GEORGIA GEORGIA FARM REPORT AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS RECEIVED SERVICE Stephens Federal Building January 5, 1990 Volume 90- No. 1 HIGHLIGHTS December 1 Pig Crop JAN 0 8 1990 DOCUMENTS UGA liBRARIES Suite 320 Athens, Georgia 30613 Phone: (404)546-2236 10 QUARTERLY STATES DOWN 2 PERCENT Agricultural Prices GEORGIA HOG INVENTORY DOWN 1 PERCENT Inventory of all hogs and pigs on G~orgia farms on Decemb er 1, 1989 , ~s est~ma ted at 1 ,200,000 head , 1 percent less than a year earlier. Hogs kept for breeding totaled 170,000 head, 3 percent more than December 1, 1988. Market inventory , a t 1,030,000, is 1 percent less than the previous year. The September-November 1989 pig crop is estimated at 474,000, 3 percent more than a year ago. Sows farrowing during this per~od totaled 60,000 head, 5 percent less than the previous year. Pigs sa~ed per litter averaged 7.90, compared w~th 7.30 for the same peri od a year earlier. Georgia producers intend to have 65,000 sows farrow during December 1989-February 1990 , 5 percent more than the 62,000 farrowed during December 1988-February 1989. Producers are expecting 68,000 sows to farrow during March-May 1990, 3 percent less than a year earlier. The 10 quarterly states, with 42.2 million head on December 1, 1989, are down 2 percent from a year earlier and down 1 percent from December 1, 1987. These 10 states account for approximately 78 percent of the total U.S. hog and pig inventory. In the 10 quarterly "states, the June-August 1989 pig crop totaled 18.2 million head, 1 percent above the same quarter in 1988. For the September-November period, the pig crop of 16.9 million head was 4 percent below the same period last year. Intentions in the 10 quarterly states totaled 2.08 million sows to farrow during December 1989-February 1990 . This is down 1 percent from actual farrowings during the same period a year earlier. The March-May 1990 intentions, at 2.43 million sowsA are 6 percent below the March- May 19~9 quarter. U.S . INVENTORY DOWN 3 PERCENT U.S. inventory of all hogs and pigs is estimated at 53.9 million head on December 1 , 1989. This is 3 percent below a year ago and 1 percent below December 1, 1987. Breeding hog invento r y, at 6.87 million, ia 3 percent below last year and 3 percent below two years ago . Market hog inventory, at 47.0 million, is 3 percent below a year ago and 1 percent below two years ago. The U.S. pig crop for 1989 totaled 91.9 million head, 1 percent below 1988 and 4 percent above t he 1987 pig crop. December 1988-May 1989 plg crop, estimated at ,7.0 mill i on head, was slightly down from a year earlier and 8 percent above the comparable period in 1987. J une-November 1989 pig crop, estimatea at 44.9 million heaa , was 2 percent below last year, and slightly below the June-November 1987 pig crop. A total of 5.78 million sows farro wed dur~ng June-November 1989, 4 percent less than a year earlier and 1 percent below the June-November 1987 perioa. The litter size during this period averaged a record high 7.76 . U.S. hog producers intend to have 5.77 million sows farrow during the December 1989-May 1990 period, 4 percent below the actual farrowings a year earlier. HOGS AND PIGS: INVENTORY NUMBER, DECEMBER 1, SOWS FARROWING AND PIG CROP UNITED STATES 1988-1989 Item 1988 1 , 000 Rea Dec. 1 Inven to r y Sows Farrowing All Hogs & Pigs 55, 469 53, 852 97 June Aug . 3,072 2,991 97 Kept for Breeding 7, 054 6,86 8 97 .. Sept. - Nov. 2,964 2,786 94 Market 48,41 5 46, 983 97 June - Nov. 6,036 5, 777 96 Market Ho~ s & Pigs by On Wel~ der o h Groups Pounds 13, 0 11 17,195 95 60- 119 Pounds 12 , 39 4 12, 185 98 120- 179 Pounds 10,0 2 5 9 ,680 97 180 Pounds & Over 7, 984 7 ,923 99 Sows Farrowing Dec. 1/ Feb. 2,723 2,71C 100 March-May 3,307 3,304 100 Dec. 1 '-May 6,030 6,014 100 1/ December precedlng year . Pig Crol? Dec. 1, Feb. March- May Dec. 1 /- May June-Aug. Sept. - Nov. June-Nov. Year 21,061 21,068 100 25,822 25,964 101 46,833 47,032 100 23,414 23 , 303 100 22,586 21,549 95 46,000 44,852 98 92,883 91,884 99 AGRICULTURAL STATISTICIAN AND GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Item HOGS AND PIGS: INVENTORY, sows FARROWING, AND PIG CROP, GEORGIA, 1984 - 1989 I I I I I I I 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 I 1989 as % of I 1989 1986 I 1987 I 1988 1,000 Head - - - - - MARCH 1 INVENTORY All Hogs &: Pigs 1,250 1,150 1,100 1,150 1,150 1,175 107 102 102 Kept for Breeding 180 160 145 165 165 160 110 97 ')7 Market 1,070 990 955 985 985 1,015 106 103 103 Market Hogs &: Pigs by Weight Grouf2s Under 60 Pounds 433 401 385 405 405 405 105 100 100 60-119 Pounds 289 271 260 265 270 270 104 102 100 120-179 Pounds 221 204 195 205 200 215 110 105 108 180 Pounds &: Over 127 114 115 110 110 125 109 114 114 JUNE 1 INVENTORY All Hogs &: Pigs Kept for Breeding Market Market Hogs &: Pigs by Weight GroUf2S Under 60 Pounds 60 - 119 Pounds 120-179 Pounds 180 Pounds &: Over 1,320 200 1. 120 . 1,200 165 1,035 493 450 302 285 202 190 123 110 1,075 150 925 385 265 170 105 1,125 165 960 400 265 185 110 1,175 170 1,005 430 265 195 115 1,200 112 107 102 185 123 112 109 1,015 110 106 101 440 114 110 102 270 102 102 102 195 115 105 100 110 105 100 96 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 1,250 180 1,070 471 288 193 118 1,200 165 1,035 450 280 190 115 1,075 155 920 410 240 170 100 1,175 165 1,010 445 255 195 115 1,250 175 1,075 470 285 195 125 1,250 116 106 100 170 110 103 97 1,080 117 107 100 470 115 106 100 290 121 114 102 195 115 100 100 125 125 109 100 DECEMBER 1 INVENTORY All Hogs &: Pigs Kept for Breeding Market Market Hogs &: Pigs by Weight Grouf2s Under 60 Pounds 60 - 119 Pounds 120- 179 Pounds 180 Pounds &: Over 1,200 175 1,025 440 280 190 115 1,150 160 990 425 265 190 110 1 , 100 160 940 410 255 170 105 1,175 160 1,015 420 270 200 125 1,210 165 1 , 045 420 280 205 140 1,200 109 102 99 170 106 106 103 1,030 110 101 99 420 102 100 100 280 110 104 100 200 118 100 98 130 124 104 93 SOWS FARROWING December 1/-February 66 60 55 59 60 62 113 105 103 March- May 11 : ?o 57 62 68 10 123 113 97 December 1/ - May June-August 143 130 112 121 128 132 118 109 103 72 . 66 60 62 69 64 107 103 93 September- November 68 64 58 60 63 60 103 100 95 June-November 140 130 118 122 131 124 105 10 2 95 PIG CROP December 1/-February 462 432 410 431 456 471 115 109 103 March-May 554 518 433 465 510 539 124 116 106 December 1/-May 1,016 950 843 896 966 1,010 120 113 105 June-August 511 .82 444 471 518 506 114 107 98 September- November 483 467 444 462 460 474 107 103 103 J u ne - November 994 949 888 933 978 980 110 105 100 OEORO.JA_ FARR WINO INTENTIONS Dec e mber 1/ - February Marc h - May Dec embe r 1L - May 1/ December preceding year. CTI23DI 65 68 133 1990 as % of 1987 110 198e I 108 1?~ 105 - 110 100 97 110 104__ _1 00_ _ 2 --~H~O~G~S~A~N~D~P~I~G~S~:~~~~~~~~r-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~U~ AR. TERLY STATES 1/, 1984 - 198~ 1989 as % of ~I~t~em~----------------~~~~--~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--~~~~~~1~986 T--198711988 MARCH 1 INVENTORY All Hogs & Pigs Kept tor Breeding Market Market Hogs & Pigs by Weight Groups Under 60 Pounds 60-119 Pounds 120- 179 Pounds 180 Pounds & Over 40,070 5,446 34,624 12 , 437 8,561 7,769 5,857 39,680 5,220 34,460 12 , 701 8,427 7,580 5,752 38,255 4,948 33,307 12,370 8,057 7,284 5,596 38,520 5,250 33,270 12,666 7,984 7,152 5,468 41,470 5,555 35,915 13,930 8,580 7,420 5,985 41,655 5, 440 36,215 13,865 8,678 7,550 6,122 109 108 100 110 104 98 109 109 101 112 109 100 108 109 101 104 106 102 109 112 102 JUNE 1 INVENTORY All Hogs & Pigs Kept tor Breeding Market Market Hogs & Pigs by Weight Groups Under 60 Pounds 60 - 119 Pounds 120- 179 Pounds 180 Pounds & Over SEPTEMBER 1 INVENTORY All Hogs & Pigs Kept tor Breeding Market Market Hogs & Pigs by Weight Groups Under 60 Pounds 60 - 119 Pounds 120- 179 Pounds 180 Pounds & Over 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 SOWS FARROWING December 2/ - February March - May December 2/ - May June-August September- November June - November PIG CROP December 2/ - February March - May Decemb r 2/ - May June - August September- November June - Novembe r &1,915 5,771 36,144 15,437 9,187 6,361 5 , 159 43,180 5,550 37,630 14.957 9,209 7,835 5,629 42,420 5 , 360 37,060 14,229 9,497 7,603 5,731 1,964 2,481 4,445 2 , 259 2 , 316 4,575 14,288 18,814 33,102 17, 158 17,420 34,578 41,650 5,39 7 36,2 53 15,168 91 100 6,545 5,440 41,820 5,377 36,443 14,630 8,820 7,406 5,587 41,100 5,253 35,847 13,646 9,240 7,367 5,594 1,955 2,420 4,375 2 , 191 2,266 4,4 57 14 .690 18 , 762 33, 45 2 16 ,9 41 17, 26 2 34 , 20 3 38,075 4,885 33,190 40,955 5,340 35,615 13,845 8,330 6,200 4,815 15,430 8,760 6,440 4,985 39,635 4,905 34,730 43,150 5,310 37,840 14,025 8,380 6,970 5,355 14,885 9,320 7,800 5 , 835 39,730 5,125 34,605 42,675 5,435 37,240 13,120 8,825 7,135 5,525 14,020 9,410 7,555 6,255 1,866 2,172 4,038 2,087 2,115 4,202 1,934 2,374 4 , 308 2,284 2 , 261 4,545 14.271 16,, 9 64 31, 241 16 " 64 16 . 460 32. 724 14.985 18,782 33 , 767 17,692 17,496 35. 188 44,065 5,630 38,435 16,428 9,510 6,995 5,502 45,000 5,460 39,540 15,095 9,885 8,270 6,290 43 , 210 5,335 37,875 13,955 9,747 7,898 6,275 2,12 3 2,588 4,711 2,358 2,301 4,659 16,496 20,252 36,748 18,000 17 , 520 35,520 44,020 5,565 38,455 16,310 9,595 6,990 5,560 45,200 5,335 39,865 15,085 9,885 8,465 6 , 430 42,200 5,280 36,920 13,445 9,602 7,609 6 , 264 2,109 2,580 4,689 2,324 2,190 4. 514 16,441 20,309 36,750 18,167 16,890 I 35,057 116 107 100 114 104 99 116 108 100 118 106 99 115 110 101 113 109 100 115 112 101 114 105 100 109 100 98 115 105 101 108 101 100 118 1-06 100 121 109 102 120 110 102 106 99 98 103 97 99 107 99 97 102 96 96 109 102 99 107 101 96 113 100 100 113 109 99 119 109 . 100 116 109 100 111 102 99 104 97 95 107 99 97 115 110 100 120 108 100 118 109 100 112 103 101 103 97 96 107 100 99 1990 as _% _o_f_ - Decembe March- May December 2/-Ma~---------------------1/ Ga., Ill., Ind ., Iowa, Ka n s . , Minn. , Mo., ebr., N.C., Ohio. 3 GEORGIA PRICES RECEIVED The Georgia Prices Received All Commodity Index for December was 134 percent of the 1977 average, 1 point (.8 percent) the previous mon~h and 9 ~oints ab1o1v.2e percent) above a year ago. H~gher pr ces for corn, barrows and gilts, beef cattle, calves, milk and eggs were partially offset by lower pr~ces for cotton, cottonseed, soybeans, sows, other chickens, and broilers. U.S. PRICES RECEIVED INDEX UP 1 POINT The December All Farm Products Index of Prices Received increased 1 point (0.7 percent) from November to 148 percent of its January-December 1977 average. Increases in the prices of hogs, cattle, milk, and eggs were partially offset by lower prices for lettuce, oranges, cotton, and broilers. The index was 3 points (2.1 percent} above a year ago. Higher prices for m~lk, hogs, cattle, and eggs were also the major contributors to the increases over a year earlier, but lower prices for soybeans, lettuce, corn, and broilers were partially offsetting. The December 1989 all milk ~rice is at a record high. The all hog pr~ce is at the highest level since October of 1987. ..... Wheat 2/ r~ce per Unit ~//BBuu.. $/Bu. Ct./Lb. $/Ton Ct./Lb. $/Bu. Ct./Lb. $/Ton 3.14 53.5 132 . 00 7 . 47 16.6 rC/Cwwtt.. /Cwt. /Cwt. r c/ Cwwtt.. /Cwt. $/Cwt. Ct. /Lb. Ct./Lb. 7/ Ct./Lb. Ct./Doz. Ct./Doz. 39.40 26.50 40.10 56.10 44.80 71.30 80.50 15.20 12.9 33.5 66.3 46.4 2.62 64.7 112.00 5.57 21.6 44.40 35.50 44.80 55.10 47.50 68.60 77.90 16.50 2/19.4 29.0 2/88.3 2/72.5 2.71 1/64.1 100.00 5.54 48 . 30 34.90 49.00 59.00 51.00 71.10 78.20 3/17.30 14.8 3/27.0 91.1 17.2 3.94 2 . 47 2.53 55.3 122.00 162.3 7.53 24.6 89.60 39.70 28.20 40.70 67.20 45.70 73.10 88.60 13.50 38.3 35.5 59.7 52.4 3.84 1. 48 2.24 65.8 111.00 166.5 5.64 26.7 83.60 45.00 36.80 45 . 70 69.80 46.80 75.80 86.70 15.50 40.9 29.8 2/78.6 2/72.8 3.93 1.46 2.26 1/62.7 125.00 3/167.0 5.63 1/28.7 84.20 48.90 37.90 49.80 71.00 48.70 76.70 86.90 3/15.90 39.6 3/28.6 82.8 77.6 cows INDEX NUMBERS - - GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES 1977=100 Georg1a Nov. 1 Dec. 1 Nov. 1 Dec. I 1988 1988 1989 1989 Pr~ces Received All Commodities 129 125 133* 134 Crops 122 110 122* 123 Lvstk . & Products 134 136 141 142 Uni t ed States Pr1ces Rece1ved 144 145 147 148 Prices Paid Ratio 3/ 1/173 83 1/173 84 2/178 83 2/178 83 1/ Oct. 1988 Pr1ces Pa1d lnaex. 2/ Oct. 1989 Prices Paid Index. 3/ Ratio of Index of Prices Received to Index of Prices Taxes and Farm Wage Rates. P* aRide,visIendt.erest, ha Georg ia Farm Report (ISSN-07H -72BO) Is publiaha 1 ml-monthly by lha Georgia ~r l cultural Statistics S.rvice tephane F.daral Building , Alhane, Ga. 306t3, Larry E. Snipes tala Statistician. Second elLS$ postage paid at Alhens, Ga. bactlpdot~ IN $10 pected to be EmProve 15Q Days j149Da or More or les Thous. Thous. Hours Thous. Hours Thous. Hours -Thousands- Southeast 136 81 23.1 12 32.9 43 37.3 37 Florida 85 19 30.9 6 34.6 60 35.1 50 I Appalachian I 108 71 25.4 13 30.1 24 39.3 20 Appalachian II 197 142 22,0 16 28.7 39 31 .6 24 I! Delta 114 71 22.0 11 31 .8 32 35.7 28 Northeast I 97 42 39.7 14 39.3 41 40.4 35 Northeast II 106 54 38.7 21 34.3 31 43.1 24 Lake 275 165 41.8 59 35.8 51 35.8 46 Oornbelt 1 222 156 29.5 32 30.1 34 32.8 28 Cornbelt 11 187 142 36.1 Northern Plains 191 134 34.4 24 31 .6 28 33.9 21 32.5 17 29 41 .4 23 0 Southern Plains 250 170 27.1 32 27.2 48 40.4 39 ' Mountain I 59 35 32.3 9 29.3 15 42.6 13 Mountainll 41 19 38.7 5 33.1 17 38.6 14 Mountain Ill 49 11 33.7 24 29.3 14 46.4 12 L Pacific 108 65 21.4 7 29.4 36 37.8 28 1 California Hawaii u s 205 51 28.7 12 2 33.5 2 442 1.430 30.6 8 36.7 1 31 .0 322 32.3 146 39.3 107 3 9 37.8 8 t 690 37,9 553 1:t 1/ Excludes agricultural service workers. 2/ Regions consist of the following: Northeast 1: CT, ME, MA, NH, NY, AI, VT. Northeast II: DE, MD, NJ, PA. Appalachian 1: NC, ,VA. Appala'*'\j II : KY, TN , WV. Southeast: AL, GA, SC. Lake: Ml, MN, WI. Corn belt 1: IL, IN, OH. Cornbelt II: lA, MO. Delta: AR, LA, MS. Northern Platns: KS, NE, NO, SO. Southern Pla~ns: OK, TX. Mountain 1: 10, MT, WY. Mountain II: CO, NV, UT. Mountain Ill : AZ, NM. Pacific: OR, WA. 3/lnsullicient datL J The Georgia Farm Report (ISSN.07447280) is published semlmonthty by tM Georgia Agricuhural Statistics Service, SlepMns Federal Building, Athens, GL 30613, ~E. Snipes, Stat 1 .... i ~a,:;~~cl;7~ ~~sn~~:!~~~~~~ ~~i~! ~~n:ih~s ~~= ";' 'r:r!1~J:~.~~~ to data contributcm. Subscription Information available from Georgia Ag uhural Statist' 2 CATILE ON FEED IN 7 STATES UP 7 PERCENT Cattle and calves on feed February 1, 1990, for slaughter market In the 7 states preparing monthly estimates totaled 8.53 million head , up 7 percent from a year ago and 4 percent above February 1, 1988. This is the largest February on feed total since 1979. Marketings of fed cattle during January totaled 1.63 million, down 3 percent from last year and 7 percent below two years ago. Placements of cattle and calves on feed in the 7 states during January totaled 1.90 million, up 11 percent from last year and 14 percent above January 1988. This Is the second largest placement total In January for the 7 states. Net placements of 1.78 million for January is 11 percent above last year and 14 percent above 1988. Other disappearance totaled 114 thousand head compared to 104 thousand in January 1989 and 106 thousand In January 1988. CATTLE AND CALVES-NUMBER ON FEED, PLACEMENTS, MARKETINGS, AND OTHER DISAPPEARANCE, 7 STATES, JANUARY 1 TO FEBRUARY 1 Item . 1989 Number 1990 1990as% of 1989 - 1 ,000 Head- Percent On Feed Jan. 1 1/ 8,045 8,378 104 Placed on Feed During Jan. 1,706 1,896 111 Fed Cattle Marketed During Jan. 1,6 n 1,634 97 1 Other Disappearance During Jan. 2/ 104 114 110 On Feed Feb. 1 1/ 7,970 8,526 107 1/ Canle and calves on feed are animals for slaughter market being fed a full rati on of grain or other concentrates and axpacted to produce a carcass thai will grade 1alact or batter. 21 Includes death losses, movement from feedlots to pastures and shipments to other feedlot for further r..dlng. U.S. FARM-RAISED CATFISH-1989-1990, QUANTITY PROCESSED AND PRICES PAID TO PRODUCERS, REPORTED BY MAJOR PROCESSORS AND U.S. IMPORTS Month Round Weight Processed Monthly Cumulative 1989 1990 1989 1990 Average Price Paid to Producers 1/ 1989 1990 Imports of Catfish 2/ 1988 1989 --Thousand Pounds- Jan. 26,948 33,066 26,948 33,066 Feb. 28,559 55,507 Mar. 29,458 84 ,965 Apr. 27,310 112,275 May 28,892 141 ,167 June 27 ,598 168,765 July 27,827 196,592 Aug . 28,371 224,963 Sept. 30,366 255,329 Oct. 31 ,670 286,999 Nov. 29,096 316,095 Dec. 25,805 341 ,900 1/ Prices paid lo prod ucers for fish delivered to proces sing plant. 2/ Data furnished by U.S. Bureau of Census. Dols. per Pound .78 .73 .78 .n .76 .76 .75 .71 .68 .65 .64 .64 .68 Thous. Pounds 451 588 508 117 5n 795 217 417 1,015 952 26 584 724 689 414 422 669 756 674 414 388 66 182 1,024 JANUARY MILK PRODUCTION {21 STATES) Milk production in the 21 major states during January totaled 10.4 billion pounds, virtually unchanged from the production In these same states in January 1989. December revised production, at 1o.o billion pounds, was 2 percent below December 1988.Production per cow in the 21 major states averaged 1,222 pounds for January, 5 pounds above January 1989. The number of cows on farms in the 21 major states was 8.54 million head, 54 thousand head below January 1989 and 9 thousand head below December 1989. During the October-December 1989 period the 21 major states produced 84.7 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 12.3 billion pounds for January 1990. MILK COWS AND MILK PRODUCTION-JANUARY 1989-1990 21 States Item I Unit 1989 1990 No. Milk Cows on Farms 1/ Thous. Head Milk Production per Cow 2/ Pounds Total Milk Production 2/ Mil. Lbs. 1/ lncludes dry cows. E cludes heifers not yet fresh. 2/ Ecludes milk sucked by calves. 8,589 1,217 10,453 8,535 1,222 10,431 3 Percent 99 100 100 REFRIGERATED WAREHOUSES IN GEORGIA On October 1, 1989, there were 66 refrigerated warehouses in Georgia. Gross storage capacity amounted to 82,376,000 cubic feet, 13 percent above October 1, 1987 and 34 percent above 1985. Georgia ranked eleventh among all states in gross warehouse capacity, down one state from 1987. REFRIGERATED WAREHOUSES IN THE U.S. Refrigerated storage capacity in the United States totaled 2.57 billion gross cubic feet on October 1, 1989, an increase of 4 percent since October 1, 1987. This was the 35th biennial survey of refrigerated warehouses. The five states with the largest gross warehouse capacity were: Washington with 468 million cubic feet; California, 290 million cubic feet ; Florida, 144 million cubic feet; Oregon, 132 million cubic feet; and New York with 124 million cubi feet. Usable refrigerated space was 1.96 billion cubic feet, or 7 percent of the gross space. Usable freezer space was 58 percent of the usable refrigerated space and the remaining 43 percent was primarily used as cooler space. Convertible refrigerated space was classified by Its primary use. NUMBER OF REFRIGERATED WAREHOUSES AND REFRIGERATED SPACE GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES, OCTOBER 1, 1989 Item Public 1/ Total Public 1/ Total* Refrigerated Warehouses 3/ - - N u m b e r-- 25 41 66 762 2,379 3,141 --1,000 Cu. Feet-- Gross Refrigerated Space 66,022 16,354 82,376 1,413,846 1,157,552 2 ,571,397 Usable Refrigerated Space 51,009 12,942 63,951 1,067,853 894,897 1,962,75) Gross Cooler Space 4/ 23,030 6,708 29,738 282,850 782,261 1,065,112 Usable Cooler Space 4/ 18,215 5 ,447 23,662 2 1 3,9 n 614,593 828,571 Gross Freezer Space 5I 42,992 9,646 52,638 1,130,995 375,290 1,506,286 Usable Freezer Space 5/ 32,795 7 ,494 40,289 853,876 280,304 1,134,171 Totals may not add due to rounding. t/ Public General Storage: Refrigerated facitHies maintained for storing food for others at apec:Wied rates per unit. 21 Private and Semiprivate General Storages: Refrigerated faeltHies maintained by an operator to facltHate his principal function as a producer, processor, or manufacturer o1 food products. The space Is used primarily for the storage of the owner's products although In some Instances It mey be used by others at specified rates par unit stored. Working space, chill rooms, .,d curing rooms ill meat storages are not Included In the storage statistics. 3/ Refrigerated Warehouse: Facilities artWiclalty cooled to !50 degr- F. or lower, where food Is normally stored for 30 days or more. This does not Include warehouses operated by wholesale distributors, grocery chains, or other buslne.... that store food products less than 30 days. Locker plants and refrigerated space operated by the Armed Services are excluded. 4/ Cooler Space: Space that maintains temperatures be-n 0 degr- and !50 degrees F. 5/ Freezer Spaoe: Space that maintains temperatures at o degrees F. and lower. Gross Space: Total area under refrigeration, meuured from walt to walt .,d from floor to ceiling. Usable Space: Space uaabla" storing eommodltles, excluding aisles, posts, colts, and usual clearance for air movement. GEORGIA GRICULTURAL TATISTICS ERVICE Stephens Federal Building Suite 320 Athens, Georgia 30613 Phone: (404)546-2236 SECOND-CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT ATHENS, GA. 30613 GEORGIA FARM REPORT -~EORGIA GRICULTURAL TATISTICS ERVICE March 2, 1990 Volume 90-Number 5 RECEIVED MAR 6 1990 DOCUMENTS UGA liBRARIES Stephens Federal Building Suite 320 Athens, Georgia 30613 Phone: (404)546-2236 GEORGIA EGG PRODUCTION UP 1 PERCENT HIGHLIGHTS Monthly Poultry Livestock Slaughter Prices Received Cold Storage Peanut Stocks Georgia's laying flocks produced 372 million eggs during January 1990, 1 percent more than January 1989. Production consisted of 254 million table eggs and 118 million hatching eggs. U.S. EGG PRODUCTION DOWN 1 PERCENT Laying flocks in the United States produced 5.67 billion eggs during January 1990, down 1 percent from the 5.74 billion produced a year ago. Production included 4.93 billion table eggs and 740 million hatching eggs. GEORGIA Hatching Table Total Georgia 20STATES Hatching Table Total 20 States UNITED STATES Hatching Table Total U,S, NUMBER OF LAYERS AND EGG PRODUCTION-JANUARY 1989-1990 Number of Layers During January 1989 1990 Eggs per 100 Layers-January 1989 1990 -Thousands- -Number- 6,000 11 ,842 17,842 6,400 11,794 18,194 1,857 2,179 2 ,068 1,845 2,151 2,045 32,684 194,141 226,825 35,445 190,621 226,066 1,848 2,158 2,113 1,800 2,152 2 ,097 37,964 233,866 271 830 40,874 230,415 27 1,289 1,852 2,153 2,111 1,810 2,140 2.09() Total Eggs Produced During January 1989 1990 -Millions- 111 118 258 254 369 372 604 4,189 4,793 638 4,1 03 4,741 703 5,036 5739 740 4,930 5,670 COMMERCIAL POULTRY SLAUGHTER 1/-DECEMBER 1988-1989-JANUARY 1990 %of Item Dec. Dec. year Jan. 2/ Jan. thru Dec. 1988 1989 ago 1990 1988 1989 -Thousands- Percent YOUNG CHICKENS Georgia 58,640 61,769 105 United States 422,229 467,175 111 MATURE CHICKENS Ught Type U.S. 13,444 11 ,294 84 Heavy Type U.S. 3,365 4,131 123 Total U.S. 16,809 15,425 92 Total All Types, Ga. 4 ,072 3,862 95 PERCENT CONDEMNED Young Chickens Georgia 1.6 1.5 Unjted States 20 20 1/ Federally Inspected slaughter deta as collected by Meat and Poultry Inspection Program . 67,341 488,168 12,080 3,672 15,752 3,214 -Thousands- 720,175 5,1 58,710 148,268 44,062 192,330 42,425 761,733 5,499,319 133,371 48,379 181 ,750 43,232 1.6 1.6 1 8 1 8 %of year ago P~rcent 106 107 90 110 94 102 Item CHICKENS Egg Type Broiler Type TURKEYS EGGS IN INCUBATORS-FEBRUARY 1, 1989-1990, UNITED STATES 1989 1990 -Thousands- 25,668 399,558 32558 31,694 425,118 34639 %of Year Ago Percent 123 106 106 AGRICULTURAL STATISTICIAN AND GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE POULTRY HATCHING AND PLACEMENT-DECEMBER 1989-JANUARY 1989-1989 Item Jan. Dec. Jan. 1989 1989 1990 -Thousands-- Pera PULLET CHICKS PLACED United States 1/ Broiler Type 3,820 4,092 4,238 11 Egg Type 142 147 149 10 CHICKS HATCHED Broiler Type Georgia 71 ,659 76,568 74,834 10 United States 481,284 521 ,413 516,289 10 Egg Type Georgia 807 1,168 1,2ZT United States 26,614 29,317 32,048 TURKEYS Poults Placed 14 1 7 4 1/ Domeslic placemenls as reported by leading breeders, inchJdeo expected pullet replacements from eggs lk>ld during the preceding month .t the rale ot 125 pullet chicks per30 case of eggs. GEORGIA RED MEAT PRODUCTION UP Commercial red meat production in Georgia totaled 32.5 million pounds during January 1990, up 19 percent from January 1989. The number of cattle slaughtered by commercial plants in Georgia during January 1990 was 19.4 thousand, up 10 percent from a year earlier. The total live weight was 17.8 million pounds with an average live weight of 920 pounds per head. There were 129.2 thousand head of hogs slaughtered in Georgia's commercial plants during January. This is 25 percent more than the same period last year. The total live weight was 31 .1 million pounds with an average live weight of 241 pounds per head. U.S. RED MEAT PRODUCTION UP Commercial red meat production for the United Stall January 1990 totaled 3.35 billion pounds, up 3 percent January 1989. Beef production at 1.93 billion pounds was up 2 perc Head killed was 2.85 million, up 2 percent and the a live weight was 1,146 pounds. Pork production totaling 1.36 billion pounds, was 4 more than last year. Hog kill at 7.61 million head incr81 4 percent and the average live weight was 249 pound& LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER 1/-GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES s ecies Number Slaughtered an. January '90as% of 1989 1990 1989 Average Live Weight January 1989 1990 GEORGIA Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep & Lambs -1,000 Head- 17.7 1.5 103.4 0.2 19.4 1.2 129.2 0.1 Percent 110 80 125 50 -Pounds- 923 920 354 353 239 241 117 85 UNITED STATES Cattle 2,793.5 2,851 .4 102 1,148 Calves 202.6 181 .2 89 264 Hogs 7 ,3 16.2 7,605.0 104 249 Sheee & Lambs 427.7 489.4 114 126 1/lncludes slaughter under Federal inspection and other commercial slaughter, excludes farm slaughter. 1,146 253 249 129 Total Live Weight January 1989 II -1,000 Pounds- 16,310 17 545 24,672 3\ 19 3,205,597 53,424 1,821,854 531867 3,267, ~ 1,892, !1 COMMERCIAL RED MEAT PRODUCTION-UNITED STATES 1/ January Kind 1989 1990 Beef 1,899 Veal 32 Pork 1,307 Lamb & Mutton 27 Total Red Meat 3265 1/ Based on packers dress weights and excludes farm slaughter. -Million Pounds-2 1,932 27 1,359 32 3350 1990 81 of 1!X Pera 11 I 11 11 10 :" .----.-- -- - - -- ---==-- -.....---- - GEORGIA PRICES RECEIVED The Georgia Prices Received All Commodity Index for February was 135 percent of the 1977 average, the same as the previous month and 1 point (1 percent) above a year ago. Higher prices for winter wheat, cottonseed, hogs, sows, barrows and gilts, beef cattle, cows, steers and heifers, calves, milk, and broilers were offset by lower prices for corn, soybeans, other chickens, all eggs, and table eggs. Prices for hatching eggs remained the same. U.S. PRICES RECEIVED INDEX DOWN 1 POINT The February All Farm Products Index of Prices Received decreased 1 point (0.6 percent) from January to 153 percent of Its January-December 1977 average. Decreases in the prices of milk, eggs, lettuce, and wheat were partially offset by higher prices for cattle, broilers, and tomatoes. The Index was 4 points (2.7 percent) above a year ago. Com-modity PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS-FEBRUARY 15, 1990, WITH COMPARISONS PBreicre nit Feb. 1989 Georgia Jan. 1990 Feb. 15, 1990 Feb. 1989 United States Jan. 1990 Feb. 15, 1990 Winter Wheat $/Bu . * 3.n ~ 4.04 3.87 3.65 Oats $/Bu . 2.46 1.47 1.35 Corn $/Bu . 3.20 2.97 2.87 2.59 2.31 2.27 Cotton Ct./Lb. 53.3 62.9 1/64.2 52.8 59.8 1/61 .7 Cottonseed 2/ $/Ton 110.00 114.00 126.00 125.00 Tobacco Ct./Lb. 187.0 167.0 3/168.0 Soybeans $/Bu . 7.25 5.54 5.45 7.41 5.65 5.51 All Hay, baled, 21 $/Ton 91.80 85.00 85.60 Hogs $/Cwt. 40.80 46.50 47.10 40.40 47.30 48.20 Sows $/Cwt. 30.20 37.80 37.90 33.50 41.20 41 .10 Barrows & Gilts $/Cwt. 41 .40 47.10 47.60 41 .00 47.90 48.90 Beef Cattle, 4/ $/Cwt. 64.50 57.60 60.90 71 .60 73.70 74.60 Cows, 5I $/Cwt. 49.90 49.80 53.80 49.80 50.00 51 .90 Steers & Heifers $/Cwt. 74.70 71 .70 74.10 75.50 78.80 79.20 Calves $/Cwt. 89.70 80.30 87.10 95.90 91 .00 95.70 All Milk $/Cwt. 15.20 17.70 3/17.90 13.10 15.70 3/14.90 Turkeys, 2/ Ct./Lb. 38.3 35.9 33.7 Chickens Ct ./Lb . 19.9 2/17.4 13.6 Com1 Broilers 6/ Ct./Lb. 33.0 Eggs, All7/ Ct./Doz. n .9 28.0 2/96.1 3/30.5 83.4 35.2 62.1 30.7 2/83.8 3/33.5 70.4 Table Ct./Doz. 49.9 2/80.2 59.1 53.7 2/78.8 63.1 Hatching Ct./Doz. 150.0 2/140.0 140.0 1/ Filii hall ot month. 21 Mid-month pril. Harvest has been 2-3 weeks earlier than normal. As of June 1Oth, 59 percent of the crop had been harvested, compared with 37 percent for the 5-year average. U.S. PEACHES Peach production, including California's clingstone crop, is forecast at 2.13 billion pounds, 9 percent less than last year and 19 percent below 1988. Freestone production is forecast at 1.13 billion pounds, down 16 percent from 1989 and 30 percent less than 1988. The California clingstone crop, at 1.00 billion pounds, is 1 percent more than a year ago. Heavy rains in late May did not cause major damage to the California peach crop. . PEACH PRODUCTION-SELECTED STATES, JUNE 1 Total Production 1 State Ind. 1990 as% 1988 1989 1990 of 1989 -Million Pounds- Ala. 24 .0 15.0 12.0 80 Ark. 20.0 2 .5 18.0 720 Calif. 523.0 524.0 530.0 101 Ga. 140.0 125.0 130.0 104 La. 6 .0 1.4 4.5 321 Miss. 4.0 1.0 21 N.C. 36.0 12.0 8.0 fJ7 Ok. 26.0 25.0 8.0 32 S.C. 340.0 270.0 100.0 37 Tex. 18.0 14.0 24.0 171 9 Southern States 614.0 465.9 304.5 65 U.S. Freestone 1,597.0 1,341 .3 1,125.8 84 1/ lncludes unharvested production and harveated not sold (million pounda). U.S. exclud ing Calif. clingstones, 198891 .~. 1 989~7. 9. 2/ Eatlmatea dlacontl nued. WINTER WHEAT SELECTED STATES AND U.S. 1989-1990 Area Harvested June 1, 1989 1990 Yield 1989 June 1, 1990 Production June 1, 1989 1990 -1,000 Acres- 220 230 1,200 1,300 65 40 700 590 450 500 350 410 450 520 630 570 435 450 450 450 275 275 36,244 45,321 41,469 50.656 lot current yr carried forward from earlier forecut. -Bushels- 30.0 35.0 44.0 39.0 29.0 34.0 32.0 36.0 50.0 40.0 31 .0 34.0 34.0 35.0 34.0 45.0 41 .0 36.0 42.0 38.0 46.0 49.0 34.5 26.5 35.1 41 .2 AGRICULTURAl STATISTlCIAN ANO GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE -1,000 Bushels- 6,600 52,800 1,885 22,400 22,500 10,850 15,300 21 ,420 17,835 18,900 12,650 1,250,702 1,453,842 8,050 50,700 1,360 21 ,240 20,000 13,940 18,200 25,650 16,200 17,100 13,475 1,883,319 2,089,234 GEORGIA EGG PRODUCTION UNCHANGED Georgia's laying flocks produced 358 million eggs during April 1990, unchanged from April 1989. Production consisted of 236 million table eggs and 122 million hatching eggs. ' ,, r,l ;-. ~- EGGS IN INCUBATORs-MAY 1, -1989-1990, UNITED STATES Item 1989 1990 %ofYearAgo -Thousands- Chickens Egg Trrv 33,666 34,594 103 Broiler Y'JJe 426,801 447,171 105 Turkeys, I Breeds 36,864 38,781 105 - March Item %of Jan.-Mar. %of ~ 1990 1989 1990 1989 1 (000) (%) (000) (%) (00 Young Chickens Georgia United States 70,012 505,516 102 192,364 108 1,412,480 ~ 102 108 Mature Chickens Ught Type, U.S. 11,586 85 32,825 87 13J Heavy Type, U.S. Total U.S. 4,199 119 15,785 92 1~ 12,871 114 45,696 93 Total All Types, Ga. 3,556 97 10,932 94 3J Percent Condemned Young Chickens Georgia 1.4 1.5 United States 1.8 1.8 1/ Federall~ lnapec:ted alaughter data aa collected by Meat and Poult~ lnapec:llon Program. urrent month data eatlmated by Market New. Servtee. 2/ rellmlnary. NUMBER OF LAYERS AND EGG PRODUCTION-APRIL 1989-1990 - Number of laY,ers DuringApnl 1989 1990 Eggs per 100 Layers-April 1989 1990 -Thousands- -Number- Total Eg~s Pr~.ua DunngApril 1989 1!1 -Millions- GEORGIA Hatching Table Total Georgia 20STATES Hatching Table Total 20 States UNITED STATES Hatching Table Total U.S. 6 ,011 11,668 17,679 33,356 189,423 222,n9 38,759 228,923 267,682 6,468 11,071 17,539 36,126 189,591 225,717 41,705 229,133 270,838 1,869 2,112 2,025 1,868 2,113 2,076 1,865 2,112 2,076 1,886 2,136 2,041 1,863 2,127 2,085 1,849 2,122 2,080 112 246 358 623 4,002 4,625 ~ 723 4,834 5,557 ~ POULTRY HATCHING AND PLACEMENT-APRIL 1989-1990 Item A~r. 189 Mar. 1990 %of f~ year aao January thru April 1989 1990 :%a -Thousands- Percent -Thousands- Pera Pullet Chicks Placed Domestic (U.S.) 1/ Broiler Type 4,195 4,487 4,209 100 16,374 17,011 1 Egg Type 253 217 173 68 809 706 Chicks Hatched Broiler Type Georgia United States 73,028 n,926 n,255 106 494,911 543,088 535,827 108 286,688 1,925,142 298,899 2,068,057 : Egg Type Georgia 1,461 1,852 1,912 131 4,784 6,344 ~ United States 36,133 36,407 37,207 103 122,732 137,910 I Turkeys Poultry Placed u.s. 25,973 27,286 28,904 111 2/171,360 3/188,075 I 1/ Reported by leading breedera, includes expected pullet replacements from eggaoold during the preceding month at the rate of 125 pullet chicks per 30 dozen cue of eggs. 2/Tul poults placed September 1988-Aprll1989. 3/ Turkey poults placed September 1988-Aprll1990. U.S. FARM-RAISED CATFISH-1989-1990, QUANTITY PROCESSED AND PRICES PAID TO PRODUCERS, REPORTED BY MAJOR PROCESSORS AND U.S. IMPORTS Month Round Weight Processed Monthly Cumulative 1989 1990 1989 1990 Avera~e Price Paid to reducers 1 1989 1990 Imports of Gatfish 2 1989 11 --Thousand Pounds- Jan. 26,948 33,066 26,948 33,066 Feb. 28,559 31,884 55,507 64,950 Mar. 29,458 33,120 84,965 98,070 Apr. 27,310 30,980 112,275 129,050 1/ Prices paid to producera for fish delivered to proc-lng plant. 2/ Data furnished by U.S. Bureau of CenauL 2 Dols. per Pound .78 .73 .78 .75 .n .78 .76 .79 Theus. Pouro 588 117 795 417 GEORGIA PRICES RECEIVED Georgia Prices Received All Commodity Index for ywas 138 percent of the 1977 average, 2 points (1.5 nt) above the previous month, but 2 points (1.4 nt) below a year ago. Higher prices for corn, cotton, ns, hogs, beef cattle, calves, and broilers were only Iaiiy offset by lower prices for milk, other chickens and eeggs. Hatching eggs were unchanged. U.S. PRICES RECEIVED INDEX UP 3 POINTS May All Farm Products Index of Prices Received eased 3 points (2.0 percent) from April to 154 percent Its Jan.-Dec. 1977 average. Prices increased for hogs, , hay, broilers, and lettuce. The all hog price was the ond highest of record, exceeded only by the $62.1 0 cwt. average in August of 1986. INDEX NUMBERs-GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES 1977=100 Apr. 1989 1M9 ~ Apr. 1990 1~ Georgia Prices Received All Commodities 135 140 136 138 Crops 120 121 123* 124 Uvestock & Products 146 155 146* 149 United States Prices Received 148 149 151 154 Prices Paid 1n 111n 183 2/183 Ratio 3/ 84 84 83 84 1/ Aprll1989 Prices Paid Index. 21 April 1990 Prien Paid Index. 3/ Rallo of Index of Prien Raeelved to Index of Prices Paid, Interest, Taxn and Fann Wage Rates. Rallioed. PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERs-MAY 15 1990 WITH COMPARISONS Price Georgia United States ~~ May 1989 ~CJo ~~5, 1M9 ~ ~~ 1Ma~5, $/Bu. 3.43 * * 4.00 3 .5 0 3.36 $/Bu. 2.13 1.44 1.44 $/Bu. 3 .0 3 2.92 3.07 2.58 2.51 2.66 Cts./l.b. 58.6 67.9 1/70.6 58.3 65.0 1/66.3 $/Bu. 6.88 5.90 5 .9 2 7.20 5 .8 2 5.92 $/Ton 103.00 91.60 101.00 $/Cwt. 42.00 53.00 60.40 41 .60 53.80 60.50 $/Cwt. 30.00 45.90 47.10 32.70 48.70 51 .60 $/Cwt. 42.70 53.40 61.30 42.60 54.20 61.20 $/Cwt. 57.60 61 .30 65.00 68.80 74.60 74.30 $/Cwt. 48.40 53.20 55.10 47.10 52.70 53.20 $/Cwt. 68.90 n .10 79.90 74.00 79.00 78.70 $/Cwt. 81.70 93.00 95.20 91.10 100.40 102.30 $/Cwt. 14.20 15.00 3/14.80 12.30 13.40 3/13.20 Cts./L.b. 43.6 37.0 38.2 Cts./l.b. 16.8 2/10.1 8 .9 Cts./l.b. 43.0 31 .5 3/33.5 44.6 33.2 3/35.2 Cts./DOZ. 74.7 2/80.3 70.4 62.6 2/71.4 60.2 Cts./DOZ. 53.2 2/62.4 47.1 54.1 2/64.2 51 .2 Cts./DOZ. 125.0 2/120.0 120.0 IIIII ol month. 21 Mid-month price. 3/ Entire month. 4/ Animals sold for dairy hard replacement only. 5I Prices estimated quarterly. 6/ 'Cowl' and 'stHro and heifero' combined ~where naceosary for slaughter bulio. 7/lncludes dairy cows sold for olaughter. 8/ L'-lght equivalent price for GeorgiL 9/ Average of ali aggo oold by farmero Including eggo oold at retail. Insufficient sales. , Frozen , Frozen , Frozen , Frozen lllllllbles, Frozen , Frozen , Shelled ,In Shell ,Shelled ,In Shell Apr. 30, 1989 3n,175 412,098 15,330 602,129 1,711,060 763,744 275,429 432,441 488,512 298,700 1,068,674 968,664 404,304 29,763 36,299 114,542 Mar. 31, 1990 -1 ,000 Pounds- 318,799 395,760 16,781 608,995 1,567,632 637,507 308,293 297,060 575,363 318,n4 1,445,147 1,041,183 347,763 28,713 26,226 75,9n 3 Apr. 30, 1990 348,053 405,212 17,301 567,516 1,635,957 653,025 295,537 320,797 618,438 352,947 1,386,288 1,058,971 373,387 31,028 29,927 66,142 1990 Percent of A r. 1989 Mar. 1990 -Percent- 92 109 98 102 113 103 94 93 96 104 86 102 107 96 74 108 127 107 118 111 130 96 109 102 92 107 104 108 82 114 58 87 GEORGIA RED MEAT PRODUCTION UP Commercial red meat production in Georgia totaled 30.8 million pounds during April 1990, up 8 percent from April 1989. Cattle slaughter in Georgia duringApril1990 totaled 18.9 thousand head and averaged 963 pounds per head, liveweight. Hog slaughter totaled 117.9 thousand head and averaged 241 pounds per head, liveweight. COMMERCIAL RED MEAT P~ODUCTION-UNI STATES April Kind 1989 1990 -Million Pounds- Beef 1,756 1,747 Veal 27 23 Pork 1,322 1,247 Lamb & Mutton 26 31 111 Total Red Meat 3,131 3,047 1/Baaed on packers drno -lghlo end excludeolarm olaughter. LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER-GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES1 Species 1989 Number Slau~ htered Apr. April 1990 . '90 as% of 1989 Average Live Weight April 1989 1990 Georgi Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep & Lambs -1,000 Head- 15.3 1.0 114.7 0.1 18.9 1.1 117.9 0.1 Percent 124 110 103 100 -Pounds- 968 963 360 419 241 241 99 102 United Stat. . Cattle 2,644.0 2,617.8 99 1,115 Calves 157.5 132.5 84 286 Hogs 7,382.7 6,958.6 94 250 Sheep & Lambs 409.1 487.2 119 126 1/lncludn olaughter under Federal lnopec:tlon and other commercial olaughter, excludnlerm liaughter. 1,114 275 249 124 J Total I Live Weight April 1989 1~ -1,000 Pounds- 14,819 18; 346 27,647 28; 8 2,946,885 2,915. 45,099 38; 1,847,174 1,735; 51,696 8Ji Spring Onions by State Ga. k iz. Cal if. Tex. Total GEORGIA ONION CROP UP 89 PERCENT TEXAS AND ARIZONA DOWNj CALIFORNIA UP Harvested or for Harvest 1989 1990 Yield per Acre 1989 1990 Production 1989 1990 -Acres- -Cwt.- -1,000 Cwt.- 4,700 5,700 135 1,000 no 440 7,700 8,500 400 15,000 12,600 215 28,400 27,570 260 210 635 1,197 500 440 385 420 3,080 3,570 200 3,225 2,520 278 7,380 7,672 U.S. STOCKS OF PEANUTS AT MONTH'S END 1/ Class 1~ Mar. 1990 1~ -Million Pounds- Farmer Stock Shelled Peanuts 2/ Roasting Stock Total Farmer Stock 656 1,135 690 702 ~ 66 64 Equivalent 3/ 1,639 2,1 32 1.4 leo1otd/oriEcbakxlce,cc,lpuoolduuheoneotlrloeoodftuoCtcoiCnkilogCootIsonntcokclac,okrmma,npmodl.ueosrlcnh(iceaolllhlueeoddtleloeoordaeogeptedoe.ocak.no3u2/ot/AowlcnnXtuce1adlu.l3bfd3ay)"".ol'ir*llill IiG*eo$rQTOiapFearrYmMR'eepxocret pOtSfNreNe 0to74d4a-t7a2c8o0n) tIrsibpuutbolriss.hePdOoSeTmMiAmSToEnRth:lysbeyntdhee dGderonrsgiachAegnrgicnuMtourGaleSotragtiiastAicgsricSueMruv1i1c1e1, AStthaetisntsic, sGSa.er3v0ic6e1,3S-5te0p9h9a. nSaeFceodnedracllaBsusilpdiongs,tSaug~e~32a0t, Athena, Athena, Ga. Ga. Su_~ 30613-lll EORGIA GRICULTURAL TATISTICS ERVICE Stephens Federal Building Suite 320 Athens, Georgia 30613 Phone: (404)546-2236 SECOND-CLASS POSTAGE PAID~ ATHENS, GA. 3061 042P 13 00000 95 - 257209520 404 / 542 - 0663 00 00 UNIV OF GEORGIA DOCUMEN TS SECT LI3RARY ATHENS GA 30602 I=::G:E:O:R:G:IA=F:A:R:M:R:E:P:O:R:T==REc t 1VE D .Ill t 0 6 1990 uSiCUMENTS LIBRARIES GEORG IA _...,..,,~ ... LTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE Stephens Federal Building Suite 320 Athens, Georgia 30613 Phone: (404)546-2236 HIGHLIGHTS . Hogs and Pigs ... . .)< Cold Storage Agricultural Prices /> . ) . Grain Stocks : .. /' ' . Peanut Stocks .< >i Planted and Harvested Acres . Cattle on Feed .. Monthly Poultry . LivestociC Slaughter Catfish The March-May 1990 pig crop is estimated at 507,000 head, 6 percent below a year ago. Sows farrowing duri ng this period totaled 65,000 head, 7 percent less than the previous year. Pigs saved per litter averaged 7.80, unchanged from last year. Georgia producers intend to farrow 64,000 sows during the June-August 1990 quarter and 60,000 sows during September-November 1990, unchanged from the actual number of sows farrowed during these quarters last year. GEORGIA HOG INVENTORY UNCHANGED and pigs on Georgia farms on June 1, 1990, is ted at 1,200,000 head, unchanged from last year, 2percent below March 1, 1990. Breeding inventory, 175,000 head, was 5 percent below last year, but 3 nt above March 1, 1990. Market hog inventory at ,000 head increased 1 percent from a year ago, but cent below March 1, 1990. 16 STATES HOG INVENTORY DOWN 3 PERCENT The 16 quarterly states, with 49.7 million head on June 1, 1990, were down 3 percent from a year earlier. The 16 states account for approximately 91 percent of the total U.S. hog and pig inventory. The March-May 1990 pig crop totaled 22.8 million head , 4 percent below a year earlier. Sows farrowed during the quarter decreased 5 percent from last yea r. Sows averaged 7.95 pigs per litter during the March-May period, compared with 7.87 last year. U. S. Hog Inventory Narrative on Page 5 HOGS AND PIGS-INVENTORY NUMBER, SOWS FARROWING AND PIG CROP GEORGIA AND 16 QUARTERLY STATES AND U.S. 1/ 1989 AND 1990 1989 Georgia 1990 as% 1990 of 1989 1989 16 States 1990 as% 1990 of 1989 1989 United States 1990 as% 1990 of 1989 1,000 Head Percent 1,000 Head Percent 1,000 Head Percent 1,200 1,200 100 51,1 20 49,660 97 55,880 54,360 97 185 175 95 6 ,530 6 ,380 98 7,330 7,1 80 98 1,015 1,025 101 44, 590 43,280 97 48,550 47,180 97 440 420 95 18 ,982 18,330 97 20,682 19,990 97 270 290 107 11,085 10,795 97 12,085 11,795 98 195 205 105 8,1 00 7 ,845 97 8,780 8 ,535 97 110 11 0 100 6 ,423 6 ,310 98 7,003 6 ,860 98 62 64 103 2,464 2,331 95 70 65 93 3,013 2,872 95 132 129 98 5 ,4 n 5,203 95 64 3/64 100 2,716 3/2,707 100 60 4/60 100 2,541 4/2,590 102 124 3/124 100 5,257 3/5,297 101 2,710 2,571 95 3,304 3,150 95 6 ,014 5,721 95 2,991 3/2 ,9 n 100 2,786 3/2,840 102 5 ,7 n 3/5,817 101 471 499 106 19,192 18,257 95 21,068 20,129 96 539 507 94 23,713 22,843 96 25,964 25,039 96 1,010 1,006 100 42,905 41,100 96 47,032 45,168 96 506 21 ,197 23,303 474 19,610 21 ,549 980 40,807 44,852 -Number- -Number- -Number- 7.60 7.80 103 7.79 7.83 101 7.n 7.83 101 7.70 7.80 101 7.87 7.95 101 7.86 7.95 101 7.65 7.80 102 7 .83 7.90 101 7.82 7.90 101 7.90 7.80 7.79 7.90 7.72 7.74 7.90 7.76 7.76 IN,IA,KS,KY,MI,MN,MO,NC,NE,OH,PA,SD,TN ,WI. 2/ December preceding yeM. 3/lntentions. 4/lntentions lor September-November. AGRICULTURAL STATISTICIAN AND GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE GEORGIA PRICES RECEIVED The Georgia Prices Received All Commodity Index for June was 137 percent of the 1977 average, unchanged from the previous month, but 3 points (2.1 percent) below last year. Lower prices for wheat, soybeans, hogs, steers and heifers, calves, and broilers were only partially offset by higher prices for corn, cows, milk, other chickens and eggs. U.S. PRICES RECEIVED INDEX DOWN 2 POINTS The June All Farm Products Index of Prices Received decreased 2 points (1.3 percent) from May to 152 percent of its January-December 1977 average. Decreases in the prices of oranges, wheat, hay, and soybeans were partially offset by higher prices for tomatoes, corn, eggs, and grapefruit. Cattle, calf, hog, and lamb prices were lower than earlier but eggs and milk were higher. Wheat, oilseeds, and barley were lower while corn and sorghum increased in price from May. INDEX NUMBERs-GEORGIA AND UNITED STA 1977= 100 May 1989 June 1989 May 1990 Georgia Prices Received All Commodities 140 140 137* Crops 121 121 124 Uvestock & Products 155 154 147* United States Prices Received 149 148 154 Prices Paid 111n 111n 21183 Ratio 3/ 84 84 84 1/ Aprll1981l Pricee Paid Index. 2/ April 1990 Price Paid lndax. 3/ Rallo of Index a! Price Recelvad to Index of Prlcea Paid, lntereat, Taxe1 and Farm Wage Ret"- Commodity PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMER~UNE 15 1990 WITH COMPARISONS BerPrice nit June 1989 Georgia May 1990 June 15, 1990 June 1989 United States May June 1990 1 Winter Wheat $/Bu . 3.82 3.04 2.99 3.84 3.33 Oats $/Bu. 1.82 1.48 Corn $/Bu. 3.05 3.09 3.1 3 2.52 2.62 Cotton Cts./Lb. 59.2 71.4 57.2 65.4 Soybeans $/Bu . 7.04 5.88 5.73 7.05 5.96 All Hay, Baled, 21 $/Ton 93.30 101.00 Hogs $/Cwt. 45.70 59.60 57.50 45.10 61.20 Sows $/Cwt. 32.20 49.40 48.90 33.40 52.80 Barrows & Gilts $/Cwt. 46.40 60.30 58.10 46.40 62.00 Beef Cattle, 4/ $/Cwt. 59.70 61 .00 62.20 67.60 74.40 Cows, 5/ $/Cwt. 50.10 54.90 55.10 47.70 53.50 Steers & Heifers $/Cwt. 72.20 75.20 74.30 71.90 78.30 Calves $/Cwt. 87.70 94.20 93.80 94.10 101 .00 All Milk $/Cwt. 14.30 15.10 3/15.40 12.40 13.50 Turkeys, 21 Cts./Lb. 43.8 38.2 Chickens Cts./Lb. 14.9 218.9 9.7 Com'l Broilers, 6/ Cts./Lb. 40.5 33.5 3/33.0 42.2 35.2 Eggs, All, 7/ Cts./Doz. 76.6 2/70.4 74.3 63.9 2160.2 Table Cts./Doz. 55.6 2147.1 51 .8 55.5 2151.2 Hatch in Cts./Doz. 125.0 21120.0 120.0 1/ First half of month. 2/ Mldmonth price. 3/ Entire month. 4/'Cows' and 'steera and heifers' combined with allowance where necessary for slaughter bulls. 5/lncludes dairy for slaughter. 8/ Llv-lght equivalent price for Georgia. 7/ Average of all eggs sold by farmers Including hatching eggs sold at retail. Commodit May31, 1989 Apr. 30, 1990 -1,000 Pounds- May31, 1990 1990 Percent of Ma 1989 A r. 1 -Percent- Butter 438,349 349,109 390,608 89 Cheese, Natural 424,939 410,9n 431,402 102 Eggs, Frozen 16,185 17,292 17,017 105 Fruits, Frozen 574,288 590,979 661,595 115 Fruit Juices, Frozen 1,892,744 1,632,315 1,583,175 84 Meats, Red 731,870 651,149 627,025 86 Beef, Frozen 244,105 295,5n 267,210 109 Pork, Frozen 428,137 318,887 321 ,249 75 Poultry, Frozen 551,925 622,593 6 n,624 123 Turkeys, Frozen 355,645 354,403 407,986 115 Vegetables, Frozen 1,002,194 1,392,161 1,298,055 130 Potatoes, Frozen 986,661 1,058,912 1,056,832 107 Peanuts, Shelled 410,691 373,387 385,860 94 Peanuts, In Shell Pecans, Shelled 30,138 37,434 31,028 27,890 93 29,876 28,880 n Pecans, In Shell 90,373 66,166 46,637 52 2 CORN STOCKS DOWN FROM LAST YEAR ks of kQID stored off farms In Georgia on June 1, 1990, totaled 4.20 million bushels, 12 percent less than a year ler. stocks stored on farms on June 1, 1990, amounted to 1.20 million bushels, compared with 700 thousand els stored on farms June 1, a year ago. Stocks of soybeans stored off the farm were not published to avoid osure of individual operations. Ff11WOW.grain stored off farms on June 1, amounted to 31 thousand bushels, compared with 28 thousand bushels on a year earlier. Oats stored off the farm were down 9 percent from a year ago to 157 thousand bushels. stocks held on the farm totaled 10 t housand bushels, compared with 100 thousand bushels on farms a year earlier. farm rye stocks were not published. GEORGIA GRAIN STOCKS AND CAPACITY-JUNE 1, 1989 AND 1990 On Farms Off Farms 1/ All Positions Graln June 1, June 1, June 1, June 1, June 1, June 1, 1989 1990 1989 1990 1989 1990 - - 1 ,000 Bushels-- llrtey (Old Crop) 11 * 11 * Cam * * 4,753 4,201 * * Oats (Old Crop) * * 173 157 * * ~(OdCrop) 100 10 51 * 151 * ~hum * * 28 31 * * 700 1,200 5,911 * 6 ,611 * 100 * 791 * 891 * Mcludotslocks at mills, elevators, warehouses, terminals and processors. Not publlohed to avoid dlseloolng Individual operallono. UNITED STATES GRAIN STOCKS AND CAPACITY-JUNE 1 1989 AND 1990 On Farms June 1, June 1, 1989 1990 Off Farms 1/ June 1, June 1, 1989 1990 All Positions June 1, June 1, 1989 1990 - - 1 ,ooo Bushels-- 84,519 48,590 111 .an 112,385 196,396 2,022,000 1,619,500 1,397,302 1,219,866 3,419,302 59,930 82,850 38,404 74,590 98,334 2,330 970 7,992 * 10,322 85,200 44,500 473,768 288,151 558,968 229,200 255,300 235,311 340,614 464,511 289,000 212,500 412,626 322,348 701,626 lndudMstocks at mills, elevators, warehouses, terminals and processors. 2/ GA, MN, NO, SO only. Not publlohed to avoid disclosing Individual operatlono. 160,975 2 ,8 3 9,3 6 6 157,440 * 332,651 595,914 534,848 STOCKS OF PEANUTS AND SPECIFIED PRODUCTS AT MONTH'S END-1989-1990 1/ Farmer Stock Shelled Peanuts 2/ Farmer Stock Equivalent Shelled Peanuts Total 3/ 429,464 110,777 51,248 27,568 1,567,027 2 ,6 0 0,8 6 0 2,633,466 2,367,196 728,354 700,824 548,600 349,415 330,293 385,901 449,264 497,903 61,789 60,190 49,033 33,910 18,767 32,865 37,113 40,009 968,711 932,096 729,638 464,722 439,290 513,248 597,521 662,211 1,459,964 1,103,063 829,919 526,200 2,025,084 3,146,973 3,268,100 3,069,416 1,914,179 549,208 47,592 730,447 2,692,218 1,473,417 660,237 58,749 878,115 2,410,281 1,134,619 701,704 64,491 933,266 2,132,376 656,275 689,026 65,690 916,405 1,638,370 274,730 679,518 64,417 903,759 1,242,906 stocks on farms. Includes stocks owned by or held lor account of CCC In commercial otoragea. Farmer otock on nat -ight baslo. 2/lncludeo lhelled edible gradao, ohelled 110ck,111d shelled seed (untreated). 3/ Actual farmer otock, plus roaotlng otock, pluo ohalled peanuto X 1.33. 3 1990 CROP PLANTINGS UP FOR MOST GEORGIA CROPS Many of Georgia's 1990 row crop acreages are up significantly from 1989. A survey conducted around June 1, indicates that Georgia's corn and cotton plantings are well above last year, while tobacco and peanuts show more moderate increases. Soybeans and sorghum are the only row crops with planted acreages down from last year. Soybeans fell 20 percent from 1989 and sorghum planted for all purposes is down 11 percent. Weather conditions during .June have been unfavorable for crop development and rain is urgently needed in virtually all areas of the State. Yield and production forecasts for most 1990 row crops will be published August 9, 1990. The initial yield and production forecast for tobacco will be published July 12, 1990. COTTON plantings, at 340 thousand acres, show the largest percentage increase from a year ago. Acreage of this size would be 28 percent above 1989 and the 2nd highest since 1974 when 423 thousand acres were planted. In 1988, 350 thousand acres of cotton were planted. Cotton development was about equal to normal but June weather was generally not favorable for cotton. Condition ratings on June 1 showed about three-fourths of the crop in good to excellent condition. By June 22, only 61 percent of the crop was rated good. CORN planted in 1990 in Georgia totals 660 thousand acres, up 8 percent from 1989. This is 60 thousand acres more than the intended acreage estimated in March of this year. About 610 thousand acres ara-expected to be harvested for grain, 11 percent more than a year earlier. Dryland corn has suffered the most from the hot and dry June weather. On June 1, corn prospects were at a high level with 26 percent of the crop rated fair, 70 percent good and 4 percent excellent. By June 22, outlook for dryland corn had plunged and the State's crop (dryland and irrigated) was rated 15 percent poor, 49 percent fair and 32 percent good. PEANUT producers planted an estimated 710,000 acr peanuts for 1990, 3 percent more than 1989 and 10 tho~ acres more than intended in March of this year. Ac harvested is expected to total 705 thousand acres. This be the largest harvested peanut acreage since 1 Development of the peanut crop at the end of June was sl ahead of normal. The dry, hot June did not stress pean much as some of the other row crops. Condition ratings June 22 were only slightly below those on June 1. TOBACCO acreage in Georgia for 1990 totals 42 th acres, an increase of 5 percent from 1989. This is in res~ to a 5 percent increase in the effective poundage quota marks the fourth straight year tobacco acreage has incr and is the largest acreage since 1984. Harvest got off faster than normal start in early June and by June 22 percent complete compared to the normal of 7 percent. dry weather has provided favorable harvest conditions. June 22, condition of the tobacco crop was down slightly June 1. SOYBEAN plantings are expected to total 920 thousa~ for 1990, a drop of 230 thousand acres from the 1.15 acres planted last year. The 1990 plantings are 20 pe less than 1989, but are 2 percent more than the 900 t acres expected in March of this year. Harvested acrea~ expected to total 880 thousand acres, 20 percent less d 1989. Soybean plantings through June 24 were slightlyah of normal despite the dry soils and development was ri normal. The emerged fields were under stress 1 germination problems were reported. On June 22, condl rating fell mostly in the poor and fair categories. Continued on Page 5 GEORGIA ACREAGE YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1989 AND 1990 Acreage Yield per Acre Production Crop Planted for all Har- For lndi- lnd~ Unit Purposes vested Harvest cated cated 1989 1990 19891/ 1990 1/ 1989 1990 1989 1990 -Thousand Acres- --Thousands-- Wheat Bu . 800 650 700 590 32 313 22,400 21,240 Oats Bu. 90 65 70 40 59 2/ 4,130 2J Rye Bu. 320 300 70 60 23 3/ 1,610 3/ Tobacco , Type 14 Lbs. Peaches Lbs. Corn Bu. - - 40 - - 20 610 660 550 42 2,175 2/ 20 6,250 6,500 610 95 4/ 87,000 125,000 52,250 2J 130,1XXl 41 Soybeans Bu. 1,150 920 1,100 880 26 4/ 28,600 41 Peanuts Lbs. 690 710 685 705 2,700 4/ 1,849,500 41 Sorghum Bu. 90 80 50 40 40 4/ 2,000 41 Cotton 5/ Hay, All Bales Ton 265 340 260 4/ 634 4/ - - 600 570 2.7 4/ 350 41 1,620 41 Sweetpotatoes Cwt. 5 .0 5.0 4.8 4.7 170 6/ 816 6/ 1/ Harvested lor principal UM. 21 Released at 3:00P.M., July 12. 3/ Released at 3:00P.M., October 11 . 41 Rele&Md el 3:00P.M., August 9. 5/ Cohon yield In pounds per harvetllod acre, production In bales. 81 Released In the Annual Crop Summary. 4 - GHUM planted for all purposes is estimated at 80 nd acres, 11 percent less than the 90 thousand acres in 1989. About 40 thousand acres or half the swill be harvested for grain. Fifty thousand acres of um were harvested for grain last year. OATS planted for all purposes in 1990 are estimated at 65 thousand acres, 28 percent less than a year earlier, and 5 thousand less than the March 1990 estimate. Oats harvested for grain totals 40 thousand acres in 1990, compared with 70 thousand acres in 1989. EAT harvested for grain totaled 590 thousand acres, 16 less than the 700 thousand acres harvested in 1989. acreage last fall and winter totaled 650 thousand ,compared with 800 thousand acres for 1989. The dry, June weather has been near ideal for the wheat harvest. June 24, harvest was 97 percent complete compared to percent last year and the average of 95 percent. HAY acreage harvested in 1990 is expected to total 570 thousand acres, 5 percent below the 600 thousand acres harvested last year. RYE plantings totaled 300 thousand acres for 1990, 6 percent less than 1989, and 30 thousand acres less than the previous estimate for 1990. Harvested acreage totals 60 thousand acres In 1990, compared with 70 thousand a year earlier. PEANUT ACRES PLANTED AND HARVESTED 1989-1990 1989 Area Planted 1990 1990 as% of 1989 1989 Area Harvested Ind. 1990 as% 1990 of1989 -1,000 Acres- 240 240 100 95 100 105 690 710 103 18.2 20 110 153 165 108 99 110 111 13 14 108 265 280 106 92 95 103 -1 ,000 Acres- 239 239 100 87 92 106 685 705 103 18.2 20 110 152 163 107 98 108 110 12.5 262 . 13.5 270 108 103 91 95 104 1,665.2 1,734 104 1,644.7 1,705.5 104 UNITED STATES ACREAGE AND PRODUCTION-1989 AND 1990 Area Planted for all Purposes 1990 as% 1989 1990 of1989 1989 Area Harvested 1I Ind. 1990as% 1990 of 1989 -1,000 Acres- -1 ,000 Acres- 72,296 74,574 103 12,642 10,735 85 12,080 10,420 86 9,175 8,277 90 2,014 1,690 84 60,670 58,045 95 1,665.2 1,734.0 104 10,209.7 12,181.5 119 toes 89.5 94.5 106 td for principal use for each crop, I.e., grain, beans, nuts, etc . 64,781 11,153 6,874 8,303 479 59,388 1,644.7 9,166.0 63,395 86 67,116 104 9,450 85 6,237 91 7,746 93 433 90 56,913 96 1,705.5 104 61,734 97 91.7 107 U.S. HOG AND PIG INVENTORY DOWN 3 PERCENT S.lnventory of all hogs and pigs on June 1, 1990, is ted at 54.4 million head. This is 3 percent below last year and June 1, 1988. lng inventory, at 7.18 million head, is 2 percent below year and 5 percent below two years ago. Market hog ory, at 47.2 million head, is 3 percent below a year and 3 percent below June 1, 1988. December 1989-May 1990 U.S. pig crop was 45.2 head, 4 percent below last year and 4 percent the same period in 1988. Sows farrowing during 6month period, at 5.7 million head, were 5 percent lhan both last year and 1988. Pigs saved per litter was 7.90, a new record high for the period, compared with 7.82 last year and 7. 77 two years ago. The March-May U.S. pig crop was 25.0 million head, 4 percent below a year earlier. U.S. hog producers intend to have 5.82 million sows farrow during the June-November period, a 1 percent increase from the actual sows farrowed during 1989, but 4 percent below two years ago. Farrowings for the June-August period are expected to be slightly below last year while September-November farrowings are expected to be 2 percent above a year earlier. 5 PLANTED ACREAGE REPORT-UNITED STATES HIGHUGHTS Corn planted for all purposes in 1990 is estimated at 74.6 million acres, up 3 percent from last year. Growers expect to harvest 67.1 million acres for grain, 4 percent above last year. If realized, this would be 90 percent of the planted acreage. Sorghum area planted for all purposes for 1990 is expected to total 1o.7 million acres. Sorghum for grain is estimated at 9.45 million acres. Both totals are down 15 percent from 1989. Q.ats. planted last fall and this spring totaled 10.4 million acres, down 14-percent from 1989. Iowa has the largest planted acreage, with 1.30 million acres, 250 thousand acres less than iast year. All major states are showing sharp reductions from last rear. Area to be harvested for grain is expected to tota 6.24 million acres, down 9 percent from last year. All wheat seeded area for 1990 is estimated at 77.3 million acres, up 1 percent from 1989. Area for grain Is expected to total 70.0 million acres, up 13 percent from last year. This would be the largest harvested acreage since 1982. ~seeded area is estimated at 1.69 million acres for 1990, down 16 percent from 1989:- Area for grain is expected to total 433 thousand acres, down 10 percent from last year. Both acreages are at record low levels. Peanut producers planted 1:'/3 million acres of peanuts for 1990, up 4 percent from the 1989 planted area of 1.67 million acres and up 5 percent from the 1.66 million acres planted in 1988. This total is the largest planted acreage since 1957 when 1.78 million acres were planted. Area for harvest is estimated at 1.71 million acres, 4 percent above last year. If realized, this year's harvest would be the largest harvested area since 1951 when 1.98 million acres were harvested. Southeastern growers (AL,FL,GA,SC) planted 1.06 million acres. This acreage represents a 3 percent climb from both 1989 and 1988. Plantings were 98 percent complete as of June 3 and the crop was in good condition, but Georgia's crop began showing some stress due to hot, dry weather. Soybean acreage planted is estimated at 58.0 m acres in 1990, 4 percent below last year. Twenty planted or intend to plant less acreage this year thai 1989. Six states showed increases in plantings and states showed no change from 1989. In the Atlantic Region, all states were below previous plantings. Georgia plantings are down 230 tho acres, North Carolina Is down 200 thousand acres, South Carolina Is down 180 thousand acres. Ma plantings are down 65 thousand acres and Delaware is 55 thousand acres. Planted area of all cotton for 1990 is estimated at 1 million acres, 17 percent above the 1989 plantings, unchanged from the March 1 prospective planti Upland acreage is expected to total12.2 million acres, 19 percent from last year. Growers intend to reduce plantings of American-Pima cotton to 237 thousand a a 37 percent decrease from last year' s record acreage of 374 thousand acres. 1::fa growers are expected to harvest 61.7 million acr hay during 1990. This is 3 percent less than the million acres harvested last year and 5 percent less the 65.1 million acres cut 2 years ago. Acreage is from last year in 28 states, but is up in 17 and uncha in 3. Sweetpotato growers have planted or will plant thousand acres of sweetpotatoes for harvest in 1990, 6 percent from the last two years. Harvest is antic! from 91.7 thousand acres, up 7 percent from 1989 1988. All tobacco area for harvest in 1990, of 725 tho acres, is 7 percent greater than a year ago and 14 pe above the area harvested two years ago. The area flue-cured, burley, dark fire-cured, and most of the types are above 1989 but Maryland type is below year's level. The flue-cured acreage for harvest, at thousand acres, is 6 percent larger than last year. Carolina, with about two-thirds of the acreage, is percent from 1989. CAITLE ON FEED IN 7 STATES UP 1 PERCENT FROM LAST YEAR Cattle and calves on feed June 1, 1990, for slaughter market in the 7 states preparing monthly estimates totaled 7.87 million head, up 1 percent from a year ago but 3 percent below June 1, 1988. Marketings of fed cattle during May totaled 1.80 million, up 3 percent from last year and 4 percent alSove two years ago. This is the largest May total since the 7 state series began in 1972. Placements of cattle and calves on feed in the 7 states during May totaled 1.63 million, up fractionally over last year but 25 percent below the record high of May 1988. Net placements of 1.48 million for May is 2 percent above last year but 27 percent below 1988. Other disappearance totaled 150 thousand head compared to 164 thousand in May 1989 and 146 thousand in May 1988. CATTLE AND CALVE5-NUMBER ON FEED, 7 STATES MAY 1 TO JUNE 1 Number 1990as Item 1989 1990 of 1 1,000 Head Pe On Feed May 1 1/ 8,087 8,181 101 Placed on Feed During May 1,624 1,632 100 Fed Cattle Marketed During May 1,752 1,796 103 Other Disappearance During May 2/ 164 150 91 On Feed June 1 1/ 7,795 7,867 101 1/ Ca111e and calves on feed are animals for slaughter market being fed a full ratlcntl grain or other concentralea and are expected to produce a cercus that will grldt or be11er. 2/ Includes death losses, movement from feedlots to pastures and ah to OCher feedlots for further fMdlng . 6 GEORGIA EGG PRODUCTION UP 1 PERCENT Georgia's laying flocks produced 360 million eggs during May 1990, f percent more than May 1989. Production consisted of 233 million table eggs and 127 million hatching eggs. U.S. EGG PRODUCTION UP 1 PERCENT Laying flocks In the United States produced 5.77 billion @Qgs during May 1990, up 1 percent from a year ago. PrOduction cons1sted of 4.95 billion table eggs and 817 mDIIon hatching eggs. EGGS IN INCUBATORs-JUNE 1, 1989-1990, UNITED STATES bm 1989 1990 %of Year Ago -Thousands-- Qllckena &~orilerrrv~ Turke~, I Breeds 32,179 431,848 37,940 30,892 453,323 40,456 96 105 107 20 STATE EGG PRODUCTION UP 1 PERCENT Laying flocks In the 20 states produced 4.77 billion eggs during May 1990, up 1 percent from a vear ago. Production mcluded 4.07 billion table eggs and 705 million hatching eggs. COMMERCIAL POULTRY SLAUGHTER 11 APRIL-MAY 1989-1990 Item April %of Jan.-Apr. %of May 21 1990 1989 1990 1989 1990 (000) (%) (000) (%) (000) Young Chickens Georg ia United States 63,396 109 255,760 104 66,920 466,384 111 1,878,864 108 485,073 Mature Chickens ught rrve u.s. Heavy ype, U.S. Total U.S. Total All Types, Ga. 13,302 126 3,629 94 16,931 118 4,664 158 46,128 96 16,500 109 62,628 99 15,596 107 12,273 4,153 16,426 3,974 Percent Condemned Young Chickens Georgia 1.5 1.5 United States 1.9 1.9 1/ Federally Inspected alaughter data aa collected by Meat and Pou~ry Inspection Program. Current month data eotimated by Market News Service. 2/ Preliminary. GEORGIA lkthing Tlble 0111 Georgia IJmTES ' ' Hatching lble Olaf 20 States ~DSTATES Hatching ~TOllbalfeu.s. NUMBER OF LAYERS AND EGG PRODUCTION-MAY 1989-1990 Number of Layers During May 1989 1990 Eggs per 100 layers-May 1989 1990 -Thousands- -Number- 5,980 6,499 1,928 1,954 11,680 10,786 2,074 2,164 17,660 17,285 2,022 2,083 33,308 36,388 1,924 1,937 188,440 187,313 2,159 2,171 221,748 223,701 2,124 2,133 38,no 42,002 1,929 1,945 227,949 227,972 2,165 2,170 266,719 269,974 2,131 2,135 Total Eggs Produced Dunng May 1989 1990 -Millions- 115 127 242 233 357 360 641 705 4,068 4j{)66 4,709 4,n1 748 817 4,936 4,948 5,684 5,765 POULTRY HATCHING AND PLACEMENT-MAY 1989-1990 %of %of ~ May 1989 ~J'Jo May year 1990 ago January thru M~ year 1989 1 ago -Thousands-- Percent -Thousands-- Percent ~Chicks Placed ~(U.S.)1/ hiler Type 4,535 4,592 5,089 112 21,737 23,532 108 Egg Type 131 173 202 154 1,017 908 89 aib"Hatched ~Type Giorgia 75,no n,236 80,261 106 362,458 379,160 105 lkll1ed States 524,170 535,827 553,689 106 2,449,312 2,621,746 107 ~ 1,280 1,912 1,338 105 6,064 7,682 127 LNied States 38,513 37,207 37,706 98 161,245 175,616 109 ~Aaced u.s. 28,369 28,904 29,036 102 2/199,729 3/217,111 109 liubplaced Vflltlortld by leading breeders, Includes expected pullet replacements from eggs sold during the preceding month at the rate of 12!1 pullet chicks per 30 dozen ease of eggs. 2/ Turtcey Seplamber 1988-May 1989. 3/ Turkey poults placed September 1989-May 1990. 7 GEORGIA RED MEAT PRODUCTION UP Commercial red meat production in Georgia totaled 32.1 million pounds during May 1990, up 2 percent from May 1989. The number of cattle slaughtered by commercial plants in Georgia during May 1990 was. 20.2 thousand , up 30 percent from a year earlier. U.S. RED MEAT PRODUCTION DOWN Commercial red meat production for the United States in May 1990, totaled 3.32 billion pounds, down 2 percent from May 1989. Beef production at 2.01 billion pounds was up fractionally. COMMERCIAL RED MEAT P~ODUCTION UNITED STATES May 1990as' Kind 1989 1990 of 1989 -Million Pounds- Percert Beef 1,999 2 ,0 0 7 100 Veal 29 26 ~ Pork 1,341 1,256 94 Lamb & Mutton 28 31 111 Total Red Meat 3 ,397 3,320 98 1/ Based on packers dress weights and excludes farm slaughter. LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER-GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES1 Species 1989 Number Slau~ htered May May '90 as% of 1990 1989 Average Live Weight May 1989 1990 - 1,000 Head- Percent -Pounds- Georgia Cattle 15.5 20.2 130 947 937 Calves 1.4 0 .9 64 323 382 Hogs 130.1 122.6 94 243 241 Sheep & Lambs 0.1 0.2 200 95 93 United States Cattle 3,025.3 2 ,9 8 9 .4 99 1,105 Calves 163.2 142.3 87 294 Hogs 7,480.3 6,975.6 93 251 Sheep & Lambs 447.7 478.4 107 125 1/ lnctudes sl aughter under Federal Inspecti on and other comme rc ial slaughte r, excludes farm slaughter. 1,110 289 250 127 Total Live Weight May 1989 1900 -1 ,000 Pounds- 14 ,6 3 9 440 3 1,671 13 3,341,948 47,920 1,874,330 5 5,8 n 18,941 l'll 29,531 " 3,317,974 41,1!1 1,746,111 60,9!E Month U.S. FARM-RAISED CATFISH-QUANTITY PROCESSED AND PRICES PAID TO PRODUCERS, REPORTED BY MAJOR PROCESSORS AND U.S. IMPORTS, 1989-1990 Round Weight Processed Monthly Cumulative 1989 1990 1989 1990 Avera~e Price Paid to roducers 1 1989 1990 Imports of Gatfish 2 1989 1900 --Thousand Pounds-- Apr. 27,310 30,980 112,275 129,050 May 28,892 31,542 141,167 160,592 1/ Prices paid to producers lor fish delivered to processing plant. 2/ Data furn ished by U.S. Bureau of Census. Dols. per Pound .76 .79 .76 .79 Theus. Pounds 417 t 952 I'"~~rgia Farm Report QSNN 07447280) is published semi-monthly by the Gecrgia Agricultural Statistics Service Athens, Ga. 30613-5099. Second class postage paid at Athens, Ga. Subscription $10 per year except free to data contributors. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Georgia AgricuHural Statistics Service, Stephens Federal Building, sune 320, Athens, Ga. 30613-S088. GEORGIA GRICULTURAL TATISTICS ERVICE Stephens Federal Building Suite 320 Athens, Georgia 30613 Phone: (404)546-2236 SECOND-CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT ATHENS, GA. 30613 - v C , ~ S ') _ :: i - .1. 'T - .:'' - , ... ~J..,J2 1 - -- - - - - .(/1 , . . p' _,. GEORGIA FARM REPORT July 13, 1990 Yofume 90-Number 13 RECEIVED JUL 1 7 1996 DOCUMENTS UGA LIBRARIES GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE Stephens Federal Buldlng Suite 320 Athens, Georgia 30613 Phone: (404)546-2236 GEORGIA PEACH FORECAST UNCHANGED GEORGIA TOBACCO UP Georgia's 1990 tobacco crop Is expected to yield 2,200 pounds per acre. This Is 20 pounds per acre above the 1989 yield, but 60 pounds less than 1988. Much of Georgia's tobacco crop Is Irrigated which has helped offset lie very hot and dry conditions of June. As of July 6, the crop was rated 51 percent fair, 39 percent good and 7 percent excellent. The other 3 percent was In very poor condition. The dry weather durmg June allowed harvest advance about a week ahead of normal. Through July , 29 percent of the tobacco has been harvested, mpared with 21 percent for the 5-year average. rvested acreage Is expect~d to total 42 thousand acres, 5 percent from 1989. If the yield forecast holds true, uctlon will total 92.4 million pounds, 6 percent more nlast year. Georgia's peach crop for 1990 Is still forecast at 130 million pounds, unchanged from the June 1 forecast, but 4 percent above 1989. This year's harvest continues ahead of normal with about 88 percent of the crop picked as of July 8. Normal progress for early July Is about 80 percent. U. S. PEACH PRODUCTION DOWN U. S. peach production Is forecast at 2.12 billion pounds, down fractionally from the June 1 forecast and down 9 percent from 1989. The freestone crop, which excludes California Clingstone peaches that are mostly canned, Is expected to total1.12 billion pounds, down 1 percent from June 1 and 17 percent less than last year. Production In South Carolina Is forecast at 90.0 million pounds, 10 percent less than the June 1 forecast and 67 percent less than the 1989 crop. The effects of earlier freeze damage became more apparent during the month. Fruit that was thought to be sound in early June Is now showing damage. Isolated hail storms and extremely hot dry weather also reduced prospects. U.S. TOBACCO PRODUCTION UP season's first flue-cured production forecast of 856 lion pounds is 6 percent more than last year's output. uction Is up in 4 of the 5 flue-cured producin~ states. d per acre, at 2,058 pounds, falls short of t e 1989 ge yield by 11 pounds. Acreage for harvest Is 6 ent greater than a year earlier. FLUE CURED TOBACCO-BY STATES AND U.S. 1990 Harvested Pounds Produc- 1990 Prod. tion as%of Acres rc:e hous. Lbs. 1989 7,000 2,600 18,200 103 42,000 2,200 92,400 106 277,000 2,056 569,500 108 51 ,000 2,000 102,000 98 39,000 1,900 74,100 103 416,000 2,058 856,200 106 PEACH PRODUCTION-SELECTED STATES1 JULY 1 Total Production 1/ State Ind. 1990 as% 1988 1989 1990 of1989 -Million Pounds- Ala 24.0 15.0 12.0 80 Ark. 20.0 2.5 18.0 720 Ga. 140.0 125.0 130.0 104 La. 2/ 6.0 1.4 4.5 321 Miss. 4.0 1.0 31 N.C. 36.0 12.0 10.0 83 Ok. 2J 26.0 25.0 8.0 32 S .C . 340.0 270.0 90.0 33 Tex. 18.0 14.0 24.0 171 9 Southern States 614.0 465.9 296.5 64 Calif. Freestone 523.0 524.0 530.0 101 U.S. Freestone 1,597.0 1,341.3 1,119.3 83 1/lncludao unharveoted production and harvaotad not oold (million poundo) . 21 Eotlmataa for currant year carried to.-rd from aarilar forecut. 3/ Eotlmatao dlocontlnuad. WINTER WHEAT-SELECTED STATES 1989-1990 Area Harvested Ind. 1989 1990 Yield 1989 Ind. 1990 --1,000 Acres- 220 65 700 630 435 450 41,469 200 60 590 550 385 490 50,102 -Bushels- 30.0 30.0 29.0 34.0 32.0 36.0 34.0 43.0 41.0 38.0 42.0 34.0 35.1 40.6 Production 1989 Ind. 1990 -1,000 6,600 1,885 22,400 21,420 17,835 18,900 1,453,842 Bushels- 6,000 2,040 21,240 23.650 14,630 16,660 2,035,087 AGRICULTUFW. STAT1STICIAN AND GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE GEORGIA-'S 1989 PECAN PRODUCTION DOWN Georgia's 1989 pecan production totaled 85 million pounds, down 23 percent from 1988, and 26 percent lower than the 1987 crop. Georgia produced 34 percent of the national crop compared with 36 percent of the 1988 U.S. production. Average price per pound was 65.7 cents, compared with 59.9 cents per pound for 1988. Value of production totaled $55.9 million, 15 percent lower than a year ago and 10 percent less than the 1987 val ue. 1990 vlflr!l'IIUJM~'I.tl Georgia's winter wheat yield is set at 36 bushels peraa unchanged from June 1, but 4 bushels per acre more 1989. Production is expected to total 21.2 million bu from 590 thousand acres harvested for grain. compares with 700 thousand acres harvested last with a production of 22.4 million bushels. Wheat ha was completed in late June U.S. PECAN PRODUCTION DOWN The 1989 U.S. pecan crop totaled 250.5 million pounds, 19 percent less than the 1988 crop of 308.2 million pounds. Improved varieties accounted for 64 percent of the total crop as compared with 60 percent of the total in 1988 and 69 percent in 1987. Average price per pound at 71.5 cents was 17.4 cents per pound higher than 1988. Overall value of pecans rose 7 percent from 1988 at $179.0 million. U. S. WINTER WHEAT Winter wheat production is forecast at 2.04 billion bus up 40 percent from 1989, but down 3 percent from theJ 1 forecast. Yields are now expected to average bushels per acre, up 5.5 bushels from last year, but off bushels from June 1. Acreage for grain is 50.1 m acres, up 21 percent from last season. Variety & State PECAN$-BY STATES AND U.S.1 1987-1989 Utilized Production 1987 1988 1989 Price per Pound 1987 1988 1989 - 1,000 Pounds- - -Dollars-- Improved Varieties 1/ Ala. 13,750 6,000 13,000 .420 Ark. 800 1,900 100 .760 Calif. 2J 2,200 2 ,000 A a. 3,100 3,400 4,000 .720 Ga. 100,000 95,000 69,000 .560 La. 2 ,5 0 0 4,500 2,500 .660 Miss. 8 ,000 6,500 5,500 .589 N. Mex. 25,000 26,000 29,000 .650 N.C. 1,200 3,500 300 .650 Okla. 1,000 2,500 1,000 .793 S.C. 2,300 4 ,000 600 .675 Tex. 22,000 30,000 34,000 .800 .580 .500 .550 .800 .700 .902 .610 .590 .624 .700 .410 .680 .550 .660 .670 1.030 .680 .750 .646 .982 .614 .733 .650 .900 u.s. 179,650 185,500 161,000 .601 .626 .786 Native and Seedling Ala. 11,250 4,000 9,000 .330 .410 .440 Ark . 500 1,100 900 .380 .370 .550 A a. 2,400 2,600 3,000 .630 .370 .430 Ga. 15,000 15,000 16,000 .410 .438 .472 La. 16,500 17,500 11,500 .360 .380 .510 Miss. 4,000 3 ,500 3,000 .404 .370 .470 N.C. 800 2,000 400 .450 .500 .550 Okla. 11 ,000 44,500 8 ,000 .380 .422 .591 S.C. 1,100 2,500 400 .450 .458 .449 Tex 20,000 30,000 21 ,000 .350 .400 .650 u.s. 82,550 122,700 73,200 .3n .411 .538 Value of Utilized Product~ 1987 1988 1 --1,000 Dollars-- 5,n5 608 2,232 56,000 1,650 4 ,7 1 2 16,250 780 793 1,553 17,600 107,953 3,480 1,045 1,540 2,074 59,280 1,845 3,575 17,420 2 ,3 8 0 1,615 2 ,4 5 6 19,500 116,210 3 ,7 1 3 190 1,512 6,150 5 ,9 4 0 1,616 360 4,180 495 7 ,000 31 ,156 1,640 407 962 6 ,5 7 0 6 ,650 1,295 1,000 18 ,n 9 1,145 12,000 50,448 All Pecans Ala. 25,000 10,000 22,000 .380 .512 .475 9 ,488 5,1 20 Ark . Calif. 2J 1,300 3,000 1,000 .614 .484 .575 2,200 2,000 .700 .902 798 1,452 1,540 A a. 5,500 6,000 7,000 .681 .506 .521 3,744 3,036 Ga. 115,000 110,000 85,000 .540 .599 .657 62,150 65,850 La. 19,000 22,000 14,000 .399 .386 .540 7 ,5 9 0 8,495 Miss. 12,000 10,000 8,500 .527 .487 .593 6 ,3 2 8 4,870 N.Mex. 25,000 26,000 29,000 .650 .670 1.030 16,250 17,420 N.C. Okla. 2,000 5,500 700 .570 .615 .636 1,140 3,380 12,000 47,000 9,000 .414 .434 .634 4,973 20,394 S.C. 3,400 6,500 1,000 .602 .554 .620 2,048 3,601 Tex. 42,000 60,000 55,000 .586 .525 .805 24,600 31,500 Oth Sts 3/ 16,300 .809 u.s. 262,200 308,200 250,500 .531 .541 .715 139,109 166,658 1 1/ Budded, grafted, or topworked varieties. 2/ Estimates began w~h the 1988 crop. 31 Az., Ks., Mo. and Tn. beginning w~h the 1989 crop. No breakdown be~en improved va native and seedling varieties available. 2 -- GEORGIA PEACH VALUE DOWN llzed production of peaches in Georgia for 1989 totaled 15.0 million pounds, 13 percent below the 1988 crop. ~~rage price per pound at 20.2 cents was 0.1 cent per ~ more than the average price received in 1988. The b ofthe utilized production amounted to $23.3 million, percent less than 1988's crop. U.S. PEACH VALUE DOWN The value of the U.S. peach crop, Including clingstones, was $360 million, down 6 percent from the 1988 value of $382 million. Utilized production decreased 10 percent to 2.21 billion pounds. Average price per pound, including clingstones, was 16.3 cents, 0.7 cent per pound more than the 1988 average price. late ~ ~ .., States l)!gstone ~ PEACHEs-PRODUCTION, PRICE AND VALUE OF PRODUCTION SELECTED STATES AND U.S. 1988-1989 Total Production 1988 1989 Utilized Production 1988 1989 Price per Pound 1988 1989 24.0 140.0 85.0 80.0 340.0 928.0 - Million Pounds- 15.0 22.0 125.0 132.0 70.0 80 .0 65.0 75.0 270.0 290.0 796.3 906.5 14.0 11 5.0 65.0 65.0 235.0 789.4 --Cents- 20.2 24.6 20. 1 20.2 24.4 34.6 19.6 25.8 18.5 20.0 18.2 18.9 1017.0 992.0 943.0 927.0 10.4 10.6 2614.0 2,333.3 2,448.5 2,2 10 .4 15.6 16.3 Value of Utilized Production 1988 1989 -1,000 Dollars- 4,444 3,444 26,498 23,260 19,524 22,512 14,678 16,799 53,592 46,974 165,319 149,126 98,072 382,127 98,262 360,3 n GEORGIA APPLE VALUE DOWN leorgia's apple value of utilized production for 1989 ~ed $3.35 million, 20 percent lower than a year ago. l ized production at 24.0 million pounds is down 25 ~entfrom 1988. Average price per pound at 14.0 cents 0.9 cent above last year's average price. U.S. APPLE VALUE DOWN Th e 1989 U.S. value of utilized production for apples totaled $1 .01 billion, a 12 percent decline f rom the previous year. Utilized production increased 9 percent to 9.92 bill ion pounds. The average price per pound was 10.2 cents, compared with 12.7 cents per pound in 1988. llate ~~ Iiiith South Total ~l ~~. ~ States iS. APPLEs-cOMMERCIAL CROP, GEORGIA AND SELECTED STATES, 1988-1989 Total Production 1988 1989 Utilized Production 1988 1989 Price per Pound 1988 1989 Value of Utilized Production 1988 1989 - Million Pounds- -Cents- -1,000 Dollars- 630.0 675.0 630.0 675.0 18.7 15.0 117,750 101 ,023 31 .0 23.0 30.0 22.0 13.3 14.3 3,990 3,148 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 10.5 10.0 210 200 33.0 25 .0 32.0 24.0 13.1 14.0 4,200 3,348 830 .0 950 .0 830.0 950.0 8.8 8.2 72,960 78,080 910.0 960.0 9 10.0 960.0 10.8 10.4 98,325 99,960 350.0 220.0 350.0 220.0 8.0 8.8 27,855 19,380 520.0 320.0 520.0 320.0 9.2 10.7 47,642 34,160 38.0 35.0 36.0 33.0 12.1 12.0 4,365 3,975 3,900.0 5,000.0 3,900.0 5,000.0 13.0 8.7 505,050 436,000 1,920.0 1,780.6 1,873.4 1,738.2 14.5 13.3 272 ,240 231,299 9,131 .0 9,965.6 9,081 .4 9,920.2 12.7 10.2 1,150,387 1,007,225 1989 GEORG IA GRAPE VALUE DOWN 1989 U.S. GRAPE VALUE UP lieorgia's grape value of utilized production for 1989 kltaled $2.11 mill ion, 7 percent lower than the previous ~r. Utilized production increased 200 tons to 2,700. "" average price per ton for 1989 was $781 compared ~til $911 per ton a year ago. The value of all utilized prod uction of grapes in the U.S. climbed 14 pe rc ent in 1989 to $1 .83 billion. Utilized production, at 5.93 million tons, was 2 percent less than the previ ous year. Average price per ton was $309, an increase of $43 from 1988. GRAPEs-PRODUCTION, PRICE AND VALUE OF PRODUCTION SELECTED STATES AND UNITED STATES, 1988-1989 Total Utilized Price per Production Production Ton ~ 1988 1989 1988 1989 1988 1989 Value of Utilized Production 1988 1989 l C. 2,500 3,300 -Tons- 2,800 1,700 2,500 3,200 2,700 1,700 tc. 500 300 500 200 u.s. 6,033,700 5 ,930 ,850 6,032,100 5 ,930 ,050 -Dollars- 911 781 330 406 394 810 266 309 -1,000 2,278 1,057 197 1,603,295 Dollars- 2,110 690 162 1,831,951 3 GEORGIA APPLE CROP STEADY Apple production In Georgia Is estimated at 25.0 mUIIon pounds for 1990, which If realized, will equal the 1989 production. U.S. APPLES The nation's apple crop forecast, at 9.84 billion pounds, Is down 1 percent from last year's crop, but 8 percent more than the 1988 crop. The forecast for the eastern states, at 2.48 billion pounds, Is up 4 percent from last year. The forecast Is for less production than last year In Maryland, VIrginia, and South Carolina while production Is expected to be generally higher from Pennsylvania through New England. A late freeze, In the Mid-Atlantic states, was the cause for the reduced production prospects. APPLES, COMMERCIAL, PRODUCTION, SELE STATES AND UNITED STATES INDICATED 1990 State Total Production Ind. 1990 1990 as% d1 MUiion Pounds Percert Ga. 25.0 100 N.Y. 990.0 103 N.C. 230.0 105 S.C. 30.0 88 Tenn. SI.O 78 Va. 210.0 65 Wash. 5,000.0 100 W.Va. 125.0 1( Other States 3,222.0 98 United States 9,841.0 99 1," orc:hn al 100 or rnor beartng .,.... U.S. PASTURE The pasture and range feed condition on July 1, for the 48 contiguous states, was 76 percent, 4 points below June 1. The July 1, 1989 condition was 77 percent and the 1979-88 average Is 80 percent. Conditions were better than last month In 22 states, below last month In 25 states and unchanged In one state. Pasture and range feed conditions were better than last year In 22 states, below last year In 24 states, and unchanged In 2 states. Arizona, California, and Georgia reported pasture and ranpe feed condition In the severe drought range. Twenty mne states reported condition In the good to excellent range. PASTURE AND RANGE FEED CONDITION 1/ State Average 1979-1 gas 1989 -Percent- Ala. 71 93 Aa. 76 75 Ga. 67 92 N.C. 77 94 S.C. 67 87 Tenn . 77 99 u.s. 80 77 1/ Good to exc:ehnt, ao and over; poor to lair, 8&-711; very poor, !10-84; - r d 3&-.a; extreme drou;ht, under 35. Georala Farm Flepolt pSNN lee $TO per year except he 07-4+7280) Ia publlahed ..ml-monthly by the .to dlda contributore. POSTMASTER: send e dGdeo,r_gica:hAegi\rgieeueNtourGaleSotragtii&e1AicgariSeeulNvtucn:eu1 Alhena, Ga. 30813-50118. Sec:ond c:laa .,.,._ ~ .t Slell8tlca Selvtc:e, Stephena Federal Bulfdlng, ~He 320, Alhena, Alhena, Ga. Ga. 3081 EORGIA GRICULTURAL TATISTICS ERVICE Stephens Federal Building Suite 320 Athens, Georgia 30613 Phone: (404)546-2236 SECOND-CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT ATHENS, GA. 3061! GEORGIA FARM REPORT st2, 1990 me90-Number 14 HIGHLIGHTS hly Poultry ock Slaughter Numbers & Land In Farms uHural Prices utStocks Catfish Production Milk Production Cattle on Feed Cold Storage Catfish Mink EGGS IN INCUBATORS-JULY 1, 1989-1990, UNITED STATES 1989 1990 %of Year A o -Thousands- 27,562 27 ,302 99 42 1,964 439 ,201 104 37,735 38 ,379 102 GEORGIA EGG PRODUCTION UP 2 PERCENT Georgia's laying flocks produced 343 million eggs during June 1990, 2 percent more than June 1989. Production consisted of 224 million table eggs and 119 million hatching eggs. U.S. EGG PRODUCTION UP 1 PERCENT Laying flocks in the United States produced 5.54 billion eggs during June 1990, up 1 percent from a year ago. Production consisted of 4.76 billion table eggs and 779 million hatching eggs. 20 STATE EGG PRODUCTION UP 1 PERCENT Laying flocks in the 20 states produced 4.57 billion eggs during June 1990, up 1 percent from a year ago. Production incl uded 3.90 billion table eggs and 669 million hatching eggs. POULTRY HATCHING AND PLACEMENT-JUNE 1989-1990 June 1989 May 1990 June 1990 %of year a o January thru June 1989 1990 -Thousands- Percent - Thousands- %of year a o Percent 4,528 284 5,089 202 5,134 113 242 85 26,265 1,301 28,666 109 1,150 88 73,686 80,261 79,388 108 436 ,144 458,548 105 510,554 553,689 540 ,923 106 2,959,866 3,162,669 107 1,315 1,338 1,137 86 34,708 37,706 34, 499 99 7 ,379 195,953 8 ,819 120 210,115 107 29 ,039 29,036 29,196 101 2/ 228 ,768 3/246,307 108 by leading breeders, includes expected pullet replacem ents from eggs sold d uring the preceding month at the rate of 125 pullet chicks per 30 dozen ease of eggs. 21 Turkey pllctd September 1988.June 1989. 3/ Turkey poults placed September 1988-June 1990. NUMBER OF LAYERS AND EGG PRODUCTION-JUNE 1989-1990 Number of Layers During June 1989 1990 Eggs per 100 Layers-June 1989 1990 -Thousands- -Number- 5,882 11 ,431 17,313 6 ,398 10,628 17,026 1,875 1,989 1,947 1,860 2,103 2,015 33,198 188,262 221,460 35,899 185,383 221 ,282 1,868 2,083 2,051 1,864 2,106 2,067 38,682 227,896 266 ,578 41 ,472 225,944 267,416 1,874 2,090 2,059 1,878 2,108 2,072 AGRICULTURAL STATISTICIAN AND GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Total Eggs Produced Dunng June 1989 1990 -Millions- 110 119 227 224 337 343 620 3,922 4,542 669 3 ,904 4,573 725 4,763 5,488 779 4,762 5,541 198~ COMMERCIAL POULTRY SLAUGHTER 1/-MAY-JUNE %of %d Item May May year June 2/ Jan. thru May yea 1989 1990 ago 1990 1989 1990 8!!! Thousands Thousands Young Chickens Georgia United States Mature Chickens 69,778 486,634 71,695 510,591 103 74 ,448 316,509 327,455 111 105 527 ,343 2,218,732 2,391 ,327 111 Ught Type, U.S. 11 ,868 13,158 111 12,800 60,083 59,605 I Heavy Type, U.S. Total U.S. 4,313 16,181 4,544 17,702 105 5 ,072 19,426 21,044 111 109 17,872 79,509 80,649 101 Total All Types, Ga. 4,109 4,712 115 3,910 18,709 20,308 111 Percent Condemned Young Chickens Gt-> rg i a 1.5 1.3 1.7 1.4 Ur tted States 1.7 1.6 1.9 1.8 1/ Federally inspected slaughter data as collected by Meat and Poultry Inspection Program . Current month data estimated by Marlut down 1 percent from the June acreage estimate. Dry conditions in the southeastern states have reduced yields In most areas from the record levels of 1989. Late plantings in the Corn BP=t have been offset by excellent growing conditions during July. Sorghum for Grain: The first production forecast of sorghum for grain for 1990 is 547 million bushels, down 11 percent from 1989. Area for harvest as grain Is 9.26 million acres, down 17 percent from last year and down 2 percent from the 1990 mid-year acreage estimate. 57.7 million acres, 1 percent below the June a estimate and 5 percent below 1989~ Area for harvest, 56.6 million acres, Is 1 percent below the June acr and 5 percent lower than last year. Planted a adjustments were made In Missouri, Arkanaa Mississippi, and Georgia to reflect earlier Intentions did not get planted. Many fields In Iowa suffered flooding and will not be harvested.. Cotton: All cotton production Is forecast at 14.9 mil bales, up 22 percent from last year's production, bit percent below the 1988 crop. Of the total, Upland expected to account for 14.4 million bales, while P production will total 440 thousand bales, well below year's record high Pima production. Planted area, at 12.3 million acres, Is up 16 percent last year. Growers expect to harvest 11.5 million a up 20 percent from 1989. Yield Is expected to average pounds per acre, 8 pounds above last year. ~: Production of oats is forecast at 365 million bushels, down 2 percent from both last month and the 1989 crop. The expected yield per acre is forecast at 59.0 bushels, compared with last season's average of 54.4 bushels. Area harvested and to be harvested, at 6.19 million acres, is down 10 percent from last year's 6.87 million acres. Winter Wheat: Production is forecast at 2.05 billion bushels, up 41 percent from 1989 and up 1 percent from July 1. Yields are forecast at 41.0 bushels per acre, up 5.9 bushels from last year and up 0.4 of a bushel from July 1. Area for grain is 50.1 million acres, unchanged from July 1 but up 21 percent from 1989. Peanuts: Production is forecast at 4.18 billion pounds, up 5 percent from both last year and 1988. Harvested area, estimated at 1.71 million acres, is up 4 percent from last year, and is the largest acreage for harvest since 1951 when 1.98 million acres were harvested. Yield is~xpected to average 2,449 pounds per harvested acre, 23 pounds above 1989 and 4 pounds higher than 1988. Soybeans: Production is forecast at 1.84 billion bushels, 5 percent below last year but 19 percent above 1988. Yield is expectedto average 32.5 bushels per acre, up 0.1 of a bushel from 1989. Planted acreage is now estimated at All Hay: Production Is forecast at 148 million tons, increase of 2 percent from last year. Higher yields, offset by lower acreage, are resulting in the larger crop. Area for harvest, totaling 61.7 million acres, Is 3 percent from 1989. The forecasted average yield of 2. tons per acre compares with last year's average of tons per acre. Tobacco: U.S. all tobacco production for 1990 Is for at 1.52 billion pounds, 11 percent above 1989. The h production Is a result of both Increased acreage higher yields. Yields are expected to average 2,1 pounds per acre, compared with 2,0161ast year. Area harvest is up 7 percent from last year. Flue-cured production Is expected to total 872 ml pounds, 8 percent more than a year ago and 2 pe above the forecast a month ago. Yield per acre, at 2, pounds, Is 26 pounds more than last year's average Area for harvest is 6 percent greater than in 1989. Grapes: The production for all grapes in the United S is 5.50 million tons, 7 percent below last season and percent less than the 1988 crop. Georgia Farm Report ~SNN fee $10 per year exeepl free 07447280) Is published semi-monthly by to date eontributOIS. POSTMASTER: s.n th d e Georg address ieahAeiglgriecouHtourGaleSotragtiiastAicgsricSueHruv1i1c1e11 Athena, Ga. 30813-5099. Second elaso postage paid at Stalistieo Service, Stephana Federal Building, SuHe 320, Athena, Athena, Ga. Ga. Subtcrilltial 30613-&1. EORGIA GRICULTURAL TATISTICS ERVICE Stephens Federal Building Suite 320 Athens, Georgia 30613 Phone: (404)546-2236 SECOND-CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT ATHENS, GA. 30613 2 95 - 25 ~ 5 0 v / 5 2 - o .5 JO U I o;: So::~:ince August 1, the outlook improved in 9 ci 16 P.roducing states and declined in 3 states. The h' proauction from a year ago is the combined result a percent increase in acreage for harvest and higher Yield per acre is expected to average 2,127 pounas per up 25 pounds from the August 1 forecast and 111 above last year's average. UNITED STATES ACREAGE AND PRODUCTION-1989 AND 1990 Area Harvested Yield per Acre Production Ind. Ind. lnd.Sep.l Cro Unit 1989 1990 1980 1990 1989 1990 -1 ,000 Acres- -Thousands- Corn for Grain Bu . 64,781 66,691 116.2 121 .7 7,527,1 52 8,118,117 Sorghum for Grain Bu . 11,153 9,260 55.4 61 .8 617,860 572,1 Oats Bu . 6,874 6,187 54.4 59.0 373,778 365,!1 Barley Bu . 8,303 7,746 48.6 52.9 403,443 409,411 All Wheat Rye Bu . 62,149 69,886 32.8 Bu . 479 433 28.1 39.4 2,035,818 2,755,411 1/ 13,482 V Soybeans for Beans Bu . 59,388 56,553 32.4 32.4 1,926,806 1,834,81 Peanuts for Nuts Lbs. 1,644.7 1,741 .5 2,426 2,043 3,989,995 3,557,91 Upland Cotton 2/ Bales 9,166.0 11,236.8 602 611 11 ,503.9 14,297J Cottonseed Tons 4,676.9 5,7l1Z All Hay Tons 63,395 61,734 2.29 2.40 145,445 148,461 Sweetpotatoes Cwt. 86.0 91 .7 132 3/ 11,358 l All Tobacco Lbs . 678.4 727 .6 2,016 2,1 27 1,367,331 1,547,34 Appl es Lbs. 9,965,600 9,703,1X Peaches Lbs. 2,333,300 2, 121,3 Grapes Tons 5,930,850 5,478,4&1 1/ The first yield and production will be released at 3:00 P.M ., October 11 . 21 Yield in pounds. 3/ Yield and production est imates will be released in the Annual Crop Summary. State Ga. Ariz. Calif. Texas Total Harvested 1989 1990 - A c re s - .. 4,700 1,000 7,700 15,000 28400 5,600 770 8,500 12,600 27 470 ONIONs-SPRING SEASON BY STATES 1989 AND 1990 Yield per Acre 1989 1990 Production 1989 1990 Value per Cwt. 1989 1990 -Cwt.- - 1,000 Cwt.- - Dollars- 135 195 635 1,092 27.20 29.80 440 505 440 389 8.90 11 .90 400 420 3,080 3,570 11.30 11 .10 215 200 3,225 2,520 10.70 17.00 260 276 .7,380 7,571 12.30 15.80 Total Value 1989 199J -1 ,000 Dollars- 17,272 3,916 34,804 34,508 90500 32,51 4,61 39,671 42,M 1196.1 Georgia Farm Report ~SNN 0744-7280) Is published semi-monthly by the Georgia Agricuhural Statistics Service Athens, Ga. 30613-5099. Second class postage~ at Athens, Ga. Suboc:riplion lee STO per year except free to data contributors. POSTMASTER: Slind address changes to Georgia Agncuhural Statistics Service, Stephens Faderal Building , "Sune 320, Athena, Ga. 30613-501. EORGIA GRICULTURAL TATISTICS ERVICE Stephens Federal Building Suite 320 Athens, Georgia 30613 Phone: (404)546-2236 SECOND-CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT ATHENS, GA. 30613 2 1 1 000~0 Q - 25 7 20952 40 / 5 2 - () 63 0 1 8 OF 0 IA RY "' GEORGIA FARM REPORT GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE Stephens Federal Building Suite 320 Athens, Georgia 30613 Phone: (404)546-2236 1989 GEORGIA FARM INCOME AND EXPENSES HIGHLIGHTS 's 1989 cash farm income increased to $4.2 billion, 8 above 1988 and a new record high. The increase was partially to increased crop production. Also, contributing the increase was a record high broiler production which for a record high price. Egg prices were the highest in years. Receipts from farm marketings increased $299 or 8 percent from 1988. Other farm income, excluding ......,..,..,.,"nt payments, rose $5.0 million or 4 percent. Cash receipts from livestock and products totaled $693 million in 1989, up 3 percent. Cattle and calves receipts at $281 million were up 5 percent from 1988 and accounted for 6.8 percent. Hog receipts at $187 million rose 1 percent from last year. Dairy products accounted for $196 million, a 12 percent increase from 1988. Farm forest products and government payments at $88.3 million and $173 million, respectively, accounted for 6.3 percent of the total. In 1988, farm forest products and government payments accounted for 6.8 percent of the total. farmers' gross farm income for 1989 rose 9 percent billion. Gross farm income includes cash income, income, and inventory adjustments. A positive farm adjustment of $41.2 million compares to a negative million adjustment in 1988. Farm production expenses $3.12 billion were $238.8 million or 8 percent above 1988 the highest since 1984. Net farm income for 1989 was a $1.22 billion, up 10 percent from 1988. CASH RECEIPTS-1989 FARM PRODUCTION EXPENDITURES-1989 Farm production expenditures totaled $3.12 billion in 1989, up 8 percent from the $2.88 billion spent in 1988. The 1989 farm production expenditures were the highest since 1984 when farmers' expenditures totaled $3.16 billion. Expenditures increased for all major categories except interest. Interest cost was at the lowest level for any year during the 1980's and down 1 percent from 1988. ia farm products sold during 1989 including .....,"""''"n' payments and farm forest products generated receipts of $4.13 billion, 8 percent above the $3.83 billion Crops accounted for 38.7 percent of the total, down percent in 1988. Poultry accounted for 38.2 percent the total and livestock and livestock products accounted 16.8 percent. cash receipts tot:aled $1.60 billion in 1989, up 3 percent 1988. Peanuts accounted for 12.0 percent of the total receipts from receipts of $494 million. Soybean receipts million rose 1 percent and accounted for 3.8 percent total cash receipts. Tobacco receipts, at $146 million, 5 percent above 1988. Corn receipts increased 28 and accounted for 2.2 percent. 1989 poultry cash receipts at $1.58 billion, increased 17 from 1988. Broiler receipts totaled $1.25 billion, .._~ant~inn 30.3 percent of total cash receipts. Broilers Mlttuttut~u to rank as Georgia's leading gross sales iiooMn.v~ ;~,. Eggs advanced one position to third place all commodities with receipts of $286 million or 6.9 of the total cash receipts. Feed, at $962.2 million, was again the largest expenditure category and accounted for 30.9 percent of Georgia's production expenses. Feed expenditures increased 8 percent from 1988. Expenditures that increased in 1989 included livestock and poultry at $174 million, up 9 percent; seed at $76.3 million, up 14 percent; fertilizer and lime at $178 million, up 12 percent; pesticides $135 million, up 29 percent; fuel and oil at $105 million, up 8 percent; repairs and maintenance at $138 million, up 13 percent; other miscellaneous at $32.7 million, up 14 percent; capital consumption at $278 million, up 4 percent. Property taxes increased 16 percent to $69.6 million, wages to hired labor was up 6 percent to $203 million, and net rent to non-operator landlords increased 1 percent to $119 million in 1989. Electricity expenses declined 6 percent to $36.5 million. REC EIV ED SEP 2 0 1990 DuClJMENIS UGA UBRARIES AGRICULTURAL STATISTICIAN AND GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FARM CASH RECEIPTS AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS-GEORGIA, 1982-1989 Item 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 --Thousand Dollars- CROPS Corn Cotton, Total Cotton Unt Cottonseed Peanuts Soybeans Tobacco Wheat Peaches Pecans Other Fruits and Nuts Truck Crops All Other Crops Total Crops 99,126 60,333 56,685 3,648 351,852 336,817 189,119 144,933 12,709 n,236 6,018 135,385 137,605 1,551 ,133 72,701 64,112 57,708 6,404 372,593 284,860 173,974 109,016 22,565 60,887 6,767 138,564 150,250 1,456,289 138,909 67,215 58,387 8,828 622,080 279,052 155,450 95,062 ' 19,885 66,400 10,587 134,517 180,943 1,n o ,1oo 160,911 102,287 96,665 5,622 472,645 186,999 139,924 71 ,539 20,439 56,760 9,450 133,358 1,878,403 1,541 ,715 86,116 58,910 54,673 4,237 475,079 102,332 107,5'22 38,780 19,892 81,800 11,759 160,637 189,094 1,331,921 76,349 92,849 85,198 7,651 456,750 84,445 117,000 32,650 17,758 62.,150 12,590 163,632 208,658 1,324,831 71,946 111,884 99,588 12,296 504,434 157,686 138,841 60,827 26,498 65,850 14,052 164,790 236,955 1,553,763 LIVESTOCK Hogs Cattle and Calves Dairy Products Other Total Uvestock 253,809 239,474 200,880 31,665 725,828 228,787 254,410 200,100 35,149 718,446 217,458 193,125 183,960 36,034 630,5n 197,079 224,365 181 ,890 34,935 638,269 203,975 215,341 174,445 38 ,3 0 9 632 ,070 211 ,614 291,787 163,300 31 ,450 698,1 51 184,818 279,822 175,890 30,623 671 ,153 POULTRY Commercial Broilers Other Chickens Turkeys Eggs Other Total Poultry 610,735 13,638 25,492 299,656 2,441 951 ,962 676,675 15,556 24,110 278,734 2,795 997,870 835,462 20,824 34,578 321 ,382 6 ,433 1,218,679 796,415 16,557 35,119 235,510 6 ,497 1,090,098 951 ,902 12,474 31 ,926 263,398 2 ,9 0 2 1,262,602 835 ,729 9 ,979 22,231 255,132 3 ,707 1,126,n 8 1,071 '135 9 ,391 29,736 230,445 3 ,915 1,3 4 4 ,6 2 2 Total Crop and Livestock and Poultry Cash Receipts 3,228 ,923 3 ,172,605 3 ,619 ,356 3 ,270,082 3,226,593 3,149,760 3,569,538 Farm Forest Products 2/ 82,700 94 ,706 99,500 95,512 85,688 86,300 88,100 Government Payments 29,342 Total Cash Recei~ts 3 ,340,965 1/ Preliminary. 2/lncludes farm sales only. 79,479 3 ,3 4 6,790 79,286 3 ,798 ,142 71 ,163 3,436,757 116,107 3 ,428,388 245,184 3,481 ,244 173,962 3,831 ,600 FARM CASH RECEIPTS - Distribution, Georgia, 1989 1/191 92,11 110,11 100,81 9. 493,811 158,11 146,221 77,11 23,11 52,81 9,5 177,11 258,831 1,598,141 187,11 281,1 1 692:1 1,250,421 14,111 23,11 285, 3, 1,577 3,86U11 88.31 173,11.1 4,129,931 Farm Forest Prod Gov't Pmts Oth Pity/Lvst Livestock Polltry CROPS 38. 7 % ES2J 2 . 7 '1. Cotton D 2 . 1 'l. Fnits & Nuts D 3 . 5 'l. Tobacco ~ 2.2 'l. Corn 3. 8 'l. Soybeans IZJ 12 .0 '1. Pearuts D 4. 3 '1. Truck Crops lS2l 8 . 1 , other Crops POll..TRY 38. 2 % r2J 30 . 3 '1. Broilers D 6.9 'l. Eggs LIVESTOCK 16. 8 % ISJ 6 . 8 '1. Cattle/Calves D 4.5 'l. Hogs & Pigs 4. 8 'l. DU)' ProciJcts 0 1 . 7 'l. OTH PlTY/LVST OTHER RECEIPTS 6. 3 % 0 4 . 2 '1. Govl Pmts IYl 2 . 1 '1. Farm Forest Prod 2 - ~_MEDIATE PRODUCT fXPENSES FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSEs-Georgia, 1982-1989 1/ 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 --Million Dollars-- 1,764.9 1,787.9 1,922.9 1,719.4 1,667.9 1,727.9 1988 1,923.8 1989 2,132..6 ~.Origin Fted liestock ~liuedfactured Inputs FrtUizer and Ume Plstlck:les Fuel and Oil =ric~ tir and Maintenance r Miscellaneous 2/ 857.8 660.5 134.0 63.3 516.3 218.5 111.6 155.6 30.7 390.7 116.5 274.2 917.0 733.5 129.6 23.9 458.5 184.6 98.9 144.3 30.7 412.4 116.1 296.2 976.4 775.2 132.9 68.2 516.0 221.2 117.6 144.4 32.9 430.6 116.7 313.9 874.6 666.6 144.7 63.3 453.3 188.2 106.6 127.7 30.9 391.6 114.3 277.3 889.7 672.0 152.9 64.8 405.3 165.9 104.2 104.8 30.3 372.9 113.7 259.3 938.3 673.6 198.1 66.6 393.9 152.4 106.6 97.5 37.5 395.6 118.5 277.2 1,113.5 887.5 159.2 66.8 401.1 160.0 104.9 97.4 38.8 409.2 122.3 286.8 1,212.7 962.2 174.2 76.3 455.2 178.4 135.2 105.1 36.5 464.7 137.9 326.8 ltfAL CONSUMPTION 418.9 411 .6 367.3 325.8 286.6 265.0 268.1 278.4 ..,ERTY TAXES ~EST Real Estate tblreal Estate 62.5 542.8 248.8 294.1 69.7 525.9 256.6 269.3 61.3 504.3 257.2 247.1 69.9 418.5 229.7 188.8 71.1 386.0 212.3 173.7 93.9 327.0 175.5 151.5 60.0 317.2 174.0 143.2 69.6 314.7 172.0 142.8 ~ES TO HIRED LABOR Cash Wages 3/ Prquisites 173.1 163.7 9.4 166.9 157.9 9.1 166.5 156.9 9.6 167.9 159.3 8.7 169.3 161.9 7.4 185.1 176.1 9.0 191.6 182.9 8.7 203.1 195.2 7.9 ~RENT TO NONOPERATOR lANDLORDS 103.6 ~~L PRODUCTION EXPENSES 4/ 3,065.8 103.7 138.1 112.1 83.6 96.2 117.7 118.9 3,065.7 3,160.5 2,813.7 2,664.6 2,695.1 2,878.4 3,117.2 ~.Homo may not add to totals due to roundin g. 2/ Includes expenses of machine hire/customwork, marketing charges, and other miscellaneous expenses . 3/lncludes contract l!rllld Soei.J SecurHy payments. 4/lncludes operator dwellings. FARM BALANCE SHEET-Georgia, December 31, 1982-1989 1/ In 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 ~ --Million Dollars-- Real Estate ~ock and Poultry khinery and Motor Vehicles Dops 2/ . Plrchased Inputs lblsehold Goods & Equipment lwestments in Co-ops OO!er Financial Assets TOTAL 13,006 834 1,632 277 NA 468 749 461 17,426 12,622 673 1,607 214 NA 478 814 470 16,877 11,968 686 1,523 219 37 455 866 479 16,233 11 ,515 638 1,493 166 18 522 900 509 15,760 11,821 679 1,472 108 28 537 968 597 16,208 11,960 816 1,456 148 43 615 1,052 633 16,723 .T Real Estate 3/ lblreal Estate 4/ TOTAL 2,478 2,485 4,963 2,474 2,294 4,768 2,369 2,071 4,440 2,225 1,829 4,054 2,003 1,620 3,623 1,977 1,545 3,521 1988 13,036 896 1,517 160 36 692 1,132 680 18,150 1,848 1,503 3,351 1989 13,268 934 1,547 200 27 773 1,218 661 18,628 1,707 1,358 3,065 ~lTV 12,464 12,110 11,793 11,706 12,585 13,202 14,798 15,563 ~edRatios Debt-to-Equity 39.8 Debt-to-Asset 28.5 Net Farm Income-to-Debt 5/ 12.4 -Percent- 39.4 37.6 34.6 28.8 26.7 22.6 19.7 28.3 27.4 25.7 22.4 21.1 18.5 16.5 9.9 18.8 18.3 21 .3 26.2 32.4 38.1 l laldot operatO< households. 21 All crops held on farms Including value above loan rates for crops held under CCC. 3/lncludes CCC storage and drymg facilities loans. 4/lncludes to Institutional lenders and to noninstutional or mlocellaneous lenders. These crops are included as assets. 5/ Total debt in this ratio is an average for the year. 3 FARM INCOME AND EXPENSEs-Georgia, 1982-1989 1/ Item 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1981 --Million Dollars- Cash Income 3,388.6 3,387.1 3,840.1 3,481.6 3,460.3 3,513.4 3,862.5 4,1 Farm Marketings 3,228.9 3,172.6 3,619.4 3,270.1 3,226.6 3,149.8 3,569.5 3,868.5 Crops 1,551.1 1,456.3 1,770.1 1,541 .7 1,331 .9 1,324.8 1,553.8 1,51.1 Livestock and Poultry 1,677.8 1,716.3 1,849.3 1,728.4 1,894.7 1,824.9 2,015.8 2,210.4 Government Payments 29.3 79.5 79.3 71.2 116.1 245.2 174.0 173.1 Other Farm Income 130.5 135.0 141.5 140.4 117.6 118.4 119.0 124J Machine hire/customwork 10.3 7.5 9.2 13.1 8.7 13.6 12.1 14J Other Farm-related Income 2/ 120.2 127.5 132.3 127.3 108.9 104.8 106.9 11.1 Non-cash Income 3/ 280.3 271.4 158.1 144.3 124.6 133.4 135.8 1321 Value of Home Consumption 19.7 17.9 14.6 11.2 11.4 9.4 10.2 9J Rental Value of Dwellings 3/ 260.6 253.5 143.5 133.2 113.2 124.1 125.6 Operator Dwellings 257.5 250.5 137.4 127.1 107.7 118.6 120.2 117 Hired Laborers Dwellings 3.1 3.0 6.1 6.1 5.5 5.4 5.5 5I Value of Inventory Adjustment 15.1 -111.6 29.2 -36.0 -104.4 -14.4 -7.6 41 Gross Farm Income 3/ 3,684.2 3,546.8 4,027.4 3,589.9 3,480.5 3,632.4 3,990.7 4,3:l4 Farm Production Expenses 3,065.8 3,065.7 3,160.5 2,813.7 2,664.6 2,695.1 2,878.4 3,117J Net Farm Income 618.5 481.1 866.9 776.2 815.9 937.3 1'112.3 1,222.1 --Dollars-- Gross Income per Farm 64,635 64,487 78,969 71,798 71,031 75,675 81,443 90.~ Net Income per Farm 10,851 8,747 16,998 15,524 16,651 19,527 22,700 25, 1/ Some Items may not add to totals due to rounding . 2/lncludes forest product oeles, recreational income and other farm businessrelated income. 3/ Includes operator houooholl Income. Georgia Farm Report ~SNN 07447280) is published semimonthly by the Georgia Agricu~ural Statistics Service! Athens, Ga. 306135099. Second class postage paid at Athans, Ga. Subsailllll fee $f0 per year except free to data contributors. POSTMASTER: Send address chai\ges to Georgia Agricu~ura Statistics Service, Stephens Federal Building, Surte 320, Athans, Ga. 3061Hca EORGIA GRICULTURAL TATISTICS ERVICE Stephens Federal Building Suite 320 Athens, Georgia 30613 Phone: (404)546-2236 .. z U I JOC U ~E TS S ECT Ll ~ Y T ::N G J 5~ Q SECOND-CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT ATHENS, GA. 30613 ,C, i GEORGIA GEORGIA FARM REPORT AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE October 3, 1990 Volume 90-Number 19 RECEIVE D OCT 0 5 1990 Stephens Federal Building Suite 320 Athens, Georgia 30613 Phone: (404)546-2236 DOGIJMENTS 0GA UBRARIES :;_ . .: ,.., - - --- :t;ei!.~.HN~~IGtuH;~L~~IJGt~H{T~iS~~:.-~<:: . ,.,,.. ,... ' ,C;.~,.0'r~a~Jn~~Sttf'bitsf~ac-~~~~.'/() ',)/_:_:_'.. GEORGIA EGG PRODUCTION UP 5 PERCENT Georgia's laying flocks produced 358 million eggs during August 1990, 5 percent more than August 1989. Production consisted of 237 million table eggs and 121 million hatching eggs. U.S. EGG PRODUCTION UP 2 PERCENT Laying flocks In the United States produced 5.71 billion eggs during August 1990, up 2 percent from a year ago. EGGS IN INCUBATORs-SEPTEMBER 1, 1989-1990, UNITED STATES Production consisted of 4.92 billion table eggs and 787 million hatching eggs. 1989 1990 %of Year Ago 20 STATE EGG PRODUCTION UP 3 PERCENT - Thousands-- Olickens (Qg Type taller Tv Tllkeys,W, Breeds 29,922 416,213 27,787 3 1,286 436,949 29,039 Laying flocks in the 20 states produced 4.76 billion eggs d uring August 1990 , up 3 percent from a year a~o. Production incl uded 4.08 billion table eggs and 676 million 105 hatching eggs. 105 105 POULTRY HATCHING AND PLACEMENT-AUGUST 1989-1990 %of %of lem Au~ 19 1J~ f~ year ago January thru Au~ust year 1989 990 ago - Thousands- Percent - Thousands-- Percent Met Chicks Placed llomntlc (U.S.) 1/ ~ler Type 4,807 4,438 4,604 96 35,277 37,708 107 E;g Type 166 321 279 168 1,737 1,750 101 Clicb Hatched toler Type =...Georgia Lnted States Lniled States 74,377 79,317 78,736 106 585,577 616,601 105 5 10 ,272 541 ,028 540,814 106 3,983,1 73 4,244,511 107 1,339 32,817 888 31 ,696 1,495 112 33,039 101 9 ,809 258,584 11 ,202 114 274,850 106 fdry Placed u.s. 23 ,002 29 ,030 25,631 111 2/278 ,099 3/300,968 108 Vlllportod by leading breede~ ;inc l udes expected pullet replacements from eggs sold during the precading month at the rate of 125 pullet chicks pe r 30 dozen case of eggs. 2/ Turkey ldl pletod September 1988-August 1989. 3/Turkey poults placed September 1989-Aug ust 1990. IEORGIA tithing Tillie Total Georgia NUMBER OF LAYERS AND EGG PRODUCTION-AUGUST 1989-1990 Number of Layers During August 1989 1990 Eggs per 100 Layers-August 1989 1990 -Thousands-- -Number- 5 ,8 7 6 11 '100 16,976 6,366 10,695 17,061 1,928 2,049 2,003 1,901 2,217 2,098 Total Eggs Produced Dunng August 1989 1990 -Millions-- 113 121 227 237 340 358 I STATES tithing Tillie 10111 20 States 32,736 187,893 220,629 35,102 186,559 221 ,661 1,891 2,137 2,101 1,926 2,189 2,147 619 4,016 4,635 676 4,083 4,759 IITED STATES ~i ng Tillie Total U.S. 38,150 228,035 266185 40,755 226,064 266 819 1,903 2,137 2103 1,931 2,178 2140 726 4,872 5598 787 4,924 5 711 AGRICULWRAL STATISTICIAN AND GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULWRE COMMERCIAL POULTRY SLAUGHTER 1/-JUNE-AUGUST 1989-1990 %of Item June 1989 June 1990 1J9u~ 1J~ year ago ~~2/ Jan. thru Jul~ 1989 1 -Thousands- Percent -Thousands- Young Chickens Georgia 67,602 66,754 62,261 67,410 108 75,003 446,372 461 ,619 United States 485,333 488,841 441,554 485,592 110 537,561 3,145,621 3,367,764 Mature Chickens Ught Type, U.S. 10,316 11 ,804 10,194 10,734 105 12,083 80,593 82,145 Heavy Type, U.S. 4,695 4,686 4,199 4,252 101 4,329 28,320 29,982 Total U.S. 15,011 16,490 14,393 14,986 104 16,412 108,913 112,127 Total All Types, Ga. 3,313 4,338 3,695 3,911 106 3,781 25,717 28,557 Percent Condemned Young Chickens Georgia 1.4 1.2 1.5 1.2 1.6 1.4 United States 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.8 1/ Federally lnopec:tad olaughter data u collected by Meat and Poultry lnopecllon Program. Current month data eotlmatad by Market N - Servlea. 21 Preliminary. %d Y881 8!1!! Perced 103 107 1~ 111 103 111 GEORGIA RED MEAT PRODUCTION UP Georgia red meat production totaled 35.1 million pounds during August 1990, 17 percent more than July 1990 and 11 percent more than August 1989. The number of cattle slaUQhtered in Georgia during August was 22,800 head, an mcrease of 33 percent from last year. Calves slaughtered totaled 1,100 head, the same as last year. U.S. RED MEAT PRODUCTION DOWN 2 PERCENT Commercial red meat production for the U.S. in Aug11 1990, totaled 3.43 billion pounds, down 2 percent ff11 August 1989. January-August red meat production, 1 25.6 billion pounds, was down 1 percent from last year. Beef production, at 2.06 billion pounds, was down percent from last year. Head kill totaled 2.98 million,dow 2 percent. Pork production, at 1.31 billion pounds, was down percent from the previous year. Hog kill totaled 7.3 million head, a decrease of 4 percent. Species Georgia Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep & Lambs LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER-GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES1 Number Slauc htered Aug. August '90as% of 1989 1990 1989 Average Live Weight August 1989 1990 -1,000 Head- Percent -Pounds- 17.1 22.8 133 951 984 1.1 1.1 100 307 355 21 21 21 21 21 0.1 0.1 100 109 74 Total Live Weight August 1989 1991 -1,000 Pounds- 16,281 22,411 347 21 ~ 16 United States Cattle 3,047.0 2,982.8 98 1,142 1,144 3,478,221 Calves 194.7 152.0 78 252 291 48,968 Hogs 7,587.5 7,300.9 96 246 248 1,866,232 Sheep & Lambs 494.4 482.4 98 118 122 58,303 1/lncludes slaughter under Federal Inspection and other eommereial olaughter, excludes farm slaughter. 21 Data not publiohed to avoid disclosing Individual operatlono. 3,411 ~ 44,11 1,812.31 58.11 COMMERCIAL RED MEAT PRODUCTION-UNITED STATES1 August 1990as% Kind 1989 1990 of1989 January-August 2/ 1989 1990 -Million Pounds- Percent Beef 2,092 2,062 99 Veal 29 28 97 Pork 1,333 1,309 98 Lamb & Mutton 29 30 103 Total Red Meat 3,483 3,428 98 1/ Baoed on paekerw dress - ights and exeludes larm slaughter. 21 Aeeumu lated totals based on unrounded data. -Million Pounds- 15,287 232 10,254 223 25,996 15,240 206 9,960 239 25,646 2 - 1990asl of 191 Perced 100 89 97 107 99 GEORGIA HOG INVENTORY DOWN 5 PERCENT ntory of all hogs and pigs on Georgia farms on ember 1, 1990, Is estimated at 1,190,000 head, 5 nt less than a year earlier. This is the smallest ember 1 inventory since 1987, but 20,000 head above June 1, 1990 level. kept for breeding totaled 170,000 head, unchan~ed a year ago. Marketing inventory, at 1,020,000 1s 6 ent below the previous year. June-August 1990 pig crop Is estimated at 458,000--9 nt below a year ago. Sows farrowing during this totaled 58,000 head, 9 percent below the previous . Pigs saved per litter averaged 7.90, the same as a earlier. Georgia producers Intend to have 62,000 farrow during September-November 1990. If these intentions are realized, farrowings will be 3 percent above September-November 1989. Producers are expecting 65,000 sows to farrow during December 1990-February 1991--2 percent above a year earlier. 16 STATES HOG INVENTORY DOWN 2 PERCENT The 16 quarterly states with 51.2 million head on September 1, 1990, were down 2 percent from a year earlier. The 16 states account for approximately 91 percent of the total U.S. hog and pig mventory. The June-August 1990 pig crop totaled 20.8 million head, 2 percent below a year earlier. Sows farrowed during the quarter decreased 3 percent from last year. Sows averaged 7.89 pigs per litter during the June-August period, compared with 7.80 last year. U.S. INVENTORY DOWN ntory of all hogs and pigs in the U.S. on September 1, 1990, is estimated at 56.3 million head. This estimate is 2 nt below September 1, 1989, b!Jt 4 percent above the June 1, 1990 inventory which was revised downward by 240 sand head. ing Inventory at 6.86 million head is down slightly from September 1, 1989, and down 4 percent from June 1, 1990. et hog inventory at 49.4 million head is 3 percent below Sepember 1, 1989, but 5 percent above June 1, 199q. June-August 1990 U.S. pig crop was 22.9 million head, 2 percent less than 1989. Sows farrowing during this period ed 2.91 million head, 3 percent below a year earlier. Pigs saved per litter was 7.88 compared to 7.79 during the period in 1989. .hog producers intend to have 2.85 million sows farrow during the September-November quarter, 2 percent more the actual farrowings during the same period last year but 4 percent below 1988. .farrowing intentions for the December 1990-February 1991 quarter, at 2.63 million sows, is 2 percent above 1990 down 3 percent from the 1989 period. HOGS AND PIGS-INVENTORY NUMBER, SOWS FARROWING AND PIG CROP GEORGIA AND 16 QUARTERLY STATES 1/ AND U.S. 1989 1990 AND 1991 Georgia 16 States United States 1990 as% 1990 as% 1990 as% 1989 1990 1991 of1989 1989 1990 1991 of 1989 1989 1990 1991 of 1989 -1 ,000 Head- Percent -1,000 Head- Percent -1,000 Head- Percent 1,250 170 1,080 1,190 170 1,020 95 52,395 51,200 98 57,595 56,300 98 100 6,267 6,257 100 6,867 6,857 100 94 46,128 44,943 97 50,728 49,443 97 470 425 90 17,433 17,248 99 19,233 19,048 99 290 280 97 11,570 11 ,216 97 12,570 12,316 98 195 190 97 9,715 9,407 97 10,615 10,207 96 125 125 100 7,410 7,072 95 8,310 7,872 95 62 64 3/65 103 70 63 90 132 127 96 64 58 91 60 3/62 103 124 4/120 97 2,464 2,331 3/2,405 95 3,013 2,862 95 5,477 5,193 95 2,716 2,640 97 2,541 3/2,614 103 5,257 4/5,254 100 2,7 10 3,304 6 ,014 2, 99 1 2,786 5 ,7 n 2,571 3 ,13 7 5 ,708 2,910 3/2,854 4/5 ,764 3/2,625 95 95 95 97 102 100 471 499 106 19,192 18,257 95 21,068 20,129 96 539 49 1 91 23,713 22,763 96 25,964 24,936 96 1,010 990 98 42,905 41 ,020 96 47,032 45,065 96 506 458 91 21'197 20,833 98 23,303 22,939 98 474 19,610 21,549 980 40,807 44,852 - Number- -Number- -Number- 7.60 7.80 7.70 7.80 103 7.79 7.83 101 7.77 7.83 101 101 7.87 7.95 101 7.86 7.95 101 7.65 7.80 102 7.83 7.90 101 7.82 7.90 101 7.90 7.90 100 7.80 7.89 101 7.79 7.88 101 7.90 7.72 7.74 7.90 7.76 7.76 IN,IA,KS,KY,MI,MN,MO,NC,NE,OH,PA,SD,TN,WI. 2J December preceding year. 3/lntentions. 4/ Actuallarrowing lor JunAugust plus intentions lor September-November. 3 GEORGIA CORN STOCKS DOWN Stocks of corn stored off Georgia farms on Septmeber 1, 1990, totaled 1.76 million bushels, 26 percent less than lhl 2.36 million bushels stored off farms on September 1, 1989. Soybeans stored on Georgia farms on September 1, 1990, amounted to 800 thousand bushels, double the 400 thousa~~: bushels held on farms a year earlier. Soybeans stored in off farm facilities were not published to avoid disclosure !I individual operations. Wheat stocks in off farm storage positions in Georgia totaled 4.91 million bushels, 14 percent more than the 4.33 million bushels stored a year ago. Barley stocks stored off the farm on Septmber 1, 1990, amounted to 23.0 thousand bushels and oat stocks totaled 381 thousand bushels. GEORGIA GRAIN STOCKS AND CAPACITY-SEPTEMBER 1, 1989 AND 1990 Grain On Farms Sept. 1, Sept. 1, 1989 1990 Off Farms 1/ Sept. 1, Sept. 1, 1989 1990 --1,000 Bushels- All Positions Sept. 1, Sept .1, 1989 1900 Barley 42 23 42 23 Corn (Old Crop) * * 2,363 1,760 * Oats * * * 389 * Soybeans 400 800 630 * 1,030 Wheat 500 * 4 ,3 2 5 4 ,9 1 0 4,825 t/ lncludes stocks at mills, elevators, warehouses, terminals and processors. 'Off Farms' not published to avoid disclosure of individual operations; 'On Farms' minor states noC published separately. Both Included In U.S. totals. UNITED STATES STOCKS Old crop corn stored In all positions on September 1, 1990, Is estimated at 1.34 billion bushels, down 30 percent fr11 September 1, 1989. Of the total stocks, 755 million bushels are stored on-farms, down 22 percent from a year earlll Off-farm stocks, at 590 million bushels, are down 39 percent from last year. Old crop sorg hum in all positions on September 1, 1990, is estimated at 220 million bushels, down 50 percent from1 year ago. Of the total, 189 million bushels were stored off-farms. Barley stored in all positions on September 1, 1990, is estimated at 411 million bushels, down 1 percent from Septemll 1, 1989. Of the total barley stocks on hand, 258 million are stored on farms, 2 percent above a year earlier. 0111811 stocks, at 152 million, are 7 percent below last year. Old crop soybeans stored in all positions totaled 239 million bushels on September 1, 31 percent above holdingsay~ ago, but 21 percent below September 1, 1988. On-farm stocks, at 86.0 million bushels, are 2 percent below'September and accounted for 36 percent of stocks in all positions on September 1, 1990. Off-farm holdings totaled 1 million bushels, 62 percent above September 1, 1989. All wheat stored on September 1, 1990, is estimated at 2.40 billion bushels, up 25 percent from September 1, 198 On-farm stocks total 995 million bushels, up 20 percent from a year ago. Off-farm stocks, at 1.41 billion bushels, a up 30 percent from last year. Oat stocks in all positions on September 1, 1990, totaled 353 million bushels. Of the total stocks, 236 million bush8 are stored on-farms. Off-farm stocks totaled 117 million bushels. U.S. GRAIN STOCKS AND CAPACITY-SEPTEMBER 1, 1989 AND 1990 Grain On Farms Sept. 1, Sept. 1, 1989 1990 Off Farms 1/ Sept. 1, Sept. 1, 1989 1990 All Positions Sept. 1, Sept.. t. 1989 1900 --1,000 Bushels- Barley 253,350 258,400 Corn (Old Crop) 967,500 754,800 Oats 235,500 Sorghum 47,800 30,300 Soybeans 87,320 86,000 Wheat 832,000 995,000 t/lncludea stocks at mills, elevators, warehouses, terminals and processors. 163,598 962,928 391 ,712 94,709 1,085,246 152,453 589,689 117,009 189,459 153,139 1,406,9n 416,948 1,930,428 439,512 182,029 1,917,246 410,11 1,344,41 352,SI 219,71 239,11 2,401,971 4 GEORGIA PRICES RECEIVED The Georgia Prices Received All Commodity Index for !eptember was 144 percent of the 1977 average, 5 points 6percent) more than the previous month and 3 points [ 1 percent) tobacco, more than soybeans, the previous year. Higher prices peanuts, milk, broilers, cows and eggs were only partially offset by lower prices for corn, cotton, hogs, steers and heifers, calves and other chickens. U.S. PRICES RECEIVED INDEX DOWN 3 POINTS The September All Farm Products Index of Prices Received decreased 3 points (2.0 percent) from August to 148 percent of its January-December 1977 average. Decreases in corn, hogs, potatoes, and cattle prices more lhan offset higher prices for apples, tobacco, broilers, and eggs. Milk prices were at a record high for September. After reaching record high levels in August 1990, cattle prices were down slightly in September. September hog prices were off sharply from August. The 25 cents per bushel drop in the corn price from August to September was the largest month to month decrease since a 28 cent decline during the same two months in 1986. Wheat declined 10 cents in September after dropping 21 cents In August, 29 cents in July, and 32 cents in June. The Index was 5 points (3.5 percent) above a year aQO. Higher cattle, hog, and soybean prices were the maJor contributors to the increase over September 1989. Lower wheat, orange, and barley prices were partially offsetting. Commodity PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS-SEPTEMBER 151 19901 WITH COMPARISONS PBreicre nit Se~. 19 Georgia t~ 1 I Se~15, Se~t. 19 9 United States ~~ Sept. 15, 1990 MnterWheat $/Bu . 3.56 * * 3.85 2.58 2.51 r.ts $/Bu . 1.38 1.06 1.07 Can $/Bu . 2.46 2.n 2.66 2.29 2.51 2.26 C4tton Cts./Lb. 66.4 73.5 1/68.6 63.9 64.6 1/65.2 C4ttonseed 21 $/Ton 99.00 123.00 118.00 Tobacco Cts./Lb. 175.4 162.5 3/1n.5 173.2 159.5 3/173.0 Sotjbeans $/Bu. 6.20 6.14 6.17 5.70 6.1 3 6.13 I'Nnuts Cts ./Lb . 28.2 25.6 1/31 .5 28.2 26.5 1/30.1 II Hay, Baled , 21 $/Ton 84.70 84.40 85.70 ltiga $/Cwt. 43.20 56.10 53.70 43.40 55.90 52.60 Sows $/Cwt. 34.80 46.90 43.70 36.10 48.00 44 .50 illrrows & Gilts $/Cwt. 43.70 56.50 54.20 44.10 56.70 53.60 lllefCattle, 4/ $/Cwt. 59.70 66.60 63.80 68.20 76.10 75.50 Cows, 5I Steers & Heifers $/Cwt. $/Cwt. 49.80 73 .50 52.60 79.1 0 52.90 n .20 49.60 71 .90 53.50 79.20 53.00 78.50 ('Alves $/Cwt. 81 .00 91 .10 86.80 91.10 99.20 98.20 II Milk $/Cwt. 15.20 16.50 3/1 6.70 14.00 14.30 3/14.40 lllkeys, 2/ Cts./Lb. 36.4 39.9 40.6 Olickens Cts./Lb. 16.1 219.4 6.9 Com1 Broilers, 6/ Cts./Lb. 34.0 31 .0 3/33.5 36.1 33.2 3/35.2 Eggs, All, 7/ Cts./Doz. 83.1 2/71 .2 72.1 71 .2 2165.6 68.5 Tlble Cts ./Doz . 62.5 2157.6 58.9 64.2 2158.2 61 .6 Hatching Cts./Doz . 130.0 21100.0 100.0 t/Filll half of month. 2/ Mid-month price. 3/ Entire month. 4/ ' Cows' and ' steers and heifers' combined wHh allo-nce where necessary for slaughter bulls. 5I Includes dairy cows sold luilughter. 6/llwwelght equivalent price for Georgia. 7/ Average of all eggs sold by farmers Including hatch ing eggs sold at retail. Insufficient sales. 19n=100 INDEX NUMBERS-GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES Aug. 198"9 Sept. 1989 Aug. 1900 Georgia Frices Received MCommodities 143 141 139* O'ops 134 135 131* livestock & Products 150 146 145* ~States Frices Received 145 143 151 Frices Paid 1/178 1/178 21184 llllio3/ 81 80 82 UJult t989 Prices Paid Index. 2/ July 1990 Prices Paid Index. 3/ Ratio of Index of Prices Received to Index of Prices Paid , Interest, Taxes and Farm Wage Retes. Revised. 144 141 147 148 21184 80 5 AUGUST PEANUT STOCKS Peanut stocks in commercial storage on August 31, 1990, totaled 431 million pounds of equivalent farmer stock. Th~ total includes 36.7 million pounds of actual farmer stock. Shelled peanuts on hand totaled 373 million pounds of equivalent farmer stock. Roasting stock totaled 21 .8 million pounds. There were 805 million pounds of Commodity Credit Corporation uncommitted stocks on hand as of August 31, 1990. Shelled peanut stocks on August 31, 1990, totaled 280 million pounds of which 272 million pounds were edible grades and 8.69 million pounds were oil stocks. Edible grade stocks by type were: Virginias, 61 .2 million pounds; Runners, 192 million pounds; and Spanish, 18.5 million pounds. Month Ending 1989 Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec . STOCKS OF PEANUTS AND SPECIFIED PRODUCTS AT MONTH'S END-1989-1990 1/ Farmer Stock Shelled Peanuts 2/ Roastin~ Stock {InS ell) Farmer Stock Equivalent Shelled Peanuts Total3/ -1,000 Pounds- 24,650 1,567,027 2,600,860 2,633,466 2,367,196 352,688 330,293 385,901 449,264 497,903 34,026 18,767 32,865 37,113 40,009 469,075 439,290 513,248 597,521 662,211 527,751 2,025,1* 3,146,973 3,268,100 3,069,416 1990 Jan. 1,914,1 79 549,208 47,592 730,447 2,692,218 Feb. 1,473,417 660,237 58,749 878,115 2,410,281 Mar. 1,134,619 701 ,704 64,491 933,266 2,132,376 AfJr. 656,275 689,026 65,690 916,405 1,638,310 May 276,968 679,521 64,417 903,763 1,245,148 June 84,172 619,897 56,334 824,463 964,969 July 28,395 469,966 40,719 625,055 694,169 Aug . 36,711 280,342 21 ,814 372,855 431 ,381 1/ Ecludeo s1e<:ks on farms. Includes stocks owned by or held for account of CCC in commercial storages. Farmer stock on net -ight basis. 2/lncludeo shelled edible grades, shollod oil stock, and shelled seed (untreated). 3/ Actual farmer stock, plus roasting ste<:k, plus shelled peanuts X 1.33. 15 STATE TROUT SALES INCREASE 7 PERCENT Trout growers in 15 selected states had a total value of fish and egg sales of $76.9 million during the 12-month period from September 1, 1989 through August 31, 1990. This was an increase of 7 percent from the $71.7 million in sales during the same period a year earlier. Growers sold a total of 59.9 million pounds of trout valued at $72.6 million this year. Foodsize trout sales accounted for 95 percent of the total pounds sold . In addition, 349 million trout eggs were sold , valued at $4.31 million. Foodsize trout sales totaled 56.8 million pounds during the period September 1, 1989 through August 31 , 1990, up 2 percent from the 55.5 million pounds sold during the same period the previous year. The value of sales for 1990 was $64.5 million, up 7 percent from the $60.0 million of food size sales during September 1, 1988 through August 31, 1989. The average value per pound was $1.14 during 1990, up from the $1.08 per pound during 1989. The major outlet for food size trout sales was to processors with 58 percent of the total being live weight sales. Fee and recreational fishing establishments and restaurant and retail outlets followed at 14 percent each, respectively. The total value of stocker sales was $6.31 million from September 1, 1989 through August 31 , 1990, down 7 percent from the $6.78 million in sales during the previous year. The total value of fingerling sales was $1.84 million, up 25 percent from last year's $1.46 million in sales. The total value of trout egg sales during 1990 was $4.31 million, up25 percent from the $3.45 million in egg sales duirng the previous year. Total losses of all trout was 44.5 million fish or 7.15 million pounds during September 1, 1989 through August 31, 1990. Of the total number lost, 72 percent were lost due to disease. 6 - CATILE ON FEED IN 7 STATES UP 5 PERCENT FROM LAST YEAR ~eand calves on feed September 1, 1990, for slaughter iket in the 7 states preparing monthly estimates totaled ~ million head, up 5 percent from a year ago and 1 jcent above September 1, 1988. irketings of fed cattle during August totaled 1.67 million, rtm 2 percent from last year and 7 percent below two ars ago. Placements of cattle and calves on feed in the 7 states during August totaled 1.74 million, up 6 percent from last year and 5 percent above August 1988. Net placements of 1.65 million for August was 6 percent above last year and 4 percent above 1988. Other disappearance totaled 82 thousand head compared to 76 thousand in August 1989 and 66 thousand in August 1988. CATTLE AND CALVES-NUMBER ON FEED, PLACEMENTS, MARKETINGS, AND OTHER DISAPPEARANCE, .7 STATES AUGUST 1 TO SEPTEMBER 1 Number 1990 as% 1990 as% In 1988 1989 1990 of 1988 of 1989 - 1 ,000 Head- Percent Fted August 1 1/ 7,140 6,763 7 ,0 0 3 98 104 lllld on Feed During August 1,660 1,638 1,735 105 106 ~ Cattle Marketed During August 1,790 1,694 1,666 93 98 ~ [Xaappearance During August 21 66 76 82 124 108 Fted September 1 1/ 6 ,944 6 ,631 6,990 101 105 l:llll and c:aNM on feed are animlll lor llaughter market being led a lull ration of grain or other concentratn and are expected to produce a carca.. that will grade Mlec:t or better. ~ death lo..e, mowment from leedlol to pMturn and ~ i pment to other leedlol lor further r..dlng. AUGUST MILK PRODUCTION ~k production in the 21 major states during August totaled 10.5 billion pounds, 4 percent above the production in these june states in August 1989. July revised production, at 10.7 billion pounds, was 5 percent above July 1989. lroduction per cow in the 21 major states averaged 1,232 pounds for August, 48 pounds more than August 1989. !he number of cows on farms in the 21 major states was 8.53 million head, 19 thousand head more than August 1989 ~ 16 thousand head more than July 1990. !urJng the April-June period, the 21 major states produced 32.8 billion pounds of milk, 85.0 percent of the U.S. ~uction. If producers in the remaining 29 states not surveyed monthly followed the same pattern as the 21 states, !18 U.S. production would be 12.4 billion pounds for August 1990. MILK COWS AND MILK PRODUCTION-AUGUST 1989-1990 21 States Unit 1989 I 1990 '!-Milk Cows on Farms 1/ Ia Production per Cow 21 Thous. Head Pounds ~ Milk Production 21 Mil. L.bs. ftcludel dry cows. Excludes heifers nol yet fresh . 2/ Excludes milk sucked by calves. 8,508 1,184 10,074 7 8 ,527 1,232 10,505 I Percent 100 104 104 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-UNITED STATES1 AUGUST 31 1 1990 Aug. 31, 1989 July 31, 1990 Aug. 31, 1990 Percent of Aug. 1989 Jul~ 199 -1 ,000 Pounds- -Percent- 439,697 418,110 423,291 96 101 419,751 480,091 471 ,283 112 98 15,037 17,089 17,228 115 101 842,375 790,847 857,994 102 108 1,378,720 1,394,264 1,256,826 91 90 576,325 565,940 510,026 88 90 242,415 266,360 246,685 102 93 277,931 256,435 222,473 80 87 767,576 810,800 844,056 110 104 574,297 541,669 591 ,579 103 100 1,578,852 1,736,605 2,055,384 130 118 611 ,328 769,268 689,589 113 90 219,037 286,690 174,465 80 61 21 ,023 17,083 6 ,676 32 39 33,804 30,256 25,446 75 84 44,023 27,966 18,116 41 65 U.S. FARM-RAISED CATFISH-1989-1990, QUANTITY PROCESSED AND PRICES PAID TO PRODUCERS, REPORTED BY MAJOR PROCESSORS AND U.S. IMPORTS Month Round Weight Processed Monthly Cumulative 1989 1990 1989 1990 Avera~e Price Paid to reducers 1 1989 1990 Imports of Catfish 2 1989 1900 --Thousand Pounds-- Dots. per Pound Jan . 26,948 33,066 26,948 33,066 .78 .73 Feb. 28,559 31 ,884 55,507 64,950 .78 .75 Mar. 29,458 33,120 84,965 98,070 .77 .78 Apr. 27,310 30,980 112,275 129,050 .76 .79 May 28,892 31,542 141 ,167 160,592 .76 .79 June 27,598 28,967 168,765 189,559 .75 .79 July 27,827 29,540 296,592 219,099 .71 .79 Aug . 28,371 31 ,108 224,963 250,207 .68 .79 Sept. 30,366 255,329 .65 Oct. 31 ,670 286,999 .64 Nov. 29,096 316,095 .64 Dec. 25805 341 900 .68 1/ Prices paid to producers for fish delivered to processi ng plant. 2/ Data furnished by U.S. Bureau of Census. 31 Corrected report. Thous. Pounds 588 117 795 417 952 584 689 422 756 414 66 1 024 Georgia Farm Report (ISNN 0744 7280) Is published semlmonthly by the Georgia Ag ricuHural Statistics Servical Athens, Ga. 3061 3-5099. Second class postage paid at Athens, Ga. Subseriplian fee $10 par year except free to data contributors. POSTMASTER: send address changes1o Georgia AgricuHura Statistics Servica, Stephens Federal Build ing , SuHe 320, Athens, Ga. 30613-SOIII. EORGIA GRICULTURAL TATISTICS ERVICE Stephens Federal Building Suite320 Athens, Georgia 30613 Phone: (404)546-2236 SECOND-CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT ATHENS, GA. 30613 GEORGIA FARM REPORT ober 15, 1990 me 9~Number 20 RECEIVED OCT 1 7 ,990 . __ -- :.......;_. ~--- - ~ GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE Stephens Federal Building Suite 320 Athens, Georgia 30613 Phone: (404)546-2236 GEORGIA CROP FORECAST October 1 crop production forecast for Georgia shows decline from the September 1 forecast for some field . A continuation of the summer long drought, above rmal temperatures and insect pressure during ember further reduced prospects for some of the later ested row crops. Lower production Is forecast for ns, peanuts, wheat, and oats. Corn and cotton uctlon Is unchanged and higher production is ed for tobacco and pecans. ' SOYBEAN PRODUCTION DOWN gia's soybean production for 1990 is forecast at 12.5 bushels, down 24 percent from last month and 56 nt less than 1989. If realized, this would b& the t production since 1972. Yield per acre Is expected average 15 bushels per acre, 4 bushels below last h and 6 bushel~ below the initial August 1 forecast. age harvested 1s expected to total 830 thousand , 25 percent below last year and 3 percent, or 30 sand acres, less than last month. PEANUT YIELD DROPS Peanut yield is forecast at 1,700 pounds per acre, down 200 pounds from the September 1 forecast and 1,000 pounds per acre less than last year. Harvested acreage is unchanged at 740 thousand acres. Production is expected to tota11 .26 billion pounds, 32 percent below last year's production of 1.85 billion pounds. TOBACCO YIELD INCREASES Tobacco production Is expected to increase 2 percent from last month to 98.9 million pounds. Yield per acre is forecast at 2,300 pounds, 50 pounds more than the September 1 forecast. The forecast yield if realized will be a record yield for the State. Acreage harvested at 43 thousand acres, is unchanged from September 1. ' COTTON UNCHANGED Cotton Is also estimated at the same level as the September 1 forecast. Production is expected to total 300 thousand bales, 42 thousand bales less than 1989. Yield per acre Is forecast at 450 pounds of lint per acre. Harvested acreage is expected to total 320 thousand acres. GEORGIA ACREAGE YIELD AND PRODUCTION-1989 AND OCTOBER 1 1990 FORECAST or Harvest Indicated Indicated Unit 1990 1/ 1989 1990 1989 1990 -1 ,000 Acres- -Thousands- Bu. 550 Bu. 1,100 Lbs. 685 585 95 62 52,250 36,270 830 26 15 28,600 12,450 740 2,700 1,700 1,849,500 1,258,000 ~~~s :: 43 2,180 2,300 87,200 98,900 Lbs. 320 631 450 342 300 ~~ ~ 5.6 135 195 85'~ ~:: Bu 50 570 2.7 2.0 1,620 1,140 . 40 40 36 2,000 1,440 Cwt. 4.8 4.7 170 4/ 816 4/ BBuu.. ~ 77000 ;o 590 s4o0 32 59 23 35 56 242,410300 220,,264500 22 1,610 1,320 Lbs. ~ 7,140 25,000 25,000 To~~ . 6,250 125,000 130,000 for pri c:lpal . 1.7 - 1.65 - 2.8 3.0 II~ In ,';,. Ann'!:c%,.C:':;:~~ in pounds per harvested acre, production In bales. 31 &tomales brought forward from earlier forecast. 4/ Yield and production estimates AGRICULTURAL STATISTlCIAN AHO GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRCULTURE U.S. HIGHUGHTS . U. S. production of corn Is forecast to be 8.02 billion bushels, down 1 percent from last month but 7 percent above the 1989 crop. The U.S. average yield per acre is forecast at a record high 120.3 bushels, down 1.4 bushels from the September 1 forecast but 4.1 bushels above the 1989 average yield. Production of grain sorghum Is forecast at 562 million bushels, down 2 percent from September 1 and off 9 percent from 1989. The U.S. average yield is forecast at 60.7 bushels per acre, a decline of 1.1 bushels since last month, but 5.3 bushels above last year. Soybean production is forecast at 1.82 billion bushels, down 5 percent from 1989 and 1 percent oelow the September 1, 1990 forecast. Yield is estimated at 32.3 bushels per acre, unchanged from last year but 0.1 of a bushel below September 1, 1990. Area for harvest, at 56.5 million acres Is 5 percent below last year and less than 1 percent below the September 1, 1990 forecast. The produCtion of all bay is forecast at 151 million tons,2 percent more than expected on August 1, and 4 percert above the quantity produced a year ago. Area harvested is expected to total 61.7 million acres, a decrease of 3 percent from 1989. Average yield is forecast at 2.45 tons per acre compared with last year's yield of 2.29 tons per acre. Flue-cured tobacco production is expected to reach 906 million pounds, 2 percent above last month's forecast and up 12 percent from a year ago. Yield per acre, at 2,169 pounds, is up 100 pounds from last year's average yield. Acres for harvest are up 7 percent from 1989. Production of .QI.la. in 1990 is estimated at 358 million bushels, 4 percent below the 1989 crop. The yield for grain averaged 60.2 bushels per acre, up 5.9 bushels from last year. The area harvested at 5.96 million acres is down 13 percent from last year. Seeded area totaled 10.4 million acres in 1990, down 14 percent from 1989. peanut production is forecast at 3.36 billion pounds, down 6 percent from the September 1 forecast and down 16 percent from last year. This production level is the smallest crop since the 1983 crop of 3.30 billion pounds. Harvested area, at 1.75 million acres, is the largest acreage for harvest since 1951, and is up 7 percent from last year. Yield , at 1,917 pounds per harvested acre, the lowest since 1980, is down 126 pounds from last month and down 509 pounds from 1989. All cotton production i$ forecast at 14.5 million bales, down 1 percent from SeP.~.ember 1, but up 19 percent from last year. Of the total, upland is expected to account for 14.1 million bales, while pima production accounts for the rest at 422 thousand bales. Total area for harvest is estimated at 11.5 million acres, up 20 percent from 1989. Yield is expected to average 609 pounds per acre, 7 pounds below the September 1 forecast and 5 pounds below last year. Production of winter wheat is estimated at 2.04 billion bushels, up 40 percent from 1989, but off 1 percent from the August 1, 1990 forecast. Growers averaged 40.7 bushels per acre, a 5.7 bushelsfer acre increase from the 1989 estimate but down 0.3 o a bushel from August 1. This is the second highest average yield on record. Area for harvest is estimated at 50.0 million acres, up 20 percert from last year. The 1990 t:n production is estimated at 10.1 million bushels, down 26 percent from 1989 to a new record low. Area for grain is 373 thousand acres, off 23 percent from last year. Seeded area is estimated at a total of 1.63 million acres, down 19 percent from 1989. Both acreage levels are new record lows. The U.S. average yield Is 27.1 bushels per acre, down 1.1 bushels per acre from lasl season. UNITED STATES ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION-1989 AND 1990 FORECAST Crop Area Harvested Unit I 1989 11:0 Yield per Acre 1989 I 11~ Production 1989 I Ina. UCI.I, 1990 -1,000 Acres- -Thousands- Corn for Grain Bu. Sorghum for Grain Bu. Oats 1/ Bu. Barley 1/ Bu. All Wheat 1/ Bu. Av1' 1/ Bu. Soybeansfor8eans1/ Bu. Peanuts for Nuts Lbs. 64,781 11,153 6,882 8,313 62,189 484 59,538 1,644.7 66,691 9 ,260 5,955 7,594 69,353 373 56,523 1,752.5 116.2 55.4 54.3 48.6 32.7 28.2 32.3 2,426 120.3 60.7 60.2 55.2 39.6 27.1 32.3 1,917 7,527,152 617,860 373,587 404,203 2,036,618 13,647 1,923,666 3,989,995 8,021,697 561,~ 358,288 418,921 2,743,624 10,008 1,823,462 3,359,lXI Upland Cotton 2/ Cottonseed Bales Tons 9,166.0 - 11,246.8 - 602 - 603 11,503.9 - 4 ,6 7 6.9 14,127.9 5,733.2 All Hay Sweetpotatoes Tons Cwt. 63,395 86.0 61,734 91 .7 2.29 132 2.45 31 145,445 11,358 151,457 31 All Tobacco Apples Pecans Grapes Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. Tons 678.4 - 727.5 - 2,016 - 2,166 - 1/18118 rw!Md. 2/ Yield In poul'!da. 31 Yield and ptOductlon niiiMin will be rele.eclln the Annuel Crop SummafY. 1,367,331 9,965.6 250,500 5,930.9 1,575,Q 9,472.0 237,100 5,460.5 2 ==== ==:::.:.- . ----- .. -=~'='''=-=~~.:-.:-.:-:.::.':.;:;::;"=-~---->~--~-.~.-:.:.""-;.;:.:.:";:;;:m.:,;.:,:: U.S. PEANUT PRODUCTION 1~eanut production Is forecast at 3.36 billion pounds, down 1~percent from the September 1 forecast and down 16 ~rcent from last year. This production level Is the ;~nest crop since the 1983 crop of 3.30 billion pounds. Harvested area, at 1.75 million acres, Is the largest ,a~csrteyaegaer.foYr ihealdr,veast t1s,9in1c7ep1o9u5n1d,sanpderIshaurpve7spteedrcaecnrtef,rothme bwest since 1980, is down 126 pounds from last month and down 509 pounds from 1989. Production in the southeastern states (AL,FL,GA,SC) is expected to total 1.86 billion pounds, 9 percent less than last month and down 30 percent from 1989. Yield for the 4-state area is expected to average 1,694 pounds per acre, 880 pounds less than last year. Dry conditions continued during September In this region, eliminating any hope of Improved yields. Harvest proceeded but, In some areas, the dry soil became so hard that digging stopped. As of Septmber 30, Georgia's digqings were 77 percent complete with 64 percent combmed, compared with five year averages of 66 percent dug and 52 percent combined. The Alabama crop was 86 perent dug, 32 points ahead of the five year average. I l J U.S. ACREAGE AND PRODUCTION OF 'PEANUTS FOR NUT$-1989 AND OCTOBER h 1990 FORECAST ~te Area Harvested 1989 Ind. 1990 Yield 1989 Ind. 1990 Production 1/ 1989 Ind. 1990 -1 ,000 Acres- -Pounds- -1 ,000 Pounds- 239.0 250.0 2 ,250 1,500 537,750 375,000 87.0 92.0 2,470 2,100 214,890 193,200 ~ 685.0 740.0 2,700 1,700 1,849,500 1,258,000 ~ 18.2 152.0 20.0 163.0 2,400 2,435 2,600 2 ,700 43,680 370,120 52,000 440,100 ~ ~ 98.0 12.5 262.0 108.0 13.5 270.0 2,1 50 2,600 1,850 2 ,250 2,200 1,850 210,700 32,500 484,700 243,000 29,700 ~ .500 ~ 91.0 96.0 2,705 2,800 246,155 268,800 ~s. 1,644.7 1,752.5 ~ EIIimat" compriaed of quota and non-quota peanuta. 2 ,426 1,917 3 ,989 ,995 3,359,300 GEORGIA PECAN PRODUCTION UP Pean production is now estimated at 90.0 million pounds IJr 1990, 13 percent more than the September 1 forecast, lid 6 percent greater than last year's crop of 85 million !X)Unds. Improved varieties are forecast at 74.0 million !X)Unds, 7 percent higher than last year. Seedlings are expected to total 16.0 million pounds, unchanged from 1989. Nut quality, from irrigated orchards, is expected to IJe good. However, nut size is expected to be small because of dry conditions. Harvest began in late !eptember. U.S. PECAN PRODUCTION DOWN The October 1 forecast for the U.S. pecan crop is 237 million pounds (in-shell basis) , 5 percent below last year's production. Texas is forecasting 65.0 million pounds, up 8 percent from last month. Harvest was underway by late September in south Texas. The improved crop looks good this year, while a varied native crop is reported. OCTOBER 1 PECAN PRODUCTION FORECAST Improved 1/ !tate In~: 1988 1989 1990 Seedling 1988 1989 1~ 1988 -Thousand Pounds- M. 6,000 Ml 1,900 rA 2,200 R. 3 ,4 0 0 !)\ 95,000 ..1A liS 4,500 6 ,5 0 0 26,000 t 2J 3,500 (J( 2 ,5 0 0 ~ 4 ,0 0 0 30,000 13,000 100 2,000 4 ,0 0 0 69,000 2,500 5 ,5 0 0 29,000 300 1,000 600 34,000 5 ,000 50 3 ,000 2 ,100 74,000 1,500 2 ,5 0 0 31,000 700 1,000 800 45,000 4,000 1,100 2 ,600 15,000 17,500 3 ,5 0 0 2,000 44,500 2,500 30,000 9,000 900 3,000 16,000 11 ,500 3 ,0 0 0 400 8,000 400 21 ,000 3 ,000 350 1,500 16,000 3 ,5 0 0 1,500 800 5,500 400 20,000 10,000 3 ,000 2 ,200 6 ,000 110,000 22,000 10,000 26,000 5 ,5 0 0 47,000 6 ,5 0 0 60,000 Total 1989 22,000 1,000 2 ,000 7 ,0 0 0 85,000 14,000 8,500 29,000 700 9,000 1,000 55,000 Inet. 1990 8,000 400 3,000 3,600 90,000 5,000 4,000 31 ,000 1,500 6 ,500 1,200 65,000 OIHER STATES 2/31 16,300 17,900 ........,... u.s. 185,500 161 ,000 166,650 122,700 73,200 52,550 308,200 250,500 237,100 ludcltd, grafted, or lopwortcad vwM!Ift. 2/ Ellimalal for current year carried forward from eerlier for- . 31 AZ,KS,MO,and TN be$1inning wtlh 11188 crop. No brealldown ~ 3 =---:...-==~ .. ..,.... ...,.. . ~ PASTURE AND RANGE FEED CONDITION The pasture and range feed condition on October 1, for the 48 contiguous states, was 70 percent of normal, down 4 points from October 1, 1989 and 4 points below the 1979-88 average for the date. Conditions were better than last year In 17 states and below last year In 31 states. California fell in the extreme drought range. Alabama, Georgia, and North Dakota were In the severe drought range. State Average 1979-88 PASTURE AND RANGE FEED CONDITION 1/ 1989 1990 State Average 1979-88 -Percent- AL 69 76 40 NV 79 PZ. 80 55 81 NH 88 AR 66 85 59 NJ 72 CA 81 61 33 NM 85 co 79 71 75 NY 81 CT 76 93 91 NC 72 DE 65 89 86 NO 65 FL 81 85 72 OH 76 GA 65 81 45 OK 70 ID n 71 61 OR 81 IL 74 82 79 PA 72 IN 74 91 92 Rl 84 lA n 72 82 sc 65 KS 74 84 71 so 72 KY 74 94 87 TN 73 LA 74 81 73 TX 63 ME 85 90 86 UT 82 MD 69 84 80 VT 86 MA 82 94 89 VA 78 Ml 82 88 96 WA 75 MN 78 65 75 wv 73 MS 72 83 55 WI 82 MO 72 87 72 WY 78 MT 67 89 72 NE n 55 65 us 74 1/ Good to excellent, 80 and 011er; poor to lair 85-79; very poor, 50-84; _ , . drought, 36-49; extreme drought, under 35. 1989 -Percent- 63 98 96 62 72 90 48 86 94 82 80 95 83 50 95 56 48 91 96 82 92 72 63 74 1990 61 88 93 n 81 62 45 100 68 fiT 91 90 65 59 64 70 51 87 83 88 as as 88 70 Georgia Farm Report QSNN lee $10 per year excepl free 07447280) Is published semi-monthly by the Georgia AgrieuHu to data contributors. POSTMASTER: send addrea changes to rGaleSotraglilsa1A1cgsriSeu.rHvuicraeJ1 Athens, Ga. 30813-50119. Second class postage~ at Staliallcs Service, Stephana Federal Building, Surte 320, Athens, Athens, Ga. Ga. Subscril)tion 30813-5088. EORGIA GRICULTURAL TATISTICS ERVICE Stephens Federal Building Suite 320 Athens, Georgia 30613 Phone: (404)546-2236 SECOND-CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT ATHENS, GA. 30613 GEORGIA FARM REPORT October 26, 1990 olume 90-Number 21 RECEIVED OCT 3 0 1990 DOCUMENTS UGA LI8RARIU GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE Stephens Federal Building Suite 320 Athens, Georgia 30613 Phone (404)546-2236 GEORGIA EGG PRODUCTION UP 6 PERCENT Georgia's laying flocks produced 351 million eggs during September 1990, 6 percent more than September 1989. Production consisted of 233 million table eggs and 118 million hatching eggs. EGGS IN INCUBATORS-OCTOBER 1, 1989-1990, UNITED STATES tern 1989 1990 %of Year Ago -Thousands-- ~en Egg Type 29,409 28,865 98 ~ler Type 394,611 413,208 105 Tllkeys, All Breeds 27,551 27,621 100 U.S. EGG PRODUCTION UP 2 PERCENT Laying flocks in the United States produced 5.53 billion eg~s during September 1990, up 2 percent from the 5.44 billion produced a year ago. Production included 4.78 billion table eggs and 751 million hatching eggs. 20 STATE EGG PRODUCTION UP 2 PERCENT Laying flocks in the 20 states produced 4.62 billion eggs during September 1990, up 2 percent from a year ago. Production included 3.97 b111ion table eggs and 644 million hatching eggs. IEORGIA 'itching Tlble Total Georgia Ill STATES lllching llble lolal20 States !lilTED STATES illching Table !Dial U.S. NUMBER OF LAYERS AND EGG PRODUCTION-SEPTEMBER 1989-1990 Number of Layers During September 1989 1990 Eggs~er 100 Layers- eptember 1989 1990 -Thousands- -Number- Total Eg%s Produced During eptember 1989 1990 -Millions-- 5 ,921 6,442 1,839 1,832 109 118 111185 10,958 1,986 2,124 222 233 17,106 17,400 1,935 2,017 331 351 32,742 188,750 221,492 34,966 188,030 222,996 1,808 2,075 2,036 1,842 2,112 2,070 592 3 ,9 1 7 4,509 644 3,972 4,616 38,131 228,917 267048 40,640 227,417 268,056 1,823 2,072 2 ,0 3 7 1,848 2,101 2,062 695 4,744 5,439 751 4,777 5 ,528 COMMERCIAL POULTRY SLAUGHTER 1/-AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1989-1990 %of ~ Au~ . 19 9 ~~ year Sept. 2/ aoo 1990 Jan. thru Aug. 1989 1990 Thousands Thousands ~ .Chicken Georgia 70,747 74,174 105 68,086 517,119 535,793 ll1iled States 517,485 539,695 104 469,180 3,663,107 3,913,263 llllure Chicken lijrt Type, U.S. 10,871 11,487 106 10,185 91,465 93,685 liavy Type, U.S. 4,033 4,220 105 4,373 32,353 34,202 Tolal U.S. 14,904 15,707 105 14,558 123,818 127,887 Ioiii All Types, Ga. 3,250 3,736 115 3,253 28,967 32,293 r.c.nt Condemned ~.Chicken Georgia 1.5 1.1 1.6 1.3 lnled States 1.8 1.7 1.8 1.7 'Federally inspected slaughter data as collected by Meat and Poultry Inspection Program . Current month data estimated by Market News Service. 2/ Preliminary. AGRICULTURAL STATISTlClAN AND GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE %of year aoo 104 107 102 106 103 111 . ......... ~ , ~.._, 1 ."'1'.,... . . . . . .,.,.. .,... ..... . . GEORGIA BROILER HATCH UP, EGG TYPE HATCH UP U.S. BROILER AND EGG-TYPE HATCH UP The September hatch of broiler-type chicks, at 74.0 million, was 4 percent more than a year earlier. Egg-type chicks hatched during September totaled 1.3 mnllon, 6 percent more than the previous year. : . ,J ! - Egg-type chicks hatched during September 1990 totaled 32.7 million, slightly less than September 1989. The September hatch of broiler-type chicks, at 509 million,was 5 percent above September last year. POULTRY HATCHING AND PLACEMENT-SEPTEMBER 1989-1990 Item Sept. 1989 %of year ago %~ January thru September year 1989 1990 ago -Thousands- Percent -Thousands- Percert Pullet Chicks Placed Domestic (U.S.) 1/ Broiler Type 4,587 4,604 4,890 107 39,864 42,598 107 Egg Type 318 279 171 54 2,055 1,921 93 Chicks Hatched Broiler Type Georgia 71,373 78,723 74,030 104 656,950 690,631 105 United States 485,067 540,814 508,575 105 4,468,240 4,753,086 105 Egg Type Georgta 1 ,2fi7 1,495 1,342 106 11,076 12,544 113 United States 32,850 33,039 32,724 100 291,434 307,574 105 Turkeys Poultry Placed u.s. 19.900 25.631 19.705 99 2119.900 2119,705 99 1/ Reported by leading breeders, lncludee expected pullet replac:ementelrom egge aold during the preceding month at the rate ol12!1 pullet ch ick per 30 dozen cue of eggs. 2/ T""r poults placed September 1989 1980. GEORGIA RED MEAT PRODUCTION UP 6 PERCENT Georgia red meat production totaled 32.4 million pounds during September 1990, 8 percent less than August 1990, but 6 percent more than September 1989. The number of cattle slaughtered in Georgia during September was 20,400 head, an increase of 22 percent from last year. Calves slaughtered totaled 1,000 head, down 200 head from September the previous year. U.S. RED MEAT PRODUCTION DOWN 7 PERCENT percent from September 1989. January-September red meat production, at 28.7 billion pounds, was down 2 percent from last year. Beef production, at 1.81 billion pounds, was down 5 percent from last year. Head kill totaled 2.61 million, down 6 percent from last year. Pork production, at 1.23 billion pounds, was down 9 percent from the previous year. Hog kill totaled 6.9J million head, a decrease of 10 percent. Commercial red meat production for the United States in September 1990 totaled 3.09 billion pounds, down 7 Species UVESTOCK SLAUGHTER-GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES1 Number Slau!; htered sept. September '90as% of 1989 1990 1989 Ave~e Live eight September 1989 1990 Total Live Weight September 1989 1900 Georgia Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep & Lambs -1 ,000 Head- 16.7 20.4 1.2 1.0 21 21 0.1 0.1 Percent 122 83 21 100 -Pounds- 942 975 319 366 21 21 101 78 -1,000 Pounds- 15,765 19,9211 393 313 21 21 12 1 United States Cattle 2,n3.8 2,614.5 94 1,150 1,146 3,190,930 Calves 179.2 137.8 n 261 295 46,724 Hogs 7,678.3 6,895.8 90 246 247 1,886,361 Sheep & Lambs 456.0 439.1 96 120 122 54,534 1/lncludee slaughter under Federallnopec11on and other commercial slaughter, exclude farm slaughter. 2/ Data not publllhed to llYOid d lecloling Individual operation.. COMMERCIAL RED MEAT PRODUCTION-UNITED STATES1 2,995,665 40,637 1,702,393 53,486 September 1990as% Kind 1989 1990 of1989 January-September 2/ 1989 1990 1990as \ of 1989 -Million Pounds- Beef 1,913 1,813 95 Veal 28 26 93 Pork 1,349 1,228 91 Lamb & Mutton 27 27 100 Total Red Meat 3,317 3,093 93 1/ Bued on packers dre11 - lghte and exclude farm elaughter. 2/ Accumulated total baled on unrounded data. 17,200 260 11 ,603 251 29,313 17,053 232 11 ' 187 266 28,739 Percert 99 89 96 106 96 2 - . ~ CATTLE ON FEED UP 10 PERCENT IN 13 QUARTERLY STATES Cattle and calves on feed October 1, 1990, for slaughter market in the 13 quarterly states totaled 9.10 million head, up 10 percent from October 1, 1989, and 3 percent above 1988. Placements of cattle and calves on feed during the July-September 1990 quarter totaled 6.34 million, up 11 percent from 1989 and 5 percent above 1988. Other disappearance of 261 thousand head leaves net placements at 6.08 million. Marketings of fed cattle for slaughter during July-September totaled 5.74 milton, 3 percent below 1989 and 8 percent below the same period In 1988. CATTLE AND CALVES ON FEED JULY 1-0CTOBER 1 1989 AND 1990 Total13 States 1/ Total 7 States 2/ Number 1~as% Number 1990 as% ttem 1989 1990 of1989 1989 1990 of1989 -1,000 Head- Percent ())Feed July 1 8,680 8,761 101 7,235 7,310 101 Placed on Feed .klly 1-Sept. 30 1/ 5,719 6,343 111 4,882 5,469 112 Fed Cattle Marketed .klly 1-Sept. 30 1/ 5,896 5,741 97 4,973 4,861 98 OOler Disappearance .klly 1-Sept. 30 21 ())Feed Oct. 1 227 8,276 261 9,102 115 186 238 128 110 6,958 7,680 110 Marketings, ~.-Dec. 3/ 5,361 5 ,495 102 4,536 4,648 102 1/ lndud ellltla placed on feed after beginning of quarter and marketed before and of quarter. 2/ineludas death loaMs. m011amant from f"diots to paatur" and shipments to other doll lor further feeding. 3/ Total marketings including thoaa placed on feed alter July 1 and matketed before September 30 lor previous years; axpaelad total marketings including an llowanea lor tho placed on feed attar July 1 and marketed befo,. September 30 lor eurrenl year. GEORGIA JULY-SEPTEMBER MILK PRODUCTION UP 13 PERCENT Milk production In Georgia during the July-September quarter totaled 320 million pounds, 13 percent more than !he comparable period a year ago. The number of milk cows on Georgia farms averaged 112,000 head during the July-September quarter, 4 percent more than the same quarter last year. Production per cow averaged 2,860 pounds during July-September, 230 pounds more than July-September 1989. U.S. JULY-SEPTEMBER MILK PRODUCTION The quarterly production of milk for the U.S. was 36.7 billion pounds, 4 percent above the July-September period last year. The average number of milk cows in the U.S. during the July-September quarter was 10.1 million head, 26 thousand head below the same period last year. Grain and other concentrates fed to milk cows on October 1, 1990, averaged 17.1 pounds, 0.2 of a pound above October 1, 1989. The value of grain and other concentrates fed to cows on October 1, averaged $8.04 per hundredweight, $0.04 below the October 1, 1989 price. MILK COWS AND MILK PRODUCTION~ULY-SEPTEMBER 1989-1990 Georgia United States lern Unit 1989 1990 Percent 1989 1990 lllk Cows 1/ Thous. Head 108 112 104 lillk perCow 21 Pounds 2,630 2,860 108 lllk Production 21 Mil. Lbs. 284 320 113 Vlncludas dry cows. excludes heifers not yet fresh . 2/ &eludes milk sucked by calves. 10,101 3,484 35,188 10,075 3,644 36,711 3 Percent 100 105 104 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-UNITED STATES, SEPTEMBER 30, 1990 Sept. 30, 1989 Aug. 31, 1990 Sept. 30, 1990 Percent of Sept. 1989 Aug. 1900 -1,000 Pounds- -Percent- 407,878 423,945 408,155 100 96 370,183 471,270 452,372 122 96 14,379 17,130 16,684 116 97 859,530 856,611 862,128 100 101 1,240,121 1,298,326 1,193,262 96 92 557,003 507,382 507,378 91 100 231,816 240,491 243,604 105 101 277,996 224,746 225,137 81 100 768,994 846,147 847,737 110 100 569,283 593,134 617,035 108 104 1,979,305 2,062,712 2,545,431 129 123 734,230 688,130 848,583 116 123 158,427 174,465 114,399 72 66 11,934 6 ,676 2,101 18 31 29,1 34 25,570 22,942 79 90 28,782 18,200 9,187 32 50 U.S. FARM-RAISED CATFISH-1989-1990, QUANTITY PROCESSED AND PRICES PAID TO PRODUCERS, REPORTED BY MAJOR PROCESSORS AND U.S. IMPORTS Month Round Weight Processed Monthly Cumulative 1989 1990 1989 1990 Avera~e Price Paid to roducers 1 1989 1990 Imports of Catfish 2 1989 1900 --Thousand Pounds-- Dols. per Pound Thous. Pounds Jan. 26,948 33,066 26,948 33,066 .78 Feb . 28,559 31,884 55,507 64,950 .78 Mar. 29,458 33,120 84,965 98,070 .77 Apr. 27,310 30,980 112,275 129,050 .76 May 28,892 31 ,542 141,167 160,592 .76 June 27,598 28,967 168,765 189,559 .75 July 27,8Zl 29,540 296,592 219,099 .71 Aug . 28,371 31,108 224,963 250,207 .68 Sept. 30,366 27,566 255,329 277,773 .65 Oct. 31,670 286,999 .64 Nov. 29,096 316,095 .64 Dec . 25805 341 900 .68 1/ Price s paid to producers lor fish delivered to processing plant. 2/ Data furnished by U.S. Bureau of Census. .73 588 115 .75 117 553 .78 795 322 .79 417 48 .79 952 618 .79 584 61342 .79 689 ~ .79 422 362 .78 756 414 66 1 024 Georgia Farm Report (ISNN lee $10 per year excapt free 0to74d4a-t7a2c8o0n) tirsibpuutbolriss.hePdOsSeTmMiA-mSToEntRh:lySbeyntdheadGdereosrsgicehaAngrgiceusHtuoraGJeSotragtiiastAicgsriScueHrvuicl'ell1l Athens, Ga. 30613-5099. Second class postage paid at Athens, Statistics Service, Stephens Federal Building , SuHe 320, Athens, Ga. Ga. Subscription 30613-501111. GEORGIA GRICULTURAL TATISTICS ERVICE Stephens Federal Building Suite 320 Athens, G~orgia 30613 Phone: (404)546-2236 SECOND-CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT ATHENS, GA. 30613 , - 25 7 2 )2 J 0 1 Od u, I T LI~q R 0 ')2 .C'l f ' ; '' I' ' ' I~ . I GEORGIA FARM REPORT November 14, 1990 Volume 90-Number 22 ECEIVEO ov 1 6 1990 DOCUMENTS UGA LI BRARIES GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE Stephens Federal Building Suite 320 Athens, Georgia 30613 Phone: (404)546-2236 SOYBEAN PRODUCTION DROPS The November 1 Crop Report shows Georgia's 1990 soybean production significantly below the October 1 forecast. As soybean harvest advanced, damage from this year's drought became more apparent. Production is now expected to total only 10.4 million bushels, adrop of 16 percent from last month. Compared with last year, production would be almost two-thirds less than 1989. Yield 1s expected to average 13 bushels per acre, 2 bushels below last month's expected yield and exactly one-half the yield of 1989. This would be the lowest yield since 1980. Soybean prospects are so poor in some areas that expected abandonment has been increased. Harvested acres are now forecasts at 800 thousand, 30 thousand acres less than last monfi1 and 300 thousand acres less than last year. As of November 4th, about 42 percent of the soybeans had been harvested, compared with 43 percent for that date for the five year average. PEANUT PRODUCTION UP 3 PERCENT Peanut production is estimated at 1.29 billion pounds, 30 percent below last year, but up 3 percent from last month. The increase is attributedto a 3 percent rise in harvested acres to 760 thousand. Planted acreage is revised to 780 thousand acres, based on the ASCS total farm acreage report. This is a 13 percent increase from last year's planted acreage. Abandonment, at 20 thousand acres, is the highest since the 23 thousand acres in 1965. Yield per harvested acre is unchanged from last month at 1,700 pounds and is the lowest yield since 1966. COTTONFORECASTIMPROVED Cotton production is expected to total 350 thousand bales, up 17 percent or 50 thousand bales from last month'sforecast and up 2 percent from last year. Planted acreage totals 350 thousand acres, 10 thousand more than tfle previous estimate and 32 percent or 85 thousand acres more than 1989. Harvested acres are also up from last month's estimate at 340 thousand acres. This is 6 percent above the October 1 estimate and 31 percent above 1989. Yields have improved slightly from last month's forecast to 494 pounds of lint per acre, up 44 pounds from October 1. The 1989 crop averaged 631 pounds per acre. Harvest on November 4th was 84 percent complete. TOBACCO YIELD AND PRODUCTION HIGHER Based on sales records, Georgia's tobacco production is adjusted upward 2 percent to just over 100 million pounds. Th1s is 15 percent above last year's production and the highest since 1982. Harvested acres are estimated at 43 thousand, unchanged from earlier projections and 3 thousand acres more than 1989. Yield per acre calculates to 2,335 pounds, up 35 pounds from the October estimate and the highest of record. CORN FORECAST UNCHANGED Corn production forecast remains at 36.3 million bushels unchanged from last month, but 31 percent less than last year's record yield crop. Yield is expected to average 62 bushels per acre from 585 thousand acres harvested for grain. GEORGIA ACREAGE YIELD AND PRODUCTION-1989 AND NOVEMBER 1 1990 FORECAST Cro Unit 1989 1989 -Thousands- Corn Bu. 610 660 550 585 95 62 52,250 36,270 Soybeans Peanuts Sorghum 21 Bu . Lbs. Bu . 1,150 900 690 780 90 80 1,100 685 50 800 26 13 760 2,700 1,700 40 40 36 28,600 1,849,500 2 ,0 0 0 10,400 1,292,000 1,440 Cotton 3/ Hay 21 Pecans 21 Sweetpotatoes 2/ Bales Tons Lbs. Cwt . 265 350 5.0 5.0 260 340 631 494 600 570 2.7 2 .0 4.8 4.7 170 4/ 342 1,620 85,000 816 350 1,140 90 ,000 4/ Wheat 2/ Oats 21 Bu . 800 650 700 590 32 35 22,400 20,650 Bu . 90 65 70 40 59 56 4,130 2,240 fllye21 Bu . 320 300 70 60 23 22 1,610 1,320 Tobacco, Type 14 Apples 21 Peaches 21 Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. 40 43 2,180 2,335 87,200 100,405 3 .5 7,140 25 ,000 25,000 20 6 ,250 125,000 130,000 Grapes 2/ Tons 1.7 1.65 2 .8 3.0 !/ Harvested for pri nc ipal use . 2/ Estimates brought forward from earlier surveys. 3/ CoHen yield in pounds and production in bales . 4/ Yield and production estimates will be released inthe Annual Crop Summary. AGRICULTURAL STATISTICIAN AND GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE U.S. PRICES PAID INDEX UP 4 POINTS The October Index of Prices Paid for commodities and services, interest, taxes, and farm wage rates was 188 (1977 = 100), up 4 points (2.2 percent) from July 1990 and accounted for the largest quarterly index increase since January 1982. This level was 10 points (5.6 percent) above a year earlier. Prices for all fuel items were up sharply from July. Higher diesel fuel, bulk delivered regular gasoline, and service station unleaded gasoline prices impacted the index the most. Prices for diesel fuel increased 48 cents per gallon, bulk delivered gasoline 31 cents, and service station unleaded gasoline 30 cents per gallon during the quarter. CONSUMER PRICE INDEX The September seasonally unadjusted consumer price index for all urban consumers (CPI-U) was 132.7 (1982-84 = 100) compared to 131.6 in August. The July index was 130.4. For the 12-month period ending in September, the CPI-U Increased 6.2 percent. The unadjusted Index for gasoline jumped 25.9 percent from August to September and contributed most to the rise. FUELS: PRICES PAIDHUNITED STATES OCTOBER 1990, WIT COMPARISONS Item Oct. 1989 July 1990 ~ Gasoline 1/ I Dollars per Gallon Service Station, (Unleaded) 1.05 1.08 1.! Bulk Delivery, (Leaded Regular) 1.07 1.10 1.4 Diesel Fuel , Bulk Delivery 2/ .801 .740 1.22 L.P. Gas, Bulk Delivery 2/ .576 .653 .941 1/lncludes federal, state and loc al per gallon taxes. 2/ Excludes state road taxes, boA includes stale and local par gallon taxes where applicable. FEED-PRICES PAID SOUTHEAST 1/ AND UNITED STATES OCTOBER 1990 WITH COMPARISONS Commodity Price per Unit Southeast July Oct. 1990 1990 Oct. 1989 United States July Oci 1990 1900 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, Uquid 1/ AL,FL,GA,SC. $/Cwt. $/Cwt. $/Cwt. $/Cwt. $/Cwt. $/Ton $/Ton $/Ton $/Ton $/Ton $/Ton $/Ton $/Ton $/Ton $/Ton $/Ton $/Ton $/50 Lbs. $/Cwt. 15.00 15.00 13.00 11 .10 9.10 202.00 216.00 258.00 232.00 176.00 163.00 204.00 188.00 238.00 235.00 299.00 265.00 3.90 9.50 14.90 15.80 12.60 10.90 9.10 198.00 205.00 26 1.00 208.00 175.00 185.00 205.00 178.00 233.00 233.00 315.00 264.00 3.90 8.80 15.20 14.70 10.80 9 .21 7 .0 2 200.00 223.00 243.00 230.00 168.00 182.00 191 .00 196.00 296.00 212.00 327.00 263.00 3.44 9 .30 14.70 14.1 13.20 13.10 10.80 10.JU 9.65 9l 7.62 7l 206.00 199.QI 221 .00 210.111 240.00 237.QI 234.00 215.111 175.00 169.111 181 .00 181.111 192.00 190.111 191.00 189.111 283.00 282.111 216 .0 0 211.111 303.00 302.111 250.00 251 .111 3.52 3.53 9.49 9.42 SURVEY ANNOUNCEMENT The Georgia Agricultural Statistics Service will contact most Georgia farmers during November thrOUQh mid-January1u obtain end-of-year data on crops and livestock. Several major surveys will be conducted to obta1n individual farm information on acreage and production for 1990 crop, 1991 wheat and rye seedings, hog and cattle inventory numbers: the size of the current pig and calf 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 will be kept strictly confidential and used onlyto develop county, State and National estimates. The estimates obtained from these suveys will provide unbiased information to farmers to aid in making their 1991 production plans. State and National estimates will be included in future issues of the "Georgia Farm Report". County level estimates will be available in the spring and summer of 1991 . 2 GEORGJA PRICES RECEIVED The Georgia Prices Received All Commodity Index for October was 142 percent of the 1977 average, 2 points (1 .4 percent) below the previous month, but 8 points (6.0 percent) higher than a year ago. Lower prices for corn, tobacco, beef cattle, calves, milk, and broilers were only partially offset by higher prices for cotton, soybeans, peanuts, hogs, chickens and eggs. U.S. PRICES RECEIVED INDEX DOWN 1 POINT The October All Farm Products Index of Prices Received decreased 1 point (0. 7 percent) from September to 147 percent of Its January-Decem Jer 1977 average. Decreases in the prices of broilers, milk, corn, and apples were partially offset by higher prices for hogs, tomatoes, strawberries, and eggs. Prices of most food and feed grains were down from September. Oats, rice, and durum wheat countered the trend with price increases. Soybean and sunflower prices decreased while peanut prices increased. The October all hog price increased moderately over September while the all cattle price was up slightly. The steer and heifer price was at a record high for October. Broiler pricesruecreased sharply from September due partially to large supplies and weaker seasonal demand. The index was 2 points (1.4 percent) above a year ago. Higher cattle, hog, lettuce, and soybean prices were the major contributors to the increase over October 1989. Lower wheat, milk, and orange prices were partially offsetting. Commodity PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMER5-0CTOBER 151 19901 WITH COMPARISONS Price Geor~ia United States aenrit Oct. 1989 ~~- I Oct. 15, 1990 Oct. 1989 ~~ Oct. 15, 1990 Winter Wheat $/Bu. 3.38 2.90 * 3.85 2.48 2.39 Oats $/Bu. 1.47 1.08 1.16 Corn $/Bu . 2.54 2.67 2.65 2.22 2.32 2.15 Cotton Cts./Lb. 64.8 66.5 1/67.0 65.8 65.0 1/66.9 Cottonseed 2/ ${Ton 99.00 130.00 95.00 118.00 113.00 Tobacco Cts./Lb. 159.6 1 n.5 3/170.5 169.1 173.5 3/172.0 Soybealls $/Bu. 5.61 6.00 6.02 5.54 5.99 5.90 Peanuts Cts./Lb. 26.4 32.6 1/34.4 27.7 32.2 1/32.8 All Hay, Baled, 2/ ${Ton 85.10 85.70 86.00 Milk Cows, 4/5/ $/Head 1,110.00 1,230.00 1,060.00 1,200.00 Hogs $/Cwt. 46.20 52.80 55.00 46.60 54.30 56.90 Sows $/Cwt. 37.00 42.90 44.30 39.20 45.70 48.40 Barrows & Gilts $/Cwt. 46.70 53.20 55.60 47.30 55.10 57.80 Beef Cattle, 61 $/Cwt. 57.40 59.70 59.50 68.70 75.00 75.10 Cows, 7/ $/Cwt. 47.70 51 .50 48.40 47.20 52.20 50.70 Steers & Heifers $/Cwt. 71 .10 74.90 74.80 73.50 78.80 79.30 Calves $/Cwt. n.80 87.80 85.20 88.10 95.50 95.60 All Milk $/Cwt. 15.80 16.50 3/16.20 14.80 14.20 3/13.60 Turkeys, 2/ Cts./Lb. 38.2 40.6 42.2 Chickens Cts./Lb . 20.4 2/6.9 9.0 Com'l Broilers, 8/ Cts./Lb . 29.0 33.5 3/27.0 30.2 35.2 3/29.0 Eggs, All, 9/ Cts./Doz. 82.0 2/72.1 86.6 71.6 2/68.5 73.5 Table Cts./Doz. 64.9 2/58.9 63.8 64.2 2/61 .6 66.5 Hatching Cts./Doz. 125.0 2/100.0 135.0 I/ First half of month. 2/ Mid-month price. 3/ Entire month. 4/ Animals sold for dairy herd replacemen t only. 5/ Prices estimated quarterly. 6/ 'Cows' and ' steers and heifers' combined with allowance where necessary for slaughter bulls. 7/ lncludes dairy cows sold for slaughter. 8/ Uve-lght equivalent price for Georgia. 9/ Average of all eggs sold by farmers including hatching eggs sold at retail. Insufficient sales. INDEX NUMBERs-GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES Sept. .;.:.1977:..;._=_;,1~00~_ _ __ _ ..:..;1989 Oct. 1989 Sept. 1990 Georg ia Priess Received All Commodities 141 134 144 Crops 135 128 142* Uvestock & Products 146 139 145* l))ited States Prices Received 143 145 148 Prices Paid 1/178 178 2/184 Patio 3/ 80 81 80 !/July 1989 Prices Paid Index. 2/ July 1990 Prices Paid Index. 3/ Ratio of Index of Prices Receilltld to Index of Prices Paid , ln1erest, Taxes and Farm Wage Rate s. Revised . 3 Oct. 1990 142 143 142 147 188 78 U.S. PEANUTS Production is forecast at 3.45 billion pounds, up 3 percent from October 1 but down 13 percent from last year. Harvested area, estimated at 1.77 million acres, is the largest acrea9e for harvest since 1951 and is up 8 percent from 1989. Yield IS expected to average 1,949 pounds per harvested acre, 32 pounds above last month's expectations but down 477 pounds from 1989. Prolonged dry weather throughout the s~ason in the southeastern states continued to keep yield prospects below the previous year. 4-state area are expected to average 1,719 pounds per acre 855 pounds less than last year. The low rainfall and hid temperatures in Georgia, as well as infestations of spkfe mites, corn earworms, corstalk borers, and armyworms reduced the state average yield 1,000 pounds from 1989 Alabama had the same weather conditions, and the yleldl there are expected to avera11e 750 pounds below last year Digging and threshing activities exceeded the average paa in this region. Production in the southeastern states (AL,FL,GA,SC) is The Va.-N.C. peanut production is forecast at 743 millia expected to total 1.92 billion pounds, up 3 percent from last pounds, up 5 percent from October and up 21 percent Iron month but down 27' percent from last year. Yields for the 1989. Yield per harvested acre, at 2,869 pounds, is 33: pounds above last year. PEANUTS-ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION State Area Harvested Ind. 1989 1990 Yield 1989 Ind. 1990 1988 Production 1/ Ind. 1989 1900 -1 ,000 Acres.,- - P o u n d s: - -1 ,000 Pounds- AL FL GA NM NC OK sc TX VA u.s. 239 .0 87.0 685 .0 18.2 152.0 98 .0 12.5 262.0 91 .0 1,644.7 250.0 92.0 760.0 20.0 163.0 108.0 13.5 270.0 96.0 1,772.5 2,250 2,470 2,700 2,400 2,435 2,150 2,600 . 1,850 2,705 2,426 1,500 2,400 1,700 2,600 2,850 2,250 2,200 1,850 2,900 1,949 561 ,680 228,600 1,801 ,550 30 ,552 419,985 225,040 32,110 417,500 263,900 3,980,917 537,750 214,890 1,849,500 43,680 370,120 210 ,700 32,500 484,700 246,155 3,989,995 375,a 220,1m 1,292,a 52,a 464,550 243,a 29,700 499,500 278,400 3,454,950 1/ Esti mates comprised o f quota and non-quota peanuto. STOCKS OF PEANUTS AND SPECIFIED PRODUCTS AT MONTH'S END-1989-1990 1/ Month Ending Farmer Stock Shelled PeanUts 2/ Roasting Stock (In Snell) Farmer Stock Equivalent Shelled Peanuts Total 3/ - 1 ,000 Pounds- 1989 Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec . 1,565,684 2,600,860 . 2,633,466 2,367,196 331 ,707 385,901 449,264 497,903 18,837 32,865 37,113 40,009 441 ,1 70 513,248 597,52 1 662,211 2,025,691 3,146,97l 3,268,1([ 3,069,41! 1990 Jan . 1,914 ,179 549 ,208 47 ,592 730,447 2,692;11 Feb . 1,473,417 660,237 58 ,749 878,115 2,410,281 Mar. 1,134,619 701,704 64,491 933,266 2,132,31! ft.Pr. 656,275 689,026 65,690 916,405 1,638,311 May 276,968 679,521 64,417 903 ,763 1 ,245, 1~ June 84 ,172 619,897 56,334 824,463 964,9!1 July 28 ,395 469,966 40,719 625,055 694,15 Aug . 3g,711 280,435 21 ,813 372 ,979 431 ,51! Sept. 1;194,960 228 ,830 9,652 304,344 1,508,951 1/ Exc ludes stocks on farms . Includes st ocks owned b y or held for accoun t of CCC in .commerci al sto r~Jges . Farmer stock o n net we ig ht basis. 2/ ln clud es shelled edible grades, shollol oil stoc k, an d shell ed seed (unt reated). 3{ Actu al farm er stock, plu s roasti ng stock, pi <~. shelled peanuts X 1.33. Georgia Farm Report fee $l 0 per year exce (ISN N pt free 0744-7280) is to data contri publi sh buto rs. ed semi-monthly by the Georg POSTMASTER: Send address icahaAnggr iecus lttourGaleSotragtiiastAicgsriSceur~vuicreal Athens, Ga. 306 13-5099. Second class postage paid at Statistics Service, Stephens Federal Building, SUite 320, Athens, Ga. Subocription Athens, Ga. 30613-5QI&. GEORGIA GRICULTURAL TATISTICS ERVICE Stephens Federal Building Suite 320 Athens, Georgia 30613 Phone: (404)546-2236 SECOND-CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT ATHENS, GA. 30613 0 20 1 U I JOC T M~~ :\J T S ~S - 2 572 J 63 0 S~ CT Li d Y 3J~02 ) ZJ 9 1 03 GEORGIA FARM REPORT November 29, 1990 Volume 90-Number 23 RECEIVED NOV 3 0 1990 u~Q~~~ GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE Stephens Federal Building Suite 320 Athens, Georgia 30613 Phone: {404)546-2236 The "all hired" farm worker wage rate for October, 1990, averaged $5.16 per hour, up 88 cents from a year earlier. Workers paid on an hourly basis earned $5.15 compared with $4.23 in October, 1989. Wage rates for field and livestock workers were $4.97 and $4.63 , respectively. NUMBER WORKERS DOWN, WAGE RATES UP Atotal of 115,000 persons worked on the southeast region farms during the week of October 7-13, 1990. The work force was comprised of 75,000 self-employed farm operators, 12,000 unpaid workers and 28,000 workers hired d1rectly by farm operators. During the current survey week, self-employed persons worked an average of 27.3 hours, 3.0 fewer hours than in the comparable week in 1989. Unpaid workers, who worked 15 hours or more during the week, put in 26.8 hours compared with 34.4 hours a year earlier. Hired workers spent an average of 37.8 hours domg agricultural work, down 0.6 hour from October of last year. FARM WAGE RATES-OCTOBER 7-13, 1990, BY STATE OR SELECTED REGION AND UNITED STATES 1/ State or Re ion 2/ Northeast I Northeast II Appalachian I Appalachian II Southeast Aorida Lake Cornbelt I Cornbelt II Delta Southern Plains Pacific California Hu.asw. aii All Hired Workers 5.58 5.51 4 .7 3 4 .9 4 5 .16 6 .2 8 5 .2 5 5 .6 8 5 .15 4 .5 9 5 .0 4 6.44 6 .27 8.64 5 .64 Field 6.17 5.45 4.59 4.43 4 .97 5 .68 5 .21 5.29 4 .78 4 .3 3 4.74 6 .3 7 5.67 8 .0 2 5.41 Other --Dollars per Hour-- 4.50 7.05 3/ 5.83 4.54 8 .20 5.69 5 .6 2 4 .3 9 7 .3 9 3/ 4 .6 8 4.79 7.69 6.94 4.61 4.63 8.94 3/ 5.15 5.48 10.35 8.98 5 .7 6 4 .61 7.29 7.13 5.52 5.16 7.74 6.59 5.49 5.20 7.10 3/ 5.20 4.66 7 .8 6 3/ 4.29 4.78 7 .65 6 .5 0 4.72 5.87 9 .05 6.28 5 .8 6 6 .50 10.30 8.80 5 .6 9 3/ 13.54 3/ 8 .0 4 5.00 8.52 7.14 5.44 er 7 .3 4 4.85 6 .5 2 5.08 3/ 4.88 3/ 5.41 6.68 4 .82 6.14 7 .92 5.94 4.65 3/ 6.05 3/ 5 .05 3/ 5.47 3/ 5.44 6 .8 3 7.85 7 .3 6 8.62 3/ 11 .40 6 .8 3 5.84 NUMBER OF WORKERS ON FARMS AND HOURS WORKED FOR THE WEEK OCTOBER 7-13, 1990, BY STATE OR SELECTED REGION AND UNITED STATES 1/ State or Region 2/ All Farm Workers SelfEmployed Unpaid Hired Hired Workers Expected to be Employed 1ou uays 1149 Days or More or Less Theus. Theus. Hours Theus. Hours Thous. Hours -Thousands- Northeast I 112 44 42.9 16 39.2 52 39.9 36 16 Northeast II 139 66 3 9 .6 31 40.3 42 41 .0 32 10 Appalachian I 131 69 35.2 20 3 5 .3 42 36.4 28 14 Appalachian II Southeast 231 145 27.1 115 75 27.3 36 30.2 12 26 .8 50 30.0 24 26 28 37.8 21 7 Aorida 76 24 24 .0 4 32.5 48 36.7 45 3 Lake Cornbelt I Cornbelt II Delta 335 177 53.3 326 201 39.0 262 156 48.6 130 71 35.4 81 42.0 64 36.2 65 37.5 16 34.9 77 37.8 46 31 61 37.3 40 21 41 41 .8 27 14 43 45.7 32 11 Southern Plains 300 187 33.5 48 31 .3 65 41 .7 51 14 Pacific 138 52 31 .0 13 31 .2 73 42.5 35 38 California Hawaii u.s. 257 62 30.0 14 3 32.9 3022 1 559 40.0 9 42 .0 1 29.9 528 37.5 186 43.2 141 45 10 38.8 9 1 935 41 .3 648 287 1/ Excl udes agricullu ral service workers. 2/ Regions con sist of the fo llowing: Northeast 1: CT, ME, MA, NH, NY, AI , VT. Northeast II: DE, MD, NJ, PA. Appalachian 1: NC, VA. Appalachian II: KY, TN, WV. Southeast: AL, GA, SC. Lake: Ml, MN, WI. Cornbell l: IL, IN, OH. Corn belt II: lA, MO. De~a: AA, L.(, MS. Southern Plains: OK, TX. Pacffic: OR,WA. 3/ Insufficient data. AGRICULTURAL STATISTICIAN AND GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE GEORGIA Hatching Table Total Georgia 20 STATES Hatching Table Total 20 States UNITED STATES Hatching Table Total U.S. ...........-.... ... ,.. .... NUMBER OF LAYERS AND EGG PRODUCTION-OCTOBER 1989-1990 N~~~~ 8fc~~~~s 1989 1990 -Thousands- L..Eagvgesrs~-6~,,...1...~.~..,... 1989 1990 -Number- Togt~ ~gg._Produced urina 1rrnru:>r 1989 1900 -Millions- 6,046 11,545 17,591 6,372 11,207 17,579 1,879 2,065 2 ,001 1,883 2,151 2,054 114 120 238 241 352 361 32,898 190,085 222,983 34,413 189,899 224,312 1,857 2,145 2,102 1,895 2,191 2,145 611 652 4,on 4,1&1 4 ,6 8 8 4,812 38,236 230,145 268,381 . . 39,997 229,6n 269 ,674 1,875 2,143 2,104 1,903 2,178 2,137 717 761 4,931 5,003 5 648 5764 POULTRY HATCHING AND PLACEMENT-OCTOBER 1989-1990 %of %of Item Oct. 1989 Se~ . 19 Oct. year 1990 ago January thru October 1989 1990 aygeaor -Thousands- Percent -Thousands- Percert Pullet Chicks Placed Domestic (U.S.) 1/ Broiler Type 4,707 4,890 4,880 104 44,571 47,478 107 Egg Type 189 171 155 82 2 ,244 2,076 93 Chicks Hatched Broiler Type Georgia 71 ,544 74,030 74,370 104 728,494 765,001 105 United States 484,375 508,575 510,309 105 G 4,952,615 5,263,395 1ai E~g Ty~e eorgta United States Turkeys 1,431 33,298 1,}.f2 32,724 .. . 942 32,143 ' 66 :97 .. .. 1?,50? .. 13.486 1~ 324,732 . ; 339,717 105 Poultry Placed u.s. 20169 19705 I 21 454 106 . 2!40 069 2/!$.1 159 103 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 do~en case of eggs. 2/Turllf poults placed September-October. . ' COMMERCIAL POULTRY SLAUGHTER 1/-SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 1989-1990 %of %a Item Se&t. 19 9 SeB6. 19 year ago Oct. 2/ 1990 Jan. thru Sept. 1989 1990 ye~ ago Thousands Thousands Young Chickens Georgia 63 ,118 60,642 96 67,525 580 ,237 596,435 103 United States 452 ,721 445,936 99 519,743 4 , 115,828 4,361,302 1~ Mature Chickens Ught Type, U.S. 10,777 8,989 83 9 ,889 102,242 102,674 100 Heavy Type, U.S. 4 ,291 4,114 96 4,212 36,644 38,316 105 Total U.S. 15,068 13,103 87 14,101 138,886 140,990 102 Total All Types, Ga. 3 ,854 2,860 74 3 ,3 1 9 32,821 35,153 107 Percent Condemned Young Chickens Georgia 1.7 1.2 1.6 1.3 United States 1.9 1.7 1.8 1.7 1/ Federally inspected slaughter data as colle cted by Meat and Pou~ry Inspection Program. Current month data estimated by Market News Service. 2/ Preliminary. EGGS IN INCUBATOR5-NOVEMBER 1, 1989-1990, UNITED STATES Item I 1989 1990 % of Year Ago -Thousands- Chickens Egg Type 27,867 27,755 100 Broiler Type 388,178 396,785 102 Turkeys, All Breeds 27,189 28,724 106 GEORGIA RED MEAT PRODUCTION UP 17 PERCENT Georgia red meat production totaled 39.5 million pounds during October 1990, 22 percent more than September 1990, and 17 percent more than October 1989. The number of cattle slaughtered in Georgia during October was 23,900 head, an increase of 32 percent from last year. Calves slaughtered totaled 1,200 head, down 400 head from October last year. (U .S. information on page 3) 2 U.S. RED MEAT PRODUCTION DOWN 1 PERCENT Commercial red meat production for the U.S. in October 1990, totaled 3.49 billion pounds, down 1 percent from last year. January-October red meat production, at 32.2 billion pounds, was down 2 percent from last year. Beef production at 2.04 billion pounds, was up' fractionally from last year. Head kill totaled 2.96 million, down slightly. Pork production, at 1.39 billion pounds, was down 2 percent from the previous year. Hog kill totaled 7.74 million head, a decrease of 4 percent. COMMERCIAL RED MEAT PRODUCTION-UNITED STATES1 October 1990 as% Kind 1989 1990 of1989 Jan.- Oct. 2/ 1989 1990 1990 as% of 1989 Million Pounds Percent Beef 2,041 2 ,0 4 2 100 Veal 31 31 100 Pork 1,421 1,389 98 Lamb & Mutton 30 32 107 Total Red Meat 3 ,524 3 ,493 99 1/ Based on pac kers dress we ights and excludes farm slaughter. 2/ Accumu lated totals based on unrounded data. Million Pounds 19,241 19,095 291 13,024 263 12,576 281 32,837 298 32,232 Percent 99 90 97 106 98 LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER-GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES1 Species Number Slau~ htered uct. October '90 as% of 1989 1990 1989 Average Live Weight October 1989 1990 Total Live Weight October 1989 1990 . -'--1,000 Head- Percent -Pounds- -1 ,000 Pounds- Georgia Cattle 18.1 Calves 1.6 Hogs 21 Sheep & Lambs 0 .1 United States 23.9 132 1.2 75 21 ... 0.2 ,. 200 939 969 320 365 21 21 .. .92 82 17,023 519 21 10 Cattle Calves Hogs Sheee & Lambs 2 ,964 . 1 198.4 8,032.1 483.9 2,960.0 161.6 7,738 .5 507.1 100 81' 96 ~ 105 1,151 265 ' 248 123 1,.149 3,413,051 301 .. 52,536 249 124 1,991,588 59,674 I/ Includes slaughter under Federal Inspection and other commercial slaughter, excludes farm slaughter. 21 Data not published to avoid d isclosing individual operations. 23,115 436 21 16 3,402,544 48,560 1,929,412 62,893 MILK COWS AND MILK PRODUCTION-OCTOBER 1989-1990 Item I Untt I 21 States r--------1-9-89------~---------1-9-90--------~-----P-e-rc_e_n_t _ No. Milk Cows on Farms 1/ Thous.Head Milk Production per Cow 21 Pounds Total Milk Production 21 Mil. Lbs. 1/ Includes dry cows. Exclu des heifers not y el fresh . 2/ Exc ludes milk sucked by calves. 8,510 1,161 9,878 8,541 100 1,199 103 10,238 104 . . U.S. FARM- RAISED CATFISH-1989-1990, QUANTITY PROCESSED AND PRICES PAID TO PRODUCERS, REPORTED BY MAJOR PROCESSORS AND U S IMPORTS Month Round Weight Processed Monthly 1989 1990 I L;umulatlve 1989 1990 Average Price Paid to Producers 1 1989 1990 Imports of Catfish 2 1989 1990 - - -Thousand Pound s- - Jan. 26 ,948 33 ,066 26,948 33,066 Feb. 28 ,5 5 9 31 ,884 55,507 64,950 Mar. 29 ,458 33,120 84,965 98,070 Apr. 27 ,310 30,980 112,275 129,050 May 28 ,892 31,542 141,167 1()0,592 June 27 ,598 28,967 168,765 189,559 July 27,827 29,540 296,592 219,099 Aug . 28,371 31 ,108 224,963 250,207 Sept. 3 0 ,366 27,566 255,329 277,773 Oct. 31 ,670 29,211 286,999 306,984 Nov. 29,096 316,095 Dec. 25 805 341 900 I/ Prices paid to producers lor fish delivered to processing plant. 21 Data furn ished by U.S. Bureau of Census . Dais. per Pound .78 .73 .78 .75 .77 .78 .76 .79 .76 .79 .75 .79 .71 .79 .68 .79 .65 .78 .64 .78 .64 .68 Thous. Pounds 588 117 795 417 952 584 689 422 756 414 66 1 024 115 553 322 48 618 6/342 406 362 619 3 CATILE ON FEED IN 7 STATES UP 10 PERCENT FROM LAST YEAR Cattle and calves on feed November 1, 1990, for slaughter market in the 7 states preparing monthly estimates totaled 8.74 million head, up 10 percent from a year ago and 7 percent above November 1, 1988. This is the largest November number on feed since 1978. Marketings of fed cattle during October totaled 1.61 million, down 1 percent from last year but 2 percent above two years ago. Placements of cattle and calves on feed in the 7 states during October totaled 2.75 million, up 4 percent from last year and 12 percent above October 1988. Net placements of 2.66 million for October were 3 percent above last year and 13 percent above 1988. Other disappearance totaled 87 thousand head compared to 71 thousand in October 1989 and 84 thousand in October 1988. CATILE AND CALVE$-NUMBER ON FEED, PLACEMENTS, MARKETINGS, AND OTHER DISAPPEARANCE, 7 STATES, OCTOBER 1 TO NOVEMBER 1 Number 1990 as% 1990 as% Item 1988 1989 1990 of 1988 of 1989 --1,000 Head-- Percent On Feed October 1 1/ 7,404 6,958 7,680 104 110 Placed on Feed During October 2,450 2,652 2,751 112 104 Fed Cattle Marketed During October 1,576 1,628 1,605 102 99 Other Disappearance During October 21 84 71 87 104 123 On Feed November 1 1/ 8,194 7,911 8,739 107 110 be"" 1/ Cattle and calveo on feed are animals for slaughter marl \ ,o:::::'o':':':'o<::o::':' l Pecan Forecast.. Prices Received Peanut Stocks COTTON PRODUCTION UP 9 PERCENT Georgia's 1990 cotton production is now estimated at 380 thousand bales compared to the November 1 forecast of 350 thousand bales and the 1989 production of 342 thousand bales. The December 1 estimate is based primarily on the Census Bureau's survey of cotton ginnings to December 1 and the .additional ginnings expected for the remainder of the season. Acreage harvested is expected to total 345 thousand acres, up 5,000 from last month. Last year, 260 thousand acres were harvested ~rt Georgia. Yield is now expected to average 529 pounds of lint per acre and compares with 631 pounds per acre iri 1989. Harvest on December 2 was 97 percent complete Gompared to the five year average of 92 percent. Cotton harvest got off to a fast start and ran a week or more ahead of average all season. PECAN PRODUCTION DROPS Pecan production for Georgia's 1990 crop at 70 million pounds, is 20 million pounds below the October 1 f orecast and 15 million pounds below last year's crop. Quality has been a bright spot but yields have been very disappointing. Many reasons have been offered for this year's low production such as an early spring freeze, di sease, condition of trees following the 1989 crop, predators, insects, drought and heat. A crop of this size would be the smallest since 1979. Improved varieties are estimated at 60 million pounds and seedling varieties at 10 million pounds. Harvest progress through December 9 was 91 percent, well ahead of the average of 83 percent. RECEIVED DEC 1 7 1990 DOCU MENTS UGA LIBRARIES GEORGIA ACREAGE' YIELD AND Acreage PRODUCTION 1989 AND DECEMBER Yield per Acre 1 ' 1990 FORECAST Production Har- For Indicated Indicated Crop Unit vested Harvest December 1, December 1, 1989 1/ 1990 1/ 1989 1990 1989 1990 -Thousand Acres- -Thousands- I Corn 2/ Bu . 550 585 95 62 52,250 36,270 Soybeans 2/ Bu . 1,100 800 26 13 28,600 10,400 Peanuts 2/ Lbs. 685 760 2 ,7 0 0 1,700 1,849,500 1,292,000 Sorghum 2/ Bu . 50 40 40 36 2 ,0 0 0 1,440 Cotton 3/ Bales 260 345 631 529 342 380 Hay, All 2/ Tons 600 570 2.7 2 .0 1,620 1,140 Pecans Lbs. 85,000 70,000 Sweetpotatoes 2/ Cwt. 4.8 4.7 170 4/ 816 4/ Wheat 2/ Bu. 700 590 32 35 22,400 20,650 Oat> 2/ Bu . 70 40 59 56 4,130 2 ,240 Plfe2/ Bu . 70 60 23 22 1,610 1,320 Tobacco, Type 14 2/ Lbs. 40 43 2,180 2,335 87,200 100,405 Apples, All 2/ Lbs. 3.5 7,140 25,000 25,000 Peaches 2/ Lbs. 20 6 ,250 125,000 130,000 Grapes 2/ Tons 1.7 1.65 2 .8 3.0 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 oAnnual Crop Summary . AC.RICU\.TI IRfd . STJI.TISTICI.A.N AND GEORGIA DEPARTM EtH OF AGRICULTURE U.S. PECANS The December 1 forecast for the U.S. pecan crop is 216 million pounds (in-shell basis), 9 percent less than the October 1 forecast and 14 percent below last year's production. Alabama's forecast is 6.00 million pounds, 25 percent under the October forecast and 73 percent below the previous year's harvest. Late-season drought, heavy aphid pressure, foliage disease, and being the down year in the alternate bearing cycle contributed to this low production. California's production of 3.00 million pounds is unchanged from October 1 but 50 percent above last year. Quality and size are good. Harvest is about 70 percent complete. Florida's crop is expected to total 4.60 million pounds, 28 percent above the October forecast but 34 percent below last season. Louisiana's forecast is 5.00 million pounds, unchanged from October, but 64 percent below 1989 production. Mississippi expects 4.00 million pounds, the same as on October 1, but 53 percent below last season. This decrease was caused mostly from freezes during December 1989 and April 1990. Quality is excellent. New Mexico pecans are forecast at 31.0 million pounds, unchanged from October 1, but 7 percent above last year. Quality is good . Oklahoma's crop is forecast at 6.50 million pounds, the same as October's forecast but 28 percent below last season. Texas is forecasting 65.0 million pounds, unchan!;)ed from October but 18 percent above last year's production . Harvest is behind normal because of wet conditions. Quality problems are being encountered in many areas. The "other states" (AZ,KS,MO,TN) forecast of 17.9 million pounds remains unchanged from October but is 1Q percent higher than last season. U.S. COTTON area for harvest is estimated at 11 .5 million acres, up 21 percent from 1989. Yield is expected to average 641 pounds per acre, 19 pounds above November and up 27 pounds from last year. Upland cotton production in Texas and Oklahoma is forecast at 5.15 million bales, 4 percent above November 1, and 69 percent above the 1989 production. Cotton harvest made good progress in the plains, although hampered during November by rains, high humidity, and morning dew. Yields and grades in the High Plains were reported good to excellent. By December 2, harvest was 73 percent complete in Texas, compared with the average of 66 percent. The Delta States (AR,LA,MI,MO,TN) expect to produce 4.95 million bales, 3 percent above the November 1 forecast and up 23 percent from 1989. Good harvest weather allowed producers to continue field work. Yields are higher than anticipated earlier in Arkansas , Mississippi, and Missouri. Louisiana's production is a record high level. As of December 2, the harvest in all of these states was virtually complete. Production in the Western States (AZ,CA,NM) is expected to total 3.68 million bales, up 3 percent from November 1 and up 9 percent from 1989. The yields in this region are expected to average 1,232 pounds per acre, 12 pounds above the 1989 yield. The forecast in the Southeastern States (AL,GA,NC,SC) puts production at 1.19 million bales, a 4 percent increase from last month and 16 percent above the 1989 production. Yields in this region are expected to average 519 pounds per acre, down 85 pounds from last year due to dry conditions that prevailed during the season. Harvest continued almost uninterrupted during the month. The December 1 forecast of all cotton production is 15.4 million bales, up 3 percent from the November 1 forecast and up 26 percent from last year's production. Of the total, Upland is expected to account for 15.0 million bales while Pima production will be 386 thousand bales. Total Bureau of Census reports 12,436,067 running bales ginned prior to December 1, compared with 10,352,900 running bales for the same date last year and 11,698,470 running bales in 1988. State AL AR CA FL GA LA MS NM NC2/ OK sc TX 1988 6 ,000 1,900 2,200 3 ,400 95 ,000 4,500 6,500 26,000 3,500 2,500 4,000 30,000 lmproved 1/ 1989 13,000 100 2,000 4,000 69,000 2,500 5 ,500 29,000 300 1,000 600 34,000 DECEMBER 1 PECAN PRODUCTION FORECAST ma. 1990 1988 Seedling 1989 Ina. 1990 1988 -Thousand Pounds- 5,000 250 3,000 2,700 60,000 1,500 2,500 31,000 700 1,000 700 50,000 4,000 1,100 2,600 15,000 17,500 3,500 2,000 44,500 2,500 30,000 9,000 900 3,000 16,000 11,500 3 ,000 400 8,000 400 21,000 1,000 150 1,900 10,000 3,500 1,500 800 5,500 300 15,000 10,000 3 ,000 2,200 6 ,000 110,000 22,000 10,000 26 ,000 5,500 47,000 6,500 60,000 Total 1989 22,000 1,000 2,000 7 ,000 85 ,000 14,000 8 ,500 29,000 700 9,000 1,000 55,000 Ina:-- 1990 6,000 400 3,000 4,600 70,000 5,000 4,000 31,000 1,500 6,500 1,000 65,000 OTHER STATES 2/3/ 16,300 17,900 u.s. 185,500 161,000 158,350 122,700 73,200 39,650 308,200 250,500 215,900 1/ Budded, grafted, or topworked varieties. 21 Estimates for current year carried forward from earlier forecat . 3/ AZ,KS,MO,and TN beginning with 1989 crop. No breakdown between varieties available . 2 GEORGIA PRICES RECEIVED The Georgia Prices Received All Commodity Index for November was 143 perce nt of the 1977 average , unchanged from the previous month, but 10 points (7.5 percent) higher than a year ago. Higher prices for corn , peanuts, steers and heifers, calves, chicken s, and table eggs were offset by lower prices for cott onseed , soybeans, hogs, cows, milk, and broilers. Cotton was unch an ged. U.S. PRICES RECEIVED INDEX DOWN 1 POINT The November All Farm Products Index of Prices Received de cr eased 1 point (0. 7 percent) from October to 145 perc ent of its January-December 19 77 ave rag e. Decreases in th e prices of hogs, mil k, soybeans, and corn were partially offset by higher prices for oranges, lettuce, and strawberri es. Steers and heifer prices were at an ail tirne record high, up 1 percent from the previous record of $80.20 a month earlier. Peanut prices were at the highest level since January 1981 . Hog prices moved up in October but dropped off sharply in November. Milk moved to the lowest level since July of 1989. The November soybean price was at the lowest level since November of 1987 while the all wheat price was the lowest since August of 1987. The corn price continued a downward trend which began in July. The All Farm Products Index was 2 points (1.4 percent) below a year ago. Lower milk, wheat, and corn prices were th e major contributors to the decline from November 1989. Higher prices for cattle, lettuce, and hogs were partially offsetting. Commodity PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS-NOVEMBER 151 19901 WITH COMPARISONS Price Georgia United States a enrit Nov. 1989 Oct. 1990 I Nov. 15, 1990 Nov. 1989 Oct. 1990 Nov. 15, 1990 Winter Wh eat $/ Bu. * * * 3 .8 4 2.42 2.36 Oats $/ Bu . 1.48 1.14 1.11 Corn $/ Bu . 2 .62 2.60 2.65 2 .24 2 .19 2.10 Cotton Cts./Lb . 64 .9 68 .2 1/68. 2 65.6 67.5 1/68 .3 Cotton seed 2/ $/Ton 112.00 130.00 124.00 11 1.00 113.00 126.00 Tobacco Cts./Lb . 170.5 167 .0 17 1.5 3/173.5 Soybeans $/ Bu . 5.57 5.85 5.58 5 .66 5 .8 7 5.5 1 Peanuts Cts./Lb . 22.6 34.7 1/3 8 .6 26 .9 34. 0 1/ 38 .5 All Hay, Baled , 2/ $/Ton 83. 60 86.00 8 1.50 Hog s $ /Cwt . 44.40 5 5 .0 0 49 .70 45.00 56.80 49.70 Sows $/Cwt. 3 5 .50 45.00 43 .00 36 .8 0 48 .10 44.70 Barrows & Gilts $/Cwt. 44 .80 5 5 .50 50 .00 45 .70 57. 60 50 .20 Beef Cattle, 4/ $/ Cwt . 5 5 .10 5 9 .20 58.10 69.80 75 .50 75.70 Cows, 5/ $/ Cwt . 47 .50 48 .90 48 .20 46 .80 49.80 47.50 Steers & Heifers $/Cwt. 68 .60 74.70 75.00 75 .8 0 80.20 81.00 Cal ves $/ Cwt . 77.90 84.10 86.50 8 6 .70 92.80 92 .80 All Milk $/ Cwt . 16.40 16.00 3/ 15.40 15.60 13.20 3/ 12.80 Turkeys, 21 Cts./Lb . 40.7 42.2 43.0 Ch ickens Cts . /Lb . 21 .8 2/9.0 16.2 Com 'l Broilers, 6/ Cts./Lb. 28 .0 27.0 3/ 26 .5 29.4 29.0 3/28 .2 Eggs, All , 7/ Cts./Doz . 88.2 2/86.6 8 6 .8 79.2 2/73.5 72.9 Tab le Cts ./Do z. 73.3 2/63 .8 65 .2 73.1 2/66 .5 66.2 Hatchi n9 Cts ./Doz . 125.0 2/ 135.0 135.0 1/ First half of month . 2/ Mid month price. 3/ Entire month . 4/ 'Cows' and ' steers and heifers' combined Y.ith allowance where n ecessary for slaughter bulls . 5/ Inc ludes dairy cows sold for slaughter. 6/ Liveweight equivalent price for Georg ia. 7/ Average of all egg s so ld by far mers including hatc hing eggs sold at retail. Insufficient sales. 1977= 100 INDEX NUMBERS-GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES Oct. 1989 Nov. 1989 Oct. 1990 Georgia Prices Received All Commodities 134 133 143* Crops 128 123 144* Uvestock & Products 139 140 142 United States Prices Received 145 147 146 Prices Paid 178 1/ 178 188 Ratio 3/ 81 83 78 1/ July 1989 Price s Paid Index. 2/ July 1990 Prices Paid Index. 3/ Ratio of Index of Prices Received to Index of Prices Paid , Interest, Taxes and Farm Wage Rates. Revised. Nov. 1990 143 149 138 145 2/188 77 3 U.S. PEANUT STOCKS Peanut stocks in commercial storage on October 31, 1990, totaled 2. 79 billion pounds of equivalent farmer stock. This total includes 2.35 billion pounds of actual farmer stock. Shelled peanuts on hand totaled 412 million pounds of equivalent farmer stock. Roasting stock totaled 23.2 million pounds. There were 342 million pounds of Commodity Credit Corporation uncommitted stocks on hand as of October 31 , 1990. Shelled peanut stocks on October 31, 1990, totaled 310 million pounds of which 283 million pounds were edible grades and 26.6 million pounds were oil stocks. Edible grade stocks by type were: Virginias, 85.4 million pounds; Runners, 172 million pounds; and Spanish, 25.9 million pounds . Month Ending STOCKS OF PEANUTS AND SPECIFIED PRODUCTS AT MONTH'S END-1989-1990 1/ Farmer Stock Shelled Peanuts 2/ Roastin~ Stock {InS ell} Farmer Stock Equivalent Shelled Peanuts Total3/ -1 ,000 Pounds- 1989 Oct. Nov. Dec. 2,605,066 2 ,633 ,466 2,367,196 388,229 449,264 497,903 34,121 37,113 40,009 516,345 597,521 662,211 3,155,532 3,268,100 3,069 ,4 16 1990 Jan . 1,914,179 549,208 47,592 730,447 2,692,218 Feb. 1,473,417 660,237 58,749 878,115 2,410,281 Mar. 1,134,619 701 ,704 64,491 933,266 2,1 32,376 Apr . 656,275 689,026 65,690 916,405 1,638,370 May 276,968 679,521 64,417 903,763 1,245,148 June 84,172 619,897 56,334 824,463 964,969 July 28,395 469,966 40,719 625,055 694,169 Aug. 36,711 288,795 21,920 384 ,097 442,728 Sept. 1,194,n6 233,073 9,814 309,987 1,514,5n Oct. 2,354,507 309,944 23196 412,226 2,789,929 1/ Excludes s1ocks on farms . Includes s1ocks owned by or held for account of CCC in commerci al storages. Farmer stock on net weight basis. 2/ lncludes shelled edible grades, shelled oil stock, and shelled seed (untreated) . 3/ Actual farmer stock, plus roasting stock, plus shelled peanuts X 1.33 . Georgia Farm Report (ISNN fee SfO per year except free 0744-7280) is published semi-monthly by the Georgia Agricu to data contributors. POSTMASTER: Send address changes ~touraGleSo1ragtiiastAicgsriSceu~rvuircael Athens, Ga. 30613-5099. Second class postage paid at S1atistics Service, S1ephens Federal Building, SUite 320, Athens, Ga. Athens, Ga. Subscription 30613-5099. GEORGIA GRICULTURAL TATISTICS ERVICE Stephens Federal Building Suite 320 Athens, Georgia 30613 Phone: (404)546-2236 042P01 13 00000 95-257209520 n 404/542-0663 00 910H UNIV OF GE ORGIA DOCUMENTS SECT LIBRARY ATHENS GA 30602 SECOND-CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT ATHENS, GA. 30613 December 28, 1990 Volume 90-Number 25 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE Stephens Federal Building Suite 320 Athens, Georgia 30613 Phone: (404)546-2236 . HIGHLIGHTS Poultry Summar-Y Livestock Slaughter Cattle on Feed Milk Production Catfish Cold Stora e EGGS IN INCUBATORS-DECEMBER 1, 1989-1990, UNITED STATES Item 1989 1990 % of Year Ago - -Thousands- Chickens Egg Type 28 ,051 30,306 108 Broiler Type 429,708 449 ,524 105 Turkeys, All Breeds 29,153 3 0 ,066 103 GEORGIA EGG PRODUCTION SAME AS LAST YEAR Georgia's laying flocks produced 357 million eggs during November 1990, the same as November 1989. Production consisted of 242 million table eggs and 115 million hatching eggs. U.S. EGG PRODUCTION UP 3 PERCENT Laying flocks in the U.S. produced 5.71 billion eggs during November 1990, up 3 percent from the 5.56 billion produced a year ago . Production included 4.98 billion table eggs and 733 million hatching eggs. 20 STATE EGG PRODUCTION UP 2 PERCENT Laying flocks in the 20 states prod.uced 4.75 billion eggs during November 1990, up 2 percent from a year ago. Production included 4.12 billion table eggs and 623 million hatching eggs. GEORG IA Hatching Table Total Georg ia 20 STATES Hatching Table Total 20 States UNITED STATES Hatching Table Total U.S. NUMBER OF LAYERS AND EGG PRODUCTION-NOVEMBER 1989-1990 Number of Layers During November 1989 1990 Eggs ~er 100 Layers- ovember 1989 1990 -Thousands- - N u mber- Total Eg~ Produced During ovember 1989 1990 -Millions- 6 ,109 6 ,311 1,815 1,822 111 115 11 ,845 11 ,485 2,076 2,109 246 242 17,954 17,796 1,988 2,006 357 357 3 3 ,6 1 3 191,179 224 ,7 9 2 34,336 192,203 226,539 1,800 2,105 2,060 1,814 2,145 2 ,0 9 5 605 4,025 4 ,630 623 4,122 4,745 38,872 231 '170 270 ,042 40 ,273 232 ,674 272 ,947 1,811 2,099 2 ,057 1,820 2,140 2 ,093 704 4,852 5,556 733 4,979 5,712 Item Young Chickens Georgia United States Mature Chickens Ught Type, U.S. Heavy Type, U.S. Total U.S. Total All Types, Ga. Percent Condemned Young Chickens Georgia United States COMMERCIAL POULTRY SLAUGHTER 1/-0CTOBER-NOVEMBER 1989-1990 Oct. 1989 Oct. 1990 %of year ago Nov. 2/ 1990 Jan. thru Oct. 1989 1990 Thousands Thousands 63,688 469,005 10,249 4,147 14,396 3,729 72,342 540 ,7 2 0 10,207 4,1 81 14,388 3,252 114 65 ,889 643,925 668,777 115 471,225 4 ,584 ,8 3 4 4,906 ,532 100 9,322 112,492 113,040 101 3,041 40,791 42,497 100 12,363 153,283 155,537 87 3,010 36,550 38,405 1.4 1.1 1.9 1.6 %of year ago 104 107 100 104 101 105 AGRICIJLTURJII. STATi STICIAN AND GEORGIA OFPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE JAN 0 3 1991 DOCUMENTS UGA LIBRARIES GEORGIA BROILER HATCH DOWN SLIGHTLY AND EGG TYPE HATCH UP The November hatch of broiler-type chicks, at 69.2 million; was slightly less than a year earlier. Egg-type chicks hatched during November totaled 1.4 million, 17 percent more than the previous year. U.S. BROILER HATCH AND EGG-TYPE HATCH UP Egg-type chicks hatched during November 1990 totaled 30.0 million, 1 percent more than November 1989. The November hatch of broiler-type chicks, at 490 million, was 4 percent above November last year. POULTRY' HATCHING AND PLACEMENT-NOVEMBER 1989-1990 %of %of Item Nov. Oct. Nov. year January thru November year 1989 1990 1990 ago 1989 1990 ago -Thousands- Percent -Thousands- Percent Pullet Chicks Placed Domestic (U.S.) 1/ Broiler Type Egg Type 4,008 262 4,880 155 4,714 118 171 65 48,579 2,506 52,192 107 2 ,247 90 Chicks Hatched Broiler Type Georgia 69,417 74 ,370 69,233 100 797,911 834 ,234 105 United States E~g Type eorgta United States 469,641 510,309 490,178 104 5,422 ,256 5,753,573 106 1,168 29,662 942 32,143 1,367 117 29,991 101 13,675 354 ,394 14,853 109 369,708 104 Turkeys 'Poultry Placed u.s. 20733 21 454 21 629 104 2/60 802 2/62 788 103 1/ Reported by leading breeders, Inclu des a.pected pullet replacement s from eggs sold during the preced ing month at th e rate of 125 pullet chi cks per 30 dozen case of eggs. 2/Turlcans, Shelled Pecans, In Shell COLD STORAGE STOCKS-UNITED STATES, NOVEMBER 30, 1990 Nov. 30, 1989 Oct. 31, 1990 Nov. 30, 1990 Percent of Nov. 1989 Oct. 1990 - 1,000 Pounds- - Percent- 294 , 133 411 ,284 401,610 137 98 330 ,643 444,009 424,888 129 96 13,374 16,794 17,248 129 103 907,815 912,744 840,565 93 92 1,111 ,228 1,231 ,309 " 1,300,076 117 106 554,203 536,701 536,399 97 100 237,644 267,416 278,112 117 104 279,245 231 ,877 222,086 80 96 478,798 859,649 584,344 122 68 258 ,562 622,925 334 ,209 129 54 2 ,081,035 2 ,576,733 2,451 ,766 118 95 937,990 995,646 999,464 107 100 206 ,273 108,791 140,677 68 129 16,284 4,680 6 ,256 38 134 18,005 14,553 11 ,599 64 80 25,693 8,464 11 ,161 43 132 Georgia Farm Report (ISNN 07447280) is published semi -monthly by the Georgia Agricultural Statistics Service, Athens, Ga. 306t3-5099. 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