Georgia farm report, vol. 96, no. 06 (1996 March 27)

GEORGIA FARM REPORT

March 27,1996 Volume 96-Number 06

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HIGHLIGHTS

Monthly Poultry

Cotton Ginnin s

i Monthly Lvstk. S l s u hter
Annual lvstk-. Slaug ter

Cattle o n ~ e e ? Catfish Processing

Milk Productton

Cold Storage

COMMERCIAL POULTRY SLAUGHTER JANUARY 1995-FEBRUARY 1996

% of

Jan.

Jan.

Year

Feb. 2'

Item

1995

1996 Ag o

1996

-1,000-

1,000

Young Chickens

Georgia

81,872

91,371

112

United States

607,437

642.457

106

Mature Chickens

Light Type, U.S.

9,909

8,456

85

Heavy Type, U.S. 4,570

5,684

124

Total U.S.

14,479

14,140

98

Percent Condemned

Young Chickens

Georgia

1.7

18

United States

1.8

1.9

89,722 603,897
8,214 5,181 13,395

i y 1 1 F e d e r a l 1 ~ n s p e c t e ds l a u g h t e r d a t a a s c o l l e c t e d b M e a t a n d P o u l t r y
l;sgecton bragram Current month data estimated Marke! News Servce rel~rn~nary

GEORGIA FEBRUARY EGG PRODUCTION UP 9 PERCENT
Georgia's laying flocks produced 361 million eggs during February 1996, up 9 percent from February
1995. Production consisted of 217 million table eg- g- s
and 144 million hatching eggs.
U.S. EGG PRODUCTION UP 5 PERCENT
Laying flocks in the U.S. prodsced 5.97 billion during February 1996, up 5 percent from the 5.71 billion produced February 1995. Production included 5.05 billion table eggs and 918 million hatching eggs.
30 STATES EGG PRODUCTION UP 5 PERCENT
Laying flocks in the 30 major egg production States produced 5.65 billion eggs during February, up 5 percent from February 1995. The average number ot layers during February, at 283 million, was up 1 percent from the year earlier.

EGGS IN INCUBATORS--MARCH 1,1995-1 996, UNITED STATES

Item

1995

1996 % of Year Ago

Thousands

Chickens

Egg Type

32,320

34.669

107

~ i l eTrype

549,742

573,793

104

Turkeys, All Breeds 35,158

36,204

103

GEORGIA Hatching Table
Total Georg~a
3-~0 S- T~ ATES
Hatching
Table
Total 30 States
UNITED STATES Hatching Table
Total U.S.

NUMBER OF LAYERS AND EGG PRODUCTlON4EBRUARY 1995-1996

Number of Layers

During February

1995

1996

Eggs per 100

Layers-February

1995

1996

Total Eggs Produced

During February

1995

1996

Thousands

Number

Millions

7,633 10,442
18,075

8,C87 10,854
18,941

1,716 1,904
1,826

1,781 2,001
1,906

131

144

159

21 7

310

361

52.246
245,513 297,759

53,649
245,563 299,212

1,646
1,977 1,919

1,711
2,058 1.996

860
4,854 5,7?4

AGRICULTURAL STATISTICIAN AND GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

91 8 5,054 5,972

POULTRY HATCHING AND PLACEMENT--FEBRUARY 1995-1996

% of

% of

Item

Feb.

Jan.

Feb.

year

January thru February

year

1995

1996

1996

ago

1995

1996

ago

-Thousands-

Percent

-Thousands-

Percent

PDllet Chicks Placed Domestic (U.S.)1/ Bro~leTr ype

5,481

5,538

5,916

108

11,229

11,454

102

Egg Type

25 1

171

238

95

Chicks Hatched

487

409

84

Broiler Type

Georgia

86,655

104,724

96,817

112

182,681

201,541

110

United States

598.962

686.359

646.085

108

1.260.351

1,332,444

106

Egg Type Georgia United States Turkeys Poults Placed U.S.

25,943

27,550

27,863

107

150,736~'

153,Ol z3'

102

11 D o r n e s t ~ cp l a c e m e n t s a s r e p o r t e d by l e a d ~ n gb r e e d e r s I n c l u d e s e x p e c t e d p u l l e t r e lacernents f r o m e g s sold d u r ~ n gt h e p r e c e d ~ n gm o n t h a t t h e r a t e o f 1 2 5 pullet chlcks per 3 0 dozen case of eggs 21 Turkey poults placed September 1994-February, 1 9 9 5 31furkey poults placed September,l995-February 1996

GEORGIA FEBRUARY RED MEAT PRODUCTION DOWN
Commercial red meat production in Georgia totaled 34.5 million pounds during February 1996, down 2 percent from February 1995.
U.S. RED MEAT PRODUCTION UP
Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 3.52 billion pounds during February. This production was 10 percent above the previous record high for February set in 1995.

Beef production totaled 2.05 billion pounds, up 3 percent from the previous record high set in February 1977. Head kill totaled 2.93 million, up 13 percent from a year earlier. The average live weight was down 7 pounds from last year at 1,177 pounds.
Pork production, at 1.42 billion pounds was up 5 percent from the previous record set in February 1995, Hog kill totaled 7.66 million head, 5 percent above a year earlier. The average live weight decreased pound to 254 pounds.

LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER-UNITED STATES I'

Species

Number Slaughtered

February

1995

1996

Feb. 1996 as %
of 1995

Average

Live Weight

February

1995

1996

Total

Live Weight

February

1995

1996

United States Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep 8 Lambs

-Thousand Head-

2,586.1 106.2
7,326.5 375.3

2,926.2 142.5
7,661.2 363.5

Percent
113 134 105 97

Pounds

1,184 382
255 128

1,177 355
254 128

-Thousand Pounds-

3,061,659 40,581
1,871,122 48,063

3,443,285 50,563
1,946,270 46,529

11 I n c l u d e s slaughter u n d e r F e d e r a l l n s p e c t l o n a n d o t h e r c o m m e r c i a l slaughter, e x c l u d e s f a r m s l a u g h t e r 21 D a t a n o t p u b l i s h e d t o avoid disclosing individual operations

COMMERCIAL RED MEAT PRODUCTION-UNITED STATES "

Kind

February

1995

1996

1996 as % of 1995

January-February

1995

1996

-Million Pounds-

Beef Veal
Pork Lamb & Mutton Total Red Meat

1,811 24
1,354 24
3,213

2.048 30
1,417 24
3,519

11 Based on packers dress weights and excludes farm slaughter

Percent

-Million Pounds-

92

3,821

4,267

98

5 1

60

9 1

2,854

2.968

105

48

47

92

6,774

7,342

21 Accumulated totals and pprcentages based o n unrounded data

1996 as % of 1995
Percent
112 118 104 97 108

Species
Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep

ANNUAL COMMERCIAL LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER--UNITED STATES, 1994 AND 1995

1994

Number o f
Head

1995

1994

Average Live
Weight

1995

Total Live Weight 1994

1995

-Thousands-

-Pounds-

-Thous. Pounds-

34,196.5 1,268 0
95,696 4 4,938 2

35.639 3 1,430 2
96,325 5 4,559 9

1,189 383 255 125

1,183 372 256 125

40,654.237 486,114
24,430,314 616,579

42.1 72,204 532,081
24,642,974 571,646

2

FEBRUARY MlLK PRODUCTION UP 3 PERCENT (22 STATES)
Milk production in the 22 major States during February totaled 10.8 billion pounds, 3 percent above production in these same States in February 1995. The increase is due to February 1996 having an extra day because it is leap year. On a daily basis, milk production declined during February 1996 versus a year earlier. January revised production, at 11.3 billion pounds was slightly less than January 1995.
Production per cow in the 22 major States averaged 1,343 pounds for February, 48 pounds above February 1995. On an average daily basis, production per cow for February was virtually unchanged from a year ago.
The number of cows on farms in the 22 major States was 8.01 million head, 38,000 head less than February Igg an5 d 141000 head less than January 1996.

During the October-December period, the 22 major States produced 32.7 billion pounds o f milk, 86.3 percent of the U.S. production. If the remaining 28
States not surveyed monthly followed the same pattern as the 22 States, the U.S. production would be 12.5 billion pounds for February 1996.

MlLK COWS AND MlLK PRODUCTION FEBRUARY 1995-1996

22 States

Item

Unit

1995

1996 Percent

M ~ l kC O W S "
Production
per c o w 2 '

Thous Head Pounds

8,050 1,295

8,012 1,343

100 104

~ r o d u c t l o n ~ M' I I ~ b s

10,423

1, I n c l u d e s dry cows e x c l u d e s h e l f e r s n o t yet fresh by calves

10,762

103

2 , E x c l u d e s milk sucked

COTTON GINNINGS: RUNNING BALES AND EQUIVALENT 480-POUND NET WEIGHT BALES GINNED,

BY STATE AND U.S., CROP YEARS 1994-1995

Crop and

Running Bales Ginned by Crop Year

Equivalent 480-Pound Net Weight Bales

State

1994

1995

1994

1995

Upland A1
AZ
AR
/ I:;

687,850 743,500 1,766,950 2,642,900

Amer-Pima US

All Cotton
US

19,127,300

11 N o t publashed to a v o ~ dd ~ s c l o s l n g~ n d ~ v t d u aopl erations

17,498,800
21 No g l n s o p e r a t e d In 1 9 9 4

19,651,350

17,923,050

CATTLE ON FEED IN HISTORIC 7 MONTHLY STATES DOWN 1 PERCENT

Cattle on feed March 1, 1996, in the historic 7 monthly States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 8.15 million, down 1 percent from the previous year but 2 percent above March 1, 1994.
Placements in feedlots during February totaled 1.44 million, 6 percent below 1995 but 15 percent above 1994.

Marketings during February totaled 1.54 million, up 12 percent from a year ago and 14 percent above 1994.
Other disappearance during February was 52,000 head, the same as last year but 9 percent below 1994.

CATTLE AND CALVES--NUMBER ON FEED, PLACEMENTS, MARKETINGS, AND OTHER DISAPPEARANCE, 7 STATES, FEBRUARY-MARCH I l l994-1996

State

1994

Number 1995

1996

1996 as O/o of

1994

1995

On Feed Feb 1 " Placed on Feed D u r i n g Feb Fed Cattle M a r k e t e d D u r i n g Feb. Other D~sappearanceDuring Feb.
On Feed Mar. 1 "

8,139 1,256 1,357
57 7,581

-Thousand Head-
8,119
1,532 1,372
52 8.227

8,304 1,441 1.541
52
8,152 ,

-Percent-

102

102

115

94

114

112

91

100

102

99

11 Cattle a n d c a l v e s o n f e e d a r e a n i m a l s for s l a u g h t e r market b e ~ n gf e d a ratlon of ljraln or other c o n c e n t r a t e s a n d a r e e x p e c t e d to p r o d u c e a cdrcass t h a t w ~ l l g r a d e s e l e c t or better 21 l n c l u d e s d e a t h losses m o v e m e n t f r o m f e e d l o t s to pastures a n d Shipments to stiler f e e d l o t s for furtper f e e a ~ r ~ g
3

U.S. FARM-RAISED CATFISH-1995-1996, QUANTITY PROCESSED AND PRICES PAlD TO PRODUCERS, REPORTED BY MAJOR PROCESSORS AND U.S. IMPORTS

Month

Round Weight Processed

Monthly

Cumulative

1995

1996

1995

1996

Average Price P ~ j d

to Producers

1995

1996

of Catfish

1994

1995

-Thousand Pounds-

Dols. per Pound

Thous. Pounds

Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr.
May June July
Aug .
Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

38,807

38,475

38,807

38.475

0.78

0.77

535

61

38,515

38,004

77,322

76,479

0.79

0.78

102

49

42,200

119,522

0.79

163

172

36,588

156,110

0.79

57

181

37,030 36,047

193,140

0.79

229,187

0.79

459

384

362

203

35,800 38,827

264,987

0.79

303,814

0.79

261

294

342

245

37,634

341,448

0.78

322

402

39,456

380,904

0.78

200

21 9

34,119

41 5,023

0.78

49 1

35

31,863

446,886

0.78

192

181

11 Price of fish dehvered to t h e processing plant door. Prlce Includes char e s for any servlces provlded b y t h e processing plant such a s selning and hauling b u t d o e s not i n c l u d e a n y a d ' u s t m e n t s b a s e d on year-end settlements. 21 ~ a t a q u r n i s h e dby U.S Bureau o f C e n s u s . 31 January 1996 d a t a n o t a v a i l a b l e a t p u b l i c i t ~ o n t i m e , d u e to ~ o v e r n r n e nflu r l o u g h .

Commodity
Butter Cheese, Natural Eggs, Frozen Frozen Fru~t Fruit Juices, Frozen Meats, Red
Beef, Frozen Pork, Frozen Poultry, Frozen Turkeys, Frozen Vegetables, Frozen Potatoes, Frozen Peanuts, Shelled Peanuts, In Shell Pecans, Shelled Pecans, In Shell

COLD STORAGE STOCKS--UNITED STATES, FEBRUARY 29,1996

Feb. 28, 1995

Jan. 31, 1996

Feb. 29, 1996

Percent of

Feb. 1995

Jan. 1996

-Thousands Pounds-

-Percent-

88,230

25,476

33,591

38

132

448,652

441,274

448,639

100

102

18,278

15,600

16.367

90

105

1,046,052

1,057,537

978,333

94

93

2,291,947

1,800,004

1,863,654

81

104

833,824

779,490

778,947

93

100

407,740

367,890

361,868

89

98

395,053

382,221

383,921

97

100

829,665 .

1,010,810

1,078,993

130

107

359,535

339,178

423,367

118

125

1,915,525

2,141,243

1,995,969

104

93

1,179,935

1,147,224

1,170,771

99

102

434,030

280,136

286,525

66

102

40,159

14,494

16,379

41

113

24,574

30,782

36,891

150

120

115,794

153,555

148,643

128

97

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