Georgia farm report, vol. 02, no. 08 (2002 April 30)

GEORGIA FARM REPORT

April 30, 2002 Volume 02-Number 08
2001 Peanut Revisions Chicken &Turkey Hatchery Capacity

HIGHLIGHTS Peanut Marketings Grain Stocks

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

Vegetables Farms by Size

Onions Milk Production

PEANUTS FOR NUTS--2000-2001 1/

Area Planted Area Harvested

Yield

Production

Price per Pound 2/ Value of Production 2/

State 2000 2001 2000 2001 2000 2001 2000

2001

2000 2001

2000

2001

--1,000 Acres--

--Pounds--

--1,000 Pounds--

--Dollars--

--1,000 Dollars--

AL

190.0

200.0

182.0

199.0 1,490

2,675 271,180

532,325

0.266

0.242

72,134

128,823

FL

94.0

90.0

86.0

82.0 2,485

3,050 213,710

250,100

0.300

0.215

64,113

53,772

GA

494.0

515.0

492.0

514.0 2,700

3,330 1,328,400 1,711,620

0.286

0.227

379,922

388,538

NM

27.3

22.2

26.0

22.2 2,115

3,020

54,990

67,044

0.320

0.275

17,597

18,437

NC

123.0

123.0

123.0

122.5 2,750

2,910 338,250

356,475

0.273

0.248

92,342

88,406

OK

97.0

80.0

67.0

77.0 1,800

2,570 120,600

197,890

0.293

0.274

35,336

54,222

SC

10.5

11.0

10.0

10.2 2,950

3,000

29,500

30,600

0.254

0.257

7,493

7,864

TX

425.0

425.0

275.0

310.0 2,540

2,890 685,800

895,900

0.246

0.226

171,831

202,473

VA

76.0

75.0

75.0

75.0 2,805

3,130 210,375

234,750

0.263

0.251

55,329

58,922

US 1,536.8 1,541.2 1,336.0 1,411.9 2,444

3,029 3,265,505 4,276,704

0.274

0.234

896,097 1,001,457

1/ 2001 Revised. 2/ 1Includes government payments for loan peanuts, and marketing association payments for pool peanuts in years when there are pool profits. Pool profits for the 2001 crop if any, will be reflected in "Crop Values" published in February 2003. 3/ Preliminary pending final administrative data.

FARM MARKETINGS OF PEANUTS FOR NUTS--BY STATES AND MONTHS, 2000 AND 2001 CROP YEARS

State and Crop Year

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan 1/

2000 Crop

--Percent--

AL

19.6

57.4

20.5

2.3

0.2

FL GA NC TX VA US 2001 Crop AL FL GA NC TX VA US

34.8

26.7

38.0

0.4

0.1

16.3

56.7

26.3

0.6

0.1

3.1

83.5

7.3

2.8

3.3

5.2

37.3

52.7

4.8

6.0

76.6

10.7

3.9

2.8

13.2

54.7

29.3

2.2

0.6

37.4

47.2

13.1

2.2

0.1

45.2

43.5

9.4

1.8

0.1

54.8

20.3

23.2

1.0

0.7

4.3

72.7

15.3

3.1

4.6

0.7

1.4

52.1

35.9

2.5

7.4

3.8

78.6

12.9

2.3

2.4

0.2

32.3

40.6

22.6

1.8

2.5

1/ January of the following year.

USDA/NASS COOPERATING WITH THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

SELECTED FRESH MARKET VEGETABLES AND MELONS, AREA HARVESTED BY CROP, STATE AND TOTAL, SPRING SEASON, 2001 AND PROSPECTIVE AREA, 2002

Crop and State

Usual Harvest Period

Area Harvested
2001

Area for Harvest
2002

2002 as % of
2001

Crop and State

Usual Harvest Period

Area Harvested
2001

Area for Harvest
2002

--Acres--

--Percent--

--Acres--

SNAP BEANS

CANTALOUPS

FL

Apr-Jun

13,000

13,000

100

AZ

Apr-Jun

10,000

10,200

GA

Apr-Jun

9,000

9,500

106

CA

Apr-Jun

12,500

12,000

NJ

Jun-Jul

1,500

1,500

100

GA

Apr-Jun

3,600

3,600

TX

Apr-Jun

5,200

4,200

TOTAL

23,500

24,000

102

TOTAL

31,300

30,000

2002 as % of
2001 --Percent--
102 96
100 81
96

CABBAGE FL GA NJ TX

Apr-Jun Apr-Jun May-Aug Apr-Jun

5,000 4,200 1,000 1,000

WATERMELONS

5,500

110

AZ

May-Jul

5,500

5,000

91

3,400

81

CA

Apr-Jun.

3,000

3,200

107

1,100

110

FL

Apr-Jun.

24,000

23,000

96

600

60

TX

Apr-Jun

18,000

17,000

94

TOTAL

11,200

10,600

[Results from the Fresh Market Vegetable Acreage Inquiry].

95

TOTAL

50,500

48,200

95

ONIONS--SPRING SEASON, BY STATE, 2001 AND FORECAST 2002 1/

State

Harvested 2001

For Harvest 2002

Yield for Acre

2001

2002

Production

2001

2002

--Acres--

--Cwt.--

--1,000 Cwt.--

AZ 2/

3,000

3,600

430

1,290

CA 2/

5,500

5,300

475

2,613

GA

13,500

14,000

190

210

2,565

2,940

TX

14,200

15,600

325

300

4,615

4,680

Total

36,200

38,500

306

11,083

[Results from the Georgia Onions, Acreage and Yield Inquiry]. 1/ Primarily fresh market. 2/ First forecast will be published July 10, 2002.

GEORGIA GRAIN STOCKS--MARCH 1, 2001-2002

2001

2002

Grain

On Farms

Off Farms 1/

All Positions

On Farms

Off Farms 1/

All Positions

--1,000 Bushels--

Corn Wheat Soybeans Barley

*

6,879

*

2,212

*

*

*

*

*

6,810

*

*

*

1,840

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Oats

*

149

*

*

62

*

Sorghum

*

*

*

*

*

*

[Results from the Grain Stocks Report]. 1/ Includes stocks at mills, elevators, warehouses, terminals and processors. * Data not published to avoid disclosure of individual operations.

U.S. GRAIN STOCKS--MARCH 1, 2001-2002

2001

Grain

On Farms

Off Farms 1/

All Positions

On Farms

--1,000 Bushels--

Corn

3,600,000

2,442,999

6,042,999

3,355,000

Wheat

384,750

953,648

1,338,398

338,500

Soybeans

780,000

623,908

1,403,908

687,000

Barley

58,600

103,544

162,144

46,000

Oats

55,800

54,128

109,928

39,800

Sorghum

40,100

127,027

167,127

38,100

[Results from the Grain Stocks Report]. 1/ Includes stocks at mills, elevators, warehouses, terminals and processors.

2002 Off Farms 1/
2,441,473 872,223 648,976 95,742 52,997 156,151

All Positions
5,796,473 1,210,723 1,335,976
141,742 92,797
194,251

2

Economic Sales Class

$1,000 $2,500 $5,000 $10,000 $20,000 $40,000 $100,000 $250,000 $500,000 +

$2,499 $4,999 $9,999 $19,999 $39,999 $99,999 $249,999 $499,999

Total

PERCENT OF FARMS, LAND IN FARMS AND AVERAGE SIZE FARM: BY ECONOMIC SALES CLASS, UNITED STATES, 1999-2001

Percent of Total

Average Size Farm

Farms

Land

(Acres)

1999

27.2

4.5

72

15.0

4.4

127

12.3

5.1

179

10.2

6.0

254

8.5

7.5

381

10.9

16.9

670

9.2

23.3

1,095

3.7

13.3

1,552

3.0

19.0

2,737

100.0

100.0

432

$1,000 $2,500 $5,000 $10,000 $20,000 $40,000 $100,000 $250,000 $500,000 +

$2,499 $4,999 $9,999 $19,999 $39,999 $99,999 $249,999 $499,999

Total

26.8 15.1 12.1 10.2
9.0 10.7
9.3 3.8 3.0
100.0

4.4 4.2 4.9 5.6 8.6 16.1 22.8 13.9 19.5
100.0

2000

71 121 176 238 415 653 1,064 1,588 2,822
434

$1,000 -

$2,499

25.3

$2,500 -

$4,999

15.3

$5,000 -

$9,999

13.4

$10,000 -

$24,999

12.5

$25,000 -

$49,999

8.7

$50,000 -

$99,999

8.6

$100,000 - $249,999

8.9

$250,000 - $499,999

4.1

$500,000 - $999,999

2.0

$1,000,000 +

1.2

Total

100.0

[Results from the June Agricultural Survey].

4.1 4.1 5.2 7.7 8.5 12.9 22.7 14.1 11.1 9.6
100.0

2001

71 117 169 269 426 654 1,113 1,500 2,421 3,490
436

MILK COWS AND MILK PRODUCTION--JANUARY-MARCH 2001-2002

Georgia

United States 1/

Item

Unit

2001

2002

2002 as % of 2001

2001

2002

2002 as % of 2001

Milk Cows 2/

Thous. Head

86

85

99

9,143

9,105

100

Milk per Cow 3/ Pounds

4,510

4,645

103

4,514

4,643

103

Milk Production Mil. Lbs.

388

395

102

41,267

42,271

102

[Results from the Milk Production Report]. 1/ May not add due to rounding. 2/ Includes dry cows, excludes heifers not yet fresh. 3/ Excludes milk sucked by calves.

3

CHICKEN AND TURKEY HATCHERIES: NUMBER AND INCUBATOR EGG CAPACITY BY REGION AND UNITED STATES, JANUARY 1, 2001 AND 2002 1/

Hatcheries

Incubator Egg Capacity

Geographic Region 2/

2001

2002

2001

2002

--Number--

--1,000--

Chicken Hatcheries

North Atlantic

25

24

24,803

26,986

E North Central

26

25

26,063

25,399

W North Central

40

39

47,779

47,572

South Atlantic

93

94

305,230

305,888

South Central

116

117

416,737

426,358

West

23

23

41,683

42,479

US

323

322

862,295

874,682

E North Central W North Central N & S Atlantic South Central West

Turkey Hatcheries

10

10

5,495

5,673

22

22

16,953

17,004

23

22

15,545

15,601

4

4

3,978

3,277

7

7

6,299

6,324

US

66

65

48,270

47,879

1/ Hatchery capacity is defined as the number of eggs the machines can hold in a controlled environment favorable for hatching. All setter, hatcher, and inactive capacity are included. 2/ Regional Listing: North Atlantic: CT, ME, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT. East North Central: IL, IN, MI, OH, WI. West North Central: IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD. South Atlantic: DE, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV. South Central: AL, AR, KY, LA, MS, OK, TN, TX. West: AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY.