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 February 29, 2008 Volume 08-Number 02 Poultry Summary Pecans Livestock Slaughter Cattle Inventory & Calf Crop HIGHLIGHTS Cold Storage Goats Inventory Agricultural Prices Peanut Stocks Annual Crop Summary & Values EGGS IN INCUBATORS, UNITED STATES--JANUARY 1, 2007-2008 Item 2007 2008 --Thousands-- Chickens, Egg Type 34,383 Chickens, Broiler Type 652,507 Turkeys, All Breeds 31,114 [Results from the monthly Chicken and Egg Report and the monthly Turkey Hatchery Report]. 35,828 677,028 31,539 % of Year Ago --Percent-- 104 104 101 POULTRY HATCHING AND PLACEMENT-- DECEMBER 2006-2007 January thru December Item 2006 2007 % of year ago 2006 2007 % of year ago Pullet Chicks Placed Domestic (U.S.)1/ --Thousands-- --Percent-- --Thousands-- --Percent-- Broiler Type 7,176 6,749 94 85,878 86,889 101 Egg Type 205 245 120 2,873 2,983 104 Chicks Hatched - Broiler Type Georgia 127,168 128,705 101 1,481,283 1,517,531 102 United States 796,523 823,327 103 9,427,550 9,593,788 102 Chicks Hatched- Egg Type Georgia 2,286 2,105 92 26,694 26,283 98 United States Turkeys Poults Placed2/ 33,183 35,543 107 426,068 445,400 105 United States 23,879 24,096 101 96,096 98,141 102 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 DECEMBER 2006-20071/ Number of Layers Eggs per 100 Layers Total Eggs Produced 2006 2007 2006 2007 2006 2007 --Thousands-- --Number-- --Millions-- GEORGIA Hatching Table 9,652 10,039 2/ 9,626 9,586 2/ 1,937 2,288 1,943 2,323 187 187 232 225 Total Georgia 19,791 19,312 2,117 2,133 419 412 UNITED STATES Hatching 57,721 59,381 1,895 1,901 1,094 1,129 Table 290,377 284,708 2,301 2,330 6,683 6,633 Total U.S. 348,098 344,089 2,234 2,256 7,777 [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. 7,763 USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. COMMERCIAL POULTRY SLAUGHTER1/-- NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 2007 Item Nov Dec % of Last Month --Thousands-- --Percent-- Young Chickens Georgia 107,067 103,150 96 United States 725,835 700,055 96 Mature Chickens Light Type, U.S. 4,502 5,339 119 Heavy Type, U.S. 6,212 5,448 88 Total U.S. 10,714 10,787 101 Percent Condemned Young Chickens --Percent-- Georgia 0.81 0.88 United States 1.00 1/ Federally inspected slaughter data as collected by Meat and Poultry Inspection Program. 1.06 January to Date --Thousands-- 1,318,732 8,886,989 56,589 75,836 132,425 --Percent-- 0.89 1.08 LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER--UNITED STATES,1/ DECEMBER 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 2,612.5 2,645.3 101 1,300 1,302 3,385,204 3,430,848 Calves 68.4 61.0 89 324 289 21,944 17,391 Hogs 8,882.8 9,691.3 109 271 272 2,402,254 2,633,077 Sheep & Lambs 226.9 229.1 101 136 135 30,762 [Results form the U.S. Livestock Slaughter release]. 1/ Includes slaughter under Federal Inspection and other commercial slaughter, excludes farm slaughter. 30,826 COLD STORAGE STOCKS--UNITED STATES, DECEMBER 30, 2007 Commodity Dec 31, 2006 Nov 30, 2007 Dec 31, 2007 % Dec of 2006 % of Nov 2007 --Thousand Pounds-- --Percent-- Eggs, Frozen 16,478 15,184 14,272 87 94 Meats, Red 13,706,302 14,758,643 13,972,149 102 95 Beef, Frozen 482,079 473,477 482,802 100 102 Pork, Frozen 442,501 474,289 464,261 105 98 Poultry, Frozen 973,555 904,763 986,863 101 109 Peanuts, Shelled 322,659 243,350 243,035 75 100 Peanuts, In Shell 17,023 13,997 14,447 85 103 Pecans, Shelled 27,812 19,761 23,874 86 121 Pecans, In Shell 91,594 57,307 110,372 121 193 [Results from the monthly Cold Storage Report]. PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS--JANUARY 15, 2008 Georgia United States Commodity Price per Unit Jan 2007 Dec 2007 Jan 15, 2008 Jan 2007 Dec 2007 Cotton /Lb 51.00 61.10 61.20 49.40 59.20 Cottonseed $/Ton 91.00 148.00 153.00 121.00 171.00 Peanuts, In Shell /Lb 17.70 20.80 21.20 17.80 21.30 Calves Beef Cattle1/ Cows2/ /Lb /Lb /Lb 107.00 59.80 49.20 106.00 59.60 45.00 102.00 59.00 46.20 115.00 84.30 44.40 118.00 88.90 44.90 Steers & Heifers /Lb 81.30 88.00 85.00 89.80 95.10 [Results from the monthly Prices Received by Farmers]. 1/ "Cows," "Steers and Heifers" combined. 2/ Beef cows and cull dairy cows sold for slaughter. Jan 15, 2008 61.40 171.00 22.00 116.00 89.40 46.20 95.20 2 INDEX NUMBERS--UNITED STATES, 2006-2008 Index 2006 2007 1990-92=100 Dec Dec Jan Prices Received 120 123 144 Prices Paid Ratio1/ 151 155 165 79 79 87 [Results from the monthly Prices Received by Farmers]. 1/ Ratio of index of prices received by farmers to index of prices paid. 2008 Jan 150 168 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-- Dec 2,614,656 403,590 48,769 536,775 3,200,200 [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, 2005-2007 State Utilized Production 2005 2006 2007 Price per Pound 2005 2006 2007 Value of Production 2005 2006 2007 --1,000 Pounds-- --Dollars-- --1,000 Dollars-- GA 80,000 42,000 125,000 1.270 1.580 1.030 101,440 66,300 128,500 US 280,250 206,300 [Results from the January 1 Pecan Inquiry]. 349,155 1.450 1.550 1.080 406,920 320,643 376,063 CATTLE AND CALVES: NUMBER BY CLASS AND CALF CROP, GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES, JANUARY 1, 2007-20081/ Georgia United States Class 2007 2008 2008 as % of 2007 2007 2008 2008 as % of 2007 --1,000 Head-- --Percent-- --1,000 Head-- --Percent-- Cattle and Calves 1,170 1,130 97 97,003 96,669 100 Cows and Heifers That Have Calved 660 630 95 42,023 41,777 99 Beef Cows 585 553 95 32,891 32,553 99 Milk Cows 75 77 103 9,132 9,224 101 Heifers 500 Pounds and Over 134 130 97 20,086 20,003 100 For Beef Cow Replacement 77 75 96 5,877 5,670 96 Expected to Calve 2/ 2/ 2/ 3,568 3,420 96 For Milk Cow Replacement 23 22 96 4,310 4,457 103 Expected to Calve 2/ 2/ 2/ 2,837 2,928 103 Other Heifers 34 33 97 9,899 9,876 100 Steers 500 Pounds and Over 48 46 96 17,222 17,305 100 Bulls 500 Pounds and Over 33 34 103 2,215 2,207 100 Calves Under 500 Pounds 295 290 98 15,456 15,378 99 Cattle on Feed 3/ 3/ 3/ 14,269 14,317 100 2006 2007 2007 as % of 2006 2006 2007 2007 as % of 2006 Calf Crop 540 530 98 37,519 37,361 100 [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, 2007-2008 State Angora 2007 2008 Milk 2007 2008 Meat and Other Goats 2007 2008 All Goats 2007 2008 GA 1/ 1/ 3,000 US 238,000 210,000 294,000 [Results from the Sheep and Goats Report]. 1/ Data not published. --Head-- 4,000 95,000 305,000 2,402,000 100,000 2,500,000 1/ 2,934,000 1/ 3,015,000 3 GEORGIA ANNUAL CROP SUMMARY, 2007 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 510 450 130 Bu 58,500 3.85 225,225 Corn, silage 40 18 Ton 720 Cotton, lint 1,030 995 796 1/ 1,650 0.506 400,752 Cottonseed Ton 524 148.00 77,552 Hay 670 1.80 Ton 1,206 75.00 90,450 Oats 70 30 56 Bu 1,680 2.25 3,780 Peanuts 530 520 3,150 Lb 1,638,000 0.198 324,324 Rye 230 40 Sorghum, Grain2/ 65 45 21 Bu 46 Bu 840 6.00 2,070 6.50 5,040 7,535 Sorghum, Silage 17 13 Ton 221 Soybeans 285 275 30 Bu 8,250 9.75 80,438 Tobacco 18.5 2,150 Lb 39,775 1.530 60,856 Wheat 360 230 Apples3/4/ 1.3 Blueberries5/ 4.5 Grapes3/4/ 1.1 Peaches3/4/ 12.0 40 Bu 9,200 5.70 1,540 Lb 2,000 0.500 2,000 Lb 9,000 2.540 2.64 Ton 2.9 1,200.00 1.08 Ton 12 819.00 52,440 1,000 22,860 3,477 9,830 Pecans Lb 125,000 1.030 128,500 Cabbage 9.5 9.0 320 Cwt 2,880 13.00 37,440 Cantaloups 7.0 6.8 290 Cwt 1,972 12.70 25,044 Cucumbers 14.0 12.0 200 Cwt 2,400 26.40 63,360 Onions 12.5 12.0 270 Cwt 3,240 35.90 116,316 Snap Beans 19.0 17.0 40 Cwt 680 31.60 21,488 Sweet Corn 34.0 33.0 125 Cwt 4,125 17.50 72,188 Tomatoes 6.0 6.0 360 Cwt 2,160 29.00 62,640 Watermelons 39.0 37.0 280 Cwt 10,360 7.90 81,844 Bell Pepper 4.3 4.1 280 Cwt 1,148 35.00 40,180 Squash 10.5 10.0 115 Cwt 1,150 35.00 40,250 Total 3,235.8 3,496.3 2,054,809.0 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.