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 August 29, 2008 Volume 08-Number 08 Poultry Summary Peanut Stocks Livestock Slaughter Farm Labor HIGHLIGHTS Cold Storage August 1 Forecast Agricultural Prices Farm Production Expenditures Summary EGGS IN INCUBATORS, UNITED STATES--JULY 1, 2007-2008 Item 2007 2008 --Thousands-- Chickens, Egg Type 32,904 Chickens, Broiler Type 665,958 Turkeys, All Breeds 33,258 [Results from the monthly Chicken and Egg Report and the monthly Turkey Hatchery Report]. 35,922 657,943 32,815 % of Year Ago --Percent-- 109 99 99 POULTRY HATCHING AND PLACEMENT, JUNE 2007-2008 January thru June Item 2007 2008 % of year ago 2007 2008 % of year ago Pullet Chicks Placed Domestic (U.S.)1/ --Thousands-- --Percent-- --Thousands-- --Percent-- Broiler Type 7,799 7,772 100 43,795 44,494 102 Egg Type 300 231 77 1,511 1,457 96 Chicks Hatched - Broiler Type Georgia 125,317 122,423 98 740,093 742,941 100 United States 808,329 806,202 100 4,770,890 4,853,363 102 Chicks Hatched- Egg Type Georgia 2,163 2,092 97 13,530 13,631 101 United States Turkey Poults Placed2/ 40,641 42,538 105 229,470 243,576 106 United States 26,282 25,681 98 252,428 254,216 101 [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 JUNE 2007-20081/ Number of Layers Eggs per 100 Layers Total Eggs Produced 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 --Thousands-- --Number-- --Millions-- GEORGIA Hatching Table 9,752 9,247 2/ 9,505 9,046 2/ 1,887 2,129 1,873 2,110 184 178 199 193 Total Georgia 19,099 18,651 2,005 1,989 383 371 UNITED STATES Hatching 59,664 59,309 1,865 1,846 1,113 1,095 Table 280,573 279,229 2,234 2,245 6,268 6,270 Total U.S. 340,237 338,538 2,169 2,176 7,380 [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. 7,366 USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. COMMERCIAL POULTRY SLAUGHTER1/-- MAY AND JUNE 2008 Item Apr May % of Last Month --Thousands-- --Percent-- Young Chickens Georgia 112,547 110,035 98 United States 761,980 747,663 98 Mature Chickens Light Type, U.S. Heavy Type, U.S. 6,320 6,192 98 7,380 7,385 100 Total U.S. 13,700 13,577 99 Percent Condemned Young Chickens --Percent-- Georgia 0.92 0.81 United States 1.00 0.97 1/ Federally inspected slaughter data as collected by Meat and Poultry Inspection Program. January to Date --Thousands-- 665,065 4,505,981 37,090 41,272 78,362 --Percent-- 1.12 1.11 LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER, UNITED STATES,1/ JUNE 2007-2008 Number Slaughtered Average Live Weight Total Live Weight Species 2007 2008 2008 as % of 2007 2007 2008 2007 2008 Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep & Lambs --Thousand Head-- 3,076.5 2,955.5 61.3 75.4 8,297.2 8,884.7 200.6 192.4 --Percent-- 96 123 107 96 --Pounds-- 1,250 1,261 307 266 267 266 137 137 --Thousand Pounds-- 3,833,514 3,716,859 18,664 19,833 2,210,482 2,358,949 27,412 26,279 [Results from the U.S. Livestock Slaughter Release]. 1/ Includes slaughter under Federal Inspection and other commercial slaughter, excludes farm slaughter. COLD STORAGE STOCKS--UNITED STATES, JUNE 30, 2008 Commodity Jun 30, 2007 May 31, 2008 Jun 30, 2008 % of Jun 2007 % of May 2008 Eggs, Frozen Meats, Red Beef, Frozen Pork, Frozen Poultry, Frozen Peanuts, Shelled Peanuts, In Shell Pecans, Shelled Pecans, In Shell 17,411 919,683 430,323 467,949 1,100,147 337,598 19,802 41,154 45,214 --Thousand Pounds-- 12,443 1,005,889 413,855 567,339 1,279,987 324,145 23,096 46,709 181,163 16,236 975,312 431,075 518,913 1,333,128 318,278 19,731 46,523 158,474 --Percent-- 93 130 106 97 100 104 111 91 121 104 94 98 100 85 113 100 350 87 [Results from the monthly Cold Storage Report]. PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS--JULY 15, 2008 Georgia United States Commodity Price per Unit Jul 2007 Jun 2008 Jul 15, 2008 Jul 2007 Jun 2008 Cotton /Lb 43.20 57.90 56.70 45.20 60.40 Peanuts, In Shell /Lb 18.30 20.10 19.70 18.70 20.10 Calves Beef Cattle1/ Cows2/ Steers & Heifers /Lb /Lb /Lb /Lb 119.00 66.80 51.00 99.00 98.00 67.70 59.00 88.00 96.00 68.20 59.00 87.00 126.00 89.00 51.50 93.00 118.00 92.00 54.30 96.40 [Results from the monthly Prices Received by Farmers]. 1/ "Cows" and "steers and heifers" combined. 2/ Beef cows and cull dairy cows sold for slaughter. Jul 15, 2008 60.30 20.00 115.00 95.70 56.40 100.00 INDEX NUMBERS--UNITED STATES, 2007-2008 Index 2007 2008 1990-92=100 Jun Jul Jun Jul Prices Received 137 139 158 161 Prices Paid Ratio1/ 161 162 189 191 85 86 84 84 [Results from the monthly Prices Received by Farmers]. 1/ Ratio of index of prices received by farmers to index of prices paid. 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-- Jun 587,912 510,607 66,121 679,107 1,333,140 [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 HIRED WORKERS: WAGE RATES FOR TYPE OF WORKER AND ALL HIRED WORKERS BY REGION AND UNITED STATES1/ JULY 8-14, 2007, AND JULY 6-12, 2008 Type of Hired Worker Field Livestock Field and Livestock Wage Rates for All Hired Workers Region 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 Southeast2/ US3/ 8.57 9.24 8.56 9.66 --Dollars per Hour-- 8.52 8.27 8.55 8.50 9.73 9.98 9.37 9.74 9.12 9.00 9.99 10.34 See footnotes below. HIRED WORKERS: NUMBER AND HOURS WORKED BY REGION AND UNITED STATES1/ JULY 8-14, 2007 AND JULY 6-12, 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 --1,000-- --Hours per Week-- Southeast2/ 31 41 22 29 9 12 US3/ 843 828 596 585 247 243 [Results from the Agricultural Labor Survey]. 1/ Excludes agricultural service workers. 2/ Southeast: AL, GA, SC. 3/ Excludes AK. --1,000-- 36.3 36.6 41.4 40.5 GEORGIA ACREAGE, YIELD, AND PRODUCTION, 2006 AND AUGUST 1, 2007 FORECAST Area Harvested1/ Yield per Acre Production Crop Unit 2007 2008 2007 Ind 2008 2007 Ind 2008 --1,000 Acres-- --1,000-- Corn for Grain Cotton, All2/ Bu Bales 450 995.0 320 890.0 130.0 801 140.0 809 58,500 1,660.0 44,800 1,500.0 Hay, All Tons 670 700 1.80 2.10 1,206 1,470 Peanuts for Nuts Lbs 520 640 3,150 3,100 1,638,000 1,984,000 Soybeans for Beans Bu Tobacco 3/ Lbs 275 18,500 405 16,000 30.0 2,150 30.0 2,450 8,250 39,775 12,150 39,200 Wheat, Winter Bu 230 400 40.0 58.0 9,200 23,200 Apples Lbs 1.3 4/ 1,540 4/ 2,000 12,000 Grapes Tons 1.1 4/ 2.64 4/ 2.9 3.5 Peaches Tons 12.0 4/ 1.08 4/ 13.0 35.0 1/ Harvested for principal use. 2/ Cotton yield in pounds per harvested acre, production in 480 pound net weight bales. 3/ Type 14. 4/ Bearing acres and yield released January 2008 in Noncitrus Fruits and Nuts 2007 Preliminary Summary. State AL FL GA SC US PEANUTS: AREA HARVESTED, YIELD, AND PRODUCTION BY SELECTED STATES AND UNITED STATES, 2006-2007 AND AUGUST 1, 2008 FORECAST Area Harvested Yield Production 2007 2008 2007 2008 2006 2007 2008 --1,000 Acres-- --Pounds-- --1,000 Pounds-- 157 216 2,600 2,700 407,500 408,200 583,200 119 110 2,700 3,200 300,000 321,300 352,000 520 640 3,150 3,100 1,598,500 1,638,000 1,984,000 56 62 3,100 3,200 168,000 173,600 198,400 1,195 1,426 3,130 3,151 3,464,250 3,740,650 4,493,400 ALL COTTON: AREA HARVESTED, YIELD, AND PRODUCTION BY SELECTED STATES, AND UNITED STATES, 2006-2007 AND AUGUST 1, 2008 FORECAST Area Harvested Yield Production1/ State 2007 2008 2007 2008 2006 2007 2008 --1,000 Acres-- --Pounds-- --1,000 Bales2/-- AL 385.0 300.0 519 701 675.0 416.0 438.0 FL 81.0 70.0 687 734 166.0 116.0 107.0 GA 995.0 890.0 801 809 2,334.0 1,660.0 1,500.0 SC 158.0 118.0 486 651 433.0 160.0 160.0 US 10,489.1 7,848.9 879 842 21,587.8 19,206.9 13,766.8 1/ Production ginned and to be ginned. 2/ 480-lb net weight bales. 3 GEORGIA FARM PRODUCTION EXPENDITURES: FARMS REPORTING, AVERAGE PER FARM, AND TOTAL 2006-2007 Farms Reporting Average per Farm Total Expenditures Expenditure 2006 2007 2006 2007 2006 2007 Total Farm Production Expenditures1/ Livestock, Poultry & Related Expenses2/ --Percent-- 100.0 100.0 33.2 19.8 --Dollars-- 104,490 115,158 10,204 10,105 --Million Dollars- 5,120 5,470 500 480 Feed Farm Services3/ Rent4/ Agricultural Chemicals5/ Fertilizer, Lime & Soil Conditioners5/ 73.8 64.5 28,571 29,474 1,400 1,400 95.3 95.0 14,286 14,737 700 700 24.5 31.0 3,673 4,000 180 190 41.8 55.5 4,694 5,474 230 260 77.2 62.0 5,714 7,789 280 370 Interest 27.2 32.1 4,082 5,474 200 260 Taxes (Real Estate & Property) 100.0 100.0 2,653 3,368 130 160 Labor 32.0 32.0 7,755 8,421 380 400 Fuels Farm Supplies & Repairs6/ Farm Improvements & Construction7/ 76.1 92.6 5,306 6,737 260 320 73.1 90.4 4,694 5,263 230 250 50.2 46.2 3,469 4,211 170 200 Tractors and Self-Propelled Farm Machinery 21.7 19.2 2,245 3,158 110 150 Other Farm Machinery Seeds & Plants8/ 32.4 19.1 1,020 842 50 40 44.9 32.5 4,898 4,842 240 230 Trucks & Autos 17.9 18.9 1,224 1,263 60 60 Miscellaneous Capital Expenditures9/ 14.7 16.0 0 0 0 0 [Results from the Farm Production Expenditures Summary, August 2008 - 2007 ARMS III Survey]. 1/ Includes landlord and contractor share of farm production expenses. Totals may not add due to rounding. 2/ Includes purchases and leasing of livestock and poultry. Edit procedures have been upgraded over the last three years to better identify cattle farm records where not all livestock are owned. These `custom feeding' operations are now correctly recorded as production contracts, resulting in increased livestock purchases for contractors. 3/ Includes all crop custom work, veterinary custom services, transportation costs, marketing charges, insurance, leasing of machinery and equipment, general and miscellaneous business expenses, and utilities. 4/ Includes public and private grazing fees. 5/ Includes material and application costs. 6/ Includes bedding and litter, marketing containers, power farm shop equipment, oils and lubricants, miscellaneous non-capital equipment and supplies, repairs and maintenance of livestock and poultry equipment, and capital equipment for livestock and poultry. 7/ Includes all expenditures related to new construction or repairs of buildings, fences, operator dwelling (if dwelling is owned by operation), and any improvements to physical structures of land. 8/ Excludes bedding plants, nursery stock, and seed purchased for resale. Includes seed treatment. 9/ A zero in this line-item denotes less than 5 million dollars. Average value derived from expenditure rounding to zero will also be zero. Miscellaneous Capital Expense was estimated for the first time in 2005. In 2006, Miscellaneous Capital Expenses was added as a separate line-item to the publication. Summary inconsistencies with version five (Core) questionnaires dictated that Miscellaneous Expense be summarized with General Business Expense and rolled up into the Farms Services line-item.