GEORGIA FARM REPORT September 30, 2005 Volume 05-Number 09 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 Farm Income Onions September 1 Crop Forecast Peanuts Cotton Tobacco EGGS IN INCUBATORS, UNITED STATES--AUGUST 1, 2004, 2005 Item 2004 2005 --Thousands-- Chickens, Egg Type 31,522 35,305 Chickens, Broiler Type 663,491 662,712 Turkeys, All Breeds 30,603 30,245 [Results from the monthly Chicken and Egg Report and the monthly Turkey Hatchery Report]. % of Year Ago --Percent-- 112 100 99 POULTRY HATCHING AND PLACEMENT--JULY 2004, 2005 January thru July Item 2004 2005 % of year ago 2004 2005 % of year ago --Thousands-- --Percent-- --Thousands-- --Percent-- Pullet Chicks Placed Domestic (U.S.)1/ Broiler Type 6,688 6,657 100 48,536 49,160 101 Egg Type 222 242 109 1,744 1,603 92 Chicks Hatched - Broiler Type Georgia 122,912 121,744 99 834,396 843,091 101 United States 806,658 807,654 100 5,472,694 5,559,923 102 Chicks Hatched- Egg Type Georgia 2,328 2,258 97 16,630 15,985 96 United States 34,919 35,310 101 252,863 259,255 103 Turkeys Poults Placed2/ United States 25,013 24,504 98 257,608 249,153 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--JULY 2004, 2005 Number of Layers Eggs per 100 Layers 2004 2005 2004 2005 --Thousands-- --Number-- GEORGIA Hatching Table Total Georgia 9,011 11,065 20,076 9,043 9,876 18,919 1,931 2,268 2,117 1,946 2,268 2,114 UNITED STATES Hatching Table Total U.S. 59,252 283,227 342,479 58,587 281,597 340,184 1,860 2,279 2,207 1,912 2,287 2,222 [Results from the Monthly Chicken and Egg Report]. Total Eggs Produced 2004 2005 --Millions-- 174 176 251 224 425 400 1,102 6,455 7,557 1,120 6,441 7,560 USDA/NASS COOPERATING WITH THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE COMMERCIAL POULTRY SLAUGHTER1/--JUNE AND JULY 2005 Item Jun Jul % of Last Month --Thousands-- --Percent-- Young Chickens Georgia 109,014 102,314 94 United States 773,739 718,609 93 Mature Chickens Light Type, U.S. 7,178 5,540 77 Heavy Type, U.S. 6,761 6,190 92 Total U.S. 13,939 11,730 84 Percent Condemned Young Chickens --Percent-- Georgia 0.67 0.66 United States 0.96 0.92 1/ Federally inspected slaughter data as collected by Meat and Poultry Inspection Program. January to Date --Thousands-- 727,359 5,123,016 45,310 41,747 87,057 --Percent-- 0.86 1.02 LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER, UNITED STATES1/--JULY 2004, 2005 Species 2004 Number Slaughtered 2005 2005 as% of 2004 Average Live Weight 2004 2005 Total Live Weight 2004 2005 --Thousand Head-- --Percent-- --Pounds-- --Thousand Pounds-- Cattle 2,787.2 2,718.4 98 1,239 1,254 3,454,091 3,410,124 Calves 68.8 58.6 85 324 350 22,316 20,537 Hogs 8,095.8 7,662.0 95 262 264 2,123,485 2,025,963 Sheep & Lambs 220.9 200.8 91 128 134 28,378 26,881 [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, JULY 31, 2005 Commodity Jul 31, 2004 Jun 30, 2005 Jul 31, 2005 % of Jul 2004 % of Jun 2005 --Thousand Pounds-- --Percent-- Eggs, Frozen 16,720 19,681 19,632 117 100 Meats, Red 807,671 851,816 847,659 105 100 Beef, Frozen 427,047 342,191 380,372 89 111 Pork, Frozen 366,812 492,566 445,578 121 90 Poultry, Frozen 1,330,851 1,200,362 1,213,210 91 101 Peanuts, Shelled 399,079 387,007 285,978 72 74 Peanuts, In Shell 28,304 43,701 26,738 94 61 Pecans, Shelled 37,660 34,336 34,182 91 100 Pecans, In Shell 79,895 61,713 42,163 53 68 [Results form the monthly Cold Storage Report]. PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS--AUGUST 15, 2005 Georgia United States Commodity Price per Unit Aug 2004 Jul 2005 Aug 15, 2005 Aug 2004 Jul 2005 Aug 15, 2005 Cotton /Lb 43.60 40.80 1/ 40.10 53.70 43.20 1/ 40.80 Cottonseed $/Ton 2/ 3/ 2/ 99.00 102.00 Peanuts, In-Shell /Lb 3/ 15.50 16.90 19.00 16.00 17.30 Calves Beef Cattle4/ Cows5/ /Lb /Lb /Lb 127.00 70.80 54.20 122.00 67.90 52.80 123.00 68.50 53.00 131.00 87.70 54.70 132.00 85.30 53.80 131.00 84.70 51.90 Steers & Heifers /Lb 103.00 97.10 98.50 91.00 88.40 88.00 [Results from the monthly Prices Received by Farmers]. 1/ Based on sales during first half of the month. 2/ Marketing year August-February. 3/ Insufficient movement to establish a price. 4/ "Cows," "Steers and heifers" combined. 5/ Beef cows and cull dairy cows sold for slaughter. INDEX NUMBERS--UNITED STATES 2004 Jul Aug Jul UNITED STATES (1990-92 = 100) Prices Received 124 120 118 Prices Paid Ratio1/ 135 135 141 92 89 84 [Results from the monthly Prices Received by Farmers]. 1/ Ratio of index of prices received by farmers to index of prices paid. 2005 Aug 117 141 83 2 NET FARM INCOME FOR SELECTED STATES, 2000-2004 State 2000 2001 2002 2003 --1,000 Dollars-- Alabama 1,199,589 1,582,181 1,087,733 1,685,255 Florida 2,645,770 2,467,919 2,199,863 2,062,740 Georgia 2,047,814 2,496,900 1,840,388 2,468,192 South Carolina 566,510 700,547 192,906 673,265 United States 48,866,430 51,547,977 36,575,822 59,499,801 1/ Source: Economic Research Service/USDA. Information Contact: Roger Strickland. E-Mail: rogers@ers.usda.gov. August 16, 2005 2004 2,034,116 2,373,158 2,844,610 772,536 82,539,641 ONIONS--SPRING SEASON,1/ BY STATES, 2004 AND 2005 Area Planted Area Harvested Yield per Acre Production Value per Cwt State 2004 2005 2004 2005 2004 2005 2004 2005 2004 2005 --Acres-- --Acres-- --Cwt-- --1,000 Cwt-- --Dollars-- AZ 1,600 2,300 1,600 2,300 500 500 800 1,150 8.80 8.40 CA 7,300 7,500 7,100 7,300 505 460 3,586 3,358 15.10 18.50 GA 16,500 13,500 14,500 10,500 260 210 3,770 2,205 23.50 29.70 TX 14,500 15,500 12,500 14,000 310 275 3,875 3,850 22.60 29.70 Total 39,900 38,800 35,700 34,100 337 310 12,031 10,563 19.70 23.80 [Results from the Acreage, Production and Price Inquiry]. 1/ Primarily fresh. Total Value 2004 2005 --1,000 Dollars-- 7,040 9,660 54,149 62,123 88,595 65,489 87,575 114,345 237,359 251,617 GEORGIA ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION-2004, AND SEPTEMBER 1, 2005 FORECAST Area Harvested1/ Yield per Acre Production Crop Unit 2004 Ind Sep 1, 2005 2004 Ind Sep 1, 2005 2004 Ind Sep 1, 2005 --Thousand Acres-- --Thousands-- Corn Cotton2/ Hay, All3/ Bu Bales Tons 280 1,280.0 600 220 1,210.0 650 130.0 674 2.70 125.0 762 2.90 36,400 1,797.0 1,620 27,500 1,920.0 1,885 Peanuts Lbs 610.0 750.0 3,000 3,100 1,830,000 2,325,000 Soybeans Tobacco, All4/ Wheat, All3/ Apples3/ Grapes3/ Peaches3/ Bu Lbs Bu Lbs Tons Tons 270 23,000 190 1.20 1.10 12.0 190 16,000 160 5/ 5/ 5/ 31.0 2,030 45.0 10,000 3.00 4.38 32.0 1,700 52.0 5/ 5/ 5/ 8,370 46,690 8,550 12,000 3,300 52.5 6,080 27,200 8,320 13,000 3,300 40.0 [Results from the September Yield Survey]. 1/ Harvested for principal use. 2/ Cotton yield in pounds per harvested acre, production in 480 lb. net weight bales. 3/ Estimates brought forward from earlier forecast. 4/ Type 14. 5/ Bearing age acreage. Bearing age acres and yield estimates released January 2006 in the Noncitrus Fruits and Nuts January 2005 Preliminary Summary. State AL FL GA NM NC OK SC TX VA PEANUTS: AREA HARVESTED, YIELD, AND PRODUCTION BY STATE AND UNITED STATES, 2004 AND SEPTEMBER 1, 2005 FORECAST Area Harvested Yield Production 2004 20051/ 2004 Aug 1, 2005 Sep 1, 2005 2004 2005 --Thousand Acres-- --Pounds-- --Thousand Pounds-- 199.0 223.0 2,800 3,000 2,800 557,200 624,400 130.0 145.0 2,800 2,900 2,900 364,000 420,500 610.0 750.0 3,000 3,100 3,100 1,830,000 2,325,000 17.0 19.0 3,500 3,600 3,200 59,500 60,800 105.0 96.0 3,400 3,300 3,200 357,000 307,200 33.0 33.0 3,100 3,100 3,200 102,300 105,600 33.0 59.0 3,400 3,300 3,300 112,200 194,700 235.0 260.0 3,300 3,800 3,500 775,500 910,000 32.0 22.0 3,250 2,800 2,800 104,000 61,600 US 1,394.0 1,607.0 1/ Updated from "Acreage" released on June 30, 2005. 3,057 3,190 3,117 4,261,700 5,009,800 3 State AL AZ AR CA FL GA KS LA MS MO NM NC OK SC TN TX VA ALL COTTON: AREA HARVESTED, YIELD, AND PRODUCTION BY SELECTED STATES, AND UNITED STATES, 2004 AND SEPTEMBER 1, 2005 FORECAST Area Harvested Yield Production1/ 2004 2005 2004 Aug 1, 2005 Sep 1, 2005 2004 2005 --1,000 Acres-- --Pounds-- --1,000 Bales2/-- 540.0 545.0 724 726 722 814.0 820.0 241.0 243.0 1,451 1,399 1,399 728.6 708.0 900.0 1,040.0 1,114 984 937 2,089.0 2,030.0 771.0 659.0 1,540 1,328 1,333 2,473.0 1,830.0 87.0 85.0 601 548 548 109.0 97.0 1,280.0 1,210.0 674 746 762 1,797.0 1,920.0 80.0 70.0 424 549 555 70.7 81.0 490.0 600.0 867 814 920 885.0 1,150.0 1,100.0 1,180.0 1,024 928 895 2,346.0 2,200.0 378.0 435.0 1,054 892 850 830.0 770.0 74.5 62.0 850 864 898 132.0 116.0 725.0 810.0 900 805 800 1,360.0 1,350.0 200.0 220.0 727 633 698 303.0 320.0 214.0 263.0 875 800 757 390.0 415.0 525.0 635.0 900 852 831 984.0 1,100.0 5,370.5 5,524.0 695 534 630 7,778.0 7,245.0 81.0 92.0 956 699 678 161.4 130.0 US 13,057.0 13,673.0 855 748 782 [Results from the September Yield Survey]. 1/ Production ginned and to be ginned. 2/ 480-Lb. net weight bales. 23,250.7 22,282.0 TOBACCO, TYPE 14, GA-FL BELT: AREA HARVESTED, YIELD, AND PRODUCTION BY STATE, AND UNITED STATES, 2004 AND SEPTEMBER 1, 2005 FORECAST Area Harvested Yield Production State 2004 2005 2004 2005 2004 2005 --Acres-- --Pounds-- --1,000 Pounds-- FL 4,000 2,800 2,450 2,400 9,800 6,720 GA 23,000 16,000 2,030 1,700 46,690 27,200 US 408,040 307,010 2,155 2,099 879,227 644,278 [Results from the September Yield Survey]. 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