Co St 1 (8-00) Cold Storage National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released August 18, 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 July 31, 2000, were greater than year earlier levels for fruit, red meat, potatoes and orange juice concentrate. Cooler stocks of pecans and apples were also higher than a year earlier. Butter stocks were 6 percent below June 2000 but 10 percent above a year ago. Total red meat supplies in freezers were 3 percent below June 2000 but 6 percent above July 1999. Frozen pork stocks were 3 percent below last month and 4 percent below last year. Stocks of pork bellies decreased 17 percent from last month and 27 percent from July 1999 stocks. Total frozen poultry supplies were up 1 percent from last month but were 9 percent below last year's level. Total stocks of chicken were slightly below last month and were 6 percent below July 1999. Total pounds of turkey in freezers increased 3 percent from last month but were 13 percent below last year. Public cooler occupancy was at 43 percent of capacity, down 9 points from last year. Public freezer occupancy at 60 percent was down 3 percentage points from last year. Table of Contents Page Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, July 2000. . . . 3 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, June 30, 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, July 31, 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Public General Warehouses: Cold Storage Space Occupied by Region and United States, July 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Survey and Estimating Procedures, Revision Policy and Reliability. . .15 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, July 2000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :----------------------------------------------------- : Jul 31, : Jun 30, : Jul 31, : Jul : Jun : Jul 31, : 1999 : 2000 : 2000 :1999 :2000 : 2000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds -------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Fresh Fruit : Apples : Regular Storage : 11,564 27,680 25,972 225 94 Controlled Atmosphere: 349,281 804,254 386,420 111 48 Total : 360,845 831,934 412,392 114 50 6,479 Pears : Bartlett : 11,450 675 30,482 266 Other Varieties : 116 27,006 9,870 37 Total : 11,566 27,681 40,352 349 146 12,583 Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 590,086 590,565 570,855 97 97 Pecans : 30,505 37,070 35,983 118 97 Other Shelled : 107,755 132,683 135,915 126 102 Total : 728,346 760,318 742,753 102 98 407,464 In-Shell : Peanuts : 26,149 28,421 24,943 95 88 Pecans : 23,860 185,318 166,217 697 90 Other In-Shell : 2,013 6,310 5,383 267 85 Total : 52,022 220,049 196,543 378 89 76,948 Dairy Products : Butter, Total : 123,552 144,861 136,357 110 94 126,316 (Government Owned) : 334 420 391 117 93 Natural Cheese : American, Total : 543,642 570,290 598,098 110 105 (Government Owned) : 48 46 60 125 130 Swiss : 10,590 8,646 8,465 80 98 Other Natural Cheese : 194,486 203,362 214,287 110 105 Total : 748,718 782,298 820,850 110 105 539,396 Eggs, Frozen : Whites : 707 423 561 79 133 Yolks : 861 684 700 81 102 Whole & Mixed : 7,964 6,845 10,769 135 157 Unclassified : 1,600 784 1,269 79 162 Total : 11,132 8,736 13,299 119 152 12,834 Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers (Whole) : 33,819 45,913 35,983 106 78 Hens : 10,362 8,149 7,994 77 98 Other Chicken : 828,087 767,570 777,440 94 101 Total : 872,268 821,632 821,417 94 100 Turkey : Whole Turkeys : 384,022 273,718 285,010 74 104 Other Turkey : 214,991 229,902 235,087 109 102 Total : 599,013 503,620 520,097 87 103 Ducks : 5,335 5,546 5,054 95 91 Total :1,476,616 1,330,798 1,346,568 91 101 1,251,961 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, July 2000 (Continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : Jul 31, : Jun 30, : Jul 31, : Jul : Jun : Jul 31, : 1999 : 2000 : 2000 :1999 :2000 : 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds -------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 74,147 79,770 74,306 100 93 Apricots : 16,387 11,581 14,958 91 129 Blackberries, Total : 24,896 9,924 26,891 108 271 IQF : 15,228 6,378 15,238 100 239 Pails and Tubs : 2,759 1,055 2,501 91 237 Barrels, 400 lbs net : 6,017 1,328 7,610 126 573 Concentrate : 892 1,163 1,542 173 133 Blueberries : 47,525 23,584 52,066 110 221 Boysenberries : 7,748 4,407 6,703 87 152 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 162,135 61,412 166,062 102 270 Cherries, Tart (Juice) : 3,826 922 2,812 73 305 Cherries, Sweet : 16,701 10,102 16,191 97 160 Grapes : 1,402 3,108 2,831 202 91 Peaches : 20,840 23,728 37,164 178 157 Raspberries, Black : 2,704 880 3,919 145 445 Raspberries, Red, Total: 55,291 28,426 77,112 139 271 IQF : 17,157 10,835 21,238 124 196 Pails and Tubs : 14,396 8,503 19,800 138 233 Barrels, 400 lbs net : 22,456 7,832 34,782 155 444 Concentrate : 1,282 1,256 1,292 101 103 Strawberries, Total : 379,518 515,211 503,919 133 98 Other Frozen Fruit : 288,369 346,614 316,792 110 91 Total :1,101,489 1,119,669 1,301,726 118 116 991,228 Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 1/ :1,822,978 2,037,921 1,861,102 102 91 (Gallon Equivalent) : 184,214 205,934 188,066 Other Juice Concentrate: 351,086 327,577 321,689 92 98 Total :2,174,064 2,365,498 2,182,791 100 92 227,686 Frozen Vegetables : Asparagus : 18,071 15,494 14,912 83 96 Limas, Fordhook : 6,048 4,670 4,111 68 88 Limas, Baby : 29,828 24,550 20,647 69 84 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 111,933 48,483 86,666 77 179 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 27,910 16,481 24,059 86 146 Broccoli, Spears : 52,559 35,731 35,460 67 99 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut: 150,122 99,478 101,179 67 102 Brussels Sprouts : 13,306 14,913 13,937 105 93 Carrots, Diced : 44,520 46,718 39,738 89 85 Carrots, Other : 113,375 133,499 128,647 113 96 Cauliflower : 29,224 37,597 34,832 119 93 Corn, Cut : 140,420 121,653 134,768 96 111 Corn, Cob : 98,635 105,327 99,907 101 95 Mixed Vegetables : 48,651 47,855 51,114 105 107 Okra : 57,424 53,942 60,153 105 112 Onion Rings : 13,838 12,284 11,551 83 94 Onions, Other : 33,171 53,534 43,066 130 80 Blackeye Peas : 4,297 3,517 2,577 60 73 Green Peas : 350,191 254,497 426,030 122 167 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 9,827 7,512 7,717 79 103 Spinach : 131,132 99,820 92,410 70 93 Squash, Summer/Zucchini: 56,249 41,097 47,589 85 116 Southern Greens : 25,962 36,237 37,315 144 103 Other Vegetables : 257,931 280,841 301,219 117 107 Total :1,824,624 1,595,730 1,819,604 100 114 1,257,725 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, July 2000 (Continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :-------------------------------------------------------- : Jul 31, : Jun 30, : Jul 31, : Jul : Jun : Jul 31, : 1999 : 2000 : 2000 : 1999 :2000 : 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds --------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Potatoes : French Fries : 900,347 929,810 927,044 103 100 Other Frozen : 241,931 256,500 251,161 104 98 Total : 1,142,278 1,186,310 1,178,205 103 99 877,189 Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 2/ : 245,813 321,239 310,862 126 97 Beef Cuts 3/ : 46,909 59,030 55,266 118 94 Total : 292,722 380,269 366,128 125 96 362,123 (Government Owned) : 3,476 2,058 1,950 56 95 Frozen Pork : Picnics, Bone-in : 6,214 9,124 8,887 143 97 Hams, Total : 135,017 112,846 131,135 97 116 123,404 Bone-in : 80,561 61,114 72,502 90 119 70,073 Boneless 4/ : 54,456 51,732 58,633 108 113 53,331 Bellies : 69,675 60,524 50,516 73 83 Loins, Total : 22,847 20,998 14,800 65 70 12,665 Bone-in : 12,000 11,029 6,980 58 63 Boneless 5/ : 10,847 9,969 7,820 72 78 Ribs 6/ : 39,571 41,255 37,446 95 91 Butts : 9,207 6,943 6,057 66 87 Trimmings 7/ : 47,355 45,539 41,300 87 91 Other 8/ : 103,487 90,551 86,761 84 96 Variety Meats 9/ : 50,577 70,878 70,571 140 100 Unclassified 10/ : 10,666 28,637 26,411 248 92 Total : 494,616 487,295 473,884 96 97 418,530 (Government Owned) : 6,144 3,721 3,454 56 93 Other : Veal : 4,069 4,391 4,340 107 99 Lamb & Mutton : 11,975 13,952 10,508 88 75 Total : 16,044 18,343 14,848 93 81 14,470 Canned : Canned Hams : 6,235 6,475 7,220 116 112 Other Canned Meat : 760 1,300 900 118 69 Total : 6,995 7,775 8,120 116 104 4,786 Total : 810,377 893,682 862,980 106 97 799,909 Miscellaneous : Cooler : 700,653 641,490 707,384 101 110 494,982 Freezer : 2,021,149 2,172,282 2,126,585 105 98 2,053,630 Total : 2,721,802 2,813,772 2,833,969 104 101 2,548,612 Commodities : Stored in Coolers : 2,609,145 3,271,545 2,928,394 112 90 1,542,638 Stored in Freezers :10,678,286 10,809,791 10,959,995 103 101 7,593,692 Total :13,287,431 14,081,336 13,888,389 105 99 9,136,330 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Adjusted to 42.0 degrees Brix equivalent (9.896 pounds per gallon). 2/ Includes all boxed boneless beef, such as ground beef, roasts, steaks, loins, strips, rounds, trimmings, etc. Variety meats (edible offal), such as tongues, livers, hearts, kidneys, and other organs removed from slaughtered beef, are included as miscellaneous freezer stocks. 3/ Includes all boxed primal beef cuts, bone-in. 4/ Includes full ham, bone removed and individual muscles separated. 5/ Includes pork tenderloins. 6/ Includes spareribs and backribs. 7/ Includes 42% regular trimmings, 72% special trimmings, boneless picnic meat, jowls, neckbone trimmings, blade, cheek, head, and shank meat, etc. Packaged bacon, sausage, and processed items, such as hot dogs and luncheon meats, are included in miscellaneous cooler or freezer stocks. 8/ Includes ears, tails, feet, neckbones and snouts. 9/ Includes tongues, kidneys, livers, stomachs, hearts, chitterlings, salivary glands, and other organs removed from slaughtered hogs. 10/ Includes pork unable to be classified elsewhere in this report. Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, June 30, 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 9 309 38 385,964 Pecans 1/ : 91 13,765 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 32,862 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 22,529 48,882 295,577 119,306 4,505 Other Natural Cheese : 777 16,093 102,601 70,750 444 : Frozen Poultry : Broilers (Whole) : 123 2,210 780 1,169 12,508 Hens : 373 61 625 1,316 2,937 Other Chicken : 1,199 26,299 18,776 29,853 211,849 Total : 1,695 28,570 20,181 32,338 227,294 Whole Turkeys : 8,523 24,115 21,663 38,927 56,445 Other Turkey : 394 15,822 16,159 71,047 57,123 Total : 8,917 39,937 37,822 109,974 113,568 Ducks : 113 5,266 4 13 Total : 10,612 68,620 63,269 142,316 340,875 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 30 20,725 38,105 104 273 Blueberries : 6,468 2,573 7,681 92 1,786 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 18 2,195 53,578 72 58 Cherries, Sweet : 635 5,686 58 7 Peaches : 10 1,219 1,915 77 1,381 Raspberries, Red : 219 1,125 609 80 89 Strawberries, Total : 95 4,079 5,362 2,111 1,034 Other Frozen Fruit : 17,711 31,395 238,512 713 1,877 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, June 30, 2000 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 59,159 143,631 143 1,312 590,565 Pecans 1/ : 1,311 21,638 265 37,070 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 2,766 149,656 34 185,318 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 489 11,371 67,631 570,290 Other Natural Cheese : 201 482 1,191 10,823 203,362 : Frozen Poultry : Broilers (Whole) : 4,625 22,158 628 1,712 45,913 Hens : 1,255 621 258 703 8,149 Other Chicken : 152,427 279,162 2,212 45,793 767,570 Total : 158,307 301,941 3,098 48,208 821,632 Whole Turkeys : 7,753 55,981 10,954 49,357 273,718 Other Turkey : 2,685 34,574 9,132 22,966 229,902 Total : 10,438 90,555 20,086 72,323 503,620 Ducks : 2 1 1 146 5,546 Total : 168,747 392,497 23,185 120,677 1,330,798 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 124 1,069 194 19,146 79,770 Blueberries : 71 537 63 4,313 23,584 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 34 153 1,071 4,233 61,412 Cherries, Sweet : 3 32 425 3,256 10,102 Peaches : 37 312 109 18,668 23,728 Raspberries, Red : 94 623 17 25,570 28,426 Strawberries, Total : 5,437 51,038 806 445,249 515,211 Other Frozen Fruit : 341 6,904 886 48,275 346,614 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, June 30, 2000 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 2/ : 66 1,130 171 1,956,368 Other Juice Concentrate : 86 10,059 9,514 1,589 160,233 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 338 8,973 12 385 Limas, Fordhook : 798 427 76 1,796 Limas, Baby : 3,197 3,541 355 4,168 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 7,422 12,085 922 2,530 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 3,333 4,389 89 592 Broccoli, Spears : 4,857 3,217 272 2,060 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 8,977 8,118 4,365 5,740 Brussels Sprouts : 1,213 1,207 427 533 Carrots, Diced : 3,552 10,800 625 1,534 Carrots, Other : 11,503 11,324 1,022 4,020 Cauliflower : 2,133 3,261 1,497 1,091 Corn, Cut : 13,397 19,717 5,667 6,664 Corn, Cob : 5,023 16,825 4,077 5,365 Mixed Vegetables : 4,604 5,321 1,779 2,956 Okra : 1,993 828 2,724 11,453 Onion Rings : 751 7,026 1,749 1,096 Onions, Other : 4,767 4,685 475 3,338 Blackeye Peas : 155 202 47 1,360 Green Peas : 23,817 15,462 10,341 13,912 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 875 746 47 569 Spinach : 16,437 4,158 1,535 7,213 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 3,417 8,569 446 8,138 Southern Greens : 999 330 1,174 17,298 Other Vegetables : 29,719 26,461 12,056 30,122 : Potatoes : French Fries : 26,475 35,850 70,444 112,063 22,122 Other Frozen : 6,153 8,382 36,938 6,437 3,762 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless : 2,675 36,976 32,286 81,985 33,792 Beef Cuts : 1,376 3,552 6,079 11,636 2,765 Frozen Pork : Ribs : 285 768 11,215 17,051 6,089 Trimmings : 280 1,725 13,139 23,259 4,993 Other : 2,717 2,293 13,961 32,811 14,164 : Other : Veal : 97 455 2,005 451 73 Lamb & Mutton : 380 3,944 1,599 1,173 648 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, June 30, 2000 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Concentrate : 203 5,265 2,077 72,641 2,037,921 Other Juice Concentrate : 1,387 17,850 762 126,097 327,577 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 759 140 4,887 15,494 Limas, Fordhook : 174 108 1,291 4,670 Limas, Baby : 740 2,415 10,134 24,550 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 1,259 306 23,959 48,483 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 236 54 7,788 16,481 Broccoli, Spears : 13,986 74 11,265 35,731 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 29,321 1,765 41,192 99,478 Brussels Sprouts : 789 96 10,648 14,913 Carrots, Diced : 2,498 583 27,126 46,718 Carrots, Other : 13,662 437 91,531 133,499 Cauliflower : 11,886 95 17,634 37,597 Corn, Cut : 1,942 2,589 71,677 121,653 Corn, Cob : 2,232 15 71,790 105,327 Mixed Vegetables : 8,414 43 24,738 47,855 Okra : 36,121 823 53,942 Onion Rings : 844 567 251 12,284 Onions, Other : 4,181 8,579 27,509 53,534 Blackeye Peas : 1,578 175 3,517 Green Peas : 3,456 16,023 171,486 254,497 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 556 4,719 7,512 Spinach : 13,818 10,307 46,352 99,820 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 5,199 964 14,364 41,097 Southern Greens : 15,927 509 36,237 Other Vegetables : 38,413 3,946 140,124 280,841 : Potatoes : French Fries : 1,063 8,630 263,266 389,897 929,810 Other Frozen : 1,456 7,402 52,568 133,402 256,500 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 6,085 56,130 5,773 65,537 321,239 Beef Cuts 5/ : 3,111 9,222 8,662 12,627 59,030 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 2,047 1,669 22 2,109 41,255 Trimmings 7/ : 259 1,560 49 275 45,539 Other 8/ : 8,252 9,466 148 6,739 90,551 : Other : Veal : 7 1,303 4,391 Lamb & Mutton : 1,301 904 4,003 13,952 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ East North Central combined with South Atlantic. Mountain and West North Central combined with West South Central. 2/ Middle Atlantic combined with South Atlantic. 3/ New England combined with Middle Atlantic. East South Central combined with South Atlantic. 4/ Includes all boxed boneless beef, such as ground beef, roasts, steaks, loins, strips, rounds, trimmings, etc. Variety meats (edible offal), such as tongues, livers, hearts, kidneys, and other organs removed from slaughtered beef, are included as miscellaneous freezer stocks. 5/ Includes all boxed primal beef cuts, bone-in. 6/ Includes spareribs and backribs. 7/ Includes 42% regular trimmings, 72% special trimmings, boneless picnic meat, jowls, neckbone trimmings, blade, cheek, head, and shank meat, etc. Packaged bacon, sausage, and processed items, such as hot dogs and luncheon meats, are included in miscellaneous cooler or freezer stocks. 8/ Includes ears, tails, feet, neckbones and snouts. Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, July 31, 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 38 279 36 380,655 Pecans 1/ : 116 12,505 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 27,469 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 22,993 53,871 307,827 127,737 5,375 Other Natural Cheese : 899 17,767 104,724 77,173 606 : Frozen Poultry : Broilers (Whole) : 98 2,146 607 989 8,996 Hens : 393 106 646 1,342 2,680 Other Chicken : 1,421 27,378 20,516 30,728 218,557 Total : 1,912 29,630 21,769 33,059 230,233 Whole Turkeys : 9,377 29,137 25,157 44,230 48,220 Other Turkey : 377 18,136 15,927 71,908 60,963 Total : 9,754 47,273 41,084 116,138 109,183 Ducks : 112 4,582 75 34 Total : 11,666 77,015 67,435 149,272 339,450 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 22 19,368 35,423 112 273 Blueberries : 6,520 6,542 20,880 121 6,336 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 34 8,459 135,748 88 32 Cherries, Sweet : 503 10,528 89 9 Peaches : 13 2,453 1,973 39 281 Raspberries, Red : 223 1,092 1,045 113 93 Strawberries, Total : 112 3,904 5,452 2,264 1,091 Other Frozen Fruit : 13,518 25,636 219,606 731 1,582 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, July 31, 2000 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 59,196 129,429 163 1,059 570,855 Pecans 1/ : 1,242 21,521 599 35,983 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 2,749 135,999 166,217 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 521 11,512 68,262 598,098 Other Natural Cheese : 205 528 1,200 11,185 214,287 : Frozen Poultry : Broilers (Whole) : 3,318 17,809 571 1,449 35,983 Hens : 1,582 685 101 459 7,994 Other Chicken : 153,902 277,259 2,321 45,358 777,440 Total : 158,802 295,753 2,993 47,266 821,417 Whole Turkeys : 7,356 56,968 12,465 52,100 285,010 Other Turkey : 2,065 32,112 10,174 23,425 235,087 Total : 9,421 89,080 22,639 75,525 520,097 Ducks : 78 9 1 163 5,054 Total : 168,301 384,842 25,633 122,954 1,346,568 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 106 2,435 84 16,483 74,306 Blueberries : 67 563 104 10,933 52,066 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 37 385 2,816 18,463 166,062 Cherries, Sweet : 8 347 649 4,058 16,191 Peaches : 44 679 135 31,547 37,164 Raspberries, Red : 55 1,281 47 73,163 77,112 Strawberries, Total : 4,976 51,052 902 434,166 503,919 Other Frozen Fruit : 510 5,978 788 48,443 316,792 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, July 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/ : 56 1,057 124 1,785,213 Other Juice Concentrate : 119 8,727 8,206 1,296 156,752 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 364 8,343 37 344 Limas, Fordhook : 893 397 57 1,553 Limas, Baby : 2,717 2,382 501 3,625 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 11,543 19,003 1,627 4,907 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 4,098 7,624 308 639 Broccoli, Spears : 5,604 2,873 233 2,320 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 9,057 7,465 4,176 5,923 Brussels Sprouts : 1,195 1,191 388 476 Carrots, Diced : 2,219 9,452 590 1,063 Carrots, Other : 11,126 10,535 955 3,156 Cauliflower : 2,360 2,702 1,505 905 Corn, Cut : 15,591 18,157 4,998 5,235 Corn, Cob : 6,804 12,611 3,867 4,797 Mixed Vegetables : 4,713 7,440 1,903 3,633 Okra : 2,063 860 4,227 12,160 Onion Rings : 691 6,989 1,718 625 Onions, Other : 4,068 4,459 441 2,877 Blackeye Peas : 153 102 51 960 Green Peas : 58,771 44,724 14,573 15,245 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 1,110 667 94 620 Spinach : 15,746 4,253 1,486 6,423 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 3,635 7,172 434 9,710 Southern Greens : 3,361 522 1,175 17,760 Other Vegetables : 43,961 28,790 11,375 30,430 : Potatoes : French Fries : 24,869 38,760 66,861 105,466 20,696 Other Frozen : 5,562 9,111 37,509 7,542 3,181 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 3,094 33,705 31,955 77,418 33,627 Beef Cuts 5/ : 2,128 3,738 5,536 8,904 3,025 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 246 642 10,324 15,563 6,028 Trimmings 7/ : 280 1,544 11,580 19,885 5,543 Other 8/ : 2,380 2,216 13,798 32,259 13,682 : Other : Veal : 96 545 1,947 365 80 Lamb & Mutton : 372 1,189 1,394 1,586 465 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, July 31, 2000 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Concentrate : 108 4,822 1,976 67,746 1,861,102 Other Juice Concentrate : 966 16,988 838 127,797 321,689 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 705 128 4,991 14,912 Limas, Fordhook : 75 109 1,027 4,111 Limas, Baby : 655 2,314 8,453 20,647 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 1,780 255 47,551 86,666 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 182 51 11,157 24,059 Broccoli, Spears : 14,483 52 9,895 35,460 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 30,323 1,576 42,659 101,179 Brussels Sprouts : 844 77 9,766 13,937 Carrots, Diced : 1,922 553 23,939 39,738 Carrots, Other : 13,376 317 89,182 128,647 Cauliflower : 11,022 95 16,243 34,832 Corn, Cut : 1,841 2,679 86,267 134,768 Corn, Cob : 2,097 608 69,123 99,907 Mixed Vegetables : 8,294 65 25,066 51,114 Okra : 39,994 849 60,153 Onion Rings : 723 560 245 11,551 Onions, Other : 3,432 7,203 20,586 43,066 Blackeye Peas : 1,148 163 2,577 Green Peas : 4,968 19,779 267,970 426,030 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 513 4,713 7,717 Spinach : 12,759 9,024 42,719 92,410 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 6,472 900 19,266 47,589 Southern Greens : 13,863 634 37,315 Other Vegetables : 38,414 3,917 144,332 301,219 : Potatoes : French Fries : 979 10,566 255,913 402,934 927,044 Other Frozen : 1,447 7,874 49,722 129,213 251,161 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 6,902 57,253 4,504 62,404 310,862 Beef Cuts 5/ : 3,071 8,669 8,228 11,967 55,266 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 1,502 1,145 20 1,976 37,446 Trimmings 7/ : 683 1,410 50 325 41,300 Other 8/ : 7,409 9,371 154 5,492 86,761 : Other : Veal : 160 1,147 4,340 Lamb & Mutton : 1,215 953 3,334 10,508 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ East North Central combined with South Atlantic. Mountain and West North Central Combined with West South Central. 2/ Middle Atlantic combined with South Atlantic. 3/ New England combined with Middle Atlantic. East South Central combined with South Atlantic. 4/ Includes all boxed boneless beef, such as ground beef, roasts, steaks, loins, strips, rounds, trimmings, etc. Variety meats (edible offal), such as tongues, livers, hearts, kidneys, and other organs removed from slaughtered beef, are included as miscellaneous freezer stocks. 5/ Includes all boxed primal beef cuts, bone-in. 6/ Includes spareribs and backribs. 7/ Includes 42% regular trimmings, 72% special trimmings, boneless picnic meat, jowls, neckbone trimmings, blade, cheek, head, and shank meat, etc. Packaged bacon, sausage, and processed items, such as hot dogs and luncheon meats, are included in miscellaneous cooler or freezer stocks. 8/ Includes ears, tails, feet, neckbones and snouts. Public General Warehouses: Cold Storage Space Occupied by Region and United States, July 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cooler : Freezer :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Usable : Usable : Usable : Usable Region : Space : Space Occupied : Space : Space Occupied :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Jul 31 :Jul 31:Jun 30:Jul 31: Jul 31 :Jul 31:Jun 30:Jul 31 : 2000 : 1999 : 2000 : 2000 : 2000 : 1999 : 2000 : 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 1,000 : Cu Ft ---- Percent --- Cu Ft ---- Percent --- : New England : 2,167 64 66 71 19,654 73 68 73 Middle Atlantic : 35,859 73 57 49 103,990 79 78 74 E. North Central : 58,492 52 48 42 200,776 52 45 47 W. North Central : 44,589 45 43 44 149,210 54 62 60 South Atlantic : 47,838 49 44 45 185,916 64 58 57 E. South Central : 8,969 70 53 55 69,719 47 41 42 W. South Central : 20,856 46 47 44 134,091 72 67 69 Mountain : 6,076 76 50 48 56,246 69 59 55 Pacific : 42,802 38 34 30 277,527 67 62 64 : US : 267,648 52 46 43 1,197,129 63 59 60 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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