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.