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 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]. 2 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. 3 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