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.