Georgia farm report, vol. 05, no. 02 (2005 February 28)

GEORGIA FARM REPORT

February 28, 2005 Volume 05-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

Agricultural Prices Farm Labor

Cattle Inventory & Calf Crop Crops Values Pecans

EGGS IN INCUBATORS--JANUARY 1, 2004-2005, UNITED STATES

Item

2004

2005

--Thousands--

Chickens, Egg Type

31,655

34,437

Chickens, Broiler Type

637,048

650,680

Turkeys, All Breeds

28,394

28,199

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

% of Year Ago --Percent--
109 102
99

POULTRY HATCHING AND PLACEMENT--DECEMBER 2003-2004

January thru December

Item

2003

2004

% of year ago

2003

2004

% of year ago

--Thousands--

--Percent--

--Thousands--

--Percent--

Pullet Chicks Placed Domestic (U.S.) 1/

Broiler Type

6,978

6,075

87

82,134

83,129

101

Egg Type

246

235

96

3,198

3,117

97

Chicks Hatched - Broiler Type

Georgia

119,326

121,845

102

1,368,328

1,423,686

104

United States

780,094

793,047

102

9,079,745

9,330,954

103

Chicks Hatched - Egg Type

Georgia

2,123

2,302

108

27,831

28,117

101

United States

33,645

37,035

110

416,069

437,497

105

Turkeys Poults Placed 2/

United States

23,424

22,197

95

90,555

86,503

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/ Accumulated turkey poults placed are September 1 to current month.

NUMBER OF LAYERS AND EGG PRODUCTION DURING DECEMBER 2003-2004

Number of Layers

Eggs per 100 Layers

Total Eggs Produced

2003

2004

2003

2004

2003

2004

--Thousands--

--Number--

--Millions--

GEORGIA

Hatching

9,041

8,932

1,880

1,914

170

171

Table

11,631

11,091

2,261

2,389

263

265

Total Georgia

20,672

20,023

2,095

2,177

433

436

30 STATES 1/

UNITED STATES

Hatching

57,497

58,203

1,835

1,856

1,055

1,080

Table

280,746

286,330

2,303

2,312

6,466

6,619

Total U.S.

338,243

344,533

2,223

2,235

7,520

7,699

[Results from the monthly Chicken and Egg Report]. 1/ Publication of 30 States aggregate data discontinued in January 2005.

USDA/NASS COOPERATING WITH THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

COMMERCIAL POULTRY SLAUGHTER 1/--NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 2004

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

101,471 708,218
5,705 5,738 11,443
--Percent--
0.76 1.03

106,096 722,753
6,140 6,119 12,259
0.93 1.12

105

1,252,378

102

8,762,095

108

72,438

107

71,335

107

143,773

--Percent--

0.91

1.08

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

LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER--UNITED STATES, 1/ DECEMBER 2003-2004

Number Slaughtered

Average Live Weight

Total Live Weight

Species

2003

2004

2004 as % of 2003

2003

2004

2003

2004

--Thousand Head--

--Percent--

--Pounds--

--Thousand Pounds--

Cattle

2,675.3

2,690.5

101

Calves

97.4

74.7

77

Hogs

9,361.0

9,250.1

99

Sheep & Lambs

261.9

242.4

93

1,244 322 269 137

1,268 334 270 140

3,329,388 31,413
2,518,208 35,952

3,410,781 24,932
2,496,511 33,846

[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, 2004

Commodity

Dec 31, 2003

Nov 30, 2004

Dec 31, 2004

% of Dec 2003

% of Nov 2004

--Thousand Pounds--

--Percent--

Eggs, Frozen, Total

18,036

17,324

19,583

109

113

Meats, Red

878,958

912,602

974,878

111

107

Beef, Frozen, Total

395,084

463,297

479,584

121

104

Pork, Frozen, Total

470,656

436,332

483,643

103

111

Poultry, Frozen

966,703

1,064,635

1,018,686

105

96

Peanuts, Shelled

221,475

249,983

307,579

139

123

Peanuts, In Shell

17,074

15,136

15,699

92

104

Pecans, Shelled

17,992

18,515

18,531

103

100

Pecans, In Shell

141,037

48,476

93,657

66

193

[Results from the monthly Cold Storage Report].

Commodity

Price per Unit

PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS--JANUARY 15, 2005

Jan 2004

Georgia Dec 2004

Jan 15, 2005

Jan 2004

United States Dec 2004 Jan 15, 2005

Cotton

/Lb

62.70

42.60

42.60 1/

62.20

40.70

39.40 1/

Cottonseed

$/Ton

101.00

84.00

91.00

126.00

111.00

112.00

Peanuts, In Shell 2/ /Lb

20.30

18.00

18.20

20.60

18.30

18.60

Calves

/Lb

103.00

118.00

119.00

110.00

122.00

123.00

Beef Cattle 4/

/Lb

59.50

64.90

64.00

80.90

86.80

89.10

Cows 5/

/Lb

48.30

50.40

50.20

46.10

48.70

50.00

Steers & Heifers /Lb

82.20

93.00

92.00

85.40

91.80

94.20

[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" combined. 5/ Beef cows and cull dairy cows sold for slaughter.

INDEX NUMBERS--UNITED STATES

2003 Dec

2004

Jan

Dec

UNITED STATES (1990-92 = 100)

Prices Received

114

112

111

Prices Paid

129

130

133

Ratio 1/

88

86

83

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

2005 Jan
110 134
82

2

STOCKS OF PEANUTS AND SPECIFIED PRODUCTS AT MONTH'S END, CROP--2004 1/

Farmer Stock Equivalent

Month Ending Farmer Stock

Shelled Peanuts 2/ Roasting Stock (In Shell)

Shelled Peanuts

Total 3/

--Thousand Pounds--

Dec

1,737,366

482,572

40,216

641,821

2,419,403

[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 11-17, 2004, AND JANUARY 9-15, 2005, BY REGION AND UNITED STATES 1/

Type of Hired Worker

Wage Rates for All Hired Workers

Field

Livestock

Field and Livestock

Region

2004

2005

2004

2005

2004

2005

2004

2005

--Dollars per Hour--

Southeast 2/

8.10

8.41

7.67

7.96

7.61

7.25

7.65

7.71

US 3/

9.41

9.81

8.39

8.73

8.83

9.19

8.55

8.91

See footnotes below.

NUMBER OF HIRED WORKERS ON FARMS AND HOURS WORKED FOR THE WEEK JANUARY 11-17, 2004, AND JANUARY 9-15, 2005, BY REGION AND UNITED STATES 1/

Region

Hired Workers

Number

2004

2005

Hours Worked

2004

2005

Expected to be Employed

150 Days or More

2004

2005

149 Days or Less

2004

2005

--1,000--

--Hours per Week--

--1,000--

Southeast 2/ US 3/

27

24

35.5

35.3

21

20

6

4

662

574

38.1

36.8

549

478

113

96

[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, 2002-2004

Utilized Production

Price per Pound

Value of Production

State

2002

2003

2004

2002

2003

2004

2002

2003

2004

--1,000 Pounds--

--Dollars--

--1,000 Dollars--

GA

45,000

75,000

45,000

1.000

0.928

1.700

44,880

69,600

76,350

US

172,900

282,100

181,000

0.955

0.984

1.670

165,033

277,629

301,421

[Results from the January 1 Pecan Inquiry].

CATTLE AND CALVES: NUMBER BY CLASS AND CALF CROP, GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES, JANUARY 1, 2004-2005 1/

Georgia

United States

Class

2004

2005 2005 as % of 2004

2004

2005 2005 as % of 2004

--1,000 Head--

--Percent--

--1,000 Head--

--Percent--

Cattle and Calves

1,250

1,210

97

94,888

95,848

101

Cows and Heifers That Have Calved

700

680

97

41,851

42,060

101

Beef Cows

616

596

97

32,861

33,055

101

Milk Cows

84

84

100

8,990

9,005

100

Heifers 500 Pounds and Over

141

141

100

19,345

19,673

102

For Beef Cow Replacement

85

82

96

5,518

5,746

104

Expected to Calve

2/

2/

2/

3,493

3,586

103

For Milk Cow Replacement

26

24

92

4,020

4,133

103

Expected to Calve

2/

2/

2/

2,761

2,830

103

Other Heifers

30

35

117

9,806

9,793

100

Steers 500 Pounds and Over

40

49

123

16,277

16,511

101

Bulls 500 Pounds and Over

39

35

90

2,206

2,219

101

Calves Under 500 Pounds

330

305

92

15,210

15,385

101

Cattle on Feed

3/

3/

3/

13,813

13,749

100

2003

2004 2004 as % of 2003

2003

2004 2004 as % of 2003

Calf Crop

580

560

97

37,903

37,625

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

State

Angora

GA

1,000

US

274,000

1/ Estimates began in 2005.

Angora Goats, Milk Goats, Meat and Other Goats and Total: Number by Class, State and United States, January 1, 2005 1/

Milk

Meat and Other Goats

--Head--

2,000

77,000

283,500

1,965,000

All Goats
80,000 2,522,500

GEORGIA ANNUAL CROP SUMMARY, 2004

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

335

280

130

Bu

36,400

2.20

80,080

Corn, silage

45

16

Ton

720

Cotton, lint 1/

1,290

1,280

675

Lb

1,800

0.470

406,080

Cottonseed

Ton

621

84.50

52,475

Hay 2/

600

600

2.7

Ton

1,620

55.00

89,100

Oats

90

25

50

Bu

1,250

1.70

2,125

Peanuts

620

610

3,000

Lb

1,830,000

0.190

347,700

Rye

250

25

24

Bu

600

4.00

2,400

Sorghum, Grain

45

25

47

Bu

1,175

2.02

2,369

Sorghum, Silage

15

10

Ton

150

Soybeans

280

270

31

Bu

8,370

5.30

44,361

Tobacco 2/

23.0

2,030

Lb

46,690

1.835

85,676

Wheat

330

190

45

Bu

8,550

3.45

29,498

Apples 3/ 4/

1.2

10,000

Lb

12,000

0.228

2,740

Blueberries 5/

4.8

4,380

Lb

21,000

1.130

23,770

Grapes 3/ 4/

1.1

3.00

Ton

3.3

1,160.00

3,724

Peaches 3/ 4/

12.0

4.38

Ton

52,500

667.00

33,017

Pecans

Lb

45,000

1.700

76,350

Cabbage

12.0

10.0

250

Cwt

2,500

11.00

27,500

Cantaloupes

7.2

6.6

150

Cwt

990

19.00

18,810

Cucumbers

15.0

14.0

140

Cwt

1,960

16.60

32,536

Onions

16.5

14.5

260

Cwt

3,770

23.50

88,595

Snap Beans

20.0

17.0

53

Cwt

901

28.00

25,228

Sweet Corn

28.0

27.0

135

Cwt

3,645

12.80

46,656

Tomatoes

6.0

5.8

170

Cwt

986

45.00

44,370

Watermelons

30.0

23.0

165

Cwt

3,395

7.00

26,565

Bell Pepper 6/

4.0

3.9

170

Cwt

663

30.00

19,890

Squash 6/

12.0

10.0

115

Cwt

1,150

29.00

33,350

Total

3,990.7

3,538.9

1,644,965

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.