GEORGIA FARM REPORT March 27,1996 Volume 96-Number 06 on A4-00. c7 PFI2 S ~(O6 l AGRICULTURAL ISTATISTICS SERVICE Stephens Federal Building Suite 320 Athens, Georgia 30613 Phone: (706)546-2236 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 G e o r g ~ aF a r m Report (ISNN 0744-7280 IS published semi-monthly by t h e Georgla A g r ~ c u l t u r a lS t a t l s t ~ c sServlce Athens GA 30613-5099 Second class postage 8 1 paid at Athens GA S u b s c r ~ p t ~ ofne e d l 0 per year e x c e t free 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 l a Agricultural S t a t ~ s t i c s I S e r v l c e S t e ~ h e n sF e d e r a l Buildina Sulte 320 Athens 10613.5099 I I GEORGIA SECOND-CLASS AGRICULTURAL POSTAGE PAID AT STATISTICS ATHENS, GA 30613 SERVICE STEPHENS FEDERAL BLDG. 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