GEORGIA FARM REPORT November 29, 2002 Volume 02-Number 22 November 1 Crop Forecast HIGHLIGHTS Peanuts by States 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 Cotton by States Farm Labor GEORGIA ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 2001 AND NOVEMBER 1, 2002 FORECAST Area Harvested Yield per Acre Production Crop Unit 2001 Ind Nov 1, 2002 2001 Ind Nov 1, 2002 2001 Ind Nov 1, 2002 --Thousand Acres-- --Thousands-- Corn for Grain Bu 220 280 134 125 29,480 35,000 Hay, All Other Ton 650 600 3.0 2.8 1,950 1,680 Wheat, Winter Bu 200 200 53 40 10,600 8,000 Peanuts Lb 514 518 3,330 2,600 1,711,620 1,346,800 Soybeans for Beans Bu 155 145 26 23 4,030 3,335 Cotton, Upland 1/ Bale 1,480 1,430 720 604 2,220 1,800 Tobacco, Type 14 Lbs 26 27 2,460 2,050 64,206 55,350 Apples 2/ Lbs 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 9,000 10,000 Grapes 2/ Ton 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3.2 3.6 Peaches 2/ Lbs 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 140,000 115,000 Pecans Lbs 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 111,000 50,000 1/ Cotton yield in pounds per harvested acre, production in 480 lb. net weight bales. 2/ Bearing age acres. 3/ Acreage and yield estimates will be released in the Noncitrus Fruits and Nuts Summary, January 2003. 4/ Not available. UNITED STATES ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 2001 AND NOVEMBER 1, 2002 FORECAST Area Harvested Yield per Acre Production Crop Unit 2001 Ind Nov 1, 2002 2001 Ind Nov 1, 2002 2001 Ind Nov 1, 2002 --Thousand Acres-- --Thousands-- Corn for Grain Bu 68,808.0 70,541.0 138.2 127.6 9,506,840 9,003,364 Hay, All Ton 63,511.0 64,709.0 2.47 2.32 156,703 150,447 Alfalfa Ton 23,812.0 24,134.0 3.37 3.09 80,266 74,655 All Other Ton 39,699.0 40,575.0 1.93 1.87 76,437 75,792 Sorghum for Grain Bu 8,584.0 7,528.0 59.9 50.7 514,524 381,499 Wheat, All Bu 48,633.0 45,817.0 40.2 35.3 1,957,043 1,616,441 Winter Bu 31,295.0 29,651.0 43.5 38.5 1,361,479 1,142,802 Durum Bu 2,789.0 2,703.0 30.0 29.4 83,556 79,450 Other Spring Bu 14,549.0 13,463.0 35.2 29.3 512,008 394,189 Peanuts Lb 1,411.9 1,360.5 3,029 2,579 4,276,704 3,508,650 Soybeans for Beans Bu 72,975.0 71,799.0 39.6 37.5 2,890,682 2,689,691 Cotton, All 1/ Bale 13,827.7 12,861.4 705 665 20,302.8 17,815.0 Upland 1/ Bale 13,559.5 12,620.0 694 653 19,602.4 17,180.0 Amer-Pima 1/ Bale 268.2 241.4 1,254 1,263 700.4 635.0 Tobacco Lbs 432.4 434.3 2,933 2,040 991,519 886,020 Apples 3/ Lbs 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 9,629.1 8,910.6 Grapes 3/ Ton 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 6,552.5 7,269.3 Peaches 3/ Lbs 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 2,441.40 2,531.70 Pecans Lbs 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 338,500 201,700 1/ Cotton yield in pounds per harvested acre, production in 480 lb. net weight bales. 2/ Yield and production estimates will be released in Annual Crop Summary. 3/ Bearing age acres. 4/ Acreage and yield estimates will be released in the Noncitrus Fruits and Nuts, January 2003. 5/ Not available. USDA/NASS COOPERATING WITH THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE NOVEMBER 1 PEANUT PRODUCTION FORECAST BY STATES AND UNITED STATES State Area Harvested Ind 2002 Yield Ind 2002 Production 1/ Ind 2002 2002 as % of 2001 --1,000 Acres-- --Pounds-- --1,000 Lbs.-- --Percent-- AL 199.0 FL 92.0 GA 518.0 NM 23.0 NC 100.0 OK 60.0 SC 10.5 TX 300.0 VA 58.0 US 1,360.5 2,300 457,700 86 2,500 230,000 92 2,600 1,346,800 79 2,800 64,400 96 2,200 220,000 62 2,800 168,000 85 2,300 24,150 79 2,900 870,000 97 2,200 127,600 54 2,579 3,508,650 82 1/ Estimates comprised of quota and non-quota peanuts. PEANUTS - Acreage and Production, Georgia, 1995-2001 and 2002 Forecast Thousand Acres 700 Billion Pounds 2.5 600 2.0 500 400 1.5 300 1.0 200 0.5 100 0 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Year 2000 2001 0.0 2002 Acres Harvested Production ALL COTTON--NOVEMBER 1, 2002 FORECAST BY STATES AND UNITED STATES State Acres for Harvest Yield Production 1/ 2002 as % of 2001 --1,000 Acres-- --Pounds-- --1,000 Bales 2/-- --Percent-- AL AZ AR CA GA LA MS MO NM NC OK SC TN TX VA Other States 3/ 585.0 239.4 930.0 686.0 1,430.0 500.0 1,170.0 385.0 63.0 945.0 190.0 286.0 560.0 4,618.0 100.0 174.0 615 750.0 82 1,231 614.0 87 841 1,630.0 89 1,399 2,000.0 83 604 1,800.0 81 720 750.0 73 821 2,000.0 83 798 640.0 92 869 114.0 85 483 950.0 57 455 180.0 91 302 180.0 43 651 760.0 78 534 5,137.0 120 480 100.0 50 579 210.0 112 US 12,861.4 665 17,815.0 88 1/ Production ginned and to be ginned. 2/ 480 lb. net weight bales. 3/ Other States include FL and KS. Individual State level estimates will be published in the "Crop Production 2002 Summary." 2 COTTON - Acreage and Production, Georgia, 1995-2001 and 2002 Forecast Thousand Acres 1,600 1,400 1,200 1,000 800 600 400 200 0 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Year 2000 Thousand Bales 2,400 2,000 1,600 1,200 800 400 0 2001 2002 Acres Harvested Production FARM WAGE RATES--OCTOBER 7-13, 2001, AND OCTOBER 6-12, 2002, BY STATE OR REGION AND UNITED STATES 1/ Wage Rates Type of Hired Worker for All Hired Workers Field Livestock Field and Livestock State or Region 2/ 2001 2002 2001 2002 2001 2002 2001 2002 Northeast I Northeast II Appalachian I Appalachian II Southeast FL Lake Cornbelt I Cornbelt II Delta Northern Plains Southern Plains Mountain I Mountain II Mountain III Pacific CA HI US 4/ --Dollars per Hour-- 8.79 9.36 8.24 9.16 7.50 7.97 9.29 7.21 8.61 7.33 8.26 8.21 7.52 7.57 8.57 7.59 7.50 7.04 7.13 7.77 8.07 8.18 7.61 7.30 7.28 8.84 8.67 7.70 7.50 8.00 9.21 9.73 9.14 9.28 8.59 9.53 8.90 8.84 8.49 9.29 8.78 8.81 8.06 8.69 9.26 7.13 7.77 6.83 7.12 7.37 8.68 9.32 8.37 9.01 8.46 8.01 7.57 7.16 7.05 7.97 7.72 8.13 6.99 7.84 7.70 8.08 8.79 7.65 8.31 8.09 7.85 8.25 6.87 7.07 8.13 9.70 9.47 9.34 8.91 9.87 8.57 9.35 7.91 8.51 9.56 10.78 11.02 9.32 9.25 3/ 8.59 8.93 8.01 8.30 8.39 7.70 8.03 8.76 8.17 7.24 8.51 8.00 7.80 7.70 7.46 7.33 7.21 8.25 7.56 7.56 8.60 7.74 7.72 9.11 8.97 9.21 8.89 8.91 8.54 8.30 8.52 8.59 7.72 6.91 7.27 9.03 8.40 9.02 7.32 7.52 7.18 7.95 7.31 7.89 8.79 7.78 8.50 8.24 7.25 7.42 9.36 9.39 8.99 9.42 8.04 8.62 3/ 9.39 9.32 8.44 8.09 8.33 See footnotes below. 3 NUMBER OF HIRED WORKERS ON FARMS AND HOURS WORKED FOR THE WEEK OCTOBER 7-13, 2001, AND OCTOBER 6-12, 2002, BY STATE OR REGION AND UNITED STATES 1/ State or Region 2/ Hired Workers Number Hours Worked 2001 2002 2001 2002 Expected to be Employed 150 Days or More 149 Days or Less 2001 2002 2001 2002 --1,000-- --Hours per Week-- --1,000-- Northeast I Northeast II Appalachian I Appalachian II Southeast FL Lake Cornbelt I Cornbelt II Delta Northern Plains Southern Plains Mountain I Mountain II Mountain III Pacific CA HI US 4/ 48 50 45 41 40 42 29 36 37 33 51 57 74 64 57 42 41 25 43 38 41 34 68 58 27 30 21 16 17 19 89 77 255 265 8 8 991 935 40.7 41.2 35 36 44.2 36.4 35 34 35.2 33.1 24 25 38.8 30.3 17 17 38.1 36.4 27 21 41.8 38.9 44 51 40.7 34.7 42 41 36.2 38.7 43 25 34.4 34.7 25 13 43.0 38.9 31 29 41.0 43.8 26 25 40.0 41.7 54 46 42.4 45.1 20 21 43.5 35.7 13 10 46.6 45.7 14 16 39.4 39.2 51 46 46.7 45.5 200 218 37.6 37.9 7 7 41.7 40.4 708 681 13 14 10 7 16 17 12 19 10 12 7 6 32 23 14 17 16 12 12 9 15 9 14 12 7 9 8 6 3 3 38 31 55 47 1 1 283 254 [Results from the Agricultural Labor Survey 1/ Excludes agricultural service workers. 2/ Regions consist of the following -- Northeast I: CT, ME, MA, NH, NY, RI, VT. Northeast II: DE, MD, NJ, PA. Appalachian I: NC, VA. Appalachian II: KY, TN, WV. Southeast: AL, GA, SC. Lake: MI, MN, WI. Cornbelt I: IL, IN, OH. Cornbelt II: IA, MO. Delta: AR, LA, MS. Northern Plains: KS, NE, ND, SD. Southern Plains: OK, TX. Mountain I: ID, MT, WY. Mountain II: CO, NV, UT. Mountain III: AZ, NM. Pacific: OR, WA. 3/ Insufficient data. 4/ Excludes AK. ANNUAL AVERAGE WAGE RATES FOR HIRED WORKERS IN GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES--2001 AND 2002 2001 2002 All Hired Field Field and Livestock All Hired Field Field and Livestock --Dollars per Hour-- GA 8.42 7.96 7.87 8.53 8.00 8.06 US 1/ 8.45 7.78 7.86 8.80 8.11 8.17 [Results from the Agricultural Labor Survey]. 1/ Excludes AK.