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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