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 28, 2008 Volume 08-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, 2007-2008 Item 2007 2008 --Thousands-- Chickens, Egg Type 33,695 Chickens, Broiler Type 647,140 Turkeys, All Breeds 30,190 [Results from the monthly Chicken and Egg Report and the monthly Turkey Hatchery Report]. 35,493 606,189 28,305 % of Year Ago --Percent-- 105 94 94 POULTRY HATCHING AND PLACEMENT--SEPTEMBER 2007-2008 January thru September Item 2007 2008 % of year ago 2007 2008 % of year ago Pullet Chicks Placed Domestic (U.S.)1/ --Thousands-- --Percent-- --Thousands-- --Percent-- Broiler Type 7,346 6,886 94 65,567 65,596 100 Egg Type 300 210 70 2,272 2,190 96 Chicks Hatched - Broiler Type Georgia 120,701 114,986 95 1,116,164 1,103,421 99 United States 782,152 756,565 97 7,198,624 7,216,108 100 Chicks Hatched- Egg Type Georgia 2,175 2,034 94 20,034 19,162 96 United States Turkeys Poults Placed2/ 35,327 36,428 103 337,679 354,234 105 United States 24,073 22,694 94 24,073 22,694 94 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 2007-20081/ Number of Layers Eggs per 100 Layers Total Eggs Produced 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 --Thousands-- --Number-- --Millions-- GEORGIA Hatching Table 9,665 9,433 2/ 8,800 9,278 2/ 1,904 2,129 1,875 2,122 184 165 203 199 Total Georgia 19,198 18,178 2,016 2,002 387 364 UNITED STATES Hatching 58,806 56,601 1,865 1,864 1,097 1,055 Table 282,178 277,773 2,231 2,261 6,296 6,281 Total U.S. 340,984 334,374 2,168 2,194 7,393 [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. 7,336 USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. COMMERCIAL POULTRY SLAUGHTER1/--AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER 2008 Item Aug Sep % of Last Month --Thousands-- --Percent-- Young Chickens Georgia 108,502 111,465 103 United States 743,519 752,894 101 Mature Chickens Light Type, U.S. 5,577 5,204 93 Heavy Type, U.S. 7,446 7,755 104 Total U.S. 13,023 12,959 100 Percent Condemned Young Chickens --Percent-- Georgia 0.65 0.64 United States 0.90 1/ Federally inspected slaughter data as collected by Meat and Poultry Inspection Program. 0.89 January to Date --Thousands-- 1,000,642 6,787,306 53,849 64,381 118,230 --Percent-- 0.96 1.06 LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER--UNITED STATES,1/ SEPTEMBER 2007, 2008 Number Slaughtered Average Live Weight Total Live Weight Species 2007 2008 2008 as % of 2007 2007 2008 2007 2008 --Thousand Head-- --Percent-- --Pounds-- --Thousand Pounds-- Cattle 2,664.6 2,889.0 108 1,290 1,298 3,426,021 3,736,935 Calves 56.0 87.5 156 284 251 15,734 21,755 Hogs 8,772.8 9,958.6 114 266 266 2,334,352 2,642,679 Sheep & Lambs 210.7 221.0 105 128 129 27,052 [Results form the U.S. Livestock Slaughter release]. 1/ Includes slaughter under Federal Inspection and other commercial slaughter, excludes farm slaughter. 28,531 PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS--OCTOBER 15, 2008 Georgia United States Commodity Price per Unit Oct 2007 Sep 2008 Oct 15, 2008 Oct 2007 Sep 2008 Oct 15, 2008 Cotton Cottonseed2/ /Lb $/Ton 55.50 140.00 1/ 1/ 55.50 61.10 60.80 3/ 220.00 153.00 253.00 237.00 Peanuts, In Shell /Lb 20.20 21.80 19.90 21.40 21.10 19.80 Calves Beef Cattle4/ Cows5/ /Lb /Lb /Lb 110.00 62.90 46.00 96.50 67.70 56.00 89.00 61.00 51.60 123.00 90.90 46.60 113.00 94.40 54.50 108.00 88.60 49.20 Steers & Heifers /Lb 93.00 87.50 77.60 96.60 99.30 93.80 [Results from the monthly Prices Received by Farmers]. 1/ Price not published to avoid disclosure of individual firms. 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. 2 INDEX NUMBERS--UNITED STATES, 2007-2008 Index 2007 2008 1990-92=100 Sep Oct Sep Oct Prices Received 140 141 154 145 Prices Paid Ratio1/ 162 163 191 188 87 86 81 77 [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--20081/ Month Ending Farmer Stocks Shelled Peanuts2/ Roasting Stock (In Shell) Farmer Stock Equivalent Shelled Peanuts Total3/ --Thousand Pounds-- Sep 606,434 304,242 31,663 404,642 1,042,739 [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. GEORGIA ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 2007 AND NOVEMBER 1, 2008 FORECAST1/ Area Harvested2/ Yield per Acre Production Crop Unit 2007 Ind Nov 1, 2008 2007 Ind Nov 1, 2008 2007 Ind Nov 1, 2008 --Thousand Acres-- --Thousands-- Corn for Grain Cotton, Upland3/ Bu Bale 450 995.0 320 130 940.0 801 125 58,500 843 1,660.0 40,000 1,650.0 Hay, All Other Ton 670 700 1.8 2.0 1,206 1,400 Peanuts Lb 520 685 3,120 3,300 1,622,400 2,260,500 Soybeans for Beans Bu 285 410 30 30 8,550 12,300 Tobacco, Type 14 Lbs 18.5 16.5 2,150 2,200 39,775 36,300 Wheat, Winter Bu 230 400 40 58 9,200 23,200 Apples4/ Lbs 1.3 4/ 1,540 4/ 2,000 12,000 Grapes4/ Tons 1.1 4/ 2.64 4/ 2.9 3.5 Peaches4/ Tons 12.0 4/ 1.08 4/ 13.0 35.0 Pecans6/ Lbs 7/ 7/ 7/ 7/ 150,000 70,000 [Results from the November Yield Survey]. 1/ Updated from "Crop Production" released November 10, 2008. 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 2009 in Noncitrus Fruits and Nuts 2008 Preliminary Summary. 6/ Utilized production. 7/ Not available. PEANUT PRODUCTION--NOVEMBER 1, 2008 FORECAST BY STATES AND UNITED STATES Area Harvested Yield Production1/ State Ind 2008 Ind 2008 Ind 2008 2008 as % of 2007 --1,000 Acres-- --Pounds-- --1,000 Lbs-- --Percent-- AL 191.0 3,300 630,300 157 FL 133.0 3,400 452,200 141 GA 685.0 3,300 2,260,500 139 SC 67.0 3,500 234,500 135 US 1,494.0 3,342 4,993,300 136 1/ Estimates comprised of quota and non-quota peanuts. 3 ALL COTTON--NOVEMBER 1, 2008 FORECAST BY STATES AND UNITED STATES State Acres for Harvest Yield Production1/ 2008 as % of 2007 --1,000 Acres-- --Pounds-- --1,000 Bales2/-- --Percent-- AL 285.0 842 500.0 120 FL 65.0 812 110.0 95 GA 940.0 843 1,650.0 99 SC 134.0 860 240.0 150 TN 280.0 917 535.0 89 US 7,755.0 837 13,528.0 70 1/ Production ginned and to be ginned. 2/ 480 lb. net weight bales.