Co St 1 (10-02) Cold Storage National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released October 18, 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 September 30, 2002, were greater than year earlier levels for pork, beef, poultry, red meat, and vegetables. Cooler stocks of pecans and apples were also above last year. Butter stocks were 8 percent below August 2002 but 91 percent above a year ago. Total red meat supplies in freezers were 5 percent above August 31, 2002 and 28 percent above September 2001. Frozen pork stocks were 3 percent above last month and 30 percent above last year. Stocks of pork bellies were 66 percent below last month but 4 percent above September 2001 stocks. Total frozen poultry supplies on September 30, 2002, were slightly below last month but were 28 percent above last year's level. Total stocks of chicken were up 1 percent from last month and were 33 percent above last year. Total pounds of turkey in freezers decreased 2 percent from last month but were 24 percent above last year. Public cooler occupancy on September 30, 2002, was at 40 percent of capacity, up 5 points from last year. Public freezer occupancy, at 56 percent, was up 2 points from last year. Table of Contents Page Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, September 2002. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, August 31, 2002. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, September 30, 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Public General Warehouses: Cold Storage Space Occupied by Region and United States, September 2002. . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Survey and Estimating Procedures, Revision Policy and Reliability. .17 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, September 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : Sep 30, : Aug 31, : Sep 30, : Sep : Aug : Sep 30, : 2001 : 2002 : 2002 :2001 :2002 : 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds -------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Fresh Fruit : Apples : Regular Storage : 959,272 7,563 926,384 97 Controlled Atmosphere:1,847,115 82,220 1,897,480 103 Total :2,806,387 89,783 2,823,864 101 2,297 Pears : Bartlett : 138,669 92,178 87,079 63 94 Other Varieties : 415,005 26,834 312,002 75 Total : 553,674 119,012 399,081 72 335 4,027 Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 338,495 330,681 200,525 59 61 Pecans : 42,021 54,726 53,442 127 98 Other Shelled : 79,549 63,572 69,564 87 109 Total : 460,065 448,979 323,531 70 72 128,708 In-Shell : Peanuts : 5,016 14,589 11,320 226 78 Pecans : 15,815 83,033 53,344 337 64 Other In-Shell : 9,475 4,467 10,115 107 226 Total : 30,306 102,089 74,779 247 73 29,667 Dairy Products : Butter, Total : 110,857 229,469 211,402 191 92 192,205 (Government Owned) : 331 2,449 1,873 566 76 Natural Cheese : American, Total : 487,559 563,844 514,651 106 91 (Government Owned) : 1,229 420 887 72 211 Swiss : 10,439 14,134 16,104 154 114 Other Natural Cheese : 210,732 218,883 231,590 110 106 Total : 708,730 796,861 762,345 108 96 447,179 Eggs, Frozen : Whites : 4,251 2,192 1,719 40 78 Yolks : 777 923 971 125 105 Whole & Mixed : 11,274 6,528 6,968 62 107 Unclassified : 1,401 3,535 3,544 253 100 Total : 17,703 13,178 13,202 75 100 12,706 Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 22,308 33,700 34,302 154 102 Hens, Mature Chickens: 8,181 6,248 6,237 76 100 Other : 594,377 784,073 791,336 133 101 Total Chicken : 624,866 824,021 831,875 133 101 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, September 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : Sep 30, : Aug 31, : Sep 30, : Sep : Aug : Sep 30, : 2001 : 2002 : 2002 :2001 :2002 : 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds -------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Turkeys : Toms (Whole Carcasses) : 180,685 196,711 109 Hens (Whole Carcasses) : 163,528 158,204 97 Whole Turkeys : 346,967 344,213 354,915 102 103 Other Turkey : 195,008 341,408 317,152 163 93 Total Turkey : 541,975 685,621 672,067 124 98 528,496 Ducks : 10,133 7,654 7,697 76 101 Total Poultry :1,176,974 1,517,296 1,511,639 128 100 1,326,571 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 36,202 41,174 31,407 87 76 Apricots : 11,316 9,031 8,523 75 94 Blackberries, Total : 35,051 33,054 31,659 90 96 IQF : 19,545 19,332 17,611 90 91 Pails and Tubs : 4,792 2,156 2,410 50 112 Barrels, 400 lbs net : 8,836 10,952 11,062 125 101 Concentrate : 1,878 614 576 31 94 Blueberries : 134,814 120,995 119,988 89 99 Boysenberries : 3,846 4,915 4,144 108 84 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 155,033 78,729 72,287 47 92 Cherries, Tart (Juice) : 3,435 3,643 3,031 88 83 Cherries, Sweet : 18,064 12,582 11,311 63 90 Grapes : 4,113 2,366 4,989 121 211 Peaches : 83,669 59,708 90,447 108 151 Raspberries, Black : 4,030 4,119 3,636 90 88 Raspberries, Red, Total: 59,736 80,538 72,250 121 90 IQF : 22,093 27,494 25,917 117 94 Pails and Tubs : 11,942 15,661 13,928 117 89 Barrels, 400 lbs net : 24,441 36,769 31,564 129 86 Concentrate : 1,260 614 841 67 137 Strawberries, Total : 312,681 405,949 369,377 118 91 IQF and Poly : 282,019 256,000 91 Pails and Tubs : 74,213 69,897 94 Barrels and Drums : 26,873 23,250 87 Juice Stock : 22,844 20,230 89 Other Frozen Fruit : 239,926 191,481 182,578 76 95 Total :1,101,916 1,048,284 1,005,627 91 96 808,065 Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 1/ :1,537,665 1,680,896 1,533,115 100 91 (Gallon Equivalent) : 155,382 169,856 154,923 Other Juice Concentrate: 290,904 275,106 294,647 101 107 Total :1,828,569 1,956,002 1,827,762 100 93 213,861 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, September 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :----------------------------------------------------- : Sep 30, : Aug 31, : Sep 30, : Sep : Aug : Sep 30, : 2001 : 2002 : 2002 : 2001 :2002 : 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :-------- 1,000 Pounds ------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Frozen Vegetables : Asparagus : 12,726 9,996 7,848 62 79 Limas, Fordhook : 16,334 9,921 14,630 90 147 Limas, Baby : 41,627 29,417 43,558 105 148 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 191,945 195,536 220,430 115 113 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 29,968 25,601 30,384 101 119 Broccoli, Spears : 26,303 50,436 45,344 172 90 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 78,521 79,052 74,240 95 94 Brussels Sprouts : 7,945 8,131 7,532 95 93 Carrots, Diced : 43,832 38,824 45,972 105 118 Carrots, Other : 117,917 85,169 94,930 81 111 Cauliflower : 25,404 25,186 26,729 105 106 Corn, Cut : 382,000 289,980 449,571 118 155 Corn, Cob : 288,534 169,375 283,348 98 167 Mixed Vegetables : 50,739 50,415 48,005 95 95 Okra : 53,168 50,548 57,316 108 113 Onion Rings : 8,082 7,270 7,915 98 109 Onions, Other : 26,133 29,217 26,944 103 92 Blackeye Peas : 5,491 5,128 4,606 84 90 Green Peas : 320,198 305,107 284,912 89 93 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 8,816 7,332 8,023 91 109 Spinach : 67,525 91,412 79,390 118 87 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 43,068 49,233 49,442 115 100 Southern Greens : 26,733 21,563 19,161 72 89 Other Vegetables : 329,012 289,628 317,889 97 110 Total :2,202,021 1,923,477 2,248,119 102 117 1,762,613 : Potatoes : French Fries :1,071,789 797,929 895,161 84 112 Other Frozen : 251,973 242,662 254,002 101 105 Total :1,323,762 1,040,591 1,149,163 87 110 816,980 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, September 2002 (Continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :-------------------------------------------------------- : Sep 30, : Aug 31, : Sep 30, : Sep : Aug : Sep 30, : 2001 : 2002 : 2002 : 2001 :2002 : 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds --------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 2/ : 330,521 406,336 442,291 134 109 Beef Cuts 3/ : 52,245 55,421 52,585 101 95 Total : 382,766 461,757 494,876 129 107 491,375 (Government Owned) : 1,891 1,835 1,407 74 77 Frozen Pork : Picnics, Bone-in : 12,028 11,314 11,629 97 103 Hams, Total : 97,403 140,199 151,201 155 108 145,101 Bone-in : 60,007 86,684 96,186 160 111 95,032 Boneless 4/ : 37,396 53,515 55,015 147 103 50,069 Bellies : 8,960 14,250 9,341 104 66 Loins, Total : 23,373 24,601 23,556 101 96 21,166 Bone-in : 9,909 11,308 13,104 132 116 Boneless 5/ : 13,464 13,293 10,452 78 79 Ribs 6/ : 34,411 51,522 54,338 158 105 Butts : 8,520 9,033 9,941 117 110 Trimmings 7/ : 37,158 49,459 50,352 136 102 Other 8/ : 63,945 59,749 62,146 97 104 Variety Meats 9/ : 63,591 58,416 55,129 87 94 Unclassified 10/ : 17,557 45,834 50,455 287 110 Total : 366,946 464,377 478,088 130 103 438,683 (Government Owned) : 1,347 788 913 68 116 Other : Veal : 4,545 3,720 4,429 97 119 Lamb & Mutton : 13,979 14,458 11,882 85 82 Total : 18,524 18,178 16,311 88 90 16,268 Canned : Canned Hams : 6,226 6,129 4,625 74 75 Other Canned Meat : 801 240 364 45 152 Total : 7,027 6,369 4,989 71 78 4,911 Total : 775,263 950,681 994,264 128 105 951,237 Miscellaneous : Cooler : 1,031,979 663,310 972,704 94 147 355,161 Freezer : 2,207,200 2,235,699 2,334,256 106 104 2,270,603 Total : 3,239,179 2,899,009 3,306,960 102 114 2,625,764 Commodities : Stored in Coolers : 5,607,970 2,239,492 5,371,639 96 240 1,141,672 Stored in Freezers :10,662,886 10,895,219 11,280,099 106 104 8,349,930 Total :16,270,856 13,134,711 16,651,738 102 127 9,491,602 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 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 19 199,804 Pecans 1/ : 227 16,639 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 22,708 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 20,603 69,202 218,033 142,834 4,411 Other Natural Cheese : 443 36,927 109,511 56,069 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 38,670 243,028 Total Chicken : 1,750 22,730 18,173 39,975 256,307 Turkeys : Whole Turkeys : 10,489 29,821 20,623 53,797 68,586 Other Turkey : 1,529 24,961 27,634 87,030 132,036 Total Turkey : 12,018 54,782 48,257 140,827 200,622 Ducks : 355 6,898 78 39 Total Poultry : 13,768 77,867 73,328 180,880 456,968 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 21 6,278 27,147 109 453 Blueberries : 21,807 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 72,381 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 66,687 89,783 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 30,625 99,089 111 1,005 330,681 Pecans 1/ : 1,251 35,903 706 54,726 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 2,085 58,240 83,033 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 271 2,244 9,351 96,895 563,844 Other Natural Cheese : 178 284 1,226 12,326 218,883 : Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 3,760 12,911 461 3,009 33,700 Hens, Mature Chickens : 1,426 258 1,380 6,248 Other : 134,482 270,437 2,229 54,733 784,073 Total Chicken : 139,668 283,606 2,690 59,122 824,021 Turkeys : Whole Turkeys : 7,850 66,024 21,455 65,568 344,213 Other Turkey : 1,578 37,250 11,893 17,497 341,408 Total Turkey : 9,428 103,274 33,348 83,065 685,621 Ducks : 5 32 82 165 7,654 Total Poultry : 149,101 386,912 36,120 142,352 1,517,296 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 88 781 194 6,103 41,174 Blueberries : 68 705 277 24,891 120,995 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 23 860 1,681 10,411 78,729 Cherries, Sweet : 2 138 659 5,015 12,582 Peaches : 86 1,600 63 48,098 59,708 Raspberries, Red : 152 431 1 76,566 80,538 Strawberries, Total : 1,222 32,374 894 360,748 405,949 Other Frozen Fruit : 157 17,351 7,208 68,629 191,481 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1,612,992 Other Juice Concentrate : 397 25,047 12,575 2,579 113,836 : 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 39,614 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 61,199 22,138 5,737 Corn, Cob : 13,771 29,967 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 47,936 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 50,543 117,100 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 19,897 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 6,729 90 60,157 1,680,896 Other Juice Concentrate : 227 23,402 420 96,623 275,106 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 673 26 2,725 9,996 Limas, Fordhook : 554 6,544 9,921 Limas, Baby : 1,079 3,658 8,263 29,417 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 1,533 160 95,213 195,536 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 239 128 12,327 25,601 Broccoli, Spears : 16,920 4 18,758 50,436 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 24,447 613 27,093 79,052 Brussels Sprouts : 630 3,535 8,131 Carrots, Diced : 1,414 26 18,521 38,824 Carrots, Other : 8,924 563 44,268 85,169 Cauliflower : 6,561 117 12,965 25,186 Corn, Cut : 1,842 757 167,200 289,980 Corn, Cob : 1,241 3,401 99,534 169,375 Mixed Vegetables : 8,055 90 22,595 50,415 Okra : 23,904 916 50,548 Onion Rings : 424 474 718 7,270 Onions, Other : 4,286 1,255 10,152 29,217 Blackeye Peas : 976 419 5,128 Green Peas : 4,155 20,425 154,548 305,107 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 993 2,451 7,332 Spinach : 12,626 2,288 43,926 91,412 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 7,461 1,016 18,854 49,233 Southern Greens : 9,439 966 21,563 Other Vegetables : 33,502 7,218 139,591 289,628 : Potatoes : French Fries : 1,115 9,052 163,090 432,167 797,929 Other Frozen : 198 18,332 45,513 114,132 242,662 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 7,008 85,379 13,882 55,165 406,336 Beef Cuts 5/ : 3,694 8,195 11,926 6,583 55,421 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 1,897 2,565 250 2,048 51,522 Trimmings 7/ : 456 5,537 7 177 49,459 Other 8/ : 2,833 3,202 166 2,058 59,749 : Other : Veal : 158 2 962 3,720 Lamb & Mutton : 19 586 68 5,193 14,458 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, September 30, 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 12 178,585 19,053 36 1 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 3 15 13 105,248 Pecans 1/ : 208 17,149 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 17,219 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 18,792 65,437 205,496 121,088 180 Other Natural Cheese : 452 38,569 112,475 64,696 1,993 : Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 2 1,276 84 1,128 10,405 Hens, Mature Chickens : 18 168 371 157 2,349 Other : 1,595 19,265 16,183 32,451 250,240 Total Chicken : 1,615 20,709 16,638 33,736 262,994 Turkeys : Whole Turkeys : 10,361 30,661 23,326 50,280 73,282 Other Turkey : 1,531 24,751 22,259 74,356 124,107 Total Turkey : 11,892 55,412 45,585 124,636 197,389 Ducks : 342 6,949 78 56 Total Poultry : 13,507 76,463 69,172 158,450 460,439 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 24 4,720 20,199 90 662 Blueberries : 21,773 7,135 58,870 1,104 3,580 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 20 5,561 52,961 935 298 Cherries, Sweet : 241 5,319 554 8 Peaches : 41 4,219 7,722 880 405 Raspberries, Red : 211 1,130 1,563 180 658 Strawberries, Total : 60 4,426 4,736 800 2,149 Other Frozen Fruit : 3,584 12,466 72,436 5,238 5,274 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, September 30, 2002 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 71 181 2,625,925 2,823,864 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 28,676 65,533 92 945 200,525 Pecans 1/ : 851 34,609 625 53,442 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 2,079 34,046 53,344 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 441 2,334 8,748 92,135 514,651 Other Natural Cheese : 185 346 1,287 11,587 231,590 : Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 6,963 10,564 493 3,387 34,302 Hens, Mature Chickens : 1,476 316 1,382 6,237 Other : 144,731 269,630 2,542 54,699 791,336 Total Chicken : 153,170 280,510 3,035 59,468 831,875 Turkeys : Whole Turkeys : 7,685 66,517 25,669 67,134 354,915 Other Turkey : 1,783 39,607 10,630 18,128 317,152 Total Turkey : 9,468 106,124 36,299 85,262 672,067 Ducks : 5 47 82 138 7,697 Total Poultry : 162,643 386,681 39,416 144,868 1,511,639 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 90 753 143 4,726 31,407 Blueberries : 157 1,024 252 26,093 119,988 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 23 1,083 1,546 9,860 72,287 Cherries, Sweet : 2 130 793 4,264 11,311 Peaches : 71 3,009 117 73,983 90,447 Raspberries, Red : 99 650 1 67,758 72,250 Strawberries, Total : 955 29,619 266 326,366 369,377 Other Frozen Fruit : 79 18,005 6,831 58,665 182,578 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, September 30, 2002 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 2/ : 68 675 162 1,470,485 Other Juice Concentrate : 289 37,454 13,086 2,234 120,546 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 922 4,042 50 241 Limas, Fordhook : 976 987 34 636 Limas, Baby : 4,131 5,303 1,237 8,115 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 56,575 54,642 1,875 6,650 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 10,211 6,513 974 564 Broccoli, Spears : 6,815 4,169 3 1,826 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 5,026 7,445 8,483 6,335 Brussels Sprouts : 1,846 1,683 31 824 Carrots, Diced : 5,896 16,378 517 1,230 Carrots, Other : 7,356 18,549 584 4,169 Cauliflower : 1,665 2,562 288 707 Corn, Cut : 40,054 86,073 38,299 6,571 Corn, Cob : 21,149 41,245 28,415 6,423 Mixed Vegetables : 6,439 10,965 394 1,538 Okra : 2,199 678 13,080 12,092 Onion Rings : 243 3,160 1,005 1,714 Onions, Other : 2,044 7,584 152 2,909 Blackeye Peas : 185 92 36 2,877 Green Peas : 43,890 47,108 16,152 10,674 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 1,322 1,604 160 705 Spinach : 17,029 5,723 561 6,953 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 2,730 12,691 906 6,272 Southern Greens : 2,658 658 133 6,381 Other Vegetables : 38,270 40,443 15,364 24,829 : Potatoes : French Fries : 27,758 28,432 62,957 74,308 25,853 Other Frozen : 4,492 15,897 33,368 6,413 4,438 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 7,220 44,053 56,311 129,244 31,034 Beef Cuts 5/ : 6,200 508 7,016 6,529 3,200 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 239 1,735 21,358 17,546 7,189 Trimmings 7/ : 113 1,345 16,789 20,573 6,104 Other 8/ : 1,788 1,004 12,918 26,541 11,267 Other : Veal : 1,211 957 246 61 Lamb & Mutton : 7 2,961 1,318 2,726 383 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, September 30, 2002 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Concentrate : 32 6,306 93 55,294 1,533,115 Other Juice Concentrate : 217 20,520 341 99,960 294,647 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 282 25 2,286 7,848 Limas, Fordhook : 575 11,422 14,630 Limas, Baby : 1,307 4,622 18,843 43,558 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 1,794 186 98,708 220,430 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 346 159 11,617 30,384 Broccoli, Spears : 15,338 85 17,108 45,344 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 22,080 535 24,336 74,240 Brussels Sprouts : 408 1 2,739 7,532 Carrots, Diced : 1,359 24 20,568 45,972 Carrots, Other : 7,438 486 56,348 94,930 Cauliflower : 5,442 118 15,947 26,729 Corn, Cut : 2,753 4,778 271,043 449,571 Corn, Cob : 1,709 8,760 175,647 283,348 Mixed Vegetables : 7,376 176 21,117 48,005 Okra : 28,495 772 57,316 Onion Rings : 575 476 742 7,915 Onions, Other : 4,289 1,003 8,963 26,944 Blackeye Peas : 1,022 394 4,606 Green Peas : 4,203 17,930 144,955 284,912 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 750 3,482 8,023 Spinach : 10,099 1,752 37,273 79,390 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 7,017 890 18,936 49,442 Southern Greens : 8,298 1,033 19,161 Other Vegetables : 36,057 7,304 155,622 317,889 : Potatoes : French Fries : 855 13,454 198,572 462,972 895,161 Other Frozen : 237 23,898 49,150 116,109 254,002 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 6,602 100,878 13,722 53,227 442,291 Beef Cuts 5/ : 3,434 7,167 10,946 7,585 52,585 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 1,751 2,726 205 1,589 54,338 Trimmings 7/ : 227 4,941 7 253 50,352 Other 8/ : 2,988 3,189 169 2,282 62,146 : Other : Veal : 123 2 1,829 4,429 Lamb & Mutton : 8 547 186 3,746 11,882 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, September 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cooler : Freezer :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Usable : Usable : Usable : Usable Region : Space : Space Occupied : Space : Space Occupied :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Sep 30 :Sep 30:Aug 31:Sep 30: Sep 30 :Sep 30:Aug 31:Sep 30 : 2002 : 2001 : 2002 : 2002 : 2002 : 2001 : 2002 : 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 1,000 : Cu Ft ---- Percent --- Cu Ft ---- Percent --- : New England : 1,766 53 70 69 15,869 68 63 61 Middle Atlantic : 43,957 66 63 62 125,777 72 54 56 E. North Central : 55,031 36 44 42 216,193 43 49 47 W. North Central : 47,362 29 43 40 158,314 54 50 51 South Atlantic : 49,453 27 30 35 207,959 56 57 58 E. South Central : 10,058 36 52 49 74,017 41 41 43 W. South Central : 29,564 9 17 20 142,080 50 53 54 Mountain : 5,818 21 16 14 66,196 59 38 43 Pacific : 49,164 39 28 30 314,259 68 66 70 : US : 292,173 35 39 40 1,320,664 54 54 56 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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