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United States. National Agricultural Statistics Service
United States. National Agricultural Statistics Service. Georgia Office - Publisher:
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GEORGIA FARM REPORT
December 20, 2002 Volume 02-Number 23
December 1 Crop Forecast Commercial Red Meat Production
HIGHLIGHTS Monthly Poultry Agricultural Prices
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
Livestock Slaughter
GEORGIA ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 2001 AND DECEMBER 1, 2002 FORECAST
Area Harvested
Yield per Acre
Production
Crop
Unit
2001
Ind Dec 1, 2002
2001
Ind Dec 1, 2002
2001
Ind Dec 1, 2002
--Thousand Acres--
--Thousands--
Corn for Grain
Bu
220
280
134
125
29,480
35,000
Hay, All Other
Ton
650
600
3.00
2.80
1,950
1,680
Wheat, Winter
Bu
200
200
53.0
40.0
10,600
8,000
Peanuts
Lb
514.0
518.0
3,330
2,600
1,711,620
1,346,800
Soybeans for Beans Bu
155
145
26.0
23.0
4,030
3,335
Cotton, Upland 1/ Bale
1,480.0
1,430.0
720
587
2,220.0
1,750.0
Tobacco, Type 14 Lb
26.1
27.0
2,460
2,050
64,206
55,350
Apples 2/
Lb
1.2
3/
7,500
3/
9,000
10,000
Grapes 2/
Ton
1.1
3/
2.91
3/
3.2
3.6
Peaches 2/
Lb
15
3/
9,330
3/
140,000
115,000
Pecans
Lb
4/
4/
4/
4/
110,000
45,000
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 DECEMBER 1, 2002 FORECAST
Area Harvested
Yield per Acre
Production
Crop
Unit
2001
Ind Dec 1, 2002
2001
Ind Dec 1, 2002
2001
Ind Dec 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
648
20,302.8
17,375.0
Upland 1/
Bale 13,559.5
12,620.0
694
636
19,602.4
16,730.0
Amer-Pima 1/
Bale
268.2
241.4
1,254
1,283
700.4
645.0
Tobacco
Lb
432.4
434.3
2,293
2,040
991,519
886,020
Apples 2/
Lb
430.2
3/
22,400
3/
9,629,100
8,910,600
Grapes 2/
Ton
930.4
3/
7.04
3/
6,552.5
7,269.3
Peaches 2/
Lb
151.5
3/
16,100
3/
2,441,400
2,531,700
Pecans
Lb
4/
4/
4/
4/
338,500
175,700
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, January 2003. 4/ Not available.
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 Other States 3/
ALL COTTON--DECEMBER 1, 2002, FORECAST BY STATES AND U.S.
Acres for Harvest
Yield
Ind. Production 1/
--Thousand Acres--
--Pounds--
--Thousand Bales 2/--
585.0
492
600.0
239.4
1,231
614.0
930.0
852
1,650.0
686.0
1,406
2,010.0
1,430.0
587
1,750.0
500.0
720
750.0
1,170.0
788
1,920.0
385.0
761
610.0
63.0
869
114.0
945.0
437
860.0
190.0
505
200.0
286.0
252
150.0
560.0
686
800.0
4,618.0
524
5,037.0
100.0
480
100.0
174.0
579
210.0
2002 as % of 2001 --Percent-65 87 90 83 79 73 80 88 85 51 102 35 82 117 50 112
US
12,861.4
648
17,375.0
86
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."
POULTRY HATCHING AND PLACEMENT--OCTOBER 2001-2002
January thru October
Item
2001
2002
% of year ago
2001
2002
% of year ago
--Thousands--
--Percent--
--Thousands--
--Percent--
Pullet Chicks Placed Domestic (U.S.) 1/
Broiler Type
6,704
6,265
93
67,693
69,334
102
Egg Type
150
186
124
2,581
2,495
97
Chicks Hatched - Broiler Type
Georgia
112,239
107,340
96
1,114,928
1,126,418
101
United States
747,495
720,310
96
7,534,218
7,630,955
101
Chicks Hatched- Egg Type
Georgia
2,123
1,920
90
21,228
21,750
102
United States
35,816
32,044
89
388,075
357,554
92
Turkeys Poults Placed
United States
24,128
23,811
99
46,542 2/
46,481 3/
100
[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-October 2002. 3/ Turkey poults placed September 2002-October 2003.
NUMBER OF LAYERS AND EGG PRODUCTION DURING OCTOBER 2001-2002
Number of Layers
2001
2002
Eggs per 100 Layers
2001
2002
Total Eggs Produced
2001
2002
--Thousands--
--Number--
--Millions--
GEORGIA
Hatching
9,556
9,251
1,873
1,935
179
179
Table
12,105
11,079
2,214
2,247
268
249
Total Georgia
21,661
20,330
2,064
2,105
447
428
30 STATES
Hatching
53,815
52,800
1,849
1,856
995
980
Table
262,655
263,830
2,249
2,258
5,906
5,956
Total 30 States
316,470
316,630
2,181
2,191
6,901
6,936
UNITED STATES
Hatching
58,502
57,334
1,851
1,859
1,083
1,066
Table
278,583
280,702
2,249
2,260
6,264
6,344
Total U.S.
337,085
338,036
2,180
2,192
7,347
7,410
[Results from the Monthly Chicken and Egg Report].
2
COMMERCIAL POULTRY SLAUGHTER 1/--SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER 2002
Item
Sep
Oct
% of Last Month
January thru October
--Thousands--
--Percent--
--Thousands--
Young Chickens
Georgia
99,275
113,183
114
1,040,716
United States
686,737
764,199
111
7,224,774
Mature Chickens
Light Type, U.S.
7,512
8,379
112
83,276
Heavy Type, U.S.
6,329
6,971
110
61,604
Total U.S.
13,841
15,350
111
144,880
Percent Condemned Young Chickens
--Percent--
--Percent--
Georgia
0.74
0.69
0.82
United States
0.87
0.86
0.98
1/ Federally inspected slaughter data as collected by Meat and Poultry Inspection Program.
LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER, UNITED STATES 1/--OCTOBER 2001, 2002
Number Slaughtered
Average Live Weight
Total Live Weight
Species
2001
2001
2002 as% of 2001
2001
2002
2001
2002
--Thousand Head--
--Percent--
--Pounds--
--Thousand Pounds--
Cattle
3,162.0
3,266.6
103
1,247
1,270
3,943,776 4,148,613
Calves
93.9
100.8
107
318
308
29,830
31,047
Hogs
9,334.2
9,402.9
101
267
264
2,488,339 2,482,579
Sheep & Lambs
289.1
300.2
104
137
131
39,721
39,285
[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/--OCTOBER 2001-2002
January-October 2/
Kind
2001
2002
2002 as % of 2001
2001
2002
2002 as % of 2001
--Million Pounds--
--Percent--
--Million Pounds--
--Percent--
Beef
2,389
2,512
105
21,796
22,819
105
Veal
17.9
18.7
105
162.3
160.7
99
Pork
1,838
1,831
100
15,738
16,241
103
Lamb & Mutton
19.7
19.6
99
185.0
181.4
98
Total Red Meat
4,265
4,382
103
37,881
39,402
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.
INDEX NUMBERS--UNITED STATES
2001
Oct
Nov
UNITED STATES (1990-92= 100)
Prices Received
94
93
Prices Paid
123
122
Ratio 1/
76
76
[Results from the monthly Prices Received by Farmers]. 1/ Ratio of index of prices received by farmers to index of prices paid.
Oct
96 125
77
2002
Nov
97 126
77
3
PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS--NOVEMBER 15, 2002 WITH COMPARISONS
Georgia
United States
Commodity
Price per Unit Nov 2001
Oct 2002 Nov 15, 2002 Nov 2001
Oct 2002 Nov 15, 2002
Corn Cotton Cottonseed Hay, All, Baled 2/ Oats Peanuts, In Shell 3/
$/Bu $/Lb $/Ton $/Ton $/Bu $/Lb
29.00 69.00
19.9
45.00 79.00
17.4
45.50 1/ 78.00
16.9
1.85 27.80 91.00 95.90
1.79 21.0
2.34 39.00 100.00 94.50
1.85 18.0
2.30 41.40 1/ 100.00 93.60
1.87 17.5
Soybeans Tobacco Winter Wheat Calves Beef Cattle 4/ Cows 5/ Steers & Heifers
$/Bu $/Lb $/Bu $/Cwt $/Cwt $/Cwt $/Cwt
86.60 47.00 35.80 68.60
1.880
89.10 45.80 33.90 67.90
83.90 44.60 32.50 68.00
4.16 1.980
2.82 96.70 64.00 35.80 67.80
5.19 1.855
4.32 91.90 64.70 33.60 68.50
5.43 1.935
4.15 90.40 66.50 32.60 70.90
Milk Cows 6/ Hogs
$/Head $/Cwt
-
-
-
-
1,420.00
-
-
-
-
35.00
30.60
27.40
Barrows & Gilts $/Cwt
-
-
-
35.40
31.30
27.70
Sows
$/Cwt
-
-
-
28.20
19.00
19.50
All Milk 7/ Chickens Excl. Broilers Com'l Broilers 9/ Eggs, All 2/10/ Table 2/ Hatching
$/Cwt
/Lbs /Lbs /Doz /Doz /Doz
-
8.2 -
84.3 43.1 150.0
-
8.1 -
82.0 33.0 150.0
-
8.2 -
94.2 54.2 150.0
14.40
39.0 64.1 48.6
-
12.10
28.0 54.0 34.8
-
11.70 8/
29.0 72.0 56.3
-
Turkeys 2/9/
/Lbs
-
-
-
44.5
36.9
39.5
[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/ 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 prices. 10/ Average of all eggs sold by farmers including hatching eggs and eggs sold at retail.