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, 2008 Volume 08-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, 2007-2008 Item 2007 2008 --Thousands-- Chickens, Egg Type 34,466 Chickens, Broiler Type 632,225 Turkeys, All Breeds 31,146 [Results from the monthly Chicken and Egg Report and the monthly Turkey Hatchery Report]. 34,424 585,025 27,490 % of Year Ago --Percent-- 100 93 88 POULTRY HATCHING AND PLACEMENT-- OCTOBER 2007-2008 January thru October Item 2007 2008 % of year ago 2007 2008 % of year ago Pullet Chicks Placed Domestic (U.S.)1/ --Thousands-- --Percent-- --Thousands-- --Percent-- Broiler Type 6,970 6,839 98 72,537 72,435 100 Egg Type 184 273 148 2,456 2,463 100 Chicks Hatched - Broiler Type Georgia 121,892 113,259 93 1,238,056 1,216,680 98 United States 794,846 742,121 93 7,993,470 7,958,229 100 Chicks Hatched- Egg Type Georgia 2,151 2,290 106 22,185 21,452 97 United States Turkeys Poults Placed2/ 36,332 39,998 110 374,011 394,232 105 United States 25,222 22,222 88 49,295 44,737 91 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 2007-20081/ Number of Layers Eggs per 100 Layers Total Eggs Produced 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 --Thousands-- --Number-- --Millions-- GEORGIA Hatching Table 9,604 9,548 2/ 8,760 9,324 2/ 1,968 2,291 1,952 2,281 189 171 221 215 Total Georgia 19,252 18,184 2,130 2,123 410 386 UNITED STATES Hatching 58,888 56,106 1,922 1,916 1,132 1,075 Table 283,749 278,454 2,324 2,348 6,594 6,538 Total U.S. 342,637 334,560 2,255 2,276 7,726 [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. 7,613 USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. COMMERCIAL POULTRY SLAUGHTER1/-- SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER 2008 Item Sep Oct % of Last Month --Thousands-- --Percent-- Young Chickens Georgia 111,465 113,273 102 United States 753,812 777,825 103 Mature Chickens Light Type, U.S. 5,204 5,857 113 Heavy Type, U.S. 7,755 7,919 102 Total U.S. 12,959 13,776 106 Percent Condemned Young Chickens --Percent-- Georgia 0.64 0.67 United States 0.89 0.89 1/ Federally inspected slaughter data as collected by Meat and Poultry Inspection Program. January to Date --Thousands-- 1,113,915 7,566,049 59,706 72,300 132,006 --Percent-- 0.93 1.07 LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER--UNITED STATES,1/ OCTOBER 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 3,102.0 2,990.8 96 1,300 1,303 4,017,875 3,884,287 Calves 65.3 95.7 147 288 244 18,607 23,055 Hogs 10,656.6 10,750.7 101 270 269 2,870,727 2,893,860 Sheep & Lambs 248.4 225.0 91 132 133 32,760 [Results form the U.S. Livestock Slaughter release]. 1/ Includes slaughter under Federal Inspection and other commercial slaughter, excludes farm slaughter. 29,885 PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS-- NOVEMBER 15, 2008 Georgia United States Commodity Price per Unit Nov 2007 Oct 2008 Nov 15, 2008 Nov 2007 Oct 2008 Nov 15, 2008 Cotton Cottonseed2/ /Lb $/Ton 59.50 148.00 1/ 220.00 1/ 188.00 57.40 158.00 55.50 237.00 50.80 223.00 Peanuts, In Shell /Lb 21.70 20.20 21.20 21.70 20.60 20.60 Calves Beef Cattle3/ Cows4/ /Lb /Lb /Lb 107.00 62.50 44.00 91.00 60.80 51.60 91.00 60.40 48.40 122.00 89.90 43.90 107.00 87.90 48.30 106.00 87.20 44.70 Steers & Heifers /Lb 88.00 77.20 76.90 96.00 93.00 93.00 [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. 3 INDEX NUMBERS--UNITED STATES, 2007-2008 Index 2007 1990-92=100 Oct Nov Oct Prices Received 141 141 151 Prices Paid Ratio1/ 163 165 187 87 85 81 [Results from the monthly Prices Received by Farmers]. 1/ Ratio of index of prices received by farmers to index of prices paid. 2008 Nov 139 183 76 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-- Oct 2,633,654 364,046 38,376 484,181 3,156,211 [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, 2006-2007 AND FORECAST DECEMBER 1, 2008 Crop and State 2006 2007 2008 Improved Varieties1/ AL AZ AR2/ CA2/ FL2/ 5,400 14,000 1,150 3,400 200 --1,000 Pounds-- 8,700 23,000 1,500 4,400 1,700 6,300 15,500 550 4,000 1,400 GA LA MS2/ MO2/ NM NC2/ OK SC2/ TX US 36,000 3,500 2,000 160 47,000 420 5,000 900 33,000 152,130 135,000 3,000 2,200 2 74,000 160 3,000 1,500 44,000 302,162 63,000 1,500 900 140 45,000 510 2,000 1,800 20,000 162,600 Native & Seedling AL AR2/ FL2/ GA KS2/ LA MS2/ MO2/ NC2/ OK SC2/ TX US 600 1,050 300 6,000 2,000 17,500 500 940 80 12,000 200 14,000 55,170 1,300 800 200 15,000 500 11,000 800 3 40 27,000 500 26,000 83,143 700 450 300 2,000 1,500 3,500 400 820 90 6,000 700 10,000 26,460 All Pecans AL AZ AR2/ CA2/ FL2/ GA KS2/ LA MS2/ MO2/ NM NC2/ OK SC2/ TX US 6,000 14,000 2,200 3,400 500 42,000 2,000 21,000 2,500 1,100 47,000 500 17,000 1,100 47,000 207,300 10,000 23,000 2,300 4,400 1,900 150,000 500 14,000 3,000 5 74,000 200 30,000 2,000 70,000 385,305 1/ Budded, grafted, or topworked varieties. 2/ Estimates for current year carried forward from earlier forecast. 7,000 15,500 1,000 4,000 1,700 65,000 1,500 5,000 1,300 960 45,000 600 8,000 2,500 30,000 189,060 GEORGIA ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 2007 AND DECEMBER 1, 2008 FORECAST1/ Crop Area Harvested2/ Yield per Acre Production Unit 2007 Ind Dec 1, 2008 2007 Ind Dec 1, 2008 2007 Ind Dec 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 Apples4/ Grapes4/ Peaches4/ Pecans6/ Bu Lbs Tons Tons Lbs 230 1.3 1.1 12.0 7/ 400 40 5/ 1,540 5/ 2.64 5/ 1.08 7/ 7/ 58 9,200 5/ 2,000 5/ 2.9 5/ 13.0 7/ 150,000 23,200 12,000 3.5 35.0 65,000 [Results from the December Yield Survey]. 1/ Updated from the "Crop Production" released December 12, 2008. 2/ Harvested for principal use. 3/ Cotton yield in pounds per harvested acre, production in 480 net weight bales. 4/ Estimates brought forward from earlier forecast. 5/ Bearing acres and yield release January 2009 in Noncitrus 2008 Preliminary Summary. 6/ Utilized production. 7/ Not available. 3 ALL COTTON-- DECEMBER 1, 2008 FORECAST BY STATES AND UNITED STATES State Acres for Harvest --1,000 Acres-- Yield --Pounds-- Production1/ --1,000 Bales2/-- 2008 as % of 2007 --Percent-- AL 285.0 842 500.0 120 GA 940.0 843 1,650.0 99 SC 134.0 931 260.0 163 TN 280.0 917 535.0 89 US 7,755.0 843 13,613.0 71 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 2007-2008 2007 2008 333,600 1,043,200 126,450 584,650 12,592,650 364,950 1,079,050 177,700 518,100 8,946,350