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F0RGIA
ARM -REPORT
Received
January 14, 1986 GFR-86-Volume 1
JAN1 '7 7986
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
stephens Federal Bldg. Suite 320 Athens, Georgia 30613 Phone: ( 404) 546-2236
HIGHLIGHTS Cotton Production Turkeys Agricultural Prices Hay Stocks Wheat and Rye Seeding Peanut Stocks
DOCOMEt 'TS
UGA LIBRARIES
U.S. COTTON YIELD RECORD HIGH
Un i ted States cotton production is es ti mated at 13.5 mi ll i on bales, down 2 percent fr om the December 1 forecast but 4 percent more than the 1984 product i on. Upland production i s set at 13.4 million bales and Ame ri can Pima at 149 t housand bal es . Yield per acre is a record high 630 pounds compar ed with the previous record high of 600 pounds set in 1984. Harve sted area is estimated at 10.3 million acre s , down 1 percent fr om 1984 .
GEORGIA COTTON CRO P BETTER THAN THOUGHT ON DECEMBER 1
Assessments around January 1, 1986, are more optimis tic than the December 1 assessments which followed Hurricane Kate. Yield per acre is n ow expe c ted to average 696 pounds of lint compared to the 678 pounds per acre estimated on December 1. A yield per acre of 696 pounds would be the third highes t of record trail ing only the 784 pound vield in 1984 and the 714 pound yield in 1982.
Production from the 255 , 000 acres harvested at 370,000 bales is 32 percent larger than last year and the largest crop since 1974. The 1985 crop is t he fourth largest crop in the last 20 years.
Cotton harvest got off to a slowe r than normal start and ran well behind average during the late summer and early fall. However, by mid-fall some of the lag wa s made up and harvest progress ran only slightly behind average most weeks the rest of the harvest season .
Production in the southeas tern states is forecast at 1.1 9 million bal es , up 3 percent from December 1 and 17 percent fro m l ast year. I n Alabama and Georgia, progress was made in harvest late i n the mon t h a fte r ra ins from Hurri c ane Kate delayed harvest early in the month. Harvest is i n final stages in all stat es.
Production in the Delta s t ates is forecast at 3.71 million bales, 1 percent below the December 1 forecast and 4 percent below last year. In Missouri, dry weather in late December was good for harvesting some fields a second time and completing harvest for some fields that had not been picked. In other states, suitable weather during the month permitted harvest to near completion by the end of the month.
The Bureau of the Census reports '12,369 ,1 59 running bales ginned prior to January 1, 1986 compared with 11,078,678 bales ginned to the same date in 1984 and 7,209,016 bales in 1983.
(See Cotton Table on Page 2.)
GFR-86-Vol. 1
COTTON ~
AREA HARVESTED
Yl ELD
PRODUCT ION 1I
CROP AND
:----------------I-N-O--------------I-N-O----------------------------IN-D-----
STATE
1984 : 1985 : 1984 : 1985 : 1983 : 1984 : 1985
------------------1-,0-0-0---A-C-R-E-S-----------PO-U-N--D-S---------------1--0-0-0----B-A-L-E-S--2-/------
UPLAND
ALA
307.0
3 27.0
699
771
183.0
447.0
525.0
ARIZ
429 . 0
36 5. 0 1 ,227 1 ,236
725.0 1 ,097. 0
940.0
ARK
46 5. 0
440.0
632
769
323.0
612.0
7 05.0
CALIF
1,400.0 1,340.0
999 1,128 1,971.0 2,913.0 3. 1 50. 0
FLA
17.0
22.5
847
704
15.2
30.0
33.0
GA
17 2. 0
255 .o
784
696
112.0
281.0
370.0
KANS LA
.5 645.0
.7 630.0
288 786
480 571
.2
.3
532.0 1, 056.0
.7
750 .o
MISS
1,032.0 1,040.0
767
762
900.0 1,650.0 1,650.0
MO N MEX
162.0
1 52.0
554
632
69.0
55 .o
605
655
73.0 70.0
1 87.0 87.0
200.0 75.0
N C
OKLA
s c
96.0
88.0
600
627
43.0
120.0
11 5. 0
375.0
355.0
234
392
145.0
183 . o
290.0
104.0
122.0
785
708
53.0
170.0
1 80.0
TENN
325 .0
330.0
498
582
1 51 0
337.0
400.0
TEX
4, 700.0 4,700.0
376
409 2,380.0 3,680.0 4,000;0
VA
1.0
1 .3
528
628
.3
1 1
1 7
u s
10,299.5 10,223.5
599
628 7,676.7 12,851.4 13,385.4
AMER-PIMA
ARIZ
50 .3
56.3
841
895
46.9
88.1
10 5. 0
N MEX
10 . 0
7.7
59 5
655
1 5. 8
12. 4
10.5
TEX
u s
19.3 79. 6
19.4
744
816
83.4
786
855
32.0 94.7
29.9 130.4
33.0 148.5
ALL
ALA
307.0
327.0
699
771
183 .o
447 . o
525.0
AR IZ ARK
479.3
465 . o
421 3 1 , 1 87 1 , 1 91
440.0
632
769
771 .9 1,185.1 1,045.0
323 .o
612.0
705.0
CALIF
1,400.0 1,340.0
999 1 128 1,971.0 2,913.0 3,150.0
FLA
17.0
22.5
847
704
1 5. 2
30.0
33.0
GA
172.0
255.0
784
696
112.0
281 .o
370.0
KANS
.5
.7
288
480
.2
.3
.7.
LA
645 .o
630 .0
786
571
532.0 . 1 , 056.0
750 .o
MISS
1,032.0 1,040.0
767
762
9oo:o 1,650.0 1,650.0
MO
:
162 .o
1 52 .o
554
632
73.0
187.0
200.0
N MEX
79.0
62.7
604
655
85.8
99.4
85.5
N C
96.0
88.0
600
627
43.0
120.0
11 5 . 0
OKLA
s c
TENN
375.0
355.0
234
392
145.0
183.0
290.0
104.0
122.0
785
708
53 .o
170.0
180.0
325.0
330.0
498
582
1 51 .o
.337 .o
400.0
TEX
4,719.3 4,719.4
377
410 2,412.0 3,709.9 4,033.0
VA
u s
1.0
1.3
528
628
.3
1.1
1.7
10,379.1 10,306.9
600
630 7,771.4 12,981.8 13,533.9
-1-/--PR-O--D-U-C-T-IO-N---G-IN-N-E-D---A-N-D--TO---B-E--G-IN--N-E-D-.-----------------------------------------
2/ 480-LB. NET WEIGHT BALES.
The Georg i a Far m Report (ISS N-0744-7260 1 Is published semi-monthly by The Georg i a Crop Reporting Service , Stephens Federal Building , Athens, Ga . 30613 , Larry E. Snipes, Statist ician In Charge, Second cl ass postage pa ld at ATnens, Gf\ , Subscr Ipt ion fee S10 per year except free to data contributors. Subscription Information available from: Georgia Crop Report ing Service, Stephens Federal Building, Suite 320, Athens, Gf\, 306 13 TeleJ>_hone: (404) 546-2236,
2
GEORGIA TURKEY PRODUCTION UP
Turkey growers in Georgia produced 2.6 million turkeys during the 1984-85 season. This was 2 percent mo re than for the same period a year earlier . Turkey growers i ntend to grow about 2.9 million turkeys dur i ng the 1986 season or 9 percent more than grown in 1985.
U.S. TURKEYS RAISED UP 8 PERCENT
Turkeys raised in the United States dur i ng 1985, at 185 million, were 8
percent greater than the 171 million
raised during 1984.
North Carolina
ranked first in the number raised with
31.9 million.
Turkey growers in 20 major producing states intend to raise 197 million turkeys in 1986, up 10 percent from the 178 million in 1985. The number of turkeys actually raised in 1986 may vary from growers' intentions shown in this report depending on feed costs, supply of hatching eggs, cost of poults , and prices growers receive for turkeys during the next few months.
TURKEYS : NUMBER RAISED IN 1984 INTENDED
AND NUMBER
State
1985
Percent
Percent
Ark.
14,366
16,000
111
16,500
103
Calif.
19,730
20,500
104
21,700
106
Colo.
2/
2/
2/
Ga.
2,582
2,631
102
2,863
109
Ind .
6,310
6,941
110
9,579
138
Iowa
5,800
6,300
109
7,000
111
Minn.
28,500
30,400
107
32,600
107
Mo.
12,000
12,500
104
13,000
104
N.C.
30,400
31,850
105
37,500
118
N. Oak.
870
890
102
900
101
Ohio
2,800
2,800
100
2,900
104
Okla.
2/
2/
2/
Oreg.
900
1 ,300
144
1,500
115
Pa.
6,100
7, 100
116
8,650
122
S.C.
s. Oak.
2,194
2,850
130
3. 1so
1,522
L, 723
113
1,809
1 L1 105
Tex.
2/
2/
2/
Utah
2,387
3,082
129
3,300
107
Va .
10,795
13,066
121
14,796
113
Wis.
6,120
6,150
100
6,15 0
100
Oth. Sts . 2/
11,700
12,400
106
12,750
103
20 State
Total
165,076
178,483
108
196,647
110
Conn. Del. Ill. Kans. Md. Mass. Mich.
Nebr. N.H.
N.J. N.Y.
w. Va.
31
35
113
64
11
17
290
213
73
100
275
275
100
129
129
152
156
103
2. 100
2,300
110
639
850
133
27
28
104
88
88
100
329
314
95
2,300
2,400
104
u.s. Total
171,296
185,282
108
1/ Intent~ons to ra1se turkeys made 1n 20 states only.
of individual operations.
3
2/ Comb~ned to avo~d a~sclosure
GEORGIA PRICES RECEIVED
The December Index of Prices Received by
Georgia Farmers for All Commodities
increased 1 point from November to 121
percent of the January-December 1977
average. Higher prices for wheat, corn,
cottonseed,
soybeans,
peanuts,
sweetpotatoes, hogs, milk and all eggs
were partially offset by lower prices for
cotton, beef cattle, calves, other
chickens and broilers. The index was
unchanged from December 1984.
GFR-86-Vol-.
U.S. PRICES RECEIVED INDEX UP 1 POINT
The December Index of Prices Received by Farmers for all farm products increased 1 point from November to 128 percent of its January-December 1977 average. Higher prices for lettuce, hogs, corn, tomatoes and soybeans were partially offset by lower prices for oranges, broilers, cotton, lemons and wheat. The index was 7 points below a year ago.
PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS
15 1985 WITH COMPARISONS
Pri ce
per
Dec.
Dec. L5,
Dec.
Dec. 15,
Commoditv
Uni t
1984
1985
1984
1985
Winter \olheat
$/Bu.
3 . 05
2.99
3.34
3.08
Oats
$/Bu.
L. 72
L. 14
L.14
Corn
$/Bu.
2.97
2.52
2.78
2 . 56
2.20
2.31
Co tton
Ct./Lb.
6L.5
54.0
1/52.0
56. 1
56.0
1/53.7
Cottonseed 2/
S/Ton
89 . 00
58.00
64.00
94 . 00
67.00
70.00
Tobacco
Ct./Lb.
3/-
185.4
165.5 3/158.5
Soybeans
$/Bu.
5.65
4.92
5. 10
5 . 82
4.92
5.01
Peanu ts Sweet potatoes
Ct./Lb. S/Cwt.
2L.7 17.40
20.1 2/9.60
1/23.8 10.60
26.3 17 .10
23.6
1/24.1
2/8.32
10.20
11 Hay, baled 2/ S/Ton
75.30
66.00
67.20
Hogs
S/Cwt.
48 . 90
42 . 90
44.40
48 .60
43.20
45.30
Sows
S/Cwt .
37.90
35.60
36.00
39.40
37.20
36.20
Barrows & Gilts
S/Cwt.
49 .70
43 . 40
45 .20
49.70
43.90
46.30
Beef Cattle 4/
S/Cwt.
41.80
39.20
38.20
57.00
54.80
54.80
Cows 5/
S/Cwt.
34.40
32.80
32.40
34.30
32.90
31.80
Steers & Heifers S/Cwt.
48.10
47.00
47.00
63.00
60.10
60.10
Calves
S/Cwt.
48.30
54.00
52.30
59 .40
61.40
59.80
All Milk
$/Cwt .
15.10
13.50 3/13.60
14.00
12.60 3/12.60
Turkeys 2/
Ct./Lb.
60.0
58.4
60.0
Chickens, Excluding
Broilers
Ct./Lb.
17.0
2/30.5
16.0
Com'l Broilers 6/ Ct./Lb.
27.0
30.5
3/28.0
28.5
3L.8 3/30.0
Eggs, All 7/
Ct./Doz
62.3
2/69.9
73. 1
58.4
2/66.2
66.2
Table
Ct./Doz 53.0 2/56.5
57.4
52.8
2/60.3
60.2
Hatching
Ct./Doz. 120.0 2/110.0
120.0
1/ First half of month. 2/ Mid-month price. 3/ Entire month. 4/ "Cows" and "steers and
heifers" combined with al lowance where necessary for slaughter bulls. 5/ Includes dairy
cows sold for slaughter. 6/ Liveweight equivalent pr ice for Georg ia. 7/ Average of all
eggs sold by farmers including hatching eggs sold at retail.
4
U.S. PRICES PAID INDEX UNCHANGED
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
The Index of Prices Paid by Farmers for Commodities and Services, Interest, Taxes, and Farm Wage Rates for December was 163 percent of its 1977 average. The index was the same as last month and a year earlier. Feed prices were higher in December but their effect on the index was offset by lower feeder livestock prices.
The November unadjusted consumer price
index for all urban consumers (CPI-U)
increased 0.3 percent from October to
326.6 (1967100). The index was 3.6
percent above November 1984.
On a
seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U was
0.6 percent a6ove October. For November,
all components increased. The food and
beverages and transportation indexes
increased 0.7 percent. Increases of 0.5
percent were recorded for housing and
medical care.
The other goods and
services index increased 0.4 percent,
entertainment 0.3 percent and apparel and
upkeep 0.2 percent.
PRICES PAID BY
1985 WITH COMPARISONS
Price
per
Dec. 15,
Dec. 15, Dec. 15,
Dec. 15.
Commodit
Unit
1984
1985
1984
1985
Dairy Feed 164
S/Ton
17S.OO
166.00
169.00
176.00
163.00
165.00
Dairy Feed 187.
$/Ton
17 6.00
168.00
171.00
178.00
168 .00
174.00
Dairy Conct. 327.
S/Ton 215.00
172.00
175.00
238.00
232.00
235.00
Hog Feed 147.-187.
$/Cwt.
10.40
9.60
9.60
9.89
9.23
9.38
llog Conct. 38::<:-427. S/Cwt.
13.00
12.50
12.50
13.10
12.70
12.80
Beef Cattle Conct.
327.-364
S/Cwt.
12.50
12.00
11.50
11.20
10.50
10.60
Cottonseed Meal 417. $/Cwt.
12.50
11.50
11.50
12.90
11 . 00
11.00
Soybean Meal 4 47.
S/Cwt.
12.00
11.50
11.00
11.30
10 .60
10.70
Bran
S/Cwt.
11.50
10.50
10.50
9.90
9.31
9.29
Middlings
S/Cwt.
10.50
10.50
10.50
9.34
8 . 42
8.53
Corn Meal
$/Cwt.
10.00
8.10
8.30
7.7 4
6.80
6.80
Broiler Grower
$/Ton 245.00
180.00
176.00
215.00*
182.00
186.00
Laying Feed
$/Ton
164.00
156.00
158.00
187.00
178.00
179.00
Chic k Starte r
$/Ton 210.00
175.00
173.00
210.00
191.00
191.00
Broiler-Feed Ratio 1/ Lbs.
2.2
3.4
3.2
2 .7
3.5
3.2
Hog-Corn Rat io 2/
Bu.
16.5
17.0
16 . 0
19.0
19.6
19.6
Milk-Feed Ratio 3/ Lbs.
1. 73
1.63
1. 61
1. 59
1. 55
1. 53
Egg-Feed Ratio 4/
Lbs.
7.6
9.0
9.3
6.2
7.4
7.4
1/ Pounds of broiler grower equal in value to 1 lb. broiler live weight . 2/ Bushels of corn
equal in value to 100 lbs. of hog live weight. 3/ Pounds of 167. dairy feed equal in value to
1 lb. whole milk . 4/ Pounds of laying feed equal in value to 1 doz. eggs. * Revised.
1977=100 Georgia
INDEX NUMBERS--GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES
Nov. 1984
I
Dec. 1984
I Nov. 1985
Dec. 1985
Prices Received
All Commodities
122
121
120*
121
Crop s
120
122
112*
119
Livestock & Products
124
120
126
122
United States
Prices Received
136
135
127*
128
Prices Paid 1/
164
163
163
163
Ratio 2/
83
83
78*
79
*Revised. 1/ Mid-month index including interest, taxes and farm wage rates. 2/ Ratio
of Index of Prices Received to Index of Prices Paid, Interest, Taxe s and Farm Wage
Rates.
5
GFR-86-Vol. 1
G
GEORGIA HAY STOCKS DOWN
SMALLER U.S. HAY STOCKS
Hay stocks on Georgia farms on January 1, Hay stocks on farms Januarv 1, 1986 in
T
1986, are estimated at 819,000 tons.
the United States totaled '99.0 million
G
This is a decrease of 6 percent compared tons, 2 percent less than January 1 a
i
to a year earlier stocks of 871,000 tons, but 28 percent above the January 1, 1984
year ago but 11 percent above January 1, 1984. The slightly lower level of stocks
p
stocks of 640,000 tons.
compared with January 1, 1985 is due to
a
more feeding, because of harsh winter
c
weather, offsetting the higher supply of hay.
s
'W
c
c
u
State
1984
Alabama
718
Arizona
116
Arkansas
776
Californi a
1, 323
Colorado
2,048
Connecticut
122
Delaware
25
Florida
400
Georgia
640
Idaho
2,850
Illinois
1. 787
Indiana
1. 13 5
s Iowa Kansas
3,602 3,198
\. Kentucky
1,913
(
Louisiana
389
Maine
281
(
Marvland
306
Ma s sachusetts
188
(
Michigan
2,503
1 Minnesota Mississippi
4 ,906 999
Missouri
4,026
Montana
3,839
Nebraska
4,886
Nevada
781
N. Hampshire
123
New Jersev
156
New Mexico
350
New York
2,959
N. Carolina
376
North Dakota
3,672
Ohio
2,076
Oklaho.ma
2,527
(
Oregon
2,185
J Pennsylvania
2,818
1
Rhode Island S. Carolina
15 259
S. Dakota
7,288
Tennessee
1,431
Texas
4,117
Utah
1,089
Vermont
574
Virginia
1,098
Washington
1,528
W. Virginia
657
Wisconsin
8,662
Wyoming
1,563
HAY STOCKS ON FARMS
Januarv 1
1985
1.obo
1986
Tons
925
1,078
Ill
198
1 , 0 }.3
1,459
1,414
1,578
1, 953
2,029
136
133
28
36
3 41
337
871
819
3,036
2 , 381
3,026
2,726
1. 617
1,825
5,338
4,821
3,834
6, 035
2,376
3,270
473
399
287
254
399
388
198
184
2,854
3,116
5,908
4 ,806
840
1, 274
4,817
5,375
3,100
2,125
5,156
5,172
808
845
133
130
181
177
432
756
3,005
3 . 132
469
477
3,887
2,414
2,429
2,986
2,383
3,160
2,023
1,438
3 ,45 6
3,419
15
15
360
328
8,245
5,853
1. 901
2,151
3,357
5,521
1,231
1. 15 7
610
625
1, 471
1,439
1,490
1,347
790
792
10,216
7,442
1,646
1,572
Mav
1984
19;rr-
73
12 85 368 436
35
4
52 70
393 302 189 768
640
262 23 72
74
56 626 1,497
135 326 768 1,145
195 32 18 70
740 103 1,164 422
520 281 554
5 29
2,505 368
1,273
206 157 186 237
190 2,196
286
150 66
171 314
563 32 17 49
198
522 737 469 1,727
1. 121 402 106 78
133 48
634 1,435
110 1,268
567 1,770
135 30 35
119
966
125 983 569
605 218 966
4
53 3,557
482 1,191
238 169 418 158
192 2,426
527
u.s.
89,280
100,589
98,994
20,148
26,853
6
GEORGIA'S WHEAT PLANTINGS SHRI NK AGAIN
Georgia's fall and winter seedings of
wheat for the 1986 crop are estimated at
600,000 acres. This is a decrease of 37
percent from the 1985 seedings of 950,000
acres and the smallest acreage planted to
wheat since 1979. Planting of the 1986
crop was only 84 percent complete as of
December 22, 1985. This progress was
well behind normal and a continuation of
the slow planting progress that began in
mid-October. Major factors causing the
seeding delay were the very slow soybean
harvest and the record warm mid-fall
temperatures. Some farmers waited for
cooler weather before planting to
- minimize a repeat of the 1985 Hessian Fly
outbreak. Production from the State's
1985 wheat crop totaled 25,575,000
bushels, 18 percent below the 31,150,000
bushels produced in 1984 and the smallest
crop since 1980.
Yield was a
disappointing 31 bushels per acre from
the 825,000 acres harvested for grain.
U.S. WHEAT PLANTINGS DOWN
U.S. winter wheat seedings las t fal l f or
the 1986 crop is estimated at 54.0
million acres, down 7 percent f rom 1985
and the lowest since 1979. All wheat
production in 1985 totaled 2.42 billion
bushels, 7 percent less than in 1984 .
Area harvested for grain , at 64.7 million
acres, is down 3 percent.
Yields
averaged 37.5 bushels per acre , down 1.3
bushels from last year.
LESS RYE PLANTED IN GEORGIA
The 1986 crop rye seedings for all
purposes in Georgia totaled 420,000
acres, 7 percent less than the 1985 crop
plantings of 450,000 acres. Planting
progress for the 1986 crop ran moderately
behind average most of the fall. Georgia
farmers harvested 90,000 acres for grain
in 1985 or 13 percent above the 1984
crop.
Production totaled 2,070,000
bushels, 18 percent above 1984. Yield at
23 bushels per acre was also better than
the 22 bushel yield for the 1984 crop.
U.S. RYE PLANTINGS DOWN
The 1986 U.S. rye acreage seeded for all
purposes is placed at 2.39 million acres,
down 7 percent from 1985's 2 .56 million
acres.
Rye production for 1985 is
estimated at 20.6 million bushels, 36
percent less than 1984. Harvested area
totaled 717 thousa nd acres this year,
down 27 percent. Yi e lds averaged 28 .8
bushels per acre, 4. 3 bushel s below last
year's record high .
WINTER WHEAT
Item WINTER WHEAT Area Seeded (1,000 Acres) Harvested Acres (1,000 Acres) Yield per Harvested Acre (Bu.) Production (1,000 Bu.) Area Se eded as I. of Prev. Yr.
RYE AND OATS UNI TED STATES AND GEORGI A
United States
t985
I
1986
57,752 47,953
38.1 1,827,195
91.1
53,992 93.5
950 825
31.0 25, 575
95.0
600 63.2
RYE Area Seeded (1,000 Acres) Harvested Acres (1,000 Acres) Yield per Harvested Acre (Bu.) Production (1,000 Bu.) ,Area Seeded as /. of Prev. Yr.
2,563 717 28.8
20,637 86.3
2,3 86 93.1
45 0 90 23.0
2,070 104.7
420 93.3
OATS Harvested Acres (1,000 Acres) Yield per Harvested Acre (Bu.) Produc tion (1 000 Bu.)
8,149 63.6
518 626
7
45 45.0 2 025
NOVEMBER PEANUT STOCKS
Peanut stocks in commercial storage on
November 30, 1985, totaled 3.92 billion pounds of equivalent farmer stock. This total includes 3.00 billion pounds of actual farmer stock.
Shelled peanuts on hand totaled 847
million pounds of equivalent farmer
stock.
Roasting stock totaled 65.1
million pounds. There were 851 million
pounds of Commodity Credit Corporation
uncommitted stock on hand as of November
30. 198 5.
Shelled p_eanut stocks on November 30, 1985, totaled 637 million pounds of which 623 million pounds were edible grades and 13.6 million pounds were oil stocks. Edible grade stocks by type were Virginias, 165 million pounds; Runners, 382 million pounds; and Spanish, 76.1 mi llion pounds.
U.S. VIS I BLE SUPPLY OF PEANUTS
AT MONTH'S END 1/
July Jan.
Nov.
Class
1984
1985
1985 2/
Million Pounds
Farmer Stock
9 1,892
3,004
Shelled
Peanuts 3/
436
743
637
Roasting Stock
23
92
65
Total 4/
611 2,972
3,916
1/ Excludes stocks on farms. Includes
stocks owned by or held for account of
CCC in commercial storages. Farmer stock
on net weight basis. 2/ Pr eliminary. 3/
Includes shelled edible and shelled oil
stock. 4/ Actual farmer stock, plus
roasting stock, plus shelled peanuts X
1.33.
r;AGEORGIA
tl4oo . ~ 7
PI FARM REPORT
F~
9''8Fo/,.:;uary 12, 1986 GFR-86- Vo lum e 3
Received
FEB 16 1986
DOCUMENTS UGA LIBRARIES
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
Stephens Federal Bldg. SUite 320 Athens, Georgia 30613 Phone: ( 404) 546-2236
HIGHLIGHTS Cattle & Ca lv e s Agricultura l Prices
Gr ain S t o cks
Farm Input Prospect i ve Plantings Rep o rt
GEORGIA CATTLE INVENTOR Y DOWN 3 PERCENT
All c attle and ca lves on Georgia f arm s on January 1, 1986 are estiaated at 1,700 , 000 head, 3 percent less th a n a year earli e r.
The current inventory c onsists of 870,000 cows that have calved, down 2 percen t from the 889,000 on hand Janu a ry 1, 1985. Beef cows total 751,000 head , a dec line of 3 percent, but milk cow numbers advanced 1 percent from a year ago to 119,000 hea d. Ca t tl e on full feed for the slau~hter a a~ ket are e stim ate d at 17,000 head, a drop of 35 percen t f ro m January 1 , 1985.
The total val ue of Geor~ia ca ttle on hand January 1, 1986 aounted to $510 . 0 aillion , 6 percen t l ess than the $542 . 5 aillion ou January 1, 1985 . Average value per head was $3 00 copared with $310 a year earl ie r.
U. S. CATTLE IN VENTORY DOWN 4 PERCENT
All cattle and calves in the United States as of January 1 , 1986 totaled 105 million head, down 4 percent fro the 110 aillion on January 1, 1985 and 7 percent below the 114 illion two years ago . This continued the recent downward tr end in cattle inventories for the four t h consecut iv e year and was the lowes t nuaber on hand since 1963.
All cows and hei f ers tha t hav e calved, at 44. 8 illion, are down 3 percent f rom 46. 2 i l lion a yea r ag o and down 8 percent f r om the 48 . 6 i l lion two ye ars ago and t he lo west since 196 1 . Be ef cows at 33 . 6 million, are 5 per ce nt below January 1 , 1985 and the lo we st si n c e 1966 . Milk cows, at 11 . 2 million, are 3 percent above January 1, 1985 and the highest since 1975 . All cattle and calves on f eed J anua ry 1, 1986 for slaugh te r , at 11.4 mil l io n hea d, are down 8 percent f r om a yea r earlier.
Th e va lue o f all c attl e and calves o n hand Januar y 1 , 1986, was $41 . 28 billion, down 6 percent fro the $44.14 billion the previous year. Average va l ue per head was $391 copared with $402 on Ja nuar y 1 , 1985.
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CATTLE AND CALVES: NUMBER BY CLASS,
J ANUARY 1, 1985 AND 1986
J_______________________ ________ --------------------------[------------o~~~~Ti
unTt~ct-stat~;---------
~~:~~--------------------- ----~:~~--- --~:~:- -~:!:~:~~:- --~:~~---~--~:~:- -~:!:~~~~:-
1,000 Head
Percent
1,000 Head
Percent
Cattle & Calves
1, 750
1, 700
97
109,749 105,468
96
Cows & Heifers have calved Beef Cows Milk Cows
that
889
870
98
46,174
44,812
97
771
751
97
35 , 370
33 , 632
95
118
119
101
10,805
11,179
103
Heifers 500 Lbs . & Over
222
For Beef Cow Replaceaents
114
For Milk Cow Replaceents
40
Other Heifers
68
220
99
18 , 358
17,998
98
111
97
5,542
5,14 9
93
41
103
4,760
4,759
100
68
100
8 ,056
8, 090
1 00
Steers 500 Lbs . & Over Bulls 500 Lbs . & Over Calves under 500 Lbs.
110
102
93
16,369
15,967
98
56
51
91
2,411
2 ,2 61
94
473
457
97
26,436
24,43 1
92
GEORGIA CALF CROP UNCHANGED
Calves born during 1985 in Georgia, totaled 780,000 head, the same a s the 1984 and 1983 ca lf crops .
U.S. CALF CROP DOWN 3 PERCENT
The 1985 calf cr op is estimated at
41 .0 million , down 3 percent from
1984 , down 7 percent from 1983 and
is the lowest since 1961. The
estimated
calf cr op i s down
fractionally from the expected calf
crop publi hed last July . Cal v e s
born during the first half of th e
year were estimated at 71.5 per ce nt
of the an n ua l total.
Al a . Ark . Fla. Ga . Kv. La . Miss .
830
820
99
870
730
84
1,050
1,030
98
780
780
100
1,170
1 ,1 10
95
580
560
97
730
660
90
Mo .
2, 2 00
2,120
96
N.C.
470
4 60
98
S . C.
260
26 0
100
Tenn .
1,126
1 ' 12 0
97
va .
75 0
760
101
Oth. St s. 31,650
30,635
97
u.s .
42,5 00
41 , 045
97
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The Georgi a Farm Report (tSSN-Q744-7280J Is published sem i-month ly by the Georgi e Crop Report ing Service, Stephens Federal Building, At hens , Ga . 3061 3, La r ry E. Snipes , Stat i st ic i an In Cha"9e. Second cless postage pa id a t At hens, GA. Subsc ription tee SlOper year except free to data contributors. Subscript ion Information avail ab le from: Georg ia Crop Reporting Service, Stephens Federal Building, Suite 320, At hens, GA . 30613 Telephone: (404) 546-2 236 ,
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ALL CATTLE AND CALVES : NUMBE R, VALUE PER HEAD , AND TOTAL VA LUE ,
-~!-~-!-~-_-. _-_-_-JlL[_S=El=L~=E~=C2=T_=E_HD_yJ;S[bT_~A_~_T=El=S~=~=2A=N_=D_=_=]UJ_=N_=IT_=El=D~Y~i~SiT-YA-~-T=rE-S_~_!_=lJHA~~N~~U2~A_=R_=Y_=_=]J1_~_=_=1l=9~=8~=5~=-1-r-92-816i-TJ=-y-i-i-Y-~1=~=~=2=-=-=-=-
1,000 Head
Dollars
1 , 000 Dollars
Ala.
1,830
1 , 780
295
290
539,850
516,200
Ark .
1,850
1,750
330
320
610,500
560,000
Fla.
2. 190
2 .' 120
340
345
744 , 600
731,400
Ga.
1,750
1,700
310
300
542,500
510,000
Ky .
2,580
2,480
360
365
928,800
905,200
La.
1,320
1,240
335
335
442,200
415,400
Miss .
1 , 588
1,430
285
300
452,580
429,000
Mo.
4,850
4,800
365
350
1,770,250
1,680,000
N.C.
1,175
1,100
350
360
411,250
396,000
S.C.
620
635
365
340
226,300
215,900
Tenn.
2,535
2,500
325
320
823,875
800,000
Va .
1,760
1,840
370
355
651,200
653 , 200
All Other
States
85,701
82,093
420
408
35,994,713
33,467,903
_____ g~~~------lQ~~1i~ lQ~~i2~_______iQ~--------~~l _____ii~l~~~2l~ ____ il~~~Q~~Q~-
NUMBER OF OPERATIONS WITH CAT TLE AND MILK COW S
;~:~:~~~~~~Jt==S=E=L~EiC~T~E~D~~S~T~A~T~E~S~~A=N~D~~UfN~I~TiE=D==S=T=AtT=E=S~==~1~9~8~4i-~1~9~8~5~=1~/ ~~~JE~~~=~~i~i~~=
Number
Ala.
42,000
42,000
2.10 0
1 , 600
Ark .
38,000
34,000
2,500
2,500
Fla.
21,000
20,500
1,400
1,400
Ga.
37,000
37,000
2,500
2.200
Ky.
65,000
62,000
9,000
8,500
La .
25,000
25,000
3,200
3. 100
Miss .
36 , 000
34,000
2,500
2,500
Mo .
100,000
98,000
11. 500
11,000
N. C.
40,000
40,000
5,000
4,500
S . C.
18,000
18 , 000
2,000
4,500
Tenn.
76 , 000
76,000
7,000
6,700
Va .
39,000
39,000
7,000
6,500
All Other
States
1,006,490
970,890
229,040
221,120
g~~~---- ------l~~i~~ i~Q ___ _______ l~i~2~~~Q------------~~1~11Q___________~1~~2~Q_
1/ An operation is any place having one or more head of the species on hand at
any time during the year. 2 / In c luded in operations with cattle .
3
GEORGIA PRICES RECEIVED
The January Index of Prices Received
by Georgia
farmers
for All
Coaaodities increased 3 points from
Deceaber to 123 percent of the
January-December
1977
average .
Higher prices for corn, cotton,
soybeans,
barrows and
gilts ,
broilers, and hatching eggs were
partially offset by lower prices for
wheat, cottonseed,
sows, beef
cattle, other chickens , and table
eggs.
Prices
unchanged
from
December 1985 were sweetpotatoes,
calves and all milk. The index was
unchanged from January 1985.
GFR ~ 86-Vol. 3
u.s. PRICES RECEIVED INDEX DOWN 4
POINTS
The January Index of Prices Received by farmers for all farm products decreased 4 points from December to 124 percent of its January-Deceaber 1977 average. Lower prices for lettuce , cattle, turkey s, o ra nges, and wheat were partially offset by higher prices for sweet corn, soybeans, and corn . The index was 12 points below a year ago.
PRICES RECEI VED BY FARMERS, JANUARY 15, 1986 WITH COMPARISONS
---------------------~~:::---]~~~~;~~~~~-]~:~~;~:1-~;~~~~~~~~~~~;~~~~~Jn~~~~~~~]~~~~~~~~~~
~::::~~~~------------~:~~---- ----~~~~-- --~~~:-
Winter Wheat
$ / Bu.
3.23
2 .92
Oats
$ / Bu.
Co rn
$ / Bu .
3 . 09
2.73
Co tton
Ct . / Lb .
54 . 5
5 1.5
Cottonse ed 2/
$ / Ton
92.00
64. 00
Tobacco
Ct ./ Lb .
Soybeans
$ / Bu.
5.86
4.57
Pea nuts
Ct . /L b .
*
*
Sw e etpotatoes
$ / Cwt.
17.10 2 / 10 . 60
All Hay, baled 2 /
$/Ton
Milk Cows, 4 / 5 /
$ / Head
890 . 00
Hogs
$ / Cwt.
4 8.50
44 . 90
Sows
$/Cwt .
38.30
35 . 50
Barrows & Gilts
$/Cwt .
49 . 30
45.60
Beef Cattle 6 /
$/Cwt .
44.30
38.80
Cows 7 /
$ / Cwt.
38 . 80
33 . 20
Steers & Heifers
$ / Cwt .
53 . 4 0
45 . 40
Ca l ves
$/Cwt.
57.30
51 . 30
All Milk
$/Cwt.
15 . 30
13 . 50
Turkeys 2/
Ct. / Lb.
Chickens , Excluding
Bro ile r s
Ct ./ Lb .
9 . 5 2/16 . 0
Co'l Broilers 8 / Ct. / Lb.
29 . 0
28 . 0
Eggs, All 9/
Ct ./ Doz .
62 . 2 2/73 . 1
Table
Ct. / Doz.
42 . 0 2/57.4
Hatching
Ct. / Doz. 1 30 . 0 2 / 12 0 . 0
--~~~:___j__~~~~-- --~~~~- ---~~~:-
2.91
3 . 35
3 . 15
3 . 04
1.74
1 . 20
1.20
2.76
2 . 64
2.29
2.33
1 / 53.0
52 . 2
53 . 3 1/52.5
51 . 00
94.00
69.00
62.00
3 /-
182 . 9
158 . 5 3 / 158.5
5 . 16
5 . 91
5.00
5 . 12
*
22.4 1 / 24.3
10 .60
18.20 2 / 10.4 0
12 . 30
73 . 00
67 .2 0
67 . 8 0
840.00
875 . 00
800 . 00
45 . 50
48 . 00
45.30
44 . 20
34 . 00
41 . 10
36 . 60
35 . 90
46.60
4 8 . 80
46 . 40
45 . 20
38 . 40
57 . 30
53 . 70
52 . 10
32 .8 0
37.70
33. 00
33 . 50
44 . 80
63 .00
59 . 80
57 . 50
51 .30
64.10
58 . 80
58 . 90
3 / 13 . 50
14 . 00
12 . 60 3 / 12 . 60
51.9
60 . 0
35.7
15.0 3/ 28 . 5
78.6 56 . 4 145 . 0
30.9 51 . 7 42.9
30 . 0 2/66.2 2 /60. 2
3 / 30 .5 65.1 58.2
17-FT;;t-b;T!-~!-;~nth~--27-Mid:; o nt h-p;T~;~--37-EntT;;-;ont h~-- 47 -Aniia Ts-s~Td-r~;--
dairy herd replaceent only . 5/ Prices estiMated quarterly. 6 / Cows and steers an d heifers cobined with allowance where necessary for slaughter bul l s. 7/ Includes dairy cows sold for s la ughte r. 8 / Liveweight equivalent pric e fo r Georgia. 9 / Average of all eggs sold by farmers inc luding hatching eggs sold at retail.
* Ins ufficient sales .
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U.S . PRICES PAID INDEX UP 1 POINT
CONSUMER PRICE I NDEX
The Index of Prices Paid by faraers
for commodities
and services,
interest, taxes, and farm wage rates
for January was 163 percent of its
1977 average . The index was 1 point
higher than in Deceaber but 1 point
below a year earlier. Increases in
feed, feeder livestock, and real
estate tax co~ponents were partially
offset by drops in the fuels and
energy and interst components.
The December unadjusted consumer
price index for all urban consumers
(CPI-U) increased 0 . 2 percent fro a
month earlier to 327.4 (1967=100).
The index was 3 . 8 percent higher
than a year earlier .
On a
seasonally adjusted basis, the index
rose 0.4 percent in December. The
food
and
beverage
coaponent
increased 0 . 8 percent; aedical care
and other goods and services 0.6;
transportation 0 . 5; and housing
0.3 . Partially offsetting were
declines by the apparel and upkeep
component of 0.2 percent and
entertainment coaponent of 0.1
percent.
PRICES PAID BY FARMERS, JANUARY 15 , 1986 WIT H COMPARISONS
-~-:-::-:-~-~-~-~-----------------------------~::~~~~:-:--------1-~-~~~:~~~~~-;-~J~[--:-~~~~~~~~;-;-~-~[--~-~~~~~~~~~-;-~Jl-~-~-~~~~~~~~~-~-~Jr-~-!-~~~~~~~~~-:-~Js~-~-~-~~~~~~~~-;-~-~-~
Dairy Peed 16%
$ / Ton
190 . 00
169.00
173 . 00
177 . 00
165 . 00
169.00
Dairy Feed 1 8%
$ / Ton
189 . 00
17 1. 00
175 . 00
180.00
174 . 00
177 . 00
Da i ry Conct. 32%
$/Ton
225 . 00
175 . 00
180 . 00
237 . 00
235 .00
240.00
Hog Peed 14% -1 8%
S/Cwt .
10.70
9 . 60
10 . 00
9 . 82
9 . 38
9 . 52
Hog Conct . 38~-42%
S/Cwt .
13 . 00
12.50
13.00
13.00
12 . 80
13 . 00
Beet Cattle Conct.
32% -36 %
S/Cwt .
13.00
11 . 50
11 . 50
11.30
10 . 60
10 . 70
Cottonseed Meal 41%
S/Cwt .
12.50
11 .5 0
12 . 00
12.6 0
11 . 00
11.30
Soybean Meal 44%
S/Cwt
12 . 00
11.00
11.50
11 .10
10 . '1 0
10 . 90
Bran
S/ Cwt .
11 . 00
10 . 50
11 . 00
9 . 89
g , 29
9 . 43
Middlings
S/Cwt .
10 . 00
10 . 50
10.50
9.25
8 .5 3
8.67
Corn Meal
S/ Cwt .
9.40
8 . 30
8 . 60
7 . 62
8.80
6.80
Broiler Grower
$ / Ton
245.00
176 . 00
181 . 00
219 . 00
186.00
1 91 . 00
Laying Peed
S /T on
172 . 00
158 . 00
161 . 00
189 . 00
17 9.00
181.00
Chick Starter
$/Ton
220 . 00
173 . 00
1 75 . 00
21 0 . 00
1 91.00
190 . 00
Br oi l er - Pe ed Ratio 1 / Lbs .
2.4
3.2
3.1
2.8
3.2
3.2
Hog - Corn Ratio 2/
Bu.
15 . 7
16. 4
16 . 5
18 . 2
19.8 *
19 . 0
Milk-Peed Ra ti o 3/
Lbs.
1 . 61
1. 60
1 . 56
1 . 58
1 . 53
1.49
Egg-Peed Ratio 4/
Lbs.
7.2
9.3
9.8
5.5
7 .4
7.2
17-P~~~d;-~!-;;~TT;;-&;~;;;-;q~;T-1~-;;T~;-t~-1 -1 ;~ - ;;~11;;-TT;;-;;ig ht~- -27-a~;h;T;-~r-c~rn-
equal in value to 100 lbs . ot hog live weight . 3 / Pounds or 16% dairy t eed equal in v alue
to 1 lb. whole ilk. 4 / Pounds or laying teed equal in value to 1 doz . eggs . Revised .
INDEX NUMBER S-- GEORGIA AND UNITED STATE S
G!~e1o1r;g1iaQQ==============r=Q~==1~~1===r==I~==1~~~==J==Q~==!~~~==c=I~==1~~~===:
Prices Received
Al l Commodit ies
1 21
123
120*
123
Cro ps
122
122
118*
119
Livestock & Products
120
125
122
125
Un it ed States
Prices Received
135
136
128
124
Pri ces Paid 1/
164*
164
162*
163
Ratio 2 /
82*
83
79
76
--R;;T;;d~--1 7-Mid:;~;th-i;d;x-i;~T~di~i-T~t;r;;t~-tax;;-a;d-rar;-;ai;-rat;;~
2/ Rat i o o f I nd e x of Pric e s Re c eived t o In dex of Prices Paid , Interest, Tax es and Farm Wag e Rates .
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GFR-86-Vol . 3
GEORGIA CORN STOCKS UP 25 PERCENT SOYBEAN STOCKS DROP 15 PERCENT
Soybeans in all storage positions on January 1, 1986, totaled 25,272,000
Stocks of corn stored in all positions on January 1, 1986, in Georgia are estimated at 38,560,000 bushels , 25 percent more than the 30,775,000 bushels on hand January 1, 1985. Corn stored on farms totaled 27,846,000 bushels, up 19 percent from last year . Off-farm stocks are up 46 percent to
bushels, down 15 percent from a year
ago. Farm stocks of 9.7 million
bushel s . are
down 3
percent.
Off-farm stocks, at 15.6 million
bushels are down 21 percent from
Ja nua ry 1; 1985. Wheat stored in
all positions January 1, 1986,
totaled 3.9
million
bushels,
unchanged from January 1985.
10,714,000 bushels from January 1 a year ago.
Stocks of other grains are : Grain sorghum, 2.6 million bushels, up 29
percent; oats, 591,000 bushels, down
56 percent; and off-farm barley,
108,000 bushels, up 192 percent.
-----------l-G-E-O-R-G-IAo~-GFR;ArIN;;-ST-O--C-K-S----J~A-N-U-A-RoYrr-1 t;r1;9;8 6-1;W-IT-H- -JC-O-M-P-AARTISTO-N?Sosi tio~s-----
Q~~1ll __________ 1~~~-------1 ~~~-------1~~2--- -- --1~~~--- ---1~~~-------1~~~----
- 1,000 Bushels -
Corn
23, 423
27,846
7,352
10,714
30 ,7 75
38,560
Oats
1 , 122
405
226
186
1.34 8
591
Barley
37
108
37
108
Wheat
1,869
1,279
2,051
2,646
3 , 920
3,925
Sorghum
1,851
2,318
1 84
315
2 , 03 5
2 ,633
~Q~~~~ll~------1Q~QQQ------~~~1~- ----1 ~ ~~2i _____1~~~QQ_____~~L~2i-----~~L~1~---
1 / Includes stocks a t mills, elevators , warehouses, te r mi nal s and processors .
U.S . FEED GRAINS AND WHEAT STOCKS ABOVE LAST YEAR
Nationally, corn stored in a ll positions on January 1, 1986 is estimated at 7.88 billion bushels , 34 percent mo re than the January 1 , 1985 total of 5.86 bil lion bushels.
Soybeans in all storage positions on January 1, 1986 totaled 1.76 billion bushels, up 24 percent from January 1. 1985 .
Changes of othe r grains were as follows: Grain sorghum up 37 percent; oats up 6 percent; and barley up 22 percent fr om a year ago.
Capacity of off-farm commercial grain storage totaled 8.25 billion bushe ls in the United States on January 1, 1986. Off-farm grain storage facilities totaled 13,770 on January 1, 1986, 151 fewer than on January 1, 1984.
____ j ___ -Q-~-!-l-l-_-__--_-_-_,--U-.-1S-~. -~2-Go_R_~A_-IN_F_;_rS_T;_O;-1C-~K-~S~-- --- --JA--N--U[A--R--Y--1-~-1~o2rr_1-_9F_86_;_r_;W_;IT_-H1!;~-~C~-O--M--P--ArR--IS--OA1Nl~Sl~-2P_o_s_i_t_T_o1n~s~~---
Million Bushels - - -
Corn
4,304.1
5,525.0
1,560.2
2,351.7
5,864 . 2
7,876.8
Oats
300.3
310 . 2
57 . 7
68.4
358 .1
378.6
Barley
307.3
365.1
129.6
168.4
436.9
533 . 6
Wheat
930.3
1,022.3
1,210.8
1.514. 1
2,141.0
2,536.4
Sorghum
228 . 8
327.5
496. 3
662 .4
725 . 1
989 . 9
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1/ Includes stocks at mills, elevators , warehouses, terminals and proce ssors .
6
FARM INPUT USE TO DECLINE 1/
Prices for aanufactured farm inputs
will be generally lower in 1986 and
input use is likely to decline as
farmers plant fewer acres due to
expected heavy participation in
commodity programs. Nitrogen and
phosphate prices could be down 5
percent this spring, with potash
prices down 10 percent. Pesticide
prices quoted by manufacturers for
the 1986 crop season are virtually
unchanged from a year earlier .
Sales
incentives and
reduced
interest rates have lowered the cost
of purchasing new farm machinery,
but farmers will still buy less new
and used equipment than a year
earlier because
of continuing
financial difficulties. Farm fuel
prices may be lower in 1986 with
increased oil production resulting
in falling oil prices on the world
spot market.
U.S . fertilizer use is expe cted to
decline about 5 percent during July
1985/June 1986. Nitrogen use is
forecast at 10 . 9 million tons, while
pho sph a t e and po ~as h use are
projected at about 4.4 and 5.3
million
tons,
r es pect ively.
Su pplies of a ll fertilizer materials
are expected to be adequat e .
Abundant world phosphate production
in 1984/85 has temporarily satiate d
the market and U.S. e xport s are
expected to be down about 14 percent
during 19 85/86. Nitrogen and potash
exports could
be
dow n from
year-earlier levels, but the general
growth in world use of these
nutri e nts will temp e r the decline .
' n the import side , a more
Jmpeti tive cost structure in the
; omestic
nitrogen
ferti li zer
industry will reduce U.S. nitrogen
fertilizer imports in 1985 / 86 as it
did a year ea rl ier. Potash imports
als o will decli ne because of l e ss
domestic use.
Far m pesticide use this year could
range from 445 to 500 million pounds
active ingredient (a.i.) compared
with 505 million pounds in 1985 .
Domestic supplies are expected to be
up 1 percent .
Herbicide prices
declined
6
and 4
percent,
respectively, during the past 2
years, while insecticide prices
remained stable. These price trends
should continue in 1986, with keen
retail price
competition this
spring.
U.S .
farmers are forecast to
purchase $5.25 to $5.5 billion of
new and used farm machinery in 1986,
down from an estimated $6.1 billion
last year. In particular, demand
for large farm wheel tractors and
grain harvesting equipment will be
down. Domestic marke t invento r ies
of the major machinery i tems are
still high relative to current
sales .
Therefore, manufacturers
will operate at low capacity this
y ea r , and retailers will continue to
offer significant sal es incentives.
Considerable
un c e r tainty exists
concerning fut u re petroleum prices .
Cu r rently, wo r ld demand is stable
and maj o r oil - pr oducing countries
have increased pr o du ction . Cru de
oil prices on the world spot market
have declined consi dera b l y sin c e
November.
Contin ued demand and
production tren ds could lead to
furthe r oil pric e declines , which
will eventually s h ow up in farm fuel
prices. Farm gasoline prices fell 1
cent a gallon in 1985, whil e diesel
fuel and LP gas d r opped 3 cents.
Farm energy use dec reased slight l y
during 1985, largely
due to
continued energy - c onserving tillage
practices.
1/
Economic Research Servi ce:
Agricultur al
Re sources
Summary
Outlook & Situation Rep ort, Febru a ry
5, 1986 .
7
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USDA TO DELAY PLANTIN G I NT ENTIONS REPORT
USDA's Statistical Report i ng Service
wi l l releas e
i ts
Prospective
Plantings report on March 18 at 3
p.m. EST, rather than February 18
I I
as originally scheduled .
I
Agency adinistrator William E. Ki bler said the report wi ll be based on a survey of farmers' spring planting i ntentions that will be taken around March 1. Kibler said the onth delay will allow farmers tie to interpret 1986 program provisions of the recently enacted far bill before be ing surveyed .
8
Gc;EORGIA
Received
~~AM REPORT FEB 2 8 1986
PI
9Fg~ t:~, 4..
e'bruary 21, 1986
DOCUM ENTS UGA LIB RARIES
GFR-86-Volume 4
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
stephens Federal Bldg. Suite 320 Athens, Georgia 30613 Phone: ( 404) 546-2236
A~NUAL CR OP PROD UC TION AND CROP VALUES VALUE OF GEORGIA ' S 1985 CROPS DROPPED 20 PERCENT
The aggregate value of Georg i a ' s major crops harves t ed in 1985 totaled $1 . 33 bill i on, a $327 mi llion, or 20 percent redu c tion from the value of the same crops in 1984 . Low er production fo r som e c rops in 1985 contribu t ed to the decline but weaker pr i ces were the main r eason for the decline . Every field crop in t he Ge or gia Cr op Reporting Se r v ice's e s timat i ng program r e corded low e r average prices in 1985 coapared with 1984 . Converse l y; higher average prices were receiv~d for apples, peach e s , and pecans th a n in 1984, due primarily to weathe r -related reductions i n produc t ion . The value of peach and pecan producti o n increa s ed in 198 5, b ut th e val ue o f the app l e crop declined. Among f i eld crop losers , the value of p ean ut s sh ow ed the sharpest retreat, follow e d by soybeans , corn , and wh e a t . For mo r e d e ta i led i nfo rm ation, see the table o n pages 2 and 3 .
Value of p r o d uct ion es ti a te s do but o n ly re pr es e n ts the val ue rece i pts , produ cti o n costs and later d a te .
no t addr e s s of t h e c rop s n et inco me
sale s v olume , pro f it , or loss , produ c ed . Es t i mates of cash for 19 85 wi ll be available at a
PEANUT VALUE FAL LS 33 PERCE NT
Georgia's 1985 pe anu t acreage , yield ,
product i on ,
pr i ce ,
and value of
production
all showed
significant
decreases fro 1984 . Record levels for
yield, product i on and value in 1984 ade
the decline
see
all the ore
precipitous .
For 1985 , peanut acres
harvested, at 595,000 declined 7 percent .
Yield, at 3,240 pounds per acre, was down
135 pounds and production, at 1.93
billion pounds, declined 11 percent fro
1984 . Price, at 21.7 cents per pound,
wa~ off 7 . 1 cents per pound . The 1985
price does not include any adjustent fo r
potential GPA profit distribution . The
overall value of the State's highest
valued crop was down by $203 . 7 illion, a
drop of 33 percent, to $418 . 3 1111on .
SO YBEAN VALUE LOSES ANO THER 25 PERCENT
The cobinat i on of reduced production and lower ave r age price , decreased the value of Geo r gia's 1985 soybean crop by 25 per c ent to $ 178 . 6 1llion . This was the thir d consecutive year of shrinking soybean values since the record - h i gh value in 1982. Product i on in 1985 was down 7 percent to 37 . 2 i llion bushels . The 1985 price dropped $1 . 16 per bushel, or 19 percent, to average only $4 . 80 per bushel, the lowest price since 1975 . Lower quality late harvested beans are reflected in the average price received.
(Narrative tor other crops on page 4 . )
Api.ca.l.t:aral Sut:ist:icba aad GeOrgia DeparmeDt: of Acriculblre
GFR-86-Vol. 4
1985
n
ota
Crop
Year
Pro1d,ouocotion
Price Dollars
sV1,aoloueo' s
Cotton Lint 2/
1985
696
Bale
370.0
3/.541
96,082
Cottonseed
1984 1983
1985
784
Bale
467
Bale
281.0 112.0
134
4/.584 4/.672
57.00
78,770 36,127
7,655
1984
101
93.50
9,444
1983
Corn, for Crain
1985
I ,080
975
84
41
189.00
Bu.
81,900
2.60
7,749 212,940
1984
1,080
985
82
Bu.
80,770
2.99
241,502
1983
830
735
Sorghum, for Grain 1985
175
138
75
Bu.
55,125
3.64
200,655
48
Bu.
6,624
I. 74
ll p 526
1984
165
113
42
Bu.
4,746
2.52
11,960
Wheat
1983
118
68
1985
950
825
41
Bu.
2,788
3~ 19
31
Bu.
25,575
2.85
8,894
72,889
Oats
1984
1,000
890
1983
1,060
910
1985
115
45
35
Bu.
31,1SO
3.20
99,680
34
Bu.
30,940
3.24
100,246
45
Bu.
2,025
1. 55
3,139
1984
125
60
55
Bu.
3,300
1.70
5,610
1983
155
85
61
Bu.
5,185
1.48
7,674
Rye
1985
450
90
23
Bu.
2,070
2.25
4,658
1984
430
80
22
Bu.
1,760
2.55
4,488
1983
400
70
21
Bu.
I ,470
2.39
3,513
Sweet potatoes
1985
6.5
6.3
160
Cwt.
1,008
10.70
10,786
1984
6.6
6. 4
140
Cwt.
896
14.10
12,634
Tobacco 57
1983
1985
6.0
37
5.8
37
125
2,220
Cwt.
Lb.
725
82,140
16.40
1.7ll
11,890
140,542
1984
38
38
2,250
Lb.
85,500
1.826
156,123
1983
44
44
2, 190
Lb.
96,360
1.803
173,737
Hay 57
1985
495
495
2.50
Ton
1, 238
60.00
74,280
1984
550
550
2.40
Ton
1, 320
62.00
81,840
1983
500
500
2.00
Ton
1, 000
63.50
63,500
Pe anuts for Nuts 1985
597
595
3,240
Lb.
1,927, 800
67.217
418,333
1984
643
640
3,375
Lb.
2,160 , 000
6/.288
622,080
1983
567
562
2,790
Lb.
1,567, 980
6/.241
377,883
Soybeans for Beans 1985
1, 800
1,5 50
24
Bu .
37 , 200
4.80
178,560
1984
2,100
2,000
20
Bu.
40,000
5.96
238,400
1983
2,050
2,000
21
Bu.
42, 000
7.59
318,780
Apples, Utilized 1985
Lb.
19,000
.094
1,793
Production
1984
Lb.
45 , 000
.084
3,760
1983
Peaches, Utilized 1985
Lb.
19,000
Lb.
83,000
.086
.246
1,643
20,426
Production
1984
Lb.
134 , 000
.148
19,885
Pecans, Utilized
1983
1985
Lb.
92 , 000
Lb.
95,000
.251
.779
23,083
73,975
Production
1984
Lb.
120,000
.553
66,400
Grapes, Utilized
1983
1985
Lb.
100,000
.629
Ton
2 .I
494.00
62,850
1,038
Production
1984
Ton
2.6
582.00
1,512
1983
Tomatoes, Fresh
1985
3.3
3.1
Ton
90
Cwt.
2.3
279
533.00
18 . 10
s1,,o252o7
Market
1984
3.0
2.8
1983
2.8
2.4
90
Cwt.
86
Cwt.
252
25.00
206
24.50
6,300 5,04/
1,333,672
1,660,388
1,404,498
17 Includes allowance for loans outstanding and purchases by the Government valued at the average loan and purchase rate
for corn, wheat, sorghua, oats , rye and soybeans . Al l 1985 data are preliminary. 2/ Cotton yield is in pounds and price
is per pound. 3/ Average to January 1, 1986, with no allowance for unredeemed loans. 4/ Includes allowance for un-
redeemed loans. 5/ Harvested acres s ubsti t u t ed for planted acres. 6/ Average price for 1985 contains no allowance for
GFA pool payments. 1983 and 1984 prices inc l ude GFA pool payments.
2
GEORGIA 1985 CROP VALUES AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL CROP VALUE
* *
* *
Pie
* * *
chart
* * * * * *
percentages
* * * * * * *
computed from
* * *
crops
* * * * *
included
* *
* in table. Excludes vegetables and other crops not *
* listed. Poultry and livestock income data will be *
* available in April 1986.
*
********** *** **** ********** *
The Geor g i a Far m Report C I SSN-Q744- 7280) Is
p ublished semi - mont h ly oy t he Georgi a Cr op
Repo rt ln g ServIce , Stephens Federa I Bu II d-
ing, Athens , Ga . 30613 , Larry E. Snipes,
Statistician-I n- Ch arge , Second Class pos tage
paId at Athens, Ga. Subsc rIpt Ion tee S10
per year except fr ee to data contri butors.
!Subsc ri ptio n Infor mation available tram:
Geor gi a Cr op Repor t i ng ServIce, Stephen s
IFedera l Bu ll dl nn , Suite 320 , Athens , GA
30613 Telephone: (404) 546- 2236 .
3
2:
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TOBACCO VA LUE DOWN 10 PERCENT The value of Georgia's tobacco crop declined 10 percent in 1985 to $140.5 million. This decline was due to the combination of a 3 percent reduction in acreage, a 30 pound decline in yield, and 12 cents a pound reduction in price. This was the fourth consecutive year of declining total value for Georgia tobacco . However, tobacco remained in its position as the fourth most valuable crop in the State.
WHEAT VALUE DROPS 27 PERCENT Georfia's 1985 wheat crop was valued at 72.9 million, a decline of 27 percent from 1984. The plunge in value resulted from an 18 percent decline in production and a 35 cent per bushel reduction in price. Wheat accounted for 5 . 5 percent of the value of all major crops.
COTTON VALUE 18 PERCENT HIGHER The value of Georgia's 1985 cotton crop, at $103.7 million, was 18 percent more than the 1984 crop. Lint production in 1985, at 370 , 000 bales. was up 32 percent, but a 4.3 cents per pound lower price offset the sharply higher production. The production increase was due to a 48 percent increase in acres harvested which, at 255,000, was the largest cotton acreage since 1974. Yield per acre, at 696 pounds, was off 88 pounds per acre fro the record-high 1984 yield. Cotton's value includes both lint and seed. Together they accounted for 7.8 percent of the total value of all crops, making cotton the fifth largest contributor to Georgia's total crop value.
CORN VALUE DOWN 12 PERCENT Georgia's 1985 corn crop declined 12 percent in value of production fro 1984 to $212.9 illion. All of the decline in value was attributed to a 39 cent reduction in price. Despite a 1 percent decline in harvested acresi production, at 81.9 million buahe a, was up 1 percent fro 1984 due to a 2 bushel per acre increase in yield. 4
G. A A4-oo. c 7
PIGEORGIA
F;).
9iARM REPORT
Received
MA~ 06 1986
March 4, 1986 GFR-86-Volume 5
DOCUMENTS UGA LIBRARIES
GEORGIA
~ CROP REPORTING . SERVICE
Stephens Federal Bldg. Suite 320 Athens, Georgia 30613 Phone: ( 404) 546-2236
HIGHLIGHTS Poultry Summary Livestock Slaughter Agricultural Prices Cattle on Feed
Milk Production Peanut Stocks Farm Labor Cold Storage
GEORGIA LAYERS AND EGG PRODUCTION DOWN
U . S. EGG PRODUCTION NUMBERS DOWN
AND LAYER
Georgia 's laying flocks produced
378 million eggs during January
1986, 4 percent l ess than a year
a~o.
Production includes 274
million table or comm er cial type
eggs and 104 million hatching eggs.
The average number of layers in Georgia during January 1986 was 18 . 1, 4 percent less than a year ago. Eggs la i d per 100 layers during January averaged 2,089 compared to 2,065 a year ago.
The Nation's laying flocks produced 5.9 billion eggs during January 1 986, down 2 percent from the 6 billion produced a year ago. Production included 5 . 2 billion fo r table or commercial type eggs and 639 million for hatching eggs. The total number of layers during January averaged 281 million, down 1 percent from the 284 million a year ago. All layers o n February 1, 1986, totaled 281 million, slightly less than the 282 million a year earlier. The 281 million layers consist e d of 246 million for table eggs and 35 million for hatching eggs.
--------------~gM~~R_Qf_k~Y~R~-~~Q-~QQ_E~QQg!lQ~~-l~lig~RY_l~~~-----------------
~o. Layers on
Eggs per 100
Total Eggs Produced
Hand-January
Layers-January
During January
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Thousands
Number
Millions
Georgia
Hatching
5,402
5,583
1,882
1,848
290
104
Other
13,577
12 , 541
2,139
2,195
102
274
Total Georgia
18,979
18.124
2,065
2,089
392
378
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Thousands
Chickens
Egg Type
25 , 389
31,828
125
Broiler Type
332,148
345 , 472
104
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Acricultural Sutbtf.claa aud Georgia Deparbleat of qrlcultu.re
GF~-86-Vol. 5
COMKERCI AL POULTRY SLA UG HTER 1 /. FEBRUA RY 1986
Jan. thru Dec .
1984
1985
% of year ago
Young Chickens Georgia
United States
Mature Chickens Light Type, li.S. Heavy Type, u. s . Total u . s .
Total A11 Types, Ga. Percent Condemned Young Chickens
Georgia United States
50,653 373,328
19,069 3,031
22,100 4,504
1.7 1 . 8
51,256 348,457
12,980 2 , 631
15,611 2,8 4 1
55,9 10 380,739
12 , 615 3,0 15
15 , 666 2,744
3 / NA 2.0
-- Thousands --
110
530,582
626,961 1lli
102 4,272,328 4,434,742 104
66
152,0 91
142,560
94
69
34 , 581
35,450 103
71
186,672
178,010
95
61
38,4 18
3 3,394
87
3 / NA 2 I 1. 5
3 /NA 2 /1. 7
17-F; d;;;TTy-i~~p;ct;d-~Taught;;-d;t;-;;-c~TT;ct;d-by-M;at-;nd-P~uTt;y-rnip;cti~n-----
Progra . Current aonth data estimated by Market News Service . 2 / January - December condemnations . 3/ Not avail ab l e.
Pullet Chicks Place d Domestic (u.s . ) 1/
Broil er Type Egg Type Chicks Hat c hed Broiler Type
Georgia United States Egg Type
Georgia United States Turkeys Poults Placed u.s.
3.471 168
58,469 400,832
1,867 28,283
15,493
3,750 198
60 ,4 10 116 , 356
3,140 34,260
14 , 38 4
3,395 2 09
60,672 409 , 369
3,058 34,519
17,204
98
39,586
40.843
103
124
3,466
2, 963
85
104
667,430
703 , 692
10 .
102 4,593,930 4.8 02,620
105
164
38,207
31,763
83
122
458 , 530
405,913
89
111 2 / 58 , 952
2 / 67 , 314 114
17-R;p~;t;d-by-T;ading-b;;;d;;;~-incTud;;-;~p;ct;d-puTT;t-;;pT;c;;;;t;-r;~;-;gg;-;~Tdthe preceding aonth at the rate of 125 pulle t chicks per 30 dozen case of eggs . 2 / Turkey poults placed Septeber 1985-January 1986.
The Georgia Farm Report ( ISSN- 07 44 -7280 > i s published seml-rron thly by the Georgie Cr op Repo rting Service , Steonens Federol Building , Mhens, Go . 306 13, Larry E. Snipes, Stotl s t ic iM I n Cnorge. SecoM class postage paid ot Athens, GA. Su bscription t ee SIO per yeor except tree to data co ntr Ibutors . Scbscr I ot ion In f o rmat ion ava llob l e from: Geor g I a Cr op Repo c t 1ng ServIce , Stephens Federa l Bui I ding, Su i te 320 Athe ns GA. 3061 3 Te l epho ne : (404) 546-2236,
2
GEORGIA RED MEAT PRODUCTION UP Commercial red meat production in Georgia totaled 34 . 4 million pounds during January 1986. This was up 44 percent from December 1985 and up 9 percent from January 1985. The nuaber of cattle slaughtered by commercial plants in Georgia during January 1986 was 22.2 thousand, up 15 percent from a year earlier. The total live weight was 20 . 3 million pounds with an average live weight of 911 pounds per head . There were 140 thousand head of hogs slaughtered in Georgia's commercial plants during January. This is 6 percent more than the same period last year. The total live weight was 33 million pounds with an average live weight of 236 pounds per head.
U.S. RED MEAT PRODUCTION UP
Commercial red meat production for
the United States in January 1986
totaled 3.48 billion pounds, up 2
percent
from
January
1985.
Beef production at 2.14 billion
pounds was up 4 percent.
Head
killed was 3 . 33 million, up 2
percent and the average live weight
was 1,100 pounds.
Veal production, at 46 million pounds, was up 10 percent. Calf slaughter of 307 thousand head was up 7 percent and the average live weight was 249.
Pork production
totaled 1.77
billion pounds, down 2 percent.
Hog kill at 7.19 million head
decreased 2 percent and the average
live weight was 246 pounds.
GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER 1 /
_______________ rota1 ______ _ ---------------------------N~;b;;-s1a~ght;;;ct---------A~e;aie
January
Live Weight
Live Weight
January
' 86 as % of
January
January
Spe cie s
1985
1986
1985
1985
1986
1985
1986
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GEORGIA
Cattle
19 . 3
22.2
101
906
911
17,518
20,260
Calves
1. 6
0.2
64
381
348
621
64
Hogs
132 .4
14 0 . 0
84
235
236
31,077
33,021
Sheep & Lambs
0. 1
113
98
6
UNITED STATES
Cattle
3,277 . 8 3,330 . 1
97
Calves
288 . 0
307 . 4
103
Hogs
7,342 . 5 7,185.1
99
Sheep & Lambs
556 . 9
518 . 1
91
1,080 242 245 115
1,100 249 246 118
3,5 39,009 69,691
1, 795,548 63 , 833
3,662,720 76,69 7
1 , 766, 282 6 1,317
__ ___ _ QMMliRl~~-RliQ_Mli~I-~~Q-~~RQ_ERQQg I!Q~~-g~!IliQ_~I~Ili~-~!Itl _Q ME~Rl~Q~~-lL
January
1986 as %
-K-in-
-d
-
---------------------1-9-8M5 TTTTon-?ounds
___1_9_86____________________
of 1985
?e~cent
_____
_
Be e f
2.066
2,139
104
Veal
42
46
110
Pork
1 , 281
1 , 266
99
Lamb & Mutton
32
31
97
Total Red Meat
3,420
3,482
102
Lard 3 /
80
80
100
17-s;;;d-~fi-;;ck;~~-d~;;~-;;iiht~-;nd-;~cTud;~-r;~;-~T;ught;~~--27 -Accu;uT;t;d--
totals based on unrounded data . 3 / Preliminary lard production includes
rendered pork f at .
3
GEORGIA PRICES RECEIVED
The February Index of Prices Received by Georgia farmers for All Commodities decreased 2 points from January to 121 percent of the January-December 1977 average. Lower prices for wheat, corn, cotton, sweetpotatoes, hogs, milk, other chickens, broilers and table eggs were partially offset by higher prices for cottonseed, soybeans, beef cattle, calves and hatching eggs. The index was 3 points below February 1985.
GFR-86-Vol. 5 U.S. PRICES RECEIVED INDEX DOWN 3 POINTS
The February Index of Prices Received by
farmers for All Farm Products decreased 3
points from January to 121 percent of its
January-December
1977
average.
Contributing most to the decline from
January were lower .prices for tomatoes,
cattle, lettuce, wheat, eggs, broilers,
hogs, oranges, and corn. The inde~ was
14 points below a year ago.
PRICES RECEIVED BY
15 1986 WITH COMPARISONS
Price
per
Feb.
Feb. 15,
Feb.
Commodit
Unit
1985
1986
1985
Winter Wheat
S/Bu.
3.09
2.84
3.33
Oats
S/Bu.
1.69
1.18
1. 17
Corn
S/Bu.
3.00
2.80
2.67
2.62
2 .33
2.29
Cotton
Ct./Lb.
53.5
54.0
1/53.0
49.5
53.0
1/54 .3
Co ttonseed 2/
$/Ton
95.00
61.00
69.00
93.00
62.00
64.00
robacco
Ct. / Lb.
167.3
158.5 3/154.5
Soybeans
S/ Bu.
5.74
4.93
5.10
5 . 77
5.16
5.13
Peanuts Sweet potatoes
Ct./Lb. S/Cwt.
*
18.90
*
/10 .60
*
9.80
20 . 00
19.8 2/12.30
11.80
Al l Hay, baled 2/ S/Ton
73.10
6 7.80
67 . 30
Milk Cows, 4/5/
S/Head
840 .00
800.00
Hogs
S/Cwt.
48.20
45 .70
44.60
48.30
44 .30
43.50
Sows
S/Cwt.
41.50
35. 00
34 . 90
44.00
36.50
37.80
Barrows & Gilts
S/Cwt.
48.60
46.20
45 .30
48. 80
45.20
44.20
Beef Cattle 6/
S/Cwt.
48.30
40 . 70
42.30
58.50
53.20
52.00
Cows 7/
S/Cwt.
39.40
34.80
37.00
41.10
34.40
36.40
Steers & Heifers
S/Cwt .
54 .80
46.40
47.20
62 . 90
58 .00
56.00
Cal ves
$/Cwt.
59 .50
52.60
54. 40
65.40
60.10
61.60
All Milk
S/Cwt.
15.40
13.60 3/13.40
13.70
12.50 3/12.40
rurkeys 2/
Ct. /Lb.
41.6
35.7
36.4
ChiCkens, Excluding
Broilers
Ct./Lb.
12.5
2/15.0
14 .0
Com'l Broilers 8/ Ct./Lb.
29.0
28.5
3/27.0
30.5
30.5 3/29.0
Eggs, All 9/
Ct./Doz 64.5 2/78.6
77.7
52. 8 2/65.1
61.5
Table
Ct. / Doz 42 . 2 2/56.4
48.8
44.6 2/58. 2
53.6
Hatching
Ct./Doz. 135.0 2/145.0
160.0
1/ First half of month. 2 / Mid-mon th pri ce . 3/ Ent ir e month. 4/ Anima ls sold for dairy
herd replacement only. 5/ Prices estimated quarterly. 6/ "Cows" and "steers and heifers"
combined with allowance where necessary for slaughter bulls. 7/ Incl udes dairy cows sold
for slaughter. 8/ Live weight equivalent price for Georg ia. 9/ Ave rage of all eggs sold
oy farmers including hatching eggs sold at retail. * Insuf fi cient sales.
4
U.S. PRICES PAID INDEX UNCHANGED
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
The Index of Prices Paid by farmers for Commodities and Services, Interest, Taxes, and Farm Wage Rates for February was 163 percent of its 1977 average. The
index was unchanged from Janua ry but was 1 point bel ow a year earlier. Increases
f r om January in the the feeder livestock and family living components were offset by decreases in the fuels and energy and feed. Gasoline and diesel fuel prices droppe d to their lowest level in nearly 6 years.
The January Unadjusted Consumer Price
Index for all urban consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.3 percent from a month
earlier to 328.4 (1967100). The index was 3.9 percent higher than in January 198S. On a seasonally adjusted basi s, the CPI-U also rose 0.3 percent from December. All index components increased except for apparel and upkeep which declined 0.3 percent. Of the indexes that increased, the entertainment and the
other goods and services indexes were up 0.9 percent; the transportation 0.5; the medical care 0.4; and the food and beverages and housing components 0.3.
PRICES PAID BY
1986 WITH COMPARISONS
Price
United States
Com1110dit Dairy Feed 167. Dairy Feed 187.
per Unit $/Ton $/Ton
Feb. 15.
198~
176.00
17~.00
Feb. 15. 1986
167.00 171.00
Feb. 15. 1985
174 .00 177.00
Jan. 15, 1986
169.00 177.00
Feb. 1~ . 1986
165.00 174.00
Dairy Conct. 327. Hog Feed 147.-187. Hog Conct. 387.-42 7. Beef Cattle Conct.
S/Ton S/Cwt. S/Cwt.
22~.00 10.~0
13 . 00
180.00 10.00 13.00
205.00 10 .00 12.50
237 .00 9.7 2
12 .90
240.00 9. 52
13. 00
239.00 9.43
13 .00
32%-36%
S/Cwt .
Cottonseed Meal 41 7. S/Cwt.
Soybean Meal 447.
S/Cwt.
Bran
$/Cwt.
Middlings
$/Cwt.
Corn Meal
S/Cwt.
Broiler Grower
S / To n
Laying Feed
S/ Ton
Chick Starter
S/Ton
Broiler-Feed Ratio 1/ Lbs.
Hog-Corn Ratio 2/
Bu.
Mil k-Feed Ra t io 3/ Lbs .
12.00 12.00 12.00 11.00
10.~ 0
9.40 250.00 181.00
2 1~.00
2.3 16 . 1
1. 7~
11 . ~0
12 . 00 11 .50 11.00 10. 50 8.60 181. 00 161.00 175.00 3. 1 16.3
1. ~7
11 . 50 12.00 12 .00 10.50
9. 90 8.30 180 .00 166 .00 183.00 3.0 16 .7 1. 60
11.00 12.30 11.00
9.81 9.13 7.54 212.00* 189. 00 20 9.00 2.9 18. 4 1.5 7
10 . 70 11.30 10 .90 9.43 8. 67 6. 80 191 . 00 181 . 00 190.00 3.2 19. 0
1. 48
10.60 11. 80 11. 10
9.43 8.53 6.76 189.00 179.00 191.00
3. 1 19. 0
1. 50
Egg-Feed Ratio 4/
Lbs.
7 .1
9. 8
9.4
5.6
7.2
6.9
1/ Pounds of broiler grower e qual in value to 1 lb. broiler live weigh t . 2/ Bu shels of corn
equal in value to 100 lbs. o f 'hog live weight. 3/ Pounds of 16 7. dairy feed equ al in value to
1 lb. whole milk. 4/ Pounds of laying feed equa l _i n value to 1 doz. egg s. * Revis~d.
1977100
INDEX NUMBERS-- GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES
Jan. 1985
I Feb. 1985
I J a n. 1986
Feb. 1986
Georgia
Prices Recei ved
All Commod ities
123
12 4
123
121
Crops
122
121
119
118
Lives tock & Products
12 5
12 7
126 *
124
United States
Prices Received
136
135
12 4
121
Prices Paid 1/
16 4
164
163
163
Ratio 2/
83
82
76
74
* Revised. 1/ Mid-month index i ncluding interest, taxes and farm wage rates. 2/ Rat i o
of Index of Prices Received to I ndex of Pri c e s Paid, Interes t, Taxes and Farm Wage
Rates .
5
GFR-86-Vol. 5
CATTLE ON FEED IN 7 STATES DOWN 7 PERCENT Cattle and calves on feed February 1 for the slau~hter market in the 7 states prepar1n~ monthly estimates totaled 7 . 62 million head, down 7 percent from a year ago and 4 percent below February 1, 1984. Marketings of fed cattle during January totaled 1.74 million, a decrease of 2 percent from last year. Placeents of cattle and calves on feed in the 7 states were 1.58 million, up 9 percent from January 1985 and up 1 percent from two years ago. Net placements of 1.50 million were up 13 percent from 1985 . Other disappearance totaled 77 thousand compared with 118 thousand during January of 1985 and 86 thousand two years ago. GEORGIA MILK PRODUCTION UP 2 PERCENT Georgia's dairy herds produced an estimated 114 million pounds of milk during January 1986, 2 percent more than last year . Milk cows on Georgia's dairy farms averaged 118,000 head, 1,000 more than January a year ago but 9 , 000 less than January 1984. Milk production per cow averaged 970 pounds for January, compared to 960 pounds last year.
GEORGIA 1985 ANNUAL MILK PRODUCTION UP 2 PERCENT Georgia's annual milk production totaled 1 , 302 million pounds in 1985, 28 milJjon pounds more than 1984. Milk cows on Georgia dairy farms in 1985 averaged 117,000 he a d, compared to 120,000 head in 1984 . Production per cow averaged 11,128 in 1985, 511 pounds more than the average production in 1984 .
____ _ ----f~!!~~-~~Q_f~~yg~-Q~_Ig~Q~-l~~g~RY_l
' 86 as % ll~~-----------------l~~~----1~~2----~!-~~~--
1,000 Heao.l
On Feed Jan . 1 1 / 8,635 7,860
91
Placed on Feed
during Jan .
1. 449 1 . 581
109
Fed Cattle
Marketed durln2
Jan.
1,782 1.740
98
Other Disappearance
durin2 Jan . 2 /
118
77
65
Q~-I~~~-I~2~ _l_l L---~~l~i ___ z~2~i------~l __ _
1/ Cattle and calves on feed are animals
for slaughter market being fed a full ration
of grain or other concentrates and are ex-
pected to produce a carcass that will grade
good or better . 2 / Includes death losses ,
movement from feedlots to pastures and ship-
aents to other feedlo ts for further feeding.
JANUARY MILK PRODUCTION TOTALED 12.2 BILL I ON POUNDS
January milk production was a record high at 12.2 billion pounds. This was 8 percent more than the January 1985 production and was 6 percent above the previous January record set in 1983.
January production per cow averaged 1,091 pounds, 47 pounds above a year earlier .
During January total milk cows averaged 11.2 million head, 3 percent above the same month in 1985 but was 2 2 thousand head less than December 1985.
Milk production during 1985 totaled a record high 144 billion pounds, 3 percent above the previous record high of 140 billion pounds set i n 1983. Output per cow in 1985, a: 13.0 thousand pounds, is 525 pounds above 1984. The annual averag number of cows is 11.0 million head, 2 percent above the 1984 average of 10.8 million head.
MILK COWS AND MILK PRODUCTION. JANUARY 1985 - 1986
Item
Unit
Georgia
1985
1986
United States
1985
198
No . Milk Cows on Farms 1 / Milk Production per Cow 2 / Total Milk Production 2 / Annual Milk Production 3/
Thous . Head Pounds Mil . Lbs. Mil. Lbs.
117 960 112 1 , 274
118 970 114 1,302
10,810 1,044
11,291 135': 479
/
11,161 1,091
12.176 143,667
1/ Includes dry cows. excludes heifers not yet fresh. 2/ Excludes milk sucked by calves. 3/ Totals pertain to annual production, 1984 and 1985 .
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JANUARY PEAN UT STOCKS UP 2 PERCEN T
Peanu t stocks in commercial storage on Janu ar y 31, 1986, tot al ed 3 . 03 billion pounds of equivalent farmer stock, 2 per c ent mor e than was on hand in 1985 . This total includes 2. 15 b il lion pounds of actual farmer stock compared wi th 1 . 89 billi o n pounds on hand a year ea r li er .
EDIBLE USE AND CRUSHING S
Commercial processors utilized 119
million pounds of shelled edible
grade peanuts
during Janaury.
Utilization for peanu t butter was
66 .1 million pounds, ut il ization for
peanu t candy wa s 24 . 0 million
pounds , and utilization for salted
peanuts was 26 . 0 million pounds .
STOCKS OF PEANUTS AND SPECIFIED PROD~C TS AT MONTH'S END
T___ ________J_____________________C_R_O_P__OF 19R85o-a1s9fT86ng_1_/ ___JFarmer-stocK-rguTvaienf-
J I_ Mo nth
Farmer
Sh el led
I
Sto ck
-sneiiea___ -Tofai ___
l L___ _ ~~i~g __ --~!Q~---- __ f~~~~!~-~L ____ rl k ~~~ ~ ~ll>~--- _f~~~~ !~ --- _____
- - - , vvv .-ounas - - -
1985
J an .
1,892,265
7 4 2,623
9 1 ,68 4
987,68 9
2,971,638
Feb.
1 ,6 69,151
804,359
80 ,746
1,069 , 797
2,819,294
Mar.
1,236,219
83 9 , 515
83, 93 7
1,116,555
2,436,711
Apr .
902 , 7 5 7
93 8 .273
84, 3 2 2
1,2 47 ,903
2,234 , 981
May
60 1, 647
986,709
80,229
1,312,323
1,994,198
June
330,477
9 32 , 327
83 ,9 15
1,239,995
1,654,387
July
171 , 949
8 9 0 , 979
67,389
1,185,00 2
1,42 4, 3 40
Aug.
67 ,753
76 6,6 41
50,13 4
1,019 , 633
1,137,520
Sept .
1,650,067
61 2 , 326
47 ,303
8 14, 394
2,511,764
Oct .
2 , 688 , 303
60 1, 506
56,548
800,003
3,544,85 4
Nov .
2 , 919,503
591,874
54,348
787,192
3,761,043
De c.
2,589 , 738
607,317
5 3 ,7 50
80 7 , 732
3,451.220
19 86 Jra7n-R. xciuaes2 Ls1f51o~K7s59-on-rar61m3s~-2 -94rnciuaes-sf6o0c,3K8s7-ownea - o y -o8r1-5 n, e68r1a- ror-a3c,0c2o7u~t8-27- of CCC in c omm e rci al storages. Farmer stock on net weight ba s is. 2 / Inc ludes shelled edible and shel led oil stock . 3 / Actual farmer st ock, plus roastin g sto ck , plus shelled peanuts X 1 . 33.
FARMER STOCK PEA NU TS, BY TYPES, ON HAND AT MO NT H'S END
CROP OF 1985 - 1986 1 /
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1985
Jan.
288,966
1 ,5 32 , 788
70,511
259, 1 44 1,633,121
Feb .
288 , 029
1,332,733
48,389
- 144 ,744 1 , 524,4 4 0
Mar.
207 , 652
994 , 341
34,2 26
39,947 1,196,272
Ap r.
151,273
729,525
21. 958
0
902,757
May
91.210
493,255
1 7,182
0
601 , 647
June
73,826
251,443
5, 208
0
330 ,47 7
July
52,344
119,247
358
0
171,949
Aug.
13 , 104
43,395
11. 254
2. 118
65 , 635
Sept.
180,030
1, 412,344
57,693
81, 41 9 1,568,648
Oct.
656,569
1 ,9 12,521
119,213
486,231 2,202,072
' Nov.
718,591
1,942,201
258,711
851,135 2,068,368
Dec .
679,961
1,655,204
254,573
664,990 1,924,748
1986 JIa7n-R. x ciuaes- sfo6c04Kt-4o77n-ra r ms ~-1Lr3n2c0i, u65a2es-sfocK2s26-tw6n30ea-oy-or-5n83eta7-74ror- a1 ~c5o6u7~t98-5- of CCC i n commercial stor ag e ~. Farmer stock on net we i ght basis.
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________ ___ _f Q1Q_~IQR~~~-~IQf~~L-Q ~li~Q-~I~I~~L-~~~Q~RY_~!L_!~~~----------------
Jan. 31.
Dec . 31,
Jan . 31,
Percent of
f~~~~Qi!l ________________ !~~~---------!~~~--------!~~~-----l~rr~-!~~~--Q~~-!~~~-
1.ooo Pounds
Percent
Butter
277 , 277
205 ,514
201,367
73
98
Cheese, Natural
968 , 890
852,937
838,217
87
98
Eggs, Frozen
14,895
13,181
12,698
85
96
Frui t s, Frozen
623,629
720,674
647 , 376
104
90
Fruit Juices, Frozen 1,195 , 625
976,290 1,154,566
97
118
Meats , Red
735 . 010
607,397
619,413
84
102
Beef , Frozen
375 ,1 38
317,426
318,471
85
100
Pork. Frozen
291,925
229,417
237,996
82
104
Poultry, Frozen
281,365
324,207
334,309
119
103
Turkeys, Froze n
124.111
150,203
158 , 264
128
105
Vegetable s. Frozen
1,645 , 455
2,021,944 1,812 , 871
110
90
Potatoes, Frozen
900 , 007
1,012,309
9 04,148
100
89
Peanuts , Shelled
385,699
327,175
364,287
94
111
Peanuts, In Shell
37,402
25,539
30,975
83
121
Pecans, Shelled
24,518
13,003
16,143
66
124
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Georg1a Crop Reporting ServKe
Stephens Federal Bldt:. Suite 320
Athens, Georgia J 0613
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POSTAGE PAID AT
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PJGEO wF~fi~RM REPORT
March 20, 1986 GFR - 86-Volume 6
Received
MAR 24 1986
DOC UMENTS UGA LIBRARIES
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
Stephens Federal Bldg.
&lite 320
Athens, Georgia 30613 Phone: ( 404) 546-2236
HIGHLIGHTS Prospective Plantings Cattle on Feed
Annual Slaughter Milk Production
PLANTING CUT-BACKS PLANNED Signific ant red u ctions in field crop plantings are in prospe ct if Georg ia' s farmers follow their March 1 plans. A survey conducted around that date indicated that c u t-b acks were bein g planned for eight of the nine crops surveyed . The composite redu cti on for t he eight crops amou nt ed to 589,000 fewer a cr es than wer e planted to those cr o ps in 1985 .
SOYBEANS DROP 17 PERCENT If March 1 plans are ca rried out , soyb e an acreage in Geor gia will be redu ced 17 percent in 1986 to 1.5 million acres , down 300,0 0 0 acres from the 1985 plantings . This would be the se c ond year of significant cut-ba c ks for soybeans, br in g i ng total plantings down 29 percent from the 2.1 million acres planted in 1984 . .
CORN ALSO OFF 17 PERCENT
Prospective corn plantings fo r 1986
in Georgia were also indicated 17
percent lower than last year . With
a cut - back of 180,000 acres , corn
seedlings are projec t ed at 900,000
acr es compared with 1 . 08 million for
b o t h of the tw o previous years.
Plantings
in
south
Georgia,
particularly the southwestern pa r t ,
are al r eady in fu ll swing.
PEANUTS MIGHT DIP 6 PERCENT
Details about quotas and marketing
co ntr ac t s were un c lear at the time
of the sur v ey , so plant i ng plans
were very tentative . Those growers
who could report planting plans for
1986 gave a collective indication of
a 6 p ercent reduction in peanut
acreage.
This would place 1986
seedings at 560,000 acres, 37,000
acres below last year.
L__ ----------------~======1=9=8=6=rG-E=O=R=G=I=A==P=R=O=S~PlE;CIT~I!V~E~~P~L~A~N~T~I~N~GiS===~==--1-9-8-6---;-;---,-----------
QQ____________ l~~1____ ____1~~2---- _____l~~_______ ____Qf_l~~2------
- -Thousands--
Percent
Corn, All
1.080
1,080
900
83
Oats 1/
125
115
80
70
Cotton
175
260
245
94
Sorghua, All
165
175
160
91
Soybeans
2,100
1,800
1,500
83
Peanuts
643
597
560
94
Hay, All 2/
550
495
490
99
Tobacco 2/
38
37
35
95
~~~~!QQ!~!Q~~---------2~2 __________ 2~2-----------2~2- ____________lQQ_______ _
1/ Includes acreage planted preceding fall. 2/ Acreage harvested.
Ap:f.cu.lh.ral. S~a~istld.aa a:od Georpa ~t of ~culture
COTTON ACRES DOWN 6 PERCENT Georgia's cotton producers expect to decrease their plantings to 245,000 acres, a 6 percent decrease from the 260 , 000 acres planted in 1985.
GFR- - Vol. 6 very tentative plans of some growers, the expected acreage was estimated at 35,000 acres , 2,000 acres lower than last year's acreage and the lowest since 1932.
OATS PLUNGE 30 PERCENT Oat seedings last fall and winter, plus those intended for spring planting are expected to total 80,000 acres, a drop of 30 percent from the previous year's planting of 115,000 acres. SORGHUM DECLINES 9 PERCENT Total sorghum plantings of 160,000 acres are indicated for 1986, compared to 175,000 in 1985, a decrease of 9 percent . HAY ACREAGE REDUCED 1 PERCENT Producers plan to reduce acre~ they cut by approximately 1 percent. This lowers hay acreage to 490,000 compared to the 495,000 acres of hay cut in 1985.
TOBACCO DOWN 5 PERCENT Many growers in Georgia were undecided as to tob acco pl anti ng since individual allotments and quotas had not been ann ounced at the time of the survey. Accept~ng the
UNITED ST ATES HIGHLI~HTS
Corn growers intend to plant 78.1
million acres 1n 1986, down 6
percent from last year and 3 percent
from 1984.
Soybean prospective
plantings, at 62.0 million acres,
the smallest planted acreage since
1977, are down 2 percent from 1985.
Sorghum growers intend to plant for
all purposes 15.9 million acres in
1986 , down 13 percent from 1985 .
Barley producers intend to plant
12.9 million acres in 1986, down 2
percent from ' last year.
Oats
producers intend to plant 14
million acres in 1986, up 9 perceh
from last year and 16 percent above
1984.
All cotton
prospective
plantings total 9.71 million acres,
down 9 percent from 1985. Peanut
producers expect to plant a total of
1.45 million acres in 1986, down 3
percent from 1985.
All tobacco
growers i ntend to harvest 649
thousand acre s in 1986, 7 percent
less than 1985 and the lowest
acr e ag e since 1879 .
Flue-cured
acr eage is expected to be 336 . 0
thous an d acres for 1986, down 6
percent from 1985 and 14 percent
below the 1984 acreage .
1986 UNITED STATES PROSPECTIVE PLANTINGS
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Thousands
Percent
All Corn
80,543
83,348
78,066
94
All Sorghum
17,254
18,285
15,853
87
Oats
12,414
13,2 7 0
14 , 435
109
Barley
11,957
13 , 106
12 , 859
98
All Wheat
79,213
75,575
71,101
94
Winter
6 3,419
57,752
53,992
94
Durum
3,277
3,207
2,920
91
Other Spring
12,517
14,616
14,189
97
Soybeans
67, 75 5
63,130
62,045
98
Peanuts
1,562.6
1 .49 2 . 0
1,445.0
97
Sunflowers
3,754
3,05 5
2,605
85
All Cotton
1 1,145 . 4
10,708.6
9 , 710.5
91
Hay 2 /
6 1 , 445
60,553
60,933
10 1
Sweetpotatoes
106 . 4
!QQ~Q_L _____________ 1Ql~1__
109.8 101.0
104.5
95
648.7
93
1/ Intended plantings in 1986 ;;-I~~I~i~;~-~;-;;~~;~;-i;~;-i;~;;;;~-;;~;~~-- -
for winter wheat seedings which were published Jan . 10, 1986 in the "Small
Grains" report . 2/ Area har vested .
2
CATTLE ON FEED IN 7 STATES DOWN 8 PERCENT
Cattle and calves on feed March 1, 1986 for the slaughter market . in the 7 states preparing monthly estimates totaled 7.26 million head, down 8 percent from a year ago and 3 percent below March 1 , 1984 .
Marketings of fed cattle during February totaled 1.47 million , a decrease of 5 percent from last year and 9 percent below February 1984 .
Other disappearance totaled 102 thousand compared with 94 thousand during February of 1985 and 82 thousand two years ago.
Placements of cattle and calves on feed in the 7 states were 1.21 million, a decrease of 10 percent from February 1985 and down 7 percent from two years ago . ~et placements of 1.11 mil li on were down 11 percent from 1985 and 9 percent below 1984.
CATTLE AND CALVES: NUMBER ON FEED, PLACEMENTS , MARKETED, AND OTHER DISAPP EARANC E
~~~:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~7~~ST~A~~TE~S~:~~FE~B~R~U~A~R~Y[~~1~~- ;~M~A~RC~H~~~11~~~~~;~~~~~ ~~[~~~~!1~~;~~~
1,000 Hea d
On Feed, February 1 1 /
8 , 184
7 ,624
93
Placed on Feed During February
1,341
1,210
90
Fed Cattle Marketed during February
1,5 40
1 , 470
95
Other Disappearance during February 2/
94
102
109
Qll_I~~Q-~~h_l_l L _________________________ 2~~~l __ _______ 1L~ ~------- ------~~---
1/ Cattle and calves on feed are animals for slaught e r mark et being fed a full
ration of grain or other con centrates a nd are expec ted to produ ce a ca rcass
that will grade good or better . 2 / Includ e s d eath l osses, mo ve men t from
feedlots to pastures and shipments to other fe edlots for further feeding.
__ _ ----~liNQ~1_Q~~fRl~1-1lYf~IQK_~h~QQtlifRL_QfQRQl~-~NQ_Q NlifQ _~I~If~L-lg~ Q
~------------QfQRQl~--------------~----------QlilifQ_~I~If~------ -----
Number
Average
Total
Number
Average
Total
of
Live
Live
of
Live
Live
~Q~1~~-~--tl~~---~--~~igh! ___ ~--~~igh! ___~--- tl~~--- ~ --~~igh! ___ ~---~~igh! __
1 , 000
Pounds
1, 000 Lbs . 1, 000
Pound s
1, 000 Lbs.
Cattle
245.6
904
222,024
36,292 .7
1,098
39 , 841 , 063
Calves
10 .9
355
3,859
3,385.3
248
840,451
Hogs
1 , 574.4
233
366 , 124
84,491 .9
245
20,666,685
~h~~Q _________ ~g_______ g~-------------~Q_____ ~1Q ~ ~-------11! _______ 2Q~~!i_
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GEORGIA MILK PRODUCTION UP 5 PERCENT
U.S. MILK PRODUCTION 7 PERCENT ABOVE
PREVIOUS YEAR
Geor~ia's dairy herds produced 107
mill1on pounds of milk during February
Mil k production during February 1986
1986, 5 percent more than last year.
totaled 11.3 billion pounds, 7 percent
The number of milk cows averaged
above February
1985.
February
118,000 head, 1,000 more than a year
production per cow averaged 1,015
ago. Production per cow averaged 910
pounds, 42 pounds more than a year
pounds for February, compared with 870
earlier . Total milk cows averaged
pounds in February last year .
11 . 1 million head, 3 percent more than
] [ February 1985.
____________________~_IL_K___CO_W__S__A_ND__M__IL_K___PR__O_D_UC_T_IO__N_, __FE_B_R_U_A_R_Y___1_9_8_5_-1 _98_6_______________
Georgia
United States
Item
Unit
1985
1986
1985
1986
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No. Milk Cows on Farms 1 /
Tho us. Head
117
Milk Production per Cow 2 /
Pounds
870
Total Milk Production 2/
Mil. Lbs.
102
118
10,815
11,134
910
973
1,015
107
10,525
11. 297
1/ Includes dry cows , excludes heif ers not yet fresh . 2/ Excludes milk sucked by calves.
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Crop Reporting Service Stephens Federal Bldg. Suite 320 Athens. Georgia J0fl13
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GEORGIA
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March 27. 1986 GFR-86-Volume 7
MAR 31 1986
DOCUMENTS UGA UBRAR\ES
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HIGHLIGHTS
March 1 Hog & Pig Inventory
Monthly Poultry Ga. Annual Hatchery Production
Refrigerated Warehouse Capacity Monthly Livestock Slaughter Cold Storage
GEORGIA HOG INVENTORY DOWN 8 PERCENT
Inventory of all hogs and pigs on Georgia farms on March 1, 1986 , is estimated at 1,055,000 head, 8 percent less than a year earlier. This drop in the number of hogs an d pigs is a continuation of the patt ern of record low inventory over the past year .
Hogs kept for breedin g total e d 145,000 head , 9 percent below the previous low set in March last year. Market hog inventory, at 910,000 head, is 8 perce nt belo w both last year and the previous quarter.
The December 1985 - February 1986 pig
crop is estimated at 402,000 hea d,
down 7 percen t from the sum e perio d
a year earlier . Sows farrowing
during December through February
totaled 54 ,000 head, 10 per cent less
' than the comparabl e period last
year.
Pigs saved per litter,
however, were a record high 7 . 45
compared with 7.20 a yea r ago.
Sows expected to farr ow duri ng March-May are estimated at 60 , 00 0 head, 14 perc en t less than t he actual farrowings a yea r earlier . During the Jun e- August qu arte r , 62,000 sows are expected to f arrow, a drop of 6 per c e n t from th e comparable period in 198 5 .
"" TE~ STATES HOG I~VE~TORY DOW~ 3~
Inventory of all hogs and pigs on ~arch 1. 1986 . in t he 10 st ates co nducting quarterly hog surveys is estimated at 38 . 6 million head, 3 percent below last ~ar c h 1 . This is ~ percen t below ~arch 1 , 1984 and the lowe st March 1 inventory since 19 76 . Breeding inventory, at 4. 99 million head , is 4 percent less than last year and 8 per c ent less than March 1 , 1984. This is the lowest March 1 breeding herd inventory since 1973, when estimates fo r these comparable 10 states bec ame available . Mark et ho g inventory, at 33 . ~ mi llion he ad, is 2 per ce nt below a year earlier, 3 percent below two years ago and the lowest March 1 market hog inventory since 1977 . The December 1985-February 1986 pig cro p was 14.9 million head , 1 perc ent above the corresponding period last year. Ther e were 1 . 94 million sows that farrowed during t he quarter , a decrease of 1 percent fr om the comparable quarter last ye ar. Sow farrowings averaged 7.67 pigs per litter compared with 7 . 51 last year an d 7.27 two years ago. The litt er rate is the highest of record for a December -F ebrua ry quarter. Hog producers in the 10 quarterly states intend to have 2.32 illion sows farrow during March-May of this year. If these intentions are realized, farrowings would total 4 perc en t less than the actual number fo r the comparable period of 1985 . Farr owing intentions for June-August are 2.18 nlillion head, slightly be l ow actual farrowings for the same period last year.
Agrlcalt:ural Statistic.lan aDd Georgia Deparment of Agrieolbare
".~ GFR - 86 -Vol . 7
HOGS AN D PIGS: INVENTORY N~~RER , SOWS FARROWING AND P IG CROP
GEORGIA AND 10 QUARTERLY STATES 1 / , 1985 AND 1 986
____________________[ ______ _______ 10-St~t;;-- --- - ----r ------- ---G;~~g l~----------
____ ~~::________________ -----~~:~_] ~~~~--~:!:~~~~:__ ---------- ---------~----------- ----~-~-~--~----1-------~-~~-~-J--~-:-!-:-~-~-~-~-:-
1.000 Head
Percent
1,000 Head
Percent
March 1 Inventory
All Hogs and Pigs
39,680
38,600
97
1,150
1 , 055
92
Kept for Breeding
5,220
4,988
96
160
145
91
Market
34,4 60
33,612
98
990
910
92
Market Hogs and Pigs
by We ig ht Groups
Under 60 Pounds
12,701
12,663
100
60 - 119 Pounds
8,427
8,01 3
95
120 - 179 Po unds
7,580
7 , 276
96
180 Pounds & Over
5,752
5,660
98
401
365
91
271
249
92
204
187
92
114
109
96
Sows Farrowing
December 2 /- February
1. 955
1. 94 0
99
March - May
2 , 420 3 / 2,320
96
December 2 / -May
4 , 375 4 / 4 , 260
97
June-August
2. 191 3 / 2. 182
100
September-November
2,265
June -N ovember
4,456
60
54
90
70
3 / 60
86
130
4 / 11 4
88
66
3 / 62
94
63
129
Pig Crop
December 2 / -February 14 ,6 90
14, 880
101
March-May
18,762
December 2 / -May
33,452
June-August
16,941
September -N ovember
17,255
June-November
34,196
432
402
93
518
950
482
460
942
Pigs per Litter
Number
December 2 / - February
7.51
7.67
102
March-May
7.75
December 2/-May
7 . 65
June-August
7.73
September-November
7.62
June-November
7.67
Number
7 . 20
7 . 45
103
7 . 40
7.31
7 . 30
7 . 30
7 . 30
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GEORGIA BROILER HATCH UP
The February hatch of broiler type chicks, at 56 . 5 million, was 7 percent.less than the previous aonth but 5 percent aore than a year earlier. There were 53.5 million eggs in incubators on March 1 , 1986, up 7 percent froa the previous year .
U.S . BROILER HATCH UP
The February hatch of broiler type chicks at 376 aillion was 8 percent less than last aonth but 3 percent aore than a year earlier. There were 359 million eggs in incubators on March 1, up 4 percent fro a year
a~o.
EGG-TYPE CHICKS HATCHED UP
Egg - type c hi c ks hat c he d during February total e d 34.7 ai ll ion, an increase of 22 percent froa February 1985. Eggs in incubator s totaled 34.9 aillion on March 1. 1986 , up 9 percent froa a year ago .
Domestic placements of egg - type pullet chicks for hatchery supply f l ocks by leading primary breeders totaled 256 thousand during February 1986, an in c rease of 23 percent from February 1985 .
TURKEYS
The turkey eggs in incubators on March 1. 1986 , totaled 26 . 3 million , 8 percent above the 24 . 3 million a year earlier . The 18 . 6 million poults placed during Feb r uary 1986 in the United States were 15 percent above the placements dur i ng the same month a year ago .
PO UL TRY HATCHING AND PLACEME NT-- FEBRUARY 198 6
---------------------- ---------_________l________ ~~::------------------r--~~i:---r--~~;:------~~i:--r-~~~~-- ---~~;~~-~:::-~~~:--1-~~~~ l_______ --------- _________}_____
--T housands--
- -Thou sand s --
P u l l et Ch ic ks Placed
Do11esti c ( u 0s 0 ) 1 /
Bro i ler Type
3,017
3 , 395
3, 420
113
6, 4 88
6 , 815
105
Eg g Type
2 08
20 9
256
123
376
465
12 4
Chi c ks Ha tc hed
Bro il er Type
Ge orgia
53,609
60 ,6 72
56 , 524
105
112,078
117,1 9 6
10 5
United States
364 , 542 409 , 419 375 , 977
103
766 , 208
78 5 ,3 9 6
103
Egg Type
Georgia
1,966
3 , 0 58
3 ' 135
159
3, 83 3
6 ' 193
1 62
Un i ted Sta t es
28 , 419
3 4 , 51 9
34 . 745
122
56,708
69 , 132
122
Tur k eys
Poults Placed u . s .
16 , 18 4
17 , 204
18,64 2
115 2 / 75 , 143
2 / 85,194 113
-1-/ --R-e-p-o-r-te-d---b-y--le-a-d--in-g---b-re-e-d--e-r -s,---in--c -lu-d--e-s--e-xp--e-c-te-d---p-u-l-le--t --r -e -p-l -ac-e-m--e-n-t -s --f -r -om---eg-g--s --s -o-ld--
the p r eced i ng onth at the rate of 125 pu l let chicks per 30 d oz e n case of e gg s .
2 / Turkey poults placed Sep t embe r 1985- Fe bru ar y 1986 .
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GFR-86-Vol. 7
lole"k End i ng 1985
Jan. ) 12
19 26
Feb. 2
9 16 23
:-!11r. 2 9
16
23
30
Apr. 6
13 20 27
May
4
II
18
25
June 1 8
15 22
29
July 6 13 20 27
Aug. 3 10 17 24 31
Sept. 7 14
21 28
Oct. 5
12 19 26
~ov.
2
9
16
23
30
Dec. 7 14
21 28
TOTAL
! 6,416 16,500 16,=>54 15,978
16,669 16,517 16,552 16,877
16,830 i 7128 i ! 7. 30 I 16,322 i 7' i68
17,302 !7' I61 17. 193 16,897
17' 317 ! 7,385 17,327 17,356
17. 104 17. 129 16,875 16,466 15,808
16,962 16,715 16,826 16,581
16. 168 16,00 3 15,8 1 3 16,322 16, 185
15,406 15,334 14,599 16,1 0 5
16,268 15,664 13.504 14,965
16,717 15,740 16,460 16,578 16,727
16,682 16,836 16,905 16,846
857,236
12 '512 12,994 13,418 13,422
13,187 13,542 13,063 13,438
13,558 13 , 726 11,8311 13,761 14,233
14,330 i 3,610 14' 27! 1.:.,378
14,179 !4,285 14,001 14.312
14,366 1.:.,2.:.3 14,365 14. 195 14,276
13,791 13,428 13,053 13,940
13,782 13,762 13,646 13,484 13,213
12,794 13,548 13 , 354 12,604
12 ,473 11 ,906 13.046 13,302
12,904 11,061 12,200 13,615 12,905
13,737 13,62>' 13,689 13,472
702, 239
12,318 12,783 : 3' 11 3 13, 19 ..
13,285 13,282 12,825 13,182
13 . 298 13,467 11, 527 1]. 1 II 13,9:>9
1.0, 0 33 13,342 1.0, 0 1)3 1.0, 0 50
13,883 14,039 13,696 14,077
14,100 13,936 14,083 13,963 14,056
13' 659 13, 125 12,832 13,669
13,549 13,451 13' 388 13,230 12,978
12,612 1 3,2811 13,121 12,322
12,281 11,668 12,778 11, 02 9
12 , 68 1 10 ,833 II, 943 13,320 12,755
13,482 13, 40 4 13, 4 65 13,2 77
. 689,165
',013 889
1,205 905
941 9.:.7 I' 071 931 1,009
893 I ,0411 1 ,067
951
91 7 I ,023
809 ! ,055
900 i ,01 7
987 941 898
939 968 837 899
946 976 I ,013 994 889
842 I ,060 I' 0 49
826
943 834 900 915
958 701 827 923 1,046
I ,067 946 971 996
49,889
5 .. 4
540 'i 91 563
624 547 51 4 532
5 16 5 I 5 584 5 29 616
606 616 669 727
682 627 675 646
670 6 23 658
s... 7
678
4 98 636 5 60 6 5 1'>
550 668 628 563 48 4
509 608 5 74 5 25
456 504 514 566
51 0 461 5 38 600 475
580 536 537 492
29,867
12,748 13,281
13,62~
13,739
13,674 13,624 13,516 13,555
13,72 :.1 13,899 14,014 13,913 14,352
14,320 13,774 14,401 14,274
14,118 1.0,435 13,830 j 4,486
14,330 14,330 14.412 14,337 14,276
!4 , 100 1 3,457 13,109 13.912
! 3,945 13,7 59 13,773 13,661 13,383
12 ,945 13,740 13,596 12,623
12,768 II , 998 I 3,164 13, 378
13. 129 11 ,073 12,232 13,643 13,326
13,969 13,814 13,899 13,781
709,187
325 616 :.:..7 565
550 847 711 600
I ,077 1,007 I ,040 I ,037
558
525 698 I, 160 702
8113 1,02 5
709 756
430 733 525 861 613
704 814 720 618
850 644 861 802 1 , 036
1,024 952
1, 0 24 913
694 699 833 924
1,069 636 916 828
1,040
798 832 685 823
40,739
36 .. 4 55 5 5 -4 239
503 374 490 457
701 609 493 871 835
801 819 470 420
56 .. 818 49.:. 658
786 555 581 339 619
400 682 500 543
617 564 502 6 12 51 I
662 631 825 781
759 784 686 552
518 620 765 843 515
712 65.9 828 643
31,583
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GEORG I A EGG PRODUCTION
U.S. EGG PRODUCTION
The Sta t e's laying flocks produced 343 million eggs during February 1986, up 2 percent from last year . February production included 246 aillion table eggs and 97 illion hatching egg5.
Egg production for February totaled
5.30 billion and included 4.70
billion table eggs and 592 million
hatching eggs .
February
egg
production per 100 layers for the
total laying flock was 1,890 eggs.
The average number of all layers for February was 18.2 million , slightly less than a year ago . The total consisted of 12 . 5 million for table eggs and 5.7 million for hatching eggs. Eggs laid per 100 layers during February averaged 1,887 compared with 1,847 the previous year .
All larers on March 1. 1986, totaled 280 ai lion, up slightly from a year ago. Layers consisted of 245 aillion for table eggs and 35.1 aillion layers for hatching eggs. Rate of lay on March 1, for all layers, averaged 67 . 6 eggs per 100 layers.
______________ NgM~~R_Q[_hAY~R~-A~Q-~QG_ERQQQIlQ~~-~~RQARY_l~~ ______________ _
No. Layers on
Eggs per 100
Total Eggs Produced
Hand-Februar
La ers-Februar
Durin Febru~~
--------------------T19h85OUsand1s9-8-6----- ---1-9-8-5Number1-9-8--6---- ----1-9-8-5MilliOn1s9-8-6---
Georgia
Hatching
5,372
5,667
1,683
1,716
90
97
Other
12,820
12,506
1,918
1,968
246
246
Total Georgia
18,192
18,173
1 , 847
1 , 887
336
343
I2!~l_Q~~~------~Q~i~1____ ~Q~l~~-----l~~~1 ______ l~~~Q______2~~~------~~~i__
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Chickens
Egg Type
32,004
34,920
109
Broiler Type
345,347
358 , 580
104
I~~~~~~--- - --------- - -1~~~------------~~~~------------- - ----!Q~------------
******************** * ************** NOTICE ******************** ** *************
* Coverage of Monthly egg production in the next issue of Eggs, Chickens *
* and Turkeys will be reduced to twenty major states with about 84 percent *
* of U.S . production. Reports issued in June, Septeaber and Deceber will
continue to include quarterly estimates f or all 50 states.
*
CO~~ERCIAL POULTRY SLAUGHTER 1 / , ~ARCH 1986
~:::~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I~~~!~~~~I-T:~!~;~:J~~~!~;~]~~!!!:~Jt~~!~-r':~~[:~!!~~~~~~!!~~
- - ,,ousanus - -
-- ous a nus - -
Young Chickens
Georgia
46,835 55, 910 51,202 109
9 7,488 107,112 110
United States
325 , 380 380,957 343 ,711 106 698,708 7 24, 668 104
Mature Chickens
Light Type, U.S .
13,788 13,481 12,027
87
32,716
25,508
78
Heavy Type, U. S .
2,641
3 0 132
2 , 723 103
5,813
5 , 855 101
Total U. S .
16,429 16,613 14 , 750
90
38 ,529
31.363
81
Total All Types, Ga .
3,397
2.744
2 , 856
84
7 , 901
5 , 600
71
Percent Condeaned
Young Chickens
Georgia
3 / NA
1 . 7
1 .7
1.7
United States
1 . 9
2.0
1 . 8
2.0
r7-reaeraTTy-Tnspectea-sTaugnter-aata-as-coTTectea-oy-~eat-ana-PouTtry-TnspectTon
Program . Current month data estimated by Market News Service . 2 / January condemntations. 3 / Not available .
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REFRIGERATED WAREHOUSES IN GEORGIA
Ref r igerated st o rage capacity in
Georg1a totaled 61 , 308,000 gross
cubic feet on October 1, 1985, a
de c rease of 5 percent since October
1, 1983. Georgia ranked eleventh
among
all states
in
gross
refrigerated space .
Usable refrigerated space in Georgia was 7 0 .3 percent of gross space in 198 5 and compares with 72.1 in 1983 . To tal usable c oo ler space was 79.0 percent of the gross c ooler space, and t o tal usabl e freezer space was 65.3 percent of the gross freezer space.
GFR-86-Vol. 7 REFRIGERATED WAREHOUSES IN THE U.S. Refrigerated storage capacity in the United States totaled 2 . 19 billion gross cubic feet on October 1. 1985, an increase of nearly 6 percent since Oct o ber 1, 1983 . This was the 33rd biennial survey of refrigerated warehouses. Gross freezer space represented 58 percent of the Na ti o n's refrigerated capa c ity. The five States with the largest gross wareh o use capacity were Washington with 368 milli o n cubic feet; California, 262 million ; Florida, 164 illi o n; Oregon, 123 million; and Wisconsin, 96 million. Usable refrigerated space for all warehouses was 76.3 percent of gross space in 1985 and compares with 75.9 per c ent in 1983. To tal usabl e co o ler space was 7 7.5 percent o f the gross, and freezer space was 75.4 percent.
~U~BER OF REFRIGERATED WAREHOUSES A~D REFRIGERATED SPACE GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES, OCTOBER 1, 1985
~~~::~::I~:::::!~:::~~~r~::::~_:t~::::::~r~::::!1::::~~~~~J:~~::::~ ----------------------1---------------G-e-o-r-~-l-a---------------r-----------U-n-i-t-e-d--S-t-a-t-e-s---------------
::::__________________
Nuaber
Refr igerate d Ware houses 3 /
25
39
64
725
2 , 473
3 ' 198
Gro ss Refrigerated Space
Usable Refrigerated Space
47 , 020 33,215
14,288 9,910
1 , 000 Cu . Feet
61 , 308 1,129 , 777
43 ' 1 25
853 , 732
1,055 , 900 813 , 733
2 , 185,677 1,867,465
Gross Cooler Space 4 / Usable Coole r Space 4 /
16,4 34 12,926
6' 122 4,892
22,556 17 '8 18
243,169 185 , 080
671.460 523,746
914,629 708,826
Gross Freezer Space 5 / Usable Freezer Space 5 /
30 , 587 20,289
8 . 166 5,018
38,753 25,307
886 ,6 07 668,652
384,440 289,987
1,271 , 04 7 958 , 639
_______ 1 7 PubTi;-6;~;;;T-st;;;&;;~-i;r;iierated-ra;iT Tti es-;;T~taT~ed-ro;-;tor !;i-rood-ror-oth;;;-;t
spe cifi ed rates per uni t . 2 / Private a nd Seaiprivate General Storages : Refri gera ted facilities aaintained by an operato r to facilita t e his principal fu nct ion as a producer , pr ocessor , or aanu!acturer o! food products . The space is used priaarily fo r the storage o! the owner 's products although in soae instances it aay be used by othe rs a t specified r ates per unit stored. Working space, chill rooas, and cur ing rooas in aeat s to ra~es are not included i n the stor a ge statistics. 3/ Refri~erated Warehouse : Facilities artific i ally cooled to 50 de~rees F . or l ower. where food is norally stored !or 30 days or ore . This does no t Include warehouses operated by wholesale distributors, grocery chains , or other businesses that store food products less than 30 days . Locker plants and refri~erated space operated by the Araed Se r vi c es are excluded. 4/ Co oler Space: Space that a i ntains teperatures between 0 de~rees and 50 degrees P . 5/ Freezer Space: Space that a aintains t eperatures at 0 degrees P . and lower . Gross Space: Total area under retri~eratio n, ensur ed fro wa ll to wall and froa floor to ceiling. Usable Space : Space usable for storin~ coodit1es , excluding aisles, posts, coils, and usual clearance tor a ir oveent .
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GEORGIA RED ~EAT PRODUCT ION UP
Commer c ial red meat pr o duction in Georgia totaled 32 . 8 million pounds during February 1986 . This is up 9 pe r cent from February 1985.
The number of c a ttle slaughtered by commercial plants in Georgia during Febru a ry totaled 18 . 3 thousand head , 4 percent less than February 1985 . The total live weight was 16.7 million pounds with an average of 913 pounds per head .
There were 141.7 thousand head of
hogs
slaughtered in Georgia ' s
co mmercial plants dur ing February
1986, 13 percent more than February
1985. The total live weight was
33 . 5 million pounds and an average
of 237 pounds per head.
U. S . RED MEAT PRODUCTION
Commercial red meat p roduction for
the United States during February
1986 totaled 2 . 94 bill ion pounds ,
virtually
unchanged from last
year.
Beef production totaled 1 .7 7 billion
pounds.
Total head killed was
2,715.1 million and liv e weight
averaged 1,107 pounds per head.
Veal production was 40 million
pounds. Calf slaughter of 271 . 8
thousand head averaged 247 pounds
li ve weight. Pork production during
the month totaled 1 . 10 billion
pounds . Hogs killed total e d 1.53
million
head and average live
weight for the month was 243 pounds .
GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER 1 /
Average
Tota l
---L-iv-e---W-e-i-g-h-t ----1------L-i-v-e --W-e-i-g-h-t ---
February
Febr uary
1985
1986
1985
1986
-----Pounds______ ___ -----1~ooo-Pounds
GEORGIA
Cattle
19.0
18 . 3
96
106
Calves
1.4
0 .4
29
19
Hogs
125.6
141 . 7
113
109
Sheep a. Labs
898
913
17 , 018
16,699
356
248
507
105
233
237
29 , 240
33,549
UNITED STATES
Cattle
2,775.9 2.715 .1
98
100
1,087
1,107 3 ,0 16 , 895 3.006,467
Calves
253.3
271.8
107
107
245
247
62,034
67,208
Hogs
6,396 . 0 6,299 . 2
98
98
242
243 1,546,158 1.532,771
Sheep a. Labs
483.8
451 . 0
93
93
115
118
55,391
53,493
--------- ~i~Q _____________
1985
~ill io n Pound s
1986 as %
__ Qf_l~~~-- _1~~~ - --
Percent
Million Pounds
1986 as %
__ LlQ.~LPercent
Beef
1,768
1 , 769
100
3,834
3,9 09
102
Veal
37
40
108
79
86
109
Pork
1 , 105
1 ,0 99
99
2,386
2 , 365
99
Lamb & Mutton
28
27
96
60
58
97
Total Red ~eat
2,938
2,935
100
6,359
6 , 417
101
k~1-~L---------- - ----~~--- -- ----~~-------- l QQ __ ___ __ l 1~-------l11 _______lQl __ __ 1 / Bas ed on packers dr e ss weights and excludes farm slaughter . 2 / Accumul ated
totals based on unr ounded dat a . 3/ Preliminar y lard produc tio n inc l udes
re nde red pork fat.
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____________ fQ1Q_~IQR~Q~-~IQ~~~-g~li~Q-~I~I~~~-f~~gg~gy_~~~-1~~~---- - ----------
Feb. 28,
Jan . 31,
Feb. 28,
Percent of
fQ~~QQil~----------------l~~~---------l~~~--------l~~~-----f~Q~-l~~~--~~~ ~ -l~~~-
1,000 Pounds
Percent
Butter
289,433
206,259
243,936
84
118
Cheese, Natural
944,368
835,843
816,471
86
98
Eggs, Frozen
13,896
12,672
12,468
90
98
Fruits, Frozen
569,226
656,482
593,978
104
90
Fruit Juices. Frozen 1,385,824
1,189,418 1 , 260,667
91
106
Meats, Red
707 , 882
616 , 775
619,067
87
100
Beef, Frozen
347,023
318,438
301,86 7
87
95
Pork, Frozen
286 , 323
235~379
241 ,55 8
84
103
Poultry, Frozen
288,662
330,301
335,813
116
102
Turkeys, Frozen
129,452
156,847
158,999
123
101
Vegetables, Frozen
1,489,574
1,828,771 1,65 7,4 01
111
91
Potatoes, Frozen
943,384
906,961
955 , 372
101
105
Peanuts, Shelled
404,776
378,287
396 , 970
98
105
Peanuts, In Shell
41,349
30,975
3 7 , 183
90
120
Pecans , Shelled
26 , 677
16,236
22,631
85
139
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Suite 320 Athens, Georgia J 061 3
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98
ifARM REPORT
Received
APR 0c 1986
April a . 198 6
GFR- 86 -V ol u me 8
DOCUMENTS UGA LIBRARIES
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
Stephens Federal Bldg. Suite 320 Athens, Georgia 30613
Phone: ( 404) 546-2236
HIG HLIG HTS Catt l e P r o du cti on & I n com e Hog Pro du c t i o n & Inc om e Pe a nu t S t oc ks & Proc e ssing Agri c u lt u r al Pr i c es Rec e ived Fl o r icu lt ur e
GEORGIA CA TTLE CASH RECEIPTS
During 1985 , l arger mar k etings , along Mith higher market in g yea r ave r age pri~e foi c a lve s, led to a 1 6 percent incr e ase from 1984 i n c a ttl e c a sh rece i pts f o r Georgia. Ca s h r ec e ipts for ~ 98 5 t otaled $22 4 . 4 mi llio n compared with $ 193 .1 mi ll io n in 1984 . All c~ttle ma r ket i n g s dur i ng 1985 totaled 477.4 million pounds , up 14 percent f r om the 4 1 9.5 mi l l ion pounds produced in 1984.
U. S. CATTLE CASH RECE I PTS
Fo r the United Sta t e s, a slight drop in ma r ket i n g s and lower average pr ices for ca ttle led to a 6 pe r cent de c line i n cattle cash re c eipts to $ 28.74 bill i on. Marketings, at 53 . 90 bi llion pounds, were off 1 p er cent froa 1984 . The annual average price f o r ca t t l e wa s $53.70 cwt. coa pared with $57 . 30 for 198 4.
CATTLE : PRO DUC T ION AND INCOME, 1 98 4- 1 9 85
_____ -----------p;~d~~ = ---"; ; k;t : - - -A;;;;i;-P;T~;- -- v ; T~; -~!----c;&t.
vaT~;-~r-------- - ---
tion 1/
ings 2/
per 100 Pounds ProducCa tt le Calves tio n
Receipts 3/
Hoae Con - Gross suaption Incoae
----------::i~o o o-P~~nda::------::o~11a;;::--- - - - ----------i~ooo-o~118;;-:--------- -- ---
Ga. 1984 1985
420,740 432, 440
419 , 450 47 7, 380
44 . 10 43 . 50
51 . 20 194,080 56 . 30 204 , 324
193,125 224 , 365
4,291 2,886
197,416 227,251
--Million Pounds --
- -Dollars--
- Million Dollars -
u.s .
1984
1985
40,030 . 5 5 4, 64 4 .8 57.30 39 , 947 . 0 53,901.4 53 . 70
59.90 62 . 10
22,14 5. 8 30 , 664.4 21,082 . 9 28,741.7
554 . 3 484 . 7
31 , 218.7 29,226 . 5
17-AdJustient&-;;d ; -r~;-~hanie& - in-invent~;y- ; nd-r~~-~n&hip;;nt& ~ - - 27-iciudes - ~~&t~;-- slaurht e r for use on faraa where produced and 1nterfara sales within the State . 3/ Receipts fro aarketings and sale of fara sl a ughter.
Acricalmral Satlstlc.f.all aud Georgia Departwent of .Acrlcultare
GFJf~S6-Vol. 8
GEORGIA HOG CASH RECEIPTS
U. S. HOG CASH RECEIPTS
Cash ~eceipts to~ hoes and pigs in Georgia totaled $196.4 million for 1985, 10 percent less than 1984 . Marketings, at 439.1 illion pounds, were 8 percent less than 1984 and the average price dropped 2 percent to $44.70 per cwt.
Cash receipts for hoes and pigs ln the U.S. were $9.01 billion during 1985, 7 percent below 1984 and the lowest since 1980. Marke~ings of 20.3 billion pounds were 1 percent below 1984, while the average price declined 7 percent to $44.00 per cwt .
HOGS : PRODUCTION AND INCOME, 1984-1985
----------]-~:':-[-Mf~::t=-[-~~~~:;:::-I-~:~~::~f--[-::~:~~~:-]-~:!~e:~~=--[-:::::--
1/
2/
100 Pounds
tion 3/
4/
suaption
Incoae
---------- --==1~ooo ?o~nd;::- --oo11;;;-- --------:-: -------- :-:-:-i~ooo-oo11;;;-:-:
Ga. 1984 1985
457,405 436,048
474,708 439,080
45 . 80 44.70
208,930 193,533
217,458 196,360
3 , 659 2,622
221,117 198 , 982
u.s .
1984
1985
- -Million Poun4s--
20 , 195.7 20,491.9 20 , 132.9 20 , 326 . 4
Dollars
47.10 44.00
9,498 . 2 8,859.4
- Million Dollars - - - - -
9,703.4 9,014.1
115.1 98 . 8
9 , 818. 5 9,112 . 9
17~dJ~s t;ent;-;;de-ro~-~h;nie&-1n-Tnvento;y-;nd-ro;-Tnshipients~--27-E~1~d;;-~~sto;---
slaughter f or us e on faras whe r e produced an d interfara sales wi thin the State . 3 / Includes al l owance for hi gh er ave rage pri ce of state in shipaents and outshipaents of feeder pigs . 4/ Re ceipts froa aa r ketings and sale of far sla ug ht er . Includes a ll owanc r for higher a v e r age price of sta t e out~hipaents of feeder pigs.
FEBRUAR Y PEA NUT STOC KS
Peanut stocks in commercia l storage
on February 28, 1986, totaled 2.67
billio n pounds of equiva le nt farmer
stock. This total in cl udes 1 . 72
billion pounds of actual farmer
stock . February millings totaled
398 million pounds. Millings by
type were 79 . 6 million pounds of
Virginias, 282 million pounds of
Runners, and 37 . 0 million pounds of
Spanish .
Commercial
processors
utilized 110 million pounds of
shelled edible grade peanuts during
February . Crushings for oil. cake.
and Meal totaled 61.0 million pounds
durin~ the month .
U. S . VISIBLE S UPPLY OF PEA N ~T S
I J I ______ _ ---------~T_MQ~Iti~~ ~~Q_l L _
Feb .
Jan.
Feb.
__ __ 1~~~-----
l~~Q__ __l~~__ _ l~~
(Mill i on Pound s )
Fa rm e rs
Stock
1,669
2. 147 1. 7 21
Shelled
Peanuts 2 / 804
648
668
Roast i ng
Stock
80
60
63
____ IQ!~l-~L
___ ~~1~----~~QIQ
~1~--
1/ Excludes stocks on farms .
Includes stocks owned by or held
for account of CCC in commercial
storages. 2/ Includes shelled
edible and shelled oil stock . 3/
Actual farmers stock, plus roasting
stock, plus shelled peanuts X 1 . 33 .
The Georgia Farm ReporT CISSN-0744-7280) Is published seMI-monthly by the Georgia Crop Reporting Service, Stephens Federa l Bu ilding, Athens, Ga. 30613, Larry E, Snipes, Statistician In Charge, Second class postage pai d at Athens, GA. Subscription fee SlO per year except free to data . conTributors. SubscripTion Information availab le from: GeorgCa Crop Reporting Service, Stephens Federal BulldlnQ, SuiTe 320 AThens GA. 30613 Tele!>hone: (404) 546-2236.
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GEORGIA PRICES RECEIVED
The Ma ~ch Index of P~ices Received
by
Geo~gia
farers
for All
Co odities we~e unchanged f~om
February at 121 percent of the
Janua~y-Deceabe~
1977
ave~age .
Lower prices for corn, hogs, beef
cattle, calves. ilk, other chickens
and hatching eggs were offset by
higher prices for cotton, soybeans,
sweetpotatoes, b~oilers and table
eggs. The index was 3 points below
March 1985 .
U.S. PRICES RECEIVED INDEX DOWN 1 POINT
The March Index of Pric e s Re c eived by farers for All Far Products decreased 1 point fro February to 121 percent of i ts January -D ecember 1977 average.
Hi~he~ prices in March f or toatoes ,
eg~s.
br oilers,
potatoes, and
soybeans were not great enough to
offset the decline fro February for
cattle, ho~s. corn, and ilk . Beef
cattle and hog prices have continued
to ove lower since Deceber 1985.
PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS, MARCH 15, 1986 WITH COMPARISONS
__ ___ _ ---- -- ---------------;~~;:---1---- ------rreorgra---------- - r-------unrtea-~tates
~;;;::~~~eat---------!;e~r~~---- ---~~~:-- -~~~:- ---~:~~u-- ---Rar~--r-Feo~-J-Rar~-To~- --~:~:z- --~:~:6- --~:~:~- --Rar~--J--Feo~--[Mar~-Io~
oats Corn Cot t on Cotto ns eed 2/ Tobacco Soybeans Sweetpotatoes All Hay , baled 2 / Hogs
Sows Ba r r ows & Gilts Bee f Cattle 4/ Cows 5/ Steers & Heif er s Calves All Milk Turkeys 2/ Chickens, Excluding Bro il ers Coa'l Bro i lers 6 / Eggs, All 7/ Table Hatching
S/Bu . $/Bu . Ct./Lb. $/Ton Ct./Lb . $/Bu . $ / Cwt . $/Ton $/Cwt. S/ Cwt . $/Cwt. $ / Cwt . $ / Cwt . $ /Cwt. $/Cwt . $/Cwt . Ct . /Lb. Ct. / Lb. Ct . /Lb. Ct . /Doz . Ct./Doz. Ct./Doz.
3.10 54.0 11 3 .0 0
5 . 90 1 8 . 60 44.20 40.90 44 .4 0 47 .50 40 . 40 54.20 61 . 50 15.00
2.77 53.0 69. 00
4 . 93 2 /9. 80
43 . 90 34 .20 44. 3 0 42. 70 36 . 30 50 .10 55.90 13.70
11.0 28 . 5 69 . 5 49 . 0 130 . 0
2 / 14. 0 27 .0
2/ 77.7 2 /4 8.8 2 / 160.0
2 . 64
1/56 . 0 *
5 . 18 10. 20 41.3 0 33.10 41.70 41.00 35. 70 4 6.80 5 4. 00 3/13.60
11.0 3/28 . 0
80 . 1 58.1 145 . 0
1 . 68 2 .67 56.1 157.1 5.86 18.20 72.20 4 3 .60 41.10 4 3 . 80 57.30 40.90 60. 70 65.90 13 . 30 40.7
1 . 16
1 . 15
2.32
2.25
55.4 1 / 55.0
64.00
154.5 3/14 6 . 0
5.18
5 . 22
2 / 11.80
11 . 20
67.30
68.00
4 2 .80
40.70
37.50
37.70
43 . 30
41 . 10
53. 00
51.80
36.80
36 . 70
56 .4 0
5 5.00
62.80
62 . 60
12.40 3/12. 20
36 . 4
36 . 9
30 . 1 57.6 50.4
29.0 2 /6 1 . 5 2 /5 3 . 6
3 / 30.2 68 .3 61 .7
r7-FIFit-nirr-or-onn7--~7-Rra=onn-pFice7---~7-~nIre-ontn7--i7-c o ws-ana-ieers-
and heifers coablned with allowance where necessary for slaughter bulls . 5/ I ncludes
dairy cows sold for slaughter. 6/ Liveweight equivalent price for Georgia .
7*
/
Average Insuffic
of ient
al s
l a
l
eg es
gs .
sold
by
faraers
including
hatching
eggs
sold
at
retail.
INDEX NUMBERS- - GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES
Grge77o~Frn grira--------------------- - - - - - -------F-e-5-7---r-g-g-s-------------M-a-F-7 - - - r - -g-g-s-----------F-e-5-~---r-g-g-~---------M-a-F7 - - - r - g -g -~ -- -----
P~ices Received
All Commodities
124
124
121
121
C~ops
121
122
118
118
Livestock & P~oducts
127
126
124
124
United States
P~ices Received
135
134
122*
121
P~ices Paid 1/
164
164
~~
1
n~
2 e
-v~1Ls-e~u-. --r7-aMr~u---m-o-nrli-rn-u~egx--rn-c-r-uu~r-n-g-r~nt2
-e~ -e -s -r-, -r-a-x~eLs
12an~u~-
7~-ar -m ---w~aLgle i
_ra_t
_e_s
_ .
2/ Ratio of Index of Prices Received to Index of P~lces Paid , Inte~est, Taxes
and Farm Wage Rates. 3/ Ratio is derived using the most recent P~ices Paid
Index.
3
GEORGIA FLORICULTURE SURVEY
The aggregate wholesale value of
floriculture !teas surveyed in
Georgia for 1985 was $20.45 aillion.
Individual 1985 values were: total
cut flowers, $0.49 aillion; total
potted flowering plants, $6.96
millio n ; total tollage,
$5.60
million; total
bedding plants
(flats), $4 . 27 aillion; and total
bedding/garden plants
(potted),
$3.13
aillion.
Coverage
ot
floriculture ites was expanded
.
significantly for 1985 production
tJ
coapared with the previous year's
survey.
Detailed inforaation is
available upon request.
I
1985 U.S. FLORICULTURE TOTALED
$1.71 BILLION
The 1985 equivalent wholesale value
of all sales for the 29 crops
surveyed in the 28 states totaled
$1.71 billion.
The equivalent
wholesale value of sales of the 17
coaparable crops for 1985 was $1 . 34
billion compared with $1.28 billion
in 1984. This represented a 5
percent increase. The value of cut
sweetheart roses and anthuriuas, and
potted hydrangea and geraniums
declined, while the other crops had
increases. The largest increases
were foliage with an $11 . 6 million
increase
and
cut
ainiature
carnations with a 27 percent
increase. African violets had the
highest value per square foot at
$6.75, followed by hybrid tea roses
at $4.86.
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rfft0RGIA
qf!'A9RM REPORT
Apri l 22, 1986 GF R-86- Volume 9
Received
APR 2 8 1986
DOC UMENTS UGA LI BRARIES
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
Stephens Federal Bldg. &lite 320 Athens, Georgia 30613
Phone: (404) 546-2236
HIGHL IGHTS Livestock & Poul try Inventory & Va lue Peanu t Production & Value of
Pr oduction
Ga. Poultry Cash Rece i p t s
Ga . Broile r Income & Pro duction Ga. Egg Pro d uction & Income Agr icultur al La nd Values
Milk Production
GEOR GIA LIVESTOCK AND PO ULT RY VALUES DOW N 7 PERCE NT
The value of li ve stoc k ( ex c luding
sheep and lamb s ) a nd poultry
(excl udi ng coamercial broiler s an d
turkey breeder hens
on Georgia
fa rms on January 1 , 1986, t o ta led
$63 7.7 million , a de cre ase of 7
per cen t f r om 1985 . Cattl e i nven t ory
va lue was down 6 percent . wh ile hog
val ue was do wn 9 pe r c e nt and chicken
val ue was down 12 percent .
U.S. LIVESTO CK AND POULTRY VALU ES DOWN 7 PERCE T The value of all livesto ck and pou ltry (excluding bro ilers and turke y bree d er hens) on t he Na ion's fa r ms on J a nua ry 1 , 1986 . was $46. 3 billi on , 7 per ce nt less than a year e arl ie r. Cattle inventory value was down 6 pe r c e nt whil e hog value was do wn 10 percent and chicken val u e was dow n 7 perce n t . The inv e nto r y va l ue of she ep and laabs i n the U.S. was up 5 perent.
LI VESTOCK AND PO UL TRY INVE NTORY. VA LUE. AND NUMBER OF OPERATIONS , JANUARY 1, 198 4, 198 ~, 1986
-------------------- ---No~-or__________________________________varu;---------------------------
operat io ns 1/
No . on Par a s
per Head
Total Value
Specie
1984
1985
1985
1986
19 85
1986
198~
1986
___ _________ ------------------- ----Nuaber------ ------r~ooo-Head
oorrar;- ---------r~ooo-ooii8r9--
GEORGIA
Cattle a Calves
Hoes 2/ Chickens 2/3/
TOTAL
37,000 13,500
37,000 11,000
1,750 1,200 26 , 584
1 . 700 1 ,150 25, 69 5
310.00 66 . 00 2.35
300 .00 63 . 00 2 .1 5
542,500 79 , 200 62,472
884,172
510,000 72,450 55,244
837 , 894
UNITED STATES
Cattle a Calves
Hoc 2/ Sheep Chickens 2/3/
TOTAL
1.000 Operatio ns
1,543 . 5 1,496 . 4
429.6
395 . 5
123.5
117 . 2
Million Hea d
109 . 7
105 . 5
54.1
52.3
10.4
11 . 9
374 . 0
368.2
Do lla rs
402.00
391 . 00
75.00
89 . 60
81.1
67 . 4
2.02
1. 90
Million Dolla r s
44 , 138 . 8 41,280.2
4,055.7 3,639.3
837.9
689.9
754 . 3
899 . 7
49,586.5 48,289.1
_____ _ 17-An-oper&trOn-r;-;iY-pr;c;-h;;rn&-on;-;r-.or;-;r-ii;-;p;cr;;-on-h an~ii-anv-tiae-du;rni
the year . 2/ Nuaber on faraa , averaee value and total value, Deceaber 1 previous yaar . 3/ Bxcludea coaaercial broilers .
.Agrlcu1tural St:atistie:l.-n aud Georpa Depart.ent of Agriculture
GEORGIA PEANUTS OFF 11 PERCENT
Peanut production in the Nation's
leading peanut State decreased by 11
percent
in 1985.
Production
declined fro the previous year's
record-high producti on of 2 .1 6
billion pounds to 1 . 92 bil lion
pounds in 1985. Even with that auch
reduction, the 1985 peanut crop was
23 percent larger than the 1983
crop.
Th e saaller production in 1985 resulted fro a a coab ination of fewer acres for harvest and a lower yield . ~cres harvested in 1985, at 593,000 ac res , was off 7 percen t froa the 1984 acreage and the 1985 yield, at 3,240 pounds per acre , was 135 pounds lifhter than the re cord-hi g h yield o 3,375 pounds per a cre harvested in 1984.
GPR-'86-Vol. 9
U.S. PE ANUTS DOWN 6 PERCENT
Production in 1985 totaled 4.12
billion pounds , 6 percent below th e
198 4 record high crop but 25 percent
a bove the 1983 crop.
Grow ers
planted 1 . 49 milli on acres and
harvested 1 .47 Million acres. This
represents a 5 percent d ecrease in
planted area fr om 1984 and a 4
percent decline in harvested area.
Yield averaged 2,8 10 pounds per acre
co ~pa red with t he record high of
2,878 pounds per acre set in 1984 .
Production in the southeastern States (Alabama, Florida, Geo r gia and South Car olina) totaled 2.76 billion pounds compared with 3.09 billion pounds in 1984--an 11 percent decline. Both planted and har ested area dropped 8 percent fr oa 1984. Average yie ld per acre w s down in all States excep t Sout h Carolina, where a 150 pound gain was posted.
PEANUTS
- ------------7---------- - xFea-~ T aniea----- - ----:----------AFea-HaFvesiea--------
_______ ___ __ ________________ ~ 1 ~1~--- -----=;--------------r--gg-i------------=- -------------r-~g-sr-~-~-~~---A=c-r-e-s----r~g i------:------r~gs--- -
Ala . Fla. Ga. N. Mex . N.C. Okla . S.C. Tex . Va .
221.0 85.0
643.0 14.6
157 . 0 97 . 0 15.0
232.0 98 . 0
201.0 80.0
595.0 12.4
155.0 87.0 12.0
252.0 96.0
219.0 77.0
640 .0 14.5
155 . 0 91.0 14.5
223.0 97.0
200.0 72 . 0
593.0 12.4
154.0 83.0 12.0
245 . 0 96 . 0
u.s.
Ala. Fla. Ga . N. Mex. N.C .
Os.kcla. .
Tex. Va.
;=-----1-L5-6--2-.6---vrera- ---1L-4-9-0 -. -4 --- -:------1 L-5-3-1-.0-~Foauciion-1L-4-6-7-.4---
=-------rggi-----:-------rggs-----:-------rggi----- -;------r_g_g__o_-_-_--_ =--------------~ounas--------------------------r~~~~-~ounas
2,960 3 , 200 3,375 2,220 2,900 2,077 2 , 700 1 ,665 2,780
2,950 3,000 3,240 2,580 2,935 2,06 0 2,850 1 ,725 2,955
648,550 246 ,4 00 2,160,000
32,190 449,500 189,000
39,150 371,295 269,660
590 , 000 216,000 1,921,320
31,992 451,990 170,980
34,200 422,625 283,680
u.s.
Ala. Fla. Ga . N. Mex. N.C. Okla. S.C. Tex. Va.
____ ;=. -------------2-rLg8-7g-8i~-Fi-c-e---~-e-F---~-o-u-n-2ra-g8-1g-0s----------:=------------4--.4-r0-g5vgiir-7u-4e-5---o-r:--~-F-o-a-u4-~-I1rI2go2gnLs7-8-7_______ _ ; -------- - -----Pounas-- -------- ---- ------------r~uuu-Pounas
28 .5 26.6 28.8 29 .0 27 .2 26 .9 23.0 25 . 9 26.2
22 . 7 22 .5 21.7 29.3 27 . 2 26.3 17.2 25.5 20.2
184,837 65 , 542
622,080 9,335
122 , 264 50 , 841 9,005 96,165 . 70,651
133,930 48,600
416,926 9 ,374
122,941 44,968 5,882
107,769 57,303
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2
POUL TRY INCOME DOWN FROM 1985
Georg i a's value of production froa
poultry
including
coaaercial
broilers, eggs and turkeys in 1985
totaled $1i083.6 aillion. This was
$128 . 5 ai lion or 11 percent less
than the record high set last year
but still the second highest of
record. Value of production of
coaaercial broilers and chickens, at
813.0 aillion, was 5 percent below
1984. Value of production of eggs
fell 27 percent froa 1984.
Georgia aaintained its rank as the second leadina coaaercia l broiler producing State, exceeded only by Arkansas. Value of production for turkeys in Georgia was $35.1 aillion. 2 percent aore than 1984 and 46 percent above 1983. The nuaber raised in 1985 was 2.63 aillion, 2 percent aore than 1984.
GEORGIA POULTRY PRODUCTION AND INCOME BY YEARS, 1981-198~ 1/
;~~;--------------------r-;~~~~~~~-1-;~~~~~=~-r-p~!~e---[---~~:~--r--v!Iue __ _
------------------------
____T2Ji1_o_u_s_anu~s---~~----
-:~~:~--~en~s
-~~~Te~:::_ ,vuv
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Coaercial Broilers 4/
1981
614.687 2.397,279
26.5
635,279
1982
610.735 2,442,940
25.0
610,735
1983
626,551 2,506,204
27.0
676.675
1984
636,785 2,610.819
32.0
835,462
1985
677,224 2,844,341
28.0
796,415
Hatching Egg Flocks
1981
9,297
66,9115
15.0
10,002
10,047
1982
7,934
62,904
14.4
9,071
9,218
1983
7,112
55,900
19.5
10,901
11.107
1984
6,973
55,493
26.2
14.301
14,566
1985
6,943
54,417
21.0
11.452
Other Flocks
1981
13,000
46,800
9.0
4.212
4,397
1982
13,509
50,744
9.0
4,567
4. 641
1983
10,893
41 , 327
11.3
4,655
4,743
1984
11,378
43,602
14.0
6, 013
6. 125
1985
10,578
40,196
12 . 7
5. 105
All Chickens Including
Coaaercial Broilers
1981
636 , 984 2,510,994
649,723
1982
632.178 2,556,588
624,594
1983
644,556 2,603,431
692,525
1984
655,136 2 , 709,914
856,153
1985
694,745 2,938,954
81 2 ,972
Turkeys
1981
2,734
65,343
39.0
25,484
1982
2,680
62,176
41. 0
25,4 92
1983
2,266
60 , 276
40.0
24,110
1984
2,582
72,038
48.0
34,578
1985
2,631
74,720
47.0
35 . 119
All Poultry Including
Broilers, Eggs, Chickens
and Turkeys
1981
1,020 , 578
1982
95 0 , 5 26
1983
9 Plr, 728
1984
1,212 , 113
1985
1,083,601
r7-TJie-proauc'Ion- year-oeiins-ueceioe r -r--previous - -ear-ana- enas-Nove i oer - ~u -
cu r rent year, except turkeys based on Septeber 1 t&rough August 31 ha tc h . 2/ Nu mber sold for chickens and number raised for tu r keys. 3/ Pounds so l d for c h i ckens . 4 / Live weigh t equivalent price .
The Geor9 i & F~rm Repo r T (ISSN- 0 744- 7280) I s publ ished sem i - mon thl y by the Geo r g ia Crop Reporting Ser v ice, St ephens Feder &! Bu ild ing , Athe ns , Ga , 306 13, L&rr y E. Sn ipe s , Statisti c i an In Charq e , Second c l &ss postage pa i d &T At hens , GA. Subsc ri pt i on t ee SIO per ye ar ex cept t ree t o dota conTri butors, Subsc r i pTion ln t or~ tlo n &va llab l e trom : Geo r g i a Crop Report ing Servi ce , Stephens Feder &! Bu i ld i ng , Suite 320 , At he ns , G~ . 306 13 Te l epho ne : (404 ) 546-2 236 ,
3
GEORGIA BROILER VALUE OF PRODUCT IO N DOWN 5 PERCENT
The val ue of p r oduct i on of Geo rg ia ' s coaaercial broilers totaled $796.4 million in 1985. This is 5 pe rc e nt less tha n the record high value of production set last yea~ but 18 percent above 1983.
The nuaber of bro ilers produced at
677.2 aillion was a record high ,
breaking the previous h i ~h of 636.8
aillion last year.
The nuaber
produced in 1983 totaled 626 .6
aillion birds.
GF R- 8 6- Vol . 9 The nuaber of p ounds produced in 1985 total ed 2. 84 billion 9 pe rcen t aore t han the 2.61 billion po unds prod ced in 1984 . Price pe r pound averaged 28 . 0 ce nts for 1985 coapare d with a re cord high 32.0 c ents in 1984. In 1983 price per po und averaged 27.0 cents and 25. 0 cents in 1982.
PRODUCTION AND VALUE OF GA. BROILERS
900 Year
800 j
700 j
i
; ;
600 ~
1960 19 70 1980 198 3 198 4 1985
Value (000) 171,206 196,987 588,820 676,675 835 , 462 796,415
SElECTED YEARS 1960-19851/
Number (000) 320,250 Lf 53 ,886 573,899 626,55 1 636, 785 677,2 24
~
r .i 1 -'
i __ . -!
I / I VaU. Dollara
1970
1980
liThe procb:tian year ia Dtc.l-Nav.30.
kX'J N1.rnber Broilera
4
GF R-86- Vol . 9
VALUE OF BROILER PRODUCTION DOWN 6 PERCENT
The value of broilers produced during 1985 was $5 . 68 billion, a decrease of 6 percent fro the 1984 record high of $6.02 billion. Record high levels of both birds and weight were ore than offset by a lower average price per pound. The total nuber of broilers produced in 1985 was 4.48 billion, up 5 percent fro 1984. A record high total of 18.9 billion pounds was produced copared with 17.9 billion pounds a year earlier. Prices in 1985 averaged 30.1 cents per pound on a live weight equivalent basis, copared with 33.7 cents during 1984.
BROILERS: PRODUCTION AND VALUB. 19 WEEKLY STATES AND OTHER STATES. 19&4-198~ 1/
~:::-~-l::~~~~~~~~~][:~!l~:::~~~~-r:~~~~:t::~~::t~~jj~
--Thousands
Cents 1.000
--Thousands --
Cents
1.000
Dollars
Dollars
Ala .
536,580 2.146.320
32.0
686,8Z2
~61,7~7
2,247,028
28.0
629,168
Ark.
724,964 Z,899,856
34 . 5 1.000,4~0
7~9.963
3.11~.848
31.~
981,492
Ca 11 f.
17~.469
824.704
36 . 0
296,894
174,338
819,389
33.5
274,495
Del.
189,615
910,1~2
36.5
332,205
196,399
94Z,71~
33 . 0
311,096
Pla.
96.1~0
394,215
32.0
1Z6,149
104,207
418,828
28.~
11&.796
Ga.
636,78~ 2,610,819
32.0
835,462
677,224 2,844,341
28.0
796,41~
Haw .
2,847
9,794
~1.0
4,995
2.3~9
8,964
52.0
4,861
Iowa
2. 100
16,800
36.0
8,048
2,000
17,000
32.0
~.440
Ky .
2,994
17 , 665
32 . 0
~.6~3
3,176
14,610
28 . 0
4,091
Md.
271.168 1. 138.906
38.~
4 1~.701
272,429 1.144,Z02
33.0
377.~87
Mich.
1,130
4,748
33 . 0
1,~66
1,300
5,480
31.0
1,693
Minn .
25,600
120 , 320
32 . 5
39.104
26 , 900
134.~00
28.5
38,333
Miss .
312,170 1. 279.897
35.0
447,984
328,732 1.347,801
31.0
417,818
Nebr.
1,050
4,515
39 . 0
1,761
885
3,829
35 . 0
1,270
N. Y.
670
2 ,9 48
35 . 0
1,032
1,750
7,700
31.5
2 , 426
N.C.
428,260 18.844. 344
32 . 0
602,990
447,300 1,988 , 1ZO
28.0
~~1.074
Ohio
9,()00
37.800
29.0
10,982
9 , 000
37,800
25.~
9,639
Okla.
60,530
236,067
33.~
79,082
81,730
240,747
30.~
73,428
Orec.
13,400
60,300
35.0
21 , 105
14,400
64,800
33.0
21,384
Pa . 4/
89,435
366,684
33 . 0
12 1,006
94, 696
397,723
31.0
123,294
S . C.
57,175
211 , 548
32.5
66 ,7 53
60 , 387
229,395
28.5
6~.377
Tex.
200.~00
842,100
3~.0
294,735
21~.900
928 , 370
32.0
297,078
Va .
147,829
835,665
33.5
212,948
1~4.096
676,022
30.5
206,797
Wash .
21.700
9~.480
37.5
3~.80~
23,000
101,200
32.~
32,890
W. Va .
28,020
96,274
37.0
35,821
25 , 689
95,049
31.0
29.465
'Wis.
11,500
48,300
31.0
14,973
11.200
47,040
26.0
13,171
otb;;-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
states 5/
237,950
966,727
32.9
317,719
247,9~2
992.~09
29.4
291,8 10
fotai-67 ___ ____ ___ ____ i~282~391--17~8&2~9ii
33~7--6 ~ o17~5o4
i~i7a~749--18~85o~79o
3o~~----5:&ao~188
1&-weeki;----------------------------------------------..----------------------------------------
sts . 7/ 4,135,018 17,230,410
33.7 ~.8 1 1.~74 4,32(,470 18,188,678
30 .2
5,484,808
17-arori;r-production-rnCiudiii-other-;;;t:type-breed;~--i~iv;-;;Iiht-equiV&I;D~price .
3/ Oroaa incoae includlnc hoae consuaption . 4 / Included are broilers destroyed due to the outbreak of Avian influe nza in 1983. ~/ IN. LA, MB , MO. and TN coabined to avoid dlacloainc individual operations . 8/ Excludes sta t es producinc leas than ~ 0 0,000
birds and includes broilers deatroyed due to tbe outbreak of Avian influenza in 1983. 7/ 19 states in the weekly eatiaatinc procraa: AL,AK,CA,DE.PL,G~.LA,HD,MS,MO,NC,OR , PA,SC, TN.TX , VA,'WA, and WV.
6
GEORGIA FARMLAND VALU ES DECLINE
CONTINUE
The value of Georgia's farmland and
buildings averaged $822 per acre as
of February 1986.
The value
declined 5 percent fr o the average
of $8 65 per acre on April 1, 1985
and was 15 percent below the peak
value of $971 p~r acre set back in
1981.
The
average value per
acre
encoapasses wide variations due to
farm
productivity,
coamodities
produced and location within the
State.
Such factors as urban
pre ssures, deaand for land for
non-faraing purposes, faras used
priaarily for residences and strong
urban
economies ainiaized the
decline in average
value of
agricultu r al land in Georgia.
DOWNTURN IN U. S. CONTINUES
LAND VALUES
U.S. faraland values dec lined again la st year, cont inuing the downward trend that began in 198 1. U.S. fa raland averaged $59 6 an acre on February 1, down f r om $679 last year and a pe ak of $823 in the early 1980's . The national av e rage covers a b r oad variety of far and ranch land, from semi-arid grazing land to highly producti ve land in specialty crops near urban a reas.
Real values , which ar e adjusted fo r
inflation , ha ve re trea t e d to the
l evels of the mid-1960's.
The
continuing erosion of v a lues this
decade ref lec ts the
gene r ally
depressed farm economy, severe
financial stress on many faraers
with large deb t loads, cautious
attitudes of som e f arm lende r s , and
the large number of acres offered
fo r s ale r ela tive to lim i ted demand.
In addition, buyers appear to be
waiting for lower values.
FARM REAL ESTATE VALUES: AVERAGE VALUE PER ACRE OF LAND AND BUI LDINGS,
BY SELECTED STATES , GROUPED BY FARM PROD UCTION REG I ON,
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Corn Belt
Ohio
1,483 1,730 1,831 1,629 1. 504 1 , 44 4 1,126 1.01 3
Indiana
1,589 1,863 2,031 1,804 1,610 1,594 1. 259 1,058
Illinois
1 , 858 2 , 041 2,188 2,023 1,837 1 ,8 00 1 ,314 1,143
Iowa
1,550 1,840 1,999 1 ,889 1,684 1,499 1,064
841
Missouri
726
902
990
945
8 56
856
659
606
Northern Plains
N. Dakota
347
405
436
455
439
439
360
317
S . Dakota
256
292
329
349
348
338
250
215
Nebraska
525
635
729
730
701
617
444
3 64
Kansas
501
587
619
628
601
583
466
387
Appalachian Virginia W. Virginia N. Carolina Kentucky Tennessee
930 592 1,051 861 860
1,028 669
1 ,2 19 976 976
1,118 681
1,340 1,033 1,070
1,096 723
1 , 297 1,058 1,040
1,125 688
1,314 1,049 1,014
1,114 667
1,380 1,007 1,044
1,091 554
1,242 906 982
1,146 537
1,130 870 992
Southeast S. Carolina Georgia Florida Alabaaa
773 777 1 , 149 639
900 896 1,381 780
972 971 1,565 910
980 926 1,518 885
946 929 1,576 826
927 910 1,608 809
899 865 1,527 769
872 822 1,435 761
Delta States Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana
681 770 1. 001
819 918 1,256
1,034 1,056 1,454
981 1,096 1,414
894 972 1,351
939 933 1,351
835 849 1,256
752 705 1,005
T487-STtnaetsees-vaTues-a6r2e8-oasea7-o37n-Tana8=1v9aTue-8o2e3ncniarK78s8-oofaT7n8e2a-rroi-6f7n9e-censu59s6___
of Agriculture. For intercensal years, interpolations and extrapolations are aade using indexes . 2/ Agricultural Resources Outlook & Situation Suaary, USDA. ERS, April 9 , 1986.
7
GEORGIA MILK PRODUCTION UP 3 PERCENT
r.eorgia's dairv herds 9roduc e d 121 million pounds of mil k during March 1986, 3 pe rc ent more than
March 1985. The number of milk cows averaged 117,000 head during the month, .the same as a year ago. ~reduction per cow averaged 1,030 pound s for March, com pa red with 1,000 pounds last year.
U.S. MILK PRODUCTION UP 7 PERCENT
~ilk production during March 1986 totaled a record 12.7 billion pounds, 7 percent more than March 1985. Production per cow aver aged 1,1 43 pounds, 43 pounds above March 1985. The total number o f
milk cows in herds averaged 11.1 million head during March, 3 percent above March 1985.
MILK COWS ANn MILK ?RODUCTION, MARCH 1985-1986
Georgia
Un~ted States
rtem
Unit
1985
1986
1985
1986
~o . Mi]k Cows on Farms 1/
Thous. Head
117
117
10,848
11,130
Mjlk Producti on per Cow 2/
Pounos
1,000
1, 030
1,100
1 143
Total Milk Produ ~ tion 2/
Mil. Lbs .
117
121
11,929
17 1nr.lwi~s drv cows, e~cludes hei fers ot yet fresh. 27 Exclud~s milk sucked
12 I 726
by calves.
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* * * * * * * *
states surveyed
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for
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NOTI CE
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*
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*
*
*
monthly milk production
* * * *
will be
* * * *
reduced
* * * *
from 33
* *
to
* *
* 21 beginning with the May 14 , 1986 report. The 21 s t ates represent about 85 percent * of the U.S. production. Georgia will be dropped from the monthly estimates but in-
* *
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e*lu*d
e* d
*
i
n
*
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ua
*
rterly
* * ~
estimates
* * * * *
f*or*
all
* *
s*
tates
* *
be
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i
ng
*
with
* * *
the
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Julv 16
* . *
report.
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Grorgia Crop Reporting Servtce
Stephens Federal Bldg.
Suite )20 Athens, Georgia JOb 13
SECOND-CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT ATHENS, GA 3061.3
42F01 1J 0000 95-257-09520
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UNIV OF GEORGIA
OOCUME TS SECT LI BR ARY
ATH ENS
GA 30 0
Received
REPORT MAY 05 1986
April 30, 1986 GFR -8 6-Voluae 10
DOCU IE'-JTS UGA LIBRARIES
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
Stephens Federal Bldg. &lite 320 Athens, Georgia 30613
Phone: (404) 546-2236
HIGHLIGHTS Poultry Summary Cattle on Feed Grain Stocks
Peanut Stocks & Processing
U. S. Dairy Summary
Red Meat & Poultry
Li vestock Slaughter Cold Storage
GEORGIA MARCH EGG PRODUCTION UP FROM LAST YEAR
The State's laying flocks pr odu ced 384 million eggs during Mar c h 1986, up 2 percent from last year . March production included 273 million table eggs and 111 million hatching eggs .
The average number of all layers for March was 18 . 0 million, 3 percent aor e than a year ago. The total consisted of 12.4 million layers for table eggs and 5 . 6 mill i on for hatching eggs. Eggs lai d per 106 layers du ri ng March averaged 2,128 coapared with 2,143 for the previous year.
All layers o n April 1, 1986 totaled 17.9 aillion , 3 percent aore than the 17.3 million on April 1 , 1985. The rate of lay on April 1, 1986 fo r all layers averaged 69.6 eggs per 100 layers compared with 70.9 on April 1, 1985 .
U.S . EGG PRODUCTION UNCHANGED, LA YER NUMBERS UP 1 PERCEN T
Laying flocks in the Nation's 20 major egg pro d ucing states produced 4. 93 billion e ggs during March 1986, vi rtually unchanged from the 4.94 billion produced a year ago .
Production in cluded 4.35 bi lli on
table or commercial type eggs and
584 mill i on hatching eggs .
The
n umber of layers producing table and
hatching eggs during March averaged
232 mi l lion, 1 percent above the 230
mil lion a year ago . Egg production
per 100 laye rs for the total laying
flock was 2,124 eggs, coapared with
2,145 eggs for 1985 .
All 1 ayers on April 1, 1986, for the 20 sta tes totaled 231 aillion, 1 percent above the 229 million a year earlier. The 231 aillion layers consist ed of 201 million for table o r com me rcial type eggs and 30.3 milli on for hatching eggs. Rate of lay on April 1, 1986 , for all layers averaged 69.1 eggs per 100 layers, compared with 70 . 1 a year earlier.
Acricultaral Stat:f.atlciaD and Georgia Depart:.eat: of Acricult:ure
.. - , . ...G~ .- 01. 10
~
----------- ----~gM~~R_Qf_hAY~R~-A~Q-~QQ_ fRQQgIlQ~~-MARtl_l~~2------------------
No. Layers on
Eggs per 100
Total Eggs Produced
Hand-March
Layers-March
During March
1985
1986
1985
1986
1985
1986
---------------------rho~;;~d;--------------N~;b;; --- - - -----------MiiTio~;------
Georgia
Hatching
5,366
5 , 656
1,928
1 , 956
103
111
Other
12 , 133
12,386
2,241
2,201
272
273
Total Georgia
17,499
18,042
2,143
2,128
375
384
I21~l-Y~~~------~1Q~121----~1~~Q1~-----g~l!2______g~ ! ~!______!~~!~------!~~~2-- ~
--- ----- -------~QQ~_lli_l~Y~AIQR~L-AfRlh _ !~-!~~2L _glil i~Q-~IAI~~------------ -----
l!~!-------------- - ----1~~2- - ---------- --12~2 --------------~-Qf_Y~~ -AgQ ________
Thousands
Chickens
Egg Type
36,628
38,896
106
Broiler Type
348,365
361,5 64
104
I~~~~~--------~-- --- -~2LQ!~--- --------- ~~~1!Q __________________!!Q___ __________
GA . BROILER AND EGG-TYPE HATCH UP
The March hatch of broi l er-type chicks at 65.2 million was 6 percen t more than a year earlier. Egg-type chicks hatched dur i ng Ma r ch totaled 3.6 million , an incre a se of 16 percent froa a year ago.
U.S. BROILER AND EGG - TYPE HATCH UP
Egg-type chicks hatched during March in t he U. S. totaled 39.7 raillion, an increase of 8 percent from March 1985. The March 1986 hatch of broiler-type chicks, at 433 million, was 3 percent above March 1985 .
PO ULTRY HATCHING AND PLACEMENT - -MARCH 1986
----- ------------------------- --------------- ---- ----%-- -o-f -------------- -------------%- -o-f
Ma r.
Feb.
Ma r .
year
Jan . thru Mar .
year
Item
19 85
1986
1986
ago
1985
1986
ago
-----------------------------------T-h-o-u--s -a-n-d-s---- --------------------- --T--h-o-u-s-a-n-d-s---- -----------
Pullet Chicks Placed Doestic (u.s.) 1/
Broiler Type Egg Type
3 ,6 03 289
3. 4 20 25 6
3,675
102
329
114
1 0 , 091 665
10,490
104
794
119
Chicks Hatched Broiler Type
Georgia United States
61 , 485
56 , 5 24
65, 20 0
106
17 3 .563
18 2,396
105
4 18 , 842 375 , 97 7 43 2,66 6
103 1,185,050 1.21 8,062
103
Egg Type Georgia United States
3,123
3,135
3 ,631
116
36 ,9 23
34 , 745
39 ,745
108
6 ,9 56 93, 6 31
9,824
141
108,877
1 16
Turkeys Poults Placed u.s .
18 , 494
18 . 642
20 ,7 22
112 2 /93,6 37 2 / 106,776
114
-1-/ -R--e-p-o-r-te-d--b-y---le-a-d-i-n-g---b-r-e-e-d-e-r-s-. --i -n-c-l -u-d-es---ex-p--e -c-te-d---p-u-l-l-e-t--r -e-p-l -a -c-em--e-n-t-s--fr-o-m---e-g-g-s --so--l -d--
during t he preceding onth at the rate of 125 p u l l et chicks per 30 dozen cas e of eggs .
2 / Turkey poults placed Septeaber 1985 - March 198 6 .
2
COMMERCIAL POULTRY SLAUGHTER 1/, MARCH 1986
---------------------------------------------------llil--o-f-------------------------llil--o-f
I tell
Mar .
Feb.
Mar .
year
Jan . thru Mar .
year
1985
1986
1986
ago
1985
1986
ago
--------------------------------T-h-o-u-s-an-d--s ------------------------T-h-o-u-s-a-n-d-s--- -- ---------
Young Chickens
Geo r gia
50,162 46,2 79 55 ,38 5 110
155,164
156,861 101
United States
354,4 08 323,560 371 , 350 105 1,054 ,9 70 1. 080.350 102
Mature Chickens
Ligh t Type, u.s . Heavy Typ e , u. s . Total u.s .
13 , 280 11,849 14,312 108
3 , 236
2, 598
3,366 104
16 , 5 16 14,447 17 , 678 107
45 , 882
9. 163 55 , 045
41,642
91
9 ,09 6
99
50,738
92
Total All Types, Ga .
3,038
2,694
3. 414 112
10,937
8 ,900
81
Percent Condeaned
Young Chickens
Georgia
1. 8
1.7
2/1.8
1.7
United States
1.9
2.0
2/1.8
2/2 . 0
17-iect;;;!Ty-inspe~tect-91;~ght;;-d;t;-;;-~~~~;~ted-by-ie8t-;nd -P~~~t;;-rnspe~ti~n--
Pr ogra. Current aonth data estimated by Market Ne ws S ervic e . 2/ January-February c onde11natl ons.
CATTLE ON FEED DOWN 8 PERCENT Cattle a nd ca l v es on fee d April 1. 1986 for the slaughter market i n the 13 qua r ter ly states totaled 8 . 92 million head, down 8 per cent from a year ea rlier . Placement of cat tl e a nd calves into f eedlots during the January-March 1986 quarter totaled 5.26 million he ad , down 1 perc en t fro a year ago. Ot h er d isappe a r ance tot aled 316 thousand head leavin g n et placements o f 4.94 illion head.
Marketings o f fed cattle for slaughter during the January-March 1986 quart er totaled 5 . 72 million head , down 3 percent from the corresp onding quarter last year. Cattle feeders inte nd to market 5 .73 illio n head during the April-June quarter of 1986. This would be a decrea s e i n marketings of 1 pe r cent from the April-June quarter of 1985.
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Nu mber
1986 as %
Number
1986 a s %
1 ~~~-------- -------- _____ !g~~----lg~___Q!_!g~~- - _!g~~-----lg~ _____ Q!_!g~~-
1,000 Head
Per c en t
1, 0 00 Head
Percent
On Feed Jan . 1 Placed on Feed
Jan. 1 - Mar . 31 1 /
10,653
9,6 94
91
5 , 315
5, 26 0
99
8 ,6 35
7,860
91
4,3 82
4,44 1
101
Fed Cattle Marketed
J an . 1-Mar. 31 1/
5 ,907
5,723
97
4 , 881
4,773
98
Other Disapp e arance
Jan . 1-Mar . 3 12 /
373
31 6
85
310
26 5
85
On Feed Apr. 1
9 , 688
8 , 915
92
7 , 826
7,263
93
Marketings Apr.-
-~~~~ - --------- ------- -~ L2 ~1~1- _! L ~~1 1 ____ ~~---- -~L!~1~! ___ !L! ~ 1g~ ______!QQ___
1/ Includes cattle p lac ed on fee d after beginni n g of quarter and mar keted
before end of qu arter. 2 / Inclu des dea th losses, ~ove~ent from f ee dl ots t o
pa s tures and shipm ents to othe r feedlots for furth er feedin g . 3/ Tot a l
marketings including thos e placed on feed af t er April 1 and aark et ed before
Jun e 30 . 4/ Expected total mar keti ngs includ i ng an all ow ance for t hose plac ed
on feed afte r April 1 and aarketed before June 30.
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GEORG IA SOYBEAN AND WHEAT STOCKS UP 14 PERCENT
Soybeans in all positions on April
1. 1986, in Georgia, totaled
16,812,000 bushels, 14 percen t more
than the 14,710 , 000 b ushels on hand
April 1, 1985.
Farm stocks of
6,696,000 bushels were 29 pe r cent
above April 1, 1985.
Off-fa rm
stocks total ed 10 ,116,000 bushels,
up 6 perc ent from Apr i l 1, a year
earlier .
Stocks of wheat i n all position s totaled 2,916,000 bushels, up 14
GFR-86-Vol. 1-0
percent from the 2,565 ,000 bushels
on hand a year earlier . Wheat
stored on farms totaled 895,000
bushels , down 18 percent , but
off-farm
stock s
amounted
to
2 , 021,000 bushels, up 37 percent
from the April 1 1985, level.
Corn stock s for Georgia are not published separately, but included in "other states " and the U.S . totals.
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on Farms
Off Farms 1/
All Posit i ons
~!~in _____ _____ l~~2_______ l~~2 _______ l~~2_______ l~2_______ l~~2-------l~2 ____ _
- - - 1 , 000 Bushels - - -
Wheat
1,090
895
1,475
2,021
2 , 565
2,9 16
~2~Q~~n~- ------2L~QQ ___ ___2L2~2------~L2lQ_____!QL!l2_____ liL1!Q_____ l2Ll~----
}/ Includes stocks at mills , elevators, warehouses , terinals and processors .
u.s. CORN, WHEAT AND SOYBEAN STOCK S
UP Co rn stored in all pos itions o n April 1, 1986 , is estimated at 5.95 billi on bushels, 50 pe rc ent more than the April 1, 1985, total of 3.97 billion bushel s. Of the total corn stocks on-hand Apr i l 1, 1986, 67 percent, or 3 . 98 billion bushels was stored on -far s. This is 40 percent more than the April 1 farm stocks a year ago. Off - farm stocks , at 1 . 97 billion bushels are 74 percent above April 1, 1985. All wheat stor ed in all positions on April 1, 1986 is estimated at 2.12 bill ion bushels , 27 percent more t han the 1.67 billion bushels on hand April 1, 1985. Wheat stored
on- faras amounted to 799 million bushels , up 12 percent fr om April 1, a year ago. Off-f ar m stocks, at 1 . 32 bil li on bushels , are 62 percent of total tocks. The off-farm total is up 3 9 per cent from April 1, 1985. Soybe ans stored in all positions on Apr il 1, 1986, to taled 1.18 billion bu shels, up 31 percent from the 896 million bushels in storage on April 1 , 1985. Farm sto cks , at 599 million bushels, were up 23 percent from the April 1, 1985, total of 487 million bushels. Off-farm stocks were esti mated at 577 million bushels, up 41 percent fro m the 409 Million bushels on April 1, 1985.
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on Fa rms
Of f Farms 1 /
All Positions
Q~in __________ l~2_______ l~ ~2__ _____ l~~2 _______ l~2 _______ l~2 ____ ___ l~~2 ____ _
- Millio n Bushels
Corn
2.83 4
3,980
1.132
1,965
3,966
5.9 45
Wheat
713
799
95 4
1, 324
1 , 667
2 ,124
~2~Q~~n~--------i~1________ 2~~--------!Q~___ ____ _211___ _____ ~2______lL!12____ _
1/ Includes stocks at ~ills, elevators , war eh ouses, terminals a nd processo rs.
The Georgi~ Farm Report ( iSSN-0744-7280) Is published semi-monthly by the Georgia Crop Reporting Ser v ice, Stephens Federal Buildi ng , Athens , Ga, 30613, Larry E, Snipes, St~tlstlclan In Charge, Second class postage pa id at Athens, GA. Subscri ption fee S10 per year excGpt free t o data contributors, Subscript ion ln formot lon availa ble from : Georgia Crop Reporting Service, Stephens Fod era! Bulldin Suire 32~, Athens, GA. 30613 elephone: (404) 546-22}6.
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MARCH PEANUT STOCKS
Peanut stocks in commercial storage on March 31, 19 86 , totaled 2.18 bill i on pounds of equivalent farmer stock. This t otal includes 1 .17 bill ion pounds of actual farmer stock.
Shelled peanuts on hand to taled 942 million pounds of equ iv alent far me r stock. Roasting sto ck totaled 68 . 2 aillion pou n ds . There were 143 mil lion pounds of Commodity Credit Corporation uncommitted stock on hand as of March 31. 198 6 .
E DIBLE USE AND CR USHINGS
Commercial processors utilized 104
aillion pounds of shelled edible
grade
~eanuts
during
March.
Utilization for peanu t butter was
56 .1 million pounds. utilization
for peanut cand y was 24 . 8 million
pounds, and utilization for sa lted
peanuts was 1 9 . 1 mill io n pounds.
Crushings fo r oil, cake, and meal to tale d 85.9 million pounds during t he 11onth.
_______ ~eriSoTaO-C-K-S---O-F raPErAmNerU-T-S- A-N-D---SsPnEeCiITFeIEaD PRODURCoTSa~AtTingM-O-N-TH--'SrarENmDet-s1t9o85cK- -1E9q8u6iv1a/ient--
Endtng
Stock
Peanu ts
Stock
Shelled
Tot al
-- ---------------------------~L__I7Urru-p~~*a~h~!!l______ E~~~~!~-------2L _______
1985 March 1986 January Febr uary March
1,236,219 2,147,253 1 ,7 21,472 1,169,536
839,515 648,088 674 , 194 708,343
83 , 937 60 ,3 77 63,184 67 , 160
1,116,555 861,957 896,678 942,096
2,436,711 3,069,587 2,681,334 2 . 179 , 792
cr7cc-Exinciucao~emse-srtcoicaKl s-sotonr-aragrems s. 7--FTanr mcieuraessto-sctkocoKns-noewt nweae-iog-h-t
or-nera-ror-account-or-basis. 2/ Includes
shelled edible and shelled oil stock . 3/ Actual farmer stock, pl us roasting
stock , plus shelled peanuts X 1.33.
DAIRY SITUATION 1 /
Milk
produc ti on reached 143. 7
billion pounds in 1985, up 6 percent
from a year earlier and almost 3
p ercen t from the 1983 record .
Production accelerated after the end
of the divers i on program and posted
large increases during the second
half of 1985. For th e year , average
cow numbers were up 1.8 percent f r om
1984, while milk per c ow rose 4.2
percent.
Commercial disa ppea rance in 1985 surged to a record 131 billion pounds, up 3.3 percent (3 . 6 percent on a daily average basis) from 1984 and 7 percent from 1983. Prospects f or 1986 commercial use ar e good, al though the strong growth rate of the pa st 2 years might not be sustaipable. Retail dairy pr ices are expected to decl i ne slightly, implying a large r drop in real prices than in mos t recent years.
Real per capita in come is expected
to rise.
Unless the econo my
falter s , commer cial dis a ppea ra nce
prob ably wil l incre ase 2-4 percent
in 1986. Even without the herd
buyout program, inc rea s es in milk
producti on would be expected to
diminish as the year pro gresse s.
Prices received by farmers f or all
milk delivered to plants and dealers
during 1985 averaged $12 . 73 per
cwt ., 72 cents below 1984. The
ef fec tive all-milk price (adjusted
for differences in dedu c tions) was
$12.6 1 , down 34 cents from 1984 .
During Januar y-F eb r uary thi s year,
the pri ce receiv e d by farmers for
all milk averaged $12 . 45 per cwt .,
$1.40 below a year e arl ier. For all
o f 198 6 , the all - milk price is
expected to average 2 0 to 60 cents
lower than 1985 .
The effective
price will b e down 45 to 85 cents.
1/ Da i ry Outlook and Situation
Rep o rt, USDA. ER S, Marcb 1986.
5
GPR-86-Vol . . 10 PRODUCTION AND MARKET I NG CHANGES FOR RED MEAT AND POULTRY 1/
MEAT CONSUMPT I ON
PORK'S MARKET SHARE DECLINE S
We're a nation of meat and poultry eaters , aore so than ever ... 21 1 pounds for each o f us in 1984, up fro 164 pounds i n 1955 . Estimates indicate that per capita me at and poul try consuapt ion was 2 14 poun ds in 1985 .
The 1x ha s ch a nged , too. Despite a
rise from 71.8 to 80. 4 pounds per
capita between 1955 and 1984, beef
and v e al' s share of t otal meat
consumption dropped from 44 to 38
per ce nt. Chicken and turk ey were
t he b ig g a iners, jumping from 26 . 3
pounds in 1955 to 67.1 pounds per
capita in 1984. Their share of
total aeat consuaption incre ased
fro 16 to 32 perc ent.
Pork
consumption at 62 pounds in 1984
was virtually the same as in 1955,
although its shar e declined from 38
to 29 percent.
PRODUCTION SHIFTS AMONG MEATS
Before 1953, pork had the largest s hare of U.S . mea t sales. More than 2 million farmers produced hogs in small enterprises , all using similar management practices. Per capita consumption rem ained relatively stable, with swings largely ac c ounted for by production cycles.
Pork consuaption in the United S tat es has be en stable for aany ye ars , but its arket share h as declin e d as total red aeat and poultry produ c t ion has increased. In the 1950's and 1960's the nuabe r of hog p roduc ers d eclined sharply. Fars we re combined into larger units o r the hog e nterpri s e was dropped . Prior to the coming of larger units, f a rmers were able to a ove in and out o f hog produc tion be cause the inve stae nt required was relatively ow.
BROILER INDUSTRY CONTINUES TO GROW
The shift to a modern , highly
coordinated broile r industry began
in the 1960's . Aft er very rapid
growth in the 1970's, broiler
production has expanded less in the
1980 's.
The largest
annua l
increase in output during this
decade occurred in 1 981--a 6
pe rcent expansion .
Production of Beef, Pork and Broilers in the USA-1970-1 986
Bilhon pounds
30
Beef producti on expanded dur ing the
early 19 50 's and, i n 195 4, per
capita consumption rose above that
of pork for the first time. The
hog
sect or
fa ced
s e veral
adjustments. Vegetab le oils b e~an
to give much stiffer competition
to t he la rd market, and the price
of la rd fell . Wi th lower deman d
for lard, hog producers became
mainl y meat p ro duce rs . Me anwhi l e,
c o nsumer pr efe rences for le an er
meats further enco ur aged a sh ift
toward a leaner hog.
-, . , /""' ; - ,', _Bee,f...-._.._ .....,-".
2 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - -
THE EARL Y 1970'S: EX PANSION
A TIME FOR BEEF
Low grain p r ices , growth in
consumer inco aes, a nd low inflation
rates in the l ate 1 9 60's and early
1970's provided
t h e econom ic
i ncentives to co nt inue expandi ng
beef product io n.
The cat tle
inventory grew at an unprecedented
rate , peaking at 132 million head
in 1975.
6
01 I I I I
I I I I I I I II I I
1970 72 74 76 78 80 82 84 86 Zf
1/ Natio nal Food Review, USDA , ERS, Winter 19 86. 2/ Projected.
GEORGIA 'S RED MEA T PRODUCTION DOWN 1 PERCENT
Georgia ' s red
eat production
totaled 35.4 million poun d s during
March 1986, 1 percent below March
1985 but 8 percent more than the
previous month .
The numbe r of cattle slaughtered by
commercial plants in Georgia during
March 1986 was 20,900 or 900 head
less th an Mar ch 1985, but 2,600 head
more th a n the prev i o us month.
Calves slaughtered during March
tot a led 600 head , 1 , 000 les s than
last year but 200 more than February
1986. The re were 151 . 6 th ous and
head
of hog s s laughtered in
Georgia's commercial plants during
March 1986 . This was 1,700 less
than March 1985 , but 9,900 more than
the previous month .
U . S. RED MEAT PRODUCTION DOWN 1 PERCENT
Commercial red meat production for
the United St ate s in March 1986
totaled 3.13 bi llio n po un ds , down 1
percent
from
March
1985.
January-March red meat production,
at 9.55 bil l ion pounds, was up
fractionally fro m last year.
Bee f production, a t 1.86 billion pounds, wa s vir tua lly unchanged from the previous year. Head kill was 2 . 84 million. down 2 percen t but the average live wei ght increased 18 pounds. Veal production, at 43 Million pounds , was up 8 percent . Calf slaughter totaled 294 thousand head, up 5 percent. Average live weight increased 8 pounds to 148. Pork production totaled 1 . 20 billion pound s, down 3 per c e nt. Hog kill , at 6 .86 million head, de c lined 4 percent, but th e average live weight incre a sed 2 pounds to 244.
GEORGIA AND UNITED STA TES LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER 1/
________ _______ __ _____ --------- - -----------------N~;b;~-sia~ghte~ e d
A;;~ ; i; - - ----- --- -- - - T~tai
Species
March
1985
1986
1986
J an . -Mar .
as % of '86 as % o f
1985
1985
Li v e Weight March
1985 1986
Li ve Weight
March
1 985
1986
----------- ------- --1~ooo - Head-- - ---p;;~;~t.---P;;~en t - ---------P~~~d;---- -- --- -1 ~ ooo-P~~ ~ds-
GEORG IA
Cat tle
21 .8
20 .9
96
102
Calves
1.6
0.6
38
26
Hogs
153.3
151 . 6
99
105
Sheep & Laabs
. 1
100
891
89 8
363
332
233
235
99
19,461 563
35 , 682
18,766 185
35 . 552 7
UNITED STATES
Catt le
2 , 882 . 6 2,839.1
98
Calves
278 . 8
293 . 5
105
Hogs
7,133.6 6,855.4
96
Sh e e p A Laa bs
578.1
540.1
93
99
1,092 1 , 110 3, 146,635 3,151 . 2 8 7
106
240
248
66 , 987
72,801
97
242
244 1 , 725,744 1,669,942
93
115
117
66,444
63 .139
17-r~ci~des-sia~ghte;-~~der-Fede~ai-rnspect.T~n-and-~th;;-c~;;;~ciai-;I;~ghter~ -;;;T~d;;-r;;; slaughter .
__ __ _ QMM~Rl~k -R~Q_M~~I -~~Q_ k~RQ_ERQQQI lQ~~-Q~l!~ Q- ~I~I~~-~ l !tl_ QME~Rl~Q~~-lL
Ma rc h
1986 as %
Jan.- Ma r. 2/
1986 as %
!lQQ_________________l~~~-----1~~~-----Qf_!~~~------1~~~----- !~~~--- -Qf_!~~~---
Million Pounds
Percent
Million Pound s Percent
Beef
1.858
1,861
100
5,691
5,769
101
Veal
40
43
108
119
129
108
Pork
1,232
1.198
97
3 , 618
3 , 564
99
Lam b & Mutton
33
32
97
93
89
96
Total Red Meat
3 , 162
3,133
99
9 ,52 1
9,5 5 2
100
k~Q_~L __ ______________11_______1~--------~~---------~~~------~~~------1QQ_____
1/ Based on packers dress weights and e xcl ud e s farm slaughter. 2 / Accu mul ate d
totals based on unrounded data . 3/ Preliminary lard pro duction inclu des
rendered pork fat .
7
____________ Q~Q-~!QRA~~-~!Q~~L-~~!!~Q-~!A!~~L-~ARtl_~lL-1~~~------------------
Mar. 31,
Feb. 28,
Mar. 31,
Percent of
0 rl
~~Q11l ________________ !~~2 _________ !~~2--------1~~2-----~~~~-1~~2--E~~~-1~~2-
l,ooo Pounds
Percent
Butter
291,669
245,479
289,399
99
118
Cheese, Natural
907,723
811,189
809 ,056
89
100
Eggs, Frozen
13,526
12, 762
1 0,696
79
84
Fruits, Frozen
511,287
597,135
542,222
106
91
Fruit Juices , Frozen 1,472 ,41 2
1,291,886 1,256,107
85
97
Meats , Red
721,245
615,272
621.143
86
101
Beef , Frozen
33 3,953
302,320
297 , 590
89
98
Pork, Frozen
314,114
"239 , 138
252,457
80
106
Poultry, Frozen
300,084
341,079
338,420
113
99
Turkeys, Frozen
131,058
161,253
14 9,711
114
93
Vegetables, Frozen
1,333,747
1,678,030 1,517, 740
114
90
Potatoes, Frozen
1,003,290
950,361 1,016 , 731
101
107
Peanuts, Shelled
439,821
394,177
414,425
94
105
Peanuts, In Shell
48,859
36,985
40,023
82
108
Pecans, Shelled
27,602
21,934
26,493
96
121
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HIGHLIGHTS Peach Forecast Wheat Forecast
1985 Tobacco & Cotton Estimates
Milk Production, Disposition, & Income
Agricultural Prices Hay Stocks Survey Announcement
9 SOUTHERN STATES PEACH CROP UP 29 PERCENT Peach production in the nine southern states is forecast at 485.4 million pounds, up 29 percent from last year's freeze damaged crop, but 36 percent smaller than the 1984 crop.
GEORGIA WHEAT PRODUCTION OFF 40 PERCENT
GEORGIA PEACH CROP UP 22 PERCENT
Georgia's 1986 peach production is expected to total 110 million pounds, based on conditions around May 1. The crop was reduced by winter and early spring freeze damage, especially for certain varieties in localized areas. The 1986 crop is forecast 22 percent higher than last year's crop that was damaged by multiple freezes. Limited harvest began in south Georgia during the week ended May 2, 1986.
Georgia's wheat crop is forecast at 15. 4 million bushels, a 40 percent drop from last vear's 25.6 million bushels. The decline is due to a comb ination of fewer a c r es for harvest and a drought-reduced yield. Acres for harves t are expected to total 550,000 this year, down 33 percent f rom a year ago. The yield is forecast a t 28 bushels per acre , the lowe st yield of the past decade.
U. S. WINTER WHEAT DOWN 12 PERCENT
PEACH PRODUCTION SOUTHERN STATES: 1984 - 1986
State
Ala. Ark. Ga. La. Miss. N.C. Okla. S.C. Texas
Mi ion Pounds
22.0
1.5
6.0
23.0
5.0
7.0
150.0
90.0
110.0
7.0
6.5
.1
5.0
2.5
.3
43.0
2.0
20.0
9.0
8.0
7.0
480.0
230.0
320.0
23.0
30.0
15.0
9 Southern
States
762.0 375.5
485.4
1/ Includes unharvested production and
harvested not sold (million pounds):
9 southern states, 1984-108.0, 1985-
22.0.
Winter wheat production in the U.S. is
forecast at 1.60 billion bushels, as of
May 1, 1986, the lowest level since 1979.
Forecasted production is down 12 perc ent
f rom 1985's production, due mainly to a
sharp decline in harvested acres.
Growers expect to harvest 42.8 million
acres for grain, 11 percent less than
last year.
Yields are expected to
average 37.4 bushels per acre, down 0.7
of a bushel from last year ' s yield.
Tenn.
u.s.
550 540 265 300
42,842
.
28.0 30.0 27.0 35.0
37.4
15:400 16,200
7,155 10,500 1,603,127
Agrieu.l~ural Su~isticlan and Georgia Depart.eut of Agriculture
State
Ala. Ariz. Ark . Calif . Fla . Ga. Kans. La. Miss. Mo . N. Mex . N.C. Okla . S.C . Tenn . Tex . Va.
u.s.
COTTO ACREAGE AND YIELD
Area Planted
Area Harvested
1984
1985
1984
- - - 1,000 Acres - - -
1985
309.0
330.0
307 . 0
329.0
480.5
4 16.5
479 . 3
415.3
470.0
465.0
465 . 0
440.0
1,410 . 0
1,330.0
1,400 .0
1,320.0
17.5
24.5
17 . 0
22.5
175.0
255.0
172.0
245 .0
.8
.8
.5
.6
650 .0
640.0
645.0
630.0
1,045.0
1,050.0
1 ,032.0
1,040.0
164.0
15 2.0
162.0
150.0
87.0
78.0
79 . 0
61.9
97.0
88.0
96.0
87.0
425. 0
370.0
375 . 0
360.0
104.0
124.0
104.0
122.0
340.0
340 .0
325.0
335 . 0
5 ,369.6
5 , 0 19.5
4,719.3
4,669.4
1. 0
1.3
1.0
1.3
11 145.4
10 684. 6
10 379.1
10 2 29.0
G~8 6- Vol. 11
1984
699 1 ,187
632 999 847 784 288 786 767 554 604 600 234 785 498 377 528
Yield 1985
Pounds 795
1,198 767
1. 132 693 725 320 565 764 653 638 646 380 708 600 406 443
600
630
State
1\la. Ar i z . Ark. Calif. Fla . Ga. Kans. La. Miss. Mo. N. Mex. N.C . Okla. S.C. Tenn. Tex. Va.
COTTON-- PRODUCTION PRI CE AND VAL UE
Produc tion in 480-Lb.
Pri ce
Ne t Wei ~ht Ba les 1 /
1984
I
198 5
per Pound
2/1984
I 311985
I
1 . 000 Bales
Cents
447. 0
54 5 .0
55. 3
53.8
1. 185. i
1,036. 7
62.2
57 .2
6 12 . 0
703 .0
55 .6
54 .9
2 ,9 13 . 0
3,114.0
66 . 8
58.5
30. 0
32. 5
57 . 9
52.0
281 .0
370 .0
58. 4
54.1
.J
.4
48 . 3
47 .9
I ,056 . 0
742 .0
54.3
54 .6
1, 650.0
1,65 5 .0
54. 2
54 . 7
187 . 0
204 .0
57.9
55 . 0
99.4
82.3
64 . 6
62 .7
120.0
11 7.0
61.8
55 . 0
183.0
285.0
48.3
47. 6
17 0~ 0
180. 0
61.0
57.0
337 . 0
4 19 .0
56.2
53.2
3, 709.9
3,945. 1
52.8
5 1.8
1. 1
1. 2
63. 0
55.0
Value of
Production
2/198 4 i
3/1985
I , 000 Dollars
118,652
140, 74 1
353,661
284,598
163, 331
185 ,2 55
934,024
874,411
8,3 38
8 , 112
78 , 770
96,082
70
92
275,236
194,463
429,264
434,537
51,971
53,856
30,8 41
24,785
35,597
30,888
42 , 427
65 . 117
49,77 6
49,248
90,909
106 , 996
9 40,2 3 4
981 , 034
333
3 17
u.s .
12,98 1.8
13,432 . 2
57.8
54 .8
3,603,43 4
3,530 , 532
1/ Production g i nned a nd to be g i nn ed . 2/ Incl ud es a ll o~ance for unredeemed loans.
3/ Av erage to Ap ri l I, i 986 ~ith no allo~ance for un r edeemed loans .
2
GEORGIA MILK CASH RECEIPTS
Cash receipts from marketings of all milk totaled $182.6 million in 1985, compared with $183.9 million in 1984. Producers received an average of $14.10 per hundred pounds of milk sold during 1985 , compared with $14.60 per hundred in 1984.
U.S. MILK CASU RECEIPTS
Cash receipts from marketings of milk in
the United States during 1985 , at $18.1
billion, were 1 percent above 1984 hut
were 3 pe rcent below 1983 . Producer
returns
averaged
$12.84
per
hundredweight, 70 cents below the 1984
average. Marketings totaled 141 billion
pounds, mi lk equivalent , 7 pe rcen t abo ve
1984. Market i ngs inc lud e who l e milk a nd
producer- s e parated cre am s o ld to plan ts
a nd dea le rs as well a s mi lk sold d ir e ctly
to con sumers .
An es t i ma t ed 2 . 47 b i l li on pound s o f mi lk wer e u sed o n farms whe re pr od uced, 16 pe rc ent les s than du r ing 198 4. Ca l ve s were fed 71 percen t o f this mi lk wi t h the rema inder consu med i n pr od u c er hous e ho l ds as milk, cream, and but t er .
GEORGIA'S 1985 LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY CASH RECEIPTS DOWN 7 PERCENT
The sale of livestock, poultrv and associated products brou~ht Georgia farmers $1.69 bil l ion in 1985, down 7 percent from the $1 . 81 bill i on in 1984. Commercial broilers again led the way in cash receipts with $796.4 million, 5 percent less than $835. 5 million the previous year. E~gs were second in total cash receipts with $235.5 million, a drop of 27 percent f rom 1984. Cash receipts from the s a l e of hogs tota led $196.4 mi llion, 10 percen t less than 1984's total. Cattle and calves cash receipts increa sed from a year ago, to $224.4 million, a n inc rease of 16 percent from the $ 193.1 mi l lion i n 198 4. Mi lk a nd c rea m cas h r eceipt s were down 1 perc ent to $ 182.6 mi ll i on.
GA. LI VESTOCK & POULTR Y CASH RECF.IPTS
Item
198 4
1985
Thousan d Dol lars
Hogs
217,4 58
196, 360
Cat t l e & Calves
19 3 , 125
22 4,36)
Mil k & Cream
183, 960
182, 595
Com' l Broilers
83 5 , 462
796 ,415
Other Chickens
20, 8 24
16, 557
Turke ys
34, 57R
35, 11 9
Eg g s
320,95 1
2 35,510
TOTAL
1! 806! 3 58
12 68619 2 1
MILK PRODUCTION AND INCOME 1984-1985
ia
Un i t e d States
Item
Un i t
1984
1985
198 4
1985
Number of Milk Cows 1/
Thous. Head
120
117
10,833
11,025
Milk Production per Cow
Pounds
10,617
11,128
12 , 503
13,031
Total Milk Produc t ion
Mil. Lbs.
1,274
1,302
135,450
143,667
Cash Receipts
)ofi l. Dols.
183.9
182.6
17 ,9 4 3.6
18,135.2
Value of Home Consumption 2/ Mil. Dols.
.6
.4
109 . 8
92.3
Gross Income 3/
Mil. Dols.
184.5
183.0
18,053.4
18,227.5
1/ Average number during year, excluding heifers not yet fresh. 2/ Valued at a veraged returns
per 100 pounds of milk in combined marketings of milk and cream. 3/ Cash receipts from market-
ings of milk and cream plus value of milk used for home consumption and produc er churned butter.
3
U.S. PRICES PAID INDEX
The Index of Prices Paid by farmers for commodities and services, interest , taxes, and farm wage rates for April was 160 percent of i ts 1977 average. The index declined 3 points from February and
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was 4 points below a year earlier. Lower prices for fuels and energy, feeder livestock and seeds accounted for most of the decline. The fuels and energy index was t he lowest since December 1979.
PRICES PAID BY FARMERS., APRI L 1 ~., 1986 WITH COMPARISONS
Price
Southeast 1/
United States
Commodity
per Uni t
Apr. 15, 1986
Apr. 15 ' 198 5
I Feb. 15' 1986
I
Dairy Feed 167.
S/Ton
165.00
17 1 .00
16 5 .00
Dairy Feed 187.
$/Ton
180.00
17 2 .00
17 4.00
Dairy Gone t . 327.
S/Ton
20 6.00
2 27.00
239.00
Hog Feed 14%- 18 7.
S/Cwt .
10.20
9.68
9.43
Hog Gon e t. 38 %- 4 2 7.
S/Cwt.
13.50
12.30
13.00
Beef Cattle Gonet.
327.-36%
S/Cwt .
12.20
10.50
10.60
Cottonseed Mea l 41 7.
S/Cwt.
12 . 40
11.90
11 .80
Soybean Meal 4 4%
S/Cwt.
12 .50
10.30
11. 10
Bran
S/Cwt .
11.40
9 . 54
9.43
Middlings
S/Cwt .
10.00
8.88
8.53
S/Cwt.
8. 34
$/Ton
181.00
$ /Ton
178 . 00
$/Ton
200. 00
Lbs.
Bu.
Lbs.
Apr. 15. 1986
164.00 17 5 .00 238.00
9.44 13.10
10.80 11.90 11.40
9.28 8.71
I NDEX NUMBERS--GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES
1977100
Mar. 1985
Apr. 1985
Mar. 1986
Apr. 1986
Georgia
Prices Received
All Commodities
12 4
120
122*
120
Crops
122
123
118
119
Livestock & Products
126
118
125*
120
United States
Prices Received
134
132
122*
120
Prices Paid 1/
164
16 4
160
Ratio 2/
82
80
3/75
75
* Revised. 1/ Mid-month index including interest, taxes and farm wage rates. 2/ Ratio
of Index of Prices Received to Index of Prices Paid, Interest, Taxes and Farm Wage
Rates . 3/ Ratio derived using the most recent Prices Paid Index.
4
GEORGIA !lAY STOCKS
Georgia's May 1 hav stoc ks, a t 186,0 00 tons, are 6 perc~nt lower than last vear ' s Mav 1 stocks of 198,000 tons. Livestoc k produce rs have had t o d r aw from these stocks sinc e Mav 1 d ue t o scarce g razin~ as a result " o f the extended drought.
U.S. !lAY STOCKS
Hay stocks on the Nation's farm s on Mav
1; totaled 27.1 million tons, up i
percent from last vear's stocks o f 26.9 million tons . Disappe a rance f rom J a nuary 1 through Ap r il totaled 69 . 7 mi llion tons c ompared with a disappearance of 73.7 mi llion tons for the same per i od i n 1985 .
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U.S . 1985 COTTON PROnUCTION UP 3 PERCENT
United States cotton product i on tota led 13.4 million bales in 1985, up 3 percent from the 1984 production and 73 percent larger than the 1983 c rop . The 1985 c rop was the largest crop since 1981 when 15.6 million bales were produced . Harvested a r ea, at 10.2 million acres, was down 1 nercent from 1984's harvested acres. Yield was a record high 630 pounds per a cre, 30 pounds above the previous record of 600 pounds set in 1984. (See tab l e on page 2.)
GEORGIA ON FARM GRAI N STORAGE CAPAC I TY
The survey ind i cated that on farm gra i n storage c a pa city for Georgia was 115.9 mil l i on bushels.
1985 GEORGIA TOBACCO CROP DOWN
The 1985 Georgia tobacco c rop , at
82 ,080 , 000 pounds , was 4 percent be l ow
198 4 's 85 ,5 00, 000 pound cro p.
Ac res
harv es t e d f or 1985 are esti ma t e d a t
36,000 a c r e s, 2, 000 ac r es below 1984 .
The r e c o r d vield , a t 2, 280 pound s per
acre, was up"30 pounds per acre f rom the
2 ,250 pound s of the previous ye ar .
However, the record vie ld was not
s uff ici en tl y hi gh enough t o offset the
decrease i n har vested a cre s.
27- STATE ON FARM STORAGE CAPAC I TY
An o n far m gra in st o rag e c apaci t y survev
was c onduc ted in 27 s ta tes.
Nea rly
45,000 report s fr om fa r me r s a nd ran c her s
were i ncluded in the s ur v e y . At t h e 2 7-
state l e ve l , the o n far m storage capac ity
was indicated a t 12. 9 billion bushels.
The data are n o t official Agric u l t ural
Statis ti cs Board es timates but provide an
i ndicat ion of farm s torage capacity.
U. S. TOBACCO PRODUCT I ON OFF 12 PERCENT IN 19 85
Produc tion of a l l t ypes of tobacco in the
Unit e d States in 198 5 t ota l ed 1 . 51
bill i on pounds, 12 percent be low the 1984
outpu t.
All
of the dec r e ase i s
attributed to acr eage r educt i on as
harvested acres dipped 13 percent to
689,000 acres, while yield climbed to
2,196 pounds per acre, 13 pounds above
the 1984 yield. (See table on page 7 .)
1985 GEORGIA COTTON PROD UCTION UP
Georgia's 1985 cotton produc t i on , at 370,000 bales (480 pound s net weight bales) was 32 percent above the 281,000 bales produced i n 1984. Acres harvested, at 245,000 acres, were up 42 percent from the 1984 harvested acres of 172,000. The increase in acreage more than offset the 59 pound decrease in yield from the 1984 record yield of 784 pounds of lint per a c re.
APRIL MILK PRODUCTI ON (2 1 STATES)
Milk pro d uc ti o n i n the 21 s e lected st a te s t otal ed 10.7 bil lion pounds. This was 5 percent mo re tha n t h e p r oduc t i on in these same state s i n Ap r il 1985.
MILK COWS & MILK PRODUCTION
APRIL 1985-86
21 Selected States
Item
Un i t
198 5
1986
No. Milk Cows Thous.
on Farms 1/
Head
9,11 0 9,208
Milk Produc-
tion pe r Cow
2/
Pounds
1 '118 1, 162
Total Mi lk
Mi l.
Production 2/ Lbs.
10,186 10,697
1/ Includes dry cows, excludes heifers
not yet fresh. 2/ Excludes milk sucked
by calves.
6
Stal:e
Conn. Fla. Ga. Ind. Ky. Md. Mass. Mo. N.C. Ohio Pa. S.C. Tenn. Va.
w. Va.
Wis.
Area Harvested
1984
I
1985
Acres
1,770
2,000
7,000
6,100
38,000
36,000
8,100
6,500
228,500
186,300
23,000
21 ,000
500
490
2,900
2 ,500
271 ,600
250,700
12,000
7,920
12,000
11,500
47,000
43,000
74,990
61,710
53,8 40
43,300
2,400
I ,800
8,100
8 ,200
TOBACCO BY STATES
I
Yield
I
1984
I
198'5
Pounds
I, 595
1 '658
2,560
2,675
2,250
2,280
2,320
2,240
2,320
2,300
1,320
1,350
1 ')70
I, 594
2,015
2,180
2,172
2,220
2,209
2,140
1,864
1 '904
2,245
2,300
2,062
2,065
2,153
2,104
1, 870
1 , 880
2,0 25
2,141
I
Production
I
1984
I
1985
1 . 000 Pounds
2,824
3 ,31 5
17,920
16, 318
85,500
82,080
18,792
14,560
530,088
4 28,409
30,360
28,350
785
781
5, 844
5 ,450
590,026
556,522
26,507
16 , 9 46
22,370
21,900
105,515
98 , 900
154,646
127,403
115 ,89 7
91,092
4,488
3,38 4
16,400
17,560
u.s .
Conn. Fla. Ga. Ind. Ky. Md. Mass .
~o.
N.C. Oh io Pa. S.C. Tenn. Va .
w. Va.
Wi s.
791 700
689 020
2 183
Season Average Pri ce per
Pound Received bv FarmerR
1984
I
1985
- - Cents - -
642.3
6 75 .9
180.4
170 .9
182 .6
171. 1
186.5
1 57.6
185.2
15 8.2
139.9
1/
838. 5
904 .2
185 .7
158.0
180.9
170.9
180 . 8
151 9
93.8
83.7
181.3
172. 7
179.2
157 .1
178.7
169.3
180. 0
155.5
11 0.5
103.0
2 196
I 72 7 962
1 5 12 970
Value of Produc ti on
198 4
I
1985
- - 1,000 Dol lars - -
18. 139
22 , 40 5
32,328
27, 887
156. 123
140 , 439
35,047
22 ,947
981,549
677,73 5
42, 474
38, 4 71
6,582
7 ,062
10,852
8,611
1 ,067 ,128
9 51 ,214
47,920
25 ,733
20,9 8 4
18 , 321
191,299
170,800
277 , 133
200 . 189
20 7,092
154,206
8 , 078
5,262
18,122
18,087
u.s.
180.6
164.5
3 ,120 850
2 489 , 369
1/ Evaluated at 135 .7 ce nt s per pound, the ave r a g e sa les thro u ~h Apr~l 2 9 , 1986.
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CROP AND LIVESTOCK SURVEY SCHEDULED
Farmers throughout Georgia will be asked
to participate in a nation-wide survey
during late May and early June.
Information obtained in the survey will
be used to develop estimates of 1986 crop
acreages and mid-year livestock numbers.
All
individual
information
is
confidential and used only in developing
official National and State estimates.
Larry Snipes, State Statistician, noted
that concerns about the current dry
weather, cost of production and r eturns
from farming are weighing heavily on
f armers ' plans this year.
These
uncertainties highlight the need for
acreage
and livestock
information
on which producers and others can rely.
Farmer cooperation on the survey is the
key to developi ng accurate estimates.
Representatives from the Georgia Crop
Reporting Service will interview a cross
section of farmers by telephone or
'ao..-..-.'..>...;
personal visit while questionnaires will be mailed to other farmers. National and
'-'
State estimates will be published by
USDA's Agricultural Statistics Board and
included in subsequent issues of "The
Georgia Farm Report". A report on 1986
crop acreages will be available on July
11, including estimates of yield and
production for several major crops.
Estimates of hog and pig numbers will be
released on June 23, and cattle numbers
on July 25. 8
GEORGIA
J;:ARM REPORT
-"1 4oo. c., '1
PJa<FoZMay
.310:;u
1986
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HIGHLIGHTS Farm Labor Livestock Slaughter Peanut Stocks Cattle on Feed Turkey E ~gs i n Incuba tor s Poultry Summary Cold Storage
Received
JUN 02 1986
DOCU MENTS UGA LIBRARIES
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
Stephens Federal Bldg. &lite 320 Athens, Georgia 30613 Phone: (404) 546-2236
The number of all hired farm workers
empl oyed in the southeast region declined 16 percent, from S5,000 workers during t he October, 198S survey to 46,000 workers for April. Of all farm workers,
h i red workers expected to work 149 days or l e ss during the year accounted for most of the decline.
Hi red
36.9
FARM LABOR PAY RATE UNCHANGED ; NUMBER OF WORKERS DOWN
The average hourlv ~age rate for all hired farm workers 1n the southeast region (AL, GA, SC) during the survev week of April 6-12, 1986, was $3.68. The wap,e r a te was unchanged from the most recent survey week in Oc tob e r, 198S. However, the rate increased 17 cents from the corresponding week in Apr i l, 198S.
survey.
oper ators worked
hours,
6
Unpaid
hours,
survey.
FARM WAGE
State and Re ion 2/
Southeast
3. 30
4. 10
Florida
5.11
4.52
Appalachian I
3.90
4.23
Appalachian II
3 . 92
4.24
Delta
3.68
4 . 44
Northeast I
4.60
3.77
Northeast II
4.27
3.64
Lake
4 .24
3.3 7
Cornbelt I
4. 45
4.63
Cornbelt II
3.90
3.85
Northern Plains
4.97
4. 49
Southern Plains
4.68
4.58
Mountain I
4.32
3.57
Mountain II
4.46
5.46
Mountain III
4.73
4.29
Pacific
4.70
5.27
California
5.04
S . 66
Hu.asw.ai(i49 States)
6. 39 4.58
3/ 4. 26
17 27 3/ See footnotes on page 2.
per Hour -
3 . 48
3.71
L 71
4.52
4.04
4.05
4.73
4.06
3.91
3.85
4.93
4.62
4.45
4.36
4.96
4.03
4 .70
4.66
4.49
4.17
5.30
4.62
4.10
4.48
4.36
4.49
6.04
5.60
5. 10
4.52
5.90
4.77
6.65
5.07
3/
6.84
4.80
4.52
3/ 7.03
3/ 5.41
3/ 3/ 4.86
3/ 3/ 3/ 3/
3/ 3/ 3/ 6.15
3/ 6.60
3/ 6.18
Acrlcultaral Sl:aU.atic:.t.n aDd Georgia Depart.eut of Ap-f.c:ulture
er
3.62 6.28 5.10 4.52 4.61 4. 18 4.28 3.65 5.11 4.07 5.09 5.02 3.80 5.11 5. 72 6. 19 7.50
3/ 4.92
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WORKERS ON FARMS BY STATE REGION AND UNITED STATES
State and
Re ion 2/
All Farm Workers
Southeas t
123
61
Florida
81
16
Appalachian I
122
64
Appalachian II
135
85
Delta
136
71
Northeast I
120
45
Northeast II
119
47
Lake
333
179
Cornbelt I
279
156
Cornbelt II
234
140
Northern Plains
259
156
Southern Plains
278
160
Mountain I
86
37
Mountain II
65
28
Mountain III
44
10
Pacific
87
37
California
206
43
Hawaii
11
2
u.s.
2 718
337
16 3
"'. (4/!!6-,.
., 32 :, 55
14 7
14
44 "
29
15
22
28
19
9
19
46
36
10
24
51
40
11
27
45
36
9
76
78
60
18
45
78
60
18
54
40
23
17
61
42
31
11
40
78
53
25
21
28
21
7
10
27
21
6
16
18
14
4
11
39
27
12
11
152
120
32
1
8
7
1
471
910
684
226
HOURS WORKED PER WEEK AND WAGE RATES FOR ALL HIRED WORKERS, BY STATES AND REGIONS APRIL 6-12 1986 1/
a e.
and Re ion 2/
our
Southeast
Florida Appalachian I Appalachian II
Delta I ~ortheast Northeast II Lake Cornbelt I Cornbelt II Northern Plains Southern Plains
Mountain I
~ountain I I Mountain III Pacific California Hawaii
35.8
38.8 36.0 31.6
36.2 57.4 47.0 49.8 45.0
48.1
50.9 35.8
57.5
46.1 36.4 39.3 34.2
27.8
34. l
31.2 34.3 28.3 33.7 36.5 35.7 33.6 32.6 33.7 39.7 32.5 4l.6
39.5 34.5 38.0 26 . 6
32.3
36.9
36.5 36. l 33.0 39. I 39 .7 40.5 34.3
36.2
34.0 41.8 36.0
51.3
41.7 46.5 38.6 43.4
34.7
3.68
5.39 4.26 4.25
4.08 4.44
4.36 3.94 4.76
4.15 4.99 4.62 4. ]4
5 .36 4.93 5.08 5. 61 7.22
u.s.
43.6
34.7
38.8
4. 71
1/ Excludes agricultural service workers. 2/ Regions consist of the following:
Southeast, AL~GA,SC; Appalachian I-NC,VA; Appalachian II-KY,TN,WV; Delta-AR,LA,MS;
~ortheast I-CT,ME,~A.~H,NY,RI,VT; Northeast II-DE,MD,NJ,PA; Lake-MI,MN,WI; Cornbelt I -
IL,IN,OH; Cornbelt II-IA,MO; Northern Plains-KS,NE,ND,SD; Southern Plains-OK, TX;
~ountain I-ID,MT,~; Mountain II-CO,NV,UT; Mountain III-AZ,NM; Pacific-OR,WA.
3/ Insufficient data.
The Georgia For'" Report (ISSN-Q744-7280) Is published SMI-mnthly by the Georgia Cr01> Reporting
/
Service, Stephens Federal Bul Iding, Athens, Ga, }0613, larry E, Snipes, Statistician In Cha~.
Second class postage paid at Athens, GA, Subscription fee SIO per year except fr- to data
contributors, Subscription lnfor~tlon avallabl tr010: Georgia CrCI> Reporting Srvlce, Stephens
Federal Bulldlnq, Suite J20 Athens GA, J061J Telep_hone: (404) 546-2236,
2
GEORGIA RED MEAT PRODUCTI ON
Georg ia red meat production totaled 38.3 million pounds during April 1986, up 3 percent from April 1985. The JanuaryApril red meat production totaled 140.9 .million pounds, 5 percent above the comparable 1985 period .
Cattle slaughtered by commercial plants in Georgia during April totaled 23,900 head, up 7 percent from April 1985. Calves slaughtered in Georgi a during April totaled 500 head, only 23 percent of the April 1985 number slaughtered.
Hogs slaughtered in Georgia during April totaled 158,100 head, slightly more than the 157,500 slaughtered during April 1985.
U.S. RED MEAT PRODUCTION
Commercial red meat production for the United States in April 1986 totaled 3.48 billion pounds, up 6 percent from April 1985, to a new April record high. The
previous
April
record was
billion pounds in 1980.
3.32
January-April red meat production, at
13.0 billion pounds, was up 2 percent
from last year. The 1986 accumulated
production
changes
by
individual
components were: Beef , up 3 percent;
veal, up 9 percent; pork, down 1 percent;
and lamb and mutton, down 4 percent.
April beef production, at 2.11 billion
pounds, was up 9 percent from the
previous year.
Head kill was 3.22
million, up 8 percent and the average
live weight increased 12 pounds to 1,110.
April veal production , at 45 million
pounds, was up 10 percent.
Calf
slaughter totaled 303 thousand head, up
12 percent. The average live weight
decreased 1 pound to 253.
Pork
production for April, at 1.29 billion
pounds, was up fractionally. Hog kill of
7.35 million head was down fractionally.
The average live weight was unchanged at
245 pounds.
Species
Georsia Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep & Lambs
GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER 1/
Number Slaughtered
Average
1986
Jan.-Apr.
Live Weight
April
as % of '86 as % of
April
1985
1986 1985
1985
1985 1986
1,000 Head
Percent Percent
Pounds
22.3
23.9
107
104
899
917
2.2
5
23
25
350
346
157.5 158.1
100
104
233
233
1
1
100
300
94
96
Total
Live Weight
April
1985
1986
1,000 Pounds
20,088 778
36,639 7
21,895 167
36,769 10
Uriited States
Cattle
2,970.7 3,215.4
108
102
1,098 1,110 3,260,395 3,568,497
Calves
270.1 302.8
112
ro8
254
253
68,547
76,674
Hogs
7,382.6 7,353.9
100
98
245
245 1,807,819 1,802,659
Shee2 & Lambs 533.4 492.1
92
93
113
118
60.335
57.855
1/ Includes slaughter under Federal Inspection and other commercial slaughter, excludes
farm slaughter.
COMMERCIAL RED MEAT AND LARD PRODUCTION: UNITED STATES WITH COMPARISONS 1/
April
1986 as %
Jan.-Apr. 2/
1986 as %
Kind
1985
1986
of 1985
1985
1986
of 1985
Million Pounds
Percent
Million Pounds
Percent
Beef
1,936
2,111
109
7,628
7,880
103
Veal
41
45
110
159
174
109
Pork
1,289
1,292
100
4,906
4,857
99
Lamb & Mutton
30
29
97
123
118
96
Total Red Meat
3,295
3,478
106
12,816
13,029
102
Lard 3/
82
81
99
305
304
100
1/ Based on packers dress weights and excludes farm slaughter. 2/ Accumulated totals
based on unrounded data. 3/ Preliminary lard production includes rendered pork fat.
3
APRIL PEANUT STOCKS
Peanut stocks in commercial storage on April 30, 1986, totaled 1.81 billion pounds of equivalent farmer stock. This
total includes 785 million pounds of actual farmer stock .
Shelled peanuts on hand totaled 961
million pounds of equivalent farmer
stock.
Roasting stock totaled 66.7
million pounds. There were 29.0 million
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pounds of Commodity Credit Corporation uncommitted stock on hand as of April 30, 1986.
Shelled peanut stocks on April 30, 1986, totaled 723 million pounds of which 710 million pounds were edible grades and 13.1 million pounds were oil stocks. Edible grade stocks by type were Virginias, 171 million pounds; Runners, 444 million pounds; and Spanish, 94.0 million pounds.
Period Endi n 1985 April 1986
mercial shelled X 1.33.
Period End in 1985 April 1986
Farmer Stock
902,757
938,273
FARMER STOCK PEANUTS ON
151,273
729,525
84,322
1,247,903
2,234,981
861,957
3 ,069,587
896,678
2,681,334
944,046
2,193,061
961 276
1 813 426
e
or account o
n com-
Includes shelled edible and
stock, plus shelled peanuts
21,958
Commercial Stocks
0
583,774 400,961 143,004
29 035 or account o
902,757
1,563,479 1,320,511 1,037,844
756 459
U.S. PEACH EXPORTS OF CANNED FRUIT, TO SELECTED DESTINATIONS CURRENT MONTH, CURRENT MARKETING SEASON, AND LAST SEASON 1/
Commodity
Region/Country (Beg. Mkt. Yr.)
~arch
1985
1986
Season to Date
Previous
Current
- - - - - - Metric Tons - - -
Peaches (June)
876
1. 031
10,380
9,766
Canada
128
209
4,468
2,824
EC-Twelve
35
167
219
Other West Europe
iOO
74
432
859
East Asia & Pacific
555
546
4. 107
4,649
.;a pan
371
445
2,256
3,164
China (Taiwan)
8
61
610
503
~id. East & N. Africa
16
90
465
403
Lat. Amer., Ex. Carr.
68
55
638
710
Bermuda & Carribean
9
22
103
102
1/ USDA, Foreign Agricultural Service, Horticultural Products, May 1986.
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Last Full Season
11,431 4,910 167 535 4,340 2,318 610 569 781 "129
C:ATTLF. ON FEED IN 7 SThTES DOWN 6 PERCENT
Cattle and calves on feP.d May 1, 1986, for slaughter market in the 7 states preparing monthly estiamtes totaled 7.08 million head, down 6 percent from a year ago and 4 percent below Ma y 1, 1984.
Marketings of fed cat tle during April totaled 1.62 million, an increase o f 1 percent f rom last year and 6 percent above April 1984.
Placements of cattle and calves on feed in the 7 states were 1.56 million , an increase of 10 percent from April 1985 and up 3 percent from two years ago. Net placements of 1 . 44 mil l ion were up 12 percent from 1985 and 8 percent above 1984.
Other disappearance totaled 120 thousand compared with 133 thousand during April of 1985 and 184 thousand two years ago.
CATTLE AND CALVES: Nu~BF.R ON FEED. PLACEMENTS, MARKETED, AND OTHER DISAPPEARA NCE,
7 STATES APRIL 1 TO MAY 1
1986 as 7.
Item
1985
1986
of 1985
1,000 Head
On Feed, Apri 1 1 1I
7, 826
7, 263
93
Plac ed on Fet>d during April
1,416
1,555
110
Fed Cattle Marketed during April
1,603
1,621
101
Other Disappearance during Ap ril 2/
133
120
<}0
On Feed May 1 1/
7,506
7,077
94
1/ Cattle and calves on feed are animals fo r slaught er market being fed a full
ration of grain or other concentrates and are expected to produce a carcass that
will grade good or better. 2/ Inc ludt>s death losses, movement from feed lot s to
pastures and shipments to other feedlots for further feeding.
TURKEY ~GGS IN INCUBATORS, MAY 1, U.S.
The turkey eggs in incubators on May 1, 1986, totaled 29.9 million, 8 percent above the 27.7 million a vear earlier. The West North Central geographic division had the most eggs in incubators on May 1, 1986, at 10.6 million, 7 percent more than a year earlier.
POULTS PLACED DURING APRIL, U.S.
The 20.3 million poults placed during April 1986; in the United States, were 10 percent above the placements during the same month a rear earlier . There have been 129.8 mi lion poults placed in the United States during the September 1985April 1986 period, up 13 percent from the same period last vear.
Geographic Division
Eggs jn Incuoators
May 1
l <}R5
i986
Thousands
ALl. TU RKEYS Percent of Previous Year Percent
Poults Placed
During April 1/
19R';
1986
Thousands
Percent of
Previous Year
Percent
~. Atlantic
879
<}14
104
616
')98
<}7
E.N. Central
2,839
2,883
102
2,128
2,218
104
W.N. Central
9,853
10,550
107
7,508
8,219
109
s . Atlantic
6,803
6,918
102
5,295
5,800
110
s. Central
2,674
3,454
129
2,016
2,542
126
West
4,654
5,209
112
3. 360
3,634
108
u.s.
27.702
29 928
108
20 92)
23 011
110
1/ Excludes exported poults.
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GEORGIA LAYERS AND EGG PRODUCTION UP
Georgia's ~aying flocks produced 363
million eggs during April 1986, 2 percent
more than April 1985.
Production
consisted of 2~7 million table or
commercial type eggs and 106 million
hatching eggs.
The average number of layers during April 1986, was 17 .7 million, 2 percent more than a year earlier. The number of layers for hatching eggs averaged 5.59 million and layers for table eggs averaged 12.1 million during April.
Eggs laid per 100 layers during April 1986, averaged 2,054 compared to 2,065 during April 1985.
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U.S. EGG PRODUCTION VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED BUT LAYERS UP 1 PERCENT
L&ying flocks in the Nation's 20 major production states produced 4.72 billion eggs during April 1986, virtually unchanged from the 4.73 billion produced a year ago. Production included 4.1r billion table or commercial type eggs an ~70 million hatching eggs. The number of layers producing table and hatching eggs during April averaged 231 million, 1 percent above the 227 mill i on a year ago. Egg production per 100 layers for the total laying flock was 2,046 eggs, compared with 2,078 eggs for 1985.
All layers on May 1, 1986, for the 20 states totaled 230 million, 2 percent above the 226 million a year earlier. The 230 million layers consisted of 200 million for table or commercial type eggs and 30.2 million for hatching eggs. Rate of lay on May 1, 1986, for all layers averaged 67.3 eggs per 100 layers, compared with 68.2 a year earlier.
~UMBER OF LAYERS AND EGG PRODUCTION
i
No. Layers on Hand-April
I 1985
1986
Thousands
Georgia
Hatching
5,385
5,585
Other
11 ,856
12,086
Total Georgia
17,241
17,671
Total 20
States
227,484
230,655
GEORGIA AND 20 SELECTED STATES, APRIL 1986
Eggs per 100
Total Eggs Produced
Layers-April
During April
1985
1986
1985
1986
Number
Millions
1,899
1,902
102
106
2,142
2. 130
254
257
2,065
2,054
356
363
2,078
2,046
4,728
4,719
Item
Chickens Egg Type Broiler Tvpe
r E:GGS T~ 1::-.CUBATORS, ~AY 1986 UNITED STATES
198 5
I 98 6 _ _ _ __._l_ ___:._ __;_i.:._;o:....f~Y~e..:;;a-'-r_A_,_g..._o_
-- Thousands--
35 ,363
37,119
105
349,146
366,185
105
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COMMERCIAL POULTRY SLAUGHTER 1/ APRIL 1986
7. of
7. of
Item
Apr .
Mar.
Apr.
year
Jan. thru April
year
198~
1986
1986
a&O
1985
1986
ago
- - -Thousands-
- - -Thousands- - -
Youns Chickens
Georgia
58,244
B,524
57,539
99
217,315
215,539
98
United States
387,763
3~5.221
384,989
99 1,443,343 1,479,185 102
Mature Chickens
Light Type U.S.
13,911
14,060
14,161
102
59,737
54,562
91
Heavy Type U.S.
Total u.s.
3,423 17,334
3,366 17,426
3,473
101
17,634
102
12,713 72,450
12,499
98
67,061
93
Total All Types, Ga. 3,056
3,431
3,719
122
13,992
12,636
90
Percent Condemned
Young Chickens
Georgia
1. 6
1.6
2/1.7
2/1.7
United States
1.7
1.9
2/1.8
2/2.0
1/ Federally inspected slaughter data as collected by Meat and Poultry Inspection
Program. Current month data estimated by Market News Service. 2/ January-March
condemnations.
POULTRY HATCHING AND PLACEMENT--APRIL 1986
7. of
7. of
Item
Apr.
Mar.
Apr.
year
Jan. thru April
year
1985
1986
1986
ago
1985
1986
ago
--Thousands--
--Thousands--
Pullet Chicks Placed
Domestic (U.S.) 1/
Broiler Type
3,884
3,675
4,062
105
13,975
14,552
104
Egg Type
343
329
320
93
1,008
1 114
111
Chicks Hatched
Broiler Type
Georgia
60,623
65,200
63,236
104
234,186
245,632
105
United States
411,739 432,666
423,881
103 1,596,789 1,641,943
103
Egg Type
Georgia
2,637
3,631
3,680
140
9 , 593
13,504
141
United States
40.873
39.745
42.656
104
134.504
151.533
113
1/ Reported by leading breeders, includes expected pullet replacements from eggs
sold during the preceding month at the rate of 125 pullet chicks per 30 dozen case
of eggs.
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COLD STORAGE STOCKS, UNITED STATES, APRIL 30, 1986
C" l
Apr. 30,
Mar. 31,
Ap r. 30,
Percent of
....
Commodity
0
>
I
Butter
o.C
co
Cheese, Natural
I
cuG...
Eggs, Frozen
C>
Fruits, Frozen
1985
272,695 898 , 619
13,213 458,482
1986 1,000 Pounds
283 , 270 836,727
10,676 544,557
1986
304,907 865,568
12,449 492,39 7
Apr. 1985 Mar. 1986
Percent
112
108
96
103
94
117
107
90
Fruit Juices, Frozen
1,579.,008
1,256,795
1,398,911
89
Ill
Meats, Red
772,737
622,464
663, 309
86
107
Beef, Frozen
328 , 049
297,102
300,303
92
101
Pork, Frozen
368,166
253 , 604
285,692
78
113
Poultry, Frozen
333,948
339,242
382,955
115
113
Turkeys, Frozen
156,995
150,03 7
186,072
119
124
Vegetables, Frozen
1,249,413
1,516,944
1,397,027
112
92
Potatoes, Frozen
1,023,644
1,017,253
1,079,288
lOS
106
Peanuts, Shelled
451,706
414,428
445,706
99
108
Peanuts, In Shell
49,165
40,023
42,832
87
107
Pecans, Shelled
30,998
26,457
32,386
104
122
Pecans, In Shell
68,605
103,413
81,545
119
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HIGHLIGHTS Peach Production Agricultural Prices Wheat Production Farm Exports and Forecast 1985 Vegetables
GEORGIA PEACH PROSPECTS
Georgia'~ 1986 peach crop, as of June 1, is expected to total 110 million pounds, unchanged from the May 1 forecast, but up 22 percent from last year's crop. Approximately 30 percent of Georgia's peach crop had been harvested by June 8.
PEACH PRODUCTION
U.S. PEACH CROP UP
The nine southern states expect to produce 480 million pounds, down 1 percent from the May 1 forecast but 28 percent more than 1985. The California freestone crop, at 460 million pounds, is down 5 percent from a year ago. The U.S. forecast of 2.35 billion pounds (including California clingstones), is 9 percent more than last year but 12 percent less than 1984.
State
1984
1985
Alabama Arkansas
Georgia Louisiana 2/ Mississippi 2/ N. Carolina
Oklahoma 2/
s. Carolina
Texas
22.0 23.0 150.0
75 ..o0
43.0 9.0
480.0 23.0
1.5 5.0 90.0
6.5 2.5 2.0
8.0 230.0
30.0
6.0 7.0 110.0
1 .3 20.0
7 .o
320.0 10.0
400 140
122 2
12 1,000
88 139
33
9 Southern
762.0
375.5
480.4
128
States
California
Freestone
457.0
486.0
460.0
95
Clingstone
1,042.0
985.0
930.0
94
United States
Freestone
1,617.3
1,163.3
1,416.9
122
All Peaches
2,659.3
2~148.3
2~346.9
109
1/ Includes unharvested production an harvested not sol (million pounds): United
States, excluding California clingstones, 1984-115.4, 1985-33.4. 2/ Estimate for
current year carried forward from earlier forecast.
A8rf.cul~al Statisticiaa aod Geor&f.a Deparmea.t of Acricultare
GEORGIA PRICES RECEIVED
The May Index of Prices Received ~y
Georgia farmers for All Commodities
increased
point from April to 121
percent of the January-December 1977
average. Lower prices for soybeans, beef
cattle, calves, all eggs and table eggs
were offset by higher prices for corn,
cotton, hogs, all milk, broilers and
other chickens.
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U.S. PRICES RECEIVED INDEX U, 3 POINTS
The May Index of Prices Received by farmers for all farm products increased ~ points from April to 124 percent of it . January-December 1977 average. Highe prices for hogs, lettuce, cattle, apples corn, and oranges were partially offse by lower prices for wheat, upland cotton , sweet corn, milk, and eggs. The index was 6 points below a year ago.
Beef cattle and hog prices moved highe1 in May after declining since Decembe. 1985.
1nter eat
u.
.
Oats
$/Bu.
1.60
1.14
1.13
Corn
$/Bu.
3.07
2.69
2.71
2.68
2.29
2.36
Cotton
Ct./Lb.
53.0
55.5
1/57.5
57.5
56.4 1/54.5
Tobacco
Ct./Lb.
127.2
132.4 3/106.6
Soybeans Sweetpotatoes
All Hay, baled 2/
$/Bu. $/Cwt.
$/Ton
5.83
*
5.23
5.20
*
5.70 19.40 77.00
5.22 2/11.20
69.20
5.18 10.6C
70.90
Milk Cows, 4/5/
$/Head
820.00
810.00
Hogs
$/Cwt.
42.90
41.00
46.60
41.40
39.70
45.70
Sows
S/Cwt.
35.80
35.40
36.70
36.90
37.00
38.90'
Barrows & Gilts
S/Cwt.
43.20
41.30
47.10
41.80
39.90
46.30
Beef Cattle 6/
S/Cwt.
45.30
40.30
39.30
55.30
50.30
51.50
Cows 7/
$/Cwt.
38.60
32.90
32.50
39.30
33.60
35.60
Steers & Heifers
S/Cwt.
52.70
46.30
46.10
58.40
53.60
54.80
Calves
S/Cwt.
59.10
51.90
49.60
65.60
58.90
58.40
All Milk
S/Cwt.
14. 10
13.30 3/14.10
12.50
12.00 3/11.90
Turkeys 2/
Ct./Lb.
~
38.5
38.0
40.7
Chickens, Excluding
Broilers
13.0
Com'l Broilers 8/
3/29.0
30.0
29.9 3/30.9
Eggs, All 9/
66.9
50.4 2/57.8
56.2
Table
45.4
41.9 2/50.5
48.8
Hat chin
125.0
o
-mont pr1ce.
nt1re mont
n1ma s so or a1ry
herd replacement only. 5/ Prices estimated quarterly. 6/ "Cows" and "steers and heifers"
combined with allowance where necessary for slaughter bulls. 7/ Includes dairy cows sold
for slaughter. 8/ Live weight equivalent price for Georgia. 9/ Average of all eggs sold
by farmers including hatching eggs sold at retail. * Insufficient sales.
INDEX NUMBERS--GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES
1977100
Apr. 1985
May 1985
Apr. 1986
May 1986
Georgia
Prices Received
All Commodities
120
119
120
121
Crops
123
121
119
119
Livestock & Products
118
118
120
123
United States
Prices Received
132
130
121
124
Prices Paid 1/
164
164
Ratio 2/
80
79
3/76
3/78
1/ Mid-month index including interest, taxes and farm wage rates. 2/ Ratio of Index
of Prices Received to Index of Prices Paid, Interest, Taxes and Farm Wage Rates. 3/
Ratio derived using the most recent Prices Paid Index.
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GEORGIA WHEAT PRODUCTION
Georgia's wheat crop, as of June 1, is forecast at 14.3 million bushels, down 7 percent from the May 1 forecast. Yield per acre prospects declined during May and are now expected to average 26 bushels per acre. The yield is 2 bushels per acre below the May 1 forecast and is 5 bushels below the 1985 yield of 31 bushels per acre. Harvesting of this year's 550,000 acres for grain has been active and as of June 8, about 59 percent of the crop had been combined.
U.S. WINTER WHEAT DOWN
Nationally, the winter wheat production as of June 1, is forecast at 1.58 billion bushels, 14 percent less than in 1985.
This is the lowest level s i nce 1978. Acreage harvested for grai n i s expected to be down 11 percent from 1985. The yield forecast at 36.8 bushels per acre is 1.3 bushels below the 1985 yield.
WINTER WHEAT, SELECTED STATES
JUNE 1 1986
Area
Production
State
Harvested
Yield
1,000
000 Acres Bushels Bushels
Ala.
350
22.0
7,700
Ga.
550
26.0
14,300
N.C.
540
27.0
14,580
S.C.
265
25.0
6,625
Tenn.
300
31.0
9,300
u.s.
42,842
36.8
1,578,277
FORECAST LOWERED FOR U.S. FARM EXPORTS 1/
U.S. agricultural exports during FY 1986 are now forecast at $27.5 billion, down 2 percent from the February forecast and 12 percent below f iscal 1985 exports. Declines in the price and volume of grain and cotton exports are the main reason for the reductions, easily outpacing gains in oilseeds and livestock products. Importers have delayed purchases this year in anticipation of lower prices in the fall when new, lower U.S. loan rates or marketing loan provisi ons be c ome ef f e c ti ve.
Item Exports
U.S. AGRICULTURAL
1980/81 43.8
1981/82 39.1
1980/1981-1985-1986 October 1
1983/84
- Billion Dollars
34.8
38.0
1984/85 31.2
Forecast 1985/86
27.5
Imports
17.2
15.5
16.4
18.9
19.8
20.0
Trade
Balance
26.6
23.6
18.4
19.1
11.4
7.5
- Million Tons -
Export
Volume
162.3
157.9
144.8
143.6
1/ USDA, Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Exports, May 21, 1986.
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115.5
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U.S. processors received 12.5 million
tons of raw produ~t f rom 9 ma jor
vegetable crops in 1985. This was down 2
percent from 1984 with most of the
shortfall coming from tomatoes, carrots,
and cauliflower.
Value of the 9
vegetable crops at the plant door totaled
$1.18 billion, up 1 percent from 1984.
The leading states for processing vegetables are: California, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Oregon, and Washington. These five states made up 69 percent of the acreage harvested, 78 percent of the production, and 70 percent of the value of the five principal crops.
FRESH MARKET VEGETABLE SLIGHTLY UP
PRODUCTION
U.S. production of the 10 principal fresh market vegetables and melons was 218 million cwt., up fractionally from 1984. The 1985 crop was harvested from 1.07 million acres and had a value of $2.94 billion.
The five leading states in production during 1985 in order of total output were California, Florida, Arizona, Texas, and Oregon. These states accounted for 76 percent of the total production.
GEORGIA TOMATO PRODUCTION UP
Georgia's 1985 tomato production at
279,000 cwt., was 11 percent above the
1984 crop and 35 percent higher than
1983. The yield per acre at 90 cwt. was
unchanged
from the
1984
yield.
Production increase was due to the 11
percent increase in harvested acres.
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cn'{t4-
.FARM REPORT
June 26, 1986 GFR-86-Volume 14
Received
GEORGIA
CROP REPORTING SERVICE
JUN 2 7 1986 Stephens Federal Bldg.
&lite 320
DOCUMENTS Athens, Georgia 30013 UGA LIBRARIES Phone: (404) 546-2236
HIGHLIGHTS
June 1 Hog & Pig Inventory
Cattle on Feed Monthly Poultry Poultry, Eggs and Products-Exports U.S. Milk Production Monthly Livestock Slaughter Cold Storage
GEORGIA HOG INVENTORY DOWN 15 PERCENT
U.S. INVENTORY DOWN 7 PERCENT
Inventory of all hogs and pigs in the U.S. on June 1 , 1986, is estimated at 48.8 million head. This is 7 percent below a year ago and 8 percent below June 1, 1984. This is the lowest June 1 inventory since 1975~
Breeding inventory, at 6.39 million head , is 9 percent below last year and 1<> percent below two years ago. This is the l owes June 1 breeding inventory since the establishment of June 1 U.S. i nventory estimates in 1964.
Inventory of all hogs and pigs on Georgia
farms on June 1, 1986, is estimated at
1,025,000 head, 15 percent less than a
year earlier.
This is the third
consecutive quarter hog inventory has
dropped and the first time since 1981
that June inventory is below March. Hogs
kept for breeding totaled 145,000 head,
12 percent less than the previous year.
Market hog inventory, at 880,000 head, is
15 percent less than a year ago, and 3
percent less than March 1986.
The December 1985-May 1986 pig crop totaled 828,000 head, 13 percent less than the comparable period the previous year. Sows farrowing during this 6 month period, at 110,000 head, were 15 percent
less than the same period a year ago. Pigs saved per litter averaged a record high 7.53 compared with 7.31 a . year earlier . The December-February pig crop, at 402,000, was down 7 percent and the
March-May pig crop of 426,000 head was down 18 percent from the previous year.
Market hog inventory, at 42.5 million head, is 6 percent below a year ago and 7
percent below two years ago.
The 10 quarterly states, with 38.0
million head on June 1, 198~, are down 9 percent from both last year and two years ago.
The December 1985-May 1986 U.S, pig crop was 41.1 million head, 3 percent below
las t year and two years ago.
Sows farrowing during this 6 month
period, at 5.31 million, were 5 percent
less than the previous year and 7 percent
below two years ago.
Pigs saved
per litter was a record high 7.73 and
compares with 7.64 last year.
U.S. hog producers intend to farrow 5.16 million sows d~ring the June-November period, a decrease of 9 percent from the
same period in 1985.
Georgia producers intend to have 56,000
sows farrow during June through August.
If these intentions are realized,
farrowings will be 15 percent less than
June-August 1985.
During September-
November, 57,000 sows are expected to
farrow, 10 percent less than the actual
farrowings a year earlier.
Agrieul.t:aral St:at:ist:id.an aad Georgia Depart:.eot: of Agricult:are
I t em
June 1 Invento r y All Hog s and Pigs Ke pt f or Bre e di ng Market Hogs
' r.
PI GS:
I NVENTORY NUMB ER ,
SOWS
FA RR O ~ING1ft: A-ND
. PIG
GEO RGI A AND 10 QUARTER LY STATES 1/ 198 5 - 1986
Un it ed St ates
10 Stat es
198 5
1986
198 5
1986
( 000 )
( 000)
1985
52,2 50 6 , 997
45,25 3
48, 845 6 , 390
42 , 4 55
4 1,650 5 , 397
36,2 53
38, 045 4 , 840
33 , 205
1,20 0 165
1 ,0 35
14
198 6
1, 025 145 880
Market Hog s and Pi g s
by Wei ght Grou p s
Und e r 60 Pounds
18 , 968
17 , 585
15 , 168
13,78 5
4 50
380
60-119 Pounds
1 1,20 0
10 ,61 0
9 ,1 00
8, 360
28 5
245
120-1 79 Po und s
8,245
8 ,04 5
6 ,545
6,24 5
190
160
180 Pounds a nd Over
6 , 840
6 ,2 15
5, 440
4 , 81 5
110
95
Sows Farrowi n g Dec e mber 2 / - Fe b ruary Marc h- Ma y Decembe r 2 /-May J une-August Sep tember- Novembe r J une-November
2 ,542 3, 026 5 ,569 2 , 848 2,8 19 5 ,667
2 , 520 2 , 791 5 ,3 11
3/ 5 ,1 63
1 , 95 5 2, 420 4 ,375 2 . 191 2 , 265 4 , 4 56
1, 940 2 . 161 4 , 101 3/2,0 2 1 3/2 , 042 3/4 , 063
60
54
70
56
130
110
66
3 /5 6
63
3/57
129
3/113
Pi g Crop
De c ember 2/-Feb ruar y
19 , 095
19, 280
14, 690
14,880
432
402
Ma rch- May
23 , 435
21, 778
18,762
16,8 78
518
426
Dec e mbe r 2/ - May
42, 530
41, 058
33 , 452
31,758
950
828
J u ne - August
22, 005
16 , 94 1
482
Sep t embe r - November
21 , 471
17 , 255
460
June -Nove mber
43, 476
4/3-l ,7 55
34,1 96
942
~g s per Litte r
Numbe r
Numbe r
Number
Dec embe r 2/-Februar y
7 . 51
7 .65
7. 51
7.67
7.20
7.4 5
Mar c h-May
7. 74
7 . 80
7 .75
7.8 1
7.40
7 .60
December 2 / - Ma y
7 . 64
7 .73
7.65
7.74
7. 3 1
7 . 53
June -Augus t
7.73
7.73
7.30
Sept e mber-No v embe r
7 . 62
7. 62
7 . 30
.June - Novembe r
7.67
4/7 . 70
7 . 67
7.30
\I GA, I L ,IN ,tA, KS,MN,MO ,NB,NC , OH . 2 / De cember pr eceding year. 3/ Intent i one. 4 / Average
n umbe r of p ig s per l it t er wi th al lowa nce f or tr e nd used to compute indicated June-November
pig c rop .
Tha Georg i a Far Repor t (ISSN-'0744-7280) Is publls~ s. . l--thly by the Georgia CrOll Reporting Service, Sts phans Federal Building, Athans , Ga, 30613, Larry E, Snipes, Stat i stician In Charge, Second class postage pa i d at Athens, GA, Subscription fee SIO per year capt frM to data contri butors. Subscription ln fo,..tlon aYallabla fr0111 Qaorg l a CrOll Reporting Sarv l ca, Stephens 'adaral Bul l dlna, Sulta 320 Athens Gil l0615 Tal-"oft (404) 546-2236,
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CATTLE ON FEED IN 7 STATES DOWN 5 PERCENT
Cattle and calves on feed June 1, 1986 for slaughter market in the 7 states preparing mo nthl y estimates to t aled 7 .08 million head, down 5 per cent from a year ago and 3 percent below June 1 , 1984 .
Placements of c at tle and calves o fe ed
in t he 7 states were 1.7 5 million, an
increase of 4 perc ent from May 1985 but 3
percent below two years ago .
Net
placements of 1.61 million were up 4
percent f rom 1985 a nd 2 percent from
1984.
Marketings of fed cattle during May
tota led 1.62 million, an increase of 1
percent from last year but
percent
below May 1984.
Other d i sappearance totaled 132 thousand head compared with 128 thousand during May 198 5 and 219 thousand two years ago.
CATTLE Ttem
AND CALVES:
NUMB ER
ON FEED, PLACEMENTS, MARKETEU, 7 STATES, MAY 1 TO J UNe
1985
AND OTHER 1986
DISAPPEAR ANCE,
1986 as % 0 198 5
TUR EY EGGS IN INCUBATORS , JUNE 1, U.S .
POULTS PLACED DURING MAY , t;
urkey eggs in incuba tors on June 1, tota led 30.6 mil l i o n, 10 perce
the 27.9 million a ye a r e arlier .
The 24.2 mill ion poults pl 1986 i n the United S a te a bove t he placements mon th a ye a ago .
Geograph i c Divisi o n
Eggs in Incubators
Ma y 1
1985
1986
Thousands
ALL TURKEYS Percent of Previ ous Year Percen t
Po ul t s Pl a ced
During April 1/
198 5
1986
Thousands
. N. At l anti c
E. Central
w. . Centra l
s. t ant ic s . entral
Wes t
86 5 3 ,003 9,961 6,53 5 2,6 5 1 4,848
866 3,195 10,48 1 7,521 3,290 5,210
u. .
27 863
30 563
1/ E eludes exported poults.
100
666
64 1
106
2, 360
2 , 435
105
7, 86 1
8,5 4
115
5, 453
5,940
124
2 , 062
2 ,77
107
3 ,5 24
3,91 5
110
21 926
24 247
3
ng May same
Percent
of ..
Previou s ;
Ye a r Per cen t
-
96 10 3 109 109 13 111
11
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COMMERCIAL POULTRY SLAUGHTER 1/ MAY 1986
?. of
?. of
Item
May
Apr.
May
year
Jan. thru May
year
1985
1986
1986
a o
1985
1986
a o
-Thousands- - -
- - -Thousands-
Young Chickens
Georgia
58,441
57,221
53,559
92
275,756
273,H5
99
United States
396,518
395,666
354,063
89 1 ,839,861 1,834,849 100
Mature Chickens
Light;; Type U.S.
12,377
14,586
11,247
91
72,114
66,314
92
Heavy Type U.S.
3,253
3,553
2,819
87
15,966
15,398
96
Total U.S.
15,630
18,139
14,066
90
88,080
81,712
93
Total All Types, Ga. 3,064
3,805
2,789
91
17,056
15,511
91
Percent Condemned
--young Chickens
Georgia
1. 6
1. 5
2/1.7
2/1.6
United States
1. 6
1.8
2/l. 7
2/1.9
1/ Federally inspected slaughter data as collected by Meat and Poultry Inspection
Program. Current month data estimated by Market News Service. 2/ January-April
condemnations.
Item
-- POULTRY HATCHING AND PLACE~ML E...,JN. T MAY 1986
?. of
I May 1985
Apr. 1986
May 1986
year ago
Jan. thru May
1985
1986
--Thousands--
--Thousands--
?. of year aRO
Pullet Chicks Placed
Domestic (U.S.) 1/ Broiler Type Egg Type
3,672 253
4,062 320
3,938
107
19'>
77
17,647 1,261
18,490
105
1,309
104
Chicks Hatched
Broiler Type Georgia United States
63,006
63,236
64,709
103
297,192
310,341
104
423,991 423,881
438,465
103 2,020,780 2,077,376
103
Egg Type Georgia
2,966
3,680
2,952
100
12,559
16,456
131
United States
38,967
42,656
42,686
110
173,471
194,2 19
1 12
1/ Reported by l eading breeders, includes expected pullet replacements from eggs
sold during the preceding month at the rate of 125 pullet chicks per 30 dozen case
of eggs. 4
GF.ORG I/1 l.i\YF. R S \.:\ D EGG P R O D UCT I O ~ U '
Georgia's laying flocks produced 363 mi 11 i on eggs d urin ~ Ma y 1986, 6 per c ent more than Ma y 1985. Production consisted of 253 mi llion table or commer c. ial type eggs and 110 million hat c hing eggs.
The average number of layers during May 1986, was 17.4 million, 4 percent more than a year ea.rlier. The number of layers for hatching eggs averaged 5.6 mi llion anri layers for table eggs averaged 1 1.8 million during May.
Eggs laid per 100 layers during May 1986, averag e d 2,09 2 c ompared wi th 2,050 during May 1985.
20 MONTHLY STATES UP 1 PERC ENT , EGG PRODUCTION AND LAYERS UP 2 PERCENT
Laying flocks in the Nation's 20 major production states produced 4.83 bill i on eggs during May 1986, up 1 percent from the 4.76 billion produced a year ago. Production included 4.24 billion table or commercial type eggs and 590 million
hatc h i ng e gg s. The number o f layer s
producing table and hat c hing eggs dur i ng
~ay averaged 229 million, 2 percent above
the 224 million a year ago.
Egg
production per 100 layers for the total
laying flock was 2,108 eggs, compared
with 2,119 eggs f or 1985.
During the March-May quarter, the entire
U.S. laying flock produced 17.3 billion
eggs,
up
fractionally from
the
corresponding quarter a year ago.
All layers o n J une 1, 1986, for the 20 sta tes tota l e d 228 million, 2 percent above the 223 million a year earlier. The 228 mi l lion layers consisted of 198 million f or table eggs and 29.7 million for ha t c h ing eggs. Rate of lay on June 1, 1986, for all layers averaged 68.6 eggE per 100 layers, compared with 68.1 a y~ a r earlier.
Al l layers on June 1, 1986, in the U.S. t o t aled 273 million, 2 percent above the 269 million the previous year.
NUMBER OF LAYERS AND EGG PRODUCTION
No . Layers on
Hand-May
1985
1986
Thousands
Georgia
Hatching
5,366
5 , 599
Other
11,268
11, 754
Total Georgia
16,634
17,353
Total 20
States
224,442
228,941
GEORGIA AND 20 SELECTED STATES MAY 1986
Eggs per 100
Total Eggs Produced
Layers-May
During May
1985
1986
1985
1986
Number
Millions
1,972
1,959
106
110
2,086
2. 1 55
235
253
2,050
2,092
341
363
2,119
21108
4,756
Item
Ch i ckens Egg Type Broiler Type
EGGS IN I NCUBATORS , JUNE 198 6 UNITED STATES
i 98 5
I
1986
I
- - Thousands--
32,539 349 , 765
34,634 368,396
5
7. o f Year Ago
106 105
U.S. EXPORTS PRODUCTS 1/
OF POULTRY,
E:GGS .\:-;!l
Exports of poultry, eggs and products
during the ftrst quarter o f 1986 totaled
$123.'> m1ll1on, a 32 percent i ncrease
over the same per1od in 1985. Increases
in exports were registered in all majo r
poultry-meat categories except turkey
parts. ThP value o f egg and egg proc'uct
exports was $18.3 million, a 34 percent
increase over the first quarter of 1985
despite an 11 percent decline in the
shell egg categories. Strong competiti on
f rom other supply i ng countries such as
the EC, Brazil, and Hungary continued to
impede U.S. exports.
However, the
decreased value o f the U.S. dolla r has
1mproved the U. S. trading positi on.
Chicken meat exports continue to account
for almost one-half of the total export s
of poultry , eggs, and products. They
were valued at $57.9 million with chicken
parts accounting for nearly $51 million.
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The following 1ive chicken par ts markets, with the market share percentage in parentheses, accounted f or over 70 per cent of the volume of exports: Japan (23); Hong Kong (21); Singapore (13) Jamaica (9); and the Leeward and WindwarJ I slands (6). Canada dropped to seventh place with 4 percent of the market. The Caribbean a rea, with a value of nearly $9 million, accounted f or about 17 percent of the total export val ue, a 46 percent increase when compared with the first quarter i n 1985.
In 1986, exports of po ultry, eggs, and products are projected to be at or slightly abov 1985 levels in both vo lume and value .
1/ USDA, Foreign Agricultural Service, Dairy, Livestock and Poultry June 1986.
MAY MILK PRODUCTIO
Milk production in the 21 selected st ate s du~ing May totaled 11 . 2 billion pounds. This is 3 percent more tha n the product1on in these same states during May 198 5.
followed the trend shown by t he reporting states, U.S. milk production would t otal about 13.2 billion pounds for May.
Production per c ow in the 2 1 se lected states averaged 1,223 pounds during May, 36 pounds above May 198 5.
During the January-March period, the 21 selected states produced 84.5 percent o f
the U.S. production. If producers in the 29 states not surveyed for June 1
Milk cows in the 21 selected states averaged 9.16 million head, about percent less than April ~986.
Month
MILK COWS AND MILK PRODUCTI ON BY MONTHS
Milk Cows 1/
Milk pe r Cow 2 /
I 198 5
198 6
I 1985
1986
Tho usands
Poun ds
21 SELECTED STATES
Milk Production 2/
I I 1985
1986
1986 as 4 o f 1985
Million Pounds
Percent
Jan.
9,026
9 ,334
1 ,058
1,105
9,545
10 ,318
108
Fe b.
9,030
9,314
985
1 ,027
8,893
9,566
108
Mar .
9 , 057
9,304
1 ,114
1,154
10,090
10,736
106
Apr.
9,110
9,208
1, 118
1. 162
10, 18 6
10 ,697
105
May
9 , 183
9, 155
1, 187
1,223
10 ,904
11,193
103
June
9,235
1 ,149
10 , 615
July
9,258
1, 151
10,658
Aug.
9 , 275
1,133
10 , 505
Sept.
9 ,303
1 ,079
10,042
Oc t.
9 ,328
1,096
10,222
Nov.
9, 334
1,048
9,784
Dec .
9 ,347
1,083
10,124
Annua l
9 207
1/ Includes dry cows.
calves.
13 204
121 568
Excludes heifers not yet fresh. 2/ Excludes milk. sucked by
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GEORG I A REO MEAT PRODUCTION
U. S . REO MEAT PRODUCTION
Georgi a red meat production totaled 36.4 mi llion pound s d ur ing May 1986, down 3 pe rce nt from May 1985. The January-Ma y red meat product ion totaled 177.2 million pound s , 3 percent a bove the comparable 1985 period.
Commer cia l red mea t p r oduction fo r t he Un i ted States i n Ma y 1986 totaled 3.39 billi on pounds, down 3 pe rc ent fr om May 1985. January-May red meat production, at 16 .4 billion pound s, was up 1 percent from l ast ye ar.
:attle slaught e red by commercial p lan ts i n Georgia dur ing May tot a led 24,300 ~e ad, up 3 percent from May 1986. Calves slaughte red i n Geo r gi a during May tot aled 300 hea d, only 24 percent of the May 1985 \Umber s laughtered .
Ho g s slaughtered in Georg ia d uring May totaled 150,100 head, 2 percent l es s than the 153,600 slaughtered during May 1985.
May
beef
production ,
at
2.11
bi ll ion pounds, was up 1 percent. Head
kill t o tal ed 3.24 mil lion, up 2 percent,
however,
the average live we ight
decr e ased 2 pounds to 1,1 02 . May veal
product ion, at 43 million pounds, was up
2 percent . Calf slaughter totaled 276
thousand head, up 4 percent .
Pork
produc t ior f or May, at 1.21 billion
po und s . ~as down 9 pe rc ent from the
pr ev i c~s year. Hog kill totaled 6.88
mill .on head, a decline of 9 percent .
s2ecies
Georg ia Cattle Ca l ves 'fo g s Sheep & Lambs
GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER 1/
Number Slaught ered
Avera ge
1986
Jan. - Ha
Live Weight
May
as i. of ' 86 as "' of
May
1985
1986 1985
1<; 85
1985 1986
1,000 Head
Percent Pe1 c E" t
Pounds
24 . 2
24.3
100
103
910
904
1.4
.3
21
24
336
336
153.6 150.1
98
103
233
230
.1
1
100
400
106
101
Total
Live Weight
May
1985
1986
1 , 000 Pounds
21, 984 482
35 ,789 8
21,920 89
34,538 5
United States
Cattle
3,173.5 3,235.3
102
102
1,104 1,102 3,501 ,980 3,5 66,228
Calves
264. 5 276.0
104
107
266
262
70,242
72,340
Hogs
7,566 . 8 6,883.8
91
97
247
245 1 ,865,742 1, 689,648
Shee12 & Lambs 508.9 43 1 . 2
85
91
113
1 16
57.633
50 1 150
I Includes slaughter unde r Federal I nspection and other commercial slaughter, excludes
~.1 rm slaughter.
COMMERCIAL RED MEAT AND LARD PRODUCTION: UNITED STATES WITH COMPARI SONS 1/
May
1986 as i.
Jan.-May 2/
1986 as %
Kind
1985
1986
of 1985
1985
1986
of 1985
Million Pounds
Percent
Million Pounds
Percent
Beef
2,089
2 ,1 09
10 1
9.717
9,989
103
al
42
43
102
201
217
108
or k
1,329
1,210
91
6 , 235
6,067
97
L.amb & Mutton
29
25
86
152
143
94
Total Red Meat
3,488
3,387
97
16,304
16,417
101
Lard 3/
83
76
92
389
380
98
1/ Based on packers dress weights and excludes farm sla ughter. 2/ Accu.ulated totals
based on unrounded data. 3/ Preliainary lard production includes rendered pork fat.
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COLD STORAGE STOCKS, UNITED STATES, MAY 31, 1986
May 31,
Apr. 30,
May 31,
Percent of
Co1111110d it y
1985
1986
1986
May 1985 Apr. 1986
1,000 Pounds
Percent
Butter
283,191
304,750
333,858
118
110
Cheese, Natural
911,008
838,428
870,757
96
104
Eggs, Frozen
14,419
12,458
11,677
81
94
Fruits, Frozen
442,203
496,857
457,379
103
92
Fruit Juices, Frozen
1,619,201
1,408,022
1,446,858
89
103
Meats, Red
784,917
663,001
675,755
86
102
Beef, Frozen
300,938
301,236
320,369
106
106
Pork, Frozen
410,289
284,151
281,130
69
99
Poultry, Frozen
351,722
378,540
414,468
118
109
Turkeys, Frozen
183,741
186,261
225,746
123
121
Vegetables, Frozen
1,188,015
1,395,447
1,285,219
108
92
Potatoes, Frozen
1, 081,589
1,075,671
1,120,692
104
104
Peanuts, Shelled
456,514
445,558
435,411
95
98
Peanuts, In Shell
50,116
42,412
37,954
76
89
Pecans, Shelled
29,156
32,368
35,728
123
110
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HIGHLIGHTS Grain Stocks Agricultural Prices Peanut Stocks
Corn stocks for Georgia are not publis hed separately, but i ncluded in o t her state and the U.S. totals.
GEORGIA SOYBEAN STOCKS DOWN; WHEAT STOCKS UP
Soybeans in all positions on June 1, 1986, in Georgia, totaled 8,856,000 bushels, 18 percent less tha~ the 10,741,000 bushels on hand June 1, 1985. Farm stocks of 2,418,000 bushels we~e 33 percent below June 1 , 1985. Off-farm stocks totaled 6 , 438,000 bushels, down 10 percent from June 1, a year earl i er .
Stock s of wheat i n all posi tions totaled 2,000,000 bushels , up 39 per cent f rom the 1,442 , 000 bushels on hand a year earlier . Wheat stor ed on farms totaled 512,000 bushels, down 34 percent, but off-f arm stocks amounted to 1,488,000 bushels, up 124 percent from the June 1, 1985, level.
GEORGIA GRAIN STOCKS--JUNE 1 , 1986 WITH COMPARISONS
On Farms
Off Farms 1/
All Positions
Grain
1985
1986
1985
1986
1985
1986
-1,000 Bushels-
Wheat
779
512
663
1,488
1,442
2,000
Soybeans
3,600
2,418
7,141
6,438
10,741
8,85&
1/ Includes stocks at mills, elevators, warehouses, terminals and processors.
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U.S. CORN, WHEAT AND SOYBEAN STOCKS UP
Corn stored in all positions on June 1, 1986, is estimated at 4 .99 billion bushels, 76 percent more than the June 1, 1985, level of 2.84 billion bushels. Of the total corn stocks on hand June 1, 1986, 63 percent or 3.14 billion bushe ls were stored on farms . Farm stocks were 56 percent higher than June 1, 1985, farm stocks. Off farm stocks, at 1.85 billion bushels a re up 123 percent from last June 1.
Old c rop wheat stored in all pos itions on June 1, 1986, is estimated at a r ecord high 1.90 billion bushels, up 33 percen t from the 1.43 billion bushels stored on
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June 1, 1985. Off farm st~cis, at 1.22 billion bushels are 64 percent of the total stocks and are up 45 percent from June i a year ago. Wheat stored on farms totaled 681 million bushels, up 17 percent from last June I.
Soybeans stored i n all pos i tions on June 1, 1986, t otaled 849 million bushels, up 39 percent from June 1, 1985, and 80 percent above June 1, 1984. Farm stocks are estimated at 412 million bushels, 26 percent more than on June 1, 1985. Off farm stocks , at 437 million bushels, are up 55 percent fr om J une 1 a year ago.
u.s. GRAIN STOCKS--JUNE 12 1986 WITH COMPARISONS
On Farms
Off Farms 1/
All Positions
Grain
1985
1986
1985
1986
1985
1986
Million Bushels
Corn
2,008 3,142
828 1,847
2,836
4,989
Wheat
582
68 1
843 1,2 19
1,425
1,900
Soybeans
327
4 12
282
437
608
849
Sorghum
89
137
272
475
361
612
Oats
147
147
33
36
180
183
Barle~
163
199
84
126
247
325
1/ Includes s t ocks at mills, elevators, warehouses, terminals and _processors .
MAY PEANUT STOCKS
Peanut stocks in commercial storage on May 31, 1986, totaled 1.62 billion pounds of equivalent farme r stock. This total i ncludes 578 million pounds of actual f armer stock.
Shelled peanuts on hand totaled 969
million pounds of equivalent farmer
stock.
Roast i ng stock totaled 68 . 0
mi llion pounds. There were 983 thousand
pounds of Commodity Credi t Corporation
uncommitted stock on hand as of May 31,
1986.
Shelled peanut stocks on May 31, 1986, totaled 729 million pounds, of which 715 million pounds were edible grades and 13 . 9 million pounds were oil stocks. Edible grade stocks by type were: Virginia&, 172 million pounds; Runners, 457 mill i on pounds; and Spanish, 85.7 mi ll i on pounds.
(See Peanut Table, Page 4)
2
GEORGIA PRICES RECEIVED
The June Index of Prices Received by Georgia farmers for All Commodities increased 4 points from May to 125 ) ercent of the January-December 1977 1verage. Lower prices for wi nter wheat , 1ll milk, other chickens and table eggs Jere offset by higher pri ces for corn, :otton, hogs, beef cattle, calves and oroilers.
U.S. PRICES RECEIVED INDEX DOWN 2 POINTS
The June All Farm Products Index of
Prices Rec eived by farmers decreased 2
points from May to 121 percent of its
January-December 1977 _ a~erage .
Lower
prices for wheat, lettuce, cattle, eggs,
tomat~e~, and _hay were partially offset
by h~gner pr~ c e s for hogs, broilers,
ora nges, potatoes, and apples. The index
was 8 points below a year ago.
The 57 cent decrease in the all wheat price from Ma y to June erased the small gains of this spring and moved the all wheat price to the lowest level since October 1977. The June all hog price was the highest since August of 1984. Broiler pri ce s averaged 3.1 cents per
pound abo ve Ma y , the h i ghest price sinc e July 1984.
1977100
Georgia
IND EX NUMBERS- -GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES
May 1985
June 1985
Ma y 1986
June 1986
Prices Received
All Commodities
119
Crops
121
Livestock & Products
118
United States
123
121
125
12 2
11 9
122
123
122*
127
Prices Received
130
Prices Paid 1/
164
129
12 3
121
164
Ratio 2/
79
79
3/77
3/76
I/ Mid-month index includ i ng interest , taxes a nd farm wage rates. 2/ Ratio of Index
of Prices Recei ved to Index of Prices Paid, Interest , Taxes and Farm Wage Rates. 3/
Ratio derived using the most recent Prices Paid Index .
~nter
eat
Oats
Corn
Cotton
Tobacco
Soybeans
Sweet potatoes
All Hay , baled 2/
Hogs
Sows
Barrows & Gilts
Beef Cattle 4/
Cows 5/
Steers & Heifers
Calves
All Milk
Turkeys 2/
Chickens, Excluding
Broilers
Com'l Broilers 6/
Eggs , All 7/
Table
Hatchin
u. $/Bu . $/Bu . Ct./Lb .
Ct./Lb. $/Bu. S/Cwt . $/Ton S/Cwt. $/Cwt.
$/Cwt. S/Cwt. S/Cwt . S/Cwt. S/Cwt. $/Cwt. Ct./Lb.
3.06 56.0
5.78
46. 10 35. 70 46.90 44.40 37.00 50.SO 56.80 13.70
2 . 73 57.5
*
46.40 36.50 46.90 38.80 32.90 46.10 49.80 13.90
2.76 1/59.0
5.20
50 . 20 39.60 50.60 40.40 35.10 46.20 52.90 3/13.80
I. 59 2.64 60.3
5.62 20.50 72.10 44.60 37 . 00 45.50 53 .60 37. 40 56.60 62.60 12.20 40.6
1. 21 2 . 39 56 . 9
106.6 5.25
2/10.60 70.90 45.80 39 . 70 46.40 51.00
35.30 54.20 58.00 12.00 40.7
1.14 2.38 1/56.9
5. 19 10.80 62.40 50.10 42.20 51.00 49.40 35.90 52.30 58.40 3/11.90 46.1
31.5 53.4 45.6
30 . 9 2/56.2 2/48.8
3/34.0 50.5 4 1 .9
Period Ending
STOCKS OF PEANUTS AND SPECIFIED PRO DUCTS AT MONTH'S END, 1985-1986 1/
Farmer
Shelled
Roasting
Farmer Stock Equivalent
Stock
Peanuts
Stock
Shelled
Total
2/
(In Shell)
Peanuts
3/
1, 000 Pounds
-May 198 5
601,647
986,709
80,229
1,312, 323
1,994,198
Jan. 1986 2,147 , 253
648,088
60 , 377
861 , 957
3,069,587
Feb.
1,721,472
674,194
63,184
896,678
2,681,334
Mar .
1,180 ,848
709,809
68,167
944 , 046
2,193,061
Apr.
77 7. 582
711,029
67,231
945,668
1,790,482
May
578,479
728,583
67,971
969,374
1,615,824
1/ Excludes stocks on farms . Includes stocks owned by or held f o r account of CCC in -com-
me rcial s torages. Farmer st ock on net weight basis. 2/ Includes shelled edible and
shelled oil stock . 3/ Actual f a rmer stock, pl us r oas ting stock , plus shelled peanuts
X 1.33.
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July 16, 1986 GFR-86-Volume 16
HIGHLIGHTS: Planted and Harvested Acres July 1 Crop Forecast
Received
JUL 21. 1986
DOCUMENTS UGA LIBRARIES
GEORGIA CRO P REPORTING SERVICE
Stephens Federal Bldg. &lite 320 Athens, Georgia 30613
Phone: (404) 546-2236
1985 Pecan Summary 1985 Fruit Summary Mink
SURVEY RESULTS - 1986 CROP ACREAGES
The June Acreage r eport on plantings of
Georgia's
row
crops shows
very
significant a creage r e ductions
for
soybeans, sorghum, and c orn; moderate
declines for cotton, tobacco, and hay;
and an increase f or peanuts . This is the
first report o f actua l planted and
harvested acres for the 1986 season for
Georgia's row cro ps. The es ti mates are
based on volun ary reports supplied by a
sample of Ge u rgia' s farmers c ontacted
around June 1 . Due to dry soils and
lateness of t he planting season, changes
on farmer plan ting plans s i nce June 1 are
not reflected in these est i mat e s.
SOYBEAN PLANTINGS DROP 31 PERCENT
Soybe an plantings for Georgia are
estimated at 1.25 million acres, off 31
percent from last year's 1.80 mi llion
acres. The decline in soybean plantings
over t he las t two years has dropped
Georgia 's soybean acreage 40 percent
below the 1984 level. About 25 percent
of the crop was planted by June 1
c ompared wi th 69 percent planted by June
1, 1985 . By the end of June, about 85
pe rcent we r e planted compared with 96
percent by June 30, 1985.
Acres
projected f or soybean harvest were set at
1 15 mi 11 ion.
GEORGIA ACREAGE AND PROD UCTION 198S AND 1986
Acreage
.. _I.~e 11er ~ re
o n ...!::r~uc
Planted
Crop 1/
Unit for all
Har-
For
Indi-
Indi-
Purposes vested Ha rvest
cated
cated
1986
1985 1/ 1986 1/
1985 1986
1985
1986
Wheat
--Tnousana Acres--
-Lnousanas--
Bu.
640
an
550
31
26
25,575 14,300
Oats
Bu.
60
45
40
45
2/
2,025
2/
Rye
Bu.
425
90
95
23
3/
2,070
3/
Tobacco, Type 14 Lbs.
36
33
2,280 2,200
82,080 72,600
Apples, All
Commercial
Lbs.
20,000 30,000
Peaches
Lbs.
90,000 105,000
Corn
Bu.
900
975
2/
81,900
2/
Soybeans
Bu.
1,250
1,550
2/
37,200
21
Peanuts
Lbs.
650
593
2/ 1,921,320
21
.Sorghum Grain
Bu.
110
138
2/
6,624
2/
Cotton 4/
Bales 235
245
2/
370
2/
Hay, All
Ton
495
2/
1, 238
2/
Sweet otatoes
Cwt.
6.3
5/
1 008
5/
or pr~nc~pa
e rst
orecast w1
ease~
August 12. 3/ The first yield and pr~duction forecast will be released at
4/ Cotton yield in pounds per harvested acre, production in ales.
estimates will be released in the Annual Crop Summary.
Ap"J.calt:ural Sut:f.stlclaa aDd Georgia Depart:.ea.t: of qrlcult:are
t CORN ACRE S SHRINK 1 7 PERCENT
Georgia's corn plantings declined 17 percent to 900,000 acres, compared with 1,080,000 last year. Seedings for the current crop are the second smallest plantings o f record, dating back to 1866. At the time of the June 1 acreage survey, 830,000 acres were expected to be harvested for grain.
GRAIN SORGHUM FALLS 37 PERCENT
Grain sorghum seedings were estimated at 110,000 acres. This is a 37 percent drop from the 175,000 acres planted last year. About 80,000 acres of the current crop were expected to be harvested for grain.
COTTON SLIPS 8 PERCENT
Cotton plantings in Georgia are estimated
at 235,000 acres, down 8 percent from the
1985 seedings of 255,000 acres. Planting
progress was very slow, due mainly to dry
soils, and crop development is now much
later than nor mal.
Acreage to be
harvested and prospec~ive yield will be
surveyed about August 1 and released
August 12.
GFR-86-Vol. 16 TOBACCO ACRE S , YI F.LD AND PRODUCTION LOWER
The State's tobacco acreage, at 33,000
acres, was 8 percent lower than 1985's
36,000 acres. The forecasted yield, at
2,200 pounds per acre is 80 pounds below
last year's yield.
Together, they
lowered the expected production to 72.6
million pounds, a 12 percent reduction
from last year. This will be the least
production since 1943.
PEANUT ACREAGE UP 9 PERCENT
Peanuts were the only row crop surveyed
that showed an increase in planted
acreage. Indicated 1986 plantings, at
650,000 acres, were up 9 percent from
last year's 595,000 acres.
Weather
permitting, 645,000 acres were expected
to be harvested this year.
Dryland
peanuts are under stress currently.
Growth and development are slower than
usual for the date.
WHEAT PRODUCTION 44 PERCENT LESS
Georgia's wheat production is forecast at 14.3 million bushels, a drop of 44 percent. The sharp decline is the result of a 33 percent reduction in harvested acres, at 550,000 acres, and a 5 bushel per acre lower yield. The current yield forecast is 26 bushels per acre.
State
Alabama Florida Georgia New Mexico North Carolina Oklahoma South Carolina Texas Virginia
United States
201.0 80.0
595.0 12.4
155.0 87.0 12.0
252.0 96.0
1,490.4
220.0 78.0
650.0 12.0
145.0 100.0
12.0 200.0
95.0
1,512.0
+9.5 -2.5 +9.2 -3.2 -6.5 +14.9
-20.6 -1.0
+1.4
Acres 200.0 72.0 593.0 12.4 154.0 83.0 12.0 245.0 96.0
1,467.4
218.0 70.0
645.0 12.0
143.0 95.0 12.0
190.0 94.0
1,479.0
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+9.0 -2.8 +8.8 -3.2 -7.1 +14.5
-22.4 -2. 1
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UNITED
Crop
Unit
198 5
. 1,000 Acres
Winter Wheat
Bu. 47,953
43,189
Oats
Bu .
8,149
7, 537
Rye
Bu .
717
681
Barley
Bu. 11,553
12,515
Tobacco, Flue-cured,
Types 11-14
Lbs.
3 57.1
326.A
Apples, Co-.ercial Lbs.
Peaches
Lbs.
Corn for Grain
Bu.
Soybeans for Beans Bu.
Peanuts
Lbs.
Sorghum Grain
Bu.
Upland Cotton
Bales
All !Ia
Tons
198 5
38.1 63.6 28.8 51.0
2, 241
36.0 1/ 2/ 1/
1985
Thou s a nds
1,827,195
1,553,026
518,626
1/
20,637
2/
589,183
1/
2,135
800,258 7,949,000
2,148,300 8,865,006 2,098,531 4,122 , 787
1. 11 2 .5 71 I 3, 277 . 1
148 959
697,700 7 ,687,000
2,312,400 1/ 1/ 1/
1/ 1/ 1/
at 3:00
10 .
UNITED STATES HIGHLIGHTS
Corn planted for all purposes is eiimated at 76.6 million acres, down 8 percent from last year. Growers expect to harvest 69.4 million acres for grain, down 8 percent from last year. This is 91 percent of the planted acres.
Rye area for 1986 grain harvest is
estimated at 681 thousand acres, 5 percent below the 1985 level.
All Tobacco area harvested in 1986 is
expected to total .615 thousand acres, off
11 percent from 1985 and the lowest since
1874. All 3 classifications (flue-cured,
burley, and all other) recorded declines
from 1985 and are reflecting . reduced
quotas for 1986. Flue-Cured area for
harvest, at a record low 327 thousand
acres, is down 8 percent from t he
previous record low of 357 thousand acres
harvested in 1985. North Carolina, with
two-thirds o f the acreage, is down 9
percent from 1985.
South Carolina,
Georgia, Virginia, and Florida are down
7, 8, 7, and 5 percent, respectively.
Hal growers expect to harvest 61.1 lion acres of all hay during 1986.
This is 1 percent more than the 60.6 million acres harvested last year.
Peanut planted area is estimated at 1.51
million acres, up 1 percent from the 1.49 million acres planted in 1985. Area for harvest is estiaated at 1.48 million acres, 1 percent above last year. Dry conditions during planting in the Southeast and the uncertainty of individual farm quotas resulted in more area being planted after June 1 than
noraal .
Sweetpotatoe planted acreage is estimated
at 98.3 thousand acres for 1986, down 11
percent from last year and 8 percent below 1984. Harvest is expected from 95.1 thousand acres, 10 percent fewer than last year and 8 percent below two years ago. All producing states expect acreage cutbacks from last year.
Sorbean area planted is estimated at 61.8 mi lion acres, down 2 percent from 1985 and 9 percent below the 1984 plantings. The estimate is less than one half of one percent below the March 1 prospective
acreage.
Cot ton acreage is expected to total 9.67 mil lion acres, down 9 percent from 1985 plantings. Upland area is estimated at 9.57 million acres and American-pima at 98.0 thousand acres. By June 1, ahout 76
percent of the intended acreage was
planted.
Oat acreage planted last fall and this spring totaled 14.8 million acres, up 11 percent f rom 1985 and 19 percent above 1984. Oa t s were planted as a cover crop on diverted acreage under the farm program and this is the reason for the large increase.
Winter Wheat . production is forecast at
1.55 billion bushels as of July 1, 1986.
This is a 15 percent drop from 1985 and the lowest product i on level in 8 years. Yields are expec ted to average 36.0 bushels per acre, 2.1 bushels under 1985 yields and 0.8 of a bushel less than the
I 0 1 5
5
0
June I forecast.
0
5
Barley seeding last fall and this s pring 0
totaled 13.2 million acres, up 1 pe rcent
from last rear, and the most pl anted 7
acres since 963.
~
3
SELECTED
GFR-86-Vol. 16
Cro
/\cres--
All Corn
83,348
76,646
All Sorghum 18,285
14,998
Oats
13,270
14,787
Winter Wheat 57,752
53,930
Rye Soybeans
2 563 63:130
2,364 61,835
Peanuts
1,490.4
1,512.0
Upland Cotton 10,600.6
9,573.6
Ali Hay
Sweetpotatoes
110.2
98.3
Tobacco
1/ Harvested for principal use of each
R9.2 crop, ~.e.,
75,134
16,672
8,149 47,953
717 61,584
1,467.4 10,145.4 60,553
105.3
689 grain, beans,
Acres-69,396 13,653 7,537 43,189 681 60,703 1,479.0
61,102 95.1
615 nuts, etc.
ercent 92.4 81.9 92.5 90.1 95.0 98.6
100.8
100.9 90.3 89.3
PEACH PRODUCTION; SELECTED STATES, JULY I
state I 9sloM;irf!~gp::!~~ 1{9s6
AlllbAmR
22.0
Arkansas
23.0
Georr,1a
1~0.0
Louisiana 2/
7.0
Mississipp> 2/ ~.0
N. Carolina
43.0
Oklahoaa 2/
9.0
S. Carolina 480.0
Texas
23.0
1.~
5.{) 90.0 6. 5 2.5 2.0 8.0 230.0 30.0
6.0 8.0 105 .0 0.1 0.3 275..00 280.0 10.0
9 Southern
S~ates
762.0 375. ~ 441.4
California
Freestone
Clingstone 3/
4~7.0
1,042.0
486.0 985.0
460.0 930.0
u.s. Freestone 1,617.3 1,163 .3 1,382 . 4
All Peaches 2,659.3 2,148.3 2,312.4 I/ Includes unharvested production and harveted not sold (illion pound) : U.S., excluding Calif. Clingstone peaches, 1984-115.4 ; 1985-33.4. 2/
Estimates for current vear carried
forward fro earlier foreca8t. 3/ Calif.
Clingstone ia over the scale tonnage and
includes cull and cannery diversions
(million pounds): 1984-76.0; 1985-67.5
GEORGIA PEACH CROP UP 17 PERCENT
The July
Georgia peach production
estimate, at 105 million pounds, is 17
percent more than last year's freeze-
shortened crop, but down 5 percent from
last month's forecast. Harvest through
July 13 was 85 percent complete, the same
as that of a year ago.
SOUTHERN STATES PEACH CROP UP
Peach production in the nine Southern
States is forecast at 441 million pounds,
up 18 percent from last year's crop, but
down 8 percent from the June 1 forecast.
Increased
production prospects
in
Arkansas and North Carolina could not
offset drought-induced declines
ir
Georgia and South Carolina.
GEORGIA PEACH VALUE UP
U.S. PEACH VALUE DOWN
The average price received for Georgia peaches at 24.6 cents per pound was 9.8 cents per pound higher than 1984. This 66 percent price increase more than offset the 38 percent drop in production and the overall value of the 1985 crop
increased to $20.4 million.
The value of the U.S. peach crop
including clingstones,
decreased
percent to $308.5 million. The decreas
was due to a 17 percent drop in tota .
utilized production. The U.S. utilizeu
production of freestone peaches totaled
1.13 billion pounds, a 25 percent drop
from 1984.
PEACHES
State
Ala.
22.0
Ga.
150.0
N.J.
50.0
Pa.
85.0
S.C.
480.0
Other State 830.3
Calif.
uC.sl.ingtone
1,042.0 2,659,3
1.5 90.0 95.0 40.0 230.0 706.8 985.0 2,148.3
966.0 2,467.9
1.5 83.0 90.0 37.4 220.0 698.0
917.5 2,047,4
4
14.4 14.8 28.6 19.3 13.4 14.4 10.0 13.0
30.S 24.6 28.3 25.1 20.2 15.4 11.0 15. 1
.
3,168
19,88~
14,310 16,402 53,464 116,842
96,600 320,671
ar 4511
20,426 25,454
9,376 44,524 107,369 100,925 308,532
1986 GEORGIA APPLE CROP UP
Apple production in Georgia is forecast at 30 million pounds for 1986. That is SO percent larger than the 20 million pound freeze-damaged crop last year. Rut, the current crop is expected to he 40 percent less than the 1984 crop of SO million pounds. About 11 percent of the 1986 crop had been harvested by July 13. Non-irrigated apples were not sizing normally due to the drought.
1985 APPLE VALUE FELL 43 PERCENT
1986 U.S. APPLE CROP OFF 3 PERCENT
Apple production for the Nation for 1986 is forecast at 7.69 billion pounds, down 3 percent from la~t year and 8 percent below the 1984 crop.
The value of Georgia's 1985 apple crop
dropped 43 percent, despite higher
prices. Late spring freezes in 1985
destroyed part of the crop, reducing
utilized production tb only 19 million
pounds,
compared
with the
1984
utilization of 45 million pounds.
Overall value of the crop in 1985 was
$2.13 million compared with $3.76 million
in 1984. The average price was 11.2
cents per pound in 1985 compared with 8.4
cents in 1984. Of the 19 million pounds
utilized, 14 million came from north
Georgia orchards (see insert) and 5
million came from the south.
APPLES COMMERCIAL 1/ PRODUCTION
STATES 1984-1986
State
Georgia
New York
Ns..
Carolina Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
Waahington
West Virginia
50.0 1,020.0
360.0 45.0 11.0
465.0 2,950.0
225.0
1985
20.0 1,120.0
275.0 16.0 8.5
395.0 2,050.0
230.0
on oun 30.0 1,010.0
130.0 30.0 6.0
500.0
2,750.0 230.0
as
150 90 47
188 71
127 134 100
Other States 3(
3,205.0
3,834.5
3,001.0
78
United States
8,331.0
7,949.0
7,687.0
97
1/ In orchard& of 100 or more bearing age trees. 21 Includes unharvested production
and harvested not sold (million pounds): United States 1984-14.9, 1985-87.7. 3/ Includes
AR,CA,CO,CT,DE,IA,ID,IL,IN,KS,KY,MA,MD,HE,HI,MN,MO,NH,NJ,NM,OH,OR,PA,RI,UT,VT,WI.
APPLES
State
Calif. Georgia
North South Total Mich. N.Y. N.C. Pa. S.C. Wash. Other
uS.st.ates
520.0
31.0 19.0 50.0 770.0 1,020.0 360.0 575.0 45.0 2,950.0
1. 991.0 8,331.0
620.0
15.0 5.0
20.0 1,100.0 1,120.0
275.0 585.0
16.0 2,050.0
2,143.0 7,949.0
28.0 17.0 45.0 770.0 1,020.0 360.0 575.0 43.0 2,950.0
1. 988.1 8,316.1
j
620.0
14.0 5.0
19.0 1,070.0 1,109.0
275.0 585.0
15.0 2,050.0
2,099.3 7,161.3
5
13.1
7.9 9.1 8.4 8.0 11.2 6.6 9.2 12.2 11.1
13.5 1I. 2
9.4
12.5 7.6
11.2 7.4 7.1 6.3 9.4
11.0 16.7
13 . 0 11.6
67,980
2,215 1,545 3,760 61,960 114,027 23,853 52,877 5,228 326,220
267,587 927,252
I, 751 380
2,131 79. 165 78,535 17,360 54,810
1. 645 341,620
272,857
908,79~
GEORGIA GRAPE PRODUCTION DOWN
GFR-86-Vol. 16 U.S. GRAPE PRODUCTION UP
The 1985 grape crop totaled 2,000 tons, a decrease of 26 ~ercent from 1984. A decrease of $88 per ton in the average price, along with a 19 percent decrease in utilized production resulted in a 31 percent decrease in value of utilized production a t $1.0 million.
The U.S. utilized p~oduction of grapes in 1985 was 5.60 million tons, up 8 percent from 1984 and up 2 percent from 1983. Value of the 1985 crop, at $961 million, was 2 percent below 1984 and 10 percent below 1983.
GRAPES
Total
Utilized
Production
Production
State
1984
1985
1984
1985
- - - -
Tons - - - -
Ariz.
14,000
18,500
14,000
18,500
Ark.
9,000
8,000
9,000
7,900
Calif. 4,670 ,000 5,203,000 4,656,000 5,203,000
Ga.
2 , 700
2,000
2,600
2,100
Mich.
49,000
51 ,000
49,000
Sl,OOO
Mo.
3,100
900
3,100
900
N.Y.
198,000 146,000 188,500 146,000
N.C.
5,900
1,500
4, 900 .
1,500
Ohio
11,200
7,000
11,200
7,000
Pa.
60,000
50,000
59,500
50,000
S.C.
2,500
600
2,500
600
Wash.
168,500 116,100 168,500 116,100
u.s.
5 1 193 1900 51604.700 5 1 168 1 800 51604.600
1/ Price derived from unrounded data for California.
Price per Ton 1/
1984 1985 Dollars
1. 310 968 180 129 189 169 582 494 166 164 273 362 180 147 341 316 214 135 143 148 339 372 124 178 190 171
Value of
Utilized
Production
1984
1985
1,000 Dollars
18,340
17,908
1,616
1. 017
882,117 880,882
1,512
1,038
8. 131
8,378
845
326
33,843
21,434
1 ,670
474
2,394
946
8,527
7,378
848
223
20,853
20,642
9.80.696 960.646
GEORGIA'S 1985 PECAN CROP REVISED DOWN
U.S. 1985 PECAN PRODUCTION UP 5 PERCENT
Georgia's 1985 pecan production totaled
The Nation's 1985 pecan crop totaled
83 million pounds, 37 million pounds
244.4 million pounds, 5 percent more than
below the 1984 crop. The 1985 crop was
the 1984 crop of 232.4 million pounds,
the 11th largest crop on record, but the but 9 percent less than the 1983 crop.
smallest crop since the 1979 crop of
Improved varieties accounted for 62
65 million pounds. The smallest crop of percent of the total crop in 1985
record was 1.5 million pounds in 1922 and compared with 73 percent of the total in
the largest crop was 135 million pounds
1984.
in 1978. Georgia produced 34 percent of
the 1985 national output compared with 52 The average price received by pecan
percent of the 1984 production. This
producers for the 1985 crop was 68.0
estimate is based on end-of-season cents per pound, up 5.7 cents per pound
reports from virtually all shellers, most
from the 1984 crop. The higher price and
buyers and a large sample of growers.
production raised the overall value of the 1985 crop by 15 percent to $166
The price received by growers for illion. The 1985 value was 5 percent
Georgia's 1985 pecans averaged 68.4 cents greater than the 1983 value. See page 7
per pound, up 13.1 cents per pound from for estimates of production, price, and
1984. This is the third highest price on value by states.
record, surpassed only by 1980's average
price of 78.4 cents per pound and 1976's
record high 81.5 cents per pound. The
value of the crop totaled $56.8 million,
down 15 percent from 1984 and 10 percent
fro 1983.
6
PECANS, UTILIZED PRODUCTION, PRICE AND VALUE,
SELECTED STATES AND UNITED STATES 1983-85
Variety
and
Utilized Product ion 1/
Price per Pound
State
1983
1984
1985
- - 1,000 Pounds
1983
1984 Cents
1985
IMPROVED VARIETIES 2/
Ala.
17,000
9,000
9 , 600
52.0
68.0
57.0
Ark.
1,750
1,100
1,000
85.0
81.0
80.0
Fla.
1,500
2,200
1,600
70.3
65.5
70.0
Ga.
85,000 100,000 74,000
66.0 .
58.0
70 . 5
La.
3,000
1,500
2,000
65.0
75.0
60.0
Hiss .
5,500
4,000
3,500
65.0
72.0
72.6
N. Hex. 29,000 24,000 29,000
73.0
83.0
95.0
N.C.
500
1,830
400
75.0
70.0
75.0
Okla.
1,000
2,000
1,500
86.0
91.0
85.0
S.C. Tex.
1,000 22,000
3,600 20,000
900 29,000
84.6
77 .o
63.0 98.3
80.0 94.6
Value of Utilized
Production
1983
1984
1985
1,000 Dollars
8,840 1 ,4_88 1,055 56,100 1, 950 3,575 21,170
375 860 846 16,940
6' 120 891
1. 441 58,000
1. 12 5 2,880 19,920 1,281 1,820 2,268 19,660
5,472 800
1,120 52,170
1,200 2,541 27,550
300
1 '275 720
27,434
u.s. 167,250 169,230 152,500
67.7
68.2
79.1 113,199 115,406 120,582
NATIVE AND SEEDLING
Ala.
7,000
4,000
Ark.
750
400
Fla.
1,900
2,800
Ga.
15,000 20,000
La.
19,000
3,500
Hiss.
2,500
1,500
N.C.
1,100
1,070
Okla.
7,000
23,000
S.C.
500
1,900
Tex.
48,000
5,000
u.s. 102,750 63. 170
6,400 700
1,200 9,000 13,000 3,000
600 8,500
500 49,000
91,900
38.0 50.0 46.5 45.0 39.0 41.0 50.0 43.0 50.7 46.4
44.0
48.0 49.0 45.0 42 . 0
45 .o
45.0 50.0 50.0 47.0 49.4
46.6
44 .0 60.0 56.0 51.0 43.0 52. 1 50.0 53.0 52.0 51.0
49.7
2,660 375 884
6,750 7,410 1 ,025
550 3,010
254 22,272
45,190
1, 920 196
1,260 8,400 1. 575
675 535 11,500 893 2,470
29,424
2,816 420 672
4, 590 5,590 1,563
300 4,505
2~0
24,990
45,706
ALL PECANS
Ala.
24,000
Ark.
2,500
Fla.
3,400
Ga.
100,000
La.
22,000
Hiss.
8,000
N. Hex. 29,000
N.C .
1,600
Okla.
8 , 000
S.C.
1,500
Tex.
70,000
13,000 1,500 5,000
120,000 5,000 5,500
24,000 2,900
25,000 5,500
25,000
16,000 1,700 2,800
83,000 15,000
6,500 29,000
1,000 10,000
1,400 78,000
47.9 74.5 57.0 62.9 42.5 57.5 73.0 57.8 48.4 73.3 56.0
61.8 72.5 54.0 55.3 54.0 64.6 83.0 62.6 53.3 57.5 88.5
51.8 71.8 64.0 68.4 45.3 63.1 95.0 60 . 0 57.8 70.0 67.2
u.s. 270.000 232.400 244.400
58.7
62.3
68.0
1/ ln-shell basis. 2/ Budded, grafted, or topworked var~eties.
11,500 1,863 1,939
62,850 9,360 4,600
21,170 925
3,870 1,100 39,212
158.389
8,040 1,087 2,701 66,400 2,700 3,555 19,920 1 ,816 13,320 3,161 22,130
144.830
8,288 1,220 1,792 56,760 6,790 4,104 27,550
600 5,780
980 52,424
166.288
7
..... > 0 ~
co
I
~Mink ~ 1984.
MINK PELT PRODUCTION DOWN
pelt production in the United States in 1985 totaled 4.17 million pelts, Wisconsin, the major mink state, produced 1.18 mjllion pelts. Mink pelts
down sold
1 percent during the
from 1985
crop year were valued at 126.3 million dollars, down 3 percent from 1984. The average price per pelt
for the 1985 crop year was $30.30, compared with an average price of $30.80 in 1984 and $29.90 in
1983. Female mink bred to produce kits i n 1986 totaled 1.07 million, down 4 percent from 1985. Females bred to produce kits in 1986, in Georgia, amounted to 6,900 compared to 11,000 bred for 1985
production. Females bred in the leading states are: Wisconsin - 291 thousand; Minnesota - 146
thousand; and Utah- 144 thousand. There were 1,042 mink farms producing pelts in 1985 compared with
1,084 the previous year. Leading states were Wisconsin with 235 farms, Minnesota with 160 farms, and
Utah with 132 farms. Fourteen percent of the mink farms raised fox, the same percentage as last
year.
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HIGHLIGHTS:
Cattle Inventory
Livestock Slaughter
Poultry Suanary
Farm Production Expenditures
Cold Storage
Peanut Stocks Milk Production Cattle on Feed Vegetables
U.S. CATTLE AND CALVES INVENTORY DOWN 4 PERCENT
All cattle and calves on hand in the United States on July 1, 1986 are estimated at 112 million head, down 4 percent from July 1 a year ago and 8 percent below July 1~ 1984. This is the lowest July 1 inventory since mid-year estimates were begun in
1973.
Cows and heifers that have calved, at 45.0 million, are down 3 percent from July 1, 1985 and 8 percent below July 1, 1984. Beef replacement heifers, at 4.80 million are down 2 percent from last year and down 13 percent from 2 years ago. Milk replacement heifers, at 4.70 million are down 6 percent from July 1, 1985 and down 5 percent from July 1, 1984.
The 1986 calf crop is expected to be 40.1 million, down 2 percent from 1985 and 6 percent below 1984. Calves born during the first half of the year (January through June) are estimated at 28.8 million, down 2 percent from the first half of 1985.
CATTLE AND CALVES: NUMBER BY CLASS AND CALF CROP, UNITED STATES
JULY 1 1984-1986
1986 as 7.
Class
1984
1985
1986
of 1985
I ,000 Head
Percent
Cattle & Calves
121,500
116,300
112,200
96
Cows & Heifers that have Calved 48,700
46,300
45,000
97
Beef Cows
37,900
35,250
34,150
97
Milk Cows
10,800
11,050
10,850
98
Heifers 500 Pounds & Over
18,500
18,200
17,500
96
For Beef Cow Replacement
5,500
4,900
4,800
98
For Milk Cow Replacement
4,950
5,000
4,700
94
Other Heifers
8,050
8,300
8,000
96
Steers 500 Pounds & Over
16,400
15,900
15,300
96
Bulls 500 Pounds & Over
2,500
2,300
2,200
96
Calves Under 500 Pounds
35,400
33,600
32,200
96
Calf Crop 1/
42,500
41,045
40' 100
98
1/ For the current year, the calf crop is the number of calves born before July plus
the number expected to be born on and after July 1.
Agrleu.I.mrai sutf.sticlan aocl Georgia Deparment of Agrlcolture
GFR-86-Vol. 17
GEORGIA RED MEAT PRODUCTION DOWN
U.S. RED MEAT PRODUCTION UP 2 PERCENT
Georgia red meat production totaled 34.3 million pounds during June 1986, down 6 percent from May 1986 but 12 percent more than June 1985.
The number of cattle slaughtered in Georgia during June was 22,700 head, an increase of 16 percent from last year. Calves slaughtered totaled 200 head, up 1,000 head from June the previous year.
There were 143,800 hogs slaughtered in Georgia during June, 14,900 head more than June 1985.
Commercial red meat production for the United States in June 1986 totaled 3.16 billion pounds, up 2 percent from June 1985. January-June red meat production, at 19.6 billion pounds, was up 1 percent.
Beef production, at 2.03 billion pounds, was up 7 percent. Head kill totaled 3.12 million, up 8 percent.
Pork production, at 1.07 billion pounds, was down 5 percent from the previous year. Hog kill totaled 6.08 million head, a decline of 5 percent.
s2ecies
Georsta Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep & Lambs
GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER 1/
Number Slaughtered
Average
June
1986
Jan.-June : Live Weight
as r. of '86 as % of
June
1985
1986 1985
1985
:1985 1986
1,000 Head
Percent Percent
Pounds
Total
Live Weight
June
1985
1986
1,000 Pounds
19.6
22.7
116
1.2
.2
17
128.9 143.8
112
1
1
100
105
906
901
17,763
20,453
23
335
377
391
83
104
230
229
29,647
32,955
167
95
94
6
11
United States
Cattle
2,883.3 3,123.4
108
103
1,104 1,094 3,181,743 3,416,731
Calves
235.4 257.2
109
107
267
262
62,750
67,509
Hogs
6,394.0 6,075.5
95
96
247
245 1,579,751 1,488,534
Shee2 & Lambs 438.0 419.2
96
92
113
115
49.436
48.236
1/ Includes slaughter under Federal Inspection and other commercial slaughter, excludes
fara slaughter.
COMMERCIAL RED MEAT AND LARD PRODUCTION: UNITED STATES WITH COMPARISONS 1/
June
1986 as 7.
Jan.-June 2/
1986 as r.
Kind
1985
1986
of 1985
1985
1986
of 1985
Million Pounds
Percent
Million Pounds
Percent
Beef
1,898 2,027
107
11,614 12,016
103
Veal
37
41
111
238
258
108
Pork
1,125
1,065
95
7,360
7,132
97
Lamb & Mutton
24
24
100
176
167
95
Total Red Meat 3,085
3,157
102
19,388 19,573
101
Lard 3/
70
67
96
459
446
97
1/ Based on packers dress weights and excludes farm slaughter. 2/ Accumulated totals
based . on unrounded data. 3/ Preliminary lard production includes rendered pork fat.
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FARM PRODUCTION EXPENDITURES LOWER
Farm production expenditures totaled $7.1
bill 5.6
i
on per
fo ce
r n
t
t
he Sou below
tthheeasst ;r.esgiobni
in 1985, llion of
1984. In comparison, expenditures for
the U.S. decreased 1.9 per cent from 1984
to $125.9 billion.
The Southeast
accounted for 5.7 percent of the total
lliUCI<S It AUTOS 1.J X
U.S.
expenditures.
Decreases
in
expenditures in all major categories were
DlHDI EXPlHSD 4.5 :1
partially offset by increases of 17
percent for feed, 3 percent for farm
services, and 2 percent for labor expenses. The average expenditures per
l.haTOCK 1.4 :1 IHl9ST It TAXD 8.0 X
farm in the Southeast was 14 percent
below the National average at $41,736 and
$1,845 less than a year earlier. The
average expenses for feed, labor expenses
and farm supplies exceeded the U.S.
averages. The four major groups of feed,
farm services, livestock and poultry
purchases and labor expenses accounted
for 59 percent of all expenses. Feed was the largest expense for farmers in the
Southeast accounting for 23 percent of the total. Farm services contributed 15
percent of the total and labor and livestock and poultry contributed 12 percent and
10 percent respectively. Over a fifth of the farms reported sales greater than
$100,000 and accounted for nearlr four-fifths of the regional expenses. One-fifth of
the farms had sales of $20,000-$ 00,000 and accounted for 12 percent of the expenses.
The remaining three-fifths of the farms with sales of less than $20,000 accounted for
less than 10 percent of the expenditures.
UNITED STATES TOTAL EXPENDITURES AND SOUTHEAST REGIONS 1/ EXPENDITURES
FOR SELECTED ITEMS BY VALUE OF SALES CLASS, 1985
$20,000
Selected Items
Under
to
$100,000+
All
$20 000
$100 000
Farms
1,000 Dollars--
Total Farm Production
Expenditures, U.S.
9,760,160
25,827,853
90,328,437
125,916,450
Total Farm Production
Expenditures S.E. Region 2/
563,974
889,434
5,662,643
7,116,051
Livestock, Poultry & Other
Related Expenditures
53,829
50,870
592,675
697,374
Feed
53,07_5
131,444
1,451,004
1,635,524
Farm Services
81 ,116
167,662
811,023
1,059,802
Agricultural Chemicals
8,375
43,137
227,387
278,899
Fertilizer
70,754
105,164
444,749
620,666
Interest
61,108
79,080
327,647
467,835
Taxes
23,669
17,279
59,937
100,885
Labor Expenses
24,231
92,316
721,156
837,703
Fuels & Lubricants
35,938
54,996
232,060
322,994
Fara Supplies
10,791
14,149
120,156
145,097
Building & Fencing
31,231
11.330
70,021
112,582
Far & Land Iprovements
7,019
8,339
41,198
56,556
Total Farm Machinery
57,664
58,853
306,231
4 22,749
Seeds & Plants
16,261
41,708
203,211
261,180
Trucks & Autos
26,894
12,992
51,008
90,893
1/ Inc ludes AL,FL,GA, and SC. 2/ Totals may not add due to rounding.
3
GF:ORC!.-\ L \ YF.RS AN D F.GC c' !W lll iCT ION t: l'
Geor ~ t a ' s layi ng il o r. k s p r odu c ed 3 41
m1 l l io n P.ggs d u r in~ .i unE' i'l F\ 6 , 7 f.JP. r r. e nt
more than June 198 ).
Produc t ion
r. onsi s LP.d of 2 38 mi llion la bl P o r
comm P. r c i al ty pe egg s a n d [ I) ) mi l lion
~at c htn ~ eg g s .
The average number o f lay e r s in Ge orgia dur i n ~ June 1986 was 17.2 mil l ion, 5 pe rcent more than June 198). The 17.2 mi l li on c on s i s ted o f 1 1. 7 mi llion tor table eggs and ).5 mil l ion lavers for hatch i n~ eggs.
Eggs laid per 100 layers during June 1986 ave raged i , 9 98 c ompa red wi th 1,96) for June 1985.
GFR-86-Vol. 17
20 STATE EGG PRODUCTION AND LAYERS UP
La ying flo c k s in the 20 ma j or egg produc t j on state s produ c P.d 4 .66 b i llion eggs dur i ng June 1986, up 2 percent from the 4. 57 bi l lion produced a year ago. Production included 4 . 09 billion table or commercial type eggs and 566 million hatching eggs. The number of layers during June averap,ed 227 million, 2 percent above the 223 million a year ago. Egg product i on per 100 layers for the tota l lay ing flock wa s 2,056 eggs, compared with 2,046 for June 1985.
All layers on July 1, 1986, for the 20
states totaled 225 million,
percent
above the 224 million a year earlier.
The 225 mi llion layers consisted of 196
million for table or commercial type eggs
and 29.8 million for hatching eggs. Rate
of lay on July 1, 1986, for all layers
averaged 68.3 eggs per 100 layers,
compared with 68.1 a year earl i er.
NUMBER OF LAYERS AND EGG PRODUCTION, JUNE 1986
No. Layers on
Eggs per 100
Total Eggs Produced
Hand-June
Layers-June
During June
1985
1986
1985
1986
1985
1986
Thousands
Number
Millions
Georgia
Hatching
5,242
5,498
1,914
1. 902
100
105
Other
11 ,042
11,672
1,989
2,040
220
238
Total Georgia
16,284
17,170
1,965
1,998
320
343
Total 20 States
223,224
226,608
2,046
2,056
4,568
4,659
Item
Chickens Egg Type Broiler Type
EGGS IN INCUBATORS, .JULY 1 1986, UNITED STATES
1985
1986
4 of Year Ago
Thousands
28,921
31,818
110
337,917
360,076
107
4
GEORGIA BROILER AND EGG-TYPE HATCH UP
The June hat c h of broiler-t ype c hicks, at 62.6 million, was 2 percent more than a year earlier. Egg-type c hicks hatched during June totaled 2.5 million, 10 percent more than the previous year.
U.S. BROILER AND EGG-TYPE HATCH UP
Egg-type chicks hatched during June 1986 totaled 37.4 million, an increase of 11 percent from June 1985. The June hatch of broiler-type chicks, at 428 million, was 4 percent above June last year.
POULTRY HATCHING AND PLACEMENT--JUNE 1986
i. of
4 of
Item
June
May
June
year
Jan. thru June
year
1985
1986
1986 ago
1985
1986
ago
--Thousands--
--Thousands--
Pullet Chicks Placed
Domesti.c (U.S.) 1I
Broiler Type
3,162
3,938
3,515
111
20,809
22,005
106
Egg Type
223
195
284
127
1,484
1,593
107
Chicks Hatched
Broiler Type
Georgia
61,105
64,709
62,553
102
358,297
372,894
104
United States
410,815 438,465 428,301
104 2,431,595 2,505,677
103
Egg Type
Georgia
2,263
2,952
2,500
110
14,822
18,956
128
United States
33,838
42,686
37,402
111
207,309
211,621
112
11 Reported by leading breeders, includes expected pullet replacements from eggs sold
during the preceding month at the rate of 125 pullet chicks per 30 dozen case of eggs.
COMMERCIAL POULTRY SLAUGHTER 1I, JUNE 1986
i. of
% 0'
Item
June
May
June 21 year
Jan. thru June 21 yea.
1985
1986
1986
ago
1985
1986 ago
-Thousands-
- - -Thousands- - -
Young Chickens
Georgia
54,893
58,153
55,735
102
330,649
335,979 102
United States
361,451
397,657
381,284
105 2,201,312 2,261,463 103
Mature Chickens
Light Type U.S.
9,050
13,277
13,876
153
81,162
78,274
96
Heavy Type U.S. Total U.S.
2,823 11,873
3,174 16,451
2,954
105
16,830
142
18,789 99,951
18,350
98
96,624
97
Total All Types, Ga. 2,402
3,098
3,291
137
19,409
19,243
99
Percent Condemned
Young Chickens
Georgia
1.5
1.5
311.7
311.6
United States
1.5
1.7
311.7
311.9
1/ Federally inspected slaughter data as collected by Meat and Poultry Inspection
Program. Current month data estiaated by Market News Service. 21 Preliminary.
31 J anuary-May condemnations.
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GEORGIA QUARTERLY MILK PROD GCTION OOWN I PERCENT
Mjlk production ln Georg ia du r in~ AprilJune tot a led '33 i millio n pounds, ?ercent less than the comparable period a year ago.
The numb e r of milk cows on Georgia farms averaged 114,000 head during the Apri l June quarter, 1 perc ent less than the same quarter last vear.
Production per c ow a veraged 2,900 pounds during April-June, 30 pounds more than April-June 1985.
U.S . APRIL-J UNE MILK PRODUCTION UP
The quart~rly production of milk for the U.S. was 38.5 billion pounds, up 3 percent from April-June last year.
The average number of milk cows in the
u.s. during the Ap~il-June quarter was
10.9 million head, down slightly from the 11.0 million head last year.
Grain and other concentrates fed to milk . c ows on July 1 , 1986, averaged 16.2 pounds, 0.4 of a pound more than July 1, 1985.
The val ue of grain and other concentrates fed to cows on July 1, averaged $7.01 per hundredweight, 42 cents per hundredweight below the July 1, 1985, price.
MILK COWS AND MILK PRODUCTION, APRIL - JUNE 1985-1986
Georgia
United States
Item
Unit
1985
1986 Percent : 1985
1986 Percent
Milk Cows 1/
Thous. Head 117
114
97
10,997 10,945
100
Milk per C:ow 2/
Pounds
2,870 2,900
101
3 , 410
3,519
103
Milk Production 2/ Mil. Lbs.
336
331
99
37,499 38,517
103
1/ Includes dry cows, e>e:cludes heifers not yet fresh. 2/ Excludes mi lk sucked by
calves.
U.S. FRESH MARKET VEGETABLE ACRES DOWN 1 PERCENT
Prospective acreage of 7 fresh market
vegetables for harvest during the summer
quarter (July, August and September 1986)
in the major producing States is
estimated at 272 thousand acres, 1
percent below a year ago. Cauliflower,
celery, lettuce and tomato acreage
decreased 1, 1, 5 and 3 percent
respectively.
Broccoli and carrot
acreage increased 1 and 8 percent
respectively while sweet corn acreage
increased fractionally from a year ago.
U.S. PROCESSING VEGETABLES OFF 9 PERCENT
VEGETABLES, PROSPECTIVE AREA FOR HARVEST
SUMMER QUARTER 1/a UNITED STATES
Area
For
Crop
1984
1985
Harvest
1986
Acres
Winter
174,900 185,000 177,800
Spring
168,200 174,550 167,050
Summer
Broccoli 2/ 17,900 18,500 18,600
Carrots 2/ 26,300 23,700 25,700
Cauli-
flower 2/
14,300 13,800 13,700
Celery 2/
8,450
7,210
7,170
Sweet Corn 111,900 111,900 112,000
Lettuce
49,300 49,700 47,000
Tomatoes
49. 100 49,900 48,200
Acreage contracted to the 5 major processing crops totals 1.27 million acres for 1986, 9 percent below last year. Acreage for each of the 5 crops is down from last year as follows: snap
272,370 1/ July, Aug., and Sept. 2/ Includes total for fresh market and processing
uses.
beans, down 7 percent sweet corn, down 5 percent; cucumbers for pickles, down 8
percent ; green peas, off 20 percent; and tomatoes , down 2 percent.
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CATTLE ON FEED DOWN 8 PERCENT IN 13 QUARTERLY STATES
Cattle and calves on feed July 1, 1986 for slaughter market in the 13 quarterly states totaled 7.95 million head, down 8 percent from July 1 last year. On feed numbers were the lowest for this date sinct 1975. Placements of cattle and calves on feed during the April-June quarter totaled 5.18 million, down slightly from last year, 7 percent below 1984 and lowest for this comparable period since 1975. Other disappearance of 375 thousand head leaves net pl acements at 4.81 million. Marketings of fed cattle for slaughter during April-June totaled 5.77 million, down slightly from the same quarter last year, but 3 percent above 1984 .
CATTLE ON FEED: NUMBER, PLACEMENTS, MARKETED AND OTHER DISAPPEARANCE, APRIL 1 TO JULY
Total 13 States
Total 7 States
Number
1986 as %
Number
1986 as :r.
Item
1985
1986
of 1985
1985
1986
of 1985
1,000 Head
Percent
1,000 Head
Percent
On Feed Apr. 1
9,688
8,915
92
7,826
7,263
93
Placed on Feed Apr. 1-
June 30 1/
5,206
5,181
100
4,363
4,443
102
Fed Cattle Marketed
Apr. 1-June 30 1/
5,787
5,771
100
4,784
4,864
102
Other Disappearance
Apr. 1-June 30 2/
437
375
86
348
31.9
92
On Feed July 1
8,670
7,950
92
7,057
6,523
92
Marketings July-Sept. 3/5,969 4/5,661
95
. 3/4,970 4/4,765
96
1/ Includes cattle placed on feed after beginning of quarter and marketed before end of
quarter. 2/ Includes death losses, movement from feedlots to .pastures and shipments to
other feedlots for further feeding. 3/ Total marketings including those placed on feed
after July 1 and marketed before Sept. 30. 4/ Expected total marketings including an
allowance for those placed on feed after July 1 and marketed before Sept. 30.
COLD STORAGE STOCKS, UNITED STATES, JUNE 30, 1986
June 30,
May 31,
June 30,
1985
1986
1986
1 , 000 Pounds
Butter
286,800
333,823
341,013
Cheese, Natural
954,155
873,301
879,571
Eggs, Frozen
15,288
11,348
14 , 037
Fruits, Frozen
527,441
461,445
55 7 ,094
Fruit Juices, Frozen
1,430,203
1,448,584
1,447,847
Meats, Red
758,640
673,897
645,330
Beef, Frozen
295,509
318,498
321,492
Pork, Frozen
385,017
280,339
247,175
Poultry , Fr ozen
420,452
412,370
470,388
Turkeys , Frozen
243,270
2.26, 761
285,663
Vegetables, Frozen
1,269,5 18
1,281,521
1,296,772
Potatoes , Frozen
1,058,439
1,126,526
1,096,453
Peanuts, Shelled
441,249
435 . 411
419,772
Peanuts , In Shell
44,434
37,954
35,358
Pecans , Shelled
28,849
35 , 725
35,770
Pecans , In Shell
45,790
65,317
52,584
7
Percent of
June 1985 May 1986
Percent
119
102
92
101
92
124
106
121
101
100
85
96
109
101
64
88
112
114
117
126
102
101
104
97
95
96
80
93
124
100
115
81
STOCKS OF PEANUTS AND SPECIFIED PRODUCTS AT MONTII'S END, 1985-1986 1/
... Period
> 0
Ending
I
"co'
I
eaa<.:
0
1985 June
Farmer Stock
330,477
Shelled
Roasting
Peanuts
Stock
2/
(In Shell)
---- 1,000 Pounds--
932,327
83,915
Farmer Stock Equivalent
Shelled
Total
Peanuts
3/
1,239,995
1986
January
2,147,253
648,088
60,377
861,957
3,069,587
February
1,721,472
674,194
63,184
896,678
2,681,334
Ma rch
1,180,848
709,809
68,167
944,046
2,193,061
April
785,494
722,764
66,656
961,276
1 ,P13 ,426
May
580,385
728,668
67,958
969,128
1,617,471
June
137,634
670,927
58,425
892,333
1,088,392
1/ Excludes stocks on farms. Includes stocks owned by or held for account of CCC in com-
mercial storages. Farmer stock on net weight basis. 2/ Includes shelled edible and
shelled oil stock. 3/ Actual farmer stock, plus roasting stock, plus shelled peanuts
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HIGHLIGHTS: August 1 Crop Forecast
CORN PRODUCTION FALLS 47 PERCENT
Agricultural Prices U.S. Tobacco Situation
Farm Numbers & Land in Farms
All Hay Vegetables
Corn production in Georgia for 1986 is forecast at only 43.8 million bushels, down 47 percent from last year. Losses we r e from both acreage and yield reductions. Acres harvested and to be
CROPS CRIPPLED
harvested for grain are expected to total 730,000 acres, down 25 percent from a
Reports from a sample of Georgia's farmers on the condition of the State's crops have confirmed the devastating effects of this year's record-setting
year ago, and off 12 percent from the forecast a month ago. The 1986 yield is expected to average 60 bushels per acre, down 24 bushels per acre from last year.
drought and heat. Production prospects,
as of August 1, were the lowest since
1962 for hay production, since 1972 for
soybeans and since 1977 for corn
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production.
.. GEORGIA ACREAGE AND PRODUCTION 1985 AND 1986
Acreage
YieLd per Acre
Production
Indi-
Indi-
Crop
Unit
Har-
For
cated
cated
vested
Harvest
Au~. 1
Au~. 1.
1985 1/ 1986 1/
1985
1 86
1985
1 86
--Thousand Acres--
-- Tnousanas--
Corn
Bu .
975
730
84.0
60.0
81,900
43,800
Sorghum
Bu.
138
65
48.0
30.0
6,624
1,950
Cotton 2/
Bales
245
210
725
423
370
185
Hay, All
Tons
495
400
2 . 50
1.30
1,238
520
Soybeans
Bu.
1,550
850
24.0
15.0
37,200
12,750
Peanuts
Lbs.
593
645
3,240
2,600 1,921,320 1,677,000
Sweet potatoes 3/ Cwt.
6.3
5.8
160
4/
1,008
4/
Tobacco, Trpe 14 Lbs.
36
33
2,280
2,150
82,080
70,950
Apples, A1
co-ercial 3/
30,000
Peaches 3/
105,000
Grapes
2.0
Wheat 3/
14,300
Oats
1,480
R e 3/
5/
arveste
pro uct on n a es.
3/ Estimates brought forward from earlier forecast. 4/ Yield and production estiates
will be released in the Annual Crop Su.mary. 5/ The first yield and production will be
released at 3:00P.M., October 10.
A8rf,cultural Statistid.an and Georgia Depart:.enl: of Agriculture
(Cont i nue d f rom Page l)
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TOBACCO - CROP DECLINES i4 PERCENT
PEANUTS OFF 13 PERCENT
The State ' s drought and heat-plagued
peanut crop is expected to total 1.68
billion pounds for 1986, a reduction of
13 percent from last year ' s p r oduction.
Average yield is forecast at 2,600 pounds
per acre, down 640 pounds per acre from
last year's yield and the lowest since
1980. Acreage to be harvested is placed
at 645,000 acres, up 9 percent from last
year.
Prospects will be re-surveyed
about September 1.
Georgia's August
tobacco production
forecast, at 70.95 million pounds, is
down 14 percent f rom last year's output,
and is 2 percent less than last month's
forecast. Yield per acre is forecast at
2 , 150 pounds per acre, SO pounds lighter
than a month a go and 130 pounds below
1985. Acres for harvest, at 33,000, are
8 percent below last year and the
smallest since 1932. Markets opened on
July 29 with prices averaging less than
opening day last year.
COTTON PRODUCTION CUT IN HALF
SOYBEANS DROP TWO-THIRDS
Soybean production in Georgia for i986 is expected to total only 12.8 million bushels. That's 66 percent less than was produced in the State last year. This year's yield, at 15 bushels per acre, is 9 bushels below last year's yield. Acreage expected to be harvested for beans is down 45 percent to 850,000 acres, the smallest since 1972. The current acres for harvest forecast is 300,000 acres less than was forecasted a month ago.
GRAIN SORGHUM DROPS 71 PERCENT
Grain sorghum acreage for harvest, at 65,000 acres, is down 53 percent from last year and is the s mallest since 1979. Yi eld is als o weaker than a year ago, falling 18 bushels per acre to an expected 30 bushels per acre this year. Gra in production , a t 1.95 million bushel s , i s down 71 percent from last year. Last year's acreage, yield and production were all at record high levels.
Production from Georgia cotton fields is
expected to be about half of the 1985
crop. The first forecast for the 1986
season places production at 185,000 .
bales, compared with 370,000 bales last
year. Yield for 1986 is expected to be
423 pounds per acre, down 302 pounds per
acre from 1985.
Growers expect to
harvest 210,000 acres, off 14 percent
from last year.
HAY CROP LESS THAN HALF
Hay produc tion in Georgia for 1986 is
forecast at 520,000 tons, down 58 percent
from last year.
Production of even
this low level is
contingent
on
significant fall cuttings from a large
percentage of the 400,000 acres estimated
to be harvested during 1986. Spring and
summer hay production was almost non-
existent in many areas of the , State
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UNITED STATES HIGHLIGHTS, AUGUST 1, 1986
All wheat production is forecast at 2.16 billion bushels, 11 percent less than 1985. Winter wheat production is placed at 1.53 billion bushels, down 16 percent from 1985. Other spring wheat production is forecast at 530 million bushels, up 9 percent. Durum wheat is forecast at 101.8 million bushels, down 10 percent from the previous year's crop.
Corn for grain production is forecast at 8.32 billion bushels, down 6 percent from last year's crop but still the second largest of record. Yield is forecast at a record high 120.4 bushels per acre.
Feed grain production (corn, sorghum, oats, and barley) is expected to total 254 million metric tons, down 7 percent from 1985.
Soybean production is forecast at 1.98 billion bushels, 6 percent below last year but 6 percent above 1984.
~11 cotton production is foreca s t f or t he 1986 season at 10.7 million bales, a decrease of 21 percent from the 1985 crop.
All tobacco production is forecast at 1. 20 billion pounds, 21 percent below 1985 and the smallest crop since 1936.
Peanut production is forecast at 3.55 billion pounds, down 14 percent from last year and 19 percent below the record high 1984 crop.
UNITED STATES ACREAGE AND PRODUCTION 1985 AND 1986
Area Harvested
Yield per Acre
Production
Indi-
Indi-
Indicated
cated
cated
Aug. 1,
Croo
Unit
1985
1986
1985
1986
1985
1986
1,000 Acres
Thousands
Corn for Grain
Bu.
75,134
69,096 118.0
120.4 8,865,006 8,316,156
Sorghum for Grain Bu.
16,672
13,504
66.7
63.7
1,112,571
860,034
Oats
Bu.
8,149
7,537
63.6
58.8
518,626
443,183
Barley
Bu.
11,553
12,455
51.0
52.2
589,183
650,046
All Wheat
Bu.
64,734
60,903
37.5
35.5 2,424,765 2,164,738
Rye
Bu.
717
681
28.8
1/
20,637
1/
Soybeans for Beans Bu.
61,584
60,163
34.1
32.9
2,098,531
1,979,468
Peanuts for Nuts Lbs. 1,467.4
1,472.0 2,810
2,414 4,[22,787 3,552,750
Upland Cotton 2/ Bales 10,145.4
8,841.9
628
569
13,277.1
10,477.4
Cottonseed
Tons
5,279
4,205
All Hay
Tons 60,553
60,882
2.46
2.52
148,959
153,408
Sweet potatoes
Cwt.
105.3
95.1
141
3/
14,853
3/
Tobacco
Lbs.
688.0
615.3 2,196
1,942 1,511,220 1,195,119
Apples, Com'l
Lbs.
7,949,000 7,845,000
Peaches
Lbs.
2,148,300 2,277,400
Grapes
Tons
5,604.7
4,935.5
Walnuts (Calif.) Tons
219.0
195.0
1/ The f i rst yield and pr oduction will be released at 3:00 P.M., Octobe-r 10 . 2/ Yield in
pounds . 3/ Yield and production estimates will be released in the Annual Crop Summary .
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- EORG[ A PRI CES RECEIVED
Average prices received by Georgia farmers at mid-July were up from the previous month. Higher prices for hogs, calves, other chickens, broilers and table eggs were more than offset by lower prices for wheat, corn, milk cows, cows, steers and heifers, milk and hatching eggs. The Georgia Prices Received All Commodity Index for July was 134 percent of the 1977 average, 10 points higher than the previous month and 8 points higher than last year.
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U.S. PRI CES RECEIVED INDEX UP 3 POINTS
The July All Farm Products Index of
Prices Received by Farmers increased 3
poi nts (2.5 percent) from June to 124
percent of its January-December 1977
average. Higher prices for hogs, cattle,
broilers,
potatoes and eggs were
partially offset by lower prices for
c orn, oranges, pears, and wheat. The
i ndex was 2 points (1.6 percent) below a
year ago.
PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS JULY 15 1986~ WITH COMPARISONS
Commod i t v
Price per Un i t
July 198 5
Georgia
I I June 1986
July 15, 1986
United States
l July
June July 15,
I 1985
1986
1986
Winter Wheat
S/Bu.
2.82
2.45
2.41
2.90
2.34
2.26
Oat s
$/Bu .
1.31
1. 10
.9 2
Corn
S/Bu.
2.72
2.59
2.17
2.60
2.32
1.99
Cotton Tobac co
Ct./Lb.
58.5
*
1/52.5
60.5
56 . 4
1/59.1
Ct./Lb.
150.9
So y beans
$/Bu.
5.70
*
*
5.42
5. 19
5.07
All Hay, baled 2/ S/Ton
67.90
62.40
58.70
Milk Cows, 4/5/
$/Head 870.00
850.00
865.00
835.00
Hogs
S/Cwt.
47.40
52.90
60.20
45.70
52.60
58.40
Sows
S/Cwt.
35.50
41.40
47.20
36.60
44.40
48.50
Barrows & Gilts
S/Cwt.
48.00
53.30
60.70
46.90
53.70
59.60
Be e f Cattle 6 /
S/Cwt.
40.20
38.20
38.20
50.20
50.10
52.30
Cows 7/
S/Cwt.
34.50
34.60
34.20
35.40
36.30
35.70
Steers & Heifers
S/Cwt.
48.00
44.70
44 . 30
53.20
53.10
56.10
Calves
S/Cwt.
53.70
51.70
53.20
60.00
58.10
59.80
All Milk
S/Cwt.
13.60
13.80 3/13.70
12.10
11.90 3/11.90
Turkeys 2/
Ct./Lb.
44.0
46.1
49.3
Chickens, Excluding
Broilers
Ct./Lb.
20.5
2/8.0
14.0
Com'l Broilers 8/ Ct./Lb.
28.5
32.0
3/42.0
30.3
34.0 3/42.4
Eggs, All 9/
Ct./Doz 58.3 2/63.5
66.3
52.9 2/50.5
58.6
Table
Ct . /Doz 42.9 2/39.6
48.5
45.3 2/41.9
51.5
Hatching
Ct./Doz. 100.0 2/125.0
110.0
1/ First half of month. 2/ Mid-month price. 3/ Entire month. 4/ Animals sold for dairy
herd replacement only. 5/ Prices estimated quarterly. 6/ "Cows" and "steers and heifers"
combined with allowance where necessary for slaughter bulls. 7/ Includes dairy cows sold
for slaughter. 8/ Liveweight equivalent price for Georgia. * Insufficient sales.
Item Gasoline 1/
FUELS : PRICES PAID, UNITED STATES,
I
~9 1 6
Do Iars per Gal on
1.24 1.19
.944 .719 taxes. applicable .
4
.880 .844 .704
.670 state roa
July
.874 . 841 .589 . 639 ut
UNITED STATES PRICES PAID
The July Index of Prices Paid for
commodities and services, interest ,
taxes, and farm wage rates was 161
(1977a100),
unchanged
from April.
Compared with a year earlier, the index
was down 2 points (1. 2 percent).
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
The June unadjusted consumer price index for all urban consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.5 percent from last month to 327.9
(1967=100).
For the 12-month per i od
ending in June, the CPI-U increased 1.7
percent. Energy prices (up 2.3 percent
in June) accounted for about half of the
June advance in the overall CPI-U.
The May unadjusted CPI-U was 326.3, an increase of 0.3 percent from April (325.3). Gasoline prices rose 2.5 percent in May, after a 11.3 percent decline in April, and were responsible
for the overall index rise.
Item
FEED: PRICES PAID
I
SOUTHEAST 1/ AND UNITED STATES JULY 1986 WITH COMPARISONS
Un1.t
I I l
Southeast
Apnl 1986
Ju!y 1986
I United States
Aprl. 1
J u ay
1986-
1986
- - - UOl ars - - -
Cwt.
12.40
12.10
11.90
11.80
Cwt.
12.50
13.00
11.40
11.50
Cwt.
11.40
11.40
9.28
9.17
Cwt.
10.00
9.90
8.71
8.26
Cwt .
8.34
7.80
6.74
6.71
Ton
178
164
177
172
Ton
181
189
189
190
Ton
198
220
215
221
Ton
200
185
191
186
Ton
142
145
155
149
Ton
165
159
164
159
Ton
180
168
175
167
Ton
178
175
i, 178
170
Ton
206
220
238
243
Cwt. Cwt.
10.20 13.50
10.10 12.80
9.44 13.10
9.26 13.20
1/ AL, F GA, sc.
Cwt.
Cwt. Cwt.
12 . 20 7.56 8.27
11.50 7.70 8.40
10.80
6.50 8.23
10.90 6.53 8.63
INDEX NUMBERS--GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES
June 1985
I July 1985 I June 1986
July 1986
eorg1.a
Prices Received
All Commodities
129
126
124*
134
Crops
123
121
121*
117
Livestock & Products
134
130
127
147
United State s
Prices Recei ved
129
126
121
124
Prices Paid 1/
164
163
161*
161
Rat i o 2/
79
77
75
77
1/ Mid-month index including interest, taxes and farm wage rate s. 2/ Rat1.o of Index
of Prices Received to Index of Pr i ces Pa i d, Interest, Taxes and Farm Wage Rates. 3/
Ratio derived using t he most r ecent Pr i ces Paid Index. * Revised.
* * *U.S. TOBACCO S ITUATION WILL BE PUBLI SHED IN VOLUME 19 OF TilE GEORGIA FARM REPORT*** 5
GEORGIA FARMS CONTINUE TO DISAPPEAR
The downward trend of the number of Georgia farms continues with the disappearance of 2 percent, or 1,000 of its 1985 farms. There are an estimated 49,000 farms operating in the State in 1986. That is 10,000 fewer farms than were operating in 1980.
Land in farms, at 13.5 million acres, decreased by 500,000 acres from 1985. The average Georgia farm decreased in size from 270 acres in 1985 to 265 acres in 1986.
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U.S. FARM NUMBERS & LAND IN FARMS DECLINE
The number of farms in the United States in 1986 is estimated at 2.21 million, down 3 percent from 1985 and down 5 percent from 1984. The number of farms declined 1 to 2 percent per year from 1981 through 1985.
Total land in farms for 1986, at 1,007 million acres, declined 7.02 million acres from the previous year and was down 12.02 million acres from 1984. The land in farms has declined each year since 1954. Average size of farms increased from 446 acres in 1985 to 455 acres in 1986.
Year
1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986
NUMBER OF FARMS LAND IN FARMS, AND AVERAGE SIZE 1981-1986
Geor_&ia
United States
Nuaber of Far
l Land in Farms
I Average Size
Nuaber of Farms
I Land in Far
I
Thousands
Mil. Acres
Acres
Thousands
Mil. Acres
Average Size Acres
60
14.5
242
2,434
1,034.2
425
57
14.0
246
2,401
1. 027.8
428
55
13.7
249
2,370
1,024.2
432
51
13.5
265
2,328
1,019.4
438
50
13.5
270
2,275
1,014.4
446
49
13.0
265
2 214
1 007.4
455
PERCENT OF FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS UNITED STATES 1982-1986
Economic Class
Percent of Total Farms
Gross Value of Sales
1982
1983
1984
1985
$1,000-$9,000
51.3
50.2
50.5
51.2
$10,000-$99,999
35.8
36.6
35.6
35.0
$100,000+
12.9
13.2
13.9
13.8
Total
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
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1986 52.1 34.1 13 . 8 100 . 0
Stat e
Ala. Ariz. Ark. Ca l i f . Colo. Conn. Del. Fla. Ga. Idaho Ill. Ind. Iowa Kans. Ky. "I.a. Ma i ne Md. Mass . Mich. Minn. Miss. Mo. Mont . Nebr. Nev . N.H. N.J. N. Hex. N.Y. N.C. N. Oak. Oh i o Ok la. Oreg . Pa. R.I. S.C.
s. Oak.
Tenn. Tex. Utah Vt. Va . Wash.
w. Va.
Wis. Wyo.
u.s.
Area Harvested
198 5
I I nd. 1986
1,000 Acres
700
500
167
177
992
950
l. 570
1 , 680
1. 445
1,325
90
91
22
24
240
240
495
400
1,320
1,380
1 ,160
1,100
795
820
2,150
2,360
2,710
2,600
1. 850
1,855
320
300
222
220
230
240
121
123
1,750
1,770
2,725
2,950
650
550
3,400
3,450
1,950
2,250
3 , 300
3,150
495
540
88
85
1I 8
120
330
320
2,230
2,I60
415
4IO
2,950
2,900
1,450
1,500
2,IOO
1. 960
1,080
1,160
1, 990
2 , 000
10
9
205
200
3,500
4,100
1,620
1,380
3,500
3,270
605
6 15
445
435
1,008
1,063
800
170
610
590
3,600
3,680
1,030
1,110
60,553
60,882
ALL HAY
Yield
1985
I Ind. 1986
Tons
2.20
1.00
6.64
7 . 31
1.83
1. 73
5 .09
5.1 4
2.52
2.41
2.04
2.15
2.68 2.60
2 .25 2.60
2.50
1.30
3.09
3.31
3.51
3.29
3.13
3.24
3.32 2 .58
3.4 2 2.53
2.22
1.98
2.32
2.31
1.90
1. 94
2.89
2.21
2.30
2.53
3.26
3.68
2.94
3.33
2.00
2.00
1. 92
1. 75
1. 42
1. 90
2.05
2. 11
2.63
2 .55
2.32
2 .27
2.82
2.64
4. 35
4.33
2.36
2. 4I
1.80 1.28
1.40 1.93
3.17
3 . 05
2.28
2.20
2 .77
2.82
2.66
2.62
2 . 10 2 .40
2.22 1 . 00
1.38
I. 79
I . 95
1.I 3
2.34
2.22
3.44
3.27
2.13 I. 6 3 3 .24 2.02
2.14 I.1 8 3.54 1.91
3 .09 1.66
3.46 1.87
2.46
2.52
7
1984
1, 360 1,108 1. 559 7,854 3. 311
21 2 56
696 1. 320 4 , 743 3,880 2,344 7,850 5 , 899 3,346
816 41 0 634 300 5 , 285 8,440 1 , 292 6,338 3,780 7,695 I,346 201 3I 7 1 ,488 5 ,366 733 4,468 3,795 3,556 3. 112 5,08 2
23 529 8,083 2,678 5,415 2,I60 938 1,816 2,921 1,I28 12,770 2, 195 150,648
Produc tion
1 I 1985
Ind. 1986
1,000 Tons
1. 540
500
1,109
1,293
1. 819
1,645
7, 99 1
8,628
3,644
3. 190
184
196
59
54
624
624
1,238
520
4,080
4,562
4, 0 72
3,617
2, 485
2,660
7,133
8 , 079
6 , 999
6,580
4 , 100
3,671
741
694
421
427
664
531
278
311
5,705
6,517
8,003
9,810
1,300
1,100
6,513
6,038
2,760
4,273
6,755
6,640
1 ,302
I,377
20 4
193
333
3I7
1,436
1,384
5,269
5,208
746
573
3,768
5,590
4,600
4,575
4,790
4,307
2,989
3,270
5 , 302
5,240
21
20
492
200
4,830
7,340
3,156
1,564
8;175
7,258
2,084
2,012
950
930
1,644
1,253
2,595
2,724
1,230
1,124
11,120
12,718
1,706
2,071
148,959
U3,408
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U.S . NON-STORAGE ONIONS UP 29 PERCENT
Product i on of summer, non-storage onions i s f orecast at 3 . 62 mi l lion cwt ., up 29 percent from las t year and 8 percent above two years ago. Area for harvest dwindled to 10.2 thousand acres because of some abandonment in Texas but remained 3 percent above last year. The average yield is forecast at 355 cwt. per acre, well above last year 's 3 state average of 282 cwt.
Harvest in New Mexico continues with excellent yields but harvest was slowed by rains.
In the Texas High Plains, harvest start~d well but showers and lower prices slowed activity in late July. Quality of early onions was good. In the Trans-Pecos area, harvest was winding down by late July, with some acreage abandoned due to heavy rains. Yields were good.
Washington growers are at peak harvest of
Walla Walla Sweets.
Winter damage
limited volume but size is good. The
spring planted crop has smaller sizes,
but good quality.
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GEORGIA
CROP REPORTING SERV ICE
AUG 2 '1986
DO'"'UMENTS UGA LIBRARIES
Ste{bens Federal Bldg. &lite 320 Athens, Georgia 30613 Rlone: (404) 546-2236
HIGHLIGHTS Farm Labor & Wages Cattle on Feed Milk Production (21 States) Poultry Summary
Livestock Slaughter U.S. Tobacco Situation Mushrooms Cold Storage
SOUTHEAST FARM WORKERS . DOWN, wAGES UP
During the survey week of July 6-12, 1986, hired workers in the southeast region (AL,GA,SC) were paid an average hourly wage of $3.89. This compares with $3.48 paid during the corresponding week in July, 1985.
All far workers in the southeast region nu.bered 119,000 for the survey week. This is down 35 percent from the 184,000
workers for the week of July 7-13, 1985. The bulk of the decrease was in the group of hired employees.
Hired workers averaged 35.6 hours during the survey ~eek, up from the 34.2 hours in July 1985. Self-employed farm operators worked an average 39.8 hours
copared with 41.3 hours reported a year
ago. Unpaid workers averaged 37.5 hours, 2.7 hours .ore than in July 1985.
FARM WAGE RATES, JULY 6-12, 1986 SELECTED STATES, REGIONS AND UNITED STATES 1/
:
Type of Farm Workers
Method of Pay
State and
Field
Live-
Super-
Other
Hourly
Piece
Other
Region 2/
Stock
visory
Rate
- - Dollars per Hour
Southeast
3.62
4.26
5.94
3.71
3.92
3.53
4.10
Florida
4.48
4.60
8.21
6.06
4.69
4.60
6.34
Appalachian I
3.91
3.94
3/
4.11
4.18
3.18
4.02
Appalachian II
3.28
4.26
3/
4.Q8
3.66
3/
4.34
Delta
3.75
4.23
6.29
3.83
3.82
3/
4.43 '
Northeast I
4.31
3.61
3/
5.15
4.45
3/
3.70
Northeast II
4.20
4.08
7.30
5.11
4.25
3/
5.23
Lake
4.38
3.36
3/
4.35
4.12
5.69
3.45
Cornbelt I
4.22
4.25
7.23
4.76
4.45
3/
5.09
Cornbelt II
4.34
4.15
3/
4.50
4.42
3/
4.53
Northern Plains 4.64
4.80
3/
4. 17
4.55
3/
4.49
Southern Plains 4.27
4.20
6.21
4.22
4.19
3/
4.63
Mountain I
4. Sl
3.84
6.08
4.22
4.63
5.81
3.69
Mountain II
4.47
5.15
7.93
5.18
4.54
3/
5.62
Mountain III
3.99
4.01
6.81
5.04
4.28
3/
5. 19
Pacific
4.15
3/
6.46
4.89
4.51
3.96
5.44
California
5.22
5.31
8.80
6.41
5.21
6.57
7.54
Hawaii
6.40
3/
u.s.
4.39
4.15
1I 27 3/ See footnotes on page 2.
11.14 7.32
8.46 4.66
6.81 4.46
3/ 4.55
10.34 4.88
Agrl.cul.ura1 Sutiatic:lan aod Georgia Depart:.eot of Agriculture
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YORKERS ON FARMS BY STATE
Sta te
and Re ion 2/
All
Farm Yor k ers
REGION AND UNITED
Southeast
11 9
51
14
54
28
26
Flor ida
57
14
2
41
34
7
Appalachian I
165
68
20
77
34
43
Appa l achian II
205
111
42
52
25
27
Delta
133
64
18
51
33
18
Northeast I
137
46
21
70
42
28
llortheast II
147
55
26
66
40
26
Lake
434
177
129
128
55
73
Cornbelt I
311
154
62
95
54
41
Cornbelt II
271
141
60
70
31
39
Northern Plains
275
143
85
47
23
24
Southern Plains
271
139
49
83
41
42
Mountain I
91
37
21
33
17
16
Mountain II
69
26
12
31
16
iS
Mountain III
49
10
22
17
12
5
Pacific
185
56
26
103
37
66
California
271
54
13
204
144
60
Hawaii
14
2
1
11
9
2
u.s.
3,204
1,348
623
1,233
675
558
tate and Re ion 2/
HOURS YORKED PER \lEEK AND YAGE RATES FOR ALL HIRED YORKERS, BY STATES AND REGIONS JULY 6-12 1986 1/
Southeast Florida Appalachian I Appalachian II Delta Northeast I Northeast II Lake Cornbelt I Cornbelt II Northern Plains Southern Plains Mountain I Mountain II Mountain III Pacific California Hawaii
39.8 37 . 6 38.0 33.4 39.0 64.1 56.2 56.2 45.7
44.5 60.3 40.7 61.7 61.2 40.7 39.1 41.0
31.9
37.5
39.1 35.9 28.5 36.4 43.6
39.0 40.0 39.0 38.5 44.3 42.2
44.6 44.8 29.5 35.4
36.6 29.7
35.6 35.5 30.6 28.9 40.8 38.4 35.4 35.1 32.8 31.5 42.6 39.1 46.7 40.7 48.5 34.0 42.3
38.7
3.89 5.09 3.98
3.80 4.00 4.23 4.51 4.10 4.61 4.46 4.53 4.36 4.40 5.01 4.51 4.38 5.73 7.37
u.s.
47.6
39.1
37.0
4.57
1/ Excludes agricultural service workers. 2/ Regions cons i st of the following:
Southeast-AL,GA,SC; Appalachian I-NC,VA; Appalachian II-KY , TN , YV; Delta-AR,LA,MS;
Northeast I-CT,ME,MA,NH,NY,RI,VT; Northeast II-DE,MD,NJ,PA ; Lake-MI,MN,WI; Cornbelt I-
IL,IN,OH; Cornbelt II-IA,MO; Northern Plains-KS,NE,ND,SD; Southern Plains-OK, TX;
Mountain I-ID,MT,YY; Mountain II-CO,NV , UT; Mountain III-AZ,NM; Pacifi c-OR,YA.
3/ Insufficient data.
The Geor9la Farm Report ( ISSN-0 744-7280) Is published semi-monthly by t he GeorQia Cr op Reporting Servic e, Stephens f edera l Bui ld ing , Athens, Ga. 3061 3, Lar ry E. Sn i pes, Stat i sti ci an In Cha~e. Second cla s s pos tage pai d at Athans , GA. Subscr i pt ion t ee SIO per yea r exce pt f r ee t o data con tributors. Subsc ription Information ava i lable from : Georg ia Crop Report i ng Serv ice, Stephens fede r a l Bu l ld l no, Su ite 320, Athens, GA. 306 13 Telephone : (404 ) 546-2236.
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CATTLE ON FEED IN 7 STATES DOWN 1 PERCENT
Cattle and calves on feed August 1, 1986, for slaughter market in the 7 states preparing monthly estimates totaled 6.32 million head, down 1 percent from a year ago and 7 percent below August 1, 1984.
Marketings of fed cattle during July totaled 1.68 million, 1 percent above last year and 8 percent more than July 1984, and the highest July total since 7 state estimates were begun in 1972.
Placements of cattle and calves on feed
in the 7 states during July totaled 1.54
million, an increase of 43 percent from
last year and the highest July placements
since 1978.
Net placements of 1.48
million for July were up 46 percent from
last year and 19 percent from two years
ago.
Other disappearance totaled 64 thousand head, compared with 61 thousand during July 1985, and 84 thousand during July 1984.
CATTLE AND CALVES: NUMBER ON FEED, PLACEMENTS, MARKETED, AND O'I1IER DISAPPEARANCE.
7 STATES JULY 1 TO AUGUST
1986 as %
1985
1986
of 1985
1,000 Head
On Feed, July 1 1/ Placed on Feed during July
7 0 057
6,523
92
1,078
1,544
143
Fed Cattle Marketed during July
1,670
1,682
101
Other Disappearance during July 2/
61
64
105
On Feed Auaust 1 1/
6,404
6,321
99
1/ Cattle end calves on feed are aniaals for slauahter aarket bein& fed a full
ration of arain or other concentrates and are expected to produce a carcaa..._.th.at
will arade &ood or better. 2/ Includes death losses, -.ov-nt fr~ feedl,.ts to
pas~ures and shipaents to other feedlots for further feedina.
JULY MILK PRODUCTION
Milk production in the 21 selected states during July totaled 10.5 billion pounds. This is 1 percent less than the production in these same states during July 1985.
During the April-June period, the 21 selected states produced 84.8 percent
of the u.s. production. If producers in
the 29 states not surveyed for August 1
followed the trend shown by the reporting states, U.S. milk production would total about 12.4 billion pounds for July.
Production per cow in the 21 selected states averaged 1,166 pounds during July, 15 pounds above July 1985.
Milk cows in the 21 selected states averaged 9.05 ail lion head, 1 percent less than June 1986.
Item
MILK COWS AND MILK PRODUCTION , JULY 1985-1986
21 States
Unit
1985
1986
Percent
Milk Cows 1/
Thous. Head
9,258
M'i1k per Cow 2/
Pounds
1.151
Milk Production 2/
Mil. Lbs.
10.658
1/ Includes dry cows. excludes heifers not vet fresh.
calves.
3
9,047
99
1.166
101
10,547
. 99
2/ Excludes ailk sucked by
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SLAUGHTER 1/, JULY 1986
7. of
I July 2/
1986
Young Chickens
~ or2ia Unit ed S t ates Mature Chickens
62,437 399, 428
56,436 388 , 823
55,589 378,691
89
39 3 , 08 6
391 , 568 100
95 2 ,600 , 740 2 ,6 40 ,15 4 102
Light Type U. S. Heavy Type U.S.
Total lJ .S. Tota l All Types, Ga. Percent Condemned
9 ,752 3,202 12, 954 2,472
14,442 3,070
17,5 12 3,473
i 1 '491
118
90,914
3,097
97
21,991
!4,588
113
112 ,905
2 , 4 58
99
21 881
89,765
99
21,447
98
111,212
99
21,701
99
Young Chicke ns
Georgia
l .5
1. 4
3/1.6
3/1.6
United States
1.6
1 .6
3/1.6
3/1.8
1/ Federallv insoected slaughter aata as coll ected by Meat and Poultrv Inspection
Program. Current - month data estimated by Market News Service. 2/ Preiiminary. 3/ January-June condemnations.
Item
Pullet Chicks Placed
Domestic ~u .s .5 1/
Broiler Type
3,400
3,515
3,672
108
24,209
25,677
106
Egg Type
345
284
250
72
1,829
1,849
101
Chicks Hatched
Broiler Type .
Georgia
60,110
62,553
62,809
104
418,407
435,703
104
United States
407,502 428,301
429.772
105 2,839,097 2,935,449
103
Egg Type
Georgia
2,420
2,500
1,732
72
17,242
20,688
120
United States
32,094 37,402
33,452
104
239,403
265,073
111
Item Chickens
Egg Type Broiler Type Turkeys
Georgia Hatching Other
Total Georgia Total 20
States
198,
I
1986
--T ousand s - -
I
7. of Year Ago
28. 151
28,720
102
340,536
361,311
106
20 ,874
22,490
108
NUMBER OF LAYERS AND EGG PRODUCTION, JULY 1986
No . Layers on
Eggs per 100
Total Eggs Produced
Ha n d - J u l y
Layers-July
During Jul y
1985
1986
1985
1986
1985
1986
Thousands
Number
Millions
5 , 152
5,395
1,928
1,910
99
103
11,445
11,810
2 , 071
2,031
237
240
16,597
17,205
2,024
1,994
336
3 43
224,151
226,219
2,099
4
2,095
4,705
4,740
GEORGIA RED MEAT PRODUCTION
U.S. RED MEAT PRODUCTION
Georgia red meat produc tion totaled 35.9 million pounds during July 1986, up 10 percent from a year ago.
The number of cattle slaughtered by commercial plants in Georgia during July was 25,300 head, an increase of 28 percent from July the previous year. Calves slaughtered in July totaled 400 head, down 20 percent from a year ago.
There were 148,000 hogs slaughtered in commercial plants across the State during July 1986. This was 3 percent more than the same period last year.
Commercial red meat production for the United States in July 1986, totaled 3.28 billion pounds, up fractionally from July . 1985, to a new July record high.
Beef production, at 2.15 billion pounds, was up 4 percent. Head kill totaled 3.32 million, up 6 percent. The average live weight decreased 9 pounds to 1,091.
Veal production, at 45 million pounds, was up 5 percent. Calf slaughter totaled 300 thousand head, up 3 percent.
Pork production, at 1.06 billion pounds, was down 7 percent. Hog kill totaled 6.10 million head, a decline of 8 percent. The average live weight, at 244 pounds, was unchanged.
Species
Georsia Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep & Lambs
GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER 1/
Number Slaughtered
: Average
1986
Jan.-July : Live Weight
Julv
as % of '86 as /. of :
July
1985 I 1986
1985
1985
: 1985 I 1986
1,000 Head
Percent Percent
Pounds
19.8
25.3
128
108
912
903
.5
.4
80
26
325
368
143.0 148.0
103
104
226
227
1
. 1
100
150
94
93
Total Live Weight
July
1985 I 1986
1,000 Pounds
18,090 164
32,359 12
22,881 161
33,577 8
United States
Cattle
3,138.6 3,322.5
106
103
1,100 1,091 3,452,317 3,624,360
Calves
290.7 299.6
103
107
250
253
72,784
75,956
Hogs
6,600.3 6,098.3
92
96
244
244 1,612,537 1,490,935
Sheee & Lambs
502.5
448.5
89
92
112
114
56.170
51.020
1/ Includes slaughter under Federal Inspection and other commercial slaughter, excludes
farm slaughter.
COMMERCIAL RED MEAT AND LARD PRODUCTION: UNITED STATES WITH COMPARISONS 1/
July
1986 as /.
Jan.-July 2/
1986 as /.
Kind
1985
1986
of 1985
1985
1986
of 1985
Million Pounds
Percent
Million Pounds
Percent
Beef
2,059
2,148
104
13,674
14,164
104
Veal
43
45
105
281
303
108
Pork
1,147
1,063
93
8,506
8,195
96
Lamb & Mutton
28
25
89
204
193
95
Total Red Meat
3,277
3,282
100
22,665
22,855
101
Lard 3/
72
67
93
531
513
97
1/ Based on packers dress weights and excl udes farm slaughter. 2/ Accumulated totals
based on unrounded data. 3/ Prel iminary l4rd production includes rendered pork fat.
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Supply
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U.S. TOBACCO SITUATION
U.S. tobacco disappearance is expected to decline about 3- percent this season because of lower domestic use and exports. Still, use will exceed 198~/86 marketings, so stocks carried over to 1986/87 (beginning July 1 for flue-cured and October 1 for burley and other kinds) will likely decline about 3 percent from last year's 3.85 billion pounds.
Disappearance of flue-cured tobacco in
1985/86 may drop about 5 percent from
last season's 935 million pounds because
of reduced U.S. cigarette output and
smaller exports.
Di sappearance will
l ikely exceed 1985 marketings, so July 1
supplies could drop further because 1986
marketings are expected to fall short of
use.
Suppl i es a r e expected to decline again n ext ma r ke ting yea r becaus e of a smaller c rop and smal ler carryo ver stoc ks. Wi th l o we r a l lotmen ts a n d q uotas, market ing s will be about 15 percent below 1985 's 1.47 bill i on pounds. Even with a smaller crop, auction prices are expected to be lower, because price supports are reduced for flue-cure~ and unchanged for burley.
Net prices may not change much from a year ago. Domestic use could decline further because of a slowdown in cisarette -sales and relatively large tobacco iaports.
This season, burley use may remain near
last year's ~~6 aillion pounds. Exports
are expected to rise but doaestic use aay
decline. Since use is above aarketings,
October
stocks will likely decline a
little from last year's 1.46 billion
pounds. Growers are expected to market
less burley in 1986/87, and use will
likely exceed aarketings, so the large
burley stocks will be pulled down a
little further.
The use of fire-cured tobacco aay rise in 198~/86 because of larger exports. The hike in use could reduce the large s upply a li t t l e. Dark air-cured supplie s are a little higher in 198~/86 , but lowe r produc tion wil l likely r e duc e the m next season. Us e o f cigar l eaf h a s d e cl ined, but the saalle r crop pr ojected f or 198 6 wil l pus h do wn n e xt s e a s on' s s toc k.
1/ Tobacco June 1986, Service 6
Si tuation & Outlook Report,
USDA, Economic Research
1985-86 MUSHROOM PRODUCTION DOWN BUT VALUE STEADY
Reversing an upward t rend , U.S. mushr oom produc t ion decrea sed 1 percent to ~88 milli on pounds dur i ng the 1985-86 marketing season . However, production during the marketi ng year ending June 30, 1986 , was the second highest on record
and 5 percent higher than the 1983-84 season. Pennsylvania , the leading State, with about 44 perc ent of the U.S. c r op, grew 256 million pounds in 1985-86, down 7 percent from the previous season. Eastern States accounted for 57 percent of the U.S. total pr oduction; Central States, 13 percent; and Western Stat e s, 30 percent .
MUSHR OOMS : AREA, PRODUCTION , PRICE AND VALUE
JULY 1, 1983 TO JU NE 30 , 1986
-----------------------AR--EA---IN---PR-O-D-U--C-T-IO--N----------- ------ -- ----------------- ---
STA TE AN D
::---F-IR-S-T---:--SE-C-O-N-D---:A-D--D-IT--I-O-N-A-L-:-------- :PRODUC TION:
PRI CE PER
VALUE OF
YE AR : FILLING: FI LLIN G: FILLI NGS : TOTAL :
POUND :PRODUCTI ON
CALIF 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86
DEL 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86
6,285 5,334 4,919
1,000 SQUA RE FEET
6 , 291 5,334 4,904
12,725 14,501 12,751
1,073
943
483
1. 122
996
695
925
936
882
25,301 25,169 22,574
1,000 POUNDS
108,475 113,600 106,910
CENTS 98.6 100.0 97 . 7
2,499 2,813 2,743
7,289 8,086 7,785
71.9 63 . 9 63.4
1, 00 0 DOL LARS 106 ,967 11 4. 143 104,4 44
5,239 5. 168 4,934
HD
1983-84
372
261
126
1984-85
346
264
123
1985-86
267
207
254
759
2,146 71.5
733
2.116 65 . 8
728
1,734 65.9
1 t 535 1 t 392 1.143
MICH 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86
N y 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86
1. 420 1,308 1,048
515 552 508
1,398 1. 278 1,012
494 529 424
1. 89} 1,918 2,000
193 222
37
4,709 4,504 4,060 1,202 1,303
969
17,506 19,501 20,17 1
2,340 2, 333 2,119
93 . 5 83.5 83.1 84.9 78.9 72.1
16 ,365 16,276 16,758 1. 986
1 t 841 1. 528
PA 1983-84
1984-85 1985-86
23,926 22,155 19,180
22,883 20,248 18,048
27,480 26,121 22,982
74,289 68,524 60,210
279,654 275,196 256,160
73 . 4
6 7. 5 66.6
205,196 185,801 170,705
OTH STS 1/ 1983-84 1984-85 1985 - 86
u s 2/
1983-84 1984-85 1985-86
7,015 6,477 6,730
40,606 31 , 29 4 33,577
6, 608 6,327 6,763
38,878 34,976 32, 294
20,428 23 , 283 24,788
63,326 66,8 63 63,694
34,051 36,087 38,281
144,121 174,849 193,0 77
103.0 96.7
100 . 0
14 2,810 139,133 129,565
561,531 595,681 587,956
86.6 82 .9 83 . 9
149,100 169 ,027 193,581
48 6,3 88 493,648 493,09 3
1/ ARK,COLO,CONN ,FLA, GA,HAW ,ILL , IND,I A,KY,LA,MASS ,MINN,MO,NJ, OHIO ,OKLA, OREG,TENN,TEX,UTAH, VA,WASH,W.VA,WIS. 2/ Production i s primarily Agar1cus Bisporus, but also includes exotics and specialties. Separate es tima t es for these miscellaneous mushrooms are not available.
7
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Commodity
COLD STORAGE STOCKS 1 UNITED STATES 1 JULY 31 1 1986
July 31,
June 30,
July 31,
1985
1986
1986
Percent of July 1985 June 1986
~
> 0
1,000 Pounds
Percent
I
Butt er
280,664
342,785
338,993
121
99
"eo'
cIr:
~ "'
Cheese, Natural Eggs, Frozen Fruits, Frozen
963,513 18,034
706,975
892,388 14,154
558,112
913,670 14,969
730,531
95
102
83
106
103
131
Fruit Juices, Frozen
1,405,865
1,446,310
1,263,885
90
87
Meats, Red
738,217
640,781
622,940
84
97
Beef, Frozen
319,651
321,647
336,000
105
104
Pork, Frozen
343,131
247,661
216,677
63
87
Poultry, Frozen
489,599
480,156
565,233
115
118
Turkeys , Frozen
304,727
294,049
382,109
125
130
Vegetables , Frozen
1,565,296
1,300,882
1,448,944
93
111
Pot atoes, Frozen
828,240
1,096,854
957,650
116
87
Peanuts, Shelled
414,140
419,769
354,131
86
84
Peanuts, In Shell
38,232
35,358
28,908
76
82
Pecans, Shelled
27,856
35,763
33,610
121
94
Pecans~ In Shell
35.301
52.584
38.374
109
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CROP PROSPECTS REMAIN WEAK
The September 1 crop reoort shows a continuation of weak yield prospects despite the improvement in soil moisture. Rains came too late to reverse damage done earlier to most row crops. Pastures and hay crops have benefited the most from the August rains.
Harvest progress on September 1 was at a record pace for corn but slightly below
average for peanuts. Tobacco harvest
progress was behind both last vear and
average.
Development of ' peanuts,
soybeans and cotton was slower than
average.
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GEORGIA ACREAGE AND PRODUCTION 198S AND 1986
Acreage
Yield per Acre
Production
Indi-
Indi-
Crop
Unit
Har-
For
cated
cated
vested
Harvest
Sept. 1.
Sept. 1.
1985 1/
1986 1/
1985
1986
1985
1986
--Thousand Acres--
-- Thousands--
Corn
Bu.
975
730
84.0
60.0
81,900
43,800
Cotton 2/
Bales
24S
210
72S
434
370
190
Soybeans
Bu.
1,550
850
24.0
16.0
37,200
13,600
Peanuts
Lbs.
593
660
3,240
2,400 1, 921,320
1,584,000
Sweetpotatoes 3/ Cwt.
6.3
5.8
160
4/
1,008
4/
Tobacco, Type 14 Lbs .
36
33
2,280
2,150
82,080
70,950
Pecans
Lbs.
83,000
85,000
Apples, All
Commercial 3/
Lbs.
20,000
30,000
Peaches 3/
Lbs.
90,000
105,000
Grapes 3/
Tons
2.1
2.0
Wheat 3/
Bu.
825
550
31.0
26.0
25,575
14,300
Oats
Bu.
45
40
45.0
37.0
2,025
1,480
Rye 3/
Bu.
90
95
23.0
5/
2,070
5/
Sorghum 3/
Bu.
138
65
48.0
30.0
6,624
1, 950
Hay, All 3/
Tons
495
400
2.50
1.30
1,238
520
1/ Harvested for principal use. 2/ Cotton yield i n pounds and production in bales.
3/ Estimates brought forward from earlier forecast . 4/ Yield and production estimates
will b e released in the Annual Crop Summary. 5/ The first yield and production wi ll be
released October 10.
Agrlcult:ural St:at:ist:iclan and Georgia Depart::.ent: of Agric:ult:ure
GFR-86-Vo l. 20
1985 GEORG I A FARM INCOME AND CA SH RECEIPTS
Gross farm income for Georgia farmers in
1985 fell 8 percent t o $3. 83 billion .
De s pit e the drop, 1985's gr oss farm
income still rank s as the second highest
of record.
Farm production expenses
decreased 5 percent i n 1985 " t o $2 . 90
billion. Realized net f arm income at
$9 28. 5 million was down 16 percent fr om
1984 but st ill t he s e cond highest o f
rec ord. Farme rs' decre ased invento ri es
du r i n g 1985 by $1 9. 1 million .
The
reducti on i n i nventorie s of crops and
l i vestock l owered the t o tal net f arm
i n c ome to $ 909 . 4 mil l i on.
Poultry , l ivest ock and produc ts a ccount ed f or 49. 4 percen t o f the 198 5 cash recei pts and crops a c counted for 45.8
perc ent. Forest produc ts accounted for 2.8 percent of the total and government payments represented 2.0 percent.
Commerci al broilers grossed
$796.4
million or 22. 8 per cen t of the total to
again rank as the leading gro ss sales
enterprise in Georgia. Eggs ranked in
.third place among all c ommodit i es with
cash r ece ipts of 6 . 7 percent .
Cash
receipt s f or cat tl e and ca lve s, hogs and
dairy product s accounted f o r 6.4 per cen t,
5 .6 percent and 5.2 percent of the total
respe ctively .
Peanuts were again the l e ading cash crop for Georgia . Cash rec eipt s from pean uts accounte d f or 14 .7 per cent of the total . Cas h rece ip ts for soybeans dropped s harpl y i n 1985 a nd accounted for only 5.3 percent o f the total.
Item
CROPS Corn Cotton, Total Cotton, Lint Cottonseed Peanuts Sobbeans To acco Wheat Peaches Pecans Other Fruits and Nuts Truck Crops All Other Crops
TOTAL CROPS
I 1983
72 , 701 64.075 57,671
6.404 374,104 286.386 173,974 109.736
22,565 60.887
6 , 767 138,564 148, 505 1,458,264
~
19 4
I
171985
housan Dollars -
135,233
63 . 291 5 4 ;4 6 3
8,828 613,371 283,192 155,450
94.802 21,874 64.756 10.463 134,517 194,816 1,771.765
151,237
95,875 90.253
5,622 514,006 184,886 139 . 924
71.677 21,599
71.793 8,981
132.588 207,358 1,599,924
LI VESTOCK Hogs Cattle and Calves Dai ry Products Commercial Broilers Other Chickens Turkeys Eggs Other
TOTAL LIVESTOCK AND PRODUCTS TOTAL CROP AND LIVESTOCK CASH RECEIPTS FARM FOREST PRODUCTS 2/ GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS TOTAL CASH RECEIPTS
17 Preliminary . 27 I ncludes fa r m sales
only .
228 , 787 254.410 200,100 676.675
15,556 24.110 278,734 37.944 1,716,316 3,174.580 94,706 79.479 3,348,765
217,458 193,125 183,960 835,462
20,314
34.578 320,951
42 ,467
1 ,848,315
3.620,080 101,000
79.286 3,800, 366
196,360
224.365 182.595 796.415
16,557 35,119 235,290 40,410 1,727, 11 1
3.327.035 97,500 71, 163
3, 49 5,698
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DISTRIBUTION OF GEORGIA
FARM CASH RECEIPTS 1 198S Amount % of
-Mil.- Tot al
Lvstk . & Prod.
$1.727.1 49. 4
Crops
1,599.9 4S.8
Fo res t Prod . *
Gov 't Pnlts .
97.S
2.8
71. 2
2.0
To tal
3 1 495.7 100.0
* Includes only far m sales.
Item
I FARM INCOME AND EXPENSES 1 GEORGIA, 1983-1985 1/
t
1983
1984
- Million Dollars -
1985
Cash Receipts from Farm Marketings 2/
3,174.6
3. 620. 1
3,327.0
Co ve rnment Payments
79.~
79.3
71.2
Tot al Cash Rece i pts
3. 254. 1
3,699.4
3 ,398.2
~on-Money Income
264.4
261.2
234.2
Other Farm I ncome 3/
161.3
187.0
197.0
Realized Gross Farm Income
3,679.7
4,147.5
3,829.4
Farm Production Expenses
3,030.1
3,038.4
2,900.9
Realized Net Farm Income
649.6
1,109.1
928.5
Net Change in Farm Inventorie~
-124.8
+3').4
-19.1
Total Net Farm Income
524 .9
144.5
909.4
1/ Some items may not add to totals due to rounding. 2/ Excludes farm forest p roducts.
3/ Includes farm forest products.
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U.S. HIGH LI GHTS
Corn f or gr ain pr o duc t i on i s f o reca s t a t 8.27 b illion bu shels , down 7 pe rc ent from last year's r e cor d c rop and down l es s than 1 per c ent from Aug us t 1.
Sorghum g r a i n pro duc t i o n is fo recast a t 873 mi ll i o n bu shel s, down 21 p e rcent f rom last year's record product i on.
Feed gra in pr oductio n (corn , sor ghum, oat s, and ba rl ey) is expected to total 252 mil l i on metric t ons, down 8 percent from last year.
So ybean production is forecast at 1.98 bi llion bushels, virtually unchanged from t he August 1 fore c ast but down 6 percent from 1985 .
\.7 1" '-' - v v
1' >.J ~ ..
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All wheat production i s forecast at 2.12 bi llion bushels . This is the lowest l eve l si nce 1978 and down 13 pe rc e nt fr om 198 5 .
All co t t on p r oducti o n is forecast at 10.5 million bales , a decrease of 2 percent fr om Aug us t 1 and 2 2 percen t bel ow the 1985 c r o p.
All tobacco production is f orecas t at 1 . 22 billion pound s , 19 percent be l ow l ast year and the smallest crop since 1936.
Peanut product i on i s forecast at 3.47 billion pounds, 16 percent less than last year and 21 percent below the record large harvest of 1984.
UNITED STATES ACREAGE AND PRODUCTION 1985 AND 1986
Area Harves t ed
Yield per Acre
Production
Indi-
Indi-
Indicated
cated
cated
Sept. 1.
Crop_
Uni t
1985
1986
1985
1986
1985
1986
1,000 Acres
Thousands
Cor n for Grain
Bu .
75,134
69 , 071 118.0
119.7 8,865,006 8,268,141
Sorghum for Gr ain Bu.
16,672
13,504
66.7
64.7 1,112 , 571
873,374
oats
Bu.
8 ,1 49
7,537
63.6
54 . 8
518,626
413,025
Barley
Bu.
11,553
12,455
H.O
50.3
589,183
625 , 971
All Wheat
Bu.
64,734
60,903
37.5
34.8 2 , 424,765 2,120,538
Rye 1/
Bu.
717
681
28 . 8
3/
20,637
3/
Soybeans fo r Bea n s Bu.
61, 584
59 ,793
34. 1
33 . 1 2,098 , 531
1 ,979 , 773
Peanut s f o r Nuts Lbs. 1,46 7. 4
1, 487 . 0 2,8 10
2, 331 4,122,787 3,466 , 350
Upland Cot t on 2 /
Bales 10, 145 .4
8,818 . 9
628
5 61
13 , 277. 1
10, 31 2.4
Cottonseed
Tons
5 , 279
4, 152
Sweet po t at oes 1/ Cwt .
105 .3
95. 1
141
4/
14 , 853
4/
Tobacco
Lbs .
688 .0
61 4 .6 2 ,196
1, 982 1, 511,220 1,218,1 56
Al l Hay 1/
Tons 60 ,553
60,882
2.46
2 .52
148,959
153 , 408
Gr a p e s
Tons
5,604.7
4,91 5. 5
Appl e s , Com1 1 1/ Lha .
7,949 , 000 7,845 ,000
Peca n s
Lbs .
244,400
209 ,300
Walnu ts (Calif.) Tons
219.0
190 . 0
1/ Estimate s car r i e d f o r ward f rom e a rl i e r fo reca s t. 2/ Yi e l d in pounds . 3/ The fi r st
yield and produc t i on estiaates wi l l be r eleased October 10. 4/ Yield and production
estiaa tes wil l be released in the Annual Crop su-ry~
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GEORGIA PECANS UP 2 PERCENT
The first pecan production forecast for
the 1986 season pegs Georgia's crop at 85 million pounds, up 2 million pounds or 2 percent from the 1985 crop. Expected production is comprised of 72 million
pounds from improved varieties and 13 million pounds of seedlings.
The record drought has caused serious
problems . Nuts are small in many non-
irrigated groves and the rainy, damp
weather of late August and early
September has caused above normal nut
droppage. Prospects for irri gated groves
are generally very good but nut droppage
is causing concern.
Insect control
practices have been active all sea-son but
scab has presented few problems in most
groves.
U.S. PECANS DOWN
The first forecast for the U.S. all pecan crop is 209 mil lion pounds, in-shell basis , 14 percent lower than last year's production and 10 percent below 1984.
Production is f orecast down in three states, the same in one and up in 7 states. However, Texas production is expected to be off 51 per cent which accounts for the bulk of the decrease. Production increases poundage wise in the 7 states was not r ~ arly enough to offset the decreases.
Extremely dry conditions plagued nonirrigated groves in much of the pecan belt. Insect and disease problems, hot and dry weather, along with higher than normal nut droppage are affecting the crop in southern Oklahoma and Texas.
State
Ala. Ark. Fla. Ga. La.
Miss. N. Mex. N.C. Okla.
S.C. Tex.
9,000 1,100
2,200 100,000
1,500 4,000 24,000
1,830 2,000 3,600
20,000
9,600 1,000
1,600 74,000
2,000 3,500 29,000
400 1,500
900 29,000
10,400
1,100 3,00072,000
2,500 5,000 24,000 1,800
2,000 1,800 28,000
4, GOO 400
2,800 20,000
3,500 1,500
1,070 23,000
1,900 5,000
u.s.
169,230 1521500 151,600 63,170
1/ Budded , grafted or topworked va l- i eties.
6,400 700
1,200 9,000 13,000 3,000
600 8,500
500 49,000
91 , 900
2,600 700
2 , 000 13,000 12,500
2,500
1,200 10,000
1,200 12,000
57 ,700
13,000 1,500 5,000
120,000 5,000 5,500
24,000 2,900
25,000 5,500
25, 000
232,400
16,000 1,700 2,800
83,000 15,000
6,500 29,000
1,000 10,000
1,400 78,000
244,400
13,000 1,800 5,000
85,000 15,000
7 ,50C 24 , 00(
3 . 00( 12,000
3,000 40,000
209,30(j
JULY PEANUT STOCKS
Peanut stocks in .: omme rcial s t orag e on July 31, 1986, tot al >d 8 17 million pounds of equivalent farmer stock . This total includ es 48.4 mi llion pou nds of a ctual farmer stock. J u ly millings t otale 92.1 million pounds. Millings b y type were: 26.2 million pounds of Virgini as, 6 0. 1 million po u nd s of Runner s, and 5.7 mi llion pound s of Span ish. Co mme rcial p rocessors ut ilized 1 10 mil li on pounds o f shel l ed edibl e grade peanut s during July. Crushings for oil, cake and meal totaled 42.2 million pounds during the month.
U.S . VIS IBLE SUPPLY OF PEANUTS
AT MONTH Is END 1/
July
Class
1986
Mi ll i on Pounds
Farwer Stock
172
120
48
Shelled
Peanuts 2/
891
673
543
Roasting Stock
67
58
47
Total 3/
1 1424 1,073
1/ Excludes stocks on far a.
817 Includes
stocks owned by or he ld for account of
CCC in commercial storages . 2 / Include s
shelled edible and she ll~d oil stock. 3/
Ac.tual farmer sto ck, plus roasting stock,
plus shelled peanuta x 1.33.
s.
GEORGIA PRICES RECEIVED
The Georgia Prices Rec eived All Commodity
I ndex for August was 139 percent of t he
1977 average, up 5 points from July, and
19 points above last year.
Average
prices received by Geor gia farmers at
mid-August compared with July were mixed.
Higher prices were received for all
poult ry and poultry products, livestock
and livestoc k product s with the exception
of milk which was unchanged.
Lower
prices were received f or all crops .
GFR-86-Vol. 20
U.S. PRICES RECEIVED INDEX UNCHANGED FROM A MONTH EARLIER
The Augu st All Farm Products Index of Prices Rec ei ved by farme rs, at 125 percent of its January-December 1977 a verage, was unchanged from Ju y. Cattle, hog, broiler, and egg prices moved higher wh i le corn, cotton, potato and soybean prices were l ower. The index was 4 points above a year earlier.
In August , hog and broiler pric es were at record highs . The previous record high for a ll hogs of $61.30 was recorded in September of 1982 while the previous record for broilers was s et last month. The Augus t corn price of $1.70 per bushel was the l owest level since October 1977.
~nter
u.
.
Oats
$/Bu.
I. 16
.90
.84
Corn
S/Bu.
2.35
2.12
1.87
2.44
2.00
1.70
Cotton
Ct./Lb.
52.5
52.7
1/52.3
56.0
58.6
1/52.3
Cottonseed 2/
$/Ton
69.00
59.00
Tobacco
Ct./Lb. 172.2
3/154.0
160.4
3/144.0
Sovbeans
S/Bu.
5.17
5.31
4.87
5. 10
5. 11
4.88
Peanuts
Ct./Lb.
21.0
22.5
All Hay, baled 2/ $/Ton
66.70
58.70
58.30
Milk Cows, 4/5/
$/Head
850.00
835.00
Hogs
$/Cwt.
43.70
60.00
62.60
42.50
59.00
61.80
Sows
S/Cwt.
34.40
46.20
51.50
35.30
48.80
53.70
Barrows & Gilts
S/Cwt.
44.00
60.60
63.10
43.30
60.30
62.80
Beef Cattle 6/
S/Cwt.
42.40
38.40
41.40
49.40
52.90
54.50
Cows 7/
S/Cwt.
34.90
33.20
34.60
35.20
35.50
36.20
Steers & Heifers
S/Cwt.
49.10
48.20
51.50
51.90
56.40
58.40
Calves
S/Cwt.
54.90
54.10
56.50
61.40
59.40
60.70
All Milk
S/Cwt.
13.50
13.90 3/13.90
12. 10
12.00 3/12.10
Turkeys 2/
Ct./Lb.
47.5
49.3
50.8
Chickens, Excluding
Broilers
Com'l Broilers 8/
29.5
42.4 3/45.9
Eggs, All 9/
58.1
2/58.6
62.6
Table
50.5
2/51.5
55.5
Hatchin
rst a o
nt~re mont
a ry
herd replacement only. 5/ Prices estimated quarterly. 6/ "Cows" and "steers and heifers"
combined with allowance where necessary for slaughter bulls. 7/ Includes dairy cows sold
for slaughter. 8/ Liveweight equivalent price for Georgi a. 9/ Average of all eggs sold
by farmers including hatching eggs sold at retail.
Ae9o"rgloao
INDEX NUMBERS--GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES
Julv 1985 I Aug. 1985
July 1986
Aug. 1986
Prices Received
All Commodities
121
Crops
122
Livestock & Products
121
United States
120
134
139
116
117
113
122
147
1~9
Prices Received
126
121
125
125
Prices Paid 1/
163
162
161
3/16 1
Ratio 2/
77
75
78
78
1/ Mid-month index including interest, taxes and farm wage rat e s. 27 Ratio of Index
of Pric~s Received to Index of Prices Paid, Interest, Ta xes and Farm Wage Rates. 3/
July 1986 Prices Paid Index.
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FINANCIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF U.S. FARMS, J ANUARY 1, 1986 l/
Duri ng the past few years, lower commodi t y prices, l ower farm exports, and declining val ues for farmland have taken the ir toll on farm businesses. Each o f these e c onomic factor s continued to play a large role i n the fi nancial pe r formance of farm businesses i n 1985.
Farm c a sh flow improved s omewhat from 1984. Over 55 percent of farms had positive cash flows, afte r all s ources of family inc ome and ca s h o bligations, including interes t , principal payments, and mi n imal family living e xpenses, ar e c o nsidered. This was up fr om 49 percent i n 1984. Near ly 50 percent of a l l deb t wa s owed b y fa rms wi t h po sitive cash
flows, compared with 36 percent in 1984. But, debt/asset r at i os deter i orated slightly. Twenty-one percent of farms, wh i ch owed 66 pe r cen t of the debt, had debt/asset ratios over 0. 4 0 ( de bt was more than 40 percent of a ssets). The equivalent 1984 figures were 19 percen t of farms and 62 percent o f t he debt.
Farmers as a group wer e more highly lever aged (de bt/ass et ratio exceeding 0.40, indicating that debt was more t han 40 percent of asset s ) at the c lose o f 1985 than at the s t art, although they a l so had fairly strong earnings with wh ich to service that debt and meet other c ommitments.
1 / USDA, ERS .
Distribution of Farm Households by Earnings/Solvency Class, January 1, 1986 1I
Class II - 10%
Class Ill - 11 %
Deb t /as.se t ratio greater t han 0;40
Debt/asse t ratios less than 0.10
1/ Classes I-III, Farms wi t h negative earnings . Classes IV-VI, Farms with positive earnings.
Source: 1985 Farm Costs and Returns Survey 7
Debt/asset ratios greater than 0.40
Debt/asset ratios 0 . 10 to 0.40
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PEANUTS DOWN
The aver age vield for Georgia' s peanut crop 1s now f orecast at 2 , 400 pounds per acre, down 200 pounds per acre fr om last month ' s forecast and 840 pounds per acre b el ow the 198 5 yiel d . The weaker yi eld is par tiall y offset by an increase in acres, but total production, at 1.58 billion pounds, is expected to be off 18 percent from last year. Harvest is just getting underway.
SOYBEANS PLUMMET
Georgia's soybean yield forecast, at 16 bushels per acre, is up slightly from last month but is still 8 bushels below last year's average yield. The weaker yield and a sharp reduction in acres for harvest together dropped product ion prospects by 63 percent to only 13.6 million bushels, the smallest crop since 1972.
CORN DOWN 47 PERCENT
The corn yield forecast for Georgia (at t60 bushels per acre) is unchanged from August 1, but down 24 bushels from last year. Production is expected to total 43.8 million bushels, down 47 percent from the 1985 crop. Harvest progress reached 71 percent at the end of the month.
TOBACCO YIELD DOWN
The September 1 forecast of Georgia's tobacco yield is unchanged from the August forecast at 2,150 pounds per acre. but off 130 pounds per acre from last year. Produc tion is estimated at 71.0 million pounds, down 14 percent from 1985. About 87 percent of the c rop has been harvested.
COTTON PRODUCTION DROPS
A total of 190,000 bales of Georgia cotton is forecast, a drop of 49 percent from last year's output. Average yield i s forecast at 434 pounds of lint per acre. a reduction of 291 pounds per acre from last year. A yield this low would be the poorest since 1980 when the State averaged only 258 pounds.
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GEORGIA
FARM REPORT
October 15, 1986 GFR-86-Volume 22
Received
OCT 17 1986
DOCUMENTS UGA LIBRARIES
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
Stephens Federal Bldg.
&lite 320
Athens, Georgia 30613 Phone: (404) 546-2236
fHGHLIGHTS October 1 Crop Forecast Grain Stocks Agricultural Prices Apple Situation and Outlook Peanut Forecast by States Pecan Forecast by States Peanut Stocks
HOT, DRY SEPTEMBER HURTS CROPS
Hope for improvement in some of Georgia's crops had been restored at the beginning of September. That hope was spawned by those much welcomed rains in August that relieved a record drought. Late maturing crops, like soybeans, peanuts, and cotton, showed renewed growth but much of that improvement was reversed during mid and late September as temperatures again climbed to record highs and the skies turned dry. Pastures, likewise, showed signs of improvement only to slide back again in late September.
GEORGIA ACREAGE AND PRODUCTION 1985 AND 1986
Acreage
Yield per Acre
Production
Indi -
Indi-
Crop
Unit
Har-
For
cated
cated
vested
Harvest
Oct. 1 ,
Oct. 1 ,
1985 1/
1986 1/
1985
1986
1985
1986
--Thousand Acres--
-- Thousands--
Corn
Bu.
975
730
84.0
60.0
81,900
43,800
Cotton 2/
Bales
245
200
725
432
370
180
Soybeans
Bu.
1,550
850
24.0
16.0
37,20
13,600
Peanuts
Lbs.
593
650
3,240
2,150 1,921,320 1,397,500
Sweet potatoes
Cwt.
6.3
5.8
160
3/
1,008
3/
Tobacco, Type 14 Lbs.
36
33
2,280
2,070
82,080
68,310
Hay, All
Ton s
495
420
2.50
l. 50
1,238
630
Pecans
Lbs .
83,000
85,000
Sorghum 4/
Bu.
138
65
48.0
30.0
6,624
1,950
Wheat
Bu.
82 5
550
31.0
28.0
25,575
15,400
Oats
Bu.
45
35
45.0
39.0
2,025
1,365
Rye
Bu.
90
85
23.0
21.0
2,070
1,785
Apples, All
Commercial 4/
Lbs.
20,000
30,000
Peaches 4/
Lbs.
90,000
105,000
Gra2es 4/
Tons
2.1
2.0
1/ Harvested for principal use. 2/ Cotton yield in pounds and producti~n in bales. 3/
Yield and production estimates will be released in the Annual Crop Summary. 4/ Estimates
brouaht forward from earlier surveys.
Agricultural Stat:lsticl.an aJIId Georgia Depa~t of Agriculture
PEANUT FORECAST REDUCED
Georgia's October
peanut forecast
declined 12 percent, falling from 1.58
billion pounds on September 1 to t . 40
billion on October 1.
The October
forecast is 27 percent less than last
year's production. Both harvested acres
and yield declined from the September . l
level. Acres expected to be harvested
for nuts dropped 10,000 below the
previous month's estimate to 650,000
acres. Some acreage was being salvaged
for hay only. The yield forecast on
Oc t ober 1 was 2,150 pounds per acre, off
250 pounds from the previous month's
forecast, and 1,090 pounds, or 34 percent
less than last year's good yield.
TOBACCO OFF 17 PERCENT
Sales records indicate that Georgia's
1986 tobacco crop totaled 68.3 million
pounds, down 17 percent from last year's
82.1 million pounds.
The current
estimate is 4 percent less than was
forecast earlier, and gives an average
yield of 2,070 pounds per acre, off 80
pounds per acre from the previous
forecast and 210 pounds lighter than the
1985 yield. Harvested acres, at 33,000,
is off 3,000 acres from last year.
SOYBEANS PLUNGE 63 PERCENT
Georgia's soybean crop is forecast at 13.6 million bushels, off 63 percent from last year's production of 37.2 million bushels. The current yield forecast of 16 bushels per acre, is off 33 percent, or 8 bus hels, from last year. The 1986 acres for har~est, at 850,000, is off 45 percent from last year's harvested acres.
Rains in August a nd early September raised farmers' hopes when late maturing soybeans showed signs of improvemen t. However, much o f t hat improvement was reversed during mid and late September with the return of hot, dry weather.
COTTQN DROPS 51 PERCENT
. GFR-86-Vo l . 22
Cotton production in Georgia is now
forecast at 180,000 bales, down 10,000
bales from last month's prediction. This
is 190,000 bales, or 51 percent below
last year.
Acres for harvest, at
200,000, declined 10,000 acres, or 5
p ~rcent, from the previous month's
forecast as some acreage was declared a
loss and destroyed during the month. The
current yield forecast is 432 pounds per
acre, off 40 percent, or 293 pounds from
last year's good yield.
HAY PRODUCTION DOWN
Haying was active during the dry
September weather. However, the earlier
severe drought had taken its toll. The
crop suffered with the extreme dry
weather. Harvested acreage declined 15
percent from last year's 495,000 acres.
Yield is forecast at 1.5 tons per acre, 1
ton per acre below 1985.
Total
production should reach 630,000 tons,
down 49 percent from a year ago.
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UNITED STATES HIGHLIGHTS-OCTOBER 1, 1986
Production o f c orn for grain is forecast at 8.22 billion-ouihels, down 7 percent from last year's record crop and down les s than one percent from the September 1 forecast. Average yield for the U.S. is f orecast at a record high 119.2 bushels, up 1 .2 bushels from the previous record high y i eld set last yea r.
Sorghum grai n production is f orec ast at
887 m1ll1on bushels, 20 percen t less than
the record high 1985 crop but 2 percent higher than September 1.
U.S. sotbean production is f orecast at 1.99 bil ion bushels, up 1 percent from the September 1 forecast but 5 percent below last year.
U.S. Seanut production is forecast at 3.37 illion pounds, 18 percent below last vear and 3 percent below the September 1 forecast. Area for harvest totals 1.52 million acres, up 4 percent from last year and 2 percent from the September 1 total. Yield is expected t o average 2,216 pounds per acre, down 594 pounds from last year and down 115 pounds from September 1.
All cotton production is forecast at 10.0
million bales, 26 percent below the 1985
crop.
Total area for harvest is
estimated at 8.91 million acres, down 13
percent from last year.
Yields are
expected to average 539 pounds per
harvested acre, down 9 1 pounds per acre
from 1985.
Production of all tobacco is forecast at 1.22 billion pounds, 20 percent below 1985 and is the smallest crop since 1936. The lower producti n from a year ago is
the combined resu l t of an 11 percent
decrease in acres f or harvest and lower yields. An average yield of 1,978 pounds per acre is expected, compared with 2,196
pounds in 1985.
Production of all hav is forecast at a record high 158 miliTOn tons, 6 percent
more than 1985. Total area expect ed to be harvested of 60.9 million acres exceeds 1985 by 1 percent. Yields are forecast at an average of 2.59 tons per
acre compared with 2.46 tons per acre a year previous.
U.S. pecan production is forecast at 216 million pounds in-shell basis, 12 percent smaller than last year's .crop.
UNITED STATES ACREAGE AND PRODUCTION 1985 AND 1986
Area Harvested
Yield er Acre
Production
Indi-
Indi-
Indicated
cated
cated
Oct. l I
Crop
Unit
1985
1986
1985
1986
1985
1986
1,000 Ac res
Thousands
Corn for Grain
Bu.
75,134
68,971
118.0
119.2 8,865,006 8,220,201
So r ghum for Grain Bu.
16,672
13,504
66.7
65.7
1,112,571
887,469
All Wheat
Bu.
64, 734
60,483
37.5
34.3 2,425,105 2,076,674
Soybeans f r r Beans Bu.
61,584
:5 9,7 73
34.1
33.3
2,098,531
1,991,763
Peanuts f or Nuts Lbs. 1,467.4
1,520 .0 2,810
2,216 4,122 ,787 3,368,950
Upland Co tt on 1/ Bales 10,145.4
8,808 . 9
628
535
13,277.1
9,812.4
Cottonseed
Tons
5,279
3,953
All Hay
Tons 60,553
60, 902
2.46
2.59
148,959
158,009
Sweet potatoes
Cwt .
105 .3
95.1
141
2/
14,853
2/
Tobacco
Lbs .
688 . 0
614 . 3 2,196
1,978
1,511,2 20
1,215,181
Apples, Com'l
Lbs .
7,949 , 000 7,738,000
Grapes
Tons
5,604.7
4,907.5
Pecans
Lb s .
244,400
216,100
Oats
Bu.
8,177
6 ,987
63 .7
54.9
520,800
383,553
Ry e
Bu.
717
660
28.8
27.1
20,637
17,892
Almonds (Calif.) Lbs .
465 , 000
265,000
Walnuts (Calif.) Tons
219.0
190.0
1/ Yield in pound s. 2/ Yield and producti on estimates will be released in the Annual Crop
Summar y .
The Georgi~ Farm Re por t (IS SN-0744-7280! Is publ ished semi - monthly oy the Georg i a Crop' Rapcr tlng Service, St.ep'!en s Federa l Building, Athens , Ga . 30613, Lerry E. Snipes, St<lti s tlclen In Charge. Second class postage peid at Athens , GA. Subscr ipti on tee SiO per year ..cept tree to data contributors . Subscripti on lntormat lon eva llab le trom : Georg i a Crop Reporting Service, Stephens Federal Build ing , Suite 320 Athens GA. 30613 Telephone: (404! 546-2236 .
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GEORGI A SOYBEAN STOCKS UP, WHEAT STOCKS DOWN
Soybeans in all positions on September 1,
1986, to t aled 3,879,000 bushels, 17
percent more than the 3,329,000 bushels
on hand September 1, 1985. Farm stocks
of 750,000 bushels were 53 percent below
September 1, 1985.
Off-farm stocks
totaled 3,129,000 bushels, up 81 percent
from September 1, a year earlier.
GFR-86-Vol. 22
Stocks of w~eat in all positions totaled
8,461,000 bushels, down 24 percent from
the 11,176,000 on October 1, 1985. Wheat
stored
on-farms totaled
2,574,000
bushel s , down 48 percent and off-farm
stocks amounted to 5,887,000, down 3
percent from October 1, 1985.
Grain
GEORGIA GRAIN STOCKS--OCTOBER 1, 1985 AND SEPTEMBER 1, 1986
All Positions
1985
1986
UNITED STATES CORN AND SOYBEANS UP, WHEAT DOWN
Old crop corn stored in all positions on September 1, 1986 is estimated at 4.04 billion bushels. Of the total stocks, 2.05 billion bushels were stored on the farm and 1.99 billion bushels were stored off the f arm.
The September 1, 1986 carryover of oid crop soybeans is a record high 536 mi llion bushels, 70 percent above last year. Soybeans stored on-farm totaled
167 million bushels, up 17 percent from September 1, 1985 and account for 31 percent of the soybean stocks stored in all positions. Off-farm stocks, at 369 million bushels, are more than doubled from a year ago.
Wheat stored in all positions on September 1 1986 is estimated at 3. 12 billion bushels. Off-farm stocks, at 1.82 billion bushels are 59 percent of the total stoc ks. Wheat stored on-farms is 1.29 billion bushels .
U. S. GRAIN STOCKS--OCTOBER 1, 198 5 AND SEPTEMBER 1, 1986
Gr ain
On Farms
1985
1986
Off Farms 1/
1985
1986
All Poeitions
1985
198 6
Million Bushels
Corn Sorghum Wheat So:t:beans 1/ Includes
679 46
1,248 143
stocks at mills ,
2,049 91
1,291 167
elevators,
702 225 1 ,723 173 warehouses,
1, 989 460
1,824 369
terminals
1,381
4,038
271
551
2,971
3,115
316
536
and processors .
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GEORGIA PRICES RECEIVED
The Georgia Pri ces Rec eived All Commodity
Inde x for September was 132 percent of
th e Januar y - Decembe r 1 9 77 a v erage, down 7
points from August but 11 points above
last year.
Lower prices f or corn,
cotton , soybeans, barrows and gilts,
other chi ckens and commercial broilers
were partial l y offset by higher prices
for sows, cows, calves, milk and eggs.
Steers and heifer prices were unchanged.
U.S. PRICES RECEIVED INDEX DOWN 3 POINTS
The Sept ember All Farm Products Index of Pri ces Received by farmers, at 122 pe rcent of i ts January-December 1977 average, decreased 3 points from August. Lower prices for corn, broilers, hogs, potatoes, apples , soybeans, and lemons were par tially o f fset by higher prices for milk, beef c J ttle, lettuce, and peaches. The index was 2 points above a year ago.
Prices for corn, soybeans, sorghum, barley, and flaxseed were at the lowest l e vels since the early sevent i es.
nter eat
u.
Osts
$/Bu.
Corn
S/Bu.
2.26
1. 9~
Cotton
Ct./Lb. 55.0
52 . 4
Cottonseed 21
S/Ton
Tobacco
Ct./Lb. 179.4
Soybeans
S/Bu .
5.09
5. 11
Peanuts
Ct./Lb. 22.3
All Hay, baled 2/ $/Ton
Hogs
$/Cwt.
40.80
60.40
Sows
S/Cwt.
34. 10
52.00
Barrows & Gilts
S/Cwt.
41.20
60.90
Beef Cattle 4/
S/Cwt.
39.30
41. 20
Cows 5/
S/Cwt.
34.60
35.10
Steers & Heifers S/Cwt.
45 . 30
~0 . 80
Ca lv es
S/Cwt .
51 . 50
57 . 20
All Mill<.
S/Cwt.
13 .1 0
14 . 00
Turkeys 2/
Ct./Lb.
Chickens, Excluding
Bro il e rs
Com' 1 Bro ilers 6/
Eggs , All 7/
Table
Hatch in
irst a 0
he if e rs " comb i ned with al l owance where nece s sary
c ows s old f o r slaughte r
eggs sold by f a rmers
1.69 1/52.3
3/166.0 4.78
1/25.4
58.60 54.80 58.80 42.40 36.80
~0.80
60.40 3/14.20
1.10 2.29 55.1 57.00 178.2 4.99 22.5 66.90 39.70 34.10 40.30 49.10 34.10 52.20 58.30 12.30 51.8
.859
.892
1.73
1.44
47.2 1/44.9
59.00
56.00
144.0 3/159.5
4.98
4.74
29.6 1/26.1
58.30
58.40
62.10
59.10
53.60
55.00
63.10
59.60
54.40
55.00
3 5.~0
36.90
~8 . 00
58.70
61.1 0
64.10
12. 20 3/12.50
50.8
51.2
30 . ~
62. 4 55.5
45 . 9 2/62 .6 2/5 5. 5
3/37 .8 62.8 55. 3
b9 77=t00
eorg a
INDEX NUMBERS- - GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES
Aug . 1985 I Sept. 1985 I Aug. 1986
Sept. 1986
Prices Received
All Commodities
120
121
139
132
Crops
116
117
114*
113
Livestock & Pr oducts
122
124
158*
146
Uni ted States
Price s Received
121
120
125
122
Pr ices Pa id 1/
162
162
3/1 6 1
3/16 1
Rat i o 2/
75
74
78
76
I / Mid-month inde x i ncludi ng i n t ere st , taxes and f arm wa g e r a t es . 2/ Ra ti o of I ndex
of Prices Recei ved t o July 1936 Pri ces Paid
Index of Inde x .
P* rRiceevsi
Paid, ed.
I nterest,
Ta xes
and
Farm Wage
Ra t e s .
3/
5
FRUI T SITUATI ON AND OUTLOOK REPORT 1/
GE NERAL PRICE OUTLOOK
Grower prices for fresh and process i ng
f ruit
have
been
mod erately
to
subs tantially below a year ago . The July
index of grower pr i ces was
164
(1977100), 7.3 percent below June and
9.4 percent below a year earl i er. The
decrease from last year was primarily due
to l ower prices f or lemons, oranges, and
strawberries, although prices were higher
for apples and peaches. The index is
expected to decline further this fall
with seasonal increases in supplies of
apples , pears , and c i trus. However,
no~c itr us prices are likely to remain
fa~ r l y high because supplies of apples,
grapes, and pears are smaller overall
than the preceding season.
Re tail fresh fruit prices advanced in
July after a moderate decl i ne in June. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) was at 382.2 (1967100) in July, rising 2.6
percent from June, but standing 3.3
pe~cent . below a year earlier. Monthlr pr~ce ~ncreases were reported for al fruits except bananas . However, the CPI is l i kely to drop this fall because of
seasonally increased supplies of citrus and apples.
Reversing the downward trend, retail prices of processed fruit rose slightly in July. The BLS July i ndex of processed fruit stood at 161.8 (Dec. 1977100), up
0.2 percent from June , but still 4.4
per cent b el ow a year erlier. However, prices of canne d and dried fruit were still sl i ghtly above a year ago. Even with l~rge availability fr om Brazil, FCOJ
prices are likely to s t ay steady during
the remainder o f the season. Because of smaller crops o f cl i ngstone peaches and
Bartlett pears, the canned fruit pack is
expected to be l ess than a year ago. But , the larger carryover stocks will r esult in a n adequa t e supply dur ing the
upcoming season. Supplies of raisins are
also expected to be sufficient, although
prices may advance. On average, retail prices o f processed fru it are not like ly to r ise appreciably.
GFR-86-Vol. 22
were entirely due to a 10 per ~ ent incr ease in fresh apple pr ic es; pr~ces
for processing apples fell 8 percent from 198 4.
The seasonal ly reduced suppl i es early
this summer further strengthened grower prices for fresh apples in 1986. The July pr i ce, 25.4 cents a pound , was up 5 percent from June and 46 percent from a
year earl iet.
Smaller apple supplies and strong dema nd are likely to keep prices relatively firm. Domestic demand for fresh apples
should be strong if the 1986/87 orange
crop stays relatively small. The export market for 1986/87 may improve somewhat if the U, S. dollar remains weak.
Processor demand for this year's apple
crop looks favorable in v i ew of strong
demand for apple juice. Consequently,
the smaller apple production in the
eastern and central states is likely to
boost prices for processing
use.
However, imports of apple juice continued
heavy during 1985/86, "up 6 percent from
the preceding season. Further increase
in imports would moderate apple price
increases for processing use.
The
Michigan Processing Apple Growers
M~r~eting Committee recommended that the
m~n~mum negotiated prices for most
processing apples be moderately above
last year. However, the marketing of
this season's apples will be affected by
controversy over the use of daminozide on
some apples, because several supermarket
chains and processors have announced a
ban on buying dami nozide-treated apples.
1/ Fruit Situation and Out l ook Report, USDA, ERS, September 1986.
APPLE S I TUATION AND OUTLOOK 1/
GROWER PRI CES UP SLIGHTLY
Smaller s uppl ies st r engthened the 1985 season average price for apple growers s l ightly from 11.2 cents a pound in 1984 to 11.6 cents . The higher grower prices
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U.S. PEANUTS DROP 18 PERCENT
U. S. peanut production is forecast at 3.37 billion pounds, 18 percent below last year and 3 percent below the September 1 forecast. Area for harvest otals 1.52 million acres , up 4 percent rom last year and 2 percent from the ;eptember 1 total. Yield is expected to 3Verage 2,216 pounds per acre, down 594 ?OUnds from last year and down 115 pounds : rom September 1.
PEANUTS FOR NUTS
Har-
State
vested Ind. 1986
Yield Ind. 1986
I Production
Ind. '86 as ?. 1986 of '85
1,000 Pounds 1,000
Acres
Pounds
Ala.
218.0 2,000
436,000
74
'<:' l a .
83.0 2,700
224,100 104
;a.
650.0 2,150 1,397,500
73
l. Mex.
1/
12.0 2,500
30,000
94
l.C.
143.0 2,900
414,700
92
!Jk l a .
95.0 2,000
190,000 111
S.C.
12.0 2,000
24,000
70
'T.'ex.
220.0 1,800
396,000
94
'a.
87.0 2,950
256,650
90
' s. 1,520.0 2,216 3,368,950 82
I Estimates for current year carried
orward from earlier forecast.
roduction in the southeast (Ala., Fla., ~ S.C.) is exoected to total 2.08 il1ion pounds, down 25 percent from last , ear and 7 percent f r om the September 1 ~ orecast. However, h ar vested area at 963 ~ housand acres represents a 10 percent increase from the 1985 crop. Yields in the 4-state region are expected to average 2,162 pounds, down 987 pounds from last year. Harvest is ac tive in the egion, but running behind last yea r ecause of late plantings and also the ec ision of some growers to delay harvest ith the expectat ion of further crop evelopmen t and i ncreased yields.
' he Vi rginia-North Carolina crop is expected to total 671 mill i on pounds, off 9 percent from last year and unchanged from September 1.
The southwest crop (N.M., Okla., Tx.) is forecast at 616 million pounds, 2 percent less than produced in 1985 but up 10 percent from the September 1 forecast. Area for harvest in the 3-state region is set at 327 thousand acres, down 4 percent from 1985 but up 10 percent from the September 1 forecast. Yield is expected to average 1,884 pounds, up 46 pounds from last year.
U.S. PECANS UP 3 PE~CENT
The October 1 forecast for the 1986 U.S. pecan crop is 216 million pounds in-shell basis, up 3 percent from the September 1 forecast but 12 percent smaller than last
year's crop. Approximately 71 percent of this year's crop is expected to be production from improved varieties compared with 62 percent improved last
year and 73 percent in 1984.
Georgia production is expected to total
85.0 million pounds, unchanged from
the September 1 forecast and 2 percent
higher than the small 1985 crop. After
the drought was broken in August, dry and
record hot weather returned in September.
Dryland nut size is expected to be
smaller than normal. Shedding is still
occurring in some groves. Expectations
for the Alabama crop improved from the
September 1 forecast.
The current
production forecast of 15.0 million
pounds is 15 percent greater thl n
September 1 but is 6 percent below last
year's output.
PECAN PRODUCTION
Im-
proved Seed-
Total
State
1/ Ind. 1986
linR Ind. 1986
I I nd. '86 as 7.
1986 of '85
Thousand Pounds
Ala.
12,000 3,000 15,000
94
Ark.
1,000
600
1,600
94
Fla.
3,000 2,000
5,000
179
Ga.
72,000 13,000 85,000
102
La.
2,500 12,500 15,000
100
Miss.
5,000 2,5_00
7,500
115
N. He x. 24,000
24,000
83
N.C. 2/ 1,800 1,200
3,000
300
Okla.
2,000 14,000 16,000
160
S.C.
2,400 1,600
4,000
286
Tex.
28,000 12,000 40,000
51
u.s. 153,700 62,400 2 '3 . 100
88
1/ Budded, grafted or topworked varie-
ties . 2/ Estimates for current year
carried forward from earlier forecast .
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STOCKS OF PEANUTS AND SPECIFIED PRODUCTS AT MONTH'S END, CROP OF 1985-1986 1/
N
Month
N
Ending
Farmer Stocks
Shelled Peanuts
Roasting Stock
Farmer Stock Equivalent
Shelled
Total
2/
(In Shell)
Peanuts
3/
- - - - 1,000 Pounds - - - -
Aug. 1985
67,753
766,641
50,134
1,019,633
1,137,520
Jan. 1986
2,147,253
648,088
60,377
861,957
3,069,587
Feb.
1,721,472
674,194
63,184
896,678
2,681,334
Mar.
1,180,848
709,809
68,167
944,046
2,193,061
Apr.
777,582
711,029
67,231
945,668
1,790,48~
May
580,385
728,668
67,958
969,128
1,617,47 \
June
120,320
672,601
58,432
894,559
1,073,311
July
48,381
542,791
46,597
721,912
816,890
Aug.
20,546
414,989
29,081
551,935
601,562
1/ Excludes stocks on farms. Includes stocks owned by or held for account of CCC in
commercial storages. Farmer stock on net weight basis. 2/ Includes shelled edible and
she lled oil sto~k. 3/ Actual farmer stock, plus roasting stock, plus shelled peanuts X
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HIGHLIGHTS
Livestock Slaughter Milk Production Cattle on Feed
Monthly Poultry Cold Storage
GEORGIA RED MEAT PRODUCTION
U.S. RE D MEAT PRODUCTION
Georgia red meat production totaled 37 . 3 million pounds during September 1986. up 16 percent from September 1985. The number of cattle slaughtered during September in Georgia totaled 22.200. up 17 percent from a year ago.
Commercial red meat production for the United States in September 1986 totaled 3.26 billion pounds. up fractionally from September 1985. January-September red meat producti on. at 29.3 billion pounds was virtually the same as a year earlier.
LIVESTOCK
o a
Live Weight
Sept.
S ecies
ercent
ercent
Geor,ia
Catt e Calves Hogs
18.9
22.2
117
116
907
897
7.178
19.9H
1
s 0
soo
367
333
366
44
191
139.8 161.3
115
108
232
231
32 464
37 .2H
Sheep & Lambs
1
1
100
100
94
99
8
t
Statea farm
104
103
96
104
94
94
103
92
nspectJ.on an
3.447.25: 71.65 :
1.592.83~
59 251
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GEORGIA QUARTERLY MILK PROD UCTION DOWN 6 PERCENT
Milk production in Georgia during JulySeptember totaled 290 million pounds, 6 percent less than the comparable per i od a year ago.
The number of milk cows on Georgia farms averaged 105,000 head dur i ng the JulySeptember quarter, 10 percent less than the same quarter last year.
Production per cow averaged 2,760 pounds during July-September, 130 pounds more than July-September 1985.
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U. S. JULY ;:~P<TE~E.j. MiLK..,PBoODUCTION DOWN 2 PERCENT
The quarterly production of milk for the U.S. was 35.9 billion pounds, down 2 percent from Ju1y-September last year.
The average number of milk cows in the U.S. during the July-September quarter was 10.7 mi llion head , down 3 percent from the 11.1 million head last year.
Grain and other concentrates fed to mi lk cows on October 1, 1986, averaged 16. 0 pounds, 0.1 of a pound more than October 1, 1985.
!-!ILK COWS
1/ Includes drr .cows, excludes heifers not yet fresh. 2/ Excludes milk sucked by
Total 13 States 1/
Total 7 States 2/
Item
I Nu._mber
1985
1986
1986 as % of 1985
l Number
1985
1986
1986 as :t of 1985
1 ,000 Head
Percent
1,000 Head
Percent
On Feed July 1
8,670
7,950
92
7,057
6,523
92
Placed on Feed July 1-
Sept. 30 3/
5,480
6,326
115
4,576
5,439
119
Fed Cattle Marketed
Jul y 1-Sept. 30 3/
5,969
5, 846
98
4,970
4,958
100
Other Disa ppear ance
July 1-Sept. 30 4/
244
233
95
202
193
96
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1/ AZ,CA,CO , IL, I D,LA, KS, MN ,NB,OK,SD,TX,WA. 2/ AZ,CA,CO,IA,KS,NB,TX. 3/ Includes
cattle placed on f e ed af t er beginning of quarter and marketed before end of quarter.
4/ Includes deat h l o sses , movement from feedlots to pastures and shipments to other
feedlots f or further f eedi ng.
Item
Chickens Egg Type Broiler Type
Turkeys
EGGS IN INCUBATORS, OCTOBER 1, 1986, UNITED STATES
1
t985
I
1986
I
--Thousands--
29,940 320,476
15,160
28,985 349,964
17,664
7. of Year Ago
97 109 117
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Commodity
Butter Cheese, Natural Egg Frozen Fruits, Frozen Fruit Juices. Frozen Meats. Red
Beef, Frozen Pork. Frozen Poultry, Frozen Turkeys, Frozen Vegetables, Frozen Potatoes, Frozen Peanuts, Shelled Peanuts, In Shell Pecans, Shelled Pecans, In Shell
STORAGE STOCKS. Sept. 30. 1985
247,023 940,987
16,384
7~7,113
1,197,997
6~4,151
308,362
276,9~0
625,703 444,460 2.238,029 861,447 296,907
20,380
20,32~
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UNITED STATES, Aug. 31. 1986
1,000 Pounds 304,3Sl 911,712 15,042 741,078
1,149,434
~73,0 2 3
319,418 184,681
628,96~
449,341 1,891,599
733,444
2~0,772
18,871
29,07~
30,~27
SEPTEMBER 30, Sept. 30. 1986
279,166
8~2,119
13,976 739,638 1,020,020 543,445 292,085 185,843 689,469 511 , 492 2 , 131,363 771,444 169,977
10.989 25,258 18,311
1986
Percent of
Sept. 1985 Aug. 1986
Percent
113
92
91
93
85
93
98
100
85
89
83
95
95
91
67
101
110
110
115
1 14
95
113
90
105
57
68
~4
58
124
87
138
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HIGHLIGHTS November 1 Crop Forecast Peanuts by States Peanut Stocks Announcements of Program Changes Agricultural Prices Survey Announcement
COTTON PRODUCTION CHANGED
The survey of Georgia farmers conducted
around November 1 indicated lower
production for cotton with no change in
peanut
and soybean
production.
Harvesting of the 1986 cotton and peanut
crops has run well behind normal
throughout
the harvesting
season.
Soybean harvest got off to an average
start this year, but, by the end of
October harvest progress was behind
normal. Soybean harvest progreas has
fallen further behind normal during early
November.
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.. GEORGIA ACREAGE AND PRODUCTION 1985 AND 1986
Acreage
Y1eLa per Acre
Production
- Crop
Unit
Har-
For
J.na1cated
Ind1cated
vested
Harvest
Nov. 1.
Nov. 1
1985 1/ 1986 1/
1985
1986
1985
1986
--Thousana Acres--
-- Thousands--
Corn
Bu.
975
730
84.0
60.0
81,900
43,800
Cotton 2/
Bales
245
190
725
429
370
170
Soybeans
Bu.
1,550
850
24.0
16.0
37,200
13,600
Peanuts
Lbs.
593
650
3,240
2,150 1,921,320 1,397,500
Tobacco, Type 14 Lbs.
36
33
2,280
2,070
82,080
68,310
Sweetpotatoes
Cwt.
6.3
5.8
160
4/
1,008
4/
Hay, All
Tons
495
420
2.50
1. so
1,238
630
Pecans 3/
Lbs.
83,000
85,000
Applu, All
Comm~ rcial 3/
Lbs.
20,000
30,000
Peaches. )/
Lbs.
90,000
105,000
Grapes .'/
Tons
2. 1
2. 0
Wheat 3/
Bu.
825
550
31.0
28.0
25,575
15,400
Oats 3/
Bu.
45
35
45.0
39.0
2,025
1,365
Rye 3/
Bu.
90
85
23.0
21.0
2,070
1,785
Sor~um 3/
Bu .
138
65
48.0
30.0
6 624
1,950
1/rvesteB for principal use . 27 Cotton yield in pounds and production ln bales. 3/
Estimates brought forward from earlier surveys. 4/ Yield and production estimates will be
released ln the Annual Crop Summary
.Ap':lc:al.taral St:atistic.f.an and Georgia Depart.ent of Agrf.eulture
GFR-8 6-Vol. 24
COTTON PRODUCTION OFF ~4 PERCENT
Georgia' s 1986 cotton production estimate is down 10 , 000 bales from the October
forecu t. N l y all of the dec~ ~
due to a decline of 10,000 acres to be har ested . Yiel d per harvested acre i s do~~ slightly t o 42 9 pounds per a cre . About hal f of the cro p was picked by No vembe r 3. Production for t he Sta te is expected to total 170 , 000 balesr d~wn 200, 0 00 bales from 1985.
CORN YIELD DOWN 24 BUSHELS
The 1986 corn yield forecast a t 60
bushel s per acre was unchanged from last
mo nt h's est imate.
The current yield
forecast is 24 bushels per acre below
l as t year a nd the lowest yield s ince
1981. Production At 43.8 million bushel s
is down 47 percent from 1985 and the
s ma l les t cro p since 1977. Harvest of the
c urrent crop is virtually complete.
TOBACCO DOWN 17 PERCENT
The State's preliminary sales records for marketings of the 1986 tobacco crop indicated no change from the October
produ ion es t imate. Produc tion at 68. 3
million pou is o ~7 percent fro
last year. The yi eld of 2,070 pounds per , acre is 210 pounds below the 1985 yield.
SOYBEAN PRODUCTI ON PLUNGES 63 PERCENT
Georg ia's November
average yield
forecast at 16 bushels per acre r emained
unc hange d from the October estimate. The
total crop of 13 .6 mill i on bushels is
expected to be 63 percent less t han l as t
year's c rop and the smalle st crop since
1972. Reasons for t he s hort crop include
the smallest har vested acreage s ince 197 2
and t he l ow per a cre yie ld.
PEANUT CROP DECLINES
The State's 1986 peanut production
fore cast at 1.40 billion pounds is 27
percent below last year's production.
The increase in harvested acres of 57,000
was not sufficient to offset the 1,090
pounds per acre drop in yield. Harvest
progress at the beginning of November was
slightly
more
than
three-fourths
complete.
..
PEANUTS FOR NUTS
Area Harvested
Yield
Production 1/
State
1985
I
Ind. 1986
1985
1 Ind. 1986
1985
I
Ind. 1986
l ,000 Acres
Pounds
1,000 Pounds
Ala.
200.0
218.0
2,950
2,000
590,000
436,000
Fla.
72.0
83.0
3,000
2,700
216,000
224,100
Ga.
593.0
650.0
3,240
2,150
1,921,320
1,397,500
N. Hex. 2/
N. c.
12.4 154.0
12.0 143.0
2,580 2,935
2,500 3,050
31,992 451,990
30,000 436,150
Okla.
s. c.
83.0 12.0
95.0 12.0
2,060 2,850
2,200 2,000
170,980 34,200
2t;9,000 ::4,000
Tex.
245.0
220.0
1,725
1,900
422,625
418,000
Va.
96.0
88.0
2,955
3,100
283,680
172,800
u.s.
1 1467.4
1 1521.0
2 1810
21267
4 1122 1787
3 1447 1 550
1/ Estimates coaprised of quota and non-quota peanuts. 2/ Estimates for current year
carried forward from earlier forecast.
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SEPTEMBER PEANUT STOCKS
Peanut stocks in commercial s torage on September 30, 1986, totaled 750 million pounds of equ ivalen t farmer stock . This total includes 326 mill i on pounds of actual farmer s t ock. Shelled peanuts on hand totaled 402 million pounds of equivalent farme r stock. Roasting stock totaled 21. 7 mil lion pounds. There were 3.48 milli o n pounds of Commod ity Credit
Corporation uncommit ted stock on hand as of September 30, 1986. She ll ed peanut stocks on September 30, 1986, totaled 302 million pounds of whic h 295 mi llion pounds were edible grades and 6.61 million pounds were oi l stocks. Edible grade stocks by type were : Virginias, 87.5 million pounds; Runners , 182 mi llion pounds; and Spani sh, 2 6. 1 million pounds.
STOCKS OF PEANUTS AND SPECIFIED PRODUCTS AT MONTH'S END CROP OF 1985 - 1986 1/
Month EndinR.
Farmer
I Stocks
Shelled Peanuts
2/
Roasting Stock
(In Shell)
I Farmer Stock Eauivalent
Shelled
Total
Peanuts
3/
1, 000 Pounds ----
Sept. 1985 1,650,067
612,326
47,303
814,394 2,511,764
Jan. 1986
2,147,253
648,088
60,377
861,957 3,069,587
Feb.
1,721,472
674,194
63,184
896,678 2,681,334
Mar.
1,180,848
709,809
68,167
944,046 2,193,061
Apr.
777,582
711,029
67,231
945,668 1,790,482
May
580,385
728.668
67,958
969,128 1,617,471
June
120,320
672,601
58~432
894,559 1,073,311
July
48,381
542,791
46,597
721,912
816,890
Aug.
20,552
414,691
29,127
551,539
601,218
Sept.
326,269
302,013
21,694
401,677
749,640
1/ Excludes stocks on farms. Includes stocks owned by or held for account of CCC in
commercial storages. Farmer stock on net weight basis. 2/ Includes shelled edible and
shelled oil stock. 3/ Actual farmer stock, plus roasting stock, plus shelled peanuts X
1.33.
MA~ 1 PEACH FORECAST TO BE DISCONTINUED
The U.S. Department o f Agriculture's
Nation~l Agricultural Statistics Service
will no longer issue a May
peach
producti o n forecast. The Ma y 1 fo re c.a st
covered Georgia and 8 other southern
states including Alabama, Arkansas,
Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina,
South Carol ..na, Oklahoma an d Texas.
3
NASS administrator William E. Kibler said
that the agency will continue to issue
its June 1, J uly 1 and August
forecasts, which cover all peach-
producing states.
The decision to
terminate the May 1 forecast was made
following discussions with industry
leaders and recommendations from industry
groups such as the Georgia Industry
Commi ttee and Georgia Peach Coun c il.
GEORGIA PRI CES RECEI VED
The Georg ia Prices Rec e ived All Commod ity Index fo r October was 129 percent of the 1977 a verage, 3 points (2.3 percent) bel ow the previous month but 13 point s (11. 2 percent) higher than a year ago. Lower prices for corn, tobacco, soybeans, hog s, cows, calves, and eggs were partially offset by higher prices for :otton, pean uts, steers and heifers, ni lk, chickens and broil ers. Beef cattle "ere unchanged .
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U. S. PRICES RECEIVED INDEXES DOWN I POINT
The Octobe r All Farm Prod u c ts Index o f Prices Received by Farmers, at 12I pe r cent o f its January-Decembe r 1977 average, decreased I point (0.8 percent) from September. Lower prices for hogs , corn, soybeans, eggs, and lettuce were par tially offset by h igher prices for tomatoes, strawberries, milk, broiler s , and most small grains. The index was 2 points (I.6 perce nt) bel ow a year ago.
u.
.
S/Bu.
1.08
. 992
1.04
-orn
S/Bu.
2.24
1.84
1. 65
2 . 11
1.44
1. 31
Cotton
Ct. /Lb.
56.0
43. 0
1/46 .3
57 .3
47.4
1/ 45.4
Cottonseed 2/
$/Ton
5/o .00
80 .00
63 . 00
56.00
64.00
robacc o
Ct./Lb. 167 . 5
166.0 3/142.5
17 9. 0
159.5 3/150.0
So y b e a n s
S/Bu.
4 .84
4 .81
4 .63
4.85
4.86
4. 50
Peanut s
Ct ./ Lb.
20 . 9
26. 3
1/ 26.9
23 .3
26.1
1/27.1
<\l l Hay, baled 2/ S/Ton
66.00
58 .40
57.40
Hlk Cows , 4/5/
$/Head 840.00
835.00
8I5 . 00
840.00
iogs
S/Cwt.
42.60
58 . 80
54. 80
43.10
58.30
53.40
Sow s
S / C wt .
34.60
52. 10
46.00
36.00
53. 60
49. 10
Barrows & Gilts
S/Cwt.
43.10
59.00
55. 30
43.90
58.80
53 .80
3eef Cattle 6/
S/Cwt .
39.40
42 .10
42.10
52.10
54 .60
54 .60
Cows 7/
S/Cwt.
32 .80
35.70
35.00
33.00
36.40
36 . 50
Steers & Heifers
S / C wt .
49 .00
52 .00
.52. 80
56 . 60
58.60
59.00
Calves !\11 Milk
S/Cwt. S/Cwt.
53 .10 13 .40
58 . 00 14. 30
57 . 00
3/1 4. so
60.20 12 . 60
63 .40
63.30
12.70 3/13 .00
rurkeys 2/
Ct./Lb.
56.9
51.2
52. 6
:hickens , Excluding
Broil ers
Com'l Broi lers 8/
28 . 4
37.8 3/40.7
't~g s, All 9/
63.9 2/62.8
58. 1
Table
57 . 2 2/ 55. 3
50 .2
Hat chi n
a ~rst o mont
i -mont pr~ce.
nt~r e mont .
1erd replacement only. 5/ Pric es estimated quart er ly. 6/ "Cows" and " steers and
:ombined with allowance where necessary for slaught e r bulls. 7/ Includes dairy cows sold
t or slaughte r . 8/ Liveweight equivalent price for Georg ia. 9/ Average of all eggs sold
>y farmers including hatching eggs sold at retail. * Insuf ficie nt sales.
[ tern
FUELS: PRICES PAID
UNITED STATES OCTOBER 1986 WITH COMPARISONS
October
July
October
1985
1986
1986
Dollar s per Gallon
;asoline 1/
iervice Station, (Unleaded)
1.21
.874
. U37
~ulk Delivery, (Leaded Regular )
1.16
. 841
.816
hesel Fuel, Bulk De live ry 2/
.974
. 589
. 620
~ .P. Gas, Bulk Delivery 2/
705
.639
.6'20
t / Includes federal, state and local per gallon taxes. 2/ Excludes state road taxes,
)Ut inc l udes state and local per gallon taxes where appli c able.
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UNITED STATES PRICES PAID
The October Index o f Prices Paid for commodi ties and se r vice s, interest, taxes, and farm wage r ate s was 160 (1977~100), down 1 po in t (0.6 perc en t) from July 1986. This level was 2 points (1 .2 percent) lower than a year earl i er .
CONSUMER PRI CE INDEX
The September unadjusted consumer pr i ce i ndex for al l ur ban consumers (CPI-U ) was 330 . 2 (196 7=100) , up 0 .5 percent from August. The CPI-U increased 1 .8 percent for the 12-month period ending in Septembe r . The Au gus t unadjusted CPI-U was 328 . 6 c om pared t o a J ul y i ndex of 328.0. Pri ce changes i n the energy and food components contin ~e d t o dominate the index movement. Gasol i ne prices r ose 2.0 percent in September f o llowing a two month de c line. Food p rice s were higher for the second straight month.
~' EED: PRICES PAID . Commod it y
Cottonseed Meal, 41/.
Soybean Mea 1 , 44/.
Bran
Midd ling s
Corn Meal
Laying Feed
Broiler Grower
Turkey Grower
Ch ick Star.t: er
Dairy Feed, 14 /.
Dairy Feed, 167.
Dairy Feed, 18/.
Dairy Feed, 20 /.
Dairy Gonet., 32/.
Hog Feed, 147.-18 /.
Hog Gonet., 38 /. -42 7.
Beef Cattle Go net., 32/.-36 7.
Stock Salt
c. Mo
1/
lasses
AL,FL
1 ,
Li~uid
GA,
S/Cwt.
S/Cwt. S/Cwt . S/Cwt. S/Cwt. S/Ton
S/Ton $/Ton S/ Ton
S/Ton S/Ton S/Ton S/Ton $/Ton
S/Cwt. S/Cwt. S/Cwt.
S/Cwt. S/Cwt.
12.1 0 13.00 11.40
9 . 90 7.80 164.00 189.00 220 . 00 185.00 145.00 159.00 168 . 00 175.00 220.00 10.10 .
12.80
1}. so
7.70 8.40
12.70
13.00 11.00
9 . 70 7.70
161.00
191.00 230. 00 172.00
143.00 169.00
157.00 155 . 00
205.00 9.60
13.30 12.00
7.60 8.80
10. 70
10 .30 9.24 8.4 5 6. 94
175. 00 181 . 00 207.00 187 .00
155 . 00 162.00
16 5.00 165.00
226.00 9.12
12.40 10. 10
6.45 8.17
11 .80 11 .50
9.1 7 8 .26 6. 71
172.00 190.00
221.00 186.00 149.00
159.00 16 7.00 170 . 00
243.00 9.26
13. 20 10 . 90
6 . 53
8.63
Oct . 1986
12. 10 11.60 8.89
7.47 6.06 166.00 177.00 215.00 179. 00 140.00 151.00 161.00 166.00
- ~ ~6 ~po
. ''-8.<.f4 13.20 11.00 6.54 8.86
19 77100
INDEX NUMBERS--GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES
Sept. 1985
I Oct. 1985 I Sept. 1986
Oct. 1986
Georgia
Pr i ces Received
All Commodities
121
116
132
129
Crops
117
111
115*
l0'1
Livest o c k & Produc ts
124
120
14 5*
14 5
United States
Price s Received
120
123
122
121
Prices Paid l/
162
162
3/1 6 i
160
Ratio 2/
74
76
76
76
1/ Mid-month index including interest, taxes and farm wage rates. 2/ Ratio of Index
of Prices Received to I ndex of Prices Paid, In terest, Taxes and Farm Wage Rates. 3/
July 1986 Pr ices Paid Index . * Revised.
CROP, LIVESTOCK SURVEY PROGRAM MODIFICATIONS
The U. S. Department of Agriculture's
Nat ional Agricultura l Statistics Serv ice
wi l l
co llect data for
livest ock
inventories , on-farm grain stocks, and
crop ac reage a nd producti on through
quarterly integrated surveys rather than
individual surveys , starting next year.
The changes i n the crop and livestock data collecting a nd estimating program follow extens ive study and industry input, and wi ll lead to more precis e estimat es, said William E. Kibler, NASS administrator.
The new surveys will be on a multiple frame (area and list sample) probability basis and will be conducted between the 1st and 15th of March, June, September and December, with the first of the month as the official reference date.
Also, the information intentions. information survey.
March survey will collect
on
farmers'
planting
In
the past,
this
was collected by a separate
A special January survey will use a NASS iist of producers to gather most of the data needed to estimate cattle and sheep numbers at the beginning of the year. This information will be supplemented by an update of information from the December area frame survey for operations that are not on the list frame. NASS will continue a midyear national cattle survey, but the reference date will be June 1 instead of July 1 as in past years.
CROP PRICE SERIES SHIFTS TO MARKET YEAR AVERAGE
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wi ll shift its major cr op p rice series f r om a season-av erage to market-year basis , effective this year.
William E. Kibler, NASS administrator,
said the change will keep the ser ies
consistent with ma rket i ng year pr ices
needed under the 1985 Farm Bi ll. The
years are June-May for wheat, oats and
barley;
September- Augus t f or corn,
soy beans and gra in sorgh um; and August-
July f or rice.
Kibler sa i d that the price data and other
informa t i on will be collected in the NASS
regular monthly survey program.
The
annual average prices will be based on
actual marketings and rece i pts by
farmers. The calculation method will be
the same as that for the 5-month average
market pri ces currently used to determine
levels of deficiency payments.
The
marketing year average prices will be
available at the end of the month
following the close of the marketing
year, considerably earlier than for
season average prices.
U.S. marketing year average prices will reflect crop sales by farmers for the same months in all states. In the past, the U.S. season average series was a weighted average of state prices because the production periods were not the same for all states.
The Crop Values report, to be issued by NASS in January 1987, will show the value of production using season average price& for 1984 and 1985, with estimates for 1986 crops based on the marketing year concept.
The January 1987 issue of Agricultural Prices from NASS will present the historic series of data beginning with 1977 (1982 for rice) on a marketing year
basis.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service
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U.S. HIGHL IGHTS , NOVEMBER 1, 1986
Co rn for grain production iR forecast a t 8 .22 bi llion bushe ls, down 7 perc ent from las t year's record high crop but vir t ually the same as October 1.
So rghum .g rain product ion is forecast at 900 mi l lion b~ shels . This is 19 percent less t han the 1985 crop but 1 percent more than the October 1 forecast.
Soybean product i on is forecast at 2 . 0 1 b illion bushels, up 1 percent from October 1 bu t 4 percent below last yea r.
All cotton production is forecast at 9.87 million bales, a decl ine of 1 percent fr om October 1 and 26 perc e nt below the 1985 crop.
Peanut p r oduc ti on i s expected to t otal 1.45 b illi on pounds, 16 percent below r 1985 production but up 2 percent froa the ~ctober 1 forecast.
All t o bacco produ...: ::. _on is tor .or'I.Jt at: 1.19 bil lion pounds, off 2 percent f r o m the October 1 f orecast and he smallest crop since 1936 .
G I
1-
UNIT~~D STATES ACREAGE AND PRODUCTION 1985 AND 1986
Croo
IUnit
Area Harvested
Indi-
cated
1985
1986
Yi eld 1985
er Acre Indicated 1986
Production Indl. c a~:;ea
..ev. 1,
1985
1986
1,000 Acres
Thousands
Corn for Grain
Bu.
75,134
68,951
118.0
119.3
8,865,006
8,220,576
Sorghum for Grain Bu.
16,672
13,494
66.7
66.7
1,112,571
900,039
All \./heat 1/
Bu.
64,734
60, 483
37.5
34.3
2,425,105
2,076,674
Soybeans for Beans Bu.
61,584
59,513
34.1
33.8
2,098,531
2,009 ,333
Peanuts for Nuts
Lbs. 1,467.4
1,521.0 2,810
2,267
4,122,787
3,447,550
Upland Cotton 2/
Bales 10,145.4
8,573.9
628
542
13,277.1
9,687 .4
Cottonseed
Tons
5,279
3,897
All Hay 1/
Tons 60,553
60,902
2.46
2.59
148,959
158,009
Sweet potatoes 1/ Cwt.
105.3
95.1
141
3/
14,853
3/
Tobacco
Lbs.
688.0
602 .3
2. 196
1. 977
1 511 220
1,190 ,42 1
Apples, Com'l 1/ Lbs.
7,949,000
7,738,000
Peaches 1/
Lbs.
2,148,300
2,277.400
Grapes 1/
Tons
5, 604 .7
4, 907. 5
Pecans 1/
Lbs.
244,400
216,100
Oats 1/
Bu.
8,177
6,987
63.7
54.9
520,800
383,553
Rye 1/
Bu.
717
660
28.8
27.1
20,637
17,892
Almonds (Calif .)
Lbs.
465,000
265,000
Walnuts ~Calif.)
Tons
219 . 0
190 . 0
1/ Estimates carried forward from earlier foreca st. 2/ Yield i n pounds. 3/ Yield and
production est imates will be released in the Annual Crop Summary.
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SURVEY ANNOUNCEMENT
The Georgia Crop Reporting Service will contact thousands of Georgia farmers during November through mid-January to obtain end-of-year data on crops and livestock. Several major surveys will be conducted to obtain individual farm information on acreage and production for 1986 crops, 1987 wheat and rye seedings, hog and cattle inventory numbers, the size of the current pig and calf crops and the number of milk cows and milk production.
Farmers will be contacted either by aail, telephone or personal interview. If you are asked to participate in one of these surveys, your cooperation in copleting the questionnaire will be greatly appreciated. As with all of our surveys, individual data will be confidential and only used to develop county, State and National estimates.
The estimates obtained from these surveys
will provide unbiased information to
far.ers to aid in aaking their 1987
production plans.
State and National
estimates will be included in future
issues of the "Georgia Far111 Report".
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REPORT
November 26, 1986 GFR-86-Volume 25
.Received
DEC 01 1986
DOCU MENTS UGA LIBRARIES
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
Stephens Federal Bldg. &lite 320 Athens, Georgia 30613 Phone: (404) 546-2236
HIGHLIGHTS : Farm Labor Cattle on Feed Milk Production Poultry Summary
Cold Storage Livestock Slaughter Catfish Processing
? ARM Li\BOR P.L\Y Ri\TE iJ P; ~CMBER OF WORKERS DOW!\
Hired farm workers in the southeast reg i on (Ala.,Ga. SC) were paid an averag e hourlv wage o f S4 . 05 during the survev week " of October 12-18, 1986. When the Georgia Crop Reportine Service last conduct e d the Farm La bot Su r vcv i n July, :~8 6, t.. hi ~ wa g e rac e wa s .;3 .8 9 per ho ur. .L\ year ago, the average wage was $3.68 per hour.
The number of all farm workers employed in the southeast region dropped 15 pe r c ent, f rom 119,000 workers during the
July survey to 101,000 workers for October. This was 22 percent below the
129,000 workers in October, 1985. Of all . farm workers, hired workers expected to
work 149 days or less during the year accounted for most of the decline. There
were 26,000 part-time workers in July compared with 7,000 workers during
October, 1986, and 22,000 workers in
Octobe r , 198 5.
Hired workers averaged 37.9 hours worked
during the survey week, up 6 percent from
the 35.6 hours worked in Julv and 13
percent from the 33.6 hours, October a
year ago. Self-employed farm operators
worked an average 38.5 hours for the
week, down 3 percent from July but up
perce1 ::. f rom October, i 985.
C n p a.l.<i
workers put in an average of 32.7 hours,
down 13 percent from the last survev in
July but up 3 percent from October, 1985.
Fi\RM WAGE RATES, OCTOBER i2-18, 1986 SELECTED STATES,
State and Region 21
Southeast
3.64
Florida
4.63
Appalachilln I
4.24
Appa la.-:h i m ! .
1 .7]
Delta
4.01
Northeast I
4.66
Northeast II
4.70
Laite
4.4 1
Corni>el t I
'-4.67
Cornbelt II
4.02
Northern Plains
4. 16
Southern Plain<;
4.44
~oun L<i ~ : 1 j
... .:.9
l'fountail"l II
4.41
Mountain III
5 .00
Paci fic
5.09
Ca i j fo rrd<~
5. l 5
!lawa i1
u.s.
6 . 39 4.61
11 2/ 3/ se .~ footnotes on
4.16 4.58 3.97 ... I 7 4.37 3. 77 3.54 3 . 66
'+. 10 4.06 4. 52 4 .69
.... : '-4
6.17 4.0R 5 .64
~ . 50
3/ 4.37 page 2 .
7 .6 7
5 .58 8.25 6.81
7. 21
'.l . i 7
lU . 4 9 7.79
oer Hour - - - -
3.99
4. 13
6.03
4.67
4.24
4.12
3.98
3. 65
4.01
4 .11
5.01
4.56
5.51
4 .87
4 . 7;.
4. 5 j
4.57
4.58
4 . 46
4.35
5.09
4.65
4. 8 2
4. 43
4 . 32
4 .66
6.99
4.66
5.33
4.79
; . 55
4 .85
) .qI
.... 96
ll ... l)
6 . 96
4 .90
4.56
3/
5.04
5.31
... 52
3/
5.91
4.97
3/
3/
3/
3/
]/
3/
3/
3/
6
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3. 0-/
s 5
5 . 76
Agricultural Statistician and Georgia Departaent of Agriculture
3.97 6.61 4.57
5. 0 ..
4.59 4.31 4.17
3 .72 5.32 4.00 4 .65
5 . 5 ..
3.87 7.21 5.92
6.26 7.84 10 . 6: 5.27
WORKERS ON FARMS BY 5TATE, REGION AND UN~TED
State
a nd Re ion 2/
All Farm Workers
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Sout hea st
101
48
14
39
32
7
Flor i da
72
10
5
57
44
13
Appal a chian I
128
62
16
50
25
25
Appalachian II
183
103
26
54
22
32
Delta
129
57
17
55
43
12
Northeast I
125
43
18
64
42
22
Northeast II
127
54
22
51
40
I I
Lake
383
180
119
84
49
35
Cornbelt I
337
165
80
92
57
35
Cornbelt II
238
138
60
40
24
16
Northern Plal.ns
232
131
62
39
24
15
Southern Plains
212
121
28
63
46
17
Mountain I
80
38
17
25
14
1 1
Mountain II
61
28
14
19
15
4
Mountal.n III
46
10
22
14
11
3
Pacific
110
47
20
43
30
13
California
237
52
9
176
132
44
Hawaii
13
2
1
10
9
1
u.s.
2 814
289
550
975
659
316
tate and Re ion 2 /
HOURS WORKED PER WEEK AND WAGE RATES FOR .1\LL HIRF.D WORKERS, BY STATE.S AND REGIONS OCTOBER 12-18 1986 1/
Wage RatP.s fox Hired Workers ars per Hour
Southeast
Florida Appalachian I Appalachian II Delta Northeast I Northeast II Lake Cornbelt I Cornbelt II Northern Pla i ns Southern Plains Mountain I
Mountain I I Mountain II I Pacific California Hawaii
38.5 42 .j
35.9 3 1. 7 36.3 64.1 59.2
61.3 57.6
54. 1 61 . .:.
29.6 51.9 48 .5
38.3 34.6 38.6
32.9
32. 7 3 7 . 1\
36.5 :n . 2 36. 5 47 . (1
34.1 38. 1 37.2 36.4 40 . i 32.1 37.8
32.8 40. 4 33.2 32.3
32.7
37.9 35. 0 33.8 32.0 38.8 39 . 9
39.7 39.9 40.8
39.8 46.'3 38.6 52.'3
46.5 48.2 41.8 41.5 39.0
4.05
5. 21 4 . 26 3.92 4.23
4 .56
4.61 4.29 4.75 4.27 4.79 4.91 4 . 40
6.44
5 . 10 5.39 5.67 7.41
48.7
39.9
4.83
~ xc u es agr~cu tura serv~cP. wor ers.
eg~ons c onsist o t e ro ow~ng:
Southeast-AL,GA,SC; Appalachian I-NC,VA; Appalac hian I I -KY,TN,WV; Delta-AR,LA,MS;
:"<orthea st J-CT,ME,MA,:"<II,NY,R J, VT; Northeast TT -DF.,MD ,N.T,Pi\; Lake-MJ,MN,WI; Cor n bP.l t. T-
IL,IN,OH; Cornbelt II-IA,MO; Northern Pla i n s -K S , NE, ND ,SD ; Southern Plains-OK~ TX;
Mountain I-ID,~,WY; Mounta i n I I -CO,NV, UT; Mountain I II -AZ, NM; Pacific-OR,wA.
3/ Insufficient data.
The G.org Ia Faroo Report (I SSN-o7H-72110 ) Is pub II shed s ... 1-110nth I y by t he Georg I a Croo Rec><>rt 1 ~ Servlc, Stohns Fe<tral Building, Athens, Ge. }061), Lerry E. Snipes, Sttlstlclen In Ch~
Second class post~ paid at Athens, GA. Subscription te SIO per yeer capt trM to clah, contributors. Subscription lntor,..tlon available tra. : Georgie Crop Reporting Service, Stephens
Federal Bulldlno, Suite )20, Athens, GA, }061) Tel hone : (404 ) 546-22)6.
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CATTLE ON FEED IN 7 FRACTIO NALLY
STATES
DOWN
Cattle and calves on feed November 1 for the slaughter market in the 7 states preparing monthly estimates totaled 7 . 55 million head, down fractionally from a year ago and 8 percent below November i, 1984.
Placements of cattle and calves on feed in the 7 states during October totaled 2.40 million, down 14 percent from last year and 6 percen t below October 1984. This is the lowe st Oc tobe r placement total since 1981. Net pla ceme n ts of 2.32 million for October were 14 percent below last year and 15 percent below October 1984.
Marketin~s of fed cattle durin~ October totaled 1.59 million, l percent above last year but 4 percent less than October two years ago.
Other disappearanc e totaled 81 thousand head, compared with 85 thousand during October 1985.
CATTLE AND CALVES: ~UMBER ON FEED, PLACEMENTS, MARKETED , AND OTHER DISAPPEARANCE,
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TO NOVEMBER 1
STATiS, OCT:::: 1
1986 as 7.
Item
1986
of 1985
1,000 Bead
On Feed, October l 1/
6,461
6,811
105
Placed on Feed durinP, October
2,779
2,403
86
Fed Cattle Marketed during October
1,573
1,587
101
Other Disappearance during October 2/
85
_81
95
On Feed November 1 1/
7 582
7 546
100
l / Cattle and calves on fe ed are animals f or slaughter market being fed a f ull
ration of grain or other concentrates and are expected to produce a carcass that
will grade good or better. 2/ Includes death losses, movement from feedlots to
pastures and shipments to other f eedlots for further feeding.
OCTOBER MILK PRODUCTION
Milk production in the 21 selected states durin~ O~toher totaled 9.84 billion pounds. This was 4 percent less than the production in these same states during October 1985.
uring the July-September period, the 21 selected states produced 85.1 percent of th~ U.S. proauct1on. If producers in the 29-" states not surveyed on September 1
followed the trend shown by the reporting states, U.S. milk production would -total about 11.6 billion pounds for October.
Production per cow in the 21 states averaged 1,099 pounds during October, 3 pounds above October 1985.
Milk cows in the 21 states averaged 8.95 million head, 4 percent less than October last year and 13 thousand head below last month.
\ ,\
:-t ern Milk Cows ' l/ Milk per Cow 2/ Milk Production : ; lncl.uaes , ci ry
2/ c ows,
M!LK COWS AND MILK PRODUCTION, OCTOBER 1985-1986
tln i t
:985
21 States
I
1986
Thous. Head
9,328
8,953
Pounds
1 ,096
1,099
Mi 1. Lbs.
10 222
9 839
t>xclu des he1fers not yeL f resh. 2/ Ex cl udes milk
J
sucked
Percent 96
100 96
by c al ves .
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GEORGIA BROILER HATCH UP 9 PERCE NT '
U.S. BROILER HATCH UP 9 PERCENT
The October hatch of broiler-tvpe chicks in Georgia, at 62 million was ~ percent more than the 56 million hatched in
October 1985. The 621 million broilertype chicks hatched January-October was 5 percent more than the same period last
year.
Nationally, the October 1986 hatch of
broiler-type chicks, at 415 mill i on, was 9 percent more than October 1985. The 4,1 68 milli on hatched dur in~ Janu a ry-
October wa s 4 percent above the same peri od last year.
. . - - :>OUL.,..RV HATCHING AND PL;\CEMENT--OCTOB'~"R 19 86 /. of
/. of
Item
Oct. 198 5
Sept. 1986
Oct. 1986
year as;>.o
Jan. thru Oct.
1985
1986
year a20
--Thousands--
--Thousands--
Pullet Chicks Placed
Domes t i c ( U. S ) i I
Broiler Type
3,182
Egg Type
238
3,594 237
3,846
121
270
113
33,809 2,599
36,963
109
2,568
99
Chicks Hat c hed
Broiler Type Georgia United States
56,373
61,644
61,690
109
590,664
621,491
105
382,559 401,554
415,363
109 4,008,220 4,168,181
104
Egg Type Georgia United States
2,934
2,090
1 ,603
55
25,746
26,574
103
33,593
32,512
32,533
97
339,067
363,521
107
Turkevs
Poults Placed
u.s.
12.451
14,174
114
2/23,112
2/27,796
120
1/ Reported by leading breeders, includes expect ed pullet replacements from eggs
sold during the preceding month at the rate of 125 pullet chicks per 30 dozen case
of eggs. 2/ Turkey poults placed September 1986-0ctober 1986.
Item
Chici<.ens Egg Type Broiler Type
Turkevs
EGGS IN INCUBATORS, NOVEMBER l , 1986, UNITED STATES
I
198s
l
1986
I
--Thousands-..:
~ of Year Ago
31,201
25 ,315
81
320, 404
344,203
107
------------:~7~.0R~~3------------------~:. R.q6~5~------------------
1 1 1
Georgia Hatching Other
Total Georgi a Total 20
Stales
. NUMBER OF LAYERS A' Nl D EGG PRODUC~ION
~o . of Layers
Eggs per 100
During Oct.
Layers-Oct.
1 985
1 986
1985
1 986
Thousands
Number
5, 189 12,86 ! 18,05()
5, 3 i 1 12, 640 17,951
1 ,897 2 , Oii 2,017
1 ,860 2,114 2 , 039
OCTOBER 1986
/
Total Eggs Prod 1cerl During Octobe: r
1985
] 986
Milli oli s
I
98
99
266
267
364
366
::10. 9.:..."',
21 i~it..+Cl
2 '0 7 '
4
2. 0 90
<. . 791
4,837
COMMERCIAL POULTRY SLAUGHTER 1/ OCTOBER 1986
/. of
% of
Item
Oct.
Sept.
Oct. 2/ year
Jan. thru Oct. 2/ year
1985
1986
1986
a~o
1985
1986
a~o
- - -Thousands-
-Thousands- - -
Young Chickens
Georgia
58,286
53,212
59,847
103
565,494
552,405
98
United States
406,178
392,124
399,410
98 3,760,434 3,808,000 101
Mature Chickens
Light Type U.S.
9,499
11,133
12,018
127
119,984
127,845 107
Heavy Type U.S.
3,248
4,058
3,356
103
31,083
31.203 100
Total U.S.
12,747
15,191
15,374
121
151,067
159,048 105
Total All Types, Ga. 2 t 190
2,967
2,790
127
28,487
30,189 106
Percent Condemned
Young Chickens
Georgia
NA
1.3
3/1.6
3/1.5
United States
1.6
1.7
3/1.6
3/1.8
1/ Federally inspected slaughter data as collected by Meat and Poultry Inspection
Program. Current month data estimated by Market News Service. 2/ Preliminary.
3/ January-September condemnations.
COLD STOR/\GE HIGHLIGHTS, OCTOBER 31, 1986
Frozen stocks in refrigerated warehouses on October 31 were greater than year earlier levels for turkeys, butter, and fruits . Only fresh fruits, of the cooler items, had stocks above those of the previous year.
To tal red meats in freezers ].ncreased 5 percent from September 1986 but were Ii percen t less than the October 1985 holdings. Frozen pQrk stocks rose 15 percent during the month but were 23 percent below the previous year. Stocks of pork bellies were up 32 percent f rom last month but were 42 percent. below t:he 1985 holdings.
Total frozen poultry supplies increased 4 percent from September 1986 and were 8 percent above last year. Total stocks of chickens decl]ned 2 percent during the month and were 3 percent: below 1985. Total pounds of t.urkev s in freezers were up 6 percent from last month and up 12 percent from last year.
Bu. ter Cht~ese Natura L Egg~, Frozen Fru~ ts Frazer. Fruit Juices, Frozen Red ~eR.t !;.. ,
Beef, Frozen Pork, Frozen Poultry, Frozen Turkevs .. Frozen Ve~etab1 e ."', Frozen Potato~s. Fro?.cr. Peanuts, Shelled Peanuts, In Shell ?e.c: ans~ She led Pecans 1 In She 1:
231,598 891,829
15 ,134 826,223 1,085,899 645.! 6<l
294,9()~
277 ,4 78 664,208 484,05 0 2,299,599 1 , 01 4,19 1 302,316
27,343 :5, 68 5 iO 546
Pounas 279,621 854,528
l3, 961 740,739 i ,008,1l3 5 54 3 , t) i2
:!9i '6 14 185,904 690,0 21 511,56 2 2 ,1 37 , 268
77 l ':! 3:2 170 , 529
10 ,64 5 2 5,257 11\ 3!
5
257,316 808,2 31
i3, 959 855,622 1\70,062 570,98 3
290,175 213,669 717,964 543,31 7
2.283 , 4 1 ~
886 , 8 3 -. 185,4 16
17,20 4 18 ,.:. 5; 1; g; )
Percent 0
Oct. 1985 Se t.
Percent
Ill
92
91
95
92
100
104
116
80
86
89
lOS
99
100
77
115
108
104
112
106
99
107
8:-
11 5
61
109
63
162
J 18
73
169
98
1986
GEORGIA RED MEAT PRODUcTION
GF!l-86-Vol. 25
URTT!D '~ATES RED MEAT PRODUCTION
Georgia red 'meat production totaled 41,936 million pounds during October 1986, up 36 percent f r om October 1985. The J anuary-Oc tober red meat production totaled 361,168 million pounds, 9 percent more than the comparable period of 1985.
Cattle slaughtered by commercial plants in Georgia during October totaled 25,800 head, an increase of 2,800 head from the previous year. Calves slaughtered in October totaled 100 head, down 100 head from a year ago.
There were 179,300 hogs slaughtered in commercial plants across the State during October 1986. This was 58,900 head more than last year.
Commercial red meat production for the ~
u.s. in October 1986 totaled 3.50 billion
pounds, down 1 percent from last year.
Beef production at 2.15 billion pounds, was up 2 percent. Head kill was 3.29 million, up 1 percent, and average live weight decreased 1 pound to 1,103.
Veal production, at 44 million pounds was down 4 percent from last year. Calf slaughter of 295 thousand head was down 7 percent and average live weight increased 9 pounds to 253.
Pork production totaled 1.28 billion pounds, down 6 percent and head kill was 7.24 million, down 7 percent.
Species
Geor~tia
cattle Calves Hogs Sheep & Lambs
GEORGIA AND UNIT"~ "D STATES LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER 1/
Number Slausthtered
: Average
1986
Jan.-Oct. : Live Weight
Oct.
as 7. of '86 as 7. of :
Oct.
1985
1986
1985
! 98')
: 1985
1986
1,000 Head
Percent Percent
Pounds
23.0
:.1 5. 8
i 12
.2
.I
50
120.4
179.3
149
.1
.!
100
" 10
3J '
109 129
901
897
404
375
235
235
80
85
Total
Live Weight
Oct.
1985
1986
1,000 Pounds
20,74 2 94
28,355 10
23. 162 38
42,070 10
United States
Cattle
3,240.0 3, 285.3
101
103
1,104 1, 103 3,576,492 3,622,854
Calves
318.9
295.]
93
103
24.:.
253
77,685
74,748
Hogs
7,787.6 7,240.0
93
94
246
248 1,914,417 1,792,966
Sheep & Lambs
570.4
510.6
90
92
115
118
65,355
60,468
1/ Includes slaughter under Federal Inspection and other commercial slaughter, excludes
farm slaughter.
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COMMERCIAL RED MF..'\T AND LARD PRODUCTION : ll ~ITF.D STATES WITH COMPARISONS 1/ I
October
1986 as i:
Jan.-Oct. 2/
Kind
1985
1986
of 1985
1985
1986
Beef Veal Pork Lamb & Hutton
Total Red Heat Lard 3/ 1/ Based on packers
Million Pounds
Percent
2, ! 0 8
2,146
102.
46
44
96
1,358
1,279
94
3)
30
91
3, 5'4
3 ,499
99
85
80
94
dress weights and excludes farm
Million Pounds
19 ,890
20 , 436
410
432
12,270
11,648
29 3
278
32 ,863
32 , 794
770
730
slaughter. 2/ Accumul a ted
P~rcent 03"
105 95 95
10 0 95
totals
based on unrounded data. 3 / Prelim i nary lard produ c ti o n includes rendered ~ork fat.
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CATFISH PROCESSING UP 17 PERCENT
Farm-raised catfish processed October totaled 19.8 mill i on ( 8 . 980 metric tons) round we i~h t, percent from October 1985.
durin ~
pounds up 17
The Oc~ober average price paid to growers was 62 cents per pound, 8 cents below the same month last year.
Net pounds of processed fish sold during October toLaled 10.3 million pounds (4,670 metric tons), up 24 percent from the comparable month in 1985. Sales of whole fish represented 46 percent of the total and fillets accoun.ted for 36 percent. The remaining 18 percent were mosLly steaks and nuggets. Ice pack sales were 50 percent of the total amount sold.
The October average prices received by processors for whole fi sh were $1.41 per pound for ice pack and $1. 50 for frozen fish.
Freshwater
caL fi sh imporLs
during
September totaled 486 thousand pounds
(220 metric tons), 98 percent of which
were
from Brazil.
Imports were
significantly below the amount imported a
year earlier. Import data were compiled
by the U. S. Bureau of the Census.
Month
~ARM-RAISED CATFISH, 1985-1986
. . QUANTITY PROCESSED AND PRICES PAID TO PRODUCERS, REPORTED BY MAJOR PROCESSORS AND U S IMPORTS
Average Price
Imports
Round Weight Processed
Paid to
Monthlv
I
Cumulative
Producers 1/
1985 I 1986 I 1985 I 1986 ! 1985 I 1986
of Catfish 2/
1985 I 1986
Thousand Pounds
Dols. per Pound
Thous. Pounds
Jan.
13,429 19,18 3 13,429 19' 183
.67
.70
589
383
Feb.
17,166 19,968 30,595 39,151
.69
.70
425
947
~~ar.
18,290 18,392 48,885 57,543
.73
. 72
976
610
l'q:.! r.
16,.:.74 16,2.:.8 6 5 . l59 73,791
. 78
. 74
602
954
Ma
17,432 16, 163 82,791 89,954
. 77
.72
214
646
.June
15,897 16,000 98,688 105,954
.77
.68
928
787
.Juh .
14 ,3 11 16,344 112,999 122 ,29 8
~ ; (,
.66
871
543
Aug.
17' 130 19,220 130,129 141,518
.72
.63
423
669
Sept.
15,538 18,884 146,767 160,402
. 71
.63
832
486
Oc t .
16,861 19.800 163,628 180,202
.70
.62
96
1-iO '-'.
14,625
1 78,2 5 3
. 70
'.,
U v ..)
Dec.
13 363
191 616
. 70
501
1/ Pr ices paid to producers for fish delivered to pro ces sing pla nt . 2 / Data
fu rn1 shed by u.s. Bu reuu o r Census.
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Decembe r 11, 1986 GFR-86-Volume 26
DEC 15 1986
DOCUMENTS
UGA Ll BRARIES
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
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Phone: (404) 546-2236
HIGHLIGHTS: Cotton and Pecan Forecasts Agricultural Prices Peanut Stocks Farm Finance Survey Announcement
PECAN FORECAST RAISED
The December 1 forecast of Georgia's 1986
pecan production was increased 10 million
pounds from the October 1 forecast to 95
million pounds.
At this level, the
current crop is 12 per cent mo r e than t he
previous forecast on October l, and 14
per cent larger than last rear's weather-
damaged crop of 83 mi lion pounds.
Warmer than norma-l temperatures and
continuing rainy weather has restricted
harvest i ng
progress and
increase d
concerns about that part of the crop yet
to be harvested.
COTTON FORECAST INCREASED
Georgia's 1986 cotton crop, although
drought-damaged, is turning out be tter
than expected. The December 1 forecast
places production at 200,000 bales, up
30,000 bales from the November 1
forecast.
Even with the 18 percent
increase in the current prediction, the
1986 crop will be 46 percent smaller than
last year's 370,000 bale crop. The sharp
reduction fr om last year is due to a
combination of acreage cutbacks and a
much lighter yield. Acres for harvest,
at 200,000 , are off 18 percent from last
ye ar. The cur r ent yield fo r ecast of 480
pounds per a cre is down 245 pounds per
acre from last year's good yield of 725
pounds per acre. About 85 percent of the
crop had been har vested on December 7,
compare d with 90 percent on that da te
last year.
GEORG' IAAcArCeRaERAeGE
AND
PRODUCTION Yield
1985 AND per Acre
1986
Product on
Crop 1/
Uni t
Harvested
For Har vest
Indicated Dec. 1 ,
Indi cated Dec. 1 ,
1985 2/
1986 2/
1985
198 6
1985
1986
Pecans Cotton 3/ Corn :; oybeans Pe nuts Tob acco , Type 14
Swe~t pota t oes
Hay All.
App{l s, All
Lbs. Bales Bu. Bu. Lbs. Lb s.
Cw t . Tons
--Thousand Ac res--
245
200
975
730
1,550
850
593
650
36
33
6.3
5.8
495
420
725
84. 0 24.0 3,240 2, 280
160 2.50
480 60 .0
16 . 0 2,150 2,070
4/ 1. 50
-- Thousands--
83,000
95,000
370
200
81,900
43,800
37, 200
13, 600
1 ,921,320 1,397,500
82,080
68 ,31 0
1,008
4/
1,238
630
co- ercial
Lbs.
30,000
p aches
Lbs .
105, 000
Grapes
Tons
2.0
Wheat
Bu .
15,400
Oats
Bu.
1,365
Rye
Bu.
1, 785
Sor hum
Bu.
1 950
ecans .sn
on res urveye or
orwar
from e arlier surveys. 2/ Harvested for principal use. 3/ Cotton yield in pounds and
production ~ n bales. 4/ Yi eld a nd production estimate s wil l be released in the Annual
Crop &u_.ry
.&gr.lculbaral St:at:bt:ic.:laa ad Geeqla e,parmeat: of Agric:altare
GEORGIA PRICES RECEIVED
The Georgia Prices Received All Commodi ty Index for November was 127 percent of the 1977 average, 4 points (3.0 percent)
below the previous mon t h, but- r - points
(5.8 percent) higher than a year ago. Lower pr ices for corn, peanuts , . .barrow,s and gilts, steers and hei fe rs , calves, other chickens, broilers and hatching eggs were partially o f fs et by higher prices for cotton, cottonseed, s oybeans, sows , cows, milk and table eggs .
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U.S. PRICES RECEIVED . INDEX UP 4 POrHTS
The November All Farm Product s Index of
Prices Received by farmers increased 4
points ( 3 .3 percent) from October to 125
percent of its January-December 1977
average .
Higher prices for oranges,
lettuce, .cot ton, grains, eggs, and mi lkl
were partially o f fset by lower prices for
broilers, grapefru it, strawberries, and'
a pples . The index was 2 points (1.6
percent) below a year ago .
PRICES
n er eat
u.
.
Oats
$/Bu.
1.14
l. 11
1.22
Corn
$/Bu.
2.52
1. 91
1. 77
2.21
1. 40
1.47
Cotton
Ct./Lb.
54.0
49.6
1/51.4
56.5
47 .1
1/54.9
Cottonseed 2/
$/Ton
58.00
80.00
96.00
69.00
64.00
83.00
Tobacco
Ct./Lb.
142.5
160.0
150.0 3/154.5
-s-oybeans
S/Bu.
4.92
4.71
4.90
4.92
4.55
4.77
Peanuts
Ct./Lb.
20.1
29. 4
1/28.5
24.0
27.7 1/28.5
All Hay, baled 2/ S/Ton
66.00
57.40
56.50
Milk ,Cows , 4I 5I
$/Head
835.00
840.00
Hog sl
S/Cwt.
42 .90
54.80
54.50
43 .20
53.1 0
52.90
so,s
S/Cwt.
35.60
47.40
47.60
37.20
48.50
47.70
Barrows & Gilts
S/Cwt.
43.40
55.00
54.90
43 .90
53.50
53.40
Beef Cattle 6/
S/Cwt.
39.20
41 .50
40.70
54.70
54.40
54.70
Cows 7/
S/Cwt.
32.80
34.70
35.10
32.90
35.80
34 .80
Steers & Heifers S/Cwt .
47.00
50.90
48.50
60 . 10
58.80
59 . 50
Calves
S/Cwt.
54 .00
54.60
53.10
61.40
62.70
62.20
All Milk
S/Cwt.
13.50
14.50 3/14.80
12 . 60
13 . 10 3/13.40
Turkeys 2/
Ct./Lb .
58.4
52.6
51.5
Chickens, Excluding
Broilers
Ct./Lb.
Com'l Broilers 8/ Ct./Lb.
31.7
40.7 3/34.9
Eggs, All 9/
Ct./Doz
66 . 4 2/58.1
66.3
Table
Ct./Doz
60.3 2/50.2
59.8
Hatchin
Ct./Doz.
i -mont price.
nt re mont
5/ Prices estimated quarterly. 6/ "Cows" and "steers and
combined with allowance where necessary for slaughter bulls. 7/ Includes dairy cows sold
for slaughter. 8/ Liveweight equivalent price for Georgia. 9/ Average of all eggs sold
by farmers including hatching eggs sold at retail. * Insufficient sales.
/
STATES
Oct.
eorgia
Prices Received
All Commodities
116
120
131*
Crops
111
112
115*
Livestock & Products
120
126
144*
United States
Prices Received
123
127
121
125
Prices Paid 1/
162
162
160
3/160
Ratio 2/
76
78
76
78
1/ Mid-month index including interest, taxes and farm wage rates. Z/ Rat3o of Index
of Prices Received to Index of Prices Paid, Interest, Taxes and Farm Wage Rates. 3/
Oct. 1986 Prices Paid Index. * Revised.
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STOCKS OF PEANUTS AND SPECIFI!n PkODUCTS AT MONni'S END. CROP OF 198 5-1986 1/
Farmer
Shelled
Roasting
Farmer Stock Equivalent
Month Ending
Stocks
Peanuts
Stock
Shelled
- - - - - 2/
_(_ I n Shell )
- - - 1,000 Pounds
Peanuts
I
Total 3/
Oct. 198S
2 , 688,303
601, 506
56 ,548
800, 003
3,5 44,854
Jan. 1986
2,147,253
648,088
60,377
86 1,957
3,069,587
Feb.
1,721,472
674,194
63, 184
896,678
2,681,33 4
Mar.
1,180,848
709,809
68,167
9 44,046
2,193,061
Ap r.
777,582
711, 029
67,231
945,668
1,790, 482
May
580,385
728,668
67,958
969,128
1,617 ,471
June
120 ,320
672, 601
58,432
894,55 9
1 ,0 73,311
July
48,381
542,791
46,597
721,91 2
816 , 890
Aug.
20,552
41 4, 69 1
29,127
551 ,5 39
601.218
Sept.
32 6,269
302,439
21,694
402,244
750,207
Oct.
11970.119
393 . 765
32.449
523 .707
215 26.275
1/ Excl udes stocks on farm s. Includes stocks owned by or held for ac count of CCC in
commerc ia l storages. Farmer stock on net weight basis. 2/ Includes shelled edible and
shel led oil stock. 3/ Actual farme r stock, plus roast i ng stock, plus she lled peanuts X
1.33.
UNIT ED
Uni t
. 1985
Acres
Upland Cotton 1/
Bales 10,145.4
8 , 603.9
Cottonseed
Tons
Pecans
Lbs.
Corn for Grain 2 / Bu.
75,134
68,951
Sorghum for
Grain 2/
Bu.
16,672
13,494
All Wheat 2/
Bu.
64,734
60,483
Soybeans for
Beans 2/
Bu.
61 ,584
59,513
Peanut a f or Nuts 2/ Lbs . 1 ,467 . 4
1,521.0
All Hay 2/
Tons
60,553
60,902
Sweet potatoes 2/
Cwt.
105.3
95.1
Apples, Co'l 2/
Lbs.
Peaches 2/
Lbs.
C apes 2/
Oa ~ 2/ Rr e) 21 A m~nds
8,177 717
6,987 660
Wal uta
~~e
n oun a.
stimates carr1.e
rodu c tion estimates will be released in
628
118. 0 66.7 37.5 34. J
2,810 2 .46 141
63.7 28.8
1986
536
1 J 9. 3 66.7 34 .3 33.8
2,267 2.59 3/
54.9 27.1
1,112,571 2,425,105
2, 0 98,531 4,122,787
148,959 14,853
7,949,000 2,148,300
5,604.7 520,800
20 , 637 465,000
219 . 0
s 9 , 602 . 4
3,862 225,250 8,220,576
960,039 2,076,674
2,009,333 3,447,550
158,009 3/
7,738,000 2,277,400
4 , 907.5 383 , 553
17,892 265,000
190.0
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FARM FI~ANCE SURVEY TO
The crisis in America's agriculture ha . been highly publicized. However , littl
' accurate informati on exists as to th status and special needs of affected far families.
' Solutions t o the prob l em s 1n agricultur
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will proble
no ms
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be re
easy, beyond
and the
in most cases scope of any
the one
.agency o r
government.
Acc urat ~
information is essential to obtain th~
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cooperat agencies
i
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of various state and federal other institutions necessar~
,to find meaningful solutions.
The Georgi a Department o f Agr i c ulture,
the Department of Labor and the
University of Geor gia's College of
Agr icultur e working with the Georgia Crop
Reporting Service are conducting a
spec ial Farm Finance Survey of Georgia
farmer s.
The survey is designed to
objectively measur e the extent of the
current crisis and let farmers help
provide the potential solutions to the
problems.
The survey form will be mai led to
er
2,600 f armers on December 17, 1986. ' The
sample includes a representative s~mple
of all size farms and all major fa ~ming
enterprises.
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I By law, information obtained from tl.
sur vey will be kept stric tly confidential
by the Georgia Crop Reporting Service.
Result s will be used onl y in c ombination wi th similar reports to prepar ~ state and
sub-state projections. The survey sample,
is 8111811 and it is very important that
every recipient complete and return the
survey form. Prel iminary results will be
e l eased ear ly.. in 1987.
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~1~~~0RGIA
t=ARM REPORT Received JAN 05 1987
December 29, 1986 GFR-86-Vol. 27
DOC UIVIENTS UGA LI BRARIES
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
stephens Federal Bldg. &lite 320 Athens. Georgia 30013 Alone: ( 404) 546-2236
HlGHLIGHTS: Oecember 1 Pig Crop )lonthly Poultry Cattle on Feed )(ilk Production ~ivestock Slaughter Cold Storage
GtORGIA HOG INVENTORY DOWN 4 PERCENT
I~ventory of all hogs and pigs on Georgia
frms on December 1, 1986 is estimated at
1,100,000 head, 4 percent less than a
yt.ar f'!arliEtr.
This is the lowest
December 1 inventory of record, but is 7
percent more than last quarter . Hogs
kept for breeding totaled 155,000 head, 6
percent below n year ago, but 7 pl'!rcent
above September 1986. Market hogs, at
95,000, are 4 percent less than the
previous year, but 7 percent more than
l~st quarter.
T~e September-November 1986 pig crop is
e1timated at 4S9,000, virtually t he s ame a~ the comparable period a year ago.
s~ws farrowing during this period totaled 6~,000 head, 5 per cent le s s than saptember-November 1985. Pigs saved per l~tter averaged a record high 7.65, clpared with 7.30 for the same period a year ago.
Georgia producers intend to have 52 , 000
e1ws to farrow during December 1986-
February 1987. If these intentions are
r!alized, farrowing& will be the same as
~e actual farrowings during December
~85-February
1986.
Producers are
~pecting ~rch-May
61091e070, 0
sows to farrow during 7 percent more than the
~parable period a year earlier.
U. S. INVENTORY DOWN 3 PERCENT
U.S. inventory of all hogs and pigs is P.stimated aL 51.0 million head on December 1, 1986. This is 3 percent below a year ago, 6 percent less than December 1, 1984 and the lowest December
inventory since 1973. Breeding hog inventory at 6.61 million, is 3 percent below last year. This is the lowest December 1 breeding inventory since breeding inventory estimates were first begun in 1963. Market hog inventory at 44.3 million, is 3 percent below 1985.
June-November 1986 pig crop, estimated at 42.0 million head, is 3 percent below last year, and S percent below the JuneNovember 1984 crop. A total of 5.42 million sows farrowed during JuneNovember 1986, 4 percent below a year earlier. The litter size during this perjod averaged a record high 7.74, up from the previous record of 7.67 set a year earlier. U.S. hog producers intend to have 5.34 million sows farrow during the December 1986-May 1987 period.
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10 QUARTERLY STATES DOWN 3 PERCENT
The 10 quarterly states with 39.7 mil lion head on December 1, 1986 are down 3 percent from a year earlier. The JuneAugu st 1986 pig crop totaled 15.9 million head, 6 percent below the same quarter a year earlier. For the September-November period, t he pig crop of 16.7 million head is 3 percent below the same period in 1985. Intentions in the 10 quarterly states totaled 1.87 million sows to farrow during December 1986-February 1987. This is up slightly from actual farrowing during the same period a year earlier. The March-May 1987 intentions, are 2 percent above March-May 1986.
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HOGS AND PIGS: INVENTORY NUHBEll, OEC!MBER 1.
UNITED STATES 1985-198
1986
I tem
1985
1986 &II 7. of
I t em
1985
1, 000 Head
Dec . 1 Inven t o r y
So ws Far r owi ns,
All Hogs & Pigs
52 ,313 50,960
97
Jun e-Aug .
Kept for Breed i n g 6,783 6 ,612
97
Sept . -Nov .
Mar ke t
45,530 44,349
97
J une-No v.
Ma r k e t Hogs & Pis,s
Pig Crop
by Weight Groups
Dec. 1/-Feb.
Under 60 Pounds
17,301 16,956
98
March-May
60-119 Pounds
11,700 11 ,1 53
95
Dec. 1/-May
120-179 Pounds
9,320 9,071
97
180 Pounds & Over
7,210 7,168
99
June -Aug.
Sept. -No v .
Sows Farrowing
June-Nov.
Dec. 1/-Feb.
2, 543 2,443
96
March-May
3,027 2,793
92
Year
Dec . 1/-May
5 1 571 5 1 236
94
1/ December pr e ceding year.
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198 5
1986
1 ,000 He a d
2,849 2,820 5 ,668
2 ,688 2,732 5, 420
1986 as %
19 85
94 97 96
19,101 23,444 42 , 54 5
18 . 513 21,800 40,31 3
22,010 21,474 43,484
20,8 55 21,115 4 1,970
86,029 82,283
97 93 95
95 98 97
1 96
20 SE LECTED STATES EGG PRODUCTION
Egg production for November totaled 4.79 bil lion and includes 4.24 billion table type eggs and 544 million hatching eggs . All layers on December 1, 1986 totaled 280 mi llion, virtually unchanged from a
year ago. Layers on December 1 consist~d of 245 million for table eggs and 35.3 million layers for hatching type -egg11 . Rate of lay on December 1 for all layers averaged 68.6 eggs per 100 layer-, compared with 68.0 a year earlier.
Georgia Hatching Other
Total Georgia Total 20
States
NUMBER OF LAYERS AND EGG PRODUCTION, NOVEMBER 1986
No. of Layers
Eggs per 100
Total Eggs Produc~
During Nov.
Layers-Nov.
During November
1985
1986
1985
1986
1985
1986
Thousands
Number
Millions
5,281
5,465 1,836
1,800
97
98
12,840
12,795 2,076
2,100
267
269
18,121
18,262 2,009
2,010
364
367
2331393
2331367
2 1026
2 1051
4 1728
41786
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COMMERCI AL POULTRY SLAUGHTER 1/ NOVEMBER 1986
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Item
Nov.
Oct.
Nov. 21 year
Jan. thru Nov. 2/ ye<
1985
1986
1986
ago
1985
1986 age
- Thousands-
-Thousands - - -
Young Chickens
Geo rgia
47,821
59 , 044
53,596
112
61 3,3 15
605.198
9t
United States
325,84 5 403,343
358,657
110 4,086,461 4,246,076 10
Matu r e Chickens
Light Type U.S.
9,170
12,232
10 , 157
111
129,154
138,216 10:
Heavy Type U.S.
2,156
3,505
2,783
129
33,239
34 ,135 10:
Total U.S.
11.326
15,737
12,940
114
162 , 393
172,3 51 101
Total All Types, Ga. 2,066
3. 137
2,473
120
30,553
33,009 101
Percent Condemned
Young Chickens
Georgia
4/ NA
1.3
3/1.5
3/ 1.5
United States
1.8
1.7
3/1.6
3/1.8
l/ Federally inspected slaughter data as col lected by Meat and Poultry Inspection
Program. Current month data estimated by Market News Service. 2/ Preliminary.
3/ January-October condemnations. 4/ Not available.
.POULTRY HATCHING AND PLACEMENT--NOVEMBER 1986
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Item
Nov.
Oct.
Nov .
year
Jan. thru Nov.
ye
l985
1986
1986 ago
1985
1986
ag
--Thousands--
--Thousands--
Pullet Chicks Placed
Domestic (U.S.) 1/
Broiler Type
3,284
3,846
3,769
115
37,093
40,732
11
Egg Type
166
270
150
90
2,765
2,718
9
Chicks Hatched
Broiler Type
Georgia
53,472
61,690
58,917
110
644,136
680,408
10
United States
379,050 415,363
402,708
106 4,387,270 4,570,889
10
Egg Type
Geo rg ia
2,891
1,603
1,630
56
28,637
28,204
9
United States
33,606 32,533
27,800
83
372,673
391,321
10
Turkeys
Poults Placed
u.s.
12,648
14,174
13,836
109
2/35,760
2/41,632
11
1/ Reported by leading breeders, includes expected pullet replacements from eggs
sold during the preced ing month at the rate of 125 pullet chicks per 30 dozen case
of eggs. 2/ Turkey poults placed September 1986-November 1986.
Item
Chickens Egg Type Broiler Type
Turkey
EGGS IN INCUBATORS , DECEMBER 1, 1986, UNITED STATES
I
198s
I
1986
I
--Thousands--
32,102 350,505
17,917
30,714 367,489
20,955
3
4 of Year A
96 105
!17
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AND
Itelll
MAARiClHH1ogIsNV&ENPTiOgRsY
Kept for Breeding
Market Market Hogs & Pigs 0~ gei~fit Crou~s
Onder 0 Pounds
60-119 Pounds
120-179 Pounds
180 Pounds & Over
JUNE 1 INVENTORY
All Hogs & Pigs
Kept for Breeding
Market Market Hogs & Pigs
'6~ ~ei~nt Crou~s
Under 0 Pounds
60-119 Pounds
120-179 Pounds
180 Pounds & Over
SEPTEMBER 1 INVENTORY
All Hogs & Pigs
Kept for Breeding
Market Market Hogs & Pigs
6~ gei~fit Crou~s
Under 0 Pounds
60-119 Pounds
120-179 Pounds 180 Pounds & Over DECEMBER 1 INVENTORY All Hogs & Pigs
Kept for Breeding
Market Market
Hogs
& Pigs
'6v gei~fit Crou~s
Onder 0 Pounds
60-119 Pounds
120-179 Pounds
180 Pounds & Over
SOWS FARROWING
December 2/-February
March-May December 2/-May
June-August September-November
June-November
PIG CROP December 2/-February
March-May December 2/-May
June-August September-November
June-November
1,900 300
1,600
1,350 190
1,160
1,350 200
1,150
1,250 180
1,070
1,150 160 990
1,055 145 910
688 440 301 171
1,650 231
1 , 419
464 325 226 145
1,390 215
1,175
466 317 235 132
1,400 215
1,185
433 289 221 127
1,320 200
1,120
401 271 204 114
1,200 165
1,035
365 249 187 109
1,025 145 880
603 396 253 167
1,700 250
1,450
502 315 218 140
1,400 215
1,185
529 320 213 123
1,350 200
1,150
493 302 202 123
1,250 180
1,070
450 285 190 110
1,200 165
1,035
380 245 160
95
1,025 145 880
638 338 287 187
1,520 204
1,316
531 293 221 140
1,450 220
1,230
512 305 207 126
1,350 195
1,155
471 288 193 118
1, 200 163
1 ,037
450 280 190 115
1 ,150 165 985
375 235 165 lOS
1,100 155 945
526 375 250 165
529 351 221 129
491
312 219 133
442 285 193 117
420 265 190 110
410 250 175 110
100
88 188
88 78 166
74
76 150
80 78 158
75 81 156 74
72 146
66 77
143
72 68 140
60
70 130
66 83 129
52
56 108
52 60 112
4
1982
78 84 73 81 79 85
92 45,275 91 6,485 92 38,790
40, 670
5,594 35,076
42,250 6,011
36,239
40,070 5,446
34,624
39,680 5,220
34,460
38,210 4,948
33,262
8 84 9 86 0 85
86
91 14,446 92 9,457 92 8,641 96 6,246
12,773 8,777 7,823 5,703
13,822 9,048 7,759 5,610
12,437 8,561 7,769 5,857
12,701 8,427 7,580 5,752
12,350 8,046 7,276 5,590
78 85 46,200 41,240 45,645 41,915 41,650 37,845
73 88 6,355
5,684
6,263
5,771
5,397
4,840
79 85 39,845 35,556 39,382 36,144 36,253 33,005
77 84 17,820 14,986 17,509 15,437 15,168 13,775
81 86 9,518 8,779
9,481
9,187
9,100
8,275
79 84 7,040
6,585
6,929
6,361
{),545
6,170
77 86 5,467
5,206
5,463
5. 159
5,440
4,785
76 82 85 47,170 41,840 46,030 43,180 41,820 39,335
73 81 88 6,357
5,578
5,839
5,550
5,377
4,840
77 82 85 40,813 36,262 40,191 37,630 36,443 34,495
73 80 83 16,473 14,665 15,877 14,957 14,630 13,725
77 82 84 10,268
9,004 10. 195
9,209
8,820
8,380
80 85 87 8,183
7,298
8,305
7,835
7,406
7,020
83 89 91 5,889
5,295
5,814
5,629
5,587
5,370
81 92 96 45,970 42,890 44,150 42,420 41,100 39,670
79 95 94 6,020
5,708
5,638
5,348
5,258
5,050
82 91 96 39,949 37,182 38,512 37,072 35,842 34,620
84 93 98 15,379 14,899 14,808 14,231 13,641 13,246
80 88 94 10,124
9,362
9,892
9,502
9,240
8,740
80 91 92 8,234
7,523
7,899
7,606
7,367
7,096
83 94 100 6,212
5,398
5. 913
5,733
5,594
5,538
69 79 87 2,192 69 73 80 2,750 69 76 83 4,942 70 72 79 2,461 83 88 95 2,427 77 80 87 4,888
2,027
2,411 4, 438 2,227 2,397 4 , 624
2,154 2,782 4,936 2,422 2,377 4,799
1,964
2,481 4,445 2,259 2,316 4,575
1,955
2,420 4,375 2,191 2,265 4,456
1,863
2,161 4,024 2,034 2,150 4 t 184
15,863 20,746 36,609 18,134 17,917 36 051
14,438 18,096 32,534 16,460 17,803 34 263
16,040 21,194 37,234 17,836
17.663 35 499
14 t 288 18,814 33. 102 17,158 17,420 34 578
14,690 18,762 33,452 16,941 17,255 34 196
14,254 16,878
31 132 15,853 16,729 32 582
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90 95 96 82 91 95 92 96 97
89 99 97 89 94 95 94 94 96 100 95 97 83 90 91 77 84 90 84 91 91
79 89 91 87 90 91 89 97 94 88 93 88 85 91 94 83 87 90 86 92 95
86 92 94 82 91 95 . 85 90 95 92 95 96 90 94 97 90 94 96 90 93 97
89 93 97 88 92 95 90 93 96 94 97 99 86 95 95 78 87 89 82 91 92 84 90 93 90 95 95 87 91 94 89 100 97 80 90 90 84 94 93 89 92 94 95 96 97 92 94 95
CATTLE ON FEED IN 7 STATES DOWN 1 PERCENT
Cattle and ca lves on f eed December 1 for the slaughter market in the 7 states preparing monthly estimates totaled 7.83 mill ion h ead , down 1 percent f rom a yea r a go and 8 perc ent below December 1, 1984 .
Market i ngs of fed cattle during No vem be r totaled 1. 45 million, 5 percent above last year but 4 percent l ess than November 1984.
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Placements of cattle and calves on ft i n the 7 states during November total 1. 81 mil l i on , up 3 percent from Novemb~ 1985 but 7 percen t below two years ago . Ne t p lacements of 1.73 milli o n fo ~ No vember are 2 percent above last yea r but 5 percent below 1984 .
Othe r d i s a ppea r ance totaled 8 7 thousand head compared with 76 t housand during November 1985 and 121 t housand durin~ November 1984.
CATTLE AND CALVES: NUMBER ON FEED, PLACEMENTS, MARKETED , AND OTHER DI SAPPEARANCE,
7 STATE~ , NOVEMBER 1 TO DECEMB ER 1
1986 as %
Item
1985
1986
of 198 ~>
1, 000 Head
On Feed, November 1 1/
7,58 2
7,546
100
Placed on Feed during November
1 ,766
1,814
103
Fed Cattle Marketed duri ng November
1,380
1 , 447
105
Other Disappearance during November 2/
76
87
114
On Feed Decembe r 1 1/
7 892
7 826
99
1/ Cattle and calves on feed are a nimals f or slaughter market being fed a full
ration of grain or other concentrat es and are expected to produce a carcass that
wil l grade good or better. 2/ Inc ludes death losses, movement from feedlots to
pastures and shipments to other feed lo t s for further feeding.
NOVEMBER MILK PRODUCTION
Milk production in the 21 selected states totaled 9.45 billion pounds. This is 3 percent less than the product i on in these same states during November 1985.
During the July-September period, the 21 selected states produced 85.1 percent of the U.S. production. If producers in the 29 states not surveyed December 1 followed the same production pattern as
21 states, u.s. produc tion would be 11. 1
billion pounds for November.
Production per cow in the 21 states averaged 1,058 pounds during November, 41 pounds less than October 1986, but 10 pounds more than November 1985.
Milk cows in the 21 states . durilng No vember averaged 8.93 million head, 4 percent less than November last year and 26 thousand head less than last month.
MILK COWS AND MI T.K
NOVEMBER 1985 - 1986
21 States
Item
Unit
1985
1986
Milk Cows 1/
Thous. Head
9 ,334
8,927
l!lilk per Cow 2/
Pounds
1,048
1,0S8
Mi lk Production 2/
Mil. Lbs.
9 784
9 449
1/ Inc ludes dry cows, excludes heifers not y~t freah. 2/ Excludes milk sucked by calve&.
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GEORGIA RED HEAT PRODUCTION
UNITED STATES JlD MEAT PRODUCTION
Georgia red meat production totaled 35,886 million pounds during November 1986, u p 55 percent from Novembe r 1985. The J a nuary-November red meat product i on tot aled 397,054 mi ll ion pounds, 12 percent more than the comparable period of 1985.
Cattle slaughtered by commercial plants in Georgia during Nov ember totaled 21,500 head, an increase of 2,100 head from the previous year. Calves slaughtered in November totaled 200 head, the same as a year ago.
There were 152,700 hogs slaughtered in commercial plants across the State during November 1986. This was 68,000 head more than last year.
Commercial red eat production f o r the
u.s. in November 1986 t o t a led 2.98
billion pounds, down 4 perc ent from la st year.
Beef production at 1. 8 1 billion pounds, was down fr a ct ionall y. Head ki l l was 2.82 million, up fract i onall y, and average average live weight decreased 6 pounds to 1,097.
Veal production, at 37 million pounds was down 12 percent from last year. Calf slaughter of 255 thousand head was down 11 percent and a verage live weight decreased 6 pounds t o 244.
Pork production totaled 1.12 billion pounds, down 10 percent and head kill was 6.24 million, down 11 pe r cent.
S ecies
Georsia Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep 6r Labs
GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER 1
Number Slau htered
Average
1986
Jan.-Nov.
L1 ve Weight
Nov.
as ~ of '86 as ~ of
Nov.
1985
1986
1985
1985
1985
1986
1,000 Head
Percent
Percent
Pounds
19.4
21.5
Ill
110
901
892
.2
. 2
100
38
413
339
84.7
152.7
180
113
236
237
.1
1
100
1H
100
96
Total
Live Weight
Nov.
1985
1986
1,000 Pounds
17,474 75
19,941 8
19,169 72
36,172 1.1
United States
Cattle
2,811.9 2,818.8
100
103
1,103 1,097 3,100,086 3,091 , 143
Calves
288.4
255.3
89
102
250
244
71,942
62,329
Hogs
7,033.3 6,238.6
89
94
248
250 1,742,064 1,557,473
. Shee2 6r Lambs
475.3
412.7
87
91
117
119
551457
491020
1/ Includes slaughter under Federal Inspection and other commercial slaughter, excludes
far slau.ghter.
COMMERCIAL RED MEAT AND LARD PRODUCTION: UNITED STATES WITH COMPARISONS 1/
November
1986 as ~
Jan.-Nov. 2/
1986 as ~
Kind
1985
1986
Million Pounds
of 1985 Percent
1985
1986
Million Pounds
of 1985 Pe rcent
Beef
I, 812
1,808
100
21,702
22,24 4
102
Veal
42
37
88
452
469
104
Pork
I, 241
I , 115
90
13. 511
12,762
94
Lamb 6o Hutton
28
24
86
321
30 3
94
Total Red Meat
3,123
2,983
96
35,986
35,777
99
Lard 3/
77
69
90
847
799
94
1/ Based on packers dress we ights and excludes farm slaughter. 2 / Accumulated totals
based on unrounded data. 3/ Prel iminary lard production inc ludes rendered pork fat.
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COLD
Commoditv
Butter Cheese, Natural Eggs, Frozen Fruits, Frozen Fruit Juices, Frozen Meats, Red
Beef, Frozen Pork, Frozen Poultry, Frozen Turkeys, Frozen Vegtables, Frozen Potatoes, Frozen Peanuts, Shelled Peanuts, In Shell Pecans, Shelled PecansL_!n Shell
Nov. 30, 1985
206,891 877,491
13,845 788,918 963,298 633,027 302,256 265,009 377,117 208,153 2,204,174 1,020,159 302,208
26,902 12,818 40,552
UNITED STATES. NOVEMBER 30
Oct. 31
Nov. 30,
1986
1986
1,000 Pounds
253,271
221,117
804,994
759,553
14,014
13,073
834,467
779,314
874,132
835,587
574,357
569,326
292,324
298,986
215,824
206,897
718,192
430,221
543,534
255,418
2,281,932
2,166,350
904,143
941,653
195,599
213,033
16,835
20,610
18,489
19,269
17,763
49,853
Percent of
Nov. 1985 I Oct. 1986
Percent
107
87
87
94
94
93
99
93
87
96
90
99
99
102
78
96
114
60
123
47
98
95
92
104
70
109
77
122
150
104
123
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