Georgia farm report, vol. 04, no. 02 (2004 February 27)

GEORGIA FARM REPORT

February 27, 2004 Volume 04-Number 02

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

Poultry Summary - Annual & Monthly Livestock Slaughter

HIGHLIGHTS

Cold Storage

Peanut Stocks Cattle Inventory & Calf Crop

Agricultural Prices

Farm Labor Pecans

Crops Values

EGGS IN INCUBATORS--JANUARY 1, 2003-2004, UNITED STATES

Item

2003

2004

--Thousands--

Chickens, Egg Type Chickens, Broiler Type Turkeys, All Breeds

30,117 623,171
30,804

31,655 637,048
28,394

[Results from the Monthly Chicken and Egg Report and the Monthly Turkey Hatchery Report].

% of Year Ago
--Percent--
105 102
92

POULTRY HATCHING AND PLACEMENT--DECEMBER 2002-2003

January thru December

Item

2002

2003

% of year ago

2002

2003

% of year ago

--Thousands--

--Percent--

--Thousands--

--Percent--

Pullet Chicks Placed Domestic (U.S.) Broiler Type Egg Type
Chicks Hatched - Broiler Type Georgia United States
Chicks Hatched - Egg Type Georgia United States
Turkeys Poults Placed United States

6,475 187
110,347 753,875
2,319 31,973
23,977

6,978 242
119,326 778,159
2,123 33,856
23,424

108

82,336

81,872

99

129

2,927

3,136

107

108

1,337,114

1,366,698

102

103

9,079,000

9,077,215

100

92

25,924

27,831

107

106

421,320

415,827

99

98

94,445 2/

90,555 3/

96

[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 2002-December 2002. 3/ Turkey poults placed September 2003-December 2003.

NUMBER OF LAYERS AND EGG PRODUCTION DURING DECEMBER 2002-2003

Number of Layers

2002

2003

Eggs per 100 Layers

2002

2003

Total Eggs Produced

2002

2003

--Thousands--

--Number--

--Millions--

GEORGIA Hatching Table Total Georgia 30 STATES Hatching Table Total 30 States UNITED STATES Hatching Table Total U.S.

9,130 11,385 20,515
52,909 265,369 318,278
57,597 282,719 340,316

9,041 11,631 20,672
52,819 262,904 315,723
57,522 281,003 338,525

1,895 2,372 2,157
1,839 2,258 2,189
1,837 2,261 2,189

1,880 2,261 2,095
1,838 2,301 2,224
1,836 2,305 2,225

173 270 433
973 5,993 6,966
1,058 6,392 7,451

170 263 433
971 6,050 7,021
1,056 6,476 7,531

[Results from the Monthly Chicken and Egg Report].

ALL LAYERS AND EGG PRODUCTION: ANNUAL AVERAGE NUMBER OF LAYERS, EGGS PER LAYER, AND TOTAL EGG PRODUCTION BY GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES, 2002-2003 1/

State

Average Number of Layers

2002

2003

Eggs per Layer 2/

2002

2003

Total Egg Production

2002

2003

--Thousand--

--Number--

--Million Eggs--

GA US 3/

20,473

20,442

243

337,380

335,368

257

247

4,967

5,047

259

87,179

87,196

1/ Annual estimates cover the period Dec 1, previous year thru Nov 30. 2/ Total egg production divided by average number of layers on hand. 3/ Sum of States may not add to U.S. total due to rounding.

USDA/NASS COOPERATING WITH THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

COMMERCIAL POULTRY SLAUGHTER 1/--NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 2003

Item

Nov

Dec

% of Last Month

January thru December

--Thousands--

--Percent--

--Thousands--

Young Chickens Georgia United States
Mature Chickens Light Type, U.S. Heavy Type, U.S. Total U.S.
Percent Condemned Young Chickens Georgia United States

89,376 625,960

101,792 706,615

4,356 5,031 9,387
--Percent-0.64 0.81

5,932 5,497 11,429
0.97 0.93

114

1,231,329

113

8,512,945

136

76,604

109

70,958

122

147,562

--Percent--

0.72

0.91

1/ Federally inspected slaughter data as collected by Meat and Poultry Inspection Program.

LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER--UNITED STATES, 1/ DECEMBER 2002-2003

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

2,771.8

2,668.2

96

Calves

98.2

97.5

99

Hogs

8,657.4

9,346.6

108

Sheep & Lambs

278.7

262.0

94

1,265 305 268 133

1,244 322 269 137

3,506,036 29,998
2,316,087 37,145

3,320,134 31,427
2,513,068 35,954

[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, DECEMBER 31, 2003

Commodity

Dec 31, 2002

Nov 30, 2003

Dec 31, 2003

% of Dec 2002

% of Nov 2003

--Thousand Pounds--

--Percent--

Eggs, Frozen, Total

13,525

14,909

18,055

133

121

Meats, Red

1,011,471

828,066

879,813

87

106

Beef, Frozen, Total

524,641

373,770

395,894

75

106

Pork, Frozen, Total

468,501

438,940

470,701

100

107

Poultry, Frozen

1,107,529

921,767

963,501

87

105

Peanuts, Shelled

275,060

192,444

224,096

81

116

Peanuts, In Shell

13,878

14,972

17,074

123

114

Pecans, Shelled

35,135

16,347

18,423

52

113

Pecans, In Shell

76,241

50,627

127,170

167

251

[Results from the Monthly Cold Storage Report].

Commodity

Price per Unit

PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS--JANUARY 15, 2004

Jan 2003

Georgia Dec 2003

Jan 15, 2004

Jan 2003

United States Dec 2003 Jan 15, 2004

Cotton

/Lb

43.40

62.90

66.00 1/

45.50

64.10

63.80 1/

Cottonseed

$/Ton

79.00

96.00

101.00

105.00

127.00

127.00

Peanuts, In Shell 2/ /Lb

3/

19.00

3/

19.10

19.60

20.60

Calves

/Lb

88.90

106.00

99.50

96.80

112.00

105.00

Beef Cattle 4/

/Lb

48.00

61.60

59.20

73.20

90.50

77.40

Cows 5/

/Lb

36.80

49.40

49.00

36.90

49.40

45.80

Steers & Heifers /Lb

70.80

85.30

79.80

77.80

95.70

81.20

[Results from the monthly Prices Received by Farmers]. 1/ Based on sales during first half of the month. 2/ Includes additional loan peanuts at loan value. 3/ Insufficient sales to establish a price. 4/ Cows, steers and heifers. 5/ Beef cows and cull dairy cows sold for slaughter.

INDEX NUMBERS--UNITED STATES

2002 Dec

2003

Jan

Dec

UNITED STATES (1990-92 = 100)

Prices Received

100

100

113

Prices Paid

125

126

130

Ratio 1/

80

79

87

[Results from the monthly Prices Received by Farmers]. 1/ Ratio of index of prices received by farmers to index of prices paid.

2

2004 Jan
111 130
85

STOCKS OF PEANUTS AND SPECIFIED PRODUCTS AT MONTH'S END, CROP--2003 1/

Farmer Stock Equivalent

Month Ending Farmer Stock Shelled Peanuts 2/ Roasting Stock (In Shell) Shelled Peanuts

Total 3/

--Thousand Pounds--

Dec

1,713,440

403,561

41,456

536,736

2,291,632

[Results from the Peanut Stocks and Processing Report]. 1/ Excludes stocks on farms. Includes stocks owned by or held for account of CCC in commercial storage facilities. 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.

FARM WAGE RATES--JANUARY 12-18, 2003, AND JANUARY 11-17, 2004, BY REGION AND UNITED STATES 1/

Region

Wage Rates for All Hired Workers

2003

2004

Field

2003

2004

Type of Hired Worker

Livestock

2003

2004

Field and Livestock

2003

2004

Southeast 2/

8.87

US 3/

9.34

--Dollars per Hour--

8.10

7.50

7.67

8.96

7.61

8.12

7.65

9.41

8.30

8.39

8.90

8.84

8.50

8.55

See footnotes below.

NUMBER OF HIRED WORKERS ON FARMS AND HOURS WORKED FOR THE WEEK JANUARY 12-18, 2003, AND JANUARY 11-17, 2004, BY REGION AND UNITED STATES 1/

Region

Hired Workers

Number

Hours Worked

2003

2004

2003

2004

Expected to be Employed

150 Days or More

149 Days or Less

2003

2004

2003

2004

--1,000--

--Hours per Week--

--1,000--

Southeast 2/ US 3/

24

27

35.6

35.5

22

729

667

37.7

38.1

614

21

2

6

554

115

113

[Results from the Agricultural Labor Survey]. 1/ Excludes agricultural service workers. 2/ Southeast: AL, GA, SC. 3/ Excludes AK.

ALL PECANS: UTILIZED PRODUCTION, PRICE PER POUND, VALUE OF PRODUCTION, GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES, 2001-2003

State

Utilized Production

2001

2002

2003

Price per Pound

2001

2002

2003

Value of Production

2001

2002

2003

--1,000 Pounds--

--Dollars--

--1,000 Dollars--

GA

110,000

45,000

60,000

0.612

1.000

US

338,500

172,900

262,200

0.594

0.955

0.950 1.000

67,350 201,101

44,880 165,033

57,000 263,211

[Results from the January 1 Pecan Inquiry].

CATTLE AND CALVES: NUMBER BY CLASS AND CALF CROP, GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES, JANUARY 1, 2003-2004 1/

Georgia

United States

Class

2003

2004 2004 as % of 2003

2003

2004 2004 as % of 2003

--1,000 Head--

--Percent--

--1,000 Head--

--Percent--

Cattle and Calves Cows and Heifers That Have Calved
Beef Cows Milk Cows Heifers 500 Pounds and Over For Beef Cow Replacement
Expected to Calve For Milk Cow Replacement
Expected to Calve Other Heifers Steers 500 Pounds and Over Bulls 500 Pounds and Over Calves Under 500 Pounds Cattle on Feed

1,290 710 625 85 155 90 2/ 29 2/ 36 50 40 335 3

1,250 700 616 84 141 85 2/ 26 2/ 30 40 39 330 3/

97

96,100

94,882

99

99

42,125

41,851

99

99

32,983

32,860

100

99

9,142

8,991

98

91

19,628

19,341

99

94

5,624

5,517

98

2/

3,548

3,492

98

90

4,114

4,020

98

2/

2,877

2,761

96

83

9,891

9,804

99

80

16,554

16,280

98

98

2,248

2,206

98

99

15,545

15,204

98

3/

13,220

13,811

104

2002

2003 2003 as % of 2002

2002

2003 2003 as % of 2002

Calf Crop

600

580

97

38,224

37,903

99

[Results from the Cattle Report]. 1/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 2/ Data not available. 3/ GA included in Other States beginning in 2004, which impacts 2004 as a percent of 2003.

3

GEORGIA ANNUAL CROP SUMMARY, 2003

Crop

Planted Acres Harvested Acres Yield per Acre Unit Production

Unit Price Value of Production

--1,000 Acres--

--1,000--

--Dollars--

--$1,000--

Corn, grain Corn, silage Cotton, lint 1/ Cottonseed Hay 2/ Oats Peanuts Rye Sorghum, Grain Sorghum, Silage Soybeans Tobacco 2/ Wheat Apples 3/4/ Blueberries 5/ Grapes 3/4/ Peaches 3/4/ Pecans Cabbage Cantaloupes

340
1,300
600 100 545 270
55
190 27.0 380
9.2 6.8

285 45
1,290
600 30
540 50 38 15
180 27.0 230
1.2 4.6 1.1 13.5
9.0 6.7

129 17
781
3.0 56 3,450 16 47 12 33 2,240 46 10,800 3,700 2.82 8,890
130 215

Bu

36,765

Ton

765

Lb

2,100

Ton

719

Ton

1,800

Bu

1,680

Lb

1,863,000

Bu

800

Bu

1,786

Ton

180

Bu

5,940

Lb

60,480

Bu

10,580

Lb

12,900

Lb

17,000

Ton

3.1

Lb

120,000

Lb

60,000

Cwt

1,170

Cwt

1,441

2.35
0.614 95.50 60.00
1.70 0.185
4.00 4.10
7.25 1.855
3.05 0.106 1.110 978.00 0.280 0.950 12.00 12.50

86,398
618,912 68,665
108,000 2,856
344,655 3,200 4,101
43,065 112,190
32,269 1,368
18,790 2,738
32,512 57,000 14,040 18,013

Cucumbers

15.0

14.6

170

Cwt

2,482

10.60

26,309

Onions

14.0

12.5

175

Cwt

2,188

34.30

75,048

Snap Beans Sweet Corn Tomatoes Watermelons Bell Pepper 6/ Squash 6/ Total

18.0 26.0
2.6 26.0
2.9 10.0 3,927.5

15.5 20.0
1.6 24.0
2.7 9.5 3,466.5

50

Cwt

755

140

Cwt

2,800

340

Cwt

544

215

Cwt

5,160

300

Cwt

810

130

Cwt

1,244

40.00 16.50 31.50
7.80 30.00 28.00

31,000 46,200 17,136 40,248 24,300 34,832 1,863,845

1/ Cotton yield pounds per acre; production 480 lb. bales. 2/ Harvested acres substituted for planted acres. 3/ Bearing age acreage and utilized production. 4/ Yield based on total production. 5/ Yield based on utilized production. 6/ Estimates began in 2000.