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 November 30, 2009 Volume 09-Number 11 Poultry Summary Livestock Slaughter Agricultural Prices Peanut Stocks HIGHLIGHTS November 1 Crop Forecast Peanuts by States Cotton by States Farm Labor EGGS IN INCUBATORS, UNITED STATES--OCTOBER 1, 2008-2009 Item 2008 2009 --Thousands-- Chickens, Egg Type 36,372 Chickens, Broiler Type 603,887 Turkeys, All Breeds 28,679 [Results from the monthly Chicken and Egg Report and the monthly Turkey Hatchery Report]. 36,226 585,793 25,950 % of Year Ago --Percent-100 97 90 POULTRY HATCHING AND PLACEMENT--SEPTEMBER 2008-2009 January thru September Item 2008 2009 % of year ago 2008 2009 % of year ago Pullet Chicks Placed Domestic (U.S.)1/ --Thousands-- --Percent-- --Thousands-- --Percent-- Broiler Type 6,886 6,719 98 65,173 62,058 95 Egg Type 210 212 101 2,169 2,521 116 Chicks Hatched - Broiler Type Georgia 114,986 113,624 99 1,103,484 1,040,100 94 United States 755,235 739,477 98 7,230,337 6,874,653 95 Chicks Hatched- Egg Type United States Turkeys Poults Placed2/ 37,111 40,001 108 355,766 350,372 98 United States 22,515 21,007 93 22,515 21,007 93 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 SEPTEMBER 2008-20091/ Number of Layers Eggs per 100 Layers Total Eggs Produced 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 --Thousands-- --Number-- --Millions-- GEORGIA Hatching Table 8,631 9,278 2/ 8,591 8,535 2/ 1,877 2,123 1,944 2,295 162 167 198 197 Total Georgia 17,959 17,176 2,005 2,119 360 364 UNITED STATES Hatching 57,181 55,453 1,866 1,857 1,067 1,030 Table 277,308 278,160 2,262 2,280 6,272 6,341 Total U.S. 334,489 333,613 2,194 2,209 7,339 [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. 7,371 USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. COMMERCIAL POULTRY SLAUGHTER1/--AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER 2009 Item Aug Sep % of Last Month --Thousands-- --Percent-- Young Chickens Georgia 101,773 103,091 101 United States 726,297 729,195 100 Mature Chickens Light Type, U.S. 5,482 5,471 100 Heavy Type, U.S. 6,762 6,397 95 Total U.S. 12,244 11,868 97 Percent Condemned Young Chickens --Percent-- Georgia 0.60 0.62 United States 0.80 0.79 1/ Federally inspected slaughter data as collected by Meat and Poultry Inspection Program. January to Date --Thousands-- 933,570 6,435,697 48,558 57,650 106,208 --Percent-- 0.73 0.90 LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER--UNITED STATES,1/ SEPTEMBER 2008, 2009 Number Slaughtered Average Live Weight Total Live Weight Species 2008 2009 2009 as % of 2008 2008 2009 2008 2009 --Thousand Head-- --Percent-- --Pounds-- --Thousand Pounds-- Cattle 2,889.4 2,814.4 97 1,297 1,311 3,737,069 3,676,548 Calves 87.4 81.2 93 251 244 21,683 19,646 Hogs 9,969.5 9,935.6 100 266 270 2,645,765 2,678,810 Sheep & Lambs 223.7 225.4 101 129 130 28,846 [Results form the U.S. Livestock Slaughter release]. 1/ Includes slaughter under Federal Inspection and other commercial slaughter, excludes farm slaughter. 29,359 PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS--OCTOBER 15, 2009 Georgia United States Commodity Price per Unit Oct 2008 Sep 2009 Oct 15, 2009 Oct 2008 Sep 2009 Oct 15, 2009 Cotton /Lb 1/ 1/ Cottonseed2/ $/Ton 220.00 3/ 3/ 58.80 55.00 1/ 233.00 168.00 52.60 161.00 Peanuts, In Shell /Lb 20.20 22.90 22.50 20.60 23.30 24.00 Calves Beef Cattle4/ Cows5/ /Lb /Lb /Lb 91.00 61.30 51.60 93.40 60.20 45.20 89.60 56.50 43.80 106.00 87.40 48.40 107.00 80.60 44.40 103.00 78.90 43.70 Steers & Heifers /Lb 77.20 81.70 77.10 92.90 85.50 84.00 [Results from the monthly Prices Received by Farmers]. 1/ Price not published to avoid disclosure of individual firms. 2/ Marketing year August-February. 3/ Insufficient sales to establish a price. 4/ "Cows," "Steers and Heifers" combined. 5/ Beef cows and cull dairy cows sold for slaughter. INDEX NUMBERS--UNITED STATES, 2008-2009 Index 2008 2009 1990-92=100 Sep Oct Sep Oct Prices Received 154 150 126 135 Prices Paid Ratio1/ 190 187 175 175 81 80 72 77 [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--20091/ Month Ending Farmer Stocks Shelled Peanuts2/ Roasting Stock (In Shell) Farmer Stock Equivalent Shelled Peanuts Total3/ --Thousand Pounds-- Sep 859,154 569,638 44,072 757,619 1,660,845 [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 GEORGIA ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 2008 AND NOVEMBER 1, 2009 FORECAST Area Harvested1/ Yield per Acre Production Crop Unit 2008 Ind Nov 1, 2009 2008 Ind Nov 1, 2009 2008 Ind Nov 1, 2009 --Thousand Acres-- --Thousands-- Corn for Grain Cotton, Upland2/ Bu Bale 310 920.0 350 140 990.0 835 140 43,400 873 1,600.0 49,000 1,800.0 Hay, All Other Ton 720 690 2.20 2.50 1,584 1,725 Peanuts Lb 685 500 3,400 3,500 2,329,000 1,750,000 Soybeans for Beans Bu 415 450 31 33 12,865 14,850 Tobacco, Type 14 Lbs 16.0 14.0 2,100 1,500 33,600 21,000 Wheat, Winter Bu 400 250 56.0 42.0 22,400 10,500 Apples Lbs 0.6 3/ 20,000 3/ 12,000 4/ Grapes Tons 1.2 3/ 2.92 3/ 3.5 3.7 Peaches Tons 9.5 3/ 2.95 3/ 28.0 3/ Pecans5/ Lbs 6/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 70,000 90,000 [Results from the November Yield Survey]. 1/ Harvested for principal use. 2/ Cotton yield in pounds per harvested acre, production in 480 pound net weight bales. 3/ Bearing acres and yield released July 2010 in Noncitrus Fruits and Nuts 2009 Preliminary Summary. 4/ Estimates discontinued in 2009. 5/ Utilized production, 6/ Not available. PEANUT PRODUCTION--NOVEMBER 1, 2009 FORECAST BY STATES AND UNITED STATES Area Harvested Yield Production1/ State Ind 2009 Ind 2009 Ind 2009 2009 as % of 2008 --1,000 Acres-- --Pounds-- --1,000 Lbs-- --Percent-- AL 153.0 3,200 489,600 72 FL 105.0 3,000 315,000 70 GA 500.0 3,500 1,750,000 75 SC 47.0 2,800 131,600 50 US 1,082.0 3,353 3,627,600 70 1/ Estimates comprised of quota and non-quota peanuts. ALL COTTON--NOVEMBER 1, 2009 FORECAST BY STATES AND UNITED STATES State Acres for Harvest Yield Production1/ 2009 as % of 2008 --1,000 Acres-- --Pounds-- --1,000 Bales2/-- --Percent-- AL 250.0 710 370.0 79 FL 81.0 741 125.0 101 GA 990.0 873 1,800.0 113 SC 114.0 737 175.0 71 TN 280.0 926 540.0 102 US 7,732.2 776 12,496.0 98 1/ Production ginned and to be ginned. 2/ 480 lb. net weight bales. HIRED WORKERS: ANNUAL AVERAGE WAGE RATES BY REGION AND UNITED STATES--2008 AND 2009 2008 2009 All Hired Field Field and Livestock All Hired Field Field and Livestock --Dollars per Hour-- Southeast1/ 9.27 8.74 8.77 9.48 9.02 9.11 US2/ 10.59 9.78 9.89 10.82 10.07 10.11 [Results from the Agricultural Labor Survey]. 1/ Southeast: AL, GA, SC. 2/ Excludes AK. 3 HIRED WORKERS: WAGE RATES FOR TYPE OF WORKER AND ALL HIRED WORKERS BY REGION AND UNITED STATES1/ OCTOBER 12-18, 2008, AND OCTOBER 11-17, 2009 Type of Hired Worker Field Livestock Field and Livestock Wage Rates for All Hired Workers Region 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 Southeast2/ US3/ 9.04 10.05 4/ 8.87 10.25 9.44 10.21 4/ --Dollars per Hour-- 9.33 10.23 9.12 10.09 4/ 9.00 10.24 9.52 10.70 4/ 9.53 10.91 See footnotes below. HIRED WORKERS: NUMBER AND HOURS WORKED BY REGION AND UNITED STATES1/ OCTOBER 12-18, 2008, AND OCTOBER 11-17, 2009 Expected to be Employed Number of Workers 150 Days or More 149 Days or Less Number of Hours Worked Region 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 --1,000-- --Hours per Week-- Southeast2/ 31 32 23 23 8 9 US3/ 804 4/ 807 577 4/ 585 227 222 [Results from the Agricultural Labor Survey]. 1/ Excludes agricultural service workers. 2/ Southeast: AL, GA, SC. 3/ Excludes AK. 4/ Revised. --1,000-- 39.3 41.4 4/ 35.0 39.0