FLORIDA - nass.usda.gov · FLORIDA AGRICULTURAL DIVISION OF MARKETING STATISTICS SERVICE AND DEVELOPMENT Orlando, Florida Tallahassee, Florida John D. Witzig, State Statistician Nelson

FLORIDAAGRICULTURAL

STATISTICS

LIVESTOCK, DAIRY, AND POULTRY SUMMARY

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUREAND CONSUMER SERVICES

CHARLES H. BRONSON, COMMISSIONERTALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA

FLORIDA AGRICULTURAL DIVISION OF MARKETINGSTATISTICS SERVICE AND DEVELOPMENT

Orlando, Florida Tallahassee, FloridaJohn D. Witzig, State Statistician Nelson L. Pugh, Director

FLORIDA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICEP.O. Box 530105

1222 Woodward StreetOrlando, Florida 32803

Telephone: (800) 344-6277Facsimile: (407) 648-6029

email: [email protected]://www.nass.usda.gov/fl

Jeff Geuder, Deputy State StatisticianAubrey Bordelon, StatisticianJerry Campbell, StatisticianKarl Schmidt, Statistician

Ora Brown, Statistical AssistantBonnie Ramer, Statistical Assistant

Kitty Hildreth, Word Processing OperatorStan Mason, Computer Specialist

Cooperating with

U.S. Department of Agriculture,Agricultural Marketing Service

andNational Agricultural Statistics Service

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

This report is made possible through a cooperative effort of the Florida Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA, and the FloridaDepartment of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Cover photo provided by the Florida Department of Agriculture and ConsumerServices.

Many agricultural producers, associated allied industries, and government agencies associated with the livestock industryvoluntarily supplied basic data used to develop these statistics. Their contributions are sincerely appreciated.

July 2002

i

TABLE OF CONTENTSPAGE

FLORIDA CASH RECEIPTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

U. S. PER CAPITA MEAT CONSUMPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

DAIRY HIGHLIGHTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Milk cows and heifers kept for milk, number on farms, Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Florida milk cow inventory, by county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Florida milk production, by month . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Florida fluid milk price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Milk cows and heifers shipped into Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Florida milk production, utilization and cash receipts;United States milk production and disposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Milk cows and milk production, United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 - 11Milk production, utilization cash receipts, by State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Milk sold to plants, Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Average monthly milk price, United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 - 15Average annual price for milk, by State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 - 17Milk cows: price per head received by farmers, by State, United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Manufactured Dairy Products:

Florida frozen product production, 1992-2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Butter, cheese, dry milk production, United States, 1999-2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Ice cream, sherbet production, United States, 1992-2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

BEEF HIGHLIGHTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Florida cattle and calf inventory, by county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Florida beef cow inventory, by county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Cattle and calves on farms, Florida, United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Cattle and calves:

Inventory, annual calf crop and disposition, Florida, United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Average price per 100 pounds received by farmers, Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Average price per 100 pounds received by farmers, United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Marketings, cash receipts, income and slaughter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Average annual price for cattle and calves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Monthly price for all cattle, beef cows and calves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Average price by class, grade, and month, Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Stocker steer and heifer calves: Average price by class, grade, and month, Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Average price by grade, and month, Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Cattle and calves: number sold through Florida auction markets and average price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Florida cattle inshipments and outshipments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Cattle and calves, shipped to and from Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Cattle on feed, by class, by quarter, by State and U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Destination of Florida feeder calves shipped from Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Cattle and calves:

On feed, by State, January 1, 1996 - 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Inventory, calf crop, disposition, and State ranking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Inventory, calf crop and disposition, Florida, 1947 - 1992 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Marketings and cash receipts, Florida, 1947 - 1992 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

ii

PAGE Beef cow operations: by size group, for selected States, United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

POULTRY AND EGGSHighlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Poultry and Eggs: Value of production, Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Eggs: Production, cash receipts, and value of productions, Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Layers and eggs:

Average number on farms and egg production, by month, Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 - 47Average number on farms, egg production, by month, United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 - 49

Chickens on farms, by class, United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 - 51Broilers and eggs: monthly average price received by producers, Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 - 53Chicks hatched: monthly hatch, all types, Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54Eggs: production and value, United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55Production of eggs, United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56Broilers: Florida broiler production and value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Broiler chick placements:

Weekly placements, Florida, 1997-2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 - 59Monthly disposition of Florida hatched birds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Broilers: number, production, and value, 15 weekly States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Broiler chicks: weekly placements, principal States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 - 63Broilers and eggs: monthly average prices, United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 - 65Broilers: number, production, price, and value, by State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66Turkeys:

Number, production, price, and value, by State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Hatchery operations by month, by region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

HOGSHogs and pigs: number on farms and value, inventory, pig crop

and disposition, Florida, United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Hogs shipped by truck into and from Florida, by class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70Hogs, average price, Florida, United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71Hog slaughtered under Federal inspection, United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72Hogs and pigs:

Marketings, cash receipts, income, Florida, United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72Average weights, prices at Florida auctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Commercial slaughter, Florida, United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72Hog inventory, rank, marketings, and cash receipts, by State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73Hog and pig inventory, marketings and cash receipts, Florida 1947 - 1991 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

MISCELLANEOUSHoney: colonies, production and value, Florida, United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75Sheep and lambs; number, value per head, by State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76Catfish; production, acres, Florida, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77Confidentiality of collected data and release distribution policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78Florida cattle and hog auctions; location and day of sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

1

��

Milk

Chickens

Cattle

Other Livestock

Aquaculture

Honey

Hogs

0 100 200 300 400 500Million dollars

Florida Livestock Marketing Receipts, 2001

FLORIDA CASH RECEIPTS

Florida's livestock industry had record gross receipts of $1,458million during 2001. This was an increase of $83 million from receiptsin 2000.

Milk sales at $429 million remained the largest contributor togross receipts. Receipts from milk sales were up from the 2000 receiptsof $384 million. Cattle and calf sales brought in $361 million, down

from $368 million of the previous year. Chickens and egg receipts in2001 were $376 million, of which broiler receipts accounted for $254million. Chickens and egg receipts in 2000 were $336 million.

Honey receipts were $14 million and aquaculture receipts were$35.8 of which catfish receipts were $1.3 million. Hog receipts in 2001were $7.4 million, up from $7.2 million in 2000.

FLORIDA CASH RECEIPTS FROM LIVESTOCK MARKETINGS, 1992-2001 1/

Year MilkCattleand

calves

Chickensandeggs

Hogs HoneyTotal 2/

Livestockand products

Percent of totalfarm cashreceipts

1,000 dollars1992 401,700 349,447 258,988 13,126 12,126 1,165,874 191993 385,503 362,495 298,121 15,106 11,300 1,210,232 201994 408,408 335,837 290,905 12,399 9,080 1,194,603 201995 363,528 287,352 314,577 12,098 12,659 1,134,378 191996 431,280 218,919 362,050 15,409 21,672 1,312,154 21

1997 407,715 320,424 353,128 12,335 11,738 1,385,551 211998 424,424 291,182 367,093 5,772 14,426 1,390,238 201999 412,112 309,852 354,160 5,743 12,326 1,360,547 202000 383,604 367,857 335,766 7,167 13,154 1,375,206 202001 428,802 360,515 376,166 7,365 13,640 1,457,986 221/ Does not include government payments. 2/ Calendar year basis for cattle, calves, milk, and total livestock and products. Totalincludes other items not shown separately and is not strictly comparable with components which have a marketing year of Decemberprevious year through November.

2

1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 20000

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

Poun

ds

BEEF PORK FISH CHICKEN

Annual Per Capita Consumption of Beef, Pork,Poultry and Fish in United States, 1990 - 2000

MEAT, POULTRY, FISH AND EGGS:U.S. annual per capita consumption, 1987-2000

YearMeat (Boneless trimmed equivalent) Poultry (Boneless trimmed

equivalent)Fishand

shellfishEggs

Beef Veal Pork Lamb Chicken Turkey

Pounds1987 69.5 1.3 45.6 1.0 39.4 11.6 16.1 2541988 68.6 1.1 48.8 1.0 39.6 12.4 15.1 2471989 65.1 1.0 48.4 1.0 40.9 13.1 15.6 2371990 63.9 0.9 46.4 1.0 42.4 13.8 15.0 2341991 62.9 0.8 46.8 1.0 44.1 14.0 14.8 233

1992 62.5 0.8 49.2 1.0 46.5 14.0 14.6 2341993 61.0 0.8 49.5 1.0 48.2 13.9 14.8 2341994 63.0 0.8 49.0 0.9 48.8 13.9 15.0 2351995 63.6 0.8 48.4 0.9 48.2 13.9 14.8 2321996 64.1 1.0 45.2 0.8 48.8 14.3 14.5 232

1997 62.7 0.8 44.8 0.8 49.5 13.6 14.3 2341998 63.6 0.7 48.2 0.9 49.8 13.9 14.5 2391999 64.4 0.6 49.4 0.8 52.9 13.8 14.9 2492000 64.4 0.6 47.7 0.8 52.9 13.6 15.2 250

3

1991

1993

1995

1997

1999

2001

2,200

2,300

2,400

2,500

2,600

2,700

Cow

s (0

00)

140

150

160

170

180

190

Milk

(mill

ion

poun

ds)

Average Annual Florida Milk Cows andTotal Annual Milk Production, 1991 - 2001

DAIRY HIGHLIGHTS

Florida dairies produced 2.41 billion pounds of milk in 2001.This was down from 2.46 billion pounds produced during 2000. In2001, the milkfat content was 3.60 percent. Annual production per cowwas a record high 15,758 pounds, up from 15,688 pounds in 2000.

An average of 153,000 milk cows were on Florida farms andcommercial dairies in 2001, down 4,000 head from 2000. Floridaranked 13th among States in average number of milk cows.

Cash receipts from marketings of Florida milk in 2001 totaled$429 million, $45 million more than 2000. The price per head forreplacement milk cows was $1,800, up from $1,460 in 2000. Theannual average farm-gate price for milk in Florida was $17.80 per cwtin 2001, up from $15.60 per cwt in 2000. The price peaked in Octoberat $20.30 per cwt, and the lowest average monthly price for $15.90 percwt in Febraury.

Ice cream production in Florida was 39,132,000 gallons in 2001,up from the 2000 production level of 36,731,000 gallons. Total frozenproduct production was 43,714,000 gallons in 2001. The whole milkequivalent of this production was 323,327,000 pounds of milk.

Total United States milk production was 165.3 billion pounds in2001, down from 167.6 billion pounds in 2000. The average number ofmilk cows on U.S. farms and dairies during 2001 was 9,115,000, a91,000 decrease from 2000. The average annual milk production percow reached 18,139 pounds. Milkfat averaged 3.67 percent in 2001.Nationwide, cash receipts from marketings of milk during 2001 totaled$24.7 billion, up from $20.6 billion in 2000. The average farm gateprice in the United States was $15.05 per hundredweight, $2.65 morethan in 2000. The price of replacement milk cows in the United Statesreached $1,700 per head in October 2001, up from $1,350 in 2000.

4

COWS AND HEIFER CALVES KEPT FOR MILK: Number on farms, by classes,United States, January 1 and July 1, 1993-2002

YearJanuary 1 July 1

Cows and heifersthat have calved

Heifers 500pounds & over

Cows and heifersthat have calved

Heifers 500pounds & over

1,000 head

1993 9,658 4,176 9,700 4,0001994 9,507 4,125 9,500 4,0001995 9,482 4,121 9,500 3,9001996 9,420 4,090 9,400 3,7001997 9,318 4,058 9,300 3,600

1998 9,199 3,986 9,200 3,6001999 9,133 4,069 9,150 3,7002000 9,190 4,000 9,250 3,7002001 9,183 4,057 9,150 3,6002002 9,110 4,060 1/ 1/

1/ Not available at printing.

COWS AND HEIFERS: Number on farms and number kept for milk aspercent of total, Florida, January 1, 1993-2002

Year

Cows and heifers that have calved Heifers 500 pounds and over

Total Beef MilkMilk aspercentof total

Total Beef MilkMilk aspercentof total

1,000 head 1,000 head

1993 1,250 1,070 180 14.4 195 160 35 17.9

1994 1,270 1,093 177 13.9 200 165 35 17.5

1995 1,300 1,130 170 13.1 205 165 40 19.5

1996 1,270 1,115 155 12.2 195 155 40 20.5

1997 1,230 1,072 158 12.8 195 155 40 20.5

1998 1,170 1,010 160 13.7 185 145 40 21.6

1999 1,140 983 157 13.8 185 145 40 21.6

2000 1,150 994 156 13.6 185 145 40 21.6

2001 1,130 975 155 13.7 185 145 40 21.6

2002 1,110 958 152 13.7 185 145 40 21.6

5

MILK COW COUNTY SUMMARY

Okeechobee County continues to be the leading county in Floridawith over 2.5 times as many dairy cows as any other county.

The four leading counties (Okeechobee, Gilchrist, Lafayette andSuwannee) accounted for over 44 percent of the dairy cows in Florida.

FLORIDA MILK COWS Inventory by county, January 1, 1997-2002

CountyNumber of head 1/

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002

Alachua 3,000 3,800 3,200 2,500 2,000 1,800Brevard 3,200 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/

Clay 5,300 6,100 7,000 6,500 5,500 2/

Duval 3,500 3,800 3,600 4,000 3,800 4,200

Escambia 1,700 1,600 1,400 1,600 1,300 1,200Gilchrist 13,500 14,000 12,000 13,000 14,000 13,000Hardee 8,500 8,800 8,800 9,600 9,500 8,000Hernando 2,600 2,600 3,100 3,000 2,700 2,500Highlands 8,300 6,500 6,000 7,000 6,500 7,000

Hillsborough 6,100 4,400 5,000 4,500 4,500 4,500Holmes 1,100 1,200 1,000 1,000 800 800Jackson 2,100 2,200 2,800 2,500 2,200 2/

Lafayette 11,000 13,000 11,000 12,000 12,000 12,500Lake 2,900 2,600 2,600 2,600 2,600 2,700

Levy 7,400 7,400 8,000 8,500 8,500 8,800Manatee 5,900 4,100 6,100 4,000 5,000 5,500Marion 3,100 3,000 3,400 3,300 3,300 3,300Martin 1,900 1,900 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/

Nassau 2,000 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/

Okeechobee 33,000 36,000 35,000 34,000 32,000 32,000Pasco 3,900 5,100 4,000 4,500 4,800 4,900Polk 1,700 2,200 2,200 2,000 2/ 2/

Sumter 1,600 2,000 1,500 1,400 1,200 1,000Suwannee 6,800 7,400 9,500 8,000 8,500 9,800Washington 1,000 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/

Other counties 3/ 16,400 19,800 19,300 20,000 24,000 28,200Non-commercial 4/ 500 500 500 500 300 300

Total 158,000 160,000 157,000 156,000 155,000 152,000

1/ All milk cows both dry and in milk which have calved at least once. 2/ Combined with other counties to avoid disclosing individualoperations. 3/ Other counties combined to avoid disclosing individual operations include: Baker, Bradford, Brevard, Broward,Columbia, DeSoto, Dixie, Glades, Hamilton, Indian River, Jefferson, Leon, Madison, Martin, Nassau, Osceola, Polk, Putnam, St.Lucie, Santa Rosa, Sarasota, Volusia and Washington. 4/ Non-commercial production is used on farms where produced.

6

MILK COWS AND PRODUCTION: Number of milk cows, monthly milk production per cow, and total production, by months, Florida 1992-2001

Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual

MILK COWS (Thousands)

1992 180 182 182 182 182 182 181 180 180 181 181 180 1811993 180 179 179 177 177 177 178 179 179 177 177 177 1781994 175 176 178 178 178 178 176 176 175 173 173 170 1761995 168 166 166 164 162 162 162 162 162 157 155 155 1621996 155 155 156 157 157 156 156 156 155 156 157 158 156

1997 159 160 162 162 162 161 161 160 159 159 159 160 1601998 160 160 162 162 162 160 159 159 158 158 158 157 1601999 158 158 159 160 160 159 159 158 157 156 156 156 1582000 155 156 158 158 158 158 157 156 156 156 156 155 1572001 155 155 154 154 154 154 154 154 153 152 152 152 154

MONTHLY PRODUCTION PER COW (Pounds)

1992 1,345 1,260 1,375 1,315 1,320 1,135 1,060 1,020 970 1,060 1,105 1,270 14,2491993 1,340 1,265 1,385 1,320 1,315 1,175 1,110 1,035 990 1,065 1,090 1,275 14,3711994 1,340 1,290 1,485 1,425 1,400 1,245 1,155 1,075 1,010 1,085 1,140 1,285 14,9031995 1,375 1,290 1,435 1,355 1,315 1,220 1,135 1,070 995 1,050 1,160 1,300 14,6981996 1,405 1,405 1,475 1,410 1,380 1,235 1,145 1,070 1,045 1,160 1,230 1,405 15,391

1997 1,520 1,445 1,530 1,455 1,430 1,265 1,160 1,040 1,005 1,105 1,160 1,315 15,4751998 1,375 1,300 1,415 1,375 1,350 1,170 1,140 1,040 990 1,030 1,115 1,320 14,5881999 1,415 1,365 1,540 1,435 1,400 1,290 1,190 1,045 1,020 1,025 1,115 1,320 15,1772000 1,460 1,415 1,565 1,470 1,460 1,325 1,210 1,120 1,070 1,120 1,165 1,355 15,6622001 1,225 1,380 1,570 1,460 1,490 1,330 1,225 1,115 1,025 1,115 1,160 1,330 15,425

MILK PRODUCTION (Million pounds)

1992 242 229 250 239 240 207 192 184 175 192 200 229 2,5791993 241 226 248 234 233 208 198 185 177 189 193 226 2,5581994 235 227 264 254 249 222 203 189 177 188 197 218 2,6231995 231 214 238 222 213 198 184 173 161 165 180 202 2,3811996 218 218 230 221 217 193 179 167 162 181 193 222 2,401

1997 242 231 248 236 232 204 187 166 160 176 184 210 2,4761998 220 208 229 223 219 187 181 165 156 163 176 207 2,3341999 224 216 245 230 224 205 189 165 160 160 174 206 2,3982000 226 221 247 232 231 209 190 175 161 175 182 210 2,4592001 219 211 236 225 228 201 189 176 157 169 176 202 2,389

7

��

��

��

��

��

��

��

��

��

��

��

1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 20010

5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

25,000

Poun

dsFlorida

�� U. S.

Annual Milk Production per Cow,Florida and United States, 1991 - 2001

Jan 99 Mar May Ju

lSep Nov

Jan 20

00 Mar May Jul

Sep Nov

Jan 20

01 Mar May Jul

Sep

Dec 20

0110

12

14

16

18

20

22

Dol

lars

per

hun

dred

wei

ght

Florida Monthly Fluid Milk PriceReceived by Farmers, 1999 - 2001

8

INSHIPMENTS: Dairy cows and heifers shipped into Florida to the areaeast and south of the Suwannee River, by States, 1992-2001

State 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Number of head

AL 1,923 1,272 710 1,073 1,043 1,169 954 729 405 510GA 2,777 3,176 4,220 3,584 4,240 3,507 3,425 2,686 3,626 2,902IL 103 308 80 80 39 42 -- -- 0 0IN 878 1,149 550 965 828 567 215 311 192 451IA 309 322 502 81 132 180 -- 82 118 0

KY 3,284 2,697 2,683 2,880 3,400 1,305 685 283 134 213MN 235 197 158 180 331 37 156 81 37 0MS 2,397 1,845 1,958 1,403 1,458 1,108 799 955 279 447MO 306 524 96 354 266 40 15 80 159 0NY 5,034 5,459 5,280 4,207 3,607 4,496 4,244 4,173 3,405 2,855

NC 776 823 680 532 1,264 655 799 878 773 818OH 890 1,023 802 679 713 678 298 180 255 202PA 3,104 5,944 5,380 5,302 5,177 4,474 6,447 5,400 5,063 4,219SC 419 378 329 732 782 602 1,201 770 671 741TN 3,970 3,801 2,906 3,182 4,218 3,189 3,180 2,970 2,025 1,378

VA 3,295 4,850 3,282 2,437 2,853 3,028 3,009 2,322 1,518 2,553WI 846 703 912 348 555 482 308 170 519 229Other 3,155 1,855 1,090 2,016 2,523 2,181 2,610 1,779 1,291 964

Total 33,701 36,326 31,618 30,035 33,429 27,740 28,345 23,850 20,472 18,482

��

��

��

��

��

��

��

��

��

��

PA GA NY VA TN NC SC AL MS WI0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

Hea

d

Milk Cows and Heifers Shipped to Floridafrom Major States, 2001

9

MILK: Production, utilization, milkfat and cash receipts, Florida 1992-2001

YearTotalmilk

production 1/

Milk usedon

farms

Milk soldto plants and

dealers 2/Milkfat

Cash receiptsfrom

marketings

Million pounds Percent 1,000 dollars

1992 2,579 4 2,575 3.49 401,700

1993 2,558 5 2,553 3.46 385,503

1994 2,623 5 2,618 3.47 408,408

1995 2,381 5 2,376 3.48 363,528

1996 2,401 5 2,396 3.58 431,280

1997 2,476 5 2,471 3.58 407,715

1998 2,337 5 2,332 3.58 424,424

1999 2,398 2 2,396 3.57 412,112

2000 2,461 2 2,459 3.60 383,604

2001 2,411 2 2,409 3.60 428,802

1/ Excludes milk sucked by calves. 2/ Includes sales directly to consumers by producers who sell milk from their own herds. Also includes milk produced byinstitutional herds.

MILK: Production, disposition and milkfat, United States, 1992-2001

Year

Totalproduction 1/

Milkfatin

milk

Disposition of milkUsed on farms

where producedMilk marketed

by farmers

Milk MilkfatUsed for

milk, cream& butter

Fedto

calves 1/

Soldto

plants 2/

Retail

Million pounds Percent Million pounds

1992 150,847 5,552 3.68 455 1,436 148,993 1,0501993 150,636 5,514 3.66 428 1,408 148,891 9671994 153,662 5,624 3.66 394 1,305 151,944 1,0571995 155,292 5,686 3.66 346 1,230 153,737 1,3061996 154,006 5,679 3.69 301 1,175 152,531 1,299

1997 156,091 5,706 3.66 256 1,138 154,697 1,2921998 157,348 5,757 3.66 244 1,162 155,943 1,1561999 162,716 5,975 3.67 219 1,109 161,387 3/

2000 167,559 6,171 3.68 196 1,107 166,256 3/

2001 165,336 6,072 3.67 180 1,084 164,072 3/

1/ Excludes milk sucked by calves. 2/ Includes milk produced by dealers' own herds (except for New York and California, where such milk is included as sold directlyto consumers). 3/ Included in “milk sold to plants”.

10

MILK PRODUCTION: Number of milk cows and annual production, for selected States and United States 2001

StateMilkcows

1/

Production 2/ Milkfatin

milkPer milk cow Total milk

Thousands Pounds Million pounds Percent

Alabama 21 14,286 300 3.66Arizona 140 20,679 2,895 3.62Arkansas 35 12,343 432 3.64California 1,590 20,913 33,251 3.69Colorado 91 21,648 1,970 3.55

Connecticut 25 18,240 456 3.68Florida 153 15,758 2,411 3.60Georgia 86 16,640 1,431 3.64Idaho 366 21,194 7,757 3.60Illinois 116 17,414 2,020 3.73

Indiana 153 16,732 2,560 3.70Iowa 210 18,024 3,785 3.71Kansas 93 17,312 1,610 3.69Kentucky 128 12,969 1,660 3.65Louisiana 54 11,704 632 3.52

Maine 38 17,211 654 3.68Maryland 82 15,780 1,294 3.66Massachusetts 21 17,048 358 3.68Michigan 303 19,323 5,855 3.63Minnesota 510 17,278 8,812 3.70

Mississippi 35 14,200 497 3.64Missouri 145 13,441 1,949 3.69Nebraska 72 16,056 1,156 3.71New Mexico 268 20,750 5,561 3.58New York 672 17,527 11,778 3.65

North Carolina 67 17,373 1,164 3.64North Dakota 46 14,000 644 3.67Ohio 260 16,612 4,319 3.73Oklahoma 89 14,528 1,293 3.61Oregon 95 18,074 1,717 3.66

Pennsylvania 599 18,112 10,849 3.69South Carolina 21 17,476 367 3.65South Dakota 99 15,960 1,580 3.70Tennessee 92 14,511 1,335 3.65Texas 325 15,689 5,099 3.66

Utah 93 17,581 1,635 3.64Vermont 153 17,431 2,667 3.68Virginia 118 15,898 1,876 3.62Washington 247 22,324 5,514 3.66Wisconsin 1,292 17,182 22,199 3.73

United States 9,115 18,139 165,336 3.67

1/ Average number on farms during year, excluding heifers not yet fresh.2/ Excludes milk sucked by calves.

11

MILK COWS AND PRODUCTION: Cows on farms, quarterly milk production per cow, and United States production, by quarters, 1992-2001

Year Jan-Mar Apr-Jun Jul-Sep Oct-Dec Annual 1/

MILK COWS (Thousands)

1992 9,709 9,692 9,675 9,678 9,6881993 9,632 9,601 9,566 9,524 9,5811994 9,479 9,493 9,508 9,495 9,4941995 9,474 9,481 9,472 9,435 9,4661996 9,404 9,388 9,363 9,331 9,372

1997 9,299 9,273 9,236 9,200 9,2521998 9,175 9,167 9,145 9,128 9,1541999 9,128 9,155 9,171 9,171 9,1562000 9,186 9,212 9,221 9,203 9,2062001 9,143 9,114 9,098 9,105 9,115

QUARTERLY PRODUCTION PER COW (Pounds)

1992 3,891 4,008 3,858 3,816 15,5701993 3,901 4,100 3,890 3,831 15,7221994 3,965 4,202 4,016 3,996 16,1791995 4,108 4,268 4,034 3,996 16,4051996 4,146 4,217 4,012 4,058 16,433

1997 4,179 4,375 4,182 4,134 16,8711998 4,269 4,447 4,212 4,262 17,1901999 4,436 4,590 4,336 4,410 17,7722000 4,640 4,688 4,458 4,416 18,2022001 4,514 4,683 4,459 4,483 18,139

NATIONAL PRODUCTION (Million pounds)

1992 37,778 38,850 37,324 36,934 150,8471993 37,578 39,363 37,208 36,487 150,6361994 37,586 39,887 38,185 37,944 153,6021995 38,918 40,465 38,208 37,701 155,2921996 38,988 39,587 37,564 37,867 154,006

1997 38,859 40,574 38,627 38,031 156,0911998 39,167 40,767 38,513 38,901 157,3481999 40,489 42,021 39,766 40,440 162,7162000 42,622 43,185 41,108 40,644 167,5592001 41,267 42,681 40,570 40,818 165,336

1/ Average number of milk cows during year, excluding heifers not yet fresh.

12

MILK UTILIZATION: Cash receipts, by States and United States 2001

State

Combined marketings ofmilk and cream

Used on farms where produced

Milk used Average returns per 100lbs milk 1/

Cash receipts Milk used Value 2/

Million pounds Dollars 1,000 dollars Million pounds 1,000 dollarsAL 297 16.90 50,193 1 50,700AK 14 20.50 2,780 0.2 2,944AZ 2,882 14.70 423,654 1 425,565AR 419 16.10 67,459 3 69,552CA 33,215 13.94 4,630,171 6 4,635,189CO 1,944 14.80 287,712 4 291,560CT 452 16.20 73,224 0.5 73,872DE 150 16.10 24,134 0.1 24,311FL 2,409 17.80 428,802 1 429,158GA 1,420 15.90 225,780 1 227,529

HI 104 25.50 26,546 0.5 26,979ID 7,724 13.50 1,042,740 2 1,047,195IL 2,004 15.00 300,600 2 303,000IN 2,533 16.10 407,813 5 412,160IA 3,744 14.70 550,368 11 556,395KS 1,599 14.50 231,855 1 233,450KY 1,628 16.20 263,736 7 268,920LA 620 16.00 99,200 2 101,120ME 649 16.30 105,787 0.5 106,602MD 1,284 16.20 208,008 3 209,628

MA 354 16.20 57,348 0.5 57,996MI 5,800 15.20 881,600 5 889,960MN 8,707 14.90 1,297,343 10 1,312,988MS 495 16.10 79,695 1 80,017MO 1,921 14.90 286,229 5 290,401MT 237 15.10 50,887 4 52,246NE 1,144 14.60 167,024 1 168,776NV 479 13.00 62,270 1 63,050NH 320 16.00 51,200 0.3 51,680NJ 230 16.10 37,030 1 37,513

NM 5,504 14.80 814,592 15 823,028NY 11,651 15.80 1,840,858 7 1,860,924NC 1,147 17.10 196,137 6 199,044ND 632 14.20 89,744 1 91,448OH 4,294 15.20 652,688 5 656,488OK 1,279 15.90 203,361 1 205,587OR 1,709 15.50 264,895 1 266,135PA 10,794 16.60 1,791,804 5 1,800,934RI 23 16.40 3,739 3,805SC 364 16.50 60,060 1 60,555

SD 1,566 15.10 236,466 2 238,580TN 1,330 16.20 215,460 1 216,270TX 5,076 15.80 802,008 2 805,642UT 1,610 14.70 236,670 2 240,345VT 2,647 15.80 418,226 1 421,386VA 1,863 17.00 316,710 2 318,920WA 5,484 15.30 839,052 1 843,642WV 246 15.80 38,868 1 39,342WI 21,914 14.80 3,243,272 45 3,285,452WY 62 14.20 8,733 0.2 8,946

U.S. 164,072 15.05 24,694,531 180 24,886,929

1/ Cash receipts divided by milk for milk fat represented in combined marketings. 2/ Valued at average returns per 100 pounds of milk in combined marketings of milk and cream.

13

MILK SOLD TO PLANTS, ELIGIBLE FOR FLUID MARKET: Average price per 100 poundsreceived by farmers, Florida, 1992-2001

Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun

Dollars

1992 16.20 16.00 15.10 14.70 14.80 15.30

1993 14.80 14.40 14.40 14.30 14.50 15.80

1994 16.40 15.60 15.70 15.60 15.50 15.80

1995 15.20 14.80 14.80 15.00 15.30 15.10

1996 17.00 16.90 16.60 16.20 16.50 17.40

1997 16.50 16.30 16.30 16.30 16.20 15.80

1998 17.40 17.70 17.30 17.00 16.70 16.80

1999 20.30 20.30 19.30 14.10 15.10 15.40

2000 14.90 14.90 14.80 15.00 15.30 15.70

2001 16.70 15.90 16.50 17.00 17.70 18.40

Year Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov DecWeightedaverage

Dollars

1992 15.90 16.00 16.40 16.40 15.90 15.40 15.60

1993 16.20 15.60 15.10 14.90 16.00 16.20 15.10

1994 15.00 15.10 15.30 15.50 15.70 16.00 15.60

1995 14.90 15.40 15.20 15.20 16.20 16.60 15.30

1996 18.30 19.00 19.40 19.80 20.10 18.90 18.00

1997 15.70 15.60 16.10 17.30 18.00 17.90 16.50

1998 15.90 18.30 20.00 20.20 20.70 21.30 18.20

1999 15.70 16.20 17.90 19.30 18.70 13.50 17.20

2000 16.10 16.30 16.70 16.10 16.00 16.40 15.60

2001 18.60 18.90 19.80 20.30 20.00 16.20 17.80

14

Average monthly milk price received by farmers for milk sold to all plants, United States, 1992-2001


Dollars per hundredweight

1992 13.40 12.90 12.50 12.60 12.80 13.20

1993 12.50 12.20 12.20 12.60 12.90 13.00

1994 13.60 13.40 13.50 13.40 12.80 12.60

1995 12.60 12.50 12.60 12.30 12.30 12.10

1996 14.10 13.90 13.80 13.90 14.30 14.80

1997 13.50 13.40 13.60 13.20 12.70 12.20

1998 14.70 14.90 14.50 14.00 13.30 14.20

1999 17.40 15.20 15.20 12.60 12.80 13.10

2000 12.00 11.80 11.80 11.90 12.00 12.30

2001 13.00 13.10 13.90 14.60 15.50 16.20

Year Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Weightedaverage


1992 13.40 13.50 13.50 13.40 13.10 12.80 13.15

1993 12.80 12.40 12.80 13.10 13.60 13.50 12.84

1994 12.20 12.40 12.80 13.00 13.10 12.80 13.01

1995 12.00 12.40 12.80 13.40 14.00 13.90 12.78

1996 15.40 15.90 16.50 16.40 15.20 14.30 14.75

1997 12.10 12.70 13.10 14.10 14.70 14.80 13.36

1998 14.30 15.50 16.80 17.80 17.90 18.10 15.46

1999 13.80 15.00 15.70 14.90 14.40 12.20 14.38

2000 12.60 12.50 12.90 12.50 12.50 13.00 12.40

2001 16.20 16.50 17.10 15.60 14.40 13.50 15.05

15

Average monthly price received by farmers for milk sold to plantseligible for fluid market, United States, 1992-2001



1992 13.50 13.00 12.50 12.60 12.90 13.30

1993 12.60 12.30 12.20 12.70 13.00 13.10

1994 13.60 13.50 13.50 13.50 12.90 12.70

1995 12.60 12.60 12.60 12.30 12.30 12.20

1996 14.20 14.00 13.90 13.90 14.30 14.90

1997 13.50 13.50 13.60 13.20 12.80 12.30

1998 14.70 14.90 14.50 14.10 13.40 14.20

1999 17.50 15.30 15.20 12.60 12.80 13.20

2000 12.00 11.80 11.90 11.90 12.10 12.30

2001 13.10 13.10 14.00 14.60 15.50 16.20

Year Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Weightedaverage


1992 13.40 13.50 13.60 13.50 13.20 12.90 13.19

1993 12.80 12.50 12.80 13.10 13.60 13.60 12.88

1994 12.20 12.50 12.80 13.10 13.10 12.90 13.02

1995 12.10 12.50 12.80 13.40 14.00 14.00 12.80

1996 15.50 16.00 16.60 16.40 15.30 14.40 14.79

1997 12.20 12.80 13.10 14.10 14.70 14.80 13.40

1998 14.30 15.60 16.80 17.80 17.90 18.10 15.50

1999 13.90 15.00 15.80 15.00 14.50 12.30 14.42

2000 12.60 12.50 13.00 12.60 12.60 13.10 12.44

2001 16.20 16.50 17.10 15.60 14.50 13.50 15.09

16

Average Annual Price Received by Farmers for All Milk Sold to Plants, by States, 1992-2001

State 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Dollars per hundredweightAL 14.50 14.20 14.70 14.00 16.40 14.80 16.50 16.50 14.20 16.90AK 20.40 20.30 20.30 20.30 20.30 20.30 20.30 20.90 20.30 20.50AZ 13.30 13.10 13.10 12.80 14.50 13.00 14.60 13.70 11.90 14.70AR 13.90 13.60 13.90 13.80 16.00 14.50 15.60 15.40 13.60 16.10CA 11.61 11.45 11.52 11.68 13.66 12.62 15.01 13.45 11.50 13.94CO 13.40 13.00 13.60 13.00 14.60 13.00 15.70 15.20 11.80 14.80CT 14.00 13.60 13.90 13.50 15.60 14.60 16.50 16.20 14.10 16.20DE 14.00 13.40 13.70 13.20 15.30 13.80 15.70 15.00 13.50 16.10FL 15.60 15.10 15.60 15.30 18.00 16.50 18.20 17.20 15.60 17.80GA 15.10 14.70 14.90 14.30 16.30 14.70 16.60 16.00 12.90 15.90

HI 22.90 23.13 23.19 23.06 23.22 24.71 26.36 26.50 24.50 25.50ID 12.00 12.20 12.30 12.20 13.90 12.30 14.50 13.00 10.60 13.50IL 13.30 12.60 13.30 12.80 15.00 13.60 15.10 14.70 12.30 15.00IN 13.30 13.00 13.40 12.80 14.70 13.00 14.80 14.50 12.90 16.10IA 13.00 12.80 12.90 12.60 14.50 13.40 15.40 13.30 11.70 14.70KS 12.60 12.70 12.80 12.30 14.20 12.80 14.70 14.00 11.60 14.50KY 13.70 13.40 13.90 13.50 15.40 13.70 15.50 15.40 13.80 16.20LA 14.40 14.00 14.10 13.80 16.20 14.30 16.20 16.30 13.90 16.00ME 14.50 14.00 14.10 13.80 15.70 14.50 16.30 16.00 14.10 16.30MD 14.00 13.40 13.70 13.20 15.30 13.80 15.70 15.00 13.50 16.20

MA 15.20 13.80 14.10 13.60 15.70 14.70 17.00 16.50 14.10 16.20MI 13.30 13.10 13.40 13.00 15.00 13.60 15.30 14.80 12.90 15.20MN 12.85 12.80 12.93 12.72 14.60 13.19 15.55 14.00 12.00 14.90MS 14.20 14.00 14.20 13.70 16.10 14.40 16.20 16.30 13.90 16.10MO 13.00 12.80 13.20 13.00 15.10 13.70 15.60 14.70 12.10 14.90MT 13.30 13.30 13.70 13.30 15.20 13.20 15.00 14.60 12.80 15.10NE 12.60 12.50 12.80 12.50 14.40 13.20 15.10 13.40 11.70 14.60NV 12.40 12.30 12.50 12.00 13.40 11.90 13.80 13.60 11.00 13.00NH 14.10 13.70 14.00 13.50 15.60 14.60 16.30 15.70 14.00 16.00NJ 13.80 13.50 13.80 13.30 15.30 13.80 15.60 14.80 13.20 16.10

NM 12.20 11.70 11.70 11.70 13.80 12.90 14.80 14.00 12.40 14.80NY 13.40 13.00 13.30 13.00 14.90 13.40 15.40 14.60 13.10 15.80NC 14.60 14.40 14.60 13.80 16.70 15.10 16.90 17.30 14.90 17.10ND 12.30 12.00 12.20 11.80 13.70 12.40 14.30 13.20 11.30 14.20OH 13.40 13.00 13.30 13.10 15.00 13.30 15.20 14.70 12.60 15.20OK 13.70 13.40 13.30 13.00 15.70 13.80 15.60 15.50 13.60 15.90OR 13.10 12.60 12.60 12.50 14.50 13.20 16.00 14.90 12.80 15.50PA 14.20 13.70 14.00 13.60 15.50 14.00 16.00 15.80 13.70 16.60RI 14.10 13.70 14.00 13.50 15.60 14.50 16.30 15.60 14.20 16.40SC 14.60 14.20 14.70 14.10 16.30 14.50 16.50 16.30 14.10 16.50

SD 12.80 12.90 12.80 12.50 14.50 13.20 15.50 14.40 12.80 15.10TN 14.00 13.60 14.30 13.80 15.80 14.10 15.90 15.80 13.80 16.20TX 13.70 13.30 13.40 13.00 15.10 13.70 15.70 15.00 13.40 15.80UT 12.30 12.10 12.40 12.10 14.00 12.30 15.40 13.90 11.20 14.70VT 13.80 13.40 13.60 13.10 15.30 14.30 16.00 15.40 13.80 15.80VA 14.40 14.00 14.30 13.80 16.20 14.00 16.20 15.70 14.80 17.00WA 12.90 12.30 12.50 12.40 14.50 13.20 15.90 14.90 12.80 15.30WV 13.40 13.10 13.40 13.00 15.20 13.50 15.40 15.20 13.30 15.80WI 13.17 12.89 12.99 12.86 14.75 13.33 15.50 13.80 11.70 14.80WY 12.50 12.40 12.30 11.10 13.30 12.20 13.70 13.00 11.00 14.20

US 13.15 12.84 13.01 12.78 14.75 13.36 15.46 14.38 12.40 15.05

17

Average Annual Price Received by Farmers for Milk Eligible for Fluid Market, by State, 1992-2001

State 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001


AL 14.50 14.20 14.80 14.00 16.40 14.80 16.50 16.50 14.20 16.90AK 20.40 20.30 20.30 20.30 20.30 20.30 20.30 20.90 20.30 20.50AZ 13.30 13.10 13.10 12.80 14.50 13.00 14.60 13.70 11.90 14.70AR 13.90 13.60 13.90 13.80 16.00 14.50 15.60 15.40 13.60 16.10CA 11.63 11.45 11.53 11.68 13.66 12.62 15.02 13.45 11.50 13.94CO 13.40 13.00 13.60 13.00 14.60 13.00 15.70 15.20 11.80 14.80CT 14.00 13.60 13.90 13.50 15.60 14.60 16.50 16.20 14.10 16.20DE 14.00 13.40 13.70 13.20 15.30 13.80 15.70 15.00 13.50 16.10FL 15.60 15.10 15.60 15.30 18.00 16.50 18.20 17.20 15.60 17.80GA 15.10 14.70 14.90 14.30 16.30 14.70 16.60 16.00 12.90 15.90

HI 22.90 23.13 23.19 23.06 23.22 24.71 26.36 26.50 24.50 25.50ID 12.10 12.30 12.40 12.20 13.90 12.30 14.50 13.00 10.60 13.50IL 13.40 12.60 13.40 12.90 15.00 13.70 15.10 14.70 12.30 15.00IN 13.40 13.10 13.50 12.90 14.90 13.10 14.90 14.60 13.00 16.30IA 13.20 12.90 13.10 12.80 14.70 13.50 15.40 13.30 11.80 14.70KS 12.70 12.80 12.90 12.30 14.10 12.80 14.70 14.00 11.60 14.50KY 13.80 13.50 14.00 13.50 15.50 13.80 15.50 15.40 13.80 16.20LA 14.40 14.00 14.10 13.80 16.20 14.30 16.20 16.30 13.90 16.00ME 14.50 14.00 14.10 13.80 15.70 14.50 16.30 16.00 14.10 16.30MD 14.00 13.40 13.70 13.20 15.30 13.80 15.70 15.00 13.50 16.20

MA 15.20 13.80 14.10 13.60 15.70 14.70 17.00 16.50 14.10 16.20MI 13.30 13.10 13.40 13.00 15.00 13.60 15.30 14.80 12.90 15.20MN 13.05 12.96 13.08 12.85 14.73 13.31 15.65 14.10 12.10 15.00MS 14.30 14.00 14.20 13.70 16.10 14.40 16.20 16.30 13.90 16.10MO 13.10 12.90 13.30 13.10 15.20 13.70 15.70 14.80 12.20 15.00MT 13.30 13.30 13.70 13.30 15.20 13.20 15.00 14.60 12.80 15.10NE 12.80 12.60 12.90 12.50 14.50 13.30 15.20 13.40 11.80 14.60NV 12.40 12.30 12.50 12.00 13.40 11.90 13.80 13.60 11.00 13.00NH 14.10 13.70 14.00 13.50 15.60 14.60 16.30 15.70 14.00 16.00NJ 13.80 13.50 13.80 13.30 15.30 13.80 15.60 14.80 13.20 16.10

NM 12.20 11.70 11.70 11.70 13.80 12.90 14.80 14.00 12.40 14.80NY 13.40 13.00 13.30 13.00 14.90 13.40 15.40 14.60 13.10 15.80NC 14.70 14.40 14.60 13.90 16.70 15.10 17.00 17.30 14.90 17.10ND 12.70 12.60 12.60 12.30 14.20 13.00 14.90 13.70 11.80 14.60OH 13.50 13.10 13.50 13.30 15.30 13.40 15.40 14.90 12.80 15.40OK 13.80 13.40 13.30 13.00 15.70 13.80 15.60 15.50 13.60 15.90OR 13.10 12.60 12.60 12.50 14.50 13.20 16.00 14.90 12.80 15.50PA 14.20 13.70 14.00 13.60 15.50 14.00 16.00 15.80 13.70 16.60RI 14.10 13.70 14.00 13.50 15.60 14.50 16.30 15.60 14.20 16.40SC 14.60 14.20 14.70 14.10 16.30 14.50 16.50 16.30 14.10 16.50

SD 13.10 13.30 13.00 12.60 14.30 13.60 15.60 14.60 12.90 15.20TN 14.00 13.80 14.50 13.90 15.90 14.10 15.90 15.90 13.80 16.30TX 13.70 13.30 13.40 13.00 15.10 13.70 15.70 15.00 13.40 15.80UT 12.40 12.20 12.50 12.20 14.10 12.40 15.50 14.00 11.20 14.70VT 13.80 13.40 13.60 13.10 15.30 14.30 16.00 15.40 13.80 15.80VA 14.40 14.00 14.40 13.80 16.30 14.00 16.20 15.70 14.80 17.00WA 12.90 12.30 12.50 12.40 14.50 13.20 15.90 14.90 12.80 15.30WV 13.40 13.10 13.40 13.00 15.20 13.50 15.40 15.20 13.30 15.80WI 13.28 12.96 13.07 12.92 14.81 13.39 15.55 13.90 11.80 14.90WY 12.80 12.70 12.50 12.30 13.80 12.50 13.60 13.20 11.30 14.40

US 13.19 12.88 13.02 12.80 14.79 13.40 15.50 14.42 12.44 15.09

18

MILK COWS: Price per head received by farmers, by quarter, by States, 2000 and 2001 1/

StateJanuary April July October

2000 2001 2000 2001 2000 2001 2000 2001

Dollars per head

AZ 1,380 1,430 1,310 1,440 1,350 1,650 1,450 1,800CA 1,480 1,480 1,500 1,480 1,500 1,650 1,480 1,850FL 1,430 1,440 1,450 1,520 1,450 1,700 1,460 1,800ID 1,300 1,320 1,350 1,480 1,400 1,760 1,420 1,790IL 1,300 1,250 1,290 1,300 1,290 1,480 1,280 1,550

IN 1,200 1,200 1,300 1,350 1,300 1,500 1,300 1,550IA 1,270 1,190 1,280 1,330 1,280 1,500 1,320 1,600KY 1,240 1,320 1,250 1,340 1,310 1,540 1,310 1,650MI 1,290 1,200 1,400 1,400 1,350 1,600 1,370 1,650MN 1,220 1,180 1,250 1,320 1,260 1,570 1,260 1,590

MO 1,190 1,180 1,220 1,310 1,240 1,450 1,250 1,550NM 1,450 1,400 1,400 1,420 1,430 1,750 1,450 1,810NY 1,200 1,250 1,200 1,300 1,250 1,500 1,250 1,600OH 1,250 1,300 1,300 1,360 1,330 1,500 1,350 1,620PA 1,320 1,370 1,300 1,400 1,330 1,650 1,350 1,680

TX 1,420 1,400 1,400 1,410 1,380 1,640 1,400 1,750VT 1,280 1,300 1,270 1,350 1,320 1,550 1,310 1,650VA 1,280 1,380 1,290 1,440 1,300 1,610 1,330 1,640WA 1,280 1,290 1,290 1,470 1,300 1,700 1,380 1,760WI 1,360 1,250 1,340 1,360 1,300 1,520 1,270 1,630

1/ Dairy cows sold for dairy herd replacement.

MILK COWS: Price per head received by farmers, by quarter, United States, 1996-2001 1/

Year January April July October

Dollars per head

1996 1,060 1,070 1,090 1,1301997 1,090 1,110 1,100 1,0901998 1,070 1,110 1,120 1,1801999 1,250 1,240 1,280 1,3802000 1,330 1,340 1,350 1,3502001 1,320 1,400 1,590 1,700

1/ Dairy cows sold for dairy herd replacement.

19

1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 20010

5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

25,000

30,000

Thou

sand

Gal

lons

Ice Cream Low-Fat Ice Cream

Florida Production of Ice Cream and Low-fat Ice Cream, 1991 - 2001

MANUFACTURED DAIRY PRODUCTS: Florida Production of Manufactured Dairy Products and Whole Milk Equivalents, 1992-2001

Year Ice creamIce creamlowfat 1/ Milk sherbet

Total frozen prod-ucts 1/ 2/

Whole milk equiv-alent

Thousand gallons Thousand pounds

1992 23,293 13,316 1,983 38,592 323,0891993 25,300 13,660 2,038 40,998 347,4561994 26,032 14,886 1,768 42,686 361,9881995 26,238 14,714 1,941 42,893 361,9371996 25,840 11,661 1,711 39,212 324,827

1997 22,699 17,077 1,537 41,313 342,9111998 23,334 18,851 1,053 43,238 368,1621999 24,810 17,190 1,156 41,156 350,0502000 23,395 13,336 1,025 40,680 305,2052001 23,463 15,716 3/ 43,717 323,327

1/ Includes freezer-made milkshakes. 2/ Excludes mellorine-type desserts and other minor frozen dairy products. 3/ Not published to avoid disclosure of individual operations.

20

MANUFACTURED DAIRY PRODUCTS: Production of specified products, United States, 1999-2001

Products 1999 2000 20012001aspercent

1,000 pounds

Butter 1,277,090 1,256,032 1,236,801 98Cheese:American:

Cheddar 2,778,482 2,819,023 2,746,477 97Other American types 1/ 754,123 822,601 772,685 94

Swiss 221,019 229,322 245,504 107Munster 80,273 85,475 81,992 96Brick 8,114 8,608 8,706 101All Italian types 3,144,727 3,288,911 3,328,272 101Cream & Neufchatel 639,299 687,440 644,692 94All other types 2/ 181,029 219,678 197,384 90

Total 3/ 7,894,100 8,257,998 8,129,094 98Cottage Cheese:Curd 4/ 464,785 460,974 454,089 99Creamed 5/ 360,551 371,460 371,525 100Lowfat 6/ 359,315 363,658 370,884 102

Canned Milk:Evaporated and condensed whole 470,021 441,986 452,846 102Evaporated skim milk 27,782 23,488 14,972 64

Bulk condensed milk:Whole

Sweetened 74,104 70,803 70,212 99Unsweetened 89,294 74,841 70,376 94

SkimSweetened 37,510 34,611 32,616 94Unsweetened 1,163,789 1,021,907 931,250 91

Condensed or evaporated buttermilk 26,424 19,963 35,063 176Dry milk:Dry whole milk 117,991 111,377 41,307 37Nonfat dry milk for human food 1,359,660 1,451,751 1,413,799 97Dry skim milk for animal feed 4,817 5,567 5,507 99Dry buttermilk 52,107 56,245 51,712 92Whey and whey products:Dry whey 1,147,388 1,187,903 1,045,792 88Milk sugar and lactose 471,389 490,061 522,935 107

1/ Includes colby, washed or stirred curd, monterey, and jack.2/ Includes full-skim.3/ Excludes cottage cheese.4/ Mostly used for processing into creamed or lowfat cottage cheese.5/ Milk fat content 4.0 percent or more.6/ Milk fat content less then 4.0 percent, mostly 0.5 to 2.0 percent.

21

MANUFACTURED DAIRY PRODUCTS: Production of specified frozenproducts, United States, 1992-2001

Year Icecream, regular

Lowfat icecream 1/

Milksherbet

Total frozenproducts 2/

Thousand gallons

1992 866,110 329,185 49,940 1,245,2351993 866,248 325,346 50,813 1,242,4071994 876,097 349,853 54,093 1,280,0431995 862,232 356,861 54,496 1,272,5891996 878,572 366,126 52,611 1,297,309

1997 913,770 385,689 53,077 1,352,5361998 935,080 406,679 54,592 1,396,3511999 972,210 381,236 54,479 1,407,9252000 979,645 373,383 51,933 1,404,9612001 981,131 406,746 52,414 1,440,291

1/ Includes freezer-made milkshake.2/ Excludes "Mellorine-type" desserts and other minor frozen dairy products.

MANUFACTURED DAIRY PRODUCTS: Whole milk equivalents used in manufactured dairy products:by major products, United States, 1992-2001

YearMilk

EquivalentButter

All whole milkand part skim

cheese

Evaporated,dry and

condensedmilk

Ice cream andother frozen

products

Other milkproducts

Total

Millionpounds Percent

1992 92,208 31 50 4 14 1 1001993 90,691 30 51 3 15 1 1001994 92,491 29 52 3 15 1 1001995 92,795 28 53 3 15 1 1001996 91,584 27 54 3 15 1 100

1997 93,657 25 55 3 16 1 1001998 95,417 25 55 3 16 1 1001999 100,356 27 55 2 15 1 1002000 102,047 25 57 2 15 1 1002001 100,311 25 57 2 15 1 100

22

BEEF HIGHLIGHTS

All cattle and calves on Florida farms and ranches as of January 1,2002 including dairy cattle, totaled 1,780,000 head, down 20,000 headfrom 2001. Beef cows in Florida were 958,000 head, down from975,000 in 2001. Florida ranked 12th in beef cows nationally and thirdamong States east of the Mississippi River.

Calves born during 2001 totaled 940,000, down 10,000 head from2000. Calves marketed from Florida in 2001 were 687,000 head.Almost 75 percent of the calf crop of Florida was marketed, the largestpercentage of calves of all States.

Okeechobee

Highlands

Osceola

Hendry

Polk

Hardee

DeSoto

Glades

Hillsborough

Manatee

0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160

Thousands

Leading Cattle Counties in FloridaJanuary 1, 2002

23

TOTAL CATTLE AND CALVES: Inventory by county, January 1, 1997-2002, county rank 2002, Florida

County Number of head 1/ Rank20021997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002

Alachua 52,000 48,000 47,000 48,000 48,000 47,000 14Baker 6,000 5,500 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 *54Bradford 11,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 12,000 11,000 *35Brevard 32,000 30,000 28,000 28,000 27,000 27,000 22Broward 20,000 16,000 16,000 16,000 15,000 14,000 *33Calhoun 6,000 5,000 4,500 4,500 4,000 4,000 *58Charlotte 28,000 27,000 26,000 24,000 19,000 17,000 28Citrus 9,500 10,000 9,500 10,000 9,000 9,000 *42Clay 14,500 14,000 13,000 13,000 11,000 11,000 *35Collier 13,000 10,000 9,000 9,000 9,000 9,000 *42Columbia 19,000 21,000 20,000 21,000 22,000 22,000 24Dade 5,500 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 *54DeSoto 85,000 85,000 83,000 83,000 79,000 78,000 7Dixie 5,000 5,000 5,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 *50Duval 14,000 14,000 12,000 12,000 11,000 10,000 *40Escambia 9,000 8,500 8,000 8,000 8,000 8,000 *46Flagler 6,500 6,000 6,000 6,000 5,000 5,000 *54Gadsden 6,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 *50Gilchrist 32,000 33,000 32,000 30,000 30,000 28,000 21Glades 75,000 72,000 71,000 70,000 74,000 73,000 8Hamilton 10,000 9,500 9,000 9,000 9,000 9,000 *42Hardee 93,000 90,000 89,000 89,000 85,000 87,000 6Hendry 105,000 100,000 99,000 97,000 94,000 93,000 *4Hernando 24,000 19,000 19,000 19,000 19,000 20,000 26Highlands 123,000 117,000 115,000 113,000 110,000 109,000 2Hillsborough 74,000 68,000 67,000 68,000 66,000 66,000 9Holmes 17,000 16,000 16,000 16,000 16,000 16,000 *29Indian River 25,000 22,000 20,000 19,000 18,000 16,000 *29Jackson 36,000 34,000 34,000 35,000 35,000 36,000 17Jefferson 15,000 13,000 12,000 12,000 11,000 11,000 *35Lafayette 24,000 24,000 23,000 22,000 22,000 21,000 25Lake 33,000 33,000 33,000 35,000 34,000 34,000 18Lee 15,000 14,000 13,000 14,000 15,000 15,000 *31Leon 7,000 7,000 6,500 6,500 6,000 5,000 *54Levy 45,000 45,000 44,000 45,000 49,000 50,000 *11Liberty 2,000 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,500 *61Madison 19,000 19,000 18,000 19,000 19,000 18,000 27Manatee 74,000 68,000 67,000 66,000 62,000 61,000 10Marion 54,000 51,000 50,000 51,000 50,000 50,000 *11Martin 35,000 30,000 30,000 28,000 29,000 29,000 20Nassau 11,000 9,000 9,000 9,000 8,000 8,000 *46Okaloosa 7,000 6,000 5,500 6,000 6,000 6,000 *50Okeechobee 161,000 155,000 155,000 153,000 150,000 148,000 1Orange 16,000 15,000 15,000 14,000 14,000 14,000 *33Osceola 104,000 98,000 98,000 97,000 97,000 96,000 3Palm Beach 8,500 6,000 5,000 5,000 4,000 4,000 *58Pasco 43,000 41,000 41,000 40,000 40,000 39,000 *15Polk 104,000 95,000 94,000 96,000 94,000 93,000 *4Putnam 9,000 10,000 9,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 *40St. Johns 5,000 5,000 4,500 5,000 5,000 4,000 *58St. Lucie 32,000 35,000 34,000 33,000 33,000 33,000 19Santa Rosa 6,000 7,500 7,500 8,000 8,000 7,000 49Sarasota 27,000 26,000 24,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 23Seminole 7,500 7,000 6,000 7,000 7,000 8,000 *46Sumter 54,000 50,000 49,000 49,000 49,000 48,000 13Suwannee 38,000 37,000 37,000 37,000 38,000 39,000 *15Taylor 7,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 *50Union 12,000 11,000 11,000 11,000 11,000 11,000 *35Volusia 14,000 14,000 13,000 14,000 15,000 15,000 *31Wakulla 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,500 *61Walton 12,000 12,000 12,000 12,000 11,000 11,000 *35Washington 9,500 9,000 9,000 10,000 10,000 9,000 *42Other 2/ 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 Total 1,970,000 1,870,000 1,830,000 1,830,000 1,800, 000 1,780,000

*Two or more counties with similar ranking. 1/ All classes, for both Beef and Dairy. 2/ Other counties include Bay, Franklin, Gulf,Monroe, and Pinellas.

24

BEEF COWS: Inventory by county, January 1, 1997-2002, county rank 2002, Florida

County Number of head 1/ Rank20021997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002

Alachua 28,000 27,000 27,000 28,000 28,000 25,000 14Baker 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,500 *54Bradford 6,000 6,000 5,500 5,500 6,000 5,000 *39Brevard 15,000 16,000 15,000 16,000 16,000 17,000 *17Broward 8,000 5,000 5,500 6,000 5,500 5,000 *39Calhoun 3,000 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,000 2,000 *58Charlotte 19,000 18,000 17,000 16,000 15,000 14,000 22Citrus 5,000 7,000 6,500 6,500 6,000 6,500 *32Clay 2,000 3,000 2,500 3,000 3,000 3,000 *51Collier 7,000 7,000 6,500 7,000 6,500 6,500 *32Columbia 12,000 13,000 12,000 12,000 13,000 13,000 *23Dade 2,500 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 2,000 *58DeSoto 49,000 48,000 48,000 48,000 46,000 45,000 7Dixie 1,500 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,500 *54Duval 5,000 4,000 4,000 4,500 4,000 4,000 *45Escambia 3,000 3,500 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,500 *48Flagler 5,000 5,000 4,500 4,500 4,000 4,500 *43Gadsden 4,500 5,000 4,500 4,000 4,000 3,500 *48Gilchrist 8,000 9,000 9,000 9,000 8,500 8,000 30Glades 45,000 38,000 39,000 39,000 42,000 40,000 8Hamilton 7,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 5,500 5,500 38Hardee 52,000 51,000 49,000 50,000 49,000 50,000 6Hendry 66,000 56,000 55,000 54,000 52,000 52,000 5Hernando 13,000 10,000 9,500 10,000 9,500 9,500 28Highlands 72,000 68,000 68,000 68,000 65,000 63,000 3Hillsborough 35,000 35,000 34,000 36,000 34,000 32,000 *9Holmes 9,000 8,000 8,000 7,500 7,000 7,500 31Indian River 13,000 13,000 12,000 12,000 11,000 10,000 *25Jackson 15,000 16,000 15,000 16,000 16,000 17,000 *17Jefferson 10,000 7,000 6,500 6,500 6,000 6,000 *35Lafayette 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,500 4,500 4,000 *45Lake 17,000 18,000 17,000 18,000 17,000 17,000 *17Lee 9,000 9,000 8,000 8,000 8,500 9,000 29Leon 3,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,000 1,500 60Levy 25,000 23,000 21,000 22,000 26,000 26,000 *12Liberty 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 *61Madison 12,000 11,000 10,000 11,000 11,000 10,000 *25Manatee 43,000 35,000 35,000 34,000 32,000 32,000 *9Marion 30,000 27,000 26,000 27,000 26,000 26,000 *12Martin 21,000 16,000 15,000 14,000 13,000 13,000 *23Nassau 4,000 3,500 3,500 3,500 3,500 3,500 *48Okaloosa 3,500 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 2,500 *54Okeechobee 61,000 65,000 64,000 67,000 66,000 65,000 2Orange 11,000 11,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 *25Osceola 71,000 70,000 70,000 70,000 69,000 70,000 1Palm Beach 4,500 3,000 3,000 3,000 2,500 2,500 *54Pasco 25,000 22,000 22,000 21,000 21,000 19,000 16Polk 65,000 58,000 57,000 58,000 57,000 55,000 4Putnam 6,000 6,000 5,500 6,000 6,000 6,000 *35St. Johns 3,500 3,500 3,500 3,500 3,500 3,000 *51St. Lucie 18,000 22,000 22,000 22,000 21,000 21,000 15Santa Rosa 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,500 *43Sarasota 15,000 16,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 21Seminole 5,500 5,500 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 *39Sumter 33,000 29,000 28,000 28,000 28,000 28,000 11Suwannee 17,000 17,000 17,000 17,000 17,000 17,000 *17Taylor 5,500 3,500 3,500 3,500 3,500 4,000 *45Union 9,000 8,000 7,500 7,000 6,500 6,000 *35Volusia 10,000 8,000 7,000 7,000 7,000 6,500 *32Wakulla 500 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 *61Walton 6,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 *39Washington 5,000 4,500 4,000 4,000 4,000 3,000 *51Other 2/ 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000

Total 1,072,000 1,010,000 983,000 994,000 975,000 958,000

*Two or more counties with similar ranking. 1/ Beef production brood cows only, which have calved at least once. 2/ Other countiesinclude Bay, Franklin, Gulf, Monroe, and Pinellas.

25

CATTLE AND CALVES: Cattle on farms by classes,Florida and United States

Year

Cattle kept for milk Beef cattle and all calvesTotalcattleand

calves4/

Milkcows

1/

Heifers500 lbs

andover

2/

TotalBeefcows

1/

500 pounds and over Calvesunder500

pounds 3/

TotalBulls

3/

Replace-ment

heifers

Otherheifers Steers

1,000 head FLORIDA

January 1

1993 180 35 215 1,060 70 155 20 20 390 1,715 1,9301994 177 35 212 1,093 73 165 27 20 390 1,768 1,9801995 170 40 210 1,130 75 165 25 25 390 1,810 2,0201996 155 40 195 1,115 70 155 20 25 420 1,805 2,0001997 158 40 198 1,072 70 155 25 40 410 1,772 1,970

1998 160 40 200 1,010 65 145 25 40 385 1,670 1,8701999 157 40 197 983 60 145 25 35 385 1,633 1,8302000 156 40 196 994 60 145 25 25 385 1,634 1,8302001 155 40 195 975 60 145 25 20 380 1,605 1,8002002 152 40 192 958 60 140 25 25 380 1,588 1,780

UNITED STATES

January 1

1993 9,658 4,176 13,834 33,365 2,278 6,092 8,550 16,940 18,117 85,342 99,1761994 9,507 4,125 13,632 34,603 2,312 6,364 9,104 17,086 17,873 87,342 100,9741995 9,482 4,121 13,603 35,190 2,385 6,452 9,302 17,513 18,341 89,183 102,7851996 9,420 4,090 13,510 35,319 2,384 6,189 9,948 17,815 18,384 90,039 103,5481997 9,318 4,058 13,376 34,458 2,350 6,042 10,212 17,392 17,826 88,280 101,656

1998 9,199 3,986 13,185 33,885 2,270 5,764 10,051 17,189 17,401 86,560 99,7441999 9,133 4,069 13,202 33,745 2,281 5,535 10,170 16,891 17,290 85,912 99,1152000 9,190 4,000 13,190 33,569 2,293 5,503 10,147 16,682 16,815 85,009 98,1982001 9,183 4,057 13,240 33,397 2,274 5,588 10,131 16,441 16,206 84,037 97,2772002 9,110 4,060 13,170 33,100 2,244 5,561 10,057 16,800 15,773 83,535 96,704

July 1

1993 9,700 4,000 13,700 34,900 2,200 5,700 7,300 14,900 30,300 95,300 109,0001994 9,500 4,000 13,500 35,600 2,300 5,900 7,500 15,200 31,300 97,800 111,3001995 9,500 3,900 13,400 36,100 2,400 5,700 8,000 15,400 32,000 99,600 113,0001996 9,400 3,700 13,100 35,700 2,400 5,500 8,100 15,100 31,700 98,500 111,6001997 9,300 3,600 12,900 34,800 2,300 5,300 8,200 14,800 30,900 96,300 109,200

1998 9,200 3,600 12,800 34,400 2,200 5,000 8,100 14,600 30,600 94,900 107,7001999 9,150 3,700 12,850 34,150 2,200 4,800 8,100 14,400 30,500 94,150 107,0002000 9,250 3,700 12,950 33,950 2,100 4,700 8,100 14,300 30,200 93,350 106,3002001 9,150 3,600 12,750 33,850 2,100 4,600 8,200 14,600 29,700 93,050 105,800

1/ Cows and heifers that have calved. 2/ Milk replacement heifers which have not calved. 3/ Includes small number for dairy use. 4/ May not add due to rounding.

26

1993

1995

1997

1999 20

011.70

1.80

1.90

2.00

2.10

2.20

2.30

2.40

2.50

96

97

98

99

100

101

102

103

104

Florida United States

Cattle Inventory in Florida and United StatesJanuary 1, 1992 - 2001

- million head -

CATTLE AND CALVES: Inventory January 1 and annual, calf crop and disposition, 1992-2001

YearOn hand January 1 Calf

crop InshipmentsMarketings 2/ Farm 3/

slaughtercattle and

calves

Deathscattleand

calvesAll cattle

and calves All cows 1/ Total Cattle Calves

1,000 head

FLORIDA1992 1,920 1,240 1,020 52 1,000 220 780 2 601993 1,930 1,240 1,040 70 990 209 781 2 681994 1,980 1,270 1,060 67 1,017 230 787 2 681995 2,020 1,300 1,040 63 1,047 242 805 2 741996 2,000 1,270 1,030 55 1,033 240 793 2 801997 1,970 1,230 980 30 1,042 261 781 2 661998 1,870 1,170 960 66 997 231 766 2 671999 1,830 1,140 960 80 962 241 721 2 762000 1,830 1,150 950 70 982 271 711 2 662001 1,800 1,130 940 60 948 261 687 2 70

UNITED STATES

1992 97,556 42,735 38,933 22,492 55,197 45,632 9,565 242 4,3661993 99,176 43,023 39,448 22,920 55,701 46,022 9,679 226 4,6301994 100,974 44,110 40,059 22,272 56,084 46,588 9,496 226 4,2541995 102,785 44,672 40,211 23,149 58,021 48,432 9,589 226 4,3821996 103,548 44,739 39,586 21,899 58,960 48,870 10,090 222 4,5831997 101,656 43,776 38,961 23,828 59,801 49,647 10,154 223 4,6761998 99,744 43,084 38,812 22,149 57,517 47,757 9,760 216 4,2201999 99,115 42,878 38,796 22,842 58,228 48,373 9,855 213 4,1142000 98,198 42,759 38,631 23,452 58,704 48,702 10,002 203 4,0972001 97,277 42,580 38,280 21,820 56,268 46,663 9,605 194 4,2111/ Cows and heifers that have calved. 2/ Includes custom slaughter for use on farms where produced and State outshipments, butexcludes interfarms sales within States. 3/ Excludes custom slaughter for farmers at commercial establishments.

27

CATTLE AND CALVES: Average price received by farmers, Florida, 1991-2001

Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annualaverage


BEEF CATTLE

1991 60.10 64.90 62.90 59.80 60.50 59.70 60.80 59.50 57.80 56.10 53.40 51.60 59.101992 53.10 59.40 59.00 58.60 54.10 54.90 59.00 62.90 56.20 53.50 52.90 51.70 56.601993 60.10 58.30 57.10 55.00 60.80 62.50 62.10 64.60 61.10 59.10 53.20 50.70 58.801994 57.30 55.90 55.20 56.90 54.70 51.60 52.70 56.80 52.30 47.30 46.10 49.70 53.201995 53.30 52.60 51.60 46.00 44.00 44.50 42.70 44.00 40.70 39.40 37.60 37.40 44.301996 34.80 34.90 34.70 31.40 31.50 31.50 32.70 35.30 33.70 33.20 32.70 33.10 33.40

1997 34.90 40.10 41.60 42.20 45.10 41.60 46.50 44.40 43.30 41.80 40.80 44.20 42.201998 37.90 41.80 40.40 40.60 39.30 39.00 43.20 39.40 38.90 34.00 37.60 37.60 39.001999 37.90 41.30 41.20 40.60 40.60 40.90 44.00 45.90 44.30 43.10 42.00 43.70 42.302000 47.50 43.90 48.10 46.80 44.60 48.70 51.70 52.00 49.30 48.20 49.00 48.70 49.402001 49.50 52.80 54.10 50.40 49.10 51.50 55.50 57.70 54.90 52.30 45.40 50.80 52.30

STEERS AND HEIFERS

1991 81.00 83.10 82.30 85.90 82.30 80.20 82.60 78.90 79.20 75.30 74.10 73.70 80.101992 71.50 76.00 76.30 76.00 72.70 74.60 76.80 76.50 72.50 70.00 69.80 71.50 74.001993 75.40 76.50 78.20 78.80 79.60 83.60 85.30 84.40 81.90 80.20 77.00 75.60 80.101994 76.50 74.60 74.90 74.60 68.40 68.60 70.40 71.20 66.60 62.50 65.10 66.90 69.801995 68.80 65.30 61.90 58.50 55.80 57.30 55.60 57.00 54.20 51.40 49.30 48.60 57.201996 45.80 46.30 45.60 41.50 39.70 44.00 46.30 48.10 51.30 49.00 48.00 46.60 47.20

1997 54.00 60.90 64.30 67.00 69.90 73.00 78.30 74.80 71.70 66.60 66.10 67.20 67.501998 71.80 73.80 72.00 74.10 68.70 64.20 59.50 58.60 56.30 55.30 57.20 60.60 65.501999 66.00 67.00 65.80 66.80 65.30 69.70 70.70 71.20 70.40 69.70 69.50 74.70 68.202000 83.30 82.00 85.60 85.90 81.90 82.40 86.70 82.10 76.90 76.60 81.00 79.90 83.002001 83.20 87.10 87.20 86.10 84.00 91.80 85.30 81.90 80.20 73.80 72.50 76.70 84.00

COWS 1/

1991 50.40 52.80 54.30 52.00 53.20 51.90 49.40 48.90 47.90 45.90 45.30 46.00 50.001992 45.90 47.70 48.50 47.50 47.60 46.40 45.50 45.80 43.70 43.60 42.90 44.30 45.601993 47.50 52.90 48.00 46.20 47.70 47.80 48.40 47.70 44.80 42.60 42.50 42.80 46.801994 43.90 45.80 46.80 46.50 45.90 43.30 43.10 41.70 39.70 37.10 37.90 37.80 42.701995 40.00 42.20 41.60 38.00 36.40 36.30 33.70 33.90 30.90 30.40 29.80 29.80 35.401996 32.00 33.30 32.40 30.10 30.70 29.60 28.20 29.80 26.90 26.80 27.00 28.30 29.70

1997 30.10 33.10 36.90 36.80 37.30 35.60 38.00 35.80 32.80 32.10 31.00 33.00 34.101998 35.00 37.40 36.10 37.30 37.10 35.60 34.00 33.70 30.70 28.30 30.00 30.30 33.401999 35.10 35.30 35.40 34.10 36.90 35.40 35.50 34.60 32.60 31.70 32.80 36.00 34.502000 37.40 37.20 40.40 40.40 39.50 40.80 39.40 39.70 37.40 35.40 37.20 36.50 38.402001 41.40 47.20 45.70 44.10 43.90 44.90 43.30 44.60 41.90 37.30 39.00 38.60 42.20

CALVES

1991 102.00 110.00 110.00 115.00 112.00 111.00 107.00 101.00 101.00 96.40 92.90 87.90 103.001992 89.00 96.40 97.10 96.00 90.20 89.60 89.70 93.70 88.30 81.90 83.00 83.30 89.701993 91.90 94.80 98.10 98.60 97.30 95.40 96.70 92.50 91.60 92.40 90.50 88.10 94.201994 92.10 95.70 98.20 95.50 89.70 87.00 82.70 82.60 79.30 76.70 82.40 83.60 84.601995 85.70 83.20 79.40 78.40 72.80 73.20 69.10 67.20 64.10 60.70 58.70 59.00 70.001996 54.50 53.90 53.50 48.10 46.30 49.40 53.80 56.50 58.00 56.30 55.20 56.10 54.60

1997 66.70 77.50 83.70 88.30 92.70 91.00 94.00 91.50 87.70 82.40 80.40 83.60 81.201998 87.20 89.50 90.80 94.20 87.00 76.50 71.00 71.90 66.60 66.00 69.70 75.00 78.601999 80.50 83.30 82.50 85.90 85.90 87.90 90.20 87.30 84.50 84.40 87.90 93.80 86.702000 102.00 103.00 113.00 114.00 104.00 102.00 107.00 100.00 91.90 94.10 101.00 100.00 101.002001 106.00 114.00 112.00 110.00 104.00 105.00 94.30 96.00 97.60 88.20 88.00 96.00 98.601/ Beef cows sold for slaughter and herd replacement, and cull dairy cows sold for slaughter.

28

CATTLE AND CALVES: Average price received by farmers, United States, 1991-2001

Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annualaverage

Dollars per hundredweightBEEF CATTLE1991 76.60 77.00 78.50 78.00 75.90 73.60 71.60 68.80 68.70 70.40 67.90 67.40 72.701992 68.90 72.50 72.80 72.60 71.90 70.20 70.60 71.80 71.80 71.80 70.20 70.80 71.301993 75.10 75.80 77.20 77.30 77.10 74.50 72.50 72.70 71.40 69.10 69.30 68.50 72.601994 69.90 70.10 72.30 72.00 67.20 62.70 62.90 65.90 63.50 62.90 64.40 64.40 66.701995 67.60 68.80 66.90 63.30 60.80 60.90 59.50 59.40 59.10 58.80 60.70 60.60 61.801996 59.00 57.90 56.80 54.90 54.70 56.40 59.10 61.30 63.80 63.30 63.40 60.70 58.70

1997 61.40 61.90 64.80 64.80 65.10 62.30 62.80 63.90 63.60 63.30 63.30 62.90 63.101998 62.50 60.40 61.30 63.00 63.00 61.80 58.40 57.40 56.10 58.00 58.10 56.80 59.601999 59.00 60.60 62.40 62.70 62.10 63.70 62.60 63.50 63.80 66.20 66.20 66.60 63.402000 67.80 67.90 69.80 71.40 69.40 68.50 67.80 66.10 65.00 66.50 69.10 71.80 68.602001 74.60 74.70 76.00 75.40 73.60 73.60 71.90 70.60 69.00 66.50 64.00 64.80 71.30

STEERS AND HEIFERS

1991 81.80 81.10 82.50 82.00 79.50 76.80 74.70 71.30 71.60 74.30 72.40 71.50 76.601992 72.60 76.20 76.40 76.50 75.30 73.60 73.90 74.70 75.50 76.40 75.60 76.30 75.301993 78.70 79.50 81.40 81.70 80.80 77.60 75.10 75.20 74.50 72.40 72.90 72.00 76.801994 73.00 73.10 75.40 75.40 69.70 64.70 65.00 68.30 66.10 66.10 68.40 68.0 69.401995 71.40 72.10 70.30 66.60 63.60 63.30 61.90 61.70 62.00 62.30 65.20 64.70 65.101996 62.60 61.10 60.20 58.10 57.60 59.60 62.10 64.30 67.90 68.10 68.70 65.50 62.50

1997 65.20 65.20 67.90 67.90 68.30 64.90 65.40 66.60 67.00 67.30 68.00 66.80 66.801998 66.10 63.30 64.30 66.30 66.30 64.50 61.00 59.70 58.90 61.40 62.30 60.30 62.801999 62.20 63.60 65.50 66.00 65.20 66.70 65.20 66.20 67.10 70.10 70.90 70.80 66.902000 71.60 71.30 73.40 75.30 73.30 71.60 70.90 68.70 68.30 70.30 73.80 76.80 72.302001 79.40 78.70 80.50 79.60 77.40 77.00 75.00 73.50 72.10 70.10 67.80 68.50 75.10

COWS 1/

1991 49.00 51.30 52.50 52.80 53.50 52.80 50.50 49.60 48.90 47.30 45.00 45.80 49.801992 46.60 49.30 49.40 48.80 49.00 48.20 48.40 48.30 47.00 45.40 44.60 45.80 47.401993 47.80 49.20 48.30 48.50 49.80 50.20 49.90 48.90 47.10 45.10 44.10 44.00 47.601994 45.50 47.00 47.40 47.20 45.90 43.60 43.80 43.10 41.50 38.40 37.00 37.40 43.001995 38.70 41.50 39.90 38.00 36.80 38.20 35.90 35.80 33.90 32.20 29.60 30.40 35.701996 32.00 32.10 31.40 29.40 30.40 30.60 31.00 31.80 30.80 30.30 28.00 28.30 30.50

1997 30.00 33.30 36.90 38.20 38.20 37.50 38.20 36.40 34.40 33.10 31.90 33.00 34.801998 34.50 36.00 36.00 36.20 36.40 36.10 34.70 34.20 32.60 30.50 29.70 30.80 33.701999 33.40 34.70 35.20 35.10 36.40 36.70 37.70 36.30 34.60 33.80 33.60 35.10 35.102000 35.80 37.10 39.00 39.70 38.90 40.00 39.20 39.00 37.10 36.10 36.60 36.50 37.902001 39.00 42.80 42.30 43.30 43.70 44.70 42.90 43.10 40.80 37.60 35.80 36.00 40.90

CALVES

1991 98.00 104.00 106.00 109.00 107.00 106.00 103.00 98.30 96.20 93.90 90.20 87.60 98.001992 88.30 92.80 94.10 91.90 89.60 88.50 90.10 90.40 87.40 86.00 86.50 87.00 89.001993 94.70 96.00 98.60 99.60 99.20 99.10 96.90 95.10 93.50 93.90 91.60 92.80 91.201994 93.90 94.90 97.60 95.80 89.40 84.80 83.80 84.40 80.00 78.20 81.00 81.90 87.201995 85.00 86.90 84.40 81.80 77.00 76.90 72.00 70.90 68.50 66.20 64.10 63.30 73.101996 60.50 60.20 59.40 55.10 54.40 55.10 56.80 59.30 61.00 60.10 61.20 61.80 58.40

1997 68.10 74.90 80.00 82.20 84.30 85.40 86.90 88.00 86.90 84.30 82.90 83.30 78.901998 86.60 88.70 89.80 90.80 88.90 81.70 76.60 76.90 74.10 75.70 77.50 80.20 78.801999 83.20 86.90 87.30 88.20 87.60 89.00 89.20 89.60 90.90 91.90 93.00 98.60 87.702000 103.00 105.00 109.00 111.00 107.00 104.00 106.00 106.00 103.00 103.00 106.00 106.00 104.002001 108.00 109.00 112.00 112.00 111.00 110.00 108.00 106.00 107.00 99.70 96.70 101.00 106.001/ Beef cows sold for slaughter and herd replacement, and cull dairy cows sold for slaughter.

29

CATTLE AND CALVES: Marketings, cash receipts, income and slaughter, Florida and United States, 1992-2001

YearMarketings

1/

Price per 100pounds

Cashreceipts

2/

Grossincome

3/

Commercial slaughter Totallive-

weightCattle Calves Cattle Calves Total

1,000 lbs. Dollars 1,000 dollars 1,000 head Mil. lbs.

FLORIDA

1992 457,950 56.60 89.70 349,447 351,445 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/

1993 448,950 58.80 94.20 360,625 362,930 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/

1994 468,900 53.20 84.60 335,836 337,734 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/

1995 485,400 44.30 70.00 287,352 288,874 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/

1996 479,500 33.40 54.60 218,919 220,178 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/

1997 507,000 42.20 81.20 320,424 321,815 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/

1998 480,250 39.00 78.60 291,182 294,638 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/

1999 468,000 42.30 86.70 309,852 311,347 62.7 4/ 4/ 4/

2000 492,500 49.40 101.00 367,857 369,128 77.4 4/ 4/ 4/

2001 482,840 52.10 98.60 360,515 361,848 90.0 4/ 4/ 4/

UNITED STATES

1992 52,273,573 71.30 89.00 37,272,292 37,680,461 32,873.7 1,371.2 34,244.9 38,933

1993 52,208,358 72.60 91.20 39,486,980 39,876,977 33,324.4 1,194.6 34,519.0 39,149

1994 53,865,297 66.70 87.20 36,253,055 36,603,919 34,196.5 1,268.0 35,464.5 41,140

1995 56,349,075 61.80 73.10 34,044,038 34,348,789 35,639.3 1,430.2 37,069.5 42,704

1996 55,873,153 58.70 58.40 30,976,861 31,250,872 36,583.4 1,768.2 38,351.6 42,763

1997 56,968,131 63.10 78.90 35,999,620 36,321,673 36,317.1 1,575.0 37,892.1 42,605

1998 55,831,066 59.60 78.80 33,723,926 34,029,863 35,465.0 1,457.8 36,922.8 42,672

1999 56,737,655 63.40 87.70 36,529,972 36,860,834 36,149.9 1,281.9 37,431.8 43,727

2000 57,396,089 68.60 104.00 40,711,031 41,077,775 36,246.2 1,131.6 37,377.8 44,201

2001 55,349,459 71.30 106.00 40,439,864 40,802,667 35,369.7 1,006.7 36,376.4 43,175

1/ Excludes custom slaughter for use on farms where produced and interfarms sales within States. 2/ Receipts from marketings and sales of farm slaughter. 3/ Cash receipts plus the value of home consumption. 4/ Data not published to avoid disclosing individual operation.

30

1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 200120

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

110

Dol

lars

per

hun

dred

wei

ght

Cattle Calves

Average Annual Price Received in Florida for Cattle and Calves, 1991 - 2001

J F M A M J J A S O N D0

20

40

60

80

100

120

Dol

lars

per

hun

dred

wei

ght

All Cattle Beef Cows Calves

Monthly Price Received in Florida forAll Cattle, Beef Cows and Calves, 2001

31

SLAUGHTER AND STOCKER CATTLE: Average price by class, grade, month,13 Florida livestock auctions, 2001

Class and grade Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun

Dollars per hundredweightSLAUGHTER COWS:

Utility-Breaker 43.48 4.70 46.19 41.41 -- -- Utility-Boner 41.77 -- -- -- 44.80 46.02Cutter 33.18 46.56 45.93 44.78 44.78 -- Canner -- 34.06 37.48 35.97 36.76 35.90

All 41.06 45.98 45.25 44.06 43.92 44.93

SLAUGHTER BULLS:Over 1,500 lbs. 53.12 57.85 57.54 57.79 59.67 63.19Under 1,500 lbs. 49.50 54.20 53.72 54.11 54.25 55.03

All 51.50 55.99 56.09 56.29 56.92 57.59

STOCKER AND SLAUGHTER:All cattle

and calves 71.30 70.52 76.05 74.15 72.62 77.02Steers, heifers,

and cows 49.50 51.45 53.75 50.39 49.29 51.31

All calves 105.29 112.59 114.03 109.47 102.82 106.40

Classand grade Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual

average Dollars per hundredweightSLAUGHTER COWS:

Utility-Breaker 44.53 -- 42.41 38.35 46.01 -- 44.04Utility-Boner 44.12 46.03 42.53 31.11 -- -- 43.80Cutter 43.44 45.34 41.80 37.93 37.88 39.14 43.20Canner 36.02 37.16 34.50 30.28 29.08 30.58 34.95

All 43.26 44.56 41.86 37.28 39.01 38.59 42.80

SLAUGHTER BULLS:Over 1,500 lbs. 58.48 59.92 58.92 46.73 54.20 49.78 56.91Under 1,500 lbs 53.16 55.71 52.05 50.07 45.07 42.06 52.50

All 55.79 57.48 53.47 48.14 48.01 49.00 54.65

STOCKER AND SLAUGHTER:

All cattleand calves 74.36 72.23 71.75 65.39 61.31 72.04 71.17

Steers, heifers,and cows 55.35 57.54 54.94 52.36 45.46 51.06 52.03

All calves 98.46 94.92 97.11 88.77 87.49 95.29 100.56

32

STOCKER STEERS AND HEIFERS: Average price by grade, month,and annual average, 13 Florida livestock auctions, 2001

Grade Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun


Steers:Large #1 87.96 91.82 91.75 91.87 89.26 96.05Medium #2 80.36 81.91 85.59 83.45 82.34 82.81

All 85.44 89.50 90.27 88.52 86.26 94.57

Heifers:Large #1 82.36 82.40 86.69 85.17 82.59 87.45Medium #2 77.02 77.82 77.98 79.35 77.23 –

All 80.99 81.51 85.12 84.08 81.27 87.45

Grade Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov DecAnnualaverage


Steers:Large #1 87.99 84.29 82.65 77.29 76.04 80.99 84.38Medium #2 80.77 78.81 77.83 70.91 68.77 74.46 77.57

All 86.66 82.84 81.13 75.82 73.58 78.75 82.47

Heifers:Large #1 83.68 80.81 80.52 72.52 71.50 76.53 79.72Medium #2 77.35 74.69 73.53 67.40 64.65 69.06 73.90

All 82.53 80.42 79.12 71.60 70.88 74.95 78.74

33

STOCKER STEER AND HEIFER CALVES: Average price by grade, month,13 Florida livestock auctions, 2001

Grade Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun

Dollars per hundredweightSteers: Over 300 lbs:Large #1 111.38 113.17 116.68 113.49 107.99 112.14Medium #2 98.78 99.68 100.79 100.23 96.29 99.54All 106.19 108.83 112.36 109.89 103.37 109.23

Heifers: Over 300 lbs:Large #1 96.19 100.44 107.70 103.69 96.22 98.49Medium #2 86.16 89.42 94.61 92.40 87.59 88.67All 93.08 97.81 103.90 100.76 93.03 96.10

Steers: Under 300 lbs:Medium #1 142.72 146.67 142.15 134.35 128.51 131.45Medium #2 118.92 118.48 121.71 119.88 112.41 112.12All 133.60 139.50 135.71 130.79 124.21 124.27Heifers: Under 300 lbs:Medium #1 120.08 123.58 124.59 118.66 114.60 119.76Medium #2 99.42 101.67 107.65 105.05 100.89 99.86All 112.94 119.18 121.22 115.32 110.42 108.20

Grade Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annualaverage

Steers: Over 300 lbs:Large #1 102.27 99.19 105.22 97.73 81.24 100.34 106.48Medium #2 93.71 90.01 93.28 87.91 84.63 90.96 93.39All 98.19 95.26 100.37 93.45 91.99 96.37 101.34Heifers: Over 300 lbs:Large #1 93.14 87.99 89.38 82.62 76.04 86.08 93.35Medium #2 85.63 82.13 81.16 74.76 72.00 80.21 82.62All 90.81 86.42 86.14 78.76 77.18 84.31 89.73Steers: Under 300 lbs:Medium #1 130.39 132.43 132.27 123.75 119.86 131.68 134.97Medium #2 112.04 111.33 110.64 108.61 103.10 108.48 113.09All 121.98 121.88 123.27 116.71 112.13 121.67 127.09Heifers: Under 300 lbs:Medium #1 115.22 111.88 111.72 101.32 103.36 114.39 117.27Medium #2 100.07 96.62 97.02 88.33 87.63 97.72 97.95All 107.38 105.74 104.61 93.88 94.61 106.42 110.32

34

CATTLE AND CALVES: Number sold average annual price through Florida auction markets, by areas, 1992-2001

YearAll areas Northwest and northeast Florida Central and south Florida

Head Percent ofprevious year Head Percent of

all areas Head Percent ofall areas

1992 593,874 107 226,713 38 367,161 621993 612,406 103 227,606 37 384,800 631994 598,834 98 216,775 36 382,059 641995 576,025 96 220,172 38 355,853 621996 545,964 95 215,127 39 330,837 611997 613,570 112 236,305 39 377,265 611998 564,841 92 208,236 37 356,605 631999 583,817 103 188,047 32 395,770 682000 576,040 99 170,714 30 405,326 702001 507,262 88 150,722 30 356,540 70

YearCattle Calves

Head Percent ofprevious year

Averagedollars per cwt Head Percent of

previous yearAverage

dollars per cwt

1992 166,200 100 55.89 427,700 110 90.121993 189,800 114 58.24 422,600 99 94.711994 215,600 114 53.38 383,200 91 82.941995 213,800 99 41.92 362,200 95 64.711996 223,300 104 33.16 322,700 89 48.261997 255,500 114 41.89 358,100 111 84.821998 237,800 93 39.10 327,000 91 79.711999 221,800 93 41.84 362,000 111 85.822000 197,500 89 49.40 378,500 105 101.292001 162,500 82 52.30 344,800 91 98.70

1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 20010

100

200

300

400

500

Hea

d (0

00)

Cattle Calves

Cattle and Calves Sold through,Florida Auction Markets, 1991 - 2001

35

CATTLE INSHIPMENTS AND OUTSHIPMENTS: Head shipped to and from Florida by truck, eastand south of the Suwannee River, by class, 1992-2001

Class 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

INSHIPMENTSSlaughter

Steers 3,735 2,117 1,808 1,259 1,222 1,332 1,374 426 2,507 4,688Heifers 1,661 1,120 588 703 862 918 1,860 673 4,701 6,851Cows 1,939 1,849 2,501 1,714 2,167 1,872 1,764 3,264 7,331 11,147Calves 531 270 749 761 420 530 744 1,987 8,203 18,190Bulls 201 156 214 142 221 212 347 223 1,650 1,286

Sub-total 8,067 5,512 5,860 4,579 4,892 4,864 6,089 6,573 24,392 42,167

Stocker

Steers 1,349 2,959 2,715 3,310 1,095 5,597 4,158 6,003 5,009 1,859Heifers 4,152 4,654 5,561 6,289 4,537 6,696 8,174 10,298 9,770 5,020Cows 2,168 3,476 3,347 3,150 3,452 3,952 3,267 2,858 12,153 10,247Calves 4,768 15,769 17,013 13,804 6,435 14,856 17,744 14,810 20,910 15,935Bulls 3,997 5,293 4,117 4,588 3,885 4,683 5,045 4,210 3,422 1,858

Sub-total 16,434 32,151 32,753 31,141 19,404 35,784 38,388 38,179 51,264 34,919

Dairy and Breeder

Heifers 21,095 25,209 22,336 21,015 23,183 18,935 21,496 21,755 19,068 16,274Cows 12,606 11,117 9,282 8,920 10,246 8,805 6,785 7,887 7,155 5,316Calves 1,699 1,557 2,298 941 1,519 1,182 1,042 1,303 974 3,488Bulls 433 438 370 281 350 545 489 553 3,246 931

Sub-total 35,833 38,321 34,286 31,157 35,298 29,467 29,812 31,498 30,443 26,009

TOTAL 60,334 75,984 72,899 66,877 59,594 70,115 74,289 76,250 106,099 103,095

OUTSHIPMENTSSlaughter

Steers 566 529 517 801 756 1,018 1,653 368 4,707 2,135Heifers 1,008 798 701 1,213 987 1,052 1,511 953 6,429 3,625Cows 72,203 74,951 72,368 84,113 85,126 84,820 72,271 55,135 49,078 37,201Calves 9,101 4,083 4,175 5,152 5,087 2,658 5,964 4,789 5,211 35,133Bulls 7,264 6,756 6,181 6,028 6,921 8,154 6,768 4,983 4,418 3,690

Sub-total 90,142 87,117 83,942 97,307 98,877 97,702 88,167 66,228 69,843 81,784

Stocker

Steers 34,868 28,534 35,037 24,839 23,745 40,978 39,504 62,976 85,247 99,352Heifers 18,281 17,477 20,037 15,927 14,916 25,863 22,786 47,262 75,467 85,082Cows 10,054 5,063 6,746 4,494 3,241 5,976 6,832 10,211 14,513 25,107Calves 568,881 576,105 527,108 502,887 457,696 485,236 446,407 384,162 370,198 270,712Bulls 7,288 11,301 10,212 9,613 9,289 8,305 4,826 11,231 8,407 8,240

Sub-total 639,372 638,480 599,140 557,760 508,887 566,358 520,355 515,842 553,832 488,493

Dairy and Breeder

Heifers 1,672 2,113 1,607 1,772 1,116 1,568 2,485 2,377 5,382 7,129Cows 1,295 1,469 1,057 1,236 954 681 1,091 7,065 4,203 2,971Calves 6,648 11,049 8,190 8,794 5,694 4,620 5,894 12,303 12,163 1,102Bulls 185 558 435 787 16 54 169 805 1,124 14,961

Sub-total 9,800 15,189 11,289 12,589 7,780 6,923 9,639 22,550 22,872 26,163

TOTAL 739,314 740,786 694,371 667,656 615,544 670,983 618,161 604,620 646,547 596,440

36

INSHIPMENTS AND OUTSHIPMENTS: Number of cattle and calves shipped to and from Florida bytruck, east and south of the Suwannee River, by months, 2001

MonthInshipments Outshipments

Slaughter Stocker Dairy 1/ Total Slaughter Stocker Dairy 1/ Total

HeadCATTLE

Jan 2,116 1,165 1,740 5,021 5,857 8,744 423 15,024Feb 2,364 883 1,649 4,896 4,666 5,006 276 9,948Mar 3,464 974 1,864 6,302 5,026 8,162 446 13,634Apr 3,578 1,265 1,065 5,908 5,291 7,088 417 12,796May 2,894 891 1,635 5,420 6,128 9,316 696 16,140Jun 1,404 1,993 1,173 4,570 3,250 8,939 458 12,647Jul 2,080 3,793 1,776 7,649 3,963 19,927 437 24,327Aug 1,584 2,886 1,435 5,905 3,877 41,759 426 46,062Sep 1,448 3,024 1,671 6,143 2,811 44,501 930 48,242Oct 1,482 2,805 1,757 6,044 2,425 29,594 198 32,217Nov 992 3,284 1,617 5,893 1,900 22,863 336 25,099Dec 571 2,072 1,645 4,288 1,457 17,712 329 19,498

TOTAL 23,977 25,035 19,027 68,039 46,651 223,611 5,372 275,634

CALVESJan 1,963 354 36 2,353 4,263 12,522 674 17,459Feb 1,590 628 137 2,355 3,129 12,649 684 16,462Mar 2,559 841 43 3,443 7,289 16,277 1,106 24,672Apr 1,662 398 3 2,063 4,220 12,690 1,164 18,074May 3,652 760 47 4,459 7,353 17,435 1,696 26,484Jun 599 947 156 1,702 1,232 20,221 1,513 22,966Jul 1,162 1,168 34 2,364 753 36,774 1,400 38,927Aug 745 1,142 47 1,934 1,280 32,593 985 34,858Sep 1,274 1,666 171 3,111 1,472 36,234 1,047 38,753Oct 993 1,899 27 2,919 1,273 22,798 778 24,849Nov 1,122 2,066 112 3,300 1,226 26,343 1,908 29,477Dec 869 4,066 118 5,053 1,643 24,176 2,006 27,825

TOTAL 18,190 15,935 931 35,056 35,133 270,712 14,961 320,8061/ Includes breeder cattle.

Cattle on Feed: By Class, 1,000+ Capacity Feedlots,by Quarter, State, 7-States, and United States, 2001

StateSteers & Steer Calves Heifers & Heifer Calves Cows and Bulls

Jan 1 Apr 1 Jul 1 Oct 1 Jan 1 Apr 1 Jul 1 Oct 1 Jan 1 Apr 1 Jul 1 Oct 1 1,000 Head

AZ 286 300 286 295 15 9 5 3 0 0 0 0CA 400 400 410 430 49 35 60 35 1 0 0 0CO 670 650 615 570 530 535 490 485 10 5 5 5ID 220 218 218 214 97 107 95 95 3 5 7 1IA 250 245 225 200 135 140 119 109 0 0 1 1KS 1,320 1,400 1,295 1,520 1,078 1,055 1,050 1,015 2 5 5 5NE 1,380 1,330 1,025 990 975 970 840 935 45 50 35 25NM 51 45 42 43 64 52 56 54 0 0 0 0OK 245 210 220 215 162 159 170 175 3 1 0 0SD 114 131 102 74 77 76 65 58 11 8 8 4TX 1,630 1,560 1,665 1,685 1,299 1,169 1,330 1,300 1 1 5 5WA 162 188 156 151 88 69 71 83 0 0 0 0Other States 290 280 235 230 127 110 95 100 8 5 5 5

US 7,018 6,957 6,494 6,627 4,696 4,486 4,446 4,447 84 80 71 51

37

TexasOklahoma

KansasGeorgia

AlabamaMississippi

ColoradoTennessee

New MexicoArkansas

0 60,000 120,000 180,000

Leading Destination States ofFlorida Stocker Calves, 2001

DESTINATION OF STOCKERS CALVES: Head shipped out of Florida by truck from areaseast and south of the Suwannee River, 1994-2001

State 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

HeadTexas 234,745 209,055 179,332 184,263 177,307 149,584 132,186 165,016Oklahoma 106,752 117,317 132,480 133,695 118,273 109,034 97,366 93,753Kansas 33,674 44,701 52,730 60,682 44,243 45,508 42,578 61,421Georgia 23,172 19,590 19,517 21,044 31,026 24,250 22,623 37,357Alabama 48,006 34,690 23,511 39,835 33,871 26,724 27,190 33,590Mississippi 16,931 14,721 11,155 8,446 8,786 4,789 10,483 19,683Colorado 4,971 6,240 5,329 4,650 4,094 4,557 7,740 10,949Tennessee 4,761 5,257 3,143 2,154 3,547 2,947 5,719 10,171New Mexico 7,298 7,331 12,280 15,498 11,832 7,527 6,010 9,314Indiana 10,372 5,139 2,301 1,440 2,132 838 4,181 1,958Nebraska 1,190 3,058 1/ 1/ 1,629 536 1,071 3,726Kentucky 3,730 4,951 1,628 815 470 858 1,838 1,487Arkansas 4,075 4,793 3,188 2,870 1,510 1,927 2,954 6,782Iowa 2,877 3,571 365 119 539 631 872 2,493Ohio 2,583 4,618 2,106 1,291 120 210 684 600Illinois 1,181 2,228 955 790 655 183 257 377North Carolina 520 422 1/ 1/ 1,295 222 1,142 2,204Pennsylvania 746 644 1/ 1/ 345 655 1,521 971South Carolina 813 1,251 351 1/ 230 596 1,582 1,158California 5,288 3,799 2,822 1,838 711 1,424 170 --Missouri 2,815 4,776 922 736 575 41 -- 647Arizona 8,052 1,824 708 366 1,816 157 -- 3,054

Other States 2,556 2,911 2,873 4,704 1,401 964 1,690 4,210

U.S. 527,108 502,887 457,696 485,236 446,407 384,162 370,198 470,921Number of States 34 36 34 31 36 27 31 311/ Included in other States.

38

CATTLE AND CALVES ON FEED: Number on feed, by State, January 1, 1996-2001 1/

State 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2002 as %of 2001

1,000 head

Arizona 222 233 245 206 272 301 305 101California 350 375 400 400 415 450 480 107Colorado 1,070 1,130 1,140 1,160 1,200 1,230 1,210 98

Idaho 270 270 295 295 315 325 335 103Illinois 290 265 250 240 230 215 200 93Iowa 900 1,000 1,000 1,020 1,100 1,050 955 91

Kansas 2,210 2,220 2,370 2,160 2,370 2,450 2,530 103Minnesota 325 285 265 270 285 290 270 93Nebraska 2,030 2,220 2,300 2,240 2,440 2,550 2,370 93

Oklahoma 415 400 435 415 435 415 365 88South Dakota 330 320 310 355 350 365 355 97Texas 2,630 2,630 2,860 2,730 2,910 2,940 2,890 98Washington 166 163 200 205 235 255 250 98

13 States 11,208 11,511 12,070 11,696 12,557 12,836 1,2515 97

Alabama 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 100Arkansas 18 19 100 15 11 11 15 136Georgia 10 5 5 2 3 3 3 100

Indiana 200 220 170 165 120 110 115 105Kentucky 25 20 20 15 15 20 15 75Louisiana 3 3 1 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/

Maryland 17 11 15 13 17 10 13 130Michigan 200 200 200 200 200 190 190 100Mississippi 4 4 3 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/

Missouri 100 95 100 105 100 65 70 108Montana 105 85 80 70 70 60 70 117Nevada 22 25 24 16 21 25 20 80

New Jersey 4 6 4 4 3 2 2 100New Mexico 136 137 123 118 116 115 108 94New York 30 30 30 30 30 30 25 83

North Carolina 10 10 10 8 5 5 5 100North Dakota 75 100 70 75 70 60 62 103Ohio 235 200 175 180 190 190 180 95

Oregon 80 80 60 65 50 55 50 91Pennsylvania 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 100South Carolina 8 6 7 6 6 4 4 100

Tennessee 20 20 20 15 10 10 10 100Utah 60 50 40 40 35 35 25 71Virginia 35 30 30 30 27 30 27 90

West Virginia 9 8 10 10 7 7 8 114Wisconsin 150 150 155 150 160 160 160 100Wyoming 95 80 85 100 90 80 80 100

Other States 19 16 12 12 11 9 9 100

United States 12,958 13,181 13,608 13,219 14,003 14,201 13,860 981/ Cattle and calves on feed are animals for slaughter market being fed a full ration of grain or other concentrates and are expectedto produce a carcass that will be grade select or better. 2/ Included in other States.

39

CATTLE AND CALVES: Inventory numbers, calf crop, disposition,and rank by major States, 2000-2001 1/

State

On hand Jan 1, 20012001calfcrop

Cattle and calves Beef cows

Allcattle &calves

All cowsthat have

calved

2001inship-ments

2001 marketings 2/ On handJan 1,2002

RankOn handJan 1,2002

RankCattle Calves

1,000 head 1,000head

Alabama 1,360 760 680 18 462 170 1,370 26 750 17Arizona 840 335 270 625 712 141 840 35 185 37Arkansas 1,800 960 820 145 654 199 1,820 17 925 13

California 5,150 2,340 1,990 750 2,054 387 5,200 4 760 16Colorado 3,150 930 840 2,180 2,905 100 3,050 10 799 15Florida 1,800 1,130 940 60 261 687 1,780 18 958 12

Georgia 1,270 700 580 125 359 317 1,240 28 594 20Idaho 1,960 840 860 553 1,124 151 1,990 15 493 23Illinois 1,470 570 510 175 550 109 1,430 23 445 26

Indiana 880 380 345 93 282 117 880 34 226 34Iowa 3,650 1,200 1,120 1,080 2,014 102 3,550 8 985 11Kansas 6,700 1,620 1,480 4,195 5,559 2 6,600 2 1,485 6

Kentucky 2,260 1,190 1,080 100 550 473 2,300 13 1,075 8Louisiana 860 530 405 2 139 240 850 35 466 25Michigan 980 385 335 50 266 36 990 31 73 41

Minnesota 2,550 930 890 360 957 137 2,550 11 410 28Mississippi 1,070 615 540 9 254 197 1,100 30 576 21Missouri 4,250 2,220 2,060 40 790 1,000 4,350 6 2,060 2

Montana 2,550 1,550 1,550 175 1,385 350 2,450 12 1,451 7Nebraska 6,600 2,020 1,820 3,850 5,603 85 6,400 3 1,932 4New Mexico 1,580 800 610 864 1,155 250 1,580 21 500 22

New York 1,380 750 620 45 170 403 1,390 25 75 40North Carolina 950 505 450 19 243 186 950 32 434 27North Dakota 1,980 1,050 1,000 113 525 532 1,970 16 1,008 10

Ohio 1,240 540 480 46 380 73 1,250 27 280 30Oklahoma 5,050 2,000 1,890 1,100 2,210 340 5,200 4 1,933 3Oregon 1,360 680 660 40 385 190 1,400 24 605 19

Pennsylvania 1,640 760 660 120 448 243 1,640 20 152 38South Dakota 4,050 1,910 1,850 514 1,780 502 3,950 7 1,792 5Tennessee 2,170 1,140 1,050 62 583 386 2,200 14 1,060 9

Texas 13,700 5,810 5,050 3,420 7,935 120 13,600 1 5,440 1Virginia 1,650 790 720 14 477 174 1,650 19 690 18Washington 1,180 515 460 235 670 14 1,130 29 253 31

Wisconsin 3,350 1,550 1,360 76 806 458 3,300 9 230 33Wyoming 1,550 850 840 297 936 230 1,470 22 815 14

Other States 3,297 1,725 1,465 270 1,080 904 3,284 1,183

United States 97,277 42,580 38,280 21,820 46,663 9,605 96,704 33,1001/ Partial balance sheet estimates by States: The sum of inventory, January 1, 2001, calf crop and inshipments is equal to the sumof marketings, farm slaughter, deaths, and inventory, January 1, 2002. Farm slaughter and deaths are not included in this table. 2/

Excludes interfarm sales within State, but includes custom slaughter for use on farms where produced.

40

CATTLE AND CALVES: Inventory numbers, calf crop and disposition, Florida 1947 - 1992 1/

YearOn hand January 1

Calfcrop

Inship-ments

Marketings 3/ Farm 4/

slaughtercattle and

calves

Deathscattleand

calvesAll cattle

and calvesAll cows

2/ Total Cattle Calves

1,000 head1947 1,193 678 427 24 381 187 194 13 571948 1,193 692 388 19 390 240 150 8 451949 1,157 627 401 32 286 143 143 9 451950 1,250 700 434 39 330 173 157 7 361951 1,350 752 504 33 251 77 174 6 371952 1,593 825 536 41 400 193 207 7 431953 1,720 920 607 38 579 243 336 6 431954 1,737 1,035 673 68 685 323 362 7 491955 1,737 1,001 661 73 711 347 364 7 511956 1,702 989 673 67 629 306 323 6 54

1957 1,753 1,029 679 82 680 352 328 6 571958 1,771 1,020 663 75 807 456 351 7 661959 1,629 962 645 81 648 324 324 7 711960 1,629 954 601 66 636 354 282 6 581961 1,596 912 620 56 584 287 297 6 541962 1,628 942 678 73 607 257 350 5 581963 1,709 1,009 716 68 699 347 352 6 621964 1,829 1,046 774 57 699 342 357 13 561965 1,892 1,084 813 66 821 391 430 10 531966 1,887 1,089 806 74 838 416 422 4 48

1967 1,877 1,089 773 161 859 409 450 6 461968 1,900 1,120 851 114 861 362 499 6 481969 1,950 1,180 944 136 951 383 568 6 531970 2,020 1,230 1,000 106 1,005 372 633 6 551971 2,060 1,220 1,025 98 1,021 377 644 6 661972 2,130 1,266 1,087 91 986 296 690 7 781973 2,237 1,336 1,180 100 915 284 631 9 1031974 2,490 1,494 1,320 70 792 337 455 18 1201975 2,950 1,670 1,250 69 1,214 667 547 15 1201976 2,920 1,615 1,170 65 1,237 568 669 11 107

1977 2,800 1,579 1,135 65 1,514 662 852 11 1251978 2,350 1,410 1,060 76 1,189 478 711 10 1071979 2,180 1,338 1,060 76 921 298 623 3 921980 2,300 1,357 1,140 59 915 304 611 8 961981 2,480 1,520 1,150 62 1,231 400 831 6 1051982 2,350 1,410 1,150 77 1,051 408 643 5 961983 2,425 1,420 1,000 67 1,166 433 733 5 911984 2,330 1,410 1,050 62 1,162 488 674 3 871985 2,190 1,325 1,030 66 1,083 433 650 3 801986 2,120 1,320 1,100 57 1,054 319 735 3 80

1987 2,140 1,370 1,040 73 1,206 317 889 2 751988 1,970 1,265 1,020 56 1,069 254 815 2 651989 1,910 1,250 990 59 1,007 237 770 2 601990 1,890 1,240 990 65 1,027 247 780 2 611991 1,870 1,230 990 52 933 200 733 2 571992 1,920 1,240 1,020 52 1,000 220 780 2 601/ See page 26 for 1993-2001 data. 2/ Cows and heifers that have calved beginning in 1970. Cows 2 years and older in prior years.3/ Includes custom slaughter for use on farms where produced and State outshipments, but excludes interfarm sales within States.4/ Excludes custom slaughter for farmers at commercial establishments.

41

LIVESTOCK: Cattle and calves marketed, cash receipts, Florida 1947 - 1992 1/

YearCattle and calves

MarketingsPrice per 100 lbs Cash

receiptsCattle Calves

1,000 pounds Dollars 1,000 dollars

1947 162,760 12.20 14.00 21,4381948 189,270 16.10 18.40 31,9871949 132,100 15.60 18.20 22,2451950 165,170 18.70 22.40 33,1081951 106,110 24.10 27.70 27,9861952 206,065 19.10 21.00 41,0261953 270,990 10.90 12.50 31,3081954 334,550 10.60 12.00 37,0071955 361,130 10.60 13.40 41,2731956 334,285 10.90 14.00 39,479

1957 366,820 12.50 15.40 48,7531958 464,130 17.70 22.90 87,7681959 368,685 20.50 23.80 78,8901960 359,550 17.80 18.80 64,9231961 358,340 18.20 19.60 66,8701962 334,915 20.10 20.70 70,0211963 368,590 18.80 21.20 71,8401964 414,795 16.30 17.00 68,5181965 467,630 17.30 18.70 82,7671966 487,721 20.30 23.30 102,840

1967 503,189 20.60 24.30 108,6191968 482,102 21.60 25.80 110,4421969 526,867 23.90 30.20 137,3091970 555,100 25.20 33.10 153,8111971 528,350 25.90 35.80 166,1781972 530,330 30.00 46.00 191,2521973 461,100 38.40 47.50 217,7831974 453,575 31.00 30.80 140,3131975 754,130 25.10 23.30 185,6391976 712,640 28.90 30.20 208,877

1977 905,242 29.60 32.67 276,8731978 724,005 43.30 59.40 357,8511979 537,550 65.50 95.30 424,2861980 516,390 59.90 76.70 347,1731981 672,250 50.40 61.40 370,7301982 595,035 48.40 59.40 310,9071983 672,990 48.10 61.90 359,0151984 705,340 49.80 59.10 373,1331985 640,860 47.30 61.00 334,2471986 567,310 38.10 60.20 272,920

1987 608,550 47.60 79.20 387,8831988 522,450 52.60 91.80 386,3521989 456,350 56.00 94.80 359,9861990 470,650 59.50 97.80 383,7911991 424,500 59.10 103.00 363,3511992 457,950 56.60 89.70 349,447

1/ 1993-2001 data are on page 29 for cattle and calves.

42

BEEF COW OPERATIONS: By size groups, Selected States, and U.S. 2000 and 2001 1/

StateSize of Operation

1-49 head 50-99 head 100-499 head 500+ head2000 2001 2000 2001 2000 2001 2000 2001

Alabama 21,000 20,000 3,300 3,300 1,650 1,650 50 50Arizona 1,450 1,400 210 210 450 410 90 80Arkansas 22,000 22,000 3,400 3,300 1,540 1,630 60 70

California 11,100 10,900 1,000 990 1,800 1,800 300 310Colorado 7,100 6,700 1,750 1,740 2,300 2,300 250 260Florida 13,500 13,200 1,700 1,600 1,500 1,400 300 300

Georgia 18,400 17,500 2,300 2,200 1,270 1,270 30 30Idaho 5,300 5,200 1,000 950 1,350 1,300 150 150Illinois 15,400 14,200 1,670 1,690 620 600 10 10

Indiana 13,000 12,100 780 700 220 200 2/ 2/

Iowa 19,900 18,900 4,900 4,800 2,150 2,250 50 50Kansas 19,500 19,200 5,300 5,400 4,030 4,230 170 170

Kentucky 34,500 33,500 3,800 3,700 1,675 1,770 25 30Louisiana 10,900 10,900 1,200 1,200 1,050 1,060 50 40Minnesota 13,600 13,300 1,600 1,600 585 585 15 15

Mississippi 18,000 17,100 2,900 2,800 1,060 1,060 40 40Missouri 46,000 45,000 8,300 8,300 3,600 3,600 100 100Montana 5,700 5,000 2,360 2,300 4,200 4,100 540 500

Nebraska 12,700 12,200 4,800 4,300 4,960 4,930 540 570New Mexico 4,500 4,500 1,070 1,070 1,200 1,200 230 230North Dakota 5,600 5,300 3,330 3,220 3,300 3,400 70 80

Ohio 16,200 16,100 770 700 220 190 10 10Oklahoma 38,500 37,500 7,200 7,300 4,100 4,000 200 200Oregon 10,600 10,200 1,300 1,200 1,080 1,100 220 200

Pennsylvania 10,600 10,600 390 380 110 120 2/ 2/

South Dakota 7,300 7,000 3,400 3,690 5,900 5,900 400 410Tennessee 40,000 40,000 3,600 3,600 1,385 1,385 15 15

Texas 104,000 104,000 17,000 17,000 11,100 11,100 900 900Utah 3,700 3,700 950 950 960 960 90 90Virginia 18,100 18,100 2,700 2,700 1,160 1,160 40 40

Washington 9,100 9,100 720 750 630 590 50 60Wyoming 2,300 2,200 1,100 1,150 1,750 1,800 350 350Other States 73,500 71,800 4,440 4,630 1,960 1,990 170 180

United States 654,050 638,400 100,240 99,420 70,865 71,040 5,515 5,5401/ An operation is any place having one or more head of beef cows on hand at any time during the year. 2/ Combined with other size groups.

43

POULTRY HIGHLIGHTS

FLORIDA

The total value of Florida chicken and egg production in 2001was $376 million, up from $335 million in 2000. Egg production wasvalued at $122 million, up from 2000. The average annual price foreggs (hatching and table eggs combined) was 53.6 cents per dozen, upfrom 47.8 cents per dozen in 2000.

The value of broilers produced in Florida during 2001 totaled$254 million, up from $227 million of a year earlier. The averageannual price of broilers in 2001 was 40.0 cents per pound, an increasefrom 35.0 cents per pound in 2000.

The value of sales from Other Chickens was $233,000. Thisincludes sales of spent hens and roosters.

Hens and pullets of laying age on farms on December 1,2001, were 10.8 million birds, of which 6.4 million were 1 year andolder. This compares to 10.7 million and 5.3 million birds, respec-tively, in 2000. Pullets not yet of laying age numbered 2.2 million, upfrom 2.0 million pullets in 2000.

Florida broiler production in 2001 totaled 634.2 millionpounds, down slightly from 2000. Broilers raised in Florida during2001 totaled 116.8 million birds, down from 119.9 million birds in2000.

Florida egg production, in the production year of December1, 2000 to November 30, 2001, was 2,737 million eggs. This was anincrease from the previous year’s production of 2,716 million eggs.

Commercial hatcheries produced 114.4 million straight runchicks in 2001, down from 124.4 million in 2000. Broiler-type chicksaccounted for 103.6 million chicks, and egg-type chicks were 10.8million.

UNITED STATES

Layer numbers during 2001 averaged 335 million, up twopercent from the year earlier.

The combined value of production from broilers, eggs,turkeys and the value of sales from chickens in 2001, was $24.0 billion,up from the $21.2 billion in 2000. Of the combined total, 70 percentwas from broilers, 18 percent from eggs, 11 percent from turkeys, andless than one percent from other chickens.

Value of egg production in 2001 was $4.44 billion, up from$4.35 billion in 2000. Egg production totaled 85.7 billion eggs, up twopercent from 2000. Table egg production at 72.8 billion eggs, increasedfrom 71.4 in 2000. Hatching egg production was 12.9 billion eggs, aslight decrease from 2000. The value of broilers produced during 2001was $16.7 billion, up from 2000. The total number of broilers producedin 2001 was 8.39 billion, up one percent from 2000. The total amountof live weight broilers produced in 2001 was 42.4 billion pounds, uptwo percent from 2000.

The value of turkeys produced during 2001 was $2.79 billion,down only one percent from the $2.82 billion the previous year.Turkey production in 2001 was 7.15 billion pounds live weight,compared with 6.94 billion pounds in 2000.

The value of sales from other chickens (excluding broilers) in2001was $46.0 million, down 28 percent from a year ago.

44

1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001260

270

280

290

300

310

320

330

340

Uni

ted

Stat

es

7.0

8.0

9.0

10.0

11.0

12.0

13.0

14.0

Flor

ida

Florida U. S.

Average Annual Layers in Florida andUnited States, 1991 - 2001 (million birds)

CHICKEN AND EGGS: Value of Production, Florida, 1987-2001

Year Broilers Eggs Other chickens Total

Thousand dollars

1987 127,099 94,160 1,987 223,2461988 156,585 94,461 2,400 253,4461989 181,636 123,078 3,318 308,0321990 152,012 133,610 2,486 288,1081991 151,704 120,903 3,764 276,371

1992 164,856 91,104 3,028 258,9881993 187,714 106,838 3,569 298,1211994 191,151 98,348 1,406 290,9051995 218,361 95,320 896 314,5771996 230,607 131,355 88 362,050

1997 229,383 123,701 44 353,1281998 252,840 113,197 1,056 367,0931999 246,126 107,570 464 354,1602000 226,625 108,187 675 335,4872001 253,680 122,253 233 376,166

45

EGGS: Production, cash receipts, and value of production, Florida, 1987-2001

Year Average layersduring year

Eggsper layer

Eggsproduced

Cents perdozen 1/

Value ofproduction 2/

Thousands Millions Thousand dols.

1987 10,376 247 2,568 44.0 94,1601988 11,121 248 2,768 41.1 94,8041989 10,788 244 2,628 56.2 123,0781990 10,546 245 2,586 62.0 133,6101991 10,249 248 2,537 57.2 120,903

1992 9,396 249 2,341 46.7 91,1041993 9,592 258 2,475 51.8 106,8381994 9,746 260 2,538 46.5 98,3481995 9,127 261 2,383 48.1 95,3201996 9,662 259 2,502 63.3 131,355

1997 9,865 253 2,499 59.4 123,7011998 10,129 251 2,539 53.5 113,1971999 10,690 260 2,776 46.5 107,5702000 10,480 259 2,716 47.8 108,1872001 10,751 255 2,736 53.6 122,2531/ Includes hatching eggs. 2/ Includes value of home consumption.

1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 20012,300

2,400

2,500

2,600

2,700

2,800M

illio

n Eg

gs

40

45

50

55

60

65

Cen

ts p

er D

ozen

PRODUCTION PRICE

Annual Florida Egg Production vs.Average Annual Price, 1991 - 2001

46

LAYERS AND EGGS: Average number of layers on farms, daily rate of lay per hundred layers and total egg production, by months, Florida, 1992-2001

Year Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May

LAYERS (Thousands)

1992 10,115 10,130 9,950 9,790 9,295 8,9001993 9,550 9,723 9,866 9,833 9,684 9,5571994 9,997 10,032 10,128 10,047 9,566 9,4511995 9,778 9,448 9,203 9,202 9,059 8,8101996 9,612 9,294 9,340 9,599 9,607 9,682

1997 10,044 9,949 9,764 9,812 9,823 9,6501998 10,705 10,410 10,017 9,990 10,070 9,9451999 10,981 10,968 10,973 10,840 10,719 10,5802000 10,683 10,641 10,560 10,620 10,565 10,3142001 10,805 10,860 10,896 10,934 10,795 10,450

DAILY RATE OF LAY PER 100 LAYERS

1992 71.1 69.4 69.7 70.2 67.1 64.21993 74.7 73.0 71.0 72.8 70.9 68.51994 72.9 71.7 70.2 71.6 73.2 71.01995 71.3 71.0 71.4 73.6 73.2 72.11996 71.5 70.5 68.7 70.6 70.7 68.0

1997 71.0 69.7 68.8 70.4 69.9 68.51998 70.0 71.6 70.1 69.0 68.9 67.11999 72.9 74.1 74.9 72.7 69.7 68.62000 73.7 71.5 69.0 72.3 71.3 67.92001 71.7 70.4 69.8 69.3 68.6 68.5

EGG PRODUCTION (Millions of eggs)

1992 223 218 201 213 187 1771993 221 220 196 222 206 2031994 226 223 199 223 210 2081995 216 208 184 210 199 1971996 213 203 186 210 204 204

1997 221 215 188 214 206 2051998 232 231 199 214 208 2071999 248 252 230 244 224 2252000 244 236 204 238 226 2172001 240 237 213 235 222 222

Continued

47

LAYERS AND EGGS: Average number of layers on farms, daily rate of lay per hundred layersand total egg production, by months, Florida, 1992-2001--continued

Year Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Average

LAYERS (Thousands)

1992 8,830 8,890 8,965 9,040 9,313 9,539 9,4221993 9,554 9,479 9,383 9,325 9,454 9,718 9,5941994 9,583 9,686 9,566 9,460 9,609 9,841 9,7471995 8,788 8,774 8,965 9,043 9,039 9,420 9,1271996 9,854 9,786 9,726 9,799 9,762 9,878 9,662

1997 9,516 9,617 9,730 9,731 10,126 10,615 9,8651998 9,932 9,868 9,696 9,957 10,266 10,686 10,1291999 10,349 10,347 10,507 10,584 10,724 10,727 10,6922000 10,126 10,141 10,304 10,403 10,601 10,806 10,4802001 10,439 10,645 10,824 10,804 10,782 10,841 10,756


1992 64.6 67.1 66.6 66.7 68.2 70.9 67.91993 68.4 67.7 69.5 70.8 69.6 71.3 70.71994 70.6 71.9 71.8 70.8 70.2 70.1 71.31995 72.0 71.7 71.3 70.8 70.3 69.7 71.51996 68.3 70.9 73.3 74.5 71.7 70.2 70.7

1997 67.3 68.1 70.3 70.6 69.1 69.1 69.41998 67.1 68.0 67.5 64.6 66.9 72.1 68.61999 68.9 69.2 69.7 70.5 71.0 71.5 71.12000 68.5 70.0 71.7 71.1 72.1 72.5 71.02001 69.0 68.8 68.8 68.8 69.7 72.9 69.7


Total

1992 171 185 185 181 197 203 2,3411993 196 199 202 198 204 208 2,4751994 203 216 213 201 209 207 2,5381995 190 195 198 192 197 197 2,3831996 202 215 221 219 217 208 2,502

1997 192 203 212 206 217 220 2,4991998 200 208 203 193 213 231 2,5391999 214 222 227 224 236 230 2,7762000 208 220 229 222 237 235 2,7162001 216 227 231 223 233 237 2,736

48

LAYERS AND EGGS: Average number of layers on farms, daily rate of lay per hundred layers and total egg production, by months, United States, 1992-2001


LAYERS (Millions of birds)

1992 281 280 279 279 278 2771993 284 284 285 284 284 2841994 291 290 290 291 290 2891995 299 299 298 297 296 2941996 299 299 299 299 297 296

1997 304 304 304 304 304 3021998 312 312 313 314 312 3101999 322 322 323 323 322 3212000 329 329 330 331 329 3262001 332 334 336 337 337 335


1992 69.5 68.7 68.8 69.9 70.0 69.1 1993 70.0 69.1 68.6 69.4 69.3 68.9 1994 69.9 68.8 68.9 70.1 69.8 69.1 1995 70.4 69.1 68.9 70.4 70.1 69.2 1996 70.5 69.1 71.3 70.3 70.2 69.5

1997 70.9 69.7 69.4 70.3 69.9 69.7 1998 70.7 70.1 69.8 70.6 70.6 69.5 1999 70.6 69.8 69.5 70.5 70.4 69.9 2000 71.4 70.1 71.5 70.5 70.9 70.2 2001 70.8 69.8 69.3 70.2 70.2 69.7


1992 6,052 5,961 5,563 6,049 5,841 5,930 1993 6,163 6,080 5,472 6,113 5,908 6,062 1994 6,295 6,185 5,597 6,320 6,072 6,188 1995 6,536 6,399 5,747 6,488 6,223 6,305 1996 6,541 6,409 5,970 6,511 6,264 6,361

1997 6,696 6,577 5,909 6,625 6,355 6,519 1998 6,841 6,767 6,110 6,870 6,604 6,666 1999 7,051 6,979 6,281 7,052 6,785 6,941 2000 7,280 7,152 6,615 7,235 7,013 7,104 2001 7,287 7,226 6,524 7,336 7,099 7,240

Continued

49

LAYERS AND EGGS: Average number of layers on farms, daily rate of lay per hundred layers and total egg production, by months, United States, 1992-2001--continued

Years Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Average

LAYERS (Millions of birds)

1992 276 276 276 278 282 283 2791993 283 283 284 285 287 289 2851994 288 288 290 293 295 297 2911995 291 288 288 290 293 297 2941996 295 296 298 299 300 302 298

1997 300 300 300 304 307 310 3041998 309 309 309 311 314 320 3121999 320 320 320 322 325 328 3222000 325 326 326 326 328 331 3282001 333 332 333 335 337 338 335


1992 68.3 69.3 69.5 69.4 69.3 69.7 69.31993 68.8 68.8 68.8 69.2 69.5 70.2 69.21994 69.2 69.4 69.5 69.5 69.7 70.3 69.51995 69.5 69.4 69.3 69.3 69.4 70.3 69.61996 70.0 70.5 70.2 69.9 70.1 70.8 70.2

1997 69.8 69.5 69.9 70.0 70.1 70.7 70.01998 69.8 70.3 69.9 69.4 69.4 70.3 70.01999 70.1 69.6 70.2 70.9 70.6 71.2 70.32000 69.6 69.9 70.4 69.9 70.0 70.7 70.42001 70.0 69.8 69.9 70.1 70.3 70.9 70.1

EGG PRODUCTION (Million of eggs)

Total

1992 5,710 5,926 5,947 5,792 6,058 5,920 70,7491993 5,862 6,034 6,056 5,916 6,185 6,085 71,9361994 5,991 6,204 6,272 6,125 6,377 6,277 73,9031995 6,065 6,206 6,202 6,033 6,297 6,263 74,7641996 6,188 6,462 6,471 6,257 6,518 6,425 76,377

1997 6,292 6,457 6,500 6,366 6,664 6,572 77,5321998 6,457 6,720 6,695 6,482 6,737 6,741 79,6901999 6,742 6,903 6,971 6,861 7,132 7,017 82,7152000 6,802 7,062 7,106 6,855 7,132 7,030 84,3862001 6,992 7,195 7,221 7,044 7,347 7,191 85,702

50

CHICKENS: On farms, by class, December 1, 2000 and 2001

StateHens and pullets of laying age

Hens 1 year and older Pullets of laying age Total

2000 2001 2000 2001 2000 2001

Thousands

AL 3,851 3,720 6,332 6,670 10,183 10,390AR 5,293 4,067 9,560 10,780 14,853 14,847CA 12,208 13,471 12,095 10,288 24,303 23,759CO 1,440 1,560 1,970 1,997 3,410 3,557CT 968 1,054 2,202 2,054 3,170 3,108FL 5,292 6,420 5,551 4,408 10,843 10,828GA 8,984 6,984 11,794 14,888 20,778 21,872HI 435 373 174 181 609 554ID 535 472 356 410 891 882IL 2,130 2,014 1,489 1,640 3,619 3,654IN 10,453 11,756 12,585 10,744 23,038 22,500IA 15,840 16,547 15,223 18,047 31,063 34,594KS 960 896 851 838 1,811 1,734KY 1,070 1,600 2,700 2,275 3,770 3,875LA 920 945 1,108 1,111 2,028 2,056ME 1,934 1,947 2,063 2,069 3,997 4,016MD 1,559 1,411 1,821 1,955 3,380 3,366MI 3,480 4,491 2,825 2,243 6,305 6,734MN 7,000 5,560 5,480 6,655 12,480 12,215MS 2,383 2,028 4,218 4,722 6,601 6,750MO 3,590 3,908 3,075 2,955 6,665 6,863NE 5,140 6,587 6,700 4,907 11,840 11,494NJ 1,437 1,309 726 833 2,163 2,142NY 1,480 1,326 2,750 2,520 4,230 3,846NC 3,582 3,616 7,540 7,539 11,122 11,155OH 15,976 15,157 13,155 15,133 29,131 30,290OK 1,520 1,468 2,350 2,404 3,870 3,872OR 1,674 1,565 1,235 1,364 2,909 2,929PA 9,362 9,403 14,817 14,274 24,179 23,677SC 2,257 2,775 3,036 3,030 5,293 5,805SD 1,150 960 1,040 1,400 2,190 2,360TN 460 210 787 1,155 1,247 1,365TX 7,708 7,434 10,952 11,601 18,660 19,035UT 1,832 1,604 1,343 1,668 3,175 3,272VA 1,025 1,054 2,342 2,245 3,367 3,299WA 3,508 3,120 1,375 1,848 4,883 4,968WV 155 31 842 1,090 997 1,121WI 2,291 2,450 2,157 2,288 4,448 4,738Other States 2,340 1,944 2,569 2,767 4,909 4,711

U.S. 153,222 153,237 179,188 184,996 332,410 338,233

51

CHICKENS: On farms, by class, December 1, 2000 and 2001

State

Pullets 3 months old and oldernot of laying age

Pullets under 3 months of age Other chickens

2000 2001 2000 2001 2000 2001

Thousands

AL 1,785 2,132 2,581 2,281 1,098 1,100AR 2,725 3,037 4,067 4,321 1,500 1,273CA 2,035 1,572 3,084 2,604 134 78CO 206 142 395 456 159 55CT 213 204 489 428 73 8FL 842 1,024 1,253 1,202 85 69GA 2,520 2,750 5,352 5,150 1,155 1,401HI 56 50 57 55 0 0ID 130 130 210 207 10 6IL 309 128 85 337 35 17IN 1,686 3,582 3,953 2,790 64 86IA 2,657 3,375 4,059 3,835 46 41KS 32 143 155 260 2 2KY 760 835 1,050 690 220 200LA 214 231 285 327 53 86ME 762 726 887 859 6 6MD 629 507 440 368 72 73MI 569 285 721 985 1 1MN 1,730 2,090 1,542 1,439 63 59MS 1,173 1,594 1,966 1,492 555 552MO 480 779 910 640 170 180NE 424 539 1,628 1,671 3 0NJ 88 204 86 0 0 0NY 465 319 890 550 15 15NC 1,957 2,549 3,640 3,179 1,040 1,238OH 2,853 3,785 3,806 3,900 42 34OK 570 632 680 666 200 225OR 245 311 546 457 3 7PA 3,756 3,479 2,599 2,094 85 78SC 673 311 829 674 151 156SD 60 206 280 211 0 0TN 420 264 383 435 160 186TX 2,785 2,717 3,475 3,921 440 428UT 261 151 390 350 2 2VA 435 569 509 443 242 243WA 841 620 993 782 4 2WV 274 346 471 346 117 140WI 414 217 931 1,105 30 40Other States 361 272 486 413 53 39

U.S. 38,395 42,807 56,163 51,923 8,088 8,126

52

BROILERS AND EGGS: Monthly average price received by producers, Florida, 1992-2001


COMMERCIAL BROILERS (Cents per pound)

1992 28.0 28.0 29.0 28.0 28.0 32.01993 36.0 30.0 30.0 31.0 31.0 34.01994 33.0 31.0 32.0 34.0 34.0 36.51995 33.5 33.5 34.0 33.0 33.0 34.01996 38.0 38.0 37.0 35.0 35.0 38.0

1997 41.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 37.0 37.21998 32.5 34.5 35.5 37.0 37.5 38.51999 39.0 38.0 37.0 36.0 35.0 38.02000 37.0 35.0 34.0 34.0 35.0 35.02001 36.5 36.0 36.5 37.5 37.0 38.0

TABLE EGGS (Cents per dozen) 1/

1992 54.0 42.0 45.0 37.0 38.0 36.01993 52.0 46.0 48.0 52.0 57.0 42.01994 41.0 47.0 47.0 49.0 43.0 32.01995 45.0 43.0 41.0 41.0 41.0 33.01996 67.0 61.0 59.0 67.0 65.0 47.0

1997 80.0 58.0 65.0 57.0 57.0 48.01998 69.0 56.0 52.0 54.0 47.0 34.01999 60.0 49.0 45.0 44.0 37.0 28.02000 38.0 34.0 46.0 41.0 43.0 30.02001 64.0 54.0 50.0 52.0 50.0 40.0

ALL EGGS (Cents per dozen) 2/

1992 59.2 48.1 50.3 42.9 44.6 43.11993 55.7 50.1 52.9 56.3 60.4 47.01994 46.5 52.0 54.0 56.5 51.0 41.01995 49.0 46.0 44.8 45.0 45.0 38.01996 69.0 64.0 62.0 70.0 68.0 51.0

1997 81.8 61.5 68.0 60.8 60.5 51.51998 71.2 59.6 56.0 58.0 51.5 39.71999 63.7 53.2 49.5 48.3 41.7 33.22000 43.0 39.8 51.8 46.4 48.6 36.62001 68.6 60.1 56.1 57.4 56.3 46.9

Continued

53

BROILERS AND EGGS: Monthly average price received by producers, Florida, 1992-2001--continued



1992 30.0 33.0 34.0 30.0 32.0 32.0 30.51993 40.0 34.0 35.0 35.0 34.0 34.0 34.01994 37.0 36.5 34.5 34.5 34.0 31.0 33.51995 36.0 37.5 39.5 37.5 38.5 38.5 35.51996 42.0 43.0 44.0 44.0 42.0 41.0 39.7

1997 37.6 40.4 40.3 37.7 34.9 34.4 38.51998 41.5 45.0 47.0 46.0 44.0 41.5 40.11999 39.0 38.0 37.0 36.0 35.0 38.0 37.02000 35.0 36.0 35.0 37.0 36.0 37.0 35.02001 38.5 38.5 39.0 39.5 38.5 37.5 40.0


1992 32.0 36.0 35.0 46.0 39.0 49.0 41.11993 46.0 43.0 48.0 41.0 45.0 46.0 47.31994 39.0 34.0 43.0 42.0 35.0 44.0 41.41995 34.0 40.0 50.0 52.0 52.0 60.0 44.41996 54.0 51.0 56.0 62.0 61.0 70.0 60.1

1997 45.0 48.0 46.0 54.0 47.0 67.0 56.11998 39.0 37.0 50.0 44.0 47.0 55.0 49.11999 37.0 34.0 41.0 32.0 26.0 42.0 39.82000 46.0 37.0 50.0 45.0 48.0 51.0 42.42001 39.0 43.0 44.0 42.0 44.0 46.0 47.5

ALL EGGS (Cents per dozen)2/

1992 38.3 41.6 40.7 51.0 44.1 53.2 46.71993 50.8 48.7 53.3 46.1 49.8 50.1 51.81994 47.5 41.5 48.5 46.0 39.0 47.5 46.51995 39.0 44.0 53.0 55.0 55.0 63.0 48.11996 58.0 55.0 59.0 65.0 64.0 73.0 63.3

1997 48.9 51.5 49.5 56.9 50.4 69.2 59.41998 44.2 42.5 54.4 49.1 51.9 59.0 53.51999 41.9 39.3 45.8 37.0 31.0 46.0 46.52000 51.5 42.6 54.8 50.2 53.1 55.2 47.82001 46.2 50.1 50.4 48.8 49.9 51.3 53.6

1/ Includes eggs sold retail by the producer. 2/ Includes hatching eggs and eggs sold retail by the producer.

54

CHICKS HATCHED: Egg-type and Broiler-type chicks hatched by commercial hatcheries, Florida, 1992-2001


Thousands

EGG-TYPE1992 1,354 1,504 1,507 1,352 1,414 1,4501993 1,512 1,428 1,542 1,699 1,525 1,5511994 1,392 1,002 1,061 1,009 1,063 1,0011995 1,070 1,026 890 890 1,097 1,2041996 1,019 986 963 1,202 1,367 1,339

1997 1,078 1,039 1,289 1,391 1,372 1,1901998 1,177 1,097 1,004 1,231 1,190 1,2631999 1,222 986 1,067 1,226 996 1,005 2000 1,074 1,004 1,014 966 1,045 9712001 800 1,135 1,002 831 1,046 786

BROILER-TYPE1992 11,665 10,838 12,641 12,393 13,231 12,5941993 12,939 11,620 13,105 12,543 13,398 13,0821994 12,468 11,547 13,252 11,825 11,894 11,7031995 9,360 8,370 9,893 10,613 11,127 10,7761996 10,612 9,910 10,466 9,875 9,936 10,305

1997 9,908 9,149 10,507 8,964 9,367 9,2631998 9,544 8,902 10,016 9,776 10,184 9,1491999 9,896 8,738 10,587 10,224 9,734 9,4762000 9,531 8,872 9,757 9,843 10,160 9,8792001 8,909 8,206 9,493 9,204 8,735 8,590

Year Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total

EGG-TYPE1992 1,603 1,539 1,415 1,590 1,353 1,501 17,5821993 1,662 1,560 1,444 1,643 1,603 1,512 18,6811994 1,009 983 959 1,178 1,015 1,111 12,7831995 1,062 1,057 1,135 1,118 1,063 1,052 12,6641996 745 979 1,281 1,536 1,110 959 13,486

1997 1,128 1,179 1,192 1,327 835 973 13,9931998 646 728 1,158 953 842 1,764 12,0531999 1,060 990 1,156 1,084 909 885 12,5862000 1,010 983 796 1,012 951 1,030 11,8562001 894 891 970 780 681 998 10,814

BROILER-TYPE1992 12,803 12,288 11,987 12,254 11,766 12,706 147,1661993 13,391 13,180 12,899 12,917 12,582 13,055 154,7111994 11,918 11,961 11,545 11,582 8,963 9,322 137,9801995 10,810 10,215 9,853 10,241 9,430 10,669 121,3571996 10,352 10,507 9,633 9,840 9,411 10,001 120,848

1997 9,515 9,318 9,044 9,279 9,440 10,210 113,9641998 8,754 8,922 8,577 9,213 9,148 9,966 112,1511999 9,986 9,646 9,089 9,169 9,122 9,677 115,3442000 9,822 9,616 9,016 9,190 7,988 8,827 112,5012001 8,684 8,599 8,139 8,295 8,126 8,612 103,592

55

EGGS: Production and value, United States, 1992-2001

Year Average layersduring year

Eggsper layerper year

Eggsproduced

Cents perdozen


Thousands Millions 1,000 dollars1992 277,912 253 70,749 57.6 3,397,4621993 284,770 253 71,936 63.4 3,800,2371994 291,018 254 73,903 61.5 3,789,8341995 293,854 253 74,764 62.5 3,892,9121996 297,958 256 76,377 75.0 4,776,252

1997 303,604 255 77,532 70.3 4,539,9291998 312,058 256 79,754 66.8 4,439,4461999 322,354 257 82,715 62.2 4,287,1642000 327,985 257 84,386 61.8 4,345,3822001 334,899 256 85,702 62.2 4,444,864

1/ Includes home consumption.

EGGS: Production and value by selected States, 2001 1/

State Average layersduring year

Eggsper layerper year

Eggsproduced

Cents perdozen


Thousands Millions 1,000 dollarsAL 10,371 228 2,359 135.0 265,388AR 14,892 228 3,427 106.0 302,718CA 23,432 256 5,996 47.2 235,843CO 3,569 268 946 61.2 48,246CT 3,151 280 883 56.8 41,810FL 10,756 255 2,737 53.6 122,253GA 20,994 242 5,086 86.8 367,887HI 587 220 129 89.4 9,640IL 3,294 270 888 48.6 35,964IN 22,958 262 6,025 51.5 258,573IA 32,539 267 8,676 39.0 281,970ME 4,076 270 1,100 61.8 56,640MD 3,183 273 870 60.7 44,008MI 6,475 257 1,677 43.7 61,063MN 12,141 256 3,112 43.5 112,810MS 6,704 231 1,550 126.0 162,750MO 6,880 260 1,789 50.7 75,585NE 11,650 258 3,001 38.2 95,532NY 4,127 277 1,143 56.7 54,007NC 11,139 228 2,535 110.0 232,375OH 30,157 262 7,900 49.1 323,242OK 4,019 230 926 84.3 65,052OR 2,958 277 818 60.0 40,900PA 24,376 271 6,662 54.7 303,676SC 5,585 254 1,416 67.4 79,532SD 2,300 250 575 35.0 16,771TX 18,743 253 4,734 67.7 267,077VA 3,396 226 766 96.1 61,344WA 4,996 268 1,337 56.0 62,412WI 4,568 270 1,235 50.0 51,458Other States 3/ 20,883 276 5,404 46.5 308,338

U.S. 4/ 334,899 256 85,702 62.2 4,444,8641/ Data covers both farm and commercial operations. 2/ Includes value of home consumption. 3/ Sum of States may not add to US total due to rounding.

56

��

��

��

��

��

��

��

��

��

��

��

��

��

��

��

��

��

��

IA OH PA IN CA GA TX AR MN NE FL NC ALMO MI

MS SC WA0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

9000

( Mill

ion

Egg

s )

Production of Eggs in Leading States, 2001

Eggs Produced in Selected States, 1997-2001, and Rank of States by Egg Production in 2001

STATE 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Rank in2001

Million Eggs

AL 2,499 2,507 2,450 2,371 2,359 13AR 3,215 3,233 3,458 3,559 3,427 8CA 6,663 6,608 6,606 6,293 5,996 5CT 917 839 828 863 883 22FL 2,499 2,539 2,776 2,716 2,737 11GA 4,867 5,126 5,176 5,114 5,086 6IN 5,652 5,831 5,838 6,098 6,025 4IA 5,527 5,969 6,754 7,554 8,676 1ME 1,434 1,373 1,356 1,135 1,100 21MD 882 867 894 845 870 23MI 1,327 1,395 1,533 1,617 1,677 15MN 2,957 3,152 3,138 3,271 3,112 9MS 1,547 1,555 1,569 1,581 1,550 16MO 1,719 1,732 1,690 1,614 1,789 14NE 2,469 2,706 2,837 2,999 3,001 10NY 931 986 1,017 1,113 1,143 20NC 2,794 2,555 2,587 2,501 2,535 12OH 6,976 7,446 8,193 8,163 7,900 2PA 5,900 5,983 6,135 6,309 6,662 3SC 1,228 1,189 1,215 1,245 1,416 17TX 4,186 4,257 4,413 4,423 4,734 7VA 806 860 845 824 766 24WA 1,379 1,394 1,312 1,306 1,337 18WI 998 967 1,031 1,225 1,235 19

Other States 8,160 8,621 9,064 9,647 9,686

U.S. 77,532 79,690 82,715 84,386 85,702

57

1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001450

500

550

600

650

700

Mill

ion

poun

ds

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

Cen

ts p

er P

ound

Production Price

Florida Annual Broiler Production vs.Average Annual Price, 1991 - 2001

BROILERS: Number and pounds produced, price per pound, and value of production, Florida, 1987-2001

Year Broilersproduced

Poundsproduced

Cents perpound


Thousands Thousands 1,000 dollars

1987 116,980 479,618 26.5 127,0991988 123,198 505,112 31.0 156,5851989 123,562 518,960 35.0 181,6361990 119,600 490,360 31.0 152,0121991 120,400 505,680 30.0 151,704

1992 125,700 540,510 30.5 164,8561993 128,400 552,100 34.0 187,7141994 132,700 570,600 33.5 191,1511995 139,800 615,100 35.5 218,3611996 131,400 591,300 39.0 230,607

1997 132,400 595,800 38.5 229,3831998 129,000 632,100 40.0 252,8401999 122,200 647,700 38.0 246,1262000 119,900 647,500 35.0 226,6252001 115,300 634,200 40.0 253,680


58

BROILER-TYPE CHICKS: Number of chicks placed weekly, Florida, 1997-2001

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Weekending

ThousandsWeekending

ThousandsWeekending

ThousandsWeekending

ThousandsWeekending

Thousands

DECEMBER...7 2,613 6 2,690 5 2,249 4 2,687 1 2,133

14 2,319 13 2,764 12 2,527 11 2,559 8 2,07621 2,564 20 2,746 19 2,062 18 2,268 15 2,14228 2,761 27 2,798 26 2,558 25 2,470 22 2,118

29 2,485

JANUARY...4 2,497 3 2,297 2 2,138 1 2,379 6 2,373

11 2,696 10 2,452 9 2,217 8 2,372 13 2,40218 2,736 17 2,624 16 2,481 15 2,118 20 2,34025 2,442 24 2,482 23 2,598 22 2,185 27 2,236

31 2,779 30 2,504 29 2,668

FEBRUARY...1 2,341 7 2,907 6 2,413 5 2,262 3 2,2698 2,851 14 2,551 13 2,215 12 2,478 10 2,183

15 2,528 21 2,614 20 2,338 19 2,691 17 2,04922 2,495 28 2,786 27 2,460 26 2,334 24 2,434

MARCH...1 2,676 7 2,866 6 2,604 4 2,233 3 2,3538 2,774 14 2,581 13 2,399 11 2,425 10 2,394

15 2,820 21 2,751 20 2,617 18 2,540 17 2,40022 2,860 28 2,790 27 2,319 25 2,560 24 2,36429 3,136 31 2,230

APRIL...5 2,430 4 2,359 3 2,493 1 1,977 7 2,186

12 2,434 11 2,758 10 2,612 8 2,363 14 2,46819 2,574 18 2,619 17 2,414 15 2,438 21 2,39426 2,837 25 2,697 24 2,828 22 2,434 28 2,418

29 2,520

MAY..3 2,723 2 2,692 1 2,652 6 2,419 5 2,411

10 2,647 9 3,079 8 2,352 13 2,489 12 2,36217 2,693 16 2,699 15 2,585 20 2,349 19 2,39024 2,631 23 2,493 22 2,277 27 2,263 26 2,19531 2,624 30 2,795 29 2,227

Continued

59

BROILER-TYPE CHICKS: Number of chicks placed weekly, Florida, 1997-2001--continued

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Weekending

ThousandsWeekending

ThousandsWeekending

ThousandsWeekending

ThousandsWeekending

Thousands

JUNE...7 2,718 6 2,566 5 2,448 3 2,478 2 2,484

14 2,629 13 2,417 12 2,270 10 2,445 9 2,45121 2,657 20 2,154 19 2,347 17 2,184 16 2,48628 2,723 27 2,384 26 2,636 24 2,452 23 2,199

30 2,417

JULY...5 2,729 4 2,428 3 2,352 1 2,549 7 2,527

12 2,481 11 2,381 10 2,513 8 2,324 14 2,27619 2,640 18 2,274 17 2,294 15 2,396 21 2,32726 2,614 25 2,597 24 2,314 22 2,373 28 2,279

31 2,551 29 2,355

AUGUST...2 2,558 1 2,480 7 2,532 5 2,303 4 2,0679 2,808 8 2,476 14 2,568 12 2,382 11 2,649

16 2,495 15 2,451 21 2,548 19 2,336 18 2,51923 2,614 22 2,302 28 2,135 26 2,440 25 2,37730 2,632 29 2,495

SEPTEMBER...6 2,595 5 2,568 4 2,201 2 2,026 1 2,446

13 2,639 12 2,230 11 2,657 9 2,294 8 2,29920 2,584 19 2,441 18 2,476 16 2,362 15 2,11327 2,579 26 1,835 25 2,252 23 2,065 22 2,440

30 2,063 29 2,134

OCTOBER...4 2,723 3 1,931 2 1,944 7 2,237 6 2,205

11 2,863 10 2,210 9 2,442 14 2,320 13 2,06518 2,502 17 2,444 16 2,212 21 2,445 20 2,20425 2,461 24 2,574 23 2,408 28 2,383 27 2,047

31 2,261 30 2,110

NOVEMBER...1 2,643 7 2,234 6 2,233 4 1,952 3 2,3098 2,757 14 2,447 13 2,231 11 2,232 10 2,096

15 2,701 21 2,847 20 2,406 18 2,098 17 2,21822 2,115 28 2,279 27 2,349 25 1,795 24 2,51629 2,277

60

BROILER CHICK PLACEMENTS: Monthly disposition of Florida hatched broiler chicks, 1999-2001

Placed in: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun

1999Florida 8,471 7,758 9,066 8,882 8,580 8,365Other States,culls and exports 1,425 980 1,521 1,342 1,154 1,111

Total 9,896 8,738 10,587 10,224 9,734 9,476

2000Florida 8,576 7,759 8,960 8,622 8,949 8,684Other States,culls and exports 955 1,113 797 1,221 1,211 1,195

Total 9,531 8,872 9,757 9,843 10,160 9,879

2001Florida 8,508 7,394 8,450 8,380 8,610 8,466Other States,culls and exports 401 812 1,043 824 125 124

Total 8,909 8,206 9,493 9,204 8,735 8,590

Placed in: Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total

Thousands

1999Florida 8,774 8,622 8,187 8,006 7,939 8,629 101,279Other States,culls and exports 1,212 1,024 902 1,163 1,183 1,048 14,065

Total 9,986 9,646 9,089 9,169 9,122 9,677 115,344

2000Florida 8,744 8,440 7,780 8,062 7,484 8,125 100,185Other States,culls and exports 1,078 1,176 1,236 1,128 504 702 12,316

Total 9,822 9,616 9,016 9,190 7,988 8,827 112,501

2001Florida 8,554 8,469 8,041 8,194 8,030 8,521 99,617Other States, culls and exports 130 130 98 101 96 91 3,975

Total 8,684 8,599 8,139 8,295 8,126 8,612 103,592

61

��

��

��

��

��

��

��

��

��

��

��

��

��

��

��

��

��

��

��

GA AR AL NC MS TX DE MD VA KY OK SC TN PA FLWV MN OH WI

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Mill

ion

poun

ds

Major Broiler Producing States, 2001

BROILERS: Number and pounds produced, price per pound, and value of production, 15 weekly States, 1987-2001

Year Broilersproduced

Poundsproduced

Cents perpound


Millions Million dollars

1987 5,004 21,523 28.7 6,1771988 5,238 22,464 33.1 7,4351989 5,517 23,979 36.6 8,7781990 5,864 25,631 32.6 8,3661991 6,137 27,203 30.8 8,383

1992 6,402 28,829 31.8 9,1741993 6,694 30,618 34.0 10,417 1994 7,018 32,529 35.0 11,374 1995 7,326 34,222 34.4 11,762 1997 7,764 37,541 37.7 14,159

1998 6,906 33,818 39.4 13,322 1999 7,080 35,780 37.0 13,254 2000 7,138 36,269 33.6 12,203 2001 7,268 37,015 39.3 14,565


62

BROILER-TYPE CHICKS: Number of chicks placed weekly, principal broiler producing States, 1997-2001

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Weekending

Thou-sands

Weekending

Thou-sands

Weekending

Thou-sands

Weekending

Thou-sands

Weekending

Thou-sands

DECEMBER...7 135,086 6 137,434 5 142,423 4 142,435 1 144,34314 134,770 13 137,579 12 142,348 11 143,055 8 143,91221 136,815 20 141,689 19 143,734 18 144,616 15 145,24528 135,818 27 137,912 26 139,293 25 144,290 22 145,219 29 139,844

JANUARY...4 136,501 3 137,162 2 142,088 1 143,914 6 143,20811 136,896 10 136,867 9 144,825 8 144,997 13 144,69018 137,984 17 136,228 16 142,147 15 145,203 20 143,52325 137,756 24 138,737 23 143,083 22 145,743 27 144,562 31 137,126 30 141,238 29 146,743

FEBRUARY...1 137,303 7 138,058 6 139,851 5 145,109 3 145,7638 134,174 14 137,100 13 139,825 12 146,506 10 143,92715 136,737 21 134,854 20 141,986 19 143,475 17 142,37522 136,685 28 137,848 27 142,929 26 142,825 24 143,151

MARCH...1 140,012 7 140,778 6 144,263 4 142,083 3 145,0868 139,025 14 139,493 13 146,286 11 143,304 10 147,83215 140,735 21 142,518 20 146,346 18 148,620 17 150,42222 141,807 28 142,002 27 146,495 25 148,575 24 152,21729 141,814 31 151,659

APRIL...5 140,989 4 141,004 3 146,525 1 149,714 7 149,54412 140,129 11 140,750 10 143,079 8 147,609 14 150,13419 137,516 18 140,207 17 145,781 15 148,314 21 147,93126 140,313 25 142,649 24 144,702 22 148,919 28 150,873

29 151,362

MAY...3 141,102 2 143,390 1 147,173 6 150,793 5 151,15910 140,325 9 141,386 8 146,083 13 150,139 12 150,39117 140,850 16 142,303 15 147,285 20 149,857 19 150,78724 139,848 23 142,389 22 146,675 27 148,402 26 150,36931 141,209 30 142,724 29 146,474

Continued

63

BROILER-TYPE CHICKS: Number of chicks placed weekly, principal broiler producing States, 1997-2001

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001Weekending

Thou-sands

Weekending

Thou-sands

Weekending

Thou-sands

Weekending

Thou-sands

Weekending

Thou-sands

JUNE...7 142,511 6 142,644 5 147,860 3 149,543 2 151,908

14 142,374 13 142,699 12 146,905 10 148,957 9 152,22921 141,506 20 143,180 19 148,570 17 148,434 16 154,27528 142,448 27 143,578 26 147,965 24 150,449 23 151,758

30 151,737

JULY...5 140,860 4 143,351 3 147,213 1 149,938 7 151,355

12 140,991 11 142,108 10 146,774 8 147,115 14 146,25319 135,981 18 140,233 17 145,196 15 144,530 21 147,66026 138,060 25 135,983 24 143,251 22 140,783 28 146,601

31 142,036 29 140,937

AUGUST...2 138,459 1 138,463 7 144,959 5 142,149 4 149,2529 140,210 8 139,031 14 144,750 12 142,260 11 150,067

16 137,718 15 139,885 21 142,535 19 142,154 18 146,73823 136,937 22 137,633 28 140,641 26 144,596 25 149,23830 137,157 29 138,416

SEPTEMBER...6 137,974 5 138,388 4 140,234 2 141,877 1 146,865

13 137,890 12 139,912 11 140,439 9 144,511 8 147,28720 137,962 19 138,700 18 140,982 16 142,827 15 149,19327 136,917 26 136,415 25 140,037 23 140,916 22 146,761

30 136,863 29 142,216

OCTOBER..4 129,607 3 132,254 2 132,436 7 136,575 6 137,981

11 131,158 10 130,823 9 133,105 14 135,755 13 144,55818 130,236 17 131,170 16 132,538 21 141,274 20 146,00325 139,492 24 137,966 23 138,831 28 140,803 27 147,410

31 135,617 30 133,415

NOVEMBER...1 132,375 7 132,547 6 130,495 4 137,569 3 141,6488 126,248 14 129,733 13 130,420 11 131,938 10 135,316

15 125,414 21 135,657 20 134,968 18 129,599 17 133,21322 130,005 28 136,741 27 138,778 25 135,803 24 140,07729 135,719

64

BROILERS AND EGGS: Monthly average price received by producers, United States, 1992-2001



1992 29.5 29.8 29.9 30.0 29.7 32.61993 31.5 31.8 32.2 33.0 33.8 35.21994 33.9 33.7 34.4 35.3 35.6 37.61995 32.5 32.4 32.5 32.7 32.3 31.91996 36.2 37.2 35.3 34.1 34.9 37.8

1997 40.7 39.0 37.7 36.9 36.7 36.81998 32.4 33.6 34.3 35.4 36.4 37.51999 38.5 38.0 36.4 35.0 35.4 38.02000 36.0 33.0 30.0 32.0 34.0 34.02001 35.0 34.0 37.0 39.0 39.0 40.0


1992 60.5 46.5 43.8 42.3 43.0 38.51993 54.4 53.0 51.3 60.3 55.9 48.31994 52.3 50.5 52.2 54.7 48.7 45.41995 50.8 49.1 48.6 48.5 48.6 41.91996 69.2 68.1 64.7 69.2 64.9 56.9

1997 79.8 66.1 65.4 60.8 53.0 50.71998 68.0 62.6 51.1 57.2 49.5 38.71999 61.4 57.5 49.7 52.7 42.6 35.92000 43.5 40.1 51.7 38.5 47.6 32.12001 67.4 50.7 50.1 51.6 48.4 36.5


1992 69.5 57.7 55.5 54.2 54.6 51.31993 64.1 63.5 62.0 69.6 69.2 63.31994 63.6 62.3 64.0 65.7 61.3 58.71995 62.0 61.1 60.7 60.4 60.8 55.51996 79.0 78.2 75.7 79.1 75.8 69.3

1997 87.9 76.5 76.1 72.3 66.0 64.21998 78.7 74.3 64.9 69.9 63.7 54.91999 75.5 72.5 66.1 68.6 60.3 54.92000 60.3 57.8 67.8 56.9 64.7 52.02001 80.7 66.9 66.6 67.6 65.0 55.2

Continued

65

BROILERS AND EGGS: Monthly average price received by producers, United States, 1992-2001



1992 31.9 34.1 34.3 32.0 33.1 33.3 31.81993 35.0 35.5 36.4 36.5 35.0 34.8 34.01994 37.5 36.4 35.1 35.1 33.9 32.3 35.11995 33.2 34.7 37.4 38.1 36.8 37.6 34.31996 40.6 40.5 40.3 40.2 39.5 40.4 38.1

1997 37.4 40.0 39.9 38.2 34.7 33.7 37.71998 40.6 44.0 46.8 45.9 43.4 41.3 39.31999 38.7 38.0 37.2 35.9 34.3 38.0 37.02000 34.0 35.0 33.0 38.0 35.0 38.0 34.32001 41.0 42.0 42.0 43.0 41.0 39.0 39.3


1992 40.7 39.8 41.7 49.0 45.7 54.6 45.61993 51.7 46.8 51.0 44.7 49.1 52.1 51.61994 43.9 44.5 47.0 47.7 44.4 50.3 48.51995 43.6 47.9 50.5 54.5 54.4 65.8 50.41996 58.3 57.7 62.6 65.1 62.7 72.6 64.3

1997 44.9 52.5 49.8 57.5 53.1 71.1 58.71998 44.8 43.4 51.6 49.6 53.2 61.0 52.61999 37.4 40.6 42.1 39.8 33.5 48.2 45.12000 43.9 37.7 50.0 41.8 50.9 57.2 44.62001 36.2 35.4 38.8 37.7 43.1 48.6 45.4


1992 53.0 52.0 53.6 59.6 56.8 64.3 57.61993 66.3 57.7 61.1 55.5 60.0 63.0 62.91994 57.7 58.4 60.3 60.8 57.7 61.7 61.01995 57.3 60.9 62.9 66.4 66.3 75.7 62.51996 70.7 69.8 73.7 75.8 73.5 82.0 75.2

1997 59.4 65.6 63.1 69.6 65.9 80.8 70.61998 59.6 58.2 65.0 63.3 66.3 72.8 66.01999 56.2 58.8 59.7 57.5 52.0 64.1 62.22000 61.8 56.5 66.4 59.2 66.8 72.0 61.82001 55.0 54.0 56.6 55.5 59.9 64.1 62.2

1/ Includes eggs sold retail by the producer. 2/ Includes hatching eggs and eggs sold retail by the producer.

66

BROILERS: Number and pounds produced, price per pound and value of production, by State, 1/ 2001 2/

State Broilers produced Pounds Perpound 3/


Thousands Cents 1,000 dollars

AL 1,007,600 5,138,800 39.0 2,004,132AR 1,170,900 5,737,400 39.0 2,237,586DE 257,700 1,494,700 40.0 597,880FL 115,300 634,200 40.0 253,680

GA 1,247,300 6,236,500 39.0 2,432,235HI 900 3,800 54.5 2,071KY 253,400 1,292,300 39.0 5,036,697MD 287,800 1,381,400 40.0 552,560

MN 43,900 219,500 39.0 85,605MS 765,300 3,826,500 39.0 1,492,335NE 500 2,700 39.0 1,053NY 2,300 12,200 41.0 5,002

NC 712,300 4,202,600 40.0 1,681,040OH 40,100 212,500 39.0 82,875OK 226,800 1,111,300 39.0 433,407PA 132,300 701,200 41.0 287,492

SC 198,000 1,049,400 39.0 409,266TN 198,300 932,000 39.0 363,480TX 565,500 2,714,400 39.0 1,058,616VA 271,500 1,330,400 39.0 518,857

WV 89,800 368,200 39.0 143,598WI 31,300 137,700 39.0 53,703

Other States 5/ 768,210 3,695,000 40.2 11,487,133

U. S. 8,387,010 42,434,700 39.3 16,687,602

1/ Commercial broiler production including production of other meat-type breeds. Excludes States producing less than 500,000 birds.2/ Production year is December 2000 thru November 2001.3/ Liveweight equivalent price.4/ Includes value of home consumption.5/ CT, IA, IL, IN, LA, ME, ND, and SD combined to avoid disclosing individual operations.

67

TURKEYS: Number and pounds produced, price per pound, and value of production, by States, 2001 1/

State Number raisedAll breeds

Poundsproduced

Average centsper pound 2/


1,000 head 1,000 pounds 1,000 dollars

AR 27,000 472,500 40.0 189,000CA 18,700 450,670 47.0 211,815CT 5 108 113.0 122

IL 2,900 82,650 38.0 31,407IN 14,000 399,000 38.0 151,620MD-DE 464 15,151 39.0 5,909

MA 74 1,591 144.0 2,291MN 44,000 1,100,000 35.0 385,000MO 24,000 660,000 41.0 270,600NH 6 129 147.0 190

NJ 44 893 80.0 714NY 510 11,067 41.0 4,537NC 43,000 1,130,900 40.0 452,360ND 1,600 42,080 35.0 14,728OH 4,800 181,440 35.0 63,504

PA 9,500 213,750 46.0 98,325SC 9,200 325,680 39.0 127,015SD 4,900 166,110 35.0 58,139VT 45 968 140.0 1,355

VA 24,000 530,400 39.0 206,856WV 4,100 90,610 39.0 35,338

Other States 5/ 39,211 1,279,084 39.0 479,492

U.S. 6/ 272,059 7,154,781 39.0 2,790,317

1/ Based on turkeys placed September 1, 2000 through August 31, 2001. Excludes young turkeys lost. 2/ Liveweight equivalent price.3/ Includes home consumption.4/ Not published to avoid disclosing individual operations. Value of production included in other States.5/ Michigan, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah, and Wisconsin combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. 6/ May not add due to rounding.

68

TURKEYS: Hatchery Operations, All Breeds, by Months, and Regions, 2000 and 2001

Month

United States Regions

2000 20012001 aspercentof 2000

EastNorth

Central

West North

Central

North & South

Atlantic

SouthCentral

West

Thousands Thousands

EGGS IN INCUBATORS,FIRST OF MONTH

Jan 31,203 31,668 101 4,836 10,377 10,193 3,064 3,198Feb 30,827 32,009 104 4,934 10,945 9,775 3,060 3,295Mar 31,084 31,805 102 4,931 10,721 9,816 3,008 3,329Apr 32,769 32,883 100 5,136 11,197 9,739 3,283 3,528May 31,779 32,672 103 4,998 11,608 9,826 3,119 3,121Jun 33,206 34,066 103 5,076 11,604 10,444 3,283 3,659Jul 33,970 33,116 97 4,822 10,856 10,077 2,872 4,489Aug 31,055 31,772 102 4,818 10,741 10,256 3,041 2,916Sep 30,287 30,009 99 4,787 9,796 9,699 3,002 2,725Oct 29,460 29,903 102 4,954 10,717 9,343 3,026 1,863Nov 29,317 30,600 104 4,942 10,730 9,897 5,118 1,913Dec 30,638 29,852 97 4,653 10,445 9,150 3,245 2,359

POULTS PLACED

Jan 24,676 25,612 104 3,501 8,775 8,281 2,494 2,561Feb 24,197 23,775 98 3,559 8,275 7,156 2,323 2,462Mar 25,741 26,148 102 3,736 9,080 8,195 2,446 2,691Apr 25,094 25,858 103 3,736 8,759 8,041 2,665 2,657May 25,816 26,682 103 3,837 9,330 8,552 2,566 2,397Jun 26,880 26,121 97 3,542 8,878 8,309 2,693 2,699Jul 26,822 27,064 101 3,599 8,956 8,743 2,427 3,339Aug 24,731 25,032 101 3,605 8,527 8,370 2,429 2,101Sep 23,016 22,414 97 3,178 7,471 7,508 2,374 1,883Oct 23,672 24,128 102 3,769 8,300 8,168 2,491 1,400Nov 23,357 24,226 104 3,839 8,619 7,732 2,518 1,518Dec 23,297 24,499 105 3,646 8,671 7,649 2,695 1,838

TOTAL 297,299 301,559 101 43,547 103,641 96,704 30,121 27,546

69

HOGS AND PIGS: Number on farms and value, 1996-2001

Item 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

FLORIDA 1,000 headNumber on farms - Dec 1:

All hogs and pigs 65 55 55 40 40 35Kept for breeding 10 10 10 7 8 7Market 55 45 45 33 32 28

Market hogs and pigs:Under 60 pounds 30 24 20 17 18 1560 - 119 pounds 10 8 12 9 8 7120 - 179 pounds 10 9 10 4 4 4180 pounds and over 5 4 3 3 2 2

Total value - 1,000 dollars 6,240 4,675 2,530 2,960 3,200 2,835

UNITED STATESNumber on farms - Dec 1:

All hogs and pigs 56,124 61,158 62,206 59,342 59,138 58,774Kept for breeding 6,578 6,957 6,682 6,234 6,270 6,209Market 49,546 54,200 55,523 53,109 52,868 52,564

Market hogs and pigs:Under 60 pounds 18,503 20,237 20,140 19,241 19,421 19,30460 - 119 pounds 12,193 13,319 13,631 13,107 12,933 12,750120-179 pounds 10,209 11,188 11,585 11,073 10,846 10,792180 pounds and over 8,641 9,457 10,168 9,687 9,669 9,718

Total value - 1,000 dollars 5,280,742 4,985,532 2,765,847 4,254,294 4,542,493 4,573,070

HOGS AND PIGS: Inventory numbers, pig crop, and disposition, 1992-2001

YearInventoryDec 1 of

Prev. YearSows

farrowing Pig crop Inship-ments

Marketings1/

Farmslaughter

2/Deaths

1,000 headFLORIDA1992 135 28 197 7 209 3 121993 115 30 218 2 218 1 161994 100 28 197 2 186 1 121995 100 26 188 3 194 1 111996 85 23 161 3 175 1 8

1997 65 18 131 7 142 1 51998 55 16 116 5 110 1 101999 55 16 112 5 127 1 42000 40 16 112 8 115 1 42001 40 14 98 8 106 1 4

YearInventoryDec 1 of

Prev. Year

Spring Fall Inship-ments

Marketings1/

Farmslaughter

2/DeathsSows

farrowingPigcrop

Sowsfarrowing

Pigcrop

UNITED STATES

1992 57,649 6,260 50,466 6,012 48,676 4,871 98,589 272 4,6001993 58,202 6,039 49,110 5,977 48,216 5,471 98,387 217 4,4551994 57,940 6,257 51,217 6,139 50,261 6,202 101,123 193 4,5661995 59,738 6,046 50,077 5,843 48,739 7,557 103,007 188 4,7151996 58,201 5,665 47,888 5,449 46,571 10,036 101,468 176 4,927

1997 56,124 5,595 48,394 5,884 51,190 14,935 104,301 161 5,0231998 61,158 6,014 52,469 6,047 52,535 19,371 117,240 163 5,9251999 62,206 5,877 51,519 5,764 50,835 22,636 121,137 141 6,5752000 59,342 5,683 50,087 5,727 50,660 24,525 118,541 125 6,8112001 59,138 5,619 49,472 5,684 50,001 26,920 119,558 119 7,2901/ Includes custom slaughter for use on farms where produced, but excludes interfarm sales within State. 2/ Excludes custom slaughter for farmers at commercial establishments.

70

1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001

0

50

100

150Th

ousa

nd H

ead

Outshipments Inshipments

Hogs Shipped by Truck into and from Florida Region

HOG OUTSHIPMENTS AND INSHIPMENTS: By Class, Shipped by Truck from and to Region east and south of Suwannee River in Florida, 1992-2001

Monthandyear

Outshipments InshipmentsSlaughter Feeder Breeder Total Slaughter Feeder Breeder Total

Head

YEARLY TOTALS1992 47,717 18,690 1,902 68,309 46,960 3,835 2,753 53,5481993 44,424 18,341 943 63,708 48,354 1,282 789 50,4251994 35,904 26,328 171 62,403 73,590 2,332 780 76,7021995 27,861 13,172 104 41,137 90,341 1,627 621 92,5891996 25,890 5,958 133 31,981 99,692 1,396 1,339 102,4271997 28,051 12,274 1,875 42,200 103,358 1,219 537 105,1141998 20,345 8,705 605 29,655 120,260 3,434 983 124,6771999 13,549 7,319 297 21,165 96,859 3,615 679 101,1532000 13,009 6,607 676 20,292 78,353 5,209 328 83,8902001 13,289 3,541 17 16,847 85,208 8,731 556 94,495

MONTHLY TOTALS - 2001

Jan 1,046 -- -- 1,046 6,072 980 102 7,154Feb 1,231 568 -- 1,799 6,973 209 -- 7,182Mar 1,816 48 -- 1,864 4,981 294 34 5,309Apr 1,345 369 -- 1,714 5,283 423 6 5,712May 963 317 -- 1,280 9,475 754 -- 10,229Jun 1,008 300 16 1,324 4,510 198 22 4,730Jul 934 395 -- 1,329 5,866 556 62 6,484Aug 396 523 1 920 5,871 1,062 2 6,935Sep 1,055 612 -- 1,661 8,202 84 4 8,290Oct 900 86 -- 986 7,181 1,194 50 8,425Nov 1,850 201 -- 2,051 10,014 587 226 10,827Dec 745 122 -- 867 10,780 2,390 48 13,218

71

HOGS: Average price per 100 pounds, 1992-2001

Year Dec 1/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Annualaverage

Dollars/Hundredweight

FLORIDA1992 35.20 38.30 36.00 35.30 36.70 39.60 39.30 37.60 38.40 35.30 36.00 35.30 36.601993 35.10 36.30 39.80 42.10 41.70 42.10 42.90 39.40 41.20 41.80 40.60 37.70 39.801994 38.00 39.90 41.80 40.70 40.00 40.50 39.50 39.40 35.60 32.10 27.10 25.80 37.601995 26.00 31.30 35.00 33.20 30.20 32.00 34.30 36.80 40.90 41.70 41.10 37.50 34.201996 37.80 38.10 41.20 41.90 43.20 47.60 45.60 49.90 51.50 46.30 47.90 47.40 45.10

1997 47.20 45.40 44.90 42.40 45.90 52.20 49.30 51.50 50.50 44.40 39.50 35.50 45.201998 36.20 29.80 31.40 31.60 34.00 42.80 39.20 32.40 29.90 21.90 20.30 15.70 28.001999 36.20 26.80 23.10 26.30 25.60 29.40 NA 24.50 28.50 28.00 29.60 30.10 25.402000 28.60 31.70 36.80 37.60 38.60 40.50 38.10 42.80 35.40 33.10 36.30 30.30 35.402001 36.30 33.40 36.30 40.90 40.40 43.40 46.00 43.50 43.00 38.40 33.90 29.30 37.90

UNITED STATES

1992 38.60 36.80 40.20 39.10 41.00 45.10 46.70 44.60 44.10 42.10 42.00 41.10 41.601993 41.70 41.20 44.00 46.50 45.40 46.90 48.10 45.70 47.30 47.80 46.90 42.50 45.201994 40.40 43.50 47.90 44.40 42.70 42.70 42.70 42.20 41.80 35.40 31.80 28.00 39.901995 30.90 36.80 39.10 37.80 35.60 37.10 42.20 46.30 48.60 48.40 45.70 39.90 40.501996 43.50 42.30 46.40 48.60 49.70 56.70 56.20 58.70 59.70 54.70 55.60 54.40 51.90

1997 55.60 53.80 52.80 49.40 53.80 58.20 57.80 58.90 55.30 50.40 47.30 45.10 52.901998 41.60 36.00 35.90 34.90 35.60 42.40 42.50 36.90 35.20 29.50 27.80 18.90 34.401999 15.00 26.50 27.70 28.00 30.10 36.60 34.10 31.60 36.20 33.90 34.20 33.40 30.302000 35.70 36.80 39.90 41.70 47.40 48.30 48.90 48.30 43.80 41.60 41.40 36.80 42.302001 39.70 37.20 39.20 45.90 47.80 50.40 52.20 51.70 50.80 45.20 40.20 35.00 44.30

1/ December preceding year. NA Not available.

HOGS: Total head slaughtered under Federal inspection, United States, 1992-2001

Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total 1/

1,000 head

1992 8,346 7,332 8,124 7,792 7,063 7,347 7,643 7,683 8,420 8,792 7,986 8,360 94,889

1993 7,830 7,088 8,139 8,004 7,147 7,510 7,178 7,652 7,947 8,038 8,139 8,397 93,068

1994 7,285 6,783 8,147 7,609 7,383 7,451 6,941 7,997 8,192 8,585 8,516 8,547 93,435

1995 7,882 7,157 8,628 7,379 8,012 7,731 6,918 8,083 7,752 8,358 8,424 7,881 94,203

1996 8,292 7,660 7,699 8,035 7,634 6,532 7,341 7,676 7,694 8,591 7,620 7,622 92,394

1997 7,754 6,972 7,582 7,727 7,101 7,003 7,312 7,349 8,018 8,777 7,742 8,623 91,960

1998 8,589 7,712 8,475 8,328 7,571 7,730 8,270 8,169 8,600 9,352 8,809 9,426 101,029

1999 8,554 7,908 9,118 8,530 7,439 8,319 7,908 8,404 8,641 8,943 8,896 8,885 101,544

2000 8,140 8,077 8,822 7,227 7,945 7,952 7,357 8,623 8,118 8,882 8,757 8,076 97,976

2001 8,521 7,491 8,207 7,722 7,836 7,368 7,333 8,247 7,687 9,210 8,610 8,298 96,530

1/ Totals may not add due to rounding.

72

HOGS: Marketings, cash receipts, and income, 1992-2001

YearFlorida United States

Marketings1/

Price per100 pounds

Cashreceipts 2/

Grossincome 3/

Marketings1/

Price per100 pounds

Cashreceipts 2/

Grossincome 3/

1,000 lbs Dollars 1,000 dollars 1,000 lbs Dollars 1,000 dollars

1992 34,330 36.60 13,126 13,455 24,104,008 41.60 10,016,503 10,077,2161993 38,136 39.80 15,703 15,794 24,085,738 45.20 10,948,470 10,994,7261994 31,532 37.60 12,399 12,537 24,574,367 39.90 9,898,434 9,942,3331995 32,737 34.20 12,098 12,240 25,051,806 40.50 10,254,866 10,296,7151996 32,682 45.10 15,409 15,511 23,911,777 51.90 12,565,187 12,614,600

1997 26,641 45.20 12,335 12,427 24,165,768 52.90 13,053,680 13,102,0001998 19,710 28.00 5,772 5,822 26,477,537 34.40 9,444,082 9,478,4561999 21,954 25.40 5,743 5,789 27,029,548 30.30 8,621,759 8,650,1402000 19,870 35.40 7,167 7,231 26,715,965 42.30 11,803,046 11,837,7662001 19,088 37.90 7,365 7,436 26,893,235 44.30 12,455,790 12,491,5011/ Excludes custom slaughter for use on farms where produced and interfarm sales within the State. 2/ Receipts from marketings and sale of farm slaughter. 3/ Cash receipts plus the value of home consumption.

HOGS AND PIGS: Average weights, price, and value per head, at Florida auction markets, 2000 - 2001

Month2000

Feeder pigs Slaughter hogs

Headsold

Price percwt. Weight

perhead

Valueper

head

Weightper

head

Pricepercwt

Valueper

headAll grades 1/

Number Dollars Lbs. Dollars Lbs. DollarsJan 127 57.72 76 43.95 272 33.43 90.93Feb NA NA NA NA 268 36.30 97.28Mar 106 60.03 78 46.61 274 40.91 112.09Apr 354 77.35 63 48.98 334 40.40 134.94May NA NA NA NA 286 43.38 124.07Jun NA NA NA NA 276 46.04 127.07Jul NA NA NA NA 301 43.47 130.84Aug 101 65.91 66 43.53 277 43.04 119.22Sep 61 68.03 93 63.29 278 38.37 106.67Oct 388 85.89 57 49.25 278 33.85 94.10Nov 114 90.90 61 55.54 309 29.33 90.63Dec NA NA NA NA 310 25.97 80.51

Full year

2001 1,251 75.18 70 49.21 186 37.68 107.782000 1,819 67.26 70 46.92 283 35.88 101.551/ Uneven prices due to limited number of sales. NA Not Available.

COMMERCIAL HOG SLAUGHTER: Number of head, average live weight, and total live weight, 1992-2001 1/

YearFlorida United States

Head AverageLive weight

TotalLive weight Head Average

Live weightTotal

Live weight

Pounds 1,000 Pounds Million pounds1992 85,100 129 10,978,000 94,888.5 252 23,0521993 76,000 153 11,636,000 93,067.6 254 23,6111994 90,800 189 17,180,000 95,696.4 255 24,4301995 113,000 206 23,216,000 96,325.5 256 24,6431996 125,900 213 26,837,000 92,394.4 254 23,431

1997 126,400 205 25,885,000 91,960.4 256 23,5341998 141,200 175 24,738,000 101,029.3 256 25,8981999 109,700 177 19,448,000 101,544.2 259 26,2562000 111,400 183 20,385,000 97,975.9 262 25,6602001 103,600 186 19,240,000 97,961.9 264 25,8641/ Includes slaughter under federal inspection and other commercial slaughter; excludes farm slaughter.

73

HOGS: December 1, 2001 inventory, rank, marketings, and cash receipts, by States

State Head Rank Marketings 1/ Price per100 pounds

Cashreceipts 2/

1,000 head Dollars 1,000 dollars

Alabama 195 25 390 41.60 31,221Alaska 1 44 1 61.00 146Arizona 133 28 124 47.00 14,453Arkansas 570 17 2,111 40.70 142,253

California 110 30 288 44.90 27,863Colorado 780 15 2,686 47.10 263,659Delaware 26 36 64 38.90 7,203Florida 35 27 106 37.90 7,365

Georgia 310 22 939 42.40 88,182Hawaii 27 35 31 83.80 4,546Idaho 24 38 48 48.00 6,505Illinois 4,250 4 8,339 43.90 920,218

Indiana 3,150 5 6,586 42.90 693,444Iowa 15,100 1 26,253 46.30 3,131,682Kansas 1,560 9 2,863 41.90 322,124Kentucky 405 20 885 42.00 94,321

Louisiana 26 36 46 36.50 3,526Maryland 52 32 74 38.90 6,833Michigan 960 13 1,919 41.70 211,337Minnesota 5,700 3 13,009 45.50 1,416,925

Mississippi 285 23 615 41.80 63,850Missouri 3,000 6 7,350 41.30 586,436Montana 170 26 344 43.60 35,689Nebraska 2,900 7 6,012 46.30 711,323

Nevada 7 42 9 41.60 849New England States 3/ 39 -- 72 -- --New Jersey 13 40 13 35.60 410New Mexico 3 43 6 39.20 423

New York 75 31 136 38.70 10,777North Carolina 9,600 2 17,652 44.70 1,709,794North Dakota 154 27 520 45.40 47,917Ohio 1,420 10 3,111 43.70 350,125

Oklahoma 2,470 8 6,656 40.20 520,257Oregon 29 34 55 47.30 6,393Pennsylvania 1,060 12 1,876 40.40 179,860South Carolina 320 21 483 42.50 41,033

South Dakota 1,280 11 3,177 45.40 320,303Tennessee 225 24 511 43.00 45,929Texas 900 14 1,210 39.10 102,455Utah 610 16 926 47.90 106,338

Virginia 410 19 472 41.40 49,760Washington 24 38 51 44.10 4,970West Virginia 11 41 10 38.90 889Wisconsin 540 18 1,230 39.10 126,921Wyoming 117 29 300 43.60 32,428

United States 59,074 119,558 44.30 12,455,7901/ Excludes custom slaughter for use on farms where produced and interfarm sales within States. 2/ Receipts from marketings andsales of farm slaughter. 3/ The combined New England States are not included in the individual State rankings.

74

HOG AND PIG INVENTORY: Marketing and cash receipts, Florida 1947 - 1991 1/

Year Onhand 2/ Marketings

Priceper

100 lbs

Cashreceipts

1,000 head 1,000 pounds 1,000 dollars

1947 560 62,144 20.90 15,4331948 582 69,670 20.30 16,4131949 605 68,622 17.20 13,4081950 544 60,480 16.40 11,5051951 544 75,252 18.80 15,8361952 582 100,239 17.40 18,6581953 472 77,824 18.90 15,9091954 428 64,672 21.20 14,6771955 436 77,786 15.20 12,0671956 427 81,616 13.20 10,921

1957 465 84,660 16.50 14,1711958 381 68,025 18.70 12,9181959 427 85,548 14.30 12,3791960 401 74,104 16.80 11,0961961 385 73,008 16.90 12,4761962 377 78,340 16.00 12,6121963 358 73,148 14.60 10,7521964 340 87,756 14.80 13,0211965 338 77,641 18.50 14,3641966 304 77,709 23.00 17,873

1967 295 70,785 18.40 13,0241968 322 78,698 17.60 13,8301969 348 84,257 21.00 18,2441970 331 83,170 21.90 17,5631971 374 102,072 16.60 17,5051972 363 91,310 24.20 21,9311973 310 70,310 36.80 25,6791974 304 64,955 34.10 22,1501975 292 60,157 44.70 26,9961976 240 46,175 42.40 19,671

1977 320 72,270 37.90 27,5111978 320 80,618 44.00 35,6401979 360 127,390 40.60 51,8381980 425 143,203 37.00 53,0761981 370 128,632 43.60 56,1251982 257 92,396 51.20 47,6241983 290 82,322 44.10 36,4661984 190 61,816 43.50 27,0881985 160 41,950 42.10 17,9501986 158 50,730 45.50 23,376

1987 140 47,030 48.90 23,5501988 150 48,150 38.20 19,0241989 140 48,600 38.20 19,0101990 140 39,410 49.30 20,5581991 130 38,010 43.10 17,304

1/ 1992-2001 data are on pages 69 and 72 for hogs and pigs. 2/ Inventory as of January 1 prior to 1965 and as of December 1 preceding year beginning in 1965.

75

HONEY

FLORIDA: Honey production in 2001 was 22,000,000 pounds, downten percent from 2000. Florida ranked third in production behindCalifornia, and North Dakota. There were 220,000 colonies in Floridain 2001 with an average honey yield of 100 pounds per colony, fivepounds per colony less than the previous year.

Producers received an average of 62 cents per pound for the honey, upeight cents per pound from the previous year. The value of Floridahoney production in 2001 was $13.6 million, up from the 2000 value of$13.2 million.

UNITED STATES: Honey production in 2001 from producers withfive or more colonies totaled 186 million pounds, down 16 percent from2000. There were 2.51 million colonies producing honey in 2001, downfour percent from 2000. Yield per colony averaged 74.0 pounds, down

10.1 pounds from the 84.1 pounds in 2000. Colonies which producedhoney in more than one State were counted in each State so yields percolony may be understated. Colonies were not counted if honey wasnot harvested. Producer honey stocks were 64.8 million pounds onDecember 15, 2001, down 24 percent from a year earlier.

Prices for the 2001 crop averaged a 66.9 cents per pound, up 12percent from 59.7 cents in 2000. Prices are based on retail sales byproducers and sales to private processors and co-ops. At the State level,prices reflect the portions of honey sold through retail, co-op andprivate channels. At the U.S. level, prices for each color are derived byweighting quantities sold for each marketing channel. Co-op andprivate prices were higher for all color classes except ‘Other Honey’ in2001.

BEES AND HONEY: Number of colonies, production and value, Florida and United States 1996-2001

YearHoney

Coloniesof bees 1/

Yield percolony Production Price per

poundTotalvalue

Stockson hand

1,000 Pounds 1,000 lbs Dollars 1,000 dollars 1,000 lbs

FLORIDA1996 240 105 25,200 .860 21,672 2,2681997 240 67 16,080 .730 11,738 2,7341998 230 98 22,540 .640 14,426 4,508

1999 228 102 23,256 .530 12,326 4,1862000 232 105 24,360 .540 13,154 2,9232001 220 100 22,000 .620 13,640 3,432

UNITED STATES

1996 2,581 77 199,511 .888 177,166 47,2061997 2,631 75 196,536 .752 147,795 70,6961998 2,633 84 220,316 .655 147,254 80,808

1999 2,688 76 205,250 .601 126,075 79,3752000 2/ 2,620 84 220,339 .597 132,742 85,3282001 2,513 74 185,926 .669 127,060 64,7501/ Producers with five or more colonies. 2/ Revised.

UNITED STATES: Honey prices by color class and buyer, 2000 and 2001 harvests

Color classCo-op and private Retail All

2000 1/ 2001 2000 1/ 2001 2000 1/ 2001

Cents per pound

Water white, extra white, and white 56.3 65.0 114.5 125.4 58.2 66.5Extra light amber 56.0 64.0 121.7 130.7 60.7 66.9Light amber, amber, and dark amber 49.8 59.8 141.9 152.2 60.1 66.6All other honey, area specialties 63.2 59.8 175.2 152.5 92.9 78.7

All honey 55.1 63.3 130.4 140.6 59.7 66.91/ Revised, includes honey produced in 1999 that was sold in 2000.

76

SHEEP AND LAMBS: Number, value per head, and total value by State and United States, January 1, 2001-2002

State

All sheep and lambs 1/ 3/ Value per head 3/ Total value 3/

2001 20022002

as % of2001

2001 2002 2001 2002

1,000 head Dollars 1,000 dollars

Arizona 132 134 102 98 96 12,936 12,864California 840 800 95 92 94 77,280 75,200Colorado 420 370 88 101 85 42,420 31,450Idaho 275 260 95 107 88 29,425 22,880Illinois 75 70 93 160 137 12,000 9,590Indiana 66 57 86 160 142 10,560 8,094

Iowa 270 250 93 120 108 32,400 27,000Kansas 110 100 91 115 102 12,650 10,200Michigan 71 72 101 130 110 9,230 7,920Minnesota 170 160 94 100 93 17,000 14,880Missouri 73 70 96 110 110 8,030 7,700

Montana 360 335 93 94 80 33,840 26,800Nebraska 114 101 89 120 108 13,680 10,908Nevada 95 100 105 115 91 10,925 9,100New England 4/ 50 47 94 180 200 9,000 9,400New Mexico 255 230 90 85 80 21,675 18,400New York 60 60 100 120 135 7,200 8,100North Dakota 138 145 105 93 85 12,834 12,325Ohio 142 140 99 140 136 19,880 19,040

Oklahoma 55 60 109 115 110 6,325 6,600Oregon 245 285 116 93 80 22,785 22,800Pennsylvania 81 86 106 125 136 10,125 11,696South Dakota 420 400 95 100 88 42,000 35,200Texas 3/ 1,150 1,130 98 80 78 92,000 88,140Utah 390 365 94 98 84 38,220 30,660Virginia 61 59 97 105 122 6,405 7,198Washington 54 56 104 105 109 5,670 6,104

West Virginia 35 37 106 96 92 3,360 3,404Wisconsin 80 80 100 120 116 9,600 9,280Wyoming 530 480 91 92 80 48,760 38,400

Other States 1/ 148 146 99 110 115 16,280 16,790

United States 2/ 3/ 6,965 6,685 96 100 92 694,495 618,123

1/ Other States includes AL, AK, AR, DE, FL, GA, HI, KY, LA, MD, NJ, NC, SC, and TN. 2/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 3/ 2001 revised. 4/ New England includes CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, and VT.

77

CATFISH

FLORIDA

There were 45 catfish operations in Florida on January 1, 2002.Total water surface area was 880 acres, an increase of 200 acres from2001. Most of the acreage was for foodsize fish (700 acres) andfingerlings (125 acres). Total sales in Florida in 2001 were $1,327,000.The majority of the sales were to processors.

UNITED STATES

Catfish growers in the major producing States had sales of 443million dollars during 2001, down 12 percent from the previous year.The top four States, Mississippi, Alabama, and Arkansas, and Louisianaaccounted for 95 percent of the U.S. total sales. Nationwide sales of allfoodsize fish decreased 12 percent from 2000 to 410 million dollars.Fingerlings and fry sales totaled 23.8 million dollars, an increase of 2percent from 2000. Sales of stockers totaled 8.42 million dollars in2001, up 10 percent from the previous year.

By point of first sale, direct sales to processors accounted for 94percent of the total sales of foodsize fish while 87 percent of the stockersales were to other producers. The remainder were sold for recreationaluse, to live haulers, for retail, government, or other uses.

The water surface acres being used for catfish production as ofJanuary 1, 2002, totaled 196,590 acres, up slightly from a year earlier.Of the total acres, 5,535 are to be renovated during the period ofJanuary 1, 2002 to June 30, 2002. An additional 2,725 acres are underconstruction or expected to be constructed and in use by July 1, 2002.During the period of July 1, 2001 through December 31, 2001 3,945acres were taken out of production. As of January 1, 2002, 158,970acres were being used for foodfish production, 27,900 acres were beingused for fingerling production, and 5,046 acres were being used forbroodfish.

Catfish producers had 1.17 million broodfish on hand January 1,2002, down 12 percent from January 1,2001. Large foodsize fish (over3 pounds per fish) on hand totaled 10.7 million on January 1, 2002, up56 percent in comparable states from a year ago. The number ofmedium foodsize (1.50 pounds to 3 pounds per fish) increased 20percent to 106 million, and small foodsize fish (0.75 pound to 1.50pounds per fish) numbers increased 20 percent to 287 million.

The number of large stockers (over 180 pounds to 750 pounds per1000 fish) on hand January 1, 2002, at 311 million, were down 14percent from the previous year. Small stocker (over 60 pounds to 180pounds per 1000 fish) numbers decreased 24 percent to 365 million.There were 1.07 billion fingerlings on hand January 1, 2002, up fourpercent from January 1, 2001.

CATFISH: Water surface acres; acres being renovated; new ponds under construction; acres out of production; and acres used for broodfish; January 1

StateWater surface acres 1/

Being renovated

Underconstruction

Takenout of

productionin 2001

Used forbroodfishJan 1

2001Jan 12002

AcresAL 24,400 25,900 200 820 430 720AR 36,000 38,000 750 * 1,100 700FL 680 880 * 25 * 51LA 13,300 12,100 590 130 1,000 220MS 112,700 111,500 3,700 1,400 1,200 3,000MO 2,090 1,800 45 15 25 45Other 2/ 6,650 6,410 250 335 190 310

Total 195,820 196,590 5,535 2,725 3,945 5,046

1/ Included in other States to avoid disclosure of individual operations. 2/ Includes CA, GA, KS, KY, NY, OK, SC, TN, and TX.

78

CONFIDENTIALITY OF COLLECTED DATA

All information collected from individual agricultural producersis held strictly confidential. Data provided by individual producers orother agricultural firms are used only to compile and publish statisticsat the county, State, and national levels. Statistics at the county and

State level are not published if they will potentially disclose informationabout an individual or operation. In addition, all names and addressesobtained by this office are held confidential.

RELEASE DISTRIBUTION POLICY

Florida Agricultural Statistics Service (FASS) publications areprovided free of charge to all Florida agricultural producers and otherrespondents to FASS surveys. Also entitled to free FASS publicationsare news media that use agricultural statistics in their publications,cooperating State agencies, and other USDA agencies that have an

essential need for this information. Publications picked up at the FASSoffice will be provided at no charge.

Other persons or entities will be assessed a nominal charge toreceive individual publications or to be placed on distribution list forfuture FASS publications.

NASS MISSION

To serve the United States, its agriculture,and its rural communities by providing meaningful,

accurate, and objective statistical informationand services.

79

FLORIDA CATTLE AND HOG AUCTIONS, LOCATION AND DAY OF SALE

Sale day Auction market Mailing address Phone

MONDAY

Tindel Livestock Auction, Inc.P.O. Box 476Graceville, Florida 32440

850-263-3001

Columbia Livestock Market ofLake City, Inc. (Hog sale 3rd Wednesday)

P.O. Box 354Lake City, Florida 32055

904-755-2300

Ocala Livestock Market(Hog sale 1st Friday)

P.O. Drawer 1508Ocala, Florida 34482

352-732-4454

Okeechobee Livestock Market, Inc.P.O. Box 1288 Okeechobee, Florida 34973

863-763-3127

Cattlemen’s Livestock AuctionMarket, Inc.

P.O. Box 26 Lakeland, Florida 33802

941-665-5088

Hardee Livestock Market, Inc.P.O. Box 1479 Wauchula, Florida 33873

941-773-9747

TUESDAY

Townsend Livestock(Hog sale - Monday; Feeder Pigs - 4th Friday)

P.O. Box 577Madison, Florida 32340

850-973-4094

Okeechobee Livestock Market, Inc.P.O. Box 1288 Okeechobee , Florida 34973

863-763-3127

Sumter Co. Farmer’s Market, Inc.P.O. Box 62Webster, Florida 33597

352-793-2021

WEDNESDAY

Arcadia State Livestock MarketP.O. Drawer 1418Arcadia, Florida 34266

941-494-3737

North Florida Farmer’s LivestockMarket, Inc. (Hog sale every Monday)

Route 3, Box 158 Lake City, Florida 32055

904-755-3576

*Contact the market manager directly as to the sale day and availability of goats. No price list on goats.

Documents

FLORIDA - nass.usda.gov · FLORIDA AGRICULTURAL DIVISION OF MARKETING STATISTICS SERVICE AND DEVELOPMENT Orlando, Florida Tallahassee, Florida John D. Witzig, State Statistician Nelson