Georgia farm report, vol. 05, no. 06 (2005 June 30)

GEORGIA FARM REPORT

June 30, 2005 Volume 05-Number 06
Poultry Summary Livestock Slaughter

Cold Storage Agricultural Prices

HIGHLIGHTS
Peanut Stocks Winter Wheat

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Peach Production Floriculture

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

Item

2004

2005

--Thousands--

Chickens, Egg Type

33,347

35,875

Chickens, Broiler Type

661,541

663,426

Turkeys, All Breeds

29,871

29,133

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

% of Year Ago --Percent--
108 100
98

POULTRY HATCHING AND PLACEMENT--APRIL 2004-2005

January thru April

Item

2004

2005

% of year ago

2004

2005

% of year ago

--Thousands--

--Percent--

--Thousands--

--Percent--

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

Broiler Type

6,402

6,800

106

27,368

27,611

101

Egg Type

343

308

90

1,153

987

86

Chicks Hatched - Broiler Type

Georgia

115,342

117,954

102

470,737

476,714

101

United States

774,629

789,780

102

3,068,949

3,132,862

102

Chicks Hatched- Egg Type

Georgia

2,362

2,296

97

9,593

9,184

96

United States

37,466

38,267

102

142,089

151,959

107

Turkeys Poults Placed2/

United States

24,664

23,540

95

185,612

176,635

95

[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--APRIL 2004-20051/

Number of Layers

Eggs per 100 Layers

2004

2005

2004

2005

--Thousands--

--Number--

GEORGIA

Hatching

9,068

9,238

1,842

1,884

Table

11,165

10,418

2,185

2,131

Total Georgia

20,233

19,656

2,031

2,015

UNITED STATES

Hatching

59,793

59,807

1,796

1,838

Table

282,819

284,168

2,222

2,213

Total U.S.

342,612

343,975

2,148

2,148

[Results from the monthly Chicken and Egg Report]. 1/ Totals may not add due to rounding.

Total Eggs Produced

2004

2005

--Millions--

167

174

244

222

411

396

1,074 6,284 7,358

1,099 6,290 7,388

USDA/NASS COOPERATING WITH THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

COMMERCIAL POULTRY SLAUGHTER1/--MARCH AND APRIL 2005

Item

Mar

Apr

% of Last Month

--Thousands--

--Percent--

Young Chickens

Georgia

110,412

100,761

91

United States

768,060

714,619

93

Mature Chickens

Light Type, U.S.

7,264

7,103

98

Heavy Type, U.S.

6,095

5,909

97

Total U.S.

13,359

13,012

97

Percent Condemned Young Chickens

--Percent--

Georgia

0.76

0.75

United States

1.07

0.99

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

January to Date --Thousands--
408,117 2,871,821
25,763 22,648 48,411
--Percent--
1.00 1.07

LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER, UNITED STATES, APRIL 2004-20051/

Number Slaughtered

Average Live Weight

Total Live Weight

Species

2004

2005

2005 as % of 2004

2004

2005

2004

2005

--Thousand Head--

--Percent--

--Pounds--

--Thousand Pounds--

Cattle

2,697.7

2,560.1

95

1,200

1,220

3,237,188

3,122,560

Calves

70.7

61.6

87

330

353

23,318

21,703

Hogs

8,653.2

8,443.8

98

268

271

2,317,191

2,285,987

Sheep & Lambs

256.2

220.8

86

136

141

34,836

31,077

[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 WEIGHT1/

Per capita consumption, Retail Lb.

2003

--Pounds--

Beef

64.9

Pork

51.8

Broilers

81.6

Turkeys

17.4

Total Red Meat & Poultry

218.9

Eggs, Number

254.7

1/ Livestock, Dairy and Poultry, May 2004 LDP-M-119, Economic Research Service, USDA

2004
66.1 51.3 84.3 17.1 221.4 257.2

COLD STORAGE STOCKS--UNITED STATES, APRIL 30, 2005

Commodity

Apr 30, 2004

Mar 31, 2005

Apr 30, 2005

% of Apr 2004

% of Mar 2005

--Thousand Pounds--

--Percent--

Eggs, Frozen

20,906

18,548

18,852

90

102

Meats, Red

883,600

931,563

906,548

103

97

Beef, Frozen

421,180

372,404

326,697

78

88

Pork, Frozen

448,550

543,677

563,464

126

104

Poultry, Frozen

1,195,614

1,089,852

1,145,409

96

105

Peanuts, Shelled

375,658

473,963

494,485

132

104

Peanuts, In Shell

22,215

33,140

36,966

166

112

Pecans, Shelled

32,480

27,980

30,813

95

110

Pecans, In Shell

145,237

127,509

105,749

73

83

[Results from the monthly Cold Storage Report].

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PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS--MAY 15, 2005

Georgia

United States

Commodity

Price per Unit May 2004

Apr 2005

May 15, 2005

May 2004

Apr 2005

May 15, 2005

Cotton

/Lb

60.10

40.30

1/
39.50

59.70

43.10

1/
42.20

Peanuts, In-Shell /Lb

18.60

2/

3/

20.60

18.00

18.90

Calves Beef Cattle4/ Cows5/

/Lb /Lb /Lb

118.00 66.10 51.20

136.00 73.90 56.40

135.00 75.40 59.10

121.00 88.50 52.50

140.00 94.00 57.10

141.00 92.90 58.70

Steers & Heifers /Lb

95.10

105.00

107.00

92.60

98.30

96.90

[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/ Insufficient sales to establish a price. 4/ "Cows" and "Steers and Heifers" combined. 5/ Beef cows and cull dairy cows sold for slaughter.

INDEX NUMBERS--UNITED STATES, 2004-2005

2004

Apr

May

Apr

UNITED STATES (1990-92 =100)

Prices Received

125

129

122

Prices Paid Ratio1/

133

135

139

94

96

88

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

2005

May
122 139
88

STOCKS OF PEANUTS AND SPECIFIED PRODUCTS AT MONTH'S END, UNITED STATES--20051/

Farmer Stock Equivalent

Month Ending

Farmer Stocks

Shelled Peanuts2/

Roasting Stock (In Shell)

Shelled Peanuts

Total3/

--Thousand Pounds--

Apr

1,221,730

738,814

86,159

982,623

2,290,512

[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, 2004-20051/

Area Harvested

Yield

Production

State

2004

Jun 1, 2005

2004

Jun 1, 2005

2004

Jun 1, 2005

--1,000 Acres--

--Bushels--

--1,000 Bushels--

AR

620

185

53.0

50.0

32,860

9,250

GA

190

230

45.0

50.0

8,550

11,500

KY

380

300

54.0

60.0

20,520

18,000

MS

135

90

53.0

48.0

7,155

4,320

NC

460

430

50.0

45.0

23,000

19,350

SC

180

165

44.0

42.0

7,920

6,930

TN

280

170

49.0

48.0

13,720

8,160

VA

180

170

55.0

57.0

9,900

9,690

US

34,462

35,069

43.5

44.1

1,499,434

1,545,971

1/ AL, FL, and LA state level estimates will be published in the "Small Grains 2004 Summary," to be released September 30, 2005.

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PEACH TOTAL PRODUCTION SELECTED STATES

State

2003

2004

--Tons--

CA--All Clingstone1/

949,000 536,000

949,000 539,000

Freestone

413,000

410,000

GA

55,000

52,500

SC

50,000

70,000

Total

1,054,000

1,071,500

[Results from the June Peach Inquiry]. 1/ CA Clingstone is over-the-scale tonnage and includes culls and cannery diversions.

Jun 1, 2005 Forecast
920,000 510,000 410,000
45,000 80,000 1,045,000

FLORICULTURE CROPS--WHOLESALE VALUE OF SALES BY CATEGORY FOR OPERATIONS WITH $100,000+ SALES FOR GEORGIA--2002-2004

Category

2002

2003

2004

--1,000 Dollars--

Potted Flowering Plants

8,529

8,116

7,293

Foliage Plants (Indoor or Patio Use) Bedding/Garden Plants1/

3,420 56,344

1,597 47,197

2,591 50,252

[Results from the Commercial Floriculture Survey]. 1/ Includes Annual Bedding Plants and Herbaceous Perennials.

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