United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service GEORGIA FARM REPORT Cooperating with the Georgia Department of Agriculture Georgia Field Office Stephens Federal Building 355 East Hancock Avenue, Suite 320 Athens, GA 30601 (706) 546-2236 (706)546-2416 FAX www.nass.usda.gov November 30, 2007 Volume 07-Number 11 Poultry Summary Livestock Slaughter Agricultural Prices Peanut Stocks HIGHLIGHTS November 1 Crop Forecast Peanuts by States Cotton by States Farm Labor EGGS IN INCUBATORS, UNITED STATES--OCTOBER 1, 2006-2007 Item 2006 2007 --Thousands-- Chickens, Egg Type 32,886 Chickens, Broiler Type 631,225 Turkeys, All Breeds 30,043 [Results from the monthly Chicken and Egg Report and the monthly Turkey Hatchery Report]. 33,438 646,974 30,190 % of Year Ago --Percent-- 102 102 100 POULTRY HATCHING AND PLACEMENT--SEPTEMBER 2006-2007 January thru September Item 2006 2007 % of year ago 2006 2007 % of year ago Pullet Chicks Placed Domestic (U.S.)1/ --Thousands-- --Percent-- --Thousands-- --Percent-- Broiler Type 7,063 7,327 104 64,340 65,732 102 Egg Type 260 300 115 2,240 2,273 101 Chicks Hatched - Broiler Type Georgia 122,512 123,642 101 1,115,114 1,143,855 103 United States 772,258 784,155 102 7,128,139 7,213,688 101 Chicks Hatched- Egg Type Georgia 2,290 2,175 95 20,286 20,034 99 United States Turkeys Poults Placed2/ 36,873 35,270 96 325,169 340,104 105 United States 23,534 24,219 103 23,534 24,219 103 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 2006-20071/ Number of Layers Eggs per 100 Layers Total Eggs Produced 2006 2007 2006 2007 2006 2007 --Thousands-- --Number-- --Millions-- GEORGIA Hatching Table 9,666 9,607 2/ 9,665 9,433 2/ 1,883 2,194 1,904 2,129 182 184 213 203 Total Georgia 19,373 19,198 2,039 2,016 395 387 UNITED STATES Hatching 56,816 58,806 1,850 1,865 1,051 1,097 Table 286,331 281,035 2,228 2,232 6,379 6,273 Total U.S. 343,147 339,841 2,165 2,169 7,430 [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. 7,370 USDA, NASS, COOPERATING WITH THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE COMMERCIAL POULTRY SLAUGHTER1/--AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER 2007 Item Aug Sep % of Last Month --Thousands-- --Percent-- Young Chickens Georgia 118,845 107,240 90 United States 799,513 707,668 89 Mature Chickens Light Type, U.S. 5,017 3,827 76 Heavy Type, U.S. 7,405 5,529 75 Total U.S. 12,422 9,356 75 Percent Condemned Young Chickens --Percent-- Georgia 0.76 0.72 United States 1.02 1/ Federally inspected slaughter data as collected by Meat and Poultry Inspection Program. 0.96 January to Date --Thousands-- 988,907 6,649,444 41,967 56,786 98,753 --Percent-- 0.92 1.11 LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER--UNITED STATES,1/ SEPTEMBER 2006, 2007 Number Slaughtered Average Live Weight Total Live Weight Species 2006 2007 2007 as % of 2006 2006 2007 2006 2007 --Thousand Head-- --Percent-- --Pounds-- --Thousand Pounds-- Cattle 2,766.6 2,665.0 96 1,285 1,290 3,542,417 3,426,441 Calves 57.6 56.0 97 351 283 20,075 15,728 Hogs 8,832.7 8,774.4 99 266 266 2,348,584 2,334,741 Sheep & Lambs 219.1 210.6 96 129 129 28,320 [Results form the U.S. Livestock Slaughter release]. 1/ Includes slaughter under Federal Inspection and other commercial slaughter, excludes farm slaughter. 27,045 PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS--OCTOBER 15, 2007 Georgia United States Commodity Price per Unit Oct 2006 Sep 2007 Oct 15, 2007 Oct 2006 Sep 2007 Oct 15, 2007 Cotton Cottonseed2/ /Lb $/Ton 51.60 93.00 55.60 2/ 55.40 140.00 45.90 97.80 52.00 137.00 53.20 153.00 Peanuts, In Shell /Lb 17.10 18.20 19.20 17.20 18.60 20.60 Calves Beef Cattle3/ Cows4/ /Lb /Lb /Lb 113.00 61.20 45.80 116.00 65.30 48.50 111.00 63.20 47.30 128.00 88.20 46.00 127.00 92.90 49.10 125.00 90.80 46.80 Steers & Heifers /Lb 91.20 98.00 94.00 93.70 98.10 96.70 [Results from the monthly Prices Received by Farmers]. 1/ Price not published to avoid disclosure of individual firms. 2/ Marketing year August-February. 3/ "Cows," "Steers and Heifers" combined. 4/ Beef cows and cull dairy cows sold for slaughter. INDEX NUMBERS--UNITED STATES, 2006-2007 Index 2006 2007 1990-92=100 Sep Oct Sep Oct Prices Received 119 115 141 142 Prices Paid Ratio1/ 149 148 159 159 80 78 89 89 [Results from the monthly Prices Received by Farmers]. 1/ Ratio of index of prices received by farmers to index of prices paid. STOCKS OF PEANUTS AND SPECIFIED PRODUCTS AT MONTH'S END, UNITED STATES--20071/ Month Ending Farmer Stocks Shelled Peanuts2/ Roasting Stock (In Shell) Farmer Stock Equivalent Shelled Peanuts Total3/ --Thousand Pounds-- Sep 431,540 461,767 30,384 614,150 1,076,074 [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 GEORGIA ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 2006 AND NOVEMBER 1, 2007 FORECAST1/ Area Harvested2/ Yield per Acre Production Crop Unit 2006 Ind Nov 1, 2007 2006 Ind Nov 1, 2007 2006 Ind Nov 1, 2007 --Thousand Acres-- --Thousands-- Corn for Grain Cotton, Upland3/ Bu Bale 225 1,370.0 470 1,010.0 112.0 818 118.0 784 25,200 2,334.0 55,460 1,650.0 Hay, All Other Ton 650 600 1.80 1.70 1,170 1,020 Peanuts Lb 575.0 520.0 2,780 3,050 1,598,500 1,586,000 Soybeans for Beans Bu 140 265 25.0 30.0 3,500 7,950 Tobacco, Type 14 Lbs 17.0 20.0 1,770 2,000 30,090 40,000 Wheat, Winter Bu 120 230 49.0 40.0 5,880 9,200 Apples4/ Lbs 1.3 5/ 10,000 5/ 13,000.0 3,000.0 Grapes4/ Tons 1.1 5/ 2.64 5/ 2.9 3.1 Peaches4/ Tons 11.5 5/ 3.57 5/ 41.0 13.0 Pecans6/ Lbs 7/ 7/ 7/ 7/ 42,000 100,000 [Results from the November Yield Survey]. 1/ Updated from "Crop Production" released November 9, 2007. 2/ Harvested for principal use. 3/ Cotton yield in pounds per harvested acre, production in 480 pound net weight bales. 4/ Estimates brought forward from earlier forecast. 5/ Bearing acres and yield released January 2008 in Noncitrus Fruits and Nuts 2007 Preliminary Summary. 6/ Utilized production. 7/ Not available. PEANUT PRODUCTION--NOVEMBER 1, 2007 FORECAST BY STATES AND UNITED STATES Area Harvested Yield Production1/ State Ind 2007 Ind 2007 Ind 2007 2006 as % of 2005 --1,000 Acres-- --Pounds-- --1,000 Lbs-- --Percent-- AL 157.0 2,400 376,800 92 FL 115.0 2,500 287,500 96 GA 520.0 3,050 1,586,000 99 SC 56.0 2,900 162,400 97 US 1,190.0 2,913 3,466,400 100 1/ Estimates comprised of quota and non-quota peanuts. ALL COTTON--NOVEMBER 1, 2007 FORECAST BY STATES AND UNITED STATES State Acres for Harvest Yield Production1/ 2007 as % of 2006 --1,000 Acres-- --Pounds-- --1,000 Bales2/-- --Percent-- AL 390.0 492 400.0 59 FL 82.0 585 100.0 60 GA 1,010.0 784 1,650.0 71 SC 178.0 378 140.0 32 TN 495.0 601 620.0 45 US 10,543.0 859 18,861.5 87 1/ Production ginned and to be ginned. 2/ 480 lb. net weight bales. HIRED WORKERS: ANNUAL AVERAGE WAGE RATES BY REGION AND UNITED STATES--2006 AND 2007 2006 2007 All Hired Field Field and Livestock All Hired Field Field and Livestock --Dollars per Hour-- Southeast1/ 9.05 8.48 8.51 9.15 US2/ 9.87 9.06 9.15 10.21 8.50 8.53 9.40 9.49 [Results from the Agricultural Labor Survey]. 1/ Southeast: AL, GA, SC. 2/ Excludes AK. 3 HIRED WORKERS: WAGE RATES FOR TYPE OF WORKER AND ALL HIRED WORKERS BY REGION AND UNITED STATES1/ OCTOBER 8-14, 2006, AND OCTOBER 7-13, 2007 Type of Hired Worker Field Livestock Field and Livestock Wage Rates for All Hired Workers Region 2006 2007 2006 2007 2006 2007 2006 2007 Southeast2/ US3/ 8.76 9.26 4/ 8.53 9.62 8.65 9.42 4/ --Dollars per Hour-- 8.33 9.98 8.72 9.30 4/ 8.47 9.72 9.10 9.96 4/ 9.08 10.33 See footnotes below. HIRED WORKERS: NUMBER AND HOURS WORKED BY REGION AND UNITED STATES1/ OCTOBER 8-14, 2006, AND OCTOBER 7-13, 2007 Expected to be Employed Number of Workers 150 Days or More 149 Days or Less Number of Hours Worked Region 2006 2007 2006 2007 2006 2007 2006 2007 --1,000-- --Hours per Week-- Southeast2/ 29 28 24 21 5 7 US3/ 800 4/ 806 595 4/ 590 205 216 [Results from the Agricultural Labor Survey]. 1/ Excludes agricultural service workers. 2/ Southeast: AL, GA, SC. 3/ Excludes AK. 4/ Revised. --1,000-- 39.1 41.9 4/ 37.1 42.1