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 September 30, 2009 Volume 09-Number 09 Poultry Summary Onions Livestock Slaughter September 1 Forecast HIGHLIGHTS Cold Storage Peanuts Agricultural Prices Cotton Farm Income Tobacco EGGS IN INCUBATORS, UNITED STATES--AUGUST 1, 2008-2009 Item 2008 2009 --Thousands-- Chickens, Egg Type 32,663 Chickens, Broiler Type 649,735 Turkeys, All Breeds 31,883 [Results from the monthly Chicken and Egg Report and the monthly Turkey Hatchery Report]. 32,782 627,645 28,587 % of Year Ago --Percent-- 100 97 90 POULTRY HATCHING AND PLACEMENT, JULY 2008-2009 January thru July Item 2008 2009 % of year ago 2008 2009 % of year ago Pullet Chicks Placed Domestic (U.S.)1/ --Thousands-- --Percent-- --Thousands-- --Percent-- Broiler Type 6,462 6,214 96 50,590 48,211 95 Egg Type 244 342 140 1,680 2,018 120 Chicks Hatched - Broiler Type Georgia 123,297 117,373 95 866,301 810,827 94 United States 805,182 781,215 97 5,676,043 5,357,180 94 Chicks Hatched- Egg Type United States Turkey Poults Placed2/ 37,250 36,282 97 283,077 273,211 97 United States 26,551 24,900 94 280,801 254,558 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 JULY 2008-20091/ Number of Layers Eggs per 100 Layers Total Eggs Produced 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 --Thousands-- --Number-- --Millions-- GEORGIA Hatching Table 9,100 9,086 2/ 8,556 8,682 2/ 1,956 2,178 1,964 2,290 178 168 199 200 Total Georgia 18,236 17,288 2,067 2,129 377 368 UNITED STATES Hatching 58,829 56,179 1,912 1,924 1,125 1,081 Table 277,447 276,423 2,333 2,353 6,474 6,505 Total U.S. 336,276 332,602 2,260 2,281 7,599 [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. 7,586 USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. COMMERCIAL POULTRY SLAUGHTER,1/ JUNE AND JULY 2009 Item Young Chickens Jun Jul --Thousands-- % of Last Month --Percent-- Georgia 105,538 105,292 100 United States 737,805 746,099 101 Mature Chickens Light Type, U.S. 6,200 5,552 90 Heavy Type, U.S. 6,552 7,210 110 Total U.S. 12,752 12,762 100 Percent Condemned Young Chickens --Percent-- Georgia 0.63 0.62 United States 0.86 1/ Federally inspected slaughter data as collected by Meat and Poultry Inspection Program. 0.83 January to Date --Thousands-- 728,706 4,978,585 37,605 44,491 82,096 --Percent-- 0.76 0.92 LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER, UNITED STATES,1/ JULY 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 3,062.5 2,920.6 95 1,273 1,282 3,886,174 3,731,439 Calves 87.9 79.9 91 243 230 21,032 18,216 Hogs 9,462.8 9,146.7 97 262 267 2,479,550 2,444,531 Sheep & Lambs 207.1 207.4 100 132 135 27,305 [Results from the U.S. Livestock Slaughter Release]. 1/ Includes slaughter under Federal Inspection and other commercial slaughter, excludes farm slaughter. 27,937 COLD STORAGE STOCKS--UNITED STATES, JULY 31, 2009 Commodity Jul 31, 2008 Jun 30, 2009 Ju1 31, 2009 % of Jul 2008 % of Jun 2009 --Thousand Pounds-- --Percent-- Eggs, Frozen 21,097 21,655 22,370 106 103 Meats, Red 960,531 1,043,079 1,025,469 107 98 Beef, Frozen 430,818 434,804 448,152 104 103 Pork, Frozen 505,269 577,914 547,331 108 95 Poultry, Frozen 1,362,049 1,253,756 1,324,135 97 106 Peanuts, Shelled 291,747 339,122 328,590 113 97 Peanuts, In Shell 18,228 27,787 24,247 133 87 Pecans, Shelled 51,845 44,564 43,063 83 97 Pecans, In Shell 126,774 [Results from the monthly Cold Storage Report]. 59,499 40,547 32 68 PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS, 2008-2009 Georgia United States Entire Month Preliminary Entire Month Preliminary Commodity Price per Unit Aug 2008 Jul 2009 Aug 2009 Aug 2008 Jul 2009 Aug 2009 Cotton /Lb 51.10 47.00 56.70 58.50 47.20 48.40 Cottonseed $/Ton 1/ 2/ 2/ 1/ 2/ 1/ Peanuts, In-Shell /Lb 3/ 23.30 21.50 18.90 23.40 23.30 Calves Beef Cattle4/ Cows5/ /Lb /Lb /Lb 98.00 70.50 57.90 94.90 62.60 49.20 94.90 62.80 48.20 117.00 95.80 57.60 110.00 81.10 47.40 110.00 80.30 46.70 Steers & Heifers /Lb 91.00 85.50 86.50 100.00 85.30 84.60 [Results from the monthly Prices Received by Farmers]. 1/ Insufficient sales to establish a price. 2/ Marketing year August-February. 3/ Price not published to avoid disclosure of individual firms. 4/ "Cows," "Steers and heifers" combined. 5/ Beef cows and cull dairy cows sold for slaughter. Index 1990-92=100 INDEX NUMBERS--UNITED STATES, 2008-2009 2008 Jul Aug Jul Prices Received 159 156 132 Prices Paid 191 191 177 Ratio1/ 83 82 75 [Results from the monthly Prices Received by Farmers]. 1/ Ratio of index of prices received by farmers to index of prices paid. 2 2009 Aug 127 177 72 NET FARM INCOME FOR SELECTED STATES, 2004-20081/ State 2004 2005 2006 2007 -- Million Dollars-- Alabama 2,216.8 2,170.2 1,373.3 1,169.0 Florida 2,501.9 3,118.4 2,511.6 1,996.7 Georgia 2,697.9 2,897.9 1,952.6 2,167.1 South Carolina 788.2 788.3 550.9 339.7 United States 87,358.5 76,639.2 58,779.3 71,130.9 1/ Source: Economic Research Service/USDA. Information Contact: Roger Strickland. E-Mail: rogers@ers.usda.gov. August 20, 2009. 2008 1,485.7 1,740.8 2,775.1 619.7 87,325.1 ONIONS--SPRING SEASON,1/ BY STATES, 2008-2009 Area Planted Area Harvested Yield per Acre Production Value per Cwt State 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 --Acres-- --Acres-- --Cwt-- --1,000 Cwt-- --Dollars-- AZ 1,500 1,600 1,500 1,600 440 360 660 576 10.50 7.70 CA 6,700 6,200 6,500 6,000 440 410 2,860 2,460 8.60 8.50 GA 12,000 12,000 11,500 10,500 320 240 3,680 2,520 29.50 32.90 TX 11,000 10,300 8,900 8,900 270 435 2,403 3,872 30.30 26.40 Total 31,200 30,100 28,400 27,000 338 [Results from the Acreage, Production and Price Inquiry]. 1/ Primarily fresh. 349 9,603 9,428 22.20 22.30 Total Value 2008 2009 --1,000 Dollars-- 6,930 4,435 24,596 20,910 108,560 82,908 72,811 102,221 212,897 210,474 GEORGIA ACREAGE, YIELD, AND PRODUCTION, 2008 AND SEPTEMBER 1, 2009 FORECAST Area Harvested1/ Yield per Acre Production Crop Unit 2008 Ind Sep 1, 2009 2008 Ind Sep 1, 2009 2008 Ind Sep 1, 2009 --1,000 Acres-- --1,000-- Corn for Grain Bu 310 380 140 143 43,400 54,340 Cotton, All2/ Bales 920.0 990.0 835 897 1,600.0 1,850.0 Hay, All Tons 720 690 2.2 2.5 1,584 1,725 Peanuts for Nuts Lbs 685 500 3,400 3,500 2,329,000 1,750,000 Soybeans for Beans Bu Tobacco 3/ Lbs 415 16.0 480 30 34 12,450 16,320 14.0 2,100 1,500 33,600 21,000 Wheat, Winter Bu 400 270 56 43 22,400 11,610 Apples Lbs 0.6 4/ 20,000 4/ 12,000 4/ Grapes Tons 1.2 5/ 2.92 5/ 3.5 3.7 Peaches Tons 9.5 5/ 2.95 5/ 28.0 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 2010 in Noncitrus Fruits and Nuts 2009 Preliminary Summary. PEANUTS: AREA HARVESTED, YIELD, AND PRODUCTION BY STATE AND UNITED STATES, 2008 AND SEPTEMBER 1, 2009 FORECAST State Area Harvested 2008 20091/ 2008 Yield Aug 1, 2009 Sep 1, 2009 Production 2008 2009 --Thousand Acres-- --Pounds-- --Thousand Pounds-- AL 193.0 153.0 3,300 3,300 3,300 636,900 504,900 FL 140.0 105.0 3,200 3,100 3,100 448,000 325,500 GA 685.0 500.0 3,400 3,300 3,500 2,329,000 1,750,000 MS 21.0 20.0 3,900 3,500 3,500 81,900 70,000 NM 8.0 7.0 3,200 3,200 3,200 25,600 22,400 NC 97.0 66.0 3,700 3,300 3,400 358,900 224,400 OK 18.0 12.0 3,500 3,200 3,200 63,000 38,400 SC 68.0 47.0 3,900 3,400 3,300 265,200 155,100 TX 253.0 160.0 3,400 3,400 3,400 860,200 544,000 VA 24.0 12.0 3,300 3,400 3,400 79,200 40,800 US 1,507.0 1,082.0 3,416 3,301 [Results from the September Yield Survey]. 1/ Updated from "Crop Production" released September 11, 2009. 3,397 5,147,900 3,675,500 3 ALL COTTON: AREA HARVESTED, YIELD, AND PRODUCTION BY SELECTED STATES, AND UNITED STATES, 2008 AND SEPTEMBER 1, 2009 FORECAST Area Harvested Yield Production1/ State 2008 2009 2008 Aug 1, 2009 Sep 1, 2009 2008 2009 --1,000 Acres-- --Pounds-- --1,000 Bales2/-- AL 286.0 250.0 787 794 806 469.0 420.0 AZ 133.8 140.3 1,456 1,446 1,446 405.8 422.7 AR 615.0 500.0 1,012 1,025 1,056 1,296.0 1,100.0 CA 268.0 197.0 1,379 1,352 1,335 770.0 548.0 FL 65.0 81.0 916 724 830 124.0 140.0 GA 920.0 990.0 835 841 897 1,600.0 1,850.0 KS 25.0 32.0 653 675 720 34.0 48.0 LA 234.0 225.0 576 858 864 281.0 405.0 MS 360.0 285.0 911 875 960 683.0 570.0 MO 303.0 263.0 1,106 1,061 1,132 698.0 620.0 NM 36.9 29.4 963 1,017 1,017 74.0 62.3 NC 428.0 370.0 847 800 824 755.0 635.0 OK 155.0 195.0 811 836 837 262.0 340.0 SC 134.0 110.0 881 715 720 246.0 165.0 TN 280.0 280.0 909 916 960 530.0 560.0 TX 3,265.0 3,716.5 658 702 702 4,474.0 5,432.0 VA 60.0 64.0 908 863 900 113.5 120.0 US 7,568.7 7,728.2 813 816 835 12,815.3 13,438.0 [Results from the September Yield Survey]. 1/ Production ginned and to be ginned. 2/ 480-Lb. net weight bales. TOBACCO, TYPE 14, GA-FL BELT: AREA HARVESTED, YIELD, AND PRODUCTION BY STATE, AND UNITED STATES, 2008 AND SEPTEMBER 1, 2009 FORECAST Area Harvested Yield Production State 2008 2009 2008 Aug 1, 2009 Sep 1, 2009 2008 2009 --Acres-- --Pounds-- --1,000 Pounds-- GA 16,000 14,000 2,100 1,700 1,500 33,600 21,000 US 354,490 347,190 [Results from the September Yield Survey]. 2,258 2,288 2,319 800,504 804,988