100 8.300

32

30

25

24

23

23

30

25

29

26

122

96

75

62 May 8

16

15

66

52

279

225

16,500

230 230 175

3,9 10 4,048 2,888

19,000

150 125 150

1,875 2,625 2,850

1 , 0 00

145 110 200

276

165

200

1+ . 600

250 175 220

1. 550

770 1,012

_ 4~1~:.:1:0"-0--=--~:2:'0=2-_-:...1.7J1.:"'1:6'9-~~~_~7~.6~11_--7-,6L08~~~6.~95~0

800 2,500
450 1,900 3,000 8 .650

75

65 95

110 120 120

90

80 130

100 110 100

245 240 250

136 139 159

150
275 63 200 662 1,350

124
312 40 242 672 _1,390

76 300
59 190 750 1,375-

1,200 17,800 9,000 10,600 38.600

70

60

75

70

120 130

110 115

101 101

70 938
1,392 1,441 3 , 84 I

72 1,260
1,664 1,852 4 848

May 8

17,800: 200 3,500: 50 2.400: 160 23.700 L 182

135 115: 75 60: 185 18o: 135 113:

2,840 80 320
3.240

2,606 150 444
3,200

2,047 210 432
2.689

47,400: 135 130 3 .900 : 145 180
51,300: 136 135

: 7,560 6,955

:

8I2 I .008. .May 8

: 8,372 .-<7..J,...9:..;6;;..3::.....-_ _

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Week End i ng Ap r i 1 13, 1970 SPRING PLANTING BEHIND SCHEDULE .

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Released 3 ~.m. Monday

Athens, Ga., April 13 -- Georgia farmers were well behind their usual planting schedule

last week, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. Adverse weather and wet soils again delayed field work In many areas, while other sections and some high ground dried out suffi-

ciently to permit considerable land preparation. Other farming activities noted were 1 iming

and fertil izing of pastures and cropland, preparing planting equipment, and orchard spraying.
Tobacco transplanting was a 1ittle over one-half complete, according to County Agents' reports. By this date last year, 82 percent of the crop had been set. Plants still in beds have beco~e larger than normal due to the delays.
Only 15 percent of the Q!n crop has been seeded. About one-half of the crop is usually planted by this date. Cotton and peanut plantings have been very sl ight.

Pastures and small grains showed improvement. Cattle were in mostly good condition, but losses due to grass tetany were noted.

Peaches were reported in mostly fair to good condition. Earl ier weather damage was largely responsible for this lower condition rating.

yegetable and melon crops in South Georgia were reported in mostly fair condition by State Market Managers. Sunshine and warm nights are needed to secure good stands on late plantings. Tomato transplanting was nearing completion in most areas. Cabbage harvest is expected to begin around mid-April from southern areas.

WEATHER SUMMARY -- Very 1ittle rainfall occurred in the State during the week ending Friday, April 10. Light amounts were measured at some places on Monday and again Friday but, with few exceptions, totals for the week were less than one-fourth inch. More than one-third of the reporting weather observers had no measurable rain during the period. Light rain occurred in some areas during the weekend. Amounts were generally of no significance except for a few local areas in the south. The observer at Dubl in measured just over one inch Sunday morning.
Temperatures were mild early in the week but warmed up to normal, or above, bY Thursday.
Increased cloudiness kept maximum temperatures down during the weekend but early morning minimums were warmer than usual for April. Most observers recorded their lowest readings Wednesday morning when temperatures dropped to sl ightly below freezing in the extreme north. Light frost was observed as far south as the Athens area. Thursday and Friday were the warmest days with highs in the high 70's and low 80's. Averages ranged from 40 above normal at Atlanta to 20 below normal at Augusta and Savannah.

The outlook for Wednesday through Friday of this week is for fair weather Vlednesday and Thursday, becoming cloudy Thursday night and Friday with a chance of scattered showers Friday. Warm afternoons and mild nights are indicated for Wednesday and Thursday, becoming cooler in the north on Friday. Highs should be in the mid 70's north to low 80's south and lows mostly in the upper 40's north and mid 50's south.

The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, Athens, Georgia; in cooperation with the Cooperative Extension Service, University of Georgia; Georgia Department of Agriculture; and the Heather Bureau, ESSA, U. S. Department of Commerce.

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Precipitation For The Week Ending April 10,9 1 970

GEORGIA

Temperature extremes for the week ending April 10, 19700 (Provisional)

Highest:

820 at Fort stewart and Macon on the 9th.
270 at Blairsville on the 4th and 8th and at Elberton on t he 8t h o

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T Less than .005 inch.

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B ROILE R TYPE
Placement of broiler chicks in G eo r gia during the we e k e nde d A p r i l 11 w as 9, 909, 000--3 percent more than the pr evious we ek and 5 p erc ent more than the comparable week last year, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service.
An estimated 13,300,000 broiler type eggs were set by G eorgia hatcheries-slightly more than the previous week and 5 p ercent more than the comparable we ek a year earlier.
The majority of the prices paid t o Georgia producers for b ro iler hatching e g g s were reported within a range of 55 to 65 cents per dozen. T he average price of hatching eggs was 62 cents pe r do zen. T he price of eggs from flocks with hatchery owned cockerels generally wa s 2 ce nt s be low the average pri ce . Mo s t prices received for broiler chicks by G eorgi a hat c h e r i e s w er e reported wit hi n a r a ng e of $8. 50 to $10.00 with an average of $9 . 2 5 per h un d r e d. The average p r i ce s l ast ye ar were 65 c ents for eggs and $9. 75 for c hicks .
GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS AND CHICK PLACEMENTS

Week Ended
Feb. 7 Feb. 14 Feb. 21 Feb. 28 Mar. 7 Mar. 14 Mar. 21 Mar. 28 Apr. 4 Apr. 11

Eggs Set J:../

1969
Thou.
11, 878 12,207 12.378 12,449 12,496 12, '472 12, 614 12.761 12.690 12,655

1970
Thou.
12,795 12,678 12, 800 13,086 13, 114 13,005 13, 241 13,420 13, 254 13, 300

0/0 of
year ago
Pct.
108 104 103 105 105 104 105 105 104 105

Chicks Placed for

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1969

1970

0/0 of
year ago

Thou.
8,661 8, 841 9,062 9,076

Thou.
9,575 9, 731 9, 728 9,600

Pct .

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III I 67 11 0 i 67

107 i 64

106 ! 64

9,282 9, 428

9,453 9, 585

102 I' 64 10 2 64

9,413

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9,485 9,552

I 9,468

9, 847 10, 112
9,630 9,909

10 5 I' 64 107 , 63
10 1 : 62 10 5 ; 62

Dollars
10.25 10.25 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00
9. 50
9.25 9.25

EGG TYPE
Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the week ended April 11 was 1,153,000--3 percent less than the previous week but 38 percent more than the comparable week last year. An estimated 1, 287, 000 eggs for the production of egg type chicks wer e set by Georgia hatcheries, 4 percent less than the previous week but 4 percent more 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 1969, hatchings during the week ended April 11 were up 18 percent and settings were up 13 percent from a year ago.

State
G a. Ill. Calif. Wash.

EGG TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS HATCHED, 1970

Eggs Set (Week Ended)

Mar.

Mar. Apr.

Apr.

21

28

4

11

0/0 of
year ago 2/

Chicks Hatched (Week Ended) i % of

Mar. Ma r .

Apr.

Apr. i year

21

28

4

11 i ago 2/

1, 351 865*
1,954

Thous ands
1, 534 1, 341 660 750
2,270 2, 205

1, 287 104 695 88
2, 250 I 134

Thousands

1,082 1, 021 525 4 30
1,668 1, 727

1, 190 615
1, 593

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695 i 124 I
1,472 ! III

295

331 253

332 1100

309 312

285

234 81

i Total I 4,465* 4,795 4, 549 4 , 564 113

3, 584 3,490 3,683 3, 554 118

* 1/ Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatchery supply flocks.

2/ Current week as pe rcent of same we ek la st year.

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Ma r. 28

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Ap r . ! year I Mar.

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Apr . 11

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THOUSANDS

THOUSANDS

2,212

2, 184

2, 286 106

1,605

1,638

1,648

102

24 6

268

206

82

96

123

163

98

1,830

1, 7 91

1, 774

98

1, 101

984

1, 175

123

54 8

550

495

82

254

304

320

125

388

390

3 19 114

579

497

497

107

3, 108

3, 161

3, 136 110

2,870

2,669

3,012

98

5,757

5, 60 6

5, 656 104

3,939

4,219

3,993

113

1, 84 1

1, 9 6 3

1,868 92

1, 4 42

1,638

1,342

96

40

44

37 109

462

352

360

102

9,000

9,071

9,057 110

6,962

6,842

6,942

112

682

626

602 105

595

684

625

124

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Florida Tennessee Alabama Mis s is sippi Arkansas Louis iana Texas Washington Oregon California

13 ,420 13,254 13,300 105 1 10 , 112

9,630

9,909

105

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1,254 791

1, 29 7 788

1, 224 101

1, 010

783 100 ! 978

978 1, 071

978 1,080

113 138

10,951 6,256

10, 959 6, 2 18

10,348 107 i 8,646
6, 19 4 118 I 5, 549

8,604 5, 524

8, 331 5,670

106 121

13, 136 1, 217 5,316

13 , 29 7 1, 22 2 5, 34 0

13, 324 1, 216 5,2 32

105 113 108

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9,680 987

4, 14 3

9,947 968
4, 194

10, 140 I, 031 4, 127

113 113 110

702 533

7 03 539

748 605

101 128

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528 354

475

96

315

103

2,520

2, 435

2,373 108 I I, 836

1,839

1, 953

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TOTAL 1970 (22 States)

8 1, 748 81, 706 80,783 106 163, 8 16 63,587 64,086

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TOTAL 1969* (22 States)

75,588 75, 867 75, 915

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58,226

% of Last Year

108

108

106

I 112

110

110

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GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
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Ma rc h 1970 Released 4/16/70

MARCH MILK PRODUCTION UP 9 PERCE NT
Mi l k p roduc t ion on Georgia farms dur ing March to taled 102 mill ion pounds , ac cording to the Georg ia Crop Reporting Service. Th is was 8 mill ion pounds above March 1969 and 7 mill ion pounds abo ve the " 3- day shorte r!' p rev ious mon t h .
Production per cow in herd ave raged 725 pounds - 55 pounds above the previous year and 45 pounds above the previous month .
The es timated average pr ic e receive d by p roduce r s f o r all wholesale milk during March was $6 .85 per hundredweight. This was 10 ce nt s bel ow the Februa ry 1970 pr ice but 50 cents above the Ma r c h 1969 price .

MILK PRODUCTION AN D PRICES RECEIVED AND PAID BY DAIRYMEN

Georqia

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United States

Item and Unit
Mil k product ion , mil I ion 1bs
Produ ction per cow
lbs. 1/
Numbe r mil k cows thousand head
Prices Rece ived-Dolla rs 1/
All wholesale milk, cwt. 1/
Flu i d mil k, cwt , Manufactured milk, cwt. Mi l k cows, head
Pr ices Pa id-Do l lars 1/

Ma r ,
1969 :

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670



140

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: 6.35

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210.00

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Feb. 1970
95 680 140
6.95 6.95
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235.00

Ma r , 1970
102 725 140
6.85
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250 . 00

: Ma r , : 1969
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: 9,960

:

780

: 12,765
:

: 5.35 : 5.80
: 4.34 : 289.00

Feb. 1970
8,840 706
12,530
5.69 6.11 4.69 320.00

Ma r , 1970
10,053 803
12,514
~/5 . 59 326 . 00

Mixed Da iry Feed, ton 14 percen t prote in

67.00

71.00

72.00

67.00

70.00

69.00

16 percent prote in

: 73. 00

79.00

77 ,0 0 : 72.00 . 75.00

73.00

18 percent protein

76.00

85.00

80.00 : 74.00

78.00

74.00

20 percent prote in Hay, ton

79.00
36.00

88.00 37.00

82.00 36.00

: 77.00
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: 32 .80
:

82.00 33.90

79.00 33.70

1/ Mont hl y average .

1/ Dollars per unit as of the 15th of t he month except who l e sa l e milk which is ave rage for
month.

3/ Revi s e d . ~/ Pr e 1 imi na ry ,

ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge

vi. PAT PARKS
Agri cultural Statistic ian

Th; Ge~rg i:; Cr~p-R;p~rti-;:;g-S;r~i~:e USDA: 409A-N~ rth-L~mpkin-Str;et,-Ath;ns,-G;orgia: in- - - coopera tion with the Georgia Department of Agr iculture .

UNITED STATES MILK PRODUCTION

March milk production UP 1 percent from a year earl ier
United States milk production in March is estimated at 10,053 mill ion pounds, 1 percent more than a year earl ier. Daily average production increased 3 percent from February to March compared with a 2 percent increase between these two months, a year earl ier. March output provided 1.58 pounds of milk per person daily for all uses, compared with 1.54 pounds a month earl ier and 1.59 pounds a year earl ier.

Production per cow up 3 percent. milk cows down 2 percent
March milk production per cow was a record high 803 pounds, up 3 percent from a year earl ier. By States, March milk production per cow was highest in Arizona at 995 pounds. Following were Cal ifornia, 975 pounds; Minnesota, 970 pounds; New Jersey, 935 pounds and Hawaii, 920 pounds. Milk cows on farms during March totaled 12,514,000, down 2 percent from a year earl ier.

Month
Janua ry February March
Jan.-March total Apri I May June July August September October November December
Annual

Milk per cow ~nd mi l k production by months, United States
Milk Per Cow 17 ---:--------Milk Productior:;--fl

Change

1968

1969

1970: 1968

1969

1970 from 1969

Pounds --

: -- Mill ion Pounds --

Percent

717

: 696

: :

-7-75-

: 796

: 858

: 826

:,

783 740
701

706

: 677

: 711

: 8,992

734 687
-7-8-0
806 867 847 800 764 ]26 725 691 730
9,152

750 : 9,495

9.411

9,412

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706 : 9,187

8,792

8,840

fO.5

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9,960 28,163

10,053 28,305

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fO.5

: 10,457 10,265

: 11,235 11,034

: 10,786 10,759

: 10.202 10,142

: 9 ,612

9,673

: 9,083

9,165

: 9,124

9,138

: 8,717

8,691

: 9,139

9,170

:

: 117,234 116,200

1/ Excludes milk sucked by calves.

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 Ath ens , Georg ra

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Week Ending April 20, 1970

Released 3 p.m. Monday

SPRING PLANTING ACTIVE BUT BEHIND NORMAL

Athens , .. Ga.~, ./~p~ri .~ _?_~ :~ Georgia farmers made good progress in land preparation and

seeding spring crops last week, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. Soil moisture

conditions were near ideal, but cool nightt ime temperatures hindered seed germinat ion. Prog-

ress is still behind normal due to previous delays.

Tobacco transplanting was 82 percent complete, according to County Agents' reports. This progress is about a week later than normal. Last year 95 percent of the crop had been set by this date.

Corn planting was 35 percent complete. This is more than a week behind normal. Last year 66 percent of the acreage had been seeded.

The seeding of cotton was 19 percent complete compared to 53 percent last year; peanut seeding was 10 percent complete compared to 48 percent last year.

Pastures and small grains made good growth, but their progress is behind normal. Cattle are in good condition.

Peaches were reported in mostly fair to good condition.

Veqetable and melon crops are beg inning to show improvement due to adequate soil moisture and favorable temperatures in southern areas, according to State Market Managers. Light volume of cabbage is moving to market. Most fields of cantaloups and watermelons are up to good stands and beginning to grow.

WEATHER SUMMARY -- Only 1 ight rainfall was reported over most of Georgia during the week ending Friday, April 17. Amounts were generally less than one-fourth inch but a few widely scattered areas received more than an inch. Rainfall has been very I ight over most of the State during the last 2 1/2 weeks, allowing soils to dry out after the very heavy rains the last of March. Light rains fell over most areas during the weekend. Some totals exceeded one-half inch Sunday night as a front moved through the State. Strong winds occurred in some areas but only minor damage had been reported Monday morning.

Temperatures were mild to warm throughout the week. Except for sl ightly cooler weather Wednesday, there was 1 ittle change from day to day. Highs were i n the 70s in the north and the 80's over most of the south and lows were generally in the 50 1s, except on Wednesday when readings in the 40's were the rule. The mountain area had temperatures near freezing during this cool spell. Warmer weekend weather pushed afternoon highs to 900 at a few places on Sunday. Averages for the week ranged from near normal at Augusta to 50 above normal at Columbus.

The outlook for Wednesday through Friday of this week is for partly cloudy and mild weather Wednesday, ' va r i a bl e cloudiness and warmer Thursday with shower activity 1 ikely in the north, followed by clearing and cooler Friday. Low temperatures are expected to range from 42 0 to 520 in the north and from 530 to 630 in the south. Highs will range from 650 to 750 in the north and from 750 to 850 in the south.

The Georg ia 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 Athens, Georgia ESSA
Precipitation For The Week Ending April 17, 1970
GEORGIA
Temperature extremes for the week ending April 17, 19700 (Provisional )
o Highes t: 88 at Camilla on the 17th o Lowest : 300 at Blairsville on the
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1969 1/

1970 2/

Thou.

Thou.

Pet.

Broiler Type Pullets Placed (U. S. )3/
Total Domestic

4, 197 3,578

4,227 101 3, 645 102

Chickens Tested Broiler Type
Georgia United States Egg Type Georgia United States

455 2,455
43 620

601 132 2, 659 108
39 91 483 78

Chicks Hatched Broiler Type
Georgia United States Egg Type G eorgia United States

44, 556 267,773
4,036 53,621

46,976 105 295,258 110
4,492 111 63,969 119

Commercial Slaughter:41 Young Chickens
Georgia United States Mature Chickens Light Type
G eorgia United States Heavy Type Georgia United State s

29,395 194,980
I, 108 11, 663
245 2, 212

33, 367 114 221,479 114
2, 252 203 12, 284 105
349 142 2, 766 125

Egg Production Georgia
Hatching Other

Mil.
95 381

Mil.
85 89 375 98

Total
South Atlantic 51
United States -

476 1, 227 5,997

460 97 1,242 101 6,040 101

Thou.

u Mar , 1970 2/
Thou.

11,036 9, 343

11, 688 10,017

1, 691 7,270
78
I, 888

1,808 8,010
86 1, 817

123, 244 732,310
9,812 131, 962

131,517 818, 226
11, 871 156,692

90,952 589,199
NA 34,677
NA 6,099
Mil.
260 1, 10 4
1,364 3,462 16,985

98,428 653,452
5,708 33,892
I, 113 7,761
Mil.
248 1, 102
1,350 3,602 17,237

0/0 of last year Pet.
106 107
107 110 110
96
107 112 121 119
108 111
98
127
95 100
99 104 101

1/ Revised.
2/ Preliminary. 3/ Pullets for broiler hatchery supply flocks, includes expected pullet replacements from
- e g g s sold during the preceding month at the rate of 125 pullet chicks per 30-doz. case
of eggs.
4/ Federal-State Market News S ervice Slaughter reports only include poultry slaughtered - under Federal Inspection.
5/ South Atlantic States: Del., Md., W. v s., N. C., S. C., Ga , , F l a ., v.
NA- Not Available

United States Department of Agriculture

Georgia Department of Agriculture

Statistical Reporting Service, 409A North Lumpkin Street, Athens, Georgia 30601

State

YOUNG CHICKENS: SLAUGHTERED UNDER FEDERAL INSPECTION

BY SELECTED STATES, 1969 and 1970

Number Inspected

Indicated Percent Condemned

During Feb.

Jan. thru F eb.

During F e b .

Jan. thru Feb.

1969

1970

1969

1970

1969

1970

1969

1970

Thou.

Thou.

Thou.

Thou.

Pet.

Pet.

Pet.

Pet.

Maine

4 ,231

5,705

9,980 12,045 4.6

3.7

4.7

3.8

Pa.

6, 156

6,423

13, 109 13,171 4.8

5. 3

4.8

5. 1

Mo.

3,730

4,327

7,809

9,031 3.8

5.6

4.0

5. 4

Del.

6, 153

7,827

13,947 15, 295 4.3

4.5

Md.

I 11,262 13,900

25,043 28, 531 3.9

4. 6

4.3

4.7

3. 9

4.7 '

Va.

5, 651

6,851

12,663 14,348 4.9

5.0

4.7

5. 3

N. C.

18, 166 22,338

40,635 47, 476 4. 1

4. 3

4. 1

4.2

Ga.

28,394 31,033

60,915 64,737 5.6

6. 1

5.6

5.9

T enn.

4,642

5,306

10,219 10, 730 4.0

3. 5

4.0

3. 5

Ala.

19,988 21,770

43,698 4 5, 84 6 3.4

5. 1

3.8

5. 1

Miss.

12,926 14,798

28,427 31,269 2.7

2. 5

2.9

2.7

Ark.

25,903 29,974

55,776 61,541 4.2

3.7

3.9

3.8

Texas

11, 281 12, 897

24, 800 27,356 3.0

4.0

3. 5

4. 1

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U. S. 175,087

383,385

4. 1

4.4

4.2

4.4

204,944

4 26, 709

Item

MID-MONTH PRICES RECEIVED AND PRICES PAID

Mar. 15 1969 Cents

G eorgia Feb. 15
1970
Cents

Mar. 15 1970
Cents

United States Mar. 15 Feb. 15 Mar. 15

1969

1970

1970

Cents Cents

Cents

Prices 'Received:
Chickens, is.,
excl. broilers Com 11 Broilers (lb.) All Eggs (dozens)
Table (dozens) Hatching, (dozens)

11. 0 14.5 47.6

10. 5 13.5 53.0 50.3 67.0

11. 0 14.0 49.1 46.0 64.0

9.8 15.3 39.5

10. 5 14.3 47.3

10.9 14.8 42.5

Prices Paid: (per ton)

Dol.

Dol.

Dol.

Dol.

Dol.

Dol.

Broiler Grower Laying Feed

90.00 80.00

95.00 83.00

96.00 82.00

88.00 79.00

94 .00 83.00

94.00 83.00

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.

C. L. CRENSHAW Agricultural Statistician

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

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BROILER TYPE

Placement of broiler chicks in Georgia during the week ended A p r i l 18 wa s 9,875, OOO--slightly less than the previous week but 4 percent more than t he comparable week last year, according to the Georgia Crop Repor ting Se r vi c e .
An estimated 13, 254, 000 broiler type eggs were set by G eorgia hatcherie s -slightly less than the previous week but 5 percent more than the comparable week a year earlier.
The majority of the prices paid to Geor gia producers fo r b roil e r hatching e gg s were reported within a range of 55 to 65 cents p er dozen. The average price of hatching eggs was 62 cents per dozen. The price of eggs fr o m flocks with hatchery owned cockerels generally was 2 cents below the average price. Most price s received for broiler chicks by Georgia hatcheries were r eported within a range of $ 8 . 50 to $ 10 . 0 0 with an average of $9.25 per hundr ed. The a v e r a g e prices las t year w er e 6 5 c ents fo r eggs and $9. 75 for chicks.

We ek Ended

GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS AND CHICK PLA CE MENTS

Eggs S e t J:../

0/0 of

Chicks Placed for
Broilers in Georgia
0/0 o f

A v . Price

Hatch

Broiler

E gg s

Chi ck s

Per

Per

1969

1970

year ago

1969

1970

year Doz. ago 1970

Hundred 1970

Thou.

Thou.

Pet.

Thou.

Thou. Pet. Cents

Dollars

F e b . 14 Feb. 21 Feb. 28 Mar. 7 Mar. 14 Mar . 21 Mar. 28 Apr . 4 Apr. 11 A p r . 18

12,207 12,378 12,449 12,496 12,472 12, 614 12,761 12,690 12,655 12, 631

12,678 12, 800 13,086 13, 114 13, 005 13, 241 13,420 13, 254 13,300 13, 254

104

8,841

103

9,062

105

9,076

105

9,282

104

9, 428

105

9, 413

105

9,485

104

9,552

105

9,468

105 I 9, 513

9,731 9,728 9,600 9, 453 9, 585 9,847 10,112 9,630 9,909 9,875

110

67

107

64

106

64

102

64

102

64

105

64

107

63

101

62

105

62

10 4

I
I

62

10.25 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00
9.50 9.25 9.25 9.25

EGG TYP E

Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the week ended A p r i l 18 w as 1, 131, 000-2 percent less than the previous w e ek but 17 perc ent more t ha n the c o mparable w e ek last year. An estimated 1,224,000 egg s for the production of egg t ype chicks were s et by Georgia hatcheries, 5 percent 1es s than the previous week and 3 percent l e s s 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 1969, hatchings during t h e week ended }~ p r il 18 wer e up 6 p ercent but settings were down 4 percent from a year ago.

State

EGG TYPE EGGS SET A ND CHICKS HAT CHED, 1970

Eggs Set (Week Ended)

0/0 of

i Chicks Hatche d (W e ek E n de d ) 0/0 of

Mar. 28

Apr. Apr.

4

11

A p r . year

18

ago 2/

Mar . Ap r .

28

4

Apr . 11

A pr ' i year

18

a go 2 /

I

Thousands

Thou sands

Ga.

1, 534 1, 341 1, 287 I, 224

97

Ill.

685*

750

695

810

90

Ca lif. 2,270 2,205 2,250 I, 791

97

Wa s h.

331

253 332

351 III

1, 021 1, 190 1, 153 1, 131 1 17

4 30 6 15

695

540

79

1,727 1,593 1, 47 2 1, 70 4 105

31 2 285

234

271

15 6

Total 4,820* 4,549 4, 56 4 4 , 17 6 1 96

3, 4:90 3, 683

3, 55 4

3, 646

I
I

10 6

1I-Includes eggs set by hatcheries p r6duClng c hi c k s fo r hatc he ry s upply fl o c ks .

2/ Current week as percent of same week last year.

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BROILER TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN C OM ivlERCIAL AREAS BY \~.'E ~ KE - 1970 Page 2

STATE

.i

E GGS SE T

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i

Week Ended

A pr.

Apr .

Apr.

%of
year -

Apr.

Week Ended

A pr.

A pr .

%of
year

4

11

18

ago 1/ 4

11

18

ago 1/

THOUSANDS

THOU~ ANDS

Maine Conne cti c ut Pennsylvania Indiana Mis s o uri Delaware Maryland Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina

2, 184

2,286

2,268 102

1, 638

1,648

1, 682

10 7

268

206

214

61

123

163

138

82

1, 791

1,7 74

1,847

97

984

1, 175

1, 077

101

55 0

4 95

456

80

304

320

323

118

390

319

341

98

497

497

545

114

3, 161

3,136

3,298 1 18

2,6 69

3,012

2, 777

93

5, 606

5,656

5,645 105

4, 219

3,993

4,242

113

1,963

1, 868

1,838

97

1,638

1,342

1 , 4 77

105

44

37

39

89

352

360

3 88

113

9,071

9,057

8,878 107

6, 842

6, 942

6,973

112

626

602

634 114

684

6 25

61 0

118

GEORGIA

13,254 13, 300 13,254 105

9,630

9,909

9, 875

104

Florida Tennes see Alabama Mis sis sippi Arkansas L ouisiana Texas Washington Or e gon California
T OTAL 1970 (22 States)

1,297 788
10,959 6, 218
13, 297 1, 222 5,340 703 539 2,435

1,224 783
10,348 6, 194
13, 324 1, 216 5, 232 748 6 05 2,373

1,279 116

792

98

9,997 104

6,301 117

13,309 104

1, 218 108

5,354 11 0

816 141

654 174

2, 54 9 116

978

978

935

III

1, 071

1, 080

1, 078

136

8,604

8, 331

8, 578

111

5,524

5, 670

5, 724

121

9,947 10, 140

9,759

106

968

1, 031

1, 123

122

4, 194

4, 12 7

4, 196

110

528

475

50 0

100

354

31 5

363

95

1, 839

1,9 53

1,957

124

8 1, 7 06 8 0,783 80 ,9 8 1 107

63, 587 64 , 086 64, 320

109

T OTAL 1969* (22 Stat e s)

75,867 7 5, 915 75, 855

57 , 561 58 ,226 58 , 79 0

0/0 o f La s t Yea r

10 8

10 6

10 7

11 0

110

10 9

11 Current w eek as p e r c e n t o f same week las t y ear . * R e vi s e d ,

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AP R211970
Cash Receipts Uj 61 Million Dollars LItlRARI;:S
Production of chickens (includi~ello&}a~-g4A during 1969 totaled 465, 530, 000 head -- 1. 8 percent more than the 1968 total of 457, 189, 000 according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. Production of broilers was up 1 percent, chickens produced for hatching egg flocks up 2 pe r cerrtand other chickens were up 19 percent.

Egg production during 1969 totaled 5,426 million eggs -- 9 percent more than in 1968 and an all time record. Production of hatching eggs was up 10 percent and
production of other eggs was up 8 percent.

Cash receipts from all chickens and eggs including commercial broilers were
estimated at $443,563,000 compared with $382,362,000 in 1968. .deceipts from eggs and chickens used in egg production totaled $22~, 327,0.00 .a n.d from broilers $218, 236, 000. Thus egg production ranked number 1 and broilers number 2 when ranked with other
agricultural enterprises in accordance to their cash value.

GEORGIA CHICKEN PRODUCTION AND INCOME 1964 - 1969

No. Produced

No. Sold

Pounds Sold

Price Per Lb.

T'ho us ,

Thous.

'I'ho us ,

Cents

Cash Receipts
1,000 dol.

All Chickens Including Cornrn, Broilers
1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

392,094 420,874 479, 573 467,930 457, 189 465,530

387,707 417,677 472,360 466,765 453,471 462,276

1,343,324 1,446,318 1,634,909 1,664,547 1,613,905 1,646,044

13.6 14.3 14.3 12.0 12.9 14.0

182,448 207, 102 234,211 199,488 208,437 229,734

Commercial Broilers 1/
1964 -
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

373,880 402,770 456, 192 447, 123 436,748 442,221

373,880 402,770 456, 192 447,123 436,748 442,221

1,271,192 1,369,418 1,551,053 1, 564, 930 1,528,618 1, 547,774

13.7 14.5 14.5 12.2 13. 1 14. 1

174,153 198, 566 224,903 190,921 200,249 218,236

Hatching Egg Flocks
1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

4,952 5,567 6,592
5.993 5,587 5.704

4,807 4,935 5,481 6,014 5,145 5,467

36,052 37,012 41, 108 45. 105 38, 588 41, 549

15.8 16.0 15.0 12.7 14.3 15.9

5,709 5,922 6, 157 5,728 5, 508 6, 606

Other Flocks 2/ 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

11, 771

9.020

34.744

7.0

11,062

9,972

38,572

6.4

16, 789

10, 687

42,748

7.3

14,814

13, 628

54,512

5.2

14.854

11.578

46.699

5. 7

17.605

14. 588

56,721

8.6

2.586 2,61 4 3, 151 2, 839 2,680 4. 892

All Chickens &

Eggs Including

Broilers

1964

308, 284

1965

348.698

1966

409. 38 4

1967

352,371

1968

382,362

1969

443. 563

1/ Cash receipts include home consumption which is less than 1 percent of total production.
'2/ Includes both commercial and farm flocks - eggs principally for human consumption.

All Eggs
1964 1965 1966 1967
196~
1969
Hatching Eggs
1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

Ave . No. Layers _
1, 000 head

GEORGIA EGG PRODUCTION AND INCOME, 1964 - 1969

I Eggs Per

Eggs

\ ___ _ _ ~ gR~ _.s~l_~________I _J?E.~~~ _~e r 12?~~_ ____ ____~- _____ ___ Cash _~~ e_c_~_~p! ~ _____ --

Layer

Produced I Comrn , Hatch All 1 Comm. Hatch All ! Cornm ,

Hatch.

All

No.

Mi lli on s -- Millions --

-- Cents --

- - 1,000 dollars

17, 59 1 18, 792 21,298 22,684 23,337 24,705

213

3,743

3, 04 7 645 3, 692

37. 0 59 .3 40 .9 93,962 31,874 125, 836

215

4,042

3,291 707 3,9 98

38 . 1 62.9 42 .5 104, 537 37,059 141, 59 6

211

4,501

3,669 794 4,463

43. 1 65 .4 47. 1 131, 925 43,248 175,173

220

4,981

4, 075 87 0 4,945

32.8

57 . 2 37 . 1 111, 383 41 , 500 152, 883

214

4, 992

4,085 871 4,956

38 .0 61. 4 42. 1 129,359 44, 566 173.925

220

5,426

4,441 961 5,402

44. 1 63.2 47 .5 163,217 50,612 213 , 829

3,650 3,909 4,428 4, 760 4,737
5, 134

196

717

70 645

715

37. 0 59 .3

201

785

76 707

783

38 . 1 62.9

200

884

88 794

882

43.1

65.4

204

969

97 87 0

96 7 32. 8 57.2

205

970

97 871

968 38.0 61. 4

208

1,068

105 961 1, 066

44.1 63.2

2, 158 2,413 3, 161 2,651 3,072
3,859

31,874 37,059 4 3, 24 8 41,500 44, 566 50 ,612

34, 032 39,472 46,409 44, 151 47, 638 54 , 4 7 1

Other Eggs 1/

1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

13, 941 14, 883 16, 870 17,924 18, 600 19,571

217

3,026

2,977

219

3, 257

3,215

2 14

3,617

3,581

22 4

4 , 0 12 3,978

21 6

4, 022 3,988

223

4, 358 4,336

2,977 3,215 3,581 3,978 3,988 4,336

37.0 38. 1 43 . 1 32.8 38.0 44.1

1/ Includes eggs from both commercial and farm flocks - used principally for human consumption.

91,804 102, 124 128, 764 108, 732 126,287 159,358

91,804 102, 124 128,7 64 108,732 126,287 159,358

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The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, United States Department of Agriculture, 409A North Lumpkin Street, Athens, Georgia, in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture .

C. L. CRENSHAW Agricultural Statistician

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GEORGIA'S LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY CASH RECEIPTS SET RECORD HIGH IN 1969

April 27, 1970

The sale of I ivestock, poultry, and I ivestock and poultry products brought Georgia farmers a record high $735,447,000 during 1969. This broke the old record of $634,993,000 set in 1966 by $100,454,000. Egg sales led the advances, but all items, except turkeys, registered an increase over the previous year when receipts amounted to $623,352,000.

Cash receipts from individual crops for 1969 will not be available until August 1970.

Georqia Livestock & Poultry Cash Receipts

1964

1965

1966

1967

(Thousand dollars)

1968

1969 Pre lim i na ry

Hogs

53,292

61, 131

70,481

67,242

73,652

96,807

Ca ttl e & Ca 1ve s 57,140

76,582

89,232

84,005

93,301

115,180

Dairy Products 52,104

55,558

58,437

63,114

66,159

73,073

Commercial Bro i lers

174,153

198,566

224,903

190,921

200,249

218,236

Other Chickens

8,295

8,536

9,308

8,567

8,188

11 ,498

Turkeys

6,199

5,576

7,426

7,535

7,844

6,782

Eggs

125,836

141,596

175,173

152,883

173,925

213,829

Sheep & Lambs

60

26

16

25

21

28

\"001

35

23

17

15

13

14

TOTAL

477,114

547,594

634.993

574,307

623,352

735,447

W. PAT PARKS
, A. WAGNER
Agricultural Statisticians

C. L. CRENSHAW Agricultural Statistician

The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, USDA, 409A North Lumpkin Street, Athens, Georgia, in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture.

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April 29, 1970

BROILER TYPE
Placement of broiler chicks in Georgia during the week ended A p r il 25 was 9,958,000--1 percent more than the previous week and 5 percent more than the comparable week last year, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service.
An estimated 13,026,000 broiler type eggs were set by Georgia hatcheries--2 percent less than the previous week but 3 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 65 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. 50 to $10.00 with an average of $9.25 per hundred. The average prices last year were 63 cents for eggs and $9. 50 for chicks.

Week Ended
Feb. 21 Feb. 28 Mar. 7 Mar. 14 Mar. 21 Mar. 28 Apr. 4 Apr. 11 Apr. 18 Apr. 25

GEORGIA EGGS SET, Eggs Set]./

1969
Thou.
12,378 12,449 12,496 12,472 12,614 12,761 12,690 12,655 12, 631 12,666

1970
Thou.
12, 800 13,086 13,114 13,005 13, 241 13,420 13,254 13,300 13,254 13,026

HATCHINGS AND CHICK PLACEMENTS

0/0 of
year ago
Pet.
103 105 105 104 105 105 104 105 105 103

Chicks Placed for Broilers in Georgia

1969

1970

0/0 of
year ago

i Thou.
i
! 9, 062 i 9,076
I 9,282
19, 428
9,413
11 9 , 4 8 5 9, 552
1 9,468 I 9,513
! 9,489

Thou.
9,728 9,600 9,453 9,585 9,847 10,112 9,630 9,909 9,875 9,958

Pet.
107 106 102 102 105 107 101 105 104 105

Av. Hatch Eggs Per Doz. 1970
Cents
64 64 64 64 64 63 62 62 62 62

Price Broiler Chicks Per Hundred 1970
Dollars
10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00
9.50 9.25 9.25 9.25 9.25

EGG TYPE
Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the week ended April 25 was 1,075,000-.;. 5 percent less than the previous week but 4 percent more than the comparable week last year . An estimated 1, 250,000 eggs for the production of egg type chicks were set by Georgia hatcheries, 2 percent more than the previous week but 11 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 1969, hatchings during the week ended A p r il 25 were up 9 percent and settings were up 5 percent from a year ago.

State
Ga. .Ill. Calif. Wash. Total

EGG TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS HATCHED, 1970

Eggs Set (Week Ended)

'Apr .

Apr. Apr.

Apr.

4

11

18

25

% of
year ago 2/

Chicks Hatched (Week Ended)

Apr. Ap r .

Apr.

Apr.

4

11

18

25

I% of
: year i ago 2/

Thousands

I

I
I

Thousands

I 1,341

765*

I 2,205

II

253

I

I

i
I I

4,564*

1,287 695
2,250 332

1, 224 810
1, 791 351

4, 564 4, 176

1,250 89 725 [9 5
2,056 1;23 311 1 1:0 3
4, '342 1 1b 5

1, 190 1, 153
I 615 695 1, 593 1,472
I 285 234

I
!

3,683

3, 554

1, 131 540
1, 704 271
3,646

1,075 104 605 91
1, 681 12.3 202 106
3, 563 : 109

* 1/ Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks fo r hatchery supply flocks.

2/ Current week as percent of same week last year.

Revi.s e d,

BROILER TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL A~~EAS BY WE EKS - 1970 P a ge 2

Q)

I

STATE

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I

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P enns yl v a ni a

Indiana

Mi s s our i

Delaware

Maryland

V irg inia

We s t Virginia

North Carolina

South Carolina

Apr.
11

EGGS SET

Week E ~sle 5L .

Apr.

Apr.

18

25

THOUSANDS

2,286
206 1, 774
495 319 3, 136 5,656 I , 868
37 9,057
602

2,268 214
1,847 4 56 341
3,298 5, 645 1,838
39 8,878
634

2. 148 257
1,855 514 344
3,266 5,629 2. 156
46 8.978
665

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C HI ~KS i <LA ::;Z D

I

% of
I year A p r . I ago 1/ 11

Week Ended

Apr.

Apr.

18

25

% I

I

of

--I year

! a go 1/

I

T ~-I O U JA NDS

I 97

1,648

1.682

1.654

105

97 I 163

138

141

101

103 I I, 175

1, 077

I. 014

87

93 105

I
I

320 497

323 545

319

128

546

116

I 117

3,012

2, 777

2,847

99

97 I 3,993

4 , 2 42

4, 262

102

108

1 , 3 42

1,477

I, 378

90

105

360

388

351

104

110

6,942

6,973

6,928

113

122

625

610

571

115

GEORGIA

13, 300 13,254 13, 026 103

9,909

9,875

9,958

105

Florida Tennessee Alabama Mi s sis s ippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas Washington Oregon California
TOTAL 1970 (22 States)

I, 224

1,279

1,323 109

978

935

954

114

783

792

789 93

1, 080

1.078

I. 195

140

10,348 9,997 10, 573 109

8, 331

8, 578

8,617

110

6,194

6,301

6, 247 115

5,670

5.724

5.601

116

13,324 13,309 13, 282 104 10, 140

9.759

9, 880

109

1,216

1, 218

I, 215 106

I. 031

I. 123

I. 128

119

5, 232

5, 354

5, 501 114

4. 127

4, 196

4. 244

108

748

8 16

687 112

475

500

541

117

605

654

546 139

315

363

398

102

2,373

2, 549

2,367 108

1,953

I. 957

I, 866

114

80.783 80,981 81.414 107 64,086 64.320 64.393

108

TOTAL 1969* (22 States)

75,915 75 ,855 76.274

58,226 58.790 59,419

% of Last Year I

106

107

107

110

109

108

1/ Current week as percent of same week last year. * Revised.

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GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
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Athens , Georgia

1969 ANNUAL SUMMA RY

GEORGIA MILK PRODUCTION UP 52 MILLION POUNDS PRODUCTION PER COW RECORD HIGH

Total milk production on Georgia f a rms in 1969 was estimated to be 1,117 mill ion pounds, compared with 1,065 mill ion the previ ous 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 durin g 1969 was placed at 7,979 pounds, a record high. This compared with the previous record l evel of 7 , 607 pounds in 1968.

The number of cows kept for mi l k on fa rm s in the State averaged 140,000. This was equal to the 1968 average.

MILK RECEIPTS AT PLANT HIGHEST OF RECORD

Milk sold wholesale to plants and dealers i n 1969 totaled 1,050 mill ion pounds -- 60 mill ion pounds above the 1968 annual total. Milk used on farms where produced continued to decl ine. The 51 mill ion pounds in this category during 1969 compared with 56 mill ion pounds the previous year.

Cash receipts from combined marketings of milk (Grade A, manufacture, and milk sold retail by farmers) amounted to 73,073,000 dollars in 1969. This compared with 66,159,000 dollars in 1968. The farm value of all milk produced was placed at 76,514,000 dollars -- 10 percent above the 69,864,000 dollars the previous year.

GEORGIA MILK COWS, PRODUCTION PER COW, TOTAL MILK PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION, 1964-68, REVISED - 1969 PRELIMINARY

Year
1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

Number ..

.. Total :

: of Mi 1k : Production : Production:

Cows II : per cow :

1/ :

:

1.000

Pounds

Mi 11 ion : : Pounds :

:

:

: 170 : 5,600

:

952 :

: 158 : 6,270

:

991 :

: 150 : 6,670

:

1,000 :

: 144 : 7,220

:

1,040 :

: 140

7,607

:

1,065 :

: 140 : 7.979

:

1.117 :

Milk Marketed by Farmers

Sold to : Reta i 1ed

Plants :

by

and

: Farmers 11

Dealers

Mi 11 ion : Mi 11 ion

Pounds :

Pounds

: Mil k used on

:

Farms

: \Jhe re Produced

:

Mi 11 ion

:

Pounds

820 .

30 :

102

885 :

25 :

81

905

24 :

71

955 990

.:

22 : 19 :

63 56

1.050

16 :

51

11 Average number on farms during year, excluding heifers not yet fresh. 11 Excludes milk sucked by calves. 11 Includes sales by producer-distributors and other farmers on own routes or at
fa rms ,

The Georgi~ Crop-Reporti;g-Servi~e:USDA: 409A-North-L~mpkin-Street,-Athen~,-Georgia: in- - -cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture.

UNITED STATES MILK PRODUCTION, DISPOSITION, AND INCOME
Cash receipts from all 1969 marketings of milk and cream reached a reco r d h igh, $6.2 bilI ion. Higher prices for milk and cream sold more than offset smal ler ~arket i ng s. Milk production was down 1 percent in 1969 because milk cow numbers decl ined 3 percen t. A 2-percent gain in the rate of milk production per cow wa s not enough to offset the decl ine.
Record-hiqh cash receipts
Farmers' cash receipts from milk and cream were $6,171 mil I ion in 1969, up 4 pe rce nt from the p re v ious high a year earl ier. Cash receipts increased in 8 of the 10 l eading States. Wisconsin led, followed by New York, Cal ifornia, Pennsylvania and Minnes o ta. These 5 States accounted for 45 percent of the national total in 1969. Returns for combined mark etings of milk and cream averaged $5.52 per hundredweight exceeding the previous record in 1968 by 23.
Cash receipts from milk sold to plants and dealers totaled $5,923 mil I ion in 1969 , an increase of 4 percent from 1968. Returns from sale of cream, at $41 mill ion, were down 17 percent from the previous year continuing the down-trend in this item. Direct sales of milk to consumers totaled $207 mil I ion, 1 pe rce nt more than in 1968. Value of milk used in farm households in 1969 is an estimat ed $1 49 mil l io n- -5 percent l e~s than a ye ar ea rl ie r . The farm value of all milk produced was $6,413 mi l l ion, a 3 percent increase over 1968.
Marketinqs by producers de c l i ned 1 pe rce nt in 1969
r\ilk and cream marketed by f armers totaled 111.8 bill ion pounds of milk e qu iva le nt in 1969, down I percent from 1968. These marketings consist of whole milk and farm separated cream, sold to plants and dealers, and milk sold directly to consumers. Marketing of whole milk to p l an t s , at 108.4 billion pounds, wa s slightly less than in 1968.

C. L. CRENSHA~I Agricultural Statistician

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Agricultural Statistician

Af t er Five Days Return to Unit ed State s Department of AGriculture
Stat ist i ca l Reporti ng Ser vi ce 409A Nor t h Lumpkin Street
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GEORGIA CROP R'E PO RTI NG

ATHENS , GEORGIA

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,\M Y 11 1970

GEORGI A SOYBEANS

LIBRA RIES
==..kl4y I970

County Estimates - Acreaqe. Yield . ard Production - 1969 Pre1 imi na ry

Di s t r ic t

and County

: Harves ted Ac re s : Yi e 1d Pe r .!\c re :

Pr odu c t i o n

Bushels

Bushels

DISTRICT 1 Bartow Floyd Gordon Mu r ray Po l k \l a 1ke r Whi t fi el d Other Counties

1 ,800
3 , 500 4 , 400 5 ,600 2 ,100
500 2,700
400

27.0 25.0 27 .0 24.0 21.0 24.0 27.0 25.0

48,600
87,500 118,800 134,400 44,100 12 , 000 72,900 10,000

Tc:rAL

21,000

25.2

528 ,300

DISTRICT 1
Bar row Cl a rke Fann in Gwinnett Jackson Oconee Union vle 1ton Other Counties

400 600
300 3,000
400 3,600
400
5,300 1,000

27.0 23.0 19.0 26.0 27.0 24.0 29.0 27.0 24.0

10,800 13,800
5,700 78 ,000 10,800 86,400 11,600 143,100 24,000

TOTAL

15,000

25.6

384,200

QISTRICT 1
Elbert Franklin Ha rt Madison Og lethorpe Stephens v!i 1kes Other Counties

6,200 2,100 5,000 8,000 2,700
100
500 400

27.0 24.0 23.0 21.0 23.0 21.0 25.0 22 . 0

167,400
50 ,L~OO
115,000 168,000 62,100
2, 100
12,500 8,800

TOTAL

25,000

23.5

586,300

May 1970

GEORGIA SOYBEANS

County Estimates - Acreaqe. Yield. and Production - 1969 Prel iminary

District

and County

: Ha ryes ted Acres : Yield Per Ac re :

Produ ction

Bushels

Bushels

DIST~ICT !
Cowet a
Fayette Ha rr i s Hen ry Lamar /viaco n r 1.'13 io n Me r iwe t he r Pike Schley Spald ing Taylor Upson Ot her Counties

100 200 7UO 2,000 400 14,400
300 500 3,900 2,800 I ,70O 4 ,000 200 800

19.0 19.0 25.0 19.0 26.0
26.0
2l~.
23.0 24.0 21.0 20.0 26.0 22.0 22.0

1, 900 3 ,800 17, 500 38,000 10,400 374,400 7,200 I I ,500 93,600 58, 800 34,000 104,000 4,400 17 ,600

TOTAL

32 ,000

24.3

777, 100

DISTRI CT 2.
Baldwin Bibb Bleckley Butts Crawford Dodge Hancock Houston Johnson Jones Lau rens Mo nt gome ry Morgan Newton Peach Pulask i Treutlen Twiggs Ha s h i ngt o n \.Jhee Ie r \./ ilk i nson Other Counties

600 800 3 ,800 700 6,200 2,300 200 22,200 2,400 200 9,200 4,500 600 300 13 ,300 1,000 1,000 3 ,000 9 ,200 1,500 1,500 500

25.0 26.0 26.0 25.0 23.0 26.0 23.0 25.0 22.0 24.0 24.0 20.0 21.0 22.0 27.0 21.0 25.0 26.0 22.0 24.0 20.0 22.0

15,000 20,800 98,800 17,500 142, 600
59 , 800 4,600
555 ,000 52 ,800 4,800
220,800 90,000 12,600
6 ,600
359, 100 21 , 000 25,000 78,000
202, 400 36,000 30,000 I I ,000

TOTAL

85,000

24.3

2,064 ,200

May 1970

GEORG IA SOYBEA i~S

County Estimates - Ac re a qe . Yie l d, and Production - 1969 Prel im inarv

District and County

: Ha rves t ed Acres . Yie l d Per Acre

Production

Bushels

Bushels

-DBuISlTloRcIChT -6
Bu r ke Candler Columb ia Eff i ngham Emanuel Glascock Jefferson Jenk ins /'lcDuf f ie Ri chmo nd S c r e ven 'ilar re n

31 ,600 33,600
3, 900 200
1I ,500 13 ,400
1,200 24, 900 13,400
1,200 1, 700 33,600 4,800

22. a
26 .0 22.0 20.0 24.0 22.0 20.0 25.0 27.0 27.0 25.0 25.0 23.0

695,200 873 , 600
85 ,800 4 , 0 00
276, 000 294,800
24,000 6 22 , 5 0 0 361,800
32,400 42,500 840,000 110,400

TOTAL
DISTRI CT 1
Baker Cal houn Clay Deca tur Do u g h e r t y Earl y Grady Lee Miller Mi tche 11 Qui t ma n Ra ndo l ph Seminole Stewart Sumter Terrell Thomas vJe bs t e r

175,000
1,200 2,200
200 2,500 2,900 1,800 2,000 4 ,300 1,800 2,500
100 I ,100 1, 100
900 12,7.00 2,300 5,100
300

24 .4
23.0 2].0 18.0 18.0 19.0 18.0 22.0 22 . 0 18.0 21 .0 19.0 19.0 23.0 20.0 21.0 19.0 19.0 23.0

4,263,000
27,600 46,200
3,600 45,000 55, 100 32,400 44,000 94,600 32,400 52,500
1,900 20 , 900 25,300 18,000 266,700 43,700 96 ,900 6,900

TOTAL

45,000

20 . 3

913,700

Nay 1970

GEORGIA SOYBEANS

County Estimates - A c re~ qe. Yield, and Production - 1969 Prel imi nary

District

and County

Harve s t ed Ac res

Yield Per Acre

Produc t ion

Bushels

Bu sh el s

DI ST RICT 8 Atki ns on Ben Hill Be rr ien Broo ks C:off ee Co l qui t t Coo k
Cr i sp
Dool y Ec ho l s Irw in Jeff Davi s Lan ier Lowndes Telfa ir Tift Turne r \o.l i l cox
~'fo r t h

100 600
3,300 3,300
600 2 , 80J 1, 000 3 , 800 14,000
100 2, 200
300 200 2,000 800 1,000 I ,100
1,300 3,500

19.0 21.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 22.0 25.0 22.0 26.0 24 . 0 24.0 22.0 17.0 24 . 0 20.0 23.0 26 . 0
25.0 23.0

1,900 12,600 8 2 , 5 00 82, 500 15, 000 6 1, 600 25 , 000 83 , 600 364,000 2,400 52,800 6,600 3,400 48,000 16,000 23,000 28, 600
32,500 80,500

TOTAL
DI STRICT .2
App 1 i ng Bacon Bryan Chatham Eva ns Pierce Tattna 11 Toombs ':Ia re "J a y ne Othe r Counties

42,000
3 ,300 800
1,600 700
4,300 1,000 8,500 5,400
200 700 500

2L~. 3
22.0 25.0 24.0 28.0 24.0 27.0 25.0 26.0 25.0 25.0 25.0

1,022, 500
72 , 600 20,000 38,400 19, 600 103,200 27,000 212,500 140,400 5 , 000 17,500 12, 500

TOTAL

27,000

24.8

668,700

STATE TOTAL

467, 000

24.0

11,208 ,000

C. L. Crenshaw Agr ic ul t u ra l Statistician

H. A. l/a gne r Agricultu ral St a tistician

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GEORGI A

Relea s ed May 11, 1970

Spr i n~ ve8etab le and melon crops made cons i de rable progre s s dur ing l a t e April unde r f avor able gr owi n8 conditi ons . An i mpr0veme nt of qual i ty of cabba8e and snap be a ns was noted a s vol ume i ncrea sed. Tomatoe s are growL1g we l l and set t i ng a Good crop of fru it . Me lon crops a re showing good ~rowth but a re a l ittle l at e r tha n nor mal. I ns ect an d di s ea s e damage ha s been light t o-date. The product i on of spr ing crops i s expected t o be l e s s t ha n a year ago ; due mainly t o a slight reducti on in a crea[3e f or har ve st .

m UTED STATES

SNAP BEANS: The mid- sprinR pr oduct i on of s nap bea ns i s fore cas t at 234 ,000 cwt . , up 4 pe r cent from 1969. In South Car olina , light harve s t i s expe cted t o beg i n by mi d - May .
Ge org i a weat he r conditions have bee n f avorab le f or crop gr o\rth . Li ght moveme nt is underwa y wi th p e ale harvest expe cted the l a st wee k in May . I n Al aoama , r ain dela yed p l ant i ngs in ce ntr al and nor t he r n a r ea s . Plants are gr owing well i n s out he r n a reas . The Loui s i ana crop i s abo ut a week beh i nd normal with harve st expe ct ed t o ber; i n around May 11.

CABBAGE :

Ear l y sprinp, cabbage production i s estimat ed at 1,352', 000 cwt . , 3 percen t l e s s

than l ast ye ar. I n South Carolina , volume moveme nt i s expe ct ed i n ear l y May . I n

t he sout he rn a r e a s of Geor~ia, pea k volume i s expe cted a r ound mi d - May . In 11i ss iss i pp i , har ve st

wa s eett i n~ underway May 1. Harve st is a ct i ve i n the Arnaudville-Br ea ux Bridee area of Louis iana .

Pe al~ vol ume is expected by mid-Ma y. Vol ume s upp l i es shoul d be ava i lable fr om California duri ng

May wi t h de cr eas i ng supplie ~ ava ilab l e during,June.

' CANTALOUPS : The early s ummer ca nta l oup cr op i s expe ct ed to total 9 , 200 a cres f or harve st in 1970, compared with 11,400 a cr e s harve sted in 1969. The South Carolina crop .
i s in good condition. Unfavorable weat her caused considerable r epla nt i ne; in Ge or~ ia. Ha rve st i s expe cted to be a week later than normal . The Ar i zona harve st i s expe cted to begin i n mi d- J une .

TOMATOES: Forecast at 1, 136,000 cwt , , l ate spr i np, tomato product i on i s 8 perce nt l e s s than 1969. I n South Carolina the cr op is in good cond i ti on. Harvest i s expected t o
8e t underwa y ab out June 1. Pla nt growt h and s t a nds are good i n Ge orgi a. Some pla nt s are beginni ng to set fruit i n southe r n areas a nd light volume is expected by l ate May . I n Loui sia na, the cr op i s in satisfactory condition a nd is set t i ng fruit. I n ce nt r al, east a nd nort h Texa s , vi ne s r e sponded to milder t emperatur e s i n l at e April. Harvest i s exp e ct ed t o st a r t in ear l y June but s upp lie s will be lic;ht unti l late June.

WATER}lliLONS : Production of l ate spr inp, wate rmel ons i s estimated at 7, 101, 000 cwt ., 11 perce nt le ss than l ast year . Florida' s supplies are expected t o i nc r ea s e t o full volume
by mi d- May . Moveme nt shoul d conti nue i nto July. The early s umme r wate r melon crop i s est imated a t 199, 600 a cr e s for harvest i n 1970, compared with 198,800 a cr es harve sted i n 1969 . I n Nor t h Carol i na, sh owe r s and warm t empe r ature s have been f avorable for gr owth of ear l y pla nti ngs. Pl anting i n South Carolina was v i rtua l l y comp let ed by the end of April . Most of the crop i s up t o go od s t a nds but some r epla nti ng wa s ne ces sar y in the Barnwell-Alle ndale a rea . Cons ide r able r ep lant ing wa s necessary in Ge orgi a due to unfavorable weather. Some v i ne s are be ginning to rill1 while other plants are just eme r ging. Harve st i s expect ed to be a we ek to 10 da ys l ater than nor mal . Rain a nd wet field s dela yed pla nt i ng i n northern and cent r al Alabama . Vi ne s a re b l oomi ng i n s out he r n area s. I n Mi s s i s sippi, p l ant i ng i s ab out compl ete . I n s out he r n counties t he cr op i s up to a good s tand . Frequent r a ins i n Ar-kansas dela yed p l a nti ng unti l late April. Se edi ng made good progre s s l ate i n the month . Ear l iest pla ntins s a re coming up . I n Louis iana , ea r ly pla nt ed melons are i n good condition . I n Oklahoma, ear l y p l a nted 'me l ons a re up to fair s tands i n mos t a r ea s . Moist ure i s p l e ntifu l . I n Texa s , vine s r e sponded t o mild t empe r a tures in l ate Apr i l . Harvest i s expected t o star t about mi d -May i n t he Lower Ri o Gr a nde Va lle y wi th othe r s out h Texas areas beginni ng t o furni sh supp l ie s by lat e May . Central a nd eas t Texa s a reas a re expe ct ed to st a r t harve st i ng i n l ate J une. Ar izona ' s harve s t i s expe ct ed t o beg i n a r ound t he 15th of June.

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ACREAGE AND ESTTh1ATED PRODUCTI CN REPORTE D TO DATE, 197 0 WI TH COMPARISGTS

ACREAGE
Ban este c.

1 9 68

19 69

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-1, 000 cwt._

3 ,800 3, 000
700 ?,200 '.:1,7 00

3 ,200

3 ,1 00

32

30

30

12 2

2 , 600

2 ,500

25

24

24

75

650

60 0

23

23

20

16

2 ,100

2 , 100

30

25

33

66

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: 70 0 : 2,000
: 2,700
~9,900

800

75

65

95

2 ,500

no

1 20

1 05

450

90

80

140

1,900

1 00

no

105

3 , 000

245

240

25 0

8,650

136

139

156

124 31 2
40 242
672
1 ,3 90

76 263
63 200
750 1 , 35 2

June 8

7,700
3 , 500 1 ,600 C; , 7 00
.L~ ,500

8 ,200 3 ,3 CO 1, 400 5 ,700
18, 600

7,900 3 ,100 1 , 200 6 , 000
18,200

85

80

60

60

70

65

42

40

66

62

632 186
78 240
1 ,13 6

56 ,000 " ,600
,,-;-,600

53,500 5, 600 59,100

135

130

135 7,560 6, 955

145

180

180

812 1 , OC8

136

135

138 B-,372 7, 963

6,000 24,000 39,500 14,500
8,500 5,800
n3,o,3o0o0
74,000 4 , 000 '
10,000 : 200,600 f/--Fre sh-rna r Ke{ and proce ssing

8,200

65

22,000

68

36,000

90

14,400

90

10,500

78

6,800

85

3,900

90

12,500

70

7 2, 000

65

3 ,800

170

9,500

160

199,600

8I

390 1,632 3, 555 1 , 3 05
66 3 493
297 770 4 ,810
680
1,600 16,195

6 25 1 ,6C8 3, 000 1 ,148
68 0
496
255 920 4 , 690
765 1,523
15,n6

June 8

C. L. CRENSHAVT , Agr i cultur a l Stat i st i c i an

L. H. HARRI S, JR. Vegetable Cr op Est ima t or

I SSUE D BY: The Georgia Crop Reporting Ser vice ; USDA , 409A North Lumpkin Street , At he n s, Georgia, in coo pe rat i on with the Georgia. Department of Agricul t ure .

Af ter Fi ve Days Ret urn t o Lni t e d St a te s Depar tment of Agr i culture
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GEORGIA March Red Meat Production 1 Percent Higher

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March 1970
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Released 5/4/70 Georgia Crop Reporting Service

Production of red meat in Georgia's commercial slaughter plants totaled 33.5 million pounds during March 1970, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. This was up 1 percent from the 33.1 million pounds during the same month last year, and was 11 percent above the 30. 1 million pounds production of the "three-day shorter" previous month.

Cattle Slaughter Down

There were 25,000 head of cattle slaughtered in Georgia's commercial plants during March. This was a decr e a s e o f 11 percent from the 28, 000 he a d slaughtered during the same month of 1969 but was 9 p e r ce nt above the 22, 900 head slaughtered during the shorter previous month of February 1970.

Calf Slaughter Up

Calf slaughter totaled 2, 700 head during March - 200 head more than the 2, SOD head slaughtered during the same month last year and 1, 000 head above the February kill.

Hog Slaughter Slightly Down

Georgia's hog slaughter totaled 151, 000 head during March. This was down 1 percent from the 152, 000 head slaughtered during the same month last year but 13 percent above the 134, 000 head slaughtered during the shorter month of February '1970.

48 States

March Red Meat Production Up 1 Percent From 1969

Commercial production of red meat in the 48 States totaled 2, 931 million pounds in March, up 1 percent from a year earlier. An additional weekday in March 1970 contributed to the increase. Commercial meat production includes slaughter in federally inspected and other slaughter plants, but excludes animals slaughtered on farms.

Beef Production 6 Percent Above A Year Earlier

Beef production in March was 1,759 million pounds, 6 percent above the 1,660 . million in March 1969. Heavier average weight and a larger number slaughtered accounted for the increase. Cattle killed totaled 2, 829, 300 head, up 20,100 from a year earlier. Live weight per head was 1, 048 pounds, 33 pounds heavier than March 1969 -.

Veal Output 8 Percent Below March 1969

There were 49 million pounds of veal produced during March, . down 8 percent from 1969. The 380,700 calves slaughtered were 16 percent less than a year earlier. Live weight per head was 228 pounds, up 15 pounds from March 1969 .

Pork Production Down 5 Percent From A Year Earlier

Pork production in March totaled 1, 074 million pounds, down 5 percent from a year earlier. Hog kill totaled 7, 023, 400 head, down 7 percent from March 1969. Live weight per head was 237 pounds, 4 pounds heavier than a year earlier . Lard rendered per 100 pounds of live weight was 9.0 pounds compared with 9. 1 in March 1969.
Lamb and Mutton Up 9 Percent From March 1969

Average

Georgia and 48 St ates Livestock Slaughter 1/

Specie
G eorgia Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep and Lambs

Number

I Slaughtered
March

I 1969

1970

I (1, 000 head)

I 28.0 2. 5 152.0

25.0 2.7
151. 0

Average

Live Weight

March

1969

1970

(pounds)

865

891

426

406

215

225

Total

Live Weight

March

1969

1970

(1,000 pounds)

24, 220 1,065
32,680

22,275 1,096
33,975

48 St-ate-s
Cattle c Calves: Hogs Sheep and Lambs

2,809.2 451. 7
7,525.6 I 866.7

2,829.3 380.7
7,023.4 910.8

I, 015 213 233 106

1,048 228 237 108

2, 850, 242 96,296
1,755,444 92,234

2,964,800 86, 740
1,661,646 98, 239

1/ Includes slaughter under Federal inspection and other commercial slaughter, excludes farm slaughter.

Average Prices Received by Farmers And Hog-Corn Ratios, April 15, 1970
With Comparisons

Commodity and Unit
Corn, bu. Hogs. cwt, Cattle, cwt, Calves, cwt,
Hog-Corn Ratio 1/

Georgia

1.30 19.30
22.30 30.50

(Dollars)
1.43 24.50 24.90 34.00

\14.8

17.1

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United States

1.42 23.50
26. 10 35.00

I
1.12
I 19.60 26.40 35.10

(Dollars)
1.13 25.60 28.80 36.50

16.5! 17.5

22.7

1/ Bushels of corn equal in value to 100 Ibs , hogs, live weight.

1.15 23.80 23.60 35.60
20.7

C. L. CRENSHAW Agricultural Statistician

W. PAT PARKS Agricultural Statistician

ISSUED BY: The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, United States Department of Agriculture, 409A North Lumpkin Street, Athens, Georgia in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture.

After Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
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At he ns , Ga., i-1ay 4 - Ge or g ia f arme r s ma de goo d p rog re s s in l un d pre pa ratio n a nd p l a nt i ng

du r in g the pa s t week, a c cord in g t o t he Ge org ia Crop Repor t i ng Service. There we re , however,

so me re po r t s o f e xce s s i ve so i l moist ure i n no rt hern a rea s a nd in ad equ ate so il moi s t u re i n

so ut he r n a rea s . Pl antin g prog res s i s ab ou t a we ek behi nd u yea r a go .

Co unt y Age nt s rep ort ed cotton pla nt i ng a bo ut 68 pe rcen t comp l e t ed . About 52 pe r ce nt is up to a s t a nd an d makin g good growth . Some Nor t h Ge o r g ia count ie s hav e p la nted very 1 i t t le cot t on to da t e.

Ca~ p la nt i ng is 79 pe rc en t compl e t e d. Some so ut he r n a reas hav e c omp l e ted p l a nt i ng a nd early co r n is being cult ivated a nd s i de d re s sed. Exce ss i ve so i l mois t u re has delayed pl antin g in so me no rthern counties.

To ba c co sett ing i s v irtually compl et e. The con d i t ion of t he crop imp rove d considerably du ri ng t he wee k as g rowi ng cond i t ion s i n t he to bac co a re a we re mostly f av o rab le . In sec t con ' t ro l a nd cu l t i va t ion remained acti ve t h ro ughout the be l t.

Small q rai ns and pastures are maki ng good g ro wth. Cattl e cond i t io n i s report ed a s mo s t l y good .

The p ro s pe c t for peach es i s f a i r to good whi c h i s le s s favor a bl e t ha n t he pas t 2 year s.

l-1arke t Ma na ge r s report e d some southern areas be gi nn in g t o s uf f e r fr om d r y wea t he r a nd hot t empe ra t ure s wh i l e others a re ha v i ng ve r y f av o ra b le g rowi ng co nditi on s . Sna p be an a nd cabbaq e ha r ve s t s a re we l l under way . Canta lou p an d wa t ermel on v in e grow t h i s good an d be ginning t o r un. Toma toes a re l ookin g good a nd set t i ng a good c rop.

WE ATHER SUMMAR Y - Heavy rain s oc c ur re d i n the no rthwest and extreme north dur in g the f i r s t ha lf o f the wee k ending Frida y , Ma y 1. Some mode ra t e amo unt s we re reco rded i n middl e Georgi a a nd scat te re d l ight showers occ ur re d i n the sou th dur ing the sa me per iod. Little or no rain f ell i n the St ate from Tuesd ay th ro ugh Fr id ay. Several northwest Ge or g ia we a t he r observers meas u re d mo re than 2 inch es of ra in e a r l y in the we ek wh i l e par t s of th e sout h had no me asur abl e ra in dur i ng the e nt i re week. Ra in moved ba c k i nt o t he State dur i ng the wee k e nd with heavi er amounts a ga i n occurring i n t he nor th . Some we e ke nd amo unts exce ed ed 1 1/2 inches i n the north bu t t o t als were gen erally l e ss t ha n 1/ 2 i nc h i n the so ut h.
Tempera t u re s were un se a son a bly warm du ring mo s t of the we e k. High s we re in th e hi gh 80' s a nd l ow 90 ' s i n the south a nd i n t he 80' s i n t he north on several da ys a nd l ows wer e mostly
i n t he 60 ' s. Ave ra ge s ran ge d f rom 4 t o 7 de g re e s above normal, mak i ng t h i s the third stra i ght
wee k of unusually wa rm wea th er. Temperature s were muc h co o le r dur i ng th e weeke nd under c l oudy , r a iny s k ies. Highs wer e i n the 60 ' s in t he nor t h on SundaY , and Monda y mo r n i ng l ows were ne ar 500
Ap r i l was dry over mo st of Ge o r g ia . Ra in fa l l was above normal i n pa r ts of t he nor thwe s t and ex t reme north but wus bel ow no rma l over t he remaind er of the St a t e . Seve ra l areas i n th e so ut h ha d l ess than a n i nc h dur in g t he mo nth a nd av e ra ge s f o r t he 3 so ut he r n d istr ict s we re l es s t hun 50 pe r ce nt of normal . Bec au se o f t he he avy r a in s a t t he e nd o f Ma rc h there was no s ho rtage of soil moisture unt il ne a r t he e nd of the mo nt h . Temperature s a ve rage d wa rme r th an no rma l i n a l l areas. The f irs t week was co o l but the l a s t t h ree weeks were unu su al l y wa rm fo r Ap r i 1
The o ut loo k for vledn e s da y thro ugh Fri da y is f o r f a ir a nd wa rm \, /e dne s da y a nd Thur s day w i t h lows in t he SO's north a nd 60 ' s so ut h a nd h i ghs mo s t l y in t he 80 's . Inc re a s i ng cl ou d in e s s a nd warme r with a chance of s hower s i n the no rt h on Fr ida y .
The Georgia Crop Report in g Serv i ce , At he ns , Ge or gi a; i n coope rati on with t he Coo pe ra t i ve Ex te ns ion Se r v ice , University of Ge o r g ia ; Ge o rg ia De part ment o f Ag r ic u l t u re; a nd th e Vea t l,e r Bureau, ESS A, U. S. Department of Co~me r c e .

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Temperature extremes for the week ending May 1, 1970. (Provisional)

Highest: 960 at Bainbridge on the 1st"
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Lowest : 51 at Blairsville on the 25th and at Clayton on the 27th"

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Re l ea s e d 5/5170 GEORGIA CRO P KEPO~TI NG SF. ~VICE

GEO~GIA P ~ I CE S RECEIVED INDEX DOWN 1 POINT

The Index of Prices Received by Geor gia Farmers for All Commodities decreased to 265 percent of the 1910-14 average during ~he month ended April 15, 1970. This was 10 points h ig he r t han the April 15, 1969 Index of 255.

The All Crop Index i nc re a se d to 268, 3 points h igher than the prev ious mont h and 4 po ints higher than April 1969. Lower prices for hogs, chickens, eggs and mil k decreased t he l i ve s t ock Index t o 253 which was 9 points below t he prev ious month but 20 points above the same mo nt h 1as t yea r ,
UNITED STATES PRICES RECEIVED INDEX Om-IN 8 POI NTS
PARITY INDEX UP 3 POINTS
ADJUSTED PARITY RATIO DO~.'N 3 POI NTS

TIle Index of Pr i ce s Received by Farmers dropped 8 points (3 pe r cen t I du r i nq the mont h en de d Ap r i J 15 to 281 percent of its 1910-1 4 average, according to the Crop Repo r ti ng B03rd . Th is wa s t :':e lowest index since October 1969. Contributing most to the decrease were p r i ce decl i ne s for hogs , eggs, cattle, and oranges. Higher prices for cotton and wheat were partial ly offset t ing. The i nde x was 4 pe rce nt above April 1969.

The Index of Prices Pa id by Fa rmers for Commodities and Se rv ices , Incl u d ;n ~ Interest,
Taxes, a nd Farm Wage Rates increased 3 points (3/4 percent) to 388, a reco rd h i g h. Dur in g
the past 12 months, the index a dvanced 15 po ints (l~ ~ercent).

v! i t h p r ice s of farm products dec1 ining , and prices paid by farmers ris ing , t he r re l :m:r.a ry Adj uste d ?a ri t y Katio decreased to 78 and t he Parity Ratio to 72.

= J9 10 - 14 100
GEO RG IA: Pr ic e s Re ce i ved
Al l Commod it ies A11 Crops L ivestock and Livestock Produc ts

I NDEX iWi-l B E I~S -- GEORG 11\ AND UN ITED STATES

Ap r , 15 : t'\a r , 15 : Apr , 15

i{eco rd Hiqh

1969 : 1970 : 1970

: Index : Date

255 II 264 233

266

265

26 5

268

262 11

253

310

~i a rc h ] 95 1

319

"'la r ch 1951 1/

295

Sept. 1948

UNITED ST!-\T:::S

Pri ce s Rece ive d

Par i ty Inde x}1

Par i t y Ra ti o

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-

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: 271

: 373

: 73

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289
385 1/

75

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Feb. 1951

388

Ap r i J 1970

123

Oct. 1~46

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Adj uste d Parity aa ti o 21

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81

78

125

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reflecting Government payments, averaged 80 f o r t he year 1969 compared with 74 for the

2a r i t y Ra t io . Pre J imina r y Adjusted Ra t ios for the current year, suppl ied by the ~ conomi c

Re se a r c h Serv ice are based on est imated cash rece ipts for market ings and est imates of Government payments for t he current calendar year.

C. L. CRE NSHA\! Ag r i cu l t u r a l Stat istic ian

w. A. W; GNER
Ag r i c u l t u ra l Stat is tic ian

The Geor g ia Crop Reporting Serv ic e, USDA, 409A No r t h Lumpk in Street, Athe ns , Geor g ia in cooperat ion wit ll the Geor gi a De par t ment of A~r icu lture .

p ~lr~s -- RECEIVED AND

rnmmn~ ; ~v and Unit
PfU CES RECE I VED
't/hea t , bu. Oats, bu. Co rn, bu. Ba r l e y , bu. So r qnum Gra in, cwt. Cotton, lb. Soybeans, bu. Sweetpotatoes, cwt. Hay, baled, ton:
Al l At f a l f a Lespedeza Peanut Mil k Cows , head Ho gs, cwt ,
Beef Cattle, All, cwt. 11
Cows, cwt , 1/
Steers and Heifers, cwt. Calves, cwt. Mi lk , sold to plants, cwt.:
Fl u i d I~a rke t Nanufactured
All 1/
Turkeys, lb. Ch ickens, lb.:
Excluding Broilers Commercial Broilers Eggs, all, doz. Tabl e, doz. Ha tching, doz.

$ 1.30 $ .85 $ 1. 30 $ 1.00 $ 2. 00 2j .5 $ 2. 50 $ 7. 50
$ 30.00 $ 35.00 $ 29. 00 $ 22. 50 $ 205.0 0
$1/ 1 ~ . 3 0
$ 22.30 $ 18 . 00 $ 25 .5 0 $ 30.50
$J/ 6. 65
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$] / 6. 65
20. 0
1/ 11. 5 13. 5 1/l ILj . 5



J .40 .82 1.43 1.00
19 .0 2.45 6. 90
31.00 . 39.00
33.50 24.00 250 .00 21+. 50
2lL9 0 20 .50
28.50 34. 00
6.75
6. 75 22.0
11.0 14. 0
l~9 . 1 1+6 . 0
64 . 0

1970 \! ITH . C ml ?A ~ .L?.t..:.(c\~S!

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1969 .; IS]~_: _ _ 1970

1.40 .80
1. Lf5 1.00
20. 0 2.60 6.90

1.28 .614
1.12 .922 1. 76 20 .68
2.51 7.07

1. 28 .581
1. 13 .831
1.87 20.70 2.42 6.06

1.32 .588 1. 15 .829 1.80 21.36 2.48
6.33

30.50 37.00 32.50 24.00 250.00 23. 50 26.1 0 22.5 0 29. 00
35.00

24 . 50
25.30 25.70 23.80 295. 00 19. 60 26 . 40
19.20 28.50 32. 10

24.90 25. ~O 27.40 24.80 326.00 25.60 28.80 22.10
30.10 36.50

24.00
24.50 26.40 24.00
327.00 23.80 28.60 21.90 30.:0
35. 60

6.70
22.0

V 5. 63 - 4.33
5.23 1/1 9 .9

5. 95 if.62
5.55 25.6

41 5.47 - 24.9

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10. )

9.9

12.5

- 14.7

14.0

13.7

1:.0.0

1136.7

42.5

35. I

35.5

62.0

PRICES PAID, FEED

Mixe d Dairy Feed, ton:

14% protein

$ ; 0 . 00

72.00

72.00

67.00

6:J.OO

69.00

16% protein

$ 75.00

77 .00

78.00

71.00

73.00

73.00

18% protein

$ 78.00

80.00

80.00

/'4 . 00

74.00

76.00

20% p ro t e i n Hog Feed, 11}%-18% protein,cwt.

$ 80.00
s 4.25

82. 00 4.60

85.00 4.5 5

78.00 4.38

79.00 4.49

80.00 4.43

Cottonseed Meal, 41%, cwt .

$ Lf.70

5.20

5.10

5.00

5.40

5.26

Soybean Meal, 44%, cwt.

$ 5.1 0

5. 60

5. 60

5. 2l

5. 62

5.46

Bran, cwt , Mi dd 1 i ngs, cwt.

$ 3. 90

c-
' f'

3. 95

3.95 4 . 05

4. 05
1+.1 0

3.62

3.72

3.65

3.69

3.72

3. 71+

Corn ,..lea I, cwt.

$ 3.40

3.6 0

3.55

3.23

3.36

3.37

Poultry Feed, ton:

Bro iler Grower Feed

$ 90. 00 96 . 00 99.00

90.00 94.00 93.00

Laying Feed

$ i8 .00

82.00

83.00

n . OO 83.00 83.00

Chick Starter

$ 9 1. 00 97. 00 100.00

93.00 98.00 98.00

Alfalfa Hay, ton

$ 38. 00 39.00 40.00

35. 90

35.60

35.20

All Other Hay. ton

$ 36 . 00

16.00

36. 00

32.S0

13.70

33.00

1/ "Cows" and " steers and he ifers" comb i ned w i t h allowance whe re necessary for slaughter bulls.

1/ Includes cull dairy cows sold fo r s l aughte r , but not da iry cow s for herd re~lacement.

31 e v i sed. ~I Pre 1i mi na ry.

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Sta tistical Reporting Serv ic e /:':)9A North Lumpkin Street
Athe ns , Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS

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ANNUAL SUMMARY 1969
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Georq ia

Cattle Slau qhter Down 4 Percent in 1969

Commercial slaughter plants in Georg ia slaughtered 323,900 head of cattle in 1969-4 percent below the 337,000 head slaugh tered i n 1968. Total 1 iveweigh t for the year was 278,810,000 pounds compared with 287,292,000 pounds for 1968. The average I iveweight of all cattle slaughtered increased 9 pound s from 852 pounds in 1968 to 861 in 1969.

Calf Slauqhter Off Sharply

The 1969 total calf kill in Geo rgi a wa s 20 , 200 head compared with 39,900 slaughtered i n 1968. Liveweight totaled 8,354,000 pounds in 1969 or an average of 414 pounds per animal.

Hoq Kill SI iqhtl y Above Previous Ye ar

Hog slaughter in Georgia plants t o t al ed 1,805,000 head in 1969. This was sl ightly above the 1,800,000 head butchered i n 1968. The hog s averaged "216 pounds each in 1969 for a total I ivewe ight of 390,411,000 pounds. Liv ewe ight for the previous year t ota le d 397,264 ,00Q pounds.

Mont h

No. of Head 1,000

Georgi a Annual Live s tock Slaughter , 1969

Average

Total

Live

Live

No. of

He iqht

He i qht

Head

I bs ,

I , 000 I bs ,

1,000

1/
Ave rage Live Heiqht
I bs ,

Total Live
\:Je i qh t
1,000 I bs ,

Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. .Qe.
TOTAL

30.5 26.0 28.0 27.0 26.0 25.0 28.0 27.5 28.5 29.5 24.3
13~6
323.9

CATTLE 869 874 865 850 866 834 847 841 845 879 867 .92
861

26,504 22,724 24,220 22,950 22,516 20 ,850 23,716 23,128 24,082 25,930 21,068 2..!..121
278,810

2.0 1.8 2.5 3.1 " 3.3 2.9
.9 .5 .3 .8 .9 1.1
20.2

CALVES

401

802

432

778

426

1,065

447

1,386

426

1,406

415

1,204

394

355

381

190

341

102

366

293

360

324

17!:

4!:9

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414

8,35I~

Jan. Feb. Mar. Ap r , May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. .Qe.
TOTAL

170.0 149.0 152.0
160. a
146.0 140.0 147.0 140.0 151.0 155.0 f36.0
129~0
1,805.0

HOGS
228 214 215 215 214 210 211 207 214 219 223 121

SHEEP AND LAMBS

38,760

31,886

32,680

34,400

31,244

29,400

31,017

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10

28,980

32,314

33,945

30,328

3.,2,!:51

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216

390,411

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100

10

1/ Includes Federally inspected and other commercial slaughter, but ex cludes farm slaughter.

The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, USDA, 409A No r t h Lumpkin Street, At he ns , Ga., in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture.

UN ITED STATES LI VESTOCK SLAUGHT ER . MEAT AND LARD PRODUCT ION. 1969

Produc t ion of red meat in 48 States dur in g 1969 totaled abou t t he sa me a s i n 1968. The 1969 to tal of 35,295 mill ion pounds of red meat i nc l ude s estimated s la ught er on fa rms in additio n t o commercial slaughter in plan ts. Beef production totaled 21,12 6 mi l l ion pounds, up I percent from 1968. Veal production dropped 8 percent to 673 mill ion pounds. Po rk production was 12,946 mill ion pounds, down I percent. Production of lamb and mu t t on dro pped 9 percent to 550 mill ion pounds. Beef accounted for 60 pe rcent of total red meat produ ction in 1969, pork 36 percent, veal 2 percent, and lamb and mutton 2 percent. Lard production totaled 1,904 mill ion pounds, down 8 percent from 1968. Commercial prod uction of chicken and turkey meat totaled
9,492 mill ion pounds in 1969, up 6 percent from 1968.

The total number of cattle slaughtered in 1969 was 36 mill ion head, of whi c h 86 percent were slaughtered in Federally inspected plants, 13 percent in other plan ts a nd 1 percent on farms. The 1969 calf slaughter of 5 mill ion head consisted of 73 percent s la ught e re d in Federally inspected plants, 24 percent in other plants and 3 percent on f arms. Of the 1969 hog slaughter of 85 mill ion head, Federally inspected plants handled 89 percen t, other plants 10 percent and I percent were slaughtered on farms. Sheep and lamb slaught er total ed 11 mill ion head in 1969 , with 92 percent slaughtered in Federal ly inspected plants, 6 percen t in other plants
and 2 percent on farms.

The average 1ive weight of all cattl e sl aughtered during 1969 was 1,01 5 pounds, up 3 pounds from 1968, whi le calves averaged 241 pounds, up 6 pounds. Average I ive we igh t of hogs slau 9htered held unchanged from 1968 at 239 pounds. Sheep and lamb s av era ge d 103 pounds , up I pound from 1968.

Mont h
.Jan. Feb. Ma r . Apr il Ma y .June .July Aug . Sep t . Oct . Nov. De c .
TOTAL

Commercial 1ivestock slaughter: Number of head slau ght ered by months, 48 States, 1969

Federal other Total Inspection Corrm t L, Corrm'l.

Feder~l other Total

Fe deral --Cit he r - - - Tota r - - -

In ::;p ection Corrm'l Corrm'l. Inspe c t i on Corrm'l . Corrm t L ,

- - 1,000 head - -

- - 1,000 head - -

- - 1 ,000 head _ _

Cattle

Calves

H:J l! ~

2 , 676 . 2
2,356.5 2,423.0
2,414.1 2,466.1
2,434.5 2,611.0 2 ,6C8.1 2,724 .5 2 ,886 .8 2,367.8 2 , 567 . 9

451.0
381.8 386.2 393.4 373.7
377.1 390.3 371.6 399.3 428.7 367.0 380.3

3,127.2
2,738.3 2,809.2 2,807 .5 2,839.8
2,811.6 3,001.3
2,979.7 3,123.8 3,315.5 2 , 73 4 .8 2,948 .2

36 4 . 2
317.1 35 1 . 5 312 .2 271.2 248.0 281.6
271.4 307.6 329 .2 281 .4 301.5

113.8
99.2 100.2
97.1 90.4 93.5 104.5
104.3 112.9 114.0
98.6 97.4

478.0 416.3 451.7 409.3
361.6 341.5 386.1
375.7 420.5 443.2
380.0 398.9

6,814.1 6,244.9 6 ,8C8.6 6,852.0
6 , 045 . 2 5,591.3 5,739.3 5,707.6 6 ,610 .7
7,100.1
5,824.6 6 ,343 .8

890. 0 759.4 717.0 698 . 8 638 . 5 593 .4
615 .2 576 .4
618 .4 672 .1
637 .4
739 .7

7,704.1 7,004 .3 7, 525.6
7,550.8 6 , 68 3 .7 6,184.7 6 , 354 . 5 6, 284.0
7, 229.1
7,77 2. 2 6 ,462 .0
7 , C83.5

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3,636.9 1,225.9 4,862.8 75, 68 2. 2 8 ,156 . 3

83,838.5

C. L. CRENSHAVr Agr i c ul tural Stat i st i c i an

W. PAT PARKS Af1;ricu H ural Stat ist i cian

Aft er Five Days Return to
Un i t ed State s Dep a r tmen t of Agriculture
Stati s t i cal Repor t ing Service 4091>. Nor t h Lumpkin St r e e t At hen s , Geor g i a 30601 OFFI CDlli BUSINESS

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.Y 71970

M ay 6 , 19 7 0

LIBRARIES B R OI L E R TYPE
Placem ent Uot o r olle r chicks in Geo rg i a du ri n g t h e we ek e n d e d Ma y 2 wa s 10 , 113 , 0 0 0- - 2 p e r c e n t m o re t h an the pr evious week and 8 p e r c ent mo re tha n the c ompa r able week last ye ar , a c c o r di ng to the Georgia Crop Re po r tin g Se rvice .
A n estimated 13 , 19 2 ,000 b roil er typ e eggs w er e set by Georgia h atcheries - - 1 p er c e nt more than the pr e vio u s week a n d 4 percent m o r e t ha n t h e c o m p a r a b l e week a year earlier.
The m ajo r it y of the p r i ce s p aid to Geor gi a produ c e r s for br oiler hatc hing eggs we re r eported within a r a n g e of 55 t o 6 5 c ents per doze n. T he ave r a ge p r ice of hatc hing eggs was 6 1 c ents p er do z e n . The p rice o f e g gs from flo cks with hatche ry owned co cker els gener all y was 2 c e nt s b e lo w th e a v e ra ge pric e. M o st pr ices r e ce i ve d fo r b roile r chi cks by Georgia h a t c he r i e s we r e r eporte d within a range of $8. 00 t o $ 10 . 00 with an a ve r a ge of $9. 00 p e r h un d re d. T he a v era ge prices last ye ar we r e 6 1 c ents for eggs a n d $9.2 5 for chick s .

Week Ende d

GE ORGIA EGGS SET,
E gg s S et l./

19 6 9 T hou.

1970 Tho u.

HA TC HINGS A N D CHI C K P L A GS M E N T S

! 19 69

197 0

Av . Ha t c h E ggs Pe r Do z. 197 0

T hou.

Cent s

Price Broi le r Chicks Per Hundre d 1970
Dollar s

F eb. 28 Mar . 7 Ivlar . 14 Mar . 2 1 Mar . 28 Apr . 4 A pr . 11 A pr . 18 Ap r .2 5
Ma y 2

12, 44 9 12 ,496 12,472 12 , 61 4 12, 761 12,69 0 12,655 12,63 1 12, 6 66 12,71 4

13 ,0 86 13, 11 4 13, 00 5 13, 241 13 ,420 13, 254 13 , 3 0 0 13, 254 13 , 0 2 6 13, 19 2

105

9, 076

9, 600

105

9,282

9, 4 53

104

9 ,42 8

9,58 5

105

9 ,4 13

9 ,847

105

9 ,485 10,11 2

10 4

9, 552

9, 630

105

9,468

9 ,90 9

105

9 , 5 13

9,875

I __ 10 3 . 9,48 9

104

-'2-,---3 7

~9~,9!

58 13

106

64

102

64

10 2

64

10 5

64

107

63

I 101

62

105

62

104

62

11Q0

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62 61

10.00 10 . 00 10 . 00 10. 00
9 .50 9 .25 9. 25 9. 25 9.2 5 9. 00

E GG TYPE

Hatc h o f e g g type chi c k s in Ge o r gi a during the week ended May 2 was 905,00 0 - 16 per c ent l e s s than t he pre vi o us wee k and 7 p erc ent l e s s than t he comp a r a b l e w e ek last year . A n e s t i mate d 1, 2 84, 000 egg s for t he production of egg type c hicks were s e t by G eorgia hatcheri e s, 3 p e r c e n t more than th e pr e v i o u s wee k but 12 p er c ent l e s s than t he comparable w e ek l a s t year .
In the fo ur states tha t ac counted fo r abo ut 26 p e r c e n t of t he hatc h of all e gg type chicks in the U. S . i n 19 6 9 , h atchi n gs during t h e wee k ended Ma y 2 were up 8 p er c ent and sett ing s w e r e up 6 p erce nt from a year ag o .

State

E G G TYPE EGGS SE T AND CHICKS HA T ':::: H E D, 197 0

E ggs Set (W e e k E nded)

A pr .

A pr. A pr .

Ma y

11

18

25

2

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T housands

C hicks Hatched (We ek E n ded)

Apr. A p r .

Apr .

Ma y

i- - -1 1- - - 1- 8 -- - 2-5- - - - -2

Thousands

0/0 of
ye ar ag o 2 /

Ga . Ill. Calif.

1, 2 87 1, 2 24 1, 250 715>:< 8 10 725
2,250 1, 7 91 2 , 05 6

1,2 84

88

I 6 7 0

10 3

I 1, 8 18

13 3

1 1, 15 3 1, 131
I 695 540 1, 4 7 2 1, 7 0 4

1, 075 605
1, 6 8 1

905 565 1, 622

93 90 13 0

Was h.

3 32

3 5 1 311

175

I I

66

i

234

27 1

202

253

99

I Total 4 , 584* 4 , 176 4 , 342

3,957

I
I

10 6

I 3 , 554 3, 646

3, 563

3 , 345 ,I 108

17 I ncl u de s eggs se t b y ha t che r i e s pr odu c i n g c h i c k s for hat c h e r y suppl y flo c k s .

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Apr .

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THO USANDS

THO USA N DS

Ma.in e Co rine cti c ut P ennsylvania Indiana Mi s so uri D elawa re
M ar vl a nd
Virginia We st Virgini a North Ca rolina So ut h Carolina

2, 268 2 14
1, 847 4 56 341
3, 298
5, 64 5
1, 83 8
39 8, 878
634

2, 148 25 7
1, 855 51 4 344
3, 26 6
5, 629
2, 156 46
8 ,9 7 8 665

1,996

90

14 2

52

1, 9 25 101

547

93

36 7 10 6

3, 345 118

5, 635

97

2, 130 117

4 0 118

8, 846 106

66 8 109

1, 6 8 2

1, 6 54

1, 653

106

138

14 1

13 1

81

1, 077

1, 0 14

1, 097

106

323

3 19

279

88

54 5

546

58 3

11 2

2 ,777

2,847

2, 738

86

4, 24 2

4, 262

4, 278

11 0

1, 477

1, 3 7 8

1,547

106

388

351

345

89

6 ,9 73

6, 92 8

6,94 5

113

610

57 1

579

101

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13,2 54 13, 02 6 13 ,1 92 104

9, 875

9 ,95 8 10, 11 3

10 8

Florida

1,279

1, 3 23

1, 45 3 123

93 5

9 54

895

116

Tennessee

79 2

789

793

97

1,078

1, 195

1, 149

112

Alabama

9 ,997 10, 573 10, 386 10 6

8, 5 7 8

8,617

8 , 0 11

10 6

Mis s is sippi

6 ,301

6,247

6,29 8 114

5, 7 24

5,601

5, 535

1 15

Arkans a s

13,3 0 9 13 , 2 8 2 12, 4 74

97

9,759

9, 880 10, 043

109

Louisiana

1, 218

1, 2 15

1, 229 117

1,1 2 3

1, 12 8

913

96

Texas

5,354

5, 501

5, 47 8 114

4,1 9 6

4, 244

4 , 139

106

Washington

8 16

687

7 8 3 13 0

50 0

541

557

109

Ore gon
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(22 States )
T OT AL 1969* I. (22 States )

654

546

2, 549

2, 3 67

- - - :_ -..:...-_ _- - ' -

80,981 81 ,414

75, 855 76,274

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80, 692 105

64,320 64,393 63,840

10 7

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76, 797

58,790 59,419 59,390

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10 7

107

105

If Current w e ek as percent of same week l a s t year .

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A thens , Georgia

Week Ending May 11, 1970

Released 3 p.m. Monday

PLANTING PROGRESS IMPROVES

Athens, Ga., May 11 -- Georgia farmers had a busy week of planting last week and were

not as far behind their usual planting schedule. According to the Georgia Crop Reporting Ser-

vice, most areas had a good week for catching up, with adequate soil moisture over the northern

two-thirds of the State. Southern areas were mostly short of moisture except the southwest

corner where soils were becoming very dry.

County Agents reported cotton planting was a 1 ittle over 80 percent complete with 65 percent of the crop al ready up and growing. Very good stands were reported from earl ier plantings.

About 90 percent of the ~ crop has been planted. Cultivation and sidedressing are underway in the south. Some early fields have been laid-by.

Tobacco irrigation was necessary in many southern counties. Insect control received much attent ion as budworms became a major problem on many farms.

Peach spraying was active. Overall condition of peaches was mostly fair to good. Small qrains ; cattle and pastures were all reported in good condition.

Moisture shortages in southern Georgia and cool nights have hindered veqetable growth, according to Market Managers. Frost was reported in mountain counties, but the extent of damage 'wa s not known. Melon crops were growing well and setting fruit in southern areas. Leafy vegetable and snap bean harvest was near peak.

WEATHER SUMMARY -- H~avy rainfall occurred over most of north Georgia on Sunday, May 3, and 1 ight amounts fell in most other areas of the State. Some 1 ight rain continued in the southeast on the 4th. Totals exceeded 2 inches in parts of the north but were generally less than one-half inch over south Georgia. Little or no rain has occurred anywhere in the State since Monday, May 4. Many areas in south and central Georgia have had only 1 ight rainfall during the past 5 weeks and have become quite dry.
Temperatures were more seasonal than during the previous 3 weeks. Days were mild to warm and nights were cool through most of the week. Light frost was reported in the mountain area on Thursday morning when the temperature dropped to the low 30's. A warming trend during the last part of the week brought weekend highs to the mid and high 80's over most of the State. Lows were generally in the high 50's and low 60's by the end of the period. Averages for the week ranged from normal to 3 degrees below normal.
The outlook for Wednesday through Friday is for continued warm and generally fair weather with only a few isolated showers I ikely. Maximum temperatures will be in the upper 80's and low 90 ' s and minimums in the 60's.

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. DE P A R TMENT OF COMMERCE WE A T HE R BUREAU then s , Georgia ESSA
Precipi t at i on For The Week Ending May 83 1970 '

GEORGIA

Temperature extreme s for the week ending May 83 1970 0 (Provisional)
Highest ~ 90o at sever al places on the 7th a:nd/or 8th.
Lowest : 31o at Blairsville on the 7th o

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After Five Days Return t o United States Department of Agricul t ur e
Statistical Reporting Ser vi ce 409A North Lumpkin Str eet Athens , Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS

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GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
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ATHENS, GEORGIA

May 13, 1970

SPECIAL PEACH REPORT AS OF 14AY 1, 76'H1Y1Rtln ", aORQ'A

GEORGIA

M/~Y J. 5 1970

PEACH PRODUCTION PROSPECTS DOWN 8 PERCEi'JT:

LIBRARIES

Athens, Ga., May 13 - - Ge orgi a' s ~970 peach crop i s for eca st at 145~ O miII~n pounds ( 3, 021 , 000 48-pound e qui va l e nts ) compared with 175 . 2 million
pound s (3 , 650,000 48-pound equivalen ts) uti li zed l a st year , ac cording to t he Crop Reportin~ Servi ce . Crop prospects vary wi dely by area an d variety. A light harvest ha s star ted i n
Sout h Ge orgia and i s expe cted t o sta r t in the central producing a rea i n l ate May .

The peach est i mates , l ilce those for pr a cti cally all other crops , necessarily r elat e to t ot a l production. Therefore, they i nclude not only inspected r ail a nd t r uck sh i pment s, but a lsc l ocal sal e s , non-inspected truclc shi pme nt s to points in Georgi a an d adjoining s t at es , quant i t i e s used on farms where produc ed an d any quantities not utili zed be ca use of economic condi tions . (S ee footnote 4 below). The f olloWing table shows the r elat i onship between the Depa r t ment 's total production estimates a nd the inspected r ail and t ruck shipments for the years 1968 through 1969. The perce ntage of the total production moving in inspected shi pment s dur ing thi s period has varied fr om 40 to 68 percent ex cept i n 1965 when only 23 percent of produc t ion wa s inspected. An unusually hi Bh percent of that year' s crop wa s not utilized because of exce s s i ve rains.

Ye a r 1963

Production Total

Mi l.
Lbs ,
242.9

1,000
-bu-.
4,900

GEORGIA PEACIIES

,I
Not ' Ut ili zed'
}j
I
1, 000 bu.

I
Unrecorded

Ii

Inspe cted Rail and
~r~clc SQip~e nt s

21 ! sales and Proces sed ,Equiv. i 1,000 Iperce nt of

f arm use gj

jCa r s

bu shels Total Prod.

I

,

I

1,000

1,000

bu.

bu.

Numbe r

240

1,270

1,030 4.072

2,360

48

1964

69.8 1,400

0

326

124 1,728

950

68

1965

222.6 4,500

1,410

853

1,182 1,915

1,055

23

1966

188.5 3,800

290

1,209

748 2,824

1,553

41

1967 1968

148 .8 3,000

74

2345 4,885 Jj)

350

790 1,302

452 2,807

1, 684

56

1,367 3,468

2 , 081

41

1969

1752 3,650

1,115

1,058 2,364

1,477

40

197 0

145 .0 3,021

11 Not utilized on account of e conomi c conditions. g; Local sal e s , non-inspected trucl~ sh i pme nts to points in Georgia and adjoining states aud

quantities used on farms where produced.
31 Avera ge load 550 bushels per car , 1963-1966; 600 bushels s i nce .

~ Beginni ng in 1969, total production will i nclude only quantit i e s utilized. Production

un i ts will be million pounds and 48-pound equivalents . Total production for 1968 is

repo r t ed on this basis, but ~t i li zat ion i s in bushels and will not a dd to the total.

FRASIER T. GALLOWAY Agricultural Statistician In Charge

C. L. CRENSHAW A~ricu1tural Statistician

I SSUED BY: The Georgia Crop Reportin~ Service, USDA, 409A North Lumplcin Street, Athens, Ga. i n cooperation with t he Ge orgia Department of Agricultur e.

SPECIAL PEACH REPORT AS OF MA Y I , 1970 - mUTED STATES
Peach production i n the 9 s out he r n Stat es i 3 foreca 3t at 626 .4 mi lli on p ounds , 14 pe r cent be l ow l ust yea r , 26 percent be l ow 1968, but 20 percent ab ove t he l i ght 1967 crop. Spr inG fre e ze s r educed t he 1970 cr op potentia l be low l a st year L1 a l l States except Miss i s s i pp i , where grower s expect t o harve st as many pe a che s as l a st seas on .
I II the Caroli na s Apr i l vea'the .r favore d gr owth an d deve l opment of pea che s. Hail on Apr i l 13 i n Sout h Carol ina caus e d lieht damage i n so me portions of t he Ri dge a r ea .
Damage from spri ng freeze s in Ge or~ i a i s variable but is most pr eva l e nt i n the important central producine a reas . Some va rietie s have good prospe cts and r e quired thinninG, while ot he rs ore a ne ar t ota l l os s. Sout h Ge orgia gr ower s expe ct to start ha r vest about Moy 15 . I n Alabama, harve st of earl i est mat ur ine varieties i n Chi lton County is expe cted t o be e in ab out mid -May .
I n Mississippi, f r e e ze damae e wa s not extens i ve . Harve st i s expe ct ed to bef,in i n late June . Arkancus expects a goed crop i n a l l areas ex cept in t he min or ext reme Northwe dt. In Louisiana harvest of earliest varietie s shoul d star t abOut Ma y 20 , and vol ume movement i s expe ct ed the f i r st week of June. Okl ahorna gr owe r s report onl y a f ew va r ie ties fre ese damaged . Fr ee zine t empe r at ur e s in Texa s during early April r educed pea ch prosp ects in the Semino le a rea of t he Southern IUe;h Plains and ot he r a r ea s i n t he Nor t he rn part of the State .
I n Oregon , orchard heatinc; ha s been prevalent becau s e of cold weat her an d ear l y b l oom. Nearly all Medf or d peache s have bee n fr ozen out and much of the crop in the Willamette Valley and Hood River a rea suf fe red con sider able dama~e .
I n California, weather duri ng the peach b l oom period was ~e ne ra lly f av orable . Thinning of early varietie s i s und erway . Frost Apri l 26 an d 27 caus ed s ome damage but it i s too ear ly to assess the effect s on production .

State
Nor th Carolina Sout h Carolina Ge orgia Alabama Mi ss i ss i pp i
Ar kansas
Lo u i s i a na
Ole.lahoma
Texa s
9 States

PEACHES

--
Production

;

Million Pound s

48 Pound Equi valen ts

1968

: 1969 : Indicated : 1968 1970

: :

1969

: Indicated : 1970

1,000 units

.

: : :

77. 8 400 . 0
234.5

: : : : : :

39 0 12 5 36 .4
7 3 10 . 0 30 . 2

.: 847 .7

56 .0 338 . 0 175 2
50. 0 17 5 42 . 0
7 5 12 . 0 32 3
730 5

50 .0 290 . 0 145 .0
38.0 17 5 40 . 0
5 .7 10 .2 30 .0
626 . 4

1, 621 8,333 4,885
813 260 758 152 208 629
17,659

1,167 7, 042 3, 650 1, 042
365 875 156 250 673
15 , 220

1, 042 6, 042 3,021
792 365 833 119 21 3 625
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GEORGI A CROP REPORTING SERVICE
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May 13, 1970

SPECIAL PEACH REPORT AS OF MAY , IAWERSITY OF l&EOHGIA

COR R E C TED CO P Y

GEORGIA

Mf\\' 1 s 1970

PEACH PRODUCTION PROSPECTS DOWN 17 PERCENT
LIORAR IES
Athens, Ga., Ma y 13 -- Ge orgia' s 1970 pe ach crop i~ tdlEcast at !4, .~million pounds (3,021,000 48-pound equivalents) compared with 175 . 2 million
pounds (3,650,000 48-pound equivalents) utilized last year, a ccording t o the Crop Rep orting Service. Crop prospects vary widely by area and variety. A light har ve st ha s st a r ted i n South Georgia and is expected to star t in the ce ntral producing a r ea i n l ate May .

The peach estimates, like those f or practica lly all other crops , ne cessa r i l y r elate t o total production. Therefore, they i nc lude not only inspected r ail a nd truck shi pments, but a lse local sales, non-inspected trucle shi pme nts to points in Geor gia and adj oining st at e s , quantities used on farms wher e produced and a ny quantities not utili zed bec ause of e conomi c conditions. (See footnote 4 below). The followi ng table shows the r elationship be tween the Department's total production estimate s a nd the inspected r ail and t r ucle shipment s f or t he years 1968 through 1969. The percentage of the total production moving in i nspe cted shi pment s during this period has varied from 40 to 68 percent except in 1965 when onl y 23 per cent of production was inspected. An unusually high percent of t hat year' s crop wa s not utili zed because of excessive rai ns.

Year

Production Total

Mil. 1,000

lbs.

bu.

GEORGIA PEACHES

Not Utilized
y

Unrecorded
sales and
farm uae gj

Inspe cted Rail and Tr ucle Shipments
11 Processed Equiv. 11,000 Ipercent of Cars I bu shels Total Prod .

1,000 bu.

1,000 bu.

1,000
-bu-.

Numbe r

1970 I 145.0 3,021
yy Not utilized on account of e conomi c conditions. Local sales, non-inspected truck shipment s to points in Georgia and adjoining st at e s and
quantities used on farms where produced.
3/ Average load 550 bushe ls per ca r, 1963-1966; 600 bushels since . ~ Beginning in 1969, total production will i nclude only quantitie s utilized . Producti on
unit s will be million pounds an d 48-pound equivalents. Tota l production f or 1968 i s
reported on thi s basis , but ut ili zation i s in bushels and wil l not add t o t he t otal .

FRAS IER T. GALLOWAY Agricultural Statisticia n I n Char ge

C. L. CRENSHAW Agricultural Stat i st i ci a n

ISSUED BY: The Georgia Crop Report ing Service, USDA, 409A Nor t h Lumplci n Street , Athens, Ga . in cooperation with t he Georgia Department of Agr i cultur e .

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SPECIAL PEACH REPORT AS OF MAY 1, 1970 - UNITED STATES
Peach production i n the 9 s out her n State s i s fore ca 3t at 626 . 4 milli on pounds , 14 percent below l a st year, 26 percent be low 1968 , but 20 percent ab ove t he li ~ht 1967 crop. Spring freezes reduced t he 1970 crop potential be low l a st ye ar i ~ a l l States except Mis si s sippi , where growe r s expect t o harve st as many pe ache s a s l a s t s ea so n .
I n the Car olina s Apr il weat her favored gr owth a nd development of pea che s . Hail on April 13 in South Carolina cau s ed light damage in so me porti ons of t he Ridge a r ea .
Damage from spring freez e s i n Georgia i s variable but i s most prevale nt i n t he important central producing area s . Some varietie s hav e good prosp ect s an d r equi r ed t hinning, while ot he rs are a near total los s. South Georgia gr ower s expe ct to star t harves t about May 15 . I n Alabama, harvest of earlie st mat uring varietie s i n Chi lton County i s expe ct ed to begi n ab out mid-May.
I n Mis s i s s i pp i , freeze damase was not exte ns i ve . Ha rve st i s expe ct ed t o be g in i n l at e June . Arkansas expe ct s a good crop in all areas ex cept i n t he minor ext r eme Nor-t hvest , In Loui siana ha rvest of earliest varieties should star t ab Out Ma y 20 , and vo lume movement i s expected the first week of June. O~lahoma gr ower s report only a f ew varietie s f ree ze damaged. Freezing t emperatures in Texas during early April r educed pe a ch prosp e ct s i n the Seminole area of the Southern High Plains and other a r eas i n t he Nor t he r n part of t he State .
I n Oreeon, orchard heating has been prevalent becaus e of co l d weather and ea r l y bloom. Nea r l y all Medf or d peache s have been fro zen out an d much of t he crop in the Willamette Val ley and Hood River area suffered con siderable damage .
I n California, weather during the peach b loom period wa s ~e ne ra lly f avorab l e . Thinning of early varieties is und erway. Frost April 26 and 27 caus ed some damage but it is too ear l y t o assess the effects on production.

State
North Carolina South Carolina Geor gia Alabama Mis si ssippi
Ar'kan aa s
Louisia na Ok.Iah oma Texas
9 States

PEACHES

Production

;

Million Pounds

48 Pound Equiva l ent s

1968

: 1969 : Indi cat ed : 1968 1970

: :

1969

: Indi cat ed : 1970

1,000 units

.

: : :

77 .8 400 .0
234 .5

: : :

39 0 125 36 .4

: : :

73 10 .0 30 .2

.: 847 7

56.0 338 .0 175.2
50.0 17 5 42 .0 75 12 .0 32.3
7305

50.0 290 .0 145 .0
38.0 17.5 40.0
57 10 .2 30.0
62 6 . 4

1,621 8, 333 4,885
813 260 758 152 208 629
17,659

1,167 7, 042 3 ,650 1, 042
365 875 156 250 673
15, 220

1, 042 6 , 04 2 3,021
792 365 833 119 213 625
13, 052

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May 13, 1970
GENE aAL CR O~ REPORT AS OF MAY I , 1970
Georqia:
Cool temperatures and wet soils delayed planting activities in Georgi a during the first
half of April. Frost and freezing temperatures occurred in North Georgia on Apr il 8. Heavy
to excessive rains fell over the State ea r l y in April with amounts ranging from a bout 1 inch in parts of the northwest to more t han 6 inche s in some southwest a rea s . We ath er and soil cond itions improved during the second ha l f of the month, and planting progress became active. Muc h "ca tch i nq up" was accompl is hed du r i ng t he last two weeks and on May I, the overall planting progress was judged to be abou t a week behind the normal schedule.
By May 1, cotton was two-thirds seede d , and corn and peanut planting wa s about four-fifths complete. Only a few plantings of soybea ns had been made.
Peaches: Georgia's 1970 pe ach crop is forecast at 145.0 mill ion pounds compared with 175.2 mill ion pounds util ized last year. The est imate includes both commercial
and farm production. Light harves t has started in South Georgia.
\1hea t : The State's wheat crop is currently forecast at 3,230,000 bushels -- 10 percent ----- above last year1s production of 2,924,000 bushels. Yield per acre is indicated to be 34.0 bushels -- the same as the average last year.

State

:

No rth Ca ro 1ina :

South Carol ina :

Georgia

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Alabama

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Mississippi

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Arkansas Louisiana

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Oklahoma

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Texas

:

1968
77.8 400.0 234.5
39.0 12.5 36.4 7.3 10.0 30.2

PEACHES

Production

Mi 11 ion Pounds

:

:

1969

Indicated

:
-

1970

..:

48

Po. und

Equivalents : Indicated

1968

1969 : 1970

-

1,000 units

56.0 338.0 175.2 "50. 0
17.5 42.0
7.5 12.0
32.3

50.0 290.0 145.0 38.0
17.5 40.0
5.7 10.2
30.0

I ,621
8,333 4,885
813 260
758 152 208
629

I ,167 7,042 3,650 1,042
365 875 156 250
673

1,042 6,042 3,021
792 365 833 119 213 625

9 States

: 847.7

730.5

626.4

17,659

15,220

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13,052

UNITED STATES CROP REPORT SUMMARY AS OF MAY 1, 1970
Prospective production of winter wheat increased 3 percent in April, but output is expected to be 5 percent below last year, and 11 percent less than in 1968. Progress of field work on May 1 in the Corn Belt ranged from moderately behind to well ahead of a year e arl ier. Land preparation and planting were delayed during April in most Atlantic, South Central, and Western States. Moisture on May 1 was generally adequate or better except in parts of the Southeast, parts of Texas, and parts of Cal iforni a.
Peach prospects in the 9 Southern States are 14 percent below last year. The 1969-70 orange crop is expected to be sl ightly above last year. Hay stocks on farms are 1 percent above a year earl ier. Both pasture and hay condition on May I was sl ightly below last year. Indicated production of both potatoes and spring vegetables for fresh market is less than last year.
Winter Wheat Prospects Improve: Prospective production of winter wheat increased 3 percent dur ing Ap r i l . The 1970 crop is expected to be 5 percent less than last year and 11 percent below the 1968 record production. The decl ine from 1969 results from fewer acres for harvest. The yield per acre is expected to be a record 32.5 bushels -- 1.2 bushels above last year and 3.4 bushels above 1968.
April precipitation, above normal over most of the Great Plains, improved the outlook for winter wheat, although cool weather delayed development. Development in Kansas, considered about normal, was behind a year earl ier.
Southern Peach Prospects Below Last Year: Peach production in the 9 Southern States is fore cast 14 percent below last year and 26 percent below 1968. The number one and two Southern producing States, South Carol i na and Georgia, expect 14 and 17 percent less than last year, respectively. Mississippi growers expect to harvest the same size crop as last year, but all other Southern peach States expect smaller crops.

Frasier T. Galloway Agricultural Statistician In Charge

C. L. Crenshaw Agricultural Statistician

The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, USDA, 409A North Lumpkin Street, Athens, Ga., in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture.

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Placement of broiler chicks in Ge o r gia during the week e nde a:' May 9 was
10,226,000--1 percent more than the previous week and 9 perc ent more than the comparable week last year, ac cording to the Ceorgia Crop Reporting Service.
A n estimated 13, 043, 000 broiler type eggs were set by Georgia hatcheries --1 percent less than the previous week but 6 percent more than the comparable week a year earlier.
The majority of the prices p aid to Georgia producers for broiler hatching eggs were reported within a range o f 55 to 65 cents per dozen. The averag e price of hatching eggs was 61 cents per dozen. T h e price o f eggs from flocks wit h hatchery owned cockerels generally was 2 cents below the average price. Most p rice s r eceived for broiler chicks by Georgia ha tcherie s were reported within a range of $ 8 . 00 to $10.00 with an average of $9.00 p er hund r e d . The ave rag e prices l ast year w ere 58 cents for eggs and$8.75 for chicks.

Week Ended
Mar. 7 Mar. 14 Mar. 21 Mea. 28 Apr. 4 Apr. 11 Apr. 18 Apr. 25 May 2 May 9

GEORGIA EGGS SET, Eggs Set})

I 1969
i_

I Thou.

Ili,

12,496 12,472 12,614

Ii

12, 761 12,690

12,655

! 12,631

I 12,666 I 12,714
I 12,305

1970
Thou.
13, 114 13,005 13,241 13,420 13,254 13,300 13,254 13,026 13, 192 13,043

HATCHINGS AND CHICK PLA CEMENTS

Av.

0/0 of
ye ar ! ago i

Chicks Placed for

Broilers in Georgia

0/0 of

1969

1970

year

ago

Hatch Eggs Per Doz. 1970

Pct.

Thou.

Thou. Pct. Cents

105 : 9,282

9,453 102

64

i 104 ! 9,428

105

9,413

9,585 102 9,847 105

64 64

105 I 9,485 10, 112 107

63

I 104 ! 9,552

105

9,468

9,630 101 9,909 105

62 62

I 105 1 9,513

103

9,489

9,875 10 4 9,958 105

62 62

104 . 9, 374 10, 113 108

61

106 ! 9,415 10,226 109

61

Price Broiler Chicks Per Hundred 1970
Dollars
10.00 10.00 10.00
9.50 9.25 9.25 9.25 9.25 9.00 9.00

EGG TYPE

Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the week ended May 9 was 966,000--7 percent more than the previous week but 5 percent less than the comparable week last year. An.estimated 1,401,000 eggs for the production of egg type chicks were set by Georgia hatcheries, 9 percent more than the previous week and 16 percent more 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 1969, hatchings during the week ended May 9 were down 2 percent but settings were up 30 percent from a year ago.

State

EGG TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS HATCHED, 1970 Thousands

% of
year ago 2/

Ga.

1,224 1,250 1,284 1,401

116 1 1, 13 1 1,075

905

966 I 95

III

755*

725 670

760

109 I 540

605

565

615

87

Calif. 1,791 2,056 1,818 2,028

152 11 1,704 1,681 1,622 1,429

103

Wash.

351

311

175

308 137

271

202

253

278

115

I

Total : 4,121* 4,342 3,957 4 ,497 i 130 ! 3,646 3,563 3,345 3,288

98

17 Includes eggs set by hatch erie s producing chicks for hatchery supply flocks.

2/ Current week as percent of s ame we e k last year.

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BROILER TYPE E GGS SE T A N D CHICKS PLACE D IN COMMER CIAL A HEAS BY WE :SKS - 19 7 0 Page 2

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Maine Conn e cti c ut P enns ylvania Indiana Mi s souri De laware Mar ylan d Vi r ginia Wes t Virginia North Carolina South Carolina

Apr . 25

E GGS SET

Week Ende d

Ma y

May

2

9

THOUSA NDS

iiJo of
I year
I ago 1/

C HICKS PLA CE D

Week Ended

Ap r.

Ma y

Ma y

25

2

9

fH O USANDS

2, 148 257
1,855 514 344
3,266 5, 629 2, 156
46 8, 978
665

1,996 142
1,92 5 54 7 36 7
3, 34 5 5,63 5 2, 13 0
40 8, 846
668

2, 118

99

210

94

I , 78 7 10 1

56 0

91

348 100

3, 411 121

5, 572

97

2, 18 2 109

40

95

9 , 0 0 3 10 8

652 109

1,654 141
1, 01 4 319 546
2, 84 7 4 , 26? 1,378
351 6,928
571

1,653 131
1, 09 7 27 9 583
2, 738 4,278 I , 547
345 6,945
579

I, 667 16 3
I , 166 33 9 566
2, 80 7 4,285 1,392
370 6,7 17
613

iiJo o f year ago 1/

cr;

104

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Z

12 4

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10 0

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105

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11 5 93
111

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103

96

108

119

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13 , 026 13 , 19 2 13 ,0 43 10 6

9,958 10,1 13 10,226

10 9

Florida T enne sse e Alabam a Mi s sis sippi A r kansa s L ouisi ana T exas Was hi ngton Or egon Ca lifo r nia

1, 323

1, 45 3

1, 3 37 1 15

954

895

884

109

789

793

791

92

I, 195

1, 14 9

1, 141

131

10 , 573 10 , 3 8 6 10,34 0 10 6

8,6 17

8,0 11

7 ,598

99

6, 247

6, 298

6 , 31 1 1 14

5, 60 1

5, 5 35

5, 566

117

13 ,282 12 , 474 12 ,9 34 103

9 , 880 10,043 10, 000

109

1,2 15

1, 2 2 9

1, 244 10 9

1, 128

913

94 2

97

5, 50 1

5, 4 78

5,438 I II

4,244

4 , 139

4, 258

I II

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687

783

575

91

546

47 2

5 24 1 17

54 1

557

559

16 5

398

49 6

51 8

13 8

2, 3 6 7

2, 4 93

2 , 478 1 15

1, 86 6

1, 8 14

1, 976

115

TOTAL 1970 (22 Stat es )

81, 4 14 80, 692 8 0, 89 8 106

64 ,39 3 63 ,84 0 6 3 , 7 5 3

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76, 274 76, 797 76,048

1 59, 4 19 59, 390 59,059

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106

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107

108

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LIBRA RIES

Apri 1 1970
Released 5/14/70

APRIL MILK PRODUCTION UP 8 PERCENT

Milk production on Georgia farms during April totaled 105 mill ion pounds, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. This was 8 mill ion pounds above April 1969 and 3 mill ion pounds above the previous month.

Production per cow in herd averaged 745 pounds - 50 pounds above the previous year and 20 pounds above the previous month.

The estimated average price received by producers for all wholesale milk dur ing April was $6.70 per hundredweight. This was 5 cents below the March 1970 price, but 5 cents above the April 1969 price.

MILK PRODUCTION AND PRICES RECEIVED AND PAID BY DAIRYMEN

Georqia

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United States

Item and Unit

Apr.

Mar.

Apr.

196~ _ 1970_1970

Apr. 1969

Mar. 1970

Apr. 1970

Milk production, mill ion I bs ,
Production per cow
I bs , 11
Number milk cows thousand head
Prices Received-Dollars 11

97

102

105

10,265 10,053 10,330

695

725

745

806

803

826

140

140

141

12,743 12,514 12,500

All wholesale milk, cwt. Fluid milk, cwt. Manufactured milk, cwt. Milk cows, head

6.65

6.75

6.65 1/ 6.75

205.00 250.00

6.70 250.00

5.23

5.55

5.63 31 5.95

4.33 - 4.62

295.00 326.00

5.47 !il
327.00

Prices Paid-Dollars 1/

Mixed Dairy Feed, Ton 14 percent protein 16 percent protein 18 percent protein 20 percent protein
Hay, ton

70.00 75.00 78.00 80.00
36.00

72.00
77.00
80.00 82. 00
36.00

72.00 78.00 80.00 85.00
36.00

: 67.00 : 71.00 : 74.00 : 78.00
.: 32.50

69.00 73.00 74.00 79.00
33.70

69.00 73.00 76.00 80.00
33.00

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Monthly average. Dol l ars per unit as of the 15th of the month except wholesale milk which is average for

month.

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C. L. CRENSHAW Agricultural Statistician

"'J. PAT PARKS
Agricultural Statistician

The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, USDA, 409A North Lumpk in Street, Athens, Georgia in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture.

UNITED STATES MILK PRODUCTION
April milk production 1 percent above a year ear l i er
United States mill{ production i n April i s e stimated at 10, 330 million pounds, 1 percent more than a year earlier. Dai l y average production increased 6 per cent from Mar ch , compared with a 7 percent i ncrease a year earlier. Apri l output provided 1 .68 pounds of mill{ per person daily for a l l uses, compared with 1. 69 poun ds a year ear l i er and 1.58 pounds a month earlier.
Mi l k production equaled or excee ded a year earlier in a l l North and South Atlantic State s except Rhode Island and New J ersey. In the East Nor t h Centra l , pr oduct i on was up except in Illinois, while in the We st Nor t h Central all States r ep or t ed l e s s pr oduct i on than a year earlier. In the South Central and West, production wa s up except Mont a na , Wyoming and New Mexico wher e it was unchanged, and Arkansas where it was down 2 percent .
Production per cow up 2 percent, mill{ cows down 2 percent
April milk production per cow was 826 pounds, up 2 percent f rom a year earlier . The Ma r ch milk production per cow was 103 percent of a year earlier. Apri l mill{ product i on per cow at record high levels in 39 States, was highest in Ari zona at 1, 005 pounds . Following were: Californi a, 1,000 pounds; Washington, 980 pounds, Minnesota 965 pounds , and New Jersey, 935 pounds.

Month

Milk per cow and milk prod~ction by months, United States

Mill{ per cow ~

Milk Production ~

1968

1969 Pounds - -

1970

1968

1969

1970

- ~ Million pounds - -

Cha nge from 1269
Percent

January

717

February 696

734 687

750 706

9,495 9,187

9,411 8,792

9,412 8 ,840

+0 5

Mar ch

775

780

803

10,197

9,960

10,053

+0.9

April

796

806

826

10,457

10,265

10,330

+0 . 6

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Jan. -

April Total -

-

-

39,336

38,428

38,635

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May

858

867

11,235

11,034

June

826

847

10,786

10,759

July

783

800

10,202

10,142

August

740

764

9,612

9,673

September 701

726

9,083

9,165

October

706

725

9,124

9,138

Nov emb e r

677

691

8,717

8,691

December

711

730

9,139

9,170

Annual 8,992

9,158

Y Excludes mill{ sucked by calves.

117,234 116,200

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LIB RA RIES

I~AY 15, 1970
Re 1ea sed 6/3/70 GEORGIA CROP REP ORT IN G SE~V ICE

GEO RGIA PRICES RECEIVED INDE X DOWN 1 POI NT

The Index of Prices Rece ived by Georgia Farmers for All Commoditi es de creas ed t o 264 percent of the 1910-14 average during the mont h ended May 15, 1970. Thf s was 7 po i nts h i gher than the May 15, 1969 Index of 257.

The All Crop Index was unchanged from the previous month at 268, but 4 po ints h ighe r t han
May 1969. Lower prices for slaughter cattle and eggs decreased the Live stock Inde x t o 249
which was 4 points below the previous month but 9 points abov e the same mont h l as t ye a r.

UNITED STATES PRICES RECEIVED INDEX UP I POI NT PARITY INDEX UNCHANGED
ADJUSTED PARITY RATIO 78

During the month ended May IS, the Index of Prices Received by Farmers advanced I poi nt
(1/3 percent) to 282 percent of its 1910-14 av erage, according to the Crop Re po rti ng Board. Contributing most to the increase were higher prices for commerc ial vegetables a nd fruit s. Lower prices for eggs, cattle, and hogs were partially offsetting. The index wa s 3 percent below the recent high in February, but I~ percent above May 1969.

The Index of Prices Paid by Farmers for Commodities and Se rvice s, Including Int ere st, Taxes, and Farm Wage Rates remained at 388, the record high f irst establ i s he d l a s t mont h. Since May 1969, the index has risen 13 points (3 percent).

While prices of farm products rose and prices paid by farmers stayed at the sa me lev el , the prel iminary Adjusted Parity Ratio remained at 78. The Parity Ratio advance d to 73.

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INDEX NUMBERS May 15 1969

GEOP-GIA AND UNITED STATES

Ap r , 15 : Nay 15

Record Hi ch

1970 : 1970

Index:

Da t e

GEORGIA: Prices Re ce ived
All Commod ities All Crops Livestock and Livestock Products

257 1/

265

264

310

l1a r ch 1951

264 -

268

268

319

Ma rch 1951 ]/

240 1/

253

249

295

Sept. 1948

UNITED STATES
Prices Re cei ve d
Parity Inde x 1./
Par i t Y Ra t i 0

278 1/

281

282

313

Feb. 1951

375

388

388

388

May 1970 41

74

72

73

123

Oct. 1946-

Adjusted Parity Ratio 21

(Pre1 imi na rv )

:

80

78

78

125

Oct. 1 qL~6

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on data for t he ' i nd ica t e d dates. ~I Also April 1970. 5/ Adjusted Parity Ratio, refl e c ting

Government payments, averaged 80 for the year 1969 compared with 74 for the Pa r i t y Ra t io .

Prel iminary Ad justed Ratios for the current year, suppl ie d by t he Economic Re se arch Se rv ice

are based on estimated c3sh receipts for marketin9s and estimates of Governmen t payment s fo r

the current calendar year.

FRASIER T. GALL OWAY Aqricultura1 Statistician In Ch arqe

vi. A. \j,:l.GNER
Aq r ic u l t u ra 1 Statist icia n

The Geor gia Crop Reporting Service , USDA , 409A No rth Lumpkin St ree t, At hens, Ga . , i n cooperation wi t h the Georgia Depar tment of Ag r ic u l t u re .

PDlr~s -- RECEIVED AND

Commodity and Unit PRICES RECEIVED
\~heat, bu. Oats, bu. Corn, bu. Ba r1 ey, bu. Sorghum Grain, cwt. Cotton, lb. Soybeans, bu. Sweetpotatoes, cwt. Hay, baled, ton:
All Alfalfa Lespedeza Peanut Mil k Cows, head Hogs, cwt.
Beef Cattle, All, cwt. 11 Cows, cwt , 11
Steers and Heifers, cwt. Calves, cwt. Milk, sold to plants, cwt:
Fluid Murket Manufactu red All Turkeys, lb. Chickens, lb. Excluding Broilers Commercial Broilers Eggs, all .doz , Table, doz. Hatching, doz.

May I5 : Ap r , I5: May 15 1969: 1970: 1970

$

1.25

$

.80

$

1. 35

$

.98

$

2.05

21.5

$

2.55

$

8.00

$ 30.50 $ 38.00 $ 31.00 $ 22.00 $ 215.00 $ .1/21.20 $ 23.20 $ 19.00 $ 26.50
$ 32.00

$ 116.60
$
$ .1/6.60


3/10.5 - 14.5
.1/37.5

e

1.40 .80
1.45 1.00
20.0 2.60 6.90
30.50 37.00 32.50 24.00 250.00 23.50 26.10 22.50 29.00 35.00
6.75
6.75 22.0
9.0 12.5 40.0 35.5 62.0

1. 35 .75
1.45 1.00
20.0 2.55 7.60
30.50 36.00 32.00 25.00 250.00 23.40 25.40 22.00 28.00 34.50
6.75 23.0
8.0 13.0 34.4 29.0 61.0

I May I5: Ap r , 15: t~ay 15

1969: 1970

1970

1. 28 .624 1. 19
.975 1.81 20. 12 2.56 7.06

1.32 .588
1. 15 .829 1.80
21.36 2.48 6.33

1. 31 .602
1. 18
.898 1.80 22. 11 2.52 6.92

23.50 24.20 24.70 22.90 299.00 22.30 28.60
3/20.50 - 30.80
33.40

24.00 24.50 26.40 24.00
327.00 23.80 28.60
21.90 30.40
35.60

23.50 24.00
25.50 22.40 330.00 22.90 27.90 21.60
29.50 35.40

5.53 4.33 5.15 20.7

5.90
4.59 5.51 24.9

5.43 23.9

9.5

9.9

9.3

15.5

13.7

13.9

30.4

35. I

29.9

PRICES PAID, FEED

Mixed Dairy Feed, ton:

14% protein

$ 70.00 72.00

72.00

67.00

69.00

69.00

16% protein

$ 75.00 78.00

77.00

71.00

73.00

73.00

18% protein

$ 78.00 80.00

80.00

74.00

76.00

75.00

20% protein

$ 80.00 85.00

83.00

78.00

80.00

79.00

Hog Feed, 14% - 18% protein,cwt.$

4.25

4.55

4.60

4.40

4.43

4.45

Cottonseed Meal, 41%, cwt.

$

4.70

5.10

5.00

4.98

5.26

5.24

Soybean Meal, 44%, cwt.

$

5.10

5.60

5.30

5.24

5.46

5.45

Bran, cwt ,

$

3.90

4.05

4.00

3.52

3.65

3.65

Midd1 i ngs, cwt.

$

3.95

4.10

4.10

3.61

3.74

3.72

Corn Meal, cwt.

$

3.40

3.55

3.50

3.28

3.37

3.39

Poultry Feed, ton:

Broiler Grower Feed

$ 92.00 99.00

99.00

90.00

93.00

94.00

Laying Feed

$ 81.00 83.00

80.00

80.00

83.00

82.00

Chick Starter

$ 93.00 100.00 97.00

94.00 98.00 98.00

Alfalfa Hay, ton

$ 37.00 40.00

39.00

35.20

35.20

34.70

All Other Hav. roo .

._$ _ 35.00 --.3.2.00_ _ 35.00_ _ I 31.90

31.00

32.40

~I "Cows" and "steers and heifers" combined with allowance where necessary for slaughter bun s.

1/ Includes cull dairy cows sold for slaughter, but not dairy cows for herd replacement.

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Athens, Ga May 18

Soil moisture was short over most of the State, and the shortage

was becoming critical in some sections of the southwest. according to the Georg ia Crop Re po r t -

ing Service. Planting was very act ive. and progress is now about normal f or th is date. Hay

harvest increased during the week. Cotton planting was complete over the southern part of the State and a pp roa ch ing comple -
tion in northern counties, according to reports by County Agents. About three -fou r ths of the acreage was up to a stand. which is about normal for this date. Even stands were be ing obtained in most areas.
About 95 percent of the corn crop has been planted. Early planted corn i n southern sections has been "1 a yed by". but the lack of soil moisture is h inder ing development. Cultivation. sidedressing and weed control were underway.
Tobacco was making good progress where irrigation is available. Insect control measures were being appl ied. Sixty-nine percent of the reports indicated tobacco in good t o ex ce l l e nt condition. which is the best for this date in 5 years.
Peanut planting has made excellent progress and is 97 percent complete - about normal for this date. I' Cra c k i ng- t ime " herbicide appl ications were being appl i e d , Good stands were reported in most sections.
Insect and disease control measures were being appl ied to peaches. Early var ieties in southern sections were moving to market.
Small qrains condition was reported mostly good. Pastures were deteriorating i n dr ier areas. but still furnishing ample grazing. Cattle condition was mostly good.
Market Managers reported vegetable and melon crops beginning to suffer from hot, dry weather. Harvest of cabbaqe. snap beans, cucumbers. squash, and onions was active during the week. Tomatoes are setting a good crop with 1 ight harvest expected the last week in May. Watermelons and cantaloups are making good progress. but moisture is needed soon .

WEATHER SUMMARY: There was practically no rainfall in Georgia during the wee k ending Friday. May 15. Scattered 1 ight showers occurred in the extreme south and southwest late in the period but at least 90 percent of the State received no measurable rain during the week. This was the second week with 1 ittle or no rainfall for most areas and parts of the south have been much longer without significant rain. The weekend brought increasing cloud iness to all sections of the State and badly needed rainfall to most areas. Amounts were highly variable but parts of south Georgia received more than 2 inches. Most other areas had one-half inch or more but a few places received very I ittle and continued very dry at the beginning of the new week.
Temperatures were warmer than normal through Friday. Highs were in the high 80's and low 90's and lows were mostly i n the 60's. except in the mountains. Several south Georgia weather observers reported their highest temperatures of the year on Thursday or Fr iday. The weekend cloudiness and a frontal passage brought cooler weather to the State. Highs were in the 70's in the north on Sunday and mostly in the 40's Monday morning. Athens and Augus t a recorded 47 0 , a new record low for the date at both places. The Blairsville Experiment Station reported
a low of 33 0 and 1 ight frost Monday morning.
The outlook for Wednesday through Friday calls for mostly fair weather with a slow warming trend. There is some chance of scattered showers in , the north on Friday. Lows will be in the upper 50's in the north and low 60's in the south and highs ~houid go from t he upper 80 ls at the beginn ing to the low 90 ls by Fr iday.

The Georgia Crop Reporting Service. Athens, Georgia; in cooperation with the Cooperative Extension Service, University of Georgia; Georgia Department of Agriculture; and th e Wea t he r
Bureau. ESSA. U. S. Department of Commerce.

u, S o DEPAR TMENT OF COMMERCE
WEATHER BUREAU Athens , Georgia
ESSA.
Preci pi t a t i on For The Week Endi ng Ms.y 15 .9 1 9'7 0

GEORGIA

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Item
Broiler Type Pullets Placed (U. S. )3/
Total Domestic

During Ap r .

1969 1/

1970 2/

Thou.

Thou.

LI8 RARIES

'0 0
last year Pct.

Jan. thru Apr.

1969 1/

1970 2 /

Thou.

Thou.

4 ,004 3,493

4,337 108 3,811 109

15 ,040 12 , 83 6

16,0 25 13 ,828

%of
la st year P ct.
107 10 8

Chickens Tested Broiler Type
Georgia United States Egg Type Geo rgia United States

627 2, 525
16 382

695 III 2,475 98
66 412 4 36 114

2 , 3 17 9,,79 5
95 2 ,2 7 0

2, 502

10 8

10, 538

108

1 51

159

2, 253

99

Chicks Hatched B r o i Le r Type
Georgia. United States Egg Type Georgia United States

43,891

46, 584 106

167,13 5

17 8 ,101

107

268, 538 293, 239 109

1,000,848 1, I ll, 465

III

4, 082 60 , 293

4,684 115 69,318 115

13, 89 4 192,255

16 , 555

119

2 2 6, 0 10

11 8

Commercial Slaughter:4/ Young Chickens
Georgia United States Mature Chickens Light Type
Georgia Un ited States Heavy Type Georgia United States

30, 559 206,471
942 12,147
191 1, 732

36,347 119 240,476 116
2,431 258 13,518 111
282 148 2,374 137

121,511 795 ,670
NA 46,824
NA 7,831

13 4, 775

III

89 3 ,9 28

112

8, 139

47, 410

101

1, 395

10 ,135

129

Number Layers and Egg Production

Number Layers on

Eggs Per

Total Eggs Produl e d

Hand During Apr.

100 Layers

During Apr.

Georgia

Hatching

Other

Total

South Atlantic United States

-5/

.

1969

1970

Thousands

5, 066 19, 120 24, 186 63,266 311, 643

4,915 19,969 24, 884 66,193 317,590

1969

1970

Number

1,842 1,902 1,890 1,900 1, 884

1, 722 1,842 1, 821 1, 834 1, 8 61

1969

1970

Milli on s

93 3 64 4 57 1, 2 0 2 5, 872

85 36 8 45 1, 21 4 5,90 9

U. S. Egg Type chicken eggs in incubator May 1, 1970 a s percent o f May 1, 1969 . 109

1/ Revised.
'2./ Preliminary. '3/ Pullets for broiler hatche ry supply flocks , includes expected pulle t r eplac e m ents fr o m
- eggs sold during the preceding month at the rate of 125 pullet chi cks per 30 - do z . c a s e
of eggs. 4/ F ederal-State Market News Service Slaughter reports only include poultry s la ug hte re d - under Federal Inspection.
5/ South Atlantic States: Del. , Md. , W. Va. , N. C., S. C., Ga. , F l a ., Va. NA - Not Available.

United States Department of Agriculture

Georgia De pa r t ment of Ag ri c ulture

Statistical Reporting Service, 409A North Lumpkin St reet, At hen s, Geo r gia 306 0 1

State

YOUNG CHICKENS : SLAUGHT E R ED UNDER F ED E R.AL INSPECT IO N

BY SELECTED S TA T E S, 196 9 and 19 7 0

Numbe r In s pe ct e d

During Mar .

Jan. t h r u Mar .

i Indi c a t ed P ercent Cond emned

I Dur i ng Mar .

Jan. thr u Mar .

1969

1970

1969

1970

1969

197 0

1969

1970

Thou.

Thou.

Thou.

Thou .

Pct.

Pct .

P ct .

Pct .

Maine

5, 524

6, 245 15 , 50 4 18 , 290

4. 3

4. 2

Pa .

6, 599

6 ,762 19 ,70 8 19, 9 33

5. 1

5. 5

Mo.

4, 135

4 ,750 11,944 13 ,781

4. 6

4 .8

Del.

6,861

7,985 20, 808 23, 280

4.1

4 .4

Md.

12,086 14, 4 6 0 3 7, 129 4 2, 9 9 1

3.9

4. 4

Va.

6,014

8 ,305 18 ,677 22 ,65 3

4.1

4 .4

N. C.

20, 287 24 , 2 2 7 60,922 71 ,703

4. 7

4 .2

Ga.

28 , 644 33, 934 89, 559 98,671

5. 7

6. 1

Tenn.

4,975

5, 802 15, 194 16, 532

4.1

3. 5

Ala.

21,578 24,472 65,276 70,318

3.7

5.4

Miss.

13,852 16, 768 42,279 4 8, 0 3 7

2.8

2.4

Ark.

29 ,347 3 2, 82 3 85 , 12 3 94 ,364

4. 2

3 .5

Texas

11 ,774 14 ,407 36, 57 4 4 1, 7 6 3

3. 3

3 .6

U. S. I 190 , 002

57 3 , 387

I 4.2

4. 3

1_ _

224 ,624

65 1, 333

4.6

3.9

4 .9

5.2

4 .2

5.2

4.2

4 .6

3. 9

4. 6

4. 5

5. 0

4 .3

4 .2

5. 6

6. 0

4.0

3 .5

3. 7

5. 2

2.9

2.6

4.0

3. 7

3 .4

3. 9

4 .2

4.4

Item

MID - MONT H PR ICES RE CE IVE D AND P RICE S PAID

I

G eOrgia

'

Unite d State s

Apr. 15 Ma r. 15 A pr. 15 : Apr. 15 Mar. 15 Apr . 15

1969

1970

1970 I 1969

1970

1970

Cents

Cents

Cents

Cents Ce nts

Cents

P ri ces Received: Chickens , Ib , , excl. broilers Com'l Broilers (lb.) All Eggs , (dozens) T able (dozens) Hatching, (dozens)

11. 5 13. 5 44.5

11. a
14.0
49.1 46. 0 64 .0

9 .0 12.5 40.0 35. 5 62.0

9. 6 14 .7 36 . 7

10. 9 14. 8 42. 5

9 .9 13.7 35. 1

P r ices Paid: (per ton)

Dol.

Dol.

Dol.

Dol.

Dol.

Dol.

Broiler Grower Laying Feed

90.00 78.00

96.00 82.00

99.00 83.00

9 0.0 0 94 . 00 79.00 83. 00

93.00 83 . 0 0

This rep o r t is made po s sibl e through the cooperation of the Na t ional P oultry Im provement Plan, Official State Agencies, the Animal Husbandry Research Divis ion of t he Agricultural R e search Service , the Inspection Branch of the Poultry Divis ion , Cons umer and Market ing Se rvice and the Agri c ultural Estimates Divis ion of the Statistical Reporting Se r vi ce and the many breeders, hatcheries , poultry processors and the po ult r y fa rm e r s that re port to t he s e agencies.

F RASIE R T. GALLOWA Y Ag r icultural Statistician In Charge

W. A . WA GNER Agricultur a l Statistician

A ft e r F ive Days R e tur n to United States Department of Agricultur e
Sta tis t i ca l Reporting Se r vice 4 09A North Lumpkin St r eet
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Placement of broiler chicks i n Georgia during the w eek e n de d May 16 was 9,967,000--3 percent less than the previous we ek but 8 percent more than the comparable week last year, according to the Georgia Crop R eporting Se r vi c e .
An estimated 12.,992.,000 broiler type eggs were s e t by G e orgia hatc he r ies - slightly less than the previous w e ek but 2 percent more than the co m pa r a bl e week a year earlier.
The majority of the pric es paid to Georgia producer s fo r bro iler hatc hing eggs were reported within a range of 55 to 65 cents per dozen. The avera g e price of hatching eggs was 61 cents per dozen. The price of eggs from flocks with hat chery owned cockerels generally was 2 c ent s b elow the average pric e. M o s t p r i c e s r e c ei ve d fo r broiler chicks by Georgia hatcheries were reported within a r ang e of $ 8 . 00 to $ 10 . 00 with an average of $9.00 per hundred. The average prices last ye a r were 58 cents for eggs and $8.75 for chicks.

Week Ended

GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS AND CHICK FLACEMENTS

Av. P ri c e

Eggs Set J)

Chicks Plac ed fo r

Hatch

B r oile r

1969

1970

% of
year
ago

Broilers in G e o r g ia I

%of !

1969

1970

year i
ago i

Eggs Per Doz. 19 70

C hicks P er H undre d 19 7 0

Thou.

Thou.

Pct.

Thou.

Thou. Pct. Cents

D ollars

Mar. 14

12,472 13,005 104

9,428

9, 585 10 2

64

Mar. 21

12,614 13,241 105

9,413

9,847 105

64

Mar. 28

12, 76 1 13, 420 105

9,485 10,112 107

63

Apr. 4

12,690 13,254 104

9,552

9,630 101

62

Apr. 11

12,655 13,300 105

9,468

9, 909 10 5

62

Apr. 18

12, 63 1 13, 2 54 10 5

9,513

9,875 10 4

62

Apr. 25 !

12, 666 13, 026 103

9,489

9,958 105

62

May 2 l

12,714 13,192 104

9 ,374 10, 113 10 8

61

May 9 ~

12,305 13,043 106 i 9,415 10,22 6 10 9

61

May 1~. 1_ _ !b~92__ J2.,992 _ 102 . 9, 208

9,967 10 8

61

10.00 10.00
9 . 50 9. 25 9. 25 9. 25 9. 25 9. 00 9. 00 9. 00

EGG TYPE
Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the week end ed May 16 was 928 , 0 0 0 - 4 percent less than the pr eviou s w eek and 13 percent less than the com p ara b le wee k l ast year. An estimated 1,282, 000 e gg s for the production of egg t ype c hi ck s w ere set by Georgia hatcheries, 8 percent l ess than the previous week but 15 p er c e n t more than t he comparable week last year.
In the four states that accounted for about 26 percent of the ha t ch of all egg t ype chicks in the U. S. in 1969, hatchings during the week ended M a y 16 wer e up 6 p ercent and settings were up 7 percent from a year ago.

EGG TYPE gGGSSET AN]) CfIrCKS-BAT-CHE D, 1970

BROILER TYPE E GGS SET AND CHI CKS PLACED IN COM ME R CIA L AREAS BY W:8EKS - 1970 Page 2

STATE

1
i

EGGS SET Week Ended

I%of

CHIC KS P L ACED Week Ended

% of

May

May

May

year

May

Ma y

May

year

I

2

9

13 i ago 1/ 2

9

13

ago 1/

I
I

THOUS ANDS

I

THOUSANDS

Ma ine

I

1,9 96

2, 118

2, 113

95

1,653

1, 667

1, 664

104

Connectic ut

142

210

189

82

131

163

124

82

Penns yl vania

1,9 25

1,787

1,865 103

1, 097

1, 166

1, 221

124

I n di a n a

547

560

622

96

279

339

256

92

Mis souri

3 67

34 8

348

94

583

566

511

95

..C.1.l

Delawar e

3,345

3, 411

3,468 123

2,738

2,807

2,931

95

bO

Mar yland

5,63S

5,572

5,494 96

4, 278

4,285

4,013

107

o'"'

V irginia

2,130

2, 182

2, 184 107

1, 547

1,392

1, 508

100

CI)
LJ

West Virginia

40

40

40

89

345

370

450

III

North Carolina

8,846

9,003

8,942 107

6,945

6,717

6, 819

110

South Carolina I

I

GEORGIA

I

683*

652

707 110

579

613

616

131

13,192 13,043 12,992 102

10, 113 10,226

9,967

108

Florida

I

T ennessee

I

Alabama

I

Mis sis sippi Arkansas

[

Louisiana

i

Texas

Washington

Oregon

California

TOTAL 1970

(22 States)

1,453

1,337

1,391 116

895

884

983

120

793 10, 386

79 1 10,340

781

97

10, 444 106

1, 149

1, 141

1, 140

119

8,011

7, 598

7,951

103

6,298

6,311

6,083 III

5,535

5, 566

5,644

117

12,474 12,934 13, 056 105

10,043 10,000

9,641

103

1,229

1, 244

1,262 113

913

942

I, 100

105

5,478 783 472
2.493

5,438 575 524
2 478

5,329 107

704

95

515 130

2,454 110

4, 139

4,258

4,247

109

557

559

560

147

496

518

414

III

1, 814

1 976

1, 803

108

80,707* 80,898 80,983 105

63, 840 63,753 63, 563

107

TOTAL 1969* (22 States)

76,797 76,048 76, 83?

59,390 59,059 59, 245

% of Last Year

105

106

105

1/ Current week as percent of same week last year.

* 10.7 Revis e d

108

107

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Week Ending May 25, 1970 MOST SECTIONS DRY

M/W 2.71970
LIBRARIES

eleased 3 p.m. Monday

Athens, Ga., May 25

A few sections received scattered rainfall last week, but soil

moisture remained short to very short over most of the State, according to the Georgia Crop

Reporting Service. Southwest Georgia was particularly dry. Many farmers took advantage of

the clear skies by cutting hay, while planting activity dropped sharply. Many of those with

crops still to be planted were waiting for rain.

County Agents reported only 2 percent of the cotton crop remained unplanted and this was in the northern counties. Over 80 percent of the crop is already up and growing. Statewide, the crop was reported in fair to mostly good condition.

The Statels Q!D crop is 98 percent planted. Sidedressing was very active in central and southern sections. For many fields, this will be the last cultivation practice they wi]] receive until harvest, and yields will depend on future rainfall.

Irrigation of tobacco was active during the week. Budworms were stil I a problem over most of the tobacco belt, and control was difficult. The crop was judged in fair to good condition.

Peanuts were in mostly good condition with only I percent of the crop yet to be planted. Insects and the lack of moisture were the most troublesome problems in most areas.

Early South Georgia peaches were being harvested. Elsewhere, orchards were being sprayed for insect and disease control.

Small grain harvest became much more general over southern sections. Pastures were becoming dry except for the few areas which received rain. Cattle remained in good condition.

Market Managers reported vegetable and melon conditions generally good in areas where rain has been received. Other areas are beginning to suffer severely due to hot, dry and windy weather. Harvest of cabbage, snap beans, cucumbers, and Squash was active. Tomato harvest is expected to get under way in late May. Little or no movement of cantaloups and watermelons is expected before mid-June from southern areas.

WEATHER SUMMARY -- Light to locally moderate rain occurred over most of Georgia on May 16
and 17 but I ittle or none was reported during the remainder of the week ending Friday, May 22. Amounts were highly variable early In the week, ranging from less than one-tenth inch in widely
scattered areas to just over 2 inches in others. Many places have had very I ittle rain during the last 3 weeks and had become extremely dry by the end of the week. Only .05 of an inch has
occurred at Athens Airport since May 4. Rain was fal I ing in extreme south and southeast
Georgia Monday morning, May 25, with indications that it would spread over much of the remain-
der of the State. Some coastal areas had received over 2 inches by 7 a.m. Monday and more than an inch had fal len in south central sections.

Temperatures were mild at the beginning of the week but a warming trend brought readings
to above normal by midweek. The unusually hot weather continued through the weekend, except
in the south where increasing cloudiness caused some moderation of daytime h ighs. Maximums reached the 90 ls on one or more days in most areas except the mountains. Lows were in the 50's early in the week but reached the 60's in most areas by Friday. Averages ranged from 20 above normal in the northwest to 20 below normal in the southeast.

The outlook for Wednesday through Friday calls for partly cloudy and warm weather Wednesday and Thursday with increasing cloudiness Friday and a chance of showers in the north. Lows should be in the 60 ls and highs in the upper 80 ls and low 90's.

The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, Athens, Georgia; in cooperation with the Cooperative Extension Service, University of Georgia; Georgia Department of Agriculture; and the Wea t he r Bureau, ESSA, U. S. Department of Commerce.

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE WEATHER BUREAU Athens, Georgia
ESSA
Pr ec i pi tat i on For The Week Ending May 22 "~ 1 970

GEORGIA

Temperature ext remes f or t he wBek ending Ma.y 22 3 1 970" ( Pr-ov i.sacnal )
Highe s't g 96o at. Thomas r,on on the 22nd o
Lowes tz ,:3.:30 at Bla ir's'vi lle on the 1 8t h o

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T Less than .. 005 i nch o

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B ROILER TYPE
Placement of broiler chicks in Georgia during the week ended M a y 23 was 10, 116, 000- -1 percent more than the previous week and 9 percent more than the comparable week last year, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service.
An estimated 12,982,000 broiler type eggs were set by Georgia hatcheries-slightly 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 65 cents per dozen. The avera g e price of hatching eggs was 59 cents per dozen. The price of eggs from flocks w i t h hatchery owned cockerels generally was 2 cents below the average p r ice. Most p rices received for broiler chicks by G eorgia hatcheries were r eported within a r ang e of $7.00 to $10.00 with an averag e of $8. 50 per hundred. The average prices l ast year were 57 cents for eg gs and $8. 50 for chicks.

Week Ended

GEORGIA EGGS SET , HATCHINGS A ND CHICK PLACEMENTS

Av. Price

Eggs Set J:...1

%of

I Chicks Placed for
Broilers in Georgia

Hatch Eggs

'fo of I P e r

Broiler Chi cks Per

1969

1970

year

1969

1970

year Doz.

Hundred

ago

ago 1970

1970

Thou.

Thou.

Pct.

Thou.

Thou. Pct. Cents

Dollars

Mar.21 Mar.28 Apr. 4 Apr. 11 Apr. 18 Apr.25 May 2 May 9 May 16 May 23

12,614 13,241 105 12,761 13,420 105 12,690 13, 254 104 12,655 13,300 105 12,631 13,254 105 12,666 13,026 103 12, 714 13,192 104 12, 305 13 , 043 106 12,702 12,992 102 12 ,803 12,982 101

9,413

9,847 105

64

9,485 10,112 107

63

9,552

9,630 101

62

9,468

9,909 105

62

9,513

9,875 104

62

9,489

9,958 105

62

9,374 10, 113 108

61

9,415 10,226 109

61

9,208

9,967 108

61

9,271 10, 116 109 I 59

10.00 9.50 9.25 9. 25 9.25 9.25 9.00 9.00 9 .00 8. 50

EGG TYPE

Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the week ended May 23 w a s 967,000-4 percent more than the previous week but 17 percent less than the comparable we e k last year. An estimated 1,235,000 eggs for the production of e gg type chicks were set by Georgia hatcheries, 4 percent less than the previous week and 2 p ercent 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 1969, hatchings during the week ended M ay 2 3 we re up 10 percent and settings were up 9 perc ent from a year ago.

State

I EGG TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS HATCHED, 1970

Eggs Set (Week Ended)

0/001

Chicks Hatched-(WeekEnded)'--% -of

May

May May

May year

May Ma y

Ma y

May i year

2

9

16

23 I ago 2/

2

9

16

23 I ago 2/

Thousands

Ga.

1,284 1,401 1,282 1,235 98

Ill.

680*

760 685

615

97

Calif. 1, 818 2,028 1,881 1,797 122

Wash.

317*

308

238

306 123

Thousands

905 966

92 8

967

83

565 615

6 10

545

105

1,622 1, 429 1,509 1, 386

137

253 278

241

281

13 6

Total 4,099* 4,497 4,086 3,953 109

I 3, 345 3 , 288 3,28 8 3 , 179

110

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'2/ Current we ek as percent of same wee k l a s t year.

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BROILER T YP E E GGS SE T AND CHICKS P L A CED IN COMMER CIA L A R E A S B Y WE E KS - 1970 Page 2

STATE

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E GGS SE T Week Ended

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CHICKS P L ACED We ek Ende d

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Ma y 9

Ma y 16

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Maine Co nne cticut P enns ylvania In diana Mi ss ouri Dela war e Ma r yland Vi r ginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina

T HOUSANDS

I

THOUS ANDS

I

2, 11 8

2, 113

2, 15 9

97

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I

1,

66 7

1, 664

1, 4 89

93

. 210 1,7 87

189 1,86 5

2 33 2, 030

86 120

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163 1, 166

124 1, 22 1

177 1, 2 29

12 6 10 8

560

62 2

j 55

84

339

256

33 6

133

348 3,4 11 5, 572 2, 182
40 9,003

348 3, 468 5, 494 2, 184
40 8, 942

354 3, 471 5, 566 1, 991
38 8, 967

98

566

125 2,807

99 4,285

102 1,392

97

370

108 6,717

511 2,931 4,013 1, 508
450 6, 819

597 2, 949 4, 0 16 1, 240
468 6, 889

115

99

101
95 122 112

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652

707

728

115

613

616

580

98

GEORGIA

13,043 12, 992 12,982

101 10,226

9,967 10, 116

109

Florida

1,337

1, 391

1,338

110

884

983

939

107

Tenness e e

791

781

777

96 I, 141

1, 140

971

107

Alabama

10,340 10,444 10, 587

107 7, 598

7,951

8,072

106

Mi s sis sippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas Washington Oregon California
TOTAL 1970 (22 States)

6,311

6, 083

6,218

III 5, 566

5,644

5,558

116

12,934 ],244

13, 056 1,262

12,973 1,279

102 10,000

112

942

9,641 1, 100

9,075 1,408

97 150

5,438

5,329

5, 350

106 4,258

4,247

4,291

III

575

704

601

96

559

560

523

123

524

515

433

161

518

41 4

367

121

2,478 80,898

2,4 54 80,983

2,685 81,315

117 1,976 106 63,753

1, 803 63, 563

1, 925 63,215

109 107

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76,048 76,835 76,901

59, 059 59, 245 59,228

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----_ GEORGIA FLUE.CURED TOBACCO: COUNTY ESTTl~TES. 1969 PRELTIH NARY

Di s t r i ct and

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Dcdge J ohnson l aurens
Montgomer y Tre ut len Wheeler Wilkins on

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L'BAA~U S

---1 300 61

225

840

735 460

1

1,302 1,187 1,182
1,324 1,296 1,162
860

TOTAL

2,62 2

1,270

DISTRICT 6
Bulloch Burke Candl er Eff i ilgham Emanue l J enkins Sc r e ve n

2,830 4
1,530 -185
1,320 160
67

1,116 428
1,333 878
1,280 1,101 1,230

TOTAL

6,096

1,199

DISTRICT 7
Baker -
Decatur
Dougherty Gra dy l>1i t c h e l l Stewart Thcmas

8

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255 18

1,090

1,870

7
1,290

1,625
1,150 1,294 1,516 1, 56J+
980
1,533

TOTAL

4,538

1,519

DISTRICT 8 Atkinson Ben Hill Berrien Bro oks Clinch
Co f fe e ColqUitt Cook C r i sp Dooly Echol s I rwin Jeff Davi s
Lanf.er
Lowndes Telfair Tift Turner 'lilcox 'lor t h

1,020
780 3,240 1,920
225
3,630 4,280
2,370 18
7
310 1,790 1,670 J.,130 3,260
515 2,250
140
195 1,380

1,922
1,491
1,947 1,669
1,588
1,718 1,880 2,021
1,761 1,167 1,650
1, 909 1,325 1,705 1,633 1,271 1,941
1,707 1,173 1,625

TOTAL

30, 130
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1,767

June 1970
Pro duction (Pou nd s)
o
390, 700 72,400 266, 000 1,112, 000 952, 600 534,500
860
3, 329, c60
3, 159, 000
~ ) 710
2, 040,000 162,400
1, 689,000 176, 200 82,400
7, 310,710
13, 000 293,300 23,3 00 1, 652, 000 2, 925 , 000
6,860 1, 978, 000
6, 891, ~ 60
1,9 60, 000 1, 163, 000 6, 309,0 00 3,2 05, 000
357,200 6, 235,000 8, 046,000 4, 790, 000
31, 700 8,170 511,4 00 3,4 18, 000 2,2 12, 000 1,927, 000 5,325, 000 65Lf)800 4, 368, coo 239 , 000 228, 700 2, 242,000
53, 230, 970

Distri ct and CouDty

GEORGIA FLUE-CURED TOBACCO:

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.. COilliTY ESTIMATES. 1969 PRELTIv1INARY

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Ba con Bra ntley Br yan Char l ton Evans Lib erty Long Pierce Tatt nal1 Toomb s Hare Hayne

2,210 . ", ... ., '~" " '1; 170 ...... _.,. .
935 190 165 1,030 .
79 265 2,620 2,570 1,740 1,240 1,300

1,305 1,595 ' 1, 534
797 1,582 1,263
827 2.,283 2,026 1,446
1,576 1,774 1, 618

2, 885,000 '. . 2, '823 ;000
1,434, 000 151, 500 261, 100
1, 301, 000
65, 300
339, 900 5, 308, 000 3,715 , 000 2, 742, 000 2, 200, 000 2, 10~., 000

TOTAL

16,114

1,572

25, 329, 800

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59,500

1, 615

96, 092, 000

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Agricultural Stat ist i ci an

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(These estimates are based on the latest available data and are preliminary)

PRODUCT ION

District

ACRES

YIELD LlI\T PER ACRE

500 Pound

and

Gross We ight

County

Planted

Harvested

Planted

Harvested

Ba les

Acres

Acres

Pounds

Pounds

Bale s

DISTRICT 1

Bartow

10,400

10,100

466

480

10, 100

Catoosa

125

120

408

425

105

Chattooga

2,110

2,000

372

392

1, 640

Dade

70

60

314

367

45

Floyd

4,550

4,250

458

490

4) 340

Gordon

4,750

4,450

403

430

3)990

Murr ay

450

430

240

251

225

Paulding

5

5

600

600

6

Polk

3,150

2,800

482

542

3) 170

Walker

320

310

441

455

295

Whitfield

185

45

119

489

45

TOTAL

26,115

24,570

440

468

23, 961

DISTRICT 2

Barrow Cherokee Clarke Cobb DeKalb Forsyth

950

900

148

157

10

5

100

200

220

215

350

358

5

5

400

400

5

5

200

200

10

10

100

100

Fulton Gwinnett

45

40

333

375

375

290

163

210

Hal l

75

70

213

229

Jackson

265

250

226

240

Oconee

3,730

3,280

180

205

Walton

8,900

8,500

266

279

TOTAL

14,590

13,570

234

252

295
2
160 5
2 2
30 125 35 125 1,400 4,940
7) 121

Page 2

June 1970

GEORGIA COTTON: ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1969

(These estimates are based on the latest available data and are preli minary)

Di s t r i c t aLd
Country



ACRES

Planted

Harvested

Acres

-Acr-es

:

:

YIELD LINT PER ACRE :

:

:

:

Planted : Harvest ed :

Pounds

Pounds

PRODUCTION 500 Pound
Gr oss We ight Ba les Ba l e s

DISTRICT 1

Banks

185

180

227

233

El bert

3,550

3,400

410

428

Fra nklin

3,020

2,950

254

260

Ha r t

5,450

5,360

307

312

Li ncoln

105

100

267

280

Ma d i s o n

3,230

2,800

213

246

Oglethorpe

1,720

1,000

214

368

Stephens

80

75

162

173

Wi lke s

260

230

235

265

90 3,030 1,600
3, 490
Eo
1, 440
765 25 125

TOTAL

17,600

16,095

289

316

10, 625

DISTRICT 4

Carroll

270

235

356

409

Clayt on

40

40

350

350

Cowet a

1,455

1,430

232

236

Douglas

20

15

200

267

Fayette

15

10

200

300

Haralson

45

40

178

200

Harris

530

520

347

354

Heard

125

100

248

310

He n r y

2,610

2,410

302

327

Lamar

170

100

218

370

Ma con

8,000

7,500

453

483

Mar i on

1,550

1,350

250

287

Meriwet her

3,550

3,250

289

316

Pike

2,430

2,050

317

376

Sch l e y

950

900

352

371

Spalding

350

340

423

435

Talbot

220

210

195

205

Taylor

5,250

4,850

390

422

Troup

320

275

281

327

Upson

40

25

125

200

200 30
705 10
5 15
385 65
1,640
75 7,560
805 2, 140
1,610
695 310
90 4,270
185 10

TOTAL

27,940

25,650

357

389

20, 805

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June 1970

GEORGIA COTTON: ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1969

(These estimates are based on the latest available data and are preliminary)

Di s t r i c t an d
County

ACRES
:
: Planted : Harvested

A-cr-es

Acres



YIELD LINT PER ACRE :

:

:

Planted : Harvest ed :

Pounds

Pounds

PRODUCTI ON
500 Pound Gross Weight
Bale s Bale s

DISTRICT I

Baker

750

700

293

314

Calhoun

3,550

3,450

452

465

. Cla y

1,700

1,620

365

383

Decat ur

230

155

70

103

Dougherty

930

850

183

200

Ear ly

6,250

5,850

288

307

Grady

2,100

1,950

243

262

Le e

2,410

2,200

340

373

Mi l l er

2,620

2,550

260

267

Mit che l l

6,100

5,900

286

295

Qui tman

130

130

577

577

Randolph

3,780

3, 750

479

482

Semi nol e

2,420

2,200

292

321

Stewart

1,620

1,600

537

544

Sumt er

7,150

6,750

351

372

Terrell

8,500

8,300

387

396

Thomas

3,060

2,850

325

349

Webster

390

390

210

210

460
3 , 3 50 1, 290
35 355 3, 750 1, 060 1,710 1,420
3,640
155 3, 770 1,470 1, 810
5, 250 6,850 2,080
170

TOTAL

53,690

51,195

345

362

38, 625

DISTRICT 8

Atkinson

70

15

43

200

5

Ben Hill

3,000

2,900

268

277

. 1, 670

Berrien

1,400

1,300

188

202

550

Brooks

3,700

3,000

185

229

1,430

Coffee

2,250

1,500

120

179

560

Colquitt

16,850

16,800

341

342

12,000

Cook

1,600

1,450

141

156

470

C r i sp

7,850

7,550

457

475

7,500

Dooly

26,000

25,400

589

603

31, 900

I rwin

4,950

4,550

274

298

2, 830

Jeff Davis

940

700

129

173

250

Lanier

140

75

79

147

20

Lowndes

550

200

80

220

90

Telfair

1,190

700

178

303

440

Tift

3,060

3,000

209

214

1,340

Turner

6,250

6,050

202

209

2, 630

Wi l cox

7,100

6,750

208

219

3,080

Worth

12,900

12,600

253

259

6,800

TOTAL

99,800

94,540

353

373

73, 5 65

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June 1970

GEORGIA COTTON: ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1969

(These estimates are based on the latest available data and are preliminary)

District and
County

:

ACRES

:

. Planted

Harvested

-Acr-es

Acres



YIELD LINT PER ACRE :

Planted

: Harvested :

Pounds

Pounds

PRODUCTION
500 Pound Gross We i ght
Bales B a le s

DISTRICT 2-

Baldwin

550

530

207

215

235

Bi bb

275

240

353

404

200

Ble ckl ey

5,250

5,100

495

509

5,400

But t s

225

220

347

355

160

Crawford

770

750

417

428

670

Dodge

7,450

7,250

323

331

5, 000

Greene

65

60

215

233

30

Hancock

1,920

1,870

195

200

780

Houston

3,550

2,800

309

392

2,290

J a spe r

105

100

248

260

55

Johnson

9,450

9,250

343

351

6, 750

laurens

17,100

16,700

302

309

10, 800

Monroe

50

40

240

300

25

Mont gomer y

1,620

1,420

169

193

570

Morgan

7,050

6,900

239

244

3, 500

Newton

1,210

1,180

292

299

735

Peach

1,200

1,000

500

600

1, 250

Pulaski

6,600

6,500

574

583

7,900

Putnam

145

140

400

414

120

Rockdale

360

250

150

216

110

Ta l i af er r o

10

5

100

200

2

Treut1en

1,400

1,370

291

297

850

Twiggs

1,780

1,680

551

584

2, 050

Washington

9,450

9,150

350

361

6, 900

Wheeler

980

850

298

344

610

Wi lki ns on

530

450

230

271

255

TOTAL

79,095

75,805

347

362

. 57, 247

DISTRICT 6

Bulloch

7,300

6,100

208

249

3,160

Burke

21,900

20,400

290

311

13,230

Candler

3,460

2,850

173

211

1,250

Columbia

185

180

227

233

90

Effingham

380

200

71

135

55

Emanuel

9,250

8,950

244

253

4, 720

Gla scock

2,120

2,080

330

337

1,460

J efferson

13,350

13,050

323

331

9 , 010

J enkins

6,750

6,400

275

290

3, 870

McDuf f i e

1,500

1,400

281

301

880

Ri chmond

1,100

900

203

248

465

Screven

8,650

8,450

305

312

5 , 5 00

Warren

5,350

5,200

282

291

3, 150

TOTAL

81,295

76,160

276

295

46, 840

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June 1970

GEORGIA COTTON: ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1969

(These estimates are based on the latest available data and are preliminary)

District and
County

:

ACRES

. : Planted
A-cr-es

Harvested
-Acr-es



YIELD LINT PER ACRE :

Planted Pounds

: Harvested :
Pounds

PR ODUCT ION
500 Pound Gross Weight
Bales Ba l e s

DISTRICT 2-

Appling

1,120

600

95

177

Bacon

140

90

64

100

Brantley

15

10

67

100

Bryan

30

0

Evans

1,140

550

98

204

Long

50

25

80

160

Pierce

485

225

58

124

Tattnall

2,270

1,800

113

143

Toombs

4,320

3,970

233

253

Ware

55

45

73

89

Wayne

250

100

24

60

220 20 2
235 10 60
540 2,100
10 14

TOTAL

9,875

7,415

155

207

3, 211

STATE TOTAL

410,000

385,000

330

351

282, 000

FRASIER T. GALLOWAY Agricultural Statistician In Charge

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THE POULTRY AND EGG SITUATION Approved by the Outlook and Situation Board, June 11,
Situation and Outlook (Broilers)

197
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' ERSITY OF GEORGIA
JUL 11970
LIBRAR IES

Recent Situation Production -- Broiler meat output for the first half of 1970 likely will total around
13 percent above the same period of 1969 . Output in Federally inspected slaughter plants during the first 4 months of 1970 totaled 2.3 billion pounds, ready-to-cook weight, 15 percent above the same months of 1969. Broiler chick placements for marketing in May and June have averaged about a tenth larger than a year earlier. The number marketed in January-April was up 14 percent and the average live weight at 3.63 pounds was up nearly 1 percent. The number of broilers marketed during April was up 17 percent. The live weight of broilers marketed averaged 3.63 pounds during April, up 1 percent from March. Weekly reports indicate that broiler slaughter for May was up about 10 percent from May 1969.

Condemnations of broilers in Federally inspected plants have been higher in 1970. Post-mortem condemnations of young chickens (primarily broilers) during January-April totaled 127.4 million pounds (New York dressed weights) 4.4 percent of the quantity inspected, compared with 103.4 million pounds and 4. 1 percent for the same period of 1969. These condemnations in the first 4 months of 1970 were equivalent to nearly 3.9 million broilers.

Prices -- Broiler prices fell below year-earlier Level s in February following the sharp increase in broiler slaughter. Broiler meat output soared from 7 percent above a year earlier in January to 17 percent higher for February. Since mid-February prices have remained below year-earlier levels.

Wholesale prices for ready-to-cook broilers in 9 cities average 27.4 cents per pound during January-May. Prices ranged from 29.4 cents per pound for the first 2 weeks of January to a low of 25. 1 cents for t he week of May 4. Prices subsequently strengthened and averaged 26.8 cents per pound for May and 26. 1 cents for the first week of June.
Lower average prices in recent months relative to 1969 were largely caused by increased supplies of broilers. In contrast red meat production has been only a little above last year and retail prices have been higher due to strong consumer demand and general inflationary pressures. Also, per capita consumption of red meats during the winter averaged about half a pound below the same months of 1969.

The cost of most production items has continued to rise. The index of prices paid by farmers (1910-14=100) for commodities and services in May at 388 was unchanged from April but 13 points or 3 percent above May 1969. Broiler feed prices in May averaged $94 a ton, $1 above April and $4 above a year earlier.

Utilization -- Broiler meat consumption during the first quarter of 1970 was about a pound per person more than the 8 pounds consumed during the same quarter of 1969.
Through June 10, USDA under the Chicken Export Payment Program, contracted to make payments on 9.5 million pounds of broilers for shipment to Switzerland and Greece at a cost of $1. 1 million. Of this amount, 7.8 million pounds was for Switzerland at a cost of $0.9 million compared with 8.9 million pounds and $1. 5 million the same period last year. No payments for shipments to Greece were made in 1969.

On May 15, USDA announced plans to purchase canned boned chicken for distribution to needy families and mothers and infants under the supplemental food program. The canned chicken must be fowl (stewing hens) inspected for wholesomeness at the time of slaughter in Federally inspected plants. The fowl must have been slaughtered within 12 months of the date of purchase. Purchases from the first offerings of June 2 totaled 961, 000 pounds at a cost of $690, 000. Shipments from this offering are due July 20 through July 31.
Outlook Production -- Broiler production in the second half of this year is expected to remain above year-earlier levels but the margin likely will continue to narrow. May placements of broiler chicks, most of which will be marketed during July, averaged 7 percent above a year

earlier. This compared with a 14 percent increase in number marketed in the first quarter and 10 percent more placements for marketings in the second quarter. Placements for slaughter supplies during the second half of 1970 may still average substantially above a year earlier but by les s than in the first half.
The broiler feed-price relationship has been les s favorable in r ecent months, suggesting less expansion in coming months. The broiler feed-price ratio for April-May averaged 3.0 compared with 3. 1 for January-February and 3.3 for April-May 1969.
Prices -- Larger than year-earlier supplies of broiler meat during the last half of 1970 are expected to hold prices below year-earlier levels. Prices likely will strengthen seasonally to a summer peak but then decline in the fall as demand declines seasonally and larger supplies of pork are marketed. Pork production for the first half of 1970 trailed a year earlier. But by summer, prcduction is expected to move ahead of last year and run at least moderately larger during the rest of 1970.
Partially offsetting the price dampening effects of Iar g e r supplies of broilers and pork during the second half of 1970 will be rising consumer incomes and continued inflationary pres sur e s , Disposable incomes (income after taxes), already up moderately in early 1970, even in real terms, will continue to rise. Increased social security payments, reduced income taxes, rising wage rates, and liberalization of the food stamp program will help boost disposable income. However, the rate of unemployment is up, and may be somewhat of an offsetting factor.

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JUri 2 3 1970

- LIB RARIES

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June 1970

GEORGIA PEANUTS PICKED AND THRESHED - 1969 CROP

(These estimates are based on the latest available data and are preliminary)

District .?nd County

Harvested Acres

Yield Per Acre (pounds)

Production (000 pounds)

DISTRICTS l, ~' and
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DISTRICT 4

Chattahoochee Macon Harion Schley Talbot Taylor

85 5,430 3,420 2,830
130 2,200

1,094 1,802 1,283 1,767 1,585 1,434

93 9,783 4 , 3 89 5 ,000
206 3 ,155

Total

14,095

1,605

22 ,626

DISTRICT 5

B1eck1ey Dodge Houston Johnson Laurens Montgomery Peach Pulaski Treut1en Twiggs Washington Wheeler Hi1kinson
Total
DISTRICT 6

2,505 6,990 6 ,155
380 8,075 1,065
555 9,070
55 1,320 1,280 1 ,040
690
39,180

1,779 1 ,586 1,923 1,745 1,587 1,340 1,710 2,191
709 1,943 1,901 1,992 1,728
1,823

4,456 11 ,084 11,839
663 12,819
1, t.2 7 949
19,874 39
2, 565 2,433 2,072 1 ,192
71,412

Bulloch Burke Candler Effingham Emanuel Glascock Jefferson Jenkins Richmond Screven
Total

13,610 6,240 1,485 355 3 ,030 120 2,650 3,050 260 4,905
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1,714 1,809 1,510 1 ,468 1 ,408 1 ,967 1,816 1 ,471 2,104 2,066
1,733

23 ,334 11,291
2,243 521
4,267 236
4,813 4,486
547 10,135
61,873

The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, USDA, 409A North Lumpkin Street, At hens , Geor gia in cooperation with the Georgia Department of ABricu1ture .

June 1970

GEORGIA PEANUTS PICKED AND THRESHED - 1969 CROP

(These estimates are base<;l on the latest available data and are pr e l iminary)

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Dis trict

:

Harvested Acres

:

Yield Per Acr e

:

Pro duction

an d County

:

:

(pounds)

: (000 pounds)

DISTRICT 7

Ba 'ce r

14 ,385

1 ,926

27 , 710

Calhoun

15,355

2,109

32,382

Cl ay

10,505

1 , 878

19 , 726

Dec a t u r

17,290

1 ,669

23,853

Dou8he r t y

6, 255

1 , 396

11 , 858

Ea r l y

. 31 , 050

1 , 794

55 , 689

Grady

8,415

1 ,861

15 ,, 661

Lee

15 ,495

1,868

28, 940

Mi lle r

19,725

1, 944

38 , 355

Nitche11

20 ,365

2 , 035

41, 444

Quitman

3,090

1 ,508

4 ,6 60

Randolph

20 ,585

1 ,825

37 , 564

Senino1e

12,870

1,946

25, 043

Stewart

6 ,445

1 ,461

9, 416

Sumter

15,525

2,054

31 , 889

Te r r e l l

22 ,305

1 ,862

41, 522

Thomas

4 ,850

1 ,6 65

8, 0 74

Webste r

8 ,570

1,677

lLf , 372

Total

253,080

1 ,870

4.73 ,15 8

DISTRICT 8 Atkins on Ben Hill Ber r i en Brooks Cof f ee Colquit t Cook Cris p Dool y Invin Jef f Davis Lowndes Telfair Tift Turner Hi 1 c o x Wor t h

235 6,775 2,075 5,045 3,640 9,915 2 ,635 14,080 18,080 15,500
105 610 3,385 12,225 18,840 12,995 29,2[10

1,668 2,061 1 ,701 1,633 1,698 1,820 1,645 2 ,277 2,158 2 , 1 20 1, 657
748 1,597 2,020 2 ,038 1 ,992 1,961

392 13,966
3,530 8, 241 6 ,180 18 , 048 4 ,334 32 , 062 39 ,0 22 32 , 861 .
174 456 5 , 406 24 ,6 90 38 ,405 25 ,889 57 ,339

Total

155,380

2,002

310 ,995

DISTRICT 9 Ap pling Bryan Evans Tattna11 Toombs

190 215 1,020 1 , 200 1 ,865

921 1,084 1,494 1,484 1,297

175 233 1,524 1 ,7 81 2 ,418

Total

4,490

1,365

6,131

Ot he r Counties

70

1 ,071

75

STATE TOTAL
FRASIER T. GALLOWAY Agr i cul t ur a l Statistician In Charge

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Week Ending June 1, 1970

Rel e ased 3 p.m. Mo nda y

SOIL MOISTURE ADEQUATE TO SURPLUS

Athens, Ga., June I - Soil moisture was generally adequate over most of the St a t e, acco rd-

ing to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. In s ome areas of the sou t hcen tral a nd so utheaste r n

portions of the State, however, rainfall was excessive, and considera bl e ha il dama ge ha d

occurred i n local areas. The northernmost counties were still somewh a t d ry.

County Agents report ed the condition of cotton as fair to good. The crop i s be g i nni ng to square freely i n South Georgia, but there are very few blooms to dat e.

The condition of 2!D improved considerably during the week as the impo rt a nt southwes t a re a received much needed moisture. The crop is now judged to be in mo st l y good cond i t ion.

Reports from some of the important mid-belt tobacco coun ties i ndica te d t hat damage t o th e tobacco crop has occurred in low lying areas from excessive ra ins. Th i s could be re coupe d in most areas if weather i s favorable for dra ining and drying the field s.

The condition of the peanut crop improved considerably during t he week and is now good to excellent. Insect and disease control measures are very active.

Harvest of the earl iest varieties of peaches is beginning in the ce nt ra l are a of the St at e. ]@y harvest was very active when weather permitted. Small qrain harve st is also i nc reas i ng .

Pasture condition is improved and furnishing ample grazing. Ca ttl e condit ion is a l so improv ing.

Ma r ke t Managers reported melon and vegetable crops in fair t o good con d it ion. Heav y rains received in some areas were delaying vegetable harvest, and d isea se con tro l was becom i ng ac t ive . ~abbaqe, snap bean, onion, and squash harvest was past the peak. Tomatoes we re expect ed to move in volume this week. Little or no cantaloup and watermelon movement is expected be f ore mi dJune from southern areas. Growth of vegetable crops in the mounta in area~ has been s low due t o dry weather.

v/EATHER SUMMARY -- Moderate rains occurred over extreme south beginn ing of week , an d moderate to heavy rains over southern half of State middle of week with a f ew loc at ions receiving more than 6 i nc he s in heavy thundershowers on the 26th. Some ha il and wind dama ge re port ed southeast and central on the 26th. Rainfall was I ight and scat tered in the northern se c tion until the 28th when showers began i n northeast, and continued in north t hrough t he wee ke nd . Some areas of the northwest had received no rain during the week endi ng Ma y 29.

Temperatures were near or sl ightly below normal for the week. The hot wea t he r of th e prev ious weekend was followed by a cooler trend Monday and Tuesday. Gen eral cloud iness held dayt ime temperatures down most days. Highest reported was 980 at Buen a Vist a on May 24 , a nd lowest was 420 at Blairsville on the 27th.

The outlook for Wednesday through Friday is for mostly cloudy with s howe r s a nd th unde rshowers through Thursday and clearing by Friday. Temperature will be s l ig ht l y bel ow no rma l because of c l oud i ne s s . Highs in t he 80's and lows in the 50's north a nd 60 's so ut h.

The Georgia Crop Reporting Serv ic e, Athens, Georgia; in cooperation wi t h t he Coope ra t ive Ext e nsion Service, University of Georg ia ; Georgia Department of Agricul tu re ; a nd t he We ath er Bur ea u, ESSA , U. S. Department of Commerce.

u. S. DEPAR T MENT OF COMMERCE
WEATHER BUREAU Athens, Georgia
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Precipi t at ion For The Week Ending Ma.y 29:; 1970

GEORGIA

'I'empe rabura extremes for th e 'Week ending May 29:; 19700 (Provis iona~)

Hi ghest s

98 at Buena. Vista on t he 24th "
4. 20 at Blairsville on t he
27th "

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April Red Meat Production 1 Percent Lower
Production of red meat in Georgia's commercial slaughter plants totaled 33.3 mil I ion pounds during April 1970, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. This wa s down 1 percent from the 33.6 mill ion pounds during the same month last year, and was 1 percent below the 33.5 mill ion pou nds production of last month.
Cattle Slauqhter Down
There were 25,500 head of cattle slaughtered in Georgia's commercial plants during April. This was a decrease of 6 percent from the 27,000 head slaughtered during the same month of 1969 but was 2 percent above the 25,000 head slaughtered dur ing March 1970.
Calf Slauqhter Down
Calf slaughter totaled 2,600 head during April - 500 head less than the 3,100 head slaughtered during the same month last year and 100 head below the March kill.
Hoq Slauqhter Sl iqhtly Down
Georgia's hog slaughter totaled 151,000 head during April. This wa s down 6 percent from the 160,000 head slaughtered during the same month last year, but was the same number of head slaughtered during the month of March 1970.
48 States
April Red Meat Production Up 4 Percent From 1969
Commercial product ion of red meat in the 48 States totaled 3,019 mill ion pounds i n April, up 4 percent from a year earl ier. The number of weekdays in Apr il 1970 was the same as a year earl ier. Commercial meat production includes slaughter in federally inspected and other slaughter plants, but excludes animals slaughtered on farms.
Beef Production 7 Percent Above a Year Earl ier
Beef production in April was 1,783 mill ion pounds, 7 percent above the 1,667 mill io n in April 1969. Heavier average weight and a larger number slaughtered accounted for t he increase. Cattle killed totaled 2,899,000 head, up 3 percent from a year earl ier. Live we i ght per head was 1,040 pounds, 22 pounds heavier than April 1969, but 8 pounds below March 1970.
Veal Output 10 Percent Below April 1969
There were 47 mill ion pounds of veal produced during April, down 10 percent from 1969. The 349,400 calves slaughtered were 15 percent less than a year earl ier. Live we i ght per head was 236 pounds, up 11 pounds from April 1969.
Pork Production Down 1 Percent From a Year Earl ier
Pork production in April totaled 1,138 mill ion pounds, down 1 percent fr om a year earl ier. Hog kill totaled 7,297,100 head, down 3 percent from April 1969. Live we i ght per he ad wa s 241 pounds, 5 pounds heavier than a year earl ier. Lard rendered per 100 pounds of 1 ive weight was 9.2 pounds, the same as in April 1969.
Lamb and Mutton Up 11 Percent From April 1969
There were 51 mill ion pounds of lamb and mutton produced in Ap ri l , 11 percent more than a year earl ier. Sheep and lamb slaughter totaled 958,200 head, up 6 percent. Ave ra ge 1i ve we i ght was 107 pounds, 3 pounds more than a year earl i e r ,
Poultry Production Up 19 Percent From April 1969
Production of poultry meat during April totaled 786 mill ion pounds, ready-to- coo k basis. This is 6 percent more than in March 1970.

Commodity and Unit
Corn, bu. Hogs, cwt. Cattle, cwt , Calves, cwt.

: : May 15 : 1969
: 1.35 : 20.00 : 23.20 : 32.00

AVERAGE PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS

AND HOG-CORN RATIOS, MAY 15, 1970

\oJ ITH COMPAR ISONS

Georq;a

:

Apr. - 15

May 15 : May 15

1970

1970 : 1969

(Dollars)

:

:

1.42

1.45 : 1.19

23.50

23.40 : 22.30

26.10 35.00

. 25.40 : 28.60

34.50

33.40

Hog-Corn

Rat io 1/

: 14.8

16.5

16. 1 : 18.7

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1/ Bushels of corn equal in value to 100 l bs , hogs, 1 ive weight.

Un i t ed Sta te s

Ap r . 15 Hay 15

1970

1970

(Doll ar s )

1. 15 23.80 28.60
35.60

1. 18 22. 90 27 . 9 0 35.40

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W. PAT PARKS Agr i cul t ural Sta t ist ic ia n

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Placement of broiler chicks in eorgia",~;,w4 k ended May 3 0 was 9, 861, 000- -3 percent les s than the pre ious wee . p erc ent mo r e than t he compa rab l e
week last year, according to the Georgi rop Reporting Se rvice . An estimated 12,864,000 broiler type eggs were set by G eo rg ia hatcheries - - l
percent less than the previous week but 2 percent more than t he comparable week a year
earlier. The majority of the prices paid to G eorgia producer s for broil er hatching e ggs
were reported within a range of 55 to 65 c ent s p er dozen. T he ave r age p ri c e o f hat ching eggs was 59 cents p'er dozen. The price of eggs from flock s with hatche r y owned cocke re ls generally was 2 cents below the average pric e. M o s t pric e s re ce i ve d fo r broil e r chicks by Georgia hatcheri es w er e r eported within a ran g e of $ 7 . 00 to $ 10 . 00 with an averag e of $8. 50 per hundred. The average prices l ast year we r e 57 c ents fo r e g g s and $8 . 50
for chicks.

Week Ended

GEORGIA EGGS SET,
Egg s Set J:J

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1970

Thou.

Thou.

HATCHINGS A N D CHICK PLACE MENT S

Av.

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Chicks Place d for I Hat c h

o of year ago

Broilers in Ge o r gia ! Eggs
I 0/0 of Per

19 69

1970

yea r I Do z .

ago 1970

Pet.

Thou.

Thou. Pet . Cents

Pri ce B r oile r Chicks P er Hundre d 19 7 0
Dolla r s

28

12, 761 13,420 105

4

12, 690 13,254 104

11

12,655 13, 300 105

18

12,631 13, 254 105

25

12, 666 13,026 103

2

12,714 13,192 104

9

12

16

12

y 23 \ 12,

,

May 30

12,637 12, 864 102

9,485 9, 552 9,468 9, 513 9,489 9, 374
,
9, 109

10,11 2 107 , 63

I 9,630 101

62

9,909 105

62

9, 875 104 I 62
9,95 8 105 i 62

10, 113 108

61

61

61

,

59

9,861 108

59

9 . 50 9. 25 9.2 5 9.25 9 .2 5 9.00 9. 00 9. 00 8.50 8.50

EGG TYPE
Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the week e nded May 30 w a s 97 4 ,000- 1 percent more than the previous week and 5 percent more than the comparabl e we ek la st year. An estimated 1, 171,000 eggs for the production of egg typ e chicks we r e s e t by Georgia hatcheries, 5 percent less than the previous week but 18 p e r c e n t mor e t ha n the comparable week last year.
In the four states that accounted for about 26 percent o f th e ha tch of a ll egg type chicks in the U. S. in 1969, hatchings during the week ended lv1a y 30 w er e up 22 percent and settings were up 7 percent from a year ago.

State
Ga.
Ill.
Calif. Wash.

EGG-TYFE-E-GGs-sET-A.:ND CHrCKS-HA.T C HE D , 197 0

Eggs Set (Week Ended)

%of

Chicks Hatched (We e k Ended)

May

May May

May ye ar

May Ma y

May

May

9

16

23

30 a go 2/

9

16

23

30

T hous ands

Thousands

1,401 1,282 1,235 1, 171 11 8

750* 685 615

555 71

2,028 1, 881 1,797 1, 604 11 8

308

238 306

253 III

966 615
1,429 27 8

928 6 10
1, 509 241

9 67 545 1,3 86 2 81

9 74 6 10 1, 367 23 8

I Total 4,487* 4,086 3,953 3,583 107

3,288 3, 28 8 3, 179 3, 189

17 Includes eggs set by hatcher ies producing c h i c k s for h a t ch e r y s up p l y fl o c k s .

2/ Current week as percent of same week la st ye ar .

>l< . Revis ed.

, % of
year a go 2/
,
I 105
I 116 139
I 13 1
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BHOIl.,ER TYP E: EGGS S ET A N D CH IC KS P L A C E D IN COMMEHC IAL A J. 2::AS BY V\T~~ )~KS -

STAT E

E G GS S E T W eek E n de d

%of ,

C HIC KS P L A C .c; D We ek E nde d

Ma y

Ma y

Ma y

yea r

Ma y

Ma y

Ma y

16

23

30

a go 1 / 16

23

30

T HO USA N DS

THO USA N DS

Maine Con n e ct i c ut P e n n s y1vani a In di a n a Mi s s o ur i Dela wa r e Maryl a nd Vi r ginia We s t Vi r ginia No r t h Carolina Sout h Carolina

2, 1 13 189
1, 865 622 34 8
3, 468 5,494 2, 184
40 8, 9 42
707

2, 159 233
2, 03 0 55 5 3 54
3,47 1 5, 566 1, 99 1
38 8, 9 67
728

Z, 14 2
2 09 1, 8 5 1
54 0 349 3, 4 75 5 , 56 9 2, 164
36 8,9 89
632

96 1, f,64

83

124

105 1, 2 2 1

88

2 56

89

5 11

12 5 2 , 93 1

99 4, 0 13

12 7 1, 50 8

103

450

108 6 , 8 19

105

6 16

1, L189 17 7
1, 229 336 59 7
2, 94 9 4 , 0 16 1, 24 0
468 6, 88 9
580

1, 56 5
13 9 1, 112
259 572 2 , 6 83 4 , 23 0 1,598 323 6, 864 543

G E O RG IA

12,99 2 12, 9 82 12, 864

10 2 9,96 7 10,116

9,86 1

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TOTAL 1970 (2 2 St a t e s)

1, 39 1

1, 338

1, 3 27

11 2

7 81

777

798

97

10 , 4 4 4 10 , 58 7 10 , 41 9

107

6, 08 3

6,2 18

6, 199

III

13 , 05 6 12 , 97 3 12 , 7 8 5

10 2

1, 262

1, 27 9

1, 244

11 4

5, 329

5, 3 50

5, 286

105

704

60 1

70 8

83

5 15

433

4 26

11 8

2, 4 54

2, 68 5

2, 448

11 3

8 0 , 9 83 8 1,3 1 5 8 0, 46 0

106

TOT AL 19 6 9 * (22 Sta t es)

I 76, 835
I

76, 901

76,23 6

% of L a st Year I

105

10 6

106

17 Current w e e k a s p ercent of same we ek last year.

983 1, 14 0 7,951 5, 644 9, 64 1 1, 100 4,247
560 4 14 1, 80 3

939 971 8, 072 5, 558 9, 075 1, 40 8 4 ,29 1 5 23 36 7 1,925

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107

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4 18 374 1, 92 7 6 2, 8 0 1
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At hens , Ga. , June 8 -- Soi l moist ure was exce s s i ve over most of t he western and s outhern porti ons of the State duri ng the week, accordi ng to the Ge orgia Crop Repor t ing Ser vi ce . A f ew count i e s along the South Carolina bor de r wer e still dry. In some cr eas, herb icides have l eached out , and we eds are becoming a problem. Control measures for insects and diseases were dif f icult to apply due to wet s oils a nd freque nt showers. Most fi e l d a ct ivities were limited by weather .
County Agents reported cotton condit i on f a ir t o go od, ab out the same as last we ek but be t ter than l a st year . Squaring a nd b looming a re about normal f or thi s date .
The condi t ion of ~ i mproved during the week , even though s ome acreage i n low l ying area s \"as los t due t o drowning .. Crop pr ospe cts were judged t o be good to exce l l ent , which is better than a year ago .
Tobacco condition) most ly good , wa s l e s s f avorable than last we ek, but better t han a year ago. Some toba cco a creage has been lost due t o ex ce s s i ve moisture. Ha r vesting made little progre ss during the week, but is about nor mal for this date.
The condition of the peanut crop is good t o exce l l ent - about the same as last week and a year ago . I nsects an d diseas es were be comi ng t r oubl e s ome since contr ol measure s were limit ed by weather.
Peach har ve st moved at a slow pace. The damp, rainy weather encour ag ed di sea s e develop ments and s ome varietie s nearing maturity wer e severely damaged. The Federal-State I nsp ecti on . Service had i nspected 359 carlot eqUivalents through June 4 compared t o 300 ca rlot eqUiva lents the same date last year.
Smal l gr a i n harvest wa s hampered by wet s oi l s and frequent showers . Some acreage near i ng maturi ty was damaged b y weather.
Hay crops and pastures made excellent gr owth , but hay harvest was ve r y limite d. Cattle conditi on was mostly go od .
Ma r ket ~anagers rep or ted ex ce s s i ve rains in most southern a reas t he past week caus ed cons i derable damage t o veget ab le and melon crops. Tomatoes are expected t o move in volume t hi s week. Field peas, okra, lima beans, and cucumbers are beginning to move i n light vol ume . First shipments of cantalOUPS and watermelons are expected fr om southe rn areas around J une 12 . Vine growth of sweet p ot atoe s is good.

WEATHER S~'~RY -- Rainfall was heavy t o exce s s i ve over much of Ge or gia during the week endi ng Friday, June 5. Rain was reported ever y day at several place s a nd man y areas had mea surable rain on 4 t o 6 da ys. Rainfall was ge ne r a l l y heaviest i n t he we stern half of the State and in the extreme nor t h . Several weather observers in the s e areas measured over 5 i nches a nd a few reported more than 6 i nches f or the we ek. Amounts were light over a 3 or 4 countywide area along the ea ster n s i de of the State, extendi ng from about Hart t o Screven County . Part s of t hi s area had le s s than 1/2 i nch and continue very dry. Some of the extremely heavy r ains i n t he western a nd northe ~n secti ons ca used flash flo oding. Col umbus Ai r po rt had more than a n i nch i n 30 minutes Tuesday afternoon. Only s cat ter ed light rain wa s r ep orted dur i ng the we ekend and ma ny a r eas had none a ft er Friday.
Daytime tempe r at ure s were unusually mild unde r clOUdy, rai ny skies . Highs were i n the 70 ' s in the extreme north a nd i n the 80's ove r the rema i nder of the State . lows were mor e seasonal and ranged mostly fr om t he h igh 50's t o the h i gh 60's. Averages f or the week wer e gener a l l y 4 t o 6 degr ee s be l ow normal . Much cooler weather moved into t he State late i n t he weeke nd . Bl airsvi l le had a l ow of 450 Monday morni ng and ot her mountain stations had r eadings in the high 40' s.
Rainfall was be low nor ma l over most of Georgia during May . The largest de fici en cy was in the northwest divi s i on where the average was les s than 50 percen t of norma l . Mont hly av erages we r e above normal i n only t he ea st -cent r a l an d s out h central div i s i ons. A l arge par t of the
month' s r ainf a ll occurred dur ing the last wee!(. Temperature s varied cons i de r ab ly over the St at e but ranged mostly fr om slightly above to sli ghtly be l ow norma l.
The out l ook for Wednesday t hrough Friday calls for fair t o partly cloudy, warm aud rather dry weather. Early morning temperatures wi ll be in the 60 ' s a nd aft ernoon high s i n the 10YT t o
middl e 90 's .

The Georgia Crop Report ing Ser vi ce, Athens , Ge orgi a j in coope rat i on with t he Cooper at i ve Ext ens i on Service , Unive rs i ty of Ge or giaj Georgi a Depa r t ment of Agr i cul t ure j and t he Weather Bur eau, ESSA) U. S . Department of Ccrr~erce .

U. S. DEPA RT ME NT OF COMME R CE WEATHER B UREAU Athens , Georgia ESSA

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R f l 1 1 970

Georg ia Crop Report ing Service

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/' Athens, Georg ia

June 1, 1970

Re l eased : J une 9, 1970

GE ORGIA

Soi l moi sture wa s ade quate t o excess ive i n most ar ea s of the St ate dur i ng l at e Ma y . Harve sts of t he sp r ing s nap bean and cabba ge crops have pas s ed t he pea k and only light vo l ume i s exp ected t he fir st two weeks in J une. A light volume of t omat oe s wa s har vested i n late May, but r ecurring r ains were beginni ng t o cu r tail harvest. Good rai ns i n l ate May were bene fi ci a l f or vine gr owth a nd s izing of ca nt aloups an d wat ermelons. A light vo l ume is expected the se cond week i n J une from southern areas .

UNITED STATES

SNAP BEANS : Mi d-spr ing snap bean product i on i s placed at 228,000 hundredweight , up 1 percent f rom 1969. Harvest in South Ca r olina is active with peak movement expe ct ed
around mid-June. Good y i e l ds have be en r epor ted fr om some ea r l y har vested f i e lds, however , heavy r a i ns t he last we ek of May delaye d harvest caus ing some f i e l ds t o be come over mat ure .
Harve st has pa ss ed its pea k in the southe rn a r eas of Georgia. Recent rai ns delayed ha r ve st of late planting s. The crop in Al abama is i n various stages of development -- f r om just planted i n northe rn count ies to ha r ve sting i n sout he r n a r ea s . Yields on current l y har ve sted f ie l ds wer e lowe red by dry weather ea r l ier . Recent rains should i mprove late r yields . I n Loui s iana,
harve st pas s ed the peak i n l ate ~EY but de cl ining supplies a re expe ct ed unti l about J une 20.

CANTALOUPS: The spring cant aloup cr op i s est i mat ed at 3, 634,000 hundredweight , down 25 per cent fr om 1969. Harvest i n Florida is underway. Supp l i es are expect ed t o be
r elat i vely s teady through J une. Recent r ains lowered prospects on some f i e lds be i ng harvested .
I n Texa s, harvest i n the Lower Rio Grande Valley was in full swing by l at e May although showers a nd wet fi elds hampered harvest. Supp l ie s from the Valley are expe cted t o be availabl e
t hroughout most of June. Ear ly summe r cantaloup production is forecast at 527, 000 hundredwe i ght, down 26 percent fr om 1969. The crop in Sout h Carolina is in mostly fair t o good condi t i on .
Ra i ns dur ing the l ast week of May wer e bene f i ci a l . Harvest should ge t underway by J uly 1.
Little or no moveme nt i s expe cted f rom t he southern areas of Georgi a be f ore mid-J une. Re cent
r ains have been ve r y be ne f icial. I n Ari zona , the crop made good growth i n May . Fruit i s
s iz i ng well. Harvest is expe ct ed to ge t und erway by mid-June and continue unt i l mid - July .

TOI~TOES: The late spri ng tomato crop is e s t i mat ed at 1,121,000 hu ndredweight, down 9 pe r -
cent from las t year . Harve st i n Sout h Caro lina is expe cted t o begi n the fi rst week of June a nd volume movement expe cted to begin around mid-June. Rainfall i n l at e i4ay was benefi ci a l . Harvest got underway, i n Georgia in late May a nd i s expected t o r each t he peak around mid-June. I n Louisiana, pr osp ects are very promising. The cr op i n Texas has gene ral ly made good progre ss a l t ho ugh heavy rains in mid-May damaged s ome fi elds in cent ral a reas . Light harve st is s cheduled to start in central and east Texa s in ea r l y J une wit h good suppli es by late June. On the High Plains, the crop is making good growth . This ar ea i s expected to f urni sh supplies after mi d-Augu st .

WATEill1ELONS : Late spring wat er melon production is estimated at 7,101, 000 hundredwe i ght , 11 percent below 1969. I n Florida, supplies should be ava i lab l e i n volume thr oughout
June a nd i nto t he f irst half of J uly. Good rai ns i n late I~ay were be nef i ci a l t o dry l and acre-
ag e. The f i r st forecast of ear l y s ummer watermelons place s product i on at 16,255, 000 hundredweight, 3 percent more tha n 1969. I n Nor t h Carolina, fields have good stands; however, vege -
tative growth i s a little be l ow norma l . Harves t is expe cted to start the l ast week of July . I n South Car olina v ine growth has be en good and some older vine s are bl oomi ng or s etti ng fruit. Harvest is expe ct ed t o ge t underway the latter par t of June i n the Hampton-Alle ndaleBarnwe ll area and shoul d begi n in "t he Page l and-Cheste rfi e l d area around mid - July . I n Georgia, r e cent rai ns were ver y "bene f i ci a l f or v i ne growth an d s iz ing of me lons i n t he so uthern an d ce nt r al areas. Light vo l ume expe cted in t he Dona l s onvi l le area around mid-June and about a week later i n the Cordele area . The cr op in Alabama is late be cause of dr y weather . Rains i n souther n countie s i n late Ma y were ve ry b ene f i ci a l . The crop i n central and northern count i e s
is doing Ivell but i s somewhat l at er than l a st ye ar as cool nights ear l ier slowed de velopment . The crop i n Mi s s i s s i pp i i s in fair t o good condition. Dry weather during most of !~ay r etar de d deve lopment, but rains r ece i ved i n l ate Ma y improved prospect s. Harve st shoul d begin i n ear l y July an d move nor th a s the sea s on pr ogre sses.

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WATE&~LONS, continued: The early planted watermelon acreage in southe r n Okl ahoma i s s etting melons, while the later planted acreage is just beginning t o vine. Late i4ay
rainfall replenished soil moisture in the Terral-Ryan area. In Texas, the Lower Valley an d the Falfurrias and Alice areas of south Texas were shipping in volume by early June. Supp l i es should be available throughout June from these areas. In southcentral, ea st an d northe rn areas of Texas the crop generally made good progress although heavy rains in mi d-Ma y damaged some fi elds in central areas. Harvest is expected to get underway i n s out h cent ral area s i n late June, in eastern areas in early July and in northern areas and Texas i n l ate July.

Crop and Stato

Acreal!e and estjmatod production reported to date, 1970 with compari son s

AcreaE!e

1

Harvested

-:---For

Yield per acre

Pr oduction

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1968 _ _ A1c9r6e9s

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harvest 1 _ 1970 11968

1969 Cwt.

Ind. 1970

1968 : 1969 - 1,000 cwt. _

SNAP EEANS Mid_Spring:
South Carolina Georgia
Alabama Louisiana
Group Total CAWT.A:LOUFS Early Surrmer:
South Carolina Georgia Arizona
Group Total TOKJATtlE"S Late Spring:
South Carolina Georgia
louisiana Texas
Group Total
WATERM!!: LCN S
Early Sunmer-e North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Alabama Mi s si s si pp i Arkansas Louisiana Oklahoma
Texas Arizon a California
"-M1P Total

3,800

3,200

3 ,100

32

30

30

3,000

2,600

2,500

25

24

26

700

650

600

23

?3

22

?,200

2,100

2,100

30

25

27

"::f ,700

8,550

8,300

29

26

27

3,500
5,700
1,000 10,200

3,500 5,800 2,100 11--;400

3,500 45

50

50

5,000

60

52

55

700 120

110

110

9--;ZOO

61

62

57

158

17 5

17 5

342

30 2

275

12 0

231

77

625--"~ "-s27

7,700

8,200

7,900 85

85

80

654

697

632

3,500

3,300

3,100 66

60

55

231

198

171

1,600

1,400

1,200 80

70

65

1 28

98

78

5,700

5,700

6,000

45

42

40

256

239

240

I8--;5<:fO

18--;60-0

18,200 69

66

02

1,269 1 , 232 1 , 121

6,000

7,100

8,200 65

88

65

390

24,000

24,000

22,000

68

67

80

1,63 2

39,500

37,500

36,000 90

80

85

3,555

14,500

13,500

14,400

90

85

98

1,305

8,5CO

10,000

10,500 78

68

75

6 63

5,800

6,200

6,800 85

80

85

493

3,300

3,400

3,900 90

75

85

297

11,000

11,500

12,500 70

80

80

770

74,000

70,000

72,000 65

67

65

4,810

4,000

5,100

4,300 170

150

160

68 0

10,000

10,500

9,500 160 145

150

1, 600

200,600

198,800

200,100

81

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81

16,11'-5-

533 1 , 7 60 3 , 060
1,411
788 578 332
1 , 000 4 ,6 8 0
688 1 ,425 16 , 255

FRASlER T. GALLOWAY Agrioultural Statistician In Charge

L. H. HARRIS, J R. Veg etable Crop Es t ~ator

The Georgia Crop Reporting Servioe, USDA, 409A North Lumpkin Struet, Athens, Georgia , in cooperation wi t h t he Georgia Department of Agriculture.

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GEORGIA CROP REPORTING E R V ILCfa'itARIES
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ATHENS, GEORGIA

J une 10, 197 0

BROILER TYPE

Placement of broiler chicks in Georgia during the week e n de d June 6 was 9,909, OOO--slightly more than the previous week and 6 percent more than the comparable week last year, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service.
An estimated 12,983,000 broiler type eggs were set by Georgia hatcheries-slightly more than the previous week and 3 percent more than the comparable week a
year earlier. The majority of the p rices paid to G eorgia producer s for broiler hatching
eggs were reported within a range of 55 to 65 cents per dozen. The average pric e o f hatching eggs was 58 cents per dozen. The price of eggs from flocks with hatchery owned cockerels generally wa s 2 cents below the average price. Most price s rec eived for broiler chicks by Georgia hatcheries we re reported within a range of $6.00 to $ 9 . 00 with an average of $8.25 p er hundred. The average prices last year w er e 57 c ent s for eggs and $8 .50 for chicks.

Week Ended

GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS AND CHICK Pl.,ACE MENTS

Eggs S et JJ

Chicks Placed for

A v . Price

Hatc h

Broiler

Broilers in Georgia

E ggs

Chi ck s

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0/0 o f Pe r

P er

1969

1970

year

1969

1970

year Doz.

H undred

ago

ago 1970

1970

Thou.

Thou.

Pet.

Thou.

Thou. Pct. Cents

Dollars

Apr. 4 Apr. 11 Apr. 18 Apr.25 May 2 May 9 May 16 May 23 May 30 June 6

12,690 13,254 104

9, 552

9,630 101

62

12, 655 13, 300 105

9,468

9,909 105

62

12,631 13, 254 105

9, 513

9,875 10 4

62

12,666 13, 026 103

9,489

9,958 105

62

12,714 13, 192 104

9,374 10,113 10 8

61

12,305 13,043 106

9,415 10,226 109

61

12, 702 12,992 102

9, 208

9,967 108

61

12, 803 12,982 101

9,271 10, 11 6 109

59

12,637 12, 864 102

9, 109

9,861 108

59

12,501 12, 893 103

9,372

9,909 106

58

9.25 9.25 9.25 9. 25 9 . 00 9.00 9.00 8.50 8.50 8. 25

EGG TYPE
Hatch of egg type chicks in G eorgia during the week e nded June 6 w a s 1, 057, 000-9 percent more than the previous we ek and 24 percent more than the compa r able we ek l ast year. An estimated 1, 182,000 egg s for th e production of egg typ e c hicks w er e s et by Georgia hatcheries, 1 perc ent more than the previous week a n d 11 p ercent m o r e than the comparable week last year.
In the four states that account ed for about 26 percent of t h e hatch of all egg type chicks in the U. S. in 1969, hatchings during the week ended June 6 w ere up 14 pe rcent and settings were up 9 percent from a year ago .

State

EGG TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS HA TCHED, 1970

Eggs Set t We ek Ended)

% of

Chicks Hatched (1/;' ee k E n de d~

May

May May

J un e year

May ivla y

Ma y

June

16

23

30

6

a go 2/

16

23

30

6

Thous ands

Thousands

Ga.

1, 282 1, 235 1, 171 1, 182 III

Ill .

695*

615

555

520

84

Calif. 1, 881 1, 797 1, 60 4 1, 771 116

Wash.

413*

306 253

347 116

928 610 1, 509 241

967 545 1,386 281

974 610 1, 3 67 238

1, 057 535
1,373 331

Total 4,271* 3,953 3,583 3,820 109

3,288 3, 179 3, 189 3, 296

1/ Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatchery supply fl ocks.

'2/ Current week as perc ent of sam e week last year.

* Revis ed.

0/0 of
year
ago 2/
124 99
106 161
114

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Ma y 23

Ma y 30

June 6

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Ma y 30

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Ma ine

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2, 159

2, 142

2,130

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T HOUSANDS

96 1 1, 489

1, 565

1, 647

Conne cti cut

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233

209

14 5

I 63

177

139

108

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2,030 555 354
3,471 5, 566 1, 991
38 8,967

1, 851 540 349
3, 475 5, 569 2, 164
36 8,989

1, 89 8 585 318
3, 564 5, 387 2, 16 1
32 8, 803

106 I 1, 229

95

336

94

597

131 2,949

96 4 , 0 16

119 1,240

73

468

107 6, 889

1, 112
259 572 2,683 4,230 1, 598 323 6, 864

1, 069 31 8 520
2, 819 4 , 151 i , 54 4
407 7,025

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728

632

456

76

580

543

634

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12,982 12, 864 12, 893

103 ) 0, 116

9,861

9,909

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TOTAL 1970 (22 States)

1, 338 777
10,587 6, 2 18
12,973 1,279 5,350 601 433 2, 685
81,315

1,327 798
10, 419 6, 199
12,785 1, 244 5,286 708 426 2, 448
80,460

1, 321 829
10, 283 6, 210
13, 205 1, 216 5,228 6 60 548 2,411
80,283

I 109

939

101 I 971

108 8,07 2

I 111 5, 558
107 9,075

110 1,408

107 4,291

86

523

107

367

106 1,925

106 63,215

907 1, 077 7, 814 5, 771 9,4 82 1, 059 4, 22 3
41 8 37 4 1, 927
62, 801

TOTAL 1969* (22 States)

76,901 76,236 75, 88 4

59,228 58,950

0/0 of Last Y a r

106

106

106

1 Current week as percent of same week last year.

107

107

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969 1,032 8,0 39 5, 484 9,70 1 1, 09 3 4, 085
529 3 33 1, 863 63,279
59, 47 6
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ATHENS, GEORGIA

Jun e 11, 1970
GENERAL Ci-WP R~PORT AS OF JUi')t: I, 1970
Georq ia: So il moisture was generally favorable for crops during the f irst week of Ma y , but open weather and hot temperatures depleted suppl ie~ rapidly dur ing t ile
ne xt t wo weeks. Except for a few sect ions, so ils were becom ing ve r y dry. The sit uat ion changed rapidly the last week of Mayas most of the State had rains. Amounts var ied widely and ranged from 1 ight in some sections to excessive in several areas of southcentral and southeastern Georgia. Statewide, crops have responded favorable to the imp rove d moisture situation. However, the excessive rains and local hail storms de s t roye d !;C ~~ tobacco and corn, mostly in the southeastern part of the State.
Pe a che s: Georg ia's 1970 pea ch forecast on June 1 was placed at 145.0 mill io n pounds , compared with 175.2 mil I ion pounds in 1969.
I..Jheat: The June 1 forecast placed the State's wheat crop at 3 ,325, OO ll bus hel s compared with 2,924,000 bushels last year and 3,192,000 bushels i n 1968. Yield pe r a cre
i s ind icated at 35.0 bushels - 1 bushel above last year and 7 bushels abo ve th e 1968
average of 28.0 bushels.
United States
Summary
W1nt e r wheat prospects decl ined 2 percent in May, primarily beca ~s e of d r y wea t he r i n parts of the Southern Great Plains. Production is now expected to be 6 pe rc e nt below last year and 13 percent below 1968. By June 1 corn planting was nearing comp l e tio n i n the We s t e r n Corn Belt States, and ranged from about 80 to 90 percent compl et e in the East ern Corn Belt. Soybean plant ing was near or slightly ahead of normal in mo s t of the Corn Belt . Plant ing of sorghums was well ahead of last year's pace in Ka nsa s, Oklahoma and Nebraska but in Texas was sl ightly behind a year earl ier.
Pa s t ure condition on June J was below a year earl ier but above average. Ha y conditon, at 89 percent, equaled last year's unusually h i qii level -- highest s i nce 1922. Deciduous fruit prospects are below last year because of frosts and less fav o ra bl e poll ination weather in some areas. Citrus production for the 1969-70 season is expe c t e d to be 1 percent above last year. Output of both spring fresh vegetabl es and s pr in g potatoes is expected to be less than last year.
Winter Whe a t Prospects Decl ine 2 Percent: Prospective winter wheat product ion de cl ined 2 percent during May, when dry , warm weather
caused crop deterioration in parts of the southern Great Plains. Out put i s now f ore cast at 1,076 mill ion bushels, 6 percent below last year, and 13 percent below the 1968 record. The expected yield per acre is 32.0 bushels -- 0.7 bushel above last year and 2. 9 bus he l s above 1968.
Precipitation dur ing May was considerably below normal in the High Plains of Texas, western Oklahoma, southwestern Kansas, and southern Colorado. High temperatures and s trong , dry ing winds during mid-May resulted i n rapid loss of moisture, forced gra in matur ity, and caused varying degrees of drought damage to wheat stands. Widespread ra ins i n late Na y and early June restored moisture to much of the Great Plains -- especially be ne fiti ng Kansas and I~ebraska. Cooling temperatures following the precipitation aided F ill in g.
Prospects continue favorable i n the Corn Belt and Pacific Northwest. Soil moist ure has been ample in the Corn Belt and the crop is heading and fill i ng under fav o rable conditions. Oregon and Washington prospects are good, but precipitat ion wo u l d be we l come as mo isture stress is beginning to show in some areas.
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Penches : The 1970 peach crop is for ecast at 3,308 million pounds, 10 pe r cent bel ow last year and 8 perc8nt below the 1968 crop. Excluding Cal i f o r ni a ' s c l i ngsto ne
peaches, used mostly for cann ing, the forecast is 1,668 mill io n p o unds, ' al ~ost I I percen t below last season. Only five Sta tes, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Mich i ga n , Virginia and v/a s h i ngt o n , e xpect production to e xceed last year.
The 9 Southern States expect t o produce 622 mil I ion pounds, 15 pe rce nt bel ow last
year, and 27 percent below the 1968 crop. Prospects decl ined from May 1 t o Jun e 1 i n three sout hern States. Harvest of early varieties began in early Ma y and volum e harvest
of mid-season varieties is expec ted by June 15. In South Carol i na weather condi t io ns
favored development of fruit and harvesting operations. In Georgi a ra in st ar te d t he last week of May , causing disease problem s a nd delaying harvest and pac kin g opera t ions. In Al a bama rains in late May and e a r l y .Iune brought reI ief after a long dry pe rio d t hre a te ne d to I imi t sizing. In Arkansas pros pe c ts are favorable in the three ma jor areas . Harvest of Dixie ~e d s began June 10 and heavy volume was e xpected by the 15th. Te xas peaches are s izing wel 1. Harvest has started and suppl ie s should i nc rea se i n Jun e ,
Peach prospects are variable i n Kentucky. Thinning is complet e ,p i ts are harden ing and fruit sizes are good. In Tennes se e, May rains brought reI ief fol lowing dryness i n late win ter and spring.
The North Atlantic States e xpe c t 16 percent fewer peaches than last year. New Hampshire and Massachusetts are the only States expecting more peaches than la st year i n th is reg ion.
Expe c t e d production i n th e No rt t, Central States is 6 percent bel ow las t yea r. Mich igan, the largest producer in t ha t region, expects to harvest mo re pea ches th a n last season.
In Virgi~ia production is expe c te d to be sl ightly above last year. Earl iest vari eties in the minor southside a re a are expected to move to market about J une 22. Weather generally favored the c rop i n Delaware, Maryland and West Virgini a, ex cept for some spring freezes. Delaware and West Virginia expect less production than last year , and Maryland expects about the same as last season.
Rain and cold weather in Idaho and Colorado reduced bee activity and poll i na t ion . Set i s below normal in Idaho, and some orchards in Colorado will not require thinn ing. In Oregon, crop prospects are poor i n the Willamette and Rogue Valleys, wh ere some orchards are a complete fa ilure because of winter and spring damage. In Hood River and Milton Freewater , c6~ditions are good. In Washington pollination weather was good and the set i s good to excel lent.
Growing conditions have generally favored Cal ifornia peach development. However , production i s expected to be below last year for both Cl ingstone and Freestone. Cl i ngs t one product ion is expected to be 1,640 mil I ion pounds, 9 percent less than last ye ar. The Freestone crop is expected to total 440 mill ion pounds, more than 8 pe rce n t below last season. Harvest of spring freestone varieties was active thrOugh May. Pickin g ~ f t he yellow fleshed fruit is just gett ing underway.

FRASIER T. GALLOWAY Agricultural Statistician In Charge

C. L. CRENSHA ~ Agr icultural Statist ic ia n

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ATHENS, GEORGIA

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SPECIAL PEACH REPORT AS OF JUNE 1, 1970

J une 11, 1970

Georgia's 1970 peach crop was forecast at 145.0 million pounds (3,021, 000 - 48 pound
e qui va lent s ) as of June 1, according to the Crop Reporting Service. The e st i mate i s uncha nged
f r om l a s t month but 17 percent below pr0duction in 1969. Harvest was underwa y i n Sout h Geor gi a
about mid-May and started in the Central producing area late in the month. Exce s s ive rainf all
the last week of ~~ay brought on dis ease problems and slowed harvesting ope r at i ons . lat er-
maturing varieties benefitted from the improved moisture situation.

The Federal-State Ma r ket News Service reported a total of 537 eqUivalent ca r l ot shi pment s through June 9 compared with 511 for the same period last year.

Peach e s t i ma t e s relate to total production which include rail and tru~k sh ipments, l ocal

sales, non- i nspe ct ed truck shipments to points in the State and adjoining s tat es , quantit i e s

used on f arms where produced and in s ome years quantities not utilized because of e conomic

co n d i t i on s .

PEACHES

State

Mi l l i on Pounds

Production
48 Pound Equivalents

Indicated

bdicated

1968

1969

1970 . 1968

1969

1970

1,000 units

North Carolina South Carolina Geor g i a Alabama lvIi s s i s s i pp i Arkans as Louisiana Oklahoma Tex a s

77.8 400.0 234.5 39.0 12.5 36.4
7.3 10.0 30.2

56.0 338.0 175.2 50.0 17.5 42.0
7.5 12.0 :12.3

46.0 290.0 145.0 38.0 16. 5 40.0
6.5
9.5 30.0

1,621 8,333 4,885
813 260
158 152 208 629

1,167 7,042 3,650 1,042
365 875 156 250 673

958 6, 042 3, 021
792 344 833 135 198 625

9 States

847.7 730.5 621.5

17.659 15,220 12. 948

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UNITED STATES - SPECIAL PEACH REPORT AS OF JUNE 1, 1970
The 1970 peach crop i s foreca st at 3,308 ~illion pounds, 10 percent be low l a st year and 8 percent below t he 1968 crop. Excluding California's clingstone peaches, used mostly f or ca nni ng, the forecast is 1, 668 mi llion pounds, almost 11 percent below last s eas on. Onl y fi ve States , Ne.l Hampshire, Mas sachusetts , Michigan, Virginia and Washington, expect produc tion to exceed last year.
The 9 Sout her n State s expe ct to produce 622 million pounds, 15 perce nt be low l a st year , an d 27 percent be low the 1968 crop. Prospects declined from May 1 to June 1 i n three s outhe r n Stat e s . IIarvest of early va r i et ies began in early May and volume harvest of mid- s ea son varietie s i s expected by June 15. In Sout h Ca r ol i na weather conditions favored deve lopmen t of f r ui t and ha rvest ing ope r at i ons . I n Georgia rai n started the last week of Ma y, caus i ng disease prob lems a~d de laying harvest and packing operations. In Alabama rains i n late ~~y a~d ea r ly J une brought r elief after a l ong dry period threatened to limit sizing. I n Arl~ans as pr ospe ct s a re f avorab le i n the three ma j or areas. Harvest of Dixie Reds began June 10 a nd heavy volume was expe ct ed by the 15th. Texas peaches are sizing well. Harvest has started and supplie s shoul d increase in June.
Peach prospects are vari ab le i n Ke ntucky. Thinning is complete, pit s are harde ni ng and fruit s izes are good . I n Tenness ee, May rains brought relief following dr yne s s i n l at e wi nt er a nd spring .
The Nor t h At lantic State s expe ct 16 percent fewer peaches than last year . New Hampshi re an d Ma s sa chus e t t s a re the only St ate s expe ct i ng more peaches than last year i n this r egion.
Expe ct ed production in t he North Central States is 6 percent below last year . ;~ich igan , t he large st producer in t hat region , expe ct s to harvest more peaches than las t season.
I n Virginia production is expe cte d to be slightly above last year. Earlie s t varietie s i n the min or sout hs i de area are expe cted to move to market about June 22. Weather genera l ly favored the cr op i n Delaware, Ma r yl and and West Virginia, except for some spring f reezes . Del aware and vle st Vir ginia e}~ect l e s s production than last year, and Maryland expects about the same a s last season .
Ra i n a nd cold weather i n Idaho and Colorado reduced bee activity and pollinati on. Set is be low normal i n Idaho, and some orchards in Colorado will not require thinni ng. I n Oregon, crop prospects are poor in the Willamette and Rogue Valleys, where some orchards are a complete f a i l ur e because of winter and spring damage. In Hood River and Milto.l-Freewater, conditions a re good. I n Washington pollination weather was good and the set is good to exce l l ent .
Growi ng conditions have ge ner a l ly favored California peach development. Howev er, production i s expe ct ed t o be below last yea r for b ot h Clingstone and Freestone. Cl ingst one pr oduct ion is expe ct e d to be 1, 640 mi l l i on pounds, 9 percent less than last year. The Free stone cr op is expe ct ed to total"440 million pounds, more than 8 percent below last s eason. Harvest of spring fre estone varieties was active through May. Picking of the yellmv fleshed fruit is j ust get t i ng underway.

FRASIER T. GALLOWAY Agr i cul t ur a l Statistician In Cha r ge

C. L. CRENSHAH Agricultural Statistician

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT 0 AGRICULTURE

GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
ATHENS, GEORGIA

ERSITY OF GE Of'lGIA

THE POUL T R Y A ND E GG SITUATION A p p r o v e d by the Outlo o k an d S i t u a t i o n Board, J un e 11, 19 7 0
Situati on and Outlook (E g gs)

JUL 2 1S70
L1i3RARIES

Recent Situation
Supply -- Egg production fo r the first 4 months of 1970 totale d 64.3 milli on c a s e s, up more than 1 percent from a year ear lie r . Larger product ion resulte d f rom a 2 p erc ent larger laying flock; the rate of la y wa s down. On January 1 there we re s lightl y fe wer hens but 6 percent more layin g p ullets than at t he beginning of 1969. T hi s s ugge s te d t hat t he l aying flock was young er a nd therefo r e w o ul d b e more productive tha n in t he e a r l y months of 1969. A pparen tly, re duce d c ullin g , because of stron g e gg markets as w e ll as advers e weather in the wint e r r e s ulted in lowe r e gg output p e r hen.

E gg production in A p r il t ot aled 16.4 million case s, l e ss t han 1 p er c e nt a bo ve April 1969. This was lower t han had been expected largel y be cause t he rate of l ay was off 1 pe rc ent from a year earlier. T he rate of lay has be e n exp e ct e d to pick up to near year-earlier levels as spring arrived. The rate of lay was down in all are a s e x c e p t the West North Central region, with the sharpest decline in the We s t e r n region--down 4 percent.

On May 1 the laying flock t ot a l e d 316. 1 million hens and pullets of l aying age, up 2 perc e nt from May 1, 1969; lar g est changes were in the S out h A tl a n ti c a n d Western r egions-up 5 percent and 4 percent. The We s t North Central was the on l y region to show a decline-down 2 percent. The rate of lay on May 1 was down abou t 2 p e rcent in all re gion s e xcept the We st North Central, which was unchanged.

Hatchery activity has ris en sharply in recent months. E i g ht e en p ercent more egg-type chicks were hatched du ring January-April. The h a t c h in A p r il wa s 15 perc ent above a year earlier and eggs in incubators on May 1 were up 9 percent.

Im p o r t s of shell eggs and egg products continued sha rply a bo ve ye ar- earlier l evels during the first 4 months of 1970. This was in response to t h e re lat i v e l y high U. S. eg g prices. Shell equivalent of eggs a nd e gg products imported totale d 645, 000 cas es during January- Ap ril 1970, compared with 55,000 for the same m onths o f 1969 . M o st of the increas e was in egg products from Denmark and the Netherla nds . Imports of e g g s and e gg products during January- March were equal to about 1 percent of domestic e gg production.

A s a result of the large increase in shipments of w hol e d r ie d e ggs fr om the Netherlands, the U. S. Tariff Commission on May 1 anno unc e d a n otice of i n ve s ti gat i on and hearings on whole dried eggs from Holland. The announ c em ent r ead, in part,
"Having received advic e f rom the Treasury Depart m e n t on Ma y 1, 1970, that whole dried eggs from Holland are being, and a r e likely to be, sold a t l ess than fair value within the meaning of the Antidumping Act, 1921, as amended (19 U.S. C. 160), the United States Tariff Co m m i s s i on has instituted an investigation under Section 201 (a) of t he A c t t o determine w het h e r an industry in the United States is being or i s likel y to be injured, or is prevented from being established, by reas on of t he i m p o r t a t i on of such mer chandise into the United Stat e s . "

Prices -- Prices rec eiv ed by producers for eggs a verage d 44. 5 c e nt s p er dozen during January-April 1970--more t han 5 cents above the s a m e m ont hs of 1969 . Prices, howeve r, declined each month re lative to a year e a r lie r - -from 10 cent s hi g h e r in January to 1 cent lower in April. Ma r ke t prices for eggs fell s har pl y following Easter and prices received by producer s a ve r a g e d 35. 1 cents per do ze n in A pril, mo re than 7 cents below March.

Prices continued to decline sea s ona lly and in May average d 29.9 ce nts , about the same a s a year earlier. Price s in w hol e s ale markets r eache d a low in mid- May then tr ended upward. For e x a m pl e , the Chicago deliver ed pric e fo r l arge eggs (80 percent Grade A ) fell to about 31 cents a do z en in early May. Sub s e q u e ntly, pric es at Chicago recov ered and averag ed 33.8 cents a dozen for the first we e k of June compared with 34. 5 cents a yea r earlier.

Laying feed prices in 1970 have been running above ye ar- earlier l evels, and with falling e gg prices, the egg-feed price ratio has declined. The ration in May was 7.3 compared with 8.5 in April and 7.6 for May 1969. Laying fe ed in May averaged $82 a ton, up $1 from April and $2 above a year earlier.
Utilization -- Per capita consumption of eggs during the fir st quarter of 1970 totaled about 73 eggs compared with 72 in the same quarter of 1969.
Liquid egg production during January-April was up 28. 6 percent. Use by breakers during this period r epresented 8.8 percent of total e gg s produced compared with 7 percent in 1969.
Although April liquid egg p r o du cti on was up 14 perc ent from April 1969, May 1 cold storage holdings were still 20 percent below a year earlier and less than half of May 1, 196 3, holdings. Cold storage stocks of shell eggs on May 1 totaled 83,000 cases, the same as a month earlier but 52 percent below a year earlier. ggs and egg products in cold storage on May 1 totaled 1. 1 million cases, shell equivalent, about the same as on April 1 but below the 1. 4 million cases on May 1, 1969.
Hatcheries are using more eggs this year. F o r Janua ry-April about 5 million ca ses of eggs were used for hatching purposes--more than 10 percent above last year. Total eggs used for hatching purposes during this period accounted for about 8 percent of total production, compared with 7 percent in 1969.
Exports of eggs and egg products (primarily shell eggs) in the first quarter totaled 124,000 cases, compared with 149,000 during January-March 1969. Exports were less than half a percent of production during this period.
Out l ook -- Egg output in coming months is expected to increase further relative to 1969. Higher production is ex pe cte d to result primarily from a larger laying flock. The laying flock on May 1 was 2 percent above a year earlier. The sharp increase in the chick hatch since December 1969 for replacements and additions to the laying flock likely will begin showing up in larger number of layers by mid-1970.
Hatchings of egg-type chicks during December 1969-April 1970 averaged 17 percent above year-earlier levels and eggs in ecubators on May 1 were up 9 percent. As the larger number of pullets enter the laying flock, there likely will be an increase in the culling of old flocks. The larger number of pullets will probably more than offset any increase in culling, r e s ulting in a larger laying flock by fall.
The rate of lay, down nearly 2 percent on May 1, likely will gain and may exceed year-earlier levels during the summer and fall. The larger number of pullets entering the laying flock and expected increase in culling of old flocks will tend to result in a more productive flock.
Prices -- Prices to producers this summer may average moderately below last year's 37.7 cents a dozen. If egg production increases as expected, egg prices in the fall likely will average well below the 47.8 cents of a year earlier. Prices rose sharply last fall to their highest levels since the early 1950's. Strong demand, relatively high meat prices , and slightly smaller supply of eggs for table use contributed to the price strength. Moderately larger production was more than offset by increased use for both liquid egg production and hatchery purposes. In the last half of 1970, demand for these purposes may be above last y ea r.

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GEORGI A CROP REPO RT ING SERV ICE

GEO RGI A PR IC E~ RECEIVED INDEX DOWN 2 POINTS
The Index of Prices Re ce iv ed by Geo rgia Farmer s for All Corrmodit ies de creas ed t o 262 pe rcent o f the 1910-14 averag e du r ing the mo nt h ended Jun e 15, 1970. Th is was 1 point h i ghe r t ha n the Jun e 15, 1969 Index o f 261.
The All Crop Inde x was unchang ed from t he prev ious month a t 268 , but 6 points h ig her t han Jun e 1969. Lower pri ces f o r sl aughter cattle and ch ickens decreased th e Livestock Inde x to 246 which was 3 po int s be l ow t he prev io us month a nd 6 po ints bel ow the same mo nth l as t yea r.
UNITED STATE S PRICES RECEIVED INDE X DOWN 1 POI NT PAK ITY INDEX UP 2 POINTS
ADJUSTE D PARITY RAT IO 77
The Index of Pr ices Re ce ived by Farmers decl ined I po int (1/ 3 pe rc e nt ) du r i ng t he mon t h e nde d June 15 to 281 percen t of i t s 1910-14 average, accord ing t o t he Crop Repor ti ng Board. Contributing most to the de cl in e were lower prices for comme r ci al ve ge t abl e s, mi l k , a nd whea t. Highe r prices fo r fr u it were partially offsett in g. The Inde x was th e same a s a yea r e a r l i e r .
The Inde x of Prices Pa i d by Farmer s f o r Commod ities and Se rv i ce s , Inc lud ing Int e res t, Ta xes, a nd Farm Wage Rates adv an ced t o 390 , a record high. The i ndex is 14 po i nt s (4 perce nt ) 3bove last June.
As f arm product prices de cl ined and p rices pai d by farmers wer e hig he r, bo th t he pre l iminary Adjusted Parity Ratio , at 77 , and the Pa rity Ratio , at 72, were off I po i nt .

1910 - 14 = 100
GEORGI A: Pr i ce s Rece ived
A1I Commod i t ie s AII Crops Lives tock and Livestoc k Products

INDEX NUMBERS -- GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES

. Jun e 15 : May 15 : J une 15 : 1969 : 1970 : Ig70

Re co rd High Index : Da t e

: 261 11

264

262

310

: 262

268

268

319

: 252 11

249

246

29 5

March 1951
Marc h 1951 1/
Sept. 1948

UNITED STATES Pri ce s Re ce ived Pa r i ty Inde x}1 Par i t Y Ra t i0

: 281

282

281

3 13

376

388

390

390

75

73

72

123

Feb . 195 1 J une 1970 Oct. 1946

Adjust ed Pa rity Rati o ~I

(P rel iminary)

. 8178

77

125

Oc t. 1946

II Rev ised. 1/ Also Ap ril 1951. 11 Prices Pa id, In ter est, Taxe s , an d Farm \oIage Rates
ba s ed on data for the i ndi cated dat e s. ~I Adj ust ed Pari t y Ra t io , re f l e c t i ng Government pa yment s, averaged 80 for the year 1969 compared wit h 74 f or t he Parit y Rat io . Pre l imi na ry Adju s t ed Ratios for the c u r re nt yea r , s uppl ied by t he Economi c Re s ea r ch Se rv i ce are ba s ed on estima t e d cash receipts f o r market i ngs an d e st ima t es of Gove r nmen t pa yme nt s for the c ur ren t calendar year.

FRAS IER T. GALLOWAY Ag r i cultural Statist i c ian In Cha r ge

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PRICES -- RECEIVED AND PAID BY FARMERS. JUNE IS. 1970 WITH COMPARISONS

Commod i ty and Unit
PI{ICES RECEIVED
Hheat, bu. Oats , bu. Corn, bu. Ba r I e y , bu. Sorghum Gra in, cwt. Cotton , lb . Soybeans, bu. Sweetpotatoes, cwt. Hay , bal ed , ton:
All Alfalfa Le s p e d e za Peanut Mil k cows , head Hogs, cwt.
Beef Cattle, All, cwt. 11 Cows, cwt , 1/
Steers and Heifers, cwt. Calv es, cwt. Milk, sold to plants, cwt.
Fluid Market Manu factu red All Turkeys , lb. Ch icken s, l b, : Excluding Broilers Comme rc ia l Broilers Eggs, all. doz. Tabl e, doz. Hat ching , doz.

GEORGIA
June 15 May 15 June 15 1969 : 1970 : 1970

UNITED STATES
Jun e 15 May 15 June 15 1969 : 1970 : 1970

$ 1.25

$ .77

$ 1.40

$

.95

$ 2. 10

21.0

$ 2.50

$

$ 29.50 $ 38.00 $ 30.50 $ 22.00 $ 220.00 $ 3/24.00 $ - 24.40
$ 20.50 $ 27.50 $ 32.00

$ 6.45
$ $ 6.45 20.0

l/ 9.5
1/15.0
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1. 35 .75
1.45 1.00
20.0 2.55 7.60
30.50 36.00 32.00 25.00 250.00 23.40 25.40 22.00 28.00 34.50
6.75
6.75 23.0
8.0 13.0 34.4 29.0 61.0

1. 25
.70 1.45
20.0 2.60
29.50 36.00 31.00 25.00 255.00 23.20 25. 10 21.50 28.00 34.00
6.75 23.0
7.0 12.0 36.0 31.4 56.0

1. 22 .625
1. 18 1.04 1.81 21. 32 2.52 6.22
22.50 22.90 24.20 22.70 303.00 24.00 29.40 20.70 31.90 33.60
5.43 4.35 5.08 21.0
9.2 15.9
31.4

1. 31 .602
1.18 .898
1.80 22. II
2.52 6.92
23.50 24.00 25.50 22.40 330.00 22.90 27.90 21.60 29.50 35.40
5.75 4.56 5.39 23.9
9.3 13.9 29.9

1. 23 .613
1. 21 .944
1.80 22.31 2.60 8.33
22.40 22.90 24.90 22.40 331.00 23.20 28.00 21.60 29.70 35. 10
5.31 23.3
8.4 13.3 30.5

PRICES PAID. FEED

Mixed Dairy Feed, ton

14% protein

$ 70.00

72.00

73.00

67.00

69.00

69.00

16% protein

$ 75.00

77.00

75.00

71.00

73.00

73.00

18% protein

$ 77.00

80.00

80.00

73.00

75.00

76.00

20% protein

$ 79.00

83.00

82.00

77.00

79.00

80.00

Hog Feed , 14%-18% protein,cwt. $ 4.35

4.60

4.65

4.45

4.45

4.53

Cottonseed Meal, 41%, cwt.

$ 4.75

5.00

5. 10

4.96

5.24

5.26

Soybean Meal, 44%, cwt.

$ 5.30

5.30

5.20

5.31

5.45

5.42

Bran, cwt.

$ 3.80

4.00

4.00

3.45

3.65

3.59

Middl ings, cwt.

$ 3.90

4.10

4.05

3.54

3.72

3.66

Corn Meal, cwt.

$ 3.55

3.50

3.60

3.34

3.39

3.44

Poultry Feed, ton:

Broiler Grower Feed

$ 94.00

99.00

95.00

92.00

94.00

93.00

Laying Feed

$ 80.00

80.00

83.00

80.00

82.00

83.00

Chick Starter

$ 92.00

97.00

96.00

95.00

98.00

98.00

Alfalfa Hay, ton

$ 35.00

39.00

38.00

32.50

34.70

32.60

All Other Hav. ton

$ 33.00

35.00

34.00

30. 10

32.40

31.00

11 "Cows" and "s tee rs and heifers" combined with allowance where necessary for slaughter

buII s ,

11 Includes cull dairy cows sold for slaughter, but not dairy cows for herd replacement.

11 Revised.

Af te r Five Days Return to: United States Department of Agriculture
St at istical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 30601
OFFICIAL BUSINESS

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POSTAGE & FEES PAID
Unit.d StOles Depar tment o f Agriculture

Athen

We ek Ending June 15 , 1970

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CROPS SHOYl IMPROVEMENT

liBRARIES
\

Athens, Ga., June 15 -- Row crops were r eported in better cond i ti on than t he previous week, 'a c cor di ng to the Ge orgia Crop Repor t ing Service. " Ar e a s' which r ecently had exce s s i ve rainfall had dried out s omeWhat, and crops wer e r esponding favorably. Soi l moi st ur e wa s spotty, eve n within s ome count i e s, but was genera l l y adequate except for the east-central portion of the State along the South Carolina bor de r which remained dry.

Cot t on was i n fa ir t o mostly goed condition, according t o County Agents ' r epor ts . About 60 percent of the crop had reached the squari ng stage which is about nor ma l for t his date.

The State 's corn crop was i n good condition during the period. Sidedressing was a ctive i n f ie l ds not a lready "laid-by".

Light tobacco ha rve st was underway an d about 6 percent of the crop was judged to have been har vested by we ek en d . Topp i ng an d sucker control received a lot of at tenti on during t he we ek.

Pea nut s were r ep orted i n very good condi tion . l a ndp l a s t er ing a nd l ea f spot controls were both ve ry a ctive during the week .

Peach harvest r ega ined sp eed l ost during the wet-weather slow-dOwn, but the vo lume ha rvested was a lready behind a year a go. The Federal-State Inspection Service repo r t ed 594 carlot e quivalents i nspected through June 11 compared with 621 carlots last year.

Small gr a i n harve s t had a good we ek for most areas. By week's end, 65 percent of the wheat and 73 percent of the oats had been combined. This is about nor ma l f or t he date .

Hayi ng was a very common a ct ivity in many areas. Pastures and cat tle were repor ted most l y go od.

Market Ma nager s r eported vegetable crops showing improvement due to a week of sunshine . Cantaloup and watermelon movement was light but increasing. Tomato har ve s t was nea r ing the peak with much improvement i n qua l i ty . Vegetable crops in the mountain ar ea s were in good condition.

WEATHER SUMMARY - Rainfall was mostly light in widely scattered showers during the week
ending Friday, June 12. Amount s were gen e r a l l y less than one-half inch and seve ral ar ea s i n " th,e ':' ~ q?-th , a nd':el1?t 'ha dino mea s urable rain dur-Ing the ,week. , ,The Blairsv i lle Expe r iment St at i on
was ;,ori.e: 'i:>f, t qefi few:p l a ces t hat re ce ived a s much, as an "irichofia~n. A Friday t hunde rst or m
b rought moderat.e rain and hail t o that statiOIi ~ ' " Scattered:'''shb-wers continued t o occur through , t he weekend with an increase i n a ctivity in some areas. The Savannah Airpo rt re ceived 1.45
i nche s on Sunday.

'. Temperatures wer e unusually mild at the beginning of the week but a gradual warming trend brought r eadings up to about normal by the weekend. " Early morning lows wer e in the 40's in the extreme north a nd in the 50' s and low 60's in other areas on Monda y, June 8 . The week began with aft ernoon h ighs i n t he low 80 's but several places had exp e rienced 90 degree weathe r by Friday. The warm weather cont i nued thr ough the early part of the weekend. Sunday was cooler i n mos.t areas, especially where showers occurred. Averages f or t he week r ange d from 2 t o 5 degree s co oler than normal .

The outlook f or Wednesday through Fr i day of this week calls for partly cloudy an d wa r m weather with widely scattered showers or t hundershowers Wednesday and Thursd a y be coming more numerous on Friday. Low temperatures a re exp ected to be in the 60's an d highs between 85 and 950

The Ge orgia Crop Repo r t i ng Service, Athens, Georgia; in cooperation with t he Cooperative Exte nsion Service, University of Ge or gi a ; Georgia Department of Agr iculture; and the Weathe r Bureau , ESSA, U. S . Department of Commer ce .

U. S . DEPARTME NT OF COMMERCE WEATHER BUREAU Athens . Georgia ESSA
Precipitat i on For The TtTeek Ending June 12 " 1970

GEORGIA

Tempe r at u re extremes f or t he week ending June l2 ~ 19700 (Pr ovi si onal)
Highest g 93 at Appling on the l2th o Lowe st ~ 45 at Bl airsville and
Elberton on t he 8th o

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After Five Days Return t o Uni ted St at e s Department of Agr-Lcu.Lt .ure
Stat i s t i cal Repor ting Ser vi.ce 409A Nor th Lwnpki n St.r ee t. Ath ens ~ Geor gi a 30601 QEFICIAL BUSlliESS

Postage and Fees Pai d Uo So Department of Agriculture

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May 1970 Released 6/ 16/ 70

1v"!AY MILK PRODUCTION UP 7 PERCEN

MiD~ production on Georgia farms during May totaled 103 million pounds, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. This was 7 million pounds above May 1969 but 2 million p ounds below the previous month.

Production per cow in herd averaged 730 pounds - 45 pounds above the previous year but 15 p ound s below the previous month.

The est i mat ed average price received by producers for all wholesale milk during Ma y was $6 . 75 per hundredweight. This was the same as the April 1970 price , but 15 cents above the May 1969 pri ce.

MILK PRODUCTION AND PRICES RECEIVED AND PAID BY DAIRYMEN

Georgia

:

United States

Item and Unit

~.ay
1969

Apr. 1970

May 1970

Ma y 1969

Apr. 1970

Ma y 1970

Mi lk production, million Lbs ,
y Production per cow .Ibs ,
Number milk cows thousand head
Prices Received - Dollars gj

96

105

103

11,034 10,330 11,019

685

745

730

867

826

883

140

141

141

12,721 12,500 12,482

All wholesale milk, cwt. Fluid milk, cwt. Manufactured milk, cwt. Milk cows, head
Prices Paid - Dollars gj

1/6.60 JJ6.60
215.00

6.75 6.75
250.00

~6.75 250.00

5.15
5.53 4.33 299.00

551 5.90 4.59 327.00

~5.43 330.00

Mixed Dairy Feed, ton 14 percent protein 16 percent protein 18 percent protein 20 percent protein

70.00
75.00 78.00 80.00

72.00 78.00 80.00 85.00

72.00
77.00 80.00 83.00

67.00 71.00 74.00 78.00

69 . 00
73.00 76. 00 80 . 00

69 . 00 73.00 75 00 79. 00

Hay, ton

35.00

36.00

35.00

31.90

33. 00

32 . 40

!7. Monthly average. g; Dollars per unit as of the 15th of the month except who.Iesale milk which is average for

JJ month.

!

Revised. Preliminary.

FRAS IER T. GALLOWAY Agricultural Statistician In Charge

W. PAT PARKS Agricultural Statistician

The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, USDA, 409A North Lumpkin Street , Athens, Ge orgia, in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture.

UNITED STATES MILK PRODUCTIO~J
l'lay mi lk product io n sa me as a year ea r l ier
Un i ted States mil k p rodu c t ion in May i s estimat ed at 11,019 mill ion pounds, about the same as a year ea r l ie r . Da il y average production for May wa s up 3 pe r cen t fr om Apr il , compared wi th a 4 pe r cent gain a year earl ie r . Ma y output p rovi de d 1.73 pounds of milk per person da ily for all uses, compared with 1.68 pounds a mon th ea r l ie r , and 1.75 pounds a yea r ear l ie r . Product ion during the first 5 months of 1970 wa s a bout 0.4 pe r ce nt more than a year earl i e r .
May p roduc ti on was larger t ha n a year earl i e r in 22 States , unchanged i n 11, but down i n 17. Of th e 5 leading milk- producing States, product ion wa s up i n Wi s co nsi n , Pennsylvan ia and Cal ifornia, but down i n Minnesota and New Yo rk.
Ra t e pe r cow up 2 percent from a year earl ier--m ilk cows down 2 percent
Milk outpu t per cow averaged 883 pounds in May--up 2 percent from a yea r earl fe r . Da ily ou tput per cow averaged 28.5 pounds--4 percent more than in Apr il, about the same as a year earl ie r . Production per cow was highest in Wa sh i ngt on , at 1, 080 pounds , f o l l owe d by Cal ifo rn ia, 1,050 ; Ar izona, 1,010; Minnesota 1,000 ; and New Jersey 990 po unds. Milk cows on farms dur ing Ma y to taled 12,482,000, down 2 pe rce nt from a year ago.

Nonth
Janua ry Febr ua ry March Apr i 1 May
Jan. l'lay Tota 1
June July August Sep t ember Oct o b e r November Decembe r

Mil k per cow and mi lk product ion by mont hs . Unit ed States

Mil k per cow 1/ :

Milk product ion 1/

1968

1969 : 1970

1968 : 1969

1970

Pounds - -

- - Mill ion Pounds - -

Change : from 1969
Percent

717 696

734 687

750 706

9,495 9,187

9 ,411 8,792

9 , 4 12 8 ,840

10.5

775

780

803

10,197

9,960 10,053

10.9

796

806

826

10,457 10,265 10 , 330

10.6

858

867

883

11 , 235 11,034 11,019

-0.1

- - ----------------------------- ---- ------ ----- ----- --- -- -- ------ --------

50,571 49,462 49,654

10.L~

- - -------- -- ------------- -- ---------------- ----- ---- --- ------ ---- ------- -

826

847

10,786 10,759

783

800

10,202 10,142

740

764

9 ,612

9 ,673

701

726

9 , 083

9 ,165

706

725

9,124

9 , 138

677

691

8,717

8 ,691

711

730

9,139

9 ,170

Annual

8,992

9,158

117,234 116,200

1/ Excludes milk sucked by calves.

After Five Days Re turn to Unit ed States Department of Ag r i c u l t u re
Stat ist ical Report ing Serv ic e 409A No r t h Lumpk i n Street
Athens , Georgia 30601 OF FICIAL BUSINESS

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ATHENS, GEORGIA

lia RA RIES

June 17, 1970

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B ROILER TYPE
Placement of broiler chi cks i n Georgia during the we e k e nded June 13 was 9,663,000--2 percent l ess than the pr evious we ek but 5 p ercent mo re than the com parable week last year, according t o the G eorgia Crop R eportin g Service .
A n estimated 11, 947, 000 b r oiler type e ggs were set by G e orgi a ha t c he rie s -- 7 p ercent 1es s than the pr evious w e ek but 2 perc ent .m o r e th a n the c o m p a r a bl.e w ee k a year e a r l i e r .
The majority of t he price s p aid to Georgia produce r s for b r oile r hat c hing e gg s we re reported within a range of 50 to 65 c ents per doze n. T he aver a g e price of hatching eggs was 56 cents pe r dozen. The price of e ggs from flocks with hatchery owned cockerels g ene rall y wa s 2 cents below the average p ric e. M o s t pric e s received for broiler chicks by G eorgia hatcheries were r eported within a r ang e of $ 5 . 00 to $ 9 . 00 with a n ave rage of $ 8 . 00 p er hundred. The average price s l ast ye a r wer e 57 cents for eg g s a n d $8 . 50 for chicks.

We ek Ended
Apr. 11 Apr. 18 Apr. 25 May 2 May 9 May 16 Ma y 23 May 30 June 6 June 13

GEO:~GIA EGGS SE T,
Eggs Set l./

1969
I
I
Thou.
12 ,655 12, 631 12,666 12,714 12,305 12, 702 12, 80 3 12, 637 I 12, 501
I 11, 719

1970
Thou.
13 , 300 13, 254 13, 026 13, 192 13,043 12,992 12,9 82 12, 864 12, 893 11,947

HATCHINGS AND CHI CK PLACEMZ NTS

% of
ye ar ago
Pct.
105 105 103 10 4 106 102 101 102 103 102

I

A v . P'r i c e - 0 _0

_ _ _

._ _ _ _

_.

__ _

..

I

Chicks Place d fo r

Hat ch Broiler

Broilers in G e o r gia : E gg s Chi ck s

I 1969

I

I

j

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I

Thou.

1970 Thou.

%of I

year :

ago

I I
i

P ct. I.

Per
D07, .
1970
Ce nts

P er Hundr ed 1970
Dollar s

i 9,468
I 9,513 I 9, 489

9,909

105

f
I

6 2,

9 ,875 10 4

62

9,958 10 5

62

9. 2.5 9. 25 9. 25

II 9,374 9,415

I 9, 208

I
I

9,271

10, 113 10, 2 26
9, 9 67 10, 11 6

10 8 i 6 1

10 9 i 6 1

10 8

61

10 9

59

9 .00 9. 00 9. 00 8. 50

I 9, 109 9,372

! :

9, 171

9,861 10 8

59

9,909 10 6 , 58

9,66 3 10 5

56

8. 50 8 .2 5 8. 00

EGG TYPE
Hatch of egg type chicks in G eorgia during the wee k e nde d June 13 was 9 7 5, 000-8 percent less than the previous w e ek and 3 percent less than t he com p a r a bl e w e ek last ye ar. An estimated 1, 2 6 9 , 0 0 0 eggs for th e production of egg t ype c h ic ks w er e set by G eorgia hatcheries, 7 p ercent mo re than the previous week a n d 54 p e r cent mo r e than the comparable week last year.
In the four state s that a c c o unte d for about 26 percent of the hat c h of a ll e gg typ e chicks in the U. S. in 19 69, h atchings during the we ek e nde d Jun e 13 w e re up 7 percent and settings were up 3 3 perc ent from a year ago.

State
Ga . Ill. Calif. Wash.

EGG TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS H AT C HED , 197 0

i Eggs Set (Week Ended)

% of

I M a y

May June

J une ye ar

I Chicks Hatc h ed (vVe e k E n d e d )

I May May

June

J une

23

30

6

13

ago 2/ I 23

30

6

13

Thousands

I

T housands

:0/0 of
;ye a r
' a go 2/

1,235 6 05 >.'<
1, 797 3 06

1, 171 555
1, 604 253

1, 182 520
1, 771 347

1,

269

1
I

154

410 i 86

1,895 135

220 150

9 67 545 1,386 281

9 74 6 10 1, 3 67 238

1, 057 535
1, 37 3 33 1

9 75 97 465 93 1, 32 5 : 12 1 23 2 122

Total

3,943* 3,583 3, 820 3,794 j 133

3 ,179 3, 189 3, 296 2, 997 107

1/ Includes eggs set by hatcheri e s producing chicks for hatcher y s upply flo cks .
2/ Current week as percent of s ame wee kLas t year. * Revise d .

BROILER TYPE E GGS SE T AN D CHI CKS PLA CE D IN COMME l-{ CIAJ...I A J.~ ~ AS BY VlZE KS - 1970 i-'_a~~!::-~

STATE

1- - - - - - - - - ~- G-GS - S-E-T

1-,- -

_ . _W e e k J~;.n d e d_ .__. .

I
i

May
30

June 6

June
13

T HO US.p.NDS

0/0 of
year
a g o 1/

C HI C~{S P LA C!~ D -- - -

V[eek E~de d

Ma y

June

June

30

6

13

!1 -- - -..- -0 - - ~/lJ of

-

I ye a 'r

a g o- 1-/ -

Mai ne Connecti c ut P e nn s ylva ni a Indiana Mis s ouri Delawar e Ma r ylan d Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina
GEORGIA

2, 142
209 1, 8 51
540 349
3, ~75
5, 569 2, 164
36 8,989
632

2, 130 14 5
1, 89 8 585 318
3, 564 5,387 2, 161
32 8,803
456

2, 126 97 149 56
1, 889 110 527 107 30 3 94
3, 374 143 5,001 106 2, 103 121
35 103 8, 589 136
761 129

12, 864 12, 893 11,947 102

1,56 5

1,647

1, 625

10 1

13 9

108

90

67

1, 112

1, 069

1, 2 6 2

136

2 59

3 18

293

90

572

520

532

96

2,6 83

2, 8 19

2, 836

98

4 , 230

4, 151

4, 011

106

1,598

1, 54Ll

1,515

11 3

323

407

433

104

6, 864

7,025

6,934

III

543

634

625

111

9,861

9,909

9,663

105

Florida Tennessee Alabama Mis sis sippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas Washington Oregon California
, TOTAL 1970 (22 States)

1,327 798
10,419 6, 199
12,785 1,244 5, 286 708 426 2,448
80,460

1,321 829
10, 283 6, 210 13, 205 1, 216 5,228
660 548 2,411
80, 283

1,230 828
10 , 2 7 3 6, 116
12, 762 1, 224 5, 123 703 401 2,424
77,888

969

943

113

1,032

1, 122

108

8,039

8, 165

105

5,484

5,456

111

9, 701

9, 884

106

1, 093

1, 077

107

4,085

"1:, 066

104

529

382

96

333

315

113

1, 863

1,967

114

63,279 63, 196

107

TOTAL 1969* (22 States)

76,236 75,884 68,845

158, 9 50 59,476 59, 189

~ s::
Q)

8

~

106

106

113

107

106

107

C'"I'l

1i Current week as percent of same week last year.

* R evised.

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MA Y 1970

VERSITY OF GEORGIA J~un e 1 8 , 19 70
JUN2 41970 I

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During 19 69 1/

May
1970 2. /

Thou.

Thou.

I
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P ullet s Pla c ed (U. S.) 3/ Tot al D omestic

4, 593 4,046

4, 305 3,677

LIBRARIES
I O/aI:8Y- l

- -- - -I- % of

l last

J a n. t h r u May

I y ear ! 19 6 9 1/

19 7 0 2/

! la st I ye a r

Pct. I T hou .

Th ou .

P ct.

94

19 , 6 3 3

20, 33 0 104

91

16 , 88 2

17 , 50 5 104

C hi cke n s T e s ted Broile r T ype
G e o rgia United States Egg T yp e G eorgia United St ates

529 2, 217
358

514 97 2, 540 115
9
411 115

2, 84 6
12, 01 2
95 2, 628

3, 01 7 106 13,102 109
160 168 2, 6 6 4 101

Chi ck s Hatched Broiler Type
G e o rgia United States Egg Type G eorgia United State s

44,434 279,993
4,591 59,520

47,578 107 299, 532 107
4,233 92 64, 394 108

211.569

225, 67 9 107

1, 280.841 1,410,997 110

18, 485 25 1, 77 5

20, 7 8 8 112 290,404 115

Commercial Slaughter:4/ Young Chickens
G eorgia United State s Ma t ure Chickens Light Type
G eorgia United States He a vy Type G eorgia United States

33, 168 228,319
806 12,425
303 2,519

36,307 109 243, 729 107

15 4 , 67 9

171,0 82 III

1,023,9 89 1,137, 657 111

2,034 252 12, 566 101

N r":. 59 ,249

10, 17 4 59,976 101

344 114 2,839 113

NA 10,350

1, 7 39 12,974 125

Number Layers and Egg Production

Geor g ia

Hatching

5, 192

5, 159

Other

18, 772

19, 209

Total

23, 964

24, 368

South A tlantic 5/ United St a tes -

63,078 309, 740

64,869
314, 252 I

U. S. Egg Type chicken eggs in i n c u b a t o r June 1,

1,879 1,972 1,953 1,974 1,963 1970 as p er cent o f June 1,

1969.

97 374 471 1, 252 6, 0 51 107

17 R evi s e d .
2 / Preliminary. 3 / P ulle t s fo r broiler hatchery s up pl y flocks , includes exp ected p ulle t r eplacements fr o m
egg s sold during the preceding month at the rate of 125 p ulle t c hicks per 30 -doz. cas e
of egg s .
4/ F e d e r a l -St a t e Market News Service Slaught er reports on l y incl ude p o ultry s laughte red
under F ederal Inspection.
5/ So ut h Atlantic States: Del., Md . , W. v s., N. C., S. C . , G a . , Fla., V a.
NA - Not A vail a bl e .

United Sta te s Department of Agriculture

Georgia Depa rtmen t of A g r i c ulture

Statistical Reporting S ervice, 409 A North Lumpki n .:3t ree t , A t h e n s , G eor g ia 3 0 6 0 1

Sta t e

YOUNG CHICKENS: SLAUGHTERED UNDER F E DE RA L IN5 ? E CT ION BY SELECTED STA.TES, 1969 and 1970

Number Inspected

:

Indic a t e d P e r c ent Con de m n e d

During Apr.

19 69

1970

Jan. thru Ap r .

1969

1970

During Ap r .

1969

1970

Jan . t hr u Ap r .

19 69

19 7 0

T hou.

T hou.

Thou.

Thou.

Pct.

P ct.

Pet .

P ct .

M a i rie I 5, 451

6, 347 20,955 24,637

4. 0

3. 7

4 .4

3. 9

P a. I 6,917

7,218 26,625 27,151

4.7

5. 1

!

Mo . I 4 , 530

5,7 35 16, 474 19,516

4.9

4. 9

D e l. ,I 8 , 04 1

7,977 28,849 31,257

4.0

L3: . 3

4. 9

5. 2

4 .4

5. 1

4 .2

4. 5

Md . I 13,600 15,230 50, 729 58,221

4.0

4. 3

Va. i 7, 173

8, 11 4 25,850 30,767

3.6

~. 2

N. C . Ga. T enn.

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21 , 4 4 9 3 1, 4 19 ' 5,572

27, 13 5 36, 514 6, 192

82,371 120,978
20,766

98, 838 135,185
22,724

3.9 5.2 3.6

4. 6 5.4 3 .8

Al a . ! 24, 2 89 28,608 89,565 98,926

3.8

5. 3

3.9

4 .5

4 .2

4 .8

4 .2

4 .3

5. 5

5.8

3. 9

3. 6

3. 8

5. 2

Miss .

15,39 3 17 ,454 57,672 65, 491

2. 5

2. 4

2. 8

2.6

Ark.

3 1, 2 3 0 33,752 11 6 ,35 3 128, 116

4.0

3. 5

4. 0

3.6

T e xa s , 13,095 16, 570 4 9, 669 58,333

3. 1

3. 3

3. 3

3. 7

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MID- MONTH PRICES RECEIVED AND PRIC~S PAID

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Urri t e d 5 t a t e s

Item

M a y 15 Apr. 15 May 15

1969

1970

1970

j - - --- -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - --- -- I

I

Cents

Cents

Cents ;

,

I

I,

I.

Price s Re c eive d:

i

Chickens, lb.,

i
I

ex cl , broilers

10. 5

9.0

8.0 !

Com'l Broilers (Lb , )

14.5

12. 5

13.0

All Eggs, (dozens)

37.5

40.0

34.4

Table (dozens)

35.5

29.0

Hatching, (dozens)

62.0

61.0

May 15 19 69
C ent s
9.5 15.5 3 0 .4

A pr . 15 19 7 0
C e nts
9.9 13.7 35. 1

M a y 15 19 7 0
Cents
9. 3 13. 9 29.9

Prices Paid: (per ton)

Dol.

Dol.

Dol.

Dol.

Dol.

Dol.

Broiler Grower L a.ying F e ed

92.00 81. 00

99.00 83.00

99.00 80.00

90.00 80.00

9 3.00 83. 00

94.00 82. 00

This r eport is made pos sible through the cooperation of the Nat ional P o ultr y Imp r ovement Plan , Official State A ge n c i e s, th e A n i m a l Husbandry Research Di vi s io n o f t he A g r i cul.tur a l Re sear c h Service, the Inspection Brance of the Poultry Division, Consum e r a n d Mark eting Se r vi ce and t he Agricultural Estimates Division of the Statistical Repo r ting Service and t he many breeders, hatcheries, poultry processors and the poultry farmers t hat report to the se agencies.

F RASIER T. GALLOWAY A g r i c ult ur a l Statistician In Charge

W . A . WAGNE R Agricultural St a t i s t i cian

A fter F ive Days Return to United State s Department of A g r i cult ur e
Stat i s t i c al Reporting Servi ce 4 0 9A N o r t h Lumpkin Str e et Athen s , Georgia 30601 O F F I C IA L BUSINESS

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Rel ea se d 3 p .m. Monday

SOIL MOISTURE DISAPPEARING

At he ns , Ga., June 22 -- Soils became drier in many sections l as t week acco rdi ng to th e Georgia Crop Reporting Service. Moisture suppl ies were judsed very s ho rt a l ong most of the South Carol ina border and in the southwest corner of th e St a t e. Ot he r a rea s had s po tt y conditions which ranged from adequate to short.
About one-fourth of the States' cotton crop was setting bol Is ac cordi ng t o County Age nt l s reports. The crop was reported in mostly good condition and t hree-fourt hs wa s in t he squaring stage or later. Insect levels remained relatively l ow but i ncrea sed .
~o r n was in fair to good condition. Heat and drier soils affect ed ma ny f ields and lowered the cond ition rating from a number of counties.
Toba cco harvest advanced at near-normal rate and about 14 per cen t of t he c rop wa s pu l le d by weekend. Suckering and topping were among the main toba cco chores du ring the week .
The cond it ion of peanuts decl ined slightly but was still in most l y good co nd i t ion. Dis eas e and insect controls and landplastering continued to rece ive att ent io n .
About one-third of the peach crop has been gathered. The volume of peac he s harvest ed still trails last yearls level. Through June 18, 858 ca r lot e qu iva] e nt s were r eport ed by the Federal-State Inspection Service compared with 902 ca r l o t s f o r t he s ame pe r iod last year.
Both wheat and oats were ov er 85 percent combined by the wee ken d. Thi s wa s about normal f o r this date. Having was very active during the week with Coas t al Be rmuda ma king up much of the tonnage. Pastures and cattle conditions decl in ed sl igh tly due ma inly to t he high temperatures. Both wer e still judged in mostly good condi ti on.
Vegetable and melon crops are beginning to suffer from the d ry , hot wea th e r in most southern areas accord ing to Market Managers reports. Watermel on s a nd ca nt a l oups a re e xpe c t e d to move in volume this week, but rain is needed for la t e p lanti ngs . Tomato harvest has passed peak. Vegetable crops in the mountain areas a re in most l y good cond ition with 1 ight harves t of snapbeans, cabb'aqe and squ a sh gett in g underwa y .

WEATHER SUMMA itY --- Widely scatte red showers brought only 1 i ght ra inf a l l t o mo s t of Georgia during the week ending Frid ay, Jun e 19. The main
e xc e pti on was the upper coastal section where more than two inch e s was re co rde d a t t wo or three weather stations. A few other, widely scattered are ~ s rece ive d a s muc h a s a n inc h but most observers measured less than one-half inch du rin g t he wee k . Many pl aces we re missed entirely by t he showers and received no measu rabl e rai n. t1uch of th e State has had only I ight rain during the last 2 1/2 to 3 week s a nd l ar ge a rea s have become qu ite dry. This i s especially true in much of the eastern half of the St at e whe re some areas have had no significant rainfall since the last week of Ma y . Showers occurred i n some areas Sunday night, June 21, but rainfall amo unts were ge nera l l y sma l l .
Georgia experienced its hott est weather ,of the year during the past week . Af t e r noon h ighs reached the upper 90 ls on three or four days in central a nd so uth ern se c t ions and severa l p l aces had readings of 1000 , or sl ightly higher. The t emp e ra ture rema i ned bel ow 900 in only the higher e le va t ions of extreme north Geor g ia. Nigh t s were a l so unusu ally warm during most of the week. Readings in the low 70's were qu it e common over most of the State. The unseasonably hot weather continued through the week e nd exce pt i n a rea s where cloud iness and thundershowers caused a sl ight mode ra t ion. Ave ra ge s fo r the week ranged from one to t h ree degrees above normal.
The outlook for Wednesd ay through Friday of this week call s f or f a i r to pa r t l y c loudy a nd warm weather. Scattered afternoon thundershowers are 1 ike l y on vJedne s da y . Low t empe ratures will be mostly in the 60's and highs near 90 Wednesd ay with a t ren d towa rd wa rme r Thursday and Friday.

The Georgia Crop Reporting Serv ic e, Athens , Georgia;, in cooperat ion wit h t he Coop erative Ext ens ion Service, University of Georgia; Georgia Department of Agri c u lt ure; a nd th e
Weat he r Bureau, ESSA, U. S. Depa rtmen t of Commerce.

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE WEATHER BUREAU Athens, Georgia ESSA
Precipitation For The Week Ending June 19, 1 970

GEORGIA

Temperature extremes for t he week ending June 19, 19700 (Provisional)
Highest: 101 0 at Met t er on the 19th.
Lowest: 500 at Bl ai r sville on the 14th.

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A t hens , Georgia 3060 1 OFFICIAL BUSINESS

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J un e 24, 1970

BROILER TYPE

Placement of broiler chicks in Georgia during the week ended J un e 20 w a s 9, 556,000--1 percent less than t he previous week but 4 percent mo r e than t he comparable week last year, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Servi c e.
An estimated 11,413, 000 broiler type eggs were set by G eor gia hatche rie s -4 percent less than the previous week and 7 percent less than the comparable we ek
a year earlier. The majority of the prices paid to Georgia producers for br oile r hatching
e g g s were reported within a range of 50 to 65 cents per doz en. T h e averag e price of hatching eggs was 56 cents per dozen. The price of eggs fro m fl o c k s wi t h h a t c he r y owned cockerels generally was 2 cents below the average price. Most pri ce s r eceived for broiler chicks by Georgia hatcheries were reported within a r a nge of $5. 00 to $9.00 with an average of $8. 00 per hundred. The average prices las t y e ar were 57 c e nt s for e gg s and $8.50 for chicks.

Week Ended
Apr. 18 Apr. 25 May 2 May 9 May 16 May 23 May 30 June 6 June 13 June 20

GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS AND CHICK P L A CE ME NT S

Av. Price

Eggs Set J)

Chicks Placed fo r

. Hat c h

Broiler

Broilers in Geo rgia

Eggs

Chicks

vlo of

0/0 o f Per

P er

1969

1970

ye ar

1969

1970

ye a r Doz.

Hundred

ago

a go 1970

1970

Thou.

Thou.

Pct.

Thou.

Thou. P ct . Cents

Dollars

12,631 13, 254 105

12,666 13,026 103

12,714 13,192 104

12,305 13,043 106

12,702 12,992 102

12, 803 12,982 101

12,637 12, 864 102

12,501 12, 893 103

11,719 11,947 102

12, 217 11,413

93

9, 513 9,489 9,374 9,415 9,208 9, 271 9, 109 9,372 9, 171 9,232

9,875 9,958 10, 113 10, 226
9,967 10, 116 9,861 9,909 9,663 9, 556

104

62

105

62

108

61

109

61

108

61

109

59

10 8

59

10 6

58

105 I 56

104

I i

56

9.25 9.25 9.00 9.00 9.00 8.50 8.50 8. 25 8.00 8.00

EGG TYPE

Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the week ended June 20 was 954, 000-2 percent less than the previous week but 24 percent more than t h e co mpar a ble we e k last year. An estimated 1,263,000 eggs for the production of egg type chi cks were set by Georgia hatcheries, slightly l ess than the previous week but 11 p e rc e nt m o re than the comparable week last year.
In the four states that accounted for about 26 percent of th e h a t c h o f a ll egg t y p e chicks in the U. S. in 1969, hatchings during the week ended June 20 we r e up 8 percent
and settings were up 21 percent from a year ago.

State

EGG TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS HATCHED, 1970

Eggs Set {Week Ended}

May

June June

June

30

6

13

20

0/0 of
year ago 2/

Chicks Hatche d (We ek E n de d)

May Jun e

Jun e

J une

30

6

13

20

Thousands

T hous ands

, % of
year ago 2/

Ga.

1, 171 1, 182 1, 269 1,263 111

Ill.

555

520

410

410 68

Calif. 1,604 1, 771 1, 895 2,062 157

Wash.

253

347

220

281 107

974 610 1, 367 238

1, 057 535
1, 373 331

T. otal T

.

3.

,5

83 ggs

3,820 set by

3,794 natcne r ie s

4, pr

o0 d1.u6 c

mg121.

.

.

3, 189
~

3, 296
y

2/ Current week as percent of s ame week l a st year.

975 465 1, 3 25 2 32

p2,p-l9y9

7
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95 4

124

4 15

68

1, 175

118

19 8

119

I 2, 742

108

,

BROILER TYPE E G GS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMME RCIAL ..!\. RE AS BY VvEE KS - 1970 P ag e 2

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E GGS SE T

CHICKS P L A CE D

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STATE

Week Ended

0/0 of

Week Ended

0/0 of

June

June

June

year

June

June

June

year

6

13

20

ago 1/

6

13

20

ago 1/

Maine Connecticut Penns ylvania Indiana Missouri Delaware Maryland Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina

THOUSA NDS

2,13 0 145
1,898 585 318
3, 564 5, 387 2, 161
32 8 , 803
456

2, 12 6 149
1, 889 527 3 03
3,374 5,001 2, 103
35 8, 589
761

2,069 104

95 32

1,926 103

488

81

4 07 124

3,3 57 11 9

4,647

88

2,050 108

34

77

7, 3 14

94

6 91 12 0

THOUSA N DS

1, 64 7

1, 625

1, 603

99

108

90

129

90

1, 06 9

1, 262

1,064

104

31 8

293

305

1 10

520

53 2

539

III

2, 81 9

2,836

3, 12 8

113

4, 151

4, 011

3,769

100

1, 544

1, 515

1, 365

III

407

433

416

126

7,0 25

6, 934

6, 876

I II

634

6 25

589

10 8

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12 , 893 11,947 11 , 4 13

93

9,909

9,663

9, 556

104

F lorida

1, 3 2 1

1, 230

1, 136

98

969

94 3

91 3

11 3

Tennessee

829

828

737

95

1, 03 2

1, 12 2

1, 19 8

106

Alabama

10,283 10,273

9,537 105

8,03 9

8, 165

7,903

104

Mis sis sippi

6, 210

6, 116

5, 553 104

5,484

5,456

5,699

116

Arkansas

13, 205 12,762 11,611

97

9,701

9,884

9, 731

106

L ouisiana

1,2 16

1, 224

1,22 5 110

1, 093

1, 0 77

1, 311

141

Texas

5, 2 2 8

5, 123

4,414

93

4,085

4, 066

3 ,942

102

Washington Oregon

660

703

606 101

529

382

526

83

Q)

548

401

456

90

333

315

270

150

eo

California
TOTAL 19 70 (22 States)

2,411

2,424

2, 121

92

1, 863

1,967

1, 852

108

r'"o'

~

80, 283 77, 888 71, 887

98

63 , 2 79 63 , 19 6 62,6 84

10 7

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(22 States)

75, 884 68,845 73,362

59,476 59, 189 58, 565

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106

113

98

106

107

107

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Spr ing Pig Crop Up 6 Percent

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SPRING PIG bROP

GEORGIA

J Uf: 2 B 1970

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Relea s ed 6/25/ 70
GEORGIA , CROP REPORT ING SERVI CE

Ge orgia's 1970 spring pig crop (December, 1969 - May, 1970) is e s t i mate d at 1,453, 000 head, 6 percent above the 1969 spring crop of' 1,372, 000 head. A t ot al of 199, 000 S O'l-lS f'a r-r owed during the period - averaging 7.3 pigs per litter.

1970 Fall Intentions Up 10 Percent

Sows farrowi ng during the fall of 1970 (June - November) on Georgi a f arms are expe cted t o number 188,000 - up 10 percent from the 171,000 farrowings during t he 1969 f all per i od . If
these intentions are realized (and assuming an average pigs per litter of the s ame s ize a s last
ye a r ' s of 7.3), the fall pig crop would total 1,372,000 head.

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December - Ma y Pig Crop Up

UNITED STATES

The December ~ May Pig Crop totaled 52.6 million head, 12 percent ab ove t he 46. 9 million head for the same period last year. A total of 7.2 million sows farrowed in thi s period, 13 percent more than the 6.4 million a year earlier. The number of pigs per litter ave raged 7.3 3 compared with 7.36 last year.

Increase Expected in Fall Pig Cro~

Hog producers indicated on June 1 they intended to farrow 6. 7 million s ows dur i ng t he June - Novemb er 1970 period, an increase of 17 percent from t he 5. 7 mi l l i on s ows f ar rowed during
the same period last year. If carried out as intended and i f p i gs per lit t er e qua l t he a verage
adjus t ed with an allowance for trend, the June - November 1970 pig cr op will be 49. 2 mi l l i on head, 17 percent more than last year. The 1970 pig crop (De cember 1969 through Novembe r 1970) would be 101.8 milli~n head, 14 percent above 1969 -- largest s ince 1943.

United

States

1966

: 6, 201 5, 811

: 7.32

7. 25

45 ,4 22 42, 141 87, 563

1967

: 6, 570 5, 899

: 7.34

1968

: 6, 681 . 6, 161

: 7.37

7. 38

48, 205 43,540 91, 745

7. 35

49,236 45 , 303 94, 539

1969

: 6,372 5,735

: 7.3 6

7.34

46, 877 42, 071 88, 948

1970

: 7,174 1/6, 697

: 733

g/7. 35

52,5 63 g/49, 200 101,763

!I Spring farrowing indicated from breeding intenti ons reports.-gj Aver age number of pigs per

litter with allowance for trend used t o compute indicated pig cr op . Numbe r r ounded t o nearest

100, 000 head.

FRASIER T. GALLOWAY Agr icul t ur a l Statistician In Charge
( See Reverse For Number on Farm)

PAUL \'1 . BIACKWOOD Agr i cultural Stati stic i an

JUNE 1 INVENTORY
Georgia
Hogs on Farms Up 6 Per cent
The number of hogs and pigs on Georgia farms J une 1, 1970, is est i mated at 1,789, 000 head, up 6 percent from the 1, 688, 000 on hand on this date last year . Breakdown of t he hogs and pigs showed 268,000 f or breeding ( up 9 percent from the 245,000 breeders last year ) and 1,521,000 ot her hogs compared with 1,443,000 last year.
United States
Nat i on ' s Hogs Up 10 Percent
The June 1, 1970 inventory of all hogs and pigs on farms i n the Unit ed St ate s i s estimated at 64 . 7 million head . This was 10 percent more than the 58 .9 million head on f arms a year earlier . Hogs kept f or breeding purposes totaled 10. 7 mill i on, up 16 percent. The remainder kept for other purpose s totaled 54 million, up 9 percent from a year ear l ier .

All hogs :

and pigs :

Yea r ~

:

:
1966 : 1967 : 1968 : 1969 : 1970 :

1,357 1, 561 1,608 1,688
1,789

HOGS AND PIGS ON FARMS, GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES

June 1, 1966 - 1970

(Thousand Head)

Hogs and pigs :

Other hogs and pigs

. . . f or breeding

Under

60-119 : 120- 179 : 180-219 :

. . : Total : 60 Lbs , : Ibs.

Lbs ,

Ibs. :

Georgia

217

1,140

547

331

182

57

234

1,327

637

372

226

66

225

1,383

595

387

276

97

245

1,443

678

404

260

79

268

1,521

722

426

266

84

United States

220 Ibs and over
23 26 28 22
.~

1966 :
1967 : 1968 : 1969 : 1970 :

56,165
59,372 60,625
58,879 64,734

8,747 8,988 9,265 9,248 10,712

47,418 50,384 51,360 49,631 54,022

2 5 , 3 16 26, 029
25,997 24,083
27, 187

10, 872 11,890 11,921
12, 037 12,964

6,715
7,373 7, 796 7,792 8,050

3,383 3,804 4,189 4,340 4,377

1,132 1,289
1, 457 1,379 1,444

Acknowledgement is made to the Postmasters and Rural and Star Route Carriers for their assistance i n collecting the ba s i c information from which these estimates were made. This r eport is made pos sible by the cooperation of several thousand Georgia f armers who furni sh r eports for their individual farms .

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Af t er Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street
Athens, Ge orgia 30601 OFFI CIAL BUSINESS

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Week Ending June 29, 1970

Ath ens , Geo rgia

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Released 3 p.m. Monday

MOISTURE FOR CROPS EXTREMELY VARIED

At he ns , Ga., June 29 -- The soil moisture available for growing Georgia's crops was extremely varied last week according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. Moisture suppl ies ranged from surplus to ~ery sho ft with ~6 ~pparent pattern as t6 ~et 6r dry areas. Even within many counties, some farms were too wet and others needed rain.

Georgia's cotton crop was judged in fair to mostly good condition according to County Agent's reports. About half of the crop was setting bolls and insect controls were st epped up. Infestation levels were about normal but had been below normal in recent weeks.

Corn was also in fair to mostly good condition. Showers came in the nick of time for some corn acreage while others still need rain.

Tobacco was reported in good overall condition but maturing very rapidly. Harvest progress is about normal with one-fourth of the crop pulled.

Peanuts were judged to be i n the best condition of the last five years. Insect and disease controls remained very active. Sobean planting passed the 90 percent completion mark during the week. Sorqhums reached 83 percent planted.

About 40 percent of the peach crop was reported picked. Through June 25, the Federal-State Inspection Service had tall ied 1,072 carlot equivalents inspected compared with 1,179 carlots for the same period last year.

Small qrains were 95 percent harvested by the weekend. Hay harvest was very ac t i ve : last week and some cuttings were caught on the ground by showers. Pastures and cattle were both rated in mostly good condition Statewide but some areas were already feeding hay due to prolonged dry weather .

Market Managers reported rains have been received in most central and southern areas, but the hot sun has affected production of vegetable and melon crops. Tomato harvest was nearing completion. Cantaloup and watermelon harvest peaked during the week in southern areas. In the mountain areas moderate suppl ies of cabbaqe were available.

WEATHER SUMMARY -- Shower activity increased over most of Georgia during the week ending Friday, June 26. Rainfal I amounts showed large variations,
with se ve ra l weather observers reporting well over two inches and a few measuring less than one-fourth inch. Most areas received more rain than during the past two or three weeks. However, some sections of the State had only 1 ight amounts and were still dry at the end of the week. The driest areas are in the northeast and parts of the southwe~t. One of the weekls heaviest rains occurred at the USDA Plant Introduction Station just south of Savannah where 3.32 inches fell during one 24-hour period. There was very I ittle shower activ ity after Saturday as cooler weather moved into the State during the weekend.

Unusually hot weather continued through the first half of th e week, especially in central and southern sections. Highs were in the upper 90's on several days and a few 100 15 were reported early in the week. Temperatures were not quite 50 high during the last half of the week and were quite pleasant by Sunday when cooler and drier air spread over the State. Lows were in the 50's over much of the north Monday morning, June 29. The 580 at At he ns equalled the record low for the date. Averages for the week ranged from one to three degrees cooler than no rma l .

The outlook for Wednesday through Friday of this week calls for fair to partly cloudy, warm a nd rather dry weather with only a 51 ight chance of afternoon and early evening thund ershowers. Highs should be mostly in the 90's and lows in the middle 60's to low 70'5.

The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, Athens, Georgia; in cooperation with the Cooperative Ext ension Service, University of Georgia; Georgia Department of Ag r i cu l t u re ; and the Weath er Bureau, ESSA, U. S. Department of Commerce.

u, S. DEPA RT ME NT OF COMME RC E
WEATHER BUREAU Athens , Georgia
ESSA

Pr ecipi t at ion For The vJeek Ending -Iune 265) 1970

GEORGIA

Temperat ure extr emes f or the week ending June 26" 19'700 (Provisional. )

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After Fi ve Days Ret ur n to Unit ed St ates Department of Agriculture
Stati,s tical Reporti ng Servi c e 409A North Lumpki n Street Athens, Ge or gia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS

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GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
ATHENS I GEORGIA

June 30 , 1970

CRIMSO~ CLOVER SEED FORECAST

Georqia Crimson Clover Seed Production Down 8 Percent in 1970

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The 1970 crimson clover seed production in Georgia is fo ~c~~ JtB~igOO pou 8 percent below the 1969 crop. The acreage harvested for se ed is e stim~Sl 6,0 the same as the previous year. The yield per acre in 1970 is 1IS pounds compare 125 pounds in 1969.

Weather conditions were generally favorable, even though some areas in the southern districts were short on moisture during the growing season. The harvest was completed under favorable conditions in most areas.

United States
Southern States Crimson Clover Seed Crop Down Sharply
Crimson clover seed production in the four major producing Southern States is estimated at 1.5 mill ion pounds this year. This is 22 percent below the 1969 crop and 15 percent less than production in 1968 in the four Southern States. The decl ine in production resulted from both a decrease in harvested acreage and a lower yield per acre than a year earl ier. Acreage expected to be harvested in the four southern States at 12,100 acres is 9 percent less than in 1969. Acreage harvested decl ined in all States except Georgia which was unchanged from a year earl ier. Average yield per acre at 123 pounds is 14 percent below the 143 pounds per acre harvested last year. Prospective yields per acre are below last year in all the States. Reseeding varieties of crimson clover such as Dixie, Autauga and Auburn are expected to total about 1.0 mill ion pounds compared with 1.2 mill ion pounds produced in 1969.
Average date of beginning harvest of crimson clover was generally earl ier than a year ago. Average beginning dates of harvest this year were: May 12 in Georgia, June 2 in Tennessee, May 23 in Alabama, and May 22 in Mississippi.
Carryover of old-crop crimson clover seed by growers in the four Southern States was 57,000 pounds compared with 43,000 pounds carryover in 1969. There were 800 pounds crimson clover seed imported through May 30, 1970.
A report covering June 30, 1970 stocks of old-crop seed held by dealers will be i s s ued on August 5, 1970.
An estimate of the late harvested crimson clover seed crop in Oregon will be released on August 6.

(OVER)

CRIMSON CLOVER SEED:

- 2-
Acreage harvested, yield per acre, and production, 1968, 1969 and 1970

Acres Ha rves ted

: Yie Id Pe r Acre

Production (clean seed)

State . 196~ : 19691/ :1970 1/ : 1~68 : 19691/: 1970 1/ :1968 : 1969 1/ : 1970 1/

- Acres -

Ga. . 5,000 Tenn. : 1,600 Ala. : 4,500 Miss ; 2,500
.-
Total 4: States :13,600
:

6,000 I ,500 3,200 2,600

6,000 1,400 2,200 2,500

13,300 12,100

- Pounds -

110 125

115

170 230

160

125 130

120

150 150

125

- 1,000 pounds -

550 750

690

272 345

224

5u2 416

264

375 390

312

129 143

123 1,759 1,901

1,490

.!/ Revised. 1/ Indicated.

C. L. CRENSHAW Agricultural Statistician

FRASIER T. GALLOWAY 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.

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MAY 1970
Released 7/1/70 Georgia Crop Reporting Service

GEORGIA
Ma y Red Meat Production 7 Percent Low~r
Production of red meat in Georgia's commercial slaughter plants totaled 29.5 million pounds during May 1970, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. This was down 7 percent from the 31.5 million pounds during the same month last year and was 11 percent below the 33.3 milli on pounds production of last month.
Cattle Slaught er Down
There were 23,800 head of cattle slaughtered in Georgia's commercial plants during May . Thi s was a decrease of 8 percent from the 26,000 head slaughtered during the same month of 1969 a nd was 7 percent below the 25,500 head slaughtered during April 1970.
Calf Slaughter Down
Calf slaughter totaled 2,400 head during May - 900 head less than the 3, 300 head slaught ered during the same month last year and 200 head below the April kill.
Hog Sl aught er less
Georgia's hog slaughter totaled 130,000 head during May. This was down 11 percent from the 146 ,000 head slaughtered during the same month last year, and was off l!~ percent from the 151,000 head slaughtered during the month of April 1970.
48 States
May Red Meat Production Up 1 Percent From 1969
Commercial production of red meat in the 48 States totaled 2,838 million pounds in Ma y , up 1 percent from a year earlier. Commercial meat production includes slaughter in f ederally inspected and other slaughter plants, but excludes animals slaughtered on farms.
Be ef Production ~ Percent Above a Year Earlier
Beef production in May was 1,734 million pounds, 3 percent above the 1,685 million in May 1969. Heavier average live weight accounted for the increase. Cattle kill totaled 2, 818,000 head, 1 percent below a year earlier. Live weight per head was 1,037 pounds, 24 pounds heavier than May 1969, but 3 pounds below April 1970.
Veal Out put 10 Percent Below May 1969
There were 45 million pounds of veal produced during May, down 10 percent fr om 1969. The 307 , 200 calves slaughtered were 15 percent less than a year earlier. Live weight per head was 262 pou~ds, up 14 pounds from Ma y 1969.
Pork Product i on Down 1 Percent From a Year Earlier
Pork production totaled 1,016 million pounds, 1 percent be l ow a year ear l ier . Hog kill totaled 6, 422, 100 head, do\m 4 percent from May 1969. Live weight per head was 244 p ounds, 4 pounds heavier than a yea r ea r l ier . Lard rendered per 100 pounds of live weight was 8 .8 po unds, compared with 9.5 i n May 1969.
l amb And Mut t on Down 4 Percent From Ma y 1969
There were 43 million pounds of lamb and mutton produced in Ma y , 4 percent l es s than a yea r ea r l ier . Sheep and lamb slaughter totaled 842,200 head, down 6 percent. Average live weight was 104 pounds, the same as a year earlier.
Poultry Production Up 8 Percent From May 1969
Product ion of poultry meat dur ing Ma y totaled 780 million p ound s, r ead y- t o- cook bas i s . Thi s i s 1 percent less than i n Apri l 1970.

Spe cies

Y GEORGIA AND 48 .STATES LIVESTOCK SIAUGHTER

Number

Average

Sl aught ered Ma y

Live Weight May

1969

1970 : 1969

1970 :

( 1, 000 head)

(pounds )

Total

Live Weight May

1969

1970

(l, OOOJ)ounds)

Georgia

Catt le Calv e s

.:

26 .0 3 .3

23 . 8 2 .4

866 426

Hogs

: 146 .0

130. 0

214

Sheep and lambs

870

22, 516

390

1,406

223

3 1~ 244

20, 706
936 28, 990

48 State s

Ca t t le

: 2,839 . 8 2,818 .0 1,013

1,037 2,876,200

2 , 9 22 , 697

Calve s

: 361.6

307 .2

248

262

89, 742

80, 537

Hogs

: 6,683 .7 6, 422 . 1

240

244 1, 607,181

1,567, 828

Sheep and lambs : 891. 3 842 . 2

104

104

92 , 3 73

87, 176

!I Includes slaughter under Federa l i nspe ct i on and other commercial s laught er, excl ude s farm

slaughter .

AVERAGE PRICES RECEIVED BY FARL\1ERS

AND HOG-CORN RATIOS, J une 15, 1970

WITH COMPARISONS

Commodity and
Unit
Corn, bu . Hogs, cwt . Cat t le, cwt . Calve s , cwt .

: : J une 15 : 1969
: 1. 40 : 24. 00 : 24 .40 : 32 .00

Georg i a May 15
1970 (Dollars)
1.45 23 . 40 25.40 34.50

June 15 1970
1.45 23 .20 25 .10 34 .00


: June 15 1969 :
:
: 1.18 : 24. 00 : 29 . 40 : 33. 60

United St at e s

May 15

June 15

197 0

1970

(Dollars)

1.18 22.90 27 .90 35 .40

1.21 23 .20 28. 00
35. 10

Hog- Corn

Ratio Y

: 17. 1

16.1

16 .0

: 20 .3

19 .4

iI Bushe ls of corn equal in value t o 100 Ibs . hogs, live weight .

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FRASIER T. GALLOWAY Agr i cul t ur al Statistician In Charge

W. PAT PARKS Agricultural Stati stic ian

The Ge orgia Crop Reporting Service, USDA, 409A North Lumpkin Street, Athens , Ge orgia in cooperation with the Georgia Depart ment of Agriculture .

Af t er Five Days Return to

United State s Department of Agriculture

Stat i st i ca l Reporting Service , I

409A North Lumpkin St r eet

Athens , Georgia 30601

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Plac em ent of broiler chicks in G eorgia during th e w e ek ended :\June 27 wa s 9,732,000--2 percent more than the previous week and 5 p er cent more than ~ -

p arable w eek last year, according to th e Georgia Crop Repo rting Se rJt.e e .--=



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A n e s t i m a te d 12, 101,000 broiler type eggs were s et by G e orgia hatcherie s--

6 percent more than the pr evious w e ek but slightly less t han t he co m par a ble week a

year earlie r .

The majority of the pri ces paid to Georgia produce rs fo r broiler hatching eggs

we re re p o r t e d within a r ang e of 50 to 65 cents per doz en. The a v er a g e p ric e of h atchin g

eg g s was 56 cents per dozen. The price of eggs from flocks with hatche ry owned

cocker els generally was 2 c ents below the average price. M os t p ric e s re ceive d fo r

broile r chicks by G eorgia hatcherie s were reported within a range of $ 5.00 to $9 . 00

with an ave rage of $8.00 per hundred. The average price s l a st ye a r w er e 58 cents for

e ggs and $8. 75 for chicks.

W e ek Ended

GEORGIA EGGS SET, Eggs Set]./

1969 Thou.

1970 Thou.

HATCHINGS A ND CHICK PLACEME NTS

Av.

Chicks Placed for ! Hatch

Broilers in G eor gia

Eggs

0/0 of

0/0 of P er

year

1969

I ago I

Pct.

Thou.

1970 Thou.

year ago
Pct.

Doz. 1970
Cent s

Price Broiler Chicks P er Hundr ed 1970
Dollars

A p r . 25 May 2 May 9 M ay 16 M ay 23 May 30 June 6 June 13 June 20 June 27

12,666 12,714 12,305 12,702 12,803 12,637 12, 501 11, 719 12, 217 12, 116

13, 026 13 ,192 13, 043 12,992 12,982 12, 864 12, 893 11,947 11,413 12,101

103

9,489

104

9,374

106

9,415

102

9,208

101

9,271

i02

9, 109

103

9,372

102

9, 171

I 93

9,232

100

9,294

9,958 105

62

10, 113 108

61

10, 226 109

61

9,967 10 8

61

10 , 116 109

59

9,861 108

59

9,909 106

58

9,663 105

56

9 , 556 10 4

56

9,732 105 ; 56

9.25 9.00 9.00 9.00 8. 50 8.50 8.25 8.00 8.00 8.00

EGG TYPE

Hatch of e gg type chicks in Georgia during the week ended June 27 was 962,000-1 perc ent more than th e pr evious we ek and 13 percent more than the compar able w eek last ye ar. An estimated 1,139 ,000 e gg s for the production of egg type chicks were s e t by Georgia hatcheries, 10 percent l ess than the previous we ek but 9 percent mor e than the comparable week last year.
In the four states that accounted for about 26 p ercent of t he hatch of a ll egg type chicks in the U. S. in 1969, hatchings during the week ended June 27 w er e up 8 percent and s ettings were up 13 p ercent from a ye ar ago.

State

EGG TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS HATCHED, 1970

Eggs Set (Week Ended)

June

June June

June

6

13

20

27

% of I
year ago 2/

I Chicks Hatched (W eek E n d e d ) % of

I June June

June

June I ye a r

6

13

20

27

ago 2/

Thousands

T housan ds

Ga.

1, 182 1,269 1, 263 1, 139 109

Ill.

500':< 410 410

420

88

C alif. 1, 771 1,895 2,062 2,063 118

Was h .

347

220 281

265 145

1,057 97 5

954

962 113

535 46 5

4 15

395

78

1,373 1, 3 25 1, 175 1, 312 116

331 232

198

26 8 113

T o tal I 3, 800 ':' 3 , 7 94 4,016 3 , 8 8 7 I 113 ! 3,296 2, 9 9 7 2, 742 2,937 I 10 8

* 17 Inc!uaes eggs s e t by hatcheries- pr-ocfucing -cnfcks for ha.t c he r y sup p l y flock s.

2/ Cur r ent we ek as percent of same we e k l a st year.

Revi sed.

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Maine Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana Missouri D elaware Maryland Virginia West Virginia

June
13

EGGS SET

We ek .t..nded

June
20

June
27

THOUSANDS

I 0/0 of
, year
! ago 1/

2, 126
149 1, 889
52 7 3 03 3,374 5,0 01 2, 103
35

2,069
95 1,926
488 407 3,357 4,647 2,050
34

1, 848 83 93 38
1,692 101 534 96 315 97
3,528 122 4,495 84 2, 125 122
35 100

CHICKS PLA CED

Week Ended

June
13

June
20

June
27

THOUSANDS

1,625
90 1,262
293 532 2,836 4, 011 1, 515 433

1,6 03
129 1,064
3 05 539 3, 128 3,769 1. 365 416

1, 581 14 0
1, 137 3 06 546
2,945 4,008 1,443
302

% of
I year
I ago 1/
99 83 119 89 100 108 108 104 87

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8, 589

7,314

7,7 21 96

6,934

6. 876

6.721

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691

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589

559

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11,947 11,413 12,1 01 100

9, 663

9. 556

9, 732

105

Florida Tennessee Alabama Mis sis sippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas Washington Oregon California
TOTAL 1970 (22 States)
* TOTAL 1969
(22 States)

1,230 828
10, 273 6. 116 12, 762 1,224 5, 123
7 03 401 2,424
77,888

1, 136 737
9, 537 5,553 11, 611 1,225 4,414
606 456 2, 121
71,887

1, 142 100 696 84
9,511 102 5,637 106 12,052 100 1,050 96 5,268 109
6 57 95 468 109 2, 105 93
73,765 100

68,845 73,362 73, 781

% of Last Year I

113

98

100

11 Current week as pe rc ent of same week last year.

943

913

926

105

1, 122

1, 19 8

1, 033

95

8, 165

7,903

7,972

108

5,4 56

5,699

5,571 . 113

9,884

9,731

9,672

11 0

1,077

1, 311

1, 031

107

4,066

3,942

4, 015

108

382

526

447

78

315

270

450

138

1,967

1,852

1, 829

106

63,196 62,684 62,366

107

59, 189 58, 565 58,091

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'Heek Ending Jul y 6, 1970 SOI L MOISTURE VARIED

JUL 71970
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Re leased 3 p. m. Monday

At hens , Ga., July 6 -- Soi l moisture remained very short in much of north and northeas te rn sect i ons of the St at e , accordi ng to the Georgia Crop Re~ orting Se rvi ce . Showers have improved the moisture situation i n many a r ea s , but a shortage stil l exi s ted througho ut much of the State . Crop prospects are very poor in the dry areas. Hi gh tempe r ature s are causing excessive poultry mortality i n some s ections.
County Agent s j udge the conditi on of the cotton ~ as fai r to mostly good, 62 percent of t he crop i s s etting b ol ls , insect inf estation is about normal for t his date .
Corn con di t i on was mostly good , be t t er than in the 2 previ ous yea rs . I n s ome dry areas , howeve r , t he crop will be a near f a i l ure .
Harve st of t obac co is progres sing r apidly and is now 35 percent comp l ete . Prospe cts ar e mos tly good .
The cond.iti on of pea nuts det eriorated slightly during t he week, but is still fai r to good. . Soybean pla nting is 95 percent complete a nd the crop is making good progre s s except in the drier l oca t i ons. Sorghum planting is 88 percent complete.
Over one - hal f the peach crop ha s been gathered. Harvest i s i n the mop -up stages i n s outhern count i e s and is in full swing in central and northern area s. Through July 1 t he Federal State I nspect i on Se r v ice had inspe cted 1,290 carlot equivalen t s compared t o 1, 376 car l ot s for the same period last yea r .
Ha y harve s t was very active. Condition of pastures was fai r to good and cattle most l y good .
In s e;e-of the dry areas, pastures were furnishing very little gr az i ng . Market Mana ge r s r eported lowered quality of vegetable a nd me l on cr ops due t o the hot sun
and only spotted showers in central a nd southern areas. Sweetpotat oe s are l ooking good where irriga t ed. Snap beans and cabbage are available in the mount ain area s .

WEATHER SUMMARY -- Rainfall was confined to widely scattered shower s during the week ending Friday, July 3 . Amounts were mostly less than one-fourth i nch except i n pa r t s of extr eme south Georgia where a few obs ervers measured more than an inch. Sever a l north a nd centr a l weat he r stati ons had no measurable rain during the week. Much of the northeast and other scattered a r eas were ext reme l y dry by the end of the period. Shower activit y increa s ed some on Frida y a nd be came fa i r ly ge ne r a l over the State on Saturday. Rainfall amounts varied wide l y, howeve r, wi t h seme area s receiving none at a l l . Tifton had 3.10 inche s in t hunde rshowers on Friday and Sa t urday shower s brought more than 1 1/2 inches to several area s .
Tempe r atures wer e mild at the beginning of the period but rapid warming brought the year ' s highe st r eadings to most areas by midweek. Afternoon temp eratur e s reache~ t he 100 0 mark at many p l a ce s a nd readings in the upper 90's were common in all areas . 1040 at Macon on July 2, equa l led the re cor d high for that da t e. The weekend showers caused a break i n the unusually hot weat her a nd seas ona lly mild t emperatures returned to most a reas by Sunday . Average s ranged f rom near nor ma l in the south t o 20 ab ove normal in the north.
J une rainf a l l amount s showed large variations over the State, ranging f r om more than 7 i nche s i n par ts of the extreme north t o l ess than one-half i nch at a few widely scattered p laces . Totals wer e below norma l over most of t he St a t e and some areas expe r i e nce d extremely dry wea t her duri ng the l a s t half of t he month. The driest s ecti ons wer e gener a l l y in the eastern half but s ome other ar eas a lso felt the moisture shortage during the month .
Temperature s wer e cooler than normal dur ing most of June but t here was a period of unusuall y hot weathe r fr om t he 19th t o the 23rd . Highs reached the upper 90 ' s in most areas and seve r al p lace s ha d 1000 on one or more days.
The out look f or the pe r iod Wednesday through Fr i day calls f or fair to partly cloudy and warm weather with wi de ly scatte red afte rnoon a nd evening thunde r shower s. Highs a r e expe cted t.o r a nge frcm 850 t o 920 an d low s f r om 620 to 720
-- ~e ~w~a~~R~wti~S~~~~M~M~~w~~in ~~~~~n~~t~ Coo~roti~-Extension Ser vi ce , University of Georgia; Geor gia Departme nt of Agr iculture; an d the Weather Bureau, ESSA, U. S . Departme nt of Commerce.

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WEATHER BUREAU Athens , Georgia
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Precapd.t.at d.on For The 1.veek Ending July J:; I 97C

GEORGIA

Temperat ur e extremes f or the vleek ending
July .3 ,I 1970Q (Pr ov:i sionaJ.)
Hi ghes t g 1 040 at Macon on July 2ndo
L owest s 4. 90 at Lafayette on June
28t h and 29tJh ..

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LIBRARIES
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE - ATHENS, GEORGIA
Re l eased Jul y 8, 1970
Cotton planted i n the State for the 1970 crop is e sti mated at 405,000 acre s, a cc ordi ng t o the Georgia Crop Reporting Service . The l evel i s 5,000 acres l e s s t ha n t he acr eage plant ed i n both 1968 and 1969. last year abandonment was unusually heavy and only 385 , 000 a cres were
harvested .
As of July 1, condition of the State 's cot t on was gener ally good . Near l y t wo-thir ds of the acreage was setting bolls. Dry weather has retarded growth i n s ome sections, but ha s be en favorab le for i nse ct control .
Acreage planted t o upland cot ton i n t he Uni t ed St ate s is est imated at 12, 061,000 a cre s , 2 perce nt mor e t han the 11,820,300 acres pla nted i n 1969.

FRASIER T. GALLOWAY Agri cult ural St ati sti cian I n Charge

C. L. CRENSB.AW Agr i cul t ur a l St at i st i ci an

State

CC~TON ACREAGE, JULY 1, 1970

:

1968

.

19.6.9

:

:

1970

:

: Percent

Planted : Harvested : Plant ed : Harve sted : Planted : of 1969

:- - - - - - - - - - 1,000 acres - - - - - - - - - - - Per cent

North Carolina Sout h Caro lina Georgia Tennes see Alabama
Iv1issouri Mississipp i Arkansas Louisiana Okl ahoma
Texas , Up land New Mexico, 'Up l a nd Ar izona, Upland California, Upland
Virginia Florida I llinois Kentucky Neva da
Uni t ed State s Tota l Up land
United State s Tot a l Amer i can- Pi ma

: 200



354 410

: 394

555

318

: 1, 155



1,045 423 421



4, 425. 5 147.0

: 269.5

: 694.6



8.1 13.4

:

2. 0

:

5.5 25

: 10,843. 1
y: 68.4

189 340 395 360 525
190 1, 105
980 410 380
4,101.0 137.7 268.7 686.6
6. 0 '. 12. 5 0.3 3.6 2.4
10, 092.8
67 . 0

184 35 0 410 420 566
325 1,225 1,C90
440 500
5,147.5 147.0 277.4 709.5
5. 5 13. 6 1. 8 5.7 2.3
11,820.3
77. 6

166 287 385 400 545
305 1,185 1, 055
420 465
4, 648. 0 131. 5 276.6 704. 6
5.0 12.5 0.4 5. 4 2-3

175 355 405 J+25 570
310 1,240 1,120
460 510
5, 400. 0 140. 0 245.0 680.0
50 13 . 5 1.5 3.7 2.3

10,999. 3 12,061. 0

753

77. 0

95 101 99 101 101
95 101 103 105 102
105 95 88 96
91 99 83 65 100
102
99 . 2

All Cotton gj

: 10,912 10,160

11,898

11,0 75

g;11 Ameri can-Egyptian prior to J uly 1) 1970.
1968 an d 1969, United Stat e s All Cotton rounded t o t housands.

12,138

102.0

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i n cooper at i on with t he Georgi a Department of Agriculture.

GEORGIA lJ.AP SHOWING CROP REPORTING DISTRICTS

. . Cotton AcreagePlanted by Distri cts ,

District: 1968 : 1969 . " :,. "1970

( 000 acres) .

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<

1

26

26 .. .

25

2

14

14

14

3

17

18

17

4

29

28

27

5

78

79

79

6

82

81

80

7

53

54

54

8

99

100

99

9

12

10

10

State

410

410

405

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BR OILER} TYPE LIBRARIES
Placement of broiler chicks i n Georgia ~g-tn:e w eek e n d e d J uly 4 was
8,860,000--9 percent l es s t han the previous week but 4 pe r ce nt more than the com-
parable week last year, according to the Georgia Crop Repor ting Se r vi ce .
An estimated 12,016,000 broiler type eggs were s e t by G e or gia hatc heries - - l
percent less than the previous week and 3 percen t les s tha n the com parabl e week a
ye ar earlier. The majority of the prices paid to G eorgia produc e r s for broile r hat chin g egg s
w ere reported within a range of 50 to 65 cents per doze n . The average p ri ce o f hatching eggs was 56 cent s per dozen. The price of egg s from flocks wi th hatche r y
owned cockerels generally was 2 cents below the avera ge p ric e . Most p ri ce s re ceived
for broiler chicks by Georgia hatcheries were reporte d wit hin a r an ge of $ 5.00 to $9. 00 with an average of $8.00 per hundred. The average price s l ast year we r e 60 c e nt s for eggs and $9.00 for chicks .

Week Ended
May 2 May 9 May 16 May 23 May 30 June 6 June 13 June 20 June 27 July 4

GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS AND CHICK P L ACEMENT S

Eggs Set J)

1969

197 0

0/0 of
year ago

Chicks Place d for Broilers in Geor gia

1969 1970

0/0 o f
year a go

Av. Price

Hatch B roiler

E gg s Chick s

P er

P er

I Doz. 1970
;

Hundred
1970

Thou.

Thou.

Pct.

Thou. Thou.

Pet. I Cents Dolla r s

12,714 13,192 104

12,305 13, 043 106

12,702 12,992 102

12, 803 12,982 101

12,637 12, 864 102

12, 501 12, 893 103

11,719 11,947 102

12, 217 11,413

93

12, 116 12, 101 100

12,412 12,016 97

9,374 10,11 3 108

61

9,415 10, 226 109

61

9,208 9, 967 108

61

9,271 10, 116 109

59

9, 109 9, 86 1 108

59

9,372 9,9 09 106 I 58

9, 171 9,6 63 105

56

9,232 9, 556 104

56

9,294 8, 549

I 9, 732 105

56

8, 86 0 104

56

9. 00 9.00 9. 00 :-) . 50
8. 50 8. 25 8. 00 8. 00 8. 00 8. 00

EGG TYPE

Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the we e k e nded J ul y 4 was I , 05 3, 000- - 9 perc ent more than the previous week and 60 percent mor e t han the c ompa rab le we e k l as t year. An e s t im a t e d 1,012,000 eggs for the production of egg t ype c hi cks were s et by Georgia hatcheries, 11 percent less than the previous w e e k a n d 6 pe r c e n t l es s than t he
comparable week last year.
In the four states that accounted for about 26 perc e n t of the hatch of a ll e g g t ype chicks in the U. S. in 1969, hatchings during the week end e d J ul y 4 wer e up 33 pe r c e n t and settings were up 24 p erc ent from a year ago.

State

EGG TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS HA T C HE D , 1970

Eggs Set (W eek Ended)

: % of

Chicks Hat ched (W e ek E n d e d)

June
13

June June

20

27

July
4

June June

13

20

J une
27

J uly
4

Thousands

Tho us an ds

I: % of year
, ago 2/

Ga.

1, 269 1, 263 I, 139 I, 012 94

Ill.

415* 410 420

205 44

Calif. 1, 895 2,062 2,063 2,209 173

Wash.

220

281 265

342 157

975 95 4 46 5 415 1,325 1, 17 5
232 198

962 39 5 1, 3 12 268

1, 05 3 335
1, 323 171

Total I 3, 799)~ 4, 016 3,887 3,768 i 124 ! 2,997 2, 74 2 2, 937 2,88 2

1/ Include s eggs set by hatcheri es p roducing eh icks for h atc h e r y s up p l y fl o cks.
2/ Current week as p erc ent o f same w e ek last ye ar . ':' R e vi s e d .

16 0 90 . 129
! 154
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133

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June

June

July

20

27

4

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CHICKS PLACED

0/0 of
year ago 1/

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T HOUSANDS

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Maine

2, 0 6 9

1, 848

2,053

94

1, 60 3

I, 581

1,532

95

'4-o<

Connecticut

95

93

159

57

129

140

147

10 4

P enns ylvania

1,926

1,692

1,7 81 109

1, 064

1, 137

I, 080

11 4

Indiana

488

534

488 103

305

306

320

145

Missouri

4 07

3 15

324 102

539

546

581

145

Delaware

3, 357

3 ,528

3,405 122

3, 128

2,945

2,964

12 4

Maryland

4 , 647

4 ,49 5

4 , 7 13

86

3, 769

4,008

3, 615

107

Virginia

2, 0 50

2, 125

1,993 104

1, 3 6 5

1,443

1,454

121

West Virginia

34

35

34 79

416

302

393

126

North Carolina

7,314

7, 721

8,278 106

6,876

6,721

6,624

143

South Carolina

691

692

580 105

589

559

658

122

GEORGIA

11,413 12,101 12,016

97

9, 556

9,732

8,860

104

Florida Tennessee Alabama Mis sis sippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas Washington Oregon California
TOTAL 1970 (22 States)

1, 136

1, 142

1, 162

99

913

926

856

105

737 9,537

696 9, 511

701

89

10, 059 109

I, 198

1,033

I, 259

126

7,903

7,972

7,943

112

5, 553 11, 611

5,637 12,052

5, 898 115 12,308 103

5,699

5,571

5,472

124

9,731

9,672

9,260

108

1, 225 4, 4 14

1,050 5,268

959

93

5,124 105

1,311

1,031

960

107

3,942

4,015

3,874

116

606 456 2, 121

657 468 2, 105

448

61

469 118

2,059

98

526

447

553

117

270

450

340

11 4

I, 852

I, 829

I, 818

108

71, 887 73,765 75, 011 102

62,684 62,366 60, 563

115

TOTAL 1969* (22 States)

73,362 73,781 73,342

58,565 58,091 52,865

0/0 of Last Year

98

100

102

107

107

115

* 1/ Current week as percent of same week last year . Revised

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Georgia Crop Rep or t in g Service

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.Jul y 1) 1970

GE ORGIA

Released : July 10 ) 1970

Product ion of summer vegetab l es end me l ons is e st imat ed t o b e 6 percent above last yea r)
accordi ng t o the Georgia Crop Repo rting Ser v i ce . Rainfall during June var i ed cons i de r ab ly ove r the St ate ) a nd some areas have ha r ve ste d nor ma l yields. Demand and price s have be en good to . date . Supp l i e s are decreasing in sout hern a nd central area s ) but increa s ing i n nor t hern producing count ies . The Federal-State Ma r ke t News Ser v i ce report ed a t otal of 4)798 carlot equiva -
l e nt s of wa t ermelons shipped thr ough Jul y 7 compared with 4j 693 f or the same date l a st year .
UNITED STATES

SNAP BEANS : The summer s nap bean cr op i s f ore cast at 980) 000 hundr edwe i ght ) up 7 percent f r om 1969. I n New England) volume supplies a re exp ect e d by J uly 10. I n New York crop
growth ha s been good . Volume harve s t is expe ct ed a f t er mid - Jul y . In Penns ylvania ) harvest has s tarted in the southern areas. In Oh io) movement has been ve ry good . The Michigan crop is i n goo d condition. Harvest is expe cted t o ge t underway during the last half of July. I n sout h we st Virgi nia ) harvest is expe cted to ge t under way in early J ul y .7i t h peak volume exp e cted i n l a t e Jul y. I n Nor t h Carolina) a ctive moveme nt is expected i n t he sout hwest a rea by mid-Jul y. Supp l i es of pole beans are expe cted to be plentiful until mi d-Augu st. Light vo l ume expected from the mount a in areas of Georgia i n ea r ly July. Growin g conditions gener a l ly have been favorable for the Tennessee crop. Harve st i s und erway in Alabama.

CANTALOUPS : A production of 510) 000 hundredweight is foreca st for the ea r l y summe r cantaloup crop. This is 28 percent l e ss than in 1969. I n Sout h Car ol ina ) ext reme ly hot)
dry weathe r during June i n the ma j or a rea s damaged the crop. Harvest i n Ge orgia is nea r i ng c om~ pletion i n southern areas and r ea ching peak i n central areas. The hot and dry weather caused cons iderable damage to vine s a nd size of melons. Arizona' s pea k movement i s expe cted in ear ly July .

Trn~TOES : Pr oduct i on of late spring t omatoes is estimated at 1)198,000 hundredweight ) 3 percent l e ss than last year . Harve s t in Sout h Carolina should be virt ua l l y comp l et ed by
mid -month . I n Georgia) harve st wa s nea r i ng complet i on in s outhern a rea s by July 3. Harve st of
l ate p lant i ngs in other area s of t he State should continue until mid-Augus t . I n Louis i ana ) ha r ve s t wa s completed in the Belle Chasse area in late June) but shoul d continue in the Oak Grove area unt il mid-July. Harvest i s pa st peak in central and e~st Texas ) a lthough light supplies were expe ct ed into July. On the High Plains) hail) washing rains) and blowing sand damaged s ome fi e lds during June. This area i s expe ct ed to furnish supp l ie s f r om ab out mid-August unti l
Oct obe r .

WATERMELONS : Early summer wate rme l on production is e s t imated at 16 ) 627)000 hundr edweight) 6 per -

cent above last year . In North Carolina) t he crop i s in good condition . Ha rvest

s hould start about mid-Jul y. Volume movement is expected by the f i r st of Augu st. Hot) dry

weather during June in Sout h Carolina hurt the crop. I n Ge orgia ) ha rve st i s nea r ing completi on

i n s outhern a rea s . Supp l ies f rom the Cordele) an d other a reas are expected to r ea ch peak

production aft er mid-July. Harve st is act i ve in s outh Alabama with good vo l ume frcm t he centra l

area exp ect ed by mid-July. I n Mi ssissipp i ) good vo lume i s moving f r om Smith Count y. In ea st

central areas ) harvest was a ctive in earl y July. The Arka nsa s crop i s a l ittle late r t ha n usual)

but deve loping well. Harvest should be underway by mid-July. Dr y weather i n Louisiana during '

ea r ly J une r etarded development. Harvest shoul d be ge ne ral by mid - July . Harvest i n the Terral-

Ryan area (s outh central) of Okl ahoma s houl d ge t underway ~b out July 10 with a good volume of

melons expe ct ed by July 17. Crop deve l opment i n other ar ea s i s 1 t o 3 weeks later t ha n at

Terral . Soi l moisture i s ge t t i ng sport i n central ar eas) but vi ne s a r e sti ll l ooking go od .

Some hail damage was r eported i n Caddo County. Harvest in Texas was pr act ica lly compl et ed i n

the Lower Ri o Grande Valley an d Falfurrias -Al i ce area by J ul y 1. I n the Pearsall-Dilley area

ha r ve s t was past peak by t he f i rs t of J uly ) but supplies are st i l l avai lab le . In centra l and

ea s t Texas ) light harvest was underwa y i n ear l y July with volume supp lies exp ected by mid-Jul y.

Recent hot ) dry weather has lower ed prosp ects a nd is expe cted to shor ten the l e ngth of the har -

ve sting s eason on most ce nt r al and ea st Texa s f ie l ds . North Texas) incl udi ng t he Hi gh Plains ) .

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i n cooperat i on with t he Geor gia Department of Agr i cul ture .

FRAS IER T. GALLOHAY Agr i cul t ur a l Stat isti cian in Char ge
Af t e r Five Days Return t o Uni ted St at e s Department of Agr i cul tur e
St at i st i ca l Reporting Ser vi ce 409A North Lumpkin Stre et At hens , Georgia 30601 OFFI CIAL BUSlllliSS

L. H. HARRIS , JR. Vegetable Crop Estimator
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GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE

ATHENS, GEORGIA

GENERAL CROP REPORT AS OF JULY 1, 1970

July 13) 1970

Crop Prospe ct s Varied: Weather dur i ng June varied widely but was unusua l l y hot an d dry i n s ome sections, accordi ng to the Cr op Rep ort ing Service. Showers have
improved the moisture situation in many areas, but a shorta ge still exi s ted throughout much of t he St at e . Crop prospects a re poor in drier locations.

Corn production i n 1970 is forecast at 63,769,000 bushels -- sha r p l y above. the 47,058 ,000 harvested last ye a r . Bot h yi e l d per acre and acre s f or harvest are ab ove 1ast year 's l evels and account f or the increase. Average yield per acre for the State was i ndicat e d at 43 . 0 bushels -- 10 bus hels ab ove last year's short crop.

Tobac co : Georgia's flue-cur ed tobacco production is estimated at 128,700, 000 p ound s 34 percent more than last yea r 's short crop of 96,092, 000 pounds. Acreage for harve st i s 6, 500 above last year and t he average yi e l d is indicated at 1,950 pounds compared wi th 1, 615 p ounds in 1969.

Grain Production: Total pr oduction of sma l l grain is below last yea r ' s level as a re sul t of reduced acreages and yields for oa ts and rye. Wheat produc t ion i s up 20 percent resulting fr om an increase in acreage a nd higher yields.

Soybeans to be harvest ed f or beans is indicated to be the same as last year - 467 ,000 acres . Peanuts planted for all purposes were also indicat ed lli1cha nged from last year at 518, 000 acres.

Cot t on : Acreage planted t o cotton i s down 1 percent at 405, 000 acres.

Peache s : Production of peaches in the St ate in 1970 i s est i mated at 145.0 million pounds compared with 175.2 million i n 1969. Inspected shipments through July 9 totaled 1,484 carlot equi va l ent s compared with 1, 708 last year.

GEORGIA ACREAGE AND PRODUCTION, 1969 AND 1970

Cr op and Unit

Acreage

:

. :

: For

:Harvested : harvest

1969 : 1970 :

Thousand acres

Yield Per Acre :
. 1969 : Indi cated : 1970 :

Product i on
1969 : In di cated : 1970
Thousands

Corn , for gr a i n , bu.

Wheat, bu .

Oats, bu.

Barley, bu .

Rye , bu . Cotton

y

Hay, a l l, t on

Soybe ans , for beans
Pe an uts , Al one 1/

Sweetpotatoe s, cwt.

Toba cc o, Type 14, lb.

Pea che s , lb.

: 1,426

:

86

:

94

:

5

:

72

: 410

: 439

: 467

: 518

: 8 .0

: 595

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1,483 100
85 6
65 405 432 467 518 7. 8 66.0
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33 0 34 .0 52. 0 46 . 0 23 .5
2.08
80 1, 615
-

43. 0 35 0 48 . 0 50 .0 23.0
1. 93
80 1, 950
-

47 , 058 2, 924 4, 888 23 0 1,692
915
640 96, 092 175 , 200

63, 769 3, 500 4 , 080 300 1,495
834
624 l 28 , 7CO 145,000

17 Pl anted acreage for cotton and peanuts , harvested acreage for ot hers .

FRAS I ER T. GALLOHAY Agricult ur a l Statistici an I n Charge
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C. L. CRENSHAH Agricul t ur a l Statistician

The Ge orgia Crop Reporting Ser v ice, USDA ; 409A Nor t h Lumpkin St reet, Athens , Ge org i a in cooper at i on with the Georgia Department of Agriculture .

UNITED STATES CROP REPORT AS OF JULY I. 1970 SUMMAKY

U. S. crop prospects on July I were generally good to excellent in the northern t wo th ird s of t he country, but dry weat her in June reduced prospects across the Sout h . Total crop acreag e p l a ~ t e d for 1970 harvest is up 0.3 percent from last year. Led by a reco rd corn crop, f eed grain production is expect ed to be above last year. Indicated production of wi nte r wheat increased 2 percent during June but food grain production is stil I expected to t otal 7 percent
less than last year .

Output of non-citrus fru its is expected to be 12 percent below last year. Output of su~mer vegeta bles for fresh market i~ expected to be 2 percent above last year but acreage of vegetables planted for processing is 7 percent less than last year.

Total Crop Acreaqe Increases

Crops planted for harvest in 1970 totaled 300 mil I ion acres -- 0.3 percent or abou t I mil I ion acres more than last year. Total acreage of feed grains increased 4 percent and oilsee d 2 percent, but acreage planted to food gra ins decl ined 9 percent. Farmers were able to plan t most of their intended acreages al t hough sorg hum plantings were we! 1 below March intentions, especially in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas.

Total acreage for harvest, at 289 mill ion acres, is up I percent o r 2. 7 mill ion ac ~es. Abandonment is expected to be l ess than last year .

Cor n: Production of corn for gra in in 1970 i s forecast at l.:.8 bi 11 ion bushels .'- 242 mill ion more than 1969 and 60 mill ion bushels more than t l. e record 1967 c rop',
Grai n corn acreage is larger than in 1969 but smaller tha n in 1967 . Expect ed y ield per acre of 83.1 bushels, i f real ized, would be sl ightly below the 1969 record y i e l o of 83.9 bushels . Changes in rrodu ct ion between the July 1 forecast and the final estimate ha ve av eraged 218 mill ion bushe ls since 1961 -- from 59 mil l ion to 423 mil l ion bushe ls.

Growers expect to harvest 58.0 mill ion acres of grain corn, 6 percent more than last season and 4 percent above 1]68; still well below the 60.6 mill ion acres harvested in 1967.

All Whea t : Production of all wheat is forecast at 1,349 million bushe ls, 8 percent less - - - - - tf~.n the 1969 crop and 14 percent Iess than the record 1a rge 1968 crop of 1,576 mi ilion bushels.

Soybeans: Soybea ns planted alone for all purposes in 1970 are e s t ima t ed at a record 42.4 mill ion acres. This is about I percent above both 1969 and 1968.

Crop and Unit

U. S. ACREAGE HARVESTED AND PHODUCT ION, 1969 /\!'lD 1970

Acreaqe

: Yiel d Per Acre

Production

: Ha rvested 1969

:
.:

For ha rvest
1970

..
:

1969

. Indicated:
1970

1969

: Ind i ca t ed 1970

Thousand Acres

Thousands

Corn, for grain

bu.:

Wheat

bu. :

Oa ts

bu . :

Ba r 1ey

bu.:

Rye

bu. :

Cotton 1/

:

Hay, all

ton:

Soybeans, fo r bea ns bu.:

Peanuts, alone 1/

:

Sweetpotatoes

cwt. :

Tobacco

1b .:

1/ Planted.

54,573 47,555 18,003
9,388 1,33'-+ 11,898 61,838 40,857 1, 504
148 922

57,991 43,561 18,732
9,846 1,433 12,138 62,728 41,619 1,510
144
905

83.9 30.7 52.8
44.1,~
23.5
2 .06
99 1, 960

83.1 31.0 51.1 42.0 24.9
2.07
91 1,958

4,577 ,864 1,458,872
949,874 417, 156
31 ,L~05
127,127

4,819,999 1,348,797
957,525 413, 120 35, 7L~5
129,643

14,664 1,806,656

13,105 1 , 7 7 0 , 7 67

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Vleek Endi ng July 13 ; 1970 SOI L MOI STURE VARIED

Lill RARIES

Re ~e as ed 3 p.m. Monday

At he ns ; Ga.; July 13

Extremely dry conditions exi s ted in much of the north; north-

eastern and southwestern areas of the State; according t o the Ge orgia Crop Reporting Service.

Mo ist ure conditions have improved in other areas ; but there are so me shortages throughout t he

St ate .

County Age nt s estimated the condition of the cotton crop t o have changed very little and is most l y fa i r to good; 84 percent of the crop is setting bol ls and insect infestation is ab out nor mal f or this date .

The condi t i on of the corn crop declined during the we ek and i s now judged to be mostly f air t o go od ; 21 percent of the reports were for a poor crop. Silag e harvest is very act i ve.

Harvest of the tobacco crop is 49 percent complete. Dry weather ha s not been much of a f actor in the tobacco area.

The condition of the peanut crop is fair to good. Soybean condition deteriorated i s now fair t o good. Germination of late planted beans has been poor.

The peach harvest is 69 percent complete. Through July 9 the Federal-State Inspection Se r v ice had inspected 1;484 carlot equivalents compared to 1;708 carlots for the same peri od last year .

Hay harvest was very active in those areas where moisture supplies made possible sufficient growth. In the dry areas } very little hay is in prospect. Pa sture conditions were judged poor by 22 percent of the reporters. Cattle condition was mostly go od.

Market Managers reported a light volume of only fair qua l ity vegetable and melon crops moved to market from southern and central areas due to the h ot and dry weather conditi ons. Dry weather is causing light supplies of vegetable crops in the mountain areas.

WEATHER Sm~Y - Rainfall varied from no~e in s ome areas t o l ocally heavy in others during the week ending Friday; July 10. Showers brought fr om one to two inches of rain t o several places early in the period and light showers occurred again near the end of the week. Most of the heavier amounts occurred in middle Georgia but a f ew observers in the sOuth measured ove r an inch during the week. Heavy rainfall occurred at MOultrie on July 4 and 9 t o g ive a weekly total of 4.85 inches. Only light amounts were reported in most of the northern part of the State and in the southwest. Many areas continued extremely dry at the end of the peri od while some previously dry sections received good rains. Scattered showers con tinued t o occur over south Georgia during the weekend but very little rain occurred in the northern half of the State after Friday. Almost 3 inches fell at the Savannah Airport on Satur day .

Temperatures were seas onally mild early in the week but a gradua l warmi ng trend brought readi ngs back to normal or ab ove before the end of the period. Ea r ly morning temperatures were mostly in the 50 ls and low 60's on Tuesday but rose t o the high 60 ' s and l ow 70's by Friday. Af te rnoon highs showed a similar increase through the week and were mostly in the mid 90 's by the weeke nd . Ave r age s f or the we ~k ranged fr om near normal t o 2 degrees below normal.

The out l ook for the peri od Wedne s da y t hr ough Frida y ca l l s f or f air t o partly cloudy and quit e war m weather with widely s cattered afternoon thunder sh ovTers be comi ng a little more numerous by Friday. High temperatures will range fr om 88 0 t o 950 a nd 10ws fr om 66 0 to 720
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UNir ED STATES CROP REPO RT /\S OF JULY 1. 1970 SUMMA RY

U. S. c rop pro s pe c t s on Jul y 1 were ge ne ral l y good t o ex ce l le nt i n the no r t hern twoth ir ds of t he count r y , but d ry wea the r i n June reduced pros pects across the South . Tota l c ro p acreag e p l a nt e d f o r 1970 harv est i s up 0.3 percent from last year. Led by a record corn c rop, f eed gra in product ion is e xpe c t ed t o be above last year . Ind ica ted produ ct ion of win ter wheat i nc re a se d 2 pe r ce nt du ring Jun e but fo od gra in produ ctio n i s st i ll e xpe cted to t o t al 7 perce nt
l e s s than la st year.

Outp ut of non-c itru s f ru its i s expe c ted to be 12 percent below last year . Out put of su~me r vegetables for fr es h mar ket i~ e xpec t ed to be 2 pe r ce nt above last year but a creage of veg etabl es p l a nted for processing i s 7 percen t l ess than las t yea r.

Tot al Crop Ac rea qe Inc re as es

Crops plant ed for harvest i n 1970 totaled 300 mil 1 ion ac res - - 0.3 perce n t or a bout mill ion acre s more than last year. Total acreage o f f eed g rai ns increased 4 pe rce nt an d oils ee d 2 pe rc e nt , but acreage plant ed to f ood gra ins decl i ne d 9 pe r ce nt . Fa rmers were ab le to p l ant mo s t of the ir inten ded acreag e s a lthough sorghum p la nt i ngs were wel l below Ma rch i nt e nti o ns , es pec ially i n Texas, Okla homa and Kansas.

Tot a l ac reage f o r har ves t, at 289 mill ion acres , i s up 1 pe rce nt o r 2. 7 mi l lio n a c re s Aba ndo nme nt i s e xpected to be le s s th an last year.

Cor n: Product ion of corn fo r g rai n i n 1970 i s forecas t at 4. 8 billion bus hel s .... 242 mi ll ion mo re than 1969 and 60 mill ion bus hels mo re than t he re cord 1967 C I-Op .
Gra i n co r n a crea ge i s larger tha n i n 1 ~69 but smaller tha n i n 1967. Expe c ted y ie l d pe r ac re of 83 . 1 bush els, if re a l i ze d , wo u l d be sl i ght l y below t he 1969 record y i el d of 83. 9 bus hels. Changes in rroduction betwee n the July 1 f o re ca st an d t he final e s tima t e ha ve a ve rage d 21 8 mi ll io n bus hels since 1961 -- fr om 59 mill ion to 423 mi ll ion bushels.

Growers ex pect to harvest 58 .0 mi l l ion acres of gra in corn, 6 percent mo re t ha n last season and 4 percent above 1)68 ; stil l well below t he 60 . 6 mill ion a cres ha rve s ted in 1967.

All Whea t : Production of all wheat is forecast at 1,349 mill ion bushels, 8 percent less ----- t ~~n the 1969 crop and 14 percent less t ha n t he record large 1968 crop of
1,576 mi ll ion bushels.

Soybeans : Soybean s planted alon e f o r all purpos es i n 1970 are e st ima t e d at a re cord 42.4 mill ion acres. This i s about I pe rce nt a bove both 1969 and 1968.

Crop and Un it

U.

S.

AC REAG E HARVESTED Ac rea ge

,'-\

ND.

P1WDUCT ION, Yie l d Per

1969 i\N Acre

D

1970

Production

: Harvest ed

: :

For ha rvest

.

1969

Ind icat ed : 1969

Indi cated

.1.9- 69

: 1970 :

1970

1970

Thous and Acres

Thousands

Corn, for grain

bu. :

Wheat

bu. :

Oa ts

bu. :

Ba r 1e y

bu.:

Rye

bu. :

Cotton .!I

:

Hay, a l l

ton:

Soy beans, f o r beans bu.:

r ea nut s , alone 1/

.

Sweetpo tatoes

cwt. :

Toba cco

1b. :

1/ Pl a nted .

54 ,573 47 ,555 18,003
9 ,388 1 , 3 3 /+
11,898 61,838 40 ,857
1,504 148 922

57,991 43,561 18,732
9,846 1,433 12,138 62,728 41,619 1,510
144
905

83.9 30.7 52. 8 44.'-: 23 . 5
2.06
99 1, 960

83.1 31.0 5 1.1 42.0 24.9
2.07
Sll 1,958

4,577 ,864 1,458,872
949,874 417 ,156
31 , L~0 5
127,127

4 , 8 19 , 999 1,348,797
957,525 413,120 35, 7L~5
129 ,643

14, 664 1,806,656

13,105 1,770,767

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LI URARI ES

eas ed 3 p.m. Monday

At he ns , Ga. ; July 13

Extremely dry conditions exi sted in much of the north; north-

easte rn an d sout hwe s t e r n areas of the State; according t o t he Ge orgia Crop Reporting Ser v i ce .

Mo isture co nd i t i ons have improved in other areas ; but there are s ome shortages throughout t he

St a te .

County Agent s estimated the condition of the cotton cr op t o have changed very little a nd is mos t l y f air to good; 84 percent of the crop is setting bol ls a nd insect infestation i s ab out nor ma l f or this date.

The co ndi t i on of the cor n crop declined during the wee k an d i s now judged to be mos tly f air t o g ood; 21 percent of the reports were for a poor crop . Si l age harvest is very a ct ive .

Harve st of the tobacco crop is 49 percent complete. Dr y weathe r ha s not bee n much of a f actor i n the t obacco area.

The co nd i t i on of the peanut crop is fair to good. Soybean condi t ion deteriorated i s now f air to good. Germination of late planted beans has been poor.

The peach harvest is 69 percent complete. Through July 9 the Federal-State Inspecti on Ser v ice had inspected 1;484 carlot equivalents compared to 1,708 carlots for the same peri od last ye ar.

Hay harvest was very active in those areas where moisture s upp l i e s made possible sufficient growt~ In the dry areas ) very little hay is in prospect. Pasture conditions were judged poor by 22 percent of the reporters. Cattle condition was mostly go od.

Ma r ke t Managers reported a light volume of only fair qua l i t y vege t ab l e and melon crops moved t o market from southern and central areas due to the h ot and dry weather conditi ons. Dry weather is causing light supplies of vegetable crops in the mountain areas.

WEATHER Sill~Y - Rainfall varied from none in s ome areas t o l ocally heavy in others during the week ending Friday) July 10. Showers brought fr om one to two inches of rain t o sever al places early in the period and light showers occurred again near the end of the week. Most of the heavier amounts occurred in middle Georgia but a f ew observers in the s outh measured ove r an inch during the week. Heavy rainfall occurred at Moultrie on July 4 and 9 to g ive a weekly total of 4.85 inches. Only light amounts were reported in most of the northern part of the State and in the southwest. Many areas continued extremely dry at the end of the peri od while some previously dry sections received good rains. Scattered showers continued t o occur over south Georgia during the weekend but very little rain occurred in the nor t he rn half of the State after Friday. Almost 3 inches fell at the Savannah Airport on Sat urday .

Temperatures were seas onally mild ear l y in the week but a gr adua l warming t r end brought r e adings back ,to normal or ab ove before the end of the peri od. Early morning temperatures were mostly in the 50's and low 60' s on Tuesday but r ose t o the high 60 ' s and l ow 70's by Friday. Af t e r noo n highs showed a similar increase through the week and were mostly in the mid 90 's by t he weeke nd . Ave r ages for the week ranged fr om near normal t o 2 de grees below normal.

The out l ook f or the peri od We dne s da y t hrough Friday ca l l s f or f air t o partly cloudy and quite war m weather with widely s cattered afternoon thunde r shov7ers b ecoming a little more nume r ous by Friday. High temperatures will range fr om 88 0 t o 950 an d 10ws fr om 66 0 to 720
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U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE WEATHER BUREAU Athens, Georgia
ESSA
Precipi t at ion For The Week Ending July 10, 1970

GEORGIA

Temper at ure ext remes f or the week ending July 10~ 19700 (Provisional )
Hi ghes t : 1010 at Appli ng and Connner ce on the 4th .
Lowest : 47 at LaFayett e on the 6th

35 I

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* For the pe riod July 11.=13$
T Les s than 0005' Lnch ,

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SPECIAL PEACH REPORT AS OF JULY 1, 1970

.1..1,.B. ~ RAR1ES

July l14,1970 -.......

Georgia's 1970 peach crop was forecast at 145.0 mill ion pounds (3,021,000 48-pound equ ivalents) as of July 1, accord ing to the Georg ia Crop Re porting Service. The est ima t e is unchanged from last month but is 17 percent below production last year.

A shorta ge of moisture during June reduced prospects in some areas and pack of some vari e t ies has been 1ighter than growers anticipated.

According to the Market News Service, 1,484 equivalent cars had moved to July 9 compa red t o 1,708 cars to the same date in 1969. Harvest is about complete in the sou thern d istrict. Southland, Loring, Sun High and Red Glob e varieties are available with Red Sk in a nd Elberta var ieties becoming available i n volume the last half of the month.

Pea ch estimates relate to total production which includes rail and truck shipments, local sales , non-inspected tr uck shipments to points i n the State and adjoining states, quan ti t ies used on f a rms where produced, and in some years quant it ies not util ized becaus e of econom ic conditions.

State

1968

PEACHES

Production

Mill io n Pounds

1969

Ind i ca t e d

48 Pound Equivalents

. 1968

1969

Indicated

1970

1970

1,000 un i ts

Nort h Carol ina South Ca ro 1 ina Georg ia Alabama Mississippi Arkansas LOLi i s iana Oklahoma Texas

77.8
400.0
: 234.5
: 39.0
12.5 36.4
: 7.3 : 10.0
30.2

56.0 338.0 175.2
50.0 17.5 42.0
7.5 12.0
32.3

46.0 290.0 145.0 40.0
16.0 40.0
6.5
9.5 30.0

1,621

8,333
. 4,885

: 813

260

758

152

. ~

208

629

1,167 7,042 3,650 1,042
365 875 156 250 673

958 6,042 3,021
833 333 833 135 198 625

9 States

: 847.7

730.5

623.0

:
: 17,659

15,220

12,978

FRASIER T. GALLOWAY Agricultural Statistician In Charge

c. L. CRENSHAW
Agricultural Statist ician

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UNITED STATES - SPECIAL PEACH REPORT AS OF JULY 1, 1970
The Nation1s peach crop is forecast at 3,128 mill ion pounds, 15 percent less than last year and 13 percent below 1968. Excluding Cal ifornia's Cl ingstone crop, used mostly for canning, production is forecast at 1,650 mill ion pounds -- 12 percent below 1969. Only New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Michigan, and Washington expect more than last year. Prospects generally decl ined from a month earl ier. Nine of the 34 peach States showed decreases, and only Tennessee, Alabama and Utah recorded increased prospects.
The 9 Southern States expect to produce 623 mill ion pounds--about the same as a month earl ier--15 percent below last year and 27 percent below the 1968 crop. Recent high temperatures hastened maturity of Georgia peaches. The Ft. Valley area is finishing up Southland, Redglobe and Loring varieties. Harvest of South Carol i na ' s peaches has moved into all areas of the State and volume is running sl ightly ahead of last year. In the Sandhills area of North Carol ina, extremely dry weather conditions hastened maturity and caused greater overlap of harvest among some varieties. In Arkansas, harvest of Redhavens is underway with Dixireds virtually complete. In Texas, the Hill Country, Cross-Timbers and Northeast areas were harvesting peaches in late June, and harvest was underway in the Sem inole area of the High Plains.
Prospects in Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland decl ined from June 1. Short moisture suppl ies i n Virgin ia and alight set on the Blake variety in many of Maryland's commercial orchards brought about the decl ine. Harvest of early var ieties in Virginia has started, but volume will be small unt il shortly after mid-July when harvest of Redhaven is expected in the Roa no ke area. Sunh igh harvest in the Roanoke area is expected by the end of July. Harvest is slated for Washington County, Maryland about July 10 -- volume movement should start July 26.

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J une 1970 Released 7/15/70

JUNE MILK PRODUCTION UP 8 PERCENT

Mi lk production on Ge org i a f arms duri ng June totaled 95 million pounds , according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. This was 7 million pounds above June 1969 but 8 million pounds below the previous month.

Product i on per cow i n herd aver aged 675 pounds - 45 pounds above the previous year but 55 pounds below the previ ous month.

The estimat e d average pri ce re ceived by producers f or a l l wholesale milk during June was $6.75 per hundredweight. Thi s wa s t he s ame as the May 1970 price , but 30 cents above the June 1969 price.

MI LK PRODUCTION AND PRICES RECEIVED AND PAID BY DAIRYMEN

Georgia

:

United St at e s

Item and U n i t : June

May

June : June

May

June

1969

1970

1970 : 1969

1970

1970

Milk production, million lbs.
y Production per cow Lbs .
Number milk cows thousand head

88

103

95

10,759 11,019 10,750

630

730

675

847

883

862

140

141

141

12,701 12,482 12,472

Prices Received - Dollars gj

All whole sale milk, cwt. Fluid milk, cwt. Manufactured milk, cwt. Milk cows, head
Prices Paid - Dollars gj

6.45 6 . 45
220 .00

6.75 6.75
250.00

1/6 .75 255 .00

5.08 5.43 4.35 303.00

539
575 4 .56
330.00

1/5.31 331.00

Mixed Dairy Feed, t on 14 percent protein 16 percent protein 18 percent protein 20 percent protein
Hay, ton

70. 00 75 00 77 00 79 00
33 00

72.00 7700 80 .00 83 00
3500

73 . 00 7500 80. 00 82 .00
34 .00

: 67.00 : 71.00 : 73.00 : 77.00 :
: 30.10

69.00 7300 7500 7900
32.40

69.00 73 .00 76 .00 80.00
31.00

g;~ Mont hl y average. Dollars per unit as of t he 15th of the month except wholesale milk which is aver age for mont h . 1/ Preliminary

FRASIER T. GALLOWAY Agr icult ur a l Statistician I n Char ge

W. PAT PARKS Agr i cul t ur a l Statistician

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The Ge orgia Crop Report i ng Se r vice, USDA, 409A Nor t h Lumpki n Street, Athens, Georgia, i n cooperation with the Georgia Depar t ment of Agriculture.

UNITED STATES MILK PRODUCTION
J une milk produ ct i on ab out t he same as a year ear lier
Uni t ed States mi l k product ion i n J une is estimated at 10,750 milli on pounds , about the s ame as a year ear lier . Dai l y ave rage production f or J une was up ab out 1 per cent fr om i~ay , the s ame ga i n a s a year ear l i er . June out put provided 1 .74 po unds of milk per pers on da j.l y for a l l us e s , compared v7ith 1. 73 pounds a month earlie r and 1. 76 pounds a year ear l ie r . Production during the f irst half of 1970 was about 0 . 3 percent mor e than a year earlier . Of the 5 lead . ing milk produ cing States, producti on wa s up in New Yor k, Califor nia, and Penns ylvania, but dom1 sli ghtly in Wiscons in an d Minnesota .

Rate pe r cow up 2 percent f rom a year earlier - -milk cows down 2 per cent

Milk out put per cow ave raged 862 p ounds in J une -- up 2 pe r cent f rom a year earlier. Daily output per cow ave raged 28 . 7 p ound s --- abo ut 1 percen t more t han i n May and the same i ncrease from May t o June as a year ear lier . Produ ct i on pe r cow wa s at a record high rate in 39 Stat es and highe st in Califor nia at 1, 035 pounds. Foll owing were Washington, 1, 020 p ounds ; l'!isconsin , 1, 000 p ou nds ; Minne sota, 975 p ounds and Ar i zona , 970 pounds. Mi lk cows on farms during J une t ota led 12 ,472 , 000, down 2 per cent f rom a year earlier .

Milk per cow an d mi l k producti on by months , Uni t ed Stat e s

Mont h

Milk pe r cow - "J:.7- - - _.

1968

1969

1970 :

Pounds - -

:

._ - - -Mi l k produc t i on

1968

1969

197 0

-- Million pound s

"J:.7
Change fr om 1969 Percent

J a nu a r y February March April May June

717 696

734 687

. 750 : 9,495

706

9 , 187

9 ) 411 8, 792

9, 412 8 ,840

o
+05

775

780

803 : 10 , 197

9 ,960 10 , 053

+0 9

796

806

826 : 10,457 10, 265 10,330

+0 .6

8 58

86 7

88 3 : 11,235 11,034 11,019

-0 .1

826

847

862 : 10,786 10,759 10,750

-0.1

Jan . -J une t otal

6 1 ,~ 5 7 60, 22 1 60 ,404

+0 .3

July

783

8eo

- : 10, 202 10,142

Augus t

740

764

- : 9 ,612

9,673

September

701

726

- : 9 , c83

9 , 165

Oct obe r

706

725

- : 9 ,124

9 , 138

Novemb e r

677

69 1

- : 8,717

8,691

December

__ 1l"J:.

132

.:. _:_ 31...1}9 91...110

_

Annual

8 ,992

9, 158

117, 234 116, 200

"J:./ Exclude s mi lk s ucked by calves.

Aft e r Five Days Return t o United Stat e s Departme nt of Agriculture
Stat is tical Repor ting Ser vice 409A North Lumpkin St r eet At hens , Ge orgi a 30601 OFFIC IAL BUS INESS

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ATHENS, GEORGIA

JUL 1 '7 1370

J u1y 15, 19 7 0

BR d~ i~I:S; -==_-= \
Placement of broiler chicks in G eorg ia during th e w eek e n d e d July 11 was 8, 603, 000- -3 perc ent 1es s than the previous w e ek a n d 1 p e rc ent 1es s t h a n the comparable week last year, according to the G eorgia Crop R ep orting S e r vi c e .
An estimated 12,13 6,000 broiler type eggs were set b y Georgia hatcheries--l percent more than the pr evious we ek but 1 percent l es s than t he comparable week a year earlier.
The majority of the prices paid to Georgia produce r s fo r broiler hatching eggs were reported within a rang e of 50 to 60 cents per dozen. T he a verag e price of hatching eggs was 56 cents per doz en. T h e price of e g g s from floc k s w ith hatchery owned cockerels generally was 2 cents below the average price. Most p rice s re cei ve d for broiler chicks by Georgia hatcheries wer e r epor ted within a range of $ 7. 00 to $8 . 50 with an average of $8.00 per hundred. The average prices last year were 61 ce nt s for eggs and $9.25 for chicks.

Week Ended

GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS AND CHICK P L ACEMENTS

Eggs Set J:../

I
i 1969 I
I Thou.

1970 Thou.

% of
year ago
Pet.

Chicks Placed for

Av. Price
~tch Broiler

Broiler s in G e orgia

i Eggs

i 1969

1970

%of 1 Per

year

Doz.

i

ago

1970

Chicks Per Hundred 1970

Thou. Thou.

Pet.

Cents Dollars

May 9

12,305 13,043 106

9,415 10,226 109

61

9.00

May 16

12,702 12,992 102

9,208

9,967 108

61

9.00

May 23

12,803 12,982 101

9,271 10, 11 6 109

59

8.50

May 30

12,637 12, 864 102

9, 109

9, 86 1 108

59

8.50

June 6

12,501 12, 893 103

9,372

9,909 106

58

8.25

June 13

11,719 11,947 102

9, 171

9 ,663 105

56

8.00

June 20

12, 217 11,41 3

93

9,232

9 , 55 6 10 4

56

8.00

June 27

12, 116 12, 101 100

9, 294

9,73 2 105

56

8.00

July 4

12,412 12,016

97

8, 549

8,860 10 4

56

8.00

July 11

12, 217 12,136

99

8, 726

8, 603

99

56

8.00

EGG TYPE
Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the week ended July 11 was 993, 000-6 percent less than the previous week but 6 percent more than the comparable week last year. An estimated 1, 200, 000 eggs for the production of egg type chicks were set by Georgia hatcheries, 19 percent more than the previous w e ek and 31 percent more than the comparable week last year.
In the four states that accounted for about 26 perc ent of the hatch of all egg type chicks in the U. S. in 1969, hatchings during the week ended July 11 were up 23 percent and settings were up 22 percent from a year ago.

State

,

EGG TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS HATCHED, 1970
,

I ;

E ggs Set (W eek Ended)

%of

Chicks Ha t c he d (Week Ended)

I June

June July

July

ye ar

June J une

July

July

II %of year

' 20

27

4

11

1--- ----- ago 2/ 20

--- I 27

4

11

T h~ u s an d~-- - -

I ago 2/

131 i 954 96 2 I , 053

I 993 106

58

4 15 39 5

335

320 , 70

131

1,175 1, 3 12 1,323 1,651 165

159

19 8 2 68

171

215 111

Total ! 4,016 3,887 3,7 6 8 3,764 ; 122 : 2,7 4 2 2 ,9 3 7 2, 882 3, 179
1/ Includes e ggs s et by hatcheries producing c hi ck s fo r hat c he r y s uppl y flocks.
2/ Current w e e k as percent o f s a m e we ek la s t year .

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BROILER TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL AREAS BY WEEKS - 1970 Page 2

STATE

-

EGGS SET

__Vi eek_~_nci~~L ___ _____ .

J une

J ul y

July

%of
year

I

CHICKS PLACED

I._- - Week Ended - ---- _.---- -"

June

July

July

% of
year

27

4

11

ago 1/ 27

4

11

ago 1/

THOUSANDS

THOUSANDS

Maine Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana Mis souri Delaware Ma rylan d Virginia We s t Virginia North Carolina South Carolina
GEORGIA
Florida Tennessee Alabama Mis sis sippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas Washington Oregon California
TOTAL 1970 (22 States)

1,848
93 1,692
534 315 3,528 4,495 2, 125
35 7,721
692

2,053 159
1,781 488 324
3,405 4,713 1,993
34 8,278
58 0

1, 942

92

182

88

1,872 115

515 102

294 107

3,370 123

5,018

93

1,968 105

34

97

7,964 100

600 III

1, 581 140
1, 137 306 546
2,945 4,00 8 1,443
302 6,721
559

1,532 147
1, 08 0 32 0 581
2,964 3,615 1,454
393 6 ,624
658

1,528

105

108

67

1, 148

107

279

93

385

93

2, 721

96

3,376

97

1,400

102

267

60

5,42 8

94

653

125

12,101 12,016 12, 136

99

9,732

8, 860

8,603

99

1, 142

1, 162

I I, 127 102

926

856

914

119

696 9, 511

7 01 10, 059

I 699

91

10, 0 26 112

1, 033 7 ,9 72

1, 259 7,943

950 7,221

98 10 2

5, 637 12,0 52

5,898 12,308

5,752 12,070

1 12 102

I 5,571 9,672

5,472 9,260

4 ,992 8,398

104 10 0

1,050 5, 268
657 468

959 5, 124
448 469

930

I 98

1, 031

4,713 101 I 4,015

561 547

99 115

I 447 450

960 3,874
553 340

885 3, 291
566 2 04

92 89 139 55

2, 10 5

2,059

2,2 50 101

1,829

1, 818

1. 6 16

93

73,76 5 75,011 74, 570 103

62,366 60, 563 54,933

99

TOTAL 1969* (22 States)

73,781 73,342 72,094

%of Last Year \

10 0

102

103

1/ Current week as percent of same week last year.

58, 091 107
* Revised.

52, 865 11 5

55, 716 99

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Week'Ending J uly 20, 1970

ACTIVITY HIGH ON FARMS

Athens, Ga , , J uly 20 -- Georgi a f armers wer e a ve r y busy group l a st week, acc ording t o

the Ge orgi~ Crop Rep orting Se r vi ce . The wide range of f arm work included such items as pea ch ,

t obac co, and hay harve st , crop cu l t i vation, and i nsect and di sea s e contr ols . Soi l moist ure

r emained ve ry sho r t for most of the nor t he r n thi r d of the State . Moi st ur e condit ions va r ied

widely f or other s ecti ons, even withi n i ndividual countie s.

County Agents r ep ort ed a new threat t o an a l ready drought-damaged corn crop . Sout her n Cor n leaf Blight, a re lative ly new disease for Geo rgia, was spr eading rapidly and ent i r e fi elds i n many count ies have been de stroyed . The r e i s no known control for t he wind -borne fungu s whi ch ha s become a s e r ious problem i n ma ny countie s .

Cot t on r emained i n ab out the same general fair to go ed condit i on . About 87 pe rcent of the crop was set t ing b olls. I ns e ct i nfe stat i on l evels were slightly be low normal .

Toba cco wa s judged t o be ab out 87 per cent harve sted compared wi t h the usual 60 percent completion l evel f or this date . The advanced harvesting rate wa s a t tributed mai~ly t o the dry s eas on whi ch caused rap i d maturi ng.

Ove r 60 percent of the reporters rated peanuts i n good condit ion .. lea fs pot and insect controls cont i nued as farmers began to get harvest equipment ready. Soybeans showed improvement during the we ek . Much of the change was in the i mportant central and southern areas .

lot

e-Pque-ai vch-a lehnatrvs ehsatdrebaeecnhedintshpreecete-fdoubyrththse

completion by week 's Federal-State I nspe

c

end . t i on

Through July 16 , 1,618 car Se r v i ce compa r ed with 1,907

car l ots through the same date l ast year.

Haying was very active i n ma ny area s . Pastures remained mos tly po or in t he nor t h and mostly f air t o goo d e l se whe re . Ca t t l e were i n goed condition .

Li ght supp l i e s of cantaloups a nd watermelons are expected t o cont inue through July i n the Cordele a r ea . Harves t of early va r iet ies of sweetpo tatoes is getting underway i n southern areas. The hot, dr y weather condit ions caused cons i der ab l e damage t o veget ables in the mountain ar e a s .

WEATHER SU~1MARY - - Rainfall was mostly light in north Georgia and light t o l ocally heavy in the sout h during the week endi ng July 17, 1970 . Scat t er ed showers oc curr ed in the nor t h on Tuesday a nd Wedne s aay but most reported amount s were l e s s than one-ha l f i nch . Seve r a l weather observers meas ured l es s tha n one - t ent h of a n inch for the week . Showers were more frequent and
3t generally he avier ove r much of the sout h . Measurable rain occurred on 4 or 5 days at some
p l a ce s and seve r a l tot a l s exceede d an inch . Almos t i nche s f ell at Buena Vi st a , i n the west e rn par t of the St ate , and at the Sava nnah Ai rpor t i n the east . Much of north Ge or gia and scat t ered a reas in the s outh were sti l l ve ry dry at the end of the week . Ther e was practically no rain i n t he nor t h and onl y wi dely s catt er ed showe r s i n the s out h duri ng the weekend .

Temperature s we re abo ut nor ma l during the f i rst half of the week , wi t h h ighs in the l ow to mid 90 's a nd lows i n the high 60 's and l ow 70' s . Mos t observers r e corded their highe st r eadings on Wednesday and Thursday . Cool er and dryer a i r moved into the St ate late Thursday and Friday bringing a drop of a f ew de grees i n b ot h h i gh and l ow t emper atur e s. Ea r l y mor ning t emperatures wer e i n t he 50 's ~nd l ow 60 's i n t he nor t he rn t hi rd of the State Friday morni ng . A weeke nd warming trend brought t empe r ature s back up t o about nor ma l by Sunday . Ave r ages for the week
r ange d fr om sli ghtly be low normal to s lightly above norma l .

The out look for the pe r i od Wedne sday through Friday calls for partly cl oudy and warm weathe r with a chance of afte r noon and evening t hunde r showers mainly i n the s outh . Hi gh s shoul d be i n t he mid t o upper 80 's in the nor th an d upper 80 ' s t o l ow 90 ' s in the s outh . Lows should range f r om t he mid 60 's i n the north to the upper 60 's and l ow 70' s in the s outh .
- - - The-Georgi a-crop Reporting Service, -At hens, - Geor gi a; in-cooperation-~.,ith t he - - - - - - Coope rat ive Exten si on Service, University of Ge orgia; Ge orgia Department of Agricul ture ; a nd t he Weathe r Bureau, ESSA, U. S . Dep art me nt of Comme rce .

u, S. DE P A RT ME NT OF COMMERCE
WEAT HE R BUREAU Athens, Georgia
ESSA
Preoi p'it a:t i ::'::l FeT The Week Ending J uly 17it 1 97':")

GEO RGI

Tempera ture extr emes for t he weel{; endi ng J uly 179 1970 0 (ProV:is ioml )
Highe st ~ 1020 a+;. New~ington on the
16th o
Lot-vest s 49C 3.t Bl .s irsv.ill.e on t he
17t h "

'OllA a y
-~ For t he pe r:i od J u l y 18 ~2 0R T Less t han ,,005 inch"
Af t er Five Days Ret ur n tc United s t at es Depar t ment of Agr i cul ture
Stat i st i cal Repor t i ng Ser yi ce 409A North Lumpkin St.r eet Athens , Georgia 3060l OFFI CIAL BUSINESS

AC Q DIV

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UNIVERS IT Y OF GEO RGIA

UNI V LI BRARI ES

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GA 30601

Postage and Fee s P~i d U, S . Depar tment of Agri culture
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GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
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ATHENS, GEORGIA
Ite m

JUNE dh o JUL 221970

u1y 21, 1970 r

L. /f:JRARli S

During June

1969 1/

1970 2/

0/0 of
last year

J an. thru June

1969 1/

1970 2/

Thou.

Thou.

Pct.

Thou.

Thou.

%of
last year
Pct.

Broiler Type Pullets Placed (U. S. )3/
Total Domestic

3,844 3,409

3, 981 10 4 3,420 100

23, 477 20,291

24,311 104 20,925 103

Chickens Tested Broiler Type
G eorgia United States Egg Type G eorgia United States

446 1,856
18 363

4 84 109 2,140 115
o
398 110

3 , 29 3 13, 869
113 2,991

3, 500 106 15.250 110
160 142 3,062 102

Chicks Hatched Broiler Type
Georgia United States E gg Type G eorgia United States

43,072 266, 184
3,674 47,395

44,360 103 286, 299 108
4, 248 116 51,149 108

254,641

270,039 106

1,547,025 1,697,296 110

22, 159 299, 170

25,036 113 341,553 114

Commercial Slaughter:4/ Young Chickens
G eorgia United States Mature Chickens Light Type
Georgia United States Heavy Type Georgia Unite d State s

33,084 220,204
684 9,893
179 2, 189

38,350 116 253,888 115
1,692 247 11,181 113
493 275 3,205 146

187,763

209,432 112

1, 244 , 193 1, 391, 545 112

NA 69, 142
NA 12, 539

11,865 71,157 103
2, 232 16, 179 129

I Number Layers and E~U~ Production

Number Layers on

Eggs Pe r

Hand During June

100 Layers

Total Eggs Produced During June

G eorgia Hatching Other Total
South Atlantic 5/ United States -

1969

1970

Thousands

I' 1969

1970

Number

5,370 18,436 23,806
I 63, 246 307,976

5, 128 I 1, 785
18, 734 1, 824 23,862 1,818 64,006 1, 870 312,251 I 1,870

1, 770 1, 815 1,806 1, 830 1,836

1969

1970

Millions

96 337 4 33 1, 183 5,759

91 340 431 1, 171 5,732

U. S. Egg Type chicken eggs in incubator July 1, 1970 as p ercent of July 1, 1969.

106

1/ Revised.

2/ Preliminary.

.

3/ Pullets for broiler hatchery supply flocks , includes expected pullet r eplacements 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. v s., N. C., S. C., Ga., Fla., Va.

NA - Not Available.

United States Department of Agriculture

Georgia Depa r t ment of Ag r i c ultur e

Statistical Reporting Service, 409A North Lumpkin Stre et, At hen s , Georgia 30601

State

YOUNG CHICKENS: SLAUGHTERED UNDER FEDERA L INSPECTION

BY SELECTED STATES, 1969 and 1970

Number Inspected

Indicated P ercent Condemned

I During May

1969

1970

Jan. thru May

1969

1970

During May

1969

1970

Jan. thru May

1969

1970

Thou.
i

Thou.

Thou.

Thou. I Pet.

Pet.

Pet.

Pet.

Maine

5,787

6,089

26,742 30,726 3.9

3.6

4. 3

3.8

Pa .

6,978

6,941

33,603 34,092 4.5

4. 9

4. 8

5. 1

Mo. DeL

4, 527

5, 319

21,001 24,835 3.9

4. 1

s, 235

7, 511

37,084 38,768 3.8

3.7

4. 3

4.9

4. 1

4.3

Md.

14, 534 14,361

65,263 72, 582 3. 5

3. 8

3.8

4.4

v .

7,893

7,867

33,743 38,634 3.4

3. 5

4. 0

4.5

N. C.

24,747 26,418 107,118 125, 256 3.7

4. 2

4.1

4.3

Ga.

32, 253 35,235 153,231 170,420 5.4

5. 2

5. 5

5. 7

T enn.

5,995

6,372

26,761 29,096 3.5

3. 7

3.8

3.6

Ala.

25,039 28, 117 114, 604 127,043 3. 5

5.2

3.7

5.2

Miss.

15,430 17,968

73, 102 83,459 2.0

2.3

2.6

2.5

Ark.

32, 199 31,379 148, 552 159,495 3.0

3.2

3.8

3.5

Texas

13,795 15,437

63,464 73,770 3.2

3.4

3.3

3.7

------ -------------------------------------- ----------- --------------------------

235,119

1,129,960 3.6

4. 0

U. S. I 220,210

1,002,152

4.0

4.3

MID-MONTH PRICES RECEIVED AND PRICES P AID

Item

I!

June 15

Georgia

!

United States

May 15 June 15 I, June 15 Ma y 15 June 15

1969

1970

1970 I 1969

1970

1970

I

Cents

Cents

Cents ! Cents Cents

Cents

Prices Received: Chickens, lb.,

I
I

excl. broilers

9.5

8.0

7.0

9.2

9.3

8.4

Com'l Broilers (lb.)

15.0

13.0

12.0 It 15.9

13.9

13.3

All Eggs, (dozens)

37.5

34.4

36.0 . 31.4 29.9

30.5

Table (dozens Hatching, (dozens)

29.0 61.0

I 31.4 !
56.0

I Prices Paid: (per ton)

Dol.

DoL

DOlo ! DoL

DoL

Dol.

Broiler Grower Laying Feed

94.00 80.00

99.00 80.00

95.00 83.00

92.00 80.00

94.00 82.00

93.00 83.00

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.

FRASIER T. GALLOWA Y 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

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ATHENS, GEORGIA



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GEORGIA


CROP

ERS Il'{ OF GEORGIA

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REPORTING I'

JUL Z 3 1970 SERVICE
IDRARIES

~'U

J ul Y 22, 197 0

BROILER TYPE
Placement of broiler chicks i n Georgia during th e w e e k ended July 18 was 8 , 76 7 , 0 00 - - 2 percent more than the previous week and 1 p erc ent mo re t han t he comparable week last year, according to the G eorgi a Crop R eporting Se rvi ce .
An estimated 11, 988, 000 broiler type eggs were set by G e o r gia hat cher i es --1 per cent less than both the previous week and the comparable week a ye a r earlie r .
The majority of the prices paid to Georgia producer s for bro ile r hat ching e gg s we r e r eported within a rang e of 50 to 60 c ents p er dozen. Th e a verage p r i ce o f hatching eggs was 55 cents per dozen. The price of eggs fro m flo c k s with hatchery owned cockerels generally was 2 cents below t he average p ric e. Most pr ic e s r eceived f o r broiler chicks by G eorgia hatcheries were r eported within a r ang e of $ 7 . 0 0 t o $8 . 50 with an average of $ 7 . 7 5 p e r hundr ed. The average pric es l a s t y e ar we re 62 cents for e g gs and $ 9 . 50 for chicks.

Week E n de d

GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS A ND CHI CK P L ACE MZ N T S

Egg s Set ~I

1969

1970

0/0 of
ye ar ago

I
i C h i c k s Plac ed fo r
Broilers in G eo r gia

I
1969

1970

0/0 of
ye ar

ago

...__ _____A v . .. J: J'js_~

Hatc h

I,
I

Eggs

!

P er Do z .

Broiler Chicks P er H undr ed

1970

1970

Thou.

Thou.

Pet.

Thou. Thou.

Pct.

Ce nts Dollars

Ma y 16 M a y 23 May 30 June 6 J une 13 June 20 J un e 27 July 4 J uly 11 July 18

12, 702 12,992 102

12, 803 12,982 101

12,637 12, 864 102

12, 501 12, 893 103

11,719 11,947 102

12, 217 11,413

93

12,116 12,101 100

12,412 12,016

97

12, 217 12, 136

99

12,086 11, 988

99

9,208

9,271

9, 109

I

9,372 9, 171

9,232

9, 294

8, 549

8,726

: 8,712

9 ,967 10, 116
9,861 9,90 9 9,663 9,556 9,73 2 8, 860 8,603 8, 767

10 8

61

109

59

108

I
I

59

10 6

i
I

58

I 10 5

56

10 4 I

56

10 5 I 56 I

104 ! 56

99

I I I

56

10 1 I 55

9.00 8.50 8.50 8.25 8.00 8.00 8. 00 8. 00 8.00 7.75

EGG TYPE
Hatch of egg type chicks in G eorgua during the week e n de d July 18 w as 889,000--10 p erc ent less than the previous we ek but 7 percent more than the compa r able w eek last year. An estimated 274,000 eggs for the production of egg type chicks were s et by G eorgia hatcheries, 77 percent less than the previous week and 70 percent l es s than the comparable we ek last year.
In the four states that accounted for about 26 percent of t he hatch of all egg type chicks in the U. S. in 1969, hatchings during the week ended July 18 we re up 10 percent a n d s ettings were down 17 percent from a y ear ago.

State
Ga . Ill. Calif. Wash.

EGG TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS HAT CHED, 1970

Eggs Set (Week Ended)

I I % of

Chicks Ha t c he d (We ek E nde d)

June 27

July July

4

11

July 18

I year I June J ul y

I ago 2 1 27

4:

J ul y 11

July 18

1, 139 420
2, 063 265

Thousands

1,012 205
2,209 342

1,200 265
2,019 280

274 350 1,823 165

1
I 30
87 1 106 : 12 4

I

II

962 395

1 1, 3 12

! 268

T housands

1,053 33 5
1, 3 23 17 1

993 32 0 1, 6 5 1 21 5

889 325 1, 497 20 4

. % of
; year
i ago 21
107 . 86 11 4 14 4

Total I 3 ,887 3,768 3,764 2,612 I 83

! 2,937 2, 8 8 2 3, 179 2, 9 15 110

11 Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatche r y s up p ly floc ks .

21 Current week as percent of same w eek las t y ear.

BROILER TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLA CED IN CO MMERCIAL A ~ EA S BY W~E KS - 1970 Page 2

STAT E

l-fulY i

EGGS SET

\

CHI CKS PLACED

'---. -----j~ly-- Wee~~~e4-J~ly--- ; ~e~~

I.

4

11

18 : a g o 1/

_V{ ~_~~ ~~<le d

-- j~1Y-1

%of
year

4

11

18

ago 1/

I

T HO USAN DS

T HOUSANDS

Maine Connectic ut P e n n s ylvania Indiana Mis s o ur i Delawa r e Maryl a nd Virginia West Vi r ginia North Carolina Sout h Carolina

2, 053 159
1, 78 1 488 324
3,4 0 5 4, 7 13
1,993 34
8,2 78 580

1,942 182
1, 872 5 15 294
3,370 5, 018 1,9 68
34 7, 964
600

1, 931

91

13 1 56

1, 790 107

44 1 85

286 94

3,3 50 121

4, 979 92

1, 821 10 2

33 106

8, 132 102

539 97

1,532 147
1,0 80 32 0 581
2, 964 3,61 5 1, 45 4
393 6, 624
65 8

1, 528 108
1, 14 8
27 9 3 85 2,7 21 3,3 76 1, 400 267 5, 428 653

1, 34 9

83

87

57

1,000

100

260

96

563

123

2,49 7

90

3, 525

98

1, 23 7

97

35 7

99

6, 0 14

102

59 9

114

GEORGIA

12, 0 16 12,136 11, 988 99

8, 860

8,603

8, 767

10 1

F l o rida Tel:11es s e e A l a bama Mi s sis sippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas Wa s hin gt on Oregon California
TOTAL 1970 (22 Stat es)

1, 162

1, 127

1, 186 109

856

914

870

107

701

699

695 83

1, 259

950

90 4

82

10, 059 10, 026

9,845 110

7,943

7, 221

7, 42 6

101

5, 898

5, 752

5, 68 4 115

5,47 2

4, 992

5, 030

106

12,308 12,070 11, 537 101

9 , 2 60

8,398

8, 701

101

959

930

941 99

960

885

778

83

5, 124

4, 7 13

4, 770 112

3,874

3, 291

3.938

107

44 8

561

446 85

553

566

434

102

469

54 7

345 III

340

204

353

93

2,059

2, 250

2, 310 108

1, 818

1, 616

1, 587

1

75,011 74, 570 73, 180 103 60, 563 54,933 56, 276

100

TOTAL 1969* (22 States)

73,342 72,094 70, 893

0/0 of Last Year

102

103

103

1/ Current week a s p ercent of same week last ye ar.

52,865
I
I 115
* Revised.

55, 716 99

56, 397 100

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J't} DUNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

GEORG IA CROP REPORTIN
ATHENS , GEORGIA

S~BsYT/NlE GEORGIA JUL2 8 1970

IBRA RIES

uly 24 , 1970

HONEY REPORT - - JULY 1) ~ ..

=:=oro " ~

Ge orgi a : The e stimated number of colonies of bees in the State on July 1, 1970 t otaled .- 174) 000 , accordi ng to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. This is 1 percent below
the 176,000 colonies on hand a year ag o. The condition of colonies on July 1 was 85 pe r cent of nor ma l , compar ed with 89 percent in 1969. Nectar plant condition was reported at 78 percent of nor mal - the same as a year ago.

Un i t ed St at es : Colon i e s of bees totaled 4, 638,000 in 48 States on July 1) ac cording t o the Crop
Repor t i ng Board. This is a 2 percent decline from 1969. With the except ion of 1967 whe n number s were up 1 percent, colonie s have declined each year since 1958. This year' s l ar ge s t dec line) 13 percent , was in the North Atlantic Region. other regions showing declines wer e : East Nor t h Central) 9 percent; Sout h Central, 3 percent; and South Atlantic, I percent. I ncreases of 2 and 1 percent were r eported in the West North Central and the Western) . r e sp ectively .

Condi t ion of colonies on July I averaged 85 percent of normal in the 48 States, compar ed wi th 89 percent a year earlier. Condition of colonies by regions ranged fr om 82 perce nt i n the North Atlantic to 88 percent in the West North Central Region. Condition of colonies was below a year ear l i e r in all regions except the West North Central. The Nor t h At l an ti c and the Western were ea ch down 6 points) and the East North Central, South Atlantic, a nd the Sout h Central wer e ea ch dom1 4 points. The lower condition in the North Atlantic was at t r i but ed t o a severe winter that limited bee activity and spring freezes that cut the ea r l y ne ctar flo,. a nd gener a l l y weake ned colonies. The decline in the West was mostly due to cool) wet spring condi t i ons in Calif ornia and Idaho. Some States in the other regions reported low conditions but ge nerally coloni es were about normal even though regional averages were below the high co~dition of a year ago.

Condition of nectar plants on July I was reported generally good in the 48 State s.
The J ul y 1 average of 78 percent of normal was 6 points below last year's excellent condition.
The sharpe st decline) 13 point s , was recorded in the West. Other declines were:
Sout h Atlantic ) 6 points; North Atlantic and East North Central each 4 points; South Central an d West Nor t h Central each 2 percentage points.

FRAS IER T. GALLOWAY Agricultura l Statistician In Charge

L. H. HARRIS) JR. Statistical Assistant

The Georgi a Crop Reporting Service ) USDA) 409A North Lumpkin Street , Athens , Georg ia, i n coope rat i on with the Ge orgia Department of Agriculture.

Colonies of Bees and Condition of Colonies and Nectar Plants on Ju~y 1

St at e

:

Colonies of Bees

:

Condition 17

and Division

:
: 1969

: :

1970

. . : 1970 as %:

Colonies

: Nectar pl ant s

of 1969 : 1969

1970 : 1969 : 1970

- Thousands -

Percent

N. Atl. Ohio
I nd. Ill. Mich .
His . E. N. Cent.
Mi nn.

:

~29

: 150

:

88

:

87

: 121

: 129

: 575

: 196

287

87

88

82

88

84

124

83

88

82

86

82

78

89

93

82

95

85

76

87

88

86

87

85

120

99

87

82

90

85

123

95

86

88

86

82

521

91

88

84

88

84

200

102

85

90

85

87

I owa Mo . N. Dak. S. Dak .

: 138

: 101

:

53

: 110

137

99

81

96

95

90

56

105

84

117

106

82

86

90

84

87

85

77

90

90 .

85

90

90

92

Nebr .
Kans .
W. N. Cent. Del.

: 104



49
751 4

Md .

:

28

Va.

:

97

W. Va . N. C.

:

92

226

S. C.

:

63

Ga.

: 176

Fl a.

: 337

S. Atl.

: 1,023

Ky. Tenn .

:

81

146

Ala. Miss .

:


89 56

Ark.

:

92

La.

:

84

Okla.

:

60

Texas

: 232

S. Cent. West.

: 840
1,238

48 St ates

: 4,756

11 Per cent of normal .

109 49 764 4
27 92 89 217 62
174 344 1,009
70 136 84
57 90 82 60
232 811 1,246
4,638

105

87

100

81

102

85

100

95

97

95

95

87

97

91

96

88

98

84

99

89

102

92

99

90

86

91

93

92

94

84

101

86

98

93

98

97

100

87

100

86

97

89

101

90

98

89

88

87

78

87

83

90

88

87

85

95

88

95

92

74

91

81

79

68

85

81

72

87

86

70

84

77

72

85

78

78

88

77

76

86

80

74

85

89

81

81

89

71

80

79

75

87

71

76

85

85

78

93

81

79

79

80

68

86

71

84

85

80 '

78

84

87

74

85

84

78

After Five Days Return to
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GEORGIA:

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July 1, 1970
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Released 7127170 GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE

Corn. Oats. Soybean. and Kye Stocks Up

Corn stocks on July 1, 1970 totaled 10,922,000 bushels compared with 9,256,000 bushe~n hand a year earl ier. Soybeans stored on July I totaled 3,736,000 bushels compared with 1,960,000 bushels on hand July 1, 1969. Stored oats totaled 439,000 bushels compared with 228,000 bushels on hand a year earl ier. Wheat stocks in all storage positions totaled 408,000 bushels -- 21,000 bushels less than the previous year. ~ storage more than doubled over J uly 1, 1969 -- now total ing 170,000 bushels.

Georg ia Grain Stocks -- July 1, 1970 With Comparisons

GRAI N

ON FARMS

1969

1970

_1. 000 bushels

OFF FARMS

1969

1970

: I ,000 bushe 1s

. ALL POS IT IONS

1969

1970

i . 1,000 bushel s

Corn Oa t s (0 I d crop) Barley (old crop) Wheat (old crop) Rye (old crop) Sorghum Soybeans

6,984 170
9 128
31 22 142

8,470 : 2';272

293 :

58

7

16

58 85

.

301 44

28 :
168 .

1,8f8*

2,452 146
35*0
85
-
3,568

* Not publ i s he d to avoid disclosing individual operations.

: 9,256 228 25 429 75
: 1,960*

10,922 439
~':
408 170 28 3,736

UNITED STATES

Stocks of Corn. Soybeans. Sorqhums. Down Other Grains Above Year Aqo

Decl ines in stocks of corn and sorghum grain more than offset relatively sharp
increases in oats and barley, and total feed grains (corn, oats, barley and sorghum grain) at 77.0 mill ion tons were down 3 percent from a year earl ier.

Stocks of all wheat were 8 percent above a year earl ier, with durum wheat stocks nearly double last July 1. Rye stocks were a third higher than a year earl ier. Holdings of soybeans were down 11 percent.

Old crop carryover of all wheat on July I totaled 880 mill ion bushels, 8 percent more than a year earl ier and the largest since July 1, 1964. Farm holdings at 305 million bushels we re exceeded only by the record high July 1, 1969 stocks of 328 mil I ion. Off-farm stocks of 575 mill ion bushels were 17 percent above the previous year. July I stocks in all positions indicate disappearance during the crop year -- July I, 1969 to June 30, 1970 - - of 1,397 mill ion bushels compared with 1,297 mill ion bushels a year earl ier, and 1,408 mill ion two years earl ier.

Corn in all storage pos itions on July 1 totaled 1,923 mill ion bushels, 7 percent less than a year earl ier and 12 percent less than July 1, 1968. Off-farm stocks of 520 mill ion bushels were 11 percent less than a year earl ier, and farm holdings at 1,403 mill ion bushels were down 6 percent. Indicated disappearance from all positions during the April-June quarter was 1,067 mill ion bushels, compared with 973 mill ion during the same quarter a year
ea r lie r ,

Soybean stocks in al I storage positions on July 1, 1970 totaled 403 mil I ion bushels, 1I percent below a year earl ier. Off-farm stocks of 325 mill ion bushels were 3 percent above a year ago, but farm stocks at 78 mill ion bushels were down 45 percent.

Old crop oat carrYover stocks i n all positions on July I totaled 489 mil I ion bushels-up sharply from the 375 mil I ion last year and are the largest for this date. Old crop barley holdings in al I storage positions amounted to 232 mill ion bushels on July I , 1970. Sorqhum qra in stored in all positions on July I totaled 348 mill ion bushels, 10 percent
less than a year earl ier.

Stocks of grains, July I, 1970 wit h comparisons (In thousand bushels)

Grai n a nd position

July 1 1968

July 1 1969

Apr! I 1 1970

Jul y I 1970

ALL WH EAT (old crop)
On Farms 1/ Co~modi ty Credit Corp. 1/
Mil Is, El ev. & Whse s . 1 /}/
TOTAL
RYE (old crop) On Farms 1/
Commod ity-Credit Corp. 1/ Mi l l s , Elev. & Whse s . 1/ ]/
TOTAL
COR N On Farms 1/ Com~odity-Credit Corp. 1/ Mil1s, El ev. & Vhses. 1/}/
TOTAL
OATS (old crop)
On Fa rms 1/ Commodity Credit Corp 1/ Mills, Elev. & Whse s . 1/ }/
TOTAL
BARLEY (old crop) On Farms 1/
Commod ity-Credit Corp. 1/
Mills, Elev. & Whses. 1/}/
TOTAL
SO (tGHUM On Fa rms 1/
Commodity-Credit Corp. 1/
Mills, Elev. & Whse s . 1/}/
TOTAL
SOYB EANS
On Fa rms 1/ Commodi ty Cred it Corp. 1/
Mills, Elev. & Whses. 1/1/

230,379 749
308,251
539.379
3,744 419
13,869 18,032
1,646,440 97,785
432,793 2,1)7,018
206,173 6,668 59.843
272 .684
71,524 3,944
62,200 137,668
90,719 4,587
272.821 368.127
120,586
164,389

327,835 790
489,949
818.574
2,003 418
13,549 15,970
1,486,739 ll~5 ,982 435,674
2,068,395
275,218 6,664 93.285
375.167
114,875 3,927
80,682 199,484
83,816 4,583
297.908 386 .307
141,138 4,092
310,061

454,302
94L~
739,803
1.195.049
7 ,650 413
16,568 24,631
2,221,646 135,285 632,542
2,989,473
528,779 7 ,91 L~
136,730 673.423
192,825 4,90b
128,693 326,424
120,261 4,577
381 ,318 506 .156
207,092 14,506
510 ,L+95

305,109 1,220
574,060
B80 .3Ug
2,911 420
18,002 21 ,333
1,402,941 119,146 400,619
1,922 ,706
344,547 8,049
136.546 489.142
132,114 4,909
95 ,041 232,064
69,191 5,233
273,678 348. 102
78,203 13,491 311,255

TOTAL

284 .975

455,291

732.093

402.949

1/ Estimates of the Crop Reporting Board.
1/ C. c. C. - owned grain at b in sit es.

}/ All off-farm storages not otherwise designated, including terminals and processing

plants. Includes C.C.C. - owned grain in these storages.

FRASIER T. GALLCWAY Agricultural Statist ician In Charge

A. J. BORDELOi~ Agricultural Statistician

ISSUED BY: The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, USDA, 409A North Lumpkin Street, At he ns , Ga., in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture.

Af t e r Five Days Return to Un ited States Department of Agr iculture
Stat istical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street
Athens, Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS

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Athens , Ge

Week Endi ng July 27, 1970

JUL 2. 8 '\970

Released 3 p .m. Monday

CO~J CROP THREATENED BY BLI GHT Athe ns , Ga . , J uly 27 - - Sout h Geor~

\BAAR\E.S
or n-cr op was und er attack l a st week by the Sout her n

Cor n leaf Bl ight , accordi ng t o the Ge orgia Crop Reporting Service. This blight is a wind-borne

f ungus and is new t o Ge orgia. Young corn i n the pre-milk stage is usually de s t royed by t he

diseas e . Mos t corn i n t he af f e cted area was nearer maturity, however, an d the damage i s expe cted

t o be l e s s , but t he fu l l extent is not known. Considerable acreage of t he b lighted cor n is

be i ng cut f or s i lage .

County Agents judged s oi l moi sture in their counties to be adequate i n most count ies . Cotton was i n f air t o good condition with 90 percent of the State's a cr eage setting b olls . I nsect infestation l eve ls were abo ut normal but increas i ng as rainy weather made spray pr ograms more difficult t o f ollow .

Tobacco was 73 perce nt harvested by t he week end. Markets opened over the Belt and ge nerally favorable pr ices were r epor t ed.

Prospects conti nued very f avorable for peanuts. About 71 percent of t he COllli ty Agent s r ep orting rated the ir pe an ut s a s good or above . Controls for insects and disea se were a ctive betwe en r a i ns . Soybean s were a l so rated h i gh with the improved moisture situat i on making prospects good .

Pe ach harvest WaS jUdged about 86 percent complete. Through July 23, 1 , 732 car lot e quiva lents had been inspe cted by the Federal -Stat e Inspection Service compared with 2,097 carlots through t his date last year.

Pastures wer e reported i n better condition than the previous week and i mpr ovi ng. Cattle r emained in mos t ly go od condi t ion .

Light supp l ie s of wat e r me l ons an d toma t oe s cont inued from the central and norther n areas . Recent r ai ns wi ll be ve r y beneficial to late plantings. Harvest of early planted a creage of snap bean an d cabbage was near ing comp l et i on in the mountain areas. Much needed rains have bee n rece ived i n this area and all veget ab l e crops showed a marked improveme nt in condit ion and growth.

WEATHER SUMN~Y - Heavy t o exce ss i ve rains occurred over most of Georgia duri ng t he week ending Friday , J uly 24 . Rainfall a ssociated wit h tropical storm Becky r eli eved t he ext r eme l y dry condit i ons that had developed over mos t of north Georgia during a period of several weeks . Seve ral we ather ob s ervers i n the nor t hwe s t measured over 5 inches of rain and most p l aces rece i ved more than l ! i nche s dur i ng the week . It was by far t he wettest week in Ge or g i a in the last 7 or 8 . Mos t p l aces r eceived the ir heav i e st rains on Tuesday and Wednesday as a r esult of Becky but thundershowers cont i nued through the rema inder of the week in many areas . The re was s ome decrease i n shower a ctivity during the weekend but several place s had moder ate r ainf a l l on Sunday and r ain was occ ur r ing in parts of t he State Monday morning , July 27.

Temperatu~es wer e near s ea s ona l most of the week but highs wer e he ld down on t wo or three days by showers . Early morning tempe r at ur e s were in the 60's and low 70' s. Hi ghs were mostly
in the 80 ' s a nd l ow 90 ' s but r emai ned in t he 70 's over much of nor t h Ge orgi a on Wednesday . Mos t place s had t he ir warmest weat he r at "t he beginning of the week. Averages ranged f rom near nor ma l t o 3 degrees be l ow normal .

The out l ook for the peri od v7ednesday through Friday calls f or cont i nued warm weather with wide l y s cattered afternoon and eve ni ng t hu ndershowers. Lows will be in the upper 60' s in the mountai ns an d ext r eme nor t h and f r om 680 to 760 elsewhere. Afternoon highs will be mos t l y in the 90 ' s .
- - The Georgia CropReportingServiCe~ Athens~ Ge"brgia;-in cooperatIon with-the- - - - - - - Cooperative Extension Ser vi ce , University of Georgia; Georgia Department of Agr i cul t ur e ; and the Weat her Bur eau, ESSA, U. S . Depar t ment of Commerce.

u. S . DEPART ME N T OF COMMERCE

,WE A T HER BUREAU

, , A t h'e n s , Georgia

.

ESSA

Pr ec:i pi t a t i on For The Week Ending July 24,9 1 970

GEORGIA

Temperature extremes for the week ending July 24,9 19700 (Provis ional)
Highest ~ 960 at several places on the 1 9t h , 20th, and 21 st.
Lowest : 54o a t Tallapoosa on the 18th.

3017
' GIL\ DY I TIIOH"G
~~ For t he peri od July 25=27 ~ 1 970" T Less than 0005 i nch o
Aft er Fi ve Day s Re t ur'n t s Uni t e d St a t e s Depa r t men t o f A g r ~ c u ~ t u r e
Stat ist i c al Re po r t i ng S Er ~ i c e
409A No rth Lumpki n St r e e t
At hens , Geo r g i a 30 60 1 OFFI CI AL BUSI NESS

Pos t a ge and Fe e s Paid U. S . Depa rtment of Agricultur e
'1 '~ .A

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At he ns , Georgi a Calf Crop Up 3 Percent

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LIVESTOCK
CALF CRO P - 1970 GEORGIA

REPORT
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"f. " ;"'t~e 1 :'~'~';dTl2&170 .... -"- . ~ - 'i
JUL3 a ;~lD

~ J.lSRAIlIES

The 1970 calf crop in Geo rgi a is expected to total 840,000 he ad, ac co rdi ng t~ th e Crop Report ing Service. This would be 3 percent a bove the 1969 calf crop of 819,000 a nd 7 percent above the 1968 tot al of 782,000 head .

On January I, 1970, there were an estimated 982,000 cows and heife rs 2 years old and older (for al I pu rpos es ) on Ge o r g ia farms compared with 963,000 a yea r ea r l ier. The ratio of calves bo rn and to be bo rn t o cows and heifers 2 years old and ol de r is 86 perce nt -- up I poin t f rom 1969 and 3 poin ts f rom 1968.

UN !TED STATES

Calf Crop 2 Percent Hiqh er

The 1970 calf crop for th e Un ited States is estimated at 45, 955,000 head. Th is is 2 percent more than the 45 ,196,000 ca l ve s p roduce d on U. S. farms and ran ch e s in 1969.

Cows and he ifers 2 years old and older on farms and ranches January I, 1970 totaled 51,308,000 head, a 2 percent i nc re a s e from the 50,379,000 head on hand a year earl ier.

Calves born and to be born during 1970 expressed as a percent a ge of cows and he ifers 2 years old and olde r on hand at the f irst of the year i s 90 percent the s ame a s f o r 1969. This percentage is not str ictly a ca l v i ng rate because the January I inv en t ory of cows a nd heifers 2 years old a nd older does not include all heifers that calve durin g the yea r and includes some cows and he ifers that died or were slaugh t ered before calvin g.

North Cen tral Reqion Up 2 Percen t

Calves born and t o be born in the No r t h Central Region are expec te d to numbe r 17,408,000 head, 2 percent more t han a year ea r l ie r . A larger calf crop i s ex pec ted i n the West No r t h Central States , but the calf c rop in the East North Central State s i s ex pec te d to be about the same as a year earl ie r .

Southern Calf Crop 2 Percen t Larger

A ca l f crop of 17,529 ,000 head is estimated for 1970 in the Southern Stat es. This is 2 percent more t han a year earl ier. The South Atl ant ic and South Centr a l Regi ons are both expected to show a 2 percent increa s e. Texas, the leading calf producing St at e, is a l s o up 2 percent.

2 Percent More Calves For We s ter n States

A calf crop of 8,581,000 head i s estimated for the West ern Stat es -- 2 percent more than was born i n 1969. Cal ifornia, the leading calf producer in this region, shows a 3 pe r ce nt smaller calf crop. Montana and Colorado, the next ranking States, are up 2 and 5 percent, respectively.

North Atlantic States Unchanq~d

The number of calves born and to be born in the North Atlant ic Re g ion is the same as last year, at 2,354,000 head. SI ight decl ines in most North Atlantic St ates offset the 2 percent increase in New York, the only St at e in the region showing an increa se.

FRASIER T. GALLOWAY Agricultural Stat ist ician In Charge

W. PAT PARKS Ag ricu l t u ra l Stat istician

ISSUED BY : The Georgia Crop Report ing Service, USDA, 409A North Lump k in Street, At he ns , Ga., in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agricul ture.

Calf Crop: 1969 and 1970, by States

St at e

:Calves born as percent:

: Cows and heifers 2 years:of cows and heifers 2+:

: and older J anuary 1 :

January 1 11

Calves bor n y

.

1969 . 1970 :

1969 1970

:

1 .000 head

Percent

1969

197 0

1, 000 hea d

1970 as %
of 1969
Percent

Maine

:

86

86

86

85

74

73

99

N. H.

:

45

45

87

87

39

39

100

Vt.

:

237

235

Mas s.

:

79

76

85

85

82

82

201

199

99

65

62

95

R. I.

:

9

9

84

82

Conn.

:

79

78

82

82

7. 6 65

7 .4

97

64

98

N. Y.

: 1,189

1 ,18 9

86

88

1,023

1 ,0 43

102

N. J.

:

90

88

81

81

73

71

97

Pa.

:

916

907

88

88

806

796

99

Ohio

:

828

853

89

88

737

751

102

Ind.

:

705

709

Ill.

: 1,125

1,103

91

92

88

88

642

653

102

990

975

98

Mich. Wis.

:

628

: 2, 320

632 2 ,3 01

90

90

91

91

565

569

101

2 ,111

2 , 103

100

Minn.

: 1,676

1,634

88

90

1,475

1 ,4 68

100

Iowa

: 1 ,99'r

Mo .

: 2 ,197

N. Dak. : 1,116

2,011 2 ,32 9 1,127

95

95

94

93

93

95

1, 897

1 , 922

101

2 , 065

2 ,184

106

1 ,038

1 ,068

103

S. Dak. : 1,900

1, 919

95

96

1, 805

1 ,834

102

Nebr . Kans.

: 2,121 : 1 ,9 84

2 , 099
2~ 0 63

92

95

94

91

1,951

1 , 986

102

1,865

1, 895

102

Del.

:

21

21

76

81

16

17

106

Md .

:

238

240

89

90

212

216

102

Va.

:

737

744

87

85

641

632

99

W. Va.

:

268

276

89

87

239

241

101

N. C.

:

544

578

85

83

462

482

104

S. C.

:

332

340

84

84

279

286

103

Ga.

:

. 963

982

85

86

819

840

103

Fla.

: 1,087

1,108

78

79

848

877

103

Ky. Tenn.

: 1,405 : 1,274

1,475 1,299

92

90

88

91

1,293 1,121

1,328

103

1,188106

Ala. Miss.

: 1,059 : 1,468

1,080 1 ,497

85

83

85

84

900

899

100

1,248

1,260

101

Ark.

:

988

1,045

88

87

869

905

104

La. Okla.

: 1,099 : 2,236

1,099 2 , 335

84

83

91

89

923

911

99

2,035

2,069

102

Texas Mont.

: 5,944 : 1 ,604

6,118 1,636

89

88

94

94

5,290

5, 378

102

1,508

1, 535

102

Idaho Wyo. Colo.

:

735

:

735

: 1,105

757 757 1,194

94

94

92

90

96

93

691

714

103

676

680

101

1,061

1 ,116

105

N.Mex.

:

729

747

Ariz.

:

422

430

Ut ah

:

411

433

87

87

83

84

91

88

634

652

103

350

362

10 3

374

381

102

Nev.

:

341

351

86

88

293

309

105

Wash .

:

Oreg.

:

Calif.

:

48 States :

579 795 1.821 50.267

573 803 1.786 51,197

91

95

91

94

87

86

90

90

527

544

10 3

723

752

104

1. 588

1, 536

97

45.115

45 ,872

102

Alaska

:

4.4

4.3

84

84

3.7

3.6

97

Hawaii

:

107

107

73

74

78

79

101

U. S.

: 50.379

51.308

90

90

45.196

45.955

102

1/ Not strictly a calving rate. Figure represents calves born expressed as percent age of the

number of cows and heifers 2 years old and over on farms and ranches J anuary 1 . gj Calves born

before June 1 plus the number expe cted to be born after June 1.

After Five Days Return to United States Department of Agri culture
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS

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GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE

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ATHENS, GEORGIA

n

i 4 ' 29, 1970

BROILER TYP

JUL 3 0 1970

P l a c e me n t of broile r chicks in Georgia dur ijig th e ~ij~ leP de~ :hlY 25 was 8,868,000- -1 p erc ent mor e than the previous week~l p e-re-tm~las. . t n th e comparable we ek last year, ac co rding to the Georgia Crop Reporting Se r vice.
An e stimated 12,050,000 broiler type eggs were set by Georgi a hatcheries-I percent more than the previous week but 1 percent les s than the comparable we ek
a year earlier.
The majority of the p rices paid to Georgia producers for broiler hatching eggs wer e report ed within a r ange of 50 to 60 cents per doz e n. The a ve r a ge price of hatchi ng eggs wa s 55 cents per dozen. The price of eg g s from fl ocks with hatchery owned cockerels generally was 2 cents below the average pri ce. Mo st prices re ceive d for broiler chicks by Georgia hatcheries were reported within a rang e of $7.00 to $8.50 with an average of $7 .75 per hundred. The average prices l ast year wer e 62 cents for eggs and $9 . 50 for chicks.

Week Ended
May 23 May 30 June 6 June 13 June 20 June 27 July 4 July 11 July 18 July 25

GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS AND CHICK PLACEMENTS

Eggs Set J../

I 1969

1970

% of
year ago

Chicks Placed for

Broilers in Georgia

% of

1969 1970

year

ago

Av. Price

Hatch Broiler

Eggs Chicks

Per Doz.

P er Hundred

1970 1970

Thou.

Thou.

Pct.

Thou. Thou.

Pct.

Cents Dollars

12, 803 12,982 101

12,637 12, 864 102

12, 501 12, 893 103

11,719 11,947 102

12, 217 11, 413

93

12, 116 12, 101 100

12,412 12,016

97

12,217 12, 136

99

12, 086 11,988

99

12,187 12,050

99

9,271 10, 116

109

9, 109 9,861

108

9,372 9,909

106

9, 171 9,663

105

9,232 9,556

104

9,294 9,732

105

8, 549 8,860

104

8,726 8,603

99

8, 712 8,767

101

8,987 8, 868

99

59

8.50

59

8.50

58

8.25

56

8.00

56

8.00

56

8.00

56

8.00

56

8.00

55

7.75

55

7.75

EGG TYPE

Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the week ended July 25 was 716,000-19 percent less than the previous week and 10 percent less than the comparable week
last year. An estimated 206, 000 eggs for the production of e gg type chicks were set by Georgia h atcheries, 25 perc ent less than the previous week and 78 percent less than th e 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 1969, hatchings during the week ended July 25 w ere up 24 percent and settings were down 25 percent from a year ago.

State

EGG TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS HATCHED, 1970

Eggs S et (We ek Ended)

% of I Chicks H atched (W e ek Ended)

July 4

July July

11

18

July 25

year

July July

ago 2/ 4

11

July 18

July 25

Thousands

Thousands

Ga. Ill. Calif. Wash.

1, 012 225 >'.<
2,209 342

1, 200 265
2,019 280

274 350 1, 82 3 165

206 335 1, 568 166

22 1,053 993

889

716

79

335 320

325

180

104 1, 323 1, 651 1, 497 1,698

96

171 215

20 4

259

% of
year ago 2/
90 49 176 154

Total 13, 7 88"'< 3,764 2,612 _ 2,275

75 12,882 3, 179 2, 915 2, 853

* 1/ Include s eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hat chery supply flocks.

'2/ Curr ent week a s perc ent of same we ek last year.

Revi se d.

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B ROILER TYPE EGGS SET A ND CHICKS PLACED IN COMME RCIAL AR EAS BY WE E KS - 1970 Page 2

EGGS SET

CHIC KS PLAC.6D

STA T E

We ek Ended

J ul y

July

11

18

July
25

0/0 of
year
ago 1/

Week Ended

July

July

11

18

J ul y
25

0/0 of
year
ago 1/

THOUSA NDS

THOUSANDS

Maine Connecticut P e nnsyl vani a In dian a Missouri Delaware Maryland Vi rgini a West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina

1, 94 2

I, 931

2,072

100 1,528

1,349

1,494

96

182

131

119

46

108

87

121

88

1,872

I, 790

1,853

107 I, 148

1,000

1,034

III

515

44 1

504

95

279

260

240

89

294

286

286

96

385

563

528

142

3,370

3, 350

3, 235

120 2,721

2,497

2, 466

91

5,018

4, 979

5,039

93 3,376

3, 525

3,948

104

1,968

I, 821

1,988

III 1,400

1, 237

1,388

III

34

33

35

125

267

357

328

82

7,964

8, 132

8,014

102 5,428

6,014

6,412

114

600

539

559

98

653

599

610

128

GEORGIA
Florida Tennessee Alabama Mississippi Ar kansa s Lo uisiana Texas Wa s hin gton Oregon Califo rnia
Total 1970 (22 States)

12, 136 11,988 12, 050

99 8,603

8,767

8,868

99

1, 127

I , 186

I , 133

105

914

870

808

95

699

695

701

84

950

904

I, 134

106

10,026

9,845

9, 595

99 7,221

7,426

7,630

109

5,752

5,684

5,750

115 4,992

5,030

5,086

112

12, 070 II, 537 11, 629

108 8,398

8,701

8,948

106

930

941

955

104

885

778

819

91

4, 7 13

4, 770

4, 7 19

114 3,29 1

3.938

3.828

107

561

446

: 401

69

566

434

286

61

547

34 5

366

106

204

353

335

88

2,250

2,310

2,321

110 I , 616

I , 587

1. 69 1

105

74 , 570 73 , 180 73,324

104 54,933 56,276 58,002

105

Total 1969* (22 States)

72,094 70,893 70,822

55,716 56, 397 55, 404

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103

104

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100

105

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LAM B C R 0 P - 1970

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GEORGI A

Georgia's 1970 lamb crop is estimated at 3 ,000 head - compared wi t h 2,900 f or the previous year, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service.

The number of breeding ewes 1 year old and older on farms J anuary 1, 1970 at 4,000 was 100 leGS than the previous year.

UNITED STATES
Lamb Crop Down 2 Percent
The 1970 lamb crop for the United States is estimated at 13 , 418 , 000 head, 2 percent less than the 13,686,000 head produced in 1969.
Breeding ewes 1 year old and older on farms and ranches January 1, 1970 were down 4 per. cent from a year earlier and ewe lambs under 1 year old were down 1 percent.
The lambing percentage for 1970 (number of lambs saved per 100 ewes 1 year old and older on hand January 1), at 96, is 3 points above 1969.
Western States Lamb Crop 1 Percent Lower
The 1970 lamb crop in the 13 Western States (11 Western, South Dakota, and Texas ) totaled 9,532,000 head, down 1 percent from the 1969 crop of 9,628,000 head. The number of breeding
ewes 1 year old and older on January 1, 1970, at 10,351,000 head was down 4 percent from a year
earlier. The number of early lambs (dropped before March 15) in the Western States is down 2 percent from 1969.
Native States Lamb Crop Down 4 Percent
The lamb crop in the 35 Native States (excluding the 13 Western States and Alaska) totaled 3,880,000 head -- down 4 percent from the 1969 crop of 4,052,000 head. The number of ewes 1 year and older on January 1, 1970 was 3,673,000 head, 5 percent l ess than a year earlier. The lambing percent for 1970 at 106 is 1 point higher than in 1969.

FRASIER T. GALLOWAY Agricultural Statistician I n Charge

W. PAT PARKS Agr i cul t ural Statistician

The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, USDA, 409A Nor t h Lumpkin Street, Athens , Geor gia , in cooperation with the Geor gia Depart ment of Agriculture.

Lamb Crop: 1969 and 1970

Breeding Ewes 1 year

Lambs saved per

State

and older January 1

100 ewes 1+
January 1 y

Lambs saved y

1970 as %

1969

1970

1969

1970

1969

1970

of 1969

1,000 head

Number

1,000 head

Percent

Maine
N. H.
Vt.

12

11

100

lC9

4.0

3.8

98

100

5.0

4.6

98

98

12 3.9 4.9

12

100

3.8

97

4.5

92

Mass.

7.0

6.9

97

96

6.8

6.6

97

R. I.

l.5

l.4

93

100

l.4

l.4

100

Conn.

4.0

3.8

100

100

4.0

3.8

95

N. Y.

72

70

104

100

75

70

93

N. J.

5.9

5.7

102

105

6.0

6.0

100

Pa.

124

122

102

101

126

123

98

Ohio

505

490

98

97

494

473

96

Ind.

197

181

110

110

217

200

92

Ill.

240

226

106

110

254

248

98

Mich.

153

151

108

106

165

160

97

Wis.

116

105

112

112

130

118

91

Minn.

358

347

109

114

392

397

101

Iowa

560

526

105

106

586

555

95

Mo. N. Dak.

213

198

254

24')

104

105

107

112

222

207

93

272

275

101

S. Dak.

864

836

103

102

890

853

96

Nebr.

190

188

104

104

197

196

99

Kans.

239

220

103

100

246

221

90

Del.

l.5

l.6

107

94

l.6

l.5

94

Md.

15

16

107

100

16

16

100

v.

159

151

115

116

183

175

96

W. Va. N. C.

134

130

15

14

112

112

100

100

150

145

97

15

14

93

S. C.

l.2

l.2

83

75

l.0

.9

90

Ga.

3.9

4.0

74

75

2.9

3.0

103

Fla.

4.3

4.3

84

81

3.6

3.5

97

Ky.

94

84

107

106

101

89

88

Tenn.

40

37

95

92

38

34

89

Ala.

5.0

4.8

90

90

4.5

4.3

96

Miss.

13

11

85

86

11

9.5

86

Ark.

6.5

6.2

95

92

6.2

5.7

92

La.

18

17

67

65

12

11

92

Okla.

88

85

103

101

91

86

95

Texas

2,878

2,706 .

80

88

2,302

2,381

103

Mont.

861

801

90

93

775

745

96

Idaho

585

544

112

112

655

609

93

Wyo.

1,385

1,399

84

83

1,163

1,161

100

Colo.

740

703

100

102

740

717

97

N. Mex.

616

600

78

82

478

493

103

Ariz.

321

321

79

79

254

254

100

Utah

830

788

92

95

764

749

98

Nev.

170

173

91

94

155

163

105

Wash.

100

96

109

116

109

111

102

Oreg.

396

360

95

101

376

364

97

Calif.

1,074

1,024

90

91

967

932

96

48 States

14,679

14,024

93

96

13,680

13,412

98

Alaska

11

11

55

55

6.0

6.0

100

Hawaii

U. S.

14,-690----1.4~35-----

93 ----gE;- -----13~b86

13,418

98

y Lambs saved defined as lambs living July 1, or sold before July 1 in the Native States and

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Georqia

Wool production i n Geo rg ia is estimated at 33,000 pounds in 1970 by the Georgia Crop Reporting Service . This is 2 ,00 0 pounds less than 1969.

The number of sheep shorn wa s placed at 5,000 head, 100 below the 1969 total. Fleece weight averaged 6.6 pounds compared with 6.8 a year earl ie r .

United States

Wool shorn and to be s hor n in the United States during 1970 is estimated at 161,880,000 pounds, grease basis. This i s 2 percent below the 1969 production of 165,825,000. The 1970 production is equivalent t o 77,2 17,000 pounds, clean basis, compared with 79,099,000 pounds in 1969, based on a convers ion f ac t o r of 47.7 percent.

The number of sheep and lambs shorn and to be shorn is estimated at 19,023,000 head, a 3 percent decrease from the 19,587,000 head shorn In 1969 . The 1970 average weight per fleece is 8.51 pounds compared with 8.47 pounds last year.

Shorn wool production in the Western Sheep States (II Western States, South Dakota, and Texas) is estimated at 122,692,000 pounds, 2 percent below the 1969 cl ip of 124,692,000 pounds. Wool production i s smaller in all Western States except Wyoming, New Mexico, Nevada, and Texas.

Sheep shorn and to be s ho r n i n 1970 are estimated at 14,087,000 head, 2 percent less than the 14,413,000 head sh orn in 1969. The average fleece weight is 8.71 pounds, compared with 8.65 pounds in 1969.

Texas, the leading wool producing State, expects a total cl ip of 30,620,000 pounds, 3 percent more than the 1969 production of 29,717,000 pounds. Texas sheep and lambs shorn and to be shorn, at 4,029 ,000 head, is unchanged, and the average fleece weight of 7.6 pounds is 0.2 pound more than i n 1969. Wyoming, the second ranking wool producing State, expects a production of 17,786,000 pounds, up 2 percent from the 17,456,000 pounds produced last year. Wool production in Cal ifornia, the third ranking State, is expected to total 11,708,000 pounds, 7 percent below last year.

A wool cl i p of 38,924,000 pounds is estimated in the 35 Native or "fleece" wool States (excluding 13 v/estern States and Alaska). This is 5 percent less than the 40,864,000 pounds shorn in 1969. The small er 1970 cl ip results from a 5 percent decl ine in the number of sheep and lambs shorn. The average fleece weight is 7.92 pounds, sl ightly less than the 7.93 pounds in 1969.

Frasier T. Galloway Agricultur~l Statist ic ia n In Cha r ge

W. Pat Parks Agr icu l t ura l Stat istician

The Georgia Crop Repor tin g Se rv ice, USDA, 409A North Lumpk in Street, At he ns , Ga., in coop~ration wi t h th e Geor gi a Department of Agriculture.

Wool shorn 1969 and 1970. by States

State ;

y Weight

Number sheep shorn 11 : per fleece

:

Wool production

1969

; 1970

1969

1970

1969

1970

1,000 heao.

Pounds

1,000 pounds

Maine

:

16

15

7 .2

7 .4

115

III

N. H.

:

5.4

5.1

7 .0

7.1

38

36

Vt.

:

6.5

6.1

8. 0

8.2

52

50

Mass.

:

9.5

9.2

6.9

7.2

66

66

R. I.

:

1.9

1.7

6.9

7 .1

13

12

Conn.

:

5.4

4.9

7.0

7.3

38

36

N. Y.

:

89

86

7.6

7.7

679

663

N. J.

:

7.8

7 .6

7.9

7 .9

62

60

Pa.

:

156

'1 52

7.4

7 .3

1 ,1 54

1 ,110

Ohio

:

678

Ind.

:

247

658

8.3

8.4

233

7.8

7.6

5 ,6 46 1 , 921

5 ~5 4 7
1 ,7 69

Ill.

:

359

330

7.5

7 .6

2. 689

2,510

Mich.

:

240

246

8.4

8 .3

2 , 017

2 , 050

Wis.

:

139

126

8.1

8 .1

1 ,124

1 ,01 9

Minn.

:

456

434

8.1

8 .3

3, 716

3 , 610

Iowa

:

771

725

8.0

8.1

6,148

5 ,875

Mo.

:

264

248

8.2

8 .0

2, 155

1 ,974

N. Dak.

:

301

290

9.8

9.6

2 ,948

2, 796

S. Dak.

:

1,065

1,022

9 .4

9 .3

9,958

9, 534

Nebr.

:

360

347

7 .8

7 .6

2,800

2 ,64 7

Kans.

:

352

343

8.4

8.2

2, 944

2,806

Del.

:

1.8

1.6

7.2

7 .4

13

12

Md.

:

17

18

7.1

7.2

121

130

v.

:

183

176

6.4

6.1

1 ,171

1, 074

W. v.

:

162

158

6.0

59

972

932

N. C.

:

17

15

6.8

6.5

116

98

s. C.

:

1.4

' 1. 3

6.8

7 .0

10

9

Ga.

:

5.1

5.0

6.8

6.6

35

33

Fla.

:

5.3

4.7

5.7

5.9

30

28

Ky.

:

95

84

7.2

7.1

684

596

Tenn.

:

41

36

5.9

5 .7

242

205

Ala.

:

5.7

5.4

6.3

6.0

36

32

Miss .

:

15

14

4 .8

4.9

72

69

Ark.

:

6.7

6.4

6.7

6. 8

45

44

La.

:

22

21

4.9

5.0

108

105

Okla.

:

109

99

8.1

8.2

884

810

Texas

:

4,029

4,029

7.4

7.6

29,717

30 ,62 0

Mont.

:

1,017

987

9.7

9.8

9,891

9 ,703

Ida.ho

:

676

616

10.7

10.5

7,216

6 ,1~ 9 2

Wyo.

:

1,719

',1 , 750

10.2

10.2

1 7 , 4 56

17 ,78 6

Colo .

:

1 ,148

' 1 , 099

8.8

8.6

10,077

9,471

N. Mex.

:

774

784

9.2

9.2

7,096

7 , 209

Ariz.

:

489

482

7.3

7.1

3,570

3 , 413

Utah

:

1,004

919

9.6

10.1

9 ,604

9 ,314

Nev.

:

188

192

9.9

10 .0

1 ,86 1

1 ,920

Wash.

:

138

130

9.2

9 .2

1, 266

1 , 201

Oreg.

:

560

534

7.9

8 .1

4 ,4 52

4, 321

Calif.

:

1,606

1.543

7.8

7 .6

1 2 , 5 28

11.708

48 States :

19.564

19,000

8.46

8.51

1 6 5 . 5 56

161, 616

Alaska

:

23

23

11.7

11.5

269

264

Hawaii

:

---

---

---

---

y U. S.

:

19,587

19.023

8 .47

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8.51

165 , 8-iS- --------u;1-,-g80

For Texas and California the

weight per fle ece is the average per animal and not the average per shear i ng sinc e

some sheep are shorn more than once each year .

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Relea s ed August 10 . 1970

Soil moi s t ure has been mostly adequate during the last half of July for summer ve ge table and melon crops in central and northern areas. Li ght supplies of snap beans , tomatoes. and watermelons are expected to continue through August.

UNITED STATES

SNAP BEANS : Summer production of snap beans is for ecast at 915 ,000 hundredwe i ght, about the same as in 1969. Movement is past peak in New England. In New York, warm, dry
weather during the last half of July improved development of the crop. In Pennsylvani a, early plantings have been harvested ; later plantings are making good development. I n most Ohio areas, moisture supplies are plentiful and crop prospects are good. The Michigan harvest is nearing peak volume. Southwest Virginia expects peak volume in early August. In North Carolina, plentiful supplies are expected until mid-August. In Geor gia, dry weather hampered cr op development during much of July, but rains were beneficial toward the end of the month. Light supplies should continue into early September . In Alabama, rains after mid-July i mproved pr ospect s for t he late harvest.

CANTALOUPS: The early summer cantaloup crop is estimated at 510,000 hundr edwei ght , 28 percent less than 1969. Harvest i s nearly completed in the southern areas of South Carolina,
but still active in the Pageland-Chesterfield area. Harvest is compl et ed i n central Geor gia but light supplies are expected from northern areas through most of August. Har ves t is virtually completed in central Arizona.

WATERMELONS: Estimated production of early summer watermelons, at 17,333,000 hundredweight, is 10 perc ent more than last year. The harvest in North Carolina is expected .t o
be near completion by mid-August. Harvest in South Carolina is nearly over in the southern areas, but is quite active in t he Pageland-Chesterfield area. Movement is expected to continue through August. In Geor gia, only a few late planted fields remained for harvest in the central areas on August 1. Harvest is well underway in the northern areas and light supplies are expected to be available through August. Harvest in Alabama was active in central and northern counties during July. The weather in Mississippi has been favorable for the crop. Melons are larger than last y ear . Harvest in Arkansas is at peak volume. Rains in the central an d northeastern areas were beneficial. In Louisiana, recent showers have greatly improved prospects for the late acreage. Pulling of mid-season melons is underway. Harvest in Oklahoma i s active. Rainfall has been quite "spotty'! during July. Shipments from Texas are expected t o decline in August with most supplies coming from northeast Texas, north Texas and the southern High Plains areas. Harvest in Ari zona should be virtually completed in all areas by August 1. In California, harvest is past peak in the Kern and southern California districts. Smaller volume should continue through August. Harvest has started in the central and northern San Joaquin Valleys and should reach peak ac tivity during AUBust.

The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, USDA, 409A North Lumpkin Street, Athens, Georgia in cooperation with the Geor gia Department of Agriculture.

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GEORGIA

June Red Meat Production 5 Percent Higher

Production of red meat in Georgia's commercial slaughter plants totaled 30.9 million pounds during June 1970, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. This was up 5 percent from the 29.4 million pounds during the same month last year and was 5 percent above the
29.5 million pounds production of last month.

Cattle Slaughter

There were 25,000 head of cattle slaughtered in Georgia's commercial plants during June. This was unchanged from the 25,000 head slaughtered during the same month of 1969 cut wao 5 perceni above the 23,800 head slaughtered during May 1910.

Calf Slaughter

Calf slaughter totaled 1,700 head during June - 1,200 head less than the 2,900 head slaughtered during the same month last year and 700 head below the May kill.

Hog Slaughter

Georgia's hog slaughter totaled 140,000 head during June. This equaled the head slaugh-
tered during the same month last year, but was up 8 percent from the 130,000 head slaughtered
during the month of l~y 1970.

48 States

June Red Meat Production Up 6 Percent From 1969

Commercial production of red meat in the 48 States totaled 2,876 million pounds in June, up 6 percent from a year earlier. The one additional weekday in June 1970 accounted for much of the increase. Commercial meat production includes slaughter in federally inspected and other slaughter plants, but excludes animals slaughtered on farms.

Beef Production 8 Percent Above a Year Earlier

Beef production in June was 1,805 million pounds, 8 percent above the 1,666 million pounds
in June 1969. Heavier average live weight and a larger number slaughtered accounted for the
increase. Cattle kill totaled 2,955,800 head, 5 percent above a year earlier. Live weight per
head was 1,031 pounds, 18 pounds heavier than June 1969, but 6 pounds below May 1970.

Veal Output 10 Percent Below June 1969

There were 45 million pounds of veal produced during June, down 10 percent from 1969. The
297,500 calves slaughtered were 13 percent less than a year earlier. Live weight per head was
272 pounds, up 10 pounds from June 1969.

Pork Production Up 2 Percent From a Year Earlier

Pork production totaled 982 million pounds, 2 percent above a year earlier. Hog kill totaled 6,259,200 head, up 1 percent from June 1969. Live weight per head was 245 poundS, 1 pound heavier than a year earlier. Lard rendered per 100 pounds of live weight was 9.5 pounds, the same as June 1969.

Lamb and Mutton Up 5 Percent From June 1969

There were 44 million pounds of lamb and mutton produced in June, 5 percent more than a
year earlier. Sheep and lamb slaughtered totaled 888,300 head, up 3 percent. Average live
weight was 101 pounds, 1 pound above a yeaI' earlier.

Poultry Production 18 Percent Above June 1969

Production of poultry meat during June totaled 921 million pounds, ready-to-cook basis. This is 18 percent above both a year earlier and May 1910.

Species
Georgia Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep and Lambs

GEORGIA AND 48 STATES LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER 1/

Number

Slaughtered ..

June

19 69

1970

(1,-600-head)

Average

Live Weight

June

1969

1970 :

(poundS)

250

25 ;0

834

877

2.9

1. 7 '

415

376

140.0

140.0

210

218

Total

Live Weight

June

1969

1970

(l,OOOpcl:nds)

20,850 1,204
29,400

21,925 639
30,520

48 States Cattle Calves
Hogs Sheep and Lambs

2,816.5 341.5
6,189.2 865.2

2,961.2 297.5
6,263.6 888.3

1,013 262 244 100

1,031 272 245 101

2,851,831 89,431
1,512,463 86,666

3,052,094 80,857
1 , 5 3 4 ,,647 89,922

1/ Includes slaughter under Federal inspection and other commercial slaughter, excludes farm slaughter.

AVERAGE PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS AND HOG-CORN ~TIOS, JULY 15, 1970
WITH COMPARISONS

Commodity and
Unit
Corn, bu. Hogs, cwt.
Cattle, cm. Calves, cm.

July 15 1969
1.40 24.40 23.80 31.00

Georgia
June 15 1970 (Dollars)
1.45 23.20, 25.10 34.00

:
July 15 : July 15 1970 : 1969
: :
1.48 : 1.18 23.20 : 24.90 24.80 : 27.90 33.50 : 32.10

United States

June 15 1970
(Dollars)

July 15 1970

1.21 23.20 28.00
35.10

1.24 23.90 27.90 34.50

Hog-Corn
Ratio 1/

17.4

16.0

157

21.1

1/ Bushels of corn equal in value to 100 Ibs. hogs, live weight.

192

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FRASIER T. GALLOWAY Agricultural Statistician In Charge

W. PAT PARKS Agricultural Statistician

The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, USDA, 409A North Lumpkin Street) Athens, 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 OFFICIAL BUSINESS

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Athens, Georgia

Week Ending August 3, 1970 INCREAS ING CONCERN OVER CORN BLIGHT Athens , Ga., August 3 -- Southern leaf Bli

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in_corn was spreadjng ove r much of 't he

State, according to the Georgia Crop. Reporting Service. Some late plantings may be a pea r ,

failure. Yields from older plantings may not be affected too much, but harve sting problems are

expected due to brittle stalks and shedding of ears. Soil moisture was adequate throughout

most of the St at e and most other crops were making rapid growth.

County Agents jUdged condition of cotton as fair to good with i nse ct i nfestation ab out normal. Bolls were beginning to open in extreme South Georgia.

Tobacco harvest was 84 percent complete with marketing well underway.

Peanut prospects were very good. Preparations were being made for harvesting oper ations to begin in the near future. Soybean condition was also very good. Older plantings wer e blooming and setting beans.

Peach harvest was 94 percent complete. Through July 30, 1,831 carlot equi va l e nts had been inspected by the Federal-State Inspection Service compared with 2,253 carlots through the same date last year.

Pasture and hay crops were much improved. Hay harvest was curtailed in many areas due to afternoon showers. Cattle wer e in mostly good condition.

Snap beans, tomatoes, and watermelons continued in light supply from nor t he rn areas. Harvest of early variety sweetpotatoes was well lli1derway and recent rains have beeu very beneficial for growth of the Georgia Red variety.

WEATHER Sillv~RY -- Rainfall was highly variable over Georgia during the week ending Friday, July 31. Showers occurred almost daily but they were widely scattered and very localized. Rainfall amounts were generally heavier in the. southern half of the State where most observers recorded an i nch or more and a few measured over three inches. The we ather observer at Wayc ros s reported just over 6 inches for the week with more than an inch occurring on three different days. Totals were generally less than an inch in north Georgia and several places had l e ss than one-half inch. The major exception was Gainesville where one thunderstorm dropped near l y
4 inches of rain. Scattered showers continued to occur during the weekend but rainfall amounts
were small. Parts of north Georgia were becoming qUite dry again by the end of t he period.

It was hot and humid throughout ~he week. Highs were consistently in the 90' s, except in the mountains. Lows were in the mid 60's ' in the higher elevations a nd in the l ow to mid 70's in other areas. Most places experienced a gradual warming trend during the week with some of the highest readings coming during the weekend. Averages for the week r a nged from 2 t o 3 degrees above normal.

The first three weeks of July were unusually dry over most of Georgi a. Heavy rains f r om ~ropical storm Becky at the beginning of the 4th week and increased shower a ctivit y during t he remainder of the month r elieved the extremely dry conditions over north Georgi a. The wettest
area during July was the west central division where the average was about 2 i nche s above nor mal .
Most other division averages were below normal with the southeast shoWi ng a deficit of about l~ inches. July temperatures ave r aged near to slightly abov~ normal i n most areas. The highest temperatures occurred during the first week when 1000 readings wer e common at many place r

The outlook for Wednesday through Friaay calls for warm and humid weather t o continue with scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers. Highs will be i n the 90 's and lows i n t he 70' s except in the mountains.

The Georgia Cr op Rep ort i ng Service, Athens, Georgia; in coop erat i on wit h the Cooperative Ext ens ion Ser vi ce, University of Georgia; Ge orgia Dep ar t ment of Agriculture ; and the I'leat he r Bureau, ESSA, U. S. Department of Comme r ce.

u, S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
WEATHER BUREAU Athens, Georgia
ESSA
Pr eci pi tat i on For The Week Ending July 31, 1970

GEORGIA

Temperature extremes for the week ending July 31, 19700 (Provisional)
Highest: 980 at several places on the 29th to 31 st.
Lowest : 620 at Clayton on the 28th am 3isto

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Aft er Fi ve Days Re t urn t c United States Depar t ment of Agricultur e
Stat istical Repo r ting Se r vi ce 409A Nort h Lumpk i n Str ee t. Athens , Georg i a 30601 OFFI CI AL BUSIN ~ 5S

Pos t ag e and Fee s Paid U. S . Depa r tme nt of Agriculture
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J uly 1970 Re l ea s ed 8/ 14/70

JULY MI LK PRODUCTION UP 8 PERCENT

Milk pr oduction on Ge orgi a farms during July totaled 95 mill i on p ounds , accor ding t o the Georgia Crop Reporting Ser v i ce . This was 7 million pounds ab ove J nly 1969, 8Dd wa s t he same as in the previous month.

Production per cow i n herd aver aged 675 pounds - 45 p ounds above t he pr evious year, and the same as i n the previ ous mont h.

The est i mat ed average pri ce r eceived by pr oducer s f or a l l who lesale milk dur i ng J uly wa s $6.80 per hundredweight. Thi s was 5 cent s ab ove the June 1970 pr i ce , and 25 ce nts above the July 1969 pr i ce.

MILK PRODUCTION AND PRICES RECEIVED AND PAID BY DAIRYMEN

Georgia

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Item and Uni t
Milk product i on million Lb s ,
Producti on pe r cow
Lbs . ))
Number milk cows thousand head
Prices Re ce ived - Dollars gj
All whole s a l e milk" cwt. Fluid milk, cwt . Manufactur ed milk, cwt. Milk cows , he ad
Prices Pa i d - Dollar s gj

July 1969
88 630 140
6.55 6 . 55 225. 00

June 1970
95 675 141

July 1970
95 675 141

6.75 6.75
255.00

1/6.80 270. 00

July 1969

June 197 0

J uly 197 0

10 ,142 800
12, 678

10 , 7 5 0 862
12, 472

10, 162 816
12 , 457

5 22 5. 61
4 .35 305 00

533 5. 68
4.56
331. 00

1/5.45
334 . 00

Mixed Da i r y Feed , t on 14 percent pr ote i n 16 percent prote i n 18 percent prot e i n 20 per cent pr ote i n

68 .00 76.00
79 00 80 . 00

7300
7500 80 .00 82.00

74.00 78.00 80. 00 85.00

67 .00 71. 00 74. 00 78. 00

69 . 00
73 00 76. 00 80 . 00

68 .00
73 00 76. 00 81.00

Hay, t on

35 00

34. 00

35 00

30 .3 0

31. 00

31.60

g;~ Monthly aver age . Dollars per u~it a s of the 15th of the month except wholesale milk whi ch i s ave r age for month.
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FRASIER T. GALLO\-TAY Agricul t ur a l St at ist ician I n Char ge

W. PAT PARKS Agricul t ur a l Stat i st i cian

The Ge orgia Cr op Repo r t ing Se r v i ce , USDA, 409A North Lumpki n Street , Athens , Ge or gi a i n cooper ati on ' vi th the Ge or gia Dep artment of Agriculture.

UNITED STATES MI LK PRODUCTION

Ju~y mi l k p r oduct i on sli ghtly more t han a year earlier

Un f.be d St a.t e s mi l k produ ct.Lon Lu J uly i s est i mated at 10 ,162 m.iLl.Lon poun d s , 0 . 2 p e rce nt more t h a n a ye ar e arlier . Da ily av~rage p r oduction f or J u l y .Ta s d o. nl 8 pe r ce nt f r om J une c ompa r e d 1-1ith a 9 p e r ce nt de cli ne b e t we en t h e se t wo months a ye a r ea r he r . J t..l ;y output p r o v i de d 1. 6 0 p ounds of mi l k p er p ers on da i l y f or all u s e s c ompar e d with 1. 7L~ p ound s a mont.h e arlier a nd 1. 6 1 p ound s a year e a r Lf.e r , Pr odu ct i on during t he f irst 7 mon t h s of 19 70 v a s about
0 . 3 perc e nt more t han a ye a r e a r l i e r .

J uly milk p r oducti on wa s un cha ng e d or Imle r Ln most of the East a nd I'les t Nort h Ce ntr al States, mixed in the North a nd Sout h Atla nt i c and South Ce nt r a l Sta te s , a nd mo s t l y up in t he We st . Of the five lea ding mi l k produ ct i on States , p r oduct i on wa s 1.<11 L1 Califor ni a a nd Pen ns y.lva n f.a , uncha nged f r om a yea r earlier i n New York a nd d own i n Hi s col1s in a nd lvii nne s ot a .

Rate p er cml u~_.?-:E~rcerr~ fr om a year e arlier - -mi D~ cows d o"m 2 per c e nt

Milk out p ut per c ow ave rag ed 8 16 p ou nds i n J uly -- up 2 p er cent f r om a ye a r e a r lie r . Da i l y out p u t pe r CO'" avera ged 2 6 .3 pound s -c - ab out 8 p ercent le s s t han i ;l .Iu ne a nd the s ome de cr ease bet ween the s e two months a s a ye a r e a r l ie r . Produ ct i on p e r c ow .Tas a t a r e c or d h igh rate i n 42 States . Hi gh est r at e 'VTa S L1 Ca lif orn i a a t 1 , 065 p ou nd s , f o llowe d b y Ha s h ii1gt oi', 1, 00 0 p ou nds ; Ari z ona, 9 30 pounds ; Utah , 9 15 p ound s; a nd Nevada, 9 05 p ound s . Ivli L~ c ovs 0 ,1 fa r ms dur Lag J u.ly totaJBd 12 , 457 , 000, d own 2 p e r ce nt fr om a year earli e r .

Milk- feed price r atio 1 pe r cent ab ove a year earlie r

The J u l y mi lk-fe ed price r a ti o of 1. 6 6 was 1 p er- ce nt. a b ove a ye a r e a rli e r and a r e cor d h igh for t he month . Higher mi l k p r i ces more t han of f set a n incre a s e i n r-at Lon va l ue . SeaS0i1ally, the rat io Has up 1 per -ce nt f r om J u ne c omp ared wi t h a 3 p e r ce . rt i n c r e a s e be-twee n t he two months a yea r e a r lie r . The h igh est regi ona l rat i o , 1 . 80 , was r ep orted i n t he So u.t h At l a nti c, the lowes t, 1. 61 i n the Nor t h At l ant i c .

Month
January Feb ruar y Ma r ch April May June J uly J a n. -Jl<ly total Au g us t September Octob er No v e m b e r Decemb e r

1/ v : Mi l k p er c ow a nd milk product i on by months , ~l1ite d St a te s

Mi lk Pe r CO'"

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:

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Hi l k p r oducti ol1
-

Change - - -

1968
: 717 : 696

1969

1970 :

Pou nds --

734

75 0 :

68 7

706 :

19 68

19 69

19 70

_.. iva lli on p ounds - -

9, L~95

9, L~ 11

9 ) L~ 12

9 ,187

8 , 792

8 }8)~0

fr om 19 69 Percent 0 -:-0 5

:

775

780

803 : 10,197

9 , 960 10 , 053

-:-0 9

:

796

806

826 : 10, 457 10, 265 10,330

-:-0 . 6

: 8 58

867

883 : 11, 235

11, 03L~

11 }019

-0. 1

: 826

847

862 : 10, 78 6 10 ,759 10,750

-0 . 1

: 783
: -- -

8 00
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8 16 : 10,202
_.. - : 71 , 559

10 , 1~- 2 70, 36i -

10 , 162

:0 .2

7 0 , 5 6(;~ ---- -+0. 3

: 74 0

764

-- - : 9, 612

9 , 673

: 701

726

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9 ;,16 5

: 706 : 677

7 25 69 1

- - -

9 , 12 )'-

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8 , 717

9 , 138 8, 69 1

:

711

730

-- - : 9 , 139

9, 170

An a u a l

: 8, 992

9 ,158

.. .:1/ : Exclude s mi lk sucked by cal ves .

--- : 1 17, 23 4 116 , 200

Af te r Fi v e Da y s Retur n to Un i t ed Sta te s Dep a r tment of Agric1.<ltu re
Statistical Repor ting Se r vi ce 4 09A Nor t h Lu.mp k i n St reet Athen s , Ge orgia 3 c 6 01 OFF I CIAL BUSINESS

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Releas ed 8/ 5/ 70 GEORG IA CROP REPORTING SERVI CE

GEORGIA PRICES RECEIVED I NDEX UP 4 POINTS

The I ndex of Pr i ce s Re ce i ved by Ge orgia Farmers for All Commodities i ncreas ed to 266 percent of t he 1910 14 average du r i ng t he month ended July 15 ) 1970 . Thi s was 5 poi nt s Lower' tha n the July 15 ) 1969 I ndex of 271 .

The Al l Crop I nde x wa s up 4 points fr om the previou.s month at 272 ; but 1 poi nt l ove r tha n July 1969. Higher pri ce s f or chickens, eggs and milk increased the Li ve st ock Index t o 251 which 'vas 5 points highe r t han t he prev i ous month : but 11 point s below t he same mont h l a st year.

UNITED STATES PRICES RECEIVED I rIDEX RISES 5 POI NTS PARI TY INDEX DOvlli 1 POINT ADJUSTED PARITY RATIO 79

During the month ende d J ul y 15 ) the I ndex of Prices Rece ived by Farmers advanced 5 p oi nts (2 percen t) t o 286 pe rcent of its 1910 -14 av erage ; according t o the Cr op Rep ort i ng Board . Contributing most t o the increas e wer e higher prices for eggs ) potat oe s , milk , and hogs .
It Lower price s f or commercial vegetables ) cat t l e ) and calves were part i a l l y of f s et t i ng . The
Index was per cent below the 5year high in February 1970) but 2 perce nt above J uly 1969 .

(t The I ndex of Prices Pa i d by Far me rs for Corrmodities and Servi ce s ; I nt ere st ) Taxe s , and
Fal~ Wage Rates at 389 was 1 point percent ) below t he recor d high 390 of a month ear l ie r . The i nde x was 15 p oi nt s (4 percent) above July 1969.

With higher price s r e ce ived f or farm products, 'but slightly l ower pr i ce s paid by f armers, both the preliminary Adjus t ed Par i t y Rat io) at 79) and the Parity Rat i o ; at 74) were up 2 points .

INDEX NUiAGERS _.. GEORGIA AND mUTED STATES
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J ul y 15 : June 15 : J uly 15

1910 - 14 100

1969 : 1970 : 197 0

Record High

I ndex :

Da t e

GEORGIA Prices Rece ived
All Commodities All Crops Livestoc k and Live st ock Products

271 Y

262

273

268

262 Y

246

266

310

March 1951

272

319

Mar ch 1951 gj

251

295

Sept . 1948

UNITED STATES Prices Re ce ived . Parity I ndex }/
,. Parity Rati o

28 1

281

286

313

Feb . 1951

374

390

389

390

J u.ne 1970

75

72

74

123

Oct . 1946

Adjusted Parity Rat i o ~

81

77

79

125

Oct. 1946

11 g; (Preliminary)

Revised.

Also Apri l 195 1.~ Pri ce s Paid) Interest , Taxe s , and Farm Wage Rates bas ed

on data f or the indi cated dates . ~. Adj us t ed Parj.ty Rati o, refle cting Government payment s )

averaged 80 f or the year 1969 compared wi ti, 74 for the Parity Ratio . Preliminary Adj us ted

Ratios f or t he current ye ar ) supplied by the Economic Research Service are ba s ed on est i mat ed

cash receipts f or marketings and estimate s of Government payment s f or t he cur r e nt ca lendar

year .

FRAS IER T . GALLOWAY Agr icultural St at i st i cian I n Charge

v. A. VAGl1\ER
Agr i cul tur a l Statis tician

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PR ICE S - - REC EIVED AND PA ID BY FARMERS . JU LY 15 . 1970 WITH COMPARISONS

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UN ITED STAT[: S

Commod i t y a nd Un i t
PRI CES KECEIVE D Wh eat , bu . Oa t s , bu . Co r n , bu. Ba rl e y, bu . So r ghum Gra i n , cwt. Co tt o n , 1b. Soybea ns , bu. Swee tpot a t oe s , cwt . Hay, ba 1e d, t on:
All Alf a lf a Lesp ed e za Peanu t Mi l k Cows , hea d Hogs , cwt . Bee f Ca tt 1e , Al l, cwt. 1/ COIrIS, cwt , 2/ St e e r s a nd He i f e r s , cwt. Calve s , cwt. Mi l k, sol d to p l an ts , cwt . Flu id f1a r ke t ~l an u f a c tu r e d Al l Turke ys , l b. Ch i c ken s , l b , : Exclu d i ng Bro i l e r s Comme r c ial Bro il e rs Eggs , a l l , do z . Ta bl e , doz . Hat chi ng , doz .

: J ul y 15 1969

$ 1.25

$

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$ 1. 40

$

. 92

$ 2.05

}/20 . 5

$ 2.50

$ 7 . 50

J une 15 1970
1. 25 . 70
1.45
20 .0 2. 60

Jul y 15 IJ u l y 15 Jun e 15 Jul y 15

1970 j 1969

1970

1970

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I

1. 2S !

. 75 i

1. 48 :

-I

I

2 1. 0

II

2. 70 :

7.1 0

1. 15 .580
1. 18
.9 53 I. 82 21. 65 2. 52 6. 62

1. 23 . 613 1. 21 . :944 1. 80
22.3 1 2. 60
8. 33

1. 23 . 580
1 2Lj
. 902 1. 92 22. 65 2. 72 6. 70

$ 29 .00
$ 38.00 $ 31. 00 $ 22.00 $ 225 . 00 $ 3/ 24 .40 $ - 23 .80
$ 20 .00 $ 27 .00 $ 31 . 00

29 . 50 36. 00 31. 00 25 . 00 255 .00 23. 20 25 . 10 21 .50 28 . 00
34 .00

29 . 00 36 . 00 3 1. 00 25 .00 270 . 00 23 . 20
2Lj. 8 0
21. 00 28 . 0 0
33 . 50

22 .20 22. 50 24 . 20 23 .00 305. 00 24 .90 27. 90 20 . 10 30 . 20 32. 10

22. 40 22 . 90 24. 90
22 . J.j.0
331 .00 23 .2 0 28 .00 21. 60 29 .7 0 35. 10

22. 10 22. 60 24 . 70 23. 00 334. 00 23.90 27 .90 20 . 70 29 . 90 34 .50

$ 6. 55 $
$ 6 . 55
20 .0
1/ 9.0 1/ 16 . 5 1/ 4 5 . 1


6. 75
6. 75 23.0
7. 0 12 .0 36 . 0 31. 4 56 . 0

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6. 80 I
22 . 0 i ,
7.0 I
12. 5
I 43 . 0
39. 9
56.0 I

5.6 1 4. 35 5. 22 21.2
9.0 17. 5 37. 7

5.6 8
Lf . 56 5. 33 23.3
8.4 13. 3 30 .5

5 . 45 22. 2
8 .3 13 .6 36 .7

PRI CES PAID . FE ED

Mi xed Dai ry Fee d , to n:

14% p ro t e in

$

16% p rote in

$

18% prote i n

$

20% pro t e in

$

Hog Fee d , 14%- 18% p ro t ei n , cwt . $

Co t t o ns ee d Mea l , 41%, cwt .

$

Soybea n Meal , 44%, cwt .

$

Bra n , cwt .

$

Middl i ng s , c w t ,

$

Co rn fvl ea 1, cwt .

$

Pou l t ry Fee d , t o n:

68.00 76 . 00 79 . 00 80. 00
4 . 35 4 .60
5.20
3.75 3 .90 3.55

73. 00 75 .00 80 .00 82. 00 4. 65 5 . 10 5 . 20 4. 00 4 . 05 3. 60

74. 00 78. 00 80. 00 85.00 4.70
5.20 5.40 4. 00
L} . O O
3. 70

67. 00 71. 00 74. 00 78. 00 if.46
4 . 97 5. 36 3.40 3. 50 3. 33

69. 00
73 . 00 76 .00 80 . 00
4 . 53 5.26 5.42
3.59 3 .66 3. 44

68 . 00 73 .00 76.0 0 81 .00
4 . 55 5. 36 5.56 3. 59 3. 67 3. 48

Bro i l e r Grower Fee d Lay in g Fee d

$ 96 . 00 $ 80.00

95 .00 83 . 00

94. 00 1 92 .00

83. 00

80. 00

93. 00 83 . 00

94 . 00 84 .00

Chi ck Star t er Alfa l f a Ha y , t on

$ 95. 00 $ 37 . 00

96 .00 38 . 00

96. 00 40. 00

96 .00 .32. 40

98 . 00 32. 60

99. 00 32.70

Al l Other Hay. to n

S is . OO i 4 . 00

31) .00 : i O.3 0

31. 00

3 1.6 0

J../ "Cows" a nd " s tee r s a nd he i f e r s !' com b i ned wi th a l l owa nce whe re ne ces sa ry fOI- sl au gh t er bu l ls.

2/ Inc l ude s c u 1I da i ry cows so l d fo r s l au gh t er , but not da i ry cows fo r h3rd re p la cement .
1/ Rev i sed .

Af t e r F ive Da ys Re tu r n t o Un it e d St a t e s De pa rt men t o f Ag r i c ul t ure
St a ti s t i cal Repo rti ng Se rvice 409A North Lumpki n Stree t
At he ns , Geo r gi a 3060 1 OFFI CI AL BUS INES S

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U nit e d Sta re s De portme n r o f Agr icult ure

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A ug u s t 5, 1970

BROILER TYPE Placement o f broiler chi cks in Georgia during the we ek e nd ed Aug ust 1 wa s 8,871, OOO--slightly more than t he previous week and 2 percent more t ha n the comparable week last year, according t o the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. An e stimate d 11,769 ,000 broiler type eggs were s et by G eorgia ha tcheries-- 2 percent less than t he pr evious we ek and 2 percent less than t he c o m p ara ble week a year earlie r , The majority of the prices paid to Georgia producers for broile r hatching eggs were r eported within a rang e of 50 to 60 cents per dozen. T he averag e p r i c e of hatching eggs was 55 cents per dozen. The price of eggs fro m flocks w i th hatchery owned cockerels generally was 2 cents below the average price. Most prices rece ived for broiler chicks by Georg ia hatcheries were reported within a r ang e of $7.00 to $ 8 . 50 with an average of $7.75 per hundred. The average prices last year were 62 cents for eggs and $9. 50 for chicks.

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GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS AND CHICK PLACEME NTS

E g gs Set 1.1

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Chicks "~. ,!acea t~o r

Broilers in G eorgia

_A_ u.. Pric e

I, tTlTa < c n E gg s

Broiler Chicks

Ii 1969

1970

I % of
year

1969

1970

%of

Per

year ! Doz.

P er H undr ed

Thou.

Thou.

I ago
Pet.

1
Thou.

Thou.

__ ago_ j 1970 pct l Cent s

1970 Dolla r s

May 30 June 6 June 13 June 20 June 27 July 4 July 11 July 18 July 25 Auz, 1

12,637 12,864 102

9,109 9,861

12,501 12,893 103

9,372 9,909

11,719 11,947 102

9,171 9,663

12,217 11,413

93

9,232 9,556

12 ,11 6 12,101 100

9,294 9,732

12 , 412 12,016

97

8,549 8,860

12,217 12,136

99

8,726 8,603

12,086 11,988

99

8,712 8,767

12 , 187 12,050

99

8,987 8,868

12,021 11,769

98 i 8,698 8,87 1

108 i 59
106 I 58

105 ! 56

104 i 56

105

56

104

56

99

56

101 I 55

99 I 55

102 ! 55

8.50 8.2 5 8. 00 8. 00 8.00 8. 00 8.00 7.7 5 7.7 5 7.75

EGG TYPE
Hatch of e g g type chicks i n Georgia during the week e nd.e d Augu st 1 wa s 790,000-10 perc ent more t h a n the pr e vious week and 15 percent more than th e co mparable w e ek la st year. An estimated 198,000 e g g s for the production of egg type chi cks w er e s e t by Georg ia hatcheri es, 4 percent l es s than the previous week and 79 perc ent l es s than the comparable we ek last year.
In the four states that ac counted for about 26 percent o f the hat c h o f a ll e gg typ e chicks in the U. S. i n 1969, hatc hings during the week ended A ug u st 1 w e r e up 17 p e r c e n t but s ettings were down 40 percent from a year ago.

!
State

EGG TYPE E G G S SET AND CHICKS HA T CHED, 1970

Egg s Set (Week E nded)

I % of

Chicks Hatched ("IN eek E n de d )

July

July July

A ug.

yea r

July J uly

July

A ug .

11

18

25

1

ago 2/ 11

18

25

1

Thous ands

T ho us an ds

! %of
year
\ ago 2/
I

Ga.

1, 200

27 4 20 6

198

21

Ill.

265

350 33 5

340

94

Calif. 2,019 1, 823 1,568 1, 153

66

Wash.

280

165 166

254 135

993 320 1, 651 215

889 325 1, 497 204

71 6 180 1,6 9 8 2 59

! 790 11 5 i 195 II 5 5
1,56 3 13 2 209 I 154

Total \ 3 ,764 2 ,612 2,275 1 , _94 5 I 60 \ 3,179 2 ,9 1 5 2, 8 5 3 2,757 1 17
1 / Includes eggs set by hatcheri e s produclng -ch ic ks fo r h a t che ry supply fl ock s .
2/ Current week as perc ent of same week las t year.

B ROI L ER TYP E EGG S S ET A N D C H IC KS P LACED IN C OM ME R C IAi... A I:{)i:AS BY '.1 2E KS - 19 7 0 P a g e 2

STAT E

E GGS' S E T .J-------~W~e-e...,k;--:;E~n~de d

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Jul y 18

J ul y 25

Aug . 1

i % of i
l year . I
ago 1/ I

Cl-H CKS PLA C :z n ,. .. VI e ek E nde d

J uly 18

J ul y 25

A ug . 1

0/0 of
yea r
a Ro 1/

Maine

Conne cti c ut

Pe nnsylvania

India n a

Missouri D elaware

I

Mar ylan d Vir ginia

I

I We s t Virginia
No rth Carolina

South Carolina

G E O RG IA

Flo rida T ennessee Ala b ama M is si s s ippi Arkansas Louis iana Texas VI as h ing ton . Ore g on California
TOTA L 19 7 0 (22 State s )

2,0 72 119
1, 8 53 50 4 286
3, 235 5, 039 1,9 8 8
35 8,01 4
5 59

1,949 83
1, 928 453 286
3, 104 5, 0 18 2, 030
35 8, 181
506

1 1,988 12, 0 50 1 1, 7 6 9

98

1, 186

1, 13 3

1, 18 4 106

69 5

701

. 6 83 101

9, 84 5 5,6 84

9, 595 5, 750

9 , 536 10 7 5,730 114

11 , 537 1 1, 6 2 9 11 , 215 100

941

9 55

9 57 104

4, 770

4 , 71 9

4 ,6 5 1 117

446

4 01

4 70

86

34 5

366

331

77

2, 310

2, 32 1

2, 23 0 10 7

73, 1 80 73,3 24 72, 32 9 104

1,349

1, 494

1,4 03

95

87

121

113

124

1,000

1,034

1, 08 1

127

26 0

24 0

218

84

563

528

54 5

12 5

2 ,49 7

2,466

2, 74 9

99

j ,525

3,94 8

3, 7 18

104

1, 23 7

1,388

1,34 8

102

357

328

279

83

6 , 0 14

6,412

6, 181

10 8

599

6 10

546

112

8, 767

8, 86 8

0, 871

102

808

745

91

1, 134

931

91

7,6 30

7, 598

11 4

5,0 8 6

4, 977

110

8,948

8,63 5

105

819

820

100

3,82 8

3 ,6 18

107

286

4 16

III

33 5

398

10 2

1, 691

1, 740

106

58 , 0 02 56 , 9 30

10 6

TOT AL 1969* (22 State s )

70, 893 70, 822 69,466

56, 39 7 55, 404 53, 923

% of Last Year I

103

104

104

100

* 1/ Current we ek as perc ent of same week last year.

Revised.

105

106

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AUG , ~ 1970
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GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE - ATHENS, GEORGIA

Athens , Ge or g i a

GEORG:rA - AUGUST 1 COTTON REPORT

Augus t 10) 1970

Prospe ct s on August 1 i ndicated a Ge orgi a cott on crop of 305 ) 000 bales , accordi ng t o informa tion r eported by crop cor r e sp onde nt s t o the Ge or gi a Crop Rep orting Servi ce . Produc tion at this level would be 23 , 000 ba l e s above t he f i na l product i on of 282 ,000 l a s t year . I nd r cated l i nt yi e l d per acre i s 385 pounds compa red with 351 p ounds i n 1969. Acr eage f or har ve st is e stimated at 380,000 _.- 5, 000 less than harve sted l a s t seas on.

Dry weather during much of June and the fi rst ha lf of July re t arded p l a nt gr owt h , and stalk size is smaller than usual i n several areas , but more pronounced in t he nor t he a ste rn par t of the State . The moisture situation improved t he l a st half of July, and 0 :1 Augus t 1 ) most of the State had adequate amounts.

Final out t ur n of the crop compa r ed with the forecast will depend upon whether t he various fact ors affecting t he crop during the remainder of the seas on are more or l es s favorab le than normal .

AUGUST 1 CO~D IT ION BY CROP REPORTING DISTRICTS

Di stri ct 1968 1969 1970 Percent

Non-Cotton

"J
Rome

-.L

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Stat e

84 82 80 81 64 68 8 1 73 54 79 84 79 78 72 78 74 76 81 75 81 82 73 71 76 76 71 75
76 75 77

Di stri ct s shown are cr op reporting dist r icts
and not Congress i onal Di st ricts .
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.Co l umbus

Alba ny
7

B
Va l dost a

Se e r everse side
f or UNI TED STATES
i nf or mat i on

State

:

North Carolina :

South Carolina :

GeorG ia

:

Ten n e s s e e

:

Alabama

:

COTTON REPORT AS OF AUGUST 1, 1970

Acreage

Harvested

.:

1968

1969

: Lint yield per :

. : For

harvested acre :

. :harvest :

: 1970 :

: 1970 :1968 : 1969 :indic .:

1, 000 acres

Pounds

189

166

165 310 .287 335

3~ 0

287

300 352 342 368

395

385

380 322 351 385

360

400

395 432 505 498

525

545

550 362 405 428

Production l.7

500 1b .
:

gross

wei.gh1t97ba0les

1968

:

1

,

1969
000 b

:
~le

~-_i

n-d-i c-.

-

-

123

100

115

251

205

230

266

282

305

325

1.~2 2

410

397

461

490

iviissouri Mississ ippi Arka n s a s Louisiana Oklahoma

: 190 : 1105 : 980 : 410
: 380

305 1185
1055 420
465

225 1180 1090 450
450

495 511 660 537 502 518
636 551 333 288

448 197

677 1522

524 1028

629 545

251

2 61.~

326 1328 11ho
1.~ 8 3
279

210 1665 1190
590 235

Texas, All

:

Upland
Amer -Ptma 'Y

: :

New Mexico , All:

Upland

:

Amer-Pima ?J :

Arizona, All :

Upland

:

Amer -Pima ?J :

California, All:

Upland

:

Amer. -P'ima ?J :

:
other States 2/:

4125.0 4101.0
24. 0 151. 0 1377 133 298.0 268.7 293 687. 0 686 . 6
0.4
24. 8

4675. 0 4648. 0
27 0 146 . 0 131.5
14.5 310.0 276.6
334 705.0 704.6
0 .4
25 .6

5027. 0
5000 .0 27.0
140 . 5 125.0
15.5 273 .8 241.0
32 .8 675.5 675.0
0.5

410 410
456
557 571 411 1180
1230 721 1097 1097 762

294 292 492
517 529 404
979 1033
533 893 894 498

22 . 7 422 390

349 348 498 560 576 434 1012 1076 541 871 871 672
406

3525 3502. 1
22 .9 176 164. 6
11.4 734 689 8 44.2 1573 1572 . 3
07
21. 8

2862 2834 .3
27 7 157 144 .8
12 .2 634 596 .7
37 3 1315
13 11.~ 5
05
20 .8

3653 3625. 0
28 . 0
16~
150 .0 14 .0
577
5~ 0
37 1225 . 7 1225 0
0.7
19 2

United States

Upland

: 10092.8

Amer-Pima '5/ : 67. 0

109993 753

11248 . 7 516 433 75. 8 565 493

469 l c868. 6 505 79 2

9937 1 10999 . 2

77 .7

79 7

All Cotton IiJ : 10160

11075

11324 .5 516 433 470 10948

10015

11078 .9

17 : Production ginned and t o be ginned . A 500 -p oun d ba le corrt .a i ns about 480 ~;;t pounds of '
. lint. ?J American Egyptian prior t o July 1, 19'70. 2/ Virg i l'li a } Fl or i da ,: I l l i noi s ; Kent.ucky , Nevada. IiJ 1968 and 1969; U. S. all cotton rou:1ded to thousands.

FRAS IER T. GALLOHAY Agricultural Statistician In Charge

C. L . CRENSF..AH Agr i cultur a l St at i st i ci an

The Georgia Crop Reporting Ser vi ce , USDA, ~09A North Lumpkf,.; Str eet ; At.hens , Georgi a in cooperation with t he Ge orgia Department of Agriculture.

After Five Days Return t o United States Department of Agriculture
Stat istical Report i ng Ser vi ce
409A North Lumpki n St r ee t Athens , Ge orgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS

ACQ DIV

900

UNIVERS I TY OF GEORGIA

UNI V LIBRARIES

ATH ENS

GA 30601

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POSTAGE & FEES PAID United States Deportment of Ag' iculture



I

Week End in g Augus t 10 , 1970

' . RE;l l e a seq 3 p . m. Mo nday

CRO P CON DIT ION S VARI ED

At hens, Ga. , August 10 - - Prospects f o r Georgia's c rops we re-qu ite vari ed l a s t week ,

accord ing t o t he Georg ia Crop Repo rtin g Service. The condi t ion of the corn crOf1 decl i ne d

further as t he Sou t hern Co r n Leaf BI i ght s p rea d nort hward un t il most of the St a t e was af-

f ected. Ot her crops were rated i n be t te r cond i t ion than corn, with so i l moi s t u re adeq ua te'

for pract ically a l I sections.

Cotto n wa s i n f ai r to good con d i t ion , accord ing to County Age nts re por t s . Near l y a l l of the crop had set bol I s a nd bol Is were opening in a few fiel ds in southe rn countie s . Bollworms were es pe ci ally t roub l e some in several areas , but i nsec t l ev e l s as a whole were sl ightly lo wer th an usual.

Tobacco ha rv es t rea ch ed 88 percent completion. Along with harve st i ng, ac t iv i t y re mained h igh i n cur ing a nd ma rke ti ng .

Pros pec ts fo r pea nuts con t i nued br ight as very I ight harvest got underwa y . Abou t 2 percent of the crop wa s dug by week end. This is about equal to l a s t year 's harvesting star t. Soybeans were rated h igh wi th 79 percent of the reports j udging t he c rop a s good or above.

Peach harvest wa s drawing to a close last week with 97 percent of the crop gathered. Through August 3, t he Federal-State Inspection Service had checked 1,842 ca r l o t equival ents compared with 2,334 carlot s for th e same period la st year.

Armywo rms sh owe d up more fr eq uen tly in hay fields and past u res l a st week. Near l y al I sections were hi t , but b0 t h hay crops and pastures were st ill ra ted i n mo st ly good cond i ti on . Cattle were mos t ly good and s l i ght l y imp rove d from the prev iou s week .

Harv e s t of l a t e s ummer ve qe tabl es, pa rticularly tomatoe s, was act ive in no rt he rn a reas . Good to ex ce l len t qual i ty aPD le harvest began dur ing the period.

WEATH ER SUMMARY - Sca tte red t hunde r s howe r s continu ed to occur ove r Geo rg ia duri ng t he week e nd ing Friday, August 7. Ra i nf a l l amo unts sh owed l a r ge va r i a t ions ,
ranging from none at a f ew pl aces to locally over 3 inche s at Al ma . Amo unts were gen erally I i ght over north Georg ia with mo s t weather observers reporting les s th an one- half inch . Several places in th e sou th ern half of the State rece ived more than a n i nch during t he week . Most sections sa w a n i nc rease in shower act ivity during the week e nd . The Sav a nna h are a was hit by several heavy t hunder s t o rm s on Saturday wit h some part s o f t he cit y a nd Cha tham County rec eiving o ve r 6 i nche s of ra in . Flash flooding cau sed ext en sive p rope rt y dama ge a nd required the evacu at ion of a n e s ti mat ed 175 famil ies from the ir home s. Gen eral rain fe l l over much of ex t reme nor th a nd nor t heast Georgia Sunday ni gh t and wa s co nti nui ng at many places Monday mo r ning, August 10. Some overnight tot als excee de d 3 i nches.

It wa s ho t and hum i d dur ing th e f i r st half of the week wit h h i ghs i n the mid an d uppe r 90's excep t i n t he mo untai ns . Dayt ime temperatures we re 5 to 10 de g rees l owe r du ring the last half as c l oudy co ndi t io ns prevailed over most of the St at e. Ea r ly morni ng t empe ra ture s were normal o r above t h roughout t he wee k, wit h readings in th e 60 l s in the mounta i ns a nd the 70's i n ot he r area s . Averages for the wee k ranged from a bout no rmal in some areas to 2 degrees ab ove normal i n ot hers .

The out look for Wednesda y t h rou gh Frid ay calls for fa i r to pa rt ly c lo udy weather an d no t qu it e so hot . The re is some pos sib il ity of scatte red thund er s howe r s i n t he so uth on
Wednesday. Low t emperatu re s are expec t e d to be mostl y in the upper 60's with h i ghs ra ngi ng from 850 to 930

The Ge or gi a Cr op Report i ng Ser vi ce , At he ns, Ge orgi a ; Ln cooperati on vTith t he Cooperative Ext.e ns Lon Se r vi ce , Um. v ez-s i t.y of Ge orgia; Ge or g ia Depar tme nt of Agricul t ure ; and the Heat he r Burea u , ESSA, U . S. Depart me nt of Comme r ce .

U. S. DE P A RT ME NT OF COMMERCE WEATHER BUREAU Athens, Georgia ESSA
Pr e ci pi t a t,,:'on For The Week Ending Augusb 7,? 1 970

GEORGIA

Tempe rature extr eme s f or the we ek ending
August 7 ~ 19700 (Pr ovi s i onal )
Highes t 3 99o at Ma Gan on t he 4th and 5t.h o
Lowes t. s 59U at Blai.rsv:ille on t he
5'th o

H

009
' GIlA D \ '
* For the per-Led Au gust
T Less t han ., 005 Lnch,

Af t e r Fi VE' D2 'h R.:: ' . , - ...
Un i t ed St a te s De pe r ; - " " , . ' " ~Jl St a t: i s t ~ C 2 1 Q ',: p ) ; : ' ~ :; 'J:: ' \ ' f 40gA No r th L U :"'" p L . - ~. ) . . : .~" At he ns . G eo r 9 ~ Y ; ~ 0 : ' OFF ~ CJ.AL 8!d':?'~ ~_U.?

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ATHENS, GEORGIA

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AU ~ l.~ 1970 Au~ s t 12, 1970

BROILE R T YPE

'~----L-Ie f/-ARIE-S -

Week Ended
June 6 June 13 June 20 June 27 July 4 July 11 July 18 July 25 Aug. 1 Aug. 8

GEORGU-I. E GGS S E T , HATCHINGS AND CHICK P LACEMENT S

Eggs Set lJ

I 1969

Thou.

12,501

11,719

12, 217

12, 116

12,412

12,217

I 12,086

I
I
i

12, 187 12,021

! 12 ,039

1970
Thou.
12, 893 1 1 , 9 47 11, 413 12,101 12, 0 16 12, 136 11, 988 12 , 0 5 0 11, 769 11, 558

Av. Pri ce

0/0 of
year ago
Pet.

I Chicks Placed fo r Broilers in Geo r gia

i Hat ch Egg s

I
!

1969

1970

I

%of

I
i

I

year

I
I

ago

i
I

P er Doz. 1970

Thou. Thou.

I P et.

Cents

Broiler Chicks Per Hundr ed 1970
Dollars

103

9,372 9,909

106 I 58

8.2 5

102

9, 171 9,663

93

9,232 9, 556

100

9, 294 9,732

97

8, 549 8,860

99 i 8,726 8,603

99

I
I

8, 712

8,767

99

I
I

8, 987

8, 868

98 I 8, 69 8 8, 871

I

96 ! 8,658 8,659

I 105

56

104

56

I 10 5

56

104 I
99 i

56 56

101 I 55

99 I 55
102 : 55

100 : 55

8.00 8.00 8. 00 8. 00 8. 00 7.75 7.75 7.7 5 7.75

EGG TYP E

Hatch of egg type chi cks in Georgia during the we ek ended A ug u s t 8 wa s 157, 000 -80 perc ent l e ss t h a n th e p r e vious we ek and 77 percent less t han the comparable week l a s t year. An estimated 335,000 e g g s for t he production of egg t ype chi cks were s et by Georgia hatcheries , 69 pe rc ent more t ha n th e pr evious we ek but 60 p e rc ent les s t ha n the I
comparable week last year. In the fou r state s that accounted for ab o ut 26 percent o f t he hatc h o f all e gg t yp~.
chicks i n t he U. S. in 1969 , hatchings during t he week ended ,l; ugust 8 we re down 18 p erc e n t
and settings wer e down 28 pe rc ent from a year a go ,

State

EGG TYPE E GGS SET A ND CHICKS HATCHED, 1970

Eggs Set (W e e k Ended)

i % of I Chi ck s Ha tched (Week E n ded)

July

July Aug. Aug.

y e ar

July July

Aug. A ug .

18

25

1

8

a g o 2/ 18 2 5

1

8

i % of ye ar ag o' 2/

Calif. Wash.

340 1, 823
165

"'1-,,_I ' CO"""'lo_,.l ~
1,568 1, 153 166 25 4

I 40
9 I 55
1,430 89
204 12 1

T ho usan ds

889 325 1, 497 204

716 180 1,698 259

790 195 1, 563 209

I
I 157 23
275 , 86 1, 40 3 109
120 122

Total ! 2.602* 2,27 5 1, 94 5 2,26 4 : 72 I 2,915 2, 853 2, 757 1,9 55 ' 82

* r/-In-cluues eggs set by hatcheries produ cing chi c k s for hat che ry supply flocks.

zl Cur r ent week as perce nt of same we ek l a s t year.

R e vis e d.

B R O IL E R T YP ;C E G G S S E T A N D C HICKS P L A CED IN C OMME.8.CIl..L.. A J:<::~ .p_ 2 BY V1ZEKS

_ _ _ _ 0 __

~~ G G S 2 ~ T

c ares s P L A CSD

I ST AT E

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A ug .

25

1

A ug . 8

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yea r ago 1/

v'l e e k :E: n de d

J uly 25

A ug . 1

A ug. 8

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0/0 of ye ar
ago 1/

1

I

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I

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Indiana

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I,

Maryland

I

Vir ginia

West Virginia \
Nor t h Carolina I

South Ca r olin a

I
I

Thous ands

Thous ands

2, 072

1,949

2, 006 102

1, 49 ~

1, 403

1, 393

90

119

83

168 109

121

113

12 6

83

1, 8 53

1,9 2 8

1, 80 8 105

1, 0 3"1:

1, 0 8 1

1, 162

12 4

504

4 53

486

94

240

2 18

229

96

286

28 6

27 7

99

523

545

502

12 8

3, 235 5,039

3, 104 5, 0 18

2,97 8 109

2, 46 ,s

I

4, 9 15

96 : 3, 94 3

2, 749 3, 718

2,706 3,761

103 101

1, 988

2,0 30

1,849 108

1, 38 0

1, 3<1: : 8

1, 161

87

35

35

35 10 0

323

2 79

2 55

77

8, 014

8, 181

7,7 73 102

6, 4l?

6, 181

6, 092

104

559

50 6

569 102

6 10

546

5 11

96

GEORG IA

12, 0 50 1 1, 769

11,558

96

8, 368

8, 37 1

8, 6 5 9

100

Flor ida Te nness ee Ala bama Mi ssissippi A rkan sas Louisiana Texa s Washington Oreg on California
TOTAL 19 7 0 (22 States)

1, 13 3

1, 184

1, 165 10 3

80 3

74 5

826

95

701

683

64 6

92

1, 13<:1:

931

972

92

9, 595

9, 536

9,249 10 3

7 , 630

7 , 59 8

7,3 9 9

11 4

5, 75 0

5, 73 0

5, 60 2 111

5,0 8 6

4 , 9 77

4, 911

III

11 , 6 29

11 ,215 1 1, 4 36 10 1

8, 948

8, 635

8, 554

11 0

955

957

974 104

819

82 0

780

87

4, 7 19

4,651

4,588 108

3, 828

3,618

3, 595

12 0

401

4 70

520

99

286

4 16

283

91

366

331

511 14 2

335

398

25 1

81

2,321 7 3,324

2, 230 72 ,329

"1 2,26 0 105
71 ,3 73

58.002 I 1, 69 1

1, 740 56 ,93 0

1, 7 1 1 55, 839

108 105

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TOTAL 1969

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70, 822 69,466 69, 80 8

(22 States)

I

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% of Last Year

I t

104

10 4

102

1/ C urrent week a s p e r c e n t of same week 1as t ye a r .

15 5, <':;'04
I, ! 10 5
* Revise d.

53, 923 106

53,0 3 2 105

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GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE

ATHENS, GEORGIA

GENERAL CROP REPORT AS OF AUGUST 1, 1970

August 13, 1970

Georgia: vleather during July was mostly favorable for crop developme ~t and yie l d prospe ct s
for peanuts and soybeans are very promising. Cotton a~d cor n yie l ds hav e be en cut by dry weather in a f ew areas, and corn was further damaged by Sout hern Cor~ l ea f Bl i ght now found throughout most of the State.

Corn production in 1970 is forecast at 60,803,000 bushels compared with last yea r' s short crop of 47,058,000 bushels. Many growers reported apprai s i ng yield pote~tial diffi cult because the overall effect of the Southern Corn leaf Blight on product. Lon i s not known , A yield of 41.0 bushels per acre was i ndicated.

Tobacco production was placed at 128,700,000 pounds -- sharply ab ove last year 's crop of 96,092,000 pounds. Both acreage and yfe Ld per acre are above last year 's l eve l.

Soybean production is e st i ma t e d at 11, 208, 000 bush els last vear.

the same s ize cr op as harve st ed

A new record peanut crop was indicated on August 1. Estimated pr oduc ti on was p l a ce d at
1,029,100,000 pounds, compar ed .6th 946,270,000 pounds last year. Yield per acre is expe cted
to average 2 , 050 pounds compared with 1,885 pounds i n 1969.

The pe ach estimate was unchanged at lit5. 0 mf.Ll.Lon p ounds.

GEORGIA ACREAGE AND PRODUCTION, 1969 AND 1970

Crop and Unit

Acreage For
:Harvested: harvest 1969 : 1970
Thousand acre s

Yield Per Acr e
1969 : I nd.i.cat. ed 1970

Pr cduct i on
1969 : I ndLca t ed 197 0
Thousands

Corn, for grain, bu. Wheat, bu. Oats, bu. Barley, bu . Rye, bu. Sorghums, for grain, bu . Cotton, bales Hay, all, ton Soybeans, for beans Peanuts, (p & T), lb. Sweetpotatoes, cwt. Tobacco, Type 14 , l b. Peaches, lb.
!7 Pounds of l i nt.

1 , 426 86
94 5
72 14
385 439 467 502 8 .0
595

1,483 100
85 6
65 16 380 432 467 502 7. 8 66. 0

33 0 34.0 52.0 46.0
23.5 40.0
.Y351 2.08 24.0
1, 885 80
1,615

41. 0
35 0 48. 0 50. 0
23 0
350 .Y385
1. 85 24 . 0
2, 050 80
1, 950

47 , 058
2 ) 921.~
4, 888
23 0 1, 692
560 282
915 11,208 946)270
640
9 6 , 092 175 , 200

60 , 803 3 ,5 00
l.~ } 080
300
1,495 560 305 800
11, 208 1, 029,100
624 128,700 145, 000

.

FRASIER T. GALlOVlAY

Agricultural Statisticia~ I n Cha r ge

C. L. CRENSHAH Agricultura l St at i s t i ci an

The Ge orgia Crop Rep orting Service , USDA, 409A North Lumpki n St r ee t , At hens , Ge orgia in coope ration with t he Ge orgia Depa~tment of Agriculture.

UNITED STATES CROP SUMMARY AS OF AUGUST 1, 1970
Corn forecast at 4,693 million bushe ls is 3 percent (127 mi llion bushels ) l ower than last ---- month but 3 percent ( 115 milli on) above last year's production. Dry weather i n t he
Western Corn Belt r educed prospects i n s ome St ate s .
All Wheat production at 1,357 million bushels is 0.6 percent (9 million bushels) mor e than a month earlier and 7 pe r cent ( 101 million bushels ) below l ast year . Increased pr oduction of winter wheat more than off set declines in durum and ot her spr i ng wheat .
Soybeans are forecast at 1,114 mil l ion bushe l s , 0 .3 percent (3 milli on bushels ) less t han l ast year's crop .
Sorghum Grain fore cast is 680 million bushels , 8.5 percent (63 million bushels ) less than l a st year 's crop and 8.1 percent ( nearly 60 million bushels) below 1968.
Oat pr oduct i on is forecast at 903 million bushels; 6 percent (55 milli on bushe l s ) l e s s t han a --- month earlier and 5 percent (47 million bushels ) below last year.

UNITED STATES ACREAGE AND PRODUCTION. 1969 AND 1970

Crop and Unit
Corn, for grain, bu . Wl:eat, All, bu. Oat s , bu. Barley, bu . Rye, bu . Cotton, bales Hay, all, ton Soybeans, for beans , bu . Peanuts ( p & T) lb . Sweetpotatoes, cwt . Tobacco, lb. Peache s , lb.
g Pounds of lint .

Acr e a ge

:

:

: For

:Harve st ed : harvest :

1969 : 1970 :

Thousand -ac-re-s

: 54,573

: 47,555

: 18, 003

: 9, 388

: 1, 334

: 11, 075

: 61, 838

: 40, 857

:

1, ~48

:

148

:

922

:

57,991 43,561 18,732
9,846 1,433 11,325 62,728
41 , 6 1 9 1,451 144
905

Yield Per Acre :

Production

. 1969 : Indicated : : 1970

1969 : Indi cated : 1970
Thousands

83 9 30 7 52 .8 44 .4
y243353 2 .06
27 .3 1,743
99 1;960

80 . 9 31.2 48 . 2
~1.7
y2457 03
2 .01
26 .8 1, 852
95 1, 997

4,577, 864 1, 458, 872
949,874 417 , 156
31, 405 10,015 127,127
1,116, 876 2,523, 399
14, 664
1, 806 , 656
3, 665,400

4, 692,864
1,357,465 902 , 8 0 0 410,456 36, 186 11, 079 126,005
1, 113, 566 2,687, 775
13,700 1,806, 120
3 , 1 28 , 200

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After Five Days Return t o United States Department of ~gr i culture
Statistical Reporting Servi ce 409A North Lumpkin St reet Athens, Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSll~ S S

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United States Deport ment o f Agricul ture

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GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVIC E

Athens , Georq ra

Week Ending August 17, 1970 FI ELD W O~K DELAYED BY RAI NS

Rel ea se~ 3 p m1.IIMOWdta)/

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Athens, Ga., August 17 - - Ou tside activity on most Geor g ia f arms was restricted las t

week due to ra iny weat he r . According to the Georgia Crop Reporti ng Se rv i ce, soi l mo i s t u re

was surplus over mo s t of the southern half of th e State and wa s ge ne ra l ly ade qua t e e l sewhe re .

Cou nty Agent s judged the 2!n crop to be i n lower condi tio n t ha n t he pre vi ous we e k as the Sou thern Corn Lea f Bl ig ht cont inued to plague the crop. Abou t 85 pe rce nt of the reports rated t he crop poor to fa i r wi t h weak stalks and so f t co bs .

Cotton remain ed in fair to good condition las t week. In se c t i nf e s t a t ion l evels were about normal but i nc re a s ing as spray programs were diff icult t o f o l l ow i n t he ra iny weather. Ginning of th e f irst bal e wa s reported in Bulloch County. Sta t ewide, o nly abo ut 6 percent of the c ro p is open.

Tobacco harvest a nd ma r ket i ng were nearing comp l e ti on wi th 94 pe rc en t of t he crop harvest ed. Th is i s a bo ut normal for the date. ~ea ch harve s t was compl e t e ex ce pt for a few nor th ern count ie s.

Digging of peanuts wa s slowed by the weather and was on ly 3 pe rcen t dug by the weekend. This was below normal but the crop was rated i n mo s tly good con d i t ion. \~hit e mold and insects wer e particularly troublesome during the peri od . Soybean s were j udge d i n mostly good to excell ent condition. Reports indicated a wi de ra nge of i nsect s were attacking the crop but plant growth to date has been very good.

The in c re a sed mo i s t u re improved oastures and ha y crop s f o r mo s t area s. Fall armyworms were reported on t he se and other crops over a large area of t he Sta te.

The volume of veq etables harvested decl ined seasonally. Ha rv es t of good qual i t y apple s increased i n no rthern areas.

WEATHER SUMMARY - Heavy to excessive ra infall occurred over sout h Geo r g i a du r i ng the week end ing Friday, Augus t 14. Rainfall was more var iabl e ove r the no rther n half of the State , ranging from I ight to locally heavy. Several wea t he r ob servers i n th e sout h measured more than 6 i nc he s of rain dur ing the week and flash flooding wa s re port ed i n some areas. The Savannah area was especially hard hit with the flooding o f se ve ra l re s i de nti a l areas requirin g the evacuation of scores of famil ies. Homerville had th e l a r ge s t week l y t o t a l with 11.61 inches. The observer reported rain every day wi th mo re than a n inch occurr ing on 4 days and 3.40 i nc he s fall ing during one 4 hour pe ri od on Mo nda y, Augus t 10. Shower activ ity decreased a f t e r Thursday and only widely scattered s howe rs we re re po r t ed i n the State during the week end.
Daytime temperatu res were unseaso~ably cool ea rly i n the week wi t h h ighs i n the 70's in nor th Georg ia and in the low 80's in the south on two or three da ys . A wa rmi ng t re nd after Wednesday brou ght read ing~ to near normal by the end of t he per iod. Mos t observers recorded their highes t t empe ra t u re on Sunday, August 16, when ma ximums reac hed the 90's in all areas e xcep t the mounta ins. Minimum t emperatures were mo re sea sonal but also showed a sl ight warm ing trend through the period. Averages fo r th e week ra nge d f rom 2 t o
5 degrees below normal.

The outlook for Wedne sda y through Friday cal Is for mos t ly fa ir an d wa rm wea t he r wi t h only wid ely scattered a f t e r noon thundershowers. Maxi mum t emp era t ure s a re ex pe c t e d to range from 870 to 940 Lcws will be in the 60s in the e x t reme no r t h a nd th e l ow 70 's elsewhere.

The Georgia Crop Re po r ti ng Service, Athens, Georgia; i n coope ra tion wi th the Cooperat ive E)(ten s ion Se rv ice, Univers i ty of Goorgia; Geo r g ia De pa r t ment of Agr i cult ure ; and t he Weather Bureau, ESSA, U. S. Departme nt of Commer ce.

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE WEATHER BUREAU Athens, Georgia ESSA
Preci pi t at ion For The Week Ending August l4,t' 1970

GEORGIA

Temperature extremes fo r the week ending August 14 , 19700 (Provis ional)
Highest~ 930 at Macon on the J.4th o Lowest g 57o at Clayton on the 13th o

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* For the period August 15=17 ~
T Less than 0005 inoh o
After F i v e D a y s H e t tl ?:l r ,', United S t a t e s D epa c t rr. c n t ,",'.i :' Ai:: ~ :l. c ult u:r e
Statis t i c a l R e p o r uin g S ~ :: '\'k ,~ 409A No r t h L u m p k i n S t:I:' ,,-~ ,;j , :
Athe ns, G e o r gf a. 3 06 0 1 OFFICIAL B USI NE SS

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GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERV
e ~~1rmL1t?: : LPL11rillt?
ATHENS, GEORGIA
July 1970

August 18, 1970

Item

During July

1969 1/

1970 2/

Thou.

Thou.

0/0 of- . - ---

last

Jan. thru July

year

1969 1/

1970 2/

Pet.

Thou.

Thou.

% of
last year
Pet.

Broiler Type Pullets Placed (U. S.) 3/
Total Dom estic

3,409 3,0 26

3 , 67 8 108 3,084 102

26 , 886 23, 317

27,989 10 4 24, 009 103

Chickens Te ste d Broiler Type
G eorgia United State s Egg Type G eorgia United States

4 62 2, 0 56
41 302

554 120 2, 27 4 111
36 88 320 106

3, 7 54 15,925
154 3, 29 3

4 , 0 54 108 17,524 110
196 127 3, 3 82 103

Chicks Hatched Broiler Type
Georgia United States Egg Type Georgia United States

42 ,4 7 2 257,63 1
3, 524 40,213

41,853 99 268, 328 104
3, 876 11 0 44, 823 III

297,113

311,892 105

1,804,656 1,965,624 109

25 ,683 339,383

28, 912 113 386,376 114

Commercial Slaughter:4/ Young Chickens
Georgia United States Mature Chickens Light Type
G eorgia United States Heavy Type G eorgia United States

33, 261 223, 550
886 9,416
158 1,758

38,492 116 255,426 114

221,024

247, 924 112

1, 467,743 1, 6 46, 971 112

1,300 147 .1
9,757 104
358 227 2, 723 155

NA 78,558
NA 14,297

13, 165 80,91 4 103
2,590 18,902 132

Number Layers and Egg Production

Number Layers on Hand During July

Eggs 2 e r 100 Layers

T otal E gg s Produced During July

1969

1970

1969

1970

1969

1970

Thous ands

Number

Millions

Georgia Hatching Other Total
South A tl an t i c 5/ United States -

5, 477 18, 315 23, 792 63, 860 307,07 2

4, 947 18, 888 23, 835 64, 553 311,832

1, 832 1, 835 1, 832 1, 885 1,888

1, 74~ I
1, 854 j
1, 829 i
1, 859 i
1,871 ;

100 336 4 36 1, 204 5,79 6

86 351 437 1,200 5, 833

U . S. E gg Typ e chicken e g g s in incub ator Aug. 1, 1970 as perc ent of A ug . 1, 1969.

77

1/ Revi sed.
2/ Preliminary. 3/ Pullets for broiler hatchery s up pl y flocks, includes ex p e cted pullet r eplacements fr om

- eg g s sold during th e pr ec eding month at th e r ate of 125 pullet chicks p er 30-doz. cas e

of e gg s .

4/ Federal -State i\1arket New s S ervic e Slaught er r eports only include paultry s l a ug hte re d

- under Federal Inspection.
5/ South A tla n t i c States: n -i ., Md. , W . v s., N . C., s. C. , G a . , F la. , v .

NA - Not A v ail a ble .

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United States Departm ent o f Agr i cul t u re

Georgia D e par t m e nt of Agric ulture

Statistical R eporting Service , 4 09A North Lumpkin St reet , At hens , G e orgia 30601

State

YOUNG CHI CKENS: SL A UG HT E RE D UNDE R F EDZ HAL INSP ECTION BY SE LECTE D STATES, 1969 a n d 1970

Number Inspected

During Jun e

1969

19 7 0

J an. thru June

19 69

1970

I Indi c ate d P e rc ent Condemned

I

II

Dur ing June

1969

1970

J an. t hr u June

19 69

19 7 0

T hou.

Thou.

T hou.

Thou.

Pet.

P et.

P et.

Pet.

I Maine

6,240

6, 892

32,982 37, 618 3.8

3. 6

P a.

7,130

7,586

4 0 , 73 3 4 1, 67 8 4 . 0

4. 4

Mo.

I 4, 64 7

5,757

2 5, 648 3 0 , 59 2 4 . 1

4. 6

Del.

1 8, 401

8,43 1

4 5,48 5 47, 199 3. 4

3 .4

Md.

, 15, 382 16,153

80, 645 88, 735 3.3

3. 4

Va.

7,73 2

8,262

41,475 4 6, 896 3.1

3. 6

N. c.

24, 3 86 2 7, 9 84 131,504 153,240 3 . 1

3. 7

Ga.

33 , 50 3 39, 37 0 186,734 209,790 4. 6

4. 9

T enn.

5, 84 4

6, 6 08

32, 605 3 5, 704 3 . 1

3. 4

Ala.

2 5, 93 7 30, 7 9 1 140, 54 1 157,834 3.2

4 .8

Miss.

15,851 20 , 197

88 , 9 53 10 3,656 [ 1, 9

2. 2

Ar k.

3 2 , 8 18 34 , 6 0 3 181 , 3 7 0 19 4,098 2.7

3. 1

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4.2

3. 8

4. 7

5. 0

4. 2

4. 8

4.0

4. 2

3. 7

4. 2

3.9

4. 3

3. 9

4. 2

5.3

5.5

3. 7

3. 6

3. 6

5.1

2. 5

2. 4

3. 6

3. 5

: ~ _2

: ~ _6

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U. S . 12 2 5, 34 5

1, 227, 497

i 3. 2

3. 8

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2 59 , 7 18

1, 3 89, 678

3. 8

4. 2

MID -MONTH P RICES RE CEIVE D AND P RI CE S P A ID

Item

!,- -

G eorgia

Unit ed Stat es

I

J ul y 15 June 15 July 15 J uly 15 Jun e 15 July 15

19 69

1970

1970

1969

1970

1970

I

Pr ices R e c e i ve d:

I

Cents

Cents

Cents

Cent s Cents

Cents

Chickens, Ib , ,

excl. broile rs

\

Com 11 Broilers (lb.)

9.0 16.5

7.0 12.0

7.0 12.5

9.0 17. 5

8. 4 13.3

8.3 13.6

A ll Eggs, (dozens) \ Table (dozens)
I Hatching (doz ens) ,

4 5. 1

36.0 31. 4 56.0

43.0 39.9 56.0

37.7

30.5

36. 7

. Prices Paid: (p er ton) I

Dol.

Dol.

Dol.

Dol.

Dol.

Dol.

Broiler Grower Laying F eed

96.00 80.00

95.00 83.00

94.00 83.00

92.00 80.00

93.00 83.00

94.00 84.00

This report is made pos sible through the cooperation of the Na.tional Poultry Improvement Plan, Official State A ge n ci e s , the Animal Husbandry Research Division of the A g r i c ult ur a l Research S ervice, t he Inspection Branch of the Poultry Division, Consumer and Marketing Service a nd the Agricultural Estimates Division of the Statistical R eporting Service and the many breeders, hatcheries, poultry processors and the poultry farmers that r eport to t he s e agencie s.

FRASIE R T. GALLOWAY A g r i c ul t ur a l St a t i s t ician In Charg e

W. A . WAGNER Ag r icultural Statistician

Afte r Five Days Return to . United St a te s D epart m ent o f A g r i c ult u re
St at i sti ca l R eporti n g Se r vic e 409A No rth Lumpkin Str e et A t hens, Geo r g ia 306 0 1
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ATHENS, GEORGIA

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A ug u s t 19, 1970

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Placement of broiler chicks in G eorgia during th e we ek ende d A ug u s t 15 w a s 8,675, OOO--slightly m ore than the previous w e ek a n d 2 p e rce nt mo re than the comparable week last year, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting S e rvice.
A n estimated 10, 771, 000 broiler type e gg s were s et by G eorgia hatcheries--7 p erc ent less than both the previous week and the comparable week a y ear ea r lier .
The majority of the prices paid to G eorgia produc er s for br oil er hatching eggs w e r e r eported within a r a n g e of 50 to 60 c ents p er dozen. The ave rage pric e of ha tching e ggs wa s 55 cents per dozen. The price of eggs from flocks with hatc her y owned cocker el s g en e r ally was 2 c ents below the averag e price. Mo st p r ice s r eceived fo r broiler chicks by G eorgia hatcheries wer e r eported within a r ang e of $ 7 . 00 to $8. 50 w ith a n average of $ 7 . 7 5 p er hundr ed. The a ve r a g e pr i c es l a s t y e a r wer e 63 c ent s fo r egg s and $ 9 . 7 5 for c hick s.

W e ek Ended
June 13 June 20 Jun e 27 July 4 July 11 July 18 July 25 Aug. 1 Aug. 8 Aug. 15

GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS A N D CHICK P LA CEME N T S

E g g s Set 1../

1969

1970

Thou.
11, 719 12, 217 12, 116 12,412 12, 217 12, 086 12, 187 12,021 12, 039 11, 548

T hou.
11,947 11,413 12,101 12, 016 12, 136 11,988 12,050 11, 769 11, 558 10,771

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A v. Pric e

I Chicks Placed fo r Broilers in G eorgia

I, Hat c h Egg s

% of

I
1

% of , P er

year

I I

1969

1970

yea r ! Doz.

ago

I

ago

I !

1970

I Pet.

Thou. Thou.

I P et .

C ents

I

i

B r oile r Chi cks Per Hundr ed 1970
Dollars

102

9, 171 9,663

93

9,232 9,556

100 I 9,294 9,732
97 ! 8, 549 8,860

99 99

I 8,726 8, 712
I

8,603 8, 767

99

.I 8,987 8,8 6 8

I 105

10 4 105

I
I

56 56 56

10 4

I
!

56

99 I

56

101 ! 55

99

55

8. 00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 7.75 7.75.

98 96

I 8,698 8,658

8, 871 8,659

93

i
I

8, 473

8,675

102

55

100

55

102 i

55

7.75 7.75 7.75

EGG TYPE

Hatch of e gg type chicks in Georgia during the week en ded August 15 was 161,000-3 p e r c ent more than t he previous week but 77 p ercent l ess t han t he c o m p a r a bl e we ek l a st y ear. A n e s ti m a te d 1, 3 2 5, 000 eggs for the p roduction of egg t y pe chi ck s wer e s et by G eorgia hatcheries, 296 p erc ent more than t h e pr evious w e e k and 4 7 p erc ent mor e than the comparable week last ye ar.
In the four states that accounted for a bo ut 26 perc ent o f t he h atch of all egg t ype chicks i n the U. S. in 1969, hatchings during t he week ende d A ugust 15 we re down 22 perc ent a n d settings w er e up 14 percent from a y e ar a g o.

EGG TYPE E G GS SET A ND C HICKS HATCHE D, 1970

E ggs Set (W e e k Ended)

State i July

Aug. A ug .

Aug.

25

1

8

. 15

Thous ands

i I

0/0 o f

I
I

yea r ago 2/

i
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Chicks Ha t ched (W e ek Ended)

July A ug .

A ug.

Aug.

25

1

8

15

T ho us a n d s

Ga.
Ill.

206 39 5':'

198 340

3 35 295

1, 325 190

14 7 42

I
I

71 6 180

7 90 195

157 275

161 315

Calif. W a sh.

1, 5 6 8 16 6

I, 15 3 1, 4 30

254

2 04

1,970 186

11 5 13 3

I
I

1, 69 8 259

1, 56 3 209

1, 40 3 120

1, 197 11 8

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T otal : 2,335 >:< 1,94 5 2 ,2 64 3, 671 : 11 4 I 2, 85 3 2 , 7 5 7 1,95 5 1, 79 1

* 17-Incllides e g gs s et by h a t cn erles producin g c hi c k s for h a t c h e r y s up p l y flocks.

2/ Current we ek as p erc e nt of same w e ek l a s t ye ar.

R e vi s ed.

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iI
10 5 I 83
I 78

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Thousands

Maine Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana Missouri Delaware Maryland Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina

1,949 83
1,928 4 53
286 3, 104 5,018 2,030
35 8, 181
506

2,006 168
1,808 486 277
2,978 4, 9 15 1, 849
35 7,773
569

2,010 108
151 125 1,537 84
43 4 99 231 81 2, 877 106 4 , 667 89 1, 727 96 35 92 7,317 95 500 83

1,403

1,393

1,478

98

113

12.6

114

91

1, 081

1, 1(-2

1,243

121

218

2 ~9

230

93

545

502

465

116

2,749

2,706

2, 536

95

3, 718 3,761

3, 751

104

1, 348

1, 161

1,326

97

279

255

367 103

6, 181

6,092

6, 109

109

546

511

543

108

GEORGIA

11, 769 11, 558 10,771 93

8, 871

8,659

8,675

102

Florida

1, 184

1, 165

1,077 93

745

826

774

99

Tennessee

648*

646

619 85

906*

972

960

98

Alabama

9,536

9,249

8,965 100

7, 598

7,399

7,388

109

Mississippi

5,730

5,602

5, 555 110

4,977

4,91 1 4, 968

112

Arkansas

11,215 11,436 11,659 99

8,635

8,554

8,273

110

Louisiana

957

974

978 96

820

780

1, 145

135

Texas Was hingt on

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4,651 470

4, 58R 520

4, 249 101 482 74

3,618

3, 595

3, 541

119

416

283

286

67

Oregon

331

511

321 100

398

251

250

94

California

2,230

2, 260

TOTAL 1970- -- - -- - -72, 29 4* 71,373

(22 S tates)

2,260 68, 422

112 98

1 , 7 40

1, 711

56,9G5 -{c 55, 839

1. 735 56, 157

III
107

TOTAL 1969* (22 States)

69 ,466 69 ,808 70 ,093

53,923

* 0/0 of Last Year

104

. 102

98

1/ Current week a s percent of s ame week last year.

106
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52, 502 107

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GEORGIA r S 1969 CASH RECEIPTS FROM FARMING SETS RECORD

August 24, 1970

Llcome to Georgia farmers from f~rm marketings and Government payments was a record high $1,233,966,000 in 1969, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. This was a 10 percent increase over the previous year and the largest one-year increase in Gecrgia Eir-ce '1958 . It was the fifth consecutive ye ar that receipts t opped the one billion dollar mark.

Livestock and l ivestock products totaled $740 , 445, 000 and accounted for 60 percent of the total receipts. Receipts from all crops amounted to $407,432,000 and made up one-third of the total. Government payments were $86,089 ,000 for the year. Farm operating expenses continued to rise.

Cash receipts from commercial broilers ac counte d for $218, 236 , 000 and ranked number one; eggs were s econd with a value of $213,829, 000, f ollowed by pe anuts, $121,762,000; cattle and calves, $115, 180 , 000; hogs, $98 , 934, 000; tobacco, $75, 642 , 000; dairy products , $73,073, 000; truck crops, $36, 885 ,000; and corn, $31, 209 , 000 .
GEORGIA CASH FPJU~ RE CEIF~S. 1969

Livestock and Products

445 000 __ _ _ .".~_740 .J

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Goverrrment Payments
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Agricultural Statistician I n Charge

Agricultural Statistician

The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, USDA, 409A North Lumpkin St r e et , Athens, Georgia

in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture.

-CRO-PS
Cotton Li nt
Cotton Seed
Cotton, Total
Peanuts
Tobac co
Soybea ns
Pea ches
,
Pec an s
Ot her Fruit s and Nuts
Truc k Crops
. Corn
Fore st Pr oducts
Al l Ot her Crops
TOTAL CROPS
LIVESTO-CK Hogs
Cattle and Calves
Dairy Products
Commercial Broilers
Other Chickens
Turkeys
Eggs
Other TGTAL LIVESTOCK
AND PRODUCTS GOVERNMENT
PAYMENTS TOTAL CASH INCOME
ALL SOURCES
Y Preliminary

CASH FARM INCOME FOR GEORGIA (Thousa ~d Dollars)

1966

1967

1968

33, 845

27] 165

29, 157

7,977

4,668

5, 373

41,822

31,833

34,530

90,134

108,918

112, 847

71,522

100,905

77,372

16,543

24,646

21, 134

9,611

11,542

13,127

10,474

19,872

16)516

3,402

2,016

2,522

33, 057

43,683

40,254

43,290

52,210

40,842

24,465

22,158

23,311

27,801

32 ,977

'11 ,673

372 ,121

450 ,760

414 ,12 8

196~ Y
16,245 4,343 20, 588 121,762 75, 642 24, 025 11)948 24,633 2,423 36, 885 31,209 25, 901 32 ,4 16 407,432

70,481 89,232 58,437 224,903 9,308 7,426 175,173 2,157 637,117 80,173
1,089,411

67,242 84,005 63,114 190,921 8,567 7,535 152;883 2,644 576,911 77,825 1,105,496

75,417 93,301 66,159 200,249 8,188 7,844 173,873 2,849 627,880 80,187
1,122,195

98,934 115,180 73,073 218,236 11,498
6,782 213,829
2 ,913 740,445 86, 089
1,233,966

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Week Ending August 24) 197 CORN CONDITIo.N 'l-10RSEN;

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Released 3 p.m. Monday

Athens) Ga.) August 24

The condition of the corn crop is causing considerable con-

cern. Most County Agents judged the condition of the crop as poor to fair. Varying degrees

of damage was reported) but total loss will not be knom1 until harvest is completed. Soil mois-

ture was mostly adequate ex cept s ur p l us ill s out he rn third of State and some shortage i n the

immedi ate Athens area ) according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service.

Cotton made normal progress) but insect L1festati ons j_ncreased considerably as control measures were limited by weather conditions. Harvest has begun in s out her n areas) but is very limited.

Toba cc o harvest and marketing were nearing completion. Peanut digging was delayed by wet fields a nd is behind nor mal . Yield prospects are go od to excellent. Soybeans made excellent progres s; b l ooming a nd podding arE: well advanced .

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Pasture and hay crops are much improved. Hay harvest was hamper~d by weather conditions.

Fall armyworms and spittle bu gs were reported in many coastal Bermuda fields.

A small volume of vegetables a nd melons was available, mainly from ~ orthe rn producing areas.

WEATHER SU~~RY - Scattered showers and thundershowers occurred over Georgia throughout the week ending Friday) August 21. The showers were very localized and rainfall amounts showed large variations ) even in adjoining counties. Totals were ge nerally larger in the south where several weather observers measured more than a n i nch during the week. Quitman received just
over 3 i nches with rain oc cur r ing on four differe ~t days. Showers were both lighter and less
frequent i n north Georgia where several observers reported no measurable rain during the week. Parts of the nor t h were becoming dry again by the end of the period. Showers continued to occur through the weekend with more than an i nch of r'a.Ln f'a.l.l.Lng L1 some areas.

Temperatures were hot during most of the week with aft ernoon showers providing some relief in areas where they occurred. Highs were in the 90's and high 80's except in the mountains. Early morning l ows were gene ral l y in the low 70's a nd high 60 ' s . Slightly cooler weather was moving i nto the nor t he rn part of the State at the e nd of the peri od. Averages for the week ranged fr om normal to 20 above nor ma l .

The out l ook for Wedhesday through Friday calls for fair t o partly cloudy weather with scattered showers and thundershowers occuring mostly i n the afternoon and evening. Showers are expected t o be more nume r ous on Thursday. Af't.e.rnoo n highs will be i n the 80' s and lows in the 60 I S i n north a nd central sections a nd i n the low 70' s i n the s outh.

The Georgia Cr op Reporting Service) Athens) Georgia ; in cooperation wi t h the Cooperative Extens ion Service ) University of Ge orgia; Ge orgia Department of Agriculture ; a nd the Weather Bureau) ESSA) U. S . Department of Commerce.

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE WEATHER BUREAU Athens, Georgia
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Preci pi t at i on For The Week Ending Au~~s t 21~ 1970

GEORGIA

Temperat ure extremes for the week ending August 21~ 19700 (Provisional)
Highest g 970 at Met t er on the 17th. o
L owes't s 58 at Clayton on the 15th.

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GEORGIA'S !970 TURKEY PRODUCTION UP 40 PERCENT
Georgia: The 1970 turkey production in Georgia is ex pe cte d to be 2,283,000 head compared with 1,635,000 in 1969 - or an increase of 40 percent - according to the Georgia
Crop Rc porting Service.
U. S. TURKEY CROP 8 PERCENT ABOVE 1969
United States: Turkeys raised in 1970 are expected to total l l S, 0 million birds, 8 percent above 1969, according to the Crop Reporting Board. More turkeys are
expected in all regions. In the Ne s t North Central region, Mi nne s ot a - Wi s co ns i n , e x pe ct s an II percent increase and Iowa 7 percent more, while Missouri expects to raise 4 percent fewer turkeys in 1970. In the South Atlantic and South Central reg ions expected increases in the more important producing States, range from 7 percent in South Carolina to 40 percent in Georgia. Texas will rais e 19 percent more than a year earlier. No change is expected in North Caro.lfna , In the East North Central region, expected increases are 36 percent in Indiana, 20 percent in Illinois and 8 percent in Ohio. California in the Western region will raise a 4 percent larger crop than in 1969, while Oregon shows an increase of 21 percent.
Heavy breed turkeys raised in 1970 are expected to total 102.8 million compared with 94.9 million last year, an increase of 8 percent. Light breed turkeys raised during 1970 are estimated at 12.2 million birds, 8 percent above the 11. 3 million raised during 1969.
Turkey poults hatched during the period September 1969 through July 1970 was 7 percent above the corresponding period a year earlier. Compared with a year earlier, increases occurred during all months except September and October. The decreases were 22 percent in September and 23 percent in October. The increases ranged from 3 percent in June to 38 percent in December. Turkey eggs in incubators on August I, 1970 were up 33 percent.

'N . A. WAG NER Agricultural Statistician

FRASIER T. GALLOWAY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
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ISSUED BY: The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, USDA, 409A North Lumpkin Street, Athens, Georgia in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture.

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.Ligh t Breeds T"l. ~_.--1E~~;!;_~;!;~ Br ~le%~.._

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Percent 1,000 head Percent 1, 000 head . Percent

N.H.

28

21

75

Hass .

201

209 104

R. I.

12

12 100

Conn.

, 104

97

903

N. Y.

358

264

74

l:iai ne , Vermont:

& N.Jersey ~/:

124

117

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1,678 1,913 114

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3; 429 3, 600 105

3, 515 4 ,780 136

650

783 119

825

853 104

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41

9

8

250 325

498 642 129

107 161 150

14

22 157

62

70 113

31 221
12 III 412

133 1, 928

3, 927 3, 622
672 887

4,242
4, 941 805 928

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l'I i s s o u r i N. Dakota S. Dakota Nebraska
Kansas

13,844 15,9 80 115

5,730 6,074 106

7, 934 7,458 94

-764

924 121

450

428 95

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5, 873 48 54
135
644 10
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5, P49 100 91 190
248 460 189 140
689 107 2 20
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~9,717 21, 829 III

5,778 6, 165 107

7, 988 7,706 96

899 1,113 124

1, 094 1,117 102

711
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626 88
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DelaHare l"iaryl and Virginia "H. Virginia
N. C.
S. C. GEORGIA
Kent ucky Tennessee Alabama hi s si s si ppi Ar kansas Louisiana Oklahoma Texas

21

5 24

88

43 49

3,381 3,516 104

455

382 84

0, 101 8,101 100

2,540 2,718 107
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58

82 141

15

10 67

627

13

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2/ 2/

6,963 8, ii6 118

129 108

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222 233

1,318 1,344

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677 615

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82 10 24 25 7,241
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141 67 4 61
109 50
101 119

Colorado Arizona

2,439 2,878 118

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2,4Lf2 2,880 118

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Utah Nev a da

3,208 3s689 115

1

2 200

3,2"09 3, 691 115

"Hashi ngt on

390

425 109

184 178 97

574 603 105

Oregon

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1,796 2,178 121

0 - - - California : 14,768 15,506 105

_ 22L-._12._-..l2__. _ 14, 99!:L-.1:2~2Q2 104

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11,320 12,200 108 106, 235 115,004

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l! Data for Arizona for 1969, combined ~vith Ot her States to avoid disclosing individual

operations. 4/ Includes Mont ana, Idaho , Wyoming, New Mexi co & Florida. Est imat es are

cmnbined to avoid disclosing individual operations.

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B ROIL E R T YPE

Plac em ent of broiler chick s in Geor gia during t h e wee k e n d e d A ug ust 22 was 8, 520,000--2 percent l ess than the previous week but slightly m o r e t ha n the comparable week last year, a c co r di ng to the G eorgia Crop Repo r t ing Se r vi c e .
An estimated 10,782,000 broiler type egg s were set b y Georgia hatcheries-slightly more than the previous we ek but 7 percent l ess t han the comparable week a ye ar
earlier. T h e majority o f th e pric e s paid to G eor gia produc er s fo r broiler hatching e g g s
were r eported wi t hin a rang e of 50 t o 60 cent s p er doz en . T h e ave rage pric e of hatching eggs w as 55 c ent s p er doz en. The price o f e g g s f rom fl o c k s w i t h hatche ry owned cocker el s generally wa s 2 cent s below the avera ge price. Mo s t prices r eceived for broiler chicks by G e o rgia hatcheries were report ed within a rang e o f $7.00 to $8. 50 with an average of $ 7 . 7 5 per hundr ed. The averag e pric e s l a st year wer e 63 cents for e ggs and $9. 75 for chicks.

Week Ended
J un e 20 June 27 July 4 July 11 July 18 July 25 Aug. 1 Aug. 8 Aug. 15 Aug. 22

GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS A ND CHICK PLA CE ME NT S

Eg gs S et 1../

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Thou.

12,217

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12, 116 12 , 4 1 2 12, 217

I 12,086

12, 187

12,021

12,039

11, 54 8

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1970
Thou.
11,413 12,101 12, 016 12, 136 11,988 12,050 11,769 11,558 10,771 10, 782

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Pct.
93 100 97 99 99 99 98 96 93 93

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Broilers in G eor gia

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Dollars

I! 9,232 9, 294 I 8, 549
I 8, 726 8,712 8, 987

9,556 9,732 8, 860 8,603 8,767 8,868

104 I 56

105 I 56

104 99

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56 56

I 101

55

99 I 55

8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 7.75 7.75

8,698 8, 871

102

55

7.75

8,658 8,659

100

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7.75

8, 473

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8, 494

8,675 8, 520

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7.75 7.75

EGG TYPE

Hatch of e g g type chicks in Georgia during the we ek e n d e d August 22 was 148,000-8 perc ent less than the previous week and 81 p ercent les s than the comparable week last year. A n e s t i m a te d I, 33 0, 000 eggs for the production of e gg type c h i c k s were set by Georgia hatcheri es, s li g htl y mor e than the pr e vious we ek and. 24 percent more than the
comparable we ek last year. In the four states that accounted for about 26 percent of t h e hatch of all egg type
chicks in th e U. S. in 1969, hatchings during t he week ended A u g u s t 22 w er e down 40 percent and settings were down 5 percent from a year a go.

State

E G G TYPE EGGS SET AND C H I C KS HA TCH3 D , 1970

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Aug.

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Aug. 22

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Ga. Ill.

19 8 345*

33 5 1,32 5 295 190

I 1,330

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124

310 52

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7 90 195

157 275

161 315

148 275

I Calif. I, 153 1, 430 1,970 1,648 I 9 1

Wash .

25 4

204 186

20 1 I 120

1,563 1, 40 3 1, 197

209 120

11 8

858 209

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Total i 1, 9 50':< 2, 264 3,671

3, 48 9

! I

95

! 2,757 1,955

1, 791

1,490

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* 2/ Curr ent wee k a s p ercent o f same week l a s t year .

R e vised.

0/0 of
year ago 2/
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STATE

Aug.
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Week Ended

Aug.

Aug.

15

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Maine Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana Missouri 'D eIawar e Maryland Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina

2,006

2,010

1,894

I 95 I 1,393

1,478

1,410

112

168

151

70

52

I
I

126

114

67

46

1,808

1, 537

1, 702

85

I
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I, 162

1,243

I, 189

98

486

434

493 117

229

230

269

115

277

231

236 83

502

465

499

116

2,978

2,877

2,779 102

2,706

2,536

2,491

96

4,915

4,667

4,627

94

3, 761

3,751

3, 661

103

1, 849

1,727

1, 803 105

1, 161

1,326

1,345

109

35

35

36 106

255

367

304

90

7,773

7, 317

7,204 95

6,092

6, 109

5,936

103

569

500

506 80

511

543

508

98

GEORGIA

11,558 10,771 10, 782 93

8,659

8,675

8, 520

100

Florida Tennessee Alabama Mis sis sippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas Wa s hi n gt on Oregon California
TOTAL 1970 (22 States)

1, 165

1,077

1,058 91

826

774

785

95

646

619

640 88

972

960

934

101

9,249

8,965

8, 772 100

7,399

7,388

7, 210

105

5,602

5,555

5, 504 109

4, 911

4,968 4,970

III

11,436 II, 659 10,776 94

8, 554

8,273

8,656

III

974

978

985 103

780

I, 145

884

102

4,588

4,249

4, 223 101

3, 595 3,541

3, 572

126

520

482

398 70

283

286

300

73

511

321

253 73

251

250

234

82

2,260

2,260

2, 139 114

1,711

1,735

1,704

108

71,373 68,422 66, 880

ISS' 97

839 56, 157 55,448

105

TCTAL 1969* (22 States)

69,808 70,093 69, 128

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102

98

97

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REPORTING /S~~~ ;~~::~' ~~ GEORGIA CROP
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RAINS DELAY HARVEST

At hens , Ga. ) August 31 - - Harvest of crops ; particularly peanuts ; was delayed further

l a s t wee k by exce s s i ve moistur e , accor di ng to the Georgia Crop Report i ng Ser v ice . Soi l mois-

t ur e . la s sur pl us ove r most of the sout he r n half of t he State while the nort he rn half was shor t

t o mos t ly adequa t e .

The St at e ' s hard-luck corn crop r emained in p oor to f air condi tion. Acc or ding t o Count y Age nt s , ab out 80 pe r cent of cor n f ields over the State have be en a f fected by the Sout he rn Corn l ea f Bl i ght . Of thos e report ing , abo ut 80 percent rated the damage t o date as moderate t o heavy .

Cot~ on was judged in most ly fair condition. Harvest t o da te has been very l i ght. Thi s wa s par t l y due t o the rainy weathe r which is also causing prob l ems with boll rot.

Di ggi ng of peanuts was we ll behind nor ma l by the week end . Only 27 percent of the crop wa s dug compared to 40 percent at this time last year and 70 percen t the year befor e. The frequent rains also caught s ome f ields dug and in windrows. Cle ar skie s ar e needed s oon if t he good t o exce l l ent yield prospects are to be realized. Soybe ans r ema ined in the be st condi t ion of re cent years.

Hay crops and pastures were i n mostly good condition , as were cattle. Due t o weather con diti ons , haying was restricted mostly to northern areas. The condition of the pecan crop de clined shar p l y during the week. High moisture conditions which a i de d d ~sease de ve lopment were blamed for a cons iderable nut drop during the week.

Li ght s upp l i e s of snap beans, cabba~e, and watermelons cont inued t o move fr om northern a reas . Sweetpot at o harvest was delayed due to excess moisture.

WEATHER SUMMARY -- Extremely heavy rains fell in parts of s outh Ge orgia during the week endi ng Friday, Augus t 28. Rainfall was moderate to locally heavy in middle Georg i a and mostly l i ght in the nor t h . Thundershowers occurred almost daily in the southeastern and s out h cent r a l sect ions and s evera l weather obs ervers reported weekly totals of more than 4 inche s. Fitzgerald had ne ar l y 8 i nches, with 5.82 inches falling during the 24-hour period ending at 5 p.m. on
t vledne s day . A Wedne sday afternoon thundershower dropped 1.50 i nche s on Gl ennville in less t han
an h our. In contrast, most north Georgia observers reported less than inch of r a in for t he week and s ome areas r eceived none at all. Parts of the north cont inue ve r y dry. Showe r activ i t y de creased i n all areas after Friday and there was little r a i nfall repo rted in the State dur i ng t he week end.

Tempe r atur e s were seasonally mild early in the week but warmed to normal or ab ove by the end of the period . Af t er noon h i ghs r eached the 90's in most areas duri ng the week end after s eve ral days i n the 80 's . Early morning t emperatures were in the l ow 70's during most of the we ek, except in the mountains where readings in the low 60 's prevailed. Ave r ag e s for the we ek r anged f r om nor ma l to 2 degrees above normal.

The outlook f or Wedne s day through Friday calls for most l y cl oudy and warm weather with scat t ered thunde rshowers on Wedne s day . Thursday and Friday shoul d be part l y cloudy and warm . Af t er noon highs will be i n the 90 's . and ear l y morning lo. ws wi l l r ange f r om 66 t o 73 degree s.

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U. S. DEPA RTME NT OF COMMERCE WEATHER BUREAU Athens, Georgia ESSA
Precipitation For The Week Ending August 2 8 ~ 1970

GEORGIA

Temper at ure extremes for t he week ending August 28, 19700 (Provisional)

Highest ~ Lowesb e

980 at Buena Vista on the 22m"
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Approved b y the O utlook a nd Situation Board, September la, 1970

Situation a n d Outlook (Broilers)

R ecent Situation Production -- B ro i l e r meat pr odu ctio n d u ring 19 70 has continued at a record high level. Sin ce November 1968 e a c h m ont h ' s output has averaged above a year earlier. Output in Federally inspecte d plants during the fir s t 7 months this year totaled 4. 2 billion pounds, r eady-to- cook w eig ht , 14 p e r cent abo v e the sam e period of 1969. This increas e is up sharply from the 6 percent a ve r ag e annual r a t e of increase during the 1960's. The numbe r o f broilers marke t e d dur i n g Jan uar y-J ul y wa s up 13 percent and the averag e live weight of broilers marketed was a bo ut 1 percent hea vi e r .

O ut p ut m ar gin over 1969, app arently has de cline d in recent months. We e kly sla ughte r reports indicate t hat t he n umber m arketed during August av e r a ge d about 9 perc ent a b o ve Augus t 19 69 . B r o ile r c hick placement s for ma rketing in September and October a ve r a ge d 5 p e rcent a bove a year earlie r.

P ri c e s - - Broile r p r o d ucti on d ur ing the fi rs t quarter this year was 14 percent above a year earlier but price s we re str ong and a ve r a ge d only a little more than 1 percent below th e 28.2 cents p er p o und o f a y e ar earlie r . Output continued around 13 percent higher in the second quarte r res ulting in lowe r price s . Prices during this quarter averag ed 26.7 cents a pound (9 - cit y we i g ht e d a v e rag e ), about a tenth below the second quarter 1969. With cont inued l a r ge m arketi ng s du r i n g July, prices did not increase seasonally but remained near the 26 c e nt l evel and a v e r a g e d about 20 percent b elow a year e a r lie r . But prices durin g J ul y 1969 , as a r e s ult of strong consumer demand and relatively high red meat price s , increas e d m o re than seasonally and averaged 32.5 cents a pound. Broiler markets have c ontin ue d w e a k in recent weeks. The 9-city average wholesale price for broilers averaged 25.5 cent s a pound in August and 24.2 cents for the first week in September. This compare s with 31. 1 cents and 29.6 cents for the same p eriod of 1969.

Lowe r broiler p rice s s o far t hi s yea r were l argel y t he r e s ult of t he large i ncrease in broiler meat supplies. In c ontr as t t o l a rger broile r supplies, competing meat supplies have be en only a little large r a nd retail pri ces genera lly have been higher because of strong consumer demand a nd genera l inflat iona ry pr e s s ur e s .

The broiler-feed price r ati o for Janua r y- Aug ust declined and averaged more tha n 10 p erc ent below the same mo n t h s o f 1969 . T h is l ower ratio resulted from a 4 percent higher fe ed price combined w ith an 8 p e rc e n t lowe r a v e r a g e live price for broilers. The averag e price paid by produce rs fo r fee d dur i ng the p eriod remained steady at about $ 94 a ton compared with $90 in 1969 .

E xports -- E xports of w hole young chic kens and chicken parts (primarily broilers) during the first half of 1970 t otale d 4 3 . 9 m illi o n poun ds- - up 6 percent from 1969. Exports of whole young chickens we r e up 18 p e rc ent a n d a c c o un t e d for nearly thr e e-fourths of the total e x p o r t e d while chicken parts were up only 2 percent.

Poultry exports in 1970 to Switze r l a n d a n d Greece under USDA 's Expor t Program through A u g u s t totaled 13 .8 million p o und s a t a cost of $1. 8 million. Of this amount, 11. 8 million pounds were for Switz e rl a n d at a c o s t of $ 1. 6 million compared w i t h 11. 5 million pounds and $ 2 million for the s a m e pe rio d la s t ye ar . No payments were made in "1969 for shipm e nt s t o Greece.

USDA Purchase s - - Pur c ha s e s of canned bone d chicken by USDA for distribution to n e edy persons this year throug h Septembe r 10 totale d 54. 4 million pounds, equivalent ready-to-cook carcass w eight, a t a cos t o f $18 . a milli on . The first purchas es this yea:r were made in early June , while in 1969 they began in late July. For all of 1969 purchas e s of canned boned chicken, rea d y- t o - c ook e q uivale nt, totaled 4. 1 million pounds at a cost of $ 1. 6 m illi on .

Outlook Production -- Broiler production is expected to continue above year-earlier levels into fall but the margin is expected to narrow substantially from the first half of this year . Output in the closing months of 1970 may fall to or below year-earlier levels. Placements of broiler chicks in 22 commercial States during July and August for market supplies during September and October averaged about 5 percent above a year earlier. Eggs set in these same States during the last 3 weeks of August averaged about 3 percent below a year earlier. If producers follow the recommendations to cut back production sharply for the week preceding Thanksgiving and again for the week before Christmas, production likely will fall below year-earlie r levels in November and December.
The decline in the broiler-feed price relationship this year likely will result in l e ss expansion in coming months. The ratio for August was 2.8, down more than a fifth from August 1969. The lower ratio has resulted in the number of pullet chick replacements for the broiler hatchery supply flocks declining in recent months to below year-earlier l e vels. Pullet chick placements for the broiler hatchery supply flocks during May-July were 3 percent below the same months of 1969. The size of the broiler hatchery supply flock during early 1971 likely will average around 27 million layers, up about 2 percent from a year earlier.
Prices -- Prices for broilers this fall are expected to continue below year-earlier l evels. Prices will be under pressure from large broiler supplies and increasing pork supplies. Hog slaughter has been up substantially in recent weeks and probably will continue considerably larger through winter. On June 1 there were 4 percent more hogs in weight groups that provide the bulk of summer supply and 12 percent more that usually r e ach market weight in the fall. In mid-September barrows and gilts at 7 markets were a bo ut 6 cents per pound under a year ago. Hog prices likely will show some further decline later this fall as slaughter increases seasonally, averaging considerably below October-December 1969 when barrows and gilts averaged near 26 cents.

After Five Days R eturn t o United State s Department of Agric ultur e
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GEORGIA
July Red Mea t Production 1 Percen t Hivher
Produc t i on of red meat in Georgia's commercial slaughter plants totaled 31. 8 million p ounds dur ing July 1970, a ccor di ng t o the Georgia Crop Reporting Ser vi ce . This was up 1 percent fr om the 31.5 million pounds dur i ng the same month last year and was 3 percent above the 30.9 mill ion pounds production of last month.
Cattle Sl aught e r
There were 26,000 head of cattle slaughtered in Georgia's commercial plants during July. Thi s wa s down 7 percent from the 28, 000 head slaughtered during the same month of 1969 but was 4 perce nt ab ove the 25,000 head slaughtered during June 1970.
Calf Slaught er
Calf slaughter totaled 700 head during July - 200 head l es s than the 900 hea1 slaughtered dur ing t he s ame month last year and 1,000 head below the June kill.
Hog Slaught er
Geo r gia ' s hog slaughter t otaled 148,000 head during July. This was 1 percent above the 147, 000 head slaughtered during the same month last year, and was up 6 percent from the 140,000 hea d s l a ught e r ed during the month of June 1970.

48 States
J uly Red Meat Production Up 2 Percent From 1969
Commer ci a l production of red meat i n the 48 States totaled 2,890 million pounds in June,
up 2 percent from a year earlier. Commercial meat production includes slaughter in federally inspe ct ed a nd other slaughter plants, but excludes animals slaughtered on farms.
Beef Product i on 2 Percent Above A Year Earlier
Beef production in July was 1,808 million pounds, 2 percent above the 1,765 million po und s i n July 1969. Heavier average live weight accounted for the increase. Cattle kill t otal ed 2,99 5, 700 head, slightly celow a year earlier. Live weight per head was 1,019 pounds, 18 pounds heavier than July 1969, but 12 pounds below June 1970 .
Vea l Outp ut 11 Percent Below July 1969
There were 47 million pounds of veal produced during July, down 11 percent from 1969 . The 320, 700 calves slaughtered were 17 percent less than a year earlier. Live weight per head was 257 pound s, up 8 p ounds from JUly 1969.
Pork Product ion Up 2 Percent From A Year Earlier
Pork production totaled 991 million pounds, 2 percent above a year earlier. Hog kill t otaled 6, 363, 800 head, up slightly from July 1969. Live weight per head was 242 pounds , 1 p ound heavier than a year earlier. lard rendered per 100 p ounds of live weight was 9.1 pounds, compar ed with 9 .8 pounds in July 1969.
l amb a nd Mut t on Up 5 Percent From July 1969
Ther e were 44 million pounds of lamb and mutton produced in July, 5 percent more than a year ea r l i er . Sheep and lamb slaughter tot~led 875,800 head, down slightly from July 1969 . Ave r age l i ve weight was 102 pound s, 3 pounds above a year ea r l ie r .
Poult r y Production 19 Percent Above July 1969
Produc tion of poultry meat during July totaled 999 million pounds, r eady-to-cook ba s is . Thi s i s 8 percent above last mont h, and 19 percent above a year ea r l ier .

Y - -_ ._ -_ .._ -- - -GEORGIA iu-W 48 STATES LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER Numbe r

Sl aught er ed

Spe ci es

July

1969

1970 : 1969

197 0

( 1, 000 he-ad)

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Tot a l

Live Weight

July

1969

1970

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Ge or gi a

Cat t l e

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28 .0

26 . 0

847

Ca l ve s

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394

Hog s

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147 . 0

148 .0

211

Sheep a nd lambs :

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100

8 69

23, 716

379

355

214

31, 017

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22,594 265
31 , 6 72

48 St at e s

Catt l c

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1 , 019

3, 005, 334

3,052, 585

Calves

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386. 1 320 .7

249

257

9 5 , 9 76

82, 484

Hogs

: 6, 354 . 5 6, 363 . 8

241

242

1,529,385

1, 539,875

Sheep 811d lambs :

876 . 7 875 .8

99

102

87, 069

89,027

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AVERAGE PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS AND HeG-CORN RATIOS ,August 15,1970
WITH COMPARISONS

Commodity and
Uni t
Cor n, bu . Hogs, cwt . Cat tle , cwt . Cal ve s , cwt .

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: 1.40 : 25 00 : 23 30 : 31.00

Ge orgia
J uly 15 1970
( Dollars)
1.48 23 20 24 .80 33 50

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1970 : 1969
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1.49 : 1.18 20 90 : 25 90 24 . 30 : 26 .90 33 50 : 31.50

United St at e s

J uly 15 197 0

Aug . 15 1970

( Dol l ar s )

1. 24
23 90 27 . 90 34. 50

1. 27 21. 70 27 .00 34 . 10

Hog Rat i

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15 7

14 .0 : 21.9

193

Y Bushe ls of corn e qua l i n value t o 100 l bs. hogs, l ive weight .

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FRASIER T. GALLOWAY Agr i cul t ural St at i st i ci an In Charge

W. PAT PARKS Agr i cul t ur a l Statistician

The Ge orgia Crop Repor t ing Servi ce , USDA, 409A Nor t h Lumpkin Street, At he ns , Ge orgia , in cooperat ion with the Georgia Department of Agr icul t ure.

Af te r Five Days Return t o United St at e s Depa r tment of Agr icul ture
St at i st i ca l Report i ng Servi ce 409A Nor t h Lumpki n Street
At hens , Ge orgia 30601 OFFI CIAL BUSINESS

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Augu st 15 , 191 0
Releas ed 9/ 2/197 0 GEORGIA CROP REPORT ING SERVI CE

GEORGI A PRICES RECEI VED I NDEX DOWN 5 POI NTS
The I ndex of Pric e s Rec e ived by Geor gi a Fa r mer s for Al l Commodi t ies decr ea s ed t o 261 pe r cent of t he 1910-14 aver age during t he mont h ended Augus t 15 , 1970. Thi s wa s 7 point s Im.,rer t ha n the August 1 5, 1969 I ndex of 268.
The Al l Crop I ndex vla s down 3 point s f rom the pr evi ous month at 269 , a nd 2 poi nt s l ower than in August 1969 . Lower pr i ce s f or meat animals, chickens , and eggs dec r eas ed t he Livest oc k I ndex to 239 which was 1 2 poi nts l ower t han t he pr evi ous month and 18 poi nts below t he s ame mont h l ast year .

UNITED STATES PRI CES RECEI VED I NDEX DOWN 10 POINTS PARITY I NDEX UNCHANGED
ADJ USTED PARITY RATIO DO'~J 3 POINTS
The I ndex of Pric es Recei ved by Farmer s dropped 10 point s ( 3 pe r ce nt ) dur i ng the month ended Augu s t 15 t o 276 per c ent of it s 1910 - 14 aver age . Thi s wa s the lar ge st s ingle Inonth de cli ne s ince the 15 poi ~t ( 5 percent ) dr op fr on Sept ember to Octob er 1948 , and e ~uale d the 10 point ( 4 perc ent) decline in January-Feb r uary 1949. Cont r i but ing mo st to the de cr ease we r-e l ower price s f or hogs, cattle , potat oe s , a nd eggs . Hi ghe r pri ce s for mi lk , l et tuc e , and vlhe at wer e part ial ly offsetting . The inde x "as 1 poi nt bel ow Augu st 1969.
The I ndex of Pr i ce s Paid by Farmer s fo r Commodi t i e s a nd Ser vi ce s, I nt er e st , Taxe s , and FarDl Wage Rates at 389 was unchRnged from a month earli er , but 1 point below t he r ecor d high of' 390 fo r June 197 0 . The i ndex was 1 5 poi nt s ( 4 per cent ) above August 1969 .
The Adjust ed Par ity Rat i o a t 16 ~.nd t he Parity Rat i o at 11 wer e each down 3 points f r om mid- July . The Par ity I ndex was un changed , but t he Index of Pr i c e s Rec eived dropp ed shar pl y.

191 0 - 1 4 = 100

INDEX NUMBERS .-- GEORGI A AND UNITED STATES Au g , 15 : Jl~ly 15 : Aug. 1 5 1969 : 1910 : 1910

Record. Hi ,q;h

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GEORGIA Pri ce s Rec ei ved
All Commodit ies Al l Crops Live stock and Live st ock Pr oduct s

268 Y

266

271

212

251 Y

251

261

310

Mar ch 1951

269

319

Mar ch 1951 ?-/

239

29 5

Sept . 1948

UNITED STATES

Pr ic e s Rec e ived
Parit y I ndex 'J/
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286

374

389

74

14

313

Feb . 1951

390

J une 197 0

123

Oct . 191j6

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19

16

125

Oct . 19 46

1/ Rev i s ed . 2/ Al s o April 19 51 . 3/ Pri ce s Paid , Inter es t , Taxes, and Fa r m Wage R at e~s~b-a-s -e d~

;n dat a for t h e indic at ed date s . 4/ Adjust ed Parit y Rat i o, r e fl ecting Government payment s,

aver aged 80 f or t he year 1969 compa red wi t h 14 f or the Parit y Ratio . Prelimi nar y Adjusted

Rat i os fo r the cur r ent year , suppli ed by t he Econonic Res ear ch Serv i ce are bas ed on estimated

ca s h r e ce i pt s for marketings and e s t iillat e s of Gove rrunent payr~ent s f or t he cllrrent cal enda r

year .

FRAS IER T . GALLOWAY A~ri c u l t ur al St at i sti cian In Charge

v , A. WAGNER
Agricult ural St a t istician

The Geo r gia Crop Report ing Ser vi ce , USDA, 409A Nor t h LUDlpki n St r eet , Athens , Georgi a, in cooperat i on with the Georgia Depar t men t of Agr i cultur e .

PRICES -- RECEIVED AND PAID BY FARMERS. AUGUST 15. 1~70 WI TH COMPARISONS

GEORGI A Aug . 15 : J uly 15 : Aug . 1 5

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UNI TE--D -ST-A-TE-S-----_.-

Aug . 1 5 : J uly 15 : Aug . 15

Comrnodi t y__~d Uni t

: 1963_: 1970 : 1970

1969 : 1970 : 1'21.9_

-HPhRe-ICatE-,S- -Rb-Eu- C. EI VED

$

1. 25

1. 25

1. 30

1.19

1. 23

1. 31

Oats , bu .

$

.75

.75

. 80

. 526

.5 80

.5 67

Carll , bu.

$

1.40

1. 48

1. 49

1.18

1. 24

1. 27

Bar ley , bu .

$

.97

. 816

. 902

. 849

Sor ghum Gra in, cwt .

d>
<j)

2 . 05

1. 92

1. 92

1. 91

Cott on , l b .

20 . 5

21.0

20.0

20.53

22. 65

22 . 65

Cottons eed, ton

~

37 . 00

50 . 00

Soybeans, bu .

$

2. 45

2 . 70

2 .70

2 . 51

2 .72

2 .65

Peanut s, lb . S'-leetpotat oe s , cwt .

12 .0

$

7 .50

7.10

12. 2 7. 50

12. 0
11 4 . 35

6. 70

12 .2 4 .1 5

Hay , baled , t on

All

$ 29. 50 29 .00

29 .50

22 .10

22 .1 0

22 .5 0

Al fal fa

$ 38 .00 36 .00

36 .00

22 . 30

22 . 60

22 . 90

Le s :ped e z a

$ 31 .00 31 . 00

31. 00

24 .50

24 . 70

25.70

Peanut

$ 24 . 00 25.00

24. 50

23.90

23.00

23 . 70

Mi lk Cows, he ad Hogs , cwt ,

$ 225 . 00 270 .00 270 . 00

::; 25. 00 23 . 20

20 .9 0

306. 00 25 . 90

334. 00 23.90

337 .00 21. 70

Beef Cattle , Al l , cwt. !/
Cows , cwt . '?:./

$ 23 . 30 24.80 $ 19 .00 21 .00

24 . 30 20. 00

26 .90 20 .00

27 . 90 20 . 70

27 . 00 20 .0 0

St eer s and Heifers , cwt .

$ 27 .00 28 . 00

28 .00

28. 90

29.90

29 . 00

Cal ves , C1'7t .

$ 31.00 33 .50

33.50

31. 50

34. 50

34 .10

Mi l k , so l d to plant s, cwt .

Flui d Market

$

6 . 90

6 .80

5 . 78

5. 84

Manufac t ur ed

$

4 . 38

4 .54

Al l

$

6 . 90

6.80

6 .90

5 .3 9

5 .45

5 . 59

Tur keys, lb .

20 .0

22. 0

22 .0

21. 2

22. 2

22 .1

Chicken s, l b .:

Excl udi ng Broilers

10.0

7 .0

7.5

9.5

8.3

8.0

Con~ercial Bro i l er s

15 .5

12.5

12.0

16.5

13 .6

13 .2

Eggs, al l , doz .

44. 9

43.0

38.5

36.2

36. 7

33 .0

Tabl e , doz.



39.9

34.9

Hatching , doz .



56 .0

55.0

yItICES fA ID, FEED_

Mixed Dai ry Feed , ton :

14% pr otein

$

16% prote in

$

18% pr ot ei n

$

20% pr ot e i n

$

Ho::; Fe ed , 14%- 18% pr ote in , cwt . $

Cott onseed Meal , 41%, cwt .

$

Soybean Meal, 44%, cwt.

$

Bran , cwt .

~~

Middlings, cwt .

$

Corn Meal , cwt.

$

70.00 74 .0 0 76 . 00 80 .00
4 . 70 5.20 3. 75 3.85 3. 60

74.00 78.00 80 .00 85.00
4.70 5. 20 5. 40 4 . 00 4.00 3 .7 0

76.00 77 .00 81 . 00 86 .00
5. 10 5. 60 3. 95 4.05 3.65

67.00 70 .00 73. 00 76. 00
4 .4 6
4. 98 5. 35 3.38 3. 48
3 .37

68 . 00 73 .00 76.00 81 . 00
)L 55
5 . 36 5 . 56 3. 59 3. 67 3 . 48

69.00 7)L OO
77 . 00 81 . 00
4 . 62
5 . )-+3
567 3. 63 3 .74 3. 53

Poultry Feed, ton: Br oi l er Grower Feed

$ 94 .00 94.00

96.00

I 92 . 00

94 .00

95 .0 0

Lay i ng Feed Chi ck Starter

$ 81 . 00 83 .00 $ 94 . 00 96.00

82. 00 94. 00

I 81 . 00 95. 00

84 .00 99 . 00

84 .00 99 .0 0

Al fal f a Hay , t on

$ 38. 00 40.00

40. 00 J 32 . 40

32 . 70

32. 70

All Oth er Hay. ton

$ 36. 00 35.00

36.50 ~ 30 .60

31 . 60

32. 10

~"Cows i ! and H s teers and heifers il combined wi t h al lowanc e where necessary f or s laughter bulls .

2/ Includes cull dai ry cows s old f or slau ght er, but not dairy cows for herd r eplac ement.

"]../ Rev ised .

After Fiv e Days Return t o United State s Department of Agri cu lture
St at i s t i cal Report i ng Service L~09A North Lumpkin Stre et Athens, Geo r gia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSI NESS

'?-~ POSTAGE & FEE S PA ID Un ite d State s De portment o f Agriculture

G E 0 R G I A C R 0 PRE P 0 R TIN G S E R V Ie '.:.

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ATHENS, GEORGIA

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA

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BROIL.t R TY FLlli ifARI::S
Place ment of b roile r c hi c ks i n Georgia du n n g the week ~ nde d A ug u s t 29 w a s 8 , 23 7 , 000 - - 3 percent le s s t han both the pr e vi o us week and the c o mpa r a.ble w eek l a s t y e ar , accordi ng to t h e G e o r g i a C r op R eporting Servi ce .
A n es t imated 10 , 4 17 ,0 0 0 b roil e r t y pe eg gs w e re s et by Georgia hat ch er ie s - 3 p er c e nt less than the p r e vio us we ek a n d 5 p e r c ent l es s than t h e c ompar a ble wee k a year e a r l i e r.
The majority of t h e p rices p aid t o Georgia produc e r s for br oi ler ha t c hing e g g s w e r e r e po rted wit hin a r a ng e of 50 to 6 0 c ents p er do z e n . The a ve rage p r i c e of ha t c h i n g e gg s w a s 54 cent s p e r d o z e n . The pric e of e ggs fr om flo cks w i t n h atc h e r y owned cocke r e l s gener a lly was 2 c ents b e l ow t h e ave rag e p r ic e , M o s t p ric e s r e c eived fo r broile r c hi cks by G eo r gi a hatcheries were rep o r te d within a range o f $ 7 . 00 to $ 8. 50 with an a v e rage of $ 7 . 7 5 per hundred. The aver a g e pri c e s l a st yea r were 6 3 c ents for eggs a nd $ 9. 7 5 fo r chic ks .

Week E nde d

GE O RGIA E GGS S ET , HA TCHINGS AND CHI CK P LA CT~ ME N T S

Eggs S et 1../

19 6 9

19 7 0

0/0 o f
ye ar ag o

C hicks Place d fo r

B r oi le rs In Georgia

0/0 of

i
:

19 6 9

19 7 0

ye ar i I
3.g_o_ :

A v . P rice

Hat c h Broi l er

Eggs

Chi cks

P er

Per

D oz.

Hund red

1970

197 0

T ho u.

Tho u .

Pct.

'l' n o u . Thou .

Pct.

Cen t s Dollars

June 27 July 4 J u ly 11 July 18 July 25 A ug . 1 Aug. 8 A ug. 15 Aug. 22 A ug . 29

12 , 11 6

12 ,101

100 I 9 , 2 94 9, 7 3 2

105

12, 41 2 12,016

97 I 8, 549 8, 86 0

l OL1.

12, 217 12, 136

99 ; 8 , 72 6 8,603

99

12 , 0 86 11,988

99

! 8 , 7 12
i

8, 7 67

101

12, 187 12,050

99

8,987 8, 86 8

99

12,0 21 11, 769

9 8 I 8, 6 98 8, 871

10 2

12 ,0 39 11 , 55 8

96

8,6 58 8, 6 59

10 0

11, 54 8 10, 7 7 1

93

8,473 8,6 7 5

10 2.

11,577 10 , 7 8 2

93

I 8, 494 8, 520

100

10 ,95 6 10 ,417

95 - . I 8, L19 0

8, 23 7

97

S GG TY P E

56

8. 00

56

8 .0 0

56

8. 00

55

7. 7 5

55

7. '15

55

7. 75

55

7. 75

55

7 . '15

55

7 . 75

54

7 .75

Hatch of egg t ype chi c k s in G eo r gia d ur ing t he we ek e n de d A ug u s t 2 9 was 2 2 0 ,000-49 p erc ent mo re tha n the pr evious w e e k but 6 5 p e r c ent l e s s than th e c o mpa rable w e ek l a s t yea r . A n e st imate d 1, 37 4,000 egg s fo r t he produ cti o n o f e g e typ e c h i c k s we re se t by Ge o rgia hatc h erie s , 3 percent m ore than the p r e vious w e e k a n d 45 p e r c e nt m or e t han the c omparable w eek l a st year.
In the fo ur s tates that acc o unte d for a bo ut 26 p er c ent of the hatch of a ll e g g typ e c h i c ks in t he U. S. in 1969, h atchings du ring th e wee k e n ded Al.lg us t 29 were down 2 9 p erc e n t but se tting s w e r e up 15 perc e nt f r om a ye ar a g o .

Ii

St a te

A ug.

8

E G G TYP E EGGS SE T A N D CHICKS HATC H :2 D , 197 0

Eggs Set (We e k E n de d )

A ug . A ug.

A ug .

15

22

29

% of

C hi cks Ha tch ed (We ek E n ded)

year . Aug. A ug .

A. ug.

A ug.

ago 2 / I 8

15

22

29

T ho usan d s

!

T ho usands

Ga . Ill. Cali f. Was h .
, Tot a l i

335 2 95 1, 4 30 2 04
2, 264

1, 3 2 5 19 0
1, 970 186

1, 330 3 10
1, 64 8 20 1

3, 6 7 1

1, 3 74 I 14 5
455 I. 111 2, 07 .~ , 10 4

2 66

91

4, 168 1 15

157 27 5 1, 40 3 120

16 1 31 5 I, 197 118

1,955 1, 79 1

14 8 27 5 858 209
1, 4 90

22 0 235 I, 050 159
1,66 4

}j Include s e ggs s et b y hatcheri es producing c hicks fo r hatc he r y sup p ly flocks.
2 / C urrent week as pe rc ent of same w e ek l a s t ye a r .

0/0 o f
year
ago 2/
35 58 89 122
71

BROILE R T YPE E GGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN C OMME HCIAL A RE AS BY WE E KS - 1970 Pag e 2

STAT E
Maine Connecti c ut P e nnsylvania Indiana Mi s s o uri D elawar e Mar yland Virgini a West Virginia North Car olin a South Carolina

A ug .
15

E GGS SET

Week E n de d Aug.
22

A ug.
29

Thous ands

2,010 151
1, 537 4 34 23 1
2,877 4, 667 1,7 27
35 7, 317
500

1,894 70
1,702 493 23 6
2, 779 4,627 1,803
36 7, 204
50 6

2, 003 120
1, 72 3 4 54 207
2, 165 4, 116 1, 461
9 6, 193
487

C HI C KS PLA C.t.;D

%of
ye ar

Ir

A ug.

Wee k Ended Aug.

A ug .

I

ag o 1/ 1 15

22

29

Tho usands

i 102 I 1, k178

1,4 10

1) 397

65

114

67

11 7

93

1, 24 3

1, 189

I, 157

91

23 0

269

266

73

465

49 9

5 10

89

2, 536

2, 49 1

2, 416

83

3, 751

3, 66 1 3, 503

88

1, 3 26

1, 34 5

1,383

32

367

3 04

23 8

82

6, 109

5, 936

5,945

83

543

508

456

GE OR GIA

10, 77 1 10,782 10,417 95

8,67 5

8, 520

8, 237

Flo r ida Te n nessee A la bama Mis s i s sippi Arkansa s L o ui siana Texas Wa shington O regon Cali f ornia
TO T A L 1970 (2 2 States )

1, 077

1,058

1,0 55 97

77 4

7 85

760

619

64 0

646 86

960

934

93 5

8, 96 5

8,772

8, 9 15 103

7, 388

7, 21 0

7,063

5,555

5, 504

5,6 24 113

4,968

4,9 70

4, 939

11,659 10,776 10,983 97

8,273

8,6 56

8,324

978

98 5

861

98

1, 145

884

1, 039

4, 249

4, 223

4, 045 102

3,54 1

3, 572

3, 527

48 2

398

398 6 1

286

30 0

389

321 2, 260

253 2, 139

\ 1,735 366 101

250

1,836 108

234 1, 70 4

3 19 1, 738

68, 4 22 66,880 64, 0 84

95

56, 157 55 , 44 8 54 ,6 58

TOT AL 1969* (22 S tates )

70 , 09 3 69, 128 6 7, 36 5

152, 502 52,652 53, 285

% of L as t Year

98

97

95

1/ C ur r e nt w e e k as per cent of same week las t year.

I 107
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105

103

; % of
I year a go 1/
97 101 110 101 124
87 10 0 115 68 106 87
97
92 95 10 2 108 106
III
113 98
122 107 10 3

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GEORGIA CROP RE PORTING SERV; C E_ _ _

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Athens . Georgia

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Wee k Ending Se ptembe r 7, 1970

" Re l eas ed p . m. Tuesday

HARVE ST ACT IVITY INCREAS ES Ath e ns, Ga. , S e ~tember 8 Good p ro g re s s in crop harve st was attain ed dur in g t he wee k ,

acco rd i ng to the Geo r gi a Cro p Re port i ng Servi ce. Soil mois ture was mos tl y ad equa te i n the

Sou t h with a few local areas reporti ng a surplus and mostly short to a de qua t e i n t he No r th .

Acco rd i ng to Cou nt y Age nts ' re po rt s, the pe a nut crop was 58 pe r ce nt dug a nd 44 pe rce nt thres hed , an increa se of 31 pe r ce nt dug over the p re ced i ng week a nd eq ua l s l a s t yea r's prc gress. Yield prospe c ts rema i n ve ry fa vo ra b l e .

Cot ton ha rvest picke d up moment um but is still behind re cen t yea rls rate. Most o f t he crop i s in f air cond i t ion, with bo l I rot cont inuing to be a pro b l em.

Cor n ha rve st wa s 13 perce nt comr lete by the e nd of the week, sl i ght ly high er than p re v ious years. Fi e l ds wi th hea vy i nfestat io n of Southern Corn Le af Bli gl-, t are d ifficu l t t o combi ne due t o co b brea ka ge. Most of t he crop cont inu es to be i n poo r t o f a i r co nd i t ion.

Soybea n p ro spe cts re ma i n h igh ly f a vo ra bl e a nd reported con d i t ion contin ues at i ts highes t l e vel of rece nt ye ar s. Insec t con t rol continu ed active t h rough out most o f t he State .

Sma l l qrain land pre parat ion a nd p l a nt i ng increased durin g the week, es pe c ia l ly north of th e fa l l line . Sweetpotatoes remai ne d in mostly good cond i tion . H ~y makin g wa s fai r l y act i ve . Cat tl e a nd pastures we re i n mo s t l y good condition. The pecan c rop was j udged a s mostly f air .

~ EA T H E R SUMMARY -- Ra infall was ge ne ra l l y I i ght over Geor g ia du ri ng the week e ndi ng
Frid ay , Sep t embe r 4. Most of t he St a te l s Wea t he r Bureau obs erver s re por t ed l e s s than one-
four th i nc h of rain a nd several re corded none a t all durin g t he week . Howe ve r , heavy s hower s occu r red in a few areas abo ut midweek a nd were e s pe c ia l l y we lcome i n so me o f the dri er a rea s o f nort h Georg ia. Four i nches of ra i n fel 1 at t he At he ns Ai rp ort We dne sda y ni gh t a nd more
t han an i nc h occ ur red at several oth er p l a ce s. Moderate to heavy showe rs occurre d ove r muc h o f no r t h Geo rg ia on Saturday wi t h a f ew totals exceeding 2 i nc he s . Lit t l e ra i nf a l l occurred i n t he s outh during t he week e nd .

Tempe ratures were hot du ring mos t of the week with highs re aching the uppe r 90's in ce ntra l an d southern sections and the mid 90's over much of th e north. Ear l y mor n i ng t emp eratu res were in the 70 l s and hi gh 60's ex ce p t in the mountains. Increas ed c lo ud i ness a nd sh owe r act i v i t y during t he weeke nd b rought a drop in dayti me tempe ra t u re s i n t he nor th, whil e hot weat her cont inued in south a nd ce nt ra l areas. Averages fo r t he week ra nged f rom 2 to 5 de gre e s wa rme r than normal.

August rainfa ll was e xc essi ve over much of sou th Georgi a wh i le p3rt s of the nor th cont i nue d e xtreme l y dry. Mos t of the area sout he a s t of al ine from Bla kely to Loui sv il 1e recei ved 8 in c he s or more of rain durin g the mo nt h. In contrast several no r t h Geor gi a ob s e rv e r s re-
t cord e d l e s s than 2 inches a nd onl y inch was measured at Norcro s s during th e e nt i re ~o nt h .
Divi s ion ave ra ge s ra nge d from ju s t ove r 3 i nc he s in the nor thwest t o mo re t ha n 11 in c he s in the south cen t ral. For the south cen tral division this was the we tt est August s i nce 1928 and the wet t est mo nth sin ce March 1948. Au gus t temperatures ave rage d 5 1 i gh t l y a bov e no rmal in mo s t a reas but were a li ttl e coo ler than norma l in the east cent ral divisi on. The first a nd t h i rd wee ks were hot but a spel 1 of unu su ally cool weath er f rom abou t t he 9th t o the 15th kept mont hl y a ve ra ge s near no rmal.

The out l ook for Wedne s day t hro ugh Friday ca l ls for mostly f a i r and warm wea t he r . Low t empe ra tu re s wi l l be in th e 60 ' s in t he mountains and the lower 70's els ewhe re. Hi ghs wi 11 be in the upper 80 ls i n t he mo untai ns a nd in the 90's in other a rea s .

The Georgi a Crop Repo rtin g Se rvice , Athens , Georg ia; in coope rat ion with the Coope ra t i ve Ext en sion Servi ce, University o f Georgia; Geor gia De par t me n t of Agri cu l t u re; and t he Weat he r Bu reau, ESSA, U. S. Departmen t of Comme rce .

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U. S . DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE WEATHER BUREAU Athens, Georgia ESSA
Pre cipitat i on For The Week Ending September 4, 1 970

GEORGIA

Temperature extremes f or the week eni ing
Sept ember 4, 1970. (Provi s i onal)

a Hd. ghes 't s 1 03 a t Quitman on Sept. Lst ,

Lm'1est ~

o
60 at Blair sville on 3 days 0

CAR IIOL L ItI:AIlO

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* For t he perd.od Se p t ember 5-7 $
T Le ss than ,,005 inch o
Af t e r F ive Days Re t u r n t o Un i t e d S t a t e s De pa rt ment of Ag r icu l tu re
S ta t i s t ica l Rep o r t i ng 5 ~ rv i ce 40gA No r t h L.umpk i n St ree t At he ns , Geo r g ia 3060 1
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UNI'/ERS'ITt OF c t:on.l~

GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE - ATHENS, GEORGIA

Rel eas ed Se r t ember 8, 1970

GEORGIA COTTON REPORT AS OF SEPTEMBER 1, 1970

Georgia's 1970 cotton crop is forecast at 285,000 bales based on informa tion reported by c rop cor re spo nde nt s and gin ne r s as of September 1, the Geo r gi a Crop Reporting Se rvice said today. The estimate is 20,000 bales below indications la s t month but 3,000 bales a bove the 1969 crop and 19,000 bales more than produced in 1968. Yie l d per a c re is indi cat ed at 360 pounds - 9 pounds pe r acre mo re than th e 1969 average.

Fre quen t and sometimes hea vy ra i ns i n South Georg ia durin g t he second ha l f of Augus t reduced crop p ros pe c t s i n severa l a rea s. Bol I rot, in addition to l os s e s fro m bo ll weev i l s and bo l lworms co nt ribut ed to the l owere d p roduc t io n forec ast.

Late maturity and a dver se wea t he r co nditions have delayed ha rve s t in g a nd o nl y 590 bales ha d be en g in ne d to Sept ember I . Thi s compares with 2, 554 bal e s ginned to the same date last year a nd 19 , III bales in 1968 .

INDICATED COTTON PRODU CT ION, 1970; F INA L PRODUCTION. 1969 . 1968

\ } Non-Cotto:_..(_~/
I-jR~e -L ~3\

Crop Repo rt i ng District

1970

1

24 ,000

2

10,000

3

12,000

4

20,000

5

58,000

6

54,000

7

38 ,000

I8

65,000

9

4,000

1969

1968

.. Ba Ies ..

23 , 961 7,121 10 ,625
20,805 57, 247 46 , 840 38,625 73 ,565
3,211

14,440
7,185 8,1 15 18,9 25 49,175 47, 100
39 ,205 7 5 , 7 80
6,075

St a t e

285,000 282, 000 266,000

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:>r.I

Macon

oI

Columbus

Please see reverse s id e f o r
UN ITED STAT ES info rma tion .

Al bany
7

B

9

Val dost a

St at e

:

North Car ol i na :

Sout h Carolina :

Ge o rg i a

:

Tennes see

:

Alabama

:

UNITED STATES - CO'ITON REPORT AS OF SEPTEMBER 1, 1970

Acres :

Lint yield per

:

Producti on g]

f or

:

ha r vest ed acre

:

500-lb. gross weight bale s

harvest :

:

: 1970 :

:

: 1970

Y 1970

: 1968 : 1969 : indic . : 1968 : 1969 : indi c.

1,000
-acr-es

- - - Pounds .. - -

- - 1, 000 bales

165

310

287

349

123

100

120

300

352

342

328

251

205

205

380

322

351

360

266

282

285

395

432

505

48(,

325

422

400

550

362

405

441

397

461

505

Mi s so ur i

:

Miss is s i pp i :

Ar-k an sas

:

l ouisiana

:

Oklahoma

:

225 1,180
1, 090
450
1~50

495

511 459

197

660

537

681

1,522

502

518

511

1, 028

636

551 635

545

333

288

213

264

326 1, 328 1,140
483 279

215 1, 675 1,160
595 200

Texas , Al l

:

Up l a n d

:

Amer-Pi ma 1.1 :

New Mexi co,Al l :

Up l a n d

:

Amer -Pi ma 1.1 :

Ar izona , Al l :

Upl and

:

Amer-Pi ma 1.1 :

Ca lifor ni a, Al l :

Upla nd

:

Amer- Pi ma :

:
Ot he r St at e s ~:

5, 027 0 5, 000 . 0
27 .0 140.5 125 0
15 5 273. 8 241. 0 32 . 8 675 .5 675 . 0
0.5
22.7

410 410 456 557 571 411 1 , 180 1, 230 721 1,097 1, 097 762
422

294 292 492
517 529 404
979 1,033
533 893 894 498

331 330 498 540
557 403
959 1,016
541 8 53 853 576

390 393

3 , 5 25 3,502.1
22 9 176 164 .6
11.4 734 689. 8 44 .2 1,573 1,572 .3
07
21.8

2,862 2, 834 .3
27 7 157 144 .8
12 . 2 634 596.7 37 3 1, 315 1, 314.5
05
20 .8

3,468 3, 440 .0
28 .0 158 145 .0
13 .0 547 510.0 37 0 1,200 .6 1, 200 .0
0.6
18.6

Unit ed States

Upland

: 11,248.7

Amer -Pi ma 'j./ :

75 8

516

433 455

10,868 .6

9, 937.1 10,673.6

565

493 498

79 2

77.7

78 .6

:
Al l Cot t on 2J: 11, 324. 5

516

433 456

10, 948

10 ,015

10,752. 2

:

~ August 1 estimate. g/ Product ion ginned and to be ginned . A 500-pound bale contains about

480 net pounds of lint. 3/ American Egyptian prior t o July 1, 1970 . 4/ Virg i ni a , Fl orida,
Ill inois, Kentucky, Nevada . 2J 1968 and 1969, U. S. a ll cot t on rounded to thousands.

FRAS IER T. GALLOWAY

C. L. CRENSHAW

Agr i cul t ur a l Statistician In Charge

Agricultural Statist iCl an

The Georg i a Crop Reporting Service, USDA, 409A Nor th Lumpki n Street, Athens, Georgia

i n cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agricult ure

Af t er Five Days Return t o Uni t ed St at e s Department of Agr i cult ure
St at i st i ca l Reporting Ser vice 409A North Lumpkin Street At he ns , Ge orgia 30601 OFFI CIAL BUSINESS

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POS TAGE & FEES PAID
Uni t.d Sto te s Deportment o f Ag ricu lture

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GEORGIA CROP REPO

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ATHENS, GEORGIA

Septem be r 9, 1970

BROILER T YP E

Placement of broiler chi cks in G e o rgia durin g t he wee k e n de d Sept e m be r 5
was 7,993,000--3 percent les s than the pre vious we e k and 5 p e r c e n t l e s s than t he
compa rable w e e k last y ear, accordi n g to the G e o rgia Crop R.e p orti n g Se r v i c e .
An estimated 9, 847,000 b roil e r typ e egg s w er e s et b y G e o r gi a h atch e ri e s - -
5 percent l ess than the previous week but 1 p e rcent m ore t han the comparable week
a year earlier. The majority of the prices paid to G e orgia p roduc e r s for broile r hatching
eg gs were r eported within a range o f 50 to 6 0 ce n ts p er do ze n. T he av e r a g e pric e of h atching e g g s was 54 cents per d oz en . The pric e o f eg g s f r om fl oc k s with h atcher y
owned cockerels generally was 2 cents below the avera ge price . Mo s t p rices receiv e d
for broiler chicks by Georgia hatcheries w er e repo r te d within a ran ge of $7. 00 to $8.50 with an average of $7 .75 p er hundred. T h e a verag e pri c e s l a s t y e a r w er e 64 cents for e gg s a n d $10.00

Week Ended
July 4 July 11 July 18 July 25 Aug. 1 Aug. 8 Aug. 15 Aug. 22 Aug. 29 Sept. 5

G E OR G IA EGGS SET , HA T C HINGS A N D CHI CK PLA CEMENTS

Eggs Set 1./

1969

1970

0/0 of
year ago

Chi cks P l a c e d fo r B r o iler s In G eor gia

1969 1970

0/0 o f year ag o

A v. Pric e

Hatch B roiler

Egg s

Chicks

Per

P er

Doz .

Hundred

1970 1970

Thou.

Thou.

Pct.

T ho u . Thou.

P c t.

Cents Dollars

12,412 12,016

97

12, 217 12, 136

99

12,086 11, 988

99

12,187 12, 050

99

12,021 11,769

98

12,039 11,5 58

96

11, 548 10,771

93

11,577 10, 782

93

10,956 10,417

95

9,713

9,847 101

8, 549 8, 86 0

104

8, 726 8, 603

99

8, 7 12 8,7 67

101

8, 987 8, 868

99

8, 69 8 8, 871

10 2

8,6 58 8, 6 59

100

8, 473 8,675

10 2

8, 4 94 8, 520

100

8,49 0 8, 237

97

8,426 7,99 3

95

56

8.00

56

8.00

55

7.75

55

7.75

55

7.75

55

7.75

55

7.75

55

7.75

54

7.75

54

7.75

EGG TYP E
Hatch of egg type chicks in G eorgia during the we ek e n de d Se pt e m be r 5 was
1, 024, 000--365 percent more than th e pre vi o u s w eek and 34 p e rc e nt mor e than the comparable we ek last year. An e s t i mat e d 1, 109 ,000 egg s fo r t he p rod uction of eg g typ e chicks wer e set by Georgia hatch er i es, 19 p er c ent l ess t h a n t h e p r e v ious week but 18 perc ent more than the compar abl e w e ek las t y e a r.
In th e four states that ac count ed fo r ab o ut 26 p er c e n t o f th e hat ch o f all egg t yp e chicks in the U. S. in 1969, hatching s d u r in g the w e ek e n d e d Sep te m ber 5 were up 12
pe r c ent but s ettings were down 1 p e r c ent fro m a year a g o .

State

EGG TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS HAT CHED, 1970

E ggs S et (Week Ended)

I 0/0 o f

C hi c k s Ha t che d (W e ek Ended)

Aug.

Aug . A ug .

S ept . ye ar

A ug. A ug .

Aug .

S ept.

15

22

29

5

ag o 2/ 15

22

29

5

Thous ands

Tho us and s

G a.

1, 325 1, 330 1, 37 4 1, 109 118

Ill.

195 * 310 455

395 88

Calif. 1,970 1, 64 8 2, 07 3 1,74 4 90

Wash.

18 6

201 266

301 115

16 1 3 15
1, 197 11 8

14 8

220 1, 024

2 75

235

150

858 1, 050 1,455

20 9

15 9

132

Total 3,6 76* 3 , 482 . 4:,16 8__ _ ~ 5 4 9

I 99

1, 79 1 1, 4 9 0 1, 664 2, 76 1

17 Include s e g g s s et by h atch e r res p r oduci n-g c h i cks for hat cher y supply floc ks.

2/ Current we ek a s per c ent of same week l a s t year.

>:< Revise d .

0/0 o f
year
ago 2/
134 42 11 8 123
112

BROIL ER TY PE E G GS SE T AND CHICKS P L A CED I N COMME R C IAL A aEAS BY WE E KS - 1970 Pag e 2

STA T E

I

EGGS SE T We ek Ended

%o f

C HICKS PL A CED We ek Ended

I %of

I
~

A ug. 22

Aug . 29

S ept. year

A ug.

5

I a go 1/ 22

A ug. 29

Sept. 5

yea r
I ago 1/

I

T housands

Thous a n ds

Mai ne Conn e cti c ut P enns ylva ni a Indi ana Mi s S our i Dela ware Ma r yland Vi rgi nia We s t Virginia No r t h Car olina So ut h Car olina

1, 894 70
1,70 2
493 236 2 , 7 79 4, 6 27 1, 8 0 3
36 7,2 04
50 6

2 , 00 3 120
1, 723 454 207
2, 16 5 4 , 116 1, 4 6 1
9 6 , 193
487

1, 055

66

11 9

71

1, 634

95

24 8

72

2 08

86

2,280

96

3, 4 27

84

1,31 8

96

36 10 9

5, 81 8

95

473

83

1, 41 0

1, 397

1, 4 85

108

67

11 7

88

68

1, 18 9

1, 157

926

90

269

26 6

253

111

499

5 10

44 1

10 0

2, 4 9 1

2,4 16

2, 53 1

10 0

3 ,6 61

3, 50 3

3,214

82

1,3 45

1, 38 3

1, 3 3 5

10 2

304

238

28 1

90

5,9 36

5,945

5, 194

90

50 8

4 56

511

98

GEORGIA

10,782 10 , 4 17

9, 847 101

8, 520

8, 237

7,993

95

F lo r i da T ennes s e e Ala bam a Mi s sis sippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas Washington Ore gon California
TOTAL 1970 (22 States)

1,05 8

1,055

1,063

98

785

760

694

82

64 0

646

6 22

89

934

9 35

9 04

98

8, 7 7 2

8, 9 1 5

7,9 66

95

7,210

7, 063

6,746

98

5, 50 4

5 , 62 4

5, 137 102

4,970

4 ,939

4,881

110

10 , 77 6 10 , 9 8 3 10 , 592

97

8,656

8,324

8,265

10 4

985

86 1

962

94

884

1, 039

1, 009

105

.1., 223

4, 04 5

3,670

91

3,572

3, 527

3, 231

104

3 98

398

260

66

300

389

340

72

2 53

366

250

66

23 4

319

21 9

86

2 , 13 9

1, 836

2 , 0 0 7 13 1

1,704

1, 738

1, 763

114

66, 880 64, 0 84 58, 99 2

96

55,448 54,658 52,304

98

TOTAL 1969 >'' (22 States)

69, 128 67,365 61,71 0

52,652 53, 28 5 53, 291

* % of Last Year

97

95

96

1/ Current week as percent of same we ek last year.

I 105
Re vis e d,

10 3

98

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AT H ENS , GEORGIA

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THE P O ULT RY A ND EGG SITUA T I ON

- I ES

A p p r o v e d by the O utl o o k and 3 itual:i. o n Board, Se ptember \lO , 191611 HAR

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S'i t u a t .io n a n d Outlook (Egg s )

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R e cent Situation Production -- O utput o f eg gs thi s yea r has b e en run n i n g near 19 69 l evel s.
Janua r y - July egg produc t i o n totale d 1 13.2 million case s , les s than 1 p er c ent mor e t h a n for t h e s a m e p eriod in 19 6 9. P r o d u c ti o n a v e r a g e d 3 perc ent h igher in J anuary but fe ll to s lightly b e low ye a r- e a r lie r l e v els i n May a nd June . Pro d uction recov e r ed d uring Jul y and ave raged ove r 1 perce n t higher . Production this year has been be low ear l ier expectations la rge l y b eca u s e the r a t e o f l a y has been dow n fr om a ye ar ear lier .

July e g g pro d uct i on exc e eded 1969 l evels b y 4 p e r c e nt in t he South Central r e gi on and 2 p e r c e n t in the We st C entral r e gi on. T he s e inc r e a s e s were p a rtia ll y offset by a 1 percent de clin e in p r o du ction for the North At l a nt i c and East North Ce ntr al regions. Produ ction in the South A t l a ntic and We s t e rn regions s howed little cha n ge.

Stocks -- Cold s t o rage holding s of egg s have increas ed in recent months but a re still be l ow the relat ive l y low l e v els of 19 69 . E ggs and e g g pro ducts in c ol d stor a g e on Aug ust 1 totale d 1.7 million case s , she ll e q ui v a l e n t , compar e d w it h 1. 9 million o n
A ug u s t 1, 19 69, and 3 . a milli o n case s on A u g u s t 1, 1968 . D u r i n g Jul y s t o cks o f pr oce ssed
eggs inc r e a s ed 10 p e r c e n t while shell e ggs declined 10 pe rce n t . Shell eg g s in co ld stor a g e on A ug u s t 1 totaled 142 , 00 0 c a s es, down 15, 000 fro m July 1 a n d 71, 000 c a s e s fro m A ug u s t 1, 19 69.

I mpo rts -- I mport s of egg s a n d e gg product s i n c r e a s e d s harply during the fi r st quarter of 1970. During J a n ua r y- J un e they t otal ed 20. 6 m illion dozen (shell equiv a l e nt), l e s s than 1 percent o f come sti c p roduction. This comp a r es with about 2.2 million dozen during th e first half o f 196 9. N early 80 p ercent of e g g import s du r ing thi s period we r e shell egg s .

Pric e s -- E gg price s fell sharply e ach m ont h during Feb r ua r y-May fr o m t he r elat i v el y high l e v els a t the beginn in g of the y ear . A fte r declining to a s e as on a l l ow in M ay, egg pri c e s gene rall y trended upw a rd t o a hi gh in mi d - J ul y but the n we ake ne d in late J uly and e arly A ugust . Subs e q uently price s s trengthe ne d and ave r a ged nea r year- earlie r l evels in e a r l y S e pte m be r . F or exa m ple , the Chi c a go delivered price fo r large egg s ( 80 p erc ent Grade A) d eclined from 64.7 c ents in mi d- J a n ua r y to a lo w o f 31 cen t s in ear l y Ma y, t hen tr ended up to 44 c ents in m i d - July. Pri c es aga i n fell in ea r l y A ugu s t , but s t re ngthen e d in l ate August a n d avera ged 4 7 .3 c ents a dozen in the firs t we ek of Septe m ber. T hi s compa re s wi th 4 8 .6 ce nts fo r t h e s a m e we ek in 1969.

P ric es r e c e i v e d by p rodu c e r s f o r e g gs a v e r a g e d 33 ce n t s per do z e n i n mid-Aug ust . This c ompa r e s with 36.7 c e nt s p er do zen in m i d- J ul y a n d 36. 2 c ents for A ug u s t 1969 .

The e gg - fe e d p rice rat io has be e n below l a st year in recent months as a r e sult of highe r l a ying -fe ed c osts and l owe r egg prices . T he ratio fo r August was 7. 9 compared w i t h 8 . 7 fo r July and 8.9 for A ug us t 19 6 9 . La yi n g f eed during August aver a g e d $84 a t on, the s a m e as a month ear li er but $3 a b ove A ug u s t 19 69 .

Ut ilization - - P r o d uction of liquid e gg s d ur in g t he fi r st 7 months of 1970 exceede d th e r e l a t ive l y low p r odu cti o n in th e same p eri o d o f 19 6 9 by 15 p ercent b ut was still a b o ut 1 p ercent b elow 196 8. Li q ui d eg gs u s e d fo r i m me d i a t e consumption were up 24 p e r c e nt while t h o s e u s e d fo r dr y i ng a nd for f r eezing w e r e up 2 5 p e rc e n t a n d 7 p e r c ent. Shell eggs u s ed f o r li qui d egg pr odu c ti o n during J a n uar y -Jul y 197 0 t o t a le d 11. 5 million cas e s o r 10 p erc ent of t otal e g g p r o d u c t i o n co mpa re d with 10 m i lli o n c a s e s a nd 8.9 p e rc ent for the l i k e p er i od of 19 69.

Egg s us e d fo r h a tc hi n g this yea r t h r oug h J ul y we r e 13 p e rcent above the same p e r i o d

of 19 69. Eggs se t fo r b roile r - t yp e c hi c k s we re 9 per cen t grea te r and 14 p erc ent m ore

went for egg -typ e chic k s . Total eggs us e d fo r hat c hin g d uring this period accounted fo r

about 7. 7 p e r cent of t o tal eg gs pr oduced, c o mpare d with 7 percent in 1969. The c o mbine d

us e of shell e gg s for liquid e g g p rod ucti on and hat ching purpo s es so fa r this yea r ha s m or e

t ha n offset t he s m all incr e a s e in p r oduction.

.

Exports of shell eggs a n d e gg products fo r the first half of this year were down a fifth from a year earlier. All of the de c r e a se wa s i n export s of shell e gg s as e xports of e gg products were up 15.6 p er c ent. However, exports of eggs accounted for les s than a half percent of total production durin g t his period.
From mid-April to t h e e nd o f J une U.3DA contracted for the deli v ery of a b o ut 16.6 millio n pounds of scr ambled e g g mix, contai n i ng a minimum of 51 perc ent e g g soli ds. This was the equivalent of a bo ut 84 6,000 ca s es of shell eggs and around a tenth more than purchas e s during 1969. T he e gg mix purchase, made with funds authorized under Se ct i on 3 2 of P u blic L a w 74- 320, helps s up ply high p r otein foo d for n e edy persons. The purchase p rogram e n ded J une 24.
Out l ook P roduction -- Egg p r oduction is expe cte d to i n c r e ase in coming months a n d ave rage mo de r a te ly a bove yea r- ea rli e r l e v e ls fo r th e rest of 1970. T h e laying fl o c k like l y will be larg er a n d t he rate of l a y is expe cte d t o gain and average n e ar or above year- e a rli er level s i n co ming mont hs . T he laying flo c k on A ug u s t 1 t otale d 311. 6 million he ns, nearl y 1. 5 p erc ent mor e t han o n A ug u s t 1, 1969. A ls o , the numb er of pullets 3 month s old and older not y et laying, a t 80. 4 m illion, wa s more than 11 million above a ye ar ear l ier . In addition, there we re a bout 4.3 m i lli o n rno r e r eplac ement pullets ha tc he d d ur in g Ma y-June--most of w hich w ill e nter the laying flock by t h e e n d of 1970.
Part of the sharp i n crease i n r epla c e m e nt pullets likely will be offset by inc r ease d c ullin g of old flocks. T he egg industry ha s been en c o ur a gin g producer s to hold down t he exp a n s i o n i n t h e la ying flo c k s b y h e avi e r culling of old flocks a n d by r educed hat chings. B a s e d o n slaught er o f egg-typ e mat ure c hi c k e n s in F e d e r a ll y inspected plant s a bo ut 3 p e r c ent m or e h ens wer e culled d urin g J anua ry-June 1970. Slaughter during July was up 9 pe rcent a n d weekly slaug ht er reports indicate that culling during August was up about a fifth fr om a ye ar e arl i er .
T he rate of l ay, below year-earlier levels s in ce January 1970, w as down a b o ut 2 p e rc ent dur ing May and June but ga i ne d and aver a g ed only 1 percent lower in July. The rate of l ay likely will continue to gain and perhaps ex c e e d last year during the fall. The l arger number of pullets entering the l a ying flo cks c om b in e d with heavier culling of old fl ocks wi ll t end to re s ult in a mo re p r oduct i ve flo c k in coming months.
Pri c es - - L a rge r expect ed production of eggs this fall likely will hold egg price s below last fall's relatively high price s. Prices re ceive d by producers during the last q uarter of 1969 averag ed 48.1 cen ts a dozen--mo r e than 8 cents above the last quarter of 1968. In addition, e g g p r ic e s wi ll b e under pre s s u r e in coming months from increased meat s upplies , particularly po r k .

A fter F ive Days Return to United States Departm ent of Agriculture
St atis tical R eporting Service . 409A North Lumpkin St r e et
Athens , Geor gia 30 601 01'~FI C IA L B US I NESS

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GE ORGIA CROP R EPO R T ING SERVI CE

A TH E NS, GEOR GIA

GENERAL CROP REPORT AS OF SEFTEMBER 1, 1970

September 14, 1970

Ge orgi a : Weat her during August was gener a l l y fav orab le f or grow ing crops , especially soyb eans and s orghums, but contribut ed to a decrease in prcdu cti on prosp e ct s for cott on,
according t o the Crop Reporting Se rvi ce .

Cor n : The St ate ' s corn crop that was judged very good ear l y in t he season has b een re duc ed sharp ly by Sout he r n Leaf Bl ight. Produ cti on as of September 1 was i ndicated to be 50, 422, 000 bushe l s, 21 percent l es s t han est i mated on J uly 1, but st i l l a little mor e than the drought- shortened crop of 47,058, 000 bushels last year . Crop Report er s say that total damage i s s t i l l diffi cul t to determine and will not be known until more of the crop ha s been gat her ed .

Cotton: Frequent and sometimes heavy r ains in much of Sout h Geor gia during the se cond ha lf of Augus t caused bol l rot and prevented ef f e ct i ve ins ect cont r ol . The s e adve rse conditions r esul ted in a l owe r yield est i ma te . Es t i ma ted produ cti on as of September 1 via s pla ced at 285,000 bales - - 3,000 ba le s more than produced l ast year .

Toba cco : The State 's tobacco production wa s placed at 132 , 000, 000 p ounds compared with 96,092 ,000 p ounds i n 1969 .

Peanuts: A record pea nut crop was indicated on Sept ember 1. Produc tion vas e st i mated at 1,079 ,300,000 po unds compa r ed with 946, 270,000 pounds i n 1969. Yi e l d per a cre was i ndi cated to be 2,150 p ounds .

Soybea ns : Pr osp ects r emain good a nd pr oduction was estimated at 11, 675, 000 bushe ls compared with 11, 208, 000 l a st year . A 25-bushe l average yie l d i s indi cated .

Pe ca ns: The State 's pe can crop was e s t i mat e d at 48, 000, 000 p ounds - - dOvffi sharpl y from the 8e, 000, oOO po unds produ ced l a st ye ar .

Crop and Uni t

. . GEORGIA ACREAGE AND PRODUCTI ON, 1969 AND 1970

Acreage

: :

Yi e ld Per Acre
'-

:

: For

: Harvested : harvest : 1969 : I ndi cat ed :

1969 : 1970 :

: 197 0 :

Thousand -acr-es

P:r:odu ction

1969 : Indicated

:

19 70

-'11h o-us-and-s

Corn, f or gr a i n, bu .

: 1,426

vlheat, bu .

:

86

Oats, bu .

:

94

Barley , bu .

:

5

Rye , bu .

:

72

Sorghums , f or gr a i n, bu . :

14

Cotton, bal e s

: 385

Hay, all, ton

: 439

Soybe a ns, f or beans, bu . : 1-1-67

Peanut s, (p & T) , l b.

: 502

Svlee t potatoes , cwt ,

: 8.0

Tobacco, Type 14 , l b . Pea che s , l b .

: 59. 5

:

-

Pecans , l b .

:

-

1 , 483 100
85 6
65 16 380 432 467 502 7.8 66 . 0
-

33 0 34. 0
52 . 0 46 .0
23 .5 40 .0
1/351 2 .08
24 .0
1, 885 80
1, 615
-
-

34 . 0
35 0 48 . 0
50 . 0 23 . 0
38 .0
' y 360
1.93 25 0 2; 150
80 2, 000
-
-

47 , 058 2,924 4 , 888
230 1, 692
560 282
91 5 11 ,208
94 6 , 270 640
96 ,092 175,200 88 ,000

50,422
3, 500 4, 080
300 1,495
608
285
835 11 , 6 75 1, 079 , 300
624
132 , 000 145, 000
48 , 000

II Pounds of lint .

FRAS IER T. GALLOWAY Agri cultural Stat ist i cian I n Charge

C. L. CRENSHAvT Agricultural St atisti cian

The Ge orgia Crop Reporting Ser vi ce , USDA, 409A North Lumpkin St r eet , At he ns , Geo rg ia i n coope r a t ion with t he Ge or gi a Department of Agri culture .

UNITED STATES CROP SUMMARY AS OF SEPTEMBER 1, 1970
Corn forecast at 4 , 403 million bushels is 6 percent ( 290 million bu she ls ) l e s s than f oreca st on Augus t 1, and 4 percent ( 175 million bushels) below last year . The decline r esulted fr om dry weather and southern corn l eaf b light.
All ~llie at produc tion at 1,360 mi l l i on bushels is up 2 million from a month ear l i e r but 7 percent (99 million bushels ) less than last yea r . Indicated incr ease s fr om l a st mont h in a l l spring wheat wer e nearly of fset by a decline in winter wheat .
Sovbe an production at 1,133 mil lion bushels is 2 percent ( 20 mi l lion bushe l s ) above last month an d 1 percent (16 million bushe l s ) above last year .
Sor ghum Grai n f orecast at 688 million bushe l s i s 1 pe r ce nt ( 8 mi lli on bushels ) above a mont h ear l i er but 7 percent (55 million bushe ls ) l ess t han 1969.
Fal l Pot ato production is forecast at 243 million cwt . , 2 per cent above 1969 a nd 10 percent mor e than 1968 . Production f or a l l seas onal gr oup s, e st imated at 314 mi lli on C1~ ., i s up 1 percent f rom 1969, and 7 percent above 1968.
App le pr odu ction is f orecast 1 percent be low last mont h at 6 .4 bi l l i on pounds- - 5 percent below ------la s t year but almost 17 percen t ab ove 1968 .

Crop and Unit

UNIT~D STATES ACREAGE AND fRODUCTION, 1969 AND 1970

.

Acreage

:

Yie ld Per Acre

For Harvested : harvest
1969 : 1970 Thousand Acres

1969

Indi cated 197 0

Production
1969 : Indi cat ed 197 0
Thousands

Corn, f or gr a i n, bu .

:

vlheat , bu .

:

Oat s , bu .

:

Barl ey , bu.

:

Rye , bu .

:

Cot ton, ba l es

:

Hay, all, ton

..

Soybea ns , f or beans, bu . :

Peanuts (p & T) lb .

:

Sweet pot at oe s , cwt .

:

Tobacco, l b .

:

Peaches, l b.

:

Pecans, l b .

:

:
)J Pounds of l i nt .

54, 573 47,555 18,003 9,388
1, 334 11,075 61,838 40,857
1, 448 148 922
-

57, 99 1 43,561 18,732 9, 846
1, 433 11,325 62, 728 41, 619
1,452 144 905
-
-
- -- - - - - -- -

83.9 30 . 7 52 .8 44.4
Y23 .5 433 2 . 06
27.3 1,743
99 1,960
-

75 . 9 31.2
47 . 6
41.7
y245536
1. 99 27 . 2
1, 902
99 2,045
-

4,5 77 , 864 1,458 , 872
949 ,874 417, 156
31, 405 10, 015 127,127 1, 116, 876 2, 523,399 14, 664 1,806 , 656 3,665, 400 225 , 100

4,402, 765 1,359, 866
891, 310 410, 255
36 ,186 10,752 124 , 910
1,133,193 2, 760 , 785
14, 239 1, 849 , 949 3, 095,100
156 , 100

Af te r Five Days Return to United Stat e s Department of Agricultur e
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpki n Street At he ns , Georgi a 30601 OFFI CIAL BUSI NESS

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POSTAGE & FEES PAID
United States Department of Ag riculture

ATHENS, GEORGIA

GEORGIA CROP REPORTI~ ~&S7QRVICE
[p ~ @&J ~l~fVERSITY ~F GEDR~=-f;ry

SEP -'. {) 1970

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LIBRARIES

Septembe r 14, 1970

PECAN REPORT AS OF SEPTEMBER 1, 1970

GEORGIA: The State's 1970 pecan production i s estima t ed at 48, 000, 000 p ounds, ac cording to the Geor gia Crop Rep orting Se r v i ce . Thi s l eve l i s sharply below the 1969 product i on
of 88 , 000, 000 pounds.

Crop prospects vary widely by var iet y and producing area. The important Stewar t variety was r ep orted to be very light in most a reas . Schl eys wer e r ep orted f air t o good i n spr ayed orchar ds .

Rains were f re que nt and s ome t ime s heavy i n South Geor gia during the se cond half of August . Droppage was heavy and splitting of nut s caus ed concern in several areas.

PECA N PRODUCTION

STATE
Nor t h Car olina South Carolina GEORGIA Florida Alabama Mi s s i s s i pp i Ar ka ns a s Loui s i a na Okl ahoma Texas New Mex i co
Uni t ed St ate s

1968

Improved Variet i e s ~/

Indicated

1969

1970

( 1,000 pounds)

600 1,280 '15,000
3, 200 27,500
6,000
550 2,500
100 8,000 10,000

1,700 2,400 71 000
2,100 27 ,000
6,100 2 , 400 7,500
700 5,700 6, 700

1,300 1,900 40,000
2,000 13,600
2,700 1,200 3,000
500 8,000 8, 000

94, 730 135,300

82,200

Nat i ve a nd Seedl i ng Pe cans

Indicated

1968

1969

19 70

( 1, 000 p ounds)

200
320 7,000
3,000 4,000 5,000 1, 850 14,000 1,400 61, 000
---

9 00 600 15,000
1,900 6,500 5,400 6,200 22,200 13,800 17,300
---

600
300 8,000
2,000 3,400 2,300 3, 800 16,000
7,500 30,000
---

97,770 89,800

73,900

ALL PECANS

STATE

1968

1969 - 1,000 p ound s -

Nor t h Car olina Sout h Carolina GEORGIA
Fl or i da Alabama Mi s s i s s i pp i Ar k an s a s Loui s i a na Okl ahoma Texa s New Mexi co

800 1, 600 42,000
6,200 31,500 11, 000
2,400 16,500
1,500 69 , 0 0 0 10 , 000

2, 600 3, 000 88 , 000
4, 000
33,500 11,500 8,600 29 , 700 14,500 23, 000 6, 700

Unite d St ate s

I

192 ,500

~ Budded, gr a f t ed , or topworked va r i et i e s .

225, 100

FRASIER T. GALLOHAY Agr i cul t ur a l Statistician In Charge

Indicated 1970
1, 900 2, 200 48 , 000 4,000 17 , 0 00 5, 000 5, 000 19, 000 8, 000 38 , 000 8 ,000
156, 100
C. L. Crensha"iV Agr i cul t ura l Stati st i ci an

The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, USDA, 409A Nort h Lurnpkin St reet , Athens , Georgia i n coope r at i on with the Ge orgia Depa rtment of Agri cu lture .

UNITED STATES
The 1970 pecan crop is f oreca st at 156 million pounds) 31 pe r ce nt l e s s t han las t year 's crop an d 19 percent less t han 1968 . Exc ept Florida) Texas and New Mexico) t he St at e s eA~ect to har vest less t ha n last year . Prospects in b ot h Texa s and New ~~xi co are for more than last year ) and for Florida, the same as last year .
In Ge orgia, pe can prospe cts vary widely by var iety and produ cing area . Rains were fre quent a nd sometimes heavy in Sout h Georgia during the second half of Augu st . Droppa ge wa s r ep or t ed heavy and is continuing . In Florida) frequent rains have caused consider ab le s cab . I n Alabama) the ef f e ct s of last ye a r 's hurricane are still a fact or i n southweste r n countie s. Disease a nd insects are prevalent i n many or char ds t hr oughout the State . Miss issipp i also sti ll suffers from the effects of Camille in 1969 and few pecans will be harve sted in t he hurri ca ne - hi t areas . In Louisiana , many varieties of improved pecan s had poor sets an d shedd ing is still continuing . I n Oklahoma , growers generally were pe ss i mistic ab out prosp e cts. Somewha t bet t er producti on i s expe cted in the Nor t hea st t han e lsewhe re . Production i n Ca r t er a nd s ur r oundi ng southcentral count i es is expected to be small. Texas pe ca n set is f a ir to good i n most major producing areas of the State . However) set i s be low l a st year i n the Red River area, where there was a bumper crop in 1969. Most of this yea r 's producti on i s expected t o come f rom the central areas of the St ate . Shower s in l ate August an d ear ly September bene f ited pecans , but some areas ne ed more moisture to size nut s an d f ill out ke r ne ls . I n New Mexi co a heavy drop occurred in August , but a l arge crop still rema i ns in the Mesilla Valley. A relat ive ly p oor crop is expected in the Pecos Valley due to ra ins during po llenizat i on .

Afte r Five Days Return t o United St a te s Department of Agric~lture
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Week Ending September 14, 1970 PEANUT HARVEST IN FULL SWING

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3 p.m. Monday

Athens, Ga., September 14 -- One -fourth of the State's mammoth peanut crop was harvested

during the past week, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. Peanut farmers had a

very active week of harvest and 82 percent of the crop had been dug and 72 percent threshed by

the weekend.

County Agents reported so il moisture mostly adequate over t he State, but a number of scattered counties reported a moisture shortage . Armyworms were reported causing considerable damage with the heaviest outbreak located in the northeast quarter of the State.

Corn was reported in poor to fair condition. About 16 percent of the crop has been harvested -- up sl ightly from last year's harvest through the same date.

Cotton picking increased in southern counties during the week. About 11 percent of the crop was gathered by the weekend. Statewide, the crop was judged in mostly fair to good condition.

Yield prospects for the Statels soybean crop remained very favorable. Reports showed 70 percent classing the crop as " good" with an additional 14 percent calling it " excel1ent".

Land preparation for fall planting was fairly active . Small qrain plantings to date were running about normal at 12 percent seeded. Considerable amounts of hay were stored during the week. Both cattle and pastures were rated in mostly good condition. Pecans were reported in mostly fair condition.

WEATHER SUMMARY -- Georgia rainfall was highly variable during the week ending Friday, September 11 . Amounts were generally 1 ight to moderate in the southern half of the State and moderate to heavy in the north. Several south Georgia Weather Bureau observers reported no rain during the week while a few others measured more than an inch. Most of the larger totals were in the extreme south and southeast. North Georgia received the heaviest rains for the second straight week. Most observers north of the fall 1 ine recorded three-fourths inch or more with some totals exceeding three inches. The heaviest rains were generally in the extreme north and northeast. Scattered showers continued through the wee kend and were more frequent and heavier in the south. The weekend rainfall was the first in two weeks for some areas of south Georgia.

Unseasonably warm weather continued through most of the week. This was the fourth straight week that Georgia temperatures have averaged warmer than normal. Afternoon highs were in the high 80's and low go's, except in the mountains, and early morning temperatures were mostly in the 60 1s. 51 ightly cooler weather moved into the State during the weekend. Minimums dropped to the mid and low 60's over most of the north Monday mo r n i ng , September 14, with a few readings in the 50 ls at the higher el evations. Averages for the week ranged from near normal to 20 above normal.

The outlook for Wednesday through Friday calls for fair to partly ' cloudy weather with mild nights and warm to hot afternoons. There is a chance of some scat t e re d mainly afternoon and evening thundershowers Thursday and Friday. Highs will be mostly in the upper 80's and low 90's. Lows will be in the mid to u~per 60's in the north and the upper 60 ls or low 70's in the south.

The Georgia Crop Reporting Service , Athens, Georgia ; in cooperation with the Cooperative Extension Service, University of Georgia; Georgia Departmen t of Ag r i culture; and the Weather Bureau , ESSA , U. 5 . Departmen t of Comme rce.

u, S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
WEATHER BUREAU At he n s, Georgia
ESSA
Pre c i p i t a t i on For The We ek Endin g Septembe r 11 ~ 1 970

GEORGIA

Temperat ure extremes fo r the we ek ending
Sept.ember 1.1 , 1 9700 (Provisional )
Highe st; ~ 97 at Mac on on the 6th "
Lowe s t : 58 at Bla i r s ville on t he
1 0t h 0

01

'8 1Uo!l"l" I TIlOH.u
* For t he period September 12..JJ+"
T Les s t han .,00.5 inch"
Af t e r Fi ve Days Re t ur n tc Un ited Sta t e s De partme nt of Ag r icul tu re
St a t i s t ica l Re po r t i ng Serv i c~ . 40gA No rt h Lum pk in St ree t At he ns, Geo rg ia 30be l OFFI CI AL BUSIN ESS

Pc s t a ge a nd Fees Pa i d Uo S o De pa r t me nt of Ag r i cu l tu re
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Released 10/2/1 970 EO RGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE

P UR-'RIES

GEO RGI A PR ICES RE CEI VE D INDEX DOWN 1 POINT
The Inde x of Prices Rece ived by Geo rgi a Farme r s for Al l Commod i t ie s decreased to 259 percent of t he 1910-14 a ve r a ge durin g the mo nt h e nde d September 15, 1970. Th is wa s 8 po in t s lo we , t han the Septembe r IS , 1969 Ind e x o f 267.
The All Crop Index rema ined t he same as the p re v ious month at 269, but was 1 point lo wer than in September 1969. Lower price s f o r meat a n ima l s de creased the Liv es toc k Inde x t o 236 wh ic h wa s 3 points lower t han t he p rev ious mo nt h and 20 po i nt s below the same month las t yea r.

UNITED STATES PR ICES RECE IVED IND EX RISE S 5 PO INTS PAR ITY INDE X UP 4 POIN TS ADJ USTE D PAR ITY RA T IO 77

Dur i ng the month ended September 15, the Inde x of Pr i ce s Re cei ve d by Farmers advanced
5 poi nt s (2 percent) to 281 perce nt of its 1910-14 a ve ra ge . Contribut ing mos t t o the in crease
were h igh er prices for egg s , mi lk, l ettuce, and co r n. Partially offsetting we re lo wer prices
for hogs and po t a t oes . The i nde x wa s 3 percent bel ow the 5-year high in Ma rc h 1970, but 2 pe rcent abo ve September 1969.

The Inde x of Pr i ce s Pa id by Farme r s fo r Commod i t ies and Se r v i ce s , Includ ing Interest, Ta xe s, a nd Farm Wa ge Ra te s advan ced to 393, a re cord high. The index was 4 points (I percent) above mi d-Augus t and 18 points (5 pe rce nt ) above a year earl ier.

Farm product prices advanced more than th e pr ices pa i d by farmers for goods and services. As a result , the Adjusted Parity Ra t io at 77 and t he Pa r i t y Ra t io at 72 were ea c h up I point " fr om a month earl ier.

= 1 ~10 14 100

I NDEX i~ UM BEl{ S -- GEORG IA Ai'JD UNITED STATES

R.ecord Hiqh

Inde x :

Da te

GEO RGI A

Prj ce s Re ce i ved

AI I Corrmod i ties

267.U

260

259

Al l Crops

270

269

269

Livest ock and Livestock

Produc t s

256 1/

239

236

310

Ma r ch 1951

319

"ia rch 1951 1/

295

Se pt. 1948

UN ITED STATES

Price s Rece ived

276

281

313

Feb. 1951

Pa r i ty Index}/

389

393

393

Sept. 1970

P;> r i hI Ra t i 0

A d j u s t ed

Pa

'-
r it

-
y

-----
Ratio

:~-/

71

72

123

Oct. 1946

(Pre l iminary)

: 7g

76

77

125

Oct. 1946

1/ Revis ed. 1/ Also April 1951. 1/ Prices Paid , Interest, Taxes, and Farm v/age Rates bas ed

o n data f o r the indicated dates. 4/ Adjusted Pa ri ty Ratio, refl ecting Governm ent payments, averaged 80 for the year 1969 comp~r e d wi t h 74 for the Parity Ra tio. Prel iminary Adj us t ed

Ra t io s for the current year, suppl l e d by the Economic Research Service are based on est imated

cash receipts for marketings and e s ti ma t e s of Government payments for the current calendar

yea r ,

FRASIER T. GALLOWAY Aqri cu1tu ra1 Statistician In Cha rq e

\.J. f\ . \JA GNEr{
Agricultural Stat istici an
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The Georgia Crop Reporting Servi ce , USDA, 409A No r t h Lumpkin Street , At he ns, Georgia, In coo peration with t he Geor g ia De partmen t o f Ag r ic u l t u re .

PRICES -- RECEIVED AND PAID BY FARMERS. SEPTEMBER 15, 1970 WITH COMPARISONS

GEORGIA

Sept . 15: Aug . 1 5 : Sept. 15

f.~odi t ~ _~n_d Unit

1969 : 1970 : 1970

.P_RI-C-E-S RECEI VED
Hheat , bu.

$

1. 30

1.30

1.45

1. 24

1. 31

Oat s, bu .

$

.77

. 80

. 86

. 546

. 567

Cor n , bu .

$

1. 30

1. 49

1.59

1. 15

1. 27

Bar l ey , bu .

$

1. 00

. 856

. 849

Sor ~hwn Grain , cwt.

$

1. 97

1. 91

Cotton , lb.

21. 0

20 .0

22.0

19.39

22. 65

Cott on seed , t on

$ 38.00

46.00

37. 80

50.00

Soybean s , bu .

$

2 .3 5

2 .70

2.70

2 .28

2 .65

Peanuts , lb .

if; 12. 2

12 .2

12. 9

12.1

12. 2

Sweetpot atoe s , cwt .

$

7. 00

7. 50

6 . 00

3 . 49

4 .15

Hay, bal ed ? ton :

Al l

$ 30.00 29 . 50

30. 00

22 .60

22 . 50

Al f a l f a

$ 39.00 36.00

36.00

22 .80

22 .90

Le s pede za

$ 33.00 31 . 00

32.00

24 . 70

25.70

Peanut

$ 25. 00 24 .50

23 .50

23.90

23 . 70

f.1il k Cows , he ad

$ 225. 00 270. 00 270.00

307 .00 337 .00

Hogs , cvrt .

$ 24 .50 20 90

19 .00

24 .90

21 . 70

Beef Cattle? Al l , cwt . 1/
COvlS , c wt /

$ 22 .50 24 . 30 $ 19. 00 20 .00

23 .80 19.50

26 . 10 19 . 50

27 .00 20 .00

Steers and Heifers, cwt.

$ 25. 50 28 . 00

27.50

27.70

29 .00

Calves , cv-rt .

$ 30 .00 33. 50

32 .50

31. 50

34 .10

Milk, s old t o pl ant s , cwt .

Fluid Mar ket

$ 7.15 '1./6.85

6 .07

5 . 95

Manufactured

$

4 . 51

4. 56

All

$ 7.15 1/6.85

7.10

5 .68

5 .57

Turkey s, lb .

1; 20 . 0

22 .0

22 . 0

21.5

22 .1

Chickens, lb . :

Excl uding Br oi l er s

11. 0

7 .5

7 .0

9 .7

3 .0

C OIT~erci al Bro i l ers

(/; 14. 5

12 .0

12.0

15.7

13 .2

Eggs , all, doz .

49. 2

38 .5

43.8

40.7

33. 0

Table , doz .



34 .9

41. 9

Hat chi ng



55 . 0

53.0

1. 41 . 610
1. 38 . 906
2 . 07 21. 86 51. 10
2 .66 12. 9
3 . 33
23 . 30 23 .80 25 .70 23 .90 341.00 19. 80 26 . 80 19 . 90 28 .60 33 . 90
4/5 .79 -22. 6
7 .8 13 . 4
38. 8

PRICES PAID , FEED

Mixed Da i r y Feed , ton

14 % prot ei n

$

16% pr ot ei n

$

18% pr ot ei n

$

20% pr ot e i n

$

Hog Feed , 14 %-18% prot ein , cwt. $

Cottons eed Meal, 41%, cwt.

$

Soybean Meal, 44%, cwt .

$

Bran, cwt .

$

Middlings , cwt.

$

Cor n Meal, cwt .

,f,
...p

Poultry Feed, ton :

Bro i l er Grower Fe ed

$

Laying Feed

$

Chick Star ter

$

Alfalfa Hay, ton

$

All Other Hay , ton

$

71.00 76. 00 78.00 80 . 00
4.75 5. 20 3 . 85 3. 90 3.50
96. 00 81 .00 91 .00 37 . 00 35. 00

76. 00 77. 00 81 .00 86 .00
5 .10 5.60 3 .95 4.05 3 .65
96 . 00 82 .00 94 . 00 40.00 36 .50

75. 00 80.00 85 . 00 86. 00
5.40 5.60 4.10 4.25 3. 95
100.00 84.00 99.00 40.00 35.00

67 . 00 71.00 73. 00 77 . 00
4.47 4. 98 5 . 32 3.40 3 .5 1 3 .35
92 .00 81.00 94.00 32 .60 31.00

69 .00 74. 00 77. 00 81 .0 0
4. 62 5 .43 5 .67 3 .63 3. 71+ 3 .5 3
95.00 84 .00 99 . 00 32 . 70 32.10

71. 00 76 .00 80 .00 84. 00
4 .7 5 5.50 5. 72 3 .77 3 .86 3 . 68
97.00 86 . 00 102. 00 34 .00 32 . 40

IT - "cows"- a nd fl st eer s and heifers" combined with allowance where necessary for slaught er bulls .
2/ I ncludes cull dairy cows sold for slaughter, but not dairy cows for herd replacement .
3/ Revi sed .
~ Preliminar y .

Aft er Five Day s Return to Uni t ed State s Department of AgriCUlture
Statistical Reporting Servi ce 409A North Lumpkin St reet Athens , Georgia 30601 OFFI CI AL BUSI NESS

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AUGUST MI LK PRODUCTION UP 5 PERCENT

August 1970 Released 9/ 16/ 70

Mi lk pr oduction on Georgia f arms during Augus t t otaled 96 mi l l i on pounds , a ccor di ng t o t he Ge orgia Crop Rep orting Service. Thi s wa s 5 milli on pounds above August 1969 , and wa s 1 million pounds above the previ ous mont h.

Producti on per cow in herd ave r a ged 680 pounds - 30 pound s ab ove t he previ ous yea r , and 5 pounds ab ove the previous month.
The e st i mat ed aver age price receive d by produc ers f or a l l whole sal e milk duri ng Augus t was $6 . 90 per hundr e dweight. This was 10 cents above the J ul y 1970 pri ce , and was t he same as the August 1969 price.

MILK PRODUCTION AND PRICES RECEIVED AND PAID BY DAIRYMEN

Georgia

:

United State s

I t em a nd Unit

Augus t .1969

July 1970

August 1970

August 1969

July 197 0

August 197 0

Mi lk production million Ibs.
y Product ion per cow Ibs. Number mi lk cows
thousand head
Pr ice s Received - Dollars gj

91

95

96

9,673 10,162

9, 732

650

675

680

764

8 16

782

140

141

141

12, 653 12 ,457 12, 450

Al l whole sale milk, cwt . Fl ui d mi lk, cwt ,
Ma nuf a ct ured milk, cm .
Mi lk cows, head
Price s Pa id - Dollars gj

6 . 90 6 .90
225.00

6.80 6 .80
270.00

3/6.90 270.00

5. 39 5. 78 4. 38 306. 00

5.45 5.84 4 . 54 331!. 00

3/5 . 59 337 00

Mixe d Dairy Fee d, ton 14 percen t pr otein 16 percent protein 18 percent prote in 20 percent protein

70. 00 74. 00 76. 00 80 . 00

74. 00 78. 00 80 .00
85 . 00

76. 00 77. 00 81. 00 86. 00

67 .00 70. 00
73. 00 76 . 00

68. 00
73. 00 76 . 00 81.00

69 . 00 74. 00
77 . 00 81.00

Hay , t on

36. 00

35 00

36.5 0

30 . 60

31. 60

32 .10

y Mont hl y average.
gj Dollars per unit as of the 15th of the month except wholesale milk whi ch is average for
month.
3/ Preliminary.

FRASIER T. GALLOWAY Agri cul t ur a l St at i st i ci a n In Charg e

VI . PAT PARKS Agricultural Stat i st ic i an

The Ge orgia Crop Reporting Se r vi ce, USDA, 409A North Lumpkin St reet , Athen s , Ge orgia in cooperation with the Georgia Depa r tment of Agriculture .

UNITED STATES MI LK PRODUCTION

August mi lk production up sli ght l y fr om a yea r ea r l i er

U. S. milk producti on in August i s est imated at 9 , 732 million pounds , 0 . 6 percent mor e
than a ye a r ea r l i e r . Produc t i on was down 4 percent f rom J uly compared wi t h 5 pe rcent a year
earl ier . Augus t out put provided 1 . 53 pound s of mi l k per pers on daily f or a l l us es , the same
as a year ea r l i er , but l e s s t han the 1 . 60 pounds f or July . Production during the fi rst 8
months of 197 0 was 0 .3 pe rcent mor e than a year ear l i er .

Milk produ cti on was down i n most State s of the Nor t h At l ant ic , East North Cent ra l and We s t Nor t h Cent ral Regions. In t.ne Sout h Atlantic, Sout h Central and He stern Regions , i t was mostly unchanged or highe r. Of the f~ve l eadi ng mi l k pr oduci ng St at e s , product ion was up i n Wisc onsin, New York, a nd Califor ni a , but down i n Mi nne s ot a and Pennsylvani a.

Rat e per cow up 2 percent f r om a year ear l ier , milk cows down 2 percent

Mi l k out put per cow ave raged 782 pounds i n Augu st -- up about 2 pe rcent from a year ear l ier . Daily production per cow ave r aged 25 . 2 pounds , about 4 per cent l e s s t han Jul y compared with a 5-percent decreas e between the s e tw o months a year ea r l ier . Produ ct i on per cow was at a recor d high r at e in 40 States . Hi ghest rate wa s i n California, at 1, 060 pounds, followed by Was hi ngton , 970 p oundsj Utah and Hawai i , bot h with 890 pounds j Neva da , 88 5 p ounds j and I daho, 870 pounds. Milk cows on f a r ms dur ing July t ota l ed 12,450,000, down 2 pe rcent fr om a yea r ea r l ier .

Milk- feed price ratio 1 percent below a year ear l i er

The August milk-fee d price r atio of 1 .69 was 1 percent be low a yea r earli er. The i ncreas e in ration value more tha n offse t the increase in the price of mi lk, caus i ng the r at io t o fall be l ow the 1969 figure. Seasona l l y, the ratio was up 2 percent f r om July t o Augu st compared with 3 percent a year ear li er.

Mont h
J anuary Febr uar y March Apr il May J une Jul y Augu st Jan . -Aug . tot a l Septembe r October November De cember
Annua l

Mi lk per cow and milk production by months , United St ates

Mi lk Per Cow 11

:

Mi lk Production 11

1968

1969

--Pounds --

1970 :
:

1968

1969

1970

- - Milli on p ounds - -

Change
fr cm 1969 Pe r ce n t

717

734

750 : 9,495

9, 411

9 , 412

0

696

687

706 : 9,187

8, 792

8 ,840

+0 5

775

780

803 : 10,197

9,960 10,053

+0 9

79 6

80 6

82 6 : 10, 457 10,265 10,330

+0 . 6

8 58

867

883 : 11,235 11, 034 11, 019

- 0 .1

826

847

862 : 10,786 10 , 759 10 , 750

- 0. 1

783

800

816 : 10,202 10,142 10, 162

+0 . 2

740

764

782

9 ,612

9 ,61'3

9 , 732

+0 . 6

81 , 171 80,0.36 80 , 298

+0 . 3

701

726

--- : 9,083

9 , 165

70 6

725

--- : 9 ,124 9,138

677

691

--- : 8, 717 8 ,691

711

7.3 0

--- : 9 , 139

9 , 170

:

8 , 992

9 , 158

---

117,234 116 , 200

~ Excl udes milk sucked by calves .

After Five Days Return t o Uni t ed Stat e s Department of Agri culture
Stati st i cal Report ing Service 409A Nor t h Lumpkin St reet At he ns, Ge orgia 30601 OFFI CIAL BUS INESS

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GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE

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S ept e m ber 16 , 1970

BROILER TYPE

P lace ment of broile r c hicks in Ge orgia during the week e n de d September 12 was 7,790,000--3 percent l e s s t han t he previous week and 8 pe r c ent less t ha n the c om p arable we ek la st year , a c co r ding to t he Georgia Crop R eport i ng Se r vi c e .
An e s t i m a te d 9, 51 6,000 bro i ler t ype eggs we re set by Georg ia hat c h e r i e s - - 3 perce nt les s than t he p r e vi o us week a n d 16 p ercent l e s s t han the comparable week a ye a r ear lier .
T he majority of the p ri c e s paid to G e o r gi a pro ducers for broiler hat ching eggs wer e r eported within a r ange of 50 to 60 cent s per dozen. T he a verage price of hatching eggs was 53 c ent s p e r do z e n . The p rice o f egg s fro m flo c k s w i t h hatch ery owne d cockerels gene r ally was 2 c ents below the ave rage price . Mo s t pric es received for b roiler chicks by Georgia hatche r i e s were r epo rted within a range of $7 .00 to $8. 50 with an ave r ag e of $ 7 . 50 p e r hundr ed. The average p rices l a s t ye a r wer e 64 cent s fo r eg g s and $1 0. 00 for chi cks .

We ek Ended
Jul y 11 July 18 July 25 Aug. 1 Aug. 8 Aug . 15 A ug . 22 Aug. 29 Sept. 5 S ept. 12

GEORGIA E G GS SET, HATCHINGS AND C HI C K PLA CE ME N TS

I_

A v. ~-=r,i..._c~e

_

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Chicks P la ce d for

:H a t c h B r oiler

vlo of

Broilers In Georgia
0/0 o f

:E g g s .P e r

Chicks Pe r

1969

1970

year ago

1969

1970

ye ar ago

[Doz ,
i19 7 0

Hundr ed 1970

Thou.

Thou.

Pct.

T hou. Tho u.

P ct.

ICen t s Dollar s

12, 217 12,13 6

99

12,086 11,988

99

8, 72 6 8 ,60 3

99

,1 56

8,712 8, 767

101

I 55

12, 18 7 12 ,050

99

8,987 8,868

99

55

12,021 11,769

98

8,698 8, 87 1

102

55

12,039 11, 558

96

8,6 58 8, 659

10 0

55

11,548 10,771

93

8 , 47 3 8, 6 75

10 2

, 55

11,577 10,782

93

8,494 8 , 5 20

100

55

i

10,956 10, 417

95

8,490 8, 237

97

I
i

54

9,713 11,358

9,847 101

8, 4 26 7,993

9,51 6

84 ! 8, 486 7,790

95 92

i
!

54 53

8. 00 .
7.75 7.75 7.75 7.75 7 .75 7 . 75 7.75 7 .75 7 .50

EGG TYPE

Hat c h of eg g type chicks in Ge or g i a during t h e week ended September 12 was 1,002,000--2 percent l ess than t he p r evious week but 22 percent m o re tha n the co mparable we ek l a s t year. A n e sti m a t e d 1, 101, 000 eggs for th e production of e g g t ype c hi c ks we re s et by G eorgia hatche ries, 1 p er c ent l e ss t han the previous week but 13 p ercent more than the comparable week la s t ye a r.
In the four sta t e s that ac counte d for ab o ut 26 perc ent of the hat c h o f a ll egg t yp e chicks in the U. S. in 1969, hatc hings during the week ended September 12 were down 2 p erc e nt and setting s w er e up 14 p e r c ent f ro m a year ago.

State

E GG TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS HAT CHED, 1970

E gg s Set (Week E n de d)

I % of ' Chi ck s Hatc he d (We ek E nde d)

A ug .

A ug . Se pt. Sept.

year

A ug. A ug .

Sept. Sept.

22

29

5

12

ago 2 / 22

29

5

12

T ho u san ds

T hous ands

0/0 of year ago 2 /

I G a . I 1,3 30 1, 374 1,109

Ill.

4 55*

4 55 395

1,1 0 1 46 5

11 3 92

Calif. 1, 64 8 2 ,0731,7 4 4 2, 0 1 1 12 1

Wash.

20 1

26 6 301

287 122

14 8 2. 2 0

275 235

858 1, 050

2 09

159

1,0 24 150
1, 4 5 5 132

1,00 2 34 0
1, 22 7 116

1 122 1 75 1 91 1 90

J Total ! 3 , 6 34* 4,168 3,549 3,864 I 11 4 ! 1,490 1, 6 64 2, 761 2,685

98

17 Includes eggs set by hatche r i e s producin g c h i c k s for hatchery sup p ly flocks .

2/ C u rre n t wee k as p e rc ent of sam e week last yea r . ':< R e v i se d .

BROILE R TYPE EGGS SET AND C HIC KS PLA CED I N COMME R C IA L A R EAS B Y WEE KS - 1970 Pag e 2

STAT E

A ug .
29

EG GS S E T

We ek Ende d
Sept.
5

Se p t.
12

0/0 of
year
ago 1/

CHICKS PLACED

Week Ended

Aug .

Sept .

29

5

Sept .
12

% of
year
a go 1/

Thous a n d s

Thous ands

Main e Conne ctic ut P e n n sylv ani a Indiana Mis s o ur i Delawa r e Maryland V'i r g i ni a West Vi r ginia North Ca rolin a South Car olin a

2, 003 120
1, 723 454 207
2, 16 5 4, 116 1,461
9 6, 193
48 7

1, 0 55 119
1,634 24 8 208
2,280 3,427 1, 31 8
36 5,8 18
473

1,9 53 99 99 78
1,663 94 428 82
169 118 2,556 95 4 , 502 88 1,578 95
36 120
6,948 91 433 78

1,397

1,485

1, 458

101

117

88

89

59

1, 157

926

1, 115

104

266

25 3

19 2

78

510

44 1

4 36

91

2,41 6

2, 531

2, 402

94

3, 50 3

3,2 14

3, 317

94

1, 383

1, 33 5

1, 279

99

238

281

3 19

91

5,945

5, 194

5, 41 4

97

456

511

523

97

GEORGIA

10, 4 17

9, 84 7

9, 516

84

8.237

7,993

7,79 0

92

F l o r i da T enne s s e e A la bama Mi s s i s s i ppi Arkansas Loui siana T exa s Was hington Ore gon C aliforni a
T OTA L 19 70 (22 S t ates )

1, 0 55 646
8, 915 5, 62 4 10, 983
86 1 4 , 04 5
398 366 1, 836

1, 063 6 22
7, 966 5, 137 10, 59 2
9 62 3,670
26 0 2 50 2, 0 07

1, 064 91 61 8 83
7,3 02 90 4.4 72 91
10. 3 9 1 96 9 56 95
4 , 10 8 88
34 1 63
3 24 93 2, 166 119

76 0

694

7 02

82

935

904

1, 182

127

7.063

6. 746

6, 576

98

4.939

4, 881

4,836

111

8,324

8,265

7, 793

96

1, 039

1, 009

896

85

3, 527

3, 231

3, 176

109

389

340

267

57

319

219

171

76

1, 738

1,763

1, 63 7

III

64, 084 58 , 99 2 61, 623 9 1 54,658 52,304 51, 570

98

TOTAL 1969 * (22 S tat es)

67,3 65 61,710 67, 766

53,285 53,291 52, 852

% of Last Year

1
I

95

96

91

103

98

98

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.}() FARM REPORT

GEORGIA CROP REPORTI NG SERVICE

A T H ENS , GEORGIA

Se ptember 18 , 1970
SEED CORN SUPPLY
Expected Se ed Corn Supoly f or 197 1 Seedinq
The dat a in the tabl e below repre se nt info rma t io n prov ide d by a 1 imi t ed number of companies who normally ha ndl e ab out 80 pe rcent of th e seed co r n p roduc t io n . The in fo rmat ion should provide a n indi ca ti on of seed co rn a va i la b l e fo r the 1970-7 1 seas on. Thes e figu re s rerresent t o ta l carryover of seed co rn a s of Jun e 30, 1970 , ex pec t e d 1970 produc t ion and pl anned 1970-71 wi nt e r seed p roduct io n . The t o t al of 903 mi l I io n pounds con sists o f 21.1 pe r ce nt normal (Han d De -t a ss el e d) seed, 42 .3 pe rce nt T- Cyt op l a sm seed an d 36.6 pe rce nt blend s ee d . Mo st of t he s eed cor n prod uce d by t he ma l e s te r i l e method is f rom the Texas male ster i l e cy t op lasm wh i c h proved h i ghl y s usceptibl e t o Sou t hern l ea f bl ight durin g th e 1970 sea son . The t ot a l s upp l y in any pa r ti cul a r re g ion may va ry bec ause of movemen t in t o ot he r re gions . The a c t ua l quantity of se ed co r n a va il a bl e f o r 1971 p l a nt i ngs will de pe nd upon weat he r effe cts on the 1970 and 1970- 71 winter p ro ductio n and ma y c hange the ac t ua l s uppl y tota l.
The es ti mated 903 , 196 , 000 pounds of seed which t hes e compan ies ex pe ct to ha ve av ailabl e compa re s with sales during 1970 of ab out 653 , 600 , 000 pounds .

Maturi ty Zone

Expected Seed Co rn Supply (80%) fo r 1971 Seeding by Me thod of Hyb r id i za t io n

DEE P SOUTH: Ga., Al a . , La , , Miss ., F1a ., Eas t Texa s
-MI-DMo-S-.O,-UTK-Hy:., Tenn . , Va.,
N.C., S.C. E~STERN :
Pa., N.Y., New England EASTERN & CENTRAL CORN BELT:
Ill., l nd , , Ohio, Easter n : - Ce ntra l Iowa WESTERN CORN BELT: Western Iowa, Nebr., Kans., S. D. NORTHERN STATES: llii ch , , Mi nn . , ~Ji s c_....~ . n~. .
TOTAL

N-Cytopla~m : T-Cytoplasm : Ble nd : Tota l - - - - - - 000 Pounds - - - - - -

23,569

8 ,581

1/

1/

20 ,901 5,337

23 ,7 67 12,783

39 ,827
1/

84 , "~9 5
1/

98, I 18
16,398 26.633 190 ,956

128 ,068
135, 959 73 .031 382 ,189

164 , 576 390, 762
1 / 94 ,42 7 1/297 , 054
31. 22 1 U o.88S
330,051 903 ,196

l/ No t pub l ished to avoid disclosure o f individual opera ti ons .
1/ Combined totals of Deep South , 'Eastern, and We s ter n.
REISSU ED BY: The Georgia Crop Reporting Servi ce, USDA, 409A North Lumpkin Street, At he ns , Georgia in coo peration wit h the Geo r g ia De pa r t me nt of Ag r ic u l t u re .

Af te r F ive Days Keturn to Uni t ed St ates Department of Ag r ic u lt u re
St a t i s t ica l Reporting Serv ic e 409A North Lumpkin Stree t
Athens, Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS

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At hen s , Ge l rg HflIVIiRSITY OF GEOR

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Wee k End i ng Septembe r 19 , 1970

3 p. m. Monday

FARM ACT IVITY HIGH

Athe ns , Ga., September 21 - - Geo r g ia' s farmers were busier than t he proverb ial beaver

las t week , according to th e Geo r g ia Crop Repo r ti ng Servi ce. Good prog ress was ma de in

ha rv e st ing the State's row crops a nd hays. There wa s also co ns ide ra ble land p re pa red

for fa l l plant ings. Soil mo is ture was most l y s hort ex ce pt for the south~astern third

of t he Sta t e whe re soil mois t ure was mo st ly ad equ ate .

Co unt y Age nt s reported t he corn crop i n poor to f a i r condition with a bout 76 percent
of t he crop affected by the Sou thern Corn Leaf Bl ig ht . About 52 percent of the repor ters judged damage as "moderate" a nd 38 perce nt rated it "heavy". Harvest was 24 percent compl e t e .

Cotton was classed in most ly fair t o good cond ition . Statewide, a bout 20 percent of t he crop has been p icked .

The Federal-State Inspe ction Se rvi ce had inspected nearly 478,000 tons of Georgia peanuts through September 19. About 94 pe rce nt of the crop was thought to be dug by the weeke nd and 87 percent thresh ed.

Re port s rated soybeans in the be s t overal I condition in recent year. Sma ll qra in plan tings continued about normal at 17 percent seeded. Pastures and ~ crops decl ined due to dry conditions but were still mostly good . Cattle were also rated good . Pecans we re reported in mostly fair condi tion.

WEATHER SUMMARY -- There wa s ve ry I it tl e rainfall in the northern half of Georgia dur in g the week end ing Friday, Se pt ember 18. A few places had 1 ight showers a bout Wed nes day but mo s t north Georgia ob serve rs reported no measurable rain for t he wee k. The a rea of 1 ight rainfal I also e xte nde d into southwest Georgia, while moderate amounts we re report ed in the south cen tral a nd south east sect ions. Several observers in t he l at t er a re as measured more than an i nc h dur ing the week ending Friday, with rain oc curring
on 3 o r 4 days at some place s. A t hunde r s t o rm during the late evening of the 12th
dro pped almost 4 inches of rai n on Gl ennville. Only wide l y scattered shower s occurred ov er t he State during the weeke nd as t he d ry wea ther cont i nue d in nor th and ce nt ra l a rea s.

Georgia temperature s co nti nued unusually wa rm for the 5th consecutive week. Ea r l y morn i ng temperatures we re mild a t t he beginning of the wee k but warmed to the hi gh 60 ' s and low 70's in mo s t a reas by the end of the per iod. The only except ion was the mo unt a i n area where minimu ms were in the 50's and low 60's. Afternoon highs were in the 80's and 90's throughout t he week. Mos t p laces had their highest tempera ture s durin g th e wee ke nd when reading s in t he mid 90's we re common in south and cen tral se c tion s . Hawkinsville had a high of 1000 Sunday aft ernoon and the Macon Air po r t had 990 on bot h Saturday and Sunday afternoo n . Ave rages ranged from 40 to 80 warmer th an
normal.

The out l ook for Wednesda y through Frid a y cal ls for fair to partly cloud y a nd cont inued unseasonably warm weat her with is o l a t ed a f te rnoon thundershowers. Highs a re expecte d t o range from t he uppe r 80's to t he mi d 90 ' s and lows from t he 60's in t he no r th t o the low 70's in the so uth.

The Georgia Crop Repor t in g Servi ce , At hens , Georg ia; in cooperation wi t h t he Coope ra t ive Extension Serv ice, Uni ve r s i t y of Geo r g ia; Georgia Depar tme nt of Agr icu l t u re; and t he Weat her Bureau, ESSA, U. S. Department of Commerce.

U. S. DEP A RT ME NT OF COMMERCE WEATHER BUREAU Athens, Georgia
ESSA
Preci pi t a t ion For The Week EndLng September 18 ~ 1970

GEORGIA

Tempera t ure extremes for the week endi ng Sept embe r 18$ 19700 (Provisional)

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Highes t ~ 90 a t A'L"lla on the 1 2t h 0

L crres t ~

5.3o a t BlairsYi.11e on the
13 th and Clay t on on the 16t h 0

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Stat ist i ca l Re po r t ing Se rv Ice 40gA No rt h Lu m p k i ~ St ree t
Athen s, Geo rg Ia 3060 1
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GEORGIA CROP R E PORTING SERVI ,c

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ATHENS, GE ORGI A

A ug ust 1970

S e ptem ber 22 , 1970

fie m

II

Duri ng A ug ust

' % of , la st

1969 1/

1970 2/ year

Tho u .

T hou.

P et.

Jan. t hr u A ugus t

19 69 1/

1970 2/

Thou .

Thou.

0/0 of
l a st year
P et.

B r oile r Type P ullets P l a c e d ( U. S . ) 3 /
Total Domes ti c

3 ,418 3,060

3, 587 105 2,998 98

3 0,3 04 26, 377

3 1, 5 85 10 4 2 7, 0 0 7 102

Chickens T e s t e d Broiler Type
Georgia Unit e d St at e s Egg Type Ge o r gia Unit e d St a t e s

58 1 2, 023
13 371

752 12 9 2, 739 135
3 0 23 1 4 12 II I

4, 335 17 ,9 48
167 3 ,664

4 , 806 III 20,26 8 113
226 13 5 3, 79 4 10 4

Chicks Ha tched B roile r T ype
Ge or gia Unite d States E gg Type Ge orgia United State s

41 , 82 1 246 ,7 14
3 ,0 6 6 3 7, 9 6 5

4 0,7 5 1 97 259,204 105
1, 09 2 36 29, 224 77

33 8 , 934

3 52 ,643 104

2, 051,3 7 0 2, 224, 828 108

2 8,749 377,34 8

30, 004 104 41 5, 600 110

Com m e rcial Slaughte r :4/ Young Chicken s
Geor gia United Stat e s Mat ure Chickens L i ght Type
Geo rgi a Unit ed Sta te s Heavy Type G e o r gia Un ited States

33, 646 225, 29 3
8 15 9,308
22 5 1, 967

36,311 108 24 8 , 152 11 0

254 ,670

284,235 112

1,6 9 3 , 036 1,895 ,1 23 11 2

1, 965 24 1 11 , 417 123
I 732 325
3 ,28 3 16 7

NA 87,866
NA 16 ,2 64

15 , 130 92 , 33 1 105
3,322 22 , 185 13 6

Number Laye r s and Egg Production

Number Laye rs on Hand D uring A ug ust

E ggs P er 100 Layers

T otal Egg s Produce d During A ug ust

196 9

19 70

T ho usands

19 6 9

1970

N umber

196 9

1970

Milli ons

G eor gia Hat ching Ot h er T otal
So ut h A tlant i c 5/ Unit ed States

5,392 18,757 24 , 148 64,859 3 08 ,403

4 , 824 19 , 2 8 5 24, 109 6 5 , 16 6 313,280

1, 804 1, 8 5 7 1, 844 1,870 1, 851

1, 73 6 1,826 1, 807 1, 84 1 1, 845

97 348 445 1, 21 3 5, 709

84 352 436 1, 200 5,78 1

U . S . Eg g T ype chicke n eggs in incuba to r Sept. I , 19 7 0 as p er c e n t o f Se pt . 1, 1969. 99

1/ Revi s e d .
2 / P r elimina r y. 3 / P ulle t s for b roile r hatche r y s upply fl oc k s , i n cl ud e s expect ed pullet replaceme nt s f r o m
- eggs s old duri ng t he p r e c e di n g m ont h at the r ate of 125 p ulle t chicks per 30-doz. ca s e
of e ggs .
4 / Federa l - St a t e Ma r ket News Se r vi c e Sla ught e r repo r ts only include poult ry s laughte r ed
- unde r Fe de r a l In spe ct i on .
5 / So uth A tla nti c State s : Del., Md., W. v s., N. C ., S . C. , G a ., F la., Va.
NA - Not A va ila bl e .

Unit ed States Department of Agri culture

G eor gia Department of Ag r ic ulture

Stat i s t i c a l R eporti n g S ervi c e , 40 9A Nor t h Lumpkin Stre e t, At h ens , Ge or gia 30 6 01



State

YOUNG CHICKENS: SLAUGHTERED UNDER FEDERAL INSPECTION BY SELECTED STAT ES, 1969 and 1970

I

Number Inspected

During July

Jan. thru July

Indicated Percent Condemned

During July

Jan. thru July

1969

1970

1969

1970

1969

1970

1969

1970

Thou.

Thou.

Thou.

Thou.

P et .

Pet .

P et.

Pet.

Maine Pa. Mo. Del. Md.
v .
N.C. Ga . T enn. Ala. Miss. Ark.
-

6,781 7,296 4 ,762 8, 840 15, 182 7, 777 24, 133 33, 356 5, 574 25, 720 15,946 32,872
-.

6,832 7,556 5,925 8,464 16, 583 8, 206 27,735 38,960 6,662 29, 868 19,510 33,653
-- -- -

258,551

39 , 763 4 4, 450 3 .0

3.3

4.0

3.7

48,029 4 9, 234 4.0

4.3

4 .6

4 .9

30, 410 36, 517 3 .4

3.6

4. 1

4.7

54,325 55,663 3.3

3.3

3.9

4.0

95, 827 105,318 3.3

3.3

3.7

4.0

49,252 55, 102 2.6

3.3

3.7

4.2

155,637 180,975 2.9

3.4

3.8

4. 1

220,090 248,750 4 .0

4.6

5. 1

5.4

38, 179 42,366 3 .3

3. 5

3 .7

3.6

166,261 187,702 2. 8

4 .4

3.5

5.0

104, 899 123, 166 1.8

2. 1

2.4

2.4

214,242

-.

---

227, 751
- - - -- ~

2.6 2. 5

2.8 3.0

3. 5

3 .4

3. 1

3. 5

- ------------------- ---------------

3.0

3. 5

3.7

4.1

1, 648 , 229

Item

MID-MONTH PRICES RE CE I VE D AND PRICES PAID

Georgia

I

United States

I Aug . 15 July 15 Aug . 15 Aug. 15 July 15 Aug. 15

1969

1970

1970

1969

1970

1970

Cents

Cent s

Cents I Cents

Cents Cents

Prices Received: Chickens, Ib, , excl. broilers Com'l Broilers (lb.) All Eggs, ( dozens ) Table (doze n s ) Hatching (d o z e n s)

10 .0 15. 5 44.9

7.0 12. 5 43.0 39.9 56.0

7 .5 12. 0 3 8 .5 34.9 55.0

9 .5 16. 5 36 .2

8.3 13.6 36.7

8.0 13 .2 33.0

Prices Paid: (p e r ton)

Dol.

Dol.

Dol.

Dol.

DoL

Dol.

Broiler Grower Laying Feed

94. 00 81. 00

94.00 83.00

96. 00 8 2 .0 0

92. 00 81. 00

94. 00 95.00 84. 00 84.00

T his report is made pos sible 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 .

FRASIER T. GALLOWAY Agricultural Statistician In Charge

W. A. WAGNER A g r i c ult ur al Statistician

After Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS

.......--
POSTAGE & FEES PAID United States Department of Agriculture







.

GEORGIA CRO P REPORTING SERVICE
'W~~m[b'L? rnIDTIJrn

ATHENS, GEORGIA

September 23, 1970

BR OIL ER TYPE

Plac ement of broil e r c hicks i n Georg i a du ring the week ended Se p te m be r 19 was 7,696,000- -1 percent les s than the p r evi ous week and 2 percent les s than the comparable week last year, according to t he Ge orgia Crop Reporting Service.
An e s ti m a t e d 10,654,000 b roile r type eggs were set by Georgia hatcheries--12 percent more than the pr e vious we ek but 9 pe r c ent less than the comparable week a ye ar
earlier. The majority of the prices paid to Georgia producers for broiler hatching eggs
wer e reported within a range of 50 to 60 cents per dozen. The average price of hatching eggs was 53 cents p er doze n . T he p ric e of e gg s from flocks with hatchery owned cock erel s generally was 2 cents below the a verage price. Mo st prices received for broiler chicks by G e orgia hatch erie s we r e re po rted within a range of $7.00 to $8.50 with an average of $7.50 per hund red. The a v e r age pri c e s la s t ye a r were 64 cents for eggs and $10 .00 fo r chicks.

We ek Ended

GEORGIA EGGS SET, HAT CHINGS AND CHICK PLACEMENTS

Eggs Set !.../

1969

1970

0/0 of
ye ar ago

Av. Price

Chicks Placed for Broiler s In Georgia

I Hatch Broiler Eggs Chicks

Ujo of

Per

P er

19 69

1970

year

Doz.

Hundred

ago

1970

1970

Thou.

Thou.

P ct.

Thou. Thou.

Pct,

Cents Dollars

July 18 July 25 Aug. 1 Aug. 8 Aug. 15 Aug. 22 Aug. 29 Sept. 5 Sept. 12 Sept. 19

12,086 11,988

99

12 , 187 12,050

99

12, 02 1 11, 769

98

12,039 11, 558

96

11, 548 10,771

93

11, 577 10,782

93

10,956 10,417

95

9,713

9,847 101

11,358

9,516

84

11, 749 10, 654

91

8 , 712 8. 767

101

8,987 8. 868

99

8,698 8,871

102

8,658 8,659

100

8, 473 8.6 75

102

8,494 8, 520

100

8, 490 8.237

97

8,426 7,993

95

8,486 7, 790

92

7,821 7,696

98

55

7.75

55

7.75

55

7.75

55

7.75

55

7.75

55

7.75

54

7.75

54

7.75

53

7.50

53

7.50

EGG T YP E

Hatch of egg type chicks in G eorgia during the week ended September 19 was 1, 0 37, 000- -3 percent mor e than the previous week and 32 percent more than the comparable we ek last ye ar. An estimated 1, 12 4,000 eg gs for the production of egg type chicks w ere set by Georg ia hatcheries, 2 percent more than the previous week and 31 percent more than the comparable week last year.
In the four states that accounted for a bo ut 26 percent of the hatch of all egg type chicks i n the U. S. in 1969, hatching s during the week ended September 19 w ere up 14 pe r c ent and s etting s were up 26 percent from a year ago.

State
Ga. Ill. Calif. Wash.

EGG TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS HATCHED. 1970

Eggs Set (W e ek Ended)

0/0 of

Chicks Hatched (Week Ended)

Aug.

Sept. Sept. Sept.

year Aug. Sept. Sept. Sept.

29

5

12

19

ag o 2 / 29

5

12

19

I % of
year
ago 2/

Thousands

Thousands

1,374 1, 109 1, 101 1, 124

131

530*

395 4 6 5 550

15 1

2,073 1,744 2,011 1,87 5

121

266

301 287 27 4

10 8

220 1,024 1,002 1,037 132

235 15 0

340

415 13 3

1,050 1,455 1, 227 I, 596 108

159 132

116

153

67

I Total - - j

.

4. ,243 >:<

3, 549

3, 864

3, 8 2 3 .

126 ... 1,664 .2,. 761

2,6. 85.. .3, 201 I 114

2/ Current week as percent of s ame w eek l a s t ye ar. * Revi se d .

BROILE R TYP E E G G S SET A N D C HI C KS PLA C ED IN COM M ER CIA L.. A.i.~ E A S B Y WEE KS - 19 7 0 P ag e 2

STATE

E GGS SET

Week Ended

Sept.

Sept.

Sept .

5

12

19

%of
year ago 1/

CHICK;.:..;., PLACED

Week E n de d

Sept.

Sept.

S ept.

5

12

19

% of
year ago 1/

Thousands

Thousands

Maine Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana Missouri Delaware Maryland Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina
GEORGIA
Florida T ennessee Alabam a Mi s s is s ippi A r kan s a s Louisiana Texas Wa s hi ngt on Or egon Ca lifor nia TOTAL 1970 (22 States)

1,055 119
1, 634 248 208
2, 280 3,427 1, 318
36 5, 818
473

1,953
99 1,663
4 28
169 2, 556 4 , 502 1, 578
36 6,948
433

2, 094 100

140 169

1, 796 103

395

68

206

81

2,693

95

4 ,632

89

1,637

86

35 106

7,040

88

477

80

1,485

1,458

1, 429

101

88

89

72

65

926

1, 115

1, 156

106

253

192

255

88

441

436

531

120

2, 531

2,402

2,022

88

3,214

3,317

2,835

80

1, 335

1, 279

1,019

80

281

319

189

60

5, 194

5,414

4,627

84

511

523

505

92

9, 84 7

9 , 51 6 10,654

91

7,993

7,790

7, 696

98

1, 063

1,064

1, 101

92

694

702

725

84

622

6 18

63 1

84

904

1, 182

1, 005

101

7, 966

7, 302

8 , 558

99

6,74 6

6, 576

6 , 69 1

101

5,137

4 ,472

5, 480 106

4, 88 1

4,836

4 , 8 83

113

10, 592 10,391 10, 9 3 8

97

8,265

7,793

8,018

101

962

956

960

90

1,009

896

740

93

3 ,6 7 0

4, 10 8

4, 070

87

3,231

3, 176

3, 035

100

260

34 1

4 17

50 1 340

267

279

49

250

3 24

37 2

90

219

17 1

255

12 9

2,007

2, 166

2 , 212 11 3

1, 76 3

1, 6 3 7

1, 452

112

58, 992 61, 6 23 6 6 , 538

94

52,304 51, 570 49,419

96

-o

v
a~
0 ""

-..D

"4. .t

o
r<"l

-0.. -o
'w" c

Wv

u.. E

..l.i.l

00 ~ w~

eo oJ.4

~o

-'"><-

~ v

o~

oQ)

0.. '" -c ~

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TOTAL 1969* (22 States)

61, 7 10 67 , 766 7 1,04 3

53,291 52, 852 51, 326

% of Last Year

96

91

94

98

98

96

* 1/ Current w e ek a s p erc ent of sam e w e ek last year.

R e vi s e d,

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~.

.1 ~

'3 I )

'-'

~ @rn~~~

~ - ') .., 1970

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SEPTEMBER 1. 1970
Released 9/25/70 by GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SE~VICE

UN~TED STATES STOCKS OF SOYBEANS IN ALL POSITIONS

Carryove r of old crop soybeans in all storage positions on September 1 totaled 229.4 mill ion bushels, according to the Crop Report ing Boa rd , This is down sharply from the 324.4 mill ion bushels on hand a year earl ier and compares with the September I, 1968 carryover of 166.3 mi l l ion bushels.

Off -farm stocks at 189.3 mil I ion bushels were 25 percent below a year earl ier. Farm stocks at 40. I mill ion bushels were down 44 percent from September I, 1969. Of the total September 1, 1970 soybean stocks, there were 150 mill ion bushels owned by Commodity Credit Corporation stored in war ehouses and bin sites, and Commodity Credit Corporation loans were outstanding on an additional 47 mil l ion bushels .

The September I end-of-crop-year stocks indicate a disappearance of 1,212 mill ion bushels from a supply of 1,441 mill ion bushels (carryover of 324 mill ion bushels plus 1969 production of 1,117 mill ion bushels). During this period, approximately 737 mill ion bushels were processed for oil, 431 mill ion bushels were exported, and 50 mill ion bushels were used for seed and f eed.

Soybean Stock~. September 1, 1970 with cOl!1parisons

Position
On Fa rms Jj
Commodity Credit Corp. 1/ Mills, Elev. & Whses. 1/ 1/ :

Sep t ernber 1 : 1968
60,699 29
105,589

September 1

Ju ly 1

1969

1970

- 1,000 bushels

71,772 5,326
247 ,311

78,203 13,413 311,263

September 1970
40,108 8,738
180,518

TOTAL

166.317

324,409

402,879

229.364

l/ Estimates of the Crop Reporti ng Board .

1/ C.C.C. -owned grain at bin sites. 1/ Al l off -farm storages not otherwise designated, including terminals and processing plants.

Includes C.C .C. -owned grain in th ese storages.

FRASIER T. GALLOWAY Agricultural Statistician In Charge

A. J. BORDELON Agricultural Statistician

(Please turn page)

ISSUED BY: The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, United States Department o f Agriculture, 409A North Lumpkin Street, Athens, Ga., in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture.

Sta t e

Soybeans (Old Crop)--Stocks on Farms, September I, 1970, Total

and Off-Farm Stocks. September 1 and July I

- - - - - - On Fa rms
Sept. 1

:-Se-pt-em-be-Or _ff-:F. armJutolyta:l

1/

:

Se!Jtember:

Total September :

all pos i t ions July : September

1970

1969 : 1970:

1970: 1969 : 1970:

1970

1,000 bushe 1s

N. Y.

2

*

*

*

*

*

*

N. J.

:

19

-- -

'k

-- -

11

oJ:

19

Pa .

:

15

*

58 !

*

*

6 19

*

Ohio

:

340

8,829

11,750

3,291

10,912

14,469

3,631

I nd ,

: 1,049

9 ,986

14,506

5,720

I 1,544

18, 177

6,769

Ill.

: 1,547

52,524

70,891

37,789

56,722

77 ,520

39,336

Mich.

:

95

482

458

97

843

813

192

',Ii 5

:

231

97

2,265

890

487

2,794

I , 121

Minn.

: 15,202

34 ,790

33,344

23,339

58,965

56,146

38,541

Iowa

: 17,434

81,562

95,799

68,543

113,593

125,437

85,977

Mo.

: 1,229

17,025

16,315

7 ,164

19,589

19,591

8,393

N. Oak.

:

244

455

458

120

955

916

364

S. Oa k.

:

442

319

279

98

1,054

1,038540

Nebr.

: 1,073-

7,944

13,444

7,907

9,598

16,127

8,980

Kans.
Del.
Md.
Va.
N C.

:

196

.

19

:

7

:

45

:

146

3,935
**
~'\
,;':

7,531
*
2,241
i:
-k

3,172
*
752
ok
i:

4,294
**
l,
*

8,119
*
2,342*
"k

3,368
*
759
i:
k

S. C.

:

108

781

2,032

739

839

2,356

847

Ga.

:

34

oJ:

3.568

~':

oJ:

3.736

,;':

Fla.
Ky. Tenn.
A1a .

:

5

.

27

:

57

.

29

---

oJ:

oJ:

**
i:

*
6,031
'"1:

*
1,584*

---

,;':

oJ:

**

*
6,317

*
1,641

"i':

'Ok

'"ok

Miss.

:

101

2,485

4,078

462

2,771

4,834

563

Ark.

:

347

11,539

12,513

3,308

11,802

13,813

3,655

La.

:

---

4,840

8,540

9,351

4,879

8,601

9,351

Okl a.

:

35

115

109

7

134

161

42

Texa s
N. Mex.
Cal if.

:

30

:

-- -

.

_._-

9,083
---
*

9,432
i:
*

7,319*
*

9,1-2--5 *

9,508
ok
*

7,349
-/:
*

Unal located:

---

5.846

8.511

7.604

6.292

9.445

7.926

U. S.

: 40.108

252.637

324.676

189.256

324.409

402.879

229.364

* Included in unallocated to avoid disclosing individual operations. 1/ Includes stocks at

mills, e l e va t o r s , warehouses, terminals, processors, and CCC-owned grain at bin sites.

After Five Days Return to United States Department of Aq r i cu ltu re
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS

'i#;:' POSTAGE & FEES PAID United States Dep ortment o f Agr iculture

c..

A th e ns , Geor g i a

'-le e k Endi ng Sept ember 28 , 1970

Releas ed 3 p. m. Monda y

vlEATHER FAVORABLE FOR CROP HARVES'r
L16RA!W~S
At he ns , Ga . , Sept embe r 28 - - Heat he r P (!.OPQ) OD S Here ) aee I :ror harve s t i ng ope rati ons

last week, a c cor di ng t o t he Georgia Cr op Report i ng Se r v i ce . Dry s oils slowed land prep arat i on

a nd s eed i ng of small gr ains . Soybe a ns and pasture gr owth were slowed by l a ck of moistur e.

County Agents judged the cond it i on of the cor n crap t o be l e s s fav or ab le t ha n a wee k ago. About 81 pe r ce nt of the cr op is a ffected by Sout he r n Corn lea f Bl ight . The damage is e stima t ed t o be heavy by 40 per cent of t he r eporters and modera te by anot he r 50 pe r ce nt. Some r es i stant variet i e s , e spe ci a l l y ear ly plant i ngs , have ex cell e nt yie l d pr ospect. Damage is so s evere in many ot he r fi elds that harve st will not be attempt ed . Harve st is 37 perce nt comp let e Statewi de.

Cotton pros pect s a r e fair t o good , s omevThat be t te r t ha n in the pa st several yea r s. Ove r a third of t he crop has been harve sted.

Pea nut ha rves t moved a long rapidlyj 98 percent of the crop has been dug and 94 pe r ce nt threshed . The Fede r a l -St at e I nspe cti on Se rvice ha d inspe cted 526, 298 tons of Georgia peanut s thr ough Septembe r 25 .

Gr owth of l at e soybeans , ~a sture s, and hay cro~s was slowed by lack of moi s ture. Soybean condit i on is st i l l be tter t han average. Ea rly plantings are sheddi ng l eave s and ma t uring r apid l y . The weat he r 'vas ideal for hay harvest . Catt l e were r at ed go od an d ~e can prosp e ct s mostly f a ir . Pecans are begi nning t o drop i n s eve r al a reas .

WEATHER S~~Y _.. Most a reas had onl y l i ght spr inkle s or no rain at a ll during the we e k e nding Friday, Sept embe r 25 . The main except ions wer e the extreme northe r n count ies and part s of the sout heast , where shower s brought more tha n an i nch of r a in . Some s ect i ons of the St ate have had ve r y l ittle r a i nfall during the l ast 3 or 4 we eks and were very dry at t he en d of the period . Seve ra l Weather Bureau observers i n the central a nd s outh,.estern sections have measured less tha n one -hal f inch of rain since September 1 . Isolated showe r s continued duri ng t he week e nd a nd r ain oc cur re d in some a reas Sunda y ni ght a s a co l d fr ont moved through t he State . Howeve r , amount s I.ere very light at mos t p laces and lar ge s ecti ons of the State were st ill dry a t the beg i nning of t he new wee k .
The unus ua lly h ot weat he r of the last few we eks continued through Saturda y, Septemb er 26 . Max i mum t emperat ures we r e i n the 80 's and low t o mid 90 ' s through out the we e k. Ea r l y morning minimums were in the 60 's and low 70' s. A col d front moved int o north Georgia Sunda y and had brought cooler a i r t o most of the State by Monday morning , September 28 . Maximum temp e r a t ur e s remained in t he 70 's i n the extreme north on Sunda y a nd l ows were in the 50's in t h i s area Monda y morn ing . The cooler weat her was a welcome change for most a fter 6 consecut ive weeks of un s e a s onably vTar m temperat ure s . Averages f or the week r a nge d f r om 5 to 8 degr ees ab ove l a t e Sept ember norma ls .
The out look for Wedne sday through Friday cal ls for fair t o partly cloudy weather with t emperatures ne a r or a little be Low normal. Lows wi ll range fr om the upper 4o' s or Low 50 I S i n t he extreme nor t h t o near 60 i n t he south. Afternoon highs s houl d be i n the upp e r 70 ' s and Low 8o ' s .

The Ge or gia Crop Rep ort ing Servi ce, Athens , Ge org i a j in cooperation wi t h the Coope rat i ve Exte nsion Se r vi ce , Uni ve r s ity of Geor g i a j Georgia Dep a rtme nt of Agri cultur e j and t he Weather Bur ea u, ESSA, U. S . Depar t me nt of Comme r ce .

U. S. DEPA RT ME NT OF COMMERCE WEATHER BUREAU Athens , G e o rgia ESSA
Preci.pi t at i on For' The '-leek Endi ng Sept ember 25~ 1970

GEORGIA

Temperatu r e extremes f or the week ending September 25, 19700 (Provisional )

Highest~
Lowe s t ~

1 020 at Quitman on the 20th o
o 58 at Blairsville on the 23rdo

'1!lA1r( I TI4OMU .
* For t he pe r i od September
T Less than 0005 inch o
After Fi ve Days R8tUT D tO Uni t ed Stat es Dep ar t ment of Ag:~i cu ltu.".':"e
St at i st i cal Repo:::-t i ng Se:..,.ric:e 409A Nor t h L~pkin S~re8 t At hens , Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUS n mSS

Pos t ag e and Fees Paid U. S. Department of Agriculture
~ .. . ~

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GEORGIA CROP
w~~rn[1'L? mm ATHENS, GEORGIA

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ffi'L?
September 30, 1970

B ROILER TYPE

Placement of broiler chicks in Georgia during the week ended Sept e m be r 26 was 6,910,000--10 percent less than the previous week and 1 percent less than the comparable week last year, according to the G eorgia Crop Reporting Se r vi c e .
An estimated 10,401,000 broiler type eggs were set by Georgia hatcheries--2 percent less than the previous w e ek a n d 9 percent l ess than the comparable week a year earlier.
The majority of the p rices paid to Georgia producers for broiler hatching eggs were reported within a range of 50 to 60 c ents per dozen. T h e average price of hatching eggs was 53 cents per dozen. The pric e of e ggs from flocks with hatchery owned cockerels generally was 2 cents below the average price. Mo s t prices received for broiler chicks by Georgia hatcheries were r eported within a range of $7.00 to $8.50 with an average of $ 7 . 50 per hundred. The average prices l ast ye ar were 64 cents for eggs and $ 10 . 0 0 for chicks.

Week Ende d

GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS A.N D CHICK PLACEMENTS

Av. Price

Eggs Set J:../

Chicks Placed fo r

Hatch Broiler

,

%of

Broilers In Georgia
'fo of

Eggs Per

Chicks Per

1969

1970

year

1969

1970

year

Doz.

Hundred

ago

ago

1970

1970

Thou.

Thou.

Pct.

Thou. Thou.

Pct.

Cents Dollars

July 25

12, 187 12,050

99

8,987 8,868

99

Aug. 1

12,021 11,769

98

8,698 8,871

102

Aug. 8

12,039 11, 558

96

8, 658 8,659

100

Aug. 15

11,548 10, 771

93

8,473 8,675

102

Aug. 22

11,577 10,782

93

8,494 8, 520

100

Aug. 29

10,956 10, 'H 7

95

8,490 8,237

97

Sept. 5

9,713

9,847 101

8,426 7,993

95

Sept. 12

11,358

9,516

84

8,486 7,790

92

Sept. 19

11,749 10,654

91

I I

7, 821

7,696

98

Sept. 26

11, 388 10,401

91

! 6,985 6,910

99

55

7.75

55

7.75

55

7.75

55

7.75

55

7.75

54

7.75

54

7.75

53

7. 50

53

7.50

53

7. 50

EGG TYPE

Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the week ended September 26 was 801,000--23 percent less than the previous week but 2 percent more than the comparable week last year. A n estimated 1,1 89,000 eggs for ths production of egg type chicks were set by Georgia hatcheries, 6 per c ent mor e than the previous week and 19 percent more 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 1969, hatchings during the week ended September 26 were down 2 percent but settings were up 12 percent from a year ago .

: State
II
Ga.
Ill. I
Calif. Wash.

EGG TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS HATCHED, 1970

I Eggs S et (We e k Ended)

I % of

Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. ye ar

Chicks Hatched (Week Ended) Sept. Sept. Sept . Sept.

5

12

19

26

ago 2 /

5

12

19

26

Thousands

Thousands

1,109 1,101 1,124 1,189 11 9

1,024 1,002 1,037

801

435':< 465 550

535 147

150 340

415

340

1,744 2,011 1,875 1,889 10 7

1,455 1, 227 1,596 1,355

30 1

287 274

170

66 I 132

116

153

206

%of
year ago 2/
102 99 94
/1 06

Total 3,589 * 3,864 3,823 3 ,7 83 11 2. I 2,761 2, 685 3,2 01 2,702 i 98
l/-liicludes eggs s et by hatcheries producing chi ck s for hatchery supply flocks.
2/ Current we ek as percent of same we ek l a s t ye ar. * R evi sed.

B R OILER. TY PE E GGS SE T A ND CHI CKS P L A CED IN COMMER CIA L '\.RE AS BY WEE KS - 1970 Pag e 2

S T AT E

EGGS SE T

Week Ended

Sept.

Se pt.

Se pt.

12

19

26

CHI :::;KS P LA C~D

oro-o I

We ek Ended

year J Sept .

Sept.

oept .

ago 1/ 12

19

26

% of
I ye ar
I ago 1/

Thousands

'I'hous arids

Ma i ne Co nn e ct icut P enns y1vania

1, 95 3

2,094

1, 96 6 95

1, 458

1,429

745

65

99

140

122 57

89

72

69

51

1, 66 3

1,796

1, 69 1 94

1, 115

1, 156

1, 020

95

....
o

Indi ana

428

395

4 14 80

192

255

1'1:9

78

.,
~ o .~

Mi s s o u r i Delaware Maryland Vir ginia Wes t Virginia North Ca r olina So ut h Ca r olina

169 2, 556 4, 502 1, 57 8
36 6, 948
4 33

206 2,6 93 4,6 32 1,637
35 7,0 40
477

225 89 2,6 7 5 97 4,306 86 1, 30 1 73
35 100 6, 0 84 80
4 52 91

436

531

366

125

2,402

2,022

1, 969

95

3,317

2, 835

2, 550

82

1,279

1,019

986

89

319

189

181

155

5, 41 4

4,627

4,270

99

523

505

46 0

83

<4:

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GE ORGIA

9, 516 10, 65 4 10, 401 91

7,790

7, 696

6, 910

99

F lorida Tennessee Alabama Mi s sis s i ppi Arkansas Louis iana T exas 'tv as hingto n Or egon Califo r nia
T.OTAL 1970 (22 St at es)

1,064 618
7, 30 2 4,472 10, 39 1
956 4, 108
34 1 324 2, 166

1, 101 631
8, 55 8 5, 4 80 10 , 9 3 8
96 0 4, 070
4 17 372 2,212

1, 173 103

64 6 88

8 , 4 06

99

5, 500 108

11,11 8 100

853 85

4, 062 96

413 70

2 59 70

2, 156 109

702

725

777

94

1, 182

1, 005

926

99

6, 576

6,691

6, 116

94

4,836

4, 8 83

4 , 500

10 5

7,793

8, 0 18

7, 38 8

97

896

740

84 3

87

3, 176

3,035

2, 757

90

26 7

27 9

230

69

171

255

222

94

1,637

1,4 52

1, 380

117

6 1,62 3 66 , 538 64, 25 8

94

51 ,570 49, 41 9 44, 814

95

TOT AL 1969"~ (22 St a te s )

6 7, 766 71,04 3 68, 634

52 , 852 51,326 47,0 23

% of L ast Ye a r

91

94

94

98

* 1/ Cur re nt week as perc ent of s ame we ek last yea r.

Re vi s e d,

96

95

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Released 10/ 2/70 Ge org i a Crop Report ing Se r v i ce

GE ORG]J\.
August Red Meat Pr oduct i on 5 Pe r ce nt Fighe r
Pr oduct Lon of red meat i n Ge or g i a I s comme rc i a l slaught e r plants t otaled 31. 3 milli on
pounds dur I ng Augus t 1970) a ccording t o t he Ge or gia Crop Rep orting Serv ice . This was up 5 pe rk.
ce nt fr om the 29 .9 milli on po und s during the same mont h l ast year but wa s 2 percent below the 31 .8 mi l li on p ounds produc t i on of l a st month .
Catt l e Slaught e r
There wer e 24) 700 he ad of cat t le s laughte red i r. Ge orgia I s commerci a l plant s dur i ng August . Thi s wa s dcvn 10 pe rce nt fr om t he 27) 500 head s laught e r ed during the same month of 1969 a nd was 5 per cent be Low the 26 ) 000 head s laughte r ed dur i ng J uly 1970.
Calf Sla ught e l'
Ca l f s l a ught e r t ota l ed 1) 200 head during August - 700 head more tha n the 500 head s laugh tered during the same month las t year and 500 hea d above the J ul y ki l l .
Hog Slaughte r
Ge or gi a' s hog s laugh te r t ota l ed 146,000 hea d duri ng August . This was 4 percent ab ove the
140 , 000 head s l a ught e red during the same month last yea r ) but was down 1 percent fr om the 148 ) 000 head s l a ught e r ed during t he month of July 1970 .
l~8 STATES
Red Meat Produc t ion Up 2 Percent From Augus t 1969
Commer cia l product i on of r ed meat in t he 48 St at e s t otaled 2, 832 milli on po unds in August, up 2 pe r ce nt f r om a year ear l ier . Comme r cia l meat product i on include s s laughter i n f ed era l l y i ns pe cted an d ot he r s Lau ght.e r p l a nt s, but excl ude s a ni ma l s slaughtered on f arms .
Beef Pr oduc t i on Sl i ght ly Ab ove A Year Earlier
Bee f pr oduct ion i n August wa s 1)737 mi l l ion pounds, up slightly f r om August 1969. The
nunbe r of catt l e s l a ught e r ed Iva s dOIVD 4 pe r ce nt f r om a year earli er . However, ave r age l i ve
weight pe r head was 21 p ounds heavi er t ha n a year ago .
Augu st Vea l Product ion Down 12 Per cent Fr om 1969
There were 46 mi l l i on p ounds of vea l produ ced in August, down 12 pe r cent fr om a year ea r l ier . Ca l ve s s laughtered were down 15 perce nt fr om August 1969 but l i ve weight per head i n -
crea sed 9 pounds .
Pork Pr oduct i on Up 7 Pe r cent From August 1969
Pork produ cti on i n August tota l ed 1 ) 008 million p ounds, up 7 pe rce nt from a ye a r ear l i e r . The numbe r of hogs s laught e red wa s up 5 percent f r om Augus t 1969 . Live weight per head , at 237 p ound s ) wa s 2 p ounds heavier t han a ye a r earli er. l ard r e ndered per 100 p ounds of l ive weight wa s 9 .2 pounds compa red \fith 9 . 5 in August 1969 .
l amb And Mut t on Unchan ged From A Yea r Ea r lie r
The r e were 41 mill i on p ounds of lamb a nd mut ton pr oduced in Augus t ) t he same as last year . She ep and lambs s l aughte r e d t ot a l ed 836 )800 head ) down 2 percent. Average l ive Ifeight per head) at 101 p ounds ) was 1 p ound heavie r t han a yea r ear lier .
August Pou ltry .Pr oduct i on Up 10 Percent From 1969
Pr oduc t i on of p oultry me at i n Augus t t otal ed 984 mi l l ion pounds r eady -t o-cook ba s i s . Thi s is 10 perce nt more t han a year earlier but 2 pe r ce nt l e s s than i n July 1970 .

Species
Georgia Cat tle Calve s Hog s Sheep and Lamb s

GEORGIA AND 48 STATES LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER Y

Numbe r :

Aver age

:

Slaughtered:

Live We ight :

August

:

Augus t :

1969

1970 : 1969

1970 :

(l;OOO-headT-- - - - - - ( pouncfi ) - - - - - -

Total

Li ve Weight

August

1969

1970

(T; OOO-pourids-)

27 . 5

24 . 7

841

5

1.2

381

140 . 0

146. 0

207

886

23, 128

394

190

214

28,980

21 , 8 84
473 31,244

48 Stat es

Cat t l e

2,979 . 7 2, 873 . 1

996

Calves

375 7

320 7

251

Hog s

6,284 .0 6,616 . 3

235

Sheep and Lambs

851.0

836. 8

100

1, 017 260
237 101

2 , 967 , 287 94, 413
1, 478,013 85, 273

2 , 9 2 2 , 6 17 83, 424
1,567, 094
84 , 1~93

1/ Inc l udes s l aughter under Federa l inspection and other commer ci a l slaughter , excludes farm
s l aught er .

Commo d i t y and
Un i t

AVERAGE PRICES RECE IVED BY FARMERS AND HOG-CORN RATIOS, SEPTEMBER 15, 1970
WI TH COMPARISONS

Ge orgia

United States

Sept . 15 1969

Aug . 15
197 0 ( Dol l ar s )

Sept . 15: Sept . 15
1970 : 1969 :

Aug . 15
1970 ( Doll ar s)

Sept . 15 1970

Corn , bu . Hogs, cwt . Cat t l e, cwt . Calves, cvt .

1. 30 24 .50 22 . 50 30 . 00

1.49 20 90 24 .30
33 50

1.59 19 . 00 23 .80
32 . 50

1.15 24. 90 26 .10
31. 50

1. 27 21. 70 27 .00 34 .10

1. 38 19 .80 26 .80
33 90

HogRati

Cor o

1n1

18 . 8

14 .0

11. 9

21.7

IJ Bushe ls of corn e qua l in val ue t o 100 I bs . hogs , l i ve we ight .

17.1

14 . 3

FRAS IER T. GALLOWAY Agr i cul t ural Stat ist ic ian I n Charge

VI . PAT PARKS Agricultural St at istician

The Ge orgia Cr op Reporting Servi ce, USDA, 409A North Lumpkin Street , Athens , Georgi a, in coope rat ion wit h the Ge orgia Dep art ment of Agr i cul t ur e .

Af t e r Five Days Return t o Uni t ed St at e s Depar t ment of Agri culture
Statisti ca l Rep ort i ng Servi ce 409A Nor t h Lumpkin Street Athens , Ge orgi a 30601 OFFICIAL BUS INESS

?~~ POSTAGE & F EES PAID Unit ed St ete s Depo rtment of Agricu lt ure

IJ

v ~()~G\AFARM REPORT

I t' !: !\GI
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GEORGIA CROP REP OR TI N G SERVICE

ATHENS, GEORGIA

Oct ob e r ~, 1970

C O~\N PRODUCTIO N

Spe ci al Fore ca s t As Of Se pt embe r 21. 1970

U. S. co r n p roducti on was for ec ast a t Lf , 185 mi l l ion bushel s a s o f Sept embe r 23rd- - 2 l 8 mi l lio n bus he l s (5 pe rce nt ) l e s s t han f oreca st o n Se p tember 1, and 635 mi l l ion bush e ls (13 perce nt) l e s s than the July I fo re ca s t. The c u rre nt forecast is 393 mill ion bush els (9 pe rce nt ) l ess t han last year. The decl i ne in p ros pe c t s from September 1 resul ted l ar gel y f rom in crea s ed damage from southe rn corn l eaf bl ig ht and other dis ea ses.

The curre nt f ore cas t is 12 pe rce nt bel ow the re cord high 1967 output an d wo u ld be the sma l l est crop sin ce 1966. Ind i ca t ed y ield pe r acre on September 23rd was 72 .2 bushe l s , 3.7 bus he l s l e s s t llan t he Se p t ember 1 for e cast . The a ve rag e yield per a c re a ye a r ag o wa s a record 83 .9 bus he l s .

Bl ig ht wa s more s e rious i n t he so u th e rn States east of the Mi s s i s s ippi Rive r a nd i n southern po r t io ns of Ohio, Ind iana an d III inois. Wea t he r throu gh the f irs t ha lf of Sept em be r favored s pre ad of the d i sea se i n much of this area, causing addi ti onal damage. Wea t he r cond i t ions durin g harvest wi l I i nf l ue nce th e final outturn. Infe ct ed f ields a re subjec t t o mo re than usual harvest losses. Corn borer, stalk rot, and ro ot wo rms were causing some lod gin g and ea r drop page i n parts of th e Corn Belt.

Ge nerally, corn was ma t u r i ng f a s t e r than usual over much o f the count r y on Se p t embe r 23rd. Heavy bl i ght -infected fields ap pear mu c h as they ordinarily look much later i n t he season . Dry weather in the We s te r n Corn Belt in July and August hastened maturity. The bl i ght al so caus ed co rn to mature rapidly in muc h o f Ohio, Indiana, III inois, and in mo st of the southern and south eastern States. In most St a tes many f armers were harvesting corn earl y t o minimize harvesting losses and damage from bl ig ht and other d iseases.

Pro sp e c t s decl ined 6 percent in the East North Central and Northeast fr om Se ptember I to Sep tember 23 largely be cause of addi t ional damage from the leaf bl ight. Pro spect s were al so sl i gh t l y lower in the West North Central States as of September 23rd. Mu ch of th i s region was pla gued by dry wea t he r du r in g J u)y and Augus t . Pro s pe ct s in the Southe rn St a t es decl ined 8 percent fr om September I to Se p t embe r 23.

Fo r t h i s report, e s ti ma t e s were ca r r ie d forward from September I for the n ine West ern States a nd New Jersey, Delaware, ~Je s t Virg inia, North Dakota , Arkan sas, Loui si ana, an d Ok l a h om a .

REISSUED BY: The Georgi a Crop Repor t ing Service, USDA, 409A North Lumpkin St ree t , At he ns, Georgia in cooperat ion wit h the Georg ia Departmen t of Ag r ic u l t ure .

Cern fQj~ Grain 9 I'oxeca e't a s of i:iept embe:c' 23, 1970? :Cy Hegi ons

Yiel d :;.J e:r" acz-e

]?- OG,U C "Ci on

nnegl" on
~a :j t 1 " o:!~ th CCD.t :,_"al
and l'lc::,t-he-a s-t Ill. sInd . , IIi ch . , Ohi o, Fi s . ~ ~f . Y. s Pa .

: I ndjcatecl 1910

: Ind.:!:..,?.?.t ed. ....;1..:;79.~.;;.0

.

1969

1969

~ Sept . 1:SeEt. 23:

- - Ilushels - -

92.4 84.2

78.7 1,963 ,859 1, 894 , 169 1, 772,000

Fes t lTo:::-t h Central
Iowa, Kan s., ~" Iinn . s 110., 1'[ebr-, , S Dak .

06.6 77.2

74.7 2,125 9220 2 ~046 ,099 1 , 980 ,000

Sout her-n St a t es
j:id . , v. , i :-. C., s. C. ,
Ga. , ::1 09. , Ky ., 'I'enn , ,
Al a . , Ei s s . s Te:~as

53 .0 47 .4 43.5

398 ,795

359 , 507 330,000

Tot al !:lJov e 2L!, St at es
All Other St at es .:!.I

84.2 76.q
72 .5 74.6

74.6

89.990 102 . 990 102.990

Uni t ed St at es

81. 9 75.9

72.2 4.577.864 4 .402 .765 ho 184 . 990

i f E. -~l., H. Va., ::~ . Da.'!.;:. s ,Axl: ., J.Ja . , O:;:la ., ~'IOllt . , Tdaho , '.!-;I O. , Colo. , :,~ . :t'Lex . ,

ATi z . , \',Ta sh . , OTeG., Calif. Es t in:ates carried f'orward from September 11, 1970 Cr op

Produotion r epor t .

Af t er Pi ve Day s ll,,;dim 'l1 to Unit od St at es Department of AdJ~i cul turc
St at i st i cal Reporting Ler vi ce 409A For t h Lumpki n St r eet
Athens, Geor0ia 30601 OFFI CIAL EUSI NbSS

ACQ DIV

9 00

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA UNIV LIBRARIES

ATHENS

GA 30601

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POSTAGE & FEES PAlO
United Stote s Depo r,me nt o f Agr ic ultu re

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" OCT 1970

Week Endi ng October 5, 1970

_ . LIBRAR IES

Rel eased 3 p.m. Monday

IDEAL HARVEST HEATHER

Ath en s, Ga. , Oct ober 5

Harvesting operations proceeded rapidly under ideal conditions

last wee k, acc ording to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. Land preparati on, seeding small

grains, pasture growth , and development of fall planted crops were slowed by dry soils.

County Agents judged the cor n crop the poorest in recent years. Harvest was proceeding rap i dly and i s now 48 percent complete. A sp ecia l corn product ion f or ecast is sued Friday, October 2, i ndi cat ed corn product ion for the United States as of September 23 to be 4,184, 990,000 bus he l s . This is 5 percent below the September 1 estimate and 9 perce nt below 1969 product i on . The Southern States' for ecast as of September 23 was 7 percent lower than Sept embe r 1.

- - - - Cotton harvest was proceeding rapidly and i s now 46 percent complete. Defoliation re-
mained active in preparation for machine harvest.

Pea nut harvest is nearing completion. Much better-than-average yields are reported. The Federal-State Inspect ion Service had inspected 549,321 tons of Georgi a pea nuts through October 2.

Growth of late soybeans, . pasture, and hay crops was slowed by lack of moisture. Prospects for early planted soybeans appear better than average; harvest is beginning. Condition of cattle was mostly good, and pecan prospects were mostly fair. Germination and growth of small grains were slowed by ~oils. Small grain planting was 30 percent complete.

WEATHER Sm~ARY -- Rainfall was spotty but mostly light during the week endi ng Friday, October 2. A few wide l y scattered places received more than an inch of r a in but most reporting observers measured l ess than one-fourth inch and several recorded none at all . Much of the State ha s had very little rainfall since early September and large areas have become extremely dry. Only . 05 of an inch has fallen at the Athens Airport since September 5. Some other areas have fared l itt le, if any, better during this period. No rain occurred in the State during the weekend and most sections began the new week with a serious moisture shortage.

The first cool weather of the fall season had moved into the State at the beginning of the week. Mi ni mum temperatures dropped to the 30's in the mountains, the 40's in most northern and central counties and the 50's in the extreme south. Highs were in the 60's and 70's at the beginning of the week but warmed to the mid and high 80's at most places by Saturday. Another surge of cool air moved into the State Saturday night and both highs and l ows were 8 to 10 degrees l ower on Sunday. The State's first official freezing temperature of the fall occurred Monday morning with a reading of 320 at Blairsville. Averages for the week ranged from 20 to 70 below normal.

September rainfall was below normal over almost all of Georgia. A few local areas had heavy rains during the first week but even these places were dry by the end of the month. Several weather observers in the central and southwest sections measured less than one-half inch of rain. The Ma con Airport had only .41 of an inch, tying 1927 for the driest September of record. Ge orgia temperatures were ab ove nor mal throughout most of the month , making this one of the warmest Sept embe r s of record. There was little relief from the heat unt i l the last two or three days of the month when,cooler air moved into the State.

The out look f or WeQnesday through Friday calls for fair to partly cloudy weather with mild night s and warm afternoons. There i s a slight chance of a few scattered showe r s or thundershowe rs Thursday and Friday. Lows will be mostly in the 50's in the north and 60's in the s outh with highs mostly i n the 80 's.

The Georgia Crop Reporting Ser vi ce, Athens, Georgia, i n cooperati on with the Coope rat i ve Extension Ser vice , University of Ge orgia; Georgia Department of Agr i cul t ur e , and the Weat her Bure au, ESSA, U. S . Department of Commer ce .



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U. S. DEPA RT ME NT OF COMMERCE WEA T HE R BUREAU Athens, Georgia ESSA
Prec i pitat i on For The Week Ending October 2s 1970

GEORGIA

Temper ature extremes f or the week ending October 2 ~ 19700 (Provis ional)
o
Highe st ~ 98 at Millen on September 26the
Lowest g 34o at Blairsville on
September 30th o

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~~ For the peri od October T Less than 0005 i nch o
After Fi ve Day s Ft urn t o United States Depar tme nt of Agri cu E u.r e
Stat ist i ca l Rep orting Se.r v i.ce 409A North Lumpkin Stre~ t Athe ns) Geor g ia 306 01 OFFICIAL BUSlTIESS

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w~~rnL1L?

ATHENS, GEORGIA

ctober 7, 1970

Placement of broiler chicks i n G eo r gia during the we ek e n de d October 3 was
6,560.000--5 p erc ent l ess than the pr eviou s w e e k a n d 20 p e r c e n t l es s than th e comparable
w e ek last year, according to the Georgia C rop Rep o r ting Servic e .
A n e s ti m a te d 8, 519, 000 broiler typ e eggs wer e se t b y Georgi a hat c he r ies - -1 8 percent l ess than the pre vious week and 16 per c ent less tha n th e c o m p a r a bl e w e e k a
year earlier.
The majority of the prices paid to G eo r g ia produ c e r s for br ei le r hatching eggs
were reported within a rang e of 50 to 60 cent s p er doz en. T he average pric e of hatchi ng eggs was 53 cents per dozen. The price of e g gs from flock s w i th hat c he ry o wn e d cockerels generally was 2 cents below the averag e p r i c e ,' M o s t pr ic es r e c eived for broiler chicks by Georgia hatcheries were r eporte d within a rang e of $ 7. 00 to $8 .50 with an average of $7.50 per hundred. The a v e r a g e pri ce s last yea r wer e 64 c ents fo r eggs and $10.00 for chicks.

Week Ended
Aug. 1 Aug. 8
Aug. 15 Aug. 22 Aug. 29 Sept. 5 S ept. 12 Sept. 19 Sept. 26
Oct. 3

GZORGIA E GGS SE T , HAT CHINGE AND CHI CK P LA CE ME N TS

Eggs Set 1/

1969

1970

% of
year
ago

_. . b .v.. .J?rj.c .~ . ___

1 C hi c k s Placed fo r

: Hatch B roiler

Broilers in Georgia .; E gg s

Chicks

I: 19 69

1970

0/0 of
yea r ago

: Per
: Doz.
: 1970

P er Hundred
19 7 0

Thou.
12,021 12,039 11, 54 8 11, 577 10, 956
9, 713 11,358 11,749 11,388 10, 139

Thou .
11,769 II, 558 10,771 10, 782 10, 417 9,847 9, 516 10,654 10, 401 8,519

Pet.
98 96 93 93 95 101 84 91 91 84

':':' ho u .
i

8, 698
: 8, 6 58

1 8, 47 3

8 , L~ 9 4

:
!

3, 490

8,4 26

; 3 , !18 6

'7, 8 2 1 6, 985 8, 177

T ho u.
8, 871 8,659 8,675 8, 520 8, 23 7 7, 99 3 7,790 7 , 69 6 6,9 10 G, 560

Pet .
102 100 102 100 97 95 92 98 99
30

I Cent s

i

55 55

I 55

i 55 : 54

I 54

j 53

53

53

53

Dollars
7.75 7.75 7.75 7.75 7.75 7.75 7.50 7.50 7.50 7.50

EGG T YPE
Hatch of egg typ e chicks in Georgia d u r ing the w e e k e n d e d O c t o b e r 3 wa s 80 2, 000--
slightly more than the previous we ek but 3 percent l ess than the c o mparable week l a st
year. An estimated 1, 138, 000 e g g s for the pr oduction o f egg typ e c hi c k s w er e s et by Georgia hatcheries, 4 percent l ess than t he pr evious we ek but 20 p e r c ent m o r e than the
comparable week last year.
In the four states that accounted for a bo ut 26 p erc ent of t he hatch of all e g g t ype chicks in the U. S. in 1969, hatchings during th e w e ek e n de d C c t o be r 3 we r e up 14 percent and settings were up 16 percent from a year ago.

State
Ga. Ill. C a li f. Wa sh.

EGG TYPE EGGS SET A ND C H I C K S HAT C I-IE D , 1970

E g gs S et (vVeek Ended)

Sept.
12

S ept. Sept.

19

26

Oct.
3

Thous ands

Ii % o f ;, Chicks Hatched (W eek E n d e d )

ye ar

Sept. S ept. Sept.

Oct.

I a g o 2/ 12

19

26

3

i

I

T hous ands

1, 10 1 1, 124 I, 189 I, 138 1?. 0

520>:; 550 535

380 10 8

2. , 011 1, 87 5 1, 8 89 1, 6 33 12 2

287

274 170

154 8 0

1, 00 2 34 0
1, 227 11 6

1, 037 4 15
1,59 6 153

801 34: 0 1,355 2 06

802 405 1, 55 3 2 22

Total ! 3,919 >:< 3,8 23 3,783 3,305 :1 116 J 2 , 685 3, 20 1 2, 702 2, 982
1/ Includes eggs s et by hatcheries producin g ch i c k s for hat c h e r y s up p l y fl ocks .
'2/ C u r re n t w e ek as p erc ent of same week l a st y ear . >;; R e v i s e d .

%of
year
ago 2/
97 103 129 122
114

B R<2IL~I~ TYP E E5~~9~~l:~~ AND C HI C KS P L AC.E D I N COM MEJ.={C IA L A :Z !~ AS B Y V'~ :S :SL~S -

STATE
- - ---- - -

---

- ---

E GGS SE T W e ek E n de d.

%of

CHI C KS P L A CED Vi e e k End e d

Se pt.

Sept .

Oct .

yea r

uc:e p -'r: .

Se pt .

Oct.

,- - --- 1-9- - - - - 26

3 ._ _ -'----a~go_ 1__/'_:;___19--'-----_--2-6- -

3

Thous a nds

T ho us a nds

19 7 0

P age 2

Maine C o rin e cti c ut Penns yl va nia In dia na Mis s o ur i D e lawa r e Ma r ylan d Virginia VIe st V i r g i rri a North Carolina South Carolin a
GEO RGI A

2, 094
14 0
1, 7 9 6
39 5 2 06 2 , 6 93 4, 632 1,6 37
35 7, 0 4 0
477
10,6 54

1, 96 6 122
1, 69 1
4 14 225 2, 675
4,3 06 1, 30 1
35 6, 0 84
4 52
10, 401

1, 90 3 104

92

42

1,4 2 5 87

306

70

197 74

2, 24 5

91

3, 803

85

1, 114 87

36

86

5, 6 9 0 104

4 S9 78

8, 5 19

84

1, <1- 29

74 5

1, 4 8i.i:

102-

72

69

64

48

1, 15 6

1,0 20

1, 0 35

100

255

14 9

17 2

70

53 1

366

431

133

2,02 2

1, 969

2., 46 9

96

2, 835

2, 550

3, 035

86

1, 0 19

9 86

1, 084

89

189

18 1

367

109

4 , 62 7

4 , 270

5, 020

89

505

46 0

4 78

95

7, 69 6

6, 9 10

6, 560

eo

Flor ida Tenn es see Alabam a j\1i s sis sippi Ar kansa s L o ui s iana Texa s Wa s hington Or e gon Cal ifor nia
TOTA L 1970
(22 State s )

1, 101

1, 173

1, 136 11 4

725

777

77 3

631
8, 55 8

64 6 8, 4 06

62 2

92

8, 13 1 10 4

1,005
6, 69 1

92 6
6 , 11 6

852 5, 4 4 2

5, 4 80

5, 500

5,218 103

4 , 8 83

4,500

3, 95 '1-

10,9 38 1 1, 11 8 10 , 541 107

8 , 01 8

7, 38 8

8 , 11 9

9 60

853

863 98

740

84 3

84 6

4, 070

4 , 06 2

3,684 93

3 , 03 5

2, 757

3, 051

417

4 13

3 16

63

2 79

230

2. 0 5

372 2, 2 12

2 59 2, 156

195 54
1, 85 5 13 0

2.55 1, 4 5 2

2221, 3 8 0

25 7 1, 6 7 8

6 6 , 53 8 64 , 258 5 8, 35 0

97 4 9, l 9 4 4 ,8 14 117 , 3 7 6

TOT A L 19 69* (22 S ta t es)

71,043 68,634 60, 401

: 51
:

'

326

4 7 , 023

S l , 500

% of Last Year

94

94

97

96

95

92

1/ C urrent w e ek as perc ent o f same w eek l a s t ye ar. >:C Re v is e d .

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GEORGIA CRO P RE PORT ING SERVICE - ATH ENS , GEORGIA
Released October 8, 1970
GEORGIA COTTON REPORT AS OF OCTOBER 1, 1970
Ge orgi a rs 1970 cotton crop i s f ore cast at 285, 000 bales, bas ed on informati on r eport ed
by crop corre spondents and gi nne r s as of October 1, t he Ge or gia Crop Rep orting Service
a nnounced t oda y. The e st i mat e is unchanged from a month ago, but i s 3,000 ba le s ab ove the 1969 cr op an d 19,000 bales mor e than pr oduced i n 1968. Yield per a cre is indi cated at 360 pounds 9 pounds . above the 1969 av erage .
September weathe r wa s hot ~ dry an d gene rally fav orable f or cotto~ mat urity an d ha rves t . Some premature opening of b ol l s in l ate cotton was r ep orted.
Ginni ng ga i ned momentum after a s Low s tar t . A total of 91,2 94 ba les had be en ginned prior t o Oct ober 1. Thi s compare s \-lith a t otal of 46, 033 bales ginne d to the same dat e l a st year and 154)065 ba l es in 1968 .

I NDI CATED COTTON PRODUCTION, 1970: FINAL PRODUCTION, 1969, 1968

Crop Reporting Di strict

1970

1969

1968

-. Ba les -

" \ Non- Cot ton
\

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-..L

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
St a t e

24, 000 10, 000 12, 000 20, 000 58,0 00 54, 000 38, 000 65, 000 4,00 0
285, 000

23,9 61 7,1 21 10, 625 20,80 5 57, 247 46, 840 38, 625 73)565 3,211
282, 000

11~, 440

7,185

8, 115

18 ,9 25

I4n9,,

175 100

39,205

75, 780

6, 075

2G6, 001)

Please see r everse side f or
UNITED STATES informati on .

Albany'
7

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Valdosta

State

UNITED STATES COTTON REPORT AS OF OCTOBER 1 , 1970

Acres

Lint yield per

:

Producti on ~I

for

harvested acre

:

SOO-lb. gross we ight bales

h19a7r0veyst

1968

1969 indic.

1968

1969

1970 indic .

1,000 acres

Pounds

1 , 000 ba l e s

North Carolina

165

310

287

407

123

100

140

Sout h Carolina

300

352

342

328

251

205

205

Ge orgia

380

322

351

360

266

282

285

Tenne s see

395

432

505

486

325

422

400

Al abama

550

362

405

436

397

461

500

Missour i Mis sis s i pp i Arkans as Louis iana Okla h oma

225 1, 180 1, 090
450 450

495

511

660

537

502

518

636

551

333

288

512

197

681 1, 522

495 1, 028

645

545

213

264

326 1, 328 1, 140
483
279

240
1,675 1,125
605 200

Texas , Al l Up l a n d
3/ Amer' - Pt ma
New Mexico , All :
31 Upl and
Amer-Pima. Ari zona , All
31 Upl a l1d
Amer -Pi ma California , All: Up l and Amer - Pi ma
Othe r St ate s ~/:

5, 027 . 0 5, 000. 0
27 . 0 140 5 125 0 15 5 273 .8 241. 0 32 . 8 675 . 5 675.0
0 5
22.7

410 410 456 557 571 411 1 , 18 0 1, 230 721 1, 097 1, 097 762
422

294 292 492 517 529 404 979 1, 033 533 893 894 498
390

320 3, 525

319 3,502. 1

498

22 9

557

176

576

164. 6

403

l1. h

933

734

986

689 .8

541

44. 2

835 1, 573

836 1,572. 3

576

0 7

419

21.8

2, 862
2 , 8 31~ .3
27 7 157 11~l.j. 8 12 . 2
63 1~
596 . 7 37 3
1, 315 1, 314 .5
05
20 .8

3, 353 3,325 0
28 . 0 163 150 . 0 13 0 532 495 0 37 0 1,175 . 6 1, 175 0
0 .6
19 8

United States
31 Upland
Ame r - P i m a

11,248.7 75. 8

516

433

450 10,868 .6

9, 937 . 1

10,539. 8

565

493

498

79 2

77 . 7

78. 6

All Cotton 2/

11,324 .5

516

433

450 10,948

10, 015

10 , 6 18 . 4

31 y August 1 estimate :-?J Production ginned and to be ginned . A 500-pound ba l e contains

about 480 net pounds of lint.

American Eg;yptian prior t o July 1, 1970 . ~./ Virginia,

Florida, Illinoi s, Kentucky, Nevada . 2/ 1968 and 1969, U. S. all cotton r ounded t o t housa nds .

FRASIER T. GALLOVlAY Agr icultural Statistician In Charge

C. L. CRENSHAW AgTicul tural St at i st i ci an

The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, USDA, 409A North Lumpkin St r ee t, Athens , Geor gia, in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture.

Af ter Five Day s ne tur n t o Uni t ed St at es Department of Agriculture
St atj.st i ca l Rep orting Ser vi ce 4C9~ Nort h Lumpkin St reet Ath ens, Georgia 30601 OFFI CIAL BUS INESS

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Week Endi ng Oct obe r 12, 1970

Re l eased 3 p .m. Monday

CROP HARVEST ROLLS ALONG

At he ns , Ga. , Oct.obe r 12 - - Georgia far mers continued t o have ver y fav orab l e weather f or

harve st ing t he i r crops , a ccording to the Ge or gia Crop Repor t i ng Ser vi ce . Ther e ha s been a

mi ni mum of delays in t hi s yea r 's harvest schedule , t hanks t o the prolonged spe l l of ope n

weat he r . I t a l so ca us ed soi l moisture to be ver y short i n most areas of the State l as t week .

land preparat i on and f all seeding of sma l l gr a i n were delaye d by dry soi ls i n ma ny areas .

Ear l ier pla ntings a nd pastur e s were doing poorly.

About 58 percent of the St at e ' s Bl ight -damaged cor n crop has been gathe r ed , a ccor di ng t o Count y Agent s ' r eports. This is s l i ght l y ah ead of norma l . The overal l condit i on of t he crop was rated l ower than the previous week at mostly poor t o f a i r .

Cott on pickers were very active last week. During the per i od, about 14 per cent of t he crop wa s ga thered. Three-fifths of the Georgia cotton crop has now be en picked .

Ccmb ini ng of soybeans was st i l l light, but 4 percent of t he crop i s i n . Dry weather has r eport edly hurt prospects for soybeans recently. They are now r at ed i n f a i r to good condition a nd dryi ng rapidly. Peanut harvest was dom1 to a wrap-up operati on a s mos t farmers hav e fi nished. Yields were very good in many sections. The Federal-Stat e I nspe ct i on Ser vi ce r ep orted i nspe ction of 552,347 tons of Geor gia peanuts through Octobe r 9 .

Pecans were judged mostly fa i r - unchan ged f rom t he previ ous per i od. Haying ha s dr oppe d off substantially as t he dry weathe r has ab Out stopped growth . Pa st ure s wer e r ated mos t ly fai r t o good . Cattle als o declined and were reported i n f a i r t o mostly good condi t i on .

HEATHER SUMIv1..P..RY -- There was very little rainfall over Ge or gi a during t he week endi ng Friday, October 9. Light amounts were recorded in the northern and we stern sections lat e i n t he week but many areas had no measurable r ain. For much of t he State this was the 5th or 6th conse cut i ve week of deficient rainfall and large areas were extreme l y dr y at the end of t he pe r iod . Thunderstorms occurred over part of north Georgia Saturday night , 0ri ngi ng badl y needed r a infall to some areas. The heaviest r eported amounts were at Covi ngton and Ta l bot t on. TI1e Weathe r Bureau observers at each of those places measured over 3 inches Sunday morni ng, Oct ober 11. Mor e than an i nch occurred at several other places i n a l~ t o 5 county wide be lt extending roughly from the ColumbuS area northeastward through At hens. Most of SOuth Ge orgia
ha d l ittle or no rainfall during the weekend.

Temperatures were cool at the beginning of the week but r ap i d warmi ng brought both highs and lows to above normal by midweek. Highs were mostly in the 80 's , except in the mount a i ns, and lows were in the 50's and 60's after Tuesday. There wer e a f ew 90 degr ee r eadi ngs i n s out h Georgia late in the week. Averages ranged from 4 to 6 degr ee s warmer t han normal .

The out l ook for Wedne sda y through Friday calls for cont i nued above normal tempe r at ure s wi th most l y sunny, warm days, mild ni ght s and isolated afternoon sh owe rs. Hi ghs are expe ct ed to continue in the 80's and lows will be in the 50's in the mountains and 60 ' s e l se1vhe r e .

The Ge orgia Crop Reporting Servi ce, At hens, Georgia; i n cooperation with t he Cooperative Extension Servi ce , University of Georgia; Ge or gia Depa rtment of Agr icul t ur e; and the Weat her Bur eau, ESSA, U. S . Department of Commerce .

u. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
WEATHER BUREAU Athens, Georgia
ESSA
Pre ci pitat ion For The Week Endi n g Oct obe!' 9:; 1 970

GI;ORGIA

Temperature extreme s f ar the week ending Oct ober 99 1 970" (Provt saonal.)

Hi ghest g

o 93 a.to Hawkinsvill.e and

Mac em on the 3rd f)

Lowest r. 32o at Blai r sville on
t he 5t.ho

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HUIlO

WOIn'H

1 0 34 I

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'I IIAD'( I TItOH4a

~~ For the period Octobe r 10";1 2 9 T Less than 0005 inch o

Af t er Fi ve Days Retur n t .o
Uni ted States Depar t ment of Agr i cu.l ture
Stat ist i ca l Reporti ng Servi ce 409A North Lurr~kin Street Athens, Geor gia 30601 OFFICIAL BUS ]NESS

Festage and Fee s Pai d U 0 S ,. D?p a:r't men t o::~: Agr-r.cu.lr .ure
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GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE

ATHENS, GEORGIA

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Octobe r 14, 1970

- - PECAN REPORT AS OF OC~I $, 1970
GEORGIA: The State' s 1970 pe can crop is e stima t ed at 48 , 000, 000 pou nds - uncha nged fr om t he

e s t imate on September 1, a ccor ding t o the Geo r gi a Crop Repor ting Servi ce . The

level of production t hi s yea r i s onl y 55 percent of last yea r 's t ot a l of 88,000, 000 pounds.

Crop prospects va r y widely t hroughout t he Stat e . Car ed-f or or char ds in several areas have good crops while others wer e reported a s cOffiplete failure s.

September weather was hot and dr y and contributed to early she ddi ng of leave s and some prematur e droppa ge of nuts i n s out he r n ar eas .

State

PECAN PRODUCTION

y Improved Varietie s

In di cat ed

1968

1969

1970

1,000 pounds

Wi l d and See dling Pecans

I ndi ca t ed

1968

1969

1970

1 , 000 pounds

Nort h Carol i na Sout h Caro l i na GEORG IA l"IorJ.d.a
Alabama Mi s s i s s i ppi Arkansas Louisiana Okl ahoma Texas New Mexi co
';
_ United States

:

600

1,700

1, 300:

200

:

1, 280

2,400

2,200 :

320

:

35, 000

73,000

40, 000:

7,000

:

3, cUU

2, IUu

z, OUO -- : - ---j-,-OOO

:

27,500

27,000

12,000:

4,000

:

6, 000

6,100

2,700:

5,000

:

550

2,400

1,200:

1, 850

:

2,500

7,500

3 ,00 0 :

14 , 000

:

100

700

500:

1,400

:

8,000

5,700

8,000:

61,000

:

10,000

6,700

8,000

.

94,730 135,300

80,900
.

97,770

900
6co
15, 000 1, 9UU
6 ,5 00 5,400 6, 200
22, 200 13, 800 17,300

600 400 8, 000 c,UUO 3, 000 2 , 3 00 3, 800 14, 000
7, 500 30, 000

89,800 71, 600 '

St at e

ALL PECANS

1968

1969 1,000 pounds

I ndicated 1970

North Carolina South Carolina GEORGIA Florida Alabama Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana Oklahoma Texas New Mexi co

800 1,600 42,000 6, 200
31,500 11,000
2,400 16,500
1,500 69 , 000 10, 000

2,600 3,000 88 ,000
--~OOO
33,500 11,500 8,600 29,700 14,500 23,000 6,700

1,900 2,600 48,000 4,000
15,000 5,000 5,000
17,000 8, 000 38 , 000 8 , 000

United States

192,500

!I BUdded, grafted, or topworked var i et ie s .

225,100

152,500

FRAS IER T. GALLOV/AY Agricultural Statistici an In Charge

C. L. CRENSHAW Agr i cultural St at i st i cian

The Georgia Crop Repo rting Service , USDA, 409A Nor t h Lumpk in St ree t , Athens , Georgi a , in cooperation wi t h the Georgia Department of Agricultur e.

UNITED STATES
The Nation's 1970 pecan crop is forecast at 152.5 million pounds) 32 percent l es s than last year and 21 percent below the 1968 crop. Prospects are for a smaller crop t han last year) except i n Florida) Texas and New Mexico. The crop in Florida is equa l t o last season while Texas and New Mexi co are above last year.
In Georgia) the pecan crop v&ries widely from one area to another. Dry weather has not f avored filling. In Alabama) growers have been plagued with uneven nut s ets ) and a premature drop of leave s and nut s. Shedding of leaves has be en quite seve re in many se ctions.
Weather conditions in South Carolina in September generally f avored the crop in more important pecan areas. In Mississippi) pecan scab was a problem in some orchards. Pecans in Louisiana were beginning to fall in the central and southern parishes. In Oklahoma ) hot and dry conditions in August and early September have resulted in a po or crop. Early va r iet i e s in Texas began splitting shucks in late September) a nd harvest should be unde r way in early October. Harvest is expected to remain relatively light until Nove mber . New Mexi co ' s crop is ge ne r a l ly in good condition.

After Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North Lumpkin Street At he ns ) Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS

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" 1971 GE ORG IA CR OP REIORTING SE RVI C':
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ATHENS, GEORGI A

O ct o ber 14 , 197 0

BR OILE R TYPE

Pla c e m ent of broiler chi cks in Geor gia durin g the we e k e n de d Octobe r 10 wa s 7 , 767, 000- - 18 p e rc e nt m o re than the pre vio u s wee k but 8 percent l e s s t han the c o m p a r abl e week last ye a r , a c c o r di ng to the Georgi a Crop Re po r ting Se r vi c e .
A n es ti mated 9, 026 , 000 broile r type eggs we r e set by Georgia ha tcher ies- - 6 p er c ent mor e tha n t h e p r e vi o us w e ek but 11 p e r c e nt l e s s than the c o m pa rable wee k a year e a r lie r.
T he m aj o r i t y of the prices p a id to G e o r gi a p r o d uc e r s for broile r hat c hi n g eggs we r e r epo r t ed within a r ang e of 50 to 60 c ent s per do z e n . The average pri c e of ha t c hin g eggs was 53 c e nt s per do z e n . The price of egg s from fl o c k s w i t h hat che r y owned cocke r els generally was 2 cents below t he a v era ge p r i c e . Most prices r e ceived fo r b r oil e r chi cks by G e o r gi a h a t cheri es we r e r ep orted within a r a n g e of $ 7 . 00 to $8 . 50 w i t h a n a ve rag e of $7 . 50 pe r hundred. T he a ve rag e p ri c e s l a st ye ar w er e 64 c e n t s fo r eggs and $ 10 . 00 for chi ck s .

Week Ended

G EORG IA E GGS SE T , HAT CHINGS AND CHICK P LA CE ME N TS

Egg s S e t 1.1

1969 Tho u.

19 7 0 T ho u.

0/0 of yea r ago
Pct.

Chicks Placed for B roil e r s in Georgia

-- Av . P.r_-ice -- ~

.~ --_ ._ . _- --

Hatc h Broiler

I Eggs

Chick s

19 69

1970

I Per
0y/0eoafr Doz. a go i 1970

Per Hundr ed 19 70

Thou. Tho u.

I
P ct. Cents Dolla r s

Aug. 8 Aug. 15 Aug. 22 Aug . 29 Sept . 5 Sept . 12 Sept. 19 Sept. 26 Oct . 3 Oct. 10

12,0 3 9 11 ,558

96

11 , 54 8 io, 77 1

93

11, 577 10, 782

93

10, 9 56 10, 41 7

95

9 ,7 13

9, 847 101

11, 3 58

9,516

84

11 , 74 9 10 , 6 54

91

11 , 3 88 10, 4 0 1

91

10, 139

8, 519

84

10, 14 5

9,026

89

8, 658 8, 473 8,494 8, 490 8, 4 26 8,4 86 7, 821 6,985 8, 177 I 8, 482

8,659 8,6 75 8, 520 8, 237 7 , 9 93 7, 7 9 0 7, 6 96 6, 910 6, 560 7, 767

10 0

55

102

55

100

55

97

54

95

54

92

53

98

53

98 90 I

53 53

92 . 53

7. 75 7. 75 7. 75 7. 75 7 . 75 7.50 7.50 7. 50 7 . 50 7.50

EGG TYP E Hatch of egg t yp e chicks in Georgia d u r i ng t h e wee k ende d O c t obe r 10 w a s 857, 000- - 7 percent m o re t han t he previous week and 30 percent m o re t han the compa r able week last year . A n es t i m ate d 1, 176, 0 0 0 eggs for th e p roduc tion of e g g typ e chicks wer e set by Georgia hatcheri e s, 3 percent m ore than the pre vious wee k a nd 16 percent m or e than the comparable week last year. In the four state s t ha t accounted for about 26 p e r ce nt of t he hatch of all egg type chicks in the U . S. in 19 69, hatchings during th e week e n de d Oct o b e r 10 we re up 24 pe r c en t and setting s were down 7 pe rcent fro m a ye a r a go.

EGG TYPE E GGS SET AND CHICKS HATCHE D , 1970

St at e
Ga . Ill. Calif. Wash.

E gg s Set (We ek E n de d)

Sept. Sept. Oct.

Oct.

19

26

3

10

T ho usan ds

1, 124 1, 189 1, 138 1, 176

575*

!)35

380

320

1,875 1,889 1,633 1,569

274

170 154

218

0/0 of ye ar a go 2/
116 57 97 66

Chi c ks H atc hed (W e ek Ende d)

Se pt . Sept.

19

26

Oct . 3

Oct . 10

1, 0 3 7 4 15
1, 596 153

Thousan ds

80 1

80 2

34 0

405

1, 3 5 5 1, 5 53

206

22 2

857 43 5 1,3 82 19 5

0/0 o f ; year
I ago 2/
i
! 130
: 153 I 11 8
I
I 10 0

Total 3, 848 * 3 , 7 8 3 3 ,3 0 5 3 ,283 ij 9 3

3,2 0 1 2,7 02 2, 9 8 2 2, 86 9 I, 124

1/ Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatche ry s upp l y flo ck s .
2/ Current we ek as percent o f same we ek l a s t year. * Revis e d .

BR OILER TYPE E G G S SET A N D CHI C I<S P L A CED IN COM MER C IA L AR ~~AS EY 1,VZ Z KS - 1970 P ag e 2

ST A TE

E G GS SET

Week E nded

--- - -- -S e p t :

O ct :--- --- -- O c t .

26

3

10

- -- - - - - - --!-- - - - -Th- o- -u-s-a-n-d-s

% of
y ea r

S H I C KS PLACE D

!

Week E nded

! - S e pt~- - - - - O c t :---- - - -6 ~t-._

I a g o 1/ 1 26

3

Tho us a n d s

10

0/0 of
yea r ago 1/

Mai n e Conne c ti c ut P e nns yl v ania In di an a Mis sour i Dela w are Mar yl a n d V i r ginia W e s t Virginia North Ca r olina South Carolina
GEORGIA
F'lo r i da Tennessee Alabama Mis sis sippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas Washington Oregon Ca li fo r n ia
TOTAL 1970 (22 States)
TOTAL 1969*
(22 States)

1,966

1, 9 03

Z, 0 56

96

74 5

1,484

1, 5 19

10 1

122

92

63

38

69

64

10 9

71

1, 69 1

1, 4 2 5

1, 54 1 97

1,0 20

1, 035

1, 163

129

4 14

3 06

375

91

14 9

172

161

54

225

19 7

13 0

73

366

431

485

1 14

2,67 5

2, 24 5

2, 54 5 98

1,96 9

2, 469

2, 199

80

4, 306

3, 803

4, 292

82

2, 550

3, 035

3, 494

94

1, 3 01

1, 1 14

1, 542

94

98 6

1, 0 84

1, 269

92

35

36

3 6 100

181

367

296

80

6, 084

5, 690

6, 938

92

4, 270

5,020

5,245

89

4 52

4 59

504

85

460

478

436

79

10, 401

8, 5 19

9,026

89

6,910

6, 560

7, 767

92

1, 173

1, 136

1,090

99

777

773

807

88

646

622

651

95

926

852

948

100

8, 406 5, 500

8, 131 5,218

7,639

98

4,345

93

6, 116

5,442

6, 503

96

4, 500

3,954

4,745

107

1 1, 11 8 10, 541

9, 736 101

7,388

8, 119

8, 195

102

853

863

969 104

843

846

856

84

4, 062

3, 684

3, 8 52

87

2,757

3,051

3, 174

84

413

3 16

336

98

230

205

278

44

259

19 5

2 7 8 10 3

222

257

316

110

2, 156

.1,8 5 5

2, 049 10 7

1, 380

1,678

1, 720

117

64, 258 58, 350 59,993

94

I
1 4 4 , 8 14

47,376

51,685

94

68, 634 60, 4 0 1 64, 060

I
47,023

51, 500

54,697

% of Last Year

94

97

94

95

92

94

1/ Current week as perc ent of sam e week last y ear. ':c R e vi s e d,

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SEPTErIIBER I'tILK PRODUCTI ON UP 4 PERCENT

September 1970 Rel eas ed 10/15/1970

Mi l k production on Georgia farms during September totaled 96 mill ion pounds , a ccor di nG to the Georgia Crop Reporting Ser vi ce . This was 4 million pounds above September 1969 ? and was equal to the previous month.

Production per CO"' in herd averaged 680 pOUl!ds - 25 pounds above the previous year, and the same a s the previous mont h.

The estimated aver age price r eceived by produc ers f or all v1hol esale milk during September was ~~ 7 . 1 0 per hundredwei ght. This was 25 cents above the Augus t 1970 pri ce , but was 5 cents below the September 1969 price .

MILK PRODUCTION MID PRICES RECEIVED .Al\TJ) PAID BY DAIRYT<iEN

Geor~ia

~

Unit e d .~S~t~a~t~e~s

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Item and Unit

September Augu st September

1969

1970

1970

September Au{;,u st Sept ember

1969

1970

1970

I"iilk production million Ibs.
.y Product i on per cow Ibs Number milk C01"!S
thousand head

92

96

96

9 ,165

9, 732

9, 250

655

680

680

726

782

744

140

141

141

12,626 12, L~50 12,437

Pri ces Received - Dollars /

Al l who.Leaale milk , cwt , Fl ui d milk, cvrt , IIDnufact ured milk, cwt. l'Iilk cows, head
Pri ces Paid - Dollars /

7.15 7.15
225.00

l!6.85 l!6.85
270.00

1!7 .10
- .:
270.00

5.68 6.07
4.51
307 .00

5.57 5 . 95 4.56 337.00

1!5 . 7 9 341.00

llixed Dairy Feed , ton 14 percent protein 16 per cent protein 18 per cent protein 20 percent pr ot ei n

71.00 76 . 0 0 78 . 0 0 80.00

76.00 77.00 8l.00 86.00

75.00 80.00
85.00 86.00

67.00 71.00 73.00 77.00

69.00
74.00 77 . 0 0 81 . 00

71. 00 76. 00 80. 00
84.00

Hay, ton

35.00 36.50 35.00

31.00 32. 10 32.40

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Hont hl y average. Dollars per unit as of the 15th of the month except '~101esale milk which i s average for mont h .
Revi s ed. Pr el i mi nary.

FRASIER T. GAIILO'V1AY Agr i cul t ur al Statistician In Charge

u. PAT PARKS
Agri cul tur al St at i st i cian

The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, USDA, 409A Nor t h Lumpkin St r eet, At hens , Georgi a
in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agricultt~e.

UNITED STATES I'ITIJC PRODUCTI ON

Sept ember milk production up 1 percent from a year ear l i er

U. S. milk produ ct i on in September is estimated at 9,250 million pound s , 1 per cent more t han a ye ar earlier. Dai ly aver age pr oduction wa s do~m 2 percent from August -- the same decrease as a year earl i er . September output provided 1.50 pound s of milk per person daily for all uses -- equal to last September's supply but less than the 1.53 pounds for August . Pr oduct i on during the fir st 9 months of 1910 was 0.4 percent more than a year earlier.

I-1il k production wa s down in most states of the Norrt h At lant i c and Hest Nor t h Central r egi ons . In the East Nor t h Central , Sout h Central and v!est ern regions, product i on was unchanged or hi gher i n all States , and change s varied in the Sout h Atlanti c St at es .

Rate per cow up 2 percent from a year earlier. milk cows dOim 1 percent

Milk output per COvT averaged 144 pounds in September -- up 2 percent from a year earli er. Daily pr oduct i on pe r cow aver aged 24 . 8 pound s, about 2 percent less than l u gus t , the same decrease betvTeen the se t vTO mont~ s as a ye ar earlier. Produc ti on per cow was at a recor d high
rate i n 43 St at es . Th e hiGhes t rat e i1as in Cal ifornia - - 1 , 010 pound s ; f ol l owed by Wa sh ingt on , 930 pounds; Ar i zona, 920 pounds ; Ut ah , 860 pounds; and Hawaii , 855 pound s.

11ilk COi1S on far ms duri ng September t otal ed 12,431,000 he ad, dOi1n 1 percent fr om a year ea r l i e r .

~lilk-fe ed pri ce rat i o 6 perc ent l es s than a ye ar earl i er

The September milk-feed price r atio was 6 percent below a year earlier. Sharply i ncreased ration values in all regions accounted for the drop in ratio. The all milk pr i ce was 11 cents higher than a year earlier. The ratio showed a I-percent increase f rom a month earli er , compar ed i~ith a 6-percent incr ease f r om Augu s t to September a year ear l i er.

Grain- and concentrate feedin~ up 6 percent from a year earli er

Grain and concentrates f ed on October 1 averaged 10.1 pounds -- up 6 percent from a year earlier and a record high for the da te. Feeding rates i~ere above a year earlier in 30 St at es . This year 22 St ates were f eeding 11 or more pounds of grai n and conc entrates, compared wi t h 16 St at es a year earlier.

}1il k per cow and mi l k roduction by months , United Stat es

Ni lk per cow 1

Ni lk pr oducti on 2

Month

19 68

1969 Pounds

1970

19 68

1969

1970

-- Hill i on pounds --

Cl:angc fr om 1969 Percent

January February

0

111 696

134 681

150

9,495

706

9,187

r1arch

0 0

775

780

803 10 ,197

Apr il
r~y

0 0

796

806

826 10 , 457

858

867

883 11 , 235

Jun e

: 826

847

862

10,706

July Au gu s t Sept ember

0 0

783

800

816 10 , 202

740

0

701

764 726

782

9 ,612

744

9 .08 '3

J an . - Sept . total

90.2S4

October Nove mb er Decemb e r
Annual

0

706

677

0

711

8 .992

725 691 7"30 9 9158

9 ,1 24 8,717 9. 139 :11 7.234

yY Includes dry cows. Exclude s heifers not yet f re sh . Excl udes milk sucked by cal ves .

9,411 8, 792 9,960 10,265
11 ,034 10,759 10 , 142
9 ,673 9 .16S 89 .201
9 , 138 8 , 691 9 9170 116..! 200

9 ,41 2 8, 840 10 , 053 10,330 11, 019 10 , 750 10,162
9 ,732 9 . 2S0 89 . 548

0 +0 . 5 +0.9 +0 . 6 -0. 1 -0. 1 +0. 2 +0.6 +0 . 9 +0 . 4

Af t er Five Days Return t o United St ate s Depar t ment of Agri cul t ure
St at i stical Reporting Ser vi ce 409A Nor t h Lumpkin Street Athens , Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSIliESS

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GEORGIA CROP A the ns,

Week Ended October 19, 197 0

Rele a se d 3 p vm , Monday

vlEATHER FAVOFABLE FOR HARVEST

At hens , Ga., October 19 - - Crop harvest proce eded r apidl y unde r very f avorable weathe r,

a cc ording to the Georgia Crop Rep ort ing Serv ice . Soi l moi sture was very sh or t over mos t of

the St at e , which ha s r educed yi e l d prosp ect s of l at e soybeans and has hinde r e d land prep ar a t i on

and s eeding of small gr a i ns a nd pa s t ures .

Har~e s t of t he corn cr op is 70 perce nt comple t e, a ccording t o Count y Agent s ' r eport s. The 43 mi l li on bu she l s now-expe cted i s the smalle st crop s i nce 1954 . The Na t i ona l cr op of 4,188 mil l i on bushe l s i s onl y 9 percent lower than in 1969.

Cotton p icking proce eded r ap i dl y and i s now 70 percent comp l et e . I n some southern count i e s ha r ve s t i s almos t f ini she d .

The prospect f or late soybeans has been redu ced considerably by i na de quat e moistur e . Comb i ni ng is gaining headway, and harvest is 8 percent compl ete .

The s e eding of small grains i s dropp i ng f urther beh ind norma l as dr y soils hi nder ed l and prepar&tion . la ck of moisture also slowed germinat i on and deve lopment of sma l l gr a i ns and winter pastures already s eeded .

The condi t i on of pecans r emained at most ly fa ir j ha r ve s t is unde r way. Pasture condi tion is fa i r , but catt l e are be i ng mainta ined in good condi tion.

vlEATHER S~~Y -- Moderate to locally heavy rainfa ll occurred over parts of nor th Ge orgia during the week ending Fr iday, October 16. Rainfall wa s light ove r most of t he s outh duri ng this per i od with some areas receiving none. Sever a l weather obser ve r s in t he nor t hern half of the St a t e mea sur e d more than l~ inche s during t he week . Covi ngt on had t he largest vle e k l y t otal with over 5 i nche s. This was the f i r st signi f i cant r ai nfa l l s ince early Septembe r f or some areas and it brought a t least t empora ry relief f r om a seri ous moisture shortage . Many s ect i ons , inc luding most of south Georgia , conti nued ve r y dry at t he en d of the period. No rai n vlas r eported in the State during the weekend .
Temper at ur e s were unus ua l l y warm during most of t he week . Highs were in the high 70 ' s and 80 ' s through Thursday with a few 900 r eadi ngs in the south. Lows were mostly i n the 60 's dur ing this period . A cold fr ont moved through the State on Fr i day and the coo lest weathe r of t he fa ll season followed during the weekend . Blairsville had a low of 260 Saturday morning an d r eadings in t he 30 's were common ove r nort h Georgia bo th Sa tur day and Sunday . Frost was r eport ed i n s ever al a reas . Weekend highs were in the 60' s and low 70's under sunny skies . Becaus e of the unusual ly warm weather early in t he we ek, ave rage s r a nge d f r om 1 to 3 degrees above nor mal .
The outlook for Wednesday through Frida y call s for considerable cloudiness and mild t empera t ur e s with s cattere d showers a nd thunde rshower s t hr oughout the period . Low temperatures are expe ct e d t o be i n the mid a nd upp er 40 's i n t he nor t h and the mi d and upper 50 's i n the south . High s should be near 70 in t he north and in t he upper 70 l s in t he south .

The Georgia Crop Rep orting Ser vi ce , Athens, Ge orgiaj i n cooperation wi th the Cooper at i ve Extens ion Ser vi ce , Uni versity of Georg iaj Ge or gia Dep artment of Agri culture j a nd the Weathe r Bur eau, ESSA, U. S . Departme nt of Commer ce .

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMER CE WEATHER BUREAU Athens . Georgia
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Statisti cal Rep o.rr i.ng Se rv i ce 409A North Lumpki !1 S ~r e e j Athen s 1 Georgi a 30601
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Pos~ age and Fe e s Paid U. S. Departrner.t of Agricul t ure
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LIBRARIES

Oct ob e r 2 0, 19 70

Ite m

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I During Se pt.

I
I

196 9 1/

197 0 2/ !

Thou.

Tho u .

0/0 o f
last ye ar
P ct.

J an. thru Sept.

19 6 9 1/

1970 2 /

T hou.

Thou .

% of
last ye ar
Pct.

Broile r Type P ull e t s P la c e d (U . S . ) 3 /
Tota l Domes tic

3, 391 2, 933

3, 195 94 2, 82 9 96

33 , 6 9 5 29 , 3 10

34, 780 103 29, 8 36 10 2

Chi ck e n s Te sted B r oil e r T ype
Geor gia Unit ed State s Egg T ype G e o rg ia United Stat e s

658 2,486
43 358

660 100 2, 372 95
55 12 8 6 2 2 17 4

4,99 3 2 0, 13 4
2 09 4, 022

5, 4 6 6 109 22, 640 III
28 1 134 4 , 4 16 1 10

Chi ck s Hatched B roi1e r Type
Geo rgia Unit ed St at e s Egg Type Geor gia United States

37,4 52 231, 02 1
3 ,40 0 39,453

34 ,519 92 222, 706 96
4 , 02 9 118 39 , 576 100

376, 386

387,16 2 103

2,282, 3 9 1 2 , 447,5 34 107

3 2, 14 9 4 16,80 1

34 , 03 3 10 6 4 5 5, 17 6 10 9

Com m e r cial Slaughter:4 / Young Chickens
G eor g i a Unit e d States Mature Chicken s Light Type
Ge orgia Unit ed State s Heavy Type G eorgia Uni t ed State s

3 3 ,6 45 2 20 ,83 8
794 10, 3 61
252 2,484

31 , 3 6 0 10 2 23 3, 523 106
2 , 159 27 2 10,923 105
635 252 3,237 130

2 8 8 , 31 5

3 18, 59 5 111

1, 913 , 87 4 2, 12 8 , 64 6 III

NA 98 ,2 2 7

17 , 2 8 9 10 3 , 254 10 5
3,9 57 2 5,422 136

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I N um be r Layers and Egg Producti on

N um be r Layers on

E ggs P e r

Hand Dur in g S ept.

10 0 L a ye r s

1<169

1970 --' -1969

197 0

T otal E gg s Produc e d

D uring Sept.

1969

19 7 0

Thous a n ds

Numbe r

Millions

Geo rg ia

Hat ching

5, 173

4 , 6 31

1,674 1,653

87

77

Othe r

19 ,4 6 9

19, 886 1,77 9 1, 72 5

346

343

T otal

24 , 642

24, 5 18 1,758 1,7 13

4 33

4 20

S o ut h Atlant ic 5/

66, 026

65,758 1,786 1,767

1, 17 9

1, 162

UnitedStat e s -

311 ,853 318,447 1,76 5 1,759

5, 503

5, 6 03

U . S. Egg Type chicken eg gs in incubator Oct. 1, 1970 as p e rc ent o f Oct. 1, 1969 .

10 6

1/ Revised.
2/ Prelimina r y. 3 / P ulle t s fo r broiler hatc hery s upply floc ks , i nclud e s e x pe cted pullet r eplaceme nts from
- eggs sold du r i n g t h e p r ec edi n g m o n t h a t the r a t e o f 125 pulle t chicks p er 3 0-do z. case
of egg s .
4 / Fe deral - St ate Ma r k e t New s S e r vi c e Slaught er r e p o rt s only i ncl ude p oultr y s l aught e r e d
- under F ederal Inspection.
5 / S out h A tla n t i c Stat e s: D e l. , Md. , W. v s. , N. C . , S . C. , Ga ., Fla . , V a .
N A - Not Avai l a ble .

United State s De partment of Agri cult ure

G e orgia De pa r t m e nt of A g r i c ultur e

Statistical R e p orting Se r vice, 4 09A N or th L um pkin St r e et , A t he n s , Geo rgia 30601



YOUNG C H I C KE N S: S L A UGHTE R E D UN D E R F EDE R A L I NSPE C T I O N BY SE L EC T E D STA T E S, 19 6 9 a n d 19 70

Number Inspected

Indi c at e d P ercent Con de m n e d

State

During A ug .

J a n . thru Aug .

D u r i n g .r~ u g .

J an. t hr u A ug.

I 1969
I

1970 T ho u.

1969 Thou.

1970 Thou.

1969 Pet.

197 0 Pet.

19 6 9 P et.

1970 P et.

I

Maine

6, 2 7 9

6,213

I 46 , 04 2 50 ,663 3 . 2

3. 2

3. 9

3. 7

Pa. Mo.

6, 901 4 , 728

7 ,0 61 5,382

I 54, 930 56, 295 I 4 . 0
35, 138 .. 4 1, 899 3 . 5

4.4 3. 4

4. 5

4. 8

4. 0

4. 5

Del.

8,4 15

8, 020

6 2, 74 0 6 3 , 6 8 3 3 . 0

3. 5

3 .8

4. 0

Md.

13, 9 96 14 ,800 109 , 1323 120,118 1 3 . 0

3. 1

3. 6

3.9

Va .

7,636

7, 418

56,888 62,520 2.5

2. 9

3 .5

4. 0

N . C.

25,3 69 2 5, 60 2 181 ,006 20 6,577 3. 0

3. 2

3. 7

3. 9

G a.

33 , 300 34 , 932 253 , 390 283,682 3 .6

4. 5

4 .9

5. 3

T enn,

5, 25 8

6 , 199

4 3 , 4 3 7 48, 56 5 3 . 1

3. 4

3. 6

3. 5

A la .

25, 917 2 8 , 954 192 , 178 21 6,656 1 2 . 8

4. 6

3.4

5.0

Mis s.

16,244 18,880 121,1 43 142,046 ! 1. 9

2. 3

A r k.

32, 745 32,30 1 246, 987 260,052 I 2. 7

3. 0

2. 3

2. 4

3.4

3 .3

Tex a s

14,200 16 ,7 49 10 6 , 212 125,700 2 .5

3. 0

3. 0

3. 4

-u-. -S-.----,-2-2-4-,

------
60 3

-------

---------------1,678,508

--

---1'

-----2. 9

----------3. 5

----3 .6

-------4.0

-----

l

240,7 2 1

1, 8 88 , 950 1

Ite m

MI D- M O N T H P R I CES REC EIVED AND P H- I C ES P AID

G eorgia

I

United Sta t e s

I S ept. 15 A ug . 15 Sep t. 15 3e p t. 15 A ug . 15 S ept . 15

1969

1970

1970 : 1969

1970

19 70

Cents

Cents

Cents

Cents Cents

C e nt s

P rices Rece ived: Chi cken s , is., excl. broilers Com'l Broilers (lb.) All Eggs, (dozens) Tabl e (dozens) Hatching

11. 0 14.5 49.2

7. 5 12.0 38.5 34.9 55.0

7.0 12.0 43. 8 4 1. 9 53.0

9.7 15. 7 40. 7

8.0 13.2 33. 0

7. 8 13. 4 38. 8

Prices Paid: (per ton)

Dol.

Dol.

Dol.

.I~) 01.

Dol.

Dol.

Broiler Grower Laying F eed

96.00 81. 00

96.00 82.00

100.00 84.00

9 2.00 8 1. 00

95.00 84 . 00

97. 00 86.00

This report is made possible through the cooperation of the Nation al P oultr y Improve m ent Plan, Official State A ge n cie s , the A ni m a l Hus bandry R e s earch Di v i sion o f t he A g r i cultu r a l R esearch Service, the Insp ection Branch of the Poultry Division, Con s um e r and Marketi ng Se rvice and the Agric ult u ral Estimates Division of the Statistical Re po r t ing Ser vi ce an d the many br eede r s, hatche r ies, poultry processors and the poultry far me r s that report to the s e agencie s.

FRASIER T. GALLOWA Y A g r i c ultu r a l Statistician In Charge

W . A . WA G NER Agricultural Statistician

A fte r F'i v e Day s Re tu r n t o United State s Depa r tm ent o f A gr i c ultu r e
Stati sti cal R epor ting Service 4 09A Nor th Lumpki n Str e et A t he n s , Georgia 30601
OFFICIAL BUSINESS

c

~_

~ ~- >

POSTAGE & FEES PAID

United Stote s Deportment of Agricu lture

)

G E OR G I A C R OP REP OR T I N G SERV IC f':

W~~[3L1~ L!l W U -. I J' \ )o'j Jd'"Y? r-C I W ,.-;)\l} '-I' ' .

ATHENS, GEORGIA

OCT 22 19

O c t o be r 2 1, 19 7 0

BROI L E '~ -, y ~il .

,

Placem ent o f b r o il er chi c k s in G eor gia du r i n g the we ek en d e d O c t obe r 17 w a s 7,982,000--3 pe r c en t m o r e t han the previous we e k b ut 3 percent less tha n the c ompa r abl e week last year, acco r ding to t he G eorgia Crop R e p o r t ing Se r vi c e .
An estimated 10 ,244, 000 br oile r type egg s were s e t by G e o rgia hat cheri es - - 13 percent mor e than t he p r e vious week but 13 perc ent l es s than th e c o mparable wee k a ye a r e arlier.
The m ajo r it y of the p r ices paid to G e o r gi a p r o d uce r s for br oile r ha tching e g g s w er e r eport e d wit hin a r ange of 50 to 6 0 c e n t s p e r doze n . The a ver ag e pri ce of hatching e g g s wa s 53 cent s per d ozen . The pri c e o f egg s f r o m fl o ck s w it h h atcher y owned co cke rels ge n erally w as 2 ce nts below t he average p r i c e . M o st prices r eceiv e d fo r broiler c hicks b y G eorg i a h atcheries wer e r epor t ed w i t hi n a rang e o f $ 7 . 0 0 to $ 8 . 5 0 w it h a n aver a g e o f $ 7. 50 p er hundr ed. The a verage pr i c es l a s t year w e r e 6 4 cents fo r egg s and $ 10 . 0 0 f o r chi cks.

Week Ended

G E O R G IA EGG S SET , HA T C H I NG S A N D C HIC K PLACE M E N T S

.. _.__6.". _ .r ~i-_c ~._. ...

Egg s Set 1/

Chic k s Pla ce d fo r

Hat ch B r oil e r

Broile r s in Georgia

Egg s

C hi c k s

. 1969
1

19 70

0/0 of year ago

I 1969
i

19 70

0/0 of yea r a go

P er Do z . 1970

P er Hundr e d 1970

Tho u.

Tho u .

Pet.

Thou. T h ou.

Pet.

Cent s Dollar s

A ug . 15 A ug . 22 A ug . 29 Sept. 5 S e p t. 12 Se p t . 19 Sept. 26 Oct. 3 Oct. 10 Oct. 17

11, 54 8 10, 771

93

11, 577 10 ,7 82

93

10,95 6 10 ,4 17

95

9 , 71 3

9 ,847 101

11 ,35 8

9 ,5 16

84

11 ,7 4 9 10,6 54

91

11, 3 8 8 10 , 4 0 1

91

io, 139

8, 51 9

84

io, 145

9, 026

89

11,7 8 5 10 , 244

87

8, 47 3 8,6 75

10 2

8, 4 9 4 8, 5 20

10 0

8, 49 0 8, 237

97

8,426 7,99 3

95

8,486 7 , 79 0

92

7, 8 21 7, 69 6

98

6, 9 85 6,910

99

8, 177 6, 560

80

8, 4 8 2 7,767

92

8,255 7, 98 2

97

55

7.7 5

55

7 .75

54

7.7 5

54

7. 75

53

7 .50

53

7. 50

53

7 . 50

53

7.50

53

7. 50

53

7 . 50

EGG TYPE H atch of e g g type c hi c k s in Georgia during t he week end e d O ctobe r 17 was 943, 000- -10 perc ent mor e t han the previous w e ek and 20 percent m o r e than the compa r able week last year. An estim at e d 1, 090, 000 eggs for the pr oduct i o n o f egg typ e chicks w e r e set by G eorgia hatche r i e s , 7 p ercent less than th e previo u s week b ut 4 perc ent mor e tha n the comparable we ek l ast year. In the four s tate s t ha t a c c o unte d for about 26 p er c e nt o f t he hatch of a ll e gg type chicks in the U. S. i n 19 69, h at chings during th e wee k e nded Octobe r 17 w er e up 13 percent and s ettings we r e up 7 percent from a ye a r ago .

E G G T YP E EGGS SET AND C HICKS HA TCHE D, 19 7 0

I

Eggs Set (W e e k Ended)

.st a t e ! S ept.

Oct. O ct.

Oct.

% of

C hi c k s H a tc h ed (Vi e e k E n d e d )

ye a r i S e pt. Oct .

O c t.

Oc t.

- -I 26

3

10

17

ago 2 / .1 2 6

3

10

17

T housands

T housands

I Ga.

1, 189

I Ill.
Calif.

48 0 ~<
1,889

1,1 3 8 1,176 380 320
1, 63 3 1, 56 9

1,090 260
1,657

10 4 53
124

801

802

340 4 0 5

1, 355 1, 553

857 435 1, 382

943 37 0 1,438

I W ash.

170

154

2 18

274 147

20 6 222

195

142

T otal ! 3,728* 3,3 05 3,28 3 3,281 : 107 ! 2,702 2,98 2 2, 86 9 2,893

1/ Include s eg g s set by hatc he r ies producing chi cks fo r h a t c h e r y supply flocks. 2/ Curr ent wee k as p erce nt o f s a m e w e e k la st y e ar . ':< Re vi s e d ,

0/0 of year ago 2/
120 135 11 0
68
1 13

B H OI L E R T YP E E G G S SE T AN D C HICKS P LACE D IN CO M M E R CIA L A 3.E A S BY WEEKS - 197 0 P a ge 2

E GGS SET

C HI::;KS PLA CE D

S TAT E

_ .. .. .. _ ~_ .- . - - ----_W..- e.. -ek. .. E- n.d. e d

O ct.

O ct.

Oct .

3

10

17

M ain e C onnec ticut P e nn sylvani a Indian a Mis S our i Delawa r e Ma ryla n d V i rg i n i.a Wes t V i. r g i n i a North Ca r olina S o ut.h Ca r oli na
GEO RGIA

Tho us ands

I

Tb.o usands

!

1, 903 92

2, 056 63

1,974 115

93 70

II 1, 484

i

64

1, 519 109

1,46 5 55

94 38

1,425

1, 54 1

1, 66 1 92 i 1,0 3 5

1, 163

1, 118

114

3 06

37 5

4 4 1 89

172

161

16 5

60

197

130

130 73

43 1

48 5

46 2

114

2, 24 5

2, 545

2, 88 1 100

2,469

2, 199

2, 188

82

3, 80 3 4,2 9 2 4 ,8 18 88

3,03 5

3, 494

3, 33 1

95

1, 114

1,54 2

1, 57 5 82

1, 084

1,269

1, 07 8

83

36

36

36

80

I I

367

29 6

285

71

5, 690 4 59

6,9 38 504

7,3 57 4 55

91 I 5, 020

I 93

4 78

5, 24 5 436

4,843 4 71

90 102

8, 5 19

9 , 0 26 10, 244

I 87 I 6, 560

7, 76 7

7,982

97

F lorida Tenness ee A labama Mis sis sippi A rkansas L ouisiana Texas Washington Oreg on Cali for nia

1, 136 622
8, 131 5,2 18

1, 09 0 651
7,63 9 4, 34 5

1, 207 644
8,6 13

10 1 85
100

II 77 3

i

852
5, 442

5, 030 98 I 3,9 54

807
948 6, 503 4, 74 5

781 765 6, 408 4, 722

94 79
99 107

10, 54 1

9, 736 10, 094

92 I 8, 119

8, 19 5

8, 130

105

863

969

967 96 I 846

856

89 1

76

3, 6 84

3, 8 52

4,379 96 1 3, 051

3, 174

3,242

96

3 16

336

372

65 I 205

2 78

300

70

19 5 1,855

278 2,049

4 23 2,436

10 1
11 5

'j

257 1, 678

316 1, 7 20

227 1, 60 1

80 108

TOT A L 1970
(22 States )

58 , 350 59,993 6 5, 8 52

93 14 7 , 3 7 6 51, 68 5 50 , 51 0

96

TOTAL 196 9* (22 States )

60 ,401 64 , 060 70 , 693

1
I 151, 500

54 , 697

52, 54 6

% of Last Ye ar

97

94

93

I, 92

94

96

* 1/ C ur rent wee k as p erc e n t o f same week last y ear . Re v i se d .

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Week Ended October 26, 1970 SOIL MOISTURE I MPROVED

. }. :
3 p. m. Monday
-~

Athens , Ga., October 26

The drouth conditions have been r eli ev ed ov er much of the

St at e, according t o the Geor gia Cr op Reporting Ser v i c e . La nd preparat ion and s e eding of small

gr~ i n s and wint er pas t ur e made good pr ogr e s s , but t he s e op erat ions a r e st i l l somewhat behind

nor'll al.

Corn harvest i s 77 per c en t compl et e , about normal f or t hi s dat e , a c cor di ng t o Count y Agents' reports. Mec hani ca l harv est i ng is being h indered by blight -wea ken ed sta l k s and ear droppage.

Cot t on pic k i ng i s 78 pe r cent complete. Mos t farmers are cutt ing s t alks b ehi nd mechanical pickers .

Soyb ea n harv e s t is pr oc e edi ng slowly -- now 10 perc ent complet e and ab out nor mal . Good y i el ds are report ed on ear ly beans. Inadequate moisture late in the s e as on wi l l cause reduced yield from lat e beans .

The seeding of small gr a i ns increased and is now 59 percent complete , but pr ogr e s s is still somewhat behind normal. Favorable moisture conditions i mproved ge r mi nat i on and growth of winter pasture.

Pecan condition is mos t l y fair; harvest is increasing . Pas t ure condition is fair and somewhat behind normal for t hi s time of year. Supplemental ca t tle fe eding wi l l b e required earlier than usual in s ome s e ctions . Cattle are being maintaine d in good condi t i on .

WEATHER SUMMARY -- I~oderat e to heavy rainfall occurred over mos t s ections of Georg ia during the week endi ng Friday , October 23. The general rains, wh i ch came on Monday an d Tuesday, were heavier in the northern half of the State. Several weather ob s er ver s i n thi s ar ea , and a few in the southea s t and s outh central sections, reported mor e t ha n 2 i nche s of r ain. Many places had mor e rai nfall i n 36 hours than they had received in t he past 7 weeks . Rainfall was gener a l l y light in the s outhwestern part of the State with most of t he ar e a sout h of Columbus a nd west of Albany re ceiving less than one-half inch. This a r ea wa s still very dry on Friday. Another storm s yst em brought ge ner ous rains to much of the State on Satur day and Sat ur day night, October 24. Most of the previously dry southwest section rec eived an inch or more . The weekend rains were lightest in the southeast.
Temperatur es moderated rapidly following last weekend 's cool spell a nd wer e gen erally mild after Sunday. Highs wer e mo stly in the 60's in the north and the 70 ' s in t he south and early morning lows wer e in the 40's and 50's . Increased cloudiness and ra i ns at t he end of the week kept daytime t emperature s below normal. Averages for the week r ange d from I to 4 de grees above normal.
The outlook for Wednes day through Friday calls for mos t ly cl ou dy and mild weat her Wednesday ~nd Thursday wi th s howers beg i nning Wedne s day in the nort hwe s t and ov er spreading t he State by Thursday . Cl eari ng is indicat ed f or Friday with showers endi ng i n the s outhe a st . Highs will r an ge from 750 to 850 a nd l ows f rom 550 to 650

Th e Geor gi a Cro p Repor t i ng Ser v i c e , Athens, Georgia ; i n cooper at ion wi t h the Coop erative Ext ension Se rvi ce , Uni v er s i t y of Georgi a ; Geo rg i a Department of Agr i cul t ure ; a nd the Weat he r Bureau, ESSA', U. S . Department of Commer ce .

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMME RCE WEATHER BUREAU Athens, Georgia

Preci.pi tat ion For The Week Ending Oct obe r 2JD 1 970

GEORGIA

Temper at ure ex t remes for t he ltJ"eek ending Octobe r 23:,. 1.970 0 (Provrsa ona l.)

Hi.ghe sb s Lowest ~

85 at Quitman on the 21s t
arid Waycr oss on the 22nd o
c 26 at Blair sville on
t he 17t h o

CARIlO U .
HI:AIIO

'OllA ey I TItOM,u
~fo For t he per i od Oc t ober T Less than 0005 Lnch ,
Af t er Fi v e Day s Ret ur n to Uni t ed St a t e s Depar t men t of Agri cu l t ur e
St a t is t ical Repo r t i ng Servi ce 409A Nor t h Lumpk i n St r ee t At h en s , Georgi a 30601 OFFICI AL BUSI NESS

ACQ DIV

900

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA

UNIV LIBRARIES

ATHENS

GA 30601

Po s ~ ~ge and Fe e s Pa i d U. S. Departm en t cf Agricul ture
.w " 01"

@mgj~ ~ 01rm ~

Oc t ober 1 , 1970
Re le3 se d 10/ 27/ 70 Geor g ia Crop Repo r ti 119_ Se r.v. ice
lIJERSIl'f CI' GE'iH

GEO ft G1/\ :

it) I .....

Co r n Stocks Up 34 Percent

Stocks o f co r n (o l d crop) in a l l pos it io ns in Ge o r g ia t o t al e d 2 , 61t:J"f1.llil:J-tlU'S't1T:!"f"s-on' Oct o ber 1, 1970~hi s i s an i ncrease of 683, 000 bus hel s on ha nd f ro m. l a st ye a r . Oats on ha nd i n all po s i t io ns tota led 1, 944,000, 29 per cen t bel oit! the 2, 731,0 00 bushe l s];S t year. Vlhe a t st ocks in a l I posit ions amounte d to 1,544, 000 , on l y 7 percent a bove t he l , 447 , 000 bus he ls on hand la s t yea r. Barl e y s tocks i n a l l po si t io ns t ot al ed 163 , 000 bush e ls , 35 pe rc e nt a bove the 121 , 000 in s torag e Oc t o ber 1, 1969. Sto c ks of ry e i n a l l po s i t io ns t Ol a le d 90 7 ,000 bushe l s on October I , 1970, 38 percent be l ow t he T:"470 , 000 bus he l s l ast ye a r ,

G i~ 0., II\!

Georg ia Grai n Stoc ks - - Octobe r 1 , 197 0

wi t h cornua I'i sons

I

ON FA I~I'lS

I

OFF FA Rt-1S

!

19 69

1970

j 1969

1970

_:

1. 000 bush el s

!

1.000 bushel s

!:l. LL iJ OS IT IO NS

1969

1970

1. 000 bus he l s

Cor n (ol d c ro p)
Oe t s
Ba I'1ey \Jhe a t I{ ye

I 1,455
I 2 ,151
I' 11O 6 14
I 1. 083

1,882 1, 632
150 665 792

, 532

I 580

I

11

I 833

i 387

788

J
I

1, 987

3 12

,I
;

2 , 73 1

13

I

121

879

1 , 447

J 15

! 1.470

2 , 670 1 ,941-f
163 1,544
907

UN ITE D STATES:

Stoc ks of Oa t s and Rye UP. Other Grains Below Year Aqo

Total feed gra in s s tocks (corn, oats, barley and so r ghum grai n) at 63. 8 mi 11 ion tons were down 6 pe rcent f rom t he 67 .G mi l l ion t ons a yea r ea r l i e r , De crea se d stoc ks of co r n , so rgh um g rain and barl ey more t han o f f se t an increase in oa t stocks. St oc ks of a l l wheat were 5 percent less th an a year earl ie r. Durum stocks were down 19 pe r cen t . Rye stocks we re 8 fo urth l arge r than last 'year.

Old crop co r n ca r r ie d ov er i n all storage positions 'on Oct obe r 1 tota l ed 999 mi l l ion bush e l s , 10 percent l e ss than a year ear l ier . Old corn st o re d on farms at 570 mi l l io n bushe ls was 22 percent l ess tha n las t year , but stocks i n off-f arm po sit io ns at LI29 mi l l ion bushe ls were up 12 pe rc e nt . The Commodity Credit Corpora tion owned 255 mi l l io n bus he ls o f o l d crop cor n , and had l oa ns o ut sta nd i ng on 345 mi 11 ion bus hels.

Al l wheat in storage Oc tober 1 totaled 1,782 mi l l ion bush el s, 5 perc ent l e s s tha n a year e a r l ier but 6 percen t ab ove t he Oc to be r I , 1968 stocks. Off - f arm stocks of 1 ,1 29 mi l l ion bush els were 1 pe r c en t mo re t ha n a year e a r l i e r , but farm holdi ngs at 653 mi l l ion we re 13 perce nt below t he record l a r ge tota l a year earl ier . Disa ppe a ran ce from a l l storage po s i t ions July th rough Se ptembe r is i nd icated at l;61 mill ion bus he l s, compa red wit h 40 7 mi l l io n a year ea r l ie r . The Commod i t y Cred i t Co r po ra tion owned 297 mi l lio n bush el s of th e tota l whea t stocks, a nd had loan s o uts ta nd i ng on 534 mill ion.

Rye stoc ks in a l l sto ra ge po s it ions on Oc tober 1 t ota l e d 47 .7 mi l lio n bus he l s , 25 percent mo re than a year ear l ie r a nd 50 pe rce n t above Octobe r 1, 1968. Oa t s stored in a l l posit ions o n Oc tobe r 1 total ed 1,07 6 mi l l ion bushels, 5 percent mo re than a year ear l ie r and 15 pe rce n t above holdi ngs Octo ber 1, 1968. Bar le y stored in all pos i ti on s o n Oct o be r 1 totaled 488 mi l l io n bus hel s, 2 perce nt l e ss than a year e a r l ieI' . Ol d crop so rq hum qra in s to re d in a l l po s i t ions on Oc t obe r I tota led ' 24 5 mill ion bushels , 15 pe rce nt bel ow l a s t yea r .

F r~AS 1m T. GALLQ\./AY Ag r ic u l t u ra l Statist i ci an In Charge

A. J. BCRDE LCN A q r i cu l t u ra l St a t is t i c ia n

Pl ea se turn page

Stoc ks o f Grain, Oc t ober 1, 1970 wit h compa r i sons

(In th o usa nd bus hel s )

Grain and po s i t ion

"~ ~

Oc t o be r 19 69

Ju l y 1
1') 7 0

ALL \:!HEAT
On Farms 1/
Commod i ty Cred it Co rp . 1/
1"\i 11s , Ele v . & t1hse s . 1/3/
TOTi\L

733, 402

751 ,7 45

305, 109

RYE On Fa rrns 1/
Commod it y Credi t Corp . 1/ Mi l l s , El ev. & Whse s . 1 /1/
TOTAl

Oc t o ber

19 70

_

653 , 059

CORN (o l d c ro p)
On Farm 1/ Commod i t y Credi t Co rp. 1/ Mi l l s , El ev. & Whses. 1 / }/
_ _ T_OT/-_\ L _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _

78 1, 762
! 103 ,3 12
1' 277 , 18 1
I
.Ii__1~,_1_6_2,~_2_5_5

728 ,2 20 143 , 31 9 24 1, 855
____'1,~1_1 3 , 394

1,40 2 , 951 11 7 , 822 4._ 0 1.74 0
I , 922 , 5 13

569,85 2

111, 287

_ _ 3 18 _ ,24 2

_

;)99 , 38 1

OATS

On Farms 1/

782 , 012

Commodi ty Credit Corp . 1/

6 , 658

: Mi l l s , El ev . & Whses. 1/ 1/

!~Z~ ~~Z

829, 6 16 7 , S8Lf
! ~ ~ J ~~ __..

344,547 8, 032
! ~Z~ Z~Q

829 , 745 11, 318
.. _ ? ~ ~~ Z ~ ~

TOTAL

I 936,667

1,023 ,3 44

490, 359

1, 075, 818

I I

BARL EY

On Farms 1/ Commod ity Credit Corp. 1/

I 303,093
! 3,931

306,638 4, 99 1

132 ,114 4,89 2

302 ,7 53 5,304

Mi l l s , Elev . & Whses. 1/1/ ' 147 , 208

185,80 3

95 ,4 14

1/ 9, 902

1- _ _ --_- --------- -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- --

_

TOTAL

! 454,232

497 ,432

232 ,420

48 7 , 959

SO itGHUM (Old crop) On Farms 1/
Commod i ty- Cred it Co rp. 1/ Mi l l s , El e v . & Whse s . 1/ 1/
TOT/-\L

, 58, 145

53 ,2 06

69 , 191

39 , 796

,'

4 , 586

4,583

5, 230

5, 258

~ - - -2-2-6-,3-6- 2- - - - - - - - - -2-3-0-,4- 5- 7- - -- - - - -2-73- -, 6- -7-8- - - - - -- - - -19- 9- -,9- 4- 4- - - - - - -

I 289 ,093

288 , 246

3'-f8 ,0 99

2 Lfl.~ , 998

1/ e s t ima t e s of the Crop Report ing Board.
1/ c. c.c. - owned grain a t bin site s .
1/ Al l off -farm sto ra ges not otherwis e designated, in c l ud in g termi na l s a nd proces si ng
p l a nt s . Includ es C.C.C. - owned grain in these sto ra ge s.

ISSU ED BY : The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, USD A, 409A No rth Lumpk in Stre e t, At he ns , Ga. , in coo perati on with the Georgia Department of Ag ric u lture .

Af te r Five Days Re tur n to Un ite d St ates Departmen t o f Ag r i c u l~ u r e
Stat i st i ca l Re po r tin g Serv ic e
409A No r t h Lumpkin Stree t
At he ns , Georgia 30601
OFFICI AL BUSINESS

"G.... - ~

GEORG\ !'>.

GEOR G IA C R OP R E P OR T I N G
W~~rn[Hu

ATHENS, GEORGIA

- -- -_._--O.._cto._b-e-r -2_.8._, -1-9-7-0 - -- -
BR OIL E R TYP E

P la cem ent of b r o iler chicks i n G e o r g i a d uri n g t h e wee k e n ded Oc t o be r 24 w as 6,388,000--20 p e r c e nt les s t han t he previous w e e k a n d 16 p e r c e nt l e s s tha n the com p ar able we ek l a s t year, a c cor din g to the G e o r gi a Crop R e portin g S ervice .
An est i m a t ed 10, 7 85, 000 br oiler type e ggs we r e set by Georgia hatcherie s - - 5 p er c ent m or e t h a n t he p r e v i o u s wee k but 10 p e r c e n t l e s s th a n the c ompa rab l e we e k a ye ar earlie r .
T he m ajo r it y of the prices paid to G e orgia p r o d uc e r s fo r br o il er ha tchin g e ggs we re r epo rte d within a ran ge of 50 to 60 ce n t s p e r dozen. T he ave rage pric e of hatching egg s was 53 cents per dozen. The pr i c e o f e g g s from flo cks w i t h ha t c he r y owned c o ck e rels g e n e r a ll y was 2 cen t s be l ow the a ve r a g e pri c e. Most p r i c es r e ceive d for broi l e r c hi ck s by G eo rgia ha t c he r i e s we r e repor t ed within a r ange of $ 7 . 00 to $9 . 00 with an a verage of $7 .7 5 per h un d re d . The a v erage p r i c e s l a s t yea r w er e 64 c ents fo r eggs a n d $ 10 . 00 fo r chi c ks.

W eek Ended
A ug . 22 Aug. 29 Sept . 5 S ept. 12 S ept. 19 Sept . 26 Oct. 3 Oct. 10 O ct. 17 Oct. 24

G E OR G IA E G GS SE T , HAT C H INGS A N D CHICK P LA CEMENT S

Eggs Se t 1/

19 6 9
T ho u.
11 , 5 7 7 10, 9 56
9, 71 3 11, 358 11 , 74 9 11, 3 88 10, 139 10 , 145 11 ,785 1 1, 9 5 6

197 0
Thou .
10, 7 82 10 , 4 17
9, 847 9, 5 16 10, 6 54 10 , 40 1 8, 5 19 9, 026 10 , 244 10, 7 85

0/0 o f
year ago
P et.
93 95 101 84 91 91 84 89 87 90

I I I

Chicks P l a c e d for

Broilers i n Georgia

I

I
I

1969

I

I T hou.
I
II 8, 4 94 8, 49 0

I 8,426

I
i

8, 486

i 7, 821

:
i

6,98 5

j

8, 177

8, 4 82
I 8, 255

, 7, 588

19 70
Thou .
8,52 0 8, 237 7,99 3 7 ,790 7, 696 6,9 10 6, 560 7, 767 7, 982 6, 388

0/0 of
ye ar ag o
P ct.
100 97 95
92 98
99 80 92 97 84

A v . Pri ce

: H'at~h- --B~~ii~ -;

i E ggs

Chi cks

: Per
! Do z.

P er Hundr ed

: 19 7 0

1970

1 Cen t s Dollars

55

7.75

54

7.75

54

7.75

53

7.50

53

7.50

53

7.50

53

7. 50

53

7.50

53

7. 50

53

7. 75

EGG T YP E
Hat c h o f e g g type c h i cks in G e o r gia du r i n g the week e nde d O ct ober 24 wa s 9 3 6 , 000--1 perc e n t l e ss t han t h e p r evious w e e k b ut 23 p e r c e n t m ore t han th e co m p a r ~ ble w e ek last year. A n estim a te d 1, 2 6 3, 000 e g gs fo r the p r o du c t i on o f e g g t y pe chic ks w e re s et by G eorgia hatcheri es, 16 p ercent mor e than the p r e vio u s wee k a n d 4 6 p er c e nt m o re than the compar a bl e w e ek l a st year .
In the four state s t hat a cco unt e d for a bout 26 p e r c e nt of th e hatch of a ll egg t ype chicks in the U. S . in 1969, h a tc hings during the week ended Octobe r 24 we re up 20 percent and se t ting s w e re up 14 p erc ent from a y ear ago.

State

E GG TY P E EGGS SET AND C HI CKS nAT C HED , 19 7 0

E g g s Se t {W e e k E n de d }

I ! % of

C hi c k s H a t c hed. {W e e k E n d e d }

I Oct .
3

Oct. 10

O ct. 17

Oct. 24

II y e ar

Oct .

ago 2/ I 3

Oct. 10

O ct. 17

O c t. 24

Ga. Ill. Calif. Wash.

1, 138 4 0 0':<
1, 633 154

T ho us ands 1, 17 6 1, 090
320 260 1, 569 1, 657
2 18 274

Total I 3, 325* 3, 283 3 , 2 8 1

1, 26 3 32 0
1,3 29 23 5
3 , 147

I1 14 6 63
I 117
I 89
I
! 11 4

I
I
I 802
I 40 5
I 1, 55 3
, 222

T ho us a n ds

85 7

94 3

43 5

370

1, 38 2 1, 4 3 8

195

14 2

! 2,982 2 , 869 2, 893

936 3 15 1,233 131
2, 6 15

1/ Include s e g gs s e t by h a tc h e r i e s producin g chicks f o r h a t c h e r y s up ply floc ks. 2/ Curr ent we ek a s p e r c ent of sam e we ek l a s t yea r . >:< Revis e d .

,

i 0/0 o f

I
I
I

year ag o 2/

I

II 12 3 11 3
I 123
I 88

12 0

BR OIL ER TYPE EGGS SE T A N D C HI C K S P L A C E D IN COMMER C IAL A _{ E A S BY W j~E KS - 1970 Page 2

E GGS SET

C HI CKS P L A CE D

S TA T E

____ ____ _yr~ e k Eride d

O ct.

Oct.

Oct .

0/0 of
ye ar

I'

:1
!. . ..- - - - - - ..

W e e- k- - .E. _n._._d--e-_d._. - --

. .' - .._ -- '. .

Oct .

Oct.

Oct .

% of
year

10

17

24

a g o s! 10

17

24

aro 1/

Tho us ands

T hous ands

o4-<

.
2

Main e

2, 0 56

1, 9 7 '1-

1, 989

92

1, 519

1, 46 5

1, 303

97

'3v
Q .~

Conne cti c ut Penns ylvani a

63 1, 541

11 5 1, 661

129

75

1, 62 0

79

109 1, 163

55 1, 11 8

106

7 '1-

945

10 3


- 0.. 0
'w" c
W

In di a n a

375

44 1

36 2

69

161

16 5

170

64

u, . 06 ~

Mis so u r i

13 0

13 0

192 105

48 5

46 2

495

151

w ," , 0

Delawar e Mar ylan d

2, 54 5

2, 88 1

2 , 9 9 1 10 0

2, 199

2, 188

1,9 54

80

4, 292

4, 8 18

4, 87 1

88

3 ,494

3, 33 1

2, 656

89

t-
.V0l 2-
0.. '" -e

Vi r ginia W e s t Virginia

1,54 2 36

1, 57 5 36

1, 370 36

74

I'
II

1, 2 69

80

1;

296

1,078 28 5

901

81

125

76

-2 ::::>

North Ca r olin a

6, 938

7,3 57

7, 521

93 I: 5, 24 5

4, 84 3

4 , 187

112

Sout h Carolina GEO RG IA

504

4 55

448

88 i 436

471

449

79

It

9, 0 26 10, 244 10,7 85

90

,II 7,767
,I

7,9 82

6, 38 8

84

I,

Ii

F lor ida

1, 090

1, 2 0 7

1, 2 3 3

96 Ii 807

781

772

102

Tennes s e e A labama Mi s s i s s i ppi

651 7, 639

644 8, 6 13

66 6

90

8, 873

103

Il.' 6, 954038

765 6, 408

8 10 6, 105

102 10 3

4,345

5, 030

5, 516 10 2 Ii 4 , 7 45

4 , 722

4, 59 1

10 6

A r ka ns a s

9 , 736 10, 094 10,484

9 0 I: 8,195

8, 130

7, 793

112

L ouisiana Tex a s Washing t on O re gon Cal i fo rnia

969

967

970

9 5 Ii 8 56

891

703

78

3, 8 52

4,3 79

4 , 573

105

ji
11

3, 174

3, 242

2,9 2 7

92

336 278 2, 049

372 423 2,436

422 363 2, 422

79 73 113

I; 2 78
, 3 16 II:' 1, 720

300 227 1,6 01

192 2 04 1, 36 7

52 78 135

TOTAL 19 7 0 (22 States)

59, 993 6 5,852 67 , 83 6

94 , 5 1, 68 5 50 , 51 0 4 5 , 143

98

T OT A L 1969* (22 State s )

6 4 , 0 6 0 70 , 6 9 3 72 ,2 72

154,697 52, 546 46, 0 8 1

0/0 o f L a st Y ear

94

93

94

94

96

98

* 1/ Cur re n t w e ek a s p ercent of same w e e k l a s t y ear. R evised.

3f

A t hen s ,

Bulletw ~ ... ~ ~;') ]J ) )

,.... .,"

\': \j 'J

Week Ended November 2 , 1 970

~

R el ~se d 3 p .m. Monday

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This i s t he f i nal is s ue of the Georgia Weekly Crop cation of the Bul let in .Ti l l be r esumed in April 1971.

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*

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Publi

**
-

Much apprec i at i on is expres s ed to County Agents, Market Manager s , and Cooperative Weather

Obser ver s thr ough whose ef for t s this Bul l et i n has been possible.

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SOIL MOISTURE M~PLE

At hens , Ga . , November 2 -- Soi l moisture i s now ampl e over most of the State , ac co rd i ng t o t he Geor gia Crop Repor t i ng Ser v i ce . Har ve st ing operat ions have been slowed but devel opment of smal l grains and wint er grazing crops have be nefit ed cons ider ab ly. County Agents repor t ed t he s eeding of smal l gr a i ns is 66 percent complete and is a bnost up t o norma l . Germinat i on an d gr owt h wer e very goo d l a s t week .
Statewide, corn ' harve st i s 83 pe r cent and cotton picki ng 82 perc ent complete . The s e op erat i ons have been complet ed on most farms in the southern part of the Stat e.
Soybea n harvest is ga i ni ng momentum. About 10 percent of the crop had been gat her ed prior to last week and 12 per c ent was gat her ed during the week. Total harvest is now about 22 percent co m p l e t e .
Pecan har ve st is increasing. Very favorable prices are be i ng report ed. Prospects remain most ly fair.
Pastur~ condition impr ove d and is now about nor mal for the seas on . Cattle a r e being maintai ned in good condition.

WEATHER S(Th~Y - Heavy to exce s s i ve rainfall oc curred ov er much of Georgia during the week ending Friday, October 30. General rains that f ell dur ing the prev i ous weekend and again on Th~rsday an d Thursday night wer e felt throughout th e St ate but were heav ier i n the nor t her n an d central sect i ons. Al l of the area north of the Fall Line r ec e i ved 2 inch es , or more, a nd sever al counties i n t he middle of the State had around 6 inche s . Ho st of the m.i.ddLe Georgia r ain occurred Thursday night and caused flash floodin g in several corrunit i es . The Mac on Airpor t reported its heaviest 24-hour rainfall since 1943 with a Dleasurement of 5 .3 5 inches on Fr i day morni ng. Rainfall was lightest in the southeast where most obs er ver s mea s ur ed less t han an i nch . There was l itt l e rain over the State during the weeken d but a new rain area was moving in at the beginning of the new week.
Temperatures were unusually warm for late October. Highs were mostl y in the 60 's and 70 's but r eached the low 80's over much of south Georgia late in the week. Earl y mor ni ng lows were in the 40's and 50's in the north and the 50's and 60's in the s out h . Averages for the week r an ged from 50 to 70 above normal.
Hea-vy rains during t he last 10 days of October brought t ot al s f or the month t o wel l ab ov e norma l over most of the State . The largest amounts were in the northern and central s ections whe r e many places r ec eived mor e than double their monthly normal . Tot al s wer e l ess than normal only i n the ex t r eme south a nd southeast. Much of the north i s stil l short of normal r a i nfal l for the year while most of south Geor gi a has had more than normal f or t he fi rst 10 mont hs of 1970. October temperatures were warmer than normal in all areas .
The outlook for Wednesday through Friday calls for co lder weather . Fre e zing t empe r atur e s are expected over the extreme north Wednesday morning and will probably extend to the s out her n part of the State by Friday mor ni ng . Some light rain is likely in the south Wednesday wi t h fa ir and colder weather Thursday and Friday. Lows 260 to 320 ext r eme north to l ow 1~0 I S on the co a st Wednesday and Thur sday an d 250 north to 360 south on Fr i day. Hi gh s 460 t o 560 north nnd 560 t o low 60's south .

The Georg i a Crop Reporting Ser v i ce , Athens, Georgia; in co oper at ion with the Coop er at i v e Extension Service , University of Georgia; Georgia Depart ment of Agriculture; and t he Weather Bureau, ESSA , U. S. Department of Commerc e .

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMER CE WEATHER BUREAU Athens, Georgia
Pr ed ,pi t ation For The Week Endf.ng O:: t cbe r 30,9 1 970

GEO RG

'I'emper-ature ext-remes fo ,:, the we ek ending Oc'bt~ oob e r j., 0 ~i ..,.1. "970 0 I\ Pr C:;ir.L. '5"10na.1 )
Hi.ghest g 84O a t Metter on the
.30 lh o
LOti/est g .41.0 at Elberton on the
2 4~,ho

1 0 80 I

I 06 2

'OQAIW I TItOHoU

~~ For t he pe r i od 0 ,:;1;,0 J l.=Noy " T Less t han 000,5 i p.;;::h o

Af t er Five Days Re tur n to Uni ted States Depar t men t of Agricul t ur e
Stati s tical Repo r ti ng Servi c e
409A Nor t h Lumpk i n Stree t
Athens , Geor gi a 30601
OFFICIAL BUSI NESS

M~~ Ul Y

~uu

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA

UNIV LIBRARIES

ATHENS

GA 30601

900

Pos t age and Fees Pa i d U. S. Depar t men t of Agriculture
.., , ...

"
l""
-~ ,
( J. " &\@ m~ rn LL lP rn m&\[h
[p m ~ ~ 0

CCrl'OI3ER 15, 1970

-,
.: ...J

Releas ed 11 /3 / 19 70 GEORGIA CROP REPORTI NG SERVI CE

GEORGIA PRI CES RECEIVED I NDEX DOHN 3 POI NTS
The Index of Pr ices Rece ived by G~ org i a Fa rrr.er s for Al l Commodi t i e s dec reas ed to 256 pe r c en t of the 1910-14 average dur i ng the mont h ended October 1 5 , 19 70 . This was 7 po i nt s lower than the Oct ober 15 , 1969 Index of 263 .
The All Cr op I nd ex ro se 1 po i nt f rom the previous mont h to 210 and was 5 poi nt s highe r than i n Oc t obe r 1969. Lower price s f or meat an imals, chi ckens , and egg s decreased the Livestock Index t o 226 , which was 9 poi nt s lower than the previous nont h an d 28 p o i.rrt s be low t he same mont h last year .

UNITED STATES PRI CES RECEI VED INDEX DOWN 1 POINTS PARI TY I NDEX UP 2 POINTS
ADJ USTED PARITY RATIO DO~~ 2 POINTS
The I ndex of Pr i ces Rec e ived by Farmers dropped 7 points ( 2 pe r cent ) duri ng the mont h ended October 15 to 2'74 perc en t of i t s 191 0-11~ average . Contr i but i ng most t o the decrea s e dur i ng the ~lonth were lower pric e s for hogs , eggs , l et t uc e , and gr ap efr ui t. Par t ial l y offs etting wer e higher pr ices f or mi l k and cot ton . The i ndex wa s 1 percent below October 1969.
The Index of Pric es Pa i d by Farmer s f or Commoditie s an d Servi ce s , I nc l udi ng Interest, Taxes, and Farm Wage Rates increa s ed 2 poi nt s (1/2 percent) to 394 , a recor d high . The index was 17 po ints ( 5 per cent ) above mi d- Oct ober 1969.
Lower farm product prices , t ogether with hi gher prices and wage r ates paid by f arme r s, resul ted in a decli ne of the Ad j u st ed Par ity Rat i o t o 75 and the Parity Rat i o to 70 .

1910 - 14 = 100
GEORGIA Pr ices Rece i ve d
All Commodi t ie s All Crops Lives tock a nd Live s t ock Product s

I NDEX NUMBERS - - GEORGI A AND UNI TED STATES

Oct. 1 5 : Sept . 15: Oct. 1 5

Record High

1969 : 19 70 : 19 70

Index :

Date

263 1/

259

256

265 -

269

270

254 l/

235 Y

226

31 0

March 1951

319

March 1951 'Y

29 5

Sept . 1948

UNITED STATES
Prices Rece ived
Parity Index 1/
Par ity Rat io

277

281

274

377 1/
73 I/

39 2 Y
72

39 4 70

313

Feb . 1951

394

Oct . 1970

123

Oct. 1946

Adjusted Parit y Rati o ~ (Prelimin ary)

79 l/

77

75

125

Oct. 1946

1 / Revi sed . 2/ Al s o April 195 1. 3/ Prices Pa id , I nt er e s t , Taxe s , and Farm Wage Rat es based
on da ta f or the i ndicat ed dat e s. 4/ Adj u s t ed Par i t y Rati o , refl ect i ng Gover nme nt payment s,
averaged 80 for t he y ear 1969 compa r ed wi t h 74 for the Parit y Rat io . Prel iminar y Adjusted Ratios fo r the curr ent y ear , suppl ied by t he Economic Research Ser vice are based on estimated cash rec e ipts f or marketings and e stimates of Gover nment payment s f or t he curr ent calendar year .

FRASIER T . GALLOWAY Agr icul t ur al Stat istici an In Charge

JOHN E. COATES Agr i cul t ur a l St at i s t i c i an

The Georg i a Crop Repor t i ng Ser v ic e, USDA , 409A Nor~umpki~-StT~et , ~then s , Georgia , in cooperat i on vi.t.h the Georgi a Dep ar t men t of Agr i cul ..t _u....n n - -

.' ,

PRI CES - - RECEIVED AND PAID BY FAm1ERS , OCTOBER

GEORGIA

-

u c~ . ~) : Sept . 15 :

~nmm n ni ~ y an d Uni t

1969 : 1970

.t'1\.LLJt;;j RE CEIVED

v]heat , 'bu . Oat s , bu . Corn , bu .

$

1. 35

1. 45

:fp

. 85 1.30

.86 1. 59

1. 50
.87 1. 61

Ba r l ey, bu .

$ 1. 00

Sorgh ~m Grai n, cv~ .

$

Cott on, l b. Cottonse ed, ton Soybeans , bu .

20.0

22 .0

,I,
~)

39 00

46 . 00

:p

2 . 25

2 . 70

22 . 0 48 . 00
2 .85

Peanuts , l b . Si"eet pot at oe s , cwt , Hay, bal ed , ton :

~ 12 . 0

12 . 9

,~
~

6 . 50

6 . 00

12 9 6 .00

Al l Al fa lfa l e sped e za

$ 30 .00 30. 00
,c'p> 39 .00 36 . 00 ,c?~ 32 .00 32 . 00

30 . 00 36 . 00 33 . 00

Pe anut

~:

IvIi U:: CSMS , hea d

f 23. 00 23 . 50

c,
~)

225 . 00

270 . 00

26. 00 270 . 00

Hogs , cvt ,
Beef Catt l e, Al l , cv~ . 1/
?J C OIlS , cwt

$ 24 .90 19. 00
:~ 21.90 23 . 80 ,'p> 18 .50 19 .50

18 . 00 23 . 50 19 00

Stee r s a nd he ifers ; cwt Calves , cvt ,

$ 25 .00 27 . 50 ;p 29 .50 32 . 50

27 .50 32 . 00

Mi lk, whol e sa le , cwt , :

Fl uid Market

$

7 . 20

7 . 00

Ma nufa ct ured
Al l 3J

$

$

7 . 20

7. 00

7. 10

Tur keys , l b .

21. 0

22 .0

22 . 0

Ch ickens , l b . :

Excluding Br oilers

12 .0

7.0

7.5

Commerc ial Br oi l ers

13 . 5

12 . 0

11.5

Eggs , a l l , doz .

48 .3

43 . 8

36 . 0

Tab l e , doz . Hat ching, do z.

~

41. 9

32. 6



53 .0

53 . 0

Oct . 15 1970

1. 2
571 1. 12
. 868 1.91 21 .70 40 . 20
2. 23 12. 4
3 . 16

1. 41 . 610
1. 38 . 906
2 .07 21.86 51. 10
2 .66 12 . 9
3 33

1. 1.~3
. 613 1 34
925 2 . 02
22 .83 56 . 00
2 77 13 2
3 . 34

23 .20 23 .L~o 25.50 23 . 40 308 . 00 24 . 80 25 . 40
18 . 90 27 . 20
31. 30

23 30 23 . 80
25 . 70 23 .90
341. co
19 . 80 26 .80
19 90 28 .60
33 90

23 90 24 .60 26 .20 21~ .40 340 .00 18 . 00
26 . 50
19 . 70 28 . 50 34 .10

6 . 22 4 . 68
5.85 22 . 6

6 . 19
4 . 69 5. 81 22 . 6

~5 . 95 22 . 0

10 . 0 14 .8 40. 4

7.8 13 . 4 38 . 8

7.7 12 . 8
33 .2

PRICES PAID, FEED

Mixed Da i r y Feed, ton:

14% pr ote i n

$

16% protein

~

18% pr ot ein

~

20% prot e i n

$

Hog Fee d, 14% - 18% pr ot ein,cwc. $

Cot tonseed Mea l , 41%, cm .

$

Soybean Mea l , ' 44%, cm .

~

Br an, Civt .

$

Mi ddlings , cv~ . Cor n Mea l , cwt .

*$

Poult r y Fe ed , t on :

Br oi le r Gro~e r Feed

$

laying Feed Ch i ck St ar t er

$e,
~

Alfalfa Ha y, t on

~e)'

Al l Ot he r Ha y, t on

d
'+'

70 .00 76 . 00 78 . 00 82 .00
4.80 5.20 3 .90 4 .00 3 . 55
90 . 00 78 . 00 92 .00 37 . 00 35 . 00

75. 00 80 . 00 85 . 00 86 .00
5 . 40 5.60 4 . 10 4. 25 3 . 95
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Production of r ed meat in Georgia's c ommercial slaught er pl ants t ot aled 32. 2 mi l l i on pounds dur i ng Sept ember 1970 , a cc or di ng t o the Georgia Crop Repor t i ng Serv i c e . Thi s was down slightly fr om the 32.3 million pounds during the same month last y e ar but was 3 perc ent above the 31. 3 million pounds produc tion of last mont h.

Cattle Sla:u ghter

There wer e 24, 600 head of cattle slaughtered in Ge orgi a ' s c ommer c i al pl a nt s dur i ng Sep t ember . This wa s down 14 percent form the 28 ,500 head slaughtered during the s ame mont h of 1969 and was slightly bel ow the 24 ,700 head slaughtered during August 1970 .

Calf Sl aug hte r

Calf slaughter t otaled 300 he ad during September . This was the s ame number he ad slaughtered during September l a st y ear but 90 0 head b elow the Augu st kill .

Hog Slaugbter

Georgia 's ho g slaught er t otaled 153,000 head during Sept ember . This was 1 percent above the 151,000 he ad slaughtered during the same month last year, and was up 5 percent from the 146,000 head slaughtered dur i ng the mont h of August 1970.

48 STATES

Red Meat Production ep 3 Percent From September 1969

Commercial production of red meat in the 48 States totaled 3,129 mi l l i on pounds in September , up 3 percent from a year earlier. The number of weekdays in September 1970 was the same as a y e ar earlier . Commerc i a l meat production includes slaughter in feder ally inspected and other slaughter pl ant s , but excludes animals slaughtered on farms.

Be e f Production Above A Year Earlier

Beef production was 1 , 875 million pounds, up 1 perc ent from September 1969 . T~e number of cattle slaughtered was 1 percent below a year earlier . However, average live Weigh , per head was 10 pounds heavier than a y ear ago.

September Veal Production Down 14 Perc ent From 1969

There were 49 million pounds of veal produced in Sept ember, down 14 percent from a year
earlier . Calves slaughtered were down 16 percent from September 19 69 but live weight per head
increased 4 pounds.

Pork Production Up 8 Percent From September 1969

Pork production i n Sep tember t ot a l ed 1,158 million pound s , up 8 per c ent from a year earlier. The number of ho gs slaughtered was 6 percent above September 1969 . Live weight per he ad, at 236 pounds, was 1 pound heavier than a year earlier. Lard rendered per 100 pounds of live weight was 9.2 pounds compared with 9.6 in September 1969.

Lamb And Mut t on Production Same As A Year Earlier

There were 47 million pounds of lamb and mutton produced in September, the same as last year. Sheep and lambs slaughtered totaled 945,700 head, down 3 per c ent . . Average live weight per head, at 101 pounds , was 1 pound heavier than a year earlier .

September Poultry Production Up 7 Perc ent From 1969

Production of poultry meat totaled 1,020 million pounds r eady-to-cook basis. This is 7
percent more than a year earlier and 4 percent more than in August 1970 .

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1,019 246 236 101

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1,699 , 482 97,398

3,154,623 87, 096
1, 807 ,1178 95, 475

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AVERAGE PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS AND HOG-CORN RATIOS, OCTOBER 15 , 1970
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SEED CORN SUPPLY

EX~e cted 1971 Supp ly of See d Cor n a nd Hybr i d Grain Sor ghum

Compani e s normally handl i ng about 80 percent of the Nat ion 's seed cor n production indi cate app roxirr.ately 818 million pounds of s eed available for plant ing in 1971 . The current exp ec t ed sup pl y cons i s ts of 22 percent normal Cytoplasm (det a s s ele d ) s eed , 40 pe r ce nt T-Cytopla sm seed, and 38 per c ent blend seed. Mos t corn produced from T-Cytoplasm seed proved s usc eptible to Rac e T Sout her n cor n leaf blight during t he 1970 gr owi ng seas on. Planned 1970-71 wint er pr oduction of s eed cor n made up about 3 per ce nt or 27 mil lion pounds of the t otal supply . Produc- , tion f rom t his s ourc e has not yet been reali zed . The total s uppl y in any par ticular regi on may vary b ec aus e of s ome move~ent of s ee d corn into adjo i ning or ne arby r e gions.

About 189 mi l l i on pound s of hybrid grain sorghum s eed is expected to be ava i l abl e for 1971 planting . Companie s i n the survey hs.ndle virtual ly all of the hybrid gr a i n s orghum s eed .

Mat ur i t y Zone
DEEP SOUTH: Ga . , Al a . , La. , Mi s s., Fla ., Eas t Texa s
MID - S OUTH: Mo . , Ky. , Tenn ., Va ., N.C . , S . C.
EASTERN: Fa ., N. Y. , New Engl a nd
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BELT: Ill. , Ind . , Oh i o , EasternCentral Iowa
WESTERN CORN BELT: We st ern Iowa, Nebr . , Kans. , S . D.
NORTHERN STATES : Mi ch . , Mi nn . , Hi s ., N. D.
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Seeding by Method of Hybridization

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THE PO UL T R Y AND E G G SIT UA TION A p p rove d by the O utl ook a nd S i tu ati on Boa r d , No ve m b e r 4 , 19 70
S 'it u a t i o n a n d O utl o o k (E g g s)
Recent Si t uation S upp ly - - T he s upply of e g g s fo r t his ye ar will total slightly abo ve the 191. 5
million cas e s in 19 69 but b e l ow exp ec t a t io n s ea r l y this y e a r. Egg production through September totaled 14 4. 8 million c ases , up a bo ut 1 pe r ce nt. Pro d u ct i o n was up 3 percent in January but slipped in Ma y a n d Jun e. S ub s e quently, produ ction r ecover ed and in September ave rag ed 2 p erc ent a b ove S e p tem b e r 19 6 9 . T h e l o w er t h a n exp e c t e d production so far this ye ar ha s r esulted l a r g ely fro m in c r e a s e d c ulli ng of old fl o c ks in recent months and a rate of l a y be l ow l as t ye ar d uring m o s t of 1970 .

T he s mall inc r e a s e in pr od uct i on r e s ulte d fro m a l a r g e r laying flock . The number of layers, 3 p er c ent l a r g e r o n Jan uary 1, fell m or e t han u sual and on J une 1 totaled only 1 percent above June 1, 19 69. F lo ck si z e h a s t r ended up s i n ce J une and during September averaged 31 8. 4 million bir d s -- 2 pe r cent mo r e than a year e a rli er. D ur i ng J anuaryAugust the r ate of l a y ave rage d a bo ut 1 pe r ce nt l ower . The r ate of la y re m a ine d slightly below year- e arlier l e v els during Septe m ber .

Impo r t s -- I m p o r t s o f e g g s a n d egg p r o d u c t s f o r J a n u a r y- A ug us t t o t a le d 778, 000 cases (shell e q uival e nt ), a bout one- half a p e r c e nt of total s up p l y . This compares wi t h 87, 000 cas e s d uring the s ame p e r i od of 1969 . A bo ut four-fifths of the e g g imports in 1970 were shell e g gs, c o m pa r e d w it h a bo ut a fi ft h la st year. Mo s t of t he egg imports were r eceived during t he fi rst q ua r t er of 197 0 w hen domestic s hell eg g prices were relatively high .

.3to cks -- Col d stor a g e holdin g s of e g g s dur i n g t he firs t 8 months of this year averaged below t h e relativ ely l ow l evels of 196 9. A sharp increase in shell egg stocks during September re sulted in cold storage stocks on Oct obe r 1 above a year earlier. Stocks of all eggs on Jan u ar y 1, 1970, t ot a l e d 1. 1 m illio n cas e s , 0.7 million below a year earlier and less than half of J anua ry 1, 19 6 8, s to c k s . A lt h o u g h 16 p ercent more e g g s were used by breakers during Janua ry-S ept e mber t his ye a r , s to cks o f shell and fr o zen eggs on October 1 w er e only 10 p e rcent a bo v e t h e r e l a t i v e l y l ow s t oc k s of a ye a r ago. Frozen eggs in storage on O c t o b e r 1, 1970, t o t a le d about 59 milli o n pounds, equivalent to 1. 5 million cases shell eg g s, c o m p a r e d with 56 million p o und s a n d 1. 4 million cases a year earlier. Stocks of shell egg s in cold sto r age on Octobe r 1 tota le d 180, 000 cases compared with 98, 000 case s on S e p t e m b e r 1 and 85, 000 o n O c t o b e r 1, 1969.

Prices -- L arger production a n d r e du c ed de m and for e gg s resulted in egg prices declining sharply during Septe m be r a nd early Oct o b e r . The Chicago deliver ed price for large e gg s (80 percent Grade A ) declined fro m 4 7. 3 c ents a dozen for the first week of September to 3 6.9 cents for the we e k ended Oct o be r 30. Thi s was 13.5 cents a dozen below a year ear lie r .

Prices received by produc ers for all e gg s a v e r a ge d 33 . 2 cents a dozen in mid- O c to be r , compared with 38.8 c e nts fo r th e p r e vi ou s month and 40. 4 cents for October 1969.

Prices paid by pr odu cer s for l a yin g feed ha ve increased in r ecent months. In October, laying feed a ve r a g ed $87. 00 a t o n _ .. $ 1 a bove Se p tem bel' and $ 7 . 00 above October 1969 . Co s t s of other production ite m s also a re higher . The index of prices paid by farmers for p r o du cti on item s (i n cluding f e e d, i nte res t, taxe s, and w age rates) averaged 138 in Octob er (1957 - 59 .. 100), c o mp a r e d w it h 137 i n Se ptem ber a n d 131 a ye a r earlier.

The egg feed-pri ce r a ti o ha s been be l ow a year e a rlie r sinc e Ma r c h of this year as a r esult o f lower egg p ri c e s and in c r eas ed fe e d cos ts . E gg prices fell sharply in the spring and have b e en b el o w 19 6 9 l e v el s sin c e late M a r c h . A t t he sam e time feed prices
have trended hi gher. The rati o for Octo be r was 7. 6 c om p a r e d with 9. a in September and
10.1 for O ct o be r 196 9.

Utilization-- Per c a pit a e gg s upp li e s av a i l a b l e to civilians f or fo od during January-September 1970 were about 1 p e rc ent be low a year earlier. Larger egg production , and increased imports of e ggs during this period were more than offset by increased population, reduced Januar y 1 cold storag e s t ock s o f eggs, increased use of eggs for hatchery purposes, and a small incr e as e i n egg s hipm ent s to A m e r i c a n t erritories.

During the firs t 8 m onths of t his ye ar, 9.5 m illion cas es of eggs were u s ed for hatchery purpos e s--7 per c ent more t han a year ear lie r . Eggs set for broile r-type chicks were 7 percent greate r and 8 p erce nt more went for e gg type chi c ks . E gg s going for hatching purpose s in Janua r y- Augu st thi s yea r a cc o un t e d for 7. 4: p er c e nt of total e g g us e, compared with 6 . 9 percent i n 1969.

Exp o r ts a n d Shipments-- E gg s a n d egg p r oducts exp o r te d and shipp e d to territories during J anuary-August totaled 1. 0 m illion c a s e s co m p a r e d with 0.9 million last year. Exports (excluding shipments) during t hi s pe riod totaled 320,000 cas e s, shell e q uival ent , down 25 p erc ent from last ye ar. E xport s of s he ll e g g s account ed for l e ss than 10 percent of the total. Total e gg exp o rts a c co unte d for onl y about one-quarte r pe r cent of e gg s produced during t hi s perio d. In addition, e gg s hipment s t o A m e r i c an t erritories in the first 8 m ont hs of 1970 totaled 663, 000 case s , 27 percent above t he same period of 1969.

Othe r Us e s-- Liquid egg p r cduction ha s contin ue d above the r elatively low pace of 1969. During September pr oducers o f liquid e g g pr oduct s u sed 1. 5 million cases of shell eggs. This is 7 p ercent le s s than in A ug u st but 2 5 percent mo re tha n in September 1969. E gg s going to bre ake rs during J anuary-S eptembe r thi s year totaled 14.6 million cases compared with 12.6 million in the same months l a st ye a r . D uring thi s period, liquid egg production g oing fo r i mme diate c ons um ption t o t al ed 8 0 m illion poun d s o r 14 perc ent of total production. Thi s co mpa r e s wi th 61 milli o n p o un d s an d 12 p e rc ent of p roduction during the sam e m o n t hs of 19 69.

USD A purchases du ring 19 7 0 o f s cr a m ble d e g g m ix, containi n g a m i n imum of 51 percent egg solids, t ot a le d 16.6 million pounds. T hi s wa s e q uiva lent t o abo ut 846,000 cases of shell eggs and approximately a t e nth mo re than in 1969. T he egg m ix purchase program for 1970 ended June 24.

Outlook Production- - E g g p r o duct ion i s exp e cted to gain fu rt h e r over year-earlier levels during the balance of 1970 a n d t he fir st half of 197 1. T he l aying flo ck on October 1 totaled 322 million birds, 2. . 5 per c e nt mor e than o n Octo be r 1, 1969. In addition, the number of pullets 3 months old o r olde r an d not l aying totale i nearly 75 million--about 4 million more than a year ear lie r . A lt ho ug h, t he hatc h of eg g-t ype r eplacement c hi ck s during August was down n e arly a fourth, ha tchings in Sept e m be r wer e about the Same as a year ago and e gg s in incubator s on Octobe r 1 were up 6 percent.

The laying flock thro ugh mid-197 1 wi ll cont ain mor e p ullets and fewer hens than a y ear e a r li e r . W i t h a young e r fl ock, t h e rat e of l a y like l y w i ll gain and averag e above a year e a r li e r , particularly during th e fir st half of 19 7 1.

Part of the sharp inc r ease in r eplacement pullets e nte rin g the laying flock in recent months ha s b een offs et by incr e a s ed culling of old flocks. Sla ug hte r of egg-type mature chickens in F ederally inspected plants during the firs t half o f 1970 totaled 72 million--2 million more than in the fir st half o f 1969 . Ma.r keting s of light-type mature chickens increased sharply a fte r midyear. Sla ughter for Ju1 y-3eptembe r totaled 3 L 9 million hens. This compares with 28.8 million in the s ame period of 1969. Weekl y slaughter repo r t s indicate that marketing of old hens durin g Octobe r c ontin ue d well above October 1969.

Prices-- Egg price s re ceive d by p roduc e r s i n 1970 will a ve rage about 2 cents a dozen below the 4 0 cent s receive d in 1969. Continue d la r ge r production of egg s t hi s fall and winter likely will hold egg prices well below t he relati vel y high prices of a year earlier. Prices to produc e r s ave r age d a b o ut 4 8 ce nts a do ze n in the fo ur t h quarter of 1969 and t h e first quarter of 1970.

l-rices n ext s p r i ng likely will s how a bo ut the usual seas on al decline, much less than the sharp decline that occur r ed i n 1970, an d m a y ave r age nea r the 31. 8 cents a dozen received by producer s in the se c on d q uarte r of 19 70 . In addition to larger expected production, egg price s will be under press ure from lar ger s upplie s of other high-protein foods. Ho we v e r, expe c te d st ro ng d e m a n d fo r s hall eg g s b y br eake r s d u rin g th e first half of 1971 will tend to l es s en the pr e s sure on pr i c e s.

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Situation and Outlook (B r oile r s)

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Re cent Situa tion Product ion -- Br oiler chi ck place ment s have declined in recent months a n d have be en below ye a r -earlier l e vel s since the first of September . But for Jan ua ry-A ug us t we ekly placements averaged nea r ly 9 perc ent a bove la s t ye a r - - r a n g ing from 14 percent above in January t o 5 p e r ce nt above i n A ugust. We ekl y pla c em ents during Sept em be r October aver a ged a bo ut 5 percent below a year e a r lie r . Broiler meat output in Fe de r ally i nspected plants d ur ing the firs t 9 m onths of 1970 t ot a l e d 5.5 billio n pounds, r e a d y - t o - c o o k w e i ght , 12 per cent a b o v e the same p er i od of 1969.
Output for September ave rage d onl y 6 p e rc ent a bove September 1969 . T he n umber of birds marketed t h roug h S e p t ember t hi s ye ar w a s up 12 .2 per cent an d. the average livewe ight, at 3.6 pounds, was up a bout 1 percent. Conde mriati ons dur ing this p erio d average d 3. 5 percent of quantity i n s p e c t e d , compar ed wi t h 3 . 0 a year ago.
Throug h Se ptember t his year, yo ung chi c k e n s (mo s tly br oilers ) ins pecte d for furthe r proces sing and cutt i n g up unde r Fe de r a l inspe c ti on totaled 1. 6 billion poun d s, r eady-tocook w e i g ht -- 14 p e r c ent above a year e a r li er . Of the a m o un t i ns p ecte d, about 8 5 percent was cut up with the bala n c e goi ng fo r proce s sing be yond the cut- up stage . This was about the same distribution as la s t year .
Price s- -B roile r pri ce s have be en below year -ea r li e r levels since Januar y. Broiler market s sta ye d weak in r ecent we eks a s b roiler supp lies r e mained l a rg e and supplies of re d meats increas e d . Wholesale prices of ready-to-cook broile r s in 9 cities averaged 25. 9 cents a pound fo r J ul y-3ept e mber - - 5 c ents bel ow t he s a m e m onths of 1969. P ric e s fe ll to 23. 5 c e nt s a pound fo r t h e fir st w e e k of C c to be r , t hen s treng t he ne d to 25.0 c ent s fo r a ll o f O cto b e r. B r o il e r m a r k e ts fe ll s har ply i n ear ly N ovem be r to 22.0 cents, the low est sin c e late 1967.
The b r oile r - fee d p ri c e ratio in J uly- Octobe r ave r age d 2.8 compar ed with 3.5 for the same months o f 1969 . This lo w e r r a t i o re s ul t e d fr o m an 18 p erc ent lower average live price for broiler s co mbined with a 3.5 pe rcent higher fee d price. Broiler feed prices during this period a v e r age d $96 a ton com p a r e d with $9 1. 50 l a st year . Costs of most other items used in product i on and marketing of broilers have i n cr e a s ed. T he October 1970 index of price s p aid by farm er s fo r c ommoditie s a n d service s , including i nte re s t , taxes, and farm wage rates , was u p 4. 5 percent f rom 19 6 9. Pr i c es fo r hat c hing eggs have declined in 1970. G eorgia broiler chick hatching eggs in 1970 have averaged about 14 percent below last ye a r .
Utilization-- Exports t hro ugh Aug ust this year of whole young chi ck en s and parts totaled 61. 6 million pound s, compa re d wit h 58.5 milli on in 19 69. Exp o r ts o f whole young chickens were up 10 p er c e n t whil e c hi cke n p arts increas e d only about 4 percent. The proportion of whole bi rds has declined i n r e c en t years . In 1969 nearly three-fourths of the young chickens expo rted we re c ut- up, co m p are d with about 65 percent in 1967, the first year for such data. Exp orts t o Switzer land a nd Gre ece under USD A's Export Payment Program accounted for 13.8 m illion pounds, c om p a re d wit h 11, 5 milli.on pounds for the same months of 1969.
USDA Purchas e s- - P ur cha s e s of fresh fr o z e n cut-up young c hi c ke n for the National School Lunch P ro g r am fo r t he cur r ent s c ho o l year we r e begun in August. Through October purcha s e s totale d 27 .3 million pounds at a cost of $ 8. 5 million. This compares with 21.3 million poun ds and $7 . 4 million through approximately the same date in 1969. Pur chas e s thi s year wer e s tarte d about a month e a r lie r than in 1969. In addition USDA has bought 62.6 million pounds, equivalent ready- to- cook weight, of canned boned chicken this year for di str ibution to ne edy per s o ns. For a ll of 1969, when purchases were largely of canne d bon e d turkey, buying of ca nn e d bon ed chicke n tota le d 4.1 million pounds at a cost of $ 1. 6 million .
Outlook Production -- Broile r meat p roduction durin g all of 1970 likely will total about 9 percent above 1969. Out p ut, .above 1969 s o fa r this ye ar , wi ll fall below year-earlier levels this fall. Lo w e r pri ce s fo r b r o il er s a n d hi g he r feed c o s t s wi ll likely r e s ult in lower p ~oduction in coming month s. A ls o, unc e rt a int y a bo ut the co rn crop and p ri c e s for broiler feed will t end t o di s cour a g e any e x pansi o n . O ut p ut du ring mo st o f th e fi r s t ha lf of 1971 probably will b e moder at el y below the first half of 1970. T he late st USDA br oiler guide suggests that b roile r egg s etting s for fir st qua r te r 1971 slaughte r be r e d uc c d by 8 percent from a year ,..earl ier.

,
Pullet chick placements for the brciler hatchery supply flock have averaged below year-earlier levels in recent months. Reduced placements and increased slaughter of heavy mature chickens in recent months may result in a broiler hatchery supply flock during the first quarter of 1971 about the same as the first quarter of 1970.
Prices -- Wholesale broiler prices for 1970 are expected to average about 3 cents a pound below the 29.1 cents received in 1969. Prices for broilers this fall and winter likely will be down m oderately. Prices in the spring may strengthen and average 'n e a r those of sp r ing 1970. However, the positive e ffe ct on prices of the expected lower broiler production may be more than offset by increased supplies of other high-protein foods, particularly pork.
Hog slaughter this fall is expected to run considerably larger than a year ago. The September Hogs and Pigs report from USDA indicated 13 percent more market hogs on farms in 10 Corn Belt States on September 1 than a year ago. These States account for about three-fourths of all hogs produced. There were 11 percent more hogs weighing over 60 pounds, indicating increased s hart-term marketings.
Hog slaughter in the first half of 1971 will continue well above the first half of 1970. Winter slaughter will reflect the 15 percent increase in the number of hogs weighing less than 60 pounds in 10 Corn Belt States on September 1. Slaughter next spring will come largely from September-November 1970 farrowings, now expected to be up about 13 percent.
B railer production costs through the first half of 1971 will be substantially higher. Prices of feed grains probably will be well above 1970 because of the expected lower corn crop combined with an increase in the number of animal units to be fed. Despite gains in productivity, labor and material costs will. probably continue to increase but at a slower rate than in the first half of 1970.

After Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service . 409A North Lumpkin Street
Athens, Georgia 30601 01'""'FICIAL BUSINESS

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ATHENS , GEOR GI A

Nov emb er 4 , 19 7 0

BR OILER TYPE
Plac e m e nt of b roil e r c h i. cks in G e o rg ia d ur ing t h e w e e k ended O c to be r 31 w as 6 , 623, 000- -4 p e r c e nt mor e t han the p r e vio us week but 9 p e rcent l e s s t ha n t he com pa rable w eek las t year, a c c o r din g to the Georgia Crop R epor tin g S ervice .
A n esti m a t e d 1 1, 17 9,00 0 br oi l er t yp e e g g s w e r e s e t by G eorg ia h at cher ies - -4 p e rcent more tha n t he p r e vi o u s we ek but 5 p e r c e n t le s s t ha n t h e comparable week a ye ar earlier .
T he m a j o r i t y of th e prices p a i d t o Geor gi a pr o du c e r s fo r br o i l e r h atching eggs we re re p o r te d wit hin a rang e o f 50 to 6 0 cent s per doze n . T h e a v er ag e p r i c e of hatching eg gs was 53 cents p er do z e n . T h e pri ce of e gg s f r o m fl o c k s w i t h hat c h e r y o w ne d co ckerel s generally w a s 2 c ents below the a ve r a ge pri c e . Mo s t p rice s r e ceived for b r oiler c hi cks b y Ge orgia hatcheries were reported within a r a nge of $ 7 . 00 to $ 9 . 00 with a n ave rage of $ 7 . 7 5 p er hundred. T he average price s last year w er e 64 c ents fo r e ggs an d $ 10 .00 f or c h icks .

We e k E nde d
A ug . 29 S ept. 5 Sept . 12 S ept . 19 S e pt. 26 Oct . 3 Oct. 10 O c t. 17 Oct. 24 Oct. 31

GEORG IA EGGS SE T , HATCHINGS A ND CHICK P LA CEMENTS

Eggs Set J:.. I

1969
Thou.
10, 9 56 9, 7 13
1 1, 35 8 11, 74 9 11,388 10 , 13 9 10, 145 11,785 11, 956 11, 814

1970
Thou.
10 ,417 9 ,847 9,516
10, 654 10, 401
8,519 9, 026 10 ,244 10, 78 5 I I , 179

o/c o f
ye ar ag o
Pct.
95 101
84 91 91 84 89 87 90 95

C hi cks P laced fo r B roile rs in Georgia

i
j

19 6 9

, i Thou.
;

197 0 T ho u.

0/0 of
yea r a go
Pct.

, 8, 4 9 0 8,2 37

97

j 8,426 7,9 9 3

95

I 8,486 7, 790

92

, 7,82 1 7, 69 6

98

I
I

6 , 98 5

6., 9 10

99

i 8, 177 8,482

6, 560 7,7 67

80 92

j
I

8, 2 5 5

7, 982

97

! 7, 588 6, 3 88

84

7,3 07 6,6 23

91

Av. Pri ce
' - ' H at~h -- ' B'r o il e r

Egg s

Chick s

P er

Per

Doz .

Hundr e d

19 7 0

197 0

Cen t s Dollars

54

7 . 75

54

7 . 75

53

7. 50

53

7 .5 0

53

7. 50

53

7.50

53

7 . 50

53

7. 50

53

7.75

53

7. 75

EGG TYPE

Hatc h of e gg t ype chicks in G eorgia during t he week e nde d Oct ober 3 1 wa s

870, 000 - - 7 p e rce nt l e s s than t he pr evious week but 8 p e r c ent m ore t han t he comparable week last year . An estimated I , 0 25, 000 egg s for t he pro duction of egg type chicks

...~
~,~

we re set b y G e o r gi a hatcherie s , 19 p ercent l es s t ha n the pr e vi o us week but 31 p erc ent

m or e than t h e compa r a bl e week l a s t ye ar.

I n t h e fou r states th at a c c o un t e d fo r abo ut 26 p er c e nt o f t he hat ch o f all egg t y p e

chicks in the U. S . in 1969 , hatchings dur irig t he week e n ded O ctober 3 1 were down 4

p erc ent b ut settings we re up 6 p er c e nt fr o m a y e a r ag o .

State
Ga . Ill. C alif. W ash .

E G G TYPE EGGS SET AND C HI C KS HATCHED, 19 7 0

E gg s Set (We e k Ended )

! % of

Chicks H at ched ( vVe e k Ende d )

Oct. 10

Oct. 17

Oct. 24

Oct . 31

. yea r

O ct.

' a g0 21 10

Oct . 17

Oct . 24

O ct. 31

1, 176 320
1, 569 ! 2 18

T ho u s a.n d s
1, 09 0 1, 263 26 0 3 20
1, 6 57 1,329 274 235

1, 0 2 5 390
1, 54 0 2 06

13 1 .. 94 97
1 14

857 43 5 1, 382 195

Thousands

943

93 6

37 0

3 15

1, 438 142

I , 23 3 13 1

87 0 250 1, 32 1 180

%of
ye ar
! ag o 21
10 8 57
10 6 73

T otal 3 , 283 3,28 1 3 , 147 3 , 161 10 6

2 , 8 6 9 2. , 8 93 2 , 615 2 , 62 1

96

II Includes e g g s set by h at c h eri e s pro duc ing chicks for h a t che r y s up p l y fl o cks .
21 Current we ek as p e r c ent of same week last year .

BROILER TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMME RCIAL AREAS BY WEZ KS - 1970 Page 2

1

EGGS SET

Ii

CHI C KS PLA CED

STATE

\-

W ~~_.kg;~~e_sl

Oct.

Oct .

.. Oct.

I
oj

% of

III.. __._ .

We e~ .~~.cJ.~(L

-- .-- --

I year !i Oct.

Oct.

Oct.

% of
year

17

24

31

I ago 1/ :' 17

24

31

ago 1/

Thousands

T housands

Main e Connecticut P e nns ylvania Indiana Mis s o ur i Delaware Marylan d Virginia West Virgi nia No r t h Carolina So uth Carolina

1,974

1,989

2,036

95

1,465

1, 303

1, 518

98

115

129

75

51

55

106

72

60

1,661

1,620

1, 749

97

1, 118

945

1, 115

136

4 41

362

474

82

165

170

226

96

130

192

192

80

462

495

340

87

2, 881

2, 9 9 1

2,995 102

2, 188

1,954

2, 198

87

4 ,8 18

4 ,87 1

4, 921

89

3, 331

2,6 56

3, 155

84

1,57 5

1,3 7 0

1,4 9 8

78

1,078

901

1, 310

105

36

36

36

80 Ii 28 5

125

238

78

7, 357

7, 52 1

7,634

9 2 il 4 , 843

4, 187

5, 389

99

455

448

477

96 I;jI

47 1

449

507

95

GEORGIA
Florida Tennessee Alabam a Mi s si s sippi A rkansas Louisiana Texas Wa s hi ngt on Oregon California

10,244 10 ,785 11, 179

95

,i
Ii

7,982

6,388

6,623

91

'.!.

1,207

1,233

1, 234 102 11 781

772

760

95

644

666

647

87 II 765

810

706

86

8,613 5, 030

8, 873 5, 516

8,851 5,425

99 101

'I 6,408 I, 4, 722

6, 105 4 ,591

5,913 3, 845

95 97

10,094 10,484 11,661

97

8, 130 I,l"l

7,793

7, 159

102

967

970

964

94

891

703

834

91

4,379

4, 573

4, 580 107 I, 3, 242

2,927

2, 818

84

372

422

430

69 Ii 300

192

245

89

4 23 2, 436

363 2,42 2

I 342

90

227

2 , 3 8 9 110 Ii 1, 601

204 1,367

210 1,608

129 112

TOTAL 1970

65, 852 67,836 69, 7 89

96

I'
:j

50,510

45, 14 3

46, 789

95

(22 States)

TOT AL 1969 >:<

70, 693 72, 272 72, 725

(22 States)
% of Last Year

Ii

93

94

96

Ii
II II:' 52 ' 546

I!

I:I!'

96

46, 081 98

4 9, 244 95

1/ Current week a s percent of sam e week last year. * Revised.

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GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE - ATHENS, GEORGIA

Releas ed Nove mb er 9 , 1970
GEORGIA COTTON REPORT AS OF NOVEMBER 1 , 1970
Georgia ' s 1970 cotton c r o~ i s f orecast at 285,000 b ale s , b a s ed on information r e port ed by cr op c or re spondents and gi nner s as of Novemb er 1, the Georg i a Crop Report ing Servi c e announced t od ay. The e s t imate i s unc hanged f rom a mont h ago , but is 3 , 000 bale s a bo ve the 1969 cr op and 19 ,000 bale s Blor e t han pr oduc ed in 1968. Yi eld per a cre i s i ndi cat e d at 360 po und s 9 pounds above t he 1969 aver age.
October weather wa s gener a l l y favorable for c ott on har v es t , and good pr ogr e s s was ma de. Picking has be en complet ed in ma ny Sout h Geor gia counti e s .
According to the Bureau of Cen su s , a total of 220, 550 bales had b e en gi nned pr ior to November 1 . This co mpar es wi th 187,114 bales gi nned to the s ame dat e l a s t y ear and 242 , 225 bales in 1968.

INDICATED COTTON PRODUCTION, 1970; FINAL PRODUCTIOIJ " 1969, 1963

Crop Reporting District

1970

1969

1968

- Eal e s -

,

\ Non- Cotton

\

.,,., -

"-_ .- ... ..",,

-'J

Rome

.".'"G'

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
State

23 ,00 0 11,000 12 , 000 20 ,000 59,000 53 ,000 39 , 000 64,000
4, 000
285 , 000

23, 961 7,121
10, 625 20 , 805 57,247 46, 1340 38,625 73 .5 65
3,211
282 ,000

14,440 7,185 8 ,115
18,925 49,175 47, 100 39 , 205 75,780 6,075
266 , 000

Please see reverse

side for

UN I TED STATES

~}

i nformation .

Col um bus

Al bany
7

(3
Valdos t a

State

UNI TED STATES COTTON REPORT AS OF NOVEMBER 1, 1970

Acres :

Lint yield per

:

Production ?J

f or

:

harvested acre

:

500- l b . gr oss weight bal es

: harvest :

:

: 197 0 :

:

: 1970

197 0 Y : 1968 : 1969 : indic. : 1968 : 1969 : indic.

1, 000 acres

- - - Pounds - - -

- - - 1,000 bales

North Carolina :

165

310

287

422

123

100

1 45

South Carolina :

300

352

342

336

251

205

21 0

Geor gia

:

380

322

351

360

266

282

285

Tenne s se e

:

395

432

505

462

325

422

380

Alabama

:

550

362

405

432

397

461

49 5

Miss ou r i

:

Mississ i ppi :

Arka.nsas

:

Louis iana

:

Okl ahoma

:

225 1 ,180 1,090
450 450

495

511

491

197

66 0

537

681

1 , 522

502

518

48 4

1 ,028

636

551

565

545

333

288

203

20~

326 1 ,328 1 , 140
48 3
279

230 1 ,675 1,100
530 190

Te:r.:as , Al l

:

Upland

Amer - Pima J/ :

New Mexico , All:

Up l a n d

:

Amer-Pima '1/ :

Arizona, All :

Upl an d

:

Amer-Pima J/ :

California , All:

Upl and

:

Amer-Pi ma J/:

5,027.0 5 , 000. 0
27 .0 1}.. 0.5
125.0 15. 5 273 .8 241. 0 32 .8 675.5
675 .0 0.5

410 41 0 456
557 571 411 1 , 180 1, 230 721 1,097 1, 097 762

294 292 492 517 529 404
979 1,033
533 893 894 498

320

3 ,5 25

319

3,502.1

498

22 . 9

485

1 76

499

16 4 .6

372

11. 4

891

734

496

689 .8

493

44. 2

828 1, 573

825 1 , 572. 3

480

0 .7

2 ,862 2,834.3
27 . 7 1 57 144. 8
12. 2 63 4
596 . 7 37.3
1,315 1, 314.5
0.5

3 ,353 3 ,325 .0
28 . 0 14 2 130. 0
12.0 508 475 .0 33 . 0 1 ,165.5 1,165.0
0.5

Other St at es !i./:

22. 7

422

390

431

21.8

20 .8

20. 4

-UUnip-tlea-nddSt at e s :
Amer -Pima J/:
:
All Cotton 2/ :

11 , 248 . 7 75.8
11 ,324 . 5

516

433

442 10 , 868. 6

9 ,937 .1

10, 355. 4

565

493

465

79 .2

77.7

73.5

516

433

442 10, 948

10, 015

10, 428. 9

1/ August 1 estimate. 2/ Production ginned and to be ginned. A 500-pound bale contains
~bout 480 net pounds of l int. '1/ American Egyptian prior to July 1, 1970. 4/ Virginia , Florida, Illinois, Kentucky , Nevada. 2/ 1968 and 196 9, U. S. all cotton rou~ded to thousands.

FRASIER T. GALLOWAY Agr Lc u .Lt.ur-a.L St atistician In Charge

C. L. CRENSHAW Agricultural Statistician

The Geor gi a Crop Repor t i ng Service, USDA, 409A Nor t h Lumpkin Street , Athens, Georgia in cooperation with t he Georgia Department of Agriculture.

Aft er Five Days Return t o Unit ed Stat e s Department of Agr i cul t ur e
Stat i st i cal Report i ng Servi ce 409A North Lumpkin Street At hen s , Geor gia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSI NESS

'$2>
~
POSTAGE & F EES PAID
Un ited Stot e s De portment o f Agric ult ure

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3

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GEORGIA CROP REPO RT I NG SE RVIC~

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ATHENS, GEORGIA

LI SRAf:I t:S

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Placement of b r oile r c hi cks in G eo r gia d urin g the w eek e n de d Novembe r 7 was 7,613,000--15 p erc ent mo r e t han the pr e v iou s w ee k but 10 p e rc e n t less tha n the c om parable week last ye ar , according t o the G eorgi a C rop Reporting Se r v i c e .
An estimated 10, 994,0 00 br oiler t ype e ggs wer e set by G eo r gi a hatcheri es--2 percent less than the p r e vi o us week and 5 per c ent l e s s t han the c o m p a r a bl e week a year ea r lie r .
The majorit y of the prices p aid to G eor gia produc e r s for b roil e r ha t ching eggs were reported within a r ang e of 50 to 60 cent s p e r do ze n . 1'h0 ave rag e pri ce of ha t ching eg gs was 53 c ent s per d o z en . The p r i c e of eggs from fl o cks with hatche ry owne d r.ockerels genera lly wa s 2 cents below the a ver a g e pri c e . Mo s t price s r eceived for broiler chicks b y G e orgia hatcheri es we r e repo r t e d wit hin a ran ge of $ 7 . 00 to $9 . 00 with an average of $ 7 . 7 5 pe r hun d r e d . T he a v erage prices l a s t year w ere 6 5 c ents fo r eggs and $10.00 for chicks.

We e k Ended
Sept. 5
Sept. 12 Sept. 19 Sept. 26 Oct. 3 Oct. 10 Oct. 17 Oct. 24 Oct. 31 Nov. 7

GEORG I A E GGS SET , HATCHINGS AND CHI C K ?L,,'\CE M E N TS

E g gs Se t J:.../

1969 Thou .

19 70 T hou.

I
0/0 o f I
I y e ar

Chicks P l a c e d for

Broiler s i n G eo r gi a
% of

19 6 9

19 7 0

year

ag o

ag o

I Pct.

T ho u. Thou.

P ct.

A v . Price

Hat c h Broiler

Egg s

Chicks

P er

P er

Do z .

Hundred

1970

1970

Cent s Dollars

9, ':j 13

9,847 101 I 8, 4 26 7, 99 3

95

11,358

9 , 5 16

84

8, 486 7, 790

92

11,74 9 10, 6 54

91

7, 8 21 7 , 6 9 6

98

11, 3 88 10, 40 1

91

6,985 6,9 10

99

10 , 13 9

8, 519

84

8, 177 6, 56 0

80

10, 145

9 ,026

89

8, 4 82 7, 767

92

11, 785 10 ,244

87

8, 255 7,982

97

11, 956 10,785

90

7, 5 8 8 6 , 3 8 8

84

11,814 11, 179

95

7,3 07 6, 623

91

11 ,566 10 , 994

95

8 ,45 9 7 , 6 13

90

54

7.75

53

7.50

53

7. 50

53

7.50

53

7.50

53

7.50

53

7.50

53

7.75

53

7.75

53

7.75

EGG TYPE

Hatch of e g g typ e chicks in G eorgia durin g t he w e e k e nded November 7 w a s 994,000--14 p erc e nt m or e tha n t h e previous wee k and 18 p e rc ent m o re than the c o m pa r a bl e week last year. A n esti m ated 914, 000 eggs for th e p r o duction of egg type chicks w ere set by Georgia hatche rie s , 11 p er c ent less than the p r e vi o us we ek but 13 pe rcent more than the comparable we ek l a s t ye a r.
In the four state s t hat ac c o un t e d for about 26 p e r c ent of the ha t ch of a ll e gg t ype chicks in the U. S. in 19 6 9, h atchings during the w e e k e nded Nove m be r 7 w er e up 12 percent and setting s w e r e down 7 percent from a ye ar ago.

State

EGG T YP E E G G S SET AND CHICKS HATCHE D, 1970

Eggs Set (W e e k E n de d)

% I'

of

I' Chic k s H a tched (W e e k E n de d }

Oct. 17

Oct. 24

Oct . 31

Nov. .7

ye a r

Oct .

a g o 2 / I 17

O ct, 24

Oct. 31

N ov. 7

Ga. Ill.

1, 243* 2 60

T hous ands 1, 263 1, 0 25
320 39 0

9 14 220

1 13 56

III

94 3 370

Tho us a n ds

936

13 7 0

3 15

2. 5 0

99 4 22 0

Calif. 1,657 1, 3 2 9 1, 540 1, 629

90

1, 4 3 8 1, 2 33 1,321 1, 249

Wash.

290':< 2 3 5 2 0 6

4 50'~ Total ! 3 ,

3, 147 3, 16 1

2 3 4 11 6 2 d 93

I

14 2

13 1

I 2, 893 2, 6 15

180 2,62 1

223 2, 686

1/ Includes e ggs set b y hatc he r ie s p r o d ucing c hi cks for hatc hery s up p l y flo c k s.
2/ Current w e e k a s p er c e n t o f sam e week l as t yea r . ::< Revi s e d .

Ii 0/0 of year ago 2/
I
I 118 57 121 156
112

B R OI L E R TY P E E G G S SET A N D C H I C K S PLA(;E D IN C OMME.:.~ C IAL Al.{2AS B Y Y.i::~ :~I{S - 19 70 P a g e 2

STAr Ii;
- -- -

E GGS SET

C d rGK S :t:::> LAc:.~ D

(l)

Vi eelc .i::.nd e d

% of

% - - - - - - - - : - - = : : - - - - : : - - - -

Week Ende d

of

H
::l

Uc t.

U ct.

N ov.

yea r

Oct.

Oct,

N ov.

year

-~
.-<
::l

24

31

7

ago 1/ 24

31

7

- -- _ .- ---:=-:-

Tho usands

Tho us a n d s

a go 1/

U
or '
H 0.0

Main e

1,989

2, 036

1, 869 10 5

1,3 03

1, 5 18

1, 4 57

92

.~.o.'

C o n ri . -c ti c ut

12 9

75

129

82

106

72

75

51

P e n n : yIv a ni a

1, 62 0

1,749

1, 7 65 104

945

1, 115

1, 0 26

93

I n d i a r l

362

474

398

91

170

226

185

68

Mis s. ur i

192

19 2

2 17

95

L19 S

340

3 32

96

Dela ' ar e

2, 9 9 1

2,9 9 5

3 , 13 2 106

1, 9 54

2, 198

2 , 5 18

94

ivl a r : xn d

4, 87 1

4,92 1

4, 960

91

2, 6 56

3, 155

3, 658

94

' lir g : La

1, 370

1,49 8

1, 794

86

901

1, 3 10

1,24 8

93

\/':"3t lirgini a

36

36

36 106

12 5

23 8

300

70

North Ca r olin a

7 , 5 21

7, 634

7 , 63 4

95

4 , 187

5, 389

5,504

91

S out h Carolina

448

477

51 4 II I

449

507

515

10 5

GEORG IA
Flo rida Tennesse e Alabam a Mi s si s sippi Ark ans as L o uisiana Texas Wa s hi ngton Ore gon Ca li for n i a T OT AL 197 0
( 2 2 .st a t e s)

10 , 7 85 11,1 79 10, 99 4

95

1, 23 3

1, 234

1, 196 102

666

64 7

66 2

86

8, 873

8, 851

8,908 101

5,516

5, 425

5, 470 102

10, 484 1 1, 6 61 11,572 10 1

970

964

979

97

4 , 573

4, 580

4 ,46 2 10 5

422

430

444

78

363

342

332 10 2

2,42 2

2, 389

2, 18 3 10 9

6 7, 8 36 6 9 , 78 9 6 9 , 6 50

99

6, 38 8

6, 623

7, 6 13

90

772

760

828

100

3 10

706

8 10

92

6,10 5

5, 913

6,48 8

95

4,591

3, 84 5

4 ,48 7

102

7,793

7, 159

7, 901

101

70 3

834

86 5

90

2 ,92 7

2, 818

3 , 3 61

97

192

24 5

300

84

2. 04

2 10

270

77

1, 36 7'--~1:, -6--0=-8-----1=,---8:-6-- 4 --1~ 13----

45 , 143 46 , 7 89 5 1,6 55

95

T O TAL 1969':< (22 Sta te s )

72,2 7 2 7 2, 7 2 5 7 0, 566

46 , 0 81 4 9 ,244 54 ,33 0

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GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
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PECAN REPORT AS OF NOVE1 'lBE~~

Geor gi a : Based on report s from t he Stat e's pecan grower s and yr oce s s ors as of November 1 , the pecan estimate is unc ha nged et 48 .000~000 pounds , sharply below t he 88 , 000 , 00 0
pounds utilized last year.

Harvest is well un derway throughout the State. Both quantity and qual i ty are ext r emely var i able. Many gr ower s reported hea~f loss from pr edat or s .
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I mproved Vari etie s ~

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Wi l d a nd S~eQl i ng Pecans

State

1 9 68

Pre L'irai.nar-y

1969

1nQ. __

Nor t h Carolina Sout h ' Carolina Georgia Fl or ida Alabama Mi s s i s s i ppi Arka ns a s Louisiana Oklahoma Texas N. -Mex i.co
Uni t ed States

:

600

1, 700

1,300

:

1 ~ 280

2, 400

2 , 200

.:

35,000 3,200

73,000 2,100

40,000 2 ,000

:

27 ,500

27,000

12 ,000

:

6 ,000

6 ,100

2,700

:

550

2 , 400

1 ,600

:

2,500

7 ,500

3,000

:

100

700

500

:

8, 000

5,700

8,000

:

10,000

6 , 700

8,000

:

94,7 30 13 5 ,300

81 ,.300

200

900

320

600

7 , 00Q_ _ _ ..!'2.2000_

3 ~00 0

1 , 900

4, 000

6 , 500

5,000

5,400

1 ,850

6 , 200

11f , 000

22,200

1,400

13, 800

61,000

17, 300

60 0 400 _ _ 8_,,,000
2 , 0 00 3, 000 2 ,300
3 ~4 00
14 , 000 ~( J 500
30 , 000

97, 770

89, 800

71 , 200

ALL PECANS

State

:

1968

1:..-,-000

1 9 G9
pound~

nor t h Carolina

:

Sout h Carolina

:

Georgia

:

Fl or i da

:

Alabama

:

Mis s i s s i pp i

:

Arkansas

:

Louisiana

:

Okl ahoma

:

Tex a s

:

N. Mexico

:

800 1 , 600 42,000 6 , 200
31 ~ 500
11,000 2 , 400
16 ,5 00 1,500
69 , 00 0 10,000

2 , 60 0 3,000 88 ,000 4,000 33,500 1 1 , 5 00 8 , 60 0 29 ,700 14 .500 23,000 6 , 700

United States

:

192, 500

1/ Budded , gra~ted, or topworked var i etie s .

225 ,100

(Se e ot.her si de f or Uni t ed Stat es comme nt s )

Prelirr.i na ry 197 0
1 , 900 2 , 60 0 48 , 000
u,000
15 ,000 5 , 00 0 5 ,,000
17 ,000 8 , 000
38 ~ 000 8~ 0 0 0
15 2, 59.2-___ __

FRASIER T. GALLOWAY Agricultural Statistician In Charge

C. L . CRZl'TSHAv! Agr i cultur al Stat i st ician

UNITED STATES
The Nation's 1970 pecan crop prospects were unchanged during October. The 152.5 million pound crop forecast is down 32 percent from last year, and 21 percent smaller than the 19 68 crop. Indicated production is below last year in all States except Texas, New l~exico , and Florida. Texas and New Mexico have larger crops, while Florida is the same as last year.
Pecan states east of the Mississippi River are expected to produce slightly over 50 percent of the 1970 crop, compared with 63 percent in 1969. These states are expected to produce 74 percent of the improved varieties ~ ompare d with 83 percent last year. States west of the Mississippi River a.re heavy producers of native and seedling pecans. These States should ac -
count for 77 percent of the native and seedling pecans compared with 66 percent l ast year.
Harvest is underway in most states and is expected to advance rapidly in all states during November. In Georgia, the crop is very spotted over the State . Early nut drop is noted i n many areas. In Alabama, rains hampered gathering efforts. In Oklahoma, the crop has been quite spotty due to hot, dry weather during the summer. Harvest should be in full swing within the next two or three weeks. Texas' harvest was 21 percent complete on October 30 , compared ,wi t h 16 percent at this time last year.
The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, USDA, 409A North Lumpkin Street, Athens, Georgia, in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture.

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November 12, 1 970

GENERAL CROP REPORT AS OF HOVIMBER 1 , 1 97 0

Ge org ~ a : He ather dur i ng October vras ge ne r al l y favor ab l e f or crop ha r v e s t . Good progres s was made , a nd at t he e nd of t he mont h better than f our -fift hs of the cott on a nd corn had
been ga t her ed a nd nearly one-four t h of t he Stat e 's soyb ean cr op had b een c onwined.

Corn : The St at e ' s c or n cr op wa s e s t i mat ed at 43 , 007 , 000 bu shel s as of Nov ember 1 _. t he same as est i mat ed a mont h e ar l i er .

Cotton: The State's c ot t on fore cas t of 28 5 , 000 b ales is un chang ed from October 1, but is 3 , 000 bales above product i on l ast year . Yi eld p er acr e is e s timated at 360
po unds c ompar ed wi th 351 pou nds i n 1969 .

Peanuts: A r ec ord peanut cr op of 1:129,500,000 pounds i ndi ca ted on Novemb er 1, compared 1d t h 94 6 , 270 , 000 po un ds l ast y ear. Yi eld pe r ac r e vas e s t i.raat.ed t o ave rag e
2,25 0 pounds compar ed wl t .h 1 , 88 5 i n 1 969 .

Tobacco: Product i on vas placed at 1 32, 000, 000 pounds compare d with 96 ,092 , 000 poun ds in 1969.

Soybeans: The State ' s soyb ean crop wa s pl a c ed at 11, 208, 000 bu s hel s , t he s ame as las t year.

Pe cans: The pe ca n f or ec ast of 48,000,000 pounds i s uncha nged fr om Octob er 1 , b ut i s sharply bel 01T l a st yea r ' s pr oduct i on of 88 , 000 , 000 p ounds .

______________________~G~EO~~R~GI~A~ ~A~C~R~I=~A~G=E AND_PRODUCTION, 1 969 AND IJ~7~0~__

Crop and Unit

A.cre age For
: Ha r v est e d: harves t 1969 : 1 970 Thous a nd acres

1 969 : I ndi c ated 1 97'-=0_ _- - :,

1969 : Indicated 1970
Thousands

Corn, for gr a i n, bu. v..'heat, bu. Oats , bu. Barley, bu. Rye, bu. Sorghums, for gr a i n , bu . Cotton, bale Hay, al l, ton Soybeans, for beans , bu.
Peanuts (p & T), lb .
Sweetpotatoes, cwt. Tobacco, Type 14 , lb. Peaches, lb. Pecans, lb.

1,lt 26
86 91(
5
72 14
385 1(39
467 502 8.0
59.5

1./1 , 483
100 85
6
65 16 38 0 43 2
467 502 7.8 66.0

33. 0 34. 0 52.0 46 .0
23 .5 40 . 0 2/351 - 2 . 08
24. 0 1 , 885
80 1 , 61 5

1./29 . 0
35 .0 1~ 8. 0 50 .0 23 .0 39 .0 2/ 360 - -1 . 9)(
2) ~ . 0 2 ,250
85 2 , 000

47, 058 2 ,924 4, 888 230 1 , 692 560 28 2
915 11, 208 946, 270
640
96,092 175, 200
88, 000

43,007 3 ,500 4,080 300 1,495 624 285 8 38
11,208 1,129,500
663 1 32,000 145,000
48,000

1/ Original acr es have not b e en a d j u s t e d for blight dan;ag~ . Pr odu ct i on loss e s are r eflected
- in the lower yield est i mat e . / Pounds of lint.

FRASIER T . GALLOWAY Agr i cul t ur al Statis ti c i an In Charge

C. L. CRENSHAH Agr i cultural Stat i s t i c i a n

The Georgi a Cr op Report i ng Se r v i c e , USDA, 409A North Lwupkin St r e et , At he ns , Geor gi a , i n coop erat i on with t he Georgia Department of Agr i cultur e.

UN ITED STATES CROP SUM~1h.RY !J,,3 OF NOVJi:I,jEER r , 1970
Corn for gra ir. is fo r ec as t at 4.io'. Eill io~ bushel.s 0 ~: pe r cent (81+ mi Ll. Lon bushels ) be.lov t he
Oct ober 1 f'or-eca.st a nd 15 perc ent ( 716 mi l l i on bu s hels) beLow July 1 t his year . 'I'hi s is 10 per c ent. ( 474 million bushels ) bel ow 1969 and 7 per cent ( 289 :i1illion bu shels ) l e ss t ha n i n 1968 .

Soybean j?To:.uct ion , f'or ec a ct at 1 , l 3 l~ mi l l i on bushels, i s 0 . 4 mi l l i on bushel s below l ast. morrch . - - - rfhe for eca st is 2 per ce nt. (17. 3 mi l l i on bushels ) mor-e t.na n 19G9 an d 3 ~.) ,~r c ent above 1968 .

Sor gln.Ui1 gra ir: pro s pe ct s, a t 708 mi l l i on bus hels , are up 1 per cent ( 6.0 mi.Ll.i.on ) f'r-oni l a st month
5 but per-cent, (35 ,3 million bushel s ) b e Low 1969 and 4 per cent b e Lov t ne 1968 crop .

Appl e proQuct i on (c oIT@er cial) is est i ma ted at 6. 3 bill i on pounds , 6 per cent (O .)~ b i ll i on pounds )

-----less

than

19 69 but

16

~erc ent
~

( 0. 9 billion -pounds )

ab ove

1968 .

-

Pecan pr oduct ion of 152.5 mi l l i on ~ound s is d01"n 32 per cent (7 2 . 6 mi l l i on pou nd s ) from last y ear and 21 percent ( 40 . 0 mil lion pounds) f r om 1968 .

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UNITED STATES ACREAGE AND PRODUCTION, 1969 MID 1970

Cro p and Unit
Corn, for gr a i n, bu . Wheat, bu . Oats , bu . Bar l ey , bu. Rye, bu. Cotton, bale Hay , all , ton Soybea ns, for b eans, bu . Peanut s (p & T ) , l b. Sweetpotatoes, cwt.. Tobacco, Type 14 , l b . Peac hes, lb . Pecans , lb.

Acr ea ae _

For

: Ha r ve st ed : harvest

].969

1970

-Th-ous-an_d.. acres

-:

54,573 47,555 18 ,003
9 , 388 1,334
11,O'r5
61 , 8 38 40, 857 1 ,448
14 8 922

57.991 43,561 18,732
9 ,846
1,433 11 ,325 62 ,728 41 , 619
1,l~52
] / 142 905

Yield Per Acre

Produc t ion

1969 : Indi cated : : 19 70

1969 : I ndic ated
: 1970 Thou sands

83.9 30 .7 52.8 44 .4
23 .5 2/433 - 2 . 06
27 . 3 1,743
99 1 , 960

70.8 31.2 47 . 6 41. 7
25 .3
1442
2. 02
27 . 3 2, 016
98 2 , 071

)~, 577, 864
1,458 ,872 949 , 874 417,156 31 , 405 10,015 127 ,127
1,116, 876
2 ,523 ,399 1 4,661
1 ,806 ,656 3 ,665, 400
22 5,100

4,103,973 1,360 ,182
891,310 410,255
36,186 10 ,429 126 ,432 1 ,134,151
2,926 ,775 13,797
1,873,742 3,040 ,500
1 52,500

1 / Does not inc lude AlaskG a nd Hawa i i .
2/ Pounds of lint . 7jj Revised.

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Oct ober 1970 Releas ed 11/17/1970

OCTOBBR MI LK PRODUCTI ON UP 2 PERCENT

Mi l k production on Geor gia farms uuring October totaled 98 million pounds, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. Thi s wa s 2 mi l l i on pounds above October 1969, and the previous month.

Production per cow in herd averaged 695 pounds - 10 pounds above t he previous year, and 15 pounds above the pr~vious month.

The estimated aver age price received by producer s for al l wholesal e milk during October wa s $7.10 per hund~edweight. Thi s wa s 10 c ents above t he September 1970 price, but was 10 cents below the October 196 9 pr i c e .

MI LK PRODUCTION AND PRICES RECEIVED AND PAID BY DAIRYMEN

Geor gia

:

United States

It em and Unit

October September October

1969

1970

1970

October September October

1969

1970

1970

Milk Production,
million Lbs ,
Production Per Cow
Ibs. 1./
Number Milk Cows thousand head,

96

96

98

9,138

9,250

9,248

685

680

695

725

744

744

140

141

141

12,601 12,437 12,424

Prices Received - Dollars g/

All wholesale milk, cwt. Fluid milk, cwt. Manufactured milk, cwt. Milk cows, head
Prices Paid - Dollars gl

7.20 7.20
225.00

3/7.00
"i/7 .00
270.00

.!./7.10
270.00

5.85 6.22 4.68
308.00

5.81 6.19 4.69 341.00

.!./5.95
340.00

Mixed Dairy Feed, ton 14 percent protein 16 percent protein 18 percent protein 20 percent protein

70.00 76.00 78.00 82.00

75.00 80.00
85.00 86.00

76.00 82.00 84.00 88.00

67.00 71.00 74.00 76.00

71.00 76.00 80.00 84.00

70.00 77 . 0 0 80.00 84.00

Hay, ton

35.00

35.00

37.00

31.40

32.40

33.40

11 Monthly average.
~I Dollars per unit as of the 15th of the mont h exc ept wholesale milk which is average for month.
3/ Revised.
:! Preliminary.

FRASIER T. GALLOWAY Agricultural Statistician In Charge

W. PAT PARKS Agricultural Statistician

The Georgia Crop Reporting Servic e, USDA, 409A Nor t h Lumpkin Street, Athens, Georgia , in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture.

UNITED STATES MILK PRODUCTION

October mi l k ~roduct i on up 1 percent f r om a ye ar earli er

U. S . mi l k pr oduct ion in October i s est i mat ed at 9,2 48 mill ion poun ds , 1 pe r cent mor e than a year earlier. Daily average product ion was down 3 per cent from Sept ember compared with a 4-percent decreas e a year earl i er . October out put pr ov i de d 1.4 5 pound s of mi l k per per so n daily for all us es - - equal to l a st October is supply but le ss than t he 1. 50 pounds fer September thi s ye ar. Production fo r t he f irst 10 mont hs of 1970 ,las 0.5 perc ent mor e than a year earlier .

Mi lk pr oduct i on wa s unc ha nged or lower in most St at e s of the North At l a ntic an d West Nor t h Central regions bu t var i ed i n the S ou~h At l ant i c. I n the Ea st Nor t h Centr al, Sout h Central and We st er n Regions production was unc ha nge d or hi ghe r i n mos t States.

Rate p~r cow up 3 perc ent from a year ear l ier . mi l k cows down 1 perc ent

Mi l k output per cow ave r ag ed 744 pounds i n Oct ober - - up 3 per cent fr om a year earlier . Daily pr oduct i on per cow ave raged 24. 0 pound s , about 3 per cent l ess than Septembe r - - t he same decrease a s a ye ar earl ier . Pr oduction per cow wa s r ecord high i n 41 States . It was highest i ll California - -l,030 pounds ; f ollowed by Ar izona , 970 pounds ; Wa shington , 935 pounds; Hawaii , 880 pounds ; and Conne ct icut , 860 pounds .

Mi l k cows on f arms durin3 October tot aled 12 ,4 24, 000 he ad, down 1 pe r cent fr om a year ear l i er.

Mi lk- f eed pr ice r ati o 5 percen t l ess t han a year ear li er

The October milk- f eed pr ic e rat i o , at 1.76, wa s 5 per c ent l e s s t han a year earli er. The U. S . average mi l k price increas ed 10 and the ave r ag e ration value increa s ed 23 from October 1969 . The ratio showed a 4 per cent ga i n from Sept ember, compared with 3 percent a year earlier.

Mont h

Milk per cow a nd mi l k production by months , Unit ed States

Milk per cow ~/

:

Milk production

:

:

19 68

19 69

1970 : 19 68

1969

1970

Pounds --

: - - Million Pounds --

1/ Change
from 1969
Percent

J a nua r y February Mar ch April May June July August Septemb e r October

: 717

734

: 696

687

: 775

780

: 796

806

: 858

867

: 826

847

: 783

800

: 740

764

: 701

72 6

: 706

725

J an.-Oct. total :

-

-

November December

: 677

691

: 711

73 0

Annual

: 8 , 992

9 ,158

:

~/ Excludes milk sucked by cal ves .

750 : 9,495 706 : 9,187 803 : 10,197 826 : 10,457 883 : 11,235 862 : 10,786 816 : 10,202 782 : 9 ,612 744 : 9 , 083 744 : 9,124
- : 99 ,378 : : 8 , 717 : 9 ,139 : : 117, 234 :

9,411 8,792 9,960 10 ,265 11 ,034 10,759 10,142 9, 673 9 ,165 9. 138
98, 339
8 ,691 9 ,170
116,200

9 , 412 8,840 10,053 10,330 11 ,019 10,750 10,162 9 ,7 32 9 , 2 50 9, 248
98,796

0 +0.5 +0 .9 +0 .6 -0.1 -0 .1 +0 .2 +0.6 +0. 9 +1. 2
+0.5

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ATHENS, GEORGIA

November 18, 1970

B R OILE d T YP E

Placement of bro il er c h i ck s in G eorg ia during the we ek ended November I Ll was

8,207,000- - 8 percent more than the previous week but 6 percent les s than the com-

parable week last year, according to the G eorgia Crop R e po r tin g Service.

An estimated 11 ,340 ,000 broiler type eggs were set by Georgia hatcheries--3

percent more than t h e previous week but 5 pe rcent less than the comparable week a

year earlier.

The majority of the prices paid to G eorgia producers for broiler hatching eggs

were reported within a range of 50 to 60 cents per dozen. The average price of hatching

eggs was 53 cents pe r d oz e n. The pric e of egg s fr o m flock s with hatchery owned

cockerels generally was 2 ce nt s below the a verage price. Mo s t prices r eceived for

broiler chicks by Georgia hatcheries were reported within a range of $7.00 to $9.00

with an average of $ 7 . 7 5 per hundred. The average prices last year were 66 cents for

eggs and $10.00 for chicks.

.

Week Ended
Sept. 12 Sept. 19 Sept. 26 Oct. 3 Oct. 10 Oct. 17 Oct. 24 Oct. 31 Nov. 7 Nov. 14

G EORGIA EGGS SE T , HATCHINGS A N D CHICK FLA CE ME N T S

Eg g s S e t J:..I

1969

1970

0/0 of year ago

I :=: hic ks Placed for B roilers in Georgia

,- --- -A-v- . -P-ric-e

Hatch B roiler

I Eggs

Chicks

I
I 1969

1970

I % o f
year

Per Doz.

ago

1970

Per Hundred 1970

Thou.
11, 358 11, 749 11,388 10, 139 10, 145 11,785 11, 956 11,814 11, 566 11, 891

Thou.
9,516 10, 654 10,401
8,519 9,026 10,244 10,785 11, 179 10, 994 11,340

Pct.
84 91 91 84 89 87 90 95 95 95

Thou.

8, 486

7,821

6, 985

8, 177

8,482

8, 255

II

7,588 7,307

8,459

,
I

8,699

Thou.
7,790 7,696 6,910 6,560 7,767 7,982 6,388 6,623 7,613 8, 207

Pct.
92 98 99 80 92 97 84 91 90 94

Cents
I

53

53

53

53

53

53

53

53

I 53

I
I

53

Dollars
7. 50 7.50 . 7.50 7.50 7.50 7.50 7.75 7.75 7.75 7.75

EGG TYPE
Hatch of egg type chicks in Georgia during the week ended November 14 was 908,000--9 percent less than the previous week but 32 percent more than the comparable week last year. An estimated 866,000 eggs fo r the production of egg type chicks were set by Georgia hatcheries, 5 percent less than the previous week and 1 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 1969, hatchings during the week ended November 14 were up 8 percent but settings were down 11 p ercent from a ye ar ago.

EGG TYPE E G GS SET AND CHICKS HAT ''::;HED, 1970

State

E ggs Set (Week Ended)

Oct.

Oct. Nov.

Nov .

24

31

7

14

%of I Chi cks Hatched (Week Ended)

ye a r I Oct. Oct.

Nov.

Nov.

ago 21 i 24

31

7

14

Thousands

T housands

Ga.

1,263 1,025

9 14

Ill.

320

390 220

866 290

99 73

I 936

I

315

870 250

994 220

908 235

Calif. 1,329 Wash. 235

1,540 1,629 20 6 234

1,372

91

191 I 74

I
I

1,233

1, 32 1

I 131

180

1, 249 223

991 195

I Total 3, 147 3 , 161 2, 997 2, 7 19

89

. 2,6 1 5 2 ,6 2 1 2, 686 2, 329

II Includes eggs set by hatcheries producin g chi cks for hatchery supply flocks.

,2 1 Current w eek as percent of same wee k l a st y e a r .

\ %of
year
ago 2 I

132
! 59
~ 114
! 94
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EGGS SET

II

CHI :::::K3 PLACED

STATE

Maine Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana Missouri Delaware Maryland Virginia We s t Virginia North Carolina South Carolina

Thousands

Thousands

2,036

1,869

1, 961

I 89

1,518

1,457

1,429

91

75

129

114

71 I

72

75

86

66

1, 749 474

1,765 398

1,852 449

103 98

II 1, ~~~

1,026 185

1, 030 215

86 92

192

217

r 221 108

340

382

490

115

2,995

3, 132

3, 177 105 II 2,198

2, 518

2, 654

92

4, 921

4,960

5,073

94 II 3, 155

3,658

3, 581

93

1,498

1, 794

1,864 103 jI' 1, 310

1, 248

1, 131

84

36

36

36

I 78

238

300

294

67

7,634

7,634

7,722

96 I 5, 389

5, 504

5,715

95

477

514

515 102 I 507

515

459

97

GEORGIA

11, 179 10,994 11,340

95

6,623

7,613

8,207

94

Florida Tennessee Alabama Mis sis sippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas Washington Oregon Ca lifo r nia
TOTAL 1970 (22 States)
TOTAL 1969* (22 States)

1, 234

1, 196

1, 177

96

760

828

813

85

647

662

640

87

706

810

791

82

8,851

8, 908

8,985 103

5,913

6,488

6,867

99

5,425 11, 661

5,470 11 , 572

5,499 102 11,709 101

II, 3, 845 7, 159

4,487 7, 901

4,917 8, 318

108 101

964

979

992

99

834

865

839

82

4, 580

4, 462

4, 589 106

2, 818

3,361

3, 540

103

430

444

449

90

245

300

269

69

342

332

336 112

210

270

291

83

2,389

2, 183

2,333 106

1, 60 f,

1, 864

1, 930

114

69,789 69,650 71,033

99 "4 6, 789 51,655 53, 866

97

72, 725 70, 566 71,448

,

I4
,1

9

'

24 4

54,330

55,755

% of Last Year

96

99

99

Ii 95

95

97

* 11 Current week as percent of same week last year. Revised.

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GEORGIA CROP REPORTING
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ATHENS, GEORGIA

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Nove mb er 19, 1970

OCT OB E R 1970

Ite m

D ur ing Oct.

19 69 1/

1970 2/

Thou.

Thou.

0/0 of
last ! year
Pct.

J a n. thru Oct.

19 69 1/

1970 2 /

Thou.

T'iro u ,

0/0 o f l ast ye ar
P ct.

Broiler Type Pullet s Placed (U. S.) 3/
T otal D ome s tic

3, 678 3, 237

3, 3 17 9 0 2, 7 83 86

37, 373 32, 547

37,977 10 2 32,499 100

C hi cke ns T ested Broiler T ype
G eorgia Unit ed State s Egg Type Geor gia United State s

575 2, 740
16 67 1

673 117 2, 942 107
70 4 3 8 627 93

5,5 6 8 23 , 17 3
225 4 ,693

6,139 110 25, 582 110
351 156 5, 043 107

:=: h ic k s H at c hed Broil er Type
Geo r gi a United St a t e s Egg T ype G eorgia Unit ed S tate s

38, 772 237,497
3,368 39,987

34, 077 88 227,248 96
3 , 950 117 41, 510 104

4:15 , 1 5 8

4 2 1, 239 101

2 , 5 19 ,88 8 2,674,7 82 lOb

35, 517 4 56 , 788

37,9 83 107 4 9 6 , 6 8 6 10 9

Com m e r cial Slaughter:4/ Young Chickens
G e orgia United St a t e s Ma t ure Chickens Light T ype
G e org ia United St a t e s H e avy T ype G eorgia Unit ed St a te s

34, 529 229,604
1, 324 11, 896
355 2, 760

35,956 104 242, 802 106

3 2 2 , 84 Ll

354, 551 110

2,143, 478 2,371 ,448 111

2,576 195 14,715 124 i
44:0 124 2,541 92

NA 110,123
N ."i"121, 508

19, 865 117,969 107
4,397 27 ,963 130

Number Layers and Egg Production

Number Layers on Hand during Oct.

Eggs Per 100 Layers

Total E ggs Produced During Oct.

Geor gia

H atching

Other

Total

So ut h Atla n t i c United St a t e s

-5/

1969

1970

Thousands

i

4,993

4, 580

I
I

20,232

20,080

I
I

25,225 67,016

24,659 66,257

I

316,012 323,217

1969

1970

Number

1, 649 1, 832 1, 795 1,841 I, 816

1, 655 1, 8 0 7 1, 779 1, 8 3 5 1,809

1969

1970

I

Millions

82 371 453 1,234 5,740

76 36 3 439 1, 216 5,848

U. S. Eg g Type chicken eggs in incubator Nov. 1, 1970 as percent of Nov. I, 1969.

108

1/ R e vi sed .
2/ P r eliminary. 3/ Pullets for broiler hatchery s uppl y flocks, includes expected pullet replacements fr om
- egg s s old during the preceding month at the rate of 125 pullet chicks per 30-doz. case
o f e ggs . 4/ Fe de r a l - St a t e Market News Service 3l a ught e r reports only include poultry slaughtered
- under F'e de r a l Inspe ction.
5/ South A t l a n t i c States: Del., Md., W. Va., N. C., 3 . C., Ga., Fla., Va.
NA - N o t A v a i l a b l e .

Unite d Stat e s Department of Agriculture

G eorgia Department of Agriculture

St a t i s tic a l Reporting Service, 409A North Lumpkin Street, A t h e n s , Georgia 30601

S tate

YOUNG CHI CKE NS : S L A UG H T ERE D UNDEa FE D I~ .i;{ A L INS P ECTI ON BY SELE CT ED ::-'T A TES, 1969 and 1970

._ - - _ -N---u:-mber Inspected

During S ept .

Jan. thru 3ept .

1969

1970

1969

1970

Indi c c:.t ed Pe rc e nt Condemne d

Dur ing .:J e p t .

1969

19 70

Jan. thru Sept .

1969

1970

Thou.

T hou.

Thou.

Tho u .

P ct.

Pct.

Pct.

P ct.

Mai ne

5,94 1

5, 929

51 ,9 83 56 , 59 2 3.8

2. 9

3.9

3.6

P a,

6, 756

7,07 6

61,6 86 6 3, 371 4. 4

4 .2

4.5

4 .8

Mo.

4 , 263

5,04 9

3 9, 4 0 1 416, 94 8

3. 2

3. 5

3. 9

4 .4

D e l.

7,9 34

7 , 447

70, 674 71, 130 3.3

3. 4

3. 7

3. 9

Md .

13, 348 14,3 7 1 123,671 134, 4: 8 9 2.9

3.4

3. 5

3.9

Va .

7,370

7, 4 24

64, 258 69,944 2. 6

3. 0

3. 4

3. 9

N . C.

24, 597 26, 26 3 20 5, 603 232, 840 2.9

3. 1

3. 6

3.8

Ga .

33, 429 34,63 7 286 , 8 19 3 18,3 19 3.2

4. 4

4. 7

5.2

T enn.

4 ,3 77

6,074

4 7 , 8 14 54,6 3 9 2. 7

3.8

Ala .

2 5,3 4 2 28 , 3 23 2 17 , 5 2 0 244, 9 7 9 3. 1

4. 4

Miss .

16,240 18, 66 5 137, 3 83 160,711

1.9

2. 6

.3. 5

3

L1. ~

2.3

3.6

.4 . 9

2

41. ~

Ark.

3 1, 4 93 3 1, 530 278, 480 29 l , 582 2.9

3. 0

3.3

3.3

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2 75 16 ,09 4 120, 487 141, 79 4
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3. 2

3.0

3. 4

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U. S . : 2 18 , 9 4 5

1, 897,45 3

3.0

3. 5

3. 5

4. 0

,

23 7 , 0 78

2, 12 6,028

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MID - iv10 N T H PRICE S RE CE I VED A N D P RI ::::E S P AI D

G eo rgia

United Sta te s

Oct. 15 1969

Se p t. 15 Oct. 15

1970

1970

Oct . 15 S ept. 15 O ct . 15

19 69

1970

1970

Cents

Cents

Cents

':::; e n t 5 Cents

Cents

P ri c e s R e c ei.ve d: C hicke ns , Ib, ,
I excl. broile r 3
Co m 11 Broiler s (lb.) A ll Egg s , (dozens) I
Table (dozens) Hat c hin g
Prices P ai d : (per ton)

12.0
13. 5
48.3
Dol.

7.0 12.0 4 3. 8 4 1. 9 53.0
.c ol.

7. 5 11. 5 36.0 32.6 53.0
Dol.

10.0
14.8
40. 4

7.8 13.4 38.8

.001.

DoL

7.7 12. 8 33. 2
DoL

B roiler Grower Laying F ee d

90.00 78.00

100.00 84.00

100.00 86.00

90 . 00 80. 00

97.00 86.00

98. 00 87.00

T hi s r eport is made po s s i bl.e through th e cooper ation of t h e National Po ult r y I mpro v e m e n t Plan, O ffi cial S tate A gen c ie s , the Animal Husbandry Res earch ::J i v i s i o n of the A g r i c ult ur a l Resea r c h Service, t h e Inspection Branch of th e Poultry Divisi on, ::; onsumer and Ma rketin g .3e rvice and the Agricultural Estimates Divi sion of the Stati stical Re po r t i ng Service a n d t he m any breeders, hatcheries, poultry proces sors and the poultry farm ers that repo rt to t hese ag e n ci es .

.I?,RA S IE R T. GALLO WAY Ag r i c ultu r a l St a ti s ti cia n In Charge

'1'/. A . WAGNER A g r icnltu ral St a ti s ti c ian

A ft e r Fiv e Days Ret urn to United St a t e s Department of A g ric ult ur e
St a ti s tical Reporting Se r vi c e 409A Nort h Lumpkin Street At hen s , Georgia 30601 O F FICIAL BUSINESS

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Pla cement of br oi l er chicks in Ge orgia ~g t he we e k e nded Novem be r 2 1 was 8 , 59 0 , 0 00 - -5 p e r c e n t more than th e pr eviou s wee k but 2 p er c ent l e s s t h a n the co mpar able week last year , accor ding t o the G eo r gi a Crop Rep orting Se rvice .
A n es timated 10,706,000 br oiler t yp e eggs we r e s et b y G eorgia hat c heries - 6 p er c e nt les s than the pr e v i ou s w eek a n d 8 p er c ent 1e s s th an t h e co m pa ra bl e w e ek a year e a r lie r .
T he majo r ity o f t h e p r i c e s p aid t o Geo r gia pr od u c er s Eor bro ile r ha t chi ng eg gs w ere r epo r t e d w ithin a range o f 50 to 6 0 ce n ts p e r doz e n. The avera ge pr i c e of hat c hi ng e g g s was 54 cents per doze n. T he price of eggs from flocks with ha t c he ry owne d co c ke r e l s ge n e rall y was 2 c ent s b e l ow t he a ve rag e p rice. Most pri c e s r ec eived for b roiler chicks b y Georgia hatc he r i es we r e r epo r t e d within a range of $ 7. 00 to $ 9. 00 wi t h a n a ver age o f $ 8 . 00 pe r hun dred. T he a ve rag e price s last ye a r wer e 66 ce nt s for e g g s and $ 10 . 0 0 fo r c hi c ks .

We ek E n de d
:::ep t. 19 Sept. 26 O ct. 3 O c t. 10 Oct . 17 Oct. 24 Oct. 3 1 Nov. 7 N o v . 14 Nov. 2 1

GEORGIA EGGS SE T , HATCHINGS AND CHICK P LA CEMENTS

Egg s S et 1/

!

Chi cks Plac ect, w r- r--

! Broiler s in G eorgia

I Av. Pri ce
I Hatc h B r oi le r

E gg s

Chic ks

1969

1970

0/0 of I
year I ago

1969

1970

% of
ye ar ago

i Per
! Doz. 1970

Pe r Hun d re d 1970

Thou.

T hou.

Pet.

Thou. Thou.

Pct.

Cents Dolla rs

11,749 10,654

91

11,388 10,401

91

10, 139

8, 51 9

84

10,145

9,0 26

89

11,7 85 10 , 244

87

11,956 10,785

90

II, 8 14 11, 17 9

95

I I , 566 10,994

95

11, 891 II, 34 0

95

11,629 10,706

92

7,821 7,696

98

6,985 6,910

99

8, 177 6, 560

80

8, 482 7,767

92

8,255 7,982

97

7,588 6,388

84

7, 307 6,623

91

8 ,4 59 7, 61 3

90

8 , 6 9 9 8, 207

94

8,722 8,590

98

53

7.50

53

7.50

53

7.50

53

7.50

53

7. 50

53

7.75

53

7.75

53

7.75

53

7.75

54

8.00

E GG TYPE

Hat c h of egg t ype chicks in G eor gia during the week e n d e d N ove mber 21 was 800,000--12 percent less than the pr evious week but 32 percent more than the comparable w e e k l a st yea r . A n es t i m a te d 1, 215, 000 eggs fo r the produc tion of e gg type chicks were set by G e or gia hatcheries, 40 p ercent more than both the p r e vious w e ek and the comp arable week last year.
In the four states that ac c o unt e d for a bo ut 26 perc ent of the hatch of all e gg type c hi c k s i n the U. S. in 19 69, h atchings during the w e ek ended November 21 were up 5 p erce nt an d s etting s w er e up 27 perc ent from a y e ar ago.

E G G TYPE E G G S SE T AND CHICKS KA.T CHE D, 1970

E gg s Set (Week E n de d)

State ! O ct.

Nov. Nov.

No v.

31

7

14

21

i % of Ii Chicks Hatche d {W e ek Ended}

,i yea r

Oct. Nov.

No v.

Nov.

ago 2/ 31

7

14

21

0/0 of
year ago 2/

T ho us a nds

I

Ga .

1,025

914

I 86 6 1,215 140

T ho us a n ds

870 994

908

I 800 132

Ill.

390

220 290

465 120

250 220

235

300 I 96

C a li f. 1,540 1,629 1,372 1,974 135

1,321 1, 249

Wa s h.

20 6

234

191

166

58 I 180 223

991 1,124 I 93

195

161 ! 120

T otal l. 3 , 161

2,997 2, 7 19

I
3, 820 : 127--1 2 ,621 2,686

2, 329

.
2, 385 i 105

1/ Includ e s e gg s s e t by hatcheries p r oducing chi cks for hatc hery supply flock s.
2 / Current week as percent o f same week la s t ye ar.

B ROILER TYPE E G G S S E T A N D CHI C K S' PLAC ED IN COM ME R CL'-H .J A RE AS BY V{ E J~ KS - 1970 P a ge 2

STATE

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E GGS SET

We e k E n d e d

Nov. 14

N ov. 21

Thousands

Maine Conn e ct i c ut P enns y1vania Indiana Mi s so uri D elaware M a r ylan d Vir ginia W e s t Virginia North Car olina South Ca r olina
G EORGIA

1, 869 129
1, 765 398 217
3, 132 4, 960 1,794
36 7 , 634
:::;14
10,994

1, 961
114
1,852
449
22 1 3, 177 5, 073 1, 8 6 4
36 7 ,722
515
11, 340

2, 135 112
1, 852 400 202
3, 24 7 4,973 1, 867
34 7,7 66
584
10,706

% of
ye ar a go 1/

C HI CKS PLA C ED

v~" e e k E n d e d

N ov. 7

Nov. 14

Nov. 21

T ~1. 0 us ands

102

1,457

90

75

96

1, 026

93

185

100 110

.a 382

; I.

2,51 8

90

~ 3, 6 58

97

I!I", 1,248

77

300

98 r 5, 504

109 Ii 515
II 92 I: 7,613
Ii

1,429 86
1, 030 215 490
2, 654 3, 581 1, 131
294 5, 715
459
8, 207

1,477 70
1, 076 240 435
2, 432 3 , 846 1, 382
172 5,930
496
8, 590

% of
year ago 1/
94 43 94 79 100 86 98 98 46 97 102
98

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TOT A L 19 7 0 (22 St a t e s )

1, 196 66 2
8, 908 5,470
11, 57 2
979 4,462
444 33 2 2 , 18 3

1, 177 64 0
8, 98 5 5, 4 99
11, 709
992 4 , 589
449
336 2, 333

1, 159

98

64 0

88

8,8 50 100

5,433 103

12,054 101

1,006

95

Ll , 59 1 105

574

95

241

57

2, 2 7 2 104

Ii 8?8

Ii 31 0

nI"i

6, 4,

488 487

I! 7,901
,! 865

I:.' 3, 361
300 ji 270

I! 1, 8 64

813
791
6, 867
4,917 8, 318
839 5, 540
269 291 1,930

846 897
6, 8 15
4 , 946 8, 244 1, 339 3, 551
291 274 1, 896

92 91 96 108
97 122 104
64 119
114

69, 650 7 1,03 3 70,6 9 8

98

~5 1 , 6 5 5

53, 866

55,245

98

I:

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TOTAL 1969* (22 State s )

70, 566 7 1, 4 4 8 71 ,901

1~4, 330

55, 755

56,399

i;

0/0 of Last Year

99

99

98

I!

Ii 95

97

98

1/ Curr ent w e ek as p ercent o f s a m e w eek last year. ':' R evis ed.

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LIVES TOCK REPORT

Fa] 1 P iq Cro p Up 8 Percent

PIG C R P
Geor q i a

December 1, 1970
Re l e a se d 12/24/70 GEO RG1/\
CRO P REP ORT IN G SE RVICE

Georg ia's 1970 fall p i g cro p is es timate d a t 1, 354 ,00 0 head, 8 perc en t ab o ve the JuneNovember 1969 c rop of 1,248 ,00 0 head . Sows f a l l owe d du ri ng t he pe ri od to ta l e d 188 ,000 head, up 17 ,000 f ro m the same period la st yea r.
1970 Annua l Piq Cro p Up 7 Per cen t

Total p i gs saved in Ge orgi a for t he De cember 1969 - No vembe r 1970 pe r iod was pl a ced a t 2 ,807 ,000 head. This was 7 pe r cent ab o ve the 2 , 62 0 , 000 duri ng the pre v io us ye a r.

1970 Sp ri nq Int entions Up 5 Pe rce nt

Geo rg ia far mers reported i nte nt io ns to f a rr ow 209 , 000 s ows during th e De cember 1970 Ma y 1971 pe rio d . This wo u l d be 5 percent above the 199 , 000 a ye a r ago and 11 pe r cent a bove the s ame De cember - May peri od of 1969 .

UN ITED STi\TES

The June-November 1970 pig crop of 49,768 ,000 head was 18 percent abo ve the 42 ,01 9 ,000 a year ea r l ier. The combined December 1969 - November 1970 cro ps totaled 102,319 ,000 he a d , 15 percent more than th e 1969 total of 88,807,000. Farmers intend to farro w 7,222,000 sows dur ing the De cembe r 1970 - May 1971 period, 1 percent more than were f a r rowe d durin g the comp a ra bl e peri od a year ea r l i e r .

1/ Spr i ng f arrowing indi cat ed fr om bree d i ng i nte n t io ns re port s. 1/ Ave ra ge number o f p i gs per
1 i t t e r wi th allowance for trend us ed t o compute indi ca t e d p ig c ro p . Number round ed t o nearest 100 ,0 00 he ad .

FRASIER T. GALLOWAY Ag ric u l t u ra l Statistic ian In Charge

v!. P/H p!\ RI< S
Ag r i c u l t u ra l Stat is t ic ia n

1 DECE~ffiER

I ~N E NT ORY

Hog s on F8r ms Up 16 PerceQ!_~n Georgi a

There were 2 ; 065 ;000 hogs and p i gs on Ge orgia f arms December 1, 1970, 16 percent above t he 1; 780 , 000 head a ye a r ea rlier . Hogs a nd pigs kept f or breed ing purpose s totaled 310,000, up 16 percent . Other hogs and p i gs were a ls o up 16 percent at 1, 755 , 000 head .

Hogs and Pi gs Up 19 Pe rce nt f or the United States

The number of hogs and pigs 0 :1 far ms December 1 i s e st i mated at 67, 540,000 head--up 19 per ce nt fr om a year ea r l ier . Br ee ding hogs total ed 9 , 418 ,000, a n incr ease of 5 perce nt fr~n 1969 . Hogs and pigs for marke t totaled 58 ,122 , 000, up 22 per ce nt f rom a yea r ear lier .

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ?(. * * * * * * * * * * * * 7(- * * * * *
Spe ci a l a cknowledgement and appreciat ion is e xtended t o the seve r a l thousand farme rs who fur nished vo l untary r ep orts f or t he i r individual ope rat ion . The data ab ove are based on the s e r eports.
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I SSUED BY : The Ge orgia Crop Report ing Ser vi ce , USDA, 409A North Lumpki n Str eet , At he ns, Ga., i n coopera t i on with the Ge or g i a Dep artme nt of Agriculture.

Aft e r Five Days Re turn t o Unit ed St a te s Depa r t me nt of Agricu~ture
Stat i st i ca l Rep orting Ser vi ce 409A North Lumpkin Street At he ns , Georgia 30601 OFFI CI AL BUSINESS

POSTAGE & FEES PAID Un ited Stc te s Deportmen t o f Agricu lrure

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., "970

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ATHENS, GEORGIA

D ecembe r 2 , 1970

B ROILE R T YPE
Plac ement of bro ile r chicks in G e orgia d u r in g the week ende d No ve m be r 28 was 8, 199, 000- - 5 p er c ent l e s s than the p r e vious week and 4 pe r c ent l e s 5 than t he compa r able we ek l a st year , ac c o r ding to the G eorgi a Crop R e po r tin g Se r vi ce .
A n e s t i m a te d 10 , 90 6 ,000 br oil er typ e e gg s w e re se t by Ge org i a h at cherie s-- 2 p erc ent mo r e than t h e p r e vi ous w e e k but 8 p e r c ent l e s s t ha n the c omparabl e we e k a yea r earlie r .
The majo r ity of the p rice s p aid t o G e o r gia p r oduce r s for b r oile r hatc hing e gg s wer e r epo r t ed within a r ang e of 50 t o 6 0 c ents p e r dozen . T he ave rag e pri c e of hatching e g g s w a s 54 ce nt s p e r do z en. T he p ri c e of egg s fro m flo cks with ha tcher y owne d coc ke r el s ge ne r a lly was 2 ce nts be l o w the a verag e p ric e. Mos t p ric e s re ceive d fo r broi l e r chicks b y G eo rgia ha t che ri e s w er e r epo r t ed within a r ang e of $ 7 . 0 0 t o $ 9. 0 0 with a n avera ge o f $ 8 . 00 p e r hundred . T he a ve r a ge price s l a s t year we r e 66 cent s fo r egg s and $ 10 . 00 fo r chick s .

\Vee k En d ed
Sept . 26 Oct. 3 Oct. 10 O ct. 17 Oct . 24 Oct. 3 1 Nov. 7 N ov . 14 N ov . 21 Nov. 28

G OB GIA EGGS S E T , l-IA T C H I N G S AN D C HI C K :? LA c; E lvL~ N T S

E g g s S e t 1./

1969
'r hou.
11, 388 10, 139 10, 145 11 ,785 11, 9 56 11, 81 4 11,56 6 11 , 891 11, 629 11, 847

1970
Thou.
10,401 8, 519 9 ,026
10, 244 10,7 85 11, 179 10, 994 11, 340 10, 706 10,906

0/0 o f
year ag o
P ct.
91 84 89 87 90 95 95 95 92 92

Chi ck s Placed for

B r oil ers in G e o r gia

,I 19 69

1970

0/0 o f
ye ar ago

; T h o u.

, 6, 985

3, 177

,I 8 ,482

,,

8, 255 7, 588

7,307

8, L1 59

8, 699

3, 7 22

8,564

Thou .
6,9 10 6, 560 7 ,767 7, 9 8 2 6,3 88
6, 62 3
7,61 3 8, 207 8, 590 8, 199

P et. i
99 !
80 ! 92 97 i 84
91 ; 90 :
94 98
96

.... .Ay . fl .r i c e

Hatch B r oile r

E ggs

Chi ck s

P er

P er

Doz.

H un d r ed

1970

1970

Cen t s Dollars

53

7.50

53

7. 50

53

7.50

53

7.50

53

7.75

53

7.75

53

7.7 5

53

7.75

54

8. 00

54

8. 00

E GG TYPE
Ha tc h of egg type chicks in G e o r gia d uring the week e nde d N ovember 28 was 594, 00026 p e r c ent l es s than the pr e vious we e k and 6 perce nt les s than the comparable w eek l a st ye ar. A n est i mate d 992, 000 e gg s for the p rodu ction of egg t yp e chi cks we r e set by G eorgi a h a tcherie s, 18 p er c ent l e s s than t he previous week but 9 p erc ent m o re than the comparable w e ek l as t yea r .
In th e fou r s t a t e s t hat ac counted for ab o ut 2 6 perc e nt of t he hatch of all egg type c hi ck s in the U. S . in 1969, hatching s during the week ended No ve mber 28 w ere dow n 14 p e r c ent b ut settings wer e up 1 p e r c ent fr om a ye a r a go .

Stat e
Ga . Ill. C a li f. Wa s h.

E G G TYPE EGGS SE T AND CHI CKS HATCHED, 1970

E ggs Set (W e ek Ende d)

Nov .

Nov. N ov.

Nov.

7

14

21

28

% of
ye ar a go 2/

Chicks Hatc he d (W eek E n ded)

N ov. N ov .

N ov.

Nov.

7

14

21

28

T ho usands

7 4 3 >:< 866 1, 2 1 5

99 2 10 9

2 4 0 >:<

290 465

4 3 0 11 4

1, 62 9 1, 372 1,97 4 1,4 5 9 100

234

191

166

187

68

994 220 1,249 223

T hous ands

908

800

235

300

9 9 1 1, 124

195

161

59 4 180 1, 180 200

T o t al 2, 846 "'< 2, 7 19 3 ,8 2 0 3 , 068 101

2, 6 8 6 2 , 3 2 9 2 ,3 8 5 2, 1 54

1/ Include s eggs s et by hatcherie s producin g c hi ck s fo r hatche r y s up pl y flo cks .
2/ C ur rent w eek a s percent of s ame w e e k l a s t ye a r.

0/0 of
yea r ago 2/
94 57 85 126
86

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STA TE

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rI :

We ek E n de d

0/0 of

'W'eek Eride d

Gle, of

Nov .

Nov.

Nov .

yea r

Nov.

Nov.

Nov .

year

14

2J

28

ago 1/ 14

21

28

ago 1/

T ho usands

T .1.0 us and s

Ma ine Conn e ct i c ut Penn s yl vania Indian a Mi s souri Delawar e Ma ryl an d Virgini a We s t V irginia North Carolina So ut h Ca r olina
GEO RGIA
Florida Tenness e e A lab am a Mi s sis sippi Arka n s as L ouis iana T exas ' Va s hington Or egon Cali fo r nia
TOTA L 1970 (22 State s )

1, 961 i i-;
1, 8 52 449 2 2.1
3, 177 5,073 1, 8 64
36 7, 72 2
5 15

2, 13 5 112
1, 852 400 202
3,247 4 ,9 73 1,86 7
34 7, 766
584

2, 106 11 4

63

75

1, 80 5 101

440

91

2 13 106

3 ,24 7 11 3

5,005

90

1, 89 8

97

36

86

7, 820 104

509 102

1, 429 86
1,030 21 5 490
2,6 54 3 , 5 81 1, 131
294 5,715
4 59

1, 477 70
1,076 2 0 L1:
~3 5
2,432 3, 846 1, 33 2
17 2
5,9 3 0 496

1, JL1:G

101

70

4: 7

1, 15 1

1 17

20 8

90

4 82

12 8

2 ,9 53

108

3,364

86

1, 3 55

81

272

36

5,80 6

97

494

108

11,340 10,706 10,90 6

92

8, 2 0 7

8, 590

8, 199

96

1, 177 640
8, 985 5,499 11, 709
9 92 4 , 5 89
44 9 336 2, 33 3

1, 1 59 640
3, 850 5,4 3 3 12,0 54 1, 0 06 4 , 59 1
574 24 1 2, 272

1, 16 8 101

63 9

86

9, 12 2 102

5, 521 108

J2,092 102

9 79

88

4, 57 5 104

4 35

60

3 08

79

2,28 1

99

8 13

846

8 ~0

98

791

897

822

84

6, 86 7

6, 8 15

7, 100

102

4,91 7

4,946

4 , 8 58

106

8, 31 8

8, 244

8, 125

99

839

1, 339

1,369

143

3, 540

3, 551

3 , 4 94

103

269

2 91

338

86

29 1

2 74

23 8

99

1, 9 30

1, 896

1, 7 58

112

71,03 3 70, 6 9 8 71, 168 100 . 53, 36 6 55,245 5Li , 64Ll:

99

T O TA L 19 6 9 "" (22 States )

71, 4 4 8 71,901 7 1, 4 95

' 55, 75 5 56, 399 5-1,92 3

% of Last Ye ar

99

98

10 0

97

98

99

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NOVEHBER 15 ~ 197 0
Releas ed 12/3/197 0 I A CROP REPORTING SERVICE

.. ,~ . .
GEORG IA PRICES RECEI VED I NDEX DOv~T 3 POI NTS

The I D ~ex of Pr i ce s Rece i v ed b~r Georgi a Far mers for Al l Commodities dec reased to 254 pe r cent of the 191 0-14 aver aee during the mont h ende d November 15, 1970 . Thi s wa s 12 poi~ts lower than the Noveniller 1 5 , 1969 Inde x of 266 .

The Al l Crop I ndex dr opped 1 poi nt from the previ ous mont h to 269, but vTa s 1 point higher t han in Nove mber 1969. LOiver pr i c es f or mea t ani ma l s , pr i nc i pal ly hogs, decreas ed the Livestock Index t o 222 , whi ch wa s 5 po i nt s l ower than the pr ev i ous mont h an d 37 points bel ow the same mont h l a st year .

UNITED STATES PR I CES RECEIVED I NDEX DOWN 4 POINTS ~4R ITY I NDEX UP 1 POINT
ADJUSTED PARITY RATIO DOm~ 2 POINTS

Dur i ng the mont h ended Novenlber 15, the Index of Prices Received by Far n er s dropped 4 r oi nt s (1 1/2 per c ent ) to 270 pe r c ent of it s 1910-14 average . Contributing mos t to the decl i ne wer e l ower pric es f or hog s, be ef cattle, an d corn . . Partially offsetting were high er pr i ces for eggs, mi lk, and to~atoes . The index wa s 4 per c ent below November 196 9.

The Index of Pric es Paid by Farmers for Corr~odities and Servic es , Including Interest , Taxe s, a nd Farm Wag e Rat e s ad vanced to 395 , a r ecord high. The index was 1 point above mid-October and 17 po i nt s abo ve a year ear l i er .

vTith the Parit y I ndex r i s i ng sli ghtly but the Prices Received Index declining during t he month ended November 15 , the Adjust ed Parity Ratio was 73 and the Parity Ratio 68 . Each de clined 2 po ints fr om mill -Oct ob er .

- - -_ .-'--------=-I N=DE.X_NU-HB-ER-S GEORGIA AND UNITED =ST=A:T::E;;S:...---.,,-----_.

Nov . 1 5

Oct. 15 : Nov . 15

Record H=i~g~h~

.

1910 - 14 = 100

19 69

1970 : 1970

Index :

Dat e

GEORGIA Prices Rece i ved
All Commodi t i e s All Crops Livest oc k a nd Livestock Products

266

257 1./

254

268

27 0

269

259 1/

227 1./

222

310

March 1951

319

!,'!ar ch 1951 ?:.../

295

Sept . 1948

UNI TED STATES
Pr ices Rec eived
Parity Index 1/
Parity Ratio

282

274

270

378 1/
75 Ii

394 1./
70

395 68

31 3

Feb. 1951

395

Nov . 1970

123

Oct. 194 6

Adjust ed Parity Ratio 4/

(Prelimin ary)

-

81 1./

75

73

125

Oct. 194 6

1/ Revised . 2/ Also Apr i l 1951 . 3/ Pr ic e s Paid, Int erest, Taxes, and Farm Wage Rates bas ed
on data f or the indicat ed dates . 4/ Adjusted Par i ty Ratio, reflecting Government nayment s ,
averaged 80 for the year 1969 compared with 74 for the Parity Ratio. Preliminary Adjusted
Rati os for the current ye ar , suppli ed by the Economic Research Service are based on estimated
c a sh r e c e i pts f or ~arket ing s and estimates of Government payments for the current calendar ye ar.

FRASIER T. GALLOWAY Agricultural St at i st i c i an In Charge

JOHN E. COATES Agricultural Stati stician

The Georg ia Crop Reporting Servic e, USDA, 409A Nor t h ~~apkin Street, Athens , Georg ia , i n cooperat i on with t he Georgi a Dep ar t ment of Agr i cul t ur e .

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.! 9-.?.E:'!~: C29-_~j;y _.~.rl-~. _!~~J. - - -- PRICES TIECFI VED
.~- - -_ . _ - -
Wheat, bu.
Oats , bu . Corn , bu . Ba r 1 ey , bu ,
Sorghum Gr a i.n , cwt . Cotton , l b .
Cot t on s eed , t on
Soyb eans , bu. Peanut s , l b .

.

1969 ; __. 1970 : 197 0

!__l:96.2-:._ _ 191Q...... _: _ l~I9-_

$ 1.35

,.-
- r-

. 90

.$ 1.35

$ 1.00

$

19.5

$ 40 .00

$ 2.35

12. 5

1. 50 . 87
1. 61
22 . 0 1, 8.00
2 .85 12 .9

1. 55 . 86
1. 57
21. 5 49 . 00
2 .90 13 .0

1. 29 . 578
1.07 . 881
1. 94 21. 35 42.30
2 .30 12 . 3

1.43 . 613
1 . 3)..
. 925 2 .02 22 . 83 56 . 00 2 . 77 13 . 2

1.45 . 632
1. 29 . 9 1.~G
2 .02
22 . 09
56 . 50 2. !-36
1 2. ).~

Swe etpota toe s , cvn. Hay , ba l ed , t.on

$ 6. 50

6 . 00

6. 50

3. 69

3 .3 4

4.12

Al l Alfal f a Le s pede za Pean ut M i J.~~ Cows , head

$ 30. 00 $ 37 . 00 $ 32 . 00 $ 22 50 $ 225. 00

30 . 00 36.00 33.00 26 . 00 270 . 00

29 . 50 36 .00 33 . 00 25. 00 280 . 00

23 . 50 23 .80 25 . 60 23 . 50 308 . 00

23 .90 24. 60
26 . 20
24.~ 0
340. 00

24 . 40 25 .00 26. 70 24. 70 341 .00

Hogs , cwt .

bee f Cattle , Al l, cwt. 1/

Cows , cwt . ~/

-

Steer s and He i.f'er s , c wt .

$ 25. 20

$ 21 . 70

d> 'J'

18 . 00

,-I:>) 25 . 00

18. 00 23 . 50 1900 27.50

15 . 80 22 .70 18.50 26. 50

25 .00 2 1.~ . 90 18 .20
27 .10

18 . 00 26 , 50
19 .70 28 . 50

1 5. 40 25 .20 18 . 60 27 .30

Cal ves , cwt . Mi l k , who .Les a.L e , cvrt . :

$ 29 50

32 . 00

32.00

31 . 30

34 .1 0

33 . 0 0

Flu i d Mar' ke't Manuf ac t ur ed

c-
sof!

7 .10

117.15

7. 25

6 . 27 4.7 6

3/ 6 .38 3/ 4.89

4/ 6.44 4";4. 94

Al l Turkey s , lb. Ch i cken s , l b. :

$ 7.10 if; 22 .0

117 .15 22.0

7.25 22 . 0

5 .92 23. 8

"i/ 6 . 02 22 . 0

Tjj 6 .08 22 .0

Excludi ng Br oiler s Commerc i a l Broj,lers
Eggs, al l . doz. /

15 .0
7- 13.0 if; 56 .1

7.5 11. 5
36. 0

7. 0
5/12. 0 - 40.6

10 .7 1 4 .l~
I.!9 2

7.7 12 . 8
33.2

7.7 12.9 36 . 4

Tabl e , do z .

if;

32.6

38. 3

Hatchi ng, doz.



53 . 0

5:3.0

PR ICES PAID; E:.EED.

Mi xe d Dair y Feed, ton :

14 % prot e i n 16% pr otei n

~
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7e.ao

~: ~,

76. 00

76.00 82 . 00

78. 00 83. 00

67 .00 72. 00

70 . 00 77.00

72 . 00 77 .00

18% pr otei n

$ 80. 00

8lL DO

85. 00

74.00

80 .00

80 .00

20% pr ot e i n

yr'; 82.00

88. 00

9 1 . ') 0

79. 00

84. 00

8 5 .00

Hog Feed , 14 %-18% pr ote i n, cwt .

(. .:J

4.35

~. 85

4.45

4. 72

4. 68

Cot t on s eed i'!ie e.l , 41% , cwt.

$ 4.70

5.20

5. 20

4. 93

5. 49

5. 46

Soybean Meal, 114%, cwt.

~
1,:. )

) . 30

5. 50

5. 110

5 .26

5. 69

5 . 62

Bran , C>lt .

$ 3 . 90

4. 25

4. 20

3 . 53

3 .82

3. 86

Mi ddl i ng s, cwt .

.> 4.05

4. 30

4.30

3 . 61

3. 90

3 .9 4

Corn Meal , cwt .

.~

3 50

3 . 90

3 . 90

3 .32

3 . 68

3 .68

Poult r y Feed , ton :

Bro i l er Grower Feed

$ 89 . 00 1 00. 00 110. 00

90 . 00

98 . 00

99 .00

Laying Feed

$ 78.00

86.00

84 .00

80.0 0

87 .00

86. 00

Chic k Star t er

$ 91 . 00

96 . 00

98. 00

94. 00 1 01 . 00 101. 00

Al f a lfa Hay, ton

~ 38. 00

42.00

40.00

34 . 40

35 . 10

35 . 80

-Al l-O-th-e_r ._H.ay , ton

4> 36 .00

3700

38.00

32. 80

33 .40

34 . 10

1/ "Cows" and " st e er s and heifers" combined 'Tith a l l owa nc e where neces sary for s.Laught er bull s.

2/ Includes cull da i r y cows sold for slaughter, but not da i ry cows for herd replacement.

3 / Rev i s ed .

4/ Prel iminar y .
5/ Li ve wei.ght. equivalent price. Qj Av er ag e of all eggs sold by faymer s includi ~g hatching eggs an d e6gs sold at r et ail .

Af t er Five Days Return t o Uni t ed Stat e s Department of Agriculture
Stat i st i ca l Repor t i ng Ser v ice 409A Nor t h Lumpkin Street Athens , Georgia 30601 OFFIC IAL BUSINESS

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OCTOE:cn 197 0

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Re1 eo.sed 12/ 3/70 Georgi a Crop Report i ng Service

Oct.ob erv Red :'!le at Pr odu ct i on DOIITl
Pr oduct i on of r e d Dle at i n Geor gia 's comme rc ial s l aught er pl a nt s totaled 33 .3 mi l l i on po unds dur i nG Oct ob er 1970, a c c or di ng to the Geo r gi a Crop R eport in~ Se r v i c e . This was down 3 per c ent f r om the 34.4 mi l l ~ on pounds dur i ng the same mont h l a s t year but wa s 3 perc ent ab ove t he 32.2 n ill i on pounds pr oduct i on of las t mont h.
Cattl e Sl nu r ht er
Ther e wer-e 25 , 000 he ad of ca t tle s l aught ered i n Ge or gia' s commerci a l pl a nt s dur i ng October. Th i s wa s down 1 5 per c ent f r om t he 29 , 500 head s Laught. er ed during t he same mont h of 1969 but '\oT3.S 2 per c ent abov e t h e 24 , 600 hea d s laughtered dur ing Sept eub er 197 0.
-C-a l-f--Sl-a,l-l.-:; h_t._e r-
Ca l f slaught er t ot a l e d 200 he ad dur i ng Oct ober . Th i s wa s 600 h ea d b elow t he number slaught erec. dur Lnr; October l a st y ear a nd 100 he ad below the Sept.emb er ki l.L ,
Hog '."l.aught e!_
Geor gi a ' s ho g slaught er totaled 158 , 000 head duri ng October. Thi s was 2 per c ent above the 1 55 , 000 head slaughtered dur ing t he s ame mont h l as t y ear , a nd was up 3 percent from the 1 53 , 000 he a d sl aught er ed dur i ng t he mont h of Sept ember 1970.
48 STATES
Red Meat Production Down About Same As Oct op er 1969
Corr@erc ial pr oduct i on of r ea mea t in t he 48 States totaled 3,289 mi l l i on pounds i n Oct ober , v irtually unchange d f r om a ye ar earlier . There was one less we ekday i n October in 1970 than i n 1969 . COITIDer c i al meat production i nclude s slaught er i n f ed eral ly i ns pect ed and other slaught er plant s , but exc l ude s ani ma l s slaught ered on farms .
Be ef Produc.t ion 4 Percent-- BeLow A Year Ear l i er Beef pr oduct i on i n Oc t ob er wa s 1 , 917 mi l l i on pounds , down !~ per cent fr om Oc t ob er 19 69 . The
nrunber of cattle slaughtered was down 5 per c en t . Avera ge live weight wa s 10 pounds heavier than
a year earli er .
Oct ober Vea l Pr oduc t i on Down 20 Perc ent Fr om 1969
There wer e 49 mi l l ion pound s of ve al pr oduc e d i n Oct ob er , down 20 p er c ent fro~ a y ear ea r l i er . Calves slaughter ed wer e down 20 p er c ent , but live we ight per he ~d increased 2 pounds.
Por k Produ ct i on Up 7 ? er c ent From October 1969
Por k pr odu ct i on i n October t ot a led 1 , 27 5 mi l l i on pounds , up 7 percent f rom a y ear earli er .
The number of hogs slaught ered was up 7 pe rc ent . Liv e wei ght per head at 239 pound s was 1
pound lighter t han a y ea r ear l i er . Lard re ndered per 100 pounds of live weight was 9 . 3 pounds c ompar ed wi t h 9 . 5 i n Octob er 1969.
Lamb And Mut t o-n Down 2 Perc ent Fr -om A Year Ea r l i er
Th ere we re 48 mi l l i on pounds of lamb an d ffiut t on pr odu ced in Oct ober, 2 percent le ss t ha n l as t ye ar. She ep and lambs s l aughtered tot ale d 964, 10 0 he a d, down 2 percent . Av er ag e live we i ght at 103 pounds was the same as a y ear earl ier.
Octo?er Poult r y Produ ct i on Up 4 Perc ent ~r o~ 1969
Pr oduct i on of pou l t r y meat i n Oct ober tot aled 1 , 092 mi l l i on pounds ready-to -cook basis .
Th i s i s 4 per c ent mor e tha n a year ear l i er a nd 7 perc ent ab ove Sept embe r 197 0 .

GEORGIA AND 48 STATES LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER !I

Number

Slaugh tered

Spec i es

Oc t o b e r

s) -- - - - - .---- - - - -: - -- 1. 9(169,000 he1ad9r7-0:- --1-969,(-p-ou-n--:dc

1970 : .

Tot al

Live Hei cht

Octobe r

1969

1970

-(1 ,000 pot:.nds-)---

G e.~!.f.:.i a : Cet t le Cal ves
Ho g s
Sheep and Lazibs

29 . 5

25. 0

e79

.8

.2

366

15 5 .0

158 . 0

21 9

873

25 ,930

311

293

221

33 ,94 5

21 , 825 62
34,918

!~8 States Cat t l e Cal ve s Hogs Sheep and Lamb s

3 , 315 . 5 443.2
7, 772 .2 987 .7

3 , 1 44. 2 354.1
8, 338. 5 964 . 1

1 ,014 246 240 103

1 ,024 248
239 103

3 ,362 ,169 108, 940
1,865, 803 101 , 827

3 , 219 ,338 87 ,889
1 ,992 ,193 99,511

! i Incll~es-Sl&ughter under Federal i nspe ction and other corr~ercial slau~ht er , excl ude s f arm
sl sughter .

Commodi ty and
Unit '~------'-

AVERAGE PRICES RECEIVED BY FAm~ER S AND HOG-CORH RATIOS , Nov emb er 15, 1970
WI TH COMPARISONS

_ _ _ Ge orgi~.

_

Nov. 15, 1970

Nov . 15 ,
19?_2..

Cor n , bu .
Hogs " cwt . Cattle " cwt . Calves , c ~rt.

1.35 25.20 21 .'[0
29.50

1. 61 18 .00 23 . 50 32.00

1. 57 15.80 22.70 32 . 00

1.07 25.00 24.90 31.30

Hog- Corn
Ratio !I

18.7

11.2

10.1

23.4

.~/ Bushels of 'corn equal in value to 1 00 Lb s . hogs , live wei ght.,

Oct. 15,

Nov . 15,

1970

1970

(Dol1ar-s..).. - -

1.34 18 . 00 26 . 50 34.10

1. 29 15.40 25. 20 33.00

13.4

11. 9

FRASIER T. GALLOWAY Agricultural Statistician In Charge

v , PAT PARKS
Agricultural Statistician

The Georgia Crop Reporting Ser v ic e , USDA , 409A Nor t h Lllinpkin Street, Athens, Geor gi a i n cooperation with the Geor gia Department of Agr i cul t ur e .

Af ter Five Days Return to

Unit ed St at e s Depar tment of Agricultur e

Statistical Reporting Service

409A Nor t h Lumpkin Street

At he ns , Geor gi a 30601

'-

OFFICIAL BUSINESS

. ACQ DIV

900

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA

UNIV LIB~ARIES

ATHENS

GA 30601

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UNI'JERSITY Or: GZ0 :1i?11\
DE C11 1970
LIBRARIES
GEORGIA CROP REPORTIN G SERVICE - ATHENS, GEORGIA
December 9, 1970
GEORG I A COTTON REPORT AS OF DECEMBER 1 , 19'7 0 Geor gia 's 1970 cotton crop wa s pl a c e d at 290 ,000 bales, bas ed on i nformat i on as of Dec ember 1 r epor t ed by g i nner s and cr op cor r es pondents to t he Geo r gia Cr op Rep ort i ng Servi ce . The product ion e s t i mat e is 5 )000 ba l es abov e the Novemb er 1 f or e cast and is 8 ,0 00 bales abov e the t otal pro duc ed in 1969 . Yi e l d pe r ac re was indi cated at 366 poun ds compar ed with 351 pounds l a s t y ea r and 322 pound s i n 1968 . According t o t he Bureau of the Census, a total of 264 ,729 bal es had b e en gi nned pr ior to December 1 compa red wi t h 250,509 i n 1969 and 261 , 395 in 1968 .

I NDI CATED COTTON PRODUCTION. 1970 ~ FI NAL PRODUCTION , 19 69 ., 1.968

Cro p Re porting
- - D-i s--t-r i-c-t -

1 970

1969

~968

- Bale s -

,
\ Non-Cotton
\

"J
Rome'

-~

-t
.J..
2 3 4 5
r
0
7
(3
9
Stat e

23, 000 11 , 000 13 , 000 21 , 000 59,000 53 , 000 40 , 000 66 ,0 00
4 , 000
290 ,000

23, 961 7 ,121 10 , 625 20 ,80 5 57 , 247 46,84 0 38 , 625 73 ,5 65 3 , 211
282 , 000

14,4 40 7 ,1 85 8 ,115
18 , 925 49 ,175 47 ,100 39, 205 75, 780 6, 0"r5
266 , 000

Pl e a s e see reve rse s i de f or
UNITED STATES informa tion .

Albany
1

B
Valdosta

- -- -

- --

- --

UlH T:SD STATES COTTON REPOWr AS OF DECEMBER 1 ,. --p.-:c reage- - ----:r:,"int y ield. per - : --

l Q70 -- - -

Pr-

o- d-u ct i -on

l!

_ ._

--

State

__ _ .

har ve ~:ted

: har vesce a cr e : 500--lb. E!"oSS wt . ba le s

19 70:

:

: 19 70 :

:

: 19 70

! 9.C8

1~.L...:__ est. : 196 8 : 1969 : e ~~--l:.2.._:_ _1 969

est .

1 ,000 acres

Poun ds

1 , 000 bale s

North Car-o.li.ne.

189

1 66

165 310 28'7 465

123

100

160

South Car ol ine.

340

287

290 352 342 356

251

205

21 5

Geor gi a

395

385

380 322 351 366

26 6

282

290

Tennes s e e

360

400

J90 )~32 505 480

325

422

390

Al abama

525

54 5

540 362 405 453

397

461

51 0

Mi ss our i 1\1i s s i s s i y p i
Ar k an sa s Lou f.s i. ana
Okl a homa
'r e~'~a s ~ Al l Upl and
An,e l' -Pi ma ?:.,/
New Mex i co , .'U l : Up l a nd.
A::leY'-Pi r:la 'Ej
Ar i zona, Al l Upland
Ar:1er -Pima .?:../
Cal i forn ia, Al l : Unla nd Arr.er-Pima ,/
Vi r gin ia Fl o r i d a Illinois Kentucky Nev ada

190 110 5
980
41 0 3eW
1.~ 1 25. 0 4101.0
24. 0
l51 .0
137 .7 13 .3 298 .0 268.7 29.3 637 . 0 686 . 6
0 , 1+
6.0 12. 5
0.3
3 .6
2.4

- Uni-t e-d -St.F_.:.t-es
Upland Arner-Pima ~./
All Cotton l!

10092. 8 67 . 0
1 01 6 0

305
118 5 1 055
I.!. 2 0
h65
4675 . 0 4648 . 0
27 .0
1 46 .0
l 31 . 5 1 1.~ . 5 310 .0
276. 6
33. 4 705 .0
704 . 6
0.4
5. 0
12 .5
0. 4 5.4 2. 3

275
1190 1080
455 450

495 511 393
660 53'7 659 502 518 478
636 551 559
333 288 197

4851. 0 410 294 321 4825 .0 410 29 2 321
26 . 0 456 492 406
142 . 3 557 517 455 127 . 0 571 529 4'72 15. 3 411 404 314 274 . 8 n80 979 854 242. 0 1230 1033 912
32.8 721 533 424 662. 4 1097 893 81~5 662 .0 1097 894 854
0 . 4 762 1.~9 8 600

1+. 3 242
12 . 0 379 0.4 347 3 . 4 574 2. 2 8'72

201 391 360 340 460 '720 516 1.~52
654 611

10999 3 11093 .3 516

'75. 3

74 . 5 565

11 075 11167 .e 516

433 442 1+93 396
1+ 33 41Jl

197
1522
1028
545
264
3525
3502 .1
22. 9
176
164 . 6
11.4
734 689 .8
44. 2 1573 1572 . 3
0.7
3.0 9.9
0 .2
4 .3 4.4
10868 . 6
79 2
10948

326 1 328 1140
483 279

225
1 635
1075
530 185

286 2
2834. 3
27 . 7
157
144 .8
12 .2 634
596.7
37 . 3
1315 1.314. 5
0.5

3247 .0
3225. 0
22. 0
135.0 125 .0
10. 0 4t39 .0
460 . 0 29 . 0
1165.5
1165. 0 0 .5

2.1

3 .5

9.4

8 .5

r. . 4

0 .6

5.3

3 .2

3.1

2. 8

-- - _._- --- - - - - -

99 37 . 1 10208. 6

77. '7

61. 5

10015

10270 . 1

IT- P r oduct i on ginned and t o be g i nne d . .4 500-pound 'oa.Le contains about 480 net pounds of l int . ~/ P~er ic an-Eg~~t i an pr ior to July 1 , 1970. } / 19 68 and 19 69, U. S . all cotton r ounde d t o thousands .

FRASIER T. GALLOWAY Agricultural St at i s tician In Charge

C. L . CRENSHAH Agr icultural St a t i s t ic iaI'.

------

The Geor gia Cr op Repor ting Ser v i c e ? USDA , 409A North L:llupkin Street, At he ns , Ge orgia , i n cooperat i on uit h t he Georgia Department of' Agr icul t ure .

Aft er Fi ve Days Retur n to
Un ited States Department of Agr iculture St at is t i c al Repor t i ng Service .
409A Nor t h Lumpk i n Street
At hens , Georgia 306 01 OFFIC I1\L BUSINESS

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POSTAGE & FEES PAID
Un ited Slate s De portment of Agri cu lt u, e

ACQ DI V

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UNI VERS I TY OF GEO RGI A

UNIV l It3RARIES

ATHENS

GA 3 060 1

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GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE

WI]I][3~t? ~",~I,I]mt?

ATHENS, GEORGIA

9 , 19 7 0

P la cem ent of b roiler c hicks i n G eorg i a d u r in g the we e k e n d e d De ce m be r 5 was 8 .66 7, 0 0 0 - - 6 p erc ent m o re tha n t.re pr e vious we e k a nd 1 p er cent m or e than the co mp ar abl e wee k l as t ye ar, a ccording t o t h e G e or gi a C r o p Re p o r tirrg S e r v i ce .
A n e s ti m a t e d 10,185,000 bro i le r t yp e e g gs w ere se t by Ge o rgia h at cher ie s - - 7 p e r c ent l es s than both the previ o us w e e k a nd the com pa rable w eek a year ea r l ie r .
T he majority o f t he pri c e s p ai d t o G eo r gia pr odu c e r s fo r b r oil e r hatching eggs wer e rep o r te d wi t hin a r ange o f 50 t o 60 c ent s p e r dozen. The average pri c e of ha t ching e gg s w a s 54 ce n t s p er d o ze n . The p ric e o f egg s f ro m fl o c k s w i t h ha tc h e r y o w ne d c o cker el s gene r a lly wa s 2 cent s below t he a verag e pri ce. Mast pri c e s recei v e d fo r broiler c hicks by G eorgi a ha t cherie s were reporte d wit hin a r a n g e of $ 7 . 00 to $9 . 00 with an ave rage of $ 8 . 00 per h undr ed. The ave r age p r i ce s l ast year w ere 67 c e nts fo r egg s and $ 10 . 2 5 fo r chick s .

Week Ended
O ct. 3 Oct . 10 Oct. 17 Oct. 24 Oct. 31 Nov. 7 Nov. 14 Nov. 2 1 Nov. 28 Dec . 5

G.E O RG IA E GGS S E T , HAT C H I NG S AND C H IC K P LACEMEN T S

E gg s S e t 1./

~- -- -

- - --

I

!,

I

C hi ck s Placed fo r

____ _J~ Y.!-. ..P r ic e _ ___
Hatch B roiler

19 69
T ~10u.
10,139

197 0 T hou .
8 , 5 19

0/0 of yea r ago P ct.
84

I Broi l e r s in Ge orgia

i

0/0 of

I 1969

1970

ye a r

i

ago

I
I

T hou.

Tho u.

P ct.

I

I 8, 17 7 6 , 56 0

80

j~ g g s
P er Do z. 1970
C ents
53

Chi ck s P er H undre d 1970
Dollar s
7.50

10,145

9,0 26

89

8, 48 2 7,7 67

92

11 , 7 85 10, 244

I 8 7

8, 255 7,9 82

97

53

7.50

53

7.50

I 11, 956

10,7 85

9 0 i 7, 58 8 6 ,388

84

1 11, 81 4

11,17 9

9 5 I 7, 307 6, 623

91

53

7. 75

53

7.75

11,5 6 6 10 , 9 9 4

95

8, 4 59 7 , 61 3

90

53

7.75

11, 891 11, 340

95

8, 69 9 8, 207

94

53

7.75

11,6 29 10,706

92

8, 72 2 8, 590

98

54

8. 00

11, 847 10,906

92

8, 56 4 8, 199

96

54

8. 00

10,910 10 , 185

93

e, 613 8 , 6 6 7

10 1

54

8. 00

E GG T YPE

Hatch of egg type c hi cks in G eorgi a d urin g t he week e n ded D e cem be r 5 was 63 6,000--7 p erc ent more tha n the previous w e ek but s l ig htly l e s s than the c omparable w eek l a st yea r . A n es t i ma t ed 6 46 , 000 eggs fo r the pro duction of e g g typ e c hi c k s w er e se t b y G e or gia h atcheri es, 3 5 p erc ent l ess th an th e pr e vious w ee k a nd 17 perc ent le s s than the c om par a bl e week last ye ar.
In the four state s tha t a c c o unt e d for a bout 26 per c ent of t he hatch of a ll e gg t ype c h i c k s in the U. S. in 19 6 9, h atchings during the w e ek e n ded Dece m be r 5 were down 8 percent and s etting s w ere down 3 2 p erc ent fr om a ye a r a go.

EGG TYPE EGGS S E T A ND C H I C KS HAT CHE D, 1970

State

E:g gs S e t (W e e k E n de d )

% I'

of

1 0hic ks I~at c he d CvVe ek E n~ed)

Nov . 14

Nov . Nov.

21

28

D ec. 5

year I' N ov. N o v .

ag o 21 14

21

N ov. 28

Dec. 5

Ga. Ill. Cali f. IVa s h.

86 6 29 0 1, 37 2 19 1

Thous ands

1, 215 99 2

465 43 0

1, 97 4 1, 45 9

166

18 7

646

83

180

69

i 1 , 0 4 7

61

i 16 5

68

T housands

90 8 80 0

594

23 5 3 a0

180

I

991 1,124

19 5

16 1

1,1 80 20 0

63 6 2 25 1,0 6 6 1 50

I Total 2,7 19

3,820 3, 068

2, 03S I 68

! 2, 3 2 9 2, 3 85

2, 154

2,077

11 Includes e g g s se t by hatch eri es producing chi c k s for h atc h er y s up ply flock s .

21 Current w e ek as p er c ent o f sam e wee k l a s t yea r .

0/0 of
ye ar ago 2/
100 73 96 76
92,

B ROIL ER TYP E E G G S S E T AN D C H L:'; KS PL ACED I N ('; O M M.S 3 C L'_. L~\ 3 E A.S B Y \TI~ :~~ K.s 1970 ?c:.ge 2.

.:

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"Ii i e e k .L:: n d e ci

Nov .

Nov .

Lre c ,

I 0/0 of I

'il e e k E n d e d

ye a r

Nov .

Nov .

Dec .

% of
year

Q) ~
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28

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) N orth Ca r olin a S outh Ca r ol ina
G EORGIA

2,135 112
1, 852

2 , 10 6 63
1,805

1, 956 68
1, 642

103 76 96

1, L:.:. 77
I 70
I 1, 076

l, 348 70
1, 151

1, 4 97 78
1, 12 3

9"-1 53 108

400 202 3, 24 7

44 0 2 13 3, 24 7

328 218 3, 159

90 108 114

I 2/';'0

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I

435
z. L.!:3 2

2. 08
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2,953

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c~.

479

? , 7 84

94 122
97

4, 973

5,005

4, 595

3 8 I J , 1>1 6

3,3 64

J , 687

94

1, 867 34

1,898 36

1, 51 4 36

94 180

I 1, 302 172

1, 3 5 5 272

1, 4 57 260

106 83

7,7 66

7,82 0

7 ,3 57 105 ! 5, 93 0

5, 806

5, 807

97

584

509

537 112

4 96

4 94

644

152

10,706 10, 906 10, 185

93

8, 590

8, 199

3, 66 7

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T OTAL 1970 (22 State s )

1, 159

1, 168

1, 152 105

046

840

8 54

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64 0

639

74 2 102

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822

929

98

8, 8 5 0

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8, 375

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I 274 1,89 6

238 1, 758

232 1, 849

1 01 107

70, 69 8 7 1, 168 6 6 , 11 0

99 155, 24 5 54,644 56, 08 0

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71,9 01 71 ,495 67, 106

% of Last Year

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GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
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UN!'; !:F. 3 ;-;": Of G'::O;: '2 Iil
Ul; L. 1 '( I ~ I U

:\ t ile ns , Georgia

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Nbve mbc r 1'.370

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-~R~ l e a s e d 12/15 /70

N OV E MBE ~ MILK PR ODUCT ION ur 3 PE RCEN T

Milk p roduction on Georg ia farms durin g No vem be r t o t a le d 98 mfl 1 fon pounds , a ccord in g to the Georg ia Crop ~eport in g Serv ice. This wa s 3 mill io n po unds above No vembe r 1969, bllt was the sa me as the prev io us mon t h.

Pro duc t ion per cow i n herd a ve ra ged 695 po unds - 15 pound s abo ve t he previous year, but was the s ame as the p revi ous mon t h.

The e s t ima t e d av erag e p r i ce received by prod ucers for a l l who le sa l e mi l k du ring Novem ber was $7.25 per hund red weight. TI,is wa s 10 ce nt s abo ve th e Oct o be r 1970 pri ce, a nd was 15 ce nt s above the No vembe r 1969 pr i ce.

"\ I U<. ~i\ O D U CT I Ot1 f\ ~!D PR ICE S j1H E IVEEJ :\ ND P.:\ I D BY Oi l I :,YMcN

Georg ia

!lni t e d States

It em a nd Unit

: t\'overrbe r 1969

October Novem ber : Novembe r Oc t o be r Novernbc r

1970

1970 : 1969

1970

1970

Mi l k Produc t io n ,
mi llion l bs .
Produ ction Pe r Cow
l bs .l!
Numbe r Mil k Cows,
tho 'J s an d head

95

98

j8

8 ,691

9,248

8,835

680

695

695

691

744

ll2

140

141

141 : 12, 579 12 ,42/+ 12, /+06

Pri ce s Re ceived-Do llars 1/:

;='1 11 who I e sa Ie mil k, cwt Flu id mi l k, cwt. Manu f a ctured mil k, cwt. Mil k Cow s , head

7.10 7.10
: 225 . 00

117.1 5
1/7. 15
270.00

7.25 7. 25
280.00

5. :0 2 6.27 4.76 : 308 . 00

3/6 .02
3/6.38 3/4. 8~j 340.00

4/6.08 4/6.4'+ 4/4.94
3Lf 1.00

Pri ce s Pa id- Do l l ars 2/

Mi xed Da iry Feed, ton 14 per ~ ent prot ein 16 pe rce n t p ro t e i n 18 pe rce n t protein 20 pe r ce n t protein
Hay, to n

70.00 76.00 80.00 82.00
36.00

76.00 82.00 84.00 88.00
37.00

78.00 83.00 85.00 91.00
38 .00

: 67.00 : 72.00 : 74.00 : 79.00
:
: 32. 80

70.00 77 .00
SO.oo
84 .00
33.40

72.00 77 .00 80.00 85.00
34. 10

1/ Monthly average. '1:../ Dol lars per unit a s of the 15th of the mon th exce pt wholesal e milk wh i c h is average for
month. 3/ Revised. ~/ Pr e lim i na ry .

FRAS IER T. GA LLOWAY Ag r i c u l t u ra l Statistician In Charge'

W. PAT PA RKS Ag r i c u l t u ra l Statistician

The Georgia Crop Reporting Service, USDA, 409A North Lumpkin Street, At he ns , Georgia in coo peration with the Georg ia De partment of Ag ri c u l tu r e .

U i~IT E D ST,\ T ES t'l I LK i' i{ODIJCT I Oi,! No v ember mi lk p r o duction up 2 ~ erc ent fr om a y ea r ~ a r 1 i e r

U, S. rn i l k pro duc ti o n i n Nc v embe r i s e s t i ma t ed a t 8 , 8 35 mi l l i on po un ds, 2 per cent mo r e
t han a yea r earl ie r . Dai l y a ve ra ge p r o du ct io n was do wn 1 pe r c en t fr om Oct o ber compa r e d wit~ a 2 pe r cen t dec 1 i ne a y e a r ear l i er . No v ember o u t ~ u t ~ r o v i d e d 1.43 po u nd s of mi l k per pe r so n dail y f or al l use s, s light ly mo re than t he 1.42 ~ o u n d s a y ear e a r l i e r but l e s s t r.a n the
Oc t ober supp l y of 1 . 45 ~ o u n d s . ? r o du c t i o n fo r th e fir s t 11 mon t h s o f 1) 70 wa s 0.6 pe rce nt
mo r e tha n a year ear l i er.

i'lilk pro duction was unch an ge d o r h i gh e r th an a y ea r e a r l ier i n mo s t St a te s of t l. n f.a s t
No rt h Centra l, So ut h .vt l a n t i c , Sou t h Central, and \'Jes t e r n r e g i ons . In t he No r t o .vt l an t i c a n d \'!~ s t j"! o r t h Cent ral re g i o n s, p r od uc.t i o n was un c han ged or l ower in mo st St at es . Of t he
S l eadin g mi lk p r o du c t i o n St a t e s , pro duc t io n was abovr. a ye a r ea r l i e r in \!is co n si n , iJ ew Yo r k
a nd Cal i f o rn ia , bu t be l ow i n t\i nnes ota and Pen n syl van ia.

:~ 3 t,;~ p~ r_ cow UP 3 pe r c ent f rom a y ear ea r ! ie r. milk cow s down] per,c en t

~iilk o u t pu t p e r C0 W ave r a ge d 7 12 po und s i n Nov ember - - up 3 pe rc ent from a y ear ear l i e r , Da i ly p r o d ~ c t i o n pe r cow av era ged 23 . 7 pou nds, abo u t j ~erce nt l ess t h a n Oc to be r co mp3 red w i t n a 2 pe r ce n t de c l in e Le t ween th ese two mo nt hs a yea r ea r l l e r 2 ro ducti o il pe r CO''I'J was
r e co r d ;'li g h i n 47 S t a t e s . It wa s h i ghest i n Cal i f o rn i a-- j80 po u nds , fo l l owed by ::\' r i zo na- - 3 30 ~o u n ds , Wa s h i n g t o n 3nd Hawa i i ea ch wit h 860 ~ o u n d s , a nd Connect icut at 83 5 po und s .

t li lk cow s o n fa rms du r i n g No vember total ed 12, 40 6, 000 head, down 1 per c e nt from a y ear ea r l i e r .
~1i1 k f e e d Qr i ce rati o 1+ per cent l ess t ha n a y ea r ea r l i e r

The No vembe r mi lk -fee d p r ice r ati o at 1.7 j wa s 4 perce nt l e s s th an a y ear e a rl ie r. The U. S. av e r a ge milk. p r i ce in creased 16 f r om a y ea r e a r l i e r , wh i l e ra ti on v a l ue i nc r e a se d 23 ca usi n g th e de c re a se in t he ratio. The ra t i o showe d a ] per c en t gai n from Oct ob er , th e same as a yea r ea r 1ie r

t':ont :l

Mi ] k per co w an d mil k p ro due t i o n by month s , Un):...;:t..;c::..;d::.......:S:...t;:..;a::..;t:..;e::..;s: '--

_

~iilk pe r c ow .1. / :

1968

19 69

I t) ] O

19613

- - - -- - - t'lilk ~i ro d !.J c t i o n .1/

"r 'nan ge

l SGS

1{j 70

fr om 1')69.

~)o ')nd s

hi 11 i on po und s

Per cen t

Janua r y Feb r ua r y M.3 r ch ::\' p r i i May Ju ne Jul y :\ u gu s t Sep t embe r Oc tobe r Nov embe r
J a il. - i Jo v . t o t a l

717

731~

7 50

S , Lf:) 5

9 , ~f i 1

9 ,4 12

0

696

687

70 6

~'" 187

8 ,7 92

8 , (lLfO

10.5

775

780

8 03

1;) , j ~~'

LJ
~

, :-:60

10 , 0 53

10. 9

796

806

826

10,457

10,~6 5

10 ,33 0

10 .6

858

867

883

11, 235

11 , 0 34

1 i ,0 1S

-0. 1

82 6

847

8 62

le , 786

10, 759

10, 7) 0

,, 0 . 1

78 3

800

816

10 , 202

I G, ] :~ 2

] 0, ! G2

10. 2

740

76 4

78 2

9,6 12

:1 , 673

9,7 32

10.6

701

72 6

74'+

9, 083

9 ,165

:) , 2~~ O

/ 0 .9

706

72 5

744

9, 12'+

9, 138

9 , 2+8

11.2

677

6') I

7 12

G.71 7

8 . 69 1

8 ,Li3 5 - 11. 7

106, 09 5 107 , 03 0 107, 631

/ 0.6

Dec ember

7 11

730

Annua 1

- 8, 99 2

9 , 158

1/ Ex c l ude s he i f er s no t yet fr esh .

9 , 139

9, 170

-- -- -

117 , 234 11 6 , 200

A f t e r Fi ve Da y s ~e t u r n to United St a te s Department of Agr i c u lt u re
Sta ti s tica l ~e p o r t i n g Se rv i c e 4 0g A ~ o r t h Lumpk in St r ee t A t he n s , Geo r g i a 306 01
OFFIC IAL BUS INESS

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GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE

w~~mL1~ rl;gJl1~rn~m~

ATHENS, GEORGIA

Ute.l. '/ J,:J /u

De cember 16, 1970

B RFD_I~L=E=R-_lT.,"_,Y, it9:~E. _ s

~n

Plac ement o f b r oil e r c hi cks i n G eor gia du r m g- fnew b ek ended D ec e m b e r 12 w a s 8,314,000--4 p er c ent l e s s t ha n the previous week and 2 percent les s than the comparable week last year, according to th e Geor gia ;:::; r o p R e p o r t i n g 3 e rvice.
An estimated 11,258,000 broiler type e gg s were set by G eorgia hatcheries--l1 percent more than th e pr e vi ou s w e ek but 5 p e r cent les s than t:l.e comparable w eek a year
earlier. The m ajori ty of t he pri ces paid to G e o r gia producers for broile r hatching e ggs
w ere r eported wi thin a r ang e of 50 to 60 cents pe r dozen. T' h e aver a g e price of hatching e ggs was 54 c ents p er d o z e n. T h e pri c e of eg g s f ro m fl o cks w ith h at chery owned cocker els
gen e r a lly was 2 cen ts bel o w t he average price. Mo s t price s r ec eived fo r broile r chi cks by Geor gia h a t cheri e s w e r e re po r t e d within a r a ng e of ~; 7 . 00 to $ 9 . 0 0 with an a ve rag e of $8.00 per hund r ed. The a v e r a ge p ric es l ast yea r wer e 67 cents for e g g s a n d $ 10 . 2 5 for
chicks.

Week Ended
O ct. 10 Oct. 17 Oct. 24 Oct. 31 Nov. 7 N ov . 14 Nov. 21 Nov. 28 Dec. 5 Dec. 12

GE ORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS A ND CHICK P LACEMENTS

E g gs .3 e t 1/

1969

1970

0/0 of
year ago

I
Chicks Plac ed for

A v . Price

Hatch

B r oiler

B roile r s in G eorgia

.!; g g s

C li cks

I 1969

1970

%of ! P er
year : Doz. ago I 1970

P er Hundred 1970

T hou.
10, 145 11,785 11, 956 11,814 11, 56 6 11, 891 11 , 629 11,847 10,910 11,806

'I' h o u ,
9,026 10, 244 10,785 11, 179 10,994 11, 340 10, 706 10,906 10,185 11,258

Pct.
89 87 90 95 95 95 92 92 93 95

Thou.

,

I 3, 482

i i,

8, 255 7, 588

I
I

7,307

I 8,459

i
I

8,699

I
!

8, 722

I 8, 564
:
! 8,613 8,458

Thou.
7,767 7,982 6,388 6,623 7, 613 8, 207 8, 590 8, 199 8,667 8,314

Pet.
92 97 84 91 90 94 98 96 101 98

; Cents

I
, 53

53

j 53

I
,I 53

i 53

i ,

53

54

I 54
, 54

54

Dollars
7. 50 7.50 7.75 7.75 7.75 7.75 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00

EGG TYPE
Hatch of egg typ e chicks in Georgia during the week ended December 12 was 920,000-45 p ercent m ore than the previous we ek and 36 percent more than the comparable we ek last year. A n e s t i m a t e d 1,232,000 egg s for the production of egg type chicks were s et by G eorgia hatcheries, 91 p erc ent mor e than the previous week and 29 perc ent more than the comparable we ek last ye ar.
In the four states that accounted for about 26 percent of the hatch of a ll egg type chicks in the U. S. in 1969, hatchings during the week ended De cern oe r 12 w ere up 29 p e r c c nt and settings were down 6 percent from a year ago.

State

EGG TYPE E G GS SET AND ~ HI CKS HATCHE_D.., ..1.9:.7.0.-----.:._----------

Eg g s S e t (W eek Ended)

% of

Chicks Hatched (Week Ended)

% of

No v.

Nov. Dec.

De c.

year , Nov . Nov.

Dec.

Dec.

year

21

28

5

12

a g o 2/ ; 21

28

5

12

ago 2/

Thousands

Ga .

l 1, 215

9 9 2 64 6 1, 232 12 9

Ill.

485 ':<

430

180

215

56

C a li f. 1,974 1,459 1,047 1,407

80

V. ash .

166

187

165

245 132

T housands

800

59 4

63 6

920 136

300

180

225

385 129

1, 124 1, 180 1,066 1,534 139

161

ZOO

150

137

61

Total : 3, 84 0* 3,0 6 8 2,038 3 , 099

9<:1

2,385 2. , , 154 2,077 2,976 ' 129

1/ Includes e g gs set by ha t c he r ie s producing chi c k s for hat c hery s up p l y flo cks.
2/ Curr ent w e ek a s percent of s a me w e ek l a st year.

B R OI L ER TYP E EGGS SE T A N ~) C HIC KS PLA ;::;ZD IN COMM.SR CIL ' J Al{ E f ,S :3Y \;rZ :2 K 3 - 1970 Pa g e 2

I I

I

STAT E

E GGS SET ...Ve e k E: n d e d

0/0 of

CHI C;I( 5 Vl e ek

P I.Jl\..=;.8 EI}de J

D-

--

-

-

-%-of-

-

-

-

I
I C)
1~
I.;...>

- - ~ - _. _ -- - -.
I
M a.i ne Connecticut P ennsylvania Indi an a Mis souri

N ov.
28

lJec . 5

Thousands

2, 106 63
1, 80 5 440 213

1, 9 56 68
1,642
328
21 8

De c .
12
1, 994 50
1, 53 3 323
22 8

year , Nov .
ag o 1/ 28

Dec . 5

T .i o us ands

96

1,3 48

1, 4 97

69

70

78

86

1, 15 1

1, 12 3

6S

208

2 '-14

1 1.3

48 2

479

Dec .

year

l2 _ __ag.~.JJ.. _

1, 6 14

104

10 0

81

1, 05 7

98

20 3

79

50 0

10 9

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I :::l IU
I ......

I :...

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ro I 4-1
. ..... I 0 UI
. ..... I

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1

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Delawa r e l\il a r y l and V i rginia '.'.' e st V irgi n ia North Ca r olin a So ut h C a r olin a

3, 247 5, 00 5 1, 898
36 7 , 820
509

3 , 159 4, 59 5
1, 51 4
36 7,357
537

3, 3 59 115

5,0 74 94

1, 69 2

88

3 6 109

7, 45 9 94

543 102

2,953

2 . 7 84

2, 704

83

3, 364

3,6 8 7

3, 880

10 5

1, 3 55

1, 4 57

1,480

II I

272-

26 0

343

126

5, 80 6

5, 807

5,8 57

97

494

6 LdA

50 1

11 5

~ ~ ""c"d'

I I

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I

G E ORGIA

10, 90 6 ]. 0 , 185 11 , 2 58

95

8, 199

8, 6 6 7

0, 3 14

98

1 I

I

I

P l o r i da

1, 168

1, 143 100

840

8 54

877

94

I 1

Tenne s see

639

782

95

822

929

905

94

I I

A la ba m a Mi s s is sippi

9 , 122 5,521

9 , 2 55 100

7, 10 0

6,91 8

6, 759

95

5, 605 10 5

4 , 858

4 , 882

L~ , 945

10 9

I I 1

Por k a n s a s

12, 092

11 , 87 7

97

8, 125

8,3 75

9, 003

105

1 I

Loui s iana

9 79

875

79

1, 369

1, 39 Ll

868

82

I I

T exa s \"';as h ing t on Ore go n Ca li fo r n i a

4 ,5 75 435
3 08
2, 281

4 , 519

97

519 106

329

84

2 , l I Z 99

3 , L19'

3, 57 6

3, 54 9

lOb

3 38

34 4

399

83

23 8

23 2

171

67

1, 75 3

1, 849

1, 839

107

I

c<1Jo

I 1

H1

cU I

-CI

:>-t UI

TCi Tj~L 19 70

71, 16 8

70, 56 5 97 ; 54 , 64 4 56 , 080 55 , 36 8

100

-cr: ~ :

(2 2 Sta t e s )
T O T .AL 1969>:<
(2 2 St a te s )

7 1, 4 9 5 67, 10 6 7 2 , 6 73

; 54 , 9 23 I
r

55, 582.

55, 966

;S J-l
O~
~ .j
~U
~ .~
o ...~..,

l
I
:
o4-1

0/0 o f Last Y e a r

100

99

97

99

10 i

.l OO

1/ C u r re n t w e e k as p erc ent o f s am e w e ek l ast y e ar . ,:'- _-;1-e-v-i.-s-e--d-.- -'--'-- -- - - - - - .--- - - . ._--. -

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GE ORG IA C R 0 PRE P V"R.T I '4 e S ~ ~ V I Col.

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ATHENS, GEORGIA
Item
B roiler T ype Pullets Placed (U. S. ) 3/
T otal Domestic

N OVE MBE R 19'"1'e

During Nov.

19 69 1/

1970 2 /

Thou.

Tho u.

LIBRAR IES

D ec emb er 18, 1970

%of
la st year
Pct.

J a n. t hru Nov.

196 9 1/

1970 2/

T ho u.

Thou.

0/0 of
la st ye ar
Pct.

3, 846 3,300

3 , 843 100 3, 295 100

4 1, 2 19 3 5, 84 7

41, 820 101 35,794 100

Chickens Te sted Broiler Type
G eor gia Unite d State s E gg Type G eo r gi a United St a te s

719 2, 545
20 808

639 89 2,514 99
21 105 846 105

6, 287 2 5, 7 18
246 5, 500

6, 778 108 28, 086 109
3 73 152 5, 88 9 107

Chicks Hat c he d B roiler T ype
Geo rgia United States E gg T ype G eorgia Unit ed States

40,265 24 8,915
2,976 34,052

38 , 15 0 95 245,519 99
3, 478 117 35, 4 36 104

455,423

459,389 101

2, 768, 803 2,920,301 105

38,493 4 9 0, 8 4 0

41, 461 108
532, 122 IG8

Commercial Slaughter:4/ Youn g Chickens
Ge orgi a United States Mat ure C hi ck e n s Light T ype
Ge o rgi a Unit ed States Heavy Type Ge o rgia United Sta t e s

26,276 188, 927
978 8,466
376 2, 6 10

27,985 107 197,677 105
1,885 193 12, 003 142
4 9 1 131 2,591 99

349, 120

3 8 2 , 53 6 110

2 , 33 2 ,4 0 5 2, 569, 125 110

NA 118,589
NA 24,118

21,750 129,972 110
4 , 888 30, 554 127

Number Layers and Egg Production

Number Layers on

Eggs F er

Hand during Nov.

100 Layer s

Total E gg s Pro d uc e d During Nov.

1969

1970

Thousands

G e orgia

Hatc hing Other T otal South A tla ntic 5/ United St a te s -

4, 986 20,750 25, 736 67,989 319,969

4 , 531 19,906 24, 4 37 66, 356 325,209

U. S . Egg Type chicken e g g s in incubator D ec. 1,

1969

1970

Numb er

1969

1970

Millions

1,497 1,620

74

1, 812 1, 779

376

1,749 1, 781 1,753

1, 7 52 1,789 1,758

450 1,211 5,609

197 0 as p er c ent of Dec. 1, 19 69.

73 355 428 1, 187 5,717
95

1/ Re v i se d . 2/ P r eliminary. "3/ Pullets for broiler hatchery ~ upply flock s, includes exp ected pullet replac em e nt s f rom
- e ggs sold during the preceding month at the rate of 125 pullet chicks per 30 -do z. ca se
of eggs .
4/ Fe de r a l - St a t e Market News Service Slaughter reports only include poultry slaught er ed
- under F e de r a l Inspection.
5/ South Atlantic States: Del., Md., W. v s., N . C ., S. C., F la . , vc., Ga.
NA - Not Available.

Unit ed St at e s Department of Agriculture

Georgia Department of A gric ulture

Statistica l Reporting S ervice, 409A North L um pkin Street, Athens, Georgia 30601

State

YOUNG CHICKENS: SLAUGHTERED UNDER FEDERAL INSPECTION

BY SELECTED STATES, 1969 and 1970

I

Number Inspected

i Indicated Percent Condemned

! During Oct.

I 1969

1970

Jan. thru Oct.

1969

1970

I! During Oct.

1969

1970

Jan. thru Oct.

1969

1970

' Thou.

Thou.

Thou.

Thou.

I Pct.

Pct.

Pct.

Pct.

. i ~~~, ; ',. ~,!~:
"":' :.: ::...::,:"';~
,

Maine

6,607

6,104

58,590 62,696 I 4.0

2.9

3.9

3.5

Pat

7,362

6,871

69,048 70,242 ,. 4.5

4.5

4.5

4.7

Mo.

4,420

5,289

43,821 52,237 3.8

4.0

3.9

4.3

DeL

8,920

7,919

79,594 79,049 3.7

3.7

3.7

3.9

Md.

15,122 14,858 138,793 149,347 3.3

3.7

3.5

3.9

Va.

7 ,555

7,383

71,813 77,327 2.8

3.0

N. C.

25,998 25,189 231,601 258,029 I 2.8

3.2

3. 4

3.8

3. 5

3.8

Ga.

34 , 856 34,978 321,675 353,297 3.4

4.5

4.6

5.1

Tenn. Ala.

5,453 26,611

5,187 29,186

I 53,267 59,826 2.7
244,131 274,165 3.2

3.6 4.7

3.4

3.6

3.3

4.9

Mis s , Ark. Texas

17,089 33, 06 1 14, 888

19,596 3 1, 7 8 5 16, 750

154,472180,307 1.9
I 3 11, 54 1 3 23, 367 3. 4
1 13 5, 375 158, 544 2. 6

2.9 3. 3 3. 4

2.2

2.5

3. 3

3. 3

2. 9

3. 4

---------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------

U. S. 12 3 2 , 4 7 2

2,129,925

1 3. 1

3.7

3.5

3. 9

I

237,617

t

2,363,645

Item

MID-MONTH PRICES RECEIVED AND PRICES PAID

Georgia

United States

Nov. 15 Oct. 15 Nov. 15 Nov. 15 Oct. 15 Nov. 15

1969

1970

1970

1969

1970

1970

Cents

Cents

Cents

Cents Cents

,Ce nt s

Prices Received: Chickens, lb., excL broilers Com'l Broilers [Lb , ] All Eggs, (dozens) Table (dozens) Hatching (dozens)

15.0 13.0 56.1

7.5 11.5 36.0 32.6 53.0

7.0 12.0 40.6 38.3 53.0

10.7 14.4 49.2

7.7 12.8 33.2

7. 7
12.9 36.4

Prices Paid: (per ton)

DoL

DoL

DoL

DoL

DoL

Dol.

Broiler Grower Laying Feed

89.00 78.00

100.00 86.00

110.00 84.00

90.00 98.00 80.00 87.00

99.00 86.00

This report is made possible through the cooperation of the National Poultry Improvement Plan, Official State Age ncie s , 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.

FRASIER T GALLOWAY A g r i c ultur a l Statistician In Charge

W. A. WAGNER Agricultural Statistician

After Five Days Return to

.

United States Department of Agriculture

Statistical Reporting Se rvice

409A North Lumpkin Street

Athens, Georgia 30601

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LIB RA RIES

Decembe r 2 I , 1970
Pt:C/\N i,EP OiH AS OF DECEMB Ei( I , 1970
GEO I{GIA: The 1970 Georg ia pe can p rod uc t io n is est imated at 45,000,000 pounds compared with 88,000,000 pounds in 1969 , ac cording to the Georg ia Crop Repo r t i ng Service.
The e s t ima t e is 3,000,000 pounds below the p revious forecasts. Many producers reported heavy l osses to predators and ge ne ra l l y 1 ighter harvest than expected earl i e r , Production from improved varieties is e sti ma te d at 38,000,000 pounds and s e edl ings at 7,000,000 pounds.
United States : The Na t io n 's pros pe c ti ve pecan crop as of De cember I, tot al s 149.2 mill ion pounds, 2 per cen t bel ow las t month1s fore cast , 34 per cent less
than 1969 and 22 percen t bel ow 1968. Imp rov ed varieties are e xpected t o ma ke up 53 percent o f total producti on ; nat ive and seedl ings, 47 percent.
In Georgia, weathe r during most of Novembe r favored pecan ha rv est. The crop varies greatly in Georgia, and many growers rep ort smaller crops than ex pe c te d . In many areas of Al a bama, nut qual ity wa s poo r , and many nuts were poorly fil l ed. Harvest neared comp l e t ion in most area s by De cembe r 1. In Mi s si s s i pp i , tree s damaged by the Augus t 1969 hurricane are not yet in producti on nor wi l l t hey be for several yealos.
In Oklahoma, the short crop is of very good qual ity. In Texas, weather October through early December wa s mild and dry, and ideal for harvesting. The high prices this year should encourage harvest of native pecans along creek and river bottoms. In New Mexico, harvest will continue through much of December. Pecan production is heavy this year, but quality is poor and " sticktights" abundant.

C. L. CKENSHAH Ag r i c u l t u ra l Statistician

FR:\S IER T. GALLO\,J.'\Y Ag r i c u l t u ra l Statistician In Charge
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The Georgia Crop Reporting Serivce , USDA, 409/\ No r t h Lumpkin Street, At he ns , Georgia in cooperation with the Georgia Department of /\g r ic u l t u re .

State
No r t h Carol ina Sou th Ca ro 1 ina Geor qia Flo r ida /'1 1a bama j"1ississippi l:" rk ansas Lou is iana Oklahoma Te xas New Mex i co
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PEC/~i~ PRODUCT ION
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Improved Varieties 1/

Nat ive and seed! ing pecans

1968

1969

1970

1968

1969

1970

1, 000 pounds

600 1,280 35 .0 00
3,200 27,500
6,000 550
2,500 100
8 ,000 10,000
94 ,730

1,700 2,400 73.000
2, 10O 27 ,0 00
6, 10O 2,400 7,500
700 5,700 6,700
135,300

800 . 2,200 ; 38.000
2,000 : 12,000 : 2,700 .
1 , 200 ~ 2,500 :
600 : 8,000 : 8,500

200 320 7.000
3,000 4,000 5,000 1,850 14,000 1,400 61,000

78,500 . 97,770

900 600 1 5 , 0 00 1,900 6, 500 5,400 6 , 200 22,200 13,800 17 ,300
89,800

300 400 7 .000 2 , 000 3 ,000 2,300 3,800 11,500 8,400 32, 000
70,700

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1969

1,000 pound s

No r t h Ca ro 1 i na South Carol ina Geor qia
Flo r i da /\ 1ab ama l"1iss is s ipp i /\ rka nsa s Loui si ana Okl ahoma Te xa s New l"1exi co

800 1,600 47.,000
6,200 31,500 11,000
2,400 16,500
1,500 69,000 10,000

2,600 3,000 88 ,000
4,000 33,500 11,500 8,600 29,700 14,500 23, 000 6,700

Unit ed States

192 ,500

225,100

1/ Budded, grafted, or topworked varieties.

Af t e r Five Days Return to United States Department o f Ag r ic u l t u re
Sta t istical Reporting Serv ice 409 A North Lumpkin Street
At he ns, Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS

1970

1,100 2,600 45 ,000
4 ,000 15 ,000 5,000 5,000 14,000 9,000 40,000 8,500
149 ,200

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GEORGI A ANNUAL VEGETABLE SUMMARY - 1970

Production of the principal commerc ial vegetables for fresh market and processing in Georgia during 1970 was valued at $12,195,000, an i nc r e a s e of 17 percent above the 1969 valu e of $10,405,000. This increase in value is attributed to increased value of vegetables for processing and watermelons. Total acreage of these crops narvested in
1970 was 52,200 acres, 5 percent below the 54,800 acres harvested in 1969.

Swe ctpota to estimates a re not included in th is ve getable report. The sweetpotato data will be pub 1 ished in the annual f ield crop summa r y t o be releas ed lat er in December.

UNITED ST/\TES
The estimated p roducti on o f t he 22 princ ipal fr esh mar ket ve ge t a b l e s and melons for 1970 is 1 per cent more than in 1969, according to the Crop Re po r t i ng Board. The 1970 product ion of 223.9 mill ion hundredwe ight compares with 1969 production of 221.9 mill ion hund red weight and the 1968 p roduc t io n of 221.8 mill ion. For the major crops, the increases over 1969 for cabbage, sweet corn , l ettuce and onions more than offset smalle r production of carrots, celery and tomatoes. The 22 princi pal vegetable and melon cro~s had a total value of $1,2 07 million, 3 perc ent less than a year earlier. leading crops in value were lettuce and tomatoes whose combined total accounted for 36 percent of the U. S. total.
Production of the 10 p r i nc i pa l vegetable crops grown in the United States in 1970 for commercial process ing totaled 9.3 mill ion tons. This is sl i ght l y below the 1969 tonnage and 23 percent below the record high 1968 output. Production e xcludes tonnage from mat ure crops not harvested in a normal manner because of economi c factors.
Higher average yields in 1970 practically offset a 6 percent reduction of harvested acres from 1969. Crops with increased yields from 1969 are snap beans, beets, cabbage for kraut, cucumbers for pickles, spinach and tomatoes.

Af t e r Five Days Return to United St ates Department of Ag r i c u l t u r e
Statistical Reporting Service 409A North lumpkin Street At he ns , Georgia 30601 OFFICi AL BUSINESS

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Crop

Yea r

Ha r ve s t ed ,'\c r ee qe
Ac re s

Yi e l d
Per ~ r. r e
Cw t.

Product ion
1,000
Cwt

Pr ice Pe r Cwt.
Do 11 a r s

FO R FRE SH M~RKE T :

Beans , Sna p Sp ri ng

1970

2 ,500

26

1969

2,600

24

65

12. 70

62

12 . 80

Bean s , Snap Summer

197 0

1,200

37

1969

1,2 00

35

44

12.70

42

13.50

Val ue 1,000 doll ars
826 794
559 567

Cabb a g e

1970 1969

2 ,500

110

2 ,600

120

275

4. 32

312

11 2.49

1,188
1/ 777

Ca nt a lo ups

1970

5, 200

60

1969

5 ,80 0

52

312

6 . 17

1, 925

302

116.29 1 1 1, 900

Toma t o e s

1970

3 ,100

65

19 69

3,300

60

202

6.62

1, 337

198

11 7.18 11 1 ,422

Haterme lo ns

1970

33,000

85

1969

37 ,500

80

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FRl: SH M/\ i{K ET !:i/

1970

47,500

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196 9

53,000

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For Pr oce s si nq :

1970

4,700

xx

TOTAL PROCESSI NG 21

1969

1,800

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2 ,805 3 ,000
3,703 3,916
xx xx

1. 90
11 1.51
xx
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xx xx

5,330
}I 4,530
, 1,165
11 9 ,990
1, 030
11 415

TOTAL, FRESH MARKET

1970

52,200

xx

XX

,i\N D PROCESS I NG !il

1969

54,800

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xx

XX

12 ,1 95

xx

11 10 ,405

I I Includes only commercial ve ge t a bl e s for wh i ch esti mates are made, 1970 data p re l im inary. 1 1 No t pub1 ished separately to avoid d isclosure of i nd i v idua l operations. 31 Revi se d .
~I Exc l ude s sweetpotat oes , wnich has been considered a fresh vegetable i n Georgia.
Swee tpo t a t oe s will be re l e a se d with field crops annual summa ry later i n December.

F:{AS I ER T. G/\LLO\-/AY Ag r i c u l t u ra l Statist ician In Charge

L H H:\ RRIS, JR. Stat istical As si s t a nt

The Georgia Crop Re po r t i ng Service, U. S. Depa rtment of A~ r i c u 1 t ure , 409A North Lumpk in St., i n coo peration wit h the Geo rgia Department of ~ g ri c u l t u re .

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De celnber i 9 was

8,448,000--2 percent mo r e t han t he pr eviou s we e k but Z -percent l e s s man the c o m p a rab le

week last year, according to the G eorgia Crop Re po r ti n g S ervice.
An estimated 11, 017 1000 broiler type eg gs w ere set by Georgi a h atcheri e s -- 2 perc ent less than the pre vious w e ek and 10 p er c ent less th an the comp ar abl e w e ek a y ear

e arlier.

The majority of the price s paid to G eorgia producers fo r broiler hatching e ggs
w er e reported within a ran g e o f 50 t o 60 c ent s p er dozen. The averag e price of h atching a g g s was 54 cents per doz e n. Th e pri ce of egg s from flock s with hatch ery owned cocker els

ge ne r a ll y was 2 cents b elow t he ave r a ge pri c e. M o s t pric e s rec eived fo r broiler chicks by Georgia hatcheries wer e rep o r te d within a r a nge of $7. 00 t o $9. 00 with a n avera g e of $8.00 per hundred. The ave r ag e pr ice s la s t year were 67 cents fo r eg g s a n d $10.25 for

chicks.

W eek Ended

GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS AND CHICK PLACEMENTS

Av. Price

Eggs S et J:...I

C hi c k s Placed for

Ha t c h Broile r

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1970

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year
ago

B railers in Georgia

1969 1970

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E ggs P er Doz .
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Chicks P er Hundred
1970

Thou.

Thou.

Pct.

Thou. Thou.

Pct. i Cents Dollars

Oct. 17 Oct. 24 Oct. 31
Nov. 7 Nov. 14 Nov. 21 Nov. 28 Dec. 5 Dec . 12
Dec. 19

11, 785 10,244

87

8, 255 7,982

97

11,956 10,785

90

7,588 6,388

84

11,814 11, 179

95

7, 307 6, 623

91

11, 566 10,994

95

8,459 7,613

90

11, 891 11,340

95

8, 699 8, 207

94

11,629 10, 70 6

92

8, 7 2 2 8, 590

98

11, 847 10, 906

92

8, 564 8, 199

96

10, 910 10,185

93

8,613 8,667

101

11, 806 11, 258

95

8, 458 8,314

98

12, 267 11,017

90 , 8,612 8,448

98

53

7.50 .

53

7.75

53

7.75

53

7.75

53

7.75

54

8. 00

54

8. 00

54

8. 00

54

8.00

54

8.00

EGG TYPE

Hatch of egg typ e chicks in G eorgia during the week ended De c e m be r 19 w a s 860, 000- -7 percent les s than th e pr evious we ek but 20 percent more than th e comparable w e ek last year. An estimated 1,082, 000 eg gs for the production of egg type chicks were set by Georgia hatcheries, 12 p ercent l es s than the previous w eek but 15 p ercent more 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 1969, hatchings during t h e week ended December 19 were up 7
percent and s ettings wer e up 4 p er c ent from a year ago.

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EGG TYPE EGGS SE T AND CHICKS HATCHED, 1970

Eggs Set (Week Ended)

Nov.

Dec. Dec .

De c.

28

5

12

19

% o f 1 Chicks Hatched (iN e e k Ended)

ye a r I Nov. Dec.

De c .

D ec.

a g a 2/ 28

5

12

19

Thousands

T ho us a n d s

992

64 6 1, 232 1,0 82 115

475>:< 180 lIS

440 106

1,459 1,047 1, 407 1,938 100

187

165 245

279 87

594 180 1, 180 200

6 36 22 5 1, 066 150

920 385 1,534 137

860 375 1,092
153

Total i 3,113 >:< 2,038 3,099 3,7 39 104

2, 154 2,077 2, 976 2, 480

* 1/ Includes eggs set by hatch eri es pr oducing c h i cks for h at c h ery supply flo cks.

'2/ Current week as perc ent of same w e ek l a s t year.

Revised.

0/0 of
year
ago 2/

120 133

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99 69

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Dec .

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Thousands

Thousands

M a i rie Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana Missouri Delaware Ma r yl an d Virginia Wes t Vi rginia North Car olina So ut h Ca r olin a
GEORGIA
F l orida Tennessee Alabama Mississip pi A rkans as Louisiana Texas Washington Oregon Cali fornia T OTA L 19 7 0
(2 2 States)

1,956 68
1, 64 2 328 21R
3, 159 4, 595 1, 5 14
36 7, 357
53 7
10,18 5
1, 152 742
8, 58 1 5, 3 74 10 ,6 98
941 4,:25
4 25 3 10 2 ,0 67 66, 11 0

1,994 50
1, 53 3 323 228
3,359 5,074 1,692
36 7, 459
543
11, 258
1, 143 782
9,2 55 5,6 05 11,87 7
875 4 ,519
5 19 329 2, 112 70, 565

2 , 11 2

97

106 136

1, 8 16 105

386

74

2 07

94

3,349 116

5, 147

94

1, 7 6 0

90

36 133

7, 397

94

598 1 13

11,017

90

1, 158

98

7 7 5 10 4

9,4 19 100

5, 609 10 5

11, ";65

96

962

88

4,380

93

460

72

291

69

2, 192

98

70,942

96

1,497 78
1, 123 244 479
2, 784 3,687 1 , 4 57
260 5, 8 0 7
644
8, 667
8 54 929 6,91 8 4 ,882 8,37 5 1, 394 3, 576 344 232 1, 849 56 , 080

1,614 10 0
1,057 2 03 500
2, 7 04 3,8 80 1,480
343 5, 857
501
8,3 14
877 905 6, 759 4 , 945 9 , 0 03 86 8 3,549 3 99 171 1, 83 9 55, 868

1, 5 51 68
1, 119 179 551
2, 7 18 3, 9 11 1,4 5 5
480 5, 749
595
8,448
658 1, 0 21 7, 200 5, 014 8, 94 1
83 2 3, 554
33 8 207 1, 8 0 2 56, 391

114 49
101 66
13 8 94
102 97
155 100 131
98
77 110 10 3 112 101 96 103 62 80 10 2 10 1

TOTAL 1969* (22 States )

67, 106 72, 6 73 73 , 6 8 5

55 , 5 8 2 55, 9 66 5 5,688

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De cembe r 30, 1970

GEORGIA ANNUA L CRO P RE PORT - 1970

TH E VAL UE OF G E OR G I ~ CROPS UP 17 PERCE NT: The $477 mil l ion value place d on t he p r i nc ip l e c rops p roduce d in Georgia i s 17 pe rce n t or $68
mill ion above the 1969 c ro.. value, according t o the Georgia Crop Re porting Servi ce. Higher price s for most crops cou pl ed wi th higher produ ction in cotton, wheat, t obacco and peanuts more than o f f se t l owe r p ro duction in corn, oats , pe a c he s and pecans . Wea t he r co nd i t ions were mostly favor abie dur in g growi ng season . Ne al- id eal we a t her was a re al aid at harvesting
t ime. Georgia's peanut c rop was the most impo r ta nt in value of producti on wi t h a to ta l of
$145 mi l l ion followed by t o ba c co wi t h a value o f $102 mi l l ion. Corn ranked th i rd in value.
In July, t he outlook wa s fo r a bumper corn c rop in Geo r g ia . The Southe rn Co rn Bl i ght reduced the co r n p roduct io n t o a l evel l ess than p roduce d during droug h ty 1969. However, t he sharp increas e i n pr ice per bus hel pus he d t he va l ue of production to $71 mi ll ion or 10 pe rcen t above 1969. The cotto n I i n t an d s ee d val ue o f p roduc t ion is p lace d at $37 mi l l ion , howe ve r , when price suppor t pa yments a re ad ded t o t h i s t he level reac hes $66 mi 11 ion .
Soybe a ns had a sl ight i nc re a se i n p roduc t io n but p r ice pe r bushel i ncrea se d s har p ly g ivin g a 26 pe r ce nt i nc rease i n valu e o f ? roduc t ion over p re v ious ye a r s . The increased p r ice per pound of peaches mo re tha n o ffs e t t he red uce d p rodu c t ion t o give a 12 pe rce nt in c rease in value of product ion.
The fol lowing crops regist e r8d a re duc ti on i n val ue in 1970 comp ared wi t h 1969:
Oats , rye , sweetpotatoes, a l l hay, all seed c rop s a nd pecans .

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GEOR GIA ,'\i'H-!U.\ L CROP SUMM/\ RY 1I . 1970 /\ND 1969

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Produc - Un i t : To t al t ion : Pr i cc : Va l ue

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Do l l a r s 1, 000 do 1Ja r s

Cot t on Lin t 21
Co tt ons eed
Co r n , q ra i 11
Sor qhum Grai n
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Sweetp o t atoe s
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Hay , A11
Pea nu t s , fo r Nut s 31 Soybe ans ,
for Bea ns 31 Le s pe dez a ,
f o r See d Crims on Cl ove r ,
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F es c u ,~. f o r Seed Pea c he s , To t al
Pro ducti on Peca ns , Tot a l
Produc t ion Comme rc ia l
Ve get a bl es 41

1970 19 69
1970 1969 19 70 19 69
1970 19 69
197 0 1969
19 70 19 69 197 0 19 69
19 70 1969
19 70 19 69
19 70 1969 19 70 1969 197 0 19 69
19 70 1969
1970 19 69
1970 19 69 197 0 1969 1970 l CJ 69
19 70 19 69
197 0 1969

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366

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1, 426 I . 426
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100 86
88 94
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72 72
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36. 0 40 . 0
36. 0 34 . 0
46. 0 52 .0 47 . 0 46 . 0
23 . 0 23. 5
80 .0 80 .0
1,999 1,6 15
2.0 7 2 . ob 2,235 1, 885
22 . 5 2'+. 0
220 230
11 5 125 21 0 220

52 . 2 54 . 8

Ba l e To n Bus he l Bu s he l Bushe l Bus he l Bus he l Bush e l
Cwt ,
Pound To n Pound Bu s he l Po und Pound Pound Po u nd Po und

290 28 2
120 117 44 , 206 47 . 058
684 560
3 , 600 2 . 924
4, 048 4 . 888
376 2iG
1, 656 1, 692
600 64 0
133, 305 97 . 8')2
863 9 15 1,13 3 ,1 45 9'~f6 270
11 , 880 11, 208
1, 10O 1. 380
575 7 1;0 3 , 150 3 .0 80 160 , 000 175 , 200
45 , 000 88, 000

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1.}7. 50 39 . 20
1. 61 J. 37
1. 32 1. 12
1. 29 J. 27
. 77
. 7Y . 96 . 96
1.80 1. 83
6 . 50 6 . 98
. 768 . 773 30 . 50 30 .59 .1 28 . J22
2. 90 2. 44
.280 . 283
. 250 .280 . 111- 5 . 180 .0863 . 0702
.408 . 301

3 1,17 5 27 ,837
5 , 700 4.586 71 ,172 64 . 469
90 3 6 27
4 , 644 3 , 7 13
3 , J 17 3 .8 62
361 22 1
2, 98 1 3 , 096
3, 900 4 ,467
102, 390 75. 665 26, 322 27 ,908 I Lf5 ,043 115 , 44 5
34 , 452 27, 348
308 39 1
144 210
4 57 554 13, 808 12 . 299
18 , 375 26.4 55
12 , 195 10, 405

TOTAL ABOVE CROP S

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pea nut hay, f r u it s, 1970 3 , 695 .5

477 ,44 7

a nd oe ca ns. )

196q 1 .6 39 .4

409 . 558

I I 1970 pr ice a nd va lu e fi gu re s a re p re l imi nary . ~x c l u d e s p r ice s uppo r t pa yme nt . 11 Co t t on

yi el d i n po unds, pri ce pe r po und . \4he n a dd p r ice su ppo r t payme nts to co tt on t he va l ue of
p ro duct ion year 1969 = $60, 566, 000 ; Year 1970 = $66 ,094 ,00 0 . 11 Cover s o n ly ac re s a lo ne

a nd harveste d f o r pea nut s a nd bean s . ~I Doe s not i nc l ude swe et po t a t oe s .

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The Geo rg ia Crop Ke po rt in g Se rv ic e , U. S. De pa r t ment o f Ag r i c u l t ure , 409A North Lum pk i n

Stre et , At he ns , Geor g ia, i n coope rat io n wi t h t he Geo r g ia De par t men t o f Ag ri c u lt ur e .

Af t e r F i ve Days Re t u r n t o Un i t ed St ut e s Depa r t me nt. of ,\ g r i c u1t u re
St ati s t ic al Repo rti ng Se rv ice 409A No r t h Lumpk i n St re e t
At he ns , Georgia 3060 1 OFF ICIAL BUSI NESS

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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
GE ORGIA CROP REP ORTING SER VIC

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ATHENS, GEORGIA

._ - - _._.-D ec em ber 3 0 , 19 7 0

B HOILER T YP E

P l a c ement of broile r c hi c ks in Georgia d uring the week e n de d De cem be r 26 was 7 , 960, 00 0 - - 6 p er c e nt l e s s than the pr evio us we e k a n d 2 pe rcent l e s s than t he c o m parabl e w e e k l a st year , ac c o r ding to the G eorgia Cr op R e p o r ting Se r vi ce .
A n es t imat e d 10 , 6 2 4 , 0 0 0 br o il er t y p e e g gs were .se t b y G eorgi a hat c h e r ie s - -4 p e r c e nt l e s s than the p r e vi o us week a n d 13 p er c e nt l e s s t ha n the co m parable week a year earlie r .
The ma jo r ity of the p ric e s p aid to G e o r gia pr oduc ers for b roil e r ha tching eggs wer e re ported within a r ang e of 50 t o 60 cents p e r do ze n . T he ave r a g e p r i c e of hatching e g gs was 54 cents p e r do z e n . T he p r i c e of egg s fr o m flo c k s with hat che r y own ed co c ke rels g e n e r all y wa s 2 c e nts be l o w th e aver ag e pri c e . M o s t pri c e s r e c ei v ed fo r broil e r chic ks
b y G eo rgia ha tche r i es were r epo rted wit hin a r a n g e of :p . 00 to $ 9 . 00 wi t h an a ve rage of
$ 8 . 0 0 pe :r h un d r e d . T h e ave r ag e p r i c e s l as t y e ar were 6 7 c ent s f or egg s a nd $ 10. 2 5 f or chick s .

We ek Ended
Oct. 24 Oct . 3 1 Nov. 7 Nov . 14 N o v . 21 Nov. 28 D e c. 5 D e c. 12 D e c. 19 Dec . 26

G EORGIA E G G S SE T , HA T CHINGS A ND CHICK P L A CE ME N T S

I

A v . P ric e

E g g s S et })

I 1969
T ho u.

1970 T hou.

%of
yea r a go
P et.

I
i
I I

Chi ck s P l a ce d for

B r oil er s in G e orgia

19 6 9

19 70

%of
ye a r
ag o

T ho u. T ho u.

P ct.

I I
I
i
I
I
I
I

Hatc h Eggs Pe r Doz . 1970
Cent s

B roiler C h icks P er H un dr e d 19 70
Dolla r s

11, 956 11, 8 14 11, 566 11, 89 1 11 , 6 2 9 11, 847 10,910 11, 80 6 12, 26 7 12, 14 4

10,7 85 1 1,17 9 10, 994 11,340 10 , 70 6 10 ,90 6 10 , 185 1 1, 258 11 ,017 10 , 6 24

90

7, 58 8 6 , 388

95

7, 307 6 ,623

95

8 , 4 59 7, 6 13

95

8,699 8, 207

92

8 , 7 2 2 8 , 59 0

92

8 , 564 8 , 19 9

93

8, 6 13 8,667

95

8, 4 58 8,314

90 I 8,6 12 8,44 8

87

I
!

8, 12 2

7 . 960

I 84

53

91

53

90

53

94 \ 53

98

54

96

54

101 \ 54

9 8 I 54

i 9 8

54

98 i 54

7.75 . 7. 75 7.75 7.75 8. 00 8. 00 8. 00 8. 00 8. 00 8. 00

E GG TYPE

Hatch o f egg type c hi ck s i n G eorgia durin g the w e ek e n de d De c e mber 26 wa s 54 6,000-- 37 p er c e n t le s s t han t h e pre vi ous week but 3 p e rc ent l e s s tha n the co m p a r a bl e we ek l a s t ye ar . A n e s timated 999,0 00 e ggs for the p r oduction of egg type c hi cks we r e s e t b y G e o rgia hatche r i e s , 8 p e rce nt l e s s t han both the p r e vio us week a n d t he comparabl e w e ek l a st ye a r .
I n the fo ur s t a te s t hat acco unt e d for abo ut 26 p er c ent o f t he h at ch o f a ll e g g type chi c k s in th e U . S . in 19 69 , h a tc h ing s duri n g th e we e k ende d D ec em b e r 2 6 w er e d own 3 1 p e r c ent a n d s e t t i ng s wer e do w n 26 p e r c ent f ro m a ye a r a g o .

State
G a. Ill. C alif. Wash .

EG G T YPE EGG S SET AND C H I C KS HA T CHE D , 1970

E g g s S e t {W e e k E n d e d }

Dec .

De c . Dec .

De c.

5

12

19

26

Tho us ands

% I
I

of

ye a r

ago 2/

C hi cks Hat c h e d (W e e k E n d e d)

De c. De c .

Dec .

De c .

5

12

19

26

T ho usan d s

I
I i

0/0 o f

I year

I

I a go 2/

I

I

64 6 16 C>\< 1, 04 7 16 5

1,232 2 15
1, 4 07 24 5

1, 0 8 2 44 0
1,9 3 8 2 79

999

92

3 55

82

1, 220 I 58

286 I 11 6

I 636 2 25 1,0 6 6 150

920 3 85 1, 534 13 7

860 375 1, 092 153

54 6

97

115

55

77 1

60

12 8

66

Tot al j 2 , 0 18 ':< 3 , 0 9 9 3 , 7 39 2 , 8 60 I 74 I 2, 0 7 7 2 , 9 7 6 2 , 4 80 1, 5 6 0 ! 6 9
1/ Include s eggs se t b y h atc h eri es pr oduci n g c hi c k s for h a t c h e r y s up pl y fl ocks . 2 / Cu r re nt wee k as p e r c e n t of sam e w e ek l a s t yea r . ':< R e vi se d .

BR O ILEF.. T YP !~ EGGS SE T AND C HIC KS P LA CED IN C OM MER CIAL, A B. ~~ A S BY '.VEEKS - 1970 P a g e 2

E GGS SET

GHIC KS :":> LP- GE~ D

STA T E

Week E n de d

Dec.

De c .

12

19

Dec . 26

Dec .

\ !e e k .G n d e d lJ e c .

-..D."e.c....---

%of
year

12

19

26

ag o 1/

Tho us a n ds

Thousands

Maine C onnectic ut Penns yl vania Indi a na Mi s s o uri Del a ware ivla ryland Vi rg i n ia Vi es t V ir g inia North Car olina S outh Carolina

1,994 50
1, 533 32 3
22 8
3, 3 .59
5,0 74
1, 692
36
7,459
543

2 , 11 2 10 6
1, 8 16 386 207
3,349
5, 147 1, 760
36
7, 3 9 7
598

1, 8 64

90

8 8 81

1, 4 7 8 82

36 7

72

110

54

3, 36 8 117

5, 060

91

1,956 103

36 109

7,492 97

522

87

1, 61 4

1, 551

1, 3 79

100

100

68

85

52

1,057

1, 119

. , 144

1 17

2. 03

179

16 6

73

50 0

55 1

499

114

2, 7 0~

2,71 8

2, 757

107

3,38 0

3 , 91 1

3 , .i1: 3 6

9 3

1, 480

1,455

1, 179

91

343

.:.':'8 0

255

80

5,857

5,74 9

S, 392

102

501

59 5

565

12 9

11, 258 1 1,0 17 10,624

87

8,314

7 ,960

98

Florida T enness e e Ala bam a Mi s sis sippi Arkansas Louisiana T exas Wa s hi n gton Ore gon Califor nia
T 0'1.' A L I 97 0 (22 State s )

1, 143

1, 158

1, 136

97

877

658

8 55

1o5

782

775

755

98

90 5

1, 021

879

104

9, 255

9, 4 19

9, 0 57

97

6, 7 59

7, 200

6, 4 17

92

5, 6 05

5, 609

5,414 103

4 ,945

5,014

J:1, 825

III

11,877 1 1, 7 6 5 11,8 07

94

9,0 0 3

8,941

7, 739

96

87 5

96 2

929 77

868

832

995

113

4,519

4 , 380

4,32 7 92- . 3,549

3, 554

3, 227

10 0

519

4 60

43 5 71 I 399

338

348

106

329

29 1

284

81 I 171

2.07

225

107

2, 112

2 , 192

2, 282 10 2 \ I, 83 9

1, 30 2

1,648

104

70 , 565 70,942 69,391

94

55, 868 56 , 391

51 ,975

100

TOTAL 1969 >:< (22 States )

72, 673 73,68 5 73, 724

5 5 , 9 6 6 5 5 , 6 8 8 52 , 176

0/0 of Last Yea r

97

96

94

10 0

101

10 0

* 1/ ' C u r r e n t w eek as percent o f s ame week last ye a r .

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