Cold Storage National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released October 20, 1998, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Cold Storage" call John Lange at (202) 720-0585, office hours 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET. Frozen food stocks in refrigerated warehouses on September 30, 1998, were greater than year earlier levels for concentrated orange juice, pork, chicken, vegetables, and potatoes. Cooler stocks of pecans, apples, and other natural cheese were higher than a year earlier. Total red meat supplies in freezers increased slightly from August and were unchanged from September 1997. Frozen pork stocks were 1 percent below last month, but were up 12 percent from last year. Stocks of pork bellies were down 37 percent from last month and were 17 percent below a year ago. Total frozen poultry supplies increased 2 percent from last month, but were down 3 percent from last year's level. Total stocks of chicken increased 7 percent during the month and were 6 percent above 1997. Total pounds of turkey in freezers declined 2 percent from last month and were 10 percent below last year. Public cooler occupancy was at 54 percent of capacity, up 5 points from a year ago. Public freezer occupancy at 67 percent was up 1 point from last month, but was 3 points below a year earlier. Co St 1 (10-98) Table of Contents Page Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, September 1998 . . .3 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, August 31, 1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, September 30, 1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Public General Warehouses: Cold Storage Space Occupied by Region and United States, September 1998. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Survey and Estimating Procedures, Revision Policy and Reliability. . . . 15 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, September 1998 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : Sep 30, : Aug 31, : Sep 30, : Sep : Aug : Sep 30, : 1997 : 1998 : 1998 :1997 :1998 : 1998 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds -------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Fresh Fruit : Apples : Regular Storage :1,070,519 65,277 1,289,796 120 Controlled Atmosphere:1,897,798 67,383 2,146,713 113 Total :2,968,317 132,660 3,436,509 116 294,139 Pears : Bartlett : 118,680 92,041 142,611 120 155 Other Varieties : 497,449 2,220 390,947 79 Total : 616,129 94,261 533,558 87 566 26,889 Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 176,668 273,627 175,828 100 64 Pecans : 22,862 47,257 40,463 177 86 Other Shelled : 72,249 101,793 94,439 131 93 Total : 271,779 422,677 310,730 114 74 165,527 In-Shell : Peanuts : 12,079 11,286 11,433 95 101 Pecans : 4,600 73,567 50,814 69 Other In-Shell : 8,766 4,196 2,474 28 59 Total : 25,445 89,049 64,721 254 73 25,611 Dairy Products : Butter, Total : 43,936 41,070 35,156 80 86 31,220 (Government Owned) : 499 216 169 34 78 Natural Cheese : American, Total : 434,028 441,605 414,960 96 94 (Government Owned) : 257 209 190 74 91 Swiss : 11,040 11,560 12,469 113 108 Other Natural Cheese : 98,607 123,603 121,477 123 98 Total : 543,675 576,768 548,906 101 95 324,614 Eggs, Frozen : Whites : 1,023 915 752 74 82 Yolks : 1,041 933 961 92 103 Whole & Mixed : 8,184 5,802 5,586 68 96 Unclassified : 587 1,343 926 158 69 Total : 10,835 8,993 8,225 76 91 7,874 Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers (Whole) : 24,994 13,116 16,172 65 123 Hens : 10,662 8,822 7,725 72 88 Other Chicken : 520,653 528,064 566,620 109 107 Total : 556,309 550,002 590,517 106 107 Turkey : Whole Turkeys : 530,101 460,092 460,687 87 100 Other Turkey : 240,605 248,739 236,297 98 95 Total : 770,706 708,831 696,984 90 98 Ducks : 2,844 5,597 4,459 157 80 Total :1,329,859 1,264,430 1,291,960 97 102 1,154,904 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, September 1998 (Continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : Sep 30, : Aug 31, : Sep 30, : Sep : Aug : Sep 30, : 1997 : 1998 : 1998 :1997 :1998 : 1998 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds -------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 52,140 52,656 43,766 84 83 Apricots : 19,857 19,899 17,300 87 87 Blackberries, Total : 35,389 35,663 33,777 95 95 IQF : 18,361 21,443 19,105 104 89 Pails and Tubs : 5,568 3,723 3,839 69 103 Barrels, 400 lbs net : 10,035 9,125 9,096 91 100 Concentrate : 1,425 1,372 1,737 122 127 Blueberries : 114,948 102,064 93,529 81 92 Boysenberries : 7,037 6,562 6,064 86 92 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 168,173 165,591 152,163 90 92 Cherries, Tart (Juice) : 1,816 7,045 4,211 232 60 Cherries, Sweet : 18,008 17,426 16,230 90 93 Grapes : 2,175 565 4,001 184 708 Peaches : 102,472 47,888 87,143 85 182 Raspberries, Black : 1,234 1,318 1,086 88 82 Raspberries, Red, Total: 66,487 60,571 52,205 79 86 IQF : 17,577 14,158 12,339 70 87 Pails and Tubs : 18,129 14,233 12,537 69 88 Barrels, 400 lbs net : 29,731 29,556 24,471 82 83 Concentrate : 1,050 2,624 2,858 272 109 Strawberries, Total : 295,569 338,241 304,925 103 90 Other Frozen Fruit : 165,217 176,326 227,529 138 129 Total :1,050,522 1,031,815 1,043,929 99 101 743,206 Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 1/ :1,287,848 2,025,083 1,796,337 139 89 (Gallon Equivalent) : 130,138 204,637 181,522 Other Juice Concentrate: 460,185 434,375 444,548 97 102 Total :1,748,033 2,459,458 2,240,885 128 91 263,767 Frozen Vegetables : Asparagus : 9,078 9,957 8,952 99 90 Limas, Fordhook : 22,948 13,373 19,184 84 143 Limas, Baby : 51,864 28,030 57,793 111 206 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 252,742 220,718 245,635 97 111 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 43,847 44,667 46,623 106 104 Broccoli, Spears : 18,453 21,730 18,919 103 87 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut: 96,490 85,192 81,973 85 96 Brussels Sprouts : 11,033 4,562 3,421 31 75 Carrots, Diced : 28,132 28,619 21,727 77 76 Carrots, Other : 145,117 128,255 126,817 87 99 Cauliflower : 33,520 31,565 32,006 95 101 Corn, Cut : 425,241 283,181 454,374 107 160 Corn, Cob : 298,635 157,991 344,045 115 218 Mixed Vegetables : 53,411 46,868 45,606 85 97 Okra : 59,303 70,342 67,593 114 96 Onion Rings : 9,176 13,182 15,971 174 121 Onions, Other : 26,908 18,731 25,438 95 136 Blackeye Peas : 8,185 8,786 9,666 118 110 Green Peas : 339,697 382,164 370,291 109 97 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 8,467 7,066 7,420 88 105 Spinach : 73,752 74,491 63,413 86 85 Squash, Summer/Zucchini: 75,904 78,207 72,923 96 93 Southern Greens : 13,600 22,745 17,932 132 79 Other Vegetables : 284,636 293,134 296,974 104 101 Total :2,390,139 2,073,556 2,454,696 103 118 1,647,320 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, September 1998 (Continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :-------------------------------------------------------- : Sep 30, : Aug 31, : Sep 30, : Sep : Aug : Sep 30, : 1997 : 1998 : 1998 : 1997 :1998 : 1998 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds --------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Potatoes : French Fries : 1,044,818 938,463 1,021,165 98 109 Other Frozen : 225,138 265,994 258,235 115 97 Total : 1,269,956 1,204,457 1,279,400 101 106 923,036 Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless : 319,679 273,895 280,852 88 103 Beef Cuts : 29,406 32,854 35,338 120 108 Total : 349,085 306,749 316,190 91 103 313,432 (Government Owned) : 4,562 2,161 2,273 50 105 Frozen Pork : Picnics, Bone-in : 11,466 10,457 17,126 149 164 Hams, Total : 101,277 104,565 104,100 103 100 98,893 Bone-in : 59,928 66,988 68,823 115 103 67,395 Boneless : 41,349 37,577 35,277 85 94 31,498 Bellies : 11,148 14,786 9,262 83 63 Loins, Total : 15,343 15,532 16,030 104 103 14,290 Bone-in : 6,482 8,205 7,609 117 93 Boneless : 8,861 7,327 8,421 95 115 Ribs : 31,241 36,228 38,941 125 107 Butts : 4,463 8,284 7,955 178 96 Trimmings : 41,099 57,379 55,847 136 97 Other : 72,753 78,796 78,436 108 100 Variety Meats : 45,260 49,060 44,044 97 90 Unclassified : 12,587 17,468 16,985 135 97 Total : 346,637 392,555 388,726 112 99 349,689 (Government Owned) : 649 1,914 1,676 258 88 Other : Veal : 5,871 4,864 5,087 87 105 Lamb & Mutton : 16,119 14,530 12,220 76 84 Total : 21,990 19,394 17,307 79 89 17,169 Canned : Canned Hams : 8,457 8,892 8,753 104 98 Other Canned Meat : 1,994 657 746 37 114 Total : 10,451 9,549 9,499 91 99 5,892 Total : 728,163 728,247 731,722 100 100 686,182 Miscellaneous : Cooler : 958,710 620,824 851,662 89 137 527,248 Freezer : 1,848,590 1,916,932 1,994,778 108 104 1,922,712 Total : 2,807,300 2,537,756 2,846,440 101 112 2,449,960 Commodities : Stored in Coolers : 5,399,669 1,945,788 5,755,585 107 296 1,054,237 Stored in Freezers :10,404,419 10,719,409 11,071,252 106 103 6,860,357 Total :15,804,088 12,665,197 16,826,837 106 133 8,744,249 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Adjusted to 42.0 degrees Brix equivalent (9.896 pounds per gallon). Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, August 31, 1998 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 12 414 21 197,605 Pecans 1/ : 106 16,413 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 15,886 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 23,683 39,251 238,919 68,042 617 Other Natural Cheese : 330 13,193 101,188 1,261 550 : Frozen Poultry : Broilers (Whole) : 43 287 202 604 5,572 Hens : 1 425 730 691 1,990 Other Chicken : 1,242 3,862 10,403 22,731 156,217 Total : 1,286 4,574 11,335 24,026 163,779 Whole Turkeys : 10,667 47,066 41,315 56,863 81,779 Other Turkey : 1,348 11,267 24,018 70,466 66,676 Total : 12,015 58,333 65,333 127,329 148,455 Ducks : 50 311 3,856 130 66 Total : 13,351 63,218 80,524 151,485 312,300 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 21 16,642 22,776 127 615 Blueberries : 14,059 13,676 42,745 687 4,531 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 107 7,725 139,644 145 283 Cherries, Sweet : 449 11,275 195 70 Peaches : 66 2,709 1,934 58 687 Raspberries, Red : 521 1,549 736 327 156 Strawberries, Total : 99 4,132 4,657 4,262 2,130 Other Frozen Fruit : 30,018 18,745 78,330 512 861 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, August 31, 1998 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 23,388 51,932 153 102 273,627 Pecans 1/ : 671 29,646 421 47,257 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 1,517 56,164 73,567 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 223 306 14,867 55,697 441,605 Other Natural Cheese : 2,026 310 980 3,765 123,603 : Frozen Poultry : Broilers (Whole) : 1,337 4,236 571 264 13,116 Hens : 3,357 120 118 1,390 8,822 Other Chicken : 91,562 212,465 1,970 27,612 528,064 Total : 96,256 216,821 2,659 29,266 550,002 Whole Turkeys : 9,558 98,382 27,289 87,173 460,092 Other Turkey : 4,664 29,221 4,812 36,267 248,739 Total : 14,222 127,603 32,101 123,440 708,831 Ducks : 4 84 1 1,095 5,597 Total : 110,482 344,508 34,761 153,801 1,264,430 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 160 978 156 11,181 52,656 Blueberries : 175 1,040 393 24,758 102,064 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 43 445 7,093 10,106 165,591 Cherries, Sweet : 26 142 105 5,164 17,426 Peaches : 77 603 53 41,701 47,888 Raspberries, Red : 150 358 55 56,719 60,571 Strawberries, Total : 4,086 23,352 806 294,717 338,241 Other Frozen Fruit : 333 4,894 1,625 41,008 176,326 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, August 31, 1998 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 2/ : 24 3,921 308 1,941,012 Other Juice Concentrate : 1,037 30,619 16,431 1,812 186,742 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 250 5,421 61 356 Limas, Fordhook : 285 547 203 1,166 Limas, Baby : 1,344 629 513 5,097 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 30,652 49,548 2,318 6,879 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 10,679 4,662 291 362 Broccoli, Spears : 2,101 173 410 1,582 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 4,566 4,661 3,418 7,630 Brussels Sprouts : 288 160 324 319 Carrots, Diced : 1,977 4,823 1,030 5,507 Carrots, Other : 5,042 6,788 3,238 8,752 Cauliflower : 1,092 2,863 712 1,378 Corn, Cut : 28,964 36,260 22,241 13,092 Corn, Cob : 7,797 5,773 16,756 6,752 Mixed Vegetables : 2,213 4,095 1,717 4,515 Okra : 568 235 315 33,722 Onion Rings : 1,407 6,029 1,640 826 Onions, Other : 1,154 3,120 407 1,744 Blackeye Peas : 258 231 8 6,379 Green Peas : 40,298 42,854 21,364 15,869 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 417 361 50 530 Spinach : 8,588 1,205 1,829 6,700 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 1,679 21,157 454 19,838 Southern Greens : 2,269 24 8 10,802 Other Vegetables : 29,666 28,669 8,018 34,382 : Potatoes : French Fries : 41,417 21,862 71,110 72,770 16,299 Other Frozen : 3,381 15,769 35,919 7,976 4,000 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless : 5,139 27,376 30,723 57,609 26,697 Beef Cuts : 3,291 635 3,143 4,178 670 Frozen Pork : Ribs : 250 1,413 11,658 15,043 3,551 Trimmings : 594 4,122 13,750 26,576 8,138 Other : 3,143 2,295 17,491 26,438 9,572 : Other : Veal : 290 803 2,563 402 82 Lamb & Mutton : 766 2,847 2,139 1,602 3,241 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, August 31, 1998 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Concentrate : 122 7,079 2,507 70,110 2,025,083 Other Juice Concentrate : 2,283 15,697 297 179,457 434,375 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 275 3 3,591 9,957 Limas, Fordhook : 156 11,016 13,373 Limas, Baby : 536 1,526 18,385 28,030 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 1,859 281 129,181 220,718 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 407 91 28,175 44,667 Broccoli, Spears : 9,655 62 7,747 21,730 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 20,530 259 44,128 85,192 Brussels Sprouts : 764 2,707 4,562 Carrots, Diced : 751 374 14,157 28,619 Carrots, Other : 20,156 939 83,340 128,255 Cauliflower : 8,729 48 16,743 31,565 Corn, Cut : 4,475 319 177,830 283,181 Corn, Cob : 1,651 644 118,618 157,991 Mixed Vegetables : 7,087 131 27,110 46,868 Okra : 34,965 537 70,342 Onion Rings : 1,653 27 1,600 13,182 Onions, Other : 1,449 1,517 9,340 18,731 Blackeye Peas : 1,772 138 8,786 Green Peas : 3,361 17,853 240,565 382,164 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 146 49 5,513 7,066 Spinach : 12,394 327 43,448 74,491 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 10,543 154 24,382 78,207 Southern Greens : 8,720 91 831 22,745 Other Vegetables : 31,552 2,286 158,561 293,134 : Potatoes : French Fries : 1,504 10,776 254,207 448,518 938,463 Other Frozen : 146 4,950 75,694 118,159 265,994 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless : 6,896 60,803 3,269 55,383 273,895 Beef Cuts : 716 10,889 4,503 4,829 32,854 Frozen Pork : Ribs : 1,732 1,367 89 1,125 36,228 Trimmings : 741 1,841 361 1,256 57,379 Other : 3,408 9,731 215 6,503 78,796 : Other : Veal : 9 125 590 4,864 Lamb & Mutton : 1,153 871 1,911 14,530 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ East North Central combined with South Atlantic. Mountain and West North Central combined with West South Central. 2/ Middle Atlantic combined with South Altantic. 3/ New England combined with Middle Atlantic. East South Central combined with South Atlantic. Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, September 30, 1998 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 9 177 13 126,723 Pecans 1/ : 82 11,883 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 8,983 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 22,693 39,164 217,345 67,128 601 Other Natural Cheese : 364 11,513 100,452 2,327 630 : Frozen Poultry : Broilers (Whole) : 47 176 277 593 8,293 Hens : 427 595 482 1,832 Other Chicken : 1,430 3,890 11,139 21,822 171,398 Total : 1,477 4,493 12,011 22,897 181,523 Whole Turkeys : 12,325 48,496 43,247 54,161 69,614 Other Turkey : 1,207 12,105 21,995 65,145 68,348 Total : 13,532 60,601 65,242 119,306 137,962 Ducks : 39 363 3,659 129 63 Total : 15,048 65,457 80,912 142,332 319,548 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 29 14,260 18,722 68 365 Blueberries : 11,834 12,767 40,823 587 3,203 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 99 7,169 127,918 132 263 Cherries, Sweet : 369 10,671 169 62 Peaches : 112 2,830 4,096 195 654 Raspberries, Red : 481 1,714 792 318 151 Strawberries, Total : 59 4,700 5,744 4,490 1,371 Other Frozen Fruit : 54,163 20,855 99,308 582 1,046 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, September 30, 1998 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 19,076 29,551 152 127 175,828 Pecans 1/ : 446 27,437 615 40,463 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 1,252 40,579 50,814 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 210 283 15,315 52,221 414,960 Other Natural Cheese : 1,911 243 755 3,282 121,477 : Frozen Poultry : Broilers (Whole) : 1,249 4,269 592 676 16,172 Hens : 3,216 200 94 879 7,725 Other Chicken : 100,545 229,142 2,010 25,244 566,620 Total : 105,010 233,611 2,696 26,799 590,517 Whole Turkeys : 13,686 95,902 29,758 93,498 460,687 Other Turkey : 4,536 23,997 4,710 34,254 236,297 Total : 18,222 119,899 34,468 127,752 696,984 Ducks : 7 113 1 85 4,459 Total : 123,239 353,623 37,165 154,636 1,291,960 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 91 800 147 9,284 43,766 Blueberries : 183 1,026 368 22,738 93,529 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 50 427 6,518 9,587 152,163 Cherries, Sweet : 19 194 98 4,648 16,230 Peaches : 108 855 63 78,230 87,143 Raspberries, Red : 113 372 14 48,250 52,205 Strawberries, Total : 4,014 19,785 655 264,107 304,925 Other Frozen Fruit : 342 8,396 1,370 41,467 227,529 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, September 30, 1998 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 2/ : 25 2,999 334 1,721,123 Other Juice Concentrate : 1,184 33,033 17,916 1,565 175,639 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 243 4,907 59 330 Limas, Fordhook : 187 768 209 1,673 Limas, Baby : 2,219 1,440 746 13,161 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 44,132 56,903 2,276 10,969 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 11,571 5,857 438 808 Broccoli, Spears : 2,120 142 443 1,133 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 4,506 4,927 3,423 6,323 Brussels Sprouts : 202 122 237 247 Carrots, Diced : 1,934 3,462 1,080 3,605 Carrots, Other : 4,395 6,888 2,750 9,562 Cauliflower : 949 2,819 551 1,143 Corn, Cut : 38,804 54,566 33,361 18,949 Corn, Cob : 17,851 11,463 29,643 8,129 Mixed Vegetables : 1,979 4,091 1,691 4,096 Okra : 590 205 437 32,486 Onion Rings : 782 7,690 1,360 2,845 Onions, Other : 1,438 4,172 469 1,876 Blackeye Peas : 289 264 15 7,389 Green Peas : 39,180 42,195 21,723 19,371 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 390 258 55 526 Spinach : 3,030 1,125 1,717 6,022 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 1,000 21,816 406 17,344 Southern Greens : 2,128 21 12 7,888 Other Vegetables : 28,403 31,403 10,016 34,084 : Potatoes : French Fries : 41,621 24,342 77,141 77,249 18,454 Other Frozen : 4,725 15,887 35,532 8,968 4,098 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless : 4,882 29,475 30,393 57,281 22,081 Beef Cuts : 2,730 843 3,625 3,712 678 Frozen Pork : Ribs : 261 1,507 12,011 16,982 3,860 Trimmings : 474 3,595 12,752 25,880 8,643 Other : 3,579 3,442 18,197 25,740 7,950 : Other : Veal : 418 728 2,683 371 71 Lamb & Mutton : 607 3,125 1,896 1,736 1,719 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, September 30, 1998 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Concentrate : 108 6,813 2,244 62,691 1,796,337 Other Juice Concentrate : 2,417 16,944 417 195,433 444,548 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 237 3 3,173 8,952 Limas, Fordhook : 127 16,220 19,184 Limas, Baby : 949 6,283 32,995 57,793 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 1,840 212 129,303 245,635 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 354 66 27,529 46,623 Broccoli, Spears : 7,527 18 7,536 18,919 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 19,924 253 42,617 81,973 Brussels Sprouts : 524 2 2,087 3,421 Carrots, Diced : 1,220 213 10,213 21,727 Carrots, Other : 17,663 707 84,852 126,817 Cauliflower : 7,854 37 18,653 32,006 Corn, Cut : 4,804 377 303,513 454,374 Corn, Cob : 2,908 474 273,577 344,045 Mixed Vegetables : 5,621 120 28,008 45,606 Okra : 33,348 527 67,593 Onion Rings : 1,602 30 1,662 15,971 Onions, Other : 1,017 2,478 13,988 25,438 Blackeye Peas : 1,575 134 9,666 Green Peas : 3,123 16,237 228,462 370,291 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 148 29 6,014 7,420 Spinach : 11,779 436 39,304 63,413 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 10,550 211 21,596 72,923 Southern Greens : 7,100 6 777 17,932 Other Vegetables : 30,689 2,083 160,296 296,974 : Potatoes : French Fries : 1,574 30,211 283,038 467,535 1,021,165 Other Frozen : 169 5,087 70,960 112,809 258,235 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless : 7,085 59,613 7,818 62,224 280,852 Beef Cuts : 762 14,417 4,657 3,914 35,338 Frozen Pork : Ribs : 1,729 1,434 95 1,062 38,941 Trimmings : 663 2,140 347 1,353 55,847 Other : 3,384 9,636 258 6,250 78,436 : Other : Veal : 50 138 628 5,087 Lamb & Mutton : 1,020 826 1,291 12,220 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ East North Central combined with South Atlantic. Mountain and West North Central Combined with West South Central. 2/ Middle Atlantic combined with South Atlantic. 3/ New England combined with Middle Atlantic. East South Central combined with South Atlantic. Public General Warehouses: Cold Storage Space Occupied by Region and United States, September 1998 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cooler : Freezer :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Usable : Usable : Usable : Usable Region : Space : Space Occupied : Space : Space Occupied :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Sep 30 :Sep 30:Aug 31:Sep 30: Sep 30 :Sep 30:Aug 31:Sep 30 : 1998 : 1997 : 1998 : 1998 : 1998 : 1997 : 1998 : 1998 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 1,000 : Cu Ft ---- Percent --- Cu Ft ---- Percent --- : New England : 2,415 56 58 56 20,250 64 75 73 Middle Atlantic : 34,447 68 73 73 84,498 82 81 82 E. North Central : 48,885 58 52 50 174,977 63 64 64 W. North Central : 45,163 44 55 52 146,723 58 55 58 South Atlantic : 45,668 50 56 52 157,522 64 56 55 E. South Central : 9,178 50 49 45 49,986 68 60 60 W. South Central : 18,708 36 56 51 128,683 68 68 66 Mountain : 5,894 52 89 88 47,055 73 68 67 Pacific : 35,114 34 40 41 243,088 81 74 77 : US : 245,472 49 56 54 1,052,782 70 66 67 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Survey Procedures: Questionnaires are mailed about the 24th of each month to all operators on the list of approximately 1,400 public and private cold storage warehouses. In addition, apple data are obtained from special surveys and other sources (State Departments of Agriculture, U.S. Apple Association, etc.). All survey data represent stocks as of the end of the month. Data are collected from warehouses artificially cooled to a temperature of 50 degrees Fahrenheit or lower, and whose food products are normally stored for 30 days or more. All food items in these facilities are reported regardless of the number of days stored at the time of the report. Also included are specialized storage facilities meeting the 30 day requirement, such as fruit houses, dairy manufacturing plants, frozen fruit, fruit juice, and vegetable processors, and poultry and meat packing plants. Excluded are stocks in space maintained by wholesalers, jobbers, distributors, chain stores, locker plants containing individual lockers, meat packer branch houses, and frozen food processors whose entire inventories are turned over more than once a month. Estimating Procedures: Data for reporting firms are added to estimates for non-reporting firms to obtain regional and National totals. Estimates for non-reporting firms are obtained by multiplying the previous month's figure by a percent change from the previous month. The percent change is calculated for each item from totals of the current and previous month summed from firms that reported both months. Revision Policy: Data are revised the following month based on late reports or corrected data. Final figures are published in the annual summary in February of the following year. Reliability: Reports are received from 900 firms each month which represent about 70 percent of the total capacity. Firms that are not on the list or firms who have never reported are not represented in the data. Monthly data can vary due to different firms reporting month to month. Survey data are also subject to non-sampling errors such as omissions and mistakes in reporting and in processing the data. 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