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REPORT

GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
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AGRICULTURAL PRICES - DECBIBER 15, 1975 GEOP/~L<\ INDEX DOWN 2 POINTS

January 2, 1976

The Al l Commodity Inde x of Prices Received by Georgia farmers in December was 185 percent, 2 points below the previous month, but 6 po i n t s above December 1974, according to the Georgia Crop Repor t i ng Service.

The D e c~mb e r Al l Crops Index was 177 percent, 2 points above the previous month, but 17 below December 1974. The decreas e in t he Al l Commodity Index from the Hovembe r 1975 level resulted from decreas e s in the prices of cottonseed, soybeans, ho gs, broilers, turkeys and milk. Higher prices for cattle, corn and e ggs we r e partially off s etting.

UNITLD STATES P~IC ES RECEI VED I NDillC UP 2 POINTS PRICES PAID I NDEX UP 1 POINT

The Index of Price s Rece i ved by Farm e r s increased 2 points (1 percent) during the month ended Dece mber 15, 1975 . Contributing most to the increas e since mid- November wer e hi gher prices for cattle , e ggs, milk , and most commercial vegetables. Lower prices for ho gs, whe at , and broilers ~vere only partially offsetting. Th e index wa s 9 po ints (5 percent) ab ove a year ago.

The Index of Price s Paid by Farmers for Commodities and Services , Interest, Taxes, and Farm Wa ge Rates for Decemb er 15 wa s 189 , up 1 po int (~ percent) from a month earlier . Lowe r prices for some food items and used autos were more than offs et by high er prices for other commodities. The ind ex was 10 points (6 percent) above a ye a r e ar l i e r .

1967 = 100
GEORGIA

I tIDEX NUMBERS- - GEORGI A AND UNITED STATES

Nov . 15

Dec. 15

Nov . 15

1974

1974

1975

Dec. 15 1975

Prices Received All Commodities

.. 1/182

1/179

187

185

All Crops

1/197

1 / 1 94

175

177

Live stock and Livestock

Products

1/171

167

1 96

1 92

UNITED STATES Prices Received

:

:

182

17 8

185

187

Prices Paid, Interest ,

Taxes & Farm Wage Rat e s

:

178

179

188

189

Ratio '};.I

:

102

99

98

99

11 Revised. II Ratio of Ind ex of Prices Rece i ved by Far me r s to Ind ex of Prices Paid,
Intere st, Ta xes, and Fa rm Wage Ra t e s.

FRASIER T . GALLOWAY Agricultural Statistician In Charge

CLAYTON J. MCDUFFI E Agr i cul t ur a l Statistic i an

The Statistical Reporting Service, USDA, 1861 We s t Broad St~ee ~, ~ then s , Geor gia in coop eration wi th the Georgia De pa r t me n t of Agri cul t ure . ~e l~phon~ 404-54 6-2236

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PRICES--RECEIVED AND PAID BY FAID;ERS, DECEMBER 15, 1975 WITH COHPARISONS

GEORGIA

UNITED STATES

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

Commodity and Unit PRICES RECEIVED

. 1974

1975

1975

1974

1975

1975

Wheat , bu.

tY

4.04

3.17

3.12

4 .65

3.58

3.41

Oats, bu.

$

1.87

1.55

1.50

1. 70

1.40

1.42

Corn, bu.

$

3.30

2.45

2.52

3 . 27

2.33

2.37

Cotton, lb.

c

48 .0

49.1

53 .0

4/43 .8

49 .7

50 .0

Cottonseed, ton

$ 119.00

82.00

74 .00

130 .00

95 . 50

89 .00

Soybeans, bu.

$

6 .83

4.40

4.26

7.03

4 .45

4.28

Peanuts, lb.

c

18 .3

20. 6

4/1 7 . 8

19.7

13.7

Sweetpotatoes, cwt.

$

9 .20

10.00

9 . 45

4/8 .95

9.50

9 .44

Hay, baled, ton

All

$ 35.50

41.50

44.00

50 .70

50.20

51. 60

Alfalfa

$

Other !/

$

53 .40 44.90

53 .00 44 .20

54.80 45.20

Hilk Cows , head

$ 370 . 00 350.00 360.00

414.00 433.00

448.00

Hogs, cwt.

$ 36 .90

49.80

48.70

38 .30

49 .00

47.50

Beef Cattle , All , cwt. 2/ $ 20.60

23 .50

24.40

27 .70

33.20

34 .50

Cows , cwt . 1/

$ 17.10

18 .10

19 .50 ~j16. 90

20 .00

20.10

Steers & Heif ers, cwt. $ 23.40

27.10

27.50

31.00

37 .50

39 .10

Calves , cwt.

$ 23 .50

24.00

25.20 4/25 .00

29.20

30.70

Milk, Sold to Pl ant s, cwt .

Fluid Ha r ke t

$

9 .90

10.70 5/10 .50

8 .62 4/10 .20 5/10.50

Hanufactured

$

6. 74 - 4 / 8. 99 -5/9 .26

All Turkeys , lb .

$

9 .90

10.70 .2-/10 .50

4/8 .25 4 /9 . 99 5/10 .20

c

29 .0

35.0

32.0 - ~j 3 3. 4

36.5

36.0

Chickens, lb.

Excluding Broilers



11.0

16.0

17 .5

10 .9

14.7

15 ,1

Commercial Broilers

c

21.5

28.5

25 . 0

21.9

27 . 2

24 . 0

Eggs, all, doz.

c

68.4

64 . 9

72. 9

59 .0

57 .7

64 .1

Table , doz.

c

65.5

61.3

70.2

Hatching , doz.

c

85 .0

85.0

87 .0

PRICES PAID, FEED

Mixed Dairy Feed , ton

14% protein

$ 146 .00 127.00 136.00

147 .00 13 2 . 00

132 . 00

16% prote in

$ 154 .00 133.00 142.00

14 9 .00 13 3 .00

134 .00

18% protein

$ 158 .00 132 .00 139 .00

154 . 00 135.00

136 .00

20% protein

$ 161.00 140.00 143.00

156. 00 140.00

143.00

Hog Feed, 14 %-18% protein ,

cwt.

8.90

8 .00

8.20

9.01

7 .99

8.04

Cottonseed Hea l , 41% ,cwt. $ 10. 50

9 .30

9.20

9.94

9.31

9.37

Soybean Meal , 44%, cwt. $ 10.50

9.10

9.10

10. 30

8 .75

8.74

Bran, cwt ,

$

8. 40

7.70

8 .00

7 .74

7.17

7.26

Hiddlings , cwt .

$

8 .40

7.60

8 .10

7.69

7.11

7 .18

Corn Hea l, cwt .

$

7.90

6.90

7 .10

7.99

6.62

6. 56

Poultry Feed, ton

Broiler Grower Feed

$ 178. 00 156 .00 161.00

180. 00 158.00

160.00

Laying Feed

$ 159 . 00 129.00 131.00

164 . 00 143.00

143 .00

Chick Starter

$ 182 . 00 148.00 154.00

186.00 160.00

161.00

Alfalfa Hay, ton

$ 56.00

62.00

61.00

64.90

66.50

66.60

ITAll Other Hay, ton

$ 54 . 00

54.00

53.00

54.70

56.90

57.20

Includes all hay except alfalfa. 2/ "Cows " and "steers and hei fe r s " combined Hi t h

allowance where necessary for slaughter bulls. 3/ Includes cull dairy CO\JS sold for slaughte: but not dairy cows for he r d replacement s. ~/ Re~i s e d. .2-/ Prel i minary .

Atter Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service 1861 West Broad Street Athens, Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS

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GEOP,GIA FARH HUI IB EI,' S SIIR I r~ K I NG

T~e preliminary estimat e of t~ e number of farm s in Georg ia showe d a dro p of 1, 000 farms during 1975. According to the Ge org i a Cr op Re porting Servic e , a s i mi l a r decline was al so recorded during 1974. Total farm s for 197 6 is es t i ma ted at 73, 000 compa r ed Hi th 74 , 000 for 1975 and 73,000 in 1974 .

The estimate of total land in farms ~a s unchanged a t 17 million acr e s wh i ch mea ns that the average size of a Georgia farm increas ed by 3 acre s to 233 acre s.

UNITED STATES : FAPJ1 NUMBERS DECLI NE ONE P E~C ENT

Farm numbers totaled 2 ,8 08 ,480 in the United St ate s during 1975, on e per c e n t f ewe r t han in 1974 . The 1976 preliminary e s t i ma te of 2 ,7 85,7 80 i s a lso one pe r cen t l e s s t~an the previous year.

The estimated total land in farms of 1,086 million acres in 1975 i s s li gh t l y l e ss t ha n 1974. The preliminary e stimat e for 1976 at 1,085 million is do,m slightly fr om 1975 .

The average size of farm ha s increas ed 47 acre s dur i ng the pas t decad e . The 1975 average of 387 acres is 3 acre s l arger than 1974 and t he 1976 ave r a ge of 389 ac r e s co n t i nues the upward trend.

Year

l'lUHBER OF FARHS AND LAND I N FARHS , U. S. 1965-7 6

Farms (Thousands)

Land in Fa r ms (Thousand Ac r e s )

Ave r age Si ze of Fa r ms (Acr es)

1965

3 ,35 6

1,13 9 , 597

34 0

1966

3 ,257

1 ,131 ,844

348

1967

3,162

1 ,123 ,4 56

355

1968

3 ,071

1 ,115, 231

363

1969

2 ,999

1,107,7 11

36 9

1970

2 ,954

1 ,10 2 ,7 69

373

1971

2, 909

1 , 097 ,3nO

377

1972

2 , 87 0

1, 093, 017

381

1973

2 ,84 4

1, 089 ,530

38 3

1974

2 ,83 0

1 ,087 ,788

384

19l5

2 , 808

1 , 086, 025

387

1976 1/

2,786

1,034 , 671

38 9

l:./ Preliminary.

FR..<\SIER T. GALLOWAY Agr i c u l t u r a l Statistic i an I n Cha rge

H . PAT ?i,RKS Agr i cul t ur al Sta tistic i an

The Statistical ~e p o r t in g Serv i c e, USDA, 1861 Wes t Broad Str ee t, At he ns, Georgia in cooperat ion wi t ri the Geor gia Uepar tme n t of Agr i cu l t ure . Tel e phone 404-546-2 236

NUl'1BER OF FAl{;iS AND LAND Ii~ FARlIS, BY STATES, 1974-7 6

St ate

:

1974

FAlli'1S 1 975

;
1976 1/ : 1974

LAND U FARlIS

197 5

1976 1/

~JuPlb e r

1,000 Ac r e s

Alabama

:

78, OGO

77 , JOO

77 , 000

14 , GnO

14 ,7 00

14 ,7 00

Al aska 2/

31 0

30 0

300

1 ,710

1 ,710

1 ,710

Arizona

:

5 , 90n

5 , 800

5, 700

38 , 400

38,000

37,5 00

Arkansas

:

69 , 00':)

69, 000

69 , 000

17,300

17 ,3 00

17, 400

California

:

63, nOG

63 , 000

63 , 000

36 ,100

36 , 000

36, 000

Colorado

:

29 ,500

29,5 0 0

29 , 500

39 , 900

39, 900

39, 900

Connecticut

:

4,400

4 ,400

4 ,40n

S4J

54 0

540

DeLawar e

:

3 , 600

3 , 500

3 ,5 00]

698

f.97

696

Florida

:

34, 000

33 , 000

32, 000

ILI ,5 00

14 , 200

14, 000

Georgia

:

75 , 000

74 , 000

73 , ()!) ()

17 , 000

17,000

17 , OU)

Hmmii

:

4,300

4, 300

4, 300

2, 300

2, 300

2, 300

Idaho

:

27 , 200

26 , 900

26 ,500

15 ,500

15 , 600

15, 600

Illinois

: 126 , 000

124, 000

122, 000

29 , 200

29,100

29,100

Indiana

: 106 , 000

1 0 6 , 0 00

105 , 000

17,500

17, 500

17, 500

I owa

: 138 ,000

136 , 000

135, 000

34 ,300

34 ,200

34 , 200

Kansas

~

83 ,000

81 ,000

79 , 000

49, 900

49, 900

49 , 900

Kentucky

: 126 , 000

125, 000

12 4, 000

16 ,200

16,100

16,000

Louisiana
Ha Lne

:

48,000

:

7, 600

47 ,000 7, 600

47 , 00 0 7 , 600

11,800 1,710

11 ,800 1 ,710

11,900 1,710

Haryland

:

17 ,800

Nassachusetts :

5 , 800

Hichigan

:

80 , 01)0

Uinnesota

: 118,000

~ li ss is s ipp i

:

35,000

Hissouri

: 13 9 ,000

Hontana

:

24,600

Nebraska

;

69 ,00 0

17, 600 5,8 00
80 ,000 118 , 000
84 ,000 139 ,00 0
23, 500 68,000

17 ,6 00 5,800
s O, oon 11 8, 000
84, 00 0 13 9 , 000
22, 500 68 , 000

2 , 955 710
12, 300 30 ,600 17,200 32,800
6 2~ 5 0 0
48,100

2 , 940 710
12 ,400 30,600 17,100 32 ,700 62, 400 48,000

2 , 925 710
12,4 00 30, 600 17 ,100 32,700 62 , 400 48 , 000

Nevada

:

New Hampshir e :

2 ,000 2 ,600

2,000 2 ,600

2,000 2 ,6 00

9,000 560

9 ,0 00 560

9,0 00 56 0

New Jersey

:

Ne'J Mex i c o

:

Ne,11 York

:

North Car01ina :

North Dakota

:

Ohio

:

Oklahoma

:

Oregon

:

Pennsylvania

:

Rhode Island

:

South Carolina :

South Dakota

:

Tennessee

:

Texas

:

Utah

:

Vermont

:

Virginia

:

Washing t on

:

West Virginia :

Wisconsin

:

Wyoming

:

:

8,000 11 ,800 57 ,000 135, 000 41,500 117,000 87,000 32,500 71 ,000
68 0 47,000 43,500 125,000 209,0 00 12 ,600
6,600 73,000 4(),000 26,500 105,000 8 ,200

7, 900 11 , 800 58,000 130, 000 41,000 117 ,000 87 ,000 32,500 72 , 000
680 47,000 43 , 000 125,000 20 7 ,000 12 , 600 6 , 600 73 ,0 00 40, 000 26 ,500 104 ,0 00 8 ,100

7 , 900 11 , 700 58,000 1 25,000 40, 000 11 6 ,000 8 6 , 0 00 32,500 73 , 000
68 0 47, 00 0 43 ,000 12 4 , 000 205 ,000 12,600
6 , 600 72 ,000 40 ,0 00 26, 500 103 , 000 8 , 000

1 ,030 47, 200 11,200 14, 000 41,7 00 17,400 36 ,900 19,600
9,900 65
7 ,800 45, 500 15,400 141,800 13 , 000
1,860 11 ,100 16 ,500
4,850 19 ,600 35 ,500

1,025 47,200 11,400 13 , 600 4 1 , 6 Cn 17,400 36,800 19,500 10 , 008
65 7,800 45,500 15 , 400 141 , 800 13, 000 1,860 11 ,100 16 ,500 4 ,800 19,500 35 ,500

1 ,0 25 47,100 11 , 400 13,200 41,600 17,300 36 ,800 19 ,5 00 10,2 20
65 7,800 45,500 15,300 141 ,800 13,000 1,860 11 ,000 16 ,500 4,750 19,400 35,5 00

United States : 2 ,830,4 90 2 ,808 ,48 0 2 , 785, 780 1,087 ,788 1,086,0 25 1,084,671
1/ Preliminary . I/ Exc l us i v e of gr a zing l and l ea s ed from U. S. Government, Alaska

farm1 Jnd totals about 70,000 acres .

Aft:er t'ive Days 1{eturn to United States Department of Agricu1tur
Statistical Reporting Service 1861 West Broad Street Athens, Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS

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TUR K EY
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Intentions to Ra i s e Tur ke ys i n 19 76 Up 1 Pe r cen t

UNIVERSiTY OF GEOP' ; '
J anua r y 6 , 1976
JAN :, '\976
L i UKARI \;'S

Georgia growe r s report t hat t he y in t end t o r a i s e 1,228 ,000 turke ys i n 197 6 , a c c or di ng to the Geor gia Crop Repor t i ng Se r vic e . Thi s is 1 perc en t more than t he number raised in 1975 but 28 per cent le ss t han 1 974 .

Tur key Br e ede r He n I nvent or y Up 41 Pe r cen t

Turke y breede r hc~s on f a r ms i n Georgia Dec embe r 1 , 1975 t ot a l ed 38 ,000. Thi s is 11 ,000 head (41 pe r c ent) more t ha n 1974 and 5, 00 0 head (15 percent) more t han 19 73 .

Turkeys Raised i n 1 975 Down 29 Perc en t

In 1975 t h e r e we r e 1,216 ,000 tu r key s r a i s ed i n Georg ia , 29 percent l e s s t han t he 1,712 ,000 r a i sed i n 1974 a nd 37 percen t l e ss tha n the 1 , 936, 000 ra ised in 19 73 .

UNITED STATES

Growers Intend t o Rais e Hore Tur ke ys i n 19 76

Turke y gr owe r s in 20 ma j or St a te s i n t end to raise 6 perc ent mor e t urkeys i n 1976 than in 1975 . An i nc r e a s e of 6 pe r c ent f r om 197 5 is i n tende d for he avy br e ed s and 5 perc ent fo r light breeds. I f produc e r s carry out p res en t i n ten t i ons, there wi l l be 127 .li 11i on turkey s in the 20 major t urkey pr oduc i n g St a te s dur i ng 19 76 . Of th i s total , 112 mi l l i on are heavy breeds and 15 mi l l i on are l i ght br eeds.

The number of turke ys actual l y r a i s ed i n 19 76 ma y vary f r om growe r s i n t en tions shown in this repo rt. Such var i a t i on ma y de pend on reac t i on s t o th i s r ep or t , pri c e of f e ed, supply and price of hatching eggs and poul t s, and pr i c e s gr ower s r ec e ive fr om turkeys during the next few month s .

Turkey Br eeder He n Inven t or y December 1 , 1 975 Above A Yea r Ago

Turkey breede r hen s on f arms December 1 , 1975 i n 26 St a t es to t aled 3,044 ,000 , up 3 perc ent f rom a ye a r ear l ier . Of this to t al, 2 , 6 02, 000 were heavy breeds and 442,000 were light breeds . Heav y br e ed hens \"er e up 1 percen t f r om Decemb er 1974 and l ight br e eds were up 22 percent .

Turkey s Raised i n 1 975 Down From the Pr ev ious Year

In 1975 , there were 124 mi llion t urkey s r a i sed i n t he Un ited State s . This number is down 5 percent f r om 1974 . Heavy br e ed t urk eys t ot aled 10 9 ,301 , 000 , down 6 percent from 1974 . Light breeds ra i s e d tot a l ed 14,9 54 , 000 dO\vn 2 pe r c en t from the number rais ed in 1974 .

Af t e r Five Days Return to Un i t ed St ates Department of Agricu l t ure
Statis tic a l Repor t i ng Service 1861 Wes t Broad Stre e t Athens , Ge or gi a 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS

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'il; _:i.J~YS : NU',lBER r.AI SED IN 1974 AND 1975 ,\ND mJNBER INTEimED TO BE RA I SED IN 1976

TOTAL !.LL K~LED S

State

1 974

197 5 l,OO!) Head

1976 1/

1976 a s % of 1 975 Per cen t

Arl.an s a s

7 , 67 3

7 ,100

9 , 372

132

California

17 ,888

5 , 771

14, 269

90

Colorado

3, 501

3 , 620

3 , 875

10 7

Georgi a

1,712

1 , 216

1,228

l in

Indiana

6,412

5, 1.35

5 , 700

111

Iowa

6, 734

6 ,260

6 , 826

10:;

lii nne s ot tl

21 , ~ 34

, 752

24, 560

1G3

Hi s s our i

9 , 4': /

8, 125

8,9 00

llO

Nor t h Caroli na

14 , 944

14 ,4 00

14 , 900

1~3

l:~ o r t h Dako t a

750

911

1 ,025

1 13

Chio

3 , 459

2 , 835

2, 85 3

101

Oklahoma 2/

1, 600

1 ,370

Ore gon

1 , 1 30

1 , 025

1 , 100

107

Pennsylvani a

2 , 951

2 , 838

2 ,7 66

97

South Carolina

2, 278

2 , 5 85

2 , 702

105

South Dakot a

895

860

855

99

Texas

8 ,7 80

8,845

9 , 300

10 5

Utaii

3,4 71

3,4 46

3 , 798

11 0

Virginia

6, 010

5,972

6, 5 33

109

Wisconsin

4, 622

4 ,8 94

5 , 041

103

20 State Total

; 126 , 241

ll 9 , 96 0

12 7,05 5

10 6

l/ Intend~ d. 2/ Not published f or 1976 t o avoi d di s c l os i ng i ndividual operations .

ALL TURKEY BREEDER HENS: NUl'lEER ON FATINS AND VALUE, DECEHBER 1 , 1973- 75

:Jumbe r

Ave r a ge Value Head

To t a l Va l ue

State

1973 1974 1975 1,000 Head

1973 19 74 1 975 Do l l a r s

197 3

1974

197 5 .:......::....:....::..-_ -

1 , 000 Dollars

Arkans a s

36

20

4lf ll. oa 11. 00 11. 50

396

22 0

506

California

895

716

62 7 lJ . 70 10. 20 10 .50 9, 577 7,303 6 , 584

Colorado 1/

76

44

ll.OO 11.00

836

484

88 5

Georgia

33

27

38 11.00 ll.OO 8.50

363

297

32 3

Illinois Indiana 1/

35

38

38

9.50 9.00 12.50

333

342

475

5

o

9 .00

45

Iowa

160

153

103 10.00 10.90 12 .90 1, 600 1 , 668 1,329

Kansas 1/

26

26

11.00 11. 00

28 6

286

210

H i c r-,igan

65

30

65

9 .00 10 .00 10 . 00

585

30 0

650

i:innesota

520

47 9

518

9 . 00 8. 40 7 .80 4,680 4,0 24 4,04 0

Hi s s our i

200

185

155 11. 00 11. 70 11 .80 2 ,200 2,165 1,829

Nebr a s La

22

9

11

3 .00 9 .00 9 . 00

176

81

99

i'iew Yor l; 1 /

6

5

9.00 11. 00

54

55

77

Nor t h Carolina

275

265

31 4

[L 70 8 .80 13 .00 2 ,39 3 2 ,3 32 4 , 032

Nor th Dako t a

3

3

8 .00 8 . 50 9.50

56

26

29

Ohi o

15 7

91

98

9.80 9. 80 10. 60 1,539

892 1,039

Oklahoma 1/

16

8

8 . 30 9.00

133

72

38

Oregon

125

100

80

7 . 50 7 .80 8 . 30

938

780

664

Pennsy1vani"l

2C)

24

27

9 .30 9. 60 10 .70

270

230

289

Sout h Carolina

69

55

78

9 . 50 8 .60 12.8 0

65 6

473

998

'I'exa. s
Utah

500

415

482

8.4 0 10.90 11.90 4 , 200 4,524 5 ,736

50

45

40 11.00 i r. oo 13 . 00

55 0

495

520

Vi r gi nia
Washington 1:./

.1 25

96

123

7 .4 0 9 . 20 11 . 30

925

883 1,390

17

12

9 . 50 9.50

162

ll4

108

~'Jest Vi rginia

13

16

14

6. 90 8.30 8 . 10

90

133

113

\.Ji scons in

91

81

84

9 . 50 10 . 00 10 .00

86 5

810

840

26 State Total

3 , 553 2,9 43 3 , nl f4

9 . 54 9 . 85 10.7 9 33 , 908 28,989 32 , 853

!/ llissing sta te data r.o t pub l.f. s hed in 19 75 to avoid disclosing individual oper aticns .

FP.ASIEIZ T . r;ALLGWf.Y Agr i cul tural Statis ti cian I n :" '~a !:" g e

LARRY l'lASSEY Agr i c ul t ur a l Stati st ician

T..:e Statis tical Re por ting Serv i ce , USDA, 18( 1 We s t Br oa d Street > I. t hens , Geor gi a in

coo pe r a ci.on 'li t L t he Geor gi a !...; e p a r t~'~ n t of ..';, ~ r i c u 1 tu r e

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G_E O_ R_G I~ A CROP R E PO._w R T IN G SER V IC E

LibRARIES A THE N S, GEO RG IA ~

C O T T ON
GEORGIA

Janu a ry 12 , 19 76

The 197 5 Georg ia cot t o n c rop i s es t ima t e d a t 140,000 bal e s , acco rdi ng to the Ge o r g ia Crop Reportin g Servi ce . Th i s est imat e , a s o f J a nua ry 1,1 97 6 , i s 10 , 000 bale s be low the De cembe r 1 estimate and is 279, 000 ba l e s o r 67 percent below t he 19 74 c rop. The c u r re n t crop will be t he smal l e s t co t t o n c ro p fo r t he St a t e s ince r e co r ds bega n i n 1866 .
Ha rvest of t he 19 75 cro p ha s be e n ru nni ng l at er than f or a ny pr ior yea r da t i ng ba c k to 1956 when har ves t i ng- p ro g r e s s re co rds be ga n . At t he f i r s t o f December , a bout 75 pe rcent of th e crop was p i c ke d com pa r e d wi t h 90 percent fo r la s t yea r . The mo nt h wa s no t very f avorable for wi nd i ng up t he re ma i n i ng co t t on ha r ve s t e d. Fre ~ u e n t , a nd someti mes fa ir ly hea vy, ra i ns kep t mac h i ner y ou t of t he fie l ds for muc h o f the mo nt h .
Accord ing to the Cens us Bu reau, 128 , 550 ba l e s ha d be en g inned i n Geo r g ia p rior t o Ja nuary 1, th i s yea r comp a r e d with 384, 486 bale s for th i s da t e l a s t yea r a nd 369 , 305 ba l e s the year befo re la s t .

ur~ !TED STATES

Al l cotton is fo re ca s t at 8,3 26 , 600 ba l es , down 2 percent f rom Decembe r 1, 28 perce n t below 1974 an d 36 percen t be l ow t he 1973 c ro p . Exp ec ted p rodu c t io n co ns is ts o f 8 ,7.70 , 800 ba le s of Upland cott on an d 55, 800 ba le s of Amer i ca n Pi ma. Co t t o nse e d produc ti o n , bas e d o n a three yea r ave rag e I int-s ee d r at io, is fo reca s t a t 3 . 3 mi 11 ion to ns, 28 percent bel ow 1974 .
Grower s e xpec t t o harve s t 9. 1 mi 11 ion a c re s f or the 1975 c ro p , 28 pe r cent be l ow 1974 and 24 percen t below 1973 . Ave ra ge 1 i nt y ield per harvest e d a c re i s fo r eca s t a t 44 1 po und s , the same a s 1974 an d 79 poun d s be l ow 1973 .
In Texas and Okl a homa , Up l and co tt o n g rowe r s e xpect to ha r ve s t 2 . 6 mi 11 ion ba l e s , 7 percent below last ye a r. \Je a t he r co nd i t io ns ha ve be en f avora bl e a nd ha r ve s t act iv i t y progressed rap idly. Yiel ds and qua l i t y ha ve bee n disappoint in g .
In the De l ta Stat es -- Mi s s i s s i pp i , Ar ka ns a s , Lou is ian a , Te nne s s e e , a nd Mis so u r i - - a cot t o n crop of 2.5 mi 11 ion bal es is f o reca s t , 30 per cent be low la s t yea r . The har ve s t mo ve d rap idly i n t he De lta States a nd i s p ra c tica l ly fin is he d .
Produc t ion i n th e South e a s t e r n Sta t es - - Geo r g ia , Al aba ma , Sout h Carol ina , a nd No r t h Caro l i na - - i s fo r eca st t o t o tal 596, 000 bale s , 56 per cen t be l ow 19 74 . Ha r ve st i s i n t he final stage an d ne a r l y co mp l e t e. Har ves t co nd i t io ns durin g De cembe r were no t very fa vo rab l e a nd progress was s l owed .
The Ca l i for ni a , Ari zo na , an d New Me x i co Up l a nd c ro p i s f ore ca st at 2 .6 mi l l io n ba l e s , down 31 per cen t from 1974 . Ha r ve s t i s nea r ing comp l e t io n as we at he r co nd i t io ns have remai ned favorabl e.
The Bur eau of the Cens us r e po r t s 7 ,618, 36 5 ba les g i nne d t o Ja nua r y I com pa re d wi t h ~ 10,598,365 bal es ginned t o t he sa me da t e a ye a r ea r l ie r and 11, 60 1, 087 ba l es to J a nua r y 1,
1974 .

Fi{AS IER T. GALL OWAY

\1. PAT PA RKS

Agr ic ult ural St a t is ti ci a n In Char ge

Ag r i c u lt u r a l Sta t i st ic ian

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The Statist ical ~e po rting Se rv i ce , USDA , 1861 West Broad St ree t, At he ns , Ge or gia in

cooperation wit h t he Georgi a Depa r tme n t o f Ag r i c u l t u r e .

State
UPLAND Alabama Ar izona Ar kans a s California Florida Geor::ia Illinois Kentucky Louisiana Nississippi Eissouri Hevada lle w Hexi c o N. Carolina
Ok L a homa
S. Carolina Tennessee Texas Virginia

J . S. COTTON ACREAGE AN"U PRODUC 'r IO ;~ , 1973 , 1 974 AU}) 1975

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Produc t i on II 480-1b.
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For

I nd i -

I ndi-

Harve sted

Ha r ves t

cat 2d

ca t ed

1 973

1 974

19 75

1 97 3

197 4

197 5 _ _ -=1...:9:~ 73_ _-1=9:..7.:4-:....-_~lS.::'..7..:-5~_

1 , 000 Ac r e ",

Pounds

1 , 000 Ba le s

51 0 27 6
n5
942 11.5 375
o
.3 5 20 1 , 340 17 3
1. 9 127 173 52 6 294 440 5 , 200
2 .4

585
3 92 1 , 13 0 1 , 238
12 .1 41 0
.5 4 .5 635 1 , 710 330 1. 7 1 40 145 547 292 51 0 4, 400 1. 5

400 2;] 8
780 8 75
3.7 155
. c
310 1 , 125
21 0 1. 0
90 52 30 5 10 3 315 4 , 000
.7

423 1 , 063
513 8S1 5 22 499
48G Lf BI 651 501 4 77 51/4 45 5 390 473 4 72 4 31 440

4 29 1 , 218
3 74 1 ,006
~03
490 283 280 423 448 335
586
50 9 440 272
21) 9 334

378 1 ,n!) 3
{~3 1
1 ,064 32 4 434
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320 ::>42 448 44G
(i 72
373
42 5 291 443 33 5 28 8 343

449 611 1 , 041 1, 749
1 2 .5 390
o
.3 521 1,B1G 180
1. 9 1 36 164 427 290 432
4 , 67 3 2.2

522 995 880 2 ,5 95
12 .7 419
.3 2.6
560
1 ,5 95 238 2.1 143 13 3 31J 274 308
2 , 462 1. 2

315 56 0 7JO 1, 940
2 .5 1 40
.4 350 1 , 050 1 95
1.4 70 46 18 5 95 220 2 , 400
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Amer-Pima Arizona California New Mexico Texas

34 . 0

34 .7

30 . 0 59 7

729

600

.2

.3

. 2 480

683

72 0

17 .7

14 .5

12 .1 265

41 7

2 38

31.2

32. 8

24 . 0 39 7

35 9

240

42.3 .2
9.3 25 .8

52. 7 .4
12. 6 24. 5

37. 5 .3
6.0 12 . 'J

Uni ted Sta tes :

Upland

11 ,887 . 1

8, 99 4 . 0

440

12 , 895.9

8,270 .8

12 , 484 . 3

521

44 1

11 , 449 . 9

AIDer-Pima

83 .1

8 2. 3

66 .3 451

526

78 . 1

90 .2

55. 8

All Cotto:!

11,970. 2

9 ,060. 3

441

12 , 974 . 0

8 , 326 .6

12 , 566 . 6

520

441

11 ,5 40 . 1

!I Production ginned a nd t o be ginned.

After Fiv e Day s Re t ur n to United States Depar t men t of Agr icul t ur e
Stat i s t ' ca l Repo r t i ng Servic e 1861 We st Bro a d St r e et Athens, Ge or gi a 30601 OFFICI AL BUSINESS

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GE ORGt A CROP REPORTIN G SERV ICE

ATH ENS, G!:ORGfA

Janua ry 15, 1976

GEORGIA APPLES

The a pp le e stima t i n g program for Geor gia got unde r way i n Decembe r 1975, a ccor d i ng to

the Geo r gi a Crop Repor t ing Servi ce . All ap ple p r od uce r s were c on t a c t ed f or i nf or mat i on

con c e r ni ng 1975 a pp l e production, pr ic e s r e ce i ved , utiliz at ion and p r oduc tion by varie t i e s .

Pr odu c t i on f or t he State totaled 18. 0 mil l ion pounds with u t i li zed produc t i on est ima t ed a t 17 . 0 mi ll ion po und s . Utilized production i n

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nor t h Geo r gi a to t a l 11. 7 mi ll ion pounds or 69 perc e n t o f t he St ate ' s

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util i ze d produc t i on . I n south Georg i a , uti lize d product ion t o t a l e d 5 . 3

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mill i on po unds or 31 percent of the Sta t e total .

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Mo s t produ ce r s exper ienced a goo d ye a r produc t i on wis e i n 1975 . A cool pe r i od du r i ng l ate J u l y and early August was e s pe cia lly he l p f ul in

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gett i ng goo d color on the Re d De l ic i ous var i e ty . However , there were

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pr obl ems wi th russ e t on the Go l den Delic ious v ar i ety.

i~t o o~K"~>~~/

Pr i ce s f or the St a t e averaged 10 . 7 cen t s pe r po und . No r t h G e o r g i a:~ V;-r 1~\9. ,S::.'

pri ce s average d 10 .9 cents per pound whi le price s in s outh Ge or gia a v -

''

eraged 10.4 cen t s .

In t e r e s t i n ap ples continued at a h igh l evel. The Ge orgia Cr op Report i ng Servic e

est i ma t ed 290 , 000 trees of be ar i n g age a nd 229 , 000 tr e es o f non-bea r ing age. Re ports

indica t e pro duce r s a r e in terested in pl ant i n g more t r e e s .

The ma jor varieties b y pr oduc tion in Geo rg i a fo r the 1975 crop we r e as follo ws : Re d

Del i c i ous 43 perc e n t , Golden Delicious 28 percen t, Rome Bea uty 9 pe r ce nt , Staymen 5

percent , Detr oi t Red 3 pe r c e n t , and al l other varie t i e s 12 per cent .

UNI TED STATES APPLES

The 1975 commerc i a l a pple c r op uti l i zation was a re cord high 7 . 2 billion pounds , 7 pe rc e n t ab ove the pr evi ou s h i gh of 6.7 b i l l i on pound s u t i liz ed i n 1969. The 1 975 cr op was 11 per ce n t more t han t he 1974 produ c ti on a nd 15 pe r cent a bov e t he 1973 cr op . Uti l i ze d produc t i on in 19 75 wa s 95 pe r c en t o f the tot al a pp l e s produce d co mpa r e d wi t h 99 pe rc en t of t he t ot a l c r op i n 1974. Economic abandonme n t a nd exce ss cullage to t a l ed 397 mi l l i on pound s i n 1975, sharply above th e 49 mi l lion po und s es tima ted in 1974. We st e rn St a t e s recor ded an 18 per cent lar ge r crop than i n 1974 while Centra l St a t e s we r e up 15 pe r c en t and Eas t e r n St ates up 2 perc en t .
Pr oduc t i on inc r e a s e s were reco r ded for all varie t i 8 s in 19 75 . The mo s t signi f i ca n t pe r ce n t a ge increas e s were : R. I. Greening , up 54 pe r c ent ; Yor k I mpe ria l, 30 per c en t ; Northe r n Spy , 28 pe r ce n t ; Red Delicious, 24 percen t and Jona t ha n , 24 pe rc e nt .
Red De l ic i ou s c on t inued as the l e ad ing variety , acc ounti ng f o r 35 pe rcen t of t he 1975 pr oduc t i on . Oth e r leading varie t i e s and perc en t of tot a l produc t i on are : Gold e n Delic i ou s , 15 pe r c en t ; McInto s h , 9 pe rcent; Rome Beaut y, 8 pe rcent ; Jona t ha n , 6 percen t and Yor k Impe r i a l , 5 pe rc ent .

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ap ple

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pr oduce r s

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i n Georgia wer e

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contact ed

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i n December

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19 75 by

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the

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Ge or gia

*

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* 'Cr op Repor t i n g Service and a s ke d to c omp l e t e a que s t i onnaire re ga r d i n g the i r

*

* op e r a t i on . Thi s s u rvey was n ecessary t o est ab li s h a ba se f or Ge or gia a pp l e pro-*

* du c t i on . This b as e wil l be uti lized i n the f u t u r e in making Sta te e s tima t e s . *

* Be gi nni n g i n 1976 , Georgia wi l l be included in t he Nat i onal Appl e e stimat i ng

*

* pr ogr a m a nd Geor gi a a pple produ c t i on wi l l be included i n the Na t ional Produc t i on*

* t o t a l f or t he first time. We, a t the Georgia Cr op Repo r ting Service , wish t o *

* tha nk all produc e r s and industry officials who h e l ped t o make this s urv e y a

*

* succes s .

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FRASI ER T. GALLOWAY

MIKE HAMMER - J ERRY PI TTS

Agri c ul t u r a l St atis t i c i a n In Charge

Agr i cul t ur a l Sta ti s tic ians

The Statist i ca l Report i ng Se rvice, USDA, 1861 We s t Br oa d Street, Athens , Ge orgia i n

coope r a t i on with the Georgia Departmen t of Agric ulture . Tel ep hone 404-5 46- 2236 .

STATE
Ark . Calif. Colo . Conn . De l. Idaho Ill. I nd . Iowa Kans . Ky. Ma i n e Md . Mass. Mich. Minn . Mo . N. H. N. J. N. Mex. N. Y. N. C. Ohio Oreg. Pa t R. 1. S. C. Tenn . Utah Vt, Va . Wash . H. Va. Wi s .

Total Product i on

1974

1975

Mil lion Pounds

:

13.0

: 440.0

:

45 .0

:

47 . 0

:

12 . 5

:

93 . 0

:

80.0

:

39. 0

:

11. 3

:

13 . 0

:

15 .0

:

72 .0

:

65.0

:

98. 0

: 670 .0

:

25 .6

:

53 .0

:

64.0

22 . 5 460.0 H O. O
48 . 0 13.5 95 .0 H5.0 88.0
9 .3 17.0 22 . 0 67. 0 86. 0 93.0 720 .0 18.5 . 77.0
60 . 0

: 1 20 .0

:

6.0

: 900.0

:

300 .0

: 135 . 0

: 165 . 0

: 480 . 0

:

4.0

:

20 .0

:

7. 0

:

37.0

:

42.0

:

380 .0

: 1,806.0

: 210 .0

:

65.0

135. 0 H .O
1 ,060 . 0 300 . 0 160 .0 16 0 . 0 550.0 5. 1 25 . 0 10 .0 49. 0 38. 0 420. 0
2,200.0 260 . 0 64 .0

AP PLES, COHHERC I AL CROP

: Ut ilize d Produc t i on : Pri ce per Pound : Va l ue of Utilized Produc t i on

: 1974

1 975

: 1974

19 75 :

1974

19 75

Hi lli on Pounds

Ce n t s

1 ,00 0 Dol l a rs

13. 0 440 . 0
45. 0 45. 0 12 .5 93 . 0 79.0 38.2 10.8 12. 7 14. 4 69 .0 65 . 0 91. 0 670 .0 25 . 0 53 .0 61. 0 120 . 0
5.0 88 9 .0 295.0 132 . 0 165 . 0 480 .0
4.0 20.0
7.0 37.0 38 . 0 378.4 1 , 806 . 0 210. 0 60 . 0

21.1 460.0
92 . 0 43 . 0 13. 5 95. 0 11 2.0 78 .0
9. 3 17. 0 21. 1 66 .0 79.0 86 . 0 710 . 0 18.5 67 .0 55 .0 110 . 0 10 . 0 880. 0 275. 0 152 . 0 1 60 . 0 530. 0
4.2 22 . 0 10 .0 49 . 0 33 .0 395 .0 2,200. 0 234.0 64. 0

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11.0 8 .5
11. 6 10.7 10 .2 14 .5
9.7 10 .8 10 .6
9. 2 10. 3
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1, 495 31, 240
4,050 4,950 1 , 063 10, 788 8 , 453 3,896 1 ,566 1 ,2 32 1,555 7 ,314 5 ,980 9 , 373 41 , 540 3 ,350 6 ,890 6,5 27 10, 320
490 64 , 897 18,2 90 14 , 784 10,230 39 , 840
460 2 ,060
728 3,4 78 3,952 31 , 786 16 7 , 958 19 , 740 6 , 000

1,667 28 , 980
5 ,060 4, 300
797 9,975 9 ,408 6 ,708 1,181 1 , 394 2, 047 6 , 402 4 , 266 8,34 2 31 , 950 2,461 8 , 308 5,610 6 , 820 1, 230 51, 040 18 ,700 15 ,200 10 , 240 25 ,970
441 2,04 6 1 , 070 3 ,136 3,333 22, 515 233,2 00 16 , 848 6 , 1 44

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Ga.-State :

7, 568 .9 18.0

6,484 . 0

North :

12 .4

South :

5.6

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556,7 89

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ATHENS, GEORGIA

January 20, 1 976
H 0 N EY ~ EP0 RT- 1 9 7 5
GeorRia Honey Produc t i on Up
Honey produc e d i n Georgi a du ring 1975 to t a led 4 .3 million pounds, according to the Georgia Crop Repor t i ng Se r vic e. Thi s i s a 16 pe rc ent increa s e ov er the 1 974 crop of 3.7 million pounds. TIle re wer e 15 3 , 000 coloni e s of bees in Georgi a during 1 975, down 5 percent from 1974. Consideraule los s of co lonie s du e t o insec ticide poisoni ng \ laS reported . The yield per colony for 1975 was 28 pound s , compa red to 23 po unds pe r colony in 1974.
The avera ge price r e c eive d by honey pr odu ce r s for the 1975 crop was 49.4 cents per pound, compared wit~l 49 .6 c ent s pe r pound in 1 974 . The value of pr oduc t i on for 1975 is $2,116,000, an increase of 15 percen t over the value of 1 974 honey production.
United States Hone y Produc tion Up 6 Pe rcent
Hone y produc e d i n t he Uni t ed St a te s during 1975 totaled 197 million pounds--up 6 percent from the 1974 crop . The 197 5 honey c rop was produced by 4.2 million colonies, down 1 percent from the previous yea r . Yi eld of honey per colony was 47 . 2 pounds, compared with 44.1 in . 1974. Be e s wax production to tal ed 3 .4 mill i on poun ds i n 1975, down 2 percent from 1974.
Honey pr oduc er s r e c e ived an ave r a ge pri ce of 50. 6 cents per pound for honey during 1975 , nearly the same a s t he 197 4 av erage whd. ch was t he highest price on record . These prices relate to all whol e s a l e and reta il sales , extr ac ted chunk and comb honey from apiaries owned by farmers a nd nonfa rmers.
Extracted honey i n Hholesale l ots so ld fo r an average price of 48 cents per pound, 1 cent below the 1974 price . Unpr oces s e d bulk honey in 60 pound containers average 50 cents per pound compared wi th 49 cen ts i n 1974 . Sa l e s of pr oces sed bulk honey averaged 48 cents per pound, 2 cents be low t he price of a ye a r ear l i er. Pr oc e s s ed packaged sales averaged 63 cents per pound compare d wi t h 61 cents in 1974 .
In 1975, price s r ec e ived f or re t a i l sales of ex t r a c t e d honey averaged 71 cents per pound, 3 cent s above 1 974 .
Sale s of all chunk honey (who lesale and r etai l ) averaged 87 cents per pound , 15 cents above a year e a r lier. Pri ces for all c omb honey ave r ag e d 89 cents per pound compared with 84 cents in 1 974.
Be eswax price s ave r a ge d $1. 0 2 per pound, 12 ce nt s below the 1974 price.
Major Produc i n g Sta t e s
Commercial product i on (a pia r ies wi th 300 or mor e colonies) in 20 major States totaled 107 million pounds. This i s 2 pe r c en t more than the 105 million pounds expected in September and account s for 54 per cent of the lia t i on ' s 1 975 honey flow . The commercial honey crop in the 20 Sta t e s was produc ed by 1.7 mi lli on colonie s. The yield per colony was 62.0 pounds and compare s wi th the Unit ed States average of 47.2 pounds.

FRASIER T. GALLOWAY Agricultural Stat i s t i c i an In Char ge

LARRY HASSEY Agr i c ul t ur a l Statistician

The Statistica l Repo r t ing Se r v i c e, USDA , 1861 Ile s t Br oa d Street , Athens , Georgia in cooperat i on with t h e Geo rg i a De pa r t me nt of Agr i cu l t ur e . Telephone 404-546-223 6.

State
Ala.
Ar 'L z ,
Ar k . Calif . Colo. Conn. De l . Fla. Ga.
Haw ,
Idaho Ill. Ind. Iowa Kans. Ky. La . Hai ne ltd. Nass.
Nich. Hi nn . Hi s s . Ho . Hont. Nebr. Nev. N. H. N. J. N. Hex.
N. Y.
N. C.
N. Dak. Ohi o Okla. Oreg. Pa . R. I. S. C. S. Dak.
Tenn. Tex. Utah Vt. Va. Wash. W. Va. Wis. Wyo .
U. S.

Colonies of bees, honey production , and value of production - 1974-75

Colonies

:

Yi e l d

;

Honey

:

Value of

:

of bees

:

per colony

production :

production

1974

1975 : E74

1975 : 1,74

1975 : 1974

1975

1,000 colonies

Pounds

1 , 000 pounds

1,000 dollars

:

47

47

30

18

1,410

846

780

64S

:

55

51

GO

45

3,308

2,295

1,472

1 , 030

.:

75

50 0

78 500

28 47

28

2 ,1 00

2,184

924

1 , 04 2

49

23,500 24 , 500 10,317 10 , 266

;

36

39

81

67

2, 916

2,613

1,610

1,479

:

8

8

17

32

13 6

256

113

259

:

1

1

20

30

20

30

15

23

: 368

360

44

68

16,192 24,480

7,173 10,820

: 161

153

23

28

3,703

4,284

1,837

2,116

:

4

6

80

71

320

426

160

21')

:

: 105

105

60

42

6,300

4,410

3,119

2,130

:

49

49

45

32

2,205

1,568

1,325

1,027

:

80

79

32

32

2 ,560

2,528

1 , 6 64

1,666

:

80

78

86

76

6,880

5 ,928

3,454

2,863

:

44

46

43

I~ 7

1,892

2 ,162

986

1,100

:

67

67

24

30

1,608

2,010

1,061

1,475

:

32

34

42

25

1,344

850

581

366

:

4

4

33

23

132

92

98

82

:

12

11

22

23

264

253

177

172

:

12

11

16

27

192

297

15 6

288

: 113

112

45

: 147

138

65

:

57

56

32

: 100

105

45

:

81

80

88

: 131

136

82

:

7

8

100

:

4

4

19

:

39

37

25

:

16

17

57

:

: 126

115

49

: 187

195

21

:

80

86

80

: 122

118

25

:

61

64

45

:

51

45

35

: 100

86

21

:

1

1

19

:

55

50

14

: 148

158

50

46

5 ,085

5,152

2,446

2,442

79

9,555 10,902

4, 911

5 ,189

28

1 ,824

1,568

879

914

62

4,5 00

6 ,510

3,312

5,045

94

7 ,128

7,520

3,571

3 ,557

51

10,742

6, 936

5,35 0

3 , 232

55

700

440

351

255

26

76

104

67

113

29

975

1 ,073

720

823

55

912

935

42 9

49 8

53

6 ,174

6,095

3,243

3, 224

17

3,9 27

3,315

2,537

2 ,38 3

94

6 , 400

8,084

3,136

3 ,743

27

3,050

3 ,186

1,571

1,641

44

2,745

2,816

1 ,644

1,715

38

1 ,785

1,710

1,023

956

25

2,100

2,150

1 , 2 47

1,266

19

19

19

16

19

14

770

700

437

438

71

7,400 11,218

3 ,589

5 ,026

: 152

: 210

:

45

:

6

:

79

:

95

:

97

: 109

:

36

:

: 4,195

150 208 46
6 76 98 89 114 38
4,163

20 49 36 30 28 33 14 71 74
44.1

24 62 42 35 27 35 19 48 74
47.2

3,040 10,290
1 , 6 20 180
2,212 3,135 1 ,358 7,739 2,6 64
185,079

3,600 12,896
1 ,932 210
2,052 3,430 1,691 5,472 2,812
196 ,540

2,168 4,703
932 131 1,161 1,564 947 3,939 1,321
94,372

2 , 567 5 ,919 1,105
178 1,020 1,636 1,341 2,785 1 ,339
99 ,441

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SP E C I A L

PRD S PE CT I VE PLANTIN G S

AS OF

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Geor gi a : Fa r mer 3 P1a nninp; Signi f i c an t Changes

A rm r ve y of f a r me r ' ::; pl anting i nt en tions , a s of Janu ary 1 , t hat wa s c onducted by t h e Georgia Cro p Rep or ting Se rv i ce revealed s ome ra ther s igni f i c an t c ha nge s i n cro p acr e a ge s may be ex pe c t ed f or 197 6 . The c r ops s h ovri n g tile s ha r pe s t s hif t s f r om l a s t ye a r a r e expec t ed to be s oyb e ans , co r n and co t t on .

i'Jo te s t ha t a c c ompan i ed t he far mer ' s a c r e a ge reports ind i c ated t ha t; the ir pl a ns a t th e first of t he yea r we r e st ill r ather t ent a tiv e . Ma ny no t ed tha t price l eve ls f or t he va r i ous crops between now a nd pl a n t i ng t i me may c a us e s ome c han ge s in t h e s e early plans . Av a i l a bi l i t y of production i nput s s uch a s s e ed , f ert il i ze r a nd f ue l di d Do t a ppe a r to be cau sing a s muc tl concern a s t he y d i d f or t he pre vious t wo ye a r s.

Cotton Ac r ea ge }lak i ng Pa r t i a l Comeback : Georg i a 1 s c o t t on gr owe r s i ndica t ed a 60, J '.)0 acre increa s e ma y be expe c t e d t his ye a r . If r eali zed , th i s 'Jo u l d br i ng pl an t i ngs up t o 220,000 acres compa r ed w.i t h 160 , 000 las t ye a r - - a 38 pe r cent Lnc r ea se , Eve n wi t h t h i s muc h increase, it wou l d be t he sec ond s mal l es t cot t on p l an tin~ s since r e cor ds be gan i n 1866. ~fuen cotton wa s ki n g , Geor 3i a planted ove r 5 mi l lion a c re s o f co t t on.

Soyb ean Ac r eage to Shrinl: by 10 Pe r cent: Af te r a he f t y 25 pe r ce n t i nc r e a s e i n s oyb ean acreage last yea r , f a r me r s pl a n t o cut back on p l anti ngs t hi s ye a r by 10 perc en t . Indi cated acreage for t he cur r en t year i s 1 , 160 ,000 compa r ed ,lith 1 ,2 90 ,00 0 a c r e s last ye a r , whi ch was the record high plant i ng f or t he Sta t e .

Corn Ac r e a ge t o Exp and by 4 Pe rcen t: Pr e l i mi na ry i nten t ion s sugge s t corn pl an t ings of 2,100, 000 t .hf. s ye ar compa r e d ':7i t h 2,0 20, 00 0 las t year --a 4 pe r cen t increa se .

Small Gr a i ns : Oat s a nd ba r l e y a c r ea ge is expe c ted t o be up 4 and 30 percent r e s pect i vely ,:hi l e whea t; i s e xoe c t.e d t o be 6 pe r c en t smalle r.

Crop

PROSPECTI VE PLA~T I NG S AS OF J ANuARY 1 , 1976 , GEORGIA

Plan te d Ac r e ages

I ndi cated

;

: 1974

:

1 975

:

1 976

:

TLousands - -

1976 as percent of 19 75 Percent

Corn, all

2,000

2,020

2,100

104

';'L ~at

215

160

1 50

94

(jats

230

240

250

1 04

Barley

12

10

13

13 0

Cotton

423

160

22 0

138

Sorghums, nl l

65

80

85

106

5oybl;a n s , a 1::,

1 ,030

1 , 290

1 , 16rJ

90

The pu r nos e of t h i s r epor t i s to a ssis t gr owe rs i n making s uch c ha n ge s i n t~e i r a c r ea ge plans a s migh t a ppear d es irable. "i,c r ea g(; s a c t ua l l y pl an t ed t hi s ye a r ma y be mo r e or l ess t han i nd i c a t e d due t o we a t~er , the avai l ab i l i t y a nd pr i ce of f ue l , : f e r t i l i ze r , seed , l abor , and how t hi s r e por t a ffe c t s f armer s ' . p Lans .
Ple a3~ tur l v a ge f or Uni t e d St ate s i nfo rma ti on .

Crop
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Oa ts Ba r l ey Du r urn \! hea t Ot her Sp r- i ng \ Ihea t Soyb ea n s Up l a nd Co t t o n

UN ITED STATES P,\OSPECT IVE PLANT Ii~G S FOR 1976

AS OF JANUARY 1

In di ca t ed

1974

1975

1976

T ho us a nd Ac r es - - - - - - -

77 , 787 17, 676
17 ,967 8 , 9 94 4 , 174 14, 826
53 ,507 13, 615. 9

77 ,90 2 18,2 75 17 , 386 9, 526 4 ,82 0 14 , 112
54 , 577 9, 622.9

80, 822 18 , 581 17 , 126
9, 528 5,2 00 14, 800
50 , 921 11, 224.7

1976 a s Perce n t o f 1975
Perce n t
1O L~
102 99 100 108 105
93
117

Corn: 80 .& mi l I i o n a c re s , up 4 pe r ce n t . Sor g hum: 18 . 6 mi 11 io n a cre s , up 2 pe rce n t Oat s: 17 . 1 mi 11 io n acre s , down 1 perce n t. Barl e y : 9.5 mi ll ion a c r e s , virt ua l l y unc ha ng e d . Soy bea n s : 50. 9 mi l l i o n ac res , do wn 7 pe rce n t . Upl a nd Cott o n : 11 . 2 mill i o n ac r e s , up 17 p e rce nt. Durum ~'J hea t : 5. 2 mi I I i on ac re s , 8 p e rcen t g rea te r . Oth e r Sp r ing ~!hea t : 14. 8 mi 11i o n ac res , up 5 per c ent.

FRA S I Ei{ T. GALLOI:lAY A gri cul t u r al Stati s ti c i an I n Cha rg e

W. PAT PARKS Agr i cu ltura l Stat ist ic i an

The Sta t i s ti ca l Rep o r t i ng Serv i ce, USD A, 1861 Wes t Br o a d St r ee t , At hens, Ge o r g i a , i n coop erat i o n wi th t he Geo r g i a De pa r t me n t of A g r i c u l t u r e . Tel eph o ne 404- 546-223 6.

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GRA I N S TO C K S-IBKAt<iE.S
.Ja nu a r v 1. , 19 76

Rel eas ed 1 / 2G/7 6

Hos t St ocks Up

Th e quantity of s t ock s in t he St at e on J a nu a r y 1 , 1 976 we r e up f or a l l commodi tie s that could be puLli s~ed , ac cording to the Georgia Crop Re p o r t in~ Serv i c e . Corn was up l e ss than 1 percent from a y ear a go while s oybe ans we r e up 11 pe r cent. St a t ewi de , corn s t ocks totaled 62.6 million bu s bel s and soybeans t ot ale d 23 .4 million bushe l s . Wheat and oa ts ~lere up 2 percent and 15 ? e r cen t r es pectively . Sor ~~um , rye a nd ba r l e y c ould not be pub l ished wi t hou t risking disclosure o f ind ividual ope ra t i on s bu t are i nclude d in Na t i ona l t ot als .

The r ated commercial off- fa r m s t orage cap acity i n t he Sta t e on January 1 , 1976 to taled 37.9 mi l l i on bushels -- up 1.5 mil l ion or 4 perc ent more t han la st ye a r ' s capac ity. Na t i ona l l y , off-farm capacity was r a t ed at 6, 102 .9 mi ll ion bus he l s - - up 3 perc ent .

Grain

Geor gia Gr ain St ock s -- J anuar y 1 , 197 6

~vi t h compari so ns

On Fa r ms

Off Farms

Al l Position s

197 5

19 76

1 975

1 97 6

1 97 5

1976

- 1 ,000 Bushe l s

Corn

53 ,6 93

54 ,8 02

8, 439

7,798

Oat s

752

89 1

131

1 25

Barley

90

55

*

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Hheat Rye Sorghum

221

219

402

41 9

10 4

12 6

*

*

454

1 ,3 20

31

*

Soybeans

9 ,2 72

10 ,395

11, 750

12 , 985

* No t published to avoid di sclo sin g i ndiv i dua l opera t i on s .

62 , 132 883
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623
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485 21,022

62, 600 1 , 016
-k
63 8
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Unit ed State s

Feed Grain , Soyb eans and ~~hea t St ocks Up Slla r pl y

January 1 s t ocks of a l l Hhea t a t 37 .7 mil lion met r i c ton s we re 25 pe r c en t abov e a yea r earlier. Stoc ks of the fou r f e ed gr a i n s (c or n, oat s , bar ley and s or ghum) totaled 1 38 million metric tons, 21 percent above J anuary 1 , 1 975 ho ld in~s . I nc r ea s e s from a ye a r ea r l i er f or individual feed grains wer e 25 perc ent for s orghum 22 perc ent fo r c or n and 21 pe r cen t for barley. Oats declined 1 perc ent . Soyb ean s s tocks a t 33 .9 mi l l i on metr ic tons wer e 26 percen t above January 1 , 1976 .

Corn in all storage posi t i on s on Janua r y 1, 197 6 totaled 4 ,4 31 milli on bu she l s , up 22 percent from the 3,621 mill ion bushels a year e a r l ie r but 1 perc en t l e s s than J anuary 1 , 1974. Farm stocks at 3,162 mill i on bus he ls wer e up 24 pe r cen t . Of f -farm s t ocks a t 1 , 269 mi llion bushels were 18 percent a bov e January 1 , 19 75 .

Sor ghum grain i n s t or a ce Januar y 1 , 197 6 amounted to 47 6 mill i on bus he l s , 25 perc ent above a year e a r l i e r, but 26 per c en t be l ow th e same date in 1 974 . Fa rm stocl~s totaled 1 63 million uu shel s , an i ncre a s e of 33 re r ce n t f r om l as t ye a r wh i l e of f-fa rm ho l dings , at 313 million bUSHels : c limbed 21 pe r c ent.

Oats in storage January 1 , 1 97 6 totaled 501 mi llion bu shels , 1 pe rcent l ess t han a ye a r ear l i er-and 21 perc ent uc l ow J anua r y I , 1 97 4 . Cur r ent oat stock s are a t a record low sinc e r ecords were started i n 19 44 . Fa rm s t ocks at 407 mil l i on bus he l s ~;e r e 6 percent a bove a ye a r earlier but off-farm s t ock s a t S4 mi l lion bushe ls we r e down 23 pe rc ent .

Barley stored in a l l pos i t i ons on J a nua r y 1 , 1976 tot al e d 277 mi l lion bu sh ~l s , 21 p~rce n t above a year ear l ie r . Of f -farm s t octs of 11 5 mi l lion bus he l s wer e 12 perc en t mo r e t han a year a Go and far m sto ck s a t 162 mi l l i on bush e l s were 29 perc ent lar ge r.

All W11eat i n s t or a ge on J anuar y 1, 1 97 6 to tale d 1 ,385 Kill ion bus he L. , 25 per c en t ab ove a year ea r l ie r and 49 pe r cent a bove 2 ye a rs ago but be low t he Janua r y 1 , 10 70- 73 l evel . Farm stocks totaled 547 million bu slie Ls , 22 pe r cen t ab ove a yea r ag o wh i l e of f - f arm s t oc lcs at 83 8 million bushels v e r e up 27 pe rc en t .

Rye stocks in all posit ions on J anu a r y 1 , 1976 t otaled a l mos t 9 . 7 mi l l i on bushel s , down 20 percent fr om a ye a r e a r l ier a nd t he t h i r d l ou~ st J a n uary 1 s t o ck s s inc e 19 44 .

Soybeans in all positio ns on J anua r y 1 , 1 97 6 to t aled a re c or d 1, 246 million bu s hel s , 26 percent mor e t han the gee; million las t Janua r y and 7 percen t mor e t han the prev i ous re co r d of 1,161 million bushe ls Januar y 1 , 1974 . Farm s to c l ~s at 581 mi l lion bu s hels wer e 20 pe r cen t more than a ye a r earl i er. Off-farm s to cks a t 665 mill ion bu s he l s we re up 32 pe r c ent. Dur i ng the past 4 mont hs nearly 200 mil l i on bushe l s ,~e r e expor t ed and ab out 277 mi l l i on bus hel s wer e crushed.

Uni ted St a t e s

Gra in St ocks J anuary 1, 197 6 wi t h co mparison s

(In t housand bu s he l s )

Jan. 1

Jan . 1

Oc t. 1 3 /

Jan . 1

Grain and pos iti on

1 974

197 5

19 75

19 76

CORN

On Farm s

3 , 356 ,9 32

2 ,5 40 , 658

1 91 , 25 5

3, 16 1 ,980

Off Farms 1 / TOTAL

1, 116, 424 4 ,4 73 ,356

1 , 000 ,0 24 3 , 62 0, 632

168 ,193 359 ,44 8

1 ,26 9 , 24 2
4 .zn , 222

SORGHUH

On Fa r ms

218 ,2 10

122 ,856

7 , 909

163 ,4 33

Off Fa r ms 1/

426,8 18

257 ,8 43

27, 188

312 , 517

TOTAL

64 5 , 0 28

380 ,699

35,09 7

4 75 , 950

OATS

On Farms

47 5 ,235

33 4 , 0 9L,

496,057

406 , 986

Off Farms 1/

16 1, 692

122,512

130, 775

93,981

TOTAL

636 ,92 7

506 ,606

626 , 832

500 , 967

BARLEY

On Farm s

207 ,302

12 5 ,24 5

215 , 303

162 , 004

Of f Fa rms 1/

113 , 558

102 ,728

1 26, 96 3

114 , 89 9

TOTAL

320 ,86 0

227 , 973

342 ,271

276 , 903

ALL WHEi'..T

On Farms

363 ,32 3

446 ,362

762 , 067

54 6 ,513

Off Fa r ms 1/

56 3,9 52

66 1, 1 71

1 ,128 , 997

83 8 ,39 3

TOTAL

927 , 275

1 , 107 , 533

1 ,8 91, 06 4

1 , 384 , 906

RYE

On Fa r ms

7 ,793

6 ,509

10 )020

5 ,7 35

Off Farms 1/

13; 64 0

5 , 509

5 ,654

3 ,933

TOTAL

21 ,433

12,018

15 , 67 4

9 ,6 68

SOYBE.\ NS '!:../

On Farms
Off Fa rms 1/

60 8 ,16 0 552 , 756

483 , 86 9 5 0 5 , 3 92

75 , 114 10 9 ,9 22

580, 739 665, 454

TO TAL

1, 160 ,916

989, 26 1

185 , 036

1 , 24 6 , 1 93

11 Inc l ude s s t ockc a t mills , e leva tor s , war ehoua e s , te r mi na l s, pr oc e s s or s, and Commodi t y

Credit Cor po r atioa owne d gr ain a t b in st ire s. ~/ Soy bean da t a refers t o S ept e~b er 1.

FRA::>IE:::' T . GALLO~ JAY Agricultural St a t i s t i c i an In Char ge

H . PAT PAR KS - RI CHARD F . IHTTJllAN, J1\ Agr i c u l t ur a l Stat isticians

TIle Stat istical Re por t ing Se r v ice , USDA, 1861 West Broad Stre et, Athen s , Geo rgia i n cooperation ~i th t he Georgia Depa rtment of Agr i cul t ur e .

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GEORGIA ANNU AL
VALUE OF GEORGIA'S CROPS 'DECLINES I N 1 975

February 2, 1976
CROP SUMMARY

The gross value of produc t ion of Georgia's major crops declined by $105.7 million i n 1975. Ac cor di ng to the Geor gi a Cro p Repo r ting Serv ice, the 9 perc en t drop i n 1975 ended a seven-year string of ann~a l increases i n t he a ggrega t e value of the State 's crops. De s pite the decl ine, the gross value r ema i ned a bove th e "bi l lion dollar mark" ..rhf.c h "las r eached for t he first time last yea r . The total value for 1975 wa s $1 ,107,803,000 compared wi th t he State's r ecord-high 1974 value of $1,213 ,491 ,000. Crops ShO\ling l e s s value in 1975 we re cotton, corn, tobacco, soybea n s , wheat , r ye , barley, s weetpotatoe s , an d fe s cue . Offs et t i ng part of t h e losses in t he s e crops we r e inc reases f or peanu t s , peaches , pecans , sorghum, oa t s , hay, and commercial ve getabl e s .
Peanuts moved into the top- s pot i r. val ue as corn dropp ed to sec ond place . Peanuts accounted for 30.9 percent o f th~ t o t al va lue whi le co rn made up 24. 7 per cen t of t he to t a l . Soybeans and tobacco swapped places fr om t he 19 74 l ine-up of t he third and fourth mo st i mpor t an t crops with tobac c o moving up t o take 13.8 percent of t he total wh i le soyb e an s dro pp ed back to 12 . 9 per c en t .
Co t t on r ecorded the sharpest dollar-value a nd perc entage dec l i ne f r om t he prev i ous year with a 108s of $62 .9 mill ion du e to a n al most t wo-thirds cu t ba ck i n acreage. Corn followed as a close s econd wi th a $62 .6 million dec line. Peanu t s s howed the lar ge s t dolla r value increase with an a dvanc e of $39. 4 million. Percen t age-wise, peaches made t he l ar ge s t gain (181 percent) as the crop made a par t i a l r ecovery from t he weather- r edu ced 1974 cr op.

DISTRIBUTION OF 1975 CROP VALU ES I N PERC ENTAGE OF TOTAL VALUE

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GEORGIA ANNUAL CROP SUMMARY 1/, 1974 AND 1975

: Harv'd : Yield:

: Produ c- Uni t : Total

Year: Acreage: Per Acre :Unit: t ion

Pr ice : Value

1,000 acres

1,000

1,000 Dollars dollars

1975 155

Cotton Lint 2/

1974 410

1975

Cottonseed

1974

1975 1,880

Corn, gra in 2/

1974 1,880

1975 100

White Corn, qra in 5/1974 112

1975 47

So r qhurn Grain

1974 36

1975 135

\4 hea t

1974 160

1975 90

Oats

1974 95

1975 8

Ba r l ey

1974 9

1975 105

Rye

1974 115

1975 7.5

Sweetpotatoes

1974 8.0

1975 75.13

Tobacco, All_6/

1974 _ 7L 28

1975 470

Hay, All

1974 455

1975 520

Peanuts~ for Nuts

1974 519

1975 1,260

Soybeans, for Beans 1974 1,010

Cr imson Clove r ,

1975

.35

for Seed

1974

.45

1975 10

Fescue, for Seed

1974 14

Peaches, Total

1975

Production

1974

Pecans, Total

1975

Product ion

1974

Commercial

1975 45.30

Veqetables 7/

1974 44.60

434 490
55.0 56.0 50.0 54.0 36.0 35.0 27.0 23 .0 45.0 44.0 38.0 40.0 15.0 18.0 100.0 95.0 2,010 2,233 2.50 2.35 3,320 3,220 25.0 25.5 130 90 220 210

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3/140 4/419
51 150 103,400 105,280 5,000 6,048
1,692 1,260
3,645 3,680 4,050 4,180
304 360 1,575 2,070
750 760 150,978 161 ,402
1,175 1,069 1,726,400 1,661,520 31,500 25,755
46 41 2,200 2,940
95,000 45,000
75,000 58,000

.516 .418 89.00 121.00 2.65 3.20
2.41 2.80 2.90 3.35 1. 55 1.44 1.90 1.95 2.45 2.62 10.00 10.40 101.50 103.80 42.50 36.50
.198 .182 4.55 6. 84 .75 .60 .18 . 21 .238 .179 .428 .495

34,675 83,963 4.539 18,150 274,010 336,581
4,078 3 ,532 10,571 12,321 6,278 6,019
578 703 3,859 5,423 7,500 7,904 153,193 167,580 49,938 39,019 341,827 302,397 143,325 176.164 35 25 396 617 22,610 8,055 32,100 28,730 18,291 16,308

TOTAL ABOVE CROPS (Excl. acreage of fruits and pecans)

1975 4,908.28 1974 4,937.33

1,107,803 1,213,491

1/ 1974 price and value includes disaster payments for wheat, corn , barley, sorg hum and
cotton. 1975 disaster payment data not ava ilable for this publication and, thus, is excluded. All 1975 data is prel im inary. 2/ Cotton yield in pounds, price is per pound. 3/ Includes allowance for unredeemed loan~. 4/ Average to January 1, 1976 with no ~Ilowance for unredeemed loans. 5/ White cor~ acreage, yield, and production also included in the all "corn for grain' l 6/ Price is derived from value of both type 14
and type 62. 1/ Excludes sweetpotatoes. Includes only those vegetables for which
official estimates are prepared.

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GEORGIA INDEX DOWN 3 POINTS

Febru a r y 2, 1976

The All Commodity Index of Pr i ce s Re ce ive d by Georg ia farmers in January wa s 182 percent, 3 points be low the p revio us month, and 5 points below January 197 5, accordin g to
the Georgia Crop Reporti ng Se rv i ce.

The January Ali Crops Inde x wa s 180 percent, 3 points above t he previous mo nth , a nd 5 points above January 197 5. The decreas e in the All Commodity Inde x f rom t he De cembe r 1975
level resulted from de c re~ s e s in hog s, bro ilers, chickens, eggs and wheat .

UNITED STATE S PRICES RECEIVED INDEX Dmm 1 POl iH PRI CES PAID INDEX UP 2 POINTS
(t The Index of Prices Receiv ed by Farme rs decreased I point per cent) t o 186 percent
of its January-December 1967 a verage dur ing the mon th ended January 15, 1976. Contribu t i ng
most to the decl ine since mi d-Decem be r were lower prices for cattl e , e ggs, appl e s , an d lemons. Higher prices f o r potatoes , corn, and soybeans were par tially off- settin g. The
index was 14 points (8 percen t) a bove a year ago.

The Index of Prices Paid by Fa rme r s fo r Commod it ies and Servi ce s , In t e re s ~, Ta xe s ,
and Farm Wage Rates for Jan uar y 15 was 191, up 2 points (1 perce nt ) f rom a mont h ea r l ier .
Lower prices f or f ood i t ems , pe t ro l eum products, and feeder 1 ivesto ck, were more tha n
off-set by higher prices fo r o t he r commod i t ie s . Estimates of 1976 int e res t and t axes we re also higher. The index was 10 po ints (6 percent) above a year earl i er.

1967 : 100
GEORG IA

INDEX NUM BE RS- - GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES

Dec. 15

Jan. 15

1974

1975

De c. 15 1975

Ja n. 15 1976

Prices Received All Commodities All Crops
Livestock and Livestock Products

1/179

174

185

182

1 / 194

.!/ 185

177

180

J/I67

166

192

183

UN ITED STATES Prices Received

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178

172

187

186

Prices Paid, Inte res t,

Taxes & Farm Wage Rate s

1/ 179

2/181

189

191

Rat io 1/

1/99

1/95

99

97

1/ Revised. 1/ Rat io of Index of Pr ic e s Re ceived by Farmers to Inde x of Pri ces Pa i d ,
Interest, Taxes, and Farm Wage Rates .

FRASIER T. GALLOWAY Agricultural Statistician In Charge

CLAYTON J. MCDU FFI E Ag r i cultural St atist i ci an

The Statistical Reporting Servi ce , USDA, 1861 We s t Broad Street, Athens , Georg ia In cooperation with t he Georgi a Depa r t me nt o f Ag r i c u l t u re . Telephone 404- 546- 2236.

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Commo d i t y and (jnit

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1 97 6

PRICES I'..ECEI VEl

(ihea t , i-u ,

$

3 .3 3

3.12

2 .99

4 . 11

3.41

3.43

Oa t s, bu .

$

1.82

1. 50

1.54

1. 62

1. 42

1. 44

Corn, 'uu. COttOt1, lb .

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3.25 37. 6

2 . 52 53.0

2.59 55 . 7

3 . 07
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2. 37 50. 0

2.44 49 . 9

Cot tons e e d , t on

$ 113 .00

74. 00

74 . 00

123.5 0

89 .00

89 . 90

Soybea ns , bu.

$

6 . 39

i~ . 2 6

4. 41

6. 30

4.28

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Swee t pot a t oe s , cwt .

$

9 .25

9 . 45

10 . 60

!!j9 . 65 !+-/ 9 . 46

9.57

Hay, ba led , ton

Al l

$ 38.00

44 .00

44. 00

50 .10

51. 60

52 . 70

Alfalfa

$

53 .00

54 . 80

56 . 20

Othe r 1/

$

41+ . 70

45 . 20

46 .4 0

Hi lk Cows, head

$ 340. 00 360 . 00 365.00

403 .00 448 . 00

458.0 0

Ho gs , cv t .

$ 36. 80

48. 70

46. 80

38 . 20

47. 50

i17 . 50

Beef Ca ttle , Al l , C\lt . 2/ $

Cows , c wt 1/

-$

20 .50 17 . 90

24 . 40 19.50

24 . 50 19. 80

27 . 60 16. 50

34 . 50 20. 10

33 .5 0 22 . 10

St ee r s & He i f er s , cwt . $ 22 . 70

27 .50

27.30

31 . 00

39 . 10

37 .20

Ca lve s , cvt ,

$ 23.00

25 . 20

25 . 30

23 . 90

30 . 70

31. 40

Hi lk, Sol d t o Pl ants, cwt.

Fl uid Barket

s 4/10 .15

10 . 50 5/ 10 . 50

8 . 69

10 .50 5 / 10. 50

Hanufa c tured

$

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Al l

$ !+-/ 10.15

10 . 50 5/10. 50

8 . 33 4/ 10 . 30 5/ 10. 20

Tur ke ys , lb.

29.0

32 .0

31. 0

31. 8

36 .0

33 . 6

Chickens , lb.

Excluding Broi l er s

c

8.5

17. 5

11. 0

9 .2

15 .1

11.8

Commerc i a l Br oi l e r s

c 23. 0

25. 0

24.0

24 .2

24 .0

24 . 3

E;;gs, all , doze n

c 62 .2

72 .9

67 . 4

57 . 1

64 . 1

62 .2

Table , dozen

c 58 .2

70 . 2

64 .0

Hat ching , do zen

c 85 . 0

87 .0

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PRI CES PAI D, FEED

~tixed Dairy Fe ed , t on 14 % pro t e i n 16 % pr otein 18 % pr ote i n 20% prote i n

$ 142.00 $ 155 .00 $ 158 . 00 $ 161 .00

13 6 .00 142 .00 13 9 . 00 143 . 00

133 . 00
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146 . 00 148.00 151. 00 155 . 00

13 2 . 00 134 . 00 13 6 . 00 143 . 00

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cwt .

$

Cot tons eed Meal, 41%, cwt. $

Soybean Meal, 44%, cwt. $

Br an , c wt ,

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l.Liddl ings , cwt .

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Corn 11e a l, cwt .

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8. 90 10.50 10.5 0
8 .60 8 . 70 7 . 60

8.20 9 . 20 9 . 10 8.00 8 . 10 7. 10

8 .10 9 . 30 9. 20 7.70 7 .7 0 7.00

8 . 84 9 . 83 9.86 8. 00 7 . 88 7 . 80

8 . 04 9 . 37 8.74 7 .26 7 .18 6 . 56

8. 01 9.47 8 .81 7.36 7 .25 6 .55

Poul t r y Feed, t on

Br oi l e r Grower Feed

$ 176. 00 161 . 00 157.00

176 . 00 160 . 00

158 . 00

Layi ng Fe e d

$ 15 8.00 131.00 135. 00

160 . 00 14 3 . 00

143 . 00

Chick St a r ter

$ 180 . 00 154 .00 154. 00

181 . 00 161 . 00

161 . 00

Al falfa Hay, t on

$ 60 . 00

61 . 00

63 . 00

66. 60

66 . 60

68 . 40

All Other Hay, t on

$ 58. 00

53. 00

54 .00

55 . 90

57 . 20

59 . 50

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Approve d by t he Outlook and Situation Board (Broiler s) Feb r uar y 26 ) 1976
Feed-Price Ra t i os Eas e
The pr oduc t f 8 ed-pr ic ~ rat i os (pound of fee d e qua l in value t o 1 pound of livewe i ght brod.Ler ) for ;>r oi l e r s i ncr eased s l i gh t l y fr om mid - Dec ember to mi d- Janua r y . The higher ratio for uroilers \1a S caus ed t y a sligh t inc rease i n broiler price s and a small d ~cline in broiler feed. I h e br oil e r f e ed- pr i c e ratio at 3 .1 ~va s up from both December' s 3.0 and January 1 975 's 2.8 .
Small Increas e in 1 975 Outp ut
The broil er i ndust r y l.ad a very good year i n 1975 fo l.Low.Lng a ye a r of generally ne gative profits for many produc e r s. Pro f i t ab i l i ty was poor in early 197 5 , but picked up as fee d prices e a sed and broiler pr i ces ga i ne d. Broile r pr oducer s r es ponded to the improved prof itability by expanding produc t ion .
Output in f ederally inspec ted plant s in ear ly 1975 ,la s dOvffi nearl y a tenth from a ye a r earlier , but ga i ned t hroughout t h e year and r e ached r ecord l evel s dur ing Oc t obe r - December. For all of 1975 output in fe de ra l l y inspected plants totaled 7 , 96 6 million pounds (c ertified, ready-to-cook) , up n ea rl y 1 perc ent from 1974 . Hm1ever , total output for 1975 may have only about matc hed 1974 ' s outpu t bec au se e a ch year a larger percen t of total young chickens are slaughtered under f ed e r al i nspect ion. In 1 974 , 97. 2 percent of the total young chickens produced were slaughtered in fe dera l ly inspected plants . This compares with 96.7 percent in 1973 and 95 .7 perc ent in 1972 . Th e percentage increas e in f ed erally inspected slaughter has been largely caus ed by many States turning their inspec tion r es ponsibility ov er to the Federal Government .
Broilers slaught ere d i n f ed erally inspected plants during 1975 increased by nearly 1 percent to 2,922 million. HOHever , a s ma l l decline in avera ge marke t i ng weights r e sulted in smaller 1iveweight output . Th e sma l l increas e i n the output of c ertified, ready-to-coo k, young chickens primarily r esult ed from t he continued decline in condemnations. ~Ios t condemnat ions are post-mortem and in 1975 thes e amoun ted to 167 million pounds (new York dress ed weigh t ) , compare d w~ th 219 million pound s in 1974 . For 1 975 , post morten-condemnations He re 1.7 percent of t h e quantity ins pected, dOHn from 2. 2 percent in 1974 and 3.9 percent in 1970.
1976 Output Up Sharply
Broiler production in 1976 has been running wel l above a yea r ear l i e r . Through January 28 the number of broile r s i nsp e c ted was 8 percent above a ye a r e a r l ie r and t he average marketing weLgh t was up ne a rly 2 percent to r ecord l evels . Veekly plac ements in 21 co mmercial broiler St~tes , for Februa r y ma rke t i ng s slowed, bu t were still up around 7 perc ent fro m last year . Placements for Bar ch marke t ings increa s ed and wer e up around a t enth . Broiler meat output dur ing January-}larch i s expec ted to avera ge around 10 perc ent ab ove the f irst qu arter of 1975 .
':11e favorable r elat ions l: i p be t we en f eed pri ce s and br oi ler mar ket price s dur ing t he past 3 qua r ter s likely will boo s t br oiler pr oduc t i on ,' e l l above a ye a r a go i n co ming months. Broiler meat output is expec ted t o remain around a t enth higher t hrou gh mi dyea r . Conti nu ed production gains are like l y t hi s s ummer , although the mar gin ov er a ye a r ago probably will narr ow b e c aus e of t he ch ar p inc r ease in oytput i n t he second half of 1975.
Larger lIa tchery Supply Floc:}:
Th 2 broil er hatchery s u pp ly floc~ dropp ed to its lowest l ev 31 i n several yea r s i n Sept emb er 1 975, down 15 per c en t f r om Se pt ember 1974 on t he bas i s of pullet chick placement data , dowe ve r. t he floc k ga i ned last fall a nd wi l l continue to i ncr ease in e ar ly 197 6 . Pl.ac ement s in July-Decembe r 19 75 xze r e up almost 10 percent. Cumulative placements i nd icate t he flock wi l l exc eed yea r- ear lie r 12 vels in Apr i l and be up 3 per cent by July . Thi s woul d still be slightly be l ow Jul y 1973 and 1974 . The floc k size i s bas ed on layer s r emainin~ i n th e floc ks f or 8 mon t hs. Hmmver, industry source s i ndica te t hat many more layers are be i.n g nc Ld i i."l t he f l oc !.: fo r ~ - l O mont hs o f lay e lan i n r ecen t ye a r s . In addition t he

number of eggs s et per es timated breede r hen ha s b een t r ending upward . For examp le , on the average there wer e 3.47 eg gs per l ay er placed i n incubator s ea ch wee k i n 1973. This dropped to 3.28 eggs in 1974 when hatchery a c t i v ity was cur t ail ed but i ncr e a s e d to around 3 .62 eggs per layer in 1975 . Dur i ng 197 5 the ra t i o ranged fr om a l ow of 3.19 in January to a high of 3.90 in November. Pa rt of the i ncreas e i n eggs se t pe r br ee der hen may be because of hol di n g layers for a longer lay period . Howev er. t he ha t chery sup pl y f l ock wil l be lar ge enough to sustain a moderate incr ea s e i n broiler production t hr ougho u t 19 76 .
Broiler Prices Strong
Broiler price s du r i n g most of 1975 were a t t heir h ighes t l eve l s in rec ent history. Prices in Ma r ch, Apri l , a nd Aug us t d id lag t he v e r y high l evel s of 1973 . but for all of 1 975 averaged well above othe r r e c ent yea r s . Wholesale broil er price s i n' nine-cities averaged 45.1 cents a pound in 1975 . up ~ear ly 7 c ent s from 1~74 a nd 3 cents ab ove the hi gh 1973 prices. Prices dropped s ha r ply i n late 1 97 5 as a r esul t of the usua l sea s ona l easing in demand and a sharp incr ea s e in br oi ler meat output . Despit e s harp ly larg er broiler supplies. prices strengthened i n earl y 19 76 and av eraged 42. 2 cents a pound du ring January. This was up about a cent fro m both t he previous mont h a nd a yea r ear l ier . Price s are expected to continue strong throu gh t he s pring and s ummer, but prices next summer a re not expe c ted to match last year 's 50 . 3 c en t s . Price s t hrough mid -1976 likely wi l l average in the low to mid 40s.
Al t hough supplie s of b roi ler mea t wi l l be r ecord l arge in c oming mon t hs, broiler prices will be bolstered by i nc rea sed co n s umer dis po s a ble income s. lowe r por k s uppl i e s through midyear . and relatively hi gh r ed mea t pri ces t h rou ghout 1976 . HO~Jever. t here probably will not be the runup in pork pri c e s t hi s spr i ng and s umme r a s happened i n 19 75 .
Lower Per Capita Con sump t i on in 1975
Bas ed on f ed eral l y insp ected s laughter ( to t a l U. S. produc t ion wi l l not b e r eported until April). consumption of young chicken (pr i maril y br oi l e rs ) i n 197 5 totaled about 37.2 pounds per person. about a th i rd of a pound below 1 974 's u s e . Al l of the de c l i ne occurred in the Ii first half ~yhen us e ,Jas down abo u t a pound per pers on. Sec ond half con s ump t i on wa s around 0.7 pounds abov~ a ye a r earlier . The sharp i nc rea se in output expec ted th i s year may push January-June per cap i t a consumption up mor e than a pound f rom ] 975 ' s . Thi s would be r ecord large consumption.
USDA Purci.lase
Purctases of chicken by USDA for t he Na t i on 's s chool l unch pro gram in calendar 1975 totaled 30.3 million pound s of fr e s h f rozen cut-up , compared wi t h 47. 9 mi l l i on in 1974 and 288.000 pounds of fu l l y co ok ed , fr i e d . f r ozen cu t - up c hicken . the same as in 1974 . The commodity cost of 1975 purcha ses tota l e d $16 rni l l i on , we l l b elo~v t he $22.8 millio n cost i n 1974. Purchases t h is yea r thr oug h Fe bruary 3 totaled 9. 4 mi l lion poun ds a t a cost of $4.6 million. In recent years USDA purchase s fo r t he school lunch programs have ende d by the end of March.
1975 Exports Large
Exports of young chi cken during 197 5 we re t he lar ges t of any yea r since the formation of the European Community i n 196 2 . I n 197 5. exp or t s of whole yo un g chi cken and chicken part s totaled nearly 138 mill ion pounds (ready-to-cook weigh t ), 19 percen t ab ove 1974 and t he largest export total sinc e t he 1 45 mi l l i on pounds in 1 962. In add i t ion, s h ipmen t s to U. S. territories totaled 116 mi l l ion pounds i n 19 75 . up 9 per cen t f rom 197 4. lio r e t han 95 percent of th~ total shipment s wen t t o Pue r t o Ri c o i n 197 5 .

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Approved Gy t he Outlook and S ituati on Board (Eggs) February 26, 1976
Feed Pric0 Ratios Eas e
The product fe ed-pr i ce rati o s (pound of f eed equal in valu e to 1 doz en eggs ) for e ggs decl ined from mid-December to mid-January. The de cl i ne in the ra t io for eggs result ed from a drop in produ ct prices as f eed pri ce s were unchan ged. The e gg- fee d pri ce ra ti o i n midJanuary was 8.7, down f rom 9 .0 i n De cember but wel l ab ove t he 7. I of a year ea r l ie r .
Product ion Continue s to Sl i p
Egg production i n 1975 dropp ed a li ttl e ove r 2 percent bel ow 1974 t o 64.3 b ill i on eggs. During the past 4 years out put ha s de cl in ed a 1 ittl e ove r 8 per cent or alm o st 6 b i 11 ion eg gs . The lower 1975 produc ti on wa s t he result of f ewer la yers s ince th e rat e of l ay was up a bout 1 percent.
The Nation's lay ing fl oc k a ve ra ge d a ro und 276 mil I ion birds i n 1975 , down 9 mi l l ion from a year earl ier. The drop in layer numbers wo u ld ha ve been grea t er i f produ cer s had not kept their old hen s l onger by f o rce mo l ti ng th em. The e gg-t ype hatch indi ca t e s t hat around 28 mill ion fewer repl a cement pull ets ent ered t he floc k i n 1975 that i n 1974, However the cuI I ing of old b irds dropp ed sharply. Ma tu re c hicke ns under f ed eral in sp e ction in 1975 were down al most 18 mil I ion from a year p rev ious.
The rate of lay ros e alm o s t 2 eggs per hen in 1975 to 233 e ggs. A sl i ght lag i n MarchJune was more than offset by increases during the rest of the ye a r . The rate of lay has jumped almost 10 eggs pe r hen during the past 4 years.
After trail ing 1974 dur in g the fir s t 8 months of 1975 , produc t ion move d ab ov e a year earl ier in September-Nove mber, but dropped sl i gh t ly below a gain in De cember. Wea ke r-t ha nexpected egg pr ices in ea r l y December result ed i n i nc rea s e d cuI I i ngs of old hens and layer numbers decl i ne d . Outpu t gain ed but s tayed about I percent below a year ago i n January. Layer numbers during th e mo nt h wer e down nearly 2 percent, but the rate of l ay ga in ed about I percent. Although early rep ort s indicat ed that the rate of lay would be l ower becaus e of cold weather, the Na t io n 1 s f l oc ks produced an average of 19.7 e ggs per bird th is January, compared with 19.5 a year prev ious. The rate of lay continues to av era ge above a year earl ier, despite the large num ber of fo rce- mol t ed layers in the flocks.
Egg production dur in g the first half of 1976 i s e xpec ted to total near January-Jun e 1975. The rate of la y I i ke l y will av erage above 1975 but lay er numbers ma y drop. Layer numbers on January I, 1976 , at 280 mi l l ion, wer e 2 percen t below a year earl ier. There are abou ~ 4 percent more replacemen t pul lets to e nt e r the flock t hi s winter, but 6 percent fewer this spring than last year. However, producers' decisions regarding the f o rce molting of old hens will playa c r uci a l role in determining the s iz e of th e lay ing fl ock i n coming months.
Egg prices have remained fairly strong in early 1976 and producers are mo re optim istic about future prospects. Producers wi l l I ikely mai nt a i n the relatively h igh l ev el of f o rce moltings of past months through t h i s winter. This would mean fewer old hens cull ed a nd , combined with more repla ceme nt pul l ets, result in a gain in layer numbers. Wee k l y repor ts ind icate fewer mature chicken s we re slaught ered under fed eral i nspe ction in January t ha n a yea r ea r lie r ,
Layer numbers are ex pecte d to drop back i n the spr ing as f ewer replacement pu1 lets enter t ile flock and th e cull in g o f o l d layers tops last spr ing. The relat ionship of e gg pr ices and feed prices, f ol l owin g the usual break in egg pr ices after the East er demand is filled, will determin e how many old hens are cuI l ed th is spring.
The number of o l d lay er s c u I l ed this s pring and replacement pull ets hatched i n t he first half of 1976 wi l l l argely de t ermin e the s ize of the laying fl ock i n t he second half of 1976. The hatch of egg - t ype ch i cks in January was 2 percent above last yea r and eggs in incubators on February 1 were up 5 percen t. Increases in th e ha tch of chicks in coming months may be 1 imi t ed by t ile si ze o f the eg g-t ype hatchery suppl y flo ck. Cumula t iv e

placumcnts of pullets 7-18 months earl ier indicates the hatchery flock will average about 11 percent below 1975 during January-June 1976.

1975 Egg Prices Sluqqish
Egg prices were sluggish during much of 1975 and averaged below 1974 despite a 1 ittle over 2 percent drop in ~gg production. New York wholesale prices for Grade A large eggs averaged 57.8 cents a dozen in 1975, sl ightly below a year earl ier. Egg prices strengthened in the closing months of 1975, spurred by sl ightly less production and a pickup in the demand for eggs for hoI iday baking use. In early 1976, prices have seesawed. They dropped in late December and early January and advanced in mid-January when egg suppl ies t ightened. Large eggs at New York averaged around 68 cents a dozen i n January, 6 cents above a year earl ier. Prices weakened aga in in late January and cont inued to drop in February, but remained above a year earl ier.
Egg prices are e xpe ct e d to advance as demand picks up for Easter but show their usual seasonal drop in the spring. However, prices for the first half of 1976 will I ikely average above January-June 1975. Higher prices of meats, improved general economic cond itions, greater hatching use and some increase in breaker demand should help bolster egg prices.

Breaking Use Down in 1975
The demand for egg products was very slugg ish in 1975 and breaking use dropped . nearly 12 percent. During the period of January 5, 1975 -January 3, 1976 a total of 18.4 mil I ion cases of shell eggs were broken under federal inspection. Production of egg products totaled 670 mill ion pounds, down 83 mill ion pounds from a year previous. Frozen eggs dropped 16 percent to 302 mill ion pounds while dr ied eggs at 56 mill ion pounds were down 22 percent. However, I iqu id egg production for immediate consumption ros~ 19 percent.

Vleekly reports indicate break ing use continues to run well below 1975 levels i n early 1976. However, breakers may have to increase their activity in coming months because of the low cold storage stocks. On February 1, 1976 cold storage holdings of frozen eggs totaled 32.9 mi 11 ion pounds, almost 19 mi II ion pounds below a year earl ie r and the lowest level for the date since 1951 .

Foreign Trade Increases

Shipments to U.S. territories and exports of shell eggs and egg products increased in 1975. Shipments totaled nearly 900,000 cases (shell equivalent) in 1975, up 15 percent from 1974. Shell eggs gained 26 percent and comprised 88 percent of total shipments. Eggs used for hatchery purposes were 69 percent above a year earl ier. Egg product shipments dropped around 140,000 pounds to 3 .3 mill ion pounds.

Exports of shell eggs and egg products in 1975 totaled almost 1.2 mill ion cases (sheil equivalent), up 68,600 cases from 1974. Shell egg e xports made up 64 percent of the total and were up 15 percent from a year earl ier. Although Canada imposed quotas on U.S. eggs moving into that country, shell egg exports to Canada were up substant ially. Canada received over one half of all U.S. shell egg exports. Egg product exports dropped around 6 percent to nearly 430,000 cases (shell equivalent). Japan i s the largest buyer of our egg produc t exports. The United Kingdom received the largest amount of dried egg exports in 1974, but they took only about one -third as much in 1975.

Imports of shell eggs and egg products in 1975 dropped 58 percent to 190,000 cases (shell equivalent). The reason for this large drop was the sharp reduction in the imports from Canada. Nearly 90 percent of all U.S. impor ts in 1975 were from Canada.

More Eggs for Hatchings Use

Eggs for hatchery use in 1975, at 12.6 mill ion cases, were up 300 ,000 cases and accountB for nearly 7 percent of total production. The large jump i n the hatch of broiler-type chicks in the last half of 1975 offset the reduced first ~alf broiler hatch and lower egg-type hatch for the year. Hatching use will probably continue h igher than last year during the first half of 1976. The hatch of broiler chicks will be up sharply and a few more egg-type chicks lnay__be hatched e,

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GEO !:~G1L\ INDE}~ UP 2 POIl1TS

i la r c h i , 19 7(,

The Al l Commodit y I nde x of Pric es Re ce i ved wa s 184 percent , 2 points above the previous month but 10 po int s below February 19 75 , acco rd i ng t o t he Geo r gi a Crop Repor t ing Service. TI1e inc r ea s e in t he Al l Commodity Index f r om t he Januar y l evel r esulted from increases in corn, soyb eans , ca ttle , c alv e s , ch i cken s and milk .

The Febr ua r y Al l Cro ps Ind ex wa s 180 pe r cent, unchan ged f r om t he previou s mon t h and 2 po ints a bove February 197 5 .

The Al l ~ iv e s to cl~ Ind 2x f or Febr ua ry wa s l 8 7- - up 4 poin t s fro m January 1976 , and 16 points above Febr ua ry 1975 .

UNI TED STATES PRICES RECEIVED m DEX UP 1 POINT PRICES PAID IN~D EX UNCHANGED

The Ind ex of Pr i c e s Re ce i ved by Farme r s i nc re a sed 1 point (~ percent) to 137 percent of its J anu ary-De cembe r 1 96 7 aver a 8e during the month ended Feb r uary 15 , 1976 . Contributing most to t he i nc r eas e s i nce mid-January wer e hi gher pr i ce s for whea t , cattle , calves , ho gs , and potatoe s . Lower pr i c es for mi lk , l ettuc e , e 3gs , c e l e r y , and tomatoes were partially offsetting. The i ndex was 19 poin ts (11 per cen t ) a bove a year a go.

The Ind ex of Pric es Pa i d by Fa r me rs f or Commod i t i e s and Servic es , Interest , Taxes , and Farm Ha ge Rates fo r February 15 Has 193 , unchan ged f r om last month I s revis ed i ndex . ne~11 wage rate data fo r J anuar y r esulted in an upward ind ex r evision of 2 points (1 percent). Li d- Febr uary price s f or c ommoditie s and services showed small mixed changes from a month earlier exc ept for f e ed er livesto ck pr i ce s whi ch wer e up sharply . The index was 13 points (7 percent) above a year ea r l i e r .

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GEOTI.GU.

INDBX NUHBERS- - GEOP.GIA AND UNITED STATES

J an . 15

Feb . 15

J an.

: 1 975

1975

197 6

Fe b. 15 1976

Prices :le c e i v ed

Al l Commodit i e s

1 74

174

182

184

Al l Cro ps

: 1 /1 85

178

180

180

Lives t ock and Li ve s t oc t Produ c t s : - 16 6

1 71

183

187

urUTE)) STP.TES ;

Prices l:;,e c e i ved

: 1 72

168

186

187

:

Prices Paid , I nt ere s t , Taxe s ~

Farm Uag e Ra t e s

: 181

113 0

1)193

1 93

:

Ra tio 'l:.,./

: 95

93

1/96

97

l/ ~ev i s ed . 2/ Ra t i o o f I nd ex o f Pr i ces ~eceived by Fa r mers to Index of Prices Paid ,
Intere s t , Tax e s , and Farm Wa ge Ra t e s .

FRP.SIER T . GALL Ov~Y Agr i cul t u r a l Statist ic i a n I~ Cha r ge

CLAYTON J. UCDUFFIE Agr i cul t ur a l Statistician

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P~UCES--REC EIVED AND PAID BY FAlli1ERS , FEBRUARY 15 , 197 6 HITH C0l1PARISONS

Ge or gia

Uni ted States

Feb . 15 J an . 15 Feb . 15 Feb . 15 J an . 15

Commodity and Uni t

197 5

19 7C'

1 97 6

1 975

1 976

PRI CES RECEI VED

\-Jheat, bu .

$

3.58

2. 99

3 .01

3 . S5

3.43

Oats , bu .

$

1. 70

1. 54

1.52

1.58

1.44

Corn : bu . Cotton, lb.

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3 . 02

c 34 .5

2. 59 55. 7

2. 63 54 . 5

2 .86 4/3 2.6

2 .4 4 49 . 9

Cottonseed , ton

$ 105 .00

74 . 00

! ! 131. 50

89 .90

Soybeans, bu .

$

5. 60

4 .1+1

4 . 52

5.72

4 .46

~le et potatoe s . cut .

$

9 . 70

10 . 60

11. 60

!/9 .77

9.57

Hay . baled , ton

All

$ 36.00

44 . 00

43. 00

49. 30

52 .70

Alfalfa

$

Oth er 1/

$

52.50 44 . 20

56. 20 fi6 . 40

Hi1k Cows, he ad

$ 340.00 365 . 00 390 . 00

390.00 458 . 00

Hogs , cwt ,

$ 36 .30

46 .30

46. 90

33 . 40

4 7. 50

Beef Cattle , Al l, cut . 2/ $ 20 . 60

24 . 50

25 . 5 0

26 .90

33 .50

Cows , cwt , ] j

$

Steers & Heifers . cut . s

18 . 00 22. 70

19 . 80 27 . 30

21.00 28 .20

18.10 29.60

22.10 37. 20

Calves , cwt ,

$ 23 .4 0

25 . 30

2 7. 50

24 .30

3l.lfO

Ilf.Lk , Sold to Plants , cwt ,

Fluid l'1a r k e t

$ 10 . 15

10 . 50 2/11. 20

8.64

10.50

Hanuf ac t ur ed

$

7. 04 4/ 9.07

All

$ 10 .15

10 .50 5/11. 20

8. 28

10 .20

Turkeys, lb .

c 30 .0

31. 0

30 . 0

30 .8

33. 6

Chickens . ~b.

Exc1udi ne Broilers

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9. 5

11. 0

13 .5

9 .4

11.8

Commercial Bro ilers

. 25. 0

24 . 0

25 .5

24 .6

24. 3

Eggs , all , dozen Table, dozen

. 4 /60 . 3
c ~./5 5 .9

67 . 4 64 .0

65. 1 61. 5

54 .3

62 . 2

Hatching, do zen

. 85.0

85 .0

87 .0

Fe b . 15 19 76
3 . 66 1.46 2 .48 49 .8 90.50 4 . 50 9.93
54 .30 58 .60 46.7 0 465 .00 47.90 34 . 20 25 . 10 36 . 80 34 .40
10 . 40 8 .55
10 .00 32 .1
12 . 8 25 .2 59. 8

PRICES PAID, FEED

i'1ixed Dairy Feed, ton

14% protein

$

16% protein

$

32% protein

$

Hog Feed. 14 %-18% protein

cvt .

$

Cottonseed Mea l. 41%, cwt . $

Soybean Heal , 44%, cwt , $

Bran, cwt.

$

Mi ddl i ngs , cwt.

$

Corn llea l , cut .

$

Poultry Feed , ton

Broiler Grower FeeQ.

$

Laying Feed

$

Chick Starter

$

Alfalfa Hay, ton

$

All Other Hay , ton

$

138 . 00 145 .00 157 . 00
8. 50 9.50 9.40 8 .10 8.10 7 . 80
16 6 . 0 0 149.00 170 .00
64. 00 62 .00

133 .00 139 .00 166 .00
8. 10 9 .30 9 . 20 7 .70 7 .70 7 .00
157 .00 135 .00 154 . 00
63. 00 54 .0C

129. 00 140 . 00 16 6 .00
3 . 20 9 . 30 9 . 50 7 . 60 7.30 6. 90
160.00 12 9 .00 151. 00
66 . 00 57.00

137 .00 137.00 17 6 . 0 0
8 .46 9.21 9. 10 7.60 7.3 9 7 .44
167 . 00 151. 00 171. 00
65 . 50 56 .70

13 2.00 136 .00 175.00
8.01 9 .41 8 . 81 7.36 7 .25 6 . 55
158.00 143.00 161.00
68 .40 59.50

133 . 00 136 . 00 177 .00
8 .03 9,l12 8.84 7 .37 7.26 6 . 52
160 .00 143.00 162.00
69 .90 60.10

1/ Includes all hay except alfalfa. 2/ :lCows " and "stee r s and heif ers " combined wi th
allowance where necessary for s l a ugh t; r bulls . 3/ Include s cull dairy co us sold for
slaughter, but not dairy co ws for he r replacements . !/ Revi sed. l/ Pr eliminary .

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DI S'lRI CT 1
lJartm-J Chat t ooga Floyd Gor don liur r ay Polk Ha 1k e r ~n1i tfie1d
TOTAL
:lI STRI CT 2
BarrO ll Clarke For s y t h Fulton G'-1innett Ha l l Jackson Oconee Hal t on
TOTAL
iJIS- TRI-CT-3
Bank s Elbert Franklin lIab e r s ham Har t Lincoln j"!'l.di s on Oglethorpe Stephens Hill.e s
TOTAL

Har ch 1976 GEORGIA vJHEAT 1975 County Es tima te s - - - Ac r eag e , Yield , an d Production Pr el i minary

Harve sted Ac r e s

Yield per Ac r e Bus hels

Production Bushe l s

270 110 200 520 37 0 290
70
13 0
1 , 950

35.3 39.3 33 .3 33 .3 25. 2 32.2 35 .3 38 . 2
32 . 6

9, 520 4 ,320 6 ,650 17 ,300 9, 310 9 , 340 2 ,4 70 4, 970
63, 38C

320 530 300 230 100
80 760 2 ,8 90 760
5,970
120 950 800 110 2, 330 80 2 ,04G 1 ,020
70 400
'I"" 7 , ~ ~ v

25 .2 32 .3 35.3 29 . 2 20 .1 23 .1 25 . 1 25 .2 28 . 2
26.7
30. 2 22 .1 27 .1 28.2 28 . 2 28 . 1 25 .2 25 .2 28 . 1 27 .3
26. 2

8 , 060 17 ,100 10,600
6 ,720 2,010 1 , 850 19,100 72,700 21, 400
159,540
3, 620 21,000 21,700
3 ,100 65,700
2 ,250 51 ,4 00 25 ,7 00
1 , 970 10 , 900
207 , 340

District and County
D I S'l:~'JC T 4
Clayton
Cowe t a
Fayette Haralson Harris Heard Henry Lamar Macon l!arion tferiHether Pike Schl e y Spa l di ng Talbot Taylor Troup Upson
TOTAL
DISTRICT 5
Ba Ldwf.n
Eibb :Sleck1ey Butts Crawford Dodge Greene Hancock Houston Johnson Jones i.aurens Monroe liontgomery Horgan Newton Peach Pu1.:lski Putnam Treut1en Tuigg:-, Hashington Wheeler Hi1kinson
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GEORG I A HliEAT 1975 County Estimates -_.- Acreage, Yield, and Production
Preliminary

Ha r ch 1976

Harvested Acres

Yield per Acre Bushels

Production 3ushe1s

220 310 320 120 250 310 1,350 510 5,130 67 1J 210 1,520 470 1 ,430 80 1 , 810 250 340
15,300

26 .2 27.2 26 .2 31.2 23.2 Zn. .1 25.2 28 .2 33 .2 26 .1 24.1 23 .2 25 .1 29 .2 25.1 27.2 22.2 27 .2
20.4

5,760 8,430 8,380 3,740 5,790 6,240 34,000 14,400 ' 170,500 17,500 5,070 35 ,200 11,800 41,800 2,010 49,200 5,540 9,240
434,600

160 270 2,010 320 990 1 ,150 610 300 9 ,800
2 ~lGO
110 6 ,530
200 200 860 310 4 ,110 1,780
130
320 490 6,570 56 0 190
40 ,15 0

29.2 26 .2 23.1 24.2 26 .2 25 ,1 27.2 28 ,2 26.2 23 ,2 27.2 25 ,2 26.2 22. 2 26 , 2 30.2 29 .2 26 ,2 29 ,2 24. 2 25 .1 23.2 23.2 25 . 0
25 . 5

4, 670 7 ,070 46,500 7 , 730 25,900 28 ,900 16,600 n,460
256~600
50,50() 2,990
164,400 5,240 4 ,430
22,500 9,360
120,000 46,600 3,800 7,730 12,300
152 ,200 13 )000 4,780
1,022,260

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GEORGIA TURKEY PROD UCTIO N AND GROS S INCOME DECLINE

Georgia growers rece ived $6,794,000 gross income from their 1975 production of 1,216,000 turkeys. This was 23 percent less than the $8,783,000 received in 1974 whe n production totaled 1,712,000 birds. Total pounds produced wa s 22,496,000 in 1975 , 31 percent less than the 32,528,000 pounds produced i n 1974. Average we ight per b ird wa s 18.5 pounds compared with 19.0 pounds in 1974. The 1975 price per pound (1 ivewe ight equivalent) was 30.2 cents, while the 1974 price wa s 27 cents.

UNITED STATES TURKEY PKODUCT ION DOHN, GROSS INCOt1E UP

Gross Income and Product ion

Gross inco me f rom turkeys i n 1975 was $794 mill io n , compar ed with $679 mi l l ion In 1974. The pr ice received by producers dur ing 197 5 averaged 34.8 ce nts per pound (1 ivewe ight equ iva lent) compared wi th 28.0 cents in 1974.

Turkey product ion in 1975 t o t a l ed 2.3 bill ion pounds 1iv ewe ight, 6 percent les s than the 1974 production.

Numbe r Ra i sed

Turkeys ra ised in the United States in 1975 totaled 124 million, down 5 percent fro m 1974. Heavy breed turkeys were 6 percent below a year ago at 109 mill ion and 1 i ght bree ds decreased 2 percent to 15 mill ion.

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The number raised in Minnesota, the leading State, was up 4 percent bu t numbers

raised in Cal ifornia and No r t h Carol ina were below a year ago.

Death Loss

Death loss of poults i n 1975 wa s 7.6 perce nt , compa re d wi th 8. 9 pe rcen t i n 1974. Loss of breeder hens in t he 26 maj o r prod uc in g States du ri ng 1975, as a perce nt o f b ree de r hens on hand December 1, 1975. wa s 5.5 perce nt , compared wi th 5. 8 per ce nt a yea r ear l ie r .

FHA ISER T. GALLOHAY

LARRY MA SSEY

Agricultural Stat ist i c ian In Charge

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State

TUt{K EYS : PiWD UCT IO i'~ AND GHOSS 11"ICOt1E. 1975, SELECTED STATES

Number Ra i sed II

2/

Price

Heavy

Lig ht

Total

Pounds

per

Breeds

Bre e:: ds

Produced

Pound 31

1,000 Hea d

1,000 Lbs ,

Cents

41 Gross
- In colT.e
1, 000 Do l l a r s

Ala.
Ark. 2/
Ca 1if.
Colo. 5..1
Ga.
111.
Ind.
Iowa
Kans.
Md.
Hass. t'\i ch , tl i nn ,
-Ho . 2/
Nebr .
N. c. 21
N. Oak. Ohio ,21
Okla. 2/ Oreg. 2/
Pa ,
s. C.
S. Oak. Tenn.
Tex.
Utah
Vt. Va.
\Ja s h. 51 \./. Va .
\-! is .

16

17

272

30.0

[; 2

7,100

134,900

32. 6

L:-3 , 977

15,017

754

15,771

3, 620

1.2 16

0

1,216

445

0

445

4,350

785

5,135

6,238

22

6,260

152

2

154

299, 649 84,70 8 22,496 9 ,612 8l~, 214
118,940
3,850

34. 1 35.0 30.2
37. 9 31.8 35.2 36. 8

10 2,180 2;;, 648 6 ,794 3,643 26,780 4 1,36 7
1,1+17

38

1

106

1')

700

a

39

842

35.9

302

125

2,375

58.0

1,3 78

700

16,100

31 . 1

5, 007

15,549

7,2 03

22,752

368,582

34.6

127, 529

8 ,125

153 ,563

34.1

52,365

487

a

487

9 ,545

34.6

3,303

14,400

241 ,920

37.2

89, 994

821

90

911

16,034

36.0

5,772

2,313 2,235
510 4
8, 700 3,369
7 5,267
500

525 350 350
a
145 77
a
705
1,030

2,835 1,370 1,025 2, 838
2,5 85 860
4 8 ,8 45 3,4/f6
7 5,972
225 1,530

54,149 20,550 18,963
53, 922 60, 748 18,0 60
76 168, 055
75,1 23 154
100,927
5, 963 25, 857

35.3 32.0 39.0
37.3 33. 2 34.3 33.0 34.0
37. 0 61. 0
33.9 40. 1
33.4

19 , 115 6, 576 7, 396 20, ] 13 20, 168
(} , 195
25 57, 139 27 ,796
94 3l:-,2 1lf
2,39 1 8, 636

4,886

8

4,894

95,9 22

38.3

36,73 8

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. . _ _ _ _ .-a _ _ . , _ _ ..-.. ...,, _ . . - ....... . . ... .., ... ..... .... .... . . .... . ... _ . _ .... _

~ _. _ ~

U. S.

109 , 301 14,954

124,255

2,277,754

34.8

793, 626

t'

II Base d on turkeys hatched September 1, 1974 through August 31, 1975. Exclud es young turkey s l ost. 1/ Includes home consumption, which is less t han 1 percent of total prod uction

1/ Liveweight e qu iva l e nt price. ~I Gross income rece ived by the Agricultural Sector for the production of turkeys. :2/ Breakdown by breeds combined to avoid disclosing ind i v id ual

ope rat ions.

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AGRHc ULWnU~AL PRICES MARCH 15 1976

GEORGIA INDEX DOWN 3 POINTS

April 1, 1976

The All Commodity Index of Prices Received was 181 percent, 3 points below the previous month but 10 points above tiarch 1975, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. The decrease in the All Commodity Index from the February level resulted from decreases in hay, hogs, eggs and mi l k ,

The March All Crops Index was 182 percent, up 2 points from the previous month and 7 points above March 1975.

The All Livestock Index for March was 181--down 6 points from February 1976 but was 14 points above March 1975.

UNITED STATES PRICES RECEIVED INDEX Dm'/N 3 POINTS PRICES PAID INDEX UP 1 POINT

The Index of Prices Received by Farmers decreased 3 points (1~ percent) to 184 percent of its January-December 1967 average during the month end8d March 15, 1976. Contributing most to the decrease since mid-February were lower prices for hogs, milk, eggs and satt1e. Higher prices for lettuce, tomatoes, lemons and cotton were partially offsetting. The index
was 19 points (12 percent) above a year ago.

The Index of Prices Paid by Farmers for Comm0dities and Services, Interest, Taxes, and Farm Wage Rates for March 15 was 194, up 1 point (~ percent) from a month earl ier. Major contributors to the index increase were higher prices for farm machinery, tractors,
used autos, feed, food, and clothing. The index was 15 points (8 percent) higher than a
year ago.

1967 = 100

INDEX NUMBERS--GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES

Feb. 15

Mar. 15

Feb. 15

1975

1975

1976

Ma r , 15 1976

GEORGIA

Prices Received

AI \ Commod i ties A1\ Crops

174

171

184

181

178

175

180

182

Livestock and Livestock Products: 171

167

187

181

UN ITED STATES

:

Prices Received

168

165

187

184



Price sPa id , Interest, Taxes &

Fa rm Hag.:! Rates

180

179

193

194

Rat io !/

93

92

97

95

U Ratio of Index of Prices Received by Farmers to Index of Prices Paid, Interest, Taxes,
and Farm Wage Rates.

FRASIER T. GALLOWAY Agricultural Statistician In Charge

CLAYTON J. MCDUFFIE Agricultural Statistician

The Statistical Reporting Service, USDA, 1861 West Broad Street, Athens, Georgia in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agr iculture. Telephone 404-546-2236.

PRICES--RECEIVED AND PAID BY FARMERS. MA RCH 15. 1976 WITH COMPARISO NS

Geo rqia

:

United States

Commod ity and Un it

Ma r , 15 Feb. 15 Mar. 15: Mar. 15 Feb. 15 Mar. 15

1975 1976

1976: 1975

1976

1976

PRICES RECEIVED

~.Jheat, bu.

$

Oats, bu.

$

Corn, bu.

$

Cotton, 1b.



Cottonseed, ton

$

Soybeans, bu.

$

Sweetpotatoes, cwt.

$

Hay, baled, ton:

AI I

$

Alfalfa

$

Other II

$

Mil k Cows, head

s

Hogs, cwt.

$

Beef Cattle, All, cwt . 1/ $

Cows, cwt. 11

$

Steers & Heifers, cwt . $

Calves, cwt.

$

Milk, Sold to PI~nts, cwt.

Fluid Market

$

Manufactured

$

AI I

$

Turkeys, lb.



Chickens, lb.

Excluding Broil ers



Commercial Bro il ers



Eggs, a 1I, doz.



Table, doz.



Hatching, doz.



3.49 J. 63 2.88 34.0 103 .00 5.23 9.70
36.50
340.00 36.90 20.40 17.60 22.60 22.70
!/9.3 0
!19.30 30.0
9.0 24.0 6 1.5 57.0 85.0

3.01 1. 52 2.63 54.5
4.5 2 11.60
43.00
390.00 46.90 25.50 21.00 28.20 27.50
4/11.00
!/II.OO 30.0
13.5 25.5 65. I 61.5 87.0

3. 20 1.62 2.69 56. 6
4.57 10.95
40. 50
400.00 42.50 26.30 22.30 28.70 30.30
2/ 10. 70
2/ 10 . 70
32.0
13.0 25.5 59.7 54.8 90. 0

3. 65 1.46 2. 67
33.5 106.50
5.31 10.40

3.66 1.46 2.48 49.8 90.50 4.50 9.98

49.70 52.40 44.20
390.00 38.30 27.80 18.70
30.50 24.70

54.30 58.60 46.70 465.00
47.90 34.20 25.10 36.80 34.40

8. 46
7.01 8.13 30 .3

4/10.20
-4/8.45 ~/9. 79 32.1

9.7

12.8

23.7

25.2

54.1

59.8

3.65 1.46 2.50 50.4 88.50 4.46 10.30
54. 10 58.20 46.10 471 .00 45.50 33.60 27.00 35.30 35.30
5/10.00
-218 64 219 . 71
32.5
12.8 24.4 54. 1

PRICES PAID, FEED

Mixed Dairy Feed, t o n:

14% protein

$

16% protein

$

32% protein

$

Hog Feed, 14%-18% protein

cwt.

$

Cottonseed Meal, 41 %, cwt . $

Soybean Meal, 44%, cwt. $

Bran, cwt .

$

Middl ings, cwt.

$

Corn Meal, cwt.

$

Poultry Feed, ton

Broiler Grower Feed

$

Laying Feed

$

Chick Starter

$

Alfalfa Hay, ton

$

All Other Hay, ton

$

132.00 136.00 151.00
8 .00 8.80 8.80 7.60 7.50 7.30
158.00 136.00 157.00 70.00 65.00

129.00 140.00 166.00
8.20 9.30 9.50 7.60 7.30 6.90
160.00 129.00 151.00 66.00 57.00

127.00 141.00 162.00
8.30 9 . 30 9. 20 7. 90 7.70 6.90
164.00 141.00 160.00 70.00 62.00

13 I .00 130.00 165.00
7.92 8.69 8.37 7. I 1 6.98 6. 96
161 .00 143.00 162.00 66.70 56.90

133.00 136.00 177.00
8.03 9.42 8.84 7.37 7.26 6.52
160.00 143.00 162.00 69.90 60. 10

134.00 136.00 174.00
8.01 9.47 8.86 7.38 7.26 6.58
160.00 143.00 162.00 72.60 61.70

11 Includes al I hay except alfalfa. 11 "Cowsl and " s t eer s and heifers" combined with allowance where ne cessary for slaughter bull s. 31 Includes cull da iry cows sold for
slaughter, but not dairy co ws for herd replaceme~ts. !/ Revis ed. 21 Prel imi na ry .

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VEGETABLES

Re lea sed 4/13/7 6

I NTENTIONS A1~ PROSP ECTIVE ~CREAG E FOR HARVEST - - SPRING QUARTER

GEORGIA

Planting of vege t a ble and melon crops in South Geor gi a was t wo weeks ahead of a normal season, according to the Georg i a Crop Repor t i ng Service. Watermelon plantings were reported to be about 81 percent co rnpl ete as of April 9 , compared with only 48 percent last year. Some replanting 1JaS e xpect ed to be necessary du e to cool nighttime t emperatures. Based on growers' s ur v e y data of pla n t i ng int entions, 1976 cabbage acreage wi l l increase by 5 percent while total >la te r mel on ac r ea ge for th e 1976 crop i s expected to increase by 15 percent.
The prospective acreage of snap beans for harvest during the spring quarter (April, Ma y , June) is expected to be up 9 perce nt from 1975 . Cabbage and watermelon acreage to be ha~ vested during the spring quarter i s expected to increase by 21 and 29 perc ent r espectively. Weather conditions have been exc el len t over most of the State with planting progress running ~lell ahead of normal . Ca bba ge prices str engthened in 1975, wh i c h account s for some of the increas ed acreage. A portion of the increase in wa t e r me l on acrea ge wa s attributed to this bein g th e Bicentennia l ye ar . The Statistical Reporting Service Fresh Ma rke t Vegetable program was changed be ginni ng in 1976. With this change, Georgia wa s r eclassified as a limited tomato estimate State . Tomato estimates will be made only on an annual basis in December.
UNITED STATES

SNAP BillU~S : The pr osp e c t i ve acres for harvest during the spring qu arter of 1976 is placed at 22,400 acre s , 7 percent more t han the 21,000 acres harvest ed in 1975. Based on a three year average yi e l d , this crop is projected at 762,000 cwt., wh i ch would be 4 percent more than th e 1q75 s pr i n g crop. Spring planting in North Carolina i s ahead of normal. Weather has been very favorable so far this year. In Florida, the southeast area is Gupp1ying a steady volume of variable quality beans. Quality is very good to excellent in the Pompano area, but fair to poor in Dade County . Plant condition is fair in the west central area with some wind damage. In California, the growing season has been favorable for the new spring crop. Nor ma l supplies are expected during Hay and June.
CABBAGE: Prospective acr eage for harvest during the 1976 spring quarter is placed at 18,400 acres, 8 perc ent mor e than the 17,050 acres harvested during the same quarter in 1975. Based ou a three year ave r a ge yield, t his acreage is expected to produce 3 .6 million cwt. which would be 3 perc ent more than the 1975 spring crop. In North Carol i na the crop is off to a good start . In Florida, harvest is now active in all areas with Hastings and the North Central gr o\Ji n g areas providing most of the volume . Supplies should continue well into April before declining. Harvest is now in the latter stages in the Lower Ri o Grande Valley of Texas but supplie s are expe c t ed to continue through Hay.
TO~~TOES : The 1976 spring quarter acreage for harvest is placed at 31,500 acres, 14 percent more than the 27,700 acres harvested during the 1975 spring quarter. Production for t.ie 1976 spring crop is projected at 4.6 million cwt . based on the average yield for the past three years . This is 8 percent more than the 1975 spring crop. Florida production is be10w normal l evels because of the small size of the fruit being harvested. The crop is in very goo d condition in the Palmetto-Ruskin area, which should provide the bulk of Ma y and early June production. Gr owe r s in the southern commercial area in Alabama have been planting actively the last two weeks of l Ia r c h with planting just starting in central and northern Alabama. The crop is making good growth in the Lower Ri o Grande Valley of Texas . A heavy frost did some damage to plant population, but most fields still have adequate stands. Planting is complete in the San An t oni o- Wi n t e r Garden area . Some replanting is underway in Central Te ::aB \ihe re plants wer e lost bec au ne of freeze damage suffered in Ha r ch . Field s etting is active in bo t h Ea s t and Nor t h Texas. Planting will get underway on the High Plains in late Ap r i l or early May.
W.:\T ERHEL0NS : P'ro s r-cc t Lve acreage for harvest during the 1976 spring quarter is estimated a t 91, 800 acres, 21 percent more than the 75,800 acres harvested during the same quarter i n 1975 . Production for the 1976 spr ing crop, based on the average yi eld for the pa st three ye a r s , is projected a t 12.3 million cwt., 16 percent more than the 1975 spring crop. In Fl or i da where acreage ha s b een increased sharply this spring , t he crop is a little later than usual . Harvest is expected to begin in the Southwest area by mid-April. Fruit set and size on early plan t i n gs are fair , but should improve on later plantings. In the

West Cen tra l a r eas , p lant s ar e ma k ing good growt h . Harvest i s exp e c te d t o start Ly miJ-~lay, and pro gre ss no r t hwa r d and ',::';s t vJar d , r e a ching t he peak i n June . Pl an ting has started in
Al abama in t he ext r eme s outhern count i e s. Pl an t i ng is comple te in t he Lov er Ri o Grande ValleJ of Texas. Hos t a crea ge has been pla n t ed i n the Coas t a l Bend and Winter Garden a re a where the early fi elds a re vining. Ir r i gat ed wa t er me Lono are making good pr ogres s, but dryland melons ar e showin g s t r e s s i~ many a r ea s f r om t ~ e l a ck of rainfall. Se eding is underway in Ea s t Texas whe r e excess ive r a i n f al l has preven ted some gr owers fro m plant i ng. Planting will ge t under~;ay in North Texa s in Apr i l a nd on t he Hi gh Plain s in lla y . Fi r s t s upp l ies are expec t e d to come from South Texa s be gi nni n g i n l Ia y ,

ACREAGE I~TEIHIO}IS AND PROSPLCTI VC ACRE1\.G E FOR HliliVEST, SPRI NG QUARTER !/ , BY STATES, 1976

WITH COHPARI SONS

Ac r eage plan t ed a nd to

~ lan t ed

II

Crop and State

Year of Planting

Fo r

Int end ed

harvest

19 75

19 76

1974

1975

1976

- - Acres

SNAP BEANS 21

California

700

800

geo

Florida

12 ,000

11 , 500

12 ,2 00

Georgia

2,200

2, 300

2 ,500

Ne~l J ers ey

700

700

900

North Carolina

2 ,900

2 ,800

2,900

South Carolina

3,000

2, 900

3 ,000

Group Total

21,500

21, 000

22 ,400

CABBAGE 31

California

3 ,3 00

3 ,000

3,000

3 , 300

3, 00 0

Florida

17 ,400

18,200

5 , 400

5 ,000

5,000

Georgi a

3 ,800

4 , 00 0

2,500

2 , 40 0

2, 900

New J er " ey

5, 000

5 ,300

80G

800

80 0

Nor t h Carolina

2 , 300

2, 500

2,200

2, 100

2 ,400

Ohio

500

550

450

450

500

Te xas

17,300

20 , 500

3, 60 0

3,000

3 , 800

Group Total

49 ,6 00

54,050

17 , 950

17, 050

18 ,400

TO~'IATO~Jl

Alabama

8 ,000

8 ,500

2 , 600

2, 400

2 , 500

Florida

31,7 00

38 , 200

11 ,900

12,000

14 ,700

Georgia Louisiana

2 , 800

41

1 ,400

41

41

850

41

900

II

II

South Carolina

8 ,400

8, 900

5 ,500

6, 100

6,4 00

Texas-S. Texa s

2, 700

2,300

1 ,400

2, 300

2,100

Group Total

54,450

57 , 900

23,700

22,800

25 ,700

WATERJ.\fELOHS

Alabama

13 , 700

15 , 000

2,900

2 , 900

3,700

Arizona

2 , 900

2 ,700

900

100

1,000

Californ ia-De s ert

3,900

3 , 700

2, 700

1 ,800

2 ,700

Florida

47 ,00 0

61 , 000

44 ,500

43 ,600

55 ,000

Georgia

32 , 200

37 , 00 0

3 ,2 00

3, 40 0

4,400

Texas

55 ,000

55 ,000

27, 000

24, 000

25 ,000

Group To tal

154 , 700

1 74 ,400

81 ,200

75 , 800

91, 300

II April , i1a y and .Juue . 21 Acreage int en t io ns for sp ecified pe r i ods a r e not e s t i ma ted nationally. 11 I ncludes fr esh market and proc e ssing . 41 Geo rg ia and Loui s i a na are states

limited to end-of -se ason e s t i ma te s only .

F~SILR T. GALLOWAY Agric ultur a l St a t i s t i c i a n I n Cha rge

W. J ERRY PITTS Agri cul t ural Stat istician

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P R O S P E C TIV E P L A N T I N G S

AS OF AP RiL 'I '1976

Georgia : More Corn . Ca t t on i Less Soyb ean. To ba cco f o r 1976

Georgia f a rme r s in d i cat e d t h ro ugh a s u rve y co nducte d about Ap ri l 1 by t he Georgia Crop Repor t i ng Servi ce , tha t t he i r plan t ing p l ans for 1976 i ncl ude some maj o r sh if ts . The larges t a crea ge s h i f t s i nvo lv e inc rea sed cor n p l a nti ngs wh i le soy bea n ac re a ge i s e xpe c t e d t o shrin k sig nif ica nt l y f rom l a s t year . Lat e pla ns also in clude a par t ial co mebac k for cotton a f t er a ve ry drama t i c d ro p i n cotto n ac rea ge l a s t year. Toba cco acreag e wi l l decl ine, in 1 i ne wit h quo t a re duc t ion s . Othe r c rops e xpe cted t o s how inc re ases a re hay, oat s , and barley, while smal l e r p l a nt in gs o f so rg hum a nd wh it e co r n were i ndicate d .

Crop
Corn, all IJh I te Corn Oats Sa r l ey Cotton Sweetpota t oe s
Tobacco, all ..!/
Sorghums, all
Soybeans 1/
Peanuts 11
Hay. all II
1/ Acrea ge ha rve st e d .

1976 PRO SPECT IVE PLANTI NGS FOR GEORGI A

PLANTED AC REAGE S

: Ind icated

1974

19 75

1976

.

Thousand s - - -

2 ,000

2,0 20

2 , 250

125

125

100

230

240

250

12

10

12

4 23

160

220

8.5

8

8

72 .29 65

75.1 3 80

65 . 0 70

: 1,030

1,290

1,0 20

5 19

527

52 5

4 55

47 0

490

21 Grown alo ne for a l l pu r po se s .

1976 CI S percent o f 1975 Perce n t
111 80 104 120 138 100 87 88 79 100 104

Corn Acreage To Ju mp 11 Per ce n t : Co rn, th e St a te ' s l ar ge s t us er o f cropl and i s e xpe c t e d to increas e by mo r e t ha n 200 ,000 acres i n 197 6 , t o tota l 2,25 0 , 000 ac re s . Th i s is 150,000 more ac re s t ha n wa s i nd i ca ted by the J a nua ry Int e n t ions Su rv e y. White Corn acreage, which i s i nclu de d i n th e a l I-cor n t o t a l a bove, i s ex pe cte d t o be o f f about 20 perce nt i n 197 6 a nd t otal 100 , 000 a c re s .

Soybeans To Drop 21 Per cen t : Fa rme r s i nd i ca t e d pl ans to cut back on t he i r soybean plantings in 1976 to 1,0 20 , 000 a c re s. Thi s fo l l ows a 25 pe rcent i nc rea se l a s t year. In January, soybean growe r s ha d p l a nned a de c1 in e o f o nl y 10 per cen t .

Peanuts Off Sl iq ht ly: A modes t de c l in e to 525,000 ac re s was indicat ed--o f f 2,000 ac re s .

Hay Up 4 Percen t : Geo rg ia f a rmer s a re p l a nn ing t o ha rvest 49 0, 000 acres in 1976 .

Tobacco Down 13 Pe r ce nt : Abou t 65 , 000 a c re s a r e ex pec ted to be use d f o r p roduc t ion o f the ' IGolden Lea f' ! t h is ye a r.

Cotton Rebou nd ing By 38 Pe r ce nt : Cotton a c rea ge , wh ic h wa s o ff by abou t 62 percent last year, i s e xpe c t ed to r i s e a bou t 60,00 0 acres th is year to t ota l 220 ,000 acre s- -still far be l ow t ile 1974 p l a nt in gs o f 4 23,000 acre s.

The pu r po s e o f t h is survey is t o as si s t g rowe r s in ma ki ng ad ju s tmen t s

i n thei r plan t i ng in t ent io ns a s mig ht appea r de sirabl e. Acreag es

actua l l y p la nted may be mo re or l e ss t han ind ica t ed due to weathe r ,

t he a va i l a b il i t y an d p r i ce of p l ant i ng s upp li es a nd labor, f l uc t ua t ions

i n commodi t y p r i ce s , a nd how th i s repo r t a f f e c t s f a rmer s ' pl ans.

Ac t ua l p lan t i ng e sti ma t es wi ] 1 be pu bl ished Jun e 30 . 1976 .

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r'lea se t u n . pa ge for United ~ t a t e s i nf o rma t io n .

UNITE D STATES PrzOSPECT IVE P LAN T l i~ G S SLJIiiiArr i FO R 1976

Plant ing i nte nt io ns re ve a l e d by t he Apri l 1 su rv ey i nd i ca t e d i nc rea s ed a crea ge ma y be expected for co r n , cot ton, hay , s pr i ng whea t othe r t ha n Du r um, a nd sweet potat oes . Reduced acreage was indicat ed f o r soybean s , Durum wheat , oat s , ba r l ey, r ic e , so rghum, tobacco , a nd sug arbeets .

Crop

PLAN TE D ACREAGES, Uj'.J ITED STiHE S

Ind icat ed

1974

197 5

1976

Thousa nds

1976 as pe rc ent of 1975 Pe rce nt

All co rn
\,Jh i te corn 1/
A11 so rghums Oats Sa rl e y Durum whea t Other spring whe a t Rice Soybeans Flaxs eed Pea nu ts Cotton, Upland Sweetpotatoe s Tobac co 2/ Dry e d i bl e beans Dry ed ible peas
Hay 1/
Suga rb eets

77 , 787 659
17 ,676 17, 967 8,994 4, 174 14 , 826
2,55 5 53, 507
1,759 1,519 . 6 13,6 15.9
125. 6 962.6 1, 624. 4 220.0
60,571 1, 251. 5

77 , 90 2 696
18 , 275 17, 386 9,526 4 , 8 20 14, 11 2 2 , 8 18
54,577 1, 612
1,531.9 9 ,62 2. 9
122. 9 1, 083 .5 1,496.2
196. 5 6 1,863
1, 590 . 9

1/ 10-Sta t e t ot a l is i nc luded in IIAll co r n' l t ot a l above .

Corn p l a nt i ngs are e xpected t o tota l 82. 7 mi llion ac r e~ , 6 pe rcen t mo re than l a s t yea r .nd up 2 per ce nt f rom t ha t in di ca t e d by t he Ja nua ry 1 i nt e nt io ns .

Sorqhum a creag e int entio ns of nearly 17 .9 mi ll ion a cres a re 2 pe rc e nt be low th e 197 5 acrea ge, in cont ras t to the 2 perce nt i nc rea se ex.pe c t e d a s of Ja nuar y 1.

Cotton grower s in t en d to pl an t 11. 3 mi l l io n a cre s of a l l co t t on , up 16 percent from l a s t year but 18 percen t be l ow 1974 .

Peanu t growers intend t o seed 1.54 mi ll io n acre s of pea nut s i n 1976, sl i gh t l y more t han last year.

Soybean acreag e is e xpe c ted to tot a l 49. 3 mi l l ion a cre s , down 10 pe r cent from 197 5 a nd a larger decl ine tha n the 7 pe r ce n t de c rea se growers re po r t e d Ja nuary 1.

Tobacco acreag e is expe c t e d to t o t a l 1. 0 1 mi l l ion acres, 7 per cen t below 197 5. Fl ue-c ured grower s plan a 10 perce nt de crea se an d bu rl ey in t en t io ns are 1 pe rce nt below a yea r ea rl i e r ,

FRASIEK T. GALLOWAY Agricultural Statis ti c ian In Charge

v , PAT PARKS
Ag r i c u l t u ra l St a t i s t i c ian

The Stat isti cal Repor ting Serv i ce, US DA, 1861 Wes t Broad St ree t , Ath ens , Geo r g ia , i n cooperation wit h th e Georgi a De par t me nt of Agr icu ltu re . Tel e pho ne 404 - 546-223 6 .

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REPO R!CUMENTS U LIBRARIES

- GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE

ATHENS, GEORGIA

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GEORGIA'S 1975 LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY CASH RECEIPTS TOTALED 1,106 MILLION DOLLARS

April zz, 1976

The sale of I ivestock and poultry and assoc iated I ivestock and poultry products brought Georgia farmers $1,105,968,000 in 1975 accord ing to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. Comparisons with a year earl ier are as fol lows: Commercial broilers, up 24 percent at $414.6 million; eggs, down 8 percent at $261.5 million; hogs, up 3 percent at $181.8 million; and cattle and calves, up 30 percent at $117.3 million. Cash receipts from dairy products, at $115.0 mill ion, were down 1 percent from 1974. Cash receipts from other chickens, turkeys, sheep and lambs and wool registered decl ines from a year earl ier.

Cash receipts from sales of crops in 1975 wi1 I be available in August.

Hogs 11

Georqia Livestock & Poultry Cash Receipts

1970

1971

1972

1973

Thousand Dollars - -

107,022

95,991

119,678

174,983

1974

1975 Pre 1 imi na rv

176,158 181,838

Cattle and Calves 117,655 139,294

177,235

227,042

90,030 117,310

Oa i ry Products

80,206

80,674

86,842

96,000

116,508 114,951

Commerc ia 1 Bra i Ie rs 1I

196,987 200,299

214,692

365,203

333,247 414,641

Other Chickens II 10,276

9,346

8,873

16,308

11,380

8,912

Turkeys
Eggs 11

10,045 200,256

8 ,862 165,045

7,639 159,266

11,771 258,886

8,783 285,223

6,794 261,502

Sheep and Lambs

26

37

49

5

20

14

Wool

10

6

11

12

8

6

TOTAL

722,483 699,554

774,285 i ,150,210 1,021,357 1,105,968

11 The Fiscal year for hogs and specified poultry items ends November 30. All other items
ere on _ calendar year basis.

FRASIER T. GALLOWAY Agricultural Statistician In Charge

B. J. HARRINGTON & LARRY MASSEY Agricultural Statisticians

The Statistical Reporting Service, USDA, 1861 vlest Broad Street, Athens, Georgia, in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture. Telephone 404-546-2236.

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Georgia :

GRAIN STOCKS Apr il 1 , 19 7G

Rel ea sed 4./23/76

Soybean Stocks Up - Stocks of Oth er Grains Dmvn

The quantity of soybean stocks i n all po si t i on s i n Georgia as of Apr i l 1, 1976 was up from the previous year, according to th e Ge or gi a Cro p Re por t i ng Service. Stocks of corn
and oats in all positions were down from a year ear lier. The decre a s e in stocks of corn for Georgia ran counter to the national trend .

The April 1 level of soybeans i n storage, at 14, 440, 000 bu shels is up 9 percent from a year ago. Corn stocks at 34,894,000 bushe ls f ell by 17 percent f rom a yea r e a r l i e r and oats decreased by 40 percent from Apr i l 1 , 197 5 .

Grain

Geor p.;ia Grain St ocks--April 1 , 1976 wi t h Compar isons

On Fa r ms

Of f Fa r ms

Al l Positions

1975

197 6

1 975

1976

1975

1976

1 ,000 Bushels

1 , 000 Bushel s

1 ,000 Bus hel s

Corn

:

36,848

29,986

5 ,083

4 ,908

Oats

:

627

365

14 4

94

Barley

:

11

9

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Wheat

:

74

73

356

~'t

Rye

:

83

79

27

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Sorghum :

252

60 9

1(

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Soybeans :

6 ,181

5 ,985

7 , 019

8 ,455

* No t published to avoid disclosing ind i v i dua l op e r ations.

41 , 931 771
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43 0
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13 , 200

34,894 459
7\ ,'\
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14,440

United States:

Feed Grain, Soybean and Wheat Stocks Sharply Hi gher

April 1 stocks of all wheat at 25 .5 million metri c tons were 42 percent above a year earlier. Stocks of the f our feed grai ns (corn , oats , barley , and sorghum) totaled 86.4 million metric tons, 25 percent above Apr i l 1 , 1975 ho l dings. I ncreas es fro m a year earlier for individual feed Gr a i ns were 37 per cen t f or barley, 27 pe rcent for corn and 19 perc ent for sorghum. Oats declined 2 percent .

Soybean stocks at 23.4 million met r i c tons were 31 percent above Apr i l 1 , 1975 .

Corn stored in all positions on Ap r i l 1, 1976 totaled 2,812 million bushels, up 27 percent from the 2,214 million bu shels a year e a r l ie r but 2 percent below Apr i l 1, 1974. Farm stocks, at about 1,899 million bushels, were up 26 perc ent from Ap r i l 1, 1975. Offfarm stocks at 912 mill ion bushel s were up 29 percent from t he 705 million bushels in offfarm positions on April 1 , 1975 .

Sorghulu grain in all storage positions on Apr i l 1, 1976 amounted to 248 million bushels, 19 percent more t han a yea r e a r l i e r but 35 percent l e s s than the s ame date in 1974 . Farm stocks totaled 84 million bush8l s, almo st a t h ird higher than last ye a r bu t 27 percent below Apr il 1, 1974 . Off-farm holdings , at 164 million bushels , advanced 13 percent from a year ear l i e r.

Oats s toreJ in all po s i t i ons on April 1, 197 6 totaled 320 mi l l i on bu shels , 2 percent less than the ~\p r il 1, 1 975 stocks o f 326 million bushe l s . This Ha s the lowe st .\pr i l 1 stocks in all positions since estimat e s be gan i n 1943 . Farm s t oc ks of 252 million bushels compare wi t :: 236 mill ion bushel s a ye a r a go . The 68 million bushels held ia off-farm positions va r e 21 7nillion bus hels be Lovr Apr il 1, 1975 .

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from a yea r e ar l i e r , but 15 percent below Apr i l 1, 1974. Farm ho ld ings a t 98 mil l ion

bushels inc reased 56 percent f r om a yea,.r earl i e r - / ...,\'..;~J and off- f a r m s t ocks at 86 mi l lion bushe ls

increased 20 percent .

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All whea t in storage on Apr i l 1, 197 6 totaled 938 million bu s hels , 4 2 percent above a year earlier and 71 pe rcent abov e 2 ye a rs ag o. Farm stocks t o tal ed 344 mi l l i on bushels , 26
percent above a y ear ago wh i le off-fa rm stocks a t 594 mi l lion Gus he l s \Ve r e up 53 percent .

Soyb eans stocks in all positions on April 1 , 19 76 totale d 861 million bus hels , up 31 percent f rom April 1 a ye ar a p,o and 17 percen t ab ov e t he April 1 , 1974 l eve l. F~rm s t ocks es t i ma ted at about 404 mill ion bushels , ,Je r e up 22 percent fr om each of the past t wo years . Off-far m stocks at 456 mill i on bushe l s were up 41 and 12 per cent, r e s pe c t i v ely fr om 1975 and 1974 .

United States

Gra i n Stocks Apri l 1, 1976 with Compa r i s ons

(In t ho us and bushels )

Grain and

Apr i l 1

Apr il 1

J a nu ary 1

Apr il 1

Posit ion

19 74

1975

1 97 6

1 976

CORN

On Farms
Off Farms 1./

2,011 ,556 849 ,7 94

1 ,509 ,416 704 , 911

3,161 , 980 1 ,2 69 , 364

1, 899,4 13 912 ,337

Total

2 , 861 ,3 50

2,214 ,327

4, 431, 344

2 , 811 , 750

SORGHUM

On Farm s

11 4 , 1 7 9

63 ,4 39

164 , 227

83 , 668

Off Farms 1/

266 , 742

145 , 278

309 , 600

164,184

Total

380,92 1

208 ,71 7

473,82 7

24 7 , 8 5 2

OATS

On Farms
Off Farms 1./

288 , 932 147 , 527

235,85 8 89 ,865

406, 986 94 ,092

251 ,8 99 68 ,4 18

Total

436 , 459

325,723

501 ,078

320,317

BARLEY

On Farms
Off Farms 1./

121 , 332 93 ,823

62,822 71 , 227

162 ,004 113 , 508

98,2 74 85,5 55

Total

215, 155

134,049

275 ,5 12

183, 829

ALL WHEAT

On Farms
Off Farms 1../

1 8 1 , 3 28 366 ,441

273, 918 387 , 982

546,5 13 837 ,9 78

343,810 593, 900

Total

547,769

661 ,900

1 , 384, 491

937, 710

RYE

On Farms
Off Farms 1../

4 ,440 13,456

4,118 4 ,080

5 , 735 3, 777

3 , 15 3 2 ,830

Total

17 , 896

8, 198

9,5 12

5 , 9 83

SOYBEANS

On Farms

331, 885

331 ,241

580,7 39

404, 478

Off Farms 1../

40 5 , 9 4 3

323, 31 7

665, 408

456 ,084

Total

737,828

654 ,558

1 , 246 ,147

861) ,56 2

1/ Includes stocks a t mills , eleva to rs, warehou ses, t e r mi na l s , processors and Commodi t y

Credit owned grain at b i n sit e s.

FRASIER T. GALLOWAY Agricultural Statistician In Char ge

W. J ERRY PITTS Agr i cul t ur a l Stat i stician

The Statist ical Re porting Se r vice , USDA, 1861 We st Broa d St r ee t, At hens , Georgia i n cooperat ion ' 7ith the Georgia De pa r t men t of Agr i cu l t ure . Tel e phon e 404- 546-2 236 .

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a.IIIIIC ULT U RA L PRICES

APRIL

15

~97S

GEORGIA INDEX DOWN POINT

I~ay 3, 1976

The All Commodity Index of Prices Received was 180 percent, 1 point below the previous month but 12 points above April 1975, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. The decrease in the All Commodity Index from the March level resulted from decreases in cotton, wheat, chickens, eggs and milk.

The April All Crops Index was 181 percent, down 1 point from the previous month but
3 points above April 1975.

The All Livestock Index for April was 179 percent - down 2 points from March 1976 but 18 points above April 1975.
UNITED STATES PRICES RECEIVED INDEX UP 4 POINTS
PRICES PAID INDEX UNCHANGED

The Index of Prices Received by Farmers increased 4 points (2 percent) to 188 percent of its January-December 1967 average during the month ended April 15, 1976. Contributing most to the increase since mid-March were higher prices for meat animals. Lower prices for milk, wheat, lettuce , and corn were partially offsetting. The index was 18 points (11 percent) above a year ago.

The Index of Prices Paid by Farmers for Commodities and Services, Interest, Taxes, and Farm Wage Rates for April 15 was 194, unchanged from a month earl ier. Lower prices for fertilizer, seeds, and feed offset higher prices for most other production and family living items. The index was 12 points (7 percent) higher than a year earl ier.

1967 : 100

INDEX NUMBERS--GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES

Ma r ,' 15

Ap r , 15

Ma r , 15

: 1975

1975

1976

Ap r , 15 1976

GEORGIA

Prices -Received

All Commodities

171

168

181

180

All Crops

175

178

182

181

Livestock & Livestock Products

167

161

181

179

UNITEDSTATES

:

Prices Received

: 165

170

184

188

:

Prices Pa iJ, Interest, Taxes &

Fa rm \'Jage Rates

179

182

194

194

Rat io 1/

:

92

93

95

97

1/ Ratio of Index of Prices Received by Farmers to Index of Prices Paid, Interest, Taxes,
and Farm Wage Rates.

FRASIER T. GALLOWAY Agricultural Statistician In Charge

CLAYTON J. MCDUFFIE Agricultural Statistician

The Statistical Reporting Service, USDA, 1861 West Broad Street, Athens, Georgia in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture. Telephone 404-546-2236.

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_'.-Dr . 15 1 97 6

. .pr. 1 5 .Ja r . 15

19 75

1 97 6

Apr . 15 19 76

PRICES RECEI VED

vJheat, bu.

:: :' V$W! ", ~ G:r. 4 0

3. 20

3 .13

3 .69

3 . 65

3 .50

Oats , bu. Corn, bu .

s ... :;: ni$"':f. U P,l; :' 3

1. 62

-- 2 : 9j ..~. ~.... 2.6 9

1. 64 2.6 8

1. 51 2 . 68

1.46 2.50

1. 44 2 .46

Cotton, lb .



37 .0

56 . 6

5Lf. 8

Ll /35 .4

50 .4

50 .2

Soybeans, bu.

$

5 .77

4 .57

4.64 - 4/ 5 .60

4.46

4.52

Sweetpotatoes, cwt .

$ 10. 80

10.95

10 . 60 4/n.40

10.30

10.70

Hay, baled, ton

All

$ 36 .50

40 .50

40 .50

52 . 40

54 .10

54 .10

Alfalfa

$

Other 1/

$

54 . 90 46.10

58 .20 46.10

56. 90 44.90

Ui l k Cows, head

$ 340.00 400 .00 400. 00

396 . 00 471.00

477 . 00

Hogs, C~7t .

$ 37 .60

42 .50

45 .3 0

39 . 30

45.50

47. 00

Beef Cattle, Al l , cwt. 2/ $

Cows, cwt . 1/

-$

21.80 18 . 80

26.30 22 .30

29. 40 25.7 0

~/31. 60
20 . 1 0

33.60 27 .00

37.90 28.90

Steers & Heifers, cwt. $ 24 .00

28 .70

31.50

34 . 90

35.30

40.50

Calves, cwt ,

$ 24.00

30. 30

32. 90 !:/ 26. 90

35.30

38.00

Milk, Sold to Plants, cwt .

Fluid Na r ke t Nanufactured

$

9 .30 ~/10 .6 0 5/10 .5 0

4/8 .45

10.00

5/ 9.73

s

4/7 .07 4/8.53

5/ 8 .56

All Turkeys, lb.

$

9. 30 !:/10 . 60 5/10.50

4 / 8 . 1Lt -;j9.. 72

c 31.0

32 .0

32 . 0

~/29.4

32 .5

"Ij 9.48
31.6

Chickens, lb.

Excluding Broilers

~/8 .5

13 . 0

10.0

4/8 .5

12.8

11. 2

Commercial Broilers

23.5

25 .5

24.0

L./23.2

24.4

23 .7

Eggs, all, doz.

4/53.9

59.7

58.2

47 .4'

54.1

53 .4

Table, doz.

c -;'/47 .5

54 .8

53.3

Hatching , doz .

c 85.0

90.0

88 .0

PRICES PAID, FEED

Hixed Dairy Feed, ton

14% protein

$ 131.00 127 .00 130.00

131 . 00 134.00

133 .00

16% protein

$ 136 .00 141.00 138. 00

134 . 00 136.00

135.00

32% protein

$ 160 .00 162.00 153 .00

171.00 174 .00

173 .00

Hog Feed, 14%-18% protein,

cwt.

$

8.10

8.30

8 .20

8 .10

8.01

7.96

Cottonseed Meal, 41%, cwt. $

8 .40

9.30

9.20

8. 67

9.47

9.48

Soybean i'leal, 44%, cwt , $

8.70

9.20

9.40

8 . 64

8 . 86

8 .84

Bran, cwt.

$

8.00

7 . 90

7 .70

7.26

7.38

7.35

Niddlings, CHt.

$

7.90

7.70

7 .40

7.10

7.26

7 .19

Corn "leal, cwt.

$

7.40

6.90

7.00

7 .00

6 .58

6.57

Poultry Feed, ton

Broiler Grower Feed

$ 161.00 164 .00 15 6.00

164 .00 160.00

159 .00

Laying Feed

$ 141.00 141. 00 136.00

146 .00 145.00

144.00

Chick Starter

$ 157.00 16 0.00 153.00

164.00 162.00

161.00

Alfalfa Hay, ton

$ 70.00

70 .00

70.00

67 .4 0

72 . 60

73 .10

All Other Hay, ton

$ 61.00

62.00

62.00

57.40

61 .70

61 .70

1/ Includes all hay except alfalfa. 2/ "Cows" and "steers and heif ers " combined .,7ith

allowance where necessary for slaught;r bull e. 3/ Includes cull dairy cows sold for slaughter, but not dairy cows for herd replacements . ~/ Revised. ~/ Preliminary.

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Nay 10 , 1976

FOR Uft1EDIATE REL EAS E

~~JOR CROP ACREAGE AND LIVESTOCK SURVEY TO BE LAUNCHED :

Estima t e s of 1976 pl an t e d a c r e age s a nd l ive s tcc k numbe r s wf.Ll, be deve l oped fr om a

major nat i omV'i de s ur ve y to be launc hed i n lat e Hay a nd ear l y June by t he U. S. Depar t men t

of Agricul t ur e .

The pr o gr am wi l l be directed i n t his Sta t e by the Georgi a Crop Rep orting Se r vice

he aded by Fr a s i e r T. Ga l l oway .

The go a l o f t he s ur ve y , Hr . Gal loway s a i d , i s t o pr ovi de f a rmers and ranchers wi t h

cur r e n t re liab l e a nd i mpa r t i a l inf ar~at io n to a s si s t them wi t h pr odu c t i on and ma r ke t i ng

pl a ns . Pr e s e n t f a rm pr i c e s 3 ~ ~ p rod ~ct i0n c os t s , t he e c onomy , a nd export situati on have

created more t han t he uS'.12.l numbe r of un ce r t a in t ie s in ag r i cu l t ur e , I: Ir . Galloway poi n t ed

ou t . Pr od uc e r s would be e spec ially vulne rable a t t i me s l ike t he s e wi t hou t the ma r k e t

s t a bi l i z i ng i nfluen ce prov i ded by off i c i a l c r op and l i v estoc k e st i ma t e s . Rumors and t rade

guesses c an ups e t del i c ate mar k e t i.ng s i t ua t i ons .

The nat i onwide suru e y , usin g a rep r esen t a t ive s ampl e of a gr i c ul t u r e , will i n clude

persona l i nte rvi e ws with s ome 70 ,000 pr oduc e r s , a nd s everal t hou sand livestock opera to rs ,

and mail re s pons e s f rom t hous a nds o f othe r farme rs .

The s ur ve y will be the basis f or a r e po r t t o be i s sue d b y USDA on June 30, e stima ting

spring plan t e d ac reage s and a c r e a ge s f or ha r ve s t f or maj or c r op s both nat i on a lly a nd by

st a tes . Thi s i n f ormat i on will serve a s the founda t ion f or a s e r i e s of yi e l d a nd produc t ion

e s t i ma t e s start i ng J ul y 12 and ava ila ble mon t hl y du r i ng t h e grolV'ing seas on. The mi d-year

number o f hogs and pi gs i n the c oun t r y wi l l be publ i shed in l a t e J une and fo r cattle a mon th

later and wi l l prov i de i nd i ca t i on s o f mar ke t i ngs in the second ha l f of 19 76 and ear l y 1 977.

The co ope r a t i on of produ cers c ontacted i s e s s e n t i a l in pulling t oge t he r a r e l iabl e

set of e s tima t e s f or us e by a l l f a r me r s. and r ancher s .

FOR HOR E INFORHATIO N CONTACT:

Fra s i e r T. Ga l.Lovay Agr i c ul t ura l Stat istician f or Geo r gi a St atis ti cal Re por t i n g Servi ce 186 1 West Br oa d Stree t At hen s , Georgia 30601 Tele phone - 404-546-22 36

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PE A C H E S
A Good CrOD I n Prospect--A t La s t

M AV ., .,976
May 11, 197 6

Aft er seve r al ye ars of wea t her problems, Georgia 1 s peach gr owe r s may finally
ge t a chanc e t h i s year t o s ee uhat a good crop looks like . Pla gued ty insufficient
chill hou rs and late fr eeze s for several years , an overdue good crop appears to be nearing ha r ve s t th i s year . The volume of the peach crop this ye a r is expected to total 208 mi l l ion pounds. Tha t includes peaches for proces sing, local sales and ins pecte d s Qipme nts . If re a l i zed , this year's crop would be III percent lar ger than last year ' s short c r op a nd the large s t c rop since 1968.

One of the bigger unk nown s i s realiz ing the projected production this year is sizing . There remains a ques t i on of how well the peaches wi l l fi l l out to produce t he size fruit tha t gave the Sta te i t s nickname. Some obs erver s think more thinning should hav e been do ne and s i zi ng has a l re a dy been a problem i n s ome orchards i n Brooks Coun t y area, ,,,here har ve s t is a ct i ve . Limited harve st ha s also begun in the For t Va l l e y area.

The e s t i ma t e relates to to tal production and includes i ns pe c ted and noninspec t e d i ns hi pme n t s , quan t i t i e s us e d on fa rms ,.,here produc ed , local sales a nd quanti t i e s us e d fo r process i ng . For co mparative purposes, production and utili zation of Geo r gi a peache s f or seve r a l ye ar s a re includ ed in t he table below.

Yea r 196 9

GEORG IA PEACHES

Proce ssed,

Produc t i on

:

unrecorded :

To t a l

:

sales & :

farm use :

1/

:

Ui l .

lbs .

--1, 000 Bush els - -

Recorde d Rail and Tr uck Shipments

Equi v . : 1 ,000 : Percent

Cars

: bu.

: of total

:

:

Pr od .

Humbe r

185 .0

3 ,854

2,377

2 , 36 4

1 , 477

38

1970

170 . 0

3 ,542

1,979

2 , 316

1,563

44

1971

120 .0

2,5 00

1 ,621

1, 40 8

8 79

35

19 72

190 .0

3 ,958

2,979

1 ,5 66

979

25

1973

100. 0

2 , 08 3

1 ,288

1 ,173

795

38

1974

45 . 0

938

465

701

473

50

1975

95.0

1 ,979

91 9

1 , 469

1,060

54

1976

200. 0

4 ,167

II Local sales , non- i ns pe c t e d t r uck s hipments to points i n Georgia and adjoining s ta te s,

used in proc e s s i ng , and quan t i t i e s used on farms uhere produced .

FEACE. R],';POP.T AS OF i fAY 1 , 1 9 7<: " ... TUITE); S'f/:.TES

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Product ion of pe a ches in t he n i ne Sout he r n Stat es i n 1976 i s f or e ca s t a t 566 . 5

mill i on pounds , 38 l pe r cp.nt ' a bove a ye~r a ~ o ~nd 66 per cent ~o r e t ha n t he re l a tive l y

small crop i n J.974 . 'The 197i-75 ave r a ve produc tion f or the Re["io n is /f5G. 7 mf.L f.L on

pounds ~ tre Ll, beLov t his . year ; s expe c ted ou t put ,. Pr oduc t i on in t he n i ne Sou t he r n

St ates is pr e domi.nant Ly de Lf ve r ed to f r e s h ma r ke t; channe l s and acc ount s fo r ov er one -

1. - ~

. .:

t hi r d of U. S . fre s h" ut ilizat ion . Cro p pros pe ct s we re r e~uced by f re eze da~afe i n the

Ca ro linas an d SOI"e areas in Texas , Okl a homa and Vi s s i s s i ppi , but over all t he Re[':i c Ll : s

outlook is bripht . Ea rve s t is un de rpa y in Louis iana an d Texas ~ and ~.7:Ul b e pLn s oon

i n Arkan s as.

State

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Alabama

:

Ar l~.,~nsa s
Georr:ia

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OklahoI:1a

Sou t h Carolina ~

Texas

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JIi ll i on Pounds

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MAY 1976

Ha y 11 , 1 976

Hhen t he f i rs t of Hay ar rived , Georgia f a r mer s we r e br eat hi ng a s i gh of r e l i e f tha t one of the dr i es t Apr ils on record wa s over . The exte nd ed dry sp e l l ~va s br oken r i gh t a t the end of the mont h f or mos t area s . An e a r l y spr ing and t he e x t ende d pe r i od of open wea t her al lowed the State ' s r ow- c r oppe r s to make faster pl a n t i ng pr ogr e s s t hi s ye a r t h an eithe r l a st year or the 5- ye a r av er a ge . Tm.;ard the l at t er pa rt of t he mon th , dry s o i ls had s l OHed or stopped pl an t i ng i n many area s .

Corn pl anting was 88 pe r c ent complet e ab ou t [lay 1, compa r e d wi t h 71 percen t i n 1 975 and an av e r a ge of 75 pe r c en t . Cot t on was 69 percent s e e de d co mpa red vli t h only 34 pe r cen t last year and a 55 pe rcen t ave r a ge , but dry s o i l s hur t ge r mi na t i on i n sever al a r eas . Peanu t s were 57 per cen t plan t ed compa r ed \Vith last ye a r ' s 42 pe rcen t. Tobacco t r an s plan tin g was al mos t through on May 1 and irriga t i on had be en us e d ext ens i ve l y v,he r e fac i l i t i e s were avai l a bl e . Soybe a n s plan t i ng \Va s j us t gett in g underway wi t h abou t 5 pe r cen t of the Sta t e 's i nt ended acreage pl an t e d .

The dr y spe l l caught smal l gr ains in a crucial s t a ge f or much of t he Sta t e . As a re sul t , whe a t heade d ou t on shor t s talk s and l i gh t hea dweigh t \Ve r e pre di c t ed . Pr odu ction this ye ar i s fo r e c a s t at 3.0 mil lion bushels fr om 120 ,000 a cr e s for a yield of 25 bu s he l s per a cre .

Georg ia 's pe a ch crop is expe c t ed to be a goo d one th is ye a r--- t he fir s t year f or anythi ng clos e to a f ul l crop in a number of years. The crop is e xpec ted t o tota l 200 mi l l i on pounds or 4 . 2 mi ll ion 48 pound equiva len ts .

St a t e
Ala b a ma Arka n sas Geor gi a Louisi ana Hi ss i s s i ppi Nor t h Car ol i na Okl ahoma Sout h Car olina Texa s
9 Sou t he r n St a t e s

PEACH PRODUCTION, SELECTED STAT ES, 1 974 -1 976

Producti on

Hillion Pounds

:

48 Pound Equivalen t s

:

Utilized

:

197 4

1975 :

Ind i cated : Ut il i ze d

:

1 9 76

: 19 74

1975 :

.Ind icated 1 976

1 ,000 Uni ts

: 9.0

: 20 . 0

: 45 . 0

: 6.3

: 7 .0

: 20.0

:

.1

: 215. 0

: 18 . 0

:

: 340 . 4

7.0 35.0 95 . 0
3.0 7.0 30. 0 6. 8 210 . 0 16 .0
409. 8

15. 0 42 00 200 .0
6 .5 15. 0 15 . 0
7.0 245. 0
21. 0
566 .5

: 188

: l:17

: 93 8

: 13 1

; 146

: 41 7

:

2

: 4 , 47 9

: 375

:

: 7,093

146 72 9 1 ,9 79 63 14 6 625 lll 2 4 ,375 333
8 , 5 38

313 87 5 4 ,167 1 35 313 313 146 5, 10 4 438
11 , 80 4

F ~ S I ER T . GALLOWAY Agr i cul t ur a l St a t i s t i c i a n In Char ge

H. PAT PARKS Agr i c ul t ur a l Sta t i s t i c ian

The Stat is t i c a l Re por t i ng Serv i c e , US~A , 186 1 We s t Bro ad St r e e t , Athen s, Geor gia i n coop e rat ion with t~e Geo r gi a De pa r t men t of Agr i cul t u r e. Te l ep hone 404-546- 2236 .

I '. \, . 'I UNITED STATES CROP REPORT SUBl rARY Hay 1, 1976
Tempe r a t ur 0s ~~~ in8 Auril a pproac hed nea r nor ma l l eve l s fo llowing t hr e e mon t h s of ge nerally a bov e norma l readings. By area s , t he Nor t hea s t , Uppe r :i'Ii d\ve s t an d P?~1 er Plai- . aVE'.rage~ up ~ t o 7 . degr ees above no r mal . 110s t 0 t her ar eas were near or sli ~ht ly ~elow norma l ~ Calif orni a ~la s r e l a t i ve l y cool with average t emper a t ures ranging 2 to 5 de gre ~ s be low normal. Pr e c i p i t a t i on f avor e d the ,qe s t e r n Plains where it was badl y ne ede d . The pr ev i ously ve ry dr y a r ea of we s t e r n Kans as, Oklaho ma , and Texas r e ce i ve d well ov er 100 pe r c ent of norma l rainfall. Subs oi l moistur e has b een replenishe d in much of the We s t e rn Cor n Be l t . In co n tras t , however, par ts of the mid-Sou t h and much of t he Eas t Coas t ha d a very dry Apr i l.
WINTER WHEAT: Winte r wheat pr oduc t i on is f ore ca s t at 1 , 459 mi l l i on bushels bas ed on c ond i t i on o f t he c r op a s of 11a y 1 . This i s 12 percent bel ow the r ecord
large 1 ,65 1 mi ll i on bu s he l crop pro du ced l a s t ye a r but , i f realized, woul d e xc e ed produc t i on for a l l other vlinter Hhea t c r ops of record . The decrease i n produc t ion fro m l a s t ye ar i s a tt r i bu t ed t o h igher ab a ndonmen t (fewer a cres e xpec t ed to be harvested for gra i n ) and lowe r average yi e ld , c au s e d ma i nly by drough t i n t he Sou the r n Great Plains . Pros pec t i ve product ion i s down 2 percen t from the first fore cas t of the 1976 crop made las t De c embe r .
PEACHES : Produc t i on of peache s in t he nine Southern St a t e s i n 1976 i s f or e c a s t a t 566 . 5 mil l i on pounds , 38 percen t a bov e a ye a r ago and 66 pe r cen t more than
the r e l a t i ve l y sma l l crop i n 1974. The 1971- 75 avera ge pr oduc t ion f or the Region is 458.7 mil lion pounds , we l l below this ye a r 1 s expe c ted ou t pu t . Produc tion in the nine Southern St ate s i s pr edomi na nt l y del ivered t o fr esh market channe ls and accounts fo r over one- t h i r d of U. S. fr esh u t i l iz at i on. Cr op pro spects were reduced by freeze damag e in the Ca r o l i na s an d some a reas i n Te xa s , Oklahoma and Mississippi , but ove r a l l the Re gi on ' s outl ook is br i gllt . Harve st i s und e r way i n Louisiana and Texas , and will begin so on i n Ar kans as .
HAY STOCKS ON FARl1S : Ha y 1 stock s of hay on f a r ms totaled 25 .6 mill i on tons, 38 percent more than a ye ar earlie r and 1 percent a bove I1ay I , 197/+ . Al l
State s e xc ept Florida, New York , No r t h Car ol ina and the extr eme wes t e r n States h a d s t ocks equal to or l a r ge r t han a year earlier . This vIaS pr i marily due to the generally mild , open win ter t hat preva i l ed i n the Hi dwe s t and Ea s t .
Disappear anc e of ha y fr om farms du ring t he 1 975- 76 f e ed i ng sea s on t o t a led 125 .9 million tons compa r ed ,l i t h 134 .0 mi l lion t ons du r i n g the s ame p e~iod a year earlier.

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COTTON
GEOli.GV\. I S 19 75 PRODUCTION S;'iALL i:;S'l OF i~ EC Oi~:J

~ ~ay 13, 1 976

The mar ke tpl a c e sen t a mes s age t o t he co tt on produc er i n 1<374 t ha t it didn' t wan t as mud , co t t on a s h ad t een produc e d . The message vra s i n t he fo rm of very Low l in t pr i c e s and Georgia's farme rs ap ~ a rerr t l y recei v ed that mes s a se, loud a nd clear . Pr oduc t i on f rom the 1 975 crop ~a s the smal l e st eve r pr oduc ed i n t ile Stat e s i nce r e cor ds be ga n i n 1366 . The 19 75 crop totaled on1 v 143 , 00 1 ba l c s - - do'ffi 65 percent f r om that l ow- pri ced 1 974 cr op of 41 9 , 000 bales . Thf.s vzas in very shar cont r a s t to t he St a t e i s l a r ge s t cotton c r op of 2 , 76fJ , 000 bales wh i.ch was pr oduce d bact i n 1 911 ,
.~ f i na l Cens us Bur e a u tabulati on of ginni ng s fo r Geor8ia f or 1 975 total e d 13 ~ ,0 90 ru nning bales. Th 2 up~lard a d j u s t me n t to t he 148 ,000 bales o f fici al e st i ma t e Has due mai nly to t he conve r sion to a s tandar d 480 pound bale . Cotton s e ed pr od uc t ion for the St ate t otaled 50 , 00 0 ton s - -of f t wo- t hird s f r om the 1 974 level .
T~e va lue of cot t on a nd cotton s e e d from Geor~ia 's 1975 crop (excluding Gov ernmen t pa ymen ts) Has plac e d at ~ 3 8, 2 5 4 , OOO- -d own 54 pe r ce nt from the 1974 va l ue of $82, 616 ,000. The 1975 va l ue , includ i ng Gove r nment pa ymen ts (disas ter payment s only) amount ed t o $40,202 , OO'J . 'th e pr i ce pe r pound, exc1udin~ Government pa yme n ts , ro s e f r aIn 41 .1 cents in 1974 to 54. 0 cent s f o r 1975. The 1975 price i s ba sed on pr i ces t o Apr i l 1 , 197 6 a nd has no a l l owanc e fo r un r e de emed lo ans . The pr i ce r i se s i .nce Apr i l 1 , 19 76 , is not ref le cted in t he 1975 price. Includin g Oov er nment payments f or 1975 incr e ased t he price per pound t o 56. 8 cent s .

State
UPLAlJD Al a bama Ari zona Arkansas Cal i f o r n i a Georgi a Louisiana ;Ii s s i s s i ppi His souri
aew Ile x i.co
i~o r t h Carol i n a Okl. ahoma Sout h Carolina Tenne s s e e Texa s

COTTm1: Acr eage a nd Produ c t Lcn , 1975 Cre p vr Lt h Compar i sons

: Li n t Yield : Produc t ion

Planted

: Har vested

: pe r Har ve sted : 430-1b . ne t

Acr e s

:

Acre s

:

Acre

: vle i gh t ba les

19 74

1975 : 1 974

1975 : 1 9 74

1 975 : 1974

10, 75

Thou s a nd Acr e s Thousand Ac r es

Pound s

Thous a nd Bales

600 392 1 , 200 1 , 250 423 650 1 , 730 37 0 15 1 158 5 70 31 0 54 0 5, 200

400 26 9 700
') 0 0
165 328 1,140 22 0
95 56 360 10 7 335 4 ,350

585 392 1 , 130 1 , 238 410 6 35 1 , 710 330 140 14.')
547 292 510 4 ,400

3 70 26 8 680 8 75 16 0 31 0 1 ,100 21 0
8S 53 2 95 103 315 3 , 900

42 9 1 , 218
3 74 1 , 006
49 0 4 23 443 335 509 448 272 450 2s n 26 9

405 1 , 027
485 1 ,0 72
44 3 53 5 454 44 9 382 41 2 277
4 5 /+
339 29 3

5 22 ),95
830 2,5:)5
LIE' 560 1, 5 95 23 0 14 8 133 31 0 2 74 303 2,4 62

312 57 3 68 7 1, 954 14 3 346 1 , 040 19 6
68 46 1 70 93 222 2 , 382

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COTTON LIi.H Aim COTTONSEED: Seaso n Ave r a ge pr i ce received by f ar me r s and

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va l ue of pr oduc t i on , 19 74 and 1975

Sta t e
UP!..AND Al a . Ariz . Ark. Calif . Ga. La. Hi s s .
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COTTON LI NT
Va l ue of
: produc tion 1974 2/ 1975 3/ 1 , 000 do lla r s

43 . 0 44 .1 45 . 3 47.4 41. 1 41. 8 46 .5 45 .7 44, 5 41. 9 29 . 9 49.2 41. 1 34 . 9

5 3 .5 52 . 0 51. 0 54 . 0 54. 0 52.0 51. 5 50. 5 51. 5 51. 5 46. 0 52.5 51. 5 44. 0

107 ,8 01 210 , 622 191, 288 590 , 382
82 , 616 112 ,275 356 ,00 4
50 ,499 31 ,702 26 , 732 44 , 491 64 ,698 60, 77 2 41 2 , 506

80 , 12 2 143 , 081 168 ,102 506 ,5 80
38 , 254 86 ,258 25 7 , 0 40 47 , 617 16 , 738 11 , 257 37,6 40 24 , 5 73 54 , 995 503 , 147

42, 9 42 . 7 64.4

50. 1 49 .9 76 . 1

3 , 771 2374 ,064 2346 , 159
27 ,9 05

1 ,3 31 1996 , 630 1976 , 735
19 , 895

Pri ce per pound plus price suppor t payments
1 974 4/ 1975 4/ Cent s

Va l ue o f pr oduc tion plus
pri ce s u pp o rt pa ymen ts
1974 4 / 19 75 4 / 1 , () ()O dollar s

L14 . 5 44 . 1 47.8 47. 4 41. 8 43 . 0 47 . 7 50. 5 45 . 6 43 . 5 31. 1 50 . 5 46. 8 41.7

57 . 1 52 . 2 52. 7 54 . 0 56 ,8
55 .3 55 . 4 52 , 8 56 . 6 54. 6 51. 3 55.5 57 .8 48 . 7

H 1 , 6 26 210 , 630 201 , 752 590 ,4 23
8 3 , 963 115 , 393 365 , 338
55 ,75 5 32 ,5 21 27, 770 46, 246 66 , 344 69 , 255 492 ,9 56

85 , 566 143 , 554 173 , 601 506 ,588
40 ,202 91 , 735 276 ,5 91 49 , 768 18 , 386 11,9 32 42 , 006 25 , 961 61 ,G95 556 ,5 6J

45 .2 45 .0 73 . 3

52. 9 52 .7 82 .1

3 , 979

1 , 651

2505 , 694 2107 , 257

24 73 , 951 2085, 796

31 , 743 21 , 461

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Appr ove d by the Out look a nd Si t ua t ion Board (Eggs ) May 26 , 1976

~e ra I Eco nomy Fa vorable

Cu r re nt de ve l opme n t s a nd prospe cts f o r pou lt ry a nd e gg mar kets a re being stron gly
support e d by a streng t he ning gen era l e co nomy a nd inc re a se d consum e r buy i ng. Ga i ns in consumer s ' dispo sable i ncome s an d ris i ng employment have co nt r i but e d to ge ne ra l l y streng i1 t e ne d consumer de mand a nd thu s helpe d t o ho l d mark et p rice s fo r poul try and eggs above cos r s of prod uc ti o n and ma r ket ing . Fu r ther demand expans ion expe c t e d dur ing the
remain de r of 1976 will conti nue to bo l st e r poultry an d egg pri ce s, a nd par t ially o ffset
the pr i ce - de p re s s i ng effec t s of increas e d supp l ies of po u lt r y, egg s, an d compe t i ng meat.

Prod uc t io n Co sts Stabl e

The co s t of produ c i ng egg s , broiler s , a nd tur ke ys i n ear l y 1976 was below a ye a r ago.
Althoug h ma ny p roduc tion co s t s have co nt i nue d to r is e, a sma ll de cl ine in fe ed prices has
been pa r t ia l l y of fset tin g. Fe ed account s f or t wo- th irds t o three- f ou r t hs o f the t otal
prod uc t io n costs.
Pou l try fee d pri ce s in mid- Ap r i l decl in e d s l igh tl y from Ma r c h a nd a year earl i e r , The
April 15 f e ed pr ice rat io (po unds of fe e d e qua l t o I dozen e gg s o r 1 pound o f I iv eweight meat) s tood a t 7.4 for eg gs , whi ch was about t he same as i n mi d- Ma rc h beca us e o f lower price s fo r egg s. Howe ve r , it was we l l ab ove t he yea r- e a r lie r ratio o f 6. 5, p r ima ri l y
because of higher prod uc t p r ice s .

Extra Day Ca us e s Inc re a se

Egg produc t io n dur i ng Jan uary -Ma rch ro se a 1 i t t l e ove r 1 pe rce nt f rom t he sa me months
in 1975 a nd total ed 45 .2 mi l I ion ca se s. Laye r number s decl in ed 1 pe rce nt but t he output per l a ye r was up almo st 2 pe r ce nt because 1976 i s a lea p year and ha d a n e x t ra da y i n Febru ary . The dai ly ra t e of egg p roduc t ion was on ly abo ut equa l t o t he same period in 1975.
Out pu t in Apr il was about e qua l to a year ear l ier as the i nc re a s e d ra t e o f lay offset
the redu ce d l a ye r number s . The Nat i on ' s la ying fl ock s l ip pe d a 1 itt le fu r t her below 1975.
This dro p wa s partiall y due to t he l o s s o f over 1 mill io n la ye rs i n a So uth Carol ina fire.
The ra t e of lay on Ma y 1 a t 65. 1 eggs pe r 100 he ns was t he same as a mont h prev ious but well a bo ve the 64. 1 o n May 1, 1975. Du r ing th e pe ri od 1960- 75 t he rat e of lay showed an av era ge ga in of I egg per 100 he ns from Apr i l 1 to Ma y l . The fa i l u re of the rate of lay
to adva nce t h i s yea r was p roba bl y due t o the increased number of ol d layers in the process
of bein g f o rce rnolted . On May ; t here were 4. 7 perce nt of the he ns and pu l le ts of laying age bein g mol t e d and 12. 4 pe r ce nt with mo lt comp le te d . Th is compa re d wi t h 3.2 and 13.2 percent a mo nt h p revi ous an d 6. 4 a nd 13. 0 percent on Ma y 1, 19 75. Whe n the layers are in
the proce s s o f being mol t e d t hey do no t l ay an y eggs but a re s t i l l included in layer numbers.
Thus , t he a verage output per he n d rops .

Hiqher Ou t pu t Expec t e d

Outpu t wi l I 1ikel y t ot a l near 1975 in Apr i l- Ju ne bu t is e xpe c t e d to e xce ed a year earl ie r in th e seco nd half of 1976 . Egg prod uc t ion f or a l l of 1976 is e xpe c t e d to be 1-2 percent above 1975.
The ra te of l a y is e xpe c t e d t o cont i nue a bove a year ea rl ie r dur i ng mo s t of the
remaind e r o f 1976 a nd fo l l ow i t s us ual se a son al pa t t e r n ad vanc i ng t h rough ear l y summer
before g ra dua l l y dec l i nin g du r in g the ba l ance o f th e year. La ye r numbe r s on Ma y I we re a I itt l ~ over 1 pe r ce nt be low a ye a r e a r l ier and may 51 ip
some mo re be f o re turning a ro und a nd s t a r t i ng to gain on 1975 i n l a t e spr i ng or early summer. The ex te nt l a ye r numbers de c] i ne be fore be g inning to gain on 1975 a ga i n depe nds on how much
f l e x i b i l i t y p roduce r s ha ve wit h rega rd to the cu l l ing of t he ir o ld hens . The increas ed
sla ugh t e r o f o l d he ns f o 1l owi ng East er 1nd i ca t e s producer s were a djust i ng t o th e expe c te d usua l po s t -E a s t e r de c l ine in e gg price s. Howev er, recen t re po r t s i nd i ca t e that th e unexpected
ris e in egg pr ice s i n l a te Ap r i l an d earl y Ma y ca used some produ cer s to ca nce l adv ance book in gs of old hens fo r sla ught e r. Some p roduce r s wi ll have to c lea r th e ir hou se s i n ord er
to ma ke room for repl a cement pull e ts. But the p roduce r s that ca n wi I I 1 ike l y hold o ff slaug ht er i ng the ir old hens a s long a s egg price s re ma i n s t ro ng a nd a bove t he co s t of produ c t i on , The une xpect ed r is e i n e gg prices has caus ed p ro duce r s t o be op tim i sti c about futur e p ro s pe c t s a nd cou l d re s u l t i n more force mo lt i ng of ol d l a yers tha n wa s ea r l ie r expe c t e d .

The ha t c h o f egg - t ype ch ick s th ro ug h Apri l wa s 6 pe rc en t 2 bove 197 5 bu t e ggs in i nc ubat o r s on Ma y 1 were down 1 pe rc e nt. Th i s ye a r Ge org ia has r ep la ce d Cal ifor n ia a s t he St a t e wi t h the la r ge s t hat ch a nd a ccou nte d for 10 .8 percent of the Na t io n 's tot a l. The ha t ch i n Geo r gi a was 43 per cen t abo ve a ye a r e ar l ier . However , t h i s p ro ba b l y wi ll not ca us e a s ha r p r i s e in l a yer number s bec au se Geo r g ia p rodu cer s t h i s yea r a r e a ppa r e nt l y re p l a c i ng s ome o f t heir old hens with you ng pu l le t s r a t her th a n forc e mo ltin g th em a s t he y d i d l a s t yea r. La ye r s in the proce s s o f be in g f orc e mol t e d and wi th molt com p l e ted a cco un t e d f o r 18 . 5 pe rcent of tot a l la ye rs i n Ge org ia on Ma y 1, com pared with 2 7 .~ per ce n t a yea r ea r 1i e r .
Unl e s s the sl au ght e r of mat u re hens i ncreas es mo r e t han c ur rent ly e xpe c t e d , l a yer numbe r s sh o u l d gain o n 19 75 leve ls t h is s ummer. Als o , t he r e ce nt r i s e i n e gg pr i ce s l ik ely wi l l r e s u l t in more chi c ks being hatched fo r l a t e 1976 r eplacement.
Po s t - Ea s t e r S~J i se
Who l e sa l e egg pr i ces ( New York Grade A l ar ge ) a ve rag ed al mo s t 62 ce nt s a do ze n in J an ua rv - Na rcb , up 3 ce n t s f ro m a year earl i e r , Pri ce s advan ce d e a r l y i n th e yea r , wea ke ne d in Fe b r ua r y , and rema in ed fair ly s table t h ro ugh mid-Ap r i l . In t he wee ks p r io r to East er, demand for eggs us ual l y p icks up a nd p r ice s advan ce. This us ua l price adva nce fa i led t o ma te r ia l i ze this year. Apparently , s to re s we re uns u re what th e Ea st e r co ns umer dema nd woul d be and were re l uc t a nt t o buil d up s tock s so pr ice s we r e not b id up. TI;e s tores we re afra id t he y mi ght be caugh t with sto c ks t he y wo u l d ha ve to c lear af t e r Ea st e r whe n consumer de ma nd us ua l l y dro ps s harp ly. Howeve r , de ma nd was very goo d t h i s Eas ter a nd t he re was very good cl e a r a nce of s he l l eg g s t oc ks . Th is res u l t e d i n le ss downward p re s su re o n eg g pri ces a ft e r Eas t e r and large e ggs in New Yo rk d rop pe d o n ly 5 ce nts a do ze n before t u r n i ng up a ga i n . La s t year pri ce s d ro ppe d 13 ce nts f rom the wee k befo re Eas t e r t o t he wee k af t er.
P r i ce s une xp e cted l y adva nced sharp ly i n l a t e Ap r i l a nd e a r l y May a nd av e raged 63 cen ts a do ze n on May ll, up 12 cents from Apr i l 23 an d a ye a r earl ie r . In o n l y 3 o f the 10 ye a r s pr io r t o 19 76 , d id egg pr ices rise betwee n Eas t er an d a ~o nt h l a ter. The prev io us highes t r i s e du r i ng the period was 7 cents a do ze n in 1972. The unexpe c t e d pri ce r i se ca n apparently be a t t r i but e d to sev eral factors -i ncrea se d bre a k i ng act i v i ty, i nc re a se d c u l l in g o f old laye r s , a nd a sharp ris e in t he num be r of o l d la ye r s i n t he p ro ce s s of be in g mo l ted . Th is ca use d e gg s upp l ies to be tighter tha n e xpec ted . The resultant price r ise was t empo ra r y and p r i ce s ha d wea ke ne d t o 52 cents a doz en by late Ma y. Co ns ume r demand wea ke ne d as the hig he r pr i ce s we re refl ected a t re t a i l a nd b re a k i ng a ct i v i t y wa s c u r t a i l e d by th e h i ghe r p rice s .
Se co nd hal f 1976 egg prices wi l l I ike l y adva nce s ea s o nal ly a nd av e rag e ne ar o r sl igh tly below Ju l y- De cembe r 1975. Inc r ea s ed co ns umer i ncome s a nd bre aki ng ac ti v i t y wil 1 help bolster egg p r i ce s , al t ho ugh t he expec te d i ncrease i n se cond ha l f e gg su pp l ie s will li mi t the price gains .
Bre a k i ng Ac t i v i t y Improved
Ve ry l ow s t o c ks of egg p roduct s hav e cau sed eg g b r e a ke rs to st ep up t he i r acti vi t y t h i s ye a r . St o c ks o f sh el l eggs and froz e n e gg p roduct s tota le d 755, 00 0 (shell e qu i va le nt ) on Ma y I , down 32 percen t f rom a year ea r l ier an d the l owes t fo r the dat e i n re cent h i story. Al so, r e po r t s ind icate sto c ks of dr :ed eg gs we re down 49 perce nt .
A t o t a l of 3.9 mi l I io n cases of s hell e ggs we re b roke n unde r f e de ra l i ns pect io n dur ing Ja nua r y 4 - Ma rc h 27. This was an increas e o f 250, 000 ca se s f ro m th e compa ra b l e period in 197 5 . The mo s t re ce nt 4- we e k per iod (Fe bruary 29-Ma r c h 27) s howe d a 3D- pe r ce nt r i se i n brea k i ngs an d weekl y repor ts ind i ca t e Ap r i l wa s up sh a rply .
Produc t io n of egg products thro ug h Ma rc h 27 ro s e 7 pe r cent to 148 mi l l io n pounds. Froze n and 1 i qu id egg producti o n was up 7 per ce nt, an d dr ied wa s up 5 per cen t. Howeve r, produ c t io n o f dr ie d egg p rodu c t s j umpe d 60 perce nt ab o ve a ye a r ea r l ie r i n t he mo s t recent 4- we e k per iod . Liqui d egg product f o r imme d ia t e co ns ump t io n co nt i nue d to s how the largest inc rea se , a s i t did during most of 1975.
More Eggs E x ~ o r t e d
A t ot a l o f 255 , 000 cases (shell e qu i va le nt) o f ~h ell e ggs a nd egg p rod ucts we r e exported i n Ja nua r y- Ma r c h , up 4 1, 000 case s f rom a year ear l ie r . She l J e gg expo r t s ad va nce d 30 percent bu t egg prod uc t s drop ped a bo u t a f i f t h . Expo r t s o f d ri ed e gg s we r e le ss t han half las t yea r 1s fir s t quart e r to ta l.

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Genera l Economy Fa vo ra b l e

Cu r re n t de ve lopmen t s a nd pro sp e c ts f o r pou l t r y a nd e gg marke t s are being strongly supporte d by a s tre ngt he n i ng gen e ra l economy a nd i nc rea sed con s ume r buy ing. Gains in consumers ' d is pos ab l e i ncome s a nd r i s i ng empl oymen t ha ve contr i bute d to generally streng t he ne d con s umer dema nd an d t hus he l pe d to ho l d mar ket p ri ces for poultry and eggs above co s t s o f pro duc t ion an d ma r ke t i ng. Fu r t he r dema nd ex pa ns ion expect ed during the remainde r o f 1976 wi ll con t in ue t o bo l s ter poul t r y a nd egg p r ices, and partially offset the pr ice- de p re s s i ng e f f ect s o f i ncrease d s upp l ie s o f po u l t r y , egg s , a nd competing meat.

Product io n Cos t s Sta b l e

The co s t of p rod uc i ng eg gs, broi l e r s , a nd t u r ke ys i n ea r l y 197 6 wa s below a year ago. Althou gh ma ny p rod uc t ion co sts ha ve co n t i nue d t o r i se , a sma ll dec l in e i n feed prices has been pa r t ia l l y of f sett in g. Fe e d a cco unts f o r t wo- thi r ds to th re e - f o u r t hs of the total product ion cos t s .
Po ul t ry f eed pr i ce s i n mid- Apr i l de c l i ne d s l igh t l y f rom Ma rc h and a year earl ier. The April 15 f eed p r i ce ratio (po unds of fee d e qua l to 1 doz e n e ggs o r I pound of 1 i vewe i ght meat) s tood a t 3 . 0 fo r b ro ile rs , wh i ch was abou t the same as i n mid- Ma r c h because of lower pr ices f o r bro iler s . Howe ve r , i t was well a bove t he yea r - ear l ie r ra t i o of 2.8, primarily becaus e o f h i ghe r p ro duct pr i ce s .

More Compet i t io n From Re d Meat s

Commerc ia l p ro duct ion o f re d mea t s ( be e f , ve al , po rk , lamb , and mutton) during JanuaryMarch th is yea r t o t a l e d 6 perce nt mo re t ha n i n t he fi r s t quarte r of 1975. All of the increase came fro m a 12 pe rce nt gain in bee f an d ve a l . Al t hough pork increased from the
prior quart e r , i t wa s st i ll 5 pe r ce nt be low a year ea rl ie r . Red meat output for spring
will drop s e as ona l l y but is e xpec t e d to be arou nd 5 pe rcen t a bov e 1975 . Beef and veal will continue a bout a t e nt h l arger but po rk, a l thou gh ga i n in g , wil l rema i n sl i ght l y below a year ea r 1i e r ,
In t he se cond half, red mea t produc t io n ma y co nt i nue a ro und 5 percent above last year this summe r but f al l p roductio n ma y be up o n ly ab out half this much. However, the mix between t he mea t s (beef , veal , a nd po r k) wi l 1 co nt in ue to s h if t . Beef and veal output may average o n l y s l i gh t l y a bov e 1975 in J uly- Sep t em be r befo re d roppi ng below in th e fall. However, po r k o ut put wi l l surge in l at e su mmer an d fa l l an d f o r the last half of 1976 may average a ro und 15 perce nt abo ve l a s t ye a r.
Ave ra ge p rice s receive d by fa rme r s fo r ca tt l e 1i ke 1y wi ll be higher because of the change to mo re g ra i n- f e d be ef a nd les s non f e d be e f in th e s laughter mix. This will result from a dec l i ne in the vo l ume o f lowe r p r i ce d no nf ed beef , pa rti c u l a r l y hamburger, which is more direc t l y compe t i t i ve wi t h pou l t ry. Broi le r a nd tur ke y producers will be facing stronge r compe t i t io n from po r k this ye a r as po r k produc t ion ga i ns and pr i ces ease.

Outpu t a t Re co rd Leve l s

Bro il e r produc t ion i n 1976 i s run ni ng a t re co rd l ev e ls . Bro il er meat output in federally insp ect ed p la nts du r i ng the f i r s t qua rt e r o f 1976 was 15 percent above the same period of 1975 . Howe ve r , par t of t he in creas e ca n De a ttri but e d to an extra day i n February and an Apr i l rat he r t han a Ma r ch Easte r a s i n 1975 . The num be r of broilers inspected was up nearly 14 pe rc e nt an d t he av e ra ge 1 i v~wei g h t pe r b ird gai ne d a 1 ittle more than 1 percent . Th i s ma t c he d the reco rd 3 . 82 pou nds 1 i ve we i ght f or t he fourth quarter of 1975.
Ye ek l y s l aught e r a nd c h i ck pla ceme nt rep o r t s ind i ca t e Apri l -June output may total around 12 pe r ce nt above the se cond qua r t e r of 1975 . The con tin uin g f a vo ra b l e relationship between b ro i l e r p roduc t io n an d ma r ke t i ng co s t s a nd mar ke t pr i ce s likely wi ll result in above ye ar-e a r l ie r p rod uc t io n t h ro ugho ut t he ba l a nce of 1976 . Eggs set in late t~ay were runn i ng abou t 12 perce nt a bove a yea r e a r l ie r . Howe ve r , t he ma rgi n o f increas e over 1975 1i ke ly wi l l na r row some th i s s umme r a nd fal l be ca us e o f t he sharp i nc re a s e i n p roduction durin g t h i s pe r iod i n 19 75 .

Pla ceme nt s fo r Ha tche r y Supp l y F loc k La rqe
Produ cer s are co ntinu in g to pla ce more pul le t c h i c ks for t he broil er hatch ery s upp l y flock. Ch ic k pl aceme nt s hav e e xce e de d year-ea rl ier l ev e l s s i nce Ju ne 1975 . And a s a re s u l t , cumula t i ve pla ceme nt s 7 t o 14 months ea r l ie r i nd i cate t ha t t he numbe r of lay e rs i n t he flo c k surpa s se d 1975 leve l s i n Ap r i l t h is year. Fl ock size wil I con t in ue t o ga i n on 1975 a nd avera ge aroun d a t e nt h la r ge r in l a t e su mmer and ea r l y f a l I . Th i s woul d st i l I be be l ow 1974 but , beca use of cha nges in p roducti vi ty and ma na gements, t he hatch e ry s upp l y f l o c k wi ] I be l arge e nou gh t o prod uce substantial ly more b ro i l e r s th i s yea r tha n i n 1975 .
Bro i ler Pr ic e s Weaker
\'!ho les ale prices in 9 ci t ies durin g Janua ry -/1ay a verage d a bout 4 2 ce nts a po un c , t ho ugh th e weekly p ri ce duri ng t his peri od ra nge d f rom a low of 39 ce n ts to a h ig h of nearly 45 cen t s a po und. Pri ces wi 11 s how some seasonal increase th is s ummer but by a much small er amoun t than i n 1975. De s p it e the sea so na l rise , pr ice s duri ng J u ly - Sep t embe r pro ba bl y will st ill a ve rage i n t he l ow t o mid-40 ce nts a poun d l e ve l , compa red t o 50 cen t s f o r the same months o f 1975 . Broi l e r pr i ces are e xpe c ted to dec l ine sea sona l l y t h is f a l l an d a ve ra ge around a nickel be l ow yea r- ea r l ie r l e vels . If prod ucer s continue to p rod uce 10-1 5 pe rc e nt more b ro i l e r s this fa l l, pri ce s cou ld drop to t he mid- 30 ' s i n the clos ing mont hs of 1975 .
Bro i l e r price in c rea s e s th is s umme r will be 1 im i t e d by cont in ue d large broil er s upp l ie s and la rg e r tha n a yea r ea r l ie r suppl ies of competing red meats . Howe ve r , imp ro vement i n the gen e ra l eco nomy a nd ris i ng consumer disposa ble income s wil l be pa r t ia l l y of f se tt ing.
Fewer Bro il e r s Ra i se d in 1975
The re were 2 ,933 mi l I ion bro ilers p ro duced i n t he Uni ted St at es i n the 1975 ma r ke t i ng year (De cembe r I-Novembe r 30). This wa s 2 perce n t f ewer t ha n i n 1974 . Produc t ion wa s below 1975 in a ll State s except Mi s s i s s i pp i where i t was up 2 pe rce nt . Prod uct io n al so e xce eded 19 74 in 9 o ther small e r produ cing Sta t es.
E i ght St a t e s p rod uce d ove r 100 mill ion b irds eac h i n 1975 . Arkans a s rema i ne d the top produ ci ng St a t e wi t h nea r l y 48 2 mi ll io n bro i l e rs rai sed, 5 13,000 f ewer tha n i n 19 74 but still 65 mi l l ion more t ha n Georgi a , the second la rg est p ro duc i ng St a t e . The othe r p ro duci ng St ate s among t he t op 10 , i n orde r are Alabama, North Ca ro l in a, Miss i s s i pp i , Ma r y la nd, Te xas , Delawa re , Ca l i f o r n ia , a nd Maine. Of the 2,933 mi l l ion broil ers rai sed , 97 pe r ce nt were produced in th6 2 1 ma j o r comme r c ia l broiler- produci ng States, a bou t th e same conce nt ra t io n as in 1974 .
Prospect s f or Fou r th Ou a r t e r Broilers
Pro s pe c t s remai n fav ora ble f o r broile r produ cers t hro ugh th e s umme r but 1 i kely wil l be l ess f avora b l e nex t fa l l . That' s whe n consume r demand for broi ler mea t normally we a ke ns as consumer s sh i f t to t u r ke y and po rk du ri ng the hoI iday s.
The to t a l cos t o f producin g a nd marke t ing b roiler s du r i ~g Oct ob e r - De cembe r 1976 may be near o r sl i gh t l y below a yea r earlier. Fee d cost s wil l de pe nd l arge l y upo n de ve lopme nts in th e 1976 g ra i n and soy bean c rop s . If wea the r i s a ve ra ge or be t te r wi t h another large U. S. crop and some reco very i n wor l d prod uction, com pri ce s ma y l ag a year earl l e r , Co sts for soybea n meal I i ke ly wi l l be h igher . Ot he r cost s wi ll co nti nue upwa r d but at a s lower r~ ~e tha n in recent yea r s .
Desp i t e these gen e ra l l y f avorabl e cos t e xpe c t a t ions , p roduc e r s probab l y wi l l not make t ~e pro f i t s o f l a s t fa l l beca use o f re duc e d bro iler pri ce s . Bro i l e r me a t wi l l f ace s tron ge r compe tition from o the r mea t s this fa l l t han las t . Beef o ut put may be a 1 itt le le s s tha n a year ea r l ie r , bu t po r k s upp l ie s shoul d be mod erately l a r ger . Wh i l e ca tt l e pri ce s ma y no t be much d iff e re n t from four t h quarte r 197 5 , hog pr i ce s are e xpe c t e d to be s ubstant ia l l y lower an d turkey p r i ce s modera t e l y l ower . Cont i nued e xpa ns ion in th e ge ne ra l eco nomy with rising cons umer di s posab l e i ncomes an d i nc reas e s i n emp l oyment wi ll he l p bo l s t e r broi l er pr ices th is fal l.

After Five Days Return t o Uni t ed State s Depar tment of Agr icultur e
St a t i s t i ca l Reporting Service 1861 West Broad St r ee t At hens , Ge orgia 3060 1
OFFICIAL BUSINES S

990 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 565 ~1 0 0

UNI VERSI TY OF GE ORGI A ~ RL SS

ACQ DI V

UN I V LI 8RAR I ES

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AGR - 101

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I I I ?' ~()~G\FAARM REPORT

GEORGIA CROP REPOR T ING SERVI C E
L __

AT H E NS, GEORGIA

AGRICULTURAL PRICES

M AV

15

1976

GEORGIA INDEX UP 6 POINTS

J une 1 , 197 6

The A~l Commodity Index of Prices Rec eive d was 186 perc ent, 6 points ab ove t he pr ev i ous mor:t il and 12 poi n t s above Lay 1975 , a ccor ding to t he Georgi a Crop Reporting Servic e. The .ncrcase in the Al l Commodity Index fro m the April l evel r e s ul t ed f r om i ncrea s e s i n cotton , soy0eans , corn, hay, hogs, cattle a nd ca lves , ch ickens , eggs and turke ys .

The May ~l l Crops Index was 1 84 per cen t , up 3 point s f rom t he prev i ous mont h and 6 poin ts above Ha y 1975 .

The Al l Live stock Index for Ma y \Jas 187 perce nt- -up 8 po in ts f r om Apr i l 1976 and 17 poin ts above Ha y 1975 .

UNITED STATES PRI CES RECE IVED INDEX UP 3 PO INTS PRIC ES PAID IND EX UNCHANGED
The Index of Prices Rece i ved by Fa r mer s i ncreas e d 3 poi nt s (l~ perce nt) to 192 percent of i ts January-December 1967 ave r a ge during t he month ended I iay 15, 197 6 . Con t r i buting most t o t he inc re ase since mid-April wer e highe r pric es for cor n , cott on and s oybeans . Lowe r pric e s for cattle and milk were partially of f s e tting. The inde x was 9 points (5 pe rcent) ab ove a year ago.

The Index of Prices Paid by Fa r mers f or Commo di t i e s a nd Se rv i ces, I n tere s t , Taxes, a nd Farm Wa ge Rates for ~lay 15 was 193, un c han ged fro m the r evi s e d i ndex for a month ear lie r . Pric e s for family living items were about the same as mi d- April. Lower pr ices f or f e ed er l ivest ock and farm and motor suppl i e s mor e than offset the h igher price s for feed , a u t o s a nd trucks, and fuels and energy. The i ndex was 13 po ints (7 perc ent) above a yea r ear lier .

1967 = 100 GEO-RG-IA

I NDEX NUt lBER S- -GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES

Apr . 15

Ha y 15

Apr . 15

: 1975

19 75

197 6

:

Prices Received

.

All Commod i t i e s

: 168

174

180

All Crops

; 1 78

178

181

Li ve s t ock & Livestock Products 161

17 0

17 9

tlay 15 197 6
186 184 187

U:JI TED STATE:;

Prices Re c e i ved

:

: 178

183

189

1 92

:

Prices Paid, Interest, Taxes
& Farm Wage Rates

. 178

180

1 93

193

Ra t i o 1/

~ 100

10 2

93

99

~/ Ra t i o of Index of Prices Re c e i ve d by Farme r s t o Ind e x of Pr i ces Paid , Int ere st , Taxes , and Farm Wage Rates.

FRAS I ER T. GALLOWAY Agr i c ul t ur a l Stati3tician In Charge

CLAYTON J. ; ICDUFFIE Agr i c ul t ur a l Stati sticia n

Tile St a t Ls tLca L Reporting Servic e, USD.:', , 18 61 Hest Bro ad St re e t, ::" t he ns , Ge orgia i n cooperat i on wi th the Georgia Department of Agr i c ultu re . Te l e ph one 404-546- 2236 .

.

PRICES--RECEIVED A~D PAID BY FARJ.-lERS , HAY 15 , 1976 HITH CONPARIS OWJ

Georgi a

.

Uni t ed St a t es

Commodity and Unit

Hay 15 Apr. 15 Hay 15

il a y 15 Apr . 15 Hay 15

I

1975

19 76

19 76

1 975

1 97 6

1 97 6

~

Pi-ICES ~7. EC E I V ED

Wheat, bu. Oats, bu .

$

2 . 99

s

1.71

Corn, bu .

$

2.85

Cotton, lb .

c 40. 0

Soybeans, bu.

~

5.10

Sweetpotatoes, cwt .

$

Hay, baled, ton

All

$ 34 . 50

Alfalfa

$

uther 1./

$

i'Iilk Cows, head

$ 335 .00

Hogs, cwt .

$ 42 . 30

Beef Cattle , Al l , cwt. 2/ $

Cows, cwt . 1/

$

23 . 10 20 . 00

Steers & Hei f e r s , cwt. $ 25 . 50

Calves, cwt .

$ 25 .50

Milk, Sold to Pl~nts, c wt .

Fluid Ha r ke t

$ !!j9 . 20

i-la nu f ac tured

$

All

$ 4/9.20

Turkeys, lb .

c 30.0

Chickens, lb.

Excluding Broilers

c 4/11.0

Commercial Broilers

",,/ 25.5

Eggs, all, dozen

4/52 .9

Table, dozen

c 4 / 45.9

Hatching, dozen

85 .0

3 .13 1.64 2 .68 54.8 4 . 64 10 . 60
40.50

3 .12 1. 60 2. 75 59. 7 4 .90 l L15
43. 00

400 .00 45 .30 29. 40 25 .7 0 31.50 32 . 90

400. 00 li 5 .80 31 .20 27 . 90 33 . 70 36 .70

10.5 0 5 / 10 . 20

10 .5 0 2/ 10 . 20

32 .0

34.0

10. 0 24 .0 58.2 53 .3 88 .0

12. 0 25 . 0 63. 3 59 . 3 88 .0

3 .47 1.54 2 .66 36 .5 5.00 13 .60
.5 6.30 59 .10 46.80 408. 00 45.10 36.50 22 .00 39.30 29 .10
8 .32 7.07 8. 03 31.1
9.6 24. 6 47 .1

3.5 0 1. 44 2. 46 50.2 4.52 10 .70
5 l . 1 0
56.90 44 .90 477 . 00 47 .00 37.90 28 .90 40. 50 38 . 00
9 .6 2 8 . 50 9 .37 31.6
-11.2 23. 7 53 . 4

3.43 1.47 2. 61 57.3 4 . 87 10 . 60
64 .80 70.20 48 . 00 437 . 00 47 .5 0 36.90 29 .00 39 .4 0 38.80
5/9 .60 5/8.42 I /9 . 33
32 .0
12.2 24.7 55. 5

PRICES PAID, FEED

Mi xe d Dairy Feed, ton

14 % protein

$ 127. 00 13 0. 00 13 2. 00

131 .00 133 .00

133.00

16 % protein

$ 136. 00 13 8.00 141.00

132 .00 135.00

137 .00

32% protein

$ 154 .00 153.00 163.00

169 .00 173 .00

177 . 00

Hog Feed, 14 %-18% protein

cwt.

$

8 .30

3 .20

8. 30

8 . 01

7. 96

3.08

Cottonseed Heal, 41 %, cwt. $

8.70

9 .20

9.4 G

8.71

9.43

9 .60

Soybean He a l , 44 %, C\Jt . $

8 . 30

9.40

9 .30

8. 54

8 .84

9.3l.

Bran, cwt.

$

7 . 60

7.70

7. 80

7 . 21

7.35

7 .41

l1i ddl i nr,s , cwt.

$

7 .60

7.40

'7 . 80

7. 01

7 .19

7 .24

Corn ;;le a l , C~Jt.

$

7 .50

7 .00

7 . 20

6.97

6.57

6 .66

Poultry Feed, ton

Broiler Grower Feed

$ 153.00 156 . 00 157 . 00

16 1. 00 15 9. 00

161. 00

Laying Feed

$ 137.00 136. 00 13 8 . 00

145 .00 144 .00

146.00

Chick Starter

$ 155 .00 153. 00 15 9 .00

162 . 00 161 .00

16l . 00

Al f a l f a Hny, ton

$ 70 .00

70 . 00

68 .00

69 .80

73.10

71. 80

All Ot.l.e r Ea y , ton

$ 63. 00

62 . 00

60 . GO

58.00

61. 70

60 .30

1/ Includ es all L ay except alfal f a . 2/ "CO\vS" and "ste er s and heifer s' : combined wi th

11o\Janc e where neces sary for slaughter bulls. 3/ I nc l udes cull dairy co ws sold f or slaught e~
ut not dairy cows for herd r eplacements. i/ Re;ised. ~/ Pr eliminary.

After Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service 1861 West Broad Street Athens, Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS

13 0 0 000 59 02 4 3 w l 0 0

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STATE DO C UM ~ N T S

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POSTAGE & FEES PAID
Unit.d S'd'.' Deportment of Agriculture
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GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE

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LIVESTO CK

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REPORT

SLAU G H T E R

APR i L

19 76

GEOR(;IA

J une 2 , 1 97 6

Apr i l Re d Mea t Product ion Do"~

Commercial r e d meat prod uc t i on i n Geor cia t o t a l e d 37 . 5 million po unds in Apr i l , according to t he Geor gia Cr op Rep or tine Serv ic e . This i s 1 perc ent l es s t han the prev i ous mon t h and the same month las t year . Beef prodGction , at 20 mi llion pounds , was 53 ~e rc en t of the to t a l , wi t h t he 1 7 .5 mi ll ion pound s of pork making up the ot her 47 percent.

Cattle Slaurhter Up 3 Fercent

The nunilier o f catt l e slaughtered by comme r cia l plan t s i n Ge o r r i a dur inE. Apr i l was 46 ,000 . This wa s 1 ,000 he ad more t han t he previous month and 3 , 50 0 head more t han April 1975.

Calf Slau~hter Up 4 Percent

COMmercial plants in Georr;i a s l au ght e r e d 2 , 900 head of ca l ves dur i ne Apr i l , 700 l e ss than in ~a r ch but 100 mor e t ha n Apr il 1 975 .
Hog Slaughter Dmm n Pe r cen t

There were 127 ,000 hea d of ho gs s l a ught e r ed i n cowmer c ial plan t s in Geor ri a during April. This is G.OOO l e s s than Ma r ch and 11 , 000 l e s s t han Apr il 19 75 .

mn'I':;:m STATES

April Red i'~e a t Production Up 1 Pe r c en t

Commercial product i on of re d mea t i n t he Uni t ed St at e s totaled over 3 .1 bill i on pounds in April, 1 percent a bove a year a go , bu t 1 perc ent belo\l Apri l 1 974 . Commercial mea t production includes s l au gh t e r i n Fe de rally i nsp e ct ed and o t her pl an t s , bu t exclude s an i mals slau~ htered on farms .

Beef Production Up 6 Fercent

Beef production to t a l e d 2 .0 b illion pound s , 6 pe r c en t a bo ve April las t year and 9 l percent over April 1 974 . Cattle ki l l tot a l e d 3 ,3 5Lf,5 00 he ad , up 5 percent f r om l as t yea r
and 16 percent over Apr il 1 974 . Live weight pe r head aver ar,ed 1 . 019 pounds , 10 pounds a bove April 1975 lut 35 pounds below Apr i l 1 974 .

Veal ? r o d uc ~ ion Down 2 Perce n t

There wer e 59 j"i l li on pounds of veal proc!uc ed i n Apr i l , 2 pe rcen t be Low the 60 mi l lion pounds produced in April 1~ 7 5. Calf slau ~h t e r at 4l ~ . 9 0 0 head was up 9 pe r c en t from a yea r ci~~O a nd 104 percen t a bove t he Apr i l 1 974 t o t eL, Live Tvei 2h t per he ad ave rage d 249 pounds cc~par cd with 27 8 for Apr i l 1975 and 23 G po unds f or April 1 974 .

P.ork Production - DO\'ffi 9 Pe rc en t
Pork pr oduc t i on t ot a led over 1 . 0 bil~ion poun ds in Apr i l , 9 percen t b elo~v a year a Eo and 18 p ~rcent below Apri l 1 974. Fog ki ll t o t a l e d 6 , 027 , 300 hea d , 10 percen t be low la st year and 16 percent les s than April 1974 . Li ve weigh t pe r head avera ged 236 pounds . 1 pound un der April 1975 and 9 p o un ~ s telow April 1 974 . Lard r endere d pe r 10C po unds l ive pE' i -: h t wa s ,Y ,S' pounds co mpar ed \'li t h 6.0 jJounc1.s in Apr i l 1 97 5 .

La.m. b and Hu t t on Dow () Pe.rc en t
There we r e 32 rrd I Ldon i'o un c.s of Lamb an d mutt on pro duc e d in Apr i l , a de cline of G percent from a year earlier . She ep arid lamb s l.aur-h t e r total e d 589 , 30C hea d , down 10 pe r c en t f r om a year a go and 28 perc ent und e r Apri l 1 97Lf . !'.ve ra <:,e. live Hei [ ht was 109 poun ds , 4 pound s a bove last year and 2 po uncl s over April E 7 L: ,

Federally inR pected sla upht e r as a percent of total commer c i al sl au ght er in Apr i l 1 ~7 6 and April lS75 , 'as as follows : Cattle , ~ 1. 0 an d 90 .1 : ca lve s , 34 . 3 and 74 . 0 ; hogs . 05. 7 and 9Ii . 5 ; sheep an r' Lamb s , S'5 . l and ?6.l .

Specie
.georgia Cattle Calves Ho p, s Sheep and Lambs

SEORGIA A: :D thTI ~ l",:C STATEe"' LIV ESTOCI~ SLAUGHTER 1 /

number

Avera g,e

Slaughtered

Live Heigh t

April

Apr il

ISl75

1976

1 975

1 97 6

1 ,000 head

Pounds

42 .5

46. 0

30 7

782

2. 8

2. 9

281

415

133 . 0

l27 . C

225

224

Tot al

Live 'i e i [':bt

Apr il

1 975

1 916

1 ,000 pounds

34 , 298 787
31 ,05 0

35 , 972 1 )204
28 , 448

United States

Cattle Calves

3,207 .8 384 . 0

3,354 .5 418 .9

1 , 00 9 278

1 , 019 249

3 , 236 ,390 3 , 416 , 936

106 , 666

104 , 257

Ho g s

6 , 730 .4

6 , 087.3

237

236

1 ,5 ~ E . 557 1 ,43 6 , 83 3

She en and Lambs

652 . 0

589 . 8

105

10 9

68 , 150

64 , 131

1/ Includ es slau~hter under Federal i nsp ection and o the r commercial s laughter . excludes

farm slaughter .

Commodity and Unit

AVErAGE PRICES P.FCEIVED BY FAill1ERS

AND HOG-CORN PATIOS , HAY 15 , 1976

WI TF C0I1PARI SOHS

Geor p.- ia

Ha y 15

Apr . 15

Ha y 15

Hay 15

1975

1 976

1 976

19 75

Dollars

Uni ted Stat e s

Apr . 15

Hey 15

1976

1976

Dollars

Corn , bu . Hoes , cwt . Cat tle . cwt . Calves ,. cwt .

2.85 42 .30 23 .10 25 .50

2. 68 45 .30 29 .40 32 . 90

2 . 75 ~

2 . 66

Ll5 . eo : 45 . 10

31.20 : 36 .50

36 .70 ; 29 . 50

2 . 46 47 . 00 37. 90 38 . 00

2 . 61 47 .5 0 36 . 90 38 . 80

Pog -C o r n

Rat i o 1/

: 14.8

16 .9

16 .7

17 . 0

1/ Bushels o f corn equal i n value t o 100 lbs . ho gs , 1 i~. weigh t .

19. 1

18 . 20

COl~RC IAL MEAT AND LARD PRODUCTION, UNITED STATES, APRIL 1976 ~HTI-l co nPAEISONS 1/

Apr .

Ha r .

Apr .

April 197 6 as percent of

Kind

:

1~ 7 5

1 976

1 976

Apr . 1975

Ha r. 19 76

!1.il:!. i on Pounds

Perc en t

Dee f Veal }Jork 2/ Lamb & Hutton
Total Red Hea t

1,395 60
1 . 100 34
3 , 039

? . 317 71
1 ,092 33
3 ,513

2 <017 59
1 .003 32
3 , 111

1CG

37

93

83

91

92

94

97

101

89

Lard 3/

:

96

90

85

89

94

1/lIExcludes andr.r .Ls slaughtered on farms . 2/ Exclude lard and rendered pork fat . I ncludes r endered pork fat .

FRASIEP.. T. GALLOHAY Agricultural ~ tatistician I n Char ~e

LARRY HASSEY Ae r i cu1 t ura1 Statis tician

The Sta t i s t i cal Re por ting Service , USLA, 1361 TTest ~ro ad St r ee t . At hens , Georgia in cooperat ion with th~ Geor gia Department of ARriculture . Telephone 404 - 546 --2236 .

After Five Days Ret urn to Un ited States Departmen t of Agr i cu l t ur e
Statis t i ca l Repor t ing Service 1861 Wes t Broad Str ee t Athens. Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSI NESS

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POSTAGE & FEES PAlO Unit.d Sto'e. o.POftm.." of Atricuhur.
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13 0

0 0 0 0 5 9 02 43~ 1 ~ 0

UN I VER SI TV UF GEO RGI A ~ RL S 5

STAT E DOCUMEN YS

UNIV LI BRARIES

l ~l

ATHENS

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Received
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DOCUMENTS

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COT TON C 0 U N T Y EST I H A T E S

June 1976

GEORGIA COTTON: ACREAGE, YIELD A~~ PRODUCTI ON , 1975 (These estimates are based on t he late st avail ab l e data and are pre limina r y )

District and
County

I:,.CRES

Planted

Harvest ed

YIELD LmT PER ACRE

Planted

Ha r ve s t ed

PRODUC TIOH 480 Pound l'fe t \veight
Bales

----Acres----

--- -Pounds - - - -

- - Bales--

DISTRICT 1

Bartow

4,940

4 ,690

283

299

Chattooga

1,050

1,000

214

225

Floyd

1,740

1,420

2Lf 4

299

Gordon

190

190

368

368

Polk

1 ,700

1 ,630

1 91

1 99

2, 930 47 0 890 145 6 75

TOTAL

9 ,620

8 ,930

254

274

5 ,1l0

DISTRICT 2

Barrow

37

32

17 6

203

Clarke

78

78

35 9

35 9

Oconee

1,1l0

1 ,100

41 4

41 8

Wa l t on

3,920

3,840

332

33 9

14 59 965 2 , 720

TOTAL

5,145

5,050

34 9

355

3,758

DISTRICT 3

El 1..:ert

2,940

2,920

204

205

Franklin

270

270

141

141

Har t

1,390

1,310

17 3

183

Hadison

1,380

1,340

238

245

Oglethorpe

670

66 0

239

2Lf 2

~..]il ke s

175

175

13 7

137

1 ,250 80
500 685 335
50

TOTAL

6,825

6,675

204

208

2 ,900

DISTRICT 4

Carroll

39

39

167

167

Cowe t a

600

595

303

306

Henry

105

100

56 2

590

Lamar

100

100

270

270

l1ac on

2,180

1,990

408

447

Mer i -,;e t her

465

465

245

245

Schley

41

32

122

156

Spalding

97

97

299

29 9

Taylor

905

885

462

472

14 380 125
56 1 ,860
240 10 60 8 75

TOT.i\L

4,532

4 ,303

332

40 2

3, 620

i., .~ \,.< 7J :L. ~

June 197 6

GEORGIA COTTON: ACREAGE, YIELD MID PRODUCTION, 1975

. (Th c s e
District

,.es~imates are based ! l' : I J' I ' ACRES

on

the

latest avai l able YI ELD LINT

data and a r e PER ACilE

pr e l i mi na ry ) PRODUCTI ON 480 Poun d

and County

i: -;B-lanted r . ;

Harv ested

Plan t ed

Harvested

Het Heigh t _ Bal es

----Acres--..

- - - - I~ o unds - - - -

--Bales--

DISTRICT 5

Ba1d;.;in

170

170

312

312

B1eck1ey

7,750

7,200

45 2

436

Crawford

505

505

327

327

Dodge

4,540

4,470

371

377

Hou s t o n

2,130

2,030

406

42 6

Jasper

140

140

71

71

Jo hnson

2,830

2,770

300

307

Laurens

5,000

4,850

270

278

Horgan

5,350

5,300

260

26 2

Newton

1,040

1,010

269

277

Peach

29~

285

283

288

Pulaski

7,600

7 ,600

4 74

474

Treut1en

140

110

314

40 0

Twiggs

1,510

1 ,480

358

365

Washington

2,670

2,5 80

412

4 26

Wheeler

120

115

458

4 78

11 0 7 ,30 0
345 3 , 520 1,810
21 1 ,780 2 , 820 2,910
585 170 7,550
92
1,120 2,300
115

TOTAL

41,785

40,615

373

383

32 ,54 8

DISTRICT 6

Burke

8,750

8,700

56 0

56 3

Candler

225

170

267

353

Emanuel

675

665

348

353

Glascock

790

755

4 30

450

Jefferson

6,000

5,850

31 7

325

Jenkins

240

23 0

542

565

McDuffie

455

405

25 9

291

Richmond

205

200

341

350

Screven

1,950

1,930

513

518

Harren

1,550

1,550

284

284

10, 200 125 490 710
3,970 270 245 145
2,090 920

TOTAL

20,840

20,455

4t11

449

19,165

DISTRICT 7

Ca Lh o u n

2,910

2 ,900

619

6 21

Clay

2,110

2,100

616

619

Dougherty

150

150

240

240

Early

1,510

1,330

48 3

52 9

Lee

350

345

494

501

i.1i t c h e l l

680

515

368

485

Randolph

2,470

2,460

502

504

Seminole

795

790

327

329

SteHart

645

640

352

355

Sumter

3,400

3,290

tl 26

441

Terrell

2,300

2,290

4 74

47 6

Thomas

695

555

259

324

3,7 60 2,720
75 1,520
360 520 2 ,590 540 470 3,030 2,280 380

TOTAL

18,015

17,415

485

502

18,245

(CONTINUED)

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GE O R G I A C ROP R E P OR TI N G SERVICE

ATHEN S, GEO RG I A

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District and
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GEORGIA FLU E- CU ~ EJ TOBACCO;
Har ves ted Ac reage

CCJlJIrry ESTI?I.:1.TES, 19 75 PRELINDJAIG

~ ie 1 d

Pe r Acr e

Pr oduc t i on

(Pounds)

(Pou nd s )

DI STRI CTS 1 , 2,

3, and 4

0

0

0

DISTRICT 5

Lodge

330

1 , 855

612 , 000

Jo hnson

80

1 ,8 71

14 9 , 700

Laurens

265

1 ,711

453 ,4 00

liont gome ry

900

1 , 752

1 ,5 77 , 000

Treut1en

780

1,678

1, 309 , 000

Hhee1e r

505

1 ,631

823, 700

TOTAL

2, 860

1 , 722

4 , 924 , 800

DIS TRI CT 6 Bulloc h Candle r Effingham Emanuel J enk i ns Sc r even

3 ,180 1, 890
1 85 1 , 590
185 75

2, 10/+ 2,037 1 , 706 1, 855 1 , 839 1 , 905

G, 691 , OOO 3 , 849,0 00
315 , 600 2 , 949,0 00
340 ,200 14 2 , 900

TO TAL

7 ,1 05

2 , On

14,237 , 700

DIS TRI CT 7 Decatur Grad y ;li t che11 Thoma s

280 1,350 2 , 280 1 , 670

1,800 1 , 864 1 ,9 61 1, 981

504 , 000 2 , 516,000 /+ ,471 , 000 3,308 , 000

TOTAL

5, 580

1 , 935

10 ,7 99 , 000

FRASIER T. GALLOWAY Agricu1 t ura L Sta tis t i ci a n In Charge

C LAYTOI~ J . ijC1)UFFI E Agr i cul t ur al Stat i s tician

The Sta ti stica l Re?orting Serv i ce , USDA, 1861 We st Br oa d Street , At hens , Georgia i n coo pera t iou ~ i th t he Geor gia Depa rtme n t of Agr i cul t ur e . Tel e pho ne 404- 546- 2236 .

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,- " ~f~ ~r Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture Statis~ ical' Reporting Service
1861 We s t Bro~d .~~~et At hens , Georgia 30601
OFFICIAL BUSINESS

AGR - 101 BULK THIRD CLASS

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GEOl1.GIA FLUE-CUREJ T03ACCO : couurv ESTIlI;.TES , 1'.:' 75 PRELLH NJ.RY

Yi eld

Fa r ve s t ed

per Ac r e

Product io n

A c r e a g~

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DISTinCT 8
~J. tJz: i n s o n
Ben Hi ll Be r r i en
Broo ~"'~ s C1inc~ ;
Co f f e e
Colquitt Cook
Ec .io Ls
Lrvr Ln
Jeff DavL Lanier Lowr,de s Telfair Tift Turner Wilcox Worth

1,3 70
S' OO
4,30 0 2,500
26Cl 4,710 6,200 3,210
250 2 ,290 2 ,060 1,580 4 ,0 60
56 0 2,950
205 225 1,770

2 , ' 77
1 ,7 " 7 2, 018 1 , 7 61 2 ,133 2,12 5 1, 913 1 ,877 2 ,131 2,027 2 ,182 1 ,808 1 , 877 2,06 3 2 ,097 1, 901 1, 860 2,174

2, 845, 000 1 ,536, 000 3 , 677 ,00 0 !, :.40 3 ,OOO
554 ,6 00 10 , 009,000 11 ,8 61 ,000
6 , 0 25 , 000 532 ,7 00
4,64 2 ,000 4 ,495, 000 2 ,8 57 , 000 7,621,000 1 ,155 ,000 6,186 ,000
38>,7 00 418 ,500 3 , 848 , 000

TOTAL

39 ,4 00

1 , 981

78,055 ,500

DISTRICT 9 Appl i ng Bacon Br a n t l ey Br yan Charl t on Evans Liberty Long Pi er ce " Tattna11 Toombs \.Ja r e
~Jayne

2,640 2 ,450 1 ,040
270 165 1,180
80 295 3,390 3 ,040 1.920 1,810 1 , 700

1 ,987 2,020 2 , 258 2, 099 1 , 945 2, 119 1 , 903 1 , 900 2 , 268 2 ,252 2 ,136 2 .166 1 , 974

5 , 246 , 000 4 ,9 49,0 00 2,348 ,000
56 6, 700 320, 900 2 , 500 , 000 152 , 200 560 ,500 7 , 689 ,OCO 6 ,846 ,000 4 ,101 ,000 3,920 .000 3,35 6,000

TOTAL

19 ,980

2,130

42 ,555 .300

Other Counties

75

1 ,703

127,700

STATE TOTAL

75,000

2 . 0 10

150 ,75 0 ,000

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GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE

A TH ENS, GEO RGI A

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PEACHES

.JUNE .,976

June 10, 1976

The 1976 Georgia peach crop is forecast at 210.0 mil I ion pounds (4,375,000- -48 pound
equivalents) as of June I, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. Th is estimate
is 10 mill ion pounds above last month's forecast and, if real ized, would be 121 percent above last yea r ' s short crop of 95 mi II ion pounds.
The Federal-State Market News Service reported 862 carlot equivalents shipped by June 1, compared with only 427 carlots for t he same date last year. Through June 9th, 1,203 carlots had been shipped compared with 677 last year.
Crop Reporting ~ervice peach estimates relate to total product ion wh ich include rail
and truck shipments, local sales, non-inspected shipments to points in the State and adjoining states, quantities used for processing and quantities on farms whe re produced.

State

PEACHES

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1'1 ill ion Pounds

48 Pound Equival ents

Util ized 1/ : Indicated

Utilized

: Indicated

1974

1975: 1976

1974

1975: 1976

I ,000 Un i ts

AI abama Arkansas
Ca 1i forn i a
Co lorado Connecticut Delaware Georgia Idaho III inoi s Indiana Kansas Kentucky
Lou i s i ana 1/
Mary land Massachusetts Michigan
Mississippi 1/
Mi ssou r i New Jersey New York North Ca ro I ina Ohio
Ok 1ahoma 2/
Oregon Pennsylvania South Carol ina Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia ~Jash i ngton Hest Virginia
Total Above

9.0 20.0
452.0
13.7 4.2 1.2

7.0 35.0 389.0 16.0
5.4 3.2

45.0

95.0

10.0

iO.5

3.5

27.0

2.0

10.0

3.0

11.0

5.0

16.5

6.3

3.0

19.4

23.0

3.0

5.3

70.0

55.0

7.0

7.0

3.0

23.0

91.0

90.0

16.0

17.0

20.0

30.0

14.0

20.0

I
12" 0..00

6.8 12.0 110.0

215.0 4.0 18.0 16.0

210.0
8.7 16.0 16.0

32.0 , _ 3 2 ~P
2.7. 3 C9 'J~ 'j "39 : ~

23.0

28.0

J ,284.7

.. .. t

e i,

-.. t 1, 378 . 0. .J

15.0 42.0 470.0 16.0 4 .0
1.5 210.0
12.0 16.0 4.0 6.0 9.0 6.5 13.0 3.0 25.0 15.0 25.0 75.0 13.0 15.0 12.0 7.0 15.0 95.0 245.0 8.u 23.0 17.0 18.0 35.0 23.0
I ,494.0

188 417 9,417 285 88
25 938 208
73
42
63 104 131 404 63 1,458 146 63 1,896
333 417 292
2 229 2,500 4,479 83 375 333 667 569 479
26,767

146
729 8,104
333 113 67 1,979 219 563 208 229 344 63 479 110 1,146 146
479 1,875
354 625 417 142 250 2,292 4,375 181
333 333 667 825 583
28,709

313 875 9,792 333 83
31 4,375
250
333 83 125 188
135 271 63 521 313 521 1,563 271 313 250 146
313 1,979 5,104
167 479 354 375 729 479
31,127

Cal ifornia-CI ingstone 1/ 1,608.0

,
1',440.0 1,700.0

33,500

30,000

35,417

United Sta~es

2,892.7

2,818.0

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3,194.0

60,267

58,709

66,544

1/ Excludes unharvested production and excess cullage (mill ion pounds): Un ited States
1974 - 8.9, 1975 - 28.1. 2/ Estimate for current year carried forward from earl ier forecast. 1/ Cal ifornia Cl ingstone is over the scale tonnage and includes culls and cannery diversions (mill ion pounds) 1974 - 152.0, 1975 - 150.0.

PEACH REPORT AS OF JUNE I , 1976
The 1976 peach crop i s for e ca s t a t 3 , 194 mi l lio n pou nds, 13 percent a bove l as t yea r a nd 10 percent higher than th e ut il ize d c rop o f 19 74. The to tal o f al I peaches ex ce pt Cal ifo r n ia CI i ngs t o ne s is forecast at 1,494 mill io n pou nds , up 8 per cen t f rom the 1975 and 16 perce nt above the 1974 utilized cro p .
Product ion in t he ni ne south e r n St a t e s is now ex pe c te d t o t o t al 578. 5 mi l l i on pounds, sl ightly above th e '-jay 1 f o re cast an d 41 percen t hig he r tha n last vea r' s u t il ize d c rop . Ra ins in Georg ia and Sou t h Carol i na , the re g io n' s l a rgest produ cing Sta t e s, were mostly beneficial t o crop de vel opmen t . Geo rgi a ' s c rop i s now f ore cast a t 210.0 mi l l io n po unds , up 10.0 milli on fro m Ma y 1 and mo re tha n do uble t he 1975 ut il i zed c ro p . Harv e s t is now underway in most of the Reg ion's ea r l y productio n area .
Spring fr ee ze dama ge redu ced the Kentuc ky peach c rop 45 per ce nt from last yea r ' s util ized tonnag e. Free ze damage was also reflecte d i n re duce d crop s in Virg in ia, Oh io, Indiana, and Illino is as well a s Mi c higa n, New Yo rk , New Jer s e y , and New En gland.
In the wes t ern St a t e s , t he peach c rop i s in goo d cond i ti on wi t h a v ery hea vy se t requiring much th inni ng. Ha r vest o f Cal i f o r n ia ' s Free sto ne c rop be gan in l ate April ; fruit set and qual ity we re good , but s i zes we re runn i ng sl i ght l y smal l e r than no rmal. The Fre eston e crop is e xpect ed t o t ot a l 470. 0 mi ll io n pound S, 21 percent a bove a year ago . Fru i t set and s izes of the Cal iforn ia C1 i ngston e pe a c h c rop we re v ery l arge. Th innin g is i n full sw ing and harvest will begi n near mid - Jul y.

FRASIE R T. GALLOWAY Agricultural Sta ti sti ci a n In Ch a r ge

v , JERRY P ITTS
Agricu lt u ra l St a tis ti cian

The Sta tistical Repo r ti ng Serv i ce , US DA, 186 1 West Bro ad Street , Athens, Georg ia , In cooperation with t he Georg ia Departme nt of Agricu l t u re . Tel e phone 404- 546-223 6 .

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cT1l1 y 1, 1 '7 7C.

=>, e l e a s ~ d

6/ 2Lf/ 7S

G eo r ~ ia Cr a in St o c Ls Do t in

St o r ed g r ain o n .Ju n e 1 i s a Lr e ad y t e 1 01 ' t h e ~liG l l l e v e l s o f J u l y 1 , 1 9 75 ~'J i t l1 t ne ex c e p tion o f c o r n a nd s o r gh um s t o r e d Oil f a r rne , S t o r ag e in Ge o rgia c on t i n ue s t o run c o un t e r to .Ia t i on a L tr e n d s .

Cr a i.n

Cor n

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2 0 , ,)~3

22 , 74 8

3 )32 1

2, 303

23 ,3 2 i f

25) 556

Oa t s

;

33 4

28 4

85

55

419

33S

Ba r l ey

:

4

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38

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3 ,8 C3

3 , 46 5

2/

5 , 628

2/

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1/ Compa r Ls o ns are Jul y L , 1 ]7 5 v s June 1 , 1 97 6) r ep o r t ing da te c h anze see t e xt: o f U. S .

;-ummar y . 2 / .Io t pu b L'i s hed t o avo id d i ~c 10 s i n 2 ind i vi du a l o p e r a ti on s ,

Uni t ed Sta t e s :

Soy1::'e a n a n d U;le a t St o c k s Up S';;arply

J u n e 1 s t o c l.s o f soy b ean s a t 15 , 0 mi.Ll.Lon me t r i c ton s ~]e r e 30 p e r c e n t a bove a ye a r

ear Li.e r and al l l.l~1 e a t s t o c i. s at 1 8 . 1 mi l li on me tr ic t on s u e re u p 5 5 pe r c e n t. St o cks of t he

f ou r f e e d ; r a i n s (c o r n ) oa t s , 'oar l e y a n d s o r gh um) tot a l e d 5 6 .8 mi l l i on me t ri c tons , up 22

perce n t f rom J un8 1 , 1975 . I~cr ea s e ~ f r om a year ear lier f or i nd i v i dua l f e ed gr a i n s ~ere 33

pe r c e n t for o a r l e y , 24, pe r c ent f o r COF " and 1 7 p e r ce n t; fo r s o r ghum, Oa t s wa s 7 perc en t

telo~ a year aarl i er .

Corn i n all s t o r a c;e po s i t~ on s 0 :1 .June 1 , 1 9 7G t o t ale d 1, 857 mi l l ion b ushe l s , 2Lf p e r c e n t

aLove a y e ar o a r l i e r . bu t 2 pe r c en t ~ 2 l ow J une I , l S7 4 . Fa r m s t o c~ s t otale d 1, 277 mi l lion

bu s h2 l s a rid o f fr-f a r rn o t o c l;s " e r e 5 3[: mi llio n b us he Ls . J isa p pear a n c e f r om a l l s t o r age p o s i t i on s

dur :.'r< 7 Lp r i l a n d .Ja y ' !a.:: ': 55 m:i.l1 i on ~, u s ':~, e l :J , U T) 32 pe r c e rr t f r om t he same p e r i od of 1 07 5 .

S o r~ ~ ;um ~ r a in i n all s t o r a g2 p osi t i ons June 1) 1 9 7 ~ t o t al e d n e a r l y 15 4 mi l l i o n b u s h e l s ,

17 pe r cen t mor e t ~a n a y e a r ea r l i e r b u t 37 perce n t b e l o~1 the s ame da te i n l S7 4 . Far m s t o c k s

~~ rs at almo ~t 5 ~ mi l l i o n bus h e l s and of f - f a r~ : ~ ld i n gs tota led 1 0 4 mi l lion b u s h e l s .

Ol d c r a ry o a t s t o c k s in sto ra S8 on J un e 1 , 19 76 t o ta l e d 2 07 mi l lion b u s h e l s , 7 percen t

l e 3 s t h a n A. y ear a go and a t h i r d l e ss t h a n on J une 1, 19 74 . Fa r m s t oclcs t otal e d nearly 1 6 2

~i ll~o n b u s h al s a n d off- farm b u s h els a n d o f f -farm s t o c t s we r e 6 4 mil lion b u s h e ls .

L:~ll vl~l e a t ( ol d cro p ) in s to r a ge on J u ne 1 , 1 9 7 ~ t o t a Lcd 6 :)5 mf.l. l.Lo n bu s h e Ls , 55 p e r c e n t

above a year a ar l i e r a n d ~ C n e r c ~ n t a~c ve 2 y ea rs a na . Fa r m s t o c k s to t a led n e a r l y 2 35 mil l i on

Du ::hsl', ."c d o f f r-f a r rn sto c c s "ere 43 G mi lli on bu uh c l. s ,

J 1 d cro p r y ~ ~ t o c~ . s in al l ryos itions on J u ne 1 , 1 ~7 G tot ale d 4 . 5 mi l l i on b u s h e l s, 32

pe r c ent ~~ l ~ ~ 2 Y ~ 2 ~ e a r lie r a~ ~ 3 pe r c e n t b e l ow t wo ye a r s a go . Farm s t o cks t o t a l e d 2 . 1

mi. Ll.Lc -; ' , Ue;: ,:::13 a nd c ff.--f a r m a t ocl. o we r e 2 . 4 mi l l i o n b u s ue Lc .

E:O ~': :,::2 2. ::: J.!..~ C ~:.3 i n al l o s i t Lons o n J u n e 1 , E ' 7S t o t a Le d J 5 l mi l l i o n b u she l s , U1J 30 pcr c c n t f r om J '.1-']'':: 1 a :,78 a r ago and 2 3 , : 'e r c ent a uove t HO y c a r r: a go . Fa r m s t o c 'cs totale d 7. 5 0
m i llio ~ b U G ~~ l ~ a ~d o f f - f a r~ s t o c t s v e r e j Ol mi l l i o n ~ us :!e 13. Dis a p p e a r a n c e d u r in E Ap r i l

a nd :Ja y ': 'J ~~ 3LJ mi ll:'C'n bU8'~ 1 2 1s , 35 e r c e n t a i. ov e t h e same perio d a y e a r a so.

Hi t; , t '!::l-:J Lc s u e of ~~r ai!'. s t.c cl.c , t he d a te of L ,r.:; mi d y e a r re p o r t i s c han gad to J a n e 1

f r oru .Ju Ly I , The s t art of t ;:,?: marl,2 t i n ~ ye a r fo r Il:,e a t, oat s, b a r Le y , r :7:: anJ f La x s c e d

~ ta::: r c c e n t Ly c ',: a '18:"d to J u n e 1 f r orn .Ju Ly 1 , ':i:',1e r 2 f o r :: , 8, JU:H:, 1 s t o cks r cp or t ~ .- j. l l ra f Le c t

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t ~, :, e C () ::,O ;l~_ r.: r ::' [~ :::: ar ci " s e r vz.c c of t ::ll:: ic=pe.r t mer: t iia z L; .su e d a ~~~;" r i e s o f .June 1 Ln t e r n o La t.Lo u e

for t > c u, ::: 0 :: a t a a n d m .t hodo l.o gy us e d Ln a r r t v t n g a t t\.:~ ~~ u: :e 1 ~_ I:t 0 P) o l a t i o ,1 s a rc s 'i~ o\;:~

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Unit ed gr a i n , June

States 1, 197 6

\Ji t h

compa r is ons

( I n thousand bushe l s )

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J un e 1 1 /

Apr il

J un e

Gr a i n and Position

19 74

1975

1976

19 76

C O~R

-.

(In Fa r ms

'.

NA

NA

1 , 399 , Lf 13

1 , 276 , 701

Off Fa rms 2/ TOTAL

NA 1 , 895 , 000

.i-1.\
1, 492 ,000

912 , 407
2 .au ,820

5 7';,3 45 1 , 85 6 , 546

SOi:\.G Em ~

On Fa r rr.s

HA

HA

83 ,668

49 , 482

Of f Fa rms 2/

NA

NA

164 , 221

104 , 090

TO ~~\L

245 , 000

131,.oCO

247 ,889

15 3 , 5 72

O !~T S

On Fa rms

1'1A

['JA

251 , 399

161 , 594

Off Fa rms 2 /

NA

NA

70 ,101

45 ,7 60

TUT.\ L

303 ,000

224 ,000

322 ,000

20 7 , 354

BA~'.L EY

Cn Farm s

NA

NA

98 ,2 74

63, 145

Of f Fa r ras 2/

iJA

jjA

06 , 36 0

64, 265

TOTAL

14 6 , 000

92 ,000

18 4, 634

127 ,410

!l.LL YJHEAT

OPo. Fa r ms

NA

IiA

341, 381

234 , 46 6

Off Farms 2/

NA

NA

59Lf, 1 29

430 , 25 2

TOT:.L

339,0 00

430 ,000

~35 ,510

66 4, 718

!'-Yi::

On Farms

W-I.

HA

3 , 15 3

2 , 1 44

Off Fa r ras 2 /

l'~.~.

Nil.

2 , 830

2,367

TOT.AL

_lL.J..,1_ 7.<_;

6, 625

5 , 983

4 ,511

SCYB EANS

O~ Far ms

:

NA

Cf f Farms 1/

;

i'1A

NA

405 , 06 7

24 9 , 877

l,lA

456 ,1l0

30 0 , S Ol

TO TAL

:

447 , 000

424 , 000

86 1, 1 77

55 0 ,6 78

~ 1/- ~R- S e s t i ma t e s der i ved f rom Ju l y 1 s t oc ks b y ad j us ting for J une di sappe a r a nce .

I/ Includes s t ock s at mills , e l eva to r s , \7a r chous e s , t erm inals and pr oc e s s or s .

F:~.\ S l Et<. 1. Gl-.L LOHt.Y A_~__ri_ c_~_ _l_t .u..A_r a. 1 .Stat i s t ..i_c...i a n I n. Cha._.r ge ~ _ _ ._. __ M

H. J BRY PI TTS

3.I CHARD F . u I TTI1Ai'J

Agr i c ul t ur a l St a tis t ic iam

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The Sta tis t i c al ~epo r t ing Se r vice , USDA, 1861 ' ~ s t Br oa d Str e et , Athe ns , Ge or gi a i n coope r at i on ~ 7i t~ t he Georg ia J e pa r tment of Agr i c ul t ur e . Tel e phone 404 - 5 46- 2236 .

A.=l:e r ~' ive Days Return to United St~les Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service
1861 West Broad Street Athens, Georgia 30601
OFFICIAL BUSINESS

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United S'o t De~ o "menl of Agricult ure
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GRA IN ST O CKS

,' 1.l1y 1 , 10,7-:'

: '.e 1 e a s O:! d

6/ 2Lf!7 S

Ge or :; i a 2r a i Cl S t oc~ ~s J o\ ;1,

St o r e d gr a i.n on June 1 i s a lr e a d y b e Low t h e ll "iCil leve l s o f July 1 , 1 97 5 ~:i t i1 t h e exce ?t i on of c orn a n d s o r g~um s t o r ed o n f a r ms . S t o r a ge i n Ge o r g ia c o n tinue s to run coun t e r to . ia t Lo ria L tr e n d s.

Gr a i.n

Ce o r g i.a Gra in St oc l;s _ .. J u n e 1 J l 'n 6 "; i t h Co mp a r i s on s 1 /

On Farms

:

Uf f Fa r ms

: ~ll Pos i t i ons

J u1 y---l., 1 97 5 J u n e 1. , 1 9 7 6 ; J_u.l y_ L ,. Jl iS_ Lu.nc_1.,_ l.9.1..61..J.uJ ,.)LL,-l9J..5_ J.uue-L,.J.9 76 1 , 0 0 0 Bu s li e Ls

Corn

;

20 , ')03

22, 748

3, 321

2 , 308

23, 3Z if

25 ,556

Oa t s

:

33 4

28 4

35

55

U9

33 S

D.:lr l e y

:

4

3

Q

2/

4

2/

!fue a t

37

36

2/

21 3

Jj

254

~ye

;

62

32

r)

2/

62

2/

Sor g num

38

355

0

2/

30

2/

Soybe a n s

:

3 , 8e3

3 , 4 G5

2/

5 ,623

') ;
~I

~\ , O ~' 3

1/ Compa r i ::ons a r c. J uly 1 , 1 975 v s J une 1 , 1 97 6, re p o r t ing da t e c h a n ge see t e x t of U. S.

summa ry . 2/ . Io t p u b l i s h e d t o avo i d di s c lo sin g i n d i v i du a l o p e r a t i ons .

Uni t e d St a t e s :

Soy hean a nd O~ e a t St o cks Up St ar p1y

Jun e 1 s t.o c l.s of s oy b e a n s a t 1 5 . 0 mLLl.Lon me t r i c t ons tze r e 30 pe r c e nt above a y e a r

ea r Ld. e r and all vzh e a t; c t ocl; e at 1 8 .1 mil lion me tr i c tons 'J e re up 55 p ercent. St o cks o f t he

four f eed ~ r a in3 (cor n ) oat s, b a rl e y a n d s o r ~ l um ) tot ale d 56 . 8 million me t r i c ton s, u p 22

perce nt fro m J un e 1 , 1 975 . I ncr e a s e s f r o m a y e a r ea r l i e r f o r indiv idu a l f eed gr a i n s were 3 3

pe r c e n t for b a r Ley , 24 p ercent fo r c or" , and 17 p erce n t f or s o r g hum, Oa ts wa s 7 p er c ent

0810" a ye a r e a r lie r .

Cor'L, in a l l s t o r a c e posit i ons 0:1 Jun e 1 , 1 97 6 t otal e d 1, 857 mill io n b u s he ls , 2Lf p e r c e n t

a~ov e a yea r 2a r l i er . b u t 2 p e r c e n t L21 0w J u n e 1 , l S74 . Fa r m s t o c t s total ed 1, 277 mill ion

bu s he l s a ~d o ff -far m s t o c ks u e r e 5 3 C mi l l i o n b u s h e ls . ~ i sapp e ar a n c e from all s t o r ag e pos i t i o n s

du r :'.r;,~ !, p r i l a rid '.Ia ;'T , ~a 2 ': 5 5 mi l l io n c u she Lc , U T) 3 2 ne r c e n t from t h e same p erio d of 1 07 5 .

S o r~ ~ :um g r a i n i n a l l s t o r a ge p o si t i ons J un e 1 , 1 97 ~ t o t a l e d n earl y 154 million b u s he l s,

17 p e r c e n t mo r e t r.a n a y e a r e a r l ie r ou t 37 pe r c e n t be Lovr t h e s a me d a te i n 1 ~7 4 . Fa r m s t oc k s

Fe r:= at a l .mo s t 5 ~ mi l l i o n bus h els a n d o f f-i f a rrr, h o l d i n g s to t al e d 1 84 mill i o n L u sheLs .

Ol d cro ry oa t stocks in stora B8 o n J une 1 , 1 97 6 to t a led 2 07 mi l l i on b u s he l s , 7 p erce nt

l e 3 u t h a n R y e a r a go a n d a t h ird l e s s t h an o n J u n e 1, 1 9 74. Fa r m stock s total e d n e a r ly 16 2

,:Ii l 1 i 0::1 b u ah e Lc a n d of f-far m b us he l s a n d o f f -fa rm s t o c lcs vre r a G/f mil lio n b u s he l s .

~l l ~~ ~ a t (ol d cro p) in s tor a ge on J u n e 1 , 1 97 6 t ot a l o d GG 5 mi 1 li o ~ b u s h e l s, 55 p e r cen t

above a y e e r a ar l i er a n d SC v e r c ~nt abo v e 2 y e a r s a~o . Fa rm sto c k s to tal ed n earl y 2 35 mi l l i on

Du ::'hel r,; a:.:-1 of f -far m st.o c i; s p er e 43 0 mi ll io n b u s h e l s .

J 1 d cro p r y~ ~ t o ct s i n a l l ? o s i ti on s on Jun e 1 . 1~ 7 G t o t al ed 4.5 mi l lio n b u s h e l s , 32

perc,:.n t -::.lG-; 2. :' ~ 2 ':' e a r Li.e r a n d (3 pe r c e n t be l.ov t r.lQ y e a r s a 2:0 . Fa rm s t ocks total e d 2 . 1

mi. Ll Lc -:. ...us : . ::: ~G a nd cff -farm c t o c l;o \'je re 2 . 4 mi l l i o n b u s ue Lo ,

SO';' ':':3-::: CJ t C? c~:. G Ln a l l po s i t Lo n s 0 1". J u n e 1. , 1 9 76 t o t a Le d ~ 5 1 m.iLl. Lon b ue h e Ls , U 9 30

p c r c c n t rr om .}'.m '.:: 1 a ? c a r ago a n d 23 -.: ' e r ~ e n t a b ove tHO ye a r c a go , Fa r m s t o c x s tot al e d 250

n:i ll i o:-: b :.lGh,-,l c a n d o f f-c f a r ru r.t o c l: s u e r e 30 1 rr.i.l.l Lo n 'j u s : :8 l ::; 0 D'Laa p p e a r a nc e dur Ln g Ap r Ll.

a nd : Ja:" ':f~ 8 31':; mi.Ll.Lon bu ou e I a , 35 e r c e n t a i.ove t h e s a me p e ri od a y e a r a go .

Hi t: , t ~ : j, ::; La sue o f ~; r a i" s toc l.s , t h e da t e o f t ~1e mid ye a r r eport is c h a n ged t o J un e 1

f r om .Ju Ly 1 . Th e start o f t :.:"c marl .e t i.n n y e ar f o r ll: ,ea t , oat s , b a r Le y , r "j" a n d f La x a u ed

\/a~ r c.c e n t Ly c ' :a ::l wd t o ,~ un E: 1 f r o rn J u l :.' 1 . Tn e r a f o r .: , 8. J U:1E: 1 s t o c kc r e por t ~ : j. l 1 re f Le c t

of o l e: ; t ar t of y e a r . c 2. r= :;."' o v :~ r

t

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::;;i,':; .:o r i c a:. compa r i.e o nc f o r .Ju n e 1 b a a ad on s u r v e y data a r e n ot ava i.Lab Le . Em"e v e r ,

t '~:: :~ ~ C. () :-:.O;~l ~.r.: r e.s 8arcl . s e r v i.cc o f t ::l l;; Ql3 p e.r t nl'.::r: t ;13,'; L J3Ued n ::: ." r i e s of .Iuu e 1 i nt e r po latio n s

:= , f o r ::>,:.: '~j 0

::Ja t a a n d rnvchod o Lo gy L' S E:d :' n ar r i v xn g a t t ~-,,,: ~~ ;.l:; e 1 ::,;:",lr.::ro o 1 a t i o;:, s a r e S !'i O ~ i::'

Lr, L ,2 ~ ;.r~' ":. :' 7G :;" 3 S U '2 S o f t : i';;; f e.2d :' .;. t :18 t ::'o n anrl t :.. .~ ; (~ 3. t c: :L t u a t i o~:..

Unite d Sta t es

Sto cl s o~ ' gr a in , June 1, 1 ~7 6 wi t h compa r is on s

,'. ' ' ,;

(I n t housand bushel s )

Gr a in a wl Po s i tio n , ;\, t'

.Jun e 1 1:..1

1 974

1n 5

Apr il 1 97 6

June J.976

CO? i.J

() n Fa r ms

"1

l :..

I'l1\'.

Of f Fa r rns ']j

I J~.

lJA

1 , 399 ,Lf13

1 ,27 6 , 701

~ li~~

n2 ,407

5 7':' ,345

TOTAL

1 , 395 , 000

1 , 492 ,000

2 , 311, 320

1 , 856 , 54 6

SOr.GI:1.1L

On Far~ s

i..JA

1-1A

83 ,668

49 ,4 82

Off Fa r ms 2/
____~T~O ~~L

NA

NA

164 , 221

104 , 090



?~ /~, ~O; , '~1 lvl nv

131 , oco

247 , 38';

153 ,572

OI'.TS

Cn Fa r ms

iTA

i\jA

251 , 399

161 , 594

Off Farm s 2 /

NA

!\IA

70 , 101

45 , 76 0

1\.; 1"~.: ..L

308 , 000

224 , 000

32? , OOO

20 7 , 354

BL ::.L EY

Ci.1 Fa r ms
J ff 7 a E :1S 2/

NA

ITA

98 ,2 74

63 , 145

i.JA

irA

86 , 360

64 , 265

T O T!~ L

146 , 000

92 , 000

184, 634

127 , 410

i!.LL YJHEAT

Or: Fa r ms

lJA

iTA

341 ,3 81

234 , 466

Off Fa r ms 2 /

il A

i:!A

594 , 129

430 , 25 2

TOTl\.L

339, 000

430 , 000

:1 35,5 10

664 , 71

~W L

On Farms

i';A

HA

3 , 153

2 , 14 4

J f f Fa r ns 2/

l~ L~

Nh.

2 ,83 0

2,36 7

--- -T-OTF.L:.-___ ___ _ ___ __ ~
3CYBL \ i'iS

14, 175

6 , 625

5, 983

4 , 511

G::l. Farms

:

t1A

rTA

405 , 067

249 , 877

Cff Fa rms 1/

;

I'll',.

i.TA

456 , 110

300 , 801

TOTAl ,

:

44 7, 000

42Lf , OO'J

861, 1 77

55') , 678

l /----.,~--RS 8s t ima t e s de rived fr om Ju l y 1 s t oc ks by a dj us t i ng f o r J un e d is a ppe a r a nce .

.'2:../ I nclude s s t oc ks a t mi l l s , e l eva t or s , tza r c hous e s , t er mi nal s an d pr oce s s or s .

l':;"''s n ::r. T . GLLLOHl..Y
AB ri cultur a l St a t i st i cian In Char 3e

~'l , J E'lRY P ITTS ? I CHAH.D II . u I TTl'iAH
Agr i cu l t ur a l Sta tist ic i am

Th e Sta t :' r: tical i....ep o r t Lng Servi ce . uSDA, 1861. Ue s t Br oa d St r e e t, At hens , Ceo r gi.a i n co op era tion ' 7i t~I i.: h e Geor gi a De pa r t rnen t of Agr i c ul t u r e . Te l e phone L~ ~1 4 -5 4 G- 2 2 3 6 ,

After Five Days Retur n to United States Department of Agr i cu l t ur e
Stat istical Reporting Ser v ice 186 1 West Broad Str e e t Athens, Georgia 3060 1 OFFICIAL BUSINESS

13 0 0 00 0 5902 43~1 (I 0

UNIVERS ITY OF GEORGI A STATE DOC UMENTS

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UNIV L H H"U'.RIE S

ATHE NS

GA 3 0 6 0 2

1 ~1

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Unite d Sto'., O. pOftmen . of Agricult ur.
AGR - 101 BULK TH IRD CLASS
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REP 0RrDOCUMENTS LIBRARIES

--GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE

ATHENS, GEORGIA

AGRICULTURA L P R ICE S

.JUN E

15 1876

GEORG IA IND EX UP I POI NT

June 30, 1976

The All Commodity Index of Prices Rece ived wa s 187 pe rcent, I point above the previous
month and 5 points above June 1975, accord i ng t o the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. The increase in the AI I Commod i ty Inde x f rom the May l evel re s ul ted f rom increases in cotton, soybeans, corn and hog s .

The June All Crops Index was 191 percent, up 7 po int s f rom the previous mon th and 6 points above June 1975.

The AI I Livestock Index fo r Ju ne was 184 perce nt , down 3 points from May 1975 but 5 points above June 1975.

UNITED STATE S PRI CES RECEIV ED INDEX UP 4 POINTS
PRIC ES PA ID INDEX UP 2 POINTS

The Index of Pri ce s Rece ived by Farme r s inc reased 4 poi nts (2 percent) to 195 percent of its January-Decembe r 1967 a ve ra ge du r i ng t he month en ded J une 15, 1976. Con tribu ting most to the i nc rea se s ince mid- May were h i ghe r pr ices for soybea ns , corn and hogs. Lower prices fo r ca ttle , app les, and hay w~ re pa rtially offse tti ng. The index was 9 po i nt s (5 percent) above a year ea r l ie r.

The Index of Pr ice s Paid by Farmer s for Commodi t ies and Se rv ice s , Interest , Taxes and Farm ~!a ge Rates for Jun e 15 wa s 195, up 2 points (1 pe r ce nt ) from a month earl ier. Higher prices for feed and farm machine ry were the major contribu to rs to the index increase.
Pr ices averaged . high er for all components surveyed exce pt feeder 1 ivestock and clothing.
The ind ex wa s 12 points (7 percent) above a year ea r l ie r .

1967 = 100

INDEX NUMBE RS - -GEORG IA A.~D UNITED STATES

May 15

June 15

May 15

1975

1975

1976

June 15 1976

GEORGIA

Prices Received

AI I Commod i tie s

174

182

All Crops

178

185

Livestock & Livestock Products

170

179

186

187

184

191

187

184

UN ITED STATES Pr i ce s Received

:

: 183

186

191

195

Prices Paid, Interest, Taxe s & Farm Wage Rates

: 180

Rat io 1/

. 102

:

1/ Ratio of Index of Prices Received ' by Farmers

and Farm Vlage Rates.

183

193

102

99

to Index of Prices Paid,

195 100 Interest, Taxes,

FRASIER T. GALLOWAY Agricultural Statistician In Charge

CLAYTON J. MCDUFFIE Agricultural Statistician

The Statistical Reporting Service, USDA, 1861 West Broad Street, Athens, Georgia in cooperation with the Georgia Depa rtment of Agricul ture . Telephone 404-546-2236.

PRI CES-- RECEIVED AND PA ID BY FA RMERS . J UNE I S. 1976 WITH COMP,l\ RISONS

Georq ia

Un i ted Sta te s

J une I S t'1ay I S Jun e 15

J une 15 May 15

an d Un i t (';...~ ~ _ -1 : ... ..

1975

197 6

1976

1975

1976

PR ICES RECE IVED

~ he a t , bu . 11 Oa t s , bu. 11

$

2. 80

3. I 2

$

1. 60

1. 60

2.9 2 1. 49

3. 43 1. 47

3. 42 1. 64

Co r n , bu .

$

2. 95

2. 75

2. 93

2. 68

2. 61

2.74

Co t t on , l b.



40 . 0

59.7

64. 8

38 .9

57. I

59.4

Soybea ns , bu .

$

5. 00

4.90

5.83

4 .9 0

4 .87

6. 16

Swee t po t a t oe s , cwt.

$

11. 15

18 .20

10. 60

9.55

Ha y , ba Ied, ton

Al l

$

Lj2.0 0

43. 00

L:4 . 50

53. 60 64 .80

59.60

Al f a l f a

$

56.7 0 70.20

64 . 00

Ot he r I I

$

45.3 0 48 .00

47.70

Mi l k Cows , hea d

$ 335.00 400.0 0 400 .00

413. 00 487. 00 479. 00

Hog s , cwt .

$ 44. 10 45.80 46 . 60

47 . 40 47. 50

49 . 10

Bee f Catt l e , Al I , cwt . 31 $

Cows , cwt . ~I

-$

24.5 0 20. 00

31. 20 27.9 0

30 . 80 27. 30

36.80 21.90

36. 90 29.00

36. 30 26.7 0

St ee r s & Heifers, cwt . $

28.00

33.7 0

33. 60

41 .60

39.40

39. I 0

Ca l ve s , cwt.

$

25. 00

36.7 0

33. 70

29. 10 38 .80

37.90

Mi l k , Sold to Pl a nt s , cwt .

Flui d Ma r ke t

$

9 . 10

10 .2 0 7 /1 0. 10

8 . 24

9 . 50 7/ 9 . 38

Ma nuf a c t u red

$

7. 10

8.3 1 7 / 8 .3 1

All

$

9. 10

10.2 0 2 1 10. 10

7.97

9 . 23 7/9 .1 4

Tur keys , l b.



30.0

34. 0

30.0

32.7

32. 0

- 31. 4

Ch i c ke ns , l b.

Exc l ud i ng Bro i l e r s 2 1

8.5

17..0

13. 5

9. 0

12 . 2

Comme r c i a l Bro i l e r s



28. 0

25. 0

24. 5

27.6

2L~. 7

24. 3

Eggs , a II , doz.

6/53.8

63.3

60. 8

45 .6

55.5

53.8

Ta bl e , doz. Ha t ch i ng , doz .

6 / 46. 5 - 85. 0

59 .3 88. 0

56.4 88 .0

PRICES PA ID , FEED

Mi xe d Da i ry Fee d , to n

14% p ro t e i n

$ 130.00 132.0 0 137 . 00

130.00 133. 00

137 .00

16% p rot e in

$ 136.00 14 1. 00 146.00

130 .00 137.00

143.00

32% p rot e i n

$ 150. 00 163. 00 185. 00

168 .0 0 177 .00

193.00

Hog Fee d , 14%--18% p ro t e i n

c wt ,

$

8. 20

8.30

8. 90

8. 01

8 . 08

8. 63

Cot t ons eed Mea l, 41 %, cwt. $

8. 90

9.40

10. 50

8. 72

9 . 60

10.40

Soybea n Mea l , 44%, cwt . $

8 . 70

9.3 0

11. 50

8 . 48

9. 34

I 1. 50

Bra n , cwt.

$

7. 60

7 .80

8 .1 0

7. 12

7 .41

7.44

Mid d l i ngs , cwt.

$

7. 50

7 .80

7.90

6. 93

7.24

7.3 1

Co r n Mea l , cwt.

$

7. 50

7. 20

7.30

6.92

6 .66

6 .97

Poul t r y Feed, ton

Bro i l e r Gro we r Fee d

$ 161.00 157.00 175. 00

162.00 161. 00

172.00

Lay i ng Fee d

$ 139 . 00 138.00 150 .0 0

144 . 00 146.00

156 . 0 0

Ch i c k Sta rter

$ 166. 00 159.0 0 177.00

163.0 0 164. 00

179 . 00

Al f a l f a Hay, ton

$ 70. 00 68. 00 75.0 0

67. 20 71.80

71.00

Al l Othe r Ha v . t on

$

63. 00

60 .00

63. 00

55. 90 60.30

59. 60

11 Mon t h ly es ti mat e s fo r Georgia di s contin ue d begin n ing J une 1976 . I I Inclu des a l l hay

exce pt alfa lfa. 31 " COWS " a nd " steer s a nd he i fers " combi ned wi t h a l lowan ce where necess a ry

fo r s lau ght e r bulls. 41 Includ e s cull da i ry cows sol d fo r s l a ughte r , but not dairy cows

f or he rd repl a ceme nt s .- 51 Mont h ly es ti ma t es fo r U. S. d i s cont i nued be g i nn in g J une 1976.

61 Revi se d . 2 1 Pr e l imlna ry .

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Sta t i s t i ca l Repor t i ng Ser v ice 1861 West Broad St r ee t Athens , Georgia 3060 1 OFFICI AL BUSINESS
Received

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AGR - 101 BULK THI RD CLASS

JUL 1976
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UGA LIBRARIES

GEORGI A CROP REPORTING SERV ICE

ATH ENS, GEORGIA

Jul y 1, 1976

JUNE ACREAGE REPORT - 1976 S IZEABLE CHANGES IND ICATED FOR SOME GEO RGIA CRO PS

There ha ve been ma jor s h ifts i n some of t he crops t hat util i ze th e bulk of Georgia's cropland, accord ing to i nd i ca t ions obt a i ned from Georg ia farme rs a bout June 1. The Georgia Crop Repor t in g Serv i ce's June Acreage Repor t shows a s ubs t a nt ia l drop in soybeans from last year , wh i le co rn and cotton acrea ge in c reased s i gnif i ca nt l y . Soybean plantings were estima t ed 25 percen t bel ow la st yea r- - a drop of 320, 000 ac re s . Total plantings for the current ye a r were p l aced at 970, 000 a cre s . Muc h of this ac rea ge reduction i n soybeans will appare ntly be used for co rn produ ction t his yea r. Co r n p lant i ng s were estimated 280,000 acres ab ove l a s t yea r t o tota l 2, 300 , 000 ac res --~4 pe rce nt .

Cotto n i s mak i ng a pa rt ial comeba c k f rom l a s t year' s dra s t i cally reduced acreage. The June 1 estima t es sh ow a 52 percen t in crea se above a year ago. Acreage this year was indicat ed at 250 , 000 acre s compa red to only 165, 000 la st year .

Peanut p l a nt i ngs we re e s tima ted at 525,000 a c res- - of f l es s t ha n 1 pe rcent f rom la s t year1s 527,000 a c re s. Acrea ge ac t ua l l y ha r ve s t ed is de pend ent o n a var i ety of vari abl es between now a nd ha r ve st t ime but ha rve s ted a c re a ge wa s t en t a t i vel y e st ima te d at 521, 000 acres .

Tobacco ac rea ge f o r harve s t wa s se t at 68, 000 a cre s - -o f f 9 perce nt from last year's 75,000 acres. Sor qhum plan t ing s t hi s yea r at 85 ,000 ac re s a re up 6 percen t f rom t he 80,000 planted for las t season .

Acreage f or ha y produ c ti on wa s es ti mat ed ab out 1 percent be low las t year at 465,000 acres.

Crop

ACRE S PLANTED AND HARVESTED, GEOR GIA, 1975-1 976

Pla nt ed Acre s

Harv ested Acres 1/

Indi ca t ed

1976 :

Indicated

1976-

1975

197 6

1, 000 Acres

1975 Pe rcent

1975

1976

1,000 Acres

1975 Percent

Corn, All

2,0 20

2,3 00

114

':/h i t e Corn 2/ 125

80

64

':Jhe a t

: 160

150

94

Oats

: 240

250

104

Sarl ey

:

10

12

120

Rye Cotton Hay, All Soybeans



480 165



: 1, 290

4 10

85

250

15 2

970

75

Peanuts

: 527

525

100

Sweetpota~o es

8.0

8.0

100

Tobacco, Type 14 :

All So r qhu rn

:

80

85

106

1, 880

2,130

113

100

72

72

135

115

85

90

95

106

8

10

125

105

105

10O

160

3/

470

465

99

1, 260

950

75

524

521

99

7 .5

7.5

100

75

68

91

47

51

109

J./ Harvest ed for p r in ci pa l us e of eac h crop, i. e . grain, bean s, nuts, e t c .
2/ Includ ed in AllCo r n.
1/ Acres f or ha rv e s t will be avai l a bl e Augu s t 12, 1976.

Th is a c re ag e re po r t i nc l ude s e s t ima tes of acres plan t ed o r intend ed to be plan t ed and a c re s int end ed for harvest ba sed on surveys co nduc t e d about Jun e 1. Thes e es timat es were pre viously i s su ed as pa r t of th e July Crop Production Repo rt .
II The Crop Product io n Report to be i s su e d J u ly 12 wi l l in clu de e st ima te s for
I harves t and f o re ca s t s of yi eld a nd p rodu c tion f o r co r n , wheat, bar ley, oats , ry e, su mme r pot atoes an d f l ue-cu red tobacco as we] 1 as produc t io n forecasts for sele c te d f r u i t s a nd nut s . Yie l d a nd p rod uctio n wi l l be based on surveys cond ucted a bou t J u l y 1.

UNI TE D STATES J UNE ACR EAGE REPORT FOR 1976
Corn plant ed f or ai rp~ 'rpo s;e s tot a l s 84 . 1 mi l l io n a c re s , up 8 pe r ce nt from bo th 1975 an d 1974. Acr eage f o r g ra in , a t 72.4 mi ll io n ac re s , is up 8 pe r ce nt fro m l ast year an d 11 percent f rom 1 974~

Sorqhum plant i ngs of 18.4 mil l ion ac res are up 1 perce nt f rom 1975 a nd 4 perce nt a bove 1974. Producer s ex pe c t t o harve s t 14.8 mi l l i on a cre s f o r grain , a decreas e of 5 perce nt fr om
197 5.

Feed Gra in pla nt ed acrea ge (c o rn , sorghum , oat s a nd barl e y combined) tota l s 129 . 3 mi l l io n acre s, up 5 pe rcent f rom the acreage plan t ed la s t year . Acrea ge i nte nde d f o r grain harve s t i s 108 . 7 mi l l io n, al mos t 4 pe r cent l arger t han 1975 .

All ~!h e a t s eeding s t otal 80 .2 mi l I io n acres, up 7 pe r c nt f rom a yea r ear l ie r a nd 12 perce nt fro m two yea rs ag o . Growers seed ed 57. 7 mil l ion ac re s of win t er whea t las t fall, the large s t acrea ge sin ce 1949.

Soybean p l a nted a c reage of 49 . 0 mi ll io n acre s i s down 10 pe r cen t from 1975 an d down 8 perce nt from 1974 . Growe r s in t e nd to harv e st 48 .2 mi l l ion a cres f or bea ns .

Cotton pla nt ed ac reage is pl ace d a t 11.7 mi ll ion , 23 pe r cen t ab ove 1975 but 15 pe r ce nt below 1974.

@ilseed pl a nt ed a c rea ge (co t t on , fl axs eed, pe a nuts an d soybean s combin ed) i s 63. 2 mi l l ion, down 6 pe r cent from 1975.

UNITED STATES CROP SUMMARY

Ac res Pla nt ed fo r Al l Pu rpo se s

Ac re s Har vest ed 1/

Crop

Ind ic at e d

1976

Indi ca t ed

1976

197 5

197 6

19 75

1975

1976

1975

1, 000 Acre s

Pe r ce nt

1,0 00 Ac res

Pe r ce nt

All Co r n

77, 902

84 , 092

108

66,9 05

72, 435

108

\1h i t e Co r n 2/

696

542

78

631

504

80

Al l Sorghum Oats

18, 275

18 ,398

101

17, 386

17, 559

101

15, 484

14,782

95

13, 650

13, 076

96

Barley

9,526

9 ,247

97

8, 711

8 , 373

96

All \:/hea t Rye

75,095

80, 239

10 7

3, i 66

3,038

96

69,656

70, 215

101

814

869

107

Soybeans

54 , 577

48 ,972

90

53,606

48 , 172

90

Peanuts

1,531.9

1,539.8

101

1, 504 . 0 1,511. 9 101

Cotton

9,492.6 11 , 711.2

123

8,796.0

3/

All Hay Sweetpo t a t oes

122. 0

124 .2

102

61,8 63

61, 079

99

118.5

120. 8 102

A11 Toba cco

1.0 86.4

1.022.7

9 L~

1/ Harv e s t e d for principa l us e of each c ro p, i. e. g rai n , bea ns , nu t s , e t c .

2/ lOS ta te to t a 1: Inc I uded i nA I I Co rn .

}/ Acre s for ha rvest wi ll be a va i l a bl e August 12, 1976.

FRA S IER T. GA LLOWAY Agricul tu ra l St a t i s t i c ia n In Cha r ge

\-J . PAT PA RKS Ag r i c u l t ura l Sta ti s t i cian

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J u l y 1, 197 6

JUNE ACREAGE REPORT - 1976 SIZEABL E CHA NGES IN DICATE D FOR SOME GEORG IA CROPS

The re hav e bee n ma jor s hifts in some of the crop s t ha t ut i l i ze t he bul k o f Georgia's cropland , ac co rdi ng to indi catio ns obt ai ned f rom Geo r g ia f arme r s abo ut J une 1. The Georgia Crop Repor tin g Servi ce 's Ju ne Ac re a ge Report s hows a substa nt ia l drop in soybeans from las t ye a r , wh i le co rn an d co t t on a creage in creas ed sign ifica nt l y. Soybean plantings were esti ma t ed 25 perce nt below las t year- -a drop of 320 , 000 a cre s. Total p l ant ings for the current ye a r were pl a ce d a t 970,000 a cres . Muc h of t his a c rea ge reduction i n soybeans will app aren tly be used fo r cor n prod uct io n th i s year . Co rn p l a nt i ngs were e s t ima ted 280,000 ac res a bove l a s t yea r to t ota l 2 , 300,000 a c re s- ~4 pe r ce nt .

Co t ton i s mak i ng a par ti a l comeback from l a s t yea r ' s dra s t i cally redu ced acreage. The June 1 e st imates s how a 52 perce nt i nc rea s e a bove a ye a r ago . Acre age t his year wa s indicated a t 250,0 00 acres compared t o only 165 , 000 l a s t ye a r.

Peanut plantin gs were e s t imate d a t 525,000 ac re s- - of f l e s s t ha n 1 percen t f rom la st year1s 527,000 acre s . Acreage ac t ua l l y har ve sted i s dep en de nt on a var ie ty of variabl es between now and harve s t t ime bu t ha rve s ted a creage wa s t en ta ti ve ly e s t ima ted a t 521, 000 acres.

Tobacco acrea ge for ha rve s t was se t at 68, 000 ac re s- - of f 9 pe r ce nt from la s t year's 75,000 acres. Sorqhum p lant in gs this yea r at 85 , 000 a cres a re up 6 percen t f rom the 80,000 plant ed for last season .

Acreage for ha y produc t ion was es t ima ted ab ou t 1 perce nt be low las t year at 465,000 acres.

Crop

ACRES PLA NTED AND HARVESTED , GEORGIA, 1975- 1976

: 1975

Plan t ed Ac re s



Harvested Acres 1/

Ind i cate d

197 6

Indicated

1976-

197 6

1975 1975

1976

1975

1, 000 Acre s

Pe rce nt

1,000 Acres

Percent

Corn, All

: 2,0 20

2 ,3 00

114

1,880

2,130

113

V/hit e Corn 2/ : 125

80

64

':/hea t

: 160

150

94

100

72

72

135

115

85

Oats Sar 1ey

: 240

:

10

250

104

12

120

90

95

106

8

10

125

Rye Cotton Hay, A11 Soybea ns Peanu t s Sweetpota t oes



48 0 165

:

: 1,290

: 527

:

8.0

4 10

85

250

152

970

75

5 25

100

8. 0

100

105 160 4 70 1, 260 524
7. 5

105

100

3/

465

99

950

75

521

99

7.5

100

Tobacco, Type 14 :

A11 Sorghum

:

80

85

106

75

68

91

47

51

109

1/ Harvest ed for pr incipal us e of eac h crop, i v e , grain, bean s, nuts , etc.
2/ Includ ed in AllCorn .

1/ Acres f or harvest wi l l be av ai la ble August 12, 1976.

Th is acrea ge re po r t i nc l udes e s t ima te s of a c re s p l a nt ed or intend ed to be
plan t ed and a cres intended for harvest ba sed on surveys conducted about June
1. Thes e est imates were p re v ious l y issu ed as part of t he July Crop Production
Repo r t.
I
I The Crop Produ c t ion Rep or t to be iss ued July 12 wi l l i nc l ude e st imates for
I harvest and fore ca s ts of y iel d a nd product ion for cor n, wh eat , barl ey, oats, ry e, summer pota toes and fl ue- c u red toba cco as wel l as produc t ion forecasts
I for selected fruits an d nu t s . Yield and product ion wi 11 be based on s ur ve ys I conducted about J u1y 1.

UNITED STATES JU NE ACREAGE REPORT FOR 1976
Corn planted for all purposes t~t~ls 84.1 mill ion acres, up 8 percent f rom both 1975 a nd 1974. Acreage for gra in, at 72.4 million acres, is up 8 percent from last year an d II percent from 1974.

Sorghum plantings of 18.4 mill ion acres are upl percent from 1975 and 4 percent abov e 1974. Producers expe c t to harve st 14.8 mi l l ion acres for grain, a decreas e of 5 percen t from
1975.

Feed Grain planted acreage (corn, sorghum, oats and barl ey combin ed) totals 129.3 mill ion
acres, up 5 percent from the acreage planted last year. Acreage intended for g ra i n
harvest i s 108.7 mill ion, almost 4 pe rcent larger t ha n 1975.

All Whe a t seedings total 80.2 mil I ion a c re s , up 7 percent f rom a ye ar earl ier and 12 percent from two years ago. Growers seeded 57.7 mill ion acres of wint er whea t last fall, the largest acreage since 1949.

Soybean planted acreage of 49.0 mill ion acres is down 10 percen t from 1975 and down 8 percent from 1974 . Growers intend to harvest 48.2 mil I ion acres for beans.

Cotton planted acreage is placed at 11.7 mill ion, 23 percent above 1975 but 15 percent below 1974.

@ilseed plant ed acreage (cotton, flaxseed, peanuts and soybeans combined) is 63.2 mill ion, down 6 percent from 1975.

UNITED STATES CROP SUMMARY

Acres Planted for All Purposes

Acr es Harvested II

Crop

Ind icated

1976

Indicated

1976

197 5

1976

1975

1975

1976

1975

1,000 Acres

Percent

1,000 Acr es

Percent

All Corn

77 ,902

84,092

108

66,905

72,435

108

~J h i te Corn 21

696

542

78

631

504

80

All Sorghum

18,275

18,398

101

15,484

14,782

95

Oats

17,38 6

17,559

101

13,650

13,076

96

Barley All ':/hea t Rye

9,526

9,247

97

75,095

80,239

107

3,166

3,038

96

8,711

8,373

96

69,656

70,215

101

814

869

107

Soybeans Peanuts

54,577

48,972

90

1,531.9 1,539.8 101

53,606

48,172

90

1,504.0

1,511.9

101

Cotton

9,492.6 11,711.2 123

8,796.0

31

All Hay Sweetpotatoes All Tobacco

122.0

124.2

102

61 ,863

61,079

99

118.5

120.8

102

1,086.4 1,022.7

94

II Harvested for principal use of each crop, i.e. grain, beans, nuts, e t c .
1/21 10 State total: Included in All Corn. Acres for harvest will be available August 12, 1976.

FRASIER T. GALLOWAY Agricultural Statistician In Charge

v, PAT PARKS
Agricultural Statistician

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Releas ed J u l y 12, 1976

I NTENTI ONS AND PROSPECTI VE ACREA GE FOR H,A,RVEST--S UMMER QUARTER GE ORGIA

As o f Jul y I , ve ge t a bl e an d melon crop s i n Georg ia had made so me re cove r y from the problems ca us ed by the heavy May rain s, d isease, an d coo l sp ring wea t he r . Acco rd i ng t o t he Georgi a Crop Repor t i ng Servi ce, the cond i t ion of veget a ble a nd me l on crops f o r ha rvest dur ing Jul y , Augus t a nd September wa s ra ted as most l y fair to good and down sl i ght l y f rom the 1975 crop. Based on grower repo r t s , harve s t ed ac reage for t he summer quarte r i s expec t e d to be up f rom 1975 f or the four crops bei ng esti mated . Harve s t e d a crea ge i s expec t e d to be up 8 pe r ce nt f or s na pbea ns , 20 pe rce nt for cabba ge , 12 pe rc e nt fo r ca nt a l oups , and 15 percen t for wat e rme l ons .
Aba ndonme nt is expecte d at about th e same p ropor t io n as in 1975. Wa t e rme l on pe r ac re produc t ion i s expec t ed to averag e below las t yea r due t o t he unfavorabl e Ma y wea th e r . Movemen t of wa t erme lo ns dur in g July has been mod era t el y abov e last yea r wit h pea k vo l ume expe cted a rou nd mi d- J u l y .

UNITED STATES

SNAP BEANS: The 1976 summer qua r t e r p ro sp ec t iv e a rea f o r harves t is es t imated a t 28 , 500 a c re s , 5 pe rce nt mo re than the 27 ,100 acre s harve s t e d du r i ng t he sa me qua r t e r i n 1975. Bas ed o n h i s t o r ic a vera ge yi e l ds , t his acrea ge i s expec t e d t o p rov i de 1. 1 mill io n cwt ., whi c h is 5 perce nt ab ove t he 1975 crop. Harv e s t has begun i n Virg ini a wi t h s ome damage due t o d ry , wind y wea the r. In No rth Carol ina, crop prospect s a re ve r y good at thi s time . Cal ifo r n ia ' s wea t he r has been fa vorable for crop growth.
CABBAGE: Pro s pe c t ive a rea f or harves t dur in g t he 1976 su mme r qua r te r i s fo re ca s t at 25,500 acre s , 1 perce nt above the s umme r quart e r of 1975. Us i ng h i st or i c ave rage y ields, producti on i s projected a t 6.4 mill io n cwt., a dec rease of 4 perce nt from t he hi gh yi e l d i ng level of 1975 . We t May weat he r dela yed New York 's cabbage p lanti ng. Ear l y s ee de d ca bbage developme nt wa s s l ow a nd uneve n , but i s now imp roving . Tran s pla nti ng f o r t he s tora ge crop is underwa y . In New J e r s ey , cabbage ha r ve s t is now heavy. Growe r s have bee n ir ri ga t i ng as so il s ha ve be come very d ry . The Vi rginia crop is in good co nd i t ion wi t h t he ha r ve s t expec te d t o i nc re as e t hrough July. Nort h Caro l ina's growing co nd i t ions ha ve been fa vo ra bl e and c rop p ro spe c t s are good at t h is t ime .
CANTALOUPS: The 1976 s umme r qua rter estimate of 37 ,200 ac re s fo r ha rve s t i s 22 pe rcen t below th e 47, 400 ac re s harvested i n 1975. Pro duc ti o n from th i s a creage is p roj e c te d a t 5.3 milli on cwt , , which wou ld be 23 percen t l e ss t ha n t he compa rable pe r iod l a st year. In most a rea s of Texa s , the c rop is sl i ght l y l a t er t ha n normal due to t he coo l wea t he r t h i s spring. Mo i st u re is i n good suppl y . Cal i fornia 's ca ntal oup prospects a re good. Wa rm weather has contr ibu t e d t o good g rowth rates an d exce l len t developme nt. The Ker n di s t ri c t bega n harves t i ng i n mi d-J une , s1 i ghtly ahead of normal .
WATE RMELONS: The 1976 summe r qua r t er wa t ermel o n a rea fo r ha rv e s t i s pl ac ed at 131,500 acres. Th i s is 9 pe rce nt more tha n t he 1975 c rop of 120 , 800 a c re s . Projec t e d produc t io n for the s um~~ r c rop is esti ma t ed a t 12.4 mill ion cwt. ba sed on av e ra ge yi el ds in re ce nt
yea rs . Th is is 5 pe r ce nt h igh e r t ha n l a s t year's producti on. The No rt h Caro l in a mel on
crop lo o ks good at t hi s ti me but i t wil l be l a te in some areas due t o dry cond i tion s at planti ng time. In Al a bama , ha rv es t i s well unde rway a nd yi eld s a re good. In Oklah oma , hea vy rai ns a nd in s e c t p roblems ca us ed maj o r re p l a nt i ng in mo s t a reas. Vi nes are growi ng wel l an d the crop i s i n good condi tion . I~el o n harvest in t he Lowe r Rio Gra nde Va ll ey of Texas is now i n t he f ina l stage s. Cool, wet weat he r ha s hamp e re d c rop de vel opme nt i n east Texa s . Moveme nt i s now underway from ce nt ra l an d ea s t Texa s fiel ds . P i cki ng of wa t e rme l ons in t ile Impe r ia l Valley of Ca lifor n ia i s unde rway and i nc re asin g in the Pal o Verd e Va l l ey. The Dese r t c rop harve s t wi ll be comRleted nea r t he en d of Ju l y . Pi cking has begun i n the Sa n Joa qu i n Val l ey an d Sout h Coas t a rea s wher e t he crop is maki ng no rma l de vel opment .

Chah ges i n the Stat i s t i cal Repor ti ng Se rv ic e Fre s h Ma r ke t I Vegeta bl e prog ta m wer e an no unced by t he USDA on Ap r i l I , 1976 .
i:A ma jor ch ang e bei ng refle c ted in t h i s report is th e re c l a s s i f i ca t ion of a l l ~ f re s ,.,~ :ma.r ke t ve getable e s tIrna t e s as maj o r or 1 imit ed . I Est ima t e s in a numbe r of minor produc ing State s a re be i nq e l im i nat ed .

FMS IEK T. GALL OHAY

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HI KE HAMM ER a nd J ERRY P ITTS

Ac r l c u l t u ra l St a t l s t l clen 'l n Cha r oe

Aqric u l t u ra l Sta ti s t i c ia ns

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coopera t ion with the Geo r g ia De par tme nt of Ag r i cu l t u r e . Te l ephone 404-546- 2236 .

PROSPECTI VE ACR EAGE Fort HAiWES T, SUt~ME ~ ('UARTER 1/, BY STATES . 1976 WITH COMPA RISO NS

Cr o p

Summer Acr.e.::.:;a--:.q.;.e

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and St a t e

Ha rve s t ed

:

197/-j.

1975 :

Fo r Har ve st 197 6

1976 as a pe rc e nt of

1974

_ 1975

Acre s

Pe r ce nt

S ~!A P BEANS 2/

Ca 1i fo r n i a

1, 700

1, 800

1, 700

100

9Lf

Geo r g ia Ma ry 1a nd

1,400 1,800

1,200 1,800

1, 300 1,7 00

93

108

94

9 Ll-

t~ i ch i ga n

2, 600

2, 100

2,100

81

100

New Je r s e y

4,Ll-00

3,800

5,3 00

120

139

~J ew Yo r k

7,700

7, 600

7 ,600

99

100

No rt h Ca ro 1 ina

3,800

3,800

1+ , 300

113

113

Te nne s se e

1, 300

1,600

1, 500

115

94

Vi rg i n ia

3, 600

3 , 400

'3 , 00.0

83

88

Mai o r 9 States

28. 300

27, 100

28. 500

10 1

105

Pros pe c t ive Plant e d a nd Harv es t ed Acre s , Summe r Oua r t e r, by States and Pl a nt i ng Pe r iod , 1976

with Compar i sons

Acreage p l a nt e d and t o be p la nted fo r

Cro p and

- - - --'s:.p.::-e: cif ied p lant inq pe r i od s Yea r of Pl a nt i nq

Summe r Acreaq e 1/

Ha r ve s ted

Fo r

St a t e

Pla nti ng

Intended

Ha rve s t

Pe r i od

1975 .

1=9.:.-7-"-6__--=._ _~ 197~5

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Ac re s

CAB BAGE 2/

Ca l i forni a

Har .Ju l.

1,60 0

1, 600

1,600

1,600

Colo ra do

Ap r i v Ju n ,

2,500

2 , 6 00

1,700

1, 800

Geor g ia

De c. -Jul."

3 ,800

4 , 000

500

600

Ind ia na

t1a r. - Jun .

1, 600

1, 400

1, 400

1,3 00

t'lic h iga n

Apr. -Ju l.

5, 000

5 , 000

2 , 900

2, 500

Nel',l Je r s e y Nel<! York No r j h Ca ro l i na

I"la r . ..Au g .
Apr. -Jul.
t'la r , - J u 1

5, 000 10 , 900 4,000

5 , 500 11 ,30 0 4 , 100

2 , 400 3, 500 3 , 700

2, 700 4 , 500 Lf, OOO

Oh io

: Apr . -Jun.

1, 400

1,500

1, 100

1,200

Penns yl va n ia Vi rg i n ia V/ is con s in Ma ior 1Z Sta t e s

Apr .-A ug. Feb . - Aug . Apr, 'Jun.
:

2,800 1, 800 5,800 46 , 200

2 , 8 00 1, 400 5 , 600 Lf 6 , 8 0 0

1, 600
1, 350 3 ,400 25 ,150

1,600 1,000 2 , 700 25, 500

CA NTALOUPS

Ar i zona

: Jan. - Ap r.

7 , 0 00

6 , 900

5, 000

1, 900

Cal ifo r n ia Geor g ia

Ma r . - J un. Ma r .-Apr .

32 , 100 4 , 200

24 , 500 4 , 700

32 , 100 3, 300

24 , 500 3 , 700

Ind ia na

Apr. -Jun.

1, 800

1,700

1,700

1, 600

Texa s

: Ma r , - Jun.

5 , 600

5 ,900

5 , 300

5 , 500

Ma jo r 5 State s

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50,700

43, 700

47 ,Ll-00

37,200

WAT E I~""l E L ON S

Al a bama

: t~a r , -May

13 , 700

15 , 000

10 , 800

11, 300

Ari zona

: Jan. -tla r ,

2,900

3 , 200

2,800

3 , 000

Ca 1 i forn i a (D ES) Ca 1 i f o rn ia (OTH) Geo r g ia

: Nov. -Ma r.
/"iar. -Jun.
: Har .- Apr.

3 , 9 00 5, 700 32 , 200

3 ,700 5,700 37 , 900

2 , 100 5 ,700 26 ,000

1, 000 5, 700 30. , 000

Ind ia na

Ap r . - Ma y

6,800

6 ,800

6 ,400

6, 600

Mi s sis sip p i

: Ma r . - Ap r ,

10 , 400

14 , 000

9 ,500

11, 400

North Ca rol ina

Ap r. - Ma y

8 ,400

9 ,2 00

8 , 000

9 , 000

Ok l a homa

: Ma r . - Ma y

9 , 000

8, 500

7, 500

7, 500

Sout h Ca ro 1 i na

: t~a r , -May

21 , 000

23 , 000

20 , 000

21, 000

Texa s
Ma i 0 rI O Stat e s

: Ja n . - J un .
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55, 000 169 ,000

55,OGO 182 , 000

22,000 120,800

25 , 000 131, 500

1/ J u ly , Augus t and Se ptembe r . 2/ Acre a ge int entions for s pe c i f ie d pe r iods a re not

e s t ima ted na t io na l l y .

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PRODUC TION, UT ILIZAT ION AND VALUE FOR THE 1975 CROP

GEORGIA: Georgia util ized pe can p roduct ion for 1975 totaled 75.0 million pounds, according to the Geo rg ia Crop Re po r t i ng Service. Info rmation for this estimate was based
on reports suppl ied by peca n produce rs , buye rs, and processors . This level of production made Georgia t he leadin g pecan p rod uci ng State for the th ird straight year.

Cash receipts from ut i l i ze d p roduc t io n amounted to $32.1 mi l l ion , up 12 percent from 1974 but 22 percent bel ow t he record e sta bl i s hed i n 1973. Improved varieties contributed $27.0 mi 11 io n toward th e tot a l , wh i l e Na tive and See d l i ng variet ies accounted for $5.1 mill ion in 1975 . Pr ice pe r poun d a t 45.0 cents for Improved varieties and 34.0 cents for Nat ive and Seedl ing va r iet ies were we l l below 1974 but above 1973 .

UNITED STATES : Productio n of pe can s fo r 1975 was e s ti ma t ed at 246. 8 million pounds util ized. This was 80 pe r ce nt greater t han the s hort 1974 crop but 10 percent below
the record 1973 crop. Geo rg ia aga i n l ed th e nation in pecan p roduction with Texas next, closely followed by Lou is ia na .

Value of utili zed p rod uct io n wa s estimated at $98.2 million , 52 percent above 1974 but 3 percent l ess t han th e 1973 reco rd . Price per pound av eraged 39.8 cents, well below 1974 but abo ve 1973 .

PECAN STOCKS IN COLD STO RAGE: On Ma y 31 , 1976, t he U. S. Cold Storage report showed 21.0 mi l l ion pounds of pecan nutmeats stored in the U. S. compared
with 19.9 milli on a yea r ea r lier. In shell pecans in cold storag e totaled 59.0 million pounds compared wi t h 15.7 mi l l io n po unds a year earl i e r .

FRASIE K T. GALLOWAY Agricultural Statisti ci an In Cha r ge

MIKE HAMMER & W. PAT PA RKS Agricultural Statisticians

The Statist ical Reporting Serv ice , USDA, 1861 West Broad Street, Athens, Georgia in cooperation wi t h the Georgia De pa rt ment of Agriculture. Telephone 404-546-2236.

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J u Iy 13, 1976

GEORG IA: The e s t ima t ed Geo rg ia crop a t 21 0 mi ll ion po unds (4,37 5, 000 - 48 poun d equ i va lent s ) , remained unchanged f rom t he e s t ima t e o f a mo nt h ear l ier, a ccord in g to the Georgi a
Crop Rep or ti ng Service . If rea l iz ed, t his vo l ume o f produc t ion woul d be mo re t ha n doubl e l a s t yea rl s crop of 95 mi l l ion poun ds.
Comme nt s a nd reco r ds re cei ve d f rom both g rower s a nd o ff i ci a l sou rce s i nd i ca t e t h i s year 1s shipme nt s hav e bee n be t ter in vo l ume al t hough some growe r s have ha d probl ems wi t h qual i t y. The Federal -S t a t e Insp e ct ion Se rvi ce rep o rt e d 1, 928 car l o t e qu iva l e nt s s h ipped t h rough J u ly 11 compa re d wit h 1,4 13 ca r l o t s fo r t he s ame dat e la s t year . Mo re t han 85
percen t of th e crop was repo r t ed a s ha r ve s t ed by Jul y 9.
Pea c h esti ma tes re l a t e to tota l p roduct io n wh i ch incl ude ra i l an d tru c k s h ipme nt s ,
loca l sal e s , non-insp e c t e d tr uc k s h i pme nt s to po i nt s i n the St ate a nd ad jo in i ng sta t e s , quant it ie s us e d fo r p roce s s i ng and qua n t i t ie s used on t he f arms whe re produce d .

UNITED STAT ES: The Na t i on l s 197 6 pe a c h crop i s f o re ca s t a t 3,115 mi l l io n po unds, off 2
per ce nt from t he J une 1 f o re cas t but st i ll well a bove t he ut i l iz ed crops of rece nt ye a r s . Exc l ud i ng Cal i for n ia 1s Cl i ng s t one p rodu c tion (us ed most ly f o r can n ing ) , the rema i n i ng o ut put wil l t o t a l 1, 505 mi l l ion poun ds, or 9 pe r ce nt more t ha n wa s ut il i zed in 1975.
In Cal ifornia , the Cl i ngstone cro p is f o re ca s t at 1, 610 mi l l ion po unds, un c h a ng ~ d f rom t he June 24 report , but 12 pe rc e nt ab ove the 1975 util i zed crop . Tre es had a heavy fr u i t
se t and , a l t ho ugh ma ny o rchards were no t t h inned, ave rage fruit s i ze i s expe cted t o be good.
Harve s t of ear ly va r ie t ie s ha s be gun i n Ba ker s f i e l d wi th pi c kin g i n Ki ngs bu rg a nd Mode s t o sc hed u l ed for la t er i n J u l y. Ca l i f o r n ia ' s Freesto ne crop i s f o re ca s t at 470 mi l li on pounds, 21 percen t a bove l a s t year . Harves t i s i n f u l l sw i ng wi th ex ce l l e nt f r u i t qua l i t y .
The Sou t h Caro l i na crop at 245 mi ll ion pounds rema ins unc ha nged fro m l as t mo nt h but i s 17 pe rcent l a r ge r t ha n t he 1975 ut il iz ed prod uc t io n . Ha rv es t wa s a ct iv e durin g Jun e with vo lume now increa s i ng ra pi d ly . Rece nt ra i ns s lowe d pi c kin g but imp rov e d t he average s i ze of re mainin g f rui t. In Geo rg ia, prod uc ti o n is f o re cas t a t 21 0 mi l l ion po unds , more t ha n doubl e l a s t yea r l s crop . Pe nnsy l va n ia 1s peac h pro ductio n is now se t a t 105 mi l 1 i on pounds, 11 percent a bove t he June 1 l e ve l due t o imp roved g rowi ng cond it ions .

FRAS IER T. GALLOWAY

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Aq r i c u lt u ra l St ati st i c i a n

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coope ra t i on wi th the Georgia Dep artme n t of Agri culture . Te lephon e 404-546-2 236.

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Sta t e

PEAC HES

Prod uct ion

Ni1 1 ion Pounds

48 Poun d Equivalent s

Ut i1 i zed 1/

Indi cated

Uti1 ize d

Ind ica t e d

1974

1975

1976

1974

1975

19 7G

1, 000 Units

Alaba ma
Arkansas
Cal iforn ia
Co lora do Con nect ic ut 2/
Del aware 1/
Georgia Idaho 2/
111 i noi s
Ind ia na 2/ Kansas 2/ Kentucky 2/ Lou i s ia na-2/
Ma ry l a nd Ma s sa chuse tt s 2/ Mic hi ga n
Miss i ss i pp i 1:/ Mi s sou r i 1:/
New J ersey New Yo r k
North Ca ro l ina
Oh io 2/
Oklahoma 2/
Orego n i/
Pe nnsyl va n ia
South Ca ro 1 ina
Tennessee 1:/
Texas
Utah 1/
Vi rg i n ia
Wa s hi ngt on ~-!e s t Vi rg i n ia

9.0 20 .0 452.0 13.7 4.2
1.2 45. 0 10 . 0
3. 5 2.0 3.0 5. 0 6.3 19 . 4 3.0 70. 0 7. 0 3.0 91.0 16 .0 20 .0 14.0
.1
l1.U 120 .0 21 5. 0
4. 0 18. 0 16.0 32. 0
27.3 23.0

7.0 35.0 389 . 0 16.0
5.4 3. 2 95.0 10.5 27.0 10.0 11.0 16. 5 3.0 23. 0
5.3 55. 0
7.0 23 .0 90. 0 17. 0 30 . 0 20.0 6.8 12.0 110. 0 210.0
8.7 16. 0 16.0 32.0 39 .6 28.0

15.0 42.0 470. 0 16.0
4.0 1. 5 210.0 12.0 19 . 0 4.0 6.0 9.0 6.5 13.0 3. 0 30 . 0 15 .0 25 . 0 75. 0 13. 0 15 . 0 12. 0
7. 0 15. 0 105. 0 245.0 8.0
23. 0 17. 0 13 . 0
35 .0 21.0

188 4 17 9, 4 17 285
88 25 938 208
73 42 63 104
131
4 0L~
63 1,458
146
63 1, 896
333 417 29 2
2
229 2 , 500 4 , 479
83
375 333 667 569 479

146
729 8 , 104
333 113 67 1, 979 219 563 208 229 344 63 L09 110 1,146 146
479 1,875
354 625 ' 41 7 14 2 250
2, 29 2
4 , 375
181
333 333 667 82 5 583

313 875 9 ,792 333
83 31 4, 375 250 396 83 125 188
135 27 1 63 625 31 3 52 1 1, 563
271
313 250 146
313 2,188 5 , 104
167
479 354 27 1
729 438

U.S . TOTAL

.: 1,284.7

Ca l if - Cli ngston e 3/ : 1,608. 0

1,378.0 1,440 . 0

J ,5 05 . 0
1,610. 0

26,7 67 33 ,500

28 , 709 30,000

31 , 358 33, 542

1/ Excl ude s unharvested produc tio n a nd exce s s cul1a ge (mi 11 ion pound) : United Sta tes 1974-8.9 , 1975-28 . 1. 2/ Estimat e fo r curren t year ca r r ied forw a r d f rom ea r l ier f orecas t.
1/ Cal ifo rnia C1 ing s t one is over the s ca l e t onna ge and inc l ude s cu l l s and canne ry
d iv ers io ns (mi l l ion pounds) : 1974- 152 .0, 1975 150. 0.

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GL O ;:-~G IA

July 13 , 1976

Crops Improvin ~ ; The bq~inning of J uly f ound cr ops s howi ng improvement, according to t he Georgi a Crop ~ep or t i n g Serv i ce. The cool t empe ratur es .and r a iny wea t he r
of ~iay and t hc fir st l.a l. f of June c hanged to ope n skie s a nd warme r tempera t ures during t he
Iatt cr hal f of J une and crops were respondi n g f av or a b l y . Some a r e a s wer e be c omi ng dry about July 1 , ~ut the rainy weekend du ring our Nat i on 's Bi cen t enni a l Celeb r a t i on brought r elief to the ue are a s ,

~e estimated c orn ac r eage to be har ve s t e d thi s yea r is s e t at 2 ,130,000 a cr e s - - up 13 perc ~ nt from a year a80 . r1uc h of t his a c r ea ge shows good gr owt h a nd color b ut stands in many fi~lcl s a r c l ess than desired du e t o that e a r l y seas on r a in da mage . The first yield for ecast ~as s et at 55 bu shels per a cre . If r eal i ze d , th is yie l d ~vo uld mean a product ion of 117 .150 , 000 bU8hel s f or Georgia. White c orn a crea ge fo r gra i n harve s t i s e xpec ted to be 72,000 acres-dovffi 2G perc ent from las t year.

Plantings of peanut s , the Sta te' s l eadi n g cash c r op wi l l utiliz e 525,000 acres of Geor gi a ' s cro pland t his yea r - - of f s l i gh t l y f r om la st year 's 5 27 , 000 a cr es . Ab ou t 521 , 000 acres of the planting are expe c t ed t o be i1ar ves ted f or nuts . Soybe an plant ings a t 970 , 000 acr e s were down 25 percent fro m last ye a r . Acres to be har ve s t ed f or be ans were se t a t 950 ,000 acre s .

Cot ton plantings ~Je r e es tima te d t o have r i s en 52 pe r cen t f r om la s t year 's s ma l l cro p to total 250 , 000 a cre s this ye a r . The crop i s current l y rat ed in fair to mostly good condition .

Ac r~ G of fl ue-cu r e d t oba c co har ves t ed and to be ha r ve s t ed was s e t at 68 , 000 acres compared wit h l a s t ye a r ' s 75 , 000 acres. ~Jeathe r pr oblems caus ed a lowe r yiel d for eca s t t han last year 's 2,010 po unds per a c re . The 1976 c rop is expe c t ed to ave r a ge onl y 1 , 700 pound s pe r acre.

Peach produc tion i s e xp e c ted to to t a l 210 mill i on poun ds - - up 121 percent f r om last yea r' s s~o r t crop.

GEORGIA ACREAGE AND PRODUCTI ON, 1975 AND 1976

Crop and Uni t

Acr ea ge Har - : For vested: Harve s t 1975 ; 1976

Yiel d per Acre

I ndi-

1975

cat ed

1 97 6

Production

lndl-

1975

cated

1976

Al l Cor n , for 8r a in, Lu.

Thou s a nd Ac r e s 1, 880 2, 130

55 .0

55 .0

Thousands 103,400 117 ,150

~fuite Cor n , for grain ,
bu . 1.1
\fuca t , bu .
Oa t s , bu . Bar l ey , bu .
Rye, bu .
Cot t on , bales z./
Eay , al l , ton
Soybeans , f or beans Pea nu t s , Ii.:..
S~1eetpo t a t o e s , cu t . ToLacco , 7y pe 14 , l b . Peac he s , 1"0.

10 0 135
90 8
10 5 165 470 1 , 260 524
7.5 75 ~

72 11 5
95 10 105 250 465 950 521
7. 5 .68

50 . 0

27 . 0

32. 0

45 .0

51. 0

38 .0

41. 0

15. 0

22 .0

4/443

3/

2 .5 0 3/

25 .0

3/

3 , 295

3/

10')

3/

2 , 010 1 ,7 00

5 , 000 3 , 645 4 , 050
304 1,575 4/148 1 ,175 31 ,5 00 1 ,726 ,5 80
750 150,75 0
95 ,000

3, 680 4 , 845
410 2,310
3/
3/ 3/ 3/
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115 , 600 210 , 000

1/ I nc l ude d in ;'All Corn" above . 2/ Plan ted acre s . 3/ The fi rs t y i e l d an d produc t i on for eca st

ui ll be r e l eas e d Augu s t 12. 4 / Cotton yiel d in pounds pe r ha r ve s t ed acre, product i on i n bales .

F?~4. S I Ef. T. G/~LLOHAY Aericultur a l Sta ti at ic ian I n Char Ge

\1. PAT PA-~I(S Agr i cul t ur a l Sta tistician

The St at La t Lca L ":.e por t ing Se r v i e;e , ,USj)A, 1861 Pes t Br oa d Stre et , At hens , Ge or gia i n coope r a t i on ~i t~ t~:c Geo r e i a Depa r t me n t of As r i c ul t ur e . Tele?hone 404- 546-22 36 .

UlUTED STATES cnor REPOlZT SUl lHARY
AS OF JULY 1 , 1 976
Cor n product i on, forecast at a reco rd 6, 55 3 mill i on bu s hels based on condi t i ons as of Jul y 1 , i s 14 percen t l arge r tha n t he 1975 crop and 41 percent a bov e the shor t 1974 crop . The 1976 yield per acre is ind i ca t ed at 90. 5 bus he ls, 4. 3 bushe l s above 1975 bu t below t he 1972 r eco r d yield of 97.1 bu she ls.
Oats production is expect e d to total 499 mil l i on bushel s , 24 percent below l a s t ye ar and t he l owes t production since 1881.
Ba r l ey ~roduction i s placed at 311 mi llion bushels, 19 percen t be l o~J 1975 .
~~1c a ~ production i s f oreca s t at 2, 040 mi l l i on bushe l s , 4 percent l es s t han l ast yea r 1 s recor d cr op .
Flue- cur e d tobacco production i s f orecast a t 1 , 318 mill i on poun ds, down 7 percent from last year .
Apple produc tion is forec as t at 6 . 1 bi l l ion pounds, 14 percen t below last year 's record c r op and 6 percent less than wa s u tili ze d i n 1974 .
Peac h produc t ion is now forecas t a t 3 . 1 bil l i on pounds, of f 2 percent fr om l ast month .

Cro p and Unit

UNI TED STATES ACREAGE AND PRODUCTION, 1975 AND 1976

Area Har ve s ted

Yi eld per Acre

Production

Indi -

I nd i-

Ind icat ed

1975 : cat ed

1 975

cated

1975

July I ,

1 9 76

19 76

1 97 6

1 , 000 Acr e s

Thousands

Corn f or gra i n , bu . Oats , bu .
Barley , bu . All Whea t , bu. Rye , bu. Toba cc o , Flue-Cur e d
T)~ 8 11 and 14, lb. Apples , Com' l . , l b.
Peache s , II, lb .

66 ,905 13 ,650
8, 711 69 ,6 56
814

72 , 435 13 ,07 6
8 ,3 73 70 , 215
869

86 .2 48.1 44 . 0 30 .6 22 .0

717 . 2

655. 1 1 , 973

90 . 5 38 .2 37. 2 29. 1 19 .5
2,011

5 ,7 66 , 991 656 ,8 62 382, 980
2 , 13 3 , 803 17,8 75
1 ,4 15 ,0 35 7 , 087 ,100 2,818, 000

6 ,55 2 , 665 498 , 938 311 ,417
2 , 040, 456 16, 957
1 ,317,713 6, 11 3,200 3 ,115 ,000

11 I nc l ude s culls and cannery dive rs i ons f or Cal if or nia Cl i ngstone pea che s as follows i n
thousa nd pounds : 197~-150,OO O.

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J u ly 14 , 1976

The 1976 Georgia App le Crop is f o re cast a t 22 mi l lion pou nds compa red wi th 17 mil l io n pounds a year ag o. If rea l i zed, thi s vol ume o f produc t io n wo u l d be 29 perce nt l a r ge r t oan l a st vea r ' s crop. About 12 mi l l ion pounds of t he t ota l produc t ion is expecte d from the no rt he r n par t of t he State with the rema i n i ng 10 mill ion pounds comi ng f rom sou t he r n area s . Bo t h areas ha ve al rea dy mad e a mode s t beg inning of t he 1976 harve s t o f ear l y va r ie t ies.
Th i s est imate rep res en t s the first of fi ci al e st ima t e of Geo r g ia 1s appl e s by the US DA's Crop Re po r t i ng Boa rd . Compa ri son s ma de ab ove are wit h a 1975 e numera t io n of the Sta t e' s app l e produce rs by th e Georg ia Crop Repo r t in g Service, in coope ra t ion wi t h t he Geo rg ia De partme nt of Ag r icul ture . Future Natio na l apple re por ts
will inc l ude Georg ia a l ong wi th th ose Sta te s a l rea dy in t he re gul a r app l e es t ima ting p rogram . Prod uc t ion e s t ima t e s re late t o to tal p ro duction wh i ch inc l udes rail and truc k s h ip me nts ,
loca l sal e s , qua nt i t ie s used f or proce s s ing an d those used o n f a rms whe re prod uced .

Sta t e

APPLES II

11 i I I io n Po unds

PIWD UCT ION 42 Pound Equ i va l e nt s

Ut i l i zed 21 : Ind icat ed

1974

1975 :

1976

Uti] ized

: Indica t ed

1974

1975 :

1976

I , 000 Un i t s

Arka ns a s

: 13. 0

21.1

12. 0

310

502

286

Call fo rn ia

: 440 .0

460.0

480 . 0 10, 476

10, 952

11,'+29

Colo ra do Connec t i c ut

: 45.0 : 45.0

105. 0 43. 0

82.0

1,071

34.0

1, 071

2, 500 1,0 24

1, 9 52 8 10

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Idah o

: 12. 5
:
: 93.0

12. 5 95 . 0

11. 5 22.0 130 .0

298 2,214

298 2, 262

274 524 3,095

111 1no Is

: 79. 0

112. 0

91.0

1, 881

2, 667

2, 167

Ind ia na lowe

: 38 . 2

76 .0

'+0. 0

9 10

1, 8 10

95 2

: 10.8

9 .3

6 .0

257

221

143

Ka nsa s Ke nt ucky

: 12. 7

16. 6

11.0

302

395

262

: 14 .4

21. 4

14.0

3Lf3

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66. 0

67. 0

1, 643

1,5 71

1,5 95

Ma ry l a nd

: 65.0

79 . 0

62 .0

1, 548

1,881

1,47 6

Massac huse t t s

: 91 . 0

86. 0

87 .0

2,16 7

2, 048

2,07 1

Hlco iga n

: 670. 0

680 . 0

500.0 15,952 16,1 9 1 11,905

Hlnne so t a Mis so u r i New Hamp sh Ire

: 25.0
: 53. 0 : 61.0

18 . 5 67.0
55 .0

22.0

595

50.0

1, 262

54.0

1, 452

440
1,595 1, 310

524 1, 190 I , 286

I~ew Jersey New Mexico New York

: 120. 0
: 5.0 : 889 . 0

110.0 11.0 860. 0

85 .0 25.0
750.0

2, 857 119
21 ,1 67

2, 619 262
20,476

2, 024
595 17, 857

No r th Ca ro I Ina

295. 0

280 .0

275 .0

7,024

6 , 667

6, 548

Oh io Ore gon

: 132.0 : 165. 0

152.0 160 . 0

95. 0 170 .0

3, 143 3, 929

3 , 619 3, 810

2, 262 4, 04U

Pe nns y l va n ia

: 480. 0

503.5

390.0 11, 429

11 , 988

9 ,2 86

Rhode Isla nd Sout h Ca ro 1 ina

.:

4.0 20.0

4.2 21.0

4. 2

95

18 . 0

476

100 500

100 4 29

Tenn e s s ee Ut a h

: 7.0 : 37. 0

.

10 . 0
4~. 0

8 .5
40 . 0

167

238

88 1

1, 048

202 952

Vermont

: 38 .0

33. 0

34 . 0

905

786

8 10

Vi r g i n ia

: 378.4

395 .0

13 5.0

9,010

9,405

3 ,214

~/as h i ng t o n

:1,806. 0 2,200.0 2, 100 . 0 43, 000 52,38 1 50, 000

'!es t Vi rg i n i a '!i scon s in

: 210.0 : 60 .0

21 6. 0 64 .0

150.0 58. 0

5, 000 1,429

5,143 1,52~

3,5 71 1, 38 1

I). :;. TOTAL

. .'

:
:6 ,484 .0
:

7,087 .1

6,113 . 2 154 , 383

168,7L ~3

145, 553

1/ In o rch.H ds o f 100 or more bearin g ag e tre e s . 21 Exclud e s unha r ve s t ed produc t io n an d

exce s s c u 11~g~ ~m i l ~ ion pounds) : Uni t ed St a t es 1974 - 49 .4, 1975-419 .8 . ]/ Appl e es t ima te s

be g i n wit h the 1976 c rop ; da ta f o r p re v io us years no t a vai l abl e .

u. s. APPLE REP ORT AS OF JUL Y 1, 1976
The fi r s t U.S . appl e fo reca s t of t he 1976 sea son is s e t a t 6.1 bill ion pound s (145 . 6 mill ion 42-pound equ i va l e nt s ) . Thi s i s 14 percent below last year 's re cord c rop a nd 6 perce nt under t he 1974 produc t io n . Ac ros s-t he-board decl ine s we re reg i s t e re d i n e ve ry reg io n of th e count r y due , in most cas es , t o sp ring fre eze damage an d gene ral l y un fa vo ra b l e poll i na t io n wea the r.
In the Ea ste rn St ates, p roduc t io n i s expe c ted to to t a l 2.2 bil l ion pound s, one - fi f t h bel ow the la st t wo year s' uti l iz ed c rops . ' Tree s in many Sta t es bl oomed much ea r l ier than no rma l due t o an uns easona bl y warm spe l l i n ear l y sp r in g, an d we re h i ghly vuln erabl e to t he spr i ng f ree ze s wh i c h o cc u rred l a t er. Coo l , wi ndy, wet wea t he r dur in g po l l i l atio n f u rthe r reduced th e c rop po tent ia l . New Yo rk 's c rop is fo re cast 13 percen t be l ow 197 5, Virg i nia expe c t s on l y one- th i rd a s many apples as la s t ye a r , Pen nsy l vani a is down 23 pe rcent , but the New England crop wi l l be on l y 2 pe r cent l e s s t ha n 197 5 's .
Produc t ion i n th e Ce ntra l States is fo re cast at 907.5 mi l l ion pounds, down 27 perce nt from the 1975 ut i l i zed c rop an d 19 pe rcent be l ow t he 1974 fig u re . As i n the East , s p r i ng free ze s and poor po ll i na ti o n wea ther re s u l t ed in crop red uct ion s i n ev e ry State ex ce p t Minne so t a . Mi c h i ga n 1s produc t io n is off 26 pe r ce nt from la s t yea r , Oh io wi l l be down 37 perce nt , a nd in 111 i no i s a 19 pe rce nt smal le r c rop i s expec t ed .
The We st e rn Sta t es c rop i s i ni t ia l l y fore ca st a t 3 .0 bi l l io n poundS, 2 perce nt l ess than the ut i l iz ed p rod uc tion a yea r ag o but 17 pe rc e nt ab ove t he 1974 l e vel . In Wash i ng t on- the Na t io n ' s top produce r - -the c rop is ex pect e d t o t o t a l 2. 1 b i ll ion poun ds compared wi t h 1975 ' s reco rd ou tp ut of 2.2 b il l io n po unds . Tr ee s overwi nt e re d i n good cond i t ion an d sp r i ng weat her f a vored good poll i nat io n and l ater f rui t de ve l opme nt . Ca l iforn ia's c rop is f ore ca s t a t 480 .0 mi l l ion pounds , 4 pe rc e nt a bove a yea r ea r l ier. Ha rv es t of Gra ve ns te i ns ha s j us t begun in Sonoma Count y. Oreg on and Idaho ex pe ct l a r ger c ro ps this year, up 6 and 37 pe rc e nt resp e c t iv el y , whi le c rop reduc t ions a r e e xpec t ed f o r Co lo rad o an d Ut a h .

FRA S I ER T. GAL LOI:IAY Ag r i c u l t u ra l Stat is tician In Charge

1;1. J ERRY P ITT5 Agr icult u ra l Stati s t i c ia n

The Sta t i s t i ca l Repor t i ng Se r vi ce , US DA, 186 1 We st Broad St ree t , At hen s , Geo rgia , in coop e ra t io n wi t h the Geor gi a Depa rt me nt of Ag r i c u l t ure. Te l ep hone 404-546-223 6.

After Five Da ys Re t ur n to United St ate s Depart men t of Agr iculture
St a t istica l Report i ng Service 186 1 West Br oad Street Athens, Georgia 30601 OFFICI AL BUSI NESS

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15 19 76

GEORGIA IND EX UP 7 POI NT S

Augus t 3 , 1976

The AI 1 Commod it y Inde x of Pri ce s Received wa s 193 perce nt , 7 po i nt s a bove t he p rev iou s mon t h a nd 9 po i nts ab ove Ju l y 1975 , acco rdi ng t o th e Geor gi a Crop Re por ti ng Serv i ce . The inc reas e i n t he AI I Commod ity Index from the Jun e l e vel re s u l t ed f rom inc reas e s in cot t on , soybean s , corn , c h ick ens , eg gs a nd mi lk .

The July Al I Crops Index wa s 197 pe rce nt, up 9 point s f rom t he prev ious mo nth and 21 above Ju l y 1975 .

The Al I Livesto c k Inde x fo r J u l y was 189 pe rc ent, up 5 poi nts f rom J une 1976 but 2
po in t s be l ow J u ly 1975 .

UNITED STAT ES PR ICES REC EIVED IN DEX UNCHANGE D PRICE S PAI 0 I ~; D EX Im CHAN GED

The Index of Pr ice s Receiv ed by Fa rmers wa s unchanged from t he re v is e d J une in de x a t 196 percent of it s Ja nua ry- De cembe r 1967 a verage during t he mo nth end ed Jul y 15, 1976 . Highe r pri ce s f o r most c rops, e s pe c ia l 1y soy bean s , and dairy p rodu ct s were of fset by l owe r price s for mea t a nimals . The i ndex wa s 5 po i nt s ( 2t pe r cen t) above a year ear l i e r .

The Index of Pr ices Pa id by Farme r s for Commoditi e s an d Se rvi ce s , Int eres t, Taxes a nd Farm ~a g e Rates for J u l y 15 wa s 195, uncha nged f rom a mo nth ea r l ie r . Lowe r fe ede r 1 i ves t oc k pr ic e s offse t h i gher p rices f o r fee d , fue l a nd fam i l y 1 ivi ng i tems . The i ndex wa s 12 po in ts (7 pe r ce nt ) ab ove a yea r ea rl i e r .

1967 :: 100

I NDEX [~U M BE RS- - G E O [{G IA AND UNITE D STATES

J une 15

July 15

Jun e 15

1975

1975

197 6

J u l y 15 1976

GEORGIA

Pr ices Rece iv ed All Commod it ies

. 1/ 183

1:/18/+

2/ 186

193

All Crops

: 185

176

2/1 88

197

Livestock & Li vestoc k Prod uct s: 2/ 182

1/ 19 1

184

189

UII! I TED STATES

:

Pr ices Receive d

186

191

:

Pr ice s Pai d , Intere st , Ta xe s

& Fa rm \la ge Ra t e s

183

183

Rat ia ..!.I

:

: 102

104

196

196

195

19 5

101

101

1/ Ra ti o o f Inde x of Pri ce s Re clt<vJ:>d by ~a' rm~ rs" ~fb Inde x of Prices Paid, Int e re s t , Taxe s ,

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Athe ns, Ge o r g ia in coopera t ion wit h t he Georg ia Departme nt of Ag ri culture.

Te l e pho ne 40 ~ - 5 4 6 " 22 36 .

PRIC ES- - REC EIVED .A. i~ D P/'I ID BY FA RMERS , J ULY 15 . 1976 \-! I HI C OW~A R I S O i~~

G eo r~_

Un i t ed St a t e s

J u l y 15 J une 15 J u l y 15 Ju l y 15 J une 15 J u1y 15

Commod i t y- a nd Un i t

:

197 5

1976

1 9.~76~ _ 1975

1976

19ZL

PiU CES RECEI VED
Whea t , bu . II Oat s , bu . 1/
Co r n , bu .

$

/.., 80

3. 33

3 . Li2

3. 33

$

1. 45

1. 45

1. 61+

1. 64

$

2.89

2.93

3. 00

r. i :

2 . 74

Z.e ?.

Co tt on , 1b.



6/ 4 1. 0

64 . 8

80. 0

6 / 1+0 . 6

613. 0

2 176 . 5

Soybea ns , bu.

$

5.34

5. 83

6 .132

6/5.28

6. 16

6. 73

Swee tpo t a t oe s , cwt .

$

16. 60

9. 15 6/12.00

9. 55

9. 1

Ha y , ba l ed, to n .

All

$

41 . 00

44 . 50

47 . 00

51 .20

59 . 60

59 .00

Alfa l f a

$

Ot he r 1/

s

54 . 40

64.00

63 . 50

,

Lf3. 50

47 .7 0

47 . 70

Mi l k Cow s, head

$

350 . 00 1+00. 00 400. 00 6/ 4 12 . 00

479 .00

Lt7S . 00

Ho gs, cwt .

$

49 . 80

46.60

46 . 40 6/ 53 . 90

49.1 0

47.70

Bee f Cat t l e , Al l, cwt . 1/ $

23 . 70

30 . 80

30.3 0 6 / 35.20

36 . 30

33.50

Cows, cwt. ~/

$

St eer s & He ife rs , cwt . $

19 . 50 27 .00

27.3 0 33 . 60

27.30 32. 60

6/20 .50 ~/39.90

26 . 70 39 . 10

26 . 10 35. 80

Cal ve s , cwt .

$

2L~ .30

33. 70

32. 40 ../27.70

37 .9 0

35 . 20

Mil k , So l d to Plants, cwt .

Fl u i d Market Ma nufa c t u red

$

/9.3 5

$

10.1 0 2/ 10 . 20

6/8. 51
bl7 . 27

6/9 .35 6 /8. 32

7/ 9 .50
1/ 8 . 53

All

$ ../ 9.35

10. 10 2/ 10 . 20

6/8 . 25

6/<) . 11

1 /9. 28

Tu rke ys , lb .



29 . 0

30. 0

29.0

./34 .4

- 31 . 4

3 1. 2

Ch i cke ns , 1b.

Excl ud i ng Bro i l e r s 2/ 6/12. 0

13. 5

I I+. S

6/9. 2

Comme rc ia l Bro i l er s

6/ 31 .0

24 . 5

26.5

6/29.7

24 . 3

25 .4

Eggs , a ll , doz . Ta bl e , doz .

6 / 53 .9
6/1+6 . 6

60. 8 5E:.4

61.5 57.7

6/46 .5

53. 0

55 . 5

Hat ch i nq , doz .



[;5 .0

88 .0

85.0

PRICES PA ID , FEED

Mi xe d Dairy Fee d, t on

11+% p ro t e in

$

16% p rotei n

$

32% p ro t e in

$

Hog Feed , 14%-1 8% p ro te in

cwt .

$

Cot t on s eed Mea l , 4 1%, cwt. $

Soybean l'iea 1, 44%, cwt. $

Bra n , cwt .

$

t1idd1 i ngs, cwt.

$

Co r n Mea l , cwt.

$

Poul try Feed , t on

130 . 00 138 . 00 158 . 0 0
8. 30 8 . 80 9 . 00 7. 70 7 . 40 7. 30

137.00 146 . 00 185. 00
8 .90 10 . 50 I J . 50 8. 10 7.90 7.3 0

140. 00 153 . 00 205 . 00
9 . 20 11. 00 13 .0 0
8. 00 7. 90 7 .5 0

129 . 00 130. 00 168. 00
8. 01 8 .79 8.57 7. 06 6. 88
6 . ~7

137 . 00 143 . 00 193 .00
8. 63 10. 40 11 . 50 7 .44 7 .31 6.97

140 . 00 145 .00 '2.06 . 00
8.98 11 . 1+0 12 . 50 7. 60 7 .46 7 . 20

Bro il e r Grower Fee d Lay i ng Fee d Ch i ck Sta r t e r

$

155. 00 175 . 00 139 . 00

16 1.00

172 .00

18 1. 00

$

140 . 00 150 .00 155 .00

145. 00

156 .00

162. 00

$

165 .00 177 . 00 186 . 00

164 . 00

179. 00

l i 7 . 00

Al f al f a Ha y, t o n Al l Othe r Ha y , t on

$

70. 00

75. 00

70 . 00

65.00

71.00

71 . 20

$

60 . 00

63. 00

61 . 00

54 . 20

59.60

59 . 80

1/ Mo nth l y e s t ima t e s f o r Georg ia d i s co nt i nuec be g in n in g Jun e 1976 . 1 / Inc ludes al I ha y

exce pt al f a l fa . 3/ " COWS I I a nd " s t ee r s and he i f er s" comb i ned with a l lo wance whe re necessa ry f o r s l augh t er bu lls . ~/ Inc l udes cu l l da i r y cows so l d f or s l a ughte r, but no t dai r y cows f o r he rd re p l a ceme nt s. ~/ Monthl y e s t ima t e s f or U. S. di s co nt in ued beg in n i ng Ju ne 1976 .
6/ Ke v i sed. 21 Pre ! im i na ry .

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Afte r F ive Da ys Re t ur n t o Unite d Sta t e s De pa r t me nt of Agr i cul t ure
Stat i s t ic a l Repo r ti ng Se rvi ce Fede ra l Of fi ce Bu i ldin g 3S5 Eas t Ha ncoc k Ave nue At hens , Georgia 30601 OFF ICIAL BUS INESS

Received
AUG 4 1976
DOCUMENTS UGA LIBRARIES

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AGR - 101

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GE O R GI A CROP R E PO R T I NG SE RV ICE

ATH ENS, GEORGIA

AUGus t 6 ~ 1 976

G L G:::~':~H, CASU P.ECEI PlS UP G PERCEUT-BD.OI LEKS CONTI NU E hI TOP SPO':!.'

Cash r~ceipt s fr om f a rm markc t ings a nd Gove r nmen t pa ymen t s ro s e 6 pe r ce n t i n 1 975 , accord i ng to t he Geor gia Crop 2e por t i ne Se rv ic8 . Cash r e ce i pt s to pped ~2 . 2 bill ion f or t ~e f ir et t i me. Ge org i a nO~ l ranks 15 t h amon g the State s in cash farm re ce ip t s . Comme r c ial bro ilers cont i nu e t he r e i gn begun i n 1 956 as t~e le ad i ng source o f f a rm income .

L ive s t oc~ a nd l ive st oc~ pr oduc t sal e s r et urned $1 , 116, 402, 000 a nd ac co un t e d for 50 . 1 pe r cent of t i e t ota l \ ~ i 1 2 c r op s a l e s made up 49 .4 perc en t a nd amoun te d to $1, 102 ,52 7 ,000 . Gove rnrne~ t payments a cc ount e d for $1), 771 ,000, s e c ond lo\ve s t l e ve l s i nce 1956 , an d a c coun t8 d for only 0 . 5 per cent of t he to tal .

Live stock and Produc t s $1 , 116 ,4 0 2 , ') 00

GE01"i.GLtI. CASII FARJ. ~ i~.ECE IP T S , 1975
Governrn2nt Pay men t s $10 , 771 , 000

Cro ps $1 , 1(':2 , 52 7,008

Perce nt of t o t al 50 .1%

Pe r cen t o f t ot al . 5 %

Pe r cen t of tota l 49 .4 %

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Crops Co tton, Total
Co tton Lin t Co tton Seed Peanu t s Tobac co Soybea ns
Pe ach e s
Pecans Ot her Fru its and Nuts Truc k Crops Corn Fo re s t Pr oduc ts All Oth er Crops
TOTAL CROPS
Liv es t oc k Hogs Ca ttl e and Ca lve s Da i ry Produc t s Commer c ia l Bro i l e r s Ot he r Chicken s Tur keys Eg gs Ot her TOT/\L LIV ESTOCK
.1\ i!D PRO DUCTS GOVE RNME NT PA YMENTS TOTAL CASH I t\I COME
ALL SO URCES
.U P r e I i ill j na r v .

CASH FARM INCOM E FOR GE ORGI A . (Thousa nd Dol l a r s )

1972 CO,455 43 , 924 6 , 531 196 , 170 100,1 36

1'3 73 116,4134 103,3 82
13,1 02 2 1L:.,Ld3 88 , 66,

1 9 7~
65, 047 48 , 6G6 16, 361 300 , 8 10 167, 519

33, 650 16, 41 0

9a ,830 15, Lf81

142, 196 7,840

20,884 1, 943
53,93 3

39 ,9 45 3,0 36
62,262

27 , 770 2,9 01
76 , 89 3

56, 193

7e , 351

178 ,65 7

35, 159 27 , 658

38 ,241 34 ,6 11

5 1, 457 42,0 17

592,59 1

790 , ]Lf7

1, 063 , 107

197.LU
66 , 780 61,862 4 ,9 18 342 , 080 154 , 119 1!j-7,4 27 22, 039 31 ,060
2,476 77 , 08Lf 176 , 704 39 , 742 42, 936 1,1 02, 527

11 7, 323 177 , 235 86,842 217,820
8 , 897 7, 639 161, 987 4,6 79
782 , 4 22 8 1, 064
1, 456,077

188 , 027 227 ,04:: 96 , 000 372 , 103
16 , 674
11, 71 1
270, 218 7 , 542
i, 190 , 177 57 ,0 79
2,0 37, 603

1 7 ~ , 1+86 90 ,0 30 116, 508 334 , 172 10 , 7 8 S.
8 , 783 282 , 059
7,969
1,022 , 792 10 , 364
2, 096 , 263

180 , 590 117 , 310 114 , 951 Lf l 1, 435
9,720 6 , 794 264 , 614 10, 988
1, 116,40 2 10 , 77 1
2, 229,700

Uni ted St a tes Depa rt men t of Ag r ic ul tu re Stat i s t ical Repor tin g Se rv ice 355 Eas t Ha ncoc k Avenue Athen s, Geo rg ia 30601

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UNIVERSI TY OF GEORGIA

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AUG 13 1976
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GEORG IA C ROP REPO R T ING SERVI C E

A T HEN S, GEOR GIA

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V E GETA B LE S

Au gus t 11, 1976

SP ~ I N G VEGETA BL E PROD UCT IO N Geo r qi a
Sprin g veg etab l e an d me l on produc t io n in Georg ia was ab ove t ha t o f t he sa me per iod last year, according t o the Geo rg ia Crop Re po r ti ng Serv ice . Sp r in g quar t er (Ap r i l , Ma y ,
June) production o f s na pbea ns wa s up 18 perce n t f rom t he 1975 l e vel whi le t he t o t a l va l ue of the crop showed a n 8 perce nt inc re a se . Sp r i ng ca bba qe p rodu ction a l so i ncreas ed a nd wa s up a whopping 45 perce nt f rom th e prev io us yea r . Howeve r , th e tot a l valu e of t he crop was up only 3 percent from th e 1975 l e vel . Sp r i ng quar t er p rodu c t ion of wa t e rme lon s i nc reas ed by 38 percent fr om th e 1975 l eve l, wh i l e th e t o ta l va l ue de c rea s ed by 26 perce nt .
The increas es in product ion ca n be at tri bu t ed to inc re a s ed a c rea ge an d a general ly favorable growing s ea son. "ios t ve ge tabl e crops we rc p l an t ed ea rl ie r t han us ual due t o a warm per iod during Fe b r uar y a nd I'larc h. Lar ger sup p l i es con t r i bu t ed t o a decrea se in per unit value of crops.
Uni t ed St a t es
~NAP BEANS: Produ cti on of s pr i ng quar t er s nap bea ns is e s t imate d a t 832,000 cwt . , 14 percent above the 1975 l ev el. The spri ng ac reage ha rv e s ted i s p l a ced a t 22,2 00, 6 pe rce nt
abov e las t year. Yields we re a bove la s t yea r ' s l e ve l in a ll Sta t e s .
CABBAGE: Spr in g qua rter cabbage produc t io n at 3. 6 mi l l ion cwt . , i s 1 per ce nt above the sa me quarter in 197 5. Acrea ge f o r ha rv e s t , a t 17 ,450 i ncrea s ed 2 pe r ce nt ove r l a s t
year. The increas e in ha rv e s t ed ac re a ge mo re than o f f se t t he 2 pe r a cre yie l d de crea se
from 1975. The yield o f th e Te xa s crop , 200 cwt . per a c re , was 30 cwt . bel ow 1975 l argely
because of selec t ive harve s t i ng.
I,JATERMEL ONS: \Ja t e rme l on produc t ion fo r t he s p r i ng quar t er , a t 13.0 mi 11 io n CVJt. , is
up 23 percent from 1975. Ha rv e sted a rea , a t 94 ,5 00 a c re s, wa s 25 pe rc en t a bove l a s t year. Yields were down in most St a t e s red ucing the a ve rag e by 2 cwt . per ac re to 138 cwt . per a c re .
Production of snap bea ns cont ract e d f or p roce s s i na i n t he Uni t ed St a t es fo r 197 6 i s est imated at 517,250 ton s, acco rd i ng t o t he Crop Repo r ti ng Boa rd . This i s 16 pe rce nt be low last year. Contracted ac reage f or ha rve s t is p l a ce d a t 209, 090 i n 1976 , of f 17 pe rce nt from a year earl i er. Avera ge y i eld per a c re i s f ore cast a t 2. 47 t ons compa red wi t h 2. 44
tons per acre on la st year 's to ta l c ro p .

FRAS IER T. GALLOI-JAY Agr i cul tur~l Statistic ian In Charge

II . J ERRY P ITT5 Ag r i c u l t u ra l Sta t i st i c ia n

The Sta t i stical Reporti ng Se rvi ce , USD A, Fed e ral Offi ce Bu i ld i ng , 355 Eas t Ha ncoc k Ave nue,
Athens, Georg ia, in coop e ra t ion wi t h the Georgia De par t men t o f Agr icu lt u re.
Telephone 404-546 -2236 .

United States Department of Agriculture Statistical Reporting Service 355 East Hancock Avenue Athens, Georgia 30601
Received
AUG 13 1976
DOCUMENTS UGA LIBRARIES

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GEORGIA C ROP REP OR T ING SE RVI C E

A T H E NS , GEO R GI A

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l\U ~ u s t 13, 19 76

G E U E R A L C ~ 0 F REP C ~ T -- AU G U S T 1 9 7 6 GEO"9.GI A

The condition o f Georpia crops a s of Augu s t 1 was well below t he rathe r favo rabl e level of a n ont h earlie r . a ccording to the Geor ~ia Cr op Pe por t i n n Serv ic e . "lid-July ma rked th e hieh point i n crop co ndit i on s co nt inu i n~ t ~e tr en d t hat be8an the lat ter part o f June " The last t wo we el~s of Jul y were r e ne r a l l y dr y wit h ternp e ra t ur e s above normal whic h put con siderable stres s on cro ps .

Pea nuts , the State ' s l ea din~ cash crop . wer e r ep ort e d i n mo stly ~o o d cond i t ion with a 3,2 00 pound per a c r e yi e l d for eca st . If r e al i zed t h i s "!ould be t he t h i r d h i ~hest yield of r ecor d exceede d only by out t urns i n 1 974 a nd 1 975 . Produc t i on is es t i ma t e d a t l ,667 00 , 000
J2
pounds .

Cotton pr oduc t i on was e s t i mat ed at 220 ) 00 0 ba l e s . up 72 , 000 bal es or 49 percent a bove
last year 's short es t c ro p of r ecor d . A c r op of 22 0 ,000 bal es wil l rank as the s eco nd smalles t
crop of recor d back t o 1366 . ~et and c ool weathe r du ring May a nd J un e was not par t i cul a r l y favorable for co t ton . Eowever . ~armer a nd dr ye r wea t he r dur i n g J uly was ~ enerally f av or able for cotton development . Yi eld pe r a cre , at L~4 0 pound s o f lir-t , is fo r e cas t a t 3 po unds bel oe! last year . Cotton a c r e a ge f or harve st a t 24 0 , 000 ac r es , i s u p 50 pe r cen t f r om a ye a r a ro
but do~m 41 per cen t from 1 ~74 .

Corn s t h e Le adLn g a creage user . is f or e ca s t at l l!~ . L:. million bu she l s --l l pe rcent a bove last year and a ne," recor d . Yi eld per a c r e o a t 5S bushels ) i s the same as l a st yea r and atout avera ge for yi elds real iz e d s in ce 1 970 . Early plant ed co r n was virtual ly made i n southern areas 'vith harves t c f h Lgh mo i s t u r e c or n und erway i n some areas " Soybean product ion is f or ecast a t 20 . 9 mill ion bu s hel s , or 34 per cen t be lov! the re cord 19 75 crop of 31 .5 mi l l i on bus he l s . Yie l d i s f orecast a t 2 2 b ushe l s per a cre we ll below the 25 cushels per a cre of 1 975 ,

Type 14 tobacco ha rves t wa s pro gr essinf, under ~os tly favo r a bl e conditions v!ith quality

above l ast year . By the end of Jul y ~ harves t was 8 7 pe r c e nt comple te , 'veIl ahead o f las t year a nd aver a~e . ?roduction i s f or 2c a s t a t 11 9. 0 ~ il l ion pounds, 31 ,7 50 Di llion poun ds

below l ast year and 41 , 92 0 n il1ior- pounds be low tha r e cor d 1 974 c rop . Yie l d is f orec a s t a t 1, 75C pounds pe r a c r e , 260 po unds bel oy l a s t year .

GEOD..GI A ACn EAGE ArID FRO:CUCT IO!J ? 1 97 S'--Ca=.=.n..G.:.':.--=:1.:.9.7:..:C..:._ _ --=-_-=-_ -c-

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: Yield Pe r- .A-__r_r-p_ -- -- - - - - P-r o-du-c t-i o-n -- - -

Crop and Un i t

~ ves t ed har ves t

; 1 975

19 76

; Thous and Acres

1975

I nd , 197 6

1 9 75

I nd o 1 <:'7 0. Thou s a nd s

Al l Corn , for Fr a i n , bu . : 1 ) 330 2 , 080

55 . 0

55 .S

10 3 ;l ,CO

Ill: , L: OO

lfui te Corn , fo r gr a i n ;

bu .l/

100

72

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-' oJ" \ .

5 ,000

"Theat, b u . Oats , bu . Bar l ey , bu .

l

I e.:
--'

115

90

95

[3

10

7.7 J )
4 -<-'; o U" ]3.0

32 .0 51. 0 L;L O

3 )645 L: "050
3 e t:

3 ;680
L: [3 45
L:l C'

!"!.ye , l- u ,

1 05

l nc
~ v ..J

Sorr::hUIJs ; for ~ra in , b u .

L~ 7

L}0

Cot t or;, bal e s.?}

160

2LfO

15 ,~ :] 36. 0
I+L;3

22. 0 3/: . 0 440

1 , 575
1 "6S'2
lL:8

2 : 310 1 , 632
Lr..?_ (~;

Hay , all :, ton

. L:7 0

L: 6S

2 .5 0

2 .3 0

1 , 17 5

I ~ 07C

Soybear.s , for ;".e ans , bu . : 1 ?2En

9 50

25. 0

22 . 0

31 , 500

2G ,9 00

Peanu t s , I t .

52/;

521

3, 295

3 :)200

1 ,726 , 580 1 ( 67, 200

S~;e e t p o t a to e s; cut .

7 05

7.5

100

95

750

71 3

Tobacco , Type l4 ~ lb .

75 .0

68. 0 2 , 010

1 ,750

150 , 750

119 , 000

Peaches , lb .]..1

95

2U

ITI; 'cl '1~1 ed-]-.n-""''''A--l-I-Co--rn---ab o ve . 2 / Cot t on yield in pounds pe r harvest ed a c r e . product io n

in L-'1.I. S:S , : : / Pe a c he s Ln rri.Ll.Lon no un d s ,

:-'Pi.S II:' r . GP.LLCWAY
A~ r i c u l :: !-,r a l St a t i st i c i a n 1 ; \ Char f,2 The S t~ t i s t i ca l ~e p o r t inf. Servi c e , US D~ At hen s Cco r rr La , in c oope r a t Lon Uit:1 t l i e

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f.'e~ e rn l J ui l dinr 355 r. F'an c oc l: t v e . Su ite 32 0 ,.

C e o r ~ia Depa r t me n t of A~r i c u l t ur e . Te l

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UN I TED STATES CROP I{EPOfn SUMI"lAi{Y
AS OF AIJGUST 1, 1976
Co rn -i--Produc t i on is forecast a t a r e c ord 6,187 mi l l ion bush el s bas ed on co ndi t i on s as of August 1, 6 percent (366 mi l l i o n bush el s) below th e July 1 for e ca s t bu t 7 p e rc e n t a bo v e 197 5.
So r qhum Gr a in --Produ c t ion is f o r e ca s t a t 789 mi l l io n bu sh els , 4 pet-ce n t a bo v e l a s t vca r.

Feed Gra i n- - Pr o duct io n (corn, sor g hum, oats and ba r ley co mbi ned) i s f ore c a s t a t 193 mi 11 ion met r ic tons, 5 perc ent more t ha n l a s t y ea r .

All \:,fhe a t -- Pr o d uct i on is 2,096 mil l ion bu s he l s , 2 perc ent less than la st y ear' s r ec o r d c r o p but 3 percent (55 milli on bu she ls ) a bove last month 's for ec as t. Dur um p ro spect s in creased 4 percent duri ng Jul y, o t he r spr ing whe~t i ocrea sed 10 perc en t a nd w i n t er wheat
in creas ed l e s s t ha n 1 per c e n t.

Food Grain--Produ c tio n (wheat , r y e and rice combin ed) is ex pect ed to t o t a l 62 mi l l ion met r i c tons, 3 percent l e s s t ha n in 197 5.

Soybean - -Production , p lace d a t 1,344 million bus he l s in thi s fi rst forecast of the 1976 crop, is 12 perc ent less tha n t he 1975 crop .

All Cotton- -Producti o n is fo recast a t 10.7 mi l l io n bal es, 29 perc e n t above 1975.

Oilseed- -Producti on ( soy bean s, cot t onseed , peanut s and fla x seed combi ned) i s f o r eca st
at Lf2 mill ion metric ton s, 9 perc ent l e s s tha n las t year .
All Tobac c o - -Is f o r ecast a t 2, 052 mi llion pou nd s, 6 percen t bel ow 1975 . F l ue - c u r ed crop of 1,287 mi l l i on pou nd s i s down 9 pe r ce n t and Burl ey out put at 629 mil I ion po un d s is
percent l e s s than a y ear ea r l I e r ,

Suqa r Cr op s--Sugarbee t p ro spects at 25. 9 mil l io n met ri c tons a r e down 4 perc en t f r om the fo'revi ou s yea r . Sugarc a ne f orecast of 25. 9 mi 11 i o n me tri c t on s i s up s l ig h t l y fr om 1975 .

Crop and Unit

UN ITED STATES A C ~\EA G E AND PRODUCT I ON, 1975 a nd 1976

Acrea qe

: Yi e ld Pe r Ac re

Produ c ti on

Ha r-

For

ve s ted
1975

Ha rves t
1976

1975

Ind.
1976

1975

I nd.
1976

Thousand ,lk res

-Th-ou-s a-n-d-s-

Corn, fo r g r a i n , bu.
All ~!hea t , bu. Oats, bu.
Ba r 1e y , bu.
Rye, bu.

66,9 05 69 ,656
13, 650 8 , 711
814

72, 15 5 70,4 20 12 , 7 16 8 , 31+6
851

86. 2 30.6 1+8 . 1
Lj.I+ 0
22 . 0

85. 7 29. 8 43.1 40. 8 20.4

5,766 , 99 1 2, 133, 803
656,862 332, 980
17 , 875

G, 186, 979 2, 095, 770
548 ,54 2 340 ,5 08
17,3 82

Sorghum, for Gr ain, bu.
Cot ton, ba 1es ..!.I
Hay, all, ton
Soy beans, for beans, bu.
Peanu ts, lb.
Sweetpotatoe s, cw t .
Tobacco, Type 14, lb. Pea c hes, lb. 2/

15,484 8 , 796.0 61, 863 53, 606 ] , 504.0
118.5
89.20

14, 924

49 .0

I 1,044 . 7 453

61, 159

2 . 15

49,401

28,1+

1,511.9 2, 565

120. 8 114

82.14 2,01 8

52. 9 466
1. 97
27 . 2
2, 568
112
1,815

758,4 54 8 , 301. 6
132, 9 17 1, 521, 370 3, 857, 122
13, 567 180, 020 2,8 18, 000

7 ~9 ,2 79
10,7 30.4
120,3 15 1, 344, 343 3,882 , 715
13 ,51 5 149 , 113 2, 945, 000

1/ Cotton yi eld in pound s per ha r ve s ted a cre, produ ction in ba 1e s 2/ Peac he s i n mi l J i o n

pounds.

United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service
355 East Hancock Avenue Athens, Georgia 30601

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A T HE N S, GEO RG I A

August 13, 1976

CO T T 0 i\I

Prosp e c t s f or Geo r g ia ' s 1976 cot ton c rop a s of August 1 , i ndi cated a product io n o f 220,000 bales, ac cord i ng t o th e i nf o rmat ion f u r n ished by c rop co r re s po ndent s t o the Geo rg ia Crop Repo r ti ng Servi ce . Th is leve l o f prod uct ion wou ld be 72,000 ba les or 49 pe rcent ab ove the 148,000 bal es produced la s t yea r but 199 , 000 bales be low 1974 . This yea r1s crop will ran k as th e seco nd sma l l e s t crop of record s i nce 1866 . Ind ica t ed 1 i nt y ie l d per a c re i s 440 pounds compared wi th 443 pou nds i n 1975 . Ac rea ge f o r ha rve s t , a t 240 , 000 a cres , is up 50 perce nt from a year a go bu t down 41 percen t f rom 1974.

Wet a nd coo l weat her dur i ng Ma y and mos t of J une wa s no t part icu la r l y fa vora bl e f o r cotton. However, wa rme r a nd d ryer wea t he r dur i ng J u l y was ge ne ra l l y fav ora bl e for cotto n development . The most l y f ai r a nd hot wea t her a l lowed the com bat ing of i nse c t s to be effec t ive. At t he e nd o f J uly, a bout 9 3 pe rc ent o f t he c rop wa s se t ti ng bol ls compa red with 92 perc e nt l a s t year at a comp arab le ti me . Mo s t crop re po r te r s rated co tt on fa i r to good.

All co tt on i n t he U. S. i s fo rec a s t a t 10 , 730 mi 11i on bal e s , 29 perce nt ab ov e 1975 , but 7 pe r cent bel ow 1 9 7~p l a n d production is e xpe c t e d t o t o t a l 10 , 670 , 200 ba l es a nd the American -Pima c rop i s e s t ima ted a t 60,200 bale s.

F inal o utcome of the c rop compared wi th th e fo re ca s t wil l dep e nd upon wheth er the

factors aff ect in g t he crop du r i ng t he remai nder of t he seaso n a re mo re o r le ss f a vo ra b l e

than no rmal .

,
\ No n-Co tto n
\

AUG US T I CO NDITION BY CROP REPORTI NG DI STRICTS

~j Rome

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Distr i ct
1
2 3
4 5 6 7
8
9

1974 1972 Pe rc en t

83

80

76

75

82

78

13 5

85

78

71

84

77

85

77

77

75

77

68

1976
70
78
79 72 76 69 84 71 70

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.Co l umbus

80

75

7 L~

Dist r i c t s s hown a re c rop re por t in g d is tri ct s and not Congres s ional Di s t r i c ts .

Al ba ny
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FRAS I ER T , GALLOV/AY Agri cultural S t a t i s tic i ~ n In Charg e

\'1, PAT PA ,~K S Agric ultu ra l Sta ti sti c ian

The Stet lstical Repo r ti ng Serv i ce, US DA, Federal Bu i ldi ng, 355 East Ha ncoc k Ave nue , At he ns , Georgia , in coop era t ion wi th t he Geo rg i a Depa rtmen t of Agr i cul tu re .

United States Department of Ag r i cu l t ure
Sta tistical Reporting Service
355 East Hancock Avenue
Athens, Georg ia 3060 1

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POSTAGE & FEES PAID Unit. d S'ar o.POI tmen r of Agricultur.
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.\.ugus t 26 , 1::76

T U R I;:' L Y S LARGE INCREASE IN GEORG I A TUPJG;;YS :.>' 1\I SED

The number of tur ke ys r a ised i n 19 76 i s e xpec t ed to to ta l 1 , 390 ,000, according to the Geor3ia Cro p Reporting Se r v i ce. This i s a 55 percen t incr e a s e ov er 19 75 and 10 percent more than 1 974 . Of the to tal, 18 , ~ 0 8 a re l i ~ht br eed s wlli le the r emai nder a re heavy breeds.

RECORD lillimER OF TURKEYS ;:;;XPECTED FOR UnITED STATES

A r ecord 137 . 9 mill i on turke ys are expe c t ed to be rais ed i n 197 6. This l evel i s 11 pe r c ent above last ye a r and 4 pe r cen t a bove t he orev i ous h igh 'of 132 . 2 million r ai s ed i n 1973 .

Heavy breed turkeys r a i s ed i n 1 976 a r e expected to t o t al ne a rly 120 .2 mi llion, up 10 percent from the 109.3 mi l lion ra ised i n 1 ~7 5 . Li gh t h r e e d t ur key s raise d during 1976 are estimated at 1 7 .8 mi l lion , a 19 pe r cent i ncre a s e fr om t he num0e r rais ed a ye a r a go.

Turkey pou l t s ha t ched f r om Sep tember I J 75 t hr ou gh J uly 1 976 we r e 1 2 percent ab ove t he corresponding per i od a year ear l ier . He av y bre eds we r e up 1 0 per c en t and Li.gh t breeds up 1 9 pe r cen t . Turl~e y eggs in i nc ubat ors on Aug us t 1, 197 6 we r e 8 pe r c e n t be l ow t he number in i n cub a to r s a yea r a go .

HI KE HAlINER Assistant Agricultural St a t is tician I n Cha r ge

LARRY HAS SEY Agr i c ul t ur a l Sta t i s t ician

ISSUED BY ; The Statis t i cal Rep or t ing Se r v i c e , USvA, Fede r al Buildi n g, 355 Eas t Hancock Av enue , At he ns, Georgi a in c oo peration ~7i th t he Ge orgi a v e pa r t men t of Agr i cul t u r e . Telephone 404-5 46- 2236 .

United States Department of Agricu l ture Statistical Reporting Service 355 East Hancock Avenue Athens, Georgia 30601

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197 6

19 75

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2,8 38 3 ,343 113

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op e r a t i on s.

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Approved by th e Outlook a nd Si tua t ion Boa rd (Eggs) Augu s t 27, 1976

Look f o r con t in ued s t rong eg g ma rket s but s ea sona l ly de c l i n i ng bro i l e r pr ice s thi s fa l l . Egg p roduc t io n wi l l a ve rag e on ly sl igh t l y above yea r- ear l ie r leve l s , wh ile bro il e r out put will con ti nue s ubs t an t ia l l y larger.

Hiqher Soybea n Meal Pr ices Inc rea s e Produc t ion Costs

Ri sin g co rn a nd soybea n p r ices in l a t e spr i ng re s u l t ed in h igh er p roduc t ion co s t s f o r eggs. Pr i ce s hav e si nc e eased f rom t he hi glls reached i n June , wi t h co r n pri ce s i n mid- August below a yea r ea r l i e r bu t soybea n mea l pr i ce s s ha r p ly ab ove l a s t Augu s t .
Es t ima t ed cost s and retu r ns data i nd i ca t e t ha t s econd quar t e r co s t s increa sed from t he fi rst qua r t e r abo ut a ce nt a doze n fo r e ggs. Produc ti on costs were sl i ght ly bel ow a yea r ea r l ier. In esti mat in g co st s of p roduc tio n , f eed pr i ce s are l a gged 1 mo nth f or eggs.

Suppl i e s of Po rk La r qer , Bee f About Sa me

Pork p roduc t io n i s on th e upt u r n i n re s po nse to unus ua l l y f a vo ra b l e re t ur ns i n 1975. A turnarou nd in f a r rowi ngs l a s t win t e r ha s pu sh ed por k prod uc ti on above a ye ar ea r l i e r , a nd conti nue d in c rea s e s are I i ke l y t h roug h t he f ir st hal f o f 1977. A bui l dup in cat t l e on fee d po ints t o rel a t i ve l y larg e s l au gh t e r duri ng th e bala nce o f 1976 . Fed bee f s upp l ie s du r i ng t he f irst hal f o f 1977 wi ll be de t ermin ed by placeme nt s dur i ng th e rema i nde r o f 197 6 . Pla ce men ts of catt l e on fe ed i n 7 States du r in g July were ab ou t the s ame a s a yea r a go. The in crea s e i n po r k sup pl ie s wi ll l i kel y more t ha n off se t t he dec lin e in bee f, res u l ti ng i n total red mea t su ppl ie s du ri ng J an ua ry -Ju ne 1977 a I it t le l a r ge r t ha n a year ea rl ie r . Sharply larg e r po r k supp l ie s wi ll lea d t o s ubs t a nt iall y lowe r hog p r ice s . Large bee f su pp l ie s and i ncrea sing por k s uppl i e s wil l ho l d third qua r t e r fe d ca t tl e p r i ces weI I below a yea r ea r l ier, but p r i ce s ma y p i c k up a nd t he n move i nt o th e mid- $40 nex t win t e r .

Increa sed Prof ita b i l ity Equal s La rq e r Out put

Egg p rod uce r s we re i n a cos t- p r ice sq uee ze du r i ng much o f 1975, but the s i t uat io n improv ed l a s t fal I an d p ro fi t abi l it y ha s cont i nue d re l a t i ve l y good i n 1976. Produce r s hav e respond ed this yea r by i nc rea s i ng the i r output re lat ive t o 1975 . Eg g prod uc ti on surpas sed year- ea rl i er l ev e l s i n Feb r ua r y a nd has rema i ned above .
Output t h rou gh Ju l y t ota l ed a bout 3. I bi l l ion doze ns , nearl y 1 pe r ce nt more t ha n in
the sa me month s l a s t yea r . La ye r number s wer e down I perce n t t o a n a ve ra ge of 274 mi l I ion, but a vera ge out pu t pe r hen ro s e 2 perc ent to al mo s t 138 e ggs. Par t o f t h i s in crea se can be at tr ibu t ed t o th e ex t ra day i n Fe bruar y this l eap year . Howeve r, out put pe r he n was stil I over 1 pe r ce nt grea t e r than a year ag o on a da i l y bas is .

Prod uc tion to Conti nue Hiqhe r

Rece nt i nc r eas es in f ee d price s (esp e ci a l ly so ybea n meal ) mean s t he co st of prod uc in g

eggs is c ur rent l y ru nn i ng a bove year- earl i e r l e ve l s . Howeve r, in c rea sed e gg p r ices have

been more than off sett in g for most p rod uc er s . Unl e ss e gg pri ces a re l owe r t ha n c u r re nt l y

ex pected, f ai rl y good p ro f i t a b i l i t y is ex pe ct e d du ri ng mo s t of th e rema ind e r o f 197 6 . And

eg g produ c t ion wi l l I i ke l y cont i nue ab ove la s t ye a r .

La ye r numLer s a re exp e c t ed t o ga i n re la t i ve to a ye ar ear l ie r i n com i ng mo nt hs beca use

of mo re a v~ il abl e re p l a ceme nt pu l l e t s. The hat ch o f e gg- t ype c h i c ks du ri ng Feb rua ry - J une

ind ica te s tha t t he re s ho u l d be 5 pe rce nt mo re pu l let s av ail abl e in th e las t 5 mo nt hs of 1976

t han a year ea r l i e r . Th i s ma y be so mewhat o ff se t by a s l ightly larger cu l l o f old he ns .

tvla t u re ch ick e n s l a ught e r under Fe dera l in s pec ti on wa s about 2 perce nt g rea t er tha n a

yea r ea r l ier in Ja nua r y- J une 1976 . . Veek l y re po rt s ind ica t e t ha t J ul y 1s s la ughter wa s up

abo ut 2 mi l l i on b irds , or 16 pe r ce n t, fYom J ul y 1975 . However, f o rce mo l t i ng is a bove 1975

l ev e ls. Laye r s bei ng fo rce mo l ted and t hose wi t h molt comp l e t e d ac coun t ed f o r 20 . 1 perce nt

of t he he ns an d pu l l ets o f la y in g age i n 17 States on Augus t I , compared with 19. 5 perce nt

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The expe cte d ga i n i n l a ve rv nurn be r s an d a con t i nued h i ghe r ra t e o f l a y mean e gg p roduc t ion

i n com i ng mo nt hs wi 11 1 i ke l v be a rou nd I pe rc e nt above l a st year . The high e r p ro duc t ion

pro ba bl y wi ll co nti nue on in t o 19 77 , .but t he ma rg i n of i n c re~ s e may na rrow ne xt s pri ng

beca us e of re duce d prof it a b i l ity .

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Egg p rice s hav e bee n well ab ov e 1975 l ev e l s du r in g most o f 1976 des p i t e th e i ncreas ed output. Appare nt ly, imp rov ed eco nomi c co ndi t io ns ha ve stre ngthened the de ma nd f o r bot h sh ell e ggs and e gg prod ucts . Wholesal e p r ice s f or Grade A l a rg e egg s in New Yo r k a ve ra ge d a 1 ittle over 60 cent s per do ze n i n the fir s t 7 mont hs o f th is year, 6 cents a bove a yea r ea r l ie r . Price s have been s t ro nger th is s ummer than we ear l i er e xpe ct e d a nd in l at e Augus t a ve ra ge d 67 cents a dozen , 6 cents a bove l a st yea r . Demand for e gg s is ex pec t e d t o re mai n goo d in com ing mon th s and prices wi llI i kely av e ra ge in t he mi d- to h igh 60- ce nt s - a- dozen ra nge. However, th e c ur re nt s t ron g e gg p rices wi l l mea n tha t t he s easo na l increa s e i n p r i ces t hi s f a l l will be l e s s tha n usual.
Increas ed Brea k i nqs : Reco r d Low Stoc ks
The in c rea s ed demand f o r e gg produc ts and a pu l l down i n s toc ks to reco r d l ow leve ls hav e resu l t e d i n i ncrea se d b reakin g act iv i ty . Du r ing Janu ary 4 t o Jul y 17, a t ot a l o f 10 .2 mill ion cas e s of e ggs we r e bro ken under Fe dera l i nspe c tio n, ab out 280 , 000 cases above t he comparabl e pe riod l ~s t yea r . However, as she 11 e gg price s in crea s ed re ce nt l y , brea k ings dropp ed bel ow year-ear l i e r le vel s . Pro ductio n o f e gg prod ucts t hrou gh J une t o t a l ed 383 mill ion pounds , 4 pe rc e nt a bove a yea r ea rl ier. Froze n eg g p roduc t ion at 168 mi llion pounds was about eq ua l to las t yea r whi le dr ie d e gg p rod uct ion was up 9 pe r cen t t o 27 mi l l ion pounds. Liqu i d e gg produ cti o n fo r fu rthe r p rocessi ng an d immedia t e co ns umpt io n made up t he rema ind e r a nd showed th e l a rges t in c re as e of 8 percen t .
Even t hou gh comme rc ial e gg b rea kings ha ve been a bove year- ea r l ie r l e ve l s , stocks are down sharply . On Augus t 1, co ld s tora ge ho l d ings o f sh ell egg s and e gg p ro du cts t o t a l ed 833,000 cas e s ( sh el I e qu iv a le nt ), a s l igh t increa se f rom a mon t h ear l ie r but 570 ,000 case s below Augus t 1 , 197 5 . The prev io us reco rd low for t he date wa s 1. 3 mi l l ion cas e s on Augus t 1, 1973 .
The re co rd low s tocks would no rmall y sugge st that commerc ial egg brea ke r s wou ld i nc rea se th eir activi t y in comi ng mo nths. Howev e r , th e re l at ively h i gh p r i ce s b rea ke r s a re hav ing to pay for th ei r s he ] 1 eg gs a nd as k for their produc ts ma y 1 imit a ny i nc rea s e s .
Reduced Dome s t i c Supp l ie s
To tal eg g produ cti on was up du r i ng Jan uar y- J une, but i nc r ea s e d ha t c h i ng use , expo r t s , and mil ita r y pu r c ha s es , al on g wit h reduc ed s t ocks and impor t s , res u lted in lower domes t ic civi 1 ian sup p l ies of eggs tha n l a st year .
The numbe r o f e ggs use d fo r ha tc hi ng pu r po se s is e s t ima ted t o have t o t al ed near ly 7 mill ion cas e s in Ja nua r y- J une , 11 pe r cen t above l a st year . Ha t c h i ng use accou nted f or 7.9 percent of t ot al eggs p roduced, compa red wi t h 7 .2 pe rc en t in 1975. Egg- t ype hatc hi ng showed a small in crea s e , cut th e sh a r p rise i n bro il e r- t ype ha tch a ccoun t e d f o r mo st o f th e increase ,
Shipme n t s of shell e ggs a nd eg g product s to American terri t o r ies a nd e xport s tota led a li t tl e ov e r 1 mi l li on cas es (s he l l e qui va l en t) in January-Jun e. This was slight ly l arger
than a year pre vi ous . Expor t s d rop ped 8 perce nt to 544 , 000 cas es , but s h i pme n t s to American
territor i e s advance d 19 pe r ce n t t o 49 2,000 cases. The main rea so n f o r t he drop i n over sea s sales wa s tha t overs ea s sa l es of dried eg gs we re le s s tha n ha l f of la st yea r's leve l.
Imports of s he l l egg s a nd e gg p roduc t s drop ped very sh a r pl y in Jan ua r y- J une but made up less tha n on e-hal f o f 1 pe r cent o f t o ta l domes ti c egg s uppl i es. Impo r t s were only a bout 14,000 ca s e s (s he l 1 equ iva l en t ) , compared wit h 129,000 ca se s i n the f i rs t ha l f o f 1975.

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Approved by the Outlook an d S i tua ti on Board ( Broi ler s ) August 27 , 1976

Pro duce r s Co nt i nue Expansi o n

Bro i l e r p roducers ha ve not yet begu n t o s i gn i f ica nt l y cu t back on the expa nsion i n prod uc t ion . Broi le r meat outp ut in the fi r s t half of 1976 excee de d t he s ame pe r iod of 1975 by 14 pe r ce nt a nd wa s near l y 9 perce nt a bove t he previ ous re co r d f irst - ha l f out put i n 1974 . The i nc rea s e res ult ed from 13 percent mo re broil er s ma r keted at 1 perc e nt hea v i e r wei ght s . Ou tpu t th rough Ju ne t ot a l ed 4,430 mill i on pound s , 536 mi lli o n a bove a year ea r l i e r.
If ma r ke t i ng we i ght s con t i nue hea v i e r , broil e r o utpu t fo r Ju l y- Se pt embe r 1 ikely wi l l to ta l a round 14 pe rce nt ab ove a yea r a go . Wee kly sla ught e r (I i vewe ig ht pounds ) t hrou gh Augu s t 11 wa s up a bou t 14 percent, and the numbe r of chic ks p lace d f or ma r ke t i ng du ri ng the ~ l a n ce o f the t hird quarter was up arou nd 12 percen t. Chi ck p la ceme nt s and e ggs s et for ma r ke t i ng earl y i n the fourth qua r t er were s ti ll r unni ng 10-12 pe rce nt a bove 197 5 . Appa re nt l y , most indi vidual producers fee l tha t i f t he y c ut ba ck , it wou l d have 1 it t l e effec t on t ota l prod uc t ion. Thus, produce r s p ro babl y pl an t o p ro ~ ~ c e a t near ca pa c i t y a s long a s it is profi tab l e a nd wi ll only make signif i ca nt re duc t ions i f a nd whe n t he y ge t in to a se ve re cost- price squee ze .
If p rof i t marg ins narrow as expected, the inc rea s e i n p roduc t io n over 1975 1 ik el y will na r row i n the f ourt h qua r t e r . But out put of bro i l e r meat wi l I co nti nue at reco rd l ev e l s and may t o t a l aroun d a t enth a bove 1975 f o r Oc t o be r- De cembe r .

Ha t c he ry Flock Placement s Lower

The num be r of pul le t ch ic ks goi ng i nto t he ha t c he ry su pp l y flock de c l ined seas ona l l y duri ng June and Jul y f ro m the h igh levels o f Apr i l and May, but rema in e d a bove yea r- earl ie r leve l s . Howeve r , these placeme nt s will no t begin to show up i n t he hat c he r y s upp l y f l oc k unt il l a t e 1976 or ear ly 1977. Of cou r se , ch ic k p la ceme nt s o nl y account f o r part of the dec rea se o r i nc re a s e i n t he f loc k s ize. Wh il e pl acement s hav e co nt inu ed la r ge , s ubs t a nt i a l l y more o l d la ye r s ha ve been go in g t o sl aug hter s i nce late Jun e . Du r i ng t he 7 week s e nd i ng Augu s t 18 , t he re were abo ut 3 . 5 mill io n hea vy- t ype ma tu re hen s i nsp e c t ed f or s l aughte r in fed e ra l l y in sp ect ed p l a nt s , 650,000 mo re tha n in t he comparabl e wee ks o f 1975. This ma y ref l e c t p roduce r s p la ns not to cont in ue t he s ha r p exp an si on o f 1976 i nt o 197 7 .

Bro i l e r Pr i ce s Remain Stron

Bro i l e r prices continued re l a t ive l y strong t hi s s umme r in the face of t he sh a rpl y highe r supp l i e s of bot h poultry and red meats a nd decl ini ng p ri ce s of red mea t s . To t al coomer c ia l red meat prod uc t ion and fe de ra l l y insp ec t e d bro i ler and t urke y mea t ou tput duri ng July- Se p t embe r will to tal an estimated 12. 7 bil l ion po undS, a t en th mo re than in the same mon t hs of 1975. \Jho l es a le broi le r p ri ce s in 9 citi es dur ing Jul y- August a ve ra ge d
42.5 ce nt s a pound, sl i ghtl y above Apr il - J une but 8 ce nts be l ow th e hi gh p r i ce s for the
compa ra bl e pe r iod l a s t year . Prices t hi s year pea ked at t he 45- ce nt s - a-pound l e ve l in ea r l y July be f o re wea ken in g seas onall y.
Pr i ce s a re ex pec t ed to a vera ge in t he l ow 40's dur ing the bal a nce of t he summe r but t o dec l i ne fu r t r e r in t he fall. Bro ile r meat wi l l be fa c in g s t ronge r compet i t ion t ha n i n 1975 f ro m i ncreas e d pork produc t io n and la r ge r t u rkey s upp l i e s. The s ha rp r is e i n pork 5upp l ie s wi l l mo re t ha n of f s e t the small dec l in e i n other red mea ts . Beef , vea l , a nd l amb and mu t t o n p rod uc t ion p robab ly wil l be sma l le r t han in 1975 duri ng th e fi na l qua r t e r of 1976. Alt hough r i s i ng con s ume r i ncomes may be pa r t ia lly offse tt in g , bro il er p rice s 1 i ke l y wil l drop t o the mid-to-h igh 30-cents- a- pound l ev el du r i ng some wee ks i n the c l o s ing months of 1976 , and the 9- ci t y pr ice f or Oc t o be r- De cembe r ma y on l y a ve ra ge in t he high 30' 5. Thus , unl e s s feed prices decl i ne t h is fall , ma ny p ro duce r s ma y find t hem se l ve s produc in g bro ilers below t he co s t of p roducti on a nd ma~ketin g.

Bro i l e r Mea t Expo rts Stronq

U. S. exports of you ng chicken meat (pr imar i l y bro i le r s, whole and cut up) t hi s yea r a r e runn i ng a t reco r d l evels. Expo rts du r i ng Ja nua ry- J une t o tal e d a re cord 11 2 mi l l ion pou nds. Th i s wa s 45 mil l ion pound s mo re than in th e sa me mo nt hs of 1975 an d 5 mil lion mo re t ha n t he p r e v io us record of 1962. Alt h o u ~h .m0 re pa r t s wer e e xpo r ted than who l e bi rds , a l arger , po r t io n of thp. tot a l t h i s year we re in who le f o rm t ha n in ot he r rece nt yea r s due l a rge l y to the qua nt i t y of who l e birds ex po rt ed to I raq . Who l e birds acco unt ed for 27 pe r ce nt of the to t a l , compa re d wi th on l y 14 ,pe r ce nt a ye a r ear l ie r.

Expo r t s a re exp e cted t o cont in ue a t record l eve l s in comi ng mon t hs . Mu c h of th e 35,000 me t r ic t ons of bro il ers sol d t o Iraq wil I be expo r t ed dur in g t he seco nd ha l f of 1976 . In add i t ion , in dust r y sou r ce s re po r t that a U.S . compa ny ha s so l d more tha n 2,000 me t ri c tons of ch i cke n t o the USS R. Thi s i s e qu iv a l e nt t o about 4. 5 mi l l ion pounds of ready- t o- cook broile r meat . Th is wou l d be t he fi rs t recorded d i re c t sa l e of U. S. bro i l e r meat to t he USSK .
In a dd i t ion to expo r t s du r i ng Ja nua ry- Ju ne , 70 mil l ion pou nds of young chi cke n we re ship ped to Ame r ica n te rr i t o r ie s (l a r ge l y t o Pue r t o Ri co , Vi r gi n Is l a nds , a nd Somoa ) . Th i s was 13 pe r ce nt more than s h ip me nts in th i s peri od o f 1975 .
USDA Pu r ch a se s Resumed
In ea r l y August, USDA re s umed purc ha se s of you ng ch i cke n and c h icke n produ c t s, in c ludi ng cann ed bone d f owl , f or d i str i but ion in chil d nut r i t ion ( i nc l uding s c hoo l lu nc h p rograms ) and eld e r l y foo d p rog rams , and ot her domes t ic f ood a ssi stan ce p rog rams . Thro ugh Au gust 24 , USDA had pu rc ha se d 3.5 mil l ion pounds of froz en c ut up ch'ic ke n (i nclu d i ng 72, 000 poun ds coo ked , c ut up) at a de l i vered cost of $1. 8 mill ion .
Prosp ec ts f o r Early 1977
Pro s pe c t s for broil e r p ro ducer s in ea r ly 1977 a re l es s f av o ra bl e tha n a yea r a go . Al tho ugh product ion cos ts may no t change s i gni fica nt ly f rom a yea r ear l ier , bro i l er pr ice s are expec t ed to be lower .
Produc t ion costs in l ate 1976 an d early 1977 will de pe nd heav i ly on dev el opment s in the 1976 g ra i n a nd soybean crops an d ma rke t s . Pres ent indicat ions poi nt to a record U.S . co rn crop but a sma l l e r soybea n crop . Domestic and fo reign demand is ex pec t e d to co nti nue s trong but inc rea se d su pp l ie s 1i ke ly wi l l l ea d to some easin g in co r n p r i ce s f rom bot h c u r re nt a nd year-ea r l ier l evels. Howev er , so ybe a n mea l pr ice s du r i ng the ba l a nce of 1976 a nd i nt o 1977 are expect e d t o ru n subs t a nt ia l l y a bove a yea r ea r l i e r. S i nce co r n an d re l a ted prod uc t s make up a ro und two-thi rds of th e bro i ler rat ion , lower co rn p r i ce s ma y ab out of f se t the highe r soy bea n meal price s . Co s t of most o t he r it em s used i n produc t io n and ma r ke t i ng wi l l co nt i nue to increas e .
Bro i l e r price s nex t wi nter are exp e c ted to be wea ke r than a yea r ea r l ie r desp i t e t he expec t e d gain s in consumer s disposab le in comes . To t a l re d mea t s uppl ies durin g Janua ryMarch 1977 ma y not d i ff e r much from the same mon t hs of 1976 but th e mi x and pri ce s wi ll cha nge sub s t a nt ia l l y . Beef suppl ies may be mode ra t e l y lo wer an d p rice s higher, but this 1 i ke ly wi l l be more than offs e t by sharpl y h igher po r k out put and co r re s pond i ng l y l ower pr i ce s . Indications are tha t p rices of 900 - 1100 po und Cho i ce s t ee r s a t Oma ha may be up arou nd 15 perce nt, wi t h ba rrow an d g ilt pr ices at 7 mar ke t s during Ja nua ry- Ma r c h 30 perce nt be low a yea r ea r l ie r. Ove ra l l , t hi s means i nc rea s e d compe ti t ion for bro i l e r s a nd , wi t h broiler s upp l i e s a t l a s t year 's leve l, lower pr ic e s .
It i s expe c t e d t hat if co ns ume r i ncomes a nd s upp l ies of compe t i ng mea t s dur in g Ja nua r yMarch 1977 a re as cu r re nt ly ex pected a nd bro i l e r s upp l i es a bout eq ua l to a yea r ea r l i e r , the 9-c l t y whole s a l e pri ce would a ve ra ge be t ween 40 a nd 42 ce nt s per pound . Th i s compare s with 42 ce nt s last year . The c u rre nt ly expec ted 6- percent increas e in ou t put wo u l d I i ke ly resu lt i n bro i l e r p r ices of 38 to 40 ce nt s . Past relat ionshi ps i nd icate tha t a 10- pe r ce nt chan ge in p roduc t io n f ro m a yea r ea r l ier wou l d re s ul t i n ab out an e qua l pe rcen ta ge c ha nge in broiler pr ice s in the oppos i te direc t ion .
The s e re l a t ionsh i ps a re ba s ed on pe r ca p i t a con s umpt ion of bro i l e r mea t, but changes i n pe r ca p i t a cons ump t io n c lo s e l y pa ral l e I ch a nges in broile r meat s uppl i e s . Popu l a t io n i n recen t yea r s ha s increased a bo ut 0 .8 percent a yea r. Fa c t o r s o t he r than produc t ion affe cting yea r- t o- yea r c ha nges in per cap ita co ns umpt ion a re c han ge s in expo r ts, i n shi pme nt s t o Ame ri ca n t erritories , i n mil itary use, and in cold s t o ra ge stock s.
The rel a t ionship between broi le r p rice s and the ma j o r f a~ tors a f f e c t in g t hem g ive on ly rough i nd ica ti on s for January- Mar c h 1977 e ven if condi t io ns dev e lop as expe c t e d .

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GEO:{G IA IN DEX DOI-lN 2 POI NT S

Sep tembe r 1 , 1976

The All Commod i t y Index of Pr ice s Re ce ive d was 191 pe r ce nt , 2 po i nt s be l ow th e prev io us month but 1 poi nt ab ove Augus t 197 5, a ccord i ng to the Geor g ia Cro p Re po r t i ng Se rvi ce . The decreas e in the All Commodit y Index from the J u l y l eve l re sult ed f rom de c rea se s i n co t t on , soybeans, corn, whea t , ho gs , beef cat t le, ca l ve s , an d broi l er s .

The Augus t All Crops Index wa s 195 pe rcen t down 2 poin t s f rom t he p rev io us mon th but 11 points above Augus t 1975.

The All Li ve s t oc k Inde x f or Augus t wa s 187 percen t , down 2 poin t s f rom th e pre v io us
month and down 8 po in t s from Augus t 1975.

UNITE D STATE S PRICES RECEI VED INDEX DO\JN 8 POINTS P ~ I C E S PAID INDEX DOW N 1 POI NT

The Index of Pr ices Rece i ve d by Farme rs dec re as ed 8 po i nts (4 pe r ce nt) to 187 perce nt of its January- De cembe r 1967 av e ra ge du r i ng t he month en ded Au gu s t 15, 1976 . Cont ribu t i ng most to th e dec rea se s i nce mi d-J ul y were l ower pr i ce s f or meat a n ima l s , f eed g rai ns , o i 1bearing c rops a ri d f ood g ra i ns . Hi ghe r pri ces f or f r u i t , mil k , e ggs a nd veg etab les were partially offse tti ng. The index wa s 7 poi nt s (4 per cent) be low a yea r ear l ie r .

The Index of Pri ces Pa id by Farme r s fo r Commodi t ie s a nd Ser v i ce s, Int eres t , Ta xe s ,
and Farm Wa ge Ra t es f o r Augus t 15 was 195 , down 1 point (i pe rce nt ) f rom the rev i sed J uly
index. Lower p r ic es f or fee d and fe e de r 1 i ve s t ock a ccou nte d fo r t he in dex dec rease . The
index was 11 poin t s (6 pe r cen t ) above a yea r ea r l ie r.

1967 = 100

INDEX NU11BERS- - GEOKGIA AND UN '-T'..E=D::-..::S;..:.T'A-'..;..;TE=S"--

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Au g . I )

J u ly 15

Aug. 15

197 5

197 5

1976 - - -_ ....1:-=9:..7!...6::::.._ _ .

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Prices Re ce i ve d All Commod i tie s All Crops Livesto ck & Liv e s t oc k Products

2/184 176
1/ 19 1

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Pr ices Received
Prices Paid , Int e re s t , Taxe s & Farm Wa ge Rate s

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: 19 1
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183

2/ 190 - U34
1/ 195
194 184

19 3

19 1

19 7

195

189

187

195

187

19 6

195

Rat i 0 ..!.I

104

10 5

99

96

1/ Ratio of Index of Pr i ces Re ce i ve d by Fa rmer s to Index of Prices Pa i d, I nt ere s t, Taxes,
and Farm Wa ge Rat es . 2/ Re v is ed .

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The Statistical Repo r t i ng Se rvice , USDA, Fe deral Of f i ce Bu i lding, 355 Eas t Ha ncoc k Ave nue , Athens, Geo rg ia in coope ra tion wi t h tile Geo r g ia De pa r t me nt of Agr ic ult u re . Telephon e 404-546- 2236 .

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Aug . 15 J u l y 15 Au g. 15

Commod ity a nd Un it

1975

19 76

197 6

PRICES KEC EIV ED
',!hea t, bu. .!/ Oats, bu. 1/

$

3 . 08

$

1. 50

3 .fJ9 1. lj4

3. 33 1. 64

7. . 97 . 48

Co rn, bu.

$

2.94

3. 00

2. 57

2.95 2. 82

:2 . 64

Cott on , lb.



45.0

80. 0

69 . 0

6/ 43 . ) 71.4

c' ] .0

Soybeans, bu .

$

5 . 77

6 . 82

6 .0 2

- 5 . 80 6 . 73

6. 07

Peanu ts, lb.



18 . 7

20.1

18.5

18. )

Sweetpotat oes, cwt.

$

18 . 60

9 . 15

10. 4 5

. / ~) . 62

9 . 12

7. /4

Ha y , ba 1e d , to n

Al l

$

4 1. 50 47 . 00

5Q.00

51 . 00 59. 00

58 . 70

Alfalfa

$

54.10 63 .50

63 . !jo

Other 1/

$

44 . 10 47. 70

47 . 80

Mil k Cows, hea d

$

350 . 00 400 .00

400 . 00 6/ 4 12 . 00 478 . 00

1+74. 00

Hogs, cwt.

$

Beef Cattl e, Al l, cwt . 1/ $

53 .40 22 . 80

46 .40 30 . 30

41. 50 28 .40

56 . 10 Lf7. 70 E/32.3 0 33. 50

42. 60 32. 80

Cows, cwt. ~/

$

18 . 10 27. 30

25. 70

6/19 . 60 26 . 10

24 .60

St eers & He if ers , cwt. $

Calv es, cwt .

$

26.40 23 . 50

32.60 32 . 40

30.50 30 . 50

6 / 36 . LfO 35 . 80 ~/ 25.4 0 35. 20

35. 30 34 . 50

Milk, Sold to Plants, cwt .

Fluid Ma r ke t Ma nuf a c t u red

$

./9 . 45 10. 20

1 / 10 60

$

6/ 8 . 89 ~17 . 63

9. 63 8 . 60

7/ 9 .87
1/885

All Tu r ke ys, l b.

$

6/9. 45 10 . 20

1/ 10 . 60

6/8 .64 9. 4 1 1/9 . 67



- 28. 0

29. 0

32. 0

.7 35 . 7 31. 2

30.S!

Ch i cken s , 1b.

Excluding Broil ers ~/ 6/1 2.5

14 .5

15 . 0

~ /1 0 . 2

Comme r c i alB ro i 1e rs

6 / 30 . 5

26 .5

25 .5

./29 . 1 25.4

24.3

Eggs , all, doz .

6 / 58 .4

6 1.5

67. 2

./5 0.8 55 . 5

60 .6

Tabl e, doz . Ha t ch ing, doz.

6 / 52. 6 ~/8 5. 0

57 .7 85.0

64 . 2 87. 0

PiUCES PAID, FEED

Mixed Dairy Feed , t on

14% prot ein

$

16% prot ein

$

32% protein

$

Hog Feed, 14%-1 8% prote in

cwt.

$

Cott on se ed Mea l , 41%, cwt . $

Soy bea n Meal, 44%, cwt. $

Bran, cwt.

$

t1iddl in gs, cwt.

$

Corn Mea l , cwt.

$

Pou l t ry Fee d , t on

Bro il er Growe r Feed

$

Lay ing Feed

$

Ch ick St a rt e r

$

Alfalfa Hay, t on

$

Al l Other Hay, ton

$

130 . 00 140 . 00 160 .00
8 . 50 8 .90 9 . 00 7 . 80 7 .60
7. 40
158 . 0 0 141. 00 16 1. 00 70 . 00 59 .0 0

140. 00 153 . 00 205 . 00
9. 20 11. 00 13. 00 8.00 7.90 7.50
189 . 00 155. 00 186 .00 70. 00 6 1.0 0

145. 00 147 . 00 185 . 00
8 . 80 11. 00 12. 00 8 .30 7 .80 7 .10
174. 00 146 . 00 174 . 00 73. 00 63.00

133 . 00 140. 00 13 5 . 00 145 . 00 172 .00 206 .00

8 . 25 9 .03 8. 88 7. 21 7 . 03 7 . 27

8.98 11. 40
12. 50
7. 60
7.4 6
7 . 20

163 .00 150 . 00 168.00 63 . 90 54 . 70

181 . 00 16 2. 00 187 . 00 71.20 59 . 80

138 . 00 141+. 0 0 20 1. 00
8.72 11 . 40 11.70 7. 51 7 . 38 7. 09
177.00 158 . 00 183. 00 71 . 10 59 . 80

1/ lionth1y e s t ima t e s f or Georg ia di s cont i nue d be g i nni ng J une 197 6 . ]j Inc lud e s al l ha y
ex ce pt alfalfa. 3/ " COWS " and " s t eer s a nd he ife r s" comb i ned wi th al l owa nce whe re nec ess ar y for slau gh t er bulls . ~/ Incl ude s cu l l da i r y cows so ld f or s l a ught e r , but no t dai ry cows for he r d replacements. ~/ Monthl y e st ima te s f or U. S. d i s co nt i nue d be g i nn i ng Jun e 197 6 . 6/ l.e v l s ed , 1 / Pre 1imi na ry .

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Se p t ember 1 3 , 1 976

TI1e condi t i on of Geor gi a ' s row cr ops s howed s ome deterior a t i on due t o t he dr y s pe l l during Augus t , but s c a t tered shove r s t.oward t he end of the mont h brough t s ome relief . Accord i ng to the Ge orgia Crop Reporting Ser vice , mo s t yield f or ec a s t s he l d at a bou t the same l eve l as t he Augus t 1 f ore c a s t or s h owe d sl i gh t improvemen t .

Harve s t i ng pr og r e ss f or peanuts, Georgia's numbe r one money crop , wa s 16 per cen t complete at t he be gi nn i ng of Se pt embe r compare d wi t h 8 perce n t a t t he same time las t year . Condi tio n of the c r op declined s l i gh t l y fro m the prev i ous mon t h , bu t i s s t i ll expe c t ed to be the t hi r d highest yield o f rec ord . Produc t ion i s es t i ma t ed a t 1 , 667, 200 , 000 pounds .

Cot ton harve s t be gan during Aug ust bu t wa s v e r y l i mit ed . Cotton c onditions s howe d a slight dec l i ne bu t held up be tter und e r the hot , dr y cond i t i on dur i ng Au gus t than o the r cr ops . The crop is expe c t ed to t o t a l 220, 000 bales, up 72 , 000 bales or 49 percen t above l a s t ye a r ' s ~~rt es t c r op of r e co r d .

Tobacc o harve s t i ng was compl e t ed during t he month of Au gu st and mar ke t i n g was v e r y a c t i ve . The Feder a l-Sta t e rlarket News Service r e po rt e d gross sal es of 15 6 , 451 ,11 3 poun ds (incl ud i n g 7,38 8 ,423 pounds of re s ale ) mar ket ed on Geor gia and Flor i da markets through Se pt embe r 2 , 197 6. The yi e ld fo r e c a s t fo r t he current crop increased s l igh tly f rom l a s t mon t h t o 1,800 pou nd s per acre. Pr oduc t i on i s e s t i mated at 122 .4 mil l i on pounds .

Corn prospec t s impr ove d by 5 bu she l s from t he pr ev i ou s es t imat e . The cur r e nt fore cas t proj ects a yield of 60 bush els a nd production of 124. 8 mi l l i on bu s hc l s - - up 21 pe rc ent fro m last ye ar and a new r ecor d. The i ncreas e was a tt ribut ed to earl y pl a nt ed corn that wa s harvested unus ua l l y e arly and r e sul t e d in reduced ha r ves t i ng l osses . Ha r ve s t i ng progr e ss was about do ubl e t he us ua l r a t e f or t h i s date . The s oybean es t imate r ema ins the same as t he pr evious mon t h . The y ield f oreca s t is at 22 bushe l s pe r a cr e , co mpa r e d to 25 bu s he ls per acre last ye a r . Current predict i on s show pr oduc t i on a t 20 ,900 , 00 0 bus he l s .

The pecan c rop i s expected t o be 50 mi l l i on pounds t h i s year . Th i s woul d be 33 percent below l a s t yea r ' s 75 mill ion pound s . Dr y wea ther a nd dis ease has h ur t this year's cr op, in addition to it be i ng an of f - yea r fo r St ua rt s .

Crop and Unit

GEORGI A ACREAGE AND PRODUCTION , 1 975 AND 1 976

Acr ea ge

Yi e l d per Ac re

Har -

Fo r

Indi -

ve s t e d Har ves t 1 975

cated

19 75

1 9 76

1976

Thous and Acres

Pr od uct i on

Indi-

1 975

cated

19 76

Tho u s a nd s

Co rn , f or gr a i n , bu .

: 1,830

2 ,080

55 .0

60 . a

10 3, 400

124 ,300

Htlca t , bu .

: 13 5

2/ 11 5

27 . 0 2/32 . 0

3 , 64 5

2 / 3, 680

Oats , bu .

;

90

- 2/ 95

45.0 2 / 51. 0

4 ,050

2 / 4 , 845

Barley , bu .

:

(.
Ll

2 /10

33. 0 2 /41. 0

30 4

- 2/410

Rye , bu . Sorghums , f or gra i n , bu .

: 105

:

47

2/ 10 5 - 2/ 48

15 . 0 36 .0

2 / 22.0 2 / 34 .0

1 , 5 75 1 , 6 92

2/2, 310 I / l , 632

Cot ton, ba l e s 1 /

: 160

240

443

440

148

220

Hay , a l l , t on

: 470

2/4 65

? . SO !:.-/2.30

1 , 1 75

!:.-/ 1 , 070

Soybe an s , fo r be ans , bu .

: 1 , 260

~ 50

25. 0

22 . 0

31 ,5 00

20 , 900

Peanuts, I t: .

: 524

5 21 3, 295

3 ,200 1,7 26 , 580 1, 667 ,200

Swe e t pot a t oe s , ctzt ,

:

7.5

7. 5 100

100

750

75 0

.Toua c c o , Type 14 , l u .

:

75 . 0

68 . 0 2 , 010

1 , 800

150 , 750

1 22 , 40 0

Pea c iie s , l b.

?5 , OOO !:.-/ 2l 0 , 000

Pec an s , lb .

75, 000

50, 000

! /Cotton y i elc i n pound s per harvest~d a cre, prod ucti on in ba l es . 2/ Ca rr i ed f or wa r d fr om

ear l ier for ecas t .

UNITED STATES CRO P RE PORT SUMMARY AS OF SEPTEMBE R I, 1976

Corn--Product ion is f o recast at a record 5 , 892 mi l I io n bus he ls ba s ed on co ndit io ns as of Sept ember 1, 5 percent (295 mi l l ion bus he l s) be l ow the Augus t I f o re ce s t but 2 pe rcen t Ibove 1975 .

Sorqhum Grain- - Pr oduc t io n i s f ore ca st at 710 mill ion bushe l s , down 10 pe r ce nt (79 mil l io n bushe l s) f rom August I a nd 6 pe r cen t be l ow las t year.

Feed Grai n-- Produc ti on (co r n, so rgh um, oats a nd barl ey combi ned) i s fo r e ca st a t 184 mi l l ion met ri c t o ns , virtually the sa me as l as t year.

Soybean- -Produ c t ion fo reca st a t 1,274 mil l io n bushel s is down 5 percent (70 mi l l ion bush els) fro m a mon th ea r l ie r a nd 16 pe r cen t be low la s t year.

Al l Cotton- -P ro duc tio n i s f orecast at 10.4 mi l I ion bal e s , 3 pe r ce nt (0. 4 mi l I ion ba l e s ) be lo w Augus t I , but 25 perce nt above 1975 .

Oils eed --Produ ction (so ybea n, co t t o nsee d, peanuts and f laxs ee d comb ined) i s fore ca st a t 40 mi 11ion me t ric tons, 13 percent l e ss t han l a st year.

All Whea t - - Product io n i s i ndicat e d a t a r ecord 2, 139 mi l l ion bus he l s , s l ight ly mo re than las t year1s crop.

All Tobac co-- Is f ore cas t a t 2 ,0 35 mi l l io n pound s, down 1 pe r cent( 17 mi l I ion po unds ) from August I a nd 7 pe r ce nt be low 1975. Flue-c u red p rodu ct ion is down 10 per ce nt an d the burl ey c rop i s 2 perce nt l e s s t han a year a go .

Crop and Uni t

UNI TED STAT ES ACREA GE AND PRODU CT ION , 197 5 AND 197 6

Acrea qe

Yi e I d pe r Acre

Product ion

Ha r -

Fo r

In-

In-

ve sted Harv es t

dica t ed

d icated

1975

19 76

1975

1976

1975

1976

Thous and Acres

Thous a nds

Corn, for g rain, bu.

: 66,905 7 1,1 55

86.2

\'Jhea t , bu.

: 69,656 70 ,420

30 .6

Oa t s, bu.

13 , 650 12, 71 6

48 . I

Ba r l ey , bu .

: 8 , 71 1

8 , 346

44.0

Sorghum, for Gra in , bu .
Cotton, ba les .!/
Soybeana, for beans
Peanu ts

: 15,484 14,849

: 8 ,796. 0 11,051 .7

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53 ,606 1, 504.0

49 ,401 1, 511. 9

49.0
453 28.4 2, 565

Sweetpotatoes, cwt.

:

118 . 5

120. 8

114

To ba cco , AII , lb .

: 1, 086 . 4 1, 022.4 2 , 009

Grape s , ton

Pecans , lb.

1/ Co t ton y i eld in pounds pe r ha rvest ed acre , product ion

8 2. 8 30 .4 44.4 42. 6 47.8 451 25.8 2,503
110 1, 991
in ba l es .

5 , 766 , 99 1 2, 133 , 803
656, 862 3 8 2 , 9 80 758 ,454
8 , 30 1. 6 1, 521, 370 3,857 , 122
13 ,567 2 , 181, 937
4 ,300.4 246 , 800

5,89 1,823 2 ,1 39 , 123
563 , 997 355 , 210 71 0 ,449
10 , 375.4 1, 274,263
3 ,783,665 13,315
2,035 ,292 4 , 616 . 3
112,600

FRAS IER T. GA LLmJAY Agricul tural Statisticia n In Charg e

CLAYTON J. MCDUFF IE Ag r icu l t u ra l Statistic ian

The Stat istical Re porti ng Serv i ce , USDA, Fed eral Bui l ding, 355 East Ha ncoc k Avenue , Ath ens, Georg ia in coo peration with t he Geor gia Depa r t me nt of Agriculture .

United States Depa r t me nt of Agricult ure Stat istical Re po r t i ng Se rv i ce 355 Ea s t Ha ncock Avenue At hen s, Georgia 30601

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PECAN RI:POil.T AS OF SEPTEflBER 1 , 1976

Sep tember 1 3 , 1 976

GEORGI A: Pecan pr oduc t i on i n Ge or gia i s f or e c a s t a t 50 mi l l ion pounds t h i s ye a r, a ccordin g to t he Ge or gia Cr op :lZe por t i n g Service. The curr e n t forec a st i s 33 pe r c en t be Low
last yea r 1 s "on- yea r\; pr oduc t ion of 75 million . Commen ts fr om pe can pr oduce r s indicate t ha t dry wea t .her and a li gh t Stuar t s e t a r e mos t l y r e s pons Lb Le f or t ile small e r crop t his yea r . Diseas es a nd i ns ec t s have a l s o ca us ed s ome pr obl ems , but no t nearly a s much a s l a st yea r .

'I'ne c urre nt crop i s of goo d qual i ty , howcvc r , comme nt s i ndi c a t e t ha t t h e nu ts wi.Ll. be smaller i n s i ze . ~ ~ c rop wil l be t~e smal l e s t c ro p i n Geor gi a sinc e 1 97 2 whe n 48 mi l l i on pounds "He r e !1a r ves te d .

UNITED STATES: The 1 97 6 pecan c r op i s f or e ca s t at 11 2 . 6 mi l lion po un ds , 54 pe r ce nt bel ow l a st yea r a nd 18 pe r c e n t less than t he 19 74 c ro p. This yea r ' s crop i s t he sma l l e s t
since 1 9G2 when 75.3 mi l lion poun ds T-Je re ha r ve s t ed . Al l St a te s e xcep t rlo r t h Car olina expec t smaller c r ops . The sma l l e r c rop is at t ributed t o poor \vea ther cond i ti on s during bl oom and t he dry s umme r Ilh i c h caus ed a heavier t ha n no r ma l drop .

PECMJ STOC 1~S I N COLD STORAG E: On Jul y 31 , 1 97 6 , the U. S. s t oc ks of pe ca n s i n cold storage t ot a l ed 21 , 2 76 , 0 00 poun ds o f nutmea t s and 39 , 247 ,000 pou nd s of
"Ln- s he Ll " , Nu t mca t s wer e up 3 2 pe r ce n t f r om t h e pr ev ious year whi.Le "i n- s he l l'; was 44 4 pe r c ent a bove the July 31 , 1;;75 s t oc ks. The 10 T'7 s t ocks durin g 19 75 r e f l e c t ed a s hort 1974 cro p. T~1e ;~ugus t 31 , 1 976 Cold St or a ge Re po r t wi.Ll. be re le a s ed Se p t e mbe r 1 7, 1 9 76.

FPJ\S I ~~ T . GALLOWAY
3 Agr i c u l t ur a l Statisticia n I n Cha r-ge

H. PAT PARKS - J ERRY PITTS Agr i c ul t ur a l Stat istic ian s

The Sta tistical Repor t i ng Se rvice , USDA, 355 Eas t Ha ncoc t Avenue, At hens , Ge org i a i n coope r a t i on wi t h t he Geor gi a Dep a rtment of Agr i cul tu re .

Received
SEP 15 1976
DOCUMEI'ITS UGA LIBRARIES

State
Al abama Arkan s a s Fl or i da Georgia Louisiana Hi s s i s s i ppi Uew ~'lex i c o North Carolina Oklahoma South Carolina Te xas
United States

;);:::CA1,j PLODU C TIO ~J

Improve d Var ie t ies 1/

na t i ve and Se e dling Pe ca ns

I n d i c a t ed

Indica t ed

1 974

1 975

19 76

197 4

1:75

1 97 6

- . . 1 , 000 Pound s ,- -

8 ,800 500
1 , 200 47, 000
1 , no() 1 , 20 0 13,200 1 ,500
20 0 1 ,500 9 ,500

11, 400 50 0
2 , 000 60, 000
5 ,000 2,000 13 ,1 00 1 , 000 1 ,5 00
60 0 13 ,000

2 , 30 0 300
1 , OJ O 40, 000
1,500 1 ,5 00 13 , 000 1 ,400
500 700 8 ,000

2 , 20') 700
1, 300 11 , 000
2 ,000 1 , 800
700 2 , 300 1 , 000 28 ,500

8 , 600 3 , 000 3 , 000 15 , 000 27,000 4, 000
1 ,200 18 , 500
1 ,400 55 , 000

1 , 700 70C
1 ,500 10 , 000
4 , 500 1 , 500
1,600 1 ,000
900 19 , 000

85 ,6 00

11 0 ,1 00

70 ,2 00

51 ,500

136. 700

42 ,400

ALL PECANS

State

1974

1 97 5 1 , 000 Pou nds

Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Louisiana Hi s s i s s i ppi Ne\11 llex i co Nor th Carolina Oklahoma South Carolina Texas

11 , 000 1 , 200 2 , 500
58, 000 3 ,000 3 ,000
13 , 200 2 ,2 00 2 ,500 2 ,500
38, 00 0

20,000 3, 500 5, 000
75 , 000 32,000
6 ,000 13 ,1 00
2 , 200 20, 000
2 , 000 68 ,OOC

United States

137 ,100

1:../ Budd ed , grafted, or topworked v arieties.

246 ,80 0

Indi cated 1 97 6
4 , 000 1 ,000 2 , 50 0 50 , 000 6 , 000 3 ,000 13 , 000 3,000 1, 500 1 , 600 27 ,0 00
112 , 600

United States Department of Agriculture Statistical Reporting Se r vice 355 East Hancock Avenue Athens, Georg ia 30601

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GEOKGIA

As of Septembe r 1 , a c tua l bo l l cou nts and i nfo rma t io n s uppl i ed by crop co rre s ponde n t s
indicated a cotton crop fo r Geo rg ia of 220 , 000 bales . If real ized , t he Geo r g ia Crop Reporting Serv ice sai d this woul d be a 49 pe rc en t la r ge r c ro p tha n l a s t ye a r 1s reco rd-low crop of only 148, 000 ba l e s . Ind i ca t e d 1in t yie ld pe r acre, at 440 pounds per acre, wo uld
be about equal t o l a s t yea r ' s yi e l d . On l y 2 ba les were rep o r t ed as be i ng g i nned p rior to Sep temb e r 1.
FI NAL PR O DUCTI O ~J 1974- 75 ; IN DI CATED PRODUCTI ON, 19 76

Crop Repo rt i ng Districts
1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 STATE

18. 5 9. 6 11. 4 18. 9 91.0 55. 1 64. 6 148.9 1. 0
41 9.0

1975 -000 Ba l e s-
5. I 3.8 2.9 3.6 32. 6 19 . 2 18 . 2 62. 6
148 .0

Ind .
19 76
12. 0 5. 0 6.0 4 .5 38.0 35. 0 29.0 90 . 0 - -.5220. 0

CROP REPORT ING DISTRICTS

UNITED STAT ES

All co t t on p ro duct ion i s f o re ca st a t 10 . 4 mi l l io n ba le s , 25 perce nt a bove t he 1975 crop,

but 3 percent below th e August 1 f oreca s t . Expe c t e d p rod uct io n con sist s o f 10.3 mill ion

bales of Upland and 57, 20e bal e s of Amer i can- P ima . Co t tonseed p roducti on in 197 6, based on

a three year a verag e lin t - s ee d ra t io , is f o r eca s t a t 4. 0 mi lli o n ton s , 3 1 percen t mo re than

in 1975. Growers expect to harves t 11.1 million a c re s of all cot t on th is yea r , 26 percent ab ove

1975, but virtually unc ha nge d f rom t he August 1 e sti ma te. Ave ra ge 1i nt y ie l d pe r a cre is

forecast at 451 pound s , 2 pou nds below 1975.

In th e Delta Sta t e s - Mi s s i s s i ppi , Arka nsa s , Lou isiana , Ten ne s see and Mi s so u r i - the

cotton crop is ex pec ted t o p rodu ce 3 .0 mil l io n ba l e s , 19 pe rce nt a bove 1975. Muc h o f the

Delta has not rec ei ve d a ny mo i stu re sin ce early Ju ly , a nd a s a cons e que nce , co tton p ros pe ct s

hav e di minished . Whi le p la nt growth ha s bee n 1 im ited a nd set t i ng o f f r u i t sl owed, ho t , dry

weath er has forced early bolls to open . Sheddi ng o f f ru i t i s ev i de nt a nd wi de s p re a d .

Production in th e Sout hea s t e rn St a tes - Georg ia , Ala bama , Sout h Ca ro l i na and No r t h

Carol i na - is expected to to t al 750 ,000 bal es , up 24 ~er c e nt f rom 197 5. Co t ton p ro spe cts

for most of th e Sout hea s t e r n St a t e s hel d st eady o r imp rov e d s l ight l y . Al t hough condit ions

were gen erally dry, e nough 1 i ght sh ower s were re ce iv ed in t hese area s to sustain the crop.

The Bureau o f th e Ce ns us rep o rt s 374, 054 ba l e s g i nned t o Sept ember 1 co mpared wi t h

168,603 bales ginned to the sa me da t e in 1975 a nd 543,240 ba l e s in 1974.

FAASIER T. GALLOHAY
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The Statistical Reporti ng Se rvice , USDA , Fed e ra l Building, 355 East Ha ncoc k Avenu e , Athens,

Georgia in co operat ion wi th the Georgi a De pa rt ment o f Agri cu l t u re . Te l ephon e 404-546-2236.

u.s. Cotton Report As Of September 1. 1976

State
UPLAND AI abama Ar izona Arkansas Cal ifornia
F1or i da 11
Georgia III i noi s 1I
Kentucky 11
Louisiana Mississippi tH ssour i
Nevada 11
N. Mexico N. Ca ro I ina Oklahoma S. Ca ro 1ina Tennessee Texas
Virginia 11

Area Ha rve s t ed

Ind.

1974

1975

1976

1,000 Ac res

Yi eld

1974

197 5

Pounds

585 392 1,130 1,238
12.1 410
.5 4.5
635 1,710
330
1.7
140
145
547 292 510 4 ,400
1. 5

370 268 680
875 3.7
160
o
.6 31 0 I ,100 210
1
85
53 295 103
315 3, 900
.8

450 318 1,000 I ,1 20
6.3 240
o
1. 2
545 I ,53 0
255
I
75
68
335 165 390 4, 500
.7

429 1,218
374 1, 006
503 490 288 280
423 448
335 586
509 440
272 450 290 269 384

405 1,027
485 1,072
346 443
o
257
535 454 449 721 382 41 2
277
454
339 293 344

Ind . 1976
I , 000 SaI e s

34 1 1, 117
346 1, 071
549 440
o
360 458 4 17 348 720 467 4 24
229 436 246
334 4 11

522
995 880
2, 595 12. 7
4 19 .3
2. 6
560 1,595
230 2. 1
148
133 31 0 274 308 2 , 4 62
1.2

312
573 687 1, 954
2. 7 148
o
.3 346 1,040 196
1.5
68 46
170 98 222
2, 382 .6

320 740 720 2,5 00
7. 2 220
o
.91 520 I ,330 185
1.5
73 60 160
150 200
3, 130 .6

Amer .-P ima Ari zona
Ca 1i fo rn ia 11
N. Mexico Texas

34 . 7

29.8

35. 0

729

6 12

597

52. 7

38.0

43.5

.3

.I

a

683

480

o

.4

.1

o

14 . 5

12.5

6 . 0 41 7

195

360

12 . 6

5. I

4.5

32. 8

23.5

10 . 5

359

231

421

24 . 5

11. 3

9. 2

United States

Upland

: 12, 484 . 3

11,000. 2 440

453

450

8,247 . 1

8 , 730.1

II , 449 . 9

10,318 .2

Amer.-P ima

82. 3

65. 9

51.5

526

397

533

90 .2

54.5

57.2

All Cotton

:12,566.6

11 , 051.7

441

453

451

8.796.0 ;
II Estimate for curren t yeM l". .c.:1~r:lerl" ..forvio rd fro m ea r l ie r fo~s"t.

be ginned.

8,301.6

11 . 540 . I

10,375.4

I

2/ .p roduct ion ginned and 1

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Re l ea s ed 9/2 3/ 76

mU TED STAT ES ~ TOC KS OF SOYBEANS IN ALL POS I TION S

Carr yove r of old c r op soybeans i n to t he 1976-77 marke ting year tota l ed 244 mi llion Jushel s on Sep t embe r 1, 1976 . Thi s s oybean car r yover i s t he s econd l argest of r ecor d, ex ce eded only by t he 1969 carryov e r of 327 mi l l ion bushe l s . The Se p t embe r 1 sto c ks in al l pos ition s are 32 per ce n t mor e t ha n a year ago and 43 percent a bov e the 1974 level. Soybeans stored on farms to t ale d a rec or d h i gh 85 mi l lion b ushe l s , ex ceed i ng the pre vious r ecord hi gh o f 1975 by 10 mi l l i on bushel s . This i s 1 3 per c en t ab ov e lait yea r and 31 per cent above t wo ye a rs ago . Off - f arm stocks at 15 9 mi llion bushels a re 44 P7 r cent ,h i ghe r t ha n Sep tembe r 1 , 1975 and 49 pe rcent above Sep t ember 1 , 1974 .

Di s a ppe a r ance dur i ng t he ma rke t i ng yea r (Sep t ember 19 75 - August 1976 ) tota l ed 1 , 463 mi l l i on b ushe l s a s indica t ed by ye ar e nd s to c ks , 22 pe r cen t abov e t he previo us mar ket i n g yea r . Cr us hi ngs accounted for about 866 mill i on bu shels , exp or t s abo u t 553 mi l l i on bushel s , and qu a n t i t i e s us ed f or f e ed a nd seed auou t 55 million bushe l s .

Ind ica t e d d i s a ppe a r anc e du r i ng J une-Au gus t 1976 t ot a l ed 307 mill i on bus he l s , 29 pe r cen t above di s app ea r a nce du r ing t he s ame period a yea r a go .

Uni t ed Sta t e s Soyb ean Stock s (Old Crop) Septe mb er 1 , 197 6 wi th Compar isons

Sep t. 1

Se p t. 1

June 1

Sep t . 1

Po s i t i o n

1974

1975

1976

1976

1,000 Bushels

On Fa rms

64 ,545

75 , 114

249,877

84 ,858

Off Farms 1/

106 , 337

109, 922

300 , 872

158, 688

Total

170, 882

185 , 036

550 , 749

243 , 546

l/ Includes sto cks at mill s , e l eva t or s , ua re hou ses, t erminals a nd proc essors.

FP-ASI ER T. GALLOWAY Agr icu ltural Stat i s t i c i an I n Charge

JERRY PITT S Agr i c ul t u r a l Sta t is ti cian

The St a t i st i cal Rep orting Servic e , USDA, 355 East Ha ncoc k Avenue, At hens, Georg ia in coope r a t i on wi th t he Ge orgi a Department of Agr i cul t u re . Telephone 404 - 54 6-22'36.
Received

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___- S o yp ~ n s ( Old Crop)- - Fa rm and Off-Farm St oc ks. Sep tem be r

On Fa rms

Off-Fa rm Tot a 1 1/

Sta t e Se pt . J une

Sep t . Sep t . June

Sept .

197 5 1976 1976 197 5 1976 1976

~

1, 000 Bushel s

Al a .

328

Ark .

3 , 677

De I.

36

Fla.

151

Ga .

901

111.

7,090

Ind .

4 , 376

Iowa :23 , 890

Ka ns . 2,0 09

Ky .

1,1 23

La.

660

Md.

53

Mich .

794

Minn. : 10 , 920

Miss . 1, 156

Mo .

4 ,209

Nebr . 3, 356

N. J .

31

N. Y.

8

N. C.

9 16

N. Dak ; 286

Oh io

5, 583

Okla .

30

Pa .

57

S. C.

578

S. Da k . : 1,2 51

Tenn .

958

Te x .

235

Va .

61

vii s .

391

1, 58 3,948
153 708 3. 465 58, 362 14 , 375 71, 094 3,7 64 2,544 2, 839 445 2, 644 26, 91 8 6, 178 11, 399 6 , 974
62
12
2,6 13 872
16,120
327 36
3, 947 3, 370 3, 173
91
920 1, 266

G2 9
1, 128
10
212 630 16 , 050 4,79 2 30,807 1, 107
954 In 7
18
778 11,138 1,030 3,420
2,989 10
5 653 407 4,030
27 18
911
1,348 680
45 108 487

934 3, 804
1,139 19, 970 3,076 28,891 4,262 1, 688 4,806
628
10 , 774 1,707 8 ,480 4 ,630
674 406 6 , 182 293
1, 315 585
1, 250 1, 433
118

3 , 7 98 16, 108
5.628 69,390 I ! ,7 07 64,7 50 7 , 901
3,303 6 , 5 06
1 ,315 23 ,3 96 8 ,716 15,870 8 ,874
; 1:
2,729 731
21 ,89 6 84 1
..,';;
4,862 1, 130 7,5 38 4 , 212 1,580
454

1, 693 4 , 856
36, 783 5 ,840 42, 583 5,17 4
6, 664
785 15, 17I 3,099 8 , 2 89
lj, 33 7
220 6, 600
210
2, 413
582
3,006 1,4 47
21 6

1, 262 5,0 56 7 , !.te : 'C,0 56

'2. ,3" 5, 91

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2/,060 128 , 352 52, 8 ' 3 7, 452 26 , 082 10 , 652

52, 781 I 35J 844 73, 390 6 , 271 11, 665 6 , 281

2, 8 11 5,847

5,466 9 , 345 7,1 01

..,':

I , J+?2.
21,694 2, 863

3,9 59 50, 314
14, 894

1,563 26, 309 4,129

12, 689 27 ,269 11,709

7, 986 15 , 848
I';;

7, 326 10

1, 590
b92
11,7 6) 323

5 , 342 1,60 3 38,01 6 1, 168

627 10,6 -:> 0
237

1, 893 1, 836 2,208
1, 668
509

8 ,809 4,500 10 ,71 1
4, 303 2, 500 1, 720

3,3 24 1, 930 3, 686 1, 492
703

Una 1I . i. ;

2, 877 7,0 37 8, 720

8, 453 11, 328

U.S . :75 , 114 249 , 877 84 , 858 109, 922 300,87 2 158 , 688 185 , 036 550 , 749 243, 546
* Incl ude d i n una l loca t e d to a vo id disclosin g ind iv idual opera ti ons. 1/ Inc l ude s s t ock s
a t mi l l s, el eva t o r s , wa re houses, term in a l s , and proce s so rs.

Un i t e d Sta te s Department of Agri cult u re St a t i s t i ca l Re po r t i ng Servi ce
355 East Han coc k Aven ue Athe ns , Georg ia 30601

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HONEY
GEORGI A liONEY PRODUCT I Oi.J

Relea s ed 9 / 27/ 76

Georgia 's honey production from commercial a pia r i es wit h 300 or mo re col onie s i s expected to total 2,125, J OO pounds. This i s 67 percent of t he 1975 pr oduc t i on of 3 , 168 , 000 pounds, according t o t he Ceor gi a Crop Re por t ing Se r v ic e .

Unf avo r a oLe conditions dur ing t he hone y f Low s ea son cu r t a iled produc tion. Yiel d pe r colony at 25 pounds is sharply be l ow last year's 44 pounds .

UlJITED STATES HONEY PRODUCTIOlJ

Honey pr od uc t i on from commercial apiarie s ~i th 300 or mor e colonies i n t he 20 major hone y producing States i s expected to total 10 6 mi lli on po und s in 1976, ab ou t 1 pe rc en t be l ow last year bu t 5 percent mor e than t he 1974 p rodu c tion .

The colonies of bees held by t he commercial a piaries in 1976 are es t ima ted a t 1 . 8 million compar-ed wLt.h 1. 7 million a year ugo , Parti ally of fs e t t i ng t he i nc reased co l ony numbers from last ye a r was a decreas e in the pe r colony produc tion. Yi e l d per colony i s expected to average 57.6 pounds, 7 percent bel o\v t he 19 75 ave rage a nd 4 percent be low 1 974 .

California production is expe c ted to be a bout 16. 6 million pounds , 15 percent below a year ea r l ier . The extremely dry conditions r educed yie l ds wh i ch mor e than offs et t he increase in colony numbers. Favorable conditions exi s ted in Florida and honey production is expected to be 24 percent more t han last ye a r .

FRASIER T. GALLOWAY Agricultural Statistician In Charge

LARRY lvlASSEY Agri c ultural Statis tici a n

The Statistical Reporting Service, USDA, 355 Ea s t Ha ncock Avenue , Athens, Georgia i n cooperation with t he Geor gia Department of Agri cul t ure . Tele phone 404-546-2236 .

Received

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DOCUMENTS UGA LIBRARIES
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Commercial Production-Apiaries wi t h 300 or more colonie s : Colonie s of be es and

commercial honey production in 20 major producing St ate s , 1" 75-1976

Colonies of Bee s

Yield per Colony

Hone y Product ion

State

1976 as

1976 as

1975

1976

% of 1975: 1975

1976

197 5

1976 % of 1975

1 ,000 Colonies

Percent

Pounds

1,000 Pounds

Per cen t

Ariz. Calif. Colo. Fla.

47

46

390

425

30

31

13 2

135

98

45

59

2 , 115

2 )714

1 28

109

50

39

19 , 500 16, 575

85

103

73

67

2, 190

2 , On

95

102

80

97

10 , 560 13 , 095 . 124

Ga.

72

85

118

44

25

3, 168

2, 125

67

Idaho Ill. Iowa Hich. r1inn . Hont. Ne br . N. Y. N. C. N . Dak. Oreg. S. Dak. Tex. Wash. Wis.

96

101

10

8

37

43

57

57

105

120

75

83

126

127

49

54

7

8

82

91

21

26

150

146

104

12 0

rt

73

66

69

105

44

33

4 , 224

3,333

79

80

42

65

1+2 0

52 0

12 4

116

90

83

3 ,3 30

3 , 569

10 7

100

55

50

3,135

2,850

91

114

85

83

8 , 925

9 , 960

11 2

111

95

11 2

7,125

9 , 296

13 0

101

51

53

6, 426

6, 731

10 5

110

63

43

3,087

2,322

75

114

64

41

448

328

73

111

94

11 0

7 , 708 10 , 010

13 0

124

45

34

945

884

94

97

71

47

10 , 650

6 ,862

64

115

72

45

7,4 88

5 ,4 00

72

95

37

28

2 , 849

2 ,044

72

105

45

82

2,97 0

5, 658

1 91

20 States 1,733

1 ,848

107

62 .0

57 . 6 10 7 ,263 10 6,353

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Oc t ober 1, 1976

GEORGLi IND EX DOWN 3 PO INTS

'rh.! ;"11 Commodity I rid c x of Price s Re ceived wa s 187 pc r c e rit , 3 poin t s below t he previo us aoutn and 6 po in ts be Low Sept ember 19 75 , a ccording to t he Ceor gLa Cr op Repor t i ng Se r v i ce. The decr ease i n t h e fl.11 Commod ity I ndex fr om the L\.Ugus t l eve l resul t ed fro m de c rease s in tob acco, ~~~t , hogs , bee f ca t t l e , calves and br oi lers .

The September ;~ l Crops I ndex was 195 pe rc ent , up 2 poin t s from the previous month and 10 points a bove Sept~mbe r 19 75 .

The Al l Live stock I nd e x f or Sep t ember was 181 percen t, down 6 poi n t s f r om t he pr evi ous month and dovn 19 po i n t s f r om Septembe r 1975 .

UNIT ED STATES PRI CES uECE IVED I NDEX DOWN 1 POINT PRICES PAID INDEX UNC HANGED

The Inde x of Price s Re ce i ve d by Far me rs decre a s e d 1 point (~ per ce nt ) to 186 pe r cen t of its J anuary-Decembe r 1967 average duri ng t he mont h ended Septembe r 15, 1976 . Contr i buting most to the decr e a s e s i nce mi d-Augus t we ro low er pr ice s f or ho gs , po t a t oes , ca ttl e, oran ges and wheat. Hi gher prices for so yb e ans , cot ton and milk we re par t i ally offs e t t i ng. The index wa s 13 poin t s (7 perce n t) be l ow a ye ar a go.

The Index of Pr ice s Pa i d by Farmer s f or Commodi t i e s and Servi c es, I nterest, Taxes , an d Farm Wage Rates for September 15 wa s 195, uncha nged f rom a mon t h ear l i e r . Lower f e ede r livestock prices offs e t pr ice inc r ea s es for ot he r inde x compone n t s. The index was 9 po i n t s (5 percent) a bov e a year ea r l i e r .

1967 = 100

I ND EX Nill1BERS- - GEORG I A AND UNITED STATES

Au g . 15

Sep t . 15

Aug. 15

1975

1 975

1 9 76

Sept. 15 1 976

GEORGL\

Prices Rccc.Lvcd

All Commodities

~/19 0

~/1 93

2/ 190

187

All Crops

184

185

2 /193

195

. Livestock & Livestock Pr oduc t s

2/195

~/20 0

18 7

181

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UNITED STATES

Prices Received

194

1 99

18 7

18 6

Prices Pa id, Interest , T~xe s

& Farm Wage Rates

184

18 6

195

195

Ratio 1/

105

10 7

96

95

1/ Ra tio of Index of Pr i c es Received by Farmer s to Inde x of Pric es Pa id , Interes t, Taxe s, and Farm Wage 6 u tes . ~/ Rev is ed .

FRAS IER T. GALLOHAY Agr i cul t ural Statistician I n Charge

CLAYTOn J . HCDUFFI E Agr i cul t ural St a t i s t i c ian

The Stati stical Re porting Service, USDA, 355 Eas t Hancock Avenue, At hens , Ge or gia in cooperation Ni t h t he Guorgin De pa rtme n t o f Agr i cu1 t ur0 . Tele phone 40 4-5 46- 2236 .

PRICES--RECEIVED AIID PA!D BY FAffi1ERS, SEPTEMBER 15, 1976 WITH COMPAtt I SuNS

Uni.t e d St ate s

Commodity

Sept. 15 Sept. 15 Aug . 15 Se pt. 15

and Unit

1 976

1975

19 76

197 6

PRICES RECEIVED

vJheat, bu. 1/

$

3.54

4 .11

2 . 97

2 .88

Oats, bu. 1/

$

1.46

1.45

1.48

1. 49

Corn, bu.

$

2 . 74

2.57

2. 59

2. 76

2. 64

2. 60

Cotton, lb.

6/48.0 6/65 .0

71.3

../47 . 2 6 /6 0 .4

62. 5

Cottonseed, ton

$ -111.00

103 . 00

92 .00

96. 00

Soybeans, bu.

$

5.37

6.02

6 . 65

5 . 32

6 .07

6 .65

Peanuts, lb.

19.6

20.1

19 .9

~/1 9 .6

18.6

19 .7

Swe etpotatoes, cwt.

$ 15.05

10 .45

10.65

8 . 73

7.74

6 .50

Hay, baled, ton

All

$ 42.50

50.00

54.5 0

50 .80

58.70

60 .80

Alfalfa

$

Other 2:../

$

54 .10 43. 80

63. 40 47 .80

65 .30 49.40

Milk Cows, head

$ 340.00 400.00 400.00

413. 00 474 .0 0

479 .00

Hogs, cwt.

$ 56.40

41.50

39.70

58 .6 0

42 . 60

39 . 70

Beef Cattle, Al1,cwt. 3/ $

Cows, cwt. Ii.!

$

23.70 18.60

28.40 25.70

25.90 22 . 50

34.00 20 . 30

32. 80 24 .6 0

32 . 40 23 . 10

Steers & Heifers, cwt. $ 27.50

30.50

28 . 50

38.20

35.30

35.10

Calves, cwt ,

$ 23.50

30.50

29.10

26 .90

34 . 50

33.10

Milk, Sold to Plants, cwt.

Fluid Market

$ ~/10.00

10.60 7/10 . 60

6/ 9. 47 6 /9 .9 6 7/10.10

Ma n u f a c t u r ed

$

6 /8.24 6/8.88 - 7/ 8 . 70

Al l

$ ~/10.00

10.60 7/10.60

../9 .22 6 /9 . 75

])9 . 85

Turkeys, lb.

c 29.0

32.0

30.0

36 .3

30.9

30.5

Chickens, lb.

Excluding Broilers 5/ 6/13 .0

15.0

16 . 0

6/10.9

Commercial Broilers

6/30.0

25.5

2L:. 0

6 /29 .6

24. 3

23 .1

Eggs, all, doz.

c 6/62.8

67 .2

68 .7

6 /55. 8

60 .6

62 . 1

'l'ab Le , doz .

6/55.2

64.2

65. 5

Hatching, doz.

85.0

87.0

90. 0

PRICES PAID-FEED

Mixed Dairy Feed, ton

14% protein

$ 134.00 145.00 140.00

133. 00 138.00

138. 00

16% protein

$ 140.00 147.00 151.00

135.00 144.00

147 .00

32% protein

$ 164.00 185.00 188.00

175. 00 201.00

208.00

Hog Feed, 14%-18% protein

c~.

$

8.30

8.80

8 . 70

8.2 7

8.72

8.84

Cottonseed Meal, 41%,cwt. $

9.10

11.00

11.50

9 .27

11.40

11.60

Soybean Meal, 44%, cwt. $

9~60

12.00

12.50

9. 24

11 . 70

12.20

Bran, cwt.

$

7.80

8.30

8.00

7.11

7.51

7.65

Middlings, cwt.

$

7.70

7.80

8.00

7.01

7 .38

7 .53

Corn Meal, cwt.

$

7.20

7.10

7 .30

7.23

7.09

7.08

Poultry Feed, ton

Broiler Grower Feed

$ 167.00 174.00 184.00

164 .00 177.00

179. 00

Laying Feed

$ 141.00 146.00 143.00

149 . 00 158.00

159.00

Chick Starter

$ 161.00 174.00 167.00

168 .00 183.00

183.00

Alfalfa Hay, ton

$ 68.00

73.00

71.00

63 . 30

71.10

71.40

All Other Hay, ton

$ 58.00

63.00

61.00

53.50

59.80

60.80

1/Month1y e s t i ma t3 s for Georgia discontinued beginning June 197 6. 2/ Includes all hay except ~lfa1fa. 3/ "Cows" and "steers and heifers" combined with allowance whe r e nec essary for

slaughter bulls. 4/ Includes cull dairy cows sold for slaughter , but not dairy cows for he rd

rep1acement .~. 5/ Monthly e s t i ma te s for U. S. discontinued beginning June 1976. 6/ Revised.

I/ Pre1iminary.-

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United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service
355 East Hancock Avenue
Athens, Georgia 30601

9 9 0 13 0

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UNIVERSITY OF GEO RG I A STATE DOCUMENT S

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OCT 1 1976
DOCU M E !' l T S UGA LIBRARI ES

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OTTON

Oc t ober 1 3 , 1976

As of Oc tober 1 , i n f ormation s upplied by crop c or rc s po ~d~nts a n d f r om a ctual f r ui t counts indicat e a cot t on c r op of 220, 000 ~ a le s f or Ge or gia , unchange d f rom the pr ev i ou s mon th ' s 3s t i ma t e . I f r ealiz ed , t he G80rgi a Cr op Rep orting Se r v i ce sai d th i s wou l d be 72, 000 bales or 49 percent a bov e last ye ar ' s r e co r d- l ow cr op of 148 , 000 ba l e s . Indi cat ed yiel d i s a t 440 pounds of l i n t pe r a c re . By Oc t ober 1 , about 3 pe r ce nt of the crop ha d be e n h arv es t ed compared to 5 percent t hi s time l a s t ye a r and a 5- ye ar ave r a ge of 14 pe r cen t har v e s t e d .

FI NAL PRODUCTION 1 974- 75; I NDICATED PRODUCTIOn , 19 76

Crop Rep orting Districts

1 9 74

1 975 000 Bale s

I nd . 1976

CROP REPORTING DI STRI CTS

1

18 .5

2

9.6

3

11.4

4

18. 3

5

91. 0

6

55 .1

7

64.6

8

14 8 . 9

9

1. 0

STATE

419.0

*Less than 100 bal es .

5.1 3.8 2 .9 3.6 32. 6 19 . 2 13 . 2 62 . 6

7. 0 5. 0 6. 0 8 .0 47 . 0 33 . 0 30. 0 84 . 0

148 . 0

22 0 . 0

UN ITED STATES

All cotton produc tion i s f orecas t at 10 . 3 mil lion ba l e s a s of Oc t obe r 1 , 23 per cent abov e

th e 1975 crop , bu t 1 percent below the Sep tember 1 for ecas t . Expe c ted produc t i on cons is t s of

10 .2 million bales of Upl and a nd 5 7,5 00 bal e s of Ame r i can-Pi ma. Cottonseed product i on in 19 76 ,

bas ed on a t hr e e yea r average lint-seed ra t io, is for eca s t a t 3 . 9 million t ons, 29 perc ent

more t han in 197 5.

Growers e xpec t to har ves t 11. 1 million a cres of a l l cot t on f or 1976, 26 p er cen t a bove

1975 and unchanged fr om t he Sep tember 1 estima te. Ave r a ge lin t yie l d per acre i s for e cas t a t

445 pounds , 8 pounds or 2 pe r cent be Low 197 5.

In t h e Del t a St a t e s - ~ Ii s s i s s ipp i , Ar kansas , Loui s i ana, Tenne s s ee a nd Mi s s our i - - t he co tt on

crop is e xpe ct ed t o produc ~ 2.8 million bales, 12 percent a bove 19 75 . Cot t on i n t he Del ta is

opening r a pidly , bu t l at e r t han us ual. Harve st is ge t t i ng unde r way . Ef f e c t s of pro longed dry

Conditions a r e ev i de nt wi t h plan t s ize and bo lls s ma l l e r than norma l .

Production i n t he Sou t he a st e r n State s-- Geor gi a , Ala1ama, South Car o l i na and Nor t h Carolina

--is ~xp e c ted t o t otal 780 , 000 ba l es , up 29 pe r c e n t fro m 1 975 . Pr oduct i on prospec ts ge ne r a l ly

hel d st eady or i mp r ov ed sl i gh tly dur i n g Se p t embe r . Al t hough t he crop is l a t e, bolls a rc

Opening r a pidly a nd some defoli a tion is underwa y . Fi rs t bal e s have be e n gi nned .

The Bur eau of t :12 Census r e por ts 5 72 ,884 bales ginne d to Oct obe r 1 compared wi th 37 3, 240

~lcs ginned to t he same dat e in 1975 and 82 7, 287 ba l e s in 1 974 .

FRr\SI ER T. G.\L Lm-JAY

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Ihc Statistical Rep or t Lng Se r v ic e, USDA , 355 Eas t Ha nc ock Avenue , At hens , Ge or gi a i n coope r ation tNi t h t he Georgia Depar tment of Agr i c ul t ur c , Tc Le phorie 404-546 - 2236 .

State

U. S. Cotton Repo r t a s of Octob e r 1, 1976

Area Har ves t ed

Ind .

1 974

1 975

1976

1 ,000 Ac re s

1 974

Yi eld
19 75 Pou n d s

I nd. 1976

-Proa uc t i on 27

so-u..

net

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ba Ind

l.e--s-.

1 9 74

1975

1 976

---.

1 , 000 Ba l e s

Upland

Alabama

585. 0

Arizona

392 . 0

Arkansas

1,130. 0

Ca l i f o r n i a

1,238 .0

Florida 1/

12.1

Georgia

41 0 . 0

Illinois 1/

.5

Kentucky.Ii

4 .5

Louisiana

635 .0

Hississippi

1 ,710.0

Missouri

330.0

Nevada 1../

1.7

New Hcxico

140. 0

North Carolina : 145. 0

Oklahoma

547. 0

South Carolina: 292. 0

Tennessee

510. 0

Te x a s

4,400. 0

Virginia l/

1.5

370 . 0 268 . 0 680. 0 875 .0
3.7 160. 0
.0 .6 310 . 0 1,100. 0 210 .0 1. 0 85. 0 53. 0 295.0 103 . 0 315. 0 3, 900. 0 .8

450 .0 313 .0 1, 000. 0 1 , 120 . 0
6 .3 24 0 . 0
.0 1. 2 545 .0 1,530 .0 255 . 0 1. 0 75 . 0 68 .0 335 .0 165 . 0 390 .0 4, 500 . 0
.7

42 9 1 ,218
374 1 ,006
503 490 288 280 423 448 335 586 509 44 0 272 450 290 269 384

405 1 ,027
485 1, 072
346 443
0 257 535 454 449 721 38 2 41 2 277 454 339 293 344

363 1 ,117
312 1 , 136
54 9 440
0 360
L: 40
392 320 720 46 7 42l,
201 465 283 320 41 1

522 . 0 995 . 0 880 . 0 2 , 595 . 0
12 . 7 l,19 . 0
.3 2 .6 560 .0 1 ,595 .0 230 .0 2.1 148 .0 133 . 0 310 .0 274 .0 308 . 0 2,46 2.0 1.2

312. 0 573 . 0 68 7 . 0 1 , 954 . 0
2.7 148 . 0
.0 .3 346 . 0 1 , 040. 0 196 . 0 1. 5 68 .0 46 .0 170. 0 98 .0 222 . 0 2 ,382. 0 .6

340.0 740.0 650 . 0 2 , 650 .0
7 .2 220 . 0
.0 .9 500. 0 1, 250 . 0 170.0 1. 5 73. 0 60.0 140 . 0 160. 0 230 .0 3, 000 .0 .6

Amer . -Pima Arizona
California 1../
New Hex i co Texas

34.7

29. 8

35. 0

72 9

612

5 97

.3

.1

.0

683

480

0

14 .5

12. 5

6.0

41 7

1 95

360

32. 8

23.5

10 .5

35 9

231

434

52. 7 .4
12 .6 24 . 5

38 . 0 .1
5.1 11. 3

43. 5 .0
4 .5 9. 5

United States

Upland

:12,484.3

11 , 000 . 2

440

453

445

8 , 247 . 1

8,730. 1

11,449 . 9

10,193.2

Amer.-Pima

82 .3

65. 9

51.5

5 26

397

536

90. 2

54 .5

57 .5

All Cotton

.:12,566. 6

11, 051. 7

8,7 96 . 0

441

453

445

8 , 301. 6

11,540. 1

10,250.1.,

1/ Estimates for current y ear ca rri ed fon:ard from e Olrl i er for ecast . 2/ Product i on gi nned

and to be ginned .

Un i ted States Depar t men t of Ag r i c u l t u re
Sta t ist i cal Repo rt i ng Service
355 East Ha nco ck Avenue
Pt he ns, Georg ia 30601

Fi:::~C 2 i ve d

OCT 1!.~ 1976
DOCUMEI,!TS UG/\ L1 BHAHIES

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P E CANS
Oct obe r 13 , 1976 PECA N REPO KT AS OF OCTOB ER 1, 1976
GEORGIA: Geor gi a pe can p roduc tio n i s f ore cas t at 50 mi l l ion pounds t h i s yea r , acco r d i ng
t o the Ge o r gia Crop Re po rti ng Se r v ic e . Th i s i s unc han ged f ro m a mon t h e a r l i e r .
This foreca s t is 33 pe r ce nt bel ow la s t yea r' s l'o n-ye a r' l p roduct ion o f 75 mi l l ion po unds .
Dry weather and a l ight Stu ar t se t are mo s t o f t e n men t ione d a s th e r ea so ns f o r th e smal l e r crop this year. Dis eas e a nd in s e c t s ha ve be en a pro bl em. A good s p ra y prog ra m fo r co nt ro l of disease and i nsect s se ems t o be ma nda t o r y f o r produc t io n .
The cur re nt c rop i s o f good qua l ity bu t nut s wi l l be s ma l l er in s i z e . The c ro p , a s
forecast, wi l l be th e sma l l es t c rop in Geo rg ia s in ce 1972 when 48 mi l l ion poun ds were
ha ryes ted.
UNITED STATES: Produ c ti on in t he U.S . i s expe c t ed t o t o t a l 114: 4 mi l l ion poun ds , up 2
pe rce nt from l a s t mo nt h ' s f o re ca s t but l e s s t ha n ha l f l as t ye a r 1s pro duc t ion . Prospects increased from las t mo nth i n Fl or i da , Mi s s i ss i pp i a nd Okla homa wh i le the c rop decl ined in Sout h Carol i na . Oth e r Stat e s s howe d no ch a nge f rom the Se p t embe r 1 f o re ca s t. Insect and dis ea s e damage i s becomi ng mo re ev id e nt as ha r ve s t p rog re s se s .
Improved var ieti e s are ex pec ted to acco unt f or 62 pe r ce n t o f t h i s ye a r 's c ro p compared with 45 percent last year. P rodu ct io n pro sp e c t s f o r i~p rov ed va ri e t ie s a re up 1 per ce nt
from last month .
PECAN STOCKS IN COLD STORAGE : On Augus t 31 , 1976 , th e U. S. s t ocks o f pecans in co l d storage t o t al ed 21, 026 , 000 poun ds o f nu t meat s a nd 26, 688 ,000 pounds
of " i n- s he l l ". Nutmeats were up 50 percen t fr om th e prev io us yea r wh i le " in -sh ell" was 430 percent above the Au gus t 31, 1975 s t ock s . The l ow stoc ks i n 1975 re f l e c t e d a s ho rt 1974 crop. The September 30, 1976 Co l d St o ra ge Re por t wi1 1 be r e l eas ed Oc to be r 17, 1976.

FRASIER T. GA LLOWAY Agricultural Statisti c ian In Cha r ge

VI. PAT PA RK S Ag r i cul t u ra l St a t i s t i c ia n

The Statistical Reporting Se rvi ce , US DA, 355 Eas t Ha ncock Ave nue , Ath e ns , Georgia in cooperation with the Georgia Depart ~ent of Ag r i cu l t ure . Te l e phone 404- 546- 2236.

State
A l a b a ma Arkansas Flo r i da Georqia Lou isiana Mi s si s s i ppi New Mexico No rth Carol ina 2/ Oklahoma South Ca ro 1 i na Te xas
Un i t ed Sta tes

PECAN PRODUCT ION

Improved Var i eties II

Na t i ve a nd See d l i nq Pecan s

Ut i 1i zed Uti li zed Ind i ca t e d Ut i J ized Ut I l Ize d Ind i ca t e d

1974

197 5

1976

1974

19 75

1976

- - 1, 000 Pounds - -

8,800 500
1,200 47 .000
1, 000 1, 200 13,200 1, 500
200 1,500 9 , 500

11, 400 500
2 ,0 00 60 . 000
5,000 2, 000 13 , 100 1,0 00 1, 500
600 13 ,000

2, 300 300
1,200 40 , 000
1 , 500 2 ,00 0 13, 000 1, 400
500 600 8 , 000

2 , 200 700
1 , 300 11, 000
2, 000 1, 800
700 2,300 1, 000 28 ,500

8 , 600 3, 000 3 , 000 15 . 000 27 , 000 4 , 000
1,200 18, 500
1,400 55 , 000

1, 700 700
1, 800 10 , 000 4 , 500
2, 000
1, 600 1, 500
800 19 , 0 00

85 ,600

110 , 100

70 , 800

5 1, 500

136, 700

43 , 600

State

Ut il i ze d 1974

ALL PECAN S Ut I l i zed 19 7 5
1, 000 Pounds

Ind i cated 1976

Alabama Arkansas F1or i da Georgia Louisiana Mississippi New Mexico No r t h Ca ro 1 i na 2/ Oklahoma Sou th Ca ro 1 ina Texas

11,000 1,200 2,500
58.000 3,000 3,000 13 ,20 0 2 ,200 2, 500 2, 500
38 ,COO

20 , 000
3,5 00 5 ,0 00 75,000 32, 000 6 ,000 13, 100 2 , 200 20 , 000 2,000 68 , 000

4 , 000 1, 000 3 , 000 50 . 000 6,000 4 , 000 13,000 3,000 2, 000 1,400 27 , 000

United States

137 ,100

246 , 800

114,400

1/ Budded, graft ed , or topwor ked va r ie t ie s . 2/ Est ima t e s for cu r r ent yea r ca r r i ed f o rwa rd
from, earl i e r foreca st.

United States Department o f Ag r icu l tu re Statistical Report ing Serv i ce 355 East Hancoc k Ave nue Athens, Georgia 30601

990 13 0 0 005902431-1 0 0

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA

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DOCU MENTS UGA LI BRARIES

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19 76

GEORG IA

Octobe r 13, 1976

Ra i ns t hat wou ld hav e be on wel comed du rin g t he d r y ~ e ri od of the St a t e ' s growi ng sea son we re not so we l come durin g the l a t t e r ha l f of Sept ember . Ha rve sting ope rati ons were int errup i e d on ma ny of t ile St a t e 1s farms by t he fa ir l y f re que nt and some t ime s hea vy rai ns . As a re s ul t, harve st in g p rog r e ss wa s tra il ing bo t h l as t ye a r 1s ra t e and th e 5-yea r a verage for most crop s.

Har vest o f pe anu t s, th e St a t e 1s l eadin g ca s h c rop , o n October 1, wa s t he s lowes t o f record , dat ing ba ck~ 1 9 5 6. On l y 76 pe r ce nt o f th e c rop had bee n dug an d 65 pe rcen t t:l res he d compare d with l a s t yea r ' s 85 pe r ~ en t dug an d 75 pe r cen t t hre s he d . Averag e p rog r e s s for t he da t e is 9 2 pe rce nt du g an d 84 pe r ce nt t h re s hed . There wer e al so rep or t s of pod- ro t in Ea s t-Cen tral Georgi a due t o t he ex ce s s iv e mo ist u re. The y ie l d e s t ima t e dro pped 100 pound s from t he prev iou s mo nt h t o 3,100 pou nds per a c re - a resu lt o f ea, l i er dry wea t he r and t he mo re r e ce nt ha r ve s t i ng probl ems .

Cot ton ha r ve s t ~a s , I ik ewi se , s l ower a t 3 pe r ce nt p i c ked ca mpa r ed wi t h 5 per cen t l ast yea r an d a n a v e l~ g e o f 14 pe rce n t . Pr od uc t ion, at 220 ,000 ba l e s wa s uncha nge d f rom t he
Sep t e mber I e s t ima t e .

Soybean pros pe c t s al so he l d fir m a t th e same l e vel a s e s tima te d ca r l ier wi th a 22 bu sh el per ac re yi eld ex pec ted . Harvest was l e s s t ha n I pe r ce nt comp l e t e compa red wit h 2 percen t comp le t io n fo r both l a s t yea r an d a verag e .

Co r n ha r ve st wa s the exce p t ion t o t he slow p rogre s s f o r o t he r crops . Ha rves t i s running a hea d o f usua l, due ma i n l y to a ve r y ea r l y s tar t thi s year wit h sig n i f ica nt a crea ge being har vest ed a t hi gh mo i s t u r e a nd d r ie d to a cc ept a bl e s t ora ge l ev e ls . A r eco rd- s e tting 60 bush el s per a c re i s ex pe c te d .

The peca n crop i s e xpe c t e d t o t o t al ab ou t 50 mi l l io n pou nds th i s ye a r - down one- th i r d f rom las t yea r ' s 75 mi l I ion pound s . Ha rv es t had ba re ly begu n on Octo be r 1.

Crop and Unit

GEORGI A ACREAGE AN D PRO DUCT IO N, 1975 AND 197 6

Ac rea qe

Yi e 1d p e r Ac re

: Ha r -

Fo r

!n-

:ve s t ed

Ha rv e s t

d ica t ed

19 7 5

197 6

19 7 5

1976 :

Thousand Acre s

Produc t ion

In-

dicat ed

19 7 5

19 76

Thousand s

Co rn, fo r g ra in, bu . . 1, 880

\.Jhea t , bu.

135

Oa t s , bu.

90

Ba r l e y , bu.

8

Rye, bu.

: 105

Sorghum, f or g ra i n , bu.

47

Cot ton, ba Ie s ..!/

160

Hay, a 1] , t on

470

Soybeans, f or bean s, bu . : 1, 260

Peanu t s, 1b.

: 524

Sweetpota t oes, cwt .

7.5

Tobacco, Type 14, lb .

75.0

Pecans, lb .

2, 080
2:./ I 15 2/95 2 / 10
2:./ 105 2:./ 48 24 0
46 5
9 50 52 1
7.5 68 . 0

55 . 0 27 .0 45 . 0 38.0 15 . 0 36.0 44 3
2. 50 25 . 0 3 , 295
100 2 , 0 10

60. 0 2:./3 2. 0 2/5 1.0 2/4 1. 0 2/ 22. 0
1 /34 .0 440 2 . 10 22.0
3 , 100
95 1, 800

103 , 400 3 ,64 5 4 , 050 304 1, 575 1, 692 148 1,175
3 1,500 1, 726 , 580
750 150 , 750 75, 000

124 ,80 0
2:./ 3 , 680 2:./4 , 845
2/4 10
2:./2,3 10 2:./ 1,6 32
220
9 77 20, 900 1, 61 5,100
71 3 122 , 400 50 ,000

1/ Co t t on y i e ld in po unds pe r ha rve s t ed a c re, p rodu c ti o n i n ba l es . 2/ Ca r r ied f o rwa r d

f rom ea r l ie r fo re cast.

UNITED STATES CROP REP ORT SUMMARY AS OF OCTO BER 1, 1976

Corn--Production is for e ca s t at a re co r d 5 , 865 mill io n bush el s as u f Oc t o be r 1, down 0.5 percent (27 mill ion bushe ls) fr om Sept em be r 1 bu t 2 pe rce n t a bove 1975.

Sorqhum Gra in - - Produc t ion i s f o re ca s t a t 71 4 mi ll io n bus he l s , sl i gh t l y higher (3 mi 11 ion bush el s ) t ha n a mont h ea r l ier but 6 per ce nt l e s s than l a s t year .

Feed Gra in- -Produc t ion of co r n , sorg hum, oat s a nd ba rl e y comb i ned i s f o reca s t a t 183 mill ion metric tons, s l i ght l y be l ow l a s t year .

Soybean s --P ro ducti on at 1, 250 mi l l io n bush els is down 2 pe rce nt (2 5 mi l l ion bush e ls ) from a month ea rl ier and 18 perce nt be low la s t yea r.

All Cotton- - Produ c t io n i s f ore ca s t at 10 . 3 mi l li on bal e s, 1 pe r cent ( 125 , 000 ba les) below September 1 but 23 pe rce nt above 1975.

Oilseed--Produc ti o n o f soybea ns , co tton s ee d , pea nu t s and f l axs eed combi ne d i s fo re ca s t at 39 million me tric ton s , 15 pe r ce nt l e s s t ha n la s t ye ar .

All Wheat--Produ c t ion is in d i cat ed a t 2 , 127 mi lli on bus he ls , s l ig ht l y l e s s than last year1s record c rop.

All Tobacco- - Produc t ion is for ecas t at 2 , 050 milli on pounds , up 15 mi l l io n pounds f ro m September I but 6 pe r cen t bel ow th e 1975 c rop . Fl ue- cu re d produc t ion i s dow n 9 pe rce nt a nd the Burl ey c rop i s down 2 pe rc e nt .

Crop and Un i t

UNITED STATES ACREAGE AN D PRODUCT ION. 1975 AND 1976

Ac r e e c e

Yi e 1d p e r Ac re

Produ c t ion

Ha r-

Fo r :

In-

In-

ve sted

Ha rve s t

d ica t ed

d ic a t ed

1975

197 6

19 75

19 76

1975

19 76

Tho us and Acre s

Tho usa nd s

Corn, for grain , bu . :

~/ he a t, bu .

Oa ts, bu.



Sa rl e y, bu.

Rye, bu.

Cotton, ba 1es ..U

Hay, all, ton



Soybeans, for bean s ,bu . :

Peanuts, lb.

Sweetpotatoes, cwt. :

Tobacco, All, lb.

Grap es, ton

:

Pecans, lb .



1/ Yield in pound s.

66,9 05 69 , 656 13 , 650
8, 711 8 14
8, 796 . 0 61, 863 53 ,606
1, 504 .0 118 . 5
1, 086 . 4

70, 95 5 70 ,4 20 12 , 7 16 8, 346
85 1 11 , 051 .7 6 1, 159 49, 401
1, 5 11. 9 120 . 8
J , 02 2.6

86.2
30. 6 48. 1 44. 0 22. 0
45 3 2 . 15 28.4 2 , 565
11Lj-
2, 009

82 . 7 30.2 44.4 42.6 20 . 4
44 5 1. 96 25 . 3 2 , 4 28
114 2, 005

5, 766 , 99 1 2 , 133 , 803
656 , 862 382 , 980
17 , 875 8,30 1. 6 132 , 9 17 1, 521,3 70 3,857 , 122 13 , 567 2 , 18 1, 937 4 ,30 0 . Lj 246, 800

5, 865 , 243 2 , 126 ,649
563 , 997 355,210
17 ,382 10 , 250 . 7 11 9 ,672 1, 249 ,713 3,671 , 065 13,796 2, 050 , 075 3,566.3 114, 400

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VEGETABL E S
GE Oi\G IA

Re lea se d 10/ 15/ 76

Prospective acreage of Georgia 's snap beans f or harv e s t du r i ng Oc t o be r , Novembe r and
December 1976 is estimated at 1,100 a c res, up 38 pe r ce nt f rom th e ac rea ge ha rvested during the fall quarter of 1975.

UNI TE D STATE S
St!AP BEANS: The 1976 fall quar t er prosp e ct i ve a c rea qc f o r harvest i n ma jo r p ro duc i ng Stat es i s est ima t ed at 15 ,3 20 a c re s , 9 percent l ess t han t he 16, 900 a c res
harvested during the same quart er i n 1975. Based o n a p ro j e c t ion of histo ri c av erage y ie l d s , this acreage i s e xpected t o prov ide 597,00 0 cwt . wh ic h wou l d be 10 per cent l e ss t ha n t he 1975 crop.
Virgin ia harvest s ta rt ed i n l a t e September an d y ie l d prosp e c ts are good . In Fl o rida , plantings are act ive and increa s ing . Exce s s i ve ra i nf a l l in th e hea vy prod uc i ng southea st area has washed out s ome you ng s ee dl i ngs an d res u l t e d in so me repla nt ing in l ow area s . Olde r plantings are in good to excel le nt co nd i t ion . Gadsd e n Cou n t y po le bea n ha rv est i s unde rwa y . Bush and pole beans should be av aila ble from the southeast by t he en d of Oc t o ber. The Georgia snap bean crop is i n good con diti o n.

The Cal i f o r n ia snap bean c rop ha s ma de sa tis f a c t o ry progre s s. Suppl ies thi s fal I are expected to be adequate. Volume wi l l be mode ra te Oc t o ber thr u mi d- Novembe r from the South Coast and lower San Joaquin Valley . Harvest will tap er o f f a fte r mid- Novembe r and e nd i n mid-December.

CABBAGE: Prospective a c roa gn for h~rv e st duri ng t he 197 6 fa l l quart er is forecast at
28,800 acres, 8 percent high er than th e fa l l qua r te r of 1975. This acreage, using historic average yields, is expected t o p rovi de 7. 5 mi l lion cwt . , an increa s e of 5 percent from 1975. In New York, t oo muc h rain duri ng a nd a fte r s e tting of cabbag e has cut
the potential yield with heads smaller than usu a l. Long Is l a nd ca bba ge sustained only mi no r
damage from Hurricane Bell e. New J e r sey harv e s t is underwa y a nd y ie l ds and qual ity are good.

The Pennsylva nia fall ca bba ge crop l ooks good. Some bl igh t ha s been report ed in late cabbage and some acreage wa s l o s t due t o the re cent exce s si ve ra infal l . Oh io producers cont inue to harvest a good qua l i t y ca bba ge c ro p . However , the lat e planted c rop could reflect droughty cond itions i n s ome g rowing a reas.

Dry wea t he r in Mich igan duri ng Augus t caused head s to be sma l I a nd slowed development
of later planted fields. Harv est i s active in a ll a r eas and i s a bout 50 percen t complete.
Qual ity varies from fair to mo s t l y good. Lac k of mois ture in Wi scons i n sl owed crop devel op-
ment in some areas but Southeaste rn v/ i s cons i n had t imely ra i nfal I for an ea r l y fr esh market crop.

Very l l ql.t harvest is underway in Southwest Virginia. Volume wi l l increas e in late October. In Florida, light transplant ing and s eeding o f ca bba ge was underway in early September. By the end of the month planting was a c t i ve in all areas . Transplanted fields are in good condition and are making good growth, but there are a few wet spots causing some damage due to damp-off. Harv est is e xpe cted by mi d- Novem be r .

CUCUMBERS: :'\c rca ge f o r ha r ve s t , a t 14 , 030 ac res , is 3 p.a r ce nt l e s s t han th e 1975 f a l l acrea ge . Pr oj e c t e a p ro duct ion is down 2 pe r ce nt to 1, 263 ,000 cwt. Virginia
har vest began in mid-September wi th ave rage yi e lds . In Fl or id a, pl a n t q rowt h and crop cond itions a re very good. Ear l y pl an t i ngs a re bl ooming a nd s e tt i ng f r u i t. Pl a nt i ng cont i nue s active. First harve s t shou l d ge t unde rwa y by t he midd l e o f Oc t o be r . Pea k vo lu me is e xpec t ed in Novembe r when the impor t ant so ut he r n area s reach heavy p rod uct ion .
TOt1ATOES: The 1976 pro sp ective acrea ge fo r harve st du r i nq t he: f a l l qua r t er i s p la ce d a t 21 ,8 20 ac res compa re d with 22, 800 acres har ve s t e d l a st ye a r . Ba s ed on
h i sto ric avera ge y ields , prod uc tion i s expect ed to to tal 4 . 4 mi l l ion cwt . , 10 pe rce nt below the 1975 c rop .
In Florida, t he c rop co nd i t ion i s gen e ral l y good to e xce l le nt . Op e n bl oom i s a bundan t and fru it set i s increasin g. Li gh t ha r ve st is e xpe c ted by t he e nd of Octo be r i n the hea vy producing Palm etto-Rus kin a rea . Vol u ~e s houl d i ncrease i n Novembe r as harvest become s act ive i n th e Southwest and Ft. P ie r ce- Pomp a no area s . Harv e s t s hou l d beg in in Da de County in December. Harvest i n Alabama is e xpe ct ed to co nt i nue unt i l t he f ir s t f ros t or fre e ze (us ua l l y mid- November). Dry wea t he r du ri ng August re du ced y ie l d po te nt ia l .

Group Total

14,300

16 , 9 0 0

15,320

91

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estimated nationally.

FRASIER T. GALLOWAY Agricultural Statistic ian In Charge

OSCAR COLE, JR. Ag r i c u ltu ra l Statistici an

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October 1, 1976 Re leas e d 10/ 22/ 76

Old Crop Corn Stoc ks Down . Sma l l Grai ns Up

The bushels of 1975 crop co rn s tocks i n Geo rgi a we re 20 pe rce n t lo wer on th i s Octo be r than las t ye a r , ac co rdi ng to t he Geo r g ia Crop Re por t i ng Se rv ice . St o re d o l d- c rop co r n , both on and of f f arm, to t a led 5 ,2 6 1,00 0 bus hel s compa re d with 6 , 603 , 000 bus he l s l ast year.

Each of t he small g rain hold in gs we re l a rg e r tha n a year ag o. Pe rce nt in c reas es were as follows: whea t , up 47 per cent; oa ts , up 38 pe r ce nt ; an d rye , up 3 1 pe rce nt .

Gra in

Geor q i a Gra in St ock s - Oc t o be r 1 . 1976 wi th compa r i so ns

On Fa rms

Off Fa rms

Al l Po si ti on s

1975

197 6

J 97 5

19 76

1975

1976

1,00 0 Bus he l s

Corn, o l d

6 ,3 17

\'/h eat

:

764

Oats

1, 550

Sarl ey

101

Rye

: 1, 168

Sorghum, o ld

13

5 ,1 70 88 3
2, 083 164
1 , 4 32 11 8

286

91

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1, 0 17

367

554

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1, 257 ,'"

5, 261 1, 900 2 , 637
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Feed Grain and Whea t Stocks Abov e Year Ear l ie r

Stocks of t he fo ur f e ed g ra ins (corn, oats , barl e y and so r ghum) to ta le d 27 million metric tons, al most 2 pe r cent more than the s t oc ks on han d Oc to be r 1, 1975. In creases from a year earl i e r by commod i t y were 11 per ce nt f o r corn , 2 percent f or ba rley and 51 percent for sorghum. Oat stocks decl i ne d 13 perce nt from a year ea rl ie r. St ocks of a l l wheat were up 14 percent from a yea r e a r l ie r whil e dur um stock s jumped 33 percent. Kye stocks were 2 percent below Oc tob er 1, 197 5, a nd fl a xs ee d s tocks were down 34 percent .

Old crop corn s t ore d in all po si t io ns on Octo be r 1 to t a l e d 399 mi I 1 ion bushels, 11 percent more than a year ea r l ie r . Co r n sto red on f a rms , a t 230 mi l l i on bus he l s was up 20 percent from last year. Stocks in of f-f arm f aci l i t i e s were up 1 perce nt from a year earl ier.

Old crop sorqhum qrai n stocks to ta led 53 mi l l ion bus he ls on Oc to be r 1, 1976, up 51 percent from last year1 s low 35 mil l ion bus he ls . Farm st ocks at 14 mi llion bushels were up 76 percent from last year1s 8 mil 1 io~ bush els . Off-farm stock s at 39 million bushels exceeded by 43 pe rcent t he 27 mil I ion bushels l ast yea r.

Oats in st orag e Oct ober 1, 1976 t o t a l e d nearl y 543 mill io n bus he l s , 13 percent less than a year earl ier a nd th e l owe st f or the date si nce re cords were start e d in 1943. Farm stocks at 430 mill ion bushe ls were 13 percent bel ow a yea r e a r l ier, and o f f - f a rm stocks at 112 mill ion bushels were down 14 percen t.

Barley stored in all pos itions on Oct ob er 1 t o t al e d 35 1 mi l l i on bushels, 2 percent
above a year earl ier. Fann s t oc ks at 198 million bush e ls were down 8 percent, wh i l e off -farm stocks were up 20 percent from a year ago.

Al l whe a t in st orag e t otal ed 2 , 163 mi l l io n bush els , 14 perce n t mo re than last year and 38 percent great er than October 1, 1974 . Off - f arm s to cks amou n te d t o 1,331 mi 11 io n bushels, 18 percent mo re than l ast ye a r. St o rag e on f arms tota l ed 83 2 mi l l io n bush el s, a n in crease of 9 percent over l a s t ye a r . Dis ap pea rance of whea t f rom a l l pos it ions du r i ng the JuneSeptember peri od was 628 mi 11 ion bus he l s compared wi t r. 673 mi J I ion bush e l s du r i ng t he comparab l e period last ye a r.

Rye s to c ks in a l l po s i tions on Oct ober 1 tot al ed J5 .4 mil li on bus he l s , 2 pe rce nt l ess than last yea r and 26 percent lowe r t ha n J974 .

UNITE O STATES

Stocks of g ra ins , Octo be r I , 1976 wi th comp ari ~uns

( In thou san d bush e ls )

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Oc t. J

Grain and posi tion

:

1974

1975

J une I 1976

Oc t. I 1976

CORN

On Farms

287 , 607

191, 255

1 ,=-76 ,7 0 1

229 , 883

Off Fa rms 1/ TOTAL 3/-

195 , 125 48 2 .73 2

168, 193 359 ,448

576,303 1 . 8 S~ . 004

169 ,4 19 399.30 2

SORGHUM On Farms Off Farms 1/

18 , 231 43, 145

7 , 909 27 , 188

49 ,4g7.
10LJ. ,OgO

13,9 57 38 ,979

TOTAL 3/

61 ,3 76

35 .097

153.S72

52 .9 36

OATS On Farms

49 1,289

496 , 057

161 . 5 9 l~

430, 4'58

Off Farms 1/

155, 720

130 , 775

46 , 277

112, 295

TOTAL

647 . 0 09

626 . 832

207. 871

542.7 53

BARLEY

On Fa rm s

177, 032

2 15 , 3 0 8

63 , IL!-5

198 ,082

Off Farms 1/ TOTAL

126 ,1 65 303 , 197

126, 963 342. 271

64 , 666 127 . 8 1]

152 , 599 350. 681

ALL ~JHEAT

On Fa rms

68 1, 040

762 , 067

234,466

831,758

Off Fa rm s 1/

881, 665

1, 128,997

429 , 74 2

1, 330, 928

TOTAL

1. : 62. 705

1. 89 1. 064

664 . 2 0 8

2. 162.686

DURUM WHEAT

On Farms

70 ,19 6

87 , 298

38, 852

11 3, 161

Off Fa rms 1/ TOTAL 2/-

21, 377 9 1. 573

27 , 657 114 . 955

14,5 50 53 , 40 2

39 ,298 152 .459

RYE

On Farms Off Fa rms 1/
TOTAL

11, 855 8 , 881 20 ,73 6

10, 020 5, 654 15 .674

2 ,1 44
2, 37 1 4 . 515

9 ,3 57 6, 073 15 .430

FLA XSEED

On Fa rms Off Farms 1/

7 , 734 4 ,5 99

7 , 095 6,228

1,7 30 3, 060

3 , 535 5 , 231

TOTAL

12 . 333

13 .3 23

4.790

8. 766

1/ Includ es s t ocks at mill s , e l evat o r s , wa rehouse s, terminals a nd pro ces so r s .
1/ Includ ed in al l wheat . 1/ Old c rop.

FRASI ER T. GALL OWAY Agricultura l St a t i s ti c ia n In C h ~ rg e

v. PA T PA RKS
Ag r i cu lt ura l Stat i s t ic ia n

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R '1 5 19 7 6 November 1, 1976

GEORGIA INDEX DOWN 8 POINTS

The All C o~modity Inde x o f Price s Rece iv ed wa s 179 pe rcen t , 8 po i nt s be l ow th e p re vi ous month a nd 10 po i nts bel ow Oc t obe r 1975 , acco rd i ng to t he Georg ia Crop Repo r t i ng Se rv i ce . The de c rea s e in t he A11 Commodi t y Inde x f rom t he Sept embe r l e ve l re su l t ed f rom de crea se s i n cotto n, co r n , soybean s , hogs , bee f ca t t l e , eggs and bro i l e r s .

The Oc t o be r Al l Crops Inde x wa s 191 pe r ce nt , down 4 poi nt s from th e previ ou s mo nth , but 10 po i nt s a bove Oc t o ber 1975.

The A1 I Liv estoc k Inde x fo r Oc tober was 169 pe rce nt , down 12 po i nt s from t he p revio us mont h and down a s i gn ifi can t 27 po i nt s f rom Oc tobe r 1975 .

UN ITED STATE S PRI CES RECE IVED INDEX DmJN 9 POI NTS PR ICES PA ID I tWEX DOI.iN 1 POI NT

The Inde x of Pr i ce s Re cei ved by Fa rme rs de c re a s ed 9 po int s (5 pe r ce nt ) to 178 perce nt
of its Jan ua ry- De cembe r 1967 av e ra ge dur i ng t he mon t h en de d Oct o be r 15 , 1976. Con t r ibuting most to the de c rea s e sin ce mi d-S ep tembe r we re l owe r pr i ce s f o r hogs , c o r n~ soybea ns a nd wheat . Highe r pri ce s f or o ra nge s, g rap e f r u i t a nd l et tu ce we re pa rti a l 1y of f se t t i ng. The
index was 17 poin t s (9 percen t) be l ow a ye a r a go .

The Index of Price s Pa i d by Farmers f o r Commod i t ie s a nd Se rvi ce , In t e re s t, Taxes , and
Farm Ya ge Rates f or Oc t ober 15 was 194 , down 1 poi nt (i perc e nt ) f rom a mont h ea r l ier .
Lower f e ed and f e rt il i ze r pr ice s ac co unt e d fo r mos t of t he de c ] i ne . The i nde x wa s 9 points
(5 percen t) above a yea r ea r l le r ,

1967 = 100

INDE X NUMBERS- - GEORGIA AND UN ITED STATES

Sept . 15

Oct. 15

19 7 5

1975

Sept . 15 19 76

Dc t. 15 197 6

GEO RGI A

Pri ce s Rece iv ed

Al l Commodi ti e s

19 3

A11 Crops

;

185

Live s to ck & Li ve s t o ck Produc t s :

200

189

187

179

18 1

19 5

191

19 6

18 1

169

U ~! ITED STAT ES

Pri ce s Re ce i ved

:

199

Pr i ce s Pa id , In t ere s t , Taxe s

& Farm Wage Ra t e s

186

Rat i0 1/

107

19 5

187

178

185

195

194

105

96

92

1/ Ra t io o f Inde x of Pr i ce s Re ce i ved by Farme r s t o Index of Pri ce s Pa i d , Int ere s t, Taxe s ,
and Farm Wage Rat es . 2/ Re v i sed .

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CLA YTO N J . MCDUFFI E Agr i cu ltu ra l Stati s t i ci a n

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Commodi t y and Unit PRICES REC EI VED

1975

19 76

197 6

1 9 75

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$

3 .51

$

1. 49

4 . 02 1. t;1

2 .88 1.49

2.59 ], 46

Corn , bu .

$

2. 73

2 .59

2. 40

2. 62

2. 60

, . 33

Co t t on , lb .

c 49.6 ../71. 0

68 .5

6/ 49 .7 6/64 .5

62. 5

Cottons eed , ton

$ 90. 00

94 .00

10 4.0 0

96. 00

l Ot, '10

Soybea ns , bu .

$

5.06

6. 65

6 .00

. 92

6 .65

5.90

Peanu t s , lb.

c 20. 2

19 .9

20. 2

6/19.7

19. 7

20 . 1

Swee t po t a t oe s , cwt .

$ 1 2 .4 5

10. 65

9 .9 0 -6 /6.38 6/6 . 56

6. 13

Hay, baled , ton :

All

$ 41 . 00

54 . 50

54 .50

50 . 30

60.80

60 .10

Alfalfa

$

Oth er 'l:../

$

53 . 60 43.30

65. 30 49 . 40

64. 30 50 .40

Milk Cows , head

$ 345 .00 400. 00 420 . 00 6/419.00 479 . 00

483 .00

Hogs, cwt.

$ 6/ 58.30

39 . 70

33 . 40 -6/58.30

39. 70

32 . 90

Bee f Cattle , All, cwt. 3/ $

Cows , cwt . ~/

-$

23 . 00 1 7. 50

25.9 0 22 . 50

25. 70 22. 10

6/33. 40

32. 40

6 /19.60 6/23 . 30

31. 80 22 .50

Steers & Heifers, cwt . $ 26.9 0

28. 50

28 . 20 6 / 37 . 80

35 . 10

34 . 50

Calves , cwt .

$ 23 . 30

29 .10

29.00 6 / 26 . 60

33 . 10

33.10

lIilk , Sold to Pl ant s , cwt.

Fluid Harket Hanufactur ed

$ 6/10 .60 $-

10. 60 1/11. 10

6/9 . 91 6/ 10 . 20 6/8. 77 - 6/8 . 64

7/ 10 . 30 - 7/8.69

All

$ 6/10.60

10 .6 0 7/11. 10

6 / 9 . 70 G/ 9 . 87 71 10 .00

Turkeys , lb .

c 31.0

30. 0

30 . 0

..136 . 4

-30.5

J O. 7

Chickens , l b .

Excl uding Broile r s 5 / c 6/ 14 . 0

16 .0

15 .5

6/12 . 6

Commercial Br oi l er s

6 /29 .0

24 . 0

21.0

6/28 . 5

23.1

20.9

Eggs , all , doz en

c 6 /5 7. 6

68 .7

67 . 6 j5 2. 9

62. 1

60 .8

Tabl e , do zen

52 . 2

65 . 5

65 . 0

Hatchi ng, doz en

85 . 0

90 .0

85. 0

PRICES PAI D- FEED

Mixed Da i r y Feed , Ton

14% Pr ot ei n

$ 128 .00 140. 00 1 32 . 00

134 . 00 138 . 00

135 . 00

16% Pr o tein

$ 138 . 00 151. 00 146 . 00

136 . 00 147 . 00

145. 00

32% Protein

$ 169 .00 188 . 00 184 . 00

1 78 . 00 208 . 00

202. 00

Hog Feed , 14%-18% Protein

cwt .

$

8. 40

8 . 70

8 . 40

8 . 21 ../8 . 85

8 . 61

Cottons eed Meal, 41%,cwt . $

9.40

11. 50

11 .00

9 .44

11. 60

11 .50

Soybea n Mea l , 44%, cwt . $

9. 30

12 . 50

11 . 50

9.23

12. 20

11.60

Bran , cwt .

$

7.80

8.00

8 . 20

7 .20

7 . 65

7 . 72

Hi dd1ings , c\Vt . Cor n Heal, cwt .

$

7.70

$

7. 40

8 . 00 7. 30

8. 10 7. 20

7 . 12 6/ 7.55
7 . 09 6/7 . 09

7. 61 6 . 82

Poultr y Feed , ton :

Broiler Growe r Feed

$ 160 . 00 184. 00 167.00

164 .00 179 . 00

170 . 00

Laying Feed

$ 136 . 00 14 3 .00 14 0. 00

148 .00 159 . 00

154 . 00

Chick Starter

$ 158 . 00 167 . 00 16 2. 00

167 . 00 183 . 00

1 78.00

Alfal f a Ha y , t on

$ 65 . 00

71 . 00

71.00

65 . 60

71 . 40

73 . 70

Al l Ot her Hay , ton

$ 56.00

61.00

61 .00

55 . 60

60 . 80

62 . 90

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al f alfa . 3/ "Cows" and "s teers a nd heif ers " comb i ne d with a llowance-where neces sary f or

sla ugh t er bulls . ~/ I nclude s cull dairy cows s old f or slaugh t er , but not da i r y cows f or he r d

r eplacement s . 5/ ilont h1y es t i ma tes for U. S . discontinue d b ~ginn ing June 1976. 6/ Rev i s ed .

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GENERAL CR O P RE PO R T GEORGI A

N O VEMBER 1976 Novem be r 11 , 1976

Georgia farm ers had fr equ ent stops and st a r ts i n th e ir ha rv e s t ope ra t ions dur i ng October, due t o the recurring rain pattern. Harves t of seve ra l ma j o r row crops wa s of f schedule at the beginning of OCIobe r and continued in tha t cond i t ion t h rougho ut t he mont h . Fall land preparation and fall plantin g of sma l l g rai ns were 1 i kewi se, af f e c t ed.

Cotton harvest was only 3 percent picked a t t he beg i nni ng o f Oc t o be r . At th e f i r s t of November, it had advanced to 29 percent picke d but t h i s wa s record s low pro gres s. Last year, (also a late year),35 percent was pi c ked by No vem be r I a nd t he a ve rag e f o r t ha t da te was 55 percent picked. The yield for ecast , at 40 0 pounds pe r acre , was 40 pou nds l ower than the October forecast. Production is now proj e c t ed at 200, 000 ba l e s .

Peanut gathering was , I ikewise, t rail in g las t yea r an d a ve rag e fo r t he whol e mo nt h , but the crop was abou t 99 percen t dug and 97 pe rce nt th r es hed by No vembe r 1. Some l o ss es were reported, due to excessive mo i st u re . The St a t e ' s yi e ld f o re ca s t wa s d ro ~ pe d 100 pounds from the October I e s t imat e to 3,000 pounds per a c re .

Soybeans wer e also l a ggin g behind in ha rve sti ng prog ress . On l y 11 pe r ce nt ha d bee n combined on ~ovember I compa red with th e 5-yea r av e ra ge f o r t ha t da te of 30 pe r ce nt comp l e t ion . The expected yield was rai sed 1 bush el f rom t he Oct o be r 1 f o r ec as t. A yi el d o f 23 bus he l s is now expected.

Corn harvest got off to a ve ry early s t a rt thi s year a nd ha d bee n runn i ng far ah ead of normal progress. At the end of October, t he s p re a d be t wee n t h i s year a nd a ve ra ge ha d narrowed considerably. About 79 percent had been ga t here d t his year on November 1, compa re d with the 69 percent average completion for t ha t date . The y i e l d f o re ca s t of 60 bus hel s per acre, a record, was unchanged from the prev ious e stima t e.

The pecan crop is expected to to tal about 50 mill ion pounds , off one-t hi rd from last year1s crop. About 14 percent of th e curren t c rop had bee n ga t he re d by Novem be r I.

Crop and Unit

GEORGiA ACREAGE AND PRODUCT 1oa , 1975 AND 1976

Acreaqe

Yi el d per Ac re

: Ha r-

For

In-

:vested

Ha rvest

di ca t e d

1975

Ig76

197 5

1976

Thousand Acres

Produc tion

In-

d ica t ed

1975

1976

Thou s ands

Corn, for gra in, bu.

: 1,880

2,080

55.0

60 . 0

103,400 124,800

i'Jhea t , bu.

135

]/115

27 .0

1/32. 0

3,645 2/ 3 , 680

Oats, bu.

: 90

Sarl ey, bu.

8

Rye, bu.

: 105

Sorghum, fo r g ra in,
Cotton, ba I es .!I

bu.



47 160

Hay, a I I, ton

470

Soybeans, for beans, bu.: I ,260

1/95 1/ 10 1 / 105 2/48
240
1 /4 65
950

45 .0 38 . 0 15 . 0 36 .0 44 3
2. 50 25.0

2/ 5 1. 0 2 / 4 1. 0 2/2 2. 0 1 / 34 . 0
400 2/2 . 10 23 . 0

4,050 304
1, 575 1,692
148
I , 175 31,500

2 /4 , 845 - 1 / 4 10
2/ 2 , 3 10 2/1 , 632 - 200
2/9 77 21 , 850

Peanuts, lb.

524

521

3, 295

3 , 000 1,726,580 1,563,000

Sweetpotatoes, cwt.

7.5

1/7.5

100

2/95

750

2171 3

Tobacco, Type 14, lb.

75.0

68. 0 2,010

1-;800

150,750 122, 400

Pecans, 1b.

75 ,000 1 / 50 , 000

1/ Cotton yield in pounds per harvested acre, p rodu c t ion i n ba l e s . 2/ Carr ied fo rward

from earl ier forecast.

Vi ;r T , ~I; STXI'ES C,.UP ~,EP Oi .T ;:;l; ,... iJl,Y.Y , . 5 OF Jove i ~~ L:r. 1, 1 97 G

CORN--Pro d u c t i O:l is f o r a c a st; c t a r e co r d C, ').)3 mi l l i on Lu shc l.s o s o f (1 S' 8 mi l lion L U S I , ~ l s ) f r om .i c t o o.. r 1 r.n d 5 ::_L c 2n t a b o v e l ~ 7 .s .

.'.:, ( ~ r 1 , U? J pe r c e n t

S OI~G : :U j i GlU,L f--?roduct i o n i s f o r c c as t a ; 731 uri. Ll Lo n b u s he l s , up 7. l)"':l- c~ n t (1 7 mi Ll Lon b u su e Ls ) f r om ::l mon t h ... a r l.i.c r Lu t 4 pe r c e nt Le s s t llCl ; l r h.: 1 9 75 c ro p

FEE~ G~~AL1 - - ProJu c t io n o f co r n , s o n '.llUl.l, o a t s a n d orrr Lc y is f o rc ca s t a t 1 0 3 mi l l i o n met r ic ton s , 3 pe r c e n t rto r c t h a n l as t y .ce r .

SOY:C=:A; rS- '-Pr o d u c t i o n , for e c a s t a t 1, 25 2 miL l.Lo n Lu ::; i: .,ls , i s v i r t u o Ll y un ch a n g e d f r om a mo n t h ear l ie r ou t; 1 8 r.c r c c u t Lk: 1 0\J Ln s t yc a r .

ALL COTTO.i- -Pr odu ction is fo r ...: c a~, t .i t S' . ') mi l lio n 0 a l ," ~3 c d own if p L,r c 2"-t f r o rn t ' l..; Cc t o b c r 1 for ~ c a s t b u t 1 0 p ~r c ," n t above 19 7~ .

P EAlH.iT--Pro duc t l o n ~f_ s f o r e ca s t c t 3 , 0 08 nri Ll.Lo n po u r.d s s i i.g h t Ly a~, O V2 t he J c t oc,(;r 1 f o r c c .r s t b u t 4 p e r c e n t b c L ot r t l.c r ..co r d c r o :~ r o ( , u c, ~ (~ L ' E 7S .

OI LS:CED--Prod u c t ion o f so y bc an s , c o t t on uc c d , p c a nu t s a nd f Laxs u c d c o mbLn e d is fo r .:: CCls t at 39 mi l l i on metr i c t on s , 15 p c r c co t Le s s t L l 1.1 l a s t ye a r .

ALL TOB,"'C CO- -Pr o d u cti or: i f; f o r c c u s t 'I t 2 , ,)71 mi l l ion poun ds, up 21 mi Ll. Lo n p o u nd s f rom
Oc t ob e r 1 but 5 p:.; r c~ n t ~ ~ l ow th e 1 )7 5 c r o p . F1 u 2 - cur e d p r o d u c t i o n i s d own 3
p e r c c n t a nd the .vu r Lc y c r o i s rio '..r.. , 1 p ,: r c '.= n t fr om La s t y e o r .

SlJGAiz ClWPS- --Su garb e c t p r o du c t i on i s f Or 0 CCl .3 t a t ~C) . 1 mi l lion s h o r t cons, 1 p c r c c. n t, a ,;ovr.2 ;1 month c a r l Lc r Lu t 2 pc r c c.n t b e Low t h ., r eco r d 1 (n~j c r op , \lh i 1.2 t h e s uga r c a ne crop i s cn t Lc Lp atx .d t o total :':8 . 7 mlLli. o n sho r t t on s , up s l igh tly from uc t o b c r 1 .m d 1 p e r c e n t mo r c t h an t h e 1 ~75 cro p.

Cr o p an G Un i t

:';::ITEjj S"lA TE:::_ \C ~.:'::.",.GI:: ,\ :;J p jJ.O::; J CTI O:i , 1 97 5 Arm 1 9 76

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Tho u san d s

Corn, f or grain ,

bu .

(}G , 9() S

7Ci , 955 p," 2

85 .5

\-Jhen t , b u .

09 ,G 56 ])7 0,42 C 30. (

2/ 30 . 2

Oa t s , bu .

13 , 650 1 / 12, 716

43 .1

2 /44 . 4

Ba r l e y, bu .

[) , 711

I / S, 34 6

i,4 . 0

2 / 42 . 6

=:y e , 0u .
Co t t on, L a Le s 1/

014 3 , 7% . C.

2 /351

22 . e

1 0 , ~' li! . :2 45 3

2-/ 2 0 . 4 435

Hay , all, to n

61, 8C3 1 /6l , 15 9

2 . 15 ~/ l . SG

Soyb e ans, f or l.e an s , b u.

53 ,6t1C

4 (.'/0

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2 :~ . 4

25.3

Pe a nut s, 1:) .

1 ,504 . 0

1 , ':) 1 1.~: 2 , ) :-' 5

2 ,4 3 ~;

S~,J 2 e tp ot a to 2 G, c wt . :

110 . 5

2 /1 2:; . G llL,

2/ 11l1

Tob acc o, Al l , 1u.

1 , 03G. 4

1 , ~~ 3 1.7 2, ; : . ~ :

2 ,007

Gr ap e s, Ton

Pccans , 1b.
1...1 Yiel d in pound ~. 2/ " Gr ri._..l f o r wn r d in ear l.Le r f o r r.c a s t .

5, 7SG , ij 91 2 , 13 J , 8UJ
G56 , %2 3 8 2, S' 30
1 7 ,3 75 e , 3'J 1. S
132 , ')1 7

6, 0 63, 45 9 J:../ 2 , 1 2 6 ,M 9
2 / 5 6 3 , 99 7 2 / 35 5,2D - J:../17,33 2
9 , Q')l . 2
1 / 119,6 72

1, 521,3 71 3, 85 7 , 122
13 , 5S7 2 , lJ1, 9J7
4, 300 . 4 2i!(, , 80 0

1 , 25 2,148 3, 6 88, 26 5
1 / 1 3 , 7 96 2 , 0 7(), 95 0
2 /3 ,566 . 3 2/ 114, 400

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SUJ<11E ;{ VEGETAB LE AND MELON PRODU CT ION

Geor qi a

Georgi a's produ cti on of s umme r qua r t er wate rme l ons i s e s t ima ted a t 2. 2 mi l I ion cwt . , 2 percent le ss than last year, a ccording t o t he Georgi a Crop Re por t i ng Ser v ice . Geo r g i a led the nation in acres of wa terme l ons harves t e d f or th e t hird co nse c uti ve yea r, bu t Te xa s continued as t he l eading state on t he st ren gth of their much h i ghe r yie l d per a c re. Produc tion of snapbeans inc rea s ed 12 pe r cen t ove r l a s t yea r f o r t he sa me pe ri od . Ca bba qe production f o r th e su mmer qua r t er i nc reased 20 perce nt abo ve last year, but was down 10 percent from 1974, wh ic h recorded the hi ghes t produ c t ion fo r th is per iod i n se ven yea r s. Cantaloup production was up I percent from la st year a nd stopp ed t he tren d of a f ive yea r decl ine.

Adverse wea ther cond it io ns a nd di s ea s e pro bl ems we re the t wo mos t common compl ai nt s received from veget abl e growers. Thes e p ro bl ems con tri bu t ed t o a d ecr e~se in wa t ermel on production, down 2 pe r ce nt from t he pre v ious yea r . Sta t ewi de y ie l ds at 75 cwt. wa s ue l ow 1975, but a creage was up 3,000. Sna pbean produc t ion i nc re ased over l ast yea r de sp i t e the rain and dis ease probl em. Cabba ge produ c t i on al so inc reased this ye a r ove r la st year, due mainly to the increa s e in a crea ge . Can t al o ups a lso suf f e red f rom d i sea s e a nd e xce s s ive moisture probl ems, but despit e the pro b l em s ~ p rod uc tion wa s up f rom 1975 due t o the inc re a se in acreage.

Un i t e d St a t e s

Summer Vegetables: Production Down 3 Pe rce nt

Production of fr esh mark et veg etabl e s in t he maj or p rod uc i ng Stat es dur i ng t he s ummer quarter of 1976 (July, August and Sept ember) i s est imat ed a t 44 .9 mi l l ion cwt. compa red wit h 46.3 mill ion cwt. for the sa me period la st yea r . Area ha rve s t ed fo r t he III f re sh ma r ke t vegetables in cluded in th e su mmer quart er i s e s t imated a t 315,960 a c r e s , 1 pe rcen t lowe r tha n the 317,700 acres harvested in the summer qua r t er of 1975.

Snapbeans: Produ ction of s umme r qua r t er sn a pbe a ns i s e s t ima t ed at 1.0 mi l I ion cwt . , 4 percent less than las t ye a r . The 1976 s ummer crop harve st ed a rea is now p l a ce d a t 28 , 600
acres, 6 percent more than the 1975 crop. The e st imated yi e l d f o r t he s umme r qua rt e r o f 36
cwt. per acre is 3 cwt. per acre l ess tha n l a s t yea r .

Cabbag e: The su mmer quart er produ c t ion of ca bba ge i s plac ed a t 6. 1 mi l I ion cwt . , 8
percent below last year. Harvested acreage t h i s qua r t er a t 23, 700 i s 6 pe rc e nt bel ow last year. Yield ~his summer at 256 cwt . per acre com p~re s wi t h 264 cwt . i n 1975 f or ma j o r St at e s .

Cantaloups: The summer quart er produ ction is s et at 6.0 mi l I ion cwt . , 12 per cen t l e s s than 1975. Acreag e harvested for the su mmer quart er at 39 ,200 is 17 perce nt bel ow 1975 . Yield per acre at 154 cwt. compares with 145 cwt. for t he same peri od l a s t ye a r for t he major State.

Tomato es: Summer quarter t oma t o product ion for f re s h mar ke t is pl aced at 7.3 mi l I ion cwt., 2 percent above last year. Yield per a c re at 145 cwt . wa s 2 cwt. mo r e than in 1975 for major States.

~atermelons: Production of 11 .8 mi l l io n cwt ., is e s t ima te d for th e su mmer quart er watermelon crop. This is nearly the same a s last yea r . Ha r ve s t ed a c re a ge is placed at 129,500, 7 percent above last year. Yi eld per acre th i s qua rt e r was 9 1 cwt . , 6 cwt . below 1975 in major States.

FRASIER T. GALLOWAY Agricultural Statistician In Charge

OSCAR COLE , JR. Agr i cu ltu ra l Sta t i s t i c ian

The Statistical Reporting Service, USDA , 355 East Ha ncoc k Ave nue , At he ns , Georg ia in I cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agricul t u re . Te l ephone 404- 546-2 236.

Crop a nd State

Acr ea ge, Yi el d , Pr odu c t ion , an d Va lu e of Fres h Ve ge tab l e s

Summe r Ou a r t e r 1/ by St a t es. 1976 . with Compa r iso ns

Acr ea qe

Yiel d

Prod uc t ion

Ha r-

Fo r

ve s t e d Ha rves t :

Ind . :

Ind .

197 5

1976 : 197 5

1976

19Z5

1971:.:

Ac r es

Cwt.

1, 000 C"'lt .

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To t a l Valu e
Ind . 197 5 - --~~ 1, 000 Do I 1a rs

SNAP BEA NS

Geo r g ia

1, 200

1, 300

28

No r t h Carol i na : 3,800

3 ,800

43

Te nne s s ee

1, 600

1, 9 00

46

Vi r g i ni a

3, 400

3,000

32

~roup To t a 1 : 10 . 000

10 . 000

38

29

34

38

626

737

36

163

137

3 , 260

3, 302

1-1-0

74

76

1, 214

1, 269

28

109

84

2 , 06 5

1, 336

34

380

335

7 . 165

6.644

CAB BAG E

Georgia

500

600

90

90

1+5

54

271

254

Nort h Ca ro I i na : 3, 700

3,7 00

185

185

68 5

68 5

2, 552

2 , 9 10

Virgi nia

1,350

900

172

195

23 2

176

] ,035

70 2

Group Tot a l 5.550

5.200

17 3

176

96 2

9 J5

3 .8 58

3 .866

CA NTA LOUP S

Georgia Texas

3,300

3 ,7 00

65

: 5,300

5 , 500

95

Group Total

8.600

9.200

84

59

2 15

2 18

2. 068

1, 40 2

80

504

44 0

6 , 098

5 ,280

72

71 9

658

8. 166

6 .682

TOt~AT OES

Alabama

5,200

5 , 500

70

North Carol i na: 1, 900

2 , 000

150

South Caro l i na : 1, 900

2 , 000

61

Tennes see

2,100

2, 000

135

Virgi nia

2, 600

2, 400

120

Group To t a l : 13 .7 00

13 . 900

99

75

364

4 13

5 , 533

9 , 045

145

28 5

290

4 , 218

3 ,9 15

75

11 6

150

2 , 900

2, 625

] L~ O

284

280

6 ,7 88

4 , 004

130

3 12

31 2

4 , 711

5, 117

104

1. 361

1. 44 5 2L~. 150 24 . 706

WATERMELONS

A1abama

: 10 , 800

11, 300

80

Arizona Ca 1 i f o r n ia

2,800

1, 900

165

Deser t Othe r

2, 100
5 , 700

800

200

5,700

160

Georg ia

: 26 , 000

29, 000

85

India na

: 6,4 00

6, 700

160

Mississipp i 9 , 500

11, 400

57

No r t h Carol ina : 8 , 000

8 , 500

60

Ok la homa

7 , 500

8 , 200

65

Sout h Ca rol ina: 20 ,0 00

21 ,000

79

Texa s

: 22,000

25, 000

125

Grou p Total :120 .800 129 . 500

97

1/ J uly, Au gust a nd Septembe r .

75

864

848

3 , 067

2 ,9 43

175

462

333

1, 9 13

1, 232

24 0

42 0

19 2

3 , 150

1, 075

200

9 12

1, 140

3 ,064

4,720

75

2,210

2, 175

5 , 569

5 ,742

135

1, 024

905

4 , 639

3, 665

80

54 2

9 12

1, 4 20

2, 052

60

48 0

5 10

1, 368

1, 658

100

488

8 20

1, 122

2 , 239

56

1, 580

1, 176

3, 271

3 , OI l

11O 2 , 750

2 ,7 50 11, 275

8,iS3

9 1 11 . 73 2 11. 761 39.858 37 .2 20

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Th 2 1 9 7 ~ G ~ o rgia COt tO Il c ro ~ i 3 2s t i ma t e d a t 20 0 ,00 0 b ale s, ac c or d in g t o t he Gc o r 8 i a Cr o p i\.e po rt i :1g Sc rv i. c e , 'i-'lis is J O',',n ~ per c e n t o r 20 , J OO b a les fro m t he p r e v i o u s mon t n i s a s t Lma t e , Yi eld p er a c r e , i s c s t Lua t e d a t 40 0 p ound s o f lint , a l so dovrn f r om t h e previ o us
month. Ad v e r s c we a t nc r c ondi t ions ha v e c ontr ibut e d t o r cc o r d-rs Lo w ha r v e s t i n g pro gr e s s f o r the crop. A S o r i.~ovcmb e r 1 , 2 9 p e r c en t h a d b e e n p Lckc t , c ompa r-ed ~ I i t h a 5-y c a r a v erage o f 55 p e rcen t for t h e s a me da te .

Crop Repo r t Lng Ji stri ct s

FIliAl. p"m;U C Th:~J l') 74 - 7 5~ lJ :JI CATE:) P~_ODUC TIOi1 , 1 9 76

1 9 74

19 75 ')1')0 B8 1 c s

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CROP REPORTLJG DI STiU CTS

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2

9. 6

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; ,11 cot t o n pro d uc t io n Ls f o r e c a s t a t 9 . 9 mi l l i o n b a l e s a s of Nov c tob e r 1, 1 9 perce n t

above t L;;,; 1 97 5 c r o p , bu t 4 pe r c e n t b e Low th e Oc t o b e r 1 for e cast . Exp e c t e d p r od uction cons i s t s

of (.' . 3 million Ga l es of Up La n d and 61 ,000 b a l e s of Ame r i can- Pima . Cot t on s e e d pro du ct ion i n

197 , "ba s e d on a t.hr e c yc.a r ave r a ge L i.n t -rsccd r a t i o , is f o r cc a s t a t 3 .8 mi l lion t o n s , 25

percent morc t h a n i n 1 ~7 5 .

GrO\ler S 2 x pe c t t o h a r v e s t 1 0 . 9 mill i on a c r e s of a l l cot t on fo r 1 9 76 , 24 p e r c e nt a b ove 1975 but 1 p er c e n t le s s t h a~ e s t ima te d on Oc t o b e r 1 . Ave rage l i ~t y i e l d pe r acre i s fo r ecast

at 435 pounds, 1 3 pounds o r ~ per cen t bel ow 1 975 .

I n t h e lr e Lta St a t.e s-o-. .Ls s i.s s Lpp I , Ar lcan s a s , Lou is i a n a , Te n n e s s e e a n d t-ii s s o u r i --- t h e c o t ton

crop is e x p e c t e d t o pr oduce 2. 6 Di l l i o n b a le s, 5 percent a bov 2 19 75 . Ea r l i e r t h a n no rmal

frosts curtaile d pr os p e ct s fo r la te season devolo pme n t. Co o l t e mp e r a t ure s a nd fr e que n t r a i n s

s Lowe d crop pro g r e s s and hin d e r ed h a r v e s t i n g a c t i viti es .

Production i n t h e Sou theas te r n St at e s-- Geor g i a Al a 1ama , So ut h Ca ro l i n a a n d Uo r t h Ca r o l i n a

--is e x pe c t ed t o to t al 75 5 , OJO b a l e s > up 25 pe r c e r. t fr om 1 97 5 . Th is a re a wa s a ls o a f fe c ted

by cool t e mp era t u r e s a n d f requent r ai n . Co t t on p i cki n g mo v e d a h ead b u t wa s f re quen t ly

int errupt ed by exc ~ ss ive mo is t u re.

The Bu::e a u of the Censu s r ep o r t s 3 , 704,31 0 ba l es ginned to Hovernb e r 1 comp a r e d \l i t h

2,766,6 63 b a l es r,imlCd to t h s a llie da t e in 1 975 a n d 4 , 943 , 0 3 7 bale s in 1 9 74 .

FRASIEr. T. GAL.1GVJAY

H. PAT PARKS

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Ag r i c u l t u r a l St a t i s t ici a n

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coop eration vJi th t h e C;," o r r.; ~_ a !..i(;,:,:::r t me n t o f Agr i c u lt u r e . Te l epho ne 4 0 4 -'5 46 - 2 2 36 .

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At hens , Geo rg ia 3060 1

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i" OV 1 -: 1976
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SPEC IA L MATERI AL FOR FARM PROGRAM DIRECTORS

RAD 10 SPOT

USE BETWE EN NOV. 5 & DE C. 2, 1976

TIME: 30 SE COND S

TOP IC: END-OF- YEAR FARM SU RV EYS IN GEO RGI A

A MAJOR FA RM SURVE Y BY THE GEORGIA CRO P REPO RTING SERV ICE OF THE U.S .

DEPARTMENT OF AGRI CUL TURE SET FOR LAT E NOVEMB ER AND EARLY DECEMBER WI LL PROVIDE

THE FIRST CLUES TO 1977 LIV ES TOCK , POULTRY , AND \1INTER WHEAT PRO DUCTION.

COO PERATIO N OF FARMERS TO PERSONAL INT ~ RV I EWS AN D MAI L r UE ST IONNAIRES WILL LEAD

TO RELIABLE CROP AN D LIVESTOCK ESTI1'1ATES . THESE ESTl t'1ATES I-/ ILL HELP ALL IN

AGRICULTU RE GAUG E PRODUCTION LEVELS. FARNER PARTICI PATI ON IS ESSENTIAL TO

DEVELO PING USEF UL CROP AND LIVESTO CK ES TII-IATES.

FOR FURTHE R INFO RMATI ON COiHACT :

FRASIE R T. GALLOWA Y STAT IST IC!A ~4 IN CHARGE GE ORGI A CROP RE?ORTING SE RVI CE-SRS- USDA FE DERAL OF F IC E BUILDING ATH ENS , GEORG IA 30601 404- 546- 2236

r ~a~G\AFARM REPORT

GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERV ICE

A THENS, GEORGIA

THE POULTRY A NO EGG S i T UATIO N

Appr ov ed by the Outlook and Si t ua t i on Board (Br oi l ers) Nov ember 29, 1976

Economic Growth Slows

General ~ c onomic conditions have i mpr ove d thi s ye a r and pr ospe c ts cont inue f avor able for further growt h despite the r ec ent paus e and s lower growt h . Whi l e the un employment rate ha s remained in the 7.8 to 7.9 percent range in r ecent mon t hs , the n umbe r of people empl oyed continues to ga i n and consumer incomes continue to incr e a s e. Al s o , t he inflat ion rate has slowed. Real per capita disposable incomes a r e likely t o ris e a r ound 3 percent t his year and continue to improve next ye ar. This s hould s upp or t con tinued e xpa n s i on in con sumer demand for food (including poultry and e ggs ) in the co min g year .

Feed Ingredient Price s Strong

Production costs for poultry and e gg produc ers trailed ye a r -e a r l ier l evels through mid1976, but increased in the third quart er becaus e of a shar p rise in corn and soybean prices in late spring and e a r ly summer. Es t i ma te s show tha t third quarte r 1976 f e ed co sts we re the highest since the fall of 1974 for bro iler and e gg producers .

The co s t of producing poultry and e ggs in the mon t hs ahe a d wi l l depend gre atly on how buyers time their f e ed purcha s es. The avera ge price of f e ed may be ne ar that of a year e a r l i e r if prospect s of slightly lower than a year ear l i e r c or n price s and moderately higher soybean meal prices ma t e r i a lize . Cost s for most other pr oducti on i tems l i ke l y wi l l continue to trend upward during 19 77 .

Growing Pork Supplies

Gains in r ed meat output have impacted sharply on broiler and turkey prices this year and will continue to do so in 1977. Red me at output in coming mon ths wi l l be dominated by prospect s for the continued cyclical expans i on in pork producti on a nd a continue d large, but e a s i n g beef output .

Poultry producers will be facin g l es s co mpetition from be ef in 1977 but much stronger competition from pork. In total, r ed me at sup plies through mid-19 77 wi l l likely exe r t stronger downward price pres sure on poultr y meat than in the fi r st half of 197 6 .

Expans ion Winding Do~m

Bro iler producers began expand i ng output i n e a rly 1975 as f e e d pr i ce s e a sed and bro iler prices strengthened. By the fou rth quart er of 1975 , broiler me a t output ave rage d 11 percent above the re ~uced out put for th e s ame quarter of 1974. Broil e r ou t put continued to expand rapidly in 1976 and f or al l of this year will r each a r ecord 9.1 billion pound s (ready-to-cook) or around 3.3 billion bird s. The number of pounds produced will be up a r ound 13 percent from 1975 and abou t 12 percent more than the previous r ecord in 1972.

Broiler meat out put in f ederally inspected plants throu gh September thi s year e xceede d a yea r e a r l ier by 14 perce n t and totaled 6.8 billion pounds . There we r e a little ov er 12 percent more broilers marketed at nearly 2 percent heavier weigh t s . Output for October-Decemb er is expe c t e d to be at r eco rd l evels, but the increase over 1975 wi l l narrow to around 10 percent. Broiler chick plac ements for December marketings have been held to only about a 7 percent increase.

The short production period--about 11 we e ks from t ime the e ggs are placed in the incubator until the broile rs are marketed--give s broiler producers the abi l i t y to rapidly change production l evels . Historically, howeve r , broiler producers have not r esponded to unfavorable situations as rapidly a s the y could. This is expe c t e d to r ema in true in t he coming months, even t hough many producers have lost money in r ecent \Je e ks a nd a re likely to continue to be squ e e zed in t he month s ahea d .

One cont r i but in g factor to a slow r espons e in adjusting output i s the mar keting of broiler s under a brand name. Producers don 't wa n t to gi ve up any of t he ir ha r d-won mar kets so they are r eluctant to cut back output. Al s o , s ome produc ers en j oy a pr ice premium for their brand name I broile r s wh i ch h e l ps them cover t he i r i nc re ase d cost s .

BroilQr Pric0s Dr op
Broi18r pric~s continued r elatively strong t his summer in the fac e of sharply l arger s up plie s of both poultry and r ed meats and declinin g r 0d meat prices. Total commercial red meat pr oduc t i on and f ~derally inspected broil,~r nnd turke y m2at output during July-Sep t 8mber ~,as up more than a t enth from a year car l i ~ r. Wholesale broiler pric~s in 9 cities dur ing th~s e months av eraged 41.5 cents a pound, down slightly from Apr i l - J une but nearly 9 c ent s be l ow th e high l evels a year e a r l ier . ~roiler prices normal l y drop in t he fall but the drop ha s b2cn sharp th i s year. In November, price s ave r aged a bout 35 cents a pound, down 11 cen t s from Novembe r 1975 and the lowest monthly aV2r a ge since J une 1974. Broiler prices are expe c ted to r emain weak during the balance of 1976. With cont i n ue d l ar ge output, prices may s how only limited s easonal increases this winter and spring and aV8 r a ge 4-6 cents bela,. the 42 cents avc rag~ of J anuary-June 1976.
U. S. exports of young chicken meat (primarily broil e r s , whol e and cut up) through September totaled a r ecord 197 million pounds. This was 98 mil l i on pounds more than in the s ame months of 1975 and 53 million more than the previous r e cord of 1962 . Of the total, parts account ed for 65 p erc~nt, compared with 86 percent in t he same period of 1975. The incre ase in th e pe r cen t shipped as "hole birds r esult ed from the l a rge increase in whole birds going to Iraq.
Export of young chicken likely will continue l a r ge i n coming months. Some of the 35,000 metric tons of broilers sold to Iraq will be expor t ed durin g the balance of 1976 and ea r l y 1977. Also, industry sources indicate that negotiations to sell additional quantities for expor t are continuing. Large broiler supplies and r elatively l ow prices will be the incentive for the broiler industry to intensify e f f or t s to further expand expor t s .
In addition to the large expor t s this year, 102 mil lion pounds of young chicken were shipped to American t erritories. This was 9 percent more t han sh i pmen t s for J anuary-September in this period of 1975.
USDA Purchases Continue
Purchases of young chicken and chicken product s by USDA for distribution in ch ild nutrition and food programs for the e l de r l y this year durin g Aug u s t -Novembe r 23, totaled 18.1 million pounds of froz en cut-up chicken, while 576,000 pounds of co oked froz en cut-up were delivered at a co st of $9 million. While the first purchase s und er t he 19 76 program were made in e a r l y Au gus t , an additional 23.3 million pounds were purchase d by USDA during January-March 1976 und er the 1975 program. Purchases during all of the 1975 calenda r yea r totaled a bout 30 million pounds. Of this total, 26.5 million pounds were purcha s ed during Se pt embe r - De c embe r .
Prospects for April-June 1977
Prospects for broiler producers next spring cont inue l e ss favorabl e than a year ago. The cost of producing broilers probably will be near or above a year ear l ier , but prospects are for broiler market prices to be lower.
The cost of producing broilers during Apr il-June next yea r likely will be n ear a ye ar e a r l i e r largely as a result of expe c ted higher s oybe an meal pric es offsetting declines in corn price s. However, much will dep end on how produce rs time t heir f eed purchases. Feed grain prices likely will move upward after harvest i s complet ed , wi t h the gain by spring lar gely det ermined by d ev~lopments in t he demand for f e ed by the domestic livestock industry a nd for e xpor t s . T~e cost of most items other than f e ed us ed in production and marketing of br oi l e r s " i l l continue their upward trend of this year.
Broiler prices next spring are e xpec ted to be above t his fall, but wi l l lag the Apr i l - J une 1976 ~r i ~ cs . Consumer incomes probably will continue to incre as e and help bolster broiler prices. However, the price strength~ning e f fe c t s of increased income s lik ely wi l l be offset by changes in r ed meat supplies and prices. Total supplies of r ed me at may about match year-earlier l evels but the mix and prices will change. Compar ed ,~ith a ye ar ear l i e r , beef supplies are expe c t e d to be down a littl~ but pork output may climb by a r ound a fifth. Prices of fat cattle a r e e xpe c ted to strengthen some but prices of barrows and gi l t s may ave r a ge a r ound a fourth lower than AprilJun~ 1976.
If supplies of beef and pork and consumer incomes about develop as expe ct ed during AprilJune 1977, and br o i ler output is a little abov~ 1976 levels, prices (9 city wholesale) would ave ra g~ betwe en 4 to 6 cents per pound below the 42 cents last year. Past r elationships indicat~ that if other factors remain unchanged, a lQ percent change in production from a year e a r l i e r \~o ul d r esult ir a bou t an e qua l percentage change in broiler prices in the opposite direction.

United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service
355 East Hancock Avenue
Athens, Georgia 30601

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A THE NS, GEO R GIA
EGG B I T U A T I O N

App roved by th e Ou tlook a nd Si tuati on Board (Eggs ) Novembe r 29, 1976

Economic Growt h Sl ows

General economic cond i ti o ns have imp roved th is yeal' a nd pros pe ct s continue f avorabl e I for furthe r grow th de sp i t e the re ce nt pau s e an d s l owe r g rowt h . Wh il e the unemployment rate
has rema ined in t he 7 . 8 to 7. 9 perce nt range i n re ce nt mont hs, the num be r of people employed contin ues t o ga in an d consumer in come s continu e to i nc rea se . Al so , the inflat ion rat e has
slowed . Rea l per capita d is pos abl e in comes a re I ik e l y t o r ise a round 3 percent th is year
and continue t o imp rove nex t year. This s hou l d s uppor t con ti nue d ex pa ns io n in con s ume r demand for food ( i nc l ud i ng poultry and egg s) in the comi ng yea r.

Feed Ingred i e nt Pr ic e s Stro ng

Produc t ion cos ts f o r pou l try an d egg prod uce r s tra i led year- ear l ier levels through mid-197 6, but increased in t he third quarter bec a use of a s ha rp rise in co r n and soybea n prices i n l ate sp r i ng and early summer. Estimate s show tha t t hi rd quar te r 1976 fee d co sts were the h i ghe s t sin ce t he fall of 1974 f o r b ro i ler an d e gg producer s .
The co s t of p roduc ing pou ltry and eg gs in the mon t hs ahea d wi l l dep en d grea tly on how buyer s ti me their f eed purcha se s. The ave ra ge pr ice of fee d ma y be nea r t hat of a year earl i er i f p rospect s of sl i ght l y lower t ha n a yea r ear l i er corn p r i ces an d mode ra te l y higher ;. soybea n mea l p r i ces mat e r ia l ize. Costs f or mo s t o th e r p roduc t io n it ems J i kel y wil I con tinue I to trend upward du rin g 1977 .

, Growing Pork Supp l ies

Gain s in red mea t ou tpu t hav e impa c t ed sh a rp l y on bro i le r and t u r ke y prices this year and will con ti nue t o do so in 1977. Re d meat ou tput i n coming mon t hs will be dominated by prosp ects fo r t he conti nue d cy c l ical expa nsion i n po rk p roduct io n a nd a continu ed larg e, but easing, bee f outp ut.
Poult ry p roduce r s wi ll be fac in g les s compe t i t io n f rom beef in 1977 but much stronger competi t io n from po rk. In to ta l , r ed mea t supp l ie s t hrough mid- 1977 wi l l I ik ely exe r t stronge r downwa rd price pressure on pou lt ry mea t t ha n in th e f irst half of 1976.

Prospec ts Favo ra b le

Most e gg produce r s have ha d a good yea r i n 197 6 and, unl ike poul t ry p roduce r s, prospects for 1977 co nt i nue f a vorab le . Producer s ge ne ra l l y ha ve had pos i ti ve p rof it marg i ns since Augus t 1975 - t he longe st pe riod of s us ta i ned p ro fits i n ma ny years . Th is is a wel come reI ief f or eg g p roduce r s bec ua se in 1974 a nd 1975 no t on ly did eg g out put drop but so did I egg pr ices .
Desp i t e the fa vo ra ble cl imate fo r e gg p roduce rs du r i ng t he past 12 mon t hs , eg g produ~tion has rema in ed re la ti ve l y s t a ble. Egg outp ut du rin g Jan ua r y- Oc t o be r to t a led 4.5 billion dozen eggs, sl ig h ~l y ab ove 1975 l e ve l s. Howeve r , this i nc rea se p r ima ril y re f le c t s an ex t ra day of produ ct ion be ca us e of leap yea r.
Wh i l e l ay e r numbe r s cont i nue below a yea r ea r l i e r, t he y ha ve s hown signifi cant gains :c since the beg i nn i ng of t he yea r . They began 1976 about 2t perce nt below 1975 but w~re only
sl igh tly be low on November I. Laye r numbe rs s hou ld sl cwly app roa ch year- earl i e r levels in comin g mont hs .
Outpu t per he n has con ti nued to e xpa nd t h is year an d was record larg e on Jul y I . It dropp ed below a year ea rl i e r on September I bu t was eq ual to 197 5 l evels on November 1. It is exp e c te d to conti nue to ga i n in com ing mo nt hs a s more pull ets e nte r the f lock .
Egg produc tio n t h is f al I is ex pected t o be s l i ght l y above a year earl ier. For all of , 1976 outpu t wi l l t o t a l a round 5.4 b ill ion dozen eg gs , a sma l I i ncrease from 1975 . Th is
wou ld be the f i rst yea r s i nce 1971 that a nnua l egg p rod uc t io n ha s surpa ss ed yea r - ea rl ie r l eve l s . Productio n wi l I 1 ik el y continue t o i ncrease next yea r and a ve ra ge I to 2 pe rce nt hig he r in t he fi r s t ha l f o f 1977 .

1976 Consumpt ion To Drop Fu rt he r

Produc t io n ha s bee n up t h is yea r , but t he re ha ve been f ewe r e ggs avai l a ble for . consumpti o n becau se of reduc ed s t oc ks and inc reased ha tchi ng us e. Col d sto ra ge s tocks of
shell eggs and f ro ze n eggs on Ja nua ry I - a t 28 mill ion doze n (shell equivalent) - were down nea r l y a t h i rd from a yea r ea rl i e r, se tting a reco rd low fo r t hat dat e .

The sharp i nc re a s e in bro il e r out put has re s u l ted in a su bs t a nt ia l increas e in the use of e ggs for ha t c h i ng purposes . Throug h Septembe r , a bout 307 mi ll io n doze n e ggs we re used for ha t c h in g pu rpos e s , 10 perce nt more t han l a s t yea r. Ha t ch i ng use took about 7. 6 percen t of to t a l egg p rod uc t ion , compa red wi t h 7 pe rce nt l a s t yea r .
Altho ugh sma l l compared wit h dome s t i c e gg p roduct ion , impo r t s hav e dropped s ha rp l y this yea r. Impo r t s o f s he l l egg s a nd egg produc t s thro ugh Se pt embe r th i s year t o t a led 2.1
mi l l ion doze n e ggs (shel l equ ival e nt ) , down from 5. 5 mil I ion doze n a year ea r l i er. Exports
and shi pme nt s to Ame r i can t e r r i t o r ie s of s he ll e ggs and egg pro duc t s du ri ng January-September totaled 49. 1 mi l l i on dozen , s l igh t ly a bove a ye a r ea r l i e r.
The re duce d stocks and impo r t s , a l ong wi t h incre a s e d ha t c h i ng use, has resul t e d in market egg suppl ies be i ng be l ow 1975 level s . Egg con s ump t ion i s cont i nu i ng its downtrend of recen t yea rs and f or a l l of 1976 cons umpt ion i s ex pe c t e d t o d rop a round 3 e ggs per person below t he 278 regis t e red i n 1975 . Howeve r, use of egg p ro duc t s ma y show a sl igh t increase.
Du r in g Ja nuary- Se ptember , comme rc ia l e gg brea ker s broke a ro und 440 mill ion dozen eggs unde r f e de ra l in spec t io n , s l i ght l y a bove a year ea r l i er . Commerc ia l egg brea kers are expec t ed to con t in ue ma k i ng fai r l y hea vy pu r c has e s in comi ng mo nt hs be cau s e t here a re 1im ited stocks of e gg p rod uct s av ail a bl e . Howeve r , h igh s he ll e gg p rice s wi l l I ik ely mea n commercial e gg breaker s wil l take onl y what the y need fo r immedia t e us e unt i l nex t s p r i ng .
Col d sto ra ge ho ld i ngs of sh el l egg s and e gg p roduc ts hav e bee n reco r d low this year. Stocks to ta l e d 23 . 0 mi l l ion doz e n (shel l e qui va l e nt ) on Novembe r 1, down 38 percent from last year.

Pr ices Hi ghe r

Lowe r a va il a bl e s uppl ie s a nd re la tively st ron g demand ha ve re s u l t ed i n hig he r t ha n yea r -ea r l ie r egg p rice s sin ce last win te r . Imp rov emen t s i n ge ne ra l e co nomi c conditions hav e co nt r i but ed to th e inc rea sed demand fo r sh ell ~ ggs a nd egg produc t s . Who le sa le prices for Gra de A l a rg e eggs in New Yo rk ave rage d nea r l y 67 ce nts a doz e n du r ing t he t hi r d quart e r, around a d ime abo ve ~ yea r earl i e r . Pri ces weake ned i n lat e Sep t embe r but ha ve st re ng t he ned aga in a nd by mid-November av e raged 75 ce nt s a doz e n . The dema nd f or e ggs i s ex pe c te d to rema i n s t ro ng this fall and win t er but wi ll decl i ne a s us ua l next spr in g. If production ' ave ra ge s 1 to 2 pe rcent above _ yea r earl ier in th e f i r st ha l f of 1977, prices for large egg s in New Yo rk a re expect ed t o a ve ra ge nea r t he Ja nua ry- J une 1976 l ev els . Howeve r, if output does not expand a s expec ted, t he n p ri ce s wil l be hig he r t han a yea r ea r l i er.

Second Ha l f 1977 Prospect s

Egg produ cers h~ ve ha d a good yea r in 1976 a nd p rospec t s l ook fa vo ra ble for mos t of

1977 . Howe ve r , muc h wil l depen d on how well eg g produ ce rs l prof i t ma rgins hold up in the

fi r s t hal f of 1977 .

Feed pr ices in t he second ha l f of 19 77 will de pe nd no t on ly o n t he s upp l i es a nd prices

f or t h is year' s c rop s , but a l so on pro s pe c t s f o r 1977 c rops .

It i s d ifficul t to de t e rmi ne from historica l rela t ions h i ps wha t impa ct gen eral economi c

cond i t ions (s uc h as i ncome and emp l oyment) ha ve on egg pr ices . Howe ve r , improv ed general

cond i t ions i n 1976 and prospe c t s f o r fu r t he r imp ro ve me nt s i n 1977 s hould have a s trengthening

in fl ue nce on e gg prices.

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If egg produ ce rs ' prof it ma r g in s rema i n good i n the fi r st half of 1977, produ cers will

ha t ch mo re eggs for s e cond ha lf rep l a ce ment pu l l et s. Also , prod ucer s wo u ld keep t he i r old

l a ye r s in t he f l ocks longer. Layer number s ne xt Ju ly 1 co u l d be 1- 2 pe rc ent above a year

ea r l ier a nd , unl e s s f eed p r ic e s gai n more tha n expecte d and/o r eg g p r i ce s are l owe r than

curre nt l y fore cas t , l aye r numbers s hou l d ga i n some more i n t he s e cond half.

Ou t put per he n wil l I i ke ly conti nue t o exp an d ne x t yea r . Thus , t o t al e gg p roduc t io n

i n t he seco nd half of 1977 may a ve ra ge 2 t o 3 perce nt a bove J u l y- De cembe r 1976 . This level

of produc t ion a s s ume s hat ching e gg us e a t a bout t he sa me l e ve l a s a year ea r l ier. If broil er

produce r s (th e mdjo r user s of ha tch i ng eggs) ge t int o a seve re cos t - p r i ce s que eze in the

fi rst ha l f of 1977, hat ching use co u ld drop be low yea r- e a r l ie r l e ve l s.

Comme rci a l brea ker s willI ikel y take a dva ntag e of th e p ro spec tive l ower e gg prices by

in c rea s i ng t heir act ivi ty. Since holdi ngs of f rozen e gg product s p ro ba bly wi l l be relatively

low in mi d- 1977 , commerc ia l brea ke r s ma y in crea se t he i r a c ti v i t y s i gn i f ican t ly i n order to

bu i l d up stocks.

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,A B R I~C'ULT U RA L PR -I C ES N O V EMBER 1976

De ceT'Jber 1 , 1976

n :U'.r:I A nD I'~ ~ ~ OTJi'J 2 POI; lTS

The L11 Commodity I nd ex of Pr i ces Rec e i ve d was 177 per cent , 2 po i nts below t he pr evious mon t h and 9 p o Lnt s l.eLow Hov emb e r 1975 , acco rdin p to t he Geor gia Crop Rep o r t Lng Service . The dec reas e Ll the All Cormod I ty Irid e x f rom th e Oc t ober l e vel r e sul te d f r om price de c re a se s in corn . hO;8 , beef c attle . br oi l e rs and sma l l gr a i n. IIi ph e r pric es for e pgs . mi lk , an d s oybea n s t ~re pa r t i a l l y of fs ett i ng .

The ;~ oveI1'be r Al l Crops Index was 18[; pe r cent . dowu 3 points f r om the prev i ous mon t h, but 13 points above :~o vember 19 75.

The All Li vestock I ndex f or Nov ember was 169 perc en t . the same as t he pr ev i ous mon th , bu t down a wh o pp Lng 26 po i n ts fr om Novembe r 1 ~ 7 5 .

UnITED STAT ES PRI CrS RECEI VED IND EX DOUH 5 PO H1TS PRI CES PAID TdDE=C Dm!N 1 POINT

The Index of Price s Received by Farmer s de c r ea s e d 5 poin t s ( 3 pe r cen t ) t o 17 3 perc en t of its January-Lecember l SC7 ave ra e:e durin p.; t he month ende d llov emb e r IS} 197 6 . Con t r ibuting mos t to t he de crea s e s i nce mi d- Oct ob er we're Lowe r pri ce s fo r f eed a nd f ood f,r a i n s , cr a pe f r u i t, h0 8S an d c a t tl e . Higher pric es f o r e ~gs and s oyb e an s we re pa r t ial l y of fse t t i n s . The inde x wa s 11 po i n t s ( 6 per cent) Le10p a ye a r a f o .

The I ndex o f Pr i ce s Pa i d by Fa r me rs fo r Corr.mo c. it i es and Serv i ce s, I n te r e s t , Taxe s ! and Farm Ha Re Rates for Nov enb e r 15 wa s 193 , d own 1 po i n t (1 / 2 pe r c en t ) fr om a mon t h earlier. LOBer prices f or fe e d } fe ede r live stock , an d f oo d mor e than of fs et higher pr i ce s for ot her i ndex items . The index Fa s 9 po i n ts (5 perc ent) above a year e a r l i e r.

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Un i t e d State s Depar tment of Agr icul ture
St at i sti ca l Reporting Service
355 Eas t Hancock Avenue
At he ns , Georgi a 3060 1

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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA

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The esti mate of 200,000 bales of co t t on f or Ge or g ia 19 76 c rop by Georgia Crop Re po r t i ng Service is the same as estimated one month ea rl i e r . Yi el d per ac re is esti mat ed at 400
pounds of 1 int o Advers e weathe r co ndit ions ha ve con t r i but e d t o reco r d- s l ow harves t in g
progress for th e crop. As o f December 3, ab out 81 pe r ce nt of t he crop had be en pic ked.

FINAL PKODUCTI ON 1974- 75 ; IN DICATED PRODUCT ION, 1976

Crop Reporting Districts

1

18.5

2

9.6

3

11.4

4

18.9

5

91.0

6

55.1

7

64.6

8

148.9

9 STATE

1.0 419.0

i:Less than 100 bales.

197 5 000 Bal e s
5.1 3.8 2.9 3 .6 32.6 19. 2 18.2 62. 6
148 . 0

Ind .
197 6
7. 0 5.0 6. 0 7.0 42. 0 30. 0 26. 0
77. 0
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UNirE D STATES
All cotton production is for ecas t a t 10 . 3 mill io n bal e s , up 4 pe rcent f rom Novembe r and 24 percent above 1975. Expected p rodu ct i on con s i sts of 10. 2 mi l l ion ba le s of Upland cotton and 51,000 bales of American P ima . Cot t o ns eed p ro duc ti on , bas ed on a three ye ar average 1int -seed ratio, is for ecas t at 3.9 mi l l io n to ns, 30 pe r ce nt more than in 1975.
Growers expect to harvest 10 .9 mi l l ion acres of a l I cotto n f or 1976, above 1975 by 24 percent. Average 1 int yi eld per ac re is fo recast a t 451 poun ds , 2 pou nds l ess than that produced in 1975.
In the Delta States- - Miss iss ippi , Ar kan sa s , Lou i s iana , Te nnessee a nd Mi s sou r i - - t he
cotton crop is expe c te d to prod uce 2.8 mi l 1 i on bal es, 14 pe rce nt a bove 1975 and 9 perc en t
above last month1s fore cas t . Ha rv e s t i ng ac tivi ty i s nea r i ng comp l e t ion as eac h State is
well over 90 percent complet e . Yi elds a r e be t t e r t ha n ex pe cte d ea r l ie r.
Production in th e South eas t e r n St a t e s - - Geo r g i a , Al a bama , Sout h Ca ro l ina and No r t h
Carol ina--is expected t o t otal 768 , 000 bal es , up 27 pe rcen t fr om 1975 and 2 percent above
~ last month1s forecast. Ha rv e s t ing a c t i v i t y is neari ng t he e nd ex ce pt in Georg ia whe re harvest is around three-fourths comp l e t ed .
The Bureau of Census rep o r t s 7, 660, 768 ba l e s gi nned t o De cember 1 compa re d wit h 5,793 ,628 bales ginned to the same dat e i n 1975 a nd 8 ,291, 385 bal es in 1974 .

FRASIER T. GAL LOWAY Agricultural Statist ici an In Ch a r ge

\01 . PAT PA RKS Ag r ic u l t u ra l Stat istician

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U. S. Cotton Report as of December 1. 1976

Production 2/

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State

Area Harvested Ind.

Yi eld

480-lb . net weiq ht bales

Ind .

Ind.

1974

1975

1976

1974 1975 1976

1974

1975

1976

1,000 Acres

Pounds

1,000 Bal es

Upland

Alabama

585.0 370.0 440.0

4 29

405

382 522. 0 312.0 350.0

Ari zona

392.0 268.0 318.0

1, 218 1,027 1,192 995 .0 573 .0 790. 0

Arkansas

1,130.0 680.0 950.0

374

485

389 880.0 687 .0 770 . 0

Ca 1i forn i a
Florida ..!.I

1,238.0 12.1

875 .0 1, 120.0

3.7

6.3

1,006 1,072 1,1 06 2,595. 0 1, 954 .0 2,580.0

503

346

549

12.7

2 .7

7. 2

Georgia
III i no is 1/

410.0 .5

160.0
.0

240.0
.0

490

44 3

400 419.0 148.0 200.0

288

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.0

.0

Kentucky 1/

4.5

.6

1.2

280

257

360

2. 6

.3

.9

Louisiana

635.0 310.0 545.0

423

535

480 560.0 346 . 0 545.0

Mississippi 1,710.0 1,100.0 1,470.0

448

454

371 1,595.0 1,040.0 1,135.0

Missouri

330.0 210.0 255.0

335

449

311 230.0 196.0 165.0

Nevada 1/

1.7

1.0

1.0

586

721

720

2.1

1.5

1.5

New Mexico

140.0

85.0

65.0

509

38 2

443 148.0

68 . 0

60.0

North Ca ro 1ina 145.0

53.0

68 .0

440

4 12

480 133.0

46 .0

68.0

Oklahcma

547.0 295.0 335.0

272

277

244 310.0 170.0 170.0

South Carol ina 292.0 103.0 165.0

450

454

436 274.0

98.0 150.0

Tennessee

510.0 315.0 390.0

290

339

271 308 . 0 222.0 220.0

Texas

4,400.0 3,900.0 4,500.0

269

293

320 2,462.0 2,382.0 3 ,000.0

Vi rg i n i a ..!.I

1.5

.8

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384

344

411

1. 2

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Amer-Pima Arizona Ca lifo rn i a 1/ New Mexico Texas

34.7 .3
14.5 32.8

29.8 1
12.5 23 .5

30.0
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6.0 8.0

729

6 12

624

52. 7

38 . 0

39.0

683

480

o

.4

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.0

417

195

360

12.6

5. 1

4 .5

359

231 450

24 . 5

11. 3

7 .5

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Upland

12,484.3

10,870.2

8,730. 1

453

11,449 .9

10, 213.2

440

45 1

8 , 247 . 1

Amer-P(ma

82.3

65.9

4!:.0

526

397

556 90. 2

54.5

51.0

All Cotton 12,566.6

10,914.2

45 3

11, 540 . 1

10,264.2

8.796.0

441

451

8 .301.6

1/ Estimates for current year ca r r ied f orward f rom ea rl ier for ecast . 2/ Produc ti on g i nned

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De cembe r 14, 1976 PE CAN REPORT AS OF DE CEMBE R 1, 1976

GEORGIA: The cu rrent pecan crop fo r the Sta t e i s es tima t e d at 50 mil l ion pounds, according
to the Georgia Crop Re porting Se rv i ce . The De cembe r I e stimate i s unchanged from that estimated fo r Octo be r 1 but i s one-th ird sma ll e r t ha n la st yea r ' s produc tion. If real ized when harvest i s comp l e te , thi s l eve l of produc t ion wo u l d a gai n give Georgia top ranking in pecan produ c t io n a nd f o r the f ou r t h cons e c ut ive year. The current crop is expected to be a lmos t t h ree time s larger t han t he nex t l a r ge s t p roduc i ng s ta t e.

Qual ity of th i s yea r's crop is said t o be bet t e r t han last yea r 1s . Ha r ve s t i s going a
I ittle slower than las t year wi th ab out 60 percent o f the c ro p ga t he re d by December 1.
Prices have been s ubsta nt iall y hi gher t han las t yea r .

UNITED STATES : U. S. produc t i on of a l l peca ns i s f oreca s t at 100. 9 mill ion pounds , down 12 pe rcen t from the Oc t o be r 1 fore ca s t and 59 percen t below l a st yea r 1s crop.
A crop of th is size woul d be t he smal le st since 196 2 wh e n 75. 3 mill io n pounds were harvested.
Prospects were unc ha nged f rom Octobe r I in a ll St at e s exce pt Fl or i da, Loui si an a , Oklahoma
and Texas where pros pe c ts dec l ined.

Improved vari e t ies a re expec ted to accoun t f o r 70 pe rce nt of thi s year ' s c rop compared with 45 perce nt a ye a r a go .

PECAN STOCKS IN COL D STO RAGE: On Octobe r 31 , 19 76, the U. S. Co ld St ora ge Report s howe d 9.9
mi ll ion pounds of pe ca n nut mea t s in s t o ra ge i n the U. S.
compared with 6 . I mill ion pou nds a year earl ier . In- sh el l pecan s in co l d storage totaled
12.7 mill ion poun ds compared with 10.2 mil l ion a yea r ea r l ier.

FRASIER T. GAL LOWAY Agricultural Stat ist i cian In Charge

~I PAT PA RK S Ag r i cu l t u ra l Statis t ician

The Statistica l Repo r t i ng Se rv i ce , USDA, 355 East Ha ncock Aven ue , At~ e n i , Georgia in cooperation wi t h t he Georgi a Depa rtment of Ag ric ul t ure. Telephone 404- 546- 2236.

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PECAN PRODUCT ION

Imp roved Vari eties 1/

Nat i v e and See dl i nq Peca ns

Ind i ca ted

I n d i c a t ed

1974

1975

1976

1974

1975

19 76

1,000 Pounds

8,800 500
1,200 47,000
1,000 1,200 13,200 1,500
200 I ,500 9,500

11,400 500
2,000 60,000
5,000 2,000 13, 100 1,000 1,500
600 13,000

3 ,000 700
1,000 40, 000
1,000 2,000 13 ,0 00 1,400
400 70 0 7 ,000

2, 200 700
1, 300 11,000
2, 000 1, 800
700 2, 300 1,000 28,500

8,600 3 ,000 3, 000 15,000 27,000 4,000
1,200 18,500
1, 400 55,000

1, 000 300
1,500 10, 000
2,000 2,000
1,600 600 700
11,000

85,600 110, 100

70, 200

51, 500 136,700

30,700

State

1974

ALL PECANS
1975 1,000 Pounds

Ind icated 1976

Al a bama Ark a nsa s Flor ida Geo r g ia Louisiana Mississippi New Mex i co
No rt h Caro l i na 1/
Ok la homa Sou th Caro l ina Texas

11,000 1,200 2,500
58,000 3,000 3,000 13,200 2,200 2,500 2,500
38,000

20 , 000
3,500 5,000 75 ,000 3 2,0 00 6 ,000 13 , 100 2 , 200 20 , 000 2, 000 68, 000

4,000 1, 000 2, 500 50,000 3,000 4,000 13 , 000 3,000 1, 000 1,400 18,000

United States

137, 100

246 , 800

100,900

1/ Budded, grafted, or topworked var ieti es. 2/ Es t ima t es f o r cu r re nt year carried forward
f rom ear l ier forecast.

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Geo rg ia Wheat Ac re age Up 3 Pe rce nt Rye Acreage Up 4 Pe rce nt

De cember 23, 1976

Wheat : Georg ia ' s whea t p la nti ngs f o r the 1977 crop a re expe c t e d t o tota l 155 , 000 a cres,
acco r d i ng t o the Geo rgi a Crop Repo rti ng Se r vi ce . Th i s wou ld be an increase of 3
percen t o r 5 , 000 acre s mo re t ha n t he 1976 c rop . Pro s pe c t ive produc t ion , base d on cond iti on of the crop on Decembe r I , 1976 , i s p ro j ec ted at 3 , 565 ,000 bus he l s-- exactl y e qua l t o th e
1976 product ion .

Rye: Geo rg ia rye p l a nt i ngs f or 1977 a re expe c te d to tota l 425, 000 acres or 4 pe rc ent more tha n t he p l a nt ings fo r t he 1976 c rop . His t o r i ca l ly, onl y a bout 25 to 30 pe rcent of
Georg ia 's r ye a c rea ge is harve s t e d for g rai n . The most commo n us e s i n Georg ia are for wint er gra z ing an d winter g ro und co ve r .

UNITED STATES

Winter Whea t : Fa rme r s pl an t ed 55 . 8 mi 11 ion ac re s of wi nt er wh ea t in the f all of 1976 for ha r ve s t in 1977, 3 pe rce nt fewe r tha n la st year a nd 1 pe r ce nt le s s t ha n t wo
yea r s a go . Th is is the fir s t year seed i ngs have de c l i ned s i nce 1970 .

Ac rea ge inc reas es in t he No r t h Central Stat es were ind i cat e d i n bot h Kans a s a nd North Dakot a wh ile a ll o ther St a t es i n that regi on decl ine d. All of th e Wes tern Sta t es ha ve re duced whea t ac rea ges excep t New Mexico, 6 perce nt l a rge r than l ast yea r , a nd \~yom i n g , a c reage unch a nge d . Of the South Cen t ral Sta te s , Tex as, Kent ucky a nd Tenne s see had l ower ac reag e s whi l e Ok l a homa wa s unc hanged from a ye a r ag o . In t he At l a nti c Coa s t States , New
York an d Geo rg ia had 3 pe rcen t larger a c reages . Florida was uncha nge d and t he re ma i n i ng
States ha d smalle r a c reage s.

The 1977 wi nt e r wheat p roduc t ion , based on condit io n of t he crop on Decembe r 1, 1976 , is f oreca st at 1,438 mi ll ion bushe l s , 8 percent less tha n l a st yea r an d 13 pe rce nt small er t han the re co rd 1975 c rop .

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UNITED STATES CO NTI NUED

~: A total of 2,913,000 ac res of rye wa s p lanted in the fall of 1976 f o r ha rve s t i n 1977.
This is 1 pe rcent l e ss t han a year ea r l ier a nd t he sma l l e s t of record. Farmers in
the major rye grow ing Southeastern States have seede d or i nt en d to see d about the same
acreage as last year wi t h the except ion of Geo rgia wi th a 4 perce nt increase, wh i le the
Plains States except Sout h Dak ota and Okl a homa a re re duc i ng ac re a ge .

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ItE!lll'l

Un ited St a t e s

1976

1977 1/

Ge o r q i a

19 76

1977 1/

Winter Wheat Acreage Seeded fo r All ~u rposes
(1 ,000 acres)
Yield per See ded Acre (Bu. )
Product io n (1,000 Bu.)
Seedings as % of Pre vious Year
Harvested for Grain (Percent)

57, 708
27.1 1,566, 074
102. 7 85. 8

55, 845
25 . 8 1,4 38, 015
96. 8 86. 7

150
23 .8 3, 565 93.8 76.7

155
23. 0 3,565 103.3 77 .4

Rye Acreage Seeded fo r All Purpo ses
( 1, 000 Acre s )
Seedings as % o f Previous Yea r

2,954 93. 3

2,9 13

41 0

98 .6

85.4

425 103.7

1/ Indicated Dec ember I , 1976.

FRASIER T. GALLOWAY Agricultura l Sta tis t ic ia n In Charge

W. PAT PARKS Ag r i cu l t u ra l Stat i s tic ian

The Stat ist ica l Re po r t i ng Service, USDA, 355 East Han coc k Ave nue , Athens , Georgia in cooperation wi t h the Georg ia De pa r tmen t o f Agri cu l t u re . Phone 404-546- 2236.

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GEORGIA ANNUAL VEGETABLE SUMMARY - 1976

Production of principal commercial vege t ables for fres h market and processing for 1976 was valued at $16,979,000, a decrease of 7 pe rc ent f rom 197 5, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. This estimate includes on l y five commerc i a l vegetables for fr esh rr.arket (snapbeans, cabbage, cantaloups, torr.ato es and wa t e r me l ons) and two vegetables for processing (cucumbers and snapbeans). Value of ma r ke t i n g for all vegetables will be published i n late August . The total harvested acre a ge f or fresh market and processing vegetables was 4 percent above 1975.

The harvested acreage of vegetables for fresh mar ket in 1976 was up 3 percent from 1975 while value of production decreased 6 percent. Adver se weather conditions and disease problems early in the s eason caused some reduction in yields but otherwise vegetable crops developed under about normal conditions. The 7 perc ent decrease in the combined value of fresh market and processing vegetables was due mainl y t o a sharp decrease in prices.

Sweetpotato estimates are published in the annua l Field Crop Summary and not published in this report.

UNITED STATES

Fresh r1a r ke t Vegetables : Estimated production of 22 pr i n ci pal fr esh market v egetables and melons for 1976 is 3 pe r cen t mor e t han in 1975. The 1976 pro-
duction estimate of 244.3 million hundredwe i gh t co mpa r 2s ivi t h 1975 output of 238 . 1 million
hundredweight and the 1974 total of 237.7 million cwt . Aggr e ga t e harvested acreage for these 22 crops at 1.6 million acres is 2 percent mo r e t han 1975 .

The 22 principal vegetable and melon crops had a t o t a l value of 2,203.7 million dollars, 2 percent more than a year earlier . The five leadi ng crops ranked in order of value are I lettuce, tomatoes, onions, celery, and carrots whos e comb i ne d total accounts for 60 percent of the U. S. total value.

The five leading States in 1976 production of fresh vegetables and melons in order of total output were California , Florida, Texas, Arizona, and New Yor k. These States accounted for 67.0 percent of the harvested acreage, 75 percent of the production, and 79 percent of the value of all fresh market ve getables and melons produced in t he United States.

Vegetables for Processing: A total o f 11.6 million t ons of processing vegetables harvested in 1976 from the Nation 's 13 major commercial crops produced
I for this purpos e. This is below last year's output by 18 percent.

Production increases in asparagus, broccoli, carrots , and spinach were more than offset by production decreases in lima and snap beans, beets , cabbage , sweet corn, cucumbers, green peas , tomatoes , and cauliflower.

The v alue o f 197 6 process ing vegetables is placed at 869.7 million, 22 percent below 1975. Exc ept f or modest increases in value of spinach and asparagus, all other crops were below ye a r ago values. Processing tomatoes led the decline with a 24 percent reduction in produc t ion and a 30 percent loss in total value .

FRASIER T. GALLOWAY Agricultural Statistician In Charge

OSCAR COLE, JR . Agricultural Statistician

The Statis tic ~l Reporting Service, USDA, Fed eral Building, 355 East Hancock Avenue, Athens , Geo r gi a i n cooperRtion with the Georgia Department of Agriculture. Telephone 404546-2236 .

GEORG IA : ACREAGE , PRODUCTI ON, PRI CE AND VALUE OF PRI NCI PAL CROPS , 1974- 1976' 1/

Har v ested

Yi eld

Produ c-

Pr i c e

Crop

Yea r

Acr e a ge

Rer Ac re

t i on

pe r Cwt .

Acre s

Cwt .

1 , 000

Dolla rs

Cwt .

FOR FRESH MARKET

Value 1,000 Dollars

Beans, Snap

19 76

2 , 500

29

73

17.50

1 , 278

Spring Quarter

1975

2 ,300

27

62

19 . 00

1,178

1974

2,2 00

32

70

15 . 20

1,064

Be ans, Snap

1976

1 , 300

29

38

19.40

737

Summer Quart e r

19 75

1,200

28

34

18 .40

626

19 74

1,400

28

39

17. 10

667

Beans, Snap

1 976

70 0

29

20

19. 20

384

Fall Quart er

1 9 75

80 0

30

24

19 . 80

475

1 974

50 0

28

14

22 .60

316

Cabbage

19 76

2, 600

90

234

4 .04

945

Spr ing Quarte r

1 97 5

2 , 40 0

10 0

240

5.63

1,351

197 4

2 ,5 00

110

275

3 .31

910

Cabbage

1 976

60 0

90

54

4 .69

253

Summer Quart er

1975

500

90

45

6.02

271

1 97 4

500

120

60

5 .65

339

Canta10ups

1 976

3,700

61

226

6.4 3

1,453

Summer Quarte r

1 97 5

3 ,300

65

215

9.6 2

2,068

1974

3 ,300

70

2 31

6 . 63

1,532

Tomatoes

1976

2,900

75

218

21 .10

4,600

Spring & Summe r

1 9 75

2 , 600

64

16 6

23 . 60

3 ,911

19 74

2 ,7 00

68

18 3

16 . 40

3 ,000

Wa t erme lons

1 9 76

4 , 000

75

300

2 . 70

810

Spr ing Qua r t e r

1975

3 ,400

10 0

340

5 .00

1,700

1974

3,200

120

384

3 .70

1,421

Wat erme l ons

1 976

29 , 000

73

2 , 117

2. 66

5,631

Summer Quar t e r

1 97 5

26 ,000

85

2,210

2 .52

5,569

1 974

26 , 000

90

2,340

2. 76

6,458

TOTAL

1 976

43 ,600

xx

3,280

xx

16 ,091

FRESH MARKET 2 /

1 975

42 ,500

xx

3,336

xx

17,149

1 97 4

42 , 300

xx

3 ,596

xx

15,707

FOR PROCESSING
Total Pr oc e s sin g 1/

1976 1 9 75

3 ,420 2, 800

xx

xx

xx

xx

xx

888

xx

1,121

1974

2 , 3 00

xx

xx

xx

601

TOTAL FRESH MARKET

19 76

47 ,020,

xx

xx

xx

16,979

AND PROCESSI NG ~/

1 97 5

45,300

xx

xx

xx

18,270

1 974

44 ,600

xx

xx

xx

16,308

! / Include s on l y commercial vegetable s (s na pbean s, c a bba ge , can t a 1oups , t oma t oes , watermelons

f ~r fre s h market a s we l l a s cucumb e r s and s na pbeans fo r pr ocessing) f or which e s t i ma t e s are

made. The 197 6 data are pr e l i mi na r y . ~/ Exclude s sweetpotatoe s , wh i ch have been considered

a f re sh ve getabl e in Geor gi a . Swe e t potato e s t ima t e s will be r e l e a se d with the f ield crops
annual s ummary . 1/ Not publ i s hed s epa r a t e ly t o avoid discl os ure of individual oper a t i ons .

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