GEORGIA FARM REPORT June 30, 2003 Volume 03-Number 06 Cold Storage Peanut Stocks Poultry Summary Peach Production HIGHLIGHTS Agricultural Prices Winter Wheat 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 Livestock Slaughter Floriculture EGGS IN INCUBATORS--MAY 1, 2002-2003, UNITED STATES Item 2002 2003 --Thousands-- Chickens, Egg Type 35,987 34,810 Chickens, Broiler Type 652,438 646,010 Turkeys, All Breeds 32,504 31,849 [Results from the Monthly Chicken and Egg Report and the Monthly Hatchery Report]. % of Year Ago --Percent-97 99 98 POULTRY HATCHING AND PLACEMENT--APRIL 2002-2003 January thru April Item 2002 2003 % of year ago 2002 2003 % of year ago --Thousands-- --Percent-- --Thousands-- --Percent-- Pullet Chicks Placed Domestic (U.S.) 1/ Broiler Type 6,814 6,720 99 27,128 25,977 96 Egg Type 295 276 94 1,007 1,010 100 Chicks Hatched - Broiler Type Georgia 111,694 112,495 101 443,808 442,076 100 United States 765,415 761,145 99 3,036,792 2,990,344 98 Chicks Hatched- Egg Type Georgia 2,149 2,429 113 8,808 9,608 109 United States 38,088 37,531 99 145,177 137,744 95 Turkeys Poults Placed United States 26,184 24,862 95 197,343 2/ 193,431 3/ 98 [Results from the Monthly Chicken and Egg Report and the Monthly Turkey Hatchery Report]. 1/ Domestic placements as reported by leading breeders includes expected pullet replacements from eggs sold during the preceding month at the rate of 125 pullet chicks per 30 dozen case of eggs. 2/ Turkey poults placed September 2001-April 2002. 3/ Turkey poults placed September 2002-April 2003. NUMBER OF LAYERS AND EGG PRODUCTION--APRIL 2002-2003 Number of Layers Eggs per 100 Layers Total Eggs Produced 2002 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003 GEORGIA Hatching --Thousands-- 9,551 9,403 --Number-1,832 1,829 --Millions-- 175 172 Table 10,887 11,113 2,204 2,223 240 247 Total Georgia 20,438 20,516 2,031 2,042 415 419 30 STATES 1/ Hatching 55,983 55,238 1,790 1,801 1,002 995 Table 259,660 257,937 2,184 2,195 5,670 5,662 Total 30 States 315,643 313,175 2,114 2,126 6,672 6,657 UNITED STATES 1/ Hatching 60,867 60,162 1,789 1,800 1,089 1,083 Table 275,909 275,645 2,180 2,193 6,016 6,046 Total U.S. 336,776 335,807 2,110 2,123 7,105 7,129 [Results from the "Monthly Chicken and Egg Report"]. 1/ 2002 revised. USDA/NASS COOPERATING WITH THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE COMMERCIAL POULTRY SLAUGHTER 1/--MARCH AND APRIL 2003 Item Mar Apr % of Last Month --Thousands-- --Percent-- Young Chickens Georgia 98,248 102,635 104 United States 681,866 710,657 104 Mature Chickens Light Type, U.S. 6,963 8,334 120 Heavy Type, U.S. 5,596 5,621 100 Total U.S. 12,559 13,955 111 Percent Condemned Young Chickens --Percent-- Georgia 0.75 0.67 United States 1.00 0.94 1/ Federally inspected slaughter data as collected by Meat and Poultry Inspection Program. January to Date --Thousands-- 400,135 2,749,833 30,336 22,741 53,077 --Percent-- 0.73 0.99 LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER, UNITED STATES, APRIL 2002-2003 1/ Number Slaughtered Average Live Weight Total Live Weight Species 2002 2003 2003 as % of 2002 2002 2003 2002 2003 --Thousand Head-- --Percent-- --Pounds-- --Thousand Pounds-- Cattle 2,948.7 2,966.2 101 1,227 1,209 3,618,825 3,586,198 Calves 82.1 79.3 97 327 336 26,876 26,677 Hogs 8,425.3 8,333.5 99 267 268 2,253,148 2,231,821 Sheep & Lambs 278.9 295.6 106 137 132 38,343 38,868 [Results from the U.S. Livestock Slaughter Release]. 1/ Includes slaughter under Federal Inspection and other commercial slaughter, excludes farm slaughter. PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION, RETAIL WEIGHT 1/ Per capita consumption, Retail Lb. 2001 --Pounds-- Beef Pork Broilers Turkeys Total Red Meat & Poultry 66.2 50.2 76.6 17.5 213.3 Eggs, Number 252.6 1/ Livestock, Dairy and Poultry, April 2003 LDP-M-106, Economic Research Service. 2002 67.9 51.7 80.8 17.8 221.4 254.6 COLD STORAGE STOCKS--UNITED STATES, APRIL 30, 2003 Commodity Apr 30, 2002 Mar 31, 2003 Apr 30, 2003 % of Apr 2002 % of Mar 2003 --Thousand Pounds-- --Percent-- Eggs, Frozen 10,247 16,955 15,724 153 93 Meats, Red 996,601 951,890 925,138 93 97 Beef, Frozen 405,738 403,148 388,291 96 96 Pork, Frozen 567,719 530,499 519,365 91 98 Poultry, Frozen 1,374,055 1,186,918 1,298,553 95 109 Peanuts, Shelled 578,187 318,846 345,004 60 108 Peanuts, In Shell 20,143 16,736 17,579 87 105 Pecans, Shelled 47,588 39,706 42,398 89 107 Pecans, In Shell 165,641 92,854 77,541 47 84 [Results form the Monthly Cold Storage Report]. 2 PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS--MAY 15, 2003 Georgia United States Commodity Price per Unit May 2002 Apr 2003 May 15, 2003 May 2002 Apr 2003 May 15, 2003 Corn $/Bu - - - 1.93 2.34 2.44 Cotton /Lb 23.70 43.70 43.80 1/ 26.70 45.00 46.60 1/ Calves $/Cwt 88.10 92.70 90.70 99.50 99.10 99.30 Beef Cattle 2/ $/Cwt 51.00 51.70 50.80 65.10 74.60 74.90 Cows 3/ $/Cwt 41.10 39.30 39.30 39.80 40.20 41.10 Steers & Heifers $/Cwt 70.20 73.90 73.20 68.10 78.80 79.00 [Results from the Monthly Prices Received by Farmers]. 1/ Based on sales during the first half of the month. 2/ "Cows" and "Steers" and "Heifers" combined. 3/ Beef cows and cull dairy cows sold for slaughter. INDEX NUMBERS--UNITED STATES, 2002-2003 2002 Apr May Apr UNITED STATES (1990-92 =100) Prices Received 94 96 101 Prices Paid 123 123 128 Ratio 1/ 76 78 79 [Results from the Monthly Prices Received by Farmers]. 1/ Ratio of index of prices received by farmers to index of prices paid. 2003 May 107 127 84 STOCKS OF PEANUTS AND SPECIFIED PRODUCTS AT MONTH'S END--2003 1/ Farmer Stock Equivalent Month Ending Farmer Stocks Shelled Peanuts 2/ Roasting Stock (In Shell) Shelled Peanuts Total 3/ --Thousand Pounds-- Apr 882,440 587,992 61,560 782,029 1,726,029 [Results from the Peanuts Stocks and Processing Report]. 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. State AR GA KY MS NC SC TN VA US WINTER WHEAT--SELECTED STATES AND U.S., 2002-2003 1/ Area Harvested Yield Production 2002 Jun 1, 2003 2002 Jun 1, 2003 2002 Jun 1, 2003 --1,000 Acres-- --Bushels-- --1,000 Bushels-- 840 610 46.0 51.0 38,640 31,110 200 230 41.0 50.0 8,200 11,500 340 300 53.0 57.0 18,020 17,100 205 125 44.0 50.0 9,020 6,250 480 420 42.0 41.0 20,160 17,220 190 200 37.0 39.0 7,030 7,800 300 300 46.0 50.0 13,800 15,000 170 160 63.0 58.0 10,710 9,280 29,651 36,447 38.5 44.6 1,142,802 1,626,376 1/ AL, FL, and LA state level estimates will be published in the "Small Grains 2003 Summary," to be released September 30, 2003. 3 State CA--All Clingstone 1/ Freestone GA SC Total PEACH TOTAL PRODUCTION SELECTED STATES 2001 2002 --Million Pounds-- 1,727.0 1,920.0 952.0 1,124.0 775.0 796.0 140.0 110.0 100.0 160.0 1,967.0 2,190.0 [Results from the June Peach Inquiry]. 1/ CA Clingstone is over-the-scale tonnage and includes culls and cannery diversions. Jun 1, 2003 Forecast 1,950.0 1,180.0 770.0 125.0 130.0 2,205.0 FLORICULTURE CROPS--WHOLESALE VALUE OF SALES BY CATEGORY FOR OPERATIONS WITH $100,000+ SALES FOR GEORGIA AND 36 SELECTED STATES--2001-2002 Georgia 36 Selected States 1/ Category 2001 2002 2001 2002 --1,000 Dollars-- Cut Flowers 418,103 410,015 Potted Flowering Plants 9,090 8,459 824,750 822,434 Foliage Plants (Indoor or Patio Use) 1,812 3,308 650,590 663,052 Bedding/Garden Plants 2/ 40,609 43,779 1,680,770 1,712,768 Propagative Material 4,148 3,490 313,922 332,058 Cut Cultivated Greens 112,358 110,944 Total Wholesale Value of Reported Crops 64,182 65,878 4,496,225 4,622,197 [Results from the Commercial Floriculture Survey]. 1/ AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI. 2/ Includes Annual Bedding Plants and Herbaceous Perennials.