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 September 28, 2007 Volume 07-Number 09 Poultry Summary Onions Livestock Slaughter September 1 Forecast HIGHLIGHTS Cold Storage Peanuts Agricultural Prices Cotton Farm Income Tobacco EGGS IN INCUBATORS, UNITED STATES, AUGUST 1, 2006-2007 Item 2006 2007 --Thousands-- Chickens, Egg Type 30,776 Chickens, Broiler Type 661,365 Turkeys, All Breeds 30,843 [Results from the monthly Chicken and Egg Report and the monthly Turkey Hatchery Report]. 33,713 675,750 33,539 % of Year Ago --Percent-- 110 102 109 POULTRY HATCHING AND PLACEMENT, JULY 2006-2007 January thru June Item 2006 2007 % of year ago 2006 2007 % of year ago Pullet Chicks Placed Domestic (U.S.)1/ --Thousands-- --Percent-- --Thousands-- --Percent-- Broiler Type 6,456 6,912 107 49,646 50,707 102 Egg Type 319 183 57 1,696 1,695 100 Chicks Hatched - Broiler Type Georgia 127,517 130,611 102 865,365 889,267 103 United States 801,537 820,865 102 5,545,851 5,600,745 101 Chicks Hatched- Egg Type Georgia 2,195 2,164 99 15,927 15,694 99 United States Turkey Poults Placed2/ 32,727 35,560 109 252,685 267,996 106 United States 26,058 27,158 104 266,475 279,592 105 [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 2006-20071/ Number of Layers Eggs per 100 Layers Total Eggs Produced 2006 2007 2006 2007 2006 2007 --Thousands-- --Number-- --Millions-- GEORGIA Hatching Table 9,602 9,399 2/ 9,634 9,387 2/ 1,948 2,200 1,951 2,171 187 188 209 206 Total Georgia 19,101 19,121 2,073 2,061 396 394 UNITED STATES Hatching 57,364 59,134 1,909 1,924 1,095 1,138 Table 283,888 279,841 2,307 2,300 6,550 6,436 Total U.S. 341,252 338,975 2,240 2,234 7,645 [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. 7,574 USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. COMMERCIAL POULTRY SLAUGHTER,1/ JUNE AND JULY 2007 Item Jun Jul % of Last Month Young Chickens --Thousands-- --Percent-- Georgia 108,199 114,859 106 United States Mature Chickens 741,444 756,289 102 Light Type, U.S. 5,036 4,509 90 Heavy Type, U.S. 6,826 6,926 101 Total U.S. 11,862 11,435 96 Percent Condemned Young Chickens --Percent-- Georgia 0.88 0.82 United States 1.05 1/ Federally inspected slaughter data as collected by Meat and Poultry Inspection Program. 1.08 January to Date --Thousands-- 762,822 5,141,275 33,123 43,852 76,975 --Percent-- 0.97 1.15 LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER, UNITED STATES,1/ JULY 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 2,834.0 2,901.6 102 1,273 1,269 3,598,226 3,672,121 Calves 57.9 62.6 108 325 289 18,674 17,910 Hogs 7,882.0 8,396.6 107 263 264 2,074,519 2,216,567 Sheep & Lambs 202.4 204.7 101 130 131 26,303 26,821 [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, 2007 Commodity Jul 30, 2006 Jun 31, 2007 Ju1 31, 2007 % of Ju1 2006 % of Jun 2007 --Thousand Pounds-- --Percent-- Eggs, Frozen 23,596 17,411 17,475 74 100 Meats, Red 915,539 918,438 947,242 103 103 Beef, Frozen 479,218 429,078 467,479 98 109 Pork, Frozen 417,769 467,949 459,795 110 98 Poultry, Frozen 1,247,584 1,085,851 1,157,743 93 107 Peanuts, Shelled 302,316 331,355 324,442 107 98 Peanuts, In Shell 18,613 19,724 22,869 123 116 Pecans, Shelled 43,302 41,154 40,528 94 98 Pecans, In Shell 98,814 45,214 30,534 31 68 [Results from the monthly Cold Storage Report]. Commodity Price per Unit PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS--AUGUST 15, 2007 Georgia Aug 2006 Jul 2007 Aug 15, 2007 Aug 2006 United States Jul 2007 Aug 15, 2007 Cotton /Lb 39.70 44.80 44.40 45.80 46.50 44.90 Cottonseed $/Ton 1/ 2/ 93.00 2/ Peanuts, In-Shell /Lb 17.10 18.30 17.80 17.00 18.70 18.00 Calves Beef Cattle3/ Cows4/ /Lb /Lb /Lb 121.00 64.40 46.90 119.00 67.30 51.00 119.00 68.30 52.00 136.00 87.20 46.80 127.00 89.20 51.40 129.00 90.50 51.50 Steers & Heifers /Lb 98.40 99.00 100.00 91.50 93.10 94.40 [Results from the monthly Prices Received by Farmers]. 1/ Marketing year August-February. 2/ Insufficient sales to establish a price. 3/ "Cows," "Steers and heifers" combined. 4/ Beef cows and cull dairy cows sold for slaughter. Index 1990-92=100 INDEX NUMBERS--UNITED STATES, 2006-2007 2006 Jul Aug Jul Prices Received 117 119 141 Prices Paid 149 149 158 Ratio1/ 79 80 89 [Results from the monthly Prices Received by Farmers]. 1/ Ratio of index of prices received by farmers to index of prices paid. 2 2007 Aug 139 158 88 NET FARM INCOME FOR SELECTED STATES, 2002-20061/ State 2002 2003 2004 2005 --1,000 Dollars-- Alabama 1,147,402 1,587,448 2,136,667 2,063,282 Florida 2,237,967 2,128,718 2,774,272 3,303,160 Georgia 1,861,641 2,455,439 2,751,047 2,869,417 South Carolina 240,783 719,101 836,295 717,048 United States 40,099,393 59,656,080 85,944,079 77,128,312 1/ Source: Economic Research Service/USDA. Information Contact: Roger Strickland. E-Mail: rogers@ers.usda.gov. July 25, 2007 2006 1,579,848 2,340,426 2,387,596 722,213 59,005,486 ONIONS--SPRING SEASON,1/ BY STATES, 2006-2007 Area Planted Area Harvested Yield per Acre Production Value per Cwt State 2006 2007 2006 2007 2006 2007 2006 2007 2006 2007 --Acres-- --Acres-- --Cwt-- --1,000 Cwt-- --Dollars-- AZ 1,000 1,200 1,000 1,200 490 450 490 540 9.00 12.00 CA 8,100 7,500 7,900 7,300 415 440 3,279 3,212 9.30 11.00 GA 14,000 12,500 10,500 12,000 310 270 3,255 3,240 25.20 35.90 TX 17,700 12,500 15,200 10,800 270 360 4,104 3,888 20.00 56.00 Total 40,800 33,700 34,600 31,300 322 [Results from the Acreage, Production and Price Inquiry]. 1/ Primarily fresh. 348 11,128 10,880 17.90 34.50 Total Value 2006 2007 --1,000 Dollars-- 4,410 6,480 30,495 35,332 82,026 116,316 82,080 217,728 199,011 375,856 GEORGIA ACREAGE, YIELD, AND PRODUCTION, 2006 AND SEPTEMBER 1, 2007 FORECAST Area Harvested1/ Yield per Acre Production Crop Unit 2006 Ind Sep 1, 2007 2006 Ind Sep 1, 2007 2006 Ind Sep 1, 2007 --1,000 Acres-- --1,000-- Corn for Grain Cotton, All2/ Bu Bales 225 1,370.0 480 1,010.0 112.0 818 120.0 808 25,200 2,334.0 57,600 1,700.0 Hay, All Tons 650 600 1.80 1.70 1,170 1,020 Peanuts for Nuts Lbs 575 520 2,750 2,900 1,581,250 1,508,000 Soybeans for Beans Bu Tobacco 3/ Lbs 140 17.0 205 25.0 29.0 3,500 5,945 20.0 1,770 2,100 30,090 42,000 Wheat, Winter Bu 120 250 49.0 38.0 5,880 9,500 Apples Lbs 1.3 4/ 10,000 4/ 13,000.0 3,000.0 Grapes Tons 1.1 4/ 2.64 4/ 2.9 3.1 Peaches Tons 11.5 4/ 3.57 4/ 41.0 13.0 1/ Harvested for principal use. 2/ Cotton yield in pounds per harvested acre, production in 480 pound net weight bales. 3/ Type 14. 4/ Bearing acres and yield released January 2008 in Noncitrus Fruits and Nuts 2007 Preliminary Summary. PEANUTS: AREA HARVESTED, YIELD, AND PRODUCTION BY STATE AND UNITED STATES, 2006 AND SEPTEMBER 1, 2007 FORECAST State Area Harvested 2006 20071/ 2006 Yield Aug 1, 2007 Sep 1, 2007 Production 2006 2007 --Thousand Acres-- --Pounds-- --Thousand Pounds-- AL 163.0 157.0 2,500 2,300 2,200 407,500 345,400 FL 120.0 115.0 2,500 2,800 2,700 300,000 310,500 GA 575.0 520.0 2,750 2,800 2,900 1,581,250 1,508,000 MS 16.0 18.0 3,000 3,100 3,100 48,000 55,800 NM 12.0 10.0 3,600 3,500 3,500 43,200 35,000 NC 84.0 92.0 3,200 3,000 2,300 268,800 211,600 OK 22.0 16.0 3,000 3,100 3,200 66,000 51,200 SC 56.0 56.0 3,100 3,100 2,800 173,600 156,800 TX 145.0 185.0 3,700 3,600 3,300 536,500 610,500 VA 16.0 21.0 3,100 2,800 2,400 49,600 50,400 US 1,209.0 1,190.0 2,874 2,909 [Results from the September Yield Survey]. 1/ Updated from "Crop Production" released August 10, 2007. 2,803 3,474,450 3,335,200 3 ALL COTTON: AREA HARVESTED, YIELD, AND PRODUCTION BY SELECTED STATES, AND UNITED STATES, 2006 AND SEPTEMBER 1, 2007 FORECAST Area Harvested Yield Production1/ State 2006 2007 2006 Aug 1, 2007 Sep 1, 2007 2006 2007 --1,000 Acres-- --Pounds-- --1,000 Bales2/-- AL 560.0 390.0 579 652 578 675.0 470.0 AZ 195.0 181.0 1,402 1,365 1,367 569.4 515.5 AR 1,160.0 850.0 1,045 1,083 1,045 2,525.0 1,850.0 CA 557.0 451.0 1,263 1,381 1,394 1,466.0 1,310.0 FL 101.0 82.0 789 785 644 166.0 110.0 GA 1,370.0 1,010.0 818 792 808 2,334.0 1,700.0 KS 110.0 45.0 511 576 480 117.0 45.0 LA 630.0 325.0 946 946 960 1,241.0 650.0 MS 1,220.0 655.0 829 960 953 2,107.0 1,300.0 MO 496.0 389.0 953 941 925 985.0 750.0 NM 60.5 49.0 897 994 1,073 113.0 109.5 NC 865.0 495.0 713 682 611 1,285.0 630.0 OK 180.0 165.0 541 700 698 203.0 240.0 SC 298.0 178.0 697 650 485 433.0 180.0 TN 695.0 495.0 945 869 815 1,368.0 840.0 TX 4,130.0 4,724.0 679 624 715 5,845.0 7,040.0 VA 104.0 59.0 717 600 586 155.4 72.0 US 12,731.5 10,543.0 814 783 811 21,587.8 17,812.0 [Results from the September Yield Survey]. 1/ Production ginned and to be ginned. 2/ 480-Lb. net weight bales. TOBACCO, TYPE 14, GA-FL BELT: AREA HARVESTED, YIELD, AND PRODUCTION BY STATE, AND UNITED STATES, 2006 AND SEPTEMBER 1, 2007 FORECAST Area Harvested Yield Production State 2006 2007 2006 2007 2006 2007 --Acres-- --Pounds-- --1,000 Pounds-- FL 1,100 1/ 2,600 1/ 2,860 1/ GA 17,000 20,000 1,770 2,100 30,090 42,000 US 338,900 355,070 2,144 2,023 726,644 718,375 [Results from the September Yield Survey]. 1/ Estimates discontinued in 2007. STEPHENS FEDERAL BLDG., SUITE 320 355 EAST HANCOC K AVE. ATHENS, GA 30601 PHONE 706-546-2236 ADDRESS SERVICE REQUEST ED