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