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, 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. 2 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.