GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL FACTS 2004 EDITION GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Thomas T. Irvin, Commissioner Cooperating with UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE National Agricultural Statistics Service R. Ronald Bosecker, Administrator Prepared by GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE Stephens Federal Building, Suite 320 355 East Hancock Avenue Athens, Georgia 30601 Telephone: 706/546-2236 Fax: 706/546-2416 E-mail: nass-ga@nass.usda.gov Website: http://www.nass.usda.gov/ga/ David S. Abbe, Director Christina S. Messer, Deputy Director Jackie Adams James Brewster Peggy Craig Frieda Dekazos Katie Eberhart Laurel Garrison Calin Goolsby Office Staff Jack Hall Robert Harris Kevin Lamons Emily McAllister Clayton McDuffie Connie McEver Elaine McGarity John Meyer Jerry Midden Frances Palmer Jane Phelps Charlene Rhodes Sharon Stewart Talmadge Williams Acknowledgments We extend a special thanks to the farmers, agriculture industry representatives, County Extension Officials and others who voluntarily provided basic data used to prepare the statistics presented in this publication. Georgia's National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) Employees Office Enumerators * Priscilla G. Greene Patricia A. Anglin Janice Belmore Steven Caudell Beverly D. Chalk Jacqueline Chastain June Compton Jeffery Czerwonka Lucy Dalton Edwin DeLaigle Mary Elliot Jane Erwin Birdell Ethridge Linda E. Fair Stephen Fitzpatrick Jennifer Fowler Jo Neal Griffeth Allie M. Hardman Dennis Healan Carol Herzog Sue Johnston John Kemp Ed Kenimer Peggy Krumpe Debbie Lester Therese A. Maudsley Millicent N. McCoy Suzan Meentemeyer Carolyn Morrill Janie Price James O. Smith Donna M. Tate Sharon Tate Dana Waldrop Carole Dean Wilson * Supervisors Field Enumerators North * Regina W. Broach Raymond Bryant Louie Canova Howard Cooper Evans O. Davis Robyn Houp James Morris Maylon H. Purcell Jimmy C. Taff Leland J. Willis South * Vernon E. Cain H. Verlyn Denney T. J. Futch, Jr. Alfred E. Hester, Jr. Ross NeSmith Maurice R. Parker Albert Potts West Central * Catherine Lister Wayne Adkins Jimmy Bradley Paul M. Bulloch Carlton Farmer Tommy Franklin Lee Lucas A. Marshall Scott East Central * Inman Gerrald Willard R. Joiner John Meikle Lilla P. Mobley William Ed Veal William A. Woodward A MESSAGE FROM COMMISSIONER IRVIN Dear Georgians: Although Georgia Agricultural Facts is designed primarily as a reference guide for farmers and agribusiness professionals, those who work in the fields of education, communication, economics, government, and others who rely on accurate agricultural data find it a useful research tool. We urge more of those involved in long-range planning for the development of Georgia's resources to study the data presented in the 2004 Edition of Georgia Agricultural Facts. Our future depends on the interpretation of our history by our present day planners and decision makers. Comparison of statistical data over a period of time mirrors the changing face of agriculture. One can recognize the year-to-year changes which are cyclical and those trends that have become permanent conditions. One can hear the voice of the farmers, agribusiness owners, County Extension officials, and the many others in the agricultural economy who voluntarily contributed to the collection of the information presented here. The Georgia Department of Agriculture is proud to publish Georgia Agricultural Facts 2004 Edition in cooperation with the Georgia Agricultural Statistics Service. The Georgia Agricultural Statistics Service continuously updates data as do other state divisions of the National Agricultural Statistics Service and provides the current information online. The Georgia Department of Agriculture website www.agr.state.ga.us provides a link to the statistics as well as many other sources of information. Sincerely, Tommy Irvin Commissioner Georgia Department of Agriculture FOREWORD I am pleased to present the "2004 Georgia Agricultural Facts," a data picture of the State's over $5 billion industry. As a partner with the Georgia Department of Agriculture, our mission is to provide accurate and timely information to all involved with agriculture. Our greatest assets in this mission are the agricultural producers and agribusinesses who willingly provide these important data to make these publications possible. The 2002 Census of Agriculture for Georgia and the U.S. are available on our Website. Printed and compact disk versions will be available in the fall of 2004. The release of these data culminates a three year effort of collecting, editing, analyzing, and summarizing these data. The census of agriculture are collected every five years. These data provide a more detailed look at our industry, with most data published at the county level. The census identifies new trends and commodities as this industry continues to grow and change. I would like to thank Commissioner Irvin and his staff for the publication of these data. The information in this book is used by many and various parts of agriculture; from the producer to the buyer, from the banker to the legislatures that make policy, from the researcher to the equipment and chemical providers. I also thank our professional enumerators who collect these data by phone and personal interview. And, of course, I thank the staff in this office who compiled these data for your use. Be sure to visit our Website: www.nass.usda.gov/ga/ for your other data needs. Remember: Georgia counts on Agriculture! Regards, David S. Abbe Director TABLE OF CONTENTS FARM INCOME AND EXPENSES Cash Receipts & Government Payments Graphs Highlights--2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Cash Receipts, 1999-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Farm Production Expenses, Graph, 2003 . . . . . . . . . 3 Farm Income and Expenses, Graph, 1999-2003 . . . 4 Farm Income and Expenses, 1999-2003 . . . . . . . . . 4 FRUITS, NUTS AND VEGETABLES Production and Value of Production Graphs, 1996-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Highlights--2003 Crop Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Fruit Crops, State Estimates, 1996-2003 . . . . . . . . 60 Pecans, State Estimates, 1996-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Vegetables, State Estimates, 1996-2003 . . . . . . . . 61 POULTRY Broilers and Egg Production and Value, Graphs, 1996-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Highlights--2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Poultry Production and Value, 1996-2003 . . . . . . . . 8 Egg Production and Value, 1996-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Per Capita Consumption of Red Meat and Poultry, 1999-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Value of Poultry in GA, Graphs, 1996-2003 . . . . . . 10 COUNTY ESTIMATES County and District Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Corn--Map and County Estimates, 2002-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Cotton--Map and County Estimates, 2002-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Oats--Map and District Estimates, 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Peanuts--Map and County Estimates, 2002-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Rye--Map and County Estimates, 2002-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Sorghum--Map and District Estimates, 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Soybeans--Map and County Estimates, 2002-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Tobacco--Map and County Estimates, 2002-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Wheat--Map and County Estimates, 2002-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Cattle--Maps and County Estimates, 2003-2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Hogs--Map and District Estimates, 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 FIELD CROPS Cropland Used and Value of Production Graphs, 1996-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Highlights--2003 Crop Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Field Crops, State Estimates, 1996-2003 . . . . . . . . 51 Corn and Sorghum Silage, State Estimates, 1996-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Irrigated and Non-Irrigated Corn Estimates, 1996-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Crop Records, Highs and Lows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Usual Planting and Harvesting Dates . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Grain Stocks, 2001-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Grain Stock Facilities, 1996-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Hay Stocks, 1996-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Peanut Stocks, U.S., 2002-2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Soybean Acreage Following Another Crop Selected States, 1996-2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 LIVESTOCK AND DAIRY Milk Cows, Graph, 1996-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Cattle and Calves, Graph, 1996-2003 . . . . . . . . . . 63 Highlights--2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Cattle and Calves, State Estimates, 1996-2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Cattle and Calves, Number by Size Groups, 1996-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Cattle and Calves, Production, Income, and Disposition, 1996-2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Milk Cows and Heifers, State Estimates 1996-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Milk Cows, Number of Operations, 1996-2003 . . . . 66 Milk Cows and Milk Production, 1996-2003 . . . . . . 67 Hogs, State Estimates, 1996-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Hogs, Production and Income, 1996-2003 . . . . . . . 67 Red Meat Production, 1996-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Red Meat Production, Graph, 1996-2003 . . . . . . . . 68 Commercial Slaughter, 1996-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Bees and Honey, 1996-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 AQUACULTURE Catfish, 2002-2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Trout, 2002-2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 AGRICULTURAL PRICES Marketing Season for Specified Crops . . . . . . . . . . 71 Prices Received, Specified Commodities, 1996-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Prices Received, Monthly, 1996-2003 . . . . . . . . . . 72 Feed Ratios, 1996-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Prices Paid, Specified Commodities, 1996-2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 FLORICULTURE Floriculture Graphs, 1996-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Floriculture Values, 2002-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 GENERAL Precipitation and Temperature Graphs, 2003 . . . . . 82 Highlights--Crop Weather Summary, 2003 . . . . . . . 83 Precipitation by Months, 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Temperatures by Months, 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Georgia's Rank in U.S. Agriculture, 2002 . . . . . . . . 86 Export Values, 1999-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Farm Labor, 1996-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Farm Numbers, Size and Value, 1996-2003 . . . . . . 89 Farm Numbers by Economic Class, 1996-2003 . . . 89 Farm Real Estate Values, 1998-2004 . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Farms, Number, Graph, 1996-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Fertilizer Consumption, Graph, 1996-2004 . . . . . . . 90 Fertilizer Consumption, 1996-2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Agricultural Chemical Usage, 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 GEORGIA CASH RECEIPTS AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS GEORGIA, 2003 - $5.8 Billion Crops 34.9% Govt. Payments 9.5% Livestock 11.1% Poultry 44.5% CASH RECEIPTS AND DIRECT GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS GEORGIA - 2003 Percent of Total by Top Ten Commodities Pecans Tobacco Dairy Products Greenhouse/Nursery Cattle & Calves Peanuts Chicken Eggs Vegetables & melons Cotton Broilers 1.2 2 3.3 5 5.7 5.9 6.8 8 8.6 0 10 20 30 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 37 40 FARM INCOME AND EXPENSES HIGHLIGHTS - 2003 Georgia's gross farm income for 2003 was $6.75 billion, 13 percent more than 2002. Gross farm income includes cash income, non-cash income, and inventory adjustment. Increases were recorded in both crop and livestock production, while revenues from services and forestry declined. Income increased for all crop and livestock items except for dairy products. Farm inventory adjustments for 2003 crops were a positive $98.4 million compared with a negative $73.1 million last year. The inventory adjustment for livestock was a negative $30.8 million as opposed to a positive $30.0 million in 2002. Farm production expenses decreased 13 percent to $2.65 billion. Cash receipts from farm marketings totaled $5.25 billion, 17 percent more than 2002. Net government transactions decreased to $441 million in 2003 from $544 million in 2002. Net farm income was 70 percent more than 2002 at $2.92 billion. CASH RECEIPTS AND DIRECT GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS - 2003 Total cash receipts from the sale of crop and livestock commodities plus the proceeds from direct government payments totaled $5.80 billion, 13 percent above the 2002 level. Poultry and eggs accounted for 44.5 percent of the total; crops accounted for 34.9 percent; livestock excluding poultry 11.1 percent; and direct government payments 9.5 percent. Cash receipts from poultry continued to be the major contributor during 2003 at $2.58 billion. This was the ninth year in succession that cash receipts for poultry broke the $2.0 billion mark. Broilers continued to rank as Georgia's number one cash receipts commodity. Eggs ranked fourth among all commodities with receipts of $396 million, or 6.8 percent of the total cash receipts including government payments. Cash receipts from crops in 2003 totaled $2.02 billion, up 28 percent from the $1.59 billion in 2002. Vegetables and melons accounted for 8.0 percent of the total cash receipts with earnings of $465 million, up 15 percent from 2002. This increase moved vegetables and melons into third place ahead of eggs. Cotton placed second in cash receipts at $502 million and accounted for 8.6 percent of the total cash receipts. Peanuts accounted for 5.9 percent of the total with $345 million in cash receipts, up 50 percent from the disastrous crop of 2002. Nursery, greenhouse, and sod cash receipts accounted for 5.0 percent of the total or $292 million, up 9 percent from 2002. Cash receipts from the sale of livestock excluding poultry totaled $642 million, up 15 percent from 2002, reflecting increases in meat animals. Cattle and calves receipts contributed the most to this category at $329 million, followed by dairy products at $192 million and hogs at $68.8 million. Miscellaneous livestock, including honey, aquaculture, and other livestock, increased 18 percent. Government payments were down 15 percent from the previous year at $552 million. FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES - 2003 Farm production expenses totaled $3.83 billion in 2003, down 10 percent from the $4.23 billion in 2002. Feed purchases at $722 million continued to be the single largest expense, but was a decrease of 26 percent from 2002 as the state received good rains during the year. Seed purchase expenses decreased 2 percent from last year, to $127 million. Fertilizer and lime expenses were basically unchanged. Pesticide expenses were up 19 percent. Electricity and petroleum fuel and oils decreased 21 percent from 2002. Overall, other intermediate expenses decreased 13 percent. Increases in custom work and marketing, storage and transportation costs were offset by decreases in repair and maintenance, contract labor costs and miscellaneous expenses. Property taxes combined with motor vehicle registration and licensing fees increased 3 percent to $112 million. Real estate and non-real estate interest rose 2 percent from the previous year to $279 million. Net rent received by non-operator landlords increased 76 percent to $97.3 million. 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 1 Selected Commodity POULTRY Commercial Broilers Farm Chickens Chicken Eggs Other Poultry Total Poultry & Eggs CASH RECEIPTS BY SELECTED COMMODITIES, GEORGIA 1999-2003 1/2/ 1999 2000 2001 --1,000 dollars-- 2,293,445 17,080 379,142 22,000 2,711,667 2,029,005 21,086 369,913 24,000 2,444,004 2,432,237 11,484 367,887 24,000 2,835,608 2002 1,935,748 10,422 355,968 26,000 2,328,138 2003 2,142,850 7,806 395,769 33,000 2,579,425 CROPS Rye Wheat Corn Hay Oats Sorghum grain Cotton Cotton Lint, All Cottonseed Tobacco Peanuts Soybeans Vegetables, Melons & Onions Peaches Pecans Other Fruits & Nuts Greenhouse/Nursery All Other Crops Total Crops 2,690 23,162 55,479 37,894 944 1,035 430,777 401,032 29,745 107,958 381,018 12,713 421,105 39,171 96,300 18,099 251,320 15,159 1,894,824 3,121 24,278 45,340 26,214 2,384 1,796 379,802 343,321 36,481 150,200 379,922 20,233 443,438 41,703 94,650 28,313 265,859 15,487 1,922,740 2,319 28,020 43,796 29,108 2,356 2,097 332,244 293,877 38,367 110,648 388,538 16,436 415,408 35,033 67,350 23,871 259,118 15,186 1,771,529 2,276 23,872 60,460 27,608 2,188 2,805 322,004 290,221 31,783 107,571 229,775 16,451 404,056 32,148 44,880 26,935 268,136 14,329 1,585,495 2,508 31,083 63,495 26,149 2,139 3,601 501,514 451,638 49,875 113,158 344,655 36,834 465,458 29,642 69,600 27,596 292,367 14,655 2,024,455 LIVESTOCK Cattle and Calves Hogs Dairy Products Aquaculture All Other Livestock Total Livestock & Dairy Products 276,049 74,056 229,600 1,813 35,391 616,909 333,478 103,676 183,180 2,247 40,486 663,067 347,677 87,546 225,780 3,112 39,373 703,488 264,214 58,821 192,720 1,990 43,153 560,898 328,798 68,834 192,022 1,953 50,840 642,447 Total Cash Receipts from Crops, Livestock & Poultry 5,223,400 5,029,811 5,310,625 4,474,531 5,246,327 Government Payments 361,827 380,057 427,261 652,789 552,356 Total Cash Receipts & Government Payments 5,585,227 5,409,868 5,737,886 5,127,320 5,798,683 1/ USDA estimates and publishes individual cash receipt values only for major commodities and major producing States. The U.S. receipts for individual commodities, computed as the sum of the reported States, may understate the value of sales for some commodities, with the balance included in the appropriate category labeled "other" or "miscellaneous." The degree of underestimation in some of the minor commodities can be substantial. 2/ May not add due to rounding. 2 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE GEORGIA CASH RECEIPTS, EXCLUDING GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS AT A GLANCE 2002-2003 - 1,000 DOLLARS 1/ 2003 Rank Commodity 2002 2003 1 Broilers 1,935,748 2,142,850 2 Cotton 322,004 501,514 3 Vegetables, Melons & Onions 404,056 465,458 4 Chicken Eggs 355,968 395,769 5 Peanuts 229,775 344,655 6 Cattle & Calves 264,214 328,798 7 Greenhouse/Nursery 268,136 292,367 8 Dairy Products 192,720 192,022 9 Tobacco 107,571 113,158 10 Pecans 44,880 69,600 11 Hogs 58,821 68,834 12 Corn 60,460 63,495 13 All Other Livestock 43,153 50,840 14 Soybeans 16,451 36,834 15 Other Poultry 26,000 33,000 16 Wheat 23,872 31,083 17 Peaches 32,148 29,642 18 Other Fruits & Nuts 26,935 27,596 19 Hay 27,608 26,149 20 All Other Crops 14,329 14,655 21 Farm Chickens 10,422 7,806 22 Sorghum grain 2,805 3,601 23 Rye 2,276 2,508 24 Oats 2,188 2,139 25 Aquaculture 1,990 1,953 Total 4,474,531 5,246,327 1/ Totals may not add due to rounding. % of All 40.84 9.56 8.87 7.54 6.57 6.27 5.57 3.66 2.16 1.33 1.31 1.21 0.97 0.70 0.63 0.59 0.57 0.53 0.50 0.28 0.15 0.07 0.05 0.04 0.04 100.00 FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES GEORGIA, 2003 Livestock 7.0% Repairs 5.4% Fert. & Lime 4.9% Pesticides 4.6% Other Misc. 14.0% Energy 4.5% Capital Consumption 11.3% Seed 3.3% Marketing 4.6% Feed 18.9% Interest 7.3% Landlords 2.5% Labor & Custom Work 8.8% Taxes & Fees 2.9% 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 3 FARM INCOME & EXPENSES GEORGIA 1999-2003 $ BILLION 7.00 6.67 6.75 6.39 6.16 6.00 5.96 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 4.27 2.12 4.17 1.99 4.29 2.38 4.23 1.72 3.83 2.92 1.00 0.00 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Gross Farm Income Total Production Expenses Net Farm Income FARM INCOME AND EXPENSES, GEORGIA, 1999-2003 1/* Item 1/ 1999 2000 2001 2002 --Thousand dollars-- Value of crop production 1,896,065 1,972,735 1,922,994 1,514,089 Food grains 25,852 27,399 30,339 26,148 Feed crops 95,352 75,734 77,358 93,062 Cotton 430,777 379,802 332,244 322,004 Oil crops 394,239 400,327 405,096 246,455 Tobacco 107,958 150,200 110,648 107,571 Fruits and tree nuts 153,570 164,666 126,254 103,963 Vegetables 421,105 443,438 415,408 404,056 All other crops 265,971 281,174 274,182 282,236 Home consumption 2,262 2,176 2,090 1,695 Value of inventory adjustment 2/ (1,021) 47,819 149,376 (73,101) Value of livestock production Meat animals Dairy products Poultry and eggs Miscellaneous livestock Home consumption Value of inventory adjustment 2/ * See footnotes at the end of the table. 3,331,548 350,362 229,600 2,711,667 36,947 1,135 1,837 3,075,827 438,655 183,180 2,444,004 41,232 640 (31,884) 3,520,244 436,389 225,780 2,835,608 41,319 145 (18,997) 2,919,203 323,035 192,720 2,328,138 45,143 118 30,049 2003 2,141,484 33,591 95,385 501,514 381,744 113,158 126,838 465,458 306,767 18,590 98,439 3,197,967 397,632 192,022 2,579,425 52,793 6,901 (30,806) 4 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE FARM INCOME AND EXPENSES, GEORGIA, 1999-2003, 1/* Continued Item 1/ 1999 2000 2001 2002 --Thousand dollars-- Revenues from services and forestry 799,871 726,997 804,195 871,955 Machine hire and customwork 28,001 24,441 19,408 29,499 Forest products sold 50,000 40,000 30,000 25,000 Other farm income 446,186 358,304 479,480 463,231 Gross imputed rental value of farm dwellings 275,684 304,252 275,307 354,225 2003 857,779 33,652 25,000 464,841 334,286 Value of agricultural sector production 6,027,483 5,775,559 6,247,434 5,305,247 6,197,229 Purchased inputs (less) 3,165,956 2,999,127 3,097,788 3,056,484 2,649,661 Farm origin Feed purchased Livestock and poultry purchased Seed purchased 1,374,332 990,806 266,923 116,603 1,305,760 933,791 267,531 104,438 1,355,926 965,167 284,244 106,515 1,356,966 977,733 249,695 129,538 1,118,266 721,605 269,551 127,110 Manufactured inputs Fertilizers and lime Pesticides Petroleum fuel and oils Electricity 579,244 191,542 204,000 125,425 58,277 584,946 178,000 187,236 150,039 69,671 563,100 170,325 188,468 138,340 65,967 549,559 186,124 146,380 144,887 72,168 532,860 186,342 174,073 127,999 44,446 Other purchased inputs Repair and maintenance of capital items Machine hire and customwork Marketing, storage, and transportation expenses Contract labor Miscellaneous expenses 1,212,380 174,054 65,120 271,960 43,999 657,247 1,108,421 200,228 55,964 238,673 60,847 552,709 1,178,762 171,773 31,685 222,488 62,423 690,393 1,149,959 212,212 30,391 169,932 70,671 666,753 998,535 208,485 42,022 174,095 38,940 534,993 Net government transactions (plus) 244,855 263,365 305,219 543,991 440,715 + Direct Government payments - Motor vehicle registration and licensing fees - Property taxes 361,827 7,818 109,154 380,057 9,009 107,683 427,261 8,884 113,158 652,789 8,033 100,765 552,356 9,173 102,468 Gross value added 3,106,382 3,039,796 3,454,865 2,792,754 3,988,283 Capital consumption (less) 382,605 403,904 423,592 433,446 431,542 Net value added 2,723,777 2,635,892 3,031,273 2,359,308 3,556,741 Payments to stakeholders: less Employee compensation (total hired labor) Net rent received by nonoperator landlords Real estate and nonreal estate interest 601,388 243,995 58,307 299,086 645,317 261,122 62,928 321,267 649,261 310,279 43,593 295,389 635,234 305,724 55,213 274,297 632,357 256,362 97,291 278,704 Net farm income 2,122,389 1,990,575 2,382,012 1,724,074 2,924,384 1/ Value of agricultural sector production is the gross value of the commodities and services produced within a year. Net value-added is the sector's contribution to the National economy and is the sum of the of the income from production earned by all factors-of-production, regardless of ownership. Net farm income is the farm operators' share of income from the sector's production activities. The concept presented is consistent with that employed by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. 2/ A positive value of inventory change represents current-year production not sold by December 31. A negative value is an offset to production from prior years included in current-year sales. Economic Research Service/USDA Information Contact: Roger Strickland E-Mail: rogers@ers.usda.gov 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 5 GEORGIA Number (Mil.) 2,500 BROILERS Number & Value of Production Georgia, 1996 - 2003 Dollars (Mil.) 2,500 2,000 2,000 1,500 1,500 1,000 1,000 500 500 0 0 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Years Number Value Million 500 EGG PRODUCTION & VALUE Hatching, Table, and Total Eggs Georgia, 1996 - 2003 Million $ 500 400 400 300 300 200 200 100 100 0 0 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Years Dz. Table Eggs Dz. Hatching Eggs Total Dz. Eggs Dollar Value 6 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE POULTRY GEORGIA POULTRY HIGHLIGHTS 2003 FARM VALUE OF PRODUCTION 1/ All Poultry and Eggs . . . . . . . . $2,546,425,000 Broilers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,142,850,000 Eggs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $395,769,000 Chickens* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 7,806,000 2003 -- GEORGIA NATIONAL RANK First . . . . . . . . . . Broilers Value of Production Second . . . . . . . . . . . Chickens Value of Sales First . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Broilers Produced Second . . . . . . . . . Eggs Value of Production First . . . . . . . All Poultry Value of Production First. . . . . Chickens Sold (excludes broilers) Sixth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eggs Produced SUMMARY--2003 EGG PRODUCTION The total farm value of poultry and eggs produced in Georgia increased 11 percent to $2.55 billion for the 2003 production year. Value of production from broilers totaled $2.14 billion, up 11 percent from 2002. The value of production for all eggs was $396 million, up 11 percent from 2002. The sale of chickens, excluding broilers, totaled 18.0 million birds with a value of sales of $ 7.8 million. BROILER PRODUCTION For the twentieth consecutive year, Georgia has been the leader in broiler production with 1.26 billion birds in 2003. Production decreased 2 percent from 1.29 billion broilers produced in 2002. Pounds produced in 2003 totaled 6.30 billion. The average price received per pound for broilers in 2003 was 34.0 cents per pound, up 4.0 cents from the 2002 average price. Georgia ranked first in the number of broilers produced and accounted for 15 percent of the number and 14 percent of pounds of the Nation's broiler production in 2003. For the ninth consecutive year, Georgia ranked number one in the Nation in value of broiler production. Egg production in Georgia for the year ending November 30, 2003, totaled 5.05 billion eggs, 2 percent more than in 2002. The number of layers averaged 20.4 million in 2003, slightly less than the previous year. In hatching egg flocks, the average number of layers was down 2 percent, to 9.22 million from 9.42 million in 2002. The average number of layers in table egg flocks was 11.2 million in 2003. All layers in Georgia produced an average of 247 eggs per hen in 2003, 4 eggs more than 2002's average of 243. Hatching egg flocks produced 2.05 billion eggs during 2003, 3 percent less than the previous year. Table egg flocks produced 3.00 billion eggs in 2003, 5 percent more than 2002. The average price for all eggs in 2003 was 94.1 cents per dozen, 8.1 cents more than the previous year. Table egg prices averaged 55.9 cents per dozen, up 17.3 cents from the previous year. Hatching egg prices averaged $1.57 per dozen, down 1.3 cents from the previous year. Georgia's total egg production was 59 percent table eggs and 41 percent hatching eggs. Georgia ranked sixth in the Nation in 2003 in both the average number of layers and in total egg production. Iowa was the leading State in both layers and egg production followed by Ohio. 1/ Value of production is quantity produced multiplied by the price per unit. * Value of sales for chickens is quantity sold multiplied by the price per unit. 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 7 POULTRY--VALUE OF PRODUCTION, GEORGIA, 1996-2003 1/ 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 --Thousand Dollars-- Commercial Broilers 2,205,294 2,276,890 2,386,382 2,293,445 2,029,005 2,432,235 1,935,750 2,142,850 Mature Chickens, Hatching Egg Flocks 11,084 16,911 20,078 16,940 20,898 11,380 10,329 7,713 Table Egg Flocks 149 201 178 140 188 104 93 93 All Chickens, Including Commercial Broilers 2,216,527 2,294,002 2,406,638 2,310,525 2,050,091 2,443,719 1,946,172 2,150,656 Eggs 348,002 358,941 376,104 379,339 370,831 368,073 356,065 395,769 Turkeys 2/ 7,308 2,591 All Poultry 2,571,837 2,655,534 2,782,742 2,689,864 2,420,922 2,811,792 2,302,237 2,546,425 1/ The production year begins Dec 1 previous year and ends Nov 30 current year, except turkeys based on Sep 1 - Aug 31 hatch. 2/ Discontinued in 1998. POULTRY--PRODUCTION, SALES AND VALUE, GEORGIA, 1996-2003 1/ Unit 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Commercial Broilers Number Produced 1,000 1,154,000 1,182,800 1,202,500 1,239,700 1,229,700 1,247,300 1,290,500 Pounds Produced 1,000 5,654,600 5,914,000 5,892,300 6,198,500 6,148,500 6,236,500 6,452,500 Price per Pound 2/ Cents 39.0 38.5 40.5 37.0 33.0 39.0 30.0 Value of Production 1,000 Dols 2,205,294 2,276,890 2,386,382 2,293,445 2,029,005 2,432,235 1,935,750 Unit 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Mature Chickens, Hatching Egg Flocks Number Sold 1,000 9,565 10,385 11,797 14,163 14,363 14,187 12,598 Pounds Sold 1,000 84,685 87,794 98,884 127,694 128,345 126,361 110,053 Price per Pound Cents 13.1 19.3 20.3 13.3 16.3 9.0 9.4 Value of Sales 1,000 Dols 11,084 16,911 20,078 16,940 20,898 11,380 10,329 Unit 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Mature Chickens, Table Egg Flocks Number Sold 1,000 6,240 5,115 5,225 7,107 8,074 5,443 4,349 Pounds Sold 1,000 24,370 19,156 20,270 27,577 37,689 20,864 17,050 Price per Pound Cents 0.6 1.0 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 Value of Sales 1,000 Dols 149 201 178 140 188 104 93 1/ The production year begins Dec 1 previous year and ends Nov 30 current year. 2/ Live weight equivalent price. 2003 1,260,500 6,302,500 34.0 2,142,850 2003 12,208 94,264 8.2 7,713 2003 5,749 18,865 0.5 93 8 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE EGGS--PRODUCTION AND VALUE OF PRODUCTION, GEORGIA 1996-2003 1/2/ Unit 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Average Number Layers 1,000 Eggs per Layer Number Eggs Produced Millions Price per Dozen Cents Value of Production 1,000 Dols 10,669 259 2,767 64.5 148,726 11,188 260 2,908 59.2 143,461 11,818 258 3,045 52.5 133,289 Table Eggs 11,563 259 2,997 11,728 258 3,022 42.8 42.7 106,912 107,562 11,596 258 2,991 42.6 106,186 11,052 258 2,853 38.6 91,798 Unit 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Average Number Layers 1,000 Eggs per Layer Number Eggs Produced Table Millions Hatching Millions Total Millions Price per Dozen Table Cents Hatching Cents Value of Production Table 1,000 Dols Hatching 1,000 Dols Total 1,000 Dols 7,929 229 127 1,690 1,817 64.5 136.6 6,826 192,450 199,276 8,683 226 9,217 226 Hatching Eggs 9,498 9,088 229 231 137 1,822 1,959 146 1,935 2,081 153 2,026 2,179 147 1,959 2,106 59.2 137.5 52.5 136.3 42.8 158.1 42.7 158.1 6,759 208,721 215,480 6,390 236,425 242,815 5,424 267,003 272,457 5,244 258,025 263,269 9,398 223 9,422 224 147 1,948 2,095 148 1,966 2,114 42.6 158.0 38.6 158.4 5,222 256,665 261,887 4,762 259,505 264,267 Unit 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Average Number Layers 1,000 Eggs per Layer Eggs Produced Number Table Hatching Total Price per Dozen Table Millions Millions Millions Cents Hatching Total Cents Cents Value of Production Table 1,000 Dols Hatching Total 1,000 Dols 1,000 Dols 18,626 246 2,894 1,690 4,584 64.5 136.6 91.1 155,552 192,450 348,002 19,869 245 21,035 244 Total Eggs 21,059 20,816 246 246 3,045 1,822 4,867 3,191 1,935 5,126 3,150 2,026 5,176 3,169 1,959 5,128 59.2 137.5 88.5 52.5 136.3 88.0 42.8 158.1 87.9 42.7 158.1 86.8 150,220 208,721 358,941 139,679 236,425 376,104 112,336 267,003 379,339 112,806 258,025 370,831 20,994 242 20,473 243 3,138 1,948 5,086 3,001 1,966 4,967 42.6 158.0 86.8 38.6 158.4 86.0 111,408 256,665 368,073 96,560 259,505 356,065 1/ The production year begins Dec 1 previous year and ends Nov 30 current year. 2/ Includes both commercial and farm flocks. 2003 11,225 267 2,998 55.9 139,657 2003 9,217 222 143 1,906 2,049 55.9 157.1 6,661 249,451 256,112 2003 20,442 247 3,141 1,906 5,047 55.9 157.1 94.1 146,318 249,451 395,769 PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION OF RED MEAT AND POULTRY--SELECTED YEARS, 1999-2003 1/ UNITED STATES 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Red Meat, Retail Weight Basis Beef Pork Lamb Total 2/ Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds 67.5 52.7 1.1 121.3 67.7 51.2 1.1 120.0 66.2 50.2 1.1 117.5 67.6 51.5 1.2 120.3 65.0 51.9 1.1 118.0 Eggs Total Number 255.6 258.2 252.7 255.5 254.7 Chickens Commercial Broilers 2/ Pounds 75.3 75.5 76.6 80.5 81.5 Turkey 3/ Pounds 17.6 17.4 17.5 17.7 17.4 Total 3/4/ Pounds 92.9 92.9 94.1 98.2 98.9 1/ Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Situation and Outlook Report, May, 2004. Economic Research Service, USDA. Per capita meat and egg consumption data are revised, incorporating a new population series from the Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis based on the 2000 Census. 2/ Retail lb. 3/ Ready-to-Cook Basis. 4/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 9 Millions 3,000 POULTRY Value of Production Georgia, 1996 - 2003 1/ 2,500 2,000 1,500 1,000 500 0 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Years 2001 2002 2003 1/ Includes broilers, mature chickens, turkeys, and eggs for 1996-1997. Turkeys discontinued in 1998. Value of Production (Million Dollars) Broilers, Chickens, and Eggs, Georgia, 2003 Mature Chickens $8 Eggs (Total) $396 Broilers $2,143 Broilers 84.2% Eggs 15.5% Mature Chickens 0.3% 10 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE COUNTY ESTIMATES County level estimates or District level estimates are made for eleven Georgia commodities, including field crops, cattle, and hogs. These estimates are based on the county where the operator lives or company headquarters is located except for hogs. Hogs are estimated in the district in which they reside. The `Other Counties' designation contains data for those counties where publishing data could disclose individual operations. The State is divided into nine Statistical Districts: three across north Georgia, three across the central part of the State and three across south Georgia. This allows data to be published that cannot be published at the county level because of disclosure. DADE CATOOSA MURRAY FANNIN TOWNS RABUN WHITWALKER FIELD GILMER UNION WHITE HABER- CHATTOOGA GORDON 1 FLOYD BARTOW PICKENS LUMPKIN SHAM STEPHENS 2 DAWSON HALL CHEROKEE FORSYTH BANKSFRANKLIN HART 3 JACKSON MADISON ELBERT POLK PAULDING COBB HARALSON DOUGLAS BARROW GWINNETT CLARKE DEKALB OGLETHORPE WALTON OCONEE WILKESLINCOLN FULTON DRAOLCEK- CARROLL CLAYTON NEWTON MORGAN GREENE TALIAFERRO COLUMBIA MCDUFFIE FAYETTE HENRY WARREN RICHMOND COWETA HEARD BUTTS JASPER PUTNAM SPALDING HANCOCK GLASCOCK TROUP MERI- 4 WETHER PIKE LAMAR MONROE JONES BALDWIN JEFFERSON WASHINGTON UPSON BIBB 5 WILKINSON HARRIS TALBOT CRAWFORD TWIGGS JOHNSON BURKE 6 JENKINS SCREVEN MUSCOGEE TAYLOR PEACH LAURENS MARION CHATTAHOOCHEE MACON SCHLEY BLECKLEY HOUSTON PULASKI STEWART DOOLY DODGE EMANUEL TREUTLEN BULLOCH CANDLER MONTGOMERY EVANS EFFINGHAM WHEELER WEBSTER SUMTER QUIT- MAN TERRELL LEE RANDOLPH CRISP WILCOX TELFAIR BEN HILL TURNER JEFF DAVIS TOOMBS TATTNALL BRYAN CHATHAM APPLING LIBERTY LONG CLAY CALHOUN DOUGHERTY 7 EARLY BAKER MILLER MITCHELL WORTH IRWIN 8 TIFT COFFEE ATKINSON BERRIEN COLQUITT COOK BACON WAYNE PIERCE 9 MCINTOSH WARE BRANTLEY GLYNN SEMINOLE THOMAS GRADY DECATUR BROOKS LANIER LOWNDES CLINCH ECHOLS CHARLTON CAMDEN 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 11 GEORGIA CORN COUNTY ESTIMATES 2003 DADE CATOOSA W H IT F IE L D F AN N IN TOWNS UNION RABUN WALKER MURRAY GILMER WHITE HABER- GORDON LU M PK IN DAWSON SHAM STEPHENS CHATTOOGA PICKENS FRANKLIN BANKS HART FLOYD CHEROKEE HALL BARTOW FORSYTH JACKSON MADISON ELBERT POLK COBB BARROW PAULDING G W IN N E T T CLARKE OGLETHORPE HARALSON FULTON DE KALB WALTON OCONEE L IN C O L N W IL K E S DOUGLAS ROCKDALE MORGAN CARROLL NEWTON G R E E N ET AL IAF E R R O C O L U M B IA CLAYTON M C D U F F IE FAYETTE HENRY WARREN HEARD COWETA JASPER SPALDING BUTTS PUTNAM HANCOCK GLASCOCK R IC H M O N D TROUP P IK E M E R IW E T H E R LAMAR JONES MONROE BALDWIN JEFFERSON BURKE UPSON W AS H IN G T O N HARRIS TALBOT B IB B W IL K IN S O N CRAWFORD TWIGGS JOHNSON J E N K IN S SCREVEN MUSCOGEE TAYLOR M AR IO N PEACH HOUSTON LAURENS EMANUEL CHATTAHOOCHEE MACON SCHLEY BLECKLEY PULASKI TREUTLEN MONT- CANDLER BULLOCH STEWART SUMTER DOOLY DODGE GOMERY WHEELER TOOMBS EVANS E F F IN G H AM WEBSTER QUITMAN RANDOLPH TERRELL LEE C R IS P W IL C O X TURNER BEN HILL TELFAIR TATTNALL JEFF DAVIS APPLING BRYAN L IB E R T Y LONG CHATHAM CLAY CALHOUN WORTH DOUGHERTY IR W IN TIFT COFFEE BACON WAYNE MCINTOSH EARLY BAKER MILLER MITCHELL COLQUITT B E R R IE N COOK AT K IN S O N PIERCE WARE BRANTLEY GLYNN S E M IN O L E DECATUR TH OM AS GRADY LANIER BROOKS LOWNDES C L IN C H CHARLTON CAMDEN ECHOLS CORN Top Producing Counties 2003 Grady Decatur Mitchell Miller Irwin Terrell Baker Seminole Jefferson Burke State Total 1,951,000 bu 1,651,000 bu 1,590,000 bu 1,496,000 bu 1,490,000 bu 1,347,000 bu 1,214,000 bu 1,181,000 bu 1,162,000 bu 986,000 bu 36,765,000 bu Corn 2003 1,000,000+ bu 500,000 to 999,999 bu 100,000 to 499,999 bu 10,000 to 99,999 bu Less than 10,000 bu* *Includes County data not published to avoid disclosing individual operations. 12 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE County Appling Atkinson Bacon Baker Bartow Ben Hill Berrien Bleckley Brantley Brooks Bryan Bulloch CORN--Acreage, Yield and Production by County, Georgia, 2002-2003 1/ 2002 2003 Harv Yield per Harv Yield per Planted for Grain Harv Acre 2/ Production Planted for Grain Harv Acre 2/ Production --Acres-- 6,500 3,000 --Bushels-- 85 256,000 --Acres-- 6,500 3,600 --Bushels-- 93 333,000 3,500 3,400 106 359,000 3,700 3,500 127 445,000 4,200 2,000 86 172,000 4,400 2,400 86 206,000 8,500 8,300 159 1,323,000 8,000 7,400 164 1,214,000 2,300 2,000 111 222,000 1,500 1,300 133 173,000 4,500 4,400 117 515,000 4,700 4,500 148 668,000 5,000 4,900 96 469,000 6,500 6,000 124 1,700 1,600 115 184,000 1,800 1,800 132 1,200 1,000 69 69,000 1,000 800 88 7,500 7,000 107 750,000 6,400 5,300 107 800 700 81 57,000 500 300 107 11,000 10,000 87 865,000 8,500 8,000 102 745,000 238,000 70,000 568,000 32,000 818,000 Burke Calhoun Candler Chattooga Clay Coffee Colquitt Cook Crisp Decatur Dodge Dooly 9,000 6,000 109 656,000 9,000 7,000 141 4,500 4,400 142 625,000 5,700 5,200 175 3,400 3,000 90 271,000 2,800 2,300 122 1,300 1,200 74 89,000 700 600 98 1,400 1,300 125 163,000 1,000 900 143 5,400 5,300 123 650,000 6,700 6,500 127 986,000 912,000 281,000 59,000 129,000 823,000 2,700 1,700 108 184,000 3,000 1,400 118 165,000 1,900 1,400 90 126,000 1,800 1,600 103 164,000 1,300 1,200 92 110,000 1,000 800 106 85,000 8,000 7,700 140 1,077,000 12,500 11,500 144 1,651,000 2,200 2,000 105 210,000 2,500 2,000 128 255,000 1,400 1,200 96 115,000 1,700 1,600 125 200,000 Dougherty Early Effingham Emanuel Evans Floyd 2,800 2,500 139 347,000 2,600 2,200 164 7,000 6,600 134 884,000 6,000 5,700 152 5,800 5,000 77 383,000 4,500 4,000 71 2,800 2,100 93 195,000 2,600 2,300 115 1,300 1,000 85 85,000 1,700 1,500 109 3,400 3,200 111 354,000 2,500 2,100 131 360,000 865,000 284,000 264,000 164,000 275,000 Gordon Grady Hall Hart Houston Irwin 5,000 4,800 109 522,000 3,900 3,500 102 356,000 16,000 14,800 107 1,585,000 15,500 14,500 135 1,951,000 850 200 75 15,000 700 500 76 38,000 900 800 130 104,000 2,000 1,800 122 220,000 2,500 2,100 136 285,000 11,500 10,000 118 1,175,000 12,000 11,000 135 1,490,000 Jeff Davis Jefferson Jenkins Johnson Lanier Laurens 2,700 2,400 115 275,000 3,400 3,200 139 444,000 8,800 8,300 150 1,243,000 8,000 7,700 151 1,162,000 4,200 2,500 126 316,000 3,600 2,200 135 296,000 1,500 1,400 107 150,000 800 600 112 67,000 1,800 1,700 91 155,000 1,700 1,600 101 162,000 5,900 4,900 101 493,000 5,200 4,300 110 471,000 Lee 7,200 3,800 104 395,000 7,500 4,500 153 687,000 Long 500 300 100 30,000 500 300 87 26,000 Lowndes 2,700 2,500 87 217,000 3,000 2,700 93 252,000 Macon Marion 6,400 3,500 122 427,000 8,500 3,100 122 1,000 850 82 70,000 900 900 129 379,000 116,000 Miller 11,500 11,300 147 1,663,000 10,500 10,000 150 1,496,000 1/ County data that are not published to avoid disclosing individual operations are included in Other Counties. 2/ Rounded to the nearest bushel. 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 13 County Mitchell Montgomery Peach Pierce Polk Pulaski CORN--Acreage, Yield and Production by County, Georgia, 2002-2003 1/ 2002 2003 Harv Yield per Harv Yield per Planted for Grain Harv Acre 2/ Production Planted for Grain Harv Acre 2/ Production --Acres-- 12,000 10,500 --Bushels-- 160 1,680,000 --Acres-- 11,000 10,500 --Bushels-- 151 1,590,000 1,700 1,300 102 133,000 1,500 1,200 103 124,000 1,400 1,100 103 113,000 6,000 5,400 92 496,000 9,000 7,500 109 819,000 1,300 1,200 99 119,000 1,200 1,100 121 133,000 800 700 99 69,000 1,000 900 134 121,000 Randolph Schley Screven Seminole Stewart Sumter 4,400 4,200 131 550,000 4,900 4,300 169 727,000 500 400 90 36,000 800 750 101 76,000 8,200 6,800 103 700,000 8,500 7,800 113 885,000 12,000 11,500 146 1,683,000 8,500 7,900 149 1,181,000 1,400 1,200 87 104,000 1,500 1,200 97 116,000 8,500 6,500 92 598,000 9,000 7,300 120 879,000 Tattnall Taylor Telfair Terrell Thomas Tift 4,600 4,300 123 530,000 5,200 4,500 93 419,000 700 600 95 57,000 650 650 106 69,000 1,500 1,400 123 172,000 1,600 1,400 126 177,000 8,500 8,400 145 1,217,000 9,000 8,400 160 1,347,000 8,000 7,700 89 686,000 8,000 7,300 111 810,000 1,800 1,700 126 215,000 2,000 1,800 150 270,000 Toombs Treutlen Turner Twiggs Union Walker 2,000 1,600 120 192,000 2,200 1,800 113 500 400 103 41,000 500 400 108 2,200 2,100 107 224,000 3,000 2,100 146 700 600 108 65,000 500 400 125 500 400 85 34,000 500 400 103 600 300 77 23,000 550 500 110 204,000 43,000 307,000 50,000 41,000 55,000 Ware Washington Wayne Webster Wheeler White Wilcox Worth 3,800 2,800 64 178,000 4,200 3,500 81 2,200 1,800 91 163,000 2,400 2,100 127 7,800 6,600 106 697,000 6,500 5,300 85 1,900 1,100 94 103,000 1,600 1,100 120 600 550 113 62,000 800 650 123 1,100 700 80 56,000 1,000 400 123 2,800 2,600 112 291,000 2,600 2,200 145 4,000 3,500 139 487,000 4,400 4,200 154 283,000 266,000 449,000 132,000 80,000 49,000 320,000 647,000 Other Counties 14,850 10,500 112 935,000 14,300 7,250 90 807,000 1/ County data that are not published to avoid disclosing individual operations are included in Other Counties. 2/ Rounded to the nearest bushel. 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 14 District District 1 District 2 District 3 District 4 District 5 District 6 District 7 District 8 District 9 CORN--Acreage, Yield and Production by Agricultural Statistics District and State Total, Georgia, 2002-2003 2002 2003 Harv Yield per Harv Yield per Planted for Grain Harv Acre1/ Production Planted for Grain Harv Acre1/ Production --Acres-- --Bushels-- --Acres-- --Bushels-- 15,500 14,000 104 1,456,000 12,000 10,000 114 1,143,000 4,500 3,000 76 227,000 4,000 2,000 117 233,000 2,000 1,500 91 136,000 3,000 2,000 124 248,000 11,000 7,500 103 776,000 13,000 7,000 120 838,000 23,000 19,000 104 1,975,000 23,000 18,000 120 2,157,000 55,000 45,000 105 4,735,000 49,000 42,000 120 5,054,000 124,000 112,000 131 14,709,000 123,000 110,000 146 16,059,000 65,000 59,000 111 6,550,000 70,000 62,000 129 7,993,000 40,000 29,000 96 2,786,000 43,000 32,000 95 3,040,000 State Total 340,000 290,000 115 1/ Rounded to the nearest bushel. 33,350,000 340,000 285,000 129 36,765,000 Thousand Acres 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 1996 1997 CORN Acreage and Production Georgia, 1996-2003 1998 1999 2000 Year 2001 Million Bushels 60 50 40 30 20 10 2002 0 2003 Acres Harvested Production 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 15 GEORGIA COTTON COUNTY ESTIMATES 2003 COTTON Top Producing Counties 2003 Dooly Colquitt Worth Mitchell Early Brooks Decatur Miller Crisp Pulaski State Total 140,000 bales 125,000 bales 91,000 bales 89,000 bales 75,000 bales 70,000 bales 59,000 bales 57,000 bales 56,000 bales 55,000 bales 2,110,000 bales DADE TOWNS CATOOSA FANNIN UNION RABUN W H IT F IE L D WALKER MURRAY GILMER W H IT E HABER- LUMPKIN SHAM CHATTOOGA GORDON PICKENS DAWSON STEPHENS FLOYD BARTOW CHEROKEE HALL BANKSFRANKLIN HART FORSYTH JACKSON MADISON ELBERT POLK PAULDING HARALSON BARROW GWINNETT CLARKE COBB FULTON OCONEE OGLETHORPE DE KALB W ALTO N W ILK E S L IN C O L N DOUGLAS CARROLL ROCKDALE MORGAN CLAYTON NEWTON COWETA HEARD FAYETTE HENRY SPALDING BUTTS JASPER GREENE TALIAFERRO COLUMBIA MCDUFFIE PUTNAM HANCOCK W AR R EN RICHMOND GLASCOCK TROUP MERIWETHER PIKE LAMAR MONROE JONES B ALD W IN JEFFERSON WASHINGTON BURKE HARRIS UPSON TALBOT BIBB CRAWFORD WILKINSON TWIGGS JOHNSON JENKINS SCREVEN MUSCOGEE TAYLOR PEACH LAURENS EMANUEL CHATTA- MARION HOOCHEE M AC O N HOUSTON BLECKLEY TREUTLEN CANDLER BULLOCH EFFINGHAM SCHLEY STE W AR T WEBSTER SUMTER PULASKI DOOLY DODGE MONT- GOMERY WHEELER TOOMBS EVANS TATTNALL BRYAN WILCOX TELFAIR CHATHAM QUITMAN RANDOLPH TERRELL LEE C R IS P TURNER BEN HILL JEFF DAVIS APPLING LIBERTY LONG CLAY CALHOUN WORTH IR W IN COFFEE BACON WAYNE DOUGHERTY T IF T M C IN TO S H BAKER EARLY M ILLE R MITCHELL COLQUITT AT K IN S O N B E R R IE N COOK P IE R C E W AR E BRANTLEY GLYNN SEMINOLE DECATUR GRADY THOMAS BROOKS LANIER C L IN C H LOWNDES ECHOLS CHARLTON CAMDEN Cotton 2003 40,000+ bales 30,000 to 39,999 bales 20,000 to 29,999 bales 10,000 to 19,999 bales Less than 10,000 bales* *Includes County data not published to avoid disclosing individual operations. 16 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE County Appling Atkinson Bacon Baker Ben Hill Berrien COTTON--Acreage, Yield and Production by County, Georgia, 2002-2003 1/ 2002 2003 Lint per Production Harv 480 Lb Net Planted Harvested Acre Wt Bales Planted Harvested --Acres-- --Pounds-- --Bales-- --Acres-- 37,500 36,500 592 45,000 35,000 34,700 11,000 10,000 672 14,000 8,900 8,800 17,500 17,000 452 16,000 16,500 16,100 25,000 25,000 864 45,000 20,000 19,900 11,500 11,000 567 13,000 11,300 11,000 30,500 30,500 519 33,000 28,100 27,500 Lint per Harv Acre --Pounds-- 719 764 686 1,061 829 611 Production 480 Lb Net Wt Bales --Bales-- 52,000 14,000 23,000 44,000 19,000 35,000 Bleckley Brooks Bulloch Burke Calhoun Candler 16,000 16,000 375 45,000 45,000 619 46,000 31,000 348 39,000 23,500 460 21,000 21,000 709 15,500 15,000 435 Clay Coffee Colquitt Cook Crisp Decatur 7,500 7,500 672 38,000 37,500 538 64,000 64,000 593 19,500 19,500 591 38,000 37,000 480 39,200 39,200 710 Dodge Dooly Dougherty Early Effingham Emanuel 17,000 16,000 570 78,000 78,000 529 8,500 8,500 791 41,500 40,500 664 23,500 14,000 343 Evans Grady Houston Irwin Jeff Davis Jefferson 5,100 5,100 518 21,500 21,500 625 15,000 13,000 295 34,000 34,000 579 25,000 24,000 540 17,000 16,000 390 Jenkins Lanier Laurens Lee Lowndes Macon 18,400 15,000 400 10,500 7,500 320 29,300 29,300 541 10,000 10,000 624 24,000 20,000 408 Miller 34,500 34,000 678 Mitchell 51,000 50,000 730 Montgomery 3,700 3,700 493 Peach Pierce 18,000 18,000 480 Pulaski 32,200 31,000 480 12,500 58,000 22,500 22,500 31,000 13,600 10,500 42,000 79,000 24,000 37,000 58,000 19,000 86,000 14,000 56,000 10,000 5,500 28,000 8,000 41,000 27,000 13,000 12,500 5,000 33,000 13,000 17,000 48,000 76,000 3,800 18,000 31,000 17,900 39,500 34,000 27,900 18,500 14,500 6,800 30,000 61,500 19,400 36,000 30,000 16,000 81,000 36,500 2,800 23,000 4,500 20,000 14,500 29,000 20,300 13,000 15,700 6,800 8,000 23,500 9,500 22,700 29,000 48,000 3,500 6,000 14,900 34,000 17,900 39,400 33,900 27,800 18,400 14,400 6,700 29,900 61,400 19,300 35,900 29,900 15,900 80,500 36,400 2,700 22,900 4,400 19,900 14,400 28,900 20,200 12,900 15,600 6,700 7,900 23,400 9,400 22,600 28,900 47,700 3,400 5,900 14,200 33,900 751 853 497 706 1,148 483 1,003 706 977 870 749 947 800 835 989 533 587 905 965 693 764 737 595 615 824 608 779 889 648 947 896 593 854 541 779 28,000 70,000 35,100 40,900 44,000 14,500 14,000 44,000 125,000 35,000 56,000 59,000 26,500 140,000 75,000 3,000 28,000 8,300 40,000 20,800 46,000 31,000 16,000 20,000 11,500 10,000 38,000 17,400 30,500 57,000 89,000 4,200 10,500 16,000 55,000 Randolph 12,500 12,500 653 17,000 11,500 11,400 Screven 23,700 16,000 360 12,000 20,000 19,900 Seminole 29,300 29,000 646 39,000 29,000 28,900 Sumter 36,000 33,000 553 38,000 29,000 28,900 Tattnall 8,800 8,300 405 7,000 8,000 7,900 Telfair 8,500 8,500 678 12,000 7,200 7,100 1/ County data that are not published to avoid disclosing individual operations are included in Other Counties. 1,011 507 864 714 668 676 24,000 21,000 52,000 43,000 11,000 10,000 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 17 County Terrell Thomas Tift Toombs Treutlen Turner COTTON--Acreage, Yield and Production by County, Georgia, 2002-2003 1/ 2002 2003 Lint per Production Harv 480 Lb Net Planted Harvested Acre Wt Bales Planted Harvested --Acres-- --Pounds-- --Bales-- --Acres-- 29,000 27,000 676 38,000 24,500 24,400 35,500 35,500 500 37,000 35,000 34,900 22,000 20,000 600 25,000 22,000 21,900 8,500 8,500 536 9,500 6,000 5,900 3,100 3,000 384 2,400 3,200 3,100 26,300 25,500 489 26,000 25,400 25,300 Lint per Harv Acre --Pounds-- 807 646 767 569 774 721 Production 480 Lb Net Wt Bales --Bales-- 41,000 47,000 35,000 7,000 5,000 38,000 Twiggs Ware Washington Wayne Webster Wheeler Wilcox Worth 4,500 4,500 608 3,600 2,500 499 10,000 10,000 528 3,600 3,500 507 27,000 26,000 554 53,000 52,000 609 6,000 5,900 814 5,700 3,200 3,100 697 2,600 900 850 734 11,000 10,000 9,900 606 6,500 6,400 870 3,700 30,000 26,000 25,900 778 66,000 50,000 49,800 877 10,000 4,500 1,300 12,500 11,600 42,000 91,000 Other Counties 65,700 59,400 442 54,700 38,600 36,950 739 1/ County data that are not published to avoid disclosing individual operations are included in Other Counties. 56,900 COTTON--Acreage, Yield and Production by Agricultural Statistics District and State Total, Georgia, 2002-2003 1/ 2002 2003 Lint per Production Lint per Production Harv 480 Lb Net Harv 480 Lb Net District Planted Harvested Acre Wt Bales Planted Harvested Acre Wt Bales --Acres-- --Pounds-- --Bales-- --Acres-- --Pounds-- --Bales-- District 4 34,000 30,000 408 25,500 32,000 31,500 670 44,000 District 5 126,000 115,000 438 105,000 117,000 116,000 745 180,000 District 6 188,000 135,000 391 110,000 153,000 152,000 568 180,000 District 7 430,000 420,000 657 575,000 380,000 378,000 889 700,000 District 8 549,000 540,000 564 634,000 512,000 509,000 811 860,000 District 9 112,000 110,000 524 120,000 99,000 97,000 668 135,000 Other Districts 11,000 10,000 408 8,500 7,000 6,500 812 11,000 State Total 1,450,000 1,360,000 557 1,578,000 1,300,000 1,290,000 785 1/ District data included in Other Districts to avoid disclosing individual operations. 2,110,000 18 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE GEORGIA OATS DISTRICT ESTIMATES 2003 1 23 4 5 6 OATS Production by District 2003 District 4 District 5 District 6 District 7 District 8 District 9 State Total 72,000 bu 216,000 bu 286,000 bu 696,000 bu 300,000 bu 39,000 bu 1,680,000 bu Oats 2003 400,000+ bu 250,000 to 400,000 bu 180,000 to 215,999 bu 36,000 to 179,999 bu Less than 36,000 bu* 7 8 9 *Includes District data not published to avoid disclosing individual operations. 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 19 OATS--Acreage, Yield and Production by County, Georgia, 2002-2003 County data will not be published to avoid disclosing individual operations. OATS--Acreage, Yield and Production by Agricultural Statistics District and State Total, Georgia, 2002-2003 1/ 2002 2003 Harv Yield per Harv Yield per District Planted for Grain Harv Acre 2/ Production Planted for Grain Harv Acre 2/ Production --Acres-- --Bushels-- --Acres-- --Bushels-- District 4 2,600 800 55 44,000 3,000 1,200 60 72,000 District 5 13,000 3,600 60 216,000 16,000 3,600 60 216,000 District 6 9,600 3,200 59 190,000 11,000 5,200 55 286,000 District 7 46,400 13,000 62 800,000 46,000 12,000 58 696,000 District 8 15,000 3,000 60 180,000 19,000 6,000 50 300,000 District 9 2,000 800 45 36,000 3,000 1,000 39 39,000 Other Districts 1,400 600 57 34,000 2,000 1,000 71 71,000 State Total 90,000 25,000 60 1,500,000 100,000 30,000 56 1/ District data included in Other Districts to avoid disclosing individual operations. 2/ Rounded to the nearest bushel. 1,680,000 Thousand Acres 40 OATS Acreage and Production Georgia, 1996 - 2003 Thousand Bushels 3,000 30 2,500 20 2,000 10 1,500 0 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Year 2001 2002 2003 1,000 Acres Harvested Production 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 20 GEORGIA PEANUT COUNTY ESTIMATES 2003 PEANUTS Production by Counties 2003 Decatur 107,000,000 lbs Early 103,000,000 lbs Miller 100,500,000 lbs Worth 98,000,000 lbs Mitchell 96,000,000 lbs Irwin 69,500,000 lbs Baker 67,300,000 lbs Seminole 63,800,000 lbs Bulloch 62,700,000 lbs DADE CATOOSA MURRAY W H IT FIE L D F AN N IN TOWNS U N IO N RABUN WALKER CHATTOOGA GORDON FLOYD GILMER P IC K EN S L U M PK IN W H IT E HABERSHAM STEPHENS DAWSON CHEROKEE HALL F R AN K L IN BANKS HART BARTOW FORSYTH JACKSON M AD IS O N ELBERT POLK COBB BARROW G W IN N E TT CLARKE P AU LD IN G HARALSON FULTON DE KALB WALTON OCONEE OGLETHORPE W ILK ES L IN C O LN CARROLL DOUGLAS ROCKDALE CLAYTON NEWTON MORGAN T AL IAF ER R O GREENE C O LU M B IA M C D U F F IE HEARD COWETA FAYETTE HENRY SPALDING BUTTS JASPER PUTNAM HANCOCK WARREN GLASCOCK R IC H M O N D Coffee 61,000,000 lbs State Total 1,863,000,000 lbs Peanuts 2003 46,000,000+ lbs 25,000,000 to 45,999,999 lbs 10,000,000 to 24,999,999 lbs 1,000,000 to 9,999,999 lbs Less than 1,000,000 lbs* TROUP PIK E M E R IW E T H E R LAMAR MONROE JONES B AL D W IN JEFFERSON W AS H IN G TO N BURKE H AR R IS UPSON B IB B TALBOT CRAWFORD W ILK IN S O N T W IG G S JOHNSON JE N K IN S SCREVEN MUSCOGEE TAYLOR M AR IO N CHATTAHOOCHEE MACON SCHLEY STEWART WEBSTER Q U IT M AN TERRELL RANDOLPH SUMTER LEE PEACH HOUSTON BLECKLEY LAURENS EMANUEL TREUTLEN CANDLER DOOLY PULASKI DODGE MONTGOMERY WHEELER TOOMBS BULLOCH EVANS CRISP W IL C O X TELFAIR TATTNALL E FF IN G H AM BRYAN CHATHAM TURNER BEN HILL JEFF DAVIS AP P LIN G LONG LIBERTY CLAY CALHOUN DOUGHERTY EARLY BAKER M IL LE R M IT C H EL L WORTH IR W IN TIFT C O LQ U IT T BERRIEN COOK COFFEE ATKINSON BACON WAYNE PIE R C E WARE BRANTLEY M C IN T O SH GLYNN S E M IN O L E DECATUR GRADY THOMAS LANIER BROOKS LOWNDES C LIN C H CHARLTON CAMDEN ECHOLS *Includes County data not published to avoid disclosing individual operations. 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 21 County Atkinson Bacon Baker Ben Hill Berrien Bleckley PEANUTS--Acreage, Yield and Production by County, Georgia, 2002-2003 1/ 2002 2003 Planted Harvested Yield per Acre 2/ Production Planted Harvested Yield per Acre 2/ Production --Acres-- --Pounds-- --Acres-- --Pounds-- 5,800 5,800 3,485 20,200,000 7,700 7,700 2,950 22,700,000 1,900 1,900 2,895 5,500,000 14,800 14,800 3,650 54,000,000 16,600 16,400 4,105 67,300,000 5,600 5,600 3,000 16,800,000 5,800 5,800 4,310 25,000,000 11,000 11,000 2,035 22,400,000 12,400 12,200 2,950 36,000,000 3,250 3,200 1,845 5,900,000 1,600 1,600 2,625 4,200,000 Brooks Bryan Bulloch Burke Calhoun Candler 6,500 19,500 8,250 13,900 1,550 6,500 19,300 8,100 13,900 1,550 3,150 2,175 2,470 3,310 2,130 20,475,000 42,000,000 20,000,000 46,000,000 3,300,000 11,200 1,300 21,000 15,300 17,300 2,100 11,200 1,300 20,500 15,300 17,300 2,100 3,795 3,615 3,060 3,620 3,270 1,665 42,500,000 4,700,000 62,700,000 55,400,000 56,600,000 3,500,000 Clay Coffee Colquitt Cook Crisp Decatur 7,100 13,100 13,100 9,200 13,500 20,400 7,100 13,100 13,000 9,200 13,000 20,400 2,800 2,775 2,500 2,225 1,430 3,775 19,880,000 36,350,000 32,500,000 20,470,000 18,600,000 77,000,000 8,600 19,200 13,700 9,400 11,600 25,000 8,600 19,000 13,500 8,800 11,600 24,800 3,350 3,210 3,940 3,660 3,060 4,315 28,800,000 61,000,000 53,200,000 32,200,000 35,500,000 107,000,000 Dodge Dooly Dougherty Early Effingham Emanuel 5,450 17,500 5,000 25,700 2,800 3,050 5,250 17,500 4,700 25,500 2,800 2,900 2,095 1,850 3,615 3,310 2,535 2,190 11,000,000 32,380,000 17,000,000 84,400,000 7,100,000 6,350,000 3,800 10,700 4,300 31,000 2,300 4,500 3,800 10,700 4,300 30,700 2,200 4,400 3,080 3,180 3,955 3,355 3,225 2,750 11,700,000 34,000,000 17,000,000 103,000,000 7,100,000 12,100,000 Evans Grady Houston Irwin Jeff Davis Jefferson 1,300 8,700 3,600 18,300 1,500 2,250 1,200 8,600 3,600 18,300 1,500 2,250 2,150 2,650 2,000 2,680 2,265 2,710 2,580,000 22,800,000 7,200,000 49,000,000 3,400,000 6,100,000 1,600 8,900 1,200 19,400 4,600 6,000 1,600 8,900 1,200 19,200 4,600 6,000 3,315 3,710 2,250 3,620 3,695 3,135 5,300,000 33,000,000 2,700,000 69,500,000 17,000,000 18,800,000 Jenkins Johnson Lanier Laurens Lee Lowndes 5,000 5,000 4,650 12,100 2,000 4,600 12,100 2,000 2,850 1,195 2,510 3,250 14,250,000 5,500,000 30,370,000 6,500,000 7,200 2,400 1,700 4,300 12,000 2,500 7,100 2,400 1,700 4,300 11,800 2,500 3,185 3,040 4,000 2,350 3,390 3,600 22,600,000 7,300,000 6,800,000 10,100,000 40,000,000 9,000,000 Macon Marion Miller Mitchell Montgomery Pulaski 3,750 1,750 20,500 22,100 600 9,600 2,700 1,600 20,500 22,100 600 9,400 2,035 2,440 3,275 3,100 2,065 1,715 5,500,000 3,900,000 67,100,000 68,500,000 1,240,000 16,100,000 2,000 1,700 25,400 25,400 7,000 2,000 1,700 25,200 25,200 6,500 3,600 3,590 3,990 3,810 3,460 7,200,000 6,100,000 100,500,000 96,000,000 22,500,000 Randolph Schley Screven Seminole Stewart Sumter 12,200 1,800 11,100 13,900 3,500 13,400 12,200 1,700 11,100 13,900 3,500 13,200 2,900 1,175 2,530 3,220 2,000 1,675 35,400,000 2,000,000 28,100,000 44,750,000 7,000,000 22,100,000 12,200 1,000 11,600 16,200 2,100 11,300 12,000 1,000 11,400 16,000 2,100 11,000 3,500 2,300 2,790 3,990 2,430 2,935 42,000,000 2,300,000 31,800,000 63,800,000 5,100,000 32,300,000 Tattnall 3,450 3,100 2,580 8,000,000 3,200 3,200 2,690 8,600,000 Taylor 1,000 1,000 1,900 1,900,000 800 800 3,000 2,400,000 Telfair 3,300 3,300 2,650 8,750,000 2,900 2,900 2,860 8,300,000 Terrell 12,600 12,600 3,135 39,500,000 10,000 10,000 3,110 31,100,000 Thomas 4,500 4,400 1,955 8,600,000 7,500 7,500 3,665 27,500,000 Tift 15,600 15,600 2,200 34,300,000 13,900 13,900 3,215 44,700,000 1/ County data that are not published to avoid disclosing individual operations are included in Other Counties. 2/ Rounded to the nearest 5 pounds. 22 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE County Toombs Turner Twiggs Washington Webster Wheeler Wilcox Worth PEANUTS--Acreage, Yield and Production by County, Georgia, 2002-2003 1/ 2002 2003 Planted Harvested Yield per Acre 2/ Production Planted Harvested Yield per Acre 2/ Production --Acres-- --Pounds-- --Acres-- --Pounds-- 1,350 1,350 2,800 3,780,000 1,400 1,400 3,070 4,300,000 13,500 13,400 2,050 27,450,000 11,000 11,000 3,200 35,200,000 1,000 1,000 2,300 2,300,000 1,050 1,050 1,620 1,700,000 1,100 1,100 2,910 3,200,000 7,500 7,400 2,350 17,400,000 4,000 4,000 3,250 13,000,000 550 550 2,910 1,600,000 900 900 4,220 3,800,000 11,500 11,500 1,895 21,800,000 9,300 9,300 3,140 29,200,000 29,500 29,200 2,210 64,500,000 27,900 27,800 3,525 98,000,000 Other 3,950 3,700 2,142 7,925,000 5,100 5,100 2,608 13,300,000 Counties 1/ County data that are not published to avoid disclosing individual operations are included in Other Counties. 2/ Rounded to the nearest 5 pounds. PEANUTS--Acreage, Yield and Production by Agricultural Statistics District and State Total, Georgia, 2002-2003 2002 2003 District 1/ Planted Harvested Yield per Acre Production Planted Harvested Yield per Acre Production 2/ 2/ --Acres-- --Pounds-- --Acres-- --Pounds-- District 4 8,300 7,000 1,900 13,300,000 5,500 5,500 3,275 18,000,000 District 5 30,500 30,000 1,800 54,000,000 23,500 23,000 2,980 68,500,000 District 6 53,500 53,000 2,400 127,200,000 70,000 69,000 3,100 214,000,000 District 7 219,000 218,000 3,045 664,000,000 239,000 237,000 3,660 867,500,000 District 8 191,000 190,000 2,300 437,000,000 195,000 193,500 3,410 660,000,000 District 9 7,700 7,000 2,500 17,500,000 12,000 12,000 2,915 35,000,000 State Total 510,000 505,000 2,600 1,313,000,000 545,000 1/ Data for Districts 1, 2, and 3 not reported. 2/ Rounded to the nearest 5 pounds. 540,000 3,450 1,863,000,000 Thousand Acres 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 1996 1997 PEANUTS Acreage and Production Georgia, 1996-2003 Billion Pounds 2.00 1.75 1.50 1.25 1.00 0.75 0.50 0.25 0.00 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Acres Harvested Production 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 23 GEORGIA RYE COUNTY ESTIMATES 2003 RYE Top Producing Counties 2003 Laurens Burke Randolph Bulloch Screven Emanuel Jefferson Worth Irwin Clay State Total DADE CATOOSA F AN N IN TOWNS MURRAY UNION RABUN W H IT F IEL D WALKER GILMER HABER- WHITE SHAM L U M P K IN CHATTOOGA GORDON PICKENS STEPHENS DAWSON FRANKLIN FLOYD HALL BANKS HART BARTOW CHEROKEE FORSYTH JACKSON MADISON ELBERT POLK PAULDING HARALSON BARROW G W IN N ET T CLARKE COBB FULTON OCONEE OGLETHORPE DE KALB WALTON W IL K ES LINCOLN DOUGLAS CARROLL ROCKDALE CLAYTON NEWTON MORGAN GREENE TALIAFERRO C O L U M B IA MCDUFFIE HEARD FAYETTE HENRY COWETA SPALDING BUTTS JASPER PUTNAM HANCOCK WARREN R IC H M O N D GLASCOCK TROUP PIKE M E R IW E T H E R LAM ARM O N R O E JONES B AL D W IN JEFFERSON W AS H IN G T O N BURKE H AR R IS UPSON TALBOT BIBB CRAWFORD W IL K IN S O N T W IG G S JOHNSON JE N K IN S SCREVEN MUSCOGEE CHATTAHOOCHEE MARION TAYLOR PEACH M AC O N HOUSTON BLECKLEY LAURENS EM AN U EL TREUTLEN BULLOCH CANDLER EFFINGHAM SCHLEY STEWART SUMTER WEBSTER QUITMAN TERRELL RANDOLPH LEE CLAY CALHOUN DOUGHERTY PULASKI DOOLY DODGE MONTGOMERY WHEELER TOOMBS EVANS W IL C O X TELFAIR TATTNALL BRYAN CRISP BEN HILL TURNER JEFF DAVIS APPLING LIBERTY LONG CHATHAM WORTH IR W IN TIFT COFFEE BACON WAYNE M C IN T O S H EARLY BAKER MILLER MITCHELL COLQUITT B E R R IE N COOK AT K IN S O N WARE PIERCE BRANTLEY GLYNN S E M IN O L E L AN IE R DECATUR GRADY THOMAS BROOKS C L IN C H LOWNDES ECHOLS CHARLTON CAMDEN 36,800 bu 29,400 bu 28,500 bu 28,000 bu 27,500 bu 26,100 bu 24,800 bu 23,800 bu 21,600 bu 20,400 bu 800,000 bu Rye 2003 20,000+ bu 15,000 to 19,999 bu 10,000 to 14,999 bu 5,000 to 9,999 bu Less than 5,000 bu* *Includes County data not published to avoid disclosing individual operations. 24 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE County Appling Atkinson Bacon Baker Baldwin Banks RYE--Acreage, Yield and Production by County, Georgia, 2002-2003 1/ 2002 2003 Harv Yield per Harv Yield per Planted for Grain Harv Acre 2/ Production Planted for Grain Harv Acre 2/ Production --Acres-- --Bushels-- --Acres-- --Bushels-- 3,800 400 14 5,600 1,700 100 15 1,500 600 100 15 1,500 3,500 250 16 4,000 2,800 300 16 4,800 700 100 18 1,800 700 150 16 2,400 Ben Hill Berrien Bibb Bleckley Brooks Bulloch 2,000 2,000 600 900 6,000 7,400 200 400 150 100 200 1,800 15 3,000 10 4,000 16 2,400 20 2,000 900 100 18 15 3,000 15 27,000 7,100 1,750 16 1,800 28,000 Burke Calhoun Candler Carroll Clay Coffee 7,600 1,800 7,100 700 4,800 4,300 2,000 200 700 100 1,200 500 18 36,000 7,900 1,400 21 20 4,000 20 14,000 6,500 700 21 20 2,000 15 18,000 4,100 1,200 17 10 5,000 5,000 600 11 29,400 14,700 20,400 6,600 Colquitt Cook Crisp Decatur Dodge Dooly 8,000 750 4,000 300 2,000 700 2,700 400 7,600 500 4,000 200 19 14,000 7,500 1,000 14 15 4,500 3,600 350 14 10 7,000 2,000 1,000 14 10 4,000 20 10,000 8,300 700 17 20 4,000 5,000 400 18 14,000 4,900 14,000 11,900 7,200 Early Effingham Elbert Emanuel Evans Franklin 3,000 4,200 500 4,000 3,000 1,000 200 1,300 300 1,250 300 300 20 4,000 2,700 200 20 20 26,000 25 7,500 16 20,000 4,300 1,450 18 15 4,500 20 6,000 4,000 26,100 Glascock Grady Hart Houston Irwin Jeff Davis 1,800 5,000 600 2,000 3,800 2,500 1,000 200 300 600 900 200 11 11,000 2,000 1,200 11 20 4,000 3,800 250 22 12 3,600 700 400 15 20 12,000 20 18,000 4,300 1,200 18 15 3,000 13,200 5,500 6,000 21,600 Jefferson Jenkins Johnson Lanier Laurens Lee 6,900 4,700 2,700 800 10,000 1,600 1,500 600 400 200 2,500 700 24 36,000 6,500 1,550 16 15 9,000 5,200 1,000 13 25 10,000 2,800 500 12 20 4,000 14 35,000 11,000 2,300 16 20 14,000 24,800 13,000 6,000 36,800 Lowndes 1,200 200 10 2,000 Macon 5,200 700 16 11,200 5,400 1,400 11 15,400 Madison 800 200 20 4,000 Marion 1,800 350 12 4,200 1,900 500 13 6,500 McDuffie 1,500 200 20 4,000 Miller 4,700 200 15 3,000 1/ County data that are not published to avoid disclosing individual operations are included in Other Counties. 2/ Rounded to the nearest bushel. 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 25 County Mitchell Montgomery Morgan Peach Pierce Pulaski RYE--Acreage, Yield and Production by County, Georgia, 2002-2003 1/ 2002 2003 Harv Yield per Harv Yield per Planted for Grain Harv Acre 2/ Production Planted for Grain Harv Acre 2/ Production --Acres-- --Bushels-- --Acres-- --Bushels-- 7,900 1,000 15 15,000 2,900 150 12 1,800 800 100 20 2,000 1,800 700 12 8,200 3,000 450 10 4,500 2,000 200 20 4,000 4,000 650 16 10,400 Quitman Randolph Richmond Screven Seminole Stewart 1,600 6,400 500 5,800 1,700 3,500 400 1,500 300 2,000 200 700 15 6,000 18 27,000 7,300 1,500 19 10 3,000 14 28,000 6,700 2,500 11 15 3,000 10 7,000 28,500 27,500 Sumter Tattnall Taylor Telfair Thomas Tift 2,900 400 10 2,400 450 10 1,300 300 10 3,800 600 15 1,300 200 10 3,500 900 10 4,000 2,100 350 14 4,500 2,100 500 16 3,000 1,300 300 17 9,000 2,000 9,000 3,600 1,100 13 4,900 8,000 5,100 14,300 Toombs Treutlen Turner Warren Washington Webster 1,800 2,200 5,700 1,300 3,300 1,600 150 280 900 250 1,200 600 28 4,200 2,000 200 25 15 4,200 2,300 250 20 16 14,000 6,400 1,200 16 20 5,000 13 16,000 3,800 900 13 10 6,000 1,900 600 22 5,000 5,000 19,200 11,700 13,200 Wheeler Wilcox Wilkinson Worth 2,500 500 3,000 800 800 100 4,600 900 16 8,000 3,000 400 15 14 11,000 3,200 1,100 16 25 2,500 20 18,000 5,000 1,400 17 6,000 17,600 23,800 Other Counties 22,300 2,670 20 53,400 104,000 15,600 17 263,200 1/ County data that are not published to avoid disclosing individual operations are included in Other Counties. 2/ Rounded to the nearest bushel. District District 1 District 2 District 3 District 4 District 5 District 6 District 7 District 8 District 9 RYE--Acreage, Yield and Production by Agricultural Statistics District and State Total, Georgia, 2002-2003 2002 2003 Harv Yield per Harv Yield per Planted for Grain Harv Acre 1/ Production Planted for Grain Harv Acre 1/ Production --Acres-- --Bushels-- --Acres-- --Bushels-- 4,000 300 27 8,000 4,000 300 12 3,600 4,000 300 23 7,000 5,000 400 10 4,000 5,000 1,500 20 30,000 6,000 1,600 20 32,000 14,000 2,300 15 34,000 15,000 3,500 14 49,000 44,000 8,200 16 131,000 50,000 8,300 16 132,800 53,000 13,000 17 221,000 55,000 13,500 16 216,000 55,000 8,400 15 126,000 50,000 8,100 18 145,800 64,000 9,000 15 135,000 70,000 12,000 15 180,000 17,000 2,000 14 28,000 15,000 2,300 16 36,800 State Total 260,000 45,000 16 720,000 270,000 50,000 16 800,000 1/ Rounded to the nearest bushel. 26 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE Thousand Acres 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 1996 1997 RYE Acreage and Production Georgia, 1996-2003 1998 1999 2000 Year 2001 Thousand Bushels 1,900 1,800 1,700 1,600 1,500 1,400 1,300 1,200 1,100 1,000 900 800 700 600 2002 2003 Acres Harvested Production 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 27 GEORGIA SORGHUM DISTRICT ESTIMATES 2003 12 3 4 5 6 SORGHUM Production by District 2003 District 1 District 2 District 3 District 4 District 5 District 6 District 7 District 8 District 9 State Total 18,000 bu 28,000 bu 120,000 bu 74,000 bu 64,000 bu 78,000 bu 1,008,000 bu 376,000 bu 20,000 bu 1,786,000 bu Sorghum 2003 225,000+ bu 70,000 to 224,999 bu 40,000 to 69,999 bu 20,000 to 39,999 bu Less than 20,000 bu* 7 8 9 *Includes County data not published to avoid disclosing individual operations. 28 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE SORGHUM--Acreage, Yield and Production by County, Georgia, 2002-2003 County data will not be published to avoid disclosing individual operations. SORGHUM--Acreage, Yield and Production by Agricultural Statistics District and State Total, Georgia, 2002-2003 2002 2003 Harv Yield per Harv Yield per District Planted for Grain Harv Acre 1/ Production Planted for Grain Harv Acre 1/ Production --Acres-- --Bushels-- --Acres-- --Bushels-- District 1 500 400 40 16,000 500 400 45 18,000 District 2 500 300 40 12,000 1,000 700 40 28,000 District 3 2,000 800 45 36,000 2,300 2,000 60 120,000 District 4 5,000 1,000 50 50,000 5,000 2,000 37 74,000 District 5 3,000 1,000 40 40,000 4,000 2,000 32 64,000 District 6 3,000 1,000 35 35,000 4,500 1,500 52 78,000 District 7 30,000 20,000 43 861,000 24,000 21,000 48 1,008,000 District 8 8,000 5,000 45 225,000 13,000 8,000 47 376,000 District 9 3,000 500 30 15,000 700 400 50 20,000 State Total 55,000 30,000 43 1,290,000 55,000 38,000 1/ Rounded to the nearest bushel. 47 1,786,000 Thousand Acres 50 40 30 20 10 0 1996 1997 SORGHUM Acreage and Production Georgia, 1996-2003 1998 1999 2000 Year 2001 Thousand Bushels 1,900 1,800 1,700 1,600 1,500 1,400 1,300 1,200 2002 2003 1,100 Acres Harvested Production 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 29 GEORGIA SOYBEANS SOYBEANS COUNTY ESTIMATES Top Producing Counties 2003 2003 DADE CATOOSA FANNIN TOWNS W H IT FIEL D UNION RABUN WALKER MURRAY G IL M E R W H IT E HABER- CHATTOOGA GORDON PICKENS L U M P K IN DAWSON SHAM STEPHENS FLOYD HALL FRANKLIN HART BANKS BARTOW CHEROKEE FORSYTH JACKSON ELBERT MADISON POLK HARALSON COBB PAULDING FULTON BARROW GWINNETT DE KALB WALTON CLARKE OGLETHORPE OCONEE W IL K E S LINCOLN DOUGLAS CARROLL CLAYTON ROCKDALE NEWTON MORGAN TALIAFERRO GREENE C O L U M B IA M C D U F F IE COWETA FAYETTE HENRY JASPER PUTNAM WARREN RICHMOND HEARD SPALDING BUTTS HANCOCK GLASCOCK Bulloch Jefferson Tattnall Laurens Terrell Screven Randolph Gordon Houston Toombs State Total 630,000 bu 290,000 bu 265,000 bu 247,000 bu 225,000 bu 220,000 bu 200,000 bu 178,000 bu 170,000 bu 170,000 bu 5,940,000 bu Soybeans 2003 100,000+ bu 50,000 to 99,999 bu 30,000 to 49,999 bu 15,000 to 29,999 bu Less than 15,000 bu* TROUP PIKE M E R IW E T H E R LAMAR MONROE JONES BALDWIN JEFFERSON WASHINGTON BURKE HARRIS UPSON TALBOT BIBB CRAWFORD W IL K IN S O N TWIGGS JOHNSON JENKINS SCREVEN MUSCOGEE CHATTAHOOCHEE TAYLOR PEACH MARION HOUSTON MACON LAURENS BLECKLEY EMANUEL BULLOCH TREUTLEN CANDLER EFFINGHAM SCHLEY STEWART WEBSTER SUMTER QUITMAN TERRELL RANDOLPH LEE DOOLY PULASKI DODGE MONTGOMERY WHEELER TOOMBS EVANS CRISP W IL C O X TELFAIR TATTNALL JEFF DAVIS TURNER BEN HILL APPLING LONG BRYAN LIBERTY CHATHAM CLAY CALHOUN DOUGHERTY WORTH IR W IN TIFT COFFEE BACON WAYNE M C IN T O S H EARLY BAKER M IL L E R MITCHELL COLQUITT BERRIEN COOK AT K IN S O N PIERCE WARE BRANTLEY GLYNN S E M IN O L E DECATUR LANIER GRADY THOMAS BROOKS LOWNDES CLINCH CHARLTON CAMDEN ECHOLS *Includes County data not published to avoid disclosing individual operations. 30 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE County Appling Atkinson Bacon Bartow Ben Hill Berrien SOYBEANS--Acreage, Yield and Production by County, Georgia, 2002-2003 1/ 2002 2003 Harv Yield per Harv Yield per Planted for Grain Harv Acre 2/ Production Planted for Grain Harv Acre 2/ Production --Acres-- --Bushels-- --Acres-- --Bushels-- 3,000 2,800 25 70,000 4,000 3,900 31 120,000 500 400 33 13,000 1,000 900 16 14,500 600 500 20 10,000 2,000 1,900 23 44,000 2,500 2,300 41 94,000 600 600 40 24,000 1,600 1,500 19 28,500 1,500 1,400 36 51,000 Bleckley Brooks Bryan Bulloch Burke Candler 1,000 900 27 11,900 11,600 25 5,900 5,000 19 2,100 2,000 24 1,500 1,400 39 55,000 24,000 1,600 1,500 35 53,000 700 600 32 19,000 285,000 22,000 21,000 30 630,000 95,000 6,000 5,800 28 160,000 48,500 2,500 2,500 26 65,000 Chattooga Coffee Crisp Decatur Dodge Dooly 700 1,100 650 15 800 23 3,400 2,600 18 10,000 1,100 1,000 28 18,500 1,000 900 29 900 900 30 1,300 1,200 58 1,100 1,000 37 46,000 3,500 3,400 27 28,000 26,000 27,000 70,000 37,000 93,000 Early Effingham Emanuel Evans Floyd Gordon 1,900 1,500 21 1,700 1,600 22 1,100 800 23 1,700 1,600 16 5,800 5,600 25 32,000 1,500 1,400 36 50,000 34,500 2,900 2,600 27 70,000 18,000 1,600 1,500 30 45,000 25,500 1,800 1,600 31 49,000 2,000 1,900 52 98,000 140,000 5,400 5,200 34 178,000 Grady Houston Irwin Jefferson Jenkins Johnson 1,400 1,200 30 4,500 3,700 15 10,400 9,200 22 1,200 1,000 26 3,500 2,600 16 35,500 1,600 1,500 33 50,000 57,000 5,400 5,200 33 170,000 2,200 2,200 38 83,000 200,000 10,500 10,400 28 290,000 26,000 2,500 2,000 30 60,000 41,000 2,500 2,400 34 82,000 Laurens Lee Lowndes Macon Marion Montgomery 8,700 7,400 18 2,300 2,000 17 1,100 1,000 14 130,000 7,800 7,700 32 247,000 2,400 2,300 43 100,000 1,600 1,600 35 56,000 34,000 3,600 3,500 44 155,000 1,000 900 43 39,000 14,000 2,100 1,800 26 46,000 Peach Pierce Pulaski Randolph Screven Sumter 2,500 2,300 22 2,600 2,500 20 7,800 7,000 22 1,900 1,800 15 1,300 1,200 33 39,000 50,000 1,900 1,600 25 40,000 2,300 2,200 25 55,000 50,000 3,700 3,600 56 200,000 151,000 8,100 7,400 30 220,000 26,500 2,800 2,700 35 95,000 Tattnall 9,800 9,600 23 218,500 9,800 9,700 27 265,000 Taylor Telfair 1,600 1,400 19 1,400 1,200 27 27,000 900 900 31 32,000 2,000 1,900 32 28,000 60,000 Terrell Thomas 2,700 2,500 30 1,100 1,000 23 74,500 6,300 6,000 38 225,000 23,000 1,100 1,000 50 50,000 Tift 500 400 18 7,000 1/ County data that are not published to avoid disclosing individual operations are included in Other Counties. 2/ Rounded to the nearest bushel. 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 31 County Toombs Walker Ware Washington Wayne Wheeler Worth SOYBEANS--Acreage, Yield and Production by County, Georgia, 2002-2003 1/ 2002 2003 Harv Yield per Harv Yield per Planted for Grain Harv Acre 2/ Production Planted for Grain Harv Acre 2/ Production --Acres-- --Bushels-- --Acres-- --Bushels-- 3,100 3,000 27 81,500 5,600 5,500 31 170,000 1,600 1,500 24 36,000 1,200 1,200 45 54,000 600 500 31 15,500 1,000 900 38 34,000 3,600 2,400 17 40,000 4,400 4,200 31 130,000 800 600 30 18,000 3,400 3,300 32 107,000 1,300 1,200 27 32,000 Other Counties 39,400 32,450 19 618,000 21,600 19,500 36 693,000 1/ County data that are not published to avoid disclosing individual operations are included in Other Counties. 2/ Rounded to the nearest bushel. SOYBEANS--Acreage, Yield and Production by Agricultural Statistics District and State Total, Georgia, 2002-2003 2002 2003 Harv Yield per Harv Yield per District Planted for Grain Harv Acre 1/ Production Planted for Grain Harv Acre 1/ Production District 1 --Acres-- 13,000 12,000 --Bushels-- 23 275,000 --Acres-- 14,200 13,500 --Bushels-- 38 510,000 District 2 1,000 700 16 11,000 District 3 5,000 4,200 17 70,000 District 4 6,000 5,300 19 100,000 6,600 6,400 41 260,000 District 5 31,000 24,000 17 410,000 33,600 32,000 33 1,050,000 District 6 44,000 40,000 22 890,000 58,000 55,000 29 1,580,000 District 7 16,000 14,000 22 314,000 25,800 24,000 42 1,010,000 District 8 20,000 17,000 20 340,000 20,000 19,000 34 640,000 District 9 24,000 22,800 23 530,000 28,000 26,500 29 770,000 Other Districts 3,800 3,600 33 120,000 State Total 160,000 140,000 1/ Rounded to the nearest bushel. 21 2,940,000 190,000 180,000 33 5,940,000 32 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE Thousand Acres 500 SOYBEANS Acreage and Production Georgia, 1996 - 2003 Million Bushels 15 400 10 300 200 5 100 0 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Acres Harvested Production 2002 0 2003 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 33 GEORGIA TOBACCO TOBACCO COUNTY ESTIMATES Top Producing Counties 2003 2003 DADE CATOOSA FANNIN TOWNS RABUN W ALK ER W H IT F IE L D G IL M E R MURRAY UNION WHITE HABER- L U M P K IN SHAM CHATTOOGA GORDON PICKENS DAWSON STEPHENS FRANKLIN FLOYD BARTOW CHEROKEE HALL BANKS FORSYTH JACKSON HART M AD IS O N ELBERT POLK PAULDING HARALSON COBB GWINNETT BARROW CLARKE FULTON OCONEE OGLETHORPE DE KALB WALTON WILKES L IN C O L N CARROLL HEARD DOUGLAS ROCKDALE CLAYTON NEWTON MORGAN TALIAFERRO GREENE COLUMBIA MCDUFFIE FAYETTE HENRY WARREN COWETA SPALDING BUTTS PUTNAM HANCOCK JASPER GLASCOCK R IC H M O N D Colquitt Coffee Berrien Cook Pierce Lowndes Tattnall Irwin Tift Appling State Total 5,335,000 lbs 5,041,000 lbs 3,821,000 lbs 2,938,000 lbs 2,855,000 lbs 2,750,000 lbs 2,649,000 lbs 2,425,000 lbs 2,402,000 lbs 2,177,000 lbs 59,400,000 lbs Tobacco 2003 3,000,000+ lbs 2,000,000 to 2,999,999 lbs 300,000 to 1,999,999 lbs Less than 300,000 lbs* TROUP PIKE M E R IW E T H ER LAMAR MONROE JONES B AL D W IN JEFFERSON W AS H IN G T O N HARRIS UPSON TALBOT BIBB W ILK IN S O N CRAWFORD T W IG G S JOHNSON BURKE JEN K IN S SCREVEN MUSCOGEE TAYLOR PEACH LAURENS EMANUEL HOUSTON CHATTAHOOCHEE MARION MACON BLECKLEY TREUTLEN CANDLER BULLOCH EFFINGHAM SCHLEY DOOLY PULASKI DODGE MONTGOMERY EVANS STEWART WEBSTER SUMTER WHEELER TOOMBS BRYAN W IL C O X TELFAIR TATTNALL CHATHAM QUITMAN CRISP L IB ER T Y TERRELL RANDOLPH LEE TURNER BEN HILL JEFF DAVIS AP P L IN G LONG CLAY CALHOUN WORTH IR W IN COFFEE BACON WAYNE DOUGHERTY TIFT MCINTOSH EARLY BAKER M IL L E R MITCHELL C O L Q U IT T AT K IN SO N BERRIEN COOK PIERCE WARE BRANTLEY GLYNN SEMINOLE DECATUR GRADY LANIER BROOKS THOMAS LOWNDES CLINCH ECHOLS CHARLTON CAMDEN *Includes County data not published to avoid disclosing individual operations. 34 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE County Appling Atkinson Bacon Berrien Brooks Bulloch TOBACCO--Acreage, Yield and Production by County, Georgia, 2002-2003 1/ 2002 2003 Harvested Yield per Acre 2/ Production Harvested Yield per Acre 2/ Production --Acres-- --Pounds-- --Acres-- --Pounds-- 890 1,685 1,498,000 1,060 2,055 2,177,000 550 2,210 1,215,000 550 2,440 1,342,000 890 1,785 1,589,000 930 1,975 1,839,000 1,560 1,735 2,710,000 1,690 2,260 3,821,000 640 2,740 1,754,000 610 2,445 1,492,000 1,130 2,095 2,368,000 1,180 1,610 1,898,000 Candler Coffee Colquitt Cook Grady Irwin 610 1,970 2,130 1,280 510 870 2,475 2,060 2,310 1,150 2,145 1,585 1,510,000 4,063,000 4,924,000 1,469,000 1,093,000 1,381,000 810 2,100 2,050 1,260 970 1,430 2,400 2,600 2,330 2,500 1,158,000 5,041,000 5,335,000 2,938,000 2,425,000 Jeff Davis Lanier Lowndes Mitchell Pierce Tattnall 830 510 1,480 810 1,240 1,140 1,560 2,225 2,310 1,810 1,855 2,960 1,293,000 1,135,000 3,417,000 1,466,000 2,298,000 3,376,000 880 500 1,330 780 1,230 1,080 2,330 2,470 2,070 1,810 2,320 2,455 2,052,000 1,235,000 2,750,000 1,411,000 2,855,000 2,649,000 Thomas Tift Toombs Ware Wayne Worth 520 1,060 730 630 570 580 2,535 2,085 2,110 2,105 2,400 1,355 1,319,000 2,209,000 1,539,000 1,327,000 1,368,000 786,000 530 1,050 760 590 580 520 2,645 2,290 2,190 2,165 2,165 2,490 1,403,000 2,402,000 1,665,000 1,277,000 1,256,000 1,295,000 Other Counties 3,370 1,749 5,893,000 3,960 1,940 7,684,000 1/ County data that are not published to avoid disclosing individual operations are included in Other Counties. 2/ Rounded to nearest 5 pounds. TOBACCO--Acreage, Yield and Production by Agricultural Statistics District and State Total, Georgia, 2002-2003 1/ 2002 2003 District Harvested Yield per Acre 2/ Production Harvested Yield per Acre 2/ Production --Acres-- --Pounds-- --Acres-- --Pounds-- District 5 1,100 1,740 1,912,000 1,100 1,790 1,970,000 District 6 2,200 2,040 4,486,000 2,600 1,635 4,255,000 District 7 1,900 2,115 4,015,000 1,800 2,170 3,910,000 District 8 14,300 1,920 27,439,000 14,400 2,350 33,825,000 District 9 7,000 2,165 15,148,000 7,100 2,175 15,440,000 State Total 26,500 2,000 53,000,000 1/ Districts 1, 2, 3, and 4 not reported. 2/ Rounded to the nearest 5 pounds. 27,000 2,200 59,400,000 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 35 Thousand Acres 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 1996 1997 FLUE CURED TOBACCO Acreage and Production Georgia, 1996 - 2003 1998 1999 2000 Year 2001 Acres Harvested Production 2002 Million Pounds 120 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 2003 Million Dollars 250 FLUE CURED TOBACCO Value of Production Georgia, 1996 - 2003 200 150 100 50 0 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Year 36 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE GEORGIA WHEAT WHEAT COUNTY ESTIMATES Top Producing Counties 2003 2003 DADE CATOOSA FANNIN TOWNS UNION RABUN W H IT F IE L D WALKER MURRAY GILMER W H IT E HABER- CHATTOOGA GORDON PICKENS LUMPKIN SHAM STEPHENS FLOYD DAWSON BARTOW CHEROKEE HALL BANKS FRANKLIN HART FORSYTH JACKSON MADISON ELBERT POLK BARROW PAULDING COBB GWINNETT CLARKE HARALSON FULTON DE KALB OCONEE W ALTO N OGLETHORPE WILKES L IN C O L N DOUGLAS CARROLL ROCKDALE CLAYTON NEWTON MORGAN TALIAFERRO GREENE COLUMBIA M C D U F F IE COWETA HEARD FAYETTE HENRY BUTTS JASPER SPALDING WARREN PUTNAM HANCOCK RICHMOND GLASCOCK TROUP PIKE M E R IW ET H E R LAMAR MONROE JONES B AL D W IN JEFFERSON W AS H IN G T O N BURKE Jefferson Randolph Terrell Sumter Burke Bulloch Laurens Dooly Early Lee State Total 755,000 bu 740,000 bu 680,000 bu 650,000 bu 480,000 bu 410,000 bu 385,000 bu 350,000 bu 330,000 bu 322,000 bu 10,580,000 bu Wheat 2003 300,000+ bu 100,000 to 299,999 bu 50,000 to 99,999 bu 25,000 to 49,999 bu Less than 25,000 bu* HARRIS UPSON BIBB TALBOT C R AW FO R D WILKINSON TWIGGS JOHNSON JENKINS SCREVEN TAYLOR PEACH E M AN U E L MUSCOGEE HOUSTON LAURENS CHATTA- HOOCHEE MARION M AC O N SCHLEY BLECKLEY PULASKI TREUTLEN MONT- CANDLER BULLOCH EFFINGHAM STEWART SUMTER DOOLY DODGE GOMERY WHEELER TOOMBS EVANS TATTNALL WEBSTER WILCOX TELFAIR BRYAN CHATHAM C R IS P Q U ITM AN TERRELL JEFF DAVIS L IB E R T Y RANDOLPH LEE TURNER BEN HILL APPLING LONG CLAY CALHOUN WORTH DOUGHERTY IR W IN TIFT COFFEE BACON WAYNE MCINTOSH EARLY BAKER MILLER M ITC H E LL B E R R IE N AT K IN S O N COLQUITT COOK PIERCE W AR E BRANTLEY GLYNN SEMINOLE DECATUR GRADY THOMAS LANIER BROOKS CLINCH LOWNDES ECHOLS CHARLTON CAMDEN *Includes County data not published to avoid disclosing individual operations. 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 37 County Appling Atkinson Bacon Baker Bartow Ben Hill Berrien Bibb Bleckley Brooks Bulloch Burke Calhoun Candler Chattooga Clay Coffee Colquitt Cook Coweta Crawford Crisp Decatur Dodge Dooly Dougherty Early Elbert Emanuel Evans Floyd WHEAT--Acreage, Yield and Production by County, Georgia, 2002-2003 1/ 2002 2003 Harv Yield per Harv Yield per Planted for Grain Harv Acre 2/ Production Planted for Grain Harv Acre 2/ Production --Acres-- --Bushels-- --Acres-- --Bushels-- 1,700 200 30 6,000 1,700 200 40 8,000 2,300 300 43 13,000 1,000 200 30 6,000 4,200 2,500 48 120,000 2,500 1,000 57 57,000 3,000 1,000 53 53,000 1,500 1,300 47 61,000 2,300 1,600 41 65,000 4,700 1,000 42 42,000 5,500 1,000 34 34,000 1,300 800 36 2,000 600 53 2,200 1,700 38 11,000 5,500 30 7,000 5,000 40 8,500 6,000 37 29,000 32,000 65,000 165,000 200,000 222,000 1,200 3,700 4,500 14,000 10,000 6,300 1,100 1,300 1,200 10,000 9,200 4,500 23 25,000 54 70,000 50 60,000 41 410,000 52 480,000 51 230,000 1,300 800 30 900 300 50 4,500 3,000 32 2,700 500 30 1,500 600 40 2,500 500 36 24,000 15,000 96,000 15,000 24,000 18,000 700 4,400 4,000 2,200 2,400 100 4,000 1,000 700 300 30 3,000 52 208,000 37 37,000 50 35,000 53 16,000 800 600 30 900 600 43 3,000 1,500 36 8,000 6,500 48 3,500 1,500 36 10,500 3,000 41 18,000 26,000 54,000 312,000 54,000 123,000 500 4,500 9,000 3,400 12,000 300 1,000 3,200 1,200 8,300 50 15,000 52 52,000 54 173,000 45 54,000 42 350,000 2,000 1,500 53 12,000 8,000 43 1,500 600 35 1,000 400 40 80,000 344,000 21,000 16,000 2,000 8,000 1,400 3,000 1,500 500 1,200 6,000 700 2,900 1,000 300 65 78,000 55 330,000 30 21,000 48 140,000 54 54,000 20 6,000 Franklin Glascock Gordon Grady Hall Hart 1,900 900 56 1,200 700 63 2,500 1,000 50 4,000 1,800 35 50,000 44,000 50,000 63,000 1,800 1,200 1,300 2,000 800 3,400 600 1,200 1,200 1,300 100 1,000 43 26,000 40 48,000 24 29,000 50 65,000 20 2,000 20 20,000 Houston Irwin Jackson Jefferson Jenkins Johnson 8,000 6,000 41 4,200 1,000 55 2,300 1,300 35 14,000 11,500 45 4,000 2,000 31 4,500 2,100 45 246,000 55,000 46,000 515,000 62,000 94,000 7,500 5,500 1,800 17,000 5,400 4,400 4,500 1,100 800 16,000 4,000 3,500 43 195,000 50 55,000 18 14,000 47 755,000 45 180,000 40 140,000 Lamar 3,400 1,600 53 85,000 3,300 1,100 60 66,000 Laurens Lee 9,000 7,000 40 7,000 6,000 37 280,000 222,000 13,000 8,500 9,500 7,000 41 385,000 46 322,000 Lowndes 2,100 200 60 12,000 Macon Madison 6,200 3,000 40 2,500 1,000 35 120,000 35,000 7,000 3,000 6,000 1,300 39 236,000 24 31,000 1/ County data that are not published to avoid disclosing individual operations are included in Other Counties. 2/ Rounded to the nearest bushel. 38 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE County Marion Meriwether Miller Mitchell Monroe Montgomery WHEAT--Acreage, Yield and Production by County, Georgia, 2002-2003 1/ 2002 2003 Harv Yield per Harv Yield per Planted for Grain Harv Acre 2/ Production Planted for Grain Harv Acre 2/ Production --Acres-- --Bushels-- --Acres-- --Bushels-- 2,800 2,000 42 84,000 2,000 1,800 47 85,000 1,500 700 44 31,000 1,000 200 25 5,000 12,000 8,000 47 376,000 5,000 2,000 52 104,000 6,000 3,500 38 133,000 3,000 800 35 28,000 1,600 400 33 13,000 2,300 700 40 28,000 Morgan Newton Oconee Oglethorpe Peach Pierce 1,100 1,000 1,200 500 42 600 37 400 30 2,000 1,500 40 21,000 22,000 12,000 60,000 1,300 1,400 900 1,700 3,000 1,400 300 500 700 500 2,700 300 23 7,000 24 12,000 19 13,000 44 22,000 54 146,000 37 11,000 Pike Pulaski Putnam Randolph Schley Screven 1,300 600 43 6,100 4,000 45 2,100 500 40 14,000 11,000 44 3,500 2,500 27 26,000 180,000 20,000 484,000 68,000 1,000 8,500 15,000 1,000 3,200 500 3,500 13,000 200 2,300 42 21,000 47 165,000 57 740,000 45 9,000 48 110,000 Seminole Spalding Stewart Sumter Tattnall Taylor 11,000 5,500 52 1,300 1,000 54 12,500 10,000 43 1,200 700 34 286,000 54,000 430,000 24,000 7,500 1,600 1,800 15,000 3,000 1,400 4,300 1,200 1,000 14,000 3,000 400 58 250,000 65 78,000 42 42,000 46 650,000 42 125,000 40 16,000 Telfair Terrell Thomas Tift Treutlen Turner 1,600 500 30 14,000 10,000 38 1,500 1,000 49 1,000 500 42 4,500 1,000 44 15,000 378,000 49,000 21,000 44,000 1,400 14,000 1,500 4,000 1,700 3,500 500 12,000 700 1,200 900 1,000 30 15,000 57 680,000 43 30,000 40 48,000 61 55,000 40 40,000 Twiggs Upson Walker Walton Warren Washington 1,500 600 50 1,300 1,000 40 1,600 500 28 8,000 5,500 41 30,000 40,000 14,000 226,000 700 1,000 1,000 1,600 1,200 8,700 600 200 800 800 900 6,100 42 25,000 50 10,000 30 24,000 15 12,000 39 35,000 42 255,000 Webster Wheeler Wilcox Wilkes Wilkinson Worth 7,500 3,300 33 4,000 500 30 600 400 33 5,500 3,000 49 110,000 15,000 13,000 147,000 6,500 1,300 4,000 3,500 600 8,000 4,000 400 2,000 300 400 3,500 40 160,000 68 27,000 50 100,000 43 13,000 35 14,000 57 200,000 Other Counties 35,400 16,000 35 555,000 31,700 16,000 36 576,000 1/ County data that are not published to avoid disclosing individual operations are included in Other Counties. 2/ Rounded to the nearest bushel. 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 39 District District 1 District 2 District 3 District 4 District 5 District 6 District 7 District 8 District 9 WHEAT--Acreage, Yield and Production by Agricultural Statistics District and State Total, Georgia, 2002-2003 2002 2003 Harv Yield per Harv Yield per Planted for Grain Harv Acre 1/ Production Planted for Grain Harv Acre 1/ Production --Acres-- --Bushels-- --Acres-- --Bushels-- 9,000 4,000 50 200,000 6,000 4,200 26 110,000 8,000 3,000 32 96,000 7,000 3,200 17 54,000 17,000 6,000 36 216,000 16,000 4,600 30 138,000 24,000 13,000 43 555,000 22,000 13,000 45 585,000 58,000 35,000 41 1,435,000 70,000 39,000 43 1,677,000 46,000 30,000 37 1,110,000 60,000 50,000 46 2,313,000 130,000 88,000 42 3,720,000 115,000 82,000 52 4,277,000 50,000 18,000 43 772,000 70,000 26,000 45 1,170,000 8,000 3,000 32 96,000 14,000 8,000 32 256,000 State Total 350,000 200,000 1/ Rounded to the nearest bushel. 41 8,200,000 380,000 230,000 46 10,580,000 Thousand Acres 400 300 200 100 0 1996 1997 WHEAT Acreage and Production Georgia, 1996-2003 1998 1999 2000 Year 2001 Thousand Bushels 17,000 16,000 15,000 14,000 13,000 12,000 11,000 10,000 9,000 8,000 2002 2003 7,000 Acres Harvested Production 40 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE GEORGIA CATTLE COUNTY ESTIMATES JANUARY 1, 2004 DADE CATOOSA MURRAY W H IT F IE L D F AN N IN TOWNS U N IO N RABUN WALKER CHATTOOGA FLOYD GORDON BARTOW G IL M E R W H IT E HABER- L U M P K IN SHAM STEPHENS PICKENS DAWSON FRANKLIN HALL BANKS HART CHEROKEE FORSYTH JACKSON MADISON ELBERT POLK BARROW PAULDING COBB G W IN N ET T CLARKE HARALSON FULTON DE KALB OCONEE WALTON OGLETHORPE WILKES LINCOLN DOUGLAS CARROLL ROCKDALE MORGAN TALIAFERRO NEWTON GREENE C O L U M B IA CLAYTON M C D U F F IE HEARD FAYETTE HENRY COWETA BUTTS SPALDING JASPER WARREN PUTNAM HANCOCK GLASCOCK R IC H M O N D CATTLE AND CALVES ON GEORGIA FARMS January 1, 2004 Top Counties Jackson 29,000 Carroll 27,800 Franklin 27,200 Madison 23,000 Morgan 23,000 Macon 22,500 Mitchell 22,000 Colquitt 21,000 Hall 19,000 Wilkes 19,000 State Total 1,250,000 Cattle 2004 20,000 & Over 15,000 to 19,999 10,000 to 14,999 5,000 to 9,999 4,999 & Below TROUP M E R IW E T H E R PIKE L AM AR MONROE JONES B AL D W IN JEFFERSON W AS H IN G T O N BURKE H AR R IS UPSON TALBOT BIBB W ILK IN SO N CRAWFORD TWIGGS JOHNSON JE N K IN S SCREVEN TAYLOR PEACH EMANUEL MUSCOGEE HOUSTON M AR IO N CHATTAHOOCHEE MACON BLECKLEY LAURENS TREUTLEN CANDLER BULLOCH E F F IN G H AM SCHLEY PULASKI MONT- DOOLY DODGE GOMERY EVANS STEWART WEBSTER SUMTER CRISP W IL C O X WHEELER TELFAIR TOOMBS TATTNALL BRYAN CHATHAM Q U ITM AN L IB E R T Y TERRELL RANDOLPH LEE TURNER BEN HILL JEFF DAVIS APPLING LONG CLAY CALHOUN WORTH IRWIN COFFEE BACON WAYNE DOUGHERTY TIFT M C IN TO S H EARLY BAKER M IL L E R MITCHELL COLQUITT BERRIEN COOK ATKINSON PIERCE WARE BRANTLEY GLYNN S E M IN O L E DECATUR GRADY THOMAS L AN IE R BROOKS C L IN C H LOWNDES ECHOLS CHARLTON CAMDEN *Includes County data not published to avoid disclosing individual operations. 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 41 GEORGIA MILK COWS MILK COWS ON GEORGIA FARMS ON GEORGIA FARMS JANUARY 1, 2004 January 1, 2004 Top Counties DADE FANNIN TOWNS CATOOSA MURRAY RABUN W H ITFIE LD UNION WALKER G ILM ER WHITE HABER- LU M P K IN SHAM CHATTOOGA GORDON P IC K E N S STEPHENS DAWSON FLOYD BARTOW HALL BANKSFRANKLIN HART CHEROKEE FORSYTH JACKSON MADISON ELBERT POLK PAULDING HARALSON COBB GWINNETT BARROW CLARKE FULTON DE KALB OCONEE WALTON OGLETHORPE WILKES LINCOLN DOUGLAS CARROLL ROCKDALE CLAYTON NEWTON HENRY MORGAN TALIAFERRO GREENE C O L U M B IA M C D U F F IE HEARD COWETA FAYETTE S P AL D IN G BUTTS PUTNAM JASPER WARREN HANCOCK GLASCOCK RICHMOND Putnam Morgan Brooks Appling Mitchell Greene Wilkes Bacon Sumter Bacon State Total 10,800 7,300 5,900 5,200 4,800 4,400 2,900 2,000 2,000 1,900 84,000 Milk Cows 2004 8,000 & Over 5,000 to 7,999 3,000 to 4,999 1,000 to 2,9999 999 & Below TROUP PIKE M E R IW E TH E R LAM AR JONES MONROE B AL D W IN JEFFERSON W AS H IN G T O N BURKE HARRIS UPSON TALBOT BIBB CRAWFORD W IL K IN S O N TWIGGS JOHNSON JE N K IN S SCREVEN MUSCOGEE TAYLOR PEACH HOUSTON LAURENS EMANUEL C H AT T AH O O C HMEAE R IO N MACON BLECKLEY TREUTLEN BULLOCH CANDLER E F F IN G H AM SCHLEY PULASKI MONT- STEWART WEBSTER SUMTER DOOLY DODGE GOMERY WHEELER TOOMBS W ILC O X TELFAIR EVANS TATTNALL BRYAN CHATHAM Q U IT M AN CRISP R ANDOLPHTER RELL LEE TURNER BEN HILL JEFF DAVIS APPLING LIBERTY LONG CLAY CALHOUN WORTH DOUGHERTY IRWIN TIFT COFFEE BACON W AY N E M C IN T O S H EARLY BAKER M IL L E R MITCHELL COLQUITT ATKINSON B E R R IE N COOK P IE R C E WARE BRANTLEY GLYNN S E M IN O L E DECATUR GRADY TH O M AS BROOKS LANIER CLINCH LOWNDES ECHOLS CHARLTON C AM D E N * Includes County data not published to avoid disclosing individual operations. 42 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE County Appling Atkinson Bacon Baker Baldwin Banks CATTLE--Number on Farms by County Georgia, January 1, 2003-2004 1/ 2003 2004 All Cattle Cows & Heifers Other All Cattle Cows & Heifers and that have Calved Cattle and and that have Calved Calves Kept for Beef Kept for Milk Calves Calves Kept for Beef Kept for Milk 15,000 8,300 6,600 6,200 4,300 15,600 4,700 4,500 2,600 3,000 2,600 9,200 4,300 2,050 6,000 3,800 1,950 3,200 6,400 15,500 7,600 6,200 5,800 4,000 15,900 4,200 4,400 2,600 2,800 2,500 11,000 4,800 2,000 Other Cattle and Calves 6,500 3,200 1,600 3,000 4,900 Barrow 10,000 5,600 4,400 10,000 5,700 Bartow 18,000 8,300 9,700 15,500 8,000 200 Ben Hill 6,500 2,500 4,000 5,000 2,400 Berrien 11,900 6,200 740 4,960 11,300 4,600 600 Bibb 3,100 1,600 400 1,100 2,500 1,400 420 Bleckley 6,500 3,800 2,700 6,500 3,600 4,300 7,300 2,600 6,100 680 2,900 Brantley Brooks Bryan Bulloch Burke Butts 3,500 14,700 600 11,400 19,200 4,600 2,000 4,400 4,900 7,500 2,000 5,200 2,000 1,500 5,100 6,500 9,700 2,600 3,200 14,700 600 11,000 17,000 4,700 1,600 3,300 4,900 6,900 2,000 5,200 1,750 1,600 6,200 6,100 8,350 2,700 Calhoun Camden Candler Carroll Catoosa Charlton 5,500 600 6,200 27,000 8,000 2,000 2,500 2,600 14,800 3,800 1,000 3,000 5,000 2,100 500 6,000 2,600 250 11,950 27,800 15,800 670 3,530 7,000 3,900 1,000 1,500 1,000 2,900 240 11,760 250 2,850 500 Chatham Chattooga Cherokee Clarke Clay Clinch 1,000 8,500 9,100 3,400 2,600 1,500 500 4,700 5,200 1,500 1,500 800 500 1,100 700 700 9,500 8,500 3,500 3,000 1,400 5,000 5,000 1,600 1,500 800 1,500 600 Cobb 900 900 Coffee 15,900 9,200 15,400 9,100 Colquitt 23,000 10,200 480 12,320 21,000 10,800 490 Columbia 2,200 1,100 2,400 1,100 Cook 5,400 3,000 5,000 2,900 Coweta 6,500 3,500 410 2,590 6,500 3,200 370 9,710 2,930 Crawford 2,700 1,600 2,500 1,400 Crisp 5,600 3,300 2,300 5,500 3,000 Dade 5,000 2,700 2,300 4,000 2,600 Dawson 3,800 2,100 1,700 4,500 2,100 Decatur 18,900 6,100 670 12,130 15,500 6,100 800 Dodge 11,700 5,800 5,900 10,600 5,400 1,100 2,500 1,400 2,400 8,600 5,200 Dooly 8,100 3,000 260 4,840 5,700 2,200 300 Dougherty 2,500 1,200 1,300 2,800 1,000 Douglas 1,400 600 800 1,500 600 Early 11,200 6,300 4,900 9,200 6,000 Echols 800 900 Effingham 4,300 1,700 2,600 3,800 1,700 1/ County data that are not published to avoid disclosing individual operations are included in Other Counties. 3,200 1,800 900 3,200 2,100 43 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE County Elbert Emanuel Evans Fannin Fayette Floyd CATTLE--Number on Farms by County Georgia, January 1, 2003-2004 1/ 2003 2004 All Cattle Cows & Heifers Other All Cattle Cows & Heifers and that have Calved Cattle and and that have Calved Calves Kept for Beef Kept for Milk Calves Calves Kept for Beef Kept for Milk 14,100 9,800 5,400 3,500 3,400 17,500 6,700 5,600 2,100 2,000 2,000 8,500 1,300 6,100 4,200 3,300 1,400 12,000 9,800 4,600 3,300 3,500 15,500 6,700 5,600 2,100 1,800 2,000 8,000 1,100 Other Cattle and Calves 4,200 4,200 2,500 1,500 Forsyth Franklin Fulton Gilmer Glascock Glynn 9,200 27,200 3,300 6,000 3,500 800 5,200 15,800 1,600 3,000 1,500 4,000 9,400 6,000 11,400 27,200 15,800 1,700 3,000 2,000 870 2,130 5,500 3,000 2,000 3,400 1,700 800 3,400 11,400 1,000 820 1,680 1,700 Gordon Grady Greene Gwinnett Habersham Hall 22,000 12,100 13,500 3,500 13,100 21,000 12,000 6,000 4,900 2,100 7,200 10,900 250 850 2,900 1,200 9,750 5,250 5,700 1,400 5,900 8,900 18,800 12,000 12,300 4,000 11,000 19,000 11,000 6,300 4,200 2,200 7,400 11,000 900 2,900 800 7,800 4,800 5,200 1,800 3,600 7,200 Hancock Haralson Harris Hart Heard Henry 3,700 6,500 5,100 17,200 6,000 9,600 2,300 3,800 2,900 8,800 3,900 4,800 1,050 2,200 7,350 2,100 3,800 6,000 4,100 17,200 7,000 9,300 2,600 3,400 2,200 8,600 3,800 4,800 1,050 2,600 1,900 7,550 3,200 Houston Irwin Jackson Jasper Jeff Davis Jefferson 6,300 8,500 26,500 8,700 3,800 12,100 2,500 4,000 16,500 5,000 2,000 5,200 820 960 1,000 2,980 4,500 10,000 2,740 1,800 5,900 5,300 8,200 29,000 8,700 3,700 10,000 2,000 4,500 18,500 5,100 2,500 4,800 800 900 1,300 2,500 3,700 10,500 2,700 1,200 3,900 Jenkins Johnson Jones Lamar Lanier Laurens 7,000 8,200 5,600 7,800 2,200 13,500 2,400 4,600 2,400 3,800 1,100 7,200 2,060 850 620 490 2,540 3,600 2,350 3,380 1,100 5,810 8,700 8,100 5,000 8,000 2,300 11,500 3,000 4,600 2,600 3,200 1,300 5,900 1,680 900 730 500 4,020 3,500 1,500 4,070 1,000 5,100 Lee Liberty Lincoln Long Lowndes Lumpkin 11,000 1,500 6,300 1,000 6,200 5,800 2,000 900 3,300 3,300 3,300 1,650 7,350 600 2,900 11,000 1,500 6,000 1,000 6,000 5,500 2,000 900 3,800 3,300 3,000 1,800 200 7,200 600 2,700 2,300 Macon 16,000 2,600 10,800 2,600 22,500 2,300 Madison 22,000 13,100 23,000 13,000 Marion 4,900 3,100 1,800 5,000 2,800 McDuffie 9,100 3,900 700 4,500 9,000 3,900 Meriwether 15,200 8,800 15,200 8,500 Miller 10,000 5,200 4,800 10,800 5,200 1/ County data that are not published to avoid disclosing individual operations are included in Other Counties. 10,800 710 9,400 2,200 4,390 5,600 44 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE County Mitchell Monroe Montgomery Morgan Murray Muscogee CATTLE--Number on Farms by County Georgia, January 1, 2003-2004 1/ 2003 2004 All Cattle Cows & Heifers Other All Cattle Cows & Heifers and that have Calved Cattle and and that have Calved Calves Kept for Beef Kept for Milk Calves Calves Kept for Beef Kept for Milk 21,500 8,200 4,600 20,900 9,000 1,100 6,300 4,000 2,100 7,800 4,900 4,420 920 5,800 380 10,780 3,280 2,500 7,300 3,720 22,000 8,000 3,800 23,000 9,000 1,100 6,300 4,000 2,100 5,200 5,000 500 4,400 950 5,900 350 Other Cattle and Calves 11,300 3,050 1,700 11,900 3,650 600 Newton Oconee Oglethorpe Paulding Peach Pickens 9,000 12,100 13,900 3,500 3,400 4,000 5,100 6,000 7,200 2,000 1,300 2,100 330 1,000 5,770 5,700 1,140 1,900 9,800 12,000 13,900 3,200 3,300 4,000 5,500 6,000 7,500 2,000 1,300 2,400 250 1,000 1,000 5,750 5,400 1,000 1,600 Pierce Pike Polk Pulaski Putnam Quitman 6,500 8,500 9,500 1,900 16,700 1,200 3,000 4,800 4,800 1,000 2,600 600 1,350 360 7,600 2,150 4,340 900 6,500 600 6,500 8,500 9,000 1,800 17,500 800 3,000 4,000 5,500 800 3,200 1,100 330 7,300 2,400 3,170 1,000 7,000 Rabun 2,500 1,500 1,000 2,500 1,700 Randolph 4,500 2,200 370 1,930 5,700 2,200 400 Richmond 2,100 700 230 1,170 2,900 900 250 Rockdale 1,000 500 500 1,000 Schley 2,600 1,000 1,600 3,000 900 Screven 8,200 4,200 200 3,800 9,000 4,200 800 3,100 1,750 2,100 Seminole Spalding Stephens Stewart Sumter Talbot 12,300 4,900 6,700 1,400 13,500 3,700 4,500 2,700 3,500 700 4,600 2,100 430 1,750 1,770 700 7,150 9,500 4,500 7,300 1,000 13,500 3,200 4,500 2,200 3,500 4,600 1,700 430 1,900 1,870 3,800 7,000 1,500 Taliaferro 3,800 1,400 710 1,690 3,600 1,400 720 Tattnall 15,800 9,000 220 6,580 13,500 8,700 200 Taylor 6,400 3,800 2,600 6,000 3,000 Telfair 6,800 4,000 2,800 6,200 4,200 Terrell 2,000 1,000 1,000 1,600 1,000 Thomas 12,900 4,700 680 7,520 9,500 4,700 700 1,480 4,600 3,000 2,000 600 4,100 Tift 9,200 5,100 250 3,850 8,400 4,800 250 Toombs 13,000 4,300 8,700 13,000 4,500 Towns 3,100 1,700 1,400 3,200 1,500 Treutlen 1,500 900 600 1,300 Troup 8,800 5,200 460 3,140 8,800 5,200 520 Turner 11,000 6,800 4,200 10,500 6,000 3,350 8,500 1,700 3,080 4,500 Twiggs 1,800 1,100 700 1,800 1,100 Union 7,700 3,800 250 3,650 7,800 3,500 Upson 9,100 4,700 390 4,010 8,000 4,500 Walker 19,000 9,300 760 8,940 18,500 9,500 Walton 12,000 6,300 5,700 12,000 6,300 Ware 5,000 2,100 1,000 1,900 5,500 2,100 1/ County data that are not published to avoid disclosing individual operations are included in Other Counties. 290 400 740 1,000 700 4,010 3,100 8,260 5,700 2,400 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 45 County Warren Washington Wayne Webster Wheeler White CATTLE--Number on Farms by County Georgia, January 1, 2003-2004 1/ 2003 2004 All Cattle Cows & Heifers Other All Cattle Cows & Heifers and that have Calved Cattle and and that have Calved Calves Kept for Beef Kept for Milk Calves Calves Kept for Beef Kept for Milk 6,900 9,500 6,300 5,700 3,300 9,700 2,700 5,100 2,700 1,600 1,900 5,500 1,030 600 280 380 3,170 3,800 3,320 4,100 1,400 3,820 7,000 9,900 5,000 6,300 3,200 9,500 2,700 4,800 2,700 2,500 1,900 5,800 1,000 750 300 320 Other Cattle and Calves 3,300 4,350 2,000 3,800 1,300 3,380 Whitfield Wilcox Wilkes Wilkinson Worth 10,000 8,100 19,400 2,000 12,500 5,000 4,300 9,700 900 6,800 680 2,000 510 3,120 7,700 1,100 5,190 10,000 8,200 19,000 1,500 13,000 5,500 4,000 10,000 800 6,300 750 2,000 700 3,450 7,000 700 6,000 Other Counties 1,300 4,300 3,860 93,000 1,300 7,000 1/ County data that are not published to avoid disclosing individual operations are included in Other Counties. 2,490 83,710 District District 1 District 2 District 3 District 4 District 5 District 6 District 7 District 8 District 9 CATTLE--Number on Farms by Agricultural Statistics District and State Total Georgia, January 1, 2003-2004 1/ 2003 2004 All Cattle Cows & Heifers Other All Cattle Cows & Heifers and that have Calved Cattle and and that have Calved Calves Kept for Beef Kept for Milk Calves Calves Kept for Beef Kept for Milk 130,000 66,000 2,800 61,200 120,000 66,000 2,200 155,000 85,000 3,500 66,500 155,000 88,000 3,000 158,000 86,000 5,800 66,200 155,000 89,000 5,500 155,000 80,000 14,000 61,000 160,000 75,000 13,900 180,000 82,000 23,500 74,500 175,000 77,000 23,500 102,000 44,000 7,400 50,600 100,000 44,000 7,000 155,000 60,000 10,500 84,500 145,000 60,000 11,000 170,000 85,000 8,300 76,700 160,000 81,000 8,500 85,000 37,000 9,200 38,800 80,000 36,000 9,400 Other Cattle and Calves 51,800 64,000 60,500 71,100 74,500 49,000 74,000 70,500 34,600 State Total 1,290,000 625,000 85,000 580,000 1,250,000 616,000 84,000 550,000 46 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE GEORGIA HOG DISTRICT ESTIMATES DECEMBER 1, 2003 1 2 3 HOGS AND PIGS ON GEORGIA FARMS December 1, 2003 Inventory by District District 1 District 2 District 3 District 4 District 5 District 6 District 7 District 8 District 9 State Total 7,000 25,000 72,000 11,000 14,000 31,000 75,000 40,000 20,000 295,000 Hogs 2003 50,000 & Over 40,000 to 49,999 20,000 to 39,999 19,999 & Below* 4 5 6 7 8 9 *Included District data not published to avoid disclosing individual operations. 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 47 ALL HOGS AND PIGS--Number on Farms by County Georgia, December 1, 2002-2003 County data will not be published to avoid disclosing individual operations. District District 1 District 2 District 3 District 4 District 5 District 6 District 7 District 8 District 9 State Total HOGS--Number on Farms by Agricultural Statistics District and State Total, Georgia, December 1, 2002-2003 2002 2003 9,000 7,000 30,000 25,000 81,000 72,000 11,000 11,000 17,000 14,000 32,000 31,000 86,000 75,000 55,000 40,000 24,000 20,000 345,000 295,000 Thousands 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 1996 GEORGIA - ALL HOGS AND PIGS Number on Farms December 1, 1996-2003 1997 1998 1999 2000 Year 2001 2002 2003 48 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 11 Principal Crops: Corn, Cotton, Cottonseed, Hay (All), Oats, Peanuts, Rye, Sorghum, Soybeans, Tobacco (Flue-Cured), and Wheat. GEORGIA Million Acres 6.0 5.0 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 1996 1997 CROPLAND USED for 11 Principal Crops Georgia, 1996 - 2003 1998 1999 2000 Year 2001 Planted Harvested 2002 2003 Million Dollars 2,100 1,800 1,500 1,200 900 600 300 0 1996 1997 VALUE OF PRODUCTION for 11 Principal Crops Georgia, 1996-2003 1998 1999 2000 Year Value 2001 2002 2003 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 49 FIELD CROPS HIGHLIGHTS -- 2003 CROP YEAR Wintertime temperatures were near normal to slightly below, while rainfall was above average. During the early part of spring, weather conditions remained wet. Frost covered parts of the State the first week of April, but caused minimal crop damage. April temperatures were below normal. May remained wet, but with near normal temperatures. June brought warmer temperatures, with continued above normal rainfall. Disease became a problem in some row crops. The remainder of the summer continued with above normal rainfall. Overall, temperatures during the summer were well below normal. Yields were excellent for most crops. Around the first part of September weather conditions changed dramatically. The remainder of the fall and early winter were very dry. Weather conditions were excellent for harvesting peanuts and cotton. COTTON Cotton planting was virtually complete by the middle of June, near the five-year average. Overall, the crop was in good to excellent condition throughout the growing season. Above normal rainfall and moderate temperatures were very beneficial to the crop. Harvesting weather was excellent. Yields averaged 785 pounds per harvested acre, compared with 557 pounds in 2002. There were 1,290,000 harvested acres from the 1,300,000 acres planted in 2003. This compares with the 1,360,000 acres harvested in 2002. Georgia's production totaled 2,110,000 bales (480 lbs.), up 34 percent from the 1,578,000 produced in 2002. The preliminary price for 2003 cotton lint was 61.4 cents per pound, compared with 44.3 cents per pound in 2002. CORN The crop thrived from the abundance of rainfall during the growing season. Of the 340,000 planted acres, there were 285,000 acres harvested for grain. Grain yields were 129 bushels per acre, the second highest on record. Grain production totaled 36,765,000 bushels, which is up 15 percent from 2002. Corn was cut for silage from 45,000 acres, up 5,000 acres from 2002. Silage yields averaged 17 tons per acre, the same as the 2002 yield. Preliminary grain prices averaged $2.35 in 2003, compared with $2.70 in 2002. growing season. Harvest was underway by the middle of June. Production totaled 59.4 million pounds, 12 percent more than the 2002 crop. Yields averaged 2,200 pounds compared with 2,000 pounds per acre in 2002. Harvested acreage showed a slight increase, going from 26,500 acres in 2002 to 27,000 acres in 2003. Prices increased slightly compared with the previous year. The 2003 crop averaged $185.50 per hundredweight (cwt.), compared with $184.50 in 2002. Total value of the 2003 tobacco crop was $110 million compared with $98 million in 2002. SOYBEANS Soybean planting got underway about the third week of April. The crop benefitted from the excellent growing conditions with a State record high yield. Final yields averaged 33 bushels per harvested acre, ten bushels more than in 2002. Weather conditions during harvest were excellent. Soybean acreage increased to 190,000 acres planted compared with 160,000 acres in 2002. Harvested acreage was 180,000 acres compared with 140,000 acres in 2002. Georgia's production was 5.94 million bushels, up 84 percent from 2002. Preliminary prices averaged $7.25 per bushel, compared with $5.45 per bushel in 2002. SORGHUM Sorghum planted for all purposes amounted to 55,000 acres in 2003, the same as in 2002. Acreage harvested for grain tallied 38,000 acres in 2003, 8,000 acres more than in 2002. Yields averaged 47 bushels per acre and grain production totaled 1.79 million bushels, 49 percent more than in 2002. Prices averaged $2.30 per bushel. Sorghum harvested as silage was 15,000 acres, 5,000 less than in 2002. Silage yields averaged 12 tons per acre, the same as in 2002. HAY Hay production totaled 1.80 million tons, up 15 percent from 2002. Yields averaged 3.0 tons per acre from all cuttings, up 0.60 of a ton from 2002. Acreage harvested totaled 600,000 acres, 50,000 acres below 2002. The prices farmers received for hay sold averaged $60.00 per ton, up $3.00 per ton from 2002. PEANUTS SMALL GRAINS Peanut yields in 2003 increased from the previous year to average 3,450 pounds per acre, a State record yield. Above normal rainfall and moderate temperatures during the summer provided for outstanding conditions for an excellent crop. Weather during harvest was good. Production in 2003 totaled 1.86 billion pounds (931,500 tons), up 42 percent from 2002. The production increase resulted from an increase in acreage and higher yields. Planted acreage increased to 545,000 acres, compared with 510,000 acres in 2002. Harvested acreage totaled 540,000 acres in 2003. Georgia produced 45 percent of the Nation's peanuts in 2003. TOBACCO Acres of wheat planted in 2003 expanded to 380,000, compared with 330,000 acres in 2002. Harvested acres were 230,000, compared to 190,000 acres in 2002. Yields increased from the previous year as growers averaged 46 bushels per acre, compared to 42 bushels per acre in 2002. Oats planted acreage was 100,000, up 10,000 acres from a year earlier. Harvested acres were 30,000, compared with 25,000 the previous year. Yield averaged 56 bushels per acre, compared with 60 bushels per acre in 2002. Rye planted acreage increased to 270,000 in 2003, compared with 240,000 acres in 2002. Harvested acres totaled 50,000, compared to 35,000 acres in 2002. Yields were at 16 bushels per acre, the same as in 2002. Transplanting got off to a very slow start due to wet soils. The crop was rated in mostly good condition throughout the 50 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE FIELD CROPS--Acreage, Yield, Production and Value of Production, Georgia, 1996-2003 Unit 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 CORN Acres Planted 1,000 Acres 580 500 500 350 360 265 340 Acres Harvested 1/ 1,000 Acres 525 450 265 300 240 220 290 Yield per Acre Bushels 95 105 85 103 107 134 110 Production 1,000 Bu 49,875 47,250 22,525 30,900 25,680 29,480 31,900 Mkt Yr Avg Price $ per Bu 3.58 2.90 2.46 2.27 2.06 2.32 2.70 Value of Production 1,000 Dols 178,553 137,025 55,412 70,143 52,901 68,394 86,130 2003 340 285 129 36,765 2.35 86,398 OATS Acres Planted 1,000 Acres Acres Harvested 1/ 1,000 Acres Yield per Acre Bushels Production 1,000 Bu Mkt Yr Avg Price $ per Bu Value of Production 1,000 Dols 60 25 64 1,600 2.53 4,048 65 30 56 1,680 1.87 3,142 50 25 53 1,325 1.50 1,988 60 25 55 1,375 1.70 2,338 70 35 72 2,520 1.40 3,528 100 35 65 2,275 1.75 3,981 90 25 60 1,500 2.10 3,150 100 30 56 1,680 1.70 2,856 RYE Acres Planted 1,000 Acres Acres Harvested 1/ 1,000 Acres Yield per Acre Bushels Production 1,000 Bu Mkt Yr Avg Price $ per Bu Value of Production 1,000 Dols 300 70 26 1,820 4.40 8,008 300 65 22 1,430 5.00 7,150 250 50 21 1,050 3.40 3,570 230 50 21 1,050 5.00 5,250 230 45 26 1,170 4.90 5,733 300 30 25 750 6.00 4,500 240 35 16 560 6.00 3,360 270 50 16 800 4.00 3,200 SORGHUM, GRAIN Acres Planted 1,000 Acres Acres Harvested 1/ 1,000 Acres Yield per Acre Bushels Production 1,000 Bu Mkt Yr Avg Price $ per Bu Value of Production 1,000 Dols 65 40 41 1,640 2.58 4,231 65 40 45 1,800 2.63 4,734 50 30 38 1,140 2.13 2,428 50 30 45 1,350 1.79 2,417 55 30 45 1,350 1.99 2,687 50 25 48 1,200 1.85 2,218 55 30 40 1,200 2.60 3,120 55 38 47 1,786 2.30 4,101 SOYBEANS Acres Planted 1,000 Acres Acres Harvested 1,000 Acres Yield per Acre Bushels Production 1,000 Bu Mkt Yr Avg Price $ per Bu Value of Production 1,000 Dols 400 390 26 10,140 6.87 69,662 400 380 21 7,980 6.68 53,306 300 220 21 4,620 5.24 24,209 220 190 19 3,610 4.79 17,292 170 140 24 3,360 4.43 14,885 165 155 26 4,030 4.35 17,531 160 140 23 3,220 5.45 17,549 190 180 33 5,940 7.25 43,065 WHEAT Acres Planted 1,000 Acres Acres Harvested 1/ 1,000 Acres Yield per Acre Bushels Production 1,000 Bu Mkt Yr Avg Price $ per Bu Value of Production 1,000 Dols 1/ Harvested for grain. 380 330 48 15,840 4.38 69,379 400 350 44 15,400 3.19 49,126 290 240 43 10,320 2.60 26,832 300 225 43 9,675 2.31 22,349 300 200 54 10,800 2.45 26,460 300 200 53 10,600 2.05 21,730 330 190 42 7,980 2.50 19,950 380 230 46 10,580 3.05 32,269 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 51 FIELD CROPS--Acreage, Yield, Production and Value of Production, Georgia, 1996-2003 Unit 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 PEANUTS Acres Planted 1,000 Acres 535 520 540 546 494 515 510 545 Acres Harvested 1,000 Acres 533 519 537 544 492 514 505 540 Yield per Acre Pounds 2,690 2,570 2,815 2,575 2,700 3,330 2,600 3,450 Production 1,000 Lbs 1,433,770 1,333,830 1,511,655 1,400,800 1,328,400 1,711,620 1,313,000 1,863,000 Mkt Yr Avg Price per Lb 29.7 30.3 30.3 27.2 28.6 22.7 17.5 18.5 Value of Production 1,000 Dols 425,830 404,150 458,031 381,018 379,922 388,538 229,775 344,655 TOBACCO-FLUE CURED Acres Planted 1/ 1,000 Acres Acres Harvested 1,000 Acres Yield per Acre Pounds Production 1,000 Lbs Mkt Yr Avg Price per Lb Value of Production 1,000 Dols 46.0 46.0 2,470 113,620 181.3 205,993 43.0 43.0 2,075 89,225 171.2 152,753 41.0 41.0 2,200 90,200 170.7 153,971 33.0 33.0 1,940 64,020 168.5 107,874 31.0 31.0 2,220 68,820 174.6 120,160 26.1 26.1 2,460 64,206 185.5 119,102 26.5 26.5 2,000 53,000 184.5 97,785 27.0 27.0 2,200 59,400 185.5 110,187 COTTON Acres Planted 1,000 Acres Acres Harvested 1,000 Acres Yield per Acre Pounds Production 1,000's of 480 Lb Bales Mkt Yr Avg Price per Lb Value of Production 1,000 Dols 1,340 1,336 747 1,440 1,425 646 1,370 1,280 578 1,470 1,300 579 1,500 1,350 591 1,490 1,480 720 1,450 1,360 557 1,300 1,290 785 2,079 70.5 703,534 1,919 67.7 623,598 1,542 61.4 454,458 1,567 45.3 340,728 1,663 55.6 443,821 2,220 30.6 326,074 1,578 44.3 335,546 2,110 61.4 621,859 COTTONSEED Acres Planted 1,000 Acres Acres Harvested 1,000 Acres Yield per Acre Pounds Production 1,000 Tons Mkt Yr Avg Price $ per Ton Value of Production 1,000 Dols 681 105.00 71,505 660 108.00 71,280 526 105.00 55,230 546 73.00 39,858 563 88.00 49,544 764 66.50 50,806 544 78.00 42,432 732 95.50 69,906 ALL HAY Acres Planted 1/ 1,000 Acres Acres Harvested 1,000 Acres Yield per Acre Tons Production 1,000 Tons Mkt Yr Avg Price $ per Ton Baled Value of Production 1,000 Dols 600 600 2.8 1,680 62.50 105,000 600 600 2.6 1,560 59.00 92,040 650 650 2.3 1,495 71.00 106,145 600 600 2.5 1,500 64.00 96,000 650 650 2.4 1,560 59.00 92,040 650 650 3.0 1,950 58.00 113,100 650 650 2.4 1,560 57.00 88,920 600 600 3.0 1,800 60.00 108,000 TOTAL CROPS Acres Planted 1/ 1,000 Acres 4,306 4,333 4,041 3,859 Acres Harvested 1,000 Acres 3,895 3,902 3,338 3,297 Yield per Acre Pounds Production 1,000 Lbs Mkt Yr Avg Price per Lb Value of Production 1,000 Dols 1,845,743 1,598,304 1,342,274 1,085,267 1/ Harvested acres substituted for planted acres for tobacco and hay. 3,860 3,213 3,861 3,340 1,191,681 1,115,974 3,892 3,272 3,807 3,270 927,717 1,426,496 52 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE CORN AND SORGHUM SILAGE--Acreage, Yield and Production, Georgia, 1996-2003 Unit 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Corn for Silage Acres Harvested 1,000 Acres 45 40 55 Yield per Acre Tons 14 17 10 Production 1,000 Tons 630 680 550 Sorghum for Silage Acres Harvested 1,000 Acres 20 15 15 Yield per Acre Tons 10 10 9 Production 1,000 Tons 200 150 135 45 45 13 15 585 675 15 15 10 9 150 135 40 40 18 17 720 680 20 20 10 12 200 240 2003 45 17 765 15 12 180 CORN HARVESTED FOR Grain--Irrigated and Non-Irrigated Acres Harvested, Yield, Production, Georgia, 1996-2003 Unit 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Acres Harvested for Grain Non-Irrigated 1,000 Acres 345 300 90 160 100 100 130 135 Irrigated 1,000 Acres 180 150 175 140 140 120 160 150 Total 1,000 Acres 525 450 265 300 240 220 290 285 Yield per Acre Non-Irrigated Bushels 68 85 27 66 48 92 55 102 Irrigated Bushels 146 145 115 145 149 169 155 153 Total Bushels 95 105 85 103 107 134 110 129 Production Non-Irrigated 1,000 Bushels 23,600 25,500 2,400 10,600 4,820 9,200 7,100 13,770 Irrigated 1,000 Bushels 26,275 21,750 20,125 20,300 20,860 20,280 24,800 22,995 Total 1,000 Bushels 49,875 47,250 22,525 30,900 25,680 29,480 31,900 36,765 Thousand Acres 400 CORN ACRES HARVESTED FOR GRAIN Irrigated and Non-Irrigated Georgia, 1996 - 2003 300 200 100 0 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Year 2001 Non-irrigated Irrigated 2002 2003 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 53 Item Hay, All Acres Harvested Yield per Acre Production Apples Total Production Corn for Grain Acres Harvested Yield per Acre Production Cotton, Upland Acres Harvested Yield per Acre Production Oats Acres Harvested Yield per Acre Production Peaches Total Production Peanuts Acres Harvested Yield per Acre Production Pecans Production Rye Acres Harvested Yield per Acre Production CROPS RECORDS--Acreage, Yield and Production, Georgia 1/ Records Began Record Low Record High Unit Year Quantity Year(s) Quantity Year(s) 1909 1,000 Acres 316 Tons 0.33 1,000 Tons 177 1909 1925 1925 1,617 3.0 1,950 1943 1991, 1994, 2001, 2003 1994, 2001 1,000 Lbs 1976 9,000 2001 50,000 1984, 1987 1,000 Acres Bushels 1,000 Bu 1919 220 8.0 22,525 2001 1936 1998 4,508 134.0 133,920 1935 2001 1976 1866 1,000 Acres 115 Pounds 93 1,000 Bales 82 1978, 1983 1875 1977 5,157 843 2,769 1914 1994 1911 1,000 Acres Bushels 1,000 Bu 1866 25 8.0 1,012 1996, 1998, 1999, 2002 1871 1866 770 72.0 17,391 1882 2000 1945 1899 1,000 Lbs 0 1955 499,200 1928 1,000 Acres Pounds 1,000 Lbs 1,000 Lbs 1,000 Acres Bushels 1,000 Bu 1909 1919 1867 35 490 26,250 1,500 3 2.0 28 1910 1932 1910 1,169 3,450 2,228,550 1922 150,000 1950 1890 1950 110 27.0 2,730 1948 2003 1991 1993 1978, 1979 1988, 1994 1981 Sorghum Grain Acres Harvested Yield per Acre Production 1,000 Acres Bushels 1,000 Bu Soybeans Acres Harvested Yield per Acre Production 1,000 Acres Bushels 1,000 Bu Tobacco Acres Harvested Yield per Acre Production 1,000 Acres Pounds 1,000 Lbs Wheat Acres Harvested 1,000 Acres Yield per Acre Bushels Production 1,000 Bu 1/ Through crop year 2003. 1953 1924 1899 1866 10 1962, 1963 138 13.0 1954 50.0 143 1954 6,624 5 1928 2,350 5.0 1933, 1939 33.0 32 1928 63,450 2 1899-1906, 1908-1912 440 1902 880 1902 122 2,470 161,402 28 1930 1,370 4.0 1866, 1871, 1890 54.0 280 1930 46,010 1985 1991, 1994 1985 1982 2003 1982 1939 1996 1974 1982 2000 1981 54 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE GEORGIA: FIELD CROPS, USUAL PLANTING AND HARVESTING DATES Usual Planting Dates Usual Harvesting Dates Crop Begin Most Active Ends Begin Most Active Corn for Grain Mar 1 Mar 20-Apr15 May 5 Jul 25 Aug 15-Sep 5 Corn for Silage Mar 1 Mar 20-Apr 15 May 5 Jul 10 Jul 20-Aug 10 Cotton Apr 20 Apr 25-May 25 Jun 5 Sep 20 Oct 5-Nov 15 Oats, Fall Sep 20 Oct 5-Nov 20 Dec 10 May 20 Jun 1-Jun 20 Peanuts Apr 15 Apr 25-May 20 Jun 10 Sep 5 Sep 10-Oct 15 Rye Sep 20 Oct 5-Nov 10 Dec 5 May 10 May 25-Jun 20 Sorghum for Grain Apr 15 Apr 30-Jun 5 Jul 5 Aug 20 Sep 10-Oct 15 Sorghum for Silage Apr 15 Apr 30-Jun 5 Jul 5 Jun 25 Jul 15-Aug 20 Soybeans May 5 May 25-Jun 20 Jul 5 Oct 1 Nov 1-Nov 25 Tobacco Flue Cured Mar 20 Apr 1-Apr 10 Apr 25 Jun 20 Jul 10-Aug 15 Wheat Oct 5 Nov 15-Dec 5 Dec 15 May 20 Jun 1-Jun 15 Ends Oct 10 Sep 1 Dec 15 Jun 25 Nov 1 Jun 25 Nov 25 Sep 1 Dec 15 Sep 1 Jun 30 GEORGIA: VEGETABLES, USUAL PLANTING AND HARVESTING DATES Usual Harvesting Dates Crop Usual Planting Dates Begin Most Active Fresh Market: Cabbage, Spring Dec 15-Feb 27 Mar 20 Apr 1-Jun 15 Cabbage, Summer Apr 1-Jul 31 Jul 1 Jul 5-Oct 15 Cantaloups Mar 1-May 1 Jun 1 Jun 15-Jul 31 Snap Beans, Spring Mar 1-Apr 20 May 1 May 10-Jun 20 Snap Beans, Summer May 1-May 15 Jul 1 Jul 15-Aug 1 Snap Beans, Fall Jul 15-Aug 20 Oct 1 Oct 10 Tomatoes Mar 1-Jun 1 May 25 Jun 1-Sep 1 Watermelons, Spring Feb 15-Mar 1 Jun 15 Jun 15-Jun 30 Watermelons, Summer Mar 1-Apr 15 Jul 1 Jul 1-Aug 15 Processing: Cucumbers Mar 1-Sep 1 May 5 May 15-Oct 20 Snapbeans Apr 1-Apr 10 Jun 1 Jun 1-Jun 15 Ends Jun 30 Dec 15 Aug 25 Jun 30 Aug 15 Oct 15 Sep 15 Jun 30 Sep 15 Oct 31 Jun 30 Crop Apples Blueberries Grapes Peaches Pecans GEORGIA: FRUIT, FULL BLOOM AND HARVESTING DATES Harvest Dates Dates of Full Bloom Begin Most Active Apr 10-Apr 20 Aug 1 Sep 1-Sep 30 Mar 15-Mar 30 Apr 15 May 10-Jun 30 May 1-May 20 Jul 25 Aug 1-Sep 30 Mar 10-Mar 30 May 15 Jun 1-Aug 1 May 5-May 20 Oct 1 Oct 15-Dec 15 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE Ends Nov 10 Sep 1 Oct 15 Aug 15 Jan 1 55 Date OFF FARM GRAIN STOCKS--Quarterly, Georgia, 2001-2003 1/ 2001 2002 2003 CORN Mar 1 Jun 1 Sep 1 Dec 1 6,879 4,365 3,455 9,162 6,810 5,239 3,653 6,978 5,692 5,391 2,720 6,603 OATS Mar 1 Jun 1 Sep 1 Dec 1 149 62 68 177 * 27 222 83 162 134 82 33 WHEAT Mar 1 2,212 1840 * Jun 1 944 716 * Sep 1 4,718 * * Dec 1 2,906 * * 1/ Includes stocks at mills, elevators, warehouses, terminals and processors. * Not published to avoid disclosure of individual operations. GRAIN STOCKS CAPACITY --December 1, Georgia, 1996-2003 Unit 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Number of Facilities Off Farm Storage Capacity Off Farm On Farm 1,000 Bu 1,000 Bu 218 206 202 187 197 188 188 155 54,470 80,000 50,430 90,000 49,930 80,000 45,840 85,000 46,525 80,000 46,350 75,000 46,750 75,000 45,000 75,000 Month May 1 Dec 1 HAY STOCKS ON FARMS--Georgia, 1996-2003 Unit 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1,000 Tons 150 302 203 209 240 190 1,000 Tons 924 1,045 1,000 1,245 950 1,599 2002 350 1,400 2003 230 1,494 56 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE Month Ending 2002 Sep Oct Nov Dec U.S. STOCKS OF PEANUTS AT MONTH'S END--2002-2004 1/ Farmer Stock Shelled Peanuts 2/ Farmer Stock Equivalent Roasting Stock (In Shell) Shelled Peanuts Total 3/ --1,000 Pounds-- 582,400 1,380,798 1,718,116 1,828,406 380,932 421,269 452,369 469,938 31,619 37,511 39,144 38,556 506,640 560,288 601,651 625,018 1,120,659 1,978,597 2,358,911 2,491,980 2003 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1,533,676 1,303,398 1,018,396 856,566 688,530 291,632 123,428 79,508 503,790 1,751,676 1,876,712 1,713,440 508,302 537,927 570,988 591,059 601,535 603,983 528,417 362,015 279,008 310,656 347,835 403,787 44,489 50,539 52,521 61,534 66,400 62,288 48,900 33,667 17,038 27,898 38,075 41,454 676,042 715,443 759,414 786,108 800,042 803,297 702,795 481,480 371,081 413,172 462,621 537,037 2,254,207 2,069,380 1,830,331 1,704,208 1,554,972 1,157,217 875,123 594,655 891,909 2,192,746 2,377,408 2,291,931 2004 Jan 1,514,778 486,588 45,364 647,162 2,207,304 Feb 1,321,872 553,751 52,633 736,489 2,110,994 Mar 1,052,508 614,596 69,229 817,413 1,939,150 Apr 805,224 636,162 68,508 846,095 1,719,827 May 607,738 647,616 73,927 861,329 1,542,994 Jun 476,266 636,861 79,634 847,025 1,402,925 1/ Excludes stocks on farms. Includes stocks owned by or held for account of CCC in commercial storages. Farmer stock on net weight basis. 2/ Includes shelled edible grades, shelled oil stock, and shelled seed (untreated). 3/ Actual farmer stock, plus roasting stock, plus shelled peanuts X 1.33. State 1996 SOYBEANS--Percent of Acreage Planted Following Another Crop, Selected States, 1996-2004 1/ 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 AL AR DE FL GA IL IN KS KY LA MD MS MO NJ NC OH OK PA SC TN TX VA WV 2/ 14 21 26 36 26 8 13 12 11 32 23 25 23 28 23 21 16 16 51 60 43 31 49 44 39 37 29 15 27 15 0 39 0 38 38 41 50 44 42 44 32 39 37 33 61 5 5 5 5 4 3 4 5 5 6 5 4 2 2 1 2 3 3 5 1 2 2 3 6 5 7 2 45 34 51 36 37 28 29 24 34 8 7 6 6 13 5 9 9 10 47 48 33 33 36 31 30 43 43 13 8 5 9 9 13 9 4 8 13 9 13 7 9 11 10 7 10 19 33 21 33 25 2 21 22 13 40 43 44 50 39 38 42 41 31 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 26 26 11 16 19 8 24 24 34 18 26 18 16 6 11 18 11 7 55 66 48 45 38 48 42 38 38 39 31 35 28 32 32 35 28 32 1 9 3 4 13 1 8 5 3 66 60 45 43 29 48 24 34 37 0 7 4 1 17 US 9 8 7 6 6 6 6 5 6 1/ Data as obtained from area frame samples. These data do not represent official estimates of the Agricultural Statistics Board but provide raw data as obtained from survey respondents. The purpose of these data is to portray trends in soybean production practices. 2/ Estimates began in 2000. 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 57 FRUITS, NUTS, AND VEGETABLES Million Pounds 200 FRUIT AND NUTS Utilized Production Georgia, 1996 - 2003 150 100 50 0 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Year Peaches Pecans Apples, Grapes and Blueberries Million Dollars 120 FRUIT AND NUTS Value of Utilized Production Georgia, 1996 - 2003 100 80 60 40 20 0 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Year 2001 2002 2003 Peaches Pecans Apples, Grapes and Blueberries 58 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE FRUITS, NUTS, AND VEGETABLES HIGHLIGHTS - 2003 CROP YEAR PEACHES Value of production for most of Georgia's fruit, nut and vegetable crops increased in 2003. Eight of the commodities in the estimating program gained in value from the revised totals of 2002. Prices and value of six vegetable crops, snap beans, sweet corn, onions, bell peppers, tomatoes, and watermelons rose from the previous year. Blueberries and pecans were the only fruit and nut crops with value of production greater than 2002. Price declines for cabbage, cantaloupes, cucumbers, squash, apples and grapes resulted in a decrease in value of production from 2002. Onions continued as the most valuable vegetable crop in Georgia, at $75 million, and regained the value lost from the lower production in 2002. Pecans remain the number one fruit and nut crop in 2003 with a value of $69.6 million, up 55 percent from 2002. Bell peppers exhibited the largest expansion in value, at $40.5 million, more than double the value of 2002. Production jumped 53 percent from the previous year, while prices gained 50 percent to $30.00 per hundredweight (cwt.). Cabbage value, meanwhile, dropped 60 percent from a year earlier to $15.3 million. Production totaled only 1.27 million cwt., down 57 percent from a year earlier. Prices also declined, averaging $12.00 per cwt., compared with $13.00 in 2002. ONIONS Onion production in 2003 rebounded from the diseased plagued crop of 2002, totaling 2.19 million cwt., an increase of 52 percent. Even with above normal rainfall through the harvest season, disease problems were kept to a minimum. A few fields were abandoned because of wet conditions. Planted acreage dropped to 14,000 acres, 700 less than in 2002, while acreage harvested numbered 12,500 acres. This was up 1,000 acres or 9 percent from the previous year. Yield per acre averaged 175 cwt. per acre, compared with the 2002 yield of 125 cwt. Prices continued strong in 2003, averaging $34.30 per cwt., $2.10 more than 2002. PECANS Georgia's pecan production totaled 75 million pounds, up 67 percent from the 45 million pounds produced in 2002. In the alternate bearing cycle for pecans, 2003 was the "on year" and trees produced a large nut set in early spring. However, frequent rains through the summer created extensive disease and insect pressures. Growers' attempts at controls were hampered by the rain and cloudy conditions. Scab disease was considered the worst ever. As a result, final production turned out less than earlier expected. Final production of seedling varieties totaled 15 million pounds, five times the three million pounds produced in 2002. Improved varieties reached 60 million pounds, 43 percent above the 42 million pounds in 2002. Georgia continued the leading pecan producing state, with 27 percent of the Nation's production in 2003. Texas remained in second place with 70 million pounds in 2003. Georgia prices declined slightly to 92.8 cents per pound, compared with $1.00 per pound for the 2002 crop. Peach production in 2003 totaled 110 million pounds in Georgia, 22 percent more than the revised 2002 total. Utilized production, the amount sold plus the quantities used at home or held in storage, gained 26 percent to 106 million pounds. Above normal rainfall provided for good fruit size, and producers were able to keep diseases under control. Georgia's total production ranked 2nd to California in 2003 with South Carolina's production 3rd. Because of the expanded production, Georgia's marketing year prices slumped to 28 cents per pound, down 10.3 cents per pound from 2002. The value of production amounted to $29.6 million, 92 percent of the revised 2002 value of $32.1 million. Acreage and yield revisions were made to 2000, 2001 and 2002 crops based on the latest Census of Agriculture. TOMATOES Tomato production in 2003 totaled 1.53 million cwt., 8 percent less than the revised production of 2002. Harvested acres dropped 18 percent or 1,000 acres from 2002 to 4,500 acres, while planted acres slid 400 acres to 5,300. Yields, however, improved from 2002 to average 340 cwt. per acre, a gain of 13 percent. Prices also recovered from 2002, averaging $31.50 per cwt., a jump of $11.50 per cwt. The value of production amounted to $48.2 million, making tomatoes the second most valuable vegetable crop in Georgia in 2003. SWEET CORN Production of sweet corn totaled 2.8 million cwt. in 2003, 10 percent less than a year earlier. Although planted acres, at 26,000, remained unchanged from 2002, harvested acres amounted to only 20,000, 5,000 less than the previous year. Above normal rainfall hindered harvest and interrupted pesticide applications. Yield per harvested acre averaged 140 cwt., compared with 125 cwt. per acre in 2002. Prices improved to $16.50 per cwt., up $2.50 from the previous year and the highest on record. This allowed the value of production to reach $46.2 million, 6 percent more than in 2002. Georgia's acreage and production continued the 4th highest in the country, behind Florida, New York, and California. WATERMELONS Value of production of watermelons in 2003 climbed to $41.9 million, an increase of 23 percent from the revised totals of 2002. This boost in value results from a record price of $7.80 per cwt., $1.20 more than the previous high in 1995. Production dropped off to 5.38 million cwt., 8 percent less than 2002's revised production. Yields averaged 215 cwt. per acre, down 16 percent from the 255 cwt. yield in 2002. Planted acres totaled 26,500 for 2003, 7 percent more than the previous year. Acreage harvested, at 25,000 acres, gained 9 percent or 2,000 acres from 2002. Georgia ranked 2nd to Texas in the number of planted and harvested watermelon acres in 2003. 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 59 FRUIT CROPS--Acreage, Yield, Production, Price, and Value, Georgia, 1996-2003 Unit 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Apples Bearing Age Acres 1/ 1,700 1,400 1,400 1,300 1,200 1,200 1,200 1,200 Yield per Acre 2/ Lbs 8,820 10,700 7,860 9,230 11,700 7,500 8,330 10,800 Total Production Mil Lbs 15.0 15.0 11.0 12.0 14.0 9.0 10.0 13.0 Utilized Production Mil Lbs 14.0 14.0 8.0 11.0 13.0 8.9 9.9 12.9 Season Average Price per Lb 16.4 13.7 16.1 17.4 18.8 23.0 18.0 10.6 Value of Utilized Production 1,000 Dols 2,300 1,922 1,289 1,919 2,443 2,051 1,779 1,368 Blueberries Harvested Acres 3,500 4,000 4,400 4,400 4,600 4,600 4,500 4,500 Yield per Acre 3/ Lbs 1,570 3,250 1,700 2,500 4,130 3,700 3,780 3,780 Total Production Mil Lbs 6.0 14.0 9.0 12.0 20.0 18.0 17.0 17.0 Utilized Production Mil Lbs 5.5 13.0 7.5 11.0 19.0 17.0 17.0 17.0 Season Average Price per Lb 80.3 71.8 77.0 91.6 97.1 79.7 102.0 111.0 Value of Utilized Production 1,000 Dols 4,415 9,330 5,775 10,080 18,450 13,550 17,420 18,790 Grapes Bearing Age Acres 1/ 1,300 1,200 1,400 1,200 1,200 1,100 1,100 1,100 Yield per Acre 2/ Tons 2.15 2.17 2.29 2.75 2.92 2.91 2.55 2.82 Total Production Tons 2,800 2,600 3,200 3,300 3,500 3,200 2,800 3,100 Utilized Production Tons 2,600 2,300 2,900 3,000 3,200 3,200 2,760 2,800 Season Average Price $ per Ton 1,050 933 1,110 1,170 1,230 1,050 1,060 978 Value of Utilized Production 1,000 Dols 2,727 2,147 3,210 3,500 3,920 3,370 2,936 2,738 Peaches Bearing Age Acres 1/ 21,000 20,000 20,000 18,000 16,000 14,000 12,000 12,000 Yield per Acre 2/ Lbs 480 8,000 3,500 6,110 7,190 10,000 7,500 9,170 Total Production Mil Lbs 10.0 160.0 70.0 110.0 115.0 140.0 90.0 110.0 Utilized Production Mil Lbs 10.0 145.0 65.0 105.0 110.0 125.0 84.0 106.0 Season Average Price per Lb 33.8 24.3 34.5 37.3 37.9 28.0 38.3 28.0 Value of Utilized Production 1,000 Dols 3,380 35,235 22,440 39,171 41,703 35,033 32,148 29,642 1/ Bearing acreage estimates are primarily based on periodic orchard surveys. In non-survey years, acreage is based on trends, County Extension Service data, end of year production surveys, and other indications. 2/ Yield is based on total production which includes unharvested production and fruit harvested but not sold due to market conditions. 3/ Yield is based on utilized production. PECANS--Utilized Production, Price, and Value, Georgia, 1996-2003 Unit 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Improved Pecans Utilized Production 1,000 Lbs 80,000 77,000 35,000 85,000 65,000 85,000 Season Average Price per Lb 64.6 90.4 124.0 89.0 123.0 66.0 Value of Utilized Production 1,000 Dols 51,680 69,608 43,400 75,650 79,950 56,100 2002 42,000 102.0 42,840 2003 60,000 100.0 60,000 Seedling Pecans Utilized Production 1,000 Lbs Season Average Price per Lb Value of Utilized Production 1,000 Dols 10,000 45.2 4,520 23,000 59.1 13,593 5,000 111.0 5,550 35,000 59.0 20,650 15,000 98.0 14,700 25,000 45.0 11,250 3,000 68.0 2,040 15,000 64.0 9,600 All Pecans Utilized Production 1,000 Lbs Season Average Price per Lb Value of Utilized Production 1,000 Dols 90,000 100,000 62.4 83.2 56,200 83,201 40,000 122.0 48,950 120,000 80.3 96,300 80,000 118.0 94,650 110,000 61.2 67,350 45,000 100.0 44,880 75,000 92.8 69,600 60 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE FRESH MARKET VEGETABLES--Acreage, Yield, Production, and Value, Georgia, 1996-2003 1/ Unit 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Beans, Snap Planted Acres 16,000 13,000 13,000 16,000 16,000 17,000 18,500 18,000 Harvested Acres 13,500 12,000 12,000 14,500 15,500 16,500 17,000 16,000 Yield per Acre Cwt 37 44 52 41 56 60 43 50 Production 1,000 Cwt 500 528 624 595 868 990 731 800 Price per Cwt Dollars 32.00 30.00 28.00 32.00 34.00 22.00 32.00 40.00 Value of Production 1,000 Dols 16,000 15,840 17,472 19,040 29,512 21,780 23,392 32,000 Cabbage Planted Acres Harvested Acres Yield per Acre Cwt Production 1,000 Cwt Price per Cwt Dollars Value of Production 1,000 Dols 8,000 7,000 355 2,485 10.60 26,341 8,100 8,000 350 2,800 8.00 22,400 8,500 7,500 330 2,475 8.30 20,543 8,400 8,100 280 2,268 8.80 19,958 8,500 7,600 350 2,660 10.00 26,600 9,400 9,000 300 2,700 8.70 23,490 11,500 10,000 295 2,950 13.00 38,350 11,400 9,800 130 1,274 12.00 15,288 Cantaloupes Planted Acres Harvested Acres Yield per Acre Cwt Production 1,000 Cwt Price per Cwt Dollars Value of Production 1,000 Dols 4,000 3,500 180 630 11.90 7,497 4,800 4,100 140 574 11.70 6,716 5,500 5,000 120 600 16.80 10,080 6,800 6,500 170 1,105 13.40 14,807 6,800 5,500 165 908 8.50 7,718 5,900 5,300 160 848 12.00 10,176 5,700 5,500 220 1,210 15.00 18,150 6,100 6,000 215 1,290 12.50 16,125 Carrots 2/3/ Planted Acres Harvested Acres Yield per Acre Cwt Production 1,000 Cwt Price per Cwt Dollars Value of Production 1,000 Dols 4,000 3,200 180 576 11.50 6,624 3,600 3,500 290 1,015 12.00 12,180 4,800 4,700 300 1,410 12.00 16,920 Corn, Sweet Planted Acres Harvested Acres Yield per Acre Cwt Production 1,000 Cwt Price per Cwt Dollars Value of Production 1,000 Dols 19,000 17,000 120 2,040 11.10 22,644 19,000 18,000 130 2,340 10.70 25,038 19,000 18,000 150 2,700 12.90 34,830 22,000 21,000 180 3,780 14.00 52,920 23,000 21,000 160 3,360 12.50 42,000 25,500 25,000 130 3,250 14.60 47,450 26,000 25,000 125 3,125 14.00 43,750 26,000 20,000 140 2,800 16.50 46,200 Cucumbers Planted Acres Harvested Acres Yield per Acre Cwt Production 1,000 Cwt Price per Cwt Dollars Value of Production 1,000 Dols 13,000 12,500 125 1,563 13.60 21,257 13,500 13,000 170 2,210 12.20 26,962 14,000 13,000 200 2,600 13.90 36,140 15,000 14,000 190 2,660 12.00 31,920 12,000 11,000 160 1,760 13.00 22,880 13,600 13,000 175 2,275 12.80 29,120 14,300 13,000 200 2,600 11.30 29,380 13,000 12,500 170 2,125 10.60 22,525 Onions, Spring Planted Acres 16,000 16,200 15,000 16,000 15,000 14,500 14,700 14,000 Harvested Acres 14,700 15,800 13,900 14,500 12,400 13,500 11,500 12,500 Yield per Acre Cwt 120 220 160 190 255 190 125 175 Production 1,000 Cwt 1,764 3,476 2,224 2,755 3,162 2,565 1,438 2,188 Price per Cwt Dollars 30.50 25.60 30.90 27.10 26.00 27.50 32.20 34.30 Value of Production 1,000 Dols 53,800 88,990 68,722 74,661 82,212 70,538 46,304 75,048 1/ Estimates discontinued in 2002 (Lima Beans, Eggplant, Collard Greens, Mustard Greens, Turnip Greens, Kale and Okra). 2/ Estimates began in 2000. 3/ 2003 data not published to avoid disclosing individual operations. 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 61 FRESH MARKET VEGETABLES--Acreage, Yield, Production, and Value, Georgia, 1996-2003 1/ Unit 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Peppers, Bell 2/ Planted Acres 5,200 4,200 4,600 4,800 Harvested Acres 5,000 4,000 4,400 4,500 Yield per Acre Cwt 170 200 200 300 Production 1,000 Cwt 850 800 880 1,350 Price per Cwt Dollars 26.60 28.00 20.00 30.00 Value of Production 1,000 Dols 22,610 22,400 17,600 40,500 Squash 2/ Planted Acres Harvested Acres Yield per Acre Cwt Production 1,000 Cwt Price per Cwt Dollars Value of Production 1,000 Dols 12,000 10,500 220 2,310 24.80 57,199 9,000 7,900 125 988 21.20 20,990 9,100 8,600 165 1,428 31.00 44,268 10,000 9,500 130 1,244 28.00 34,832 Tomatoes Planted Acres Harvested Acres Yield per Acre Cwt Production 1,000 Cwt Price per Cwt Dollars Value of Production 1,000 Dols 3,400 3,000 400 1,200 24.30 29,160 3,600 3,500 420 1,470 25.70 37,779 3,600 3,500 260 910 31.50 28,665 3,800 3,700 300 1,110 26.60 29,526 4,000 3,900 350 1,365 24.50 33,443 4,900 4,700 365 1,716 25.00 42,900 5,700 5,500 300 1,650 20.00 33,000 5,300 4,500 340 1,530 31.50 48,195 Watermelons Planted Acres 36,000 27,000 27,000 28,000 28,000 24,000 24,700 26,500 Harvested Acres 30,000 25,000 23,000 25,000 24,000 22,000 23,000 25,000 Yield per Acre Cwt 225 210 220 195 195 265 255 215 Production 1,000 Cwt 6,750 5,250 5,060 4,875 4,680 5,830 5,865 5,375 Price per Cwt Dollars 4.00 5.50 5.00 5.00 4.60 5.00 5.80 7.80 Value of Production 1,000 Dols 27,000 28,875 25,300 24,375 21,528 29,150 34,017 41,925 1/ Estimates discontinued in 2002 (Lima Beans, Eggplant, Collard Greens, Mustard Greens, Turnip Greens, Kale and Okra). 2/ Estimates began in 2000. 62 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE LIVESTOCK AND DAIRY Thousand Head 120 MILK COWS Number on Farms Georgia, 1996-2003 100 97 97 93 90 88 86 85 85 80 60 40 20 0 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Year Million Dollars 400 CATTLE AND CALVES Cash Receipts Georgia, 1996-2003 350 300 250 200 150 100 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Year 2001 2002 2003 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 63 LIVESTOCK AND DAIRY HIGHLIGHTS -- 2003 Cattle and hog inventory levels declined from the previous year, while prices regained some of the losses from 2002. All cattle and calves on January 1, 2004, totaled 1,250,000 head, down 40,000 from January 1, 2003. Prices for cattle weighing more than 500 pounds averaged $53.60 per hundredweight (cwt). in 2003, compared with $49.20 per cwt. in 2002. Calves less than 500 pounds, averaged $95.80 per cwt. in 2003, $8.80 cwt. more than in 2002. Hogs on December 1, 2003 totaled 295,000 head, 50,000 less than on December 1, 2002. Prices averaged $36.40 per cwt. for the 2003 marketing year, compared with $33.20 per cwt. for 2002. Milk prices in 2003 averaged $13.40 per cwt., up from $13.20 per cwt. in 2002. Georgia ranked 23rd in the nation in pounds of milk produced in 2003. Cash receipts from marketing of dairy and livestock products totaled $590 million during 2003, up 14 percent from 2002. CATTLE Georgia's cattle herd totaled 1.25 million head on January 1, 2004, down 3 percent from the previous year. Georgia's inventory ranked 26th in the nation. The United States' cattle inventory on January 1, 2004 amounted to 94.9 million head, down 1 percent from January 1, 2003. Beef cows numbered 616,000 in Georgia on January 1, 2004, down 1 percent from 2003. Heifers for beef cow replacement totaled 85,000 head, 6 percent less than the 90,000 the previous year. Milk cows, including those dry and being milked, dropped to 84,000 head on January 1, 2004, down 1,000 head from a year earlier. Milk cow replacement heifers were also down from last year, to 26,000 head, 10 percent less than January 1, 2003. The 2003 calf crop totaled 580,000 head, 3 percent less than the 2002 calf crop. There were 21,000 operations with cattle in Georgia in 2003, down 1,000 from 2002. The value of all cattle and calves on Georgia farms on January 1, 2004 amounted to $813 million, 5 percent more than a year earlier. Value per head averaged $650, compared with $600 on January 1 a year earlier. Cash receipts from the sale of cattle and calves in 2003 jumped to nearly $329 million, a hike of 24 percent from 2002. Marketings gained 12 percent to 623,000 head compared with 555,000 head marketed in 2002. Jackson County, with 29,000 head, is the leading county in the number of cattle and calves on January 1, 2004. Carroll County, although gaining 800 head from the previous year, fell to second place with 27,800 head. Franklin, Madison, and Morgan round out the top five counties in Georgia in total cattle and calves. MILK PRODUCTION Milk production in Georgia totaled 1.44 billion pounds in 2003, 2 percent less than the 2002 production. The annual average number of milk cows equaled 85,000 head, the same as in 2002. Production per cow averaged 16,988 pounds for 2003, a decline of 306 pounds from the previous year. Six hundred and forty operations in Georgia had milk cows in 2003, 20 operations less than in 2002. Cash receipts from marketings of Georgia produced milk totaled $192 million, down $698 thousand from 2002. Prices received in 2003 averaged $13.40 per cwt., compared with $13.20 per cwt. in 2002. Macon County continues as the leading county in number of milk cows with 10,800 head on January 1, 2004, followed by Putnam County with 7,300 head and Morgan County with 5,900. RED MEAT PRODUCTION Red meat production in commercial plants in Georgia during 2003 totaled 248 million pounds, down 3 percent from the 257 million pounds produced in 2002. Red meat includes beef, veal, pork, lamb and mutton slaughtered. Calves, hogs, and sheep totals are not published to avoid disclosing individual operations. Per capita consumption of red meat in the U.S. in 2003 slumped to 118 pounds, off 2 percent from the 120 pounds consumed in 2002. HOGS Hog and pigs in Georgia on December 1, 2003 numbered 295,000 head, 14 percent less than a year earlier. Breeding inventory, at 48,000 head, dropped 4 percent from December 1, 2002, while market hogs dipped to 247,000 head, 16 percent less than the previous year. The annual pig crop for 2003 totaled 846,000 head, 96 percent of the 884,000 born during 2002. Sows farrowing during 2003, at 96,000 head, were also down 4 percent from the previous year's farrowings of 100,000. The annual pigs per litter rate averaged 8.81 for 2003, compared with 8.84 pigs saved per litter for 2002. The number of operations with hogs in 2003 totaled 1,100, the same as 2002. Georgia ranked 21st among all States in the number of hogs and pigs on December 1, 2003. The value of hogs and pigs in Georgia on December 1, 2003, totaled $18 million, 14 percent less than a year earlier. The value per head equaled last year's average of $61.00. Marketings of hogs and pigs in 2003 reached 949,000 head, 9 percent more than the 867,000 head marketed in 2002. Cash receipts amounted to $68.8 million in 2003, compared with $58.8 million for 2002. Prices averaged $36.40 per cwt., up $3.20 from 2002. 64 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE CATTLE AND CALVESInventory and Value, January 1, Georgia, 1996-2004 Unit 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 All Cattle and Calves 1,000 Head 1,470 1,390 1,300 1,300 1,310 1,270 1,240 1,290 2004 1,250 Value Average per Head Total Dollars 1,000 $ 425 410 500 520 590 630 640 600 650 624,750 569,900 650,000 676,000 772,900 800,100 793,600 774,000 812,500 CATTLE AND CALVESInventory, January 1, Georgia, 1996-2004 Unit 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Cows and Heifers that have Calved Beef Cows 1,000 Head 692 672 624 620 620 614 594 Milk Cows 1,000 Head 98 98 96 90 90 86 86 All Cows 1,000 Head 790 770 720 710 710 700 680 2003 625 85 710 2004 616 84 700 Heifers 500 pounds and over Beef Cow Replacements 1,000 Head 100 102 94 85 85 78 87 90 85 Milk Cow Replacements 1,000 Head 35 34 32 29 35 31 29 29 26 Other Heifers 1,000 Head 45 38 33 35 35 31 30 36 30 Total Heifers 1,000 Head 180 174 159 149 155 140 146 155 141 Steers 500 Pounds & Over CATTLE AND CALVESInventory, January 1, Georgia, 1996-2004 Unit 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 1,000 Head 51 42 40 50 50 46 40 Bulls 500 Pounds & Over 1,000 Head 44 43 41 41 40 39 39 Steer, Heifer, & Bull Calves Under 500 Pounds 1,000 Head 405 361 340 350 355 345 335 Cattle & Calves on Feed 1,000 Head 10 5 5 2 3 3 3 1/ Included in Other States beginning in 2004. 2003 50 40 335 3 2004 40 39 330 1/ CATTLE AND CALVES-Number of Operations and Percent of Inventory by Size Groups, Georgia, 1996-2003 Unit 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Operations Having: 1-49 Head Number 17,200 17,200 16,300 16,000 16,000 15,000 14,800 13,500 50-99 Head Number 3,600 3,700 3,700 3,810 3,810 3,890 4,200 4,300 100-499 Head Number 3,000 2,800 2,700 2,900 2,900 2,800 2,700 2,900 500-999 Head Number 160 250 240 240 240 250 250 240 1,000+ Head Number 40 50 60 50 50 60 50 60 Inventory on Operation Having: 1-49 Head Percent 50-99 Head Percent 100-499 Head Percent 500-999 Head Percent 1,000+ Head Percent 25.0 24.0 19.0 20.0 44.0 39.0 7.5 11.0 4.5 6.0 23.0 22.0 21.0 20.0 20.0 16.5 20.0 20.0 20.0 21.0 21.0 22.0 38.0 40.0 41.0 40.0 40.0 42.0 11.0 11.5 11.5 11.5 12.0 12.0 8.0 6.5 6.5 7.5 7.0 7.5 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 65 CATTLE AND CALVES--Production and Income, Georgia, 1996-2003 Unit 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Production 1/ Marketings 2/ Price per 100 Lbs Cattle Calves Cash Receipts 3/ Value of Home Consumption Gross Income 1,000 Lbs 1,000 Lbs Dollars Dollars 1,000 $ 1,000 $ 1,000 $ 472,922 588,120 34.20 49.20 224,171 2,948 227,119 438,265 626,920 44.50 78.40 335,213 3,233 338,446 433,297 513,000 43.30 73.00 261,725 3,699 265,424 443,164 504,020 45.30 81.70 276,049 3,547 279,596 426,592 523,740 52.20 98.20 333,477 4,260 337,737 442,152 539,290 54.20 95.70 347,677 4,398 352,075 465,041 455,090 49.20 87.00 264,214 3,139 267,353 448,139 519,990 53.60 95.80 328,798 3,626 332,424 1/ Adjustments made for changes in inventory and for inshipments. 2/ Excludes interfarm sales. 3/ Receipts from marketings and sales of farm slaughter. Calves Born Cows that have Calved Inshipments Marketings 1/ Cattle Calves Farm Slaughter Cattle & Calves Deaths Cattle Calves 1/ Excludes interfarm sales. CALF CROP AND CATTLE DISPOSITION--Georgia, 1996-2003 Unit 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1,000 Head 620 580 590 590 580 580 1,000 Head 790 770 720 710 710 700 1,000 Head 111 186 125 114 110 125 1,000 Head 392 411 340 333 354 359 1,000 Head 353 380 307 301 314 317 1,000 Head 3 3 3 3 3 3 1,000 Head 26 23 26 23 23 23 1,000 Head 37 39 39 34 36 33 2002 600 680 67 305 250 3 24 35 2003 580 710 65 345 278 3 25 34 COW AND HEIFERS--Kept for Milk, Inventory and Value, Georgia, January 1, 1996-2004 Unit 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Cows and Heifers that have calved Value per Head 1/ Heifers, 500 lbs and Over 1/ Calendar year average. 1,000 Head Dollars 1,000 Head 98 1,140 35 98 1,150 34 96 1,150 32 90 1,340 29 90 1,370 35 86 1,570 31 86 1,650 29 85 1,410 29 2004 84 26 MILK COWS--Number of Operations and Percent of Inventory by Size Groups, Georgia, 1996-2003 Unit 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Operations Having: 1-29 Head 30-49 Head 50-99 Head 100-199 Head 200+ Head Number 540 520 500 400 370 320 290 290 Number 20 20 20 20 20 20 15 15 Number 140 120 100 110 110 90 85 75 Number 210 200 190 190 180 170 160 150 Number 140 140 140 130 130 120 110 110 Inventory on Operation Having: 1-29 Head Percent 1.1 2.1 3.0 0.5 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.8 30-49 Head Percent 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.7 0.7 50-99 Head Percent 11.0 10.0 8.0 9.5 9.0 8.0 7.5 6.5 100-199 Head Percent 30.0 29.0 28.0 31.0 29.0 28.0 26.0 25.0 200+ Head Percent 57.0 58.0 60.0 58.0 60.0 62.0 65.0 67.0 66 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE Unit Jan-Mar Apr-Jun Jul-Sep Oct-Dec 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 Annual Average 1,000 MILK COWSAverage Inventory, Quarterly, Georgia, 1996-2003 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 97 97 95 90 89 86 96 97 95 90 88 86 97 96 93 90 87 86 98 96 90 90 86 86 97 97 93 90 88 86 2002 85 85 85 85 85 2003 85 85 85 84 85 MILK PRODUCTION--Pounds per Cow, Quarterly, Georgia, 1996-2003 Unit 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Jan-Mar Apr-Jun Jul-Sep Oct-Dec Lbs 4,247 4,247 4,242 4,444 4,517 4,512 4,647 Lbs 3,979 4,072 4,011 4,356 4,364 4,488 4,718 Lbs 3,320 3,375 3,333 3,478 3,563 3,663 3,882 Lbs 3,776 3,719 3,811 3,822 3,919 4,000 4,047 Annual Average Lbs 15,320 15,340 15,452 16,100 16,284 16,663 17,294 2003 4,694 4,576 3,753 4,012 16,988 Jan-Mar Apr-Jun Jul-Sep Oct-Dec Annual MILK PRODUCTION--Total Pounds Produced, Quarterly, Georgia, 1996-2003 Unit 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Mil Lbs 412 412 403 400 402 388 395 Mil Lbs 382 395 381 392 384 386 401 Mil Lbs 322 324 310 313 310 315 330 Mil Lbs 370 357 343 344 337 344 344 Mil Lbs 1,486 1,488 1,437 1,449 1,433 1,433 1,470 2003 399 389 319 337 1,444 MILK PRODUCTION--Utilization, Milkfat and Value, Georgia, 1996-2003 Unit 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Total Milk Production Mil Lbs 1,486 1,488 1,437 1,449 1,433 1,433 1,470 1,444 Milk Marketed by Producers 1/ Mil Lbs 1,470 1,475 1,425 1,435 1,420 1,420 1,460 1,433 Price per 100 Pounds Dollars 16.30 14.70 16.60 16.00 12.90 15.90 13.20 13.40 Used on Farms Mil Lbs 16 13 12 14 13 13 10 11 Milkfat Percent 3.60 3.58 3.61 3.60 3.64 3.64 3.65 3.62 Cash Receipts from Marketings 1,000 $ 239,610 216,825 236,550 229,600 183,180 225,780 192,720 192,022 1/ Milk sold to plants and dealers as whole milk and equivalent amounts of milk for cream. Includes milk produced by dealers' own herds and milk sold directly to consumers. HOGS AND PIGSInventory and Value, December 1, Georgia, 1996-2003 Unit 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Total Inventory Breeding Market Value Average per Head Total 1,000 Head 1,000 Head 1,000 Head Dollars 1,000 $ 650 80 570 86.00 55,900 520 70 450 81.00 42,120 480 70 410 43.00 20,640 480 60 420 65.00 31,200 380 55 325 71.00 26,980 315 50 265 68.00 21,420 345 50 295 61.00 21,045 2003 295 48 247 61.00 17,995 HOGS--Production and Income, Georgia, 1996-2003 Unit 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Production 1/ 1,000 Lbs 266,456 230,861 185,623 226,207 226,396 176,834 161,852 155,543 Marketings 2/ 1,000 Lbs 272,115 254,877 195,213 236,863 240,148 188,726 163,081 169,916 Price per 100 Pounds Dollars 49.00 48.60 32.40 30.20 40.50 42.40 33.20 36.40 Cash Receipts 3/ 1,000 $ 135,503 127,292 65,321 74,056 103,676 87,546 58,824 68,834 Value of Home Consumption 1,000 $ 1,205 964 482 443 417 462 345 369 Gross Income 1,000 $ 136,708 128,256 65,803 74,499 104,093 88,008 59,169 69,203 1/ Adjustments made for changes in inventory and for inshipments. 2/ Excludes custom slaughter for use on farms where produced and interfarm sales within the State. 3/ Receipts from marketings and sale of farm slaughter. Includes allowance for higher average price of state inshipments and outshipments of feeder pigs. 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 67 1996 348.4 1997 294.9 RED MEAT PRODUCTION--Georgia, 1996-2003 1998 1999 2000 2001 --Million Pounds-- 280.9 302.2 328.0 327.0 2002 256.6 2003 248.0 Million Pounds 500 RED MEAT PRODUCTION Georgia, 1996-2003 450 400 350 300 250 200 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Year 2001 2002 2003 COMMERCIAL LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER Number, Average and Total Live Weight, by Class, Georgia, 1996-2003 1/ Unit 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 CATTLE Number Slaughtered 1,000 * * 359.1 404.0 452.0 461.4 362.9 361.0 Average Live Weight Pounds * * 1,131 1,131 1,139 1,144 1,228 1,206 Total Live Weight 1,000 Lbs * * 406,008 456,881 514,753 527,955 445,472 435,420 CALVES Number Slaughtered 1,000 0.7 4.2 * * * * * * Average Live Weight Pounds 376 139 * * * * * * Total Live Weight 1,000 Lbs 268 589 * * * * * * HOGS Number Slaughtered 1,000 * 309.6 296.5 249.7 212.6 182.2 155.2 * Average Live Weight Pounds * 265 273 291 316 298 251 * Total Live Weight 1,000 Lbs * 82,098 81,002 72,659 67,071 54,212 38,899 * SHEEP Number Slaughtered 1,000 2.1 2.4 3.4 4.5 5.1 4.6 7.1 * Average Live Weight Pounds 86 101 102 101 82 104 103 * Total Live Weight 1,000 Lbs 178 245 345 456 414 481 738 * 1/ Includes slaughter in federally inspected and in other slaughter plants, but excludes animals slaughtered on farms. * Indicates estimates not shown to avoid disclosing individual operations. 68 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE BEES--Colonies of Bees, Production, Price and Value, Georgia, 1996-2003 Unit 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Colonies of Bees 1,000 Colonies 75 75 75 65 55 55 Yield per Colony Pounds 68 46 56 51 57 57 Honey Production 1,000 Pounds 5,100 3,450 4,200 3,315 3,135 3,135 Average Price per Pound Dollars 0.880 0.790 0.690 0.640 0.630 0.700 Value of Honey Production 1,000 Dollars 4,488 2,726 2,898 2,122 1,975 2,195 2002 50 52 2,600 1.130 2,938 2003 52 65 3,380 1.280 4,326 Thousand Colonies BEES - Colonies, Honey Production, Value of Honey Production Georgia, 1996-2003 Thousands of Lbs or Dollars 6,000 5,000 100 4,000 3,000 50 2,000 1,000 0 0 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Year Colonies Honey Production Value of Production 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 69 AQUACULTURE CATFISH--NUMBER OF OPERATIONS AND WATER SURFACE ACRES Unit Jan 1, 2000 Jan 1, 2001 Jan 1, 2002 Jan 1, 2003 Georgia Number of Operations Number 60 60 50 43 Water Surface Acres Acres 990 1,200 1,220 960 United States Number of Operations Number 1,252 1,277 1,249 1,161 Water Surface Acres Acres 187,330 195,820 196,590 187,200 Jan 1, 2004 30 750 1,117 177,790 Georgia Foodsize Number Live Weight Total Average Per Pound Total Sales of All Catfish United States Foodsize Number Live Weight Total Average Per Pound Total Sales of All Catfish Unit 1,000 1,000 Pounds 1,000 Dollars Dollars 1,000 Dollars 1,000 1,000 Pounds 1,000 Dollars Dollars 1,000 Dollars CATFISH SALES 2000 2001 1,000 1,500 1,305 0.87 1,510 1,650 2,000 1,900 0.95 2,577 420,145 633,787 468,815 0.74 501,400 406,730 647,159 410,486 0.63 443,480 2002 1,240 1,670 1,202 0.72 1,411 406,995 675,813 380,046 0.56 411,413 2003 1,150 1,350 1,040 0.77 1,372 381,662 699,310 397,072 0.57 424,925 Georgia Number Sold Pounds Sold Value of Sales Average Value per Pound United States Number Sold Pounds Sold Value of Sales Average Value per Pound TROUT -- SALES OF FISH 12" OR LONGER Unit 2000 2001 1,000 385 265 1,000 370 265 1,000 Dollars 729 527 Dollars 1.97 1.99 1,000 1,000 1,000 Dollars Dollars 58,531 59,161 63,675 1.08 54,565 56,908 64,482 1.13 2002 160 215 529 2.46 50,191 54,401 58,492 1.08 2003 105 125 363 2.90 45,941 50,716 55,361 1.09 70 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE AGRICULTURAL PRICES Crop Apples Corn for Grain Cotton Cottonseed Grapes Hay Oats Peaches Peanuts Pecans Sorghum for Grain Soybeans Tobacco Wheat MARKETING YEAR FOR SPECIFIED CROPS--Georgia Marketing Year From June August August August July June July May August September September September July July Through May July July February October May June August July March August August November June PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS--Marketing Year Average Price, Georgia, 1996-2003 Commodity Unit 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 --Dollars-- Apples, All Lb 0.164 0.137 0.161 0.174 0.188 0.230 0.180 Blueberries, All Lb 0.803 0.718 0.770 0.916 0.971 0.797 1.020 Cabbage, Fresh Cwt 10.60 8.00 8.30 8.80 10.00 8.70 13.00 Cantaloupes, Fresh Cwt 11.90 11.70 16.80 13.40 8.50 12.00 15.00 Corn, for Grain Bu 3.58 2.90 2.46 2.27 2.06 2.32 2.70 Cotton Lint Lb 0.705 0.677 0.614 0.453 0.556 0.306 0.443 Cottonseed Ton 105.00 108.00 105.00 73.00 88.00 66.50 78.00 Grapes Ton 1,050.00 933.00 1,110.00 1,170.00 1,230.00 1,050.00 1,060.00 Hay Ton 62.50 59.00 71.00 64.00 59.00 58.00 57.00 Oats Bu 2.53 1.87 1.50 1.70 1.40 1.75 2.10 Onions Cwt 30.50 25.60 30.90 27.10 26.00 27.50 32.20 Peaches, All Lb 0.338 0.243 0.345 0.373 0.379 0.280 0.383 Peanuts Lb 0.297 0.303 0.303 0.272 0.286 0.227 0.175 Pecans, All Lb 0.624 0.832 1.220 0.803 1.180 0.612 1.000 Rye Bu 4.40 5.00 3.40 5.00 4.90 6.00 6.00 Snap Beans, Fresh Cwt 32.00 30.00 28.00 32.00 34.00 22.00 32.00 Sorghum for Grain Bu 2.58 2.63 2.13 1.79 1.99 1.85 2.60 Soybeans Bu 6.87 6.68 5.24 4.79 4.43 4.35 5.45 Sweet Corn, Fresh Cwt 11.10 10.70 12.90 14.00 12.50 14.60 14.00 Tobacco, Flue Cured Cwt 181.30 171.20 170.70 168.50 174.60 185.50 184.50 Tomatoes, Fresh Mkt Cwt 24.30 25.70 31.50 26.60 24.50 25.00 20.00 Watermelons Cwt 4.00 5.50 5.00 5.00 4.60 5.00 5.80 Wheat Bu 4.38 3.19 2.60 2.31 2.45 2.05 2.50 2003 0.106 1.110 12.00 12.50 2.35 0.614 95.50 978.00 60.00 1.70 34.30 0.280 0.185 0.928 4.00 40.00 2.30 7.25 16.50 185.50 31.50 7.80 3.05 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 71 PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS--Monthly Prices, Georgia, 1996-2003 Unit 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Cotton Lint per Lb. Jan Dollars Feb Dollars Mar Dollars Apr Dollars May Dollars Jun Dollars Jul Dollars Aug Dollars Sep Dollars Oct Dollars Nov Dollars Dec Dollars 0.773 0.794 0.807 0.846 0.834 0.821 1/ 0.777 0.740 0.727 0.730 0.704 0.689 0.680 0.688 0.664 0.695 0.675 0.697 0.695 0.700 0.722 0.716 0.680 0.638 0.629 0.634 0.615 0.645 0.685 0.677 0.655 0.697 0.689 0.701 0.655 0.579 0.558 0.545 0.559 0.529 0.545 0.549 0.575 0.565 0.487 0.452 0.439 0.446 0.448 0.480 0.436 0.464 0.444 0.443 0.446 0.452 0.579 0.589 0.580 0.553 0.522 0.508 0.498 0.492 0.476 0.491 0.436 0.445 0.433 0.290 0.343 0.279 0.284 0.276 0.256 0.237 0.284 0.255 0.436 0.445 0.433 0.290 0.343 0.434 0.439 0.446 0.441 0.442 0.451 0.461 0.292 0.389 0.445 0.463 0.457 Cottonseed per Ton 2/ Jan Dollars Feb Dollars Sep Dollars Oct Dollars Nov Dollars Dec Dollars 91.00 123.00 3/ 112.00 103.00 97.00 100.00 3/ 101.00 105.00 108.00 109.00 109.00 107.00 104.00 106.00 104.00 104.00 107.00 110.00 75.00 71.00 73.00 73.00 78.00 76.00 3/ 88.00 87.00 88.00 92.00 92.00 3/ 69.00 69.00 62.00 64.00 63.00 80.00 79.00 78.00 76.00 79.00 1/ 1/ 94.00 95.00 96.00 Peanuts per Lb. 2/ Aug Dollars Sep Dollars Oct Dollars Nov Dollars Dec Dollars 3/ 0.299 0.296 0.296 0.314 3/ 0.300 0.307 0.299 0.304 3/ 0.305 0.307 0.279 0.236 3/ 0.278 0.267 0.270 0.236 3/ 0.294 0.288 0.277 3/ 3/ 0.247 0.212 0.199 0.154 3/ 0.179 0.174 0.171 0.166 3/ 0.182 0.180 0.187 0.190 Tobacco per Lb. Jul Dollars 1.590 1.590 1.460 1.495 3/ 1.720 1.775 1.705 Aug Dollars 1.740 1.640 1.580 1.595 1.595 1.855 1.845 1.835 Sep Dollars 1.895 1.800 1.795 1.770 1.850 1.900 1.885 1.910 Oct Dollars 1.915 1.760 1.780 1.745 1.830 1.915 1.885 1.880 Nov Dollars 3/ 3/ 3/ 1.665 1.750 3/ 3/ 3/ 1/ Sales insufficient to establish a price. 2/ Price not published to avoid disclosure of individual operations or price not available. 3/ Marketing year Aug-Feb. 72 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS--Monthly and Marketing Year Average Price, Georgia, 1996-2003 Unit 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Beef Cattle per Cwt Jan Dollars 35.90 38.90 46.50 43.20 48.80 52.30 49.40 48.00 Feb Dollars 36.50 43.80 49.50 46.30 51.50 55.80 53.30 50.80 Mar Dollars 36.30 48.30 49.90 47.90 57.10 59.10 55.20 51.90 Apr Dollars 33.20 47.40 48.60 46.70 54.80 58.00 52.00 51.80 May Dollars 32.60 47.20 47.00 46.90 52.80 56.20 51.00 51.70 Jun Dollars 33.90 47.40 45.30 45.60 53.30 58.10 49.80 52.90 Jul Dollars 33.20 47.80 42.20 46.60 53.50 55.10 47.80 54.60 Aug Dollars 35.70 46.00 41.20 44.30 53.20 55.30 47.00 54.70 Sep Dollars 33.70 43.00 38.30 44.10 50.30 53.30 46.00 54.90 Oct Dollars 32.70 42.50 38.10 43.70 49.60 48.20 45.50 55.50 Nov Dollars 33.00 40.30 36.70 42.80 51.00 47.00 44.50 58.10 Dec Dollars 33.60 42.40 38.80 46.20 52.20 48.50 46.20 61.60 Mkt Yr Avg 2/ Dollars 34.20 44.50 43.30 45.30 52.20 54.20 49.20 53.60 Cows per Cwt 3/ Jan Dollars 31.20 29.40 34.70 33.30 36.20 38.70 37.80 36.80 Feb Dollars 31.30 33.00 36.10 35.40 37.20 42.40 40.30 38.80 Mar Dollars 30.30 36.90 35.50 35.50 39.30 42.00 41.20 38.90 Apr Dollars 29.30 36.30 36.20 33.90 40.00 43.90 40.60 39.30 May Dollars 29.30 36.30 36.10 36.80 39.50 42.90 41.10 40.20 Jun Dollars 29.90 35.40 35.40 34.30 39.80 44.60 41.00 41.20 Jul Dollars 27.90 34.70 33.80 35.50 38.00 41.60 37.40 42.30 Aug Dollars 29.90 33.00 32.70 33.10 38.70 42.50 36.40 41.60 Sep Dollars 27.30 31.00 30.40 32.30 37.20 41.50 34.50 41.10 Oct Dollars 26.70 31.00 29.10 31.90 36.00 36.00 33.90 41.60 Nov Dollars 26.70 30.70 29.00 32.10 36.60 35.80 32.70 45.40 Dec Dollars 27.40 32.20 30.20 34.20 37.60 36.30 34.20 49.40 Mkt Yr Avg 2/ Dollars 28.80 33.30 33.10 34.00 37.90 40.90 37.80 41.20 Steers and Heifers per Cwt Jan Dollars 44.50 56.50 68.50 61.50 76.70 79.80 72.90 70.80 Feb Dollars 45.40 59.90 69.60 66.50 79.30 80.70 76.40 72.10 Mar Dollars 45.30 65.40 71.60 66.40 83.80 84.80 76.10 71.40 Apr Dollars 40.30 67.10 71.50 65.90 82.40 84.10 72.20 73.90 May Dollars 39.50 69.30 67.90 65.50 78.70 82.00 70.20 73.90 Jun Dollars 42.30 69.80 64.40 66.70 79.60 84.30 66.90 75.60 Jul Dollars 44.40 72.20 59.20 68.10 82.20 80.10 67.90 78.40 Aug Dollars 46.40 70.20 56.90 67.10 80.10 79.00 66.60 79.00 Sep Dollars 46.60 67.50 54.30 68.00 75.60 76.20 68.30 81.70 Oct Dollars 44.80 65.80 55.60 67.60 74.80 70.80 67.90 82.50 Nov Dollars 47.70 62.60 54.50 67.90 77.80 68.60 68.30 84.00 Dec Dollars 48.20 66.20 57.00 73.00 79.20 72.20 69.40 85.30 Mkt Yr Avg 2/ Dollars 46.30 66.20 63.10 66.60 79.70 79.40 70.40 77.10 Calves per Cwt Jan Dollars 48.80 62.00 80.90 75.70 94.30 100.00 95.10 88.90 Feb Dollars 50.00 68.50 84.40 80.80 97.00 101.00 97.00 90.60 Mar Dollars 49.90 73.30 86.70 80.50 104.00 104.00 95.20 89.70 Apr Dollars 43.70 79.10 87.10 81.40 104.00 103.00 91.10 92.70 May Dollars 41.10 80.90 79.50 80.40 98.70 101.00 88.10 91.30 Jun Dollars 44.00 81.40 73.30 81.50 97.90 103.00 84.00 94.00 Jul Dollars 45.00 86.40 67.20 83.30 101.00 97.90 84.50 96.30 Aug Dollars 49.00 81.90 66.70 82.30 98.60 95.90 82.90 96.40 Sep Dollars 49.90 79.80 63.50 81.30 92.80 94.40 82.80 98.60 Oct Dollars 47.60 78.10 65.90 81.60 93.00 89.30 83.10 101.00 Nov Dollars 51.50 75.30 68.40 82.50 99.10 86.60 84.30 102.00 Dec Dollars 51.50 78.00 72.30 88.80 102.00 93.80 85.60 106.00 Mkt Yr Avg 2/ Dollars 49.20 78.40 73.00 81.70 98.20 95.70 87.00 95.80 1/ Price not available. 2/ Marketing year is January 1-December 31 for all commodities except eggs and chickens which is December 1-November 30. 3/ Cull beef cows and dairy cows sold for slaughter. 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 73 PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS--Monthly and Marketing Year Average Price, Georgia, 1996-2003 Unit 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Milk Cows per Head Jan Dollars 1,080 1,160 1,090 1,330 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ Apr Dollars 1,130 1,140 1,150 1,280 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ Jul Dollars 1,170 1,160 1,150 1,300 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ Oct Dollars 1,180 1,150 1,200 1,450 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ Mkt Yr Avg 2/ Dollars 1,140 1,150 1,150 1,340 1,370 1,570 1,650 1,410 Chickens Excluding Broilers per Lb Jan Dollars 0.087 0.136 0.175 0.150 0.093 0.071 0.082 0.079 Feb Dollars 0.094 0.141 0.181 0.168 0.098 0.076 0.083 0.080 Mar Dollars 0.094 0.150 0.187 0.164 0.104 0.077 0.082 0.078 Apr Dollars 0.088 0.144 0.178 0.165 0.100 0.084 0.085 0.078 May Dollars 0.095 0.161 0.173 0.159 0.091 0.081 0.083 0.080 Jun Dollars 0.106 0.170 0.169 0.147 0.077 0.080 0.081 0.080 Jul Dollars 0.103 0.167 0.159 0.145 0.060 0.081 0.082 0.080 Aug Dollars 0.103 0.167 0.161 0.146 0.048 0.077 0.082 0.081 Sep Dollars 0.112 0.173 0.168 0.117 0.047 0.081 0.082 0.082 Oct Dollars 0.125 0.166 0.164 0.105 0.044 0.080 0.081 0.082 Nov Dollars 0.137 0.180 0.173 0.102 0.051 0.082 0.082 0.082 Dec Dollars 0.141 0.151 0.166 0.104 0.061 0.081 1/ 0.083 Mkt Yr Avg 2/ Dollars 0.103 0.160 0.169 0.110 0.127 0.078 0.082 0.069 All Eggs per Dozen Jan Dollars 0.933 0.900 0.929 0.906 0.815 0.903 0.895 0.911 Feb Dollars 0.920 0.922 0.874 0.887 0.913 0.903 0.818 0.881 Mar Dollars 0.949 0.883 0.903 0.907 0.801 0.905 0.914 0.892 Apr Dollars 0.913 0.848 0.843 0.853 0.886 0.904 0.809 0.917 May Dollars 0.870 0.849 0.807 0.856 0.823 0.854 0.832 0.851 Jun Dollars 0.879 0.817 0.844 0.849 0.894 0.842 0.909 0.909 Jul Dollars 0.867 0.844 0.828 0.890 0.831 0.818 0.869 0.915 Aug Dollars 0.909 0.853 0.878 0.894 0.911 0.815 0.886 0.982 Sep Dollars 0.917 0.887 0.873 0.842 0.853 0.809 0.836 0.973 Oct Dollars 0.904 0.837 0.886 0.808 0.926 0.832 0.819 1.024 Nov Dollars 0.942 0.961 0.925 0.887 0.937 0.843 0.936 1.143 Dec Dollars 1.015 0.966 0.970 0.835 0.991 0.785 0.910 0.889 Mkt Yr Avg 2/ Dollars 0.911 0.885 0.880 0.879 0.868 0.868 0.860 0.941 Table Eggs per Dozen Jan Dollars 0.687 0.627 0.607 0.499 0.350 0.479 0.454 0.510 Feb Dollars 0.655 0.657 0.514 0.467 0.512 0.471 0.329 0.453 Mar Dollars 0.713 0.590 0.574 0.500 0.340 0.505 0.505 0.484 Apr Dollars 0.640 0.520 0.466 0.378 0.461 0.496 0.306 0.511 May Dollars 0.548 0.514 0.388 0.347 0.300 0.353 0.290 0.389 Jun Dollars 0.575 0.457 0.449 0.330 0.440 0.316 0.414 0.477 Jul Dollars 0.569 0.513 0.425 0.399 0.353 0.317 0.340 0.502 Aug Dollars 0.638 0.532 0.508 0.420 0.501 0.342 0.410 0.627 Sep Dollars 0.653 0.588 0.503 0.360 0.404 0.330 0.357 0.616 Oct Dollars 0.640 0.518 0.541 0.314 0.520 0.386 0.330 0.706 Nov Dollars 0.709 0.732 0.613 0.469 0.559 0.431 0.542 0.912 Dec Dollars 0.826 0.687 0.616 0.397 0.652 0.337 0.498 0.498 Mkt Yr Avg 2/ Dollars 0.645 0.592 0.525 0.428 0.427 0.426 0.386 0.559 Hatching Eggs per Dozen Jan Dollars 1.300 1.320 1.400 1.500 1.500 1.500 1.500 1.500 Feb Dollars 1.320 1.320 1.400 1.500 1.500 1.500 1.500 1.500 Mar Dollars 1.320 1.320 1.400 1.500 1.500 1.500 1.500 1.500 Apr Dollars 1.320 1.320 1.400 1.500 1.500 1.500 1.500 1.500 May Dollars 1.320 1.320 1.400 1.500 1.500 1.500 1.500 1.500 Jun Dollars 1.320 1.320 1.400 1.500 1.500 1.500 1.500 1.500 Jul Dollars 1.320 1.320 1.400 1.500 1.500 1.500 1.500 1.500 Aug Dollars 1.320 1.320 1.400 1.500 1.500 1.500 1.500 1.500 Sep Dollars 1.320 1.320 1.400 1.500 1.500 1.500 1.500 1.500 Oct Dollars 1.320 1.320 1.400 1.500 1.500 1.500 1.500 1.500 Nov Dollars 1.320 1.320 1.400 1.500 1.500 1.500 1.500 1.500 Dec Dollars 1.320 1.400 1.500 1.500 1.500 1.500 1.500 1.500 Mkt Yr Avg 2/ Dollars 1.320 1.320 1.400 1.500 1.500 1.500 1.500 1.500 1/ Price not available. 2/ Marketing year is January 1-December 31 for all commodities except eggs and chickens which is December 1-November 30. 3/ Cull beef cows and dairy cows sold for slaughter. 4/ Estimated quarterly through 1999, then annual data only. 74 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE FEED RATIOS--United States, 1996-2003 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Broiler-Feed 1/ Jan 4.7 5.0 4.6 6.5 6.3 6.4 6.6 5.6 Feb 4.2 4.8 4.7 6.6 5.6 7.2 6.5 5.4 Mar 4.0 4.4 5.0 6.5 5.8 7.6 5.9 5.2 Apr 3.8 4.2 5.3 6.6 6.1 7.9 5.5 4.8 May 3.9 4.2 5.5 7.3 5.8 8.1 5.7 5.1 Jun 4.3 4.5 6.1 7.5 6.3 8.3 5.9 5.4 Jul 4.1 5.1 6.7 8.0 7.2 7.9 5.0 5.7 Aug 4.1 5.2 8.1 7.6 7.0 7.8 4.4 5.8 Sep 4.4 5.2 8.2 7.2 7.8 8.4 4.6 5.7 Oct 5.0 4.8 7.7 7.0 7.1 8.6 4.5 5.4 Nov 5.3 4.6 7.2 7.8 7.4 8.1 4.5 5.1 Dec 5.4 4.4 6.6 7.2 6.5 6.4 4.7 5.1 Egg-Feed 2/ Jan 9.8 10.1 10.1 11.6 8.9 11.0 10.2 9.0 Feb 8.7 9.9 8.3 10.5 11.1 11.2 8.5 8.0 Mar 9.1 8.6 9.4 11.3 8.1 11.6 11.6 9.5 Apr 7.9 7.4 8.5 9.1 9.9 11.3 7.4 9.3 May 6.5 7.1 6.7 7.9 6.4 8.6 6.7 6.9 Jun 6.7 6.6 8.0 8.3 9.5 8.6 9.5 8.8 Jul 6.3 8.2 7.9 10.0 9.2 7.9 7.5 9.8 Aug 6.9 7.8 10.8 10.1 12.9 8.5 8.0 12.8 Sep 8.1 9.3 10.7 9.4 10.3 8.5 7.1 11.6 Oct 9.3 8.7 11.3 8.1 12.2 10.3 6.6 12.6 Nov 11.3 11.4 12.6 11.7 13.0 11.5 10.5 15.7 Dec 12.5 11.0 12.8 10.1 14.6 9.4 8.9 12.1 Milk-Feed 3/ Jan 2.59 2.44 2.77 4.09 3.07 3.03 3.07 2.40 Feb 2.42 2.35 2.78 3.60 2.94 3.06 3.00 2.35 Mar 2.35 2.27 2.75 3.62 2.88 3.22 2.87 2.27 Apr 2.17 2.14 2.70 2.97 2.84 3.29 2.81 2.25 May 2.10 2.07 2.63 2.99 2.72 3.47 2.64 2.19 Jun 2.17 2.12 2.93 3.21 2.97 3.74 2.55 2.23 Jul 2.19 2.24 3.04 3.58 3.31 3.62 2.36 2.58 Aug 2.28 2.35 3.61 3.83 3.37 3.64 2.20 2.88 Sep 2.64 2.44 4.04 4.09 3.36 3.75 2.30 3.11 Oct 2.98 2.63 4.23 3.96 3.12 3.55 2.46 3.24 Nov 2.85 2.73 4.26 3.87 3.05 3.29 2.44 3.05 Dec 2.70 2.80 4.34 3.24 3.04 2.99 2.44 2.81 Hog-Corn 4/ Jan 13.8 20.0 14.1 12.9 19.3 18.8 19.1 14.2 Feb 13.8 19.9 14.1 13.5 20.2 20.0 19.9 14.7 Mar 13.9 17.7 13.7 13.6 20.5 23.4 18.6 14.9 Apr 12.9 19.2 14.8 14.8 23.3 25.3 16.6 14.9 May 13.7 21.6 18.1 18.4 22.9 27.7 17.2 17.4 Jun 13.4 22.6 18.6 17.3 25.6 29.7 18.2 19.2 Jul 13.2 24.3 16.8 18.2 29.5 27.6 18.4 19.7 Aug 13.9 22.1 18.6 20.7 28.8 26.7 13.4 18.4 Sep 15.4 20.0 16.0 19.4 25.8 23.7 10.7 18.0 Oct 19.3 18.6 14.6 20.2 23.8 21.8 13.2 17.4 Nov 20.5 18.0 9.7 19.6 19.8 18.9 12.2 15.8 Dec 21.1 16.5 7.5 19.6 20.2 16.8 13.1 14.7 1/ Number of pounds of broiler grower equal in value to one pound of broiler live weight. 2/ Number of pounds of laying feed equal in value to one dozen eggs. 3/ Pounds of 16 percent mixed dairy feed equal in value to one pound of whole milk. 4/ Bushels of corn equal in value to 100 pounds of hog live weight. 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 75 AVERAGE PRICES PAID FOR FEED BY FARMERS--Southeast Region, 1996-2004 1/ Commodity Unit 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Bran Cwt Beef Cattle Concentrate, 32-36% protein Ton Corn Meal Cwt Cottonseed Meal, 41% protein Cwt Dairy Feed, 16% protein Ton 18% protein Ton 20% protein Ton Dairy Concentrate, 32-38% protein Ton Hog Feed, 14-18% protein Ton Hog Concentrate, 38-42% protein Ton Poultry Feed Broiler Grower Ton Chick Starter Ton Laying Feed Ton Turkey Grower Ton Soybean Meal, 44% protein Cwt Stock Salt Cwt 15.60 16.10 15.40 --Dollars-- 15.40 15.50 15.70 16.50 16.00 315.00 11.80 293.00 10.60 288.00 10.10 279.00 9.30 284.00 9.50 277.00 9.94 277.00 9.33 290.00 10.20 16.30 16.60 15.00 13.20 13.80 14.70 14.70 15.10 239.00 238.00 224.00 246.00 216.00 212.00 209.00 202.00 192.00 184.00 176.00 177.00 171.00 173.00 187.00 171.00 181.00 175.00 174.00 187.00 173.00 186.00 198.00 188.00 309.00 306.00 278.00 207.00 235.00 263.00 238.00 237.00 290.00 280.00 262.00 248.00 243.00 249.00 258.00 271.00 368.00 403.00 372.00 330.00 333.00 358.00 371.00 389.00 238.00 246.00 234.00 294.00 258.00 283.00 239.00 305.00 246.00 269.00 226.00 313.00 234.00 241.00 193.00 323.00 195.00 249.00 184.00 305.00 199.00 230.00 213.00 336.00 158.00 206.00 199.00 333.00 191.00 195.00 176.00 370.00 17.50 8.40 19.70 8.40 17.40 8.20 15.10 8.60 15.70 8.40 15.80 8.80 16.90 9.12 16.90 9.00 1/Southeast Region (AL, FL, GA, SC). 2004 17.30 274.00 11.10 17.00 207.00 213.00 223.00 280.00 294.00 438.00 246.00 273.00 227.00 389.00 22.10 4.98 AVERAGE PRICES PAID FOR FERTILIZER BY FARMERS--Southeast Region, 1996-2004 1/ Commodity Unit 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 --Dollars-- Mixed Fertilizer 0-20-20 Ton 176.00 174.00 184.00 191.00 178.00 181.00 173.00 186.00 5-10-10 Ton 151.00 152.00 146.00 148.00 146.00 147.00 143.00 160.00 5-10-15 Ton 171.00 157.00 167.00 171.00 164.00 170.00 168.00 180.00 5-10-30 Ton 181.00 174.00 177.00 184.00 177.00 184.00 182.00 187.00 6-6-6 Ton 175.00 178.00 188.00 197.00 195.00 215.00 224.00 205.00 6-6-18 Ton 193.00 193.00 214.00 209.00 214.00 213.00 199.00 212.00 8-8-8 10-10-10 10-20-20 Ton 161.00 Ton 180.00 Ton 223.00 160.00 179.00 221.00 155.00 179.00 217.00 159.00 178.00 217.00 160.00 177.00 204.00 173.00 186.00 216.00 163.00 183.00 210.00 179.00 194.00 220.00 16-4-8 Ton 231.00 230.00 236.00 228.00 216.00 237.00 235.00 239.00 17-17-17 Ton 240.00 232.00 221.00 217.00 217.00 232.00 217.00 233.00 18-46-0 (DAP) Ton 302.00 278.00 274.00 263.00 241.00 244.00 233.00 263.00 2004 210.00 162.00 185.00 209.00 203.00 223.00 194.00 209.00 237.00 249.00 260.00 290.00 Materials Ammonia Nitrate Ton 249.00 242.00 222.00 210.00 224.00 Anhydrous Ammonia Ton 340.00 307.00 252.00 213.00 225.00 Limestone Spread 3/ Ton 25.70 26.30 27.10 26.20 27.90 Muriate of Potash, 60-62% K20 Nitrate of Soda Ton 167.00 Ton 255.00 166.00 265.00 180.00 264.00 180.00 263.00 179.00 261.00 Nitrogen Solution, 30% Ton 177.00 158.00 133.00 127.00 130.00 32% Ton 181.00 160.00 144.00 130.00 138.00 Superphosphate Ton 257.00 268.00 267.00 256.00 239.00 1/Southeast Region (FL, GA, NC, SC, VA). 2/ Item not surveyed. 3/ Spread on fields. 280.00 373.00 27.90 185.00 274.00 184.00 186.00 244.00 222.00 2/ 27.10 186.00 278.00 122.00 127.00 230.00 269.00 2/ 27.40 180.00 272.00 157.00 165.00 247.00 287.00 2/ 28.80 202.00 301.00 174.00 183.00 268.00 76 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE AVERAGE PRICES PAID BY FARMERS--United States, 1996-2004 Commodity Unit 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 --Dollars-- Farm Machinery Baler, Square, Pick-up, P.T.O. 2/ Each 13,800 14,600 15,200 15,400 16,100 16,300 16,800 17,300 Round, 1200-1500 Lb bale Each 17,100 16,900 17,300 17,700 17,300 17,600 17,900 18,300 Combine, self-propelled, extra-large capacity Each 155,000 162,000 163,000 176,000 181,000 187,000 196,000 large capacity Each 137,000 135,000 140,000 142,000 146,000 152,000 156,000 159,000 Cotton Picker, self-propelled, with spindle, 4 row Each 192,000 195,000 198,000 207,000 206,000 222,000 225,000 216,000 Cultivator, row crop, 6 row Each 5,410 5,680 5,900 5,670 5,860 6,040 5,990 6,330 Disk Harrow, tandem, 15-17' width 1/ Each 10,900 12,100 12,200 12,700 13,500 13,700 14,300 15,200 18-20' width 1/ Each 15,700 16,100 16,600 17,300 17,400 18,000 18,500 19,300 Mower-Conditioner, P.T.O., Pull Type, 8-10' sickle (cutter) bar or disc Each 12,000 12,200 12,600 12,700 13,200 13,700 13,700 14,400 Mower, mounted or drawn, 7'-8', sickle (cutter) bar Each 3,940 4,130 4,220 4,370 4,360 4,730 4,840 4,980 Planter, Row Crop, with fertilizer attachment, 4 row Each 13,700 13,300 14,200 14,500 15,300 15,500 15,100 15,200 Rotary Hoe, 20'-25' width Each 5,260 5,700 5,940 6,320 6,280 6,920 6,490 6,610 Sprayer, Field Crop, Tractor Mounted, w/300 gal spray tank Each 3,880 4,290 4,350 4,940 5,260 5,500 5,460 5,890 Tractor, 2-wheel drive, 30-39 P.T.O. hp Each 15,000 15,400 15,300 15,400 16,400 16,600 16,400 16,000 50-59 P.T.O. hp Each 20,600 21,200 21,800 21,900 21,800 22,000 21,900 21,300 70-89 P.T.O. hp Each 30,900 31,800 32,800 32,300 33,700 34,200 34,500 33,600 110-129 P.T.O. hp Each 55,400 57,400 59,500 60,100 62,400 63,000 63,700 63,800 140-159 P.T.O. hp Each 71,500 74,800 77,100 79,000 81,700 82,300 83,200 84,100 Wagon, gravity unload, and tires, 200-400 bu cap Each 3,520 3,720 3,870 3,960 4,040 4,160 4,320 4,200 Windrower, Self Propelled, 14-16' Each 46,900 52,100 54,500 56,400 61,600 63,200 62,900 64,200 1/ With hydraulic lift transport wheels and tires. 2/ Square bales under 200 pounds. 2004 17,400 19,500 218,000 180,000 237,090 6,920 14,300 19,400 14,800 5,040 16,100 6,770 5,850 16,100 21,500 33,900 65,700 86,900 4,570 67,300 AVERAGE PRICES PAID BY FARMERS--United States, 1996-2004 Commodity Unit 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 --Dollars-- Motor Supplies and Services Gasoline, unleaded, service station Gal 1.220 1.230 1.060 1.100 1.470 1.430 1.359 bulk delivery Gal 1.260 1.260 1.090 1.130 1.480 1.470 1.374 Diesel Fuel, bulk delivery Gal 0.920 0.874 0.740 0.728 1.080 1.080 0.964 LP Gas Gal 0.804 0.852 0.764 0.699 0.963 1.160 0.925 2003 1.611 1.601 1.238 1.213 2004 1.750 1.760 1.310 1.210 Seeds Corn, Hybrid, All 2/ Bu 77.70 83.50 86.90 88.10 Cottonseed, All 1/ Cwt 73.00 74.90 79.30 82.40 Soybeans, All Bu 14.80 16.10 17.15 17.00 Wheat, Winter Bu 8.50 10.00 8.25 7.35 1/ GMO technology fees included in 2000 prices. 2/ 80,000 kernels per bag. 87.50 128.00 17.10 7.05 92.20 154.00 20.70 7.20 92.00 213.00 22.50 7.70 102.00 218.00 24.20 8.01 105.00 270.00 24.10 8.26 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 77 AVERAGE PRICES PAID BY FARMERS--United States, 1996-1999 Item 1/ Unit 1996 1997 1998 --Dollars-- Fungicides Benomyl (Benlate), 50% WP 1 Lb 18.30 18.20 18.30 Captan, 50% WP 1 Lb 3.30 3.25 3.36 Chlorothalonil (Bravo), 6#/Gal EC 1 Gal 55.90 57.00 55.80 Mancozeb (Dithane M-45, 80% WP or Manzate, 75% DF) 1 Lb 3.23 3.32 3.35 Maneb, 80% WP, 75% DF 1 Lb 2.98 3.13 3.11 Metalaxyl (Ridomil), 2 #/Gal EC 1 Gal 172.00 177.00 180.00 1999 18.60 3.43 58.50 3.10 3.12 187.00 Herbicides 2,4-D, 4 #/Gal EC Alachlor (Lasso), 4 #/Gal EC Atrazine (AAtrex), 4 #/Gal L Butylate (Sutan), 6.7 #/Gal EC Cyanazine (Bladex), 4 #/Gal EC Glyphosate (Roundup), 4 #/Gal EC MCPA, 4 #/Gal EC Metolachlor (Dual), 8 #/Gal EC Metribuzin (Lexone or Sencor), 75% DF Paraquat (Gramoxone Extra), 2.5 #/Gal EC Pendimethalin (Prowl), 3.3 #/Gal EC Sethoxydim (Poast), 1.5 #/Gal EC Simazine (Princep), 4 #/Gal EC Terbacil (Sinbar), 80% WP Trifluralin (Treflan), 4 #/Gal EC 1 Gal 1 Gal 1Gal 1 Gal 1 Gal 1 Gal 1 Gal 1 Gal 1 Lb 1 Lb 1 Gal 1 Gal 1 Gal 1 Lb 1 Gal 14.80 28.70 14.50 20.80 29.40 55.70 16.80 69.40 27.70 36.20 29.20 112.00 18.40 26.70 32.60 14.90 25.30 13.80 19.60 30.00 56.70 16.80 69.50 27.70 37.80 29.40 101.00 18.20 26.40 31.40 14.90 25.70 13.70 21.10 31.60 56.30 16.90 72.60 22.00 39.00 29.60 89.60 18.50 27.40 29.90 14.90 24.90 13.70 21.50 32.30 45.50 16.50 77.70 21.20 34.80 28.70 84.30 18.20 28.00 29.20 Insecticides Aldicarb (Temik), 15% G 1 Lb 3.62 3.70 3.70 3.77 Carbaryl (Sevin), 80% S, SP, or WP 1 Lb 4.64 4.76 4.96 5.14 Carbofuran (Furadan), 15% G 1 Lb 1.99 1.99 2.24 2/ Carbofuran (Furadan), 4F 1 Gal 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ Chlorpyrifos (Lorsban), 4 #/Gal EC 1 Gal 51.10 50.70 51.00 51.00 Endosulfan (Thiodan Phaser), 3 #/Gal EC 1 Gal 40.30 39.10 39.40 37.30 Fonofos (Dyfonate II), 20% G 1 Lb 1.95 2.04 2.03 2.13 Malathion, 5 #/Gal EC 1 Gal 23.20 24.10 25.00 25.10 Methomyl (Lannate L), 1.81 #/Gal 1 Gal 47.00 48.00 46.70 48.30 Phorate (Thimet), 20% G 1 Lb 2.03 2.14 2.24 2.40 Propargite (Comite, Omite), 30% WP 1 Lb 6.21 6.49 6.41 6.81 Synthetic Pyrethroids, (Pounce, 2 Ambush), 3.2 #/Gal EC 1 Gal 156.00 159.00 162.00 148.00 Terbufos (Counter), 15% G 1 Lb 2.20 2.31 2.56 2.65 1/ Formulation abbreviations: EC - Emulsifiable Concentrate, DF - Dry Flowable, DG - Dry Granular, G-Granular, and WP - Wettable Powder. 2/ Discontinued in 1999. 3/ Added in 2000. 78 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE AVERAGE PRICES PAID BY FARMERS--United States, 2000-2004, Continued Item 1/ Unit 2000 2001 2002 2003 --Dollars-- Fungicides Benomyl (Benlate), 50% WP 1 Lb 18.60 18.40 18.40 18.50 Captan 50% WP 1 Lb 3.45 3.61 3.76 3.50 Chlorothalonil (Bravo), 6# lbs./gal. EC 1 Gal 56.20 56.10 49.70 47.20 Mancozeb (Dithane M-45, 80% WP or Manzate 75% DF) 1 Lb 3.05 3.03 2.95 3.00 Maneb, 80% WP, 75% DF 1 Lb 3.19 3.16 3.20 2.70 Metalaxyl (Ridomil), 2#/Gal EC 1 Gal 178.00 190.00 183.00 191.00 2004 18.60 3.52 47.40 3.03 2.76 223.00 Herbicides 2,4-D, 4 #/Gal EC Alachlor (Lasso), 4 #/Gal EC Atrazine (AAtrex), 4 #/Gal L Butylate (Sutan), 6.7 #/Gal EC Cyanazine (Bladex), 4 #/Gal EC Glyphosate (Roundup), 4 #/Gal EC MCPA, 4 #/Gal EC Metolachlor (Dual), 8 #/Gal EC Metribuzin (Lexone or Sencor), 75% DF Paraquat (Gramoxone Extra), 2.5 #/Gal EC Pendimethalin (Prowl), 3.3 #/Gal EC Sethoxydim (Poast), 4 #/Gal EC Simazine (Princep), 4 #/Gal EC Terbacil (Sinbar), 80% WP Trifluralin (Treflan), 4 #/Gal EC 1 Gal 1 Gal 1Gal 1 Gal 1 Gal 1 Gal 1 Gal 1 Gal 1 Lb 1 Lb 1 Gal 1 Gal 1 Gal 1 Lb 1 Gal 14.70 24.50 13.60 21.20 33.10 43.30 16.60 82.60 20.90 34.30 23.60 78.70 18.20 30.10 25.50 14.90 24.80 12.50 22.50 33.10 44.50 16.90 94.50 20.60 35.20 23.10 77.90 18.00 30.90 25.30 14.90 24.30 12.20 23.60 33.00 43.50 17.10 99.00 20.10 37.60 22.10 74.60 17.60 32.70 24.40 15.20 24.50 12.30 23.30 32.90 43.30 17.70 104.00 20.80 40.70 22.70 73.90 18.00 32.60 24.40 15.20 24.50 12.20 26.80 32.90 39.70 17.60 106.00 21.70 42.40 23.10 72.80 17.60 32.50 23.10 Insecticides Aldicarb (Temik), 15% G 1 Lb 3.73 3.76 3.70 3.80 3.74 Carbaryl (Sevin), 80% S, SP, or WP 1 Lb 5.44 5.75 5.41 5.50 5.85 Carbofuran (Furadan), 15% G 1 Lb 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ Carbofuran (Furadan), 4F 1 Gal 3/ 74.80 77.80 79.30 80.60 Chlorpyrifos (Lorsban), 4 #/Gal EC 1 Gal 43.60 42.40 41.60 41.30 41.30 Endosulfan (Thiodan Phaser), 3 #/Gal EC 1 Gal 35.90 35.90 33.70 34.20 33.00 Fonofos (Dyfonate II), 20% G 1 Lb 2.16 2.15 1.29 3.20 2.03 Malathion, 5#/Gal EC 1 Gal 26.20 27.40 28.40 28.50 29.60 Methomyl (Lannate L), 1.81 #/Gal 1 Gal 49.30 49.50 51.90 55.60 52.60 Phorate (Thimet), 20% G 1 Lb 2.49 2.41 2.45 2.40 2.48 Propargite (Comite, Omite), 30% WP 1 Lb 6.86 6.05 6.26 6.60 6.43 Synthetic Pyrethroids, (Pounce,Ambush), 2-3.2 #/Gal EC 1 Gal 141.00 137.00 136.00 133.00 130.00 Terbufos (Counter), 15% G 1 Lb 2.71 2.67 2.72 2.70 2.67 1/ Formulation abbreviations: EC - Emulsifiable Concentrate, DF - Dry Flowable, DG - Dry Granular, G-Granular, and WP - Wettable Powder. 2/ Discontinued in 1999. 3/ Added in 2000. 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 79 FLORICULTURE Floriculture Crops - Wholesale Values of Sales by Production Category Georgia, 2003 Herbaceous Perennials 12.2% Potted Flowering Plants 12.8% Indoor/Patio Foliage 5.5% Annual Bedding/Garden Plants 69.5% FLORICULTURE - Greenhouse Area and Growers Georgia, 1996-2003 1,000 sq. ft Growers 10,000 1,000 8,000 800 6,000 600 4,000 400 2,000 200 0 0 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Growers Area 80 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE FLORICULTURE Floriculture--Growers, Wholesale Value , and Growing Area for Operations with Sales of $10,000 or Greater, Georgia, 2000-2003 2000 2001 2002 2003 Number of Growers Wholesale Value of Sales ($1,000) 1/ Glass Cover (1,000 sq. ft.) Fiberglass, Other Rigid Cover (1,000 sq. ft.) Film Plastic Cover (1,000 sq. ft.) Total Greenhouse Cover (1,000 sq. ft.) Shade & Temporary Cover (1,000 sq. ft.) Open Ground (Acres) 235 77,381 620 328 7,492 8,440 384 155 197 69,142 435 489 6,731 7,655 459 165 246 78,136 620 393 6,785 7,798 561 390 216 72,367 637 358 6,770 7,765 501 371 1/ Wholesale value of sales as reported by growers with $100,000 or more in sales of floriculture crops plus a calculated wholesale value of sales for growers with sales below $100,000. The value of sales for growers below the $100,000 level was estimated by multiplying the number of growers in each size group by the mid-point of each dollar value range. Floriculture--Wholesale Value of Sales by Category for Operations with Sales of $100,000 or Greater, Georgia, 2000-2003 2000 2001 2002 --$1,000-- Bedding/Garden Plants - Annual 40,682 40,609 49,051 Potted Flowering Plants Herbaceous Perennial Plants Propagative Materials Foliage for Indoor or Patio Use Total Wholesale Value 13,717 9,996 5,666 1,721 71,782 9,090 8,523 4,148 1,812 64,182 8,529 7,293 3,485 3,420 71,778 1/ Not published to avoid disclosure of individual operations. 2003 43,643 8,056 7,666 1/ 3,486 62,851 Floriculture--Growers, Quantity Produced, Wholesale Value of Crops for Operations with Sales of $100,000 or Greater, Georgia, 2002-2003 2003 Growers Quantity Value of Sales at Wholesale Rank by Value 2002 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003 --Number-- --1,000's-- --$1,000-- 1 Bedding Pansy/Viola (Flats) 66 58 1,337 1,138 12,541 10,857 2 Potted Poinsettias 43 39 1,233 1,272 5,239 5,268 3 Bedding Impatiens (Flats) 62 54 326 297 2,794 2,587 4 Bedding Begonias (Flats) 53 44 227 195 2,091 1,825 5 Bedding Petunias (Flats) 62 55 233 189 2,223 1,822 6 Potted Hardy/Garden Chrysanthemums 39 41 581 772 1,338 1,432 7 Potted Geraniums (Cuttings) 42 39 506 607 1,052 1,310 8 Vegetable Type Bedding Plants (Flats) 30 27 138 125 1,177 1,133 9 Foliage Hanging Baskets 38 35 208 210 1,090 1,096 10 Potted Florist Chrysanthemums 5 4 180 140 694 587 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 81 GENERAL PRECIPITATION Percent of Normal by Month and Annually Georgia, 2003 1/ Percent of Normal 200 150 62 68 54 34 100 16 24 58 21 17 1 15 6 39 50 0 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANN Months 1/ Data from Climatological Data Monthly Summaries, Georgia 2003, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration. TEMPERATURE Percent of Normal by Month and Annual Average Georgia, 2003 1/ Percent of Normal 110 105 6 4 100 70 2 2 1 10 20 91 95 90 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANN Months 1/ Data from Climatological Data Monthly Summaries, Georgia 2003, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration. 82 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE GENERAL 2003 CROP WEATHER SUMMARY January: The new year came in with cold temperatures. The drought that plagued Georgia since 1998, was declared over by David Stooksbury, state climatologist. Although crop damage was minimal, the extreme cold damaged small grains and delayed winter grazing. Vidalia onion fields suffered minor damage due to the weather. Below normal temperatures created a significant decrease in pest populations. February: February brought considerable amounts of rain to the State. Reports of three to six inches within a week, were not uncommon. Showers coupled with warmer temperatures helped small grains, pastures and onions. Overall crop conditions improved. Field activities were delayed due to wet conditions. March: March brought even more rain to Georgia. Rainfall was well above normal. Soil moisture, in most places, was adequate to surplus. Peaches began blooming, carrots were being harvested and crop conditions were generally good. Again, various field activities were delayed because of wet fields. April: Heavy rains continued into April. Frost covered parts of the State the first week but caused minimal damage. Despite showers, producers were able to plant crops and spray fungicides and herbicides on fields and pastures. Some corn and tobacco were planted between showers. Cooler temperatures stressed vegetables and disease threatened wheat. Late in the month, wind damage was evident in southwest Georgia and watermelons were replanted due to poor stands. Vidalia Onion harvest began, as did harvest of early varieties of blueberries. May: Severe weather threatened north Georgia in the early part of May. Thunderstorms and tornadoes postponed farming activities. Fields flooded and cut hay was ruined. Producers continued planting cotton, peanuts, soybeans, sorghum and tobacco. Excessive rainfall hurt hay and wheat fields. Warm temperatures are needed to dry out fields. June: June brought warmer temperatures. Disease was found in tobacco and watermelon fields in south Georgia. Rain continued and delayed hay cutting and field activities. Pecan producers discovered scab and spittle bugs in the pecan orchards. Small grain conditions declined due to wet conditions. Fields were too wet to spray herbicides and weeds became a problem. Excessive rainfall created disease problems in seedling cotton and leaf spot in peanuts. Weather permitting, producers applied herbicides and fungicides to peanuts, nitrogen to cotton, and insecticides to tobacco. Late in the month, producers returned to field work with the onset of drier weather. hit again with rain. Hay condition continued to decline. Tobacco harvest progressed normally. August: Lightning caught hay fields and trees on fire in early August. Thunderstorms brought more rain and delayed tobacco and corn harvest. Rain hindered applications of growth regulators on cotton and fungicide applications on peanuts. Boll rot became a problem and insect pressure continued to build in cotton fields. Mid month, scattered showers allowed for some field work to be done. Herbicides, fungicides and fertilizers were applied to crops. The end of August brought much needed dry weather. Crop conditions improved dramatically. Hay and tobacco harvest continued with little rain interruption. September: Widely scattered showers returned to some parts of the State the first week of September. Crops benefitted from hot, sunny weather in other parts. Land preparation for fall planting continued. Cattlemen started seeding winter grazing. Dry weather continued much of the month. Rain was needed to plant small grains. Peanuts were dug and combined, cotton was defoliated and pecans were harvested. Rain came the last week of September. Corn and grape harvest neared completion. Fungicides and pesticides continued to be applied to a variety of crops. October: Dry weather returned the first week of October, bringing ideal harvest conditions. Hay feeding to livestock increased as pasture condition continued to decline. Dry weather was harmful to late planted cotton and soybeans. Growers continued to defoliate cotton, dig peanuts, and harvest pecans. Squash and snap beans were harvested and apple harvest was nearing completion. November: November started with mild temperatures and much needed rain. Small grains and winter grazing benefitted greatly from the moisture. Peanut, cotton and corn harvest continued. Bermuda pasture condition improved with warm temperatures and rain. Small grain and winter grazing continued benefitting from the rain. December: Rain and cold temperatures in early December slowed field activities. Heavy frost covered some areas. Winter grazing and small grain growth were limited by cooler temperatures. Peanut and cotton harvest neared completion. Vidalia onion planting began in central Georgia. * Dr. David Stooksbury State Climatologist University of Georgia stooks@hoth.engr.uga.edu July: Tropical storm Bill brought more rain to Georgia the first week of July. High winds and excessive rain damaged crops. Increased foliage disease was apparent and corn fields suffered wind damage. Scab and spittlebug remained a problem in pecan orchards. Insect pressure increased in cotton and corn was infested with southern corn leaf blight and rust. A mid-month dry out improved overall crop conditions. Late in the month, producers were 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 83 Month January February March April May June July August September October November December GEORGIA PRECIPITATION2003 Monthly Averages and Percent of Normal by Climatological Divisions and Agricultural Statistical Districts 1/ District 1 District 2 District 3 District 4 District 5 Northwest North Central Northeast West Central Central % of % of % of % of % of Inches Normal Inches Normal Inches Normal Inches Normal Inches Normal 2.49 49 2.87 53 2.88 52 2.52 51 2.14 45 7.00 143 6.10 121 6.36 124 5.73 113 4.88 105 4.30 69 5.54 89 6.64 108 6.34 110 7.93 160 4.67 96 4.93 105 6.01 131 5.30 116 4.38 120 11.49 256 8.98 187 7.15 146 8.56 207 6.60 176 6.62 164 7.28 176 6.20 140 9.37 234 7.21 188 9.33 192 8.95 177 9.49 185 7.55 149 7.27 152 4.39 117 4.51 108 5.20 115 4.80 123 4.71 113 3.73 94 3.56 89 4.18 101 2.23 72 2.10 68 0.86 27 2.22 60 3.18 83 1.76 63 2.30 93 5.51 134 5.26 123 4.66 110 4.02 110 2.42 81 3.70 76 3.47 72 3.35 67 2.83 58 2.36 58 Annual Total Month January February March April May June July August September October November December 64.09 118 District 6 East Central % of Inches Normal 1.48 34 3.83 91 8.26 179 4.96 149 4.90 129 9.08 213 8.70 184 5.78 116 2.77 83 3.43 128 1.25 47 2.02 55 63.67 113 District 7 Southwest % of Inches Normal 1.58 31 5.41 108 7.26 134 5.93 161 4.25 108 6.41 130 8.51 150 7.17 161 2.37 71 3.11 143 2.56 79 2.20 50 65.30 113 District 8 South Central % of Inches Normal 1.32 29 4.82 105 9.15 194 4.17 120 3.87 104 6.69 143 6.71 121 6.73 125 3.31 98 4.65 221 1.75 63 2.18 53 61.01 118 District 9 Southeast % of Inches Normal 1.00 26 5.19 137 9.03 217 4.01 139 4.69 122 7.47 142 5.93 94 6.27 109 2.80 62 4.13 163 1.11 45 1.84 55 54.30 115 State Average Inches 2.03 5.48 7.16 4.93 6.72 7.37 8.05 5.51 3.01 2.85 3.17 2.66 % of Normal 42 116 134 124 162 168 154 121 83 101 94 61 Annual Total 56.46 121 56.76 110 55.35 113 53.47 110 58.93 115 1/ Average precipitation and normal precipitation from NOAA Climatological data for Georgia, 2001, Volume 105, Nos. 1 - 12. Normal precipitation represents a 30 year period from 1961 to 1990. 84 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE Month GEORGIA TEMPERATURES--2003 Monthly Averages and Percent of Normal by Climatological Divisions and Agricultural Statistical Districts 1/ District 1 District 2 District 3 District 4 District 5 Northwest North Central Northeast West Central Central % of % of % of % of Degrees % of Degrees Normal Degrees Normal Degrees Normal Degrees Normal Normal January February March April May June July August September October November December 36.40 43.10 54.00 60.20 67.40 72.70 76.40 78.30 70.70 59.90 55.40 40.50 94 36.80 93 37.10 101 42.80 100 41.80 105 53.40 105 52.50 101 58.00 98 56.90 100 65.70 99 65.00 98 71.20 97 70.80 98 74.80 98 74.20 102 76.40 101 75.40 99 68.90 98 68.60 100 59.30 99 58.70 108 55.20 108 54.80 95 39.80 93 39.00 92 40.10 100 47.60 101 57.00 95 61.60 100 70.10 96 74.80 96 78.00 99 78.80 97 72.20 98 62.90 107 57.90 90 43.10 92 41.80 94 99 47.90 100 103 58.00 103 98 62.20 98 106 71.40 101 98 76.10 98 99 79.00 99 101 79.60 100 98 73.50 99 100 63.80 99 106 58.70 106 92 42.70 90 Annual Total 59.58 100 District 6 East Central Month % of Degrees Normal 58.52 99 District 7 Southwest % of Degrees Normal 57.90 98 District 8 South Central % of Degrees Normal 62.01 100 District 9 Southeast % of Degrees Normal 62.89 99 State Average % of Degrees Normal January February March April May June July August September October November December 42.30 49.00 58.90 62.90 72.00 77.20 79.70 80.00 73.20 64.10 59.70 43.40 93 44.30 92 44.90 100 52.20 101 51.90 104 61.40 104 61.80 98 64.90 98 65.40 101 74.60 102 75.00 99 78.30 99 78.80 99 79.90 99 80.50 100 79.80 99 80.60 98 74.60 98 75.80 99 66.70 100 67.40 106 60.90 105 61.90 89 46.10 90 46.80 93 46.50 100 53.10 104 63.10 99 65.30 103 75.30 100 79.40 100 81.40 100 81.10 99 76.20 101 68.40 106 63.50 91 49.10 93 41.13 93 101 47.71 100 106 57.79 104 98 61.93 98 103 70.72 102 101 75.48 99 100 78.21 99 100 78.89 100 99 72.63 98 100 63.47 100 106 58.67 106 93 43.39 91 Annual Total 63.53 99 65.31 99 65.90 100 66.87 100 62.50 99 1/ Average temperature and normal temperature from NOAA Climatological data for Georgia, 2001, Volume 105, Nos. 1 - 12. Normal temperature represents a 30 year period from 1961 to 1990. 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 85 RANKING OF 10 LEADING STATES IN CASH RECEIPTS FOR TOP 25 COMMODITIES, 2003 Top 10 states by their value of cash receipts Commodity 1/ Rank Value 1 2 3 4 5 --Million Dollars-- --State and Million Dollars-- All commodities U.S. 211,647 CA 27,805 TX 15,342 IA 12,633 NE 10,621 KS 9,046 Livestock & products U.S. 105,471 TX 10,311 CA 6,993 NE 6,867 KS 6,179 IA 6,073 All crops U.S. 106,176 CA 20,812 IA 6,560 IL 6,490 FL 5,244 TX 5,031 Cattle and calves 1 45,095 TX 7,872 NE 5,904 KS 5,618 CO 2,944 OK 2,375 Dairy products 2 21,228 CA 4,029 WI 2,838 NY 1,560 PA 1,446 MN 1,044 Corn 3 18,336 IA 3,709 IL 3,259 NE 2,041 MN 1,666 IN 1,449 Soybeans 4 15,942 IA 2,600 IL 2,558 MN 1,589 IN 1,390 NE 1,090 Broilers 5 15,214 GA 2,143 AR 1,987 AL 1,838 NC 1,512 MS 1,424 Greenhouse & nursery 6 15,193 CA 3,313 FL 1,601 TX 1,325 NC 945 OR 924 Hogs 7 10,629 IA 2,602 NC 1,533 MN 1,267 IL 833 IN 620 Wheat 8 6,713 KS 1,294 ND 948 WA 469 MT 446 OK 443 Chicken eggs 9 5,315 IA 460 GA 396 OH 374 PA 371 AR 344 Cotton 10 5,025 TX 1,339 CA 645 MS 517 GA 502 AR 481 Hay 11 4,394 CA 514 TX 397 WA 265 OR 250 ID 244 Turkeys 12 2,652 MN 425 NC 398 MO 286 VA 177 AR 176 Grapes 13 2,577 CA 2,299 WA 131 NY 38 OR 36 MI 25 Potatoes 14 2,571 ID 560 WA 454 CA 247 WI 180 CO 141 Lettuce 15 2,103 CA 1,734 AZ 356 NJ 8 CO 6 na Tomatoes 16 1,866 CA 901 FL 516 OH 61 VA 60 GA 48 Almonds 17 1,600 CA 1,600 na na na na Tobacco 18 1,551 NC 598 KY 431 SC 126 GA 113 TN 90 Apples 19 1,524 WA 973 NY 119 MI 75 CA 64 PA 41 Oranges 20 1,423 FL 990 CA 425 TX 6 AZ 2 na Strawberries 21 1,321 CA 1,119 FL 129 NC 15 OR 15 PA 11 Rice 22 1,214 AR 513 CA 316 LA 166 MS 82 TX 82 Sugar beets 23 1,093 MN 336 ID 212 ND 197 MI 122 CA 69 Horses & mules 24 1,018 KY 800 NJ 117 VA 101 na na Cane for sugar 25 1,003 FL 560 LA 329 HI 62 TX 52 na na = not available. 1/ The 25 leading commodities ranked by value of farm marketings. Economic Research Service/USDA. Information Contacts: Larry Traub, E-mail: ltraub@ers.usda.gov. Roger Strickland, E-mail: rogers@ers.usda.gov. August 24, 2004. 86 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE RANKING OF 10 LEADING STATES IN CASH RECEIPTS FOR TOP 25 COMMODITIES, 2003, Continued Top 10 states by their value of cash receipts Commodity 1/ Rank Value 6 7 8 9 10 --Million dollars-- --State and million dollars-- All commodities U.S. 211,647 MN 8,588 IL 8,290 NC 6,916 FL 6,450 WI 5,876 Livestock & products U.S. 105,471 NC 4,158 WI 4,094 MN 4,072 CO 3,676 OK 3,504 All crops U.S. 106,176 MN 4,516 WA 3,818 NE 3,754 IN 3,363 ND 2,907 Cattle and calves 1 45,095 IA 2,335 CA 1,556 SD 1,501 MO 1,077 ID 1,062 Dairy products 2 21,228 ID 1,005 MI 794 NM 790 TX 729 WA 672 Corn 3 18,336 OH 722 SD 677 WI 644 KS 637 MO 616 Soybeans 4 15,942 OH 984 MO 980 SD 716 AR 696 ND 514 Broilers 5 15,214 TX 1,032 DE 543 CA 537 KY 507 MD 495 Greenhouse & nursery 6 15,193 MI 580 OH 552 PA 395 WA 370 NJ 368 Hogs 7 10,629 NE 612 MO 456 OK 442 OH 277 SD 275 Wheat 8 6,713 MN 321 SD 281 ID 280 TX 258 NE 225 Chicken eggs 9 5,315 TX 310 IN 308 AL 296 CA 282 NC 242 Cotton 10 5,025 NC 294 LA 238 TN 233 MO 191 AZ 183 Hay 11 4,394 CO 176 OK 156 PA 154 NM 145 MO 142 Turkeys 12 2,652 SC 173 CA 151 IN 139 PA 101 IA 96 Grapes 13 2,577 PA 18 AZ 8 VA 4 NC 3 OH 3 Potatoes 14 2,571 OR 128 ND 117 ME 108 FL 106 MI 90 Lettuce 15 2,103 na na na na na Tomatoes 16 1,866 TN 45 IN 35 SC 32 NJ 30 NC 27 Almonds 17 1,600 na na na na na Tobacco 18 1,551 VA 90 FL 20 IN 17 OH 17 CT 12 Apples 19 1,524 OR 26 VA 25 OH 21 WI 19 NC 18 Oranges 20 1,423 na na na na na Strawberries 21 1,321 WA 8 NY 8 MI 6 WI 5 OH 5 Rice 22 1,214 MO 55 na na na na Sugar beets 23 1,093 MT 45 WY 32 NE 30 CO 29 OR 13 Horses & mules 24 1,018 na na na na na Cane for sugar 25 1,003 na na na na na na = not available. 1/ The 25 leading commodities ranked by value of farm marketings. Economic Research Service/USDA. Information Contacts: Larry Traub, E-mail: ltraub@ers.usda.gov. Roger Strickland, E-mail: rogers@ers.usda.gov. August 24, 2004. 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 87 EXPORT VALUES OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES 1/--Georgia, 1999-2003 Commodity 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Wheat & Products --Million Dollars-- 31.4 31.0 33.3 37.4 39.8 Feed Grains & Products 15.8 20.5 16.9 20.5 23.5 Soybeans & Products 11.0 9.0 8.3 10.2 9.7 Peanuts & Products 81.3 111.4 68.1 102.1 84.4 Cotton & Linters 140.9 157.9 190.2 218.5 249.1 Cottonseed & Products 6.0 7.8 7.6 10.0 9.0 Tobacco - Unmfd. 86.2 65.6 73.7 75.1 57.4 Fruits & Preps. 2/ 9.6 11.0 11.6 14.0 14.3 Tree Nuts 15.4 18.4 23.5 20.1 20.8 Vegetables and Preps. 22.8 30.9 41.9 40.6 40.0 Live Animals & Meat (Exc. Poultry) 38.3 49.8 50.4 48.9 43.6 Hides & Skins 9.3 13.3 20.3 19.4 16.4 Poultry & Products 244.1 264.4 284.6 260.1 226.5 Fats, Oils & Greases 4.9 4.0 3.4 4.9 5.0 Feeds & Fodders 8.5 9.4 11.5 13.7 13.6 Seeds 15.5 14.3 18.0 20.7 19.6 Other 3/ 82.0 81.8 85.1 89.0 91.1 Total 4/ 822.9 900.5 948.6 1,005.0 963.7 1/ Source: ERS, USDA, FATUS, U.S. Agricultural Trade Update, July, 2003. 2/ Apples, apple juice, and apple products, as well as other miscellaneous fruit assumed to equal the previous year; current year production data have not yet been released. 3/ Includes minor oils, sugar, confectionery, and tropical products, nursery and greenhouse, essential oils, beverages, exc. juice, and other miscellaneous vegetable products. 4/ Totals may not add due to rounding. FARM LABOR--Number of Hired Workers, Hours Worked, and Wage Rates, Southeast Region, Survey Weeks of 2001-2003 1/2/ Year and Survey Week 2001 2002 2003 Jan Apr Jul Oct Jan Apr Jul Oct Jan Apr Jul Oct Unit 7-13 8-14 8-14 7-13 6-12 7-13 7-13 6-12 12-18 6-12 6-12 12-18 All Hired Number of Workers 1,000 Persons 20 37 32 37 25 44 Worked per Week Hours 37.8 42.7 35.7 38.1 35.7 44.1 Type of Hired Worker All Hired Workers $ per Hour 7.88 7.61 7.69 8.07 8.08 7.94 Field $ per Hour 7.30 7.01 7.19 7.61 7.56 7.28 Livestock $ per Hour 7.25 7.53 7.50 7.28 7.61 8.29 Field & Livestock $ per Hour 7.29 7.05 7.26 7.56 7.58 7.42 1/ Excludes Agricultural Service Workers. 2/ The Southeast Region includes GA, AL, and SC. 34 33.7 8.01 7.11 8.90 7.50 33 36.4 8.18 7.30 8.25 7.56 24 35.6 8.87 7.50 8.96 8.12 27 37.0 8.71 7.58 8.78 8.07 35 37.2 8.08 7.55 7.87 7.61 38 38.9 8.26 7.90 7.84 7.88 FARM LABOR--Hired Workers Annual Average Wage Rates, Georgia, 1996-2003 1/2/ Unit 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 All Hired Dollars 6.83 7.35 6.93 7.14 7.71 8.42 8.53 8.78 Field Dollars 6.36 6.89 6.64 6.63 7.26 7.96 8.00 8.09 Field & Livestock Dollars 6.34 6.85 6.61 6.84 7.24 7.87 8.06 8.22 1/ Excludes Agricultural Service Workers. 2/ Annual rates are averages of the wage rates for each survey week weighted by the number of hours worked during the week. The annual average is based on data collected for January, April, July, and October. 88 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE FARMS--Number, Size and Value, Georgia, 1996-2003 Unit 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Number of all Farms 1/ Thousands 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 Number of Farms Cattle Thousands 24 24 23 23 23 22 22 21 Hogs Thousands 2.2 2.0 1.7 1.4 1.2 0.9 1.1 1.1 Dairy Thousands 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 Total Land in Farms 1,000 11,400 11,300 11,050 11,000 10,900 10,850 10,800 10,800 Average Farm Size Acres 233 231 226 224 223 220 220 219 Value per Acre 2/ Dollars 1,360 1,430 1,510 1,630 1,750 1,900 2,050 2,200 1/ Prior to 1975, defined as places of 10 acres or more that had annual sales of agricultural products of $50 or more and places of less than 10 acres that had annual sales of $250 or more. Beginning with 1975, a farm is a place as of June 1, that sells or could sell $1,000 of agricultural products during the year. 2/ As of March 1, 1969-1975; changed to February 1, 1976-1981; April 1, 1982-1985, February 1, 1986-1989; January 1, 1990-1995. Average value includes land and buildings. The 1989-1994 data revised based on the 1992 Census of Agriculture. Georgia Economic Sales Class $1,000-$9,999 $10,000-$99,999 $100,000+ United States Economic Sales Class $1,000-$9,999 $10,000-$99,999 $100,000+ NUMBER OF FARMS BY ECONOMIC SALES CLASS - 1996-2003 Unit 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Number Number Number 32,000 9,700 7,300 31,900 9,600 7,500 31,900 9,600 7,500 31,900 9,700 7,400 31,900 9,900 7,300 31,900 10,400 6,900 32,100 10,800 6,400 32,200 10,800 6,300 Number 1,167,800 1,191,050 1,184,380 1,187,390 1,183,480 1,189,920 1,201,840 1,199,270 Number 673,600 645,960 651,400 648,710 638,380 621,490 604,570 600,530 Number 349,100 353,500 356,550 351,180 344,920 337,220 328,950 327,060 LAND IN FARMS BY ECONOMIC SALES CLASS - 1996-2003 Unit 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Georgia Economic Sales Class $1,000-$9,999 1,000 Acres $10,000-$99,999 1,000 Acres $100,000+ 1,000 Acres United States Economic Sales Class $1,000-$9,999 1,000 Acres $10,000-$99,999 1,000 Acres $100,000+ 1,000 Acres 2,900 2,700 5,800 133,790 297,200 527,685 3,000 2,500 5,800 3,200 2,600 5,250 3,300 2,700 5,000 3,380 2,750 4,770 3,500 2,880 4,470 135,375 288,485 532,150 131,000 285,825 535,255 129,810 282,565 536,085 128,320 279,265 537,495 127,090 274,895 540,085 2002 2003 3,600 2,930 4,270 3,700 2,800 4,300 126,625 271,155 542,520 124,780 270,055 543,915 FARM REAL ESTATE--Average values, per acre, by Region and State, January 1, 1998-2004 1/2/ State 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Change 2003-2004 --Dollars-- --Percent-- Southeast: 1,700 1,800 1,920 2,030 2,140 2,270 2,420 6.6 Alabama 1,440 1,500 1,570 1,640 1,700 1,760 1,860 5.7 Florida 2,240 2,350 2,500 2,600 2,720 2,900 3,100 6.9 Georgia 1,510 1,630 1,750 1,900 2,050 2,200 2,350 6.8 South Carolina 1,480 1,600 1,700 1,800 1,900 2,050 2,150 4.9 1/ Value of farmland and buildings. 2/ Estimates for 1996 and prior years previously published by the Economic Research Service, USDA. 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 89 FARMS Total Number & Number by Economic Sales Class Georgia, 1996 - 2003 Thousands 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Total $1,000-9,999 $10,000-99,999 $100,000+ 2003 Thousand Tons 2,000 FERTILIZER CONSUMPTION Years Ending June 30 Georgia, 1996 - 2004 1,500 1,000 500 0 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Year All Fertilizers 90 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE Kind Mixtures FERTILIZER--Commercial Consumption of Fertilizer Mixtures and Direct Application Materials, Selected Years, Ending June 30, Georgia 1/ 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2/ --Tons-- 989,848 963,326 1,101,149 807,150 969,305 828,484 994,912 890,139 2004 961,967 Nitrogen Materials Anhydrous Ammonia Ammonium Nitrate Ammonium Sulfate Nitrogen Solution Urea Other Nitrogen Material Total 8,734 81,043 8,088 332,803 23,763 27,930 482,360 5,526 78,346 5,642 286,083 25,761 25,389 426,747 5,163 58,695 5,225 246,405 22,601 19,428 357,517 2,694 53,218 4,250 188,217 14,919 27,350 290,648 3,368 49,475 3,918 206,803 10,549 13,657 287,770 1,618 39,899 4,995 153,781 14,023 31,615 245,931 4,099 50,647 4,589 187,197 11,522 34,334 292,388 1,245 47,142 5,242 184,277 13,459 48,568 299,933 2,493 47,842 8,347 224,057 16,190 47,337 346,266 Phosphate Materials Ammonium Polyphosphate Diammonium Phosphate Triple Super Phosphate Other Phosphate Material Total 42,253 13,123 5,171 11,371 71,918 43,195 18,066 4,707 9,121 75,089 38,981 15,466 2,814 10,755 68,016 33,556 14,840 3,222 1,829 53,447 32,368 15,353 2,156 1,546 51,423 20,878 12,802 2,021 5,434 41,135 24,615 15,411 2,734 4,496 47,256 25,526 15,461 1,644 2,194 44,825 29,470 21,423 2,138 6,715 59,746 Potash Materials Muriate of Potash Sulfate of Potash Magnesia Other Potash Material Total 29,836 31,582 21,276 24,396 20,556 18,659 25,254 24,118 28,005 6,325 6,510 5,102 5,440 2,963 3,842 3,865 4,800 8,441 12,594 48,756 12,283 50,375 11,179 37,557 5,738 35,574 5,426 28,945 8,691 31,192 8,381 37,500 5,368 34,286 13,148 49,594 Secondary and Micronutrients and Organic Materials 148,216 139,360 141,225 132,411 162,718 181,092 247,471 160,757 258,015 Total All Fertilizers 1,741,098 1,654,897 1,705,464 1,319,230 1,500,161 1,327,834 1,619,527 1,429,940 1,675,588 1/ Georgia Department of Agriculture Summary of Plant Food Tonnage, Year-To-Date July through June. 2/ Revised. 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 91 Blueberries: Pesticide, Bearing Acreage, Percent of Area Receiving Applications and Total Applied, Program States and Total, 2003 Bearing Area Receiving and Total Applied State Acreage Herbicide Insecticide1/ Fungicide Other Chemicals --Acres-- --Pct-- --1,000 Lbs-- --Pct-- --1,000 Lbs-- --Pct-- --1,000 Lbs-- --Pct-- --1,000 Lbs-- GA 4,600 69 8.9 68 10.0 79 16.7 14 0.7 MI 2/ 15,400 56 19.2 97 75.2 87 116.4 NJ 2/ 7,500 43 9.2 93 20.1 91 86.5 NC 2/ 4,200 85 6.3 97 11.8 81 6.2 OR 3,000 74 9.5 63 6.7 87 27.2 6 * Total 34,700 60 53.1 89 124.2 86 253.0 4 1.2 1/ Total Applied excludes Bt's (Bacillus thuringiensis) and other biologicals. Quantities are not available because amounts of active ingredient are not comparable between products. 2/ Insufficient reports to publish data for one or more pesticide classes. * Total applied is less than 50 pounds. Active Ingredient Herbicides Glyphosate Oryzalin Sethoxydim Simazine Blueberries: Agricultural Chemical Applications, Georgia, 2003 1/2/ Area Applied Applications Rate per Application Rate per Crop Year --Percent-- --Number-- --Pounds per Acre-- Total Applied --1,000 Lbs-- 45 1.5 0.93 15 1.1 1.68 22 1.0 0.14 20 1.3 1.04 1.47 3.0 1.94 1.4 0.14 0.1 1.40 1.3 Insecticides Diazinon Malathion 47 1.8 0.53 52 2.9 1.11 0.97 2.1 3.25 7.7 Fungicides Benomyl 42 2.0 0.49 Captan 72 1.9 2.09 Fenbuconazole 57 2.1 0.09 Iprodione 13 1.0 0.45 Triforine 26 1.2 0.29 0.99 1.9 4.00 13.2 0.20 0.5 0.45 0.3 0.37 0.4 Other Chemicals Gibberellic acid 24 1.7 0.05 0.09 0.1 1/ Agricultural Chemical Usage: 2003 Fruit Summary, released August 4, 2004. 2/ Bearing acres in 2003 for Georgia were 4,600 acres. 92 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE Peaches: Pesticide, Bearing Acreage, Percent of Area Receiving Applications and Total Applied, Program States and Total, 2003 Bearing Area Receiving and Total Applied State Acreage Herbicide Insecticide 1/ Fungicide Other Chemicals --Acres-- --Pct-- --1,000 Lbs-- --Pct-- --1,000 Lbs-- --Pct-- --1,000 Lbs-- --Pct-- --1,000 Lbs-- CA 78,500 53 78.3 80 1,562.1 75 1,403.8 11 109.1 GA 2/ 13,500 24 9.5 100 199.7 99 528.1 MI 5,000 44 5.8 90 17.9 94 103.2 6 0.5 NJ 2/ 8,000 60 11.7 88 100.8 90 281.5 PA 2/ 3,800 32 2.9 86 23.4 85 70.7 SC 2/ 15,000 79 80.9 99 324.6 99 916.7 TX 6,500 33 5.9 50 21.2 39 15.7 Total 130,300 51 194.7 84 2,249.9 80 3,319.8 9 325.4 1/ Total Applied excludes Bt's (Bacillus thuringiensis) and other biologicals. Quantities are not available because amounts of active ingredient are not comparable between products. 2/ Insufficient reports to publish data for one or more pesticide classes. Active Ingredient Herbicides Diuron Glyphosate Paraquat Insecticides Carbaryl Chlorpyrifos Endosulfan Malathion Petroleum distillate Phosmet Peaches: Agricultural Chemical Applications, Georgia, 2003 1/ Area Applied Applications Rate per Application Rate per Crop Year --Percent-- --Number-- --Pounds per Acre-- Total Applied --1,000 Lbs-- 13 1.2 1.20 19 1.2 0.69 22 1.3 0.49 1.46 2.6 0.89 2.3 0.68 2.0 77 1.0 24 1.0 4 2.8 * 3.7 50 1.1 90 4.5 1.13 0.46 0.58 1.15 14.02 1.34 1.22 0.46 1.66 4.26 16.17 6.13 12.6 1.5 0.9 2/ 109.3 74.9 Fungicides Captan 42 1.4 2.85 3.99 Chlorothalonil 80 1.6 2.11 3.44 Fenbuconazole 4 2.9 0.09 0.28 Propiconazole 86 1.6 0.11 0.19 Sulfur 90 4.5 8.30 37.95 * Area applied is less than 0.5 percent. 1/ Bearing acres in 2003 for Georgia were 13,500 acres. 2/ Total applied is less than 50 lbs. 22.4 37.1 0.1 2.2 462.8 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 93 Georgia Department of Agriculture Mission Statement We at the Georgia Department of Agriculture take our responsibilities to you very seriously and are committed to providing superior agricultural products, service and leadership into the 21st century. Our mission is to provide excellence in services and regulatory functions, to protect and promote agriculture and consumer interests, and to ensure an abundance of safe food and fiber for Georgia, America and the world by using stateof-the-art technology, and a professional workforce. National Agricultural Statistics Service Mission Statement To provide timely, accurate, and useful statistics in service to U. S. agriculture. 94 2004 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE