GEORGIA FARM REPORT August 31, 2005 Volume 05-Number 08 USDA-NASS GEORGIA FIELD OFFICE 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 Livestock Slaughter Cold Storage Agricultural Prices HIGHLIGHTS August 1 Crop Forecast Farm Labor Peaches EGGS IN INCUBATORS--JULY 1, 2004-2005, UNITED STATES Item 2004 2005 --Thousands-- Chickens, Egg Type 35,588 32,991 Chickens, Broiler Type 659,248 657,631 Turkeys, All Breeds 30,979 30,504 [Results from the monthly Chicken and Egg Report and the monthly Turkey Hatchery Report]. % of Year Ago --Percent-- 93 100 98 POULTRY HATCHING AND PLACEMENT--JUNE 2004-2005 January thru June Item 2004 2005 % of year ago 2004 2005 % of year ago --Thousands-- --Percent-- --Thousands-- --Percent-- Pullet Chicks Placed Domestic (U.S.)1/ Broiler Type 6,890 7,109 103 41,848 42,503 102 Egg Type 212 184 87 1,522 1,361 89 Chicks Hatched - Broiler Type Georgia 119,136 120,743 101 711,484 721,347 101 United States 786,603 796,001 101 4,666,036 4,752,269 102 Chicks Hatched - Egg Type Georgia 2,332 2,228 96 14,302 13,727 96 United States 37,508 34,537 92 217,944 223,945 103 Turkeys Poults Placed2/ U.S. 23,291 24,276 104 232,595 224,625 97 [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 JUNE 2004-20051/ Number of Layers 2004 2005 Eggs per 100 Layers 2004 2005 Total Eggs Produced 2004 2005 --Thousands-- --Number-- --Millions-- GEORGIA Hatching 8,999 9,143 1,878 Table 11,198 9,929 2,143 Total Georgia 20,197 19,072 2,025 UNITED STATES Hatching 59,869 59,027 1,804 Table 282,966 282,325 2,194 Total U.S. 342,835 341,352 2,126 [Results from the monthly Chicken and Egg Report]. 1/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 1,892 2,175 2,040 1,855 2,213 2,151 169 240 409 1,080 6,209 7,289 173 216 389 1,095 6,247 7,342 USDA/NASS COOPERATING WITH THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE COMMERCIAL POULTRY SLAUGHTER1/--MAY AND JUNE 2005 Item May Jun % of Last Month --Thousands-- --Percent-- Young Chickens Georgia 107,914 109,014 101 United States 758,847 773,739 102 Mature Chickens Light Type, U.S. 6,829 7,178 105 Heavy Type, U.S. 6,148 6,761 110 Total U.S. 12,977 13,939 107 Percent Condemned Young Chickens --Percent-- Georgia 0.73 0.67 United States 0.99 0.96 1/ Federally inspected slaughter data as collected by Meat and Poultry Inspection Program. January to Date --Thousands-- 625,045 4,404,407 39,770 35,557 75,327 --Percent-- 0.90 1.04 LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER--UNITED STATES1/, June 2004-2005 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 2,994.1 2,936.8 98 1,225 1,246 3,667,614 3,657,843 Calves 66.3 58.9 89 337 368 22,340 21,719 Hogs 8,505.4 8,553.6 101 264 268 2,246,201 2,295,652 Sheep & Lambs 231.6 222.9 96 134 138 31,090 30,667 [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, JUNE 30, 2005 Commodity Jun 30, 2004 May 31, 2005 Jun 30, 2005 % of Jun 2004 % of May 2005 --Thousand Pounds-- --Percent-- Eggs, Frozen 18,256 17,667 19,867 109 112 Meats, Red 797,871 848,511 850,554 107 100 Beef, Frozen 411,767 318,263 339,848 83 107 Pork, Frozen 373,007 512,696 491,738 132 96 Poultry, Frozen 1,373,065 1,133,742 1,195,050 87 105 Peanuts, Shelled 391,829 454,720 387,008 99 85 Peanuts, In Shell 36,971 48,551 43,701 118 90 Pecans, Shelled 37,341 35,909 37,406 100 104 Pecans, In Shell 102,426 82,509 63,275 62 77 [Results from the monthly Cold Storage Report]. PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS--JULY 15, 2005 Georgia United States Commodity Price per Unit Jul 2004 Jun 2005 Jul 15, 2005 Jul 2004 Jun 2005 Jul 15, 2005 Cotton /Lb 57.90 39.40 1/ 53.80 44.00 2/ 42.10 Calves Beef Cattle3/ Cows4/ /Lb /Lb /Lb 126.00 70.60 54.40 132.00 73.10 58.20 126.00 71.70 57.90 130.00 88.10 56.30 138.00 88.50 57.00 133.00 86.30 55.60 Steers & Heifers /Lb 102.00 102.00 98.60 91.40 91.90 89.60 [Results from the monthly Prices Received by Farmers]. 1/ Price not published to avoid disclosure of individual firms. 2/ Based on sales during the first half of the month. 3/ "Cows" and "Steers and Heifers" combined. 4/ Beef cows and cull dairy cows sold for slaughter. INDEX NUMBERS, UNITED STATES 2004 2005 Jun Jul Jun Jul UNITED STATES (1990-92= 100) Prices Received 128 124 120 119 Prices Paid Ratio1/ 135 135 95 92 140 140 86 85 [Results from the monthly Prices Received by Farmers]. 1/ Ratio of index of prices received by farmers to index of prices paid. 2 GEORGIA ACREAGE, YIELD, AND PRODUCTION, 2004 AND AUGUST 1, 2005 FORECAST Area Harvested1/ Yield per Acre Production Crop Unit 2004 2005 2004 Ind 2005 2004 Ind 2005 --1,000 Acres-- --1,000-- Corn for Grain Cotton, All2/ Bu Bales 280 1,280.0 220 1,190.0 130.0 674 129.0 746 36,400 1,797.0 28,380 1,850.0 Hay, All Tons 600 650 2.7 2.9 1,620 1,885 Peanuts for Nuts Lbs 610 770 3,000 3,100 1,830,000 2,387,000 Soybeans for Beans Bu Tobacco, All3/ Lbs 270 23,000 190 16,000 31.0 2,030 33.0 1,900 8,370 46,690 6,270 30,400 Wheat, Winter Bu 190 160 52.0 52.0 8,550 8,320 Apples Lbs 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 12,000 13,000 Grapes Tons 5/ 5/ Peaches4/ Lbs 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 3.3 3.3 5/ 5/ 52,500 40,000 1/ Harvested for principal use. 2/ Cotton yield in pounds per harvested acre, production in 480 pound net weight bales. 3/ Type 14. 4/ Estimates for current year carried forward from earlier forecast. 5/ Bearing acres and yield released January 2006 in Noncitrus Fruits and Nuts 2005 Preliminary Summary. State AL FL GA SC US PEANUTS: AREA HARVESTED, YIELD, AND PRODUCTION BY SELECTED STATES AND UNITED STATES, 2003-2004 AND AUGUST 1, 2005 FORECAST Area Harvested Yield Production 2004 2005 2004 2005 2003 2004 2005 --1,000 Acres-- --Pounds-- --1,000 Pounds-- 199 219 2,800 3,000 508,750 557,200 657,000 130 165 2,800 2,900 345,000 364,000 478,500 610 770 3,000 3,100 1,863,000 1,830,000 2,387,000 33 62 3,400 3,300 57,800 112,200 204,600 1,394 1,612 3,057 3,190 4,144,150 4,261,700 5,142,100 ALL COTTON: AREA HARVESTED, YIELD, AND PRODUCTION BY SELECTED STATES AND UNITED STATES, 2003-2004 AND AUGUST 1, 2005 FORECAST Area Harvested Yield Production1/ State 2004 2005 2004 2005 2003 2004 2005 --1,000 Acres-- --Pounds-- --1,000 Bales2/-- AL 540.0 555.0 724 726 820.0 814.0 840.0 FL 87.0 85.0 601 548 117.0 109.0 97.0 GA 1,280.0 1,190.0 674 746 2,110.0 1,797.0 1,850.0 SC 214.0 258.0 875 800 326.0 390.0 430.0 US 13,057.0 13,657.0 855 748 18,255.2 23,250.7 21,291.0 1/ Production ginned and to be ginned. 2/ 480-lb net weight bales. HIRED WORKERS: WAGE RATES FOR TYPE OF WORKER AND ALL HIRED WORKERS BY REGION AND UNITED STATES1/ JULY 11-17, 2004, AND JULY 10-16, 2005 Type of Hired Worker Field Livestock Field and Livestock Wage Rates for All Hired Workers Region 2004 2005 2004 2005 2004 2005 2004 2005 --Dollars per Hour-- Southeast2/ 8.19 8.39 8.68 8.85 8.34 8.51 8.88 8.91 US3/ 8.34 8.62 8.74 9.25 8.43 8.78 9.04 9.39 See footnotes below. HIRED WORKERS: NUMBER AND HOURS WORKED BY REGION AND UNITED STATES1/ JULY 11-17, 2004, AND JULY 10-16, 2005 Expected to be Employed Number of Workers 150 Days or More 149 Days or Less Number of Hours Worked Region 2004 2005 2004 2005 2004 2005 2004 2005 --1,000-- --Hours per Week-- --1,000-- Southeast2/ US3/ 44 44 30 30 14 14 35.6 37.5 961 930 637 656 324 274 39.2 40.6 [Results from the Agricultural Labor Survey]. 1/ Excludes agricultural service workers. 2/ Southeast: AL, GA, SC. 3/ Excludes AK. 3 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 PEACHES: TOTAL PRODUCTION BY TYPE, STATE, AND UNITED STATES, 2003-2004 AND AUGUST 1, 2005 FORECAST Total Production State 2003 2004 --Million Pounds-- AL1/ AR1/ CA1/ 4,500 4,450 14,000 4,500 Freestone Clingstone1/ CO1/ CT1/ 413,000 536,000 10,500 750 436,000 539,000 13,000 850 GA1/ ID1/ IL1/ IN1/2/ KY1/ LA1/ MD1/ MA1/ 55,000 6,500 10,250 1,700 900 800 4,250 1,500 52,500 9,000 10,600 1,200 800 850 4,100 960 MI MO1/ 23,500 5,000 18,700 4,500 NJ NY1/ NC1/ OH1/ OK1/ OR1/ 35,000 6,500 3,000 5,650 1,500 2,250 32,500 6,000 3,500 5,100 2,000 3,300 PA 36,500 23,000 SC 50,000 70,000 TN1/ 1,750 1,950 TX1/ 3,500 12,200 UT1/ 4,500 5,000 VA1/ 5,000 4,500 WA WV1/ 19,500 6,250 21,500 6,000 US 1,259,500 1,307,110 1/ Estimates for current year carried forward from an earlier forecast. 2/ Estimates discontinued in 2005. USDA-NASS GEORGIA FIELD OFFICE STEPHENS FEDERAL BLDG., SUITE 320 355 EAST HANCOCK AVE. ATHENS, GA 30601 PHONE 706-546-2236 ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED 2005 11,500 4,300 410,000 530,000 12,000 800 40,000 6,000 6,500 550 500 4,200 1,050 15,000 1,500 32,500 5,300 6,000 2,000 4,000 2,800 20,500 70,000 1,900 10,000 2,750 4,700 22,000 5,500 1,233,850