GEORGIA FARM REPORT February 20,1996 Volume 96-Number 04 HIGHLIGHTS Crop Values Farm Labor GEORGIA AGRICULTURAI STATISTICS SERVICE Stephens Federal Buildin!, Suite 320 Athens, Georgia 30613 Phone: (706)546-2236 GEORGIA 1995 CROP VALUES AS A PERCENT O F TOTAL CROP VALUE Tobacco 7.1% Wheat 1.9% Pecans 4.1% Peanuts 20.2% Peaches 1.4% Corn 4.9% Other 1.6% Cotton t i n t & Seed 36.6% Vegetables 14.9% Pie chart percenta es computed from crops included in table on pa es 2 and 3. Poultry an8 livestock income data will be available i n Ma 1896 Cash receipts for all commodities will be available in the f a i of 1936. 1 I AGRICULTURAL STATISTICIAN AND GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF 4SRICULTLlilE Cro D Corn, grain Year 1995 1994 1993 GEORGIA ANNUAL CROP SUMMARY-1 993,1994,1995 Planted Acres Harvested Yield per Acres Acre Unit Production -1,000 Acres- 1,000 400 350 90 Bu. 31,500 600 540 106 Bu. 57,240 650 560 70 Bu 39,200 Unit Price Dollars 3.20 2.47 2.72 Value of Production $1,000'~ 100,800 141,383 106,624 Corn, silage 1995 1994 1993 40 14 Ton 560 45 16 Ton 720 35 11 Ton 385 Cotton, lint " 1995 1994 1993 1,500 1,490 635 Bale 885 875 843 Bale 61 5 600 586 Bale 1,970 1,537 733 0.747 0.733 0.599 706,363 540,778 210,752 Cottonseed 1995 1994 1993 Ton 678 80.00 54,240 Ton 51 6 68.00 35,088 Ton 258 90.00 23,220 Hay 2' 1995 1994 1993 600 600 650 650 600 600 2.5 Ton 3.0 Ton 1.9 Ton 1,500 1,950 1,140 62.50 61 .OO 75.50 93,750 118,950 86,070 Oats 1995 1994 1993 75 35 80 50 75 50 50 Bu. 67 Bu. 60 Bu. 1,750 1.70 3,350 1.46 3,000 1.63 2,975 4,891 4,890 Peanuts 1995 1994 1993 595 590 2,410 652 649 2,870 702 697 1,985 Lb. 1,421,900 Lb. 1,862,630 Lb. 1,383,545 0.295 0.286 0.310 41 9,461 532,712 428,899 Rye 1995 1994 1993 300 55 340 70 300 60 21 Bu. 27 Bu. 23 Bu. 1,155 3.40 1,890 2.80 1,380 3.50 3,927 5,292 4,830 Sorghum, Grain 1995 1994 1993 55 30 65 40 80 40 37 Bu. 50 Bu. 36 Bu. 1,110 3.25 2,000 2.49 1,440 2.21 3,608 4,980 3,182 Sorghum Silage 1995 1994 1993 20 12 Ton 240 20 11 Ton 220 25 9 Ton 225 Soybeans 1995 1994 1993 320 310 520 500 600 480 27 Bu. 8,370 6.90 31 Bu. 15,500 5.37 17 Bu. 8,160 6.52 57,753 83,235 53,203 Tobacco 1995 1994 1993 42 42 2.000 Lb. 84,000 1.759 147,756 37 37 2,180 Lb. 80,660 1.654 133,412 43 43 2,240 Lb. 96,320 1.653 159,217 Weat 1995 1994 1993 350 300 440 400 400 360 38 Bu. 11,400 3.40 51 Bu. 20,400 3.03 38 Bu. 13,680 2.61 38,760 61,812 35,705 Sweetpotatoes 1995 1994 1993 3.0 2.8 185 Cwt. 2.5 2.4 150 Cwt. 3.2 3.0 130 Cwt. 51 8 13.60 360 1 1.80 390 12.40 7,045 4,248 4,836 Apples, Total 31 1995 1994 1993 2.4 13,300 Lb. 2.4 10,800 Lb. 2.5 13,600 Lb. 28,000 22,000 31,000 0.1 68 0.139 0.1 46 4,711 3,051 4,541 North 1995 1994 1993 2.25 14,000 Lb. 2.25 11,110 Lb. 2.35 14,040 Lb. 27,700 21,500 30,500 0.167 0.137 0.145 4,623 2,935 4,428 South 1995 0.15 3,330 1994 0.15 5,670 1993 0.15 - -E- .57G 11 Cott.on yield p o u n d s per acre: production 480-lb, bales: price In cen:s per p o u n d and utilized production. Lb. 30C 0.293 88 Lb. 500 0.232 116 in. 500 0.226 113 21 t-:zrbested a c r e s s u b s t ~ t u t e df o r p l a n t e d a c r e s 31 B e a r i n g a g e acreage Crop 'fear Blueberr~es'/ 1995 1994 1993 GEORGIA ANNUAL CROP SUMMARY-1 993,1994,1995 Planted Harvested Yield per Acres Acres Acre Unit Production -1,000 Acres- 1,000 3 8 3,420 L b 13,000 3 7 2,030 Lb 7.500 3 7 1,490 Lb 5,500 Unit Price Dollars 0 597 0 550 0.475 Grapes " 1995 1994 1993 I .6 2.00 Ton 1.6 2.00 Ton 1.7 2.12 Ton 3.0 1,110.00 2.7 91 9.00 3.6 843.00 Peaches, Total 1995 1994 1993 21 7,620 Lb. 146,000 21 8,330 Lb. 150,000 21 7,140 Lb. 143,000 North 1995 1994 1993 1.O 5,000 Lb. 1.2 5,000 Lb. 1.2 5,000 Lb. 4,900 3,000 5,000 Central 1995 1994 1993 16.5 8,303 Lb. 124,000 16.5 8,911 Lb. 132,000 16.0 8,375 Lb. 130,000 South 1995 1994 1993 3.5 5,143 Lb. 3.3 6.667 Lb. 3.8 2,632 Lb. 17,100 15,000 8,000 Pecans Cabbage 1995 1994 1993 1995 1994 1993 10.5 9.5 11.O 9.0 12.0 11. O Lb. 75,000 Lb. 65,000 Lb. 150,000 31 0 Cwt . 2,945 300 Cwt. 2,700 31 0 Cwt. 3,410 Cantaloupes Cucumbers 1995 1994 1993 1995 1994 1993 6.5 5.5 130 Cwt. 71 5 9.0 7.0 125 Cwt. 875 9.0 7.0 80 Cwt . 560 12.5 12.0 160 Cwt . 1,920 13.0 11.5 115 Cwt. 1,323 12.0 10.5 120 Cwt. 1,260 15.00 18.00 13.00 Lima Beans Onions 1995 1994 1993 1995 1994 1993 6.5 5.5 30 Cwt. 165 6.5 5.0 30 Cwt. 150 4.7 3.7 26 Cwt. 96 12.8 12.5 190 Cwt . 2,375 11.0 10.3 190 Cwt. 1,957 8.7 8.3 180 Cwt. 1,494 32.00 29.00 34.00 28.10 20.70 29.70 Snap Beans 1995 1994 1993 16.5 15.0 40 Cwt. 600 18.0 14.0 41 Cwt. 574 18.0 13.0 40 Cwt. 520 28.00 28.00 25.00 Sweet Corn 1995 1994 1993 21 .O 20.0 19.5 17.0 18.0 13.0 140 Cwt. 2,800 120 Cwt . 2,040 60 Cwt. 780 12.50 16.50 14.90 Tomatoes 1995 1994 1993 5.0 4.7 390 Cwt. 1,833 4.0 3.5 370 Cwt. 1,295 4.0 3.5 280 Cwt. 980 31 .OO 27.00 26.00 Watermelons 1995 1994 1993 38 35 37 30 37 30 235 Cwt 8,225 170 Cwt. 5,100 140 Cwt 4,200 Total Above 1995 4,369.3 4.013.3 Crops 1994 4.400.5 4,014.4 1993 4,191.6 3,681.9 11 H a r v e s t e d a c r e s a n d u t ~ i i z e dproduction Y ~ e l db a s e d or, u t l i ~ z e dp r o d u c t i o n 21 B e a r i n g a g e a c r e a g e a n d u t i l i z e d p r o d u c : ~ o n Value of Production $1,000'~ 7,760 4,125 2,610 3,318 2,481 3,035 28,800 23,814 16,380 5,280 4,350 3,264 66,738 40,510 44,372 16,800 16,072 13,000 35,000 33,660 1 1,622 56,823 34,965 25,480 2,076,060 1,976,621 1,418,503 State or Region 21 FARM WAGE RATES--JANUARY 7-13,1996, BY STATE OR REGION AND UNITED STATES 11 I I I All Hired 1 Tvoe of Farm Worker Live- Super- workers j-. Stoc- k _ visoiy 1 Other Method of Pav Hourly Piece Other I-- -- Rate -Dollars per Hour- Southeast Florida Appalachian I Appalachian II Delta Northeast l Northeast ll Lake Cornbelt I Cornbelt II Northern Plains Southern Plains Mountain I Mountain II Mountain 111 Pacific California Hawaii US 41 See footnotes below 6.89 6.33 6.20 10.42 8.09 6.44 7.14 7.72 NUMBER OF WORKERS ON FARMS AND HOURS WORKED FOR THE WEEK JANUARY 7-13,1996 BY STATE OR REGION AND UNITED STATES 11 State or Region 21 All Farm Workers SelfEmployed Unpaid Hired Hired Workers Expected to be Employed 150 Days 149 Days orMore orLess Southeast Florida Appalachian I Appalachian II Delta Northeast 1 Northeast II Lake Cornbelt I Cornbelt I1 Northern Plains Southern Plains Mountain I Mountain II Mountain Ill Pacific California Hawaii Thous. Thous. Hours Thous. Hours Thous. Hours -Thousands- G e o r g ~ aF a r m Report ( I S N N 0 7 4 4 - 7 2 8 0 I S published s e m l - m o n t h l y by t h e Georgia Agricultural Statistics Servlce, Athens. GA 30613-5099. S e c o n d class postage E A p a ~ dat Athens G A . Subscrlptlon f e e 810 per year e x c e t f r e e to d a t a contributors POSTMASTER: S e n d a d d r e s s c h a n g e s to G e o r g ~ aAgricultural Statistics Service, stephkns Federal Building, Suite 320, Athens, 30613-5099. GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE STEPHENS FEDERAL BLDG. SUITE 320 ATHENS, GEORGIA 30613