GEORGIA FARM REPORT September 29, 2006 Volume 06-Number 09 Poultry Summary Livestock Slaughter Cold Storage Agricultural Prices HIGHLIGHTS Farm Income Onions 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/ September 1 Crop Forecast Peanuts Cotton Tobacco EGGS IN INCUBATORS, UNITED STATES--AUGUST 1, 2005, 2006 Item 2005 2006 --Thousands-- Chickens, Egg Type 36,630 31,378 Chickens, Broiler Type 664,087 660,130 Turkeys, All Breeds 30,399 30,700 [Results from the monthly Chicken and Egg Report and the monthly Turkey Hatchery Report]. % of Year Ago --Percent-- 86 99 101 POULTRY HATCHING AND PLACEMENT--JULY 2005, 2006 January thru July Item 2005 2006 % of year ago 2005 2006 % of year ago --Thousands-- --Percent-- --Thousands-- --Percent-- Pullet Chicks Placed Domestic (U.S.)1/ Broiler Type 6,657 6,456 97 49,160 49,646 101 Egg Type 242 320 132 1,594 1,669 105 Chicks Hatched - Broiler Type Georgia 121,744 127,517 105 843,210 865,040 103 United States 808,382 800,132 99 5,567,659 5,540,181 100 Chicks Hatched- Egg Type Georgia 2,258 2,195 97 15,985 15,927 100 United States 34,897 33,224 95 261,191 253,862 97 Turkeys Poults Placed2/ United States 24,533 25,575 104 249,274 262,576 105 [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 JULY 2005, 20061/ Number of Layers Eggs per 100 Layers Total Eggs Produced 2005 2006 2005 2006 2005 2006 --Thousands-- --Number-- --Millions-- GEORGIA Hatching Table 9,043 2/ 9,776 9,070 2/ 9,399 2,268 1,946 1,951 2,200 176 177 224 209 Total Georgia 18,919 18,569 2,114 2,079 400 386 UNITED STATES Hatching 58,608 56,830 1,911 1,909 1,120 1,085 Table 279,965 284,217 2,302 2,307 6,444 6,558 Total U.S. 338,573 341,047 2,234 2,241 7,563 7,643 [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 COMMERCIAL POULTRY SLAUGHTER1/--JUNE AND JULY 2006 Item Jun Jul % of Last Month --Thousands-- --Percent-- Young Chickens Georgia 111,404 106,654 96 United States 763,878 716,477 94 Mature Chickens Light Type, U.S. 4,503 3,721 83 Heavy Type, U.S. 7,162 6,121 85 Total U.S. 11,665 9,842 84 Percent Condemned Young Chickens --Percent-- Georgia 0.68 0.64 United States 0.93 0.91 1/ Federally inspected slaughter data as collected by Meat and Poultry Inspection Program. January to Date --Thousands-- 750,202 5,161,984 33,368 44,856 78,224 --Percent-- 0.68 0.98 LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER, UNITED STATES1/--JULY 2005, 2006 Species 2005 Number Slaughtered 2006 2006 as% of 2005 Average Live Weight 2005 2006 Total Live Weight 2005 2006 --Thousand Head-- --Percent-- --Pounds-- --Thousand Pounds-- Cattle 2,717.5 2,834.3 104 1,254 1,272 3,406,482 3,604,618 Calves 58.6 57.9 99 350 340 20,549 19,663 Hogs 7,662.2 7,884.8 103 264 265 2,025,470 2,090,113 Sheep & Lambs 199.9 202.1 101 134 131 26,801 26,465 [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, JULY 31, 2006 Commodity Jul 31, 2005 Jun 30, 2006 Jul 31, 2006 % of Jul 2005 % of Jun 2006 --Thousand Pounds-- --Percent-- Eggs, Frozen 19,611 22,062 23,611 120 107 Meats, Red 855,856 865,053 897,053 105 104 Beef, Frozen 385,246 436,792 466,801 121 107 Pork, Frozen 447,984 408,351 411,652 92 101 Poultry, Frozen 1,243,594 1,294,864 1,271,825 102 98 Peanuts, Shelled 294,224 316,637 302,317 103 95 Peanuts, In Shell 28,153 27,374 18,612 66 68 Pecans, Shelled 34,207 42,887 43,394 127 101 Pecans, In Shell 42,461 127,754 102,450 241 80 [Results from the monthly Cold Storage Report]. PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS--AUGUST 15, 2006 Georgia United States Commodity Price per Unit Aug 2005 Jul 2006 Aug 15, 2006 Aug 2005 Jul 2006 Aug 15, 2006 Cotton /Lb 38.90 45.50 1/ 45.70 42.10 47.10 1/ 47.20 Cottonseed $/Ton 2/ 2/ 3/ 102.00 93.00 Peanuts, In-Shell /Lb 15.50 16.70 17.00 17.00 17.00 16.90 Calves Beef Cattle4/ Cows5/ /Lb /Lb /Lb 123.00 68.50 52.80 119.00 63.00 45.40 120.00 64.00 46.50 133.00 84.40 51.40 136.00 86.10 46.60 134.00 87.70 46.90 Steers & Heifers /Lb 98.90 97.10 98.00 87.70 90.40 91.80 [Results from the monthly Prices Received by Farmers]. 1/ Based on sales during first half of the month. 2/ Marketing year August-February. 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 2005 1990-92=100 Jul Aug Jul Prices Received 116 116 117 Prices Paid Ratio1/ 141 141 148 82 82 79 [Results from the monthly Prices Received by Farmers]. 1/ Ratio of index of prices received by farmers to index of prices paid. 2 2006 Aug 120 148 81 NET FARM INCOME FOR SELECTED STATES, 2001-20051/ State 2001 2002 2003 2004 --1,000 Dollars-- Alabama 1,658,842 1,173,892 1,608,675 2,058,952 Florida 2,499,718 2,249,014 2,137,312 2,752,177 Georgia 2,578,398 1,934,936 2,472,121 2,728,641 South Carolina 724,270 224,998 728,493 814,173 United States 55,613,438 40,226,946 60,446,547 85,399,964 1/ Source: Economic Research Service/USDA. Information Contact: Roger Strickland. E-Mail: rogers@ers.usda.gov. August 2006 2005 1,923,818 3,217,376 2,536,329 731,905 73,833,886 ONIONS--SPRING SEASON,1/ BY STATES, 2005 AND 2006 Area Planted Area Harvested Yield per Acre Production Value per Cwt State 2005 2006 2005 2006 2005 2006 2005 2006 2005 2006 --Acres-- --Acres-- --Cwt-- --1,000 Cwt-- --Dollars-- AZ 2,000 1,000 2,000 1,000 460 490 920 490 10.20 9.00 CA 7,500 8,000 7,300 7,700 475 450 3,468 3,465 12.40 9.30 GA 13,500 14,000 10,500 10,500 210 310 2,205 3,255 29.70 25.20 TX 17,000 17,700 15,500 15,300 300 400 4,650 6,120 29.70 20.00 Total 40,000 40,700 35,300 34,500 318 386 11,243 13,330 22.80 18.10 [Results from the Acreage, Production and Price Inquiry]. 1/ Primarily fresh. Total Value 2005 2006 --1,000 Dollars-- 9,384 4,410 43,003 32,225 65,489 82,026 138,105 122,400 255,981 241,061 GEORGIA ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION-2005, AND SEPTEMBER 1, 2006 FORECAST Area Harvested1/ Yield per Acre Production Crop Unit 2005 Ind Sep 1, 2006 2005 Ind Sep 1, 2006 2005 Ind Sep 1, 2006 --Thousand Acres-- --Thousands-- Corn for Grain Cotton, All2/ Bu Bales 230 1,210.0 240 1,330.0 129.0 849 104.0 614 29,670 2,140.0 24,960 1,700.0 Hay, All Tons 550 600 3.00 2.30 1,650 1,380 Peanuts for Nuts Lbs 750 575 2,870 2,500 2,152,500 1,437,500 Soybeans for Beans Bu Tobacco, All3/ Lbs 175 16.0 150 18.0 26.0 1,735 24.0 1,950 4,550 27,760 3,600 35,100 Wheat, Winter Bu 140 130 52.0 45.0 7,280 5,850 Apples Lbs 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 14,000 12,000 Grapes Tons 5/ 5/ Peaches4/ Tons 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 3.5 3.3 5/ 5/ 40.0 42.0 1/ Harvested for principal use. 2/ Cotton yield in pounds per harvested acre, production in 480 pound net weight bales. 3/ Type 14. 4/ Estimates for current year carried forward from earlier forecast. 5/ Bearing acres and yield released January 2007 in Noncitrus Fruits and Nuts 2006 Preliminary Summary. State AL FL GA MS2/ NM NC OK SC TX VA PEANUTS: AREA HARVESTED, YIELD, AND PRODUCTION BY STATE AND UNITED STATES, 2005 AND SEPTEMBER 1, 2006 FORECAST Area Harvested Yield Production 2005 20061/ 2005 Aug 1, 2006 Sep 1, 2006 2005 2006 --Thousand Acres-- --Pounds-- --Thousand Pounds-- 223.0 158.0 2,750 1,900 1,900 613,250 300,200 152.0 120.0 2,700 2,300 2,300 410,400 276,000 750.0 575.0 2,870 2,500 2,500 2,152,500 1,437,500 14.0 15.0 3,200 3,000 3,000 44,800 45,000 19.0 16.0 3,300 3,400 3,500 62,700 56,000 96.0 85.0 3,000 3,300 3,300 288,000 280,500 33.0 22.0 3,200 3,000 2,800 105,600 61,600 60.0 56.0 2,800 3,100 3,100 168,000 173,600 260.0 150.0 3,500 3,500 3,500 910,000 525,000 22.0 16.0 3,000 3,100 2,950 66,000 47,200 US 1,629.0 1,213.0 2,960 1/ Updated from "Acreage" released on June 30, 2006. Estimates began in 2005. 2,645 2,640 4,821,250 3,202,600 3 ALL COTTON: AREA HARVESTED, YIELD, AND PRODUCTION BY SELECTED STATES, AND UNITED STATES, 2005 AND SEPTEMBER 1, 2006 FORECAST Area Harvested Yield Production1/ State 2005 2006 2005 Aug 1, 2006 Sep 1, 2006 2005 2006 --1,000 Acres-- --Pounds-- --1,000 Bales2/-- AL 545.0 535.0 747 430 449 848.0 500.0 AZ 233.1 215.0 1,281 1,308 1,324 622.0 593.0 AR 1,040.0 1,160.0 1,016 1,032 1,034 2,202.0 2,500.0 CA 657.0 557.0 1,186 1,305 1,271 1,623.0 1,475.0 FL 85.0 104.0 762 531 462 135.0 100.0 GA 1,210.0 1,330.0 849 632 614 2,140.0 1,700.0 KS 66.0 110.0 638 581 567 87.7 130.0 LA 600.0 620.0 878 886 890 1,098.0 1,150.0 MS 1,200.0 1,210.0 859 840 793 2,147.0 2,000.0 MO 438.0 500.0 947 1,030 1,032 864.0 1,075.0 NM 62.5 63.0 998 937 1,006 130.0 132.0 NC 810.0 865.0 852 867 832 1,437.0 1,500.0 OK 240.0 220.0 716 571 415 358.0 190.0 SC 265.0 298.0 743 660 693 410.0 430.0 TN 635.0 695.0 848 863 863 1,122.0 1,250.0 TX 5,624.0 4,230.0 724 587 620 8,483.5 5,460.0 VA 92.0 104.0 955 892 738 183.0 160.0 US 13,802.6 12,816.0 831 765 762 23,890.2 20,345.0 [Results from the September Yield Survey]. 1/ Production ginned and to be ginned. 2/ 480-Lb. net weight bales. State FL GA US TOBACCO, TYPE 14, GA-FL BELT: AREA HARVESTED, YIELD, AND PRODUCTION BY STATE, AND UNITED STATES, 2005 AND SEPTEMBER 1, 2006 FORECAST Area Harvested Yield Production 2005 2006 2005 2006 2005 2006 --Acres-- --Pounds-- --1,000 Pounds-- 2,500 1,100 2,200 2,400 5,500 2,640 16,000 18,000 1,735 1,950 27,760 35,100 298,080 334,150 2,171 2,224 647,278 743,098 USDA, NASS, GEORGIA FIELD OFFICE STEPHENS FEDERAL BLDG., SUITE 320 355 EAST HANCOCK AVE. ATHENS, GA 30601 PHONE 706-546-2236 ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED FARM REPORT (ISSN 744-7280) is published monthly by the USDA, NASS, Georgia Field Office, 355 East Hancock Ave., Athens, GA 30601-5099. Periodicals postage paid at Athens, GA, and additional mailing offices. Postmaster: Send address changes to FARM REPORT, USDA, NASS, Georgia Field Office, Stephens Federal Building, Suite 320, 355 East Hancock Ave., Athens, GA 30601-5099.