GEORGIA FARM REPORT June 30, 2004 Volume 04-Number 06 Poultry Summary Livestock Slaughter Cold Storage Agricultural Prices HIGHLIGHTS Peanut Stocks 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 Peach Production Floriculture EGGS IN INCUBATORS--MAY 1, 2003-2004, UNITED STATES Item 2003 2004 --Thousands-- Chickens, Egg Type 35,229 34,122 Chickens, Broiler Type 646,415 660,615 Turkeys, All Breeds 32,053 29,716 [Results from the Monthly Chicken and Egg Report and the Monthly Hatchery Report]. % of Year Ago --Percent-97 102 93 POULTRY HATCHING AND PLACEMENT--APRIL 2003-2004 January thru April Item 2003 2004 % of year ago 2003 2004 % of year ago --Thousands-- --Percent-- --Thousands-- --Percent-- Pullet Chicks Placed Domestic (U.S.) 1/ Broiler Type 6,735 6,402 95 26,701 27,368 102 Egg Type 280 311 111 1,034 1,161 112 Chicks Hatched - Broiler Type Georgia 112,814 115,136 102 442,277 469,906 106 United States 760,638 774,452 102 2,988,215 3,067,507 103 Chicks Hatched- Egg Type Georgia 2,429 2,362 97 9,608 9,593 100 United States 37,804 37,514 99 138,610 142,472 103 Turkeys Poults Placed United States 24,938 24,667 99 193,507 2/ 185,615 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 2001-April 2002. 3/ Turkey poults placed September 2002-April 2003. NUMBER OF LAYERS AND EGG PRODUCTION--APRIL 2003-2004 Number of Layers Eggs per 100 Layers Total Eggs Produced 2003 2004 2003 2004 2003 2004 --Thousands-- --Number-- --Millions-- GEORGIA Hatching 9,403 9,068 1,829 1,842 172 167 Table 11,113 11,165 2,223 2,185 247 244 Total Georgia 20,516 20,233 2,042 2,031 419 411 30 STATES 1/ Hatching 55,272 54,354 1,802 1,801 996 979 Table 260,270 264,531 2,195 2,221 5,712 5,874 Total 30 States 315,542 318,885 2,126 2,149 6,708 6,853 UNITED STATES 1/ Hatching 60,196 59,382 1,801 1,797 1,084 1,067 Table 277,986 282,532 2,195 2,221 6,103 6,276 Total U.S. 338,182 341,914 2,125 2,148 7,187 7,343 [Results from the Monthly Chicken and Egg Report]. 1/ 2003 revised. USDA/NASS COOPERATING WITH THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE COMMERCIAL POULTRY SLAUGHTER 1/--MARCH AND APRIL 2004 Item Mar Apr % of Last Month --Thousands-- --Percent-- Young Chickens Georgia 106,673 104,575 98 United States 767,646 729,331 95 Mature Chickens Light Type, U.S. 6,148 6,131 100 Heavy Type, U.S. 6,500 5,945 91 Total U.S. 12,648 12,076 95 Percent Condemned Young Chickens --Percent-- Georgia 1.19 0.90 United States 1.12 1.08 1/ Federally inspected slaughter data as collected by Meat and Poultry Inspection Program. January to Date --Thousands-- 411,631 2,867,362 23,366 22,438 45,804 --Percent-- 0.98 1.11 LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER, UNITED STATES, APRIL 2003-2004 1/ Number Slaughtered Average Live Weight Total Live Weight Species 2003 2004 2004 as % of 2032 2003 2004 2003 2004 --Thousand Head-- --Percent-- --Pounds-- --Thousand Pounds-- Cattle 2,966.1 2,698.5 91 1,209 1,200 3,586,024 3,238,123 Calves 79.1 70.7 89 336 329 26,617 23,295 Hogs 8,341.9 8,652.3 104 268 268 2,234,847 2,315,187 Sheep & Lambs 297.3 256.0 86 131 136 39,015 34,711 [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. 2002 --Pounds-- Beef 67.6 Pork 51.5 Broilers 80.5 Turkeys 17.7 Total Red Meat & Poultry 220.5 Eggs, Number 255.5 1/ Livestock, Dairy and Poultry, May 2004 LDP-M-119, Economic Research Service, USDA 2003 65.0 51.9 81.5 17.4 219.0 254.7 COLD STORAGE STOCKS--UNITED STATES, APRIL 30, 2004 Commodity Apr 30, 2003 Mar 31, 2004 Apr 30, 2004 % of Apr 2003 % of Mar 2004 --Thousand Pounds-- --Percent-- Eggs, Frozen 15,743 19,247 20,929 133 109 Meats, Red 926,776 885,846 887,427 96 100 Beef, Frozen 389,653 416,772 421,855 108 101 Pork, Frozen 519,993 453,834 451,548 87 99 Poultry, Frozen 1,311,524 1,110,545 1,183,849 90 107 Peanuts, Shelled 341,006 333,671 370,441 109 111 Peanuts, In Shell 17,274 20,575 17,207 100 84 Pecans, Shelled 41,771 32,692 33,206 79 102 Pecans, In Shell 74,625 169,860 149,000 200 88 [Results from the Monthly Cold Storage Report]. 2 Commodity Price per Unit PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS--MAY 15, 2004 Georgia May 2003 Apr 2004 May 15, 2004 May 2003 United States Apr 2004 May 15, 2004 Cotton /Lb 44.20 60.50 60.90 1/ 45.90 61.20 61.20 1/ Peanuts, In-Shell /Lb 2/ 2/ 2/ 19.60 20.10 21.00 Calves /Lb 91.30 114.00 118.00 100.00 117.00 122.00 Beef Cattle 3/ /Lb 51.70 63.70 65.70 75.50 84.80 88.40 Cows 4/ /Lb 40.20 48.30 50.80 42.40 50.50 52.40 Steers & Heifers /Lb 73.90 91.00 94.60 79.60 88.90 92.60 [Results from the Monthly Prices Received by Farmers]. 1/ Based on sales during the first half of the month. 2/ Prices not published to avoid disclosure of individual firms. 3/ "Cows" and "Steers and Heifers" combined. 4/ Beef cows and cull dairy cows sold for slaughter. INDEX NUMBERS--UNITED STATES, 2003-2004 2003 Apr May Apr UNITED STATES (1990-92 =100) Prices Received 101 105 125 Prices Paid 128 127 133 Ratio 1/ 79 83 94 [Results from the Monthly Prices Received by Farmers]. 1/ Ratio of index of prices received by farmers to index of prices paid. 2004 May 132 134 99 STOCKS OF PEANUTS AND SPECIFIED PRODUCTS AT MONTH'S END--2004 1/ Farmer Stock Equivalent Month Ending Farmer Stocks Shelled Peanuts 2/ Roasting Stock (In Shell) Shelled Peanuts Total 3/ --Thousand Pounds-- Apr 804,920 636,132 68,511 846,056 1,719,487 [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. WINTER WHEAT--SELECTED STATES AND UNITED STATES, 2003-2004 1/ Area Harvested Yield Production State 2003 Jun 1, 2004 2003 Jun 1, 2004 2003 Jun 1, 2004 --1,000 Acres-- --Bushels-- --1,000 Bushels-- AR 570 630 50.0 51.0 28,500 32,130 GA 230 200 46.0 43.0 10,580 8,600 KY 330 350 62.0 62.0 20,460 21,700 MS 125 205 49.0 51.0 6,125 10,455 NC 410 480 36.0 47.0 14,760 22,560 SC 185 180 39.0 44.0 7,215 7,920 TN 270 270 50.0 53.0 13,500 14,310 VA 160 155 46.0 63.0 7,360 9,765 US 36,541 35,082 46.7 43.6 1,707,069 1,530,742 1/ AL, FL, and LA state level estimates will be published in the "Small Grains 2003 Summary," to be released September 30, 2004. 3 PEACH TOTAL PRODUCTION SELECTED STATES State 2002 2003 --Million Pounds-- CA--All 1,920.0 1,870.0 Clingstone 1/ 1,124.0 1,072.0 Freestone 796.0 798.0 GA 90.0 120.0 SC 160.0 100.0 Total 2,170.0 2,090.0 [Results from the June Peach Inquiry]. 1/ CA Clingstone is over-the-scale tonnage and includes culls and cannery diversions. Jun 1, 2004 Forecast 1,950.0 1,150.0 800.0 100.0 140.0 2,190.0 FLORICULTURE CROPS--WHOLESALE VALUE OF SALES BY CATEGORY FOR OPERATIONS WITH $100,000+ SALES FOR GEORGIA--2000-2003 Category 2000 2001 2002 2003 --1,000 Dollars-- Potted Flowering Plants 9,090 8,459 8,529 8,056 Foliage Plants (Indoor or Patio Use) 1,812 3,308 3,420 3,486 Bedding/Garden Plants 1/ 49,132 50,621 56,344 51,309 [Results from the Commercial Floriculture Survey]. 1/ Includes Annual Bedding Plants and Herbaceous Perennials.