GEORGIA FARM REPORT November 30, 2006 Volume 06-Number 11 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 Agricultural Prices Peanut Stocks HIGHLIGHTS November 1 Crop Forecast Peanuts by States Cotton by States Farm Labor EGGS IN INCUBATORS, UNITED STATES--OCTOBER 1, 2005-2006 Item 2005 2006 --Thousands-- Chickens, Egg Type 33,782 Chickens, Broiler Type 631,849 Turkeys, All Breeds 26,538 [Results from the Monthly Chicken and Egg Report and the Monthly Turkey Hatchery Report]. 35,152 632,413 29,800 % of Year Ago --Percent-- 104 100 112 POULTRY HATCHING AND PLACEMENT--SEPTEMBER 2005-2006 January thru September Item 2005 2006 % of year ago 2005 2006 % of year ago --Thousands-- --Percent-- --Thousands-- --Percent-- Pullet Chicks Placed Domestic (U.S.)1/ Broiler Type 7,132 7,063 99 63,776 64,340 101 Egg Type 375 243 65 2,230 2,165 97 Chicks Hatched - Broiler Type Georgia 117,952 122,507 104 1,082,909 1,114,784 103 United States 771,146 771,719 100 7,151,279 7,121,184 100 Chicks Hatched- Egg Type Georgia 2,272 2,290 101 20,568 20,286 99 United States Turkeys Poults Placed2/ 33,623 36,845 110 333,514 325,599 98 United States 22,747 23,249 102 22,747 23,249 102 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 SEPTEMBER 2005-20061/ Number of Layers Eggs per 100 Layers Total Eggs Produced 2005 2006 2005 2006 2005 2006 --Thousands-- --Number-- --Millions-- GEORGIA Hatching Table 9,076 9,099 1,917 1,879 174 171 9,768 2/ 9,607 2/ 2,128 2,194 210 213 Total Georgia 18,944 18,806 2,027 2,042 384 384 UNITED STATES Hatching 57,816 56,241 1,851 1,849 1,070 1,040 Table 283,098 286,365 2,218 2,228 6,279 6,379 Total U.S. 340,914 342,606 2,155 2,165 7,348 [Results from the Monthly Chicken and Egg Report]. 1/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 2/ Table egg layers in flocks 30,000 and above. 7,419 USDA, NASS, COOPERATING WITH THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE COMMERCIAL POULTRY SLAUGHTER1/--AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER 2006 Item Aug Sep % of Last Month --Thousands-- --Percent-- Young Chickens Georgia 117,583 105,768 90 United States 793,371 711,232 90 Mature Chickens Light Type, U.S. 4,329 4,020 93 Heavy Type, U.S. 7,242 5,956 82 Total U.S. 11,571 9,976 86 Percent Condemned Young Chickens --Percent-- Georgia 0.73 0.71 United States 1.05 1.01 1/ Federally inspected slaughter data as collected by Meat and Poultry Inspection Program. January to Date --Thousands-- 973,516 6,666,948 41,717 58,054 99,771 --Percent-- 0.70 1.01 LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER--UNITED STATES,1/ SEPTEMBER 2005, 2006 Number Slaughtered Average Live Weight Total Live Weight Species 2005 2006 2006 as % of 2005 2005 2006 2005 2006 --Thousand Head-- --Percent-- --Pounds-- --Thousand Pounds-- Cattle 2,775.9 2,765.7 100 1,275 1,282 3,538,313 3,546,240 Calves 60.7 57.5 95 363 365 22,022 20,987 Hogs 8,871.1 8,833.0 100 265 266 2,348,822 2,351,899 Sheep & Lambs 231.1 219.1 95 135 129 31,088 [Results form the U.S. Livestock Slaughter Release]. 1/ Includes slaughter under Federal Inspection and other commercial slaughter, excludes farm slaughter. 28,233 PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS--OCTOBER 15, 2006 Georgia United States Commodity Cotton Cottonseed3/ Price per Unit /Lb $/Ton Oct 2005 51.60 75.00 Sep 2006 1/ 94.00 Oct 15, 2006 1/ 93.00 Oct 2005 48.50 89.10 Sep 2006 47.30 99.10 Oct 15, 2006 45.90 2/ 97.70 Peanuts, In Shell /Lb 17.40 17.00 17.00 17.40 17.30 17.40 Calves Beef Cattle6/ Cows7/ /Lb /Lb /Lb 122.00 63.20 45.50 124.00 63.80 45.80 115.00 61.00 45.00 135.00 90.40 46.60 135.00 90.80 47.10 131.00 89.10 46.00 Steers & Heifers /Lb 97.50 98.60 92.10 96.10 95.80 94.40 [Results from the monthly Prices Received by Farmers]. 1/ Price not published to avoid disclosure of individual firms. 2/Based on sales during first half of the month. 3/ Marketing year August-February. 4/ Insufficient sales to establish a price. 5/ "Cows," "Steers and Heifers" combined. 6/ Beef cows and cull dairy cows sold for slaughter. INDEX NUMBERS--UNITED STATES, 2005-2006 Index 2005 2006 1990-92=100 Sep Oct Sep Oct UNITED STATES Prices Received 116 111 119 117 Prices Paid 142 144 146 146 Ratio1/ 82 77 82 80 [Results from the monthly Prices Received by Farmers]. 1/ Ratio of index of prices received by farmers to index of prices paid. STOCKS OF PEANUTS AND SPECIFIED PRODUCTS AT MONTH'S END, UNITED STATES--20061/ Month Ending Farmer Stocks Shelled Peanuts2/ Roasting Stock (In Shell) Farmer Stock Equivalent Shelled Peanuts Total3/ --Thousand Pounds-- Sep 994,686 570,990 40,932 759,417 1,795,035 [Results from the Peanut 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. 2 GEORGIA ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 2005 AND NOVEMBER 1, 2006 FORECAST Area Harvested1/ Yield per Acre Production Crop Unit 2005 Ind Nov 1, 2006 2005 Ind Nov 1, 2006 2005 Ind Nov 1, 2006 --Thousand Acres-- --Thousands-- Corn for Grain Bu 230 230 129 Cotton, Upland2/ Bale 1,210.0 1,330.0 849 114 29,670 26,220 668 2,140 1,850 Hay, All Other Ton 550 600 3 2.3 1,650 1,380 Peanuts Lb 750 575 2,840 2,650 2,130,000 1,523,750 Soybeans for Beans Bu 175 150 26 24 4,550 3,600 Tobacco, Type 14 Lbs 16 18 1,735 1,900 27,760 34,200 Wheat, Winter Bu 140 120 52 49 7,280 5,880 Apples3/4/ Lbs 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 14,000 12,000 Grapes3/4/ Tons 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 3.5 3.3 Peaches3/4/ Tons 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 40.0 42.0 Pecans3/ Lbs 6/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 80,000 7/ 45,000 7/ 1/ Harvested for principal use. 2/ Cotton yield in pounds per harvested acre, production in 480 pound bales. 3/ Estimates brought forward from earlier forecast. 4/ Bearing age Acreage. 5/ Acreage and yield estimates will be released in the Noncitrus Fruits and Nuts, January 2007. 6/ Not available. 7/ Utilized production. PEANUT PRODUCTION--NOVEMBER 1, 2006 FORECAST BY STATES AND UNITED STATES Area Harvested Yield Production1/ State Ind 2006 Ind 2006 Ind 2006 2006 as % of 2005 --1,000 Acres-- --Pounds-- --1,000 Lbs-- --Percent-- AL 158.0 2,100 331,800 54 FL 120.0 2,400 288,000 70 GA 575.0 2,650 1,523,750 72 SC 56.0 3,000 168,000 100 US 1,213.0 2,780 3,372,150 69 1/ Estimates comprised of quota and non-quota peanuts. ALL COTTON--NOVEMBER 1, 2006 FORECAST BY STATES AND UNITED STATES Acres for Harvest Yield Production1/ 2006 as % of 2005 State --1,000 Acres-- --Pounds-- --1,000 Bales2/-- --Percent-- AL 535.0 538 600.0 71 GA 1,330.0 668 1,850.0 86 SC 298.0 741 460.0 112 TN 695.0 877 1,270.0 113 US 12,816.0 798 21,299.0 89 1/ Production ginned and to be ginned. 2/ 480 lb. net weight bales. HIRED WORKERS: ANNUAL AVERAGE WAGE RATES IN GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES--2005 AND 2006 2005 2006 All Hired Field Field and Livestock All Hired Field --Dollars per Hour-- GA 8.99 8.35 8.51 9.20 8.57 US1/ 9.51 8.70 8.84 9.87 9.06 [Results from the Agricultural Labor Survey]. 1/ Excludes AK. Field and Livestock 8.63 9.15 3 HIRED WORKERS: WAGE RATES FOR TYPE OF WORKER AND ALL HIRED WORKERS BY REGION AND UNITED STATES1/ OCTOBER 9-15, 2005, AND OCTOBER 8-14, 2006 Type of Hired Worker Field Livestock Field and Livestock Wage Rates for All Hired Workers Region 2005 2006 2005 2006 2005 2006 2005 2006 --Dollars per Hour-- Southeast2/ 8.51 8.76 8.86 8.65 8.60 8.72 9.05 9.10 US3/ See footnotes below. 8.90 9.25 9.15 9.41 8.96 9.29 9.61 9.95 HIRED WORKERS: NUMBER AND HOURS WORKED BY REGION AND UNITED STATES1/ OCTOBER 9-15, 2005, AND OCTOBER 8-14, 2006 Expected to be Employed Number of Workers 150 Days or More 149 Days or Less Number of Hours Worked Region 2005 2006 2005 2006 2005 2006 2005 2006 --1,000-- --Hours per Week-- --1,000-- Southeast2/ 37 29 29 24 8 5 37.0 39.1 US3/ 842 797 621 592 221 205 [Results from the Agricultural Labor Survey]. 1/ Excludes agricultural service workers. 2/ Southeast: AL, GA, SC. 3/ Excludes AK. 42.0 41.6 STEPHENS FEDERAL BLDG., SUITE 320 355 EAST HANCOC K AVE. 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