GEORGIA FARM REPORT January 15, 2002 Volume 02-Number 01 Poultry Summary Hogs and Pigs 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 HIGHLIGHTS Livestock Slaughter Commercial Red Meat Cold Storage Agricultural Prices Peanut Stocks Item Chickens, Egg Type Chickens, Broiler Type Turkeys, All Breeds EGGS IN INCUBATORS--DECEMBER 1, 2000-2001, UNITED STATES 2000 2001 --Thousands-- 31,219 29,016 617,034 634,083 30,638 30,186 % of Year Ago --Percent-- 93 103 99 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--NOVEMBER 2000-2001 Number of Layers Nov 2000 Nov 2001 Eggs per 100 Layers Nov 2000 Nov 2001 Total Eggs Produced Nov 2000 Nov 2001 --Thousands-- --Number-- --Millions-- 8,899 9,678 1,887 1,850 169 179 11,855 12,387 2,126 2,252 252 279 20,754 22,065 2,029 2,076 421 458 51,581 258,405 309,986 54,006 262,223 316,229 1,836 2,180 2,122 1,765 2,204 2,129 947 5,632 6,579 953 5,779 6,732 56,217 274,461 330,678 58,760 278,353 337,113 1,846 2,182 2,125 1,765 2,204 2,128 1,038 5,989 7,027 1,037 6,136 7,173 POULTRY HATCHING AND PLACEMENT--NOVEMBER 2000-2001 January thru November Item Nov 2000 Nov 2001 % of year ago 2000 2001 % of year ago --Thousands-- --Percent-- --Thousands-- --Percent-- Pullet Chicks Placed Domestic (U.S.) 1/ Broiler Type 7,105 7,261 102 76,066 74,954 99 Egg Type 308 261 85 2,928 2,918 100 Chicks Hatched - Broiler Type Georgia 101,053 103,317 102 1,199,206 1,218,167 102 United States 675,038 695,711 103 8,053,468 8,132,213 101 Chicks Hatched- Egg Type Georgia 1,841 1,997 108 21,149 22,627 107 United States 32,290 31,649 98 395,048 418,963 106 Turkeys Poults Placed United States 23,357 24,269 104 70,045 2/ 71,105 3/ 102 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. USDA/NASS COOPERATING WITH THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE COMMERCIAL POULTRY SLAUGHTER 1/--NOVEMBER 2000-2001 January thru November Item Nov 2000 Nov 2001 % of Year Ago 2000 2001 --Thousands-- --Percent-- --Thousands-- Young Chickens Georgia 93,226 99,022 106 1,062,842 1,106,314 United States 662,168 660,016 100 7,630,209 7,717,918 Mature Chickens Light Type, U.S. 7,158 6,967 97 87,407 83,791 Heavy Type, U.S. 5,599 5,029 90 66,468 62,598 Total U.S. 12,757 11,996 94 153,875 146,389 Percent Condemned Young Chickens --Percent-- --Percent-- Georgia 1.08 0.83 1.46 1.11 United States 1.43 0.98 1.46 1.24 1/ Federally inspected slaughter data as collected by Meat and Poultry Inspection Program. % of Year Ago --Percent-- 104 101 96 94 95 LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER, UNITED STATES 1/--NOVEMBER 2000, 2001 Number Slaughtered Average Live Weight Species 2000 2001 2001 as% of 2000 2000 2001 --Thousand Head-- --Percent-- --Pounds-- Cattle 2,929.3 2,903.3 99 1,230 1,255 Calves 92.5 87.0 94 321 309 Hogs 8,756.8 8,715.7 100 265 269 Sheep & Lambs 297.0 287.0 97 138 138 1/ Includes slaughter under Federal Inspection and other commercial slaughter, excludes farm slaughter. Total Live Weight 2000 2001 --Thousand Pounds-- 3,604,431 3,643,850 29,686 26,859 2,324,043 2,345,166 40,893 39,606 COMMERCIAL RED MEAT PRODUCTION--UNITED STATES 1/ January-November 2/ Kind Nov 2000 Nov 2001 2001 as % of 2000 2000 2001 --Million Pounds-- --Percent-- --Million Pounds-- Beef 2,169 2,201 101 24,779 23,991 Veal 18 16 90 198 178 Pork 1,714 1,733 101 17,349 17,467 Lamb & Mutton 20 20 97 211 204 Total Red Meat 3,921 3,969 101 42,537 41,841 1/ Based on packers dress weights and excludes farm slaughter. 2/ Accumulated totals and percentages based on unrounded data. 2001 as % of 2000 --Percent-- 97 90 101 97 98 STOCKS OF PEANUTS AND SPECIFIED PRODUCTS AT MONTH'S END2000 - 2001 1/ Month Ending Farmer Stocks Shelled Peanuts 2/ Roasting Stock (In Shell) Farmer Stock Equivalent Shelled Peanuts Total 3/ --Thousand Pounds-- 2001 Aug 85,406 562,486 21,007 748,106 854,519 Sep 830,509 486,709 16,086 647,323 1,493,918 Oct 3,012,120 546,455 34,502 726,785 3,773,407 Nov 3,439,426 580,516 47,417 772,086 4,258,929 Dec 2002 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul 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 grades, shelled oil stock, and shelled seed (untreated). 3/ Actual farmer stock, plus roasting stock, plus shelled peanuts x 1.33. 2 HOGS AND PIGS: BREEDING, MARKET, AND TOTAL INVENTORY 1/ AND INVENTORY NUMBER BY WEIGHT GROUP, 2/ BY SELECTED STATES AND UNITED STATES, DECEMBER 1, 2000-2001 Breeding Market Total Under 60 Lbs. 60-119 Lbs. 120-179 Lbs. 180 Lbs. and Over State 2000 2001 2000 2001 2000 2001 2000 2001 2000 2001 2000 2001 2000 2001 --1000 Head-- AL 15 15 150 180 165 195 54 61 AR 110 100 575 470 685 570 210 220 FL 8 7 32 28 40 35 18 15 GA 55 50 325 260 380 310 120 102 LA 3 3 26 23 29 26 9 8 MS 28 28 287 257 315 285 55 59 NC 1,000 1,000 8,300 8,500 9,300 9,500 3,400 3,350 SC 25 30 265 290 290 320 75 75 TN 35 30 195 195 230 225 70 75 US 6,270 6,209 52,868 52,564 59,138 58,774 19,421 19,304 1/ May not add due to rounding. 2/ Weight groups may not add to Market Inventory due to rounding. 34 43 135 75 8 7 90 68 8 6 85 71 1,800 1,950 70 70 50 45 12,933 12,750 31 125 4 60 5 77 1,650 60 40 10,846 38 75 4 50 4 64 1,750 65 43 10,792 31 105 2 55 4 70 1,450 60 35 9,669 38 100 2 40 5 63 1,450 80 32 9,718 ANNUAL FARROWINGS: NUMBER OF SOWS, PIGS PER LITTER, AND PIG CROP BY SELECTED STATES AND UNITED STATES, DECEMBER-NOVEMBER 2000-2001 1/2/ State 2000 Sows Farrowing 2001 Number as % of 2000 Pigs Per Litter 2000 2001 2000 Pig Crop 2001 Number as % of 2000 --1,000 Head-- --Percent-- AL 29.0 29.0 100 AR 221 213 96 FL 16.0 14.0 88 GA 102.0 96.0 94 LA 5.80 5.80 100 MS 51.5 59.5 116 NC 2,140 2,150 100 SC 53.0 55.0 104 TN 67.0 53.0 79 US 11,410 11,302 99 1/ December preceding year. 2/ May not add due to rounding. --Number-- 8.41 8.59 8.83 9.15 7.00 7.00 8.78 8.79 7.24 7.41 9.40 9.38 8.83 8.95 8.81 8.87 8.28 8.36 8.83 8.80 --1,000 Head-- 244.0 249.0 1,951 1,948 112.00 98.00 896.0 844.0 42.00 43.00 484.0 558.0 18,887 19,245 467.0 488.0 555.0 443.0 100,748 99,473 --Percent-- 102 100 88 94 102 115 102 104 80 99 Commodity Butter Cheese, Natural Eggs, Frozen Frozen Fruit Fruit Juices, Frozen Meats, Red Beef, Frozen Pork, Frozen Poultry, Frozen Turkeys, Frozen Vegetables, Frozen Potatoes, Frozen Peanuts, Shelled Peanuts, In Shell Pecans, Shelled Pecans, In Shell COLD STORAGE STOCKS--UNITED STATES, NOVEMBER 30, 2001 Nov 30, 2000 Oct 31, 2001 Nov 30, 2001 % of Nov 2000 % of Oct 2001 --Thousand Pounds-- --Percent -- 27,280 95,791 53,634 197 56 695,979 672,234 639,336 92 95 15,415 8,794 7,337 48 83 1,602,045 1,199,774 1,143,177 71 95 1,495,678 1,724,770 1,724,417 115 100 882,972 847,188 879,905 100 104 411,844 393,578 427,001 104 108 445,607 430,314 432,831 97 101 1,023,505 1,140,650 945,343 92 83 261,118 497,625 255,632 98 51 2,400,585 2,319,155 2,249,107 94 97 1,285,897 1,338,541 1,298,909 101 97 345,129 386,056 420,727 122 109 17,564 9,604 24,347 139 254 27,838 34,294 28,406 102 83 118,126 18,212 32,886 28 181 3 PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS--DECEMBER 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. Hogs $/Cwt. Dec 2000 2.44 58.0 88.00 4/ 4.64 102.00 52.20 37.60 79.20 - Nov 2001 29.9 80.00 19.9 86.60 47.30 35.80 68.60 - Dec 15, 2001 35.8 1/ 62.00 14.9 94.00 48.40 35.70 72.10 - Dec 2000 1.97 57.8 109.00 84.90 1.14 27.3 4.78 1.980 2.76 106.00 71.90 36.50 76.80 39.80 Nov 2001 1.85 29.5 91.00 97.10 1.82 21.1 4.16 1.975 2.81 96.40 63.90 35.80 67.80 35.00 Dec 15, 2001 1.92 29.8 1/ 91.00 93.70 1.77 18.9 4.13 1.960 2.84 100.00 64.20 35.60 68.30 33.60 Barrows & Gilts $/Cwt. - - - 40.30 35.30 34.00 Sows $/Cwt. - - - 30.70 28.30 25.00 All Milk 7/ $/Cwt. - - - 13.00 14.40 13.60 8/ Chickens Excl. Broilers /Lbs. 6.1 8.2 8.1 - - - Com'l Broilers 9/ /Lbs. - - - 35.0 39.0 37.0 Eggs, All 2/10/ /Doz. 99.2 86.6 79.2 83.3 65.8 59.0 Table 2/ /Doz. 65.2 43.1 33.7 69.4 48.5 41.0 Hatching /Doz. 150.0 150.0 150.0 - - - Turkeys 2/9/ /Lbs. - - - 40.5 44.3 38.5 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/ Before deduction for hauling. Includes quality, quantity, and other premiums. Excludes hauling subsidies. 8/ Preliminary. 9/ Live weight equivalent prices. 10/ Average of all eggs sold by farmers including hatching eggs and eggs sold at retail. INDEX NUMBERS--UNITED STATES Nov 2000 Dec 2000 UNITED STATES (1990-92= 100) Prices Received 98 99 Prices Paid 121 122 Ratio 1/ 81 81 1/ Ratio of index of prices received by farmers to index of prices paid. Nov 2001 93 122 76 Dec 2001 93 122 76