GEORGIA FARM REPORT May 31, 2002 Volume 02-Number 10 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 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. 2 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. 3 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.