Co St 1 (4-02) Cold Storage National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released April 19, 2002, 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, 2002, were greater than year earlier levels for beef, poultry, pork, red meat, vegetables, and potatoes. Cooler stocks of pecans were also above last year. Butter stocks were 13 percent above February 2002 and 53 percent above a year ago. Total red meat supplies in freezers were 1 percent below February 2002 but 22 percent above March 2001. Frozen pork stocks were 5 percent above last month and also 22 percent above last year. Stocks of pork bellies were 6 percent above last month and 34 percent above March 2001 stocks. Total frozen poultry supplies on March 31, 2002, were up 8 percent from last month and were 23 percent above last year's level. Total stocks of chicken were up 9 percent from last month and were 22 percent above last year. Total pounds of turkey in freezers increased 8 percent from last month and 25 percent from last year. Public cooler occupancy on March 31, 2002, was at 39 percent of capacity, up 5 points from last year. Public freezer occupancy, at 49 percent, was down 2 percentage points from last year. Special Note Beginning in this release are pounds of strawberries by type of pack (page 5) in the United States. Table of Contents Page Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, March 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, February 28, 2002. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, March 31, 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Public General Warehouses: Cold Storage Space Occupied by Region and United States, March 2002. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Apples in Cold Storage: By State and United States, March 31, 2001 and 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Survey and Estimating Procedures, Revision Policy and Reliability . . .18 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, March 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : Mar 31, : Feb 28, : Mar 31, : Mar : Feb : Mar 31, : 2001 : 2002 : 2002 :2001 :2002 : 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds -------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Fresh Fruit : Apples : Regular Storage : 233,516 324,764 187,292 80 58 Controlled Atmosphere:2,369,296 2,632,823 2,033,890 86 77 Total :2,602,812 2,957,587 2,221,182 85 75 347 Pears : Bartlett : 916 25 3 Other Varieties : 112,537 187,141 135,727 121 73 Total : 112,537 188,057 135,752 121 72 134 Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 496,615 541,345 562,637 113 104 Pecans : 45,672 42,295 46,163 101 109 Other Shelled : 178,425 135,882 128,963 72 95 Total : 720,712 719,522 737,763 102 103 375,485 In-Shell : Peanuts : 23,747 15,645 17,361 73 111 Pecans : 150,389 195,471 189,424 126 97 Other In-Shell : 16,054 14,185 11,447 71 81 Total : 190,190 225,301 218,232 115 97 63,681 Dairy Products : Butter, Total : 96,208 130,595 147,497 153 113 130,290 (Government Owned) : 717 1,200 1,323 185 110 Natural Cheese : American, Total : 500,430 485,070 492,439 98 102 (Government Owned) : 1,955 753 733 37 97 Swiss : 12,680 12,598 12,780 101 101 Other Natural Cheese : 198,517 217,976 222,407 112 102 Total : 711,627 715,644 727,626 102 102 420,649 Eggs, Frozen : Whites : 2,242 2,204 1,565 70 71 Yolks : 879 1,036 877 100 85 Whole & Mixed : 9,851 7,282 6,268 64 86 Unclassified : 1,629 3,383 2,944 181 87 Total : 14,601 13,905 11,654 80 84 11,404 Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 15,585 26,981 29,271 188 108 Hens, Mature Chickens: 6,486 4,077 4,925 76 121 Other : 620,881 694,037 753,378 120 108 Total Chicken : 642,952 725,095 787,574 122 109 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, March 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : Mar 31, : Feb 28, : Mar 31, : Mar : Feb : Mar 31, : 2001 : 2002 : 2002 :2001 :2002 : 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds -------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Turkeys : Toms (Whole Carcasses) : 117,246 125,320 107 Hens (Whole Carcasses) : 83,883 93,028 111 Whole Turkeys : 199,986 201,129 218,348 109 109 Other Turkey : 155,778 208,737 225,439 145 108 Total Turkey : 355,764 409,866 443,787 125 108 Ducks : 4,883 7,097 6,710 137 95 Total Poultry :1,003,599 1,142,058 1,238,071 123 108 1,073,609 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 70,555 67,375 73,160 104 109 Apricots : 4,540 4,343 3,439 76 79 Blackberries, Total : 17,866 17,491 15,903 89 91 IQF : 11,938 10,207 9,376 79 92 Pails and Tubs : 1,446 2,492 2,212 153 89 Barrels, 400 lbs net : 2,606 3,578 3,187 122 89 Concentrate : 1,876 1,214 1,128 60 93 Blueberries : 63,218 84,392 75,016 119 89 Boysenberries : 3,387 2,449 2,340 69 96 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 88,595 115,834 105,174 119 91 Cherries, Tart (Juice) : 1,234 1,846 1,896 154 103 Cherries, Sweet : 10,706 12,177 10,535 98 87 Grapes : 3,895 4,114 3,876 100 94 Peaches : 48,511 51,179 43,485 90 85 Raspberries, Black : 1,174 2,486 2,275 194 92 Raspberries, Red, Total: 32,826 36,076 31,682 97 88 IQF : 12,185 13,939 11,985 98 86 Pails and Tubs : 11,113 7,865 7,175 65 91 Barrels, 400 lbs net : 8,399 12,974 11,393 136 88 Concentrate : 1,129 1,298 1,129 100 87 Strawberries, Total : 209,761 171,022 149,760 71 88 IQF and Poly : 93,050 Pails and Tubs : 36,872 Barrels and Drums : 12,491 Juice Stock : 7,347 Other Frozen Fruit : 716,384 375,716 340,980 48 91 Total :1,272,652 946,500 859,521 68 91 702,783 Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 1/ :1,735,462 1,773,805 1,804,437 104 102 (Gallon Equivalent) : 175,370 179,245 182,340 Other Juice Concentrate: 309,124 290,873 305,319 99 105 Total :2,044,586 2,064,678 2,109,756 103 102 228,080 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, March 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :----------------------------------------------------- : Mar 31, : Feb 28, : Mar 31, : Mar : Feb : Mar 31, : 2001 : 2002 : 2002 : 2001 :2002 : 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :-------- 1,000 Pounds ------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Frozen Vegetables : Asparagus : 9,318 8,618 7,697 83 89 Limas, Fordhook : 8,736 10,647 8,934 102 84 Limas, Baby : 26,555 43,239 40,266 152 93 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 90,844 105,090 89,298 98 85 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 20,145 15,212 13,601 68 89 Broccoli, Spears : 41,030 47,433 49,910 122 105 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 78,051 78,745 74,528 95 95 Brussels Sprouts : 19,677 15,173 14,434 73 95 Carrots, Diced : 99,715 75,322 71,007 71 94 Carrots, Other : 118,215 147,789 132,196 112 89 Cauliflower : 36,682 34,361 34,236 93 100 Corn, Cut : 194,544 292,627 257,623 132 88 Corn, Cob : 148,930 196,801 175,326 118 89 Mixed Vegetables : 41,962 56,747 50,547 120 89 Okra : 32,852 33,967 27,544 84 81 Onion Rings : 7,744 7,183 6,849 88 95 Onions, Other : 36,925 32,182 34,135 92 106 Blackeye Peas : 5,035 5,891 6,353 126 108 Green Peas : 179,626 183,040 158,237 88 86 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 8,078 11,154 11,396 141 102 Spinach : 61,186 66,963 80,169 131 120 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 27,806 40,681 35,155 126 86 Southern Greens : 29,430 30,252 27,422 93 91 Other Vegetables : 267,798 304,117 279,941 105 92 Total :1,590,884 1,843,234 1,686,804 106 92 1,233,941 : Potatoes : French Fries : 998,851 1,031,906 1,016,258 102 98 Other Frozen : 222,076 240,062 264,884 119 110 Total :1,220,927 1,271,968 1,281,142 105 101 949,415 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, March 2002 (Continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :-------------------------------------------------------- : Mar 31, : Feb 28, : Mar 31, : Mar : Feb : Mar 31, : 2001 : 2002 : 2002 : 2001 :2002 : 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds --------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 2/ : 280,364 389,100 362,072 129 93 Beef Cuts 3/ : 52,234 51,719 51,022 98 99 Total : 332,598 440,819 413,094 124 94 410,518 (Government Owned) : 3,085 4,308 4,595 149 107 Frozen Pork : Picnics, Bone-in : 10,695 12,617 14,228 133 113 Hams, Total : 63,804 69,224 67,291 105 97 65,241 Bone-in : 24,144 31,301 27,957 116 89 27,426 Boneless 4/ : 39,660 37,923 39,334 99 104 37,815 Bellies : 45,440 57,569 61,000 134 106 Loins, Total : 30,501 44,281 43,723 143 99 40,460 Bone-in : 14,479 20,696 20,412 141 99 Boneless 5/ : 16,022 23,585 23,311 145 99 Ribs 6/ : 63,912 79,917 83,195 130 104 Butts : 13,532 17,968 17,174 127 96 Trimmings 7/ : 55,187 59,988 65,556 119 109 Other 8/ : 78,412 77,100 85,100 109 110 Variety Meats 9/ : 49,914 51,429 53,758 108 105 Unclassified 10/ : 20,903 35,122 36,976 177 105 Total : 432,300 505,215 528,001 122 105 473,232 (Government Owned) : 8,154 1,386 1,471 18 106 Other : Veal : 3,816 4,774 3,908 102 82 Lamb & Mutton : 13,729 10,869 10,127 74 93 Total : 17,545 15,643 14,035 80 90 13,853 Canned : Canned Hams : 5,429 4,342 5,053 93 116 Other Canned Meat : 66 275 395 598 144 Total : 5,495 4,617 5,448 99 118 5,277 Total : 787,938 966,294 960,578 122 99 902,880 Miscellaneous : Cooler : 712,479 770,060 703,586 99 91 339,664 Freezer : 2,096,281 2,207,585 2,142,726 102 97 2,081,984 Total : 2,808,760 2,977,645 2,846,312 101 96 2,421,648 Commodities : Stored in Coolers : 5,067,418 5,593,268 4,762,420 94 85 1,342,915 Stored in Freezers : 9,910,990 10,569,720 10,419,470 105 99 7,309,109 Total :14,978,408 16,162,988 15,181,890 101 94 8,652,024 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 product unable to be classified elsewhere in this report. Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, February 28, 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 17,588 444,700 209,175 59 172,372 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 16 130 28 352,470 Pecans 1/ : 97 15,552 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 55,224 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 19,978 57,829 182,742 117,046 3,738 Other Natural Cheese : 589 38,087 101,460 61,824 159 : Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 62 1,549 1,133 967 6,175 Hens, Mature Chickens : 166 153 196 2,218 Other : 2,645 17,214 17,220 26,535 181,881 Total Chicken : 2,707 18,929 18,506 27,698 190,274 Turkeys : Whole Turkeys : 1,083 6,030 1,672 43,323 91,529 Other Turkey : 420 10,456 19,986 53,675 79,742 Total Turkey : 1,503 16,486 21,658 96,998 171,271 Ducks : 346 6,624 3 5 Total Poultry : 4,210 35,761 46,788 124,699 361,550 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 27 18,914 33,996 149 367 Blueberries : 15,556 5,176 42,892 200 2,585 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 23 6,429 101,970 191 397 Cherries, Sweet : 237 8,974 76 6 Peaches : 20 1,833 3,618 279 394 Raspberries, Red : 3 789 1,292 66 20 Strawberries, Total : 125 3,451 3,428 223 827 Other Frozen Fruit : 43,355 12,929 178,746 1,946 2,026 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, February 28, 2001 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 4,344 10,745 2,098,604 2,957,587 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 56,791 129,420 106 2,384 541,345 Pecans 1/ : 1,015 24,912 719 42,295 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 4,400 135,847 195,471 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 30 2,871 9,274 91,562 485,070 Other Natural Cheese : 170 201 4,332 11,154 217,976 : Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 2,785 12,190 312 1,808 26,981 Hens, Mature Chickens : 409 201 1 733 4,077 Other : 123,378 286,173 2,015 36,976 694,037 Total Chicken : 126,572 298,564 2,328 39,517 725,095 Turkeys : Whole Turkeys : 963 25,385 6,214 24,930 201,129 Other Turkey : 256 28,455 8,320 7,427 208,737 Total Turkey : 1,219 53,840 14,534 32,357 409,866 Ducks : 15 12 92 7,097 Total Poultry : 127,791 352,419 16,874 71,966 1,142,058 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 85 1,365 146 12,326 67,375 Blueberries : 87 678 86 17,132 84,392 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 7 168 1,507 5,142 115,834 Cherries, Sweet : 2 37 427 2,418 12,177 Peaches : 32 1,622 33 43,348 51,179 Raspberries, Red : 120 432 3 33,351 36,076 Strawberries, Total : 870 13,442 87 148,569 171,022 Other Frozen Fruit : 251 10,471 5,141 120,851 375,716 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, February 28, 2002 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 2/ : 77 629 103 1,697,431 Other Juice Concentrate : 393 29,761 21,882 2,014 105,293 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 823 2,834 50 291 Limas, Fordhook : 964 815 74 904 Limas, Baby : 6,759 5,601 1,159 13,858 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 24,418 24,022 1,255 5,247 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 5,120 2,888 416 185 Broccoli, Spears : 7,037 4,686 28 1,916 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 5,144 9,128 8,983 8,995 Brussels Sprouts : 2,006 1,668 131 981 Carrots, Diced : 11,195 18,120 806 5,506 Carrots, Other : 13,833 28,208 1,108 5,370 Cauliflower : 2,465 3,647 393 1,272 Corn, Cut : 34,651 60,673 22,499 5,529 Corn, Cob : 28,798 33,744 22,098 3,819 Mixed Vegetables : 8,610 11,685 1,017 1,971 Okra : 1,879 730 2,879 6,341 Onion Rings : 574 3,031 961 1,053 Onions, Other : 2,936 5,411 302 2,026 Blackeye Peas : 375 87 38 3,893 Green Peas : 30,256 27,214 5,994 5,172 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 1,625 1,387 15 935 Spinach : 17,053 5,336 437 5,979 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 5,315 12,566 555 5,337 Southern Greens : 3,009 976 434 10,300 Other Vegetables : 46,391 29,729 20,348 29,821 : Potatoes : French Fries : 33,759 32,453 59,745 134,970 29,781 Other Frozen : 4,012 15,680 37,347 10,860 2,502 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 5,705 29,402 53,427 131,702 26,173 Beef Cuts 5/ : 2,925 688 10,262 7,399 3,934 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 401 2,462 20,709 31,989 13,549 Trimmings 7/ : 180 1,732 13,069 29,174 6,831 Other 8/ : 2,152 1,630 16,789 35,433 12,063 : Other : Veal : 130 876 1,023 246 39 Lamb & Mutton : 312 2,571 462 2,766 463 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, February 28, 2002 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Concentrate : 44 8,111 139 67,271 1,773,805 Other Juice Concentrate : 162 26,062 1,203 104,103 290,873 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 490 75 4,055 8,618 Limas, Fordhook : 330 7,560 10,647 Limas, Baby : 1,792 2,869 11,201 43,239 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 2,564 89 47,495 105,090 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 310 96 6,197 15,212 Broccoli, Spears : 18,738 16 15,012 47,433 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 18,949 716 26,830 78,745 Brussels Sprouts : 501 1 9,885 15,173 Carrots, Diced : 1,443 9 38,243 75,322 Carrots, Other : 8,031 432 90,807 147,789 Cauliflower : 6,097 660 19,827 34,361 Corn, Cut : 1,400 2,107 165,768 292,627 Corn, Cob : 2,169 1,029 105,144 196,801 Mixed Vegetables : 6,605 214 26,645 56,747 Okra : 21,204 934 33,967 Onion Rings : 538 771 255 7,183 Onions, Other : 1,533 1,550 18,424 32,182 Blackeye Peas : 874 624 5,891 Green Peas : 2,948 13,322 98,134 183,040 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 675 1 6,516 11,154 Spinach : 20,322 179 17,657 66,963 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 3,485 756 12,667 40,681 Southern Greens : 14,360 1,173 30,252 Other Vegetables : 30,046 5,025 142,757 304,117 : Potatoes : French Fries : 1,800 27,364 254,191 457,843 1,031,906 Other Frozen : 129 17,502 50,160 101,870 240,062 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 5,885 73,418 10,941 52,447 389,100 Beef Cuts 5/ : 3,990 8,398 8,841 5,282 51,719 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 3,513 4,690 126 2,478 79,917 Trimmings 7/ : 250 8,159 8 585 59,988 Other 8/ : 3,148 3,180 177 2,528 77,100 : Other : Veal : 2 126 2,332 4,774 Lamb & Mutton : 178 106 458 3,553 10,869 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 9/ Includes tongues, kidneys, livers, stomachs, hearts, chitterlings, salivary glands, and other organs removed from slaughtered hogs. 10/ Includes product unable to be classified elsewhere in this report. Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, March 31, 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 10,895 307,244 186,226 42 132,046 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 34 132 29 368,546 Pecans 1/ : 104 17,321 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 53,713 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 20,186 57,309 187,228 124,133 3,585 Other Natural Cheese : 530 38,725 106,152 61,631 158 : Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 6 1,574 1,038 982 7,997 Hens, Mature Chickens : 37 170 277 165 2,763 Other : 2,664 18,348 17,820 30,031 194,133 Total Chicken : 2,707 20,092 19,135 31,178 204,893 Turkeys : Whole Turkeys : 1,745 5,979 3,299 42,524 102,203 Other Turkey : 601 13,047 22,629 62,226 81,515 Total Turkey : 2,346 19,026 25,928 104,750 183,718 Ducks : 298 6,270 3 Total Poultry : 5,053 39,416 51,333 135,931 388,611 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 23 19,558 39,967 141 431 Blueberries : 14,759 4,262 38,844 233 2,236 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 8 5,221 93,204 133 358 Cherries, Sweet : 259 7,931 72 9 Peaches : 14 1,628 3,292 373 310 Raspberries, Red : 1 739 1,207 78 18 Strawberries, Total : 109 3,534 3,011 235 690 Other Frozen Fruit : 33,013 14,225 163,434 3,143 3,093 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, March 31, 2002 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 4,127 3,066 1,577,536 2,221,182 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 55,931 134,508 118 3,339 562,637 Pecans 1/ : 1,280 26,690 768 46,163 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 3,750 131,961 189,424 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 103 2,968 8,811 88,116 492,439 Other Natural Cheese : 214 194 3,512 11,291 222,407 : Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 3,766 11,524 356 2,028 29,271 Hens, Mature Chickens : 548 210 755 4,925 Other : 142,558 305,395 2,171 40,258 753,378 Total Chicken : 146,872 317,129 2,527 43,041 787,574 Turkeys : Whole Turkeys : 1,052 28,192 4,554 28,800 218,348 Other Turkey : 257 28,528 8,407 8,229 225,439 Total Turkey : 1,309 56,720 12,961 37,029 443,787 Ducks : 12 12 115 6,710 Total Poultry : 148,181 373,861 15,500 80,185 1,238,071 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 107 1,402 127 11,404 73,160 Blueberries : 110 647 79 13,846 75,016 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 20 154 1,389 4,687 105,174 Cherries, Sweet : 2 32 418 1,812 10,535 Peaches : 20 1,376 17 36,455 43,485 Raspberries, Red : 118 414 1 29,106 31,682 Strawberries, Total : 1,168 11,646 61 129,306 149,760 Other Frozen Fruit : 262 11,004 5,337 107,469 340,980 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, March 31, 2002 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 2/ : 95 568 93 1,727,926 Other Juice Concentrate : 307 38,409 20,324 1,906 118,720 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 590 2,432 27 284 Limas, Fordhook : 783 543 92 723 Limas, Baby : 6,522 5,387 1,007 11,896 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 23,225 20,941 1,125 3,874 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 4,721 2,172 263 291 Broccoli, Spears : 7,446 5,142 37 1,734 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 4,995 9,168 7,655 7,618 Brussels Sprouts : 2,124 1,467 88 846 Carrots, Diced : 10,639 16,935 733 4,281 Carrots, Other : 12,231 26,463 942 4,764 Cauliflower : 2,232 3,210 294 1,200 Corn, Cut : 30,439 55,008 22,370 4,778 Corn, Cob : 26,457 30,131 19,382 3,753 Mixed Vegetables : 7,254 9,879 799 1,731 Okra : 1,784 685 1,735 6,158 Onion Rings : 633 2,916 939 762 Onions, Other : 3,163 5,896 304 1,972 Blackeye Peas : 469 80 40 4,308 Green Peas : 24,939 24,458 5,024 4,664 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 1,535 1,325 20 743 Spinach : 16,784 4,109 496 6,162 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 5,145 8,886 1,010 5,250 Southern Greens : 3,066 1,077 166 8,980 Other Vegetables : 42,460 27,352 19,516 29,410 : Potatoes : French Fries : 28,979 30,897 57,991 121,311 27,436 Other Frozen : 4,231 16,585 44,073 8,554 4,216 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 2,085 28,145 48,722 120,160 26,129 Beef Cuts 5/ : 2,676 765 8,075 7,453 3,770 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 424 3,408 21,171 32,770 13,343 Trimmings 7/ : 157 1,656 13,399 32,340 7,236 Other 8/ : 2,257 1,484 19,010 41,469 11,212 Other : Veal : 871 1,042 193 37 Lamb & Mutton : 7 2,316 337 2,946 406 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, March 31, 2002 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Concentrate : 44 8,151 148 67,412 1,804,437 Other Juice Concentrate : 183 27,268 966 97,236 305,319 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 496 38 3,830 7,697 Limas, Fordhook : 178 6,615 8,934 Limas, Baby : 1,492 2,731 11,231 40,266 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 1,713 64 38,356 89,298 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 265 101 5,788 13,601 Broccoli, Spears : 19,705 7 15,839 49,910 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 18,999 644 25,449 74,528 Brussels Sprouts : 425 5 9,479 14,434 Carrots, Diced : 1,626 38 36,755 71,007 Carrots, Other : 9,582 335 77,879 132,196 Cauliflower : 5,691 580 21,029 34,236 Corn, Cut : 1,280 350 143,398 257,623 Corn, Cob : 1,974 92 93,537 175,326 Mixed Vegetables : 6,189 171 24,524 50,547 Okra : 16,180 1,002 27,544 Onion Rings : 503 882 214 6,849 Onions, Other : 1,660 1,317 19,823 34,135 Blackeye Peas : 858 598 6,353 Green Peas : 2,596 12,343 84,213 158,237 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 770 1 7,002 11,396 Spinach : 21,037 162 31,419 80,169 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 3,212 704 10,948 35,155 Southern Greens : 13,111 1,022 27,422 Other Vegetables : 27,948 5,364 127,891 279,941 : Potatoes : French Fries : 1,264 26,535 241,014 480,831 1,016,258 Other Frozen : 207 15,726 55,959 115,333 264,884 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 4,938 72,779 10,915 48,199 362,072 Beef Cuts 5/ : 3,256 8,590 11,642 4,795 51,022 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 4,321 4,903 293 2,562 83,195 Trimmings 7/ : 317 9,883 10 558 65,556 Other 8/ : 3,592 3,716 178 2,182 85,100 : Other : Veal : 2 120 5 1,638 3,908 Lamb & Mutton : 178 97 514 3,326 10,127 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 9/ Includes tongues, kidneys, livers, stomachs, hearts, chitterlings, salivary glands, and other organs removed from slaughtered hogs. 10/ Includes product unable to be classified elsewhere in this report. Public General Warehouses: Cold Storage Space Occupied by Region and United States, March 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cooler : Freezer :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Usable : Usable : Usable : Usable Region : Space : Space Occupied : Space : Space Occupied :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Mar 31 :Mar 31:Feb 28:Mar 31: Mar 31 :Mar 31:Feb 28:Mar 31 : 2002 : 2001 : 2002 : 2002 : 2002 : 2001 : 2002 : 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 1,000 : Cu Ft ---- Percent --- Cu Ft ---- Percent --- : New England : 2,191 50 60 57 20,093 56 65 63 Middle Atlantic : 44,987 44 70 66 127,613 63 56 56 E. North Central : 60,237 42 38 35 241,372 41 44 41 W. North Central : 47,469 26 41 41 159,040 51 52 49 South Atlantic : 49,812 34 35 34 202,234 53 52 49 E. South Central : 9,535 42 47 44 74,450 32 40 39 W. South Central : 32,898 21 21 18 146,410 50 54 52 Mountain : 5,664 17 16 14 67,507 51 43 50 Pacific : 47,277 29 36 33 311,019 59 51 53 : US : 300,070 34 41 39 1,349,738 51 50 49 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apples in Cold Storage: By State and United States, March 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : All Warehouses :----------------------------------------------------------- State : Mar 31, : Feb 28, : Mar 31, : 2001 : 2002 : 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -------- 1,000 Pounds ------- : CA : 23,739 42,314 21,348 MI : 160,481 199,318 178,996 N ENG : 12,565 17,588 10,895 NY : 157,164 199,584 148,974 OH : 2,885 7,240 5,580 OR : 16,659 24,161 20,332 PA : 110,227 245,040 158,217 VA : 79,013 94,851 78,500 WA : 1,977,739 2,032,128 1,535,856 WV : 20,654 59,693 41,306 : Other States : 41,686 35,670 21,178 : US : 2,602,812 2,957,587 2,221,182 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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