GEORGIA FARM REPORT September 30, 2003 Volume 03-Number 09 Poultry Summary Agricultural Prices HIGHLIGHTS Livestock Slaughter Cold Storage September 1 Crop Forecast Peanuts 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 Farm Income Onions Cotton Tobacco EGGS IN INCUBATORS, UNITED STATES--AUGUST 1, 2002, 2003 Item 2002 2003 % of Year Ago --Thousands-- --Percent-- Chickens, Egg Type 32,832 30,710 94 Chickens, Broiler Type 644,725 640,775 99 Turkeys, All Breeds 32,236 32,232 100 [Results from the Monthly Chicken and Egg Report]. POULTRY HATCHING AND PLACEMENT--JULY 2002, 2003 January thru July Item 2002 2003 % of year ago 2002 2003 % of year ago --Thousands-- --Percent-- --Thousands-- --Percent-- Pullet Chicks Placed Domestic (U.S.) 1/ Broiler Type 6,602 7,071 107 48,533 47,408 98 Egg Type 282 226 80 1,829 1,820 100 Chicks Hatched - Broiler Type Georgia 117,389 118,582 101 792,543 795,231 100 United States 781,707 777,341 99 5,394,093 5,334,270 99 Chicks Hatched- Egg Type Georgia 2,194 2,407 110 15,324 16,820 110 United States 35,573 35,593 100 254,637 247,887 97 Turkeys Poults Placed United States 25,646 25,182 98 272,949 2/ 269,222 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-May 2002. 3/ Turkey poults placed September 2001-May 2002. NUMBER OF LAYERS AND EGG PRODUCTION--JULY 2002, 2003 GEORGIA Hatching Table Total Georgia 30 STATES* Hatching Table Total 30 States UNITED STATES* Hatching Table Total U.S. Number of Layers 2002 2003 --Thousands-- 9,516 10,608 20,124 9,284 11,053 20,337 54,608 259,340 313,948 53,864 255,483 309,347 59,426 276,072 335,498 58,637 273,065 331,702 Eggs per 100 Layers 2002 2003 --Number-- 1,902 2,036 1,973 1,874 2,226 2,065 1,861 2,261 2,191 1,853 2,294 2,217 1,858 2,261 2,190 1,850 2,291 2,214 Total Eggs Produced 2002 2003 --Millions-- 181 174 216 246 397 420 1,016 5,864 6,880 998 5,860 6,858 1,104 6,243 7,347 1,085 6,257 7,343 [Results from the Monthly Chicken and Egg Report]. * 2002 revised. USDA/NASS COOPERATING WITH THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE COMMERCIAL POULTRY SLAUGHTER 1/--JUNE AND JULY 2003 Item Jun Jul % of Last Month --Thousands-- --Percent-- Young Chickens Georgia 100,878 108,260 107 United States 706,647 761,780 108 Mature Chickens Light Type, U.S. 6,440 5,605 87 Heavy Type, U.S. 6,304 6,943 110 Total U.S. 12,744 12,548 98 Percent Condemned Young Chickens --Percent-- Georgia 0.65 0.74 United States 0.94 0.85 1/ Federally inspected slaughter data as collected by Meat and Poultry Inspection Program. January to Date --Thousands-- 712,604 4,945,662 49,545 41,916 91,461 --Percent-- 0.71 0.95 LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER, UNITED STATES 1/--JULY 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 3,187.7 3,285.3 103 1,248 1,225 3,978,539 4,024,014 Calves 95.8 84.9 89 291 288 27,862 24,486 Hogs 8,068.3 8,101.9 100 260 262 2,101,546 2,125,365 Sheep & Lambs 259.0 239.2 92 126 131 32,712 31,236 [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, JULY 31, 2003 Commodity Jul 31, 2002 Jun 30, 2003 Jul 31, 2003 % of Jul 2002 % of Jun 2003 --Thousand Pounds-- --Percent-- Eggs, Frozen 12,943 17,951 18,525 143 103 Meats, Red 912,606 842,487 820,493 90 97 Beef, Frozen 416,534 371,477 370,772 89 100 Pork, Frozen 472,184 455,012 433,581 92 95 Poultry, Frozen 1,582,593 1,378,343 1,392,326 88 101 Peanuts, Shelled 458,404 400,397 379,283 83 95 Peanuts, In Shell 30,661 23,047 22,447 73 97 Pecans, Shelled 53,939 43,258 38,273 71 88 Pecans, In Shell 104,570 47,296 28,925 28 61 [Results form the Monthly Cold Storage Report]. Commodity Price per Unit PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS--AUGUST 15, 2003 Aug 2002 Georgia Jul 2003 Aug 15, 2003 Aug 2002 United States Jul 2003 Aug 15, 2003 Cotton /Lb 28.50 45.70 43.70 1/ 33.00 46.10 44.00 1/ Calves /Lb 82.90 96.30 97.00 94.90 103.00 105.00 Beef Cattle 2/ /Lb 47.00 54.60 55.30 64.40 75.80 78.50 Cows 3/ /Lb 36.40 42.30 42.30 36.40 44.90 44.80 Steers & Heifers /Lb 66.60 78.40 79.30 67.30 78.80 81.70 [Results from the Monthly Prices Received by Farmers]. 1/ Based on sales during first half of the month. 2/ Cows, steers and heifers. 3/ Beef cows and cull dairy cows sold for slaughter. INDEX NUMBERS--UNITED STATES 2002 Jul Aug Jul UNITED STATES (1990-92 = 100) Prices Received 99 Prices Paid 123 Ratio 1/ 80 100 105 124 127 81 83 [Results from the Monthly Prices Received by Farmers]. 1/ Ratio of index of prices received by farmers to index of prices paid. 2003 Aug 108 127 85 2 NET FARM INCOME FOR SELECTED STATES, 1998-2002 State 1998 1999 2000 2001 --1,000 Dollars-- Alabama 1,199,463 1,443,044 1,150,761 1,661,139 Florida 2,606,494 2,723,733 2,529,485 2,497,364 Georgia 1,943,183 2,134,177 1,997,976 2,360,033 South Carolina 329,005 433,555 574,328 697,007 United States 46,212,753 46,840,798 47,809,182 50,560,295 1/ Source: Economic Research Service/USDA. Information Contact: Roger Strickland. E-Mail: rogers@ers.usda.gov 2002 1,199,561 2,667,272 1,698,536 177,908 35,323,130 ONIONS--SPRING SEASON, BY STATES, 2002 AND 2003 Area Planted Area Harvested Yield per Acre Production Value per Cwt State 2002 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003 --Acres-- --Acres-- --Cwt-- --1,000 Cwt-- --Dollars-- AZ 1/ 1,600 1,500 1,500 1,500 460 500 690 750 8.35 9.90 CA 6,400 6,700 6,200 6,500 460 480 2,852 3,120 14.20 22.90 GA 14,700 14,000 11,500 12,500 125 175 1,438 2,188 32.20 34.30 TX 16,200 13,000 15,000 11,000 315 320 4,725 3,520 21.40 38.10 Total 38,900 35,200 34,200 31,500 284 304 9,705 9,578 20.00 30.10 [Results from the Acreage, Production and Price Inquiry]. 1/ Includes a small amount of processing. Total Value 2002 2003 --1,000 Dollars-- 5,762 7,425 40,498 71,448 46,304 75,048 101,115 134,112 193,679 288,033 GEORGIA ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION-2002, AND SEPTEMBER 1, 2003 FORECAST Area Harvested 1/ Yield per Acre Production Crop Unit 2002 Ind Sep 1, 2003 2002 Ind Sep 1, 2003 2002 Ind Sep 1, 2003 --Thousand Acres-- --Thousands-- Corn Bu 290 330 115.0 135.0 33,350 44,550 Cotton 2/ Bales 1,360.0 1,290.0 557 733 1,578 1,970 Hay, All 3/ Tons 650 630 2.60 3.00 1,690 1,890 Peanuts Lbs 505.0 535.0 2,600 3,200 1,313,000 1,712,000 Soybeans Bu 140 170 21.0 33.0 2,940 5,610 Tobacco, All 4/ Lbs 26,500 29,000 2,100 2,200 55,650 63,800 Wheat, All 3/ Bu 200 230 41.0 44.0 8,200 10,120 Apples 3/ Lbs 1.20 5/ 8,330 5/ 10,000 11,000 Grapes 3/ Tons 1.10 5/ 2.55 5/ 2,800 3,200 Peaches 3/ Lbs 14.0 5/ 7,140 5/ 100,000 125,000 [Results from the September Yield Survey]. 1/ Harvested for principal use. 2/ Cotton yield in pounds per harvested acre, production in 480 lb. net weight bales. 3/ Estimates brought forward from earlier forecast. 4/ Type 14. 5/ Bearing age acreage. Bearing age acres and yield estimates released January 2003 in the Noncitrus Fruits and Nuts January 2004 Preliminary Summary. State AL FL GA NM NC OK SC TX VA PEANUTS: AREA HARVESTED, YIELD, AND PRODUCTION BY STATE AND UNITED STATES, 2002 AND SEPTEMBER 1, 2003 FORECAST Area Harvested Yield Production 1/ 2002 2003 2002 Aug 1, 2003 Sep 1, 2003 2002 2003 --Thousand Acres-- --Pounds-- --Thousand Pounds-- 185.0 189.0 2,050 2,900 2,900 379,250 548,100 86.0 107.0 2,300 2,700 2,900 197,800 310,300 505.0 535.0 2,600 3,200 3,200 1,313,000 1,712,000 18.0 17.0 3,000 2,900 2,900 54,000 49,300 100.0 100.0 2,100 2,900 2,900 210,000 290,000 57.0 38.0 2,800 2,900 2,900 159,600 110,200 8.7 18.0 2,200 3,200 3,200 19,140 57,600 280.0 240.0 3,100 3,400 3,400 868,000 816,000 57.0 33.0 2,100 2,700 2,800 119,700 92,400 US 1,296.7 1,277.0 1/ Estimates comprised of quota and non-quota peanuts. 2,561 3,102 3,121 3,320,490 3,985,900 3 State AL AZ AR CA GA LA MS MO NM NC OK SC TN TX VA ALL COTTON: AREA HARVESTED, YIELD, AND PRODUCTION BY SELECTED STATES, AND UNITED STATES, 2002 AND SEPTEMBER 1, 2003 FORECAST Area Harvested Yield Production 1/ 2002 2003 2002 Aug 1, 2003 Sep 1, 2003 2002 2003 --1,000 Acres-- --Pounds-- --1,000 Bales 2/-- 540.0 510.0 507 652 706 570.0 750.0 221.2 211.9 1,368 1,313 1,313 630.3 579.5 920.0 925.0 871 787 804 1,669.0 1,550.0 686.0 694.0 1,444 1,273 1,293 2,063.3 1,870.0 1,360.0 1,290.0 557 744 733 1,578.0 1,970.0 495.0 520.0 717 667 738 739.0 800.0 1,150.0 1,100.0 808 807 851 1,935.0 1,950.0 368.0 390.0 796 726 689 610.0 560.0 57.1 48.0 844 860 860 100.4 86.0 920.0 770.0 421 630 623 806.0 1,000.0 180.0 170.0 557 452 452 209.0 160.0 200.0 217.0 314 725 719 131.0 325.0 530.0 535.0 741 664 709 818.0 790.0 4,518.3 4,519.5 540 472 440 5,082.3 4,140.0 98.0 85.0 465 717 734 95.0 130.0 Other States 3/ 183.0 207.0 452 629 645 172.3 278.0 US 12,426.6 12,192.4 665 667 667 17,208.6 16,938.5 [Results from the September Yield Survey]. 1/ Production ginned and to be ginned. 2/ 480-Lb. net weight bales. 3/ Other States include FL and KS. Individual state level estimates will be published in the "Crop Production 2003 Summary." TOBACCO, TYPE 14, GA-FL BELT: AREA HARVESTED, YIELD, AND PRODUCTION BY STATE, AND UNITED STATES, 2002 AND SEPTEMBER 1, 2003 FORECAST Area Harvested Yield Production State 2002 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003 --Acres-- --Pounds-- --1,000 Pounds-- FL 4,600 4,000 2,600 2,500 11,960 10,000 GA 26,500 29,000 2,100 2,200 55,650 63,800 US 428,660 413,710 2,055 2,008 880,734 830,771 [Results from the September Yield Survey].