GEORGIA FARM REPORT December 19, 2001 Volume 01-Number 23 Stephens Federal Building, Suite 320 Athens, Georgia 30601 Phone: (706)546-2236 E-mail: nass-ga@nass.usda.gov Website: http://www.nass.usda.gov/ga December 1 Crop Forecast Commercial Red Meat Production HIGHLIGHTS Monthly Poultry Agricultural Prices Livestock Slaughter GEORGIA ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 2000 AND DECEMBER 1, 2001 FORECAST Area Harvested Yield per Acre Production Crop Unit 2000 Ind Dec 1, 2001 2000 Ind Dec 1, 2001 2000 Ind Dec 1, 2001 --Thousand Acres-- --Thousands-- Corn for Grain Bu 300 220 107 123 32,100 27,060 Hay, All Ton 650 650 2.40 3.30 1,560 2,145 All Other Ton 650 650 2.40 3.30 1,560 2,145 Wheat, All Bu 200 200 54.0 53.0 10,800 10,600 Winter Bu 200 200 54.0 53.0 10,800 10,600 Peanuts Lb 492.0 477.0 2,700 3,350 1,328,400 1,597,950 Soybeans for Beans Bu 140 160 24.0 28.0 3,360 4,480 Cotton, All 1/ Bale 1,350.0 1,490.0 591 709 1,663.0 2,200.0 Upland 1/ Bale 1,350.0 1,490.0 591 709 1,663.0 2,200.0 Tobacco, Type 14 Lb 31.0 27.0 2,220 2,400 68,820 64,800 Apples 2/ Lb 1.2 3/ 11,700 3/ 14,000 9,000 Grapes 2/ Ton 1.2 3/ 2.92 3/ 3.5 3.2 Peaches 2/ Lb 17 3/ 6,760 3/ 115,000 135,000 Pecans Lb 4/ 4/ 4/ 3/ 80,000 95,000 1/ Cotton yield in pounds per harvested acre, production in 480 lb. net weight bales. 2/ Bearing age acres. 3/ Acreage and yield estimates will be released in the Noncitrus Fruits and Nuts Summary, January 2002. 4/ Not available. UNITED STATES ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 2000 AND DECEMBER 1, 2001 FORECAST Area Harvested Yield per Acre Production Crop Unit 2000 Ind Dec 1, 2001 2000 Ind Dec 1, 2001 2000 Ind Dec 1, 2001 --Thousand Acres-- --Thousands-- Corn for Grain Bu 72,732.0 69,191.0 137.1 138.0 9,968,358 9,545,513 Hay, All Ton 59,854.0 63,833.0 2.54 2.54 152,183 162,303 Alfalfa Ton 23,077.0 23,750.0 3.48 3.44 80,347 81,628 All Other Ton 36,777.0 40,083.0 1.95 2.01 71,836 80,675 Sorghum for Grain Bu 7,723.0 8,777.0 60.9 61.2 470,070 536,755 Wheat, All Bu 53,133.0 48,653.0 42.0 40.2 2,232,460 1,957,643 Winter Bu 35,072.0 31,295.0 44.7 43.5 1,566,023 1,361,479 Durum Bu 3,572.0 2,789.0 30.7 30.0 109,805 83,556 Other Spring Bu 14,489.0 14,569.0 38.4 35.2 556,632 512,608 Peanuts Lb 1,336.0 1,390.5 2,444 2,990 3,265,505 4,157,400 Soybeans for Beans Bu 72,408.0 74,137.0 38.1 39.4 2,757,810 2,922,914 Cotton, All 1/ Bale 13,053.0 13,939.5 632 691 17,188.3 20,064.0 Upland 1/ Bale 12,884.0 13,699.0 626 681 16,799.2 19,436.0 Amer-Pima 1/ Bale 169.0 240.5 1,105 1,253 389.1 628.0 Tobacco Lb 472.4 443.1 2,229 2,355 1,052,998 1,043,642 Apples 2/ Lb 447.3 3/ 23,800 3/ 10,648,700 9,560,400 Grapes 2/ Ton 946.5 3/ 8.09 3/ 7,658.0 6,471.9 Peaches 2/ Lb 155.8 3/ 16,700 3/ 2,599,800 2,537,300 Pecans Lb 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 209,850 318,300 1/ Cotton yield in pounds per harvested acre, production in 480 lb. net weight bales. 2/ Bearing age acres. 3/ Acreage and yield estimates will be released in the Noncitrus Fruits and Nuts, January 2002. 4/ Not available. USDA/NASS COOPERATING WITH THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE State AL AZ AR CA GA LA MS MO NM NC OK SC TN TX VA Other States 3/ ALL COTTON-DECEMBER 1, 2001, FORECAST BY STATES AND U.S. Acres for Harvest Yield Ind. Production 1/ --Thousand Acres-- --Pounds-- --Thousand Bales 2/-- 605.0 706 890.0 285.5 1,253 745.0 1,080.0 811 1,825.0 864.0 1,344 2,420.0 1,490.0 709 2,200.0 855.0 578 1,030.0 1,630.0 727 2,470.0 395.0 863 710.0 77.0 810 130.0 975.0 763 1,550.0 200.0 504 210.0 296.0 665 410.0 605.0 762 960.0 4,317.0 460 4,133.0 104.0 854 185.0 161.0 584 196.0 2001 as % of 2000 --Percent-- 164 93 128 95 132 113 144 131 123 108 138 108 135 104 111 153 US 13,939.5 691 20,064.0 117 1/ Production ginned and to be ginned. 2/ 480 lb. net weight bales. 3/ Other States include FL and KS. Individual State level estimates will be published in the "Crop Production 2001 Summary." POULTRY HATCHING AND PLACEMENT--OCTOBER 2000-2001 January thru October Item Oct 2000 Oct 2001 % of year ago 2000 2001 % of year ago --Thousands-- --Percent-- --Thousands-- --Percent-- Pullet Chicks Placed Domestic (U.S.) 1/ Broiler Type 6,694 6,704 100 68,961 67,693 98 Egg Type 241 158 66 2,620 2,657 101 Chicks Hatched - Broiler Type Georgia 107,385 112,239 105 1,095,153 1,114,850 102 United States 711,278 739,733 104 7,378,430 7,436,502 101 Chicks Hatched- Egg Type Georgia 1,916 2,123 111 19,308 20,630 107 United States 36,077 36,501 101 362,758 387,314 107 Turkeys Poults Placed United States 23,672 23,833 101 46,688 2/ 46,241 3/ 99 1/ Domestic placements as 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. 2/ Turkey poults placed September 2000-October 2001. 3/ Turkey poults placed September 2001-October 2002. GEORGIA Hatching Table Total Georgia 30 STATES Hatching Table Total 30 States UNITED STATES Hatching Table Total U.S. NUMBER OF LAYERS AND EGG PRODUCTION--OCTOBER 2000-2001 Number of Layers Oct 2000 Oct 2001 Eggs per 100 Layers Oct 2000 Oct 2001 Total Eggs Produced Oct 2000 Oct 2001 --Thousands-- --Number-- --Millions-- 8,776 9,791 1,983 1,879 174 184 11,860 12,105 2,074 2,214 246 268 20,636 21,896 2,035 2,064 420 452 51,596 256,374 307,970 54,004 261,734 315,738 1,884 2,226 2,169 1,850 2,249 2,181 972 5,707 6,679 999 5,886 6,885 56,139 272,039 328,178 58,691 277,654 336,345 1,901 2,229 2,173 1,852 2,248 2,179 1,067 6,063 7,130 1,087 6,242 7,329 2 COMMERCIAL POULTRY SLAUGHTER 1/--OCTOBER 2000-2001 January thru October Item Oct 2000 Oct 2001 % of Year Ago 2000 2001 --Thousands-- --Percent-- --Thousands-- Young Chickens Georgia 95,706 112,306 117 969,616 1,007,292 United States 706,499 769,741 109 6,968,041 7,059,064 Mature Chickens Light Type, U.S. 6,896 8,285 120 80,249 76,806 Heavy Type, U.S. 6,259 6,142 98 60,869 57,569 Total U.S. 13,155 14,427 110 141,118 134,375 Percent Condemned Young Chickens --Percent-- --Percent-- Georgia 1.49 1.06 1.50 1.14 United States 1.34 1.00 1.46 1.27 1/ Federally inspected slaughter data as collected by Meat and Poultry Inspection Program. % of Year Ago --Percent-- 104 101 96 95 95 LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER, UNITED STATES 1/--OCTOBER 2000, 2001 Number Slaughtered Average Live Weight Species 2000 2001 2001 as% of 2000 2000 2001 --Thousand Head-- --Percent-- --Pounds-- Cattle 3,141.4 3,160.8 101 1,231 1,247 Calves 97.1 93.7 97 312 317 Hogs 8,882.1 9,330.0 105 262 267 Sheep & Lambs 278.7 288.5 103 134 137 1/ Includes slaughter under Federal Inspection and other commercial slaughter, excludes farm slaughter. Total Live Weight 2000 2001 --Thousand Pounds-- 3,867,204 3,942,113 30,252 29,722 2,331,502 2,487,615 37,349 39,630 COMMERCIAL RED MEAT PRODUCTION--UNITED STATES 1/ January-October 2/ Kind Oct 2000 Oct 2001 2001 as % of 2000 2000 2001 --Million Pounds-- --Percent-- --Million Pounds-- Beef 2,345 2,388 102 22,610 21,790 Veal 18 18 98 180 162 Pork 1,717 1,838 107 15,636 15,735 Lamb & Mutton 18 20 106 191 185 Total Red Meat 4,099 4,263 104 38,616 37,872 1/ Based on packers dress weights and excludes farm slaughter. 2/ Accumulated totals and percentages based on unrounded data. 2001 as % of 2000 --Percent-- 96 90 101 97 98 INDEX NUMBERS--UNITED STATES Oct 2000 Nov 2000 UNITED STATES (1990-92= 100) Prices Received 93 98 Prices Paid 121 121 Ratio 1/ 77 81 1/ Ratio of index of prices received by farmers to index of prices paid. 3 Oct 2001 94 123 76 Nov 2001 93 122 76 PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS--NOVEMBER 15, 2001 WITH COMPARISONS Georgia United States Commodity Price per Unit Corn $/Bu. Cotton /Lb. Cottonseed $/Ton Hay, All, Baled 2/ $/Ton Oats $/Bu. Peanuts, In Shell 3/ $/Lb. Soybeans $/Bu. Tobacco $/Lb. Winter Wheat $/Bu. Calves $/Cwt. Beef Cattle 5/ $/Cwt. Cows 6/ $/Cwt. Steers & Heifers $/Cwt. Milk Cows 7/ $/Head Hogs $/Cwt. Nov 2000 2.26 58.9 87.00 27.7 4.39 1.750 99.10 51.00 36.60 77.80 - Oct 2001 44.9 70.00 21.2 4/ 1.915 89.30 48.20 36.00 70.80 - Nov 15, 2001 36.5 1/ 69.00 20.6 4/ 85.10 46.70 35.40 67.60 - Nov 2000 1.86 58.0 108.00 84.00 1.22 26.1 4.45 1.950 2.70 106.00 69.10 36.60 73.80 36.80 Oct 2001 1.84 34.5 85.00 99.40 1.65 22.8 4.09 1.905 2.81 99.20 66.60 37.50 70.20 1,700.00 40.50 Nov 15, 2001 1.85 30.7 1/ 91.00 97.10 1.59 20.4 4.18 1.980 2.90 96.20 62.80 35.30 66.60 34.90 Barrows & Gilts $/Cwt. - - - 37.20 40.90 35.20 Sows $/Cwt. - - - 28.40 33.20 29.10 All Milk 8/ $/Cwt. - - - 12.60 15.70 14.30 9/ Chickens Excl. Broilers /Lbs. 5.1 8.0 8.2 - - - Com'l Broilers 10/ /Lbs. - - - 38.0 41.0 39.0 Eggs, All 2/11/ /Doz. 93.7 84.2 86.6 72.0 62.6 65.8 Table 2/ /Doz. 55.9 38.6 43.1 57.3 44.6 48.5 Hatching /Doz. 150.0 150.0 150.0 - - - Turkeys 2/10/ /Lbs. - - - 47.1 44.0 44.3 1/ Based on sales during first half of the month. 2/ Mid month price. 3/ Includes additional loan peanuts at loan value. 4/ Price not published to avoid disclosure of individual firms. 5/ Cows, steers and heifers. 6/ Beef cows and cull dairy cows sold for slaughter. 7/ Animals sold for dairy herd replacement only. Prices published Jan., Apr., July, Oct. 8/ Before deduction for hauling. Includes quality, quantity, and other premiums. Excludes hauling subsidies. 9/ Preliminary. 10/ Live weight equivalent prices. 11/ Average of all eggs sold by farmers including hatching eggs and eggs sold at retail.