GEORGIA FARM REPORT March 15, 2002 Volume 02-Number 05 Catfish Annual Slaughter Land in Farms 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 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 3 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