Georgia farm report, vol. 05, no. 05 (2005 May 31)

GEORGIA FARM REPORT

May 31, 2005 Volume 05-Number 05
Poultry Summary-Monthly & Annual Peanut Stocks Cottonseed Livestock Production & Income

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HIGHLIGHTS

Livestock Slaughter Wheat Forecast Cotton Ginnings

Agricultural Prices Hay Stocks Tobacco

Farm Labor Cotton Milk Production & Income

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

Item

2004

2005

--Thousands--

Chickens, Egg Type

33,311

34,086

Chickens, Broiler Type

653,401

658,034

Turkeys, All Breeds

30,363

29,059

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

% of Year Ago --Percent--
102 101
96

POULTRY HATCHING AND PLACEMENT--MARCH 2004-2005

January thru March

Item

2004

2005

% of year ago

2004

2005

% of year ago

--Thousands--

--Percent--

--Thousands--

--Percent--

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

Broiler Type

6,815

7,077

104

20,966

20,811

99

Egg Type

401

314

78

810

679

84

Chicks Hatched - Broiler Type

Georgia

121,592

123,271

101

355,395

358,760

101

United States

791,915

815,782

103

2,294,320

2,343,082

102

Chicks Hatched - Egg Type

Georgia

2,385

2,394

100

7,231

6,888

95

United States

37,545

39,888

106

104,623

109,559

105

Turkeys Poults Placed 2/

United States

24,215

23,376

97

160,948

153,095

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/ Accum ulated turkey poults placed are Septem ber 1 to current m onth.

NUMBER OF LAYERS AND EGG PRODUCTION--DURING MARCH 2004-2005 1/

Number of Layers

Eggs per 100 Layers

Total Eggs Produced

2004

2005

2004

2005

2004

2005

--Thousands--

--Number--

--Millions--

GEORGIA

Hatching

9,123

9,284

1,885

1,928

172

179

Table

11,387

11,051

2,275

2,244

259

248

Total Georgia

20,510

20,335

2,101

2,100

431

427

UNITED STATES

Hatching

59,594

59,674

1,837

1,892

1,095

1,129

Table

282,106

287,581

2,287

2,294

6,453

6,598

Total U.S.

341,700

347,255

2,209

2,225

7,547

7,726

[Results from the m onthly Chicken and Egg Report]. 1/ Totals m ay not add due to rounding.

USDA/NASS COOPERATING WITH THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

POULTRY--VALUE OF PRODUCTION, GEORGIA, 1999-2004 1/

1999

2000

2001

2002

--Thousand Dollars--

Commercial Broilers

2,293,445

2,029,005

2,432,235

1,935,750

Mature Chickens,

Hatching Egg Flocks

16,940

20,898

11,380

10,329

Table Egg Flocks

140

188

104

93

All Chickens,

Including Commercial Broilers

2,310,525

2,050,091

2,443,719

1,946,172

Eggs

379,142

369,913

367,887

355,968

All Poultry

2,689,667

2,420,004

2,811,606

2,302,140

1/ The production year begins Dec 1 previous year and ends Nov 30 current year.

2003
2,142,850
7,713 93
2,150,656 395,769
2,546,425

2004
2,857,580
8,013 155
2,865,748 394,223
3,259,971

COMMERCIAL POULTRY SLAUGHTER 1/--FEBRUARY AND MARCH 2005

Item

Feb

Mar

% of Last Month

--Thousands--

--Percent--

Young Chickens

Georgia

96,228

106,673

111

United States

647,799

766,867

118

Mature Chickens

Light Type, U.S.

5,249

6,148

117

Heavy Type, U.S.

4,506

6,500

144

Total U.S.

9,755

12,648

130

Percent Condemned Young Chickens

--Percent--

Georgia

1.10

1.20

United States

1.32

1.12

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

January to Date --Thousands--
307,056 2,137,252
17,235 16,493 33,728
--Percent--
1.01 1.12

Commodity

Price per Unit

PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS--APRIL 15, 2005

Georgia

Apr 2004

Mar 2005

Apr 15, 2005

Apr 2004

United States

Mar 2005

Apr 15, 2005

Cotton

/Lb

59.40

40.70

39.80 1/

60.30

41.50

42.00 1/

Peanuts, In-Shell /Lb

2/

17.60

17.90

19.80

18.50

18.10

Calves

/Lb

114.00

133.00

136.00

117.00

135.00

139.00

Beef Cattle 3/

/Lb

63.10

74.30

73.50

85.00

91.30

91.60

Cows 4/

/Lb

48.30

55.90

56.40

50.60

55.00

57.10

Steers & Heifers /Lb

89.30

102.00

104.00

88.90

95.50

95.60

[Results from the m onthly Prices Received by Farm ers]. 1/ Based on sales during the first half of the m onth. 2/ Insufficient sales to establish a price. 3/ "Cows" and "Steers and Heifers" combined. 4/ Beef cows and cull dairy cows sold for slaughter.

INDEX NUMBERS, UNITED STATES

2004

Mar

Apr

UNITED STATES (1990-92= 100)

Prices Received

121

125

Prices Paid

132

133

Ratio 1/

92

94

[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.

Mar
119 139
86

2005

Apr
120 140
86

Commodity

Price per Unit

FEED--PRICES PAID, APRIL 2005

2003

Southeast 2004

2005

Cottonseed Meal, 41%

$/Cwt

15.10

Soybean Meal, 44%

$/Cwt

16.90

Corn Meal

$/Cwt

10.20

Broiler Grower

$/Ton

191.00

Chick Starter

$/Ton

195.00

Laying Feed

$/Ton

176.00

Dairy Conct., 32-38%

$/Ton

237.00

Beef Cattle Conct., 32%-36% $/Ton

290.00

[Results from Prices Paid by Farm ers]. 1/ Southeast: AL, FL, GA, and SC.

17.00 22.10 11.10 246.00 273.00 227.00 280.00 274.00

15.80 20.40 11.50 195.00 227.00 221.00 239.00 358.00

2003
16.60 14.50
9.90 234.00 241.00 232.00 311.00 290.00

United States 2004
18.40 19.60
9.84 278.00 299.00 249.00 381.00 342.00

2005
17.20 16.10
9.57 237.00 268.00 226.00 331.00 316.00

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FARM WAGE RATES--APRIL 6-12, 2003, AND APRIL 11-17, 2004, BY REGION AND UNITED STATES 1/

Type of Hired Worker

Wage Rates for All Hired Workers

Field

Livestock

Field and Livestock

Region

2003

2004

2003

2004

2003

2004

2003

2004

--Dollars per Hour--

Southeast 2/ US 3/

8.71

8.42

7.58

7.88

8.78

8.71

8.07

8.12

9.16

9.22

8.40

8.46

8.75

8.95

8.49

8.58

See footnotes below.

NUMBER OF HIRED WORKERS ON FARMS AND HOURS WORKED FOR THE WEEK APRIL 6-12, 2004, AND APRIL 6-12, 2005, 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/

27

37

37.0

37.1

21

27

781

825

40.1

40.7

619

648

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

6 162

10 177

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--

Mar

1,580,890

741,784

76,988

986,573

2,644,451

[R esults from the P eanut S tocks 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.

Area Harvested

State

2004

2005

--1000 Acres--

GA

190

230

US

34,462

35,069

[Results based on the May Yield Survey].

WINTER WHEAT, 2004-2005

Yield

2004

2005

--Bushels--

45.0

55.0

43.5

45.4

Production

2004

2005

--1,000 Bushels--

8,550 1,499,434

12,650 1,590,862

State

2002

GA

1,295

US

102,978

[Results based on the May Yield Survey].

December 1 2003
1,494 111,027

HAY STOCKS ON FARMS, 2002-2005

2004

2003

--1,000 Tons--

1,345 114,294

230 22,013

May 1 2004
342 25,947

2005
292 27,708

State
GA US

UPLAND COTTON--ACREAGE, YIELD, AND PRODUCTION, 2004

Planted

Harvested

Yield

Production in 480-Lb. Net Weight Bales

--1,000 Acres--

--Pounds--

--1,000 Bales--

1,290.0

1,280.0

674

13,409.0

12,809.0

843

1,797.0 22,505.1

COTTONSEED--PRODUCTION AND FARM DISPOSITION, 2004

State

Production

Farm Disposition

Sales to Oil Mills

Other 1/

Seed for Planting 2/

--1,000 Tons--

GA

560.0

US

8,242.1

343.0 4,546.0

217.0 3,696.1

14.0 132.5

1/ Includes planting seed, feed, exports, inter-farm sales, shrinkage, loss, and other uses. 2/ Included in "other" farm disposition. Planting seed from previous year's crop.

Type and State

Upland

GA

All

US

COTTON GINNINGS: EQUIVALENT 480-POUND BALES GINNED, CROP YEARS 2003-2004

2003

2004

2,106,050

1,803,000

18,240,800

23,239,900

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ALL TOBACCO--ACREAGE, YIELD, PRODUCTION AND VALUE OF PRODUCTION 2004 1/

State

Area Harvested

Yield

Production

Price per Pound

Value of Production

--Acres--

--Pounds--

--1,000 Pounds--

--Dollars--

--1,000 Dollars--

GA

23,000

2,030

46,690

1.835

85,676

US

408,040

2,155

879,227

1.988 2/

1,747,614 2/

1/ Revised. 2/ Includes estim ated 2004 value of production for CT and MA type 61. Used 2003 CT and MA type 61 price to com pute the 2004 value of production.

MILK--PRODUCTION AND INCOME, 2003 1/-2004 2/

Georgia

United States

Item

Unit

2003

2004

2003

2004

Number of Milk Cows 3/ Milk Production per Cow Total Milk Production Cash Receipts Value of Home Consumption 4/ Gross Income 5/

Thous Head Pounds Mil Lbs Mil Dol Mil Dol Mil Dol

85 16,988
1,444 192.0
0.1 192.2

84 16,857
1,416 235.5
0.2 235.7

9,083 18,760 170,394 21,238.7
19.8 21,258.5

9,010 18,957 170,805 27,367.9
24.4 27,392.3

[Results from the Milk Production Report]. 1/ Revised. 2/ May not add due to rounding. 3/ Average num ber during year, excluding heifers not yet fresh. 4/ Valued at averaged returns per 100 pounds of m ilk in com bined m arketings of m ilk and cream . 5/ Cash receipts from m arketings of m ilk and cream plus value of m ilk used for hom e consum ption.

CATTLE--PRODUCTION AND INCOME, 2003-2004

Average Price per 100 Pounds Value of

Production 1/ Marketings 2/

Cattle

Calves

Production

Cash

Value of Home

Receipts 3/ Consumption

Gross Income

--Thousand Pounds--

--Dollars--

--Thousand Dollars--

2003 5/
GA US 2004 GA US

448,139 42,242,705
462,321 41,501,303

519,990 56,758,262
510,790 53,764,917

53.60 79.70
66.10 85.90

95.80 102.00
118.00 119.00

283,067 32,112,931
353,513 34,887,821

328,798 45,092,283
395,833 47,295,574

3,626 384,290
4,387 427,865

332,424 45,476,573
400,220 47,723,439

[R esults published in the Meat Anim als P roduction, D isposition, and Incom e 2004 Sum m ary]. 1/ Adjustm ents m ade for changes in inventory and for inshipm ents. 2/ E xclud es custom slaughter for use on farm s where produced and interfarm sales within the State. 3/ Receipts from m arketings and sale of farm slaughter. 5/ 2003 revised.

HOGS--PRODUCTION AND INCOME, 2003-2004

Production 1/

Average Price

Value of

Marketings 2/ per 100 Pounds Production 3/

Cash Receipts 3/4/

Value of Home Consumption

Gross Income

--Thousand Pounds--

--Dollars--

--Thousand Dollars--

--Thousand Dollars--

2003 5/
GA US

155,543 26,260,140

169,916 27,173,703

36.40 37.20

58,505 9,663,024

68,834 10,618,027

369 27,774

69,203 10,645,801

2004 GA US

148,837 26,678,197

159,268 27,755,282

50.30 49.30

74,147 13,071,677

84,790 14,348,328

499 36,117

85,289 14,384,445

[R esults published in the Mea t A nim als P roduction, D isposition, and Incom e 2004 Sum m ary]. 1/ Adjustm ents m ade for changes in inventory and for inshipm ents. 2/ Excludes custom slaughter for use on farm s where produced and interfarm sales within the State. 3/ Includes allowance for higher average price of State inshipm ents and outshipm ents of feeder pigs. 4/ Receipts from m arketings and sale of farm slaughter. 5/ 2003 revised.