Georgia farm report, vol. 02, no. 10 (2002 May 31)

GEORGIA FARM REPORT

May 31, 2002 Volume 02-Number 10

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Farm Labor Wheat Forecast Hay Stocks

2001 Cotton Cottonseed Cotton Ginnings

HIGHLIGHTS 2001 Tobacco 2001 Milk Production, Disposition & Income 2001 Meat Animals Production, Disposition & Income

FARM WAGE RATES--APRIL 8-14, 2001 AND APRIL 7-13, 2002, BY STATE OR REGION AND UNITED STATES 1/

State or Region 2/

Field

2001

2002

Livestock

2001

2002

Field and Livestock

2001

2002

All Hired--Wage Rates

2001

2002

--Dollars per hour--

Northeast I

8.28

8.35

Northeast II

7.95

8.20

Appalachian I

7.32

7.42

Appalachian II

6.85

6.89

Southeast

7.01

7.28

Florida

7.75

7.75

Lake

8.93

9.43

Cornbelt I

8.09

8.59

Cornbelt II

8.19

7.84

Delta

6.55

7.05

Northern Plains

8.21

8.48

Southern Plains

7.10

6.92

Mountain I

7.11

7.55

Mountain II

7.37

8.06

Mountain III

6.92

7.51

Pacific

7.75

8.18

California

7.82

8.33

Hawaii

9.06

9.40

US 4/

7.61

8.06

7.92

8.56

8.11

8.42

8.98

9.14

6.60

7.01

7.60

7.78

8.42

8.83

7.39

8.60

7.34

7.86

7.70

8.45

7.36

7.87

7.03

7.31

7.31

7.63

7.53

8.29

7.05

7.42

7.61

7.94

7.90

7.50

7.77

7.72

8.40

8.57

8.82

8.44

8.87

9.01

9.57

9.88

8.69

8.90

8.23

8.70

8.62

9.23

8.55

9.82

8.41

8.89

8.80

9.34

7.34

7.06

6.65

7.05

7.09

7.50

8.20

8.06

8.20

8.31

8.89

9.22

7.71

7.78

7.33

7.31

7.86

7.95

7.16

7.92

7.14

7.80

7.48

8.00

7.58

8.58

7.44

8.26

7.99

8.95

6.80

8.35

6.90

7.71

7.46

8.21

8.75

9.45

7.87

8.33

8.40

9.10

9.02

10.20

7.96

8.47

8.59

9.13

3/

3/

9.03

9.43

10.67

11.14

8.01

8.43

7.71

8.15

8.31

8.83

See footnotes below.

NUMBER OF HIRED WORKERS ON FARMS AND HOURS WORKED FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 8-14, 2001 AND APRIL 7-13, 2002, BY STATE OR REGION AND UNITED STATES 1/

State or Region 2/

Hired Workers

Number

2001

2002

Hired Workers Expected to be Employed

150 Days or More

149 Days or Less

2001

2002

2001

2002

Hired Workers

Hours Worked

2001

2002

--Thousands--

--Thousands--

--Hours--

Northeast I

41

44

33

38

8

6

38.8

40.6

Northeast II

35

45

28

35

7

10

38.4

35.7

Appalachian I

28

36

23

29

5

7

39.1

38.2

Appalachian II

27

23

14

14

13

9

36.4

34.4

Southeast

37

44

26

34

11

10

42.7

44.1

Florida

63

52

52

46

11

6

39.9

40.6

Lake

43

55

34

42

9

13

36.5

36.2

Cornbelt I

51

43

40

31

11

12

37.6

34.0

Cornbelt II

21

27

17

21

4

6

37.5

32.5

Delta

34

30

28

21

6

9

45.5

37.1

Northern Plains

37

37

30

29

7

8

40.3

46.0

Southern Plains

77

60

59

50

18

10

38.6

39.6

Mountain I

23

28

19

23

4

5

46.4

43.0

Mountain II

29

25

24

20

5

5

41.0

37.7

Mountain III

22

20

19

18

3

2

46.1

46.2

Pacific

61

69

42

56

19

13

38.8

38.4

California

168

245

133

209

35

36

42.1

43.7

Hawaii

7

7

6

6

1

1

36.2

35.8

US 4/

804

890

627

722

177

168

40.2

40.2

[Results from the Agricultural Labor Survey]. 1/ Excludes Agricultural Service Workers. 2/ Regions consist of the following: Northeast I: CT, ME, MA, NH, NY, RI, VT. Northeast II: DE, MD, NJ, PA. Appalachian I: NC, VA. Appalachian II: KY, TN, WV. Southeast: AL, GA, SC. Lake: MI, MN, WI. Cornbelt I: IL, IN, OH. Cornbelt II: IA, MO. Delta: AR, LA, MS. Northern Plains: KS, NE, ND, SD. Southern Plains: OK, TX. Mountain I: ID, MT, WY. Mountain II: CO, NV, UT. Mountain III: AZ, NM. Pacific: OR, WA. 3/ Insufficient data. 4/ Excludes AK.

USDA/NASS COOPERATING WITH THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

WINTER WHEAT--SELECTED STATES AND U.S., 2001-2002

Area Harvested

Yield

Production

State

2001

2002

2001

2002

2001

2002

--1000 Acres--

--Bushels--

--1000 Bushels--

GA

200

SC

210

US

31,295

180

53.0

190

43.0

30,174

43.5

50.0

10,600

9,000

42.0

9,030

7,980

43.1

1,361,479

1,300,726

[Results based on the May Yield Survey].

HAY STOCKS ON FARMS--SELECTED STATES AND U.S., 1999-2002

State

Dec 1, 1999

Dec 1, 2000

Dec 1, 2001

May 1, 2000

May 1, 2001

--1,000 Tons--

AL

1,472

1,000

2,100

202

100

FL

550

450

510

80

25

GA

1,245

950

1,599

240

190

NC

1,090

1,300

1,215

255

277

SC

410

518

448

88

100

TN

2,655

3,405

4,140

607

804

US

108,922

105,582

110,510

28,817

21,106

[Results based on the May Yield Survey].

May 1, 2002
650 90
350 158 110 809 22,494

State
AL AZ AR CA FL GA KS LA MS MO NM NC OK SC TN TX VA US

UPLAND COTTON--ACREAGE, YIELD, AND PRODUCTION, BY STATES AND U.S., 2001

Planted

Harvested

Yield

Production in 480-Lb. Net Weight Bales

--1,000 Acres--

--Pounds--

--1,000 Bales--

610.0

605.0

730

920.0

295.0

290.0

1,142

690.0

1,080.0

1,065.0

826

1,833.0

630.0

625.0

1,359

1,770.0

125.0

124.0

612

158.0

1,490.0

1,480.0

720

2,220.0

40.5

35.5

407

30.1

870.0

855.0

580

1,034.0

1,620.0

1,600.0

719

2,396.0

405.0

400.0

834

695.0

68.0

65.0

916

124.0

970.0

965.0

832

1,673.0

270.0

185.0

511

197.0

300.0

296.0

686

423.0

620.0

615.0

763

978.0

6,000.0

4,250.0

481

4,260.0

105.0

104.0

929

201.3

15,498.5

13,559.5

694

19,602.4

COTTONSEED--PRODUCTION AND FARM DISPOSITION BY SELECTED STATES AND UNITED STATES, 2001

State

Production

Farm Disposition

Sales to Oil Mills

Other 1/

Used for Planting 2/

--1,000 Tons--

AL

315.0

44.0

271.0

6.9

GA

764.0

434.0

330.0

18.0

NC

559.0

79.0

480.0

8.6

SC

137.0

89.0

48.0

2.0

TN

351.0

296.0

55.0

4.1

US

7,452.2

3,860.9

3,591.3

146.0

1/ Includes planting seed, feed, exports, inter-farm sales, shrinkage, loss, and other uses. 2/ Included in "other" farm disposition. Planting seed from previous year's crop.

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COTTON GINNINGS: EQUIVALENT 480-POUND BALES GINNED, BY TYPE, STATE, AND UNITED STATES, CROP YEARS 2000-2001

Type and State

2000

2001

Upland

AL

551,700

941,500

AZ

761,000

659,900

AR

1,426,500

1,818,200

CA

2,239,800

1,800,550

FL 1/

GA

1,669,000

2,220,650

KS 1/

LA

936,150

1,064,200

MS

1,706,800

2,378,700

MO

514,650

686,450

NM

60,750

58,650

NC

1,452,400

1,696,950

OK

147,750

199,000

SC

366,700

415,650

TN

708,500

973,100

TX

3,978,500

4,324,250

VA

149,850

181,850

US

16,790,500

19,598,450

Amer-Pima

AZ

7,500

14,600

CA

346,000

638,750

NM

4,550

13,050

TX

30,950

33,750

US

389,000

700,150

All Cotton

US

17,179,500

20,298,600

1/ Not published to avoid disclosing individual gins, but included in the U.S. totals.

ALL TOBACCO--ACREAGE, YIELD, PRODUCTION AND VALUE OF PRODUCTION, BY STATES AND U.S., 2001 1/

State

Area Harvested

Yield

Production

Price per Pound

Value of Production

--Acres--

--Pounds--

--1,000 Pounds--

--Dollars--

--1,000 Dollars--

CT

2,300

1,720

3,957

5.550 2/

12,915 2/

FL

4,500

2,600

11,700

1.871

21,891

GA

26,100

2,460

64,206

1.855

119,102

IN

4,200

2,250

9,450

1.944

18,371

KY

115,700

2,201

254,653

1.985

505,436

MD

2,200

1,500

3,300

1.680

5,544

MA

1,140

1,711

1,951

5.650 2/

8,447 2/

MO

1,300

2,370

3,081

1.895

5,838

NC

161,700

2,393

386,920

1.858

719,018

OH

6,100

1,960

11,956

1.938

23,171

PA

3,100

1,989

6,166

1.550

9,560

SC

32,000

2,450

78,400

1.841

144,334

TN

39,690

2,189

86,893

2.016

175,163

VA

29,500

2,148

63,379

1.906

120,825

WV

1,300

1,450

1,885

1.960

3,695

WI

1,570

2,307

3,622

1.650

5,977

US

432,400

2,293

991,519

1.920 2/

1,899,287 2/

1/ 2001 revised. 2/ CT and MA type 61 price and value not available and not included in U.S. total. Price and value include type 51 only.

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MILK--PRODUCTION AND INCOME, 2000-2001 1/

Georgia

United States

Item

Unit

2000

2001

2000

2001

No. Milk Cows 2/

Thous Head

87

86

9,206

9,115

Milk Production per Cow

Pounds

16,471

16,640

18,201

18,139

Total Milk Production

Mil Lbs

1,433

1,431

167,559

165,336

Cash Receipts

Mil Dol

183.2

225.8

20,607.9

24,694.5

Value of Home Consumption 3/ Mil Dol

0.1

0.2

24.6

27.4

Gross Income 4/

Mil Dol

183.3

225.9

20,632.5

24,722.0

1/ May not add due to rounding. 2/ Average number during year, excluding heifers not yet fresh. 3/ Valued at averaged returns per 100 pounds of milk in combined marketings of milk and cream. 4/ Cash receipts from marketings of milk and cream plus value of milk used for home consumption.

CATTLE--PRODUCTION AND INCOME, 2000-2001

Average Price per 100 Pounds Value of

Cash Value of Home

Gross

Production 1/ Marketings 2/

Cattle

Calves

Production Receipts 3/ Consumption

Income

--Thousand Pounds--

--Dollars--

--Thousand Dollars--

GA

2000 4/ 426,592

523,740

52.20

98.20

268,806

333,477

4,260

337,737

2001

442,152

539,290

54.20

95.70

278,815

347,677

4,398

352,075

US

2000 4/ 42,841,607

57,396,089

68.60

104.00

28,391,942 40,711,031

366,744

41,077,775

2001 42,365,499

55,349,459

71.30

106.00

29,267,264 40,439,864

362,803

40,802,667

1/ Adjustments made for changes in inventory and for inshipments. 2/ Excludes custom slaughter for use on farms where produced and interfarm sales within the State. 3/ Receipts from marketings and sale of farm slaughter. 4/ Revised.

HOGS--PRODUCTION AND INCOME, 2000-2001

Average Price

Value of

Cash

Value of Home

Gross

Production 1/ Marketings 2/ per 100 Pounds Production

Receipts 3/4/ Consumption

Income

--Thousand Pounds--

--Dollars--

--Thousand Dollars--

GA

2000

226,396

240,148

40.50

96,803

103,676

417

104,093

2001

178,104

190,226

42.40

80,995

88,182

462

88,644

US

2000 5/ 25,730,208

26,715,965

42.30

10,817,518

11,803,046

34,720

11,837,766

2001 25,936,846

26,893,235

44.30

11,442,171

12,455,790

35,711

12,491,501

1/ Adjustments made for changes in inventory and for inshipments. 2/ Excludes custom slaughter for use on farms where produced and interfarm sales within the State. 3/ Includes allowance for higher average price of State inshipments and outshipments of feeder pigs. 4/ Receipts from marketings and sale of farm slaughter. 5/ Revised.