Co St 1 (9-02) Cold Storage National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released September 20, 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 August 31, 2002, were greater than year earlier levels for pork, red meat, poultry, beef, and vegetables. Cooler stocks of pecans were also above last year. Butter stocks were 6 percent below July 2002 but 95 percent above a year ago. Total red meat supplies in freezers were 4 percent above July 31, 2002 and 30 percent above August 2001. Frozen pork stocks were 2 percent below last month but 39 percent above last year. Stocks of pork bellies were 49 percent below last month but 20 percent above August 2001 stocks. Total frozen poultry supplies on August 31, 2002, were down 5 percent from last month but were 28 percent above last year's level. Total stocks of chicken were down 6 percent from last month but were 31 percent above last year. Total pounds of turkey in freezers decreased 3 percent from last month but were 25 percent above last year. Public cooler occupancy on August 31, 2002, was at 40 percent of capacity, up 3 points from last year. Public freezer occupancy, at 55 percent, was unchanged from last year. Special Note Beginning in this release are pounds of turkey in public facilities (page 5) in the United States. Table of Contents Page Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, August 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, July 31, 2002. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, August 31, 2002. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Public General Warehouses: Cold Storage Space Occupied by Region and United States, August 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Survey and Estimating Procedures, Revision Policy and Reliability 17 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, August 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : Aug 31, : Jul 31, : Aug 31, : Aug : Jul : Aug 31, : 2001 : 2002 : 2002 :2001 :2002 : 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -------- 1,000 Pounds ------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Fresh Fruit : Apples : Regular Storage : 52,876 11,957 6,950 13 58 Controlled Atmosphere: 90,503 304,357 82,220 91 27 Total : 143,379 316,314 89,170 62 28 677 Pears : Bartlett : 89,999 29,685 102,448 114 345 Other Varieties : 3,417 100 26,834 Total : 93,416 29,785 129,282 138 434 20,373 Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 415,123 458,404 351,291 85 77 Pecans : 47,423 53,939 54,695 115 101 Other Shelled : 69,318 89,831 63,572 92 71 Total : 531,864 602,174 469,558 88 78 209,739 In-Shell : Peanuts : 8,755 30,661 13,738 157 45 Pecans : 34,883 104,570 81,941 235 78 Other In-Shell : 8,007 5,027 4,467 56 89 Total : 51,645 140,258 100,146 194 71 32,313 Dairy Products : Butter, Total : 118,049 245,298 229,856 195 94 208,624 (Government Owned) : 1,065 1,991 2,449 230 123 Natural Cheese : American, Total : 499,044 571,116 565,576 113 99 (Government Owned) : 1,575 572 420 27 73 Swiss : 10,668 15,524 14,047 132 90 Other Natural Cheese : 211,469 241,931 220,358 104 91 Total : 721,181 828,571 799,981 111 97 477,130 Eggs, Frozen : Whites : 3,370 1,863 2,192 65 118 Yolks : 685 1,015 923 135 91 Whole & Mixed : 12,343 6,414 6,525 53 102 Unclassified : 1,419 3,651 3,535 249 97 Total : 17,817 12,943 13,175 74 102 12,624 Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 20,404 36,230 33,689 165 93 Hens, Mature Chickens: 8,949 7,851 6,248 70 80 Other : 595,056 825,145 780,742 131 95 Total Chicken : 624,409 869,226 820,679 131 94 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, August 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : Aug 31, : Jul 31, : Aug 31, : Aug : Jul : Aug 31, : 2001 : 2002 : 2002 :2001 :2002 : 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds -------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Turkeys : Toms (Whole Carcasses) : 196,122 177,838 91 Hens (Whole Carcasses) : 169,903 166,594 98 Whole Turkeys : 339,261 366,025 344,432 102 94 Other Turkey : 206,050 339,414 337,103 164 99 Total Turkey : 545,311 705,439 681,535 125 97 529,360 Ducks : 9,281 7,173 7,654 82 107 Total Poultry :1,179,001 1,581,838 1,509,868 128 95 1,321,430 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 45,301 49,709 41,068 91 83 Apricots : 12,956 9,195 8,611 66 94 Blackberries, Total : 36,782 33,832 33,071 90 98 IQF : 20,880 19,754 19,336 93 98 Pails and Tubs : 4,994 2,195 2,169 43 99 Barrels, 400 lbs net : 9,408 11,378 10,952 116 96 Concentrate : 1,500 505 614 41 122 Blueberries : 128,534 66,429 120,162 93 181 Boysenberries : 4,646 5,812 4,771 103 82 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 174,165 81,794 78,566 45 96 Cherries, Tart (Juice) : 3,836 1,594 3,683 96 231 Cherries, Sweet : 19,467 13,529 12,575 65 93 Grapes : 2,611 2,423 2,375 91 98 Peaches : 66,996 26,069 61,081 91 234 Raspberries, Black : 4,363 4,195 4,117 94 98 Raspberries, Red, Total: 71,262 77,954 80,605 113 103 IQF : 24,272 26,527 27,601 114 104 Pails and Tubs : 14,736 16,514 15,649 106 95 Barrels, 400 lbs net : 30,921 34,375 36,741 119 107 Concentrate : 1,333 538 614 46 114 Strawberries, Total : 346,661 432,447 408,024 118 94 IQF and Poly : 296,726 283,817 96 Pails and Tubs : 82,233 74,225 90 Barrels and Drums : 28,117 26,890 96 Juice Stock : 25,371 23,092 91 Other Frozen Fruit : 224,238 210,944 190,695 85 90 Total :1,141,818 1,015,926 1,049,404 92 103 867,975 Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 1/ :1,691,076 1,870,861 1,676,057 99 90 (Gallon Equivalent) : 170,885 189,052 169,367 Other Juice Concentrate: 291,870 285,131 276,358 95 97 Total :1,982,946 2,155,992 1,952,415 98 91 206,874 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, August 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :----------------------------------------------------- : Aug 31, : Jul 31, : Aug 31, : Aug : Jul : Aug 31, : 2001 : 2002 : 2002 : 2001 :2002 : 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :-------- 1,000 Pounds ------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Frozen Vegetables : Asparagus : 13,881 10,884 10,036 72 92 Limas, Fordhook : 10,033 5,682 9,925 99 175 Limas, Baby : 21,645 26,740 29,450 136 110 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 184,085 99,842 199,773 109 200 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 26,694 21,683 26,491 99 122 Broccoli, Spears : 29,479 54,847 50,436 171 92 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 78,543 70,778 79,080 101 112 Brussels Sprouts : 8,868 10,460 8,146 92 78 Carrots, Diced : 46,485 42,529 39,547 85 93 Carrots, Other : 101,199 85,488 85,237 84 100 Cauliflower : 21,431 24,074 25,204 118 105 Corn, Cut : 227,508 141,636 283,745 125 200 Corn, Cob : 159,099 89,916 165,590 104 184 Mixed Vegetables : 49,351 44,052 50,291 102 114 Okra : 51,271 49,258 50,618 99 103 Onion Rings : 7,888 6,990 7,270 92 104 Onions, Other : 28,912 27,140 29,761 103 110 Blackeye Peas : 2,913 4,519 5,128 176 113 Green Peas : 338,859 320,162 310,735 92 97 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 9,018 6,799 7,365 82 108 Spinach : 77,489 98,343 91,433 118 93 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 40,704 43,371 50,006 123 115 Southern Greens : 26,421 23,477 21,563 82 92 Other Vegetables : 298,665 264,096 290,263 97 110 Total :1,860,441 1,572,766 1,927,093 104 123 1,452,615 : Potatoes : French Fries : 953,767 848,204 797,909 84 94 Other Frozen : 243,701 258,381 242,706 100 94 Total :1,197,468 1,106,585 1,040,615 87 94 769,116 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, August 2002 (Continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :-------------------------------------------------------- : Aug 31, : Jul 31, : Aug 31, : Aug : Jul : Aug 31, : 2001 : 2002 : 2002 : 2001 :2002 : 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds --------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 2/ : 320,850 360,127 407,758 127 113 Beef Cuts 3/ : 52,363 56,407 55,998 107 99 Total : 373,213 416,534 463,756 124 111 467,197 (Government Owned) : 1,966 1,896 1,869 95 99 Frozen Pork : Picnics, Bone-in : 11,088 13,563 11,337 102 84 Hams, Total : 90,315 135,754 140,205 155 103 134,282 Bone-in : 52,261 76,508 86,684 166 113 85,686 Boneless 4/ : 38,054 59,246 53,521 141 90 48,596 Bellies : 12,754 29,925 15,250 120 51 Loins, Total : 21,234 25,976 24,602 116 95 22,685 Bone-in : 7,964 12,723 11,309 142 89 Boneless 5/ : 13,270 13,253 13,293 100 100 Ribs 6/ : 26,201 52,211 51,490 197 99 Butts : 6,765 11,188 9,033 134 81 Trimmings 7/ : 32,509 48,681 49,447 152 102 Other 8/ : 58,984 55,714 59,708 101 107 Variety Meats 9/ : 54,804 58,852 58,452 107 99 Unclassified 10/ : 17,913 40,320 43,819 245 109 Total : 332,567 472,184 463,343 139 98 424,429 (Government Owned) : 2,052 860 788 38 92 Other : Veal : 3,740 3,658 3,580 96 98 Lamb & Mutton : 15,266 14,215 13,519 89 95 Total : 19,006 17,873 17,099 90 96 17,091 Canned : Canned Hams : 6,914 5,776 6,129 89 106 Other Canned Meat : 856 239 240 28 100 Total : 7,770 6,015 6,369 82 106 6,306 Total : 732,556 912,606 950,567 130 104 915,023 Miscellaneous : Cooler : 769,560 616,782 646,931 84 105 342,351 Freezer : 2,058,960 2,040,352 2,233,672 108 109 2,176,771 Total : 2,828,520 2,657,134 2,880,603 102 108 2,519,122 Commodities : Stored in Coolers : 2,331,119 2,552,909 2,254,380 97 88 1,240,635 Stored in Freezers :10,197,693 10,625,281 10,887,353 107 102 7,924,746 Total :12,528,812 13,178,190 13,141,733 105 100 9,165,381 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, July 31, 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 19 44,852 54 1 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 6 129 25 292,421 Pecans 1/ : 127 17,033 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 26,176 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 20,826 67,636 222,915 138,297 4,039 Other Natural Cheese : 343 41,024 114,451 68,858 2,101 : Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 4 1,411 76 1,168 14,121 Hens, Mature Chickens : 21 207 373 187 2,739 Other : 1,721 22,447 18,424 44,482 225,483 Total Chicken : 1,746 24,065 18,873 45,837 242,343 Turkeys : Whole Turkeys : 9,408 26,320 17,764 62,420 80,851 Other Turkey : 939 25,971 30,045 88,224 126,012 Total Turkey : 10,347 52,291 47,809 150,644 206,863 Ducks : 427 6,412 79 39 Total Poultry : 12,093 76,783 73,094 196,560 449,245 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 21 8,087 33,008 138 489 Blueberries : 10,946 6,617 28,486 1,375 4,967 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 1 5,743 65,585 212 281 Cherries, Sweet : 218 6,359 362 8 Peaches : 13 1,302 2,722 475 214 Raspberries, Red : 65 1,597 1,332 138 40 Strawberries, Total : 100 3,687 4,461 815 689 Other Frozen Fruit : 5,037 12,211 86,589 3,704 4,397 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, July 31, 2002 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 63 7 271,318 316,314 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 49,073 116,342 116 292 458,404 Pecans 1/ : 1,423 34,637 719 53,939 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 3,125 75,269 104,570 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 231 3,133 13,897 100,142 571,116 Other Natural Cheese : 196 203 1,240 13,515 241,931 : Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 3,052 12,692 540 3,166 36,230 Hens, Mature Chickens : 2,641 272 1,411 7,851 Other : 146,302 305,784 2,774 57,728 825,145 Total Chicken : 151,995 318,748 3,314 62,305 869,226 Turkeys : Whole Turkeys : 7,735 73,278 20,020 68,229 366,025 Other Turkey : 1,422 37,668 12,339 16,794 339,414 Total Turkey : 9,157 110,946 32,359 85,023 705,439 Ducks : 15 29 172 7,173 Total Poultry : 161,152 429,709 35,702 147,500 1,581,838 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 80 976 96 6,814 49,709 Blueberries : 122 608 180 13,128 66,429 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 53 230 1,663 8,026 81,794 Cherries, Sweet : 2 45 735 5,800 13,529 Peaches : 110 680 10 20,543 26,069 Raspberries, Red : 128 348 1 74,305 77,954 Strawberries, Total : 1,315 27,566 1,075 392,739 432,447 Other Frozen Fruit : 165 13,687 6,392 78,762 210,944 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, July 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/ : 59 2,060 248 1,794,226 Other Juice Concentrate : 350 28,524 10,975 2,638 121,029 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 803 6,154 79 258 Limas, Fordhook : 1,013 651 32 516 Limas, Baby : 3,465 4,096 592 8,245 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 21,392 19,793 536 4,842 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 4,462 2,813 532 435 Broccoli, Spears : 8,050 5,392 6 2,035 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 5,100 7,486 6,115 7,026 Brussels Sprouts : 2,217 1,277 40 592 Carrots, Diced : 8,305 9,273 693 1,300 Carrots, Other : 9,603 19,636 393 3,691 Cauliflower : 1,903 2,374 394 967 Corn, Cut : 18,865 30,199 14,393 4,983 Corn, Cob : 12,511 18,357 6,244 3,184 Mixed Vegetables : 6,445 7,762 697 1,206 Okra : 2,438 548 5,451 9,810 Onion Rings : 244 2,533 725 1,636 Onions, Other : 2,212 5,445 181 3,041 Blackeye Peas : 253 55 40 2,704 Green Peas : 50,103 46,850 13,719 12,974 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 1,304 1,287 45 703 Spinach : 18,572 4,176 617 7,296 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 3,645 6,168 382 6,293 Southern Greens : 2,999 592 144 8,541 Other Vegetables : 36,638 29,484 12,410 25,828 : Potatoes : French Fries : 33,314 28,879 53,240 84,757 24,991 Other Frozen : 4,510 16,759 36,855 7,987 4,266 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 3,610 33,807 39,508 107,633 28,198 Beef Cuts 5/ : 4,938 433 8,982 7,298 3,325 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 219 1,742 17,083 16,801 8,667 Trimmings 7/ : 153 1,856 14,000 18,464 6,263 Other 8/ : 1,608 1,045 12,435 23,091 9,712 : Other : Veal : 13 1,093 1,500 181 48 Lamb & Mutton : 9 3,149 1,434 3,415 494 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, July 31, 2002 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Concentrate : 38 7,852 97 66,281 1,870,861 Other Juice Concentrate : 227 23,817 435 97,136 285,131 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 775 8 2,807 10,884 Limas, Fordhook : 593 2,877 5,682 Limas, Baby : 1,078 1,014 8,250 26,740 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 2,002 44 51,233 99,842 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 298 148 12,995 21,683 Broccoli, Spears : 16,893 10 22,461 54,847 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 17,298 642 27,111 70,778 Brussels Sprouts : 719 5,615 10,460 Carrots, Diced : 1,630 16 21,312 42,529 Carrots, Other : 9,450 615 42,100 85,488 Cauliflower : 4,657 118 13,661 24,074 Corn, Cut : 1,839 806 70,551 141,636 Corn, Cob : 1,262 3 48,355 89,916 Mixed Vegetables : 6,502 84 21,356 44,052 Okra : 30,091 920 49,258 Onion Rings : 617 457 778 6,990 Onions, Other : 4,716 1,842 9,703 27,140 Blackeye Peas : 1,002 465 4,519 Green Peas : 4,356 21,824 170,336 320,162 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 868 2,592 6,799 Spinach : 13,181 2,149 52,352 98,343 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 6,748 1,055 19,080 43,371 Southern Greens : 10,071 1,130 23,477 Other Vegetables : 32,323 7,818 119,595 264,096 : Potatoes : French Fries : 1,208 9,599 201,598 410,618 848,204 Other Frozen : 255 19,832 58,341 109,576 258,381 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 7,909 73,605 12,733 53,124 360,127 Beef Cuts 5/ : 3,483 8,129 12,900 6,919 56,407 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 2,153 3,117 290 2,139 52,211 Trimmings 7/ : 490 7,330 9 116 48,681 Other 8/ : 2,587 3,148 165 1,923 55,714 : Other : Veal : 66 2 755 3,658 Lamb & Mutton : 67 479 130 5,038 14,215 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, August 31, 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 29 22,843 67 12 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 5 23 19 220,414 Pecans 1/ : 227 16,639 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 22,708 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 20,603 69,202 218,094 140,453 4,411 Other Natural Cheese : 443 37,887 109,632 56,272 1,919 : Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 2 1,477 79 1,143 10,858 Hens, Mature Chickens : 18 208 375 162 2,421 Other : 1,730 21,045 17,719 38,670 239,790 Total Chicken : 1,750 22,730 18,173 39,975 253,069 Turkeys : Whole Turkeys : 10,489 29,821 20,623 53,669 68,586 Other Turkey : 1,529 24,961 27,634 86,906 128,815 Total Turkey : 12,018 54,782 48,257 140,575 197,401 Ducks : 355 6,898 78 39 Total Poultry : 13,768 77,867 73,328 180,628 450,509 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 21 6,278 27,147 109 453 Blueberries : 20,838 7,499 60,432 1,123 4,193 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 1 5,798 58,797 943 215 Cherries, Sweet : 191 6,149 423 5 Peaches : 30 3,100 5,526 906 299 Raspberries, Red : 273 1,134 1,765 153 63 Strawberries, Total : 70 4,430 4,511 932 768 Other Frozen Fruit : 3,279 12,329 72,701 4,228 5,919 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, August 31, 2002 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 71 74 66,074 89,170 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 30,625 99,089 111 1,005 351,291 Pecans 1/ : 1,251 35,872 706 54,695 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 2,085 57,148 81,941 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 271 2,244 13,572 96,726 565,576 Other Natural Cheese : 178 281 1,210 12,536 220,358 : Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 3,760 12,911 461 2,998 33,689 Hens, Mature Chickens : 1,426 258 1,380 6,248 Other : 134,482 270,457 2,262 54,587 780,742 Total Chicken : 139,668 283,626 2,723 58,965 820,679 Turkeys : Whole Turkeys : 7,850 66,060 21,766 65,568 344,432 Other Turkey : 1,578 37,260 11,002 17,418 337,103 Total Turkey : 9,428 103,320 32,768 82,986 681,535 Ducks : 5 32 82 165 7,654 Total Poultry : 149,101 386,978 35,573 142,116 1,509,868 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 88 781 194 5,997 41,068 Blueberries : 68 855 277 24,877 120,162 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 23 870 1,681 10,238 78,566 Cherries, Sweet : 2 133 659 5,013 12,575 Peaches : 86 1,600 63 49,471 61,081 Raspberries, Red : 152 430 1 76,634 80,605 Strawberries, Total : 1,222 32,549 894 362,648 408,024 Other Frozen Fruit : 157 17,351 6,666 68,065 190,695 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, August 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/ : 73 582 239 1,607,950 Other Juice Concentrate : 397 25,047 12,657 2,579 114,991 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 879 5,380 76 237 Limas, Fordhook : 1,317 916 31 559 Limas, Baby : 3,590 3,946 1,094 7,787 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 51,102 39,908 2,192 5,722 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 8,028 3,419 972 488 Broccoli, Spears : 8,005 4,856 4 1,889 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 5,287 8,124 7,208 6,280 Brussels Sprouts : 1,971 1,417 42 536 Carrots, Diced : 6,878 10,349 593 1,043 Carrots, Other : 8,697 18,469 668 3,580 Cauliflower : 1,888 2,563 277 815 Corn, Cut : 31,107 61,279 22,138 5,737 Corn, Cob : 13,771 30,257 17,737 3,724 Mixed Vegetables : 6,976 10,841 571 1,287 Okra : 2,314 621 11,181 11,612 Onion Rings : 291 2,817 788 1,758 Onions, Other : 2,474 7,538 177 3,335 Blackeye Peas : 255 74 37 3,367 Green Peas : 49,121 48,026 17,099 11,823 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 1,394 1,678 113 703 Spinach : 19,315 5,754 570 6,933 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 2,820 11,355 1,072 6,655 Southern Greens : 2,570 559 325 7,704 Other Vegetables : 37,599 34,907 12,142 24,669 : Potatoes : French Fries : 23,586 26,879 58,219 62,151 21,670 Other Frozen : 3,390 16,860 34,048 6,245 3,944 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 6,067 41,416 50,543 117,409 29,776 Beef Cuts 5/ : 5,859 402 7,921 7,565 3,276 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 218 1,577 19,737 15,739 7,491 Trimmings 7/ : 122 1,310 15,644 19,920 6,309 Other 8/ : 1,719 951 12,780 25,318 10,722 Other : Veal : 13 1,197 1,118 219 51 Lamb & Mutton : 8 3,238 1,595 3,288 463 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, August 31, 2002 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Concentrate : 34 6,752 84 60,343 1,676,057 Other Juice Concentrate : 227 23,402 435 96,623 276,358 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 713 26 2,725 10,036 Limas, Fordhook : 558 6,544 9,925 Limas, Baby : 1,109 3,658 8,266 29,450 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 1,538 160 99,151 199,773 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 229 128 13,227 26,491 Broccoli, Spears : 16,920 4 18,758 50,436 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 24,447 613 27,121 79,080 Brussels Sprouts : 645 3,535 8,146 Carrots, Diced : 1,419 26 19,239 39,547 Carrots, Other : 8,984 563 44,276 85,237 Cauliflower : 6,577 117 12,967 25,204 Corn, Cut : 1,862 775 160,847 283,745 Corn, Cob : 1,241 3,401 95,459 165,590 Mixed Vegetables : 8,119 90 22,407 50,291 Okra : 23,979 911 50,618 Onion Rings : 424 474 718 7,270 Onions, Other : 4,291 1,255 10,691 29,761 Blackeye Peas : 976 419 5,128 Green Peas : 4,160 20,423 160,083 310,735 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 997 2,480 7,365 Spinach : 12,651 2,288 43,922 91,433 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 7,446 1,016 19,642 50,006 Southern Greens : 9,439 966 21,563 Other Vegetables : 33,602 7,218 140,126 290,263 : Potatoes : French Fries : 1,115 9,052 163,088 432,149 797,909 Other Frozen : 198 18,335 45,521 114,165 242,706 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 7,008 86,652 13,875 55,012 407,758 Beef Cuts 5/ : 3,694 8,195 12,503 6,583 55,998 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 1,897 2,565 250 2,016 51,490 Trimmings 7/ : 456 5,537 7 142 49,447 Other 8/ : 2,833 3,202 166 2,017 59,708 : Other : Veal : 158 2 822 3,580 Lamb & Mutton : 19 586 68 4,254 13,519 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, August 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cooler : Freezer :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Usable : Usable : Usable : Usable Region : Space : Space Occupied : Space : Space Occupied :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Aug 31 :Aug 31:Jul 31:Aug 31: Aug 31 :Aug 31:Jul 31:Aug 31 : 2002 : 2001 : 2002 : 2002 : 2002 : 2001 : 2002 : 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 1,000 : Cu Ft ---- Percent --- Cu Ft ---- Percent --- : New England : 1,766 51 73 70 15,869 65 61 63 Middle Atlantic : 43,958 68 66 62 125,777 71 57 58 E. North Central : 55,042 39 47 48 216,210 41 43 47 W. North Central : 47,362 29 46 44 158,314 52 52 52 South Atlantic : 49,456 34 32 30 204,879 56 55 56 E. South Central : 10,057 42 48 45 74,016 39 41 42 W. South Central : 29,564 12 20 19 142,080 49 56 54 Mountain : 5,875 29 16 14 65,886 58 41 38 Pacific : 48,464 34 29 28 314,260 64 62 66 : US : 291,544 37 42 40 1,317,291 55 53 55 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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