Georgia farm report, vol. 02, no. 05 (2002 March 15)

GEORGIA FARM REPORT

March 15, 2002 Volume 02-Number 05
Catfish Annual Slaughter Land in Farms

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HIGHLIGHTS Catfish & Trout Production Livestock Slaughter (Monthly & Annual)

Honey Production Agricultural Prices

COLONIES OF BEES: PRODUCTION, PRICE AND VALUE, GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES, 2000-2001 1/

Georgia

United States

Item

2000

2001

2000

2001

Honey Producing Colonies, 1,000 Colonies Yield per Colony, Pounds Honey Production, 1,000 Pounds Stocks Dec. 15, 1,000 Pounds 2/ Avg. price per Pound, Dollars 3/ Value of Honey Production, 1,000 Dollars

55 57 3,135 376 0.630 1,975

55 57 3,135 188 0.700 2,195

2,620 84.1
220,339 85,328 0.597
132,742

2,513 74.0
185,926 64,750 0.669
127,060

1/ For producers with 5 or more colonies. 2/ Stocks held by producers. 3/ U.S. price weighted by survey expanded sales. Total may not add due to rounding.

State
GA ID NC TN VA WV

TROUT--NUMBER, WEIGHT, AND VALUE OF FOODSIZE 1/ FISH, SELECTED STATES AND U.S.

Number Sold

2000 2 /

2001

Pounds Sold

2000 2/

2001

Average Value per Pound

2000 2/

2001

Value of Sales

2000 2/

2001

--Thousand--

--Dollars--

--Thousand Dollars--

385 45,500
4,200 150 750 276

265 40,000
4,550 98
676 340

370 44,500
3,640 159 758 346

265

1.97

39,500

0.83

4,550

1.29

113

2.84

630

2.04

467

1.65

1.99

729

527

0.87

36,935

34,365

1.30

4,696

5,915

2.59

452

293

1.93

1,546

1,215

1.68

571

785

Other States

7,270

8,636

Total

58,531

54,565

1/ Twelve (12) inches or longer. 2/ Revised.

9,388 59,161

11,383

2.00

56,908

1.08

1.88

18,746

21,382

1.13

63,675

64,482

State
AL AR FL GA LA MS NC SC

CATFISH--NUMBER OF OPERATIONS, WATER SURFACE, AND TOTAL SALES, SELECTED STATES AND U.S.

Number of Operations

Jan 1, 2001 1/

Jan 1, 2002

Water Surface Acres

Jan 1, 2001 1/

Jan 1, 2002

Total Sales

2000 1 /

2001

--Number--

--Acres--

--Thousand Dollars--

270

240

24,400

25,900

81,617

69,965

185

195

36,000

38,000

65,737

65,306

38

45

680

880

1,296

1,327

60

50

1,200

1,220

1,510

2,577

80

70

13,300

12,100

32,976

26,207

400

395

112,700

111,500

300,303

260,852

47

38

1,400

1,230

2,743

2,950

14

15

530

520

767

923

Other States 2/

183

201

5,610

5,240

14,451

13,373

US

1,277

1/ Revised. 2/ CA, IL, KY, MO, and TX.

1,249

195,820

196,590

501,400

443,480

USDA/NASS COOPERATING WITH THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

U.S. FARM-RAISED CATFISH--2001-2002, QUANTITY PROCESSED AND PRICES PAID TO PRODUCERS, REPORTED BY MAJOR PROCESSORS, AND UNITED STATES IMPORTS

Round Weight Processed

Monthly

Cumulative

Average Price Paid to Producers 1/

Imports of Catfish 2/

Month

2001

2002

2001

2002

2001

2002

2000

2001

--Thousand Pounds--

--Dollars per Pound--

--Thousand Pounds--

Jan

46,999

52,551

46,999

52,551

0.693

Feb

50,257

97,256

0.696

Mar

57,766

155,022

0.697

Apr

52,478

207,500

0.694

May

51,736

259,236

0.687

Jun

47,883

307,119

0.669

Jul

47,829

354,948

0.656

Aug

51,690

406,638

0.624

Sep

49,699

456,337

0.610

Oct

52,264

508,601

0.596

Nov

44,670

553,271

0.566

Dec

43,837

597,108

0.554

0.549

487 235 309 554 698 791 945 981 674 650 871 1,041

862 510 1,201 1,787 1,989 2,114 1,968 1,385 1,536 1,608 1,724 1,395

1/ Price of fish delivered to the processing plant door. Price includes charges for any services provided by the processing plant, such as seining and hauling, but does not include any adjustments based on year-end settlements. 2/ Data furnished by U.S. Bureau of Census.

State
AL FL GA MS NC SC TN
US

NUMBER OF FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS, SELECTED STATES AND UNITED STATES 1999-2001

1999

Number of Farms 2000

2001

1999

Land in Farms 2000

2001

--Number--

--Thousand Acres--

48,000

47,000

47,000

9,200

9,000

8,900

45,000

44,000

44,000

10,400

10,300

10,200

50,000

50,000

50,000

11,200

11,100

11,000

43,000 58,000

43,000 57,000

42,000 56,000

11,400 9,300

11,100 9,200

11,000 9,100

25,000

24,000

24,000

4,850

4,800

4,800

91,000

90,000

91,000

11,900

11,700

11,800

2,192,070

2,172,280

2,157,780

947,440

943,090

941,210

NUMBER OF FARMS: ECONOMIC SALES CLASS BY STATE, REGION, AND UNITED STATES, 2001

Economic Sales Class

Region and State

$1,000 - $9,999

$10,000 - $99,999

$100,000 & Over

Total

--Number--

South AL AR DE 1/ FL GA KY LA MD 1/ MS NC OK SC TN TX VA WV 1/ Other States 2/ Total

33,000 26,000
740 28,500 32,000 51,000 18,000
5,900 30,000 34,000 54,000 17,700 69,000 154,000 31,900 17,000
602,740

9,000 12,000
10,500 10,500 31,000
6,700
7,500 13,000 26,000
4,100 18,000 56,000 14,000
7,280 225,580

5,000 10,000
5,000 7,500 6,000 4,300
4,500 9,000 6,000 2,200 4,000 17,000 3,100
4,480 88,080

47,000 48,000
2,500 44,000 50,000 88,000 29,000 12,400 42,000 56,000 86,000 24,000 91,000 227,000 49,000 20,500
916,400

US

1,166,590

642,010

349,180

2,157,780

1/ Estimates not available for all sales classes. 2/ DE, MD, and WV.

2

LAND IN FARMS: ECONOMIC SALES CLASS BY STATE, REGION, AND UNITED STATES, 2001

Economic Sales Class

Region and State

$1,000 - $9,999

$10,000 - $99,999

$100,000 & Over

Total

--1,000 Acres--

South AL AR DE 1/ FL GA KY LA MD 1/ MS NC OK SC TN TX VA WV 1/ Other States 2/ Total US

3,500 2,100
30 1,700 2,600 3,800 1,650
400 3,400 2,000 6,600 2,500 4,500 22,000 2,400 2,300
61,480 126,045

2,500 3,400
2,500 2,700 5,500 1,900
2,500 1,800 13,700 1,200 4,000 45,000 3,900
1,585 92,185 273,780

2,900 9,100
6,000 5,700 4,300 4,500
5,100 5,300 13,700 1,100 3,300 63,000 2,400
1,955 128,355 541,385

8,900 14,600
570 10,200 11,000 13,600
8,050 2,100 11,000 9,100 34,000 4,800 11,800 130,000 8,700 3,600
282,020 941,210

1/ Estimates not available for all sales classes. 2/ DE, MD, and WV.

COMMERCIAL POULTRY SLAUGHTER 1/--JANUARY 2001-2002

January to January

Item

Jan 2001

Jan 2002 % of Year Ago

2001

2002

--Thousands--

--Percent--

--Thousands--

Young Chickens

Georgia

98,541

104,937

106

98,541

104,937

United States

710,683

732,372

103

710,683

732,372

Mature Chickens

Light Type, U.S.

8,379

9,810

117

8,379

9,810

Heavy Type, U.S.

5,620

5,952

106

5,620

5,952

Total U.S.

13,999

15,762

113

13,999

15,762

Percent Condemned Young Chickens

--Percent--

--Percent--

Georgia

1.37

0.89

1.37

0.89

United States

1.46

1.10

1.46

1.10

1/ Federally inspected only. Totals may not add due to rounding.

% of Year Ago --Percent--
106 103
117 106 113

LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER--UNITED STATES 1/, JANUARY 2001-2002

Number Slaughtered

Average Live Weight

Species

2001

2002

2002 as % of 2001

2001

2002

--Thousand Head--

--Percent--

--Pounds--

Cattle

3,001.6

3,055.8

102

1,226

1,260

Calves

91.1

87.4

96

322

321

Hogs

8,643.2

8,657.8

100

265

268

Sheep & Lambs

268.5

254.9

95

143

140

1/ Includes slaughter under Federal Inspection and other commercial slaughter, excludes farm slaughter.

Total Live Weight

2001

2002

--Thousand Pounds--

3,679,013

3,851,455

29,325

28,089

2,286,307

2,317,054

38,386

35,642

Species
Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep

ANNUAL COMMERCIAL LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER--UNITED STATES, 2000 AND 2001

Number of Head

2000

2001

Average Live Weight

2000

2001

Total Live Weight

2000

2001

--Thousands--

--Pounds--

--Thousand Pounds--

36,246

35,370

1,219

1,221

44,200,615

43,174,839

1,132

1,007

316

320

357,137

321,869

97,976

97,962

262

264

25,660,135

25,863,939

3,460

3,222

135

140

467,516

450,366

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PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS--FEBRUARY 15, 2002 WITH COMPARISONS

Georgia

United States

Commodity

Price per Unit Feb 2001

Jan 2002 Feb 15, 2002 Feb 2001

Jan 2002 Feb 15, 2002

Corn Cotton Cottonseed Hay, All, Baled 2/ Oats

$/Bu. /Lb. $/Ton $/Ton $/Bu.

2.58 52.2 92.00
-

29.4 64.00
-

30.2 1/ 63.00
-

1.96 48.5 117.00 86.90 1.28

1.97 28.9 94.00 93.00 1.91

1.93 29.7 1/ 102.00 90.40 1.95

Peanuts, In Shell 3/ $/Lb.

-

4/

-

-

13.7

10.7

Soybeans Tobacco Winter Wheat Calves Beef Cattle 5/ Cows 6/

$/Bu. $/Lb. $/Bu. $/Cwt. $/Cwt. $/Cwt.

4.40 -
101.00 55.80 42.40

95.10 49.40 37.80

96.30 52.50 40.30

4.46 2.015
2.75 109.00
74.70 42.80

4.22 1.925
2.81 102.00
67.10 38.00

4.19 1.890
2.82 104.00
70.40 40.70

Steers & Heifers $/Cwt.

80.70

72.90

75.20

78.70

71.20

74.10

Milk Cows 7/ Hogs

$/Head $/Cwt.

-

-

-

-

1,610.00

-

-

-

-

39.20

37.70

38.40

Barrows & Gilts Sows

$/Cwt. $/Cwt.

-

-

-

39.60

38.30

39.00

-

-

-

30.70

26.40

27.90

All Milk 8/ Chickens Excl. Broilers Com'l Broilers 10/ Eggs, All 2/11/ Table 2/ Hatching

$/Cwt.
/Lbs. /Lbs. /Doz. /Doz. /Doz.

-
7.6 -
89.9 47.1 150.0

-
8.2 -
87.6 45.4 150.0

-
8.3 -
79.2 32.9 150.0

13.00
37.0 68.2 50.9
-

13.40
37.0 62.3 45.0
-

13.30 9/
34.0 55.9 36.6
-

Turkeys 2/10/

/Lbs.

-

-

-

36.3

34.1

34.1

1/ Based on sales during the 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" and "Steers" and "Heifers" combined. 6/ Beef cows and cull dairy cows sold for slaughter. 7/ Animals sold for dairy herd replacement only. Prices available Jan., Apr., July, Oct 8/ Before deductions for hauling. Includes quality, quantity, and other premiums. Excludes hauling and subsidies. 9/ Preliminary. 10/ Live weight equivalent price to producers, includes growers and contractors combined. 11/ Average of all eggs sold by farmers including hatching eggs and table eggs sold at retail.

INDEX NUMBERS, UNITED STATES

Jan 2001

Feb 2001

UNITED STATES (1990-92= 100)

Prices Received

96

100

Prices Paid

125

124

Ratio 1/

77

81

1/ Ratio of index of prices received by farmers to index of prices paid.

Jan 2002
95 122
78

Feb 2002
99 122
81