GEORGIA FARM REPORT February 28, 2007 Volume 07-Number 02 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 - Annual & Monthly Pecans HIGHLIGHTS Livestock Slaughter Cold Storage Cattle Inventory & Calf Crop Goats Inventory Agricultural Prices Peanut Stocks Crops Values EGGS IN INCUBATORS, UNITED STATES--JANUARY 1, 2006-2007, UNITED STATES Item 2006 2007 % of Year Ago --Thousands-- Chickens, Egg Type 35,547 Chickens, Broiler Type 660,613 Turkeys, All Breeds 29,773 [Results from the Monthly Chicken and Egg Report and the Monthly Turkey Hatchery Report]. 34,383 652,471 31,177 --Percent-- 97 99 105 POULTRY HATCHING AND PLACEMENT--DECEMBER 2005-2006 January thru December Item 2005 2006 % of year ago 2005 2006 % of year ago --Thousands-- Pullet Chicks Placed Domestic (U.S.)1/ --Percent-- --Thousands-- --Percent-- Broiler Type 7,112 7,196 101 85,130 85,898 101 Egg Type 247 205 83 2,845 2,804 99 Chicks Hatched - Broiler Type Georgia 122,618 127,185 104 1,436,529 1,480,970 103 United States 808,525 795,445 98 9,484,119 9,417,911 99 Chicks Hatched- Egg Type Georgia 2,384 2,286 96 27,126 26,694 98 United States Turkeys Poults Placed2/ 35,917 33,430 93 437,177 427,048 98 United States 23,673 23,615 100 89,670 95,119 106 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 DECEMBER 2005-20061/ Number of Layers Eggs per 100 Layers Total Eggs Produced 2005 2006 2005 2006 2005 2006 --Thousands-- --Number-- --Millions-- GEORGIA Hatching Table 9,047 9,652 1,923 1,937 174 187 9,934 2/ 10,039 2/ 2,312 2,288 232 232 Total Georgia 19,081 19,791 2,128 2,117 406 419 UNITED STATES Hatching 57,925 57,725 1,878 1,895 1,088 1,094 Table 290,620 290,383 2,306 2,301 6,703 6,683 Total U.S. 348,545 348,108 2,235 2,234 7,791 [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. 7,777 USDA, NASS, COOPERATING WITH THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE COMMERCIAL POULTRY SLAUGHTER1/-- NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 2006 Item Nov Dec % of Last Month --Thousands-- --Percent-- Young Chickens Georgia 106,931 101,308 95 United States 715,712 676,558 95 Mature Chickens Light Type, U.S. 3,663 4,167 114 Heavy Type, U.S. 6,498 5,698 88 Total U.S. 10,161 9,865 97 Percent Condemned Young Chickens --Percent-- Georgia 0.83 0.83 United States 1.07 1.13 1/ Federally inspected slaughter data as collected by Meat and Poultry Inspection Program. January to Date --Thousands-- 1,297,583 8,834,969 53,987 77,056 131,043 --Percent-- 0.72 1.03 LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER, UNITED STATES,1/ DECEMBER 2005-2006 Number Slaughtered Average Live Weight Total Live Weight Species 2005 2006 2006 as % of 2005 2005 2006 2005 2006 --Thousand Head-- --Percent-- --Pounds-- --Thousand Pounds-- Cattle 2,667.1 2,609.1 98 1,280 1,297 3,415,148 3,382,844 Calves 60.0 68.1 113 371 346 22,259 23,557 Hogs 9,234.5 8,883.1 96 272 272 2,510,536 2,418,256 Sheep & Lambs 230.8 223.7 97 143 136 32,899 [Results form the U.S. Livestock Slaughter Release]. 1/ Includes slaughter under Federal Inspection and other commercial slaughter, excludes farm slaughter. 30,456 COLD STORAGE STOCKS--UNITED STATES, DECEMBER 31, 2006 Commodity Dec 31, 2005 Nov 30, 2006 Dec 31, 2006 % of Dec 2005 % of Nov 2006 --Thousand Pounds-- --Percent -- Eggs, Frozen 21,018 17,057 16,807 80 99 Meats, Red 884,373 989,693 930,355 105 94 Beef, Frozen 434,442 507,892 469,517 108 92 Pork, Frozen 428,529 462,077 440,006 103 95 Poultry, Frozen 1,134,544 911,936 985,955 87 108 Peanuts, Shelled 263,923 331,882 325,291 123 98 Peanuts, In Shell 21,670 17,412 17,024 79 98 Pecans, Shelled 17,020 27,662 27,802 163 101 Pecans, In Shell 98,287 42,779 91,775 93 215 [Results from the monthly Cold Storage Report]. PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS--JANUARY 15, 2007 Georgia United States Commodity Price per Unit Jan 2006 Dec 2006 Dec 2006 Jan 2006 Dec 2006 Cotton /Lb 50.70 51.00 50.20 48.60 49.30 Cottonseed $/Ton 74.00 94.00 91.00 102.00 109.00 Peanuts, In Shell /Lb 16.40 17.30 17.70 17.30 17.60 Calves Beef Cattle1/ Cows2/ /Lb /Lb /Lb 130.00 65.60 47.60 109.00 59.20 46.80 107.00 59.00 47.90 141.00 95.10 47.30 115.00 83.60 42.20 Steers & Heifers /Lb 102.00 83.30 81.40 102.00 89.30 [Results from the monthly Prices Received by Farmers]. 1/ "Cows" and "steers and heifers" combined. 2/ Beef cows and cull dairy cows sold for slaughter. Jan 15, 2007 49.50 117.00 17.80 115.00 85.00 43.80 90.30 2 INDEX NUMBERS--UNITED STATES Index 2005 2006 1990-92=100 Dec Jan Dec Prices Received 117 113 121 Prices Paid Ratio1/ 144 148 150 81 76 81 [Results from the monthly Prices Received by Farmers]. 1/ Ratio of index of prices received by farmers to index of prices paid. 2007 Jan 124 152 82 STOCKS OF PEANUTS AND SPECIFIED PRODUCTS AT MONTH'S END, UNITED STATES--20061/ Month Ending Farmer Stocks Shelled Peanuts2/ Roasting Stock (In Shell) Farmer Stock Equivalent Shelled Peanuts Total3/ --Thousand Pounds-- Dec 3,108,416 593,376 42,148 789,190 3,939,754 [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. ALL PECANS: UTILIZED PRODUCTION, PRICE PER POUND, VALUE OF PRODUCTION, GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES, 2004-2006 State Utilized Production 2004 2005 2006 2004 Price per Pound 2005 2006 Value of Production 2004 2005 2006 --1,000 Pounds-- --Dollars-- --1,000 Dollars-- GA 45,000 80,000 40,000 1.730 1.270 1.570 78,060 101,440 62,960 US 185,800 280,250 [Results from the January 1 Pecan Inquiry]. 188,900 1.760 1.450 1.590 326,924 406,920 301,242 CATTLE AND CALVES: NUMBER BY CLASS AND CALF CROP, GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES, JANUARY 1, 2006-20071/ Georgia United States Class 2006 2007 2007 as % of 2006 2006 2007 2007 as % of 2006 --1,000 Head-- --Percent-- --1,000 Head-- --Percent-- Cattle and Calves 1,180 1,170 99 96,702 97,003 100 Cows and Heifers That Have Calved 670 660 99 42,056 42,023 100 Beef Cows 592 585 99 32,994 32,894 100 Milk Cows 78 75 96 9,063 9,129 101 Heifers 500 Pounds and Over 135 134 99 19,984 20,086 101 For Beef Cow Replacement 82 77 94 5,904 5,877 100 Expected to Calve 2/ 2/ 2/ 3,580 3,568 100 For Milk Cow Replacement 23 23 100 4,275 4,310 101 Expected to Calve 2/ 2/ 2/ 2,896 2,842 98 Other Heifers 30 34 113 9,805 9,899 101 Steers 500 Pounds and Over 41 48 117 16,933 17,222 102 Bulls 500 Pounds and Over 34 33 97 2,263 2,215 98 Calves Under 500 Pounds 300 295 98 15,465 15,456 100 Cattle on Feed 3/ 3/ 3/ 14,132 14,269 101 2005 2006 2006 as % of 2005 2005 2006 2006 as % of 2005 Calf Crop 550 540 98 37,575 37,567 100 [Results from the Cattle Report]. 1/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 2/ Data not available. 3/ Other States include AL, AK, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, LA, ME, MA, MS, NH, NJ, RI, SC, and VT. ANGORA GOATS, MILK GOATS, MEAT AND OTHER GOATS AND TOTAL: NUMBER BY CLASS, GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES, JANUARY 1, 2006-2007 State Angora1/ 2006 2007 Milk 2006 2007 Meat and Other Goats 2006 2007 All Goats1/ 2006 2007 GA 2,500 US 260,000 238,000 290,000 [Results from the Sheep and Goats Report]. 1/ Data not published. --Head-- 3,000 95,000 296,000 2,287,000 95,000 2,400,000 2,837,000 2,934,000 3 GEORGIA ANNUAL CROP SUMMARY, 2006 Crop Planted Acres Harvested Acres Yield per Acre Unit Production Unit Price Value of Production --1,000 Acres-- --1,000-- --Dollars-- --$1,000-- Corn, grain 280 225 112 Bu 25,200 2.80 70,560 Corn, silage Cotton, lint1/ 1,400 40 1,370 17 Ton 781 Lb 680 2,230 0.489 523,426 Cottonseed Ton 744 93.00 69,192 Hay 650 1.8 Ton 1,170 65.00 76,050 Oats 70 30 53 Bu 1,590 1.90 3,021 Peanuts 580 575 2,750 Lb 1,581,250 0.171 270,394 Rye 230 Sorghum, Grain2/ 40 25 26 Bu 650 4.00 26 45 Bu 1,170 4.50 2,600 2,948 Sorghum, Silage 11 11 Ton 121 Soybeans 155 140 25 Bu 3,500 6.00 21,000 Tobacco 17.0 1,770 Lb 30,090 1.440 43,330 Wheat 230 Apples3/4/ Blueberries5/ Grapes3/4/ Peaches3/4/ 120 49 Bu 1.3 10,000 Lb 7.0 4,500 Lb 1.1 2.64 Ton 11.5 3.57 Ton 5,880 12,000 31,500 2.9 41,000 3.70 0.181 1.900 1,270.00 892.00 21,756 2,177 59,775 3,690 33,020 Pecans Lb 40,000 1.570 62,960 Cabbage 11.0 10.0 265 Cwt 2,650 11.00 29,150 Cantaloups 7.0 6.8 150 Cwt 1,020 20.60 21,012 Cucumbers 18.0 16.0 185 Cwt 2,960 23.00 68,080 Onions 14.0 10.5 310 Cwt 3,255 25.20 82,026 Snap Beans 20.0 19.0 45 Cwt 855 39.00 33,345 Sweet Corn 32.0 31.0 110 Cwt 3,410 20.60 70,246 Tomatoes 6.2 6.0 360 Cwt 2,160 36.00 77,760 Watermelons 31.0 29.0 235 Cwt 6,815 8.00 54,520 Bell Pepper 4.6 4.2 270 Cwt 1,134 25.00 28,350 Squash 13.5 13.0 160 Cwt 2,080 24.00 49,920 Total 3,809.3 3,395.4 1,780,308 1/ Cotton yield pounds per acre; production 480 lb. bales. 2/ Price is per cwt. 3/ Bearing age acreage and utilized production. 4/ Yield based on total production. 5/ Yield based on utilized production. 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