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.