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 May 30, 2008 Volume 08-Number 05 Poultry Summary-Monthly & Annual Wheat Forecast Tobacco HIGHLIGHTS Livestock Slaughter Agricultural Prices Hay Stocks Cotton Milk Production & Income Livestock Production & Income Farm Labor Cottonseed Peanut Stocks Cotton Ginnings EGGS IN INCUBATORS, UNITED STATES--APRIL 1, 2007-2008 Item 2007 2008 --Thousands-- Chickens, Egg Type 38,226 Chickens, Broiler Type 668,290 Turkeys, All Breeds 31,662 [Results from the monthly Chicken and Egg Report and the monthly Turkey Hatchery Report]. 37,624 673,687 31,855 % of Year Ago --Percent-- 98 101 101 POULTRY HATCHING AND PLACEMENT--MARCH 2007-2008 January thru March Item 2007 2008 % of year ago 2007 2008 % of year ago Pullet Chicks Placed Domestic (U.S.)1/ --Thousands-- --Percent-- --Thousands-- --Percent-- Broiler Type 7,135 7,090 99 21,221 21,638 102 Egg Type 316 245 78 746 735 99 Chicks Hatched - Broiler Type Georgia 125,524 127,686 102 362,048 373,970 103 United States 809,346 832,899 103 2,327,495 2,425,962 104 Chicks Hatched- Egg Type Georgia 2,356 2,342 99 6,786 6,874 101 United States Turkeys Poults Placed2/ 38,561 39,547 103 111,495 117,263 105 United States 26,433 26,221 99 172,846 175,440 102 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 MARCH 2007-20081/ Number of Layers Eggs per 100 Layers Total Eggs Produced 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 GEORGIA Hatching Table Total Georgia UNITED STATES Hatching Table Total U.S. --Thousands-- 9,659 10,021 2/ 19,780 9,785 9,452 2/ 19,337 59,863 288,338 348,201 60,348 281,692 342,040 --Number-- 1,936 2,361 2,154 1,932 2,272 2,100 1,894 2,314 2,242 1,904 2,317 2,244 --Millions-- 187 189 239 217 426 406 1,134 6,672 7,806 1,149 6,526 7,675 [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. POULTRY--VALUE OF PRODUCTION, GEORGIA, 2002-20071/ 2002 2003 2004 2005 --Thousand Dollars-- Commercial Broilers 1,935,750 2,142,850 2,857,580 2,903,532 Mature Chickens, Hatching Egg Flocks 10,329 7,713 8,154 12,044 Table Egg Flocks 93 93 14 10 All Chickens, Including Commercial Broilers 1,946,172 2,150,656 2,865,748 2,915,586 Eggs 355,968 395,769 394,120 347,680 All Poultry 2,302,140 2,546,425 3,259,868 3,263,266 1/ The production year begins Dec 1 previous year and ends Nov 30 current year. 2/ Revised. USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. 20062/ 2,543,688 8,918 11 2,552,617 368,736 2,921,353 2007 3,187,848 9,178 13 3,197,039 437,491 3,634,530 COMMERCIAL POULTRY SLAUGHTER1/--FEBRUARY AND MARCH 2008 Item Feb Mar % of Last Month Young Chickens --Thousands-- --Percent-- Georgia 105,034 106,576 101 United States Mature Chickens 713,136 725,872 102 Light Type, U.S. 5,356 6,319 118 Heavy Type, U.S. 6,445 6,465 100 Total U.S. 11,801 12,784 108 Percent Condemned Young Chickens --Percent-- Georgia 1.37 1.36 United States 1.20 1.22 1/ Federally inspected slaughter data as collected by Meat and Poultry Inspection Program. January to Date --Thousands-- 327,745 2,224,900 18,007 19,547 37,554 --Percent-- 1.30 1.19 LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER--UNITED STATES,1/ MARCH 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 2,793.0 2,730.9 98 Calves 70.7 70.8 100 Hogs 9,201.7 9,661.6 105 Sheep & Lambs 279.5 230.9 83 1,260 321 270 140 1,276 273 271 139 3,505,279 22,560 2,485,278 39,139 3,473,012 19,075 2,616,784 32,122 [Results form the U.S. Livestock Slaughter release]. 1/ Includes slaughter under Federal Inspection and other commercial slaughter, excludes farm slaughter. PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS-- APRIL 15, 2008 Georgia United States Commodity Price per Unit Apr 2007 Mar 2008 Apr 15, 2008 Apr 2007 Mar 2008 Apr 15, 2008 Cotton Peanuts, In Shell Calves Beef Cattle2/ Cows3/ Steers & Heifers /Lb /Lb /Lb /Lb /Lb /Lb 45.30 18.00 118.00 66.30 49.70 95.80 59.70 19.30 106.00 67.40 53.00 88.00 56.40 19.50 101.00 64.20 53.00 84.00 46.30 18.30 125.00 93.70 49.20 99.80 60.50 20.70 119.00 87.70 51.20 92.70 60.00 20.10 115.00 85.10 49.90 90.10 [Results from the monthly Prices Received by Farmers]. 1/ Marketing year August-February. 2/ "Cows," "Steers and Heifers" combined. 3/ Beef cows and cull dairy cows sold for slaughter. INDEX NUMBERS--UNITED STATES, 2007-2008 Index 2007 2008 1990-92=100 Mar Apr Mar Prices Received 131 133 146 Prices Paid Ratio1/ 159 160 178 82 83 82 [Results from the monthly Prices Received by Farmers]. 1/ Ratio of index of prices received by farmers to index of prices paid. Apr 144 181 80 FEED--PRICES PAID, APRIL 2006-2008 Southeast1/ Commodity Price per Unit 2006 2007 2008 Cottonseed Meal, 41% Soybean Meal, 44% Corn Meal Broiler Grower Chick Starter Laying Feed Dairy Conct., 32-38% Beef Cattle Conct., 32%-36% $/Cwt $/Cwt $/Cwt $/Ton $/Ton $/Ton $/Ton $/Ton 17.10 20.50 12.60 216.00 227.00 216.00 219.00 321.00 18.20 22.00 15.60 271.00 277.00 254.00 218.00 354.00 23.80 28.70 17.20 342.00 382.00 358.00 419.00 419.00 [Results from Prices Paid by Farmers]. 1/ Southeast: AL, FL, GA, and SC. 2006 18.20 16.90 10.10 255.00 273.00 240.00 341.00 336.00 United States 2007 20.00 18.20 12.30 306.00 327.00 278.00 378.00 370.00 2008 23.00 23.40 13.70 387.00 416.00 371.00 469.00 433.00 HIRED WORKERS: WAGE RATES FOR TYPE OF WORKER AND ALL HIRED WORKERS BY REGION AND UNITED STATES1/ APRIL 8-14, 2007, AND APRIL 8-14, 2008 Field Type of Hired Worker Livestock Field and Livestock Wage Rates for All Hired Workers Region 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 Southeast2/ US3/ 8.00 9.35 See footnotes below. 8.93 9.65 --Dollars per Hour-- 9.04 8.81 8.20 8.90 9.59 10.32 9.42 9.87 8.83 10.20 9.66 10.60 2 HIRED WORKERS: NUMBER AND HOURS WORKED BY REGION AND UNITED STATES1/ APRIL 8-14, 2007, AND APRIL 8-14, 2008 Expected to be Employed Number of Workers 150 Days or More 149 Days or Less Number of Hours Worked Region 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 Southeast2/ US3/ --1,000-- 33 25 736 700 --Hours per Week-- 25 19 8 6 593 563 143 137 [Results from the Agricultural Labor Survey]. 1/ Excludes agricultural service workers. 2/ Southeast: AL, GA, SC. 3/ Excludes AK. --1,000-- 37.4 37.2 40.7 41.0 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-- Mar 1,514,476 557,141 63,672 740,998 2,319,146 [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. Area Harvested State 2007 2008 --1000 Acres-- GA 230 US 35,952 350 40,162 [Results based on the May Yield Survey]. WINTER WHEAT, 2007-2008 Yield 2007 2008 --Bushels-- 40.0 54.0 42.2 44.3 Production 2007 2008 --1,000 Bushels-- 9,200 18,900 1,515,989 1,777,532 State 2005 GA 1,350 US 105,205 [Results based on the May Yield Survey]. Dec 1 2006 878 96,555 HAY STOCKS ON FARMS, 2005-2008 2007 2006 --1,000 Tons-- 1,013 198 103,986 21,345 May 1 2007 82 15,013 2008 145 21,593 State GA US Planted 1,030.0 10,827.2 UPLAND COTTON--ACREAGE, YIELD, AND PRODUCTION, 2007 Harvested Yield Production in 480-Lb. Net Weight Bales --1,000 Acres-- --Pounds-- --1,000 Bales-- 995.0 801 10,489.1 879 1,660.0 19,206.9 COTTONSEED--PRODUCTION AND FARM DISPOSITION, 2007 State Production Farm Disposition Sales to Oil Mills Other1/ Seed for Planting2/ --1,000 Tons-- GA 487.0 262.0 225.0 5.0 US 6,588.7 3,635.1 2,953.1 63.0 1/ Includes planting seed, feed, exports, inter-farm sales, shrinkage, loss, and other uses. 2/ Included in "other" farm disposition. Planting seed from previous year's crop. Type and State Upland GA All US COTTON GINNINGS: EQUIVALENT 480-POUND BALES GINNED, CROP YEARS 2006-2007 2006 2007 2,358,150 21,576,800 1,672,200 19,198,700 ALL TOBACCO--ACREAGE, YIELD, PRODUCTION AND VALUE OF PRODUCTION 20071/ State Area Harvested Yield Production Price per Pound Value of Production --Acres-- --Pounds-- --1,000 Pounds-- --Dollars-- --1,000 Dollars-- GA 18,500 2,150 39,775 1.530 60,856 US 356,000 2,191 779,899 1.686 2/ 1,310,900 2/ 1/ Revised. 2/ Price and value for 2007 exclude Southern MD Belt tobacco to avoid disclosure of individual operations. Includes estimated 2007 value of production for CT and MA, CT Valley Shade-grown. Used 2006 CT and MA, CT Valley Shade-grown price to compute the 2007 value of production. 3 MILK--PRODUCTION AND INCOME, 20061/-20072/ Georgia United States Item Unit 2006 2007 2006 2007 Number of Milk Cows3/ Thous Head 77 77 9,112 9,158 Milk Production per Cow Pounds 18,234 18,169 19,951 20,267 Total Milk Production Mil Lbs 1,404 1,399 181,796 185,602 Cash Receipts Mil Dol Value of Home Consumption4/ Mil Dol Gross Income5/ Mil Dol 201.0 0.1 201.2 281.6 0.2 281.8 23,404.6 20.6 23,425.2 35,425.0 30.1 35,455.2 [Results from the Milk Production Report]. 1/ Revised. 2/ May not add due to rounding. 3/ Average number during year, excluding heifers not yet fresh. 4/ Valued at averaged returns per 100 pounds of milk in combined marketings of milk and cream. 5/ Cash receipts from marketings of milk and cream plus value of milk used for home consumption. CATTLE--PRODUCTION AND INCOME, 2006-2007 Production1/ Average Price per 100 Pounds Marketings2/ Cattle Calves Value of Production Cash Receipts3/ Value of Home Consumption Gross Income --Thousand Pounds-- --Dollars-- --Thousand Dollars-- 20064/ GA 361,027 390,945 64.20 122.00 282,376 309,067 4,101 313,168 US 41,906,384 54,556,812 87.20 133.00 35,555,125 48,974,296 448,664 49,422,960 2007 GA 337,608 396,120 64.70 114.00 261,954 305,984 4,128 310,112 US 41,495,528 54,762,586 89.90 119.00 36,066,735 49,721,883 439,747 50,161,630 [Results published in the Meat Animals Production, Disposition, and Income 2007 Summary]. 1/ Adjustments made for changes in inventory and for inshipments. 2/ Excludes custom slaughter for use on farms where produced and interfarm sales within the State. 3/ Receipts from marketings and sale of farm slaughter. 4/ Revised. HOGS--PRODUCTION AND INCOME, 2006-2007 Production1/ Marketings2/ Average Price per 100 Pounds Value of Production3/ Cash Receipts3/4/ Value of Home Consumption Gross Income 20065/ --Thousand Pounds-- --Dollars-- --Thousand Dollars-- GA 125,083 132,444 46.10 60,835 65,929 457 66,386 US 28,149,483 29,177,441 46.00 12,702,125 14,090,575 31,344 14,121,919 2007 GA 106,346 105,931 46.90 52,744 54,334 459 54,793 US 29,567,131 30,262,685 46.60 13,467,996 14,785,505 32,103 14,817,608 [Results published in the Meat Animals Production, Disposition, and Income 2007 Summary]. 1/ Adjustments made for changes in inventory and for inshipments. 2/ Excludes custom slaughter for use on farms where produced and interfarm sales within the State. 3/ Includes allowance for higher average price of State inshipments and outshipments of feeder pigs. 4/ Receipts from marketings and sale of farm slaughter. 5/ Revised.