Georgia farm report, vol. 02, no. 06 (2002 March 29)

GEORGIA FARM REPORT

March 29, 2002 Volume 02-Number 06
Peanut Stocks Agricultural Chemical Usage

HIGHLIGHTS Cold Storage Red Meat Production

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 Ginnings Livestock Slaughter

STOCKS OF PEANUTS AND SPECIFIED PRODUCTS AT MONTH'S END--2001-2002 1/

Month Ending Farmer Stocks Shelled Peanuts 2/ Roasting Stock (In Shell)

Farmer Stock Equivalent

Shelled Peanuts

Total 3/

--Thousand Pounds--

2001 Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2002 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun

85,406 830,509 3,012,120 3,439,426 3,237,636
2,891,556

562,486 486,709 546,455 580,262 624,975
705,699

21,007 16,086 34,502 47,226 47,305
50,989

748,106 647,323 726,785 771,748 831,217
938,580

854,519 1,493,918 3,773,407 4,258,400 4,116,158
3,881,125

1/ Excludes stocks on farms. Includes stocks owned by or held for account of CCC in commercial storages. Farmer stock on net weight basis. 2/ Includes shelled edible grades, shelled oil stock, and shelled seed (untreated). 3/ Actual farmer stock, plus roasting stock, plus shelled peanuts x 1.33.

Commodity
Butter Cheese, Natural Eggs, Frozen Frozen Fruit Fruit Juices, Frozen Meats, Red
Beef, Frozen Pork, Frozen Poultry, Frozen Chickens, Frozen Vegetables, Frozen Potatoes, Frozen Peanuts, Shelled Peanuts, In Shell Pecans, Shelled Pecans, In Shell

COLD STORAGE STOCKS--UNITED STATES, FEBRUARY 28, 2002

Feb 28, 2001

Jan 31, 2002

February 28, 2002 % of Feb 2001 % of Jan 2002

--Thousand Pounds--

--Percent--

86,078

100,176

132,039

153

132

723,916

687,876

704,823

97

102

15,468

13,148

13,971

90

106

1,371,509

1,012,005

945,496

69

93

2,100,849

2,010,770

2,049,655

98

102

852,632

970,148

956,286

112

99

360,212

447,302

430,438

119

96

468,289

500,027

505,315

108

101

1,020,990

1,049,900

1,134,060

111

108

683,306

717,736

724,826

106

101

1,865,967

1,981,553

1,807,691

97

91

1,254,720

1,270,588

1,268,535

101

100

466,017

505,079

569,905

122

113

17,054

16,522

14,286

84

86

43,857

33,666

41,197

94

122

170,910

176,342

195,809

115

111

USDA/NASS COOPERATING WITH THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

COTTON GINNINGS: RUNNING BALES AND EQUIVALENT 480-POUND NET WEIGHT BALES GINNED, BY CROP, STATE, AND UNITED STATES, CROP YEARS 2000-2001 1/

Crop and State

Running Bales Ginned by Crop Year

2000

2001

Equivalent 480-Pound Net Weight Bales

2000

2001

Upland

AL AZ AR CA FL 2/

532,950 746,100 1,406,300 2,159,300

907,100 642,750 1,788,400 1,740,400

551,700 761,000 1,426,500 2,239,800

942,450 659,900 1,818,200 1,801,300

GA KS 2/ LA MS MO NM

1,621,700
923,250 1,676,600
502,600 59,700

2,159,450
1,044,600 2,339,250
673,800 57,900

1,669,000
936,150 1,706,800
514,650 60,750

2,221,100
1,064,200 2,378,750
686,450 58,650

NC

1,407,550

1,640,550

1,452,400

1,696,950

OK

146,050

194,850

147,750

199,000

SC

357,900

404,200

366,700

415,650

TN

691,350

950,150

708,500

973,100

TX

3,870,650

4,200,500

3,978,500

4,328,250

VA

146,800

177,900

149,850

181,850

US

16,366,950

19,094,200

16,790,500

19,604,600

American-Pima AZ CA NM TX US

7,300 332,950
4,450 30,200 374,900

14,100 617,900
12,900 32,800 677,700

7,500 346,000
4,550 30,950 389,000

14,600 639,250
13,050 33,750 700,650

All Cotton US

16,741,850

19,771,900

17,179,500

20,305,250

1/ Excluding Linters. 2/ Not published to avoid disclosing individual operations.

State GA

BEANS, LIMA, FRESH: PESTICIDE, TOTAL ACREAGE, PERCENT OF AREA RECEIVING APPLICATIONS AND TOTAL APPLIED, GEORGIA, 2000

Area Receiving and Total Applied

Planted Acreage

Herbicide

Insecticide

Fungicide

Other Chemical

--Acres--

--Percent-- --1,000 Lbs-- --Percent-- --1,000 Lbs-- --Percent-- --1,000 Lbs-- --Percent-- --1,000 Lbs--

3,500

94

2.2

38

3.8

2

0.5

CABBAGE, FRESH: PESTICIDE, TOTAL ACREAGE, PERCENT OF AREA RECEIVING APPLICATIONS AND TOTAL APPLIED, PROGRAM STATES AND TOTAL, 2000

Area Receiving and Total Applied

State Planted Acreage

Herbicide

Insecticide 1/

Fungicide

Other Chemical

--Acres--

--Percent-- --1,000 Lbs-- --Percent-- --1,000 Lbs-- --Percent-- --1,000 Lbs-- --Percent-- --1,000 Lbs--

CA

13,700

61

13.5

95

39.3

40

11.9

*

7.4

FL

8,200

72

6

95

16

99

54.4

33

175.7

GA 2/

7,900

34

1.6

97

6.2

96

73.4

MI

1,800

55

1.1

91

1.4

61

2.6

NJ

1,600

77

3.7

87

0.8

44

1.8

NY

13,400

90

11.4

99

21

85

28

NC 2/

9,300

71

3.5

100

6.8

17

10.1

TX

10,700

40

10.2

93

9.7

63

19

*

1

WI 2/

4,800

71

2.6

100

0.9

Total

71,400

64

53.6

96

102.1

60

201.2

4

214.5

* Area applied is less than one percent. 1/ Total applied excludes Bt's (Bacillus thuringiensis). Quantities are not available because amounts of active ingredient are not comparable between products. 2/ Insufficient reports to publish data for one or more of the pesticide classes.

2

COLLARDS: PESTICIDE, TOTAL ACREAGE, PERCENT OF AREA RECEIVING APPLICATIONS AND TOTAL APPLIED, PROGRAM STATES AND TOTAL, 2000

Area Receiving and Total Applied

State Planted Acreage

Herbicide

Insecticide 1/

Fungicide

Other Chemical

--Acres-

--Percent-- --1,000 Lbs-- --Percent-- --1,000 Lbs-- --Percent-- --1,000 Lbs-- --Percent-- --1,000 Lbs--

AL

1,400

44

0.4

45

0.2

6

0.1

CA 2/

500

7

0.1

88

0.6

80

1.2

GA

7,000

NC

2,700

59

2.6

54

2.5

93

18.3

94

0.9

39

8.5

44

5.7

SC

2,500

62

5

84

0.6

20

1.9

Total

14,100

55

10.6

87

20.6

35

17.4

2/

1/ Total applied excludes Bt's (Bacillus thuringiensis). Quantities are not available because amounts of active ingredient are not comparable between products. 2/ Insufficient reports to publish data for one or more of the pesticide classes.

GREENS, MUSTARD: PESTICIDE, TOTAL ACREAGE, PERCENT OF AREA RECEIVING APPLICATIONS AND TOTAL APPLIED, PROGRAM STATES AND TOTAL, 2000

Area Receiving and Total Applied

State Planted Acreage

Herbicide

Insecticide 1/

Fungicide

Other Chemical

--Acres--

--Percent-- --1,000 Lbs-- --Percent-- --1,000 Lbs-- --Percent-- --1,000 Lbs-- -Percent-- --1,000 Lbs--

AR 3/

2/

86

CA

1,500

2

0.1

66

1.3

26

0.3

GA

3,100

IL 3/

2/

61

1.1

90

8.5

93

74

3.8

NC 3/

1,500

91

0.2

79

5.7

SC 3/

700

66

0.6

76

0.3

TX 3/

1,300

53

1.4

94

1.6

35

0.7

Total

8,950

40

3.5

86

12.4

52

10.8

*

1.8

* Area applied is less than one percent. 1/ Total applied excludes Bt's (Bacillus thuringiensis). Quantities are not available because amounts of active ingredient are not comparable between products. 2/ Planted acres and total applied not published to avoid disclosure. 3/ Insufficient reports to publish data for one or more of the pesticide classes.

GREENS, TURNIP: PESTICIDE, TOTAL ACREAGE, PERCENT OF AREA RECEIVING APPLICATIONS AND TOTAL APPLIED, PROGRAM STATES AND TOTAL, 2000

Area Receiving and Total Applied

State Planted Acreage

Herbicide

Insecticide1/

Fungicide

Other Chemical

Acres--

--Percent-- --1,000 Lbs-- --Percent-- --1,000 Lbs-- --Percent-- --1,000 Lbs-- --Percent-- --1,000 Lbs--

AL 3/

1,300

25

2/

34

0.1

AR 3/

2/

87

GA

5,000

70

2.3

82

13.2

68

3.7

NC

2,100

74

4.2

65

0.2

56

5.7

SC 3/

900

67

0.7

71

0.6

TN 3/

2/

14

56

TX 3/

800

39

0.5

87

1.3

26

0.8

Total

11,750

55

8

72

16.6

44

10.2

3/

* Area applied is less than one percent. 1/ Total applied excludes Bt's (Bacillus thuringiensis). Quantities are not available because amounts of active ingredient are not comparable between products. 2/ Certain totals not published to avoid disclosure. 3/ Insufficient reports to publish data for one or more of the pesticide classes.

State
CA GA OH 2/ SC

KALE: PESTICIDE, TOTAL ACREAGE, PERCENT OF AREA RECEIVING APPLICATIONS AND TOTAL APPLIED, PROGRAM STATES AND TOTAL, 2000

Area Receiving and Total Applied

Planted Acreage

Herbicide

Insecticide 1/

Fungicide

Other Chemical

--Acres--

--Percent-- --1,000 Lbs-- --Percent-- --1,000 Lbs-- --Percent-- --1,000 Lbs-- --Percent-- --1,000 Lbs--

2,000

39

2.1

91

9

34

2.1

1,200

79

0.6

89

3.4

72

1.4

180

*

**

82

0.1

500

77

0.4

*

**

25

0.4

Total

3,880

54

3.1

88

12.5

45

4.3

1/ Total applied excludes Bt's (Bacillus thuringiensis). Quantities are not available because amounts of active ingredient are not comparable between products. 2/ Insufficient reports to publish data for one or more of the pesticide classes. * Area applied is less than one percent. ** Total applied is less than 50 lbs.

3

Com'l 3/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

RED MEAT PRODUCTION--FEDERALLY INSPECTED, COMMERCIAL AND FARM BY MONTH AND TOTAL, UNITED STATES, 2001 1/

Beef

Veal

Pork 2/

Lamb and Mutton

Total Red Meat 2/

Fed Insp Total Fed Insp Total Fed Insp

Total

Fed Insp

Total

Fed Insp

Total

--Million Pounds--

2,172

2,205

17

18

1,672

1,693

18

19

1,852

1,881

15

16

1,467

1,486

17

17

2,065

2,096

16

16

1,606

1,626

23

23

1,910

1,939

15

15

1,514

1,533

19

20

2,265

2,294

15

16

1,535

1,555

16

17

2,241

2,269

15

16

1,439

1,458

16

16

2,150

2,177

15

16

1,416

1,435

16

17

2,396

2,425

17

17

1,579

1,600

18

19

2,090

2,121

14

15

1,492

1,513

16

16

2,353

2,389

17

18

1,818

1,838

19

20

2,171

2,201

16

16

1,715

1,733

19

20

2,078

2,110

15

16

1,648

1,668

18

19

3,880 3,351 3,710 3,458 3,832 3,711 3,597 4,009 3,612 4,206 3,920 3,759

3,935 3,400 3,762 3,507 3,882 3,759 3,645 4,061 3,666 4,265 3,970 3,814

Total Com'l

25,743 26,108 188

194

18,899

19,139

216

224

45,045

45,664

Farm

105

10

22

4

141

Total

26,213

204

19,161

228

1/ Months may not add to totals due to rounding. 2/ Excludes lard and rendered pork fat. 3/ Based on packers' dressed weight and excludes farm slaughter.

45,805

NUMBER OF HEAD SLAUGHTERED--BY SPECIES, COMMERCIAL AND FARM, UNITED STATES, 2001

Species

Total Commercial

Farm 1/

Total Slaughter

--1,000 Head--

Cattle

35,369.7

160.0

35,529.7

Calves

1,006.7

40.0

1,046.7

Hogs

97,961.9

120.0

98,081.9

Sheep

3,222.1

68.0

3,290.1

1/ Preliminary.