Co St 1 (8-99) Cold Storage National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released August 20, 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. HIGHLIGHTS Frozen food stocks in refrigerated warehouses on July 31, 1999, were greater than year earlier levels for butter, chicken, pork, fruit, and vegetables. This was the eighth month in a row that pork exceeded the 500 million pound mark and also a high for the respective month. The previous record July high total pork stocks was 415 million pounds set in 1998. Likewise, July 1999 stocks of chicken, at 943 million pounds, also broke the previous record July high of 666 million pounds set in 1997. Vegetables also set a new July record high. Cooler stocks of peanuts and apples were each higher than a year earlier. Total red meat supplies in freezers were down 4 percent from June 1999, but were 9 percent above July 1998. Frozen pork stocks were 6 percent below last month, but were up 21 percent from last year. Stocks of pork bellies decreased 25 percent from last month, but were more than double the July 1998 stocks. Total frozen poultry supplies were up 10 percent from last month and 21 percent above last year's level. Total stocks of chicken were up 12 percent from last month and were 63 percent above July 1998. Total pounds of turkey in freezers increased 8 percent from last month, but were 14 percent below last year. Public cooler occupancy at 54 percent of capacity and public freezer occupancy at 62 percent were each 3 percentage points below last year. Table of Contents Page Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, July 1999 . . . . 3 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, June 30, 1999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, July 31, 1999.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Public General Warehouses: Cold Storage Space Occupied by Region and United States, July 1999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Survey and Estimating Procedures, Revision Policy and Reliability. . . .15 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, July 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : Jul 31, : Jun 30, : Jul 31, : Jul : Jun : Jul 31, : 1998 : 1999 : 1999 :1998 :1999 : 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds -------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Fresh Fruit : Apples : Regular Storage : 15,830 19,303 11,571 73 60 Controlled Atmosphere: 306,528 713,099 349,281 114 49 Total : 322,358 732,402 360,852 112 49 1,749 Pears : Bartlett : 352 3,720 11,452 308 Other Varieties : 46 6,576 116 252 2 Total : 398 10,296 11,568 112 4,047 Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 388,050 653,416 590,328 152 90 Pecans : 44,713 28,958 26,763 60 92 Other Shelled : 119,303 138,199 125,279 105 91 Total : 552,066 820,573 742,370 134 90 448,036 In-Shell : Peanuts : 19,659 30,357 26,149 133 86 Pecans : 93,617 37,010 25,272 27 68 Other In-Shell : 4,664 3,920 4,589 98 117 Total : 117,940 71,287 56,010 47 79 18,546 Dairy Products : Butter, Total : 50,979 121,253 118,941 233 98 96,291 (Government Owned) : 285 257 334 117 130 Natural Cheese : American, Total : 461,123 539,086 554,533 120 103 (Government Owned) : 288 33 48 17 145 Swiss : 10,823 11,835 10,410 96 88 Other Natural Cheese : 123,875 184,009 197,515 159 107 Total : 595,821 734,930 762,458 128 104 469,256 Eggs, Frozen : Whites : 869 620 686 79 111 Yolks : 986 842 861 87 102 Whole & Mixed : 6,996 8,175 7,954 114 97 Unclassified : 2,907 1,635 1,636 56 100 Total : 11,758 11,272 11,137 95 99 10,591 Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers (Whole) : 15,448 33,403 34,182 221 102 Hens : 9,283 10,824 10,058 108 93 Other Chicken : 553,780 797,807 898,950 162 113 Total : 578,511 842,034 943,190 163 112 Turkey : Whole Turkeys : 423,662 328,810 386,954 91 118 Other Turkey : 278,114 227,326 215,003 77 95 Total : 701,776 556,136 601,957 86 108 Ducks : 4,937 5,536 5,335 108 96 Total :1,285,224 1,403,706 1,550,482 121 110 1,439,105 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, July 1999 (Continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : Jul 31, : Jun 30, : Jul 31, : Jul : Jun : Jul 31, : 1998 : 1999 : 1999 :1998 :1999 : 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds -------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 65,242 79,824 74,161 114 93 Apricots : 23,058 4,904 15,814 69 322 Blackberries, Total : 29,625 8,444 25,032 84 296 IQF : 16,274 5,028 15,218 94 303 Pails and Tubs : 3,238 1,940 2,905 90 150 Barrels, 400 lbs net : 9,046 370 6,017 67 Concentrate : 1,067 1,106 892 84 81 Blueberries : 70,454 25,358 47,513 67 187 Boysenberries : 7,915 3,842 7,752 98 202 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 169,624 58,361 162,145 96 278 Cherries, Tart (Juice) : 6,064 1,889 3,827 63 203 Cherries, Sweet : 19,052 10,834 16,706 88 154 Grapes : 733 1,798 1,407 192 78 Peaches : 21,972 21,880 21,699 99 99 Raspberries, Black : 2,067 109 2,707 131 Raspberries, Red, Total: 69,723 11,424 48,593 70 425 IQF : 15,409 5,504 16,043 104 291 Pails and Tubs : 16,088 2,867 11,489 71 401 Barrels, 400 lbs net : 35,911 2,047 19,779 55 966 Concentrate : 2,315 1,006 1,282 55 127 Strawberries, Total : 361,017 365,575 377,205 104 103 Other Frozen Fruit : 193,324 283,045 288,273 149 102 Total :1,039,870 877,287 1,092,834 105 125 772,130 Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 1/ :2,249,040 2,001,505 1,789,869 80 89 (Gallon Equivalent) : 227,268 202,254 180,868 Other Juice Concentrate: 451,741 366,396 349,524 77 95 Total :2,700,781 2,367,901 2,139,393 79 90 228,636 Frozen Vegetables : Asparagus : 11,154 15,712 18,075 162 115 Limas, Fordhook : 7,572 4,924 6,048 80 123 Limas, Baby : 24,652 33,466 29,818 121 89 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 133,939 61,831 110,825 83 179 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 33,017 20,694 27,910 85 135 Broccoli, Spears : 22,890 49,485 52,539 230 106 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut: 87,638 139,675 150,080 171 107 Brussels Sprouts : 6,130 15,145 13,299 217 88 Carrots, Diced : 28,769 46,993 44,518 155 95 Carrots, Other : 120,687 115,576 113,368 94 98 Cauliflower : 31,886 32,894 29,221 92 89 Corn, Cut : 154,057 147,339 140,397 91 95 Corn, Cob : 90,751 108,050 97,545 107 90 Mixed Vegetables : 52,960 46,699 48,775 92 104 Okra : 71,015 51,951 57,559 81 111 Onion Rings : 11,845 13,397 13,841 117 103 Onions, Other : 21,468 35,605 33,168 154 93 Blackeye Peas : 6,069 5,598 4,263 70 76 Green Peas : 379,957 226,888 349,736 92 154 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 7,400 10,062 9,825 133 98 Spinach : 90,864 142,617 131,159 144 92 Squash, Summer/Zucchini: 68,411 49,942 56,288 82 113 Southern Greens : 27,975 39,455 35,760 128 91 Other Vegetables : 267,904 243,759 259,983 97 107 Total :1,759,010 1,657,757 1,834,000 104 111 1,135,089 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, July 1999 (Continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :-------------------------------------------------------- : Jul 31, : Jun 30, : Jul 31, : Jul : Jun : Jul 31, : 1998 : 1999 : 1999 : 1998 :1999 : 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds --------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Potatoes : French Fries : 967,452 965,960 897,929 93 93 Other Frozen : 267,268 268,166 243,678 91 91 Total : 1,234,720 1,234,126 1,141,607 92 93 817,211 Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 2/ : 267,552 251,820 245,428 92 97 Beef Cuts 3/ : 35,444 40,957 46,903 132 115 Total : 302,996 292,777 292,331 96 100 288,812 (Government Owned) : 1,973 3,489 3,415 173 98 Frozen Pork : Picnics, Bone-in : 9,975 8,398 6,390 64 76 Hams, Total : 105,383 126,644 135,289 128 107 131,549 Bone-in : 61,196 77,681 76,815 126 99 75,703 Boneless 4/ : 44,187 48,963 58,474 132 119 55,846 Bellies : 31,433 93,383 69,653 222 75 Loins, Total : 17,600 27,673 22,845 130 83 18,090 Bone-in : 10,064 15,886 12,000 119 76 Boneless 5/ : 7,536 11,787 10,845 144 92 Ribs 6/ : 39,543 43,107 39,569 100 92 Butts : 7,263 11,580 9,157 126 79 Trimmings 7/ : 62,408 48,084 43,744 70 91 Other 8/ : 75,796 102,040 103,564 137 101 Variety Meats 9/ : 48,036 55,406 59,690 124 108 Unclassified 10/ : 17,183 15,785 10,667 62 68 Total : 414,620 532,100 500,568 121 94 438,890 (Government Owned) : 975 6,400 6,137 629 96 Other : Veal : 5,129 3,957 4,069 79 103 Lamb & Mutton : 16,188 12,459 11,975 74 96 Total : 21,317 16,416 16,044 75 98 15,953 Canned : Canned Hams : 7,612 4,748 6,235 82 131 Other Canned Meat : 612 1,065 760 124 71 Total : 8,224 5,813 6,995 85 120 3,609 Total : 747,157 847,106 815,938 109 96 747,264 Miscellaneous : Cooler : 658,211 676,519 695,945 106 103 463,890 Freezer : 1,856,251 2,045,220 2,013,942 108 98 1,934,837 Total : 2,514,462 2,721,739 2,709,887 108 100 2,398,727 Commodities : Stored in Coolers : 2,255,018 3,051,820 2,636,198 117 86 1,409,133 Stored in Freezers :10,677,526 10,559,815 10,711,279 100 101 7,177,545 Total :12,932,544 13,611,635 13,347,477 103 98 8,586,678 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, June 30, 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 136 267 39 404,422 Pecans 1/ : 110 11,102 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 3,529 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 28,238 48,116 246,096 141,373 661 Other Natural Cheese : 498 12,764 91,851 66,821 801 : Frozen Poultry : Broilers (Whole) : 105 1,363 256 992 14,619 Hens : 2 101 1,914 799 3,345 Other Chicken : 2,155 7,770 14,523 32,731 238,358 Total : 2,262 9,234 16,693 34,522 256,322 Whole Turkeys : 7,047 31,972 28,875 35,577 53,016 Other Turkey : 303 10,231 22,651 72,600 53,374 Total : 7,350 42,203 51,526 108,177 106,390 Ducks : 61 180 4,993 4 82 Total : 9,673 51,617 73,212 142,703 362,794 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 15 26,958 31,041 104 462 Blueberries : 6,001 2,926 8,020 258 2,576 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 47 1,314 49,763 67 159 Cherries, Sweet : 553 6,650 71 146 Peaches : 27 1,228 1,980 44 489 Raspberries, Red : 382 1,068 316 157 89 Strawberries, Total : 217 2,546 6,017 731 1,309 Other Frozen Fruit : 75,987 20,940 129,913 552 639 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, June 30, 1999 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 70,927 176,512 164 949 653,416 Pecans 1/ : 738 16,896 112 28,958 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 1,406 32,075 37,010 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 348 13,889 60,365 539,086 Other Natural Cheese : 213 235 961 9,865 184,009 : Frozen Poultry : Broilers (Whole) : 1,850 12,004 365 1,849 33,403 Hens : 2,543 264 667 1,189 10,824 Other Chicken : 163,635 282,820 3,294 52,521 797,807 Total : 168,028 295,088 4,326 55,559 842,034 Whole Turkeys : 4,742 79,087 13,695 74,799 328,810 Other Turkey : 544 39,579 3,967 24,077 227,326 Total : 5,286 118,666 17,662 98,876 556,136 Ducks : 2 31 1 182 5,536 Total : 173,316 413,785 21,989 154,617 1,403,706 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 113 2,022 297 18,812 79,824 Blueberries : 59 626 365 4,527 25,358 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 52 504 2,967 3,488 58,361 Cherries, Sweet : 3 158 639 2,614 10,834 Peaches : 48 836 184 17,044 21,880 Raspberries, Red : 157 644 78 8,533 11,424 Strawberries, Total : 4,532 20,477 1,977 327,769 365,575 Other Frozen Fruit : 654 5,360 1,956 47,044 283,045 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, June 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/ : 14 3,133 192 1,923,063 Other Juice Concentrate : 904 15,148 16,942 2,471 156,504 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 144 8,755 68 423 Limas, Fordhook : 231 236 77 886 Limas, Baby : 1,341 777 432 10,010 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 6,910 12,218 1,547 6,249 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 3,716 2,255 77 497 Broccoli, Spears : 2,575 173 2,076 1,891 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 5,759 7,884 4,534 8,568 Brussels Sprouts : 291 308 438 847 Carrots, Diced : 2,133 6,327 1,101 12,389 Carrots, Other : 5,445 6,505 1,322 10,333 Cauliflower : 1,332 2,046 859 1,407 Corn, Cut : 9,997 15,545 10,005 13,571 Corn, Cob : 1,444 4,126 5,649 6,146 Mixed Vegetables : 2,164 3,602 1,235 7,469 Okra : 849 218 1,223 17,378 Onion Rings : 569 7,978 1,009 1,365 Onions, Other : 1,941 4,377 360 4,643 Blackeye Peas : 123 311 9 3,762 Green Peas : 29,343 15,740 6,320 12,603 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 540 357 56 600 Spinach : 13,837 2,093 992 13,330 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 907 7,487 363 14,915 Southern Greens : 2,058 43 20 24,499 Other Vegetables : 18,101 22,362 6,161 42,677 : Potatoes : French Fries : 35,587 34,729 65,803 83,224 21,644 Other Frozen : 10,130 9,719 36,798 5,392 9,232 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless : 3,104 28,296 30,224 53,479 22,191 Beef Cuts : 2,416 1,017 4,794 7,919 639 Frozen Pork : Ribs : 358 1,586 17,607 13,626 5,029 Trimmings : 335 1,322 10,815 23,264 6,121 Other : 4,013 4,675 25,697 23,565 11,415 : Other : Veal : 240 574 1,941 346 36 Lamb & Mutton : 547 3,442 1,823 702 1,460 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, June 30, 1999 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Concentrate : 45 4,032 3,378 67,648 2,001,505 Other Juice Concentrate : 1,876 17,306 435 154,810 366,396 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 468 5,854 15,712 Limas, Fordhook : 65 3,429 4,924 Limas, Baby : 348 2,361 18,197 33,466 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 901 111 33,895 61,831 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 220 133 13,796 20,694 Broccoli, Spears : 23,319 2,480 16,971 49,485 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 48,587 1,224 63,119 139,675 Brussels Sprouts : 1,326 6 11,929 15,145 Carrots, Diced : 2,006 156 22,881 46,993 Carrots, Other : 11,506 1,080 79,385 115,576 Cauliflower : 7,440 58 19,752 32,894 Corn, Cut : 2,074 573 95,574 147,339 Corn, Cob : 1,355 573 88,757 108,050 Mixed Vegetables : 6,311 228 25,690 46,699 Okra : 31,834 449 51,951 Onion Rings : 669 259 1,548 13,397 Onions, Other : 2,026 2,715 19,543 35,605 Blackeye Peas : 1,189 204 5,598 Green Peas : 2,734 10,184 149,964 226,888 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 191 26 8,292 10,062 Spinach : 16,557 10,446 85,362 142,617 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 7,629 157 18,484 49,942 Southern Greens : 12,281 554 39,455 Other Vegetables : 36,673 3,901 113,884 243,759 : Potatoes : French Fries : 1,114 16,035 296,370 411,454 965,960 Other Frozen : 83 7,316 67,406 122,090 268,166 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 3,329 60,230 6,670 44,297 251,820 Beef Cuts 5/ : 257 8,094 5,405 10,416 40,957 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 1,668 1,748 41 1,444 43,107 Trimmings 7/ : 383 1,238 187 4,419 48,084 Other 8/ : 8,362 19,341 283 4,689 102,040 : Other : Veal : 38 136 646 3,957 Lamb & Mutton : 1 1,663 891 1,930 12,459 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, July 31, 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 7 226 35 383,489 Pecans 1/ : 101 9,854 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 2,735 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 29,640 51,485 256,415 143,765 625 Other Natural Cheese : 559 14,071 99,768 70,463 1,694 : Frozen Poultry : Broilers (Whole) : 89 1,291 297 882 14,873 Hens : 2 119 1,965 834 3,648 Other Chicken : 2,102 11,456 14,849 34,397 320,344 Total : 2,193 12,866 17,111 36,113 338,865 Whole Turkeys : 9,699 46,806 35,586 39,695 65,480 Other Turkey : 308 8,661 21,083 71,783 47,394 Total : 10,007 55,467 56,669 111,478 112,874 Ducks : 57 176 4,709 19 92 Total : 12,257 68,509 78,489 147,610 451,831 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 19 24,543 30,191 121 444 Blueberries : 7,807 7,670 19,992 307 3,905 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 51 7,295 141,216 72 180 Cherries, Sweet : 597 12,071 68 106 Peaches : 27 976 2,042 42 457 Raspberries, Red : 381 1,172 518 183 68 Strawberries, Total : 116 2,973 5,704 925 1,718 Other Frozen Fruit : 76,534 21,138 129,869 580 1,017 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, July 31, 1999 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 68,765 136,788 171 847 590,328 Pecans 1/ : 638 16,043 127 26,763 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 1,402 21,135 25,272 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 363 13,518 58,722 554,533 Other Natural Cheese : 212 236 1,558 8,954 197,515 : Frozen Poultry : Broilers (Whole) : 1,732 11,434 250 3,334 34,182 Hens : 2,212 279 185 814 10,058 Other Chicken : 184,753 279,092 3,108 48,849 898,950 Total : 188,697 290,805 3,543 52,997 943,190 Whole Turkeys : 4,838 86,452 16,186 82,212 386,954 Other Turkey : 757 39,105 4,103 21,809 215,003 Total : 5,595 125,557 20,289 104,021 601,957 Ducks : 61 31 2 188 5,335 Total : 194,353 416,393 23,834 157,206 1,550,482 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 101 2,110 234 16,398 74,161 Blueberries : 66 660 387 6,719 47,513 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 17 440 3,559 9,315 162,145 Cherries, Sweet : 4 147 974 2,739 16,706 Peaches : 51 817 150 17,137 21,699 Raspberries, Red : 88 579 31 45,573 48,593 Strawberries, Total : 4,491 20,396 6,046 334,836 377,205 Other Frozen Fruit : 264 7,778 1,432 49,661 288,273 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, July 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/ : 18 2,998 170 1,720,154 Other Juice Concentrate : 780 18,439 13,056 2,315 147,366 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 183 8,357 72 940 Limas, Fordhook : 365 260 48 1,878 Limas, Baby : 954 681 667 9,428 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 14,968 26,376 1,853 8,349 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 4,990 2,477 248 656 Broccoli, Spears : 4,248 159 2,096 4,556 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 5,918 8,279 4,326 7,553 Brussels Sprouts : 369 246 410 710 Carrots, Diced : 2,823 4,125 992 16,037 Carrots, Other : 4,388 5,614 1,266 10,643 Cauliflower : 1,105 1,780 597 1,441 Corn, Cut : 16,839 13,904 8,974 18,580 Corn, Cob : 2,793 3,799 5,029 6,696 Mixed Vegetables : 1,778 4,528 1,271 9,032 Okra : 1,194 189 1,393 20,273 Onion Rings : 527 8,362 1,263 1,398 Onions, Other : 2,006 4,965 383 4,029 Blackeye Peas : 115 246 14 2,999 Green Peas : 45,840 26,594 18,885 14,739 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 494 383 50 647 Spinach : 10,328 1,914 915 13,101 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 820 9,127 521 16,891 Southern Greens : 3,005 37 30 21,440 Other Vegetables : 20,245 23,340 5,682 42,285 : Potatoes : French Fries : 30,803 33,236 57,777 72,310 24,714 Other Frozen : 9,044 9,394 36,719 4,289 8,213 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 4,001 25,598 30,686 55,708 21,970 Beef Cuts 5/ : 1,943 1,597 4,354 8,909 802 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 329 1,070 14,089 14,253 5,018 Trimmings 7/ : 316 1,517 8,989 19,953 7,202 Other 8/ : 3,816 4,748 25,250 24,111 11,665 : Other : Veal : 258 490 2,159 270 40 Lamb & Mutton : 490 3,791 1,554 393 1,320 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, July 31, 1999 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Concentrate : 40 4,021 2,549 59,919 1,789,869 Other Juice Concentrate : 2,291 15,573 491 149,213 349,524 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 391 173 7,959 18,075 Limas, Fordhook : 124 3,373 6,048 Limas, Baby : 379 2,024 15,685 29,818 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 1,010 119 58,150 110,825 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 220 75 19,244 27,910 Broccoli, Spears : 22,809 2,555 16,116 52,539 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 54,186 1,106 68,712 150,080 Brussels Sprouts : 1,206 4 10,354 13,299 Carrots, Diced : 1,463 135 18,943 44,518 Carrots, Other : 9,861 1,236 80,360 113,368 Cauliflower : 6,335 17 17,946 29,221 Corn, Cut : 1,825 248 80,027 140,397 Corn, Cob : 865 577 77,786 97,545 Mixed Vegetables : 5,701 358 26,107 48,775 Okra : 34,022 488 57,559 Onion Rings : 683 194 1,414 13,841 Onions, Other : 2,040 2,586 17,159 33,168 Blackeye Peas : 736 153 4,263 Green Peas : 2,723 20,496 220,459 349,736 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 93 19 8,139 9,825 Spinach : 13,672 11,026 80,203 131,159 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 7,470 101 21,358 56,288 Southern Greens : 10,710 538 35,760 Other Vegetables : 40,624 3,913 123,894 259,983 : Potatoes : French Fries : 1,025 14,720 270,467 392,877 897,929 Other Frozen : 75 7,598 50,482 117,864 243,678 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 3,317 52,484 6,358 45,306 245,428 Beef Cuts 5/ : 296 7,744 11,754 9,504 46,903 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 1,952 1,699 50 1,109 39,569 Trimmings 7/ : 356 1,082 202 4,127 43,744 Other 8/ : 8,135 20,962 264 4,613 103,564 : Other : Veal : 38 89 725 4,069 Lamb & Mutton : 1,525 844 2,058 11,975 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, July 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cooler : Freezer :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Usable : Usable : Usable : Usable Region : Space : Space Occupied : Space : Space Occupied :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Jul 31 :Jul 31:Jun 30:Jul 31: Jul 31 :Jul 31:Jun 30:Jul 31 : 1999 : 1998 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 : 1998 : 1999 : 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 1,000 : Cu Ft ---- Percent --- Cu Ft ---- Percent --- : New England : 2,436 58 63 63 20,251 73 70 70 Middle Atlantic : 35,198 70 72 75 119,134 78 76 73 E. North Central : 48,094 54 54 54 173,367 62 55 52 W. North Central : 52,191 54 52 49 150,719 58 55 55 South Atlantic : 52,168 61 53 52 164,175 53 57 60 E. South Central : 8,604 50 60 64 61,961 59 49 52 W. South Central : 21,003 55 47 46 133,208 71 70 69 Mountain : 5,952 90 77 72 46,177 72 71 70 Pacific : 35,568 41 44 40 242,234 71 64 68 : US : 261,214 57 55 54 1,111,226 65 62 62 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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