GEORGIA FARM REPORT August 29, 2003 Volume 03-Number 08 Poultry Summary August 1 Crop Forecast Cold Storage Farm Labor 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 HIGHLIGHTS Livestock Slaughter Peaches Agricultural Prices EGGS IN INCUBATORS--JULY 1, 2002-2003, UNITED STATES Item 2002 2003 --Thousands-- Chickens, Egg Type Chickens, Broiler Type Turkeys, All Breeds 32,043 641,663 32,445 32,295 636,633 32,003 [Results from the Monthly Chicken and Egg Report and the Monthly Turkey Hatchery Report]. % of Year Ago --Percent-101 99 99 POULTRY HATCHING AND PLACEMENT--JUNE 2002-2003 January thru June Item 2002 2003 % of year ago 2002 2003 % of year ago --Thousands-- --Percent-- --Thousands-- --Percent-- Pullet Chicks Placed Domestic (U.S.) 1/ Broiler Type 7,206 6,748 94 41,931 40,337 96 Egg Type 221 305 138 1,547 1,594 103 Chicks Hatched - Broiler Type Georgia 114,422 116,903 102 675,154 676,649 100 United States 776,332 774,680 100 4,612,386 4,556,929 99 Chicks Hatched - Egg Type Georgia 2,130 2,376 112 13,130 14,413 110 United States 35,136 36,344 103 219,064 212,294 97 Turkeys Poults Placed U.S. 24,409 25,448 104 247,303 2/ 244,066 3/ 99 [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-June 2002. 3/ Turkey poults placed September 2002-June 2003. GEORGIA Hatching Table Total Georgia NUMBER OF LAYERS AND EGG PRODUCTION DURING JUNE 2002-2003 Number of Layers 2002 2003 Eggs per 100 Layers 2002 2003 Total Eggs Produced 2002 2003 --Thousands-- --Number-- --Millions-- 9,718 9,458 1,842 1,819 179 172 10,255 11,096 2,087 2,118 214 235 19,973 20,554 1,968 1,980 393 407 30 STATES Hatching Table Total 30 States 55,401 258,385 313,786 54,819 255,253 310,072 1,805 2,194 2,125 1,800 2,190 2,121 1,000 5,668 6,668 987 5,591 6,578 UNITED STATES Hatching Table Total U.S. 60,391 275,021 335,412 59,654 272,763 332,417 [Results from the Monthly Chicken and Egg Report]. 1,803 2,195 2,125 1,802 2,192 2,122 1,089 6,037 7,126 1,075 5,978 7,053 USDA/NASS COOPERATING WITH THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE COMMERCIAL POULTRY SLAUGHTER 1/--MAY AND JUNE 2003 Item May Jun % of Last Month --Thousands-- --Percent-- Young Chickens Georgia 103,578 101,019 98 United States 725,355 704,782 97 Mature Chickens Light Type, U.S. 7,164 6,440 90 Heavy Type, U.S. 5,929 6,298 106 Total U.S. 13,093 12,738 97 Percent Condemned Young Chickens --Percent-- Georgia 0.66 0.65 United States 0.91 0.93 1/ Federally inspected slaughter data as collected by Meat and Poultry Inspection Program. January to Date --Thousands-- 604,485 4,182,017 43,940 34,967 78,907 --Percent-- 0.71 0.96 LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER--UNITED STATES 1/, June 2002-2003 Species 2002 Number Slaughtered 2003 2003 as % of 2002 Average Live Weight 2002 2003 Total Live Weight 2002 2003 --Thousand Head-- --Percent-- --Pounds-- --Thousand Pounds-- Cattle 3,062.2 3,248.6 106 Calves 76.1 74.0 97 Hogs 7,531.2 7,747.4 103 Sheep & Lambs 230.6 228.9 99 1,236 319 265 131 1,217 336 266 132 3,784,155 24,286 1,995,607 30,192 3,954,977 24,859 2,058,604 30,313 [Results from the U.S. Livestock Slaughter Release]. 1/ Includes slaughter under Federal Inspection and other commercial slaughter, excludes farm slaughter. COLD STORAGE STOCKS--UNITED STATES, JUNE 30, 2003 Commodity Jun 30, 2002 May 31, 2003 Jun 30, 2003 % of Jun 2002 % of May 2003 --Thousand Pounds-- --Percent-- Eggs, Frozen 12,720 17,699 17,954 141 101 Meats, Red 918,037 901,508 845,059 92 94 Beef, Frozen 396,869 385,122 371,676 94 97 Pork, Frozen 497,817 499,719 457,385 92 92 Poultry, Frozen 1,506,300 1,352,075 1,378,624 92 102 Peanuts, Shelled 531,862 399,320 411,085 77 103 Peanuts, In Shell 34,401 22,296 22,425 65 101 Pecans, Shelled 52,955 42,360 42,926 81 101 Pecans, In Shell 120,484 58,277 48,577 40 83 [Results from the Monthly Cold Storage Report]. PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS--JULY 15, 2003 Georgia United States Commodity Price per Unit Jul 2002 Jun 2003 Jul 15, 2003 Jul 2002 Jun 2003 Jul 15, 2003 Cotton /Lb Calves /Lb Beef Cattle 2/ /Lb 25.50 84.50 47.80 44.80 94.00 52.90 47.90 1/ 95.80 54.00 35.30 95.20 63.70 45.30 102.00 74.90 46.90 1/ 103.00 74.30 Cows 3/ /Lb 37.40 41.20 41.90 37.40 42.00 44.30 Steers & Heifers /Lb 67.90 75.60 77.50 66.50 78.70 77.60 [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 Jun Jul Jun UNITED STATES (1990-92= 100) Prices Received 97 99 107 Prices Paid 123 123 128 Ratio 1/ 79 80 84 [Results from the Monthly Prices Received by Farmers]. 1/ Ratio of index of prices received by farmers to index of prices paid. 2 2003 Jul 104 127 82 GEORGIA ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 2002 AND AUGUST 1, 2003 FORECAST Area Harvested1/ Yield per Acre Production Crop Unit 2002 2003 2002 Ind 2003 2002 Ind 2003 --1,000 Acres-- --1,000-- Corn for Grain Bu 290 330 115 140 33,350 46,200 Cotton, All 2/ Bales 1,360 1,290 557 744 1,578 2,000 Hay, All Tons 650 630 2.6 3.0 1,690 1,890 Peanuts for Nuts Lbs 505 535 2,600 3,200 1,313,000 3/ 1,712,000 Soybeans for Beans Bu 140 170 21 33 2,940 5,610 Tobacco, All 4/ Lbs 26.5 29.0 2,100 2,200 55,650 63,800 Wheat, Winter Bu 200 230 41 44 8,200 10,120 Apples Lbs 6/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 10,000 11,000 Grapes Tons 6/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 2.8 3.2 Peaches 5/ Lbs 6/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 100,000 125,000 1/ Harvested for principal use. 2/ Cotton yield in pounds per harvested acre, production in 480 pound net weight bales. 3/ Estimate includes quota and non-quota peanuts. 4/ Type 14. 5/ Estimates for current year carried forward from earlier forecast. 6/ Bearing acres and yield released January 2004 in Noncitrus Fruits and Nuts 2003 Preliminary Summary. State AL FL GA SC US PEANUTS: AREA HARVESTED, YIELD, AND PRODUCTION BY SELECTED STATES AND UNITED STATES, 2001-2002 AND AUGUST 1, 2003 FORECAST Area Harvested 2002 2003 Yield 2002 2003 2001 Production 2002 2003 --1,000 Acres-- --Pounds-- --1,000 Pounds-- 185.0 86.0 505.0 8.7 1,296.7 189.0 107.0 535.0 18.0 1,277.0 2,050 2,300 2,600 2,200 2,561 2,900 2,700 3,200 3,200 3,102 532,325 250,100 1,711,620 30,600 4,276,704 379,250 197,800 1,313,000 19,140 3,320,490 548,100 288,900 1,712,000 57,600 3,961,200 ALL COTTON: AREA HARVESTED, YIELD, AND PRODUCTION BY TYPE, SELECTED STATES, AND UNITED STATES, 2001-2002 AND AUGUST 1, 2003 FORECAST State Area Harvested 2002 2003 Yield 2002 2003 2001 Production 1/ 2002 2003 --1,000 Acres-- --Pounds-- --1,000 Bales 2/-- AL 540.0 FL 115.0 GA 1,360.0 SC 200.0 US 12,426.6 545.0 99.0 1,290.0 245.0 12,302.4 507 652 920.0 570.0 740.0 401 621 158.0 96.0 128.0 557 744 2,220.0 1,578.0 2,000.0 314 725 423.0 131.0 370.0 665 667 20,302.8 17,208.6 17,103.5 1/ Production ginned and to be ginned. 2/ 480-lb net weight bales. FARM WAGE RATES--JULY 7-13, 2002 AND JULY 6-12, 2003, BY REGION AND UNITED STATES 1/ Field Livestock Field and Livestock All Hired--Wage Rates Region 2/ 2002 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003 --Dollars per hour-- Southeast 7.11 7.55 8.90 7.87 7.50 7.61 8.01 8.08 US 3/ 7.90 8.18 8.38 8.62 8.02 8.28 8.57 8.88 See footnotes below. NUMBER OF HIRED WORKERS ON FARMS AND HOURS WORKED FOR THE WEEK OF JULY 7-13, 2002 AND JULY 6-12, 2003, BY REGION AND UNITED STATES 1/ Hired Workers Hired Workers Expected to be Employed Hired Workers Number 150 Days or More 149 Days or Less Hours Worked Region 2/ 2002 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003 --Thousands-- --Thousands-- --Hours per Week-- Southeast 34 35 22 21 12 14 33.7 37.2 US 3/ 1,006 953 723 678 283 275 40.0 40.0 1/ Excludes Agricultural Service Workers. 2/ Southeast region: AL, GA, SC. 3/ Excludes AK. 3 State AL 1/ AR 1/ CA 1/ All Clingstone Freestone CO 1/ CT 1/ GA 1/ ID 1/ IL 1/ IN 1/ KY 1/ LA 1/ MD 1/ MA 1/ MI MO 1/ NJ NY 1/ NC 1/ OH 1/ OK 1/ OR 1/ PA SC TN 1/ TX 1/ UT 1/ VA 1/ WA WV 1/ PEACHES: TOTAL PRODUCTION BY TYPE, STATE, AND UNITED STATES, 2001-2002 AND FORECASTED AUGUST 1, 2003 Total Production 2001 2002 --Million Pounds-- 23.0 21.0 12.0 10.0 1,727.0 952.0 775.0 18.0 1.9 140.0 13.0 17.8 3.0 1.8 1.4 8.8 2.2 42.0 9.0 75.0 12.5 3.5 11.2 12.0 6.5 75.0 100.0 3.7 30.0 9.0 8.0 55.0 11.0 1,920.0 1,124.0 796.0 19.0 1.3 100.0 13.0 17.2 3.1 1.2 1.5 7.0 2.3 14.0 13.0 62.0 10.0 10.0 9.4 7.0 7.9 60.0 160.0 4.0 12.0 6.5 7.0 66.0 10.0 US 2,433.3 1/ Estimates for current year carried forward from an earlier forecast. 2,575.4 2003 11.0 18.0 1,920.0 1,150.0 770.0 20.0 2.0 125.0 13.0 18.7 3.4 2.0 2.5 10.5 2.3 52.0 9.5 75.0 12.5 9.0 10.2 9.0 8.0 70.0 110.0 3.5 10.0 10.0 8.0 60.0 13.0 2,618.1