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.