Georgia farm report, vol. 02, no. 12 (2002 June 28)

GEORGIA FARM REPORT

June 28, 2002 Volume 02-Number 12
Floriculture Peanut Stocks

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

Peach Production

Winter Wheat

Agricultural Chemical Usage

FLORICULTURE CROPS--WHOLESALE VALUE OF SALES BY CATEGORY FOR OPERATIONS WITH $100,000+ SALES FOR GEORGIA AND 36 SELECTED STATES--2000-2001

Category

Georgia 2000

2001

36 Selected States 1/

2000

2001

--1,000 Dollars--

Cut Flowers

429,963

424,256

Potted Flowering Plants

13,717

9,092

799,551

831,871

Foliage Plants (Indoor or Patio Use)

1,721

1,812

560,192

585,324

Bedding/Garden Plants 2/

50,678

49,153

2,095,384

2,176,868

Propagative Material

5,666

4,148

242,638

305,983

Cut Cultivated Greens

126,168

111,066

Total Wholesale Value of Reported Crops

71,782

64,205

4,253,896

4,435,368

[Results from Commercial Floriculture Survey]. 1/ AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI. 2/ Includes Annual Bedding Plants and Herbaceous Perennials.

STOCKS OF PEANUTS AND SPECIFIED PRODUCTS AT MONTH'S END--2000- 2001 1/

Farmer Stock Equivalent

Month Ending Farmer Stocks Shelled Peanuts 2/ Roasting Stock (In Shell)

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

580,262

47,226

771,748

4,258,400

Dec

3,237,636

624,975

47,305

831,217

4,116,158

2002

Jan

2,900,706

706,884

50,990

940,156

3,891,852

Feb

2,527,600

765,488

60,831

1,018,099

3,606,530

Mar

2,158,661

832,436

61,993

1,107,140

3,327,794

Apr

1,717,665

838,217

62,839

1,114,829

2,895,333

May

Jun

[Results from the Peanuts Stocks and Processing Report]. 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.

State
CA--All Clingstone 1/ Freestone
GA SC

PEACH TOTAL PRODUCTION SELECTED STATES

2000

2001

--Million Pounds--

1,855.0

1,725.0

1,064.0

952.0

791.0

773.0

115.0

140.0

150.0

100.0

Total

2,120.0

1,965.0

[Results from the June Peach Inquiry]. 1/ CA Clingstone is over-the-scale tonnage and includes culls and cannery diversions.

USDA/NASS COOPERATING WITH THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Jun 1, 2002 Forecast
1,880.0 1,050.0
830.0 115.0 180.0
2,175.0

Primary Nutrient
Arkansas: Nitrogen Phosphate Potash

UPLAND COTTON: FERTILIZER PRIMARY NUTRIENT APPLICATIONS, STATES SURVEYED AND TOTAL, 2001 1/

Planted Acreage Area Applied Applications Rate per Application Rate per Crop Year

--1,000 Acres--

--Percent-- -Number--

--Pounds per Acre--

1,080

93

1.4

57

80

63

1.0

34

36

68

1.0

69

73

Total Applied --Mil. Lbs.--
80.3 24.6 54.0

California: 2/

640

Nitrogen

Phosphate

Potash

Georgia:

1,500

Nitrogen

99

1.9

41

Phosphate

92

1.1

44

Potash

93

1.2

67

79

116.2

52

71.9

85

119.3

Louisiana:

870

Nitrogen

95

1.1

75

Phosphate

50

1.0

41

Potash

52

1.0

74

86

70.8

42

18.4

77

35.1

Mississippi:

1,620

Nitrogen

99

1.4

79

Phosphate

31

1.0

51

Potash

46

1.0

96

112

179.9

51

25.8

98

72.5

North Carolina: 2/

970

Nitrogen

Phosphate

Potash

Texas:

6,000

Nitrogen

52

1.2

50

Phosphate

37

1.0

36

Potash

14

1.0

18

63

195.9

38

85.2

19

16.4

Total:

12,680

Nitrogen

76

1.4

55

81

778.1

Phosphate

48

1.0

39

43

263.3

Potash

41

1.1

66

76

401.9

1/ Agricultural Chemical Usage: Field Crop Summary 2001, released May 15, 2002. 2/ Insufficient reports to publish data for one or more of the fertilizer primary nutrients.

UPLAND COTTON: FERTILIZER USE BY STATE, 2001--PERCENT OF ACRES TREATED AND TOTAL AMOUNT APPLIED 1/

Percent of Acres Treated and Total Applied

State Planted Acreage

Nitrogen

Phosphate

Potash

--1,000 Acres--

--Percent--

--Mil. Lbs.--

--Percent--

--Mil. Lbs.--

--Percent--

--Mil. Lbs.--

AR

1,080

93

80.3

63

24.6

68

54.0

CA 2/

640

GA

1,500

99

116.2

92

71.9

93

119.3

LA

870

95

70.8

50

18.4

52

35.1

MS

1,620

99

179.9

31

25.8

46

72.5

NC 1/

970

TX

6,000

52

195.9

37

85.2

14

16.4

Total

12,680

76

778.1

48

263.3

41

401.9

1/ Agricultural Chemical Usage: Field Crop Summary 2001, released May 15, 2002. 2/ Insufficient reports to publish data for one or more of the fertilizer primary nutrients.

2

Agricultural Chemical
Herbicides Diuron Fluometuron Glyphosate MSMA Pendimethalin Pyrithiobac-sodium Trifluralin

UPLAND COTTON: AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL APPLICATIONS, GEORGIA, 2001 1/2/

Area Applied

Applications

Rate per Application Rate per Crop Year

--Percent--

--Number--

--Pounds per Acre--

12

1.0

0.37

0.37

10

1.2

0.54

0.69

86

1.8

0.67

1.24

12

1.2

1.18

1.45

29

1.1

0.78

0.90

9

1.0

0.05

0.05

23

1.0

0.98

0.98

Total Applied --1,000 lbs--
69 103 1,602 269 390
7 343

Insecticides

Aldicarb

26

1.0

0.63

0.63

244

Cyfluthrin

11

1.4

0.03

0.05

8

Deltamethrin

7

1.4

0.03

0.04

4

Lambda-cyhalothrin

6

1.2

0.02

0.02

2

Tralomethrin

9

1.4

0.02

0.03

4

Other Chemicals

Bacillus cereus 3/

19

1.6

Cyclanilide

14

1.0

0.13

0.13

27

Ethephon

49

1.0

1.25

1.25

930

Mepiquat chloride

27

1.8

0.02

0.04

16

Monocarbamide dihyd.

7

1.0

3.64

3.64

372

Paraquat

7

1.0

0.09

0.09

9

Thidiazuron

21

1.2

0.06

0.08

24

Tribufos

42

1.0

0.57

0.61

388

1/ Agricultural Chemical Usage: Field Crop Summary 2001, released May 15, 2002. 2/ Planted acres in 2001 for Georgia were 1.50 million acres. 3/ Rates and total applied are not available because amounts of active ingredient are not comparable between products.

UPLAND COTTON: PESTICIDE, PLANTED ACREAGE, PERCENT OF AREA RECEIVING APPLICATIONS AND TOTAL APPLIED, STATES SURVEYED AND TOTAL, 2001

Area Receiving and Total Applied

State Planted Acreage

Herbicide 1/

Insecticide 1/2/

Fungicide 2/

Other Chemicals 2/

--1,000 Acres-- --Percent-- --1,000 Lbs.-- --Percent-- --1,000 Lbs.-- --Percent-- --1,000 Lbs.-- --Percent-- --1,000 Lbs.--

AR

1,080

96

2,312

53

2,038

8

9

78

1,395

CA 3/

640

GA

1,500

93

2,958

59

366

65

1,902

LA

870

95

2,552

93

2,217

16

70

88

931

MS

1,620

99

3,913

92

3,306

5

22

95

2,461

NC 3/

970

TX

6,000

85

5,921

58

14,587

1

19

20

1,330

Total

12,680

90

21,098

68

23,810

4

212

55

13,435

1/Insufficient reports to publish data for one or more of the States surveyed. 2/ Total Applied excludes Bt's (Bacillus thuringiensis). Quantities are not available because amounts of active ingredient are not comparable between products. 3/ Insufficient reports to publish data for one or more of the pesticide classes.

3

State
AR GA KY MS NC SC TN VA

WINTER WHEAT--SELECTED STATES AND U.S., 2001-2002 1/

Area Harvested

Yield

Production

2001

Jun 1, 2002

2001

Jun 1, 2002

2001

Jun 1, 2002

--1,000 Acres--

--Bushels--

--1,000 Bushels--

970

800

52.0

53.0

50,440

42,400

200

180

53.0

45.0

10,600

8,100

360

380

66.0

62.0

23,760

23,560

225

180

52.0

50.0

11,700

9,000

470

470

39.0

45.0

18,330

21,150

210

190

43.0

40.0

9,030

7,600

340

270

54.0

51.0

18,360

13,770

170

175

60.0

62.0

10,200

10,850

US

31,295

30,174

43.5

41.0

1,361,479

1/ AL, FL, and LA state level estimates will be published in the "Small Grains 2001 Summary," to be released September 30, 2002.

1,237,671