-r 1\ ==G=E=O=RG=IA=F=AR=M=R=EP=O=RT==~ce"/ed ,, , GEORGIA ,t1'. AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 5 SERVICE JP.N 1. Z '\909 Steph ens Federal Building Suite 320 _ VJ aonlu_ umaer_y 891_-0N, o_1. 9 81_9 _ _ __ _ _ ___UOGO~CUUMBR.~NJ"i?"S\ F- Athens. Georg ia 30613 Phone: (404)546-2236 HIGHLIG HTS De c emb er 1 P i g Crop Ag r i cu l t u r a l P r i c e s GEORG IA HOG I NVENTORY UP 3 PER CENT Inv e n t o ry o f a l l hog s a nd p i g~ o n G~o rgi a f arms on De ce mber I , 1 9 8 8 , 1S e st l mat e d at 1 ,210,0 0 0 h e ad, 3 ~er ce n t mo r e than a yea r e a r l i e r . Th 1S is t h e se co nd c onsecu ti v e increas e in De cembe r 1 i nve n t o r y followi ng s eve n c onsecut i v e years o f d e c l ining i nve n t o r y . Hogs ke n t f or bree d ing t otaled 165,00 0 h ead, ~ percent more th an De c e mb er 1 a year ago . Mark et ing inven tory , at 1,045 , 0 0 0 , i s 3 per c e n t more than the previous year . The Se p t e mbe r- Nove mb e r 1988 pig c ro p is es t i mate d a t 460 , 000, slight l y l e s s t ha n a ye ar ag o. Sows fa r r o wing du r i n g this p e r i o d t o t a led 63 , 0 00 he ad , 5 p e r c e nt mor e tha n the pr ev ious y ea r . P ig s s a ved pe r l i t ter a v e r a g e d 7. 3 0, c o mpared wi th 7 . 7 0 f or the s a me period a ye ar e a r l i er . Georgia pr od u c er s i n t e n d t o h a v e 6 5 , 0 00 s ows f a rrow d uri n g Dec e mb er 1988 -F ebruar y 1989 . If t hese 1ntenti ons a r e r ea l i z ed, farrowings will be 8 percent more than the 60,000 farrowings during December 1987-February 1988 . Producers are e xpecting 68,000 sows to farrow during March-May 1989, unchanged from a year earlier. 10 QUARTERLY STATES UP SLIGHTLY The 10 quarterly states, with 43. 0 million head o n December I , 1988 , were up sl ightly from a ye a r ear lier and up B p e r cen t from December 1 , 1986. I n t he 10 qua r t e r l y s tat es, t he June - Augu st 1 9 8 8 p ig crop tota led ] 8 ~ 0 mil lio n head , 2 pe rcen t a b ove the same ~ ua rt e r a year ea rl i e r. For t he ~ e ptember-No vembe r p e riod , the pi g c ro p o f 17 . 2 mi l l io n h ead was 2 pe rcen t b e l ow the s a me p e r io d i n 198 7. I n t e n t i ons in t he 10 quarte r l y s t a tes cota l ed 2. 1 2 mil l i on s o ws t o farr ow i u r i n g De c e mbe r 1 9 8 8 - F e b r u a r y 1 9 8 9 . Thi s i s u nchanged fr om a ctua l farrowings dur i ng th e s a me peri od a y e ar e a rlier. The Mar c h - May 1 98 9 i nt ent i ons, at 2 . 4 3 mi l l i o n, a re 6 per ce n t be low t h e March-May 19 88 quart er. U.S . I NVENTOR7 UP 1 PERCENT U. S . i nv e n to r y of a l l ho g s a nd pigs wa s es t i mat e d a t 55. 3 mi l l i o n head o n Decembe r 1 , 198 8. Th i s was 1 p e rcen t a bo ve a y e a r ago and 9 perce nt a bo v e Decembe r 1, 19 8 6. Breed i ng hog i nventory , at 7 .0 4 mil li on , was 2 per c ent below last year . Mar ke t hog inv e n t ory , at 48 .3 mi l l i o n , was 2 percent a bove a ye a r a g o. The U.S . p i g cro~ fo r 198 8 to t al e d 9 2.6 mi ll i o n head, 5 per cent above 19 87 a n d 12 percent above the 19 86 p l g c r op. Decem be r 19 8 7 - May 19 88 pi g c rop , e s t i mated a t 4 6 .8 mi l l ion head , was up 8 perc en t f r om a ye a r e a r l i e r . Jun e - Nove mb e r 19 88 p i g c rop, est i ma ted a t 45.7 mill i on head , wa s 2 pe rcen t a bove l a s t y ea r . A t otal of 6.00 mil li on sows farrowed dur i ng J une- Novem be r 198 8, 3 per c e nt above a y ea r earlier. Th e litter size during this pe riod averaged 7. 62. U.S . hog produce rs i n t e nd to have 5 .91 mill ion sows farrow during the December 1988-May 198 9 perlod , 2 percent below the actual farrowings during the s a me period a ye ar ago. Item HO GS AND P IG S : IN VENTORY NUMBER , DECEMBER 1, SOWS FARROWING AND PIG CROP UNI TED STATES , 19 87-19 68 19 87 I 1988 1988 as % of 1987 IItem De c. 1 Inv e n t o r y AlI HO~S & P19S 54 ,620 55 ,299 101 Kept o r Breeding 7 ,153 7,040 98 Market 47,467 4 8,259 102 Mar k e t H O~S & Pig s by we1~h Groups Onder 0 Pounds 17,764 17 ,875 101 60-119 Pounds 11 , 979 12,39 9 10 ~ 120-179 Pounds 9,702 10,O H i J03 180 Pounds & Over 8 ,022 7 , 969 99 Sows Farrowing Dec . 1 7 Fe b . 2 ,517 2 , 726 108 March -May 3,043 3,299 108 Dec . l~ - Ma y 5,5 6 0 6 ,02 5 108 17 De cem er p reced1ng ye a r. I So ws Farro wing J une - Au g . I Sep t. - Nov . June-Nov . II lPi)5eLc~. Or~-Feb . I; Marc h-May Dec. l / -May I June-Aug, Sep t .- Nov . I I J u ne- No v . Ye a r 2,957 2 , 857 5,8 14 19,442 23,914 43, 35 6 22 ,905 22 , 0 66 44,99 1 8 8 , 347 3 ,078 2,924 6,002 21,077 25,757 46 , 834 23,454 22 , 278 45 , 732 9 2,566 AGRICULTURAL STATISTICIAN AND GEORG IA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 1988 as % of 198 7 104 102 103 108 108 108 102 101 102 10 5 HOGS AND PIGS: Item MARCH 1 INVENTORY All Hogs & Pigs Kept for Breeding Market Market Hogs & Pigs by Weight Groups Under 60 Pounds 60-119 Pounds 120-179 Pounds 180 Pounds & Over INVENTORY, SOWS FARROWING, AND PIG GCROP GEORGIA, 1983-1988 - I I 1988 as % 0 f I I 1985 1986 19~1 1988 1985 I 19-?~!.l.:L 1,000 Head - - - - - 1,350 1,250 1,150 1,055 1,150 1,125 98 107 98 200 180 160 145 165 160 100 110 97 1,150 1,070 990 910 985 965 97 106 98 466 433 401 365 405 400 100 110 99 317 289 271 249 265 260 96 104 98 235 221 204 187 205 195 96 104 95 132 127 114 109 110 110 96 101 100 JUNE 1 INVENTORY All Hogs & Pigs Kept for Breeding Market Market Hogs & Pigs ~eight Groups Under 60 Pounds 60-119 Pounds 120-179 Pounds 180 Pounds & Over 1,400 215 1,185 529 320 213 123 1,320 200 1,120 493 302 202 123 1,200 165 1,035 450 285 190 110 1,025 145 880 380 245 160 95 1,125 165 960 400 265 185 110 1,175 98 115 104 170 103 117 103 1,005 97 114 105 430 96 113 108 265 93 108 100 195 103 122 105 115 105 121 105 SEPTEMBER 1 INVENTORY All Hogs & Pigs Kept for Breeding Market Market Hogs & Pigs by Weight Groups Under 60 Pounds 60-119 Pounds 120-179 Pounds 180 Pounds & Over 1,350 200 1,150 512 305 207 126 1,250 180 1,070 471 288 193 118 1,200 165 1,035 450 280 190 115 1,025 145 880 375 235 165 105 1,175 165 1,010 445 255 195 115 1,250 104 122 106 175 106 121 106 1.075 104 122 106 470 104 125 106 285 102 121 112 195 103 118 100 125 109 119 109 DECEMBER 1 INVENTORY All Hogs & Pigs Kept for Breeding Market Market Hogs & Pigs by Weight Groups Under 60 Pounds 60-119 Pounds 120-179 Pounds 180 Pounds & Over 1,350 195 1,155 491 312 219 133 1,200 163 1,037 442 285 193 117 1,150 165 985 420 265 190 110 1,100 150 950 410 255 175 110 1,175 160 1,015 420 270 200 125 1,210 105 110 103 165 100 110 103 1.045 106 110 103 420 100 102 100 280 106 110 104 205 108 117 103 140 127 127 112 SOWS FARROWING December II-February 75 66 60 52 59 60 100 115 102 March-May 81 77 70 56 62 68 97 121 110 December 1/-May 156 143 130 108 121 128 98 119 106 June-August 74 72 66 52 62 70 106 135 11 3 September-November 72 68 83 58 60 63 76 109 105 June-November 146 140 129 110 122 133 103 121 109 PIG CROP December II-February 518 462 432 387 431 456 106 118 106 March-May 583 554 518 426 465 510 98 120 110 December 1/-May 1,101 1,016 950 813 896 966 102 119 108 June-August 525 511 482 385 471 525 109 136 111 September-November 518 483 460 444 462 460 100 104 100 June-November 1,043 994 942 829 933 985 105 119 106 GEORGIA FARROWING INTENTIONS December 1 /-February March-May December 1/-May II December preceding year. 1989 - 1- 9-"8:"'6:::'""'w as 8 % 7_1 ot \fl~~ 125 110 108 121 110 100 123 110 19-!_ 2 HOGS AND PIGS: INVENTORY, SOWS Item I 1983 1984 MARCH 1 INVENTORY All Hogs & Pigs Kept for Breeding Market Market Hogs & Pigs by Weight Groups Under 60 Pounds 60 -119 Pounds 120-179 Pounds 180 Pounds & Over 42,250 6,011 36,239 13,822 9,048 7,759 5,610 40,070 5,446 34 ,624 12,437 8,561 7,769 5,85 '/ JUNE 1 INVENTORY All Hogs & Pigs Kept for Breeding Market Market Hogs & Pigs by Weight Groups Under 60 Pounds 60-119 Pounds 120-179 Pounds 180 Pounds & Over 45 ,645 6,263 39,382 17,509 9,481 6,929 5,463 41,915 5,771 36,144 15,437 9,187 6,361 5,159 SEPTEMBER 1 INVENTORY All Hogs & P ig6 Kept for Breeding Market Market Hogs & Pigs by Weight Groups Under 60 Pounds 60-119 Pounds 120-179 Pounds 180 Pounds & Over 46,030 5 ,839 40,191 15,877 10,195 8,305 5,814 43,180 5,550 37,630 14,957 9,209 7,835 5,629 DECEMBER 1 INVENTORY All Hogs & Pigs Kept for Breeding Market Market Hogs & Pigs by Weight Groups Under 60 Pounds 60-119 Pounds 120-179 Pounds 180 Pounds Or Over 44,150 5,638 38,512 14,808 9,892 7,899 5,913 42,420 5,348 37 ,072 14,231 9,502 7,606 5 ,733 SOWS FARROWING December 2/-February March-May December 2 /-May ,Tune-Augus t September-November .T u n e - N o v e m b e r 2,154 2,782 4 ,9 36 2 ,422 2,377 4,799 1,964 2,4 8 1 4,445 2 ,2~ 9 2, 316 4,575 PIG CROP December 2/-February March-Hay December 2/-May June-August September~November June-November 16,040 21,194 37,234 17,836 17,663 35,499 14,288 18,814 33,102 17,158 17,420 34,578 I 1985 1986 1,000 Head I I 10 QUARTERLY STATES 1/, 1983-1988 1988 as % of ! 1987 1988 1985 1986 I 1987 39,680 38,210 38,520 41,345 104 108 107 5,220 4,948 5,240 5,520 106 112 105 34,460 33,262 33,280 35,825 104 108 108 12,701 12,350 12,666 13,875 109 112 110 8,427 8,046 7,984 8,530 101 106 107 7,580 7,276 7,152 7,435 98 102 104 5,752 5,590 5,478 5.985 104 107 109 41,650 38,025 40,955 44,065 106 116 108 5,397 4,870 5 ,340 5,630 104 116 105 36,253 33,155 35,615 38 ,435 106 116 108 15,168 13,845 15,430 16.415 108 119 106 9,100 8,315 8,760 9,515 105 114 109 6,545 6,190 6,440 7,000 107 113 109 5,440 4,OO f. 4,985 5,505 101 115 110 41,820 39,585 43,150 45,000 J 08 114 104 5,377 4,895 5,310 5.460 102 112 103 36,443 34,690 37,840 39,540 108 114 104 14,630 13,970 14,885 15,135 10 3 108 102 8,820 8,385 9,320 9,885 112 118 106 7,406 6,970 7,800 8,230 111 118 106 5,587 5,365 5,835 6,290 113 117 108 41,100 39,690 42,995 43,010 105 108 100 5,258 5,110 5,510 5,315 101 104 96 35,842 34,580 37,485 37,695 105 109 101 13,641 13,105 14,085 13,795 101 105 98 9,240 8,815 9,470 9,747 105 111 103 7,367 7,135 7,630 7,898 107 111 104 5,594 5,525 6,300 6 ,255 112 113 99 1,955 2,420 4, 375 2 ,191 2,265 4,456 1,863 2,171 4, 0 34 2 , 074 2,115 4,189 1.924 2 , :~64 4,288 2,284 2,266 4,550 2.123 109 114 110 2.578 107 119 109 4. '101 1 07 11'1 110 2,359 108 114 103 2,256 100 107 100 4 ,615 104 110 101 14,690 18,762 33,452 16,941 17,255 34,196 14,254 16,957 31,211 16, 164 16,460 32,624 14,920 18,704 33,624 17,692 17,572 35,264 16,489 20,175 36,664 18,007 17,177 35 ,184 112 116 111 106 119 108 110 117 109 106 111 102 100 104 98 103 108 100 1989 as % of 3 GEORGIA PRICES RECEIVED U.S. PR ICES RECEIVED INDEX UP 1 POINT The Georgia Prices Received All Commodity Index for December was 129 percent of the 1977 average, 2 points (1.5 percent) below the previous month , but 12 points (10.3 percent) above a year ago. Lower prices for corn, cotton, cottonseed, peanuts, sows, other chickens and table eggs were partially offset by higher prices for soybeans, barrows and gilts, beef cattle, calves, milk, and bro~lers. Hatching eggs were unchanged from the previous month . The December All Farm Products Index of Prices Received by farmers increased 1 point (0.7 percent ) from November to 145 percent of i~s Janua r y-December a verage. Higher prices for hogs , lettuce , o ranges , and cattle were part~ally off set by lower prices for tomatoes , turkeys , swe e t cor n, and strawberries. The ~ndex wa s 18 points (14 percent) above a year ago. Commodity PRICES RECE IVED BY FARMERS, DE CEMBER 1 5 1988 pP re~r c e GeoNrO.~v~".,a'---.--,~,.---.,--.:--+--n=,...-~"'T-=o:r.-;T'=~'"'T'''--,~,.---.,-....,-- Unit 1988 Winter Wheat $/Bu. 2 .82 2 .65 Oats $/Bu. 1. 76 Corn $/Bu. 2.19 3.04 2 .99 1. 72 Cotton Ct. /Lb . 63.9 54 .6 1/53 .0 64 .6 Cottonseed 2/ $ /Ton 92.00 133.00 132 .00 85.00 Tobacco Ct./Lb . 157 . 0 Soybeans $/Bu. 5 . 74 7. 34 7.45 5. 6 3 Peanuts Ct./Lb. 26. 3 21. 4 1/17 . 4 2 6. 2 All Hay, baled 2/ $/ Ton 64 . 70 Hogs $/ Cwt. 39 . 20 3 6.00 38.80 40.3 0 Sows Barrows Gi lts $/ Cwt. $ / Cwt . 30.40 39.70 26 . 70 36.50 26. 50 39.60 31.1 0 4 1.00 Beef Cat tle 4/ $ /Cwt . 52.50 53.80 55.90 62 . 20 Cows Stee r 5/ s Hei f ers $ / C wt . $/Cwt. 44 . 20 64. 50 44 . 5 0 67. 30 45 .80 70.50 45 .10 66 . 60 Calves $/ Cwt 75.50 79 . 70 8 2.90 83 .00 All Mi lk $/Cwt : 14. 30 14. 60 3/ 15 . 00 1 2 .70 Turkeys 2/ Ct ./Lb. 38 .4 Chickens Ct. /Lb . 4 .0 2 /20 .8 Com'l Bro i l e r s 6/ Ct . / Lb . 2 2. 0 32 .5 24 .6 EggS Tab i e Al l 7/ Ct./Doz. Ct ./Doz. 61 . 3 37 .1 2/66 .9 2/47 . 2 48.6 38.8 Ha t c h i n Ct . Doz . 13 0.0 2 120 .0 1 a r s a 0 ma n . ~ -man p r i ce . n a r e man . o ws hei f ers" combi ned wi t h a llowa nce where nec e s sa ry for slaughter bu l ls . cows so l d for s l aughter . 6 / Li vewei 9 ht equ i valent p r ice t or Geor gia . eggs so l d by f armers including hatch ~ng eggs so l d at r e tai l. 3 .85 2.42 2 .5 1 56 .7 125 . 0 0 162 .0 7 .4 3 25. 6 87. 50 36 .2 0 27 . 00 37.00 66.70 44.70 73 . 20 87 . 80 13.40 4 7. 6 3 5 .0 2/59. 4 2 /51. 9 3 .89 2.3 0 2 .54 1/ 56 . 1 124 .00 3/162. 0 7 . 48 1/ 24 . 7 89 .90 40 .50 28.40 4 1 .60 67.30 45 . 30 73 . 50 88.50 3/13 .50 37.6 3 / 35 .5 59 . 7 52 . 4 I NDEX 1977=100 NUMB ERS--G1_E-=O~:R.G:~:.:I~:.A7;:. ;_1ALN..D._=~-U=-~.:~:N-:.=-Ii_TE1D S~T~A~8TESl---r1D=9e8c;8-. --- Georgia Prices Received All Commodities 121 117 131 129 Cro ps 12 4 121 128 121 Lvstk . & Produc t s 119 11 3 133* 135 United States Pri c e s Re c e i v ed 132 1 27 144 14 5 Pr ices Pa id 1/ 165 1/1 6 5 2/174 2/174 Ratio 3/ 80 77 83 83 1 7 Oct . 1981 Pri c e s Pa id Index . 27 Oct. 19 8 8 pr~ c e s Pa id I ndex . 3/ Ratio o f I ndex of Pr ic es Received t o Index of Pr i c e s Pa id, Inter est, Ta xe s a nd Fa r m Wage Rates. Revi s ed. he Georgia Farm Report (ISSN-07 44-7280 ) is publishe mi-m onthly by the Georgia ~ r1cu ltura l Statistics Service tephens Federal Building, A!hens, Ga. 30613, larry E. Snipes te Statistician. Second class postage paid at A!hens, Ga. bscrlption fee $10 per year except free to data contributors. bscription inform tion availabl from Georg ia Agricult ura tistics Service, Stephens Federal Building, Suite 320, Athens . 30613. Telephone (404)540-2235. ~ GEORGIA ~. AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE STEPHENS FEDERAL BLDG SUITE 320 ATHENS ,GEORGIA 30613 SECOND - CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT ATHENS , GA 30613 A 4vo , c't ========== GEORGIA FARM REPORT Recelv\- d ..~'b" 5,"'- GEORG IA A GR IC ULT URAL STATISTI CS SERVI CE Stephens Federal Building Suite 320 Januar y 23 , 1989 JAN 27 1988 Athens, Georgia 30613 Phone: (404)546-2236 __ . Vo lume 8 9- No. 2 --------- - -- ----- HIG--HH,l.fD..Mr-O:irT~ C"is!./J-/8..11;..~1'.;...I,-.:.)i':,+;+,.-''t-~st..~ r-. ------------- Annu al Crop Production . Pecan Summary Co tt on Produc tio n Winter Wheat & Rye Seed ings F r uit Summa r y Milk Production Hay Sto c k s Grain Stocks GEORGIA' S 1 9 8 8 CROP YI ELDS ABOVE 1 987 Yi e l d s p e r a c r e f or mos t o f Geo rg i a ' s 1988 cr op s were h .ig h e r th an i n 1987 . The e xc e p t i o ns were c o rn , c o t ton , a nd s o r g hum whicn p r oduc ed lowe r y ie lds in 19 8 8 . Rainfa ll in 19 88 d r o p p e d be low n orma l f o r th e 5 t h c onse c u t ive y e a r . Howeve r , f rom Aug us t th r oug h Nove mb e r , man y majo r cro p p r od uc i n g a r e as o f Ge o r g ia re ce ~ve d near no r ma l p r e ci p it a t i on. Th i s late s ummer mo is tur e i mprov e d y i elds for many c r ops , espe ci a l l y i n s outh Ge org ia. GEORGIA COTTON YIE LD DOWN 15 PERCENT Georg ia's cot ton y iel d in 19 88 ave rag 3d 56 4 pounds of lint per a cre, down 90 pounds pe r acre from 1987 . Planted acre a ge wa s up 40 per c e n t to 350,000 a c res , bu t onl y 315 ,00 0 a c r e s we r e h a rve s t e d . Th e a ba nd o nme n t of 35 , 0 0 0 ac res r ef l e ct s the dam a ge o c c ur r ing f r om i nsec ts and unf a vora bl e we a t he r . Pr o d uc ti o n is es t i mated at 37 0 , 000 b a les, 9 pe r cent above 19 87 . Cr o p Un it GEORGIA AC REAGE YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1987 AND 19 88 crea e ! YIel d e--r-Ac r e an e f or al l p u r~o ses 1 8 8__ II Har vest ed _1.9_8 7 198 7 Ind i c at e d 198 8 - - Th o u silna Wh e a t Bu . 5 75 460 Oat::> Bu . 80 30 Rye Bu . 350 70 To b<:l c co . Type 14 Lbs. 38 32 Corn Bu. 600 6 10 Soy beans Bu . 930 780 Peanu ts Lbs . 690 630 Sorghum Gr a in Bu. 85 60 Hay . All To n 600 S1w7e e t potatoe s Harv e sted fo r Cwt . prlncl pal 5. 5 use . 5.2 500 31 43 45 55 63 70 22 27 38 2. 25 5 2 . 260 500 84 62 900 20 25 6 85 2 ,500 2 , 650 40 40 35 5 70 2 .2 2.2 5.2 1 50 150 14 . 26 0 1.650 1 , 5 40 72 . 160 51 , 2 4 0 15 , 600 1 , 575 . 000 2 ,400 1 , 320 780 Indi cat e d 1988 s-21,500 2-; 83 5 1, 89 0 8 5.8 8 0 3 1 .000 22 ,500 1,815 ,2 50 1 , 400 1 , 25 4 78 0 _______________ ___~U~~~l I~T~E=D~S~T~A~T~E~S~A CRE ~G E L -y~ E L ~ AND P RODUCTI ON, 1 98 7 AND 198 8 i. . i Ar e .:1 Ha i-v c st e d ! Yi e l d per Ac ::e i Prod u c t i o n Cr op ...r"=-Q;! i'~-= - i -j_~ifL=-_~=~ ' ] : -_: :1~9U A--:__=L=":1 gQ'{ .. l 1. 9 1?~ J_..1.~. O_1 . . .-.l ._. 19 8~ _ 1 . 0 0 0 Ac r cs Tll0ll" a n d s Co r n fo r Gr a il1 Bu . 5 9,2 0 8 5 8 . 1 6 4 11 9 . 4 ti4 . ti 1 ,07 2 ,013 ~ . 9 2 1, 1 9 1 So rgh u m f o r Gr a in Bu . 10 ,60 4 9 , 052 69 . 7 63 .8 7 39, 249 5 7 7,55 : All Wh e at Bu . 5 5, 960 53 , 174 37 .7 34.1 2 , 10 7,480 1 , 8 1 1 , 26 1 So y b eans f o r Be a n s Bu . 56 ,977 5 7 , 3 83 33 .7 26 .8 1 ,922,7 62 1 ,53 8 ,66 6- Peanuts f o r Nut s Lb s . 1,5 46 .4 1 , 61 7 . 6 2 ,3 4 1 2 , 480 3, 6 19 , 440 4,01 1 , 07 0 Co t to nsee d To n s 5 , 769 6 , 05 4 Al l Ha y Tons 60,74 8 6 5 , 5 59 2.46 1. 93 149,3 0 2 126 , 81 7 Sweetpot a t o e s Cwt . 93 . 3 89.1 129 133 12,06 4 11,83 2 Tobacco Lbs . 587.1 631.7 2,028 2,1 34 1,190 ,6 7 4 1 ,348, 1 24 -----------,----,P..,:CI~Oa~nTtTeOdN AACc Rr Ee As GE , State Al a . F la. Ga . N. C . S .C. Te n n . Other U.S . Sta t es 335 .0 29.5 250. 0 96 . 0 120 .0 440.0 8 , 9 9 8. 8 Upl and 10,269.3 U. S. P i rna 137 . 9 U.S. Total 10 ,407.2 375 :0 3 3. 0 350 .0 126 .0 1 45 . 0 54 0 . 0 10 , 7 4 1. 0 12 ,310.0 1 87 . 4 12,497.4 YIELHDa r AvNeDsrPeaR-OAD"'tUrCT2i-eI~sO~N~~S~E~LVE'Ci~TrEl*De~-S=T.A=:T~E~ST~A"N"D'--Ut.:S~.1v' 0;;uTcrr1lnorn,...rT--- cres - --- 3 33 . 0 355 .0 29 .0 29 .0 24 5.0 3 15.0 95 . 0 1 2 4. 0 119 . 0 14 2.0 4 35. 0 535.0 8, 64 2. 7 10,203 .9 oun s 572 5 14 646 4 97 662 56 4 4 95 5 11 428 500 700 5 29 714 633 1, 397.0 39. 0 338 . 0 98 . 0 106 .0 63 4 .0 12,863.3 a es 27 380 .0 30 .0 370 .0 1 32.0 148.0 5 90.0 13,457.3 9,898.7 11,703 .9 1 36 . 6 186 .9 10 ,035.3 11 8 90.8 702 1 , 000 706 620 14,475 .3 15,107.3 8 69 284.6 338.2 623 14 ,75 9.9 15 ,445.5 GEORGIA PEACH PRODUCTION AND VALUE U.S. " ' ..... t. I ( . . ....... t. \ " , . ,141 PEACH PROD UCT ION AND VALUE Ut ilized peach production i n 19 8 8 increased 35 percent t o 132 mi l lion pounds. Va lue of u t i l i z ed product io n a t $26.5 mill ion , rose 49 percent f rom the previous ye a r . U.s . peach produc t i on i n 19 88 tota led 2.62 b i ll i on pounds , o f which 2.46 b i l l io n pounds were uti l iz ed . This was 9 p er c ent a bove t h e p r evious y e a r . Th e val ue of t he uti li z ed product ion of the U.S . peach c rop to taled $3 95 million. Sta te To t a l Producti on Ala . 10.0 Ga . 100 .0 N.J . 80 .0 Pa , 85.0 S.C. 3 50 .0 Other States 845 .8 Calif . Cl ingstone 9 2 0.0 U.S . 2, 3 90 .8 ~ 24. 0 140.0 8 5 .0 85.0 3 4 0 ..0 930 .7 1, 0 15. 0 2,61 9. 7 PEACHES Util ized Production oun s 10 . 0 98 .0 7 6 .0 85 .0 3 0 0.0 829.2 22 . 0 1 32 . 0 8 0.0 80 .0 290. 0 9 10. 0 8 5 0. 0 2 , 24 8 .2 945 .0 2,459. 0 Pri ce pe r Pouna 23 .6 18 . 1 22 . 7 17. 5 1 4 .9 16 .0 en s 20 . 2 2 0.1 24.4 19 . 6 18 . 5 1 8.2 10 . 6 L'!._2 11. 6 1 6.1 a ue 0 Ut i l i z e d Product i o n ~ ars 2 ,360 4 ,444 17 , 7 5 8 26,498 1 7,2 8 4 19,5 24 1 4 ,916 1 5,704 4 4,79 0 53 ,592 1 32 ,9 94 165 , 783 90 , 100 3 2 0 , 20 2 1 09,620 3 95 , 1 6 ~ GEORGI A APPLES DOWN 1 5 PERCENT U. S. APP LES Ut il i zed pr od u ct i on o f Georg i a app l e s fo r 1988 to taled 3 4 .0 mi ll ion pound s , down 15 p e r cent fr om l as t year . Average pric e pe r pound at 12 .8 c e n t s increase d 1 . 5 cents f rom 1987. U.S . co mmercia l app l e pr odu c t i o n to t al e d 8 .90 b i ll ion pounds in 1 988, 17 p e r c e nt l e s s t h a n the p r e v ious ye a r. Of t h e total production , 8 .8 1 bil l ion pounds we r e ut i l i zed , 1 6 per c en t l ess than in 1987. State Total Product ion Cal if . Georgia No r t h Sout h Total Mi c h . N.Y. N. C. Pa. S . C. Wash. Other States U.S . 6 50 . 0 47 . 0 3 .0 50 .0 1,050 .0 880. 0 390. 0 4 60.0 45 .0 5 ,000 .0 2,2 23. 6 10,74 8.6 33. 0 2 .0 35 .0 800 .0 890.0 375 .0 500 .0 40. 0 3 , 700.0 2, 00 7 . 5 8, 8 97 .5 GEORGIA GRAPE VALUE DOWN APPLES Utilized Produc tion 38 .0 2 .0 40.0 1, 0 50 . 0 880 . 0 390 .0 4 60. 0 39. 0 4, 800 . 0 2 , 1 42.8 10,4 51.8 5 50 .0 32 . 0 2. 0 34. 0 800. 0 870 . 0 37 5. 0 500 .0 38 . 0 3,700.0 1 ,944. 0 8 ,81 1. 0 Pr ice e r Pound ents- 11. 1 15 .6 11 .5 7 .5 11.3 7 .6 9.2 6. 4 9 .0 8.4 7.3 12 .9 11.2 12 . 8 10.0 9.9 7. 3 9.7 12 .2 15.9 1 1.7 8 .7 15. 1 13 . 8 U.S . GRAPE VALUE UP 72 , 670 4,370 150 4, 520 7 9,860 80, 560 25,11 0 41 ,201 3 , 29 1 34 8 , 000 25 1 ,741 90 6,353 ars 85 ,800 4,128 224 4,3 52 80, 00 0 8 6 ,130 27 , 3 75 48,5 00 4 , 636 588 ,3 00 293 ,944 1, 2 19 , 0 3 7 The value of Georgia's grape c rop at $2.28 million dec l i n ed 3 pe r cen t fr om las t y e a r . Th o u g h uti l i z ed pr od u cti o n dropped 200 tons , average price per ton inc r e a s e d to $ 91 1, c ompare d wi t h $870 p er ton i n 1987 . U.S . p roduct ion o f gr ap e s dur i ng 1 9 8 8 wa s 5 .74 mil li on to ns , u p 9 perce n t fr on 1 9 87 . Th e va lue of uti l ize d p roduct ior o f g rapes i ncrea s ed s lightly from 198 7 t c $ 1 . 3 6 b il l i on. Avera ge price per t or f e l l $ 2 1 fr om 1 98 7 t o $ 23 8 per ton . State Ga . N.C . S . C. U.S. State To t a l Produc ti on 2, 7 00 1 ,800 7).) 0 5, 26 3 , 95 0 GRAPES Util i z ed Produ c t i on ons 2 , 700 1 , 800 700 5,2 50 ,450 2, 5 00 3 ,2 0 0 600 5, 74 4 ,15 0 Pr ice e r t on oars 87 0 911 36 0 330 J44 368 259 238 Value of Uti li zed Produc t i on 2,3 50 6 48 241 1 ,361. 87 2 o ars 2 , 27 8 1 , 057 221 1, 3 6 4 , 55 9 HAY ST OCKS ON FARMS, SELECTED STATES A~ND~~U~ .S~ .~~1~98~7 ~A~ ND~1~ 98~ 8 I 1981 Mal' 1 198~ I Decem3er 1 1 81 __ 1988: Alabama Florida Georg ia N. Ca rol ina S. Carol ina Tennessee United States 168 101 135 69 46 251 32,418 132 80 238 102 90 370 27,353 2 1,250 479 1 ,003 486 338 2 ,485 119 ,845 1 ,125 47 4 953 614 378 2,056 90,887_ GEORGIA P ECAN VALUE UP 1 2 PE RCENT The va l ue of Georg ia's pe c a n c rop rose 12 percent in 19 88 to $69 .7 mi l li on. Though productio n at 110 mil l ion p oun ds wa s down 4 percent, a v e rage p r ice f o r pecans a t 63. 3 cents p e r p ound inc rea s e d 17 percent from 19 87 's p r ice. U.S. PECAN VALUE 19 P ERCENT HIGHER The U.S. pecan crop valued at $165 mill ion increased 19 percent from the $139 mi llion value of last year's crop. A 6 percent increase in production to 262.2 million pounds c ou p l e d with an 11 percent climb in p r i c e pe r pound attributed to t h e j u mp in val u e. s tate Al a . Ar k. Fla . Ga . La. Miss. N. Mex . N.C. Ok l a. S . C. 'I' e x . !l: S. 25,000 1 , 300 5 , 500 115 , 000 19 ,000 12, 000 2 5 , 0 00 2 , 000 1 <:, 0 0 0 3 , 40 0 4 ;'~ ,OO O 2 G'.~ , ~ ~:l2._ . oun s 11,000 3, 000 5,800 110,000 30 , 000 13 ,000 26 , 000 3 , 500 2 7 . 0 00 4 . 500 43 .000 278 , 800 Pr Ice 38.0 61 . 4 68 . 1 54 .0 39 . 9 52. 7 65.0 5 '1. '.1 4 1 . 1\ GU . 2 58. 6 53 .1 s 57 .2 66.6 51.1 63. 3 38. 4 65 . 5 62 . 0 [)~ . 3 :3 ~1 . G G'Z . 3 71.4 59 . 2 9 ,488 798 3,744 62 ,150 7 , 590 6,37. 8 16 .250 1 , 140 4,973 2,048 24,600 139 ,109 ars 6 ,292 1,998 2 ,96 2 69,650 11.520 8,5 16 16,12 0 2 ,0 74 10,700 3 ,030 30 ,700 164 ,962 GEUfWI A ' 5 WHEAT S EEDI NGS FOR 1 98 9 UP 2 2 PERCE NT Georgia ' s fal l s eed i ngs o f wheat f or the 19 8 9 c r op ar e e s t imat e d at 700 ,000 ac r e s , u p 22 p ercent fr om 1988. Thi s i s the second y ea r i n a r ow a c r eage ha s i ncreased af t er 5 consecutiv e yea r s o f dec lining a c reage . Un i ted St a t e s wi n t e r whe at s e e d i n g s fo r 19 89 are e s t i ma te d at 54 .5 mil lion a cres, up 12 percent f r om 1988. GEORGI A RYE PLANTINGS DOWN 9 PERCE NT Rye p l ant ings for all purposes i n Georgia f or t h e 1989 crop are ~s ti ma ted at 320 ,000 acres , 9 percent l e s s t han i n 19 88 . Thi s is the smallest acreage of rye since 1972. Rye a rea seeded f or al l purpos es in the Un i t e d Statp. s is place rl ~t 2.22 million acres, down 9 percent from 1988. WI NTER WHEAT AND RYE , UN I TED STATES AND GEORGI A Unit e d States Gear i a Item 1 9 88 1989 1988 - - - - 1,000 Acres Wi n ter Wh e at Ar ea Seede d 4 8 , 8 0 0 5 4 ,456 575 1989 700 2, 444 2,217 350 GEORG I A Q UA R T ~ R L Y MILK ? R O D U C TI O ~ UP 5 P ERCENT U.S. QUART ERLY MILK PR ODUC TI ON UP 2 P ERCENT Milk pr o duct i on ~n Ge or g i a du r i ng Oct o b e r -D e cemb e r 1 988 t ot al e d 3 0 5 mill i on pound s , 5 p e r c e n t mo re t h a n ~ he compara b l e p e ri od a y e a r e a r l i e r . Th e n u mbe r of mi l k c o ws o n Ge o rgi a f ar ms aver aged 104 , 00 0 he a d d u r i ng t h e Oc t obe r - De c e mbe r qua r t er , 4 pe r ce nt mor e than t h e s axe q uar t e r t h e p rev i ous y ear. P roduc ~ i o n c e r c o w ave rac e d 2 , 9 3 0 pounds du r ing Oct o b~ r -D ecember , 3 0 pou nd s mo~ e t h a n Octo ber -D ecember 1 98 7 . The Oc t o b e r - De c emb e r p rod ucti on o f mi lk f o r th e U . S . was 3 5 .4 bil lion p our.d s , 2 perce n t a b ov e Oct obe r -De cemb e r 1987 . The ave ra ge num b e r of cows i n t he U . S . d u r i ng th e Oct o b e r - De c e mbe r qua r t er wa s 10.2 mi l l i on h ead , 1 pe rcent b e ~ o w Oc t o b er -De cember 1 9 87. Gr a i n and o t h e r con c en t r a t es f ed ~o mi l k cows o n January 1, 19 8 9 , a v e r a g ed 17 . 1 p ound s, 0 .1 of a pound les s t han Janua r y 1, 1988 . MILK COWS AND MI LK-..:P:...:.R:..O:::.D::::,.:U:,.:c:.cT::..co:!..O:::..:..:.N..L,--=:.=.::=== :.:-= = O:":'::=.:..-.:::..1:::9..;=8-7:...--:-1=-9= 8=8- -t--t- _ I tem Mi l k Cows 1 / i --L Uni t Thous . Head 198 7 100 Percen t 1 04 United Sta t es 1987 198 8 Percen t 10,291 10,214 99 Milk per Cow 2 / Po u n d s 2 ,900 101 3,375 3, 471 103 Milk Pr oduction 2 / Mi l. Lbs. 290 10 5 34 ,737 35,449 102 1 / Includes dry c ows , excl ude s heif ers not y e t 2 / Ex c l u d e s milk suc ked by calves. 3 GEORGIA SOYBEAN AND WHEAT S TOCKS UP Soybeans stored i n a l l posit ions t otal ed 20.1 mi llion b u shel s on De c e mber 1, 1 9 8 8. Th i s i s a 21 percent inc r e a se from t he 16.6 mi llion bus hel s on h and De ce mber 1 , 1987. Farm sto c ks at ~ .O mi l l i o n bush e ls rose 4 percent from l a s t yea r ' s 4 . 8 mi llion bushel s, and off- f a r m s tocks ro se 27 per cent f r om the p r e v i ous y e a r t o 1 5 .1 mi llion b u s h e l s . St o c k s o f whea t i n a l l pos it io n s o n De cemb e r 1, 1 9 8 8, t o t a l e d 4 . 7 mi ll i on bus he l s, 29 p er c e nt mo r e tha n t h e 3 .6 million bus h els s t or e d o n De cembe r 1 , 1 9 87 . Wh e a t s to r e d on ~a r ms i n c r ea sed 5 0 pe r cen t . t o 900 t hou s a i .d bu s hel s a nd of f- f a r m wh e at s toc ks a t 3 . 8 mi l li on bushels i s 25 perce n t h i g her than a yea r ago . Co rn stored o f f- f arms on Dec emb er 1, 19 8 8 tota led 10 . 2 mi l l i o n bus he ls, 4 7 p erce n t less t ha n the 19 .3 milli on bu s he l s stored a y e a r earl ie r . Cap acit y o f o n -f ar m g r ain st or ag e i n Ge orgi a to tal e d 1 2 0 mi 11 ion bus he ls on De c e mb e r 1, 198 8 , unchanged f r o m De c e mber 1 , 1 9 8 7 . Of f- f a r m grai n storage capaci t y t otale d 6 3 . 8 mi l l i o n b u s h e ls, 3 p e r c e n t le ss t ha n Dec e mber 1, 19 87. l J _ ____ __ _ ___ _~~G E O R G I A GRA I~_ ~ \Tn F"arm s IQ CK S - --D -EI CEM-BE- ORr 1 n 19 8 7 AND 1 98 8 a:i.-ti\s--r T - -; - -- A'TI..P'o..sTtTons.... .- .. Gr a in I . L.- Dec . 1 19 8 7 , ! I De c . I , 19 88 ,r-uec . I , De c . I, D e c ~ I , ,-neC::--~--- . 1987 19 8 8 . 1 9 8 7 l -1 9 88 1, 000 EusneTs - "::- -=- - -- - .---- Co r n * * 19 8 33 10 20 2 * * TWS:S*h/l.eN..TaoYbntt~_ca.P.!1:-uU~~O.el ~l s ;n:; -:- ..~4..L6~ 09.00.- .et od c.K S at mD .5 Is 900 ,O Q.O_ ._ ..._ , elevat o r s...P, 3\;''0/~a.43r.e5Qh.ou s e ~~.;_3:,?-;'T801e743rm T. 1 J1<-1.T.c.; ,' 3 6' --a 64 5 r6l L310..p 'I;C')' C'~ 4, ~,2:-;,0,~, :. -: 714 o0"-7y, -;3,;'". U . S . CORN, WHEAT AND SOYBEAN ST OCKS DOWN Corn s t or ed in a l l p o s it ions o n Dec emb e r 1, 198 8 is es tima t e d a t 7 . 0 7 bi l l ion bushels , 28 percent l e s s than a y e a r earlier . Of the t ota l stoc ks, 4. 28 bi l lion bus he l s wer e store d on-fa r ms a nd 2 . 79 billion bushe l s were s t o r e d off -farms . Whea t stor ed in a ll pos i tio n s o n De c e mber 1, 1988 is e st ima t e d at 1.71 bi l l i on bushels, down 3 2 percen t fr om De cemb er 1, 19 87. Fa r m st ocks t o t a l 614 mi ll i o n bushe ls, and off-farm stocks totaled 1 .10 billion bushe ls . Soybeans sto r e d in al l pos it ions on December 1, 19 88 tot al e d 1 . 3 7 b i l li on bushe ls, 2 2 p e r ce n t less t ha n o n De c e mb e r 1, 1 9 87 . Far m stoc ks t o t a l e d 65 0 mil l io n bushels, d own 25 p e r c e n t f ro m last December 1. Of f-fa r m s tocks , at 7 17 milli on bushels, were 19 percent below De ce mbe r 1 , 1 9 8 7 . Ca p a c i t y of t h e United S tates on- f a r m grain storage to taled 13 . 3 bi llion bushels on December 1 , 1988 , 2 percen t be low a y e a r a go. Capac ity of of f- farm commerc i al grai n stor a ge t o t al e d 9 . 6 1 billion bushe ls in the Uni t e d Sta t es on De cember 1 , 1988, pract ica ll y un c ha ng e d f r o m De c e mb e r 1, 198 7 . _ __ _ _ _ _ -,-_-'=U:.c.~S~.~G~RAIN STOC KS - - DECEt'-lBER On Fa r ms 1 , 1.987 O~af AND ms 2 7 1 9 8 8'- --.1 =i r:- - 'P;YI dosTf'io 'rl's '-' -- ~Gcr.a=.i:n~ _=--=--l. . .l..-_D-=1-=~in~1_, ~Il-_.....:!D:.1':::":S:~81_, --i ... D_ I'1~i, c/mo' rd; s heDr;i; 'g-,8:: 8. T;"' - r- TI-i'~~~T;--nI ~'~-~"T'-, L L_ .. ._ .--=--=-=--=- Co rn Wh e a t 6, 100, 000 4 ,28 0 ,200 966 ,000 614 ,000 3l ,, 6j 7~41,. 05 06 58 2 , 790 , 684 1 ,096 , 986 9 77 1 005 7 070 88 4 2;5 00; 568 1 ; 710 ;98 6 So y bea!:s 865 ,300 650 , 0 0o _ _ 17 1981 revls e d. 27 I n c .1 u a es s t ocKS a . t _m .l B1~~ ) :,?3eJ l e va-to. r2sL7,-, 1Wa1r2-en-o- Lu. Js5 e 5 ~ 2e81nn-1l,r316a7~-, a 1 1 2~ p rocessors. ' , ~., GE O RGIA '" . AGRICU LTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE STEPHENS FEDERAL BLDG SUITE 320 ATHEN S,GEORGIA 30E J ~2 ~J 1 1 3 ; _ ~ J J j J - ~ ~7~ ~~ )~ - 4v /) 't :'. - J ~ :;;) ,t,. U I~ 1 'w Gr ,~ :: ;) ;\ :; ... ~ c. 0 C -I C.~ T S '3:: C T L .l. ~ ~ ", t ~ -~ ~ ~~ ~ ~~ ) J~~~ SECOND - CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT ATHEN S, GA 306 13 \ = :;{J.u7 ======== GEO RGIA FARM REPORT ========~ FEB 091989 ~....~"" ,'f1>. GEO RGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE Stephens Federal BUilding Suite 320 Athens, Georgia 30613 _FV-eoblu-rmu-ear-y89-3-N,-o1.-983-9 ---lJ..G8..DO.C.UJME.NWT.S .E~S--Ph-on-e : -(40-4)5-46--22-36- HIGHLIGHTS Annual Crop Summary December 1 Hog Inventory and Pig Crop Winter Wheat and Rye Irrigated and Non-irrigated Corn ANNUAL CROP PRODUCTION AND .VALUES VALUE OF GEORG I A'S 1988 CROPS UP 16 PERCENT The c omb ined v a l u e o f Georgi a 's ma j or c r o p s t o ta l e d $ 1. 2 9 b il lio n f or 1 9 8 8 , an inc r e ase of $174 mi l l i o n or 16 pe r c e n t f rom t h e value o f t h e s a me c r o p s pr oduc ed in 1 9 8 7 . One maj or . fac tor cont r i b u t i n g t o the i n c r eas e wa s subs t a n t i J pr od u c t i o n improvemen t f or most c r op s . The oat c r op ha d t h e l a r ges t pe r cent a ge inc r eas e in pr o duction a t 72 per cent., follo wed by wh e at at 5 1 p erc ent ; s o y b e a n s , 4 4 pe r c e n t ; a nd peaches, 35 percent more than the p r ev i o u s y e ar. P r ic es we r e s i g n i f i c a n t l y higher for many crops in 198 8. Only c o t ton, pean u t , tobacco and tomato prices dec lined from 198 7 . I t should be noted that the value of production e s t imates d o no t reflec t the amo unt sold, cost o f production, n or p r of i t o r los s . The agg re g ate value o f p rodu c t i o n r e p r e s e n t s on ly the 16 c r ops i n t h e off icia l e st ima te s pr o g ram. Estimat e s of cash rece ipts from marketings, p roduc t ion costs and n et income wi l l be availabl e at a lat er date. VALU E OF PEANUTS UP 6 PERCENT TOBACC O VALUE UP 19 PERCENT The v a l u e of Georg ia 's peanut cr op p r o d uced in 1988 inc reased 6 per cent f r o m 19 8 7 t o $483 million. Peanut s c ont inue as t h e most v a luable ~= c 9 i~ Georgia, c ontribut i ng 37 p er c ent o f t h e ove ra l l value of th e ma jor cr ops est im ate d i n Ge o rgi a . Peanut produc ti o n i n 198 8 i nc r eased 15 percent from t he previ ous y e ar , bu t average p ri c e s de c lined to 25 .6 ce nts pe r pound. Howev e r , t hi s p r eli mi na r y peanut p r i ce esti mate do e s not inc l ude a ny payment s f rom t he 198 8 c r o p GFA p o o l pr ofit s . Toba cco v a l ue of produ c t io n i n c re a s e d 19 p e r c ent t o a lmos t $ 140 mi l li on in 1988 . Howe v e r , becaus e of the b i g j ump i n s oybean value, t obacco fe ll t o " 3rd p lace " i n Ge o r gi a ' s rank o f c r o p v a l u e s . The inc r e a s e i n value of tobac co i s attr i buted mo s t ly to a 19 perce nt i n c r e a se in p r oducti o n , a s p ric es in 19 8 8 aver aged fra c tional ly l e s s than i n 1987 . Ac reag e ha rve s t e d wa s a lso up 19 p er cen t to 38 ,000 a cr e s and y i e l d increas ed 5 pounds per acr e t o 2 ,260 pounds pe r a c r e. SOYBEAN VA LUE J UMP S 9 3 PERCENT CORN VALUE DOWN 1 8 PERCEN T The v a lue o f Georgi a ' s 19 8 8 s oy bea n c r o p is est imated a t $1 69 million , ne a r ly t Wi c e t h e value of last y e a r ' s cr op . Increases in acreage , yi e l d, produc tion and price all contributed to the higher va l ue. With the l a r ge , i ncrea s e , soybeans became the second most val ua b l e crop in Georgia . Soybean prices are expect ed to average $7.50 per bushel for the 1 98 8 crop, $1.89 bushel above 1987 and the highest since 1983 . Th e value of Geor g ia's 1988 corn crop d r o p p e d 18 percent f r om 1987 t o $94 .6 million . Decreases in acr eage harvested for grain and average yield per acre dropped production to 31 .0 million bushels , 40 percent below the 1987 production. Prices are expected to average $3.05 per bushel for the 1988 crop, 80 cents per bushel more than in 1987. (Continued on Page 4) AGRICULTURAL STATISTICIAN AND GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE GEORGIA ANNUAL CROP SlT1111ARY , 1986, 1987, 1988 Yield per Cro Acre Producti on 1,000 Acres 1,000 Dollars $l ,OOO's Corn 1988 600 500 1987 680 610 1986 900 730 62 Bu. 84 Bu. 58 Bu . 31,000 51 ,240 4 2,340 3. 0 5 2.25 1.93 94 ,550 115,2 90 81, 716 Cotton Lint 3/ 1988 350 315 564 Bale 1987 250 245 662 Bale 1986 225 195 455 Bale 370 .0 338 . 0 185 .0 4 / .5 35 . 6 18 . 5 83 95,016 100 ,264 51,77 0 Cottonseed Hay 5 / 1988 1987 1986 1988 570 1987 600 1986 530 Ton Ton Ton 570 2 .20 Ta'n 600 2.20 Ton 530 1. 70 Ton 1 29 .9 12 2 . 0 64 .0 1,254 1,3 20 9 01 129 .00 85 .00 91 .00 64 .00 62 .0 0 73 . 0 0 16 , 757 10,3 7 0 5,824 8 0,2'56 81,84 0 65, 77 3 Oats 1988 80 45 63 Bu . 1987 55 30 55 Bu . 1986 60 35 39 Bu . 2 , 835 1,650 1 ,3 65 1. 75 1. 64 1. 25 4,961 2 ,7 0 6 l, 70 b Peanuts 1988 690 1987 635 1986 675 685 2,650 Lb. 1,81 5,250 6/ .2(,1) 630 2,500 Lb . 1,575 ,000 . 28 8 665 2,455 Lb. 1, 632,575 .2 91 4 f!2,8 C,7 4 !;3 , 60 0 475, 079 Rye 1988 350 70 27 Bu . 1,890 2.50 4,725 1987 380 70 22 Bu. 1,540 1. 79 2,757 1986 425 85 21 Bu . 1,785 1. 80 3,21 3 Sorghum 1988 85 40 35 Bu . 1987 110 60 40 Bu . 1986 155 82 33 Bu. 1,400 2,400 2,706 2 .55 1. 52 1. 32 3 ,5 70 3,648 3,57 2 Soybeans 1988 930 900 1987 830 780 1986 1,220 820 25 Bu . 20 Bu. 17 Bu. 22,500 15,600 13,940 7.50 5 .61 4.75 168,750 87 ,51 6 66, 215 Sweetpotatoes 1988 5 .5 5 .2 150 Cwt. 1987 5.5 5 .2 150 Cwt . 1986 6 .0 5 .8 130 Cwt. 780 19.60 7 80 12 .70 754 12 .70 15,288 9 ,906 9,5 76 Tobac do 5 / 1988 38 1987 32 1986 31 38 2,260 Lb. 32 2,255 Lb. 31 2,190 Lb. 85 ,880 72,1 60 67,890 1 .627 1 .630 1. 58 1 139 ,727 117 ,621 107 ,3 34 Wheat 198 8 575 500 1987 550 460 1986 640 550 43 Bu . 31 Bu . 28 Bu . 21, 50 0 14 ,260 15,40 0 3.20 2 .46 2 . 48 68 ,800 35 .0 80 38 , 192 Apples 7 / 1988 1987 1986 4 .0 8,750 Lb. 4 .0 12,500 Lb . 4 .0 7,500 Lb . 34,000 40,0 0 0 29,000 . 128 . 1 13 . 160 4, 3:' 2 4 , 5 20 4,64 b Grapes 7 / 1988 1987 1986 Ton 2 .5 911. 00 2 ,2 7 8 Ton 2 .7 8'/0 .00 2, 35 0 Ton ".l . 0 79 2 ,00 1,58 3 Peaches 7 / 1988 1987 1986 19 7,370 Lb. 19 5 ,260 Lb . 18 5 ,830 Lb . 13 2 , 0 0 0 98 ,000 1 01.000 .2 0 1 .181 . 197 26,498 17,7 58 19 ,89 2 Pecans 7 / 1988 1987 1986 Lb. 110,000 .6 33 Lb . 115,000 . 540 Lb . 1 2 0,000 . 68 2 69,65 0 6 2 , 150 81 ,8 0 0 Tomatoes 1988 3.0 2.9 180 Cwt . 1987 3 .0 2.9 110 Cwt . 1986 3 .3 2 .7 100 Cwt . 522 22 .3 0 319 25 .20 270 19 . 70 11 ,641 8 ,0 39 5 , 319 Total Above Crops 1988 1987 1986 4,276 .5 4 ,130 .5 4,870 .3 3 ,694.1 3,548 .1 3,753 .5 1, 28 9 ,67 6 1,115,4 15 1,0 23,210 1/ Harvested for principle use . 2 / Marketing year average prices with n o all owances o r adjustme n ts f or c ommodi t i e s under Government loan , commodities forfeited to the C.C .C ., nor defi cie n cy o r disa ster payme n ts . 3 / Co t ton y i eld in pounds per acre; price in cents per pound . 4 / Average pri ce t o J a nu a ry I, 1 98 9 . 5 / Har ves te d a c re s s ubst itu t ed for planted acres. 6 / Preliminary marketing year average price with no all owan ce for GFA p o ol p a y men ts . 7 / Be a ri ng acreage, utilized production . 2 GE ORGIA 1988 CROP VALUES AS A PERCENTi\GE OF TOTAL CROP VALUE Peaches 2 . 1% Pie chart percentages computed from crops included in table. Poultry and livestock income da ta will be available in April 1989 . HOGS A:'l~ Item Dec . 1 Inventory All Hogs & Pigs Kept for Breeding Market P IGS : 198 7 1,175 160 1,015 I N V ~ NT CRY NllMSER , D~CEMBER 1, SOWS FARROWING ~_. I ! 1988 I ! GE_ORGIA, 1 9 8 7 - 1 9 8 8 1988 as % of 1987 I Item 1,000 Head Sows Farrowing 1,210 103 June-Aug. 165 103 Sept.-Nov. 1, 045 103 June-Nov. AND PIG CROP 1987 1988 1,000 Head 62 70 60 63 122 133 1988 as % of 1987 113 105 109 Market Hogs & Pigs by Weight Groups Under 60 Pounds 420 60-119 Pounds 2 70 120-179 Pounds 200 180 Pounds & Over 125 Sows Farrowing De c . I I - Fe b. 59 March-May 62 Dec . II-May 121 I I De c e mb e r pre c ed ing year. 42 0 100 280 104 205 103 140 112 60 102 68 11 0 128 106 Pig Crop Dec . I I-Feb. March-May Dec. I I-May June-Aug . Sept .-Nov . June -N ov . Year 431 456 106 465 510 110 896 966 108 471 525 111 462 460 100 933 985 106 1,82 9 1,95 1 107 3 COTTON LINT VA LUE DROPPED The value of Georgia's 1988 cotton crop, at $95.0 million, decreased 5 percent from the 1987 value. Harvested acres increased 29 percent or 70,000 acres to 315,000 acres. Yield per acre at 564 pounds declined 98 pourids from the 1987 yield per acre. Although yield per acre declined, the larger acreage harvested boosted production to 370 ,000 bales, a 9 percent increase from 1987. Average price per pound dropped 8.3 cents to 53.5 cents. Cotton's 1988 value of production is 84 percent above the 1986 value. HAY VALUE DOWN 2 PERCENT The total value of all hay produced i n Georgia during 1988 was $80 .3 million, a 2 percent decline from 1987. Production declined 5 percent to 1 .25 million tons . Yield was unchanged at 2~2 tons per acre . Harveste4 acres dropped 5 percent to 570,000 acres. Average price for hay was $64 per ton, up $2 per ton from the 1987 price. WINTER WHEAT AND RYE, UNITED STATES AND GEORGIA I U. S . I Geo r g ia Item 1989 . 1989 WINTER WHEAT Area Se e d e d ( 1, 0 0 0 Acres) ' 54 , 456 700 Area Se e d e d as % of Prev i ous Ye a r 11 2 .0 12 2 .0 RYE Ar ea Se e d e d ( 1,0 0 0 Acres ) Area Se e d e d a s % of Pr ev i ous Year 2 ,217 91. 0 3 20 9 1.0 1 ar epor ub lis h d s elli -li onthly by t h Georg ia' gri c u l t u r a l S ta ti s t i c s S . r v i ~ . ~ St ph e n s f ede ral Buil d i ng. At he ns . Ga. 300 13 . La rr ~ . Sn i p s \ St at e Sta t ist i c i an. Se cond class ~ o s t a g e pald a t Athe ns . Ga. Subs c r i p t i on fe ~ 10 pe r ye ar e xc opt f r e e t o da t ~o nt r ibut or s . Subs c r i p t i on in fo r lla tion ~ vai l .b le f r o.: Geor g 1. Agr icult ural S t a t ist i c s Se r vic e , St ph e ns Fede r . l 18uild i ng . Sui te 3 2 0~ At hen s , Ga . 3 0 6 13 . ho : 404 54 6-2 "',,6 . Year 19 82 19 83 1984 198 5 1986 19 87 1988 Ac r es Ha r ves t e d f o r No n I rriaate d Ir:-i o a t ed 645 170 580 155 7 65 220 740 235 5 20 21 0 4 30 180 340 160 815 '7 3 5 98 5 975 73 0 61 0 SOC AND ~IO N I RRI G".TED CO RN, GEORGI A , 19 8 2-1 988 I Yi el d Oe :- Ac re ! Nc n - I r ria a t ed To tcal ! r r i a~ed 70 . 5 64 .3 71. 1 66 . 2 :31 .0 68 .9 3 5 .5 14 0 .0 115 . 0 1 2 0.0 140 . 0 110.0 120.0 11 8, 0 85 . 0 75 . 0 82 .0 84 .0 58 .0 8L O 62.0 45 , 475 37 , 300 54 , 370 49 . 0 00 1 9 . 24 0 29 .640 1 2 . 1 20 hoduct ion !r ri atce d 23 . 800 1'7 .8 25 2 6 , 40 0 3 2 , 900 23.100 21. 600 18,880 To tc a l 69 , 275 55. 1 25 80 ,770 81 , 90 0 42 , 340 51 , 24 0 31,00 0 ~~ GEORGIA ~. AGRICULTUR AL STATI ST IC S SERVICE STEPHENS FEDERAL BLDG SUITE 320 ATH ENS,GEORGIA 30613 SECOND - CLAS S POSTAGE PAID AT ATH ENS, GA 30613 0 4 2 P0 1 1 3 0000 0 95 -2 57 209 5 20 404 /542 - 06 6 3 0 0 8 90 3 UNI V OF GE OR GIA DO CUM EN TS SE CT LI BRARY ATH EN S GA 3 0 602 A 40D'(I::= = = = = = = = = = = = = GEORGIA FARM REPORT - - - - - - - -fteee\ved rs~.'\~";)- ~,;> GEORGIA A GR ICU LT URAL STATIS TICS SERVICE Stephens Federal Build ing /f1':a 1 3 1989 Suite 320 Athens, Georgia 30613 -VFeolb- urmuea- ry8 9- 1-N0 o, .- 1498- 9 --------4.~ fErQf4tt:J~~,',8R~~N~S: UL.JEo,.; sIoP.holne.: (.40-4)5-46--2-23-6 -- HIGHLIGHTS Annual Poultry Summary Monthly Prices Monthly Po ultry Summary Livestock Slaughter Sheep Catfish Slaughter Catfish Production Peanut Stocks Cattle Cold Storage Cattle on Feed GEORG IA EGG PRODU CT I ON DOWN 4 PERCENT AN D U . S . EGG PRODUCTI ON UNCHANGED AND LAYER LAY ER NUMEm n S DOW N :3 PEP.CENT NUMBERS DOWN 1 PE RCENT Eggs p rod u ced i ll Ge orgi a f or the yea r end in g No v emb er 3 0 , 1 9 8 8 , t o t al e d 4 .3 b i l l i on , 4 pe rcent less than the 4 .5 b il l i on e ggs prod u c e d in 198 7 . Th e num b e r o f layers ave r aged 1 7 . 8 mi lli o n i n 1 9 8 8 , 3 percent less t h an t h e 18 . 4 mi l l i o n l a ye r s th e previ o us y ea r . Al l l a y e r s in Geor g i a pr oduced a n a ver age 241 eggs p er hen in 1 9 8 8 , compa red t o 24 3 eggs pe r hen i n 1 9 87 . Ge o r gia r ank ed f ourth i n the Nation i n 1988 in the a verage number o f l a y e r s and f if th i n to tal e gg p r oduc ti on . Eg g p rodu c tion d ur ing t h e yea r end in g November 30 , 19 8 8, t o taled 69 . 5 billi on eggs . The 1988 p ro ducti o n wa s u nc hanged fr o m t he 19 8 7 p rodu ct ion o f 69 . 5 bill ion e ggs. Layer n umb e r s d u ring 19 88 a vera ged 277 million, d o wn 1 p er c ent f r o m 1 98 7 . The annual a verage produc t i on per layer on hand i n 1 988 was 251 e ggs , up f rom the 2 48 eggs in 1987 . Ca l ifo rnia led all states with an a ver age numb e r o f layer s tota l i ng 3 1.5 mi l l ion . LAYERS AND State Ala . 11,01 8 11 , 0 0 2 236 23 6 2,6 05 2 , 596 Ark . 16 ,08 4 1 5 ,7 78 2 41 240 3 , 8 74 3 , 78 4 Ca l i f . 33 , 376 3 1, 4 67 240 245 8, 02 3 7, 7 18 Co n n . 4 , 90 1 4 , 37 3 245 256 1, 200 1,1 21 Fla. 10 , 3 76 11,121 2 47 2 48 2,5 68 2,758 Ga . 18 ,40 7 17, 82 2 2 43 2 41 4 ,4 7 6 4,294 Ind . 22,178 21 ,43 5 259 263 5,750 5 ,644 I owa 6, 175 7,759 248 255 1,5 34 1,979 t-la i n e 4,80 9 4,880 276 266 1, 327 1 ,300 Mi c h . 6,6 28 6 , 079 250 255 1,65 6 1,55 3 Minn . 9,1 75 9, 005 2 47 250 2 ,2 63 2,250 Miss . 5, 27 2 5,17 0 239 242 1 ,25 9 1, 251 Mo . 6,280 6 ,1 45 243 248 1,525 1 ,526 N.Y . 4, 36 7 3 ,8 78 255 261 1 ,115 1,013 N.C. 13,886 14, 281 234 238 3 ,251 3,396 Oh io 16 ,662 17 ,12 9 261 261 4 ,3 5 1 4,47 7 Pa . 18 ,2 66 19,758 266 268 4,853 5,30 2 S .C . 6 , 305 5,500 25 4 260 1 ,604 1 ,43 2 Tex . 14 , 347 13,901 239 242 3 ,424 3,363 Wash. 20 5 ,0 16 5 , 00 8 260 265 1,303 1,327 States 233,5 28 Other 231 ,491 2 48 251 57,9 6 1 58,084 States 47 ,03 6 45, 559 246 250 11,570 11 ,392 U.S . 3 / 28 0 , 564 277 ,0 50 2 48 251 69 531 69 476 T7 Annua l est ~m ate s cover the pe r ~od Dec . 1, prev~ous Kear thru Nov. 30. 2 7 Total 6g~ product ion divi ded b y av e r age number o f layers on and. 3 / Sum may not add to . . total due to rou nd ing. AGRICULTURAL STATISTICIAN AND GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Hatching Table Total Georgia 5,9B7 12,820 18,807 Hatching 32,653 Table 206,637 Total 20 State s 239,290 Hatching Table Total U.S. 37,298 248,427 285,725 6 ,188 11,908 18,096 32,747 195,819 2 28,5 66 37,908 23 5 ,40 6 273,314 GEORGIA 1,826 1 ~' 7 9 8 2,198 2,220 2,079 2,072 20 STATES 1,83 8 1 ,82 9 2,168 2,188 2,1 23 2 , 137 UNITED STATES 1,845 1,839 2,157 2 , 178 2,116 2,131 109 282 391 600 4,479 5,079 688 5,359 6,047 599 4,285 4,884 697 5,127 5,824 POULTRY NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 1987-1988 % of Item ayge9 E ] Dec. 2/ 1988 bjan. 81 thIru Nov. 1988 year ago ousanas= Young Chickens Georg~a 51 ,445 55,649 108 59,564 642,573 649,294 101 United States 376,553 398,128 106 423,737 4,552,927 4,700,158 103 Mature Chickens L~ght Type U. S . n,389 10,576 93 13,131 139,999 134,263 96 Heavy Type U.S. 2,626 2,730 104 3,156 38,799 39,586 102 Total O.S. 14,015 13,306 95 16,287 178,798 173,849 97 Total All Types, Ga. 2,915 2 , 990 103 3,856 34,765 36,452 105 Percent Condemned Young Ch~ckens Georgia 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.6 17UnFietedde St ral ate ly s ~nspected 1.9 slaughter 1 .9 data as collected by Meat and 1.8 Poultry 1 .8 Inspect~on Program. Current month data estimated by Market News Se r v i c e. 2/ Preliminary. Item Chickens Egg Type Br o i l e r Type Turkeys 28, 706 383,960 2 8 ,993 23 , 043 398,192 30, 058 % or 'lear Ago 80 104 104 Item ,POULTRY I Dec. . 19 87 Pullet C UOImest~c hick (U. s S P .) lace 17 d' cYo~ler Type 4,117 Egg Type 296 3,596 164 4,150 101 178 60 48,268 3,209 47,309 98 2,588 81 Ch~cks Hatched Bro ~ 1 e"r-TVPeGeorgia 67,283 64,262 72,671 108 792,013 823,22 2 10 4 United States 469,720 437,079 487,540 104 5,379,22 8 5,5 88,651 104 Egg Type Georg~a United States 1 ,104 31,242 1,025 29,219 754 27 ,041 68 87 24,548 427,785 16,199 366,097 66 86 Turkeys Poults Placed U. S . 17 Reported by l e a dl 19 ng , 956 bre e d 1 ers 8, ~ ln1cTuaes2-0e-,x0p3e0ctea-p1u0r0ret-2r..eL~9la, 4c3e7me nts 2 17 0 , trom 5 7eg2~g==s-1-~0~2 - sold during the preceding month at the rate of 125 pullet ch~cks per 30 dozen case of eggs . 2/ TurKey poults placed September-December 1987-1988 . he Georgia Farm Repo rt(I~SN'()7447280) Is pu blis hed serni-monthty by the GeoraiaAgricultural Statistics Service, Stephens Federal BUilding, Athens,Ga. 30613 rry E. Snipes, State Statistician . Second class postag e paJd at Ath ens, Ga. SubSCription fee $10 per year except free to data contributors. Subscription intormatlo vailabl e from Geo rgia Agncufrural Statistics Service, Stephens Federal Building, Suite 320, Athens, Ga. 30613 . Telephone (404)5462236 . 2 ALL SHE EP AND LAMB I NVENTORY All s h e e p a nd l a mb inv e nt or y i n t h e Un ited Sta t es on J a nu a r y 1,. 19 8 9 , t ot a l e d 10 . 8 mi l li o n h ead , nea rl y t h e s a me as a y ear earlier . ~ t o c k s ~e eP .l~y en~ory increas e d to 9 . 1 9 mi llion . head o n Janu a r y 1 , 19~ 9 , . u p 1 pe rcen t r ro m 9. ~4 m l1~ lo n l a s t y e a r . 2we s one y e ar o l a a n d o l de r, at 7 .17 ml1 1 l o n he ad , was ne a r ly the s a me a s a y e a r ear l i er. Ewe ~ am b i nv e n t o rv t ot aled 1 . 34 mi l l i o n h e a d , UP 4 per c e nt . Sh eep and lam bs o n fe e d J anu ar y 1 , 19 8 9 for t h e s l aui ht er ma r k e t in ~h~ 25 ma j o r fee d i ng sta tes totaled 1 . 6 1 milli o n he a d, down 2 pe r c e nt ~ r o m a y e ar ea r lier . Th e 1 9 8 8 l a mb crop o f 7.12 mi lli on h ead d e c re a sed 1 oerce n t fr o m t he 1 987 lamb c r op . Breed lng ewes o n e y e a r o l d and o l d e r on Janua ry 1 , 1988 we r e u p 4 p e r c e n t f rom the p revious y e a r . Th e ~9 8 ~ l a mb ing ra te was 99 p er 100 ewe s one y e a r o l d and o l d e r o n ha nd at t he b eg lnnlng of t h e l amb i n g y e a r comp ared wi th 10 4 i n 198 7 . f lass SHE EP: NUMBER BY CLASSES AND LAMB CROP, UNITED STATES J ANUARY I, 1987-1989 1987 I 1988 1989 1,000 Head 1 989/88 Perc ent All Sheep & Lambs 1 / 10,334 10 ,784 1 0,8 02 100 On Fe ed 1,508 1, 644 1 ,613 98 stock She e p 8,826 9,14 0 9 , 189 1 01 Lamb s Ewes 1, 296 1,28 2 1 ,3 38 104 Wethers & Rams 363 3 32 345 1 04 On e Year Old & Older Ewes 6, 847 7,192 7,173 100 Wethers & Rams 320 335 333 99 New Crop Lambs 2/ 845 854 821 97 Lamb Crop 7,189.7 7,123.1 1/ New crop lambs are not included in all sheep and lambs inventory estimates in this report. 2/ Includes all lambs born after Sept . 30 previous year that are on hand Jan . 1. GEORGIA CATF ISH PRODUCT I ON Product ion operat ions had 43,000 large fish (over 3 pounds ); 638,000 food s ize; 290 ,000 stockers and 2 .9 mi l l i o n fingerlings on January 1, 19 89 . Geor9ia producers reported losses of 3 .7 mililon fish in 1988. The causes of these losses were: disease, 17 percent ; oxygen depletion, 10 percent; blrds , 11 percent; predators, 1 percent, and other reasons 61 pe r c e n t . U. S . CATFISH PRODUCTION Catfish growers in the 17 sel ected states had sales of $28 5 million during 1988 . Value of sales f rom hatchery operations totaled $19 .5 million while the value of sales , from production units totaled $265 mill ion. Total sa les for 19 8 7 were $243 million for the same 17 states. / , Pr oduc t i on operations had 3.77 million / large fish (over 3 pounds ) ; 147 million food size fish (3 ;4 pound to 3 pounds); 261 million stockers and 516 million fingerlings . Hatchery operations had 1.35 million broodfish, S5.0 million s t o c ke r s , and 365 million fingerlings on hand January 1 , 1989. Pr od u c ing u nit s had 36 . 5 mi ll i on pound s o f food s i z e fish i n the inventory be i ng held for "off-flavor". JY8 I I - r ----.--.C:::A.:.:T'-=:F....,IO;-pS~eHr: a NflUoM-iBi-sE- R -O- F -O-P~ ERI A- -T-I- -O-N- WSa,~WerA- T-SE-Ru.rSFaUcReFACE~ ANo D TOt ~T:AfJL.-SS-AaTLeEs-S=-".A...,I~Ir--,...S-::l-=z::-::e==--- State r;- - - -- T - Tf ~ ~91, Jy ~l, J!~~ l)Y~r~g - l)-~~ ~ ~g - -- --mrmt5 e r ------- Acres 1, aUU-n-bTl.-a.-fs - - - Ala. 352 352 12,490 13 ,466 14,224 19 ,354 Ark. 194 176 15 ,000 16 ,000 19,521 22,350 Calif . 91 80 2,836 3,112 5,774 7 ,110 Fla. 70 66 620 845 1,575 1,439 Ill . 20 24 452 500 506 203 Kans. 31 34 473 470 754 1 , 308 Ky . 70 60 600 400 1,609 1,395 La. 116 150 5,720 8,000 5 ,752 10,185 Miss. 356 345 83,000 88,000 178,474 210,505 Mo. 200 200 2,500 2,700 1 ,239 1,926 N.C . 36 70 463 581 274 377 Okla . 151 1 00 1,428 1,400 6,155 4,385 S .C. 11 12 165 100 53 40 Tenn . 35 37 384 36 7 1,159 63 6 Tex. 173 148 1, 936 1,6 56 3 , 313 1,401 Other 1/ 81 68 1,9 03 1,802 2,355 2,1 6 3 1T7ot al Inc l 1 udes , 987 GA ,lO -~n 1,922 1988 and 1989 13t~o1a7v0o~ d 139, 399 dlscl osure of ~n2d4~2vl,7d3u7al op2e84ra7~7- 7 ~- 3 GEORGIA CATTLE AND CALF INVENTORY DOWN 1 PERCENT Al l cattle and c a Lve-s on Georg ia far ms on January 1, 1989, a r e est imat e d at 1,500, 000 head, 1 percent l e s s than a year e a r l i e r . The current inventor consists of 804,000 cows that have calved, 1,000 head less than on hand January 1 , 1988. Beef cows tota l ed 700,000 head, down slightly but the number o f milk cows increased 2 percent from a year pgo to 104,000 head. Calves born during' 1988 in Georgia tota led 7 10, 000 head, 3 percent less t n a n 1987. Georgia cattle on f u l l feed f or the slaughter market are estimated a t 15,000 head on hand January 1, 1989, an increase of 3, 000 . head from January 1, 19 8 8. ;';' . The total va lue of Georgia cattle on hand Januar y 1, 19 89, amounted to $765.0 million, 13 perc en t more than the $676.4 mill ion on January 1 , 1988 . Average value per head was $510 compared with $445 a year ear lier . Vol. 89-No . 4 U.S . CATTLE INVENTORY DOWN FRACTIONALLY All' cattle and calves in the United States as of January 1 , 1989, totaled 99.5 million head, down fractional ly from January 1, 1988, and 2 percent below the 102 m~llion two years ago. This slowed the recent downward trend in cattle inventories that began six years ago and was the second consecutive inventory below 100 million since 196 1. All cows and heifers that have calved, at 43.9 million, were up 1 percent from 43.4 million a year ago, but down 1 percent from 44.3 million two years ago. This was the first increase in all cows and heifers that have calved following 6 consecutive years of decline. Beef cows , at 33.7 mill~on, were 2 percent above January 1, 1988, but fractionally below 2 years ago . Milk cows, at 10 .2 million, were . l ' "p e r c e n t below January 1 , 1988, 3' percent below two years ago and the lowest inventory since 1872. All cattle and calves on feed for slaughter , at 11.2 million head, were down 3 percent from a year earlier . The 1988 calf crop was estimated at 40.9 million, up 2 percent from 1987, but down 1 percent from 1986. The estimated calf crop is up 2 percent from the expected number publ~shed last July. Calves born during the first ha lf of the year were estimated at 71.9 percent of the annual total . CATTLE AND CALVES : NUMBER BY CLASS AND CALF CROP , GEORG IA AND UNI TED STATES. - -- - - - - - - - - - - - -,,.---- - -- -.J:::A..:.::;N.G;"U;OeA0 Rr '=Yg:-=l-a1='-',--=-1=9'-=8 8 AND ~ 1989 Un1 ted sta tes 00 I 1o 1~89 a s 0, ! 1989 a s % Clas.. 1"'-9::::..,~8 9 P~r~ ~ ~~ 191-~mJ O k e a~9?-~- P~r 2_~~:_~- Ca tt le & Cal v es Cows & Hei f e r s tha t have ca lved Beef Cows Milk Co ws He ife rs 500 Lbs. & Over For Beef Cow Replacements For Mi l k Cow Replacements Other Heifers Steers 500 Lbs. & Over Bu lls 500 Lbs. & Over Calves und e r 500 Lbs. Calf Crop 1 , 520 805 70 3 10 2 200 105 38 57 75 50 390 1987 730 1, 500 804 700 104 195 105 40 50 74 50 377 I 1988 710 99 100 100 102 98 100 105 88 99 100 97 I as .l~tltl ~ of 1987 97 99 , 524 43 ,411 33 ,112 10,298 17,148 5,227 4,116 7,805 15,7 32 2,163 21 070 1987 40 086 99, 484 100 43, 8 87 1 01 33, 6 69 10 2 10, 217 99 17 , 331 10 1 5 ,505 105 4 , 199 102 7,627 98 15,798 100 2,221 103 20 248 96 I I 1988 a s .l~Hjtl :I> of 1987 40,872 102 LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY Specie GEORGIA Cattle & Calves Hogs 2 / Ch1ckens 2 /3 / TOTAL 34,000 8 , 600 33,000 9,100 1,520 1 ,175 25,995 1,500 1 ,210 23,587 445 .00 64.50 2.45 UNITED STATES 1 , 000 Operations Mi llion Cattle & Cal ves 1 , 40 8 . 1 1, 3 70 . 6 99 .5 Hogs 2/ 33 1. 6 333 .5 54.6 Sheep 114 . 8 115 . 5 10 .8 Chickens 2 /3 / 377 . 7 TOTAL 17 An operat1on 1S any place hav1ng one or more of ye a r. 2/ Number on farms, a verage value a nd t o t a l commercial bro i lers. 4 510 .00 57.00 2.60 676,400 75,788 63,688 815 , 876 ue 1 1989 ars 765,000 68, 970 61,326 895,296 CATTLE ON FEED DOWN 4 PERCENT IN 13 QUARTERLY STATES cattle and calves on feed January 1, 1989, for slaughter market in the 13 quarterly states totaled 9.41 million nead, down 4 percent from January 1, 1988 but 2 percent above 1987. Placements of cattle and calves on feed during the October-December 1988 quarter totaled 6.65 million, down 1 per~ent from last year and 2 percent beloW the comparable period in 1986. ether disappearance of 347 thousand head leaves net placements at 6.30 million. Marketings of fed cattle for slaughter during October-December totaled 5.49 million, 2 percent below 1987 but 2 percent above the same period in 1986 . . CATTLE AND CALVES ON FEED OCTOBER 1 1987 -88 - JANUARY 1 1988-89 Total 13 States 1 f Total 7 States _ __ ___ Number -- ----- -1 1988 as % -- - - -.N.Ymb e r 1988 as % Item 1987 1988 of 1987 1 1987 1988 . of 1987 1,000 Head Percent 1,000 Head Percent On Feed Oct. 1 8,992 8 ,591 96 7,535 7,144 95 Placed on Feed Oct . 1 - December 31 3 1 6,718 6,650 99 5,583 5,556 100 Fed Cattle Marketed Oct. 1-Dec . 31 3 1 5,603 5,486 98 4,745 4,629 98 Other Disappearance Oct. 1-Dec. 31 41 338 347 103 307 306 100 1989 as % 1989 as % 1988 1989 of 1988 1988 1989 of 1988 On Feed Jan . 1 9 769 9 408 96 8 066 7 765 96 11 AZ,CA,CO,IL,ID,IA,KS,MN,NB ,OK,SD ,TX ,WA . 21 AZ,CA,CO,IA,KS,NB ,TX . 31 Includes cattle placed on feed after beginning of quarter and marketed before end of quarter. 41 Includes death losses, movement from feedlots to pastures and shipments to other feedlots for further feeding . U.S. PRICES PAID INDE X UP 2 POINTS The January Index of Pr ices Paid for Commodi ties and Services, Interest, Taxes, and Farm Wage Rates was 175 (1977=100), up two po~nts from October 1988. Compared with a year earlier , the index was up 10 points (6 .1 percent). The Farm Production Goods and Services Index f o r January was 163 (1977=100), up 1 point (0.6 percent) f r om October 1988 . The index was 11 points (7.2 percent) above last year 's January index. Higher feeder livestock prices contributed the most to the October-January increase. CONSUMER PRICE INDEX The December Unadjusted Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers (CPI-U) was 120.5 (1982-84=100), up slightly from November 1988. The CPI-U advanced 4 .4 percent for the 12-month period ending in December 1988. Energy costs showed little change in 1988 after rebounding from the effects of the 1986 oil glut . Food prices rose 5.2 percent, the most since 1980. This reflects, in part, the adverse summer weather. The November unadjusted CPI-U was 120.3 and the October index was 120.2. FEED: PRI CES PAID, SOUTHEAST 11 AND UNITED STATES, JANUARY 989 , WITH COMPARISONS Commodit y : Pr ice I per ! Uni t lr---O--c-St:.o=u-=t=h' -e~a=Js:at:n-:.=---+--_=J_a_~n~.=U-.noI' i=t.e:dO:.c.St:.t:art=e-I-s-::J-a--n. ! 1988 1~83 1988 _ 1988--.l_--,,-1,9,8-,9~_ Cottonseed Meal , 41% S/Cwt. 16.60 16.40 Soybean Meal , 44% S/Cwt. 19.10 18.40 Bran S/Cwt. 12.90 13.10 Middlings S/Cwt. 11.30 11.80 Corn Meal S/Cwt. 9.50 9.50 Laying Feed SITon 246.00 224.00 Broiler Grower S/Ton 266.00 255.00 Turkey Grower S/Ton 277.00 280 .00 Chiek Starter SITon 303.00 281 .00 Dairy Feed, 14% S/Ton 161 .00 167 .00 Dairy Feed, 16% S/Ton 191.00 195 .00 Dai ry Feed, 18% S/Ton 202.00 215.00 Dairy Feed, 20% SITon 208 .00 208 .00 Dairy Conet., 32% S/Ton 225.00 223 .00 Hog Feed, 14%-18% SITon 247.00 249 .00 Hog Conct., 38%-42% S/ Ton 380.00 371.00 Beef Cattle Conct., 32%-36% 21 S/ ':'o n 271. 00 254.00 Stock Salt 21 5 0 Lb s. 3.90 3.80 Mo las s e s, Liquid S/Cwt. 9 .80 9 .40 1/ AL,FL, GA, SC. 21 Pr ic e pr e v i o u s l y publi she d in Cwt . 5 14.00 13 .90 9 .16 8.36 5.88 176.00 195.00 226.00 197.00 153 .00 166 .00 178 .00 185 .00 276 .00 189.00 312.00 239.00 3.27 8 .85 15.50 17.00 10 .60 9.60 7.75 222.00 255.00 266 .00 258.00 185.00 197 .00 207.00 212.00 319.00 226.00 371.00 266 .00 3.33 9.34 15.70 16.60 10.80 9.73 7 .59 215.00 246 .00 260.00 244.00 183.00 196.00 209.00 211.00 319.00 220 .00 362 .00 273 .00 3.34 9 .15 GEORGIA RED MEAT PRODUCTI ON DOWN Geo rgi a -r e d mea t produc t io n tot a led 26.9 mill i o n pounds du r i ng Dec ember 19 8 8 , 4 p ercent less t han Novembe r 1988, and 2 pe rcent l e s s t han December 198 7. The number o f cattle sl a u gh t er e d in Georgia dur ing De c embe r wa s 1 5 ,9 0 0 he ad, a decrease of 9 per ce n t f r om December 1987. Calves s laughtered t o t al e d 1,100 head , 7 0 0 head mor e than t h e pr e vi ous year . There were 107 ,400 hogs slaughtered in Georgia during December, 200 head less than December 1987 . Vo l. 89-No . 4 U.S . RED MEAT PRODUCTI ON DOWN 1 PERC ENT Comme rc ia l red meat p roduc t io n f or the Uni ted Sta t es in Decemb er 19 8 8 t otaled 3 .3 6 billi on p ounds, d own 1 perc ent fr om De c emb e r 1987. J anuary- De c emb er r e d meat produc t ion , a t 39.8 billi on p ou n d s wa s up 3 p er c en t fr om l a st ye ar . - Be ef p r odu ct i on , a t 1 . 8 7 bi ll ion pounds wa s down 3 p er c ent. He a d kill t otal ed 2 .77 mi ll i on , down 4 pe r c e nt fr om las t y e a r . Th e a v e rage live wei ght inc rea s ed 18 pounds to 1,141 . Pork production, at 1.42 billion pounds was up 2 percent. Hog kill totaled 7.94 million head , up 2 percent. The average live we i g h t increased 2 pounds to 251. S ecies CGeaottr1ei a Calves Hogs Sheep & Lambs United States Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep & Lambs 17.3 15.9 91 .4 1.1 275 107 .6 107 .4 100 .1 .1 100 oun s 902 914 379 353 245 239 110 105 oa Live Weight December ounas '- 15 , 629 157 26,315 10 14,554 385 25 ,619 10 2,898.7 2 ,774.2 96 1,123 1,141 3,256,450 3,165 , 131 252.0 210 .0 83 240 255 60 ,5 10 53,446 7,813.1 7,941 .8 102 249 251 1, 9 4 7, 4 34 1 ,989,882 45 1.0 459 .6 102 123 125 55,438 57,451 under Federal Inspect~on and other commerc~al slaughter , excludes Kind Month ~ U.S . FARM-RAISED CATFISH, 1987-1988 QUANTITY PROCESSED AND PRICES PAID TO PRODUCERS REPORTED BY MAJOR PROCESSORS AND U S IMPORTS Average Price Round Weight Processed Paid to Monthlv 1987 I 1988 I Cumulative I 1987 I 1988 Producers 1/ 1987 l 1988 - - Thousand Pounds Dols. per Pound Imports of Catf ish 2/ 1987 I 19 8 8 Thous. Pounds Jan. 20,988 26,018 20,988 26,018 . 60 .68 583 451 Feb . 22,163 27 ,786 43,151 53,804 .57 .72 1 ,241 508 Mar . 27,583 28,179 70,734 81,983 .59 .75 256 577 Apr . 26,781 20 ,805 97,515 102,788 .65 . 75 1,012 217 May 21,623 20,351 119,138 . 123,139 .69 . 75 688 1,015 June 19,581 22,839 138 ,719 145,978 .64 . 78 301 _ 26 July 21 ,638 23,687 160,357 169,665 .61 . 80 624 724 Aug . 24,403 26,941 184 ,760 196,606 . 60 .80 570 414 Sept. 26,577 24,611 211,337 221,217 .60 . 79 622 669 Oct. 27,920 26 ,221 239,257 247 ,438 . 61 .79 642 674 Nov . 20,684 25,037 259,941 272,475 .62 .78 76 388 Dec. 20,555 22,634 280,496 295,109 .64 .78 464 1/ Prices paid to producers for fish delivered to processing plant. 2/ Data furnished by U.S. Bureau of Census. 6 GE ORGI A PRI CES RECEI VED The Georgia Prices Received All Commodity Index for January was 134 percent of the 1977 average, 5 points ( 3 . 9 percent) above the previous mon th and 13 points ( 10.7 percent ) above t he previous ye a r . Hi ghe r pri ces we r e r ecorded f or co t to n , soybeans, hogs , be ef c a t t l e , calves, milk, chickens, broilers and eggs. Corn was the only commodity with price below December . U. S . PRICES RECEIVE D I NDEX UP 2 POI NTS The January All Farm Products Index of prices received by farmers increased 2 points ( 1 . 4 percent) from December to 147 percent of its January-December 1977 average. Higher prices for cattle , hogs, t omat o e s, and whe a t were partially offset by lower prices for strawberries, grapefruit, peanuts, and oranges. The index was 16 points (12 percent) above a year ago. - -_.- -------- .---I P R I C-EPS r RECEIVED i ce I Commodity per Un i t Jan. 198 8 15, 1989 WITH COMPARISONS i United States Jan. 15, Jan. Dec. Jan. 15 , 1 989 1988 19 8 8 1989 Winter Wheat S/Bu. 2 .81 * * 2.72 3. 95 4.09 Oats S/B u. 1. 79 2.46 2.4 3 Corn S/Bu . 2 .36 3.14 3 .10 1. 77 2. 53 2 .58 Cot ton Ct . /Lb . 61 .0 5 3.2 1 /5 3. 6 61.7 55 . 3 1/ 5 4 .2 Cottonseed 2/ S/Ton 99.00 137.00 9 2. 0 0 124 .00 11 6.00 Tobacco Ct. /Lb. 150 .9 16 2. 0 Soybeans S/Bu. 5 .93 7.47 7.69 5.73 7.53 7.64 Peanuts All Hay , baled 2 / Ct. /Lb . S/Ton 16.6 * 22 .9 62.80 24.6 89 .90 1 /20.4 9 1. 20 Mi lk Cows , 4 /5 / S/Head 1 ,0 10 .00 1 ,080 .00 970.00 1,000 .00 Hogs S/Cwt . 41 .40 39 .40 41 .50 43 .00 39.70 41.70 Sows Barrows Gil ts S/Cwt. S/Cwt. 31.70 42 .10 26.50 40.10 31 .60 42.00 33.00 43 .90 28.20 40.70 32 .30 42 .50 Beef Cattle 6/ $/Cwt. 60.10 56.10 57.60 65.40 67 .20 69 .30 Cows 7 / Steers Heifers $ /Cwt . $ /Cwt. 47.00 71.10 44.80 71.30 46.40 73.10 46 .40 69 .10 45 .70 73.10 46.60 75.10 Calves $ /Cwt. 81 .70 80.50 81.80 88 .20 88.60 92 .60 All Milk S/Cwt. 14.30 14.80 3 /15.00 12.50 13 .50 3 /13 .40 Turkeys 2/ Ct. /Lb. 31.8 37 .6 35.4 Chickens Ct. /Lb. 4 .4 2 /12.9 15 .4 Com'l Broilers 8 / Ct . /Lb. 24 .5 33 .5 3 /34. 0 27.1 35.5 3 /35.3 Eggs, All 9 / Ct./Doz. 6 2 .1 2 /66.3 81 .1 49 .3 2 /59.7 63 . 7 Table Ct . /Doz. 38.3 2/46 .4 55. 6 39.7 2 /52 .4 56 .1 Hatching Ct . /Doz. 130.0 2 / 120.0 150 .0 1 / First ha lf of month. 2 / Mid-month price. 3 / Entire month. 4 / Animals sold for dairy herd replacement onl y. 5 / Prices est imated quarter ly . 6 / " Co ws" and "steers and hei fers " combined with allowance where necessary for slaughter bulls . 7 / Includes dairy cows sold for slaughter. 8/ Liveweight equivalent price for Georgia. 9 / Average of all eggs sold by farmers i n cl Udi n g hatching eggs so ld at reta il . * Insufficient sales. 1977= 1 O~O~ ..l- I INDEX NUMBERS--GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES Dec. 1~98~7 Jan . -.-L_--1-9'8~8= . I .I.L -_ Dec. _~1~9::8:8"-_ _- - - '_ _- Jan . 1 9 8 9 =--:::"::";: : ' -_ _ t>eOrg~a Pr~ces Received All Commodities 117 121 129 134 Crops 121 122 121 121 Lvstk. & Products 11 3 121 136 * 144 United States Pr~ces Rece~ved 127 13 1 145 147 Prices Paid 1/ 164 165 2/173 175 Ra t i 0 3 / 77 79 84 84 II I n d Ra t Oct. e x of es. 1981 Pr~ces *PRriecVeissedR.ec Pa~a-rnde x. eived to Inde x 21 o f Oct Pr . i c 19 es 8 8 P Pr~ces aid, In t Pa~d eres t Index . , Taxes 31 Rat.lo and Farm of Wage 7 STOCKS OF PEANUTS AN D SPEL:IF IE D PR O[I UC TS N~' w :i"l'r a: ':; i~UU , __!, 'JG.L:J:~_EiJ!. ,J i _, I Farmer- - - - ' -- ' Sh e l l e d - --- r------R(~a-; ;1,~ (r ig '-" ' - "" Far mer Stock ' __' ". Month Stocks Peanuts I St ock, Shelled Endin 2 I In Shell Peanuts 1, 0 0 0 Pounds - - - - 1987 Dec . 2,241,70f 536,871 30 ,833 714 ,038 2 ,986,576 1988 Jan . 1,801 ,937 552,006 36,63 8 7 3 4, 1 68 2,572,743 Feb . 1,469 ,683 4 /650,874 53,540 865,66 2 2,388 ,885 Mar . 985,345 720,898 62,222 958 ,794 2,006 ,361 Apr. 619,645 725,796 60 ,444 965,309 1,645,398 May 293,919 746,486 59,757 992,826 1,346,502 June 51,680 710,386 53,804 944,813 1,050,297 July 4,622 588,426 46,029 782,607 833,258 Aug . 1,382 426,188 33,147 566,830 601,359 Sept. 592,859 351,792 20,219 467,883 1,080,961 Oct. 2 ,532,50S 407,485 29,785 541,955 3,104,249 Nov . 2,693,398' 461,966 33,747 614,415 3,341,560 Dec . 2,575,096 519,~58 40,549 691,012 3,306,657 1/ Excludes stocks on farms. Includes stocks owned by or held for account of CCC in commercial storages . Farmer stock on net we ight basis. 2/ Includes shelled edible g rade s , shelled oil stock, and shelled seed (untreated) . 3/ Actual farmer s tock, plus roast ing roasting stock, plus shelled peanuts X 1 .33 . 4 / Beginning in Feb ., shelled edible grades include blanched and shelled roasted peanuts converted to a raw basis usi ng c onv e r s i on factors of 1 .08 and 1 .1 2 respectively . COLD STORAGE STOCKS, UNITED STATES DECEMBER 31, 1988 Commodi ty I Dec . 31, 1987 Nov. 30, 198 8 Dec . 31, 1 988 1 ,000 Pounds Bu t t er 14 3,212 226 , 312 213,386 Che ese , Nat u r a l 457 , 124 3 64, 6 60 380,21 6 Eggs , Frozen 17,274 17, 94 8 19,783 Fruits , Frozen 855,19 2 1 ,011,8 21 938, 295 Frui t J ui c es , Fr ozen 987,863 989,750 1 ,15 7 ,95 0 Meats, Red 623,108 704 ,01 9 704,08 3 Beef, Frozen 288,65 1 300,469 305 ,359 Pork , Frozen 285,471 363,703 357,380 Po ultry , Frozen 501,497 510 , 300 456 ,973 Turkeys, Frozen 282 , 442 304 ,342 252,428 Vegetables, Frozen 2,098,3 96 1,833,895 1,677 ,708 Potatoes , Frozen 88 2,560 1,046, 27 6 988 , 730 Peanuts, Shelled 3 27,458 286,341 324,049 Peanuts , In Shell 16, 463 15,876 18,032 Pecans, Shelled 23,168 16,883 21,305 Pecans, In Shell 64,737 26, 357 83,950 Percent of Dec 19 87 Nov . 1 98 L Perc en t 149 94 83 104 115 110 1 10 93 11 7 117 113 10 0 106 102 125 98 91 90 89 83 80 91 112 94 99 113 110 114 92 126 130 319 5~.." GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE STEPHE NS FEDERAL BLDG SUITE 320 ATHENS ,GEORGIA 30613 J"i v J- J ': j / ) - ... ,. { _ ,.II .;;. __ - _ ..) " .. ..J .... I I_ :. u ~-. ,j ' 1:" " I ') ,) : :~ T "" ~ T ~ = '.~ J~ SECOND - CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT ATHENS , GA 30613 0,(,7::::= = = = = = = = = = = GEORGIA FARM REPORT s Fe br u a r y 22 , 1989 Volume 89-No . 5 ~~ ,<1>."'" GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE Stephens Fede ral Building Suite 320 Athens . Geo rgia 30613 Phone : (404)546-2236 HIGHLI GHTS Honey Production Farm Labor Cattle on Feed Catfish Slaughter Monthl y Milk Product ion Received fEB 27 1989 DOCUMENTS UGA LIBRARIES GEORGIA HO NEY PRODUCTI ON AND PRICE UP u.s. HO NEY PRODUCTION AND PRICE DOWN Ho ne y p r od u c t io n in 1988 fr om p roduce rs wi th 5 o r more hi ves t o t aled 4 .7 mill ion pound s, u p 3 per c ent fro m 19 8 7. The r e we r e 115 thous and col onies p roduc i ng honey , down 4 percent f r om l a st y ear. Yi eld per co lony average d 4 1 . 0 pounds , up f r om 38 .0 pou nds i n 19 87. Producer ho n e y stocks totaled 283 t hou sand pounds on December 15 . P r ices f o r the 1988 hone y c r op a v e r a g e d 55 . 0 c e n t s p er pound, up 1.0 cen t s from the 19 8 7 p r i c e of 54.0 cent s per pound. Ho ney product io n i n 1988 from p r o d u c e r s with 5 or more h ives to taled 212 mill ion pounds , down 7 percent from 1987 . There we r e 3 .2 million colon ies producing t he honey, d own s l ight l y from 19 8 7 . Colo n i e s that p roduced honey i n mo r e than one s t a te we r e cou nted in e ac h stat e , a nd yiel ds may be und e rst at ed . Yiel d per c olony a v e r a g ed 6 6 . 4 p ound s, d own from 71.1 pou n ds i n 19 87 . S to cks we r e 3 1 .2 million pounds o n Decembe r 15 . Some sta tes ha d e xce l le n t produc tion wh i l e product ion in o t her states s uffered f r om drough t a nd disease. -.., QUEEN DRONE BEE ~~-'- .~ WORKER Pr ices for the 1988 honey crop averaged 50. 1 cents per pound , down 0 .2 cents from t he 1987 price o f 50.3 cents per pound . Prices are based on sales to private processors and co-ops, and on retail sales by producers. All government payments and loans are excluded from the honey prices published in this report . Item COLONIES OF BEES, PRODUCTION, PRICE AND VALUE GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES 1987-1988 Gear United 1 1987 1988 Colonies of Bees, 1 ,000 Colonies 120 115 3,190 Yield per Colony , Pounds 38 41 7 1.1 Honey Produc tion, 1 , 000 Pounds 4 ,560 4,715 226 ,782 Stocks Dec . 15 , 1,000 Pounds 502 Avg. Price Per Pound , 283 32 ,987 Dollars 0 .540 0 .550 3/0.503 Va lue of Hone y Production , 1,000 Dollars 2, 4 62 2,593 113,730 1/ ReVised . 2/ Preliminary. 3 / Weighted by reported sales. AGRICULTURALSTATISTICIANAND GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 3 ,186 66 .4 211,511 31 ,172 3/0.501 107 ,161 FARM WAGES AVERAGED $ 5 . 2 0 FOR JANUARY I N THE SOUTHEAST There were 103,000 farm workers in the southeast region during the week of January 8-14, 1989. Self-employed farm workers accounted f6r 55 ,000 of the total, along with 12,000 unpaid workers, and 36,000 workers were hired directly by farm operators. ,.. :.: hour. Fie l d wo r k e r s r ecei ved an average $4.41 per hour, while livestock workers earned $5.19. Supervisors were paid $8.31 per hour and other workers earned $5.09. Self-employed farm operators wo r k e d a n average of 29 .9 hours dur ing the week. Unpaid workers averaged 35 .7 hours and hired employees wo r k e d 34.3 hours. Farm operators paid their hired workers an average wage of $5.20 per hour during the January 1989, survey week . Workers paid on an hourly basis earned $5.11 per RATES, JANUARY 8-14, I All Hired Field Wor kers I Southeast Florida Appalachian I Appalachian II Delta Northeast I Nor theast II Lake Cornbelt I Cornbelt II Northern Plains Southern Plains Mountain I Mountain II Mountain III Pacific California Hawaii 5.20 6.04 5. 29 4.74 4.62 5.15 5.19 4 .63 5 .43 ' 5 .68 5 .46 ' 4 .94 4 .87 5.16 5.04 6.12 6.22 8 .03 4 .41 5.66 4 .59 4.33 4.48 5 .75 5.12 4 .49 5.12 5.62 6 .21 4 .15 5.82 4.64 4 .68 5.50 5.70 7 .57 U.S. 5 .51 5 .33 5.19 4.77 4. 92 4 .71 4 .03 4 .52 4.13 4.21 4 .79 5.30 4.94 4 .85 4 .43 4.92 4.57 6 .04 5.80 3/ 4 .83 8.49 Other per Hour 5.09 7.08 6.25 6 .06 3/ 5.81 6 .59 5 .93 5.38 3/ 6 .16 5.21 3/ 5.98 6 .78 6.56 8.28 7.52 6 .47 Hourl y 5 .11 4.86 4 .52 4 .50 4 .05 5.2 2 5.32 4.94 4.90 5.03 5 .39 4 .45 4.86 5.01 4.77 5 .43 5 .64 7.58 5 .14 5 . 20 7.21 3/ 5 .59 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 6.97 6 .65 3/ 6 .76 Other 5 . 30 7 .2 7 6 .1 4 5.07 5 .40 5 .02 5.05 4.31 6 .30 6 .59 5.52 5 .38 4 .87 5.33 5 .42 7 .20 7.49 10.27 5.84 Southeast Florida Appalachian I Appalachian II Delta Northeast I Northeast II Lake Cornbelt I Cornbelt II ' Northern Plains Southern Plains Mountain I Mountain II Mountain III Pacific California Hawaii NUMBER OF WORKERS ON FARMS AND HOURS WORKED FOR THE WEEK JANUARY 8-14, 198 9 All Farm Workers BY STATE OR REGION AND UNITED STATES 1 / I I I Unpaid I Hired i i Hired Workers I E:.~,=-<; t e d to be Emp)o y'-e d , 1 5 0 Days [149 Da ys I o r t~o re_ _ _ _o _!:-~_,=-~ Thou- Thou- Hours Thou- Hours Thou- Hours - - Th o u s a n ds - - sands sands sands sands 103 55 29.9 12 35 .7 36 34 .3 28 8 93 20 ' 2 5 . 0 3 35 . 2 70 38 .8 54 16 74 46 25 .0 7 30.1 21 31.6 17 4 14 9 100 24.7 18 32.7 31 37.3 20 11 108 72 25 .5 9 28.8 27 36 .0 24 3 85 34 47 .4 14 36 .1 37 41.4 29 8 125 62 39.5 28 29.5 35 39 .2 27 8 255 147 4 3.9 55 33 .7 53 36 .6 44 9 227 144 31.0 32 30.7 51 38.3 39 12 187 131 34 .6 29 35.9 27 30 .7 20 7 190 131 37 .6 35 36.4 24 42.4 20 4 242 ' 158 29.3 35 27.6 49 33. 9 36 13 74 49 27.0 12 30.8 13 43 . 2 12 1 52 26 34 .2 7 23 .2 19 40.9 16 3 46 11 27 .0 22 35.1 13 46 .9 12 1 84 ' 46 26.9 8 38 .1 30 38.4 23 7 216 50 34 .3 10 36 .3 156 38 .9 113 43 12 2 24.8 1 31 .9 9 37 .7 8 1 U.S. 2,322 1,284 32 . 8 337 32.8 701 37 .9 542 159 1/ Excludes agricultural service workers. 2/ Regions consist of the following : Northeast I : CT, ME,MA,NH,NY,RI ,VT. Northeast II : DE,MD,NJ,PA . Appalachian I : NC,VA . Appalach ian II : KY,TN,WV. Southeast : AL,GA,SC. Lake : MI,MN,WI ; Cornbel t I:IL,IN,OH; Cornbelt II :IA,MO; Delta: AR,LA,MS. Northern Plains : KS,NE,ND,SD . Southern Plains: OK,TX . Mountain I : ID ,MT,WY . Mountain II: CO, NV,UT . Mountain III : AZ,NM . Pacific : OR,WA . 3 / Insufficient data . 2 CATTLE ON FEED IN 7 STATES DOWN 2 PERCENT cattle and calves on feed Febr ua ry 1 , 19 89 for slaughter marke t in t he 7 states prepar i ng mont hl y est imates t ota led 7.70 million head , down 2 percent f r om a y e ar ago but u p 5 percent fro m Fe brua r y 1 , 1987 . Ma rketing s o f fe d c a t t le during J anuary to ta led 1 . 67 milli on , 5 p e rce n t b e l ow last year a n d 7 p er c en t below Januar y t wo years ago . Placements of cattle and calves on feed in the 7 states during January totaled 1.71 million, up 3 percent from last year and u p 8 percent f r om January 1987. Net placements of 1.61 million for January are 3 percent above last year and 10 percent above 1987 . Ot h e r di s a p p ear an ce tota led 1 0 4 thousand head, c ompared wi th 106 thous and during January 1988 and 127 thousand dur i ng January 1987. CATTLE AND CALVES: NUMB ER ON FEED, PLAC EMENTS, MARKETINGS , AND OTHER DISAPPEARANCE, 7 STATES , JANUARY 1 TO FEBRUARY 1 1989 as % 1988 1989 of 1988 On Feed, Januar y 1 1/ 9 ,066 7,765 96 Pl a c e d on Fe ed dur ing January 1,663 1,711 103 Fed Cattle Ma rke t ed dur ing Janua ~y 1 ,7 54 1,672 95 other Disappearance dur ing January 2/ 106 104 98 On Feed Feb r uary 1 1/ 7,869 7,700 98 1/ Cattle and cal ves on feed a r e ani mals f ~~ slaughter market being fed a full rat ion of grain or other concentrates and a re expec ted to produce a carcass that wi l l grade se lec t o r b e tte r. 2/ I ncl udes 1 e a t h losses , movement from feedlots to pastu re s a nd sh ipme n ts to o the r feedlots f o r f urther fe e d i ng. Month U.S. FARM -RAISED CATFISH, 1987-1989 QUANTITY PROCESSED AND PRICES PAID TO PRODUCERS REPORTED BY MAJOR PROCESSORS AND U S IMPORTS Average Price Round Weiqht Processed Paid to Monthl v I Cumulative Producers 1/ 1 9 8 8 i 1989 I 19 8 8 I 198 9 1988 I 1989 - - Thousand Pounds Dols . per Pound Imports of Catfish 2 / 1987 I 19 8 8 Thous. Pounds Jan. 26,0 18 Feb. 27,7 8 6 Ma r. 28,179 Ap r . 20,8 05 May 20,35 1 J une 22,839 J Ul y 2 3, 6 8 7 Aug. 26, 9 41 Sept . 24 ,611 Oct. 26, 221 Nov. 25 ,037 ~ec. 22,63 4 1/ Prices paid to furnished by U.S . 26 ,948 26,018 53,80 4 81 ,983 102,788 123,139 145,978 169,665 196 , 606 221, 2 17 24 7 ,4 3 8 272 ,475 295 , 109 p rodu c ers f or fish Bur e a u of Census . 26,948 delivered 3 . 68 .78 .72 . 75 .75 .75 .78 . 80 . 80 .79 . 79 . 78 .78 to processing 583 1,241 256 1 ,012 688 301 624 570 622 642 76 464 plant. 2/ 451 50 8 577 217 1,015 26 724 414 669 674 388 182 Data JANUARY MILK PRODUCTION (21 STATES) Milk production in the 21 selected states totaled 10 .5 billion pounds, 3 percent above production in these same states in January 1988 . Production per cow in the 21 selected states ~veraged 1 ,220 pounds for January, 43 pounds more than January 1988. The number of cows on farms in the 21 selected states was 8 :58 million head, 5 thousand head above December 1988, but 90 thousand head below January 1988. During the October-December 1988 period, I the 21 selected states produced 85.0 percent of the U.S. production. If producers in the remaining 29 states not surveyed February 1 followed the same production pattern as the 21 states, then the U.S. production would be 12.3 billion ' pounds for January . MILK COWS AND MILK 1988 8,667 1,177 10 205 yet resh. U.s. LIVESTOCK OUTLOOK FOR 1989 1/ CATTLE - U.S. beef production likely will decline 7 percent in 1989, to the lowest level since 1980. The biggest impact on total beef supplies should come from sharply reduced fed cattle slaughter. DAIRY Milk production in early 1989 will be near a year earlier . If feed prices decline next summer, output is likely to strengthen. HOGS - Commercial pork production likely will rise above 1988 in the first half of the year, .bu t fall below in the second half . For the year, production may show little change from 1988. POULTRY AND EGGS Broi ler and turkey production are forecast to continue rising in 1989, based on expectations of positive net returns . Egg production i s expected to keep declining as producers continue adjusting to we a k e n i n g demand and negative net returns . Broiler pr ices will decline slightly , while turkey and table egg prices rise. AQUACULTURE Aquaculture output will expand modestly in 1989 . New facilities should increase catfish output by 3.5 percent, with supplies remaining tight. 1/ Agricultural Outlook , January-February 1989, Economic Research Service, USDA. ~' GEORGIA ",' AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE STEPHENS FEDERAL BLDG SUITE 320 ATHENS,GEORGIA 30613 ,.1 , :' GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE Stephens Federal Building Suite 320 Mar c h 2 , 19 8 9 Athens , Georgia 30613 DOCUM ENTS Phone : (404)546-2236 Volume 89-Number 6 UGA LIBRARIES HIGHLIGHTS Monthly Poultry Livestock Slaughter Prices Received Cold Storage Peanut Stocks U. S . EGG PROD UCTIO N DOWN 5 P ERCENT Laying floc k s i n t h e Unit e d States produced 5 . 72 bill i on eggs du r i ng January 19 89 , d own 5 p e rcen t from the 6.0 3 b il l i on produced a yea r ago. Production i nc l ud ed 5.02 billion table eggs and 703 million hatching eggs . GEORGIA EGG PRODUC TIO N DOWN 4 PERCENT Georgia ' s layi ng fl o c ks pr odu c ed 369 mi lli on egg s du r i ng J anua ry 19 8 9 , 4 per ce n t les s t ha n J anua ry 1988. Produc ti on c onsi s t e d o f 258 mi llio n table eggs and 111 million ha tching eggs. 20 STATE EGG PROD UCTIO N DOW N 5 PERCENT Laying flocks in the 20 states produced 4 .79 billion eggs during January 1989, down 5 percent from a year ago. Production included 4 .19 billion table eggs and 604 million hatching eggs . NUMBER Hatching Table Total Georgia 6,15 8 12 , 640 18,798 Hatching 33 ,407 Table 205,57 7 Total 20 States 238,984 Hatching Table Total U.S. 38,195 247,280 285,475 6 ,000 1 1, 8 4 2 17,842 32,684 194,141 226,825 37,837 233,696 271,533 GEORGIA 1 ,835 1 ,857 2,161 2,179 2,053 2,068 20 STATES 1,850 1,848 2,161 2,158 2,117 2,113 UNITED STATES 1,856 1,858 2,152 2,147 2,113 2,107 113 273 386 618 4,442 5,060 709 5,322 6,031 111 258 369 604 4,189 4,793 703 5,018 5,721 COMMERCIAL POULTRY SLAUGHTER 1 /, DECEMBER Item I Dec. 1988 % of I year Jan. 21 aa 1989 s -- Young Chickens Georg~a United States Mature Chickens 57,642 419,496 58,310 407,047 101 64,034 700,215 707,604 101 97 460 ,566 4,972 ,423 5,109,125 103 L~ght Type U.S. 15,938 Heavy Type U.S . 3,188 Total 0.5. 19,126 ~Teortcael ntA ll Types, Condemned Ga . 4 ,063 12 ,864 3,1 15 15 ,979 3,866 81 13,082 98 4 ,372 84 17,454 95 4,355 155,938 41 ,987 197,925 38,828 147,293 94 42,701 102 189,994 96 40,318 104 oung Ch~ckens VGeorgia UnEi'teedderSatlalytes~nspected 1.6 2.0 slaughter 1.6 2.0 data as rogram. Current month data estimated by collected by Meat and Market News Service. 1.5 1.6 1 .8 1.8 Poultry Inspect~on 21 Prel iminary . 25,213 375, 190 30,802 25,668 399 ,558 32,558 AGRICULTURAL STATISTICIANAND GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE % of Year A99102 106 106 GEORGIA BROILER HATCH UP, EGG-T YPE DOWN The January hatch of broiler-type chicks, at 71.7 million, was 6 percent more than a year earlier. Egg-type chicks hatched during January total~d 0.8 million, 41 percent less than the~previous year. I .4 U.S. BROIL ER HATCH UP , EGG ~TY'P E HATCH DOWN Egg-type chicks hatched during January 1989 totaled 26.6 million, 10 percent less than January 1988. The January hatc~o~_ broiler-type chicks , at 481 mi llion, ' was 4 percent above January last year. POULTRY HATCHIN G AND PLACEMENT--DECEMBER ____________. Item JL.-_---'J1~a9n=88. I Dec. 1988 .l...__ __=:...:::...= __=.=~ Jan . 1989 L_.._ _ 9bClf - ' year _'__ a g o _=::O'=:" Pullet Chicks Placed Domesl~c TO.S.) 1/ Bro~ er 'type 3 ,389 4,150 3,820 113 Egg Type 145 178 142 98 Ch~cks Hatched Br o ~ l e r Type Georgia 67,759 72,671 71,659 106 United States 464 ,527 487,540 481,284 104 Egg TYI?e Georg~a 1,377 754 8 07 59 United States 29 ,472 27,041 26,614 90 Turkeys Pou l t s Placed U.S . 22,307 20,030 23,149 104 1/ Reported by lead~ng breeders, ~ncludes expected pullet reI?lacements from egg -s- - s o l d during the preceding month at the rate of 125 pullet ch~cks per 30 dozen case of eggs. GEORGIA RED MEAT PRODUCTION UP U.S. RED MEAT PRODUCTION UP Commercial red meat product ion in Georgia totaled 27.4 mi llIon p ounds dur Ing January 1989 , up 6 percent from January 1988. Commercial red meat production for t he United States i n January 1989 t otaled 3 .27 b ill ion pounds, up 1 percent from January 1988. The number of ca tt le slaughtered by com merc ia l p lants in Georg ia d ur i ng January 1989 was 17 . 7 thousand, up 5 percent from a year earl ier . The t o t a l live we ig ht was 1 6 . 3 mil l ion oounds wi t h an average li ve weig ht o f 92 ~ pounds per head. There were 103.4 thousand head of hogs slaughtered in Georgia 's commerc ial plants during January . This is 7 percent more than the same period last year. The total live weight was 24 .7 mill~on pounds with an average live weight of 239 pounds per head . Beef production at 1 . 90 billion pounds was down 3 percent. Head killed was 2.79 mi l lion, down 5 percent and the average live weight was 1,147 pounds. Pork production tota l i ng 1 . 31 b ill i on pounds, was 5 percent mo r e than l a s t year . Hog kill at 7 . 3 3 mi l l ion h e a d lncreased 5 percent and the a verage live weight was 249 pounds. - - - -- -- ---- - Geor~i a GaTtTe'-Cal ves Hogs Sheep & Lambs - - - --,,G--.E..O.-.-R----G'--I--A-N- Au-N-m-Db- -e-r--U-NSI-TT-aE-Du-o:n-S-T-t-eA--T.rraeEdiSi.-' -.-L--I-V---E-S-"T--O;,CK-L-Si'LvAAevUeGwr aHe~TgEehR.t -1.L/.. ~- --- -- - T 6't aJ.- - - - Live Weight - - __ _ l--,..,.,.8 ..J!._ ~~ ---- 1 ". 0 ~ ,r~ l} I \! a,. lr. 9yB7J'i Q'iJ0--Read - ' ---'j:- ' - 89 -p e1 9a r :=:8 % c0 'en of t --- - t --''- ...9 n8Ja. -1- 0-- - F ol'}I'u:nl?al~.-s~ y --_--- _- -.-l_--_-. -.,.L_:"~ ~ .,., de -1 . ', Ja n.1:ia~y ' ,.,.8_ . .... ~ ITDU~'?o'i.lnds 9- --..- . - . 16. 9 1 7.7 105 1.1 1 .5 13 6 9 G. 4 103 .4 107 0. 1 0 .2 20 0 929 285 923 354 . 15,6 49 3 ' ,~ 244 239 23 ,5 3 1 1 V " ~ ~ 117 6 16 ,3 10 545 24,672 19 Un ite d S t a t e s C'at'fT e --- - - - 2,9 26. 12 . 789. 4 95 1 , 1 19 1,1473 ,2 74,892 3 ,200,37 1 Cal ves 213 . 8 202.6 95 247 26 4 52 ,697 53 ,420 Hogs 6 , 9 80 . 6 7,331 .8 10 5 248 249 1 . 7 27 , 89 4 1 ,825,623 S h ee p & Lamb~s~~=====_==38 9. 3 428.5 1~1~0~~ 122 12 6 47 ,64 9 53,9 40 I I I n c l u des slaught e r u n a e r Federal Lnspectlo n and o file~ c o mme r c ia l' s T augnt e r, e x c l u d e s far m slaughter . Kind COMMERCIAL RED MEAT AND LARD PROD UC TION: January 1988 I M~Il~on Pounds 1,946 32 1,244 24 3,245 73 ress we~g s rendered por k 2 UNITED 1989 STATES WITH COMPARISONS I I - -- -- -.J 1o9Sf 9 19as8 8 % Pe rce n t 97 100 105 113 101 105 ami na r y arc GE ORGIA PRI CES RECE I VED ~ h e Georgia P r i c es Rec eived h l l Co mmo d i~y ; nde x for February wa s 13 3 per c e n: o ~ t he i97 7 averag e , 2 points (O. ? perce nt ) bel oW the p r e vious month , bu t 12 points ( 9 . 9 percen t ) above a yea r ago . Lower pri ces for corn , c o t t on , c ot t ons e ed , ~ o ybeans, bar r ows and g i l t s , b r o i l e r s, a nd tab le egg s we r e par tia l l y o ff s e t by higher pr i c es f o r sows, bee f cat tle , ca l v e s and o th e r ch i ckens . Hat c h i ng e ggs and mil k pri ces were u nc hang e d fr om t he previous mont h. U. S. PRICES RECEI VED I NDEX DOWN 1 POINT The February All Farm Products I nde x o f Pr ices Received by farmers de c r ea s e d 1 po int (0.7 percent ) from January to 148 percent of its January-December 1977 average. Lower prices for soybeans, lettuce, milk, and corn were partially offset by higher prices for tomatoes, strawberries, potatoes, and hay. The index was 18 points (14 percent) above a year ago . commo dity Winter Wh e at S / Bu . * * * 2 .75 4 .03 4 . 03 Oats S / Bu . 1.8 4 2 .5 2 2. 33 Co r n S / Bu . 2 .3 9 3 . 36 3 . 18 1.83 2 .60 2.5 4 Cotton Ct . /Lb . 55 .0 :,3 . 9 1 / 5 3. 3 !)"/ . 0 sa , 9 1/ 53 . 1 Cotto nseed 21 SITon 102 .00 137 . 00 125 . 00 '1'/.0 0 1 11'; . 00 106 .00 To b acc o Ct . /Lb. H I. O ~ !j (J . 0 3i 15 2 . 5 Soybe ans Peanuts All Ha y, ba led 21 S/Bn . Ct. /Lb . S/ Ton 6 . 20 7. 65 7.0 f* 5 .96 64 . 60 7 . f.~ tj . r i :~ 91 .2 0 7 .2 3 9 3 .70 Mi l k Cows , 4 / 5 / S /Hea d 1,000 .00 Ho g s S/Cwt . 43 . 70 39. 40 39.2 0 45 . 80 40 . 90 40 . 00 S o ws S/ Cwt . 3 4.5 0 29 .9 0 31 . 2 C 3 5.2 0 32 .1 0 33 .20 Barrows & Gi l ts S /Cwt. 44.3 0 40. 5 0 39 .80 46. 70 4 1. 80 40.7 0 Beef Catt le 6 / S/Cwt . 64 .60 59 . 20 61 .9 0 6 7.4 0 70 .60 70.7 0 Cows 71 S / Cwt . 4 8. 0 0 47 .40 4 9.. 30 48. 70 47 .50 49 . 50 Steers & He if ers Ca lves S /Cwt. S/Cwt. 73.80 85 .50 73.90 86 . i o 7 4 .50 88.8 0 71 .40 9~. 6 0 75 .90 92 .80 75. 80 93 .90 All Mi l k S / Cwt . 14. 10 15 .10 3 /15 .1 0 1::' . 3 0 13. 4 0 3 / 1 3. 1 0 Tu r k eys 21 Ct . /Lb . :Z 9 . 0 3':) . 4 38 .3 Ch i cke n s Ct . / Lb . 4 .3 2 /15 .4 19 .9 Com' l Br o i lers 8 / Ct. /Lb . 23 . C 3 4 .0 3 /33. 0 25 .7 35 .3 3 ':35.~ Egg s , Al l 9 / Ct . /D o =. 52 .1 2 / S1.1 77 .9 46.9 2 / 63 . 9 Tabl e Ct . j Doz . 34. 4 2 /55. 6 49 . 9 37. 6 2/5 6. 2 53.7 Ha tc hing Ct . /Do z . 100 .0 2 /150 . 0 15 0 . C__~__~ _ I I First h alf of mon t h. 2 / Mi d - mont h pri ce . 31 En t ire ~on th . 41 An imals s e l d f or d a i r y h e r d replace me nt onl y. 5 1 Pr ices es ti mated quart er ly. 6 / "Cows" and "st ee rs and he if er s " combined with allowan ce wh e r e ne ces s a r y f or slaughter b u l l s . 7 / In c l ude s d a i ry c o ws so ld for slaughter . 81 Li veweigh t equ iva lent pr i ce f o r Ge or g i a. 91 Average 0 f a l l egg s sol d by farmers inc lUd i n g ha tching eggs sold at re tail . * Insufficient sa l es. INDEX NUMBE Jan. RSI--GEO RGIA Feb. AND UN ITED STATES Jan. Fe o . 1977=10C l;eorg~a 1988 I 1988 1989 198 9 Pr~ces Received All Commodi ties Crops ULn~ytset kd. & Products States 1 21 122 12 1 121 125 117 135 * 123* 144 P'r~ces Rece~ved Pr~ces Pa id 'Ratio 3 / ,~a n. 1988 P r l ce s Fa l d 131 16 5 79 I nde x. 2; J an . 130 1 /165 79 1989 Pr l ces 149 175 85 Pa~d I ndex . 1 33 12 1 14 3 148 2 /1 75 85 3 / Ratl o 0 :: nd Rat e e x s . of *PRr iecveisse Re d. c e i ve d to Ind ex o f Prices Pa id, Inte rest, Taxe s and Farm Wag e vhare,~GaEbe.loeSrgnfrioiapmeFsaG,rSmetoaRrtgeei,apSotAarg1t in(sI.tScicSuiN~anu-Qr.a7Sl 4Se4cta7otn2is8dtOicc)slaisSsspeluvpboiclsiest.ahgSee1deppsaehriednnia-smt FAoetnhdteehnriaysl,bBGyuatih.ldeSinuGgbe,soScrnguipiatteioA3ng2rf0iec.euAl$ttu1h0reanlpsSe, rtGaytaies.ati3crs0ex6Sc1ee3rp.vtiTcferee.leeSpttoehpodnhaeetan(sc4o0Fn4et)d5rie4br6uatl2oBr2sU3.6ildS. iunbgs.cArltphetlonns.iGnfao.rm3Ga6ti103'1~I 3 Commodity COLD STORAGE STOCKS, I Jan . 31, 1988 Butter Cheese, Natural Eggs, Frozen Fruits, Frozen 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 157,333 453,827 18,293 790 ,159 1,224,147 664 ,637 316,354 291,453 489,094 261,800 1,886 ,081 898 ,192 363,192 20,542 26 ,266 98,574 246 ,209 394,104 -- 19 , 3 8 6 834,339 1,386,726 746,795 317,657 379 ,007 453,679 257,016 1,480,415 894,050 350,005 19 ,348 ' 25 , 368 112,384 198b Month Endinq 1988 Jan . 1,801 ,807 551 ,778 37,157 7 3 3 ,865 2,57 2,82 9 Feb. 1 ,469 ,683 4 /650,8~4 53 ,540 865 ,662 2, 388,885 Mar . 985 ,345 720,898 62,222 958 ,794 2,006,36 1 Apr. 619,645 725 ,796 60 ,444 965 ,309 1,645,398 May 293,919 746,486 59,757 992 ,826 1,346,502 June 51,680 710,386 53,804 944,813 1,050,297 July 4,622 588,426 46,029 782,607 833,258 Aug . 1,382 426,188 33,147 566,830 601,359 Sept . 592,859 351,792 20,219 467,883 1,080 ,961 Oct. 2 ,532,509 407,485 29,785 54 1 ,955 3,104,249 Nov. 2,693,398 461,966 33,747 614,415 3 ,341,560 Dec. 2,562,630 518,271 40,447 689,300 3,292,377 1989 Jan. 2,226,881 562,625 50,218 748,291 3 ,025,390 1/ Excludes stocks on farms. Includes stocks owned by or held for account of CCC in commercial storages. 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. 4 / Beginning in Feb., shelled edible grades include blanched and shelled roasted peanuts converted to a raw basis using conversion factors of 1 .08 and 1.12 respectively. ~ GEORGIA f"'- AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE STEPHENS FEDERAL BLDG SUITE 320 ,lI.THENS,GEORGIA 30613 0 4 2 F0 1 41u43 0 00 9 ? /54c - OCb 3 2 5 720009 5 2g i 0 ~~ UNI V Or GtO R- U , DOCU',I t I 'T S AT HENS S:: C T L I 5 RARY .., GA 3 0 6 0 ~ SECOND -- CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT ATHENS , GA 30613 -- GEORGIA FARM REPORT Received tS~'O... .......~. GE O RG IA AGRIC ULTURAL STAT IST IC S SERV ICE Stephens Federal Building Suite 320 Mar c h 29 , 1989 M R 30 1989 Athens, Georgia 30613 Phone: (404)546-2236 V-ol u-me -89 --Num-ber- 7 - - --ItronuMt NTs HI GHLIG HTS Mo n t h ly Poultr y ~ ilJlrg~R IESJ .S . EGG PRODUCTION DOWN 8 PERCENT Month l y Livesto c k Slaught er Annua l Livestock Sl a ughter Mil k P r o d u c t i o n cat t l e on Fe e d La y i n g fl ocks i n the Un it e d S t a t e s produc ed 5. 17 b illi on eggs du ring Feb r u ar y 19 89 , d own 8 p e r c e n t from t he 5. 65 billion produc e d a year ago. catfish Cold St o r age 20 STATE EGG PRODUCT I ON DOWN 9 PERCENT GEORGIA EGG PRODU CTI ON DOWN 7 PERCENT Geo r gia 's la yi n g f locks prod uced 3 36 mi llion e g gs during Fe b ru ar y 1989 , 7 percent les s than Fe br ua r y 1988. Producti o n co nsist ed o f 233 mi ll i o n table eggs a nd 10 3 mi ll i o n ha t c hing egg s. La y i n g f lo~k s i n t h e 20 sta t es produce d 4 .3 1 bi l lion eggs du r i ng February 1989 , down 9 per cen t from a year ago . Producti on inc luded 3.7 5 b ill ion tabl e e g g s a nd 5 6 1 mi llion hatch ing e ggs . GEORGIA Hat ching 6,000 5, 9 60 1 , 789 1 ,722 10 7 103 Table 12 ,701 11 ,816 2 , 0 07 1,974 255 23;3 Total Ge o rgia 18 ,70 1 17, 776 1,936 1,890 362 336 Hat ching 33,096 Table 2 04,6 04 To t a l 2 0 S tates 23 7,700 3 3,09 4 193,409 226, 503 20 STATES 1,768 1,6 95 2, 0 33 1,938 1 , 9 96 1 , 9 02 58 5 4, 159 4 ,7 4 4 56 1 3 ,74 8 4, 309 Ha t c h i ng Ta b l e To t a l U .S . 38 , 049 24 5 , 8 1 8 28 3 ,867 3 8 ,4 38 23 3 , 43 6 27 1, 8 7 4 UN ITE D ST ATE S 1 , 769 1, 6 9 6 2 , 02 6 1 , 937 1,99 1 1,9 03 673 4 , 980 5,653 652 4 , 5 21 5 ,173 It em I ,; -eo:-v -- COMMERCIA L POULTRY SLAUGHTER 1 / , J ANUARY 1988 -198 9 - FEBRUARY 1 989 i~~8 J l'~-~ ;- - I %----of- - - yea r a~o 1989 ~u san d s - n ous afiCIS Youn g Chic ke ns Geo r gia 54 , 8 7 7 61 ,05 3 111 55, 9 24 United States 410 ,2 7 1 43 2, 065 105 3 78 ,4 6 1 Mat ur e Chi ckens Light Ty p e, U.S . 13,574 11 , 916 88 11,320 He avy Type, U.S. 3 ,82 3 3,999 105 3, 39 4 To ta l O.S. 17 , 39 7 1 5 , 9 15 91 14, 714 To t a l All Ty pes, Ga. 3,446 4 , 15 6 121 3,391 Percent Cond emned Yo u n g Ch i c kens Georgia 1.9 1. 7 United States 2 .4 2.1 rp7 E'ederal ly lnspe cted slaugh ter da ta as collected by Meat and Poultry Inspectlon rogram. Current month da ta estimated by Market News Service. 2/ Preliminary . Item EGGS I N INCUBATORS , MA RCH I , 198 8-1989 UNITED STATES ChiCkens Thousands Egg Type BrOiler Type Lurkeys, All Breeds 31,213 393,442 32,123 26,394 411 ,051 33 , 869 % of Year Ago . 85 104 105 AGRICULTURAL STATISTICIAN AND GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE GEORGIA BROILER HATCH UP, EGG-TYPE DOWN The February hatch of broiler-type chicks, at 66 .3 million, was ' 5 percent more than a year earlier . Egg-type chicks hatched during February totaled 1.0 million, 45 percent less than the previous year. U.S. BROILER HATCH UP, EGG-TYPE HATCIi DOWN Egg-type chicks hatched during February 1989 totaled 27.2 million; 4 percent less than February 1988. The ' February hatch of broiler-type chicks, at 443 million, was 3 percent above February last year. Item POULTRY Feb . 1988 17 4,038 159 3,820 142 PLACEMENT--FEBRUARY 1988-1989 Feb. 1989 J of year a0 Jan . thru Feb. r9S I 19S9 nousandS-- 3,963 98 199 125 7,427 .3 0 4 7,783 341 % of ~ year ago 105 112 62,958 71,659 66,288 105 431,724 481,284 442,816 103 1,773 807 968 55 28,468 26,614 27,191 96 130,717 896,251 3,150 57,940 137,947 106 924,100 103 1,775 56 53,805 93 GEORGIA RED MEAT PRODUCTION UP Commercial red meat production in Georgia totaled 27.0 mill~on pounds dur~ng February 1989, up 10 percent from February 1988. The number of cattle slaughtered by commercial plants in Georgia during February r989 was 13.9 thousand, down 19 percent from a year earlier. The total live weight was 13.5 million pounds with an average live weight of 97~ pounds per head. There were 110.9 thousand head of hogs slaughtered in Georgia's commercial plants during February. This is 23 percent more than the same period last year. The total live weight was 26.6 million pounds with an average live weight of 240 pounds per head. U.S. RED MEAT PRODUCTION DOWN Commercial red meat production for the United States in February 1989 totalec 3.00 billion pounds, down 2 percent frot February 1988. Beef production at 1.74 billion poun& was down 5 percent. Head kill was 2.~ million, down 7 percent and the avera~ live weight was 1,132 pounds. Pork production totaling 1.20 billim pounds was up 2 percent. Hog kill ~ 6.79 million head increased 2 percent am the average live weight was 247 pounds. S ecies & Lambs States 17 .1 0.9 90.2 0.1 13.9 1.5 110.9 0 .1 81 923 974 15,814 13,504 167 329 367 303 553 123 241 240 21,789 26,575 100 97 102 6 7 1,118 1,132 257 263 247 247 124 126 er commerc~a 2,908,725 47,459 1,677,823 563 Kind ~ I -- COMMERCIAL RED MEAT AND LARD PRODUCTION: UNITED STATES WITH COMPARISONS 1 /_ 'e brUa r y rg-g-g-a~ I. 1988 I 1989 . of 1988 Percent Beef 1,829 1,744 95 Veal 32 28 88 Pork 1,184 1,204 102 Lamb &. Mut-ton 26 27 104 Total Red Meat 3,071 3,003 98 Lard 2/ 73 71 dress we~ghts and exclUdes farm slaughter. 27 Prel~m~na9r7y la~ rendered pork fat. 2 5peci es cattle calves Hogs l1eep ANNUAL COMMERCIAL LIVESTO CK , SLAUGHT~~R GEO-_R._ GI- A - A- ND-- U- N-I- TE- D-S-T- A-T-E- S ~ 1988 I Georaia United States Number Average Total Number Average Total of \ Head Li ve Weiaht I Live Weiaht of Head Live Weicht Live Weiaht 1,000 Pounds 1 ,000 Lbs. 1,000 Pounds 1,000 Lbs. 203 .4 924 187,999 35,078 .9 1,120 39,293,886 15.8 381 6,015 2',505 .8 258 646,286 1,195.7 240 286,656 87,794.6 249 21,838,367 1.0 102 98 5,293.0 124 653,710 FEBRUARY MILK PRODUCTION (21 STATES) Milk production in the 21 selected states during February totaled 9.83 billion pounds, virtually the same as February 1988. Production per cow in the 21 selected states averaged 1,148 pounds for February, 13 pounds more than February 1988. The number of cows on farms in the 21 selected states was 8.56 million head, 15 thousand less than January 1989 and 95 thousand head below February 1988. During .the October-December 1988 period, the 21 selected states produced 85.1 percent of the U.S. production. If producers in the remairiing 29 states not surveyed March 1 followed the same production pattern as the 21 states, then the U.S. production would be 11.5 billion pounds for February. MILK COWS AND MILK PRODUCTION, FEBRUARY 1988-1989 I tern I------:-----,----------,---------, ._--...::U~n~l'"-~t -.! 1988 __=...:~~_ ___L -~ 21 __S:1:..9.:t::8a.~ ..:9:t=_e_ s ___.'_ ..._ ---~-_P-_=e=--=r-_c-=e-=-n'-_t-":_-_ No. Milk Cows on Farms 1 / Tho~s. Head 8,657 8,562 99 Milk Production per Cow 2 / Pounds 1,135 1,148 101 Total Milk Production 2/ Mil. Lbs. 9,822 9,830 100 1/ Includes dry cows. Excludes heifers not yet fresh. 2/ Excludes milk sucked by calves . CATTLE ON FEED IN 7 STATES UP 1 PERCENT FROM LAST YEAR Cattle and cal ves on feed March 1, 1989, for slaughter market in the 7 states preparing monthly estimates totaled 7.66 million head, up 1 percent from a year ago and up 7 percent from March 1, 1987. Marketings of fed cattle during February totaled 1 .51 million , down 2 percent from last year but up 2 percent from two years ago. year and up 10 percent from February 1987. This is the largest number of February placements since 1972, when the 7 state series began. Net placements of 1.47 million for February are 17 percent above last year and 10 percent above 1987. Other disappearance totaled 115 thousand h e'a d , compared to 126 thousand during February 1988 and 105 thousand during February 1987. Placements of cattle and calves on feed in the 7 states during February totaled 1.59 million, up 15 percent from last CATTLE AND CALVES: NUMBER ON FEED, PLACEMENTS, MARKETINGS , AND OTHER DISAPPEARANCE, ---------------7~S~T~A...:.T..::E~S:..J''__,I~!?B-([~-~-:9:8 ~0-Ml',~rL_1_ _:_-....::....::..:::..:"--~--...l.---~1~.9..8.9=...a:"s-"'-%"'-- Item 1989 of 1988 1,000 Head On Feed, February 1 1 / 7,869 7;700 98 Placed on Feed during February 1,379 1,585 115 Fed Cattle Marketed during February 1,535 1,509 98 Other Disappearance during February 2/ 126 115 91 On Feed March 1 1 / 7,587 7,661 101 1/ Cattle and calves on feed are animals for slaughter market being fed a full r~tion of grain or other concentrates and are expec~ed to produce a carcass that Wlll grade select or better. 2/ Includes death losses, movement from feedlots to pastures and shipments to other feedlots for further feeding. he Georg ia Farm Report (ISSN' 0744-7280) is published rry E. Snipes, State Statistician. Second class postage psaeimdia-mt Aotnhtehnlsy,bGyath. eSGubesocrgripiatiAongrfieceul$tu1r0alpSertayteisatircesxSceerpvticfer~eS'tloepdhaetanscoFnetdriebruatloBrsu.i ldSiUnbg~cArti phteino ns' i Gn fao,rm30a6ti1o3 vailable from Georg ia Agricuhural Statisti cs Service , Slephens Federal Building , Suite 320, Athens , Ge. 30613, ' Teiepho ne (404)546 '2236. 3 Mo n th Jan . F eb. Mar . Apr. May J une July Au g. Sep t . Oct. Nov. De c. 26,0 18 27,78 6 28, 1 79 20 ,805 20, 3 5 1 22,8 3 9 23 ,68 7 26 ,9 4 1 24, 6 11 26, 2 2 1 25,03 7 22,6 3 4 I mp o r ts of Ca t f i s h 2 / 1 9 8 8 I 1 g-g-gThou s . Pou n Qs~ 26 , 948 2 6 ,0 18 28 ,55 9 53 ,80 4 81,9 8 3 102, 78 8 123,139 145,97 8 169 ,6 65 196 , 60 6 22 1 ,2 17 247 ,43 8 27 2 ,4 75 295 ,1 0 9 pr oducers tor t~sh Bureau of Census . 26, 94 8 5 5, 507 de I ~ v e r e d . 6~ .7 8 .72 . 78 . 75 .75 .75 .78 . 80 . 80 . 79 .79 . 78 .78 to process ~ ng 451 50 8 577 217 1 ,015 26 724 41 4 669 6 74 388 182 plant. 2/ 5 88 Da t a Co mmo d i t COLD STORAG E STOCK S Feb . 29, 1988 Bu tter Ch e e s e, Nat u r al Eg g s, Frozen Fr u i t s , Froz e n Frui t Jui ces, Fr oz e n Meat s, Red Be ef, F ro zen Pork, Froze n Poultry , Frozen Turkeys, Frozen Vege tab les , Frozen Po t ato es , Frozen Peanuts , Shel led Pea nuts, In Sh e l l Pecans, Shelled Pecans , In She ll 198,8 51 4 4 8 , 3 43 18,321 72 7,3 51 1,391,454 689 ,474 325 ,3 57 308,162 54 8,95 6 321 ,515 1 ,684,048 977 ,70 7 404 , 65 3 23,940 30, 121 107,6 56 UN ITE D STATES FEBRUA RY 28 19 8 9 I J a n . 31, 1 989 Feb . 28 , 1989 1,000 Pounds 246 ,64 4 3 11, 814 395,265 403,724 1 9,669 19 ,435 834 , 477 747,527 1,4 19 , 6 5 2 1 , 650,8 90 7 44, 979 760 ,582 3 15, 137 312 ,2 0 8 3 8 0, 5 11 395 , 88 6 462 , 307 452,112 26 2,54 2 26 4 ,962 1 , 475 , 678 1, 3 2 8 , 6 8 6 927,447 95 0 , 9 17 34 9 ,9 84 365, 7 45 19 , 30 0 24,236 25 , 3 6 8 31 ,704 11 2 ,384 117 , 529 Perc e nt o f Feb . 1988 Jan . 198 9 Pe r cent 1 57 126 90 10 2 106 99 1 03 90 119 116 110 102 96 99 128 104 82 98 82 1 01 79 90 97 1 03 90 1 05 101 126 105 125 109 105 f{.""" ~~ . . GEORGI A AGRICULTURAL L STATISTICS SERVICE STEPHENS FEDE RAL BLDG SUITE 320 ATHENS.GEOR GIA 30613 SECOND- CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT ATHENS. GA 306 13 ).(,7,_::======================== - GEORGIA FARM REPORT -- Is Received April 5, 1989 APR 07 1989 5~~~ ",,'0"- . GEORG IA AG RIC ULTURAL STAT IST IC S SERV IC E Stephens Federal Buildi ng Suite 320 Athens , Georgia 30613 Phone : (404)546-2236 Volume 89-No . 8 DOCUMENTS HIGHLIGHTS prospective Plantings UGA LIBRARIES Hog Inventory and Pig Crop Agricultural Prices Peanut Stocks TOBACCO UP 8 PERCENT Tobacco growers are planning an increase of 3,000 acres or 8 percent, to 41,000 acres for 1989. Th~s is in response to an effective quota increase of 9 percent . Grain Stocks WHEAT UP 39 PERCENT CROP PLANTINGS TO INCREASE IN 1989 Georgia farmers plan to increase plantings for several major crops in 1989, according to a March 1 survey. Acreage increases are planned for soybeans, corn, t obacco , sorghum, oats, and hay . Wh e a t a c re age seeded last fall was also up significantl y. Ac reag e planted to cotton a nd pea nuts is expec ted to be down in 19 8 9 . SOYBEAN ACREAG E UP 29 PERCENT Soybean pr o du c e r s a r e plann i n g t o increase a c reage about 29 percen t fr om 1988 . I f thes e i n t e n t i o ns mat e r ia li ze , 1 , 200, 000 acres wil l be p l a n t ed , t he la rg e s t ac r e a g e s inc e 19 8 6 . PEANUTS DOWN 2 PERCENT Geo rg i a farme rs, as of Ma rc h 1, pl a n to plant 675 ,000 a c r e s of peanuts , a d rop o f 2 percent or 15, 000 acres fr om the 690 ,000 ac r es plan t ed i n 19 88 . Acreage seeded to wheat, at 800,000 acres, is up 39 percent from the 1988 crop . This acreage ~s also 100,000 acres above the December 1, 1988 forecast, and the largest acreage since 1985. UNITED STATES HIGHLIGHTS Corn growers intend to plant 73.3 million acres i n 1989, up 8 percent from last year. Soybean planting intentions , at 61.7 million acres , are 5 percent above 1988. Sorghum producers intend to plant 11 . 8 mill~on acres this year, up 1 4 percent fr om 1988. All co tton p r o s pect i v e pl ant ings for 1 9 89 t o t a l 1 1 . 0 mi l l ~ on a cre s , d own 1 2 pe rcent fr o m 1 9 8 8 p l ant e d acr es . Wi n t e r wh eat se eded a cres are e s ti mat e d at 54.7 mi lli o n a cr es, u p 12 perc e nt f r om l a s t y ear. Pe a nut p l an t~ng int e n tio ns total 1 . 6 4 mi l l ion acr e s f or 19 89 , down 1 per cen t f r o m 198 8. To ba cc o growe rs e xpec t to ha r vest 7 13 thousand a c r es o f a l l classes and t ypes i n 1 98 9 . This e xceeds 19 88 b y 1 3 pe rc en t and is 2 1 percen t g reat er t han 19 87 . COTTON DOWN 1 4 PERCE NT C9tt9n. prospec ti ve p lant i n g s s h ow a s~gn~f~cant d ro p o f 14 pe rc ent fro m last year to 300,000 a c res . Parti c i pati on in government p rograms a nd a weake r mar ke t outlook are so me of the r e a s o n s f o r th e planned reduction . Crop CORN ACREAGE UP 3 PERC ENT Corn plantings are expec ted to t o t a l 620,000 acres, an increase of 20,000 acres or 3 percent from 198 8 . Cro Corn, All Cotton Hay, All 1/ Oats, 2/ Peanuts Sorghum, All SOYbeans Sweetpotatoes Tobacco 1/ Wheat 2 1/ Acreage 1989 1987 680 250 600 55 635 110 830 5.5 32 550 GEORGIA HOG I NVE NTORY UP 4 PERCENT 10 STATES INV ENTORY DOWN SLIGHT LY Inventory of al l ho gs a n d pigs on Ge o r g i a farms o n Marc h 1 , 1 9 8 9, i s es t i ma t e d at 1,175 ,000 head, 4 p e rc e n t mor e t h a n a year ea rlier. Th i s i s the large s t Mar c h 1 inventory since 1984, but 3 5,000 head below the December 1, 19 88 level . Hogs kept for breeding totaled 160,000 head, the same as March 1 a year ago. Marketing inventory, at 1,015,000, is 5 percent more than the previous year. The December 1988-February 1989 pig crop is estimated at 471,000, 3 percent above a year ago. Sows far~owing during this period totaled 62,000 head, 3 percent more than the previous year. Pigs saved per litter averaged 7.60, the same as a year earlier. Georgia producers intend to have 65,000 sows farrow during March-May 1989. If these intentions are realized, farrowings will be 4 percent less than the 68,000 farrowings during March-May 1988 . Producers are expecting 62,000 sows to farrow during June-August 1989, 11 percent below a year earlier. The 10 quarte r l y s t a tes, wit h 41. 3 million head on Ma rch 1 , 19 8 9, were down s l igh t l y from a y ear ear l i e r . Thes e 10 s t a t es acc oun t f or a pproximately 79 pe r c en t o f the tot a l U. S . ~ og and pi g inventory, whil e the 16 maJo r s t a t es account for ne a r ly 92 p ercent o f the U.S. inventory. The December 1988-February 1989 pig crop totaled 16.3 mi 11 ion head, 1 percent below the same period a year earlier. There were 2.09 million sows farrowed during the quarter, a decrease of 1 percent from last year. Sows farrowing averaged 7.79 pigs per litter, a new record high for the December-February period, co~pared with 7.77 last year and 7.75 two years ago. Excellent weather conditions during the period were credited for the high litter rates. Intentions in the 10 quarterly states totaled 2 .45 million sows to farrow during March-May 1989. This is down 5 percent from actual farrowings last year . The June-August 1989 intentions, at 2 .26 million, are 4 percent below the June-August 1988 period. U.S. HOG AND PIG INVENTORY UP SLIGHTLY U.S . inventory of all hogs and pigs was e stimated at 5 2.5 mill io n hea d on March 1, 1989. The U .S . p ig crop for December 1988-February 1 9 8 9 totaled 20.8 mi l l i on h ead, : perc to ent have be low 3.19 1988 mi 1l ibount 7 percent above t he 1987 p ~g crop. U.S . h og p r o d u cers intenc so ws fa rrow d ur ing the March- May 198 9 p e r i o a , 3 p e rce n t b e l a. t he act ual farro win9s a y ea r ago. F a rr ow~ng i n t e n t i ons f or t he J u n e - Augus t 1989 period o f 2.94 mi l l~ on s o ws, i s 4 pe rcen t below t he actua l f a r rowi ngs a year e arlier . HOGS AND PIGS: INVENTORY NUMBER, SOWS FARROWING AND PI G CROP _ _ _ _ _ __ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ A --.-_....::GE~::0:r7R.rG='_I;r AND 10 UART ERLY STATES 1 19 88 AN D 198.-::9;-:-=: _ - I tem lO S fat e:.::s'--_ _.,.-..,...,...."..,.,r-==---.",.-_ --1I- --;-_--:::..e::=o-=r'--"'-:I:.:a;::.-,-~ 9~ I 1988 of 1988 ----------------L----"-='.:::..~rrn-c~:-;:;..:=: -......L-~~~~--...!---=--=:"';:-O::'i ."..,.r'-r:=-'~=-.l---;:;-;~ e rcent March 1 Inventor y -XI I Hogs and PIgS Kept f or Breeding Market 41,345 41 ,255 100 5,5 20 5 , 380 97 35,825 35 , 8 75 100 1,125 1 ,175 10 4 160 160 100 96 5 1 , 01 5 10 5 Mar ket H O~ S and Pi gs by WeI~h Gro ups Onder 0 Pou nds 60-119 Pounds 120- 179 Pounds 180 Pounds & Over 13,875 13,680 99 8 ,530 8 ,598 101 7 ,435 7,4 75 101 5,985 6 ,122 102 40 0 405 101 26 0 270 104 195 21 5 110 110 1 25 114 p Sows Farrowin December 2/ebruary March-May December 2/-May June-August September-November June-November 2,1 23 2 , 094 99 2,578 3/2 , 449 95 4,701 4/4,543 97 2,359 3/2,263 96 2 ,261 4,620 60 62 103 68 3/65 96 128 4/1 27 99 70 3/62 89 63 133 Pig Crop December 2/-Fe br uary March-May . December 2/-May June-August September-Nove mbe r June-November 16 ,4 89 16 , 321 99 20 ,175 36,6 64 18 ,007 17 , 216 35,223 4 56 471 10 3 5 10 966 525 460 985 Pigs Per Li tter Number Number December 2/ Februar y 7 .7 7 ~g- 100 7 . 60 1. 60 100 March-May 7.8 3 7 . 50 December 2/ -May 7 . 80 7. 55 June-August 7. 63 7 . 50 September-November 7 .61 7 .30 June-November 7 . 62 7 .41 1/ GA , IL, IN, l A, RS , MN , MU, NB, NC, OR . 2/ Dece mbe r p re c e d Ing ye a r . 37 Intent Ions. 4 / Intent ions for March-May. 2 GEORG I A PRIC ES RECE IVE D The Geo r g i a P r i c es Re c e i v e d All Commod ity Index fo r March wa s 1 3 8 p er cent o f the 1977 average, 4 points (3 .0 percent) above th e previous mo n th and 15 points ( 12 . 2 perce n t ) a bove a year ago . Higher prices for . cot ton , soybeans , s ows, calves, o the r chi ckens and t a ble eggs were onl y pa rt ial l y offse t by lowe r prices for corn, barrows and gilts , beef cattle and milk. Prices for broilers and hatching eggs were unchanged. U.S . PRI CES RECE I VED INDEX UP 1 POINT The Ma r c h All F arm Products Ind ex o f Prices Re ceived b y f armers i n cr eas e d 1 point (0 . 7 percen t ) from February to 149 percent o f it s J a nuary -December 19 7 7 avera ge . Increases in t he price of eggs, b roi le r s, wh eat , a n d pota toes we r e partial ly offse t by lower p rices for tomatoes , o ranges, milk, and strawberries. The index was 19 points (15 percent) above a year ago . 15, 1989 WITH commod i t y Mar. 1 5 , 198 9 Ma r . 15, 19 89 Winter Wheat S/Bu. * * * 2 .71 4.05 4.17 Oats S/Bu . 1. 78 2.46 2 .30 Corn S/Bu. 2 . 35 3. 20 3.03 1. 86 2 .58 2.61 cotton Ct. /Lb. 5 7 .1 53 .3 1 /54.6 57.9 52 .9 1 /55.5 Cottonseed 2 / S/Ton 106.00 Tobacco Ct. /Lb. 119.4 15 2.5 soybeans S/Bu. 6 .16 7.25 7.31 6 .05 7 .41 7.57 All Hay, baled 2/ S/Ton 67 .20 93 .70 98.10 Hogs S/Cwt . 40.90 40.80 40.50 42.20 40.40 39 .80 Sows S/Cwt. 31. 50 30.20 31 .60 33.90 33.50 33.80 Barrows & Gilts S/Cwt. 41.40 41.40 41.20 42.90 41. 00 40.30 Beef Cattle 4 / S/Cwt. 60.00 64.50 61.50 68.30 71.50 71.20 Cows 5 / S/Cwt . 47 . 80 49.90 49. 80 48.90 49. 80 48.50 Steers & He ifers S/C wt . 7 1. 80 7 4 .70 73 . 10 7 2 .50 75. 40 75.80 Calves S/ Cwt. 90.50 89 . 70 9 4.00 93.50 95.90 96.40 All Milk S/ Cwt . 13 .60 15 .20 3 /1 5.10 11 . 9 0 13. 10 3 / 12 .80 Turkeys 2 / Ct. /Lb. 28.2 3 8 .3 40.0 Chickens Ct . / Lb . 5.1 2 / 19.9 27 . 5 Com'l Bro ilers 6 / Ct . /L b. 25 .0 3 3 .0 3 / 33 .0 27 .5 35.2 3/ 38 .7 Eggs , All 7 / Ct . /Doz . 62 .1 2/ 7 7 .9 9 6.7 50 .8 2/6 2 .1 80. 1 Table Ct . /Doz. 37.6 2/4 9 . 9 7 4.9 41. 2 2/5 3. 7 74. 5 Hatching Ct . /Doz. 1 2 5 . 0 2 /150 .0 150.0 1/ Firs t ha lf of month . 2 / Mid-m on t h price . 3 / En t i r e month . 4 / "Cows" a nd " st eers and he ifers" c o mbi n ed wi t h al lowan c e where ne c e s s a r y fo r slaughter bu l l s. 5 / Include s dairy cows so ld f or sl a ugh t e r . 6 / Li veweight equivalent price for Ga . 7 / Aver a ge of all e ggs sold by far mer s includ i ng hatching eggs sold at re t a i l. * Ins u f f i ci ent sales . INDEX NUMBE RS--G EORG I A AND UNITED STATES I Mar . Fe b . Ma r . ~977=100 I 1988 19 8 9 .. 1989 Georgia Prices Received All Commodities 123 134 * 138 Crops 125 121 121 Lvstk. Products 122 144 * 152 United States Prices Received 130 14 8 149 Prices Paid 1 /165 2/ 175 2/ 175 Ratio 3/ 79 85 85 1/ Jan. 1988 Prices Paid Index . 2 / J an. 19 8 9 Prices Paid I ndex . 3/ Rati o of Index of Pr ices Received to I nd e x of Prices Pa i d , I n te r e st , Tax e s and Farm Wage Rates. Revi sed . U.S . Class Feb . Farmer Stock Shelled Peanuts 2/ 660 565 650 Roasting Stock 51 50 53 Total Farmer Stock Equiv- a len t 3 / 2 , 661 3,0 29 2 ,387 1 / Excludes stocks on far ms . Includes s tocks owned by or held f or account o f CCC in commerc ia l st o rage s . 2 / Inc ludes shelled ed ible a nd s hel led o il stock. 3/ Actua l f armer s t oc k, p l US r o a s t ing stock, pl us (shell ed peanuts X 1.33 ) . he Georgi a Farm Repo rt.(ISSN-Q744-72 801is publ ished sem i-mont hly by the Georgi aAgricu ltu ral Statistics Service, Steph ens Fed eral Buil d ing . Athens,Ga. 306.13 rry E. Snipe s, State Statistician. Sec ond class postage paid at Athe ns, Ga . Sub scriptio n tee $ 10 pe r year exce pt free to data contributors. Sub s-cnphon Intor rnatic vaiJable from Geo rg ia Agri cu"urai Statistics Service , Stephen s Fed eral Building , Suite 320, Athen s, Ga. 3061 3. Telep ho ne (404)546-2236. 3 GEORGI A SOYBEAN AND WH EAT STOCKS UP Stocks of s oy be a ns in a l l pos i tions on Ma r c h 1, 198 9, to t a l e d 14 .9 mi l l i o n bushels, 22 pe r c e n t more t ha n on March I , 1988. So ybeans s to r e d o n - f a r ms on March I, amounted to 2 .5 0 mi ll i o n bu s hels, d own 17 percent from t he pr e vious year. Soybeans stored of f-f a rms totaled 12 . 4 million b~she ls, u p 34 perc en t fro m a year earl~er. Georgia's wheat s tocks in all positions on March I, 1989, are estimated at 3 .34 mil li on bus he l s , UD 23 perc e nt from t he) 2.7 1 mi l l i on bushe l s - on ha nd Marc h 1 198 8 . Wheat 3 . 04 mil l ion s t ored bushe ls, off 26 - f a r ms perc e n to t t amlo el:'~~ t han Mar ch I , s to cks a mounted l t a o s t 3 y 00 e ar . tho Onusand f a r m whe bushei a s t t he s a me as a y e a r e a r li e r . 'f Corn 1989, stored off i n Geo rgi a , the f a r m on is estimated Mar c h at 8 518 million bushe ls , 47 percent l e s s t h an t he 16 .1 million bushels on hand Ma r ch 1 1988 . ' IX GEORGIA GRAIN STOCKS- -MARCH I, 1988 AN~D~1~9~8~9~ ~ On Farms r Off Farms All Positions ___ Mar. 1, Mar. 1, Mar. 1, Mar . 1 , Mar. 1, I Mar. 1, Grain 1988 1989 1988 1989 19 88 198 9 - - -1,000 Bushels - - - Corn * .* 16,088 8,576 * * Soybeans 3,000 2,500 9,2 33 12 ,381 12,233 1 4 , 8 81 Wheat 300 300 2,414 3,040 2,714 3 , 340 * Minor states not published separately but are included in U.S . total. 1 / Includes stocks at mills, elevators, warehouses, terminals and processors . U.S. CORN, SOYBEAN AND WHEAT STOCKS DOWN U.S . corn stored in all posi t ions on March 1, 1989, i s estimated at 5 .20 billion bushels . Of the total stocks , 3.02 billion bushe ls were stored on-farms. Off-farm stocks totaled 2 . 18 b illion bushels . ' . The December 1988-February 198 9 indica ted d isappea rance bas ed o ~ s~pp l y and Mar ch 1 s tocks was 1. 8 7 b~ll~on bus he l s , 13 percent below t he d i sappe a r a nce o f 2 .1 4 b i ll ion bushe ls dur i ng Dec e mb e r 1987-Februar y 1988. Whe a t i n al l s to rage pos it ions March 1, 1989 , is estima t e d a t 1.2 2 billi on bushels , down 37 percen t f rom Ma rch 1 , 1988 . Farm s~ocks , at 45 7 milli on bushels, a re o ff 39 perc ent f r om last M~rch 1 . Off- far m stocks total 7 63 million bushels, 35 percent less than c y e a r ago. The indicated d Ls app ea r anc, from all positions fo r t he quar ter endim March I , 1989, is 49 0 mi l l i o n bus hels' down 15 percent fr om the c ompa r abj] per~od last year . Soybeans stored in al l p o si t i ons o n Mard 1, 1989, tota led 890 million bushe l s d own 22 p er c ent from the 1 .1 5 billi~ bus h e l s in st orage on Ma r c h I , 19 88. Farm stoc k s , at 4 1 5 mi l l io n bushels , we n d own 2 5 per cent fr om t h e Ma r c h I, 198 8 t ota l o r 5 52 million bus h els. Off - f a r' st o cks wer e estimated a t 4 7 5 m illi ~ b ushe ls , down 20 p e r c e n t fr o m the 59: mi l l i o n bushels on Mar ch 1, 19 88 . UNITED STATES GRAIN STOCKS- - MARCH 1 1 9 8 8 AND 19 8 9 On Farms Of f Fa rm s 1/ All Positi ons Gra in I Mar . 1, 1988 Mar. 1 , 1989 I Ma r. 1, 1988 Ma r . I, 19 89 I Mar. 1, 198 8 Mar . 1 , 1989 - - -1,000 Bushels - - - Corn 4,421 ,000 3,021,000 3,21 4,590 2 , 183, 605 7 ,635 ,5 90 5,20 4,605 Soybeans 551,500 415,000 594 ,620 475 ,2 46 1 , 14 6,1 20 890 ,2 46 Wheat 748,000 457,000 1,175,536 763,263 1,923 ,53 6 1 ,220, 26 3 1/ Includes stocks at mills, elevators , warehouses , terminals and processors . L ' l I {P-: ~~ GEORGIA AGRIC ULTURAL STATISTICS - SERVICE STEPHE NS FEDERAL BLDG sun E 320 ATHENS,GEORGIA 30613 v u '+ 01 U '1 4 ]04s / ,4U2U U-0I,..J66'I 3) - ~) ( ~ l,J 'I , U 8.;:u9. 0 8 UNIV 0;: GeO RGIA DOC UME NTS SECT LI 3RARY ATH ENS GA 3 06 02 SECOND - CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT ATHEN S, GA 306 13 G 1 1 U 1 1- 1 f i -- GEORGIA FARM REPORT Received April 18, 1988 GFR-89-Volume 9 APR 2 0 1989 ~"".. ..t1>.~' . GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE Stephens Federal Building Suite 320 Athens, Georgia 30613 Phone: (404)546-2236 HIGHLIGHTS cattle Production & Income Hog Production & Income Floriculture Peanut Market ings peanut Product ion & Value of Production Milk Production GE ORGI A CATTLE CASH RECEIPTS DOWN 4 PERCENT Cash receipt s from marketings of ca tt l e and calves i n Geo rgia t ot a le d $ 28 0 . 3 million in 1988. Th i s is 4 pe rce n t l ess than the $291 .8 mil lion in 1987 , a s higher prices did not offse t a decrease in marketings. Cattle averaged $57 .80 per cwt . in 1988 and calves a veraged $83.40 per cwt. Market ings in 1988 totaled 430.4 million pounds, down 16 percent from 1987. five leading states in cattle and ~ es cash receipts were Texas, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado , and Iowa. These five states accounted for 48.0 percent . of the total U.S. cattle and calves cash receipts during 1988. GE ORGI A HOG CASH RECZIPT S DOWN 16 PERCENT Cash r e ce ipt s for hogs a nd pigs in Geor g i a to t dl ed $ 17 8 . 3 mi ll i on f or 1988, down 16 per c e n t fr om t h e $2 11 .6 million fo r 1387. This i s the lowe s t leve l for hog cash recei p ts s ince 19 77. Market ings , at 429 .4 million pounds , was 6 percent more t han 19 8 7 . Th e a ve rage pr ice fel l 2 1 percent to $4 1 .5 0 per cwt. Th i s is the lowes t averag e price since 1980. U.S. HOG CASH RECEIPTS DOWN 10 PERCENT U:S. CATTLE CASH RECEIPTS UP 9 PERCENT Cash receipts from marketings . of cattle and calves increased during 1988, as higher prices more than offset a decrease in marketings . For 1988 , cash receipts from the sale of cattle and calves totaled $36 .3 billion compared with $33 .4 billion in 1987. All cattle and calves marketings during 1988 totaled 53 .9 billion pounds, down 1 percent from the 54.4 billion pounds in 1987. The U.S. annual price for cattle at $66.60 per 100 pounds live weight was up 9 percent from 1987. The calf ' price for 1988, at $89 .20, was up 14 percent. Cash receipts for hogs and pigs in the U.S. were $9 .2 billion during 1988, 10 percent below 1987. Market ings of 21.6 billion pounds during 1988 were 9 percent above 1987, while the U.S. annual average price per 100 pounds of live weight decreased 17 percent from $51.20 in 1987 to $42.30 in 1988. The five leading states in cash receipts from hogs and pigs are Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Indiana, and Nebraska. These five states accounted for 60.5 percent of the total U.S. hogs and pigs cash receipts during 1988. (Continued on Page 2 ) Ga . 19 87 1988 Mar k e Ct A- TTLE : APveRrODaUgeCTPIrOTNc~Ae= ND::"'II-"N;~CV~OaM:,l-Eu!-,e=,-L-o~ 19f 8~7 ~ - 1= 988:C:O--a---s..,h---r-7:""""--=-----,~-r------- ings per 100 Pounds Produc- Rece i pts Gross 2 Cat tle : Calves tion 3 Income Pounds -- -- Dollars -- - - 1,000 394,180 396 , 230 514,030 430, 400 51 .10 57.80 71 .70 83.4 0 2 28,6 9 0 2 59 , 7 69 291 , 787 2 80,280 3 , 479 3 ,904 295,2 66 284 ,184 U. S . --Mi l l ion Pounds- - -- Dolla r s -- - - - Mill i on Dol lars - - 19 8 7 40,327.0 54,44 9.5 61.30 78 .20 24 ,6 60 .2 33,4 43.7 474 .6 33 ,91 8 . 3 1288 40 ,897 .9 53,897 .5 66. 60 89.20 27 ,42 6. 0 3 6,2 85 . 5 485 . 0 36 , 7 77. q _ 1/ Adjustments made for changes in inventor y and fo r inshipments. 2 / Excludes custom slaugh t er ~or use on farms where produced and inter farm sales within the State. 3 / Receipts f r o m marke t - lngs and sale of farm slaughter. AGRICULTURAL STATISTICIAN AND GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Ga . 1987 19 8 8 Produc - I HOGS : Mar k e t - tion 11 i ngs 'I 2/ --1 , 000 Pounds '-- 412 ,970 435,648 4 04 ~}, 3 8 4 2 9 ;"4 2 8 52 . 30 4 1 .5 0 - - -.-- - - - -- 213 , 5 4 4 179,8 54 2 11,614 178 , 266 1 , 86 8 1 , 560 2 1 3 ,4 8 2 17 9 , 8 2 6 - - Mil lio n Po und s -- Dolla rs - - - Mi llion Dollar s - - U.S . 1987 20 , 408 . 2 19,94 3.1 51 .2 0 10 ,4 24 .3 10 ,288 .5 87 . 3 10 ,3 75 . 7 198 8 21,630 .0 21,642 .6 42 . 30 9,1 28 .1 9 ~~6 79 . 0 9 ,292 .~ 11 Adjus tments made for 'cha nges in inventory and f or ins h i pmen ts . 2 1 Exclud e s cus to m slaug ht er for u se o n far ms wh er e p r o du c e d and interf ar m sales withi n the State. 31 I n c l u d e s allowanc e far h i g he r a verage p r i c e of st at e ins h i pme n ts a n d o u t s h i p me n t s o f feeder p i g s . 41 Rece ipt s f rom marketing s a n d s ale of fa rm s laugh t e r . Includ e s a l lowance for hi g h e r average p ri ce o f state ou t s hi pme nt s o f f e eder pigs . GEORGIA FLORICULT URE Th e whol es a l e v alue of f lo ricul tu re items s u rveyed in Georgi a fo r 1988 t otaled $2 3. 4 million , down 1 4 percent f rom 1 98 7 . Individual va l u es included tota l cut flowers, down 1 1 percent at $4 8 2 t housa nd ; total po t ted flower i ng plan t s , $ 7. 1 0 mil l i on , d o wn 2 6 perce nt ; to ta l fo l i ag e at $ 2.8 2 mil l i on , down 41 percent; and t o t a l bedding plants, up 5 percent, at $12 . 98 million. U. S . FLORI CU LTURE TOTALED $ 2. 2 4 BILLION Th e equi va len t wholesal e value of a ll sales for the 28 crops surveyed in the 2 8 sta tes tota led $ 2.2 4 bil lion , down 2 per cent from 19 8 7. Cut fl o we r s and cu~ cu l tiva ted greens had inc rea s ed wholesale v al u e s whil e p otted f l o we r i n g plants, f o l i age p l a nts a nd bedd i ng p lan t s decreased in v a l u e s . Cut f l owers increased 3 percent in value to $452 million. Po tted flowering plants, v a l u ed at $494 milli on, decreased 3 percent . Fol iage pla nts decreased 7 perc ent i r. value to $477 mi l l ion. Bedd i ng plan t s , valued at $724 mi llion, decreased per cent. The v a l u e of cut c ult i vat ed greens, at $ 89 .6 million, increased 1 percent f rom 19 8 7 . Cut Flowers Po tted Flower ing Plant s Foliag e Pl a nts Bedding ?l an-:: s Cut Culti vated Gree ns Total Value of Reporte d Cr ops 54 4 9 , 543 4 ,77 3 12 , 3 ~t 2 27,2 0 2 48 2 7 , 102 2,82 3 12, 97 5 23 , 382 511,1 69 515,3 32 7 39, 0 0'1 88, 4 71 2, 293 , 44 9 452,4 7 9 4 91 , 2 3 1 476 , 967 7 24 , 2 5 6 89, 5 64 FARM MARK ETIN GS OF Sta t e 1 Au g . Ala. Fla . Ga . N.C. Okla. Tex . 1.5 Va. r- I P E A N U ~S F OR NUTS , BY ST ATES AND MON THS, I Se n t. Oct. Ng ,'IJ_' I Pe r c e n t by Months 2 7. 6 64 .9 6.6 24 . 1 70 . 1 5. 3 23. 9 68 .1 7. 2 1.1 5 7. 7 26 .8 1.1 57 .7 2 6. 8 5 .6 32.1 5 4. 8 .3 47.0 2 8.6 1988 De c . .7 .2 .6 8.3 8.3 5.5 11 . 7 CROP I YE A R _ J aJl:., .2 .3 .2 6.1 6 .1 .5 12. 4 U .S. .2 16 .6 1 8.1 3 .3 ~ GEORGI A ' S 1988 P EANU T CRO P ~ l na l p r o d u c t i o n of Geo r g i a' s 19 8 8 pe a n ut ~ rcp t o t a l s 1 . 30 b i l l i on pounds , a n Inc r e a s e o f 14 percen t f rom 19 87 ' s ~r o d u c tion : Thi s i s the fi r s t p rod u ction i nc r e a s e 1n 3 years and t he large st c r op s ince the 1. 9 2 b i lli o n pounds p r o d u c e d in 198 5 . Harv e s t ed a c re a g e in 1 9 8 8 i n Ge o r gia total ed 685 thou sand ac r e s , up 9 per c e n t f r om the 63 0 thousand acres har vested in 19 87 . Pea n u t plan t ings in 1 9 8 8 we r e 690 t housa nd ac res , a lso up 9 percent from 19 8 7. The final yi e ld p e r acr e f o r Georgia ' s 198 8 crop a ver a g e d 2,630 po u nd s per a cre , compare d wit h 1 9 8 7 's yi eld o f 2 , 5 00 pounds . Georgi a 's 19 88 y ie ld i s 74 5 pounds per acr e below the re c ord h igh yi e l d of 3 ,3 75 pound s per ac re i n 19 8 4. Th e pre l i mi n ary ave rage pr i c e f o r the 1988 cro p is 26 . 6 c e n t s pe r pound , 2 . 2 ce n ts be l ow 1 98 7 . Th i s pre l iminar y pr i c e , however , does not i nc l ud e a ny payment s from the GFA p o o l p rofits , i f a ny . U. S . P EANUT CROP Peanu t p rod u c t i o n i n c rop year 1988 t ota led 3 .98 b i ll ion pound s , 10 perc ent above t he 1987 c rop and 8 percent abov e 1 9 8 6 . Grower s p l a nt e d 1 . 66 mi lli on a cres a n d har ve s t e d 1 . 6 3 mil li on a cres . Pl a nted a rea i ncr e as e d 6 pe r c e nt f r om 19 87 and har v e s t e d a r e a was u p 5 pe rcen t. Yi el d av e r a ged 2,445 p ound s ~er ac r e, an i ncrea se of 10 6 p oun d s fro m the p revious y ear and a 38 p ound in c r e a se fr om 19 8 6 . Produc tion in t he s out heastern s tates ( AL, FL , GA , SC) t otal ed 2 . 62 b i llion pounds in 1 98 8 , a 15 p e r c ent increase f r om 1 98 7. Sta te Al a. Fla . Ga . N. Mex . N. C. Ok la. S .C . Te x . Va. U.S. Al a. Fl a. Ga . N. Me x . N.C . Ok l a . S.C. Tex . Va . ._- ---=r=-- -- - - - -, PE-A-N- UTS Area Pl an t e d 1987---. 1988 I Area Har v e s t e d 198 -.- -- 7 - ~- L~ 8 ~_ , _ 1, 000 Acres 22 1. 0 23 7 . 0 220.0 23 6 .0 91.0 98 .0 8 3 .0 90 .0 63 5.0 690.0 630.0 685.0 12. 4 13 .4 1 2 .4 13 . 4 150 .0 155. 0 148 .0 15 3. 0 100. 0 99.0 99.0 97 . 0 13.0 13 .0 13 . 0 13. 0 254 . 0 260. 0 25 2 . 0 25 0.0 91. 0 9 2 .0 90. 0 91. 0 " 1 567 . 4 1987 2 , 11 5 2,60 0 2, 500 2,700 2,650 2 ,250 2 ,400 1 ,750 2 ,7 00 Yie l d I Pounds 1 657 .4 1988 2 , 380 2, 540 2,63 0 2 ,2 80 2 , 745 2,320 2,470 1 ,670 2 ,900 1 54 7. 4 1 628 .4 I Produc t ion I 19 87 T 1988 1 , 0 0 0 Pounds 4 6 5,3 0 0 5 61 ,68 0 215 ,800 2 28 ,6 00 1 , 5 75 , 000 1 ,801 , 5 50 33 ,4 80 3 0, 552 392,2 00 419,985 222 ,7 50 225 ,040 31,200 3 2 , 110 441,00 0 417,5 00 24 3,000 263,900 U. S. Alao Fl a o Ga . N Mex . N. C. okla . S .C. Tex . Va . .5 . ! 2 339 P r i c e De r 1 987 I Cen t s 29.0 27 .0 28 .8 31. 0 28 . 6 25 .8 30.7 27 . 0 27 . 8 2,445 Pound 1988 27.6 25 .9 26.6 29.1 28 .4 27 .4 29. 9 26 . 8 26 .0 28 .0 26 . 9 3 3 ,619 ,730 3,98 0 ,917 I Va lu e of P r o d u ct i o n I 1987 I 1988 1, 0 0 0 Do l l a r s 13 4 ,937 155, 024 58 ,2 6 6 59 ,207 453,600 479 ,21 2 10, 37 9 8,891 11 2 ,1 6 9 119,27 6 57 ,470 61,6 6 J. 9,578 9 ,60 1 119 ,0 70 111 , 8 9 0 6 '1 , 5 54 68, 614 1 , 0 23, 0 23 1, 0 7~.!i.- GEORGIA QUARTERLY MIL K PRODUCTION UP 3 PERCENT Milk production in Georgia during January-March totaled 345 million pounds, 3 percent more than ~he comparable period a year ago . The number of milk cows on Georgia farms averaged 104,000 head during the January-March quarter last year. Production per cow averaged 3,320 pounds during January-March, 35 pounds more than January-March 1988. r U .S. JANUARY-MARCH MILK PRODUCTION " The quarterly production of milk for the U.S. was 36.6 bilYion pounds, 1 percent above January-March 1988. The averagel number of cows in the U. S. during the , January-March quarter was 10.2 millionl head, 1 percent below January-March 1988, and was down slightly fro~ October-December 1, 1988. Grain and other concentrates fed to mil~ cows on April 1 , 1989, averaged 17.7 pounds, 0.2 pounds more than April 1, 1988. The value of grain and other concentrates fed to cows on April 1, 1989, averaged $8.36 per hundredweight , $1.24 per hundredweight more than April 1, 1988 value. Item Milk Cows 1/ MILK COWS AND MILK PRODUCTION, JANUARY-MARCH 1988-1989 T-~nit ]=:ii~8 Thous . Head 102 Georgia United States 1989 104 percentl 1988 I 1989 102 10,286 10,169 Pe9rce9-nC"- Milk per Cow 2/ Pounds 3,285 3,320 101 3,519 3,600 102 Milk Production 2/ Mil. Lbs . 335 345 103 36,197 36 ,610 101 1/ Includes dry cows, excludes heifers not yet fresh. 2/ Excludes milk sucked by calves . he Georgia Farm Report .(ISSN-."" GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE Stephens Federal Building Suite 320 Athens, Georgia 30613 Phone : (404)546-2236 HIGHLIGHTS Monthly Poultry Livestock Slaughter cattle on Feed catfish cold Storage GEORGIA EGG PRODUCTION DOWN 2 PERCENT Georgia's l a y i ng flocks produced 374 "mi l l i o n eggs during March 1989, 2 percent "l es s than March 1988. Production "cons i s t e d of 258 million table eggs and 116 million hatching eggs . U.S. EGG PRODUCTION DOWN 4 PERCENT Laying flocks in the United States produced 5.77 billion eggs during March 1989, down 4 percent from the 6.03 billion produced a year ago. Production included 5.04 billion table eggs and 7 39 million hatching eggs. 20 STATE EGG PRODUCTION DOWN 5 PERCENT Laying flocks in the 20 states produced 4 .81 billion eggs during March 1989, down 5 percent from a year ago. Production included 4.18 billion table eggs and 637 million hatching eggs. _ _ _ _ _ _----,--..:.:N:.::U:.:-M~B::..::E:..:R~OF LAYERS AND EGG PROD UCT I ON h1:&-RC H;--:=-.Tr:~:::_T_=__t;.-_;;.=-::;--T>-;=r.7 No '. of Layers ; E g g S p e r-1UU - - I--_ _-...--,....:;;D-;:rur ing Mar . 19 8 8 I 1-g-g-g-_ --------'----.=..:::...~ousands- r9. Laye=r..:::s~-rM..=;a=-=-r-,f'-,,-,.,.,......_t-_--.,-.:;:; S-g- ,c--=- "r.u"';-;m;~e=r--= : ..:::... ::::...=.. -..I...- ---= ...:::....: =-=.., ~-,- ~= Hatching Table Total Georgia 5,824 12,501 18,325 Hatching 32,369 Table 202,219 Total 20 States 234,588 . Hatching Table Total U.S. 37,435 242,918 280,353 6,023 11,726 17,749 33,541 191,270 224,811 38,916 231,083 269,999 GEORGIA 1,947 1,925 2,158 2,204 2,090 2,107 20 STATES 1,909 1,899 2,196 2,183 2,156 2,140 UNITED STATES 1,907 1,899 2,189 2,179 2,151 2,139 113 270 383 618 4,440 5,058 714 5,317 6,031 116 258 374 637 4,175 4,812 739 5,035 5,774 1988-1989 Item Mar. 2/ 1989 Feb . 1989 Young Chickens Georg~a 55,563 57,923 104 65,993 110,440 118,976 108 United States 410,645 397,960 97 441,596 820,917 837,316 102 Mature Chickens LH~9ht Type O. S . 14,130 11,408 81 12,918 27,705 23,545 85 eavy Type U.S. 4,355 3,588 82 3 ,391 8,178 7,587 93 Total O.S. 18,485 14,996 81 16,309 35,883 31,132 87 ~Teortcael nAt lCl oTndyepmens,ed Ga. 3,853 3,824 99 3,552 7,980 7,299 91 Oung Ch~ckens Georgia 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.7 17United Fede State rally s~nspected 2 .1 slaughter 2.0 data as collected by Meat and 2.2 poultry 2 .0 Inspect~on rogram. Current month data estimated by Market News Serv~ce. 2/ Preliminary. T l:e emm~ -EE~G,~G~S~I~N~INCUBATORS, I ~8E ' APRIL 1, I 1 9 8 8 - 1 9 89 UN~I~T~E~D~S~T~A~T.~E~S~_ 19~,_' - ~ _~ ~%~ ~ o~t=~ -Y- ~e.aLr~r~A~ r go=~- __-_ Chickens TfiousandS-- - - , Egg Type ~Brrkoe~ilse,r Type All Breeds 31,856 39363,,681575 . 32 ,436 415 ,989 35,5~4 102 105 ~ 1 0::6.~ ___ AGRICULTURAL STATISTICIAN AND GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Item POULTRY HATC HI NG AND_?LA_C_EME~T_- -;;~~Bg_H 1 9..8:::..8:: '--1''-9':...8:::..9: "-- Ma r . ! Feb . I Mar. ! ye~r Ja n . thru Mar . --".-_~ 1 ye ~ r 1988 1989 - Thousands Pul le t Ch i c ks P l a c e d 1989 ! ago L 1988 - l 1 9'crg - - l a g o - -=-"T1io u s a n O:S=-":: --' - - ---- rromesj Ic f O. s . ) 17 Br OI e r y p e Egg TYEe Ch I Cks Hat ched 4 ,538 20 8 3 , 96 3 199 4 ,3 9 6 97 21 5 103 11 ,9 65 51 2 1 2, 179 10 2 5 56 109 BrO I l er Ty pe Geo rg ia Uni ted S ta t e s Eg g Typ e 70, 6 1 2 4 83. 3 53 66,288 44 2 ,81 6 74.9 3 7 5 0 2,4 6 6 10 6 202 . 153 2 12,8 84 104 1 ,38 4,49 9 1 ,4 2 6 , 5 6 6 10 5 10 3 GeorgI a Uni t ed Sta tes Turkeys 1 , 603 968 1, 5 4 8 97 35, 615 27,191 3 2 ,7 23 92 4 ,75 3 93 ,3 2 2 3,323 70 86 , 528 93 Poults Placed 1U7 . S. Re p a r tee by 25,101 23 , 675 26 ,892 leadIng breede rs, Includes expe c t e d 10 7 2 (139 ,95 3 2 (14 5 , 1 19 p Ul l e t replaceme n t s fr om eggs 104 s o l d du r i n g th e p rece di ng mo n t h a t the rate of 1 25 pulle t Ch I Cks pe r 30 doz e n c a s e o f eggs . 2 ( Tu r ke y p oults p laced September-Ma r ch 1988 - 1 9 8 9 . GEORGI A RED MEA T PRODUCT I ON UP Co mme r c i al red meat p r odu c t i on i n Ge o r g ia t ot a l e d 3 2 . 6 mil l i on p o u n ds duri n g Marc h 198 9, up 19 pe r c e n t from Mar c h 19 8 8 . The num ber o f ca t t l e s l augh t e r ed b y com mer c i a l pl ants in Geor gia d u r i n g March 198 9 wa s 18.4 tho usa nd, down 2 pp.rc e n t f r om a yea r ear l ie r. The t o t a l li v e weight wa s 1 8.2 milli o n p o u n d s wi t h an a ver ag e live we i g h t of 9 9 3 po und s pe r head . There we re 128 . 5 tho usand hea d o f hog s s l augh t e r e d i n Ge o r g ia's c o mmer c i al p lan ts duri n g Ma r c h . Th is i s 29 per c ent more t h a n t h e sam e p eri od las t y ear. The t o t a l li v e wei ght was 3 0 . 9 mi l l i o n p ounds with an averag e l iv e we igh t of 2 4 0 po unds per head . U.S. RED MEAT P RO DUC T I ON DO WN Comme rc ia l red mea t pr odu c t i o n for t he Uni t ed S t a tes in Ma rch 1989 t otaled 3. 33 billion pou n d s , d o wn 1 p e r c e n t fro m . Ma rc h 1988. Be ef produ c t i on a t 1 .89 b il lio n pounds was down 2 pe rce nt. He ad k il l was 2. 82 mil li o n , down 3 p erc en t and the a ver a ge l i v e weight was 1 ,125 pounds. Por k product ion t otal ing 1 . 3 7 bi lli on p oun d s wa s u p 1 p e r ce n t . Hog k ill a t 7. 7 6 mi ll i o n h ead incr eased 1 p er cen t a nd the average li v e weight was 247 pound s. Sp e c ies Georgia Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep &: Lamb s GEORG I A AND UNI TED STAT ES LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER 1 ( Numb er Sl a ugh t e r e d Av erage Mar. Li v e We igh t Ma r c h '89 as % o f Ma r ch 1988 i 1989 1988 1988 : 1989 1, 000 Head Per cent Pounds 18 .8 18 . 4 98 2 .1 1. 8 86 99 . 6 128.5 1 29 0.0 0. 1 921 993 35 7 368 242 24 0 o 91 Tot al Live We i gh t Mar ch 198 8 I 19 89 1 , 0 00 Pounds 17 , 348 76 5 24 , 14 4 o 1 8,2 24 674 30,89 1 8 United States Ca ttle 2 ,8 96 . 2 2 , 822. 1 97 1 , 1 1 7 1,1 2 5 3 , 2 3 4 , 8 89 3 , 1 75 , 0 71 Ca lves 223 . 1 19 9. 9 90 2 48 260 55 ,399 5 1,9 14 Hog s 7 , 692 .2 7,7 63 . 3 101 247 2 47 1 ,8 97,834 1, 9 16, 5 46 Sheep &: La mbs 5 48 . 1 519 . 4 95 128 125 70 ,096 65 , 116 _ 1( Includes s laugh t er u nder Fe der a l Inspec t io n and other c ommer c i a l slaugh t e r , ex c l u d e s farm sla ugh t e r. 1989 1, 8 8 9 31 1, 3 7 3 33 3, 326 82 arm Slaughter . 2 CATTLE ON FE ED I.J'P. 3 ?ER CE~T QUARTERLY STATES ca t t l e and c al v e s on feed Apri l l , 1989 , - o ~ sla u g h t er i n the 13 quart e r ly sta t e s ~r o t a l e d 9 . 68 m l' ~1 ~1 l. on .nea d , u p 3 per c en t f r o m Ap r i l 1, 19 88 , arid 10 p er c e n t above 19 8 7 . The ca t t l e on feed inv entory in c lud e d 6 . 19 mi l l i o n steers and s t ee r cal v es , 1 pe r ce n t a bov e l a s t yea r and 8 p ercen t ~b ov e 1 9 8 7 . Th i s gr o u p r e p r e se n t e d 64 pe r c e n t of the t o t a l Ap r il numb er on fe ed, c ompared to 6 5 percent for both ast y ear and 1987. He i f e r s a n d heif er ca l ve s accounted for 3.45 million, up 6 perc ent f r o m a y ear ago and u p 13 percent fr om 198 7 . P l a cemen ts o f ca ttl e a nd ca l ves o n f e ed d u r i ng January- Mar ch qua r te r tota l e d 6.21 mi llion, up 7 percent from last y e a r a nd 9 percent a bove the c omparab l e pe r iod i n 198 7. Oth e r di s a p pear anc e o f 3 44 t hou s a nd head leaves net plac ements at 5 .87 mill ion. Marketings of fed c a t tle for s l augh ter d u r i ng January- March totaled 5 . 60 milli on , 4 pe r c e nt l e s s than 1988 a nd 3 perce n t below t he s am e pe riod in 1987. Ca t t l e f e e d e r s e xpect t o ma rke t 6 . 0 9 million hea d d u r ing t h e April-June quar t e r of 19 89. Th i s wou ld be 4 p ercent mo re than t he second quarter mark eting s in 1988 and 8 percent above 19 87 . _-------..Co:'-A'-~T:...T;::...L;:"-'ETI_'A'"'"'N'-"D~=C A:.L:::.V.:c..E:::..S:"T=oO:::.;N~ taF:l:--E==".E:1:::.D:3:::-=-JS.:.At=Na=U.t:A.e-'Rs-=Y':...1,-;1=-<...~AN:..:.D.:r~A~ PR=IL~ -"1:..,...L-=1-=9:..8.::.8:~A~ND=_=-1=9-8""-9=~_=__;__--Total 7 States 2/ Number I 1989 as % Number 1989 as % I tem 1988 19 89 1,000 Head o f 1988 Percent 1988 1989 1,000 He ad of 1988 Percent On Feed J an. 1 9 ,769 9, 40 8 96 8 ,066 7, 765 96 Pla c ed on Fe ed Jan . 1 - Ma r c h 31 3 / 5, 824 6,2 12 107 4, 890 5, 271 108 Fed Ca t tle Ma rketed J a n. 1-Mar . 31 3 / 5 ,823 5,598 96 4,872 4 ,730 97 Othe r Disap pe a r a nc e J an . 1-Mar . 31 4 / 385 344 89 338 29 4 87 On Fe ed Apr. l ' 9 , 385 9,678 10 3 7 ,74 6 8, 0 12 103 1 / AZ ,CA,CO ,I L , I D, LA, KS , MN, NB ,O K , SD , TX, WA. 2 / AZ, CA, CO, IA ,K S ,NB, TX. 3 / Includ e s ca t t l e p l a c e d o n feed af t e r b egi nning of quar t e r a nd market e d before end of qu a rt e r. 4/ Includes d eath losses , moveme n t f rom f eed l o t s t o pastures and shipmen t s t o o t he r feedlo t s for f ur the r f eed i ng . U. S . FARM-RAI S ED CATF IS H, 1 9 8 8 - 1 9 8 9 QUANTIT Y PROCESSED AND P R ICES P AI D TO PRODUCERS __________________~R~E~P~O~R~T:...;:E~D~B~Y~~M~A~~JO.R PR OCE S S ORS AND U .S. IMPORTS Average Price Round We ight Pro c es s e d Paid to Mo n t h Mon thl y i Cumulative Prod ucers 1/ 1 988 1989 I 1988 1989 1988 I 1989 - - Th o u s a n d Pounds Dol s . per Pound Impor ts of Ca tfish 2 / 1 988 i 19 8 9 Thous. Poun ds Jan . 26, 018 Feb . 27 , 7 86 Ma r . 28 ,179 Ap r . 20,805 Ma y 20 ,35 1 Jun e 22,83 9 J Ul y 23 ,68 7 Aug . 26,9 4 1 Se p t . 2 4 ,611 _ Oc t . 26,221 -lov . 25 ,037 .~c . 22 ,634 / Pr i c e s paid t o f u r n i s h e d b y U.S . 26,948 2 6,018 28 , 5 59 53,804 2 9, 458 8 1 ,983 102 , 7 88 1 23,1 39 145 ,97 8 1 6 9, 6 6 5 196,606 221,217 2 47 , 4 3 8 272,47 5 295 , 10 9 p r o duce rs f or f ish Bu reau of Census. 26 ,948 55, 5 07 84 , 965 d e l i v ered . 68 .78 .72 . 78 .7 5 .7 7 .75 .7 5 .78 .80 . 80 . 79 . 79 . 78 .7 8 to processing 451 508 577 217 1,0 15 26 724 414 669 6 74 388 182 plant. 2 / 588 1 17 Da ta he Geor gia Farm Report (ISSN-0744-72 80) is published semi -mon th ly by the G eor~i a Agricultural Statistics Service, Stephens Federal Bu ild ing, Ath ens, Ga. 306 13 any E. Snipes, State.Statis.tician . Second class postage pa id at Athen s, Ga . Sub scriptio n fee $ 10 pe r yea r exce pt free to data contribul ors. Subsc rip tion informatio vadable from Georgia Ag ricultu ral Statistics Service , Steph ens Federal Bu ilding, Suite 320, Athe ns. Ga. 306 13. Teleph o ne (404)5462236. 3 COLD STORAGE HIGHLIGHTS Frozen stocks in refrigerated warehouses on March 31, 1989, were greater than year earlier levels for butter, juice concentrates , pork , frozen fruits, and frozen eggs. Cooler items with stocks above those of the previous year included dried and evaporated fruits, and fresh vegetables. Total red meats in freezers decreased 2 percent from Februry but were 5 percent more than those on March 31, 1988. Frozen pork stocks rose less than 1 " percent during the month but were 15 percent above the previous year. Stocks , of pork bellies were up 9 percent frorn last month and were 48 percent above 1988. Total frozen poultry supplies increased ' less than 1 percent from February but were 21 . percent below last year . Total stocks of chickens declined 2 percent during the month and were 23 percent below 1988 . Total pounds of turkeys in freezers was up 2 percent from last month but down 21 percent from last year . Commodit COLD STORAGE STOCKS Mar. 31, 1988 Butter Cheese, Natural Eggs , Frozen Fruits , Frozen 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 221,115 443,800 14,104 631,512 1,354,748 716,571 313,182 345,842 580,392 339,006 1,479,938 965,112 444,839 31,494 38,584 91,886 UNITED STATES MARCH 31, 1 9 8 9 Feb . 28, Mar. 31 , 1989 1989 1,000 Pounds 314 ,411 342,645 402 ,317 397,719 18,988 14,784 759,278 671,422 1,643,051 1,634,379 762 ,177 749,512 313,355 296,110 396,931 397,242 455,145 455,639 263,114 267 ,294 1,318,569 1,174,130 944,319 951,319 362,121 411,331 23,945 26,542 31,823 30,151 121,531 116,993 Percent of Mar. 1.988 Feb. 1989 Percent 155 109 90 99 105 78 106 88 121 99 105 98 95 94 115 100 79 100 79 102 79 89 99 101 92 114 84 111 78 95 127 96 ~.~':Ia; C; EORG:" t'f' . AGRICULTU;V\; \. ST.A,TISTICS . .. SERVICE STEPH ENS FEDERA L 6L .rY~ SUITt ::'20 t\Ti-i i: ", S . C~F. () R Gil\ ~'l() 5 1 3 - . - ..):....- ..... ..; ' - -4 T ~'" . . I ) SECOND _. CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT ATHENS , GA 30613 - :~ ) ,i . " '.' . ~ ~)6.c7': =========== May 4, 1989 GFR-89-Volume 11 ~.,..~ ,,,t> GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE Stephens Federal BUilding Suite 320 Athens, Georgia 30613 Phone: (404)546-2236 HIGHLIGHTS Ga. Poultry Production and Value Ga. Egg Production and Value Ga. Bro iler Production and Va lue Agricultura l Prices POULTRY INCOME UP FOR 1988 year commerc ial Broilers 5/ 1984 1985 1986 19 8 7 1988 63 6, 785 67 7 , 22 4 697 , 364 733 ,4 17 772 , 8 25 Hatching EY~8poCkS 1985 1986 1987 1988 6 , 97 3 6 , 943 6, 43 5 6 , 805 6 ,8 04 Other Egg Flocks 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 11 ,37 8 10 ,5 78 10 ,065 9 , 265 1 0, 396 All Chickens Including Comm. Broi lers 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 655, 136 69 4, 745 713,864 749,487 790 ,025 Turkeys 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 2, 582 2,631 2,426 2,432 2,400 All Poultry Including aBnrodTiluerrks,eyEs ggs, Chickens , 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 2 , 6 10,8 19 2,844 , 341 2 , 92 8,929 3 ,1 5 3 , 69 3 3 ,400 ,4 30 55 ,4 93 54,4 17 51,727 53,7 60 5J,753 43 ,602 40 ,196 37 ,373 33 ,018 35 ,687 2,709,9 14 2,938 ,954 3 ,018 ,029 3,240,4 71 3 ,489,870 72,038 74,720 67,928 67 ,366 70,800 - 32.0 28 . 0 3 2. 5 26 .5 31. 5 26. 2 2 1.0 16 .5 13 . 3 12.3 14.0 12 . 7 10.5 8.6 7.8 48 .0 47 .0 47.0 33.0 42 .0 - 835,4 62 796 ,415 951 ,902 835,72 9 1,071 ,135 14,5 6 6 11,452 8,546 7 ,150 6 ,607 6,1 25 5,105 3,933 2,8 2 9 2 ,784 856,153 812,972 964,381 845,708 1 ,080,526 34 ,578 35,119 31,926 22,231 29,736 1,212,113 1,083,601 1,259,705 1,123,071 1~340,707 GPEEROCREGNIAT BROILER VALUE OF PRODUCTION UP 28 The va~ue of production of Georgia 's rommerc1al broilers totaled $1.1 billion 1 ~ 8 71 9 8 8. This is 28 percent more than in and 13 per cent a oove 19 8 6 . ~1I l~umber of broilers produced at 772 .8 m~i~eIvl1~1~u00omUnnbSeb~hw1iragdps hsro. a o d f u reco 7 33 ced r . i d 4 n high, break ing the mil li o n in 1987 . 19 8 6 totaled 697 .4 The number of pounds produced in 1988 totaled 3.40 billion, 8 percent more than the 3.15 bill ion pounds produced in 1987. Price per pound averaged 31 .5 cents for 1988 . compared with 26.5 cents in 1987. In 1986, price per pound averaged 32.5 cents and 28.0 cents in 1985. AGRICULTURAL STATISTICIAN AND GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION AND VALUE OF GEORGIA BROILERS SELECTED YEARS 1960-1988 1/ THOUSANDS 1200000 1000000 8 0 0 0 00 YEAR 1960 1970 1980 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 VALUE (000) 171,20 6 196,987 588 ,82 0 676 ,67 5 835,462 796,415 95 1,90 2 835,72 9 107 1, 135 NUMBER (000) 320 ,2 50 453 ,88 6 573,899 626,5 5 1 636,785 677,22 4 697,3 64 733 .417 772.825 60000 0 400 000 200000 o 1960 1970 1980 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 ~ VALUE YEAR 6SSJ NUMBER 1/ The prod uct ion y ea r IS Dec, 1 - Nov. 3 0 . Ye a r GEORG I A Hatch i ng Egg Floc ks 19 84 198 5 19 86 1987 1988 Tabl e Egg Floc ks 3 / 198 4 1985 1986 1987 1988 All F lo cks 198 4 198 5 19 86 5 / 1987 1988 ozen VALUE OF Eg g s per Layers No. 22 7 22 5 22 3 222 224 245 25 1 25 2 253 249 240 243 2 43 243 241 Table _ _ _2L/ -----=-'-=----=ii 74 83 86 92 100 3, 31 5 3, 0 9 0 3,0 87 3 ,166 2,979 1 ,079 1 , 109 1,14 5 1, 2 18 1, 215 Year Tab le Tota l Tabl e Tota l Hatching I~~/locks 72.3 13 0. 0 1985 47.7 118.4 1986 51.1 134 . 4 198 7 44.0 133 . 7 1988 40 .9 12 4 . 0 Table Egg Flocks 3 / 1 984 72 .3 1985 47.7 1986 51.1 19 87 44. 0 1988 40.9 All Eg g Fl OCKS 198 4 7 2 .3 130 . 0 198 5 4 7 .7 118 .4 1986 51. 1 13 4 .4 1987 44.0 13 3 . 7 1988 40 .9 1 2 4. 0 ry-Tfie pr o d uctI on ye ar begIns Dece mbe r y e a r . 2 / .Eggs s o Ld p r ior t o 1 98 5. 3 / Cas h rece Ipts prIor to 1 985 . 4 ,45 8 3,299 3 , 6 62 3,373 3, 408 116 , 892 109 ,3 83 12 8 , 2 8 1 13 5 , 672 12 5 ,5 0 3 121 , 350 112 , 6 82 13 1 ,943 139,045 1 28,911 199, 60 1 1 22,828 13 1 , 45 5 116,087 101,534 199 , 601 122 , 828 1 31,455 116,087 1 01,534 8 6.2 66 . 0 204 ,059 1 26, 1 27 116 , 892 109 , 3 8 3 320, 951 23 5 ,51 0 73 . 2 1 35 , 11 7 12 8 , 2 8 1 2 63 , 3 98 68 .4 1 19 ,4 60 135, 6 7 2 255, 1 32 1 P6 4r , e v4TouS"'""y' e 104 iii;' - ,94 a:'i1d -2,e -na~ ;--No1-v2e5r,ii51:j0e-3r--:r()CUr2-3t~ 0 e A4c4~ I n c l u d e s bo t h comme r cia l a n d fa r m f locks . 4 / 2 GEORGI A PRIC ES RECEIV E8 The Georg i a Pr ic es Receive d All Co mmodity Inde x for Apr i l was 13 4 pe r cent o f t h e 19 77 a ve ra ge, 3 points ( 2 . 2 pe r c en t) be l ow the p r e v i ous mon th b u t 13 po i n ts ( 10.7 pe rcen t) h igher than a year ago . Lower prices for c o r~, s o y b e a ns , hogs , be ef c att l e , calves, mi lk , chi cke n s a n d a l l eggs we r e o nl y partially o f f s e t by hi g h e r p rices fo r cot t o n, mi l k c ows a nd broi lers . U.S. PRI CES RECEIVED INDEX DOW N 3 POINTS The April All Farm Products Index of Pri c e s Re c e ived decreased 3 points (2.0 percent ) from March to 146 percent of its Jan uary - December 1977 a verage . Decreases i n t he pr i ces o f catt le , eggs , hogs , soy beans, and l ettuc e were part iall y offset by h i ghe r pr ices f or tomatoes, ora nges, and pot a toe s . The ind ex wa s 16 po in t s ( 12 percent ) a bove a ye a r ago . :: ..-:.=.== - - ------- -.--- --- -----i-- I c ornmoai ty P RI CESp RECEIV ED BY FARM ERS , r-f ce- -- :- =:~_:~~~~~ , - 9- ~O r A? gi RIL 1 a.. =~. 5 '. , 1989 WITH C ,~:-=--=~~:~~:.:-~--:.::r~:- O M PA ~~::= RI S . =J,J O~S .QJ_t.~]_ ~ ~~ t ?::t ej~ i per ! Apr. : Mar. Apr . 1 5, i Apr . , Mar . 1 Apr . 15, i Vni t I 19 88 19 89 I 198 9 : 1 9 8 8 : 1 9 8 9 ! 1 ~ 8 9,,--_ _ FIE LD CROP S Wi n ter Whea t Oats Corn S/ Bu. S / Bu. S/Bu. * 2.4 9 * 3 . 13 * 3 .04 2 . 75 1. 8 2 1. 88 4 .08 2 . 40 2.5 9 4.0 3 2 .1 3 2.54 Cotton Ct . / Lb. 5 8. 7 55.8 1/57 .3 59. 9 5 6. 3 1 /59.0 Tobacco Ct. /Lb . 1 24 . 9 3 /162. 5 Soybeans S/ Bu. 6.6 9 7. 38 7 . 18 6 . 39 7 .5 1 7 . 14 All Hay, ba led 2 / S/Ton 7 1 . 40 98.1 0 104.00 LIVESTOCK & PRODUCTS Milk Cows, 4 /5 / S/ Head 1 , 060 .00 1, 0 80 . 0 0 1 ,0 20 . 00 1 ,030.00 Hogs S/Cw t:. 40 . 60 39. 9 0 35 . 40 4 1. 9 0 39 .3 0 36.30 Sows S/ Cwt . 3 2 . 50 3 1. 60 29.0 0 34 .40 3 3.20 30.90 Bar rows & Gi lt s S / Cwt. 41. 00 40 .30 35 . 7 0 42 . 40 39.8 0 3 6 .80 Bee f Cat t le 6 / S / Cwt. 62. 10 58. 70 57.7 0 69 .00 7 2. 0 0 70 .1 0 Cows 7 1 S/ Cwt . 51 .00 49 . 20 47 .00 49. 40 47 .90 47 . 0 0 Steers & He ife rs S/ Cwt . 72 . 40 7 1 .60 68.00 73.4 0 77 .1 0 7 5. 20 Ca l v e s S/ Cwt. 9 0 .00 8 6 . 00 78 .80 93 .20 94.00 90.70 All Mi l k S / Cw t . 13. 70 14. 70 3/1 4 . 4 0 11 .60 12.70 3 / 1 2 .40 Tu r k eys 2 / Ct. / Lb. 28 .4 40 .0 42.3 Chickens Ct. / Lb . 5.8 2 / 27 .5 27.3 Com'l Broile rs 8 / Ct . / Lb. 26 .0 3 3. 0 3 / 37 .5 28 .3 38.7 3 /3 8. 9 Eggs, All 9 / Ct . /Do z . 53.5 2 /96 . 7 75.9 45. 7 2/ 80 . 1 65 .3 Table Ct . /Doz . 3 2.2 2 /74 . 9 55. 9 35. 8 2/74.5 58 .1 Hatching Ct . /D o z . 105.0 2 / 1 5 0.0 12 5 .0 1/ Firs t half of mon th . 2 / Mid-month price . 3 / Entire month. 4 / An imals sold for dairy he r d replacement only. 5 / Prices estimated quar t erly . 6/ "Cows" a nd "steers and heifers" combined with al lowance wher e n e ces s a ry for sl aug h t e r bu ll s. 7 1 In cludes da ir y c ows so l d for slaughter. 8 / Exclud es br oi ler s . 9 / Li vewe i g h t equivale n t pric e fo r Geor gia . Insufficient sales . --Apr-.- INDEX NUMB ERS -- GEORGIA -M~r -.-- AN- D- U-N'-I T-E-D--MS aTAr ~TE-. S -- -- -.- - Ap r . 19 77 =100 _ _ _ _ __ _ .~_ _19 8 8 ge o r g .,ia .. ? ri c e~-R ec eiv ed 19 88 1989 All Co mmodi t ies 123 Cr ops 125 Lv stk . & Produc ts 122 Qn i t e d State s P~SR e c e i ve d 1 30 121 ~ 122 120 * 1 30 13 7 "' 121 15 0 * 149 Pr i c e s Pa id 1 / 165 1 68 2 /17 5 Ra ti 1/ ~ o 3~ -/ 1988 Pri ce s -P'aid 79 Ind ex. 2/ Jan . 77 1989 Pr i c es Paid 85 Index . :nd e x of Pr ices Re ce ived to I n d e x of Pr ices Paid , I n ter es t, Taxes Kat e s . * Revised . .._. -'- . L9_?~ __ 13 4 121 145 146 177 82 3 / Rati o of a n d Farm v.lage 3 U.S. PRICES PAID I NDEX UP 2 POI NTS The April Index of Prices Paid for Commodities and Ser v i c e s, Interest, Taxes, and Farm Wage Rates was 177 (1977=100), 2 poi nts (1 .1 percent) above January 1989 and 9 po ints (5.4 percent ) above April 1988. The Farm Production, Goods, and Services index for April 1989, at 165, rose 2 points (1 .2 percent) since January. Compared with a year earlier, the index was up 10 points (6.5 percent). April prices were higher for fuels, fertilizers, chemicals, seeds, autos and trucks, and machinery . Lower prices for f e e d er cattle a n d calve s a n d f e eq mo d e r a t e d t he inde x increase . CONSUME R P RI CE I NDE X The March 1989 Consumer Price Index f or all urban consumers ( CP I - U) before seasonal adjustment was 122.3 (1982-84=100) compared to 121.6 in February. The January index was 121.1 . For the 12 month period ending in March , the overall index i n c r e a s e d 5 .0 percent . The March motor fuel index component rose 1.5 percent from February and 5.2 percent from last year. FEED : PRICES PAID, SOUTHEAS1'.---.U_ _ANJ:L.!.!NIJE D __ S T AT ~_~~_?B-.-I ~_1..2_q ~J ~lTH _ C O-.tl_PAR I S Q ~l_? I Commodi ty ______ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___..L_--=:-U"~'nc;=i-ee;t'e------_____tJa1.~.~_8~~~_-~J ~ea~1~98r9:---I~r7~.88 Ut~~~~1a~~?>9atlle s-----1p:~pr Cottonseed Meal, 41 % $ /Cwt. Soybean Meal , 44 % $ /Cwt. Bran $ /Cwt. Middlings $/Cwt . Corn Meal $/Cwt. Laying Feed $/Ton Broiler Grower $ /Ton Turkey Grower $ /Ton Chick Starter $/Ton Dairy Feed, 14% $/Ton Dairy Feed, 16% $/Ton Dairy Feed, 18% $ /Ton Dai ry Feed, 20% $ /Ton Dairy Conct., 32% $ /Ton Hog Feed, 14%-18% $/Ton Hog Conet ., 38%-42% $/Ton Beef Cattle Conct., 32%-36% 3 / $/Ton Stock Salt 3/ 50 Lbs. Mol~sses, Liquid $ /Cwt. 1/ AL,FL,GA,SC. 2/ Insufficient data . 16 .4 0 18.40 13.10 11.80 9.50 224.00 255.00 280.00 281.00 167.00 195.00 215.00 208.00 223 .00 249.00 371.00 16.20 16.7 0 13.10 11.50 9.00 218.00 256 .00 260.00 279.00 164.00 188.00 202 .00 19 9 . 0 0 2/ 249 .00 353.00 13.70 13 .7 0 9.54 8 .42 6 .12 176.00 181.00 214.00 189.00 155.00 166 .00 178.00 18 6.0 0 277.00 190 .00 308.00 15.70 16.60 10.80 9.73 7.59 215.00 246.00 260.00 244 .00 183.00 196.00 209 .00 211. 00 31 9.0 0 220.00 362.00 254 .00 282.00 232.00 27 3.00 3.80 3 .80 3 .28 3.34 9.40 8.7 0 8.89 9.15 3 /Priee preViousl y published in Cwt . 15. 7 15. 11. 0 9. 7 .~ 211. 0 240. C 254. C 242. C 180 .C 192 .C 204. C 207 .C 309. C 223. C 344.C 271. C 3. ~ 9. ; he Georgia Farm Report(ISSN-Q744-7280 ) is published se~i-monthly by the Georf:!iaAgricuhural Statistics Service, Stephens Federal Build ing, Athen s, Ga. 306 13 fryE. Snipes , State Statistician . Second class postage paid at Athens, Ga. Subscription fee $10 pe r yea r excep t tree to data contributors. Sub scription informatio vailable from Georgia Agricuhural Statistics Service, Stephen s Federal Building , Suite 320, Athens, Ga. 306 13. Telephone (404)546-2236. r~ :-:~ C:: i: O i~ G ! .'; : ~. , : ,4 ( , Fi iC U i... :;_I i ~; . \l STATiSl V ~ 2 l - --..- SE:FWICE 3TEpr1E!\JS ~Ef) f n .tti... 8 tJ ~ (: ~:: u rn: ~I :,' O is. <'. 1:-il: . : (i F C\ ~l (,i P, ~jOS 13 ') ..:,- : 1 1 3 ',~oRGIA PRIC. ES RECEIVED The Georgia Prices Rece ived Al l Commodity Index for May was 141 pe rcent o f the 197 7 verage, 6 points (4.4 percent ) above the 3revious month and 11 points (8 .5 Percent) above a year ago. Higher prices tor corn, cotton, soybeans, hogs, beef attIe, calves, and broilers were only CartiallY offset by lower prices for . ~ilk, other chickens and table eggs. . Hatching egg prices were unchanged. U.S. PRICES RECEIVED INDEX UP 4 POINTS The May All Farm Products Index of Prices Received by farmers increased 4 points (2.7 percent) from Apri~ to 151 percent of its January-December 1977 average. Increases in the prices of hogs, oranges, potatoes, broilers, and tomatoes were partially offset by lower prices for sweet corn, eggs , lettuce, and soybeans. The i ndex was 17 points (13 percent) above a year ago. Broilers, potato and tomato prices were at record levels in May. Hogs increased sharply from last month. Demand for oranges was strong, sending the average price for all oranges to the highest levels since November of 1987. May cattle prices continued close to April levels. Wheat and corn prices were up slightly while soybeans were down from a month earlier. commodity PRICES RECEIVED BY I Price ! per Unit May 1988 15 , 1989 WITH COMPARISONS United States May May 15, 1988 1989 FIELD CROPS Winter Wheat Oats S/Bu. 3.05 * S/Bu. 3.75 2.90 1. 84 4.13 2.24 4 .06 2.11 . Cor n $ /Bu. 2.33 3 .01 3.09 1.94 2.56 2.58 Cotton Ct./Lb. 60.3 57 .7 1/59.1 58.3 58.9 1/57.7 Tobacco Ct ./Lb , 160 .5 Soybeans S/Bu. 7.07 7.11 7.21 6.98 7.29 7.15 All Hay , ba 1 ed 2/ $/Ton LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS 81.10 104.00 104.00 Milk Cows, 4/5/ S/Head 1,030 .00 Hogs S/Cwt. 45.60 37.30 44 .80 46.30 36.90 42.70 Sows Barrows Gilts S/Cwt. S /Cwt. 34.20 46.40 30 .90 37.70 32.40 45.50 36 .30 47.10 30.90 37.50 32.70 43.50 Beef Cattle 6 / S/Cwt. 58.50 57 .70 58.90 69 .30 70.00 70.10 Cows 7/ I Steers Heifers S/Cwt . S/Cwt. 49.00 70.80 48.40 68.50 49.80 69.10 47.90 73.80 47.10 75.30 47.00 75.50 Calves S/Cwt. 86.60 81.70 82 .70 93.40 90.50 89.30 All Milk S/Cwt. 13 .60 14 . 10 3 /13.90 11.40 12.30 3 /12.20 Turkeys 2/ Ct./Lb . 29.8 42 .3 43.4 Chickens Ct./Lb. 4. 1 2 /27.3 16.5 Com 'l Broilers 8/ ct./Lb . 32.0 37 .5 3/44.0 33 .7 38 .9 3/45.2 Eggs, All 9 / Ct . /Doz . 60 .2 2/75.9 74.3 44.0 2/65.3 62.0 Table Ct . /Doz. 3 1.3 2/55 .9 53 .6 33.0 2 /58.1 54.3 Hatching Ct. /Doz . 125 .0 2 /125.0 125 . 0 1/ First half o f mont h . 2 / Mid-month pr ice. 3/ Entire month . 4/ Animals sold for dairy herd replacement onl y . 5/ Prices estimated quarterly . 6/ "Cows" and "steers and heifers" combined with allowanc e where ne c e s s a r y for slaughter bulls. 7/ Includes dairy cows sold for slaughter. 8/ Exc l ude s b r o i l e r s . 9 / Li v e we ight e qu i v al e nt p rice f or Georgia . InSUfficient sales. ~77=100 ~orgia INDEX NUMBERS-- GEORGIA AND UNIT ED STATES Apr i l May I April 19 88 1988 : 1989 May 1989 Prices Rece i ved All Commod i ti es 121 130* 135* 14 1 Crops 12 2 127 120 * 121 Lvstk. & Produc t s 1 20 132* 146* 157 llil1t e d St at e s Pr i c e s Re c e i v e d 130 134 14 7 151 Pr i c e s Pa i d 168 1/ 168 17 7 2/1 7 7 ~i o 3/ 77 80 83 85 ~ / Apr. 19 8 8 P ri c e s Pa id Index. 2/ Ap r . 1 989 Pr i c e s Pa i d I ndex. 3 / Ra ti o of Rnde x o f P r i ces Rp ~ i ved to Index of Prices Pai d, I nt ere st , Taxes a n d Farm Wa g e ates. * Rev ise d . 3 Month Endin OF PEANUTS armer Stocks ;---;:::"""':=-:';'='-<----=1'-i'9p:r8.;a'-;8:rm-1e 9 !" 8s9ti:1)'1~c:Tko-'l~~=-r-::~~ Shelled Peanuts 1988 Apr. 619,645 725,796 60,444 965,309 1,b45,398 May 293,919 746,486 59,757 992,826 1,346,502 June 51,680 710,386 53,804 944,813 1,050,297 July 4,622 588,426 46,029 782,607 833,258 Aug. 1,382 426,188 33,147 566,830 601,359 Sept. 592,859 351,792 20,219 467,883 1,080,961 Oct. 2,532,509 407,485 29,785 541,955 3,104,249 Nov. 2,693,398 461,966 33,747 614,415 3,341,560 Dec. 2,562,630 518,271 40,447 689,300 3,292,377 1989 Jan. 2,226,881 565,136 50,175 751,631 3,028,687 Feb. 1,733,943 660,160 51,479 878,013 2,663,435 Mar. 1,258,506 703,137 57,291 935,172 2,250,969 Apr. 880,493 709,879 59,171 944,139 1,883,803 1/ Excludes stocks on farms. Includes stocks owned by or held for account of CCC in commercial storages. 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. Commodity COLD STORAGE STOCKS I. Apr. 30, 1988 Butter Cheese, Natural Eggs, Frozen Fruits, Frozen 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 240,404 451,876 17,333 589,461 1,406,239 759,402 305,015 397,252 614,763 370,732 1,353,418 950,724 478,651 30,157 38,434 79,658 UNITED STATES II Mar. 31, 1989 APRIL 30 1989 Apr . 30, 1989 1,000 Pounds 341,946 377,330 394,686 409,306 14,790 15,330 667,111 601,650 1,638,655 1,772,380 748,985 765,622 298,327 275,489 394,464 457,611 435,467 488,512 269,243 298,700 1,162,996 1,068,441 947,256 971,845 411,331 429,692 26,542 29,763 30,146 34,134 116,993 107,099 Percent of A r. 1988 Mar~~ Percent 157 110 91 104 88 104 102 90 126 108 101 102 90 92 110 110 79 107 81 111 79 92 102 103 90 104 99 112 89 113 134 92 e Georgia Farm Report (ISSN-Q744-7280)is published semi-monthly by the Georaia Agricu~ural Statistics Service, Stephens Fed.era!Building, Athens ,Ga. 306.13 rry E. Snipes, State Statistician . Second class pos1age paid at Athens, Ga. Subscnption lee 510 per year except free to data contributors. Subscription lnformatio vailable from Georgia Agricu~ural Statistics Service, Stephens Federal Building, Suite 320, Athens , Ga. 30613. Telephone (404)546-2236. ~..,,,0/' !tI" GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS . SERVICE . STEPHENS FEDERAL BLDG. SUITE 320 ATHENS,GEORGIA 30613 SECOND- CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT ATHENS, GA 30613 ~ 4 2 PJ 1 4 1' 43/ O5;UO2-OJJ ~ ~6 35 - 2 5 7 20 0 Q 5~c O~ O c.. J !~ I V OF StOR,:; r :. JO C UM ~N T S S ECT L I S R ~ RY ~T ~ = N S S A 3 0 60 2 --- GEOR GIA FARM REPORT IS Received June 28, 1989 Volume 89-Number 15 jUN 2 9 1989 5~ I..". ... GEORGIA AGR ICULTURAL STAT ISTICS SERVICE Stephens Fede ral Building Suite 320 Athens , Georgia 30613 Phone: (404)546-2236 HIGHLIGHTS Monthly Poultry Livestock Slaughter Milk Production cattle on Feed catfish cold storage DOCU MENTS UGA liBRARIES GEORGIA'S EGG PRODUCTION UP 5 PERCENT Geor gia 's laying flocks produced 357 millIon eggs during May 1989, 5 percent more than May 1988. Production consisted of 242 million table eggs and 115 million ~ hatching eggs. U.S. EGG PRODUCTION DOWN 3 PERCENT Laying flocks in the United States produced 5.68 billion eggs during May 1989 down 3 percent from the 5.83 billion produced a year ago. Production included 4.94 billion table eggs and 748 million hatching eggs. 20 STATE EGG PRODUCTION DOWN 3 PERCENT Laying flocks in the 20 states produced 4.70 billion eggs during May 1989 , down 3 percent from a year ago. Production included 4.06 billion table eggs and 640 million hatching eggs . (Continued on Page 2) NUMBER OF LAYERS AND EGG PRODUCTION! MAY 1988-1989 No. of Layers During May housands GEORGIA Hatching 5 ,891 5,980 1,910 1,928 113 Table 11,658 11,680 1, 959 2, 07 4 22 8 Total Georgia 17,549 17,660 1,943 2,022 341 Hatching 32,443 Table 196 ,663 Total 20 States 229,106 33,258 188,110 221 ,368 20 STATES 1,960 1,924 2,145 2 ,158 2,119 2,123 636 4,218 4,854 Hatching Table Total U. S. 37 ,584 236,939 274,523 38,773 227,907 266,680 UNITED STATES 1,956 1,929 2,150 2,165 2,123 2,131 735 5,094 5,829 115 2 42 357 640 4,060 4,700 748 4,935 5,683 SLAUGHTER Ill: APRIL-MAY 1988-1989 Item i %0 A1~r8.9 year a0 j M19ax9 21 Jan. % or year a0 s -- Young Chickens Georg~a 58,285 58,134 100 69 ,842 231,203 244,637 106 United Sta tes ~ture Chickens 416 , 787 416 ,88 1 100 488,725 1,683,599 1,727,150 103 Ight Type O. S 15, 034 10,324 69 11,900 58 ,052 48,128 83 Heavy Type U. S . 3 ,105 3 ,865 124 4 ,008 15, 302 14 ,994 98 Total U.S. 18 , 139 14,189 78 15 ,908 73,354 63,122 86 ~Trotcael ntAlCl oTndyepmesne, dGa. 3 ,427 2,954 86 3,578 15 ,179 13,919 92 Oung Ch~ckens Georgia 1.6 1 .7 1. 8 1.7 VUnited Fede rSatlalytes~nspected 1.9 slaughter 1 .8 data as collected by Meat and 2.1 Poultry 2.0 Inspection rogram . Current month data estimated by Market News Service. 21 Preliminary. I EGGS IN INCUBATORS , JUNE 1, 1988-1989, UNITED STATE~S~ 1988 I 1989 ChiCkens --Thousands-- Egg Type 32,998 32,465 BrOiler Type ~eY9, All Breeds 399,~87 34,023 ~30,067 38,501 AGRICULTURAL STATISTICIAN AND GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ~~~ _ ~-"=-=,-o--f=-==Y.:.e..a..r...;A:..g::o=~ 98 108 113 - Item ... POULTRY HATCH!!W M1a9~ 8 i i A~ r . 1 a9 AND PLACEM : Mav EN y~ Te ao- -rrl>l AY, 1988-1989 Jan . thru 1989 ago 198 d i Ma 1 89 Thousands Thous a nd s - - y%eoarr - ago 4 , 19 7 23 9 :,.. "; 4,195 2 49 4 , 439 106 13 1 55 19, 993 984 20 ,8 1 3 104 9 36 95 72,151 73, 021 75, 768 105 343,766 361,673 105 487,027 49 3 , 50 3 5 22,896 107 2,335 ,912 2, 44 2 , 9 6 5 105 1 ,285 35,984 1,461 35,942 1,280 100 38,254 106 7,76 1 164,055 6 ,064 160, 7 2 4 78 98 2 200 132 105 s rom eggs 30 dozen case :.'. GEORG IA RED MEAT PRODUCTION UP Commercial red meat production in Georgia totaled 31 .4 million pounds during May 1989, up 23 p ercent from May 1988. Th e n umb er of c a t t l e sl aughtered by comme rcial p lan t s in Georgia d u r i ng May 1988 was 15.5 thousand, down 4 percent from a year earlier. The total live weight was 14.6 million pounds with an average live weight of 947 pounds per head. There were 130.0 thousand head of hogs slaughtered in Georgia's commerc ial plants during May. This is 33 percent more t ha n the same period last year. The total live weight was 31.7 million pounds with an average live weight of 244 pounds per head. U.S . RED MEAT PRODUCTION UP Commercial red meat production for the United States in May 1989 totaled 3.40 billion pounds, up 6 percent from May 1988. Beef p r oduction at 2. 00 billion pounds was up 4 percent. Head killed was 3.02 million, up 4 percent from last year and the average live weight was 1,105 pounds . Pork production totaling 1 .34 billion pounds , was up 9 percent. Hogs killed at 7.48 million head increased 9 percent and t he average l i v e we igh t was 251 pounds. Species CGaeottryeia Calves Hogs Sheep & La mbs GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES LIVE STOCK SLAUGHTER 1 Number Sl a u htered I Average ay Live We ~ g ht Ma I ' 8 9 1 a9 s8 8 % a f h"7'<""t'l,..,--M~ "a~r1'n"""'--_-+_~=_':":;::+-_"""""'''''''''''-_ 1 , 0 0 0 Re a d Pe r c ent Pounds 16.2 15 .5 96 1. 3 1. 4 108 98 . 0 130. 0 1 33 0.1 0.1 100 927 947 42 4 3 23 2 40 244 117 95 Unit e d St a t e s Ca tt l e 2,908.5 3 , 0 24 . 2 10 4 Calves 17 9.1 163. 1 91 Hogs 6 . 884. 0 7 ,480.0 109 Sh e e p & La mb s 42 7 . 4 447 . 3 105 17 I n cludes s laughter under Fede r al I ns p e c t ~ on and f a r m s l augh t e r . Kind I Mar I COMMERCIAL RED MEAT AND LARD PRODUCTIO N: UN ITED STATES WI TH COMPARI SONS 1 / -' 1989 as % 1988 1989 of 1988 M~ll ~ o n Po u nds Per c ent 104 97 109 10 4 1 06 10 8 l ml n a r y ~a r 2 . ~y MI LK PRODUCTI ON- 2 1 STATES Milk produc t io n in t h e 21 se lect ed stat es . totaled 11 . 1 bill ion pounds . virtually unc hang ed fr om produc ti on i n these s ame sta t e s f or May 1988 . productio n per c ow in the 2 1 state s ave r a ged 1. 304 p ound s, 22 p ounds mor e than May 19 8 8. The numb e r of cows en far ms in the 2 1 s t ate s wa s 8. 5 2 m~ l li on h e a d, 19 t housand l e ss than Apri l 19 89 , and 1 15 thousand l ess tha n May 19 88 . Dur ing the J anu a ry -Mar ch p e ri od t he 21 s e l ec t ed sta t e s p rod uced 85 . 1 percent of t he U.S. production. If the producers in the re mai n i n g 29 sta tes no t surveyed on June 1 followed the same pattern as the 21 states, the U. S. production would be 13.0 bil lion pounds for May 1989. MIL K COWS AND MILK PROD UCTION, MAY 1988-1989 ii 1988 21 States Percent 8,63 1 99 1 ,282 102 11,064 100 fresh . sucked by calves. n t :l CATTLE ON FEED IN 7 STATES DOWN 3 PERCENT FROM LAST YEAR Cattle and calves on feed June I, 1989, for slaughter marke t in the 7 states preparing monthly estimates totaled 7 .56 million head, down 3 percent from a year ago and slightly l ower t han June I, 1987. _ Marketings of fed catt le during May totaled 1.75 mill i o n, u p 1 p e rc ~nt fr om l as t year a nd up 15 perc ent f rom two - yea r s ago. This i s the l a r g es t number of May marketi ngs si n c e 1 9 7 2 . Placements of cattle and calves on feed in the 7 states during May totaled 1.62 mil l ion, down 25 percent from last year and down 18 percent from May 1987. This is the lowest May placement total since 1981. Net placements of 1.46 million for May is 28 percent below last year and down 21 percent below 1987. Other disappearance totaled 164 thousand h e a d compared to 141 thousand i n May 19 8 8 and 14 3 thousand i n May 19 87. CATTLE AND CALVES: NUMBER ON FEED, PLACEMENTS , MARKETING S , AND OTHER DI SAPPEARANCE, 7 STATES , MAY 1 TO JUNE 1 19 89 a s % li em 198 8 1989 of 1988 1,000 Hea d On Feed, May 1 1/ 7 , 51 9 7,847 104 Pl a ced on Feed dur i ng Ma y 2 , 165 1, 619 75 Fed Cattle Ma rket ed du ri ng May 1 , 724 1 , 747 10 1 -' Ot he r Dis a p p e a r a n c e duri ng May 2 / 14 1 164 116 Q!L Fe ed J u n e 1 1/ 7,81 9 7 ,555 97 1/ Cat tl e a nd c a l v e s o n feed are animals for slaughter marke t be i ng f e d a fu ll rat i on o f grain or othe r concentrates and are expected t o produce a carca ss tha t wi l l grad e select or b e tt e r. 2/ Includes death losse s, moveme nt fr om f e e dl o t s t o pas t u r e s a nd shipments to other feedlots for further fe e ding . he Geor gia Farm Repo rt (ISSN0744-7280 j is pub lished sem i-m o nthly by the GeorgraAgncultural Statistics Service . Stepneus Federal Bu ilding . Athens, Ga . 3O13 ;uri E. Snipes, State Statist ic ian. Second class post ag e pai d at Athens . Ga. Subscri ptio n fee S1Cr-er year exce pt free to data contributors . Subscription lnfor m atio vallabl e Iro m Geo rgia Ag ricu~ural Statist ics Service, Stephe ns Fede ral Buila in g. Su ile 320. Athen s, Ga 3O13. Telephon e (404)546 2236. 3 Month U. ~ . ~ ARM 'RA[ s~n CATF ISH, 19 8 8 - 1 9 8 9 QUANTITY PROC ES S ED AND PRICE S PAID TO PRODUCERS REPORTED BY MAJO R P ROCES S ORS ._ - AN D U.S . Average PI Mr Pa cO eR TS.~ ;'---n-=:-=i~~;=---=..:..=.;z..=.':""=""""::=~~'::;";=-=----I PPrao diduc etors 1 _ ~~==~ Jan. 26,018 Feb. 27,786 Mar. 28,179 Apr . 20,805 May 20,351 June 22,839 July 23 ,687 Aug . 26,941 se~t. 24,611 Dc . 26,22 1 Nov. 25,037 Dec. 22,634 17 Pr~ces EaId to furnished y U.S. 26,948 26 ,0 18 26, 948 28 ,559 53,804 55, 50 7 29,458 8 1,983 8 4 ,965 27 ,310 102,788 112 ,275 28,892 123 ,139 141,167 145,978 169 ,665 196 ,606 221,217 247,438 .27 2 , 475 295 ,109 Er6ducers for fI s h del I vered ureau of Ce n s u s . . 68 . 78 .72 . 78 .75 . 77 .75 .76 .75 . 76 .78 .80 .80 .79 . 79 .78 .1.8 to process ~ ng 451 508 577 217 1 , 015 26 724 414 669 674 388 182 plan t. 27 588 11 7 79 5 4 17 Da ta Commodi t COLD STORAGE STOCKS May 31, 1 9 88 Butter Cheese , Natural Eggs , Frozen Fruits , Frozen Fruit Juices, Frozen Meats, Red Beef, Frozen Pork, Frozen Poultry, Frozen Turkeys, Frozen Vegetables, Frozen Potatoes , Frozen P"e a n u t s , Shelled Pe a nu t s , In Shell Pe c a ns , Shelled Pecans, I n She ll 280 , 540 460 , 117 20 , 306 550 , 515 1,556,778 721,205 275 ,118 388 ,559 630,605 410 , 121 1 ,278,499 963 ,920 511, 958 24,362 40 ,092 63 ,091 UNI TED STATES Ap r. 30 , 1989 1,000 Pounds 379,118 405 , 137 15 ,437 606,108 1, 77 5 , 7 7 1 767 ,070 273 ,159 438 ,391 488,470 298, 549 1, 06 7 , 751 969 ,854 429,649 29,763 34 ,182 10 5 , 541 MAY 3 1 198 9 May 3 1 , 1989 438,302 420 ,911 . .16 ,149 575,915 1,890 ,248 735,342 243 ,536 432 ,043 565,974 356 , 763 1 ,002,199 986,215 439 ,956 30,109 33 ,117 83,943 _.. - .- Per c e n t of 19 8 8 A r. 198 9 Percent 156 116 91 104 80 10 5 105 95 121 106 10 2 96 89 89 111 99 90 116 87 119 78 94 102 102 86 102 124 101 83 97 133 80 ",.~- ="- GEORGIA .:.". f..GRICU'-.TUR.A,L STATi STICS SERVi CE 3 TEPHENS FEDERAL BLDG SL.!ITE .120 .'\T ~-! [ rJ ~~ GE..) R{3IA jet; i ~1 . . . ..) ~ 2. ;: .,J 1 1 .. .. ..: ... ...J #. '1 :'" - _ :. ;" : _ -r .J '. - .- / :, .... :. - _' r, _ l :; - ~ ...: J r '-- : : .... J L. J ' , '; ,;.. T .., :: ,\ .) S E C O~ D CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT ATHENS, GA 306 13 r" t ) '! ' . r .!- J :'- j rY t . ....t __ l J ;,. "l _~J 1-..r ':" , ---- GEORGIA FARM REPORT Received July 6, 1989 Volume 89-Number 16 JUl 11 1989 ~..",>:> . ."".... GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE Stephens Federal Building Suite 320 Athens, Georgia 30613 Phone: (404)546-2236 HIGHLIGHTS Hogs and Pigs DOCOMEN1S UGA UBRAR\l$S' INVENTORY DOWN SLIGHTLY Agricultural Prices U.S. inventory of all hogs and pigs on Grain Stocks June 1, 1989, was estimated at 55.5 peanut Stocks million head. This was 1 percent below a year ago. Breeding inventory, at 7.33 GEORGIA HOG INVENTORY UP 2 PERCENT million head, was 3 percent below last year. Market hog inventory, at 48.2 Inventory of all hogs and pigs on Georgia farms on June 1, 1989, is estimated at 1,200,000 head, 2 percent more than a year earlier. These numbers are the results of a June probability survey of Georgia farmers conducted by the Georgia Agricultural Statistics Service. million head, was 1 percent below a year ago. The December 1988-May 1989 U.S. pig crop was 46.5 million head, 1 percent below last year. Sows farrowing during this 6 month period, at 5.95 million, were 1 percent less than the previous year. Pigs saved per litter was 7.82, a new record high for the period, compared Hogs kept for breeding totaled 185,000 with 7.77 last year. head, 9 percent above June 1988, and 16 percent more than the previous quarter. Market hog inventory, at 1,015,000 head, is 1 percent above last year and unchanged from the previous quarter. U.S. hog producers intend to farrow 6.03 million sows during the June-November period, a slight increase from the actual sows farrowed during 1988. Farrowings for the June-August period, at 3.05 million, (Continued on Page 2) are expected to be 1 percent below last year. Item HOGS AND PIGS: INVENTORY NUMBER, SOWS FARROWING AND PIG CROP GEORGIA AND 10 UARTERLY STATES 1 1988 AND 1989 June 1 Inventory All Bogs and P~gs Kept for Breeding Market 44,065 43,690 99 5,630 5,560 99 38,435 38,130 99 1,175 1,200 102 170 185 109 1,005 1,015 101 ByMarket HO~S and Pigs weI~h Groups nder 0 Pounds 60-119 Pounds 120-179 Pounds 180 Pounds & Over 16,415 16,055 98 9,515 9.525 100 7,000 6,990 100 5,505 5,560 101 430 440 102 265 270 102 195 195 100 115 110 96 Sows Farrowin~ December 2/- ebruary March-May December 2/-May June-August September-November June-November 2,123 2,109 99 2,578 2,535 98 4,701 4,644 99 2,359 3/2,359 100 2,271 3/2,304 101 4,630 3/4,663 101 60 62 103 68 70 103 128 132 103 70 3/74 106 63 3/69 110 133 3/143 108 fJg Crop uecember 2/-February March-May December 2/-May June-August September-November June-November 16,489 16,439 100 20,175 19,900 99 36,664 36,339 99 18,007 17,295 35,302 456 471 103 510 539 106 966 1,010 105 525 460 985 Pigs Per Li tter -nMecember 2/ February 7.77 -N-u--mr:bne-r 100 Number 7.60 1.60 100 arch-May 7.83 7.85 100 7.50 7.70 103 JDecember 2/-May 7.80 7.82 100 7.55 7.65 101 sUne-August 7.63 7.50 jPtember-November 7.62 7.30 rrune-November 7.62 7.41 GA,IL,IN.IA,KS,MN,MO,NB,NC,OH, 27 December preced~ng year. 37 IntentIons. AGRICULTURAL STATISTICIAN AND GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE GEORG I A PRIC ES RECEI VED I NDEX The Geo rg ia P r ice s Re c e i v e d All Commod i ty I n d ex f o r June wa s 1 39 'p e r c e n t of the 19 77 a v e r age , 2 po i n t s ( 1. 4 percent ) l e ss t han (6 . 9 the pe r prev cent ious mon ) above t h a r bu year t ag 9 o . points Lowe r pri ces f o r were only soyb par eans tia l i m y" ilk, of f s e and t b y broile r highe s r pr ices for wheat c or n , cotton , hogs be e f catt le , ca i ve s , other chicke ns and tab l e egg s. Hatch i ng e g g p ric e was un change d. U. S . PRICES RECEIVED INDEX DOWN 3 POINTS Th e J u ne Al l Farm Prod u c t s I n dex o f Pr ic es Re c e i v ed by f armer s dec r e a s e d 3 po ints ( 2. 0 pe r c en t) f r o m May t o 1 4 6 p e r c e n t o f its January-December 19' average. Decreas es in t he price s tomato es, c a ttle, wheat, and corn ~e' partially offse t by h i gher prices f~ l ettuce, h o gs , lemons , ana strawber r 1e The index was 7 points (5 .0 per ce~ above a year ago . ' The Jun e hog ' pric e was at the h i ghee level si n ce August last year. Mos t ; the increa se over las t montn was caus~ by stron g ba r row a n d gil t p r ic es . Cat t i and cal f p r i ce s were mixed. Al l g rain ana o i l s e ed pri ces decrea s ed ffe~' May. Whe a t p ri ces were down wh i le t~ ri ce pr ice i nc r ea s ed slight ly . Lo~ bro i ler p r i ce s more than o f fs e t s l i~ increa s e s f or eggs and turkeys. PRICES RECE I VED BY Prlce per Uni t JUNE 15 , 198 9 WITH COMPAR ISONS UnI ted St a t e s Wi nter Wh ea t S/Bu . 3 . 24 3. 43 Oa ts S/Bu . Co rn $ / Bu . 3 . 07 3 .03 Cott on Ct . / Lb . 60.6 58 .6 Soybe ans $/Bu. 8 . 14 6 .88 All Hay , ba l ed 2/ $/Ton LI VESTOCK & PRODUCTS Hog s S/Cwt . 46.5 0 42 . 00 Sows S/Cw t. 32.00 30 .00 Barrows & Gi lt s S/C wt. 47 .60 42 . 70 Beef Cat t l e 4/ S/Cw t . 50 . 70 57 .60 Cows Stee 5 rs / He i f e r s S/Cwt. S / C wt . 43.60 65.80 48.4 0 68.90 Ca l v e s S/ Cwt . 75 . 40 81 . 70 Al l Mil k $ / Cw t. 13 .70 14. 20 Turkeys 2/ Ct. / Lb . Chickens 6 / Ct ./Lb. 4. 1 Com' l Br oil e r s 7/ Ct. /Lb. 33 .5 Eggs , All Ct ./Doz. 55 .5 Ta b l e Ct. / Doz . 3 5 . 4 Hatchin Ct. Doz . lrs a a . 1 he ifers" combi n e d wi th allowan ce ne c essary cows sol d f or s laughte r . 6 / Exc l udes bro i l ers. INDEX NUMBERS--GEORGI A AND UNITED STATES Ma y J une I May 1 9 77=10 0 19 88 198 8 , 1989 Ge orgla P rlces Re c e i ved Al l Commodities 130 130 1 41 Cr o ps 127 13 3 121 Lv s t k. & Products 132 12 8 15 6* Uni ted State s P rice s Rece l v e d 14 9 Pr ices Paid 2/1 77 Rati o 3 pro r I ndex Rates. o f * Pric e s Revis Re ed . ceived of June 1989 139 12 0 154 GEORGIA HO G INVENTORY CONT I NUED 10 STATES DOWN 1 PERCENT The De c e mb e r 19 88-Ma y 19 89 p i g crop is estimat e d a t 1, 010,000 head, 5 percent more t ha n the comparable perioa the previous year . Sows farrowing during this 6 mon t h period, at 132 ,000 head , i nc r e a s e d 3 pe r c e n t from the same period a year ago. Pigs saved pe r litter ave raged 7.65 compared to l as t year's 7. 5 5 . Th e Decembe r - February pig c rop i s e s t imat e d at 471 ,000, up 3 per c ent and t he Mar c h - May pig c rop at 539,000 head i nc rease d 6 percent f rom t he previous year . Geo r g i a producers i n t e n d to have 74 , 000 sows fa r r ow during June thr ough Augus t . I f these intentions are r e al i z e d , f a r rowi n g s will b e 6 p ercent mo re t h a n J une-August 1988. Dur i ng Sept embe r - Nov e mb e r , 69 ,0 00 sows a r e e xpected t o fa r row , 10 percent mor e t h an the actual farrowings a year e a rli e r. The 10 quart erly states, wi th 43. million head on June 1 , 1989, were down percent f r om last year. In the 10 quarterly states th De c emb er -May pig crop was 36.3 mill i~ h e a d, 1 percent below last yea r. TI' Ma r c h - Ma y pig crop at 19.9 mi lli on h e. wa s 1 p ercen t bel ow last year . The 1 ma i o r states March-May p ig c rop of 23. mi l l i o n head wa s 2 pe r c en t below l as year . Intentions in the 10 quarterly states fc June-Novembe r are 4 .66 millio n head, u~ per c ent f rom the correspondi ng perl C last yea r . June-August in te n de fa rrowi n g s , a t 2 . 3 6 mi l l i o n h e a d j u nchanged f r om the com p a r a bl e quart er J 19 8 8 , whi le Sept e mber- Nov embe r i nte n de farrowings, at 2.30 mill ion h e a d, a re U 1 percent from last year . 2 GEORGI A SOYBEAN STOCKS AND WHEAT STOCKS DOWN FROM LAST YEAR Ge org i a ' s s to c k s o f soyb ean s in al l os i t i ons on J une 1 , 1989 , t ota l ed 6. 61 ;1 11i o n bushels. Th is i s 3 percen t less t han t h e 6.83 mi l l i on b u shels on h a n d June 1, 1 9 8 8. Soy be ans stored on farms on June 1, a mou n t ed t o 70 0 tho u s a n d bus he l s , down 30 p e r c e nt from a year ear l i e r . Soybe a ns stored off the farm total e d 5 . 9 1 million bushels , c ompared with 5 . 8 3 million bushels on hand June 1, 1988 . stock s o f o ld c rop whea t st o r ed in al l pos i t i o n s June 1, 19 89, in Ge o rgi a , are es t i ma t e d a t 8 91 thousand bus h els, 24 percent less than the 1 . 17 mil l ion bushels o n ha nd J une 1, 1 9 8 8. Old cr op wheat s t ored off f ar ms to taled 791 thousand bushels , 26 perc ent less than a year e a r l i e r . Stocks o f old cro p wheat on farms amounted to 10 0 thou s a nd bushels , the same as June 1 , 1988. Co rn s tored off the farm on June 1, 1989 , totaled 4.75 million bushe l s, o nly 45 per cent of t h e 10 . 6 million bushe ls on ha nd a year earl ier. Off f arm barley stoc ks in Ge orgia on June 1 , 1989, amounted to 11 thousand bushels . Gra i n * 11 * * '" III '" 151 6,8'"30 6,6'" 11 1 17 3 891 an processors. "On U. S. CORN, WHEAT AND SOYBEAN STOCKS BELOW A YEAR AGO Corn st o r e d i n a l l posi tions o n June 1, 198 9 is e s t i ma ted a t 3. 4 2 bill io n bus he l s , d own 41 pe rce nt fr om June 1, 19 8 8. Of t he to tal stoc k s , 2 .02 bil lion bushe l s wer e st o red on-f a r ms . Of f - fa r m stocks t o t a l e d 1 . 40 bi l lio n bu s he l s . Old crop whe a t in all positi ons J une 1 , 1989 i s 6 9 4 mi l l i on bushels, down 4 5 percent from last June 1 and the lowest car ryove r level sinc e 1976 . Farm stocks , a t 2 8 3 million bus hels , a~e down 46 pe rcent f rom June 1, 1988. Of f- f a r m s tocks a r e 44 percent less t ha n a y ear ago a t 41 1 mi ll io n bushels. Soybeans sto r ed i n a ll positions on June 1 , 1989, to t a l e d 4 6 5 mi llion b us h e l s , 29 p e r c ent be l ow a y ear earlier a nd 44 p e rcent lowe r than June 1 , 198 7. Th i s stocks level is the lowe s t June 1 total s ince 1 9 7 7. Fa rm s tocks, at 22 9 mill ion b us he ls , a r e d own 2 5 per c e n t fro m June 1, 19 88. Of f - f a rm s to cks t otal ed 236 mi l l i on bus h e l s , 3 3 pe r c e n t be l ow l a s t June 1 . Ol d c r o p oat st o cks i n al l st o r a ge posit i o ns on Jun e 1, 1989, to t a l e d 98.3 mil lion bushe l s , down 12 percent from June 1, 1988. On-farms stocks total ed 59 .9 mi llion bushels , down 22 p e r cent from June 1, 1988. Off- far m stocks at 38. 4 mi llion bushels were up 9 pe rc e n t fr om J une 1 , 198 8. _ _ _ __ __ _ TED ST ...,.:U~~NI ATE::.::S,--=G::.:Rc:.:A,",-I=.N=,--=-=~c.::==---=-:::.== Q.!:.a in I On Fa r ms June 1, June 1, 1988 : 1989 June 1, 1988 All Posit i ons J une 1 , I June 1 , 1988 I 1989 - 1,000 Bushels Barley (O l d Crop) 19 3, 1 0 3 Cor n 3 , 241 ,000 128 ,107 2 ,022 ,000 128,107 8 4 , 599 2, 594 , 542 1, 39 7,030 321,210 5 ,835 , 54 2 196,820 3,419 ,03 0 Oats (Old Crop) 76,900 59 ,930 35,129 38 , 40 4 112 , 029 98 , 3 34 RYe ( Ol d Crop) 2 / SOr ghum SOYbe a ns ~at ( Ol d Crop ) 1/ In c l Ud e s sto c k s MN, NO, SO o n l y . 5 ,500 2,330 7 ,975 1 0,3 0 5 105 , 900 85, 200 70 1 ,9 45 473,309 807,845 558,509 303,900 22 9 , 2 0 0 351 ,382 235 , 611 655,282 4 64 ,81 1 5 2 5 , oq~o:....----:--,2=-8,3"-,L0.0.:0"-"'-'''--7_3~~5~,=8-=4=-4--:---'4'1::0~,~6==0-=1~--:1-,'2~6~0~, = 84~ 4 _ _ ~ 69:.3.:::,'.6.J0~::'1'=''at mills, elevators, wa r e h ouses, t ermi n a ls a n d p ro cessors. 2/ GA , he Georgia Far m Report.(ISSN-0 744 -72801 is pu blish"; sem i-mon thly by the Goo rs ia ,A.gricultu,al Statistic s Servic e, Stepho ns Federal Buildmq, Ath en s, Ga . 306' 3 rryE. Sni pes , State Statistici an. Sec o nd class post age pai d at Athens, Ga. Sub script ton fee $ 10 pe r y ea r except free to da ta co ntrib uto rs. Su bsc npti on info rm atio vailabl e fro m Georg i" AgriCU~ lI raJ Stat 'otics Service, Sta phe"s Fede ral Bu ild in g , Suite 320 , Athe ns, Ga. 3061 3 . h lopho ne (404) 546-2'l36 . 3 MAY PEANUT STOCKS Peanut stocks in commercial storage on May 31, 1989, totaled 1.46 billion pounds of equivalent farmer stock. This total includes 433 million pounds of actual farmer stock. Shelled peanuts on hand totaled 961 million pounds of equivalent farmer stock. Roasting stock totaled 60.2 million pounds. There were no Commodity Credit Corporat ion uncommi tted s tocks on hand as of May 31, 1989. Shelled peanut stocks on May 31, 1989 totaled 723 million pounds of which 645 million pounds were edible grades and 78.1 million pounds were oil stocks . Edible grade stocks by type were : Virginias, 107 million pounds ; Runners 503 million pounds; and Spanish, 35.5 million pounds . _ _ _ _----'S~TOCKS OF PEANUTS AND SPECIFIED PRODUCTS Month End in I ! Farmer Stocks' Shelled Peanu'ts I 2 i END, 1988-1989 1/ I ; Farmer Stock Eguivalent Shelled i Total - Peanuts I 3 1988 May 293,919 746,477 60,139 992,814 1,346 ,872 June 51,680 110,386 53,804 944,813 1,050,297 July 4,622 588,426 46,029 782,607 833,258 Aug. 1,382 426,188 33,147 566,830 601,359 Sept. 592,859 351,792 20,219 467,883 1,080,961 Oct. 2 ,532,509 401 ,485 29,785 541,955 3,104,249 Nov. 2 ,693,398 461,966 33,747 614,415 3,341,560 Dec. 2,562,630.. . 518 ,271 40,447 689,300 3 ,292,377 1989 Jan . 2,226,881 565,136 50,115 751,631 3,028,687 Feb. 1 ,733,943 660 ,160 51,479 878 ,013 2,663 ,435 Mar. 1,258,506 703,137 57,291 935,172 2,250,969 Apr. 813,761 115,440 59,187 951,535 1,824,489 May 433,286 722,918 60,234 961,481 ~,455,001 1/ Excludes stocks on farms. Includes stocks owned by or held for account of CCC in commercial storages. 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. ,...:~. GEORG I.A f,oJ:> i AGRICULTURAL ST ATI ST IC S - -- SERVICE STEPHE NS FEDERAL BLD G S ~;l r E 320 ,:,: i1a 'JS GE'J RGlt, 306 13 SECOND _. CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT ATHENS. GA 306 13 --, C7 GEORGIA FARM RE ~ July 14, 1989 Volu~e 89-Number 17 JUL 11 1989 DOCUM ENTS UGA UBRAR\ES t 'l'b'b ...",.,. GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE Stephens Federal Building Suite 320 Athens, Georgia 30613 Phone : (404)546-2236 HIGHLIGHTS Planted and Harvested Acres July 1 Crop Forecast 1988 Fruit Summary 1988 Pecan Summary 1989 CROP ACREAGES INC REASE Acreages of most of Ge org ia's crops planted f or 19 89 are ab o ve 198 8 . A June 1 survey indi cates signifi cant increas es in acreages of s oybe a ns , sorghum and tobacco, and more moderate gains for peanuts and corn . Wh e a t a nd oats p lan ted last fall were also u p c ons i de r a b l y . The only crops showing a decline in acreage from last year are cotton , rye and sweetpotatoes. Yield and production forecasts for most 1989 row crops will b e published August 10, 198 9. SOYBEANS UP 29 PERCENT Soybean plant ings i n Georgia are expected to total 1,200,000 a cres for 1989, a 29 percent jump from l a s t year 's 930,000 acres. Th is, howe ver , is still the third lowest acre age since 1 976 . As of JUly 9, soybean planting wa s 92 percent complete, the same as last year. Harvested acres are pro jected at 1,150,000 acres, 28 percent above 1988. June and July rains have boosted conditions of the crop to 95 percent in the good to excellent category . PEANUT ACREAGE Peanuts planted in Georgia are estimated at 700,000 acres, 1 percent or 10,000 acres more than last year. This is also 25,000 acres above the March planting intentions. Acreage harvested is expected to total 695,000 acres, up 1 percent from the 685,000 acres harvested in 1988. This would be the largest peanut acreage harvested since 1950. Peanuts are in good to excellent condition and development is a little ahead of average. COTTON ACREAGE DECLINES Cotton acreage in Georgia is estimated at 300,000 acres planted, a drop of 14 percent from last year 's 350,000 acres planted. Participation in government programs and weather problems last year are the major reasons for the reduction. Acreage of this size would still be 50,000 acres more than the 1987 crop . The crop condition is good to excellent. (Continued on Page 2) GEORGIA ACREAGE YIELD AND PRODUCTION 19 88 Ac r e a e Yield Produ ct ion Cr op Unit Harves t ed 198 8 1/ 1988 Ind i- I I 1 9 8 8 ca t ed 19 89 --Thousand Ac r es - - Wheat Bu. 575 800 500 700 Oats Bu . 80 90 45 70 Rye Bu. 3 50 320 70 70 14 Tobacco Type Lbs . 38 41 APPles , All 43 63 27 2,260 30 57 3/ 2,300 --Thousands-- 2 1, 500 21 , 0 0 0 2 ,835 3,990 1 ,890 3/ 85,880 94 ,300 Commercial Lbs. 4 3 .5 8,250 8,570 33,000 30,000 Peaches Lbs. 19 19 7,370 6 ,580 140,000 125,000 Corn Bu. 600 610 500 550 62 2/ 31 ,000 2/ SOYbeans Bu. 930 1,200 900 1 ,150 25 2/ 22 ,500 2/ Peanuts Lbs. 690 700 685 695 2,630 2/ 1 ,801,550 2/ Sorghum Bu. 85 100 40 50 35 2/ 1,400 2/ Cotton 4 / Bales 350 300 315 2/ 564 2/ 370 2/ Hay, All Ton 570 ~etPotatoes Cwt. 5 .5 5.0 5.2 600 4.8 2 .2 2/ 1,254 160 5/ 832 2/ 5/ pi Harves ted for p rincipal use . 2/ The f irst yield and product ion forecast will be released at 3:00 :2 . oM., August 10. 3/ The first yield and production forecast will be released at 3 :00 P .M. , October t~tober 4/ Cotton yield in pounds per harvested acre , production in bales . 5 / Yield and produc- on est~mates will be released in the Annual Crop Summary . AGRICULTURAL STATISTICIAN AND GEORGIADEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE V;o l . 8 9 -No . 17 CORN ACREAGE UP 2 PERCENT Georgia's corn p lant ings t o t a l 610,000 acres, a n i nc r ea s e of 2 percent from a year ear l ier , but 10,000 a cres less than the in tended acreage in March of this yea r . Co rn to be harvested f or g ra in i s e xpec ted to tota l 550 ,000 acres , .10 percent more than last ye a r' s drought damaged crop. Ra infall has been p le ntifu l since planting was completed and the crop has flour ished as a result . The crop was i n good to excellent condit ion as of July 7th. Development is slightly ahead of last year but behind ~verage. SWEETPOTATO ACREAGE DOWN Sweetpotatoes planted in Georgia for 1989 are estimated at 5 ,000 acres, 9 percent or 500 acres less than a year ago. Harvested acreage dec lined 8 percent to 4 ,800 acres. SORGHUM ACREAGE UP 18 PERCENT As o f July 9t h, 94 p e r cent of the cr~ h ad been planted. Crop cond i t ion was good to excellent . OAT AC REAGE CLIMBS 5 6 PERCENT Oa t s harv.ested fo r gr a i n a r e est ima t e d q' 70, 00 0 ac res, 5 6 pe r c e n t above the 45 ,O~ acres harve s t e d i n 1988 , and the highes s ince 198 3. Yie ld is forecast a t S bushels pe r ac re, c omp a r e d wi t h l a s: yea r 's record high 63 bushels pe r acre Oats planted in Georg ia for the 1989 cr; tota led 90 ,000 ac res, up 13 percent fr~ 1988. By Jul y 9 th , harvest was near i ~ comple tion a fter being slowed by rai~ that began, , in early June. . HAY ACREAGE UP 5 PERCENT Hay acreage for 1989 is expected to tota' 600,000 acres , 5 pe rcent more t h a n 19 88' Hay crops were in good to excelle~ condition during t h e f i rst week of J Uly Baling had been delayed several weeks ~ wet weather. Sorghum acreage for 1989 is est imated at 100,000 acres, 18 percent above the 85,000 acres p lanted in 1988 . Sorghum to be harvested for grain is expected to to ta l 50,000 acres, an i nc rease of 25 percent f r om last year. St a t e Al a . Fl a. Ga. N. Mex . N. C . Ok l a . S . C. Te x . Va . U. S. 1988 237. 0 98.0 69 0 . 0 13 .4 155 .0 99 . 0 13 .0 260 .0 92 .0 1,657.4 PEANUT ACRES PLANTED AND HARVESTED 1988 1989 Area Planted Area Harvested I 1989 1989 a s % I of 1988 19 88 - - - 1 ,00 0 Ac r e s I I Ind . 1 98 9 1989 as ~ o f 19 88 245 .0 103 236 . 0 24 4.0 103 100 . 0 102 90.0 92 . 0 10 2 700 .0 101 685.0 695 .0 10 1 15.0 112 13 . 4 15 .0 112 155 .0 100 153.0 153 .0 100 95. 0 96 97 .0 93.0 96 14 .0 108 13. 0 14 . 0 108 260.0 100 250 .0 2 53 .0 10 1 93 .0 1 01 91. 0 92 . 0 101 1,677 .0 1 01 1,6 28 . 4 1,65 1.0 -- 10 1 he Geo rgia Farm Repo rt.(ISSN-Q744-7280) is publ ished semi-monthly by the Georgia Agricuhural Statistics Service, Stephens Fede ral Bu ild ing, Athens, Ga. 306 13 rry E. Snipes, State.Statisticien . Seco~d class P?"t age paid at Athen s, Ga. SUbscnption fee $ 10 per year except free to data con tribu to rs. SUbscriptio n inf ormatio vailable from Georg ia Agncu hural Statistics Service, S1ephens Federal Build ing , SUite 320, Athens, Ga. 30613 . Teleph on e (404)546-2236. 2 tlNITED STATES HI GHL I GHTS Corn planted f or a ll pur po s e s is ~mated at 72 . 8 mil li o n ac res , up 8 percent f rom l a s t yea r, but 1 percent below Marc h i n t e nti ons. Gr owers e x p ect to harvest 65.8 milli on acr e s for gr ain, 13 percent above last year. ~hum plan t e d for a ll pur poses i s expected to tota l 11 .9 mil l i o n a cres, u p 15 percent f ro m 1988. Sorg hum fo r gr ai n is est im a te d a t 10 .6 million ac res , an 1 8 percent i nc r e a s e ove r last year . The first forecast of 1989 oat production indicates a crop of 388 million bushels, up 77 percent from last year's drought reduced crop. Yields are expected to average 52.6 bushels per acre, 13.5 bushels more than last year. Oats planted la~t fall and this spring totaled 12.1 million acres, down 13 percent from 1988. Area to be harvested for grain is expected to total 7.37 million acres, 32 percent more than last year. Rye area seeded is estimated at 2.08 million acres and area harvested f o r grain is 517 t hou s a nd acres . Both acreages are down 15 percent from 1988 and both are at record low levels. Acreage planted to soybeans in 1989 is estimated at 61.3 mi l l i o n , up 4 percent from last year and 6 percent higher than 1987 . The June 1 estimate is 1 percent below the March prospective plantings. Soybean plantings in the south central states totaled 12.1 million acres, 9 percent above last year . Acreage increases were recorded in 7 out of 8 states in the region. Pe a nu t s plant ed area for 1989 i s e st i mated a ~ 1. 68 million acres, up 1 pe r ce n t f r om a year ago. This is the l a rge s t acreage planted s ince 1958 when 1. 73 mil l ion acres were p lanted. Area f or h a r v est is est imated at 1 .6 5 million ac res ; 1 percen t above last year. I f r ealize d, this would be the largest h~rvested area s ince 195 5 when 1 .67 ml l i i o n acres were ha r vested . Ha y growers are expected to h a r v e s t 62.9 million a c r e s of hay during 1989. This is 4 percent less than the 65.6 mil lion acres harvested last year but 4 percent more than the 60.7 million acres cut 2 years ago. The area of alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures combined is estimated at 25.5 million acres, 4 percent lower than in 1988 . .Compared with 1987, tha acreage is virtually the same. All other hay acreage harvested is expected to total 37.4 million acres, down 4 percent from the 1988 crop but up 6 percent from the area harvested 2 years ago. United States planted area of all cotton for 1989 is expected to total 10.5 million acres , down 16 percent from 1988 and down 5 percent from March 1 prospective plantings. Upland cotton area is estimated at 10.2 million acres and American-Pima area is estimated at 336 thousand acres . This is the third consecutive year of record planted American-Pima acreage. Sweetpotato growers have planted 93.6 thousand acres of sweetpotatoes for harvest in 1989, slightly more than last year but 3 percent less than two years ago. Area for harvest is estimated at 90.6 thousand acres, up 1 percent from 1988, but 3 percent below 19 87. Cro Cor n Sorghum Oats Barley Rye Soybeans Peanuts Cotton, Upland All Hay ~eetpotatoes 1/ Harvested for UNITED STATES ACREAGE, PLANTED AND HARVESTED. 1 988 1989 Area Planted Area for All Purposes Harvested 1 ! 1989 as % 1988 1989 I of 19 88 19 88 I nd . 1989 1,000 Acr e s 1,000 Acres 67 , 6 19 7 2,790 108 58 , 164 65,844 10 ,3 58 11 , 94 5 115 9 , 0 52 10 ,640 13 , 927 12 , 142 87 5,590 7,374 9 ,67 6 9,283 96 7,535 8,662 2,444 2 ,08 2 85 607 517 58,8 70 61,325 104 57,383 60,19 3 1 ,657. 4 1,677.0 101 1,628.4 1,651.0 12 ,509 .8 10 ,510.5 84 11,943.2 65,559 62,918 93.5 9 3.6 100 89.8 90.6 pr incipal us e of each crop, i .e. , grain, beans, nuts, etc . 3 1989 as % of 198 8 113 118 132 115 85 105 101 96 101 GEORGI A' S 1989 APPLE CROP DOWN U. S . APPLES UP 5 PERC ENT Georg i a ' s July 1, 19 89 , ap pl e producti on is fo re c as t at 30. 0 mil li o n pounds, 3 ~9i 8l 81 i o n c r pou op . nds or 9 percent les s than the Seve ra l va r ie t i es we re damaged by a n early Apr il fr e e ze. Ha il also d a ma g e d s o me g r o ves i n a ma j o r product ion area . As o f J u ly 9th, t he apple c rop wa s ra ted fair to good . Th e Nat ion 's a pp l e cr op , fo r eca s t a t 9 . 69 b il l i on p ound s, is 6 pe rce n t more than las t year ' s c rop but 10 per c ent les s than t he r e cord 1987 crop. The No rt h Ca rolina crop is s po t t y . Frost a n d fr eez e damage, comb ined wi t h hail, l ower e d Vi r g i n i a ' s potential . - APPLES, COMMERC I AL 1 / PROD UC TI ON SELECTED STATES AND UN ITED STATES 19 8 7- 1 9 8 9 Production state To ta l 21 1987 ! 1988 l I nd . I 1989 I 1989 as % of 1988 - - Milli on Pounds Ga . 50 . 0 33 . 0 30 . 0 91 N.Y . 880.0 910.0 950.0 104 N.C. 390.0 350 .0 200.0 57 S.C . 45 .0 38.0 36 .0 95 Tenn. 15 . 0 12 . 5 11 . 5 92 Va . 481 . 0 425 . 0 390 . 0 92 Wash. 5,000.0 3,900.0 4,500 .0 115 W. v. 180 .0 215.0 160.0 74 other States 3/ 3,707.6 3,274.0 3,417.0 104 United States 10,748.6 9,157.5 9,694 .5 106 1/ In orchards of 100 or more bearing age trees. 2/ Includes unharvested production and harvested not sold (million pounds): United States 1987-296.8, 1988-49 .6. 3/ In eludes AR,CA,CO,CT,DE,IA,ID,IL,IN,IO,KS,KY,MA ,MD,ME,MI,MN,MO,NH,NJ,NM,OH,OR,PA,RI, UT, VT,WI . State Calif . Georgia North South Total Mich. N.Y. N.C. Pa. S.C. Wash. Other States U.S. APP LES COMM ER I AL CROP GEORGIA AND SELE CTED STATES 1987-1988 I Value of Total Utilized Product ion Production 1987 I 1988 1987 I 1988 - - Million Pounds - - I, Price per Pound 1987 I 1988 Cents Utilized Production 198 7 I 1988 1,000 Dollars 650.0 630.0 650.0 630.0 1 1.1 18 .7 72,0 70 117,750 47.0 3.0 50.0 1,050.0 880.0 390 .0 460.0 45 .0 5 ,000.0 3 1.0 2.0 33. 0 830.0 910 .0 350 .0 5 20 .0 38 .0 3, 90 0. 0 38.0 2.0 40.0 1 ,050.0 880 .0 390 .0 460.0 39 .0 4 , 800 . 0 30 .0 2 .0 32.0 830 .0 910.0 350 .0 520.0 36 .0 3,900 .0 11.5 7.0 11. 3 7.6 9 .2 6 .4 9.0 8 .4 7.3 13.3 10 . 5 13.1 8.8 10.8 8.0 9 .6 12 .1 12.7 4 ,370 150 4,520 79 ,8 60 80,560 25,110 41,201 3,2 91 348 ,000 3,990 210 4 ,200 72,960 98,325 27,855 49,934 4,365 493,650 2,223 .6 10, 748 . 6 1, 9 46. 5 9 ,15 7 . 5 2 , 142.8 10,451. 8 1, 8 99 . 9 9 , 107 . 9 11.7 8 .7 14 .6 12.6 25 1, 74 1 277, 540 906,353 1 ,14 6, 5 79 1988 GEORGI A GRAP E VALUE DOWN Georg i a ' s gra pe value of util i z e d produc t i on f or 198 8 totaled $ 2.28 ~ill i on , 3 p e rc e n t lowe r tha n the previ ous year . Utilized production droppe d 200 to n s t o 2 ,50 0 . Th e average price per ' t on for 1988 was $91 1 , com pared With $8 70 per t on 'a y e a r a go. 198 8 U.S . GRAPE VALUE UP Th e v a lue o f all u ti liz e d pr oducti on of g r a p e s in the U.S . c l i mbed 11 pe r c e n t in 1988 , to $1 .50 b i l l i o n . Uti l ized p r o d u c t i o n , a t 5 . 98 mil l ion to n s , wa s 14 pe r c e n t h i gher t ha n the pr evious ye a r . Av e r ag e p r i ce pe r to n wa s $ 251 , a decreas e of $8 f r om 1987. GRAPES , PRODUCTI ON, PRICE AND VALUE OF PRODUCT ION, SELECTED STAT ES AND U.S. , 19 87- 198 8 State Ga. N.C. S .C .\k2: 2 , 700 1 ,800 700 5 ,263,950 2,500 3,3 00 500 5,9 85 ,950 2 ,700 1, 80 0 700 5 ,2 50, 450 2 ,500 3,200 500 5 ,984,350 8 70 3 60 344 259 5 2, 356 6 48 241 1, 358 ,052 GEORGIA'S 1988 PECAN PRODUC TION DOWN Georgia's 1988 pecan production tota led 110 million pounds, down 4 percent fr om 1987, and 8 percent lower than the 19 86 crop. Georgia produced 36 percent o f the national crop comp~red with 44 pe rc e nt of the 1987 U.S. production. Average price per pound was 59.9 cents , compared with 54.0 cents per pound for 1987. Value of production totaled $65 .9 million, 6 percent higher than a year ago, but 19 percent less than the 1986 value. Vo l. S - No . 17 U. S. PECAN PRODUCTI ON UP The 1988 U.S . pecan c rop total ed 308 .C mi llion pounds , 1 7 p e rc e nt more t h an tnt 1 9 8 7 c~op of 262. 2 ffii l li o n p ou nds I mp r o v e d va ri e t ies accou nted fo r ~ percent : o f the tot a l c rop as compar~ with 69 percent of the t o t a l in 19 8 7 , a~ 67 percent in 1986. Average price per pound a t 5 4.1 cents w~ 1.0 cent per pound h i ghe r than 1 9 87' Overall value of pecans rose 20 pe r c en; from 1987 at $166.5 million. PECANS, UTILIZED PRODUCTION, PRICE AND Variety & Util ized Product ion I State 1986 1 987 1988 1986 1,000 Pounds Improved Varieties 1/ Ala. 9,600 13,750 6,000 .880 Ark . 9 00 800 1 ,900 .880 Fla. 3,100 3 ,100 3,400 . 672 Ga. 100 ,000 100,000 95,000 . 7 15 La. 4,000 2 ,500 4,500 .7 00 Miss. 4 ,500 8 ,000 6,500 .915 N. Mex . 27 ,000 25,000 26,000 .9 10 N.C. 1,800 1,200 3,500 . 700 Okla. 1,500 1,000 2,500 . 965 S.C. 3,250 2 ,300 4,000 .645 Tex. 27,000 22 ,000 30,000 . 950 U.S. 182,650 179,650 185,300 . 793 Native and Seedling Ala. 6,400 11,250 Ark . 300 500 Fla. 2,400 2 ,400 Ga. 20 ,000 15,000 La. 26,000 16,500 Miss. 3 ,000 4,000 N.C. 2,200 8 00 Okla . 13,500 11,000 S.C. 3 ,250 1,100 Tex. 13 ,000 20 ,000 4,000 1 , 100 2,600 15 ,000 17,500 3,500 2,00 0 44 ,500 2,500 30 ,000 . 670 .610 . 495 .515 .580 .617 . 500 .590 . 455 .65 0 U.S . 90,050 82,550 122,700 . 576 All Pecans Ala . 16 ,000 Ark . 1,200 Fla . 5,500 Ga . 120,000 La . 30,000 Miss . 7,500 N. Mex . 27 ,000 N.C . 4,000 Okla . 15,000 S .C . 6,500 Tex . 40,000 25,000 1 ,300 5,500 115,000 19 ,000 12,000 25,000 2 ,000 12,000 3,400 42 ,000 10,000 3,000 6,000 110,000 22,000 10, 000 26,000 5 ,500 47,000 6,500 60,000 .796 .813 .595 .682 . 596 .796 .910 .590 .628 .550 . 853 U.S. 272,700 262 ,200 308,000 .721 1/ Budded, grafted, or topworked varieties. 6 .420 .760 .720 . 560 . 660 .589 . 650 .650 .793 .675 . 800 .601 .330 . 380 . 630 .410 .360 .404 . 4 50 .380 .450 .350 .377 .380 . 614 .681 . 540 .399 . 527 .650 . 570 . 414 .602 .586 .531 .580 .550 . 610 .624 . 410 .550 .670 .680 .646 . 614 .650 . 626 8,448 792 2,083 7 1 ,500 2 ,800 4 ,1 18 24 ,570 1 ,260 1 ,4 48 2,096 25 ,650 144 ,765 5,775 608 2 ,232 56,000 1, 650 4 ,712 16 ,250 780 793 1 ,553 17 , 600 107,953 3 ,480 1,045 2,014 5 9 ,280 1, 845 3 ,575 17, 4 20 2,380 1 ,615 2,456 19 ,500 116,070 . 410 .370 .370 . 438 .380 . 370 .50 0 .422 . 458 . 400 .411 4,288 183 1 ,188 10,300 15,080 1,851 1,100 7,965 1 ,479 8 ,450 51,884 3,713 190 1,512 6,150 5,940 1,616 360 4 ,180 495 7,00 0 31,156 1,640 407 962 6,570 6,650 1 ,295 1,000 18,779 1,145 1 2 , 000 50,448 .51 2 . 484 .506 . 599 .386 .48 7 .670 .615 . 434 .554 . 525 .541 12 ,736 975 3, 271 81 , 80 0 17 , 880 5,969 24,570 2,360 9 ,413 3 ,575 34,100 196,649 9 ,488 798 3 ,744 62, 150 7 ,590 6 ,328 16,250 1,140 4,973 2,048 24,600 139,109 5, 120 1 ,452 3 ,036 65,850 8,495 4 ,870 17,420 3 ,380 20 ,394 3,601 31,500 166 ,5J! WHEAT ACREAGE UP, YI ELD DECLI NES ~heat harv e sted for gr ain in Georg ia ~ed 700 ,000 acres, 40 pe r c ent o r 200 , 0 0 0 a cr es more t han h arves te d in 198 8. Th is i s al s o 20 ,000 a c r es more than last mont h 's ' e s t i ma t e . Yi e ld p e r acre is e xpected to a verage 30 bushels per acre, 2 bushel s l ess t ha n l a s t ~onth' ~ forecast and 13 bushels below last year's yield . U.S . WINTER WHEAT Win ter whe a t production is f o r e c a s t at 1.46 billion bushels as of July 1, 1989 . This i s down 6 percent from last year's product~on, but up 4 percent f r o m the June 1 forecast . Increased area for g rain caused the rise from June 1 as yield prospects actually decli ned s lightly . Yields are now e xpected to average 34.4 bushels per acre, down 4.8 bushels from last year and off 0 .1 bushels from June 1 . Acreage for grain is now placed at 42.5 million acres , up 7 percent from last season. Seeded area is estimated at 55.2 mill ion acres , up 13 percent from 1988. state Ala. Ark. Fla . Ga. Ky . La. Miss . N.C. s .C. Tenn. Va. Other States U.S . 17 Est~mates Area 1988 200 1,070 55 500 380 270 450 480 30 5 430 200 35,445 39 ,785 SELECTED STATES 1988-1989 2 30 43.0 35 .0 8,606 1 ,350 53. 0 44 .0 56,710 65 37 .0 36 .0 2,035 700 43 .0 30.0 21 ,500 490 54 .0 52 .0 20,520 360 41.0 31 .0 11,070 460 46.0 36 .0 20,700 630 50.0 38 .0 24,000 440 46.0 41.0 14,030 450 50 .0 42.0 21,500 275 52 .0 47.0 10 ,400 37 , 040 38 .1 33.6 1 ,349,905 42, 490 year carr ~ed 39 .2 f orwa r d from earl~e3r4 .4 fo rec 1 as t 560,9 . 7 0 n. 1989 es 8 ,050 59 ,400 2,340 21,000 25 ,480 11,160 16,560 23,940 18,040 18,900 12,925 1 ,244,1 29 1, 461,924 TOBACCO ACREAGE UP, RECORD YI ELD U.S . TOBACCO ACREAGE UP 11 P ERCENT Tobacco acreage f o r harvest is estimated at 41,000 acres f or 19 89 , u p 8 percen t from 1988 . Th is is i n r es po nse t o an effective quo t a increase of 9 perce n t. The first y ield f o r e c a s t f o r Georg ia i s 2,300 pounds per acr e , 40 pou nds a bove last year's yie ld, a nd a record high . Product ion , at t his a c r e a g e and yield, would to t a l 9 4 . 3 milli on pounds , 1 0 percent mor e t h an last year 's production of 85.9 mi l li o n poun d s . U.S. al l tobacco area for harvest i n 1989, of 704 thousand acres is 11 percent greater than a year ago and 20 percent above the area harvested two years ago . The fl ue -cured area for harvest, at 403 t housand acres, is 10 percent larger than last year . North Carolina with about two- t hirds of the acreage i s up 10 per c ent from 1 9 8 8 . Production of fl ue -cured tobacco is expected t o tota l 8 71 mi lli o n pounds, 7 pe rcent more tha n in 1 988 . Produc t io n i s up f r om a yea r ago in all 5 produc ing states . Sta te Co n n . Fla . Ga. I nd. MK~. Mass . Mo . N.C . Ohio Pa r S.C. VTae nn . . WW.isV. a . ~. 19 87 1 ,800 5,600 3 2 ,000 5 , 400 1 48 ,300 11,7 00 52 0 1 , 700 224 , 9 0 0 7,3 50 11 , 0 00 42,0 00 49, 440 39,43 0 1,800 4,2 0 0 587,1 40 T O BAC_~Q.-RreaS T ~arJr:~v-etssi~e ~L-: 1989 J 1988 Ind. 1989 Acres 1,810 1 ,8 30 6,40 0 7,00 0 38 ,000 4 1,000 5 , 500 6,1 0 0 15 8 , 0 00 182,2 0 0 10 , 000 8,500 5 20 4 90 2,1 00 2,4 0 0 249 ,9 0 0 2 74,5 0 0 7 , 8 20 9,000 9 ,5 0 0 9 , 500 4 5, 000 50 ,000 48 , 520 5 2 , 760 46 , 7 1 0 5 2 ,010 1, 700 1,800 3 , 600 4, 80 0 635, 080 7 7 03,89 0 198 9 a s % of 19 8 8 101 109 108 111 115 85 94 114 110 115 100 111 10 9 11 1 106 133 111 PASTURE AND RANGE FEED CONDITION The pasture and range feed condition on July 1, for the 48 contiguous states was 77 percent , 3 points above June 1 . The July 1, 1988 condition was 46 percent and the 1978-87 average is 83 percent. Conditions were better than last month in 26 states, below last month in 15 states and unchanged in 7 states. Onl y th r e e states , Neb ras ka , Ne w Mexi c o and Utah, condition repor te in the d pas tu severe r e dar on du grhat n g er a nfegee~: All states east of the Mississippi Rive; were in the poor to fair range or better with most in the good to excellent range ' PASTURE AND RANGE FEED CONDITION 1 Average Average State 1978-87 1988 Percent 1989 State 1978-87 1988 1989 - - Percent - - Ala. 76 28 93 Nev. 86 60 68 Ariz. 75 80 54 N.H. 95 78 93 Ark. 86 27 93 N.J. 83 52 92 Calif . 88 68 79 N. Mex. 81 77 41 Colo. 84 78 68 N.Y . 88 59 91 Conn. 88 76 89 N.C . 79 61 94 Del. 82 63 75 N. Dak. 81 23 67 Fla. 77 72 75 Ohio 88 29 93 Ga. 71 34 92 Okla. 88 51 90 Idaho 88 56 79 Oreg. 89 86 91 Ill. 85 26 78 Pa. 88 52 89 Ind. 87 20 90 R. I. 93 80 90 Iowa 87 27 62 S.C. 70 43 87 Kans . 88 50 73 S. Dak. 82 46 52 Ky. 87 28 96 Tenn. 83 24 99 La. 81 46 92 Tex. 76 47 72 Maine 91 80 93 Utah 87 67 46 Md. 82 75 85 Vt. 92 69 90 Mass. 91 78 93 Va. 83 74 97 Mich. 85 25 95 Wash. 84 78 93 Minn. 86 29 72 W. Va. 86 45 92 Miss. 82 26 96 Wis. 85 29 79 Mo. 85 25 78 Wyo . 87 58 71 Mont. 81 45 94 Nebr. 87 58 43 U.S. 83 46 77 1/ Good to excellent, 80 and over; poor to fair, 65-79 ; very poor, 50-64; severe d r o uqh; 35-49; extreme drought, under 35. ~~~.,., ,,,," GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE STEPHENS FEDERAL BLDG SUITE 320 ATHENS,GEORGIA 30613 SECOND - CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT ATHENS, GA 30613 - GEORGIA FARM RERPacOel. T 5~'" ..."".,. GEORGIA A G R I C U LTU RAL ST AT I ST IC S SERVICE Steph ens Federal Build ing JUL 311989 Suite 320 Athens, Georgia 30613 Jul y 28, 1989 Vo l u me 8 9- Numbe r 18 HIGHL I GHTS Mont h l y Poultry Livestock Sl a ught e r Milk Production cattle on Feed cold Storage catfish Mink DOCUMENTS, Phone: (404)546-2236 UGA liBRARIES .. U. S . EGG PRODUCTI ON DOWN 2 PERCENT Laying f l o cks in the Un ited S t a t e s p roduc e d 5 . 48 bi llion eggs dur ing J une 1989 d own 2 percent f r o m the 5 .57 billion produced a year ago. Production included 4.76 b ill lon table eggs and 723 million hatching eggs . 20 STATE EGG PRODUCTION DOWN 2 PERCENT GEORGIA EGG PRODUCTI ON UP 4 PERCENT Georgia's lay ing f l ocks produced 337 mi l l l o n eggs dur i ng June 19 8 9 , 4 pe rc~nt more than June 1988 . Proauc tlon consisted of 227 mi l l i o n tabl e eggs and 110 mil lion ha tc h ing eggs . Laying flocks in the 20 states produced 4.53 b illion eggs during J une 1989, down 2 percent from a year ago . Production included 3 .91 billion table eggs and 618 million hatching eggs. (Continued on Page 2 ) Hatchin g Table Total Ge o r g i a 5,946 11 ,168 17 , 114 Hatching 3 2,223 Table 19 3, 609 Total 20 Sta t e s 2 25, 8 3 2 Hatching Table Total U. S . 37,404 233 , 656 271,0 6 0 Item J une 19 88 5,882 11 , 431 17, 313 33,143 187 , 522 220,6 65 38, 64 5 227, 266 2 65 , 911 GEORGIA 1, 8 30 1, 8 75 1,923 1, 98 9 1, 89 3 1 , 947 2 0 STATE S 1 , 893 1 , 865 2 , 075 2 ,084 2 , 049 2,05 1 UNIT ED STATES 1 , 887 1 , 8 71 2 ,080 2,093 2,053 2,060 1 09 215 324 610 4 , 017 4, 62 7 70 6 4 , 860 5,566 HATCHI NG June 1989 1988-1989 110 227 3 37 618 3 ,90 8 4,5 26 723 4 , 756 5,4 7 9 3,8 18 367 69 ,812 47 3 , 78 2 1, 54 6 33 , 04 9 4,4 39 13 1 75,7 68 522,896 1 , 280 38,2 54 4 ,330 256 73 , 686 509, 837 1 , 315 34, 707 113 23,811 2 5,1 43 106 70 1 ,3 51 1 , 192 88 106 4 13,5 7 8 43 5, 3 59 10 5 10 8 2,8 09,69 4 2, 952, 802 105 85 9,30 7 7, 379 79 105 19 7 , 104 195 ,431 99 2 229 230 106 s rom eggs 30 dozen case ~m Chi ckens EGGS IN i Egg Type ~ BrOeiyl se r, Type A 1 Breeds INC UBA TORS, 1 88 23 , 8 19 390,454 32 , 509 J ULY 1, I 1988 - 19 89 1 98 UN 9 I TED Tho u s and s 27 , 949 419, 727 37 ,38 6 STATES I AGRIC ULTURAL STATISTICIAN AND GEORGIA DEPART MENT O F AGRICULTURE % of Ye a r Ag o 11 7 107 115 Item June 2 / 19 89 Young Ch i c kens Georg~ a United St ates Mature Chicke ns 6 1 ,922 437 ,41 8 69, 190 482 , 283 11 2 67 , 61 8 110' 47 9,119 29 3,125 2 , 121 ,0 18 31 3, 8 27 2,2 13 , 388 107 104 Light Ty p e u .S . 14 , 107 Heavy Ty pe U. S. 3, 938 To tal 0. 5 . 1B , 045 Total All Type s , Ga . 4 , 0 3 3 Percent Condemned 1 1,868 84 10, 774 4 , 313 110 4, 39 9 1 6 , 1 81 90 15, 173 4 ,1 0 9 10 2 3, 22 1 72 ,159 19 , 24 0 91 , 39 9 19, 21 2 6 0 ,2 01 19 ,307 83 100 79 , 508 18, 0 28 87 94 Young Ch~ckens Georgia 1. 5 1 .5 1.7 1.7 United States 1.7 1 .7 2 .0 1 .9 17 Federa lly ~nspected s lau g h t e r data as collected by Meat and Pou l try I nspect~o n Program. Current month data estimated by Marke t News Service. 2 / Prel iminary . GEORGIA RED MEAT PRODUCTION UP Georgia red meat production totaled 29.4 million pounds during June 1989, 7 percent less than May 1 9 8 9 but 13 percent more than June 1988 . The number of cattle slaughtered in Georgia during June was 14,100 head, a decrease of 20 percent from last year. Calves slaughtered totaled 1,100 head, down 100 head from June the previous year . There were 122,900 hogs slaughtered in Georgia during June , 24 ,100 head more than June 1988. U.S. RED MEAT PRODUCTION UP 1 PERCENT Commercial red meat production for t~ United States in June 1989, totaled 3.34 billion pounds, up 1 percent from June 1988 . January-June red meat producti~ at 19.5 billion pounds, was up 1 percent from last year. Beef production, at 2.02 billion pounds was nearly the same as last year . He~ kill totaled 3.03 million, down . percent . Pork production , at 1 .27 billion pounds, was up 3 percent from the previous year. Hog kill totaled 7.08 million head, ~ increase of 3 percent. S e cies Geor~ia Ca tt e Calv e s Hogs Shee p & Lambs Un i t e d State s Cat tle Cal v e s Ho gs S h e e p & La mb s GEORGIA AND urn eUr NITEaDu of 17. 7 14 .1 80 1. 2 1 .1 92 98. 8 1 2 2. 9 12 4 0 .1 0 .1 100 3,067 .7 3 , 025 .3 99 211.8 167 . 3 79 6 ,9 0 2.2 7, 07 9.3 10 3 42 7 . 7 437.1 102 un der Federal Inspectl 0n a nd oun s 930 943 4 10 305 238 24 0 102 93 oa Live Weight June 16 , 439 4 94 23 , 534 8 1 3, 328 3 29 29 ,4 69 7 1 ,1 0 5 265 25 0 124 1 , 116 283 2 50 11 9 3,389, 8 37 5 6,1 8 7 1 , 723,5 6 7 52,96 9 3, 37 5 ,7 8 2 47 , 319 1, 7 7 1, 12 7 52 ,007_ Ki nd COMME RCIAL GEO RG I A QUARTERLY MILK PRODUCTI ON UP 5 P ERCENT Mil k p ro duc tio n in Ge o r g i a du ri ng Ap r i l - J u n e to t a l e d 335 mill i o n po unds, 5 pe r ce n t mor e t han the c omparab l e pe r i o d a yea r ago . U.S . APRI L- J UNE MILK PRODUCTI ON The quar te rly p r od u c t i o n of milk f o r t :U.S. was 38.0 b i l l ion pounds, up sl i ghtfr om Apr il -June 198 8. (Continued on Page 3 ) 2 MILK COWS AND MI LK PRODUCTI ON APRIL JU NE 1988 19 8 9 Item IIi lie lIille Cows 1/ pe r Cow 2/ I Unit I I Thous . Head Pounds 1988 1 04 3 ,060 Geo raia I 19 89 I Per c ent 105 10 1 3 ,190 10 4 I Unit ed Sta t e s I 19 88 I 19 89 I Perce n t 10 , 24 4 10, 11 0 99 3 ,697 3,7 63 102 lIille Produc t i on 2/ Mil. Lbs . 318 335 105 37,871 38,044 100 U Inc l ud e s d r y cows, excludes h eif ers no t y e t fr esh . 2/ Excl ud es mi l le s u c lee d by ca lves. CATTLE ON FEED DOWN 6 PERCENT IN 1 3 QUARTERLY STATES ca t t l e and ca l ves o n feed J u l y 1, 1 9 8 9 , for s lau g h t e r ma r k e t i n the 13 quart er l y states to taled 8 . 4 6 milli on h e a d, down 6 percent from Ju l y 1 , 1988, and d own 2 percent from 1987 . placements o f catt le a nd cal ves on f eed during t he Ap r il-June 1 9 8 9 q u a rte r totaled 5 .18 mil l io n , down 12 per c e nt from the comparab le period i n b o t h 19 8 8 and 1987. Th is i s the sm all e st seco nd quart er placement s sinc e 1 975 . Other d i sa p p eara n ce of 41 5 t h ousand h e a d l e a v e s net p l a c e ments at 4 . 7 6 mi lli on , c o mpar ed with 5 . 48 i n 198 8 . Ma rke ting s o f f e d c at tl e f o r sl augh te r during April -June totaled 5 .99 million, 2 percent above 1988 and 7 percent above the same period in 1987. Cattle feeders expect to market 6.04 million head dur ing the July-September quarter of 1989. This would be down 2 percent from the third quarter marketings in 1988 and fractionally above 1987. CAT TLE AND CALVES ON FE ED APRIL I- JU LY 1 1988 AND 1989 Item I Total 1 3 Sta tes 1/ Number 1989 as % 1988 1989 of 1988 To t al 7 Sta tes 2 / I Number 1988 1989 1989 as % of 1988 1,000 Head Percent 1,000 Head Percent On Feed Apr . 1 9 ,385 9 ,678 103 7, 746 8 ,012 103 Placed on Feed Apr . 1 - June 30 1/ 5,893 5 , 177 88 5,063 4,421 87 Fed Cattle Marketed Apr. I-June 30 1/ 5,8 59 5,985 102 5,030 5,068 101 Other Disappearance Apr. I-June 30 2/ 41 8 415 99 348 355 1 02 On Feed July 1 9, 0 01 8 , 455 94 7,431 7,010 94 Marketings , July-Sept . 3/ 6 , 171 6,03 8 98 5, 167 5,075 98 1/ Includ es catt le place d on f eed a f ter beginning o f qu a r t e r and marketed be fo re end o f quar te r. 2/ Inc l u d e s d eath loss e s, mo v eme nt f r o m feedl ots t o pasture s a n d shipme nts to othe r f e e d l o t s f or furth er fe e ding . 3 / Tota l ma r k e t i ng s i ncludi n g thos e placed on f e ed af t e r July 1 a n d ma r k e t e d before Sept e mber 3 0 f or p r e v iou s yea r s ; expect ed t otal market ings i nclud i ng a n allowance f or those p l a c ed on fe ed a fte r July 1 a nd mar k e t e d before September 3 0 for c u rrent y e ar. Commod i tv But t er Chees e , Nat u r a l Eggs , Froz e n Fru i t s , Fr oz e n Fr Ui t J u i c e s . Frozen Meats , Red Bee f , Fro z en Por k , Froz e n POUlt r y , Frozen Tur keys , Froz en Veget ab l e s , Froz en Potato es , Froz en Peanut s , Shelled Peanut s , In Shell Pecans , She l l ed ~ans , In She l l COLD STORAGE STOCKS UNITED STATES JUNE 30 I I J une 30 , 1988 Ma y 31 , 1989 I J une 30 , 1989 1, 000 Pounds 293, 350 438,349 463 ,622 480,927 423, 115 431, 94 8 25,333 16 , 185 14 , 880 668,799 574,2 88 615,215 1 ,640,470 1,851,015 1 ,790,970 670,739 73 4,9 89 685,620 248, 41 6 244,1 05 239, 892 362,766 431,25 6 385,132 667,772 55 1 ,925 65 4 , 888 456 , 791 355, 645 453, 069 1 ,258 ,687 1 , 002 , 194 1,021,559 1, 000,771 986 ,66 1 961,852 526 ,373 439, 383 429 ,624 18 , 379 30 , 138 25 , 220 40,510 35, 344 38 , 031 47 , 848 84, 419 66 , 16 1 3 19 89 I Pe rcen t of J u ne 1988 Mav 1989 Percent 1 58 106 90 10 2 59 92 92 107 109 97 102 93 97 98 106 89 98 119 99 127 81 102 96 97 82 98 137 84 94 10 8 138 78 Mon th Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May ' June July Aug. Sept. Oct O; Nov. Dec. 26, 018 27,7 8 6 28,179 20 , 805 20,351 22,839 23,687 26,941 24,611 26,221 25,037 22,634 26 ,948 28 ,55 9 29 ,4 5 8 27 , 3 10 28 ,892 27 ,598 26 ,0 18 5 3 , 8 04 81 ,983 102,788 123,139 145,978 169,665 196,606 221,217 247,438 272,475 295,109 26 ,948 .68 55 , 507 . 72 8 4,965 . 75 11 2,27 5 .75 14 1 ,1 67 .75 168,765 .78 .78 451 . 78 508 . 77 517 .76 217 . 76 1 , 015 . 75 26 5 88 1 17 1 95 4 17 952 .80 724 .80 414 .79 669 .19 674 .78 388 .78 182 27 del~vered to process~ng plant. Data- U.S . MINK PELT PRODUCTION UP 8 PERCENT Mink pelt production in the United States in 1988 totaled 4.45 million pelts, up 8 percent from 1987. Wisconsin, the major mink producing state, produced 1.12 million pelts. By color class, the number of pelts as a percent of the total U.S. production was: standard, 43.8 percent; demi-buff, 11.7 percent; mahogany, 11.6 percent; ranch wild, 11 .0 percent ; gunmetal, 6.7 'pe r c e n t ; pastel, 4.2 percent and white, 2.2 percent . The remaining color classes accounted for 8.8 percent . Mink pelts sold during the 1988 crop year were valued at $143 .8 million dollars, down 19 percent from t h e $177.2 million a year ago. The average price per pelt for the 1988 crop year was $32.30, compared with $4 3 .00 i n 1987 and $4 1.30 in 1986. Female mink bred to produce kits in 1985 totaled 1.12 million, up fractional~ from 1988. Females bred for the thre! major color classes are: standard, 585 thousand; ranch wild, 132 thousand and demi-buff, 113 thousand. Females bred h the leading states are: Wisconsin, 30, thousand; Utah, 225 thousand and Minnesota, 132 thousand. Percent of total females bred to produc! ki ts in 1989 by color class are: standard, 48.7 percent; ranch wild, 11 .0 percent; demi-buff , 9.4 percent; mahogany, 8.2 percent; gunmetal, 7.4 percent; pastel, 3.5 percent; a~ violet-type, 3.1 percent . The remaining color classes accounted for 8.7 percent. There were 1 ,027 mink farms producing pelts in 1988, unchanged fro m a year ago, Leading states we re Wisconsi n with 209 farms , Utah wi th 1 75 far ms, and Minne s o t a with 142. he Georgia Farm Report. ~ S~N-{)7447280) Is publis hed semi-monthly by the Geo raia Agricu" ural Statistics Service, Stephe ns Fede ral Buildi ng , Athens, Ga. 30613 rry E. Snipes , Stale Statistician . Second class posta ge paid at Athe ns, Ga. Subscrlptlon fee S10 per year except free to data con tributors. Subscription infor mati vallable from Georgia Agri cu"uraJStatistics Service, Stephens Fede raJBu ild ing , Suite 320, Athens, Ga. 306 13. Telepho ne (404)546-2236. G EO RG IA AG RIC ULT URAL STATISTIC S SERVICE STEPHENS FEDERAL BLDG SUITE 320 ATHENS,GEO RGIA 306 13 SECON D - CLASS POSTAG E PAID AT ATHENS , GA 306 13 0 4 2 M0 1 1 3 00 00 0 95 - 2 5 72 0952 0 40 4 / 5 4 2- 0 6 63 0 0 8 90 8 Uf\lI V OF GEORGIA J OCU M=NTS SEC T L! 3 RARY ATH =NS G 3 0 6 0 2 c 7 ., ' ,; . . , y. " . . - -- GEORGIA FARM REPORT August 2, 1989 Volume 89-Number 19 ~~'O" ,,'1>,,":>' GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE Stephens Federal BUilding Suite 320 Athens. Georgia 30613 Phone: (404)546-2236 HIGHLIGHTS catfish cattle Peanut Stocks Agricultural Prices GEORGIA CATFISH PRODUCTION U.S. CATFISH PRODUCTION There were 601 hatchery operations in the U.S. on July 1, 1989. These hatcheries had 8,300 acres used exclusively for broodfish. U.S. hatchery inventory included 1,468,000 broodfish; 76,442,000 stockers; and 909,010,000 fingerling/fry. There were 27 hatchery operations in Georgia on July 1, 1989. These hatcheries had 218 acres used exclusively for broodfish. Hatchery inventory totaled 24,000 broodfish; 137,000 stockers; and 8,859,000 fingerling/fry. There were 47 production operations on July 1, 1989. Inventory included 39,000 large food size (over 3 pounds); 96,000 medium food size (1 1/2 to 3 pounds); 449,000 small food size (3/4 to 1 1/2 pounds); and 11,064,000 fingerling/fry. There were 1,615 grower operations on July 1, 1989 . Inventory included 2,681,000 large foodsize (over 3 pounds); 28,756,000 medium food size (1 1/2 to 3 pounds); 109,236,000 small food size (3/4 to 1 1/2 pounds); 292,591,000 stockers ; and 590,525,000 fingerling/fry. From January 1 to June 30, 1989, growers of catfish in the U.S. reported losses at 98,293,000 fish. CATFISH: NUMBER OF OPERATIONS AND WATER SURFACE 1 o erations Water Surface State Jan. 1, July 1, Jan. 1, July 1, 1989 1989 1989 1989 Acres Ala. 352 356 13,466 14,275 Ark. 176 225 ,1 6 , 0 0 0 17,200 Calif. 80 68 3,112 2,740 Fla. 66 62 845 719 Ga . 65 64 2/ 1 , 44~ Idaho 3 10 3/ 3/ Ill. 24 34 500 450 Kans. 30 28 470 404 Ky. 60 50 400 420 La . 150 180 8 , 000 8 , 000 Miss. 345 314 88,000 88,000 Mo. 200 150 2,700 2 & 600 N.C. 36 34 581 668 Okla. 90 75 1,400 1 : 100 S.C. 12 13 100 380 Tenn. 31 31 294 2/ Tex. 148 136 1 , 656 1 , 636 Other 3/ 1,802 357 !gtal 1,868 1,830 139,326 140,392 1/ Operations and water surface acres for January 1, 1989 are revised. 2/ Data not published individually to avoid disclosing individual operations. 3/ Idaho included in other states. AGRICULTURAL STATISTICIAN AND GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE U.S. ALL CATTLE AND CALVES I NVENTORY VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED All cattle and calves in the United States as of July 1 , 1989 , totaled 108 .6 million head, virtually unchanged from July 1 , 1988 , but 1 percent below the 109.5 million two years ago . This stops the seven year trend of a declining cattle inventory. CALF CROP The 1989 calf crop i s expected to be 40 million, down fract ionally from 1 9 8 8 , bI'I- . up 2 perce during the estimated a n t t fi 29 from rst .3 m 1987 half il l ion . , of do Cal the wn vsye lseiagrhboat lr~ from a year ago, but up 2 percent fr ' 1987. 0 Class CATTLE AND CALVES : NUMBER BY CLASS AND CALF CROP , UNITED STATES J ULY 1, 1987-1989 198 7 I 1988 I 1989 1989 as~ % of 19 8!! 1,000 Head Percent Cattle and Calves 109,500 108,500 108,600 10 0 Cows a nd Heifers t h a t have Ca lved : 4 4 , 400 44,300 4 4,300 100 Bee f Cows 3 4 ,000 34,050 34 , 200 100 Milk Cows 10,4 00 10 ,250 10 ,1 00 99 Heife rs 500 Pounds and Ove r 17,000 16 ,500 16 ,700 101 For Bee f Cow Replaceme n t 4 , 800 4 ,800 5 ,00 0 104 For Mi lk Cow Rep laceme n t 4 , 600 4,400 4,5 00 10 2 Ot he r Hei f e r s 7, 6 00 7 ,300 7,200 99 S t ee r s 500 Pounds and Over 14 ,800 14 ,50 0 14,500 100 Bull s 5 0 0 Pounds and Over 2 ,2 00 2 ,200 2 , 200 100 Ca l v e s Und e r 500 Poun d s 3 1,100 3 1 , 000 30,900 100 Calf Crop 1 / 40,0 8 6 4 0, 8 7 2 40 , 700 100 1 / For the cu r r e n t year, t he calf crop i s the number o f c a l ves born befor e July 1 p l u s t h e n u mb e r e x p e c t e d t o be born on a n d after July 1 . Month Endina STOCKS OF PEANUTS AND SPECI F I ED PRODUCTS AT MONTH ' S END Fa r me r Shell ed Roa s t i n g I Stocks Peanuts 2/ Stock l I n She l l ) - - 1 ,000 Pounds 1988- 1989 1 / I Farme r S t ock Equ i v a len: Shel led To t a l Peanuts 3/ 1988 June Jul y Au g . Sept , Oc t . Nov . Dec. 51 ,680 4 ,622 1 , 382 59 2,859 2 ,532 ,509 2, 693 , 39 8 2 ,562 , 630 71 0 , 49 5 588, 426 4 26 ,188 3 5 1 ,79 2 4 0 7 ,48 5 46 1,966 518 , 271 54 , 289 4 6 , 0 29 33, 147 20 219 29,7 8 5 33,747 4 0 ,447 944,95 8 7 8 2, 60 7 5 6 6, 83 0 467,88 3 54 1,955 6 14 ,415 68 9 ,300 1,050 ,9 27 8 3 3 , 258 601 ,359 1,080 ,961 3 , 1 0 4 , 249 3 ,3 41,5 60 3, 29 2 ,377 1989 Jan . 2 , 226 ,88 1 565 , 136 50 , 1 7 5 75 1, 631 3 , 0 2 8 , 68 7 Fe b. 1,73 3 ,94 3 6 60,160 51 , 47 9 878, 0 1 3 2 , 6 6 3 , 43 5 Mar. 1 ,258,506 7 03,137 57 ,291 9 3 5 , 172 2, 250, 969 Apr. May J une 813,767 4 24, 290 11 0 ,1 19 715 , 440 719 , 213 69 6,566 59,18 7 60,745 60 ,566 951, 535 956,55 3 926 ,433 1,8 2 4 , 48 9 1 , 4 4 1 ,588 l, 097, ~ 1 / Ex c l ud es stocks on farms. Inc ludes stocks owned by o r held for account of CCC in c ommerc i al st orage s . Farmer st o c k o n net weight basi s. 2/ Includes shelled e di b l e grade: she l l e d oil stock, and shell e d seed ( u n t r e at e d) . 3 / Actual farmer stock, plus roa s t i n g s tock , plus shel l ed peanuts X 1 .33. 2 GBORGIA PRICES RECEIVED The Georgia Prices Received All commodity Index for July was 138 percent of the 1977 average, 2 points (1.4 percent) less than the previous month and 5 points (3.5 percent) less than the previous year. Lower prices for wheat, corn, chickens and broilers were partially offset by higher prices for cotton, soybeans, hogs, cattle, calves, JlIilk and eggs. U. S. PRICES RECEIVED INDEX DOWN 1 POINT The July All Farm Products Index of Prices Received by farmers decreased 1 point (0.7 percent) from June to 146 percent of its January-December 1977 average . Decreases in the prices of oranges, broilers, soybeans, and corn were partially offset by higher prices for potatoes, cotton, tomatoes, and hogs. The index. was 4 points (2.8 percent) above a year ago. Prices of cattle, potatoes, milk, and lettuce contributed most to the increase over a year ago. 15 19 8 9 WITH COMPAR ISONS United States commod i t y Ju l y 15 , July June July 15, 1989 19 8 8 1989 1989 FIELD CROPS Winter Wheat S/Bu. 3. 45 3.82 3 .40 3 .39 3.84 3.77 Oats Corn S/Bu . S/Bu . 3.02 3 .05 3 .04 2.86 2.72 1. 82 2 .52 1. 65 2.43 Cotton Ct . /Lb . 58. 5 59 .2 1/60 . 0 59.5 58.8 1 /62.5 Soybea ns S / Bu . 9. 55 7 .04 7 . 07 8 .50 7.06 6 .75 All Hay , baled 2/ S/Ton 82.30 94 .80 85. 40 LIVESTOCK & PRO DUCTS Milk Cows 4/5 / S/Head 1, 030. 00 1,090 .00 975.00 1 ,030 .00 Hogs S/ Cwt. 43.2 0 45 . 70 46.1 0 44 . 1 0 45. 10 46 . 00 Sows S/Cwt. 30.60 3 2 .20 33.50 30 .40 33. 40 33. 80 Bar rows & Gilts S / Cwt . 44.1 0 46 . 40 46 . 80 45 . 80 46 .40 47.30 Bee f Ca t t l e 6/ S/Cwt . 52. 20 59 .70 61 .50 63.2 0 67 .60 67.60 Cows 7/ S / Cwt . 44 . 00 50 . 10 51.30 44 . 8 0 47. 70 49 .1 0 Stee r s & Heife r s S/Cwt . 67 . 70 72. 20 76 .20 67 .3 0 71 .90 71. 50 Calves S / Cwt . 83 . 10 87 . 70 88 . 30 87. 70 94.2 0 95 .0 0 Al l Mi l k S / Cwt. 13. 60 14. 30 3 / 14 .4 0 11. 40 12 .30 3 / 12 . 40 Turke ys 2/ Ct . /Lb . 40.4 44 .0 41. 5 Chi c k e n s Ct ./Lb . 13 . 5 2/ 19 . 0 14 . 2 Com' l Broilers 8/ Ct . /L b . 44. 0 4 1.0 3/ 37 .5 41. 5 42 . 6 3/ 39 . 1 Egg s , Al l 9/ Ct. /Doz . 7 4.2 2/75.7 77 .6 58 .3 2/ 63.3 64 . 0 Ta b l e Ct./Doz. 5 1.5 2/54.6 55 .1 49.5 2/ 55. 6 56.6 Ha tc h i n g Ct. /Do z. 1 25 . 0 2 / 125.0 130 . 0 1/ Fi r s t half bf mont h . 2/ Mi d - mont h p r i c e . 3/ Enti re mont h . 4 / Animal s s ol d for d a i r y herd replacement onl y. 5 / Pr ices estimated quar t er ly . 6/ " Co ws " a n d " steers and h eifers " co mb i n e d wit h a l lowa n c e wh ere neces s a r y for sl aug h ter b ull s. 7 / Inc l u d es dair y cows sold fo r sl a u g h t e r . 8/ Exclude s broiler s. 9/ Livewe i ght equival e n t p r ic e fo r Georgi a. 19 7 7 = 1 0 0 INDEX NUMBERS -- GEORGIA AND UNI TED STATES June i July June 1988 1988 1989 July 1989 130 143 133 134 128 150 140* 138 121* 1 21 155* 151 ~~~ ee xs . of.PRriect_epsseRd.eceived 139 142 147 1/ 168 172 2/ 177 83 83 83 I n d ex . 27 Apr. 1989 Pric e s PaId I n d ex . to Index of Prices Paid, I n t e r e s t , Ta x e s 3 146 178 82 37 Ratio of and Farm Wage U.S . PRIC ES PAI D I NDEX UP 1 POINT The Jul y Index of Pr ices Pa id f or Commodities and Services, Interest , Taxes, and Farm Wage Rates was 178 (1977=100), 1 point (0.6 percent ) above Apr il 1989, and 6 points (3.5 percent) above July 1988. The Farm Production Goods and Services index for July 1989 , at 165, was unchanged from April. Compared with a year earl ier , the index was up 6 points (3 .8 percent). Higher July prices for feeder livestock, fuels, and building and fencing materials were offset by lower feed costs . CONSUMER PRI CE INDE X . I Th e Jun.e 1 9 8 9 Consumer P r a ce I n d e x fOl' 1 a ll ur b an c o n sume r s ( CP I -U) befol:'e seasonal adjus tm en t wa s 124. 1 (1982 -84=100) compared to 1 2 3. 8 i n May The April Index was 123.1. For th~ 12-month per iod ending in June, the l overall index increased 5 .2 percent Gasoline prices were up 18.3 per cent fl:'O~ June 1988, but declined 0 .5 percent frob May 1989 . FEED : PRICES PAID Commodity SOUTHEAST 1 / AND UN ITED STATES JUL Y 1989 Price Southeast I per Un it I July 19 88 Jul y 198 9 WITH COMPARISONS Unit ed States I Ju ly Apr . 1988 I 1989 JUly 1989 Cottonseed Meal, 41% Soybean Meal, 44% Bran Middlings Corn Meal Laying Feed Broiler Grower Turkey Grower Chick Starter Dairy Feed, 14% Dairy Feed , 16% Dairy Feed, 18% Dairy Feed, 20% Dairy Conet., 32% Hog Feed , 14%-18% Hog ,Conet . , 38%-42% Beef Cattle Conet ., 32%-36% 3/ Stock Salt 3/ Molasses, Liquid 1/ AL ,FL,GA,SC. Revised . $ /Cwt . $ /Cwt . $ /Cwt . $ /Cwt. $ /Cwt. $/Ton $/Ton $ /Ton $/Ton $/Ton $/Ton $/Ton $/Ton $/Ton $/Ton $/Ton $/Ton 50 -L b a . $/Cwt . 17.00 19 .30 11 .80 11 .20 9 .60 271. 00 216.00 296. 00 313 .00 157.00 195 .00 233 .00 218 .00 227 .00 259.00 404.00 282.00 3 .80 8.30 15. 90 17 .90 13 .60 11 .10 9 .10 218 .00 250 .00 261. 00 262 .00 158.00 183.00 200 .00 192 .00 250.00 239 .00 349 .00 257.00 3 .80 9.40 16 .00 18.00 10 .20 9.20 7.84 237.00 248.00 270 .00 266 .00 182 .00 199.00 215.00 220 .00 331 .00 244.00 390.00 274.00 3 .. 31 9 .19 15.70 15 .60 11 .00 9 .68 7 .37 211.00 240.00 250 .00* 242 .00 180 .00 192.00 204.00 207.00 309.00 223.00 344 .00 271.00 3 .38 9 .26 e Georgia Farm Report ~SSN'()7-7280) I. pu bU.hed oeml-monlhly by the ~ Ia AgricuKurai Stellotlco Service , Stephen. Federal Building, Athen. , Ga. 30613 E. Snipes, Stele Stellstlclan. Second clue postage paid el AIhen., Ga. Subocrtptlon r.. $10 per year e.cept !Tee10dela cont rtbutOl'S. Subocrtptlon Inl OfTTlalI vai able !Tom Georgia AgrtcuKuraJStellstlco Service , Stephen. Federal Building , SuKe 320, Athen. , Ga. 30613. Telephone (~)546-2236. 15 .10 15.60 10.90 9 .08 I 7 .53 209 .00 236 . 00 251 . 00 243. 00 172 . 00 184.00 194. 00 198 . 00 310 . 00 220. 00 346. 00 263 .00 3.39 9.16 ~ GEORGIA ~,. AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE STEPHENS FEDERAL BLDG SUITE 320 ATHENS,GEORGIA 30613 SECOND- CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT ATHENS , GA 30613 ReGeived I~ U G (l ~ 1989 D(;)CUN/ ENf UGA LIBRARIES 042F0 1 1 3 000 0 0 95 -2 5 72 09520 UNIV O4F04GE/5O4R2G-I0A66 3 00 9 008 DOCU MENTS SE CT LI BRARY ATH EN S GA 30602 -- ,C1 -- GEORGIA FARM REPORT R~;~I\!fJ Imtt'n '~8~ August 14, 1989 Volume 89-Number 20 (;}~eu M~NTS UGA LIBRARIES t 'lI"" ..",,'!>' GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE Stephens Federal Building Suite 320 Athens. Georgia 30613 Phone: (404)546-2236 HIGHLIGHTS August 1 Crop Forecast Farm Numbers & Land in Farms GEORGIA CROP PRODUCTION FORECAST The first forecast of Georgia's 1989 crops shows record breaking yields for corn, soybeans, tobacco, sorghum and hay. All field crops, with the exception of small grains, are expected to yield higher than 1988. Above normal rainfall and mild temperatures during June and July have produced the best yield potential in several years. These forecasts are based on a survey of Georgia farmers contacted around August 1, and assume normal growing conditions for the remainder of the year . RECORD CORN YIELD Corn yields for 1989 are expected to average 100 bushels per acre, 15 bushels per acre above the previous record high in 1982, and 38 bushels above last year. Grain production is expected to total 55.0 million bushels from 550 thousand acres harvested. By August 6, about 7 percent of the corn acreage had been combined . SOYBEAN PRODUCTION JUMPS 53 PERCENT Soybean yield is forecast at 30 bushels per acre. This is 5 bushels per acre more than last year and breaks the previous record high of 28 bushels per acre in 1979. Planted acreage for 1989 totals 1.20 million acres, 29 percent above last year, but still the third lowest planted acreage since 1976. SOYbean production is expected to to tal 34.5 million bushels from 1.15 million acres harvested. Production of this size would be 53 percent more than 1988 . PEANUTS UP 20 PERCENT Peanut production for 1989 is expected to total 2.15 billion pounds for Georgia , 20 percent more than the 1988 crop. Yield is forecast at 3,100 pounds per acre, compared with last year's yield of 2,630 pounds, and the record yield of 3,375 pounds in 1984. Although growing conditions for peanuts have been near ideal, there are concerns about a higher incidence of diseases this year. GEORGIA ACREAGE YIELD AND PRODUCTION 1988 AND 1989 Crop Unit IAcreaae Planted for all Har- Purposes vested 1988 r 1989 1988 1/ For I Harvest 1989 1/ Yield oer Acre Indi- cated 1988 1989 Production 1988 I Indicated 1989 Corn SOYbeans Peanuts Sorghum Cotton 2/ !lay, All Sweetpotatoes ilhea t Oats Rye 14 TObacco Type APPles, All Bu. Bu. Lbs . Bu. Bales Tons Cwt. Bu. Bu. Bu . Lbs . - Thousand Acres-- 600 610 500 550 930 1,200 900 1,150 690 700 685 695 85 100 40 50 350 300 315 295 570 600 5.5 5.0 5.2 4.8 575 800 500 700 80 90 45 70 350 320 70 70 38 41 62 25 2,630 35 564 2.20 160 43 63 27 2,260 100 30 3,100 50 683 2.7 3/ 30 57 4/ 2,300 --Thousands-- 31,000 55,000 22,500 34,500 1,801,550 2,154,500 1,400 2.,500 370 420 1,254 1,620 832 3/ 21,500 21,000 2,835 3~990 1,890 4/ 85,880 94,300 ~P31C//eeOaYHclishliamerasv;ee;rc;si;ta;el;d;;-f;o~r~TLL~p=obb~nsrs:.is.-n;c-:i:p-a::l -;u-s-e=:. -:-2=-/--C--o-t;t;o-n;-~y1;1.i:7e94-l:d:-:i-n=-.p!o-3u;-n1.~59d:s-:-p-e-r~--h87-1,,a-23.r-57v4-00;7e-s~t~e"d""86"a,,-55-c87;r-00e-,-=-p-r-o--1d-34u-30-c:,,t00-i2~o00.:50n02..i.n-~b-:1a-32l-e05-s;,,00-.2200..800.~ and eld and production estimates will be released in the Annual Crop Summary. 4/ The first yield production forecast will be released at 3:00 P.M., October 12. AGRICULTURAL STATISTICIAN AND GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE COTTO N UP 1 4 PERCENT Cotton yield per acre is forecast at 683 pounds , 119 pounds per acre above las t year . Gr owe rs expect to harvest 295 thousand acres, 6 pe r c e n t less than last year's 315 thousand acres. Production would total 420 thousand bales, 14 percent more than last year and the highest lint production since 1965. RECORD TOBACCO YIELD To bacco yield is forecast at a record high 2,300- pounds per acre, unchanged from last month's forecast . Th is record yield is 40 pounds above last year and 20 pounds above the previous high in 1985. Acreage harvested is expected ~o total 41.0 thousand acres, 8 percent more than 198 8. Production would t otal 94.3 million pounds, up 10 percent from last year . GRAIN SORGHUM RECORD YIELD Grain sorghum, at 50 bushels per acre , is a l so expected t o produced a record high yi eld . This would be 15 bushels above last year and 2 bushels above the previous high yield in 1985 . Acreag harvested for grain is forecast thousand acres, 25 percent more at than 50 la' eO year. Grain production would total 2;t million bushels, 79 p ercent above thO 1988 crop . e HAY YIELD AND PRODUCTION RECORD Hay production for 1989 is forecast at a record high 1.62 million tons, 29 percent more than last year. Yield per acre is also e xpe c t ed to establish a rec ord hi gh 2.7 tons per acre, .1 t on above the previous high in 1979. Harvested acreage is estimated at 600 thousand acres compared with 570 thousand acre~ harvested in 1988. WHEAT AND OATS UNCHANGED Wheat and oat yields are unchanged frol last month's forecast at 30 and 57 bushels per acre, respectively. Wheat production totals 21.0 million bushels compared with 21.5 million bushels in 1988. Oat production, at 3.99 million b ushels, is 41 percent above last year . PEANUTS FOR NUTS Area Harvested Yield Ind. Ind . State 1988 1989 1988 1989 1,000 Acres Pounds Ala . 236.0 244 .0 2 ,380 2,700 Fla . 90 .0 92.0 2,540 2,700 Ga. 685.0 695.0 2,630 3,100 N. Mex . 13 .4 15.0 2 ,280 2,300 N. C. 153 .0 153.0 2,745 2 ,950 Okla. 97.0 93 .0 2,32 0 2,300 S. C. 13.0 14.0 2,470 2,700 Tex. 250 .0 253.0 1,670 1 ,750 Va . 91.0 92.0 2 ;900 3,100 U.S. 1,628 .4 1,651.0 2,445 2 ,742 1/ Estimates comprised of quota and non-quota peanuts. 1 Ind . 1988 198 9 1,000 Pounds 561,680 658,800 228,600 248,400 1,801 ,550 2, 15 4 , 50 0 30 ,552 34 ,500 419,985 451,350 225,040 213,900 32,110 37,800 417,500 442,750 263 ,900 285,200 3,980, 917 4 , 5 27 ,20 0 UNI TED STATES ACREAGE AND PRODUCTION 1988 AND 1989 Area Ha rve st e d I Yield er Ac r e Produc t ion Ind i- Indi- Indicated cated cated Aug . 1 , Cr o Unit 1988 1989 1988 1989 1988 1989 1,000 Ac res Thousand s Corn for Grain Bu. 58 ,164 65,154 84.6 112.8 4,9 2 1 ,191 7 ,348,155 Sorghum f o r Grai n Bu. 9,052 10,520 63 .8 63.1 577 ,551 644,1 18 Oats Bu. 5,590 7,280 39.1 52.3 218,77 3 380,690 Barley Bu. 7,535 8,562 38.6 45.8 290,505 392,141 All Wheat Bu. 53,174 62 ,67 7 34.1 32 . 6 1,811,261 2,044,128 Rye Bu . 607 517 24.8 1/ 15 ,047 1/ Soybeans for Beans Bu. 57,383 59,073 26.8 32 .3 1,538,666 1,905,300 Peanuts for Nuts Lbs. 1,628.4 1,651.0 2,445 2,742 3,980 ,917 4,527,200 Upland Cotton 2/ Bales 11,754 .1 9,204.1 616 584 15 ,077.3 11,197 .4 Cottonseed Tons 6,061.8 4,615.2 All Hay Tons 65,559 62,918 1.93 2.31 126,817 145,172 Sweetpotatoes Cwt. 89 .8 90 .6 128 3/ 11,457 3/ All Tobacco Lbs. 634.1 703.9 2,160 2,102 1 ,369,662 1,479 ,489 Apples, Coml'l Lbs . 9,157,500 9,731,500 Peaches Lbs. 2,619 ,700 2,275,000 Gr a p e s Tons 5,986.0 5,891 .3~ 1/ The first yield and production will be released at 3 :00 P.M., October 12 . 2/ Yield in poundS' 3/ Yield and production estimates will be released in the Annual Crop Summary. 2 u.s. HI GHLIGHTS - AUGUS T 1, 1 989 Corn for Gr ain : The first fore cas t of ~ 1989 cor n f or grain crop is 7. 35 billion bushe l s, 4 9 percent a bove l as t ear's drought reduced crop a nd 4 percent ~bove the 1 98 7 production. The U.S. average yield per acre is forecast at 112.8 bushels per acre, up 26. 2 bushe ls from last year's yield of 84. 6 bushels but 6.6 bushels below the record high of 119 .4 bushels produced in 1967. Yields in the leading states and bushel changes from l a s t year are: Iowa 110, up 26; Illinois 124 , up 51; Nebraska 116, down 6 ; Minnesota 115 , up 41; Indiana 123 , up 40; Ohio 115, up 30; and Wisconsin 110, up 43 . The area to be harvested for grain is forecast at 65 .2 million acres, up 12 percent from 1988 but 1 percent less than the July forecas t . sorghum for Grain: The first forecast of 1989 gra~n sorghum produc tio n is 664 mi l l i on bushels, up 15 percent f r om 1988. Area for harvest as grain is 10.5 million acres, up 16 percent from last year, but off 1 percent from the 1989 mid-year acreage estimate. Soybeans: Production is forecast at 1.91 billion bushels, 24 percent above last year but 1 percent below 198 7 . Yield is forecast at 32.3 bushels per acre, 5.5 bushels higher than 1988 and the fourth highest of record. Planted acreage was revised to 60.5 million acres, a 1 percent decrease from July. Harvested acreage was lowered 2 percent from July to 59.1 million acres. Acreage revisions were necessary to reflect planting intentions not realized in the Delta. Cotton : All cotton production is forecast at 11.8 million bales, down 23 percent from last year's production, and 20 percent below the 1987 crop. Of the total, upland is expected to account for 11.2 million bales while American-Pima production will reach a record high 636 thousand bales . Planted area, at 10.5 million acres, is down 16 percent from last year and growers expect to harvest 9.54 million acres, down 20 percent from 1988. Yield is expected to average 595 pounds per acre, 24 pounds below last year. Jats: Total product ion is forecast at 361 million bushels , down 2 percent from last mon t h, bu t 74 percent ab o v e the drought reduced c rop of 19 88 . The All Hay : Production is forecast at 145 expected y ie l d per acre is fo r ecas t a t million tons, an increase of 14 percent 52.3 bus hels compared wi th l a st season 's from last year. The largest production average o f 3 9 . 1 bushe ls. Ar e a harve s t e d ref lects higher yields which are only and to b e harvested at 7 . 2 8 million partially being offset by lower acreage . acres, is up 30 percent fr om l a s t year's Area for harvest, totaling 62 .9 million 5.59 mil lion acres. acres, is down 4 percent from 1988. The forecast average yield of 2.31 tons per Winter Wheat: Produc t ion is fo r e cast at acre compares with last year's drought 1.47 bil l io n bushel s as of Aug u s t 1, reduced average of 1.93 tons per acre . 1989 . This is up fractionally f rom Jul y 1 but 6 perce n t less tha n 1988. Area f or gr a i n is 41. 9 mi l li o n acres, d own 1 percent fr om l a st month but up 5 perc ent from last ye a r. Th e for e c a st e d yi eld for August 1, 1989 i s 35.0 bushe l s p er a cre , To b acco: U.S. all tobacco production is up 0.6 bushe l s f r om Ju ly b u t down 4 . 2 ~ushels f rom 1988 . forec a st at 1 .48 billion pounds, 8 percent above 1988. The higher production from a year ago is the resul t ~nuts : Product ion i s forec as t a t a record 4.5 3 bil lion pounds, up 14 perc e nt ! r om last y e a r and 25 percen t abo v e 1987 . Sar Ves t e d area, es t i ma t e d at 1.65 ~illio n of increased acreage. Yield is expected to average 2,102 pounds per acre , compared wi t h 2 ,160 last year . Area for ha rvest i s up 11 percent from last year. ~cres , i s u p 1 pe r c en t from l as t y e a r and ,he larges t acreage for h a rve s t s in ce : 955 whe n 1.67 mil l i on a c r es were ~arVested. Yi e l d is e x pected t o a ver age ,742 pounds per har vested acre , up 297 Fl ue-cured produc t ion i s expected to total 874 mill ion pounds, 7 percent more than a year ago and fractionally above the forecast a month ago . Yield per acre , at 2,169 pounds, is 50 pounds lower . rOUnds from 1988 and 40 3 pounds from t~~ 7 . If real ized, this would be the lrd largest yield on recor d. than last year's average yield . Area for harvest is 10 percent greater than in 1988 . 3 GEORG IA NUMBER OF FARMS DOWN U.S . FARM NUMBERS DECLI NE FROM 1988 The number of f a r ms in Georg ia is es timated a t 48,000 for 19 8 9 , down 1, 00 0 farms from 1988, but the same number as 1987 . Land i n farms total 12.6 million acre s, down 4 00 thousand acres fr om 1988 . The a v e r a g e size farm in Ge orgia is 263 acres, compared with 265 acres in 1988, and 271 i n 1987. Th e n u mb e r o f fa r ms in the United S t a tes in 198J is est imated a t 2 . 17 million d own 1 per c e n t f r om t he 2. 20 milli on i~ 1988 . Tot al land in f ar ms f or 198 9 is 99 1 mi lli on a cr e s, down frac ti o n a l l y f r om 198 8 . S inc e t h e n u mber o f fa r ms ha s dec lined at a faster ra te than l a nd i n f a rms, the ave r a ge si z e o f f a rms inc reased f r om 45 3 ac r e s in 1988 to 4 56 a cres in 1989. Year NUMBER OF FARMS, Gear i a Number Land of Farms i n Farms Thousands Mi l. Acr es LAND IN FARMS Average Size Acre s .Z\ ND AVERAGE SIZE, 19 87 - 19 8 ~_ Un i t ed States Numbe r Land of Fa r ms in Fa r ms Tho u sands Mi l. Acres ___ Av e ra g e Size Ac r e s 19 85 198 6 1987 19 88 1 989 Yea r 50 13 . 5 270 2 , 275 1 ,01 4 .4 446 49 13. 3 2 71 2 , 21 2 1,007 .6 456 48 13 .0 271 2 ,2 13 99 8.9 4 51 49 13 .0 265 2 , 197 994 . 5 453 48 12 .6 263 2 ,17 3 99 1.5 456 $1 , 000$9 999 . NUMB ER O~ FARMS BY ECONOMIC Ge o r q i a Gr o s s Value of Sa l e s I $10 , 000 $99 9 9 9 I -- Number -- $ 100 , 000+ CLASS 19 8 7 -1989 Unit ed States Gr o s s Value o f Sa l e s $ 1 , 000 $9 999 I I $1 0 , 0 00, '$9 9 999 -- Numb er - - $1 0 0 , 0 0 0+ 1987 1988 1989 29,200 29 , 200 28 600 11,900 12,600 12 400 6 ,900 7,200 7 000 1,120 ,5 00 1, 079,300 1 052 0 00 79 2,74 0 80 7 , 100 8 12 4 00 299 , 720 3 10 ,7 40 308 520 Year $1 ,000$9 999 LAND I N FARMS BY ECONOMI C CLASS 1 9 87 -1 9 89 Georq ia Un i ted S ta te s Gross Value of Sa l e s Gross Val u e o f Sa le s I $10 ,000 599 999 I $100 ,000+ $ 1,00059 999 I I $10,000 , 599 999 $ 100 ,000+ Thousand Ac res 1987 1988 1989 2 , 700 2,4 00 2 ,300 4, 100 4 ,400 4,1 00 6 , 200 6, 200 6, 200 120 , 5 80 111,943 106,893 404, 929 399 , 8 00 404,380 473 ,414 482, 800 480,200 Georg ia Farm Report ~SSN.Q744-7280 ) II pub Ulhed _ml-monthly by the Geo ""t>.'" GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE Rae ;V d Stephens Federal Building Suite 320 August 30, 1989 SEP 0 1. 1989 Athens, Georgia 30613 Phone: (404)546-2236 Volume 89-Number 22 HIGHLIGHTS poultry Summary DOCUMENTS UGA LIBRARIES U.S. EGG PRODUCTION DOWN 2 PERCENT cattle on Feed Livestock Slaughter Laying flocks in the United States Milk Production (21 States) Catfish Farm Labor & Wages produced 5.63 billion eggs during July 1989, down 2 percent from the 5.72 Peanut Stocks billion produced a year ago. Production Revisions to Mushrooms Cold Storage 1988 Peanuts in Cold Storage included 4.89 billion million hatching eggs . table eggs and 738 GEORGIA EGG PRODUCTION UP 4 PERCENT Georgia's laying flocks produced 347 million eggs during July 1989, 4 percent more than July 1988. Production consisted of 233 million table eggs and 114 million hatching eggs. 20 STATE EGG PRODUCTION DOWN 2 PERCENT Laying flocks in the 20 states produced 4.65 billion eggs during July 1989, down 2 percent from a year ago. Production included 4.02 billion table eggs and 631 million hatching eggs. GEORGIA Hatchin g 5 , 73 5 5 , 83 4 1,944 1,947 111 114 Table 10 ,87 4 11, 19 4 2,040 2,083 222 233 Total Geo rgia 16,609 17,028 2,005 2,038 333 347 ~SI~ing 1~;~~~ Total 20 States 224,782 32 690 187;122 2 19 ,812 20 STATES 1,936 1,930 2,144 2,146 2,115 2,114 609 4,145 4,754 4,0613! 4,646 Hatching Table Total U. S. 36,637 233 ,283 269,920 38,115 226,787 264,902 UNITED STATES 1,932 1,936 2,149 2,155 2,120 2,123 708 5,013 5,721 738 4,887 5,625 COMMERCI AL POULTRY SLAUGHTER 1 JUNE-JULY 1988-1989 Item I I June June ye~r July 2/ Jan. thru June 198T8 housands198 9 a~ --'----'l~9~8:::..:9~__=_~~ci:~~=~____=~=-=------'---==-='--- Young Chickens Georg~a 63,272 United States ~ture Hre~ gh av ot t y a l CTyhpi cekeOn. ss. Type U. S. O.S. 449, 229 13,157 4,500 17,657 ~TroctaelntA ll Co Types, n d e mn e d Ga. 3,520 66,388 482,752 10,316 4,695 15,011 3,313 105 61,985 356,397 380,215 107 107 444,621 2 ,570,247 2,701,480 105 78 10,584 104 3,828 85 14,412 94 3,190 85,317 23,740 109,057 22,732 70,517 83 24,002 101 94,519 87 21 ,341 94 Oung Ch~ckens VGeorgia United State Federally s~nspected 1.6 1.6 slaughter 1.4 1.6 data as collected by Meat and 1.7 1.9 Poultry 1.6 1.8 Inspect~on rogram. Current month data estimated by Market News Service. 2/ Preliminary. I Chickens Egg Type BrOiler Type ~eys, All Breeds 1988 I 1989 I --Thousands-- 24,359 392,893 26,061 28,472 419,034 31,615 AGRICULTURAL STATIS"iICIAN AND GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE % of Year Ago 117 107 121 GEORGIA BROILER AND EGG-TYPE HATCH UP The July hatch of broiler-type chicks, at 75.1 million, was 5 percent more than a year earlier. Egg-type chicks hatched during July totaled 1.1 million , 27 percent more than the previous year. u.s. BROILER AND EGG-TYPE HATCH UP Egg-type chicks hatched during JUly 1989 totaled 30.2 million, 21 percent mor~ than July 1988. The July hatch of broiler-type chicks, at 512 million, was 8 percent above July last year. POULTRY HATCHING AND PLACEMENT--JULY 1988- 1989 Item Pullet Chicks Placed July 1988 June 1989 --Thousands -- July 1989 % of year aao Jan. thru Julv 1988 I 1989 --Thousands-- % of- - year aao Domestic (U .S.) 1/ Broiler Type 3,611 4,330 3,950 109 27,422 29,093 106 Egg Type Chicks Hatched 250 2/284 270 108 1,601 2/1,494 93 Broiler Type Georgia 71,497 73,686 75,056 105 485,075 510,415 105 United States Egg Type 473,394 509,837 511 ,774 108 3 ,283,088 3,464,576 106 Georgia 862 1,315 1,091 127 10,169 8,470 83 United States Turkeys 24 ,876 34,707 30,175 121 221,980 225,606 102 Poults Placed U.S. 23,677 29 ,098 26,510 112 3/239,982 4/255,740 107 1/ 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/ Revised. 3/ Turkey poults placed September 1987-July 1988 . 4/ Turkey poults placed September 1988-July 1989. CATTLE ON FEED IN 7 STATES DOWN 4 PERCENT FROM LAST YEAR Ca~tle and calves on feed August 1 , 1989, for slaughter market in the 7 states preparing monthly est imates totaled 6.57 mi llion head , down 4 percent from a year ago and 2 percent be low August 1, 1987. Marketings of fed cattle during July totaled 1 .69 million, down 4 percent from last year and 1 percent below two years ago. Placements of cattle and calves on feed in the 7 states during July totaled 1.31 million, up 5 percent from last year and 3 percent above Jul y 1987. Net placements of 1.25 million for July is 5 percent above last year and 4 percent above 1987 : Other disappearance totaled 63.0 thousand head compared to 62.0 thousand in July 1988 and 71.0 thousand in July 1987 . CATTLE AND CALVES: NUMBER ON FEED, PLACEMENTS, MARKETINGS, AND OTHER DISAPPEARANCE, Item 1 STATES, JULY 1 TO AUGUST 1 1988 1989 1989 as ~ of 1988 1,000 Head On Feed, July 1 1/ 7,431 7,010 94 Placed on Feed during July 1,246 1,311 105 Fed Cattle Marketed during July 1,760 1,690 Other Disappearance during July 2/ 62 63 On .Feed August 1 1/ 6,855 6,568 1/ Cattle and calves on feed are animals for slaughter market being fed a full 96 - 102 96 ration of grain or other concentrates and are expected to produce a carcass that will grade select or better. 2/ Includes death losses, movement from feedlots to pastures and shipments to other feedlots for further feeding. 2 GEORGIA RED MEAT PRODUCTION UP commerc ial r e d meat produc t io n i n Georg ia totaled 2 6 .4 million pounds du r ing Jul y 1989, up 18 pe r c ent from July 1 988. The number o f cattle slaughtered by commerc ial pla n t s in Georg ia dur ing J u l y 1989, was 13 . 8 thousand , down 1 0 percen t from a year earlier. The total l ive weight was 13.0 million pounds with an average l i ve we ight of 942 pounds per head. There were 109.2 thousand head of hogs slaughtered in Geo rgia 's commercial plants dur i ng J uly. This is 25 percent more than the same per iod l a s t year. The live weight was 25.7 million pounds with an average live weight o f 236 pounds per head . U.S. RED MEAT PRODUCT ION Commercial red meat production for the United States in j uly 1 9 8 9 totaled 3.05 billion pounds , down 4 percent from July 1988. Beef production, at 1.89 billion pounds was down 5 percent from a year earlie r. Head kill totaled 2 .79 mi ll ion , down 6 percen t from July l a s t year . The average live weight i n c r e a s ed 11 pounds to 1 ,124. Pork production, at 1 .1 1 bill ion pounds was down 2 percent . Hog ki ll totaled 6 .29 million head, down 1 percent. The average l ive weight decreased 3 pounds to 246 . Spec i e s Georgia Ca ttle Calve s Hog s Shee p & Lambs GEORGIA AND UNIT ED STATES LI VESTOCK SLAUGHTER 1 / Number Slauq htered Ave r a g e July Live Weight Jul y ' 89 as % of July 1988 I 1989 198 8 19 88 I 1989 1,00 0 Head Per c e n t Pounds 15.4 13. 8 90 1.1 1.2 109 87 . 1 109.2 125 0.1 0.1 100 914 942 398 351 237 236 97 98 Total L ive We ight July 198 8 I 1989 1 ,000 Po unds 14 , 107 42 9 20 ,616 8 1 3,009 4 32 25 ,7 42 8 United St ates Cattle Ca l ve s Hog s Sheep & La mb s 1/ Inc l ud e s sl augh t e r far m slaugh te r. 2, 982.7 2,794 .2 94 2 15 . 1 174 .0 81 6 , 3 66. 0 6, 294.9 99 405. 0 412. 6 102 un der Fe d eral I nspecti on and 1 ,1 13 1 ,1 24 3, 3 18 , 4 9 2 3,139 ,92 7 244 257 52 ,374 4 4, 794 249 246 1 , 583, 0 2 4 1 , 5 5 1 , 6 1 1 121 119 48 ,809 49, 130 ot her commercial slaughter, excludes COMMERC IAL RED MEAT PRODUC TI ON: UNITED Ki nd J uly 1988 198 9 1989 a s % o f 1988 Mi lli on Pounds Pe r c e n t Beef Veal 1, 982 1, 889 95 31 27 87 ?or k 1 ,133 1,107 98 Lamb & Mutton 24 25 104 ~tal Red Meat ~/ Based on packe rs 3,171 dress 3, 04 7 weights and e xcludes 96 farm 2/ ased on unrounded data. 1/ 1989 a s % of 1988 Pe rc e n t 98 92 103 10 2 100 totals e Georg ia Farm Repo rt (ISSN-Q744' 7280) Is pub lished saml mont hly by the Georgia Agricu~u ral S1atlstics Service, S1ephens Federa l Build in g, Athens, Ga. 306 13 rry E. Snipes , $l ate S1atisticlan . Seco nd class postage paid at Athe ns, Ga. Subscnp tion fee $1 0 per yeM except free to data contributors. Subsc ripti on informatio veilable from Georgia Ag ricu~ur..1S1111lsllcs Service, S1ephens Fod eral Bu!ldlng. Sune 320, Athens, Ga. 30613. Telep hone (404)546-2236. 3 Vol . 89-No . 22 JULY MILK PRODUCTION-21 STATES Milk production in the 21 major states during July totaled 10.3 billion pounds, 2 percent below production in these same states in July 1988. June revised production, at 10.4 billion pounds, was 1 percent below June 1988. Production per cow in the 21 major states averaged 1,213 pounds for July, 9 pounds below July 1988. The number of cows on farms in the 21 major states was 8.50 million head, 104 thousand head below July 1988 and 4 thousand head below June 1989 . During the April-June period the 21 major states produced 32.3 billion pounds Of milk, 85.1 percent of . the U.S. production. If producers in the remaining 29 states not surveyed monthly followed the same pattern as the 21 states, the U.S. production would be 12.1 billion pounds for July 1989. ________________________~MILK COWS AND MILK PRODUCTION, JULY 1988-1989 Item I--U-n-::-i-t---------r-1-9-8-8----r----=-21:..S1.9t.8a.9te.;s=~=----,-P-e-r-c:e:n:t-:-:-- No. Milk Cows on Farms 1/ Thous. Head 8,601 8,497 99 Milk Production per Cow 2/ Pounds 1,222 1,213 99 Total Milk Production 2/ Mil. Lbs. 10,514 10,310 98 1/ Includes dry cows . Excludes heifers not yet fresh. 2/ Excludes milk sucked by calves. CATFISH PROCESSING UP 17 PERCENT Farm-raised catfish processed during July totaled 27.8 million pounds round weight, up 17 percent from July 1988. The July average price paid to growers was 71 cents per pound, 9 cents below the same month last year. Net pounds of processed fish sold during July totaled 14.6 million pounds, 23 percent above the comparable month in 1988. Sales of whole fish represented 35 percent of the total and fillets accounted for 46 percent. The remaining 19 percent were mostly steaks, nuggets, and value added products. Ice pack sales were 48 percent of the total amount sold. The July average prices received by processors for whole fish were $1.50 per pound for ice pack and $1.68 for frozen fish. Freshwater catfish imports during June totaled 584 thousand pounds, 84 percent of which were from Brazil. Imports were significantly above the amount imported a year earlier . Import data were compiled by the U.S. Bureau of the Census. ________- r Month U.S. FARM-RAISED CATFISH, 1988-1989 QUANTITY PROCESSED AND PRICES PAID TO PRODUCERS ~R~E=P-O- RTED BY --MAJOR PROCESSORS ANDveUra.gSe. PIrMTPcO-RT~S~r-__-.mr~~,_-- Pa~d to Producers 1 Jan. 26,018 26,948 26,018 26,948 .68 .78 Feb. 27,786 28,559 53,804 55,507 .72 .78 Mar. 28,179 29,458 81,983 84,965 .75 .77 Apr. 20,805 27,310 102,788 112,275 .75 .76 May 20,351 28,892 123,139 141,167 .75 .76 June 22,839 27,598 145,978 168,765 .78 .75 July 23,687 27,827 169,665 196,592 .80 .71 Aug. 26,941 196,606 .80 Sept. 24,611 221,217 .79 Oct. 26,221 247,438 .79 Nov. 25,037 272,475 .78 17Dec . 22,634 295,109 .78 Pr~ces pa~d to producers for f~sh del~vered to process~ng furnished by U.S. Bureau of Census. 4 SOUTHEAST REGION FARM PAY RATE AND NUMBER OF WORKERS INCREASE he average hourly wage rate for all T~eirgeidon farm workers in (AL,GA,SC) during the the southeast survey week ~fatJeul y w 9-15, as th i 1989, rteen was $4.50. The wage cents more than the urvey week in April. However, the rate 1ncreased 26 cents from the corresponding ~eek of a year ago. The number of all farm workers employed in the southeast region increased 56 ercent from 114,000 workers during the Kpril 1989, survey to 178,000 workers for July. Hired workers expected to work 149 daYs or less during ~he year increased 129 percent while hired workers expected to work 150 days or more increased only 3 percent. Hired workers worked an average of 31.4 hours during the survey week, down 6 percent from the 33.5 hours worked in April. Self-employed farm operators worked an average of 27.8 hours, down 15 percent from the last survey. Unpaid workers averaged 40.5 hours, 22 percent above the April survey. U.S. NUMBER OF WORKERS AND WAGE RATES INCREASE There were 3.80 million people working on the Nation's farms and ranches during the week of July 9-15, 1989. This number was up 8 percent from the 3.52 million workers during the comparable week in 1988. Self-employed farm operators accounted for 1.63 million of the total, along with 623,000 unpaid workers, and 1.20 million workers hired directly by farm operators. Agricultural service employees made up the remaining 351,000 workers. Farm operators paid their hired workers an average rate of $5.23 per hour during the July 1989 survey week. This rate was up 33 cents from a year earlier. Workers paid on an hourly oasis earned $5.08 per hour compared wlth $4.72 last JUly. Field workers received an average of $4.96 per hour, up 33 cents from the July 1988 week. Livestock workers earned $4.7~ compared with $4.50 per hour a year earller. Self-employed farm operators worked an average of 41.7 hours, 2.7 hours less than the comparable week in 1988. Unpaid workers averaged 38.4 hours 1.1 hours above last year. Hired employees worked 39.6 hours compared with 37.4 hours last July. Southeast Florida Appalachian I AP~alachian II De ta Northeast I Northeast II Lake Cornbel t I Cornbel t II Northern Plains Southern Plains Mountain I Mountain II Mountain III Pacific California Hawaii U.S. RATES JULY All Hired Workers 4.50 5.53 4.30 4.69 4.33 5.11 5 .27 4.57 4.84 5.19 5.13 4.94 4.69 4.47 4 .94 5.18 6.42 8.64 5.23 4.24 4.88 4.03 4 .43 4 .14 5.19 5 .00 4.37 4.53 5.20 5.10 4.47 4.67 4.03 4.13 4.71 5.90 8.02 4.96 4.50 5.21 4.58 4.69 4 .10 4.33 4 .46 4.21 5 .17 4.85 4 .53 4 .88 4.28 4.81 4.63 6.02 6 .58 3/ 4.79 7.98 our 3/ 7.59 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 6 .75 3/ 3/ 5.12 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 6.87 8.48 9.07 8.51 7.53 4.07 4.89 4.08 4.65 4.02 5.35 5.20 4.77 4.58 4.99 4.89 4.79 4.70 4.91 4.52 5.04 5.95 7.98 5.08 6.69 5 .73 3/ 3/ 4.66 4 .71 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 8 .48 3/ 6.39 3.25 3/ 4.59 7.65 3/ 6 .08 er 4.92 7.55 5.07 4.84 4 .98 4.71 5.55 4.08 5.52 5.50 4.66 5.18 4.41 4.11 5.69 6.26 9.19 11. 52 5.49 NUMBER OF WORKERS ON FARMS AND HOURS WORKED FOR THE WEEK JULY 9-15, 1989 BY STATE OR REGION AND UNITED STATES 1 ou- ou- ours Southeast Plorida AAPpalachian I DePplatal a c h i a n I I ~N~orrtthheeaasstt ....ke I II C~oorrnnbbeell t t I II sOrthern Plains ..~uthern Plains 'lUUntain I ~l4U0nutnataiinn II III aCific CllaaWl1afHo r n i a sands sands 27 .8 21 40.5 70 31.4 38 32 26.3 2 32.0 47 39.7 39 8 33 .7 22 35 .3 71 37.2 29 42 27.4 36 28.7 48 32.5 24 24 29.6 15 30.1 57 38.1 36 21 55.4 26 47.0 57 43.8 40 17 44.1 39 37.1 60 39.3 44 16 53 .7 100 40.2 107 39 .3 49 58 41.5 81 35.3 72 34 .8 37 35 43 .B 57 36.2 61 27.0 24 37 55.0 76 41.1 66 36.0 25 41 38.5 43 39 .7 63 44.8 49 14 54 .9 25 44.9 33 49 .5 20 13 57.6 22 36 .4 30 48.6 23 7 46.6 24 44 .6 18 52.9 15 3 32 .5 21 42.8 96 41.7 40 56 39 .3 12 32 .4 230 44.0 153 77 32.9 1 27.5 11 38.6 10 1 U. S "S2Ou1Mtr~xhcc:eTNiiuHrrt.e;~-sY;;,-=aR";Ig<,'r"V=I.Tc.,.u..-'Ni3u~o4~r4ra-t'hi-8e-s-a-e=s=rt=V=-:II"~Ic1~:e6'.fDw,2Eo~8r,,M==:e:D~r4,s~N1,.-J,.,.P...A!.7...,.,..Ae.,grp--l-p.o~6an~2l~s3a~=c=-c.h..oi;3an~8n~s.:-l;sI4~=:"1~1~N09~7C!.i..V..A,,,e.",,,"--A0,3~9.p~6phO;a:W-l;aI-cn;-gh=i-: a.,n--o~6Ir~I9~:5e~=Ka~~sY--,T:-N-;,W:::5V~0.~2, _ _ orthe~S . AL,GA,SC . Lake: MI,MN,WI; Cornbelt I :lL,IN,OH ; Cornbe t II:IA,MO; Delta : AR,LA,MS. ~ UT nMPlains : KS,NE,ND,SD. Southern Plains: OK,TX. Mountain I: ID,MT ,WY. Mountain II: CO, , . ountain III: AZ,NM. Pacific : OR,WA. 3/ Insufficient data. 5 Vol. B9-No. 22 JULY PEANUT STOCKS Peanut stocks in commercial storage on July 31, 1989, totaled 830 million pounds of' equivalent farmer stock. This total includes 51.2 million pounds of actual farmer stock. Shelled peanu't;s on hand totaled 730 million pounds of equivalent farmer stock. Roasting stock totaled 49.0 million pounds. There were no Commodity Credit Corporation uncommitted stocks on hand as of July 31, 1989 . Shelled peanut stocks on July 31, 1989 totaled 549 million pounds of which 504 million pounds were edible grades and 44.6 million pounds were oil stocks. Edible grade stocks by type were. Virginias, 78.5 million pounds; Runners' 401 million pounds; and Spanish, 24.7 million pounds. STOCKS OF PEANUTS AND SPECIFIED PRODUCTS AT MONTH'S END 1988-1989 1/ Month Endina Farmer Stocks Shelled Peanuts 2/ Roasting Stock (In Shell) I Farmer Stock Eauivalent Shelled Total -- Peanuts 3/ 1,000 Pounds 1988 July 4,622 588,426 46,029 782,607 833,258 Aug. 2,256 426,356 33,383 567,053 602,692 Sept. 598,495 356,670 20,673 474,371 1,093,539 Oct . 2,541,125 408,745 29,901 543,631 3,114 ,657 Nov . 2,699,466 463,521 33,866 616,483 3,349,815 Dec. 2,568,264 521,901 40,564 694,128 3,302,956 1989 Jan. 2,231,319 566,121 50,276 752,941 3,034,536 Feb. 1,750,347 658,414 55,282 875,691 2,681,320 Mar. 1,265,686 705,266 57,362 938,004 2,261,052 Apr. 820,667 718,486 59,273 955,586 1,835,526 May 429,464 721,069 60,811 959,022 1,449,297 June 110,777 700,824 60,190 932,096 1,103,063 July 51,248 548,600 49,033 729,638 829,919 1/ Excludes stocks on farms. Includes stocks owned by or held for account of CCC in commercial storages. 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. Month PE ANUT STOCKS IN COLD STORAGE, UNITED STATES, 1988 REVI SED Shelled Peanuts In-Shell Peanuts_ 1,000 Pounds January February March April May June July August September October November December 347,501 382,535 421,366 449,560 477,793 486,242 427,830 329,883 245,108 236,657 262,403 298,025 6 20,542 23,940 31,610 30,383 24,713 19,082 15,577 10,646 5,182 10,860 - 15,941 18,220 1988- 8 9 MUSHROOM PRODUCTION AND VALUE CONTINUE TO RISE U.S. total mushroom production continued to increase during 1988-89, jumping 6 ercent to almost 673 million pounds. ~his production includes the conventional button mushrooms (Agaricus) and also the xotics (Shiitake, Oyster, and all other :xotic varieties). The value of the all .ushroom crop, at $616 million, was 9 percent higher than the previous season. Growers received an average of 91.6 cents per pound, up 2.6 cents from the previous season. Agaricus production totaled 667 million pounds, up 6 percent from the previous season. Pennsylvania, the leading State, with 44 percent of the U.s. Agaricus crop, grew 294 million pounds in 1988-89. Agaricus production in the eastern states accounted for 58 percent of the U.S. total production; central states, 12 percent; and western states, 30 percent. The value of the 1988-89 Agaricus crop was $595 million. Growers received an average of 89.1 cents per pound. Volume of sales for commercially grown specialty mushrooms (Shiitake, Oyster, and all other exotics) in 1988-89 totaled 5.49 million pounds , 10 percent above the 1987-88 volume . Virtually all specialty mushrooms are sold fresh . The value of the 1988-89 specialty mushroom crop was $21.9 million, down 3 percent from the previous year. AGARICUS MUSHROOMS -- AREA PRODUCTION PRICE AND VALUE 3tate and Year I I I First Fillinq Area in Production Second Addi tional Fillinq Fillinqs Total I Calif. 1,000 Square Feet I 1987-88 3,984 3,972 13,859 1988-89 3,598 3,590 15 , 5 28 Del. 1987-88 1988-89 Ga. 560 544 578 478 471 481 1987-88 1988-89 Ind. 166 166 879 166 166 879 1987-88 1988-89 Md . 320 320 1,590 320 320 1 ,590 1987-88 1988-89 Mich. 22 1 195 246 20 5 205 254 1987-88 1988-89 H.y. 1,079 1,105 1,079 1 ,105 2, 121 2,288 "I 1987-88 . 1988-89 Ohio 275 305 192 360 360 244 I 1987-88 1988-89 :'e g. 636 636 1,303 636 636 1,673 1987-88 1988-89 Pa , 989 1 ,005 989 1,005 2,464 2 ,879 1987-88 1988-89 Oth. Sts. 1/ 17 ,722 16,905 17,245 16 ,472 25,495 26,665 1987-88 1988-89 U.S. 4 ,485 5,364 4,489 3 ,65 4 21 ,423 21 ,664 1987-88 30 ,437 29 ,940 70 , 150 -L988- 89 30, 14 2 27,98 4 7 4,145 1/ CO,CT,FL , I L ,IA, KS ,NJ,OK, SC,T N,T X,UT , WA, WI. 7 21,815 22,716 1,682 1,430 1,211 1,211 2,230 2,230 662 664 4,279 4,498 772 964 2,575 2,945 4,442 4,889 60,462 60,042 30,397 30 ,682 130,527 132 ,271 JULY 1 1987 TO JUNE 30 1989 Price Value Prod- per of uction Pound Production 1,000 1,000 Pounds Dollars Dollars 112,580 127,478 . 979 1.000 110,189 127,802 5,831 4,933 .640 .718 3,732 3,540 4,914 6,501 1.080 1.070 5,310 6 ,940 13,108 13,141 1 .020 1 .040 13,368 13,660 2,058 2,056 .790 .769 1,625 1 ,582 23 ,359 22,512 .887 . 918 20,719 20,675 1,818 2,610 . 727 .847 1,321 2,211 11,065 13,336 .952 .943 10,531 12,570 20,722 21,292 . 824 .927 17,071 19,748 284,783 294,070 .720 .736 205,100 216,436 151 ,581 159 ,438 1 .020 1.060 155,334 169 ,386 631,819 667,367 . 861 . 891 544,300 594,5 50 COLD STORAGE HIGHLIGHTS, JULY 31, 1989 Frozen stocks in refrigerated warehouses on July 31, 1989, were greater than year earlier levels for butter, juice concentrates, pork, and turkeys. Cooler items with stocks above those of the previous year included fresh vegetables, fresh fruits, and dried and evaporated fruits. Total red meats in freezers declined 4 percent from June 30 and were 2 percent less than those on July 31, 1988 . Frozen pork stocks dropped 9 percent during the month but were 3 percent above t~ previous year. Stocks of pork bel11~ were down 25 percent from last month bUt were 31 percent above 1988. Total frozen poultry supplies increased 5 percent from June 30, but were 3 percent less than a year ago . Total stocks Of chickens declined month and were 4 11 percent percent during below 198thae Total pounds of turkeys in freezers wa; up 9 percent from last month but nea~l the same as a year earlier. Y Commodity Butter Cheese, Natural Eggs, Frozen Fruits, Frozen 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, UNI'!'ED STATES, JULY 31, July 31, .Tu n e 30, July 31, 1988 198<3 1989 1 , 000 p<)unds 295,767 464,:1. 62 461,018 496,053 429 ,1569 438,197 22,861 15,(l52 16,345 873,115 621,J33 730,790 1,453 ,718 1 ,792,:1. 0 3 1,618,827 670 ,705 686,:3 92 657,363 269 ,614 241 ,1314 249,289 337,211 383,~05 347,204 711,913 657, .0148 687,323 496 ,152 454,1508 493,738 1,337,218 1,023,:H9 1,244,811 882,537 961,!i28 737 ,937 427,830 392 ,601 337,419 15,577 25 ,~13 20 ,821 35,123 38,6 6 3 35,903 39,295 63,686 54,210 1989 Percent of - July 1988 June 1989 - Percent 156 99 88 102 71 109 84 118 111 90 98 96 92 103 103 91 97 105 100 109 93 122 84 77 79 86 134 83 102 93 138 85 l l. GEORGIA FARM REPORT Recei ve d August 30, 1989 Volume S9--Number 23 SEP 0 1 1989 5~ ,.,.."". GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE Stephens Federal BUilding Suite 320 Athens. Georgia 30613 Phone: (404)546-2236 FARM COSTS AND n~EY-1988 SUMMARY, GEORGIA . A RARIES Average net cash farm income of Georgia farm operators FIgure 1--G aorgla farm fInane'I81 position increased by $12,800 over 1987 to $35,400 which was highest in the region and nearly twice the U.S. average in 1988. An estimated 38 percent of farms were in a favorable financial position, up slightly from last year, although 8 points below the U.S. value. The share of vulnerable farms increased from 5 to 6 percent. 80.------------------------, P 8 r 110 .......... c 8n 40 Despite higher average net cash farm income, the share of Georgia farms with positive net cash farm income was identical to 1987 at 46 percent. Nonfarm income earned by farm households rose to $39,600 which was over $10,000 higher than the U.S. average. Improvements were also evident in farm operators balance sheets. The average debt/asset ratio dropped from 0.16 in t o ao f 20 f a r 10 m o 1987 to 0.14 in 1988. It was still the highest ratio in the Southeast region, but only slightly higher than the U.S. average. In addition, average net worth rose by $10,000. Table 1--Financial Perf~ of Southeast States, 1988 A farm;s fi;'anciarcohditi8& ",~~ m;~slJl'edbyjoinWc6nsii:leririg thEl nef ::~v~f;~s:~:{:~tvJW:~'fJlo6;.:bi?~~:J,~a~~ht~:~~~!~~~~:dat~. Alabama low lowdebfare regarded as f8VOiilbIe:, Southeast u.S. Marginal Marginal Favorable Income Solvency Percent of farms 39 55 0 40 53 4 38 48 8 Vulnerable 6 4 6 40 51 4 5 46 40 7 7 Table 2--Selected average operating and financial characteristics, 1988 Acres operated 1/ Crop sales + Net CCC loans + Livestock sales + Other farm income =Gross cash farm income - Total operating expenses =Net cash farm income GA 310 25,700 200 57,300 9,700 92,900 57,500 35,400 AL 190 6,100 400 26,800 3,100 36,400 21,700 14,700 FL Acres per farm 220 Dollars per farm 81,200 -1,800 25,700 4,700 109,800 94,600 15,200 Southeast 230 28,300 -100 33,200 5,400 66,800 47,400 19,400 Nonfarm income 39,600 20,900 47,000 32,400 Net worth Debt/asset 288,900 0 .14 186,200 0.09 544,700 Ratio 0.06 287,800 0.09 1/ Defined as acres owned plus acres rented (excl uding AUH land) minus land rented to others . u.S. 470 26,200 -900 38,100 9,000 n,400 55,000 17,400 28,900 311,300 0.13 All farms Table 3- -Average operat ing and financial characteristics for Georgia fa ... by i ~ and debt/asset ratio position, 19158 Favorable 38 Ma r g i n a l income 48 Marginal solvency Percent 8 Vulnerable 6 Economic c lass : Sales above $250,000 Sales $40,000-$250,000 Sales below $40,000 69 6 19 6 48 24 26 2 34 57 3 6 Type of farm: Vegetable , fruit, nurse ry Other cr ops Beef, hog, sheep Other livestock and poult ry Operating : Acres owned Ac res operated Operator age Financi a l: Crop sa le s + Net CCC Loans + Livestock saLes + Other farm income =Gross cash farm income - Cash operating expenses =Net cas h fa rm income 69 55 22 45 280 330 54 37,300 100 101,600 17,400 156,400 71,500 84,900 29 24 72 26 250 300 55 9,000 0 7,100 1,900 18,000 27,900 -9, 900 d 12 2 29 Acres per fa rm 120 270 Years 40 Dollars per farm 59,900 1,400 168,800 22,600 252,700 152,900 99,800 d 9 4 0 100 220 44 36,700 1,100 12,000 4,500 54,300 67,400 - 13,100 Nonf arm income 23, 700 59,1 00 14, 700 17,700 TotaL assets TotaL debt Rat i os: Debt/asset Return on ass et s Cash expenses / gross income Int er est/gross inc ome 392,500 39,900 0. 10 .06 .46 .03 321, 900 24, 000 0. 07 -.02 1. 55 . 12 275,500 157,600 Ra t io 0.57 .13 .61 .05 142, 900 103,500 0.72 - .0 7 1. 24 . 17 All farms 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 240 310 53 25,700 200 57,300 9,700 92,900 57,500 35,400 39, 600 334 , 900 46, 000 0.14 . 03 . 62 .0 5 Financial performance varied directly with farm size as measured by gross sales. The share of farms in a favorable financial position ranged from 69 percent for farms with sales above $250,000 to only 34 perce nt of farms with gross sales under $40,000. Farms in the two largest economic classes were more likely to have high debt than were smaller farms, while farms in the smallest economic class were more inclined to have negative net cash farm income. These small farms are normally regarded as part-time farming operations that are more dependen t on off farm sources of income. Among farm types, the highest percentage of favorable farms were for farm that specialized in the produ ction of vegetables, fruits, nursery or greenhouse produ cts. Nearly thre e out of four bee f, hog or sheep farms had negative income suggesting that these operations had the greatest financial difficulties in 1988 when compared with other farm types. 2 Geor gia farms averaged 310 acres, 20 acres more than last year. Farm operators owned 77 percent of total acres operated. The average age of Georgia farm operators in 1988 was 53 years. Acres operated, land ten ure, and operator age varied by financial status. Margina lly solvent farms were run by the youngest opera tors and rented the largest portion of total land operated. The largest acreage ope rated was for favorable farms, while the oldest operato rs were in the margina l income category. Marginally solvent farms had the highest net cash farm income and return on assets when compa red to farms in oth er financial cate gories. This suggests tha t high debt can be successfully managed to provide an adequate return to the farm business. The cash deficit of both marginal income and vulnerable farms was offset by nonfarm earni ngs. Figure 2-Regional Farm Production Expenditures by Farm Type c~p FAj:;MS (SOUTHEAST) PERCENT OF TOTAL F....R.A CXJTl.AY LIV5"TtXJIi:~ 0.311 FEEIl 1 .111 INTBIOST TAXES 8."" F\.B.' LlSl lCANT. 1.911 LIVESTOCK FArJ.CS (SOUTHEAST) PERc:eIT OF TOTAL F....~ WTLAY ..IHrEREeT .. TAXEB _ _ Ical 13 .=- .... 0TlR ElCPENGE5 ~ TIUXS AlJIOS 1. " Farm production expenditures in the Southeast region totaled $7.8 billion in 1988, up 2.0 percent from 1987, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), USDA In comparison, Uni ted States production expenditures were $118.4 billion, an increase of 7.5 percent from a year ear lier. Increased regional outlays for livestock and poultry, labor, fertilizer, agricultural chemicals and sprays, fue ls, farm supplies, and farm and land improvements were partially offset by expense decreases in major items. Expenditures by livestock farms at $4.0 billions were 51 percent of the total regional expense compared to 57 percent in 1987. Nearly two-thirds of the livestock farm expenses were for feed (35 percent), livestock & poultry (17 percent), and farm services (13 percent). Crop farm expenditures totaled $3.8 billion, 49 percent of the regional expenses. Major expenses on crop farms were labor (25 percent), combined fertilizer/agricultural chemicals/seed (24 percent), and farm services (19 percent). Table 4--selected prodJction expenditures by type of fa,.., 1988 Southeast (AL, FL, GA AND SC) Crop f ar ms Livestock All Farms farms Region U.S. 1,000 Dollars Total farm production expendit ure s Livestock &poul try Feed Farm services Ag. chem ica ls &spr ays Ferti l izer Interest Taxes (property &real esta te) Labor Fuels & lubr icants Farm suppl i es Building &fenc ing Farm &land improvements Total farm machinery Seeds TrUCks &autos -Other unal located expenses 3,780,249 18,876 61, 117 71 9,895 306, 461 374, 145 210,401 95,062 934,718 179,213 137,780 65,481 52,394 284,558 235,286 58,060 46,803 3,976,019 658,334 1,390 , 252 535, 523 34,90 1 152,748 185,501 83,828 286,665 111, 475 51,011 93,291 15,473 268,363 32,142 63,113 13,398 7,756,268 6n,210 1,451,369 1,255,418 341,362 526,893 395, 902 178,890 1,221,383 290,688 188,791 158,n2 67, 867 552,921 267,428 121,173 60, 201 118,361,751 13,607,228 17,914 ,533 24,630 ,395 3,858,857 6,957,661 8,365 ,499 3, 927,991 10,224,049 4,450,295 2,249,336 2,226,172 943,058 11,501,269 3,692,164 2,058,496 1,754,751 3 - In this report... Average net cash farm income of Georgia farm operators increased by $12,800 over 1987 to $35,400 which was highest in the region and nearly twice the U.S. average in 1988, according to this report which summarizes the latest information from the Farm Costs and Returns Survey (FCRS). The FCRS was conducted by the Georgia Agricultural Statistics Service as part of a national survey during February and March 1989. Over 26,000 farmers and ranchers were contacted nationwide. Individuals surveyed were chosen from a list of farm operators supplemented with producers living inside randomly selected geographical areas to ensure representation of all farms which selI or normalIy sell at least $1,000 of agricultural products. NASS production expenditure data in table 4 differ from the Economic Research Service (ERS) total cash operating expense estimates. In tables 1 through 3 the ERS estimates consider only cash expenses necessary for the annual operation of the farm business. Contractual expenses for producing the agricultural commodity on the farm are included in the farm business expense. In general, NASS total farm production expenditures exceed the operator's cash expenses by the amount of landlord expenses and capital purchases. For additional information... Requests for additional information should be directed to the State Statistician in your local Agricultural Statistical Service office. Other publications on farm economic data will be available later this year. ...... '"' lib 4 GEORGIA FARM REPORT : september 14, 1989 Volume 89- Number 24 HIGHLIGHTS september 1 Crop Forecast Peanut Forecast by States Pecan Forecast by States Agricultural Prices SEPTEMBER 1 CROP FORECASi ~he Septemb er 1 crop r e p o rt s ho ws lower yield and produc tion prospec ts from Augus t 1 f or peanuts. so ybeans and tobacco . Drier conditions and increased insect po pu lations during August reduced "he out l o o k for so yb eans . Peanu t ;rospects dec lined .slightly because .of aisease problems. Ylel d and productlon forecas ts of o ther c rops r e ma in unchang ed from Augus t 1 . ?ECAN PROD UCTIO N DOWN Pecan p r odu c t i o n in Georg ia is fo recast at 95 . 0 mi ll i on pou n ds t o r 19 89 , d own 14 percent f rom last- ye ar . Be c a u s e o f ra i n and damp co n di ti on s d u r i n g J un e and J u l y, scab ha s b e e n a ma j o r pr o b le m. I mpro yed vari etie s a re fo r e cast a t 8 1. 0 mlll l on oounds and seedling s a r e e xp ected to tota l 14 .0 mi llion pounds . SOYB EAN YI ELD DROPS Soy~e an y ie l d d r o p o e d 2 bushe l s f r o m l as t ~or. t h to 28 b u shel s p e r a c r e. Th i s i s 3 bushels per a c r e - a bove last yea r . Produc t i on is now e xp e c t e d to total 32. 2 ~ i l l i o n b us h el s f r 6 m 1 . 15 mi l l io n a c r e s harvest ed . Peanuts are expected to average 3,000 pounds per acre, down 100 pounds from the August 1 forecast . In addition to leafspot and white mold, spotted tomato wilt virus is a concern to many producers. The average yield is 370 pounds more than last year, but 375 pounds less than the record hiqh in 1984. Production is expected to total 2 .09 bil~ion pounds, up 16 percent from last year. COTTON UNCHANGED Cotton product ion is expected to total 420 thousand bales, unchanged from last month's forecast, but 14 percent above last year. Yield is expectea to average 683 pounds per acre, 11~ pounds more than last year. Growers plan to harvest 295 thousand acres, 6 percent less than in 1988. TOBACCO YIELD OFF Tobacco yield is forecast at 2 ,250 pounds, 50 pounds l e s s t han the August a forecast. Freauent rains d ur ing June and July produced lighter l e af t han ear li e r expected . Produc t lon i s now fo recast a t 92.3 mi llion pounds , 7 percent more tha n last ye a r . Harves ted acreage totals 41 t housand acres, up 8 p ercent fr o m 19 88 . CORN YI ELD RECORD HIGH Corn yields are expected t o a verage a record high 10 0 busfiels per acre, 15 bushels above the previous record set in 1982. This is 38 bushels per acre a b ove ml alsl tll.o ny eba ru.s h ePlsr ofdruocmt i on b50 s h ot u hol du satnodt a l a c5r5e.0s harvested. Cr op :or n Soybe a n s reanu t s 7obacco , Bu . 60 0 Bu . 930 Lbs. 690 2i Type 14 . :Ot t o n Lbs . 38 Ba les 350 300 3 15 oay . All 3 1 Tons 570 SOr ghum 3 1 S~e e t pot at o e s Bu. Cwt. 85 5 .5 100 5 .0 40 5.2 ;b, eat 31 Bu . 575 800 500 =at s 3/ ~Ye recans Bu . 80 90 45 Bu. 350 320 70 Lbs. APPles, All ~COllU!lercial 3/ Lbs. :eaches 3/ Lbs. q a es 3 Tons I, Harveste or pr i nc i pa Cotton ;' Estimates brought forward from earlier f o r e ca s t . ;n the Annual Crop Summary . 51 The f irst yield and .ctober 12 . 550 1.150 69 5 41 295 600 50 4.8 700 70 70 62 25 2.6 3 0 2. 260 5 64 2.2 35 1 60 43 63 27 100 28 3.000 2 . 250 683 2.7 50 41 30 57 5/ AGRICULTURAL STATISTICIAN AND GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 85 ,8 80 370 1 . 254 1 .400 83 2 21,500 2 ,835 1 ,8 9 0 110,000 55.0 0 0 32 ,'200 2.085. 000 92.25 0 420 1.620 2 ,500 41 21,000 3.990 51 95.000 30.000 125,000 2.8 U.S. PEANUT PRODUCTI ON Peanut production i s forecast at a record high 4.44 billion pounds, up 11 percent from last year, but down 2 percent from the August 1 for ecast. Harvested area, estimated at 1.65 million acres, i~ the largest acreage for harvest since 1955 and is up 1 percent from last year. Yie l d i s e x p e c t ed to average 2,6 88 pounds per harvested a cre, up 243 p ounds from 1988 but down 54 pounds from last month . If realized, this would be the fourth largest yield on record. ~ ~he southwest crop p r o du c t i ~ n ( NM,OK,TX ~s expected to total 71 3 m ~llion Pou nds ) up 6 percent from las t ye ar a nd up percent from Augus t 1. Yields at'~ e xpected to average 1,975 pounds Pet acre, 107 pounds above last year 's yield Growing conditions were varied i n Tex~ during the season. In Oklahoma recot" high yi elds are expected as a result the favorable growing conditi ons. OQf Production in the southeastern states (AL ,FL,GA,SC) is expected to total 3.01 billion pounds, up 15 percent from 1988 but down 3 percent from August 1. Yield for the 4-state area is expected to average 2,876 pounds per acre, 314 pounds greater than last year. Rainfall was not abundant in this region during August which lowered expectations on yields, and insects and disease problems are causing some concern for the crop. The Virginia-North Carolina area production is forecast at 717 million pounds, up 5 percent from last year but down 3 percent from the August 1 forecast. Yield per harvested acre , at 2,93 7 pounds, is 134 pounds above last year's yield. Yield prospects declined during the month, as heavy rains in portions of Virginia damaged fields , and the wet season created more disease problems than usual in North Carolina. SEPTEMB ER 1 PEANUT FORECAST Ha r - --.. State ves ted Yi el d Ind . Ind. 1989 1989 1 ,000 Pounds I' Produ ct ion 1/ Ind . 89 ast 1989 1 ,000 of ..~ Acres Pounds Ala . 244.0 2,600 6 34,400 113 Fla. 92.0 2,700 248,400 109 Ga. 695 .0 3,000 2,085,000 116 N. Mex. 2/ 15.0 2,300 34 ,500 113 N.C. 153 .0 2,900 443,700 106 Okla. 93.0 2 ,400 223,200 99 S.C. 14.0 2,700 37 ,800 118 Tex . 253.0 1,800 455,400 109 Va . 91.0 3 ,000 273 ,000 103 U.S. 1,650 .0 2,688 4,435,400 111 1/ Estimates comprised of quota and non- quota peanuts . 2/ Estimates for current year carried forward from ear I ier forecas t. U.S. PECANS Th e initial f orecast for the pecan crop in the 12 estimating states is 246 million pounds, in-shell basis , 20 percent below last year's product ion and 6 percent under the 1987 crop. Th e Ala bama forecast i s 20 . 0 mi ll i o n pounds , double last yea r 's produc t i on. Above normal rainfall during June and July provided ample mois t u re fo r a good nut crop, bu t increased t he influx o f scab disease . Those growers who haven 't sprayed their trees will probably suffer substantial losses because of this disease . The Texas pe c a n crop forecast is for 50.0 mi llio n po u n d s , down 17 percent from 1 9 8 8 p r od u c ~ o n . Cr o p progress has v a ri e d widely acr o s s t h e State. A dr y summer and a late spr i ng freeze in some areas will affect this year 's crop. Improved varieties that are irrigated are in good c ondition across the State . Harvest should begin soon in s outh Texas. I SEPTEMBER 1 PECAN PRODUC TIO N FO RE CAST Im- I proved Seed - Total 1/ li na Sta te Ala . Ar k . I Ind. Ind. 1989 , 19 8 9 I I Ind. i 1989 '8 9 a s % of 188 Thousand Po u nds 12,000 8,000 20 , 000 I 95 0 55 0 1, 500 Ca l if . 1 , 700 1,700 Fla. 3,4 00 2,60 0 6,0 0 0 Ga. 8 1 ,00 0 14,000 95 ,00 0 La. 2,500 12,500 15,000 Miss. 6 , 500 3,500 10,000 N. Mex . 29,000 29,000 N.C . 1,100 900 2,000 Okla. 2,000 10,000 12,000 S.C . 2 ,200 1,400 3 , 60 0 Tex. 25,000 25 ,0 00 50,00 0 U. S . 1 6 7 , 3 50 78 , 4 50 245 , 8 0 0 1/ Budde d, gra fted or topworked ties . 2 GEOR GI A PRl CES RECEIVED The Georgia Pr ic e s Re ce i ve d Al l Commo d i ty Index for Augus t was 135 pe r ce n t o f the 1977 a ve r a g e , 1 poi nt ( 0 .7 pe rcent) l ess tha n t he p r e vi o u s mont h and 4 po i nts ( 2 . 9 perce nt ) l e s s than the previous yea r. Lower p r i ce s f o r wheat , corn , soybeans, cal v e s and b r o i l e r s were partia l l y o ffset by high e r p ric es fo r cott on , hogs, beef catt le , mi lk , chickens and eggs . U.S . PRICES RECEI VED INDEX DOWN 2 POINTS The August All Farm Products Index of Prices Recei ved decreased 2 points (1.4 percent ) f r om July to 144 percent of its JanuarY-Q ec e mb e r 1 9 7 7 avera g e . Decreases in the prices of soybeans , corn, lettuce, and potatoes were partially offset by higher prices for cattle, apples, eggs, and grapefruit. The All Farm Products Index was the same as last year. Compared with a year ago, oilseeds and feed grain prices showed the greatest decreases while meat animals and milk had the largest increases. A 90 cents per bushel decline in the price of soybeans from July to August was the largest month to month decline since June-July 1984. Corn and sorghum prices were down but the average barley price was up . Wheat moved up in price after four months of small declines. Hog and beef cattle prices increased from July, but the average calf price was down slightly. Commod it y Aug . 15, 1989 FIELD CROPS Winter Wheat $/Bu. 3.52 3.72 3.61 3.51 3.78 3.88 Oats $/Bu . 2.54 1. 53 1.38 Corn $/Bu . 3.00 2.89 2.53 2.65 2.47 2.29 Cotton Ct. /Lb. 55.3 60 .9 1 /62.2 53 .9 60. 6 1 /64.3 Tobacco Ct. /Lb. 3 /161 .5 148.8 3 /159.5 Soybeans $/Bu . 8. 29 6.98 6 .09 8.33 6 .8 3 5.9 3 All Hay, baled 2 / $/Ton LIVESTOC K PRODUCT S 8 2. 10 85.40 82. 80 Mil k Cows 4 / 5 / $/Head 1 ,09 0 . 0 0 1 , 03 0. 0 0 Hogs $ /Cwt . 43 .90 45 . 30 46.4 0 44.70 45. 90 46. 10 Sows $/Cwt . 32 . 40 32.30 33.20 3 2 .80 33 .60 35.1 0 Barrows & Gi l t s $/C wt . 44.60 46.1 0 47 .1 0 46.2 0 4 7 .40 4 7 . 40 Beef Ca t ~l e 6 / $/Cwt. 56 .30 58 .60 59 . 10 65.90 68 .00 69.60 Cows 7 / Stee rs Heif ers $/Cwt. $/Cwt . 4 7 .90 71 . 70 49.40 74.00 49.60 74.50 46.30 69.90 48.20 71.70 49 .50 73.50 Calves $/Cwt . 85 .40 87.70 87 .30 91.00 94.7 0 94.50 All Milk $/Cwt . 14 . 10 14.30 3 /14.40 11.80 12.60 3 /12 .90 Turkeys 2/ Ct. /Lb. 42 .0 41.5 41.3 Chickens 8 / Ct. /Lb. 2 2.8 2/14 .2 22.1 Com 'l Broil ers Ct. /Lb . 42 .0 37.5 3 /35.5 42 .3 39.1 3 /36.1 Eggs, All 9 / Ct. /Doz . 65.2 2/77.6 82.8 58.1 2 /64.0 71. 0 Table Ct. /Doz. 46 .5 2 /55.1 61.6 50.1 2 /56.6 64.2 Hatchi ng Ct. /Doz . 1 1 0 .0 2 / 1 30.0 130.0 1/ Firs t ha l f of month . 2 / Mid-mon t h pr ic e . 3 / Enti r e mo n t h. 4 / Animals s o l d f or da ir y herd r e p l ac e me n t on ly . 5 / Pri c e s estimat ed quarterl y . 6 / "Cows " a nd "s te ers a nd h e i f e rs " combi ne d wi t h al l owa n c e wher e neces s ar y fo r slaugh ter bu l l s. 7/ I nc ludes dai r y cows so l d for s l a ugh t e r . 8 / Exc lude s br oil e r s. 9 / Live we igh t equival e n t p r i ce f or Geo r gi a . 1977 =10 0 LI NDEX NUMBERS- - GEORGI A AND UNI TED STATES {~ff--- A~~~~-t- --T---- ~~~ ~ _ Augu s t 19 89 Geo r a i a Pric e s Re cei ve d Al l Co mm o di ti e s 14 2 139 13 6 -;: 135 Crops 13 4 124 120 * 115 Lvs t k. & Pr o d uct s 148 1 50 14 9 * 1 50 Uni te d S t a t e s Prices Re c e i v e d 14 2 1 44 146 14 4 Prices Paid 17 2 1/17 2 17 8 2 /17 8 Ratio 3/ 83 84 82 81 1/ July ;1 988 Prices Paid Inde x. 2 / July 1989 Prices Pai d Index. 3 / Ratio of Index o f Prices Received to Index of Prices Paid, Interest, Taxes and Farm Wage Rates. * Revised. 3 UNITED STATES HI GH LIGHTS Production o f corn for g ra in i s f or e ca st at 7.32 billion bushe ls, down sl ight l y from last month but 49 percent above 1988 . The U.S. average yield per acre is forecast at 112.4 Bushels, down 0.4 bushel from last month but up 27 .8 bushels from last year's drought reduced yield . Sorghum for grain product ion is forecast at 659 mill ion bushels , down 1 percent from August 1 but up 14 percent f r om 1988. Area for grain is 10.5 million acres, unchanged from last month and up 16 percent from last year. Yield expectations have dipped from last month, ma1nly due to a 5 bushel per acre drop in Nebraska . The a verage U.S . y ield is now forecast at 62.6 bushe ls per acre, off 0.5 bushel from August 1 and 1 .2 bushels from 19B? Soybean production is forecas t at 1.89 billion bushels, 1 percent below August 1 but 23 percent above 1988 . Yield is forecast at 32 .0 bushels per acre , down 0 .3 of a bushel from August 1 but 5.2 bushels above last year. If realized, this yield will be t he 5th r ecord. Area fo r harvest is 59 . 1 mil li o n ac r es , unchanged 1 b u t 3 pe r cent a bove 19 88 . highest forecast ~~ fr om AugUSt All cott million year's on productio bales, down production n 20 an is f or e ca percent d 17 per st a from cent t be1lla2~' ~ 19 the 1987 crop . Of the total, Upl production is expected t o account Wd 11.6 mil lion bales wh ile production will reach a r American ecord hig hP6i ~~r thousand harvest bales . Growers expect 9.54 mi ll ion acres, down 2t 0 percent average from 1988 . 618 pounds Yield is per acre, expe only c1tedpounto~ below last y e a r but up 23 pounds fro m August . U.S. all tobacco product ion for 1989 is forecas t at 1 .49 bill ion pounds , 9 percent above 1988 and up 1 percent from last month's forecast. The highe r production from a year ago is resulting from 11 percent more ac res for h a r v e s t Yield i s expected to average per acre, off 30 pounds from 2 11a3s0t pounds year Flue-cured production is expected to reach 873 million pounds, up 1 percent from a year ago . Cro Corn f o r Gra i n Sorghum f o r Gra i n Oa t s " Barley Al l Whea t Rye Soy beans f o r Be ans Pe anu ts fo r Nut s Upland Cot ton 3/ Cottons e ed All Hay Swee tpotatoes All Toba cco Apples , Com' l Peaches G r a ~ es Bu. Bu . Bu . Bu . Bu. Bu . Bu. Lbs . Ba l es Tons Tons Cw t . Lb s . Lbs . Lbs . Tons STATreEaS AaCrRvEeAsG"EtJe~A~N~D~~=t!i~~~~~~=~=1=9=8:9 ::E~~~;W~:;;;:::J ---rnaT- cat ed 19 89 ousan s 5 8 , 164 6 5 ,1 54 8 4.6 11 2 . 4 4 , 9 2 1 , 191 7 , 32 1 , 005 9,05 2 10 ,5 20 6 3 .8 6 2.6 577,5 51 658,858 5,590 7 ,280 39 .1 1 / 5 2 .3 218,773 1/380,690 7,535 8,562 3 8. 6 46 .9 290 ,505 401 ,147 53, 174 62 , 677 34.1 3 2 .9 1 ,811 ,26 1 2 ,064,407 60 7 517 24. 8 2/ 15 ,047 2/ 5 7, 383 59,073 26. 8 3 2.0 1 ,538 ,666 1 ,889 ,265 1 ,6 28.4 1 ,650.0 2, 44 5 2,688 3,980,917 4,435, 400 11, 754.1 9 , 204 .1 61 6 607 15,07 7 . 3 11 ,647 .4 6 ,061 .8 4 ,615.2 65 ,559 6 2,91 8 1. 93 1 /2 .31 126 , 817 1/ 145 , 172 89 .8 90 .6 128 4/ 11,4 57 4/ 634 .1 701 .4 2,160 2 , 130 1, 3 6 9 , 6 6 2 1 ,494 ,194 9 ,1 57 ,500 1 /9 ,731 ,500 2,619,700 1 /2,275, 000 - 5,986 .0 5(888 . 3 Th e 4/ he Georgia Farm Report .pSSN-0744.7280) is pub lished semlmonthly by the Georala Agrieu~uraJ Statistics Service, Stephens Federal Building . Athens, Ga, 306 13 . E. 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" .:: T:".: ": ..l '" ~ ~ -' : .... :: - GEORGIA FARM REPORT september 28, 1989 Volume 89-Number 25 HIGHLIGHTS Monthly Poultry Livestock Slaughter Milk Pvoduction Cattle on Feed catfish Cold Storage RECE\VEO SEP Z 9 1989 ouCUMENTS UGA LIBRARIES GEORGIA EGG PRODUCTION DOWN 2 PERCENT Georgia' s laying flocks produced 340 million eggs during August 19 8 9, 2 percent less than Augus t 1988. Production consisted of 227 million table eggs and.113 mill i on hatc h ing eggs. ~ GEORG IA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE Stephens Federal Building Suite 320 Athens. Georgia 30613 Phone: {404}546-2236 U.S . EGG PROD UCTION DOWN 3 PERCENT Laying flocks i n t he United States produced 5 .59 billion eggs during August 1989, down 3 percent from the 5.75 billion produced a year ago. Product ion included 4.86 billion table eggs and 727 million hatching eggs. 20 STATE EGG PRODUCTION DOWN 4 PERCENT Laying flocks in the 20 states produced 4 .62 billion eggs during Augus t 1989 , down 4 percent from a year ago. Produc tion included 4.00 billion table eggs and 618 mil lion hatchi ng eggs. NUMB ER OF LAYERS AND No. 9 Lay er s I _ _ __ _ _ _ _--'-r ' _-_ ..."....,., Du Ucng --=1::..:9::..:-g--g--- . l Aug. T9 8 9 ~fiou sand s EGG PRODUCTION i AUGUST 1988-1989 Total Eggs Produced Duri n~ Aug. 1 9 8 8 sn 1 1989 aorrs GEORGIA Hatching 5,673 5 ,87 6 1 , 934 1,928 1 10 113 Tab l e 11,186 11, 100 2,111 2,049 236 227 To ta l Georgia 16,859 16,976 2,05 2 2,003 34 6 340 Hatch i ng 31 ,278 Table 194,912 Total 20 S ta tes 2 26, 190 32,673 187,048 21 9 ,721 20 STATES 1, 91 2 1 , 8 91 2,148 2 ,13 8 2 , 115 2,101 598 4,18 7 4 ,785 618 3 ,999 4 ,617 Hat ch i ng Tab le To t a l U .S. 3 6,474 23 4 ,956 271,4 30 UN ITED S TATES 38, 192 1,90 5 1 , 904 227 ,7 34 2,150 2, 136 26~_L~2 6_ _ __?_,. 1 1 7 2,102 695 5 ,05 1 5,74 6 727 4 ,864 5, 591 l' i S9d _________. =C=O~M~M E R C I A~ POULTRY SLAUGH TER 1 /( JU LY-AUGUST 1 9 8 8- 1 9 8 9 ~--~ Item :I Jul y I I % or , J u l y : year Aug. 2 / -- l~an. thru J U1 ~~~ ___ __ _ __ _ _ _ --"'-_---=-:1988 i 1989 Th ousands a g o , .--1-9 89 I'I'hou sa8n"S-a-s-: r- - rg_ .- a0 Young Chi c kens Georgla 57,564 62,26 1 108 72 , 246 41 3,961 442 ,4 76 107 United States 404 , 976 43 9 ,831 10 9 51 5,862 2,97 5 ,223 3,143 ,8 92 10 6 Ma t ure Chi ckens Llght Type 0.5 . 8 ,6 01 10 ,19 3 119 11 ,2 4 6 93 ,918 80 , 711 86 Heavy Type U. S. 3 ,201 4, 199 13 1 4 , 155 26 , 941 28 ,2 01 10 5 To ta l 0 .5. 11 , 802 14, 392 1 22 1 5 , 4 01 120,859 108, 91 2 90 Tota l Al l Types , Ga . 2 , 6 27 3,6 9 5 1 41 3 , 474 25 , 3 59 25 , 0 3 6 99 Pe rcen t Co nd emn ed Young Ch I c kens--- Georgia 1.5 1.5 1.7 1.6 Uni ted States 1.6 1. 7 1. 9 1.8 17 Federally Inspected s laught e r data as col lec ted by Meat a nd Poul tr y InspectIo n Program. Current month data estimated by Market News Service. 2/ Pre l im inar y. Item Chickens Egg Type Broi ler Ty pe Turkeys ( All Breeds 28,7 12 39 2 ,1 35 21,80 7 -- Thousands - - 2g,5 98 417 , 38 9 ?...'L.~6~ AGRICULTURAL STATISTICIAN AND GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE % o f Year Ag o 103 10 6 __1_2'7~~_ _ I tem P- O-U-LT-R- .Yr -HA- T--C- H. I. .-N-C.- ; -A.-N- D-- -P- L-A-C.- E' TN- S'NJ6T- -o -f A' -UG' iU-S-T--1- 9 88- - .- 198 --- 9 - ~---__,.! - ~ i I 1_ Aug. I .r== 1 9 8 8 July j I 19 89 _. I A19ug89. _.L ~ryre..aq .r ~ Ja n8" .:--!.hr __ u A.u9. I 1913-g-1 y e~ ~ agSl_ Tnousa na s - Tn ousanas ~ Pulle t Chicks Placed nDroo~l~ Tt er~. ypse . L1..L. Egg Type ChICks Ha tched 4 ,04 8 199 3 , 9 50 270 4 ,52 6 11 2 166 83 31 , 4 70 1 ,800 3 3 ,6 19 107 1 , 660 92 BrciTTe0 ype- GeorgIa Un it ed States Egg Type 7 1 ,2 56 7 5 ,056 74 ,377 1 04 5 56 ,33 1 58 4,79 2 10 5 479,734 511 , 774 509 , 29 1 106 3,762,822 3, 973,867 106 GeorgIa 1, 25 6 1 , 0 91 1,339 107 11 ,4 25 9,809 86 United States 27,8 3 8 30,175 3 2, 3 7 3 116 249, 8 18 25 7 ,9 79 103 Turkeys Poults Placed 1U7 . S. Re por t ed by 19 leadIng , 458 26 breeders, , 510 Includes 23 e from , 003 118 2 /259 r 440 ..lL 278 , 743 xpect-ea-pUQle~replac ements eggs 107 -- sold during the preceding month at the rate of 125 pullet ChICks per 30 dozen case of eggs.' 2/ Turkey poults placed September-August 1988-1989. GEORGIA RED MEAT PRODUCTION UP Commercial red meat production in Georgia totaled 31.6 million pounds during August 1989, up 23 percent from August 19 8 8. The number of cattle slaughtered b y commerci~l plants in Georgia during August 1989 was 17.1 thousand, up 8 percent from a year earlier. The total live weight was 16.3 million pounds with an average live weight of 951 pounds per head . There were 128.5 thousand head o f hogs slaughtered in Georgia 's commerc ial plants during August. This is 25 percent more than the same period last year. The total live weight was 30.3 million pounds with an average live weight of 23 6 pounds per head. U.S. RED MEAT PRODUCTION DOWN Commercial red meat production for the United States in August 1989 totaled 3.48 billion pounds, down 1 percent from August 1988 . Beef production at 2.09 billion pounds was down 3 percent. Head killed was 3 .05 million, down 5 percent from last year and the average live weight was 1,141 pounds. Pork production t o t a l i ng 1.33 bi ll ion pounds, was up 4 percent . Ho g ki ll a t 7.59 mil lion head increased 4 percen t and the average live weight was 246 pounds . GEORGIA AND UN ITED STATES LI VES TOCK SLAUGHTER 1t. -- - Sp e c:...:i:..e: :..:s=-. - - - - - - I -7-=.=..:..=~",N'r.u7.m~b:=:e-r=-=': rraugnter-e C: h h_-- :- r :-- -A ije r age -' -~ f.iUg-.- - - Li ve We I gh t 'rc t a i Live Wei ght I AU d u s t r -r ; ooo -'1-_-=1-=9'-1i8r8,~,0....0.,.zen 24 ,520 16 ,460 14,919 Fruits , Frozen 982 ,315 72 2,46 6 838, 128 Frui t Juices, Fr o z e n 1 , 258, 711 1 ,608 ,24 6 1 ,3 77, 33 0 Meats, Red 633, 9 23 65 4, 3 9 1 57 6 , 769 Beef , Frozen 294 ,904 249 , 20 2 2 4 1,035 Pork , Frozen 286 , 965 345, 014 28 1,078 Poul try, Frozen 735,294 685 ,57 6 767 ,795 Turkeys, Frozen 55 1 ,886 4 96, 74 8 5 73, 332 Vegetables , Frozen 1, 673 , 60 7 1, 24 5, 23 3 1 , 56 1 , 9 1 5 Potatoes, Frozen 834 ,9 7 4 739 ,8 9 9 6 11 ,48 6 Peanuts, Shelled 329,883 334,173 220,827 Peanuts, In Shell 10,646 20 ,9 06 21 ,0 13 Pecans , Shelled 33 ,500 3 6,142 31 , 6 25 Pecans, In Shell 28 , 7 4 3 54 , 22 3 34 ,1 4 8 1989 Percen t 149 95 91 98 61 91 85 116 109 86 91 88 82 97 98 81 104 1 12 104 11 5 93 12 5 73 83 67 66 1 97 10 1 94 88 119 63 ~.~--=- GEORGIA ~.~. i ,4GRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERViCE STEPHENS FEDERAL BLGS SUITE 320 ATHEN S.GEORGIA 30613 SECOND CLu. SS POSTAGE PAID AT Ar ~ E N S . GA 306 13 0 42F 0 1 1 3 O v J ~J a 95 - 2 5 7 2 ' 952 0 4 04 / 5~ 2 - 0 6 6 3 00 ~ O O O U ~! - V J F GEO RGI .A J CU,"I E, T S 5 ':: CT L I 3 :< A Y AT =N5 G 305 02 v, . . crt _. ' -. ' '. ," ' GEORGIA FARM REPORT IGEORGIA i A G Ri C ULT URA L STATI STICS ____ SERV ICE oct o be r 3 , 19 89 Vo l u me 89 - Number 2 6 Received OCT 06 1989 Steph ens Federal Building Suite 320 Athen s, Geo rgia 30613 Phone: (404)546-2236 HIGHLI GHTS Hogs and Pigs DOCUMENTS Agricultural Prices Grain Stocks UGA LlBRARIE~ .s . INVENTORY UP SLIGHTLY Trout Production Pe a n u t Stocks Inventory o f all hogs and pigs in the U. S. on Se p t e mb e r 1, 19 89, is estimated at 58 .4 mill~on head . This is s ligh tly above September 1, 1988 . GEORGI A HOG INVENTORY UP 4 PERCENT Breeding inventory at 7.02 million head All hogs and pi9 s o n Georg ia far ms a s of is down 3 percent from September 1, 1988. september 1 , 1'989 , ar e estima t ed at Market hog inventory at 51 .4 milli on head 1,300, 000 head , up 4 pe r cent f rom a y ea r is 1 percent above September 1, 1988 . earlier a nd up 8 pe r c e n t from J une 1. This is t he l a r ge s t September 1 i nventory The June-August 1989 U.S. pig crop was since 1982. 23.8 million head , 1 percent above 198 8 . Sows farrowing during this period totaled Breedi 6 per ng ce n invent or t above Yi a at st 18 5 , 0 0 0 h ead , wa s x e ar bu t u nc ha ng ed 3 . 0 4 mi l li o n nead, 1 per c e nt be low a y e a r earl i er . Pigs s aved per lit t e r was 7. 80 from June 1 , 19 89 . MarK e t h og i nve nt o r y c o mp a r e d to 7 . 62 d u ri n g t he s ame p eri od at 1, 115, 000 he ad , increa sed 4 oe r cent in 1988. from a year a go a nd 10 p e r c ent f rom June 1, 1989 . U. S . hog produ c ers i n t e nde d t o have 2.90 million s ows far row during the The Jun e-Au g u s t 198 9 p i g crop was 5 5 3 ,0 0 0 Se p t e mb e r - Nove mb e r qua rte r , 1 p erc ent hea d , 5 o e r ce nt a b o v e a y e a r ear l ier . l e ss than the a ct u a l farro wi n g i n t e n t i o n s Sows far r owi ng du r i n g this 3-mont h p eri od duri n g the s ame period l ast year b ut 1 a t 70, 00 0 we re u nc ha n g e d from the pe rcent abov e 1987 . U.S . farrowi ngs f or prev i o u s y ear. P i g s s a v ed p e r litte r the De c e mb e r 19 8 9- Fe b ru a r y 1990 guar te r, av e r a g e d 7. 90 , a new re c o r d h i g h , at 2 .68 mil lio n s o ws i s v ~ r tu a ll y comp a r e d with 7 . 50 l a st y e a r . unchanged from 1989 and 2 per cent below t h e 19 88 p e riod . (con t i nu ed on page 2 ) . HOGS AN D P I GS : I N V~ NT ORY NUM BER , SOWS FARROWING AND PI G CROP H~m %=r- = E-19~~G~~E-O-~RGIA;;A~~N::D~~10~Q:~U~AR-T~IER~LY ~S9TAr-T~-E~S I ' -~ I19888,go1o9l8~9 ~9A~N~D~~O1l990~~ ~~_~~~~~- ,..~;.,,_:'6__ ' ''"-- - .- - - - -' l ,v v . e a d or oo ,neaa 0 ,- . :> 0 0 Pe r ce n t Percen t S-AepTtremn obge'sr- a1naItn'Tv egnSt 2.I.Y 45 ,00 0 45 , 8 00 102 1 ,2 50 1, 300 104 ~~?~eE or Breed i n g 3:~g g 5, 385 40 ,4 15 99 10 2 6 1 , 77 55 185 1 , 115 1100 46 oMyarkwe et l HOtS 'r a n d P ULs Gr' 'o u.2:f - Onder 0 Pounds 15 , 135 15 , 500 1 02 47 0 50 0 1 011 60-119 Po unds 120 - 1 79 Pound s 9,8 85 8 , 230 9 ,9 40 8 ,4 85 10: 285 305 103 195 19 0 10n7 '" 18 0 Pound s Ove r 6 ,290 6 ,4 90 103 1 25 1 20 96 Sows Farr o wi ng; -D'e cemDe~ - ZT=~ebru ary 2, 12 3 2 ,109 3 / 2 , 141 10 2 60 62 3 /6 4 103 March -May 2 , 57 8 2,575 100 68 70 103 December 2/-May 4 , 70 1 4 ,68 4 100 1 28 132 103 June -August 2, 359 2 ,3 80 101 70 70 10 0 Se p t e mb e r - No v e mb e r 2,2 71 3 / 2,2 7 8 100 3 /6 3 65 103 June-Nqvember 4 , 630 4/4 ,6 58 101 4 /1 33 1 35 10 2 Pi g Cr o p December 2 /-February 1 6,4 89 1 6 ,43 9 100 456 471 10 3 March-May 20 ,17 5 20 ,256 100 510 539 10 6 December 2/-May 3 6,664 36 , 69 5 100 966 101 0 1 05 June-August 18,007 18 , 60 4 103 525 5 53 105 Se ptember -November 17,295 460 June-November 35 , 302 985 t.igs Pe r Li tter De c em be r 2 / Februar y 7.77 - 7 . 7 Number 9 - -- March-May 7.83 7 .87 Dec e mb e r 2 / -May 7.80 7 .83 J un e - Au g u s t 7 .63 7 .82 rSe p tember-November 7.62 June-November 7 .62 GA, IL, IN, .A, KS , MN , MO , No , NC, OH. 2 / a rrowings for June-August p lus intentions for 100 7.60 101 7 .50 100 7 .55 102 7.50 7.30 7 .41 Decemper precedIng year . Se ptember-November. - - Number 7 .6~ 7. 70 7 .65 7.90 37 IntentIons . 100 103 1 01 105 47 Actual AGRICULTURAL STATISTICIAN AND GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE GEO RG IA HOG INVENTORY CO NTIN UED Ge org i a ~r oduce r s in t e nd to fa r r ow 65 ,000 sows d u r~ ng the Se o te mbe r-Nove mb e r 1 9 8 9 qua r te r , a 3 ~ e r c e r.t in crease f rom th e ac t u a l sows ~ a r rowed duri ng 19 8 8 . Farrowi ng s f or De cemb e r 198 9-Fe b r ua r y 19 9 0 , are e xpec t e d t o tota l 64 , 0 0 0 head, 3 perc ent abov e the yea r earlier farrowings. THE 1 0 QUARTERLY STATES I NVENTORY UP 2 PERCE NT Inventory o f al l hogs and p igs on September 1 198 9 , a n the 10 qua r t e rly estimating states is estimated a t 45 .8 million head , 2 percent above last ye a r. This is 6 percent h igher than September 1, 1987, and the l a rg e s t Sept e mbe;- 1 inventory since 1 ~8 3 : B r ee9 ~ng inventor y, at 5.39 m~ll~on h e a d, l S 1 percent oelow a year ago, but 1 p e rcent above two years ea;-l i~r. Ma rk e t . hog inventory, at 40.4 m~ll ~on h e a d, lS 2 percent above las t year, 7 percent higher than 1987 and t he largest September 1 market hog inventory since 198 1. The 10 s ta te June-August 1989 pi g crop was 18.6 mi l l ion h e a d, 3 p e r cent a bo ve last y e ar and 5 p er c en t mor e t h an t wo y e a r s ago. The re were 2 .38 mil l i o n s o ws that f arr owe d du ri n g June-August, u p 1 percent from a y e a r ear l ier and 4 perc ent more than the s a me period t wo y e a r s ago . Sows farrowing d u r i ng June-August 1989 averaged a record hlgh of 7 .82 pigs per litter compared wi t h 7. 63 f a st ye~ r a nd 7.75 d u r i n g th e c ompar ao l e pe r l od t wo y e a r s ago . ~ o g pr o d uce r~ in ~he 1 0.gu~r t e rly st a te s ln~end t o na v e 2 . 2 8 m l~llon s o ws far r o w du ring Se p t e mber -Nove mbe r of thi s yea r . Fa rr owi ng int enti ons f or th e De c e mbe r 1989 -Fe b r u ary 1990 quar t e r are 2 . 14 mi ll i on h e a d , 2 pe r c e n t abo ve a y e ar a g o and 1 pe r cen t a bo v e t wo year s ea r lie r . ' U. S . PRI CES RECEI VED I NDEX DOWN 1 POI NT The Sep te mb e;- a l l ~ a r m p ro~u cts i~dex o t prices rece ~ v ed aecr easea 1 pO ln t ( 0 . 7 ~ erce n t ) from Au g u s t to 1 4 3 percen t o f lts Janu ary -D e cemb e r 1 9 7 7 a ve r age . Decreases i n t h e pr ice s of cattle , hogs , pota to e s , and toma t o es we r e part ia lly of f s e t by h i g he r pri c e s for .o r a nges , milk , l e t t u c e , a nd aopl es . The lndex wa s a lso 1 oo i n t ( 0 . 7 percent ) b elow a year a go . Comp ared wi t h a y e ar e arlier, l owe r p r ic es f o r so Ybeans , c orn, tomatoe s , and oa ts mo re tna n o f fse t hi g h er p ri c e s f o r mil k , c o tton , pota t oe s and e ggs. GEORG IA PR I CES R~ CEI VED INDEX UP The Ge or g i a Pri ~ e s Re c e ive d Al l Commo di ty Ind e x f or Seo t e mbe r was 1 43 per ce n t o t t h e 19 7 7 av e r a ge , 1 point . ( .7 p e r c e n t l fr om Augu s t a nd 2 p o i n t ~ ( 1 . 4 ~ e r c e Qt a b o v e 9 y ea r a g n . H ~gh e r p r I c e s t o r c o r n , c o t t on , t obac c o , peanu t s , sows , c ows , st eers and h e i f e r s , mi l k a n d t a b l e egg s we r e part ia ll y. off set by ~ ower orl ces fo r wheat , oa rr ows a n d gl l t s . ca l ve s a nd other ch i cke n s . Br o i le rs and hatch ing eggs were unc ha ng e d . -----p_---U"'-'~_'_~=J-_=t._e_]~~jL_.~~~fl:~~_=n.89 _l-=f~~ t~} ~-: .- ._~-~-~~_.:-L_~ ~J~ 8-;: ~~.~ PRI CES R;ECE IVED BY FARMERS , SlW'I:~!iBER 15 . 19 8~ _ ~~I_ COMF:tili1.~.o.~s.s t-t-------_. ._ Commod i t y T'TIc--r.,..,.,. ..............-- 10 , FI ELD CROPS WOiant st e r Wheat Co r n Cot t on Co tt ons e e d 2 / Tob ac co S /Bu. S/Bu . S/ Bu . Ct . /Lb . S/ Ton Ct . /Lb . 3 .56 3 .00 49. 1 12 8 . 00 3 .62 2. 4 5 6 4 .9 163 .5 3 . 49 2 .52 1 /66.6 3 /177 . 0 3 .6 7 2. 57 2 .60 51 . 9 106 .00 168 . 6 3 .80 1.4 6 2 . 2b 61.1 161 .0 3 . 89 1 .35 2 . 29 1; 6 1 . 4 97 . 0 0 3 / 1 73 . 5 Soybeans Peanu t s All Hay, baled 2 / LIVESTOCK & PRO DUC TS S/B u . Ct . / Lb . S/Ton 29 . 1 27.7 6 .07 1 / 28.5 7 .93 29 .0 85 . 1 0 6.0 1 2 8 .3 82 .80 5 . 89 1 /2 8 . 8 8 5.00 Hogs Sows Ba r r ows & Gilts Bee f Cat tl e 4 / S/Cwt . S/ Cwt . S/Cwt. S/ Cwt . 39 . 50 29 .8 0 40 . 1 0 58 .00 45 .20 32. 5 0 45 . 90 59. 8 0 41 . 80 33 . 9 0 42 . 20 59 . 30 40. 7 0 3 1.50 41 . 60 6 7 .20 45 .70 34 .90 '17 .0 0 6 9.70 42. 6 0 3 6 . 10 43 . 4 0 6 7 .50 Cows 5 / Steers & Heife rs Calv e s Al l Milk Turkeys 2 / Ch ickens 6 / S/Cw t . S/ Cw t . S/ Cw t. S/ Cw t. Ct . / Lb . Ct . /L b. 48 . 00 70 . 00 86 .20 1 4 .40 21 .5 5 0. 0 0 74 .4 0 8 5 . 20 1 4 . 90 2 / 2 2 .1 5 0 . 10 7 3 .1 0 8 2 .70 3 /15 . 30 15 .5 4 6 .1 0 71 . 70 89 . 50 1 2. 40 45 . 4 49 .00 7 3.9 0 94 . 20 13 . 20 4 1 . :3 4 9. 00 71 .4 0 9 1. 4 0 3/13. 7 0 ::"J :3 Com ' l Broil e r s 7 / Ct . / Lb. 39 . 0 35 .5 3 / 35.5 39 . 1 36 . 1 3 i3 1 .1 Eggs , All 8 / Ct . /Doz . 7 2 .4 2 /82. 8 83 .5 63. 5 2 / 7 1 .C . 71 . 0 Table Ct . /Do z. 53 . 6 2/ 61 . 6 62 . 6 56 .0 2/ 64 . 2 64 . 4 Ha t cl}j ng C"!" l.po z,: __) 2.0--Q.._ 2.LJ 1 0. . 0 ~30 -,0 . . __ ~ . . tt :rr-Flr s"t" hal f o f mo n t n . '2 T M~a- mon lli p r a c e . "3( Em ~ re montn . 4 / "Cow" a n (j-'~ s 1;"c e r ~ and h"' lt e r s comb i ne d wi t h a l lowan c e wh e~e nec e ssa ry . f o r ~l a ug h te~ bu ll s . 5 1 I~ cl u~~s d a ~ r y cows s o l d f o r slaug hter. 6 / Exc l ud es brO I le rs . 7 / L~ ve weIg h t e q u ~ v al e n t prI c e t o r { , ,,, o r g ~ d . Bj Ave r a g e o t a l l eggs sol d by farmer s in c l ud ing ha t ch ing e ggs s o l d a t r e t aI l . 1977-100 Georgla Prlces Received All Commodit ies Crops Lvstk. & Products United States Prlces Rece~ved Prices Pa id Ratio 3/ Sept e moe r 1 989 13 9 141 124 133 150 148 14 2 * 143 131 * 136 150 148 144 144 144 143 172 1 /172 2 /178 2/178 84 84 81 80 Inde x . 27 July 19 89 Prlces Pald Inde x. 37 Ratlo of to Index of Prlces Paid, Interest, Taxes and Farm Wage 2 j c: ORG :1 A GR A:1N ST U CKS ~hed t stocks s t ored in aiL p o s i t i o n s on se p t e mb e r 1, 1 9 <1 9 , i n Ge o r qi a , t o t ai e d ~ , 8 3 mi lli on b ushels , 3 4 perc en t l es s tha n the 7 . 2 9 milli on bus h el s o n ha nd a "ear e ar l i e r. Of th e t o t a l s toc ks , 4 .33 ; i lli o n bushe l s we r e sto red o ff - fa r ms , down 27 percent fr o m Sep te mber 1, 1 98 8, Nhea t h e ld o n - fa r ms Sep te mbe r 1, 1 9 89, amoun t e d t o 5 0 0 t h o u sa nd b u s h e l s , compared wi th 1 .40 mi ll i o n bus hel s on- f a rm s Sep t e mb e r 1 , 1 9 8 8 . S t oc ks o f old c r o p soy b e ans in Georgia on Sep tem ber 1 , 1989, to tale d 1 .0 3 mi 1 1 ion bu she l s . Of t hi s t o t al 6 3 0 th o u s a n d we re he l d in o ff - f arm s t o r a g e f a c il i t i e s a nd 400 thous a nd bus hels were s t ored on- far ms . Cor n f r o m th e 19 8 8 a n d ea r lier c r op y e a r s stored o f f - f a r ms a mou nt ed t o 2 .36 mil l i o n bus h el s . GEORGIA GRAI N S TOCKS--S EP TEMBER 1 , 1 9 8 8 AND 1 9 8 9 On Fa r ms Off Farms 1( Al l Po si t i o n s Sept. 1 , Sept . 1 , Sept. 1, Sept. 1, Sept. 1, Sept. I, g.ain 1 988 19 8 9 1988 1989 1988 1989 - - -1,000 Bushels - Icor n soybeans * * 200 400 * 2,363 * 630 * * * 1,030 ~eat 1 ,4 00 500 5 ,888 4,325 7 ,288 4 , 825 1/ Includes st o c ks at mill s, eleva t or s, wa rehouses, terminals and proc es so rs . f " Of f Fa rms" n ot publi shed to avo i d d i s closur e o f i n d i v i d u al opera t io n s ; " On Farms " mi nor s ta t es no t pub li she d separ a t ely . Bo th i nclude d i n U . S. to t al s . U.S. GRAI N STOCKS 101d cr op c o rn stor ed i n all posi ti ons o n Sep t emb e r I, 1989 , i s e st ima te d a t 1.9 3 bi l l ion bu shel s . Of the t ota l s t ocks , 968 mi l l i o n bu s h e l s we r e st o r ed on -fa rm s . Of f -farm s t o cks tot al ed 9 6 3 mil lio n bus h els . Th e ind i c ated d i s a pp e a r a n c e fro m all posi tio n s for the J u n e -A u gus t qua r te r i s 1 . 49 bi l li o n bus h el s, d o wn 6 perce n t f r o m the s a me q u ar ter a s l a s t yea r. Ol d crop so y bea ns s tore d i n a ll pos i ti o ns tot a l ed 18 2 mi llion bus h e l s o n Se p t emb er 1. Thi s ca rryo ver i s 4 0 per c e n t be l o w a year a g o, 58 percen t b e low Septembe r 1 , 1987, a n d t h e lowe st Se p t e mb e r 1 ho ld ings since 1 9 8 4 . On- f a r m s torage to tal e d 8 7.3 ~ il l i o n bushel s, d own 17 perc e nt f r om Se p t e mb e r 1, 1 9 8 8 , and a c c o u n t e d f or 4 8 per ce n t of soybeans s t o r e d in a l l pos i t i ons . Off-fa rm s t ocks, a t 94 .7 mi ll i on bushe l s, a r e 5 2 p er c e n t b el ow l a s t September ho ldi ng s . Al l wh e a t i n a ll s t o r a g e p o sit i ons on Sep te mber 1 , 19 8 9 , i s e s t i ma t e d at 1 . 9 1 bil l i on bus h e l s , down 1 5 pe rc en t fr om September 1, 198 8 . Of th e t ot a l s to c ks , 8 2 2 mi lli on bus he ls were s t o r ed on- fa r ms. Th i s i s up 3 p ercent f rom a y ea r a g o . Of f-fa rm s tocks total 1 .0 9 bil l ion bushe ls , 25 percent l ess t han las t September 1 . The ind icated d isappe a r a nc e fr om al l pos i t ions fo r the quar t er e nd i ng Septem ber I , 1 9 8 9, is 8 5 1 mi l l i o n bushe l s , up 4 pe r cen t fr om t h e compara b le period in 1 98 8. UNITED STATES GRAI N STOCKS- - SEPTEMBER I, 19 88 AND 1 9 89 On Farms Off Farms 1 ( All Posit ions Sept. 1, Sept . 1 , Sept. 1, Sept. 1, Sept. 1 , Sept, 1, ~ain 2( 1988 1989 2( 1988 1989 2( 1988 1989 -1,000 Bushels Corn 2,002,800 967 ,500 2,256 ,286 962,865 4,259,086 1,930,365 Soybeans 105,050 87,320 197,426 94,709 302,476 182,029 !:llieat 798,000 822,000 1,455,552 1,088,852 2,253,552 1,910,852 1/ Includes stocks at mills, elevators, warehouses, terminals and processors . 2( Revised. he Georgia Farm Report ~SSN-0744-7280) is published se~i.monthly by the Geora la Agricu"ural Slat ls1ics Service, Slephe ns Federal Building, Athen s, Ga. 30613 cry E. Snipes, Slate Statlsticlan . Second class postage pard at Athens, Ga. SUbscnptlon fee $10 per year except free to data con tributors . Subscription Informatio variable from Georgia Agricu"ural Slat istics Service, Stephens Federal Building, Su"e 320, Athens, Ga. 30613. Telephone (404)546-2236 . 3 RESULTS OF TROUT GROWE RS SURVEY Trou t grower s in 15 sel e cted s tate s so l d a to tal of 5 9 . 7 mi lli o n pound s of tro ut v a l u ed at $69.2 milli on duri ng the 12 mon th p eri od b e gi n ning S e pte mber 1, 19 8 8 and ending Aug u st 31 , 1989 . Foodsize t rout s a les accounted f o r 9 4 percent of the total pounds sold . In add i tion, 314 mill i on t r ou t e ggs were s o l d , va lued a t $3 .45 mill ion. Food3i z e troct sales totaled 56 . 1 milli on ~~~~dS ~~~~~~h lh:Ug~: ~i od3 1 ~ eP t ~~~~~ ~~ fr act ionally from t he 56. 0 million pounds sold d u r ing the same pe ri o d the p r e v ious ye ar. The v a l u e of sa les wa s $61. 1 million, up 5 pe rcent from the $5 7 . 9 mi l lion of f o ods ize s ales o f l a st y e a r . Av erag e v alue per p ound was $1 . 09 comp a r e d to $1 .03 per pound last y e a r . Th e ma jor outl et for fo odsiz e t rou t sa l es wa s to processors with 56 percen t ot t otal liveweight sales. Mo n t h Endina STOCKS OF PEANUTS AND SPECIF I ED PRODU CTS AT MONTH'S END I Farmer Stocks Shel led Peanuts Roasting Stock I 2 / ( I n She ll ) 19 88 -1989 1 / Farme r S tock Equivalent - She lled To tal - Pe a nuts 3/ 1 , 0 00 Pou nds 1988 Aug . 2 , 256 43 0,3 5 4 33 ,383 572 ,371 608 ,01 0 Sept . 59 8 , 49 5 356,670 20,673 474,3 71 1,093,5 39 Oct. 2 , 5 4 1 , 1 25 408 ,745 29, 901 543,631 3,114 , 657 Nov. 2,699,46 6 ~63 , 521 33,86 6 616,4 83 3,349 ,8 15 De c . 2 , 568 ,2 64 52 1,90 1 40,564 694 ,128 3 ,3 02 ,956 1989 Jan . 2,231,3 19 566, 12 1 50 , 27 6 75 2,9 41 3,03 4 ,5 36 Fe b . 1, 750 r347 658 ,414 55 ,282 8 7 5, 691 2 , 681,3 20 Mar. 1 ,2 65, 686 70 5, 266 57 , 362 938 ,004 2, 261 , 0 52 Ap r. 820 ,66 7 718,48 6 59,273 955 , 586 1 , 835 , 526 Ma y 429 ,464 721,0 69 60 , 8 11 9 59,022 1, 449,29 7 Jun e 110 ,777 700,8 24 60 , 190 9 3 2,096 1 ,1 03 , 0 63 July 51 ,24 8 54 8 ,600 49 , 033 729 ,63 8 829 , 919 Aug . 27 ,568 3 49,454 33, 895 46 4, 774 526 ,237 1 / Exclude s st ocks on f ar ms . I nc l u des stocks own e d by or h e l d for account of CCC in c o mmercia l s to rag e s . Farme r stock on n e t we i gh t b a sis . 2 / I n c l ude s s h e lled edi ble grade s , she lle d oil st oc k , and s h el l e d seed ( u ntrea t e d ). 3 / Act ual f a r me r s to c k , p lus r oas ti ng stock , p lus s he l l e d peanu ts X 1.33 . ty: -;r~ C; EORGIA ", : t,Gfl iCULT:5 i N . STATIST i C S SERViCE S TEP HEl, S f r.: C t~ lA L BU)!? sunf: 220 A.THENS.GEORGIA 30!';13 42 6 01 4 1 0 3 4 0000 /542 - 0 06 95 63 - 25 7 5/ 00~' 529 0 0 0 8 LJN I V OF GEORGI A DO CUMEN TS SEC T LI BRARY ATHE NS GA 30 602 SECOND .. CLA.SS POSTAGE PAID AT .t,'i T'E NS . GP, 306 13 " GEO RGIA FARM REPORT ,GEORGIA IAGRIC ULTURAL 'STATISTICS _ "---_ _ SERVICE Stephe ns Federal Building Oc tobe r 1 7 , 1 98 9 RECEI VED Vo lume 89-Numb e r 27 .- - - - - - - - - G-G+--1-9-19;8v.9;1--- - - - - - - Suite 320 Athens, Georgia 30613 P-hon-e--:--('4--0--4-)'-546--223-6 - HI GHL I GHT S . DUCUMENTS PEANUT YI ELD DECREASES o c t o b e r 1 Cr op P roductl E ~ 1 9 8~ E O R Eg,~ ~:r _ --.- -- -Ar-e-a- Ha ::-vestt'::ncc . - - - - -- -. -- -- Yi e ld - ~--- : n d~ : ?r o du c t io:i. 1 / - - - - --- - r; ~ ~a ".: e - . -----": -9 8 8 ~9~1 1,000 Acre s ~~8. . 1 9 89 ? ounds :988 1989 1,000 Pounds .~ l a . 236.0 2 44 . 0 2,380 2, 500 561, 6 80 610 , 000 ?'la . 90.0 92 . 0 2,540 2, 600 22 8 , 60 0 239 , 20 0 Ga. s. Me x. 2 / 5 85 . 0 13.4 6 9 0.0 15 . 0 2 , 6 30 2,28 0 2,9 50 2, 300 1, 8 0 1 , 5 50 30, 55 2 2 , 035 , 500 34 , 500 N. C. 153 . 0 153 . 0 2,7 45 2, 8 50 4 19 ,9 85 43 6 , 0 5 0 Okl a . 97 .0 9 3. 0 2 ,32 0 2, 400 2 2 5, 0 40 2 23 , 200 S. C . 13 .0 l4.0 2,470 2. 500 3 2 ,l10 3 5 , 000 : ex . v . 2 50.0 9 1.0 25 3.0 91 .0 1 ,670 2 ,900 1, 800 3, 0 00 4 17,50 0 263 ,900 455 ,' 00 273 , 000 :J. S . ----'1'-',~6'_'28. 4 1.645 .0 2,44_5 2_, 6 3 9 3, 9 80, 9 17 4 ,3 4 1 , 85 0 1/ Es t~ma t es c omp ri s ed of quota and no n-q u ota peanuts. 2/ Estimates fo r cur ren t y e a r carried forward from ear l ie r f o recas t . GE ORGI A PECAN PRODUCTION UNCH ANG ED ?ec a n pro duc t i o n in Georg i a i s e stimated at 9 5 milli o n po u nd s for 1989, unchanged fr om las t month , but down 1 4 p erc e nt from las t y ear 's crop of 110 mil lion pounds. I mp r o v e d v a r i e t i e s a re f o re c a st aL 81 . 0 mi l l i o n p o und s , 15 p erc ent le s s t ha n las t ye a r . S e e d l i n g s a re e x p e c ted to t ot al 14 . 0 mil l ion p ounds , do wn 7 pe rce nt f r om ) 198 8 . U. S . PECAN PRODUCT ION DOWN Th e Oc t ober 1 fo reca st for t h e p e c a n crop i n t h e 12 e S Li ma t i n g states is 240 mi l l i on p o und s , in- shell b a s i s , 22 percen t be low l a st y e a r' s p r oduc t i on and 8 g ercent l e s s than the 198 7 crop . Al a . Ark . Ca l if . 2 / Fl a. Ga. La . Mi ss . N. Me x. N. C . 3 / Okl a. S . C. Tex . 13 ,750 80 0 3, 100 100 , 000 2 , 500 8,0 00 25 , 000 1 ,200 1,000 2,300 22,00 0 6 , 000 1,900 2,000 3 , 400 9 5.000 4 ,5 0 0 6 ,50 0 26, 0 00 3 , 500 2 , 500 4 , 000 3 0, 000 12 .000 950 1 ,700 2,900 81 ,000 2 ,00 0 5, 5 0 0 29 ,00 0 1,100 10 ,000 800 25 , 00 :1,2 50 500 2 . 400 15 , 000 :6 .50G 4 ,00 0 800 1 1 ,000 1 ,100 20 .000 4 , OOQ 1 . 100 2 , 60 0 :5 ,00 0 1 7 ,5 0 0 3 , 50 0 2 .000 44 ,50 0 2, 500 30, 00 0 8 ,00 0 55b 2 , 100 14 , 000 1 1 , 0 00 3, 500 90 0 2 , 000 40 0 25.000 25 , 000 1 ,3 0 0 5 , 50 0 115,000 19 , 000 1 2, 0 0 0 25 .0 00 2 ,000 12 ,000 3 , 400 42 ,00 0 10 ,000 3. 000 2 , 000 6 . 0 00 11 0,0 00 2 2 ,00 0 10 . 000 26 . 000 5 ,500 47 ,00 0 6 , 500 60,000 20 .000 1,50 0 1 , 70C 5 , 000 9 5, 000 13 , 000 10 , 000 29,0 00 2 ,000 1 2 ,000 1,20 0 50 , 0 0 0 U.S . 4 / 17 9 ,65 0 18 5 , 30Q_ ~_7~_ L950 82 ,5 50 1 2 2 , 7 0 0 6 7, 4 50 262 ,200 308,000 2 4 0,400 1/ Budded , g r afted o r topwcrked vari eties . 2 / Es t i ma t e s bega n wi t h t h e 1 9 88 crop. 3 / Esti mates fer c u r r e n t y e a r car rie d f orwar d f r om e ar l ier f o r e c a st. 4 / Ca l i f o r n i a i ncl ud e d i n 19 88 and 19 89 . m;;~hC Geo ~g 'a Farm Report (ISSN0 744-72SOj IS pUblisho;d serni -mo nthly by the Geo rg.a Ag rrcu ltur al Statrstcs Service, Step hens Fed eral Buudmq , Athe ns , Ga . 306 13 fry E. Sni pes, State Statistician . Second class postage paid at Athens, Ga. Subsc ription tee $ 10 perJ eRr exce pt tree to dat a co ntributors. Sub scr iption mtor rnauo vailab le fro m Geo rgIa Agn cu ttural Statist ic s Service , Stephens Fede ral Bu ild ing . SUIte 320 , Athens, ...;;l a. 306 13. Tel ephone (4041546 2236 3 PASTURE AND RANG E FEE D CONDI TI ON Geo r gi a 's p a s ture c o n d i t i o n on Oc t o b e r 1 , 1 9 8 9 , was 8 1 p e r c e nt of n o r ma l , 10 pe r c e ntag e po i n ts a bov e 19 8 8 and 18 po ints above the 19 7 8 - 8 7 a verage for the da t e . Du r ing Sept emb e r , cond i t i o n s i mproved i n 27 st a t es, d ec l ined in 18 s t a tes . a nd remained unchange d i n 3 s t a tes . All s t a t e s east o f t he Mi s s i ss i pp i r ive r r e ma ined i n t he P OOt t o fa i r o r g ood to e xc el le n t r a n g es . Al l o f t he s ou t he as t e r n s t a t es ex c e p t f or Florida a nd Te n n e s s e e, ha c c ond i t ions below la s t mon t h . Only North Dako t a a nd Ut a h we r e in t he sever e drought r a n ge . PASTURB AND RANGE Ave rage St ate 197 8- 87 198 8 1 989 - - Pe r c e n t Al a. 68 74 76 Ar i z . 78 92 55 Ar k . 67 56 85 Ca li f . 84 66 76 Co l o. 77 71 71 Co nn . 77 74 93 De l . 67 62 89 Fl a . 81 78 85 Ga . 63 71 81 I da ho 82 37 71 I l l. 75 58 82 I nd . 77 62 91 I owa 81 52 72 Ka ns . 74 58 84 Ky. 74 82 94 La. 75 73 81 Ma i ne 81 89 90 Md. 69 78 84 Ma s s . 82 89 94 Mic h . 83 72 88 Min n . 82 50 65 Mis s. 72 72 83 Mo . 73 63 87 Mo n t . 73 32 89 Ne b r . 78 67 55 1/ Good to e x c e l lent , 8 0 a nd o ver ; po or t o 35- 49 ; e x t r e me d r ough t, unde r 35. FEED CONDITION 1 State Nev . N. H. N.J . N. Me x . N. Y. N. C. N. Da k. Ohi o Ok la. Or e g . Pa . R . I. S . C. S . Da k. Tenn. Tex . Ut a h Vt. Va . Wa s h . W. Va. Wis . Wy o . U. S . f air , 65 -79; very 82 86 72 82 82 72 71 77 69 84 74 84 64 76 73 64 84 85 78 78 16 87 82 75 poor , 50-64; 56 91 83 99 75 82 26 75 60 64 68 90 14 39 75 50 53 88 77 67 65 45 49 60 sever e 63 98 96 62 72 90 48 86 94 82 80 95 83 50 95 56 48 91 96 82 92 72 63 74 d rought , )~~~ ::- GEORGiA. ~~' I AGRICUL :- ~.J RAL STATISTiCS SERVICE STEPH ENS FEDERAL BLDG SUiTE 320 ,~T H E N S . G E O R GI A 30613 'J 0 C J 'i :: J T S S:: CT L I :3 ~. A? '( ~T~~ ~S ~~ 3Q~ 02 SECOND - CLASS PO STAGE PAiD AT ATHENS, G/\ 306 13 GEORGIA FARM REPORT ~ GEORG IA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE Stephens Federa l Building Nov emb e r 14, 19 89 Vo lume 89 - Numb e r 29 HI GHLI GHTS Nov e mb e r 1 Crop For e cast pe a nu t St ocks Ag r i c u l t u r a l P r i c e s pea nu t s by St a t e s c o t t o n Gi n ning Charges RECEIVED NOV 16 1989 DUCUMENTS UGA LIBRARIES Suite 320 Athens, Georgia 30613 Phone : (404)546 -2236 las t year . Yi eld p e r acre dr opped 50 po unds f r om las t month to 2 ,2 0 0 p ounds, a nd i s 60 pounds less than the 1988 yie l d. Acreage harvested t otals 40 thousan d a c r e s , 2 t h ous and acres mor e t han las t year . GO TTON FORECAST UNCHANGED CORN FORECAST STABLE Ga t t o n prod uctio n i n Ge orgi a in 1989 i s exp e c t e d t o t ot al 390 t h ous a n d bal e s , unc h a ng e d fr om las t mon th , but 20 t hou s a n d bales mo r e than 1988 . Harv e st e d acr e a g e i s es timat e d a t 27 5 thous a nd ac r e s , dow n 13 pe rc e n t f r om las t y ear . Yi e l d i s expec t e d to aver ag e 6 8 1 p o u nd s lof li nt p e r a cr e , un c ha nged f r om l as t oon t h , b u t 11 7 poun d s mo r e than l as t yea r . As o f November 5, a b o u t 5 9 per cen t of the c rop had been pi cke d . SOYBEAN YI ELD STEADY The Nov e mbe r 1 so ybean yiel d fo r ecas t is Ials o un c hanged fr om Oc t o b e r 1 a t 2 7 bus h e ls p e r acre, but 2 bushels per ac re abo v e l a st year . Ge or ~ i a ' s p r o d u cti on i s es t i ma t e d at 3 1 . 1 m~lli on b us he ls, 38 oe r c e n t mor e than l a s t y e a r . Ac r eag e ha r v e s ted i s expec ted t o total 1 .1 5 oi l l ion a c re s, a n ~ncr e a s e o f 28 percen t from 198 8 . Ha r v e s t wa s 32 pe rce nt comp l e t e on No v emb er 5 , abou t a we e k behLnd no r ma l. TOBACCO FORECAST DECLI NES Sal e s reco rds o f t he 1 9 8 9 t oba c c o c rop indicate p r odu c tion is l e s s t han pre v io u s l y expe cted . Producti on i s es t i ma t e d a t 8 8 .0 mi l l i o n p ound s , 2 mill ion p o u nd s less than t h e Octobe r 1 es t i ma t e , bu t 2 . 12 mil li o n p ou n d s a b ove Th e 1 98 9 corn pr oduct io n fo rec as t r e ma ins a t 55 . 0 mi l l i on bu she l s , 77 p er cen t a bove 19 8 8 . A r ec o rd hi gh 100 b ushe ls pe r acre is f o r e ca st f r om 550 t hous a nd a cres harves ted f or grain . PEANU T YIELD LOWERED Y i e l d p r o jections of t he Sta t e ' s peanu t c rop aecl ined fr om l a st mo n th to 2 ,80 0 pounds per a cre . This is a drop o f 150 pound s per a c r e from the October 1 fo r e ca s t , but i s 170 pounds per a cre ab ove the 1988 yield. Mos t o f the r e d u c t i on resu lt ed fr om h e a vy r a ins and cloudy , d amp condit i ons du ri n g the l a st we e k o f Se ptember. Ha r ves t was a t a stan d s ti ll fo r over a wee k i n many a r e a s o f t h e p e a nu t belt . Fi e lds tha t we r e mat u r e when the rai ns s t a r ted , su ff ered s igni fica nt y i e l d l osses . Ha rve s t ing l o s s e s al so o ccurred on f i e l ds tha t were dug , bu t n ot y e t threshed when the r a i n s began . Harve st e d acreag e is a ls o down f r om l ast mon t h ' s f orecas t t o 6 85 t h ousand a cr e s. Th is is 5 t h o u s a nd a cres l e s s than the Oc tobe r 1 forecast , and equal s l a s t year ' s ha r ves ted ac reage . Produc t i o n i s n ow e x pect e d t o t ot al 1.9 2 bil l i on pounds , 6 percen t less tha n last mon th , bu t 6 percen t mo r e than l a s t year . At the e nd of Octobe r , peanu t ha r ves t was nea rly complete. Cro p 1 / 1 ::1 GEORGIA ACREAGE YI ELD AND PRODUCTI ON , Ac r eag e Har - I I For I v e s t e d 1 98 8 1 / Harves t 1989 1 / 1988 AND NOVEMBE R 1 , Yie ld ~ er Acr e I ndi- cated Nov. 1 , 19 88 19 89 198 9 FORECAST Producti on I ndi - cated No v. 1 , 1 988 19~ -- Thous a n d Ac r e s - - -- Thousa nd s - - Corn , f or Gr ai n Bu . 500 550 62 100 31 ,000 55 ,000 Soybe a ns Bu . 900 1,150 25 27 22,500 31 ,050 Peanut s Lb s . 685 685 2,630 2,800 1 ,801,550 1,918,000 ~rghum , f o r g r a i n 2 / Bu . 40 50 35 50 1 ,400 2,500 Cotton 3 / Ba les 31 5 275 564 681 370 390 Hay , All 2 / To ns 5 70 600 2.2 2 .9 1 ,254 1,740 Pec ans 2 / Lbs . 110 ,000 95 ,000 Sweetpota toes 2/ Cwt. 4.5 4.8 160 4/ 720 4/ ~eat 2 / Bu . 500 700 43 32 21,500 22 ,400 Oats 2/ Bu . 45 70 63 59 2,835 4 ,130 Rye 2/ Bu. 70 70 27 23 1 ,890 1,610 Toba c c o, Type 14 2 / Lbs. 38 40 2,260 2,200 85,880 88,000 App l e s , All 2 / Lbs . 4 8,250 33 ,000 30 ,000 Peaches 2/ Lbs . 19 7 ,370 140,000 125 , 000 ~apes 2 / Tons 1.7 1 . 47 2.5 2.8 1/ Harvested for principal use. 2 / Est imates brough t forward from earlier surveys . 3 / Co t t o n y i e l d i n pounds and production in bales . 4/ Yield and production estimates wil l be A':R~~UL~:=;;;TISTICIAN I,"l eas ed in the Annual AND GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OFAGRICULTURE UPLAND COTTON GINNING CHARGES, HARVESTING PRACTICES, AND SELECTED MARKETING COSTS , ____________~ 1 9 8 8 - 8 9 SEASON 11 Item Uni t Ga. U. S . Active Gins Number 64 1 ,645 Ginning Charges 21 SIBale 43.06 45.14 Harvesting Method Machine-Picked Percent 100 72 Machine-Stripped Percent 0 28 Machine-Scrapped Percent 0 31 Ginned from Trailers Modules Percent 58 47 Percent 42 53 Warehousing Charges Receiving SIBale 2.92 Storage (Insured) S/Bale/Mo. 1.54 Outhandling SIBale 4.53 2.70 1. 61 5.37 11 ERS Staff Report AGES 89-50, based on report by Bureau of Census for saw-ginned upland cotton. 21 Per 480-lb. net weight bale, includes bagging and ties. 31 Less than 0.5 percent. SURVEY ANNOUNCEMENT The Georgia Agricultural Service will contact thousands St of aGteiosrt igci~ farmers during November through mid-January to obtain end-of-year data on crops and livestock. Several major surveys will be conducted to obtain indiv~dual farm information on acreage and production for 1989 crops, 1990 wheat and rye seedings, hog and cattle inventory numbers the size of the current pig and caif crops and the number of milk cows and milk production . Farmers will be contacted either by mail telephone or personal interview. If you are asked to participate in one of these surveys, your cooperation will be greatly appreciated. Individual data w~ll be kept strictly confidential and used only to develop county, State and National estimates. The estimates obtained from these surveys will provide unbiased information to farmers to aid in making their 1990 production ~lans. State and National estimates w~ll be included in future issues of the "Georgia Farm Re~ort" . County level estimates will be ava~lable in the spring of 1990. U.S. PRICES PAID INDEX UNCHANGED The October Index of Prices Paid for Commodities and Services, Interest, Taxes, and Farm Wage Rates was 178 (1977=100)i this leve unchanged from July 1989. was 5 points (2.9 percent) above a year earlier. CONSUMER PRICE INDEX The September seasonally unadjusted Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers (CPI-U) was 125.0 (1982-84=100) compared to 124.6 in August. The July index was 124.4. For the 12-month period ending in September, the CPI-U increased 4.3 percent. The unadjusted index for food increased a modest 0.2 percent from August to September. The transportation index declined 0.5 percent, reflecting a drop in gasoline and vehicle prices. FEED: PRICES PAID, SOUTHEAST 11 AND Price Commodity per Unit Cottonseed Meal, 41% Soybean Meal, 44% Bran Middlings Corn Meal Laying Feed Broiler Grower Turkey Grower Chick Starter Dairy Feed, 14% Dairy Feed, 16% Dairy Feed, 18% Dairy Feed, 20% Dairy Conct., 32% Hog Feed, 14%-18% Hog Conct., 38%-42% Beef Cattle Conct., 32%-36% Stock Salt Molasses, Liquid 11 AL,FL,GA,SC. S/Cwt. S/Cwt. S/Cwt. S/Cwt. S/Cwt . S/Ton SITon SITon SITon SITon SITon SITon S/Ton S/Ton SITon SITon S/Ton 50 Lbs. S/Cwt. Oct . 1988 16.60 19 .10 12 .90 11.30 9.50 246.00 266.00 277.00 303.00 161. 00 191. 00 202.00 208.00 225.00 247.00 380.00 271.00 3 .90 9 .80 i Oct. 1989 15.90 16.80 13.10 11.00 9.00 200 .00 231.00 254.00 228.00 142.00 177.00 190.00 188.00 255.00 237.00 341. 00 258.00 3 .90 9.80 1989, WITH CO~P ~R~_Q.~:..::S=--- _ I I United States Oct . July Oct. 1988 1989. 1989_. 15.50 17.00 10.60 9.60 7.75 222 .00 255.00 266.00 258.00 185 .00 197 .00 207.00 212.00 319.00 226.00 371 .00 15.10 15.60 10.90 9.08 7.53 209.00 236 .00 251.00 243.00 172.00 184.00 194.00 198 .00 310.00 220 .00 346.00 15.20 14.70 10.80 9.21 7 .02 200.00 223 .00 243.00 230.00 168.00 182.00 191.00 196 .00 296.00 212 .00 327 .00 266.00 3.33 9.34 263.00 3 .39 9 .16 263 .00 3.44 9.30 e Geo rg!a Farm Reporl (ISSN-Q7447280) Is publ ished semi-monthly by the Georgia Agricur1ural Statistic. Service, Stephens Federal Build ing , Athens , Ga. 30613 rryE. Snipes, State Statisl iclan. Second class postage paid al Athens , Ga. SUbscnption fee S10 per year except free to data contributors. Subscr iption informatio vailable from Georgia Agricur1ural Stati.tics Service, Stephen. Federal Bu ild ing, Surte 320, Athens, Ga. 30613 . Telephone (404)546 -2236 . 2 GEORGIA PRICES RECEIVED The Georgia Prices Rece ived All Commodity Index for October was 135 percent of the 1977 average, 7 points (4 . 9 percent) below the pre vious month , but 2 p o in t s (1.5 pe r c ent) higher than a ye a r ago . tower p rices for wh e a t, tobacco , soybeans, peanuts , beef cattle, cal ves , broi lers , a nd eggs we re pa r t i al l y o f fset by h igher p rices for co r n , co t ton , h ogs , mllk and other chickens. U.S. PRICES RECEIVED INDEX UP 1 POINT Th~ Octobe~ All Farm Products Inde~ of Prlces Recelved by farmers lncreased 1 point (0.7 percent) from September to 144 percent of its January-December 1977 average. Increases in the prices of hogs, milk, lettuce , and tomatoes were partially offset by lower prices for broilers, soybeans, cattle, and corn. The index was also 1 point (0.7 percent ) above a y e a r ago. U _------P~RICES REr Ci Ec-Ie-VE-Dr' -=B~ Y ..FE.!A.~ RM~ER~SL., ....:~~~~~~15.,L-1~9~ 8 9:- -!W.~IT~ H r~~~~~.-;---=--~------- Commodity per Unit Oct . 1988 Oct. 15, 198 9 Oct. 15 , 1989 FIELD CROPS Winter Wheat S/Bu . oats S/Bu. Corn S/Bu. Cotton Ct./Lb . Cottonseed 2/ S/Ton Tobacco Ct./Lb. Soybeans S/Bu. Peanuts Ct./Lb. All Hay, baled 2/ S/Ton LIVESTOCK & PRODUCTS Milk Cows, 4/5/ S/Head Hogs S/Cwt . Sows S/Cwt . Barrows & Gilts S/Cwt. Beef Cattle 6/ S/Cwt . Cows 7/ S/Cwt. Steers & Heifers S/Cwt . Calves S/Cwt. All Milk S/Cwt. Turkeys 2/ Ct./Lb. 2.85 53.9 127.00 166.8 7.47 26.3 1,060.00 38.70 29 .00 39.30 58.30 46.50 69.30 80.40 14 .60 3 .56 2.46 66 .4 175 .5 6 .20 27.5 3.30 2.50 1/68.2 99.00 3/161.0 5 .40 1/26.5 43.20 34.80 43.70 59.70 49 .80 73.50 81.00 15.20 1,110 .00 46.50 37.80 47 .00 59.60 49.00 72.50 78.00 3 /15.80 3.80 2 .56 2.58 55.1 119.00 168.6 7 .53 26.9 86.80 980.00 38.70 30.20 39.50 67 .00 44.60 72.60 87.80 13 .00 48.4 3.85 1. 38 2.27 63 .8 97.00 173 .5 5 .70 27.7 85.00 3.90 1. 40 2.20 1/64.1 94.00 3/169.5 5.28 1/27.6 85.70 43.40 36.10 44.10 68.20 49 .60 71.90 91 .10 14.00 37 .3 1,050.00 46 .80 40.10 47.50 67.40 47 .80 71.80 90.20 3/14.50 38 .5 Chickens 8 / Com'l Broilers 9/ Eggs, All Table Ct ./Lb. Ct./Lb . Ct ./Doz. Ct./Doz. 21.0 33.5 67.5 47 .8 2/15.5 35 .5 2/83.5 2/62 .6 20.5 3/29.0 81.8 62.4 35.7 58.7 50.6 37.1 2/71.0 2/64.4 3/30.6 71. 3 64.2 Hatching Ct ./Doz. 120.0 2/130.0 125.0 1/ First half of month. 2/ Mid-month price . 3/ Entire month. 4/ Animals sold for dairy herd replacement only. 5/ Prices estimated quarterly. 6/ "Cows" and "steers and heifers" combined with allowance where necessary for slaughter bulls . 7/ Includes dairy cows sold for slaughter. 8/ Excludes broilers. 9/ Liveweight equivalent price for Georgia. Item I FUELS: PRICES PAID, UNITED_S~T~A~T:E~S~=O=1C9~8T9~O=WBI=TEHrRC~O~M~P~A~R~IS~O~N~S~~~~~__~_ i October July October 1988 1989 ! 1989 Dollars per Gallon Gasoline 11 Service Station, (Unleaded) .948 1.12 1. 05 Bulk Delivery, (Leaded Regular) .940 1.13 1. 07 Diesel Fuel, Bulk Delivery 21 .686 .736 .801 L.p. Gas, Bulk Delivery 21 .566 .580 .576 ./ Includes federal , state and local per gallon taxes. 21 Excludes state road taxes, t includes state and local per gallon taxes where applicable. I I ________________________~I~N~DEX NUMBERS--GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES September October - Septemoe:.::r:------,---....-::::-O=-c=t=o-=b-=e-r 1977=100 1988 . 1988 . 1989 1989 treorgla PrTces Received All Commodities 141 133 142* 135 Crops 133 128 134* 129 ULnvist tk ed . & Prod States uct s 148 137 149 * 140 P""rTCesR"eceIVed 144 143 143 144 Prices Paid 1/172 173 2/178 178 ~ Ral tioy31 1988 Prlces Pald 84 Index. 2/ July 83 1989 Prlces Pald 80 Index . 81 3/ Ratlo of l ndex Ra t e s . o f *PRriecveiss Rec ed. eive d to Index of Prlces Paid, Interest, Taxes and Farm Wage 3 U.S . PEANUTS Produc t ion i s forecast a t 4 .1 3 billion pounds, up 4 percent f r o m l a s t y e a r but down 5 percent from the Oc tobe r 1 f or ecas t . This produc tion level represents the second l a r ge s t crop of record. Harves ted area, estimated a t 1.64 mil l ion acres, is the l a r g e st a c r ea g e f o r ha r v e st s ince 19 5 5 and is u p 1 percen t from l a st yea r. Yi e ld i s expected to average 2 ,52 3 pounds per harves ted acre , up 7 8 pounds f r om 1988 bu t d own 116 p o u nd s fr om last mo n t h . Product i on in t he sou t h e as ter n states (AL, FL, GA, SC) i s e x p e c t e d to to t a l 2 .78 bi lli on pounds, up 6 perc ent fr om 19 8 8 but down 5 perce n t f rom Oct o b er 1. Yield f or t he 4 state area is e x pe c t ed t o averag e 2, 684 pound s per ac re , 12 2 pounds g reater than last y e a r. Wet wea ther e ar lie r dur i ng t he y ear reduced y ields more than previous l y thought i n Ge o r g i a . Al aba ma had t h e s a me co ndi ti ons , in addition to a n ear ly fr ost and white mold problems . . The Virginia-North Ca ro lina a rea production is forecast at 648 mi l l ion p o u n d s, down 5 p er c ent f r om las t y ea r and down 9 percen t f rom t he Octobe r 1 forecast. Yield pe r h a rv e s t e d ac r e , at 2 ,669 pounds , is 134 pounds b el ow l a s t year's yie ld. I n North Caro l ina , ha r vest began ate a nd wet we a ther d a ma g ed t h Os e peanuts t h at we r e d ug , but n ot t h r es h e d In Virgi n i a , s ha t t ering o f the nu t s during harves t l owered yields. The sout hwes t c rop producti on ( NM, OK ,TX) i s expec t e d t o t otal 708 million pounds , u p 5 pe rce n t f rom l as t year but down 1 p erc e nt f rom Oc to b e r 1. Yields a r e expe ct ed to a ve rage 1 , 9 6 2 pounds per a cre , 94 pounds a bove last year ' s y i e ld . In Te x as , harvest act ivit y inc rea s ed af te r a n Oc t ober frost. Ma ny f iel ds i n the c ros s t i mb e r s and cen t ral p or ti o n s of the S ta te s u ffe r e d f r o s t dam age. rea = State Al a. Fla. Ga . N . Mex. 2 / N. C. Okla . S. C. Te x . Va . U.S . 17 Est~mat es 2 / Est ima t es Mon t h Ending STOCKS OF PEANUTS I. F a r mer Stocks 1988 Se pt . 598 ,4 9 5 359 ,670 20, 6 73 47 8,361 1 , 097 , 529 Oct . 2 , 54 1 ,125 408 ,745 29 , 90 1 5 43 ,631 3 ,114, 65 7 Nov. 2, 69 9,466 463 ,5 21 33, 8 66 616 ,483 3 , 34 9 ,8 15 Dec. 2,5 68,264 52 1,90 1 40 ,56 4 69 4,1 28 3 , 302 , 956 19 89 J a n. 2 ,231 ,3 19 566 ,121 50,276 752,94 1 3 ,03 4,53 6 Feb. 1,750,347 658 ,414 55 ,282 875,691 2 , 681 ,3 20 Mar. 1,265 ,686 705,266 57 ,362 9 38,004 2, 26 1,052 Apr. 820 ,667 718,486 59 ,273 955 ,586 1 ,835,5 2 6 Ma y 429 ,464 721,069 60,811 959 ,022 1, 449,29 7 June 110 ,77 7 700,8 24 60 , 190 9 32 ,096 1, 103,063 July 51 ,248 548,600 49,033 729,638 829,919 Aug. 27,5 68 349,415 33 ,910 46 4,72 2 526 ,200 Sept. 17 Excludes 1,567,027 stocks on fa rms. 32 9 985 Includes stocks 18,771 owned by or he ld for 43 8,8 80 a ccount o f eee2,0~2n4 ,67 8 commercial storages. Farmer stock on ne t weight basis. 2/ I ncludes shel led edibl e grades , shel led oil stocK, and shelled seed ( un t r e a t ed) . 3 / Actua l f a r me r s to ck , p lus roast Ing stock, plus shelled peanuts X 1.33. ~GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE SECOND - CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT ATHENS, GA 30613 STEPHENS FEDERAL BLDG SUITE 320 ATHENS,GEORGIA 30613 I , " 1 ===G=EO=R=G=IA=F=A=R=M =R-EmPOrRrT:;;R;E:C3E0IV1E9D89 November 29 , 1989 Volume 89-Number 30 DuCUMENIS UGA LIBRARIES ~ GEORGIA IASGTARTICISUTLICTUSRAL SERVICE Stephens Federal Building Suite 320 Athens. Georgia 30613 Phone: (404)546-2236 HIGHLIGHTS Farm Labor Catfish Process ing poul t r y Summa r y Cat t l e on Feed Lives toc k S l a ugh te r Co ld S t o r a ge Mi lk Produc t i o n FARM LABOR PAY RATE DOWN BUT NUMB ER OF WORKERS UP I N THE SOUTHEAST REGI ON Hired f a r m wo r k e r s i n t h e s o u t h e a s t Ir eg i On ( AL,G A, SC) we re pai d an a v erage hourl y wa g e of $ 4. 2 8 du r i ng the s u r ve y week of October 8 -14 , 1989 . I n July , 198 9 , the comparable wa g e rate wa s $ 4 .5 0 pe r h our a n d Oct obe r , 1988 , was $4. 4 2 p er hou r . The numb er of all fa rm workers d e creas e d seasona l l y 17 pe rc e n t, f .r o m 178, 0 0 0 i n Ju l y , 1 989, t o 1 48,000 in Oc tobe r , b~t was 14 percent above the 130,000 workers recorded in October, 1988. Those hired workers expected to work 149 days or less during the year, accounted for most of the Jul y to October decrease. There were 32 ,000 part-time workers in July; 15,000 during October, 1989; and 19,000 in October a year ago . Hired workers averaged 38.4 hours worked during the survey week, up 22 percent from t he 31.4 hours worked in Ju l y a nd up 10 pe rcent f r om the 34. 8 hours worked October , 1988. Self-emploved f arm operators worked an average of30 .3 hours for the week, up 9 percent fro m Ju l y but 22 percent below October a y e a r ago. Un paId work er s pu t i n an av erage of 3 4 . 4 h o u r s, d own 15 perc ent from July and 1 2 percent below the October, 1988 average . , sRtea tioe n or 2 Northeast I Northeast II I APpa l a c h i a n I Appalachian II Sout he ast Flor ida Lake Cornbe lt I Cornbe lt II Delta Nort he rn Pla ins Southern Plains Mountain I Mountai n II Mountai n III Pacific Califor nia Hawaii RATES , OC TOBER 8-14 , I All Hi red Worke rs 5.48 5 .05 4.67 4.56 4. 28 5.6 1 4 .98 5.06 5 .13 4 .11 5 .54 5 .08 4.71 4.79 5.32 6.21 6.40 8 .53 5.90 5 .10 4 .45 4. 21 4 .07 4. 92 5 .24 4.9 3 4.91 4.06 5.6 3 4 .7 4 4.6 9 4 .2 1 4.82 6.09 5.76 7 .77 4 .39 4.04 4 .57 4 .33 4 .20 5 .45 4.1 2 4 .8 1 4.8 2 3.83 4 . 63 4.75 4.2 1 4 .50 4 .34 6.08 6.44 3/ AND our 6 . 86 5.64 3/ 3/ 5.97 7 .21 5.83 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 5.15 4.29 3/ 7.52 3/ 8.85 8.95 5 .76 5.37 4 .58 4 .42 4 .23 4 .93 5.12 5 .15 4 .96 3.96 5 .88 4.79 4.77 4 .38 4 .80 5.55 5 .89 7.84 5.39 6 .50 3/ 3/ 3/ 5 .41 6 .01 4 .35 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 4 .96 3/ 3/ 7.53 7.10 7.15 U. S . Nor theast I Nor theas t II Appalachi an I Appalachian II Sou t heast Flor ida Lake Cornbel t I Cornbel t II Del ta Northern Pla ins Sou thern Plains Mounta i n I Mountain II Mountain III Pac if i c California Hawai i --- --, 5 .42 5 .22 4 .76 8 .44 7.05 5 .23 6.68 NU MBER OF WORKERS ON FARMS AND HOURS WOR KED FOR THE WEE K OCTOBER 8-14. 1989 , BY STATE OR REGION AND UNITED STATES 1 Al l Farm Se lf- Unpa id Wor k ers E m plo~ed OU .:. Thou- ou rs ou- ou- sands sa nds sands sands 1 19 44 48 .6 20 36.6 55 38.9 38 136 64 4 2.3 29 34. 6 43 41.6 34 129 74 35 . 7 14 28 .9 41 36.4 22 228 150 25 . 8 32 35 .8 46 32 .6 20 148 84 30.3 18 34.4 46 38 .4 31 79 18 33.3 4 37 . 0 57 37 .9 51 370 1 93 55 .7 99 43 . 3 78 42.0 39 32 2 19 3 48 .2 72 41 .0 57 42 .1 33 252 144 52.4 57 46.4 51 35.9 18 14 9 78 3 2.2 16 34 .3 55 50 .5 38 254 150 53.8 65 44.7 39 53.8 21 263 157 33 .6 40 38 .4 66 39.4 53 85 40 49.5 17 42.0 28 54.7 15 54 25 48 . 2 9 33.7 20 45.9 16 53 11 43.5 24 39.5 18 48.7 15 158 63 30.9 15 33.4 80 41.0 33 263 53 38.0 17 38 .6 193 45.4 127 14 3 33.5 1 27 .6 10 38.3 9 er 4.90 4.28 4 .86 4 .85 4 .32 8 . 38 4 .50 4.95 5 .76 4 .4 0 4 .7 1 5.48 4.56 5 .07 5 .99 6.68 8 .71 11. 68 5 .61 11 9 19 26 15 6 39 24 33 17 18 13 13 4 3 41 66 1 TU7.sE. xcludes 3.016 agrIcultural 1 .544 42.5 serVlce workers . 2/ 549 Reglons 40 .2 ccnslst 983 of the 42.3 followlng : 613 Nortneast I: 370 Cr, ME,MA.NH,NY,RI.VT . Northeas t II : DE .MD,NJ ,PA. Appalachian I: NC,VA. Appalachlan II : KY.TN,WV . Southeast: AL.GA.SC. Lake : MI,MN,WI ; Cornbelt I:IL,IN,OH; Cornbelt II :IA,MO ; Delta : AR,LA,MS. Nor t h e r n Plain s : KS . NE , ND. SD. Southern Plains: OK,TX . Mounta in I : ID,MT,WY. Mountain II : CO, INV.UT. Mountain III : AZ,NM . Pacifi c: OR. WA. 3/ Insufficient d at a. AGRICULTURALSTATISTICIAN AND GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Hatching Table Total Georgia 5,730 12,193 17,923 Hatching 31,355 Table 199,106 Total 20 States 230,461 Hatching Table Total U.S . 36,475 239,079 275,554 6,046 11,545 17,591 32,831 189,120 221,951 38,351 . 230,372 268,723 GEORGIA 1,903 1 ,879 2,139 2,065 2,064 2,001 20 STATES 1 ,888 1,858 2,156 2,145 2,119 2,103 UNITED STATES 1,886 1,875 2,152 2,140 2,117 2,102 109 261 370 592 4,292 4,884 688 5,145 5,833 - 114 238 352 610 4,057 4,667 719 4,930 5,649 POULTRY 1988-1989 Item Oct. Oct. Jan . thru Oct. % of year 1988 1989 a0 Pullet Chicks Placed s -- Domest~c TU .S.) 1/ Bro~ler Type Egg Type Ch~cks Hatched 4,131 212 4 ,345 318 4 ,354 105 184 87 39,563 2,246 42,318 107 2,162 96 Bro~ler Type Georgia United States Egg Type 66,917 71,303 71,658 107 690,801 727,753 105 456,819 484,030 483 ,728 106 4,674,824 4,941,625 106 Georg~a United States Turkeys 1,544 31,007 1,276 32,710 1,431 93 33,269 107 14,385 311,743 12,516 87 323,958 104 Poults Placed U.S. 1/ Reported by l e a d i 16, ng 821 bre e d e 19 rs, , 8~8n5cludes2e0x, 1p3e5c t F e o1 2d0~ ~ p ~ ur2~e/ p3ll2na,lc5re4.m6ee~ntt~s ~2~~r~4o0~m,~0~e2~g0~g~s~ ~ ~1 2~3~ ~ - - - sold during the preceding month at the rate of 125 pullet of eggs. 2/ Turkey poults placed September-October. ch~cks per 30 dozen case COMMERCIAL POULTRY SLAUGHTER 1 . SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 1988-1989 I i Item _________ ___________--'-_ Sept . Jna _-:19B 8 "TliOusan ss1e-~ p--t. ~ veir Oct . 2 / -' -- ~Jan . thru 1 9 8 9 9g-g-- I ousan-ds Sept. 1 ;j 8 9 l~ ~ayeaoO~ Young Chickens Georg~a 62,247 63,116 101 66,184 542,607 576,341 106 United States 440,987 452,174 103 480,462 3,886,803 4,114,968 106 Mature Chickens L~ght Type U .S . HT~aovtval TOyp.Se . U.S . 9,119 d:~g~ 10,777 118 10,810 1 ~ : 026981 H~ 144 : 91 F2 1 5 113,593 143 : 97 90 102,361 90 13368: 85~~ 107 94 Total All Types , Ga. 3,286 3 ,854 117 3,331 31,923 32,140 101 Percent Condemned Younq Ch~ckens Georg~a 1.4 1.7 1.6 1.6 United States 1.6 1.9 1.8 1.8 1/ Federally ~nspected slaughter data as collected by Meat and Pcultry ~nspect~on Program. Current month data estimated by Market News Service . 2/ Prel iminary. GEORGIA RED MEAT PRODUCTION UP Georgia red meat production totaled 33.7 mill~on pounds dur~ng October 1989, 10 percent more than September 1989 and 19 percent more than October 1988 . The number of cattle slaughtered in Georgia during October was 18,100 head ; a decrease of 1 percent from last year . Calves slaughtered totaled 1,600 head, down 200 head from October the previous year. There were 138,100 hogs slaughtered in Georgia during October, 29,900 head more than October 1988. U.S. RED MEAT PRODUCTION VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED Commercial red meat production for the United States in October 1989 totaled 3.52 billion pounds, nearly the same as last year. January-October red meat product~on, at 32.8 b~llion pounds, was down 1 percent from last year . Beef production, was up 2 percent at 2.04 billion from last year. pounds Hea d, kill totaled 2.96 million, nearly the same as last year. Pork production, at 1.42 billion pounds i was down 2 percent from the previous year. Hog k~ll totaled 8.03 million head, a decrease of 1 percent. 2 COMMERCIAL RED MEAT PRODUCTION: UNITED October 1989 as % Kind 1988 I 1989 of 1988 1988 Million Pounds Percent Mi l l i o n Beef 2,007 2,041 102 19,677 Veal 34 31 91 322 Pork 1,443 1,421 98 12,734 Lamb & Mutton 28 30 107 273 Total Red Meat 3,511 3,524 100 33,006 1/ Based on packers dress weights and excludes farm slaughter. 2/ based on unrounded data. 1/ 1989 as % of 1988 Percent 98 90 102 103 99 totals Species Georyia Catt e Calves Hogs Sheep & Lambs United States Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep & Lambs ~ GEORGIA AuNmDb e Ur N;IT:EaDUS~TchAeTr Ee dS LIVESTOCK I S. LAvAeUraGTgE;'R;e~1~/'--.-----.,..I-o;=t;a~,l ..,------ Oct. L~ve We~ght Live Weight Oct0 b e r I 89 as % 0 f I----or..,.....,.ri'0rc:.-t"-i0r'b=cen;-r,.,..,..., t---.,-,-r...-...---- ~O_=_cr't-o=-b'=e-=r-,rrr,.,..,...-- 19~8 ~ 19 . 1988 , 0 Rea ercen oun s 18.3 18.1 99 1.8 1.6 89 108.2 138.1 128 0 .1 0.1 100 933 939 17,072 406 320 742 239 239 25,879 99 92 14 17,023 519 33,030 10 2,965.7 2,963 .9 100 1 ,135 1,151 3,367,008 3,412,832 206.2 198.4 96 274 265 56,520 52,549 8,096.2 8,031.7 99 250 248 2,025,176 1,991,532 452.1 483 .6 107 122 123 55,186 59,629 under Federal l nspect~on and other commerc~al slaughter, excludes _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _~M~I~L~K COWS AND MILK PRODUCTION, OCTOBER 1988-1989=-- _ I tern No. Milk Cows on Farms 1 / 21 States G T :=.i. =.t_----:::------=-_ hous. Head - - - ' E - 1- 9 - 8 8,591 8 - - - . - - - = - = -8-1,=94'89-c9=.."::-:'2=----'-='-------.=--P=-~-e"-'r--9c'=-9e--n'-=t------ Milk Production per Cow 2/ Pounds 1,179 1,169 99 Total Milk Production 2/ Mil. Lbs. 10,125 9,926 98 1/ Includes dry cows. Excludes heifers not yet fresh. 2/ Excludes milk sucked by calves. U.S. FARM-RAISED CATFISH, 1988-1989 QUANTITY PROCESSED AND PRICES PAID TO PRODUCERS REPORTED BY MAJOR PROCESSORS AND U.S. IMPORTS Month ht Processed Cumulative 1988 1989 Pounds 1988 1989 Dols . per Pound Jan. 26,018 26,948 26,018 26,948 .68 .78 451 588 Feb. 27,786 28,559 53 ,804 55,507 . 72 .78 508 117 Mar. 28,179 29,458 81 ,983 84,965 .75 .77 577 795 Apr. 20,805 27,310 102,788 112,275 . 75 .76 217 417 May 20,351 28,892 123,139 141,167 .75 .76 1,015 952 June 22,839 27,598 145,978 168,765 .78 .75 26 584 July 23 ,687 27,827 169,665 196,592 .80 .71 724 689 Aug. 26,941 28,371 196,606 224,963 .80 .68 414 422 Sept. 24,611 30,366 221,217 255,329 .79 .65 669 756 Oct. 26 ,221 31,670 247,438 286,999 .79 .64 674 Nov. 25 ,037 272,475 .78 388 Dec. 22,634 295,109 .78 182 1/ Prices paid to producers for fish delivered to processing plant. 2/ Data furnished by U.S. Bureau of Census. a Georg ia Farm Report OSSN-07447280) is published semi-monthly by the GeorlliaAgricu"ural Statistics Service, Stephen s Federal Build ing, Athens, Ga. 30613 E. Snipe s, State Statislician. Second class poslage paid at Athens , Ga. Subscnption fee $ 10 per year except free to data cont ributors . Subscription informal io vailable from Georg ia Agricu"ural Statistics Service, Stephan s Federal Build ing, Su"e 320, Athens , Ga. 30613 . Telephone (404)546-2236 . 3 CATTLE ON FEED IN 7 STATES DOWN 3 PERCENT FROM LAST YEAR Cattle and calves on feed November 1, 1989, for slaughter market in the 7 states preparing monthly estimates totaled 7.73 million head, down 3 pe~cent from a year ago and 8 percent below November 1, 1987. Marketings of fed cattle during October totaled 1.63 million , up 2 percent from last year but 4 percent be low two years ago. Placements of cattle and c a l ve s on feed in the 7 states during October totaled 2.68 million, up 8 percent from last year and 3 percent above October 1987. Net placements of 2.61 million for October is 9 percent above last year and 3 percent above 1987 . Other disapoearance totaled 71 thousand head comparea to 84 thousand in October 1988 and 85 thousand i n October 1987. CATTLE AND CALVES: NUMBER ON FEED, PLACEMENTS, MARKETINGS , AND OTHER DISAPPEARANCE, 7 STATES , OCTOBER 1 TO NOVEMBER 1 1989 as % - Item 1989 of 1988 _ 1,000 Head On Feed, Oct. 1 1/ 7,144 6 ,748 94 Placed on Feed during Oct . 2 ,475 2,682 108 Fed Catt le Marketed during Oct . 1,601 1 ,628 102 Other Di s a p p e a r a n c e during Oct. 2 / 84 71 85 On Feed Nov. 11 / 7,934 7,731 97 1 / Cattle and calves on feed are an i ma l s f or sl aughter mar ke t bei ng f e d a full ration of grain or other concentrates and are expected to produce a c ar c a ss that will grade select or better. 2/ Includes death losses, movemen t f r om f e e d l ot s to pastures and shipments to other feedlots for further feeding. Commod it COLD STORAGE STOC KS Oct. 31 , 1988 Butter Cheese, Natural Eggs, Frozen ~ F rui ts , Frozen . Fruit Juices, Frozen . Me a t s , Red .. Beef, Frozen Pork, Frozen 'Pou Ltr-y , Frozen Turkeys, Frozen Vegetables , Frozen Potatoes , Frozen Peanuts , Shel l e d Peanuts, I n She ll Pecans, Shelled Pecans , In Shell 237,330 400,693 20,015 1,106,050 1 ,056,658 663,970 296,485. 320,792 781,214 583 ,306 1 ,933 ,669 1 , 047, 505 236, 657 1 0,86 0 21 ,8 84 13,293 UNITED STATES Sept. 30 , 1989 1,000 Pounds 407,563 367,190 14,379 863 ,928 1,239,653 558 ,966 231,748 280,027 768,994 569,283 1, 979, 055 734 ,230 15 8,427 16,242 27,552 34,91 7 OCTOBER 31 Oct. 3 1, 1989 369,434 341,650 15,876 955,138 1,106,273 535,413 222,778 272,055 780,920 573 , 51 6 2,160,629 880,913 186, 0 07 20 ,336 23,128 12,845 19 89 Percent of Oct . 1988 Se t. 19 89 Percent 156 91 85 93 79 110 86 111 105 89 81 96 75 96 85 97 100 102 98 101 112 109 84 120 79 117 187 125 106 84 97 37 ~GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE STEPHENS FEDERAL BLDG SUITE 320 ATHENS,GEORGIA 30613 :"3 1 ~ ;.. L.. ~ I 1 ~" ; j - - ~ _ : ~ - 2 ; ~1 ~ ~J': ,. ) j : L, _. ':' /J ~ c. -. J '.:"I = "; .:..~C~ ~ l :- SECOND - CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT ATHENS, GA 30613 GEORGIA FARM REPORT GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS _____ SERVICE December 14, 1989 Volume 89-Number 31 RECEIVED DEC 1 , 19S9 Stephens Federal Building Suite 320 Athens, Georgia 30613 Phone: (404)546-2236 HIGHLIGHTS Cotton Forecast Pecan Forecast Prices Received Peanut Stocks DOCUMENTS UGA LIBRARIES COTTON PRODUCTION DOWN 5 PERC ENT Georgia's cotton production is currently Ifo r e c a s t at 370 thousand bales, down 20 thousand bales from the production expected a month ago, but the same production as last year. This forecast is based primarily on the Census Bureau's survey of cotton gins ginnings to December 1, and additional ginnings expected for the remainder of the season. Acreage harvested is expected to total 275 thousand acres, the same as last month's forecast, but 13 percent less than last year's harvested acreage. Yield calculates to 646 pounds of lint per acre, compared with 564 pounds per acre last year. Through December 10, cotton harvest was about 97 percent complete, slightly ahead of the 5-year average. PECAN PRODUCTION PROSPECTS DROP Georgia's pecan production for 1989, i s forecast at 80 million pounds, a drop of 15 million pounds from the October 1 estimate and 30 million pounds less than the 1988 crop. As harvest progressed, it became apparent yield and quality would . not reach earlier expectations . Excessive rain during June and July prevented growers from spraying, and diseases were widespread. These diseases lowered quantity and quality more than most expected. The reduction is all in the improved varieties, at 66 million pounds. Seedling varieties are unchanged from the previous forecast, at 14 million pounds. Through December 10, about 88 percent of the pecan crop had been harvested, compared with 80 percent last year and the 5-year average of 82 percent. _ __ ._ _ ~G E O R G IA ACREAGE J I ELQ ANI) 8.? PROD_UCUQ _N--<--1..?_~?~~D-'p_ECEMBER .J._~ FOREC~S.-,T=-- _ - - - - --- -- Acreaae Yield per p'c:re _P r o ~u c t i o n!.-- _ Crop 1/ Unit Har - For vested Harvest ----------~----....L---=--1=9-T8h8ou1s/ and 1989 1 / Acres -- .l.-?8 8 Indicated Dec . 1, 19 89 I I n d i .cated Dec . I, 19 8 8 .!..:9:~8!..9.:~_ - - Thousands- - Corn, for Gr ain 2 / Soybeans 2/ Peanuts 2/ Bu . Bu. Lbs. 500 550 900 1,150 685 685 62 25 2,630 10 0 27 2,800 31,000 22,500 1,801,550 55,000 31,050 1,918,000 Sorghum, for grain 2/ Bu. 40 50 35 50 1,400 2,500 Cotton 3 / Bales 315 275 56 4 646 3 70 370 Hay, All 2 / Tons 570 600 2.2 2 .9 1 ,254 1 ,740 Pecans Lbs. 110 ,000 80,000 Sweetpotatoes 2/ Wheat 2/ Oats 2/ Rye 2 / Tobacco, Type 14 2 / Apples, All 2/ Cwt. Bu . Bu . Bu . Lbs. Lbs . 4.5 4.8 160 4/ 720 4/ 500 700 43 32 21,500 22,400 45 70 63 59 2,835 4,130 70 70 27 23 1,890 1,610 38 40 2,260 2,200 85,880 88,000 4 8,250 33,000 30,000 Peaches 2/ Lbs. 19 7,370 140,000 125,000 Qrapes 2/ Tons 1.7 1.47 2.5 2.8 1/ Harvested for principal use. 2/ Estimates brought forward from earlier surveys. 3/ Cotton yield in pounds and production in bales . 4/ Yield and production estimates will be released in the Annual Crop Summary. AGRICULTURAL STATISTICIAN AND GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE U.S. PECANS The De c e mber 1 forecas t f o r the pec an c~oP . in the 12 e~t i matin~ s ta t e ~ i s 204 mi Ll i c n pounds, an sheL. ba s i s , 15 percent below the October 1 forecast and 34 percent less than last year's production . The Georgia for e c ast is 80.0 mi ll ion pou nd s , 1 6 pe r ce nt le s s t ha n th e Oc t o b e r 1 forecast and 27 ~ercent be l o w the pr ev io us y e a r ' s pr odu c ~ io n. Harvest wa s about 80 percent complete by the beg i nning of December, several days head of average . Growers compla~ned of dr9Pping quality during the month due to st~nk bugs, earlier dJ.sease infestations and above normal temperatures the first half of the mont h co mbined wi t h showers the l a s t ha l f of the mo nt h . Shell ers are re~o r t ing many empty and light weight nu .. s. Alabama's fo recast of 16.0 million pounds is 60 percent above the low 1988 cro~. 2uality ~s reported poor. Louisiana s ~orecast is 13.0 mlllion pounds, 41 percent below the 1988 production. Several factors including l a t e spring freezes, excessive rain , drought stress and fungus contr ibuted to a smaller p~od~ct~on.for this . y e a r ' s crop . The M1SS1SS1PPl crop ~s placed at 7.50 million pounds, 25 percent below last year. New Mexico pecans are forecast at 27.0 million pounds, 4 percent above last season . Harvest is ~n full swing in New Mexico, with excellent harvest conditions prevailing statewide. Many orchards have fin ished harvest early. Quality ha s been reported to be very good . Oklahoma's crop is forecast at 5.00 million pounds, an 89 percent decrease from last year's large crop . Quality is poor. Texas is forecast ing 45 .0 m~llion ~ounds, down 25 percent from 1988 produc~ion. Harvest was over half complete by December 1. The crop varied widely across the State. A co mb~nation of a la te freeze in the spring, and hot, dry weather during the summer affected the crop in many areas. U.S. COTTON The December 1 forecast of all cotton production is 12.1 million bales , down 22 percent from l a s t year's production, and virtuall y u nchanged from the November 1 forecast. Of the tot al, upland i s e x~ e ct ed t o ac co unt for 11.4 mi ll i o n ba~ es wh i l e P ima product ion wi l l b e a r ecord high 654 t h o u s a nd b al e s. Tot al area for harvest is es timat ed at 9 .53 mil lion a cres, down 20 percent fro m 198 8 . Yie ld is expected to average 608 pounds per , a cre ~ 11 p o un d s below l a st ye a r b ut up ~ pound from November 1. Upl a nd ' c o t t o n prod uc t i o n in Texas and Ok la ho ma is f o r e cas t a t 2 . 9 9 mi llion bales, 46 percent below 1988 and 4 percent le s s than Novemb er 1 . In bo th states, a l ate Octobe r fr eez e c aused more damage to the crop than earlier expected. Cotton harvest made good progress in t he Plains and cou ld be complet ed ahead of normal du e to favorabl e weather . By December 3 , harvest wa s 8 9 percent complet e in Texas, compar ed w~ th 7 5 percent l a st year, and the average o f 60 percent . The De lta States iAR,LA,MS , MO,TN) e xpec t to produc e 4.02 mi lion ba.es, do wn 15 percent from last year but up 5 percent from November 1 . Good harvest weather allowed producers to continue field work . Yields are higher than earlier antic ipated. As of December 3, the harvest in Arkansas was 99 percent complete , Mississippi wa s 9 8 percent complete and Louisiana had completed the harvest in November. Production in the Western States (AZ,CA,NM) is expected to total 3.34 mi llion bales, down 12 percent from 1988. The yields in this region are expected to average 1,190 pounds per acre, 152 pounds above the 1988 yield. The Ari zona and California crops remain in good to excellent condit~on. Cotton harvest in central California neared completion. Quality was reported to be excellent i n the southern areas. The forecast in the Southeastern States (AL,GA ,NC,SC) puts production at 1.05 million bales , 3 percent above the 1988 production. Yields in this region are expected to average 600 pounds per acre, up from the 514 pounds realized last year. Favorable weather with low humidity late in the season, allowed the top bolls to mature. Harvest continued almost uninterrupted , and more than one trip through fields was possible. State 1987 DECEMBER 1 PECAN PRODUCTION FORECAST I l!1P.r oved_.!..L I~~ Ind. 1989 1987 ] seed~ Ind. [ 1988 1989 1987 - - - Thousand Pounds Total I 1988 I nd . ~ ~..?_9_ _ Ala . Ark . Calif . 2 / FGala. . La . Miss. N. Mex. N.C. 3 / Okla. S .C. Tex . 13 ,750 800 3,100 100,000 2,500 8,000 25 ,000 1 ,200 1,000 2 ,300 22,000 6 ,000 1 ,900 2 ,000 3,400 95 ,000 4,500 6 ,500 26,000 3,500 2 ,500 4 ,000 30,000 12 ,800 300 1,700 2,500 66,000 2,000 6 ,000 27,000 1 ,100 500 700 25,000 11 ,250 500 2,400 15 ,000 16,500 4,000 800 11 ,000 1,100 20 ,000 4 ,000 1,100 2,600 15 ,000 17,500 3,500 2,000 44,500 2 ,500 30,000 3,200 500 2,000 14 ,000 11,000 1 ,500 900 4,500 300 20,000 25,000 1, 30 0 5,500 115,000 19,000 12 ,000 25,000 2 ,000 12 ,000 3,400 42 ,000 10, 000 3 ,000 2 ,000 6 ,000 110,000 22,000 10 ,000 26 ,000 5 ,500 47 ,000 6 ,5 00 60,000 16 ,000 800 1 ,700 4,500 80 ,000 13,000 7,500 27,000 2,000 5 ,000 1,000 45,000 U.S II B. ua4a/:ec : - 1-:7;-9r {,;:6.:: 5: 0,;~ ::;-- o1J8.' 5 t 300 o pwo r 145 ked ,600 var t e t 82,550 ae s . 21 E1s2t2 ~,7m0a0tes 57,900 262 ,200 30 8 , 0 0 0 began wlth the 1988 crop. 203 ,500 3 / Esti m a ~ ~ ~ Z J ~ ~ u r r e n t yea r carried f o r ward f r om e arlier for eca s t . 4/ California incl uded in 1988 and ~ 9 8 9 . 2 GEORGIA PRICES RECEIVED The Georgia Prices Received All Commodity Index for November was 134 percent of the 1977 average , unchanged from the previous month, but 5 points (3 .9 percent) higher than a year ago. Lower prices for peanuts, hogs, calves, cows and chickens were offset by higher prices for wheat, corn, soybeans , steers and heifers , milk and eggs. Broiler price was unchanged. U.S. PRICES RECEIVED INDEX UP 2 POINTS The November All Farm Products Index of Prices Received increased 2 points (1 .4 percent) from October to 147 percent of its January-December 1977 average. Increases in the prices of strawberries, milk, eggs, and celery were partially offset by lower prices for hogs , grapefruit, apples, and lemons. The index was 3 points (2.1 percent) above a year ago. Prices for milk, hogs, cattle, and eggs were the major contributors to the increase over a year earlier, but lower prices for soybeans, corn, and broilers were partially offsetting. Commodity FIELD CROPS Winter vlheat S/Bu . 3 .38 3.39 3 .85 3 .85 3.89 Oats S /B u. 2 .41 1 .47 1.39 Corn $/Bu. 3.04 2.54 2.59 2.51 2.22 2 .25 Cotton Ct. /Lb . 54 .9 64.8 1/66.2 57.5 66.0 1/66.3 Cottonseed 2/ S/Ton 133.00 99.00 112.00 124.00 94.00 1 11 .00 Tobac co Ct . /Lb. 161 .0 161 .8 169.5 3 /166 .5 Soybeans S/Bu . 7.34 5 .61 5.65 7.43 5.55 5.62 Peanuts Ct . /Lb. 21.4 25.7 1/22.7 25 .6 26 .7 1/25 .5 All Hay, baled 2/ $/Ton 87.60 85 .70 83.60 LIVESTOCK & PRODUCTS Hogs S/Cwt. 36 .00 46.20 43.90 36.20 46.30 44.30 Sows S/Cwt . 26 .70 37.00 32.80 27 .00 39 .20 35.60 Barrows & Gilts $ /Cwt. 36.50 46.70 44.50 37.00 47.30 45 .00 Beef Cattle 4/ $ /Cwt. 53.80 57.40 57.60 66 .70 68.70 69.40 Cows 5 / $ /Cwt. 44.50 47.70 47 .20 44.60 47.20 45.80 Steers & Heifers S/Cwt. 67 .30 71 .10 72.00 73 .10 73.50 74.80 Calves $/Cwt . 79.70 77.80 76.60 87.80 88. 10 87.30 All Milk $ /Cwt. 15.10 15.90 3/16.60 13.40 14.70 3/15.20 Turkeys 2/ Ct . /Lb. 47.9 38 .5 40.9 Chickens 6/ Ct ./Lb . 21.5 2/20 .5 19.4 Com'l Broilers 7 / Ct. /Lb. 33.0 29.0 3/29.0 34.8 30.6 3 /29.8 Eggs, All Ct ./Doz. 66.4 2/81.8 88 .3 59 .5 2/71 .3 78 .6 Table Ct./Doz. 46 .3 2/62.4 72 .5 51.7 2/64.2 72.8 Hatching Ct./Doz. 120 .0 2/125 .0 125 .0 1/ First half of month. 2 / Mid-month price . 3/ Entire month . 4/ " Co ws " and "steers and heifers" combined with allowance where necessary for slaughter bulls . 5 / Includes da iry cows sold for slaughter. 6/ Excludes broilers. 7 / Liveweight equivalent price for Georgia. 1977=100 INDEX NUMBERS--GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES October November October-~ November 1988 1988 1989 ~'--_-=-=1-9'=8:9'-__ Georgia Prices Received All Commodities 133 129 134* 134 Crops 128 122 128* 124 Lvstk. & Products 139 134 139* 141 !!.nited States Prices Received 143 144 145 147 Prices Paid 173 1/173 178 2/178 R.atio 3/ 83 83 81 83 1/ Oct. 1988 Prices Paid Index. 2/ Oct. 1989 Prices Paid Index. 3/ Ratio of Index of Prices Received to Index of Prices Paid, Interest, Taxes and Farm Wage Rates. * Revised. he Georgia Farm Report (ISSN-0744-7280) Is published semlmonthly by the Georgia Agricuhurai Statlsllcs Service, Stephens Federal Building, Athens , Ga. 30613 ny E. Snipes, State Statist ician. Second class postage paid at Athens , Ga. Subscnptlon fee $10 per y"'" except free to data contributors. Subscription Informatlo vailable from Georgia Agricuhurai Statistics Selllice, Stephens Fed.rat Building , Suhe 320, Athens, Ga. 30613 . Telephone (404)546-2236 . 3 U.S. PEANUT STOCKS Pe anut st ocks in commerc ial sto r a g e on October 31 , 1 98 9, totaled 3 . 17 billion pounds o f e q uivalen t f armer stock . This total includes 2.62 billion pounds of a ctual far mer s t o ck . Shelled pe anuts on hand totaled 513 mil lion p ounds o f e q u i va l e n t fa r mer stock . Roast ing stock to t aled 3 2.7 mi ll ion po u n ds . There wer e 195 mil lion pounds of Commodity Cred it Corporat ion uncommitt ed stocks on hand as of October 31, 1989. Shelled p eanu t stocks on Octobe r 3 1 , 198 9 , tota led 386 mill ion pounds of wh ic h 366 mi ll ion pounds were edibl e grades and 19.9 mill ion pounds were oil stocks . Edible grade stocks by type were : Virginias , 66.9 million pounds ; Runners , 271 mi l li o n pounds; and Spanish, 27.8 million pounds . .. .- -: . ~. ," " .. '.. .. -:.~.; ~;~~.;~?:::~ .'' _;;;:t ~ eHRiSTMAS BHEER Have an old -fashioned Christmas fi lled wi th joy and love . Equi v al ent Total 3 I' 1988 Oct. 2 ,550 ,639 411,470 30.28 8 547 ,255 3 , 128 ,18 2 Nov. 2,699 ,46 6 463,52 1 3 3,8 66 6 16 , 48 3 3 ,349 , 81 5 Dec. 2,568 ,264 521,90 1 40 ,564 694.128 3 ,302.956 1989 Jan. 2,231,319 566,121 50,276 752,941 3 ,034,536 Feb. 1,750,347 658,414 55,282 875,691 2,681,32 0 Mar. 1,265,686 705 ,266 57,362 938,004 2,261,052 Apr. 820,667 718,486 59,273 955 ,586 1,835,52 6 May 429,454 721,069 60.811 959,0 22 1,449,297 June 110 , 777 700,824 60 ,190 932,09 6 1,103,063 July 51 ,248 548 ,600 49,033 729,638 829,919 Aug. 27,568 349,415 33,910 464,722 526,200 Sept. 1,567,027 330,293 18,767 439,290 2,025,084 Oct. 2,622,540 385,933 32,714 513,291 3,168,545 1/ Excludes stocks on farms. Includes stocks owned by or held for account of eee in commercial storages . Farmer stock on net weight basis. 2/ Includes shelled edible grades, shelled oil stock, and shelled seed (untreated ). 3/ Actual farmer stock, plus roast ing stock, plus shelled peanuts X 1 .33. GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE STEPHENS FEDERAL BLDG SUITE 320 ATHENS,GEORGIA 30613 SECOND - CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT ATHENS, GA 30613 'I GEORGIA FARM REPORT ~ GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE Stephens Federal Building December 28, 1989 Vol ume 8 9 - Number 32 HI GHLI GHTS Poult r y Summary Cattle on Feed Milk Production Catfish Livestock Slaughter Cold Storage RECEIVED JAN 0 3 1990 DOCUMENTS UGA LIBRARIES Suite 320 Athens, Georgia 30613 Phone: (404)546 -2236 U.S. EGG PRODUC TION DOWN 3 PERCENT Laying f locks in the United States produced 5.54 billion eggs during November 1989 , down 3 percent from the 5.69 billion produced a year ago. Production included 4 .83 billion table eggs and 706 million hatching eggs. GEORGIA EGG PRODUCTION DOWN 2 PERCENT 20 STATE EGG PRODUCTION DOWN 4 PERCENT Georgia's laying flocks produced 357 million eggs during November 1989, 2 percent less than Nov ember 1988. Production consisted of 246 million table eggs and 111 million hatching eggs . Laying flocks in the 29 states produced 4.61 billion eggs during November 1989, down 4 percent from a year ago. Production included 4.00 bill ion table eggs and 603 million hatching eggs . Hatching Table Total Georgia 6,002 11,997 17,999 Hatching 32,024 Table 198,840 Total 20 States 230,864 Hatching Table Total U.S. 37,162 238,650 275,812 6,109 11,845 17,954 33,435 189,960 223,395 38,860 230,235 269,095 GEORGIA 1,773 1,815 2,142 2,076 2,017 1,988 20 STATES 1,802 1,803 2,114 2,107 2,070 2,061 UNITED STATES 1,806 1,817 2,105 2,099 2,064 2,058 106 257 363 577 4,203 4,780 671 5,023 5,694 111 246 357 603 4,002 4,605 706 4,833 5,539 1988-1989 Item Nov . 2/ 1989 Young Chickens Georg~a 61,033 63,293 104 61,637 603,640 639,634 106 United States 433,998 463,398 107 442,913 4 ,320 ,802 4,578,366 106 Mature Chickens L~ght Type U.S . 10,136 10,222 101 8,925 123,730 112,583 91 Heavy Type U.S . 3,688 3,937 107 3,623 37,685 40,462 107 Total O.S. 13,824 14,159 102 12,548 161,415 153,045 95 Total All Types , Ga . 3 ,158 3,729 118 3,050 35,081 35,869 102 Percent Condemned Young Ch~ckens Georgia 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.6 1U7 nFietedde State rally s ~nspected 1.7 slaughter 1.9 data as cOllec~ea by Meat and 1.8 Poultry 1.8 Inspect~on Program. Current month data estimated by Market News Service. 2/ Preliminary. Item EGGS IN INCUBATORS, DECEMBER I, 1988 -1989 9 UNITED STATES Thousands Chickens Egg Type 25,728 28,570 Broiler Type 403 ,447 428,415 Turkey_s, All Bre=e-=d-=s'-- -=2.5;:,:5.6J_0=~ =2..8L.,.8::7:.4~'__ AGRICULTURAL STATISTICIAN A."lD GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE % of Year Ago 111 106 ___1_1=3~~ _ CATTLE ON FEED IN 7 STATES UP 2 PERCENT FROM LAST YEAR Cat tle a nd c al ves on f e ed Decembe r 1, 19 3 9 , fo r sla ug h t er ma rket i n th e 7 states prepar ing mont h l y esti mates total e d 8.13 mill ion head , up 2 per c ent from a year ago but 3 percent be l ow Dec ember 1 , 1987. Marketings of fed cattle during November to taled 1.50 million , fractionall y below l a s t y ear but 1 percent above two years ago. ',1~DI~.i'~'. , Placements of cattle and calves on fe ed in th e 7 stat es d uri ng Novemb er totaled 1.99 million, up 18 percent from l as t yea r and 22 p e rcent abo ve Nov e mb er 1 98 7. Th i s i s t h e larg est November placeme nt to tal si nc e 19 7 7 , a nd the result of c a t t l e mov ing into f e edlots rat h e r t h a n going onto wheat pastur es . Ne t p lacements o f 1 . 90 million for November is 20 pe rcent a bove l ast y ear and 24 percent abov e 198 7 . Ot he r d isappearance tot aled 91 . 0 thousand head compared to 107 thousand i n November 198 8 and 103 thousand in Novemb er 1987. . . ---. --- -./ CATTLE AND CALVES : NUMBER ON FEED, PLACEMENTS, MARKETINGS , AND OTHER DISAPPEARANCE, ________________7 STATES, NOVEMBE R 1 TO DECEMBER 1 -- -- ~:~-8-- - -- --- 1- -- -------.-----:1-~ 989 -a--s-=% Item 1989 of 1988 1,000 Head On Feed, Nov. 11 / 7,934 7,731 97 Placed on Feed during Nov . 1,680 1,986 118 Fed Cattle Marketed during Nov. 1 ,507 1 ,500 100 Other Disappearance during Nov . 2 / 107 91 85 On Feed Dec. 1 1/ 8,0~0 J0.~ 2 6 1 0~2 _ 1/ Cattle and calves on feed are animals for slaughter market being fed a fu l l ration of grain or o ther concentrates and are expected to produce a carcass that will grade select or better . 2 / Includes death losses, movemen t from feed lots to pastures and shipments to other feedlots for further feeding . NOVEMBER MILK PRODUCTION-21 STATES Milk production in the 21 major states during November totaled 9.69 bi l lion pounds, 1 percent below produc tion in these s ame states in November 1 988 . October revised product ion, at 9. 9 2 b illion pounds, was 2 percent be low October 1988 . Production per cow in the 21 major states averaged 1,138 pounds for November , 2 pounds less than November 1988. Th e number of cows on farms in the 21 major states was 8.51 million head, 76 thousand head less than November 1988 but 21 thousand head more than October 1989. During the Jul y-September period , the 21 major states produced 30.2 billion pounds of mi lk , 8 4 . 9 percent of the U.S. production. If producers in the remaining 29 states not surveyed monthly followed the same pattern as the 21 states , the U.S. production would be 11 .4 billion pounds for November 1989. MILK COWS AND MILK PRODUCTION , NOVEMBER I t em I Uni t i------1-,9-8-8=-=--=-------r----=~~~=----.,------=P:-e--r-c-e--n-:t-- No . Milk Cows on Farms 1 / Thous. Head 8 ,591 99 Milk Production per Cow 2 / Pounds 1 , 179 99 Total Milk Production 2/ Mil. Lbs. 10,125 98 1/ Includes dry cows. Excludes heifers not yet fresh. 2 / Excludes milk sucked by calves. Month Oct. Nov . 26,221 31,670 247,438 286,999 25,037 29,096 272,475 316 095 Imports 26 of Catfish ~ 198 .79 .64 67 4 414 .78 .64 388 to process~ng plant. 2/ Data he Georgia Farm Report (ISSN.Q7447280) Is pub lished semi-monthly by the Geor!! ia Agric ultural Statistics Service, Stephens Federal Build ing , Athens, Gil. 306 13 E. Snipes, State Statistician . Second class postage paid at Athen s, Gil. Subscnp tlon fee $10 per year except fr... to data cont ributors. Subscription informatio Val able from Geo rgia Ag ricultural Statlslic s Service. Stephen s Federal Bultding , Suite 320 , Athen s, Gil. 30613. Telephone (404)546-2236 . ".. COLD STORAGE HIGHLIGHTS -NOVEMBER 30, 1989 Frozen stocks in refrigerated warehouses on November 30, were greater than year earlier levels for butter, vegetables, chickens , and j uice c oncentrates . The only cooler item with stocks above the previous year was fresh vegetables . Total red meats in freezers increased 2 percent from October 31 but were 22 percent less than those on November 30, 1988. Frozen pork stocks rose 2 percent du ring the month but were 22 percent be low the previous year . St ocks of pork bellies we r e up 72 percent from last month but were 26 percent below 1988. Total fr ozen poultry decreased 38 percent f r om Oct ober 31 and was 5 percent below last year. Total stoc ks of chicken adva nc ed 11 perce n t d u r i n g the mon t h a nd we r e 11 p erc e nt ab ove 1988 . Total pou nds of turke ys in fre e zer s we r e d own 55 perc e n t from las t mon th and down 15 percent from last year. COLD STORAGE STOCKS UNITED STATES Nov. 30, Oct. 31 , Commodit 1988 1989 1 ,000 Pounds Butter 226,176 370,425 Cheese, Natural 366,695 327,220 Eg gs , Fr ozen 17,934 14,906 Fruits, Frozen 1,003,333 943,189 Fruit Juices, Frozen 991,096 1,140,504 Meats , Red 701,486 541,094 Beef, Frozen 300,407 224 ,029 Pork, Frozen 361,305 275,469 Poultry, Frozen 509,700 776,183 Turkeys, Frozen 303,530 571,805 Vegetabl es, Fr ozen 1 , 836,251 2,1 55 ,318 Potatoes, Frozen 1,044,422 878 , 746 Peanuts, Shelled 262,403 185,980 Peanuts, In Shell 15,941 20,336 Pecans, Shelled 16,961 23,185 Pecans, In Shell 26,393 13,262 NOVEMBER 30 Nov. 3 0 , 1989 291,824 315 ,506 13,32 7 904 ,350 1,100 ,810 549,611 232 ,664 280 ,905 484,498 259 , 333 2, 065 ,762 937,524 206,274 38 ,050 18,259 22,369 :.J UNIVERSITY OF GEOR GIA LIBRAR IES ~l 1111111!1111!11 l lill l :I I !l l l l l llll!ill l ill l 3 210 8 05357 0217 1989 Percent of Nov. 1988 Oct. 1989 Percent 129 79 86 96 74 89 90 96 111 97 78 102 77 104 78 102 95 62 85 45 112 96 90 107 79 111 239 187 108 79 85 169 ~GEORGIA AGRI CULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE STEPHENS FEDERAL BLDG SUITE 320 ;' ATHENS,GEORGIA 30613 ,~ ~ 2 r=-'J 1 1 :: ~ 4 v '-t j ) J :'\; j '." J;:: :; := .:.; SECOND- CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT ATHENS, GA 30613