Co St 1 (4-00) Cold Storage National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released April 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 March 31, 2000 were greater than year earlier levels for fruit, chicken, and potatoes. March 2000 stocks of chicken, at 810 million pounds, broke the previous record March high of 794 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 5 percent above February 2000 but were 3 percent below March 1999. Frozen pork stocks were 4 percent above last month but were 9 percent below last year. Stocks of pork bellies increased 20 percent from last month but were 43 percent below March 1999 stocks. Total frozen poultry supplies were up 6 percent from last month and were 4 percent above last year's level. Total stocks of chicken were up 2 percent from last month and were 3 percent above March 1999. Total pounds of turkey in freezers increased 15 percent from last month and were 6 percent above last year. Public cooler occupancy was at 45 percent of capacity, down 9 points from last year. Public freezer occupancy at 59 percent was 3 percentage points below last year. Table of Contents Page Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, March 2000 . . . . .3 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, February 29, 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, March 31, 2000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Public General Warehouses: Cold Storage Space Occupied by Region and United States, March 2000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Apples in Cold Storage: By State and United States, March 2000. . . . . 15 Survey and Estimating Procedures, Revision Policy and Reliability. . . . 16 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, March 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : Mar 31, : Feb 29, : Mar 31, : Mar : Feb : Mar 31, : 1999 : 2000 : 2000 :1999 :2000 : 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds -------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Fresh Fruit : Apples : Regular Storage : 179,170 378,458 226,443 126 60 Controlled Atmosphere:2,428,114 2,852,378 2,241,156 92 79 Total :2,607,284 3,230,836 2,467,599 95 76 32,456 Pears : Bartlett : 2,718 4,519 2,986 110 66 Other Varieties : 117,552 186,171 130,340 111 70 Total : 120,270 190,690 133,326 111 70 552 Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 546,863 524,267 580,167 106 111 Pecans : 33,278 29,945 32,653 98 109 Other Shelled : 137,095 151,064 163,454 119 108 Total : 717,236 705,276 776,274 108 110 435,756 In-Shell : Peanuts : 20,728 24,809 28,266 136 114 Pecans : 91,808 262,853 267,272 291 102 Other In-Shell : 10,235 5,445 5,479 54 101 Total : 122,771 293,107 301,017 245 103 105,430 Dairy Products : Butter, Total : 108,441 88,899 97,206 90 109 92,826 (Government Owned) : 181 383 339 187 89 Natural Cheese : American, Total : 467,663 515,338 530,151 113 103 (Government Owned) : 35 67 57 163 85 Swiss : 13,538 10,487 10,365 77 99 Other Natural Cheese : 163,850 182,525 186,740 114 102 Total : 645,051 708,350 727,256 113 103 444,772 Eggs, Frozen : Whites : 849 570 616 73 108 Yolks : 573 797 672 117 84 Whole & Mixed : 6,714 7,213 6,193 92 86 Unclassified : 1,102 678 597 54 88 Total : 9,238 9,258 8,078 87 87 7,600 Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers (Whole) : 24,968 41,040 38,074 152 93 Hens : 10,915 7,192 5,999 55 83 Other Chicken : 751,818 745,709 766,203 102 103 Total : 787,701 793,941 810,276 103 102 Turkey : Whole Turkeys : 184,809 161,543 192,353 104 119 Other Turkey : 190,136 185,730 206,088 108 111 Total : 374,945 347,273 398,441 106 115 Ducks : 5,868 3,705 3,924 67 106 Total :1,168,514 1,144,919 1,212,641 104 106 1,111,270 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, March 2000 (Continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : Mar 31, : Feb 29, : Mar 31, : Mar : Feb : Mar 31, : 1999 : 2000 : 2000 :1999 :2000 : 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds -------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 89,698 86,832 87,296 97 101 Apricots : 6,137 6,540 5,888 96 90 Blackberries, Total : 13,718 17,411 15,987 117 92 IQF : 8,880 11,312 10,667 120 94 Pails and Tubs : 1,985 1,430 1,299 65 91 Barrels, 400 lbs net : 1,333 3,061 2,216 166 72 Concentrate : 1,520 1,608 1,805 119 112 Blueberries : 48,402 44,807 38,304 79 85 Boysenberries : 3,270 3,889 3,946 121 101 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 90,498 97,224 85,032 94 87 Cherries, Tart (Juice) : 1,945 1,601 1,074 55 67 Cherries, Sweet : 12,193 12,204 11,001 90 90 Grapes : 3,742 4,053 3,697 99 91 Peaches : 39,795 54,484 41,472 104 76 Raspberries, Black : 282 595 564 200 95 Raspberries, Red, Total: 23,155 40,150 37,435 162 93 IQF : 7,507 12,837 13,342 178 104 Pails and Tubs : 6,584 11,549 10,497 159 91 Barrels, 400 lbs net : 7,072 13,161 11,077 157 84 Concentrate : 1,992 2,603 2,519 126 97 Strawberries, Total : 127,277 248,173 222,625 175 90 Pkgs. 20 Oz. & Less : 94,652 125,534 133 Pkgs. Over 20 Oz. : 32,625 97,091 298 Other Frozen Fruit : 449,526 625,762 551,173 123 88 Total : 909,638 1,243,725 1,105,494 122 89 668,860 Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 1/ :2,191,321 1,901,318 1,872,798 85 98 (Gallon Equivalent) : 221,435 192,130 189,248 Other Juice Concentrate: 450,860 294,383 315,119 70 107 Total :2,642,181 2,195,701 2,187,917 83 100 217,210 Frozen Vegetables : Asparagus : 3,310 8,430 11,519 348 137 Limas, Fordhook : 6,829 8,803 7,421 109 84 Limas, Baby : 48,754 41,642 36,999 76 89 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 120,682 109,554 90,600 75 83 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 38,735 26,974 21,952 57 81 Broccoli, Spears : 43,389 39,299 37,014 85 94 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut: 122,520 115,462 115,884 95 100 Brussels Sprouts : 16,086 23,416 18,917 118 81 Carrots, Diced : 58,225 74,792 66,757 115 89 Carrots, Other : 147,903 186,187 173,887 118 93 Cauliflower : 49,511 61,017 50,601 102 83 Corn, Cut : 259,811 258,056 211,628 81 82 Corn, Cob : 189,508 204,131 169,650 90 83 Mixed Vegetables : 48,771 44,284 43,741 90 99 Okra : 25,008 32,177 31,473 126 98 Onion Rings : 15,234 16,625 14,430 95 87 Onions, Other : 27,972 43,562 45,584 163 105 Blackeye Peas : 5,934 3,499 3,409 57 97 Green Peas : 180,980 203,924 159,525 88 78 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 9,554 7,889 7,050 74 89 Spinach : 105,346 77,098 78,459 74 102 Squash, Summer/Zucchini: 53,341 41,389 37,970 71 92 Southern Greens : 39,661 30,001 27,673 70 92 Other Vegetables : 238,942 289,058 266,789 112 92 Total :1,856,006 1,947,269 1,728,932 93 89 1,105,711 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, March 2000 (Continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :-------------------------------------------------------- : Mar 31, : Feb 29, : Mar 31, : Mar : Feb : Mar 31, : 1999 : 2000 : 2000 : 1999 :2000 : 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds --------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Potatoes : French Fries : 1,014,544 1,026,138 1,026,796 101 100 Other Frozen : 264,233 243,371 270,422 102 111 Total : 1,278,777 1,269,509 1,297,218 101 102 933,896 Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 2/ : 269,606 273,255 281,496 104 103 Beef Cuts 3/ : 39,583 47,274 55,006 139 116 Total : 309,189 320,529 336,502 109 105 333,913 (Government Owned) : 4,235 6,609 4,877 115 74 Frozen Pork : Picnics, Bone-in : 8,569 11,721 10,029 117 86 Hams, Total : 77,406 89,150 91,411 118 103 84,793 Bone-in : 40,157 54,120 49,019 122 91 46,898 Boneless 4/ : 37,249 35,030 42,392 114 121 37,895 Bellies : 106,194 49,936 60,140 57 120 Loins, Total : 33,265 28,642 24,637 74 86 21,516 Bone-in : 15,872 17,065 14,190 89 83 Boneless 5/ : 17,393 11,577 10,447 60 90 Ribs 6/ : 84,874 73,173 75,028 88 103 Butts : 17,651 11,534 11,290 64 98 Trimmings 7/ : 65,268 59,156 59,796 92 101 Other 8/ : 99,555 89,714 91,579 92 102 Variety Meats 9/ : 47,223 47,724 52,138 110 109 Unclassified 10/ : 12,832 19,981 25,442 198 127 Total : 552,837 480,731 501,490 91 104 427,054 (Government Owned) : 5,236 5,989 5,141 98 86 Other : Veal : 4,416 5,535 4,652 105 84 Lamb & Mutton : 12,374 10,303 11,794 95 114 Total : 16,790 15,838 16,446 98 104 16,031 Canned : Canned Hams : 3,802 5,181 5,023 132 97 Other Canned Meat : 852 328 451 53 138 Total : 4,654 5,509 5,474 118 99 2,722 Total : 883,470 822,607 859,912 97 105 779,720 Miscellaneous : Cooler : 738,679 767,772 731,702 99 95 458,371 Freezer : 1,865,503 2,033,378 2,109,194 113 104 2,040,151 Total : 2,604,182 2,801,150 2,840,896 109 101 2,498,522 Commodities : Stored in Coolers : 4,955,945 5,901,540 5,142,648 104 87 1,480,059 Stored in Freezers :10,717,114 10,749,756 10,601,118 99 99 6,954,522 Total :15,673,059 16,651,296 15,743,766 100 95 8,434,581 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, February 29, 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 44,944 405,851 285,307 437 182,216 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 42 221 33 315,246 Pecans 1/ : 117 9,287 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 66,837 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 19,953 41,456 249,213 111,567 479 Other Natural Cheese : 586 9,251 99,766 60,936 943 : Frozen Poultry : Broilers (Whole) : 101 377 711 904 13,292 Hens : 1 67 1,032 879 1,877 Other Chicken : 1,773 9,518 17,310 29,114 209,145 Total : 1,875 9,962 19,053 30,897 224,314 Whole Turkeys : 1,769 9,005 9,802 31,678 32,007 Other Turkey : 237 11,808 13,333 54,154 53,526 Total : 2,006 20,813 23,135 85,832 85,533 Ducks : 34 158 3,233 11 10 Total : 3,915 30,933 45,421 116,740 309,857 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 33 30,045 40,368 124 330 Blueberries : 10,028 4,834 19,922 180 986 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 31 5,550 82,887 54 62 Cherries, Sweet : 569 8,761 81 9 Peaches : 28 2,472 3,693 29 323 Raspberries, Red : 267 1,610 682 105 449 Strawberries, Total : 70 3,289 4,156 2,596 1,070 Other Frozen Fruit : 172,909 29,293 313,038 966 3,252 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 2,296,045 3,230,836 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 60,699 147,581 148 297 524,267 Pecans 1/ : 1,421 18,988 132 29,945 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 3,614 192,402 262,853 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 399 10,852 81,419 515,338 Other Natural Cheese : 203 371 260 10,209 182,525 : Frozen Poultry : Broilers (Whole) : 4,008 18,106 646 2,895 41,040 Hens : 1,123 1,110 88 1,015 7,192 Other Chicken : 147,423 282,770 3,101 45,555 745,709 Total : 152,554 301,986 3,835 49,465 793,941 Whole Turkeys : 520 39,599 13,386 23,777 161,543 Other Turkey : 1,134 25,364 10,802 15,372 185,730 Total : 1,654 64,963 24,188 39,149 347,273 Ducks : 1 7 1 250 3,705 Total : 154,209 366,956 28,024 88,864 1,144,919 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 190 454 143 15,145 86,832 Blueberries : 93 457 112 8,195 44,807 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 82 176 1,754 6,628 97,224 Cherries, Sweet : 3 24 619 2,138 12,204 Peaches : 92 513 153 47,181 54,484 Raspberries, Red : 77 428 10 36,522 40,150 Strawberries, Total : 3,423 27,365 2,416 203,788 248,173 Other Frozen Fruit : 290 9,890 2,716 93,408 625,762 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 2,876 171 1,826,047 Other Juice Concentrate : 60 15,695 11,041 1,307 133,423 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 363 4,019 10 402 Limas, Fordhook : 566 233 171 2,442 Limas, Baby : 3,787 1,233 642 10,128 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 17,239 26,554 1,105 2,686 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 6,209 4,507 127 355 Broccoli, Spears : 5,373 339 1,230 2,560 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 7,769 8,589 3,157 6,960 Brussels Sprouts : 2,454 300 607 513 Carrots, Diced : 3,930 17,271 848 4,169 Carrots, Other : 9,942 9,835 1,265 6,275 Cauliflower : 2,713 2,974 2,097 1,321 Corn, Cut : 28,469 24,235 13,634 5,977 Corn, Cob : 9,834 13,150 21,808 2,060 Mixed Vegetables : 2,345 4,249 1,320 2,548 Okra : 1,302 154 1,245 8,107 Onion Rings : 957 9,774 2,093 944 Onions, Other : 4,323 3,889 420 1,242 Blackeye Peas : 140 263 15 1,569 Green Peas : 26,430 19,736 9,249 5,278 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 689 714 50 422 Spinach : 7,358 1,293 530 6,220 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 3,153 10,799 714 5,663 Southern Greens : 2,089 22 21 11,023 Other Vegetables : 28,427 19,357 15,257 31,624 : Potatoes : French Fries : 41,198 38,811 63,801 115,502 21,494 Other Frozen : 6,850 9,787 31,460 8,320 4,961 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless : 5,304 33,110 30,111 62,172 26,933 Beef Cuts : 526 1,367 4,655 9,307 2,231 Frozen Pork : Ribs : 509 1,286 19,652 33,817 7,838 Trimmings : 125 1,763 15,106 32,683 7,197 Other : 2,554 3,375 19,511 30,017 7,588 : Other : Veal : 179 432 1,922 807 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 7,156 1,855 62,850 1,901,318 Other Juice Concentrate : 1,508 19,828 266 111,255 294,383 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 578 113 2,945 8,430 Limas, Fordhook : 269 552 4,570 8,803 Limas, Baby : 538 7,030 18,284 41,642 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 1,350 45 60,575 109,554 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 320 72 15,384 26,974 Broccoli, Spears : 20,744 134 8,919 39,299 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 31,109 1,907 55,971 115,462 Brussels Sprouts : 1,008 123 18,411 23,416 Carrots, Diced : 1,616 112 46,846 74,792 Carrots, Other : 17,234 1,584 140,052 186,187 Cauliflower : 19,182 1,430 31,300 61,017 Corn, Cut : 3,174 3,404 179,163 258,056 Corn, Cob : 2,429 4 154,846 204,131 Mixed Vegetables : 6,215 69 27,538 44,284 Okra : 20,796 573 32,177 Onion Rings : 1,320 1,125 412 16,625 Onions, Other : 680 4,518 28,490 43,562 Blackeye Peas : 1,349 163 3,499 Green Peas : 2,518 11,926 128,787 203,924 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 109 15 5,890 7,889 Spinach : 18,852 14,120 28,725 77,098 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 5,173 565 15,322 41,389 Southern Greens : 15,988 133 725 30,001 Other Vegetables : 42,379 3,213 148,801 289,058 : Potatoes : French Fries : 1,791 8,130 261,821 473,590 1,026,138 Other Frozen : 817 8,332 48,101 124,743 243,371 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 2,821 48,007 5,127 59,670 273,255 Beef Cuts 5/ : 529 10,948 7,202 10,509 47,274 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 4,137 2,230 12 3,692 73,173 Trimmings 7/ : 264 1,657 100 261 59,156 Other 8/ : 8,078 12,047 168 6,376 89,714 : Other : Veal : 541 17 1,609 5,535 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. Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, March 31, 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 30,287 306,557 207,781 136,488 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 8 245 36 357,003 Pecans 1/ : 106 11,764 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 60,355 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 19,702 43,085 254,509 113,730 4,212 Other Natural Cheese : 598 8,509 100,749 64,915 354 : Frozen Poultry : Broilers (Whole) : 101 403 736 915 12,028 Hens : 70 506 1,317 1,170 Other Chicken : 1,909 23,071 16,545 29,670 214,779 Total : 2,010 23,544 17,787 31,902 227,977 Whole Turkeys : 4,047 12,596 14,541 29,550 41,843 Other Turkey : 273 13,798 15,781 54,453 66,204 Total : 4,320 26,394 30,322 84,003 108,047 Ducks : 37 181 3,513 11 11 Total : 6,367 50,119 51,622 115,916 336,035 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 22 26,630 43,481 229 173 Blueberries : 7,465 6,229 16,622 142 709 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 26 4,477 72,925 95 26 Cherries, Sweet : 444 7,978 78 7 Peaches : 22 1,984 3,173 38 317 Raspberries, Red : 224 1,575 696 112 89 Strawberries, Total : 75 3,360 3,672 2,390 913 Other Frozen Fruit : 146,220 29,164 277,542 754 2,695 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, March 31, 2000 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 6,147 4,201 1,776,138 2,467,599 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 62,312 160,093 139 331 580,167 Pecans 1/ : 1,293 19,321 169 32,653 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 3,255 203,662 267,272 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 687 10,172 84,054 530,151 Other Natural Cheese : 178 548 142 10,747 186,740 : Frozen Poultry : Broilers (Whole) : 3,978 17,390 706 1,817 38,074 Hens : 829 478 272 1,357 5,999 Other Chicken : 149,291 279,106 4,284 47,548 766,203 Total : 154,098 296,974 5,262 50,722 810,276 Whole Turkeys : 1,652 51,569 7,907 28,648 192,353 Other Turkey : 900 27,513 9,761 17,405 206,088 Total : 2,552 79,082 17,668 46,053 398,441 Ducks : 1 3 1 166 3,924 Total : 156,651 376,059 22,931 96,941 1,212,641 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 133 276 197 16,155 87,296 Blueberries : 85 374 92 6,586 38,304 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 53 155 1,445 5,830 85,032 Cherries, Sweet : 3 50 432 2,009 11,001 Peaches : 65 698 22 35,153 41,472 Raspberries, Red : 31 303 1 34,404 37,435 Strawberries, Total : 3,061 27,954 1,961 179,239 222,625 Other Frozen Fruit : 320 9,064 952 84,462 551,173 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, March 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/ : 19 436 83 1,800,293 Other Juice Concentrate : 59 10,916 10,153 2,085 148,302 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 381 3,796 6 311 Limas, Fordhook : 572 234 140 2,277 Limas, Baby : 3,863 1,112 562 8,404 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 14,251 24,042 940 2,287 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 5,106 3,709 108 296 Broccoli, Spears : 5,282 286 1,032 2,492 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 9,001 8,375 3,355 6,852 Brussels Sprouts : 2,227 303 533 498 Carrots, Diced : 3,042 16,258 791 3,669 Carrots, Other : 11,151 9,182 1,131 4,784 Cauliflower : 2,653 2,788 1,937 1,219 Corn, Cut : 22,387 20,352 12,271 5,224 Corn, Cob : 6,546 11,139 18,441 2,216 Mixed Vegetables : 3,049 4,598 1,422 3,007 Okra : 1,086 190 1,178 7,266 Onion Rings : 1,077 8,798 1,847 616 Onions, Other : 4,749 4,143 422 1,316 Blackeye Peas : 167 246 15 1,522 Green Peas : 20,685 15,894 7,740 4,789 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 576 315 39 422 Spinach : 5,433 1,447 656 6,359 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 2,865 9,668 672 5,296 Southern Greens : 1,799 2 103 10,065 Other Vegetables : 26,460 18,298 13,871 30,382 : Potatoes : French Fries : 45,890 41,073 67,687 122,104 21,886 Other Frozen : 7,725 10,538 34,777 7,525 5,237 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 2,506 38,279 33,584 62,103 24,949 Beef Cuts 5/ : 507 3,425 5,941 11,667 2,478 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 525 1,381 19,931 34,746 7,480 Trimmings 7/ : 644 2,327 16,031 32,170 6,338 Other 8/ : 2,928 3,542 20,485 29,986 6,833 : Other : Veal : 157 412 1,579 886 26 Lamb & Mutton : 433 3,855 1,300 321 731 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, March 31, 2000 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Concentrate : 722 8,724 1,720 60,801 1,872,798 Other Juice Concentrate : 1,855 20,265 808 120,676 315,119 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 630 82 6,313 11,519 Limas, Fordhook : 250 93 3,855 7,421 Limas, Baby : 654 6,320 16,084 36,999 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 1,157 34 47,889 90,600 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 223 88 12,422 21,952 Broccoli, Spears : 17,687 96 10,139 37,014 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 36,615 1,731 49,955 115,884 Brussels Sprouts : 1,066 122 14,168 18,917 Carrots, Diced : 2,294 367 40,336 66,757 Carrots, Other : 20,285 1,441 125,913 173,887 Cauliflower : 17,546 947 23,511 50,601 Corn, Cut : 2,675 249 148,470 211,628 Corn, Cob : 2,468 44 128,796 169,650 Mixed Vegetables : 6,503 28 25,134 43,741 Okra : 21,225 528 31,473 Onion Rings : 847 1,003 242 14,430 Onions, Other : 1,268 5,537 28,149 45,584 Blackeye Peas : 1,283 176 3,409 Green Peas : 2,178 9,902 98,337 159,525 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 475 1 5,222 7,050 Spinach : 17,909 13,157 33,498 78,459 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 4,690 776 14,003 37,970 Southern Greens : 15,131 573 27,673 Other Vegetables : 40,818 3,183 133,777 266,789 : Potatoes : French Fries : 1,212 10,073 264,599 452,272 1,026,796 Other Frozen : 885 8,432 49,748 145,555 270,422 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 4,829 49,995 4,457 60,794 281,496 Beef Cuts 5/ : 406 10,698 8,459 11,425 55,006 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 4,775 2,045 4 4,141 75,028 Trimmings 7/ : 279 1,687 80 240 59,796 Other 8/ : 9,481 10,918 156 7,250 91,579 : Other : Veal : 292 16 1,284 4,652 Lamb & Mutton : 555 660 3,939 11,794 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, March 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cooler : Freezer :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Usable : Usable : Usable : Usable Region : Space : Space Occupied : Space : Space Occupied :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Mar 31 :Mar 31:Feb 29:Mar 31: Mar 31 :Mar 31:Feb 29:Mar 31 : 2000 : 1999 : 2000 : 2000 : 2000 : 1999 : 2000 : 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 1,000 : Cu Ft ---- Percent --- Cu Ft ---- Percent --- : New England : 2,377 61 54 60 20,164 66 68 74 Middle Atlantic : 36,349 71 65 63 94,052 78 76 76 E. North Central : 51,398 56 48 46 178,929 58 52 49 W. North Central : 45,223 50 33 35 142,706 58 49 44 South Atlantic : 49,539 50 44 43 167,237 56 61 64 E. South Central : 9,260 52 55 56 65,243 51 44 43 W. South Central : 20,767 49 39 39 133,212 68 70 67 Mountain : 6,059 81 67 67 55,853 72 55 61 Pacific : 40,103 41 36 36 273,716 63 67 64 : US : 261,075 54 45 45 1,131,112 62 61 59 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apples in Cold Storage: By State and United States, March 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : All Warehouses :----------------------------------------------------------- State : Mar 31, : Feb 29, : Mar 31, : 1999 : 2000 : 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : CA : 48,554 62,926 45,498 MI : 101,682 264,771 193,008 N ENG : 7,401 44,944 30,287 NY : 140,448 244,230 183,960 OH : 3,985 11,462 9,045 OR : 13,254 18,204 12,807 PA : 93,912 161,464 122,455 VA : 66,358 112,789 88,505 WA : 2,059,175 2,214,915 1,717,834 WV : 34,550 46,709 35,296 : Other States : 37,965 48,422 28,904 : US : 2,607,284 3,230,836 2,467,599 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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