Georgia farm report, vol. 08, no. 06 (2008 June 30)

United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service
GEORGIA FARM REPORT
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June 30, 2008 Volume 08-Number 06

Poultry Summary Peanut Stocks

Livestock Slaughter Winter Wheat

HIGHLIGHTS Cold Storage
Peach Production

Agricultural Prices

EGGS IN INCUBATORS, UNITED STATES--MAY 1, 2007-2008

Item

2007

2008

--Thousands--

Chickens, Egg Type

35,948

39,643

Chickens, Broiler Type

679,796

665,215

Turkeys, All Breeds

32,856

[Results from the monthly Chicken and Egg Report and the monthly Turkey Hatchery Report].

33,148

% of Year Ago --Percent--
110 98
101

POULTRY HATCHING AND PLACEMENT--APRIL 2007-2008

January thru April

Item

2007

2008

% of year ago

2007

2008

% of year ago

--Thousands--

--Percent--

--Thousands--

--Percent--

Pullet Chicks Placed Domestic (U.S.)1/

Broiler Type

6,692

6,867

103

27,913

28,505

102

Egg Type

274

264

96

1,020

999

98

Chicks Hatched - Broiler Type

Georgia

123,523

120,937

98

485,571

494,907

102

United States

799,293

797,481

100

3,126,788

3,223,443

103

Chicks Hatched- Egg Type

Georgia

2,316

2,303

99

9,102

9,177

101

United States Turkeys Poults Placed2/

39,254

41,051

105

150,749

158,314

105

United States

26,034

25,796

99

198,880

201,384

101

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 APRIL 2007-20081/

Number of Layers

Eggs per 100 Layers

Total Eggs Produced

2007

2008

2007

2008

2007

2008

--Thousands--

--Number--

--Millions--

GEORGIA

Hatching Table

9,678 9,815 2/

9,734 9,106 2/

1,881 2,199

1,859 2,162

182

181

218

199

Total Georgia

19,593

18,940

2,042

2,006

400

380

UNITED STATES

Hatching

59,995

60,545

1,846

1,833

1,105

1,106

Table

283,840

280,048

2,228

2,236

6,367

6,278

Total U.S.

343,835

340,593

2,162

2,164

7,472

7,384

[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.

USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

COMMERCIAL POULTRY SLAUGHTER1/-- MARCH AND APRIL 2008

Item

Mar

Apr

% of Last Month

--Thousands--

--Percent--

Young Chickens

Georgia

106,576

114,738

108

United States

725,871

769,270

106

Mature Chickens

Light Type, U.S.

6,319

6,571

104

Heavy Type, U.S.

6,465

6,960

108

Total U.S.

12,784

13,531

106

Percent Condemned Young Chickens

--Percent--

Georgia

1.36

1.08

United States

1.22

1/ Federally inspected slaughter data as collected by Meat and Poultry Inspection Program.

1.08

January to Date --Thousands--
442,483 2,994,169
24,578 26,507 51,085
--Percent--
1.25 1.17

LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER--UNITED STATES,1/ APRIL 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

2,701.4

2,959.6

110

1,235

1,259

3,324,065

3,714,432

Calves

56.9

73.3

129

348

278

19,691

20,128

Hogs

8,466.9

9,994.7

118

270

269

2,284,838

2,690,031

Sheep & Lambs

216.6

221.4

102

138

138

29,941

[Results form the U.S. Livestock Slaughter release]. 1/ Includes slaughter under Federal Inspection and other commercial slaughter, excludes farm slaughter.

30,609

PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION, RETAIL WEIGHT1/

Per capita consumption, Retail Lb.

2006

--Pounds--

Beef

65.8

Pork

49.4

Broilers

86.5

Turkeys

16.9

Total Red Meat & Poultry

221.3

Eggs, Number

257.8

1/ Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Outlook, May 16, 2008, LDP-M-167, Economic Research Service, USDA.

2007
65.2 50.8 85.4 17.5 221.6 250.1

COLD STORAGE STOCKS--UNITED STATES, APRIL 30, 2008

Commodity

Apr 30, 2007

Mar 31, 2008

Apr 30, 2008

% of Apr 2007

% of Mar 2008

--Thousand Pounds--

--Percent--

Eggs, Frozen

14,318

16,302

16,196

113

99

Meats, Red

970,254

1,098,783

1,104,502

114

101

Beef, Frozen

417,256

423,230

429,289

103

101

Pork, Frozen

528,527

652,683

652,220

123

100

Poultry, Frozen

972,933

1,197,125

1,249,481

128

104

Peanuts, Shelled

390,132

347,955

347,491

89

100

Peanuts, In Shell

15,619

16,681

20,207

129

121

Pecans, Shelled

40,724

40,345

43,052

106

107

Pecans, In Shell

75,069

229,780

208,294

277

91

[Results from the monthly Cold Storage Report].

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PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS--MAY 15, 2008

Georgia

United States

Commodity

Price per Unit May 2007

Apr 2007

May 15, 2008 May 2007

Apr 2007

May 15, 2008

Cotton

/Lb

44.00

58.30

56.00

44.00

62.10

60.70

Peanuts, In Shell

/Lb

17.50

19.70

20.50

17.90

20.00

20.10

Calves Beef Cattle2/
Cows3/

/Lb /Lb /Lb

116.00 65.20 50.30

100.00 65.80 54.50

103.00 67.20 56.00

124.00 92.80 51.70

116.00 86.60 50.50

116.00 90.50 53.10

Steers & Heifers

/Lb

95.50

86.00

90.00

98.10

91.60

95.40

[Results from the monthly Prices Received by Farmers]. 1/ Price not published to avoid disclosure of individual firms. 2/ "Cows," "Steers and Heifers" combined. 3/ Beef cows and cull dairy

cows sold for slaughter.

INDEX NUMBERS--UNITED STATES, 2006-2007

Index

2007

1990-92=100

Apr

May

Apr

Prices Received

133

136

145

Prices Paid Ratio1/

160

161

181

83

84

80

[Results from the monthly Prices Received by Farmers]. 1/ Ratio of index of prices received by farmers to index of prices paid.

2008

May
150 184
82

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--

Apr

1,167,982

553,071

64,333

735,584

1,967,899

[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.

WINTER WHEAT--SELECTED STATES AND UNITED STATES, 2007-20081/

Area Harvested

Yield

Production

State

2007

Jun 1, 2008

2007

Jun 1, 2008

2007

Jun 1, 2008

--1,000 Acres--

--Bushels--

--1,000 Bushels--

AR

700

840

41.0

56.0

28,700

47,040

GA

230

350

40.0

55.0

9,200

19,250

KY

250

450

49.0

69.0

12,250

31,050

MS

330

425

56.0

57.0

18,480

24,225

NC

500

700

40.0

53.0

20,000

37,100

SC

135

170

31.0

54.0

4,185

9,180

TN

260

490

41.0

60.0

10,660

29,400

VA

205

250

64.0

66.0

13,120

16,500

US

35,952

40,162

42.2

45.3

1,515,989

1,817,364

1/ AL, FL, and LA state level estimates will be published in the "Small Grains 2008 Summary," to be released September 28, 2008.

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PEACH TOTAL PRODUCTION SELECTED STATES--2006-2008

State

2006

2007

--Tons--

CA

All Clingstone1/

712,000 359,000

933,000 503,000

Freestone

353,000

430,000

GA

41,000

13,000

SC

60,000

12,500

Total

813,000

958,500

[Results from the June Peach Inquiry]. 1/ CA Clingstone is over-the-scale tonnage and includes culls and cannery diversions.

Jun 1, 2008 Forecast
810,000 380,000 430,000
35,000 65,000 910,000