Georgia farm report, vol. 06, no. 05 (2006 May 31)

GEORGIA FARM REPORT
May 31, 2006 Volume 06-Number 05

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-Monthly & Annual Peanut Stocks Cottonseed Livestock Production & Income

HIGHLIGHTS

Livestock Slaughter Wheat Forecast Cotton Ginnings

Agricultural Prices Hay Stocks Tobacco

Farm Labor Cotton Milk Production & Income

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

Item

2005

2006

--Thousands--

Chickens, Egg Type

37,732

35,797

Chickens, Broiler Type

660,137

658,570

Turkeys, All Breeds

29,105

30,125

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

% of Year Ago --Percent--
95 100 104

POULTRY HATCHING AND PLACEMENT--MARCH 2005-2006

January thru March

Item

2005

2006

% of year ago

2005

2006

% of year ago

--Thousands--

--Percent--

--Thousands--

--Percent--

Pullet Chicks Placed Domestic (U.S.)1/

Broiler Type

7,077

7,012

99

20,811

21,430

103

Egg Type

314

286

91

679

670

99

Chicks Hatched - Broiler Type

Georgia

123,271

126,415

103

358,790

363,116

101

United States

816,552

817,068

100

2,346,166

2,354,286

100

Chicks Hatched - Egg Type

Georgia

2,394

2,393

100

6,888

6,961

101

United States

41,701

38,918

93

114,419

108,005

94

Turkeys Poults Placed2/

United States

23,376

24,674

106

153,120

162,004

106

[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 MARCH 2005-20061/

Number of Layers

Eggs per 100 Layers

Total Eggs Produced

2005

2006

2005

2006

2005

2006

--Thousands--

--Number--

--Millions--

GEORGIA

Hatching Table2/

9,384

9,240

1,928

1,926

179

178

10,951

9,997

2,244

2,291

248

229

Total Georgia

20,335

19,237

2,100

2,116

427

407

UNITED STATES

Hatching Table2/

59,700 281,320

58,601 285,702

1,891 2,301

1,886 2,310

1,129 6,610

1,105 6,733

Total U.S.

346,959

350,085

2,230

2,239

7,738

7,837

[Results from the Monthly Chicken and Egg Report]. 1/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 2/ Table egg layers in flocks.

USDA, NASS COOPERATING WITH THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

POULTRY--VALUE OF PRODUCTION, GEORGIA, 2000-20051/

2000

2001

2002

2003

--Thousand Dollars--

Commercial Broilers

2,029,005

2,432,235

1,935,750

2,142,850

Mature Chickens,

Hatching Egg Flocks

20,898

11,380

10,329

7,713

Table Egg Flocks

188

104

93

93

All Chickens,

Including Commercial Broilers

2,050,091

2,443,719

1,946,172

2,150,656

Eggs

369,913

367,887

355,968

395,769

All Poultry

2,420,004

2,811,606

2,302,140

2,546,425

1/ The production year begins Dec 1 previous year and ends Nov 30 current year.

2004
2,857,580
8,013 155
2,865,748 394,120
3,259,868

2005
2,897,383
11,758 154
2,909,295 340,680
3,249,975

COMMERCIAL POULTRY SLAUGHTER1/--FEBRUARY AND MARCH 2005

Item

Feb

Mar

% of Last Month

--Thousands--

--Percent--

Young Chickens

Georgia

96,449

111,714

116

United States

678,287

777,579

115

Mature Chickens

Light Type, U.S.

4,483

4,624

103

Heavy Type, U.S.

5,517

6,993

127

Total U.S.

10,000

11,617

116

Percent Condemned Young Chickens

--Percent--

Georgia

0.72

0.69

United States

1.06

1.03

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

January to Date --Thousands--
314,730 2,200,620
15,544 18,641 34,185
--Percent--
0.69 1.03

PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS--APRIL 15, 2006

Georgia

United States

Commodity

Price per Unit Apr 2005

Mar 2006

Apr 15, 2006

Apr 2005

Mar 2006

Apr 15, 2006

Cotton

/Lb

38.30

47.10

1/
47.20

41.40

50.40

1/
54.30

Peanuts, In-Shell /Lb

2/

17.20

17.00

18.00

17.90

17.60

Calves Beef Cattle3/ Cows4/

/Lb /Lb /Lb

136.00 73.90 56.40

130.00 70.30 51.80

124.00 66.10 50.50

141.00 93.70 57.00

138.00 88.10 49.50

136.00 85.20 48.70

Steers & Heifers /Lb

105.00

98.10

93.80

98.10

93.00

89.70

[Results from the monthly Prices Received by Farmers]. 1/ Based on sales during the first half of the month. 2/ Prices not published to avoid disclosure of individual firms. 3/ "Cows" and "Steers and Heifers" combined. 4/ Beef cows and cull dairy cows sold for slaughter.

INDEX NUMBERS, UNITED STATES

Index

2005

2006

1990-92=100

Mar

Apr

Mar

Apr

Prices Received

119

121

114

115

Prices Paid Ratio1/

139

140

146

147

86

86

78

78

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

Commodity

Price per Unit

FEED--PRICES PAID, APRIL 2006

2004

Southeast 2005

2006

Cottonseed Meal, 41%

$/Cwt

17.00

Soybean Meal, 44%

$/Cwt

22.10

Corn Meal

$/Cwt

11.10

Broiler Grower

$/Ton

246.00

Chick Starter

$/Ton

273.00

Laying Feed

$/Ton

227.00

Dairy Conct., 32-38%

$/Ton

280.00

Beef Cattle Conct., 32%-36% $/Ton

274.00

[Results from Prices Paid by Farmers]. 1/ Southeast: AL, FL, GA, and SC.

15.80 20.40 11.50 195.00 227.00 221.00 239.00 358.00

17.10 20.50 12.60 216.00 227.00 216.00 219.00 321.00

2004
18.40 19.60
9.84 278.00 299.00 249.00 381.00 342.00

United States 2005
17.20 16.10
9.57 237.00 268.00 226.00 331.00 316.00

2006
18.20 16.90 10.10 255.00 273.00 240.00 341.00 336.00

2

HIRED WORKERS: WAGE RATES FOR TYPE OF WORKER AND ALL HIRED WORKERS BY REGION AND UNITED STATES1/ APRIL 10-16, 2005, AND APRIL 9-15, 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/

8.41

8.49

8.30

8.68

8.38

8.55

8.83

9.19

US3/

8.56

8.96

9.14

9.30

8.72

9.07

9.35

9.79

See footnotes below.

HIRED WORKERS: NUMBER AND HOURS WORKED BY REGION AND UNITED STATES1/ APRIL 10-16, 2005, AND APRIL 9-15, 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/

36

31

26

24

10

7

32.0

36.5

753

718

600

580

153

138

39.9

40.8

[Results from the Agricultural Labor Survey]. 1/ Excludes agricultural service workers. 2/ Southeast: AL, GA, SC. 3/ Excludes AK.

STOCKS OF PEANUTS AND SPECIFIED PRODUCTS AT MONTH'S END, UNITED STATES--20061/

Farmer Stock Equivalent

Month Ending Farmer Stocks

Shelled Peanuts2/

Roasting Stock (In Shell)

Shelled Peanuts

Total3/

--Thousand Pounds--

Mar

2,609,278

630,829

50,684

839,003

3,498,965

[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.

Area Harvested

State

2005

2006

--1000 Acres--

GA

140

130

US

33,794

31,177

[Results based on the May Yield Survey].

WINTER WHEAT, 2005-2006

Yield

2005

2006

--Bushels--

52.0

45.0

44.4

42.4

Production

2005

2006

--1,000 Bushels--

7,280 1,499,129

5,850 1,322,831

State

2003

GA

1,494

US

111,027

[Results based on the May Yield Survey].

December 1 2004
1,345 114,516

HAY STOCKS ON FARMS, 2003-2006

2005

2004

--1,000 Tons--

1,350 105,056

342 25,947

May 1 2005
292 27,758

2006
198 21,315

State
GA US

Planted
1,220.0 13,975.0

UPLAND COTTON--ACREAGE, YIELD, AND PRODUCTION, 2005

Harvested

Yield

Production in 480-Lb. Net Weight Bales

--1,000 Acres--

--Pounds--

--1,000 Bales--

1,210.0

849

13,534.0

825

2,140.0 23,259.7

COTTONSEED--PRODUCTION AND FARM DISPOSITION, 2005

State

Production

Farm Disposition

Sales to Oil Mills

Other1/

Seed for Planting2/

--1,000 Tons--

GA

736.0

US

8,172.1

395.0 4,588.8

341.0 3,583.3

16.0 138.4

1/ Includes planting seed, feed, exports, inter-farm sales, shrinkage, loss, and other uses. 2/ Included in "other" farm disposition. Planting seed from previous year's crop.

Type and State

Upland

GA

All

US

COTTON GINNINGS: EQUIVALENT 480-POUND BALES GINNED, CROP YEARS 2004-2005

2004

2005

1,749,150

2,099,850

21,249,400

22,321,200

3

ALL TOBACCO--ACREAGE, YIELD, PRODUCTION AND VALUE OF PRODUCTION 20051/

State

Area Harvested

Yield

Production

Price per Pound

Value of Production

--Acres--

--Pounds--

--1,000 Pounds--

--Dollars--

--1,000 Dollars--

GA

16,000

US

298,080

1,735 2,171

27,760 647,278

1.435
2/
1.659

39,836
2/
1,073,607

1/ Revised. 2/ Includes estimated 2005 value of production for CT and MA type 61. Used 2004 CT and MA type 61 price to compute the 2005 value of production.

MILK--PRODUCTION AND INCOME, 20041/-20052/

Georgia

United States

Item

Unit

2004

2005

2004

2005

Number of Milk Cows3/ Milk Production per Cow
Total Milk Production
Cash Receipts Value of Home Consumption4/ Gross Income5/

Thous Head Pounds Mil Lbs Mil Dol Mil Dol Mil Dol

84 16,857
1,416 235.5
0.2 235.7

81 17,259
1,398 221.8
0.2 221.9

9,012 18,967 170,934 27,386.6
24.1 27,410.7

9,041 19,576 176,989 26,737.9
20.8 26,758.6

[Results from the Milk Production Report]. 1/ Revised. 2/ May not add due to rounding. 3/ Average number during year, excluding heifers not yet fresh. 4/ Valued at averaged returns per 100 pounds of milk in combined marketings of milk and cream. 5/ Cash receipts from marketings of milk and cream plus value of milk used for home consumption.

CATTLE--PRODUCTION AND INCOME, 2004-2005

Production1/

Average Price per 100 Pounds

Marketings2/

Cattle

Calves

Value of Production

Cash

Value of Home

Receipts3/ Consumption

Gross Income

20045/
GA US 2005 GA US

--Thousand Pounds--

462,321 41,497,188
382,103 41,578,277

510,790 54,045,957
432,135 53,068,833

--Dollars--

66.10 85.80
68.60 89.70

118.00 119.00
125.00 135.00

353,513 34,830,872
315,397 36,739,445

--Thousand Dollars--

395,833 47,506,963
357,433 49,208,682

4,387 427,777
4,547 459,479

400,220 47,934,740
361,980 49,668,161

[Results published in the Meat Animals Production, Disposition, and Income 2005 Summary]. 1/ Adjustments made for changes in inventory and for inshipments. 2/ Excludes custom slaughter for use on farms where produced and interfarm sales within the State. 3/ Receipts from marketings and sale of farm slaughter. 5/ 2004 revised.

HOGS--PRODUCTION AND INCOME, 2004-2005

Production1/

Marketings2/

Average Price per 100 Pounds

Value of Production3/

Cash Receipts3/4/

Value of Home Consumption

Gross Income

--Thousand Pounds--

--Dollars--

--Thousand Dollars--

--Thousand Dollars--

20045/
GA
US

148,837 26,689,257

159,268 27,745,036

50.30 49.30

74,147 13,072,025

84,790 14,332,729

499 36,499

85,289 14,369,228

2005 GA US

148,205 27,489,344

151,826 28,462,375

52.00 50.20

78,002 13,643,568

82,267 15,037,068

520 35,145

82,787 15,072,213

[Results published in the Meat Animals Production, Disposition, and Income 2005 Summary]. 1/ Adjustments made for changes in inventory and for inshipments. 2/ Excludes custom slaughter for use on farms where produced and interfarm sales within the State. 3/ Includes allowance for higher average price of State inshipments and outshipments of feeder pigs. 4/ Receipts from marketings and sale of farm slaughter. 5/ 2004 revised.

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