GEORGIA FARM REPORT November 15, 2002 Volume 02-Number 21 Peanut Stocks Poultry Summary 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 Agricultural Prices Livestock Slaughter Census Announcement STOCKS OF PEANUTS AND SPECIFIED PRODUCTS AT MONTH'S END--2002-2003 1/ Month Ending Farmer Stocks Shelled Peanuts 2/ Roasting Stock (In Shell) Farmer Stock Equivalent Shelled Peanuts Total 3/ --Thousand Pounds-- 2002 Aug 447,016 520,396 45,055 692,127 1,184,198 Sep 582,400 381,290 30,764 507,116 1,120,280 Oct Nov Dec 2003 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul [Results from the Peanut 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. COMMERCIAL POULTRY SLAUGHTER 1/--AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER 2002 Item Aug Sep % of Last Month January thru September --Thousands-- --Percent-- --Thousands-- Young Chickens Georgia 109,843 99,324 90 927,582 United States 758,120 686,022 90 6,459,860 Mature Chickens Light Type, U.S. 7,724 7,512 97 74,897 Heavy Type, U.S. 6,991 6,327 91 54,631 Total U.S. 14,715 13,839 94 129,528 Percent Condemned Young Chickens --Percent-- --Percent-- Georgia 0.73 0.74 0.84 United States 0.88 0.87 1.00 [Results from the Monthly Chicken and Egg Report]. 1/ Federally inspected slaughter data as collected by Meat and Poultry Inspection Program. EGGS IN INCUBATORS, UNITED STATES--OCTOBER 1, 2001-2002 Item 2001 2002 Chickens, Egg Type Chickens, Broiler Type Turkeys, All Breeds 31,868 615,142 29,903 --Thousands-- 30,842 591,313 29,134 [Results from the Monthly Chicken and Egg Report]. % of Year Ago --Percent-97 96 97 USDA/NASS COOPERATING WITH THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE NUMBER OF LAYERS AND EGG PRODUCTION--SEPTEMBER 2001-2002 Number of Layers Eggs per 100 Layers Total Eggs Produced 2001 2002 2001 2002 2001 2002 --Thousands-- --Number-- --Millions-- GEORGIA Hatching 9,395 9,257 1,820 1,847 171 171 Table 11,729 10,980 2,106 2,158 247 237 Total Georgia 21,124 20,237 1,979 2,016 418 408 30 STATES Hatching 53,524 53,190 1,803 1,803 965 959 Table 260,799 262,623 2,161 2,181 5,637 5,727 Total 30 States 314,323 315,813 2,100 2,117 6,602 6,687 1/ UNITED STATES Hatching 58,205 57,855 1,806 1,806 1,051 1,045 Table 276,815 279,296 2,165 2,184 5,993 6,099 Total U.S. 335,020 337,151 2,103 2,119 7,044 7,145 1/ [Results from the Monthly Chicken and Egg Report]. 1/ May not add due to rounding. POULTRY HATCHING AND PLACEMENT--SEPTEMBER 2001-2002 January thru September Item 2001 2002 % of year ago 2001 2002 % of year ago --Thousands-- --Percent-- --Thousands-- --Percent-- Pullet Chicks Placed Domestic (U.S.) 1/ Broiler Type 6,647 6,691 101 60,989 63,069 103 Egg Type 219 259 118 2,431 2,309 95 Chicks Hatched - Broiler Type Georgia 109,741 110,611 101 1,002,689 1,019,078 102 United States 738,355 741,140 100 6,786,723 6,910,645 102 Chicks Hatched- Egg Type Georgia 2,158 2,248 104 19,105 19,830 104 United States 36,916 35,391 96 352,259 325,510 92 Turkeys Poults Placed United States 22,414 22,670 101 22,414 2/ 22,670 3/ 101 [Results from the Monthly Chicken and Egg 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-August 2002. 3/ Turkey poults placed September 2002-August 2003. COMMERCIAL RED MEAT PRODUCTION--UNITED STATES 1/, September 2001, 2002 January-September 2/ Kind 2001 2002 2002 as % of 2001 2001 2002 2002 as % of 2001 --Million Pounds-- --Percent-- --Million Pounds-- --Percent-- Beef 2,121 2,201 104 19,407 20,307 105 Veal 14.9 16.3 109 144.4 142.0 98 Pork 1,513 1,638 108 13,899 14,410 104 Lamb & Mutton 16.4 17.6 108 165.3 161.8 98 Total Red Meat 3,666 3,873 106 33,616 35,020 104 [Results form 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. 2 LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER--UNITED STATES 1/, SEPTEMBER 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 2,808.1 2,864.8 102 1,240 1,264 3,482,194 3,619,859 Calves 78.8 88.8 113 314 303 24,712 26,936 Hogs 7,812.4 8,505.8 109 262 260 2,045,995 2,215,646 Sheep & Lambs 244.3 276.2 113 135 128 32,999 35,337 [Results form the U.S. Livestock Slaughter Release]. 1/ Includes slaughter under Federal Inspection and other commercial slaughter, excludes farm slaughter. PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS--OCTOBER 15, 2002 WITH COMPARISONS Georgia United States Commodity Price per Unit Corn $/Bu Cotton $/Lb Cottonseed $/Ton Hay, All, Baled 2/ $/Ton Oats $/Bu Peanuts, In Shell 3/ $/Lb Soybeans $/Bu Tobacco $/Lb Winter Wheat $/Bu Calves $/Cwt Beef Cattle 5/ $/Cwt Cows 6/ $/Cwt Steers & Heifers $/Cwt Milk Cows 7/ $/Head Hogs $/Cwt Oct 2001 - 43.30 69.00 21.2 4/ 1.915 89.30 48.20 36.00 70.80 - Sep 2002 - 38.90 - 17.9 4/ 1.885 - 82.80 46.00 34.50 68.30 - Oct 15, 2002 - 41.40 1/ 79.00 18.1 4/ 1.880 83.00 46.10 34.20 68.10 - Oct 2001 1.84 30.70 85.00 98.00 1.64 22.8 4.09 1.905 2.82 99.70 66.50 37.60 70.10 1,700.00 40.20 Sep 2002 2.47 35.20 95.00 95.50 1.80 17.8 5.39 1.815 4.14 92.00 64.80 34.90 68.00 26.70 Oct 15, 2002 2.36 36.50 1/ 100.00 94.50 1.89 18.2 5.16 1.850 4.41 91.10 64.10 33.70 67.80 1,420.00 31.90 Barrows & Gilts $/Cwt - - - 40.60 27.20 32.60 Sows $/Cwt - - - 33.10 15.10 19.80 All Milk 8/ $/Cwt - - - 15.60 11.60 11.90 9/ Chickens Excl. Broilers /Lbs 8.0 8.2 8.1 - - - Com'l Broilers 10/ /Lbs - 41.0 30.0 28.0 Eggs, All 2/11/ /Doz 83.2 85.6 82.0 59.9 57.9 54.0 Table 2/ /Doz 38.6 35.7 33.0 43.1 39.0 34.8 Hatching /Doz 150.0 150.0 150.0 - - - Turkeys 2/10/ /Lbs - - - 44.2 36.9 36.9 [Results from the monthly Prices Received by Farmers]. 1/ Based on sales during first half of the month. 2/ Mid month price. 3/ Includes additional loan peanuts at loan value. 4/ Price not published to avoid disclosure of individual firms. 5/ Cows, steers and heifers. 6/ Beef cows and cull dairy cows sold for slaughter. 7/ Animals sold for dairy herd replacement only. Prices published Jan., Apr., July, Oct. 8/ Before deduction for hauling. Includes quality, quantity, and other premiums. Excludes hauling subsidies. 9/ Preliminary. 10/ Live weight equivalent prices. 11/ Average of all eggs sold by farmers including hatching eggs and eggs sold at retail. INDEX NUMBERS--UNITED STATES 2001 2002 Sep Oct Sep Oct UNITED STATES (1990-92= 100) Prices Received 106 94 99 95 Prices Paid 124 123 125 123 Ratio 1/ 85 76 79 76 [Results from the monthly Prices Received by Farmers]. 1/ Ratio of index of prices received by farmers to index of prices paid. 3 2002 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE www.usda.gov/nass/ The 2002 Census of Agriculture will appear in your mailbox in late December. It provides official facts representing all U.S. producers and commodities. Don't be left out when decisions are made about you and American agriculture. Take the time to fill out your report form and return it by February 3, 2003. All the information you give is completely confidential by law. You Make It Known -- Agriculture Counts! United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service