GEORGIA FARM REPORT March 31, 2005 Volume 05-Number 03 Stephens Federal Building, Suite 320 Athens, Georgia 30601 Phone: (706)546-2236 E-mail: nass-ga@nass.usda.gov W ebsite: http://www.nass.usda.gov/ga Poultry Summary Livestock Slaughter Cold Storage Agricultural Prices HIGHLIGHTS Peanut Stocks Catfish & Trout Production Land in Farms Cotton Ginnings Honey Production EGGS IN INCUBATORS, UNITED STATES--FEBRUARY 1, 2004-2005 Item 2004 2005 % of Year Ago --Thousands-- --Percent-- Chickens, Egg Type 27,540 30,520 111 Chickens, Broiler Type 629,525 636,126 101 Turkeys, All Breeds 30,695 28,139 92 [Results from the m onthly Chicken and Egg Report and the m onthly Turkey Hatchery Report]. POULTRY HATCHING AND PLACEMENT--JANUARY 2004-2005 January thru January Item 2004 2005 % of year ago 2004 2005 % of year ago --Thousands-- --Percent-- --Thousands-- --Percent-- Pullet Chicks Placed Domestic (U.S.) 1/ Broiler Type 6,269 6,811 109 6,269 6,811 109 Egg Type 198 164 83 198 164 83 Chicks Hatched - Broiler Type Georgia 111,320 119,894 108 111,320 119,894 108 United States 759,773 773,970 102 759,773 773,970 102 Chicks Hatched - Egg Type Georgia 2,500 2,519 101 2,500 2,519 101 United States 33,499 35,350 106 33,499 35,350 106 Turkeys Poults Placed 2/ United States 25,389 23,273 92 119,834 113,828 95 [Results from the m onthly Chicken and Egg Report and the m onthly Turkey Hatchery Report]. 1/ Dom estic placem ents as reported by leading breeders includes expected pullet replacem ents from eggs sold during the preceding m onth at the rate of 125 pullet chicks per 30 dozen case of eggs. 2/ A ccum ulated turkey poults placed are Septem ber 1 to current m onth. NUMBER OF LAYERS AND EGG PRODUCTION DURING JANUARY 2004-2005 1/ Number of Layers Eggs per 100 Layers Total Eggs Produced 2004 2005 2004 2005 2004 2005 --Thousands-- --Number-- --Millions-- GEORGIA Hatching 9,107 9,171 1,889 1,875 172 172 Table 11,286 11,503 2,242 2,234 253 257 Total Georgia 20,393 20,674 2,084 2,075 425 429 UNITED STATES Hatching 58,848 57,929 1,849 1,823 1,088 1,056 Table 282,062 279,963 2,234 2,259 6,301 6,324 Total U.S. 340,910 337,892 2,168 2,184 7,390 7,380 [Results from the m onthly Chicken and Egg Report]. 1/ Totals m ay add due to rounding. ALL LAYERS AND EGG PRODUCTION: ANNUAL AVERAGE NUMBER OF LAYERS, EGGS PER LAYER, AND TOTAL EGG PRODUCTION BY GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES, 2004-2005 1/ State Average Number of Layers 2004 5004 Eggs per Layer 2/ 2004 2005 Total Egg Production 2004 2005 --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 estim ates cover the period Dec 1, previous year thru Nov 30. 2/ Total egg production divided by average num ber of layers on hand. 3/ Sum of States m ay not add to U.S. total due to rounding. USDA/NASS COOPERATING WITH THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE COMMERCIAL POULTRY SLAUGHTER 1/--DECEMBER 2004 AND JANUARY 2005 Item Dec Jan % of Last Month January to Date --Thousands-- --Percent-- --Thousands-- Young Chickens Georgia 103,141 104,155 101 104,155 United States 715,407 726,279 102 726,279 Mature Chickens Light Type, U.S. 5,932 5,838 98 5,838 Heavy Type, U.S. 5,497 5,487 100 5,487 Total U.S. 11,429 11,325 99 11,325 Percent Condemned Young Chickens --Percent-- --Percent-- Georgia 0.97 0.72 0.72 United States 0.93 0.93 0.93 1/ Federally inspected slaughter data as collected by Meat and Poultry Inspection Program . LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER--UNITED STATES 1/, JANUARY 2004-2005 Number Slaughtered Average Live Weight Species 2004 2005 2005 as % of 2004 2004 2005 --Thousand Head-- --Percent-- --Pounds-- Cattle 3,007.0 2,571.0 86 1,268 1,249 Calves 93.7 79.0 84 318 336 Hogs 8,785.5 8,785.7 100 268 269 Sheep & Lambs 238.8 219.2 92 133 141 1/ Includes slaughter under Federal Inspection and other com m ercial slaughter, excludes farm slaughter. Total Live Weight 2004 2005 --Thousand Pounds-- 3,814,305 3,210,574 29,764 26,541 2,352,762 2,362,374 31,856 30,833 Species Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep 1/ Preliminary. NUMBER OF HEAD SLAUGHTERED--BY SPECIES, COMMERCIAL AND FARM, UNITED STATES, 2004 Total Commercial Farm 1/ Total Slaughter --1,000 Head-- 35,493.4 154.0 35,647.4 1,000.8 38.0 1,038.8 100,930.7 112.0 101,042.7 2,978.8 63.5 3,042.3 Commodity Eggs, Frozen Meats, Red Beef, Frozen Pork, Frozen Poultry, Frozen Peanuts, Shelled Peanuts, In Shell Pecans, Shelled Pecans, In Shell SELECTED COLD STORAGE STOCKS--UNITED STATES, JANUARY 31, 2005 Jan 31, 2004 Dec 31, 2004 Jan 31, 2005 % of Jan 2004 % of Dec 2004 --Thousand Pounds-- --Percent-- 15,340 18,036 21,386 139 119 1,015,168 878,958 961,199 95 109 482,419 395,084 435,610 90 110 512,657 470,656 510,724 100 109 1,179,573 966,703 943,870 80 98 284,978 221,475 267,545 94 121 12,504 17,074 13,365 107 78 37,681 17,992 22,370 59 124 99,229 141,037 187,266 189 133 Commodity Price per Unit PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS--FEBRUARY 15, 2005 Georgia Feb 2004 Jan 2005 Feb 15, 2005 Feb 2004 United States Jan 2005 Feb 15, 2005 Cotton /Lb 43.90 63.10 61.40 1/ 46.50 62.50 61.60 1/ Cottonseed $/Ton 3/ 101.00 104.00 110.00 127.00 140.00 Peanuts, In Shell 2/ /Lb 3/ 20.30 3/ 19.60 20.70 21.30 Calves /Lb 90.60 103.00 105.00 97.20 110.00 110.00 Beef Cattle 4/ /Lb 50.80 59.50 59.70 73.90 80.90 77.80 Cows 5/ /Lb 38.80 48.30 47.20 38.90 46.10 46.20 Steers & Heifers /Lb 72.10 82.20 81.80 78.20 85.40 81.60 [R esults from the m onthly Prices Received by Farm ers]. 1/ Based on sales during the first half of the m onth. 2/ Includes additional loan peanuts at loan value. 3/ Insufficient sales to establish a price. 4/ "Cows" and "Steers and Heifers" com bined. 5/ Beef cows and cull dairy cows sold for slaughter. 2 INDEX NUMBERS, UNITED STATES 2004 Jan Feb UNITED STATES (1990-92= 100) Prices Received 100 99 Prices Paid 126 128 Ratio 1/ 79 77 [Results from the m onthly Prices Received by Farm ers]. 1/ Ratio of index of prices received by farm ers to index of prices paid. Jan 111 130 85 2005 Feb 113 130 87 STOCKS OF PEANUTS AND SPECIFIED PRODUCTS AT MONTH'S END, UNITED STATES--2005 1/ Farmer Stock Equivalent Month Ending Farmer Stocks Shelled Peanuts 2/ Roasting Stock (In Shell) Shelled Peanuts Total 3/ --Thousand Pounds-- Jan 1,514,778 486,762 45,372 647,393 2,207,543 [R esults from the P eanut Stocks and P rocessing R eport]. 1/ E xcludes stocks on farm s. Includes stocks owned by or held for account of C C C in com m ercial storages. Farm er stock on net weight basis. 2/ Includes shelled edible grades, shelled oil stock, and shelled seed (untreated). 3/ Actual farm er stock, plus roasting stock, plus shelled peanuts x 1.33. TROUT--SALES OF FISH 12" OR LONGER, GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES Number Sold Pounds Sold Average Value per Pound Value of Sales 2003 1/ 2004 2003 1/ 2004 2003 1/ 2004 2003 1/ 2004 --Thousand-- --Dollars-- --Thousand Dollars-- GA 160 105 215 125 2.46 2.90 529 363 US 50,191 45,941 54,401 50,716 1.08 1.09 58,492 55,361 [Results from the Trout Survey]. 1/ Revised. CATFISH--NUMBER OF OPERATIONS, WATER SURFACE, AND TOTAL SALES, GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES Number of Operations Water Surface Acres Total Sales State Jan 1, 2004 1/ Jan 1, 2005 Jan 1, 2004 1/ Jan 1, 2005 2003 1/ 2004 --Number-- --Acres-- --Thousand Dollars-- GA 43 30 960 750 1,411 1,372 US 1,161 1,117 187,200 177,790 411,413 424,925 [Results from the Catfish Grower Survey]. 1/ Revised. NUMBER OF FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS, GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES 2001-2004 Number of Farms Land in Farms State 2002 2003 2004 2002 2003 --Number-- --Thousand Acres-- GA 49,200 49,300 49,300 10,850 10,800 US 2,148,630 2,135,360 2,126,860 942,070 940,300 [Results from the June Agricultural Survey]. 2004 10,800 938,750 NUMBER OF FARMS: ECONOMIC SALES CLASS BY GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES, 2004 Economic Sales Class $1,000 - $9,999 $10,000 - $99,999 $100,000 - $249,999 $250,000 - $499,999 $500,000 & Over --Number-- GA 32,200 10,800 2,000 1,800 2,500 US 1,199,270 600,530 167,230 86,550 73,280 [Results from the June Agricultural Survey]. Total 49,300 2,126,860 LAND IN FARMS: ECONOMIC SALES CLASS BY GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES, 2004 Economic Sales Class $1,000 - $9,999 $10,000 - $99,999 $100,000 - $249,999 $250,000 - $499,999 $500,000 & Over --1,000 Acres-- GA 3,700 2,800 1,100 1,100 2,100 US 124,780 270,055 196,145 150,135 197,635 [Results from the June Agricultural Survey]. 3 Total 10,800 938,750 COLONIES OF BEES: PRODUCTION, PRICE AND VALUE, GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES, 2003-2004 1/ Georgia United States Item Unit 2003 2004 2003 2004 Honey Producing Colonies 1,000 Colonies 50 52 2,574 2,590 Yield per Colony Pounds 52.0 65.0 66.7 69.9 Honey Production 1,000 Pounds 2,600 3,380 171,718 181,096 Stocks Dec. 15 1,000 Pounds 2/ 52 270 39,393 40,735 Avg. Price per Pound Dollars 3/ 1.130 1.280 1.327 1.404 Value of Honey Production 1,000 Dollars 2,938 4,326 228,338 255,791 [R esults from the Bee and H oney Inquiry]. 1/ For producers with 5 or m ore colonies. 2/ Stocks held by producers. 3/ U.S. price weighted by survey expanded sales. COTTON GINNINGS: RUNNING BALES GINNED PRIOR TO FEBRUARY 1, BY CROP, SELECTED STATES, AND UNITED STATES, CROP YEARS 2001-2004 1/ Crop and State 2001 2002 2003 All Cotton AL 531,500 901,450 565,200 GA 1,620,000 2,152,850 1,544,250 SC 357,300 403,550 125,500 US 16,627,250 19,532,450 16,576,250 [Results from the Cotton Ginnings Report]. 1/ Excluding Linters. 2004 798,250 2,052,950 309,900 17,620,400