GEORGIA FARM REPORT April 16, 1996 Volume 96-Number 08 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE Stephens Federal Building Suite 320 Athens, Georgia 30613 Phone: (706)546-2236 $148.5 million in 1994. Marketings at 353.2 million pounds, were 4 percent less than 1994. The average price rose 1 percent to $39.70 per cwt. U.S. CATTLE CASH RECEIPTS DOWN 7 PERCENT GEORGIA CATTLE CASH RECEIPTS UP 6 PERCENT Cash receipts from marketing of cattle and calves in Georgia totaled $284.9 million in 1995. This is 6 percent higher than the $269.5 million in 1994. Cattle prices averaged $42.30 per cwt. in 1995 compared to $51.80 per cwt. in 1994. Calves averaged $66.30 in 1995, down from the 1994 price of $75.60. Marketings in 1995 totaled 582.9 million pounds, up 27 percent from the 459.7 million pounds in 1994. GEORGIA HOG CASH RECEIPTS DOWN 4 PERCENT Cash receipts from hogs and pigs in Georgia totaled $143.2 million for 1995, down 4 percent from the Cash receipts from marketings of cattle and calves decreased from $36.4 billion in 1994 to $34.0 billion in 1995, a 7 percent decline. All cattle and calf marketings totaled 56.2 billion pounds in 1995, up 4 percent from the 54.1 billion pounds in 1994. The U.S. annual average price per 100 pounds live weight for cattle was $61.80, a decline of $4.90 from the $66.70 in 1994. For calves, the annual average price fell $14.10 to $73.10. U.S. HOG CASH RECEIPTS UP 2 PERCENT Cash receipts from hogs and pigs totaled $10.1 billion during 1995, up 2 percent from 1994. Marketings increased to 24.6 billion pounds in 1995, slightly above the previous year. The U.S. annual average price per 100 pounds live weight rose from $39.90 in 1994 to $40.50 in 1995. CATTLE4'RODUCTION AND INCOME, 1994-1995 Production 1 1 Marketings 21 Average Price per 100 Pounds Cattle Calves Value of Produc- tion Cash Value of Receipts Home Con- 31 sumption Gross Income G A 1994 1995 -1,000 Pounds- 693,185 502,416 459,690 582,870 -Dollars- 51.80 42.30 75.60 66.30 402,747 241,921 -1,000 Dollars- 269,535 284,887 4,889 3,930 274,424 288,817 -1,000,000 Pounds- -Dollars- -1,000,000 Dollars- US 1994 42.095 8 54 092 6 66 70 87 20 26 861 4 36 394 8 349 6 36,744 4 1995 42,722 1 56,244 3 61 80 73 10 24,822 0 33,983 2- 305 7 34,288 9 11 A d j u s t m e n t s m a d e f o r c h a n g e s I n I n v e n t o r y a n d f o r i n s h ~ p m e n t s 21 E x c l u d e s c u s t o m s i a u 3 h t e r f o r u s e o n f a r m s w h e r e p r o d i c e d a n u ( n t e r f a r m s a l e s w i t h l n t h e S t a t e 31 R e c e ~ p t sf r o m m a r k e t i n g s a n d s a l e o f f a r m s l a u g h t e r Prod uction 1 / -1,000 HOGS--PRODUCTION AND INCOME, 1994-1 995 Marketings 21 Average Price per 100 Pounds Value of Production 31 Cash Receipts 41 Pounds- Dollars -1,000 Value of Home Consumption Dollars- Gross Incorn2 -1,000,000 Pounds- Dollars -1,000,000 Dollars- US 1994 1995 24,434.8 24,120.8 24,504 9 24,577.6 39.90 40.50 9,691 .O 9,750.1 9,875.0 10,067.3 50.1 9,925.1 48.3 10,115.6 I 1 A d j u s t m e n t s m a d e f o r c h a n g e s I n I n v e n t o r y a n d f o r ~ n s h ~ p m e n t s21 E x c l u d e s c u s t o m s l a u o h t e r f o r u s e o n f a r m s whece p r o d u c e d a n d i n t e r f a r m s a l e s w i t h ~ nt h e S t a t e 31 I n c l u d e s a l l o w a n c e f o r h ~ g , h e ra v e r a g e p r l c e o f S t a t e ~ n s h l p m e n t sa n d o u t s h ~ p m e n t s - o ff e e d e r pigs 41 R e c e ~ p t sf r o m m a r k e t l r l g s a n d s a l e o f f a r m slaughter Includes ailowance for hlgher average price o f State outshipments of feeder pigs AGRICULTURAL STATISTICIANAND GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF PGRiCULTURE Crop SNAP BEANS FL G A NJ SC SELECTED FRESH MARKET VEGETABLES AND MELONS, AREA FOR HARVEST BY CROP, STATE AND TOTAL, SPRING SEASON, 1995 AND PROSPECTIVE AREA, 1996 Usual Harvest Period Area Harvested 1995 Area for Harvest 1996 1996 as O/O 1995 Crop Usual Harvest Period Area Area for Harvested Harvest 1995 1996 Apr-Jun Apr-Jun Jun-Jul May-Jun -Acres- 11,700 5,000 900 1,300 12,900 6,500 1,000 1.300 CANTALOUPES 110 AZ Apr-Jun 130 C A Apr-Jun 11 1 G A Apr-Jun 100 TX Apr-Jun -Acres- 8,900 16,000 2,700 9,900 10,200 17,000 3,400 9,000 TOTAL 18,900 21,700 115 TOTAL 37,500 39,600 CABBAGE FL G A N J TX TOTAL Apr-Jun Apr-Jun Jun-Aug Apr-Jun 2,000 4,000 1,200 1,500 8,700 2,200 4,400 1,100 1,500 9,200 WATERMELONS 110 AL Jun-Jul 2,500 2,600 104 110 AZ Apr-Jun 6,800 7,000 103 92 C A Apr-Jun 5,100 6,000 118 100 FL Apr-Jun 33,000 34,000 103 TX Apr-Jun 34,000 30,000 88 106 TOTAL 81,400 79,600 98 UNITED STATES SPRING VEGETABLES .Snap bean acreage for spring harvest is estimated at 21,700 acres, up 15 percent from last year. In Florida,. planting was virtually complete. Frosts during February burned leaves and strong winds during March damaged some plants. Freezing temperatures are expected to have adversely affected the spring crop in Georgia. Cabbage intended acreage for spring harvest, estimated at 9,200 acres is an increase of 6 percent from last year. The Florida crop received no major damage from the freezes in February and March. However, the freezes may have adversely affected the crop in Georgia. The start of major planting in New Jersey has been delayed at least 10 days due to adverse weather conditions. Cantaloupe acreage intended for harvest is estimated at 39,600 acres, up 6 percent from 1995. The crop in California was progressing better than normal, but the crop in Georgia was probably hurt by freezing temperatures. Sweet corn intended acreage for harvest is estimated at 37,200 acres, up 6 percent from 1995. Favorable conditions caused the California crop to progress better than normal. Producers around Lake Okeechobee in Florida started planting after mid-January with some acreage killed by freezing temperatures during early February. Zellwood producers began planting after mid-February with a considerable amount killed by an early March freeze. The Zellwood and Everglades growers are replanting most of the affected acreage. Spring onion acreage for harvest in the four producing States (AZ,CA,GA,TX) is estimated at 37,500 acres, up 5 percent from a year ago and 6 percent above 1994. Production in Georgia is forecast at 1.70 million cwt., down 28 percent from 1995. Harvested acreage is expected to be 13,600 acres, up 9 percent from the previous year. Due to adverse weather conditions, the crop is mostly in poor to fair condition and yield is projected to average 125 cwt. per acre. Texas production is forecast at 4.10 million cwt., up 9 percent from last year. Area for harvest, at 14,400 acres, is 1 percent greater than last year. The average yield of 285 cwt. per acre is up 20 cwt. Arizona's acreage is up 600 acres from last year, but California's acreage was unchanged. Crop development in California looked good and was on schedule. Wet fields and blight were concerns in some areas. State AZz CA~ G A TX ONIONS--SPRING SEASON, BY STATE, 1995 AND FORECAST 1996 " Harvest 1995 For Harvest 1996 Yield per Acre 1995 1996 Production 1905 1996 -Acres- -Cwt.- -1,000 Cwt.- 1,400 2,000 480 7,500 7,500 440 12,500 13,600 190 14,200 14,400 265 672 3,300 125 2,375 1,700 285 3,763 4.104 TOTAL 35,600 37,500 11 Primarily fresh market. 21 First forecast will be published July 10, 1996 284 155 10,110 5,804 GEORGIA REVISED 1995 PEANUT CROP Georgia's 1995 final revised peanut crop estimate of 1.41 billion pounds o f production is 24 percent less than 1994's production of 1.86 billion. Planted acres decreased 9 percent from 1994's level of 652,000 acres to 595,000 acres. Yield per harvested acre averaged 2,390 pounds, 480 pounds less than 1994. Prices for 1995 averaged 29.5 cents per pound, compared with the 1994 price of 28.6 cents per pound. U.S. 1995 PEANUT PRODUCTION U.S. peanut production totaled 3.46 billion pounds in 1995, down 19 percent from the 1994 crop. Area planted to peanuts totaled 1.54 million acres, down 6 percent from 1994 and the smallest planted acreage since 1985. Harvested area, at 1.52 million acres, fell 6 percent from a year ago. The U.S. yield per harvested acre averaged 2,282 pounds, down 342 pounds from 1994. Every peanut State, with the exception of Alabama, showed a decrease in yield and production from a year ago. Production in the Southeastern States (AL,FL,GA,SC) totaled 2.12 billion pounds, down 17 percent from 1994. The decrease in the 4-State area resulted from a 7 percent decline in harvested acreage combined with crop yields averaging 2,369 pounds, 269 pounds less per harvested acre than last year. Georgia remained the leading peanut producer with 41 percent of the total production. PEANUTS FOR NUTS-1 994-1995 State Area Planted 1994 1995 Area Harvested 1994 1995 Yield 1994 1995 -1,000 Acres- -Pounds- AL 223.0 21 3.0 222.0 21 2.0 2,010 2,280 FL 92.0 89.0 84.0 81 .O 2,470 2,390 G A 652.0 595.0 649.0 592.0 2,870 2,390 N M 21 .O 20.0 21 .O 20.0 2,460 2,150 N C 151.O 144.0 151.0 144.0 3,215 2,410 0 K 102.0 100.0 100.0 98.0 2,610 2,060 SC 13.0 11.5 12.5 11.O 2,900 2,800 TX 295.0 275.0 287.0 270.0 2,110 2,000 VA 92.0 90.0 92.0 89.0 3,165 2,325 State AL FL G A N M NC OK SC TX VA Production 1994 1995 -1,000 Pounds- 446,220 207,480 1,862,630 51,660 485,465 261,000 36,250 605,570 291, I80 483,360 193,590 1,414,880 43,000 347,040 201,880 30,800 540,000 206,925 11 1995 Revised Price per Pound 1994 1995 -Dollars- 0.323 0 281 0.286 0.317 0.276 0.310 0.274 0.285 0.275 0.288 0.271 0.295 0.336 0.298 0.298 0.298 0.287 0.300 Value of Production 1994 1995 -1,000 Dollars- 144,129 58,302 532,712 16,376 133,988 80,910 9,933 172,587 80,075 139,208 52,463 41 7,390 14,448 103,418 60,160 9.1 78 154,980 62,078 FARM MARKETINGS OF PEANUTS FOR NUTS--BY STATES AND MONTHS, 1994-1995 CROP YEAR State and Crop Year Aug . Sept. Oct. Nov. De- c. - Jan. -Percent- 1994 CROP PL 0.3 59.1 36.2 4.2 0.2 F L 1.6 63.1 32.0 2.9 0.3 0.1 G A 0.1 51.8 39.3 8.1 0.7 N C 2.1 71.6 19.0 4.8 2.5 TX 0.7 5.1 33.4 46.1 13.4 1.3 VA 4.3 51.3 22.8 16.4 5.2 F- eb. 1995 CROP AL 0.3 59.4 35 8 3.8 0.7 FL 1. I 56 8 36 8 4.2 0.9 0.2 G A 1.6 59.8 34 2 3.9 0.4 0.1 N C 4.4 55.9 27.4 6.8 4.3 0.2 TX 1. I 3.8 47.6 40.7 6 6 0.2 VA 4.8 55.0 32.7 4.8 2.7 GEORGIA QUARTERLY MILK PRODUCTION DOWN 5 PERCENT Milk production in Georgia during January-March 1996 totaled 413 million pounds, 20 million pounds less than the comparable period a year ag- o. The number o f milk cows On Georgia farms averaged 97,000 head during January-March, 5 percent less than the same quarter last year. per averaged 41260 pounds during January-March, 15 pounds less than January-March 1995. U.S. JANUARY-MARCH MlLK PRODUCTION UP 1 PERCENT The quarterly production of milk for the U.S. was 39.1 billion pounds, 1 percent above the January-March period last year. The increase is due to February 1996 having an extra day because it was leap year. On a daily basis, milk production declined during the first auarter. The averaae number o f milk cows in the U.S. during the ~anuary- arch quarter was 9.40 million head, 68,000 head less than the same period last year, Grain and other concentrates fed to milk cows on A p r i l 1 , 1 9 9 6 , a v e r a g e d 1 8 , ~p o u n d s p e r c o w , unchanged from April I , 1995, but down 0.2 pounds per day from January. The value of grain and other concentrates fed to cows on April 1 averaged $9.1 5 per hundredweight, $1.58 more than the price on April 1, 7995. MlLK COWS AND MlLK PRODUCTlON4ANUARY-MARCH 1995-1996 Georaia 1996 as % United States Item Unit 1995 1996 of 1995 1995 1996 M i l k Cows 'I Milk per Cow Milk Production Thous. Head Pounds Mil. Lbs. 102 4,245 433 9 7 4,260 41 3 1 1 I n c l u d e s d r y c o w s , e x c l u d e s h e ~ f e r sn o t y e t f r e s h 21 E x c l u d e s m i l k s u c k e d b y calves. 9 5 100 95 9,470 4,112 38,941 9,402 4,163 39,140 1996 as O h of 1995 99 101 101 NURSERY, GREENHOUSE AND SOD SALES INCREASE Gross sales of nursery, greenhouse and turf products grown in Georgia in 1995 totaled nearly $207 million. This was 8 percent above 1994 and 54 percent above 1991. Gross sales of bare root, balled and burlap, and container grown plants continued as the leading sales category in 1995 with 45 percent of total sales. Greenhouse grown plants and materials contributed 39 percent followed by sod and sprig with 15 percent of total sales. Sales for each of these three categories established record high sales in 1995 while the "other" category equaled the previous record hiq- h established i n 1993. NURSERYIGREENHOUSEITURF GROSS SALES BY PLANT MATERIAL-1 991-1995 Plant Material 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 -1,000 Dollars- Bare Root, Balled Burlap, Contamer 62,920 Greenhouse Sodand/or 49,810 sprigs 20,702 67,278 59,292 24,550 73,900 65,000 27,400 85,500 74,100 29,400 93,900 80,100 30,900 Other Total 1,031 1,122 1,700 134,463 152,242 168,000 1,500 1,700 190,500 206,600 I E A G e o r g i a F a r m R e p o r t (ISNN 0 7 4 4 - 7 2 8 0 IS p u b l ~ s h e dsemi-monthly by t h e G e o r g ~ aA g r i c u l t u r a l S t a t t s t l c s S e r v ~ c e .A t h e n s GA 3 0 6 1 3 - 5 0 9 9 S e c o n d c l a s s p o s t a g e p a ~ dat A t h e n s G A S u b s c r p t ~ o nf e e 2 1 0 p e r y e a r e x c e t free t o d a t a i o n t r ~ b u t o r s POSTMASTER S e n d a d d r e s s c h a n d e s t o G e o r g t a A g r ~ c u l t u r aS t a t ~ s t ~ c s S e r v ~ c e .~ t e p h k n sF e d e r a l B u l l d i n s . S u t t e 3 2 0 . 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