Co St 1 (9-99) Cold Storage National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released September 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 August 31, 1999 were greater than year earlier levels for butter, chicken, fruit, and pork. Total frozen pork stocks, at 436 million pounds, broke the previous record August high of 393 million pounds set in 1998. Likewise, August 1999 stocks of chicken, at 850 million pounds, also broke the previous record August high of 616 million pounds set in 1996. Fruit also set a new August record high. Cooler stocks of peanuts were also higher than a year earlier. Total red meat supplies in freezers were down 8 percent from July 1999, but were 3 percent above August 1998. Frozen pork stocks were 13 percent below last month, but were up 11 percent from last year. Stocks of pork bellies decreased 50 percent from last month, but were more than double the August 1998 stocks. Total frozen poultry supplies were down 7 percent from last month, but were 12 percent above last year's level. Total stocks of chicken were down 10 percent from last month, but were 50 percent above August 1998. Total pounds of turkey in freezers decreased 3 percent from last month and were 18 percent below last year. Public cooler occupancy was at 52 percent of capacity, down 4 points from last year. Public freezer occupancy at 64 percent was 2 percentage points below last year. Table of Contents Page Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, August 1999 . . . . .3 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, August 31, 1999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, August 31, 1999.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Public General Warehouses: Cold Storage Space Occupied by Region and United States, August 1999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Survey and Estimating Procedures, Revision Policy and Reliability. . . . . 15 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, August 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : Aug 31, : Jul 31, : Aug 31, : Aug : Jul : Aug 31, : 1998 : 1999 : 1999 :1998 :1999 : 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds -------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Fresh Fruit : Apples : Regular Storage : 65,277 11,564 13,644 21 118 Controlled Atmosphere: 67,383 349,281 85,514 127 24 Total : 132,660 360,845 99,158 75 27 4,205 Pears : Bartlett : 92,041 11,450 94,745 103 827 Other Varieties : 2,220 116 4,768 215 Total : 94,261 11,566 99,513 106 860 22,208 Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 273,627 590,286 528,440 193 90 Pecans : 47,257 26,764 24,249 51 91 Other Shelled : 101,793 112,128 76,645 75 68 Total : 422,677 729,178 629,334 149 86 375,023 In-Shell : Peanuts : 11,286 26,149 18,625 165 71 Pecans : 73,567 25,291 17,571 24 69 Other In-Shell : 4,196 2,013 1,888 45 94 Total : 89,049 53,453 38,084 43 71 12,011 Dairy Products : Butter, Total : 41,070 123,552 95,384 232 77 81,312 (Government Owned) : 216 334 257 119 77 Natural Cheese : American, Total : 441,605 545,023 508,752 115 93 (Government Owned) : 209 48 31 15 65 Swiss : 11,560 10,698 10,280 89 96 Other Natural Cheese : 123,603 194,573 174,043 141 89 Total : 576,768 750,294 693,075 120 92 417,896 Eggs, Frozen : Whites : 915 707 687 75 97 Yolks : 933 861 677 73 79 Whole & Mixed : 5,802 7,964 6,203 107 78 Unclassified : 1,343 1,600 1,211 90 76 Total : 8,993 11,132 8,778 98 79 8,346 Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers (Whole) : 12,037 34,794 31,433 261 90 Hens : 8,822 10,362 11,067 125 107 Other Chicken : 545,143 894,612 807,857 148 90 Total : 566,002 939,768 850,357 150 90 Turkey : Whole Turkeys : 462,814 384,022 364,359 79 95 Other Turkey : 244,013 214,991 213,713 88 99 Total : 706,827 599,013 578,072 82 97 Ducks : 5,597 5,335 5,238 94 98 Total :1,278,426 1,544,116 1,433,667 112 93 1,329,097 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, August 1999 (Continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : Aug 31, : Jul 31, : Aug 31, : Aug : Jul : Aug 31, : 1998 : 1999 : 1999 :1998 :1999 : 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds -------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 52,656 74,147 61,749 117 83 Apricots : 19,899 16,387 14,120 71 86 Blackberries, Total : 32,132 24,896 29,958 93 120 IQF : 17,912 15,228 19,011 106 125 Pails and Tubs : 3,723 2,759 2,365 64 86 Barrels, 400 lbs net : 9,125 6,017 7,479 82 124 Concentrate : 1,372 892 1,103 80 124 Blueberries : 102,064 47,525 97,790 96 206 Boysenberries : 6,562 7,748 7,867 120 102 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 165,591 162,135 156,654 95 97 Cherries, Tart (Juice) : 7,045 3,826 4,853 69 127 Cherries, Sweet : 17,426 16,701 16,505 95 99 Grapes : 565 1,402 1,768 313 126 Peaches : 47,888 20,840 62,288 130 299 Raspberries, Black : 1,318 2,704 2,018 153 75 Raspberries, Red, Total: 60,571 55,291 70,266 116 127 IQF : 14,158 17,157 19,228 136 112 Pails and Tubs : 14,233 14,396 17,038 120 118 Barrels, 400 lbs net : 29,556 22,456 32,537 110 145 Concentrate : 2,624 1,282 1,463 56 114 Strawberries, Total : 338,241 379,518 362,425 107 95 Other Frozen Fruit : 176,326 288,369 278,449 158 97 Total :1,028,284 1,101,489 1,166,710 113 106 823,666 Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 1/ :2,025,083 1,822,978 1,615,442 80 89 (Gallon Equivalent) : 204,637 184,214 163,242 Other Juice Concentrate: 434,375 351,086 367,260 85 105 Total :2,459,458 2,174,064 1,982,702 81 91 230,839 Frozen Vegetables : Asparagus : 9,957 18,071 17,020 171 94 Limas, Fordhook : 13,373 6,048 8,238 62 136 Limas, Baby : 31,074 29,828 30,759 99 103 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 208,884 111,933 182,345 87 163 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 44,667 27,910 38,586 86 138 Broccoli, Spears : 21,730 52,559 51,207 236 97 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut: 85,192 150,122 141,997 167 95 Brussels Sprouts : 4,562 13,306 9,553 209 72 Carrots, Diced : 26,609 44,520 43,202 162 97 Carrots, Other : 127,370 113,375 117,841 93 104 Cauliflower : 31,565 29,224 29,549 94 101 Corn, Cut : 306,205 140,420 230,858 75 164 Corn, Cob : 167,416 98,635 156,116 93 158 Mixed Vegetables : 47,541 48,651 47,427 100 97 Okra : 70,342 57,424 62,263 89 108 Onion Rings : 13,182 13,838 14,003 106 101 Onions, Other : 18,755 33,171 30,554 163 92 Blackeye Peas : 8,786 4,297 6,520 74 152 Green Peas : 406,024 350,191 386,156 95 110 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 7,456 9,827 9,623 129 98 Spinach : 74,491 131,132 112,060 150 85 Squash, Summer/Zucchini: 78,207 56,249 62,435 80 111 Southern Greens : 22,745 25,962 19,833 87 76 Other Vegetables : 293,211 257,931 295,998 101 115 Total :2,119,344 1,824,624 2,104,143 99 115 1,354,648 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, August 1999 (Continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :-------------------------------------------------------- : Aug 31, : Jul 31, : Aug 31, : Aug : Jul : Aug 31, : 1998 : 1999 : 1999 : 1998 :1999 : 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds --------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Potatoes : French Fries : 938,463 900,347 929,679 99 103 Other Frozen : 265,998 241,931 242,740 91 100 Total : 1,204,461 1,142,278 1,172,419 97 103 845,951 Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 2/ : 273,895 245,393 243,793 89 99 Beef Cuts 3/ : 32,854 46,909 48,426 147 103 Total : 306,749 292,302 292,219 95 100 289,253 (Government Owned) : 2,161 3,476 3,848 178 111 Frozen Pork : Picnics, Bone-in : 10,457 6,214 10,531 101 169 Hams, Total : 104,565 135,017 132,656 127 98 125,536 Bone-in : 66,988 76,561 85,560 128 112 83,341 Boneless 4/ : 37,577 58,456 47,096 125 81 42,195 Bellies : 14,786 69,675 34,965 236 50 Loins, Total : 15,532 22,847 17,418 112 76 14,087 Bone-in : 8,205 12,000 8,655 105 72 Boneless 5/ : 7,327 10,847 8,763 120 81 Ribs 6/ : 36,228 39,571 31,822 88 80 Butts : 8,284 9,207 5,614 68 61 Trimmings 7/ : 57,379 43,634 39,574 69 91 Other 8/ : 78,796 103,487 92,177 117 89 Variety Meats 9/ : 49,060 59,694 59,881 122 100 Unclassified 10/ : 17,468 10,666 11,261 64 106 Total : 392,555 500,012 435,899 111 87 380,862 (Government Owned) : 1,914 6,144 6,584 344 107 Other : Veal : 4,864 4,069 4,366 90 107 Lamb & Mutton : 14,530 11,975 12,241 84 102 Total : 19,394 16,044 16,607 86 104 16,484 Canned : Canned Hams : 8,892 6,235 7,019 79 113 Other Canned Meat : 657 760 752 114 99 Total : 9,549 6,995 7,771 81 111 3,844 Total : 728,247 815,353 752,496 103 92 690,443 Miscellaneous : Cooler : 620,824 700,653 709,496 114 101 441,911 Freezer : 1,916,932 2,012,031 1,982,464 103 99 1,901,115 Total : 2,537,756 2,712,684 2,691,960 106 99 2,343,026 Commodities : Stored in Coolers : 1,945,788 2,612,984 2,276,431 117 87 1,277,098 Stored in Freezers :10,775,666 10,741,644 10,690,992 99 100 7,261,573 Total :12,721,454 13,354,628 12,967,423 102 97 8,538,671 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, July 31, 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 7 161 35 383,629 Pecans 1/ : 98 9,854 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 2,735 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 29,640 49,555 257,191 131,232 625 Other Natural Cheese : 559 14,072 97,666 70,090 1,501 : Frozen Poultry : Broilers (Whole) : 89 1,291 297 882 15,393 Hens : 2 119 1,965 834 3,648 Other Chicken : 2,102 11,458 14,850 34,397 322,990 Total : 2,193 12,868 17,112 36,113 342,031 Whole Turkeys : 9,699 45,600 35,586 39,695 65,480 Other Turkey : 308 8,668 21,049 71,783 47,385 Total : 10,007 54,268 56,635 111,478 112,865 Ducks : 57 176 4,709 19 92 Total : 12,257 67,312 78,456 147,610 454,988 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 19 24,535 30,191 121 444 Blueberries : 7,807 7,679 20,065 307 3,903 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 51 7,295 141,216 72 178 Cherries, Sweet : 597 12,071 68 106 Peaches : 27 976 2,117 42 457 Raspberries, Red : 381 1,167 543 183 68 Strawberries, Total : 116 2,974 5,260 925 1,718 Other Frozen Fruit : 76,534 21,141 129,963 580 1,228 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 : 68,766 136,788 179 721 590,286 Pecans 1/ : 639 16,045 128 26,764 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 1,421 21,135 25,291 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 363 11,734 64,683 545,023 Other Natural Cheese : 212 236 1,096 9,141 194,573 : Frozen Poultry : Broilers (Whole) : 1,732 11,512 264 3,334 34,794 Hens : 2,212 575 193 814 10,362 Other Chicken : 184,752 272,115 3,101 48,847 894,612 Total : 188,696 284,202 3,558 52,995 939,768 Whole Turkeys : 4,838 84,832 16,080 82,212 384,022 Other Turkey : 762 39,105 4,116 21,815 214,991 Total : 5,600 123,937 20,196 104,027 599,013 Ducks : 61 31 2 188 5,335 Total : 194,357 408,170 23,756 157,210 1,544,116 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 101 2,110 234 16,392 74,147 Blueberries : 66 660 372 6,666 47,525 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 17 440 3,551 9,315 162,135 Cherries, Sweet : 4 147 971 2,737 16,701 Peaches : 51 817 152 16,201 20,840 Raspberries, Red : 88 579 30 52,252 55,291 Strawberries, Total : 4,490 20,396 6,046 337,593 379,518 Other Frozen Fruit : 263 8,778 1,435 48,447 288,369 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1,753,259 Other Juice Concentrate : 780 18,442 12,995 2,315 148,984 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 183 8,357 72 936 Limas, Fordhook : 365 260 48 1,878 Limas, Baby : 954 681 667 9,436 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 14,969 26,376 1,853 9,456 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 4,990 2,477 248 656 Broccoli, Spears : 4,247 181 2,096 4,555 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 5,918 8,340 4,326 7,534 Brussels Sprouts : 369 252 410 711 Carrots, Diced : 2,823 4,125 992 16,039 Carrots, Other : 4,388 5,614 1,266 10,650 Cauliflower : 1,105 1,783 597 1,441 Corn, Cut : 16,839 13,915 8,974 18,588 Corn, Cob : 3,875 3,799 5,029 6,704 Mixed Vegetables : 1,778 4,505 1,271 8,932 Okra : 1,194 189 1,393 20,138 Onion Rings : 527 8,362 1,263 1,395 Onions, Other : 2,006 4,965 383 4,029 Blackeye Peas : 115 246 14 3,033 Green Peas : 46,334 26,594 18,885 14,722 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 494 383 50 649 Spinach : 10,328 1,872 915 13,116 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 820 9,127 521 16,852 Southern Greens : 3,005 37 30 11,642 Other Vegetables : 21,214 22,921 5,682 41,871 : Potatoes : French Fries : 30,803 33,249 60,179 72,310 24,714 Other Frozen : 9,044 9,394 34,969 4,289 8,213 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless : 4,001 25,598 30,629 55,708 21,982 Beef Cuts : 1,943 1,597 4,360 8,909 802 Frozen Pork : Ribs : 329 1,070 14,089 14,253 5,020 Trimmings : 316 1,517 8,871 19,953 7,202 Other : 3,816 4,747 25,174 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 2,553 59,919 1,822,978 Other Juice Concentrate : 2,291 15,573 493 149,213 351,086 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 391 173 7,959 18,071 Limas, Fordhook : 124 3,373 6,048 Limas, Baby : 381 2,024 15,685 29,828 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 1,010 119 58,150 111,933 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 220 75 19,244 27,910 Broccoli, Spears : 22,809 2,555 16,116 52,559 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 54,186 1,106 68,712 150,122 Brussels Sprouts : 1,206 4 10,354 13,306 Carrots, Diced : 1,463 135 18,943 44,520 Carrots, Other : 9,861 1,236 80,360 113,375 Cauliflower : 6,335 17 17,946 29,224 Corn, Cut : 1,825 252 80,027 140,420 Corn, Cob : 865 577 77,786 98,635 Mixed Vegetables : 5,701 357 26,107 48,651 Okra : 34,022 488 57,424 Onion Rings : 683 194 1,414 13,838 Onions, Other : 2,040 2,589 17,159 33,171 Blackeye Peas : 736 153 4,297 Green Peas : 2,723 20,474 220,459 350,191 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 93 19 8,139 9,827 Spinach : 13,672 11,026 80,203 131,132 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 7,470 101 21,358 56,249 Southern Greens : 10,710 538 25,962 Other Vegetables : 38,624 3,908 123,711 257,931 : Potatoes : French Fries : 1,025 14,720 270,471 392,876 900,347 Other Frozen : 75 7,598 50,485 117,864 241,931 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 3,317 52,484 6,367 45,307 245,393 Beef Cuts 5/ : 296 7,744 11,754 9,504 46,909 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 1,952 1,699 50 1,109 39,571 Trimmings 7/ : 356 1,082 202 4,135 43,634 Other 8/ : 8,135 20,962 264 4,613 103,487 : 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. Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, August 31, 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 5 134 29 348,982 Pecans 1/ : 81 9,085 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 10 1,957 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 28,314 45,344 244,505 116,396 398 Other Natural Cheese : 661 13,285 89,715 59,450 1,374 : Frozen Poultry : Broilers (Whole) : 80 348 260 1,173 12,666 Hens : 2 121 1,965 2,239 3,187 Other Chicken : 1,812 6,552 13,270 30,558 271,074 Total : 1,894 7,021 15,495 33,970 286,927 Whole Turkeys : 12,216 42,813 37,910 42,260 60,883 Other Turkey : 317 11,671 20,159 63,826 54,530 Total : 12,533 54,484 58,069 106,086 115,413 Ducks : 63 137 4,399 166 97 Total : 14,490 61,642 77,963 140,222 402,437 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 31 20,722 25,262 98 223 Blueberries : 17,279 11,163 49,211 319 3,750 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 45 9,424 131,856 46 171 Cherries, Sweet : 739 11,568 71 60 Peaches : 32 2,479 3,374 53 405 Raspberries, Red : 379 1,410 766 158 73 Strawberries, Total : 76 3,180 5,483 1,404 1,451 Other Frozen Fruit : 69,016 18,156 124,306 623 1,121 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, August 31, 1999 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 48,709 129,831 151 599 528,440 Pecans 1/ : 507 14,458 118 24,249 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 1,401 14,203 17,571 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 304 11,146 62,345 508,752 Other Natural Cheese : 179 206 825 8,348 174,043 : Frozen Poultry : Broilers (Whole) : 1,862 10,063 230 4,751 31,433 Hens : 1,960 785 193 615 11,067 Other Chicken : 170,988 268,325 2,752 42,526 807,857 Total : 174,810 279,173 3,175 47,892 850,357 Whole Turkeys : 4,932 65,338 12,076 85,931 364,359 Other Turkey : 753 35,344 8,028 19,085 213,713 Total : 5,685 100,682 20,104 105,016 578,072 Ducks : 135 28 2 211 5,238 Total : 180,630 379,883 23,281 153,119 1,433,667 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 117 2,426 191 12,679 61,749 Blueberries : 95 898 352 14,723 97,790 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 27 1,059 3,406 10,620 156,654 Cherries, Sweet : 17 148 848 3,054 16,505 Peaches : 61 967 192 54,725 62,288 Raspberries, Red : 189 663 15 66,613 70,266 Strawberries, Total : 4,625 18,917 6,405 320,884 362,425 Other Frozen Fruit : 381 12,642 1,092 51,112 278,449 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, August 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/ : 13 2,578 423 1,553,445 Other Juice Concentrate : 932 18,197 11,275 2,158 155,262 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 197 7,567 61 822 Limas, Fordhook : 256 295 58 857 Limas, Baby : 1,319 717 497 8,558 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 24,095 38,664 2,422 12,175 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 7,345 3,419 294 661 Broccoli, Spears : 4,272 195 1,987 4,448 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 6,053 8,507 4,341 7,499 Brussels Sprouts : 369 195 390 594 Carrots, Diced : 2,759 4,155 921 14,722 Carrots, Other : 4,184 6,345 1,275 8,862 Cauliflower : 773 1,796 468 1,447 Corn, Cut : 24,062 19,197 14,829 20,228 Corn, Cob : 10,045 4,592 19,742 9,610 Mixed Vegetables : 1,809 3,826 1,408 8,068 Okra : 1,208 220 1,413 21,490 Onion Rings : 646 8,510 882 1,846 Onions, Other : 2,208 4,997 641 4,036 Blackeye Peas : 479 295 11 4,696 Green Peas : 43,206 32,363 19,522 13,473 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 526 524 44 663 Spinach : 7,710 1,679 762 10,505 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 816 13,340 596 18,233 Southern Greens : 2,342 32 28 8,387 Other Vegetables : 25,827 31,769 6,954 40,923 : Potatoes : French Fries : 29,034 31,609 71,060 62,984 26,259 Other Frozen : 8,635 9,710 37,841 4,996 5,534 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 4,823 30,270 29,379 57,816 19,205 Beef Cuts 5/ : 1,880 1,346 4,468 8,671 753 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 250 1,580 11,757 10,671 3,881 Trimmings 7/ : 144 2,495 7,986 16,480 7,128 Other 8/ : 3,603 4,216 23,511 21,750 13,952 : Other : Veal : 250 620 2,490 126 41 Lamb & Mutton : 518 4,266 1,573 782 1,338 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, August 31, 1999 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Concentrate : 279 3,678 2,250 52,776 1,615,442 Other Juice Concentrate : 2,511 18,112 486 158,327 367,260 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 566 173 7,634 17,020 Limas, Fordhook : 93 6,679 8,238 Limas, Baby : 332 2,577 16,759 30,759 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 1,080 130 103,779 182,345 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 186 90 26,591 38,586 Broccoli, Spears : 22,324 2,481 15,500 51,207 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 51,161 1,230 63,206 141,997 Brussels Sprouts : 1,100 4 6,901 9,553 Carrots, Diced : 2,194 131 18,320 43,202 Carrots, Other : 8,845 1,344 86,986 117,841 Cauliflower : 6,273 15 18,777 29,549 Corn, Cut : 1,511 3,199 147,832 230,858 Corn, Cob : 1,100 557 110,470 156,116 Mixed Vegetables : 5,669 343 26,304 47,427 Okra : 37,381 551 62,263 Onion Rings : 658 309 1,152 14,003 Onions, Other : 1,954 2,574 14,144 30,554 Blackeye Peas : 879 160 6,520 Green Peas : 3,975 21,282 252,335 386,156 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 59 25 7,782 9,623 Spinach : 11,336 10,905 69,163 112,060 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 7,486 150 21,814 62,435 Southern Greens : 8,477 567 19,833 Other Vegetables : 39,357 3,818 147,350 295,998 : Potatoes : French Fries : 1,056 14,037 257,258 436,382 929,679 Other Frozen : 567 8,527 46,008 120,922 242,740 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 2,846 49,327 6,061 44,066 243,793 Beef Cuts 5/ : 296 10,012 11,099 9,901 48,426 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 1,467 1,142 42 1,032 31,822 Trimmings 7/ : 313 1,474 199 3,355 39,574 Other 8/ : 7,662 13,316 289 3,878 92,177 : Other : Veal : 32 105 702 4,366 Lamb & Mutton : 1,016 664 2,084 12,241 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, August 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cooler : Freezer :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Usable : Usable : Usable : Usable Region : Space : Space Occupied : Space : Space Occupied :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Aug 31 :Aug 31:Jul 31:Aug 31: Aug 31 :Aug 31:Jul 31:Aug 31 : 1999 : 1998 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 : 1998 : 1999 : 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 1,000 : Cu Ft ---- Percent --- Cu Ft ---- Percent --- : New England : 2,436 58 64 65 20,251 75 73 72 Middle Atlantic : 35,770 73 73 70 119,134 81 79 80 E. North Central : 47,804 52 52 53 173,367 64 52 57 W. North Central : 52,046 55 45 48 150,718 55 54 53 South Atlantic : 50,466 56 49 48 164,175 56 64 63 E. South Central : 8,588 49 70 67 61,960 60 47 44 W. South Central : 20,960 56 46 44 133,208 68 72 70 Mountain : 5,947 89 76 79 46,178 68 69 67 Pacific : 35,447 40 38 41 242,234 75 67 70 : US : 259,464 56 52 52 1,111,225 66 63 64 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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