Georgia farm report, vol. 06, no. 12 (2006 December 29)

GEORGIA FARM REPORT
December 29, 2006 Volume 06-Number 12

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 Pecans

HIGHLIGHTS

Livestock Slaughter

Agricultural Prices

December 1 Crop Forecast

Cotton Ginning

Peanut Stocks

EGGS IN INCUBATORS, UNITED STATES--NOVEMBER 1, 2005-2006

Item

2005

2006

--Thousands--

Chickens, Egg Type

33,721

Chickens, Broiler Type

623,102

Turkeys, All Breeds

27,446

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

32,762 608,412
29,895

% of Year Ago
--Percent--
97 98 109

POULTRY HATCHING AND PLACEMENT--OCTOBER 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

6,944

6,744

97

70,720

71,084

101

Egg Type

188

223

119

2,418

2,393

99

Chicks Hatched - Broiler Type

Georgia

119,293

123,370

103

1,202,202

1,238,154

103

United States

776,449

771,822

99

7,927,728

7,893,006

100

Chicks Hatched- Egg Type

Georgia

2,371

2,319

98

22,939

22,605

99

United States Turkeys Poults Placed2/

35,461

36,271

102

368,975

361,870

98

United States

21,400

24,706

115

44,147

48,061

109

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

8,965

9,083

1,979

1,960

177

178

10,016 2/

9,609 2/

2,337

2,256

234

219

Total Georgia

19,081

18,792

2,168

2,113

411

397

UNITED STATES

Hatching

57,611

55,937

1,916

1,908

1,104

1,067

Table

285,212

287,839

2,300

2,294

6,561

6,604

Total U.S.

342,823

343,776

2,236

2,231

7,665

[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.

7,671

USDA, NASS, COOPERATING WITH THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

COMMERCIAL POULTRY SLAUGHTER1/--SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER 2006

Item

Sep

Oct

% of Last Month

--Thousands--

--Percent--

Young Chickens

Georgia

105,768

115,828

110

United States

712,263

774,492

109

Mature Chickens

Light Type, U.S.

4,020

4,440

110

Heavy Type, U.S.

5,956

6,806

114

Total U.S.

9,976

11,246

113

Percent Condemned Young Chickens

--Percent--

Georgia

0.71

0.73

United States

1.01

1.00

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

January to Date --Thousands--
1,089,344 7,442,471
46,157 64,860 111,017
--Percent--
0.70 1.01

LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER--UNITED STATES,1/ OCTOBER 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

2679.2

2855.5

107

1,280

1,288

3,428,297

3,678,846

Calves

56.4

63.5

113

370

362

20,894

23,032

Hogs

9118.1

9636.2

106

269

269

2,449,676

2,596,678

Sheep & Lambs

228.2

236.0

103

138

132

31,403

[Results form the U.S. Livestock Slaughter Release]. 1/ Includes slaughter under Federal Inspection and other commercial slaughter, excludes farm slaughter.

31,062

PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS--NOVEMBER 15, 2006

Georgia

United States

Commodity

Price per Unit Nov 2005

Oct 2006

Nov 15, 2006

Nov 2005

Oct 2006

Nov 15, 2006

Cotton Cottonseed1/

/Lb $/Ton

50.20 74.00

51.00 93.00

53.00 93.00

48.50 95.60

46.10 97.70

46.60 108.00

Peanuts, In Shell

/Lb

17.20

17.10

16.80

17.50

17.20

17.20

Calves Beef Cattle2/
Cows3/

/Lb /Lb /Lb

122.00 62.40 45.10

113.00 61.20 45.80

109.00 57.50 44.30

137.00 90.80 45.90

127.00 88.50 45.90

119.00 84.40 43.70

Steers & Heifers

/Lb

97.60

91.20

84.30

97.10

94.00

90.00

[Results from the monthly Prices Received by Farmers]. 1/ Marketing year August-February. 2/ "Cows," "Steers and Heifers" combined. 3/ Beef cows and cull dairy cows sold for slaughter.

INDEX NUMBERS--UNITED STATES, 2005-2006

Index

2005

1990-92=100

Oct

Nov

Oct

UNITED STATES

Prices Received

111

112

116

Prices Paid

144

142

146

Ratio1/

77

79

79

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

2006

Nov
121 146
83

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--

Oct

2,381,910

587,059

37,467

780,788

3,200,165

[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

PECANS: UTILIZED PRODUCTION BY CROP, STATE, AND UNITED STATES, 2004-2005 AND FORECAST DECEMBER 1, 2006

Utilized Production

Crop and State

2004

2005

2006

Improved Varieties1/

--1,000 Pounds--

AL

1,000

3,200

5,100

AZ AR2/ CA2/ FL2/

14,000 1,000 3,500 400

22,000 1,100 3,900 300

15,000 850
3,200 400

GA

42,000

72,000

36,000

LA MS2/ MO2/3/

2,500 700

1,000 800 200

4,000 2,000
150

NM NC2/

39,000 70

65,000 1,650

46,000 1,000

OK SC2/

6,000 800

6,000 1,500

5,000 1,000

TX

28,000

50,000

25,000

US

138,970

228,650

144,700

Native & Seedling
AL AR2/ FL2/
GA KS2/
LA MS2/ MO2/3/ NC2/
OK SC2/
TX
US

100 700 100 3,000 1,800 6,500 300
30 22,000
300 12,000 46,830

800 1,200
700 8,000 3,200 4,000
200 2,400
350 15,000
700 15,000 51,550

900 750 500 4,000 2,000 15,000 500 1,350 200 9,000 500 11,000 45,700

All Pecans

AL

1,100

4,000

AZ AR2/ CA2/ FL2/

14,000 1,700 3,500 500

22,000 2,300 3,900 1,000

GA

45,000

KS2/

1,800

80,000 3,200

LA MS2/ MO2/3/

9,000 1,000

5,000 1,000 2,600

NM NC2/

39,000 100

65,000 2,000

OK SC2/

28,000 1,100

21,000 2,200

TX

40,000

65,000

US

185,800

280,200

1/ Budded, grafted, or topworked varieties. 2/ Estimates for current year carried forward from earlier forecast. 3/ Estimates began in 2005.

6,000 15,000
1,600 3,200
900 40,000
2,000 19,000
2,500 1,500 46,000 1,200 14,000 1,500 36,000 190,400

GEORGIA ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 2005 AND DECEMBER 1, 2006 FORECAST

Area Harvested

Yield per Acre

Production

Crop

Unit

2005

Ind Dec 1, 2006

2005

Ind Dec 1, 2006

2005

Ind Dec 1, 2006

--Thousand Acres--

--Thousands--

Corn for Grain

Bu

230

230

129

Cotton, Upland1/

Bale

1,210.0

1,330.0

849

114

29,670

765

2,140.0

26,220 2,120.0

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 Lb

16

18

1,735

1,900

27,760

34,200

Wheat, Winter

Bu

Apples2/

Lb

Grapes2/

Ton

Peaches2/

Ton

Pecans

Lb

140 1.3 1.1 11.5
4/

120

52

3/

10,800

3/

3.18

3/

3.48

4/

4/

49

7,280

5,880

3/

14,000

12,000

3/

3.5

3.3

3/

40

42

4/

80,000 5/

45,000

Data are the latest estimates available. 1/ Cotton yield in pounds per harvested acre, production in 480 lb. net weight bales. 2/ Bearing age acres. 3/ Acreage and yield estimates will be

released in the Noncitrus Fruits and Nuts Summary, January 2007. 4/ Not available. 5/ Utilized production.

3

State

ALL COTTON-DECEMBER 1, 2006, FORECAST BY SELECTED STATES AND U.S.

Acres for Harvest

Yield

Ind Production1/

2006 as % of 2005

--Thousand Acres--

--Pounds--

--Thousand Bales2/--

--Percent--

AL

535.0

538

600.0

0.71

GA

1330.0

765

2120.0

0.99

SC

298.0

693

430.0

1.05

TN

695.0

905

1310.0

1.17

US

12816.0

798

1/ Production ginned and to be ginned. 2/ 480 lb. net weight bales.

21297.0

0.89

Crop and State
All Cotton AL GA SC TN US

COTTON GINNINGS: EQUIVALENT 480-POUND BALES GINNED, CROP YEARS 2005-2006

2005

2006

650,150 1,409,400
258,600 967,000 15,991,200

531,450 1,462,150
260,500 1,013,700 15,141,600

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