GEORGIA FARM REPORT September 13, 2002 Volume 02-Number 17 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 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]. 2 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 3 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