GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL FACTS 2009 EDITION GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Thomas T. Irvin, Commissioner Cooperating with UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE National Agricultural Statistics Service Dr. Cynthia Clark, Administrator Prepared by USDA, NASS, GEORGIA FIELD OFFICE 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/ Douglas G. Kleweno, Director S. Radley Edwards, Deputy Director Jackie Adams Tanimola Ayewa James Brewster Brent Chittenden Peggy Craig Karlisa Farrell Wanda Fortune Office Staff Robert Harris Andrew Jackson Kevin Lamons Clayton McDuffie Connie McEver John Meyer Jokeda Nelson Sonya Peacock 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. North Regina W. Broach* Raymond H. Bryant Howard Cooper Keith Milburn James B. Morris Jimmy C. Taff Billy Tomlinson James P. Vickers Leland J. Willis OFFICE ENUMERATORS Cindy Joiner* Allie M. Hardman Sue S. Johnston Betty Strickland FIELD ENUMERATORS West Central Jimmy P. Bradley* Wayne Adkins Paul M. Bulloch Carlton Farmer James L. Hoover, Jr. Lee Lucas, Jr. East Central Inman Gerrald* Willard R. Joiner John W. Meikle Lilla P. Mobley William Ed Veal William A. Woodward Southwest Alfred E. (Bubber) Hester, Jr.* Scott Connell Don Hall William H. Kimbrel Ross E. NeSmith Charles W. Robertson * Supervisors Southeast Donna Taft* Albert Potts Pat Reid Jack West West Central NASDA FIELD STAFF East Central Left to Right: Wayne Adkins, , Jimmy BradleySupervisor , Carlton Farmer, Lee Lucas, Paul Bulloch. Not pictured: Jimmy Hoover South West Left to Right: Allen Woodward, John Meikle, Inman Gerrald-Supervisor, Lilla Mobley, Ray Joiner. Not pictured: Ed Veal South East Left to Right: Billy Kimbrel, Ross NeSmith, Bubber Hester-Supervisor, Charles Robertson, Don Hall, North Left to Right: Albert Potts, Donna Taft-Supervisor, Jack West NASDA OFFICE STAFF Cindy Joiner-Supervisor Allie M. Hardman Sue S. Johnston Betty Strickland Left to Right: Jim Vickers, Regina BroachSupervisor, Howard Cooper, Billy Tomlinson Raymond Bryant, Keith Milburn, Lee Willis, Not pictured: James Morris, Jimmy Taff A MESSAGE FROM THE COMMISSIONER Dear Fellow Georgians: Welcome to the 2009 Edition of Georgia Agricultural Facts. The Georgia Department of Agriculture publishes the annual statistical data in cooperation with the Georgia Field Office of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service. The Georgia Field Office collects and updates data for our state. The staff also provides the current information online at http://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/G eorgia/index.asp. As we did last year, we have printed less paper copies and provided CD's as an option. In our quest to cut costs and increase our efficiency, we are encouraging our employees in the five district offices, laboratories and in the field across the state to use the link above to obtain the data they need. Another option for you and our employees is to download the information from the site onto a computer hard drive, a CD or a memory stick. Agriculture is constantly influenced by changes in technology, the economy, the weather, governmental decisions, and other entities beyond the farmer's control. Accurate information and statistics are key factors in helping farmers make decisions and adapt to these changing conditions. That is why the work of the National Agricultural Statistics Service is so important and why we are proud to assist in producing this valuable research and reference guide. USDA,NASS, GEORGIA FIELD OFFICE Dear Data User, The Georgia Field Office of USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is pleased to compile and release the 2009 edition of "Georgia Agricultural Facts." This publication again highlights agriculture as Georgia's number one industry. The current and historical state and county agricultural statistics provide valuable information concerning the state's agricultural production in 2008. We highly value our mission of supporting you as our data customers with the best possible agricultural statistics. Both our agricultural surveys and census program provide data that helps define the ever changing agricultural sector. Producer decisions are influenced by economic pressures, domestic and international policy, population demographics, and the always unpredictable weather. Production and marketing conditions with their uncertainties also create a demand for factual and timely data. Change is inevitable and good statistics is essential for daily business transactions, for educating our citizens, and for policy making. It is important to acknowledge the cooperation and support of the Georgia Department of Agriculture who provided funding for this publication, during very tight budget times. We especially thank the many Georgia producers who gave of their valuable time to participate in our surveys and provide much of the information in this bulletin. In addition, thanks goes to the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension and USDA Farm Service Center staffs for assisting us with additional information and support in preparing these statistics. We again extend a special thanks to our office staff and our National Association of State Departments of Agriculture enumeration staff for their contribution to our team effort of delivering defensible and timely agricultural statistics. A photo of our field enumeration staff is shown on the previous page. This past year, we published the 2007 Census of Agriculture. These data provide trends and comparative statistics at the national, state and county levels. Five-year census revisions are available in this publication and on our web site. I encourage you to explore the numerous census tabulations on our web page that show comparative production, demographic, and economic data for Georgia and the nation. Please contact us with your comments, questions, or requests for assistance as we are committed to providing the best possible service to you. Hopefully, you have bookmarked our web site for quick reference too. Sincerely, Douglas G. Kleweno Director TABLE OF CONTENTS FARM INCOME AND EXPENSES Cash Receipts, Graphs, 2008 ................................... 1 Highlights--2008 ........................................................ 2 Cash Receipts, 2004-2008........................................ 3 Farm Income and Expenses, 2004-2008 .................. 5 Farm Production Expenses, Graphs,2004-2008 ....... 6 Georgia=s Rank in U.S. Agriculture, 2008.................. 7 POULTRY Broilers and Egg Production and Value, Graphs, 2001-2008 ................................................. 9 Highlights--2008 ...................................................... 10 Poultry Production and Value, 2003-2008............... 11 Egg Production and Value, 2001-2008 ................... 12 Per Capita Consumption of Red Meat and Poultry, 2004-2008 ........................................................... 12 Value of Poultry in GA, Graphs, 2001-2008 ............ 13 COUNTY ESTIMATES County and District Map .......................................... 14 Corn--Map and County Estimates, 2007-2008 .......................................................... 15 Cotton--Map and County Estimates, 2007-2008 .......................................................... 19 Oats--Map and District Estimates, 2007-2008 .......................................................... 23 Peanuts--Map and County Estimates, 2007-2008 .......................................................... 25 Rye--Map and County Estimates, 2007-2008 .......................................................... 28 Sorghum--Map and District Estimates, 2007-2008 .......................................................... 31 Soybeans--Map and County Estimates, 2007-2008 .......................................................... 33 Tobacco--Map and County Estimates, 2007-2008 .......................................................... 37 Wheat--Map and County Estimates, 2007-2008 .......................................................... 40 Cattle & Milk Cows--Maps and County Estimates, 2008-2009 .......................................................... 44 Hogs--Map and District Estimates, 2007-2008 .......................................................... 50 FIELD CROPS Cropland Used and Value of Production Graphs, 2001-2008 .............................................. 52 Highlights--2008 Crop Year..................................... 53 Field Crops, State Estimates, 2001-2008................ 54 Corn and Sorghum Silage, State Estimates, 2001-2008 .................................. 56 Irrigated and Non-Irrigated Corn Estimates, 2001-2008 ........................................... 56 Crop Records, Highs and Lows............................... 57 Usual Planting and Harvesting Dates...................... 58 Grain Stocks, 2006-2008 ........................................ 59 Grain Stock Facilities, 2001-2008 ........................... 59 Hay Stocks, 2001-2008 ........................................... 59 Peanut Stocks, U.S., 2007-2009 ............................. 60 Soybean Acreage Following Another Crop Selected States, 2001-2009 .................................. 60 FRUITS, NUTS AND VEGETABLES Production and Value of Production Graphs, 2001-2008 ............................................... 61 Highlights--2008 Crop Year ..................................... 62 Fruit Crops, State Estimates, 2001-2008................. 63 Pecans, State Estimates, 2001-2008 ...................... 63 Vegetables, State Estimates, 2001-2008 ................ 64 LIVESTOCK AND DAIRY Milk Cows, Graph, 2001-2008 ................................. 66 Cattle and Calves, Graph, 2001-2008 ..................... 66 Highlights--2008 ...................................................... 67 Cattle and Calves, State Estimates, 2001-2009 ........................................................... 68 Cattle and Calves, Number by Size Groups, 2001-2008 ........................................................... 68 Cattle and Calves, Production, Income, and Disposition, 2001-2008........................................ 69 Milk Cows and Heifers, State Estimates 2001-2009 ........................................................... 69 Milk Cows, Number of Operations, 2001-2008........ 69 Milk Cows and Milk Production, 2001-2008............. 70 Hogs, State Estimates, 2001-2008 .......................... 70 Hogs, Production and Income, 2001-2008 .............. 70 Red Meat Production, 2001-2008............................ 71 Red Meat Production, Graph, 2001-2008................ 71 Commercial Slaughter, 2001-2008 .......................... 71 Bees and Honey, 2001-2008................................... 72 Goats, Number by Class, 2008-2009 ...................... 72 AQUACULTURE Catfish, 2005-2009 .................................................. 73 Trout, 2005-2008 ..................................................... 73 AGRICULTURAL PRICES Marketing Season for Specified Crops .................... 74 Prices Received, Specified Commodities, 2001-2008 ........................................................... 74 Prices Received, Monthly, 2001-2008 ..................... 75 Feed Ratios, 2001-2008 .......................................... 78 Average Prices Paid, Specified Commodities, 2001-2009 ........................................................... 79 GENERAL Temperature and Precipitation Graphs, 2008.......... 83 Highlights--Crop Weather Summary, 2008.............. 84 Precipitation by Months, 2008 ................................. 86 Temperatures by Months, 2008............................... 87 Export Values, 2004-2008 ....................................... 88 Farm Labor, 2001-2008........................................... 88 Farm Numbers, Size and Value, 2001-2008 ........... 89 Farm Numbers by Economic Class, 2001-2008 ...... 89 Farm Real Estate Values, 2001-2009 ..................... 89 Farms, Number, Graph, 2001-2008 ........................ 90 Fertilizer Consumption, Graph, 2001-2009.............. 90 Fertilizer Consumption, 2001-2009 ......................... 91 Poultry 50.9% CASH RECEIPTS and GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS Georgia, 2008 - $7.8 Billion Crops 35.1% Livestock 8.9% Govt. Payments 5.1% CASH RECEIPTS Georgia - 2008 Percent of Total for Top Ten Commodities Wheat 2.0 Corn 2.8 Dairy products 3.8 Greenhouse & Nursery 3.9 Cattle & calves 4.0 Peanuts 6.4 Cotton & Cottonseed 7.6 Chicken eggs 7.6 Vegetables, Melons & Onions 7.8 Broilers 45.5 0.0 5.0 10.0 15.0 20.0 25.0 30.0 35.0 40.0 45.0 50.0 FARM INCOME AND EXPENSES HIGHLIGHTS - 2008 Georgia=s gross farm income (value of agricultural sector production plus direct government payments) for 2008 was $9.21 billion, 10 percent more than 2007. Gross farm income includes cash income, non-cash income, and inventory adjustment. Increases were recorded in crop production, livestock production, and services and forestry revenues. Food grains, feed crops, oil crops, and vegetables all increased in value. Farm inventory adjustments for 2008 crops were a positive $7.28 million compared with a negative $137 million the previous year. The inventory adjustment for livestock was a negative $23.6 million as opposed to a negative $30.5 million in 2007. Farm production expenses (purchased inputs) increased 3 percent to $4.79 billion. Cash receipts from farm marketings (value of crop and livestock production minus the value of home consumption and inventory adjustments) totaled $7.39 billion, up 9 percent from 2007. Net government transactions increased $15.6 million in 2008 to $214 million. Net farm income was 28 percent more than 2007 at $2.78 billion. FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES Farm production expenses (purchased inputs, motor vehicle registration and licensing fees, property taxes, capital consumption, and payments to shareholders) totaled $6.44 billion in 2008, up 3 percent from the $6.23 billion in 2007. Feed purchases at $1.62 billion, up 8 percent from 2007, continued to be the single largest expense. Seed purchase expenses increased 13 percent from last year, to $270 million. Fertilizer and lime expenses were up from $360 million in 2007 to $390 million in 2008. Pesticide expenses were down 12 percent. Electricity and petroleum fuel and oils increased 2 percent from 2007. Overall, other purchased inputs decreased 2 percent. Miscellaneous expenses increased, while contract labor, repair and maintenance of capital items, machine hire and customwork, and marketing, storage and transportation expenses decreased. Property taxes combined with motor vehicle registration and licensing fees increased 5 percent to $184 million. Real estate and non-real estate interest fell 4 percent from the previous year to $299 million. Net rent received by non-operator landlords increased 24 percent to $93.2 million. CASH RECEIPTS AND DIRECT GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS Total cash receipts from the sale of crop and livestock commodities plus the proceeds from direct government payments totaled $7.79 billion, 9 percent more than the 2007 level. Poultry and eggs accounted for 50.9 percent of the total; crops accounted for 35.1 percent; livestock, excluding poultry, 8.9 percent; and direct government payments 5.1 percent. Cash receipts from poultry continued to be the major contributor during 2008 at $3.96 billion. This was the fourteenth 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 third among all commodities with receipts of $564 million, or 7.6 percent of the total cash receipts excluding government payments. Cash receipts from crops in 2008 totaled $2.74 billion, up 12 percent from the $2.45 billion in 2007. Vegetables, melons and onions, ranking second after broilers, accounted for 7.8 percent of the total cash receipts with earnings of $575 million, up slightly from 2007. Cotton and cottonseed placed fourth in cash receipts at $562 million and accounted for 7.6 percent of the total cash receipts. Peanuts accounted for 6.4 percent of the total with $475 million in cash receipts, up 46 percent from the previous year. Nursery and greenhouse cash receipts accounted for 3.9 percent of the total, or $291 million, down 9 percent from 2007. Cash receipts from the sale of livestock, excluding poultry, totaled $697 million, down 1 percent from 2007. Cattle and calves receipts contributed the most to this category at $292 million, followed by dairy products at $281 million, hogs at $62.2 million, and aquaculture at $11.9. Miscellaneous livestock, including honey, and other livestock, increased 6 percent. Government payments were up 7 percent from the previous year to $398 million. Selected Commodity POULTRY Broilers Farm chickens Chicken eggs Other poultry Total Poultry & Eggs CASH RECEIPTS BY SELECTED COMMODITIES, GEORGIA 2004-20081/2/ 2004 2005 2006 --1,000 dollars-- 2,857,580 2,903,526 2,543,688 8,168 12,054 8,929 394,120 347,680 368,736 25,000 24,000 24,000 3,284,868 3,287,260 2,945,353 2007 3,187,848 8,946 437,491 25,000 3,659,285 2008 3,360,960 10,180 564,244 26,000 3,961,384 CROPS Corn Cotton Cotton lint, all Cottonseed Hay Oats Peanuts Rye Sorghum grain Soybeans Tobacco Wheat Greenhouse & Nursery Peaches Pecans All Other Fruits & Nuts Vegetables, Melons & Onions All other crops Total Crops 77,020 475,309 437,893 37,416 28,683 1,720 336,293 1,939 2,574 44,846 86,426 29,776 330,022 33,017 78,060 35,134 444,675 13,500 2,019,215 47,878 533,184 492,370 40,814 41,248 851 357,840 1,928 2,072 27,366 39,974 22,404 378,739 27,476 101,440 44,157 532,346 16,000 2,174,977 49,405 444,949 396,936 48,013 46,228 1,648 279,738 1,572 3,003 20,380 43,330 21,640 399,685 33,020 66,300 70,342 559,000 13,500 2,053,741 151,231 618,527 566,691 51,835 55,643 2,373 324,480 1,908 5,854 65,598 60,856 41,733 320,789 9,830 159,300 39,982 573,298 13,500 2,444,901 207,132 562,250 485,617 76,633 81,128 3,431 475,116 2,849 7,019 108,676 57,120 149,239 290,781 19,326 101,020 81,624 575,058 13,500 2,735,269 LIVESTOCK Cattle and calves Dairy products Hogs Aquaculture All Other Livestock Total Livestock & Dairy Products Total Cash Receipts for Poultry, Crops & Livestock 348,298 235,536 84,793 9,410 61,548 739,585 6,043,668 357,433 221,760 82,267 11,909 56,515 729,884 6,192,121 309,067 201,024 65,929 12,649 55,685 644,354 5,643,448 305,984 281,561 54,334 12,550 47,158 701,587 6,805,773 291,990 280,687 62,244 11,925 49,835 696,681 7,393,334 Direct Government Payments 287,431 666,427 483,066 372,607 397,699 Total Cash Receipts & Direct Government Payments 6,331,099 6,858,548 6,126,514 7,178,380 7,791,033 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. GEORGIA CASH RECEIPTS, EXCLUDING GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS AT A GLANCE 2007-2008 - 1,000 DOLLARS1/ 2008 Rank Commodity 2007 2008 1 Broilers 3,187,848 3,360,960 2 Vegetables, Melons & Onions 573,298 575,058 3 Chicken eggs 437,491 564,244 4 Cotton lint 566,691 485,617 5 Peanuts 324,480 475,116 6 Cattle and calves 305,984 291,990 7 Greenhouse & Nursery 320,789 290,781 8 Dairy products 281,561 280,687 9 Corn 151,231 207,132 10 Wheat 41,733 149,239 11 Soybeans 65,598 108,676 12 Pecans 159,300 101,020 13 All Other Fruits & Nuts 39,982 81,624 14 Hay 55,643 81,128 15 Cottonseed 51,835 76,633 16 Hogs 54,334 62,244 17 Tobacco 60,856 57,120 18 All Other Livestock 47,158 49,835 19 Other poultry 25,000 26,000 20 Peaches 9,830 19,326 21 All other crops 13,500 13,500 22 Aquaculture 12,550 11,925 23 Farm chickens 8,946 10,180 24 Sorghum grain 5,854 7,019 25 Oats 2,373 3,431 26 Rye 1,908 2,849 Total 1/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 6,805,773 7,393,334 % of All 45.46 7.78 7.63 6.57 6.43 3.95 3.93 3.80 2.80 2.02 1.47 1.37 1.10 1.10 1.04 0.84 0.77 0.67 0.35 0.26 0.18 0.16 0.14 0.09 0.05 0.04 100.00 FARM INCOME AND EXPENSES, GEORGIA, 2004-2008 Item1/ 2004 2005 2006 --1,000 Dollars-- Value of crop production 2,074,749 2,148,815 2,162,341 Food grains Feed crops 31,715 109,996 24,332 92,049 23,212 100,285 Cotton Oil crops Tobacco Fruits and tree nuts Vegetables All other crops Home consumption Value of inventory adjustment2/ 475,309 381,361 86,426 146,211 444,675 343,522 569 54,965 533,184 385,280 39,974 173,073 532,346 394,739 176 -26,338 444,949 300,118 43,330 169,662 559,000 413,185 242 108,358 2007 2,307,642 43,641 215,100 618,527 390,078 60,856 209,112 573,298 334,289 203 -137,462 2008 2,742,792 152,089 298,709 562,250 583,792 57,120 201,970 575,058 304,281 244 7,279 Value of livestock production Meat animals Dairy products Poultry and eggs Miscellaneous livestock Home consumption Value of inventory adjustment2/ 3,994,525 433,091 235,536 3,284,868 70,958 506 -30,434 3,990,739 439,700 221,760 3,287,260 68,424 921 -27,326 3,578,697 374,996 201,024 2,945,353 68,334 1,225 -12,235 4,331,526 360,318 281,561 3,659,285 59,708 1,183 -30,529 4,635,916 354,234 280,687 3,961,384 61,760 1,422 -23,571 Revenues from services and forestry Machine hire and customwork Forest products sold Other farm income Gross imputed rental value of farm dwellings 1,007,450 30,498 35,000 439,060 502,892 1,137,427 26,204 42,000 478,231 590,992 1,335,906 25,445 48,000 600,571 661,890 1,388,260 41,286 55,000 596,135 695,839 1,437,070 35,024 50,000 631,850 720,196 Value of agricultural sector production 7,076,725 7,276,981 7,076,944 8,027,427 8,815,778 Purchased inputs (less) 3,458,040 3,697,294 4,200,160 4,658,081 4,788,905 Farm origin Feed purchased Livestock and poultry purchased Seed purchased 1,674,397 1,170,000 344,397 160,000 1,599,577 1,150,000 259,577 190,000 1,922,611 1,400,000 282,611 240,000 2,062,006 1,500,000 322,006 240,000 2,222,279 1,620,000 332,279 270,000 Manufactured inputs Fertilizers and lime Pesticides Petroleum fuel and oils Electricity 678,129 220,000 230,000 165,443 62,686 798,305 270,000 250,000 212,450 65,855 860,025 280,000 230,000 265,007 85,018 1,064,691 360,000 260,000 355,396 89,295 1,072,437 390,000 230,000 349,467 102,970 Other purchased inputs Repair and maintenance of capital items Machine hire and customwork Marketing, storage, and transportation expenses Contract labor Miscellaneous expenses 1,105,514 210,063 51,164 211,156 49,950 583,181 1,299,412 229,418 69,656 264,781 37,304 698,253 1,417,524 186,047 50,852 318,941 53,283 808,401 1,531,384 251,531 40,787 318,374 61,708 858,984 1,494,189 245,094 32,000 262,244 41,390 913,461 Net government transactions (plus) 167,515 544,856 350,893 197,861 213,506 + Direct Government payments - Motor vehicle registration and licensing fees - Property taxes 287,431 9,916 110,000 666,427 11,571 110,000 483,066 12,173 120,000 372,607 14,746 160,000 397,699 13,974 170,219 Gross value added 3,786,199 4,124,543 3,227,678 3,567,207 4,240,379 Capital consumption (less) 475,650 525,095 569,384 591,388 607,402 Net value added 3,310,549 3,599,448 2,658,294 2,975,819 3,632,977 Payments to stakeholders (less) Employee compensation (total hired labor) Net rent received by nonoperator landlords Real estate and nonreal estate interest 612,658 308,975 80,000 223,683 701,560 355,848 84,273 261,439 705,713 317,884 90,724 297,105 808,967 422,917 75,372 310,678 857,582 465,563 93,180 298,839 Net farm income 2,697,891 2,897,888 1,952,581 2,166,852 2,775,395 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 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. FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES Georgia, 2008 Net Rent Received by Nonoperator Landlords 1.5% Interest Expense 4.6% Labor & Custom Work 8.4% Capital Consumption 9.4% Taxes & Fees 2.9% Feed Purchased 25.2% Miscellaneous Expenses 14.2% Marketing, Storage & Transportation Expenses 4.1% Repair & Maintenance of Capital Items 3.8% Energy 7.0% Pesticides 3.6% Livestock & Poultry Purchased 5.2% Seed Purchased 4.2% Fertilizers & Lime 6.1% FARM INCOME & EXPENSES Georgia, 2004 - 2008 $ BILLION 9.00 8.00 7.36 7.00 6.00 5.00 4.67 7.94 5.05 7.56 5.61 8.40 6.23 9.21 6.44 4.00 3.00 2.70 2.90 2.78 2.00 1.95 2.17 1.00 0.00 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Gross Farm Income Total Production Expenses Net Farm Income RANKING OF 10 LEADING STATES IN CASH RECEIPTS FOR TOP 25 COMMODITIES, 2008 Commodity1/ U. S. Rank Value GA Rank Value Top 10 states by their value of cash receipts 1 2 3 4 --Million $-- --Million $-- --State and Million $-- All commodities 324,438 18 7,393 CA 36,265 IA 24,753 TX 19,172 NE 17,316 Livestock and products 141,195 9 4,658 TX 11,031 CA 10,632 IA 9,868 NE 8,320 Crops 183,243 21 2,735 CA 25,633 IA 14,885 IL 14,232 MN 9,753 Corn 1 51,552 23 207 IA 9,703 IL 8,878 NE 5,712 MN 4,675 Cattle and calves 2 48,189 31 292 NE 7,069 TX 6,896 KS 6,240 CO 3,058 Dairy products 3 34,773 25 281 CA 6,924 WI 4,571 NY 2,306 PA 2,102 Soybeans 4 29,058 23 109 IA 4,800 IL 4,163 MN 2,829 IN 2,432 Broilers 5 23,112 1 3,361 GA 3,361 AR 2,807 NC 2,692 AL 2,631 Wheat 6 17,445 26 149 ND 2,515 KS 2,418 SD 1,197 MT 1,191 Greenhouse/nursery 7 16,097 15 291 CA 3,297 FL 1,932 TX 1,435 OR 1,011 Hogs 8 16,077 21 62 IA 4,759 NC 2,171 MN 2,047 IL 971 Chicken eggs 9 8,203 3 564 IA 1,118 OH 585 GA 564 IN 536 Hay 10 7,403 29 81 CA 1,026 ID 676 WA 413 TX 397 Cotton 11 5,684 3 562 TX 2,243 CA 649 GA 562 AR 515 Turkeys 12 4,479 N/A -- MN 744 NC 652 MO 371 AR 348 Potatoes 13 3,689 N/A -- ID 781 WA 705 WI 284 CO 277 Grapes 14 3,474 10 4 CA 3,005 WA 311 OR 60 NY 40 Rice 15 3,215 N/A -- AR 1,407 CA 826 LA 400 MS 215 Apples 16 2,668 27 3 WA 1,779 NY 288 MI 131 PA 83 Almonds 17 2,262 N/A -- CA 2,262 na na na Lettuce 18 1,986 N/A -- CA 1,605 AZ 373 NJ 8 na Oranges 19 1,969 N/A -- FL 1,341 CA 627 AZ 1 TX 1 Strawberries 20 1,885 N/A -- CA 1,545 FL 249 NC 21 OR 17 Sorghum grain 21 1,834 15 7 KS 748 TX 666 NE 77 LA 57 Tobacco Aquaculture2/ 22 1,445 6 23 1,363 N/A 57 NC 687 KY 370 TN 100 VA 83 -- Horses/mules 24 1,165 N/A -- KY 1,080 NJ 85 na na Tomatoes3/ N/A = not applicable. na = not available. 1/ The 25 leading commodities ranked by value of farm marketings. 2/ States not published to avoid disclosure of individual producers. 3/ Commodities having no accompanying data would have appeared within the ranked list of commodities, but were excluded to avoid disclosure of individual producers. Economic Research Service/USDA. Information Contacts: Roger Strickland E-mail: rogers@ers.usda.gov and John Dillard E-mail: jdillard@ers.usda.gov. Released August 6, 2009. RANKING OF 10 LEADING STATES IN CASH RECEIPTS FOR TOP 25 COMMODITIES, 2008, Continued Commodity1/ 5 6 7 8 9 10 --State and Million $-- All commodities IL 16,357 MN 15,843 KS 13,967 IN 9,962 WI 9,890 NC 9,751 Livestock and products KS 7,213 NC 6,461 WI 6,316 MN 6,090 GA 4,658 AR 4,350 Crops NE 8,996 TX 8,141 IN 7,105 KS 6,755 ND 6,717 FL 6,593 Corn IN 3,952 SD 2,189 OH 2,071 KS 2,048 MO 1,751 WI 1,676 Cattle and calves IA 2,882 OK 2,437 CA 1,823 SD 1,699 MO 1,217 ID 1,183 Dairy products ID 2,101 MN 1,658 TX 1,569 MI 1,486 NM 1,362 OH 1,005 Soybeans NE 2,209 OH 1,874 MO 1,862 SD 1,399 ND 1,096 KS 1,069 Broilers MS 2,194 TX 1,557 MD 790 CA 788 DE 774 KY 744 Wheat OK 1,104 WA 915 MN 730 TX 705 ID 666 NE 515 Greenhouse/nursery NC 777 MI 634 NJ 460 AZ 418 WA 372 IL 339 Hogs IN 924 MO 877 NE 729 OK 559 OH 435 KS 421 Chicken eggs PA 487 TX 460 CA 441 AR 418 NC 374 AL 299 Hay CO 390 OR 365 UT 261 AZ 261 NM 226 KS 213 Cotton MS 328 MO 248 NC 193 TN 190 AZ 189 AL 155 Turkeys IN 306 VA 271 SC 267 CA 252 IA 202 WI 191 Potatoes OR 208 CA 197 MN 175 ND 152 ME 145 MI 136 Grapes PA 20 MI 9 VA 9 NC 5 TX 4 GA 4 Rice MO 191 TX 176 na na na na Apples CA 77 OR 33 OH 32 VA 30 WI 25 NC 22 Almonds na na na na na na Lettuce na na na na na na Oranges na na na na na na Strawberries PA 15 WA 10 NY 7 OH 7 WI 7 MI 6 Sorghum grain OK 48 AR 48 MO 33 IL 33 SD 30 MS 26 Tobacco Aquaculture2/ SC 69 GA 57 PA 26 CT 22 MA 13 OH 11 Horses/mules na na na na na na Tomatoes3/ N/A = not applicable. na = not available. 1/ The 25 leading commodities ranked by value of farm marketings. 2/ States not published to avoid disclosure of individual producers. 3/ Commodities having no accompanying data would have appeared within the ranked list of commodities, but were excluded to avoid disclosure of individual producers. Economic Research Service/USDA. Information Contacts: Roger Strickland E-mail: rogers@ers.usda.gov and John Dillard E-mail: jdillard@ers.usda.gov. Released August 6, 2009. Number (million) 4,000 3,500 3,000 2,500 2,000 1,500 1,000 500 0 2001 2002 BROILERS Number and Value of Production Georgia, 2001 - 2008 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Dollars (million) 4,000 3,500 3,000 2,500 2,000 1,500 1,000 500 0 2008 Number Value Dozen (million) 450 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 2001 EGG PRODUCTION & VALUE Hatching, Table, and Total Eggs Georgia 2001 - 2008 2002 2003 Hatching Eggs 2004 2005 2006 2007 Table Eggs Total Eggs Dollar Value Dollars (million) 450 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 2008 POULTRY 2008 FARM VALUE OF PRODUCTION1/ All Poultry and Eggs .............................................$3,935,384,000 Broilers ................................................................... $3,360,960,000 Eggs ..........................................................................$564,244,000 Chickens* .................................................................... $10,180,000 2008 -- GEORGIA NATIONAL RANK First ................................................ Broilers Value of Production First ..................................................................Broilers Produced First ............................................ All Poultry Value of Production First ....................................... Chickens Sold (excludes broilers) Second ................. Chickens Value of Sales (excludes broilers) Third .................................................... Eggs Value of Production Seventh ................................................................ Eggs Produced SUMMARY--2008 The total farm value of poultry and eggs produced in Georgia increased 8 percent to $3.94 billion for the 2008 production year. Value of production from broilers totaled $3.36 billion, up 5 percent from 2007. The value of production for all eggs was $564 million, up 29 percent from 2007. The sale of chickens, excluding broilers, totaled 15.4 million birds with a value of sales of $10.2 million. BROILER PRODUCTION For the twenty-fifth consecutive year, Georgia has been the leader in broiler production with 1.41 billion birds in 2008. Production increased 1 percent from 1.40 billion broilers produced in 2007. Pounds produced in 2008 totaled 7.47 billion. The average price received per pound for broilers in 2008 was 45.0 cents per pound, up 2 cents from the 2007 average price. Georgia ranked first in the number of broilers produced and accounted for 16 percent of the number and 15 percent of pounds of the Nation=s broiler production in 2008. For the fourteenth consecutive year, Georgia ranked number one in the Nation in value of broiler production. EGG PRODUCTION Egg production in Georgia for the year ending November 30, 2008, totaled 4.58 billion eggs, down 5 percent from 2007. The number of layers averaged 18.5 million in 2008, down 5 percent from the previous year. In hatching egg flocks, the average number of layers was down 5 percent, to 9.19 million from 9.66 million in 2007. The average number of layers in table egg flocks was 9.30 million in 2008. All layers in Georgia produced an average of 247 eggs per hen in 2008, the same as 2007. Hatching egg flocks produced 2.10 billion eggs during 2008, 5 percent less than the previous year. Table egg flocks produced 2.47 billion eggs in 2008, down 4 percent from 2007. The average price for all eggs in 2008 was 148.0 cents per dozen, 38.0 cents more than the previous year. Table egg prices averaged 104.0 cents per dozen, up 29.2 cents from the previous year. Hatching egg prices averaged $2.00 per dozen, up 50.0 cents from the previous year. Of the total eggs produced in 2008, 57 percent were sold as table eggs and 43 percent were used as hatching eggs. Georgia ranked sixth in the Nation in 2008 in the average number of layers and seventh 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 mature chickens is quantity sold multiplied by the price per unit. POULTRY--VALUE OF PRODUCTION, GEORGIA, 2003-20081/ 2003 2004 2005 2006 --Thousand Dollars-- 20072/ 2008 Commercial Broilers Mature Chickens, Value of Sales3/ 2,142,850 7,806 2,857,580 8,168 2,903,532 12,054 2,543,688 8,929 3,187,848 8,946 3,360,960 10,180 All Chickens, Including Commercial Broilers 2,150,656 2,865,748 2,915,586 2,552,617 3,196,794 3,371,140 Eggs 395,769 394,120 347,680 368,736 437,491 564,244 All Poultry 2,546,425 3,259,868 3,263,266 2,921,353 3,634,285 3,935,384 1/ The production year begins Dec 1 previous year and ends Nov 30 current year. 2/ Revised. 3/ Includes hatching and table egg flocks. POULTRY--PRODUCTION, SALES AND VALUE, GEORGIA, 2001-20081/ Unit 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Commercial Broilers Number Produced 1,000 Head 1,247,300 1,290,500 1,260,500 1,298,900 1,324,000 1,358,800 1,398,800 1,409,200 Pounds Produced 1,000 Price per Pound2/ Cents 6,236,500 6,452,500 6,302,500 6,494,500 6,752,400 7,065,800 7,413,600 7,468,800 39.0 30.0 34.0 44.0 43.0 36.0 43.0 45.0 Value of Production 1,000 $ 2,432,235 1,935,750 2,142,850 2,857,580 2,903,532 2,543,688 3,187,848 3,360,960 Unit 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Mature Chickens3/ Number Sold 1,000 Head 19,630 16,947 17,957 15,707 14,043 13,843 15,318 15,417 Pounds Sold 1,000 147,225 127,103 113,129 102,096 103,918 103,823 111,821 109,461 Price per Pound Cents 7.8 8.2 6.9 8.0 11.6 8.6 8.0 9.3 Value of Sales 1,000 $ 11,484 10,422 7,806 8,168 12,054 8,929 8,946 10,180 1/ The production year begins Dec 1 previous year and ends Nov 30 current year. 2/ Live weight equivalent price. 3/ Mature chickens includes Hatching Egg and Table Egg Flocks. TABLE 3 EGGS--PRODUCTION AND VALUE OF PRODUCTION BY TYPE, GEORGIA 2001-20081/2/ Unit 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Table Eggs Average Number Layers 1,000 Head 11,596 11,052 11,225 11,169 10,257 9,734 9,673 Eggs per Layer Number 258 258 267 269 269 269 266 Eggs Produced Million 2,991 2,853 2,998 3,002 2,760 2,614 2,576 Price per Dozen Cents 42.6 38.6 55.9 55.8 34.5 43.2 74.8 Value of Production 1,000 $ 106,198 91,815 139,657 139,603 79,430 94,111 160,491 Unit 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Hatching Eggs Average Number Layers 1,000 Head 9,398 9,422 9,217 9,054 9,380 9,635 9,664 Eggs per Layer Number 223 224 222 225 229 228 229 Eggs Produced Million 2,095 2,114 2,049 2,036 2,146 2,197 2,216 Price per Dozen Cents 149.9 149.9 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 Value of Production 1,000 $ 261,689 264,153 256,112 254,517 268,250 274,625 277,000 Unit 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Total Eggs Average Number Layers 1,000 Head 20,994 20,473 20,442 20,323 19,737 19,469 19,434 Eggs per Layer Number 242 243 247 248 249 247 247 Eggs Produced Million 5,086 4,967 5,047 5,038 4,906 4,811 4,792 Price per Dozen Cents 86.8 86.0 94.1 93.9 85.0 92.0 110.0 Value of Production 1,000 $ 367,887 355,968 395,769 394,120 347,680 368,736 437,491 1/ The production year begins Dec 1 previous year and ends Nov 30 current year. 2/ Includes both commercial and farm flocks. 2008 9,300 266 2,472 104.0 213,577 2008 9,189 229 2,104 200.0 350,667 2008 18,539 247 4,576 148.0 564,244 PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION OF RED MEAT AND POULTRY--SELECTED YEARS, 2004-20081/ UNITED STATES Red Meat, Retail Weight Basis Beef Pork Lamb Total2/ Unit Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds 2004 66.1 51.4 1.1 118.6 2005 65.6 50.0 1.1 116.7 2006 65.8 49.4 1.1 116.3 2007 65.2 50.8 1.1 117.1 2008 62.8 49.5 1.0 113.3 Eggs Total2/ Number 257.3 255.8 257.8 250.1 248.9 Chickens Commercial Broilers3/ Pounds 84.4 85.8 86.5 85.4 83.5 Turkey4/ Pounds 17.1 16.7 16.9 17.5 17.6 Total2/4/ Pounds 101.5 102.5 103.4 102.9 101.1 1/ Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Situation and Outlook Report, May, 2009. Economic Research Service, USDA. Per capita meat and egg consumption disappearance data are calculated using the Resident Population Plus Armed Forces Overseas series from the Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce. 2/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 3/ Retail lb. 4/ Ready-to-Cook Basis. Value of Production Commercial Broilers, Mature Chickens, and Eggs Georgia 2008 (Million Dollars) Broilers $3,361 Mature Chickens* $10 Eggs (Total) Mature Chickens * Includes hatching and table egg Eggs (Total) $564 Broilers Dollars (Million) 4,500 4,000 3,500 3,000 2,500 2,000 1,500 1,000 500 0 2001 POULTRY Value of Production Georgia, 2001 - 2008 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Value of production includes broilers, eggs, and mature chickens. 2008 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 `Combined 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. WHITCFAITEOLODSA MURRAY HABERSHAM DADE FANNIN TOWNS UNION RABUN WALKER 1 CHATTOOGA GORDON 2 GILMER WHITE LUMPKIN PICKENS STEPHENS FLOYD BARTOW DAWSON CHEROKEE FORSYTH HALL BANKS FRANKLIN HART 3 POLK HARALSON PAULDING COBB DOUGLAS FULTON GWINNETT DEKALB JACKSON MADISON ELBERT BARROW CLARKE OGLETHORPE WALTON OCONEE WILKES LINCOLN CLAYTON ROCKDALE MCDUFFIE CARROLL HENRY NEWTON MORGAN GREENE TALIAFERRO COLUMBIA FAYETTE HEARD COWETA 4 SPALDING BUTTS JASPER PUTNAM WARREN HANCOCK GLASCOCK RICHMOND MERIWETHER LAMAR TROUP PIKE MONROE JONES BALDWIN JEFFERSON BURKE UPSON 5 WASHINGTON 6 HARRIS TALBOT CRAWFORD BIBB WILKINSON TWIGGS JOHNSON JENKINS SCREVEN MONTGOMERY CANDLER MUSCOGEE CHATTAHOOCHEE MARION TAYLOR PEACH MACON HOUSTON BLECKLEY LAURENS EMANUEL TREUTLEN BULLOCH EFFINGHAM SCHLEY WEBSTER STEWART SUMTER QUIT- MAN TERRELL RANDOLPH LEE 7 CLAY CALHOUN DOUGHERTY EARLY BAKER MILLER MITCHELL DOOLY PULASKI DODGE WHEELER CRISP WILCOX TELFAIR TURNER BEN HILL JEFF DAVIS TOOMBS EVANS TATTNALL APPLING LONG BRYAN CHATHAM LIBERTY WORTH IRWIN 8 TIFT BERRIEN COLQUITT COOK COFFEE ATKINSON BACON PIERCE WAYNE 9 WARE BRANTLEY MCINTOSH GLYNN SEMINOLE DECATUR GRADY THOMAS BROOKS LANIER LOWNDES CLINCH CHARLTON CAMDEN ECHOLS GEORGIA CORN COUNTY ESTIMATES 2008 Based on the 2007 Census of Agriculture, county estimates for 2003-2007 were open for revision. Any possible revisions for these years may be found at www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Georgia/GA County Level Data CORN Top Producing Counties 2008 Miller 2,271,000 bu Seminole 2,138,000 bu Burke 1,994,000 bu Calhoun 1,841,000 bu Early 1,592,000 bu Decatur 1,560,000 bu Baker 1,546,000 bu Jefferson 1,390,000 bu Irwin 1,361,000 bu Mitchell 1,288,000 bu State Total 43,400,000 bu WHITCFAITEOLODSA MURRAY HABERSHAM DADE WALKER CHATTOOGA FLOYD GORDON BARTOW FANNIN TOWNS UNION RABUN GILMER PICKENS CHEROKEE WHITE LUMPKIN DAWSON FORSYTH HALL STEPHENS BANKS FRANKLIN HART Corn 2008 1,000,000+ bu 500,000 to 999,999 bu 250,000 to 499,999 bu POLK HARALSON PAULDING COBB DOUGLAS FULTON GWINNETT DEKALB JACKSON MADISON ELBERT BARROW CLARKE OGLETHORPE WALTON OCONEE WILKES LINCOLN 100,000 to 249,999 bu Less than 100,000 bu* CLAYTON ROCKDALE MCDUFFIE CARROLL HENRY NEWTON MORGAN GREENE TALIAFERRO COLUMBIA FAYETTE HEARD COWETA TROUP SPALDING BUTTS JASPER PUTNAM WARREN HANCOCK GLAS- RICHMOND LAMAR PIKE MONROE JONES BALDWIN COCK JEFFERSON WASHINGTON BURKE MERIWETHER UPSON HARRIS TALBOT BIBB WILKINSON CRAWFORD TWIGGS JOHNSON MUSCOGEE TAYLOR PEACH EMANUEL CHATTAHOOCHEE MARION MACON HOUSTON BLECKLEY LAURENS TREUTLEN JENKINS SCREVEN BULLOCH EFFINGHAM MONTGOMERY CANDLER SCHLEY WEBSTER STEWART SUMTER QUIT- MAN TERRELL RANDOLPH LEE DOOLY PULASKI DODGE WHEELER CRISP WILCOX TELFAIR TURNER BEN HILL JEFF DAVIS TOOMBS EVANS TATTNALL APPLING LONG BRYAN CHATHAM LIBERTY CLAY CALHOUN DOUGHERTY WORTH IRWIN TIFT COFFEE EARLY BAKER MILLER MITCHELL COLQUITT BERRIEN COOK ATKINSON LANIER DECATUR GRADY THOMAS BROOKS LOWNDES CLINCH SEMINOLE BACON WAYNE PIERCE WARE BRANTLEY MCINTOSH GLYNN CHARLTON CAMDEN ECHOLS * Includes County data not published to avoid disclosing individual operations. County Appling Atkinson Baker Bartow Ben Hill Berrien CORN--Acreage, Yield and Production by County, Georgia, 2007-20081/ 2007 2008 Planted Harv Yield per for Grain Harv Acre2/ Production Planted Harv Yield per for Grain Harv Acre2/ Production --Acres-- --Bushels-- --Acres-- --Bushels-- 5,400 3,100 70 216,000 4,300 1,900 79 150,000 5,700 5,400 106 572,000 12,000 11,200 174 1,953,000 9,800 9,300 166 1,546,000 2,600 2,300 92 211,000 6,800 6,600 133 879,000 11,000 10,500 116 1,223,000 Brantley Brooks Bryan Bulloch Burke Calhoun 900 7,400 700 14,500 17,500 12,500 600 5,000 350 13,900 14,500 12,000 57 34,000 800 111 555,000 4,900 54 19,000 71 984,000 6,200 139 2,011,000 18,200 143 1,710,000 10,600 800 3,300 5,900 10,000 10,100 60 48,000 138 455,000 91 535,000 199 1,994,000 182 1,841,000 Candler Chattooga Clay Coffee Colquitt Cook 4,000 1,000 3,000 9,400 6,800 3,400 3,900 63 900 51 2,800 138 9,000 109 6,300 149 3,200 130 244,000 46,000 386,000 985,000 940,000 417,000 800 1,400 6,000 5,200 2,000 700 97 1,200 150 5,900 126 4,900 173 1,800 130 68,000 180,000 743,000 847,000 234,000 Crisp Decatur Dodge Dooly Dougherty Early 3,100 17,000 3,000 5,000 13,500 3,000 14,000 2,800 4,800 12,700 166 499,000 1,700 170 2,373,000 12,500 120 336,000 2,400 160 767,000 3,200 174 2,216,000 9,700 1,300 10,100 2,000 2,900 9,300 194 252,000 154 1,560,000 123 245,000 162 469,000 171 1,592,000 Echols Effingham Emanuel Evans Floyd Gordon 900 5,500 7,800 2,200 3,700 800 119 5,200 61 7,600 102 1,900 66 3,000 54 95,000 317,000 777,000 126,000 162,000 3,500 4,100 2,400 3,400 3,200 2,400 54 184,000 79 252,000 75 181,000 Grady Hart Irwin Jeff Davis Jefferson Jenkins 16,000 1,200 20,000 5,700 12,000 13,000 800 19,000 5,500 11,800 76 992,000 9,800 140 112,000 1,300 153 2,910,000 11,500 133 732,000 2,500 149 1,753,000 9,400 4,000 8,000 1,000 11,300 2,500 8,200 3,600 101 811,000 179 179,000 120 1,361,000 122 304,000 170 1,390,000 151 545,000 Johnson 2,500 2,200 128 281,000 Lanier 2,300 2,100 98 205,000 800 800 95 76,000 Laurens 5,200 3,500 83 289,000 4,300 3,600 136 490,000 Long 600 500 58 29,000 Lowndes 4,400 4,000 113 451,000 2,000 1,800 127 229,000 Macon 10,500 5,300 146 774,000 8,000 5,100 144 736,000 1/ County data that are not published to avoid disclosing individual operations are included in Combined Counties. 2/ Rounded to the nearest bushel. County Marion Miller Mitchell Montgomery Morgan Murray CORN--Acreage, Yield and Production by County, Georgia, 2007-20081/ 2007 2008 Planted Harv Yield per for Grain Harv Acre2/ Production Planted Harv Yield per for Grain Harv Acre2/ Production --Acres-- --Bushels-- --Acres-- --Bushels-- 1,300 1,000 57 57,000 700 500 110 55,000 16,000 15,500 173 2,675,000 11,800 11,300 201 2,271,000 20,000 18,500 166 3,079,000 14,100 11,200 115 1,288,000 2,000 1,900 144 274,000 700 200 80 16,000 1,400 1,200 66 79,000 Peach Pierce Polk Pulaski Randolph Screven 1,300 6,200 1,200 4,600 8,300 13,500 1,200 5,700 1,100 4,500 7,500 12,800 132 158,000 121 690,000 74 81,000 133 598,000 162 1,216,000 97 1,245,000 900 1,900 6,000 10,000 800 1,700 5,700 8,500 78 62,000 152 259,000 199 1,137,000 108 915,000 Seminole Sumter Tattnall Telfair Terrell Thomas 12,500 14,000 5,600 1,900 15,500 12,000 12,000 13,500 5,300 1,700 13,400 11,700 177 2,129,000 133 1,802,000 128 678,000 107 182,000 150 2,016,000 63 735,000 10,200 3,800 9,000 10,100 3,600 8,900 212 2,138,000 169 609,000 94 838,000 Tift Toombs Treutlen Turner Twiggs Ware 4,200 2,900 700 5,600 800 4,400 3,800 98 2,600 96 600 78 5,400 136 800 136 3,300 87 371,000 249,000 47,000 734,000 109,000 288,000 3,800 1,300 3,400 1,200 2,200 3,600 1,200 3,400 1,200 700 118 425,000 164 197,000 171 582,000 131 157,000 71 50,000 Washington Wayne Webster Wheeler White Whitfield Wilcox Worth 3,000 2,200 1,100 1,000 4,800 7,300 2,600 114 1,600 76 1,000 125 600 118 4,800 144 6,900 136 296,000 121,000 125,000 71,000 691,000 940,000 3,000 1,200 500 3,400 7,200 1,600 600 500 3,000 6,700 85 136,000 107 64,000 106 53,000 146 437,000 131 876,000 Combined Counties 67,300 52,250 111 5,817,000 111,100 88,900 128 11,354,000 1/ County data that are not published to avoid disclosing individual operations are included in Combined 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 CORN--Acreage, Yield and Production by Agricultural Statistics District and State Total, Georgia, 2007-2008 2007 2008 Planted Harv Yield per for Grain Harv Acre1/ Production Planted Harv Yield per for Grain Harv Acre1/ Production --Acres-- --Bushels-- --Acres-- --Bushels-- 15,000 13,000 62 810,000 10,000 7,700 99 766,000 4,000 2,300 90 207,000 4,000 2,800 112 314,000 4,000 2,700 120 323,000 4,000 3,000 144 431,000 16,000 9,000 114 1,025,000 12,000 8,000 133 1,067,000 34,000 28,000 122 3,403,000 25,000 20,500 120 2,464,000 84,000 78,000 106 8,272,000 59,000 44,000 134 5,891,000 198,000 178,000 146 26,043,000 152,000 133,000 157 20,916,000 116,000 108,000 131 14,169,000 75,000 70,000 133 9,339,000 39,000 31,000 93 2,898,000 29,000 21,000 105 2,212,000 State Total 510,000 450,000 1/ Rounded to the nearest bushel. 127 57,150,000 370,000 310,000 140 43,400,000 Thousand Acres 500 400 300 200 100 0 2001 2002 CORN Acreage and Production Georgia, 2001-2008 2003 2004 Acres Harvested 2005 2006 Production Million Bushels 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 2007 0 2008 GEORGIA COTTON COUNTY ESTIMATES 2008 Based on the 2007 Census of Agriculture, county estimates for 2003-2007 were open for revision. Any possible revisions for these years may be found at www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Georgia/GA County Level Data COTTON Top Producing Counties 2008 Dooly 104,600 bales Colquitt 90,700 bales Mitchell 87,200 bales Worth 80,100 bales Miller 56,100 bales Brooks 52,700 bales Coffee 52,300 bales Early 52,000 bales Seminole 51,800 bales Decatur 51,700 bales State Total 1,600,000 bales WHITCFAITEOLODSA MURRAY HABERSHAM DADE FANNIN TOWNS UNION RABUN Cotton WALKER CHATTOOGA FLOYD GORDON BARTOW GILMER PICKENS CHEROKEE WHITE LUMPKIN DAWSON FORSYTH HALL STEPHENS BANKS FRANKLIN HART POLK HARALSON PAULDING COBB DOUGLAS FULTON GWINNETT DEKALB JACKSON MADISON ELBERT BARROW CLARKE OGLETHORPE WALTON OCONEE WILKES LINCOLN 2008 50,000+ bales 40,000 to 49,999 bales 30,000 to 39,999 bales 20,000 to 29,999 bales Less than 20,000 bales* CLAYTON ROCKDALE MCDUFFIE CARROLL HENRY NEWTON MORGAN GREENE TALIAFERRO COLUMBIA FAYETTE HEARD COWETA TROUP SPALDING BUTTS JASPER PUTNAM WARREN HANCOCK GLAS- RICHMOND LAMAR PIKE MONROE JONES BALDWIN COCK JEFFERSON WASHINGTON BURKE MERIWETHER UPSON HARRIS TALBOT BIBB WILKINSON CRAWFORD TWIGGS JOHNSON JENKINS SCREVEN MONTGOMERY CANDLER MUSCOGEE CHATTAHOOCHEE MARION TAYLOR PEACH MACON HOUSTON BLECKLEY LAURENS EMANUEL TREUTLEN BULLOCH EFFINGHAM SCHLEY WEBSTER STEWART SUMTER QUIT- MAN TERRELL RANDOLPH LEE DOOLY PULASKI DODGE WHEELER CRISP WILCOX TELFAIR TURNER BEN HILL JEFF DAVIS TOOMBS EVANS TATTNALL APPLING LONG BRYAN CHATHAM LIBERTY CLAY CALHOUN DOUGHERTY WORTH IRWIN TIFT COFFEE EARLY BAKER MILLER MITCHELL COLQUITT BERRIEN COOK ATKINSON LANIER DECATUR GRADY THOMAS BROOKS LOWNDES CLINCH SEMINOLE BACON WAYNE PIERCE WARE BRANTLEY MCINTOSH GLYNN CHARLTON CAMDEN ECHOLS *Includes District data not published to avoid disclosing individual operations. County Appling Atkinson Bacon Baker Ben Hill Berrien COTTON--Acreage, Yield and Production by County, Georgia, 2007-20081/ 2007 2008 Lint per Production Lint per Production Harv 480 Lb Net Harv 480 Lb Net Planted Harvested Acre Wt Bales Planted Harvested Acre Wt Bales --Acres-- --Pounds-- --Bales-- --Acres-- --Pounds-- --Bales-- 22,100 19,300 759 30,500 18,100 17,700 979 36,100 5,000 4,900 803 8,200 7,600 7,500 941 14,700 8,000 7,700 648 10,400 17,000 15,700 1,076 35,200 17,200 16,900 866 30,500 7,300 7,300 894 13,600 7,600 7,500 973 15,200 20,300 19,500 702 28,500 17,800 17,300 882 31,800 Bleckley Brooks Bulloch Burke Calhoun Candler 11,200 39,000 21,300 20,900 15,100 9,000 11,000 668 38,800 851 21,200 666 20,600 583 12,600 930 8,800 616 15,300 68,800 29,400 25,000 24,400 11,300 10,000 30,400 25,200 13,500 13,600 8,500 9,500 30,300 25,000 13,000 13,200 8,400 541 10,700 835 52,700 758 39,500 775 21,000 829 22,800 531 9,300 Clay Coffee Colquitt Columbia Cook Crisp 20,700 53,500 18,200 30,200 20,500 808 52,800 820 18,200 588 30,100 761 34,500 90,200 22,300 47,700 6,500 24,600 49,600 13,700 28,900 5,900 24,500 49,500 13,600 28,800 716 1,025 880 851 645 8,800 52,300 90,700 24,100 38,700 Decatur Dodge Dooly Early Emanuel Grady 29,200 13,100 67,300 35,700 10,300 20,000 27,800 13,100 66,800 33,800 10,200 19,600 1,167 806 743 856 720 688 67,600 22,000 103,400 60,300 15,300 28,100 29,300 13,400 64,600 32,000 8,500 20,500 28,600 13,000 64,500 31,800 8,300 20,300 868 51,700 738 20,000 778 104,600 785 52,000 671 11,600 825 34,900 Irwin Jeff Davis Jefferson Jenkins Lanier Laurens 21,400 17,000 10,400 5,900 5,200 21,200 799 16,500 835 10,400 632 5,800 794 5,100 527 35,300 28,700 13,700 9,600 5,600 23,900 13,800 7,300 7,800 4,900 23,700 13,700 7,200 7,700 4,800 980 48,400 981 28,000 807 12,100 729 11,700 850 8,500 Lowndes Macon Miller Mitchell Montgomery Peach 8,400 29,400 44,900 2,300 3,100 8,300 24,300 42,700 2,300 2,800 752 1,169 924 480 531 13,000 59,200 82,200 2,300 3,100 7,700 30,300 45,600 1,700 7,600 29,100 45,500 1,600 872 13,800 925 56,100 920 87,200 600 2,000 Pierce 6,600 6,500 746 10,100 8,300 8,000 Pulaski 23,800 23,400 911 44,400 5,200 5,000 Screven 14,700 14,700 666 20,400 13,900 13,400 Seminole 26,200 24,300 1,156 58,500 28,100 27,400 Sumter 22,300 21,700 743 33,600 17,700 16,900 Tattnall 8,200 8,100 587 9,900 8,100 7,600 1/ County data that are not published to avoid disclosing individual operations are included in Combined Counties. 840 14,000 912 9,500 684 19,100 907 51,800 784 27,600 840 13,300 County Telfair Terrell Thomas Tift Turner Twiggs COTTON--Acreage, Yield and Production by County, Georgia, 2007-20081/ 2007 2008 Lint per Production Lint per Production Harv 480 Lb Net Harv 480 Lb Net Planted Harvested Acre Wt Bales Planted Harvested Acre Wt Bales --Acres-- --Pounds-- --Bales-- --Acres-- --Pounds-- --Bales-- 6,600 6,600 902 12,400 4,000 3,800 846 6,700 22,100 20,400 706 30,000 20,400 17,500 823 30,000 28,300 28,200 780 45,800 25,800 25,700 844 45,200 20,400 20,200 682 28,700 15,500 15,300 998 31,800 20,600 20,600 767 32,900 20,300 20,000 799 33,300 5,400 5,400 444 5,000 Wayne Wheeler Wilcox Worth 5,200 1,500 19,500 50,600 4,900 681 1,500 832 19,500 832 50,300 855 6,950 2,600 33,800 22,500 22,300 788 89,600 46,600 46,300 830 36,600 80,100 Combined Counties 81,600 79,000 757 124,650 93,000 88,800 811 1/ Districts 1, 2, and 3 data included in Combined Districts to avoid disclosing individual operations. 150,100 COTTON--Acreage, Yield and Production by Agricultural Statistics District and State Total, Georgia, 2007-20081/ 2007 2008 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 11,000 10,000 806 16,800 District 5 81,000 80,000 757 126,100 56,000 54,000 684 77,000 District 6 99,000 98,000 633 129,300 87,000 85,000 717 127,000 District 7 335,000 314,000 914 597,900 318,000 309,000 861 554,500 District 8 432,000 428,000 787 701,300 405,000 402,000 850 711,500 District 9 59,000 55,000 693 79,400 56,500 54,000 923 103,800 Combined Districts 24,000 20,000 624 26,000 6,500 6,000 752 9,400 State Total 1,030,000 995,000 801 1,660,000 940,000 1/ Unpublished District data included in Combined Districts to avoid disclosing individual operations. 920,000 835 1,600,000 Thousand Acres 1600 1400 1200 1000 800 600 400 200 0 2001 2002 COTTON Acreage and Production Georgia, 2001-2008 2003 2004 2005 2006 Acres Harvested Production 2007 Thousand Bales 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0 2008 Pounds per Acre 900 COTTON Yield Georgia, 2001-2008 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Yield GEORGIA OATS DISTRICT ESTIMATES 2008 OATS Production by District 2008 District 4 64,000 bu District 5 345,000 bu Based on the 2007 Census of Agriculture, county estimates for 2003-2007 District 6 305,000 bu were open for revision. Any possible revisions for these years may be found at District 7 495,000 bu www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Georgia/GA County Level Data District 8 410,000 bu District 9 58,000 bu Combined Districts 15,000 bu State Total 1,725,000 bu Oats 2008 1 2 460,000+ bu 400,000 to 459,999 bu 180,000 to 399,999 bu 3 60,000 to 179,999 bu Less than 60,000 bu* 4 5 6 7 8 9 *Includes District data not published to avoid disclosing individual operations. OATS--Acreage, Yield and Production by County, Georgia, 2007-2008 County data will not be published to avoid disclosing individual operations OATS--Acreage, Yield and Production by Agricultural Statistics District and State Total, Georgia, 2007-20081/ 2007 2008 District Planted Harv Yield per for Grain Harv Acre2/ Production Planted Harv Yield per for Grain Harv Acre2/ Production --Acres-- --Bushels-- --Acres-- --Bushels-- District 4 2,900 1,000 63 63,000 3,400 1,000 64 64,000 District 5 13,000 7,600 51 390,000 12,400 5,600 62 345,000 District 6 6,800 3,700 61 224,000 6,500 4,000 76 305,000 District 7 24,000 8,600 64 550,000 23,000 7,000 71 495,000 District 8 19,500 7,500 52 388,000 16,000 6,000 68 410,000 District 9 1,800 800 40 32,000 2,000 800 73 58,000 Combined Districts 2,000 800 41 33,000 1,700 600 80 48,000 State Total 70,000 30,000 56 1,680,000 65,000 25,000 69 1/ District data included in Combined Districts to avoid disclosing individual operations. 2/ Rounded to the nearest bushel. 1,725,000 Thousand Acres 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 2001 2002 OATS Acreage and Production Georgia, 2001-2008 2003 2004 2005 2006 Acres Harvested Production Thousand Bushels 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 2007 0 2008 GEORGIA PEANUT COUNTY ESTIMATES 2008 Based on the 2007 Census of Agriculture, county estimates for 2003-2007 were open for revision. Any possible revisions for these years may be found at www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Georgia/GA County Level Data PEANUTS Top Producing Counties 2008 Decatur 106,000,000 lbs Worth 98,500,000 lbs Early 97,000,000 lbs Miller 93,000,000 lbs Dooly 86,300,000 lbs Irwin 80,700,000 lbs Colquitt 77,000,000 lbs Seminole 74,000,000 lbs Baker 71,000,000 lbs Burke 70,500,000 lbs State Total 2,329,000,000 lbs WHITCFAITEOLODSA MURRAY HABERSHAM DADE WALKER CHATTOOGA FLOYD FANNIN TOWNS UNION RABUN GORDON BARTOW GILMER PICKENS CHEROKEE WHITE LUMPKIN DAWSON FORSYTH HALL STEPHENS BANKS FRANKLIN HART Peanuts 2008 46,000,000+ lbs 25,000,000 to 45,999,999 lbs 10,000,000 to 24,999,999 lbs POLK HARALSON PAULDING COBB DOUGLAS FULTON GWINNETT DEKALB JACKSON MADISON ELBERT BARROW CLARKE OGLETHORPE WALTON OCONEE WILKES LINCOLN 1,000,000 to 9,999,999 lbs Less than 1,000,000 lbs* CLAYTON ROCKDALE MCDUFFIE CARROLL HENRY NEWTON MORGAN GREENE TALIAFERRO COLUMBIA FAYETTE HEARD COWETA TROUP SPALDING BUTTS JASPER PUTNAM WARREN HANCOCK GLAS- RICHMOND LAMAR PIKE MONROE JONES BALDWIN COCK JEFFERSON WASHINGTON BURKE MERIWETHER UPSON HARRIS TALBOT BIBB WILKINSON CRAWFORD TWIGGS JOHNSON JENKINS SCREVEN MONTGOMERY CANDLER MUSCOGEE CHATTAHOOCHEE MARION TAYLOR PEACH MACON HOUSTON BLECKLEY LAURENS EMANUEL TREUTLEN BULLOCH EFFINGHAM SCHLEY WEBSTER STEWART SUMTER QUIT- MAN TERRELL RANDOLPH LEE DOOLY PULASKI DODGE WHEELER CRISP WILCOX TELFAIR TURNER BEN HILL JEFF DAVIS TOOMBS EVANS TATTNALL APPLING LONG BRYAN CHATHAM LIBERTY CLAY CALHOUN DOUGHERTY WORTH IRWIN TIFT COFFEE EARLY BAKER MILLER MITCHELL COLQUITT BERRIEN COOK ATKINSON LANIER DECATUR GRADY THOMAS BROOKS LOWNDES CLINCH SEMINOLE BACON WAYNE PIERCE WARE BRANTLEY MCINTOSH GLYNN CHARLTON CAMDEN ECHOLS *Includes County data not published to avoid disclosing individual operations. County Appling Atkinson Bacon Baker Ben Hill Berrien PEANUTS--Acreage, Yield and Production by County, Georgia, 2007-20081/ 2007 2008 Yield Yield Planted Harvested per Acre2/ Production Planted Harvested per Acre2/ Production --Acres-- --Pounds-- --Acres-- --Pounds-- 14,800 14,700 2,845 41,800,000 17,000 17,000 2,795 47,500,000 8,500 8,300 3,010 25,000,000 7,600 7,200 2,820 20,300,000 14,600 14,400 3,680 53,000,000 17,100 16,900 4,200 71,000,000 5,500 5,400 3,705 20,000,000 14,000 13,700 2,920 40,000,000 18,400 18,200 2,830 51,500,000 Bleckley Brantley Brooks Bulloch Burke Calhoun 1,300 900 7,800 14,300 14,000 14,200 1,300 900 7,700 14,000 13,900 14,000 3,310 2,780 3,375 3,195 3,355 3,715 4,300,000 2,500,000 26,000,000 44,700,000 46,600,000 52,000,000 13,600 19,000 14,900 13,400 18,800 14,900 3,440 46,100,000 3,750 4,060 70,500,000 60,500,000 Candler Clay Coffee Colquitt Cook Crisp 3,200 7,000 20,100 14,000 6,300 11,900 3,200 7,000 19,600 13,800 6,200 11,700 3,440 2,800 2,960 2,970 3,225 2,950 11,000,000 19,600,000 58,000,000 41,000,000 20,000,000 34,500,000 6,200 7,700 23,900 21,800 12,700 13,600 6,200 7,600 23,700 21,600 12,500 13,400 3,450 4,065 2,930 3,565 3,200 2,815 21,400,000 30,900,000 69,500,000 77,000,000 40,000,000 37,700,000 Decatur Dodge Dooly Dougherty Early Effingham 23,000 2,400 15,900 3,300 23,200 1,800 22,000 2,400 15,600 3,300 23,000 1,800 3,635 3,540 3,220 3,635 3,000 3,165 80,000,000 8,500,000 50,200,000 12,000,000 69,000,000 5,700,000 26,200 5,500 25,600 25,700 2,300 26,200 5,500 25,300 25,000 2,300 4,045 3,020 3,410 106,000,000 16,600,000 86,300,000 3,880 2,085 97,000,000 4,800,000 Emanuel Evans Grady Houston Irwin Jeff Davis 6,500 1,300 6,600 3,000 19,200 6,900 6,200 1,300 6,600 3,000 19,000 6,800 2,660 3,075 2,425 2,600 2,945 3,090 16,500,000 4,000,000 16,000,000 7,800,000 56,000,000 21,000,000 8,400 25,100 7,800 24,900 3,000 23,400,000 3,240 80,700,000 Jefferson Jenkins Lanier Laurens Lee Lowndes 8,500 5,500 2,500 1,600 10,000 3,000 8,400 5,500 2,500 1,600 9,900 2,900 3,095 3,310 3,040 2,500 2,020 3,450 26,000,000 18,200,000 7,600,000 4,000,000 20,000,000 10,000,000 11,600 4,000 3,900 11,600 3,900 3,900 2,915 33,800,000 3,025 2,310 11,800,000 9,000,000 Macon 3,700 3,700 3,570 13,200,000 Marion 1,100 1,100 2,545 2,800,000 Miller 19,200 18,000 3,705 66,700,000 22,800 22,600 4,115 93,000,000 Mitchell 21,300 21,100 3,225 68,000,000 Pierce 9,600 9,300 2,925 27,200,000 8,400 8,400 3,275 27,500,000 Pulaski 6,100 6,100 3,555 21,700,000 1/ County data that are not published to avoid disclosing individual operations are included in Combined Counties. 2/ Rounded to nearest 5 pounds. County Randolph Screven Seminole Sumter Tattnall Taylor PEANUTS--Acreage, Yield and Production by County, Georgia, 2007-20081/ 2007 2008 Yield Yield Planted Harvested per Acre2/ Production Planted Harvested per Acre2/ Production --Acres-- --Pounds-- --Acres-- --Pounds-- 9,500 9,100 3,485 31,700,000 7,800 7,700 2,910 22,400,000 10,300 10,300 3,545 36,500,000 16,500 16,200 3,825 62,000,000 16,800 16,800 4,405 74,000,000 7,700 7,700 2,595 20,000,000 10,500 10,300 3,740 38,500,000 1,700 1,700 1,880 3,200,000 600 600 2,500 1,500,000 Telfair Terrell Thomas Tift Toombs Turner 2,000 8,300 5,800 11,800 1,800 11,300 1,900 8,100 5,800 11,200 1,800 11,100 2,945 2,840 2,830 2,770 2,780 3,020 5,600,000 23,000,000 16,400,000 31,000,000 5,000,000 33,500,000 16,200 2,500 14,100 16,200 2,500 14,100 2,780 2,880 3,300 45,000,000 7,200,000 46,500,000 Washington Wayne Webster Wheeler Wilcox Worth 2,500 6,100 1,500 700 10,900 26,700 2,500 6,100 1,500 700 10,700 26,200 2,600 2,785 2,465 2,855 3,270 3,090 6,500,000 17,000,000 3,700,000 2,000,000 35,000,000 81,000,000 2,500 6,100 16,400 33,000 2,500 6,100 16,400 32,900 2,600 2,785 6,500,000 17,000,000 3,050 2,995 50,000,000 98,500,000 Combined Counties 11,600 11,300 2,611 29,500,000 206,200 205,300 3,389 695,800,000 1/ County data that are not published to avoid disclosing individual operations are included in Combined Counties. 2/ Rounded to nearest 5 pounds. PEANUTS--Acreage, Yield and Production by Agricultural Statistics District and State Total, Georgia, 2007-20081/ 2007 2008 District1/ Yield Planted Harvested per Acre2/ Production Yield Planted Harvested per Acre2/ Production --Acres-- --Pounds-- --Acres-- --Pounds-- District 4 6,000 6,000 3,165 19,000,000 8,500 8,500 3,530 30,000,000 District 5 22,000 22,000 3,045 67,000,000 29,500 29,500 3,120 92,000,000 District 6 62,000 61,000 3,150 192,000,000 94,000 93,000 3,245 302,000,000 District 7 194,000 190,000 3,260 619,000,000 231,000 229,000 3,950 905,000,000 District 8 199,000 195,000 3,065 597,400,000 275,000 273,000 3,115 850,000,000 District 9 47,000 46,000 2,785 128,000,000 52,000 52,000 2,885 150,000,000 State Total 530,000 520,000 3,120 1,622,400,000 690,000 1/ Data for Districts 1, 2, and 3 not available. 2/ Rounded to the nearest 5 pounds. 685,000 3,400 2,329,000,000 GEORGIA RYE COUNTY ESTIMATES 2008 Based on the 2007 Census of Agriculture, county estimates for 2003-2007 were open for revision. Any possible revisions for these years may be found at www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Georgia/GA County Level Data RYE Top Producing Counties 2008 Houston 110,700 bu Colquitt 64,300 bu Jefferson 50,400 bu Bulloch 38,200 bu Sumter 32,800 bu Peach 25,300 bu Laurens 23,700 bu Tift 23,000 bu Grady 18,200 bu Burke 17,600 bu State Total 1,200,000 bu WHITCFAITEOLODSA MURRAY HABERSHAM DADE FANNIN TOWNS UNION RABUN Rye WALKER CHATTOOGA FLOYD GORDON BARTOW GILMER PICKENS CHEROKEE WHITE LUMPKIN DAWSON FORSYTH HALL STEPHENS BANKS FRANKLIN HART POLK HARALSON PAULDING COBB DOUGLAS FULTON GWINNETT DEKALB JACKSON MADISON ELBERT BARROW CLARKE OGLETHORPE WALTON OCONEE WILKES LINCOLN 2008 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* CLAYTON ROCKDALE MCDUFFIE CARROLL HENRY NEWTON MORGAN GREENE TALIAFERRO COLUMBIA FAYETTE HEARD COWETA TROUP SPALDING BUTTS JASPER PUTNAM WARREN HANCOCK GLAS- RICHMOND LAMAR PIKE MONROE JONES BALDWIN COCK JEFFERSON WASHINGTON BURKE MERIWETHER UPSON HARRIS TALBOT CRAWFORD BIBB WILKINSON TWIGGS JOHNSON JENKINS SCREVEN MONTGOMERY CANDLER MUSCOGEE CHATTAHOOCHEE MARION TAYLOR PEACH MACON HOUSTON BLECKLEY LAURENS EMANUEL TREUTLEN BULLOCH EFFINGHAM SCHLEY WEBSTER STEWART SUMTER QUIT- MAN TERRELL RANDOLPH LEE DOOLY PULASKI DODGE WHEELER CRISP WILCOX TELFAIR TURNER BEN HILL JEFF DAVIS TOOMBS EVANS TATTNALL APPLING LONG BRYAN CHATHAM LIBERTY CLAY CALHOUN DOUGHERTY WORTH IRWIN TIFT COFFEE EARLY BAKER MILLER MITCHELL COLQUITT BERRIEN COOK ATKINSON LANIER DECATUR GRADY THOMAS BROOKS LOWNDES CLINCH SEMINOLE BACON WAYNE PIERCE WARE BRANTLEY MCINTOSH GLYNN CHARLTON CAMDEN ECHOLS *Includes County data not published to avoid disclosing individual operations. County Appling Berrien Bleckley Bulloch Burke Candler RYE--Acreage, Yield and Production by County, Georgia, 2007-20081/ 2007 2008 Planted Harv Yield per for Grain Harv Acre2/ Production Planted Harv Yield per for Grain Harv Acre2/ Production --Acres-- 2,000 200 1,800 600 700 200 4,000 400 --Bushels-- 20 4,000 19 11,200 23 4,500 17 6,700 --Acres-- 5,100 200 3,900 4,600 1,100 500 --Bushels-- 24 4,700 35 38,200 35 17,600 Colquitt Crisp Dodge Effingham Emanuel Evans 2,500 500 21 7,000 800 19 4,000 1,000 14 3,200 500 27 2,500 300 17 2,600 1,900 34 10,400 1,400 550 27 15,500 4,900 450 26 13,900 13,300 2,500 100 34 5,200 64,300 15,100 11,800 3,400 Grady Hart Houston Jefferson Johnson Laurens 1,600 300 9 6,000 1,100 14 2,200 300 26 6,500 800 22 2,600 15,300 7,700 17,700 1,300 12,200 3,800 800 2,900 550 4,200 1,800 200 1,250 33 18,200 26 110,700 28 50,400 26 5,200 19 23,700 Marion Mitchell Peach Randolph Screven Sumter 2,500 900 14 5,000 700 16 4,000 1,400 18 3,000 500 25 13,000 1,800 150 27 2,100 300 43 1,200 700 36 11,200 24,600 2,500 300 20 12,700 6,600 1,300 25 4,000 12,900 25,300 5,900 32,800 Tattnall Taylor Telfair Thomas Tift Toombs 2,400 500 19 800 200 31 3,000 300 20 4,500 900 23 1,700 200 24 9,300 6,100 6,000 500 14 6,100 20,700 3,400 650 35 4,700 7,100 23,000 Turner Washington Wilcox Worth 10,000 800 24 3,000 1,900 22 11,000 1,000 17 18,800 4,200 800 21 1,500 150 33 41,200 1,000 500 28 17,000 4,500 300 21 16,500 4,900 14,200 6,400 Combined Counties 128,600 23,300 20 477,600 108,000 17,750 27 484,700 1/ County data that are not published to avoid disclosing individual operations are included in Combined Counties. 2/ Rounded to the nearest bushel. RYE--Acreage, Yield and Production by Agricultural Statistics District and State Total, Georgia, 2007-20081/ District Planted 2007 Harv Yield per for Grain Harv Acre2/ Production Planted 2008 Harv Yield per for Grain Harv Acre2/ Production --Acres-- --Bushels-- --Acres-- --Bushels-- District 3 4,500 1,200 16 19,000 District 4 15,000 3,800 22 82,000 25,000 5,600 25 138,000 District 5 36,000 5,500 23 124,000 35,000 10,500 26 278,000 District 6 38,000 8,000 18 145,000 35,000 7,000 29 205,000 District 7 49,000 5,700 19 109,000 40,000 4,700 28 132,000 District 8 65,000 13,000 20 264,000 40,000 6,300 30 186,000 District 9 16,000 2,400 20 48,000 14,000 2,100 30 62,000 Combined Districts 6,500 400 23 9,000 11,000 3,800 52 199,000 State Total 230,000 40,000 20 800,000 200,000 40,000 30 1/ District data included in Combined Districts to avoid disclosing individual operations. 2/ Rounded to the nearest bushel. 1,200,000 Thousand Acres 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 2001 2002 RYE Acreage and Production Georgia, 2001-2008 2003 2004 2005 2006 Acres Harvested Production Thousand Bushels 1400 1200 1000 800 600 400 200 2007 0 2008 GEORGIA SORGHUM DISTRICT ESTIMATES 2008 Based on the 2007 Census of Agriculture, county estimates for 2003-2007 were open for revision. Any possible revisions for these years may be found at www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Georgia/GA County Level Data SORGHUM Production by District 2008 District 7 750,000 bu District 8 690,000 bu Combined Districts 540,000 bu State Total 1,980,000 bu 12 3 Sorghum 2008 700,000+ bu 600,000 - 699,999 bu Less than 600,000 bu* 4 5 6 7 8 9 *Includes District data not published to avoid disclosing individual operations. SORGHUM--Acreage, Yield and Production by County, Georgia, 2007-2008 County data will not be published to avoid disclosing individual operations. SORGHUM--Acreage, Yield and Production by Agricultural Statistics District and State Total, Georgia, 2007-20081/ District Planted 2007 Harv Yield per for Grain Harv Acre2/ Production Planted 2008 Harv Yield per for Grain Harv Acre2/ Production --Acres-- --Bushels-- --Acres-- --Bushels-- District 7 21,000 15,000 57 855,000 19,000 15,000 50 750,000 District 8 25,000 17,000 40 680,000 21,000 17,000 41 690,000 Combined Districts 19,000 13,000 41 535,000 20,000 12,000 45 540,000 State Total 65,000 45,000 46 2,070,000 60,000 44,000 45 1/ District data included in Combined Districts to avoid disclosing individual operations. 2/ Rounded to the nearest bushel. 1,980,000 Thousand Acres 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 2001 2002 SORGHUM Acreage and Production Georgia, 2001-2008 2003 2004 2005 2006 Acres Harvested Production in Bu Thousand Bushels 3200 2800 2400 2000 1600 1200 800 400 2007 0 2008 GEORGIA SOYBEANS COUNTY ESTIMATES 2008 Based on the 2007 Census of Agriculture, county estimates for 2003-2007 were open for revision. Any possible revisions for these years may be found at www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Georgia/GA County Level Data SOYBEANS Top Producing Counties 2008 Dooly 649,100 bu Bulloch 604,300 bu Randolph 432,000 bu Jefferson 395,500 bu Brooks 395,200 bu Terrell 346,000 bu Screven 334,800 bu Tattnall 275,800 bu Burke 271,600 bu Laurens 263,500 bu State Total 12,450,000 bu WHITCFAITEOLODSA MURRAY HABERSHAM DADE FANNIN TOWNS UNION RABUN WALKER CHATTOOGA FLOYD GORDON BARTOW GILMER PICKENS CHEROKEE WHITE LUMPKIN DAWSON FORSYTH HALL STEPHENS BANKS FRANKLIN HART POLK HARALSON PAULDING COBB DOUGLAS FULTON GWINNETT DEKALB JACKSON MADISON ELBERT BARROW CLARKE OGLETHORPE WALTON OCONEE WILKES LINCOLN Soybeans 2008 300,000+ bu 200,000 to 299,999 bu 100,000 to 199,999 bu 50,000 to 99,999 bu Less than 50,000 bu* CLAYTON ROCKDALE MCDUFFIE CARROLL HENRY NEWTON MORGAN GREENE TALIAFERRO COLUMBIA FAYETTE HEARD COWETA TROUP WARREN SPALDING BUTTS JASPER PUTNAM HANCOCK GLAS- LAMAR PIKE MONROE JONES BALDWIN COCK JEFFERSON WASHINGTON RICHMOND BURKE MERIWETHER UPSON HARRIS TALBOT CRAWFORD BIBB WILKINSON TWIGGS JOHNSON JENKINS SCREVEN MONTGOMERY CANDLER MUSCOGEE CHATTAHOOCHEE MARION TAYLOR PEACH MACON HOUSTON BLECKLEY LAURENS EMANUEL TREUTLEN BULLOCH EFFINGHAM SCHLEY WEBSTER STEWART SUMTER QUIT- MAN TERRELL RANDOLPH LEE DOOLY PULASKI DODGE WHEELER CRISP WILCOX TELFAIR TURNER BEN HILL JEFF DAVIS TOOMBS EVANS TATTNALL APPLING LONG BRYAN CHATHAM LIBERTY CLAY CALHOUN DOUGHERTY WORTH IRWIN TIFT COFFEE EARLY BAKER MILLER MITCHELL COLQUITT BERRIEN ATKINSON COOK LANIER DECATUR GRADY THOMAS BROOKS LOWNDES CLINCH SEMINOLE BACON WAYNE PIERCE WARE BRANTLEY MCINTOSH GLYNN CHARLTON CAMDEN ECHOLS *Includes County data not published to avoid disclosing individual operations. County Appling Bacon Ben Hill Berrien Bleckley Brooks SOYBEANS--Acreage, Yield and Production by County, Georgia, 2007-20081/ 2007 2008 Planted Harv Yield per for Grain Harv Acre2/ Production Planted Harv Yield per for Grain Harv Acre2/ Production --Acres-- --Bushels-- --Acres-- --Bushels-- 2,800 2,800 35 98,000 1,100 1,000 25 25,000 2,600 2,600 21 53,500 800 800 36 29,000 1,400 1,300 17 22,000 4,600 4,600 28 129,000 3,700 3,600 35 125,000 10,200 10,100 39 395,200 Bulloch Burke Calhoun Candler Chattooga Clay 21,000 12,100 5,500 1,000 1,500 20,800 12,000 5,400 800 1,400 26 541,000 24,900 24,000 35 420,000 13,000 11,800 3,500 3,500 28 151,000 30 24,000 35 49,000 25 604,300 23 271,600 33 115,500 Coffee Colquitt Crisp Decatur Dodge Dooly 2,500 2,900 3,900 2,500 3,500 7,400 2,400 2,900 3,800 2,200 3,500 7,000 25 59,000 5,000 4,900 27 77,000 41 154,000 5,300 5,000 39 86,000 6,100 6,000 34 120,000 36 249,000 17,600 17,300 29 142,400 37 186,000 34 201,900 38 649,100 Early Effingham Emanuel Evans Gordon Grady 5,800 3,400 6,800 3,000 3,100 2,300 5,700 3,300 6,700 3,000 3,000 2,200 26 150,000 32 106,000 5,100 5,100 34 228,000 39 117,000 28 84,000 3,400 3,300 26 57,000 31 158,700 34 110,200 Houston Irwin Jeff Davis Jefferson Jenkins Johnson 4,400 3,200 2,500 9,300 7,800 4,000 4,200 3,200 2,500 9,200 7,700 4,000 24 102,000 31 100,000 35 87,000 3,700 3,700 31 285,000 13,000 12,400 31 239,000 8,400 8,400 35 141,000 4,100 4,100 41 151,500 32 395,500 27 225,000 13 52,700 Lanier Laurens Long Lowndes Macon Marion 12,200 1,200 6,800 2,300 12,000 1,200 6,600 2,200 1,100 1,100 31 372,000 14,500 13,700 700 700 26 31,000 40 264,000 10,600 9,900 25 55,000 3,100 3,100 24 26,500 19 263,500 25 17,300 26 255,100 28 85,500 Miller 3,700 3,700 42 155,000 2,900 2,900 42 120,800 Mitchell 3,400 3,300 25 84,000 Montgomery 3,900 3,600 31 113,000 Peach 2,800 2,600 30 78,000 4,600 4,600 30 135,000 Pierce 4,000 3,800 30 114,000 6,900 6,600 33 213,300 Polk 900 800 26 21,000 2,700 2,600 31 80,900 1/ County data that are not published to avoid disclosing individual operations are included in Combined Counties. 2/ Rounded to the nearest bushel. County Pulaski Randolph Screven Seminole Sumter Tattnall SOYBEANS--Acreage, Yield and Production by County, Georgia, 2007-20081/ 2007 2008 Planted Harv Yield per for Grain Harv Acre2/ Production Planted Harv Yield per for Grain Harv Acre2/ Production --Acres-- --Bushels-- --Acres-- --Bushels-- 4,000 4,000 27 108,000 2,100 2,000 17 33,900 7,700 7,600 35 266,000 10,200 9,800 44 432,000 11,100 11,000 30 330,000 12,200 11,300 30 334,800 1,400 1,400 38 53,000 12,100 12,000 25 300,000 11,200 11,000 33 363,000 11,000 10,500 27 275,800 Taylor Telfair Terrell Thomas Tift Toombs 2,400 2,300 7,500 1,900 6,300 2,200 2,000 7,000 1,900 6,000 23 51,000 28 55,000 22 155,000 11,400 11,100 34 65,000 2,100 2,100 37 222,000 8,900 8,500 31 346,000 35 73,400 29 241,200 Turner Ware Washington Wayne Wheeler Whitfield 2,000 2,000 20 39,000 3,500 3,500 24 1,500 1,500 40 60,000 700 700 40 5,500 5,000 34 170,000 1,300 1,200 38 46,000 3,300 3,000 39 117,000 500 400 20 8,000 82,800 27,900 Wilcox Worth 700 2,400 700 2,200 33 23,000 23 50,000 Combined Counties 34,900 32,100 23 728,000 194,900 188,100 30 5,691,200 1/ County data that are not published to avoid disclosing individual operations are included in Combined Counties. 2/ Rounded to the nearest bushel. SOYBEANS--Acreage, Yield and Production by Agricultural Statistics District and State Total, Georgia, 2007-2008 2007 2008 District1/ Planted Harv Yield per for Grain Harv Acre2/ Production Planted Harv Yield per for Grain Harv Acre2/ Production --Acres-- --Bushels-- --Acres-- --Bushels-- District 1 11,000 10,400 22 232,000 17,400 16,900 34 572,800 District 4 14,000 12,900 33 422,000 25,000 23,600 27 620,000 District 5 52,800 50,700 31 1,579,000 68,000 65,300 26 1,658,500 District 6 78,700 77,800 30 2,334,000 94,500 90,200 27 2,450,000 District 7 61,500 59,100 28 1,651,000 91,000 88,800 33 2,920,000 District 8 39,000 37,700 31 1,164,000 85,000 83,400 35 2,870,000 District 9 33,700 32,700 34 1,108,000 44,500 43,000 30 1,266,000 Combined Districts 4,300 3,700 16 60,000 4,600 3,800 25 92,700 State Total 295,000 285,000 30 8,550,000 430,000 1/ Districts 2 and 3 included in Combined Districts. 2/ Rounded to the nearest bushel. 415,000 30 12,450,000 Thousand Acres 450 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 2001 2002 SOYBEANS Acreage and Production Georgia, 2001-2008 2003 2004 2005 2006 Acres Harvested Production 2007 Million Bushels 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 2008 Bushels per Acres 40 SOYBEANS Yield Georgia, 2001-2008 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Yield GEORGIA TOBACCO COUNTY ESTIMATES 2008 Based on the 2007 Census of Agriculture, county estimates for 2003-2007 were open for revision. Any possible revisions for these years may be found at www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Georgia/GA County Level Data TOBACCO Top Producing Counties 2008 Coffee 5,399,000 lbs Berrien 2,638,000 lbs Atkinson 2,530,000 lbs Pierce 2,310,000 lbs Appling 2,195,000 lbs Wayne 1,787,000 lbs Tift 1,760,000 lbs Ware 1,340,000 lbs Lanier 1,146,000 lbs Colquitt 648,000 lbs State Total 33,600,000 lbs WHITCFAITEOLODSA MURRAY HABERSHAM DADE FANNIN TOWNS UNION RABUN Tobacco WALKER CHATTOOGA FLOYD GORDON BARTOW GILMER PICKENS CHEROKEE WHITE LUMPKIN DAWSON FORSYTH HALL STEPHENS BANKS FRANKLIN HART POLK HARALSON PAULDING COBB DOUGLAS FULTON GWINNETT DEKALB JACKSON MADISON ELBERT BARROW CLARKE OGLETHORPE WALTON OCONEE WILKES LINCOLN 2008 3,000,000+ lbs 2,000,000 to 2,999,999 lbs 300,000 to 1,999,999 lbs Less than 300,000 lbs* CLAYTON ROCKDALE MCDUFFIE CARROLL HENRY NEWTON MORGAN GREENE TALIAFERRO COLUMBIA FAYETTE HEARD COWETA TROUP SPALDING BUTTS JASPER PUTNAM WARREN HANCOCK GLAS- RICHMOND LAMAR PIKE MONROE JONES BALDWIN COCK JEFFERSON WASHINGTON BURKE MERIWETHER UPSON HARRIS TALBOT BIBB WILKINSON CRAWFORD TWIGGS JOHNSON JENKINS SCREVEN MONTGOMERY CANDLER MUSCOGEE CHATTAHOOCHEE MARION TAYLOR MACON PEACH HOUSTON BLECKLEY LAURENS EMANUEL TREUTLEN BULLOCH EFFINGHAM SCHLEY WEBSTER STEWART SUMTER QUIT- MAN TERRELL RANDOLPH LEE DOOLY PULASKI DODGE WHEELER CRISP WILCOX TELFAIR TURNER BEN HILL JEFF DAVIS TOOMBS EVANS TATTNALL APPLING LONG BRYAN CHATHAM LIBERTY CLAY CALHOUN DOUGHERTY WORTH IRWIN TIFT COFFEE EARLY BAKER MILLER MITCHELL COLQUITT BERRIEN COOK ATKINSON LANIER DECATUR GRADY THOMAS BROOKS LOWNDES CLINCH SEMINOLE BACON WAYNE PIERCE WARE BRANTLEY MCINTOSH GLYNN CHARLTON CAMDEN ECHOLS *Includes County data not published to avoid disclosing individual operations. County Appling Atkinson Bacon Berrien Coffee Colquitt Lanier TOBACCO--Acreage, Yield and Production by County, Georgia, 2007-20081/ 2007 Harvested Yield per Acre2/ Production 2008 Harvested Yield per Acre2/ Production --Acres-- --Pounds-- --Acres-- --Pounds-- 1,140 2,050 2,338,000 1,030 2,130 2,195,000 1,980 1,860 3,678,000 1,900 1,330 2,530,000 960 2,555 2,452,000 1,260 2,035 2,566,000 1,300 2,030 2,638,000 2,140 2,090 4,475,000 2,380 2,270 5,399,000 1,010 2,685 2,711,000 500 2,290 1,146,000 Pierce Tift Ware Wayne 1,020 840 1,290 2,255 2,295 2,050 2,300,000 1,928,000 2,646,000 1,170 730 780 810 1,975 2,410 1,720 2,205 2,310,000 1,760,000 1,340,000 1,787,000 Combined Counties 6,860 2,140 14,681,000 5,400 2,315 12,495,000 1/ County data that are not published to avoid disclosing individual operations are included in Combined Counties. 2/ Rounded to nearest 5 pounds. TOBACCO--Acreage, Yield and Production by Agricultural Statistics District and State Total, Georgia, 2007-20081/ District 2007 Harvested Yield per Acre2/ Production 2008 Harvested Yield per Acre2/ Production --Acres-- --Pounds-- --Acres-- --Pounds-- District 8 10,550 2,165 22,846,000 9,750 2,115 20,600,000 District 9 5,950 2,165 12,871,000 5,000 2,045 10,230,000 Combined Districts 2,000 2,030 4,058,000 1,250 2,215 2,770,000 State Total 18,500 2,150 39,775,000 16,000 2,100 33,600,000 1/ Districts 1, 2, 3, and 4, not reported. Districts 5, 6, and 7 included in Combined Districts to avoid disclosing individual operations. 2/ Rounded to the nearest 5 pounds. Thousand Acres 30.0 25.0 20.0 15.0 10.0 5.0 0.0 2001 2002 FLUE CURED TOBACCO Acreage and Production Georgia, 2001-2008 2003 2004 Acres Harvested 2005 2006 2007 Production Million Pounds 120.0 100.0 80.0 60.0 40.0 20.0 0.0 2008 Million Dollars 140 FLUE CURED TOBACCO Value of Production Georgia, 2001 - 2008 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 GEORGIA WHEAT COUNTY ESTIMATES 2008 Based on the 2007 Census of Agriculture, county estimates for 2003-2007 were open for revision. Any possible revisions for these years may be found at www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Georgia/GA County Level Data WHEAT Top Producing Counties 2008 Dooly 1,080,000 bu Jefferson 960,000 bu Lee 870,000 bu Laurens 732,000 bu Burke 615,000 bu Macon 540,000 bu Seminole 490,000 bu Emanuel 410,000 bu Brooks 400,000 bu Colquitt 380,000 bu Miller 360,000 bu State Total 22,400,000 bu WHITCFAITEOLODSA MURRAY HABERSHAM DADE FANNIN TOWNS UNION RABUN WALKER CHATTOOGA FLOYD GORDON BARTOW GILMER PICKENS CHEROKEE WHITE LUMPKIN DAWSON FORSYTH HALL STEPHENS BANKS FRANKLIN HART POLK HARALSON PAULDING COBB DOUGLAS FULTON GWINNETT DEKALB JACKSON MADISON ELBERT BARROW CLARKE OGLETHORPE WALTON OCONEE WILKES LINCOLN Wheat 2008 500,000+ bu 300,000 to 499,999 bu 200,000 to 299,999 bu 100,000 to 199,999 bu Less than 99,999 bu* CLAYTON ROCKDALE MCDUFFIE CARROLL HENRY NEWTON MORGAN GREENE TALIAFERRO COLUMBIA FAYETTE HEARD COWETA TROUP SPALDING BUTTS JASPER PUTNAM WARREN HANCOCK GLAS- RICHMOND LAMAR PIKE MONROE JONES BALDWIN COCK JEFFERSON WASHINGTON BURKE MERIWETHER HARRIS UPSON TALBOT CRAWFORD BIBB WILKINSON TWIGGS JOHNSON JENKINS SCREVEN MONTGOMERY CANDLER MUSCOGEE CHATTAHOOCHEE MARION TAYLOR MACON PEACH HOUSTON BLECKLEY LAURENS EMANUEL TREUTLEN BULLOCH EFFINGHAM SCHLEY WEBSTER STEWART SUMTER QUIT- MAN TERRELL RANDOLPH LEE DOOLY PULASKI DODGE WHEELER CRISP WILCOX TELFAIR TURNER BEN HILL JEFF DAVIS TOOMBS EVANS TATTNALL APPLING LONG BRYAN CHATHAM LIBERTY CLAY CALHOUN DOUGHERTY WORTH IRWIN TIFT COFFEE EARLY BAKER MILLER MITCHELL COLQUITT BERRIEN COOK ATKINSON LANIER DECATUR GRADY THOMAS BROOKS LOWNDES CLINCH SEMINOLE BACON WAYNE PIERCE WARE BRANTLEY MCINTOSH GLYNN CHARLTON CAMDEN ECHOLS *Includes County data not published to avoid disclosing individual operations. County Appling Atkinson Bacon Baker Ben Hill Berrien WHEAT--Acreage, Yield and Production by County, Georgia, 2007-20081/ Planted 2007 Harv Yield per for Grain Harv Acre2/ Production Planted 2008 Harv Yield per for Grain Harv Acre2/ Production --Acres-- --Bushels-- --Acres-- --Bushels-- 2,100 700 26 18,000 2,000 200 30 6,000 800 400 28 11,000 1,000 600 50 30,000 2,200 1,500 47 70,000 1,000 500 46 23,000 Bibb Bleckley Brooks Bulloch Burke Calhoun 1,200 1,000 45 4,500 3,000 50 3,000 1,400 55 12,000 7,000 26 7,500 6,000 40 5,000 4,000 58 45,000 150,000 77,000 180,000 240,000 232,000 5,800 10,000 11,200 5,500 7,000 9,500 73 400,000 46 320,000 65 615,000 Candler Clay Coffee Colquitt Cook Coweta 2,900 2,400 28 1,100 900 66 3,100 2,000 35 3,200 2,100 45 1,000 500 40 1,000 200 30 68,000 59,000 70,000 95,000 20,000 6,000 5,000 3,200 10,500 4,800 2,500 6,000 63 300,000 59 146,000 64 380,000 Crisp Decatur Dodge Dooly Dougherty Early 4,000 2,500 30 6,000 5,000 39 8,000 6,500 38 8,700 4,000 46 2,300 1,600 63 8,800 5,500 55 75,000 195,000 250,000 184,000 100,000 305,000 4,000 22,500 2,600 3,500 20,000 2,500 52 180,000 54 1,080,000 68 170,000 Emanuel Evans Franklin Gordon Grady Hart 4,500 4,000 38 1,500 1,000 30 700 300 15 1,400 1,200 42 1,300 700 47 3,000 1,500 22 150,000 30,000 4,500 50,000 33,000 33,000 7,000 3,800 6,900 3,500 60 410,000 69 240,000 Houston Irwin Jackson Jasper Jeff Davis Jefferson 5,000 3,500 43 7,000 5,000 35 500 400 25 900 500 30 2,200 700 20 14,000 12,000 37 150,000 175,000 10,000 15,000 14,000 446,000 8,000 4,000 16,000 7,000 3,500 15,500 48 336,000 43 150,000 62 960,000 Jenkins 5,500 4,000 25 100,000 Johnson 5,000 4,000 31 125,000 5,000 4,000 40 160,000 Lamar 3,100 1,500 30 45,000 Laurens 14,000 11,500 37 430,000 17,000 16,000 46 732,000 Lee 11,500 8,500 43 367,000 16,000 15,000 58 870,000 Macon 9,000 6,500 45 293,000 11,000 10,000 54 540,000 1/ County data that are not published to avoid disclosing individual operations are included in Combined Counties. 2/ Rounded to the nearest bushel. County Madison Marion Meriwether Miller Mitchell Monroe WHEAT--Acreage, Yield and Production by County, Georgia, 2007-20081/ Planted 2007 Harv Yield per for Grain Harv Acre2/ Production Planted 2008 Harv Yield per for Grain Harv Acre2/ Production --Acres-- --Bushels-- --Acres-- --Bushels-- 1,000 500 31 15,500 2,500 1,500 30 45,000 2,600 600 30 18,000 4,500 2,000 58 115,000 7,200 5,500 66 360,000 6,500 2,500 46 115,000 1,500 800 40 32,000 Montgomery Morgan Oconee Oglethorpe Peach Pierce 2,000 1,500 26 2,100 1,500 27 1,000 200 30 1,200 500 33 3,700 3,000 40 4,500 1,500 40 39,000 41,000 6,000 16,500 120,000 60,000 3,200 4,800 3,000 3,000 4,500 2,500 50 150,000 64 285,000 58 145,000 Pike Pulaski Randolph Schley Screven Seminole 600 100 45 6,700 6,000 38 12,500 9,400 50 1,100 800 28 5,000 3,000 32 4,300 3,000 62 4,500 225,000 470,000 22,000 95,000 185,000 4,000 7,200 4,000 7,000 63 250,000 70 490,000 Stewart Sumter Tattnall Taylor Telfair Terrell 1,000 700 36 12,500 10,000 50 5,700 4,200 23 1,500 1,300 35 1,700 1,100 30 10,500 8,500 51 25,000 500,000 95,000 46,000 33,000 435,000 4,300 4,000 53 210,000 Thomas Tift Toombs Turner Walton Warren 2,100 1,000 34 1,200 400 40 1,000 700 44 8,500 6,000 45 1,800 600 33 1,500 700 25 34,000 16,000 31,000 270,000 20,000 17,500 7,000 2,800 6,500 5,000 2,500 6,000 56 280,000 58 145,000 50 300,000 Washington 8,000 5,500 33 180,000 7,200 6,500 49 320,000 Webster 3,200 2,200 20 44,000 Wheeler 3,000 2,300 35 80,000 2,600 2,400 42 100,000 Wilcox 3,300 2,500 52 131,000 Wilkes 2,700 300 27 8,000 Wilkinson 600 300 43 13,000 Worth 21,500 7,000 41 287,000 Combined Counties 22,900 10,000 33 330,500 257,600 204,400 56 11,376,000 1/ County data that are not published to avoid disclosing individual operations are included in Combined 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 WHEAT--Acreage, Yield and Production by Agricultural Statistics District and State Total, Georgia, 2007-2008 Planted 2007 Harv Yield per for Grain Harv Acre1/ Production Planted 2008 Harv Yield per for Grain Harv Acre1/ Production --Acres-- --Bushels-- --Acres-- --Bushels-- 5,000 2,500 40 100,000 7,000 6,500 65 420,000 4,500 1,500 30 45,000 4,500 2,000 43 85,000 9,500 3,500 24 85,000 14,000 7,000 54 375,000 25,000 14,000 38 530,000 33,000 25,000 50 1,250,000 73,000 54,000 37 2,000,000 80,000 70,000 52 3,600,000 55,000 40,000 33 1,320,000 65,000 55,000 57 3,100,000 95,000 66,500 49 3,260,000 150,000 135,000 60 8,000,000 75,000 38,000 41 1,560,000 110,000 85,000 57 4,800,000 18,000 10,000 30 300,000 16,500 14,500 53 770,000 State Total 360,000 1/ Rounded to the nearest bushel. 230,000 40 9,200,000 480,000 400,000 56 22,400,000 Thousand Acres 450 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 2001 2002 WHEAT Acreage and Production Georgia, 2001 - 2008 2003 2004 2005 2006 Acres Harvested Production Thousand Bushels 25000 20000 15000 10000 5000 2007 0 2008 GEORGIA CATTLE COUNTY ESTIMATES JANUARY 1, 2009 Based on the 2007 Census of Agriculture, county estimates for 2004-2008 were open for revision. Any possible revisions for these years may be found at www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Georgia/GA County Level Data CATTLE AND CALVES January 1, 2009 Top Producing Counties Jackson 29,000 Franklin 26,000 Carroll 25,000 Morgan 25,000 Macon 24,500 Colquitt 23,000 Mitchell 22,000 Burke 20,000 Madison 19,000 Hall 18,000 Wilkes 18,000 Bartow 17,000 Gordon 17,000 State Total 1,110,000 WHITCFAITEOLODSA MURRAY HABERSHAM DADE WALKER CHATTOOGA FLOYD GORDON BARTOW FANNIN TOWNS UNION RABUN GILMER PICKENS CHEROKEE WHITE LUMPKIN DAWSON FORSYTH HALL STEPHENS BANKS FRANKLIN HART Cattle 2009 20,000+ Head 15,000 to 19,999 10,000 to 14,999 POLK HARALSON PAULDING COBB DOUGLAS FULTON GWINNETT DEKALB JACKSON MADISON ELBERT BARROW CLARKE OGLETHORPE WALTON OCONEE WILKES LINCOLN 5,000 to 9,999 4,999 & Below* CLAYTON ROCKDALE MCDUFFIE CARROLL HENRY NEWTON MORGAN GREENE TALIAFERRO COLUMBIA FAYETTE HEARD COWETA TROUP SPALDING BUTTS JASPER PUTNAM WARREN HANCOCK GLAS- RICHMOND LAMAR PIKE MONROE JONES BALDWIN COCK JEFFERSON WASHINGTON BURKE MERIWETHER UPSON HARRIS TALBOT BIBB WILKINSON CRAWFORD TWIGGS JOHNSON JENKINS SCREVEN MONTGOMERY CANDLER MUSCOGEE CHATTAHOOCHEE MARION TAYLOR MACON PEACH HOUSTON BLECKLEY LAURENS EMANUEL TREUTLEN BULLOCH EFFINGHAM SCHLEY WEBSTER STEWART SUMTER QUIT- MAN TERRELL RANDOLPH LEE DOOLY PULASKI DODGE WHEELER CRISP WILCOX TELFAIR TURNER BEN HILL JEFF DAVIS TOOMBS EVANS TATTNALL APPLING LONG BRYAN CHATHAM LIBERTY CLAY CALHOUN DOUGHERTY WORTH IRWIN TIFT COFFEE EARLY BAKER MILLER MITCHELL COLQUITT BERRIEN COOK ATKINSON LANIER DECATUR GRADY THOMAS BROOKS LOWNDES CLINCH SEMINOLE BACON WAYNE PIERCE WARE BRANTLEY MCINTOSH GLYNN CHARLTON CAMDEN ECHOLS * Includes County data not published to avoid disclosing individual operations. GEORGIA MILK COWS ON FARMS JANUARY 1, 2009 Based on the 2007 Census of Agriculture, county estimates for 2004-2008 were open for revision. Any possible revisions for these years may be found at www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Georgia/GA County Level Data MILK COWS January 1, 2009 Top Producing Counties Macon 11,300 Brooks 6,200 Putnam 5,700 Morgan 5,200 Burke 3,900 Jefferson 2,700 Wilkes 2,300 Greene 2,200 Bacon 2,000 Pierce 1,200 State Total 74,000 WHITCFAITEOLODSA MURRAY HABERSHAM DADE FANNIN TOWNS UNION RABUN WALKER CHATTOOGA FLOYD GORDON BARTOW GILMER PICKENS CHEROKEE WHITE LUMPKIN DAWSON FORSYTH HALL STEPHENS BANKS FRANKLIN HART POLK HARALSON PAULDING COBB DOUGLAS FULTON GWINNETT DEKALB JACKSON MADISON ELBERT BARROW CLARKE OGLETHORPE WALTON OCONEE WILKES LINCOLN Milk Cows 2009 5,000+ Head 3,000 to 4,999 1,000 to 2,999 300 to 999 299 & Below* CLAYTON ROCKDALE MCDUFFIE CARROLL HENRY NEWTON MORGAN GREENE TALIAFERRO COLUMBIA FAYETTE HEARD COWETA TROUP SPALDING BUTTS JASPER PUTNAM WARREN HANCOCK GLAS- RICHMOND LAMAR PIKE MONROE JONES BALDWIN COCK JEFFERSON BURKE WASHINGTON MERIWETHER HARRIS UPSON TALBOT BIBB WILKINSON CRAWFORD TWIGGS JOHNSON JENKINS SCREVEN MONTGOMERY CANDLER MUSCOGEE CHATTAHOOCHEE MARION TAYLOR PEACH MACON HOUSTON BLECKLEY LAURENS EMANUEL TREUTLEN BULLOCH EFFINGHAM SCHLEY WEBSTER STEWART SUMTER QUIT- MAN TERRELL RANDOLPH LEE DOOLY PULASKI DODGE WHEELER CRISP WILCOX TELFAIR TURNER BEN HILL JEFF DAVIS TOOMBS EVANS TATTNALL APPLING LONG BRYAN CHATHAM LIBERTY CLAY CALHOUN DOUGHERTY WORTH IRWIN TIFT COFFEE EARLY BAKER MILLER MITCHELL COLQUITT BERRIEN COOK ATKINSON LANIER DECATUR GRADY THOMAS BROOKS LOWNDES CLINCH SEMINOLE BACON WAYNE PIERCE WARE BRANTLEY MCINTOSH GLYNN CHARLTON CAMDEN ECHOLS * Includes County data not published to avoid disclosing individual operations. County Appling Atkinson Bacon Baker Baldwin Banks Barrow Bartow Ben Hill Berrien Bibb Bleckley Brantley Brooks Bryan Bulloch Burke Butts Calhoun Camden Candler Carroll Catoosa Charlton All Cattle and Calves 12,000 8,000 5,000 6,700 2,700 16,000 8,000 16,000 3,000 8,500 2,300 5,100 2,800 12,000 500 8,900 20,000 3,700 5,000 800 5,200 23,000 4,000 1,700 CATTLE--Number on Farms by County Georgia, January 1, 2008-20091/ 2008 Cows & Heifers Other All that have Calved Cattle Cattle Kept for Beef Milk and Calves and Calves 4,600 13,500 5,100 2,900 9,000 2,500 1,800 700 5,300 4,000 2,700 5,400 1,900 800 2,900 11,000 5,000 16,500 2009 Cows & Heifers that have Calved Kept for Beef Milk 5,000 5,600 2,800 3,800 2,000 1,600 12,000 4,600 6,500 1,800 4,000 1,300 3,000 3,400 9,500 1,200 2,100 7,000 17,000 3,000 7,500 2,300 4,500 4,600 6,500 1,900 3,300 1,200 2,400 1,700 3,900 4,700 8,000 1,800 2,800 1,100 4,200 9,200 1,900 2,500 14,000 500 8,700 20,000 3,700 1,600 4,000 4,100 6,700 1,700 6,200 3,900 1,700 3,300 4,700 1,600 2,200 250 14,500 2,600 1,100 2,750 1,400 600 4,600 25,000 4,100 1,600 2,100 16,000 2,100 900 Chatham Chattooga Cherokee Clarke Clay Clinch 1,200 10,500 7,500 2,000 1,900 1,000 900 4,000 1,000 1,000 5,380 900 600 1,000 10,500 7,700 1,800 1,800 800 800 5,800 4,200 700 900 Cobb Coffee Colquitt Columbia Cook Coweta 500 14,500 23,000 1,700 4,400 7,600 8,700 1,000 2,700 5,800 11,850 3,760 500 12,000 23,000 2,000 4,000 10,000 7,500 10,500 1,200 2,300 4,500 Crawford 2,500 1,500 1,000 2,800 1,700 Crisp 6,000 3,300 2,700 4,900 3,100 Dade 4,400 2,500 1,900 4,100 2,400 Dawson 6,800 2,900 3,900 6,600 3,100 Decatur 13,000 8,600 12,500 3,100 Dodge 11,000 5,800 5,200 12,000 5,800 1/ County data that are not published to avoid disclosing individual operations are included in Combined Counties. Other Cattle and Calves 5,000 3,400 500 1,600 1,300 4,500 2,400 10,500 1,100 3,700 940 2,100 900 3,800 4,600 9,400 2,000 3,100 2,250 8,800 2,000 700 4,600 3,400 1,000 900 4,500 11,940 730 1,660 5,200 1,100 1,800 1,700 3,500 8,600 6,200 County Dooly Dougherty Douglas Early Echols Effingham All Cattle and Calves 6,700 2,300 1,200 8,800 1,700 3,500 CATTLE--Number on Farms by County Georgia, January 1, 2008-20091/ 2008 Cows & Heifers Other All that have Calved Cattle Cattle Kept for and and Beef Milk Calves Calves 3,300 7,400 900 1,400 2,500 500 700 1,100 5,500 3,300 8,600 800 900 1,800 2,100 1,400 3,300 2009 Cows & Heifers that have Calved Kept for Beef Milk 3,600 1,100 500 4,400 900 1,900 Elbert Emanuel Evans Fannin Fayette Floyd 12,000 6,300 210 8,500 4,800 4,000 1,900 3,400 1,900 3,200 2,200 13,000 5,490 2,100 1,500 1,000 6,550 10,500 7,900 3,900 3,000 3,200 14,000 5,800 4,300 2,000 1,500 2,400 6,000 Forsyth Franklin Fulton Gilmer Glascock Glynn 7,000 27,500 2,200 5,800 2,700 4,500 13,500 1,300 3,000 1,500 2,500 14,000 900 1,200 6,300 26,000 2,200 5,000 2,600 500 4,300 13,000 1,200 2,400 1,500 Gordon Grady Greene Gwinnett Habersham Hall 18,000 11,000 11,500 2,500 9,500 17,500 9,600 6,800 4,400 1,200 6,500 9,500 700 2,700 8,400 3,500 4,400 1,300 3,000 17,000 10,000 11,000 2,000 9,900 18,000 8,400 7,000 3,900 900 6,000 9,600 400 2,200 300 Hancock Haralson Harris Hart Heard Henry 3,500 6,500 3,200 14,500 5,000 6,100 2,500 3,600 1,400 2,500 3,500 2,900 1,800 7,270 2,500 2,600 3,500 6,700 3,000 13,500 4,800 5,700 2,400 4,000 1,300 5,900 2,700 3,100 Houston Irwin Jackson Jasper Jeff Davis Jefferson 4,900 9,300 33,000 7,400 3,500 9,000 4,600 16,500 3,800 2,000 4,000 2,300 2,600 4,700 16,500 1,500 2,700 4,600 7,300 29,000 7,800 3,500 9,400 1,900 3,600 13,500 4,500 1,900 3,800 2,700 Jenkins 7,000 3,500 6,900 3,700 500 Johnson 8,600 4,700 3,900 7,500 3,700 Jones 3,800 2,100 3,700 2,400 Lamar 5,500 2,200 410 2,890 6,000 1,800 Lanier 1,600 1,000 600 1,700 900 Laurens 12,000 5,700 610 5,690 13,000 7,000 600 1/ County data that are not published to avoid disclosing individual operations are included in Combined Counties. Other Cattle and Calves 3,600 1,400 600 4,200 900 1,400 4,510 3,570 1,900 1,500 800 7,950 2,000 13,000 1,000 2,000 1,100 8,600 2,600 4,900 1,100 3,900 8,100 930 2,700 1,700 6,740 2,100 2,600 2,200 3,700 15,500 2,450 1,600 2,900 2,700 3,800 930 3,900 800 5,400 County Lee Liberty Lincoln Long Lowndes Lumpkin All Cattle and Calves 8,000 1,200 5,900 1,000 4,800 7,300 CATTLE--Number on Farms by County Georgia, January 1, 2008-20091/ 2008 Cows & Heifers Other All that have Calved Cattle Cattle Kept for and and Beef Milk Calves Calves 4,000 8,000 600 600 1,100 3,800 2,100 5,300 800 1,000 2,600 2,200 5,100 3,400 6,200 2009 Cows & Heifers that have Calved Kept for Beef Milk 2,200 500 3,100 800 2,300 2,800 Macon Madison Marion McDuffie McIntosh Meriwether 22,000 19,500 4,500 8,500 600 12,000 3,100 12,000 2,700 4,700 7,400 6,900 9,840 1,800 24,500 19,000 5,000 7,800 600 13,000 3,000 9,500 3,500 4,600 11,300 7,100 Miller Mitchell Monroe Montgomery Morgan Murray 8,700 28,000 6,100 5,300 21,000 9,500 4,500 8,300 3,500 2,100 7,100 4,900 4,600 5,300 4,200 15,100 3,200 8,600 7,800 22,000 5,500 5,000 25,000 9,100 3,800 6,500 3,600 1,800 9,200 4,400 5,200 Muscogee Newton Oconee Oglethorpe Paulding Peach 800 5,500 9,500 13,500 2,500 2,600 3,400 4,800 6,600 1,500 4,540 1,340 800 7,000 8,500 14,000 2,600 2,700 4,400 4,400 7,300 1,700 1,400 Pickens Pierce Pike Polk Pulaski Putnam 4,500 5,800 6,500 7,100 1,300 15,000 2,300 2,900 4,000 700 2,500 5,500 2,200 3,200 600 7,000 3,700 6,100 6,900 6,600 1,400 14,000 1,800 2,700 3,500 3,600 700 2,600 1,200 5,700 Quitman Rabun Randolph Richmond Rockdale Schley 900 2,100 5,100 2,300 600 1,900 1,500 500 600 500 600 2,800 1,800 1,300 1,400 1,700 5,000 2,200 500 1,800 600 1,300 2,400 500 500 Screven 7,500 3,700 7,100 3,400 Seminole 6,700 3,400 6,900 3,400 Spalding 3,500 1,700 3,100 1,600 Stephens 4,500 2,400 2,100 4,600 2,600 Stewart 1,500 1,000 500 1,300 900 Sumter 13,000 3,100 2,500 7,400 9,200 3,000 1/ County data that are not published to avoid disclosing individual operations are included in Combined Counties. Other Cattle and Calves 4,000 600 2,200 2,800 3,400 10,200 9,350 1,500 2,600 5,800 4,000 11,200 1,700 3,200 10,600 4,500 2,520 4,000 5,200 900 1,300 1,900 2,200 3,200 2,850 700 5,700 800 2,500 1,700 1,300 3,600 3,400 1,100 2,000 5,000 County Talbot Taliaferro Tattnall Taylor Telfair Terrell Thomas Tift Toombs Towns Treutlen Troup Turner Twiggs Union Upson Walker Walton Ware Warren Washington Wayne Webster Wheeler White Whitfield Wilcox Wilkes Wilkinson Worth All Cattle and Calves 2,500 2,700 12,000 5,100 3,700 4,000 11,000 9,000 10,500 3,000 1,000 6,700 7,700 1,600 6,600 7,000 14,000 11,000 3,800 5,200 7,300 4,700 5,400 2,400 7,800 11,000 7,800 17,000 1,600 9,800 CATTLE--Number on Farms by County Georgia, January 1, 2008-20091/ 2008 Cows & Heifers Other All that have Calved Cattle Cattle Kept for and and Beef Milk Calves Calves 1,600 900 2,500 1,000 3,200 7,600 240 4,160 12,500 2,700 2,400 5,400 2,700 1,000 3,300 1,200 2,800 3,400 5,200 4,700 4,600 1,500 700 4,700 5,900 1,500 11,500 8,700 11,500 3,000 1,000 7,000 4,800 1,000 4,000 7,400 4,700 2,900 600 3,400 6,300 7,000 1,400 6,200 6,300 14,000 9,300 2,300 3,800 700 3,200 1,200 1,400 1,440 2,800 4,200 1,000 3,900 5,500 6,900 4,700 4,000 2,600 4,500 5,600 3,900 8,400 1,000 5,200 2,200 6,400 600 7,000 11,000 8,000 18,000 1,500 12,000 2009 Cows & Heifers that have Calved Kept for Beef Milk 1,700 1,200 810 7,400 200 3,500 2,300 1,300 4,800 3,800 300 5,600 1,300 600 5,100 3,700 800 2,500 3,700 7,500 3,900 1,600 2,200 3,200 3,000 1,200 1,300 4,000 5,600 3,200 7,500 700 6,200 200 2,300 Combined Counties 700 62,900 32,180 131,250 200 2,800 1/ County data that are not published to avoid disclosing individual operations are included in Combined Counties. 27,990 Other Cattle and Calves 800 1,190 4,900 1,900 1,000 2,100 5,900 4,600 5,900 1,700 1,600 3,300 600 3,600 2,200 6,350 5,400 1,300 2,450 3,040 1,400 2,800 1,300 2,800 5,350 4,200 8,200 800 5,100 4,000 District District 1 District 2 District 3 District 4 District 5 District 6 District 7 District 8 District 9 State Total CATTLE--Number on Farms by Agricultural Statistics District and State Total, Georgia, January 1, 2008-2009 2008 2009 All Cattle and Calves Cows & Heifers that have Calved Kept for Beef Milk Other Cattle and Calves All Cattle Calves Cows & Heifers that have Calved Kept for Beef Milk 110,000 56,000 1,000 53,000 110,000 54,000 700 146,000 75,000 2,100 68,900 133,000 67,000 1,500 142,000 76,000 5,000 61,000 139,000 74,000 5,000 134,000 66,000 14,500 53,500 142,000 70,000 13,500 153,000 70,000 18,000 65,000 157,000 72,000 17,500 90,000 43,000 7,600 39,400 88,000 40,000 9,000 141,000 56,000 11,500 73,500 126,000 52,000 9,500 146,000 76,000 9,500 60,500 144,000 71,000 9,100 68,000 35,000 7,800 25,200 71,000 36,000 8,200 1,130,000 553,000 77,000 500,000 1,110,000 536,000 74,000 Other Cattle and Calves 55,300 64,500 60,000 58,500 67,500 39,000 64,500 63,900 26,800 500,000 GEORGIA HOG DISTRICT ESTIMATES DECEMBER 1, 2008 Based on the 2007 Census of Agriculture, county estimates for 2003-2007 were open for revision. Any possible revisions for these years may be found at www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Georgia/GA County Level Data HOGS AND PIGS ON GEORGIA FARMS December 1, 2008 Inventory by District District 1 5,000 District 2 18,000 District 3 68,000 District 4 10,000 District 5 14,000 District 6 22,000 District 7 43,000 District 8 35,000 District 9 15,000 State Total 230,000 12 3 Hogs 2008 50,000 & Over 30,000 to 49,999 15,000 to 29,999 14,999 & Below* 4 5 6 7 8 9 *Included District data not published to avoid disclosing individual operations. HOGS--Number on Farms by County Georgia, December 1, 2007-2008 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, 2007-2008 2007 2008 8,000 5,000 24,000 18,000 71,000 68,000 13,000 10,000 15,000 14,000 29,000 22,000 48,000 43,000 39,000 35,000 18,000 15,000 265,000 230,000 Thousands 400 GEORGIA - ALL HOGS AND PIGS Number on Farms December 1, 2001-2008 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Million Acres 4.5 CROPLAND USED for 10 Principal Field Crops Georgia, 2001 - 20081/ 4.0 3.5 3.0 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.0 2001 2002 2003 2004 Planted 2005 Harvested 2006 2007 2008 1/ 10 Principal Crops: Corn, Cotton, Hay (All), Oats, Peanuts, Rye, Sorghum, Soybeans, Tobacco (Flue-Cured), and Wheat. Million Dollars 2000 VALUE OF PRODUCTION for 10 Principal Field Crops Georgia, 2001 - 20081/ 1500 1000 500 0 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 1/ 10 Principal Crops: Corn, Cotton, Hay (All), Oats, Peanuts, Rye, Sorghum, Soybeans, Tobacco (Flue-Cured), and Wheat. FIELD CROPS HIGHLIGHTS -- 2008 CROP YEAR Drought conditions existed for much of the year. Winter temperatures were highly variable and fluctuated between warmer than normal and colder than normal. Rainfall was below normal for January, March through July, September and November. Temperatures were below normal during the majority of the year. The latter part of August, the southern part of the State received beneficial rains from Tropical Storm Fay. Temperatures were near normal in the Fall months. Many crops were heavily irrigated during the year. Peanut and cotton yields were very good despite the drought conditions. Wheat acreage increased significantly from the previous year. Soybean acreage was up significantly, while corn acreage showed a big decline. Weather during the fall made for excellent harvesting conditions. COTTON Cotton planting was virtually complete by the middle of June, near the five-year average. Overall, the crop was in fair to good condition throughout the growing season. Planting began slightly later than usual due to dry soil conditions. Harvesting progress was near normal and close to the five-year average. Yields averaged 835 pounds per harvested acre, compared with 801 pounds in 2007. There were 940,000 planted acres and 920,000 acres harvested in 2008. This compares with the 995,000 acres harvested in 2007. Georgia=s production totaled 1,600,000 bales (480 lbs.), down 4 percent from the 1,660,000 produced in 2007. The preliminary price for 2008 cotton lint was 63.5 cents per pound, compared with 59.6 cents per pound in 2007. CORN Corn production in 2008 was down from 2007. Of the 370,000 planted acres, there were 310,000 acres harvested for grain. Grain yields averaged 140 bushels per acre. Grain production totaled 43,400,000 bushels, down from the high of 57,150,000 production of 2007. Corn was cut for silage from 45,000 acres, up 5,000 acres from 2007. Silage yields averaged 18 tons per acre, same per acre as in 2007. Preliminary grain prices averaged $4.60 per bushel in 2008, compared with $4.50 in 2007. PEANUTS Peanut yields in 2008 increased from 2007 to average 3,400 pounds per acre. The crop was heavily irrigated due to the hot and dry summer. Despite the drought conditions, peanut yields were very good. Production in 2008 totaled 2.33 billion pounds (1,164,500 tons), up 44 percent from 2007. The production increase resulted from an increase in harvested acres and higher yields from the previous year. Planted acreage increased to 690,000 acres, compared with 530,000 acres in 2007. Harvested acreage totaled 685,000 acres in 2008. Georgia produced 45 percent of the Nation=s peanuts in 2008. TOBACCO Transplanting was virtually complete by the first of May, as progress was at a normal rate. The crop was rated in fair to good condition throughout most of the growing season. Tomato Wilt Spotted Virus was not a major problem for the 2008 crop. Harvest was underway by the end of June. Production totaled 33.6 million pounds, 16 percent less than the 2007 crop. Yields averaged 2,100 pounds compared with 2,150 pounds per acre in 2007. Harvested acreage showed a decrease, going from 18,500 acres in 2007 to 16,000 acres in 2008. Prices were higher in 2008 compared with 2007. The 2008 crop averaged $170.00 per hundredweight (cwt.), compared with $153.00 in 2007. Total value of the 2008 tobacco crop was $57 million compared with $61 million in 2007. SOYBEANS Soybean planting got underway about the third week of April. Drought conditions persisted during the summer and fall months, but rains were received at critical times for soybean development. Final yields averaged 30 bushels per harvested acre, the same as 2007. Weather conditions during harvest were good. Soybean acreage increased to 430,000 acres planted compared with 295,000 acres in 2007. Harvested acreage was 415,000 acres compared with 285,000 acres in 2007. Georgia=s production was 12.5 million bushels, up 46 percent production from 2007. Preliminary prices averaged $9.20 per bushel, compared with $11.90 per bushel in 2007. SORGHUM Sorghum planted for all purposes amounted to 60,000 acres in 2008, compared with 65,000 acres in 2007. Acreage harvested for grain totaled 44,000 acres in 2008, 1,000 acres less than in 2007. Yields averaged 45 bushels per acre and grain production totaled 1.98 million bushels, 4 percent less than in 2007. Prices averaged $6.50 per cwt. compared to $7.30 in 2007. Sorghum harvested as silage was 12,000 acres, same as 2007. Silage yields averaged 14 tons per acre, compared with 12 tons in 2007. HAY Hay production totaled 1.58 million tons, up 24 percent from 2007. Yields averaged 2.2 tons per acre from all cuttings, 16 percent higher than yields from 2007. Acreage harvested totaled 720,000 acres, 50,000 more than in 2007. The prices farmers received for hay sold averaged $94.00 per ton, up $14.00 per ton from 2007. SMALL GRAINS Acres of wheat planted in 2008 were 480,000, compared with 360,000 acres in 2007. Harvested acres were 400,000, compared to 230,000 acres in 2007. Yields had an increase from the previous year as growers averaged 56 bushels per acre, compared with 40 bushels per acre in 2007. Oats planted acreage was 65,000, 5,000 acres less than 2007. Harvested acres were 25,000, also 5,000 less than 2007. Yield averaged 69 bushels per acre, compared with 56 bushels per acre in 2007. Rye planted acreage was 30,000 less than 2007 at 200,000. Harvested acres totaled 40,000, same as 2007. Yields were at 30 bushels per acre, compared with 20 bushels per acre in 2007. FIELD CROPS--Acreage, Yield, Production and Value of Production, Georgia, 2001-2008 Unit 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 CORN Acres Planted 1,000 Acres 265 340 340 335 270 280 510 Acres Harvested1/ 1,000 Acres 220 290 290 280 230 225 450 Yield per Acre Bushels 134 110 126 128 128 110 127 Production Mkt Yr Avg Price 1,000 Bu $ per Bu 29,480 2.32 31,900 2.70 36,540 2.45 35,840 2.20 29,440 2.20 24,750 3.00 57,150 4.50 Value of Production 1,000 $ 68,394 86,130 89,523 78,848 64,768 74,250 257,175 2008 370 310 140 43,400 4.60 199,640 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 4 per Lb Value of Production 1,000 $ 1,490 1,480 720 2,220 30.6 326,074 1,450 1,360 557 1,578 44.3 335,546 1,300 1,290 785 1,290 1,280 674 2,110 61.2 619,834 1,797 42.8 369,176 1,220 1,210 849 1,400 1,370 818 2,140 48.8 501,274 2,334 47.0 526,550 1,030 940 995 920 801 835 1,660 59.6 474,893 1,600 63.5 487,680 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 $ 764 66.50 50,806 544 78.00 42,432 732 95.50 69,906 560 85.00 47,600 736 74.00 54,464 699 93.00 65,007 487 148.00 72,076 508 195.00 99,060 PEANUTS Acres Planted 1,000 Acres Acres Harvested 1,000 Acres Yield per Acre Pounds Production 1,000 Lbs Mkt Yr Avg Price 4 per Lb Value of Production 1,000 $ 515 510 514 505 3,330 2,600 1,711,620 1,313,000 22.7 17.5 388,538 229,775 545 620 540 610 3,450 2,980 1,863,000 1,817,800 18.7 18.5 348,381 336,293 755 580 750 575 2,840 2,780 2,130,000 1,598,500 16.8 17.5 357,840 279,738 530 690 520 685 3,120 3,400 1,622,400 2,329,000 20.0 20.4 324,480 475,116 SORGHUM, GRAIN Acres Planted 1,000 Acres Acres Harvested1/ 1,000 Acres Yield per Acre Bu Production 1,000 Bu Mkt Yr Avg Price $ per Cwt Value of Production 1,000 $ 50 25 48 1,200 3.30 2,218 55 30 40 1,200 4.64 3,118 55 38 47 1,786 4.10 4,101 45 25 47 1,175 3.25 2,139 40 27 50 1,350 3.07 2,321 40 26 45 1,170 4.90 3,210 65 45 46 2,070 7.30 8,462 60 44 45 1,980 6.50 7,207 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 $ 1/ Harvested for grain. 165 155 26 4,030 4.35 17,531 160 140 23 3,220 5.45 17,549 190 180 34 6,120 7.47 45,716 280 270 31 8,370 5.70 47,709 180 175 26 4,550 5.50 25,025 155 140 25 3,500 6.85 23,975 295 285 30 8,550 11.90 101,745 430 415 30 12,450 9.20 114,540 FIELD CROPS--Acreage, Yield, Production and Value of Production, Georgia, 2001-2008 Unit 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 TOBACCO-FLUE CURED Acres Planted1/ 1,000 Acres 26.1 26.5 27.0 23.0 16.0 17.0 18.5 Acres Harvested 1,000 Acres 26.1 26.5 27.0 23.0 16.0 17.0 18.5 Yield per Acre Pounds 2,460 2,000 2,200 2,030 1,735 1,770 2,150 Production 1,000 Lbs Mkt Yr Avg Price 4 per Lb Value of Production 1,000 $ 64,206 185.5 119,102 53,000 184.5 97,785 59,400 185.5 110,187 46,690 183.5 85,676 27,760 143.5 39,836 30,090 144.0 43,330 39,775 153.0 60,856 2008 16.0 16.0 2,100 33,600 170.0 57,120 OATS Acres Planted 1,000 Acres Acres Harvested1/ 1,000 Acres Yield per Acre Bushels Production 1,000 Bu Mkt Yr Avg Price $ per Bu Value of Production 1,000 $ 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 90 25 50 1,250 1.70 2,125 75 20 60 1,200 1.60 1,920 70 30 53 1,590 1.90 3,021 70 30 56 1,680 2.50 4,200 65 25 69 1,725 2.65 4,571 RYE Acres Planted 1,000 Acres Acres Harvested1/ 1,000 Acres Yield per Acre Bushels Production 1,000 Bu Mkt Yr Avg Price $ per Bu Value of Production 1,000 $ 300 30 25 750 6.00 4,500 240 35 16 560 6.00 3,360 270 50 16 800 4.00 3,200 250 25 24 600 4.00 2,400 270 30 27 810 4.00 3,240 230 25 26 650 4.00 2,600 230 40 20 800 6.00 4,800 200 40 30 1200 7.00 8,400 WHEAT Acres Planted 1,000 Acres Acres Harvested1/ 1,000 Acres Yield per Acre Bushels Production 1,000 Bu Mkt Yr Avg Price $ per Bu Value of Production 1,000 $ 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 32,269 330 190 45 8,550 3.45 29,498 280 140 52 7,280 3.05 22,204 230 120 49 5,880 3.70 21,756 360 230 40 9,200 6.50 59,800 480 400 56 22,400 6.00 134,400 ALL HAY Acres Planted2/ 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 $ 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 62.00 111,600 600 600 2.7 1,620 55.00 89,100 550 550 3.0 1,650 59.00 97,350 650 650 1.8 1,170 65.00 76,050 670 670 1.9 1,273 80.00 101,840 720 720 2.2 1,584 94.00 148,896 TOTAL CROPS Acres Planted2/ 1,000 Acres 3,861 3,852 3,807 3,863 3,656 3,652 3,779 3,971 Acres Harvested 1,000 Acres 3,335 3,252 3,275 3,328 3,148 3,178 3,284 3,575 Yield per Acre Pounds Production 1,000 Lbs Mkt Yr Avg Price 4 per Lb Value of Production 1,000 $ 1,115,974 927,715 1,437,573 1,090,564 1,170,242 1,119,487 1,470,327 1,736,630 1/ Harvested for grain. 2/ Harvested acres substituted for planted acres for tobacco and hay. CORN AND SORGHUM SILAGE--Acreage, Yield and Production, Georgia, 2001-2008 Unit 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 20071/ Corn for Silage Acres Harvested 1,000 Acres 40 40 45 45 35 40 40 Yield per Acre Tons 18 17 17 16 19 17 18 Production 1,000 Tons 720 680 765 720 665 680 720 2008 45 18 810 Sorghum for Silage Acres Harvested 1,000 Acres 20 20 15 15 10 11 12 12 Yield per Acre Tons 10 12 12 10 13 11 12 14 Production 1/ Revised. 1,000 Tons 200 240 180 150 130 121 144 168 CORN HARVESTED FOR GRAIN--Irrigated and Non-Irrigated Acres Harvested, Yield, Production, Georgia, 2000-20081/ Unit 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Acres Harvested for Grain Non-Irrigated 1,000 Acres 100 130 135 125 105 95 160 85 Irrigated 1,000 Acres 120 160 155 155 125 130 290 225 Total 1,000 Acres 220 290 290 280 230 225 450 310 Yield per Acre Non-Irrigated Bushels 92 55 100 91 103 61 64 64 Irrigated Bushels 169 155 149 158 149 146 162 169 Total Bushels 134 110 126 128 128 110 127 140 Production Non-Irrigated 1,000 Bushels 9,200 7,100 13,450 11,420 10,840 5,780 10,160 5,400 Irrigated 1,000 Bushels 20,280 24,800 23,090 24,420 18,600 18,970 46,990 38,000 Total 1,000 Bushels 29,480 1/ Census revisions 2003-2007. 31,900 36,540 35,840 29,440 24,750 57,150 43,400 Thousand Acres 300 CORN ACRES HARVESTED FOR GRAIN Irrigated and Non-Irrigated, Georgia 2001-2008 250 200 150 100 50 0 2001 2002 2003 2004 Non-irrigated 2005 2006 Irrigated 2007 2008 CROPS RECORDS--Acreage, Yield and Production, Georgia1/ Records Began Record Low Record High Item Unit Year Quantity Year(s) Quantity Year(s) Hay, All 1909 Acres Harvested 1,000 Acres 316 1909 1,617 1943 Yield per Acre Tons 0.33 1925 3.0 1991, 1994, 2001, 2003,2005 Production 1,000 Tons 177 1925 1,950 1994, 2001 Apples Total Production 1,000 Lbs 1976 2,000 2007 50,000 1984, 1987 Corn for Grain Acres Harvested 1,000 Acres Yield per Acre Bushels Production 1,000 Bu 1866 220 6.0 10,620 2001 1866 1866 4,508 140.0 133,920 1935 2008 1976 Cotton, Upland 1866 Acres Harvested 1,000 Acres 115 Yield per Acre Pounds 93 Production 1,000 Bales 82 1978, 1983 1875 1977 5,157 849 2,769 1914 2005 1911 Oats Acres Harvested 1,000 Acres Yield per Acre Bushels Production 1,000 Bu 1866 20 8.0 1,012 2005 1871 1866 770 72.0 17,391 1882 2000 1945 Peaches 1899 Total Production 1,000 Lbs 0 1955 499,200 1928 Peanuts Acres Harvested 1,000 Acres Yield per Acre Pounds Production 1,000 Lbs 1909 35 490 26,250 1910 1,169 1932 3,450 1910 2,329,000 1948 2003 2008 Pecans Production 1,000 Lbs 1919 1,500 1922 150,000 1993, 2007 Rye 1867 Acres Harvested 1,000 Acres 3 Yield per Acre Bushels 2.0 Production 1,000 Bu 28 1950 1890 1950 110 30.0 2,730 1978, 1979 2008 1981 Sorghum Grain 1953 Acres Harvested 1,000 Acres 10 Yield per Acre Bushels 13.0 Production 1,000 Bu 143 1962, 1963 1954 1954 138 50.0 6,624 1985 1991, 1994, 2005 1985 Soybeans 1924 Acres Harvested 1,000 Acres 5 Yield per Acre Bushels 5.0 Production 1,000 Bu 32 1928 1933, 1939 1928 2,350 34.0 63,450 1982 2003 1982 Tobacco Acres Harvested 1,000 Acres Yield per Acre Pounds Production 1,000 Lbs 1899 2 1899-1906, 1908-1912 122 440 1902 2,470 880 1902 161,402 1939 1996 1974 Wheat Acres Harvested 1,000 Acres Yield per Acre Bushels Production 1,000 Bu 1/ Through crop year 2008. 1866 28 1930 1,370 4.0 1866, 1871, 1890 56.0 280 1930 46,010 1982 2008 1981 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 Feb 1-Mar 15 Apr 15 Apr 15-Jun 15 Cabbage, Summer & Fall Aug 1-Oct 15 Nov 15 Nov 15-Dec 15 Cabbage, Winter Oct 1-Dec 15 Jan 15 Jan 15-Mar 1 Cantaloups Mar 1-Apr 15 May 15 Jun 1-Jul 1 Carrots, Winter Aug 1-Dec 15 Dec 15 Feb 15-Jun 1 Corn-Sweet, Spring Feb 15-Apr 15 May 15 Jun 1-Jul 15 Corn-Sweet, Fall Aug 1-Sep 15 Sep 15 Sep 15-Oct 15 Cucumbers, Spring Mar 1-Apr 15 May 1 May 15-Jun 15 Cucumbers, Fall Jul 15-Sep 1 Sep 1 Sep 15-Oct 31 Onions, Spring Nov 1-Dec 25 Apr 1 Apr 15-May 20 Pepper-Bell, Spring Mar 1-Apr 15 May 15 May 20-Jun 30 Pepper-Bell, Fall Jul 15-Sep 1 Oct 1 Oct 1-Nov 15 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 Sep 15 Sep 15-Oct 10 Squash, Spring Mar 1-May 1 Apr 15 May 1-Jul 15 Squash, Fall Jul 15-Sep 1 Sep 1 Sep 15-Nov 1 Tomatoes, Summer Mar 1-Apr 15 May 15 Jun 1-Jul 1 Tomatoes, Fall Jul 15-Aug 15 Oct 1 Oct 15-Nov 15 Processing: Cucumbers Snap Beans Mar 1-Apr 15 Mar 1-Apr 20 May 1 May 1 May 15-Jun 15 May 10-Jun 20 Ends Jun 30 Dec 31 Mar 15 Jul 31 Jun 15 Jul 31 Nov 1 Jun 30 Nov 15 Jun 1 Jul 10 Nov 30 Jun 30 Aug 15 Nov 1 Jul 15 Nov 15 Jul 31 Nov 30 Jun 30 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 Ends Nov 10 Sep 1 Oct 15 Aug 15 Jan 1 Month CORN Mar 1 Jun 1 Sep 1 Dec 1 OFF FARM GRAIN STOCKS--Quarterly, Georgia, 2006-20081/ Unit 2006 2007 1,000 Bu 1,000 Bu 1,000 Bu 1,000 Bu 7,013 6,902 3,682 7,364 6,964 4,366 1,961 11,620 OATS Mar 1 1,000 Bu 52 77 Jun 1 1,000 Bu 67 67 Sep 1 1,000 Bu 69 123 Dec 1 1,000 Bu 85 44 1/ Includes stocks at mills, elevators, warehouses, terminals and processors. 2008 8,656 4,829 1,124 7,399 34 21 107 80 GRAIN STOCKS CAPACITY--December 1, Georgia, 2001-2008 Unit 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Number of Facilities Off Farm Number 188 188 155 144 141 136 2007 131 2008 127 Storage Capacity Off Farm On Farm 1,000 Bu 1,000 Bu 46,350 75,000 46,750 75,000 45,000 75,000 43,000 70,000 42,000 65,000 42,000 65,000 42,500 65,000 43,000 65,000 Month May 1 Dec 1 Unit 1,000 Tons HAY STOCKS ON FARMS--Georgia, 2001-2008 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 190 350 230 342 292 2006 198 1,000 Tons 1,599 1,295 1,494 1,345 1,350 878 2007 82 2008 145 1,013 1,319 Month Ending 2008 Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec U.S. STOCKS OF PEANUTS AT MONTH'S END--2008-20091/ Farmer Stock Roasting Stock Shelled Peanuts2/ (In Shell) Farmer Stock Equivalent Shelled Peanuts Total3/ --1,000 Pounds-- 123,790 606,434 2,693,872 3,692,870 3,698,424 410,473 304,275 361,071 420,589 462,024 48,944 31,662 38,395 49,318 54,122 545,929 404,686 480,224 559,383 614,492 718,663 1,042,782 3,212,491 4,301,571 4,367,038 2009 Jan Feb Mar Apr 3,345,234 3,019,374 2,643,472 2,316,578 509,758 550,458 550,637 522,250 51,187 67,118 72,501 74,210 677,978 732,109 732,347 694,593 4,074,399 3,818,601 3,448,320 3,085,381 May 2,013,706 507,185 75,452 674,556 2,763,714 Jun 1,652,732 546,230 68,273 726,486 2,447,491 Jul 1,359,950 533,581 60,487 709,663 2,130,100 1/ Excludes stocks on farms. Includes stocks owned by or held for account of Peanut Producers and 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. SOYBEANS--Percent of Acreage Planted Following Another Crop, Selected States, 2001-20091/ State 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 AL 8 13 12 11 8 6 10 48 32 AR 23 21 16 16 4 6 23 27 10 DE 44 39 37 29 41 25 50 47 62 FL * 38 38 41 29 * 71 2 * GA 39 37 33 61 51 69 77 61 54 IL 3 4 5 5 3 6 6 9 6 IN 1 2 3 3 1 3 4 4 4 KS 6 5 7 2 * 11 15 17 5 KY 28 29 24 34 29 21 26 36 30 LA 5 9 9 10 9 14 22 24 8 MD 31 30 43 43 27 32 47 47 44 MS 13 9 4 8 1 4 14 13 4 MO 11 10 7 10 7 11 13 12 10 NJ 2 21 22 13 31 38 27 22 24 NC 38 42 41 31 32 30 38 47 33 OH 1 * 1 1 1 * 1 * 1 OK 8 24 24 34 3 20 64 58 41 PA 11 18 11 7 4 11 19 8 10 SC 48 42 38 38 37 29 36 52 30 TN 32 35 28 32 15 20 31 40 25 TX 1 8 5 3 4 * * * 27 VA 48 24 34 37 7 25 44 56 30 WV 7 4 1 17 9 * 4 * * US 6 6 5 6 4 5 8 9 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. * Data rounds to less than 0.5 percent. Million Dollars 180.0 150.0 120.0 90.0 60.0 30.0 0.0 2001 2002 Peaches FRUIT AND NUTS Value of Utilized Production Georgia, 2001-2008 2003 2004 Pecans 2005 2006 2007 2008 Apples, Grapes and Blueberries Million Pounds 200 FRUIT AND NUTS Utilized Production Georgia, 2001-2008 150 100 50 0 2001 2002 Peaches 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Pecans Apples, Grapes and Blueberries FRUITS, NUTS, AND VEGETABLES HIGHLIGHTS - 2008 CROP YEAR The value of production of Georgia's fruit crops in 2008 increased from the previous year. However, pecans had an average year of production, despite the fact that it was an off year for pecans. An increase of 38 cent per pound in average price, value of production still reached $101 million, the second most valuable fruit, nut, and vegetable crop in Georgia. Most vegetable crops increased in value of production in 2008. Nine of the fifteen fruit, nut, and vegetable crops in the estimating program gained in value in 2008, as production improved on 9 of those crops and decreased on 6. Pecans, cabbage, bell peppers, squash, tomatoes, and onions failed to reach the production levels of the previous year. Blueberries showed an increase in production over last year from 11.0 million pounds in 2007 to a record 41.0 million pounds in 2008. This higher production resulted in a decrease in the average price per pound, with the value at $70.1 million. Tomatoes' value of production totaled $27.0 million, a decrease of 48 percent from 2007. Onions had a decrease of 7 percent in production from the previous year, with the price decreasing by 18 percent. Onions still remained the most valuable vegetable for the year of 2008. ONIONS Onion production in 2008 totaled 3.68 million cwt., up 14 percent from 2007. Yields averaged at 320 cwt. per acre, 19 percent higher than the previous year of 270 cwt. in 2007. Acreage harvested totaled 11,500 lower than last years 12,000 acres. Planted acreage totaled 12,000 acres. Prices were slightly down in 2008, averaging $29.50 per cwt., compared with $35.90 in 2007. Value of production totaled $108.6 million, a decrease of 7 percent from the previous year. Onions was the most valuable vegetable crop produced in Georgia in 2007 and 2008. TOMATOES Due to a Salmonella outbreak in the U.S. in 2008, tomato production in Georgia fell 53 percent to 840 thousand cwt. from 1.8 million cwt. in 2007. Although Georgia tomatoes were considered safe for consumption, there was decreased demand due to negative perceptions from consumers. Planted acreage declined 17 percent from 2007 to 4,300 acres and harvested acreage decreased by 800 acres, or 16 percent, to 4,200 acres. Yields dropped to 200 cwt. per acre in 2008, down from 360 cwt. per acre the previous year. Prices increased from a year earlier, averaging $32.20 per cwt., up $3.20 per cwt. from 2007. This put the value of production at $27.0 million, 48 percent less than 2007. BLUEBERRIES Blueberry production was up dramatically in 2008, a record year in production. Harvested acres were up 4,700 acres from the record low of 4,800 acres in 2007. Yields averaged 4320 pounds per acre, almost double the amount of 2007. Total and utilized production both amounted to 41.0 million pounds, 3.7 times more than last year's low of 11.0 million pounds. Prices fell in 2008, averaging $1.71 per pound, down 39 percent from the previous high of 2.79 in 2007. Value of production totaled $70.2 million, an incline more than double the 30.7 million for 2007. PECANS Georgia's pecan production in 2008 was down by 80 million pounds from the previous year production of 150 million pounds. In the alternate bearing cycle for pecans, 2008 was an "off year" for production. Pecan quality was good despite hurricane damage, but dry weather limited insect and disease problems. With the decrease in production, prices were back up to $1.44 cents per pound from $1.06 in 2007. Value of production was down from $159.3 million in 2007, a record high value, to $101.0 million. Seedling varieties totaled four million pounds, down 11 million from 2007. Improved varieties amounted to 66 million pounds. Georgia's 70 million pounds production in 2008 was the highest in the Nation, followed by New Mexico's 43 million pounds and then Texas's 30 million pounds. SWEET CORN Sweet corn production in 2008 increased 25 percent from 2007 to 3.9 million cwt. Yield increased to 170 cwt. per acre, up from 125 cwt. in 2007. Planted and harvested acres were both down 2,000 acres from 2007 to 25,000 and 23,000 acres, respectively. Prices averaged $20.90 per cwt., up $3.40 per cwt from 2007. Increased production and higher average prices resulted in a 49 percent increase in total value from the previous year. Value of production amounted to $81.7 million. Sweet corn was the second most valuable vegetable crop in 2008. Georgia's sweet corn production was the third highest in the Nation, exceeded only by Florida and California. WATERMELONS Despite a 9 percent decline in the production of watermelons, Georgia's value of production increased 3 percent in 2008. Planted acres totaled 22,000, down 12 percent, or 3,000 acres, from 2007. Harvested acres, at 21,000, decreased by 2,000 acres, or 9 percent, from 2007. Yields averaged 280 cwt. per acre, the same as 2007. Prices were $8.90 per cwt., up 13 percent from $7.90 per cwt. in 2007. Value of production totaled a record $52.3 million in 2008 beating the previous record of $50.9 million in 2007. PEACHES Georgia's peach production in 2008 totaled 28 thousand tons, compared with 13 thousand in 2007, more than double the production of last year. Utilized production, the amount sold plus the quantities used at home or held in storage, increased to 25 thousand tons in 2008. Bearing age acreage, at 9,500, was the same amount of acres as 2007. Yield more than doubled in 2008 to 2.95 tons per acre, compared with 1.37 tons in 2007. Prices averaged $773 per ton, a 6 percent decrease from 2007. Georgia's utilized peach production in 2008 ranked fourth in the U. S., behind CA, SC, and NJ Georgia ranked fifth in the nation in value of production in production falling behind CA, SC, NJ, and PA. FRUIT CROPS--Acreage, Yield, Production, Price, and Value, Georgia, 2001-2008 Unit 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Apples Bearing Age Acres Yield per Acre1/ Lbs 1,200 7,500 1,200 8,330 1,200 10,800 1,200 10,000 1,300 10,800 1,300 10,000 600 3,330 Total Production Mil Lbs 9.0 10.0 13.0 12.0 14.0 13.0 2.0 Utilized Production Mil Lbs 8.9 9.9 12.9 12.0 14.0 12.0 2.0 Season Average Price 4 per Lb 23.0 18.0 10.6 22.8 23.6 20.2 50.0 Value of Utilized Production 1,000 $ 2,051 1,779 1,368 2,740 3,310 2,419 1,000 2008 600 20,000 12.0 12.0 37.3 4,470 Blueberries Harvested Acres Yield per Acre2/ Lbs Total Production Mil Lbs Utilized Production Mil Lbs Season Average Price 4 per Lb Value of Utilized Production 1,000 $ 4,600 3,700 18.0 17.0 79.7 13,550 4,500 3,780 17.0 17.0 102.0 17,420 4,500 3,780 17.0 17.0 111.0 18,790 4,800 4,380 21.0 21.0 113.0 23,770 6,000 4,330 26.0 26.0 122.0 31,820 7,000 4,500 31.5 31.5 190.0 59,775 4,800 2,290 11.0 11.0 279.0 30,740 9,500 4,320 41.0 41.0 171.0 70,180 Grapes Bearing Age Acres Yield per Acre1/ Tons Total Production Tons Utilized Production Tons Season Average Price $ per Ton Value of Utilized Production 1,000 $ 1,100 2.91 3,200 3,200 1,050 3,370 1,100 2.55 2,800 2,760 1,060 2,936 1,100 2.82 3,100 2,800 978 2,738 1,100 3.00 3,300 3,200 1,160 3,724 1,100 3.18 3,500 3,500 1,390 4,850 1,100 2.64 2,900 2,900 1,270 3,690 1,200 2.42 2,900 2,900 1,200 3,477 1,200 2.92 3,500 3,500 1,130 3,950 Peaches Bearing Age Acres Yield per Acre1/ 3/ Total Production3/ Utilized Production3/ Season Average Price 3/ Lbs Mil Lbs Mil Lbs 4 per Lb 14,000 10,000 140 125 28.0 12,000 3.75 45,000 42,000 766 12,000 4.58 55,000 53,000 559 11,500 4.57 52,500 49,500 667 11,000 3.64 40,000 37,000 743 10,000 4.10 41,000 37,000 892 9,500 1.37 13,000 12,000 819 9,500 2.95 28,000 25,000 773 Value of Utilized Production 1,000 $ 35,033 32,148 29,642 33,017 27,476 33,020 9,830 19,326 1/ Yield is based on total production which includes unharvested production and fruit harvested but not sold due to market conditions. 2/ Yield is based on utilized production. 3/ Beginning 2002 production in tons, yield in tons per acre, price in dollars per ton. PECANS--Utilized Production, Price, and Value, Georgia, 2001-2008 Unit 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Improved Pecans Utilized Production 1,000 Lbs 85,000 42,000 60,000 42,000 72,000 36,000 Season Average Price 4 per Lb 66.0 102.0 100.0 177.0 132.0 164.0 Value of Utilized Production 1,000 $ 56,100 42,840 60,000 74,340 95,040 59,040 2007 135,000 110.0 148,500 2008 66,000 147.0 97,020 Seedling Pecans Utilized Production 1,000 Lbs Season Average Price 4 per Lb Value of Utilized Production 1,000 $ 25,000 45.0 11,250 3,000 68.0 2,040 15,000 64.0 9,600 3,000 124.0 3,720 8,000 80.0 6,400 6,000 121.0 7,260 15,000 72.0 10,800 4,000 100.0 4,000 All Pecans Utilized Production 1,000 Lbs Season Average Price 4 per Lb Value of Utilized Production 1,000 $ 110,000 61.2 67,350 45,000 100.0 44,880 75,000 92.8 69,600 45,000 173.0 78,060 80,000 127.0 101,440 42,000 158.0 66,300 150,000 106.0 159,300 70,000 144.0 101,020 FRESH MARKET VEGETABLES--Acreage, Yield, Production, and Value, Georgia, 2001-2008 Unit 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Beans, Snap Planted Acres 17,000 18,500 18,000 20,000 18,500 20,000 18,000 19,000 Harvested Acres 16,500 17,000 16,000 17,000 17,500 19,000 16,000 17,000 Yield per Acre Cwt 60 43 50 53 40 45 40 55 Production 1,000 Cwt 990 731 800 901 700 855 640 935 Price per Cwt Dollars 22.00 32.00 40.00 28.00 35.20 39.00 31.60 32.00 Value of Production 1,000 $ 21,780 23,392 32,000 25,228 24,640 33,345 20,224 29,920 Cabbage Planted Harvested Yield per Acre Production Price per Cwt Value of Production Acres Acres Cwt 1,000 Cwt Dollars 1,000 $ 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 12,000 10,000 250 2,500 11.00 27,500 12,000 10,000 280 2,800 11.00 30,800 10,000 9,000 265 2,385 11.00 26,235 8,000 7,200 320 2,304 13.00 29,952 6,600 6,500 320 2,080 12.40 25,792 Cantaloups Planted Harvested Yield per Acre Production Price per Cwt Value of Production Acres Acres Cwt 1,000 Cwt Dollars 1,000 $ 5,900 5,300 160 848 12.00 10,176 Carrots1/2/ Planted Harvested Yield per Acre Production Price per Cwt Value of Production Acres Acres Cwt 1,000 Cwt Dollars 1,000 $ 3,600 3,500 290 1,015 12.00 12,180 5,700 5,500 220 1,210 15.00 18,150 6,100 6,000 215 1,290 12.50 16,125 2,600 2,500 300 750 12.00 9,000 7,200 6,600 150 990 19.00 18,810 5,800 5,700 135 770 17.90 13,783 6,000 5,800 150 870 20.60 17,922 4,900 4,800 290 1,392 12.70 17,678 4,600 4,500 275 1,238 20.60 25,503 Corn, Sweet Planted Harvested Yield per Acre Production Price per Cwt Value of Production Acres Acres Cwt 1,000 Cwt Dollars 1,000 $ 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 28,000 27,000 135 3,645 12.80 46,656 30,000 29,000 125 3,625 21.90 79,388 27,000 26,000 110 2,860 20.60 58,916 27,000 25,000 125 3,125 17.50 54,688 25,000 23,000 170 3,910 20.90 81,719 Cucumbers Planted Harvested Yield per Acre Production Price per Cwt Value of Production Acres Acres Cwt 1,000 Cwt Dollars 1,000 $ 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 15,000 14,000 140 1,960 16.60 32,536 16,000 15,000 175 2,625 23.90 62,738 16,000 14,000 185 2590 23.00 59,570 11,000 9,500 200 1,900 26.40 50,160 11,000 10,500 195 2,048 32.60 66,765 Onions Planted Acres 14,500 14,700 14,000 16,500 13,500 Harvested Acres 13,500 11,500 12,500 14,500 10,500 Yield per Acre Cwt 190 125 175 260 210 Production 1,000 Cwt 2,565 1,438 2,188 3,770 2,205 Price per Cwt Dollars 27.50 32.20 34.30 23.50 29.70 Value of Production 1,000 $ 70,538 46,304 75,048 88,595 65,489 1/ Estimates began in 2000. 2/ Beginning 2003 data not published to avoid disclosing individual operations. 14,000 10,500 310 3,255 25.20 82,026 12,500 12,000 270 3,240 35.90 116,316 12,000 11,500 320 3,680 29.50 108,560 FRESH MARKET VEGETABLES--Acreage, Yield, Production, and Value, Georgia, 2001-2008 Unit 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Peppers, Bell Planted Acres 4,200 4,600 4,800 4,000 4,000 4,600 4,300 3,500 Harvested Acres 4,000 4,400 4,500 3,900 3,600 4,200 4,200 3,400 Yield per Acre Cwt 200 200 300 170 190 270 280 180 Production 1,000 Cwt 800 880 1,350 663 684 1,134 1,176 612 Price per Cwt Dollars 28.00 20.00 30.00 30.00 30.00 25.00 35.00 33.50 Value of Production 1,000 $ 22,400 17,600 40,500 19,890 20,520 28,350 41,160 20,502 Squash Planted Harvested Yield per Acre Production Price per Cwt Value of Production Acres Acres Cwt 1,000 Cwt Dollars 1,000 $ 9,000 7,900 125 988 21.20 20,990 9,100 8,600 165 1,428 31.00 44,268 9,500 8,600 130 1,118 28.00 31,304 9,500 8,500 115 978 29.00 28,362 9,500 8,500 105 893 29.60 26,433 8,500 8,200 160 1,312 24.00 31,488 5,200 4,800 115 552 35.00 19,320 5,200 5,000 100 500 28.50 14,250 Tomatoes Planted Harvested Yield per Acre Production Price per Cwt Value of Production Acres Acres Cwt 1,000 Cwt Dollars 1,000 $ 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 6,000 5,800 170 986 45.00 44,370 6,500 6,300 340 2,142 35.00 74,970 5,700 5,600 360 2,016 36.00 72,576 5,200 5,000 360 1,800 29.00 52,200 4,300 4,200 200 840 32.20 27,048 Watermelons Planted Harvested Yield per Acre Production Price per Cwt Value of Production Acres Acres Cwt 1,000 Cwt Dollars 1,000 $ 24,000 22,000 265 5,830 5.00 29,150 24,700 23,000 255 5,865 5.80 34,017 26,500 25,000 215 5,375 7.80 41,925 30,000 23,000 165 3,795 7.00 26,565 25,000 23,000 210 4,830 7.90 38,157 25,000 24,000 235 5,640 8.00 45,120 25,000 23,000 280 6,440 7.90 50,876 22,000 21,000 280 5,880 8.90 52,332 Thousand Head 120 MILK COWS Average Annual Inventory Georgia, 2001-2008 100 86 85 85 84 81 80 77 77 76 60 40 20 0 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Million Dollars 450 CATTLE AND CALVES Cash Receipts Georgia, 2001-2008 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 LIVESTOCK AND DAIRY HIGHLIGHTS -- 2008 Cattle and hog inventory levels declined from the previous year. All cattle and calves on January 1, 2009, totaled 1,110,000 head, down 20,000 from January 1, 2008. Prices for cattle weighing more than 500 pounds averaged $65.50 per hundredweight (cwt) in 2008, compared with $64.70 per cwt. in 2007. Calves less than 500 pounds, averaged $97.20 per cwt. in 2008, $16.80 cwt. less than in 2007. Hogs on December 1, 2008 totaled 230,000 head, 35,000 less than on December 1, 2007. Prices averaged $46.60 per cwt. for the 2008 marketing year, compared with $46.90 per cwt. for 2007. MILK PRODUCTION1/ Milk production in Georgia during 2008 totaled 1.4 billion pounds, 3 percent below 2007. The annual average number of milk cows equaled 76,000 head, down 1,000 head from 2007. Production per cow averaged 17,829 pounds for 2008, 340 pounds below 2007. Cash receipts from marketings of Georgia produced milk totaled $281 million, slightly less than 2007. Producer returns averaged $20.90 per hundredweight, 3 percent above 2007. Macon County continues as the leading county in number of milk cows with 11,300 head on January 1, 2009, followed by Brooks County with 6,200 head and Putnam County with 5,700. Milk prices in 2008 averaged $20.90 per cwt., up from $20.30 per cwt. in 2007. Georgia ranked 25th in the nation in pounds of milk produced in 2008. Cash receipts from marketing of dairy and livestock products totaled $635 million during 2008, down 1 percent from 2007. CATTLE1/ Georgia=s cattle herd totaled 1.11 million head on January 1, 2009, down 2 percent from the previous year. Georgia=s inventory ranked 28th in the nation. The United States= cattle inventory on January 1, 2009 amounted to 94.5 million head, 2 percent below the 96.0 million on January 1, 2008. Beef cows numbered 536,000 in Georgia on January 1, 2009, down 3 percent from 2008. Heifers for beef cow replacement totaled 73,000 head, 2,000 below the previous year. Milk cows, including those dry and being milked, fell to 74,000 head on January 1, 2009, 3,000 head below a year earlier. Milk cow replacement heifers at 23,000 head, up 1,000 head above last year. The 2008 calf crop totaled 500,000 head, 6 percent less than the 2007 calf crop. The value of all cattle and calves on Georgia farms on January 1, 2009 amounted to $844 million, 10 percent less than a year earlier. Value per head averaged $760, compared with $830 on January 1 a year earlier. Cash receipts from the sale of cattle and calves in 2008 fell to nearly $292 million, a drop of 5 percent from 2007. Marketings dropped 5 percent to 536,000 head compared with 565,000 head marketed in 2007. Jackson County, with 29,000 head, is the leading county in the number of cattle and calves on January 1, 2009. Franklin County holds second place with 26,000 head. Carroll, Morgan and Macon round out the top five counties in Georgia in total cattle and calves. RED MEAT PRODUCTION Red meat production, in commercial plants in Georgia during 2008, totaled 157 million pounds, down 4 percent from the 163 million pounds produced in 2007. 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 2008 was 113 pounds, down 3 percent from the 117 pounds consumed in 2007. HOGS1/ Hog and pigs in Georgia on December 1, 2008, numbered 230,000 head, 13 percent less than a year earlier. Breeding inventory, at 37,000 head, 7% less than December 1, 2007, while market hogs dropped to 193,000 head, fourteen percent less than the previous year. The annual pig crop for 2008 totaled 645,000 head, 3 percent less than the 668,000 born during 2007. Sows farrowing during 2008, at 71,000 head, were also down 5 percent from the previous year=s farrowings of 75,000. The annual pigs per litter rate averaged 9.08 for 2008, compared with 8.91 pigs saved per litter for 2007. Georgia ranked 23rd among all States in the number of hogs and pigs on December 1, 2008. The value of hogs and pigs in Georgia on December 1, 2008, totaled $18 million, 5 percent more than a year earlier. The average value per head was $79.00 up $14.00 from the previous year. Marketings of hogs and pigs in 2008 rose to 755,300 head, 7 percent more than the 703,000 head marketed in 2007. Cash receipts amounted to $62.2 million in 2008, compared with $54.3 million for 2007. Prices averaged $46.60 per cwt., down $0.30 from 2007. 1/ The number of operations by State will no longer be published on an annual basis. CATTLE AND CALVES--Inventory, Value, and Number by Class, January 1, Georgia, 2001-2009 Unit 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 All Cattle and Calves 1,000 Head 1,270 1,240 1,290 1,250 1,210 1,180 1,170 1,130 1,110 Value Average per Head Total Dollars 1,000 $ 630 640 600 650 770 820 790 830 760 800,100 793,600 774,000 812,500 931,700 967,600 924,300 937,900 843,600 Cows and Heifers that have Calved Beef Cows 1,000 Head 614 594 625 616 596 592 585 553 536 Milk Cows 1,000 Head 86 86 85 84 84 78 75 77 74 All Cows 1,000 Head 700 680 710 700 680 670 660 630 610 Heifers 500 pounds and over Beef Cow Replacements 1,000 Head 78 87 90 85 82 82 77 75 73 Milk Cow Replacements 1,000 Head 31 29 29 26 24 23 23 22 23 Other Heifers 1,000 Head 31 30 36 30 35 30 34 33 31 Total Heifers 1,000 Head 140 146 155 141 141 135 134 130 127 Steers 500 Pounds & Over 1,000 Head 46 40 50 40 49 41 48 46 48 Bulls 500 Pounds & Over 1,000 Head 39 39 40 39 35 34 33 34 35 Steer, Heifer, & Bull Calves Under 500 Pounds 1,000 Head 345 335 335 330 305 300 295 290 290 Cattle & Calves on Feed 1,000 Head 3 3 3 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ Included in Other States beginning in 2004. CATTLE AND CALVES--Number of Operations and Percent of Inventory by Size Groups, Georgia, 2001-20071/ Unit 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Operations Having: 1-49 Head Number 15,000 14,800 14,500 14,300 14,000 13,800 15,600 50-99 Head Number 3,890 4,200 4,300 4,200 3,600 3,800 2,800 100-499 Head Number 2,800 2,700 2,900 3,200 3,090 3,100 2,300 500-999 Head Number 250 250 240 240 240 220 220 1,000+ Head Number 60 50 60 60 70 80 80 Inventory on Operation Having: 1-49 Head Percent 20.0 20.0 17.0 15.5 16.0 14.0 23.0 50-99 Head Percent 21.0 21.0 21.5 21.0 19.0 20.0 16.0 100-499 Head Percent 40.0 40.0 42.0 45.0 45.0 44.0 37.0 500-999 Head Percent 11.5 12.0 12.0 11.0 11.0 11.0 12.0 1,000+ Head Percent 7.5 7.0 7.5 7.5 9.0 11.0 12.0 1/ The number of operations by State will no longer be published on an annual basis. State level numbers will only by published in conjunction with the Census of Agriculture every five years. CATTLE AND CALVES--Production and Income, Georgia, 2001-2008 Unit 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Production1/ Marketings2/ 1,000 Lbs 442,152 465,041 448,139 462,321 382,103 361,027 337,608 339,050 1,000 Lbs 539,290 455,090 519,990 510,790 432,135 390,945 396,120 395,580 Price per 100 Lbs Cattle Dollars 54.20 49.20 53.60 66.10 68.60 64.20 64.70 65.50 Calves Cash Receipts3/ Dollars 95.70 87.00 95.80 118.00 125.00 122.00 114.00 97.20 1,000 $ 347,677 264,214 328,798 395,833 357,433 309,067 305,984 291,990 Value of Home Consumption 1,000 $ 4,398 3,139 3,626 4,387 4,547 4,101 4,128 4,058 Gross Income 1,000 $ 352,075 267,353 332,424 400,220 361,980 313,168 310,112 296,048 1/ Adjustments made for changes in inventory and for inshipments. 2/ Excludes interfarm sales. 3/ Receipts from marketings and sales of farm slaughter. CALF CROP AND CATTLE DISPOSITION--Georgia, 2001-2008 Unit 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Calves Born 1,000 Head 580 600 580 560 550 540 Cows that have Calved 1,000 Head 700 680 710 700 680 670 Inshipments Marketings1/ 1,000 Head 125 67 65 47 46 44 Cattle 1,000 Head 359 305 345 337 326 311 Calves 1,000 Head 317 250 278 254 245 233 Farm Slaughter Cattle & Calves 1,000 Head 3 3 3 3 3 3 Deaths Cattle 1,000 Head 23 24 25 23 21 20 Calves 1,000 Head 33 35 34 30 31 27 1/ Excludes interfarm sales. 2007 530 660 44 323 242 3 19 27 2008 500 630 66 306 230 3 19 28 COW AND HEIFERS--Kept for Milk, Inventory and Value, Georgia, January 1, 2001-2009 Unit 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Cows and Heifers that have calved Value per Head1/ 1,000 Head 86 86 85 84 84 78 75 77 Dollars 1,570 1,650 1,410 1,640 1,750 1,800 1,900 NA Heifers, 500 lbs and Over 1,000 Head 31 29 1/ Marketing year average. NA not available. 29 26 24 23 23 22 2009 74 NA 23 MILK COWS--Number of Operations and Percent of Inventory by Size Groups, Georgia, 2001-20071/ Unit 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Operations Having: 1-29 Head Number 320 290 290 290 280 240 370 30-49 Head Number 20 15 15 20 20 20 20 50-99 Head Number 90 85 75 80 80 70 35 100-199 Head Number 170 160 150 130 130 130 120 200-499 Head Number 90 80 80 80 70 70 65 500+ Head Number 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 Inventory on Operation Having: 1-29 Head Percent 1.0 0.8 0.8 1.1 1.1 1.1 2.5 30-49 Head Percent 1.0 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.2 50-99 Head Percent 8.0 7.5 6.5 7.0 7.0 5.9 3.3 100-199 Head Percent 28.0 26.0 25.0 23.0 23.0 22.0 22.0 200-499 Head Percent 22.0 25.0 27.0 26.0 23.0 25.0 25.0 500+ Head Percent 42.0 40.0 40.0 42.0 45.0 45.0 46.0 1/ The number of operations by State will no longer be published on an annual basis. State level numbers will only be published in conjunction with the Census of Agriculture every five years. Jan-Mar Apr-Jun Jul-Sep Oct-Dec MILK COWS--Average Inventory, Quarterly, Georgia, 2001-2008 Unit 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 1,000 86 85 85 84 83 78 1,000 86 85 85 84 82 77 1,000 86 85 85 84 81 76 1,000 86 85 84 84 79 75 Annual Average 1,000 86 85 85 84 81 77 2007 77 77 77 77 77 2008 77 77 75 75 76 Jan-Mar Apr-Jun Jul-Sep Oct-Dec MILK PRODUCTION--Pounds per Cow, Quarterly, Georgia, 2001-2008 Unit 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Lbs 4,510 Lbs 4,490 Lbs 3,660 Lbs 4,000 4,645 4,720 3,880 4,050 4,690 4,580 3,750 4,010 4,540 4,550 3,800 3,980 4,565 4,660 3,830 4,140 4,860 4,980 4,100 4,400 4,950 5,040 4,050 4,130 Annual Average Lbs 16,663 17,294 16,988 16,857 17,259 18,234 18,169 2008 4,690 4,730 4,070 4,330 17,829 Jan-Mar Apr-Jun Jul-Sep Oct-Dec Unit Mil Lbs Mil Lbs Mil Lbs Mil Lbs MILK PRODUCTION--Total Pounds Produced, Quarterly, Georgia, 2001-2008 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 388 395 399 381 379 379 381 386 401 389 382 382 383 388 315 330 319 319 310 312 312 344 344 337 334 327 330 318 Annual Mil Lbs 1,433 1,470 1,444 1,416 1,398 1,404 1,399 2008 361 364 305 325 1,355 MILK PRODUCTION--Utilization, Milkfat and Value, Georgia, 2001-2008 Unit 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Total Milk Production Mil Lbs Milk Marketed by Producers1/ Mil Lbs 1,433 1,420 1,470 1,460 1,444 1,433 1,416 1,402 1,398 1,386 1,404 1,396 1,399 1,387 1,355 1,343 Price per 100 Pounds Dollars 15.90 13.20 13.40 16.80 16.00 14.40 20.30 20.90 Used on Farms Mil Lbs 13 10 11 14 12 8 12 12 Milkfat Percent 3.64 3.65 3.62 3.64 3.63 3.67 3.66 3.67 Cash Receipts from Marketings 1,000 $ 225,780 192,720 192,022 235,536 221,760 201,024 281,561 280,687 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 PIGS--Inventory and Value, December 1, Georgia, 2001-2008 Unit 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Total Inventory 1,000 Head 315 345 295 275 270 245 265 Breeding 1,000 Head 50 50 48 42 43 38 40 Market 1,000 Head 265 295 247 233 227 207 225 Value Average per Head Dollars 68.00 61.00 61.00 94.00 83.00 77.00 65.00 Total 1,000 $ 21,420 21,045 17,995 25,850 22,410 18,865 17,225 2008 230 37 193 79.00 18,170 HOGS--Production and Income, Georgia, 2001-2008 Production1/ Marketings2/ Unit 1,000 Lbs 1,000 Lbs 2001 176,834 188,726 2002 161,852 163,081 2003 2004 155,543 148,837 169,916 159,268 2005 148,470 151,826 2006 125,083 132,444 2007 106,346 105,931 2008 99,710 111,511 Price per 100 Pounds Cash Receipts3/ Dollars 1,000 $ 42.40 87,546 33.20 58,824 36.40 50.30 68,834 84,790 52.00 82,267 46.10 65,929 46.90 54,334 46.60 62,244 Value of Home Consumption 1,000 $ 462 345 369 499 520 457 459 473 Gross Income 1,000 $ 88,008 59,169 69,203 85,289 82,787 66,386 54,793 62,717 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. 2001 327.0 2002 256.6 RED MEAT PRODUCTION--Georgia, 2001-2008 2003 2004 2005 2006 247.9 --Million Pounds-- 159.3 135.3 147.9 2007 163.4 2008 157.1 Million Pounds 350.0 RED MEAT PRODUCTION Georgia, 2001-2008 300.0 250.0 200.0 150.0 100.0 50.0 0.0 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 COMMERCIAL LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER Number, Average and Total Live Weight, by Class, Georgia, 2001-20081/ Unit 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 CATTLE Number Slaughtered 1,000 461.4 362.9 361.0 219.3 238.1 270.7 306.4 * Average Live Weight Pounds 1,144 1,228 1,206 1,188 855 935 916 * Total Live Weight 1,000 Lbs 527,955 445,472 435,420 260,470 203,625 251,391 279,159 * CALVES Number Slaughtered 1,000 * * * * 1.8 1.3 1.1 1.1 Average Live Weight Pounds * * * * 469 439 424 457 Total Live Weight 1,000 Lbs * * * * 852 579 460 507 HOGS Number Slaughtered 1,000 182.2 155.2 * 150.6 121.3 133.8 140.8 109.0 Average Live Weight Pounds 298 251 * 241 237 227 220 235 Total Live Weight 1,000 Lbs 54,212 38,899 * 36,285 28,735 30,357 31,046 25,569 SHEEP Number Slaughtered 1,000 4.6 7.1 * 5.4 * 3.8 5.8 4.2 Average Live Weight Pounds 104 103 * 103 * 106 125 94 Total Live Weight 1,000 Lbs 481 738 * 552 * 400 719 399 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. BEES--Colonies of Bees, Production, Price and Value, Georgia, 2001-2008 Unit 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Colonies of Bees 1,000 Colonies 55 50 52 63 59 63 Yield per Colony Pounds 57 52 65 49 49 74 Honey Production 1,000 Pounds 3,135 2,600 3,380 3,087 2,891 4,662 Average Price per Pound Dollars 0.700 1.130 1.280 1.200 0.890 1.200 Value of Honey Production 1,000 $ 2,195 2,938 4,326 3,704 2,573 5,594 2007 60 58.0 3,480 1.190 4,141 2008 55 71.0 3,905 1.490 5,818 Thousands of Pounds or Dollars 6000 BEES - Colonies, Honey Production Value of Honey Production Georgia, 2001-2008 5000 4000 3000 2000 1000 0 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Honey Production Value of Production Colonies T housand Colonies 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 2008 ANGORA GOATS, MILK GOATS, MEAT AND OTHER GOATS AND TOTAL: NUMBER BY CLASS, GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES, JANUARY 1, 2008-2009 State Angora 2008 2009 Milk 2008 2009 Meat and Other Goats 2008 2009 All Goats 2008 2009 --Head-- GA 1/ 1/ 4,000 4,500 US 205,000 185,000 323,000 335,000 [Results from the Sheep and Goats Report]. 1/ Data not published. 79,000 2,590,000 80,300 2,550,000 1/ 3,118,000 1/ 3,070,000 AQUACULTURE CATFISH--NUMBER OF OPERATIONS AND WATER SURFACE ACRES JANUARY 1, 2005-JANUARY 1, 2009 Unit Jan 1, 2005 Jan 1, 2006 Jan 1, 2007 Jan 1, 2008 Georgia Number of Operations Number 55 60 1/ 1/ Water Surface Acres Acres 1,090 1,300 1/ 1/ United States Number of Operations Number 1,124 1,035 1,246 1,617 Water Surface Acres Acres 175,940 1/ Estimates discontinued in 2007 (2006 sales). 170,740 169,700 163,100 Jan 1, 2009 1/ 1/ 1,306 146,900 Unit Georgia Foodsize Number Live Weight 1,000 1,000 Lbs Total Average Per Pound 1,000 $ Dollars Total Sales of All Catfish 1,000 $ United States Foodsize Number 1,000 Live Weight Total 1,000 Lbs 1,000 $ Average Per Pound Dollars Total Sales of All Catfish 1,000 $ 1/ Estimates discontinued in 2006. CATFISH SALES 2005-2008 2005 2006 1000 1/ 1,610 1/ 1,240 1/ 0.77 1/ 2,065 1/ 395,590 605,530 427,811 0.71 459,539 353,230 568,900 440,898 0.78 472,175 2007 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 365,770 563,900 423,736 0.75 454,593 2008 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 304,010 514,920 389,290 0.76 409,998 TROUT--SALES OF FISH 12" OR LONGER 2005-2008 Unit 2005 2006 2007 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 1,000 1,000 1,000 $ Dollars 1,000 1,000 1,000 $ Dollars 450 500 830 1.66 55,513 59,714 62,660 1.05 240 250 580 2.32 52,452 65,346 72,733 1.11 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 58,674 66,910 79,523 1.19 1/ Not published to avoid disclosure of individual operations. 2008 174 206 441 2.14 40,401 52,410 72,432 1.38 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 From Marketing Year Through August June August July August July August February July October May April May April May August August July October March August July September August July November May April PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS--Marketing Year Average Price, Georgia, 2001-2008 Commodity Unit 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 --Dollars-- Apples, All Lb 0.230 0.180 0.106 0.228 0.236 0.202 1/ Blueberries, All Lb 0.797 1.020 1.110 1.130 1.220 1.900 2.790 Cabbage, Fresh Cwt 8.70 13.00 12.00 11.00 11.00 11.00 13.00 Cantaloupes, Fresh Cwt 12.00 15.00 12.50 19.00 17.90 20.60 12.70 Corn, for Grain Bu 2.32 2.70 2.45 2.20 2.20 3.00 4.50 Cotton Lint Lb 0.306 0.443 0.612 0.428 0.488 0.470 0.596 Cottonseed Ton 66.50 78.00 95.50 85.00 74.00 93.00 148.00 Grapes Ton 1,050.00 1,060.00 978.00 1,160.00 1,390.00 1,270.00 1,200.00 Hay Ton 58.00 57.00 62.00 55.00 59.00 65.00 80.00 Oats Bu 1.75 2.10 1.70 1.70 1.60 1.90 2.50 Onions Cwt 27.50 32.20 34.30 23.50 29.70 25.20 35.90 Peaches, All Ton 560.00 766.00 559.00 667.00 743.00 892.00 840.00 Peanuts Lb 0.227 0.175 0.187 0.185 0.168 0.175 0.200 Pecans, All Lb 0.612 1.000 0.928 1.730 1.270 1.580 1.060 Rye Bu 6.00 6.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 6.00 Snap Beans, Fresh Cwt 22.00 32.00 40.00 28.00 35.20 39.00 31.60 Sorghum for Grain Bu 1.85 2.60 2.30 1.82 1.72 2.74 4.09 Soybeans Bu 4.35 5.45 7.47 5.70 5.50 6.85 11.90 Sweet Corn, Fresh Cwt 14.60 14.00 16.50 12.80 21.90 20.60 17.50 Tobacco, Flue Cured Cwt 185.50 184.50 185.50 183.50 143.50 144.00 153.00 Tomatoes, Fresh Mkt Cwt 25.00 20.00 31.50 45.00 35.00 36.00 29.00 Watermelons Cwt 5.00 5.80 7.80 7.00 7.90 8.00 7.90 Wheat Bu 2.05 2.50 3.05 3.45 3.05 3.70 6.50 1/ Price not published to avoid disclosure of individual firms. 2008 1/ 1.710 12.40 20.60 4.60 0.635 195.00 1,130.00 94.00 2.65 29.50 792.00 0.204 1.440 7.00 32.00 3.64 9.20 20.90 170.00 32.20 8.90 6.00 Unit 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 PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS--Monthly Prices, Georgia, 2001-2008 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 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 0.292 0.389 0.445 0.463 0.457 0.434 0.439 0.446 0.441 0.442 0.451 0.461 0.436 0.574 0.606 0.619 0.625 0.627 0.619 0.610 0.594 0.601 0.589 0.579 0.509 0.596 0.526 0.448 0.422 0.401 0.388 0.389 0.383 0.374 0.374 0.389 0.397 1/ 0.516 0.502 0.501 0.507 0.491 0.471 0.478 0.462 0.464 0.455 0.438 1/ 0.508 0.511 0.506 0.510 0.476 0.465 0.453 0.440 0.445 0.432 0.511 0.556 0.555 0.595 0.624 2008 0.637 0.642 0.662 0.652 0.674 0.659 0.669 0.580 0.679 0.652 0.724 0.648 Cottonseed per Ton Jan Dollars Feb Dollars Sep Dollars Oct Dollars Nov Dollars Dec Dollars 92.00 92.00 2/ 69.00 69.00 62.00 64.00 63.00 80.00 79.00 78.00 76.00 79.00 2/ 2/ 94.00 95.00 96.00 101.00 104.00 2/ 88.00 83.00 84.00 91.00 2/ 2/ 75.00 74.00 74.00 74.00 72.00 94.00 93.00 93.00 94.00 91.00 93.00 2/ 140.00 148.00 148.00 153.00 156.00 2/ 220.00 188.00 193.00 Peanuts per Lb Aug Dollars Sep Dollars Oct Dollars Nov Dollars Dec Dollars 2/ 0.247 0.212 0.199 0.154 2/ 0.179 0.174 0.171 0.166 2/ 0.182 0.180 0.187 0.190 2/ 0.190 0.191 0.199 0.180 0.166 0.170 0.174 0.172 0.169 0.171 0.170 0.171 0.168 0.173 0.178 0.181 0.202 0.217 0.207 1/ 0.218 0.202 0.204 0.207 Tobacco per Lb Jul Dollars 1.720 1.775 1.705 1.690 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ Aug Dollars 1.855 1.845 1.835 1.800 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ Sep Dollars 1.900 1.885 1.910 1.895 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ Oct Dollars 1.915 1.885 1.880 1.870 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ Nov Dollars 3/ 3/ 2/ 2/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 1/ Price not published to avoid disclosure of individual operations or price not available. 2/ Sales insufficient to establish a price. 3/Prices received by month are not available. 4/ No longer reported monthly. PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS--Monthly and Marketing Year Average Price, Georgia, 2001-2008 Unit 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Beef Cattle per Cwt Jan Dollars 52.30 49.40 48.00 59.50 65.30 65.60 61.10 61.50 Feb Dollars 55.80 53.30 50.80 60.40 68.60 70.00 67.10 69.60 Mar Dollars 59.10 55.20 51.90 63.70 74.30 70.30 66.30 66.60 Apr Dollars 58.00 52.00 51.80 63.10 73.90 66.40 66.30 66.20 May Dollars 56.20 51.00 51.70 66.10 74.70 65.70 65.20 69.20 Jun Dollars 58.10 49.80 52.90 69.20 73.10 64.90 62.80 68.90 Jul Dollars 55.10 47.80 54.60 70.60 67.90 63.00 66.80 69.70 Aug Dollars 55.30 47.00 54.70 70.80 68.50 64.40 69.10 70.50 Sep Dollars 53.30 46.00 54.90 69.50 66.50 63.80 66.80 68.90 Oct Dollars 48.20 45.50 55.50 65.70 63.20 62.10 62.90 61.30 Nov Dollars 47.00 44.50 58.10 65.30 62.40 60.30 62.50 59.20 Dec Dollars Mkt Yr Avg1/ Dollars 48.50 54.20 46.20 49.20 61.60 53.60 64.90 66.10 64.70 68.60 58.80 64.20 59.60 64.70 53.40 65.50 Milk Cows per Head Mkt Yr Avg1/2/ Dollars Cows per Cwt3/ Jan Dollars Feb Dollars Mar Dollars Apr Dollars May Dollars Jun Dollars Jul Dollars Aug Dollars Sep Dollars Oct Dollars Nov Dollars Dec Dollars Mkt Yr Avg1/ Dollars 1,570 38.70 42.40 42.00 43.90 42.90 44.60 41.60 42.50 41.50 36.00 35.80 36.30 40.90 1,650 37.80 40.30 41.20 40.60 41.10 41.00 37.40 36.40 34.50 33.90 32.70 34.20 37.80 1,410 36.80 38.80 38.90 39.30 40.20 41.20 42.30 41.60 41.10 41.60 45.40 49.40 41.20 1,640 48.30 47.30 47.10 48.30 51.20 53.30 54.40 54.20 54.70 50.90 50.50 50.40 51.20 1,750 51.30 53.20 55.90 56.40 58.50 58.20 52.80 52.80 49.80 45.50 45.10 46.60 52.30 1,800 47.60 51.50 51.80 50.80 50.10 48.00 45.40 46.90 45.80 45.80 45.80 46.80 47.70 1,900 49.20 51.10 48.60 49.70 50.30 49.20 51.00 51.00 48.50 46.00 44.00 45.00 48.80 2,050 48.30 54.60 53.50 54.50 57.50 59.00 58.30 57.90 56.00 51.60 47.60 45.40 53.70 Steers and Heifers per Cwt Jan Dollars 79.80 Feb Dollars 80.70 Mar Dollars 84.80 Apr Dollars 84.10 May Dollars 82.00 Jun Dollars 84.30 Jul Dollars 80.10 Aug Dollars 79.00 Sep Dollars 76.20 Oct Dollars 70.80 Nov Dollars 68.60 Dec Dollars Mkt Yr Avg1/ Dollars 72.20 79.40 72.90 76.40 76.10 72.20 70.20 66.90 67.90 66.60 68.30 67.90 68.30 69.40 70.40 70.80 72.10 71.40 73.90 73.90 75.60 78.40 79.00 81.70 82.50 84.00 85.30 77.10 82.20 83.60 88.60 89.30 95.10 100.00 102.00 103.00 98.20 94.30 95.20 93.00 92.70 93.80 95.90 102.00 105.00 106.00 102.00 97.10 98.90 98.80 97.50 97.60 99.80 99.90 102.00 103.00 98.10 94.20 96.00 97.80 97.10 98.40 98.60 91.20 83.90 83.30 95.80 81.30 85.10 91.80 95.80 95.50 94.40 99.00 100.00 98.00 93.00 88.00 88.00 92.30 86.00 92.00 88.00 86.00 92.00 88.00 89.00 91.00 87.50 77.20 75.30 69.70 85.40 Calves per Cwt Jan Dollars 100.00 95.10 88.90 103.00 120.00 130.00 107.00 Feb Dollars 101.00 97.00 90.60 107.00 125.00 134.00 112.00 Mar Dollars 104.00 95.20 89.70 113.00 133.00 130.00 116.00 Apr Dollars 103.00 91.10 92.70 114.00 136.00 123.00 118.00 May Dollars 101.00 88.10 91.30 118.00 135.00 124.00 116.00 Jun Dollars 103.00 84.00 94.00 122.00 132.00 122.00 114.00 Jul Dollars 97.90 84.50 96.30 126.00 122.00 119.00 119.00 Aug Dollars 95.90 82.90 96.40 127.00 123.00 121.00 118.00 Sep Dollars 94.40 82.80 98.60 123.00 123.00 124.00 116.00 Oct Dollars 89.30 83.10 101.00 120.00 122.00 113.00 110.00 Nov Dollars 86.60 84.30 102.00 122.00 122.00 109.00 107.00 Dec Dollars Mkt Yr Avg1/ Dollars 93.80 95.70 85.60 87.00 106.00 95.80 118.00 118.00 125.00 125.00 109.00 122.00 106.00 114.00 1/ Marketing year is January 1-December 31. 2/ Estimated annually. 3/ Cull beef cows and dairy cows sold for slaughter. 103.00 110.00 106.00 100.00 103.00 98.00 97.00 98.00 96.50 91.00 89.00 82.60 97.20 PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS--Monthly and Marketing Year Average Price, Georgia, 2001-2008 Unit 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Chickens Excluding Broilers per Lb Jan Dollars 0.071 0.082 0.069 0.080 0.116 0.086 0.080 0.093 Feb Dollars 0.076 0.083 0.069 0.080 0.116 0.086 0.080 0.094 Mar Dollars 0.077 0.082 0.069 0.081 0.116 0.086 0.080 0.093 Apr Dollars 0.084 0.085 0.069 0.080 0.116 0.086 0.080 0.093 May Dollars 0.081 0.083 0.069 0.080 0.116 0.086 0.080 0.093 Jun Dollars 0.080 0.081 0.069 0.080 0.116 0.086 0.080 0.093 Jul Dollars 0.081 0.082 0.069 0.080 0.116 0.086 0.080 0.093 Aug Dollars 0.077 0.082 0.069 0.081 0.116 0.086 0.080 0.093 Sep Dollars 0.081 0.082 0.069 0.081 0.116 0.086 0.080 0.093 Oct Dollars 0.080 0.081 0.069 0.081 0.116 0.086 0.080 0.093 Nov Dollars 0.082 0.082 0.069 0.081 0.116 0.086 0.080 0.093 Dec Dollars Mkt Yr Avg1/ Dollars 0.081 0.078 0.069 0.082 0.080 0.069 0.116 0.080 0.086 0.116 0.080 0.086 0.093 0.080 0.093 0.093 Table Eggs per Dozen Jan Dollars Feb Dollars Mar Dollars Apr Dollars May Dollars Jun Dollars Jul Dollars Aug Dollars Sep Dollars Oct Dollars Nov Dollars Dec Dollars Mkt Yr Avg1/ Dollars 0.479 0.471 0.505 0.496 0.353 0.316 0.317 0.342 0.330 0.386 0.431 0.337 0.426 0.454 0.329 0.505 0.306 0.290 0.414 0.340 0.410 0.357 0.330 0.542 0.498 0.386 0.510 0.453 0.484 0.511 0.389 0.477 0.502 0.627 0.616 0.706 0.912 0.739 0.559 0.803 0.783 1.008 0.599 0.487 0.474 0.382 0.341 0.336 0.310 0.416 0.455 0.558 0.380 0.370 0.339 0.280 0.250 0.249 0.318 0.247 0.458 0.312 0.455 0.550 0.345 0.480 0.349 0.580 0.330 0.230 0.385 0.270 0.433 0.416 0.429 0.699 0.679 0.432 0.760 0.600 0.679 0.560 0.630 0.499 0.790 0.730 0.950 0.840 1.240 1.380 0.748 1.350 1.300 1.360 0.961 0.764 0.951 0.696 0.826 0.920 0.895 0.953 0.931 1.040 All Eggs per Dozen2/3/ Jan Dollars 0.903 0.895 0.911 1.082 0.848 0.940 1.098 1.649 Feb Dollars 0.903 0.818 0.881 1.072 0.846 0.870 1.004 1.627 Mar Dollars 0.905 0.914 0.892 1.204 0.832 0.994 1.039 1.654 Apr Dollars 0.904 0.809 0.917 0.965 0.821 0.858 0.988 1.451 May Dollars 0.854 0.832 0.851 0.911 0.820 0.812 1.047 1.356 Jun Dollars 0.842 0.909 0.909 0.898 0.812 0.906 0.980 1.451 Jul Dollars 0.818 0.869 0.915 0.840 0.845 0.851 1.129 1.312 Aug Dollars 0.815 0.886 0.982 0.821 0.827 0.930 1.098 1.366 Sep Dollars 0.809 0.836 0.973 0.812 0.940 0.915 1.211 1.406 Oct Dollars 0.832 0.819 1.024 0.781 0.837 0.925 1.144 1.383 Nov Dollars 0.843 0.930 1.143 0.838 0.905 1.059 1.358 1.402 Dec Dollars Mkt Yr Avg1/ Dollars 0.806 0.868 0.889 0.860 1.038 0.941 0.872 0.939 0.968 0.850 1.045 0.920 1.660 1.100 1.390 1.480 1/ Marketing year is December 1-November 30. 2/ Includes hatching eggs. 3/ Hatching eggs are valued at $1.50 per dozen for all years and months. Broiler-Feed1/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2001 6.4 7.2 7.6 7.9 8.1 8.3 7.9 7.8 8.4 8.6 8.1 6.4 FEED PRICE RATIOS--United States, 2001-2008 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 --Dollars-- 6.6 5.6 5.6 7.1 5.8 6.5 5.4 5.5 7.4 5.8 5.9 5.2 5.0 7.0 5.6 5.5 4.8 4.9 7.0 5.3 5.7 5.1 5.2 6.9 5.3 5.9 5.4 5.6 6.6 5.9 5.0 5.7 6.1 6.4 6.2 4.6 5.8 6.4 7.0 6.7 4.6 5.7 6.3 7.7 6.6 4.5 5.4 6.4 7.3 5.7 4.5 5.1 6.6 7.3 5.1 4.7 5.1 6.6 6.0 5.0 2007 5.1 5.3 5.3 5.5 5.5 5.3 5.4 5.2 4.9 4.3 4.0 3.7 2008 4.0 3.6 3.6 3.4 3.4 3.2 3.4 3.3 3.5 3.9 4.2 4.5 Egg-Feed2/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 11.0 10.2 9.7 12.9 7.3 8.5 11.7 12.8 11.2 8.5 8.5 10.8 7.4 5.9 8.4 11.2 11.6 11.6 9.5 13.2 6.4 9.8 9.1 11.8 11.3 7.4 9.3 7.9 5.2 6.3 7.6 7.5 8.6 6.7 6.9 6.0 4.6 4.5 8.1 5.8 8.6 9.5 8.8 6.6 4.4 7.2 6.4 7.3 7.9 7.5 9.8 5.9 5.9 4.9 10.7 5.4 8.5 7.9 12.7 5.7 5.1 7.9 9.5 6.6 8.5 7.1 11.6 6.6 9.3 7.4 12.3 7.7 10.3 6.6 12.6 5.9 6.6 6.8 10.2 8.9 11.5 10.5 15.7 8.8 10.3 10.6 13.9 9.4 9.4 9.6 12.1 9.7 11.3 10.2 13.9 9.2 Milk-Feed3/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 3.03 3.07 2.42 2.70 3.49 3.16 2.45 2.65 3.06 3.00 2.33 2.60 3.48 2.93 2.33 2.24 3.22 2.87 2.27 2.81 3.33 2.70 2.39 2.07 3.29 2.81 2.25 3.11 3.18 2.46 2.51 1.88 3.47 2.64 2.18 3.16 2.96 2.35 2.56 1.81 3.74 2.55 2.19 3.12 2.94 2.38 2.88 1.88 3.62 2.36 2.59 2.96 2.98 2.35 3.17 1.91 3.64 2.27 2.89 2.93 3.08 2.48 3.19 1.81 3.75 2.30 3.11 3.24 3.27 2.61 3.19 1.89 3.55 2.46 3.23 3.29 3.39 2.51 3.10 2.00 3.29 2.44 3.05 3.57 3.46 2.44 3.05 2.02 2.99 2.45 2.85 3.67 3.29 2.43 2.85 1.92 Hog-Corn4/ Jan 18.8 19.1 14.1 15.3 25.0 20.4 14.0 9.4 Feb 20.0 19.9 14.7 16.3 26.0 21.1 13.8 9.3 Mar 23.4 18.6 14.9 17.2 25.3 20.8 13.1 8.6 Apr 25.3 16.6 14.9 16.4 25.6 19.6 14.0 8.6 May 27.7 17.2 17.4 19.7 27.7 22.2 15.2 10.5 Jun 29.7 18.2 19.2 20.3 24.4 25.1 15.4 9.8 Jul 27.6 18.4 19.7 22.7 23.6 23.5 15.7 10.3 Aug 26.7 13.4 18.4 23.6 26.2 24.7 15.7 11.5 Sep 23.7 10.7 18.0 24.9 26.0 22.2 14.3 10.5 Oct 21.8 13.2 17.3 24.4 25.8 18.2 12.9 11.1 Nov 18.9 12.2 15.8 27.1 24.6 15.6 11.0 9.6 Dec 16.8 13.1 14.8 25.6 23.0 14.5 10.6 10.2 1/ Number of pounds of broiler grower feed 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. AVERAGE PRICES PAID FOR FEED BY FARMERS--Southeast Region, 2001-20091/ Commodity Unit 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 --Dollars-- Bran Beef Cattle Cwt 15.70 16.50 16.00 17.30 18.40 19.00 20.80 23.20 Concentrate, 32-36% protein Ton 277.00 277.00 Corn Meal Cwt 9.94 9.33 290.00 10.20 274.00 11.10 358.00 11.50 321.00 12.60 354.00 15.60 419.00 17.20 Cottonseed Meal, 41% protein Dairy Feed, Cwt 14.70 14.70 15.10 17.00 15.80 17.10 18.20 23.80 16% protein Ton 171.00 174.00 186.00 207.00 240.00 235.00 260.00 346.00 18% protein 20% protein Ton 181.00 187.00 Ton 175.00 173.00 198.00 213.00 213.00 188.00 223.00 193.00 204.00 190.00 242.00 200.00 284.00 252.00 Dairy Concentrate, 32-38% protein Ton 263.00 238.00 Hog Feed, 237.00 280.00 239.00 219.00 218.00 419.00 14-18% protein Ton 249.00 258.00 271.00 294.00 299.00 302.00 364.00 424.00 Hog Concentrate, 38-42% protein Ton 358.00 371.00 389.00 438.00 440.00 436.00 491.00 591.00 Poultry Feed Broiler Grower Ton 199.00 158.00 Chick Starter Ton 230.00 206.00 191.00 246.00 195.00 195.00 273.00 227.00 216.00 271.00 342.00 227.00 277.00 382.00 Laying Feed Ton 213.00 199.00 176.00 227.00 221.00 216.00 254.00 358.00 Turkey Grower Ton 336.00 333.00 Soybean Meal, 370.00 389.00 420.00 437.00 475.00 533.00 44% protein Cwt 15.80 16.90 16.90 22.10 20.40 20.50 22.00 28.70 Stock Salt Cwt 8.80 9.12 9.00 9.96 10.84 10.82 11.72 12.80 1/Southeast Region (AL, FL, GA, SC). 2009 24.50 439.00 16.20 23.30 376.00 307.00 313.00 422.00 432.00 619.00 455.00 498.00 365.00 562.00 27.80 18.60 AVERAGE PRICES PAID FOR FERTILIZER BY FARMERS--Southeast Region, 2001-20091/ Commodity Unit 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 --Dollars-- Mixed Fertilizer 0-20-20 5-10-10 5-10-15 5-10-30 6-6-6 6-6-18 8-8-8 10-10-10 10-20-20 16-4-8 17-17-17 18-46-0 (DAP) Ton 181.00 173.00 186.00 210.00 241.00 Ton 147.00 143.00 160.00 162.00 193.00 Ton 170.00 168.00 180.00 185.00 241.00 Ton 184.00 182.00 187.00 209.00 252.00 Ton 215.00 224.00 205.00 203.00 239.00 Ton 213.00 199.00 212.00 223.00 254.00 Ton 173.00 163.00 179.00 194.00 216.00 Ton 186.00 183.00 194.00 209.00 244.00 Ton 216.00 210.00 220.00 237.00 288.00 Ton 237.00 235.00 239.00 249.00 290.00 Ton 232.00 217.00 233.00 260.00 300.00 Ton 244.00 233.00 263.00 290.00 319.00 283.00 215.00 272.00 270.00 256.00 296.00 234.00 267.00 321.00 323.00 347.00 354.00 308.00 244.00 308.00 306.00 266.00 314.00 278.00 303.00 367.00 352.00 395.00 481.00 567.00 382.00 431.00 505.00 349.00 436.00 410.00 450.00 614.00 506.00 620.00 879.00 Ammonia Nitrate Ton 280.00 222.00 269.00 287.00 324.00 Anhydrous Ammonia Ton 373.00 Limestone Spread3/ Ton 27.90 2/ 27.10 2/ 27.40 2/ 28.80 2/ 31.70 Muriate of Potash, 60-62% K20 Ton 185.00 186.00 180.00 202.00 270.00 Nitrate of Soda Ton 274.00 278.00 272.00 301.00 318.00 Nitrogen Solution, 30% Ton 184.00 122.00 157.00 174.00 211.00 32% Ton 186.00 127.00 165.00 183.00 229.00 Superphosphate Ton 244.00 230.00 247.00 268.00 298.00 1/Southeast Region (FL, GA, NC, SC, VA). 2/ Item not surveyed. 3/ Spread on fields. 390.00 2/ 34.00 294.00 354.00 227.00 249.00 331.00 425.00 2/ 35.40 309.00 356.00 274.00 286.00 433.00 543.00 803.00 38.40 524.00 502.00 395.00 392.00 807.00 2009 650.00 431.00 508.00 613.00 414.00 591.00 469.00 511.00 659.00 568.00 630.00 626.00 542.00 676.00 40.20 943.00 570.00 314.00 316.00 904.00 AVERAGE PRICES PAID BY FARMERS--United States, 2001-2009 Commodity Unit 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 --Dollars-- Farm Machinery Baler, Square, Pick-up, P.T.O.1/ Each 16,300 16,800 17,300 17,400 Round, 1200-1500 Lb bale Each 17,600 17,900 18,300 19,500 Combine, self-propelled, extra-large capacity Each 181,000 187,000 196,000 218,000 large capacity Each 152,000 156,000 159,000 180,000 Cotton Picker, self-propelled, with spindle, 4 row Each 222,000 225,000 216,000 237,000 Cultivator, row crop, 6 row Each 6,040 5,990 6,330 6,920 Disk Harrow, tandem, 15-17' width2/ 18-20' width2/ Each 13,700 14,300 Each 18,000 18,500 15,200 14,300 19,300 19,400 Mower-Conditioner, P.T.O., Pull Type, 8-10' sickle (cutter) bar or disc Each 13,700 13,700 14,400 14,800 Mower, mounted or drawn, 7'-8', sickle (cutter) bar Each 4,730 4,840 4,980 5,040 Planter, Row Crop, with fertilizer attachment, 4 row Each 15,500 15,100 15,200 16,100 Rotary Hoe, 20'-25' width Each 6,920 6,490 6,610 6,770 Sprayer, Field Crop, Tractor Mounted, w/300 gal spray tank Each 5,500 5,460 5,890 5,850 Tractor, 2-wheel drive, 30-39 P.T.O. hp Each 16,600 16,400 16,000 16,100 50-59 P.T.O. hp Each 22,000 21,900 21,300 21,500 70-89 P.T.O. hp Each 34,200 34,500 33,600 33,900 110-129 P.T.O. hp Each 63,000 63,700 63,800 65,700 140-159 P.T.O. hp Each 82,300 83,200 84,100 86,900 Wagon, gravity unload, and tires, 200-400 bu cap Each 4,160 4,320 4,200 4,570 Windrower, Self Propelled, 14-16' Each 63,200 62,900 64,200 67,300 1/ Square bales under 200 pounds. 2/ With hydraulic lift transport wheels and tires. 18,200 20,300 232,000 192,000 238,000 7,490 15,700 21,600 15,900 5,320 16,900 7,410 7,320 16,700 23,400 36,800 68,500 91,900 5,350 72,100 18,200 20,300 240,000 201,000 271,000 7,820 17,400 22,000 16,300 5,380 18,200 8,930 7,320 17,500 23,700 37,600 70,900 95,500 5,660 75,100 19,000 21,900 255,000 213,000 272,000 7,980 18,300 23,400 17,200 6,120 18,400 9,280 7,530 18,400 24,300 38,900 74,000 100,000 6,040 78,700 2008 20,100 23,300 276,000 230,000 279,000 8,760 18,900 24,100 18,400 6,560 19,500 12,200 8,280 18,700 25,000 39,300 76,100 104,000 5,900 83,500 2009 21,600 25,100 304,000 253,000 288,000 8,850 22,400 27,800 19,700 6,780 22,100 11,200 8,460 18,500 24,500 39,000 77,700 111,000 6,760 93,300 Commodity AVERAGE PRICES PAID BY FARMERS--United States, 2001-2009 Unit 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 --Dollars-- Motor Supplies and Services Gasoline, unleaded, service station Gal 1.43 1.36 1.61 1.75 2.21 2.57 2.63 bulk delivery Gal 1.47 1.37 1.60 1.76 2.23 2.60 2.64 Diesel Fuel, bulk delivery Gal 1.080 0.964 1.24 1.31 1.97 2.28 2.43 LP Gas Gal 1.160 0.925 1.21 1.21 1.47 1.69 1.73 Seeds Corn, Hybrid, All1/ Cottonseed, All2/ Bu 92.20 92.00 Cwt 154.00 213.00 Soybeans, All Bu 20.70 22.50 Wheat, Winter Bu 7.20 7.70 1/ 80,000 kernels per bag. 2/ GMO technology fees included. 102.00 218.00 24.20 8.01 105.00 270.00 24.10 8.26 111.00 309.00 27.60 9.06 118.00 356.00 28.90 9.32 133.00 408.00 34.80 10.60 2008 2009 3.28 1.94 3.33 1.97 3.62 1.69 2.28 1.74 165.00 455.00 38.80 14.80 217.00 521.00 48.30 16.00 Item1/ AVERAGE PRICES PAID BY FARMERS--United States, 2001-2004 Unit 2001 2002 2003 --Dollars-- Fungicides Benomyl (Benlate), 50% WP 1 Lb 18.40 18.40 18.50 Captan, 50% WP 1 Lb 3.61 3.76 3.50 Chlorothalonil (Bravo), 6#/Gal EC 1 Gal 56.10 49.70 47.20 Mancozeb (Dithane M-45, 80% WP, or Manzate 75% DF) 1 Lb 3.03 2.95 3.00 Maneb, 80% WP, 75% DF 1 Lb 3.16 3.20 2.70 Metalaxyl (Ridomil), 2#/Gal EC 1 Gal 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), 1.5#/Gal EC Simazine (Princep), 4#/Gal EC Terbacil (Sinbar), 80% WP Trifluralin (Treflan), 4#/Gal EC 1 Gal 1 Gal 1 Gal 1 Gal 1 Gal 1 Gal 1 Gal 1 Gal 1 Lb 1 Lb 1 Gal 1 Gal 1 Gal 1 Lb 1 Gal 14.90 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 3.76 3.70 3.80 3.74 Carbaryl (Sevin), 80% S, SP, or WP 1 Lb 5.75 5.41 5.50 5.85 Carbofuran (Furadan), 4F 1 Gal 74.80 77.80 79.30 80.60 Chlorpyrifos (Lorsban), 4#/Gal EC 1 Gal 42.40 41.60 41.30 41.30 Endosulfan (Thiodan Phaser), 3#/Gal EC 1 Gal 35.90 33.70 34.20 33.00 Fonofos (Dyfonate II), 20% G 1 Lb 2.15 1.29 3.20 2.03 Malathion, 5#/Gal EC 1 Gal 27.40 28.40 28.50 29.60 Methomyl (Lannate L), 1.81#/Gal 1 Gal 49.50 51.90 55.60 52.60 Phorate (Thimet), 20% G 1 Lb 2.41 2.45 2.40 2.48 Propargite (Comite, Omite), 30% WP 1 Lb 6.05 6.26 6.60 6.43 Synthetic Pyrethroids, (Pounce, Ambush), 2-3.2#/Gal EC 1 Gal 137.00 136.00 133.00 130.00 Terbufos (Counter), 15% G 1 Lb 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 2006. 3/ Insufficient data. 4/ Discontinued in 2007. Item1/ AVERAGE PRICES PAID BY FARMERS--United States, 2005-2009, Continued Unit 2005 2006 2007 2008 --Dollars-- Fungicides Benomyl (Benlate), 50% WP 1 Lb 18.40 2/ 2/ 2/ Captan 50% WP 1 Lb 3.65 3.87 4.59 5.51 Chlorothalonil (Bravo), 6#/Gal EC 1 Gal 45.20 46.70 47.00 48.20 Mancozeb (Dithane M-45, 80% WP or Manzate 75% DF) 1 Lb 3.00 3.07 3.09 3.04 Maneb, 80% WP, 75% DF 1 Lb 2.77 3.12 3.00 3.64 Metalaxyl (Ridomil), 2#/Gal EC 1 Gal 281.00 3/ 4/ 4/ 2009 2/ 6.43 59.80 4.69 5.14 4/ 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 1 Gal 1 Gal 1 Gal 1 Gal 1 Gal 1 Gal 1 Lb 1 Lb 1 Gal 1 Gal 1 Gal 1 Lb 1 Gal 15.90 25.70 12.40 28.70 31.30 33.80 18.00 108.00 22.80 43.80 23.50 72.10 17.80 34.30 21.60 16.20 25.40 12.10 32.00 39.80 29.30 18.90 107.00 17.80 42.50 24.30 71.10 17.60 34.00 20.60 15.90 26.70 12.20 35.70 4/ 28.90 18.50 4/ 17.10 34.80 28.20 73.60 17.70 36.90 20.40 17.20 28.30 15.30 35.80 4/ 40.50 19.10 4/ 17.90 33.90 29.70 72.80 20.30 37.60 20.90 19.30 29.70 20.80 34.50 4/ 42.80 21.80 4/ 18.20 5/ 37.40 82.90 27.20 40.50 24.40 Insecticides Aldicarb (Temik), 15% G 1 Lb 3.75 3.56 3.57 3.59 3.96 Carbaryl (Sevin), 80% S, SP, or WP 1 Lb 5.85 5.51 6.43 7.12 7.80 Carbofuran (Furadan), 4F 1 Gal 85.40 79.20 79.50 81.80 88.10 Chlorpyrifos (Lorsban), 4#/Gal EC 1 Gal 38.70 37.30 37.80 37.40 43.50 Endosulfan (Thiodan Phaser), 3#/Gal EC 1 Gal 32.10 31.10 29.70 29.50 31.90 Fonofos (Dyfonate II), 20% G 1 Lb 3/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ Malathion, 5#/Gal EC 1 Gal 30.00 30.70 31.80 35.10 39.20 Methomyl (Lannate L), 1.81#/Gal 1 Gal 52.70 51.00 4/ 4/ 4/ Phorate (Thimet), 20% G 1 Lb 2.59 2.81 3.02 3.02 2.95 Propargite (Comite, Omite), 30% WP 1 Lb 6.99 7.48 8.67 9.18 9.26 Synthetic Pyrethroids, (Pounce, Ambush), 2-3.2 #/Gal EC 1 Gal 124.00 120.00 105.00 103.00 98.50 Terbufos (Counter), 15% G 1 Lb 2.37 2.06 2.32 2.53 2.46 1/ Formulation abbreviations: EC - Emulsifiable Concentrate, DF - Dry Flowable, DG - Dry Granular, G - Granular, and WP - Wettable Powder. 2/ Discontinued in 2006. 3/ Insufficient data. 4/ Discontinued in 2007. 5/ Discontinued in 2009. PRECIPITATION Percent of Normal by Month and Annual Average Georgia, 2008 1/ Percent of Normal 100 50 64 25 0 -36 -24 -12 -30 -5 -46 42 22 -5 -7 -70 -50 -100 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANN 1/ Data from Climatological Data Monthly Summaries, Georgia 2008, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration. TEMPERATURE Percent of Normal by Month and Annual Average Percent of Normal Georgia, 2008 1/ 20 10 0 -3 2 3 -1 -1 -3 -1 0 1 -2 6 0 -8 -10 -20 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANN 1/ Data from Climatological Data Monthly Summaries, Georgia 2008, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration. GENERAL 2008 CROP WEATHER SUMMARY January: The State experienced rains and periods of extremely cold weather. Showers were frequent and provided temporary relief to the long standing drought conditions. Topsoil moisture improved considerably during the month. Some fields in middle Georgia became muddy and difficult to work in due to the abundant rains. Rains increased water levels in ponds. Winter wheat was in mostly good condition. Extremely cold temperatures during the month slowed the growth of winter forages and grains. The pecan harvest was completed. Other activities included preparing greenhouses for seeding tobacco plants, applying herbicides to wheat, feeding hay to livestock, and the routine care of poultry and livestock. February: Other than a few brief cold spells, February proved to be a warm month for Georgia. The state continued to receive frequent rainfall improving drought conditions. Farmers, in some areas, were hampered by a surplus of topsoil moisture and had to wait for drier field conditions before carrying out fieldwork. Pastures, in north Georgia, were suffering from dry weather, but were starting to show some improvement toward the end of the month. Small grain producers applied fertilizer to their crops. Wheat was in mostly good condition. Low temperatures hurt some early Rabbiteye blueberries. Other activities included clipping tobacco plants in greenhouses, burning pastures and hayfields, spreading lime and poultry litter, feeding hay to livestock, and the routine care of poultry and livestock. March: The weather was highly variable in March. Conditions fluctuated between sunny and warm, and cold and windy. The State received some beneficial rains during the month and topsoil moisture was mostly adequate. However, a significant rain deficit still existed, due to the longstanding drought. Small grains were in good condition. Some livestock producers had to supplement feeding with hay. Hay supplies were getting short in some areas. Planting began for corn and fresh market vegetables. A frost at the end of the month damaged blooming plants around the state, particularly peaches and vegetables. Other activities included preparing for corn and tobacco planting, clipping tobacco plants in greenhouses, pasture weed control, spreading poultry litter, feeding hay to livestock, and the routine care of poultry and livestock. April: The State experienced cloudy, wet weather and erratic temperatures. Rains delayed producers preparing land for peanuts and cotton. Corn planting was behind schedule. Wheat and ryegrass looked good. Peach conditions continued to decline due to the low temperatures during February, March and April. Cool temperatures stressed some vegetable crops. Frost was reported in some areas. Due to the dry conditions, at the end of April, many fields were too dry to plant. Other activities included preparing fields and equipment for planting, applying poultry litter, planting corn and vegetables, clipping and spraying tobacco plants in greenhouses, applying lime and fertilizer to pastures and hayfields, hay feeding for livestock, and the routine care of poultry and livestock. May: The State experienced dry conditions, scattered rains and high winds. Soil moisture vanished faster than it appeared, with ponds not having the opportunity to re-charge. Below normal cold temperatures caused light frost in some areas of the State. It was too cold for most farmers to plant in north Georgia. Lack of rain had a negative impact on wheat and hay crops. Dry weather slowed planting. High winds caused some breakage in commercial grape vines. Some beef producers feed hay due to dry conditions and slow grass growth. Occasional rains kept crop conditions from worsening, and contributed to much needed moisture. Other activities included cutting hay and planting vegetables. June: Isolated showers throughout the State have allowed some relief to farmers; however, hot weather greatly reduced soil moisture in June. Despite scattered showers, dry conditions continued to have a negative impact on crops. Hay cutting and bailing was behind schedule. Heat and lack of rain has severely affected dry land corn, pasture and hayfields. Some producers suspended there planting efforts due to a lack of rainfall. Oat harvest started with early yields being reported as good. The blueberry crop was in good condition. Wheat continued to be harvested. Watermelon and cantaloupe harvest was in full swing. Other activities included side dressing nitrogen, spraying fields for insects, dusting in soybeans and cotton fields, and peanut fungicide sprayings. July: Scattered showers provided limited improvement to moisture condition. Drought conditions were still prevalent in areas of the State, causing hay and row crops to wilt. Heavy insect damage was reported by farmers. Some farmers expected reduced yields due to drought conditions and insect damage on corn. A high number of tobacco budworms were spotted in peanuts. Other activities included irrigating crops as needed, controlling crop insect damage applying weed control to some late planted peanuts and cotton. GENERAL August: Rains provided relief to some crops and helped to replenish soil moisture. High temperatures combined with high humidity, towards the beginning of the month, stressed some crops and livestock. Rains continued to be beneficial to pastures and hayfield. Scattered showers from hurricane Fay aided farmers in some areas in the State. Corn, cotton and pecans suffered minimal wind damage from tropical storm Fay. Boll rot was reported in cotton due to the continued wetness. Dry conditions continued in some parts of the State. Other activities included planting fall vegetables, side dressing cotton with nitrogen, spraying peanuts with fungicides, irrigating crops, cutting hay, and the routine care of poultry and livestock. September: The weather was dry with few showers. Dry weather delayed planting for fall crops. Army worms and stink bugs were sighted in some fields. Red crown rot appeared in soybeans. Soybeans, pasture and vegetables returned to a healthy condition after the damages from tropical storm Fay. Water shed ponds dropped significantly due to a lack of rain. Boll rot was reported in cotton and white mold in peanuts. Dry weather had a negative impact on peanuts, soybeans and late planted cotton. Other activities included harvesting corn and peanuts, cutting and baling hay, applying late season herbicides and fungicides, applying insecticides to crops and hayfields, applying growth regulator on cotton, and the routine care of poultry and livestock. October: A considerable amount of rain fell across the State; however, some areas still experienced dry conditions. Dry weather continued to delay the planting of fall crops. Pasture and hayfields declined due to drought and cool temperatures. The cool temperatures also slowed maturing of some late cotton. Some producers had to irrigate in order to have enough moisture to plant wheat and rye. Dryland peanuts were dug early due to a lack of soil moisture. Cotton harvest was underway and there was a good bit of variability in the yields. The commercial grape harvest was nearing completion. Other activities included harvesting corn and sorghum for grain, digging and combining peanuts, cutting and baling hay, mowing and harrowing tobacco stalks, and cotton defoliation. November: The State experienced cool temperatures along with little precipitation. Cool temperatures and lack of rain slowed crop progress. Cold weather caused frost in some peanut and soybean fields, hindering harvest. Some growers were harvesting irrigated fields first and waiting to harvest low yielding cotton and soybean fields. Growers reported good yields for cotton and peanuts. Small grain and winter grazing planting continues. More rain was needed to provide moisture to continue planting wintergrazing and fall grains. Dryland small grains were showing signs of stress from the continued lack of rain. Pecan growers reported yields being lower than anticipated. Other activities included planting small grains, mowing and harrowing cotton stalks, digging and combining peanuts, defoliation and harvest of cotton, spreading poultry litter, cutting and baling hay, hauling peanut hay to storage, and feeding hay to livestock. December: The State experienced rains and periods of extremely cold weather in December. Showers were frequent and provided temporary relief to the long standing drought conditions. Topsoil moisture improved during the month. Some fields became muddy and difficult to work in due to rains. Fall vegetables were doing well despite the cold temperatures. Freezes, in some areas, limited ryegrass and small grain growth. Cotton and soybeans were left to be harvested in some areas. Snow, reported in the northern part of the State, didn't prevent farmers from maintaining livestock. Winter wheat was in mostly good condition. Cold weather slowed the growth of winter grazing. Other activities included planting small grains for grazing, irrigating crops as needed and applying fertilizer, feeding hay to livestock, and the routine care of poultry and livestock. Month January February March April May June July August September October November December GEORGIA PRECIPITATION--2008 Monthly Averages and Percent of Normal by Climatological Divisions and Agricultural Statistical Districts1/ 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 2.65 49 2.74 93 2.96 49 3.69 71 3.61 71 4.81 99 5.48 52 5.00 97 6.33 130 5.34 120 6.02 99 5.79 51 5.35 89 4.88 85 3.78 74 3.67 82 3.42 52 3.23 80 3.39 82 3.18 94 3.19 76 3.45 30 2.60 53 3.08 83 2.24 72 2.55 61 2.05 67 1.65 38 2.07 55 1.73 46 5.64 127 4.83 85 4.54 98 4.57 93 3.02 66 5.02 131 6.64 48 7.06 149 7.07 182 5.58 135 1.13 28 0.88 38 1.86 45 0.81 25 1.05 30 3.18 98 3.88 66 3.53 87 4.61 163 3.90 142 2.23 50 2.51 52 3.27 72 3.41 86 4.43 130 8.05 179 6.51 112 6.06 128 4.21 94 4.96 131 Annual Total Month January February March April May June July August September October November December 48.14 90 District 6 East Central % of Inches Normal 3.19 67 4.84 118 3.74 80 3.37 107 2.47 79 1.43 32 4.44 95 6.01 121 1.39 37 4.74 157 5.27 179 3.22 92 48.18 86 District 7 Southwest % of Inches Normal 4.32 75 7.36 151 2.65 47 3.83 104 1.38 38 3.78 78 4.45 75 12.60 300 0.97 26 4.49 173 3.86 105 6.67 168 47.11 82 District 8 South Central % of Inches Normal 3.59 67 7.10 165 2.55 50 2.74 81 2.71 86 2.84 60 4.51 85 9.11 186 1.12 29 4.45 174 4.28 137 3.76 101 48.12 95 District 9 Southeast % of Inches Normal 3.65 85 5.29 149 2.35 57 2.67 91 2.49 79 3.29 61 6.57 116 8.75 137 1.45 30 7.07 222 2.37 91 1.03 33 42.82 91 State Average % of Inches Normal 3.38 64 5.73 125 4.12 76 3.28 88 2.62 70 2.38 54 4.73 95 7.54 164 1.18 30 4.43 142 3.51 95 4.94 122 Annual Total 44.11 94 56.36 107 48.76 99 46.98 95 47.84 93 1/ Average precipitation and normal precipitation from NOAA Climatological data for Georgia, 2006, Volume 110, Nos. 1 - 12. Normal precipitation represents a 30 year period from 1971 to 2000. Month January February March April May June July August September October November December GEORGIA TEMPERATURES--2008 Monthly Averages and Percent of Normal by Climatological Divisions and Agricultural Statistical Districts1/ District 1 District 2 District 3 District 4 District 5 Northwest North Central Northeast West Central Central % of % of % of % of % of Degrees Normal Degrees Normal Degrees Normal Degrees Normal Degrees Normal 39.10 98 38.50 95 38.60 95 42.30 96 43.30 95 44.30 101 44.40 101 44.70 101 48.00 101 50.70 104 50.80 98 49.50 96 49.20 95 53.30 97 54.30 96 59.70 101 57.80 99 57.40 98 61.40 100 61.70 98 66.30 99 65.00 98 64.70 98 69.40 100 69.70 99 76.50 103 75.40 103 75.70 103 79.00 104 79.80 103 77.70 99 75.70 98 76.10 99 79.20 100 80.20 99 76.90 100 75.40 99 75.90 100 78.70 100 79.30 100 72.60 102 70.30 100 70.00 100 74.10 102 74.30 101 59.50 99 57.90 97 58.00 97 61.60 98 62.20 97 46.30 91 46.50 91 46.80 92 50.40 94 50.50 91 44.80 104 44.40 103 44.70 104 49.10 106 51.20 107 Annual Total 59.54 100 District 6 East Central % of Month Degrees Normal January 44.70 97 February 51.70 104 March 55.70 98 April 62.40 99 May 71.00 100 June 81.40 105 July 80.90 100 August 80.50 101 September 75.40 101 October 62.90 98 November 51.60 92 December 52.60 109 58.40 99 District 7 Southwest % of Degrees Normal 46.40 96 52.20 100 56.10 96 64.60 100 72.80 101 80.70 103 80.90 100 79.50 99 76.20 100 64.60 98 53.90 93 53.90 107 58.50 99 District 8 South Central % of Degrees Normal 48.00 98 52.90 101 56.60 95 64.40 99 72.70 100 80.60 103 81.10 100 80.10 100 76.20 100 64.10 96 53.50 91 54.50 106 62.21 100 District 9 Southeast % of Degrees Normal 49.80 99 55.30 104 58.50 98 65.20 99 72.90 100 80.80 102 81.10 99 80.90 100 76.90 100 66.10 98 55.70 93 56.50 108 63.10 99 State Average % of Degrees Normal 43.41 97 49.36 102 53.78 97 61.62 99 69.39 99 78.88 103 79.21 99 78.58 100 74.00 101 61.88 98 50.58 92 50.19 106 Annual Total 64.23 100 65.15 100 65.39 99 66.64 100 62.57 100 1/ Average temperature and normal temperature from NOAA Climatological data for Georgia, 2006, Volume 110, Nos. 1 - 12. Normal temperature represents a 30 year period from 1971 to 2000. EXPORT VALUES OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES1/--Georgia, 2004-2008 Commodity 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 --Million Dollars-- Cotton & Linters 354.8 336.1 495.8 363.9 583.9 Cottonseed & Products 8.0 8.7 11.8 12.2 25.2 Fats, Oils & Greases 3.3 2.1 2.6 4.3 6.3 Feed Grains & Products 24.9 18.5 21.3 51.0 65.1 Feeds & Fodders Fruits & Preps.2/ 14.1 16.2 17.0 15.0 20.1 25.2 18.3 25.0 24.9 42.7 Hides & Skins 15.8 15.3 11.1 12.1 11.7 Live Animals & Meat (Exc. Poultry) 18.8 16.1 22.4 27.4 33.8 Peanuts & Products 94.1 95.1 103.7 110.3 152.7 Poultry & Products 271.1 318.6 310.9 420.2 555.1 Seeds 19.1 20.1 22.5 21.3 20.6 Soybeans & Products 24.1 13.1 9.0 35.2 81.3 Tobacco - Unmfd. 58.8 33.4 42.5 54.1 58.8 Tree Nuts 26.5 32.2 30.5 71.5 91.6 Vegetables & Preps. 40.3 56.8 63.6 63.9 61.6 Wheat & Products Other3/ Total4/ 42.3 75.8 1,106.7 39.1 86.3 1,127.8 39.6 96.8 1,326.3 61.7 91.4 1,443.7 148.6 101.7 2,065.7 1/ Source: ERS, USDA, FATUS, U.S. Agricultural Trade Update, July, 2009. 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/ Other = Sugar and tropical products, minor oilseeds, essential oils, beverages other than juice, nursery and greenhouse, wine, and misc. 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 2006-20081/2/ Year and Survey Week 2006 20073/ 2008 Jan Apr Jul Oct Apr Jul Oct Jan Apr Jul Oct Unit 8-14 9-15 9-15 8-14 8-14 8-14 7-13 8-14 8-14 8-14 7-13 All Hired Number of Workers 1,000 Persons 28 31 41 29 31 41 29 29 25 41 31 Worked per Week Hours 34.5 36.5 38.3 39.1 36.5 38.3 39.1 37.3 37.2 36.6 39.3 Type of Hired Worker All Hired Workers $ per Hour 9.45 9.19 8.68 9.10 9.19 8.68 9.10 9.03 Field $ per Hour 8.74 8.49 8.21 8.76 8.49 8.21 8.76 8.47 Livestock $ per Hour 8.77 8.68 8.05 8.65 8.68 8.05 8.65 8.87 Field & Livestock $ per Hour 8.75 8.55 8.18 8.72 8.55 8.18 8.72 8.62 1/ Excludes Agricultural Service Workers. 2/ The Southeast Region includes GA, AL, and SC. 3/ January data unavailable. 9.66 8.93 8.81 8.90 9.00 8.56 8.27 8.50 9.04 9.44 9.12 9.52 FARM LABOR--Hired Workers Annual Average Wage Rates, Georgia, 2001-20081/2/ Unit 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Hired $ per Hour 7.78 8.03 8.41 8.53 8.84 9.05 9.15 9.24 Field $ per Hour 7.26 7.28 7.66 7.96 8.36 8.48 8.50 8.88 Field & Livestock $ per Hour 7.28 7.49 7.88 8.07 8.37 8.51 8.53 8.87 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 and published in November release. FARMS--Number, Size and Value, Georgia, 2001-2008 Unit 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Number of all Farms1/ Thousands 49 49 49 49 49 49 48 48 Number of Farms Cattle2/ Hogs2/ Dairy2/ Thousands Thousands Thousands 22 22 0.9 1.1 0.7 0.7 22 22 21 1.1 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.6 21 21 0.7 1.1 0.6 0.6 Total Land in Farms 1,000 Acres 10,850 10,800 10,800 10,800 10,700 11,000 10,300 10,400 Average Farm Size Acres Value per Acre3/ Dollars 220 1,900 220 2,050 219 2,200 220 2,330 218 3,140 224 3,800 215 4,350 218 4,300 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/ Discontinued in 2007. 3/Average value includes land and buildings. NUMBER OF FARMS BY ECONOMIC SALES CLASS--2001-2008 Unit 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Georgia Economic Sales Class $1,000-$9,999 Number 31,900 32,100 32,200 31,800 31,800 31,200 $10,000-$99,999 Number 10,400 10,800 10,800 11,000 11,200 11,100 $100,000+ Number 6,900 6,400 6,300 6,200 6,000 6,700 United States Economic Sales Class $1,000-$9,999 Number 1,189,920 1,201,840 1,199,270 1,181,190 1,166,320 1,153,310 $10,000-$99,999 Number 621,490 604,570 600,540 599,280 596,040 595,950 $100,000+ Number 337,220 328,950 327,050 332,500 336,330 339,530 2007 2008 30,400 10,500 7,000 30,200 10,000 7,600 1,228,560 1,222,000 608,670 604,500 367,720 373,500 LAND IN FARMS BY ECONOMIC SALES CLASS--2001-2008 Unit 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Georgia Economic Sales Class $1,000-$9,999 1,000 Acres 3,500 3,600 3,700 3,600 3,600 3,600 $10,000-$99,999 1,000 Acres 2,880 2,930 2,800 2,800 2,800 2,800 $100,000+ 1,000 Acres 4,470 4,270 4,300 4,400 4,300 4,600 United States Economic Sales Class $1,000-$9,999 1,000 Acres 127,090 126,625 124,252 120,872 117,850 114,610 $10,000-$99,999 1,000 Acres 274,895 271,155 268,990 264,810 258,230 252,180 $100,000+ 1,000 Acres 540,085 542,520 543,508 546,578 551,860 559,000 2007 2008 3,000 2,500 4,800 3,200 2,350 4,850 107,870 106,700 228,220 225,300 585,370 587,900 FARM REAL ESTATE--Average values per acre, by Region and State, January 1, 2003-20091/* State 2003 2004 Southeast: 2,270 2,350 Alabama 1,760 1,850 Florida 2,900 2,920 Georgia 2,200 2,330 South Carolina 2,050 2,140 1/ Value of farmland and buildings. *Revised. 2005 3,220 2,050 4,790 3,140 2,370 2006 --Dollars-- 3,580 2,100 5,230 3,800 2,550 2007 3,890 2,200 5,500 4,350 2,820 2008 3,940 2,300 5,640 4,300 2,950 2009 3,660 2,150 5,150 4,000 2,900 Change 2008-2009 --Percent-- -7.1 -6.5 -8.7 -7.0 -1.7 FARMS Total Number & Number by Economic Sales Class Georgia, 2001-2008 60,000 50,000 40,000 30,000 20,000 10,000 0 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Total $1,000-9,999 $10,000-99,999 $100,000+ 2008 Thousand Tons 1800 FERTILIZER CONSUMPTION Years Ending June 30 Georgia, 2001 - 2009 1600 1400 1200 1000 800 600 400 200 0 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Kind Mixtures FERTILIZER--Commercial Consumption of Fertilizer Mixtures and Direct Application Materials, Selected Years, Ending June 30, Georgia1/ 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 --Tons-- 828,484 994,912 890,139 961,967 896,402 972,446 860,622 744,210 2009 577,399 Nitrogen Materials Anhydrous Ammonia Ammonium Nitrate Ammonium Sulfate Nitrogen Solution Urea Other Nitrogen Material Total 1,618 39,899 4,995 153,781 14,023 4,099 50,647 4,589 187,197 11,522 1,245 47,142 5,242 184,277 13,459 2,493 47,842 8,347 224,057 16,190 755 42,661 7,423 156,249 14,656 1,143 34,250 8,169 194,049 17,569 3,362 35,553 12,843 227,641 20,894 3,760 35,457 14,507 212,741 30,634 2,026 34,554 18,137 224,214 49,044 31,615 34,334 245,931 292,388 48,568 47,337 299,933 346,266 43,048 264,792 46,827 302,007 32,142 332,435 57,331 28,007 354,430 355,982 Phosphate Materials Ammonium Polyphosphate Diammonium Phosphate Triple Super Phosphate Other Phosphate Material Total 20,878 24,615 25,526 29,470 25,047 20,851 26,678 27,576 11,846 12,802 15,411 15,461 21,423 19,602 25,798 27,071 27,602 37,286 2,021 2,734 1,644 2,138 2,575 2,820 957 236 128 5,434 41,135 4,496 47,256 2,194 44,825 6,715 59,746 5,527 52,751 2,773 52,242 9,949 64,655 5,039 60,453 2,987 52,247 Potash Materials Muriate of Potash Sulfate of Potash Magnesia Other Potash Material Total 18,659 25,254 24,118 28,005 26,592 29,652 40,282 50,138 47,328 3,842 3,865 4,800 8,441 11,137 6,529 8,899 11,645 12,122 8,691 31,192 8,381 37,500 5,368 34,286 13,148 49,594 11,679 49,408 11,344 47,525 7,533 56,714 8,457 70,240 4,127 63,577 Secondary and Micronutrients and Organic Materials 181,092 247,471 160,757 258,015 215,056 193,855 168,510 156,720 135,187 Total All Fertilizers 1,327,834 1,619,527 1,429,940 1,675,588 1,478,409 1,553,585 1,482,936 1,386,053 1,184,383 1/ Georgia Department of Agriculture Summary of Plant Food Tonnage, Year-To-Date July through June.