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AGRICUL TURAL

PR I C ES

D E C EM BER 15 1974
January 2, 1 975

GEORGIA I NDEX DOWN J POINTS

The All Commodities I nde x of Pri ce s Receive d by Ge or gi a farmers in December was 17 8 percent, down 3 points fr om the pr eviou s mon t h bu t 9 poin t s above December 1973 , according to the Georgia Crop Re porting Serv i c e .

The December All Cro p s I nde x was 193 pe rcen t , 3 points below the previous month . The Livestock and Livestock Produc t s I ndex wa s 167 pe r c ent , 1 point below the previous mon t h and 6 points below December 197 3 . The dec r ea s e in t he Al l Commodity Index from the November 197 4 level result ed from decre a s e s i n t he pr i ces of cotton s eed , soybeans, peanuts , cattle and chickens.

UNITED STAT ES PRI CES :-lECEI VED I NDEX DOVJN 5 POINTS PRI CES PAID INDEX UP 1 PO INT

The Index of Prices Rec e ived by Fa rmers de cre a s ed 5 point s (3 percent) to 177 percent of i.ts January-Decemb er 19 67 average during t he mont h ended De cemb er 15, 1974 . Contribut i ng most to the decreas e s i nc e mi d- Novembe r we r e l owe r pr i c e s for Upl and cotton, wheat, cattle , lettuce, and s oybe an s . Hi gher pr ice s f or ho gs and e ggs were par tially offsetting. The ind ex was 8 points (4 perc ent) be l ow a ye a r earlier .

The Index of Pric e s Pa id by Fa r mer s fo r Commod i t ies and Services, Interest , Taxes, and Farm Wage Rates for Dec embe r 15 was 17 9 , up 1 point (~ percent) from a month earlier. Feed prices were lower wh i le most o t he r co mmodit y gr oup prices averaged higher. The index was 25 points (16 percent) above a ye a r ear lie r .

1967 = 100
GEORGIA

I NDEX NUMBERS -- GEORGI A A}ID UNITED STATES

Nov . 15 197 3

De c . 15 1973

Nov. 15 1974

Dec. 15 1974

Price s Rece i ved All Commodities All Cr ops

1/168

1 / 1 69

181

178

1 / 160

1/165

1:./ 1 96

193

Livestock a nd Live s tock

Products
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UN I TED STATES :

Prices Receiv ed

:

181

1 85

18 2

177

Prices Paid, Interest,

Taxes & Fa rm Wa ge Ra tes

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152

154

178

179

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Rat i o 2 /

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11 9

1 20

10 2

99

!/ Revised . 2/ Rat i o of Index of Pr i c e s Rece i ve d by Fa r mer s to Ind ex of Prices Paid , I nte r e s t ,
Taxes , and Fa r m Wage Rat es .

FRASIER T. GALLOWAY

CLAYTON J. HCDUFFI E

Agr i cul t ura l St a t i s t i c i an In Charge

Agr i cul t ura l Statistic i an

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Commod i. t y and i-jr,-i t- -- - - ,

P l~I C E S ::'ECEI VELI

r'!h ea t, l. u .

$

Oa ts" bu .

$

Corn , b u .

y( .

Cotton , l b.

c

Cot t ons ee d , ton

s

Soybeans , b u .

s

Peanu ts, l b .

c

3weetuot atoe s , cwt.

$

Hay , baled, ton :

,~ ll

.$

Alf a lfa

$

Och e r 1/

S

l:i l k C OilS , he ad

$

Hogs, cwt ,

$

Beef Cat t le , Al 1 , cwt . 2/ $

Cows , c wt , ]j

-$

Stee r s & Hei f e rs , cwt . $

Calves , e dt .

$

Ei11~ , Sol d to Plants, cwt .

Fl ui d ;!a r ke t

$

Nanufac t ure d

$

Al l

$

Turkeys , l b .



Chicken s, Ib :

=xcl udi ng Broilers



Comme r c ial Br oi l e r s



Eggs , a l l , doz.



Tabl e, do z.



Hatching , do z .



Jec . 15 1973
4 . 00 1.46 2. 55 !!../ 58 , 0 94 .00 5 .84
10 .15
39 . 50
3'; . 50 455 . 00
38 .10 4/36. 90 - 32 . 00
40.5 0 49.20
!!../9.80
!!../9.80 37. 0
17 .5 18 .0 69.5 67 . 6 80. 0

GEGJ.GIA ~ov. 15
1974

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UNITED STATES

De c . 15 ~ov . 15 Dec . 15

1973

1974

1 9 74

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1. 83 3 c c'): p.... 48 .0 127 .00 7.41 18 .7 8 . 85

4 . 04 1. 37 3. 30 48 :0 119 . ~) O 6 . 83 18.3 9 . 20

4.7 3 1.20 2 . 3 S'
!:../47 . 6 ::3 . 70 5.n5 16.5
4/ 3.05

35.50
35 . 50 35 5 . 0 C
36 .00 22.30 18.20 25.7 0 23 .40

35 ,50 4/46 .00 ~ 49.40
35 . 50 . . 39 .50 370.00 , : !!../532. ,)0
36 .90 : 38.28 20.60 : 4/37 ;70 17.18 : 4/29.40 23.40 : - 39.90 23.50 50 .10

4/10.10
4/11J.10 28 . 5

.2/10. 05
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29.0

4/9.02 4/8. 00 4/8.80 !!../40.3

12.0 23 . 5 61. 7 57 . 6 85 .0

11.0 21.5 68.4 65.5 85 .0

15.9 19.3 63.8

4 , 87 1. 70 3.32 49. 3 13 9. Cit) 7 .44 17. ? 8 . 0G
50 . 30 52. 90 44 .30 428 . ;)0 36 .70 28.30 17.30 31.7 0 25 .60
4/8.80 4/7.02 4/8.44
29.8
10.2 24 . 0 55.5

if. 65 1.7': 3.2 7 43. 7 130. ;1 0 7. 03 18. 6
G. 72
50 .7 0 53. 40 44. 90 414 . 00 38 .30 27. 60 17 . 00 31.00 24 .80
5/8.73 5/6. 8G I/8.35
31. 3
10 . 9 21. 9 59 . 0

PRICES PAI D, FEED

ilixed Dai ry Feed, tim

14 % Pr ot e i n

$

16 % Protein

$

18 % Protein

$

20% Prot ein

$

Ho g Feed , 14%-18%

protei n , cwt.

$

Cottons eed Ilea l , 41 %,cwt . $

Soybean Meal , 44%, cwt, $

Bran, cwt .

$

Ni dd1i ngs, cwt .

$

Corn Heal , cwt.

$

Poult r y Feed , ton :

Broiler Grower Feed

$

Laying Fee d

$

Chick Starter

$

Al f a lfa Hay, ton

$

Al l Other Ha y , ton

$

124.00 135.00 136.00 14 9.00
7.80 11.00 12.50
7.40 7.70 6.50
147. 00 142.00 165.00
44 .50

151 . 00 156.00 158.00 166.00
9.20 10 .5 0 11.00
8.70 8. 50 7 . 90
133.00 165 .00 184.00
55.00 53. 00

146.00 154.00 158.00 161.00
8.90 10.50 10 .50
8.40 8.40 7.90
178.00 15 9.00 182 .00
56 .00 54.00

122.00 132.00 137.0Cl 143.00
7 .89 11.30 11.90
7.14 7.16 6.11
165.00 150.00 173.00
62.90 49.70

146.00 151.00 155.00 158.00
9 . 15 10.20 10 .70
7.79 7.78 8 .13
183.00 167.00 189.00
64.80 55.00

147 .00 llf9 .00 154. 00 156.00
9 .01 9.94 10 .30 7.74 7.6 9 7.99
180 .')0 164 .00 186.00
64 .90 54.70

1/ Includes all ha y except alfalfa .
2/ "Cows" and "steers and heif ers" combined "li t h allowance where necessary for s l augh te r
bulls. 3/ Includes cull dairy cows s ol d f or slaughter, but not dairy cows for herd replacement s .
4/ P.evis ed . 5/ Prel iminary .

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GEORGIA ANNUAL VEGETABLE SUl-nIARY - 1974

January 3, 197 5

Pr oduc ti on of principal c omme r c ia l ve ge t a bl e s f or fr esh marke t and pro ce s s ing wa s val ued at $16,3 48 , 000 , an inc r eas e of 11 pe r cen t f rom 1973 , according t o t he Ge org ia Cr op Rep or t i ng Service . This includes only s i x comme rcial v e ge t ables for wh i ch es t ima t e s a r e made (snap beans, ca bba ge , can t a l oup s , c ucumbe r s, t oma toes and wa t e r me l on s) . The tot a l harv e s t ed ac reage for fre s h market a nd p roc e s s i n g vegeta bl e s wa s do,Jn 2 pe rce nt f r om t he pr e v i ous yea r .

The ha r ve s t ed acre a ge of ve ge t ab l e s for f r e s h market i n 1 974 'vas up 1 pe r ce n t f rom 1 973 while t o t a l p r oduct ion of a l l fres h marke t ve ge t a bles combined was up 12 pe r c e nt f rom a yea r earlier. With t he e x ce pt i on of a ha i l s t or m i n June in a maj or p rodu c ing a r ea , weath e r conditions were ge ne r a l l y f av or ab le t hroughou t t he growin g s ea son. The 11 percent inc re a se in the c omb i ned v alue of fre sh ma rke t and pr oces s i n g ve ge tab l e s wa s due main l y to s harp inc r eas e s in s p r i ng t oma t oe s a nd ,va t e r melons . Value for othe r ve get a ble c r ops was ge ne ra l ly on th e same l ev el a s 197 3 wi t h t he e x cep t i on of cabba ge whi c h s howe d a s har p dec line f r om the 1973 l evel.
Swe e t po t a t o e st ima t ~ ~are no t i ncl ud ed in t h i s v ege t a ble r epo r t. The swee t po t a t.o da ta
is publi sh ed in th e annual Fie ld Cr op Summary .

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UNI TED STATES

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Fres h Har ke t Ve getabl~ : Jl,st im~te d pr oduc tion of 22 prin cipa l fre sh ma r ke t ve ge table s a nd

_,'" ,/ .:mel ons fo r 19 74 i s 1 per cent l ess tha n i n 19 73. The 1974 pr o- .

ducti on of 235. 1 rni ll i~.n,vhundr e dwe i gh t compa r es wi th 197 3 out put of 237. 5 mi llion hund r e d-

weig ht an d the 197 2 to t a l o f 23 1 . 1 rui llion hundredweigh t . Aggrega t e ha rv e s t e d acr ea ge for

these 22 crop s a t 1 . 6 mill i on a c r es wa s 5 percen t le s s t han in 19 73 . Yie l ds ho wev e r a ve r a ged

slight l y above a year earli er f or al l c r ops .

The 22 princ i p al vege tabl e and melon crops had a t o t a l v alue o f 1 ,8 58 mi l l i on do l lar s , s~i gh tly l a r ger than a ye a r e a r l i e r . Le a din g c r op s i n order of val u e we r e l ettu ce , t oma t oe s , oni ons , ca r ro ts , and swe e t co r n whos e co mb i ne d t ota l acc oun t ed for 58 per c ent of t he U. S. to t al value .

The five l e ading States in the 19 74 produ c t i on of fr e sh ve ge t ab l e s a nd melons in orde r of total outpu t were Califo rni a , Flor i da , Texa s, Ar izona, and New York . These Sta t e s a cco un t ed for 66 percent of the harve s t e d a cre a ge , 75 pe r ce n t of t he pr oduc t i on , a nd 76 percent of the value of ve getab l e s and me lon s pr od uced in t he United States .

Vege t ab l e s for Proc e s sing : Product i on o f 1 3 p r oce s s i ng ve getables gro,m c omme r c i a l l y i n th e Uni t e d Stat e s during 1 974 totaled 1 2 .5 mi ll ion tons , a 10 per cent
gain ov e r 1973 and 1 5 pe r c e n t above 19 72 t onna ge . Produc t i on of 9 of the 13 p r oc e ss ing ve ge tabl es estima t e d sh ow inc r e a s e s ove r l a s t ye a r ' s outpu t . Increase s i n ag gregate harves ted acreage and high er average y i e l d s pe r acre con tr i bu t ed to t h i s ye a r 's lar ge r production . Produc t i on exc l ud e s t onn a ge f r om mature crops no t harvested becaus e of economi c f ac to rs.

A comparis on of 1974 tonn a ge wi t h 1973 by cr op s s hows i nc r e a s e s a s f ollows : s na p beans , up f r a c t i onal l y ; be ets, 20 percent; c a bbage f or k r a u t , 27 perc ent ; gr e en peas, 14 pe rcen t ; sp i~a ch , 2 pe r c e n t ; t omat oe s , 18 pe r cent ; a s pa ra gu s , 6 pe r ce n t ; brocc ol i, 15 percent ; and carro t s , up one percent . Dec r e a ses i n 19 74 pr od ucti on f~ om the prev i ou s year a re : green lima beans , of f 12 percent ; sweet corn, - 6 pe r c e n t ; cuc umber s for p ickle s , 1 perc en t ; a nd caul i f l owe r , 4 pe r c ent l ower .

Value per t on wa s up 48 pe rc en t, r e f lecti n g sha rp l y highe r 19 74 raw produc t pr i c es . Combined value for t he 13 cro ps , at $1, 027. 5 mi l l i on , wa s 6 3 pe rc en t ov e r t he pr ev i ous year. Larger a creage s , i ncre ase d y i e ld s and h i gher pr i c e s r e s ul t ed in the 19 74 rec or d value.

FRASIE R T. GALLOWAY Agricul t u r a l Sta t ist ici a n In Cha r ge

PAUL E. HILLI AJ' '1S Agricul t u ral Statis tician

The S ta t i s t i c ~l Repo r t in g Servi ce , USDA, 1 861 We s t Broad St reet, At hens , Geor gi a i n cooperat i on with t he Ge or gia Departme n t o f Agr i cul t ur e .

GEORGIA : ACREAGE , PRODUCTION, PRICE AND YALU~itF' PRLN~:CPAL_CROPS_,] g72-1 g74 1/

Harvested

Yi e l d

Produc~

Pri ce

Crop

Year

Ac r eage

Per Ac re tion

Per Cwt. Va lue

FOR FRESH HARKET:

Ac r e s

Cwt ,

1 , 000 Cwt .

Dollars

1 , 000 Dol lar s

Beans, Snap Spr i ng Quarter
Beans, Snap Summe r Quarte r
Beans , Snap Fall Quar t er
Cabbage Spring Quarter
Cabb age Summer Quar t e r
Canta10ups Summe r Quart er
Tomatoes Spr i ng Quar t er

1 97 4 1 973 1972
1974 19 73 1972
197 4 1973 1972 19 74 1 9 73 1 972
19 74 19 73 1972
1 974 1973 1972 1 97 4 19 73 1972

2,200

32

2 , 000

25

2, 800

31

1, 400

28

1 , 400

28

680

37

50 0

28

600

32

520

35

2 , 500

110

2 ,5 00

100

2,200

11 5

50 0

1 20

400

100

400

11 0

3, 300

70

3 , 700

64

4,700

58

1 ,400

70

900

56

1 ,400

70

70

15.20

1, 064

50

20 .50

1 , 025

87

12 . 90

1 ,1 22

39

17.10

66 7

39

16 .10

6 28

25

13 .00

324

14

23 . 00

322

19

14 .7 0

279

18

13.30

239

275

3.31

91 0

250

5 . 34

1 ,335

254

3.80

965

60

6.35

381

40

7.42

29 7

45

4.47

201

231

6.63

1 ,5 32

237

6.33

1 ,500

27 3

4 .96

1 ,354

98

15.00

1,4 70

50

17.50

875

98

10.30

1,009

Tomatoes Summer Quarte r

1 97 4

1,300

65

85

1 7 .90

1 , 522

1973

2 ,100

55

116

17 .00

1 , 9 72

1972

1 , 400

72

101

11. 50

1 , 160

Watermelons Spring Quar t e r
Waterme lons Summer Qua rte r

19 74 19 73 1972 19 74 1 973 19 72

3 , 200 400
Lf , 300 26,000 28, 000 28,700

120

384

70

28

70

300

90

2,340

85

2,380

70

2, 010

3.70
!+.OO
2 .51 2.76 2 .52 1.46

1 , 421 11 2 752
6, 458 5,998 2 ,944

TOTAL
FRESH MARKET 1/

1974 1973 1972

42,300 42,000 47 ,100

xx

3,596

xx

3,209

xx

3,211

xx

15,747

xx

14 ,021

xx

10,070

FOR PROC ESSING:

1974

2 , 300

xx

xx

Total Processing 2/

1 97 3

3 ,400

xx

xx

1972

3,400

xx

xx

TOTAL, FRESH MARKET

1974

44,600

xx

xx

AND PROC ESSING 3/

19 73

45 ,4 00

xx

xx

1972

50 ,500

xx

xx

xx

601

xx

656

xx

618

xx

16,348

xx

14,677

xx

10,688

1 / Includes only commercial vegetables for which es t i ma t e s are made, 1974 da ta preliminary .
2/ Not pub lished s eparately to avoid disclosur e of individual operations.
J./ Excludes swee t potatoe s, whi ch have . be en cons i dered a fr esh ve getable i n Georgia . Swee t>
potat o es timates wi ll be r eleas ed wi th the f i e l d crop s annua l summary.

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GEORGI A FARM NUMBERS UNCHANGED I N LAST THREE YEARS

The prel imi na ry est ima t e of farms operat in g i n Georg ia du r i ng 1975 a t 75 , 000 i s unc ha nge d from t he 1973 and 1974 number, a ccording t o the Georgia Crop Repo r t i ng Servi ce . Pr io r t o 1973 , Geo rgi a f arm numbers de c rea sed s teadi l y . In 1966, the re we re 84 , 000 f a rms in Geo r g ia .

The p re ] im i na r y est imat e of la nd i n f a rms f o r 197 5 at 17 mi l l io n acre s i s a l so uncha nge d from 1973 an d 1974 . Ave ra ge f a rm s ize at 227 a c re s is als o unc ha nge d ove r t he l as t th re e years , but up 4 ac re s from 1966.

UNI TED STAT ES: NUMBER OF FARM S DECLINES SLIGHTLY

The re were 2, 830 , 000 f a rms i n the Un i t e d State s duri ng 1974, l e s s t ha n o ne pe r cen t fe we r t ha n i n 1973 . The pre l iminary e s t ima t e fo r 1975 i nd ic at e s; 2 , 8 19 , 000 , a sl igh t dec l i ne f rom 1974 .

Tot al l a nd in f a rms , esti ma te d a t 1,088 mi l li o n a c re s fo r 1974, decline d l ess t ha n one perce nt. The 1975 prel im i nar y est imate of 1, 086 mill io n a c re s , is s l igh tly smal l e r t han 1974.

The av erag e si ze o f f a rms co nt i nue s to grow, but at a sma ] l e r ra t e tha n du r i ng t he
pa s t t en year s. The 1974 average of 384 ac res pe r farm wa s 1 acre l a rge r t ha n 197 3 a nd
52 a cres l arge r t han 10 year s a go. The av era ge s ize f a rm f o r 1975 i s a gai n on l y one a cre
l a rge r t ha n a yea r ea r l ie r .

Yea r 1964 1965

u. NUMBER OF FARM S AN D LAND IN FARMS ,

S.~. ~] 9~6~4~-~7~5

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Fa rm$"J .' ( T h o. u s~ n d s )
'0 , - ,' c.,
)~" 3, 45 7
.:,3 ,3 56

Land in Farms (Thousa nd Acres)
1, 146 , 106 1, 139 , 597

Ave rage size o f f a rms (A c re s )
33 2 340

1966

3, Z57

I , 131 ,8 L~4

348

1967

3, 162

I, 123, 456

355

1968

3,07 1

1,11 5,2 31

36 3

1969

2 ,99 9

1, 107, 7 11

369

1970

2 , 954

I, 102 , 769

373

1971

2 ,909

1,097, 300

377

1972

2 , 870

1, 093 , 0 17

381

1973

2 . 844

1, 089 , 530

383

1974

2 , 830

1,087 , 788

384

1975 .!/

2 , 8 19

1, 086 , 375

385

1/ Pre l iminary

FRA S IER T. GALL OI-JAY Ag r ic u l t u ra l St a t i st i ~ i a n In Cha rg e

I/il KE HAMMER Ag r i cu l t ural Statist i c ia n

The St a t i s t i ca l Rep o rti ng Se r vi ce , USDA , 186 1 ':Je s t Broad St ree t , At he ns , Georg ia i n coope ra t io n wit h t he Georgi a De pa rtme nt o f Ag ri c ult u re.

St a t e

Al abama

Al a s ka 2/

Ar iz on a

Ar ka nsa s

Ca 1 i fo rn ia

Co l o ra do

Co nne

De 1a\'Ja re

Fl or i da

Geo r q ia

Ha wa i i

Ida ho

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I I I in o i s

Ind ian a

Iowa

Ka ns a s

Ken tu c ky

Loui si an a

Mai ne

Ma ryl and

Ma s sa chuse t t s

Mi c h i ga n

Mi nnes o t a

Mi s s i s sip p i :

Mi s sou r i

Mo nt a na

Ne bra s ka

Neva da

New Hamps hi re

New J er se y

New Me x i co

New Yo r k

Nor t h Carol i na . :

No r t h Dakot a

Oh io

Ok l a homa

Ore go n

Pennsy lva nia

Rhode Isla nd

Sou t h Ca ro 1 ina :

So uth Da ko t a

Ten ne s s ee

Tex a s

Uta h

Vermo n t

Vi rg i n ia

\-Ja s h i ng t on

We s t Vi rg i n ia

INi sco ns in

Wyomin g

NUMBER OF FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS. BY STATES . 1973-7 5

1973

Fa rm s 1974

La nd i n Fa rms

1975 1/

1973

19 74

Nu mbe r

1,00 0 Ac re s

78 , 000 3 10
6,0 00 69, 000 63, 000 29 ,5 00 4 , 40 0
3,600 35 ,000 75.000 4 , 300 27 ,600 127,000 107 , 000 139, 000 84 , 000 126 , 000 48 , 000
7 , 700 18,00 0
5 , 800 80 , 000 118,000
85, 000 139 , 000 25 , 100 70 , 000
2, 000 2 ,600 8, 10O 11,800 56 , 00 0 137 ,000 4 2 ,000 117 ,000 87 ,000 33, 000 71 ,000
68 0
L+8 , 000
44,000 125 , 000 209 , 000
12, 600 6 , 600 74 ,000 40,5 00 26 , 500 106, 000 8 ,200

78 , 000 310
5 ,900 69, 000 63, 000 29, 500 4, 400
3,600 3 4 , 0 00 75 .000
L~, 300
27,2 00 126 ,000 106, 000 138 , 000 83, 000 126,000 48 , 000
7 ,600 17 , 8 0 0 5 , 8 00 80,000 118 , 000 85,000 139 ,00 0 24 ,600 69,000 2,000 2,600 8 ,0 00 11,800 57,000 135 ,000 4 1,500 1i 7 ,000 87 , 000 32 ,500 7 1, 000
680 47,000 43,500 125 , 000 209 ,000 12 , 600
6 , 600 73 , 00 0 40, 000 26 , 500 1 0 5 , 0 00
8 , 200

77, 000 300
5 ,800 69,000 63,000 29 ,5 00
4 ,400
3 , 500 34 , 000 75. 00 0 4,3 00 27,0 00 125 ,000 106 , 0 0 0
137 ,0 00 82 , 000 125 , 000 48, 000
7 , 600 17, 600 5, 800 80, 000 118 , 000
85,000 139 ,000 24, 000 68, 000
2, 00 0 2,600
7, 900 1,1,800
58, 000 132 , 000 4 1, 000 117 ,0 00 86, 00 0
32, 500 72, 000
680 47 ,000 43 ,000 125 ,0 00 209,000 12 , 600
6,600 72,000 40,000 27,000 104,000 8 ,100

14 , 600 1 , 71 0
39 , 000 17 ,30 0 36 ,2 00 39, 900
54 0 700 14 , 6 0 0 17 . 000 2 ,300 15,500 29 ,3 00 17 , 500 34,3 00 49 , 900 16 ,200 11, 800 1, 730 2 , 970 710 12 , 300 30 , 600 17 , 2 00 32, 900 62 , 700 48 , 100 9 , 000 560 1,03 5 47, 200 10 , 900 14 ,200 4 1, 700 17 , 400 37 , 000 19 , 700 9, 900 65 7 , 900 45 ,500 15, 400 141,800 13 , 000 1,860 11, 200 16 ,600 4, 850 19 ,7 00 35,5 00

1!.j., 60 0
1, 71 0 38 , 400 17 , 300 36 , 100 39 ,9 00
540 698 14 , 500 17 . 000 2 , 300 15 ,5 00 29 , 200 17 , 500 34, 300 49,900 16 , 200 11, 800 1,710
2, 955 7 10
12, 300 30 , 600 17 , 200 32,800 62, 500 48 , 100
9 , 000 56 0
1, 030 47, 200 11, 200 14 ,0 00 41 , 700 17 , 40 0 36 , 900 19 , 600
9 ,900 65
7 , 800 45 ,500 15 , 400 14 1, 800 13 , 000
1, 860 11, 100 16 ,500 4, 850 19 , 600
35, 500

197 5 1/
14 ,500 1, 7 10
38 ,0 00 17, 300 36 , 000 39 , 900
540 69 7 14 , 500 17 . 000 2 , 300 15 ,6 00 29 , 100 17 , 500 34 ,300 49, 900 16 , 200 11,800 1,7 10 2 ,9 40 710 12 , 300 30 , 600 17, 200 32,7 00 62 ,400 48 , 000 9 ,000 560 1, 025 4] , 200 11 ,400 13 , 800 41 ,600 17 , 4 0 0 36 , 800 19 ,50 0 10 , 008 65 7, 800 45, 500 15 , 400 141, 800 13, 000 1, 860 10 , 900 16,500 4, 850 19 , 500 35 , 500

Uni t ed State"- :2 ,84 3, 890 2,8 30 , 49 0 2 ,818 ,580 1, 089 ,5 30 1,087,788 1, 086 , 375
1/ P re ! imina r y . 1/ Excl us i ve of gra z i ng l a nd l ea se d from U. S. Gove rn men t , Ala s ka
farm l a nd t ota l s a bout 70, 000 acre s .

Af t er Five Da ys Return t o Uni t ed St a t e s Department of Agr i cu l t ure
Stat i s t i ca l Repor t i ng Service 1861 We s t Bro ad St ree t Athens , Georgi a 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS

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fjP~C ILIJ l~i:ml PRESS lill'llI CL8 FOR I HHEDI ATE RELEASE

t' SI:il. Sc:rv f: Y to Identi f y Farm Pr odu c t i on Cos ts:

~ comprehen s i v e sur vey to det ermine co s t s of producing vlhea t ? cor n and other fee d

grai ns? cotton ? s oyb eans ? mil k and s el ected commoditie s 1vil l i ncl ude i nforma tion fr om
a sample of farmers i n more than 1/2 of Georgi a ' s 159 cOlUlti e s .

Fra si er T. Gal l 01vay ? St at i s t i ci an I n Charge of the Geor gi a Crop Rep or t i ng Ser vi ce
said t h e na ti onal data coll ect i ng ef f or t vri.L]. Get un de r \lay J anu ary 20 and continu e thr-ough :t?ebr u ar y 28 . .1'. small sample of pr odu c er s in Geor gi a and tho s e i n other par ts of the country 11i l l be cont a ct ed i n p er s on and ask ed qu estions conc er ning 1974 costs

of producti on. Que s t i on s 11i l l r ela t e t o laboI' 7 p ower and equ i pment , f er tili zer and

chemicals ? storage ? drying 7 and other s i mi lar outlay s . Al l r e spons e s wi ll be con-

fidential and only St a t e ? regi onal , and na t i onal summar ie s "ri l l be i ssued .

The survey w.i Ll, b e condu ct ed annual ly to identify pr odu cti on practices and

establish current national av er age cost s of producing f arm commoditi es. The

information wi l l b e of major us ef ulne s s i n identifying and updating bud get s for crop

and livestock ent er pr ise s . The survey r esult s wi l l als o help outline production costs

whi ch have dra1'!ll con s i de r abl e int er est as pos s ibl e 'det erminants of target pr i c e or pr ic e

suppor t 1 eve l s ,

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1861 \'Je s t Broad St .
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Re l e as e d .Jar.ua r y 1 3 , 1 9 75

GEORGIA' S COTTOtl CROP AS OF J ANUARY 1 , 19 75

Geor gi a ' s 19 74 cotton crop i s f or e ca st at 410 ,000 b ale s (e quiva l e nt 480 pound s net wei ght), a c c ord ing to the Georgi a Cr op Repo r t i ng Se r v i ce. The for ecast wa s ba s ed mainly on da t a s uppl i e d by gi nne r s a s of J a nuary 1 . The c ur r ent e s t i ma t e i s 10, 000 bale s a bove t he December e s t i mat e and 20 , 000 bales atov~ t he 1973 c ro p .

According to t he Bu r e au o f Census , 384, 49 7 runni ng bales had be en gi nne d in Geor gi a before January 1 , c ompar ed wi t h 369 , 305 on tha t date i n 1973 and 330 , 383 i n 1972 . Gi nni ngs to January 1 fo r the Uni t e d St a t e s t o t a l e d 10 , 603 , 876 runni n g ba le s c ompared wi t h 11 , 601 , 087 in 1973 and 11 , 602 , 571 i n 1972 .

- - - - - -- I N-DI-CATED COTTON PRODUCTI ON, 1974 : FI NAL PRODUCTION, 1973-1 972

Cr op Repo r t i n g

Ind .

Dis tricts

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19 72

,
\ Non -Co t to n
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1

16,000 13 , 516 22 , 409

2

7 ,000 10,839 10 ,444

3

8 , 000 9, 835

8 ,817

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Rome

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18,000 18 , 163 20 , 022

5

89,000 86 ,5 78 70 ,0 38

6

59,000 61 ,660 47 , 285

7

62,000 51 ,8 90 54, 805

8

150,000 136 , 598 11 7 , 871

9

1, 000

921

2, 309

State

410 ,000 390,000 354 , 000

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UN ITED STAT ES -- COTTON REPORT AS OF JANUARY 1 , 1975

State
UPLAND Al a bama Arizona Arka ns a s California Florida Georgia Illinois Kent ucky Louisiana Hississippi Mis s our i Nev ada Nevi Mexi c o Nor th Carolina Oklahoma South Caroli na Tennessee Texa s Vi r g i n i a

Ac r eag e
Ha r ves ted 1 972 . 1973
1,000 acres

19 74

Lin t yie l d pe r har ves ted acre

Product io n 480-1L. ne t wt . ba les 1 /

1972

1 973 Pounds

1974

1 972

1 973

197q

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- --- ---

1 ,000 hales

580 271 14 10
863 11. 3
430 1.1 5 .0
665 1606
405 2.1
131 170 510 340 485 5000
2.5

510 276 975 942 1l.5 375
. 3
5 20 1340
173 1. 9
127 173 526 294 440 5 200
2.4

59 0 390 1 20 0 1 238
1l.5 410
.4 3.5 615 1715 310 1.8 1 35 145 530 295 500 4500 1.6

470 1067
488 982 572 395 256 39 7 509 599 520 607 581 337 313 4 35 543 408 265

423 10 6 3
513 891 522 499
o
486 481 2/651 501 477 514 455 390 473 472 431 44 0

431 11 88
368 989 501 480 360 2 33
4lf 5
45 9 356 533 49 8
/~40
272 45 6 298 2 79 450

567

44 9

603

611

11+35

1041

1 765

174 9

13.5

12.5

354

390

.6

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4. 1

.3

705

521

2007 2/1 316

43 9

180

2. 7

1. 9

158

13 6

11 9

164

332

4 27

308

290

543

432

42Lf 6

4673

1.4

2.2

530
965
no
2550 12 .0
41 0
.3 1. 7 570 164 0 230 2.0 140 1 33
300 280 310 2620
1.5

U.S. UPLAND

1 2888.0 11887. 1 12591. 8 507

521

44 3

13 606 .3 12895.9 llG 15 . 5

AMER- PIlvIA

Ariz ona Ca li f ornia New- Mexi c o Texa s

39. 9

34 . 0

35 .0 587

597

658

.3

.2

. 3 385

480

480

21. 1

17. 7

14.0 349

265

377

34.5

31. 2

28.5 43 7

397

455

48. 8 .2
15 .4 31.4

42 . 3 .2
S' . 8 25 . 8

48 . 0 .3
11.0 27 .0

U. S. AMER- PIKA.

95 . 8

83.1

77. 8 480

451

532

95 .8

78.1

86 . 3

U.S . ALL COTTON . 129 83. 8 11 970 . 2 12669. 6 507

520

44 3

137 02.1 12 974 .0 11701.8

1/ Product ion ginned and to be ginned. 2/ Rev i s e d .

FRASIER T . GALLOWAY Agricul t ura l St a ti st i cian In Charge

W. PAT PARKS Agricultural Stat i s t i c i an

The Sta t istical Repor ting Se r v i c e , USDA , 1861 Wes t Br oad Stre et, Athens , Geor gia in coope r a tion wi t h the Georgia Department of Agricul t ure.

After Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Reporting Service 1861 West Broad Street Athens, Georgia 30601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS

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TU RKEV J j.\ i~ 1 1' 1/ :) Januar y 13 , 1975
Georgia Int entions Po.r 1975 Dmvn 33 Pe r cen t From 197 4
Geor gia growers r e por t ed t hat t hey intend t o r a i s e 1,147 , 000 turke ys in 19 75 , 33 pe rcent less than the 1 ,712,000 r a ised in 1974 , ac cord ing to the Geor gia Cr op Reporting Ser vice .
Intentions To Rai s e Turke ys I n 19 75 (20 State s )
Turkey growe rs in 20 ma jor St a t e s i n t e nd to ra i se 6 percent f ewer turk~ y s i n 197 5 than they r ai sed i n e i t h e r 1973 or 1974. If p r od uce r s carr y out present in t entions , there will be 119 mi l lion tu r ke y s rai sed in the 20 Stat e s dur i ng 1975. Of this tota l , 105 million are heavy bre ed s a nd 14 mi l lion are l i gh t b r eeds .
The numb e r o f tur ke ys a c t ua l ly rai s e d i n 1975 may diff er from t he int entions of grower s sho~vn in t hi s repo r t . Su ch changes may depend on t he supply and price of fe ed , fuel, ha t chin g eggs and poult s , and the eff ect of t his rep ort itse l f on growers ' actions .
Turkey Br eeder Hen Invento r y Dec emb er 1 , 1974 (26 State s )
Turke y b reeder hens on f arms Dec ember 1 , 19 74 in 26 Sta t es t o taled 2, 970 ,0 00 , down 16 percent fr om a year e arli e r and 10 percent f r om December 1972 . Of t his to tal , 2 ,59 9, 000 were heav y b reeds an d 371 ,000 wer e l i gh t bre e ds . Heavy bre ed hens we r e down 17 perce n t f rom December 1973 and 11 percent fro m 19 72 . Ligh t br e eds decreas ed 12 percent from 1973 a nd 3 percent f rom 197 2.
Turkeys Raised I n 1 974 (Uni t e d States )
In 1974, t here were 131 million t urke y s r aised i n the United St ate s . This number i s down 1 percent fro m 1973 bu t 2 per c e nt Ebcve 19 72. He avy breed turkeys numbered abo u t t he same a s in 19 73 but were 2 percen t a bove 1972. Li ght breed s raised we r e down 7 pe r cent from the previou s year bu t 2 pe r cen t ab ove 19 72 .

FRAS IER T. GALLOWAY Agricultu ral St a tist ic i a n In Char ge

W. A. HAGNER Agricultural Statistician

The Statistical Reporting Service , USDA, 1861 We s t Broad Str eet , At hen s, Geor gia , in cooperation wi th t he Georgia Departmen t of Agric ulture .

Af ter Fiv e Da y s Return t o Un ited St a t e s Depa r t men t of -Agr i cu l t u r e
Sta t is t i ca l Re porting Se r vice 186 1 West Broad Stree t Athens , Ge or gi a 3060 1 OFFI CI AL BUSINESS

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TURKEYS: NUNBER RA I SED I N 1973 AND 1974 AND Nm IBER INTENDED TO BE RAI SED B

State

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1 97 3

TOTAL ALL BREEDS 1974

1975 1/

1, 000 Head

1975
1975 as % of 197 4 Pe rce nt

Ar kan sa s

:

7, 707

7 , 6 73

5,13 7

67

California

;

17 ,5 48

17 , 888

15 , 681

88

C o l o r ado Geor gia

.:

3 , 553 1 . 9 36

3 , 501 1. 712

3,00l 1.147

86 67

Indian a

:

5 ,4 40

6, 412

6, 412

100

IO'l1a

:

7 , 506

6 , 734

6 ,473

96

Hi nnes ota

:

23 ,32 3

21 , 934

24 , 262

III

Hi s s ou r i

:

10 , 295

9 , 497

7 ,500

79

Nor t h Ca r ol ina

:

1 3 , 0 78

14 , 944

15 , 150

101

Nor t h Dakota

:

1 , 218

750

882

11 3

Ohi o

:

3 ,186

3 , 459

3 , 176

92

Oklahoma

:

1 . 975

1 , 600

1 ,5 85

99

Or e gon

:

1 , 255

1 ,155

1 ,040

90

Penn s ylvan i a

:

2 ,8 32

2 ,9 51

2. 852

97

South Car ol ina

:

2 ,300

2,2 78

2, 100

92

South Dakot a

:

1 ,156

89 5

772

86

Texa s

:

8,881

8 . 780

8 , 250

94

Utah

:

4 , 061

3 , 471

3 ,265

94

Vi rginia

:

5 , 210

6,010

5 . 518

92

Hi scons in

;

4 ,2 29

4 , 622

4 ,530

98

20 State Total

:

12 6 . 689

1 26, 266

118 , 733

94

Othe r Sta t es

:

5 , 488

5 ,106

Uni ted Sta tes

:

1/ I nt ende d .

13 2 ,1 77

131 ,3 72

ALL TURKRY BREEDER HENS: NUHBER ON FAill1S AND VALUE, DECEMBER 1, 1972-74

Sta t e
Ar k a n s a s Cal if or ni a Col or ado Geor gi a Ill i nois I nd i an a I owa Kans a s Mi chigan Minneso t a Niss ouri Nebr a ska New York No r th Ca r ol i na Nor t h Dakota Oh i o Okla homa Or egon Penn s ylvan ia Sout h Carolina Texas Uta h Vi r gi nia Wa shi ngton West Vi r ginia Wiscons in
26 Sta t e Tota l

Humbe r : 1972 1973 1974

1,000 Head

: 43

36

20

: 737

895

716

: 70

76

44

: 30

33

27

: 31

35

38

: 14

5

0

: 140

16 0

153

: 22

26

10

: 70

65

30

: 539

5 20

479

: 160

200

1 85

: 33

22

9

:

8

6

5

: 256

275

265

: 12

7

3

: 145

157

134

: 12

16

8

: 13 0

1 25

105

: 36

29

24

: 69

69

55

: 491

500

415

: 39

50

45

: 108

12 5

96

: 18

17

12

: 14

13

16

: 76

91

76

:

: 3 ,3 03 3. 553 2, 970

: Aver ag e Value per Head : Total Value

: 1972 19 73 1974 : 1972 1973 1974

Dollars

1 ,000 Dollars

6 .60 7 . 30

2 2 0~ 11 .00 11 .00

284

396

10 . 70 10 .20 5 ,380 9,577 7 .303

6 .60 11 . 00 11.00

462

83 6

484

5. 50 11.00 11.00

165

363

297

7.50

9 . 50 9. 00

233

333

342

6 .80

9. 00 --

95

45

7 . 00 10 . 00 10 .90

980 1,600 1 , 668

7 . 30 11 .00 11 . 00

161

286

110

6 .50

9 . 00 10. 00

455

535

30 0

5. 70

9 . 00 8 . 40 3 ,072 4 , 680 4, 024

7 . 00 11. 00 11.70 1 .120 2,200 2, 165

6. 30

8 . 00 9 .00

208

176

81

6. 50

9 . 00 11 . 00

52

54

55

6 .10

8 . 70 8.80 1 .562 2,393 2 , 332

6 . 10

8 .00 8 . 50

73

56

26

6.4 0

9 . 80 9 .80

928 1,539 1 ,313

5. 70

8.30 9. 00

68

133

72

6 . 50

7. 50 7.80

845

938

819

7. 40

9. 30 9 .60

266

270

230

6 .40

9 . 50 8 .60

44 2

65 6

473

6 .20

8 .40 10 .90 3,044 4 ,2 00 4 , 524

6.00 11 .00 11 . 00

234

550

495

5 .8 0

7 . 40 9 .2 0

62 6

925

883

7. 80

9 .5 0 9 . 50

140

16 2

114

5 .5 0

6 .90 8.30

77

90

13 3

6 .50

9 .50 10 .00

494

865

760

6.50

9.5 4 9 . 84 21, 466 33 , 908 29 ,22 3

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Janua ry 1 7 , 19 75
H 0 N E Y R EP a R T - 1 9 7 4
Georgia Hone y Produ c tion Down
The numbe r of c ol on ies of b ee s i n Georgia was esti ma t e d a t 16 1,000 i n 197 4 , 3 perc ent be l o~J t he 1 973 t o t a l o f 166 , 000 , a cc ordi ng t o t he Ge orgia Cr op Repor t ing Se r v i c e . Yiel d per colony d e c r ea s ed f r om 39 pound s in 1973 t o 23 pounds in 19 74 a nd r efl ec t ed the ge ne r a l ly uns at is f a c t or y ho ney f low s ea s on .
Hon ey pr oduc e r s r ec e i ved an a ve r a ge pr ic e of 49 . 6 c e nts per pound in 19 74 co mpar ed t o 43. 6 cent s per pound in 1973 . Va l ue of pro du ction in 1974 i s e s t ima t ed to be $1 ,3 37 , 000 , 35 perc en t be l ow the 197 3 value of $2 , 8 23 , 00 0 .
United State s Hone y Pr oduc t i on Down 22 Perce n t
Hon e y produced in the United Sta tes dur i ng 1974 t o t a l ed 185 mi l l ion pounds --down 22 percent f r om t he 19 73 crop . This ye a r ' s ho ne y cr op \va s pr oduc e d by 4 .2 million c olonie s , up 2 perce n t f rom the pr ev i ou s year. Yiel d of hone y pe r co l ony \;as 44 . 2 pound s , compa r e d wi th 5 7 . 9 i n 1 973 . Bee Svla x pr oduc t i on to t a led 3 .4 mi l l i on pound s i n 1974 , down 1 9 perc ent fr om 197 3 .
I n mi d- De c embe r , p r oduc er s r e po r ted 33 . 3 mi l l i on pounds of hone y on hand for sa le, , comp a r ed wi t~ ) stocks o f 37 . 7 mi ll ion po unds the previous year . St ocks in mid- Decembe r we r e 18.2 perc en t of the 19 74 hone y produc tion compar ed \vi t h 15 .8 pe r cen t in 197 3 .
Hone y p roduc e r s r e ce i ved a n ave r a ge of 51 c ent s pe r pound fo r hon ey during 1 974 , 15 percent above t he 1 97 3 avera ge pri ce of 44 ce n t s per pound and t he highest pri ce on r ec ord. The s e price s r ela t e t o al l whol e s a l e a nd r e t ail sal e s, ex t r a c t ed , chunk a nd co mb honey from api aries owne d b y far mer s and nonf a r mers .
Ex t r a c t ed ho ne y in who Le s a Le l ots s o l d f or an ave r ag e pric e of 49 ce n ts pe r po und, 6 cen t s above 1973 . Unpr oc ess ed bu lk honey i n 60 poun d c on t a i n e r s av e r a ge d 49 cen t s pe r pound compared \vi t h 42 ce n t s i n 19 73. Sales of pr oces sed bul k ho ney av e r a ged 50 c ent s pe r pound , 6 cents hi ghe r th a n a ye a r e a r l i e r . Pr oce s s ed pa cka ged sa l e s aver age d 61 cen t s pe r pound compared wi th 5 2 cent s in 1 973 .
I n 1 97 4 , pric es r ecei v ed for re t a i l sales of extracted honey a ve raged 68 cen ts pe r pound or 12 c en t s a bove 1973.
Sale s of al l c hunk hone y (wholesale and re ta il ) average d 72 c ent s per pound, 4 cents above a yea r earl ier . Prices f or a l l c omb honey ave r aged 84 c ent s pe r pound c ompared wi th 65 cents in 19 73 .
Be e s wa x price s ave r aged $1 . 14 pe r poun d, $ . 40 h igher t han i n 1973.
}Ia j or Produc i n g Sta t e s
Commercial pr oduc t i on (ap i a r i e s wi t h 300 or more c ol onie s ) i n 20 ma j or St at e s to t aled 102 mi l lion pounds . This a c c oun ts f or 55 pe r cen t of t he ~a t i on 's 1 974 h oney f low. The comme r ci al hone y. crop i n t he 20 State s was pr oduc ed by 1. 7 million co lonies> The }ie l d per colon y \vas 60 . 2 pound s a nd c ompa r e s wi t h t he Uni te d St a t es a ve r a ge of 44 . 2 po und s .

FRASI ER T . GALLOWAY Agr i cultura l Sta t i s ti ci an In Char ge

W. A . ~.JAGNER
Agr i c ul t ur a l St a t is t i c i an

The Stat i s t ic al Repo r t i ng Service , USDA, 1861 We s t Br oa d Stree t , Athe ns, Georg i a i n coope r a t io n wi th t he Georgi a Depa r tmen t of Agd.culture.

State

Coloni es of bees. honey production. and value of produ c t ion - 1973 - 74

Col on ies

of bees

1973

1974

Yield

per col ony

- . 1973

1974

Ho ney

p roduc tion

1973

1974

Va lu e of

produ c t ion

1973

1974

1,000 co 1on i es

Pounds

1, 000 Pounds

1,000 do ll a r s

Ala. Ariz. Ark. Ca 1 if. Colo . Conn. De 1. Fla. Ga . Haw.

52

47

19

56

55

75

74

75

34

500

500

62

35

36

5L,

8

8

23

1

1

34

364

368

92

166

161

39

3

4

44

30

988

1,410

426

780

60

4 , 200

3 ,30 0 1,642

1, 472

7.8

2, 5 16

2 , 100 1, 021

9 ~4

47

31, 000 23,500 13,33 0 10,3 17

81

1, 890

2, 9 16

84 1

1,61 0

17

184

136

134

113

20

34

20

23

15

44

33 , 488 16,19 2 13 , 398

7 , 173

23

6 .474

3.70 3 2, 823

1, 837

80

132

320

58

160

Ida ho

105

105

56

f I 1.

51

49

50

Ind.

79

80

37

Iowa

81

80

93

Kansas

50

44

45

Ky .

67

67

27

La.

31

32

45

Ma ine Md.

..

4 13

4

33

12

34

Mass .

9

10

26

60

5, 880

6,300 2, 546

3, 119

45

2 ,550

2,205 1,275

1, 325

32

2,923

2,560 1,561

J , 664

86

7,533

6 ,880 3,179

3,454

43

2 , 2 50

1,89 2

954

986

24

1, 809

1, 608

962

1, 061

42

1, 395

1, 344

506

58 1

33

132

132

81

98

22

442

264

260

177

16

234

160

156

130

Mich .

107

Minn.

137

Mi s s.

54

Mo.

84

Hon t.

78

Nebr .

121

Nev.

7

N. H.

4

N. J.

37

N. Mex . :

15

113

77

147

112

57

29

100

67

81

10 1

131

74

7

95

5

33

39

36

16

50

45

8 , 239

5,085 3,551

2 , 4/+6

65

15, 344

9, 555 6,6 13

4, 9 11

32

1, 566

1,824

722

879

45

5, 628

4,500 3, J 12

3 , 312

88

7 , 878

7, 128 3 , 26 1

3,57 1

82

8,954 10,742 4,0 20

5,350

100

665

700

267

351

19

132

95

104

84

25

1, 332

975

778

720

57

750

91 2

305

429

N. Y.

122

N. C.

189

N. Oak. :

72

Oh io

11 6

Ok la.

62

Ore g.

62

Pa.

95

R. I .

1

S. C.

62

S. Oa k. : 131

126

52

187

21

80

100

122

33

61

26

51

41

100

40

1

27 -

5S

23

148

11 0

49

6 ,3 44

6 ,174 2,810

3, 248

21

3,969

3,927 2,0 36

2,53 7

80

7 , 200

6,400 3,168

3 , 136

21

3 ,8 28

2,5 62 1,707

1, 319

50

1, 61 2

3 , 050

843

1, 827

35

2 ,542

1,785 1,233

1, 023

25

3, 800

2 , 500 1, 683

1, 485

19

27

19

19

16

15

1,4 26

825

58 2

468

50

14, 4 10

7, 400 6,729

3, 589

Tenn. Te x. Utah Vt. Va. "la s h. v/. Va. Wi s . \.Jyo .

14 5

152

26

2 10

2 10

47

43

45

27

6

6

35

79

79

21

92

95

42

84

97

22

104

109

1 10

35

36

61

20

3, 770

3 ,040 2, 179

2, 168

49

9 , 870 10,290 3, 978

4,7 03

36

1, 161

l,620

570

93 2

30

2 10

180

121

131

28

1, 659

2, 21 2

735

1,1 61

33

3,864

3,135 1, 797

1, 564

14

1,848

1,358 1, 148

947

71

11,440

7,739 4 ,782

3, 939

74

2, 135

2,664

905

1,3 21

U. S.

4,103

4, 194

57. 9

44.2

After Five Days Return t o Uni ted States Department of Agriculture
Statistical Repor ting Service 1861 West Broad Street Athens, Georgia 30601 OFFIC IAL BUSINESS

237 ,65 7 185 , 338 105,43L
-

94, 563

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POSTAGE & FEES PAID Uni te d St e . Deportment of Agricultur.
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A T H ENS, GEO R GI A

.J a nua r v 23 , 1975

S P E C IA L PRO SPE CT IVE PL A A S O F .J A NUARY

TI N G S 975

Georqia: Abr up t Acre a ge Shif t s Indi ca t e d
A spe c ia l Ja nua r y 1 "In t ent ion s t o- Pl a nt Su rve y" co nduc t e d by t he Georg ia Crop Report i ng Serv i ce ' reve a l ed i nd i ca t ions t ha t Ge o r g ia f a nne r s pl a n s ome rat he r dramat i c shif ts in c rop acrea ge for 197 5 . The mos t se vere of the s hi f t s wou l d occ u r i n cot t o n and s oy bean a cre a ge .

Ma ny of tho s e re s po nd i ng t o t he s u r ve y noted t ha t p lans are s t i ] 1 ve ry t en t a t iv e. Factor s mentio ne d a s s t i1 1 be i ng co nsi de re d were pri ce l e ve l s o f commod i t ie s and produ c t ion s uppl ie s between now a nd plant in g da te s a s wel l a s a va i l a b i l i t y of s upp l ies such as s e ed a nd f e r t i l i ze r , P l a nt i ng intent io ns a re .s c ne du l e d to be su r ve yed again a roun d 11a rch 1.

Cot t on Acre a qe Down 57 Perce n t: Georgi a 's cot t o n growe r s i ndica t ed th e i r p lanti ng s in 197 5 woul d be down 57 percent f rom tha t p la nt e d l a s t yea r - - dro pping fro m 4 23 , 000 acre s to 180,000 ac res . If t he se e a r l y i nt e ntion s are rea l ized , th is wo u l d be th e smal Je s t cotton acrea ge f o r t he St a t e s i nce re co r ds beg an in th e mid-1800 ' s . Dissati s fa c t io n with t he " co t t o n. pr i ce " - " p roduc t io n cost " s itu ati on was cited mo st of te n as th e reason for t he cutbac ks'. ./

Soy be a n Acre a qe to Jump 46 Perce nt: A s ha r p i ncre as e in soybean acreage is in store f o r Geo rgi a i f pres en t plan s a re carrie d o u t. A r eco rd-h i gh 1. 5 mi II io n ac r es were i ndicat ed--u p 470 ,000 acre s from l a s t ye ar and t he f i fth con s ec utive ye ar of re co r d h i gh pl ant i ngs.

Corn Ac reaqe t o Increa se 6 Perce nt: Accord i ng t o e ar l y p l an s , Georgi a far mers wil l expan d co rn p l an t ing s to 2 , 120,0 00 ac res - - up 120 , 000 ac re s o r 6 percent from 1974.
Sma ! 1 Gra i ns : Oa t s a nd barl ey a c rea ge s we re up 13 a nd 8 pe r cent re spe cti vel y wh i le wheat ac r e ag e was o ff 26 . perce nt.

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Co rn , a 1 I Whea t Oa t s Sa r l e y Co t ton So r ghums , a l l Soybea ns , al l

PROSPECT IV E PLA NT INGS AS OF JANUARY 1. 1975 . GE ORGI A

PLANT ED AC REAG ES

Ind i cat ed

1975 a s percen t

.: 197 3

197 4

19 7 5

o f 1974

Tho usa nd s -- ---

Pe r ce nt

I ,8L~0

2,000

2 ,120

106

16 5

215

160

74

19 8

230

260

113

15

12

13

108

386

4 23

180

43

60

65

67

103

97 0

1,030

1,500

146

The purpos e o f t h i s r epol"t is to a s sis t g rowers in ma kin g su ch cha nge s in th e ir ac re a ge p l ans as mig ht a ppea r de s irab l e . Ac reag e s actu al l y p lanted this yea r may be mo r e o r l ess tha n i nd icat ed due to we a t he r , the av a il a bi l it y and p r ice o f f ue l , f ert i l i ze r , s e ed, l a bo r , a nd how thi s re po r t a f f e c t s fa rme r s l p l a ns .
Pl e a s e tu rn pa ge f or Un i t e d St a t e s i n fo rma t io n .

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UNITED STATES PROSPECTIVE PLANTI NG S FOR 1975 AS OF JA NUA RY 1 - 35 SELECTED STATES 1/
Thous and Ac res

1975 a s Pe r cen t of 1974
Pe rce nt

All Corn

76, 451

76,1 32

10 0

A11 Sor ghum

17, 733

19,43 4

110

Oa ts

17 ,891

17, 252

96

Ba rl e y

8, 728

9,420

108

Spr ing hlhea t

14, 596

1'+, 007

96

Du rum \Jhea t

4 , 07Y'

4 , 469

11 0

Soybeans

53, 031

57, 106

108

Co tton

13,876

9,500

68

1/ The compari son s wi t h a ye a r ear li e r represen t t o t a l s o n l y f or the 35 State s inc l ude d in

the special Janu ary 1 su rve y.

Corn: Down only 4 t enths of a percen t a t 76.1 mi ll ion ac res.
Upland Cot ton : The s ha r pest c ha nge of a l l c ro ps i n t h is s u rve y , both i n ac re a ge a nd
per centag e . Off 32 pe rce nt o r 4,37 6 ,000 ac res . Soybeans: Up 4 , 075, 000 a c re s to 57. 1 mi l l ion a cres - a n 8 pe rce n t i nc reas e. Durum Wh ea t : 4. 5 mi l lio n ac re s , 10 percen t g re ate r th an 1974. Other Spr in q Wheat : 14.0 mi l I ion ac res - off 4 per ce nt . Oa ts: 17.3 mi l lion ac res is ind icated - a 4 pe rce nt d rop f rom l ast yea r . Barl ey: An 8 per cen t i nc rea s e to 9 . 4 rn i 11 io n ac res . Sorqhum: Int en t ion s i nd i ca te d a 10 percen t in c rea se to 19.4 mi l l ion.

FRASIER T. GA LLOWAY Agri cultural Sta t i s ti c ian In Cha rge

\-J . PAT PA RKS Agr icultural Sta t i st i c ian

The Sta tistical Rep o rting Serv i ce , USDA , 1861 "Je s t Broad Street, Ath en s , Georgi a, i n
coop era t ion wi th t he Georgi a De par t men t o f Agri cul ture.

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J a n unr y 74 , 19 75

GEOR G IA ANN U A L CR OP SU MMARY '18 74
GROS S VALUE OF GEORGIA'S HAJOR CROPS BREAKS THE "BILLI ON DOLLAR BARRI ER":
For the f i r s t time in t he Sta t e ' s his tory , the gro ss value of Geor gia ' s crops lIas sur pa s s e d the one b i l l i on dollar mar k . Accord i ng t o t he Georgia Cr op Rep or t in g Serv ic e , t he i ~ i 1 l ion dollar barrier" was broken by a c omfortab l e margi n i n 1974 as the gro ss value r os e 33 pe rcen t t o tota l $1 , 264 ,7 16 , 000 . Ma j or cont ributors to t he inc rea se were corn, peanuts, tobacc o and soybeans--all of whic h had h igher p r od uction and prices than t he previou s ye a r' s c r op s. Corn ha d the l a r ge s t dol lar va lue ri s e , i ncrea sing over $123 million while tobacc o sholved the l ar ge st percent a ge ris e wi t h a 90 pe r cen t jump . Cr ops sho,vin g 3ubs t an t i a l losses i n total val ue includ ed cotton, peache s a nd pecans.
Corn was t he highe st v a l ue crop , 'vith 28 .7 pe rce nt of the total, followe d by pe a nu ts with near ly 24 perc ent of t he t ota l 'val ue . Both soybeans and toba c c o passed cotton in value to take t hi r d and fourth posit ion r espectively.
Some of t he bright er as pe ct s o f t he 1974 crop year i nc l ude d record high yie l ds , by a wide mar gin , for both peanuts and toba cc o ; a r e cor d- ty ing s oybe an yield ; a good . s ub -recor d cor n yield ; and reco r d hi gh soyb ean plan t i ngs. On the darker side , production cos t s have climbed dramatically . A report c overing produ c t i on cos t and ne t farm i nc ome Ivill be ava i lab le in early fall .

DISTRIBUTION OF 1974 CROP VALU ES I N PERCEHTAGE OF TOTAL VALUE

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FRASI ER T. GALLOWAY

H. PAT PARKS

Agric ultural St a t i st ic i an I n Cha rge

Agr i cul t u ra l Sta t i s t i c i a n

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cooperation wi t h t he Geor ~ia De pa r t men t of Agr i c u l t u r e .

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GEORG I A ANNUAL CROP SU11l1ARY 1 /, 1973 AND 1974

Year

Har v 'd

Yi eld

Acrea ge Pe r Acre Unit

Pr oduc t i on

1 ,000 acr es

1 ,000

Uni t Pr i ce
Dol l a rs

Cotton Li nt 2/ Co t t ons e ed

197 4 1 9 73
197 4 197 3

197 4

Corn, grain}.j

197 3

1 974

\~hite Corn, grain5/ 19 73

Sorghum Grain

197 4 19 73

Wheat

1974 197 3

Oa ts

197 4 1 9 73

Barley

197 4 1 973

19 74

Rye

1 973

Sweetpot atoes

1 97 4 1 9 73

Tobacc o , Al l 6 /

1 97Lf 1 9 73

Hay , All

1 974 197 3

Peanu ts , for Nu ts

197 4 1 9 73

19 74 Soybe ans, for Beans 19 73

Crimson Clover , for SE: ed

19 74 1 9 73

Fe scue , for Seed

19 74 1973

Peaches, Total Product i on

1974 1 973

Pecans, Total Production

1974 19 73

Commercial Vegetables 7/

1 974 19 73

TOTAL ABOVE CROPS (EYc1 , acreage of fruits end pecans .)

1 974 1 9 73

410

480

3 75

499

Bale

1 , 880

56 .0

1,6 70

48 . 0

11 2

54 .0

No t ava i lab l e .

36

35 . 0

34

35 . 0

160

23 . 0

120

27. 0

95

44 . 0

70

50 . )

9

40 .0

14

40 .0

11 5

18 .0

11 5

14.0

8. 0

95. 0

7.5

80 . 0

72 .29 2, 233 60 .53 1 ,618

455

2 , 35

466

2.50

512

3,2 50

512

2 , 625

1 , 01 0 950

25 . 5 21.0

1+5

90

. 60

100

14

210

13

220

Ton Bu. Bu.
Bu . Bu . Bu. Bu . Bu.
Cwt ,
Lb . Ton Lb . Bu . Lb . Lb .

u.,

Lb .
Lf 4 . 60 45 .40

Lf , 821. 34 4 ,453.03

410 3 90 156 14 6
10 5 ,280 80 , 160 6 , 048
1 , 260 1 , 190
3 , 680 3,240
4 ,180 3 ,500
360 560
2 , 070 1 ,610
760
600
161,420 97 , 913 1 ,069 .1, 165
1 , 664 , 000 1 , 344, 000
25 , 755 19 , 950
41 60
2, 940 2, 860
45 , 000 10 0 , 000
58 ,000 100 , 000

3/ .473
4/ . 750
119 .00 95 . 00 3. 45 2 . 99
2 .86 2 .28
3 . 30 2.9 9
1.45 1. 25 2 . 00 1. 69
2 . 60 2 .2 9 10 . 20
10 .40
1.03 . 8 77
36 . 50 36 . 00
. 182 . 16 2 7 , 40 5 . 58 . 60 .30 .21 .23
. 187 . 159 . 495 .413

Tot al Val ue 1 , 000 dol l ars
93 , 086 14 0 , 13 6
18 ,5 64 13 ,3 70 363 ,216 239 , 733
3,604 2 ,716 12 , 144 9, 69 4 6 , 061 4 , 375
72 0 94 4 5 , 382 3 ,687 7,75 2 6, 240 167 , 598 88 , 129 39,019 41 , 940 302 , 848 21 7 , 728 190 , 587 111 , 321
25 18 61 7 658
8 , 415 15 , 900 28, 730 41,29 5 16 , 348 14 , 677
1 ,2 64 ,716 95 3 ,06 1

l / 1973 prices and val ue of produc t ion incl ud es s et a s i de pa ymen t s f or crops r e c e l v lng pay-
ments but exc:udes div er sion , conser v a tion and s oi l bank paymen ts. Onl y di sast er pa yments weI
applicable for 1974 but da t a were no t ava i lab le f or t hi s pu bl icat ion and t hus , i s ex c luded .
Al l 1974 data are p r e l imina ry . l / Cotto n yiel d in pounds , pr i ce i s per pound . 2/ ~ve ra g e
price f or contra ct and non- c on t r a c t s a l e s t o J anuary 1 , 1975 wi t hout a llowance f or unred eemed loans. 4/ Include s a 110, Jance f or unr ede emed l oa n s . 5 / White c or n a c r e a ge , y ie ld a nd pr odu c t i on -;l so inc luded in the a l l "c or n for gr a i n " . 6 / - Pric e i s der i ve d from tota l val ue of
both t ype 14 an d 62. I/ Excludes s weetpotat oes. I;c1ude s only commer c ial ve ge t ab les for
,iliich es tima tes a re mad e .

After Fi v e Days Retur n to United State s Depa r t men t of Agr i cul t ure
Sta tistical Repor t ing Serv i ce 1861 Wes t Bro ad St ree t Athens , Geor gia 30 601 OFFICIAL BUSINESS

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Georgia :

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Corn and Soybean Sto~p Up-- Ot he r Gra in St ock s DOvffi

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The quantity of c or n and s oybeans s t or e d i n th e Sta te on J a nua ry 1 , 1975 was up from the previous yei?~according to t he Georgia Cr op Repo r t i n g Se rvi ce. The qua n ti ty of small

grains stored in the State on Janua ry 1 , 1975 was be l ow year earlier l eve l s . Percentage

wise, corn and soyb eans were up 22 and 6 percen t res pe c t i ve ly . Sorghum, wheat a nd oats

declined 46 , 35 , a nd 17 pe r cen t respect i vel y .

The rat ed comme r cial of f -far m s to rage fa c ilities i n t he St a t e on J anuary 1, 1975 totaled 36.4 mill i on bushe l s , t he s ame as t he pr ev i ou s ye a r . For th e na tion, ca pacit y of off-farm commerc ial gr a i n s torage totale d 5 ,9 14 mill io n bushel s , l es s than 1 per cent highe r than a year earlier .

Ge or gia Grain St ock s ,-- J anuary 1 , 1975

\vi th c omp aris o,::..:n.:=s.

_

Grain

On Fa r ms

1974

1975

Off Fa r ms

19 74

1975

All Positions

197 4

1975

-- 1 , 000 Bushels - -

Corn

: 44,890

53,693

5, 912

8, 439

Oats

:

875

75 2

189

131

Barley :

168

90

*

*

Wheat

:

356

221

606

40 2

Rye

:

113

10 4

13

*

Sorghum :

893

454

13

31

Soybeans : 8,978

9,272

10 ,938

11, 750

* Not published to avoid di sclosing indiv idual operation s .

50,802 1,064
*
962 126 906 19 ,916

62,132 883
i'<
623
,~
485 21 , 022

United State s :

Wheat Stocks Up-e--Ot.h e'r Gra in St oc k s Be Low Yea r Ea r l ie r

January 1 stocks of a ll whea t a t 29 .9 million metric tons were 19 per cen t above a year ri earlier. Stocks of th e f our fee d gr a i n s (corn , oa t s, bar ley and sorghum) total ed 114 million
metric tons , 22 percent bel ow January 1, 1974 h oldings. Dec rease s from a yea r e a r l ie r for individual fted gr a i ns ranged f rom 19 percen t f or c or n t o 41 percent for sorghum gr a i n .

Cor n in all storage posi t ions on J anuary I , 1975 totaled nearly 3,614 mi ll i on bushe l s , down 19 perc ent f rom t he 4 , 473 mil l ion bushels a ye a r e a r l ie r a nd 25 percent less t ha n Janua r y 1, 1973 . Farm holdings , a t 2, 533 million bushels , w~re down 25 percent from last year and off-farm stocks at 1 ,080 mill ion bu she l s were 3 percent below J anuary 1, 1974.

Sor ghum Grain in storage January 1 , 19 75 t otaled 381 million bushels, 41 percent below a yea r earli er and 39 percent below the same date i n 1973 . Farm stocks accoun t ed for 123 million bushels, a dec r ease of 44 per cent f rom last yea r and off-farm s t ock s a t 258 mi l lion bus hel s Here down 40 percent .

Oat stocks O~ Januar y 1, 1975 t otaled 511 mi l l i on bu s hel s , 20 perc ent less t ha n a year earlier and 34 perc ent be Lovr Janu a r y 1 , 19 73 .

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Rye stoc ks i n a l l storage pos i t ions on J an ua r y 1, 1975 t ota l e d 12. 0 mi l ) io n bushel s , down sha r p l y f rom t he J a nua ry 1, 1974 l e vel o f 21. 4 mi ll ion bus he ls, an d t he l owes t J a nua r- y sto cks since 195 3 .

Soy bea ns in all stora ge po si t ions o n Ja nua r y 1, 1975 t o ta le d 996 mi l I ion bus he l s , 14 percen t l es s than t he reco rd h i gh o f a year ea r l i e r , Fa rm stoc ks at 491 mil l ion bus hels
wer e down 19 pe r cent . Of f - fa rm s to cks a t 505 mi l li o n bus he l s we re 9 per ce nt bel ow a year
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Sto ck s on January 1, 1975 in di cate a Sep t embe r - De cembe r d i s a ppea ra nce o f 408 mi l l ion bushel s from a tota l s upply of I, L:04 mill io n bus hel s (c a r-ryo ve r o f ab ou t 171 mi l li on bush e ls p l us 1974 p roduc t io n of 1,2 33 mill io n bus he l s ) .

Un i ted St a t e s
Gra i n St oc ks Janu a ry 1,1 975 wi t h comparis o ns
( In t hous a nd b u she l~)

Gra in a nd pos i t io n
CORN On Fa rms Off Fa rm 1/ TOTAL

Jan . 1
-- - -- -1973
3 , 689, 125
L,.1, 141, 45 5 830, 580

Jan. I 1974
3,3 56 ,9 32 ] ,1 16,1+24 4 ,473 . 356

Oct. 1
1974
287, 607 195 , 125 482 , 732

Jan. 1 197 5
2,533 , 424 1, 080, 113 3, 613. 537

SO RGHUH On Fa rms Off Fa rms II TOTAL

219 , 295
L,01, 830
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218 , 21 0
L,26 , 81 8 ( , lL 5 , 02B

123 ,l L}9
257 ,843 380,99 2

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On Fa rms Off Fa rms 1/
TOTAL

556 , 083 220 ,1 17 776 ,200

475, 235 161 , 69 2 h<6 . 927

49 5 , 85 5 155,720
651 ,5 75

BA RLE Y

On Fa rms Off Fa rrns 1/
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207 ,3 02 113 ,558 320 . 860

182 ,3 40 126 , 165 308 , 505

127 ,U68 10 1,787 228 , 855

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On Fa rms Off Fa rm s 1/

15, 9 14 38,058

7 , 793 13 , 640

TOTAL

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On Fa rms Off Fa rms 1/
TOTAL

4 29 ,07 1
43 7 , 924
866, 995

608, 160
55 2 , 756 1.160.91 6

64 ,5L}5 106 , 337 170 , 88 2

49 0, 986 505 ,398 996 .384

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The Al l Commoditi e s Index of Prices Rec e i v ed by Georgi a f a r mer s i n January was 1 74 percent, down 4 points fro m t he previous month and 4 po int s be l ow J a nuary 197 4 , a c cor d i ng t o the Georgia Crop Reportin g Se r v ice.

The January Al l Crops I ndex wa s 184 perc ent, 9 poin t s below t he previou s month. The Livestock and Li v es tock Products I ndex was 166 percen t, 1 poin t below the pr ev i ous mon th and 16 points below Janua r y 1974. The decreas e in t he Al l Commodity I ndex fr om t he December 19 74 level resulted from decreases in the prices of cot ton , co ttonseed , soybeans , corn , whea t , oats, hogs , cattle , calves and eggs .

UNITED STATES PRICES RECEIVED I iIDEX DOWN 3 POINTS PRI CES PAI D INDEX UNCHANGED

The I ndex of Price s Rece ived by Farm ers de cr eased 3 poin ts ( l~ percent ) to 174 pe rcent of its January-December 19 6 7 average during the month ended January 15, 1975. Con t ribu t i ng most to the decr eas e since mid-Decemb e r were lower pr i c es fo r wheat, soybeans, c orn , e gg s, and flaxseed . Hi gher pric e s f o r let t uce , t oma t oe s , and b r o i lers we re par tial ly of f s ett ing . The index was 24 points (1 2 percent ) be low a year e arl ier .

The Index of Price s Paid by Farme r s for Commodities and Se rvice s , I n t e re s t , Taxes , and Farm Wage Rates for January 15 was 179 , unchanged from a month earlie r. Index de cre a s e s for feed, feed er livestock and f a r m wage ra tes we re of f s e t by t he 19 75 e s t i ma tes f or interest on farm indebtedness secur ed by f arm real estate and taxes on f a r m real es ta te. The index was 22 points (14 percen t) above a yea r earlier .

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INDEX NUHBERS -- GEORGIA AND UNI TED STATES

Dec . 15

Jan . 15

Dec. 15

19 73

19 74

1974

Jan . 15 1975

Prices Re c e i ved All Commodities
Al l Crops Lives tock and Li v e s t oc k
Produc ts

1 /16 9

178

17 8

174

Y1 65

173

193

1 84

1 73

182

167

16 6

UNITED STATES

Prices Rec eived

185

1 98

177

1 74

Prices Paid , Inter est ,
Taxes & Farm Woge Rat e s
Rat io 2/

153

1 57

1 79

17 9

121

126

99

97

1/ Revised. ~j Ra t io of Index of Prices Rece i v ed by Fa r me r s t o Index of Pr ices Paid, Interest,
Taxes, and Farm Wage Rat e s.

FRASIER T. GALLm-JAY Agricultural Statistici an In Charge

CLAYTON J . MCDUFFIE Agri c ul t u r a l St a t is t ician

The Statis tical Re porting Se r vice , USDA , 186 1 Wes t Broa d Street, Athens, Georgia i n cooperation with the Georgia De par t ment of Agric ul ture .

PRICES -- RECEIVED AND PAID BY FAP11ERS, JANUARY 15, 1975 WITH COllPARISONS

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Commodity and Unit

Jan. 15 Dec . 15 Jan. 15

1974

1974

1975

Jan. 15 Dec. 15

1974

1974

Jan . 15 1975

PRICES RECEIV ED

Wheat, bu.

$

Oats, bu.

$

Corn, bu .

$

Cotton, lb.

c

Cottonseed, ton

$

Soybeans, bu .

$

Peanuts, lb.

c

Sweetpotatoes, cwt.

$

Hay, baled, ton

All '

$

Alfalfa

$

Other 1/

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1'1i 1k Cows, head

$

Hogs, cwt.

$

Beef Cattle, All, cwt. 2/ $

Cows, cwt . 1/

$

Steers & Heifers, cwt. $

Calves, cwt.

$

Milk, Sold to Plants, cwt.

Fluid Market

$

M a n u f a c t u r ed

$

All

$

Turkeys, lb.

c

Chickens, lb.

Excludin g Broilers

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Commercial Broil ers

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Eggs, All, do z.

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Table, doz.

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Hatching, doz.

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4.58 1.48 2.7 6 63.5 94.00 5 . 35
10.10
36 . 5 0
36 .50 455 .00
39.00 38 .90 32.30 43.90 50.30
4/10 .10
4/10.10 34.0
13 .0 20.0 72.7 69 .4 90.0

4 .04 1. 87 3 . 30 48.0 119 .00 6 .83 18 .3 9 . 20

3.83 1.82 3.25 37.6 113 .00 6.39
9. 25

35.50

38.00

35 .50 370 .00
36.90 20.60 17 .10 23 .4 0 23 .50

38 . 00 340.00
36.80 20.50 17. 90 22 . 70 23 .00

4/9 . 90 5/10.00

4/9 . 90 ~/10.00

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29.0

11.0 21.5 68.4 65.5 85. 0

8.5 23.0 62 . 2 58.2 85 .0

5 .29 1.32 2 .59 50.7 100.00 5.87 16 .6 !!.../9.30
4/47.10 51.00 39.90
535.00 40.10 44.40 32.00 47.60 53.90
4/9 .12 4/8.09 ~/8.89
35.4
13.5 20.9 66.6

4.65 1. 70 3.27 43.7 130.00 7 .03 18. 6 4/8.70
50.70 53.40 44. 90 414.00 38.30 27 .60 17 .00 31.00 24.80
4/8 .62 4/6.74 4/8 .23
31.3
10.9 21.9 59.0

4 . 11 1. 62 3. 07 42 .1 128.50 6. 30 17.5 9.30
50 . 10 53.00 44 . 70 ' 403 . 00 38.20 27.60 16.50 31.00 23 . 90
5/8.66 5/6.93 "I/8.29
31.8
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PRICES PAID, FEED

Mixed Dairy Feed , ton

14% prot ein

$ 128 .00 146.00 142 . 00

127.00 147.00

146 .00

16 % protein

$ 136 .00 154 .00 155 .00

135.00 149.00

i48.00

18% protein 20% protein

$ 138 .00 158.00 158.00 $ 154.00 161.00 161.00

142.00 146.00

154.00 156.00

151.00 155 .00

Hog Feed, 14 %-18%

protein , cwt.

$

8.10

8.90

8.90

8.01

9.01

8 .84

Cottons eed He ::l1 , 41%, cwt , $

11.50

10.50

10 .50

11.30

9 .94

9. 83

Soybean Meal , 44%, cwt. $

11 .5 0

10.50

10.50

11 .90

10.30

9 .86

Bran, cwt.

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7.60

8 .40

8 .60

7 .24

7.74

8.00

Middlings, cwt. Corn Meal, cwt .

$

7.80

8.40

8.70

$

6 .50

7.90

7. 50

7.27 6 .29

7.69 7.99

7 .88 7 .80

Poultry Feed, ton

Broiler Grower Feed

$ 160 .00 178.00 176.00

170.00 180.00

176.00

Laying Feed

$ 145.00 159 .00 158.00

152 .00 164.00

160.00

Chick Starter

$ 165.00 182.00 180.00

177.00 186 .00

181 .00

Alfalfa Hay , ton

$

46 .50

56 .00

60.00

65.20

64.90

66.60

All Other Hay , ton

$

47 .50

54 .00

58.00

51.50

54 .70

55.90

1/ Includes all ha y except alfalfa. 2/ "Cows" and "'steers and heifers" combined with

allowance where necessary for slaughter bulls. 3/ Includes cull dairy cows sold for
slaughter , but not dairy cows for herd replacement . !!.../ Revised. ~/ Preliminary.

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SPECIAL FARM P~ESS AR TICLE FOR IMMEDIATE RE LEA SE Georg ia Farmer s in Nat i on a l Fa rm Expe nd i tu re s Sur vey .
The quant i t y and va r ie ty o f goods a nd serv ice s Farme r s buy t o p ro du ce the Na tion 's livestock and crops will ' be the focus of a n upc oming U.S. De partme nt o f Ag ri c u lture s ur ve y .
"3eginning in March, a c ros s s ecti on o f A~er ica n f arme r s in cluding far mer s i n seve n Georgia counti e s ( Chat t oo ga, Hal I , Jas per , Jo nes, Ma co n, Schl ey , Thomas ) wil l be a s ke d about their e xp e nd itures fo r f ue l, fert il iz er , f e e d , seed, I i ve s t o c k , i nte re s t , t a xe s , cash wages and repa irs ," e xp la i ne d Frasier 1. Ga ll oway , Statistician in Charge o f the
Georgia Crop Reportin g Se rvice . Fa rme r s sp e n t abo ut $75 bil l ion f o r produ ct io n in pu t s in 1974, up nearly 16 percen t f rom t he previ ous year .
The survey will help me a sure t he k i nds a nd amo unts o f th es e farm e xpendi t u re s an d provide informat ion us e d to upd at e t he USDA Inde x of Pri ces Paid by Farmers. The ind e x along with other data are importa n t keys t o develop ing re s po ns ive agri cul tural programs for the Nation 's fa nners .
Galloway, add e d, " Fa rm e xp end it u re info rma tio n needs t o be c u r re nt if we ar e goi ng to pro vide reli abl e dat a to a g r ic u ltu ra l po li cy make r s !", He empha si ze d that a l l survey i nf o rma t io n colle ct ed dur i ng t he pers on a l i nter views will be kept co nf i de n tia l and o n l y State and nati onal su mmari e s wi l I be i s s ued .

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Smaller Total Meat Suppl y t o the Sp r i nq

Total commerci al produc t io n of po u l t ry and re d me at s (e xcl uding l a r d) in 1974 to t a l e d 48 billion pounds , dress e d we i ght, up 6 pe r cen t f rom 1973. Mo s t o f the i nc rea s e wa s 1n
red meats. Poult ry sl au ght e r ( ch i c ke ns , t u r ke ys , ducks, a nd o the r po u l t r y) ga i ne d a bo u t
t percent to 10.7 b il I io n pou nds ora 1 i ttl e mo re than 22 pe rcen t o f t he tota l produc t ion
of poultry and re d mea t . Bee f a nd ve a l p rodu c ti o n i nc rea s e d 1. 9 b i l I ion po unds to 23. 3 bill ion and pork was up 8 pe rc ent to 13.6 b i l I io n po unds. Be e f a cco unte d for 48 percen t
and pork 28 per cent o f th e t o t a l . To ta l l amb and mut t o n a c co unt e d f or ab o ut I pe rc ent.

Commercial s lau ght er o f most mea ts wi l I be below a yea r ea r l ie r du ri ng the fi rst ha l f
of 1975. First quart er out pu t of al l me a ts ] i kel y wi l l t o ta l near Ja nua r y-Ma r c h 1974 bu t April -June output may be down by 5 per cen t . The seco nd quarter o ut pu t o f po r k , broi le rs,
and turkeys will be down s ha r p l y from a ye a r e ar l ier but t hi s de c l ine wi ] I be par t l y of fset
by an i nc r e a s e in be e f out put . Sma l l e r to t al meat s upp l ie s i n t he sp ring tha n i n 1974 wi l l
bolster all meat pr ices.

little Chanqe in 1974 Bro i l e r Ou tp ut

A sharp decl i ne i n broi l e r me a t o ut put du r i ng th e l as t qua r t e r o f 197 4 ab o ut offse t the moderate gains o f Janua ry- Se p t embe r . To ta l U.S . p ro duc ti o n i n 19 74 wa s ne ar 1973. While broiler output in f ed e r a l ly i~spect e d p l a n t s du ri ng a l I o f 1974 total e d a reco r d 7. 9 bill ion pounds (ready-to- coo k we i ght ) , nea r l y 2 pe rc e nt above 1973 , a larger perce ntage o f
the bro ilers produced dur i ng t he ye a r mov e d th ro ugh t he s e plan t s . Total p roduct io n fig u r es
will be released in April .

The number of broile r s s l 3ught ere d in f e de rall y i ns pec te d p l an t s du r in g 1974 was down
51 ightly. However, the r e duc t io n in num bers wa s mo r e than o ff s et by a 2 pe rc en t he avi e r
weights and a reducti on i n con demnat io ns . The re we r e 2,900 mi l l ion b ro il er s s l a ugh t e re d at an ave rage 1 i vewe i ght o f 3.79 poun ds , compa red wi t h 2,9 08 mil l io n and 3. 73 pounds in 1973. Most cond emnations are po s t- mo r t em a nd i n 1974 post - mortem co nde mnat ions t ot a l e d 219 mill ion pounds (New Yo r k d ressed weigh t) , compa r e d wi t h 254 mi l l io n pounds in 1973. For 1974 post-mort em conde mna t io ns we re 1. 96 percent o f the qua nt it y i ns pe c ted , down f rom 2.54 percent in 1973 .

First Half 1975 Out put Slumps

Weekly rppo rts i nd ica t e t hat bro ile r s la ught er du ri ng January wa s down ab o ut 10 pe r ce nt
from a year earl ie r. Both the number a nd t he a ve ra ge I ivewe i ght we re down . Bas e d o n
broiler chick placements, ma r ke t i ngs du r i ng Feb r uary gai ne d re l ative t o 1974 but were s t i l I down by around 5 percent. Howe ve r , during Marc h t hey wil l a gain d rop t o a ro und 8 pe rc e nt
below a year earl ier. Thus , p rodu c t ion du ri ng Januar y- Marc h is expec ted t o a ve ra ge
around 8 percent below a yea r e a r l ie r but a bout t he same as the previo us qua r t e r.

Contipued high produc t io n cos ts and ~ ncer tai nt ie s a bout f eed pri ces 1 i ke l y wil l ho ld
production in th e sp ring to a rou nd 8 percent below Apri l - J une 1974 . Week ly b ro il e r eg g 5ets in recent wee ks , larg e l y for Apr il marke t in gs, hav e been running 5-9 pe r ce nt below a year ea rl ie r . If the ou t l oo k i s f a vo rab l e for la r ge 1975 f e e d gra i n c ro ps , l eading t o
easing feed g rain pri ces a nd rela t i vel y s t ro ng b ro i l e r price s , p roduce rs are I i ke l y t o
expand output gra dua l ly l a t e r in t he yea r . Outp u t ma y rea c h or e xc ee d yea r-e a r l i er l ev e ls
in the closing mon t hs o f 1975. P rod uc ti o n pa tt e r ns i n 197 5 l i ke l y wi l I be the o ppo s it e of 1974 when output de c l i ne d i n t he seco nd hal f of t he yea r wi t h last qua r t e r output dropping 8 pe rcent bel ow Oct o be r- De cembe r 1973.

Sharp Decl ine in Ha t ch e ry Suppl y F l o c k

Any expansion in b ro i l e r o utpu t i n comi ng mont hs may be 1 imi ted by t he av ai labi l i ty
of hatchings eggs . The numbe r o f pu llet c hicks pl a ce d fo r the dJmest ic bro il e r ha tc he ry
supply flock has been be l ow ye a r - earl ie r l e ve ls s i nc e Febr uary 1974 . Bas ed o n th e num ber

of pullet chicks pla ced 7-14 months earl ier, the broiler hat ch ery supply flo ck ha s dec] i ne d each month since last December and in February was down around 5 percen t . The marg in wil l cont inue to widen in coming month s and the flo c k wi l l be down aroun d 15 percent by mi d-year.
However, this does not mean that available hatching eggs will be down by that amount.
Broiler production was cut back dur ing th e se co nd half of 1974 a nd th e ha t chery suppl y f lo c k
wa s no t fully util i zed , In add ition, layer s ca n be held i n t he f lock lon ger than usu a l and eggs not normally incubat ed be cause of si ze can be ut i l ize d . Also , t he num ber o f eggs se t
per breeder hen has been t re nd i ng upward a nd l ikel y wi l l con t i nue upward in 197 5. In t he
past, the size of the ha t ch ery s upp l y flock ha s seldom bee n a l im iti ng fac tor i n b roil e r product ion.
Bro i 1e r Pr ices St ronq
Broiler prices t u r ned upward in the c l o s ing mo nt hs of 1974 a s bro il er ou tput dropp ed
sharply. Prices had fallen below year-earl ie r le ve l s in early spr ing and continued lower'
until late in the year. For all of 1974 whol esale bro iler pr ices in 9 c i ti e s averaged 38.2 cents a pound, down nearly 6 cents from 1973. Prices in early 1975 have fluctua t ed in the 40-45 cent range and for January averaged nearly 42 cents a pound. This wa s about] ce nt above the prior month and up 2 cen ts from January 1974. Prices are e xpec t e d to continue strong through spring and su mmer and ' average well above the 36.5 cents a pound average o f April-September 1974.
Broiler prices will be s t re ngthe ne d i n coming months by reduced suppl ies of broil ers,
turkeys, and pork. Although beef output may stay above 1974 l evels, total meat suppl ies
may be 51 ightly lower than th ey were last spring and summer .
1974 Use About Same
Based on federally i ns pe c t e d slaughter (to tal U.S . production will not be report ed
until early April) domes ti c use of bro iler meat in 1974 was about equal to the 37.7 pounds per person consumed in 1973. Per capita consumpt ion i n the firs t 3 quarters of 1974 wa s
about 1. I pounds above a year e a r l ier but this gain was offs et by a sharp drop in the fourth quarter. Lower available suppl ie s during th e f i rs t half of this year wi l l cause per ca p i ta
consumption to drop at l east a pound per per son f rom 1974 l ev el s .
USDA purchases of youn g c h i cke n fo r the Nation ' s s shool lunch program in cal endar year
1974 to taled 48 mil I ion poundS , we l l below t he 62 mil I ion pounds purchas ed i n 1973. The commodity costs of 1974 purchas es total ed $22.8 mi l l ion, $4.6 mil I ion l ess than in 1973.
Sh ipments to U.S. te r r i t o ri e s and export s of chickens and parts i nc rea se d in 1974. Shipments to American t e rri t or ies totaled 115 mi l l ion pounds, 6 per cent more than i n 1973 . Of th is amount, 92 percen t wa s shipped to Puert o Rico . Expo rts of fr esh and frozen young whol e chickens and parts tot ale d 115 mi l l ion pou ndS, compa red with 94 mill ion i n 1973. Exports of chicken parts ga in ed 21 percent and acco unt e d for abou t 83 percent of the to tal. Whol e c h ic ke n exports increas ed 31 percen t from the same months of 1973.

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App rove d by t he Ou t look and S i t uat ion Boa rd (Eggs) Fe b r ua r y 27, 1975
Produ c t io n Dro ps in 19 74
Egg prod uc t io n i n 1974 to t al e d 183 mil l ion cas e s , down 1 pe r ce nt fr om 1973 a nd th e lowest sin ce 1965. The d rop in p ro duc t ion WdS due t o a decl i ne i n la yer numbe r s si nce t he ra te of la y wa s up . The Na t ion's l a y in g fl ocks a ve r a ge d 286 mi l l ion b ir ds i n 1974 , about 2~ pe rce nt be l ow 1973 and the l owe st since 1938. Howev e r , t he ra t e o f l ay in 1974 was up a bout l~ pe r ce nt t o a reco rd 231 eyg s pe r he n . Th i s boo st e d the av e ra ge gain a l ittl e ove r 3 eg gs pe r he n from 1973,
Production at the st a r t o f 1974 wa s s l i ght l y be l ow 1973 a nd co nt i nue d near yearearl ie r l e vels th ro ugh Augus t . Howev e r, a d ro p in la yer number s t o 4 pe rce nt be l ow yea r-
earl ier l e ve l s cau s e d ou t pu t i n Se p tember- Decembe r to sl i p 3 pe rcent be l ow t he same
mont hs of 1973.
Produ c t ion vl i ll Cont inu e DOIJ' n i n 1975
Egg product ion i n the firs t ha l f of 1975 wi l l be su bst an t ia l l y bel ow the s ame mo nt hs of 1974. Outp ut i n Janua ry t o t a le d 15. 4 mi I l io n ca se s , 3 pe r ce n t bel ow a ye a r ea r l i e r , Prod uc t ion may de c l in e f u r th er i n comin g mo nt hs an d av e ra ge 5 per ce nt o r mo re be low 1974 lev el s du r i ng the f ir s t ha lf o f 1975. Th i s ref le c t s re co rd l ow l ay e r numbe r s at t he s t a r t
of t he yea r p lus p rosp ec t s fo r f ewe r pul le t s f o r f l oc k re pl a ceme n ts a nd a s l a cken i ng i n
th e ra t e of la y .
The Na t ion 's la y i ng fl oc k has be en decl i n i ng s i nce 1971. On J an ua ry I , 1975, the la y i ng f lock t o tal ed 285 mi l l ion b irds . Th i s was 4 percent be l ow a year e a rl ie r , 13 pe r ce nt be l ow Jan ua ry 1, 1971, a nd t he l owe s t on re co rd f o r t he da te . Layer numbe r s wi l l
dro p f ur t he r be low yea r- e a r l ier l e ve l s i n comi ng mo nt hs beca us e o f f ewe r re p l a ceme nt pu l le ts .
Hi gh produc t ion co s t s and 'poo r p rofita b i l it y i n 1974 , comb in ed wi th a g reat deal of unce r t a i nt y abo ut p ros pe c t s f or 1975, ca use d p rod uce r s t o sharpl y cu t thei r ha tc hery act ivi t y for f l ock re pl a ceme nt s fo r t he f i rs t hal f of 19 75. The ha t c h o f eg g- t ype c h i c ks dur i ng t he second ha l f of 1974 wa s 18 pe r ce nt below a year ear l ie r . These c hi cks wi l l reac h lay i ng a ge i n J a nua r y- J une . The ha tc h o f e gg- type ch ic ks 5-6 mon t hs ea r l ie r is a f a ir ly
good i nd icato r of t he numbe r of re p l a cemen t pu lle t s .
The a nnua l i nve nt ory repor t a s o f De cember 1 i s another good i nd i ca tor of t he numbe r of pu l l e t s a va i l a b l e f o r flo c k re p l a ceme nt s th ro ugh Ma y of t he f ol l owin g ye a r . On De cembe r
1, 1974 , there were 46.6 mi l l ion pul l e ts 3 mo nt hs o ld o r o l de r no t ye t la y i ng. Th i s wa s 6 mi llion or II pe rce nt f ewer t han a year ea r l ie r . In addition, t here we re 46. 1 mi l l ion pu ll e ts und e r 3 mo nt hs of ag e, down 11 . 2 mi l l ion o r 10 pe r ce nt from De cembe r l, 1973.
Thus , l ay er numbers wi l l be s ubst a nt ia lly be l ow yea r - ea r l ie r l eve l s in th e f ir st ha lf
of 1975 . J ust how f ar la ye r numbe rs an d p rodu c tio n d ro p be low 1974 l e v~ ls wi I 1 be t ied
close ly to t he numbe r of l ay e r s c uI l e d from th e l ay in g f lo ck s a nd t he numbe r o f l a yers fo r ce mol te d. The se in t u r n wi l l de pe nd on th e re l a t ions h i p be t ween e gg pri ces a nd pro duc t ion co s t s (p ri nci pally fee d co s ts) .
In the pas t few mont hs produ cers ha ve re s po nde d t o de c l i n i ng f e ed pr i ce s by re duc i ng t he i r cu l l i ngs of o ld he ns an d i ncre a s i ng t he num ber o f la ye rs f o r ce mo l t e d . Du r in g
Sep t embe r- De cembe r 1974 , t he re were a bout 6 mi l I ion fewer ma t ure hens i nsp e ct e d fo r s lau ght e r in fe de ra l ly i nspe ct ed plan t s t ha n t he 59.6 mi l l io n i n t he same mont hs of 1973 .
Al so , we e k l y re po r t s i nd i ca t e t he s la ught er of ma tu re hens in J a nuary was be l ow yea r-ea r l ier leve l s .
On Fe bruary 1, al mo s t 5 pe r cen t o f the hen s a nd pu ll e t s of l a ying age ( 17 St a t e s ) were bei ng f o r ce d mol t e d an d 12 pe r ce nt ha d t hei r mol t comp l e t e d. Th i s compares wi th 3 and about ~ percent on Fe b ru a ry 1, 1974. The le ve l o f f o rce mo l t i ng becomes eve n mo re
cruc ia l when one loo ks a t t he two l a r ge s t eg g produci ng St at es , Ca l iforn ia a nd Ge o r g ia .
On Februa r y 1, t here we re 31 perce nt o f t he he ns a nd pu l l et s of la y in g ag e i n Ca l i f o rn ia

with molt complet ed and ano th er 10 percent bein g mo l t e d . In Georgia there we re 13. 5 per cen t with mo l t complet ed. Cal ifo r ni a a nd Georgi a ac counted for abo ut 22 percent of to tal U.S. egg production in 1974 . Thus , an y s ign ifican t d ro p in forc e mo lt i ng i n t he s e two Sta t e s co uld caus e a subs t anti al drop in produc ti on.
A cont i nue d i nc rease i n f o r ce molt in gs i n t he f i r s t hal f o f 1975 wo ul d hel p slow t he decl i ne in layer number s but probably wo ul d result i n a s lacke ni ng in t he rate o f -l a y . On the oth er hand, cuI I in g of ol d he ns i n t he fi rs t ha lf of 197 5 a t year- earl ier l e ve l s or grea t er would result i n a d ra s t i c drop in la yer numbers. Howe ver , i n t h i s e ve nt t here probably would be I i t t l e , if a ny , sl owi ng i n th e ra te of l a y .
Ha t chinq Us e Down
The adjustmen ts ma de by bro il er and eg g p roduc ers i n 1974 i n re spon s e to h igh p ro ductiol costs and poor profi t ab il i t y caused t he use of e ggs f or ha t chin g purpos es in 1974 to drop well below 1973. Eggs use d for hatchi ng purposes in 1974 are e s t ima te d to hav e t ota l ed around 12.3 mill io n ca se s , near ly 7 perce nt of to ta l eg g production but 6i percen t be l ow a year ea r l ier. This refl ects a red uct ion of 11 perce nt in t he ha t ch of e gg-type ch icks and 4i percent for bro il er- t ype chick s .
Ha tchings of egg -type c h i ck s were bel ow 1973 l ev els t he e nti re year. Bro il er-t ype chi ck hat ch ings were up i n ear ly 1974 but these in creases were mo re t ha n offset by t he sh arp decl i ne s i n the se co nd half of 1974.
Hatchings use will p ro ba bly conti nue below year- ear l ie r l ev el s t h ro ugh mi d- 1975 a s broiler and e gg produ cer s continu e to a dj ust to hi gh price s a nd tight s~ppl ies of f eed.
Break ing Ac tiv i ty Up
Cold storage stoc ks o f egg p roduc ts a t th e be g inn in g of 1974 were at their lowes t level s s ince 1970. So, breakers were i n the mar ket heavily during much of 1974, esp e c ially aft er sh el I e gg pri ce s d ropp ed sh arply f ol lowi ng Ea ste r . They redu ced the ir brea kin g ac tiv i ty i n the las t few mon ths of 1974 but there were on ly two 4-week periods dur in g t he year t hat brea k ing s f ell be l ow t he comp a rabl e wee ks i n 197 3. Al t hou gh brea ke r s normally redu ce their a ct iv ity i n th e fal l be caus e of seaso nall y h igh s he l l e gg prices, part of the decl ine last fall coul d be at tri but e d to re duce d d e~and for e gg products. High price s for sugar and o t he r in gredi e nts us ed in bak i ng we re largely responsible for the reduced demand fo r egg produc t s .
A t ot al of 21 mi l I ion ca se s o f s hel l eggs were b roke n under Fed eral i ns pe c ti o n dur in g January 6, 1974 - Jan uary 4, 1975 , app roxima t e ly 1I percent of to t al e gg production. Th is was an increase of 2.7 mil I ion cas e s from t he compa ra ble period a year ea r l ie r . Dur in g t he period, 754 mi l l ion pounds o f egg produc t s we re produced, almost 80 mi l l ion pounds ab ove a year ea r l ie r. Froze n egg p ro duc t ion t o t a l e d 358 mill ion pounds, up 5 percen t . Productio n of d ri ed egg s i ncreased 12 percent to 72 mill ion pounds. Produ c t ion o f 1 iquid e gg product s fo r immediate consumpt ion a nd f o r processing made up the remainder a nd wa s 23 percent a bove a yea r ea r l ier .
Breaking activity wi l I probably i nc re a se in comi ng months. Breakers normally i nc rea se th e ir acti v i t y i n t he sp ring, when s he l l egg pr i ce s a re usually seasonally low.
On February l , co ld st orage ho l d i ngs of s hel l e ggs an d e gg products totaled 1.3 mill io n cas es (sh ell e qu iva lent ) . Thi s wa s 90,000 cases below a mon th earl ie r but 349,000 ca se s above February I , 1974 . Shel l e gg stocks at 31,000 cases were 35 percen t above a year earl ier . Stoc ks of fro zen eg gs we re up 36 percen t to 51.2 mill ion pounds.

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Ma r c h 3, 1975

GEORGIA INDEX UNCHAN GED
The All Commodities Inde x o f Pr i ce s Re ce iv ed by Geo r g i a fa rmer s i n February wa s 174 percent, unchanged from th e p re vi ous mo n th an d 9 po int s bel ow Fe b r ua ry 1974, a ccord i ng
to the Georgia Crop Repor tin g Service .

The Febru ary All Crops Inde x wa s 178 per cen t, 7 poi nt s be l ow the previ ous mo nt h . The Livestock a nd Livesto ck Products Inde x wa s 17 1 per ce nt , 5 poi nts above t he prev ious month but 17 points be low Feb r ua ry 1974. The All Commod i t y Inde x remained unchan ged f rom January 1975, as i nc rea se s i n t he p r ice s o f ca l ve s , broil e r s , ch ic ke ns , turkey s a nd milk
offset the decre~ses in cotton , co t t onsee d, soybeans , co r n , wh ea t , oats, rye, hay, hogs
and eggs.

UNITE D STATE S PRIC ES RECE IVED INDEX DOWN 7 POINTS
PRI CES PAID IND EX UNCHANGED

The Index of Price s Re ce iv ed by Fa rme rs de creased 7 po i nts (4 percent) t o 167 per cent of its January-De cember 1967 av e ra ge du r i ng the mont h e nde d Feb rua ry 15 , 1975 . Contr ibut ing
mos t to th e decreas e si nce mid - J a nuary were lower pr i ce s for cot ton, corn , soyb ean s , catt le , wh eat, a nd eggs . High e r pr i ce s for tomatoes an d swe e t co rn were on ly partially
offsett ing. The index wa s 35 po int s (17 pe r cent) be lo w a yea r earl ier.

The I n d e~ of Pr i ces Pa i d by Fa rme r s for Commo diti e s and Servi ce s, Intere st, Taxes,
and Farm Wage Rates for Fe b ru a ry 15 was 180, unchang ed fro m a mon t h ea r l ier. Higher
prices for family 1 iving i t ems were offs et by lo wer pri ces f or 1 iv est ock feed and f eede r
livestoc k. The inde x was 19 po in t s (12 percen t) ab ove a yea r earl ier.

1967 = 100

INDE X NUMBERS -- GEORGIA AND UNIT ED STATES

Jan. I S

Feb . 15

Jan. 15

1974

1974

1975

Feb. 15 1975

GEORG IA

Pr ices Re cei ve d

Al l Commodi ties

178

183

174

174

A11 Crops

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17 3

176

J./185

178

Livestock and Li ve s t ock

Products

182

188

166

171

UN ITE D STATES Pr ices Rece i ved

198

202

174

167

Prices Paid, Int e re s t ,

Taxes & Fa rm It/age Ra t e s

, 1 / 158

1/1 61

1/180

180

Ra t io 21

1/ 125

1/ 125

97

93

11 Revised. 11 Ratio of Index of Pri ce s Received by Fa rme r s to Inde x of Pri ces Pa id,
Int e re s t, Taxe s, an d Farm Wa ge Rates .

FRASIER T. GALLOWAY Agr i cu l t u ra l Stat istic ia n In Charge

CLAYTON J. MCDUFF IE Agr icultural Stati s ti c ian

The Sta ti s tica l Repo r t i n9 Se r v ice , USDA , 1861 We st Broad Street, At he ns, Georg ia i n
cooperation wi t~ the Geo r gia Depar t men t o f Agr i c u l t u re.

PRICES -- REC EIVED AN D PA ID BY FA Rfv\ERS , FEBI"{ UARY 15 , 1975 WITH COM PA RISONS

Georg ia

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Un ited Sta t es

Commo d i ty an d Un it

Feb. 15 Ja n. 15 Fe b. 15

1974

1975

1975

Fe b. 15 Ja n , 15

1974

19 75

Fe b. 15 1975

PRI CES RECE IVE D

Wheat, bu .

$

Oats, bu.

$

Corn , bu.

$

Co tt on, lb.



Co t t ons eed , ton

$

Soybean s , bu.

$

Swee t po t a toe s, cwt.

$

Hay, bal e d , t on:

All

$

Al f alfa

$

Oth er 1/

$

Mi lk Cows, head

$

Ho gs , cwt .

$

Beef Catt le , A1 1, cwt . 1/ $

Cows , cwt . 1/

$

Steers & He ifers, cwt . $

Calve s, cwt .

$

Mi lk, Sold to Pl ants , cwt .

Fl u id Ma rket

$

Ma nufact ured

$

All

$

Turke ys, l b.



Chi cke ns , lb .:

Exc l udi ng Bro i l ers



Comme r c ial Bro il ers



Eggs , a l l , doz.



Tab 1e , doz .



Hatching , doz .



4 . 81+ 1. 66 2. 95 64 . 0
6.] 1
~ / 1 0.70
37 .00
37. 00 475 . 0 0
~/ 3 9. 00
39. 60 32.80 44. 80 50 .90
L~/ 1 0 . 2 0
~/1 0.20
31.0
10 . 5 23.0 69. 3 67. 4 80. 0

3 .83 1. 82 3.25 37. 6 113 .0 0 6. 39 9. 25
38 . 00
38. 00 340 .0 0 36 .80
20.5 0 17. 90 22. 70 23. 00
~/10 .1 5
4/10.15 - 29.0
8.5 23 .0 62.2 58. 2
85 .0

3.5 8 1. 70 3.0 2 34 .5 105 . 0 0 5. 60 9 . 70
36 .00
36.00 340 .00 36 .30
20. 60 18.00 22. 70 23.40
.2/10 . 15
.2/ 10 . 15
30 .0
9.5 25. 0 61. 0 56.8 85. 0

5. 52 1.44 2. 76 52. 0 101. 00 6.0 7 9.50

4 . 11 1. 62
3.07 4/ 39. 9 -128 .5 0
6. 30 9.30

47 . 10 5 1. 40 39. 80 545.00 39 . 1+0 43 .5 0 33. 10 46 .5 0 53.2 0

50 . 10
53. 00 44 .7 0 403. 00 38 . 20 27 . 6 0 16.50 31.0 0 23. 90

4/ 9.1 5 4/8 . 14 ~ /8 .92
32.3

4/ 8. 69
417 .00
4/8 . 33 - 31.8

12.2
23. 7
6L~. 1

9 .2 24.2
57. 1

3.95 1. 58 2. 86 32.0 124.00 5. 72 9. 55
49 . 30 52. . 50
L~4 . 20
390 . 0 0 38.40 26. 90 18 . 10 29. 60 24.30
.2/8 65
5/6.98 ~/8. 28
30 . 8
9.4 24. 6 54.3

PRI CES PAID, FEED

Mixe d Dairy Fee d, ton: 14% prot ein

s 135.00 142. 00 138 .0 0

127. 00 146.00

137. 00

16% p ro te i n 18% protei n 20% p rote i n Hog Fee d , 14%-18%

S 141.00 155.00 145. 00
$ 144 . 00 158.00 147 .0 0 $ 160 . 00 161.00 150.00

133 . 00 138 . 00 142. 00

148.00 151.00 15 5 . 0 0

13 7. 00 141. 00
145.00

pro t ein, ~w t .

$

8. 20

8. 90

8 . 50

8. 21

8. 84

8.46

Co ttons ee d Mea l, 41 %, cwt. $

10.5 0

10.50

9 . 50

10.90

9 . 83

9 . 21

Soybea n Mea l , 44%, cwt . $

12.0 0

10 .50

9 .40

11.40

9.86

9.10

Bra n , cwt.

$

7.60

8.60

8 . 10

7.16

8.00

7 . 60

Middl i ngs , cwt. Co rn Mea l , cw t .

$

7. 60

8 . 70

8 .10

$

6.80

7. 60

7. 80

7. 11 6.5 7

7.88 7.80

7. 39 7.44

Pou l t ry Fee d, to n:

Bro il er Growe r Fee d

$ 172. 00 176 .00 166. 00

169 . 00 176.00

167. 00

Lay in g Feed C~ i ck St a r t e r

$ 147.00 158 . 00 149. 00 $ 165. 00 180 . 00 170.00

153 . 00 176 .0 0

160. 00 181 .00

151 . 00 171.00

Alfa l fa Hay , to n

$ 45.00 60 . 00 64. 00

64. 90 66.60

65. 50

All Othe r Ha y, ton

$

46 .50

58.00

62.00

51. 40 55. 90

56.70

1/ Incl ude s a l l ha y excep t a lfalfa . Jj IICOWSII an d " steers an d he l f e r s!' combi ned with

allowan ce whe re ne ce s sar y for s lau ghter bu lls . 3/ Inc lu de s c u l l da i ry cows sold for

s la ughte r , but no t dair y cows f o r herd rep laceme;-ts . -4/ Revis e d. -5/ Pr e l imin ary.

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GEORGIA TURKEY PRODUCTIO N AND GRO SS I NCO}lE DECLINES
Georgia growers receive d $8, 78 3 , 000 gr oss i ncome f rom the i r 1974 produc tion of 1, 71 2 , 000 turkeys. This was 25 perc ent l e ss than the $11, 771 , 000 r eceived i n 1973 when production totaled 1,936,000 bird s. The average weigh t per bird sold was 19.0 pounds, the same a s i n 1973. Average price per pound was 27 .0 cent s i n 1 974 compared wi t h 32.0 cents i n 1973 .
UNITED STATES Nill1BER RAI SED, PRODUCTI ON, AND GROSS I NCOHE - 1973-7 4
Numbe r Raised
There were 131 million turkeys raised in the Uni ted States in 1974 , down 1 percent from 1973 . Heavy breed turke ys r a i sed wa s nearly t he s ame as a ye a r ago at 116 million but the numb er of lights decreas ed by 7 percen t to 15 mi l l ion .
The number raised i n Minnes o t a was down 6 pe rc en t bu t the Ca l ifor nia and Nor th Caro l i na numbers raised were above a ye a r a go .
Production and Gross Income
Turkey production i n 19 74 t otaled 2 , 426 mill ion pound s live we i ght, 1 pe r c ent less t ha n the 2,451 million pounds produced in 1973.
Gross income from turkeys i n 1 974 was $680 million, compared wi th $936 mi l l i on in 1973. It wa s below 1973 in all l e ad ing Stntes. The pric e r ece ived by producers during 1974 averaged 28.0 cents per pound (live wei gh t equivalent) compared wi t h 38.2 cents in 1973.
Death Los s
Death loss of poults in 19 74 was 8.9 perce nt, compared with 8.3 percent in 1973. By regions, turkey poult death l os ses in 1974 were : Ea s t North Central, West North Central and South Central , 9 percent ; Nor t h At l a n t i c , 7 perc ent ; South Atlantic , 8 percent ; and West, 10 percent. Loss of breeder hens in the 26 major producing States dur ing 1974, as a percent of br e eder hens on hand Dece mber 1, 1974 , was 5. 8 pe r ce n t , compared with 5.0 percent a year earlier.
(OV ER)

TU~KEY PRODUCTION AND GROSS I NCOME, 1974 SELECTED STATES

Stat e

Numb e r Raised 1/

: Heavy

Light

Breeds

Br e e d s

To t a l

:

2/

: Price

: Pound s : per : Gro ss

: Produced : Pound : I n come

1 , 0')0 Head

1,000 Lbs . Cent s

1 , 000 Dol l a rs

:

Ar k ans a s 3/

:

7, 67 3

14 8 ,08 9 26 .7

39 ,540

Ca l if or nia

: 15 ,7 98

2, 090

17, 888

321 , 984 27.6

88 ,868

De Lawa r e

:

11 1

8

119

2,344 32. 0

750

GEORGI A

: 1 , 712

0

1, 712

32,528 27 .0

3, 78 3

I owa

: 6, 661

73

6, 734

13 4 , 680 26 .5

35, 690

Ha ry1and

:

31

0

31

611 32.0

196

Hi nnes o ta

: 16 , 200

5 , 734

21 , 934

364 ,10 4 26. 4

96,123

Mi ss our i 3/

:

Nor t h Car~l ina 3/ :

9, 497 14 , 944

175, 695 260 ,02 6

26 . 4 28 .6

li 6 , 38 3 74, 367

South Ca r ol i na : 2 , 155

1 23

2 ,278

57 , 633 29 . 5

17 , 002

Te xas

: 8, 5nO

280

8 , 780

175 ,600 31. 1

54 , 612

Virginia

: 5 , 016

99 4

6 ,010

99, 766 27.5

27,436

West Vir ginia :

605

1 , 025

1,630

27 , 058 29.8

8 ,063

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Unit ed State s : 116 , 087

15,285

131 ,3 72

2 , 425 , 912 28 .0

679, 797

I/1/ Based on turkeys hatche d Se p t ember 1 , 1973 to Augus t 31, 1974. Exc l udes young t ur k eys l o s t. I ncludes home con sump t i on ) whi ch is less than 1 per cen t of to t al pr oduc tion .
1/ Breakdown by bre ed s combined to avo id dis c l os ing individual operat ions.

FRAS I ER T. GALLOWAY Agr icul t ural Stat i stic i a n I n Cha rge

W.A . WAGNER Ag ricul t ur a l Stati s tic i an

The Statistical Report i ng Se r v i c e, USDA, 1861 West Br oa d Street , At he ns, Georgia in coop e ration wi t h t he Georgia Depa r t men t of Agr i cul t ure .

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A THEN S, GEORGIA

Har c h 18 , 1975

Georqia:

PROSPEC T I V E PL A N

AS O F

M ARCH

IN GS 19 7 5

Maior Shifts in Crop P l a nt i nqs Ind i ca t e d for 1972

Georgia farmers ind icat ed ab o ut Ma r c h 1 t hat t he i r p l a nt i ng i nt e nt io ns i nc l uded so me sharp changes in crop acreages for 1975. The mo s t d ra mat ic s h i f t s i nvo l ve d cotto n an d soybeans with cotton acreage dropp ing t o le s s t ha n ha l f of l a s t year's plantings an d a big increase being schedul e d f or soybeans . The s e plans were re ve a l e d to the Cro p Repo rt i ng Service in a survey o f plant ing intentio ns t ake n j us t prio r t o 1975 spring p lan t i ng sea s o n . Other anticipat e d i nc re a se s shown by the surve y i nc lude d a cre ages for corn, t o ba cc o, peanuts, oats and barley. Overall , about 4 perce nt more land wo u l d be used for c rop s i n 1975, i f thes e i n te nt io ns are real i ze d ,

19]5 PROSPECTIVE PLA NTI NGS FOR GE ORGIA

Crop

PLANTED ACREAGES Ind icated

.

1975 as per cen t

197 3

1974 :

1975

.

of 1974

- Thousan ds - - -

Percen t

Corn, all

1,840

2 , 000

2 , 100

105

\oJ h i te Co rn 1/

2/

125

130

104

Oats

198

230

240

104

Ba rl e y Cot ton

15

12

13

108

. 386

4 23

200

47

Swee t po t e t o e s

8.0

8.5

8.5

100

Toba c co 1/

60 . 53

72.29

74.09

103

Sorghums, all

60

65

65

100

Soybeans

970

1 ,0 30

1,340

130

Peanut s

520

51 9

520

100

Hay , al l 3/

466

45 5

450

99

1/ Inclu de d i n a l l corn a bo ve. 2/ No t avail a bl e. 1/ Acreage harvested.

Co r n Ac re aq~~19 Be Up 5 Perce n t: The acreage p l anted to th e State's largest user of c ro p l a nd i s ex pe c t ed t o increase 100 ,000 acres to to tal 2,100,000 acres in 1975. Th is i s
20 , 000 ac res l e s s than was ind i ca te d fo r t he January Intentions Survey. Wh ite Corn, wh i c h i s i nc l ude d i n t he al J corn t ota l ab o ve , is expe c t e d to rise 4 percent and t;tal 130 , 000 a cre s .

Soybe a ns To Ju mp 30 Percent: Farmers i nd i ca t e d plans to expand th is increasingly popular - c ro p by 31 0 , 000 a cres. If re al ized, th is would mean a record high 1,340,000 acres
planted in 1975. Th is i s 11 percent, or 160,000 acres less than was planned i n January.

Peanut s Up 51 i qh t l v : A ver y mo de s t i nc re a s e to 520,000 acres planted was indicated.

Hay Off 51 iqhtly: Acreage t o be har vest ed by growers wa s indicated at 450,000 a c re s , down sl ightly f rorn last year de s p i te an increased ca tt l e i nve n to r y .

Tobacco Up 3 Percent: A 2 ,000 a c re inc re a se above the record-yielding 1974 crop wa s in d icat ed .

Cotton To Fa ll 53 Percent : The 1975 pl an ting s a re e xpect e d to shrink to about 200,000 a cre s. Thi s is 20,000 acres mo re t ha n was i nd i ca t e d i n January but is still less than half of las t year 's planti ngs.

The purpose of th is surve y i s to ass ist g rowe r s i n making adjustments in thei r planting in tentions as might app ear desirable. Acreages actually planted may be mo re o r l ess t han i nd i ca t e d due to weather, the ava ilab il ity and p r ice of plantin g suppl ies and labor, fluctuat ions in commodity pr i ces, a nd how t h i s repo rt a f fe c t s far mers' plans. I Actual planting est imate s wil l be pub l ishe d July 10, 1975.
Pleas e turn page for Un ited States i nf o rma t io n .

UNITED STATES PROSPECTIVE PLA NTI NG S SUMMARY FOR 1975

Planting intentions re veal ed by th e Marc h 1 su r vey i nd icat ed increas ed a c rea ge ma y be expe cted for soybea ns , sorghum, durum whea t, t o ba cco, hay and sugar bee ts. Re duced a crea ge wa s ind icat ed f or cotton , co r n, ot he r sprin g wheat, rice , sweetpo t a t oe s and dry bea ns a nd
peas.

PLA NTED ACREA GE S, UNITED STATES

Ind i ca t ed

1975 3 S pe rce nt

Crop

1973

1974

1975

of 1974

Thou sa nds

Pe rc en t

All corn

71 , 9 12

77,746

7 5 , 2 90

97

I;/h i te co rn J./

538

659

734

111

All sorghums

19 , 231

17 , 733

18,855

106

Oats

19 ,1 47

18 , 1 0 0

18,189

100

Ba rl ey

11 , 229

9, 117

10 ,184

11 Z

Durum wheat

2, 952

4 , 074

4 , 294

105

Other spring wheat

12, 794

14 , 688

13,384

91

Rice

2 , 18 1. 3

2 , 588 . 0

2,561 . 0

99

Soybeans

56 ,6 75

53 , 580

5 6 , 6 32

106

Flaxseed

1, 742

1,739

1, 795

10 3

Peanut s

1, 530.2

1,521. 6

1,528.7

100

Co t ton

12, 479 .7

13 , 9 79 . 1

9,951.6

71

Sweetpotatoes

117 .7

122 . 9

121.4

99

Toba cco 21

886 .6

961. 8

1,070.1

111

Dry e d i bl e bean s

1,3 94.7

1,647 . 4

1,515.4

92

Dry e d i b le pea s

] l.j6. 6

220 . 0

20 1. 0

91

Hay]/

62 , 099

60, 546

61,018

101

Suga rbeets

1, 280 . 1

1,254. 1

1,546.9

123

II 10-S tat e tot a l is in c lu ded i n " All co rn ' "; Ne b ra s ka an d Ohio i nc l ude d in 10-Sta t e tot a l
in 1973 wer e repla ce d by Al aba ma a nd Geo rg ia i n 1974 an d 197 5. II Har vest ed ac rea ge.

Corn plantin gs a re ex pe c ted t o to t a l 75.3 mi l l ion acre s, 3 percent l e s s than l a s t yea r, and down 3 perce nt fr om t hat indi ca t ed by t he Janu ary 1 a creage int ent ions s u r ve y ma de in 35 States .
Sorqhum acrea ge in t e nt io ns or nea r i y 18. 9 mil li on ac re s a re 6 percent above the 1974 a crea ge but below the 10 percen t in c rease ex pe c te d as of January 1.
Cot ton growers i nt e nd to pl ant 10.0 mi l l ion a cres o f a l l cot t on , down 29 percen t from las t year .
Peanu t g rowers int en d t o seed 1.5 3 mi l l ion acre s o f peanu t s in 1975, sl i ght l y more t ha n l ast year .
Soybean acrea ge is ex pe c t e d to t o t a l 56. 6 mi l l io n a cres , up 6 percen t from 1974, but smal l er t ha n th e 8 pe r ce nt increase g rowe r s i n 27 St a t e s repor t ed January 1.
TobnfQ acre a ge is ex pect e d t o to ta l 1.07 mi l li o n a cre s , 11 percent above 1974. Fluecured g ro we r s plan a 15 pe rc e nt i nc reas e .

FRASIE R T. GALLOWAY Agr icultura l St at i s ti c ian In Charge

\.J . PAT PARKS Agri cultural St a t i s t ic ia n

The Statisti ca l Re po r t i ng Serv ice , USDA, 1861 We s t Broad St re e t , Ath ens, Georgia, i n cooperat ion with t he Georg ia Depar tme nt of Agr iculture .

Afte r Five Days Re turn t o Uni t ed Stat es Departmen t of Agr i cul t ur e
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Di s t r i c t and County
DISTRICT 1
Bartow Chattooga Floyd Gordon Murray Polk Walker Whitfield
TOTAL
DISTRICT 2
Barrow Clarke Forsyth Fulton Gwinnett Ha l l Jackson Ocone e Walton
TOTAL
DI STRI CT 3
Bank s El ber t Fr ankl i n Hart Lincoln Madi s on Oglethorpe Stephens Wilkes
TOTAL

GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE

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GEORGIA WHEAT 1974 County Estimates --- Acreage, Yield, and Production
Preliminary

Harvested Acr e s

Yield Per Acre Bushels

Production Bushels

440 160 280 860 530 450
no
200
3 ,030

36.6 36.5 38.6 41.7 36.6 31. 3 37.5 34.5
37.3

16,100 5,840
10,800 35,900 19,400 14 ,100
4,130 6 ,890
113 ,160

340 550 320 230
no
80 790 3, 270 800
6 ,490

24 .0 37.6 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 26.1 36 .4 34.4
33 .0

8,160 20,700
8,010 5, 760 2 ,750 2,000 20,600 119,000 27,500
214,480

210 1 ,6 90 1 , 410 4 ,070
140 3 ,270 1 ,640
1 20 690
13,240

27 .1 29.2 26.1 26.0 31.3 25.0 25.1 26.1 25.1
26.1

5,700 49 , 400 36,800 106,000
4,380 81 ,900 41,100
3,130 17,300
345,710

Dis t r i c t and County
DISTRICT 4
Clayton Coweta Faye t t e Haralson Harris Heard Henr y Lamar Ma c o n Marion Meriwether Pike Schley S p a l d in g Talbot Taylor Troup Upson
TOTAL
DISTRICT 5
Baldwin Bibb Bleckley Butts
Crawford
Dodge Gre ene Hancock Houston J o h n s on Jones Laur e ns Mo n r oe Mon t gomer y Mo r ga n Newt on Peach Pulaski Treut1en Twiggs Wash i n g t o n Wheel er Wilkinson
TOTAL

Ha r ch 1 975
GEORGI A WHEAT 1974 County Es t imates - - - Acr eage , Yield, and Produc t i on
Pre l i mi nary

Harves t ed Ac r es

Yie ld Pe r Acr e Bushel s

Pr oduction Bus hel s

190 280 280 11 0 260 270 1 , 150 440 4, 360 580 130 1 , 280 41 0 1 ,190
80 1 ,5 10
1 20 210
12 , 850

2LI. O 23. 0 26 . 1 26 . 1 25. 0 25. 0 27. 1 27.0 26.4 20 . 9 26 .1 26 .1 19 . 8 29 . 2 24 . 0 27. 2 26 . 5 30 . 0
26.2

4 , 560 6 ,4 30 7 , 300 2 , 87 0 6 ,510 6 , 760 31,200 11 , 900 11 5 , OOO 12 ,100 3 , 390 33 , 400 8,130 34 , 800 1 , 920 41 , 000 3 , 180 6 ,3 00
336 ,75 0

240 310 2 , 240 370 1 , 190 1 , 240 690 330 10 ,880 2 , 400 1 30 7 , 260 180 200 810 390 4, 860 1 ,980 360 5 70 6 ,940 5 90 210
44 ,370

26 . 1 26. 1 18 .8 30 .3 36 . 6 18 .8 31. 3 26 .1 24.0 20 .9 31. 3 18 . 7 29 . 2 18 .8 34 .4 29. 2 26 . 1 19 .8 20 . 9 27 .2 20 . 9 19 . 8 23 .0
22. 9

6, 260 8 , 090 42, 100 1l ,200 43, 500 23 ,300 21 , 600 8 , 610 261 , 000 50 , 100 4 , 070 136, 000 5 , 260 3,7 60 27 , 900 1l ,400 1 27 , 000 39 , 300 7 ,510 15 , 500 145 , 000 11 ,7 00 4, 820
1 , 014, 980

District and County
DISTRICT 6
Bulloch Burke Candler Columbia Effingham Emanuel Glascock Jefferson Jenkins McDuffie Richmond Screven '.Jarren
TOTAL
DISTRICT 7
Baker Calhoun Clay Decatur Dougherty Early Gr ady Lee Miller Mitchell Quitman R a n d o l ph Seminole S t ex...a r t Sumte r Terr ell Thomas Webst er
TOTAL
DISTRICT 8
At k i n s on Ben Hill Berrien Brooks Cl inch Coffee Colquitt Cook Cr i sp Doo1y Irwin Jeff Davis Lowndes Telfa i r Tift Tur ne r l.Jil cox Wo rth
TOTAL

Ma r c h 1975
GEORGIA WHEAT 1974 County Estimates --- Acreage, Yield, and Production
Prel iminary

Harve sted Ac r e s

Yield Per Acr e Bus he l s

Produc ti on Bushels

2, 200 5 ,750 1,260
12 0 120 1 ,660 800 12 ,80 0 3, 070 680 710 2 ,280 1 ,310
32 ,760

18 .8 20 .9 16.7 22 .9 18.8 21.9 25.0 24.0 19 .8 20 .9 19 .9 24.0 26.1
22 .2

41 ,300 120 , 000
21,000 2,750 2 , 250
36,400 20 ,000 307,000 60,900 14 ,200 14,100 54,700 34 ,20 0
728,800

6 70 1 ,530
550 1 , 570
650 2 ,400
540 1,290 1,490
740 160 2,860 2,530 1,170 8 ,130 2 ,380 400 1, 090
30 ,150

17 .8 21.9 18.7 18 .8 18.8 17 .8 19 .8 19.8 16.7 18.8 19.7 20 .9 17 .7 20 .9 23 .0 19.8 17.8 19.8
20 .2

11 ,900 33, 500 10 ,300 29 ,500 12,200 42,600 10 ,700 25 ,600 24,900 13,900
3 ,150 59,700 44,900 24 ,400 187,000 47 .200
7 .100 21,600
610.150

350 140 350 590 160 640 280 240 1 ,980 3 ,570 . 150 320 230 2 , 3 50 250 260 500 740
13 , 100

20.9 17 .7 16.7 15 .6 20.9 18 .8 17 .8 16.7 17 .7 19 .8 16 .7 17 . 8 16.7 18 .8 16.7 16.7 20 .8 17.7
18 .6

7,300 2,480 5,840 9,230 3 ,340 12,000 4,970 4,010 35 ,100 70 ,800 2, 500 5,680 3,840 44,100 4,170 4,340 10 ,400 13 , 100
243 .200

l'1a r ch 197 5

GEORGI A HI-lEAT 1974 County Estima te s - -- Ac rea ge, Yi eld, and Produc t i on
Pre l i mi na ry

Di s t r i c t "'nrl r oun t y

Yiel d Per Acre Bus he ls

Pro ducti on
-Bu sh e L s

DISTiUCT 9

App ling Baco n Bryan Eva n s Pierce Ta t t n al l Toomb s

200

- 17 .8

3,550

1 20

16. 7

2 , 000

80

16 . 8

1 , 3/10

820

16 .7

13 , 700

500

16 .7

8 ,350

9 70

16. 7

16 ,2 00

880

FI. 7

15 , 60 0

TOTAL

3 ,57 0

17.0

60, 740

Ot he r Coun t i es

If40

27 . 3

12 , 030

STATE TOTAL

160 ,0 00

23 . 0

3 ,680,000

-.......

FRA S IE~ T. GALLOWAY Agri cu l t ur a l St a t i s t i c i an In Charge

W. PAT PARKS Agr i cul t ur al Sta tis t i c i an

The St a t istical Reporting Se rvic e, USDA, 1861 We s t Broad Street , At hens, Georg ia in cooper a t i on with the Georgia Depar t men t of Agr i cu l t ur e .

After Fi v e Da ys Re t ur n to United States Depa rtment of Agr i cu l t ur e
St at istical Repo r t i ng Service 1861 West Bro a d St reet Athen. , Ge or gi a 30601
OFFICIAL BUS INESS

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5 187 5

Apr il 1 , 1975

GEORGI A IND EX DOWN 3 POIn TS

The All Commod i t i e s I nd ex of Pr i ce s Received by Ge or gia f a r mers in Ha r ch wa s 171 pe r cen t , three po ints be Low t he prev i ous mont h and 4 po in t s be l ow Har ch 1974 , ac co r d Ln g t o t he Geor gi a Crop Repor ting Serv i c e .

The }1a r ch All Cr ops Inde x wa s 175 pe rc en t , 3 point s below t he pr ev i ous mon t h . The Livestock and Li v e s t ock Produc t s I ndex wa s 167 pe r cent , 4 point s below t he prev i ous mon t h and 7 point s be low Harch 1974 . The dec r e a s e in t he Al l Commod i t y I ndex f r om t he Februa r y 19 75 l eve l resul t e d fro m dec r ea s e s i n the prices of co t t on , c o tton s e ed , s oybean s , c or n , whea t , l oa t s , b e ef ca t t l e , chicken s a nd milk .

UN ITED STATES PRI CES RECEIVED I NDEX DOWN 3 POINTS PRI CES PAID I NDEX DOHN 1 POINT

I The Index of Pr ic e s Received by Fa rmers de c r eased 3 poin t s (2 pe r cent ) t o 165 pe r c ent of its January-De cember 1967 aver a ge du r i ng t he mon t h en ded March 15 , 1975 . Con tr i bu t i ng most I to the de creas e s ince mid - Feb r ua r y we r e l ower pr i ce s f or whe a t , co rn , Upl and co t t on , soybeans,
t omat oe s , an d milk . Hi gh e r pric e s fo r c a t t l e , oni ons, a nd app l e s were par tially off s etti ng . The inde x wa s 29 poi n t s (15 perc ent ) be l ow a yea r ear li e r .

The I ndex of Pr i ce s Pa id by Fa r mer s f o r Commod i t i es dnd S e~vice s , In t e re s t , Taxe s , a nd Farm Wage Rate s f or Mar ch 15 was 179 , down one poi n t (1 /2 pe r c en t ) f r om a month ea r l i e r. Ma j or con t ributo r s to the i ndex de c l i ne we r e l owe r pr i ce s fo r live s t ock f eed , fo od , and clothing . Par tia l l y of f s e t t ing \ve re hi gh er price s f or f a r m ma chine ry and f e ede r l i ves t ock . The i nd e x wa s 17 poi n t s (1 0 pe rc e nt ) ab ove a ye a r ear l i e r .

1967 100

I NDEX NUNBERS
Feb . 15 197 4

GEORG I A AND UNI TED STAT ES

Na r . 15 1974

Feb . 15 1975

Ba r . 15 1975

GEORGIA

Price s Received

All Commod i ties

183

17 5

1 74

171

All Cr ops

17 6

176

17 8

175

Live s t ock and Li vesto ck

Produc ts

188

1 74

1 71

167

UNITED STATES

Pri c e s Rec e ive d

20 2

194

168

165

Pr i c e s Paid , I n t eres t,

Taxes & Fa rm Wage Rate s

161

162

180

1 79

Ra t i o 1/

125

12 0

93

92

1/ Rat i o of index of Pr i ces Received by Farmer s t o I ndex of Pr ices Paid , Inter e st , Taxe s ,

and Farm Wage Rates .

FRASI ER T . GALLOWAY Agri cul t ur a l Sta t i s t i cia n In Cha r ge

CLAYTON J. HCDUFFI E Agr icu l tural Sta t istic ian

The St a t i stica l Repor t ing Servi ce, USDA, 1861 We s t Br oa d St re e t , At he n s , Ge or gia i n coope r a t ion wi t h t he Ge or gia Depa r tmen t of Agric ul tu r e .

PRICES -- RECE IVED AND PA ID BY FA RM ER S , MARC H 15. 1975 WITH COMPA RI SON S

Geo r q ia

United States

Ma r , 15 Feb . 15 Ma r , 15 Ma r . 15 Feb . 15 Ma r. 15

Commod i t y an d Un it

1974

1975

1975

1974

1975

1975

PR ICES RE CEIVED \.J hea t , bu . Oat s, bu. Co r n, bu . Cott on, lb . Co t to ns ee d, ton Soybea ns , bu . Sweet potatoes , cwt . Hay, baled , t o n:
All Al f alfa Othe r 11 Mi l k Cows , hea d Hogs , cwt. Beef Ca t tle , All , cwt . 21
Cows , cwt , 11
St ee rs & He i f ers, cwt . Ca 1ve s, cwt. Mil k , Sol d to Pl a nt s, cwt.
Flu i d Marke t Ma nufactured All Turke ys , l b. Ch ic ke ns , l b, : Exc l ud i ng Broi l ers Comme rc ialB ro i 1e rs Eggs , a l l, doz. Tab l e , doz.
Hatc hi ng"doz.

$ 4. 48

$

1. 70

$ 3. 00

. 60. 5

$

$ 6.08

$ .!:t/ll. 30

$ 36. 00
$ $ 36. 00 $ 475.00
$ 4/39 .40 $ - 39.40
$ 34 . 60 $ 42 . 90 $ 47.60

$ .!:t/ lO . 30
$
$ 4/10 .30 3 1.0



9. 5

. 21.0

60.0

. 57. 4

. 75.0

3. 58 1.7 0 3. 02 34 . 5 105. 00 5.60 9.70
36 . 00
36. 00 340 .00
36. 30
20. 60
18. 00 22. 70 23. 40
.!:t/ 9 . 80
!/9. 80 30 .0
9.5 25. 0 61. 0 56. 8 85.0

3. 49 1. 63 2. 88 34.0 103.00 5. 23 9 . 70
36.50
36. 50 340. 00 36. 90
20 . 40 17. 60 22.60 22. 70
2/ 9. 50
2/9 . 50 30.0
9 .0 24 . 0 61 .5 57.0 85.0

4.96 1.40 2.68 53. 4 100. 00 5.96 10.00
45 .40 48 .90 39 . 20 543. 00 35. 00 40.70 32.3 0 42 .90 49.40
9 . 19
8 . 11
8 . 94 32. 0
10.7 22. 5 56. 6

3.95 1.58 2.86 32. 0 124. 00 5.7 2 9. 55
49.3 0 52.50
4LL 20
390 . 0 0 38 .40 26.90 18 . 10 29 . 60 24. 30
4/8.64
4/7. 04 - 8.28
30.8
9. 4 24 .6 54. 3

3.65 1. 46 2.67 30 . 0 106 . 50 5. 31 9.80
L~9 . 70 52. 40 44.20 390.0 0 38 .3 0 27 . 8 0 18 . 70 30. 50 24. 70
2/ 8 . 50
517 .02 ~/8 . 17
30.3
9.7 23.7 54. 1

PRIC ES PA ID, FEE O

Mixed Da i ry Feed, ton:

14% p ro t e i n 16% protei n 18% p ro t ein 20% protein Hog Fe ed , 14%-18%

$ 130 . 00 $ 13 2. 00
$ 130 . 00 $ 144.00

138. 00 1L~ 5. 00 147 . 00
150 .00

132.00 136. 00 135. 00 138. 00

13 1.00 13 2. 00 136. 00 140 .00

137. 00 137.00
14 1. 00
145. 00

131. 00
130.00 133.00 136 . 0 0

p ro t e in , cwt.

$

Co ttons eed Meal , 4 1%, cwt . $

Soybean Mea l , 44%, cwt .

$

Bra n, cwt ,

$

Mi dd l i ngs, cwt.

s

Co rn I'le a 1, CItJ t .

$

Pou l t ry Feed , t o n :

8 . 10 9 . 80 10. 50
7. 80 7. 70
6.90

8 . 50
9 . 50 9. 40 8 .1 0 8. 10
7. 80

8. 00 8. 80
8 .80
7. 60 7 .50 7.3 0

8. 11
10 . 20 10.60
7. 19 l.07 6. 74

8 . 46
9.2 1 9.1 0 7.60
7. 39 7.44

7. 92 8 .69 8 .37 7. 11 6. 98 6.96

Broi ler Growe r Fee d

$ 159 . 00 166.0 0 158. 00 : 165.00 167.00

161 . 00

Lay i ng Fe e d

$ 144 .0 0 149 . 00 136. 00 : 151. 00 151. 00 143.00

Ch i c k Start er

$ 170. 00 170. 00 157.00 : 174.00 171.00

162 . 0 0

Alfa lfa Ha y, t on

$ 48 .0 0

64.00

70. 00: 65.20

65.50

66 .70

All Othe r Hay, t on

$ 50. 00

62 . 0 0

65. 00: 52.10

56.70

56.90

11 Inc ludes all hay except a l f a lfa . 1/ " COWS" a nd " steers a nd he i f e r s!' combi ned wi t h
al lowa nce whe re necessary f or s l a ught e r bul Is. 11 Incl ude s cull da iry cows sold f or

sl a ugh t e r , bJt no t dairy cows for he rd replacements . 41 Revi se d . 21 Prel iminary.

Afte r Five Days Return t o

United Sta te s Depa rtment of Agricul ture St a tis t i cal Rep orting Service

~

1861 Wes t Broad St r ee t

At hens , Geo r gia 30601

OFFICIAL BUSINESS

99 0 1 3

OUO 0 0 0 3565

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GEORGIA CROP REPORTI NG SERV ICE

A TH E NS, GEO RGI /I,

Di s t r i c t

:

and

:

County

:

DI STRI CT 1
Bar t ow Cat oos a Chattooga Da de Floyd Gordon I Hur ray Paulding I Polk Wa lke r \.Jh it field
TOTAL
DI STRI CT 2
Barrow Cherokee Clarke Cobb Dawson DeKalb Fannin Forsyth Fulton Gilmer Gwinnett Hall Jackson Lumpki n Oconee - Pickens Towns Union Walton \.Jhite
TOTAL
DISTRICT 3
Banks Elbert Franklin Habersham Hart Lincoln Hadi s on Ogl e t hor pe Ra b u n Stephens Hilkes
TOTAL

GEORG IA CORN COUNTY ESTIMATES, 197 4 PRELnlIi~ARY

Plan ted For Al l Purpos e s

: :
: Acr ea ge

Harve s t ed for Gr a i n

:

Yi e l d

-.

Per Ac re

:

Ac r e s

Ac r e s

Bus he l s

i-
Ap ri1~ 1975
Pr oduc t i on Bush e ls

1,500 680
2 , 500 12 0
2,900 3, 000 2, 10 0
600 75 0 2,300 1,150
17, 600

1,280 58 0
2 ,200 100
2, 630 2 ,6 00 1,900
560 670 2,000 980
15 , 500

43 . 0 39.0 46 .0 49 .0 48 .0 45. 0 52.0 38.9 49 . 0 51. 0 47 .0
47 .0

55 , 100 22 , 600 101 ,20 0
4, 900 126 , 200 117 ,00 0
98, 800 21,8 00 32 ,800 102 , 000 46 ,100
728, 500

1 ,120 340 300 110 850 110 77 0
1, 04 0 1 60 80 0
1,250 840 880 850 5 60 14 0 720
1 , 800 1 ,550
81 C
15,000

1 , 020 300 27 0 10 0 790 100 710 92 0 140 720
1 ,140 700 780 780 490 13 0 660
1, 650 1 , 350
750
13 ,5 00

42 . 4 41.3 53 . 7 40 .0 102 .2 43.0 55 .8 49 .5 46. 4 49.6 41.3 53. 7 45. 4 61. 9 40 .2 56 . 2 70 . 2 61.9 43.3 53. 7
54 .0

43 , 200 1 2 , 40 0 14 ,500
4 ,000 80 , 700
4, 300 39 ,600 45, 500
6 , 500 35, 700 47, 100 37, 600 35 ,400 48,300 19 , 700
7 ,300 46 ,300 102 ,100 58 , 500 40, 300
729,000

1 , 400 1 ,20C 2,400
600 1 ,700
930 1 ,550 1 , 320 1,000
50 0 1, 800
14 ,4 00

1 ,200 1 ,000 2 , 200
5 20 1 ,420
800 1,340 1,110
8 70 440 1,500
12 ,400
(Ov e r )

42.1 45 .3 39 .0 56 . 9 63. 2 41.3 47. 3 36. 8 59 . 0 47.3 48. 4
47 .0

50 , 500 45 ,3 00 85,800 29 , 600 89 , 700 33,000 63, 400 40, 800 51 , 300 20, 800 72 ,600
58 2 , 800

District

:

and

:

County

:

DISTRICT 4
Carroll Clayton Coweta Douglas Fayette Haralson Harris Heard Henry Lamar l1a con Harion Heriuether Pike Schley Spalding Talbot Taylor Troup Upson Other Counties
TOTAL
DISTRICT 5
Baldwin Bibb B1eckley Butts Crawford Dodge Greene Hancock Houston Jasper Johnson Jones Laurens Monroe Montgomery Hor gan Newton Peach Pulaski Putnam Rockdale
Ta1i~ferro
Treut1en Twiggs Washington Wheeler Wilkinson
TOTAL

GEORGIA CORN COUNTY ES Tlr ~TES, 1974 PRELIMINARY

Planted For All Purposes

:
: Acreage

Harvested For Grain

:

Yield

:

Per Acre

:

Acr es

Ac r es

Bushels

April 1975
Production Bushels

2,800 680
3,300 200 850
1 ,200 890
1,550 2 ,400 2,060 17,000 8,300 3 ,900 2,380 7,120 1,650
900 7 ,000
800 800 220
66,000

2,240 630
2,700 180 760
1,050 790
1,320 1 ,950 1 ,700 13,940 7,000 3,100 1 ,990 5,940 1 ,350
760 5,910
620 670 200
54,800

38 .6 38.6 54.1 36.7 39.6 55.1 33.8 35.7 45.6 37.6 55.3 52.2 48.3 43.4 54.1 63.7 48.3 48.3 43 .4 39.6 32.5
50.0

86,500 24,300 146,100
6,600 30,100 57,900 26,700 47 ,100 88 ,900 63,900 770,900 365 ,400 149,700 86 ,400 321 ,400 86,000 36,700 285,500 26 ,900 26,500
6,500
2 ,740,000

2 ,800 750
14,300 1,080 1 ,450 32,400 1,000 2 ,500 9 ,900 950 23,700 700
61,400 1,300 23,200 4 ,700 2,350 3 ,500 13 ,200 1 ,000
820 200 15,300 7,000 18,700 20,000 6,800
271, 000

2,480 640
12,600 940
1,260 29,200
800 2,150 8,650
800 21 ,000
590 55,000 1,000 20 ,600
3,950 1,950 3,000 11 ,600
800 730 160 13,500 6 ,300 15,900 17,500 5 ,900
239,000
(Continued)

41.5 46.6 58.2 44.6 44 .6 50.8 43.5 37.3 53.9 46 .6 43.5 51.9 48.7 41.5 67.4 53.0 48.7 67 .4 59 .2 43.5 44.7 33 .1 51.8 44 .6 54.9 66.3 45 .6
53.0

102,900 29,800
733 ,300 41,900 56 ,200
1,483 ,400 34 ,800 80 ,200
466,200 37 ,300
913,500 30,600
2,673,500 41,500
1,388,400 209,400 95 ,000 202 ,200 686,700 34,800 32,600 5,300 699,300 281 ,000 872,900
1 ,160,300 269 ,000
12 ,667,000

District and
.Coun.t.y. :
DISTRICT 6
Bulloch Burke Candler Columbia Effingham Emanuel Glascock Jefferson Jenkins McJuffie Richmond Screven Warren
TOTAL
DISTRICT 7
Baker Calhoun Clay Decatur Dougherty Early Grady Lee Miller Hitchell Quitman Randolph Seminole Stewart Sumter Terrell Thomas Webster
TOTAL
DISTRICT 8
Atkinson Ben Hill Berrien Brooks Clinch Coffee Colquitt Cook Crisp Doo1y Echols Irwin Jeff Davis Lanier Lowndes Telfair Tift Turner Wilcox Worth
TOTAL

GEORGIA CORN COUNTY ESTII1ATES, 1974 PRELIHINARY

April 1975

:

:

Harvested for Grain

:

Planted For

:

:

Yield

:

All Purposes

: Acreage

:

per Acre

: Production

Ac r e s

Ac r es

Bushels

Bushel s

65,200 27 ,600 27,700 1,200 13 ,700 1~4, 000
4,300 15,800 29,800
3,600 2,700 39,100 5 ,300
280 ,000

61,300 25,900 25 ,300
1,150 12,500 40,200
3,900 14,400 26 ,800
3 ,360 2 ,490 36,400 4,900
258,600

62.9 43.7 61.9 50.6 57.7 44.6 45.6 62.9 51.7 53 .8 55.8 54.8 37 .5
55.0

3,855 ,800 1 ,261 ,300 1,566 ,100
58,200 721 ,300 1,792 ,900 177 ,800 905,800 1,385 ,600 180 ,800 138,900 1,994,700 183,800
14,223,000

23,900 14,200
8 ,200 43 ,200
9 ,600 38 ,900 50,200 28 ,500 34,000 55,300
2,300 17,200 21 ,200
6 ,000 33,000 26,700 48,000
9,600
470,000

23,200 13,900
8,000 42,500
9,200 37,900 48,700 27,700 32,900 53,800
2,200 16,600 20,400
5,800 31,700 26,000 46,200
9,300
456,000

55.5 62 .5 37.3 55.5 58.5 56.5 56.5 64 .5 46 .4 52.4 36 .3 56.5 57.5 38.3 62 .5 59.5 59.5 50.4
56.0

1,287 ,600 868,800 298,400
2,358 ,800 538 ,200
2 ,141,400 2,751,600 1,786,700 1,526 ,600 2,819 ,100
79,900 937 ,900 1,173,000 222,100 1,981,300 1,547,000 2,748,900 468 ,700
25,536,000

18,200 15,900 43,000 47 ,400
2,600 68,000 59 ,500 29,300 23,000 19,000
3,600 44,000 28 ,500 12,000
~
36,300 22 ,700 31,200 20,200 18 ,600 53,000
596 ,000

17,500 15,200 41,400 45,600
2,500 65,200 57,100 28,300 22 ,200 18,500
3,500 42,000 27,200 11 ,70a 34,500 21,700 30,300 19,400 17 ,700 50,700
572,200
(Over)

61.3 54.5 59.4 61.3 43 .8 57 .4 56.5 60.3 48 .7 55.5 40.9 60 .4 51.6 54.5 54 .5 48.7 59.4 53.5 43.8 54.4
56.1

1,072,800 828,400
2,459 ,200 2 ,795,300
109,500 3,742 ,500 3,226,200 1,706 ,500 1,081,100 1,026,800
143,200 2,536 ,800 1,403 ,500
637,700 1,880,300 1,056 , 800 1,799 ,800 1,037,900
775 ,300 2,758,100
32,077 ,700

April 1975

District and
County

GEORGIA CORN COUNTY ESTIl:lATES, 1974 PRELIHI NARY

:

.:

Planted For All Purposes

: :
: Ac r ea ge

Harvested for Grain

:

Yie l d

:

per Ac re

"

Ac r es

Ac r es

Bus he l s

Production Bus he l s

DISTRICT 9

Appling Bacon Brantley Bryan Charlton Chatham Evans Liberty Long Hc I n t osh Pierce Tattnall Toombs Ware Hayne Other Counties

50,100 33 ,700
5 ,800 4 ,200 1 ,200 1 ,100 16 ,500 1,400 4 ,800
150 32 ,000 41 ,500 35 ,000 15 ,200 27 ,300
50

46,800 32 ,500
5,600 4 ,000 1 ,160 1 ,030 15 ,400 1,300 4,650
130 30,600 40 ,300 33 ,600 14 ,600 26 ,300
30

63 .6 61.5 61.5 59 .3 50.9 68.0 56 . 2 52.0 52.0 53 .1 73 .2 57 .3 67 . 9 63 .6 52.0 53.3

2,976,500 1 ,998 ,800
344 ,400 237,200
59,000 70 ,000 865 ,500 67,600 241,800
6 ,900 2, 239 , 900 2,309 ,200 2,281 , 400
928,600 1,367 , 600
1,600

TOTAL

270 ,000

258,000

62.0

15 ,996,000

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STATE

2,000 ,000

1,880,000

56.0

105 ,280 ,000

The Statistical Reporting Service , USDA , 18 61 West Br oa d Street , Athens , Geor gia in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agr i cul t ur e .

FRASIER T. GALLOWAY figr i cu1t ur a1 Statistician In Charge

HI KE HANMER Agricultural Statistician

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GEORGI A C ROP R EP ORTI N G SERVI CE

A TH E N S, GEORGIA

Di s t r i c t and
Co u n t y
DISTRICT 1
Bartow Other Counties
J TOTAL
I DIS TRI CT 2
j
I TOTAL
I
I DI STRI CT 3
I Banks
Hart Uadi s on Other Counties
TOTAL
DISTRICT 4
TOTAL
DI STRI CT 5
I
Laur ens I Was hi ngt on
Other Counties
TOTAL
DISTRICT 6
Jef f er s on I Je nkins
Other Count ies
TOTAL

GEORGIA GRAIN SORGHUM

Coun ty Es t i ma t e s - Ac reage , Yi eld an d Production

1974 1/ Preliminary

P l a n t ed

Ha r ves t ed

Yi eld

Ac re s

Ac res

Per

For All

For

Harv ested

Puq:)os es

Gr a i n

Ac re

Acre s

Acr e s

Bushels

v ;\pr il/\ 1975
Pr o d u c t i o n
Bu sh e L s

680 1,250
1 , 930

340

39.0

13 ,260

620

35 . 6

22 , 060

960

36.8

35 , 320

3 ,3 20

1 ,630

30 .3

49 ,3 30

1 ,730 2 ,680 1 ,000 1 ,550
6,960

930 1 ,430
540 820
3,720

32.0 31.0 40 .0 30 .1
32 .4

29 , 760 44 ,330 21 , 600 24 ,69 0
120 , 380

3,730

930

40.2

37,400

1,370 1 ,230 7 , 070
9 , 670

410 370 2 ,200
2,980

40. 0 34 . 0 38 . 0
37 .8

1 6 ,4 00 12,580 83,620
112, 600

930 970 2 , 600
4,5 00

310 320 940
1,570

44. 0 39.5 40 . 2
40 . 8

13 ,64 0 12 , 640 37, 770
64 ,050

(Over)

Apr il 1975

;'; i s t r i c t and
Coun t y

GEOhGr.". GLUiJ SORGHUN

Coun t y Es t i ma t e s - Ac r ea ge , Yie ld, and Pr oduct ion

Planted

1 974 11 Pre limina r y
Ea r ve s t:.e:.d.:..::;:.=-L--- - ----:Y;-i:-e;-l--d-:;-c;----

.vc r e s

':,c r e s

Pe r

~ o r 4.~ 1 1

For

lla rves t ed

Fur po se s

Gr a i.n

.\ c r e

- -- -- - - -
Pr oduc tion

,"'cr e:,

Ac r es

Bus he L s

Bush e ls

DISTRI CT 7

Ba k e r
Ca L u oun
Clay De ca t ur Dough e r t y Ear l y Gr a d y Le e j'li 11 er Ei t ch e11 Ra ndo Lph Semi nole Sumter Terre ll Thoma s Ot he r Countie s

730 480 1, 740 2, Lf20 1,7 Lf O 3 , 000 1, 05 0 1 ,3 70
1,n o
84 0 1 , 580 1, 630 2, 840 1,310
5 30 4 90

560 35G 1 , 250 1,7 40 1 ,250 2 , 160 76,)
990 1 , 270
600 1 , 140 1 ,170 2 , 040
940 38 0 360

37.5 37. 0 25 . 0 34 . 5 44 .0 39 . 5 29. 5 34.0 38.0 29 . 5 33 . ') 38 . 0 35 .5 39.5 29 . 0 34 . 0

21 , 000 12 , 950 3l , 2S!1 60 ,030 55 ,000 85 , 320 22, 420 33, 66 0 48 , 260 1 7, 700 37 , 620 44, 460 72 , 420 37 , 1 30 11 ,020 12 ,240

TOTAL

23 ,570

16 ,960

35 .5

60 2 , 480

DISTRICT 8

Broo ks Colquit t Telf a ir Worth Other Countie s

1,420 1 , 080
810 1 , 790 4 ,0 20

85 0 648 480 1 ,0 70 2,40 0

30 .0 29. 5 41 .5 29. 0 33.4

25 , 500 18 ,880 19 , 920 31, 030 80,1 10

TOTAL

9 ,120

5, 440

32. 3

175 ,440

DI STRI CT 9

Pi erce Othe r Count i es

1 , 050 1 ,150

86 0

34.5

29, 670

950

35 . 1

33, 330

TO TAL

2 ,2 00

1, 310

34 .8

63 , 000

STAT E TOTAL

65,000

36, 000

35 . 0

1 , 260 ,000

!I Dat a not s hown by c ount i e s when l e s s t han 300 a c r e s were harv es t ed fo r gr a i n bu t are s hmm

und er othe r coun t i e s wi thin Cr op Repor t i n g di s t ri c t s .

FRASIER T. GALLOWAY Agr i cul t ur a l St a t i s t i c i an I n Charge

T.rJ . PAT PARKS Agr i c u l t ura l St a t i st i c ian

The Stat i s t i c a l Repo rt ing Ser v i ce , US0A , 1861 We s t Broa d Stre e t , At hens, Geor gi a in coop e r a t i on wi th the Ge or gi a Depar tmen t of Agricultur e .

Aft e r Five Days Return to Uni t ed State s Depa rtment of Agricult ure
St a t i s t i ca l Repor t i ng Service 186 1 West Bro a d Street At hen s , Ge or gi a 306 01 OFFICI AL BUSINESS

990 13

J GG 0 0 03 565

UN [VERS ITY CF GEQ RG I ~

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UNIV L IB R A ~[~S

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ATHENS, GEORGIA

April 1 , 1975

VEGETAB LE S

Rel eased 4 / 10 / 75

I NTENTIONS AND PROSPFCTI VE ACREAGE FOR HARVEST -- SPRING QUARTER GEORGI A

Plant i ng o f vege tabl e and me lon cro ps i n so uth Geor gi a was making good progr e s s as o f April 1, ac cordin g to the Georgi a Cr op Repo r t i ng Se rvice . Wa t e r me l on plantings were r e ported about 25 perc ent co mpl e t e a s of April 1 , but s ome replan t i ng would be necessary due t o excessive moisture . Based on gr O\lerS ' survey data of p l an t i ng intentions , 1975 c abbage acreaee wi l l remai n about the same as 1974 . Toma t o a c r e a ge is e xpected to decline 7 per cen t while wat e r me lon acreage is expected to inc r ease by 6 pe r cen t .
The pr os pective a c r eage of sna p beans f o r har ve s t du r ing the spring quarter (Apr il , ~lay , June) i s e xpe ct ed to be up 5 perce nt fr om 1974 . Cabbage an d wa t e r me l on acreage harvested
Idur ing t he s pring quarte r is expected t o incre a s e by 16 and 19 percent respective l y. While weather co nd i t ions thus far have been le ss t han ideal f or planting, grower s are pr oce eding Iwi t h plan t ing a t about a norma l pace . Dur i ng 1 974 , ca bba ge production was at a la-year high
and the pri c es decl i ned co ns i de r a bl y . However , ini t i a l a c re a ge indications r eveal pl ans t o plan t along las t year' s leve l . Growers ' c ommen t s reveale d i n t en t i on s to replace s ome of last year ' s co t ton a cre a ge wi th watermelons \vhich i s par t i a l l y r esponsible for t he a c re age i nc reas e . The a creage de c l i ne f or t oma to e s can be partly at tributed to last yea r ' s disea se probl ems (e spec ially c anke r s and bloss om-end rot ) whi ch rui ned a s much a s 40 pe rc en t o f some growers crops .
UNITED STATES

SNAP BEANS: The prospec t i ve acres f or ha r ve st du ring t he sp r i ng quarte r of 19 75 is placed a t 24, 370 acre s, 2 percent less t ha n t he 24,82 0 a c res harvested in 1974 . Based on a thre e year ave r a ge yiel d , this c r op i s expec ted to prov i de 829,000 cwt . which woul d be 3 pe rc en t l e s s t han the 197 4 spring crop. Pl an ting i n centra l and north Alabama is und erway . Abov e norma l r a i nf all du r i ng February and March slowed land pre pa r a t i on and planting i n southe r n co un t ie s . I n Ca l i f or n i a , the wea t he r favored c r op gr owt h during the early part of the growing s eason al t ho ugh , most of }la r ch was too col d and ra iny for ideal crop development . Suppl i e s wi l l be avai lable in normal quant ity during Nay a nd June. The South Coast will pr ov i d e mos t of the spring s up pl i e s , with the other a r e as furnishing only limited pro duction . In Flor i da , t he Sou thea s t area is s upplying a s tea dy s upp l y of good quality beans . Plantings ar e a ctive in the We s t Centra l a rea . Early planti ngs ar e mak i ng good growth .
CABBAGE: Pr os pec t i ve ac r eage for harve st dur ing the 1975 spring quarter is plac ed at 22, 630 acre s, 3 perc ent less than the 23, 260 a c r e s ha r ve s t ed during the same quarter i n 1974 . Bas ed on a t hree ye ar ave r a ge yield , this acreage is expec ted t o provide 4 .1 million cwt. whi ch would b e 5 percen t less t han the 1974 spr i ng crop . Ha r ve s t in Arizona began in November
land is expec t ed t o con t i nue wi th limi ted s upplies ava ilab l e until ~lay or early June . Supplies
during the s pr i ng months a r e expected t o be abo ut normal, with most production coming from
I the Sout h Coa s t . Har ve s t i s act i ve in a l l Flor i da areas with good quality and yields. The
I Has t i n gs and Cent ral areas a r e provi ding the bulk of s uppl i e s . Mi s s i s s i ppi ' s cabbage crop is go od al though exc e s s moi s t ur e kept some a c r e a ge f r om bein g planted . The Nor t h Carolina crop a ppe a rs t o be of f to a s l ow start. We t , c oo l we a t her hampered planting a nd many farmers , had t o r e pl ant becaus e of frost during t he las t o f Ma r ch .
I TO~1ATOE S: The 1975 spring quarter a creage for ha r v e s t is pl a c e d at 31 ,200 a c re s , 1 percen t mor e than t he 30 , 900 a c res harvested during t he 1 974 s pr i n g quarter . Production fo r th e 1975 spring c r op i s proj e ct ed at 4. 37 million cwt . bas e d on the average yiel d f or t he past t h r ee year s . Thi s is 5 per cen t less than t he 19 74 s pring crop. Planting i s now starting in cen t r a l and no r t h Alabama, but is virtually compl e t e i n Geneva and Hous ton Coun t ie s . In Flor ida, supp lie s s houl d ho ld stea dy throu gh April and peak i n May . Most volume i s coming fr om Dade Cou nty and the Sou t hwe s t , supplemented by t he Pomp ano area. Siz e and qu ality are good. TIle crop i s in good cond i t i on in the Pa l met t o-Ru s k i n area which should provid e the
bul k o f t he ~!ay a nd early J une production. Spring t omat oe s a r e currently ma kin g exc e l l ent growt h i n t he lOv~ r Rio Gr a nde Valle y of Texa s . Good s tands wi t h good to excel le nt fruit set are rep orted . Some early fields wil l be picked startin g i n mid-April , but the maj or i ty of the c r op wi l l be harves t ed in ;!ay and June. A fr eeze i n Ma r ch ki l led some plant s in t he f i eld i n Centr a l Texas and replanting is underway .
WATERMELONS: Prospective acreage fo r harvest during the 1975 spring quart er is estimated at 81,800 acres, 1 percent more than the 81,200 ac r e s ha r ve s t ed during the same qua rter ~n 1974 . Production f or the 1975 spr i ng c r op, ba s ed on the ave r age yield for the pas t three yea r s , i s pro j ec t ed a t 9 . 98 mi l lion cwt. , 5 pe r c ent l ess than the 1974 sprin g crop . Plant ing
I

of s pr i n g wa termelons in the I mpe r i a l and Palo Verde Valleys ot Calito r n ia i s compl e t e . Crop de velopment t o dat e i s ab ou t nor ma l. In Florida , l i ght harvest is unde r way and shou ld rea ch rnoderate volume a fter mid-Ap ~ il i n t he Sou t hwest a rea . Fr ui t s e t a nd s ize are goo d . I n the We st Cen tral a re a , plants are making good growth. Ha r ve s t s hould s t a r t in mid-May . Peak h ar ve s t i s expec ted i n Jun(~ , Texas I planting i s compl ete i n the Lower Ri o Grande Vall ey and almost f i ni s he d in t he Coa s r.:.".l Bend and Wint e r Ga r den a r eas .

Cr op and Sta te

ACREAGE INTENTIONS AND PROSP ECTIVE ACREAGE FOR HARVEST ~~PP.ING QUARTER 1 /, l?_Y STATES , 1975 WI TH COHPAR I SONS

Ac r e a ge pla n t ed and to

b e planted

Year of Plan tin g'-----

~

....::..:.::=...:_=_= _=_==_

_

Int ended

1 974

19 75

19 73

197 4

For harves t
1 97 5

SNAP BEANS 2/ Al a bama



:

Flor i da

:

Georgi a

:

Nor t h Ca ro Li.na

:

Sou t h Carol i na

:

Group To t al

- - Ac r e s
450 11 , 800
2,0 00 3, 200 2 ,800 20 ,250

720 12 , 000
2,2 00 2 ,900 3, 000 20, 820

8 70 11 , 600
2, 300 2 , 900 2, 900 20 , 570

CABBAGE 3/ Fl orid a Georgia Louis iana Missis s ippi North Ca r ol i na South Car olina Tenne s s e e Te xa s

.

: 19,600

: 3,800


:

1, 900 750

: 2, 400

: 1,200

:

770

; 21 ,000

16 , 80 0 3 ,800 1 , 800 800 2,300 1,300 700
17 , 500

5 , 800 2, 50 0
700 800 2, 400 1, 00 0 960 4 , 700

5 , 40 0 2 , 500
600 730 2 ,200 1 ,100 75 0 3 , 600

4 ,5 00 2 , 900 1 ,000
750 2 , 30 0 1 ,300
680 3 , 000

Group Total TOEA.TOES Al abama Flor i da Georgia Lou is i ana South Ca r c iina Texa s - S. Texas

: 51 , 420
:
: 9 , 300 : 35 , 500 : 3 , 000 : 1 , 000 : 8 ,200
: _~...?oq____. .._.

45 , 000
8 ,000 31 ,700
2,8 00 850
8,400 2 ,7 00

18 ,8 60
2, 000 17 ,600
900 700 5 , 800 2 ,500

16 , 88 0
2, 600 11 ,900
1 ,400 900
5 , 5 00 1, 400

16 , 430
2, 400 12 , 400
1 ,300 80 0
5 ,200 2,300

Group Total

: 58 , 700

54 , 450

29 ,500

23 ,700

24 , 400

WATERHELONS

A l a b ama Ar i zona Cali f o rnia-Desert Florida Geor gi a Texas
Group Tot al

: 14 , 400 : 2,100 : 3,300 : 50,000 : 31, 000 : 55 , 00 0 : 155 ,800

15 ,200 2 ,5 00 3 ,800
47,000 33, 00 0 55, 000 156 , 500

60 0 0
3 , 800 48 ,700
400 30, 000 83 ,500

2 , 90 0 900
2 ,700 44 , 500
3 , 200 27 ,000 81 ,200

3 , 800 1 ,000 3 ,000 43 , 200 3, 800 27,0 00 81 , 800

! / April , May and J une. ~ A~rea ge i nt en t i on s f or specif i e d periods a re no t estimated

nationally. 1/ I nclude s fresh mar ket and pr ocess ing.

FRASIER T. GALLOWAY Agr i cultural Sta t i stic i an In Char ge

PAUL E. WILLIAMS Agr icu l t ur a l Statist i c i an

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April 23, 1975

GEORGIA'S 1974 LIVESTOCK AN D POULTRY CASH RECEIPTS TOTALED 1.021 MILL IOi,l DOLLA RS

The sale of 1 ive s t o ck a nd poult ry a nd a s soc ia t ed 1 ivestoc k and poultry produc ts

brought Georgia farmers $1 ,021,3 57 , 000 i n 197Lf ac co r ding to the Georgia Crop Re po r ti ng

Service. Comparisons wi t h a ye a r ear l ier a re as f oll ows: Commercial broi l er s, down 9

percent at $333.2 milli on , e ggs up 10 pe rce nt a t $285 . 2 mi l l io n , hogs up l ess than 1 percent at $1 ; 6.2 mill ion and cattle a nd ca l yes) ~6w n 60 pe r ce nt a t $90 . 0 mill ion. Cash re ceipts

from J a i ry products, at $ 116 .5 mil r i6 n wa s up 21 percent fr om 1973. Other c hi ckens, turkeys and wool recei pts sh owed \d e ~ l i ne s , Rece i pts from s hee p and lambs were ab ove a

yea r ea r 1 ie r

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Cash receipts from t he sal e of crops in 1974 wi ] I be a va i l a b l e the first part of September.

Geo r q ia Li vest ock & Pou l t ry Cash Re ceipts

1969

19 70

1971

1972

Thousa nd Do l lars - -

1973

1974 Prel im i na ry

Hogs ..U

98, 677 107 ,0 22

95, 991

119,678

174,983

176 , 158

Ca ttl e & Ca 1ve s

115,180 117 , 655

139, 294

177, 235

227 , 04 2

90,030

Dairy Products

73 ,864

80 , 206

8 0 , 6 74

86 ,842

96,000

11 6,508

Commercial Bro i Je rs 1/

218 ;23 6 196 , 987

200,299

214 , 69 2

365,203

333,21;)

Other Chickens 1/ 11,245

10, 276

9 , 346

8 , 873

16,308

11 ,380

Turkeys
Eggs 1/

6,778 213,8 29

10,045 200 ,2 56

8,86 2 165 .045

7 ,639 159,266

1I ,771 258,886

8 , 783 285,223

Sheep & Lambs

33

26

37

49

5

20

\/00 1

14

10

6

1I

12

8

TOTAL

737 ,856 722, 483

699, 55L}

774,285 1,150,210 1,021,357

1/ The Fiscal year for hogs and sp ec if ied poult ry i t ems ends November 30. For the
specified poultry items , th e f i s ca l yea r end i ng Novembe r 30 began in 1970. Al I o t he r items including spec ified poult ry items pr io r t o 1970 are on a calendar year ba sis.

FRASIER T. GALLOWAY Agricultural Statist ician In Ch ar ge

B. J. HARRINGTON and W. A. WAGNER Agricultural Statis ti c ians

The Statistical Report in g Se rvice, USDA, 186 1 West Broa d St re e t , Athens, Georg ia, i n cooperat ion with the Georg ia De pa r t ment of Ag ric ult u re .

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Apr il 1, 1975

Released 4 /28 /75

Sto r ed Grain and Soybe an Stocks Up

The quanti t y of grains and soyb eans stoc ks i n the State as of Apr i l 1 , 1975 was up f r om the previous year , according to the Ge orgia Cr op Re por t i ng Se r v i ce . The April 1 level of corn in storage , a t 41,931,000 bu shels, is the highest of record since r e cor ds began i n 1910. The next high e s t l evel was 38 ,746,000 bushels in storage on April 1 , 1968.

The i ncreas e s from the prev i ous year varied from 78 percent for corn to 8 percent f or wheat and soybeans . Oats in stora ge incr eas ed 40 percent over the previous ye a r while r ye sh owed a 22 percent i ncrease .

Gra in

Georgia Grain Stocks - - Apr i l 1, 19 75 wi th comparisons

On Farm s

Off Farm s

All -Positions

19 74

1975

1974

1975

19 74

1 9 75

1,000 Bushels

1,000 Bushel s

1 ,000 Bushels

Cor n

19,238

36,8 48

4, 267

5 ,083

Oat s Bar l e y Wheat Rye

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62 7

132

11

7

, 74

335

144
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356

81

- 83

9

27

Sorghum

393

252

*

*

Soybeans

:

3 , 192

6 ,181

9, 056

7 , 019

* Not published to avoid disclos ing i ndi v i dua l operations.

United States :

23 , 505 552 24 400 90
*
12,248

41 ,931 771
-Ic
430
no
*
13 ,200

Whea t Stocks Up - - Othe r Gr a i n Stocks Below Yea r Earl ier

April 1 stocks of a ll whe a t at 638 million bu she ls were 17 pe r cen t ab ove a year ea r l i e r . Stocks of the four feed gra ins (c or n, oats, barley and sorghum) to taled 2 , 878 mi lli on bushels, 26 percent below t he 3 , 894 million bushels on Apr i l 1, 1974 . De creases fr om a year ea rlier for ind ividual fee d grains r anged fr om 23 percent f or cor n t o 45 percent for s orghum

Soy bean stocks a t 659 million bus he l s were 11 percent below April 1, 1974.

Corn s t ored in a ll pos i tions on April 1 , 1975 totaled 2 ,2 09 million bu s he l s , down 23 percent f r om the 2, 861 mi llion bushe ls a year earlier and 34 percen t be l ow April 1 , 1973 . This is the lowest April 1 stocks in all pos it i ons since 195 5 . Farm st ocks , at 1,504 million I bushels , a r e the lowe s t f or April 1 s i nc e 1956 and are 25 perc ent be l ow a year a go. Offfarm stocks , at 705 mi l lion bushels , a r e down 17 percent.

Sorghum grain stocks in all positions on April 1, 1975 t otaled 209 million bus hels, down sharply f r om the April 1, 1974 l evel of 381 mi l l i on bushels and 42 percent below t he same date in 197~. Farm s tocks at 64 million bushel s are down 44 perc ent from a year a go and off- fa rm ho l dings at 145 mi l l ion bu shels a re 46 percent be l ow last Apr i l.

Oa ts stored in all po s i t ion s on April 1 , 19 75 totaled 327 mi l lion bu s he l s , 25 pe r cen t less t han the April 1 , 1974 stocks of 4 36 mi llion bus hels . Farm stocks of 239 mil lion bushels compare with 289 mi l l i on bushe ls a yea r ago . The 88 million bus hels held in off farm positions are 59 mill i on bu s he l s below l a s t April 1 . Barley stocks in al l posi t i ons April 1, 1?75 totaled 134 million bus hels, repres en t i n g a 38 pe rcent decrease fr om a ye a r
I earlier and a 48 percent decreas e from April 1 , 1 973. Farm ho lding s a t 62 million bushe l s
decl ined 49 per cent fro m a ye ar ear l i e r , while of f- f a rm stocks at 72 million bushels dec l ined I 23 percent . Rye s tocks in a l l s tor a ge pos it i ons totaled 8 .4 million bushels a~ of Ap ril 1,
1975. This i s a 53 percent de cl ine f rom Apr i l 1, 1974 stocks and the lowest April 1 st ocks since 1953.

All vlheat i n storage on Apr i l 1, 197 5 totaled 638 million bu shels. Except f or last year, this is the smal l est Apr i l 1 h ol d i n gs sinc e 1952 . Stocks are 17 percent ab ov e a year earlier but 31 percent l e s s t han 2 years a go. Fa r m stock s total ed 250 million bu s hels , 38 percent above a year ag o wh i l e off- f a r m stock s a t 388 million bushels are up 6 percent . Disap pearance from all storage posi t i ons fro m J anuary through 11ar ch 1975 is indicated at 463 million bushels , ,c ompa r ed with 380 million a year earlier.

Soyb ean stocks totaled 659 mi l l ion bushels on Apr i l 1 , down 11 perc ent fr om las t April . Farm stocks at 336 mill i on bu s hel s wer e 1 perc ent higher than last year , while of f -farm s t ocks a t 323 mi llion bu she l s were 20 percent l ess than a ye a r earlier.
Stocks on Apr i l 1 i ndi ca te a Sept emb er-March disapp earance of 745 million bu s hels from the beginning supply of 1 ,4 04 million bus hels (c a rryover of 171 plus 1974 production of 1,233 million bushels). Disa ppear ance f o r the s ame period last year total ed 869 mill ion bushels. During the pa st 7 months, a ppro ximately 296 million bushels have been expo r t ed and 415 million bushel s proce s s ed f or oil .

United States

Grain Sto cks Apr i l 1 , 1975 with comparisons

(In thousand bushels)

Grain and pos i t i on .

Apr il 1 1973

April 1 1974

Jan. 1 1 975

Apr il 1 1975

CaRR

On Fa rms

:

Off Farms 1/

:

Total

:

SORGHUM

On Farm s

:

Off Farms 1/

:

Total

:

OATS

On Farms

:

Off Farms 1/

:

Total

:

BARLEY

On Fa rms

:

Off Fa r ms 1/

:

Tot a l

:

2,385 ,313 954 , 965
3,340 ,278
95,161 267 ,714 362 ,875
377 , 191 206 , 5 75 583 ,766
161 ,135 -97 , 340 258,4 75

2,011,556 849,794
2 , 861 , 350
114,179 266,742 380,921
288, 932 147 ,527 436,459
121 ,332 93,823
215 ,155

2,533 ,424 1,080,024 3,613 ,448
123,149 257,843 380 ,992
388,257 122,512 510,769
127,068 102,728 229,796

1,503 ,813 7 04 ,928
2,208 ,741
63, 850 145 ,278 209,128
238 ,591 88 ,213 326 ,804
61 ,610 71 ,913 133,523

ALL WHEAT On Farms

.

Off Farm s 1/

:

To t a l

:

RYE On Fa r ms Off Farms 1/ Tot al

: : : :

315 ,92 6 611 , 253 927 ,179
12, 984 35 ,781 48,765

181 ,328 366,441 547,769
4,440 13,456 17,896

440,196 661,171 1 ,101,367
6,371 5,509 11 ,880

249 ,954 388,393 638,347
4 ,201 4 ,167 8,368

SOYBEANS

On Farms

:

145 ,333

331 ,885

490,986

335 ,766

Off Farms 1/

:

358 ,372

405,943

505,392

323,273

Total

:

503 ,705

737,828

996,378

659,039

!/ Includ es stocks at Mil l s, Eleva t or s, Warehous e s , Terminals , Processors, and Commodity

Credit Corporation (C.C .C.) owned grai n a t bin site s .

FRASIER T. GALLOWAY Agricultural Statistic ian In Char ge

PAUL E. WILLIAMS Agricultural Statistician

The Statistical Reporting Ser~ ice , USDA , 1861 West Broad Street, Athens , Georgia in cooperation with the Georgia Depa r t men t of Agriculture .

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GEORGIA SOYBEANS

County Estimates - Acreage, Yield and Production - 1974 Preliminary

District

I and County

Harvested Acres

Yield Per Acre

Production

Bushels

Bushels

DISTRICT 1 Bartow Catoosa Chattooga Floyd Gordon Murray Polk Walker I Whitfield

4,560 130
2,510 5,460 12,120 5,400 1 ,790 1 ,810 3,180

17.6 18 .5 18 .5 19.5 23.2 19.5 21. 3 20 .4 21.3

80,300 2,400
46,500 106,300 280,800 105 ,100
38,100 36,900 67,800

TOTAL

36,960

20.7

764,200

DISTRICT 2 Barrow Clarke Dawson Fulton Gilmer Gwinnett Jackson Oconee Union Walton

900 1 ,300
120 1,350
100
990 2,400 7,630
140 8 ,900

18 .3 27.5 24.2 24.4 24.0
22.4 26.5 24.4 26.4 26.5

16,500 35,700
2,900 33,000
2,400 22,200 63,500 186,400
3,700 235,600

TOTAL

23,830

25.3

601,900

DISTRICT 3 Banks Elbert Franklin Hart I Madison Oglethorpe Wilkes

300 3,700 2,900 10,200 11,700 5,850
180

28.3 23.0 19 .9 20.9 20.9 27.2 27.2

8,500 85,100 57,600 213,300 244,700 159,000
4,900

TOTAL

34 ,830

22.2

773,100

(Over)

Apr il 1975

GEORG IA SOYBEANS

County Estimates - Acreag e , Yield and Production - 1974 Preliminary

District

. and Count)'

Harve sted Ac res

Yield Per Acre

Produc t i on

Bushe l s

Bushels

DISTRICT 4 Clayton
Cowe t a
Fayett e Haralson Harris Heard Henry Lamar Hacon Ha r i on Meriwether Pike Schley Spalding Talbot Taylor Troup Upson
TOTAL

300 1 , 450 1 , 400
370 150 170 5 ,300 800 37,900 1 ,080 2 ,320 5,750 2,750 2,950 410 11, 200 330 300
74 ,930

25 . 7 26 .6 25. 5 23 . 5 23.3 23 . 5 25.5 26.5 24 .5 23 .4 23.4 25 .5 23.5 23 . 5 20 .5 22.4 22.4 20.3
24 . 2

7 , 700 38, 500 35 , 700 8 , 700 3 , 500 4 ,000 13 5,200 21, 200 927,700 25 , 300 54 , 400 146 ,600 64 ,500 69 ,200 8 ,400 251 ,300 7,400 6, 100
1 , 815 ,4 00

DISTRICT 5 Baldwin Bibb Bleck1e y Butts Crawford Dodge Hancock Houston Jasper Johnson Jones Laurens Monroe Montgomery Morgan Newt on Peach Pulaski Putnam Rockdale Treutlen Twiggs Washington
Whe~ler
Wilkinson

1 ,400 2,400 9 ,400 2 , 300 7,700 8 , 000 1 ,200 32 ,000
160 7,500
360 31,300
100 3 ,300 ],900
520 21, 600 11, 600
120 360
770 1,100 20,200 6 ,400 1, 200

21.9 24.0 26 .1 27. 2 26 . 1 26 . 5 19 . 8 26 .1 18 .8 19.9 20. 8 21.9 23.0 22 .5 23. 0 26. 2 26.1 25. 1 21. 7 23.1 20 .9 21.9 26 .1 26.1 19 . 8

30 ,700 57,700 245 ,600 62,500 201 , 100 212, 000 23 , 800 835 ,900
3 ,000 148,900
7,500 686,800
2 , 300 74 ,300 43 ,700 13,600 564 ,300 290, 900
2 , 600 8,300 16 ,100 24,100 527 ,700 167 , 200 23 ,800

TOTAL

172 ,890

24.7

4,274 ,400

(Continued)

April 1975

GEORGIA SOYBEAns

County Estimate s - Acr eage , Yi eld and Production - 1974 Prel iminary

District

and County

Harve st ed Acr es

Yield Pe r Acre

Bushels

Pr oduc t ion Bus he l s

DISTRICT 8 At k i ns on Ben Hill B e r r i en Brooks Clinch Coffee Colquitt Cook Crisp Doo1y Echols
Lrwi,n
Jeff Davis Lanier Lownde s Telfair Tif t Turner Wil cox Worth

2 ,800 2 ,000 11 , 000 28,800
460 3,100 6 ,200 12 ,800 17,300 20,700
470 5 ,000 4 ,000
770 6 , 900 7 ,200 6,000 2 ,700 5 ,500 4 ,300

20.9 26.2 24 .1 31. 4 20 . 0 27.2 31.4 25.1 24.1 27. 2 18.9 32.5 31.4 29.4 29 .3 27.2 30 .4 26.2 27.2 27 .2

58 ,600 52 ,300 264 , 800 904 , 400
9 , 200 84, 400 194,700 321,600 416,500 563 ,400
8 ,900 162 ,300 125 ,600
22,600 202 ,200 196 ,000 18 2,100
70 ,700 149,700 117 ,000

TOTAL

148 ,000

27 .8

4 ,107,000

DISTRICT 9 Appling Bacon Brantley Bryan Chatham Evans Long Pierce Tattna11 Toombs War e Wayn e

2, 800 1 ,400
100 3 , 100 1 ,350 9,900
450 5 ,200 16,300 6,900 1,000 1 ,450

27.5 22.8 22.0 24.9 22.8 24.9 24.9 21.8 31.1 29 .0 25 .9 26 . 9

76 ,900 31,900
2,200 77 ,100 30,800 246,100 11 ,200 113,100 506 ,500 200,100 25,900 39,000

TO TAL

49, 950

27 .2

1 ,360,800

Other Count ies l/

66 0

23 .5

15,500

STATE TOTAL

1 , 010 ,000

25 .5

l/ Count i es with l ess than 100 a c r e s of soybeans harvested are combined .

25,755 ,000

FRASIER T. GALLOWAY Agricul tural Statis tic ian In Charge

HIKE HAMMER Agricultural Statistician

The Stati sti cal Reporting Servic e , USDA, 18 61 West Broad Street, Athens, Georgia in coo pe ra t iou with the Geor gia Depar t men t of Agriculture .

April 1975

GEORGIA SOYBEANS

County Estimates - Acr ea ge , Yi eld and Production - 1974 Preliminary

District

and Coun ty

Harvest ed Ac r e s

Yi eld Per Ac re

Production

Bushel s

Bushel s

DISTRICT 6 Bull oc h Burke Candler C o l u mbi a Effingham Emanuel Glascock Jefferson Jenkins HcDuf f ie Richmor..d Screven Warren

55 ,100 84, 000 14 , 400
700 15,000 1 7 ,600
3 , 200 50 ,700 22 ,000
2 ,200 7 ,5 00 62 ,000 5 , 600

28 . 0 25 . 0 28.0 20 . 0 28.0 25. 0 22.0 26 .0 23.0 22 .0 22 .0 26 . 0 22 . 0

1 ,540 ,500 2 ,096 ,800
402, 600 14 ,000
41 9,400 439,300
70,300 1,316,200
505 ,200 48 ,300
164,800 1,609 ,600
123,000

TOTAL

340 , 00 0

25.7

8 ,750 ,000

DISTRICT 7 Ba k e r Calhoun Clay Decatur Dougherty Early Grady Lee Miller Hitchell Randolph Seminole SteHart Sumter Terrell Thomas Webster

3 ,200 6 ,600 1 ,700 9 ,800 3 ,250 6,800 6 ,900 10 , 00 0 5 , 250 4 , 000 1 ,900 6 , 350 3 ,350 26 ,300 8,900 22 ,850
800

28 .1 27 . 6 28. 1 26.1 29.6 19 .0 26.1 28.1 25. 1 28.1 25 .1 24 .1 21.0 24.1 25 .1 28 .1 24 .1

89, 800 182 ,000
47 ,700 255,500
96 ,100 129,500 179 ,900 280 ,700 131,600 112 ,300
47 ,600 152,800
70 ,500 632 ,800 223 ,100 641 ,500
19,300

TOTAL

1 27 ,9 50

25 .7

3 ,292 ,700

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GEORGIA INDEX DOW N 3 POINTS

'15

1975

May I, 1975

The All Commodities Index of Pri ces Received by Georgia farmers in April was 168
percent, 3 points below the prev ious mon th but 4 points above April 1974, according to
the Georgia Crop Repor t ing Se rvice .
The April Al I Crops Inde x wa s 178 percen t, 3 po ints above the previous month. The
Livestock and Livestock Produ c ts Inde x wa s 161 percen t, 6 points below the previous month but 2 points above April 1974. The decrease in the Al 1 Commodity Index from March 1975 level resulted from decreas es in the pr ic e s of chickens, eggs and milk .

UNITED STATES PRICES RECEIVED INDEX UP 6 POINTS PR ICES PAID INDEX UP 3 POI NTS

The Inde x of Pr ices Re ceive d by Farmers i nc rea se d 6 points (4 perc ent) to 170 percent of its January-December 1967 av erage during the month ended April IS, 1975. Contributing most to the i nc rea se s ince mid- Ma rch were higher prices for cattle, hogs, Upland co tton, soybeans, and calves. Lower pr i ces for eggs and milk were partially offsetting. The index was 13 points (7 percen t) bel ow a year earl i e r ,

The Inde x of Prices Paid by Farmers f or Commodities and Services, Interest, Taxes, and Farm Wage Rates for Apr il 15 was 182, up 3 points (2 percent) from a month earl i e r , Higher prices for product ion i tems accounted for the i nde x rise. The index was 18 points (II percent) above a year ea r l i e r ,

1967 = 100

INDE X NUMBERS -- GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES

e , Ma r . 15 1974

Apr. 15 1974

Ma r , 15 1975

Ap r , 15 1975

GEORG IA

Prices Rece i ved

A1I Commod i ties

175

164

171

168

All Crops

176

/

170

175

178

Livestock and Livestock

Products

174

159

167

161

UNITED STATES

Prices Received

194

183

1/ 164

170

Pr ices Paid, Interest,

Taxes & Farm \/age Rat es

162

164

179

182

Ra t i 0 I /

: 120

I I2

92

93

1/ Ratio of Index of Pri ce s Re ce ive d by Farmer s to Index of Prices Paid, Interest, Taxes,
~nd Farm Wage Rates. 1/ Revi se d.

FRASIER T. GA LLOWAY Agricultural Statis ticia n In Cha rge

CLAYTON J. MCDUFFIE Agricu ltural Statistician

The Statistical Repor t i ng Serv ic e , USDA, 1861 We st Broa d Street, Athens, Georgia in cooperation with the Geo rg ia Depar tment of Agriculture.

, PRICES -- RECEIV ED AND PAID BY FARME RS , AP RIL 15 . 1975 WITH COMPARISONS

Commodi ty a nd Un i t

Apr. 15 1974

Georqi a
t1a r , 15 1975

Ap r , 15 1975

Apr . 15 1974

Un i t ed St a t e s

11ar. 15 Ap r . 15

1975

1975

Pi{ IC ES REC EIVED \4hea t, bu . Oat s, bu . Co r n , bu . Cot ton, lb. Co tt onseed , ton Soybean s , bu .
Swee t po t at oes, cwt. Hay , bal ed , ton:
Al l Al f al f a Other I I Mi l k Cows , head Hogs, cwt .
Bee f Cat t l e, All , cwt. 11 Cows , cw t , 11
Stee rs & Heifers, cwt. Calves , cwt. Mil k , Sold to Plant s, cwt .
Fluid Mar ket Ma nuf ac tured Al l Tu r ke ys , 1b. Chi cke ns , lb . : Exc l ud i ng Bro il ers Comme r cia l Bro ilers Eggs , a l l, doz. Tab le , doz . Ha t chin g , doz.

$ 4 .0 0

$

1. 55

$

2.80



$ $ 5.30

$ I I. 90

$ 36.50
$ $ 36. 50 $ 475 . 00 $ 30.40 $ 36.40 $ 30. 40 $ 40.50 $ 46. 20

$ 10. 25
$ $ 10.25
26.0



9.0

19.5

54. 6

50.7

75.0

3 .49 1. 63 2.88 34 . 0 103 .00 5 .23 9. 70
36. 50
36. 50 340 . 00 36.90
20.40 17.60 22.60 22. 70
.!i/9 . 30
.!i/9 . 30 30.0
9.0 ?4 . 0 61.5 57 . 0 85. 0

3. 40 1.73 2.93 37.0 95. 00 5.77 10.80
36.50
36. 50 340. 00 37. 60
21 .80 18.80 24.00 24 . 00
2/9. 25
2/9. 25 31.0
8.0 23.5 53 . 2 46.7 85. 0

3.98 1. 24 2.41 58. 4
5. 15 9 .85
44.40 47. 50 38.30 541.00 30.60 39.20 30.70 41 .20 47. 20
4/9.19 417.81 4/8.87 4/27.7
4/8 .2 4721.0 ~/50. I

3 .65 1. 46 2.67 30 .0 106.50 5.31 9.80
49.70 52. 40 44 .20 390. 00 38.30 27 . 8 0 18.70 30 .50 24 . 70
4/8.46 417.01 ~/8. 13
30.3
9.7 23.7 54. I

3.69 1. 51 2. 68 32 .2
5.6 1 10.70
52. 40 54.9 0 46.10 396.0 0 39.3 0 31 . 80 20. 10 34 . 90 26.80
218 . 35
517 . 02 5 / 8. 05 -28 . 7
8. 2 23.4 47. 4

PRI CES PAID , FEED Mi xed Dai ry Feed , t on :
14% pro t ein 16% pro t e in 18% p rot e in 20% pro t e in Hog Fee d, 14%-18% pro t e in , cwt Co t ton s eed Meal, 4 1%, cwt . Soyb ean Mea l, 44%, cwt. Bran, cwt , Mi ddl i ngs , cwt. Corn Mea I , cwt. Poul t ry Fee d, ton: Bro il e r Grower Feed Layin g Fee d Chi ck St arter Al f al fa Hay, ton AI I Other Ha y, ton

$ 122.00
$ 131.00 $ 132.00
$ 139.00

$

7.90

$ 9.50

$ 10.50

$

7. 80

$

7.80

$

6.90

$ 142.00 $ 137.00 $ 153 .00 $ 45. 00 $ 47.00

132.00 136. 00 1) 5. 00 138.00
8.00 8.80 8. 80 7. 60 7. 50 7.3 0
158 .00 136.00 157.00 70.00 65.00

131.00 136.00 137.00 141.00

129.00 128.00
133.00 136.00

8.10

7.83

8.40

9.62

8.70

9.80

8.00

7. 17

7.90

7.05

7.40

6.44

161.00 : 141.00 : 157.00: 70.00 : 61.00 :

156.00 144.00 165.00 64.50 52.70

131.00 130.00 133.00 13 6 . 0 0
7. 92 8.69 8 .37 7.11 6.98 6. 96
161.00 143.00 162.00 66.70 56. 90

131.00 134.00 138.00 141.00
8 . 10 8.67 8.64 7. 26 7.10 7.00 '
164.00 146.00 164.00 67.40 57.40

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The first of Ma y f ound Geo rg ia fa rme r s wi th t he greate s t lag in plan ting progres s since planting progress re cord s were be gun 18 years ag o. Acco r d i ng to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service, most ma j o r c ro ps were well be l ow no rma l p l a nt i ng rates for the da t e. The major c u l p r i t was t he frequent a nd oft en hea vy rai nf a l l du r i ng March and April.

The State's pe a nut c rop wa s on ly 4 2 pe rc e nt pl an t ed compa red with 58 percent for last year' s late plantin gs and t he 5-ye ar average of 74 pe rce nt planted. Corn was 71 percent planted as oppo s ed t o 80 pe rc e nt l a s t year a nd an average of 83 percent. Cotton seeding progress was a record low 34 pe rc e nt as contra s t e d wit h last year's 62 percent for the date and an av e ra ge p rogress of 69 percent. Soybea ns were, 1 ikewise, trail ing with only 5 percent pla nt i ng - a bout one-hal f t he no rma l ra te . Tobacco transplanting had lagged normal progres s a ll season but was near i ng comp le ti on with 98 percent already transplanted.

Georgia's wheat c rop i s i n be t ter co nd i t io n tha n l a st year's insect and disease plagued crop. Producti o n t his ye a r is fore ca st to be 3 .9 mi ll ion bushels from 130,000 acres harvested wi th a y ie l d of 30 bushe l s per a c re.

Georgia's peach c r op is expected t o total 90 mi l I ion pou nds - double last year's very short crop. If real ized, t h is wou ld be weI I bel ow a f u l l crop but it has been so l ong since Georg i a had a f u l I c rop t hat the re i s some que s tion as to what a full crop might be. Problems this yea r s t emme d f ro m a fr eeze wh i c h cau ght many early varieties in full bloom and a poo r po l l i na t io n seas on for la ter va ri eties .

State .

PEACH PROD UCT ION, SELECTED STAT ES. 1973 - 1975

Produ c ti on

Mil l io n Pounds

48 Pound Equivalents

Uti l ized

: Indica t ed

Util ized

Indicated

1973

197 4 : 1975

1973

1974

1975

- - 1,000 Un i t s - -

Al a b a ma

Arkansas

Georgia

Louisiana

Mississippi

North Ca ro 1 ina

Oklahoma

:

South Ca ro 1 ina

Texas

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7.0 36.0 100 .0
6.5 10 . 0
30 .0 9.2 245 . 0 15.0

9.0 20.0 45. 0 6.3 7 .0 20 .0
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8.5 35 .0 90 .0
2.5 7.0 30. 0 6.8 225.0 15. 0

146
750 2, 083
135 208 625 192 5 ,104 313

188 417 938 131 146 417
2 4,479
375

177 729 1,875
52 146
625 142 4,688
313

9 Southe rn Sta tes

: 458.7

340 .4

419 . 8 . 9,556

7,093

8,747

UNITED STATES CROP REPORT SUMMARY Mayl,1975

Temperatures during April averaged well below normal across the entire Nation ex ce pt in the Corpus Christi, Texas area and sou thern Flor ida. Except for some warming l a t e i n the month, most of April's temperature averaged well below normal. Much of Mont~na wa s 8 to 12 degrees subnormal . A la r ge po rt ion of t he northe r n Great Plains averaged 6 t o 8 degrees below normal, due in par t t o t he exten de d sn ow cover . Subno rma l t emperatu re s e a r l y in the month caused some freeze damage t o pea ch trees from Ohio to South Carol i na a nd sl owec development of fall seeded crop s and pastures .

WINTER WHEAT: Winter whea t p ro duc ti on i s f o re ca s t a t a record h i gh 1,620 mi ll ion bus he l s, based on cond i t ion of t he c rop as of May 1. Thi s is 16 percent above the
previous high set last year and 27 percen t above 1973. The increase from a year earl ier is attributed to more acres f o r harvest and expectations of a higher average yield th is yea r . Prospective production is up I percent from the previous f o r eca s t of the 1975 crop made last December.

PEACHES: The first produc t ion f o re ca s t of pea c he s i n th e n ine Southern States a t 4 19 .8 mill ion poundS , i s 23 pe rce nt a bove the short crop grown in 1974 but 8 percen t
less than 1973. The 1970- 74 f i ve yea r ave rage p roduc ti o n i n t h i s region i s 49 7 .7 mi l l i on pounds. The nine Southe r n Sta t e s maki ng a May I f o re ca s t a c count for about one- ha l f of t he U.S. peach crop, excludi ng Cal iforn ia peaches wh i ch are use d mostly for canning. Fol lowing an early bloom in February, th i s year 's crop prospects were reduced by freezing tempe ra tu re s in March and April. In a ddit ion heavy spr i ng ra infa l l a nd cool weather caused poo r poll ination. With alight set i n most areas peach growers are doing 1ittle t hinn ing and t he May drop is expected to be min ima l. Ha rve s t of early va rie ti es i s underway in Texa s .

HAY STOCKS ON FARMS: Supp l ies of hay on f a rms May I we re ge nera l l y less than a year ear l le r , May I s toc ks on f a rms t o t a l e d 18 . 6 mill ion tons, 27 percent l ess than
a year earl ier and 24 perce nt l e s s than t wo yea r s ago on t he same date. All states ha ve less hay on hand May 1 excep t t he Pa c ific No rthwe st, Ne va da , Arizona, Nebraska, No rth Dako t a , Florida, and Rhode Island . Sp r in g pa st u re s have been s l ow starting this year, pro l ong i ng the normal feeding period .

Disappearance of hay from f a rms du r ing the 1974-75 f ee d ing season totaled 133.9 mill ion tons, nearly the same as t he prev iou s yea r at 133 . 6 mi l I ion tons, and 3 percent more t ha n the 1972-73 feeding season.

FRASIER T. GALLOWAY Agricultural Statistician In Cha rge

W. PAT PARKS Agr icultural Statist ician

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May 12, 1975

Peach Crop to Double Last Year's Small Crop

Georgia's peach growers are expecting about 90 mil I ion pounds of peaches this year, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. This level of production, if real i zed , would be double the very small crop produced last year. The main cause for the low production last year was the lack of ch ill hours. This year, the accumulated chill hours were adequate but cold weather caught many early varieties near full bloom and later varieties had a poor poll ination season due to heavy rains and cool temperatures. The 90 mill ion pound crop expected this year is weI I below a full crop but there have been such a string of less than full production years that no one is quite sure what a ful I crop for Georgia would be.

This estimate relates to total production and includes inspected and non-inspected inshipments, quantities used on farms where produced, local sales and quantities used for processing. For comparative purposes, production and util ization of Georgia peaches for several years are included in the table below.

Year

Production Total
Mil. 1b s ,

GEORG IA PEACHES Processed, un recorded
sales & fa rm use
1/
- - 1.000 Bu s he I s - -

Equiv. Ca rs
Number

Recorded Rail and

Truck Shipments

I ,000

Percent

bu.

of total

Prod.

1969 1970

185.0 170.0

3 , 8943,542

2,377 1,979

2,364

1,477

38

2,316

1,563

44

1971

120.0

2,500

1,62 I

1,408

879

35

1972 1973

190.0 100.0

3,958 2,083

2,979 I ,288

I ,566

979

25

1 , 178

795

38

1974

45.0

938

465

701

473

50

1975

: 90.0

1,875

1/ Local sdles, non-inspected truck shipments to points in Georgia and adjoining states,
used in processing, and quantities used on farms where produced.

PEACH REPORT AS OF MA Y 1, 1975 - - UNITED STATES

The fir s t p roduct ion fo re ca s t o f pea ch e s i n t he n i ne Sout he r n Sta tes at 419.8 million pounds, is 23 percen t above t he sh o rt c rop g rown i n 1974 but 8 pe rce nt less than 1973. The 1970-74 f ive year avera ge p roduc t io n i n t hi s re gi on i s 497. 7 mil li o n poun ds . The 'n i ne
Southern States ma k in g a Ma y I f o recas t acco unt f or abou t one-ha l f o f t he U.S. peach crop , exclud'ing Cal ifornia pea c he s wh i c h are used mos t ly f o r ca nn in g . Fol lowing an early bl oom i n February, this year1s crop p ros pect s were re duced by f ree z i ng t empe ra t u re s i n March an d Ap ri l
In addition heavy sprin g ra infal l a nd cool weat he r ca used poor po l l iriat ion . Wi t h ali gh t set i n most areas peach grower s a re do i ng 1 i tt l e t hi nn in g a nd the Ma y d ro p i s expe cted t o be
minimal. Harvest of ea r l y va r iet ie s i s underway i n Te xa s .

South Carol ina, th e ma j o r sout hern pea c h State , a nt i c ipa t es a crop of 225.0 mi l l ion pounds, 5 percent more than l a s t yea r . Geo ri ga , the se cond ran k i ng State , exp ects 90.0 mil I ion pounds, double the extreme l y sh o r t crop of 1974. Product ion i nc reases a re also
forecast for Arkansas, No r t h Caro l i na a nd Okla homa wh i l e Ala bama , Louisiana and Texas
prospects are below l a s t yea r .

St a t e
Alabam a Arkans as Georgia Louisiana Mississippi
North Ca ro 1in a
Oklahoma South Ca ro 1 i na Texa s

PEAC HES

Product io n

Mi lli on Pounds

48 Pound Equivalents

Ut il ize d

: Ind ica t ed Ut i -----"-....;... 1 i zed

: I nd i ca t e d

1973

1974 : 1975

1973

1974 : 1975

1. 000 Un i ts

7.0 36.0 100.0
6.5 10. 0 30.0 9 .2 245.0 15.0

9. 0 20. 0
45.0 6. 3 7. 0 20. 0
1
215 .0 18.0

8. 5 35. 0 90. 0 2.5 7. 0 30. 0 6. 8 225.0
15 .0

146
750 2, 083
: 135 208
625 192 5 , 104.
3 13

188 417 938 131 146
4 17 2
4 , 479
375

177
729 1,875
52 146
625 142 4,688
313

9 Southern
States

458. 7

340.4

4 19 .8 : 9,556

7,093

8,747

FRASI ER T. GALLOWAY Agricultural St a t is t i c ia n In Charge

v, PAT PARKS
Agri cul t ura l Statistic ian

The St a t i s ti ca l Report i ng Servi ce, USDA, 1861 West Bro a d St re e t , Athens, Georg ia, i n
coope ra t io n with the Geo r g ia Departme nt of Ag r i cu l tu re.

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Nay 13 , 1975

Cotton producers i n Georgl a fa i led t o match l as t ye a r ' s r ecord yield of 499 pound s pe r
I acre but did harvest a ver y r espectabl e 490 pound s per a c r e . It was only the seco nd t i me since records began i n 1866 , that Ge or gi a' s cotton gr owe r s ha d ave r a ge d ove r a 480 pound net bale per acre. Des pi t e the favo r ab l e yi e l ds , i t was no t a good yea r for cotton farmers . Rising production co st and decl i ning co t t on pr i c e s pl a ced many gr owe r s in a ne t lo ss position for the 197 ~ crop . As a r e s ul t, sharp cutbacks i n c ot t on a c r eage are expected f or the 1975 crop.

A f inal tabula t i on of gi nnings f or Georgia ' s 1974 co t ton c r op indicated a production of 419,000 bales (480 pounds net we i ght ) compared wi t h 390 . 000 ba l e s in 1973. Ginnings for 1974 in Georgia , as r ep or t e d by t he Cens us Bureau , t otale d 411 ,814 bales. The upward adjustment was due to out-of - St a t e gi nnings. Cot t onse ed pr oduc t i on i n Georgia totaled 150 ,000 tons compared with 146,000 t ons i n 197 3 . .

The value of co t t on and c ottons ee d from Ge or gia' s 19 74 cr op (excluding Government payments) wa s place d at $98 , 255,000--down 21 percent f r om the 1 973 value of $124 ,178,000 . The value, including Gov e r nmen t payme n t s amounted to $99, 400, 000 , compared wi t h $154 ,006, 000 in 1973--a drop of 35 pe r ce n t f rom a 7 pe r ce n t l a r ge r product ion . The price per pound , excluding Government paymen t s dropped f r om 59 . 0 cents i n 19 73 t o 40.0 cents for 1974 and would have been lower had part of the crop not been contrac tually sold before the prices nose dived. Including Gover nmen t paymen t s rai s ed t h e 1973 price t o 75.0 cents but only rai s e d the 1974 price to 40.6 ,c en t s .

t St a t e
UPLAND Alabama Arizona Arkansas California Georgia Louisiana Mississippi Missouri New Hexico North Caro1::'na Oklahoma South Carolina Tenness e e Texas

COTTON: Acreage and Produc tion : 1974 Cr op wi t h Compa r i s ons

Lin t Yield : Production

Plant ed

Harve s t ed

per Ha rves t ed : 480-1b. net

Ac r e s

Ac r e s

Acr e

: weight bales

197 3

1974 197 3

1974

1 9 73

1974

1973

1974

Thou s a nd Acr e s Thousand Ac r e s

Pound s

Thou s and Bales

525 27 6 1 , 045 95 0 386 5 30 1, 370 241 1 31 186 5 47 330 460 5 , 400

600 392 1 , 200 1, 250 423 65 0 1 ,780 400 1 51 158 5 70 310 540 5 , 200

510 276 9 75 942 375 5 20 1 ,340 1 73 12 7 173 52 6 29 4 44 0 5 , 200

585 392 1 ,130 1 ,2 38 410 635 1 ,710 310 14 0 145 547 292 510 4 , 40 0

42 3 1 ,0 63
51 3 891 499 481 651 501 514 455 390 473 472 431

429 1 , 218
374 1 ,006
490 423 448 356 509 440 272 450 290 269

449 611 1 ,041 1,749 390 521 1 ,816 180 136 164 427 290 432 4,673

52 2 995 880 2 ,595 419 560 1 ,595 230 148 133 310 274 308 2 ,462

Other States ~/ : 18 . 1

21 . 9 16 . 1

20. 3

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Upland

: 12, 395 .1

11 , 88 7 . 1

521

441 12,895 .9

13 , 645 . 9

12,464. 3

11 ,449 . 9

Amer.-Pima

84.6

83 . 5 83 .1

82. 3 451

526

78.1

90 .2

All Cotton

:12, 47 9.7

11,9 70 .2

520

13 ,7 29 . 4

12 ,546. 6

1/ Includes Flor i da , Illinois , Ken t ucky , Nevada and Vi r gini a.

442 12 ,974.0 11,540 .1

FRASIER 1 . GALLOWAY

W. PAT PARKS

Agricultural Stat i s t i c i a n I n Charge

Agricultural Statistician

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COTTON LINT AND COTTONS EED : Seaso n ave r ag e price received by farmers and va lue of produc ti on , 19 73 an d 1974

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Pr i c e

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COTTO N LI NT

Pr i ce pe r

Va l u e

pound plus

of

pri ce support

product i on

pay men ts 4 /

19 73 2/ 19 74 3/ 1973 4/ 1974 5/

-AUPl-LaA.-ND Ariz. Ark. Calif . Ga. La . Mis s . Mo . N. Hex.
N. C.
Okla .
S . C.
Ten..T1. Tex . Other
States 6/

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44 .0 43.3 34. 7 49 .5 59.0 37 .5 37.9 36.1 50.0 59 .6 49 .5 51.1 39 . 7 46 .0

42 . 5 44 .0 45 . 5 47 . 5 40 . 0 42. 0 47 . 0 fl7 . 0 49 . 5 42 . 5 27 . 0 51. 0 41. 5 35 . 0

1 , 00 0 dollars

Cents

94 ,813 126 ,9 99 173 ,44 3 415 , 485 110 , 308
93, 773 330, 384
31 , 2 66 32,657 46 , 951 101 , 426 71 , 026 82,390 1 , 0 31 ,7 84

106 ,5 48 210 , 1 44 192,132 591, 627 80, 405 112, 812 359, 832
51, 935 35 , 264 27 , 115 40,1 76 67, 065 61, 364 Lf13 ,6 88

62. 0 54.4 47 ; 7 57. 5 75 . 0 49 . 9 48 .7 57. 3 65.2 76 . 3 58 . 7 69. 1 52 .8 56 .4

43 . 9 44 .0 47 .3 47.5 40 .6 42 . 7 47 . 7 51.5 50 . 5 44 .0 28.0 52.1 46 .3 40 .5

4 , 105

3 , 613

Value of production plus
price support pa ymen t s
1973 4/ 1974 5/
1,000 dollars

1 33,556 159 , 680 238,406 482,918 140 ,136 12 4,810 42 4 , 2 7 0
49,652 42,613 60, 089 120,289 9 6 , 0 68 109,628 1,265,972

10 9, 978 21 0 , 1 5 2 199,741 591,667
81 ,550 114,651 365 ,413
56 , 942 36 ,000 28,055 41,720 68 ,492 68 ,531 479 ,132

6,047 3,812

U. S., All 44.6

41. 7

2779 , 50Lf 2381 , 503 56 . 1

44 .9

3491 ,8 51 248 7,455

Upland

44.4

Amer.-Pima 87.2

42.8 64.1

2746,810 2353 ,720 55 . 8 32 , 694 27 , 783 100 . 6

44. 7 73. 0

3454 , 13 4 2455,836 37,717 31,619

COTTONSEED 7/

Sta t e

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Other

States j :

Produc t i on

:

1973

19 74 :

Thousand Tons

169 290 386 730 14 6 196 676
75 60 59 164 III 159 1,788

20 0 439 350 1 , 020 150 210 600
98 60 Lt 4 125 10 0 125 1 , 028

7

7 .9

Pr i ce

:

per t on

:

1973

19 74 .

Dol l a rs

94. 1 108 .0
98 . 1 117 .0
95 . 0
97 . 1 103 . 0
93. 4 111.0
92 .S 99 . 2 93. 3 96. 2 93 . 5

125 . 5 148 .0 131. 0 157.5 119 . 0 126 .5 134.5 123 .5 146. 0 131. 0 137.5 125 .0 127.5 120. 0

94 . 1

127 . 1

Value of

production

1973

1 974

1,000 dollar s

15,903 31,320 37,86 7 85 ,4 10 13 ,8 70 1 9 , 0 32 69,628
7 ,005 6,660 5,458 16,269 10,356 15,2 96 16 7 ,178

25,100 64 ,972 45 ,850 1 6 0 , 6 50 17,850 26, 565 80,7 00 12, 10 3
8, 760 5 ,7 64 17 , 188 12 ,5 00 15,938 12 3, 360

659

1 ,004

u. s .

; 5 ,016

4 ,5 56.9

100 . 1

135.7

501,911

618, 304

1/1/ Price bas ed on a 480-p ound ne t weigh t bale. 2/ I nc l udes allowance fo r unredeemed l oans .
Ave r a ge to April 1 , 19 75 wi th no al l owance for unred eemed loans . i/ Includes set-aside

program payments for upl and and support pa yments f or Amer. - Pi ma , but does not include

payments fo r conser vation practice s , s oi l banks , etc . 5/ Cons i s t s of disaster payments only

f or upland cotton in 1974 and support paymen ts for Amer.-Pi ma . 6/ Includes Florida, Illinois,

Ken t ucky , Nevad a and Virgi ni a . I/ 1974 crop preliminary.

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MAJ OR CROP ACREAGE AND LIVESTOCK SURVEY TO BE LAU NCHED:

Es t i ma te s of 1 975 p l an t e d acreages and l ive stock numbe r s will be developed f r om a

major nationwide surv ey to be l aunched in lat e Ma y a nd ear ly June by the U. S . De pa rtment

of Agricultur e .

The pro gram wil l be directed by t he Georgia Cr op Repor t i n g Se r v ic e headed by Frasie r

T. Galloway.

The goal of t he s urvey , Galloway s a i d , i s to provide farmers and rancher s wi t h current

r eliable and impart i al informa t i on to as sist t hem wi th production and marke t i ng plans.

Pres ent f arm p r i c es and produ c t ion c osts , the e conomy, and e xport s i t ua tion have crea t ed

more than the usua l number of uncertain t ies i n a gr icultur e , Galloway pointed out.

Produc ers a r e e speciall y vulnera bl e a t t i mes l i ke these wi thout the market s t abi l i zi ng

influenc e provided by official c r op and l i ves t ock estimat es. Rumor s and t r ade guesses

can ups et delicate marke t ing situa tions.

The nationwide survey , using a r e pr e s en t a t i v e sample of agriculture, wil l i nc l ude

personal i n t erviews wi t h some 70 ,000 pr oducer s, and seve r a l thou s a nd live s tock op erators,

and mail r e spons e s fro m t h ou sands of o the r f armers .

The survey will be the ba s i s fo r a repor t to be issued by USDA June 30, es t i ma t i ng

spring plant ed acre a ge s and a crea ge s fo r har ves t f or ma j or crops both na t ionally and by

States. Th i s information will s e r ve a s the founda tion for a s er i es of yi e l d and production

estimates starting Jul y 1 0 and ava i l ab l e monthly during the growing sea s on. The mid-year

number of hogs and pi gs in t he countr y wi l l be publ ish ed in late June a nd for cattle a

month later to provide indic ations of mar ke tings in t he second half of 1975 and ear l y 1976 .

The cooper at i on of pr oduc e r s con t a c t ed i s e s sent i a l i n pulling to ge t he r a re liabl e

s et of es timat ~s for us e by al l farmer s and r anche rs .

For f urther informa t i on co n t a c t :

Fr asier T. Galloway St a t i stic ian In Charge Georgia Crop Repor ting Service 18 61 We st Bro ad Street At he ns , Geor gi a 306 01 Tel e ph one: 404~54 6 - 2 2 3 6

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Ha y 19, 1975

Spot Announcement for us e betwe en May 19 and June 4 , 1975 .

SUBJECT: NATIONWIDE CROP nND LIVESTOCK SURVEY ----- 30 s econds
STAYI NG AHEAD I N FARllING MEANS MAKING THE RIGHT DECISIONS. CROP AND LIVESTOCK FACTS THAT YOU'LL NEED THIS SEASON WILL BE DEVELOPED FROM A MAJOR NATI ONWI DE SURVEY CONDUCTED IN LATE ~1AY AND EARLY JUNE. FARMER COOP ERATION--YOUR COOPERATION--WITH THE GEORGIA CROP REPORTI NG SERVIC E WILL MEAN RELIABLE AND I MPARTIAL ESTH1ATES OF A.CREAGES AND LIVESTOCK.

For further information contact:

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Approved by t he Outl ook a nd Situat ion Boa r d (Droilers) ~lay 27, 1915
Total Red i'lea t Output LOvle r
Smalle r total r ed me a t suppl ie s will co mpe te wi t h poultry mea t through the balance of 1975 as larger beef a nd veal out pu t fails to of f s e t sharply r educed pork and lamb output. Total meat supplies (inc ludi n g pou l t r y ) fo r January-rI a rch were about 2 percent below a year earlier . Although declining s ea sona l ly, to t al me at s uppl ies will drop further below 1974 levels this spring . Out pu t du r ing t he summe r like ly wi l l ga i n r elative to a year earl i er as supplies of most me a t s (othe r than pork) increase bu t total meat supplies may run about 2 percent less than in 1974 du ring the l a st ha l f of 19 75 .
i ia r k e t prices fo r c a t t l e have gaine d sharply i n recent weeks. But they are expected to decline during the summe r and f a ll wh i le ho g pric es con t i nue at a hi gh level . The sea s onal rise in hog prices t his summe r ,.,rill be t empe r ed by the e xp ect ed availability of large be ef supplies. Choice steer pri c e s a t Oma ha a r e l i ke l y to drop to the raid to low 40 cents-apound level for summer and may slip below 40 cen t s i n the fall. Cattle prices were well above a year earlier in Hay bu t probab l y wi ll be a t or lower t han 1974 levels this summer. Hog prices have been well a bove ye a r-earli er l evel s in 1975 and likely will continue hi gher during the balance of the ye a r .
Broiler Output Gaining Bu t Below 1974
Broiler meat output t hrough fede ral l y i ns pect ed slaughter plants gained during the first quarter of 1975 but remai ne d be low year-ea rlier l ev els . Output in January was nearly a tenth below 1974 levels but i n }larch was dO'~l onl y 4 percent. Through Ma r ch output totaled 1.8 billion pounds , 6 percent below t he s a me peri od i n 1974 . The average liveweight of bird marketed during January was bel ow t he p r e vious ye a r. However, weights picked up relative to 1974 and were a little mor e t han 1 pe rcen t highe r in March . We i gh t s during January-March averaged 3 .77 pounds, s a me as a year e a r l i e r .
Weekly slaughter re port s i ndic a t e bro iler output has continued to gain and in April was near a year earlier . April' s out pu t wa s larger than ea r l i e r placements indicated. Marketing weights i nc r e a sed to near -rec ord l evels dur i n g ear ly April, then dropped sharply in late Ap r i l . This indicat es some broi l e r s t hat normal ly woul d have been mar ket ed in late }Ia r c h were carried over into April. Al s o , some may have been ma r ke ted at l igh t e r wei gh t s in late April that normally would have be en held until May. Broiler chic~ placements for May and June marketings are down around 7 an d 5 pe r c en t. Thus , if weigh t s continue to slightly exceed a year ea r l i e r, broiler meat output for the se cond quarter likely will only be do\m around 4 percent.
Broiler chick pr oduc tion fo r e a r ly s umme r marke ting s are still running moderately below a year earlier . Weekly e gg s et s du r i ng the fir s t 3 week s in Ha y averaged 5 percent belm., Nay E'74.
Broiler chick pr odu ction for l ate s ummer and f a l l marketing is expe c t ed to decl ine seasonally but the dec line wi l l no t be as grea t as in 1974 . Broiler meat output durin g October-December 1974 wa s do,,,n 8 percen t fr om the prev i ou s year . If prospects for 1975 gr ain crop s are favoraLle , broi l e r p r od uc e rs l i kely wi l l cont inue to gr adua l l y expand broiler output re l a t i v e to 1~74 . Ou t pu t probabl y wi l l e xce e d ye a r - ea r l i e r levels this fall a s producers hold product i on ne a r er t he norma l s e a s ona l pa t t e r n rather tllan cut ba ck s ha rp l y a s they did in 1974 .
TIle br oi l e r ha tc he r y supp ly f lock wi l l be s ubs t an t i a l l y below ye a r - ea r l i e r level s in comir~ ~ mon th s . Base d 0 :1 pul le t ch i ck placemen t s 7--14 mon t hs earlier, t he floc k dur i n g t he second half of 1975 '..,i ll be 10-13 pe r ce n t be l ow Jul y- De c embe r 197Lf wi t h the 1m1 po i nt corning in S ep t em'.: ~ r . :Jes p i t :; sma l le r pla cemen ts f or t he hat che r y s upp l y flock, t her2 likely Vli l l be enou gh egg s during August- Oct ober to pr oduce a f e, l more chi.c ks for Oct obe r -Tre c embe r mar ke tings than i n 1974. The su ppl y f l ock dur i ng t~os e mon t hs i~ 1974 wa s und erut ilized a s a r esul t of I the sharp ,c u t ba ck i n produc t i on . For ,::xaC1p12 , i n Augu s t e-Oc t obe r 1974 there we r e a bo ut 33 chicks hatched per l a ye r in t he e s t i ma t e d ha t c l.e ry s upp l y floc k . Thi s was down lLf percen t
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from the 38 chicks per laye r for this per i od in 1973 . However , r emember that we don 't kn ow the exa c t size of t he hat che ry supply f lo ck at any time. The flock s i ze is estimated by accumulating the numbe r of repl a cemen t pull ets entering the f l ock 7-14 months e arlier. However , producers can increase layer numbe r s by holdi ng old l ayers in the flock a month or : 2 longer than usual. Also, dur i n g t imes of tight hatchin g e gg s uppl i e s , some eggs are plac e d in i ncuba t or s that no r ma l l y a r e r e j e c ted be caus e of size requ i remen ts. Ev en if produc e r s step up hatchery activ it y a nd incr ea se plac ement s in the supply flock s in corning month s , i t would not be reflected i n i nc r e a s ed ch ick plac ement s until e a rly 197 6.
Broiler Prices Strong
Broiler prices in 1975 have be en mode r a t e l y above a ye ar e a r lier, largely a s a r e s ult of r educed supplies of bo t h br oile rs and po rk . The 9-c ity we i gh t ed wholesale price f or JanuaryMarch averaged 41 cen t s a pound , 1 c en t above t he l i ke peri od of 1974 . Mar ke t s were slightly weaker in April but ave r a ge d ab out 4 cents above the 36 c en ts for April 1974. ~larke t s ' strengthened in Mayas bro i l er output co n t inued to lag a ye a r a go a nd beef pr ices moved h i ghe r Broiler prices in 9 cit i e s averaged about 43 cent s a pound for f1a y, up about 3 cent s fr om April and 7 cents above the s ame we eks of May 1 974 .
The year's highest br oi l e r prices usually oc cu r during June-September wi t h the peak in July . Prices usually dec l i n e in the f a l l wi th t he lows for the ye a r typically in December. Prices likely will follow t h i s gener a l pattern in 1975 but will r eflect the supplies and prices of red meats . I nc r eased bee f supplie s and s ome decline in prices during the summer will dampen the price r i s e f or broilers . Subs tantially lower pork s uppl i e s throughout the year will partially off s e t the e f fec t s of increased beef suppli es. Summer broiler prices will average well above t he 37. 7 cents a pound for July-September 1974, but prices i n the fall may not quite ma t ch the 40. 7 ce nts of Oc t obe r - De c embe r 1974.
Fewer Broilers Produc ed in 19 74
The production of bro iler s durin g the 19 74 mar keting year (De cember I -November 30) totaled 2 ,993 million bi rd s , s lightly fewer t han the 3 ,009 million produced in 1973 . Of t he 8 States producing ov er ' lOO million broile r s each , production was below 1973 levels excep t in Georgia , Texas, and Delawar e. Arkansas r emained the No . 1 producing State with 48 2 million broilers , 20 mill i on les s than i n 1 973 but still nearly 55 million more than Georgia , the s econd largest produc i ng State. The 21 commer c i a l broiler producing States accounted for 97 percent of the U. S. t o tal , t he same as in 197 3 .

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Appr oved by t he Outlook and Situation Boar G (Eggs) Nay 27 , 1975
Production Continues to Sl i de
Egg production to taled 59 .2 mi l l i on case s thr ou gh Apri l this yea r , 4~ percent below t he same months of 1974. Out pu t was do wn 4 pe r cen t i n the first quarter and dropped to 6 percent below in April. Layer numbe r s were down a r ound 5 pe rc en t in January-tlarch but the rate of lay was up nearly 1 percent . Layer numbe r s continued t o slide in April and the rate of lay dropped below year-earlier levels .
Egg output may show s ome furt her decline r e lat ive to 1974 before turnin g upward . Spring production will probably av e r a ge around 6 percent lower but output is expected to ga i n on 1 974 levels in the summer and f a l l .
Fewer young pullets ent er ing the flock and an i ncrease in force moltings are probably the main reasons the rate of lay has dr opped in recent months . In ~larch the rate of lay fell below the same months of a year earl ier for the f irs t time since Septenilier 1973. At this time last year a large numbe r o f young pul l e t s were entering the f l ock and old layers ~ve r e be ing culled heavily. However , the oppos ite is oc currin g this year . The egg-type chick hatchings 5-6 months earlier i ndicate there a re subs tantial l y fewer replacement pullets available this year than in 19 74 . Slaughter r epor ts indicate about 6 million few er mature hens were slaughtered unde r fed e r a l i nspec t i on durin g the f i r s t 4 months of 1975 than a year earlier. The increase in for ce mol tings i n r ecent months has contributed to the drop in the rate of lay in two ways . When the layers a re being force molted they do not lay any e gg s but they are included in the to t a l l a ye r numbers . Thus , the average number of eggs laid per hen i n the flock drops . When the f orce-mol ted l ayers begin laying again they lay fewer eggs than young pullets . Thus, t he f l ock l a st yea r wa s young e r and more productive than th is ye a r .
Force :t101 t i n gs Hold Key
On May 1 , 6 percent of the laying fl ock in 17 States wa s being force molted and another 13 percent had completed molt . Thi s compar e s wi t h 5 and 12 percent a month earlier and 4 and 8 percent on May 1 , 197 4 . Apparently , pro duce r s a r e optimistic about the future relationship between feed co s t s and ma r ket egg prices . Also , it seems many producers chose to force molt their l ayers dur ing t he s pring when egg pr ices a r e usually at their s e a s ona l low for the year .
The increase in forc e molt ings takes on adde d importance when one looks at the curr ent size of t he laying flock and the number of replacement pullets becoming available in coming months.
The Nation's e gg lay i ng flock s on Hay 1 totaled 272 .5 million layers, 5 percent f euer than a year earlier and the l owes t for t his dat e since 1938. There were about 17 percent fewer pullet chicks hatche d dur ing the las t quarter of 1974 for replacements in the laying flocks this s p~ing but win t er ha t chings fo r s ummer r e placements rose to near year-earl i er l evels . Thus, layer numbers likely ~vi ll ga in on 1974 l evels after mid-1975 .
Egg Prices Abov e 1974
Egg prices trailed 1 97 4 l ev el s throu gh mi d-Apr i l t his year before moving a bove a year earlier. Egg prices fell sharp ly i n ear ly Apr i l as t he us ua l post-- Easter decline i n demand developed . New Yor k wholesale pr ic e s fo r Grade A l a r ge eggs f ell from 60 cents a doz en on Mar ch 27 to 47 cents on Apr il 2 . Pric e s s ubsequent ly stren gthened in Apr i l before weaken i ng again in May. Price s will l i ke l y i n creas e s eas onal ly i n comi ng month s. Lowe r e gg pr oduc t i on and higher prices for mos t me a t s a re expe c ted t o ho l d egg pr i ces a bove year -ea r l ie r l ev el s for most of t he rest of 1975 . A picku p in the demand for eg g produc ts i n comi n g mon ths could add str ength t o she ll e gg pr ice s .
Shell egg pr i ce s this y2a r have s u f fe r ed be c a us e of we ak demand for br eak i n g eg gs . Th i s has forced more eggs t o go into t he 31~ 11 eg g mar ket . Bre a~er s ha ve taken fewer eggs t his year bec ause t h e demand f or t hi s pr oduc t ha s be en ve ry weak .

Breaking Activity at Low Levels
Producers of egg products reduced their egg breaking activity in the closing months of 1974 and early 1975 becaus e of a slugg ish demand for egg products .
A total of 3 .7 million cases we re b r ok en under fed eral inspection this ye a r during January 5-ilarcll 29 , about 19 percent le ss t han in the same period of 1974. Breaking e gg s accounted for 8 percent of t he total e gg production in this period, compared wi t h about 10 percent a year earlier . Dur in ~ this period 138.2 million pounds of egg products were produc ed, down 32 million pounds from the previous year . Frozen egg output totaled 61 .4 million pounds , dOvffi 23 percent , and dried e gg produc t i on declined 34 percent to 10 .4 million pounds. Liquid egg product s for immediate con sumption and for proc essing made up the remainder which was down 11 percent.
Weekl y reports of e ggs delivered to breakers indicate that breaker activity in tla y continued Ive l l below a year ago . However , breaker activity is expected to gain in coming we e ks as demand for e gg products picks up bu t likely will remain below year-earlier levels this summer. Demand for e ~g products will increase as the economy strengthens . Al s o, bakery activity should increase as the result of lO~Jer prices for sugar and other bakery ingredients vo rk Ing through t :le system.
Cold storage holdings of shell eg gs and egg products on May 1 totaled 1 .1 million cases (shell equivalent) , compared ~vith 1 .2 million cases a month earlier and on t1ay I , 1974. Stocks of frozen egg products on Ma y 1 totaled 44 million pounds, 3 million below April 1, but about the same as on this date in 1974. However , they were below the 46 million pounds 2 years earlier.
Imports Drop ; Exports Gain
Imports of shell eggs and eg g products during January-March totaled about 100,000 cases (shell equivalent), down 21 percent from the same months of 1974. Almost all of the imports were shell eggs.
A total of 214,000 cases (shell equivalent) of shell eggs and egg products were exported during the first 3 months of 1975 , slightly more than year-earlier levels. Exports of shell eggs totaled 171,000 cases, 36 percent above 1974 l evels . However, exports of egg products dropped 50 percent to 43,000 shell equivalent cases . Dr ied egg exports, at almost 400,000 pounds, were down 53 percent . Although hatching e gg exports were up about 1 percent to 107,000 cases, they made up only about 62 percent of the shell egg exports--down sharply from 84 percent the previous year .
Shipments to American territorie s of shell eggs and e gg products totaled 213 ,000 cases (shell 2quivalent) in January-llarch this ye a r, 14 percent above last year. Shell egg shipments were up 12 percent to 181 ,000 ca s es . Shipments of e gg products were up 26 percent to 32,000 cases (shell equivalent) .

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GEORGIA INDEX UP 6 POINTS

The All Commodities Index of Prices Received by Georgia farmers in May was 174 percent , 6 points above the previous month and 18 points above May 1974, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service.
The May All Crops Index was 178 p~rcent, the same as the previous month. The Livestock and Livestock Products Index was 170 percent, 9 points above the previous month and 24 points above May 1974. The i nc re a s e i n the All Commodity Index from April 1975 level resulted from increases i n the prices of cotton 1int, hogs, beef cattle, calves and chickens.
UNITED STATES PRICES RECEIVED INDEX UP 8 POINTS PRICES PAID INDEX UP 1 POINT

The Index of Prices Received by Farmers increased 8 points (5 percent) to 178 percent
of its January-December 1967 average during the month ended May 15, 1975. Contributing most to the increase since mid-April were h igher prices for cattle, hogs, cotton, apples and calves. Lower prices for wheat and soybeans were partially offsetting. The index was
4 points (2 percent) above a year earl ier.

The Index of Prices Paid by Farmers for Commodities and Services, Interest, Taxes and
(t Farm Wage Rates for May 15 was 183, up 1 point percent) from a month earl ier. Prices
averaged higher for all index components surveyed except feed which was unchanged. The
index was 18 points (11 percent) above a year earl ier.

1967 = 100

INDE X NUMBERS -- GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES

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May 15 1974

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GEORGIA

Prices Rece ived

All Commodities

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156

168

174

All Crops

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168

178

178

Livestock and Livestock

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146

161

170

UN irED STATES

Prices Received

183

174

170

178

Prices Paid, l ute re s t ,

Taxes & Farm Wage Rates 164

165

182

183

Rat io .!I

112

105

93

97

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CLAYTON J. MCDUFFIE

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PRICES RECEIVED Wheat, bu. Oats, bu. Co rn, bu. Cotton, lb. Soybeans, bu.
Sweetpotatoes, cwt. Hay, baled, ton:
All Alfalfa
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pi ilk Cows, head
Hogs, cwt. Beef Cattle, All, cwt. 2/
Cows, cwt , 1/
Steers & Heifers, cwt. Calves, cwt. Milk, Sold to Plants, cwt .
Flu i d ~1a rke t Manufactured All Turkeys, lb. Chickens, l b, : Excluding Bro ilers Commercial Broilers Eggs, all, doz. Table, doz. Hatching, doz .

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$ 11 .60

$ 35 .00
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$ 460 .00 $ 27.00 $ 34.20 $ 29.00 $ 37.80 $ 41.80

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2.99 1.71 2.85 40.0 5.10

3.52 1. 27 2.45 49.3 5.21 9.95

3.69 1. 51 2.68 32.2 5.61 10.70

36.50
340.00 37.60 21 .80 18. 80 24.00 24 . 00

34.50
335.00 42.30 23.10 20.00 25.50 25.50

54.00 57.80 41.90 531. 00 26.30 4/37.30 : 4/28.80
: 4/39.20 : ~/42. 70

52.40 54.90 46.10 396.00 39.30 31 .80 20.10 34.90 26.80

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2/9.25 30.0

8.69 6.93 8.27 24.6

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23.5 53.2 46.7 85. 0

10.5 25.0
53.3 46.3 85.0

7.6 20.5 42.2

8.2 23.4 47.4

3. 47 1. 54 2.66 36 .3 5.00 11 . 60
56.30 59.10 46 .80 408 .00 45.10 36.50 22.20 40 .10 29 . 50
2/8 29 217. 03 517 .99
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9.7 24.6 47.6

PRICES PAID. FEED Mixed Dairy Feed , ton:
14% protein 16% protein 18% protein 20% protein Hog Feed, 14%-18% prote in, cwt. Cotton seed Meal , 41% cwt. Soybean Meal, 44%, cwt . Bran, cwt , Midd 1 i ngs, cwt , Corn Mea 1, cwt . Poultry Feed , ton : Broiler Grower Feed Laying Feed Ch ick Starter Alfalfa Hay, ton All Other Hay, ton

$ 121 .00 $ 125.00 $ 127.00 $ 137 .00

$

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s 9.50

$

7.50

$

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$

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$ 139.00 $ 127.00 $ 154.00
$ 44.00 $ 46.50

131 .00 136.00 137.00 141.00
8 .10 8.40 8.70 8.00 7.90 7.40
161.00 141 .00 157 .00 70.00 61.00

127.00 136.00 133.00 136.00

126.00 125.00 130.00 133.00

8.30 8.70 8.30 7.60 7.60 7.50

7.66 8.98 8.75 7.07 6.94 6.41

153.00: 137.00: 155.00: 70.00: 63.00 :

151.00 137.00 158.00 62.40 50.80

131 .00 134.00 138.00 141.00
8.10 8.67 8.64 7.26 7.10 7.00
164.00 146.00 164.00 67.40 57.40

131.00 132.00 136.00 139.00
8.01 8.71 8.54 7.21 7.01 6. 97
161 .00 145.00 162 .00 69.80 58.00

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DISTRICT 4

Hac on Har i on Schley Tal b o t Taylor

5 ,639 3, 360 2, 903
151 2 ,264

2 , 918 2, 543 3 , 206 3,15 9 2 , 782

16 ,452, 000 8, 544 , 000 9, 306, 000 477 , 000 6 ,299 , 000

Tot a l

14 , 31 7

2 ,869

41 , 078 ,000

DI ST!lI CT 5

Bleck1ey Dodge Hous t on Johnson Laur en s Hon t gomer y Pea ch Pul a s ki Tr eut 1en Twiggs IJa s h i n gt on lVh e e l e r Wil ki n s on

2 , 611 7 ,45 8 6, 442
375 8,28 7 1 ,180
620 9 ,814
68 1,399 1 , 3 79 1 ;159
719

3, I ll. 3 , 009 2 , 409 2 , 539 2 , 8 75 2,944 2, 140 3 ,0 71 2,324 2 , 896 3 , 123 3 ,538 3 ,6 73

8, 130 , 000 22, t.4 3 , 000 15 , 51 7,000
952, 000 23 ,824,000
3 ,/~ 74 ,0 00
1 , 327,000 30 ,134 ,000
158 ,000 4 ,052 ,008 4,306 , 000 4 ,100,000 2 ,641,000

Tota l

41 ,511

2,916

121 , 058 ,000

J I STRI CT 6

B u l l o ch Burke Candl er
Ef f i.ngh a m
Emanuel Glasc oc k Je ffe rs on
Jenk Ln a
:li chmontl Scr ev en

13 ,7 58 6,354 1 ,473 38S' 3 , 110 140 2 ,346 3 ,213 263 j , 392

3 , 004
3 , 56 9 3 , 682 3 , 144 3 , 284 2 , 064 2 ,7 41 3 _, 396 2 , 810 3 , 678

52 ,330 , 000 22 , 677 , 000
5 ,42 t~ ,OOO
1 , 22 3 , 000 10 ,214 , 000
289 , 000 7 , 801 , 000 10 , 927 , 000
753 ., 000 19 ) 133 , 000

Tot a l

36 , S:!,. -:,

T . ?%A S I E~

GALLCy~Y

Agr i cul t ur a l Sta t is t ician In C~illr g e

3 , SS J

131 , LI71 , 000
u. PLiT PARLS
Agr i cul t ur a l Sta t i s t i c i an

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June 1975

GEORGIA PEANUTS PICKED AND THRESHED - 1974 CROP

_(These estimates are based on the latest available data and are preliminary.)

District

Yield Per Acre

Production

and County

Harvested Acres

(Pounds)

(Pounds)

DISTRICT 7

Baker Calhoun Clay Decatur Dougherty Early Grady Lee Hiller Mitchell Quitman Randolph Seminole Stewart Sumter Terrell Thomas Webster

14,503 15,635 10,921 17,767
6,302 33,007
8 ,644 1 6 , 0 73 19,729 20,634
2,941 20 ,413 12,759
7,370 16 ,106 23,113
5,157 9,209

3,287 3,516 2,852 3,785 3,022 3,040 3,523 3,420 3,626 2,942 1,992 2,984 3,362 2,590 3,174 3,016 3,225 2,992

47,666,000 54,971,000 31,150,000 67,246,000 19,047,000 100,344,000 30, 457,000 54,974,000 71,539,000 60,713,000
5,858,000 60,922,000 42,900,000 19,089,000 51,122,000 69,713,000 16,631,000 27,556,000

Total

260,283

3,196

831,898,000

DISTRICT 8

Atkinson Ben Hill Berrien Brooks Coffee Colquitt Cook Crisp Doo1y Irwin Jeff Davis Lowndes Telfair Tift Turner Wilcox Worth

268 7,173 2,208 5,154 4,251 10,088 2,611 14,416 17,861 15 ,363
98 620 3,704 12,495 19,212 12,728 29,529

2,813 3 ,388 3,339 3,408 3,435 2,922 3,315 3,001 2,950 3,615 3,490 2,795 3,235 3,690 3,595 3,326 3,154

754,000 24,300,000
7,373,000 17,566,000 14,603,000 29,473,000
8,656,000 43,269,000 52,696,000 55,532,000
342,000 1,733,000 11,981,000 46,106,000 69,075,000 42,329,000 93,122,000

Total

1':;7,779

3,289

518,910 ,000

DISTRICT 9

Appling Bryan Evans Tattna11 Toombs

276 288 1,237 1,273 1,990

2,297 3,226 3,517 3,737 3,148

634,000 929,000 4,351,000 4,757,000 6,265 ,000

Total

5 ,064

3,344

16,936 ,000

Other Ccunties

98

1,724

169,000

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PEACHES

~UNE 1975
June 11, 1975

The 1975 Georgia peach crop is forecast at 95 million pounds (1,979,000 -- 48 pound equivalents) as of June 1, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. This estimate is 5 million pounds above last month ' s foreca st and , if realized, would be 111 percent above last year's very short crop of only 45 mill ion pounds--the smallest crop since 1955 .
The Federal-State ~Iarke t News Se rvice r epo r t ed 427 carlot e qui va l e nt s shipped by June 1, compared with only 165 car10ts for t he same date last year . About half of these shipments were from the southernmost area which had very few peaches last year due to chill-hour problems. Through June 5 , 526 ca r 10ts had been shipped compared with 258 last year.
Crop Reporting Service peach e s t i ma t e s relate to total production which include rail and truck shipments, local sales, non-inspected shi pments to points in the State and adjoining states, quantities used for processing and quantities used on farms where produced.

State

PEACHES

PRODUCTION

Mil lion Pounds

:

48 Pound Equivalents

: Utilized 21

: Indicated :

Utilized

: Indicated

1973

1974 : 1975 : 1973

1974 :

1975

Alabama

Arkansas

California - Freestone

Colorado Connecticut

.

Delaware

Ge orgia

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Kansas

Kentucky
Louisiana y

Maryland

Nassachusetts

Michigan

Mississippi I I

Hissouri

New Jersey

New York

North Carolina

Ohi o

Oklahoma 1..1
Oregon

Pennsylvania

South Carolina

Tennessee

Texas

Utan

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

7.0 36 .0 420 . 0 23.1
4.5 2 .9 100 .0
.8 7. 0 3,5 10 .0 4.0 6 .5 14.7 4 .0 50 ,0 10.0 8 .0 92.0 15 .0 30.0 5.0 9.2 12.0 81.0 245.0 3.7 15 .0 12 ,0 20 .0 43 .0 16 .0

9. 0 20.0 452 .0 13.7
4.2 1.2 45.0 10.0 3.5 2.0 3.0 5.0 6.3 19 .4 3.0 70 .0 7,0 3 ,0
91.0 16.0 20.0 14.0
.1 11.0 120.0 215.0
4 ,0
18 .0 16 .0 32 .0 26 .0 23 .0

8. 5 35.0 400 . 0 21. 0 5.0
3 .4 95.0 10 . 0 25 .0 10.0 10.0 16 .5
2.5 23 .5
4 .8 85 . 0
7.0 23 ,0
100.0 18 .0 30 .0 20.0 6.8 13.0
120.0 215 .0
8 .7 15 .0 15 .5 32 . 0 40.0 26 .0

1 ,000 Units

146

188

750

417

8,750

9,417

481

285

94

88

60

25

2,083

938

17

208

146

73

73

42

208

63

83

104

135

131

306

404

83

63

1,042

1 ,458

208

146

167

63

1,917

1,896

313

333

625

417

104

292

192

2

250

229

1,688

2,500

5,104

4,479

77

83

313

375

250

333

417

667

896

542

333

479

177 729 8,333 438 104
71 1,979
208 521 208 208 344
52 490 100 1,771 146 4 79 2 ,083 375 625 417 142 271 2,500 4,479 181 313 323 667 833 542

Total Above

1 ,310 .9 1 ,283 .4 1 ,445.2 27,311

26,740

30 ,109

California-Clingstone 1,294 ,0 1 ,598.0 1 ,500 .0 26,958

33,292

31 ,250

United States

2 ,604.9 2,881.4 2,945.2 54,269

60,032

61,359

l lEstimates f or curr8nt year carried forward from earlier forecast. I I Excludes unharvest ed

production ~nd excess cu11age(mi1lion pounds) ; United States 1973 - 16 .2, 1974 - 8.91

except California Clingstone whi c h is over the scale tonnage and includes culls and cannery

diversions 1973 - 162.0 , 1974 - 153.0

PEACH REPORT AS OF JUNE 1 , 1975
The 1975 crop is forecast at 2,945 million pounds, 2 percent more than in 1974. The forecast excludin g California's Clingstone peach crop is 1,445 million pounds, up 13 percent from last season's utilized crop .
Production in the nine Southern States is expected to total 415 million pounds, 22 percent more than last year's utilized crop and 10 percent below 1973 . South Carolina , the largest producing State in thi s region, now expects a crop of 215 million pounds . Crop prospects are now 10 million pounds below the May 1 forecast as a result of an abnormally heavy May crop. Harvest is now accelerating in the South Carolina Sandhill and Coastal areas. In other Southern States overall prospects remained favorable \lith harvest of early varieties starting in late May.
In Kentucky crop prospects are good. In Virginia and West Virginia the set was heavy, requiring considerable thinning. The crop has sized exc eptionally well. Winter damage was less severe than in recent years in Illiriois, Indiana, Missouri and Ohio. Prospects are for a near normal crop in these States. In Michigan trees suffered some winter bud damage in Berrien County however in areas farther north little damage occurred . A larger crop than last year is expected as a result of favorable spring weather. The New Jersey peach crop is expected to be larger than last year. Growing conditions have been ideal since petal fall and the fruit is sizing well.
In the Western States the crop is generally one to two weeks late due to a cool wet spring but later weather has been ideal for fruit set and development . In California harvest is underway with 12 percent fewer freestone peaches expected. The Clingstone crop, forecast at 1 ,500 million pounds, is 6 percent below the 1974 utilized crop.

FRASIER T. GALLOWAY Agricultural Statistician In Charge

W. PAT PARKS Agricultural Statistician

The Statistical Reporting Service, USDA, 1861 West Broad Street, Athens, Georgia, in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture .

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AGRICULTURAL PRICES

.JUNE 15 1975 June 30 , 1975

GEORGIA InDEX UP [3 POINTS

The Al l Commoditi es Inde x of Price s Received by Georgia farmers in June was 182 percent , 8 po ints above t he p r evious month a nd 27 poi n t s above June 1974 , according to the Georgia Crop :~e p o r t i ng Service .

The June Al l Crops Index was 185 pe rcent , 7 points above the previous month . The Li v e s t ock and Livestock Product s Index was 179 perc ent , 9 points above the previous month and 39 points above June 197 4 . The increas e in the Al l Commodity Index from May 1975 level resulted from increases in the prices of corn , hay , hogs, beef cattle , peaches, and broilers.

UNITED STATES PRI CES RECEI VED INDEX UP 4 POINTS PRICES PAID INDEX UP 2 POINTS

The Index of Prices Rece i ve d by Farmers increased 4 points (2 percent) to 182 percent of its January-December 1967 average during the month ended June 15 , 1975. Contributing most to the increase s i nc e mid-tia y we r e hi gher prices for cattle , potatoes , tomatoes, cantaloups , ar-d peaches. Lower prices for wheat , barley , and gr a pef r ui t were partially offsetting . The index was 16 poi n t s (10 perc ent ) above a yea r e a r l i e r.

The Index of Pr ices Paid by Farmers for Commodities and Services, Interest , Taxes ' . and Farm Wage Rates f0r June 15 was 185 , up 2 points (1 percent) from a month earlier. Major contributors to the index rise were higher prices for farm machinery, feeder livestock, food, and motor supplies. Partially offsettin g were lower prices for feed and building mateirals. The index wa s 19 points (11 percent) above a year earlier .

1967 = 100

INDEX NUMBERS Hay 15 1974

GEORGIA AiID UNITED STATES

June 15

May 15

1974

1975

June 15 1975

GEORGIA

Prices Re ce i ved

All Commodities

1/158

1/155

174

182

All Crops

1/170

1/175

178

185

Livestock and Livestock

Products

1/149

1/140

170

179

UIU TED STATES

Prices R~ceived

:

174

166

178

182

:

Prices Paid, Interest,

Taxes & Farm v?age Ra te s :

165

166

183

185

Ra t i o 2/

:

105

100

97

98

1/ rrevised. ~/ ~a t io of Ind e x of Prices Rece i v ed by Farmers to Index o f Prices Paid ,

Interest " Ta xes , and Farm Wage Ra t e s .

FRA SI ER T. GALLOWAY Agr i cu l t ur a l Stati stic ian In Cha r ge

CLAYTON J . MCDUFFI E Agr i c ul t ur a l Statistician

The St a t i s t i ca l ~ep o r t ing Service , USDA, 18 61 West Broad STreet, Athens , Georgia in cooperation wi t h t he Ge or gi a De pa r t me n t of Agr icultur e.

PRICES - - RECEIVED AND PAID BY FARMERS, JUNE 15. 1975 WITH COMPARISONS

Georgia

:

United States

Commodity and Unit

June 15 May 15 June 15 June 15 May 15 Ju ne 15

1974

1975

1975 : 1974

1975

1975

PRICES RECEIVED I;Jheat , Bu. Oats, bu. Corn , bu. Cotton, lb. Soybeans, bu. Sweetpotatoes , cwt. Hay, baled, ton:
AI I Alfalfa Other I I Mil k Cows, head Hogs, cwt.
Beef Cattle, All, cwt. 11
Cows, cwt ]1 Steers & Heifers, cwt. Ca 1ves, cwt . Milk , Sold to Plants, cwt. Flu id Market Manufactured AI I Turkeys, lb. Chickens , l b. : Exclud ing Broilers Commercial Broilers Eggs, al I, doz. Table, doz. Ha tching, doz.

$

3 . 13

2.99

$

1.26

1.71

$

2.80

2.85



40.0

$

5. 17

5 . 10

$

$ 35.50 34.50
$
$ $ 410 .00 335.00 $ 24.50 42.30 $ 29.90 23.10 $ 24.50 20.00
$ 34.10 25.50 $ 36.30 25.50

$ ~/9.60
$ $ ~/9.60 23.0

9.25
9 . 25 30.0



7.5

4/18.5

4/45.6
~/40.2

70.0

10.5 25.0
53.3 46.3 85.0

2.80 1.60
2.95 40.0
5.00

3.57
1. 30
2.57
~/51.5
5. 13 4/14.00

3. 47 1.54 2.66
36.3 5.00 11.60

42.00
335.00 44. 10 24.50 20.00 28.00 25.00

47.70 51.20
38.90 4/515.00 -4/24.20
4/32.60 - 24.90
4/34.30 - 37.40

56.30 59.10 46.80 408.00 45.10 36.50 22.20 40.10 29.50

2/ 9 . 10
2/ 9 . 10
30.0

4/8.08 4/6.43 4/7. 67 ~/23 .6

4/8.26
4/7 .05 4/7 .98
-30.8

8.5 28.0
53.2 45.7 85.0

4/7 .4 4/19.0 ~/39.8

9.7 24.6
47.6

2.92 1.49 2.68 36.9 4.90 16.50
53.60 56.70 45.30 413.00 47.30 38.50 21.90 42.60 29.70
5/8.22 5./7.04
2/ 7 . 94
32 .3
9.0 27 . 4 45.7

PRICES PAID, FEED

Mi xed Dairy Feed, ton:

14% prote in 16% protein 18% protein

$ 116.00 127.00
s 128.00 136.00 s 128.00 133 .00

130.00 136.00 135.00

123.00 123.00 126.00

131.00 132.00 136.00

130.00 130.00 134.00

20% prate in

$ 132.00 136.00 133.00

130.00 139.00 137.00

Hog Feed, 14%-18% protein,

cwt ,
Cottonseed Meal, 41%, cwt. Soybean Mea l , 44%, cwt. Bran, C~-Jt. Mi dd l ings, cw t , Co rn fvlea 1, cwt Poultry Feed, ton:
Broiler Grower Feed

$

7.60

8.30

s

8.50

8.70

$

8.60

8.30

s

7.50

7.60

s

7.50

7.60

$

6.90

7.50

s 146.00 153.00

8.20 8.90 8.70 7.60 7.50 7.50
161.00

7.62 8.58 8.33 6.89 6.76 6.48
151.00

8.01 8.71 8.54 7.21 7.01 6.97
161.00

8.01
8.72 8.48
7.12 6.93 6.92
162.00

Laying Feed

$ 131.00 137.00 139.00

137.00 145.00 144.00

Chick Starter

$ 150.00 155.00 166.00

156.00 162.00 163.00

Alfalfa Hay, ton

$ 44.00 70.00

70.00

60.70 69.80

67.20

All Other Hay, ton

$ 46.00 63.00

63.00

50.60 58.00

55.90

11 Includes all hay e xcept alfalfa. 1/ "COWs" and lI~teers and heifers" combined with

allowance where necessary for slaughter bulls. ]1 Includes cull dairy cows sold for

slaughter, but not dairy cows for herd replacements. ~I Revised. 21 Prel imi na ry .

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J UN E ACREAGE REPORT - 19 75
NAJOR SHIFTS INDICATED FOR Sor:E GEORG IA crrops

Georgia farmer s i ndi cated . ne a r t he c l ose of the s pr i n g pl an t i ng seas on , tha t s harp change s fro m last year have t aken pl a c e i n the ir r ow c rop pl an tings. Ac cor d i n g t o t he Georgia Crop Re porting Se r v i c e , onl y abo ut ha l f as much cot ton was planted this ye a r whi l e so ybean a c rea ge will be e xpande d by 25 per ce n t when planting is compl e t e. Co t t on plan t i ngs , at 210.000 acres, were ab ou t l O.OOO acre s mor e t han h ad been planne d a t t he t i me of t he March 1, 1975 Plan tin g In tent i on s r epo r t while s oyb ean plantings, a t 1 , 290 ,0 00 a cres , shrank about 50 ,000 acres f r om e a rlie r i nten tions .

Corn plantings a lso de c l i ned fr om the ea r ly s e a s on i n t en t i ons but about 2 , 02 0 , 000 ac r es were p1anted--l percent mor e than a ye a r a go . Abou t 125 , 000 a cre s o f t he to t a l c or n a ~ r ea ge was i nd i ca ted to be plan t ed to white cor n varie ties -- t he sanle a s l as t yea r.

Peanut acreage was es tima t ed at 521 , 000 a cr e s - -up slightly fr om 19 74. Acres ha rve s t ed are usually depend ent on the weathe r a nd cr op condition s a t ha r ve s t t ime bu t is t enta tiv ely set at 515.000 acres.

Tobacco harve s ted a cre a ge wa s e s tima t ed at 75 , 000 acres-- up 4 perc en t or 3 , 000 a c r es from l as t year's high yielde r . Al l s o r ghum planting s, at 70,000 a c r e s , expande d 5,000 a cre s from both earlier int en t i ons and l ast year' s lev el of 65,000 ac res . Pa rt of t he i nc r e a s e i s believed to stem f rom weather-rela ted de l a ys i n pl a nting o the r crops, par t i cul a rly corn.

At the time of the March Survey , fa r me r s ind i ca t ed s l i gh t l y l e ss a crea ge fo r hay produc t ion but now i ndic a t e more hay acrea ge . About 460,000 a cres for ha y produc t i on is now est imated for 1975--up 1 per ce nt .

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ACRES PLANT ED AND HARVESTED, GEORG I A, 1 9 7 ~- 1 9 7 5

Planted ' Ac r e s

Har vest ed Ac r e s II

Indi ca t ed

1 97 5 -

Indi ca ted

1975-

19 74

1 9 75

1 9 74

19 74

1975

19 74

1,. 000 Acres

Pe r c e n t

1,000 Acres

Pe rc en t

Corn, All

: 2 ,000

2 , 020

10 1

White Corn II : 125

12 5

10 0

1 ,880

1 , 900

101

11 2

112

100

Wheat

: 215

160

74

16 0

130

81

Oats

: 230

240

104

95

95

100

Barley

:

12

10

83

9

8

89

Rye

: 40 0

480

1 20

115

110

96

Cotton

: 423

21 0

50

410

31

Hay, Al l

:

455

460

10 1

Soybeans

: 1 , 0 30

1 ,290

12 5

1 , 010

1 , 260

1 25

Peanuts

: 519

5 21

100

51 6

515

1 00

Sweetpotatoes

:

8 .5

8.0

94

8.0

7.5

94

Tobacco, Type 14 :

72

75

104

All Sorghum

:

65

70

108

36

40

III

II Harvested for princ i pa l use of each c rop , i . e. gr a i n , beans, nu t s , et c .

l!2/ Includ ed in Al l Corn . Ac res for harve st wi l l be available ~u gu s t 11 , 1975 .

This a c r e a ge r ep or t , issued in J une f or the f ir s t t ime i n 1975, incl ude s est ima t e s of acres planted or i n t ende d t o be pl an t ed and ac r e s in tended f or harve s t based on s ur ve ys co nducte d about June 1. Thes e e s t i ma t e s were previo us l y i s s ued a s part of the Jul y Cr op Product ion Rep or t .
The Cr op Pr odu c t ion Repor t to be i ssued J ul y 10 wi ll inc l ude e s ti mates fo r ha r ve s t . an d for ecast s of yie l d and pr od uc t i on fo r corn, whe a t , ba rley , oat s , rye, s ummer po t at oe s and fl ue-cured toba cco as we l l a s produc t i on fo re cas ts fo r selec ted fr u i ts and nuts . Yi e l d an d produc tion will b e ba s ed on s u r v ey s con duc t ed ab ou t J ul y 1 .

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UNITElJ STATES JUNE ACREAGE REPORT FOR 1975

Corn planted for all purpo s e s to t a l s 77.5 million acre s , v irtually unchanged from 1974 but 8 , percent above 1973. Ac re a ge for gr a in, at 67 . 0 million , is up 3 pe r c en t from la st year and 8 percent f r om 1973 .

Sorghum plant ings of 18 .2 million acres are up 3 perc ent f r om 1974 bu t 5 percent below 197 3 . Producers e xp e ct to ha rve st 14 . 9 million acre s f or gr a in , a 7 percent increase from 1974

Feed Grain pla nted acre a ge (corn, sor ghum, oa t s a nd barley combined) totals 122.7 million acres , nearly e qua l t o t he a creage plant ed las t ye a r . Acreage intended for grain harve s l is 104 .5 million, a lmost 4 pe r c e n t l a r ge r than 1974.

All Wheat s e edi ngs to t al 74 .4 million a c re s , up 5 perce nt from last yea r and 26 perc ent above 1973 . Gr O\Je r s seeded 55. 8 mi l l i on a c res of wi n t er wheat last fall , the largest acreage since 1953 .

Soybean planted acreage of 54. 6 mi ll i on i s up 2 pe r c ent from 1974 and the s econd largest of record . Growers intend t o harve st 53 . 6 mill ion acre s f or beans .

Cotton planted acreage is plac ed at 10.2 mi l l ion, 26 percent below 1974.

Oils e ed planted acreage (cotton, fla xseed , peanuts and soybeans combined) is 68.0 million , down nearly 4 percent from 1974 a s a r esult of the sharply lower cotton acreage .

Crop

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Ac r es Plan ted f or Al l Pur Qose s

Ac r e s Harvested 11

1975

Indicated

1975

1974

1975

1974

1974

1975

1974

1 , 000 Ac r e s

Pe r c e n t

1,000 Acres

Percent

All Corn

: 77 ,74 6

77 , 527

100

~.n1ite Corn 2:./ :

659

695

105

65,194

66 ,953

103

611

651

107

Al l Sorghum

: 17 , 733

18 , 230

10 3

13 ,917

14,857

107

Oats

: 18 ,100

17 ,379

96

13 ,325

13 ,882

104

Barley

: 9 ,117

9 ,557

105

8,281

8 ,814

106

All Wheat

: 71,169

74 , 406

105

65 ,459

69,029

105

Rye

: 3,200

3 ,186

100

897

800

89

Soybeans

: 53 ,5 80

54,586

10 2

52 ,460

53,590

102

Peanuts

: 1,519.6

1,527.8 101 .

1,472 .1

1,495.2 102

Cotton

: 13,729 . 4 10 ,205.3

74

12,546.6

31

All Hay

:

60 ,546

61,502

102

Sweetpotatoes :

1 23 . 6

126 .5 102

119 .7

123.2 103

All Tobacco

:

963.1

1 ,083.6 113

!.I Harvest ed f or principal us e of e a c h crop , I. E. Grain, Bean s , Nu t s ; etc.

21 10 State total : Included i n Al l Corn .
II Ac re s for ha r ve s t wi l l be avai lable Aug us t 11, 1975 .

F&\SIER T. GALLOWAY Agricultural Statistician In Charge

W. PAT PARKS Agr i cu l t u r a l Statistician

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Harvested Ac r e a g e

Districts 1, 2,

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COU NTY E ST IrL~T E S , 19 74 PREL HlINARY

Yield

Pe r Acre

Pr oduction

( Poun d s )

(Pound s)

0

0

Dis t r ic t 5 Dodg e Jo hnson Laur ens Hon t gomery Tr eu t l en Whee l e r
TOTAL

260 43
260 8 75 770 445 2 , 653

1 ,994 1 , 935 1 ,680 1, 951 1 , 743 1,894 1 , 85 8

51 8 , 400
8 3 , 2 0~
436 , 700 1,707 ,000 1 ,34 2, 000
842,800 4, 930 ,100

Di s t ri c t 6 Bulloch Candler Eff i n gham Ema nuel Jenkins Screven
TOTAL

2 ,850 1 , 540
180 1 ,310
155
73 6 ,108

2, 153 2 , 362 1 , 662 2 ,221 1 , 831 1 , 70 7 2 , 192

6 ,136 , 000 3 ,6 33,000
299 , 200 2, 910 ,000
283 , 800 124 ,600 13,391, 600

District 7 Dec a t ur Dou gh e r t y Gr ady lIitche ll Thoma s
TOTAL

260 26
1 , 250 2 , 270 1 ,530 5 , 336

1 ,714 1 ,585 2 ,022 2,161 2 ,192 2 , 11 2

445,700 41 , 200
2,527,0 00 4 ,9 05 , 000 3 ,353 ,000 11,271 , 900

District 8 At k i ns on Ben Hill Be r r i e n Br ooks Clinc h Coffee Colquitt Cook Echol s
IrwLn Jeff Davis Lanie r Lownde s Telfair Tif t Tur ne r
\~ilcox
Hor th TOTAL

1 , 340 8 35
4, 480 2, 190
255 4 ,690 5 ,990 3 , 250
315 2,2 70 2 , 040 1 , 590 4 ,100
58 0 2 , 850
17 0 185 1,540 38, 67CJ

2 , 1+98
2 ,193 2 , 365 2,0 77 2, 131 2, 409 2 , 282 2 , 315 2 , 130 2 , 3/+8 2, 429 2, 125 2 , 126 2 ,160 2 ,22 2 2 , 112 1 , 873 2 ,1 73 2 ,2 77
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3,347 ,0 00 1 ,831 ,000 10,593 ,000 4 ,54 8 ,000
543 ,4 00 11 ,300 , 000 13 ,671 , 000
7,5 25 ,000 671, 100
5 ,329,000 4 ,955 ,000 3 ,37 3 , 000 8 , 71G,000 1,253 , 000 6, 333 , 000
359,1 00 346 , 500 3,347 , 000 88 , 046 ,100

GEORGIA FLUE-CURED TOBACCO :

District

and

Harve s t ed

County -

Acr e age.

J ist r i ct 9 App ling
B a CO~~l
Bran t Ley
Br y a n Charlton Evan s Liberty Long Pierce Tat tna11 Toomb s Hare
~Jayr!e
TOTAL

2,59 0 2, 350 1 ,0 90
230 155 1 ,170
78 285 3,310 3,010 1,920 1 , 66 0 1 ,350 19,1 98

Other Counties

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COUNTY ESTINATES, 197q Yi eld
per Acr e (Pou nds)

PREL lJ'1INARY
Production (Pounds)

2, 224 2 ,349 2, 014 1, 927 1 ,771 2 ,176 2,078 1, 855 2, 377 2 , 272 2,157 2,375 2 , 223 2,251
1 , 654

5 ,7 60 ,000 5 ,519 ,000 2) 195 ,000
443,100 274,500 2,546,000 162 ,100 528 ,700 7 ,868,000 6 ,840 ,000 4 ,14 2,000 3 , 943,000 3,001,000 43,222 ,400
57,900

STATE

72 , 00 0

2 , 235

160,920,000

FRASIER T. GALLOHAY Agr i cul t ur a l Statistician In Cha r ge

~v . PAT PARKS Agri cul t u r a l Statistician

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GENERA L CR O P

E P ORT
GEORGIA

,J U L Y 1975

Crop Pros pects Favorable : At t he beg in ni ng of the mont h, mo st of Georgia's row c rops were i n f avo rable co nd iti on but were sh owing s t re s s i n the
southern half o f t he State be cau se o f mo i st u re s ho rt ages. Fai r l y gen eral ra i ns du r in g the first wee ke nd of Ju ly brou ght some re I ie f an d c ond i t ions we re ex pect e d t o improv e .

The Georgia Crop Rep o r t i ng Serv ice e st ima t e d t he pl a nt ed a c re s of corn at 2,020 ,000-up 1 percent. Of t his to ta l , 1, 900,000 a re e xpe cted t o be harvest ed f o r gra in. The yield es timate , wh ich is be i ng ma de a mon t h earl ie r t h i s ye ar, wa s se t at 54 bush els per acre . Wh i t e corn acreage was e stimat e d to be unch anged f rom last yea r a t 125,000 acres planted and 112,000 a cre s f o r g rai n h ~rves t .

Georgia, again, led t he Na t io n i n pe a nut a creag e with 52 1, 000 a cres --up 2 ,000 from l a s t year. Condit ion of t he c rop wa s ra t ed good. Soybe a n plan ting s, a t 1,290,000 acres , were at a re cord high level f o r the f i f t h co nse c ut i ve ye a r.

Flu e-cured t oba cco wa s report e d i n l ower co nd i t ion than a t thi s time las t ye a r . Acreage f o r ha r vest wa s set at 75, 000 ac re s - - up 3 , 000 a c res f rom a year a go . The prel imin ary yield est ima te was 2 , 000 po unds pe r a c re .

Co t ton acrea ge d ro ppe d t o 5 1 i ghtly l e s s tha n one- ha l f of la st yea r ' s a crea ge. The 210, 000 acres p l a n t e d this year were rep or t ed to be i n fai r to mo s t l y good cond i t ion .

Harvest of small qrains was abou t 95 percent co mplete on July 1. Harvest ed a c re s were down for a l l sma ll g rai ns e xce p t oats wh ic h remai ned unchanged.

Pea ch produc t ion i s e xpe c t ed to to t a l 95 mil li on po unds - -s l i ght l y mo re than double last year's weather reduc ed c rop. The Fede ral-S t at e Insp e ct ion Servi ce report ed 1,310 carlot e quiva l en t s h i pme n t s t h rou gh J uly 7 compa re d with on l y 573 ca r lo t s on t ha t da t e last yea r .

Crop and Un it

GEO RG IA ACREAGE AND PRODUCTIO N. 1974 AND 1975

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Ha r ve s t e d Ha r ve s t

1974

197 5

Yi eld Per Ac re

1974

Indicated 1975

Thousand Acre s

Production

1974

Ind icated 1975

-Th-o-us-a-nd-s

A11 Corn, fo r g ra in, bu.

1, 880

1, 900

56.0

54.0 105,280 102,600

v/h i t e Corn, f or grain,
bu . 11

112

112

5!+.

6,048

\Jhe a t , bu .

160

130

23. 0

28 . 0

3, 680

3, 640

Oat s, bu. Ba r 1ey, bu .

95

95

44 . 0

48.0

4,1 80

4 ,560

9

8

40.0

36.0

360

288

Rye, bu.

115

110

18.0

18.0

2 , 070

1,980

Cotton, ba 1e s ]j

4 23

2 10

!/49 0

1/

4/41 9

]1

Hay, all , t on

4 55

46 0

2. 35

}I

1,069

]1

Soybeans, fo r bean s 11

1,030

1, 290

25 . 5

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25 ,75 5

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Peanu ts, lb. ]j

5 19

521

3, 220

}I 1, 661 ,520

1/

Sweet potatoes, cwt .

8 .0

7.5

95.0

]1

76 0

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Tobacco, Type 14 , lb.

72

75

2, 235

2, 000

160, 9 20 150,000

Peaches, lb .

45 ,0 00 -9-5,-00-0

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produc tion in bal e s.

FRASIE R T. GALL OWAY Ag r ic u l t u ra l Stati s ti c ian In Cha r ge

I-I . PAT P A I ~ I<. S Ag r i cu l t u ra l Sta tis t i c ian

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UNITED STATES CROP REPORT SU~~RY AS OF JULY 1 , 19 75
Corn production , f or ec a s t a t a reco rd 6, 046 mi l lion bu shels bas ed on conditions a s of July 1, is 30 percent larger than the sho rt 1974 crop. The 1975 average yiel d per acre is indicated at 90 .3 bush el s , 19 bushe ls above 1974.
9at s product ion is expec te d to total 731 million bu s he l s , 18 pe r cen t more than last ye a r .
All wheat pr oduc tion i s for ecas t at 2 ,187 million bu s hel s , 22 percent above the previous r ecord crop of 1974.
Win te r whea t producti on , at nearly 1, 637 mi l lion bu shels--a r ecord high , is 18 million bushel s (1 percent) above la st ~o n th ' s for ecast and 18 pe r c e n t above last year .
Fl ue- c ured tobacco production is pl a ced at 1,3 96 mi l lion pound s , up 1.2 percent from l a st ye a r and the l a rges t p roduction since 196 2 .
I -=~~----------~ Serious floodin 8 occurred in th e central and l ower Red Ri ve r Valley areas of Nor t h Da kota and Mi nneso t a as th e r e sult of seve re thund erstorms on June 29 . At t he time i n f or ma tion \Jas obtained for this repo rt, t he ext e n t of losses in acre a ge a nd yield ~as not known . Therefore , t his r e port gene r a l ly r eflects y i e l d and production expec ted prior to flooding .

Cr op and Unit

UNITED STATES ACREAGE AND PRODUCTION, 1974 AND 1975

Are a Harvested : Yi eld ~er Acr e :

Production

Indi- :

Indi- :

Indicated

1974

cated : 1974 cated : 1974

July 1,

1975

:

197 5 :

1 97 5

1. ,000 Ac res

Thous a nd s 1/

Corn for Grain , bu. Oa t s , bu . Barley, bu . All Wheat, bu. Rye, bu. Tobacco , Type s 11-
and 14, lb. Peaches, lb .
Cotton, bale 2:.../

65, 1.94 13 ,325
8 ,281 65 ,459
89 7

66, 953 13 ,882
8, 814 69,029
800

71. 3 46 . 6 37.2 27. 4 21. 5

90 . 3 52.7 44 .8 31. 7 23.5

616 .3

717. 6 2,014 1 ,945

13 ,729 .4 10 ,205.3 1../ 442

4/

4 ,651,167 620,539 308,077
1,793 ,322 19,293

6,045,621 731 ,434 395 , 075
2,187,489 18,830

1 ,241,327 1,395 ,740

2 ,881.4

2 , 965 . 2

1/11 , 540 . 1

4/

1/ Peaches in million pounds .
2/ Planted acre s. 3/ Cotton yi e l d i n pound s pe r harvested acre, pro duc tion i n 480 l b . bales .
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The esti mated Geo rg ia peac h crop, at 95 mi l l io n po unds ( 1, 979, 00 0 - 48 pound equ ivalents), rema in ed unc ha nge d from t he e s t imate o f a mon th a go , ac co rd i ng t o the Georgia Crop Reportin g Se rv i ce . If real ize d , th is volume o f p roduc t ion wou l d be sl 19htly more than doubl e l a s t ye a r1 s ve r y sh ort c ro p of onl y 45 mil l io n poun ds .

Comments and record s rece i ve d f rom bo t h growe r s a nd offi ci a l so u rce s i nd i ca t e t hat this years shipments hav e bee n be t t e r in bo t h volume a nd qua l it y than las t year . The Federal-State Inspec t ion Se r vi ce repo r t s 1, 31 0 ca r lot e quiva l e nts sh i ppe d thro Lj n July 7 compared wi t h only 573 ca r lots f o r the sa me dat e l a s t yea r . SI i gh tly l e s s t han t hreefourths of the crop had bee n harves t e d at t he fi rs t o f t he mo nth.

Peach estimates rel a t e to t o ta l produc t io n whi c h i nclu de s ra i l an d t r uc k s h ipmen ts, local sales, non- insp e c t ed tr uc k sh i pme nt s to poin t s i n t he Sta t e a nd adjoi n i ng s t a t e s, quantities used for proce s s in g and qua nt i t ie s used o n t he farm s whe re p roduce d .

Sta te
Alabama Arkansas Georg ia Louis iana 1/
Mississipp i 1/
North Caro 1 i na
Ok 1ahoma 1/
South Carol ina Texas
9 States

1973

PEACHES

Pr oduct ion

Mi l l ion Pounds

48 Pound Equ i va l e nt s

Ind ica ted:

1974

197 5

1973

1974

Indica t ed 1975

1, 000 Un it s

: 7. 0

9 .0

8. 5

146

188

177

36 .0

20.0

35. 0

75 0

41 7

7 29

: 100.0

45 .0

95 . 0

2, 083

938

1,979

6.5

6 .3

2. 5

135

131

52

10.0

7.0

7.0

208

146

146

30 . 0

20 . 0

35. 0

625

417

729

9.2

1

6.8

19 2

2

142

245 .0

215. 0

2 15 . 0

5 , 10l.j

4, 479

4,479

15.0

18 . 0

15. 0

3 13

375

313

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- - -- - - - -- -- - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - ~ - --- - - - - - - - - - -

lf58 .7

340 . 4

4 19 . 8

9 ,5 56

7 ,093

8 , 746

TOTAL

:1,310 .9

1, 283 . 4

1, l.45. 2

27 , 3 J J

26 , 7LfO

30, l09

Cal if-Cl ingstone :1,294 .0

1, 598 .0

1, 520 .0

26 , 958

33 , 292

31 ,667

U. S

:2,604 .9

2, 88 1.4

2 ,965.2

54 , 269

60 , 032

.!.1 Estimate:s f or curren t year car r ie d f orwa r d f rom ea r l ier fo reca s t.

6 1, 776

FRAS IER T. GALLOVIAY Agricultural Statis tic ian In Cha r ge

I,/, PAT PA RKS Ag ri c u l t u ra l Sta t is ti c ian

The Statistical Reportin g Se rvice , US DA, 186 1 West Broad Stree t , At he ns , Georg ia i n cooperation with the Geo r g ia De pa r t me nt of Agr i cu ltu re.

UN!TED STATE S _.. PEACH RE POrn AS OF .JU LY 1, 1975
United Sta t e s pe a c h produc t ion is f ore ca s t a t 2,96S mi l l ion pou nds , up I pe r cent
from June I a nd 3 pe rcen t ab o ve the 1974 util ize d c ro p . Exc l ud i ng Ca l i fo r ni a ' s c l i ng s to ne peaches (used mostly for ca nn i ng) , t he rema in i ng product io n of 1, 445 mi l I io n po unds is up 13 percen t f rom l a s t year.
Cal iforn ia1 s c l i ngstone crop a t 1,5 20 mi l l io n poun ds i s unc ha nge d from t he spec ia l June 23 f oreca s t but 5 pe r ce nt be low t he 1974 ha rv e s t o f 1, 598 mi II io n po unds. Cro p
dev elopment is ab o u t 2 week s later t ha n norma l a nd t h i nn i ng i s now ne a ri ng compl et ion. Harvest of ea r l y va r ie t ie s is expe cted to comme nce a bout Jul y 18. The Ca l ifor n ia freestone fore cas t at 40 0 mi l I io n po und s i s off l ~ pe rce n t from 1974 . Harve s t was gai n i ng momentum by July 1. Fru i t pa c ke d fo r f resh mar ket is of h i gh qua l i t y a l th o ugh cul lage i s high due t o sp l it p i t s and s la b- s id e d f ru it.
The So u t h Car o l i na peach c rop a t 215 mill ion po unds is unc ha nge d f r om .Ju ne 1 an d l a s t
year. Pea ch ha rv est i s in f ull sv/in g wi t h siz e an d qual i t y gene ra l l y goo d . Pe nn s v l va n i a , Colora do an d Mich igan pe a ch p ro s pe c t s dec ] i ned f r om J une 1 wh i l e I I I i no i s , Nort h Caro l i na and We s t Virg ini a in c re a s e d a nd t he ot he r St a t e s showed no c ha nge. In Pe nns y l va ni a , a heavy Jun e drop a nd some se vere hai l storm s r e du ced c ro p po t entia l. We a t he r in Mi chi ga n h indered developmen t . Ha r ve s t o f e a r l y va ri eties i s get t i ng un derway in a l l St at es a nd will be a c t iv e i n J u l y .

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VEGETABLES

Re leas ed J ul y 14 , 1975

I NTENTIONS 1,.tW PROSPECTIVE ACREAG E FOR HARVEST- -SUl'11-1ER QUARTER
G EO ~GIA

As of July 1 , t he ~ ta ters vege t a b le and melon crop had made some r ecovery f rom the s l ow s t a r t c aused by e xcessive sp ring rains . Ac cording t o the Georgi a Crop Repor ting Ser vice, t he condition of vegetable and mel on c rop s \7aS rated fa i r to good but do wn s ome f r om t he 1974 c rop. Based on gr ower report s , harves ted acreage f o r the s umme r quarter is expec te d t o be dO~l 14 per cen t for snapbeans, 20 pe r cen t f or cabb age and 7 pe r cen t for tomatoe s. Ha r ves ted acreage is expected to be unchanged fo r can t a loup s bu t up 4 percent for wa t e r mel ons .
Aba ndonme n t is e xpe c t ed to be up some f r om last ye a r for all of t he es t imated ve geta ble and mel on crops . Some wa ter mel on acreage had to be replant ed foll~v7ing t he he avy sp ring r a i ns . Hovemen t of wa t e r me l on s has be e n sharply be l ow last year wi t ~ ; volume expec te d t a pe ak in t he latter part of July.

UNITED STATES

SNAP BEANS : The 1975 s ummer quar te r prospec t i ve acres for harvest is e s t i ma t e d at 30 , 640 acres, 1 percent more than t he 30,2 70 ac res harves t e d durin g the same quarter i n 1974 . Bas ed on historic average yields , t his acreage i s expec ted to provide 1 million cwt. , ,~l i ch i s approximately t~e same as the 1974 c r op. Land preparation and planting pr og r e ssed in Nor t h Carolina on schedule. Heavy ra i n s during Hny hu rt prospects sli ghtly. Rai n i s needed i n some areas of Virginia to improve yields . Beans ~ r e being ha r v e s t e d i n ilor t h Al ab ama wi th h arve st now completed in the Souther n co un ties .
CABBAGE : Prospective acres for harves t during t he 19 75 summer quarter i s fo recast at 27 ,280 acres , virtually unchanged f rom t he summer quarter of 1974 . Using hi s t oric average yi e l d s , producti on is proj ect ed at 6 .5 million C\ l t. , a decrea se of 4 pe r cen t from 197 4 . The Virginia cabbage crop is in fa ir c ondition, hO\Jever, club r oo t and block rot are showing up in some fi-e lds. Yi elds are expe c t ed to be beLow last year . The Nor th Carolina cabba ge crop was planted on schedule. Ear ly r ain s ga ve a needed bo ost and the crop i s deve LopLng wel.l. .
CANTALOUPS : The 1975 s umme r qua r ter e st i mate of 50,800 acres f or harvest is 14 pe r cen t above the 44 ,400 acres harves t e d in 19 74. Production from this acreage i s project ed at 7. 0 mill ion cwt. , which would be 9 per cent more than the c ompa r a bl e period last yea r . Fr eque n t heavy rains in Georgia ha s r educ ed the quality of the crop. Crops prospect s are good in Cal i f or n i a for summer cantaloups , al thoug h gr o\l t h and development are about a wee k be hind normal. Ha r ve s t began in t he Ker n d is t ric t in late June and s uppl ie s s hould continu e fro m t his d i s t ric t through Jul y .
TO~lliTOES : The 1975 p ro s pectiv e a c res for harve st durin g t he summer qua r te r i s placed at 60,4 70 acres a s compare d t o l a s t yea r ' s 60 , 410 a c re s. Bas ed on hi s t or i c avera ge yie l d s the summer producti on is e xpected to total 8 million cwt. Th i s projection is 5 per cen t l e ss than the 1974 crop. Earve st in s outh Al ab ama i s about t hree -fourth s co mplet e . Tomato harve st has passed peak in all south Te xas areas. Pick ing i s well underway in be t h Cen t r a l a nd Ea s t
Texas . Ho s t yi e l d s in Ea s t Te xa s have be en e xtremely l ow because of heavy rains dur ing t he gro uing s eason. Light picki n g is und e r way in nor th Texas .
WATERHELOUS : The 1975 summe r qua r t e r wate r mel on acreage f or harve s t i s placed at 139 ; 50J acr e s . This is 4 percent more than t he 1974 crop of 134 , 200 acres. Proj ect ed producti on f or t he s umme r c r op is e stimat ed at 13 . 0 mi l lion cwt . bas ed on average y i e l d s i n rec e nt ye ar s. This is 2 percent mor e t han las t year' s produc t ion. In Nor th Carol ina t ~e watermel on crop ~"a s pl a n t ed slightl y ah ead of s cb edule t hi s seas on a nd ha r ve s t s hould ge t unde r wa y ea r l i e r t han normal. In Alabama , wet , cool co nd it i on s at plan ting t i me caused poor s t a nds . Har ve st is underway wi t h poor ~ua li ty a nd yie l d. Heavy sp r i n g r ains delayed pl ant i n g an d caus ed some f i elds to be r e plant e d i n ~ e o r g ia .

Prospective Acreage for Harvest, Summer Qua r t e r 1/, by States, 1975 with Comparisons

Cr o? and

Summer Acreage

Harvested

For Harvest

1975 as a per cent of

State

1973

1974

1975

1973

1974

SrlLP BEANS 2 I ] j

Ac r e s

, , 1 ab a~a

l, OOG

780

Ceo r gi.a

1,400

1, 1': 00

North Carolina

4,000

3,800

Tennessee

1,500

1 ,300

Group Total

7 , 9 0 '!

7,280

Total 14--S-ta-t-e'-"u ----'--2';<,4-6-0---- - - - -3-0<,27-0- - - - _.

58 0 1 ,200 3,700 1 ,200 6, 680 30,640

Percent

58

74

86

86

93

97

80

n

85

92

104

101

Prosp 2ctive Planted and Harvested Acres, Summer Quar~er, by States and Planting Period, 1975

"lith Comparisons

Ac r e a ge planted and to oe planted for specified planti~ g period s

Summer Acr e age 11

Cr op

Year of Planting

IIa r v e s t ed

For

and

Planting

Intended

Harvest

State

Period

1973-74

1974-75

1 974

1975

Ac r es

CABB.:"GE 31

Georgia

Dec.-Jul.

3 , 8 00

3,800

500

400

~:or th Carolina

Har .-Ju1 .

3,300

3,700

3,100

3 , 600

Virginia

Feb.-Aug.

1,900

1,90Q

650

800

Group Total

9, 000

9,400

4,250

4,800

Total 19 States

52.780

51.330

~7-,--,2_3_0

2--7=,-280 _

SANTALOUPS

Arizona

Jan.-Apr.

6,900

7,000

1,400

California

Har.-Jun.

25,900

30,000

25,900

Georgia

i"Iar. -Apr.

4,000

4,200

3 , 3 00

South Carolina

Har.-Hay

3 ,200

3,500

3,000

Group Total

40 ,000

44 ,700

33,600

Total 9 States

51 ,600

56,400

/,/',400

TOHATOES ,:'l a"lJ ama Georgia North Carolina South Carolina T2xas Group Total Total 23 States WATEfJ.iELOi.'JS Alabama Georgia Hississippi Nor t h Carolina ,) k 1a!'.oma Sout.u Carolina Texas Groun Total Total 15 States

Har.-Ju1.
i Iar .-A~r.
Ha r . - J un . liar. -Apr.
....Jun . ~ - ., .".. _ or
... _ Col.. . .
Har.-May Ha r . -Apr -. Nar.-Apr . Apr.-Hay Ha r . - Ma y l1ar .-Hay Jan.-Jun .

9 ,300 3,000 1 ,700 3,200 4 ,500 26,700 89,810
14,400 31,000 10,000
7,000 7,000 23,1 00 55,000 147,500 18 0 ,700

8,000 2 ,800 2,100 8,400 4,700 26,000 90 ,110
14,400 33 ,000 10,400
7,600 9,000 24,300 55,000 153 ,700 190,000

6,200 1 ,300 1,600 1,300 2 ,800 13,700 60,410
11,500 26,000
9 ,4 00 7,000 6,400 21 ,600 24,0 00 105,900 134,200

5 ,200 1 ,300 2 ,100 3, 000 2,600 14,200 60,470
10, 800 27 ,000
9,500 7,400 7,500 23,100 22,000 107,300 139,500

II July, Augu3t and September.
~I Acr ea ge intentions for specified periods are not estimated nationally .

3/ Includes fresh market and processing.

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Ju I'I 1975

GEORG IA COTTGi,j: ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1974

(Thes_e estimates are based on the latest available data and are prel iminary)

ACRES

:

YIELD LINT PER AC~E

PRODUCT ION

District

and County

:
Planted

Harvested

Planted



480 Pound
Gross ItJe i ght

Ha rvested

Bales

Acres - -

- - Pounds - -

- - Ba 1es - -

DIST:1ICT 4

Ca rro 11
Coweta Ha rr is Hea rd Henry Lamar Hacon "la r i on I"le r iwethe r Pike Schley Spalding Talbot Taylor Troup

130

125

262

730

695

341

115

110

330

55

55

255

I ,360

I ,300

495

145

140

476

8,200

7,900

521

260

230

427

1,920

1,870

326

275

230

262

470

455

370

245

240

302

27

25

296

4,870

4,820

546

13

13

154

272

71

358

520

345

79

255

29

518

1,400

493

145

541

8,900

4~3

230

335

I ,300

3 13

150

382

365

308

155

320

17

551

5,550

154

4

TOTAL

18,815

18,208

482

498

18,915

DISTRICT 5

Baldwin Bibb Bleckley Butts Crawford Dodge Hancock Houston Jasper Johnson Lau rens Montgomery Morgan Newton Peach Pulaski Putnam Rockdale Treutlen Tw iggs \.!a s h i ngt o n \Jhe e 1e r loj ilk i nson

755

735

252

80

70

288

15,500

15, 100

473

110

105

118

1,250

I ,230

596

10,600

10,400

422

655

640

315

4,950

4,790

L~42

1L~5

135

538

8,400

7,750

425

16,100

15,300

394

160 6,55()

,

120 6,450

263 478

1,750

1,720

298

985

895

483

15,500

15,300

519

16

IS

188

120

110

ISO

1,450

1,400

377

3,270

3 ,240

507

7,500

7, 150

493

830

765

420

65

40

200

259

395

329

48

485

15,300

124

27

606

I ,550

430

9,300

322

430

456

4,560

578

160

460

7,450

414

13,200

350

88

485

6,500

303

1,090

532

990

526

16,800

200

6

164

38

391

1,140

511

3,450

518

7,700

456

725

325

28

TOTAL

96,741

93,460

451

467

90,975

COiH 1NUED

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July 1975

GEORGIA COTTON: ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1974

(These estimates are based on the latest ava ilable data and are pre] iminary)

District

.

ACRES

and

County

:

Planted

Ha rves ted

YIELD LINT PER ACRE

Planted

Ha rves ted

:

PRODUCTION 480 Pound Gross If/eight

Bal es

Acres - -

- - Pounds - -

- - Ba 1es - -

DISTRICT 6

Bulloch Burke Cand 1er Eff i ngham Emanuel Glascock Jeffe rson Jenkins tkDuff ie Richmond Screven INa rren

270 23,700
1,670 40
3,600 1,710 14,000
3,220 910
1,410
4,750 3,280

230

348

23,300

489

1,580

469

39

325

3,460

403

1,680

349

13,600

432

3,140

420

880

436

1,230

328

4,690

518

3,250

358

409

195

498

24,200

496

1,630

333

27

419

3,020

355

1,240

444

12,600

430

2,810

451

825

376

960

525

5,150

361

2,440

TOTAL
DISTR ICT Z

58,560

57,079

451

463

55,097

Baker Calhoun Clay Decatur Dougherty Early Grady Lee Mill er Mi tche 11 Qu i tman Randolph Seminole Stewa rt Sumter Terre 11 Thomas Webs te r

220
5,650 2,950
400
1,270 6,050
155 2,670 1,040
4,330
295 5,250 2,220 1,840
10,500 11,400
2,670 100

175

541

5,600

688

2,900

707

395

273

1,230

360

5,950

509

150

342

2,630

465

645

243

3,910

356

290

342

5, 150

629

2,070

250

1,810

403

10,100

511

11 ,200

619

2,530

372

95

420

680

250

694

8,100

720

4,350

276

225

372

950

518

6,450

353

110

472

2,590

392

525

394

3,210

348

210

641

6,900

269

1, 160

409

1,540

531

11 ,200

630

14,700

393

2,070

442

88

TOTAL

59,010

56,830

525

545

64,628

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J ul y 1975

GEORGIA COTTO~J: ACREAGE. YIELD AND PRODUCTI ON, 1974

(These estimate s are based on the latest av a i lable data and are preliminary)

Dis trict and County

AC RES

Plant ed

Ha rves ted

YIELD LINT PER ACRE

Plan ted

Ha rves ted

PRODUCT ION 480 Pound : Gross \Je i ght
Ba l e s

Acres - -

- - Pounds - -

- - Ba Ies - -

DIST i{ICT 8

Atkinson Ben Hill Berr ien Brooks Coffee Co I qu i tt Cook Cr i sp Dooly I rw i n Jeff Da v i s Lan ie r Te l f ai r Tift Turne r \.J i I cox ';Jorth

24

24

208

3,610

3 ,430

414

915

835

266

4,460

4,390

520

I ,380

1,360

263

24,900

24,000

435

620

515

327

14,500

14,200

476

50,300

49,700

632

4,740

4,410

432

170

140

324

19

19

105

360

250

219

1,860

I ,790

465

8,700

8,450

558

13,100

12,500

315

II ,500

11,200

458

208

10

435

3, 110

29 1

505

528

4,830

267

755

451

22,600

394

420

486

14,400

64 0

66,200

464

4,260

393

115

105

4

3 16

165

483

1,800

574

10,100

330

8,600

47 0

11 , 000

TOTAL

141,158

137,213

506

52 1

148 , 874

DISTRICT .2

Evans Tattnal l Toombs

65

60

508

550

69

245

200

265

325

135

1, 450

1,420

255

26 1

770

TOTAL

1,760

1,680

266

279

974

Ot her Count ies

90

49

89

State

423.000

410, 000

475

163

17

49 0

419,000

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GRAIN STOCKS Ju Iy I, 1975

Rel eased 7/28/75

Stored Grain Stocks Up

The quantity of corn and oats stocks a s of July I, 1975 wa s up from the prev ious yea r,
according to the Georgia Crop Report ing Serv ice. Quantities of s tored grain were higher
than year-earl ier levels for all c rops i n on -farm storage except grain sorghum and bar l ey .

Georqia Gra in Stocks - July 1, 1975. wi t h Comparisons

Grain

On Fa rms

1974

19 75

: Off Fa rms 1/

1974

1975

All Pos itions

. 1974

1975

1,000 Bushels

Corn Oats Barley Wheat Rye Sorghum Soybeans

:

12,826

20 ,0 03

2,566

3,321

210

334

48

85

6

4

4

0

32

37

1/

2/

48

62

2/

0

95

38

2/

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1,796

3,863

4 ,619

1J

15,392 258 10
2/ 2/
2/
6,415

23,324 41 9 4 2/ 62
38 2/

1/ Includes stocks at mills, elevators, war ehouses, terminals, processors and CCC -owned
grain at bin sites. 1/ Included in unalloca ted to avo id disclosing individual operations.

United States: Wheat and Soybean Stocks Up--Other Grain Stocks Below Year Earl ier

. July 1 stocks of all wheat at 8.7 mill ion metric 'to ns were 29 percent ab ove a year earl ier. Soybean stocks of 9.8 mil I ion metr ic tons were 5 percent above July 1, 1974. Stocks of the four feed grains (corn, oats, barl ey and sorghum) totaled 35.9 mill ion metric tons, 24 pe rcent below July 1, 1974 . Decreases from a year earl ier for individual f eed grains ranged from 21 percent for corn to 47 percent for sorghum.
Corn in all storage positions on July 1,1975 totaled 1,146 million bushels, 21 percen t less than a year earl ier and 41 percent less t ha n July I, 1973. Th is is the smallest quan tity in storage on July I since 1952. Farm holdings, at 801 mill io n bushels, are down 25 percent
from a year ago while off-farm hold ings, at just over 345 mill ion bushels, are down 9 percent. These are the smal lest July I farm and off-farm holdings in more than 20 years. Indicated disappearance from al I positions during April-June was 1,062 mill ion bushels, down 25 percent from the 1,418 mil I ion bushels for the same period of 1974. Th is disappearance is the lowest since 1971.
Sorghum grain stocks in all positions on July I, 1975 totaled 95 mill ion bushels, down sharply from the July 1, 1974 level of 178 mill ion bushels and 52 percent below the sa me date in 1973. Off-farm stocks wer e down 47 percent from last year and accounted for 69 percent of the total stocks. Sorghum stored on farms was down 45 percent from July I , 1974.
Old crop oat stocks in storage on July I, 1975 tota led 184 million bushels, compared wi t h 255 mill ion bushels las t year and 410 million bushels on July 1, 1973. Farm stocks at
119 mill ion bushels were down 21 percent from a year ago wh ile off-farm stocks were down
37 percent. Old crop barley stocks i n s torage in all positions on July 1, 1975 totaled 75 mi l ] ion
bu shels, 37 percent less t ha n a year ear] ier and 54 percent less than June 1, 1973 . Th i s is the smal lest July 1 stocks on hand sin ce 1954.
Old crop carryover of al I whea t on July 1, 1975 totaled 319 mill ion bushels , 29 percen t above a year earl ier, but 27 percent less than 2 years ago. Except for last year, t hi s i s the smallest July I holdings since 1952.
Old crop rye stocks i n al I positions on July], 1975 totaled 5.9 mil lion bushels, down sharply f rom the July 1,1974 level of 11.0 million and the lowest July 1 stocks since 1964.
Stoc ks were about equally spl it be t ween farm and o f f - f a rm positions.
Soybean stocks i n all storages on July 1, 1975 totaled 359 mil I ion bushels, 5 percen t more than last year's 342 mill ion bushels and exceeded for the date only i n 1969 and 1970. Soybeans stored on farms at near ly 168 mill ion bushels are 11 percent more than las t year' s 15 1 mill ion bushels and exceeds the previous July I record of 141 mill ion bushels e s ta b l ish ed in 1969. Off-farm stocks at 192 mill ion bushels are up less than 1 percent f rom last year.

Grain and position

United States

Stocks of grains, July 1, 1975 with compa r i sons (In thousand bushels)

July 1

July 1

Apr ill

1973

1974

1975

July 1 1975

CORN On Fa rms Off Farms 1/ TOTAL
SORGHUM On Farms Off Fa rms 1/ TOTAL
OATS (old crop) On Farms
Off Fa rms 1/
TOTAL
BARLEY (old crop) On Farms
Off Farms 1/
TOTAL

1,372,918 564,315
1.937,233
45,585 153,996 199,581
228,974 180,974
409~48
88,756 73,788 162,544

1,062,940 380,541
1,443,481
54,918 123,533 178.451
151,329 103,745
~2.9L4_
55,107 63,926 119,033

1,503,813 704,825
2,208,638
63,850 145,278 209,128
238,756 89,788 328--,544
61,610 71 ,227 132.837

800,759 345,627 1, 146.386
30,019 65,307 95,326
119,360 64,965 184,325
29,934 45.508 75,442

ALL WHEAT (old crop) On Fa rms Off Fa rms 1/ TOTAL

133,876 304,578 438,454

89,200 158,201 247.401

260,207
387,982 648,189

125,858 193,403 319,261

RYE (old crop)
On Farms
Off Farms 1/
TOTAL

6,786 26,484 33,270

2,745 8,214 10,959

4,201 4,080 8,281

2,904
2,951
~855

SOYBEANS
On Fa rms
Off Farms 1/
TOTAL

33,855 145,352 179,207

151,104 190,865 341,969

335,766 323,317 659.083

167,569 191 ,742 359,311

1/ Includes stocks at mills, elevators, warehouses. terminals, processors, and commodity credit corporation (CCC)-owned grain at bin sites.

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GEORGI A IN DEX UP 4 POI NTS

The Al l Commodi t i e s Inde x of Pr i ces Re ce iv e d by Geor gi a f a rmer s i n J uly wa s 186 pe r ce n t , 4 points a bove th e p re v ious mo nt h a nd 22 po ints a bove Ju l y 1974, a cc ord i ng t o the Geor gia
Crop Repo r t i nq Se r vi ce.

The July All Crops Inde x wa s 175 pe r ce n t , 10 poin ts be l ow t he p re v io us mo nt h . The Liv e s t oc k and Livestoc k Produ c t s Index wa s 194 percent , 15 po i nt s above t he p rev iou s mo nt h and 4 1 po ints ab ove July 1974. The in crea s e in t he All C O~ffiod it y Inde x f rom J une 1975
l evel resulted from in c rea se s i n t he p ri ce s of soybea ns , hogs , broil e rs a nd ot her ch ic ke ns .

UNITE D STATES PR ICES RECE IVED IN DEX UP 5 POI NT S
PRIC ES PA ID IND EX UPI PO INT

The Inde x of Pr ices Rece i ved by Fa rme r s i nc r ea s ed 5 poin t s ( 3 percent ) to 187 pe rc en t of it s Ja nua ry- De cembe r 1967 ave ra ge du r in g t he month e nde d Jul y 15, 1975. Con t r ib ut i ng
most to th e i nc rea se wer e h ighe r p r i ce s f or hog s , whea t, po t a t oe s , Upland co t t o n , mi lk , a nd soybeans. Lowe r pri ce s f o r ca t tle we re pa rt iall y o f f s e t t i ng . The in de x wa s ) 1 po in t s
(6 percent) a bove a year a go .

The Inde x of Pr ice s Pai d by Farme rs f or Commod i t ies a nd Se rvice s , In te rest, Ta xes,
and Farm Wa ge Ra t es f or Ju Jy 15 was 186, up I po in t ( ~ perce n t ) f rom a mont h ea r l ie r .
Hi ghe r pr ices f or food an d f ue l we re o n l y par t ia l l y o f f se t by l ower f ee der I iv e s t oc k pr i ce s .
The i nde x wa s 18 poin t s ( 11 pe rcen t ) a bove a year e~ r l i e r .

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INDEX N U I~ B E R S
June 15 19 74

GE ORGI A AND UNITED STAT ES

J uly 15

June 15

19 74

19 75

Ju l y 15 19 75

GEORG IA

Pr i ces Received

AI 1 Commod i t ies

1/155

1/1 64

182

186

Al l Crops ,

1/ 175

1 /1 78

185

175

Liv es tock and Liv es t oc k

_--- --------------- Product s

. 1/140

.. - - _ . ~ - - -- - - - _ ._ - - - - - - - - - - _ . _ - - - - _

1/ 153

179

194

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Uf'll TED STATES

Pr i ces Recei ve d

166

176

182

187

Pr ice s Pa id , Int eres t,

Taxes & Fa rm Wa ge Ra t e s :

166

168

185

186

Ra t i0 1:/

100

10 5

98

10 1

1/ Re v i s e d . 1/ Ra t io of Index o f Pr i ce s Re ce i ve d by Fa rmer s to Inde x of Price s Pa id ,
Int e re s t , Taxes, and Farm Wa ge Ra t e s .

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PRICES -- RECEIVED AiID -PAID BY FARMERS. JU LY 15. 1975 \J ITH COMP,1\RISOi,!S

Geo r gi a

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Uni ted Stat e s

Commod i ty and Un i t

J uly 15 J une 15 Ju l y 15

1974

1975

1975

J uly 15 Ju ne 15

1974

1975

prUCES KECEIVED '.4Ilea t , bu. Oet s , bu. Corn, bu. Cotton, lb. Soybeans, bu . Sweetpotatoes, cwt. Hay, baled, ton:
All Alfalfa Other II Mil k Cows, hea d Hogs, cwt ,
Beef Cattle, All, cwt. 11
Cows, cwt , l/
Steers & Heifers, cwt. Calves, cwt. Milk, Sold to Plants, cwt.
Fluid t'larket Manufactured All Turkeys, lb. Ch i ckens , 1b. : Exclud ing Broilers Commercial Broilers Eggs, all, doz. Table, doz. Hatching, doz.

$ 3. 20

$

1.33

$ 3.0 6

(;
$ 5.86 $ 13. 50

$ 37.00
$
$ $ 4 10. 00
$ 33.70 $ 31 .00 $ 25. 90 $ 35.00 $ 37.10

$ ~/9 .40
$ $ .!:!-/9.40 23.0

4/8 . 0 (; 4720 . 8 4/49 .8
~/4 5 .5 70.0

2.80 1. 60 2.95 40 .0 5.00
42 .00
335. 00 44 .10 24. 50 20.00 28.00 25. 00
9.10
9 .10 30.0
8.5 28. 0 53.2 45.7 85 .0

2. 80
1. 45 2.89 40. 0
5. 34 16. 60

4 . 04
1. 37 2.91 4/4 9. 4
- !/ 6 . 11
9 . 55

41 . 00
350 . 00 49 . 80 23 . 7 0 19.50 27. 00 24. 30

48 .20 51.60 40 .20 4/508 . 00 - 4/ 34 . 30
4 /35.30 - 23. 60
4/ 38.30
~/36. 00

.2/9 . 10
.2/9. J 0 29 .0

4/ 8. 00
4 /6.31 417 . 61
!723. 0

11. 2
32. 5 53. 2 45. 7 8 5 .0

417 .2 4720. 5 ~/43 . 8

2.92 1. 49 2.68 36. 9 4 .90 16 . 50
53.60 56 .70 45 . 30 4 13.0 0 47 . 30 38.5 0 21. 90 42. 60 29. 70
4/8.21
417 . 08 ~17 .94
32 .3
9.0 27. 4 45 .7

J u ly 15 1975
3. 33 1.45 2. 72 40 . 5 5 .27 11. 70
51.20 54 . 40 43 .50 4 15.00 54 . 10 36 .20 20. 60 40.70 28. 10
~/8. 39 517 . 16
5 /8. 11
-34 .1
10.0 30. 3 46. 4

PRICES PAID. FEED

Mixed Dairy Feed, ton:

14% protein 16% protefn 18"10 protein 20% protein Hog Feed, 14%-18% protein,

$ 125. 00 $ 134.00 $ 136.00 $ 138.00

130.00 136 . 00 135. 00 133.00

130 . 00 138.00
135.00 141 .00

125.0 0 126. 00 13 0 . 0 0 13 2.00

130.00 130.00 134.00 137 .00

129.00 130.00 133 .00 137 . 0 0

cwt ,
Cottonseed Meal, 41 %, cwt. Soybean Meal, 44%, cwt. Bran, cwt , Middl ings, cwt , Co rn Mea I, cwt Poultry Feed, ton:

$ 8.00

$ 8. 40

$ 8. 20

$ 7.40

$

7 .50

$

7.10

8 .2 0 8. 90 8 .70 7.60 7.50 7.50

8.30 8.80 9.00 7.70 7. 40 7. 30

7.73 8.42
8 . 29 6. 73 6.64
6. 79

8 .01
8 . 72 8 .48
7. 12 6 .93 6.92

8.01
8.79 8. 57 7.06 6.88 6. 97

Broiler Grower Feed Laying Feed Ch ick Sta rte r Alfalfa Hay, ton All Other Hay, ton

$ 159.00 $ 142.00 $ 161.00 $ 44.00 $ 45.00

161 . 00 13 9 . 0 0 166 . 0 0 70.00 63 . 0 0

155.00 140.00
165. 00 70 .00 60.00

157 . 0 0 141.00 161 .00 60. 80 50.40

162.00 144.00 163 .00 67.20 55 . 9 0

161 .00 145.00 164.00 65.00 54.20

II Includes all hay except alfalfa. 11 "COWSI I and "s t ee r s and he l fe r s!' comb ined with a l l owan

where necessary for slaughter bulls. }I Includes cull dairy cows sold for slaugh t er, but not

dairy cows for herd replacements. ~I Revised. ~I Prel iminary.

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GE NE R A L

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REP 0 R T - - A UG U S T GEORGIA

August 12, 197 5 197 5

The overall co ndi ti on of mos t o f Geo r g ia ' s row c rops was qui te favora ble as of Au gus t 1, according t o the Georgia Crop Re po rt ing Se r v i ce . Crop cond i t ion ratings were mostly "goodll to "excel le nt il t hroughou t the mont h thanks to amp l e ra i nfa l l. However , co nt i nue d ra infall into Augus t 1 im i ted f iel d wo rk a nd t he effecti ve ne s s of s p ra y programs. Condition rat ing s for co tton and peanu t s had d rop pe d mode rat el y by t he f i r s t of Augus t.

Pea nuts, the St a t e' s lea d i ng cas h c rop , were re po r ted in very favorable condition and a y iel d of 3 , 100 pounds per a c re i s f o reca s t. Th i s wou l d be the s econd h igh es t yield on record. If real i zed , t hi s wo ul d mea n a p roduc t io n o f 1,596 ,500 ,000 pounds.

Co tton production was es t ima t e d at 170 ,000 ba les down 249 , 000 bales or 59 percen t below last year's crop. Developmen t o f t he crop ha s been hampered by wet weather. Fr equent rains have interrupt e d spra y prog rams a nd rendered pest icid es ineffective, t hus allowin g insect populat ions t o bu ild at a ra p id pac e. Yi e l d per acre, a t 408 pounds, is foreca s t at 82 pounds below last yea r ' s yiel d of 490 pounds . Co tton acrea ge i s down 51 percent or 210,000 acres from la st year and l owes t on reco rd back to 1866.

The ~ crop is fore cast a t 11 2. 1 mi l l ion bush e ls -- 6 perce nt above la s t year and a new record. The yield, a t 59 bushels pe r ac re , is wel l above average and 3 bushels mo re than last year. Corn has be ne f i t e d mo st from t he ra in s and th ro ughout July and i nt o Augus t was consis tently reported in very f a vora b l e co ndi t io n. Soybea n production is forecast at 31,500,000 bushels. If rea l i ze d , t hi s wou l d be 5 , 745 , 000 bushels or 22 percen t above l ast year's output and a new record . Yie l d i s f o reca s t at 25 bus hels per ac re, down 2 percen t from last year 's yiel d of 25 .5 bus he ls pe r a c re .

Flue-cured tobacco ha rve s t i s wei 1 unde rway altho ugh t he re have been several delays from persistent rains. By the e nd of t he mont h , 80 percen t of the crop had been pul led. All tobacco production is f o reca st at 150 ,195 ,000 pounds or 11 ,207,000 pounds less than last year's production. Yie ld was e st ima t e d a t 1, 999 poun ds per acre, 234 pounds less than th e previous year.

Crop and Unit

GEORGIA ACREAG E AND PRODUCTI ON , 1974 AND 1975

Ac reag e

Yi eld Pe r Ac re

Harvested
1974

For ha rve s t
1975

1974

Ind. 1975

Thousand Acres

Produ ction

1974

Ind. 1975

Thousands

All Corn, for gra in, bu. Wh i t e Corn , f o r gra in,
bu. 1/
Wheat, bu.
Oats, bu .
Barley bu.
Rye, bu . Sorghums, for gra i n, bu.
Cotton, ba les 1/
Hay, all, t o n Soybeans, for bean s , bu .
Peanuts, Jb. Swee tpotatoes, cwt . Tobacco, a ll, lb . Peaches, lb. 3/

1,880

1,900

112 160
95 9
115 36 4 10
45 5 1,0 30
519 8.0
72. 3

112
130
95 8
110
40
200 460 "1, 260
5 15 7. 5
75. 1

56.0

59.0

105,280

54.0 23 . 0
44.u
40.8 18.0
35 .0 490
2.35 25.5 3 ,220
95.0 2,23 3

28. 0 48.0 36.0 18.0
35.0 408
2.40 25.0 3,100 100.0
1,999

6,048 3,680 4,180
360 2,070 1,260
41 9 1,069 25, 755 1,661, 520
760 161,402
45

112, 100
3,640 4,5 60
288 1,980 1, 400
170 1,104 31,500 1,596,500
750 150 , 195
95

.!/ Includea i n "AII Co r n" above . 1/ Co t t on yi el d in pounds per harvested a cre , p roduc tio n
in bales. 3/ Pea che s in mi ll ion pounds .

MAURICE H. HAMME R A~sistant Agricult ural St a ti s tic ia n In Charg e

PAUL E. WIL LIAMS Ag r i cu lt u ra l St at i s t ic ian

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UNI TED STATES CROP REP ORT SUMMA RY
AS OF AUGUST 1, 1975

Corn-- Produc t ion i s fo reca st a t a re cord 5 ,8 50 mi l I ion bush el s based on conditions as o f Augus t 1, 3 percent ( 196 mi l l io n bush e ls ) be l ow J uly 1 but 26 percent abov e 1974.

So r qhum Gra in--P ro du c t io n i s f ore ca st a t 81 I mil l ion bushels, 29 percent above last
yea r ,

Feed Gra in --Product ion ( corn, sorghum , oa ts a nd bar l ey comb ined ) is forecast at 207 mil I ion shor t tons , 25 pe rc e nt mo re tha n l a s t year .

All Wheat --P rodu ct ion i s a re co r d 2,1 41 mi lli o n bus hels, 19 pe rcent more t ha n la s t yea r 1s record crop, but 2 pe r ce nt (47 mi ll ion bus he l s ) be low l a s t mon th's forecast. Du r um prospects dec l i ne d 6 pe r ce nt du r i ng J uly a nd o the r s p r i ng whea t dec l ined 9 percent , whi le
winter whea t c ha nge d l it t l e .

Soybean - -P roduction, p l a ce d a t 1, 458 mil l io n bushe ls in th is f irst forecast of th e 1975 crop , is 18 perce nt more t ha n the 1974 out- t ur n .

All Cotton--Production i s f oreca s t at 9. 4 mi l l ion bales, 18 percent below 1974 and 27 percent below 1973 . Yie l d pe r ha rv ested a cre at 484 pounds is 42 pounds above 1974.

Oilseed--Production (soybea ns , co tto ns ee d , pe an ut s and flaxseed combined) is forecas
at 50 mi ll io n short tons , 14 percen t mo re t han la s t year .

All Tobacco--Is f o r ecas t a t 2,220 mi l l ion pounds , 12 percent above 1974. Flue-cured crop of 1,449 mill ion pounds is up 17 pe rce nt and the largest crop produced in 20 years. Burley output, at 639 million pou nds , is 4 pe rce nt higher than a year earlier.

L"IITED STATE S ACREfl AND PRODUCT ION, 1974 and 1975

Acre a

Yi e l d Pe r Acre

Product ion

Crop and Un it

Ha r -

for

ves t e d Ha rves t

Ind.

1974 1975

1974

1975

Ind.

1974

1975

Corn, for gra in, bu.
~~hea t, bu . Oats, bu . Ba rl ey , bu . Rye, bu.
Cotton, ba 1es 1/
Hay, all, ton Soybeans, for beans, bu . Peanuts, 1b. Sweetpotatoes , cwt . Tobacco , al l , lb. Peaches, 1b. ]j

Thou sa nd Ac re s

65, 194 S6 , 893

71.3

65,459 8 ,861

27. 4

13, 325 3, 932

46. 6

8 ,281 8 , 642

37 .2

897

807

21.5

12,546 . 6 9 , 337. 8 " 442

60, 546 61, 502

2.10

52,460 53 , 533

23.5

1, 472.1 1, 496. 2 2,49 1

119. 7 123. 2 114

963. 1 1, 083. 6 2,066

87.4
31.1 50.1 45.0 23.0 484 2 . 12
27.2 2,504
112
2,049

Thousands

4,651,167 5,849,662

1,793,322 2,140 ,631

620,539 697,834

308,077 388,533

19,293

18,551

11 ,540. 1 9 ,415 .1

126,960

130,240

1,233,425 1,457,672

3,667,604 3,746,935

13,651

13,776

1,989,963 2,220,023

2,881.4 2,960 :

1/ Cotton yield in pounds per harve s ted acre , product ion in bales. 1/ Peaches in million
pounds.

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August 12 , 1 975

As of Au gus t 1 , the Geor eia co tton cro p was forecast at 170 ,000 bales, according to the Geor gia Crop Reportins Servic e . I f r eal i zed , this would be the smallest crop of r ecord goi ng all the way back to 1866 and 249,000 bal es below l a s t ye a r. Indicated lint yield per acre , at 408 pounds , is sharply belo,v l ast ye a r ' s v ery good 4 90 pounds. Acreage for harvest at 200 ,000 is down a ,h10pping 51 pe rcent or 210, 000 a c res from last year.
Development of t he Ge orgia cott on c rop by the f irs t of Augus t was slightly behind that of last year and rec ent years . Abou t 92 pe r c en t o f t he acreage wa s s ettin g bolls but none of the crop was open. Sl igh t ly l es s than t wo- t hi r ds of the reporting Coun t y Extension Chai r me n rated their cotton in "good " condition . No ne vla S rated as " ex ce l l en t" . Condition ratings have slipped from mid-July du e t o the eff ects of the prolonged we t weather.
Final outcome of the 1975 crop \Ji l l dep end on whethe r the various factors aff ecting the crop durin g the rema ind er of the seas on a ~e mor e or l ess favorable than normal.

UNITED STATES

All cotton production as of Augu st 1 i s forecast at 9 .4 million bales, down 18 percent

from the 1974 crop. Exp ected production consists of 9 . 3 million bales of Upland cotton and

GG,600 bales of Amer i c an-Pi ma. Cottonseed pr odu c t i on , based on a three year average lint

6 seed ratio, i s furecast at 3 .7 million tons , 19 percent below 1974.

Al l cotton acreage planted in 19 75 is estimate d at 10 .1 million acres , down 13 3 ,7 00

from the June 30 r eport and 27 perc ent below 197 4 . Cotton producers were able to plant

most cotton acreage intended ; ho \veve r , the crop is late . Slight downward changes were made

in Arizona, California , Louisiana , ~li s s is s ip p i and Nor th Carolina based on surveys conducted

after July 1. An upward ch a nge is r eflected in Al a bama .

7

Producers expect to harvest 9 .3 mi l l i on acre s this ye a r compared wi t h 12 .5 mi l l i on

acres in 1974. Abandonment i s expec ted to be about normal as conditions are currently

appraised . Av e r a ge lint yi e l d per a c re i s fore cas t at 48 4 pounds compared with 442 pounds

produced in 1974 .

Production in the sout he aste rn stat es--Georgia , Al a bama , South Carolina , and Nor t h

Carolina--is expected to tota l 760 , 00 0 bales, down 44 pe r c en t ~ rom 1974 . The crop is

progressing well and pros pe ct s a ppear good ; however, r ecent wet we a t he r has promoted

excessive foliage gr owt h and interru pted insect control programs .

Texas and Okl ahoma Upland c otton producer s expect to harvest 3.4 million bales in 1975 ,

an increase of 21 percent from l a st ye a r but 34 pe r cen t below 1973. Harvest has begun in the Texas Coastal Bend and Lowe r Ri o Gr a nde V~l ley a reas but rain has hampered progress~ Crop

damage occurred in bo th Texas and Oklahoma, causing r eplanting and some loss of acreage.

In the De l t a States--Hississipp i, Arkans a s , Loui siana, Tennessee , and lii s s our i - - 2 . 8

million bales are expected , down 22 perc ent from 1 974. Ac r e s for harvest are down 35 percent

from 1.974. i.1is s i s s i ppi and Louisiana are we t and late . Arkansas reports very good progres s

aided by frequ ent local shmvers as do Tenne ssee an d Hi s s our i . The California, Ar i zona , and

i~ew llex i co Upl and crop is foreca st at 2 . 4 million bales, down 35 percent from 1974. Conditions

in these Sta t e s are favor able except for be ing about t wo we ek s La t e .

St ate
UPLAW"! Al ab ama Ar i zona Ar k a n s as Ca l i f o r n i a Florida Georgia
Tl Li.no Ls
Ken t uc ky Louisiana iIi s s i s s ippi J. J.issouri Nev a da H. Hexico N. Carolina Oklahoma S. Carolina Tenne s s ee Texa s Virginia

U.S . Co t t on Repor t As Of Augus t 1 , 1 975

Ac r eaGe

;Lin t yiel d per

Pr oduc tion 1/

For ;ha r ve s ted a cre

. 4BO-l b . ne t we igh t La1es

Ha rve sted

harves t ;

197 5

1 9 75

1973

1 97 4

1975 ;1973

1974 I ndic . 1973

1974 I nd ic .

1 , 000 Ac res

Pounds

1,000 Bales

510 276 975 942
1l.5 375
o
.3 520 1 ,340 173
1. 9 127 173 526 294 440 5 ,200
2.4

585 392
1 , 1 30 1 , 238
12 .1 41 0
.5
4.5 635 1,710 310
1. 7 1 40 145 547 29 2 510 4,4 00
1.5

485

423

263 1 , 063

780

513

8 75

891

5.8 522

200

499

o

. 6 486

290

481

1 , 1 25

651

230

501

1.0 477

110

514

54

455

380

390

ll5

473

350

472

4 , 000

43 1

.7 440

429 1 ,213
374 1, 006
503 4 90 288 280 42 3 448 356 586
509 44 0 272 450 29 0 269 384

LI 35
1,075
{fOO
949 5 38 408
480 49 7 555 490 62 4 458 44 4 31 6 417 425 372 411

LI4 9
6ll 1, 041 1 , 749
12. 5 390
o
.3 521 1,816 180
1.9 13 6 164 42 7 290 432 4 , 673
2. 2

522
~ c;5
880 2 ,5 95
12.7 419
.3
2.6 560 1 , 595 230
2.1 14 8
133
310 274 308 2 ,462
1. 2

Lf40
600 650 1 , 730
6. 5 1 70
o
.6 300 1 ,3 00 235
1. 3 105
50 250 100 31 0 3 ,100
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Unit ed States

Upland

:11 , 887 . 1

9 ,270 .1

12 ,464.3

5 21

Amer. - Pi ma

33 .1

82 .3

67 .7 451

441

12 , 895. 9

9, 349.0

484

1l ,449 . 9

526

472

78. 1

90.2

66 .6

All Cotton :1l , 970 . 2

9,337 .8

12 ,546.6

520

y Production g i .n n e d and t o be gi nne d.

442

12, 974. 0

9 ,4 15 .6

484

1l,540.1

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Assistant Agricultural Stati stician In Char ge

PAUL WILLIA1: IS - .. lIKE HAI n iER Agricul t ur a l Statisti ci an s

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VEGE TA B LES

August 12, 1975

SPKIN G VEGE TAB LE PRODUCTI ON Ge o r q ia

Sp ri ng vege t a b le and melon produ c tio n in Geo rg ia was be low t he same peri od l a st ye ar ,
acco r di ng to th e Georgia Cro p Rep o r t i ng Serv i ce . Spr i ng quar t er (Apr il, Ma y , Ju ne) p rod uct ion
of s na p be a ns was down 11 pe r ce nt f rom the 1974 leve l. However , the t o t a l valu e of the c rop showed all percent i nc reas e. Spr in g cabba qe produ c t ion a lso decl in ed and wa s down 13 per cent from t he prev ious yea r , while t he va lue o f the cro p was up a whopping 49 percen t . The trend co n t i nued wi th toma toes as production was down 7 pe r cent wh i le th e valu e i nc rea sed 36 percent . Spring qua r t e r p rod uct ion of wat e rme lo ns d rop pe d 25 percent, but valu e was
I per cent ab ove t he pre vi ou s ye ar 's level.

The lowered product ion re sult ed p r imari l y f rom cont i nuo us heavy rainfall t h rou ghout th e growing season. This si tu a ti on caus ed hig her- t han - us ua l aban donmen t, wash ed o ut f ield s, cons id e rable r eplan t ing, l ea c he d nu t r ie n t s , ha r ve s t de la ys a nd l owered qual i ty . Small er suppl ies con trib ut e d to the in creased per unit va l ue of t he c ro ps .

Unite d States
SNAP BEA N ~ : Produ ct io n o f spring quart e r snap beans is es t ima te d at 810,000 cwt . , 5 percent below last ye a r. The 1975 s pr i ng acreage ha r ves t e d is pla ced at 24, 100 acre s, 3 percent below la s t year . Average yie l d in t he s p r ing qua rt er at 34 cwt . per acre is t he
same as the pre v ious year .

CABBAGE: The spr in g quar ter produ c t io n i s pl a ced at 4,1 89 ,000 cwt . , 4 percen t l ess t ha n last year. Harvest ed a c reage t h is quar t e r at 22,2 10 acres , i s 5 percent below las t year. Yield this s p r i ng at 189 cwt. compa res to 187 cwt. for 1974 .
TOMATOE S: Sp r ing qua r t e r toma t o product io n fo r f res h ma rke t i s placed at 4 ,41 8,000 cwt., 4 percent l e s s than la s t year. Ha r ve s t e d ac r eag e is now est imated at 30,350, 2 percent below last year. Yield pe r ac re is es t imated at 146 cwt . a s compa r e d to 149 cwt. f or the 1974 crop .

'./ATE RMELONS: Pro du c t ion o f 10 ,531 ,0 00 cwt , is esti mate d f o r t he spring qua r te r watermelon crop, up sl i gh tl y f rom 1974 pro ductio n . Harves t ed ac re a ge is now pla ced a t 76,600, 6 percent below l ast ye ar. Yield per a cre th is quarter is 137 cwt., 6 pe rcen t above 1)74 .

Produ c ti on o f s na p beans con t racted fo r p roce s si ng i n th e Unit ed St at es for 1975 is e sti ma t e d a t 670 , 100 to ns . Th is i s 5 pe rce nt be low l ast year's co nt ra c t e d output due to
redu ced ac ~e a ge and sl ig h t l y l ower avera ge y ie l ds . Contra ct ed acreage for harves t is pla ced
at 264,160 i n 1975, o f f 4 pe r cent f rom a year e a r l ie r . Ave rage y ield per a cre i s f oreca st at 2. 54 tons compa re d wit h 2. 57 to ns pe r a c re o n la s t year 1s t ot al crop .

MAURICE H. HA MME R As s i s t a n t Agric ultural Statis t ic ian In Charg e

PAUL E. WILL IAMS Agric u l t u ra l Sta tistic ia n

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GEORGIA CAS H RECEIPTS UP 3 PERC ENT-BRO I LERS CONTINUE I N TOP SPOT

Cas h r eceip t s f rom f a r m marketings and Governme n t payments rose 3 percent in '1974 , according to t he Georg i a Cr op Repor tin g Se r vice . Cash receipts topped $2.1 billion for the first time . Commerc ial broi l e r s continued the r e i gn beg un in 1956 as the leading source of farm income .

Livestock and l ivestock product s ales re turned $1 , 026, 992, 000 and accounted for 48 .7 percent of the total while crop sales made up 50 . 8 perc en t and amounted to $1,072 ,396, 000. Government payments pl unged $4 6. 7 million to the lowest l evel s ince 195 6 and accounted for only .5 percent of the to tal .

Livestock and Products $1,026,992 ,000

GEORGIA CASH FARH RECEIPTS , 19 74
Gove r nment Pa yment s $10 , 364, 000

Crops $1 ,072,396,000

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Perc ent 0 f t o t a l . 5%

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Crops Cotton, Total
Cotton Lint Cotton Seed Peanuts Tobacco Soybeans Peaches Pecans Other Fruits and Nuts Truck Crops Corn Forest Products All Other Crops TOTAL CROPS
Livestock Hogs Cattle and Calves Dairy Products Commercial Broilers Other Chickens Turkeys Eggs Other TOTAL LIVESTOCK
AND PRODUCTS GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS TOTAL CASH INCOME
ALL SOUR:ES
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CASH FARM INCOME FOR GEORGIA (Thousand Dollars)

1971

1972

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50,455

43,461

43,924

6,621

6,531

173,548

196,170

91,557

100,136

47,820

33,650

10,162

16,410

29,583

20,884

1,503

1,943

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53,933

51,438

56,193

23,661

35,159

31,091

27,658

554,105

592,591

1973 115,724 102,622 13, 102 215,588 88,667 98,837 15,487 39,945
3,037 62,252 78,351 38,241 34,284 790,413

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8,191 27,770 3,630 76,295 171 ,100 51,228 44,074 1,072,396

98,456 139,294 80,674 199,981
9,362 8,862 162,187 3,009
701,825 63,813 1,319,743

I 17,323 177,235 86,842 217,820
8,897 7,639 161,987 4,679
782,422 81,064
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188,827 227,042 96,000 372,103
16,674 11,771 273,816 7,457
1,193,690 57,079
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Appro ved by the Ou t l oo k and Si t ua t io n Boa r d ( Broi l e rs ) August 21, 197 5
Less Pork. More Beef
Poultry meat will be compet ing wi th l a r ge r beef sup pl ies t h i s fall than las t but pork supplies will be subs t an t ia l l y lower .
Beef suppl ies a r e r i si ng th is summer an d f u r t he r in crea ses are 1 ik ely t his fall. Much of the beef wi l l cont inu e to be no n- f e d . Wit h t he p i ck up i n placements of ca ttle on feed, marketings of fed cattl e by fa ll cou ld e xce e d ye ar-ear l ie r levels for the first time s in ce the winter of 1973 . Cow s lau ght e r may be large a s p rod uce r s cull he rds before wi nt e r. While beef production r i s e s, pork ou tp ut wil l d ro p fu r t he r below year-earl ier levels.
Reduced pork supp l ie s wi ll ke ep p ri ces hi gh and will cush ion price decl i ne s for cattl e. However, if non-fed cat t l e mo ve t o sl a ught er a s e xpe c t e d , fe d cattle prices could decl i nc from July levels of aro und $50 pe r 100 po un ds into t he low to mid -$40 's by yearend. The expected increase in beef sup p l ie s a nd a mod e ra t e de c l i ne i n ca ttle pr ices comb in ed with the possibil ity of a sma l I sea sona l de c l i ne i n ho g p r ice s wi l I dampen bro iler pr ices i n late 1975.
First Half Output Laqs
Bro iler producers hav e re spo nde d t o h i gher broi l e r pr ices a nd improved prof itabil ity of production in 1975 by e xpan d i ng hatchery a c t ivity a nd increasing chick placements. But broiler meat output in federally i nspe c te d p l a nt s du ri ng January-March dropped 6 percent below a year earl ier with the lar ge s t decl in e i n Ja nuar y be cause of the prof it squeeze experienced by producers in 1974 . Ou tp u t con tinue d t o ri s e, both in number o f pounds and relative to 1974, a nd was o n l y down a bou t 2 perce nt fo r April-June. First-half output was not down as mu ch as earl ier bro il e r c h i c k p l a ceme nt s i nd i ca t e d . Placements for January-June marketings were down about 7 pe rcent from the compa ra b l e peri od of 1974 but the number of young chickens mov ing throug h f ed e ra ll y inspect ed plants were only down 4.5 percent.
Broiler output throu gh J une th is ye ar t ot a led 3 , 894 mi l I i o n pounds (ready~to-cook weight), 4 percent less t ha n th e reco r d high i n t he f i r st half of 1974. Lower output in 1975 largely resulted f rom th e 1+.5 percent c u t in birds rna r ke t e d as the average liveweight at 3.76 pounds was only sl igh tly be l ow 1974. Mar ke ting we i gh t s averaged aboue a year ago during the first 4 months of 1975 bu t have 1 ~ 9g ed s in ce. June1s average was down nearly 2 percent from June 1974 . Output o f broiler me a t in 19/5 has been boosted by a continued downtrend i n condemnations .
Ante-mortem condemnat ions dur ing January-June dropped 6.2 mill ion pounds to 17.3 mill ion pounds 1 ivewe ight. Post-mortem condemnations i n this period totaled 84.6 mil I ion pounds, New York dressed wei ght , compared wi t h 121.Lf million pounds a year earlier . Total condemnations (including condemnations of f u r t he r proces s ing) during January-June were equivalent to about 122 mil I io n pounds 1 iveweight , about 30 percent less than in the same months of 1974. Total condemnati o ns this year accounted for a 1 itt1e more than 2 percent of the total pounds moving th rough federally inspected plants.
Output to Exceed Year-Earl ie r Levels
Broiler producti on con tinu es to gain rela t ive to 1974 and weekly slaugh ter reports show that the number of bro iler s ma rk e te d i n July was about 1 percent below July 1974 and that the av erage market in g wei gh t wa s down ne arl y 2 percent.
Broiler prod ucers ha ve re spo nde d to hi ghe r market pr ices by stepped-up hatchery activity. Chick rlacements gain ed a nd e xceede d year- ear l ie r l e ve l s i n late June. Placements for August mar ket ings were a bo ut the s ame as a yea r a go an d those for September market ings were up about 8 percent. Thus , Ju ly- Sep t ember bro i l e r me a t o u t pu t wi l l e xceed las t su mmer.
Output is e xpe cted to de c l in e s eas on a l l y t h i s f all bu t will still modera tely exce e d October-December 1974. Bro iler p rodu c t ion s o fa r i n 1975 has been profitable and pro ducers

are like ly to cont in ue prod uc in g a s many birds as t hey ca n . The number o f egg s a va i la b l e for hatc hi ng durin g August -Oc t obe r l ike l y wi l l be the l imi t i ng fac to r fo r f all b ro i le r ou t pu t. Out pu t i n ear l y 1976 1 i ke l y wi l l co ntinu e to ru n mode ra t e l y above a ye a r ea rl i er .
Ha tc hinq Eqgs Ma y Limi t Fal l Expa ns ion
Pull e t chic k p l acemen t s f or t he broil e r na t cne rv s upp l y fl o ck t h i s year ha ve bee n sharp l y below 1974. Ba se d on pu l lets placed 8-14 -mont hs e a r] i e r , t he number .o f l a yer s i n t he hat c hery suppl y f l o c k f or August wa s 11 pe r ce nt bel ow August 1974. The a cc umu lat ion o f pu l l e t s placed wi l l be down 13 percen t f o r Septembe r, rema in 11-12 perce nt lower i n Oc t ob e r a nd November, th en th e d iff eren ce wi l l na r row to o n l y 9 perce nt be low i n De cember. Pul l e t c hi ck pl a cemen t s f o r th e broi l e r ha t chery s upply f loc k i n Ju l y were 9 pe r cen t a bove a ye a r ea rl le r ,
De sp it e t he i nd i cat e d re du c t ion i n t he ha t ch ery s upply fl o ck, t he num be r of egg s se t dur ing July and e a r l y Augu s t was aro und 7 pe r ce nt ab ov e t he 1 ike per iod of 1974 . Appa re ntl y, the f loc k s ize wa s larger t ha n pul let ch ick pl a ceme nts i nd icate d . Also , th e fl o c k l i kel y was underu t i l ize d i n la t e 1974 . Lay ers a re be ing he ld i n the f l ock lon ger th an i n p revi ous year s. Th is i s i nd i ca t e d by t he redu ced numbe r s o f mat u re hea vy c h i c ke ns ( bro il e r s bree de r stock) s l aug htered in f e de ra ll y in spec te d pla n ts . Also , some egg s were p l aced i n i nc ubato rs that wo u l d no t hav e bee n us ed unde r mo re no rrna l c i r c ums t a nce s .
Bro il er Ma rkets St ronq
Broi l er pri ce s ro s e mo re than usua l i n t he l a te sprin g a nd e a r l y s umme r as out put rema in ed below t he pre vi ou s year . Rap id l y ri s i ng catt l e a nd ho g p ri ces in th e sp r ing a nd early s umme r were largel y responsi b l e f o r t he sharp i nc rea se in demand f o r bro il ers. The 9- ci ty a ve rage whol e sa l e bro i l e r p rice ro se t o 54 cent s a poun d to r t he f i rs t we e k of J u l y, mo re t ha n 16 ce nts a pound ab ove t he sa me week a ye a r ago. Pr i ce s su bse que nt ly ea se d a nd avera ge d 5 1 ce nt s a po und f o r t he mo nth of J u l y . Pr ice s a vera ged 50 cents a po und for the week e ndi ng August 18 , 15 ce nt s a bove t he sa me we ek of 1974.
Bro i le r pri ce s wi l 1 co nt i nue s t ro ng th rou gh the su mmer a nd fo r al l o f Jul y-Sep t embe r l i kely wi l l av e rag e i n th e h igh 40 ce nts a pound l ev e l . Price s norma lly de clin e sea so na l ly in t he f all a nd a re expe ct e d to do so i n 1975 as p rod ucti on outpaces la s t ye ar . Fa l I an d win t er bro i le r pri ce s ma y av era ge i n th e l ow to mid - 40' s, depe nding on pr i ce cha nge s fo r beef a nd por k.
Expor t s-S h ip ment s Hi ghe r
Exports to f o rei gn coun t r ie s and s h i pme nt s to U. S. t e r r i t o r ie s o f young ch ic kens (pri mar ily bro il ers) thro ugh J une t hi s year ro s e 8 percent f rom a year e a r li e r and tota l ed 128 milli on pounds. Expo r t s we re up 10 perce nt to 66 mi l l io n po unds wh ile sh ip ments incre as ed 6 pe r ce nt to 62 mi l lio n po unds . About 86 perce nt o f t he youn g ch ic ke n e xpo rt ed wa s in par ts, compa re d with 8 2 pe rc e nt f or th e 1 ik e pe ri od of 1974.
In additi on, e xpo rt s an d shipme nt s o f oth er ch icken (largel y mat u re ch icken from t he breeder a nd laying f l oc ks ) to taled 7 . 1 mi l l ion pound s compa red wit h 5 .8 mi l l io n pounds i n 1974 . Export s of othe r chi ck en incre a se d 34 pe rcen t to 6 mi l li on pound s wh i l e shipmen t s dropp e d 16 per cent to a bout 1.1 mi l li on po unds .
USDA Buys Chicken
On Aug us t 13, USDA announ ce d p l a ns t o buy c ut -u p yo ung c h i ck e ns fo r us e in th e Natio na l School L~~ch Prog ra m. Fir s t o ffers we re due August 29 . Pu rchases will be made wi t h fun ds authorized under Sect ion 6 of the Na t iona l Sc hool Lunch Act.
To qua; ify for t he purchas e p ro g ram , the you ng chi c ke ns must be i ns pe c t e d for wholeso me ne s s, g ra de d for qual i t y , a nd un i f ormly c ut up i n 9 p ieces. Young ch i ckens weig h i ng
be t ween 2i and 3i pounds ready -to-cook weights - wi t h gi ble t s bu t witho ut necks - wi l l be
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Approved by the Out l oo k and S it ua t io n Board (Eggs ) August 21, 1975
Layer Num bers Ga in On 1974
Laye r numbe rs in May -June gai ned s l i ghtly o n year- ear l ie r leve ls a fte r sh owi ng st eady
decl ine s du ri ng t he firs t 4 months of 1975. La yer numbe r s at 284 mi l l ion avera ged a bou t 11.5 mil I io n below 19 74 l ev el s in J anu ary but dropped to 15 mi l I io n bel ow i n Ap r i l . The numbers the n be gan t o gain a nd were down on l y ab out 10. 4 mil l io n in J ul y . Th i s i nc re a se
in layer number s occurre d ev en though there were fewer pu l le 1s e nt e r i ng the l a yi ng f lo c ks . The ha tc h o f eg g-type chi ck s an d pla cement s o f pull et c hi cks i n broi l e r hatchery su ppl y
fl ocks 5- 6 mo nt hs pre v io us indicates th ere were abo ut 4 mi l I io n fewe r pul l e t s e nte r i ng t he lay ing f locks in Ma y- J uly 197 5 t han dur i ng t he sa me month s o f 1974 .
The ga i n in l a ye r numbers on a ye a r e a r l ie r re sul t e d f rorn increase d f or ce d mo l t in gs of old l ayer s and red uced cu l l in g as fewer pu l l e t s e nte re d the flo cks. Aro und 9 mi II io n fewer mat u re chickens were i nspe cted f or sl aught e r under Fe de ra l i nsp ec t io n in May - J u l y
th is yea r t han i n 1974.
After trai l ing yea r- ea rl ie r leve ls si nce Ma r ch, th e ra t e of l a y wa s up 1 pe rcent i n
July. The ra t e o f l ay i n May- July was a bout equal t o t he same mont hs of 1974 as the i nc re a se
in July about offse t the decl i ne s in May-J une.
Layer number s a re e xp e c t e d to co n tin ue to ga i n g rad ual ly on ye ar-ear l ier l ev el s duri ng
the bal ance o f 197 5 and int o 1976. Howe ve r , the gains pro ba bly wi l l be small unt il l a t e
t hi s yea r. The numbe r o f rep lacement pu l l e ts e n t e r i ng t he f l oc k wi l l conti nue at re duced
levels. The hatch of e gg- ty pe ch ick s 5-6 months ear l ie r i nd i ca t es ab ou t 6 mil I ion fe wer repla cement pull e t s wi ll en t e r t he f l ock in Augus t -De cembe r t hi s year tha n in 19 74. The
ha t c h s hows t ha t it will be De ce mbe r be f ore t he numbe r o f re p l a ceme n t pu llets e nter i ng t he flock s u rpa sse s year-ea r l ie r l eve l s ,
Fe wer pullet s e nte re d the f l oc ks in May - J u ly bu t t h i s was o f f se t by t he redu ce d cul l ing
of old hen s. The s laugh t e r of ma t u re chic ke ns unde r Fe dera l i ns pe c t ion in May -July 1974 was about 12 per ce n t above the 1970- 73 average f o r t he same months. The sl augh t e r i n Augus t - Decembe r 1974 was abou t e qua l to t he 1970- 73 a verage. Thi s year the re wi l I be a
sma l le r flo ck to cu ll from. Thus , we p ro ba b l y ca nnot expe c t re duced s la ughter of o l d he ns to o ffs e t as muc h of t he dec l i ne i n re p l acement pu l l e t s a s i t d id i n May- J u l y .
\1i t h l aye r numbe r s e xpe ct e d to s how only sl ight i ncre a ses i n comi ng months, prod uc t ion wi l l depend on how wei 1 t he ra t e of la y ho ld s up. The ra t e o f l a y on Au gus t 1 was near ly 2 percen t ab ov e a yea r earl ie r ev e n tho ugh the l ay in g f l oc k is much o lde r t h i s year . However, t he ra t e of l a y i s ex pect e d to drop ba c k nea re r ye a r-ea rl ie r l ev e l s in coming mon t hs. Thus,
egg produ c t ion will probabl y be down a ro und 4 pe rc e nt from 1974 in the t h i rd qua rter before gain ing to o n l y 2-3 pe r ce nt be l ow i n Oct o be r- De cembe r .
Pr ices Still Sl uqqish
Egg p r ice s co nt inu e slu gg is h , as th ey have muc h o f t his ye ar. The y have fai led to inc re a se th i s s ummer a s much as earl ie r ex pe c ted . The New Yo rk who l e sa l e pr i ces fo r Gra de
A large eg gs a ve rage d 52. 6 cents per dozen in Ju l y , 2 ce nt s ab ove a month ea rl ier a nd abou t 4 ce nt s a dozen above J u l y 197 5. Histori ca l rel a t ionsh i ps wo u l d s ugge s t th at the 3 pe r cent sma l l e r p rod uc t ion in J u l y t h i s ye a r than in 1974 s hould hav e resu l t e d i n a l arger inc rease
in e gg pr ices than s howed up .
Egg prices sho uld i ncreas e in comi ng mon t hs , ba se d on se veral f acto r s . Demand shou ld be i nc reasi ng se a so nal ly. Also , t he expe c te d h i gh price s o f o t her h ig h p rotein foods wi l l
help boo st e gg p r i ce s . Bre a ki ng us e ha s gai ned o n 1974 l e vels re ce nt l y a nd pro bab ly wil l
continu e to ga in in coming mo nt hs . The co l d storag e s t ocks o f eg gs a nd e gg p rod uct s on
Augu st I was 12 per cent below Augus t 1, 1974. Al tho ugh a ny su bs t a n t ia l i nc rea s e i n b reaking
use is not l i kel y, f ewer sh el l e ggs ( t ha t no rma lly wou l d go f o r b rea k i ng use) wi l l be fo rc e d ont o t he t a b l e e gg ma rket t his ye a r t han la st ye a r . In the l ast half of I97L:. there probab l y wa s a s ubs tan t ia l exces s of hat c h i ng eggs wh ic h apparen t ly went f or bre a k ing use.

Wi t h the de p re s se d market for e gg produ c t s, thi s f or ced mo re sh ell e ggs into t ile t a ble egg market. Bro il e r pro dlJce r s a re expa nd i ng ra p idl y and few e ggs f ro m t he b roil er hat che r y s upp l y flo c ks wi ] I go to brea kers duri ng the re s t o f 1975 .
Breakin q and Stocks Down
Bre a kin g us e ha s improv ed from spr i ng l e vels bu t is still weI ] be low ye ar- e a rl ie r levels. The lates t brea kin g re por t (fo r May 27-J une 30 ) s howe d brea k in gs of f 18 pe rce nt from the comparabl e period la s t year . The per iod o f March 2-29 s howed a 34 percen t drop.
For t he period o f Janua r y 5- Ju ne 30 the re were 8. 8 mil lion cas e s of e ggs b roke n, ab out 2 mill ion ca se s below a year ear l i e r. Brea k in g e ggs t ook a bou t 10 percen t o f tota l production, l i percent les s t ha n t he ac co un t e d for l a s t ye a r .
There were about 32 5 mill ion pound s o f egg produ ct s produce d in J a nuar y 5- J une 30, down 68 million pounds from t he compa ra b le pe r iod in 1974 . Pr oduc t io n of drie d and f roze n egg products showed the l a r ge s t decl ines. Dr ied e ggs we re down 34 per ce n t t o 25 mi 11 ion pounds while froz en eg gs at 148 mil l ion po und s dropp e d 22 percen t. Li qu id e gg p rod ucti on for immed iate consump t ion and fu rthe r p ro cessing ma de up t he remaind e r an d was down 8 percent. However, t he makeup was dif f eren t this ye a r. Li qui d egg produc t s for immed ia t e consumpt ion were 20 percen t above 1974 le ve l s a nd ac count e d f or 56 percen t of to t a l 1 iqu id egg produ ction ; th is compa re s with onl y 44 percent i n 1974. Wi t h t he re du ce d demand for egg products, bre a ke r s are a ppare nt l y re l uc t a n t t o bui l d up s tock s a nd a re fav o r in g a produc t wh ich can be so ld immedia tel y.
Cold s t o ra ge st oc ks o f shel I e ggs and e gg prod uct s d ropp ed bel ow ye ar-earl ie r l ev els in May and have rema in e d down. Co ld s to rage s tock s on Augus t 1 total ed 1.4 mi l l ion ca se s (shell equival ent), 200 ,0 00 case s be low August J , 1974.
Hatchinq Use Increasinq
The recent i nc rea se s in the p rod uc tio n o f b roi ler c h icks a nd c h i ck s f or fut ure la yi ng flock repla cement cau sed t he use o f e ggs fo r hatchi ng purposes i n Jun e to e xcee d year-earl ier levels for the first ti me si nce earl y 1974. An esti mated 6 . 5 mi l l io n case s of eg gs were used for ha tching pu rpos es i n January-J une this yea r , a bout 207, 000 cas es be low t he sa me months of 1974. Hatchin g eggs ac co unted f or ab o ut 7 pe rce nt of to ta l egg produ c t ion , t he same percen tage as l as t yea r .
With broiler chick produ c t ion e xpa nd i ng rapidl y , the us e of e ggs f o r hatch in g in th e last half of 1975 wil l ru n wel l ahead of Ju ly-Decembe r 1974, when an e s tima t e d 5 .6 mi l I io n cases of e ggs were us e d f or hatchi ng .
Fewer Eqqs Import e d. Mo re Expor t e d
Impor t s of s he l l eg gs a nd e gg p ro ducts i n the firs t 6 mo nt hs of 1975 droP ?ed 18 percen t below last year to 129,00 0 cas es (shel I e q u i va l~ n t ) , wi th mos t of th e drop oc c ur r i ng i n April -June.
Expor t of eggs and e gg produc ts in J a nuar y-J une total e d 590 , 000 cas es (sh ell e qu i va le nt ), exceeding the first 6 mon t hs o f 1974 by about 4 percen t . She l I eg gs (e xcl ud ing ha t c h ing eggs) were up 38 pe rce n t to 163 , 000 ca se s . Mo st of th i s inc rease occurred i n Janu ary - Marc h when th ey more than t r i p led 1974 l ev el s . Ha t ch i ng egg s were up 4 percent t o 217,000 cases. However, e xpo r t s of egg prod uc t s dropp ed 12 percen t to 21 0 , 000 sh ell equ ival ent ca se s . Dried eggs l ed the decl i ne with a drop to 1.5 mill ion pounds, down 845,000 pound s.
EX~Jrts of eggs and e gg p rod uct s ma y be hu rt some i n com i ng mo nt hs by the re cently imposed quotas by Canada. Expor ts to Canada account ed for a bout 30 perce n t of t otal e xport s of eggs and egg prod uc ts in 1974 .
Shipments of eg gs a nd egg pro ducts to Ameri ca n te r ri to ries in Janu ary-June tot a led 415,000 cas es (shell e qu iva l e nt ) . Thi s compa re s with 4 32 , 000 ca se s i n the firs t 6 mo nt hs of 1974. Shipments of e gg produ c ts were down 49 percent t o 1.1 mill ion pounds. She l l eggs at 326,000 ca se s were up 13 perce nt. Ha t c hing egg s hi pme nts t o t a l e d 16,935 cas es , mo re t ha n double what they were in 1974.

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T U R KE Y S

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GEORGIA TURKEYS RAISED DOWN 32 PERCENT

The number of turkeys ra ised i n Ge or gi a during 1975 is expected to total 1 ,160 ,000 head , according to the Georgia Crop Repor t ing Service . This number is 32 percent below the 1 ,712 ,000 raised in 1974 and 40 percent below the 1 ,93 6 ,000 tur keys r a i s ed in 1973 .

UNITED STATES TURKEYS RAISED DOWN 6 PERCENT

Turkeys raised in 1975 are expect ed to total 123.6 ulillion birds, 6 percent below the 1974 number.

Heavy breed turkeys raised in 1 975 a re expected to total 108.5 million, down 7 percent from the 116.1 million raised in 1974 . Light breed turkeys raised during 1975 are e stimated at 15.1 million, a 1 percent decrease from the number raised in 1974.

Turkey poults hatched from September 1974 through July 1975 were 8 percent below the corresponding period a year earlier. The heavy breeds hatch was down 8 percent and light breeds down 2 percent during the same period. Turkey eggs in incubators on August 1 , 1975 were 34 percent above the number in incubators a year ago.

FRASIER T. GALLOWAY Agricultural Statistician-In Charge

LARRY HASSEY Agricultural Statistician

ISSUED BY : The Statistical Reporting Service, USDA, 1861 West Broad Street, Athens, Georgia in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture.

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State

TURKEYS : l~m1BER RAISED ON FARl1S

HEAVY BREEDS

:

LIGHT Bf\.EEDS

:

TOTAL ALL BREEDS

1975 as :

1975 as :

1975 a


1974

197 5

% of : 1974 : 1974

1975

% of : 197 11 : 1974

197 5

% of 1974

1,000 Head

. Percent 1,000 Head

Percent 1,000 Head

Percer.

Al a.

:

10

16

160

8

1

13

18

17

94

Ar k . II :

7, 67 3 5 ,7 65

75

Calif . : 15,798 15,40 2

97 2 ,090

76 2

Colo. 1:./

Conn.

:

48

38

79

3

2

Del.

III

228

205

8

2

Ga.

: 1 .712 1,160

68

:

36 17 ,888 16,164

90

3, 501 3 , 525

101

67

51

40

78

25

119

230

193

1',712 1 ,160

68

Ill.

:

520

445

86

520

445

86

Ind.

: 5 ,510 4 ,300

78

902

81el

90 6 , 412 5,110

80

Im-la

6 ,661 6,145

92

73

23

32 6 ,734 6,168

92

Kans.

:

203

152

75

22

2

9

225

154

68

Ky.

:

5

4

80

9

14

4

29

La.

:

2

2

100

2

2

100

Hai ne

:

5

3

60

2

3

150

7

6

86

tId.

:

31

39

126

1

31

40

129

Ha s s .

:

139

124

89

33

22

67

172

146

85

l1i ch .

:

968 1,367

141

3

971 1 ,367

141

l1i nn .

: 16 ,200 15 .163

94 5 ,734 7 ,008

122 21 ,934 22,171

101

Ho . 1:../ :

9 .497 8,000

84

Nebr.

:

557

500

90

557

500

90

N. H.

:

24

18

75

4

3

N. J.

:

72

63

88

12

6

N. Y. II :
N. C. I./ :

N. Dak . :

735

8 21

112

15

70

Ohio

: 2,725 2,550

94

734

450

:

75

28

21

75

50

84

69

82

166

139

84

14 ,944 14,650

98

750

891

11 9

61 3 ,459 3,000

87

I./ Okla . II :

Oreg.

:

Pa.

:

R. 1.

:

S. C.

:

S. Dak. :

Tenn.

:

2,406 11
2 ,155 588 5

2,217 8
1 ,710 531 4

1,600 1 ,568

98

1,130 1 .140

101

92

545

439

81 2 ,951 2 ,656

90

73

11

8

73

79

123

330

268 2 ,278 2,040

90

90

307

420

137

895

951

106

80

5

10

4

40

Tex.

: 8 ,500 8,800

104

280

145

52 8,780 8,945

102

Utah

: 3,438 3,499

102

33

14

42 3,471 3,513

101

Vt.

:

12

7

58

12

7

58

Va.

: 5,016 5,166

103

994 1,014

102 6,010 6,180

103

Wash.

:

416

184

44

23

416

207

50

W. Va.

:

605

615

102 1,025 1 ,043

102 1 .630 1,658

102

Wis.

: 4,597 4,914

107

25

8

32 4,6 22 4 ,922

106

:

Other

States '!:..I :

59

35

59

3

1

33

62

36

58

:

U. S.

: 116,062 108,488

93 15,285 15 ,131

99 131,347 123,619

94

!I Breakdown by breeds not published to avoid disclosing i ndi vi dual operations .

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i'.GRI CULTURAL PRI CES AUGUST 15 , 1975

GEORGIA II~0 EX UP 2 POINTS

Sept ember 3, 1975

The Al l Commod i t i e s Ind e x of Pri ces Re ce i ved by Georgia farmers in August was 188 percent, 2 point s above t he pr evi ou s month and 12 po ints above Augus t 1974 , according to the Georgia Crop Report ing Service .

'TIl e Au gust All Crops Index wa s 184 pe r cen t, 8 po ints above the previous month . The Livestock and Livestock Product s Index was 192 percent, 2 points belo\v the previous month but 34 points above Augu s t 1974 . The i ncre a s e in t he All Commodity Index from July 1975 level resulted from increases in the pr i ces of cotton , soybeans, tobacco, corn , wheat, oats , rye, hay , ho gs, e gg s and milk.

UNITED STAT ES PRI CES RECEI VED INDEX UNCHANGED PRI CES PAID I NDEX UP 1 POINT

The Index of Prices Receive d by Farme rs was unchanged at 187 percent of its JanuaryDecember 1967 average for the month ended August 15, 1975 . Higher prices for wheat, milk , hogs , corn , s oy be ans, Upland cotton, and eggs were offset primarily by lower prices for cattle, potatoes , and tomatoes . The index was 2 po ints ( 1 percent) above a year earlier.

The Index of Prices Paid by Farm ers for Commodit i es and Services , Interest , Taxes and Farm Wage Rate s for August 15 wa s 187 , up 1 point (~ percent) from a month earlier. Higher feed and fuel prices were r espons ibl e for mo st of the index rise. The index was 14 points (8 percent) above a yea r earlier .

1967 = 100 GEORGIA

I NDEX NUMBER S -- GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES

July 15

Aug. 15

July 15

:

1974

1974

1975

:

Aug. 15 1975

Prices Rec e ived

All Commodities

: 1 / 164

1/176

186

188

Al l Crops

: l /l7S

1 /200

1./ 1 76

184

Livestock and Livestock

Products

: 1/153

1:/158

194

192

u ~nTED STATES

:

Prices Received

:

17 6

185

187

187

:

Prices Paid , Interest,

Taxes & Farm Wage Ra t e s :

168

173

186

187

Ra t i o Jj

:

105

107

101

100

!! Revised . ~I Ra t i o of Index of Prices Received by Farmers to Index of Prices Paid,
Interest , Taxes , and Fa r m Wage Ra t e s .

FRASI E~ T . GALLOWAY Agricultural Statistician I~ Char ge

CLAYTON J. tfCDUFFI E Agr i cul t ur a l Statistician

The Statist ~cal Repor t i ng Service, USDA , 1861 West Broad Street , At he n s , Georgia in cooperatio~ \;ith t h e Ge or gi a D e ~a r tme n t of Agr i cu l t u r e .

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C, ommodi t y and Ur:i t P~~ I C E ~: P.I::CLIV EI; . ..

Aug . 15 J ~lj 15 Aug. 15 : ~u 8 . 15 J u l y 1 5 Au~ . 15

1 97 4

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1n L

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~~ 75 . __ ~ 9 7? .", __

Hheat, bu.

$

Oa t s , t u .

::i

Corn ) bu .

~~

Cotton , l b .

c

So) beans , bu .

$

Peanu t s , l b .

<;:

Swee t po ta toe s , cwt .

$

Hay . baled, t on :

I,ll

$

:.H a I f a

'"/

Ot.ne r 5 /
Hi E~ em.'-s>he a d

$ $

Hogs, cut .

$

Beef Cattle , All , cwt. 1/ $

CO H S , c wt , J:../

-$

Ste e r s & He if ers , cwt . $

Calves , cwt .

$

Hi l k , Sold to Plan ts , cwt.

3. 50 1. /,1 3. 45
7.17 18 .5 12 . 30
35 . 00
480 . 00 33. 80 30. 20 25. 00 34.20 33 .70

2. 80 1. 45
2. 8 ~
If0 . 'J 5 . 34
16.60
1, 1 . GO
350. 00 49. 80 23 . 70 19 . 50 27 .00 24 . 30

3.08 1. 5'0
2. 94 45.0
5 . 77 13. 7 18 . 60

4 . 2/f
1.55 3 .3 7 53. 6 7. 55 17 .7 7 . 85

41 . 50
35 0 . 0 0 53 . 40 22.80 18 . 10 26 .40 23. 50

5L I0 55 .00 41. 20 4 /49 7. 00 - 4 / 36. 00 4/37.00 24. 00 4/40 .50 34.30

3 .33 1. 45 2 .72
4':) .5 5.28
11. 70
51. 20 54 .40 43. 50 41 5.0 0 54 . 10 36 .20 20.60 40 .7 0 28 . 10

3 0 (', . u--'
1. 4 /, 2 .95 Lf 2 ') 5 .80 18 .5 8 . 75
51. 00 54. 10 44 .10 411. 00 56 .00 33 .10 19 . 70 37. 10 25.7 0

Fl ui d Na rke t i1anuf actu r ed Al l Turkeys , l b . Chickens , lb . :

$

9 .6 5

$

$

9 . 65

<;:

25. 0

'). 10
9. 10 29 .0

5 / 9 . 50
5/9 . 50 28. 0

8 . 10 6 . 46 7 . 74 4/ 27 . 1

4/8. 46
4/7 . 25
4 / 8. 19 34 . 1

5/ 8 .74 5/7 . 49 5/8 . 47
35 . 2

Exc l uding Broiler s Commerc i a l Br oi l ers Eggs , a l l , doz . Tabl e ,doz . Hatch i n g , do z.

. 4 / 8 .5
c !!}20 .5
. 4 / 55 . 3
. I / 52 . 0 . 70 . 0

lL 2 32. 5 53. 2 45 .7 85. 0

1l.5 29 . 5 57 . 9 51. 9 85 .0

4/7 . 9 4/20 . 9 4/ 47 . 8

10 .0 30 . 3 46.4

10 . 1 28.8 50 . 5

PRI CES PAID , FEED

Mixe d Dairy Feed, t on :

l4 i~ pro te in

$ H 8 .00 130 .00 13 0 .00

143 .00 1 29 . 00

133 .00

16 % pr otein

$ 152.00 13 8 .00 14 0 . 00

152 . 00 13 0.00

135 . 00

18 % pr ote i n

$ 154. 00 135 . 00 143. 00

156 . 00 133 . 00

138 .00

20% pro t e i n

$ 160. 00. 141. 00 147.00

16 2. 00 137 .00

141. 00

Hog Feed , 14 %- 18% pr o t e i n ,

cwt .

$

9 . 30

8 . 30

8 .50

9 . 09

8 .01

8. 25

Co t t onseed Me a l , 4l%,cwt . $ 10. 00

8 .80

8 .90

10. 70

8 . 79

9. 03

Soyb ean Heal , 44 %, cwt . $ 10 . 50

9 . 00

9 . 00

1l . 40

8. 57

8 .88

Bran , cwt .

$

8 .30

7 . 70

7.80

7. 88

7 .06

7 . 21

Middl ings, cwt . Corn Mea l, cwt .

$

8 .30

s

3 .20

7 . 40 7 .30

7 . 60 7 . 40

7.88 7. 99

6 .88 6 . 97

7. 03 7 . 27

Poul t r y Fe ed , ton :

Bro ile r Growe r Feed

$ 185.00 155 . 00 158 .00

180 . 00 161 . 00

163 . 00

Laying Fe ed

$ 164.00 140 .00 141 . 00

168 . 00 145 .00

15 0 . 00

Chi ck Star t e r

$ 182 .00 16 5 . 00 161 .00

189.00 164 .00

168 . 00

Al f a lfa Hay , t on

$ 49 . 00

70.00

70 . 00

61 . 90

65. 00

6 3 . 90

Al l Ot he r Hay , ton

$ 49.50

60 .00

59.00

50 .80

54 . 20

54. 70

1/ Include s all hay exc e pt al falfa . 2/ "Cows" and "ste ers and hei f er s" combin e d wi t h ~llowanc e whe r e ne ce s s ar y for s l augh ter bulls . 3/ I nclude s cul l dairy c ows so l d fo r s laugh te r ,

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GEO RGIA

Pro s pe cts for Georgia i s ro~{ c rops on Se pt ember 1 wer e qui t e mi xe d c ompa r ed t o a month earl i er , a c c or d i ng to the Ge or gi a Cro p Repor t i ng Ser v ice. Yield e s t i ma t e s we re up for pea nu t s and cotton, down for cor n a nd s oybe an s and unc han ge d for tobac co a nd sueetpo t a t oe s . The hot , dr y we ath er during the l a t t e r hal f o f Augus t aide d i n s e c t an d di s eas e con t r ol s fo r peanuts and cotton but was de tr ime n t a l t o s oyb ea n fru i ting a nd la te co r n deve l opme n t.
~arves ti ng progre s s fo r pe a nut s , the St a t e ' s l eadi n g c ash c r op , was on l y 8 percent complete on September l--well behind nor mal f or t h e da te but a head of la st yea r ' s 6 percent completion . Thanks to impr ov ed ha r ve s t i n g methods , many f armers are ab l e to l eave the crop in the gr ound longer t ha n wa s onc e thou gh t sa fe . Exc ep t ional ly high yiel ds ar e expe c t e d wi t h a record State average of 3 , 300 pound s be ing f or e cas t.

Tobacco na r v e s t was ne arly co mple te on September 1 but marke ting was l a gging. The Federal-State Ha r k e t Hews Serv i c e r epor t ed 133 ,1 76 , 583 pounds marke t ed on Georg i a a nd Florida markets through Septemb e r 4 , 197 5 . For the same number of mar ke t ing days (34) last year, 171 ,6 90,000 pounds we re mar ke t ed . Yield f or toe current crop wa s unchanged f r om last month at 2 ,000 pounds per acre . Cotton ha r vest be gan du r i ng Augu s t bu t wa s ve r y limited. The crop is expected to total 180 , 000 ba les - - down 57 percen t from l a s t year but 10 ,000 bales above the first estimate on August 1, 1975 . This wi l l be the s malle s t Geo rg i a c r op s i n c e records
began in 1866.

Corn prospects slippe d by 2 b ushel s fr om t he p revious es tima te . The current for ecast proj ects a yield of 57 bu shel s a nd produc tion of 108 .3 mi ll ion b ush e l s - - up 3 percent from last year and a new record. Mos t o f the decli ne in yie l d f orecas t was a ttribu t ed to the eff ect of dry wea t he r on late co r n . Soyb e an s were , l i kewise, a dver s e l y a f f e c t ed by the dry spell and the yield forecast r etr e a t ed 4 bushe ls from the f ir s t es timate o f t he s eason . Current predictions show a yield o f 21 bu s h e l s pe r a c r e a nd a p r odu ction of 26 ,46 0 , 000 bushels--also a new r ecord p r oduc t i on f or t be St a t e.

The pecan crop is e xpec t e d to total 80 mi llion pound s this ye ar . This would be 38 percent above last year's "off -ye a r " produc t ion o f 58 mill ion pounds but is wel l below recent "on-year" productions. Rec e n t "on-ye ar" r e cords s how 100 mi l lion in 19 73, 90 million in 1971 and 88 million in 1969 . The fr e quen t June and J u l y r a ins made this on e of our worst years for the formation of s cab and ot her f ungus di sease s .

Crop and Unit

GEORGIA ACREAGE AND PRODUCTION, 197 4 AND 1975

Ac reage

Yiel d per Acre

Ha r-

For

I n-

v e sted

Ha rve s t

dicated

1974

1 975

1 97 4

1 97 5

Thou sand Ac res

Production

In-

dicated

1974

1 975

Thousands

CO rT" for grain , bu . ~'1: ;e.'l t , bu. Oats, b u ,
Barley, ':..ou. Rye , (.:_;.
Sorghums, for grain, bu . C otto ~ , ca l e s ~/ Hay , a ll , t on Soybeans, fo r be a ns, b u.

: 1 ,880

: 160

:

95

:

9

: 115

:

36

: 410

: 455

: 1 , 010

1 , 900 2/130 -2 / 95 - 2/ 8
2/110 - 2/ 40
200 ,!:-/ 460 1 , 260

56 . 0 23 .0 44 .0 40 .8 18 .0 35 .0 4 90
2 .3 5 25 . 5

57 . 0 2/28 .0 2 / 48 . 0 2/36 . 0 2 / 18 . 0 2/35 . 0
432 2/2 .40
21.0

105 , 280 3 , 680 4 ,180 360 2 , 0 70 1,260 419 1,069
25 , 755

108,300 2/3 ,640 2/4 ,560 - 2/288
2/ 1, 980 I/l, 400
180
~/ 1 , 1 0 4
26, 460

Peanut s , lb.

: 519

51 5

3 ,220 3 , 300 1, 661 , 520

1 ,69 9 , 500

Sweetpotatoes , cwt.

:

8.0

7 .5 95 . 0 100 . 0

760

750

Tobacco, Type 14 , l b .

:

72 . 0

Peaches, l b.

75. 0 2 , 235 2 , 000

160,920 45 , 000

150 ,000
~/ 9 5 , 00 0

Pecans , lb.

58 , 000

80 , 000

l/ Co tton yield in pound s per harve s t ed a c r e , produc tion i n bale s . 2/ Ca r ried f or wa r d fr om

earlier f or ecas t .

1.1 ~;r'iED STATES CROP I{EPORT SUMMARY AS UF SEPTEHBEH. 1 , 1975

Corn-Pr oduc t i on i s for ec a s t a t a r eco r d 5 , 637 mi l l i on bu s hels based on cond ition s a s of Se ptember 1 , 3 percen t (16 2 mi l l i on bu shels ) b elow Augus t 1 but 22 percent above 1974 .

Sorghum Gr ain- - Pr od uc t ion is for ecast at 785 mil l i on bushe l s, down 3 percent (25 mill i on bushels) f rom Augus t 1 but 25 percent more than las t ye a r.

Feed Grain--Product i on (c orn , s or ghu m, oats , a nd ~a:::-2..~y comb Lned ) i s f or e cas; a t: 2:Jl mill i on short tons, 22 perce n t a bove l a st ye ar .

Soyb ean--Production at 1 , 442 mi l l i on bushel s , is down 1 pe r cen t (15 million bushe l s ) from a .month earli er but 17 percent above l ast ye a r .

All Co t t on- - Pr oduc ti.on is f ore cas t at 9.3 mil l ion bale s , 1 percent (0 .1 mill i on bale s ) below Augus t 1 , and 19 per ce nt be l ow 1 974 .

Oilseed--Production (soybean , cot tonseed, peanuts and flaxseed combined) is f orecas t a t 49 million short tons, 13 percent mor e t han l a st year .

Al l Wheat--Production is indicated a t a record 2,136 million bushels , 19 perc ent mor e t han last ye ar ' s crop.

All Tobacco--Is forec a s t a t 2 ,2 00 mil l ion pounds , down 1 pe r ce n t (20 mill ion pounds) from Augus t 1 but 11 perce nt above 1974 and the largest crop produced sinc e 1964 . Fl uecured production i ~ up 14 percent and t he Bar l e y cr op is 6 percent lar ger than a ye a r a go.

____________________~U~N~ITED STATES ACREAGE AND PRODUCTION, 1974 AND 1975

Ac r eage

:Yi e l d per Ac re

Product ion

Ha r -

Fo r

In-

In-

Crop and Unit

vested

Har vest

dicat ed

d i c a t ed

1 974

1975 :19 74

1975

1974

1975

Thousand Ac r e s

Thous ands

Corn , for grain, bu .

:

Wheat, bu.

:

Oats, bu .

:

Barley, bu .

:

Cotton, .ba l e s 1/

:

Soybeans , for beans , bu . :

Peanuts, lb.

:

Sweetpotatoes, cwt .

:

Tobacco, All, lb .

:

Grapes, ton

:

Pecans, lb.

:

II Cotton yield in po und s .

65 ,194 65 ,459 13 ,325
8 ,281 12, 546 . 6 52, 460
1 ,472 .1 11 9 . 7 963.1

66, 793 68 , 861 13 ,9 32
8 , 642 9 , 336 . 8 53, 533 1 , 496 .2
123.2 1 ,083. 6

71.3 27. 4 46.6 37. 2 442 23 . 5 2, 49::' 114 2 , 066

85.1 31.0 48.6 44 .1
479 26.9 2,557 113 2,031

4,651 ,167 5 ,687 ,248

1,793,322 2, 136 , 334

620 ,539
308 , on

671 , 754 381 ,438

11 ,540 . 1

9,308 .8

1,233 ,425 1,442,422

3 , 667,604 3,825 , 685

13,651

13,967

1 ,989,963 2,200,208

4 ,194.1

4 , 282 .8

137,100

259 ,700

FRASIER T. GALLOWAY Agricultural Statistician In Charge

W. PAT PARKS Agr i cul t ural Statisti cian

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As o f Sep t embe r 1 , act ual boll co unt s in samp le f ie l ds and i nf o rmat ion s uppl ie d by c rop corresponde nt s ind i cat e d a cot t on crop o f 180 ,000 ba les , accord i ng to t he Geor g ia Cro p Repor t in g Se rv i ce . I f re al ize d , t his woul d be 10 , 000 bal e s mo re t han fo recast la s t month but stil l th e sma1 l e s t c rop o f record ba ck to 1866 a nd 239, 000 ba le s below l a s t ye a r . Ind ica t e d 1 i n t y ie ld pe r a c re , a t L~ 3 2 pounds, is wel l be low l a s t ve a r ' s very goo d 490 pou nd s but up 24 po unds f rom l as t mon t h.
Ra in y weat he r subsi ded by mid- Augus t. A pe r iod o f ho t a nd d r y weather the n set i n wh ich ge ne ra l l y be nefit e d co tto n dev e l opment . Pr io r to the ho t and d r y weat he r , i nse ct control a nd bo ll rot were a problem in ma ny fie l ds .
t1a tu ri t y i s ru nn i ng lat e aga i n th is year an d cotton harve s t was very 1 imited duri ng Au gus t. In fac t , so few ba l e s ha d be en g i nne d t ha t t he num be r was not publ ished t o av oid d is cl o s u re of i nd i v idua l p l a nt da t a . In 1974 th e re ha d be en 74 ba l e s gin ned t o this dat e .

UN /TED STATES

All cot to n produc t io n as of Septembe r 1 i s fore cas t at 9 . 3 mi 11ion ba l es , down 19 perce nt f rom the 1974 c ro p . Expec t ed p roduc tio n con s ists o f 9.2 mi l 1 ion bales of Uplan d cot t on and 64 , 800 bal e s o f American- Pi ma. Cot t o nsee d p ro duc tio n , based o n a three year ave ra ge I in t -s ee d ratio , is forecas t at 3.6 mi 11 io n t o ns, 20 per cen t bel ow 197 4 .
Growers ex pect to ha r ves t 9 .3 mi l l ion a c re s t h i s yea r , 26 perce nt bel ow 1974 , 22 perce n t below 1973 a nd virtual l y uncha nge d from Au gus t 1. Ave ra ge 1 int y ield per acre i s fore ca s t a t 479 pounds , 37 pou nds a bove 1974 .
Up l a nd cot t on p ro ducers i n Texa s a nd Ok l a homa ex pe c t to ha rv est 3 . 3 mill io n ba les , 18 pe rce n t a bov e l a s t ye ar 's poo r crop . Har ve s t i s wel l und e rway in South and Eas t Texas , but prog re s s ha s been hampe re d by we t wea t he r . Cond it io ns on the High Plai ns of Texas and in Oklahoma hav e be e n favora ble for ve geta t i ve g rowt h, but e a r l y bo ll set appea rs to be l e s s t ha n no rma I
In the De l t a St a t e s- Mi s s i s s i pp i , Ark a nsa s , Lou i s i ana , Tenn essee a nd Mi s so u r i- t he co tton c rop is e xpe c t ed to p ro duce 2. 6 mi ll ion ba le s , 27 percent be l ow l ast year . Some a rea s o f northern Ar ka nsa s and M issou~ i ha ve had d ry cond i t ions . Co tto n in Missi ss ippi an d o th er De l t a St at e s has be en affected by la c k o f s un s hi ne and he avy i nf e s t a t ion o f insect s. Control mea s u r e s ha ve be en d i f f i c u l t a nd e f fec t ive ne s s has bee n I im it ed . Excessive fo l ia ge growth ha s occurre d in man y are a s.

FRAS IER T. GAL LOI:/AY Ag r i cu l t u ra l Sta t i s t ici a n In Charge

W. PAT PARKS - MIKE HAMMER Agri cul tural Statisticia ns

The Stat i sti ca l Re po r t i ng Se r vi ce, USDA , 186 1 We st Broad Stre e t , At he ns , Georg ia In cooperation wi t h t he Ge o r g ia Dep a rtme nt of Ag ric u l t u re .

St at e

UPLA ND

Alabama

Ar izona

Arka n s a s

Ca 1i for n ia

Flor ida 1/

Geo rg ia

111 ino i s Kentucky

11//

Loui s ian a

Miss i s s i ppi

Mi ssouri

Ne vada 1/

N. Mex ico

N. Ca ro 1 ina

Okla homa

S. Ca ro 1 ina

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Virginia 1/

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Acreaqe

:L i nt y iel d pe r

Fo r :harveste d acre

Harves t ed

ha rves t:

197 5

1973

1974

1975 : 1973

1974

Indi c.

1,000 Ac re s

Pounds

Product ion 2/

480-1b. ne t wel qht bal es

1973

1975 ~ 1974 Indic.

1,000 Ba l e s

510 276
975 942
11.5
375
o
.3 520 1,340
173 1. 9
127
173 526 294 440
5 ,200 2.4

585 392 1, 130 1,2 38
12. 1 41 0
.5 4.5 635 1, 71 0 310
1. 7 140
14 5
547 292 51 0 4 , 400
1. 5

485

42 3

268 1,063

780

5 13

875 89 1

5. 8 522

200

499

o

.6 486

290 481

1, 125

651

230

501

1.0 477

110

51 4

54 455

380

390

115 473

350 472

4 , 0 00

431

.7 440

. 429 1,21 8
374 1, 006
503 490 288 280 423 448
356 513 6 509 Lf40 272 4 50 290 269 384

396 1,075
400
1 ,OL+2
538 4 32
480 497 523 459 624 458 444 303 459 31 5 363 4 11

449 6 11 1, 04 1
1,749 12. 5
390
o
.3 521 1, 81 6 180
1. 9 136 164
4 27 290 43 2 4 , 673
2.2

522
995 880
2, 595 12. 7
4 19
.3 2.6 560 1,595 230
2. 1
148 13 3 310 274 308 2,462
1. 2

400 600
650 1, 900
6. 5 180
o
.6 300 1, 225 220
1.3
105 50 240
11 0
230 3, 025
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Ame r .- P Ima Ar izona Ca 1i fo rn j a 1/ N. Ne xi co Texas

34 .0

34 . 7

30 .0 597

729

600

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. 2 L~80

683

720

17 . 7

14.5

12.5 265

4 17

307

31. 2 32. 8

24 . 0 397

359

380

42 .3
.2
9 .8 25. 8

52 . 7
.4 12. 6
24 .5

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37. 5 . 3I
8 . ~1
19. 0

United St a te s

Upland

: 11, 887 .1

9 , 270 . 1

441

12 ,464 . 3

521

479

Amer. - P ima

83.1

82.3

66.7 451

526

466

All Co tton

: 11,97 0 .2

9,3 36. 8

442

12, 546.6

520

479

1/ Es ti ma te fo r cur ren t yea r ca r r ied f o rwa rd f rom ear l ie r fo reca st.
to be gi nned.

12,89 5. 9

9,244. 0

11,449 .9

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78. I

90. 2

64.8'

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12 , 974 .0

9 ,3 08. 8

11 , 540.1

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P ECA NS

September 12 , 1975

PECAl'1 r.sr onr AS OF S EPTE~1B EL 1 , 1975

GEORGIA: Pecan produc t i on i n Georg i a is f or e ca s t at 80 million pounds this yea r, accord ing to the Ge or gia Cr op Re por t i n g Se rvice. The current f or e ca s t i s 38 percent above
last yea r ' s "off-ye ar " pr oduction of 58 mill i on . It is well below r ecent lion-year" pro-
due tions , ho wever, and much of t he blame has be en laid to diseas e problems. Re c e n t "on-sye a r " pr oduc t i on s include 100 million i n 1973 , 90 million in 1971 and 88 uli l l i on in 1969 .

The current crop showed very promisin g p r o s pects early in the year but the fr equent rains and hi Sh humidity of J une a nd J ul y ,Jere idea l for disease formation and spread. The current year has been labe l ed t he ,lorst ye a r eve r for scab and other fungus diseases. A resistant strain of s c ab als o a ppea red t h i s yea r . Ma ny untreated groves have prematurely sh edded leaves and put on new s pr in g-like gr o.,t h, due to heavy insect infestations.

UNITED STATES : The 197 5 pecan cro p is for ec a s t a t 259 . 7 million pounds, 89 percent above last year' s s hor t crop but 6 percen t l ess than 1973. Above normal rainfall
in many areas resulted in s ca b a nd other d is ea ses be i ng preval ent this year . Nut droppa ge was gen e r a l l y aboV2 ave ra ge . Pr os pec ts howe ver a re above a year earlier in all States excep t New l1exico and North Carolina . Tr e e s in Georg ia had a good set bu t are being hit hard by s cab a nd droppage of immatu r e nut s . I n Te xa s a good nut set wa s obtained in most areas except in portions o f t he Edwar d s Pl at eau a nd Cro ss-Timbe r s where a late spring freez e reduced prospects.

PECAN STOCKS IN COLD STORAGE: On J ul y 31 , 1975, the U. S. stocks of pecans in cold storage t otaled 15 , 982 ,000 pounds of nutmeats and 6,343,000 pounds
of "in-shell " . Nutmeat s we re of f 27 percent f r om the previous year while "in-shell " storage was only 13 percent of the J uly 31 , 1974 stocks. The August 31 , 1975 Cold Storage Re por t will be released Septembe r 19, 1975 .

FRASI ER T. GALLOWAY Agr i cul t u r a l Statistician I n Cha r ge

W. PAT PARKS Agricultural Statistician

I The Statistical Reporting Se r v i c e , USDA, 1861 Wes t Broad Stre et , At hens, Georgia in cooperation wi t h the Georgi a Depar tme n t of Agricul t u re.

Stat e
Al abama Arkansas Flo r i da Ge o rll..@..___ _ Lou isia na Mi ss iss ippi iJe\v Iie x i co i~o r t ;1 Ci3 ro 1 i na Okla homa South Ca ro 1 i na Tex a s
Un it ed St a t e s

PECAN PRODUCTI ON

Imp rov ed Var ie t ies 1/

Na t ive a nd See d l i nq Pe ca ns

Ind i ca t ed:

Ind i cat ed

1\) 73

1974

1975 : 1973

1974

19 75

- - 1, 000 Pounds - -

: 28, 000

1, 000

2 , 700

7Y . OOO

4 ,500

9, &00

B. 'iOO

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900 2 ,000

:

1, 100

6 , 500

8, 800 500
1, zoo 47 ,000
1,000 1, 200 r s . ZOO 1.~ 500
200 1 , 5 00 9 ,500

24 , 000 500
3 ,1 00 64 , 000
6 , 000 5 ,000 11 . nno 1:500 2 , 000 1, 80 0 12 ,0 00

13 , 000 5 , 000 3 ,900 21 ,0 00 35 ,500 12 ,2 00
700 26 ,000
900 13, 500

Z,2 00 700
1, 300 11. 000 2, 000
1 , 800
700 2 ,300 1, 000 28, 500

7,000 3 , 000 3 , 400 16,000. 18 , 000 'i . 000
700 28,000
1,7 00 4 6 , 000

ll ~4 , 00 0

85 , 600 130 , 900 131 ,7 00

5 1, 500 1z8 , 800

St a te

Al l Peca ns

197 3

1974
- - 1, 000 Pounds - -

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Arkan sas

Fl o r ida

Geo r g ia

Loui s ia na

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No rt h Ca ro 1 i na

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Okl ahoma

South Ca ro 1 i na

Texa s

41 , 00 0 6, 000 6, 600
100 , 0 0 0 40, 000 22,0 00
8 , 500 1, 600 28,0 00 2 ,000 20 ,0 00

11, 000 1, 200 2 , 500
58 ,000 3, 000 3,000 13 , 200 2 , 200 2 ,500 2 ,5 00
38 , 00 0

Un i t ed Sta t e s

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275, 700

1/ Budded , graf t e d , o r to pwo r ke d va r ie t ies .

137 , 100

Ind i ca t ed 19 7 5
3 1,0 00 3 ,500 6 , 500
80 ,000 24 , 000 10 ,00 0 11, 000
2 ,200 30, 000
3, 500 58 , 000
259 , 700

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September 1, 19 75

UNITED STATES STOCKS OF SOYBEANS IN ALL POSITIONS

Released 9/2 3/ 75

Carryover of ol d c r op soybeans i nto ~he 1975- 76 marketing ye a r totaled 186 million bushels on Septembe r 1 , 197 5 . The soybean carryover is the third largest of r ecord , e xceeded only by 19 69 and 19 70 at 32 7 mill ion and 230 mi l l i on bushels respectively . The September 1 stocks a r e 9 percent more t ha n last ye ar and 3 times the September 1, 19 73 sto cks. Soybeans stored on farms totaled 76 million bushels , the largest September 1 on farms carryover of reco r d; t hi s is 18 percent mo r e t han last year and ei ght time s the small 1973 carryover . Offfarm stocks at 110 milli on bushe ls were 3 percent hi gher than September 1 , 1974 and more than doubl~ 2 years earlier.

Disappe arance during t he mar keting year (Se ptemb er 1974- Augus t 19 75) to taled 1 , 218 million bushels as indica t e d by year end s t oc ks , 15 percent less than t he previous marketing year . Crushings account ed for a bo u t 698 million bushel s ; expor t s 419 million bushels; and quant ities used for seed and fee d ar e expe c t e d to t o t a l about 58 million bushels . Indicated dis appearance during July-Augus t 19 75 totaled 173 million bushels , 1 percent above the same period a year earlier.

Position

Soybean Stocks (Ol d Cr op) Septemb er I, 1975 with Compar isons

Sep t. 1

Sept. 1

July 1

:

1973

1974

1975

1 ,000 Bushels

Sept . 1 1975

On Farms

:

:

Off Farms 1./

:

:

Total

:

9,415 50,222 59 , 637

64,545 106 ,337 170 ,882

167, 569 191, 704 359,2 73

76 ,055 10 9 , 907 185 , 962

l / Includes stocks at mi l l s , eleva t or s, wa r eh ouse s , t erminals and processors .

FRASIER T. GALLOWAY Agricultural Statistician I n Char ge

PAUL E. WILLIAMS Agricultural Statistician

The Statis tical Reporting Se rvi c e , USDA, 1861 We s t Broad Str e et , Athens , Georgia i n cooperation with the Georgia Depa r tment of Agr i cul t ure .

St a t e

Soybeans (Old Crop)--Farm and Off-Farm Stocks, September 1 and July 1

On Fa r ms

: Off-Farm Total 1/

: Total All Positions

: Se p .

JuI.

Sep , : Sep .

JuI.

Sep. : Sep.

Jul.

Sep.

1974

1975

19 75 : 1974

1975

1975 : 1974

19 75

1975

1,000 Bushels

Ala. : 102

Ark. : 4,650

De l. : 75

Fla. :

6

Ga. : 499

Ill. :11,252

Ind . : 6,081

Iowa :17 ,128

Kans. : 924

Ky. : 581

La. : 348

Md. : 60

Mich. : 748

Ninn. : 6,366

Hiss . : 1,815

Mo. : 5,076

Nebr. : 2,904

N.J. : 14

N.Y. ; 10

N.C. : 348

N. Dak.: 205

Ohio : 2,693

Okla. : 37

Pa . : 14

S.C . : 594

. S. Dak . : 1,140

Tenn.

553

Tex. : 85

Va . : 56

Wis . : 181

367 6,880
241 301 3,863 22,82 7 9,775 45 ,788 3,502 3,218 2,917 314 1,323 18,665 . 2 , 803 11,484 5,998 188
25 4,473
687 10,368
151 183 2 ,256 3,380 2 ,873 392 1,112 1 ,215

343 3 ,870
34 151 901 7,263 4 ,399 23,890 2 ,060 1 ,170 673
47 794 11 ,0 29 1,168 4,307 3, 427 31
8 959 286 5,583
30 57 594 1,336 958 235 61 391

*
5,344
*
104 1,885 26,962 3 ,759 20,046 4,490
*
6,149 1,393
767 8 ,230 1,722 6,225 2 ,765
* * *
218 4,658
*
";'~
624 263 2,883 1,213
*
111

4,087 11 ,6 31
* * *
33 ,390 7,336
41 ,185 7,919 2 ,337 7 ,083
*
1 ,221 16,754
6 ,583 14,239
7 ,485
* *
1 ,107 64 2
13 ,587 629
*
1 ,918 795
1 ,038 1,790
,",
316

934 3 , 804
* *
1,139 19 ,970
3,076 28,891
4,2 62 1 ,688 4,806
*
628 10 ,774
1,707 8 ,480 4 ,630
*
,'<
67 4 391 6 ,182 293
*
1 ,315 585
1 ,250
1, 433,..
118

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9 ,994
,",
110 2,384 38,214 9, 840 37 ,174 5,414
*
6 ,497 1, 453 1, 515 14,596 3 ,537 11 ,301 5, 669
;<
*
).~
423 7 ,351
* *
1 ,218 1 ,403 3 ,436 1 ,298
*,
292

4,454 18,511
* *
*
56,217 17,111 86 ,9 73 11,421
5,555 10 ,000
;,
2 ,544 35,419 9,386 25,72313,483
* *
5,580 1,329 23,955
780
*
4 ,174 4,175 3,911 2,182
*
1,5 31

1 ,277 7 , 674
,",
'I.
2 ,040 27,233
7,475 52 ,782
6 ,32 2 2 ,85 8 5,479
*
1 ,422 21 ,803
2,875 12 ,787
8,057
* *
1 ,633 677
11 ,7 65 3 23
*
i,909 1,921 2 ,208 1 ,668
*
509

Unall.'" :

6 ,526

8 ,632 2,877 7 ,763 14 ,859 3 ,266

U. S. :64,545 167 ,569 76,055 106,337 191,704 109,907 170 ,882 359 ,273 185,962
* Iucluded in unallocated to avoid disclosing individual operations. 1/ Includes stocks at
mills, elevators, warehourses , terminals and processcrs .

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HONEY
GEORGIA HONEY PRODUCTIO N

Released 9/29/75

Commercial apiaries wi t h 300 o r more colonies in Georgia expect to produce 3,168,000 pounds of honey in 1975. This i s an 81 percent increase over the commercial produ ction of 1974, but 8 percent less than 1973.

There were 72,000 colonies of bees in commerc ial apiaries in 1975, 3 percent above the last two years. Yield per colony is estimated at 44 pounds, compared with 25 pounds in 1974 and 49 pounds in 1973.

UNITED STATES HONEY PRODUCTION

Commercial apiaries wi th 300 or mo re colonies i n the 20 major honey producing States expect to produce 105 mi 11 ion pounds of honey in 1975. This is 3 percent above the commercial honey product ion in 1974 but 20 percent below the 1973 production.

Commercial apiaries had 1,705,000 col onies of bees in 1975, compared with 1,691,000 a year ago and 1,640,000 in 1973. Yield per col ony is expe cted to average 61.7 pounds, up 2 percent from 1974 but 23 percent below 1973.

Commerc ial product ion in Cal i f o r n ia is exp ect ed to be 18.5 million pounds, the same as a year ago. Florida's expected production of 10.4 million pounds , is 32 percent above last year. The number of colon ies of bees in Florida is down but yield per colony is expected to be 23 pounds above a year ago.

This prel iminary report conta ins estimates of expected 1975 honey production in 20 major States from commercial apiaries with 300 or more colonies. Commercial apiar ies produced about 55 percent of all honey i.n 1974.

FRASIER T. GALLOI.fAY Agr icultural Statist ician In Charge

LARRY MASSEY Agricultural Statistician

The Statistical Reporting Service, USDA, 1861 We s t Broad Street, Athens, Georgia i n cooperation with the Georg ia Department of Agriculture.

Commerc i al Produc tion- Apiaries Hi t h 300 or mor e c olo nie s : Col onie s of bees and co mme r c i a l hone y production in 20 mai or producing St ates, 1974-1975

State

.

Colonie s of Bees

: Yi e ld pe r Col ony :

1975 as :

:

Honey Production 1975 a s

19 74

19 75

% o f 1974 : 1974

19 75 : 1974

1975

% of 1974

1 , 000 Coloni e s

Perce n t

Pound s

1 ,000 Pounds

Pe r cen t

Ar iz .

: 43

40

93

57

56

2 ,45 1

2 , 2 40

91

Calif .

: 385

385

10 0

48

48

18 , 480 18 ,4 80

10 0

Col o .

: 31

31

100

85

61

2 , 635

1 , 891

72

Fla.

: 136

129

95

58

81

7 ,888 10,449

132

Ga .

: 70

72

103

25

44

1 ,7 50

3 ,16 8

181

Idaho

: 93

96

10 3

64

Ill.

: 10

9

90

70

Iowa

: 36

40

111

10 3

Ni ch .

: 58

56

97

47

Hi nn.

: 105

10 5

100

75

39

5 ,952

3 ,744

63

57

700

513

73

87

3 ,708

3,480

94

65

2 , 726

3 ,640

134

85

7 , 875

8 ,925

113

Hon t.

:

77

75

97

89

97

6, 853

7,275

106

Neb r .

: 123

1 26

102

88

53

10, 824

6 ,6 78

62

N. Y.

: 54

49

91

58

65

3, 1 32

3,185

102

N. C.

:

7

7

100

52

80

364

560

15 4

N. Dak. : 75

34

112

80

98

6,000

3, 232

137

Oreg.

: 23

22

96

48

45

1 , 104

990

90

S. Dak . : 138

1~ 8

100

50

68

6 , 9 00

9, 384

13 6

Tex .

: 100

98

98

61

61

6, 100

5 ,9 78

98

\-Jash .

: 75

77

10 3

34

34

2 ,55 0

2, 618

103

Wis .

: 52

66

127

72

58

3, 744

3 , 828

102

:

20 States : 1 , 69!

1 ,7 05

101

60 . 2

61. 7 101 , 736 105 ,258

10 3

Aft er Five Days Re t ur n t o United St a t e s Departmen t of Agricul t ur e
Stat istica l Repor t i ng Ser v i ce 1861 West Broad Street Athens, Ge 0r g i a 306 01 OFFICIAL BU SINESS

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P R ICES S EP T E MBE R '15 '18 75
Oc t oDe r 1 , 197 5

GEORGIA I ND EX UP 6 POH!T S

The Al l Cornmod Lt Le s I nd ex o f Pric es Rec e i ved b y Ce o r gi,a f a r mer s i n September '.la S 194 ;:, .~rcent , 6 po Ln t s a bove t he pr ev i ous mon th a nd 14 po in t s ab ove Se p t ember 1 :174, ac co rd i ng to tu e Georgia Cr op Le p o r t Ln g Se r vi c e .

Tile Sap t e .uber Al l Crop s I nd e x wa s 18 5 per cen t , 1 point above t he prev i ous month . The Live stock and live stock Product s I nde x was 201 perc e nt , 9 poin t s above the pr evious month an ..i 3lf oo i.n t s 8.~ ove Se pt embe r 19 74 . The i ncre a s e i n t he Al l Commo d ity I nd ex from Augu s t 1 ~75 l evel re sult ed fro m i nc r eas es in t he price s o f c o t t on , cott onseed, pean ut s , wheat , bee f cattle, hogs, ch.Lckens and eggs .

UNI TED STATE S PRI CES RECEIVED I NDEX UP 6 POINTS PRI CES PAl ] I ND EX UP 2 POINTS

The I ndex of Pri c e s Received by Farmers i ncreas ed 6 po i nt s (3 pe rc ent ) to 193 pe r c e n t of i t s Janu?ry-Dec emt e r 19 67 ave rage dur ing t he month end ed Sep tembe r 15 , 1975 . Con tributing mos t to the increase s inc e mid -Augus t were higher pr ice s fo r mi l k , be e f ca t t le , hogs , eggs, an d whe a t , Lowe r pric e s for po ta t oe s , corn , and so ybe ans we r e pa rtia l ly o ffse t ting. The ind ex was 12 points (7 percen t ) above a ye ar a go .

The Index of Pric es Pa id by Fa r mer s for Commodit ie s and Serv ice s , Inte r e s t , Taxe s, and Fa r m Wage Ra t e s for Sept ember 15 \vas 189 , up 2 poi n t s (1 pe rc en t ) fr om a month earlier. Price s were hi ghe r for nearly a ll i t ems surveyed excep t clo t hi ng and mo t or s uppl i e s which we r e unchanged. Fe ed pric e s were lower. The i nde x wa s 14 point s ( 8 pe r c en t ) above a year earlier.

19 67 = 10 0

I ND EX NUNBERS -- GEORG IA AND UNITED STATES

Aug . 15

Se p t . 15

Aug . 15

.

1974

19 74

1 9 75

Se p t. 15 19 75

GEO?GIA

Prices Rec e i ve d

Al l Commodities

1/ 176

1/180

183

1 94

All Crops

1/ 200

I / 1 97

18 4

185

Live stock and Livestock

Products

1:/ 158

1:./1 67

192

201

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Prices Re c e i v ed

185

181

187

193

:

Pr i ces Pa i d , Intere st ,

Taxes & Fa rm Wa~e Rat e s :

173

1 75

18 7

18 9

~a t io 2/

:

187

103

100

10 2

1/ ~evis e d . 1/ ~atio of Index o f Price s Rece i ved by Fa rmer s t o I nde x of Pr i ces Paid ,

Int ere st, Taxe s , and Farm Wage Rate s .

FRASIER T. GALLOWAY :18r i c ul t u ra l St atistician In Cha rge

C LAYTO~ J . MCDUFFIE Agri cul t ur a l Statisticia n

The Stat i stical ~:e') o r t ir.g Se rv ice, USDA, 18 61 Hes t Bro ad Str e e t , At hen s J Geor gia in coc nera t Lon ~:i t h the Geor gia De pa r t me n t o f Agr i cul t ure .

PRICES- -RECEI VED AND PAID BY FAm lERS, SEPTEl mER 15 , 1975 HITH CONPARIS ONS

Commodi t y and Uni t

Geor gi a

Se pt . 15 Aug. 15

1 97 4

1 97 5

Sep t. 15 1975

Uni ted States

Sep t . 15 Aug . 15 Se p t . 15

1 9 74

1 9 75

1975

PRI CES RECEIVED

Hheat , bu .

$

3, 76

Oa t s , bu .

$

1. 62

Cor n , bu.

$

3 . 27

Cotton , l b .

c

Cottons eed, t on

$ 99 . 00

Soybe an s , bu ,

$

7 .20

Peanut s , lb.

18 . 0

Swe e t pot a t oe s, cwt .

$ 11. 90

Hay , b al ed , t on

Al l

$ 36 .50

Al f a l f a

$

Other 2.1

$

Hilk Cows , he a d

$ 440 . 00

Hogs , cwt.

$ 4/ 34 . 40

Be ef Catt le, Al l , cwt . 1/ $ - 27 . 20

Cows , cwt , '!:...!

$ 21. 80

St ee r s & Hei fe rs , cwt . $ 31. 60

Ca l ve s , cwt ,

$ 28.90

~ ii lk , Sol d t o Plants, cwt.

Flu id Har ke t

$

9 . 75

Manuf ac ture d

$

All

$

9 . 75

Turkeys , 10.

25 . 0

Chickens , lb .

Excl udin g Broi lers

4/11 . 5

Comme rcia l Broilers

4 / 22 . 5

Eggs , a ll , doz .

c 4 /61. 6

Table , doz .

4/ 59 .7

Ha t ching , doz .

70 .0

3. 08 1. 50 2 .9 4 45.0
5 . 77 18 . 7 18 . 60
41. 50
350 . 00 53 .40 22.80 18.10 26 .40 23.50
9. 50
9 .50 28 . 0
1l . 5 29 . 5 57.9 51. 9 85 . 0

3 . 54 1. 46 2 . 74 47. 7 111 . 00 5 . 37 IS . 6 15.. 05
L+2 .5 0
340 .0 0 56 . 40 23. 70 18 .60 27. 50 23 . 50
2/ 9 . 50
5/ 9 . 50 29 . 0
12.5 30 . 5 63. 0 58 . 5 85 .0

4 . 32 1. 57 3. 30 54. 9 112 . 00 7 .32 17. 9 4/ 6 .30
51.90 55 .50 43 .4 0 475 . 00 33 .7 0 32 . 60 21.60 35 .40 30 .10
4/8.39 4/6 .81 ~/8. 0 7
27. 3
9.1 22. 8 54 . 8

3. 89 1. 44 2. 95 42 . 9 93 .00 5. 80 18. 5 8. 75
51. 00 54 . 10 44 .10 411.. 00 56 . 00 33. 10 19 . 70 37 . 10 25 . 70
4/8.33 4 / 7 . 60 4 / 8.56
35 . 2
10 .1 23 . 8 50 . 5

4 . 11 1. 45 2 .7 6 44 . 7 103 . 00 5 .32 19. 7 8 .47
50 . 80 54 .10 43. 80 413 . 00 58 .5 0 34 . 60 20 .50 38 .7 0 27.40
5/9 .21 5 /8. 01 5 /3 . 96
36 .0
11 . 1 29. 8 55 . 8

PRICES PAI D, FEE~

Mixed Dairy Feed, ton

14 /~ protei n

$ 145 . 00 130 .00 13 4 . 00

142.00 133 .00

133. 00

16 % prote i n

$ 150. 00 140.0 0 140 . 00

148 . 00 135 . 00

135.00

18 % pro tein

$ 148 . 00 143 .00 140 . 00

152 . 00 138 . 00

138 . 00

20% pro te i n

$ 154 . 00 147. 00 14 3.00

157 . 00 141. 00

143 . 00

Hog Fe ed, 14%-18 % protein

cwt .

$

8. 90

8 .50

8 . 30

8. 82

8. 25

8.2 7

Cott ons e ed Me a l , 41%, cwt . $ 10 . 50

8 .9 0

9. 10

10 . 20

9.03

9.2 7

Soybe an Mea l , 44 %, cwt . $ 10 .5 0

9 .00

9.60

10 . 30

8 . 88

9 .24

Br an , cwt.

$

8 .50

7 . 80

7 . 80

7 . 68

7 .21

7 .11

Mi ddl i ng s , cwt.

$

8.60

7 .6 0

7. 70

7. 63

7. 03

7. 01

Cor n ile a l , cwt .

$

7.90

7.40

7 . 20

8 .01

7.27

7. 23

Poul t r y Feed , t on

Broi l e r Grower Fe ed

$ 190 .0 0 158. 00 167 . 00

176.00 163.00

1 64 . 00

Lay i ng Feed

$ 164 . 00 141 . 00 141 . 00

163 . 00 150 . 00

149 . 00

Ch ick Sta rt e r

$ 186 . 00 161 . 00 161.00

185 . 00 168 . 00

168 . 00

Al fa l f a Hay , ton

$ 51. 00

70 . 00

68.00

63.50

63. 90

63 . 30

Al l Oth e r Hay , t on

$ 52 . 00

59 . 00

58 .00

52 .60

54 . 70

53 .50

1 / Inc ludes all hay ex cep t al f a lfa . 2/ "Cows" and " s t e e r s and he i. f e r s " c omb i ned with

allowance whe r e nece s s a r y fo r s l a ughter bul l s . 3/ I n cl ude s cull dairy cows s ol d fo r sla ugh te but not da i r v cows f or h erd r ep l a cements . 4 / Re~i s ed . 5 / Prel i mina r y .

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ATHENS, GEORGIA

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October 14, 1975

The 197 5 Geo rgia co tto n c ro p i s es t imated at 180, 000 bales, according to the Geo rg ia Crop Repor ting Servi ce . Th i s e sti ma t e i s bas e d on i nf o rma t io n reported by crop correspond e nts, g inne rs, and -obj e ct iv e y ie l d co unt s. The Oct obe r I e s t ima t e of 180,000 bales i s unchang ed from last month a nd i f rea l ized wi l l be t he smal l e s t cotton crop of record back to 1866 . Yield per acre is e s t ima t ed at 432 po un ds , down sh arp ly from last year's near record 490 pounds.
September was gen e ra l l y no t a favo rabl e mon t h for cotton. For much of the g rowing season and durin g Se p t embe r , mo i stu re e xce s se s cau s ed va r io us problems such as i nsec t control, ra nk growth an d bo l l rot . Hu r r ican e Eloi s e whi c h arrived on the 23rd of Sept ember caused o n l y minor win d and ra i n damage.
Ma t u r i t y is aga i n very la te a nd ha rv est progres s i s at a record slow pace. Ac cord in g to the Census Bure au , 7 24 ba les o f cot to n ha d been g inned i n Georgia prior to October 1 this year compa r ed wit h 17, 472 in 1974 and 15 , 605 i n 1973. Ginnings to October 1 fo r t he Un ited Sta t es total ed 37 3, 123 ba l es co mpared wi th 827 ,287 in 1974 and 496,122 in 1973.

UNI TED STATES

All cott on produ c t io n a s of Oc t o ber 1 i s fo re ca s t at 9.1 million bales, down 22 per cen t from the 1974 crop and 3 per cen t be l ow the Se ptembe r 1, 1975 forecast. Expected production consists o f 9 .0 million ba l e s o f Up l a nd co t ton an d 64 , 800 bales of American -Pima. Cotton seed produc t ion, based o n a t h ree - yea r ave rage 1 i nt- s e e d rat io, is forecast at 3.5 mill ion tons, 22 percent below 1974 .
Growers expe c t to ha r ves t 9 . 3 mi l l ion a cres t h is year, 26 percent below 1974 and 22 percent below 1973. Ave ra ge I i nt yie ld pe r harve s te d acre i s forecast at 467 pounds, 25 pounds above 1974 , but 12 po unds be l ow the Septembe r I fo recast.
Upland cotton produ ce r s i n Texa s a nd Oklahoma expe c t to harvest 3.1 million bales , 12 percent abo ve l ast yea r 1s poo r c rop . Har ves t i s p r ogressing rapidly in South and East Te xas , and i s virtually comp l e t e i n s o uthe r n a re as . We st Te xas cotton suffered extreme temperat u re changes ab ou t mid - Sep t embe r re s u l t in g i n some prem a t u re defol iation in the High Plains area . In Oklahoma, below-norma l t empera t ures s lowe d c rop ma t u r i t y .
In the Delta St a t es - Mi s s i s s i pp i , Ar kan sas, Lo u is ia na, Tennessee, and Missouri-the cot to n crop i s expect ed to pro duce 2 . 5 mi l li o n bale s , 29 pe rcent below last year. Unfavorabl e growing conditi ons resul t e d in l ower p rod uc t io n pro s pec t s from September 1 for all States except Arkansas whi c h he l d st ead y. Excessive fol ia ge g rowt h , slow boll development and so me ro tting of bo1 Is have oc curre d .
Production in t he Sout hea s t e r n St a tes - Georg ia , Al a bama , South Carolina and North Carol ina -is e xp e cted to t o t a l 740 , 000 ba l e s , 4 5 pe rcent below 1974. These States generall y had wet cond iti ons durin g Sep t embe r caus in g t he crop to mature slower than usual. Rank growth and boll ro t hav e oc c u r re d. Earl y s e t boll s are open and harvest has begun.

FRAS IER T. GA LL OWAY Agricultur?1 Statis t i ci a n In Char ge

W. PAT PARKS - MIKE HAMMER Agr icultural Statisticians

The Statist ical Repor ti ng Servi ce , US DA, 186 1 Wes t Broad Street, Athens, Georgia i n cooperation wi t h the Ge o r g ia Dep a rtme nt o f Ag r ic ultu r e.

State
UPLAND Alabama Ar izona Arkansas California Florida 1/ Geor gia Illinois 1/
Kentucky 1/
Loui s i ana Mississippi Mis sour i Nevada 1/ New Hexico N. Carolina Oklahoma S. Carol ina Tennessee
Y Texas
Virgini a

U. S. Cotton Report as of October 1, 1975

Harvested

1973

1 974

1 9 73

1974

Indi c. 1975

Pr oduc t i on 2/

480-1b . ne t weigh t bale s

Indi c .

1973

1974

197 5

1 ,000 Acre s

Pound s

1, 000 Ba les

510 2 76 975 942
11 . 5 '3 75
o
.3 520 1 , 340 173
1.9 1 27 173 52 6 294 44 0 5 , 200
2 .4

58 5 392 1 ,130 1, 238
12 . 1 410
.5 4.5 635 1 , 710 310 1. 7 140 145 54 7 292 510 4 , 400 1. 5

485 423 268 1 ,063 780 513 875 891
5 . 8 522 200 499
o
. 6 486 290 481 1 ,1 25 651 210 501
1. 0 477 100 514
54 455 380 390 115 473 350 472 4 ,000 431
.7 440

429 1 , 218
374 1 ,006
50 3 490 288 280 4 23 448 35 6 58 6 50 9 44 0 272 450 290
269 384

39 6 1 ,030
400 1 ,0 70
538
L! 32
480 480 512 423 6 24 4 56 444 303 459 2 74 343 480

449 611 1 , 041 1,749
12. 5 390
o
.3 521 1 ,816 180
1.9 13 6 164 4 27 290 432
4, 673 2.2

522 995 880 2 ,5 95
1 2 .7 419
.3 2.6 560 1,595 . 230
2.1 14 8 133 310 274 30 8 2 , 462
1. 2

40 0 5 75 650 1 ,950
6 .5 180
o
.6 290 1,2 00 185
1. 3 95 50 240
110 200 2, 860
.6

Amer. - Pi ma

Arizona

34.0

34 . 7

30,0 59 7

729

600

California 1/

.2

.3

. 2 480

68 3

720

New itexico

17 .7

14.5

12 .5 265

41 7

307

Texas

31.2

32 .8

24 . 0 397

35 9

380

42 .3 .2
9.8 25 . 8

52.7 .4
12 .6 24 . 5

37 . 5 ,3
8 .0 19 .0

United States

Upland

11 ,887 . 1

9,240 .1

44 1

12,89 5.9

8 , 994 .0

1 2 , 464 , 3

5 21

467

11, 449. 9

Amer . - P i m a

83 .1

8 2.3

66. 7 451

5 26

46 6

78 .1

90 .2

64 . 8

All Cotton 11,970 .2

9, 306,8

44 2

1 2, 974 . 0

9 ,058 . 8

12 , 546 . 6

520

467

11,540 .1

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to be gi nned .

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PECAN REPORT AS OF OCTOBER I , 1975

Octob er 14 , 1975

GEORGIA : Pe c an produc t ion i n Georgia wa s f or e cast at 75 mill ion pounds, according to the Georgia Cro p Report ing Service. The current forecast is 5 million pounds below
last month's forecast but still 17 million pound s above last year's short crop. This was suppose t o be the "good year " in t he "good ye ar - bad year" cycle that is typical of pecan production but disease problems have be en the mos t s evere in many, many years .

The drop in product i on fo reca st from l a st month was partly attributed to a continued "nut-drop" in early Sept emb er and par t ly to the v i sit from Hurricane Eloise on the 23rd. There was a considerab l e qu ant i t y of nuts blown from trees along the western border and across northern sect ions, as wel l as some limb breakage.

UNITED STATES : The Uni ted States peca n crop is e xpe c t ed to total 242.2 million pounds , down 7 percent f r om last month but up 77 percent from last year's "off year "
crop. Prospects declined from l a s t month in Fl or i da , Mississippi and Alabama as a result of Hurricane Eloise . Trees in the s e States we re uprooted in several areas and nuts were blown off the trees . Crop prospect s also declined from September 1 in the major producing States of Georgia, Oklahoma and Te xas. Insect and disease damage is becoming more evident in these three State s as harvest pr ogres s es, particularly in seedling groves. In Louisiana , crop pro spects are up f rom a month ag o but t he f ore c a s t is unchanged in Arkansas, South Carolina and New Mexi co .

Improved varieties are expected to account for 49 percent of this year's crop compared with 62 percent last ye a r . Production prospects for i~proved varieties declined 9 percen t from last month large l y a s a result of smaller crops i n Al abama and Georgia.

Pecan harvest is now beginning in all States and general harvest will be underway by the middle of October.

PECAN STOCKS IN COLD STORAGE : On August 31, 1975, the U. S. Cold Storage Report showed 13,905,000 pound s of pecan nutnleats stored compared with
21,584,000 pounds last ye a r - - of f 36 percent. Pecans in the shell in cold storage totaled 3,867,000 pounds compared wi t h 39 ,869,000 pounds a year earlier--off 90 percent. The September 30 Cold Storage Re por t wil l be published October 17 .

St at e
Alaba ma Arkans a s Flor i da Geo r gia Lou isia na 11ississ i ppi New l1e xi c o No r t h Caro l i na 1 / Oklahoma Sou t h Car ol i na Texas
United St at e s

PEC Ar~ PRODUCTION

I mp r oved Var i e t i e s 2/

Native and See dling Pecans

:

Indi cated

Indica t ed

19 73

1974

19 75

197 3

197 4

197 5

1 ,000 Pound s

: 28, 000

; 1 ,000

; 2 ,700

: 79, 000

4, 500 : 9 ,800

; 8 , 500

;

900

; 2 ,000

; 1 ,100 : 6 ,500

8 ,800 500
1 , 200 47,0 00
1 , 000 1 ,200 13,200 1 ,500
200 1, 500 9 , 500

18,000 500
2 , 400 60 ,000
7, 0 00 3, 500 11 ,009 1 , 500 2 , 000 1 , 800 1. 2 , 000

13, 000 5 , 0 00 3, 900
21 , 000 35 ,500 12,200
70 0 26 ,000
900 13,500

2 , 200 700
1 ,300 11 , 000
2, 000 1,800
700 2 ,300 1 , 00 0 28 , 500

6 , 000 3, 000 2, 600 15 , 000 21 , 000 3, 500
7CO 26, 000
1 ,7 00 . 43 , 000

14 4 , 000 85 , 600 119 ,7 00 1 31 ,7 00 51 ,5 00 1 22 , 500

Sta te

ALL PECANS
19 74 1 , 000 Pounds

Ind icat ed 1975

Alabama Arkans a s Fl orida Georgia Louisiana l1i ssiss i pp i New l iex.ico Nor t h Carolina 1 / O k l a h oma South Ca rol ina Texa s

41 , 000 6, 000 6 ,6 00
100, 000 1+ 0. 000 22 ,000 8,500 1, 600 28,000 2, 000 20, 00 0

11 ,0 00 1 , 200 2 , 500
58 , 000 3 , 000 3 ,0 00
13 , 200 2, 200 2, 500 2 , 500
38 , 000

24 ,000 3,500 5 ,0 00
75 , 0 00 28 , 000
7 ,000 11 ,000
2 , 200 28 , 00 0
3 ,500 55 ,000

United Sta tes

27 5,700

13 7 , 100

24 2 ,200

~/ Es t i ma t e s for current year c arried fo r ward f ro m e a r l i e r forecas t . ~/ Budded , gra f t ed . or t opwor ked va r i e t i e s .

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18 75

October 14 , 1975

Ha r ve s t i ng pr ogr es s for Georgi a' s lat e s eas on c r op s was s l ow during September du e ma inly t o ra i ny vleathe r , a cc or din g t o the Georgia Cr op Repor ting Se rv i ce . Cl oudy skie s , a bo ve normal r a i n f a l l and a vi s i t f rom Hu rr icane Eloise a l l combine d t o ke e p far me r s ou t o f their fi el ds f or l on ge r th an normal periods. Pro spec ts fo r peanuts , co r n and soybea ns remaine d favo rable while cot t on vJas sti l l e xp ected t o have s ub- nor ma l yi e l ds .

The co t to n c r op was expect ed t o tota l 180 ,000 ba l es , the same as t he for e cast a mon th earl i e r and t he sma l l es t c r op s i nc e r e c or ds be gan ba ck i n 186 6. The e xce s s moi s t ur e condi t i on s have caused problems with main t a i ning c ontr ol of insects a nd was favor a bl e for bol l r o t f ormat i on . Har ve s t pro gre ss a t the end o f Se ptembe r was at a r e c ord- slow pace .

Ha rves t of t h e St a t e ' s hu ge peanut crop ';Jas a l s o a t the s lmves t r a t e s i n ce r e cord s be ga n in 1956. Yi e ld pr o spe ct s were t he bes t ev e r, howev e r , at a ph e nominal 3,500 pound s pe r ac re--up 200 pound s from l a s t mon t h 's for e cast and 280 pounds above las t ye a r 's r ec or d yi e l d . If r eal i zed, t he 3,500 yi e ld would ma ke 1975 the sixth consecutive ye a r of reco rd high yields f or t he Stat e.

The corn yield f or e ca s t s l i ppe d by 1 bu she l f r om a mon t h ago t o 56 bu she l s . Harves t, which ha d been runni ng ahead of normal, dropped back clo s er t o the ave rage compl eti on rate t oward t he e nd o f t he mon t h . Hurricane El oise "flat tened" many c orn f i eld s in wes te rn a nd nor t he rn sections bu t, fo r tuna t e l y , mis s ed t he ma jor co r n produc t i on a r e a s.

Soybean prosp ects br igh tened b y 2 bushe l s ove r t he Se p tembe r 1 f orecas t . This advanc e , increas i ng t he new fo rec a s t t o 23 b ushe l s per acre , was due mainly t o t he incre a s ed mo i sture suppl i es f ollowing two we e ks of r e l a t i ve l y ho t , dry we a t he r in the latt e r hal f of Aug us t .

Pecan prod uction \vas expect e d t o t o tal 75 mi l lion pounds - - o f f 5 mill i on f rom the previous month . The de c l i ne wa s at t r i bu t ed par t l y t o a co n tinue d nu t - sheddin g i n early Sept embe r a nd pa rtly due t o los s e s caus e d b y Hur r i ca ne Elois e. Quite a few nu t s and limbs we r e blown o f f a s the storm s ki r ted t he \vest ern and nor t he r n portions o f the St at e .

Crop and Unit

GEORGIA ACREAGE AND PRODUCTI ON , 1974 AND 19 75

_:

Ac r e ag~ _

. Har-

Fo r

Yi e l d pe r Ac re In-

P-ro d-u-c-tio-n I n-

.ves t ed

Harve st

dica ted

dicated

19 74

1975

19 74

19 75

19 74

19 75

Thous a nd Ac re s

Thousand s

Co r n f or grain , bu.

1 ,880

1 , 900

56 . 0

56. 0

105 , 280

Wheat, bu .

160

2/ 13 0

23 . 0

2/28. 0

3,680

Oa t s , bu.

95

-2 / 95

4/+ . 0

2 /48 . 0

4,180

Ba rley , bu .

9

-2 /8

40 .8

2 / 36. 0

360

Rye, bu.

115

l / 110

18 .0

2 / 18.0

2 ,0 70

Cotton , bales

410

2 0J

1/490

- 1/ 456

1/ 432

Hay, all, t on

. 455

46 0

2 .35

2.30

1 ,069

Soyb ea ns , f or be a us , bu . : 1, 01 0

1, 260

25 . 5

23.0

25, 755

Pe anu t s, lb.

519

515

3 ,2 20

3, 500

1 , 661 , 520

Sweetpotatoes, c wt .

8.0

7.5

95 .0

100 . 0

760

Tobacco, Type 14 , lb.

72 .0

75 . 0 2,2 35

2, 050

160 , 920

Peac he s , lb .

45 , 000

Peca ns , ..1b .

;

l / Pouuds of l i n t . L/ Carrie d fo r wa r d fro m p~ ev iou s mon t h ' s s ur vey.

58 , 000

106 ,400
2/3 , 640
2 / 4 , 560 - 2/ 228
'1:./ 1, 980
180
1 , 058
28 , 980
1 , 80 2 , 500
750
153, 750
'1:./ 95 , 000
75 , 000

\ ) ') ,\
\'

UNI TED STATES CROP REPORT SUMMARY AS OF OCTOBER 1 , 1975

Coru--Production i s fo r e ca s t at a r e c ord 5 , 737 mill i on bu shels a s of Oc t ob er 1 , up 1 pe rcent (50 million bushe l s ) from September l and 23 pe rcent abov e 1974 .

Sor ghum Gr a i n- - Product ion is f o r'ec a s t a t 776 mil lion bushels , down 1 perc ent (1 0 mi Ll Lon bushe l s ) f rom a mon t h e arl i e r but 23 pe r c en t more t han l a s t yea r .

Fe ed Gr a i n- -Produc t ion of cor n , s or gh um, oats and ba r l ey c omb i ne d i s fore ca s t at 202 million short t ons , 23 percen t ab ove la s t year .

Soybeans--Pr od uct ion , a t 1, 474 mill i on bus hels, is up 2 pe r cent (31 milli on bushels) f rom a mont h ear l i e r and 19 percent above las t year .

All Co t t on--Pr oduc t ion is forecast at 9 . 1 mi llion bale s , 3 percen t (250 , 000 bale s ) bel ow Sep t emb er 1, 22 percen t b e l ow 197 4 and t he l owes t produc t i on s i nc e 1967.

Oil se ed s - - Pr oduc tion (soybe an , c o t t on s eed, peanuts an d f l axseed combined ) i s f or eca s t at 50 mil l i on shor t t on s , 15 percent more t han l as t ye a r .

All Whea t --Pr oduc t i on is a r ecor d 2,138 mill ion bushe l s , 19 percent mor e t ha n l a s t year' s cr op .

Food Grain- - Ou t pu t (wheat , rye and r i ce comb i ned ) i s expe c t ed to t ot al a r e c or d 71 mi lli on s hor t ton s , 18 pe r c ent mo r e t han l ast yea r.

All Tobacco- -Prod uc t i on is for ec a s t at 2, 1 74 mi l lion poun ds, down 1 percent (27 mill i on poun ds ) from Septemb e r 1 but 9 per cen t a bove 19 74 a nd the l a r ge st crop produced sinc e 1964 . Flue-cur ed produc t i on is up 13 percent and the Burley crop i s 4 percent larger t han a ye a r a go

Pecans - - Produc t i on i s forecast at 242 . 2 mil l i on po unds , 77 pe r c ent (10 5 .1 million pounds ) above l a s t year .

Cr op and Unit

UNITED STATES AC REAG E AND PRODU CTI ON, 1974 AND 19 75

Acreage

Yie l d per Ac r e

Produc t i on

Ha r-

For

In-

I n-

ves t ed Harve s t

dica ted

dicat ed

1974

1975

19 7Lf

19 75

1974

19 75

Thousand Acres

Thou s ands

Cor n , f or gr ain, bu . :

Wheat , bu.

:

Cotton , bal es ! I

:

Hay , all , t on

:

Soybeans , f or b eans :

Peanuts , l b

:

Sweetpo t atoe s , cwt . :

Tob ac co , All , l b .

:

Grapes , t on

:

Pecans, lb .

:

I I Yield i n pound s .

65, 194 65 , 459 12,546 . 6 60,546 52 ,460
1 ,472 .1 119. 7 96 3.1

66 , 573 68 ,8 61
9, 306 . 8 6l r502 53, 53 3
1,496 . 2 123.2
1 ,085 . 0

71.3 27 .4 442
2. 10 23 .5 2, 491 11 4 2 , 066

FRASIER T. GALLOWAY Agr icultur a l Stat i s t i c i an I n Cha r ge

86. 2
31. 46 7 2. 12
27. 5 2 ,665
11 3 2 , 003

4 ,651 , 167 1,793,3 22
11,540 .1 126,960 1 ,2 33,425 3,667 ,604
13 .651 1 ,989,963
4 ,194 .1 137 ,100

5 , 737 , 266 2,137 , 90Lf
9 , 058. 8 130, 098 1 , 47 3 ,7 82 3,988 , 085
1 3 , 975 2 , 1 73 ,5 45
4 , 277 . 8
24 2,20 0

W. PAT PARKS Agricultural Sta t i st i c i an

The St a t i s t i ca l Repo r t ing Se rvi ce, uSDA, 1861 We s t Broad St r ee t , At hen s , Geor gi a i n co ope r ati wi t h t he Ge or gia De par t me n t of Agricul t ure .

After Five Days Ret urn t o Uni t e d State s Dep a r t men t of Agr i cul t ur e
Sta tis tica l Reporting Ser v i ce 186 1 Wes t Broa d Stree t At hen s , Ge or gi a 30601
OFFICIAL BUSINESS

990 13 0 000 00 03565 0 0 RLS 5

UNIVERSITY OF 3 ? Oq~ I A

-0

ACQ DIV

UNIV LIBRAR I ES

0- 5

ATHENS

GA ? 06'Jl

- -:;;;--
POSTAGE & FEES PAID Un it.d Stat De portment o f Agricu lru le
AGR - 101

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GE O R GI A Cf-<OP r~EPOR:ING SERViCE

A T rlENS , GEOR GI A

Geo r g i a :

AI

s OC K S

.Yftober i , 1.97 5
.....:..<. ,

Released 10 / 28 / 75

Old Corn S t o c k~ Up Sh~~E.!:'..J.h..OcLer::;_-R9~E.

1-..,
Th e b u shels of l 'l7/. crop c o r nj s t oc ks i n Cco r g i.a vze r e more t h a n dou b led t he b u s h e l s i n
storage Oc tober 1, 19 74, ac coTdll1~to t he Georgia Cr o p:\e p o r t i n g Servi ce. Th e bus h e l s o f
wheat , o a t s , barl e y and rye i.n s t o r agc '.!C:"J:e l e s s than <1 ye a r e arlier .

The q uantity o f 107L, COC1 c ro p ill s t o r age in Georg i a was 141 percen t mo r e t h an a year ea r l i e r . Othe r gr ains in stora~e we re d own as f o l l ows : whea t, 27 pe r cen t ; o a t s, 11 per c e nt ; barle y , 34 percent ; a n d r ye , 21 percen t.

~ra in

_ _ _..

compa r ison s

Al l Po s ition s

19 74

19 75

Corn

2 , 40)

6,317

333

286

Whe a t

8 10

764

95 1

525

Oat s

1,f:~9

1 , 550

313

367

Barl e y

14 4

101

26

11

Rye

1 , 304

1,lb8

295

89

*Sorgh u m

----3-6 - - 1 3 - - - -~--

' - --,-- ' -

,,;'-:

Not p ub l i s h e d to avoid disclosing i n dividual op e r at ions .

2 ,738 1 , 761 2,15 2
1 70 1, 599
, '(

6 , 603 1 ,289 1,917
11 2 1 ,257
,,<

Uni t e d States :

Old Corn Ca r r y o v e r Small - ~~B.!...e~~~t:9~~~.s__lJp .~_h.0rp l y'

Oc t o b e r 1 sto c k s of so r ghu m, cor", o at s , and rye we r e be Low a y ear ago whi le whea t , ba r l e y , a nd f l a x see d stocks \,ere Lar ge r . Stocl:s o f t le fo ur fee d gra i n s (c o r n, o a ts, barley ,
and so rgh um) i n al l p ositions totaled 26 . 9 mil l i on me tric tons, 10 p e r c e nt l ess tha n h o l d i ng s on Oc t o b e r 1, 1974 .

St o cks of all whe a t wcr e lip 21 uo r c cn t f r om a y e a r ea r Li.e r whi le dur um s t o c k s j umped 36 perc e n t and flaxs e e d s t oc k s Lncr ':~l~'vd 25 ne r c e n t , Rye st ocks wer e 22 pe r c e n t b elow l a s t y e ar.

Ol d crop corn stor~d in all posltions on Octobe r 1 t ot a l e d 359 mi l l i on bus h e l s , 26 perce n t l e s s than a year earlier and the l owes t for t h i s date since 1948 . Corn s t or e d on f a r ms , at 190 mil l i o n bustio Ls , \!~l~ down 3L} pe rc e nt fr om l a st year and t h e Lowe s t Oc t o b e r 1 quan t i t y o n f arms s ince 1952. Stocks i n o ff -far ms fa c i l i t i e s we r e dow n 14 perc ent f r om a y ear earl i e r a nd t h e lowe s t for OctObCL 1 since 1949 .
l)
Di s a p p e a r :m c e from all POS i L.L On S d u r i.ng J u l y- Se p t e mb e r 1975 t o t a l e d 788 mil l i on bushels of ol d c r o p corn, compared with 9Gl mil l i o n b ushels duri ng the same qu a r t e r las ~ y e a r .

Old crop so r gh u m grail1 on October 1, 1975 to ta le d 35 million bu s h e l s , down s h a rp l y from las t yea r ' s 61 mil ii_ o~{ -b;;s ;;c l s and j~; the Lowe s t level f o r the da te since 1 954. Fa r m sto c ks
at 8 mil l i on bush e l s wer e d ovm 57 'cu:ent fro m l a s t yea r ' s leve l of 1 8 mill i on b u s h e ls . Of f -
far m s t ock s at 27 million Jlls:w. 13 compa r e s \lit h 43 mi llion bushel s l a s t y e a r . I n d i c a t e d di s a pp e a r a n c e dur i n g the J uJy -Sep tcf'be r qua rt er t otal e d 60 million b ushe l s .

Oat s i n st ora g~ Oc t o be r I , 1~7S t o tCll e d 64 2 milli on bushels, 1 pe r c e n t le s s t h a n a y e a r ea r l i e r and the L owe s t for t l.e da t e si nc e r e c o r d s we r e s t a r t e d in 1 943 . Fa r m st oc k s a t ne a rly 512 mi ll i o n bush e l s vie r ~ 3 ?erc~nt auove a ye a r ea r l i e r but off - f a r m s tock s a t 13 1 million
bus h e l s we r e down l f, :'c:ccer.t,

All whe a t_ in storage o.:..'c:':o:c;:- 1, 1975 tota le d 1 . 874 million bu she l s , 21 p e r c e n t a b ov e a year e a rlie r, a n d 2Q r~~c8nt f'or_ ~:a. 2 years a go . Of f - f a r m sto cks a t 1,129 mi l l i o n b ush els were 23 ?e r ce n ~ l a r ge r than a "22r a~o. Far m ilo l din g s of 745 mi l li on h u s h e l s we r e 11 pe r cent
ab ov e a year a g o . jhs'::lU~-~araEce r. 0'11 all s t o r a ge po s i t Lons d u r i ng t h e J u l y -Se p t e mbe r qua r t e r
Has 534 mill ion bu s he L:, 1n c r ccr: t !':,'rc t ha n t h e L~9 l m:::..lli on bus h e l s i n the c omp a r a b l e q u art er of 1974 .

UN I TED STATES

Stocks of gra i ns, Oc tober 1 , 1 975 w.i t h co mpar i sons

(In thousand bushels)

Oct . 1

Oc t. 1

July 1

Oc t . 1

Gra i n and position

19 73

1 9 74

1975

1 975

C OR~ (Old crop)

On Farms
Off Fa rms l../

404,599 30 3 , 960

287 , 607 19 5 , 125

800 ,7 59 3Lf 5 , 628

190 , 316 16 8 , 200

TOTAL

708 , 559

48 2,73 2

1,146 ,387

358 , 516

SORGh'UH (Old c r op )

On Fa r ms

13, 791

18 ,231

30 ,0 19

7,85 0

Off Farms 1/

59 , 00 3

43,145

65 , 307

27,188

TOTAL

72 ,794

61 , 376

95,326

35, 038

OATS (Ol d c r op )

On Farms

609 ,094

495, 855

11 9 ,3 60

511,520

Off Farms 1 /

198,719

155 , 720

65, 243

130 ,n8

TOTAL

80 7,813

651 ,57 5

184, 603

642 , 448

BARL EY (Old crop )

On Farms

284 ,470

182, 340

29,934

223 , 17 4

Off Fa rms 1/

137 ,57 6

126 , 16 5

45 , 642

12 6, 351

TOTAL

422, 055

308 , 505

75 , 5 76

349, 525

ALL WHEAT (Old c rop)

On Farms

606 , 13 2

668 , 419

125 , 85 8

744 , 5 72

Off Farm s 1 /

843 ,084

881 , 665

194 , 255

1 ,129 ,054

TO TAL

1 , 449 , 216

1 ,5 50 , 084

320 ,113

1 , 373 , 626

DURU11 \~HEAT 1:../ (Old c r op)

On Fa r ms

67 ,903

64,996

14 , 041

89,383

Off Farms 1 /

21,46 0

21 ,3 77

6 , 71 3

28 ,3 23

TOTAL

89,36 3

86 , 373

20, 754

11 7 , 706

RYE (Old c r op)

On Farm s

14 , 666

11, 579

2 ,904

10 , 292

Off Farms 1 /

22 ,152

8 ,881

2 , 941

5 ,713

TOTAL

36,8 18

20, 460

5 , 84 5

16 , 00 5

FLAXSEED (Old crop)

On Farm s

6 , 714

6,82 2

980

7 , 997

Off Fa r ms 1/

7 , 571

4,599

1 ,100

6, 255

TOTAL

14, 285

11 ,421

2, 08 0

14, 25 2

l / I nc l ude s s to ck s a t mill s , e le va t or s, war ehou s e s , t ~ rmin al s , proces s or s and Commod i ty

Credi t Corp. owne d gra i n at bi n sites. 2/ I ncl uded in all whe at .

FRASIE R T. GALLO WAY Agr i cu l t ur a l Stat i s t ic i an I n Charge

PAUL E. WILLIAHS Agricu ltural St a tistic i a n

The Statist i c al Repo rting Servi ce , USDA, 18 61 We st Broad St ree t, Athens, Georgi a i n coope r a t i on wi t h the Ge org ia Depa rtment of Agr i cul t ur e .

After Fi ve Day s Re turn to Uni ted Sta te s Dep a r t ment of Agr i cu l t ure
St a tis t ical Repor t i ng Service 186 1 West Br oad Stree t Athens , Geor gi a 30601 OFFICIAL BU SI NESS

990 13 0 0 00 00 00 356 - 5 0 0

UNI VER S I TY CF GECRG JA - RLS 5

ACe DIv

lINIv LIBRA RI ES

ATHE NS

GI'.

3 ~! 6 0 1

0- 5

4,

.. ~_

AGR - 10 1

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::;- c}~~G\AFARM REPORT

\.

__ GE ORG IA C ROP REP ORTING SER V IC E

"-
AT HE NS, GE O R GI A

- -~--- -_....-.--, ._--_. _-~._.. . _--------------------------~~--------_-:

AGRICULT U R A L

PR I CES OCTOBER 15 1975
Novefilbe r 3 , 1 975

GCORGE nu.sx I;o\-JN 5 PO H<TS

The Al l Co.anod Lt Le s Inde x of Prices Re ceived by Geor gia fa rme rs in Oc t ober ~'JaS 139 percent , 5 t oi n t :: he 10F the "J:(~v ious mon t a , bu t 9 po i n t s ab ove October 1974 , ac cord i n g to t~e CJc r gi a e r a ; ~ep o r tin g Service .

The oc t.obe r .:\.11 Crop s Tnd cx was 181 pe rc e n t, 4 point s b e Low t he previous month. The Li ve sto ck and L'Lv e s t oc .; Product s I ndex vzas 1 ~ 6 pe r ce n t, S points be 10H t he pr e v i ou s month, Gut 30 po iut3 above Octob e r 1? 74. The decreas e i n t he Al l Commodi ty Index from September 1 ~7 .:.i leve l r e sult ed from d r.c r ca se s i n the pr ic es of t ob a cc o, s oyb ea ns , corn, whea t , hay , ca t ~ l e, broil er s and e s gs. Hi ghe r prices f or liogs and cotton were part ially offsetting.

UN I TED STATES PRICES RECEIVED miJ EX DOHN 1 POINT PRICES PAID I ND EX DO~~ 1 POINT

The Ind ex of Pri c e s Received by Fa r mer s dec rea sed 1 po int (~ pe r cen t ) to 193 perc en t of it s J anua r y-D ecemb e r 19 6 7 ave r a ge dur i ng t he month ended Oc t ober 15, 1975. Con t rib uting mo st t o th e decline sinc e mid -Sep tember ue r e 10~]er price s fo r co rn , s oyb e an s, eggs, c a t tle , an d app les. Hi ~h er pric e s f or mil k and Upland co tton were pa r tia l ly offs etting. The i ndex
va s 7 po i n t s (4 perc ent) ab ov e a yea r a go .

The Ind ex of Pric e s Pa i d by Farm er s for Commodi t i e s and Servic es , Interest , Taxes, and Farm Wa ge Rates for Octob e r 15 was 188, down 1 poi n t (!2 percent) f r om a month earl i e r . LOHer f e rti l izer pr i c e s ~]e r e r e s ponsible fur t he i nd ex de cline. The i ndex was 11 point s (6 per c en t ) a~ove a yea r e a r l ier.

1%7 = 100

I ND EX NUl-lEERS - - GEO!:{" GIA AND UN I TED STATES

Sep t. 15

Oc t . 15

Sept. 15

1 9 74

19 74

1 975

Oct. 15 1 975

GEORGI A

Pr i ce s Rec e Lved

Al l Commodi ties

1 / 180

1/180

194

189

All Cr ops

1 /197

1 / 199

1 85

1 81

Live stock and Live st ock

Product s

1 / 16 7

1/166

201

19 6

U?lIT E~ STAT!::S
..

'2r i ce s l~e c E: i ve d

:

181

:

186

1:/ 1 94

193

PrLc es Pa i d, I nt e r e st ,

:

Taxe s & Fa rm Wa ge Ra t es :

17 5

177

18 9

188

" a t Lo 2/

1:1 3

10 5

1/103

1 03

-T1/axeRes

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Ls e an

d d

,

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~

~

atio
Hag!:'

o f Lndex ; n t ::s,

of

Prices

Re ce i.ved cy ? a r mer s

to

I ndex

of

Prices

Pa i d ,

I nteres t ,

FiZA SIEL T . GL'.}~L m.J.'\Y

Agr i c ul t ur a l Sta t is ticia n I n Charge

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..-....

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Agr i c ul t ur a l Statist ic i a n

.

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1:IC S~ati sti c al Repor t ing Service , ~ ~ J~ , 1B61 Wa s t Br oad St r e e t, At he ns , Geor gi a i n coo ~ er at ion ~ d t ~ t~e ~ ~ o r~ i a ~ e ?a r trne n t o f Agr i c u l t ur e .

PRICES-- hECEIVED AND PAI~ BY FAPJ1ERS , OCTOB EH. 15 ,1975 WITH COHPARISO i~S

GEORG I A

:

UNITED STATES

Oc t , 15 Se pt . 15 Oc t . 15 : Oc t . 15 Sept. 15 Oc t . 15

Commodity and Unit

E '74

1 97 5

19 75 : 1974

1975

1 97 5

P ~'.IC ES RECE I VEi)

Hhea t , bu .

$

3.82

Oa t s, bu.

~

1. G8

Cor n , bu.

$

3.35

Cotton, lb .

46 .0

Cottons eed , ton

$ 120 . 00

Soybeans , bu .

$

8. 14

Peanu t s , L "

18 . 5

Sveetpota toe s . cwt .

$

9 . '.? 0

Hay , ba12d, ton

.o. i

$ 30 . 00

Alfa lfa

$

Ot he r 1-/

s

1/i 1k Cows , he ad

$ 400 .00

Hogs, c wt .

$ 35 .30

Bee f Cattle , Al l , cwt. 21 $

1/ Cows , cwt ,

-$

24 .00 18. 90

Ste er s & Hei f e r s , cwt , $ 28 . L10

Calves , cwt .

$ 26 .60

rif.Lk , Sol d to Pl ant s , c v t ,

Fl uid Har ke t

$ 4/10 .00

f1anuf ac t ur ed

$

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Turkey3 , lb .

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Chicken s , l b .

Excl udi ng Br oi le rs

4/ 12.0

Comme r c i al Bro i l e r s

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Eggs, all, do z.

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Tabl e , do z .

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Ha t ch ing, doz .

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3. 54 1. 46 2. 7L~ 47 .7 111 . 00 5 . 37 19. 6 15.05
42 . 50

3 . 51 1. 49 2 . 73 49 .6 90 .ao 5 .06 20 . 2 12 . 45
41 . 00

340 . 00 56.1+0 23 . 70 18 . 60 27. 50 23.50

34 5 . 0 0 58 .5 0 23 .00 17 .5 0 26 . 90 23 .30

9.50
9 .50 29 . 0

2/ 10 . 00
2/ 10 . 00
31. 0

12. 5 30 . 5 63.0 58 . 5 85 .0

13. 0 29 .5 57 .4 52. 2 85 .0

4 . 85 1. 68 3 . 45 51. 4 136 .00 8 . 17 18 .1 LI / 6. 10

4 .11 1.45 2 .7 6 4LI.7
103. 0n 5. 32
19.7 8.47

51. 50 54 .80 44.40 1151.00 37.10 30. 60 19.00 33.40 27 .70

50.80 54.10 43.80
413 . 00 58 .50
~./ 34.80 20 .50 38.70 27 .40

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4/7 .03
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Mixed Da i ry Feed , t on

14 % pr o tei n

$ 153 .00 134 .00 12 8. 00

146 .00 133.00

134 . 00

16 % pr ot e i n

$ 15 6 .00 140. 00 138 .00

150 .00 135 .00

13 6. 00

18% protein 20% pr ot ein

y" 153 . 00
s 164 . 00

140. 00 143 .00

134. 00 141. 00

153 .00 15 8 .00

138 .00 143.00

139 . 00 144. 00

Ho g Fe ed $ 14 %-18% protein ,

cwt .

$

9 .30

8 . 30

8 . 40

9 .14

8 .27

8 .21

Cot t.onscad .Ie a l , 41 %, cwt , $ 11 . 00

9. 10

9.40

10.40

9 .27

9 .44

Soybea n : al , 44%, cwt . $ 11 . 50

9.60

9 . 30

11.30

9 . 24

9. 23

Bra n , cwt.

$

8. 50

7 .80

7 . 80

7.88

7.11

7 . 20

ili ddlings , c wt .

$

8 . 50

7 . 70

7 .7 0

7 . 90

7 .01

7 .1 2

Corn Heal , cwt.

$

3 . 00

7 . 20

7 . 40

8 . 24

7 .23

7. 09

Poult r y Fe ed, ton

Bro i l e r Growe r Feed

$ 192 . 00 167. 00 160 . 00

185 .00 164.00

164 . 00

~ a y i n g Feed

$ 167 . 00 141 .00 136 .00

168.00 149.00

148 . 00

Chic~ St a r t e r

$ 191. 00 1 61 .00 158. 00

191.00 168.00

167. 00

Alfal f a Hay, ton

$ 51 .00

68 . 00

65.00

64.20

63.30

65.60

Al l Othe r Hay , ton

$ 51 . 00

58 . 00

56.00

53 .00

53 .50

55 . 60

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COTTON
GEORGIA

November 11, 1975

TIle 1975 Georgia cot ton crop is e s t i ma t ed at 180,000 bale s, according to the Georgia Crop ~~p or ting S~rvice. Thi s estimate is based on information r eported by crop correspondents, ~~~ers, a nd objective yiel d counts. The November 1 e s t i mat e is unchanged from last month and, if r ealized, would be the smallest cotton crop for the Sta t e since records began in 1866. Yi eld per acre , is e s t i ma t ed at 432 pounds, down sharply from last year's near r ecord yield of 490 pounds.
Harvest has run l ate this year for most of t he major row crops and cotton is farther off schedule than the others. On Octob er 1, only 5 percent of t he cotton had been picked compared with 19 perc ent last year. The gap between harvest ing progress th is year and last year got wi de r as the mon t h progres s ed . On Novembe r 1 , only 35 percent of the crop was gathered compared with 61 pe r cen t a ye a r ago .
Ginnings, of cours e , reflect ed the slow harve st. Accord ing to the Census Bureau , onl y 43,924 bales had been gi nned prior to November 1 this year compared with 211,093 bales last year and 221,960 bale s in 1973. Ginnings to November 1 fo r t he United States totaled 2,767,754 bales this year compared wi t h 4,943 ,937 l ast yea r and 5 ,014 ,098 bales in 1973.

UNITED STATES

Al l cotton product ion as of November 1 is for ecast a t 9, 034, 300 bales, practically un changed f rom the October 1 forecast , dow~ 22 percent from t he 1 974 crop, and 30 percent below 1973. Expected production cons ists of 9 .0 mi l l i on bale s of upland cotton and 65 ,300 bales of Amer i c an- Pi ma. Cottonseed production , based on a t h r e e-year average lint-seed rat i o , is for e cast at 3.5 million tons, 22 percent below 1974 .
Growers expect to harvest 9.3 million acres this ye ar , 26 pe r cen t below 1974 and 22 percent below 1973 . Average lint yi eld per harvested a cre i s fo re ca s t at 466 pounds, 24 pounds above 1974, but 1 pound below the October 1 forecast .
Upland cotton produc ers in Texas and Oklahoma expe c t to ha rvest 3.0 million bales , 10 percent above last year ' s poor crop. Harvest is virtually co mplete in East and South Texa s and i s beginning in We st Texas and Oklahoma. Most of the month was favorable for crop maturity with sunny days a nd little or no rainfall, howeve r , ni ghts were cool. Most West Texas gr ower s are wa i ting for a killing freez e before beginnin g ha r ves t, but some have appli ed chemical defoliants . Oklahoma cotton is slower t han normal i n opening, which may delay active harvest.
In the Delta States--Mississippi , Ar kan s a s, Louisiana , Tenne s s e e , and 11i s s our i - - t he cotton crop is exp ect ed to produce 2.6 million bales, 27 perc en t below last year. The Delt a Stat8s wel c omed excellent harvest we ather, and r a pid progress was made . Improved prosp ects are r eflected in higher production for ecast from l a st month f or Arkans a s , Louisiana , Tennesse e , and Mi s s ou r i .
Production in the Southeastern States--Georgia , Alabama, South Carolina, and North Carolina--is expe c ted t o total 735,000 bales , 45 percent below 1974. Harvest is active in the Southeastern State s , having benefited from favorable a u t umn weather. Chemical defoliants are being applied. Parts of the area have recorded the fir st fr ee ze of the s eason. Harvest progress is behind normal in these States, excep t for South Ca rol ina which is about on schedule .

FRASIER T. GALLOWAY

W. PAT PARKS

Agricultural Statistician In Charge

Agricultural Statistician

The Statistical Reporting Service, USDA, 1861 We st Br oa d Stree t, At hens, Georgia in

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VEGETABLES
SiFilI:Si{ VEGETABLE AND H2LON PRODUCTION Georgia

Nove mbe r 11 , 1975

Georgia's ~a termelon production increased 4 percent over last year , according to the :eorgia Cro p Re por t i ng Service. Georgia led the Na t i on in acres of watermelons harvested for :':e second cons ecutive year but Texas continued as the leading State on th e strength of their ~C~ hig~er yield per acr e . Snapbean production dropped by 13 percent from the two previous ~~ar s . T -le nr oduc tion of cabba~e for the summer quarter was off 47 percent from last year I s .ar ge crop. Cantaloup production was down 7 percent and continued th e five-year decline. 1180, to~ai:O product ion vras down 18 percent from the same period last year.

Excess ive moi sture and d iseas e problems we r e t he two mo st c ommon c ou~laints r eceived :r om vegetable grower s . Des pi te t hes e problems , water melon grow e rs wer e able t o produc e 4 ~rc ~ n t more than the previous ye a r. Stat ewid e yi e l d s at 90 cwt . pe r ac r e we r e e qua l t o .974 , but acreag 2 ,va s up 1 ,000 . Ra i n and dis e ase a l s o hampere d s na pbe an production with ri~l d s well below both 1 97 4 and 1 973. Th e lar ge c r op of cabba ge l ast ye a r al on g with markc t ing ~obl ems contribut ed to the r educ ed planted a cre a ge . Cantaloup a l so s uff e r e d from dis e as e lnd e x ce s s i ve moi sture problems wi t h y i e l ds down fr om 1974 . Tomato y i el ds als o de creased m~ ~rat ely from th e v ery good l evel of i974.

United States
Summer Ve getables ; Production Down 1 Perc ent
Production of fr esh market v egetables in the Unit ed States during the summer quart er o f 1975 (July, August and September) is e s t i ma t ed at 49.8 million cwt. , as compared to 50.5 mill ion :~t. for the same period last year. Acreage harvested for the 14 fr e sh market v egetables included in the summer quarter is estimat ed at 349 ,570 acres , 2 percent l ess than the 357,170 lcres harvest ed in the summer quarter of 1974. The a ggre gat e average yield per acr e for th e l4 vegetable crops at 142 cwt . per acre compares wf.t h 141 and 135 cwt. per acre for the 1974 lnd 1973 summer quart ers r espectively .

Snapbeans: Production of summer quarter snapbeans is estimated at 1 ,182,000 cwt ., 1 ler ce n t more than last year. The 1975 summer crop harvested acreage is now placed at 29 ,110, , percent less than the 1974 crop . The estimated yield for the summer quarter of 41 cwt. per ~re is 2 ~Tt. per acre more than last year.
Cabbage : The summer quarter production is placed at 6, 5 64, 000 cwt., 3 percent below last r~ar . Harvested acreage this quarter, at 27,330 is nearly the same as last year . Yield this ,u~ne r at 240 r.'::t. per acre compares to 249 cwt. for 1974 .
Cantaloups: The summer quarter production is set at 7,221 ,000 cwt ., 13 percent more than 197"- . - :.creage harvested for the summer ~uarter at 52,200 is 18 percent above 1974. Yield per ~re at 138 cwt. cornpar3S to 144 cwt. for the same period last year .
T0T1ato23 : Summer qua r t e r tomato productio~ for fresh market is placed at 8,161,000 cwt . , pe rccr.t i.Je1. o~7 last ye a r . Yield per acre at 139 cwt , is 2 cwt. less than in 1974 .
Water~e1onc ~ Production of 13,816,000 cwt. is estimated for the summer quarter watermelon ,r a p , 9 percent above 1974 . Harvested acreage is placed at 139,200, 4 percent above last year . '::'~ ld per acre t.ha.s -r ua r t e r u a s 99 c~t., 4 cwt . ab ov e 1974 .

F~\SIER T. GALLOWfY

PAUL HIL LI A.IS a nd JERRY PITTS

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ooperat ion wi t h t he Ge o r gl a ~epartnent of ~g r i c u l t u r e .

Crop and State

Acreage, Yield, Production , and Value of Fresh Veget ables Summer Quarter 1/ by States, 1975 , wi t h Comparisons

---H-a-r--A-c-re-a'ge For

vested Harvest

1974

1975

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Yield

1974
C' Jt.

Ind. 1975

: Production

1974

Ind . 1975

1,00e Cwt.

Total Value

Ind .

1974

1 9 75

1,oao dollars

SLJAPBEP,:;S

!l abama

780

580

35

30

27

17

467

391

C", or-::,ia

1,400

1,200

28

28

39

34

667

:)32

North Caro1ino 3,800

3,800

40

48

152

182

2 , 645

3 , 658

Tenne ssee

1,300

1 ,300

45

43

5]

5G

991

918

Gr ou? Total

7,280

6 ,8 80

38

. 42

277

289

4,770

5, 590,

CAB.i3.'i.GE Georgia
No r t h Ca r o Lf.na
'.!ir =; :i..: : i a Gr oup Total

5!') O

40: ~

120

80

60

32

33 9

199

3,1' 1:)

3 ,100

215

190

667

589

2,311

2 , 191

6 '50

800

240

22 0

156

17 6

49 9

6 75

l~ ,2 Y1 _~ 4,3_ 00 ~-208---18= 5 ~~83~ 3 --7. 97 2~3 ,1~ 49 ~~ 3 , 0L 65

CANTALOUPS

Georgia

3,300

3,300

70

South Car oLi.na 3,000

3 ,1'J0

47

Texas

4,800

5,300

75

Group Total 11,100

11,700

66

65

231

215

1 , 532

2, 053

40

141

124

983

1 , 225

95

360

504

3,301

6 , 098

72

7

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843

5 , 316

S: , 376

TOHAT :'J ":: S

Al abama

6 , 200

5 , 200

57

Geor :'~ ia

1 , Y-10

1 , 300

65

Ken tucky

850

800

105

North Carolina 1,600

1 ,7 00

150

South Carolina 1 ,8 00

1 , 900

62

Tenne ssee

2,1 00

1 , 900

135

Group Total 13,850

12 ,800

84

67

353

348

3 , 883

5 , 220

54

85

70

1,530

1 ,771

110

89

88

1,353

1 , 866

165

240

281

3 ,432

4, 159

61

112

11 6

2 ,195

2,888

115

284

2/21 9

4 , 9lf2

5 ,081

88

1 , 1 63

1 ,12 2 17,335 20, 985

WATERl IELONS

Al abama

11 , S OO

10 ,8 00

70

60

805

6Lf 8

2 , 673

2, 294

Arizona

1 ,200

2 ~ 80 0

210

165

252

462

1 , 41 9

1 , 913

Arkansas

4,300

4 ,500

75

80

323

360

1, 211

1 , 53U

California

Des er t

: 600

2, 100

210

200

12 6

420

6 Lf 3

3 ,150

Other

: 4,800

5 ,318

175

175

840

928

4,309

3 ,113

De Lawar e

: 1 >4'J0

1 ,600

180

175

252

280

1 ,139

997

Georgia

: 26,000

27 ,000

90

90

2 ,34 0

2 ,430

6 ,458

6 ,148

I .diana

: 6 ,300

6 ,400

115

160

725

1 ,0 24

3 , 647

4 ,6 90

~oui si ana

: 2 ,6 00

2,400

85

80

221

192

849

908

llar y1and

: 2 ,200

2, 5'J0

180

175

396

438

1 ,790

1,559

~ iis sis s ippi

: 9 ,400

9 ,500

EO

57

564

542

1 ,551

1 ,409

Hissouri

; lr ,9 00

5,800

115

115

564

667

2,521

2 , 3Lr13

;'lor t h Carolina: 7 , 000

7, 000

70

61

4 90

4 27

1,617

1, 217

Ok1aho!!la

: 6 , 40()

7 ,5 00

35

65

54 4

488

2 , 018

1 ,122

South Carolina : 21,600

22 ,0 00

89

80

1 , 922

1 ,760

4 , 901

3,643

Texas

; 24, 000

22 ,000

98

125

2 ,352

2 ,7 50 11 , 995 11 ,330

Group Total ;134 , 200 139,200

95

99 12 ,716 13 , 816 48 ,741 47,37 6

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FARM SURV EY RES ~L T S TO HELP PRODUCERS WITH 176 PLANS

NE'lIS REL EASE

USE BEn:EEN NOV. 14-DEC. 5 , 1975

THE LATEST EST IMATES OF CATTLE, HOGS, AND CH ICKENS ON FARMS, TH E EX PECTED PIG AND

CALF CROPS , AND WI NT ER WH EAT PR ODUCTION IN 1976 WI LL HIN GE ON A MAJOR NATIONWIDE SURVEY

SET FOR LATE NOV EMBER AND EARL Y DECEMBE R BY THE U. S. DEPARTME NT OF AGRI CUL TURE (USDA).

FRAS IER T. GALLOWAY, STAT ISTICIAN IN CHARGE OF THE GEORGIA CROP RE PORT ING SERV ICE ,

EXPLA INED THAT ESTIMATES DEVELOPED FROM THIS ANNUA L SURVEY ARE ALWAYS USEFUL TO TH OSE

MAKING DE CIS IONS IN AGR ICULTURE. THE IN FORMAT ION AIDS PR ODUCER S, PRO CE SSORS, PLANN ERS,

AND OTHERS IN I~At~A G I N G OUTP UT AtJD MARKETING OPERATIONS AND HELP S I~AIN Ti\ I N AN ORDER LY

SITUATION FOR AGRI CULTURE. OF PARTI CULAR INTE REST IN THE COM ING EST IMATES, WILL BE HOW

DEVELOPMENTS HAVE AF FE CTED WHEAT FARMERS' FALL PLA NTINGS AND THE CA TTL E AND HOG INVENTORY

NUMBERS.

THE EST IMATES WILL BE AV A ILA B L ~ THROUG H THE GEORGiA CROP RE PORTING SE RVICE OFFI CE

IN ATHENS IN DEC EMBER FOR WHEAT AND HOGS, IN JA NUARY FOR POULTRY , AND EARLY FEBR UARY FOR

CATTLE.

THE SlJRV EY RESU LTS RELY ON COOPERATIO N F ROI~ THOUSAf.JD S OF PRODU CERS IN THI S STATE AN D

ACROSS TH E COU NTRY WHO WI LL IN GL Y RESP OND TO MAIL r UE STI ONNAIRES AND PART ICIPATE IN PERSONAL

INTERV IE~.JS . PRODUCERS VIS!TED BY LOCAL USDA REPRE SENTAT IVES SERV E AS A CROSS SECT ION OF ALL THE NAII ON' S FARMERS. ALL RESPONSES ARE KEPT CO NFI DEiHI AL I\ND ONLY STATE AN D ~JATIONA L

SUMMARIES ARE PUBLI SHED.

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USE BETWEE N NOV. 14 & DEC. 5, 1975 TOPIC: END -OF-YEAR FARM SURVEYS IN GEORGIA

A MAJOR FARM SURVEY BY THE GEORGIA CROP RE PORTI NG SERVICE OF THE U.S.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SET FOR LAT E NOVEMBER AND EARLY DECEMBER WILL PROVIDE

THE FIRST CLUES TO 1976 LIVESTOCK, POULTRY, AND WINTER WHEAT PRODUCTION.

COOPERATION OF FARMERS TO PERSONAL INTERVIEWS AND MAIL QUESTIONNAIRES WILL LEAD

TO RELIABLE CROP AND LIVESTOCK ESTI MATES. THESE ESTI MATES WILL HELP ALL IN

AGRICULTURE GAUGE PRODUCTION LEVELS AND HELP MAINTAIN AN ORDERLY MARKETI NG

SYSTEM. FARMER PARTICIPATION IS ESSENTIAL TO DEVELOP ING USEFUL CROP AND

LIVESTOCK ESTIMATES.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :

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NOVEMBE R 15 1975
D ~(;emb e r 1 , 1 975

GEORGIA I NDEX J OWll 3 PO INT"

The All Commod Lt Le s Index of Pri c e s Receive d by Geor gia far me r s i n Nov ember wa s 18 7 percent, 3 ~ oints below the previous month, bu t 5 poin ts a bove Nove mbe r 1974 , a~cordin g t o the Geor gia Cr op Re por t i n G Servi ce .

The November Al l Crop s I ndex wa s 1 75 pe r cent, 6 po i n t s be low t he previou s month . The Livesto ck and Live s t ock Products Index wa s 196 perc ent , 1 poi n t be l ow t he previous mont h , but 25 po i n t s above Novemb er 1074. The decr ea s e i n t he Al l Commodity Index from Octobe r 1975 l eve l r e sulted f rom decrease s in t he prices of hogs, c o t tonseed , soybeans , corn and \.h ea t .

UNI TED STATES PRI CES RECEIVED INDEX DOWN 8 PO I NTS PRI CES PAID I imEX UNCfl.ANGED

The I ndex of Pric e s Rece i ved by Farmer s decr eased 8 poi n t s (4 percent) to 185 pe r cen t of its J anua r y- De cembe r 1967 av erage durin g the month ended November 15, 1975 . Con t r i buting mos t to t h e dec l i ne sinc e mid- October we re lower pr ice s for ho gs , \~~ a t, co rn , ca t tle , and soybeans . Hi gh e r prices for milk and e ggs were only partially of fset ting. The i ndex \Jas 3 points ( 2 per c ent ) above a year a go.

The Inde x of Prices Paid by Fa r me r s for Commod i t i e s and Service s , In t e r e s t, Taxe s, and Farm Wage Rates for Nove mber 15 was 188, unchan ge d f r om a month ea r l ie r . Lower pri ces for livestoc k fe ed of fs e t higher pr ice s f or cl ot h i ng and mo t or veh i c l e s . The i nde x was 10 po i n t s (6 percent ) ab ove a ye a r ea r l ie r .

1967 = 100
GEORGI A

IND EX NUMBERS--GEORGIA AND UN I TED STATES

Oct . 15

Nov. 15

Oct. 15

1974

197 4

1975

Nov. 15 1975

Pric e s Received

Al l Commodi t ies

1/180

1/ 182

1/190

187

All Crop s

1 / 199

1 / 19 7

181

175

Liv e s t ock and Lives t ock

Products

1 / 1 66

1/ 171

1/197

1 96

mUTED STATES :

Prices Re ce i ved

:

186

:

182

193

185

Prices Pai d , Inter es t , :

Taxe s & Fa~m Wage Rat es :

1/ 176

1/178

188

188

Rat i o 2/

:

1/106

102

103

98

l / Revis ed . l / Ra t io of I ndex of Pr ice s Kece i v ed by Fa r me rs t o Index o f Prices Pa i d , Int e r e st ,
Taxe s, and Fa r m Wage Ra t es .

F ~~ S I Ea T . GA~L OWAY Agr icul t ura l Sta t i s t i c i an I n Charge

CLAYTO N J . HCDUFFI E Agricult u r a l Stat is tic ian

r.,e St a ti st i ca l ~2 p o r t i~ 0 Ser vice, USDA, 1861 Wes t Broad St r e e t , Athens , Ge orgia i n

cnnnp- ~a t io n wi t h the Geor 8ia Depa r t me n t of Agr i c ul t ur e. 'I'e Lophorie - 404-546- 2236

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PRI CES-- RECEI VED AND PAI D BY Fj._:::HK~S , l'lJVB1BEE 15 , 1 975 HIT ll COl' IPARI SONS

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UNITED STATES

Nov . 15 : Nov . 1 5 Oc t . 15 Nov . 15

Commodity and Unit

: 1 974

1 975

1 975 : 1974

1 9 75

1 975

PRI CES i~ EC EIV ED

m 12 at , b u .

$

Oa ts , bu .

$

Cor n, bu .

$

Cotton , lb .



Cot t on see d, ton

$

Soy":Je ans , bu .

$

Peanuts , l b .



Sve e t po t a to es , c wt .

$

lIay , ba l ed , t on

Al l

$

Alf alf a

$

Ot.h e r 1/

$

Hi 1k Cows , head

$

Ho gs, cwt;

$

Beef Cattl e , Al l, cwt . 2/ $

Cows , C\Jt. 1/

-$

Steers & Heif er s, cwt . $

Calves, cwt .

$

~ li 1k , Sold to Plant s, cwt .

Fluid Na rke t

$

Hanufa c t ured

$

All

$

Turkeys , l b .



Chickens , lb .

Excluding Broile r s

c

Commerci a l Broile rs



Eggs, All , Doz .



Table , Doz .

c

Hatchin g , Doz .



3 . 76 1.83 3 . 28 48 .0 127.00 7.41 18 . 7 8 . 85
35 .50
355 . 00 36 . 00 22. 30 13 .20 25 . 70 23 .40
4/10 .10
4/ 10 .10 4 / 29 . 0
4/11. 5 4 /24.5 4 / 62.6 4 /5 8 . 1
85 .0

3 . 51 1.49 2 .7 3 49 . 6 90 . 0 J 5 . 06 20 . 2 12. 45
41. 00
345. 00 58 .50 23. 00 17 . 50 26 . 90 23 . 30
4/10 . 60
4 /10 . 60 31. 0
13 .0 29.5 57. 4 52 . 2 85 . 0

3 . 17 1. 55 2 .45 49.1 82 . 00 4 . 40 20 . 6 10 .00
41 .50
350 .00 If9 . 80 23. 50 18. 10 27 .10 24 .00
5/10 .70
5 /10 . 70 35 .0
16 .0 28 .5 b4 . 9 61. 3 85 .0

4.87 1. 70 3 . 32 4/ 50. 4 13 9 . 00 7 . 44 4/17 . 6 - 4/7 . 70
50 . 30 52 . 90 44 . 30 428.00 4 / 36 . 80 4 / 28 .20 -4 / 17 . 10 31. 70 4/ 25 . 70
4/8 .83
4/7 . 02
4 / 8 .48 !!.../30 . 8
4/ 10 .8 4/24. 2 4i 55 .4

4 .02 1.41 2 . 62 49.3 104 .00 4 . 92 19 . 8 7 .58
50 .30 53 . 60 If 3 .30 418. 00 58 . 00 34 .4 0 19. 80 38 .30 27 .40
4/ 9 .89 4 / 8 . 72 4 / 9 .66
36 . 1
12.6 28 . 8 ) 2. u

3 .58 1. 40 2 . 33 49 .7 95. 50 4 . 45 19.7 9 . 50
50 . 20 53. 00 44.20 433.00 49 .00 33. 20 20. 00 37 . 50 29 . 20
5/10 .30 - 5/ 8 . 94 5/ 10. 00
36 . 5
14. 7 27 . 2 57. 7

PRICES PAI D, FEED

Hi-xed Dair y Fe ed , t on

14 % pro t e i n

$ 151. 00 128 . 00 127 . 00

146 . 00 13 4. 00

13 2 . 00

16 % pro t e i n 18 % pr o t e i.n

$ 156 . 00 $ 15 8 . 00

13 8. 00 134 . , ()

13 3 .00 132. 00

151 . 00 155 . 00

1 36.00
:j ~ 0 . 'J O

133 . 00 135 . 00

20 % prote in

$ 166 .00 141 . 00 14 0 .00

158 . 00 144 . 00

140 . 00

Hog Fe ed , 1 4 %- ~ 8 % prot ein ,

cwt ,

$

9 . 20

8.40

8 . 00

9 . 15'

8 . 21

7 . 99

Cottons e ed Ilea l , 41 %, c\vt . $ 10 . 50

9 . 40

9 . 30

10 . 20

9 .44

9 . 31

Soyb ean Me a l , 44 %, cwt . $ 11. 00

9 . 30

9 .10

10 .70

9. 23

8 , 75

Bran, C\-Jt .

$

8 . 70

7. 80

7 . 70

7. 79

7. 20

7 .17

Middlings, cwt .

$

8. 50

7.70

7. 60

7 .78

7 .12

7 .11

Corn Me a l, cwt ,

$

7. 90

7 . 40

6. 90

8 . 13

7.09

6 .62

Poultry Fe ed, t on

Broile r Grower Feed

$ 18 3 . 00 160 . 00 15 6 . 00

183. 00 164.00

158 . 00

Laying Feed

$ 16 5. 00 1 36. 00 129.00

16 7 . 00 14 8 .00

143.00

Chick S t ~rt e r

$ 184 . 00 15 8 . 00 148 . 00

189 . 00 167 . 00

16 0.00

Alfalfa Ha y , t on

$ 55 . 00

65 . 00

62 . 00

64 . 80

65 . 60

66 . 50

All Other Hay , t on

$ 53 . 00

56 .00

54 . 00

55 . 00

55.60

56. 90

1/ Include s a l l hay except a l f a lfa . 2/ " Cows" a nd "s te er s and he Lf er s " comb i ned wi t h a llowance

where neces sary f or s l a ught e r bulls . - 3/ I ricLude s ~ .. l 1 rlai r v c ows s old f or s laug h te r , but

not dairy cows for h e r d r e pl a c ement s . - 4/ ~evi s ed

Cla r y .

Af t er five Da y s Return t o United Stat e s Depa r tmen t of Agri cul ture
St ati s t i ca l Rep or t i n g Ser v i c e 186 1 Wes t Br oad St r ee t Athens , Ge orgia 306 01 OFFICIAL BU SINESS

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A T HEN S, GEO R GIA
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THE P O U L T R Y A N O E G G S i TU A TiO N
App rove d by t he Outl oo k a nd Sit uati o n Boa r d ( Bro il er s ) Decembe r 4 , 1975

Pros pe c t s go in g into 1976 are f a vora bl e f o r t he po u lt ry in dus try. The ge ne ra l economy i s in a re cove r y pha se ; p ri ce s of compe t ing mea ts a re h ig he r t ha n a year ea r l ier, wh i l e fee d cost s a re l ower.
iJi t h some re cove ry in the gen e ra l e co nomy i n recent month s, gains i n consume r dispo s a bl e income s ha ve been g rea te r t han t he i nc rea se s i n pri ce s of co mmodities a nd servi ce s . Thi s ha s re s u l ted ,i n some gai n i n co nsumer pu r c has i ng power . Gains in t he gene ra l e conomy sh ou l d a l so lea d t o a slow d ro p i n th e ra t e o f unemployme nt. The se two fac t o r s , ri s i ng co nsume r i ncome s a nd e asing unemployme nt , wil l bolster cons ume r pu r chas ing power an d cont ri bute t o a st ron g dema nd f o r po u lt r y in 1976 .
La r ge r bee f outp ut t hi s ye ar than in 1974 was mo re t ha n o f f s e t by smaller po r k out pu t . Re duc ed po r k s uppl ies in 19 75 co ntributed impo r ta nt l y t o the sharp increa ses i n b ro i l e r an d tur ke y pr i ce s thi s ye ar. Pork prod uct ion i n 197 5 ra nge d from 10 percent bel ow a ye a r ear l ie r i n t he fir st qua r t e r to abo u t 23 per cent small er i n t he t h i r d qua r t e r . Produc t io n of pork wil l cont in ue weI I below a yea r ear l ie r th rough t he wi nt e r a nd s pr i ng , but the ga p may narrow t o ne a r year-ea r l ie r l e ve l s by mi d- 1976 . Bee f out put t h i s summer an d f al l has bee n run nin g a rou nd 3 percent ab ove a yea r e a r l ier a nd i s expe cted t o cont i nue lar ger go i ng in t o 197 6 . With p ro s pe c t s f or gai ns i n both pork a nd beef out put , combi ned out put ma y excee d 1975 l e ve l s i n the sp r i ng . Thus , b ro i l e r a nd t urk ey meat produ ce rs can l ook f o r stro nge r compet i t ion by mid-1976.
Ou t put Ga i ns
Des p i t e l a gg in g' o utp ut du rin g t he fi r st 8 mon ths o f th i s yea r, broil er mea t p rodu c ti on fo r al l o f 1975 likel y wi ll t ot a l nea r t he re co rd 8 , 147 mill io n po unds , ready - t o- cook , produce d i n 197 2 . Out put i n federal ly inspe c ted p l a nt s t hrou gh Sept ember t o ta l ed 5 , 974 mi l l ion po unds ( ready-t o-cook we ig ht ) , compare d with 6 , 11 6 mi l l ion in the same period o f 1974. The num be r of birds i ns pe c t e d f or s l au ght er i n f e dera l l y i ns pe c t e d plants a t 2, 201 mi l l io n was down 49 mi ll ion . The a ve rag e 1 i vewe i ght wa s 3 . 74 pounds, down from 3.78 for t he sa me mo nt hs of 1974 .
Inc rea se d ou t put dur ing Se p t ember- De cem ber wi l l mo re than offs e t the reduced ou tpu t of the firs t 8 mon t hs of this yea r . Pro duce r s res po nde d t o ea s i ng f eed p rices and r is ing bro il er pr i ce s durin g fir st half 1975 by increa si ng hatc he r y act iv i t y and placemen ts of broil e r c hi c ks f or ma rk e t i ng . As a res u l t , b roi l er meat output improved from 6 percen t be low a ye a r ea r l ie r in t he firs t qua r te r o f 1975 to on l y 2 pe rce nt below i n the se cond qua r t e r . Outp ut co nt i nue d below in J u l y- Augus t , but Sept em be r's ou tput was up 10 percent and re su lt e d i n th ird qua r t e r out pu t bei ng on l y s l i ght l y be l ow J uly-September 1974 .
Wee k l y sl a ught e r a nd pl a cement re por ts i nd i ca t e that Oc to ber 's output cont inu ed weI I a bove 1974 l e ve l s a nd t hat b roil e r c hi c k p la ceme n t s for Novembe r- De cembe r marketin gs were up a ro und 14 pe rcen t . Thus , f ou r th qua r t e r out pu t sh ou l d be up mo re than a tenth.
1976 Ou t put Li kel y to be Re cord
Broi ler product io n co st s duri ng t~e third qua r t e r t hi s year were not muc h d i f f e rent tha n i n 1974 , but whol e sa le broi l e r p rice s i n t he 9- ci t y ma r ket s av eraged nearly 13 ce nts a pound h ig her. Th i s wa s J i kel y t he mo s t p ro f i t abl e 3 mo nt h period e ve r experienced by bro i l e r p rodu ce r s i n rece nt h i s t o r y . Th i s , a l ong wi t h ex pe c te d profits in coming mon ths , wil l p rov i de the i nce nt i ve for produce rs t o ma i nt a i n output to well above a year ea r l ier in t o 1976 . The imp rove d pro fi t a b i l i ty th i s year ha s caused produ ce r s t o increa se pul l e t ch ic k placements i n recen t mon th s for t he b ro iler hatche ry s upp l y fl ock. Durin g J ul yOc t o be r 13 pe r ce n t mo re pul l e t s were p laced f o r t he ha t c hery supply f l ock a nd the se pl a ceme nt s wi l l beg in t o p ro v ide egg s for ha tc hin g i n early 1976 . De spite a smal l e r ind i ca t ed f l o c k (cummu l ati ve pl a ceme nt s 7-1 4 month s ) i n early 1976, we bel ieve th e re wi l l be e nough e ggs avail a bl e to produ ce 10- 12 pe r ce nt mo r e b roi le r s during the f irs t half of 1976 . Howeve r , th is mig h t be a bout the uppe r l imi t on p roduc tion for this period.

II S rnTTOtJ ACREAGE AND PRODUCTIO!II. 197 3.

Li nt Yi e l d per

Acrea qe

Ha r ve s t e d Acre

State

For

Ind r-

Harv ested

Ha rves t

ca t ed

. 1973

1974

1975 : 1973 1974 1975

19 73

1,000 Acr e s

Poun d s

I nd r-
ca t ed 19 7 5

UPLAND Alabama Ar izona
Arkansas Ca lifo rn ia Flo r i da 1/ Georg ia III ino is 1/
Kentucky J./
Louisiana Mississ ippi Missouri
Nevada 1/ New Mexico N. Ca ro 1 ina
Oklahoma S. Ca ro I ina Tenness ee
Texas
Virgini a 1/

510

585

276

392

975 I , 130

942 1,238

11.5 12.1

375

410

o

.5

. 3 4.5

520

635

1,340 1,710

173

310

1.9

1.7

127

140

173

145

526

547

294

292

440

5 10

5, 200 L~,400

2. 4

1. 5

485 268
780
875 5.8
200
o
.6 290 1, 125 210
1. 0 100
54 380 115
350 4,000
.7

423 1,063
5 13 891 522 499
486 481 651 501 477 514 455 390 473 47 2 43 1 44 0

429 1, 218
37L:. 1,006
503 . 490
288 280 4 23 448
356 586 509 44 0 272 450 290 269 384

346 1, 030
431 1, 070
538 360
o
480
579 Lf48 L.46
624 384 444
253 397 29 5 294 4 11

449 611 1,04 1 1, 71+9
12. 5 390
o
.3 521 1, 8 16 180
1.9 136 164 4 27 290 432 4 ,673
2.2

522
995
880 2 ,5 95
12.7 4 19
.3 2.6 560 1, 595 230
2. 1
148
133 310 274 308 2, 462
1. 2

350
575 700 1, 950
6. 5 150
o
.6
350 1,0 50
195 1. 3
80
50 200
95 215 2, 45 0
.6

Amer-Pima
Ar izona
Ca lifo rn i a .!.I
New Mexico Texas

34.0
.2
17.7 31. 2

34 .7 .3
14. 5 32.8

30. 0 597

729

600

. 2 480

683

720

12.5 265

4 17

288

24. 0 397

359

240

42. 3
.2
9. 8 25. 8

52. 7
.4
12. 6
24. 5

37 . ,
OJ
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7. 5 12.0

United States

Upland

: 11 ,887. I 12,464.3 9, 240. 1

521

441

12 , 895 . 9

8 , 419 . 0

4 37

11,4h9 . 9

Amer-Pima

83.1 82 .3

66.7 45 1 526 4 15

78 . 1

90.2

57 .3

All Cotton : 11, 970 . 2

9 ,306.8

44 2

12 , 974 .0

8 , 476 .3

12.546.6

520

437

11.540.1

1/ Estimate for current year carr ied f orwar d f rom earl ier f oreca s t . 1/ Produ c t ion g i nned and

to be ginned.

FRASIER T. GALLOWAY Agricultural Statistician In Cha r ge

1:/ . PAT PA RKS Agric u ltu ra l St a t i s t i ci a n

The Stati s tical Reporting Service , US DA, 1861 West Broad Stree t , At hens , Geo rg ia i n coope rat ion with the Georgia Department of Agriculture. Tel eph one 404- 546- 2236

After 1ve Days Return to United St~le8 Department of Agricul tu r e
Statistical Reporting Service
1861 Wes t Broad Street Athena. Georgia 30601
OFFICIAL BUSINESS

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PEC A N S
PECAN REPORT AS OF ) ECE:t-1BER 1, 1 975

Dec emc e r 11 , 19 75

GEORG I~ : The current pe c an crop for the St a te i s e s t i ma ted at 75 mil l i on pounds, ac c ording to t he Geor gia Cro p Re por t i ng Se r vice . Th i s e s t Lma t e is unc ha n ge d f rom t he Octo be r
1 for ec a st and i s 1 7 million pound s ab ov e la s t ye a r' s produ c t i orr. If r ealized wIlen harve s t i s comple t e , t his l evel of prod uc tion woul d a gain ma ke Geor gi a the top pec a n produ cing s t a te I fo r th e third consecutive year . The c ur r e n t c r op i s expec t e d to be 50 percen t larger t han t he next l a r gest producing stat e .

Quali t y of the nut s i f of f t hi s ye a r, par ticul a rly f or t h os e r.oming from u~ tre a t ed gr ove s . The r eason f or t his i s a t t r i bu te d ma i nly to t he ex ce ptiona l l y wet ye a r whi ch favored f ung us dis ea s e s . Abou t t wo-e th i rd s of t he c r op vas alre ady ga the r e d on De cernbe r 1 . l lo s t Nort h Georg ia areas i nd icated a much sma l l e r crop t hi s ye ar while t h2 mo re comme r c i a l mid-State and southe r n areas have he av i e r product i on t lla n a year a go .

UNITED STATES: U. S. pr oduction of a l l pe ca ns i s for e cast at 2~~ . 2 mil lion pounds , down 5 percent fr om the Oc tober 1 f ore c a s t bu t up 68 per cent from las t yea r' s s mal l
crop . Pr odu c t ion prosp ects dec l i n e d s i nce Oc tob e r 1 in Al a hama , ~;i s s i s s i p p i , ~ew Mex i co , Oklaho ma , South Caro lina, ami Tex a s but we r e i mpr ov e d i n Louis i a na . Pecan ha rvest con t. n ue to pro gr es s in all States and is now ap pr oa c h i n g completi on . The ov e r a l l qua l ity of th~ ~ r 0 , i s s omewhat below normal .

Nut deve l opment in South Ca r ol i na was hampe re d by t he l on g r ainy period du ring June ~n~ July. I n Te xas , s c a b d isea s e damage b e c o~e s more pr evale n t a s harves t a c t i v i t i e s i nc r e a s ~ .

Improved var ie t ies a re e xpe c t e d to accoun t fo r 50 pe r cen t o f this year' s cro p compared with 62 percent a year a go.

PECAN STOCKS IN COLD S TOP~GE : On Oc t ob er 31, 197 5 , t he U. S. Cold St or a ge r ep ort s ho\.Je d 5 . 8 mill i on pou nds of peca n nu t ne a t s sto red in t he U. S. compa r ed
with 14.4 mi l l i on a ye a r earli e r . In s hel l pe cans in cold st or a ge t o t a l e d 5 .3 mi ll ion pounds compa r e d lri t h 15.7 a yea r ea r lie r .

FRASIE~ T. GALLOWAY A~ r i cul tural Sta t i s t i c ian I n Cha rge

~\J . PAT PARKS ,\: ricu l t ur a l St at i s t i c. i an

The Stat i s t ical Repor t i ng Se rvice , USDA, 1861 ~st Bro a d St r e e t , ~the ns , Ge or g ia i n coopera ti on wi t h the Geor gi a Dep artme nt of Agri c ul t u r e .

Glte w.ng.6 06 t he SeM on
a.nd Beot W-iA heo 60lt the New vea.

Sta te
A1aoama Arkan sas Flori da Georgi a Louisiana Hi s sis s ip pi He, .' '. .exi.c o Nor t h Car ol i na 1/ Ot1 ahoma South Caroli na Texas
United St a t e s

-PECAl-i P':ODUCT ION

I mpr oved Vari e tie s 2 /

:

I nd icat ed

1 9 73

1 9 74

197 5

:

1 , 000 Pound s

Nat ive a nd See d1 in~ Pecnn ~

I ndicat ed

1973

1~ 74 - .. -. - 1-9-7-5 -

28,000 1 ,000 2 ,700
79 , 000 4 ,500 9 , 800 8,500 900 2, 00 0 1,100 6 ,500

8,800 500
1,2 00 47 , 000
1 ,000 1 , 200 13, 200 1, 500
200 1 ,500 9 ,500

15,000
500 2 , 40 0
GO ,OGI")
7. ,oon
3 ,600 10,QnO
1 ,') 00
2 , 3ClO
1 , O Oc)
11 , oon

1 3 , O' JO
r . ~\
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3, (V )'!
21 ')n ~ 35 ,5 0 i
1.2, 2d ')
lOO
2(, , 000
9()~ )
13 , SOO

2 ,2 00 700
1,30S
J.l , non
2 , ()O0 1 , BCJ O
70D
2.,3 '1') 1 , 00") 28, ')00

5,OOn 3 ,J JO 2 ,(:00 15, 00 0 23 , 000 2 ,1.00
700 23 , 7r ) ()
1 ,500 30, , 00 0

lLf 4 , 000

85 , 600

11 4 , 300 131, 700

-

0-

51 , 50 0

. _.

_

115 ,900

State

_ _ _ /\_L_L PEC/\i_'-l-S'--

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1 973

1 ;; 7L.
1 , 000 Pound s

- - - _ ._-- - -- _._-
I ndicated 1 ')75

A l a ba ma Ar kansa s Flor id a Geo r gi a Lou i s i ana Hi s s is sippi Hew Mex ico Nor t h Caro l ina 1 / Okl ahoma Sou t h Car ol i na Te xa s

41,000 6 ,0 00 6 ,6 00
100 , 00 0 LI O , 000 22,000 8,500 l , GOO 28 ,000 2 , 000 20, 000

] 1 . ooo
1 , 200 2,500 53 .'.iOc) 3 ,000 3, 000 l 3 , LOn 2,200 2 , 500 2 , 500 38, 000

70, f) OO
3 ,50 0 5 ,000 75, 000 30, 000 6 , 000 1f) , 000 2 ,200 26,0 00 2 ,5 00 50, 000

United St a t e s

275,700

13 7 , 100

1/ Es tima t ~ s fo r c urrent ye ar ca r r i ed f orward f r om earlie r fo re cas t.
2/ Budde d , gr af t ed, or t opwor ked varietie s .

230 ,2 00

Aft e r Fi v e Days Re t ur n to Uni ted 't a t e s Depa r t men t of Agri cu l ture
Stat istical R2porting Ser v i ce 1861 We s t BLoad St r e e t Athens, Georgia 3060 1 OFFI CI AL BUSINE SS

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ATHENS, GEORGIA

A th ens;"G"eo rt.g .~ _

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GEORGIA Georgia Wi n te r Whe a t Acreage Down 6

------- December Zj, T975 s-=.\\"'\\f~9."

Percent-Rye Acreage Down 15 Per cent

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\Jheat : Ceo r q i a ' s wh e a t pl antin gs for th e 1976 c ro p are e xpe cte d to tot'.-cr1' 150,000 acres,

- - - acco rd i ng t o t he Geo r gi a Cro p Reportin g Se r v i ce. This would be a decrease of 6

percent or 10, 000 a cres f rom th e 1975 c ro p . Prospect ive productiori, based on condit ions

as of De cembe r 1,1 97 5, is projected at 3,750,000 bu sh el s co mpa r e d with 3,645,000 bushels

from the 1975 c rop .

Rye : Ge or gia rye pl a nti ng s for 1976 are ex pe c t e d to total 410,000 acres. This would be a de cre a s e of 70 ,00 0 acre s or 15 pe r cent l ess than the plantings for the 1975 crop.
Histori ca ll y, o n l y a bo ut 25 t o 30 percent of Georgia1s r ye a creage is harvested for grain . The most co mmo n us e in Geo r gi a i s for wint er grazing and winter ground cover.

UNITED STATE S

~inter Whea t : Growe rs s ee ded 57. 2 millio n ac re s o f wh eat in t ~ e fall of 1975, the larg est a cre age si nce t he re cord 61. 2 mill ion acres seeded f or the 1949 crop. This
i s 2 perce n t above a yea r ea r l ier, 9 percent above the 1974 c ro p acreage, and represents the s i x th con s e c u t i ve yea r l y i nc re a se .

The r a pi d ex pa ns i o n o f see de d a crea ge i n t he major wint er wheat producing States of Kansa s, Ok lahoma , Co lo ra do , a nd Te xas sl owe d fr om re cent ye a r s , with Te xas showing a small de cre as e f rom th e previous yea r . Continu ed rapid expa nsi o n is stil I occurring along the east ern e dge of t he Great Pla i ns with the States of Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, and Arkans a s all up s ub stant ia l 1y. In Mo n t a na and th e Pacific No r t hwe s t e r n States, also a major wheat producing are a , i nc re a s e s from a year ago range fr om 2 t o 4 percent. All States east of the Hi ss i s si ppi Ri ver , with the ex ce p t io n o f Illinoi s, Alaba ma, South Carolina, and New Jers ey de cre a s e d s e e d ings from last ye a r .

The 1976 wheat prod uc t ion , bas e d on co nd i t ion o f t he crop as of December 1,1975, is for e cast at 1 ,496 mi 11 ion bushels, down 9 pe rce nt fr om th e record large crop produced in 1975, but 8 per cent a bove the c ro p o f t wo ye a r s a go .

The yi el d i s e xpec ted t o av erage 26 . I bus he l s per s e ed ed a cre, 3.3 bushels below th e 1975 crop y ield of 29 . 4 bush el s, 0.5 bush els bel ow t wo yea r s ago ~nd the lowest yield per seed ed a c re s in ce 1968. De ce mber 1 co nd itio ns i ndic a te that 87 percent of the seeded
acrea ge wi l l be ha rve s ted fo r gra i n . Th is is down f rom 9 2 percent in 1975.

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UN ITED sr/\TE S CO iH Ii'WED
Rye: Fall seedings of rye for the 1976 crop t otal ed 3 . 03 mi l l ion acres- -4 percent l es s th an the 3.17 mi 11 ion acres seeded for the 1975 c rop , 5 per ce nt less than 1974 and t he .
smalles t of record. Georgia, Texas and Okl-ahoma, Sta t es th at l ed t he Nat io n in rye acreage planted last year, ac coun t ed for mo s t of th is ' re duc t ion. Te xas was off 28 pe rce nt , Georgia and Okla homa decl ined 15 and 14 percen t, re s pe c t i ve l y . Pa rtia l l y offsett i ng these redu ctions were gains of 36 percent i n Sout h Dako t a ' a nd 30 pe r ce nt i n Minnes o t a. Most othe r major States seeded about the sa me acre a ge a s a year a go.

WINTER WHEAT AND RYE

Item

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11

l;1i nter \l hea t Acreage Seeded for A1 1 Purposes
( 1, 000 acres) Yie ld per See ded Acre (Bu.)
Production (1,000 Bu.)
Seedings as %of Previous Year
Harvested for Grain (Percent)

56, 163
29 . 4 1,651,209
107 .3 91. 8

57 ,227
26 . I 1, 495 , 869
101 .9 87 .3

Rye Acreage Seeded for All Purposes
(I,OOO Acres)
Seedings as %of Previous Year

3,166 98.9

3,0 31 95 . 7

II Indicated December I, 1975.

Georq ia

1975

1976 11

160
22. 8 3 ,64 5
74.0 84.4

150
25 .0 3,750 94 . 0
83. 3

480 120.0

4 10 85.0

FRASIER T. GALLOWAY Agricultural Stat,istician In Charge

W. PAT PARKS Agr ic u l t u ra l Statist i ci a n

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GEORGIA ANNUAL VEGETA8LE SUMMARY - 1975

Froduction of principal commercial vegetables f ur fresh marke t and processing for
1975 was valued at $18,291,000, an increase of 12 percent from 1974, according to the
Georg ia Crop Reporting Service. Estimates are made for onl y 6 comme r c ia l vegetables which are: snapbeans, cabbage, cantaloups , cucumb er s, tomatoes an d wat e rme l ons . The total harvested acreage of fresh market and processing vegetables was 2 percent above 1974.

The 1975 harvested acreage of fresh mark et vegetables was up l ess than 1 percent while value of production i nc re a s e d 9 percent. Rains earl y in t he season caused moderate
abandonment and reduced yields but otherw is e vegetable c~ops de ve l o pe d under about normal
conditions. The value of vegetable crops wa s up for all crops exce p t watermelons which
were down sharply. Lower produ ction and pri ces attr ibuted t o the decrease from 1974. Higher prices for the 1975 fr esh market c ro p was the ma in rea son t ha t value of product ion
increased for cabbage, snapbeans, canta10ups and tomatoes. Hi gh~r prices for these crops
more than offset the redu ced product ion. The value of process ed ve getable crops increa se d
sharply ma i n l y on the stren gth of increas ed produc tion.

Sweetpotato estimat es are publ ished in the annual F ield Crop Summary and not publ ishe d in th is report.

UNITED STATES

Fresh Market Veqetables: Estimated production of 22 princ ipal f res h mark et vegetables and melons for 1975 is 1 percent l ess than in 1974. The 1975
production estimate of 235.9 mill ion hundredwe ight compares wit h 1974 output of 237.7 mill ion , hund re dwe i ght and the 1973 total of 237.5 mi l li on cwt. Aggregate harvested a creage for these 22 crops at 1.6 mil I ion acres was nearly the same a s i n 1974.

The 22 principal veg etable and melon crops had a to tal valu e of 2,098 mill ion dol lars, 12 percent higher than a year earl ier. The fiv e l eading crops ranked i n order of value are tomatoes, lettuce, onions, carrots, and cel ery whos e combined tot a l ac counts for 59 percent
of the U.S. total value.

The 1975 strawberry production of 5.4 mi 11 ion hundredwei gh t was 2 percent above last year, and 14 percent above 1973.

The fiv e leading States in the 1975 produc tion of fr esh ve getables and melons in order
of total output were Cal ifornia, Florida, Te xas, Arizona, and New York. These States
account ed for 66 percent of the harvested a creag e, 76 percent o f th e production, and 77
percent of the value of all fresh market vegetables and melons produced in the United States.

Veqetable3 for Process inq: A total of s1 ightly ov e r 14.0 mi l l io n tons were harvested in 1975 from the Nation's 13 major commercial process ing vegetable
crops. This tops last year's output by 12 percent and is 24 percent above the 1973 aggregate.
Large increases in tonnage of four of th es e crops more than of fs e t decl i ne s reg istered i n
the remainder.

Those crops showing produ ct ion increases were: 1 ima beans, up 7 percent ; sweet co r n , 15 percent; cucumbers for pickles, 13 percent; and t oma t oe s , 21 percent mo re . Reduced c ro p sizes are estimated for the fol lowing: snap beans, down 11 percent; beets, 4 percent ; cabba ge for kraut, 15 percent; green peas, 1 per cent; spinach, 9 percent ; asparagus, 29 per cent; broccol i, 14 per cent; carrots, 29 percent ; and caul i flower, off 28 percent.

The va l ue of 1975 processing vegetabl es is placed at just ove r $1.1 billion, 8 per ce nt above 1974, i n spite of reduced raw product prices for si x o f t he crops.

FRA:; IEf{ T. GALLOV/AY Agr icultural Statist i cian In Cha r ge

MI~E HAMMER & JER RY PITTS Agri cultural Stat isti ci ans

The Statistical Reporting Servi ce, USDA, 186l West Broad Street, Ath ens, Georgia In
coop erat ion wit h the Georgia uepartment of Anr i r.ulture.

("~ORG IA: ACREAGE, PRODUCTIO N, PRICE AND

Ha rves t ed

Cro

Year

Acreaqe

Acr e s

FOR FRESH MARKET:

Cw t.

1, 000

Cwt .

Do l l ar s

l
Va.l ue 1,000 Dollars

Beans, Snap Spring Quarter

1975

2,3 00

27

1974

2, 200

32

1973

2,000

25

62

19.00

1, 178

70

15.20

1,064

50

20 .5 0

1, 025

Beans, Snap

1975

1, 200

28

34

18.40

626

Summe r Cuerte r

1974

1,400

28

lQ7 ~

1,400

28

39

17.10

667

39

16.10

628

Beans. Snap Fall Quarter

1975

800

30

24

19.80

1974

500

28

14

22. 60

1973

600

32

19

14.70

Cabba ge

1975

2.400

100

240

5.63

1.351

Spr ing Qua rter Cabbage

1974 1973 197 5

2, 500 2 . 500
500

110

275

100 90

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3.31 b. .31 ~.J .~Jh'

9 10 1.323854

Summe r Cua rte r Cantaloups

1974

500

120

60

5.65

339

1973

400

100

40

7.42

297

1975

3,300

65

215

9 . 62

2 , 0 68

Summe r Qua r t e r

1974

3,300

70

23 1

6. 63

1,532

1973

3.700

64

237

6. 33

1,500

Tomatoes

197 5

1,300

65

85

22.00

1,870

Spring Cua r t e r

197 4

1,400

70

98

15.00

1,470

1973

900

56

50

17.50

875

Toma toes

2, 049

Summer Oua r t e r

1,5 30

\-Ia t e rme l o ns

1. 972. 1, 700

Spring Ouar t er

1, 421

11 2

~'/a te rme 1on s

1975

26 ,000

85

2, 210

2.5 2

5,5 69

Summe r Qua rte r

1974

26 , 000

90

2,34 0

2.76

6 , 4 58

1973

28.000

85

2.380

2.52

5 , 99 8

TOTAL
FRESH MARKET 1/

1975 1974 1973

42, 500 42,300 42,000

xx

3,3 36

xx

3 ,5 96

xx

3 .2 09

xx

17,170

xx

15.707

xx

14,021

FOR PROCESSING:

1975

2,800

xx

xx

xx

Total Processing 1/

1974

2,300

xx

xx

xx

lQ7~

3,400

xx

xx

xx

TOTAL, FRESH MARKET

1975

45,300

xx

xx

xx

AND PROCESSING 1/

1974

44,600

xx

xx

xx

I973

45 ,400

xx

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1/ Includes only commercial vegetables f or wh ich estimates a re ma de , 1975 data prel iminary . 1/ Not publ ished separately to avoid d isclosure of i nd i v idu al ope ra t io ns . 1/ Excludes sweetpotatoes, which have been consid ered a f res h vege t a ble in Georg ia.

Sweetpotato estimates will be released with t he f ie l d c rops a nnua l su mmary.

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