00. c. 7 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. ___________I_______ l_ _ _ _ li_______I__________ GFR-86-Vol. 3 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 -------- -- ----------------- - --------- - --- ---- -- -- - --- - - --- -~ --- ----------- ---- - -- ----- 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. 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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 , 2 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 . 4 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 . 5 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 ~Q~Q~~ll~--------1~2~2------~~1~1------~2 2~1------~2~~~----1Li~~~1 ____ 1~1~i~~-- 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 , ------ ---- -- -- -- -- ---- --- ---- --- - ' :IJJ~M~cenN~ ~;: I-------- ---- -... -- ---- - ---- - --- -- -- 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: ::;_ ( I r c: I I ,1 "' 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 ------------------l~~~-------l~~~-------1~~~-------1~~~-------1~~~-------1~~~--- 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 !2l~l_g~~~------~~1~~~~----~~QL~~l-----~LQ~~------~~Q~~------~L~~Q------~~~~~--- -------------~QQ~_lli_l~gft~!QR~L-E~ftRg~RY_1L_1~~~L-g~l!~Q-~!~!~~---------------- l!~~------------------1~~~--------------1~~~---------------~-Q!_Y~~-~gQ _______ _ Thousands Chickens Egg Type 25 , 389 31,828 125 Broiler Type 332,148 345 , 472 104 !g~~~!---------------~1~~1~------------~1L~1~------------------11~------------ 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 -----------------------1-,0-0-0---H-e-ad--------P-e-rc-e-n--t -----------P-o-u-n-d-s--------------1-,-0-00---P-o-u-n-d-s-- 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 . 6 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 / ~~:~:i~~~&--_-_-_-__-_-~L=Yi==&=i=~=i=~=~=-=-=-~J-_=_r_~2R~~=~=~=~=r=~=-- =-=-- =--r- r=-=,v~=U~=~=v~=A=.-=~o=hu=-n=~u[s--- ~-:--:-~:- ~!Q~r~~~~:-~---[~-:-:~:!:Q~:~~~:-~- 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. 7 ________ ___ _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 E~~rr~L-lrr-~h~l! _________ 11L~!Q _______~QL~g2_____ !!gLgg~______!!2________!g!___ _ Georg1a Crop Reporting ServKe Stephens Federal Bldt:. Suite 320 Athens, Georgia J 0613 I 0 T Si:.COND -C LAS!:> POSTAGE PAID AT ATHENS, GA 30613 GA -44oo.C. 7 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 :-:-:-:-------------------'-l=_=_=_=_=_=_~_:_:_:_=_=_=_=_~=j_=_=_==_~_:_:_:_I_i_l_l_!_<_~_[-_~_~__~_~=l:Q~~=~=-~l:L:_=_=_=_=_]-_=_=_=_=~l~Q~~~~=-=-=-:-: 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_ The Georgia 0 arm Report II SSN-0 74-7280 ) Is published seml-rronthl y by the Geo rg ia Crop R&port l ng Serv ice , Stepnens Federal Bu l ld iog, Athe ns , Go . 306D, Larry E. Snipes, Stotlstlc l on In Ch arge . Second cla ss postage paid at At hens, GA. Subscription tee SIO per year except tree to date contrIbutor s . Subsc r i ot ion I nt ormat Ion ava llcb l e fran : Geor g I c Crop Report 1nq Service, Step he11s Federa l Bulldln9, Suite 320, Ato ens, GA . 30613 Telephone: (40 4 ) 546-2236, 3 t 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 ------------------------------------------- -------------------- ----------------- 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. Georgi~ Crop Reporting Service Stephens Federal Bldg. Suite 320 Athens. Georgia J0fl13 c 1 1 _v c- I St.COND-CLAS:> POSTAGE PAID AT ATHENS, GA 30613 _ __ .., . - . ... . , Received GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE March 27. 1986 GFR-86-Volume 7 MAR 31 1986 DOCUMENTS UGA UBRAR\ES Stephens Federal Bldg. &lite 320 Athens, Georgia 30613 Phone: ( 404) 546-2236 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 The Georgl8 Farm Report (ISSN-0744-7280) Is published s emi-month ly by the Georg l8 Crop Reporting Service, Stephens Federal Building, Athens, Ga. 30613, Lorry E. Sn ipes, Statlstlclnn In Chnrge. Second Cl8ss post8ge paid nt Athens, GA. Subscription tee S10 pe r yenr except tree to dat8 contr ibutors . Subscription Informati on 8V8II8ble tr~: Georgl o Crop Reporting Servi ce, Stephens F&der81 Bull rll nq, Suite 320 Athens GA, 30613 Te lephone : (4 04) 546-2236. 2 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 . 3 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 4 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__ I!i~======. =====E=G=G=Sr==IN==IIN~C~U~B==A=TT=Oh=Ro=uS=,sJan=~=dAR=sC=H==I1Q~~1=9=8=6=, ==U=N=ITrE=D===ST=A~T=E2SI=Yi~=Ai2======= 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 . 5 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 . 6 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. 7 ____________ 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 E~~n~~-l~-~h~ll_________ ~~~~~~------ll~~~~~-----l1~ ~2Q1 ______ l~~--------lQQ ___ _ Georgia Crop Reporting _ Service Stephens Federal Bldg. Suite 320 Athens, Georgia J 061 3 1 : o.. cJ 7: - 2 I r- G;:)l! -_, Sr.COND- CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT ATHENS , GA 30613 Gr A- "' !" "C" ~ - ......--- A4oo.e ? ___ _... .,,If ~ '--- .~- ~ .... ~~GEORGIA 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. 2 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. 4 &A A 4-oo. c. 7 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 ________ ~~~~---------i !l~~-------------!~~2----------lL!~QLl!Q__ ________~!l~~~~- 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 ~orrraor~s~~~~~~ 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, -s-r-at-e-----F--E--B--R--U--A--R--Y----r-1g-7-g-1--9--7--9----8rg-1g- u---A--P--R--IL-r-g-g1-t----1--9--8=r2-g-=8gz5-uk -oA-rN-rDargrsgFE-~=B--R-U=-A--Rr-g-Yg-4-1k-----1--9r8-6g-g-s-1--/-2---/--r-g-g-~----- 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. * * * * The * * * * * number o f * * * * * * * * states surveyed * * for * * * NOTI CE * * * * * * * * * 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- * * * * e*lu*d e* d * i n * q . ua * rterly * * ~ estimates * * * * * f*or* all * * s* tates * * be * * ginn * * i ng * with * * * the * * Julv 16 * . * report. *- * * * *. co 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 I 0 08 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. ------ --------------]____________~_I_IkIlQi~_~~l~-Q1_~-~~h~Yl~i~~~-Q~~--_-Il-i-liiD-__-_-_-_-_--I-Q-~-~l-_-l-_-~-~-~-~-~-~--------- ------ 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. 3 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. ---- -- -- ----~~QR~l~ -~R~lli_~!QfK~ = =~~Rl~--l~-1~~2-~l!tl_fQM~~Rl~Qli~-------------- 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. ---------------Q~~~-QR~lli-~!QfK~==A~Rl~_lL_l~2_~litl_fQM~~Rl~Qli~- -- - --- --------- 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. 4 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 E~~~~L-l~-~h~ll _________ 11L2~2______!!L~~~-----1Q~L!!~~-----1~~------- --~ ____ CIO Gl.-'Qrgia Crop Reporting Service Stephens Federal Bldg. Suite 320 Athens , Georgia J 061 3 SECOND-CLAS !:i POSTAGE PAID AT ATHENS, GA 30613 M 1 .; I ~~oo - G 7 PI 9w~. AfORRMGRIAEPORT May 15, 1986 GFR-86-Volume 11 GEORGIA Received CROP REPORTING MAY 16 1986 SERVICE Stephens FederaLBldg. DOCUMEN TS &lite 320 UGA LIBRAR IES Athens, Georgia 30613 Phone: (404) 546-2236 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 GFR-86-Vol. 11 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 . GFR-86-Vol. 11 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. 7 GFR-86-Vol. 11 c.... l < 0 L I -l vJ m 7J n ~ l 0 -< ::'> 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 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 GFR-86-Vol. 12 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. 4 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. 5 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. 006~ GFR-86-Vol . 12 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 6 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. 7 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 79 Georga ~~ClOp Reporting Servtce Stephens Federal Bldg. Suite 320 Athens. Georgia J 0& 13 SECOND- CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT ATHENS, GA 3061 3 I r .:u ;. .._~ I "'57: 0 GA A4-oo. c 7 PIG0 F~ 'il?fYARM REPORT Received JU 1 3 1986 June 12, 1986 GFR-86-Volume 13 DOCUt 1EI JTS UGA LIBRARIES GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE Ste}Xlens Federal Bldg. &lite 320 Athens, Georgia 30613 Phone: (404) 546-2236 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. GFR-86-Vol. 13 I # 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. 2 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. 125.7 115.5 T~e Georgia Far~ Repor~ CISSN-Q 744-7280l Is pub l ished semi-monthly by ~ h e Georgia Crop Report i ng Servl~e. Stephens Federal Building, Athens, Ga. 30613, Larry E. Snipes, Stetlstlclen In Charge. Second class postage paid ot A~hens, GA. Subscription lee SIO per year except free to date con~rlbutors. Subscr i ption Informat ion available from : Georgia Crop Reporting Service, Stepnens Federal Bull~lnq Suite J20 Athens GA, J0613 Telephone: (404) ~46-22:56, 3 'l>o ~o :rn me z~ ' V>rn z ~ (/} I ' G"'rl>H CXl :Q l:> : ~;Q ' 0-< ' a- 'a c 0 ., z ~ H N < 0 _0.. -n _.. mG".'..._ VI 0 0 :Q 0 G"' 0 HIQ l:> 0 '0 Vl I N V1 ....... ON 00 '0 Vl ():)N 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, 2 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 GFR-86-Vo 1. 14 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. GFR-86-Vol. 14 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 6 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. 7 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 ~P~e~c~a~n~s~~I~n~S~h~e~l~l~----------~5~4~~'0~?--------8~1~~5~45--------~65~~3~1-8 -------~1~21--------~80~--- 00 Georgia Crop Reporting Servi<:e Stephens Federal Bldg. Suite 320 Athens, Georgia J 061 3 SECOND-CLAS S POSTAGE PA1D AT ATHENS, GA 30613 I! 0 '-I u GeORG ocurv;:: T, E TS C. 3 ARY 6 z v 08 Received REPORT JU 3 1986 July 2, 1986 GFR-86-Volume 15 DOCU 1ENTS UGA LIBRARIES GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE SteJilens Federal Bldg. &lite 320 Athens, Georgia 30613 Phone: (404) 546-2236 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. IThe ~rg:a F~rm Report ~~:s~~744-7280l Is publ~!~~~ s~ml-mo~th~y . by th~ . ~rgla . Cr~ Reporting Sa;.-,ce, ... t a p..o o; f'qdor a . o"'' ...d r9 , Ati'ltHi5, Ga .AJutJ, Lar r y c. ;.nrpes, 3T et -r rs-rrcn:sn rn ChtJrgo. Second class postage pai d et At hens, GA. Subscription fee S10 per yeer except free to data contributors. Subscription Information evallable from: Georgia Crop Reporting Service, Stephens Federal Bul Idin , Suite ~20, Athens GA. }061~ Tele hone: (404) 546-2236. Agri.eult:oral St:atist:iclan and Georgia Depart:.ent of Agriculture 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 G -86-Vol. 15 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. Geot~Cl Crop Reporting Service Stephens Federal Bldg. Suite 320 Athens, Georgi& 30613 :>!:. "Jl'ID-,.;LASS POSTAGE PAID AT ATHENS, GA 30613 M ~~ I u " y OF - ;:r h oc it: TS T ~N- t-:lr.. -l Gt "1 I . . - ' - , .... .... ~ ~,.. :1 { ~ t,; ~ -:J7": ..,,..,.., <; 'CJ0RGIA I FARM REPORT J. qv ~;~ ~ 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 The '"-gla FWII Report !ISSN-o744-7280) Is published SeMI-IIIOnthly by tbe Georgie Crop Reporting Service, Stec~l'lens Federal Building, Athens, Ge .5061.5, Larry E. Snl.,.s, Statistician In Charge. Second c lass POstage .,. rd at Athens, GA. Subscription fee SIO .,.r year .,.capt frM to deh contr-lbortor!l- Subscription lnforMtlon available tr..: Georgia Crop Reporting Service, Stephens IFeder-al a.llct l na. Suite :520 Athens, GA .5061.5 Telec~hone: (404) 546-2216. 2 +9.0 -2.8 +8.8 -3.2 -7.1 +14.5 -22.4 -2. 1 +0.8 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. Georgia Crop Reporting Service Stephens Federal Bldg. Suite 320 Athens, Georgia 30&13 00 SECOND-CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT ATHENS, GA 30613 S::C T REPORT July 30, 1986 GFR-86-Volume 17 Received AUG 04 l9Bn DOCUMENTS UGA LIBRARIES GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE Stephens Federal Bldg. &lite 320 Athens, Georgia 30613 Phone: (404) 546-2236 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. The Georgia Farm Report ( ISSN-0 744-72801 Is published s81111-ononthly by the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. Stephens Federal Building, Athens, Ga. 30613, Larry E. Snipes, Statistician In Charge. Second class postage paid at Atnens, GA." Subscription tee SIO per year except tree to data contr lbutors. Subscription lntorto~~tlon available tr0111: Georgia Crop Reporting Service, Stephens Federa l Building, Suite 320 Athens GA. 30613. Telephone: (4041 546-2236. 2 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 lliUCIe: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. 6 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 X 1.33. . co Georgia Crop Reportmg Service Stephens Federal Bldg. Suite 320 Athens. Georgia JOb 1 J SECOND-CLAS S POSTAGE PAID AT ATHENS, GA 30613 0 4 2C0 1 1 3 0000 95- 5 7 2 NIV OF ORG -A O 52aaoa D CU 1"1Et T S SECT AT N !B RA Y GA 306 2 ~A A4oo.e, 7 DJG fOR G/A r-.;;_ ~/.I ff r'ARM REPORT 'f Re c e i v ~ d AuG 1 1986 Au gust 14, 1986 GFR-86-Volume 18 r JCUMENTS UJA LIBRARIES GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE SteJilens Federal Bldg. &lite 320 Athens, Georgia 30613 Phone: (404) 546-2236 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 (Continued on Page 2) 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) .G'-':t~tS6-Vol . 18 ,; ...... 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 llne ceo7gia Farm-Ropo r t ( ISSN- 0744-7280) i s pu~ II shed sem ! - mo nth I y by t he Geor gIa Cr op Repo rt ing Service , Stephens fed eral BuildIng , Athans, Ga . 30613 , L11rr y E. Snipes , Stat istician-In-Charge , Second C l ass postage pa id at At hens , Ga. Subscription fae $10 per year exc<'p t t ree t o data contrIbutors . Sub~cr I p t ion I nfo rmot !o n ova I I ab le from : Georgi a Crop Reporti ng Serv ice , Stephensj rede ral 9ulldlng , Sui t e 320, At hens , GA 30613 Telep ho ne: (404) 546-2 236 . 2 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 . 3 - 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. GFR-86- Vo l. iB 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. {.J:oK-00-VOJ.. !O 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 6 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 1-0 -10 rn rn c_ z~ v ,r r z -f v, VI .n n -1 c.-, , It u ;u l- I-IV D -< C> 1\.J c z ,s; H < -o 0 ~ ... ~ 1.."-l 1n -..... c 0 :lO <.> 0 I-t 1 0 1> 0 ~ '-" I N Jl ON 00 Vl ~N ().)0 0 OCJ >"dv:> o~-'~!O0tl ."' i]:; C>1 I ~ :.n(:) H til O tn a~> >"' "" GFR-86- Vo l . 18 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. 8 ~~f6RGIA--. ' -...:... - .. . -. . _,, - ~ . ... p;r. 8 f!J\RM REPORT August 27. 1986 GFR-86-Volume 19 Received 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 19 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. 2 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 GFR-86- Vo l . t 9 It em Julv 198) 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. 5 Flue-cu,.d lbbecco: Supply, Price, Ulle Bill ion pounda 4 Supply 3 2 GFR- 8 6- Vo l. 19 Centa per pound 200 t50 ..... 100 50 ~._~~~~~~~~--~~~~~~ Billion poundt 2 -.. --------a.-.... 77 12 ., 0 1172 Mt. \_77.......,.._12 17 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 .0\ 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 73 Georgia Crop Reporting ~e Stephens Federal Bldg. Suite 320 Athens, Georgi& l 0& 13 SECOND-CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT ATHENS, GA 30613 0 4 0 1 1 3 0000 I U IV F GEORG I 95 - 2572095 0 00 8808 JOCUME TS SEC T LI TH::~s A RY 306 2 GA ~ O.Ci PIL.EORGI F9f~!A~M REPORT September 16, 1986 GFR-86-Volume 20 HIGHLIGHTS: September 1 Crop Forecast Cash Receipts & Farm Income Initial 1986 Pecan Forecast Received SEP 1 8 1986 DOCUMENTS UGA UBRARlES GEORGIA CROP . REPORTING SERVICE Ste}:ilens Federal Bldg. &lite 320 Athens, Georgia 30613 Phone: (404) 546-2236 Peanut Stocks & Processing Agricultural Prices Received Financial Characteristics of U.S. Farms 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. (Continued Page 8) 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 The Georgie Ferm Repor+ IISSN-074 4-7280> Is published semi-monthly by the Georgi Crop Repo r ting Serv ic e , Steohen s F e~era l 9u i l~iog , Athe ns , G. 30613, Lrry E. Snloes, St tlstlc ln In Ch a rge . Second cl ass postage oa iO at Ar ~en s, GA. Subscription fee Sl Oper year except f r ee to da t a contributors . Subscrlotlon Informati o n li ab le tr om : Georgi Crop Repor t ing Servi ce , Step hens f ed eral Bull~ln~ Suite 3~ ~thens, GA. 30613 Te l ephone: (404 ) 546- 2236. 2 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. 3 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 ~ .. -- 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~ 4 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. 6 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 0 -i O n m ::;; Vlm z -1 (/) (/) m ) -i r J:.>H 0.; "" l.NAJ u-< 0 N c 0 7 H < " 0 ,0 -" _. <.1 lN m -... 0 0 "" 0 0 H 10 l> 0 V1 I N V1 --.I 0 00 Q:IN 000 0 (X) GF R - 86-Vo 1 . 20 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. 8 ~~O.C7 PI;= ~ 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. 2 .. 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, StCu 1t:i, TS .) CT L L ll T ,, : S r .A.. GA ~A~G4-Eco.O<~/R7 GIA 79 f{A+RM REPORT Received NOV 17 1986 November 13, 1986 GFR-86-Volume 24 DOCUMENTS UGA LIBRARIES GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE Stephens Federal Bldg. SUite 320 Athens, Georgia 30613 Phone: (404) 546-2236 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. (Continued on page 2) .. 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. The Georgie Far ReQC>rt (ISSN-Q744-7280l Is publlslled s-1-..,thly by t r.e Georgia Crap Reoo tlng Service, Steo~ens Federal Building, Atr.ens, Ga. )061), Lorry. Snipes, St a tistician In Chilrge. Second clou postage peld et Atr.ens, GA. SYbsc:rlpt1on , . . SIO .,.,. yeer capt lrH to contributors. Sybscrlptlon lnlo,...tiOtO available tr0111: Georgia Crap Reporting s...vlce, Stepllant Federal Bulld l na Suite 320 Athens GA, }0613 Teleohone : tO) '6-2236 2 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 . GFR-86-Vol. 24 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. 4 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 T GFR-86-Vol. 24 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 6 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. 7 GFR-86-Vol. 24 0 ., -I v G' v n ;;r: G" -I ~ ;r,. G r l. ...... u 7J 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". 8 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.el t I '-4.67 Cornbelt II 4.02 Northern Plains 4. 16 Southern Plain<; 4.44 ~oun L<>rt 1 ~ Servlc, Stohns Fexclu des he1fers not yeL f resh. 2/ Ex cl udes milk J sucked Percent 96 100 96 by c al ves . 3 GFR-86-Vol. 25 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 -i Gl (I (, -t ...~ (, I H ):" :>.. -< c' "" -...1 I.. .) <) Vl 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 ' will proble no ms t a 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~ !' cooperat agencies i on and 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. ) 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. 4 ~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. (See Page 2) 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. (See Pages 4 & S) (See Paae 4 & 5) ~c:alblral S1:atiaL1dan aDd Ceorcf.a ~t of .qrl~tare 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. - 6-Vol. 7 198 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 The G.orgla Far Report CISSN-()744-72801 Is published SefOI - IIICnthly by the Georgia CrOll Reporting Service, STeohens Federal Bu i ld ing, Athens, Ge. 30613, Larry E. Snipes , Statistician In Charge. S~ond class postage paid at Afhens, GA. Subscription fee SIO per year except free to data con fr lbutors. Subscript ion Information avollable fra.: Georgia Crop Reporting Service, Stephans Federal Building, Suite 320 Athens GA. 30613 Telephone : (40) ' 46-2236 . 2 COMMERCI AL POULTRY SLAUGHTER 1/ NOVEMBER 1986 r. of r. c 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 r. of r. 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 . ~ GFR-86-Vol. 27 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 5 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. .iFR-86-Vol. 2 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&. 6 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. 7 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 77 122 150 104 123 281 Gf'Orgta ~ Crop Report1ng Service - - Stephens Federal Bldg. _ Ll1 Suite 320 "' 1"- Athens, Georgia ~ M < CJ lli~ ~ ['a -~ Ll1 rTI w~-==oLl1 0 ~ I(] iii CJ ' f~fi r-'1 ru :::> - m' J 061 3 :1 SECOND-CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT ATHENS, GA 30613 n 1 2 ii 0 1 1 3 I cooo-o UNIV OF GcOR:; IA 95 - 25 72 09520 00 8808 A~OTCf-iUE~NES NTS SEC T LI 3RJQ y GA 30o02