Co St 1 (6-99) Cold Storage National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released June 18, 1999, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Cold Storage" call Linda Simpson at (202) 720-8784, office hours 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET. Stocks of Pork, Chicken and Vegetables All Set Record May Highs Frozen food stocks in refrigerated warehouses on May 31, 1999, were greater than year earlier levels for butter, pork, chicken, and vegetables. This was the sixth month in a row that pork exceeded the 500 million pound mark and also a high for the respective month. Likewise, May 1999 stocks of chicken, at 816 million pounds, also broke the previous record May high of 731 million pounds set in 1997. Vegetables also set a new May record high. Cooler stocks of peanuts and apples were each higher than a year earlier. Total red meat supplies in freezers were down 2 percent from April 1999, but were 13 percent above May 1998. Frozen pork stocks were 1 percent below last month, but were up 23 percent from last year. Stocks of pork bellies decreased 1 percent from last month, but were 82 percent above a year ago. Total frozen poultry supplies were up 3 percent from last month and 1 percent above last year's level. Total stocks of chicken were up 1 percent from last month and were 19 percent above May 1998. Total pounds of turkey in freezers increased 8 percent from last month, but were 20 percent below last year. Public cooler occupancy at 56 percent of capacity and public freezer occupancy at 63 percent were both unchanged from last year. Table of Contents Page Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, May 1999. . . . . 3 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, April 30, 1999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, May 31, 1999.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Public General Warehouses: Cold Storage Space Occupied by Region and United States, May 1999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Survey and Estimating Procedures, Revision Policy and Reliability. . . .15 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, May 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : May 31, : Apr 30, : May 31, : May : Apr : May 31, : 1998 : 1999 : 1999 :1998 :1999 : 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds -------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Fresh Fruit : Apples : Regular Storage : 47,046 99,710 38,859 83 39 Controlled Atmosphere:1,065,855 1,757,990 1,213,361 114 69 Total :1,112,901 1,857,700 1,252,220 113 67 5,176 Pears : Bartlett : 4 1,500 3,227 215 Other Varieties : 32,443 67,698 36,139 111 53 Total : 32,447 69,198 39,366 121 57 3,026 Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 471,660 611,370 683,112 145 112 Pecans : 44,893 28,234 28,855 64 102 Other Shelled : 124,695 160,938 168,548 135 105 Total : 641,248 800,542 880,515 137 110 504,327 In-Shell : Peanuts : 20,433 25,499 27,977 137 110 Pecans : 136,478 70,680 51,633 38 73 Other In-Shell : 3,515 6,949 7,010 199 101 Total : 160,426 103,128 86,620 54 84 31,779 Dairy Products : Butter, Total : 72,702 126,357 137,259 189 109 123,462 (Government Owned) : 308 67 45 15 67 Natural Cheese : American, Total : 443,730 450,564 495,877 112 110 (Government Owned) : 155 20 13 8 65 Swiss : 11,302 12,179 12,169 108 100 Other Natural Cheese : 113,449 160,720 169,063 149 105 Total : 568,481 623,463 677,109 119 109 377,135 Eggs, Frozen : Whites : 1,006 660 627 62 95 Yolks : 1,162 646 617 53 96 Whole & Mixed : 8,394 6,674 6,778 81 102 Unclassified : 2,305 1,376 1,541 67 112 Total : 12,867 9,356 9,563 74 102 9,282 Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers (Whole) : 18,361 24,451 33,452 182 137 Hens : 8,874 10,480 10,421 117 99 Other Chicken : 656,337 775,691 771,936 118 100 Total : 683,572 810,622 815,809 119 101 Turkey : Whole Turkeys : 350,508 239,992 274,946 78 115 Other Turkey : 263,632 215,522 218,347 83 101 Total : 614,140 455,514 493,293 80 108 Ducks : 5,430 6,010 5,458 101 91 Total :1,303,142 1,272,146 1,314,560 101 103 1,213,132 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, May 1999 (Continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : May 31, : Apr 30, : May 31, : May : Apr : May 31, : 1998 : 1999 : 1999 :1998 :1999 : 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds -------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 80,302 91,603 84,021 105 92 Apricots : 7,362 4,303 3,451 47 80 Blackberries, Total : 12,243 11,160 10,256 84 92 IQF : 6,976 7,043 5,593 80 79 Pails and Tubs : 1,119 1,713 1,816 162 106 Barrels, 400 lbs net : 3,180 1,102 700 22 64 Concentrate : 968 1,302 2,147 222 165 Blueberries : 51,593 40,096 28,586 55 71 Boysenberries : 3,472 2,906 2,396 69 82 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 67,565 79,945 70,786 105 89 Cherries, Tart (Juice) : 4,053 3,074 2,926 72 95 Cherries, Sweet : 9,632 10,829 10,583 110 98 Grapes : 1,237 2,983 2,388 193 80 Peaches : 31,422 32,401 26,945 86 83 Raspberries, Black : 206 206 162 79 79 Raspberries, Red, Total: 25,135 19,652 15,381 61 78 IQF : 6,938 7,139 5,743 83 80 Pails and Tubs : 7,139 5,357 4,214 59 79 Barrels, 400 lbs net : 9,443 5,665 4,257 45 75 Concentrate : 1,615 1,491 1,167 72 78 Strawberries, Total : 169,994 126,539 206,289 121 163 Other Frozen Fruit : 285,659 362,821 337,013 118 93 Total : 749,875 788,518 801,183 107 102 503,303 Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 1/ :2,627,547 2,535,882 2,152,155 82 85 (Gallon Equivalent) : 265,516 256,253 217,477 Other Juice Concentrate: 445,323 457,406 430,132 97 94 Total :3,072,870 2,993,288 2,582,287 84 86 277,617 Frozen Vegetables : Asparagus : 10,201 3,046 8,206 80 269 Limas, Fordhook : 10,886 6,367 6,012 55 94 Limas, Baby : 32,177 42,307 38,869 121 92 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 83,897 91,479 72,927 87 80 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 20,012 27,867 31,196 156 112 Broccoli, Spears : 23,974 45,509 44,851 187 99 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut: 91,704 144,094 136,235 149 95 Brussels Sprouts : 8,664 17,574 15,132 175 86 Carrots, Diced : 49,173 61,712 54,261 110 88 Carrots, Other : 136,029 137,193 125,612 92 92 Cauliflower : 43,829 41,664 38,840 89 93 Corn, Cut : 163,207 210,709 180,027 110 85 Corn, Cob : 128,936 157,387 129,929 101 83 Mixed Vegetables : 55,943 51,251 48,032 86 94 Okra : 29,954 22,738 38,422 128 169 Onion Rings : 11,667 14,528 15,390 132 106 Onions, Other : 22,787 33,113 35,771 157 108 Blackeye Peas : 7,175 5,996 5,559 77 93 Green Peas : 96,482 151,264 130,298 135 86 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 7,102 10,084 10,610 149 105 Spinach : 100,620 154,049 161,434 160 105 Squash, Summer/Zucchini: 58,688 52,283 48,741 83 93 Southern Greens : 28,878 38,377 42,229 146 110 Other Vegetables : 233,657 231,394 228,523 98 99 Total :1,455,642 1,751,985 1,647,106 113 94 998,633 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, May 1999 (Continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :-------------------------------------------------------- : May 31, : Apr 30, : May 31, : May : Apr : May 31, : 1998 : 1999 : 1999 : 1998 :1999 : 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds --------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Potatoes : French Fries : 1,012,022 976,576 980,718 97 100 Other Frozen : 270,801 259,637 274,412 101 106 Total : 1,282,823 1,236,213 1,255,130 98 102 904,802 Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 2/ : 275,293 275,878 268,692 98 97 Beef Cuts 3/ : 34,930 41,096 37,389 107 91 Total : 310,223 316,974 306,081 99 97 303,131 (Government Owned) : 2,258 3,768 3,370 149 89 Frozen Pork : Picnics, Bone-in : 12,984 8,952 8,987 69 100 Hams, Total : 91,814 100,930 130,107 142 129 126,090 Bone-in : 52,288 70,720 78,469 150 111 76,703 Boneless 4/ : 39,526 30,210 51,638 131 171 49,387 Bellies : 59,462 109,521 108,271 182 99 Loins, Total : 18,604 31,960 26,621 143 83 22,630 Bone-in : 10,602 19,021 16,035 151 84 Boneless 5/ : 8,002 12,939 10,586 132 82 Ribs 6/ : 47,902 79,006 63,305 132 80 Butts : 11,447 17,808 14,099 123 79 Trimmings 7/ : 98,907 70,024 60,257 61 86 Other 8/ : 72,314 109,892 99,366 137 90 Variety Meats 9/ : 47,517 50,672 60,430 127 119 Unclassified 10/ : 16,408 16,462 17,945 109 109 Total : 477,359 595,227 589,388 123 99 510,707 (Government Owned) : 1,015 6,051 5,912 582 98 Other : Veal : 4,906 4,183 3,585 73 86 Lamb & Mutton : 16,666 13,146 12,313 74 94 Total : 21,572 17,329 15,898 74 92 15,701 Canned : Canned Hams : 4,474 4,511 4,945 111 110 Other Canned Meat : 680 861 885 130 103 Total : 5,154 5,372 5,830 113 109 3,014 Total : 814,308 934,902 917,197 113 98 832,553 Miscellaneous : Cooler : 660,685 785,003 774,514 117 99 514,689 Freezer : 1,874,802 2,004,064 1,944,522 104 97 1,860,517 Total : 2,535,487 2,789,067 2,719,036 107 97 2,375,206 Commodities : Stored in Coolers : 3,181,342 4,244,406 3,716,174 117 88 1,439,146 Stored in Freezers :10,633,877 11,111,457 10,602,977 100 95 6,720,287 Total :13,815,219 15,355,863 14,319,151 104 93 8,159,433 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Adjusted to 42.0 degrees Brix equivalent (9.896 pounds per gallon). 2/ Includes all boxed boneless beef, such as ground beef, roasts, steaks, loins, strips, rounds, trimmings, etc. Variety meats (edible offal), such as tongues, livers, hearts, kidneys, and other organs removed from slaughtered beef, are included as miscellaneous freezer stocks. 3/ Includes all boxed primal beef cuts, bone-in. 4/ Includes full ham, bone removed and individual muscles separated. 5/ Includes pork tenderloins. 6/ Includes spareribs and backribs. 7/ Includes 42% regular trimmings, 72% special trimmings, boneless picnic meat, jowls, neckbone trimmings, blade, cheek, head, and shank meat, etc. Packaged bacon, sausage, and processed items, such as hot dogs and luncheon meats, are included in miscellaneous cooler or freezer stocks. 8/ Includes ears, tails, feet, neckbones and snouts. 9/ Includes tongues, kidneys, livers, stomachs, hearts, chitterlings, salivary glands, and other organs removed from slaughtered hogs. 10/ Includes pork unable to be classified elsewhere in this report. Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, April 30, 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 2,438 152,875 60,407 60 68,262 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 7 200 36 372,505 Pecans 1/ : 114 9,840 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 25 5,042 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 25,812 45,782 237,131 70,084 439 Other Natural Cheese : 329 8,218 79,319 62,323 647 : Frozen Poultry : Broilers (Whole) : 76 292 233 930 11,714 Hens : 1 553 1,260 859 2,512 Other Chicken : 2,212 7,120 14,414 41,639 224,151 Total : 2,289 7,965 15,907 43,428 238,377 Whole Turkeys : 4,444 19,744 18,663 32,703 40,563 Other Turkey : 403 10,943 22,581 60,481 46,979 Total : 4,847 30,687 41,244 93,184 87,542 Ducks : 41 215 5,493 15 71 Total : 7,177 38,867 62,644 136,627 325,990 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 30 32,099 37,901 89 1,611 Blueberries : 9,562 5,231 15,434 262 1,780 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 61 2,860 65,852 62 327 Cherries, Sweet : 701 7,113 92 73 Peaches : 40 2,108 1,944 147 393 Raspberries, Red : 400 1,769 373 223 68 Strawberries, Total : 110 2,038 3,008 1,352 1,143 Other Frozen Fruit : 97,759 25,278 166,505 112 1,662 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, April 30, 1999 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 226 9,397 1,564,035 1,857,700 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 57,777 179,670 159 1,016 611,370 Pecans 1/ : 841 17,309 130 28,234 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 1,458 64,155 70,680 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 219 255 13,006 57,836 450,564 Other Natural Cheese : 320 295 647 8,622 160,720 : Frozen Poultry : Broilers (Whole) : 2,026 8,348 250 582 24,451 Hens : 2,327 607 114 2,247 10,480 Other Chicken : 164,717 268,275 4,324 48,839 775,691 Total : 169,070 277,230 4,688 51,668 810,622 Whole Turkeys : 3,277 59,389 10,019 51,190 239,992 Other Turkey : 460 45,014 4,964 23,697 215,522 Total : 3,737 104,403 14,983 74,887 455,514 Ducks : 4 24 1 146 6,010 Total : 172,811 381,657 19,672 126,701 1,272,146 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 158 1,794 239 17,682 91,603 Blueberries : 96 595 357 6,779 40,096 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 37 748 5,427 4,571 79,945 Cherries, Sweet : 4 115 428 2,303 10,829 Peaches : 102 957 165 26,545 32,401 Raspberries, Red : 152 352 168 16,147 19,652 Strawberries, Total : 1,849 20,846 298 95,895 126,539 Other Frozen Fruit : 335 6,591 2,510 62,069 362,821 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, April 30, 1999 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 2/ : 21 3,909 314 2,433,440 Other Juice Concentrate : 1,157 14,712 17,879 1,863 191,083 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 160 1,174 74 182 Limas, Fordhook : 335 310 103 787 Limas, Baby : 2,095 1,058 518 12,098 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 13,327 21,695 1,141 5,508 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 5,191 5,843 114 373 Broccoli, Spears : 3,932 163 2,445 2,660 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 7,727 7,955 5,240 9,419 Brussels Sprouts : 443 266 485 847 Carrots, Diced : 1,897 11,484 1,155 14,146 Carrots, Other : 8,007 7,894 2,356 10,925 Cauliflower : 1,170 2,408 1,147 2,013 Corn, Cut : 13,845 22,993 12,136 10,982 Corn, Cob : 4,861 5,485 11,416 6,849 Mixed Vegetables : 1,898 3,947 1,414 5,797 Okra : 560 132 973 12,190 Onion Rings : 692 7,935 1,555 923 Onions, Other : 2,430 3,999 242 2,643 Blackeye Peas : 207 281 6 4,178 Green Peas : 11,281 13,052 7,021 6,392 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 283 466 68 576 Spinach : 12,387 1,734 817 12,222 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 2,150 15,568 246 12,588 Southern Greens : 2,341 52 10 22,141 Other Vegetables : 17,571 22,065 8,956 38,761 : Potatoes : French Fries : 33,993 28,126 55,469 102,194 24,076 Other Frozen : 8,852 8,508 29,476 6,376 9,539 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless : 2,818 36,673 28,213 58,594 27,068 Beef Cuts : 1,966 1,035 4,308 6,963 735 Frozen Pork : Ribs : 613 2,323 31,432 28,699 8,670 Trimmings : 615 2,440 15,696 35,454 7,965 Other : 3,256 4,740 28,441 29,444 11,841 : Other : Veal : 271 715 1,757 541 42 Lamb & Mutton : 537 3,771 1,777 711 1,420 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, April 30, 1999 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Concentrate : 118 5,039 4,256 88,785 2,535,882 Other Juice Concentrate : 1,559 15,699 203 213,251 457,406 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 410 1,046 3,046 Limas, Fordhook : 89 4,743 6,367 Limas, Baby : 363 2,721 23,454 42,307 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 792 75 48,941 91,479 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 239 173 15,934 27,867 Broccoli, Spears : 20,837 123 15,349 45,509 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 45,452 1,234 67,067 144,094 Brussels Sprouts : 1,292 4 14,237 17,574 Carrots, Diced : 1,552 145 31,333 61,712 Carrots, Other : 11,003 342 96,666 137,193 Cauliflower : 8,197 54 26,675 41,664 Corn, Cut : 2,826 541 147,386 210,709 Corn, Cob : 1,720 65 126,991 157,387 Mixed Vegetables : 8,366 82 29,747 51,251 Okra : 8,473 410 22,738 Onion Rings : 1,042 229 2,152 14,528 Onions, Other : 1,691 2,782 19,326 33,113 Blackeye Peas : 1,128 196 5,996 Green Peas : 2,017 7,402 104,099 151,264 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 247 25 8,419 10,084 Spinach : 17,080 6,783 103,026 154,049 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 4,779 189 16,763 52,283 Southern Greens : 13,550 283 38,377 Other Vegetables : 35,901 3,381 104,759 231,394 : Potatoes : French Fries : 1,142 28,514 293,075 409,987 976,576 Other Frozen : 81 5,894 66,662 124,249 259,637 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 4,680 59,075 7,219 51,538 275,878 Beef Cuts 5/ : 337 11,815 4,218 9,719 41,096 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 1,923 3,486 74 1,786 79,006 Trimmings 7/ : 612 3,771 492 2,979 70,024 Other 8/ : 4,001 23,519 269 4,381 109,892 : Other : Veal : 10 175 672 4,183 Lamb & Mutton : 1 1,508 1,318 2,103 13,146 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 4/ Includes all boxed boneless beef, such as ground beef, roasts, steaks, loins, strips, rounds, trimmings, etc. Variety meats (edible offal), such as tongues, livers, hearts, kidneys, and other organs removed from slaughtered beef, are included as miscellaneous freezer stocks. 5/ Includes all boxed primal beef cuts, bone-in. 6/ Includes spareribs and backribs. 7/ Includes 42% regular trimmings, 72% special trimmings, boneless picnic meat, jowls, neckbone trimmings, blade, cheek, head, and shank meat, etc. Packaged bacon, sausage, and processed items, such as hot dogs and luncheon meats, are included in miscellaneous cooler or freezer stocks. 8/ Includes ears, tails, feet, neckbones and snouts. Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, May 31, 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 599 87,933 28,414 20 31,384 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 35 226 41 429,994 Pecans 1/ : 119 10,275 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 19 3,702 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 28,755 48,078 261,550 78,258 285 Other Natural Cheese : 360 8,618 84,114 64,348 676 : Frozen Poultry : Broilers (Whole) : 95 1,224 305 998 13,931 Hens : 1 110 1,939 912 3,503 Other Chicken : 2,033 6,193 13,599 41,819 219,627 Total : 2,129 7,527 15,843 43,729 237,061 Whole Turkeys : 5,953 25,324 23,569 33,186 45,198 Other Turkey : 305 10,905 22,404 67,969 46,026 Total : 6,258 36,229 45,973 101,155 91,224 Ducks : 55 165 5,005 15 81 Total : 8,442 43,921 66,821 144,899 328,366 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 22 30,094 33,128 103 517 Blueberries : 6,912 3,588 11,106 219 1,448 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 55 2,206 58,847 76 200 Cherries, Sweet : 642 7,011 63 61 Peaches : 33 1,704 2,403 77 564 Raspberries, Red : 378 1,296 320 128 56 Strawberries, Total : 271 2,513 3,827 1,550 1,260 Other Frozen Fruit : 88,973 25,444 152,540 571 855 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, May 31, 1999 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 6 5,338 1,098,526 1,252,220 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 66,536 184,965 138 1,177 683,112 Pecans 1/ : 789 17,532 140 28,855 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 1,421 46,491 51,633 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 244 249 14,440 64,018 495,877 Other Natural Cheese : 207 222 866 9,652 169,063 : Frozen Poultry : Broilers (Whole) : 2,097 11,097 338 3,367 33,452 Hens : 2,358 236 83 1,279 10,421 Other Chicken : 168,650 268,877 3,595 47,543 771,936 Total : 173,105 280,210 4,016 52,189 815,809 Whole Turkeys : 3,763 73,835 10,687 53,431 274,946 Other Turkey : 532 42,597 4,265 23,344 218,347 Total : 4,295 116,432 14,952 76,775 493,293 Ducks : 2 22 1 112 5,458 Total : 177,402 396,664 18,969 129,076 1,314,560 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 119 1,776 217 18,045 84,021 Blueberries : 73 499 389 4,352 28,586 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 17 626 4,778 3,981 70,786 Cherries, Sweet : 4 103 689 2,010 10,583 Peaches : 59 1,019 90 20,996 26,945 Raspberries, Red : 133 385 131 12,554 15,381 Strawberries, Total : 2,644 19,347 402 174,475 206,289 Other Frozen Fruit : 327 7,331 2,550 58,422 337,013 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, May 31, 1999 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 2/ : 15 3,778 279 2,065,809 Other Juice Concentrate : 1,036 13,059 15,850 2,016 182,928 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 134 5,321 155 315 Limas, Fordhook : 324 286 113 995 Limas, Baby : 1,696 985 479 11,547 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 9,358 16,939 968 6,032 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 9,026 5,847 115 441 Broccoli, Spears : 3,629 180 2,303 2,461 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 5,816 8,240 4,948 8,427 Brussels Sprouts : 328 309 490 766 Carrots, Diced : 1,599 10,060 1,098 13,773 Carrots, Other : 6,047 7,115 2,149 12,030 Cauliflower : 1,264 2,346 1,101 1,757 Corn, Cut : 11,698 21,183 9,886 10,826 Corn, Cob : 1,474 4,537 6,892 6,922 Mixed Vegetables : 1,901 4,381 1,358 7,509 Okra : 633 165 1,319 14,210 Onion Rings : 622 8,146 1,201 920 Onions, Other : 2,030 4,246 243 3,326 Blackeye Peas : 154 282 2 3,784 Green Peas : 8,277 11,957 5,648 5,106 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 525 440 62 592 Spinach : 11,770 1,966 1,048 12,557 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 2,286 9,709 221 13,829 Southern Greens : 1,924 50 7 24,823 Other Vegetables : 16,719 21,385 7,520 43,156 : Potatoes : French Fries : 32,782 29,008 65,380 95,799 21,730 Other Frozen : 9,609 10,773 34,966 6,650 9,213 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 2,887 34,395 29,616 55,213 23,646 Beef Cuts 5/ : 2,119 999 3,937 8,112 704 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 498 2,043 26,055 22,269 6,375 Trimmings 7/ : 549 2,166 13,496 30,632 6,677 Other 8/ : 3,281 4,918 26,587 24,993 10,838 : Other : Veal : 241 552 1,521 448 43 Lamb & Mutton : 526 3,152 1,668 658 1,389 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, May 31, 1999 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Concentrate : 49 4,772 3,980 73,473 2,152,155 Other Juice Concentrate : 2,142 17,053 204 195,844 430,132 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 408 1,873 8,206 Limas, Fordhook : 84 4,210 6,012 Limas, Baby : 357 2,586 21,219 38,869 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 1,065 63 38,502 72,927 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 253 171 15,343 31,196 Broccoli, Spears : 18,261 132 17,885 44,851 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 41,990 1,293 65,521 136,235 Brussels Sprouts : 1,341 4 11,894 15,132 Carrots, Diced : 1,785 170 25,776 54,261 Carrots, Other : 13,092 346 84,833 125,612 Cauliflower : 7,419 53 24,900 38,840 Corn, Cut : 2,468 405 123,561 180,027 Corn, Cob : 1,531 308 108,265 129,929 Mixed Vegetables : 7,136 70 25,677 48,032 Okra : 21,618 477 38,422 Onion Rings : 2,415 271 1,815 15,390 Onions, Other : 2,041 2,848 21,037 35,771 Blackeye Peas : 1,147 190 5,559 Green Peas : 2,027 6,417 90,866 130,298 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 161 21 8,809 10,610 Spinach : 18,437 6,824 108,832 161,434 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 6,760 189 15,747 48,741 Southern Greens : 14,931 494 42,229 Other Vegetables : 36,337 3,762 99,644 228,523 : Potatoes : French Fries : 1,139 24,783 285,482 424,615 980,718 Other Frozen : 84 6,378 66,698 130,041 274,412 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 4,113 63,683 6,749 48,390 268,692 Beef Cuts 5/ : 333 7,810 4,376 8,999 37,389 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 2,015 2,709 25 1,316 63,305 Trimmings 7/ : 455 3,054 488 2,740 60,257 Other 8/ : 4,220 20,207 380 3,942 99,366 : Other : Veal : 43 166 571 3,585 Lamb & Mutton : 1 1,794 1,162 1,963 12,313 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 4/ Includes all boxed boneless beef, such as ground beef, roasts, steaks, loins, strips, rounds, trimmings, etc. Variety meats (edible offal), such as tongues, livers, hearts, kidneys, and other organs removed from slaughtered beef, are included as miscellaneous freezer stocks. 5/ Includes all boxed primal beef cuts, bone-in. 6/ Includes spareribs and backribs. 7/ Includes 42% regular trimmings, 72% special trimmings, boneless picnic meat, jowls, neckbone trimmings, blade, cheek, head, and shank meat, etc. Packaged bacon, sausage, and processed items, such as hot dogs and luncheon meats, are included in miscellaneous cooler or freezer stocks. 8/ Includes ears, tails, feet, neckbones and snouts. Public General Warehouses: Cold Storage Space Occupied by Region and United States, May 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cooler : Freezer :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Usable : Usable : Usable : Usable Region : Space : Space Occupied : Space : Space Occupied :-------------------------------------------------------------- : May 31 :May 31:Apr 30:May 31: May 31 :May 31:Apr 30:May 31 : 1999 : 1998 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 : 1998 : 1999 : 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 1,000 : Cu Ft ---- Percent --- Cu Ft ---- Percent --- : New England : 2,422 55 63 60 20,251 71 74 74 Middle Atlantic : 34,683 72 74 72 90,892 81 79 77 E. North Central : 47,634 54 54 51 173,367 60 59 57 W. North Central : 51,782 52 51 55 149,250 58 59 59 South Atlantic : 49,689 59 52 56 159,261 57 57 56 E. South Central : 9,083 53 53 49 60,365 56 51 54 W. South Central : 20,825 53 50 53 133,208 70 70 71 Mountain : 5,912 80 81 76 46,177 67 71 73 Pacific : 35,190 43 42 45 240,143 62 61 63 : US : 257,220 56 55 56 1,072,914 63 63 63 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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