Georgia farm report, vol. 09, no. 06 (2009 June 30)

United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service
GEORGIA FARM REPORT
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June 30, 2009 Volume 09-Number 06

Poultry Summary-Monthly & Annual Farm Labor Livestock Production & Income

HIGHLIGHTS Livestock Slaughter Peanut Stocks

Cold Storage Winter Wheat

Agricultural Prices Peach Production

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

Item

2007

2008

--Thousands--

Chickens, Egg Type Chickens, Broiler Type Turkeys, All Breeds

40,422 668,011
33,149

35,766 628,222
28,946

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

% of Year Ago
--Percent--
88 94 87

POULTRY HATCHING AND PLACEMENT--APRIL 2008-2009

January thru April

Item

2008

2009

% of year ago

2008

2009

% of year ago

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

--Thousands--

--Percent--

--Thousands--

--Percent--

Broiler Type

7,119

6,158

87

28,757

27,288

95

Egg Type

264

307

116

978

1,080

110

Chicks Hatched - Broiler Type

Georgia

120,937

112,662

93

494,919

461,778

93

United States

801,548

755,862

94

3,239,745

3,018,524

93

Chicks Hatched- Egg Type

United States Turkeys Poults Placed2/

42,329

40,621

96

163,073

155,702

95

United States

25,880

24,253

94

201,609

182,841

91

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 2008-20091/

Number of Layers

Eggs per 100 Layers

Total Eggs Produced

2008

2009

2008

2009

2008

2009

--Thousands--

--Number--

--Millions--

GEORGIA Hatching Table Total Georgia

9,517 9,106 2/ 18,673

8,687 9,042 2/ 17,779

1,860 2,163 2,008

1,853 2,299 2,081

177

161

198

209

375

370

UNITED STATES Hatching Table Total U.S.

60,901 279,937 340,838

57,184 282,456 339,640

1,834 2,235 2,163

1,838 2,269 2,196

1,117 6,256 7,373

1,051 6,408 7,459

[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.

POULTRY--VALUE OF PRODUCTION, GEORGIA, 2003-20081/

2003

2004

2005

2006

--Thousand Dollars--

Commercial Broilers Mature Chickens, Value of Sales3/
All Chickens,

2,142,850 7,806

2,857,580 8,168

2,903,532 12,054

2,543,688 8,929

Including Commercial Broilers Eggs

2,150,656 395,769

2,865,748 394,120

2,915,586 347,680

2,552,617 368,736

All Poultry

2,546,425

3,259,868

3,263,266

2,921,353

1/ The production year begins Dec 1 previous year and ends Nov 30 current year. 2/ Revised. 3/ Includes hatching and table egg flocks.

20072/
3,187,848 8,946
3,196,794 437,491
3,634,285

2008
3,360,960 10,180
3,371,140 564,244
3,935,384

USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

COMMERCIAL POULTRY SLAUGHTER1/-- MARCH AND APRIL 2009

Item

Mar

Apr

% of Last Month

--Thousands--

--Percent--

Young Chickens

Georgia

109,486

108,451

99

United States

727,605

721,352

99

Mature Chickens

Light Type, U.S.

5,168

5,296

81

Heavy Type, U.S.

6,601

6,752

97

Total U.S.

11,769

12,048

89

Percent Condemned Young Chickens

--Percent--

Georgia

0.89

0.76

United States

0.96

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

0.89

January to Date --Thousands--
416,426 2,800,933
20,161 24,846 45,007
--Percent--
0.86 0.98

LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER--UNITED STATES,1/ APRIL 2008, 2009

Number Slaughtered

Average Live Weight

Total Live Weight

Species

2008

2009

2009 as % of 2008

2008

2009

2008

2009

Cattle Calves Hogs

--Thousand Head--

2,961.1

2,772.1

73.3

68.0

9,996.0

9,431.1

--Percent--
94 93 94

--Pounds--

1,259

1,276

278

281

269

272

--Thousand Pounds--

3,716,023

3,525,518

20,133

18,883

2,690,357

2,564,114

Sheep & Lambs

221.2

229.1

104

138

135

30,572

30,822

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

PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION, RETAIL WEIGHT1/

Per capita consumption, Retail Lb.

2007

--Pounds--

Beef

65.2

Pork

50.8

Broilers

85.4

Turkeys

17.5

Total Red Meat & Poultry

221.6

Eggs, Number

250.1

1/ Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Outlook, May 19, 2009, LDP-M-179, Economic Research Service, USDA.

2008
62.8 49.5 83.5 17.6 216.1 248.9

COLD STORAGE STOCKS--UNITED STATES, APRIL 30, 2009

Commodity

Apr 30, 2008

Mar 31, 2009

Apr 30, 2009

% of Apr 2008

% of Mar 2009

Eggs, Frozen Meats, Red

16,034 1,103,911

Beef, Frozen Pork, Frozen Poultry, Frozen Peanuts, Shelled Peanuts, In Shell Pecans, Shelled Pecans, In Shell

416,354 663,443 1,247,505 347,491
20,207 47,175 204,857

[Results from the monthly Cold Storage Report].

--Thousand Pounds--
20,343 1,045,263
425,878 594,127 1,153,158 345,223
23,440 45,889 116,086

18,467 1,053,173
410,899 614,666 1,246,125 332,170
28,724 47,313 94,304

--Percent--

115

91

95

101

99

96

93

103

100

108

96

96

142

123

100

103

46

81

PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS--2008-2009

Georgia

United States

Entire Month

Preliminary

Entire Month

Preliminary

Commodity

Price per Unit May 2008

Apr 2009

May 2009

May 2008

Apr 2009

May 2009

Cotton

/Lb

67.40

45.20

46.20

64.60

45.30

43.90

Peanuts, In Shell

/Lb

20.60

23.80

23.60

20.40

25.20

24.50

Calves Beef Cattle2/
Cows3/

/Lb /Lb /Lb

103.00 69.20 57.50

97.60 63.60 50.80

99.40 63.90 51.60

120.00 91.30 54.10

110.00 83.50 48.00

112.00 82.80 49.20

Steers & Heifers

/Lb

92.00

85.50

87.80

96.10

88.40

87.20

[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.

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INDEX NUMBERS--UNITED STATES, 2008-2009

Index

2008

1990-92=100

Apr

May

Apr

Prices Received

146

152

129

Prices Paid Ratio1/

179

184

177

82

83

73

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

2009

May
131 176
74

HIRED WORKERS: WAGE RATES FOR TYPE OF WORKER AND ALL HIRED WORKERS BY REGION AND UNITED STATES1/ APRIL 6-12, 2008, AND APRIL 12-18, 2009

Field

Type of Hired Worker Livestock

Field and Livestock

Wage Rates for All Hired Workers

Region

2008

Southeast2/ US3/

8.93 9.65

See footnotes below.

2009
8.80 9.99

2008
8.81 10.24

2009

2008

--Dollars per Hour--

9.84

8.90

10.25

9.84

2009
9.00 10.07

2008
9.66 10.57

2009
9.22 10.84

HIRED WORKERS: NUMBER AND HOURS WORKED BY REGION AND UNITED STATES1/ APRIL 6-12, 2008, AND APRIL 12-18, 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

Southeast2/ US3/

--1,000--

25

36

700

680

--Hours per Week--

19

27

6

9

563

554

137

126

[Results from the Agricultural Labor Survey]. 1/ Excludes agricultural service workers. 2/ Southeast: AL, GA, SC. 3/ Excludes AK.

2008

2009

--1,000--

37.2

42.8

40.8

40.1

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--

Apr

2,280,788

520,940

77,402

692,850

3,051,040

[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, 2008-20091/

Area Harvested

Yield

Production

State
AR GA KY MS NC SC TN VA US

2008

Jun 1, 2009

--1,000 Acres--

980

430

400

240

460

400

485

200

720

510

205

160

520

300

280

245

39,614

33,995

2008
57.0 56.0 71.0 62.0 60.0 54.0 63.0 71.0 47.2

Jun 1, 2009
--Bushels--
51.0 48.0 66.0 55.0 55.0 51.0 59.0 63.0 43.9

2008

Jun 1, 2009

--1,000 Bushels--

55,860

21,930

22,400

11,520

32,660

26,400

30,070

11,000

43,200

28,050

11,070

8,160

32,760

17,700

19,880

15,435

1,867,903

1,491,769

1/ AL, FL, and LA state level estimates will be published in the "Small Grains 2008 Summary," to be released September 30, 2009.

PEACH TOTAL PRODUCTION SELECTED STATES--2007-2009

State
CA All Clingstone1/ Freestone
GA SC Total

2007
949,000 503,000 446,000
13,000 12,500 974,500

2008 --Tons--
852,000 426,000 426,000
28,000 60,000 940,000

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

3

Jun 1, 2009 Forecast
810,000 440,000 370,000
32,000 65,000 907,000

MILK--PRODUCTION AND INCOME, 2007-20081/2/

Georgia

United States

Item

Unit

2007

2008

2007

2008

Number of Milk Cows3/

Thous Head

77

76

9,189

9,315

Milk Production per Cow

Pounds

18,169

17,829

20,204

20,396

Total Milk Production

Mil Lbs

1,399

1,355

185,654

189,992

Cash Receipts

Mil Dol

Value of Home Consumption4/ Mil Dol

Gross Income5/

Mil Dol

281.6 0.2
281.8

280.7 0.2
280.9

35,453.4 27.1
35,480.5

34,772.7 24.7
34,797.4

[Results from the Milk Production Report]. 1/ 2007 revised. 2/ May not add due to rounding. 3/ Average number during year, excluding heifers not yet fresh. 4/ Valued at averaged returns

per 100 pounds of milk in combined marketings of milk and cream. 5/ Cash receipts from marketings of milk and cream plus value of milk used for home consumption.

CATTLE--PRODUCTION AND INCOME, 2007-2008

Average Price per 100 Pounds

Value of

Cash

Value of Home

Gross

Production1/ Marketings2/

Cattle

Calves

Production

Receipts3/

Consumption

Income

20074/

--Thousand Pounds--

--Dollars--

--Thousand Dollars--

GA

337,608

396,120

64.70

65.50

261,954

305,984

4,128

310,112

US

41,437,021

54,907,941

89.90

89.10

35,973,068

49,843,322

441,051

50,284,373

2008

GA

339,050

395,580

114.00

97.20

246,579

291,990

4,058

296,048

US

40,679,348

54,234,340

119.00

110.00

34,858,846

48,189,201

416,268

48,605,469

[Results published in the Meat Animals Production, Disposition, and Income 2007 Summary]. 1/ Adjustments made for changes in inventory and for inshipments. 2/ Excludes custom slaughter for use on farms where produced and interfarm sales within the State. 3/ Receipts from marketings and sale of farm slaughter. 4/ Revised.

HOGS--PRODUCTION AND INCOME, 2007-2008

Average Price

Value of

Cash

Value of Home

Gross

Production1/

Marketings2/

per 100 Pounds

Production3/

Receipts3/4/

Consumption

Income

20075/ GA US

--Thousand Pounds--

106,346 29,606,420

105,931 30,221,861

--Dollars--
46.90 46.60

52,744 13,468,332

--Thousand Dollars--

54,334 14,750,490

459 32,148

54,793 14,782,638

2008 GA US

99,710 31,383,832

111,511 32,688,409

46.60 47.00

52,307 14,435,204

62,244 16,077,382

473 33,529

62,717 16,110,911

[Results published in the Meat Animals Production, Disposition, and Income 2007 Summary]. 1/ Adjustments made for changes in inventory and for inshipments. 2/ Excludes custom slaughter for use on farms where produced and interfarm sales within the State. 3/ Includes allowance for higher average price of State inshipments and outshipments of feeder pigs. 4/ Receipts from marketings and sale of farm slaughter. 5/ Revised.