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 December 31, 2007 Volume 07-Number 12 Poultry Summary Pecans HIGHLIGHTS Livestock Slaughter Agricultural Prices December 1 Crop Forecast Cotton Ginnings Peanut Stocks EGGS IN INCUBATORS, UNITED STATES--NOVEMBER 1, 2006-2007 Item 2006 2007 --Thousands-- Chickens, Egg Type 31,562 Chickens, Broiler Type 607,694 Turkeys, All Breeds 29,615 [Results from the monthly Chicken and Egg Report and the monthly Turkey Hatchery Report]. 34,450 633,577 31,081 % of Year Ago --Percent-- 109 104 105 POULTRY HATCHING AND PLACEMENT-- OCTOBER 2006-2007 January thru October Item 2006 2007 % of year ago 2006 2007 % of year ago Pullet Chicks Placed Domestic (U.S.)1/ --Thousands-- --Percent-- --Thousands-- --Percent-- Broiler Type 6,744 6,970 103 71,084 72,702 102 Egg Type 222 184 83 2,462 2,457 100 Chicks Hatched - Broiler Type Georgia 123,370 124,959 101 1,238,484 1,268,814 102 United States 772,942 795,371 103 7,901,081 8,009,059 101 Chicks Hatched- Egg Type Georgia 2,319 2,151 93 22,605 22,185 98 United States Turkeys Poults Placed2/ 36,162 35,767 99 361,331 375,871 104 United States 24,891 25,395 102 48,425 49,468 102 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 OCTOBER 2006-20071/ Number of Layers Eggs per 100 Layers Total Eggs Produced 2006 2007 2006 2007 2006 2007 --Thousands-- --Number-- --Millions-- GEORGIA Hatching Table 9,636 9,609 2/ 9,604 9,548 2/ 1,961 2,256 1,968 2,291 189 189 219 221 Total Georgia 19,345 19,252 2,109 2,130 408 410 UNITED STATES Hatching 56,509 58,989 1,908 1,916 1,078 1,130 Table 288,029 282,501 2,291 2,324 6,600 6,565 Total U.S. 344,538 341,490 2,228 2,253 7,678 [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. 7,695 USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. COMMERCIAL POULTRY SLAUGHTER1/-- SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER 2007 Item Sep Oct % of Last Month --Thousands-- --Percent-- Young Chickens Georgia 107,240 119,608 112 United States 707,937 810,298 114 Mature Chickens Light Type, U.S. 3,827 4,781 125 Heavy Type, U.S. 5,529 7,390 134 Total U.S. 9,356 12,171 130 Percent Condemned Young Chickens --Percent-- Georgia 0.72 0.70 United States 0.96 1/ Federally inspected slaughter data as collected by Meat and Poultry Inspection Program. 0.95 January to Date --Thousands-- 1,108,515 7,460,011 46,748 64,176 110,924 --Percent-- 0.90 1.10 LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER--UNITED STATES,1/ OCTOBER 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 2,858.1 3,099.6 108 1,291 1,300 3,676,944 4,015,128 Calves 63.6 65.2 103 347 288 21,900 18,559 Hogs 9,632.0 10,654.4 111 269 270 2,589,179 2,870,108 Sheep & Lambs 237.3 248.0 105 131 132 31,139 [Results form the U.S. Livestock Slaughter release]. 1/ Includes slaughter under Federal Inspection and other commercial slaughter, excludes farm slaughter. 32,710 PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS-- NOVEMBER 15, 2007 Georgia United States Commodity Price per Unit Nov 2006 Oct 2007 Nov 15, 2007 Nov 2006 Oct 2007 Nov 15, 2007 Cotton Cottonseed1/ /Lb $/Ton 51.10 93.00 54.60 140.00 55.30 148.00 47.40 113.00 55.20 153.00 54.00 160.00 Peanuts, In Shell /Lb 16.80 20.20 2/ 17.20 21.40 21.80 Calves Beef Cattle3/ Cows4/ /Lb /Lb /Lb 109.00 58.40 45.80 110.00 62.00 46.00 107.00 59.50 45.50 119.00 84.40 43.60 122.00 90.60 46.60 118.00 89.30 43.60 Steers & Heifers /Lb 83.90 93.00 88.00 90.00 96.40 95.40 [Results from the monthly Prices Received by Farmers]. 1/ Marketing year August-February. 2/ Price not published to avoid disclosure of individual firms. 3/ "Cows," "Steers and Heifers" combined. 4/ Beef cows and cull dairy cows sold for slaughter. 3 INDEX NUMBERS--UNITED STATES, 2006-2007 Index 2006 1990-92=100 Oct Nov Oct Prices Received 115 119 141 Prices Paid Ratio1/ 148 148 160 78 80 88 [Results from the monthly Prices Received by Farmers]. 1/ Ratio of index of prices received by farmers to index of prices paid. 2007 Nov 143 161 89 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-- Oct 2,120,138 405,019 31,984 538,675 2,690,797 [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 PECANS: UTILIZED PRODUCTION BY CROP, STATE, AND UNITED STATES, 2005-2006 AND FORECAST DECEMBER 1, 2007 Crop and State 2005 2006 2007 Improved Varieties1/ AL AZ AR2/ CA2/ FL2/ 3,200 22,000 1,100 3,950 300 --1,000 Pounds-- 5,400 14,000 1,150 3,400 200 13,000 23,000 850 4,200 900 GA LA MS2/ MO2/ NM NC2/ OK SC2/ TX US 72,000 1,000 800 200 65,000 1,650 6,000 1,500 50,000 228,700 36,000 3,500 2,000 160 46,000 420 5,000 900 33,000 151,130 100,000 3,000 2,400 1 71,000 510 6,000 1,500 44,000 270,361 Native & Seedling AL AR2/ FL2/ GA KS2/ LA MS2/ MO2/ NC2/ OK SC2/ TX US 800 1,200 700 8,000 3,200 4,000 200 2,400 350 15,000 700 15,000 51,550 600 1,050 300 6,000 2,000 17,500 500 940 80 12,000 200 14,000 55,170 2,000 750 100 10,000 200 9,000 600 4 90 14,000 500 26,000 63,244 All Pecans AL AZ AR2/ CA2/ FL2/ GA KS2/ LA MS2/ MO2/ NM NC2/ OK SC2/ TX US 4,000 22,000 2,300 3,950 1,000 80,000 3,200 5,000 1,000 2,600 65,000 2,000 21,000 2,200 65,000 280,250 6,000 14,000 2,200 3,400 500 42,000 2,000 21,000 2,500 1,100 46,000 500 17,000 1,100 47,000 206,300 1/ Budded, grafted, or topworked varieties. 2/ Estimates for current year carried forward from earlier forecast. 15,000 23,000 1,600 4,200 1,000 110,000 200 12,000 3,000 5 71,000 600 20,000 2,000 70,000 333,605 Crop GEORGIA ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 2006 AND DECEMBER 1, 2007 FORECAST1/ Area Harvested2/ Yield per Acre Production Unit 2006 Ind Dec 1, 2007 2006 Ind Dec 1, 2007 2006 Ind Dec 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 Apples4/ Grapes4/ Peaches4/ Pecans6/ Bu Lbs Tons Tons Lbs 120 1.3 1.1 11.5 7/ 230 49.0 5/ 10,000 5/ 2.64 5/ 3.57 7/ 7/ 40.0 5,880 5/ 13,000.0 5/ 2.9 5/ 41.0 7/ 42,000 9,200 3,000.0 3.1 13.0 100,000 [Results from the December 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. 3 ALL COTTON-- DECEMBER 1, 2007 FORECAST BY STATES AND UNITED STATES State Acres for Harvest --1,000 Acres-- Yield --Pounds-- Production1/ --1,000 Bales2/-- 2007 as % of 2006 --Percent-- AL 390.0 492 400.0 59 GA 1,010.0 784 1,650.0 71 SC 178.0 418 155.0 36 TN 495.0 596 615.0 45 US 10,543.0 864 18,986.5 88 1/ Production ginned and to be ginned. 2/ 480 lb. net weight bales. Crop and State All Cotton AL GA SC TN US COTTON GINNINGS: EQUIVALENT 480-POUND BALES GINNED, CROP YEARS 2006-2007 2006 2007 444,100 1,066,900 174,250 789,650 11,832,450 282,200 643,750 98,200 577,550 10,122,200