GEORGIA FARM REPORT February 28, 2006 Volume 06-Number 02 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 - Annual & Monthly Livestock Slaughter HIGHLIGHTS Cold Storage Peanut Stocks Agricultural Prices Farm Labor Cattle Inventory & Calf Crop Goats Inventory Pecans Crops Values EGGS IN INCUBATORS--JANUARY 1, 2005-2006, UNITED STATES Item 2005 2006 --Thousands-- Chickens, Egg Type 34,456 35,547 Chickens, Broiler Type 650,680 660,613 Turkeys, All Breeds 27,994 29,631 [Results from the monthly Chicken and Egg Report and the monthly Turkey Hatchery Report]. % of Year Ago --Percent-- 103 102 106 POULTRY HATCHING AND PLACEMENT--DECEMBER 2004-2005 January thru December Item 2004 2005 % of year ago 2004 2005 % of year ago --Thousands-- --Percent-- --Thousands-- --Percent-- Pullet Chicks Placed Domestic (U.S.)1/ Broiler Type 6,772 7,112 105 83,931 85,130 101 Egg Type 235 248 106 2,995 2,857 95 Chicks Hatched - Broiler Type Georgia 121,845 122,618 101 1,423,757 1,436,410 101 United States 793,090 807,848 102 9,333,251 9,472,888 101 Chicks Hatched - Egg Type Georgia 2,302 2,384 104 28,117 27,126 96 United States Turkeys Poults Placed2/ 37,332 36,224 97 437,304 436,339 100 United States 22,230 23,672 106 86,536 89,669 104 [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 DECEMBER 2004-20051/ Number of Layers Eggs per 100 Layers Total Eggs Produced 2004 2005 2004 2005 2004 2005 --Thousands-- --Number-- --Millions-- GEORGIA Hatching Table 9,032 9,082 1,915 1,927 173 175 2/ 2/ 10,091 9,974 2,380 2,313 264 233 Total Georgia 20,123 19,156 2,172 2,130 437 408 UNITED STATES Hatching 58,487 57,934 1,855 1,880 1,085 1,089 Table 287,473 290,366 2,311 2,308 6,643 6,702 Total U.S. 345,960 348,300 2,234 2,237 7,728 7,791 [Results from the Monthly Chicken and Egg Report]. 1/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 2/ Table egg layers in flocks 30,00 and above. USDA, NASS COOPERATING WITH THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE COMMERCIAL POULTRY SLAUGHTER1/--NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 2005 Item Nov Dec % of Last Month --Thousands-- --Percent-- Young Chickens Georgia United States 101,922 104,801 103 717,875 721,659 101 Mature Chickens Light Type, U.S. Heavy Type, U.S. Total U.S. 5,467 5,735 105 5,840 6,092 104 11,307 11,827 105 Percent Condemned Young Chickens Georgia United States --Percent-- 0.66 0.68 0.91 1.02 1/ Federally inspected slaughter data as collected by Meat and Poultry Inspection Program. January thru December --Thousands-- 1,259,378 8,850,215 73,073 72,911 145,984 --Percent-- 0.77 0.98 LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER--UNITED STATES,1/ DECEMBER 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 2,690.3 2,665.9 99 Calves 74.6 60.1 81 Hogs 9,249.9 9,233.3 100 Sheep & Lambs 242.1 231.0 95 1,268 334 270 140 1,281 370 272 143 3,410,332 24,883 2,496,228 33,816 3,413,978 22,249 2,510,190 32,931 [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, DECEMBER 31, 2005 Commodity Dec 31, 2004 Nov 30, 2005 Dec 31, 2005 % of Dec 2004 % of Nov 2005 --Thousand Pounds-- --Percent-- Eggs, Frozen, Total 19,112 17,601 21,019 110 119 Meats, Red 979,037 888,195 883,806 90 100 Beef, Frozen, Total 484,276 429,824 433,768 90 101 Pork, Frozen, Total 482,852 437,461 427,709 89 98 Poultry, Frozen 1,005,200 1,074,744 1,124,944 112 105 Peanuts, Shelled 300,480 236,963 265,615 88 112 Peanuts, In Shell 15,700 19,294 17,772 113 92 Pecans, Shelled 16,971 13,303 17,253 102 130 Pecans, In Shell 95,581 21,066 83,376 87 396 [Results from the monthly Cold Storage Report]. PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS--JANUARY 15, 2006 Commodity Price per Unit Jan 2005 Georgia Dec 2005 Jan 15, 2006 Jan 2005 United States Dec 2005 Jan 15, 2006 Cotton Cottonseed Peanuts, In Shell2/ Calves Beef Cattle4/ Cows5/ Steers & Heifers /Lb $/Ton /Lb /Lb /Lb /Lb /Lb 40.10 91.00 17.90 120.00 65.30 51.30 93.80 50.10 74.00 16.90 125.00 64.70 46.60 99.80 1/ 51.00 74.00 17.30 128.00 65.50 47.50 102.00 38.50 114.00 18.90 125.00 89.40 50.50 94.40 47.90 95.10 17.70 134.00 93.60 47.20 99.90 1/ 49.60 102.00 17.60 137.00 94.40 46.50 101.00 [Results from the monthly Prices Received by Farmers]. 1/ Based on sales during first half of the month. 2/ Includes additional loan peanuts at loan value. 3/ Insufficient sales to establish a price. 4/ "Cows," "Steers and Heifers" combined. 5/ Beef cows and cull dairy cows sold for slaughter. INDEX NUMBERS--UNITED STATES Index 2004 2005 1990-92=100 Dec Jan Prices Received Prices Paid Ratio1/ 111 111 134 137 83 81 [Results from the monthly Prices Received by Farmers]. 1/ Ratio of index of prices received by farmers to index of prices paid. Dec 115 143 80 2006 Jan 112 145 77 2 STOCKS OF PEANUTS AND SPECIFIED PRODUCTS AT MONTH'S END, UNITED STATES--20051/ Farmer Stock Equivalent Month Ending Farmer Stock Shelled Peanuts2/ Roasting Stock (In Shell) Shelled Peanuts Total3/ --Thousand Pounds-- Dec 3,701,572 451,322 50,041 600,258 4,351,871 [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 storage facilities. 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. HIRED WORKERS: WAGE RATES FOR TYPE OF WORKER AND ALL HIRED WORKERS BY REGION AND UNITED STATES1/ JANUARY 9-15, 2005, AND JANUARY 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/ 8.74 8.77 8.77 8.85 8.75 8.51 8.41 9.45 US3/ 9.15 9.25 9.25 9.25 9.19 8.78 9.78 10.11 See footnotes below. HIRED WORKERS: NUMBER AND HOURS WORKED BY REGION AND UNITED STATES1/ JANUARY 9-15, 2005, AND JANUARY 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/ US3/ 24 28 20 23 589 616 494 513 4 5 35.3 34.5 95 103 37.0 38.2 [Results from the Agricultural Labor Survey]. 1/ Excludes agricultural service workers. 2/ Southeast: AL, GA, SC. 3/ Excludes AK. ALL PECANS: UTILIZED PRODUCTION, PRICE PER POUND, VALUE OF PRODUCTION, GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES, 2003-2005 Utilized Production Price per Pound Value of Production State 2003 2004 2005 2003 2004 2005 2003 2004 2005 --1,000 Pounds-- --Dollars-- --1,000 Dollars-- GA 75,000 45,000 70,000 0.928 1.730 1.230 69,600 78,060 86,000 US 282,100 185,800 259,600 0.984 1.760 1.540 277,629 326,924 400,441 [Results from the January 1 Pecan Inquiry]. CATTLE AND CALVES: NUMBER BY CLASS AND CALF CROP, GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES, JANUARY 1, 2005-20061/ Georgia United States Class 2005 2006 2006 as % of 2005 2005 2006 2006 as % of 2005 --1,000 Head-- --Percent-- --1,000 Head-- --Percent-- Cattle and Calves 1,210 1,180 98 95,438 97,102 102 Cows and Heifers That Have Calved 680 670 99 41,920 42,311 101 Beef Cows 596 592 99 32,915 33,253 101 Milk Cows 84 78 93 9,005 9,058 101 Heifers 500 Pounds and Over 141 135 96 19,573 19,978 102 For Beef Cow Replacement 82 82 100 5,691 5,905 104 Expected to Calve 2/ 2/ 2/ 3,496 3,574 102 For Milk Cow Replacement 24 23 96 4,118 4,278 104 Expected to Calve 2/ 2/ 2/ 2,815 2,890 103 Other Heifers 35 30 86 9,763 9,795 100 Steers 500 Pounds and Over 49 41 84 16,476 16,923 103 Bulls 500 Pounds and Over 35 34 97 2,219 2,263 102 Calves Under 500 Pounds 305 300 98 15,250 15,626 102 Cattle on Feed 3/ 3/ 3/ 13,745 14,132 103 2004 2005 2005 as % of 2004 2004 2005 2005 as % of 2004 Calf Crop 560 550 98 37,505 37,780 101 [Results from the Cattle Report]. 1/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 2/ Data not available. 3/ Other States include AL, AK, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, LA, ME, MA, MS, NH, NJ, RI, SC, and VT. 3 ANGORA GOATS, MILK GOATS, MEAT AND OTHER GOATS AND TOTAL: NUMBER BY CLASS, GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES, JANUARY 1, 2005-20061/ Angora Milk Meat and Other Goats All Goats State 2005 2006 2005 2006 2005 2006 2005 2006 --Head-- GA 1,000 1,000 2,000 2,000 88,500 95,000 91,500 98,000 US 280,000 278,000 285,000 288,000 2,150,000 2,260,000 2,715,000 2,826,000 1/ Estimates began in 2005. GEORGIA ANNUAL CROP SUMMARY, 2005 Crop Planted Acres Harvested Acres Yield per Acre Unit Production Unit Price Value of Production --1,000 Acres-- --1,000-- --Dollars-- --$1,000-- Corn, grain 270 230 129 Bu 29,670 2.15 63,791 Corn, silage Cotton, lint1/ 1,220 35.0 1,210 19 Ton 665 853 Lb 2,150 0.491 506,712 Cottonseed Hay2/ 550 Ton 718 74.00 53,132 550 3.0 Ton 1,650 59.00 97,350 Oats 75.0 20.0 60 Bu 1,200 1.60 1,920 Peanuts 755 750 2,870 Lb 2,152,500 0.171 368,078 Rye 270 30.0 27 Bu 810 4.00 3,240 Sorghum, Grain 40.0 27.0 50 Bu 1,350 3.07 2,321 Sorghum, Silage 10.0 13 Ton 130 Soybeans Tobacco2/ 180 16.0 175 26 Bu 4,550 5.50 16.0 1,735 Lb 27,760 1.435 25,025 39,836 Wheat 280 Apples3/4/ Blueberries5/ Grapes3/4/ Peaches3/4/ 140 52 Bu 7,280 2.95 1.3 10,800 Lb 14,000 0.236 6.0 4,330 Lb 26,000 1.220 1.1 3.18 Ton 3.5 1,390.00 11.5 3.48 Ton 40,000 743.00 21,476 3,310 31,820 4,850 27,476 Pecans Lb 70,000 1.230 86,000 Cabbage 12.0 10.0 280 Cwt 2,800 11.00 30,800 Cantaloupes 6.7 6.3 135 Cwt 851 17.90 15,233 Cucumbers 17.0 16.0 175 Cwt 2,800 23.90 66,920 Onions 13.5 10.5 210 Cwt 2,205 29.70 65,489 Snap Beans 18.5 17.5 40 Cwt 700 35.20 24,640 Sweet Corn 30.0 29.0 125 Cwt 3,625 21.90 79,388 Tomatoes 6.5 6.3 340 Cwt 2,142 35.00 74,970 Watermelons 28.0 25.0 210 Cwt 5,250 7.90 41,475 Bell Pepper 4.0 3.6 190 Cwt 684 30.00 20,520 Squash 14.0 13.0 105 Cwt 1,365 29.60 40,404 Total 3,826.2 3,355.1 1,796,176 1/ Cotton yield pounds per acre; production 480 lb. bales. 2/ Harvested acres substituted for planted acres. 3/ Bearing age acreage and utilized production. 4/ Yield based on total production. 5/ Yield based on utilized production. 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