GEORGIA FARM REPORT June 30, 2005 Volume 05-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, 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]. 2 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. 3 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. STEPHENS FEDERAL BLDG., SUITE 320 355 EAST HANCOCK AVE. ATHENS, GA 30601 PHONE 706-546-2236 ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED FARM REPORT (ISSN 744-7280) is published monthly by the GA Agricultural Statistics Service, 355 East Hancock Ave., Athens, GA 30601-5099. Periodicals postage paid at Athens, GA, and additional mailing offices. Postmaster: Send address changes to FARM REPORT, GA Agricultural Statistics Service, Stephens Federal Building, Suite 320, 355 East Hancock Ave., Athens, GA 30601-5099. NEWS PAPER TIME VALUE