Co St 1 (10-99)a Cold Storage National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released October 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 September 30, 1999 were greater than year earlier levels for butter, chicken, pork, and fruit. Total frozen pork stocks, at 433 million pounds, broke the previous record September high of 389 million pounds set in 1998. Likewise, September 1999 stocks of chicken, at 976 million pounds, also broke the previous record September high of 606 million pounds set in 1998. Fruit also set a new September record high. Cooler stocks of peanuts were also higher than a year earlier. Total red meat supplies in freezers were down 11 percent from August 1999, but were 1 percent above September 1998. Frozen pork stocks were 1 percent below last month, but were up 11 percent from last year. Stocks of pork bellies decreased 46 percent from last month, but were double the September 1998 stocks. Revised August 1999 red meat supplies were influenced by products awaiting export. Total frozen poultry supplies were up 11 percent from last month and were 21 percent above last year's level. Total stocks of chicken were up 15 percent from last month and were 61 percent above September 1998. Total pounds of turkey in freezers increased 4 percent from last month, but were 14 percent below last year. Public cooler occupancy was at 48 percent of capacity, up 6 points from last year. Public freezer occupancy at 66 percent was 2 percentage points below last year. Table of Contents Page Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, September 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, September 30, 1999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Public General Warehouses: Cold Storage Space Occupied by Region and United States, September 1999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Survey and Estimating Procedures, Revision Policy and Reliability. . . . 15 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, September 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : Sep 30, : Aug 31, : Sep 30, : Sep : Aug : Sep 30, : 1998 : 1999 : 1999 :1998 :1999 : 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds -------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Fresh Fruit : Apples : Regular Storage :1,303,528 15,056 940,713 72 Controlled Atmosphere:2,153,015 87,467 1,888,114 88 Total :3,456,543 102,523 2,828,827 82 2,390 Pears : Bartlett : 142,611 123,756 191,042 134 154 Other Varieties : 390,947 6,417 360,591 92 Total : 533,558 130,173 551,633 103 424 26,009 Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 178,906 519,315 415,443 232 80 Pecans : 40,548 29,202 19,871 49 68 Other Shelled : 94,254 76,644 92,087 98 120 Total : 313,708 625,161 527,401 168 84 333,952 In-Shell : Peanuts : 11,433 23,528 15,637 137 66 Pecans : 51,046 13,602 3,933 8 29 Other In-Shell : 2,509 1,888 5,938 237 315 Total : 64,988 39,018 25,508 39 65 16,737 Dairy Products : Butter, Total : 34,077 95,164 74,055 217 78 64,267 (Government Owned) : 169 258 214 127 83 Natural Cheese : American, Total : 417,489 510,849 471,447 113 92 (Government Owned) : 172 50 9 5 18 Swiss : 12,741 10,027 10,412 82 104 Other Natural Cheese : 122,765 176,695 156,473 127 89 Total : 552,995 697,571 638,332 115 92 381,241 Eggs, Frozen : Whites : 753 665 557 74 84 Yolks : 896 677 705 79 104 Whole & Mixed : 5,618 6,255 6,182 110 99 Unclassified : 928 1,213 976 105 80 Total : 8,195 8,810 8,420 103 96 8,023 Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers (Whole) : 13,844 31,343 31,117 225 99 Hens : 7,722 11,040 9,878 128 89 Other Chicken : 584,132 803,954 935,341 160 116 Total : 605,698 846,337 976,336 161 115 Turkey : Whole Turkeys : 463,797 369,435 397,216 86 108 Other Turkey : 235,688 210,871 203,592 86 97 Total : 699,485 580,306 600,808 86 104 Ducks : 4,619 5,322 5,993 130 113 Total :1,309,802 1,431,965 1,583,137 121 111 1,480,253 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, September 1999 (Continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : Sep 30, : Aug 31, : Sep 30, : Sep : Aug : Sep 30, : 1998 : 1999 : 1999 :1998 :1999 : 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds -------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 44,762 61,738 57,467 128 93 Apricots : 17,302 14,270 12,119 70 85 Blackberries, Total : 30,371 29,748 30,583 101 103 IQF : 15,626 18,798 20,403 131 109 Pails and Tubs : 3,973 2,366 2,237 56 95 Barrels, 400 lbs net : 9,035 7,489 6,469 72 86 Concentrate : 1,737 1,095 1,474 85 135 Blueberries : 94,197 103,184 93,168 99 90 Boysenberries : 6,065 7,927 6,356 105 80 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 157,631 156,754 143,747 91 92 Cherries, Tart (Juice) : 5,697 4,846 4,158 73 86 Cherries, Sweet : 16,440 16,439 15,632 95 95 Grapes : 3,988 1,753 4,565 114 260 Peaches : 86,504 62,181 81,973 95 132 Raspberries, Black : 1,190 2,059 1,908 160 93 Raspberries, Red, Total: 52,574 81,479 73,560 140 90 IQF : 12,459 19,889 17,264 139 87 Pails and Tubs : 12,745 18,624 18,082 142 97 Barrels, 400 lbs net : 24,512 41,458 36,567 149 88 Concentrate : 2,858 1,508 1,647 58 109 Strawberries, Total : 298,580 361,778 332,553 111 92 Other Frozen Fruit : 235,151 278,511 295,503 126 106 Total :1,050,452 1,182,667 1,153,292 110 98 794,653 Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 1/ :1,803,852 1,618,472 1,468,176 81 91 (Gallon Equivalent) : 182,281 163,548 148,361 Other Juice Concentrate: 432,808 362,082 356,144 82 98 Total :2,236,660 1,980,554 1,824,320 82 92 219,616 Frozen Vegetables : Asparagus : 8,630 17,005 15,631 181 92 Limas, Fordhook : 19,359 8,530 14,847 77 174 Limas, Baby : 57,091 31,197 52,765 92 169 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 234,523 184,762 215,948 92 117 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 51,520 38,607 39,853 77 103 Broccoli, Spears : 19,444 50,908 46,576 240 91 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut: 84,463 142,707 134,482 159 94 Brussels Sprouts : 3,702 10,232 9,097 246 89 Carrots, Diced : 27,559 37,518 37,182 135 99 Carrots, Other : 127,683 118,538 147,014 115 124 Cauliflower : 31,203 30,608 33,932 109 111 Corn, Cut : 484,877 239,631 391,301 81 163 Corn, Cob : 332,208 154,364 254,257 77 165 Mixed Vegetables : 47,287 47,910 47,929 101 100 Okra : 67,623 62,888 61,714 91 98 Onion Rings : 15,972 14,003 14,205 89 101 Onions, Other : 24,553 31,675 32,081 131 101 Blackeye Peas : 9,629 6,527 7,675 80 118 Green Peas : 387,101 394,806 387,911 100 98 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 7,775 9,702 9,606 124 99 Spinach : 63,463 113,007 99,981 158 88 Squash, Summer/Zucchini: 72,794 63,528 64,586 89 102 Southern Greens : 17,932 19,936 16,853 94 85 Other Vegetables : 297,576 304,189 309,601 104 102 Total :2,493,967 2,132,778 2,445,027 98 115 1,624,876 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, September 1999 (Continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :-------------------------------------------------------- : Sep 30, : Aug 31, : Sep 30, : Sep : Aug : Sep 30, : 1998 : 1999 : 1999 : 1998 :1999 : 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds --------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Potatoes : French Fries : 1,010,381 928,193 1,003,264 99 108 Other Frozen : 256,463 241,619 231,086 90 96 Total : 1,266,844 1,169,812 1,234,350 97 106 873,374 Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 2/ : 286,074 334,742 254,348 89 76 Beef Cuts 3/ : 36,989 43,124 37,598 102 87 Total : 323,063 377,866 291,946 90 77 288,277 (Government Owned) : 2,262 3,894 4,202 186 108 Frozen Pork : Picnics, Bone-in : 16,891 7,486 7,977 47 107 Hams, Total : 104,530 137,911 135,298 129 98 125,829 Bone-in : 68,350 85,644 83,051 122 97 77,687 Boneless 4/ : 36,180 52,267 52,247 144 100 48,142 Bellies : 9,452 34,814 18,873 200 54 Loins, Total : 15,634 17,485 16,112 103 92 13,162 Bone-in : 7,629 8,655 8,205 108 95 Boneless 5/ : 8,005 8,830 7,907 99 90 Ribs 6/ : 38,855 31,825 37,006 95 116 Butts : 8,001 5,612 6,869 86 122 Trimmings 7/ : 55,583 39,445 42,004 76 106 Other 8/ : 80,843 92,300 88,610 110 96 Variety Meats 9/ : 43,034 59,942 66,389 154 111 Unclassified 10/ : 16,028 11,257 14,347 90 127 Total : 388,851 438,077 433,485 111 99 374,696 (Government Owned) : 1,676 6,538 6,690 399 102 Other : Veal : 5,135 4,366 4,179 81 96 Lamb & Mutton : 12,253 12,240 9,714 79 79 Total : 17,388 16,606 13,893 80 84 13,668 Canned : Canned Hams : 8,753 7,019 7,121 81 101 Other Canned Meat : 706 752 712 101 95 Total : 9,459 7,771 7,833 83 101 3,938 Total : 738,761 840,320 747,157 101 89 680,579 Miscellaneous : Cooler : 850,549 723,870 1,285,558 151 178 667,649 Freezer : 1,987,765 2,080,282 1,937,802 97 93 1,873,420 Total : 2,838,314 2,804,152 3,223,360 114 115 2,541,069 Commodities : Stored in Coolers : 5,781,800 2,326,087 5,865,092 101 252 1,431,916 Stored in Freezers :11,117,064 10,914,581 10,999,727 99 101 7,615,123 Total :16,898,864 13,240,668 16,864,819 100 127 9,047,039 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, August 31, 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 5 134 29 338,755 Pecans 1/ : 81 9,086 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 10 1,957 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 28,314 45,505 247,068 113,822 398 Other Natural Cheese : 661 13,285 91,452 60,341 1,374 : Frozen Poultry : Broilers (Whole) : 80 348 260 1,419 12,666 Hens : 2 121 1,965 2,212 3,187 Other Chicken : 1,812 6,552 13,504 30,648 267,258 Total : 1,894 7,021 15,729 34,279 283,111 Whole Turkeys : 12,216 42,771 38,641 42,615 60,883 Other Turkey : 317 11,671 19,622 64,417 55,593 Total : 12,533 54,442 58,263 107,032 116,476 Ducks : 63 137 4,483 166 97 Total : 14,490 61,600 78,475 141,477 399,684 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 31 20,722 25,255 98 223 Blueberries : 18,610 11,161 49,480 313 3,750 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 45 9,424 131,875 46 172 Cherries, Sweet : 739 11,502 71 60 Peaches : 32 2,479 3,360 47 396 Raspberries, Red : 379 1,409 922 154 71 Strawberries, Total : 76 3,180 5,503 1,390 1,444 Other Frozen Fruit : 69,016 18,157 124,309 618 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 : 48,709 130,881 144 658 519,315 Pecans 1/ : 507 19,410 118 29,202 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 1,401 10,234 13,602 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 304 11,064 64,374 510,849 Other Natural Cheese : 179 206 842 8,355 176,695 : Frozen Poultry : Broilers (Whole) : 1,862 9,663 294 4,751 31,343 Hens : 1,960 785 193 615 11,040 Other Chicken : 170,988 267,833 2,831 42,528 803,954 Total : 174,810 278,281 3,318 47,894 846,337 Whole Turkeys : 4,932 65,338 16,108 85,931 369,435 Other Turkey : 753 35,344 4,077 19,077 210,871 Total : 5,685 100,682 20,185 105,008 580,306 Ducks : 135 28 2 211 5,322 Total : 180,630 378,991 23,505 153,113 1,431,965 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 117 2,426 187 12,679 61,738 Blueberries : 95 898 368 18,509 103,184 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 27 1,059 3,486 10,620 156,754 Cherries, Sweet : 17 148 848 3,054 16,439 Peaches : 61 967 114 54,725 62,181 Raspberries, Red : 189 663 16 77,676 81,479 Strawberries, Total : 4,625 18,917 6,426 320,217 361,778 Other Frozen Fruit : 381 12,642 1,092 51,175 278,511 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 2,651 423 1,555,860 Other Juice Concentrate : 932 18,165 11,292 2,165 150,183 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 199 7,567 61 822 Limas, Fordhook : 548 295 58 857 Limas, Baby : 1,808 708 495 8,522 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 27,164 38,664 2,393 12,157 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 8,072 3,419 295 658 Broccoli, Spears : 4,721 195 1,981 4,449 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 6,438 8,522 4,324 7,490 Brussels Sprouts : 1,043 195 390 599 Carrots, Diced : 3,334 4,077 919 8,542 Carrots, Other : 5,764 6,291 1,247 8,863 Cauliflower : 1,829 1,796 469 1,443 Corn, Cut : 29,841 19,063 14,762 20,552 Corn, Cob : 10,309 4,592 19,704 9,121 Mixed Vegetables : 2,189 3,826 1,382 8,011 Okra : 1,823 220 1,413 21,500 Onion Rings : 646 8,510 882 1,846 Onions, Other : 3,340 4,997 639 4,019 Blackeye Peas : 478 295 11 4,704 Green Peas : 51,359 32,342 19,502 13,458 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 611 524 39 663 Spinach : 8,590 1,679 757 10,506 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 2,274 13,327 590 18,184 Southern Greens : 2,343 32 28 8,489 Other Vegetables : 31,461 32,955 6,896 41,231 : Potatoes : French Fries : 27,955 31,607 72,530 60,863 26,259 Other Frozen : 7,950 9,845 37,561 4,998 5,524 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless : 4,823 30,270 28,857 57,155 19,125 Beef Cuts : 1,880 1,346 4,470 8,623 754 Frozen Pork : Ribs : 250 1,580 11,757 10,673 3,881 Trimmings : 144 2,495 7,986 16,480 7,000 Other : 3,603 4,216 23,562 21,750 14,021 : 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 2,792 52,776 1,618,472 Other Juice Concentrate : 2,511 18,112 395 158,327 362,082 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 566 173 7,617 17,005 Limas, Fordhook : 93 6,679 8,530 Limas, Baby : 332 2,577 16,755 31,197 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 1,080 127 103,177 184,762 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 186 90 25,887 38,607 Broccoli, Spears : 21,344 2,717 15,501 50,908 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 51,540 1,230 63,163 142,707 Brussels Sprouts : 1,100 4 6,901 10,232 Carrots, Diced : 2,194 131 18,321 37,518 Carrots, Other : 8,845 655 86,873 118,538 Cauliflower : 6,273 15 18,783 30,608 Corn, Cut : 1,511 5,685 148,217 239,631 Corn, Cob : 1,100 554 108,984 154,364 Mixed Vegetables : 5,669 361 26,472 47,910 Okra : 37,381 551 62,888 Onion Rings : 658 309 1,152 14,003 Onions, Other : 1,954 2,574 14,152 31,675 Blackeye Peas : 879 160 6,527 Green Peas : 3,975 21,819 252,351 394,806 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 59 24 7,782 9,702 Spinach : 11,336 10,976 69,163 113,007 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 7,486 150 21,517 63,528 Southern Greens : 8,477 567 19,936 Other Vegetables : 39,357 4,817 147,472 304,189 : Potatoes : French Fries : 1,056 14,037 256,745 437,141 928,193 Other Frozen : 567 8,527 46,054 120,593 241,619 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 2,846 141,610 5,990 44,066 334,742 Beef Cuts 5/ : 296 10,012 5,842 9,901 43,124 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 1,467 1,142 43 1,032 31,825 Trimmings 7/ : 313 1,474 201 3,352 39,445 Other 8/ : 7,662 13,316 292 3,878 92,300 : Other : Veal : 32 105 702 4,366 Lamb & Mutton : 1,016 663 2,084 12,240 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, September 30, 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 73 110 24 270,218 Pecans 1/ : 109 5,206 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 322 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 25,765 41,684 231,627 102,246 631 Other Natural Cheese : 559 11,705 80,367 53,435 1,280 : Frozen Poultry : Broilers (Whole) : 80 1,264 1,615 1,787 12,251 Hens : 2 133 1,701 1,793 3,191 Other Chicken : 1,841 5,705 14,975 30,426 298,439 Total : 1,923 7,102 18,291 34,006 313,881 Whole Turkeys : 13,140 46,005 40,725 43,988 64,081 Other Turkey : 308 11,844 19,177 60,439 54,630 Total : 13,448 57,849 59,902 104,427 118,711 Ducks : 48 201 4,719 177 87 Total : 15,419 65,152 82,912 138,610 432,679 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 19 18,436 23,989 102 174 Blueberries : 16,332 10,722 43,569 283 3,308 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 39 8,586 121,171 43 29 Cherries, Sweet : 617 11,213 65 52 Peaches : 41 2,523 4,180 53 460 Raspberries, Red : 355 1,484 814 137 89 Strawberries, Total : 130 3,261 5,069 1,266 1,622 Other Frozen Fruit : 74,022 19,867 139,673 641 1,254 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, September 30, 1999 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 39,092 105,228 172 526 415,443 Pecans 1/ : 119 14,329 108 19,871 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 1,005 2,606 3,933 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 259 10,043 59,192 471,447 Other Natural Cheese : 150 205 468 8,304 156,473 : Frozen Poultry : Broilers (Whole) : 2,211 8,814 324 2,771 31,117 Hens : 1,939 623 175 321 9,878 Other Chicken : 184,255 275,221 3,415 121,064 935,341 Total : 188,405 284,658 3,914 124,156 976,336 Whole Turkeys : 4,576 70,888 18,368 95,445 397,216 Other Turkey : 3,422 32,291 4,356 17,125 203,592 Total : 7,998 103,179 22,724 112,570 600,808 Ducks : 74 185 35 467 5,993 Total : 196,477 388,022 26,673 237,193 1,583,137 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 97 3,042 142 11,466 57,467 Blueberries : 109 735 381 17,729 93,168 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 44 950 3,174 9,711 143,747 Cherries, Sweet : 4 133 762 2,786 15,632 Peaches : 91 1,400 106 73,119 81,973 Raspberries, Red : 87 720 12 69,862 73,560 Strawberries, Total : 4,148 17,671 5,738 293,648 332,553 Other Frozen Fruit : 336 11,900 1,026 46,784 295,503 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, September 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/ : 16 2,306 500 1,412,660 Other Juice Concentrate : 832 18,548 10,421 2,086 147,355 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 167 6,987 56 709 Limas, Fordhook : 530 382 245 1,297 Limas, Baby : 2,237 2,035 444 15,171 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 38,176 51,125 2,549 15,598 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 9,247 3,594 272 1,028 Broccoli, Spears : 5,285 183 1,755 4,026 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 4,681 8,935 3,964 7,272 Brussels Sprouts : 905 204 360 454 Carrots, Diced : 3,025 4,824 883 7,715 Carrots, Other : 7,015 8,252 1,476 9,093 Cauliflower : 1,987 2,316 518 1,319 Corn, Cut : 43,729 29,530 22,422 23,815 Corn, Cob : 18,162 5,382 31,382 9,779 Mixed Vegetables : 2,159 5,034 1,220 7,100 Okra : 1,815 214 1,427 19,915 Onion Rings : 755 8,889 1,172 1,335 Onions, Other : 3,355 5,941 582 3,810 Blackeye Peas : 360 352 7 5,961 Green Peas : 48,679 29,784 19,589 13,655 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 556 497 53 599 Spinach : 7,644 1,537 733 9,275 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 3,622 14,077 730 18,504 Southern Greens : 1,980 27 19 6,402 Other Vegetables : 32,153 36,462 10,881 38,358 : Potatoes : French Fries : 26,819 32,438 64,276 68,968 37,542 Other Frozen : 6,666 9,467 34,714 6,931 5,407 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 5,030 25,538 29,999 60,305 17,449 Beef Cuts 5/ : 1,588 1,333 4,223 8,524 922 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 262 923 13,446 14,853 3,745 Trimmings 7/ : 146 2,048 7,594 19,835 6,199 Other 8/ : 3,770 2,664 21,324 25,421 10,475 : Other : Veal : 250 479 2,396 248 41 Lamb & Mutton : 407 3,195 1,310 825 1,095 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, September 30, 1999 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Concentrate : 409 2,995 2,622 46,668 1,468,176 Other Juice Concentrate : 2,493 13,806 509 160,094 356,144 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 291 145 7,276 15,631 Limas, Fordhook : 85 196 12,112 14,847 Limas, Baby : 348 5,452 27,078 52,765 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 1,125 146 107,229 215,948 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 231 107 25,374 39,853 Broccoli, Spears : 20,116 1,973 13,238 46,576 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 45,552 2,667 61,411 134,482 Brussels Sprouts : 833 4 6,337 9,097 Carrots, Diced : 2,007 152 18,576 37,182 Carrots, Other : 8,224 371 112,583 147,014 Cauliflower : 5,117 39 22,636 33,932 Corn, Cut : 2,176 8,072 261,557 391,301 Corn, Cob : 1,195 103 188,254 254,257 Mixed Vegetables : 5,549 165 26,702 47,929 Okra : 37,784 559 61,714 Onion Rings : 677 721 656 14,205 Onions, Other : 1,345 2,668 14,380 32,081 Blackeye Peas : 847 148 7,675 Green Peas : 3,929 21,388 250,887 387,911 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 58 25 7,818 9,606 Spinach : 9,162 10,062 61,568 99,981 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 6,947 161 20,545 64,586 Southern Greens : 7,902 523 16,853 Other Vegetables : 38,644 4,645 148,458 309,601 : Potatoes : French Fries : 1,182 18,591 279,352 474,096 1,003,264 Other Frozen : 730 8,353 50,862 107,956 231,086 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 2,304 60,635 7,569 45,519 254,348 Beef Cuts 5/ : 230 5,973 5,160 9,645 37,598 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 1,381 1,269 37 1,090 37,006 Trimmings 7/ : 304 2,739 102 3,037 42,004 Other 8/ : 7,955 12,963 302 3,736 88,610 : Other : Veal : 32 107 626 4,179 Lamb & Mutton : 1 740 572 1,569 9,714 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, September 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 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 : 1999 : 1998 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 : 1998 : 1999 : 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 1,000 : Cu Ft ---- Percent --- Cu Ft ---- Percent --- : New England : 2,436 57 66 61 20,251 73 72 70 Middle Atlantic : 35,178 78 67 64 119,134 83 83 80 E. North Central : 48,952 54 51 50 173,222 68 57 64 W. North Central : 52,046 51 43 41 150,718 58 50 50 South Atlantic : 50,435 52 45 44 164,173 56 65 63 E. South Central : 8,588 46 68 68 61,960 59 45 44 W. South Central : 20,960 52 46 45 133,208 67 68 67 Mountain : 5,947 82 82 76 46,177 63 69 73 Pacific : 34,913 34 29 36 241,234 78 74 79 : US : 259,455 54 49 48 1,110,077 68 65 66 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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