Co St 1 (3-00) Cold Storage National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released March 20, 2000, 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 February 29, 2000 were greater than year earlier levels for fruit, chicken, and beef. February 2000 stocks of chicken, at 794 million pounds, broke the previous record February high of 722 million pounds set in 1999. Cooler stocks of pecans and peanuts were also higher than a year earlier. Total red meat supplies in freezers were 7 percent above January 2000 but were 4 percent below February 1999. Frozen pork stocks were 9 percent above last month but were 11 percent below last year. Stocks of pork bellies increased 14 percent from last month but were 46 percent below February 1999 stocks. Total frozen poultry supplies were up 2 percent from last month and were 4 percent above last year's level. Total stocks of chicken were down 1 percent from last month but were 10 percent above February 1999. Total pounds of turkey in freezers increased 12 percent from last month but were 7 percent below last year. Public cooler occupancy was at 46 percent of capacity, down 6 points from last year. Public freezer occupancy at 61 percent was 2 percentage points below last year. Table of Contents Page Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, February 2000 . .3 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, January 31, 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, February 29, 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Public General Warehouses: Cold Storage Space Occupied by Region and United States, February 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Apples in Cold Storage: By State and United States, February 2000 . .15 Survey and Estimating Procedures, Revision Policy and Reliability. . .16 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, February 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : Feb 29, : Jan 31, : Feb 29, : Feb : Jan : Feb 29, : 1999 : 2000 : 2000 :1999 :2000 : 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds -------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Fresh Fruit : Apples : Regular Storage : 334,450 568,462 378,804 113 67 Controlled Atmosphere:3,072,762 3,448,737 2,852,378 93 83 Total :3,407,212 4,017,199 3,231,182 95 80 38,890 Pears : Bartlett : 4,232 7,149 6,919 163 97 Other Varieties : 173,172 233,886 186,171 108 80 Total : 177,404 241,035 193,090 109 80 2,963 Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 469,556 477,094 502,692 107 105 Pecans : 32,805 24,980 30,048 92 120 Other Shelled : 160,481 143,138 151,344 94 106 Total : 662,842 645,212 684,084 103 106 389,575 In-Shell : Peanuts : 17,130 17,661 22,666 132 128 Pecans : 107,394 236,529 264,814 247 112 Other In-Shell : 9,837 5,567 5,547 56 100 Total : 134,361 259,757 293,027 218 113 99,941 Dairy Products : Butter, Total : 94,971 72,867 92,369 97 127 78,323 (Government Owned) : 281 288 383 136 133 Natural Cheese : American, Total : 464,724 480,143 515,820 111 107 (Government Owned) : 36 70 67 186 96 Swiss : 12,054 9,735 10,487 87 108 Other Natural Cheese : 159,095 178,209 183,069 115 103 Total : 635,873 668,087 709,376 112 106 431,981 Eggs, Frozen : Whites : 1,052 610 571 54 94 Yolks : 730 753 844 116 112 Whole & Mixed : 8,151 10,159 9,174 113 90 Unclassified : 905 576 641 71 111 Total : 10,838 12,098 11,230 104 93 10,559 Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers (Whole) : 23,406 35,738 40,666 174 114 Hens : 8,760 7,027 7,420 85 106 Other Chicken : 690,314 760,632 745,916 108 98 Total : 722,480 803,397 794,002 110 99 Turkey : Whole Turkeys : 177,209 122,822 164,091 93 134 Other Turkey : 198,422 189,625 184,872 93 97 Total : 375,631 312,447 348,963 93 112 Ducks : 4,548 4,003 3,710 82 93 Total :1,102,659 1,119,847 1,146,675 104 102 1,060,708 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, February 2000 (Continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : Feb 29, : Jan 31, : Feb 29, : Feb : Jan : Feb 29, : 1999 : 2000 : 2000 :1999 :2000 : 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds -------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 86,003 78,661 94,847 110 121 Apricots : 8,291 7,980 6,572 79 82 Blackberries, Total : 15,203 19,777 17,579 116 89 IQF : 9,686 12,814 11,483 119 90 Pails and Tubs : 2,170 1,478 1,431 66 97 Barrels, 400 lbs net : 2,167 3,768 3,064 141 81 Concentrate : 1,180 1,717 1,601 136 93 Blueberries : 52,951 52,807 48,457 92 92 Boysenberries : 3,853 4,612 3,895 101 84 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 100,498 105,384 106,913 106 101 Cherries, Tart (Juice) : 3,172 1,733 1,522 48 88 Cherries, Sweet : 13,796 12,428 12,828 93 103 Grapes : 4,452 4,319 4,024 90 93 Peaches : 50,060 59,980 55,516 111 93 Raspberries, Black : 391 897 618 158 69 Raspberries, Red, Total: 29,766 47,391 40,386 136 85 IQF : 8,381 14,745 13,080 156 89 Pails and Tubs : 8,630 13,185 11,590 134 88 Barrels, 400 lbs net : 9,656 16,658 13,157 136 79 Concentrate : 3,099 2,803 2,559 83 91 Strawberries, Total : 152,180 260,548 248,946 164 96 Other Frozen Fruit : 494,309 681,328 620,963 126 91 Total :1,014,925 1,337,845 1,263,066 124 94 763,727 Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 1/ :2,204,231 1,578,419 1,924,354 87 122 (Gallon Equivalent) : 222,740 159,501 194,458 Other Juice Concentrate: 418,567 327,466 325,139 78 99 Total :2,622,798 1,905,885 2,249,493 86 118 220,910 Frozen Vegetables : Asparagus : 3,852 9,274 9,503 247 102 Limas, Fordhook : 8,108 10,222 8,493 105 83 Limas, Baby : 51,730 44,680 42,784 83 96 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 133,250 122,759 108,544 81 88 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 39,701 29,977 27,148 68 91 Broccoli, Spears : 38,535 31,312 39,250 102 125 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut: 105,519 108,985 115,704 110 106 Brussels Sprouts : 19,443 40,476 22,977 118 57 Carrots, Diced : 69,165 84,776 75,447 109 89 Carrots, Other : 162,038 195,671 186,395 115 95 Cauliflower : 49,641 64,089 60,990 123 95 Corn, Cut : 309,034 294,272 257,698 83 88 Corn, Cob : 214,925 228,363 200,853 93 88 Mixed Vegetables : 51,657 47,144 44,245 86 94 Okra : 33,001 36,221 32,169 97 89 Onion Rings : 16,309 15,960 16,626 102 104 Onions, Other : 27,280 40,273 42,342 155 105 Blackeye Peas : 6,693 2,415 3,448 52 143 Green Peas : 219,477 234,715 198,729 91 85 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 8,961 8,233 7,913 88 96 Spinach : 81,505 76,701 77,383 95 101 Squash, Summer/Zucchini: 58,718 45,188 41,530 71 92 Southern Greens : 37,242 27,673 30,019 81 108 Other Vegetables : 256,068 306,824 288,117 113 94 Total :2,001,852 2,106,203 1,938,307 97 92 1,251,988 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, February 2000 (Continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :-------------------------------------------------------- : Feb 29, : Jan 31, : Feb 29, : Feb : Jan : Feb 29, : 1999 : 2000 : 2000 : 1999 :2000 : 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds --------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Potatoes : French Fries : 1,005,100 912,149 1,006,644 100 110 Other Frozen : 267,800 228,065 243,720 91 107 Total : 1,272,900 1,140,214 1,250,364 98 110 902,445 Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 2/ : 265,303 258,522 270,700 102 105 Beef Cuts 3/ : 34,787 47,918 50,866 146 106 Total : 300,090 306,440 321,566 107 105 319,058 (Government Owned) : 4,520 6,379 6,683 148 105 Frozen Pork : Picnics, Bone-in : 12,323 9,383 11,856 96 126 Hams, Total : 91,688 76,249 89,700 98 118 84,233 Bone-in : 52,539 41,136 54,610 104 133 53,356 Boneless 4/ : 39,149 35,113 35,090 90 100 30,877 Bellies : 93,323 43,755 49,936 54 114 Loins, Total : 32,733 28,354 28,912 88 102 25,213 Bone-in : 18,303 16,121 17,064 93 106 Boneless 5/ : 14,430 12,233 11,848 82 97 Ribs 6/ : 78,937 70,202 73,408 93 105 Butts : 14,188 11,324 11,534 81 102 Trimmings 7/ : 67,788 55,127 59,494 88 108 Other 8/ : 94,391 87,313 90,264 96 103 Variety Meats 9/ : 43,250 44,884 47,135 109 105 Unclassified 10/ : 12,229 16,653 19,953 163 120 Total : 540,850 443,244 482,192 89 109 413,105 (Government Owned) : 4,624 6,377 6,004 130 94 Other : Veal : 4,197 4,885 5,472 130 112 Lamb & Mutton : 12,134 10,362 10,303 85 99 Total : 16,331 15,247 15,775 97 103 15,410 Canned : Canned Hams : 4,874 5,068 5,230 107 103 Other Canned Meat : 974 404 340 35 84 Total : 5,848 5,472 5,570 95 102 2,747 Total : 863,119 770,403 825,103 96 107 750,320 Miscellaneous : Cooler : 863,696 779,674 793,829 92 102 486,557 Freezer : 1,996,943 1,971,085 2,029,519 102 103 1,958,323 Total : 2,860,639 2,750,759 2,823,348 99 103 2,444,880 Commodities : Stored in Coolers : 5,887,236 6,616,436 5,910,158 100 89 1,452,654 Stored in Freezers :10,975,157 10,430,975 10,800,556 98 104 6,994,556 Total :16,862,393 17,047,411 16,710,714 99 98 8,447,210 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, January 31, 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 58,066 482,853 387,832 1,447 233,321 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 40 207 30 291,459 Pecans 1/ : 87 7,037 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 2 61,798 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 19,873 33,628 229,483 103,157 687 Other Natural Cheese : 587 8,794 99,020 57,424 1,874 : Frozen Poultry : Broilers (Whole) : 102 483 723 913 12,058 Hens : 1 333 963 953 2,150 Other Chicken : 1,791 8,659 18,000 31,315 201,552 Total : 1,894 9,475 19,686 33,181 215,760 Whole Turkeys : 1,778 6,757 6,791 25,684 24,161 Other Turkey : 270 11,115 14,663 60,504 51,207 Total : 2,048 17,872 21,454 86,188 75,368 Ducks : 33 178 3,314 143 17 Total : 3,975 27,525 44,454 119,512 291,145 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 20 25,069 38,773 109 229 Blueberries : 10,286 6,793 23,884 203 1,089 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 34 6,672 88,934 59 47 Cherries, Sweet : 627 8,867 53 60 Peaches : 30 2,666 4,018 42 351 Raspberries, Red : 318 1,671 728 113 37 Strawberries, Total : 102 3,251 4,554 2,380 918 Other Frozen Fruit : 187,316 31,083 336,239 2,046 2,025 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, January 31, 2000 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 8,036 23,661 2,821,983 4,017,199 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 54,551 130,380 159 268 477,094 Pecans 1/ : 1,089 16,653 114 24,980 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 3,710 171,019 236,529 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 472 12,144 80,699 480,143 Other Natural Cheese : 160 234 297 9,819 178,209 : Frozen Poultry : Broilers (Whole) : 1,509 17,502 297 2,151 35,738 Hens : 1,215 399 87 926 7,027 Other Chicken : 159,413 290,089 2,830 46,983 760,632 Total : 162,137 307,990 3,214 50,060 803,397 Whole Turkeys : 202 19,724 12,966 24,759 122,822 Other Turkey : 1,114 21,469 11,372 17,911 189,625 Total : 1,316 41,193 24,338 42,670 312,447 Ducks : 1 10 1 306 4,003 Total : 163,454 349,193 27,553 93,036 1,119,847 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 150 537 138 13,636 78,661 Blueberries : 86 448 133 9,885 52,807 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 50 234 1,877 7,477 105,384 Cherries, Sweet : 4 45 497 2,275 12,428 Peaches : 81 535 244 52,013 59,980 Raspberries, Red : 231 514 13 43,766 47,391 Strawberries, Total : 3,564 17,557 3,253 224,969 260,548 Other Frozen Fruit : 407 9,753 2,025 110,434 681,328 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, January 31, 2000 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 2/ : 37 2,520 202 1,518,875 Other Juice Concentrate : 195 18,805 12,131 1,639 133,501 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 500 4,302 32 346 Limas, Fordhook : 504 268 178 2,676 Limas, Baby : 4,471 1,248 679 9,199 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 18,964 30,194 1,600 3,147 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 5,340 4,709 161 386 Broccoli, Spears : 4,646 254 1,396 2,654 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 5,669 8,340 3,591 6,089 Brussels Sprouts : 2,223 321 657 437 Carrots, Diced : 4,923 18,786 848 4,799 Carrots, Other : 10,835 10,240 2,051 8,140 Cauliflower : 2,499 3,063 2,179 1,423 Corn, Cut : 33,997 26,283 16,106 6,274 Corn, Cob : 11,046 14,508 26,463 2,292 Mixed Vegetables : 2,213 4,529 1,466 2,264 Okra : 1,345 150 927 10,118 Onion Rings : 1,050 9,632 1,712 757 Onions, Other : 3,805 3,784 353 1,481 Blackeye Peas : 247 260 17 890 Green Peas : 30,498 21,083 9,656 6,371 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 469 434 31 467 Spinach : 9,724 1,124 499 6,290 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 3,280 12,077 574 6,240 Southern Greens : 2,980 20 22 10,722 Other Vegetables : 32,723 21,715 14,149 32,133 : Potatoes : French Fries : 36,663 34,496 50,633 113,464 22,167 Other Frozen : 6,088 10,551 29,333 7,002 4,606 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless : 8,100 30,674 33,451 47,654 21,602 Beef Cuts : 849 1,190 4,178 8,699 4,140 Frozen Pork : Ribs : 477 1,390 18,099 35,491 6,950 Trimmings : 119 1,302 14,642 28,920 7,369 Other : 4,043 3,321 17,161 28,109 7,103 : Other : Veal : 187 384 2,031 618 27 Lamb & Mutton : 346 2,650 1,191 555 443 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, January 31, 2000 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Concentrate : 372 2,803 1,905 51,705 1,578,419 Other Juice Concentrate : 1,603 17,088 318 142,186 327,466 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 550 121 3,423 9,274 Limas, Fordhook : 307 420 5,869 10,222 Limas, Baby : 583 8,192 20,308 44,680 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 1,536 86 67,232 122,759 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 305 65 19,011 29,977 Broccoli, Spears : 14,907 308 7,147 31,312 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 31,211 2,430 51,655 108,985 Brussels Sprouts : 739 122 35,977 40,476 Carrots, Diced : 1,905 242 53,273 84,776 Carrots, Other : 8,578 1,633 154,194 195,671 Cauliflower : 18,638 1,552 34,735 64,089 Corn, Cut : 3,510 4,501 203,601 294,272 Corn, Cob : 2,779 9 171,266 228,363 Mixed Vegetables : 7,462 60 29,150 47,144 Okra : 23,238 443 36,221 Onion Rings : 1,339 1,070 400 15,960 Onions, Other : 737 3,256 26,857 40,273 Blackeye Peas : 852 149 2,415 Green Peas : 3,044 13,496 150,567 234,715 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 150 20 6,662 8,233 Spinach : 13,909 12,310 32,845 76,701 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 6,181 537 16,299 45,188 Southern Greens : 13,242 133 554 27,673 Other Vegetables : 29,387 3,726 172,991 306,824 : Potatoes : French Fries : 1,311 9,090 213,403 430,922 912,149 Other Frozen : 846 7,727 47,287 114,625 228,065 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 2,123 49,556 6,061 59,301 258,522 Beef Cuts 5/ : 320 11,013 5,734 11,795 47,918 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 2,890 1,644 65 3,196 70,202 Trimmings 7/ : 260 1,937 210 368 55,127 Other 8/ : 8,598 12,971 211 5,796 87,313 : Other : Veal : 294 37 1,307 4,885 Lamb & Mutton : 79 452 710 3,936 10,362 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, February 29, 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 44,944 404,286 285,305 437 182,417 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 42 221 33 307,614 Pecans 1/ : 117 9,306 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 66,837 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 19,953 41,487 249,453 111,269 479 Other Natural Cheese : 586 9,171 99,848 60,906 943 : Frozen Poultry : Broilers (Whole) : 101 369 688 904 13,291 Hens : 1 317 1,032 879 1,877 Other Chicken : 1,773 9,529 17,316 29,113 209,145 Total : 1,875 10,215 19,036 30,896 224,313 Whole Turkeys : 1,769 8,999 9,822 30,489 32,010 Other Turkey : 237 11,799 13,435 53,247 53,526 Total : 2,006 20,798 23,257 83,736 85,536 Ducks : 34 163 3,233 11 10 Total : 3,915 31,176 45,526 114,643 309,859 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 33 30,071 48,165 123 330 Blueberries : 10,028 4,814 23,581 180 985 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 31 5,550 92,599 54 62 Cherries, Sweet : 569 9,387 81 8 Peaches : 28 2,459 4,658 31 323 Raspberries, Red : 267 1,610 876 106 448 Strawberries, Total : 70 3,278 4,397 2,607 1,014 Other Frozen Fruit : 170,881 29,193 311,529 969 2,452 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, February 29, 2000 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 7,173 8,863 2,297,757 3,231,182 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 60,699 133,636 153 294 502,692 Pecans 1/ : 1,421 19,071 133 30,048 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 3,614 194,363 264,814 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 399 12,852 79,928 515,820 Other Natural Cheese : 203 333 271 10,808 183,069 : Frozen Poultry : Broilers (Whole) : 4,008 18,056 355 2,894 40,666 Hens : 1,123 1,075 88 1,028 7,420 Other Chicken : 147,423 282,933 2,972 45,712 745,916 Total : 152,554 302,064 3,415 49,634 794,002 Whole Turkeys : 520 39,754 10,672 30,056 164,091 Other Turkey : 1,134 25,304 10,818 15,372 184,872 Total : 1,654 65,058 21,490 45,428 348,963 Ducks : 1 7 1 250 3,710 Total : 154,209 367,129 24,906 95,312 1,146,675 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 190 647 143 15,145 94,847 Blueberries : 93 457 102 8,217 48,457 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 82 179 1,728 6,628 106,913 Cherries, Sweet : 3 24 618 2,138 12,828 Peaches : 92 513 231 47,181 55,516 Raspberries, Red : 77 428 15 36,559 40,386 Strawberries, Total : 3,423 27,439 2,657 204,061 248,946 Other Frozen Fruit : 290 9,890 2,745 93,014 620,963 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, February 29, 2000 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 2/ : 24 2,898 171 1,851,619 Other Juice Concentrate : 60 18,910 11,164 1,307 134,003 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 431 5,024 10 402 Limas, Fordhook : 437 233 171 2,442 Limas, Baby : 3,941 1,233 641 10,128 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 16,395 26,554 1,105 2,686 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 6,322 4,507 126 355 Broccoli, Spears : 5,149 344 1,234 2,560 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 8,028 8,591 3,158 6,960 Brussels Sprouts : 2,015 300 607 513 Carrots, Diced : 4,083 17,604 849 4,169 Carrots, Other : 9,757 10,301 1,266 6,275 Cauliflower : 2,682 2,978 2,097 1,321 Corn, Cut : 28,350 24,238 13,623 5,977 Corn, Cob : 9,678 13,150 21,806 2,060 Mixed Vegetables : 2,318 4,249 1,330 2,548 Okra : 1,287 154 1,251 8,107 Onion Rings : 957 9,774 2,094 944 Onions, Other : 3,937 3,893 420 1,243 Blackeye Peas : 207 263 15 1,569 Green Peas : 25,779 19,738 9,246 5,278 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 692 714 52 422 Spinach : 7,648 1,295 526 6,220 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 3,200 10,799 714 5,663 Southern Greens : 2,100 22 21 11,023 Other Vegetables : 28,606 19,356 15,241 31,624 : Potatoes : French Fries : 41,198 38,810 63,817 124,471 21,494 Other Frozen : 6,850 9,830 31,462 7,323 4,961 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 5,304 33,008 28,612 58,535 26,933 Beef Cuts 5/ : 526 1,317 4,656 12,948 2,231 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 509 1,285 19,652 33,808 8,159 Trimmings 7/ : 125 1,533 15,106 32,776 7,538 Other 8/ : 2,554 3,398 19,511 30,017 8,053 : Other : Veal : 179 378 1,913 807 28 Lamb & Mutton : 384 2,822 1,282 451 467 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, February 29, 2000 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Concentrate : 339 4,285 2,171 62,847 1,924,354 Other Juice Concentrate : 1,508 17,888 306 139,993 325,139 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 578 113 2,945 9,503 Limas, Fordhook : 269 371 4,570 8,493 Limas, Baby : 538 7,175 19,128 42,784 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 1,234 77 60,493 108,544 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 320 72 15,446 27,148 Broccoli, Spears : 20,678 366 8,919 39,250 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 31,086 1,907 55,974 115,704 Brussels Sprouts : 1,008 123 18,411 22,977 Carrots, Diced : 1,616 174 46,952 75,447 Carrots, Other : 17,242 1,584 139,970 186,395 Cauliflower : 19,171 1,442 31,299 60,990 Corn, Cut : 3,174 3,390 178,946 257,698 Corn, Cob : 2,429 4 151,726 200,853 Mixed Vegetables : 6,215 69 27,516 44,245 Okra : 20,796 574 32,169 Onion Rings : 1,320 1,125 412 16,626 Onions, Other : 680 3,377 28,792 42,342 Blackeye Peas : 1,231 163 3,448 Green Peas : 2,546 11,663 124,479 198,729 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 109 15 5,909 7,913 Spinach : 18,852 14,117 28,725 77,383 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 5,173 565 15,416 41,530 Southern Greens : 15,988 140 725 30,019 Other Vegetables : 42,321 1,997 148,972 288,117 : Potatoes : French Fries : 1,791 8,287 233,294 473,482 1,006,644 Other Frozen : 817 8,804 48,824 124,849 243,720 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 2,821 48,174 7,586 59,727 270,700 Beef Cuts 5/ : 529 10,948 7,202 10,509 50,866 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 4,137 2,293 69 3,496 73,408 Trimmings 7/ : 264 1,657 234 261 59,494 Other 8/ : 8,078 12,017 260 6,376 90,264 : Other : Veal : 541 17 1,609 5,472 Lamb & Mutton : 13 375 513 3,996 10,303 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, February 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cooler : Freezer :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Usable : Usable : Usable : Usable Region : Space : Space Occupied : Space : Space Occupied :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Feb 29 :Feb 29:Jan 31:Feb 29: Feb 29 :Feb 29:Jan 31:Feb 29 : 2000 : 1999 : 2000 : 2000 : 2000 : 1999 : 2000 : 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 1,000 : Cu Ft ---- Percent --- Cu Ft ---- Percent --- : New England : 2,450 63 54 59 20,083 67 69 68 Middle Atlantic : 34,995 75 60 60 88,534 79 76 81 E. North Central : 49,007 50 49 47 168,163 59 53 50 W. North Central : 44,629 43 33 31 138,616 58 50 55 South Atlantic : 50,968 44 51 51 165,301 53 60 56 E. South Central : 8,962 49 52 54 64,453 48 48 47 W. South Central : 20,780 55 37 42 132,046 69 62 67 Mountain : 6,033 84 67 66 51,055 69 49 45 Pacific : 40,158 44 35 38 264,175 67 70 70 : US : 257,982 52 46 46 1,092,426 63 60 61 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apples in Cold Storage: By State and United States, February 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : All Warehouses :----------------------------------------------------------- State : Feb 29, : Jan 31, : Feb 29, : 1999 : 2000 : 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : CA : 71,398 102,835 62,926 MI : 177,725 357,336 264,771 N ENG : 15,809 58,066 44,944 NY : 195,426 292,488 244,230 OH : 6,040 15,858 11,460 OR : 21,923 47,556 19,916 PA : 122,388 190,109 159,899 VA : 97,705 137,210 112,789 WA : 2,597,803 2,671,592 2,214,915 WV : 34,033 61,288 46,910 : Other States : 66,962 82,861 48,422 : US : 3,407,212 4,017,199 3,231,182 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Survey Procedures: Questionnaires are mailed about the 24th of each month to all operators on the list of approximately 1,400 public and private cold storage warehouses. In addition, apple data are obtained from special surveys and other sources (State Departments of Agriculture, U.S. Apple Association, etc.). All survey data represent stocks as of the end of the month. Data are collected from warehouses artificially cooled to a temperature of 50 degrees Fahrenheit or lower, and whose food products are normally stored for 30 days or more. All food items in these facilities are reported regardless of the number of days stored at the time of the report. Also included are specialized storage facilities meeting the 30 day requirement, such as fruit houses, dairy manufacturing plants, frozen fruit, fruit juice, and vegetable processors, and poultry and meat packing plants. Excluded are stocks in space maintained by wholesalers, jobbers, distributors, chain stores, locker plants containing individual lockers, meat packer branch houses, and frozen food processors whose entire inventories are turned over more than once a month. 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