Georgia farm report, vol. 10, no. 02 (2010 February 26)

United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service
GEORGIA FARM REPORT
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February 26, 2010 Volume 10-Number 02

Poultry Summary Pecans

Livestock Slaughter Cattle Inventory & Calf Crop

HIGHLIGHTS Cold Storage Goats Inventory

Agricultural Prices

Peanut Stocks

Annual Crop Summary & Values

EGGS IN INCUBATORS, UNITED STATES--JANUARY 1, 2009-2010

Item

2009

2010

--Thousands--

Chickens, Egg Type

36,665

Chickens, Broiler Type

630,209

Turkeys, All Breeds

29,664

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

38,929 632,926
27,499

% of Year Ago
--Percent-106 100 93

POULTRY HATCHING AND PLACEMENT-- DECEMBER 2008-2009

January thru December

Item

2008

2009

% of year ago

2008

2009

% of year ago

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

--Thousands--

--Percent--

--Thousands--

--Percent--

Broiler Type

6,580

6,656

101

85,821

83,231

97

Egg Type

199

309

155

2,958

3,405

115

Chicks Hatched - Broiler Type

Georgia

117,499

114,450

97

1,438,110

1,368,319

95

United States

779,304

778,372

100

9,455,917

9,086,142

96

Chicks Hatched- Egg Type

United States Turkeys Poults Placed2/

37,091

39,655

107

467,242

462,330

99

United States

23,179

22,108

95

88,561

85,257

96

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 DECEMBER 2008-20091/

Number of Layers

Eggs per 100 Layers

Total Eggs Produced

2008

2009

2008

2009

2008

2009

--Thousands--

--Number--

--Millions--

GEORGIA

Hatching Table

8,662 9,677 2/

8,542 9,225 2/

1,940 2,301

1,967 2,404

167

168

224

223

Total Georgia

18,391

17,817

2,126

2,195

391

391

UNITED STATES

Hatching

56,028

56,447

1,906

1,890

1,068

1,067

Table

284,274

283,435

2,357

2,386

6,701

6,763

Total U.S.

340,302

339,882

2,283

2,304

7,768

[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.

7,831

USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

COMMERCIAL POULTRY SLAUGHTER1/--NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 2009

Item

Nov

Dec

% of Last Month

--Thousands--

--Percent--

Young Chickens

Georgia

93,260

98,989

106

United States

657,072

699,854

107

Mature Chickens

Light Type, U.S.

4,186

5,755

137

Heavy Type, U.S.

5,153

5,406

105

Total U.S.

9,339

11,161

120

Percent Condemned Young Chickens Georgia

--Percent--

0.64

0.74

United States

0.82

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

0.83

January to Date --Thousands--
1,228,531 8,516,891
63,576 75,061 138,637 --Percent--
0.71 0.88

LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER--UNITED STATES,1/ DECEMBER 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

2,671.5

2,752.8

103

1,303

1,296

3,468,180

3,556,432

Calves

94.1

92.3

98

245

240

22,713

21,904

Hogs

10,144.9

9,832.9

97

270

270

2,739,561

2,653,968

Sheep & Lambs

230.9

235.3

102

134

136

30,876

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

31,853

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

Commodity

Dec 31, 2008

Nov 30, 2009

Dec 31, 2009

% Dec of 2008

% of Nov 2009

Eggs, Frozen

22,638

--Thousand Pounds-21,158

24,347

--Percent--

108

115

Meats, Red Beef, Frozen

1,078,474 492,637

936,835 430,913

927,938 429,715

86

99

87

100

Pork, Frozen Poultry, Frozen Peanuts, Shelled

555,642 1,163,579
266,624

482,816 898,313 376,698

474,845 884,912 387,012

85

98

76

99

145

103

Peanuts, In Shell

19,762

17,494

18,097

92

103

Pecans, Shelled

36,992

Pecans, In Shell

85,806

[Results from the monthly Cold Storage Report].

27,722 48,866

28,837 88,586

78

104

103

181

PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS--JANUARY 15, 2010

Georgia

United States

Commodity

Price per Unit Jan 2009

Dec 2009

Jan 15, 2010

Jan 2009

Dec 2009

Cotton

/Lb

48.50

65.80

61.90

46.00

62.80

Cottonseed

$/Ton

191.00

126.00

127.00

214.00

164.00

Peanuts, In Shell

/Lb

23.20

19.10

20.00

23.90

21.50

Calves Beef Cattle1/
Cows2/

/Lb /Lb /Lb

92.10 59.40 48.40

92.80 55.70 46.10

95.00 59.60 50.40

106.00 80.10 42.30

105.00 78.60 43.50

Steers & Heifers

/Lb

78.10

77.20

81.20

85.80

83.80

[Results from the monthly Prices Received by Farmers]. 1/ "Cows," "Steers and Heifers" combined. 2/ Beef cows and cull dairy cows sold for slaughter.

Jan 15, 2010 63.20 149.00 20.60 109.00 81.90 47.10 87.00

2

INDEX NUMBERS--UNITED STATES, 2008-2010

Index

2008

2009

1990-92=100

Dec

Jan

Dec

Prices Received

135

139

135

Prices Paid Ratio1/

179

180

179

75

77

75

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

2010 Jan 137 183
75

STOCKS OF PEANUTS AND SPECIFIED PRODUCTS AT MONTH'S END, UNITED STATES--20091/

Month Ending

Farmer Stock

Shelled Peanuts2/ Roasting Stock (In Shell)

Farmer Stock Equivalent

Shelled Peanuts

Total3/

--Thousand Pounds--

Dec

3,038,106

590,381

49,476

785,207

3,872,789

[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 storage facilities. 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.

ALL PECANS: UTILIZED PRODUCTION, PRICE PER POUND, VALUE OF PRODUCTION, GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES, 2007-2009

Utilized Production

Price per Pound

Value of Production

State

2007

2008

2009

2007

2008

2009

2007

2008

2009

--1,000 Pounds--

--Dollars--

--1,000 Dollars--

GA

150,000

70,000

85,000

1.060

1.440

1.320

159,300

101,020

112,400

US

387,305

194,080

[Results from the January 1 Pecan Inquiry].

290,500

1.120

1.340

1.370

433,644

260,397

397,979

CATTLE AND CALVES: NUMBER BY CLASS AND CALF CROP, GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES, JANUARY 1, 2009-20101/

Georgia

United States

Class

2009

2010

2010 as % of 2009

2009

2010

2010 as % of 2009

--1,000 Head--

--Percent--

--1,000 Head--

--Percent--

Cattle and Calves

1,110

1,060

95

94,521

93,701

99

Cows and Heifers That Have Calved

610

600

98

41,045

40,456

99

Beef Cows

536

524

98

31,712

31,376

99

Milk Cows

74

76

103

9,333

9,081

97

Heifers 500 Pounds and Over

127

132

104

19,576

19,666

100

For Beef Cow Replacement

73

68

93

5,531

5,436

98

Expected to Calve For Milk Cow Replacement
Expected to Calve Other Heifers

2/

2/

2/

3,367

3,385

101

23

25

109

4,410

4,516

102

2/

2/

2/

2,909

2,941

101

31

39

126

9,635

9,714

101

Steers 500 Pounds and Over

48

39

81

16,769

16,440

98

Bulls 500 Pounds and Over

35

29

83

2,184

2,190

100

Calves Under 500 Pounds

290

260

90

14,948

14,949

100

Cattle on Feed

3/

3/

3/

13,856

13,642

98

2008

2009

2009 as % of 2008

2008

2009

2009 as % of 2008

Calf Crop

510

500

98

36,153

35,819

99

[Results from the Cattle Report]. 1/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 2/ Data not available. 3/ Other States include AL, AK, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, LA, ME, MA, MS, NH, NJ, RI, SC,

and VT.

ANGORA GOATS, MILK GOATS, MEAT AND OTHER GOATS AND TOTAL: NUMBER BY CLASS, GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES, JANUARY 1, 2009-2010

State

Angora

2009

2010

Milk

2009

2010

Meat and Other Goats

2009

2010

All Goats

2009

2010

GA

1/

1/

4,500

US

185,000

150,000

335,000

[Results from the Sheep and Goats Report]. 1/ Data not published.

--Head--

3,000

80,500

355,000

2,549,000

79,000 2,538,000

1/ 3,069,000

1/ 3,043,000

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GEORGIA ANNUAL CROP SUMMARY, 2009

Crop

Planted Acres Harvested Acres Yield per Acre Unit

Production

Unit Price Value of Production

--1,000 Acres--

--1,000--

--Dollars--

--$1,000--

Corn, grain

420

370

140

Bu

51,800

3.60

186,480

Corn, silage

30

17.0

Ton

510

Cotton, lint

1,000.0

990.0

882

1/

1,820.0

0.652

569,587

Cottonseed

Ton

553

125.00

69,125

Hay

700

2.30

Ton

1,610

85.00

136,850

Oats

60

20

56.0

Bu

1,120

2.00

2,240

Peanuts

510

505

3,530

Lb

1,782,650

0.219

390,400

Rye

200

25

21.0

Bu

525

6.50

Sorghum, Grain2/

55

40

53.0

Bu

2,120

5.40

3,413 6,411

Sorghum, Silage

12

11.0

Ton

132

Soybeans

470

450

36.0

Bu

16,200

9.50

153,900

Tobacco

14.0

2,000

Lb

28,000

1.700

47,600

Wheat

340

250

Blueberries5/

10.5

Grapes3/4/

1.4

Peaches3/4/

10.5

42.0 4,100
3.21 3.05

Bu

10,500

4.30

Lb

43,000

1.290

Ton

4.5

1,480.00

Ton

32

930.00

45,150 55,600
6,645 27,890

Pecans

Lb

85,000

1.320

112,400

Cabbage

6.9

6.3

300

Cwt

1,890

14.80

27,972

Cantaloups

5.2

5.0

275

Cwt

1,375

28.50

39,188

Cucumbers

11.5

10.0

250

Cwt

2,500

23.60

59,000

Onions

12.0

10.5

240

Cwt

2,520

32.90

82,908

Sweet Corn

26.0

25.0

130

Cwt

3,250

26.20

85,150

Tomatoes

4.6

4.5

280

Cwt

1,260

49.40

62,244

Watermelons

24.0

23.0

300

Cwt

6,900

9.80

67,620

Bell Pepper

3.7

3.5

280

Cwt

980

35.50

34,790

Squash

5.5

5.3

200

Cwt

1,060

28.20

29,892

Total

3,154.4

3,521.5

2,302,455.0

1/ Cotton yield pounds per acre; production 480 lb. bales. 2/ Price is per cwt. 3/ Bearing age acreage and utilized production. 4/ Yield based on total

production. 5/ Yield based on utilized production.

SPRING ONIONS--PLANTING INTENTIONS AND PROSPECTIVE ACRES FOR HARVEST,1/ GEORGIA AND TOTAL

Planted

Harvested

For Harvest

State

2008

2009

2010

2008

2009

2010

--Acres--

GA Total2/

12,000 31,200

12,000 30,100

12,000 28,000

11,500 28,400

10,500 27,200

11,500

[Results from the Onions Acreage Intentions]. 1/ Primarily fresh market. 2/ Harvested acreage for 2010 will be published April 1, 2010.