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 29, 2009 Volume 09-Number 05 Poultry Summary Hay Stocks Livestock Slaughter Cotton HIGHLIGHTS Agricultural Prices Cottonseed Peanut Stocks Cotton Ginnings Wheat Forecast Tobacco EGGS IN INCUBATORS, UNITED STATES--APRIL 1, 2008-2009 Item 2008 2009 --Thousands-- Chickens, Egg Type 37,624 37,629 Chickens, Broiler Type 673,687 624,921 Turkeys, All Breeds 31,886 [Results from the monthly Chicken and Egg Report and the monthly Turkey Hatchery Report]. 29,593 % of Year Ago --Percent-- 100 93 93 POULTRY HATCHING AND PLACEMENT--MARCH 2008-2009 January thru March Item 2008 2009 % of year ago 2008 2009 % of year ago Pullet Chicks Placed Domestic (U.S.)1/ --Thousands-- --Percent-- --Thousands-- --Percent-- Broiler Type 7,090 6,678 94 21,638 21,035 97 Egg Type 245 277 113 735 773 105 Chicks Hatched - Broiler Type Georgia 127,686 119,397 94 373,970 349,116 93 United States 832,899 783,348 94 2,425,962 2,262,662 93 Chicks Hatched- Egg Type Georgia 2,342 2,371 101 6,874 6,652 97 United States Turkeys Poults Placed2/ 39,547 40,137 101 117,263 115,081 98 United States 26,369 23,921 91 175,588 158,692 90 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 2008-20091/ Number of Layers Eggs per 100 Layers Total Eggs Produced 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 --Thousands-- --Number-- --Millions-- GEORGIA Hatching Table 9,785 9,452 2/ 8,782 9,216 2/ 1,932 2,272 958 1,168 184 169 216 222 Total Georgia 19,043 18,048 2,101 2,166 400 391 UNITED STATES Hatching 60,835 57,383 1,905 1,905 1,159 1,093 Table 281,182 283,068 2,318 2,343 6,517 6,632 Total U.S. 342,017 340,451 2,244 2,269 7,675 7,724 [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/--FEBRUARY AND MARCH 2009 Item Feb Mar % of Last Month Young Chickens --Thousands-- --Percent-- Georgia 97,220 109,486 113 United States 657,218 726,974 111 Mature Chickens Light Type, U.S. 4,459 5,168 116 Heavy Type, U.S. 5,700 6,601 116 Total U.S. 10,159 11,769 116 Percent Condemned Young Chickens --Percent-- Georgia 0.89 0.89 United States 1.04 0.96 1/ Federally inspected slaughter data as collected by Meat and Poultry Inspection Program. January to Date --Thousands-- 307,975 2,078,950 14,865 18,094 32,959 --Percent-- 0.89 1.01 LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER--UNITED STATES,1/ MARCH 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 2,728.3 2,730.1 100 1,276 1,305 3,469,413 3,550,136 Calves 71.0 79.8 112 273 263 19,177 20,784 Hogs 9,660.6 9,652.8 100 271 272 2,615,373 2,622,851 Sheep & Lambs 230.6 222.0 96 139 143 32,059 [Results form the U.S. Livestock Slaughter release]. 1/ Includes slaughter under Federal Inspection and other commercial slaughter, excludes farm slaughter. 31,764 PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS--2008-2009 Georgia United States Commodity Price per Unit Entire Month Apr 2008 Mar 2009 Preliminary Apr 2009 Entire Month Apr 2008 Mar 2009 Cotton /Lb 65.20 43.10 44.80 65.50 41.00 Peanuts, In Shell /Lb 19.70 24.50 23.60 20.00 25.40 Calves /Lb 100.00 93.20 96.30 116.00 107.00 Beef Cattle1/ /Lb 66.20 60.20 62.90 86.80 79.00 Cows2/ /Lb 54.50 47.40 50.50 50.70 44.60 Steers & Heifers /Lb 86.00 81.20 84.10 91.80 84.00 [Results from the monthly Prices Received by Farmers]. 1/ "Cows," "Steers and Heifers" combined. 2/ Beef cows and cull dairy cows sold for slaughter. Preliminary Apr 2009 42.80 25.50 109.00 82.80 47.50 87.70 Index INDEX NUMBERS--UNITED STATES, 2008-2009 2008 2009 1990-92=100 Mar Apr Mar Apr Prices Received 146 146 126 131 Prices Paid 174 179 178 178 Ratio1/ 84 82 71 74 [Results from the monthly Prices Received by Farmers]. 1/ Ratio of index of prices received by farmers to index of prices paid. 2 FEED--PRICES PAID, APRIL 2007-2008, MARCH 2009 Southeast1/ Commodity Price per Unit Apr 2007 Apr 2008 Mar 2009 Apr 2007 Cottonseed Meal, 41% $/Cwt 18.20 23.80 23.30 20.00 Soybean Meal, 44% $/Cwt 22.00 28.70 27.80 18.20 Corn Meal $/Cwt 15.60 17.20 16.20 12.30 Broiler Grower $/Ton 271.00 342.00 455.00 306.00 Chick Starter $/Ton 277.00 382.00 498.00 327.00 Laying Feed $/Ton 254.00 358.00 365.00 278.00 Dairy Conct., 32-38% $/Ton 218.00 419.00 422.00 378.00 Beef Cattle Conct., 32%-36% $/Ton 354.00 [Results from Prices Paid by Farmers]. 1/ Southeast: AL, FL, GA, and SC. 419.00 439.00 370.00 United States Apr 2008 23.00 23.40 13.70 387.00 416.00 371.00 469.00 433.00 Mar 2009 25.60 23.20 13.40 464.00 501.00 391.00 458.00 488.00 Month Ending STOCKS OF PEANUTS AND SPECIFIED PRODUCTS AT MONTH'S END, UNITED STATES--20091/ Farmer Stocks Shelled Peanuts2/ Roasting Stock (In Shell) Farmer Stock Equivalent Shelled Peanuts Total3/ --Thousand Pounds-- Mar 2,591,092 552,951 72,504 735,425 3,399,021 [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 2008 2009 --1000 Acres-- GA 400 240 US 39,614 33,995 [Results based on the May Yield Survey]. WINTER WHEAT, 2008-2009 Yield 2008 2009 --Bushels-- 56.0 50.0 47.2 44.2 Production 2008 2009 --1,000 Bushels-- 22,400 12,000 1,867,903 1,502,074 State 2006 Dec 1 2007 GA 878 US 96,400 [Results based on the May Yield Survey]. 1,013 104,089 HAY STOCKS ON FARMS, 2006-2009 2008 2007 --1,000 Tons-- 1,319 103,658 82 14,990 May 1 2008 145 21,585 2009 238 22,065 State GA US Planted 940.0 9,297.0 UPLAND COTTON--ACREAGE, YIELD, AND PRODUCTION, 2008 Harvested Yield Production in 480-Lb. Net Weight Bales --1,000 Acres-- 920.0 7,400.0 --Pounds-- 835 803 --1,000 Bales-- 1,660.0 12,384.5 COTTONSEED--PRODUCTION AND FARM DISPOSITION, 2008 State Production Farm Disposition Sales to Oil Mills Other1/ Seed for Planting2/ --1,000 Tons-- GA 508.0 361.0 147.0 4.7 US 4,300.3 2,526.5 1,773.8 59.0 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. 3 Type and State Upland GA All US COTTON GINNINGS: EQUIVALENT 480-POUND BALES GINNED, CROP YEARS 2007-2008 2007 2008 1,672,200 1,620,450 19,198,700 12,832,600 ALL TOBACCO--ACREAGE, YIELD, PRODUCTION AND VALUE OF PRODUCTION 20081/ State Area Harvested Yield Production Price per Pound Value of Production --Acres-- --Pounds-- --1,000 Pounds-- --Dollars-- --1,000 Dollars-- GA 16,000 2,100 33,600 1.700 57,120 US 354,490 2,258 800,504 1.861 2/ 1,482,437 2/ 1/ Revised. 2/ Price and value for 2008 exclude Southern MD Belt tobacco to avoid disclosure of individual operations. Includes estimated 2008 value of production for CT and MA, CT Valley Shade-grown. Used 2007 CT and MA, CT Valley Shade-grown price to compute the 2008 value of production.