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