GEORGIA FARM REPORT October 31, 2002 Volume 02-Number 20 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 October 1 Crop Production U.S. Grain Stocks HIGHLIGHTS Small Grains Milk Cows and Milk Production Vegetables State AL AZ AR CA FL GA KS LA MS NM NC OK SC TX PECANS: UTILIZED PRODUCTION BY VARIETY, STATE, AND UNITED STATES, OCTOBER 1, 2002 FORECAST Improved Varieties 1/ Native & Seedling All Pecans 2002 as % of 2001 --Thousand Pounds-- --Percent-- 9,000 1,000 10,000 67 15,000 - 15,000 71 1,200 500 1,700 65 2,800 - 2,800 76 900 600 1,500 45 45,000 5,000 50,000 45 - 1,700 1,700 77 2,500 6,500 9,000 64 2,200 800 3,000 67 36,000 - 36,000 60 1,700 300 2,000 63 2,000 16,000 18,000 90 800 200 1,000 25 33,000 17,000 50,000 67 US 152,100 49,600 201,700 60 [Results from the October 1 Pecan Inquiry]. 1/ Budded, grafted, or topworked varieties. State AL FL GA NM NC OK SC TX VA PEANUTS: BY STATE AND UNITED STATES, FORECASTED OCTOBER 1, 2002 Area Harvested Yield Production 1/ 2002 as % of 2001 --Thousand Acres-- --Pounds-- --Thousand Lbs-- --Percent-- 199.0 2,500 497,500 93 92.0 2,900 266,800 107 518.0 2,800 1,450,400 85 23.0 2,800 64,400 96 100.0 2,300 230,000 65 60.0 2,900 174,000 88 10.5 2,200 23,100 75 300.0 3,000 900,000 100 58.0 2,500 145,000 62 US 1,360.5 2,757 3,751,200 88 [Results from the October Yield Survey]. 1/ Estimates comprised of quota and non-quota peanuts. USDA/NASS COOPERATING WITH THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE State AL AZ AR CA GA LA MS MO NM NC OK SC TN TX VA ALL COTTON--FORECAST BY STATES AND U.S., OCTOBER 1, 2002 Acres for Harvest Yield Ind Production 1/ --Thousand Acres-- --Pounds-- --Thousand Bales 2/-- 585.0 640 780.0 239.4 1,231 614.0 930.0 841 1,630.0 686.0 1,399 2,000.0 1,430.0 621 1,850.0 500.0 749 780.0 1,170.0 821 2,000.0 385.0 798 640.0 63.0 869 114.0 945.0 559 1,100.0 190.0 429 170.0 286.0 369 220.0 560.0 660 770.0 4,618.0 524 5,037.0 100.0 576 120.0 2002 as % of 2001 --Percent-85 87 89 83 83 75 83 92 85 66 86 52 79 117 60 Other States 3/ 174.0 676 245.0 130 US 12,861.4 674 18,070.0 89 [Results from the October Yield Survey]. 1/ Production ginned and to be ginned. 2/ 480 lb. net weight bales. 3/ Other States include FL and KS. Individual state level forecasts will be published in the January Crop Production report. WINTER WHEAT: AREA PLANTED AND HARVESTED, BY SELECTED STATES AND UNITED STATES, 2000-2002 Area Planted 1/ Area Harvested State 2000 2001 2002 2000 2001 2002 --1,000 Acres-- AL 140 170 150 90 70 60 AR 1,180 1,100 960 1,100 970 840 FL 13 10 9 9 9 7 GA 300 300 350 200 200 200 LA 200 175 230 185 160 220 MS 250 250 250 235 225 205 MO 1,050 900 900 950 760 760 NC 720 680 650 550 470 480 SC 200 220 210 195 210 190 TN 550 500 470 380 340 300 VA 240 200 230 205 170 170 US 43,393 1/ Includes area planted preceding fall. 41,078 41,735 35,072 31,295 29,651 State AL AR FL GA LA MS MO NC SC TN VA WINTER WHEAT: YIELD AND PRODUCTION, BY SELECTED STATES AND UNITED STATES, 2000-2002 Yield Production 2000 2001 2002 2000 2001 2002 --1,000 Acres-- 54.0 48.0 40.0 4,860 3,360 2,400 54.0 52.0 46.0 59,400 50,440 38,640 49.0 41.0 43.0 441 369 301 54.0 53.0 41.0 10,800 10,600 8,200 53.0 50.0 40.0 9,805 8,000 8,800 55.0 52.0 44.0 12,925 11,700 9,020 52.0 54.0 45.0 49,400 41,040 34,200 50.0 39.0 42.0 27,500 18,330 20,160 49.0 43.0 37.0 9,555 9,030 7,030 55.0 54.0 46.0 20,900 18,360 13,800 63.0 60.0 63.0 12,915 10,200 10,710 US 44.7 1/ Includes area planted preceding fall. 43.5 38.5 1,566,023 1,361,479 1,142,802 2 State GA ND OK SD RYE: AREA PLANTED AND HARVESTED BY SELECTED STATE AND UNITED STATES, 2000-2002 Area Planted 1/ Area Harvested 2000 2001 2002 2000 2001 2002 --1,000 Acres-- 230 300 260 45 35 45 20 13 10 16 10 9 290 250 300 70 50 70 14 10 15 13 10 10 US 1,329 1/ Includes area planted in preceding fall. 1,328 1,395 296 255 286 State GA ND OK SD US RYE: YIELD AND PRODUCTION BY SELECTED STATE AND UNITED STATES, 2000-2002 Yield Production 2000 2001 2002 2000 2001 --Bushels-- --1,000 Bushels-- 26.0 25.0 16.0 1,170 875 44.0 34.0 38.0 704 340 21.0 23.0 19.0 1,470 1,150 42.0 35.0 27.0 546 350 28.3 27.3 24.4 8,386 6,971 2002 720 342 1,330 270 6,985 State GA NC SC OATS: AREA PLANTED AND HARVESTED BY SELECTED STATE AND UNITED STATES, 2000-2002 Area Planted 1/ Area Harvested 2000 2001 2002 2000 2001 2002 --1,000 Acres-- 70 100 90 35 35 25 60 60 75 30 30 35 60 50 50 35 25 30 US 4,477 1/ Includes area planted preceding fall. 4,403 5,005 2,329 1,905 2,098 State GA NC SC US OATS: YIELD AND PRODUCTION BY SELECTED STATE AND UNITED STATES, 2000-2002 Yield Production 2000 2001 2002 2000 2001 --Bushels-- --1,000 Bushels-- 72.0 65.0 60.0 2,520 2,275 70.0 56.0 57.0 2,100 1,680 60.0 57.0 43.0 2,100 1,425 64.2 61.4 56.8 149,545 117,024 2002 1,500 1,995 1,290 119,132 U.S. GRAIN STOCKS--SEPTEMBER 1, 2001-2002 Grain On Farms 2001 Off Farms 1/ All Positions On Farms 2002 Off Farms 1/ All Positions --1,000 Bushels-- Barley (Old Crop) 134,800 110,564 245,364 131,600 92,419 224,019 Corn 753,150 1,145,958 1,899,108 586,800 1,012,620 1,599,420 Oats (Old Crop) 74,800 41,592 116,392 70,500 40,982 111,482 Sorghum 8,900 32,851 41,751 7,400 51,975 59,375 Soybeans 83,500 164,247 247,747 62,700 145,487 208,187 All Wheat (Old Crop) 696,850 1,458,964 2,155,814 588,200 1,151,952 1,740,152 [Results from the September Agricultural Survey and the Grain Stocks Report]. 1/ Includes stocks at mills, elevators, warehouses, terminals and processors. 3 Crop and State SNAP BEANS FL GA NJ VA FRESH MARKET SNAP BEANS AND CABBAGE, AREA FOR HARVEST, FALL SEASON, 2001-2002 Usual Area Area for Harvest Harvested Harvest Period 2001 2002 2002 as % of 2001 Crop and State Usual Area Area for Harvest Harvested Harvest Period 2001 2002 --Acres-- --Percent-- --Acres-- CABBAGE Oct-Dec 9,000 11,000 122 FL Oct-Dec 500 500 Sep-Dec 4,500 4,500 100 GA Sep-Dec 3,500 4,100 Sep-Oct 1,800 1,800 100 NJ Sep-Nov 500 500 Sep-Oct 2,000 2,000 100 TX Sep-Nov 1,400 1,200 2002 as % of 2001 --Percent-- 100 117 100 86 Total 17,300 19,300 [Results from the Fresh Market Vegetable Acreage Inquiry]. 112 Total 5,900 6,300 107 MILK COWS AND MILK PRODUCTION--JULY-SEPTEMBER, 2001-2002 Georgia United States Item Unit 2001 2002 2002 as % of 2001 2001 2002 2002 as % of 2001 Milk Cows 1/ Thous Head 86 84 98 9,098 9,159 101 Milk per Cow 2/ Pounds 3,660 3,930 107 4,459 4,582 103 Milk Production Mil Lbs 315 330 105 40,570 41,965 103 [Results from the Milk Production Report]. 1/ Includes dry cows, excludes heifers not yet fresh. 2/ Excludes milk sucked by calves.