GEORGIA FARM REPORT
September 13, 2002 Volume 02-Number 17
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Monthly Poultry Cold Storage
HIGHLIGHTS Livestock Slaughter Farm Income
Commercial Red Meat Production Agricultural Prices
EGGS IN INCUBATORS, UNITED STATES--AUGUST 1, 2001, 2002
Item
2001
2002
% of Year Ago
--Thousands--
--Percent--
Chickens, Egg Type
29,995
33,183
111
Chickens, Broiler Type
637,953
645,086
101
Turkeys, All Breeds
31,772
32,138
101
[Results from the Monthly Chicken and Egg Report].
POULTRY HATCHING AND PLACEMENT--JULY 2001, 2002
January thru July
Item
2001
2002
% of year ago
2001
2002
% of year ago
--Thousands--
--Percent--
--Thousands--
--Percent--
Pullet Chicks Placed Domestic (U.S.) 1/
Broiler Type
6,326
6,602
104
46,848
48,929
104
Egg Type
340
282
83
1,961
1,829
93
Chicks Hatched - Broiler Type
Georgia
113,844
117,389
103
780,054
792,618
102
United States
769,449
781,421
102
5,276,818
5,389,702
102
Chicks Hatched- Egg Type
Georgia
2,266
2,194
97
15,424
15,324
99
United States
38,640
35,218
91
280,365
254,242
91
Turkeys Poults Placed
United States
27,064
25,666
95
274,602 2/
272,969 3/
99
[Results from the Monthly Chicken and Egg Report and the Monthly Turkey Hatchery Report]. 1/ Domestic placements as reported by leading breeders includes expected pullet replacements from eggs sold during the preceding month at the rate of 125 pullet chicks per 30 dozen case of eggs. 2/ Turkey poults placed September 2001-May 2002. 3/ Turkey poults placed September 2001-May 2002.
NUMBER OF LAYERS AND EGG PRODUCTION--JULY 2001, 2002
Number of Layers
Eggs per 100 Layers
Total Eggs Produced
2001
2002
2001
2002
2001
2002
--Thousands--
--Number--
--Millions--
GEORGIA Hatching Table Total Georgia 30 STATES* Hatching Table Total 30 States UNITED STATES* Hatching Table Total U.S.
9,084 11,227 20,311
54,346 257,017 311,363
59,144 273,087 332,231
9,516 10,608 20,124
54,674 259,285 313,959
59,492 275,777 335,269
1,921 2,124 2,033
1,853 2,229 2,163
1,856 2,233 2,166
1,902 2,036 1,973
1,858 2,261 2,191
1,856 2,262 2,190
176 240 416
1,007 5,728 6,735
1,098 6,097 7,195
181 216 397
1,016 5,863 6,879
1,104 6,237 7,341
[Results from the Monthly Chicken and Egg Report]. * 2001 revised.
USDA/NASS COOPERATING WITH THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
COMMERCIAL POULTRY SLAUGHTER 1/--JULY 2001, 2002
January thru July
Item
2001
2002 % of Year Ago
2001
2002
--Thousands--
--Percent--
--Thousands--
Young Chickens
Georgia
104,147
109,387
105
694,244
718,698
United States
709,391
753,910
106
4,888,782
5,014,399
Mature Chickens
Light Type, U.S.
6,516
8,034
123
53,668
59,657
Heavy Type, U.S.
5,991
6,601
110
40,159
41,307
Total U.S.
12,507
14,635
117
93,827
100,964
Percent Condemned Young Chickens
--Percent--
--Percent--
Georgia
0.94
0.76
1.21
0.87
United States
1.22
0.92
1.37
1.03
1/ Federally inspected slaughter data as collected by Meat and Poultry Inspection Program.
% of Year Ago --Percent--
104 103
111 103 108
LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER, UNITED STATES 1/--JULY 2001, 2002
Number Slaughtered
Average Live Weight
Total Live Weight
Species
2001
2002
2002 as% of 2001
2001
2002
2001
2002
--Thousand Head--
--Percent--
--Pounds--
--Thousand Pounds--
Cattle
2,942.5
3,187.1
108
1,216
1,248
3,577,258 3,977,918
Calves
83.3
95.7
115
312
290
25,942
27,798
Hogs
7,447.6
8,067.5
108
260
260
1,936,790 2,101,406
Sheep & Lambs
243.5
257.6
106
140
127
34,185
32,649
[Results from the U.S. Livestock Slaughter Release]. 1/ Includes slaughter under Federal Inspection and other commercial slaughter, excludes farm slaughter.
COMMERCIAL RED MEAT PRODUCTION--UNITED STATES 1/, JULY 2001, 2002
January-July 2/
Kind
2001
2002
2002 as % of 2001
2001
2002
2002 as % of 2001
--Million Pounds--
--Percent--
--Million Pounds--
--Percent--
Beef
2,177
2,426
111
14,861
15,636
105
Veal
15.7
16.7
106
112.3
109.0
97
Pork
1,435
1,557
108
10,786
11,135
103
Lamb & Mutton
17.1
16.3
96
130.2
127.6
98
Total Red Meat
3,645
4,016
110
25,889
27,007
104
[Results from the U.S. Livestock Slaughter Release]. 1/ Based on packers dress weights and excludes farm slaughter. 2/ Accumulated totals and percentages based on unrounded data.
COLD STORAGE STOCKS--UNITED STATES, JULY 31, 2001
Commodity
Jul 31, 2001
Jun 30, 2002
Jul 31, 2002
% of Jul 2001
% of Jun 2002
--Thousand Pounds--
--Percent--
Butter
151,123
242,999
238,047
158
98
Cheese, Natural
752,564
792,470
825,533
110
104
Eggs, Frozen
16,650
12,720
12,711
76
100
Frozen Fruit
1,183,584
895,480
1,010,887
85
113
Fruit Juices, Frozen
2,205,759
2,232,540
2,174,465
99
97
Meats, Red
717,437
918,037
920,920
128
100
Beef, Frozen
351,360
396,869
423,235
120
107
Pork, Frozen
339,547
497,817
473,851
140
95
Poultry, Frozen
1,185,721
1,506,300
1,580,945
133
105
Turkeys, Frozen
534,170
644,100
702,994
132
109
Vegetables, Frozen
1,573,035
1,369,523
1,574,610
100
115
Potatoes, Frozen
1,282,588
1,223,538
1,124,267
88
92
Peanuts, Shelled
533,333
531,862
454,651
85
85
Peanuts, In Shell
16,373
34,401
29,678
181
86
Pecans, Shelled
50,550
52,955
54,187
107
102
Pecans, In Shell
61,021
120,484
104,568
171
87
[Results form the Monthly Cold Storage Report].
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States
Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
1997
1,104,363 19,292
751,294 1,918,215 6,474,344
703,865 91,272 95,872
2,276,898 1,999,742
115,344 682,989 2,050,559 1,276,677 3,721,237 1,761,825 1,276,425 625,254
55,646 254,852 139,551 399,136 753,840 1,025,538 1,277,811 280,763 2,014,587
47,702 14,178 149,757 545,677 193,342 3,244,630 274,583 1,875,669 828,599 641,614 658,966
8,856 514,161 1,140,430 479,578 3,713,507 226,837
91,199 501,691 1,133,330
24,868 793,738 229,736
NET FARM INCOME FOR STATES, 1997 - 2001
1998
1999
--1,000 Dollars--
1,214,183
1,451,315
18,997
19,814
888,410
882,858
1,635,028
1,978,264
5,384,264
5,296,522
839,101
910,309
117,495
141,420
146,097
140,898
2,601,292
2,722,008
1,975,165
2,174,977
108,346
103,302
909,699
955,982
1,368,209
986,057
761,407
392,783
2,170,272
1,553,074
1,481,240
1,547,578
1,118,342
901,947
391,387
587,286
91,129
114,786
312,433
352,560
38,541
51,405
356,464
728,455
1,299,646
1,232,848
1,006,977
994,859
715,432
411,863
313,962
498,320
1,785,117
1,687,604
78,602
69,155
15,073
23,771
154,685
135,751
603,170
678,787
450,493
676,229
2,225,571
1,955,220
946,115
697,306
1,312,849
872,662
675,932
1,009,425
498,974
325,959
795,903
861,702
7,595
8,665
339,171
446,812
1,313,116
1,334,957
322,911
230,306
3,439,550
5,033,180
269,333
282,626
114,362
139,433
490,925
416,767
1,179,060
671,684
22,354
12,070
1,191,042
1,292,045
87,005
193,246
United States
50,479,841
1/ Source: Economic Research Service/USDA.
45,582,424
46,186,850
2000
1,130,102 14,607
775,971 1,483,193 5,562,440
692,593 181,052 133,031 2,580,426 1,980,308 103,393 907,684 1,537,088 779,667 2,427,202 974,454 1,731,412 519,173 113,779 450,130
51,877 313,814 1,302,460 785,829 1,000,980 271,946 1,357,120 100,142
13,574 246,266 540,658 594,423 3,182,784 945,657 1,103,646 1,025,231 377,622 1,115,517
7,731 571,678 1,467,803 537,965 4,022,757 244,871 150,945 695,674 1,035,006
49,576 715,741 140,769
48,047,767
2001
1,581,452 10,144
1,003,699 1,399,823 3,768,764
989,681 144,018 217,857 2,166,133 2,298,556
93,897 1,147,092 1,418,739
964,199 1,946,475
958,188 1,229,695
418,095 82,397
521,901 27,327
190,607 695,508 1,111,748 909,969 303,919 1,610,282 119,231
12,594 188,837 819,647 802,820 3,201,148 586,777 1,049,230 922,482 265,856 968,555
5,542 684,031 1,217,697 510,788 4,288,138 394,636 136,045 600,139 620,758
47,703 888,360 199,756
45,740,933
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PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS--AUGUST 15, 2002 WITH COMPARISONS
Georgia
United States
Commodity
Corn Cotton Hay, All, Baled 2/ Oats Soybeans Tobacco Winter Wheat Calves Beef Cattle 4/ Cows 5/ Steers & Heifers Milk Cows 6/ Hogs
Price per Unit
$/Bu $/Lb $/Ton $/Bu $/Bu $/Lb $/Bu $/Cwt $/Cwt $/Cwt $/Cwt $/Head $/Cwt
Aug 2001
2.29 48.20
3/ 1.855 95.90 55.30 42.50 79.00 -
Jul 2002
27.90
3/ 1.770 84.50 48.10 37.40 67.90 -
Aug 15, 2002
26.30 1/
3/ 1.810 83.40 47.50 37.00 67.00 -
Aug 2001
1.90 36.00 97.40
1.25 4.85 1.810 2.71 106.00 70.60 43.10 73.50
50.80
Jul 2002
2.13 37.60 93.60
1.69 5.35 1.860 3.19 94.90 63.80 37.40 66.60 1,670.00 39.20
Aug 15, 2002
2.48 31.50 1/ 93.70
1.75 5.65 1.835 3.59 94.70 63.60 36.10 66.30
34.20
Barrows & Gilts Sows All Milk 7/ Chickens Excl. Broilers Com'l Broilers 9/ Eggs, All 2/ 10/ Table 2/ Hatching 2/ Turkeys 2/
$/Cwt $/Cwt $/Cwt
/Lbs /Lbs /Doz /Doz /Doz /Lbs
-
7.7
81.5 34.2 150.0
-
-
8.1 -
86.8 34.0 150.0
-
-
8.2
90.7 41.0 150.0
-
51.50 39.40 16.50
42.0 56.6 38.8
38.7
40.20 20.00 11.20
31.0 57.6 38.1
38.3
34.90 20.80 11.20 8/
29.0 62.2 43.9
37.9
[Results from the Monthly Prices Received by Farmers]. 1/ Based on sales during first half of the month. 2/ Mid month price. 3/ Price not published to avoid disclosure of individual firms. 4/ Cows, steers and heifers. 5/ Beef cows and cull dairy cows sold for slaughter. 6/ Animals sold for dairy herd replacement only. Prices published Jan., Apr., July, Oct. 7/ Before deduction for hauling. Includes quality, quantity, and other premiums. Excludes hauling subsidies. 8/ Preliminary. 9/ Live weight equivalent price to producers, includes growers and contractors combined. 10/ Average of all eggs sold by farmers including hatching eggs and eggs sold at retail.
INDEX NUMBERS--UNITED STATES
2001
Jul
UNITED STATES (1990-92 = 100)
Prices Received
108
Prices Paid
124
Ratio 1/
87
Aug
Jul
110
100
124
124
89
81
[Results from the Monthly Prices Received by Farmers]. 1/ Ratio of index of prices received by farmers to index of prices paid.
2002
Aug
101 124
81