Co St 1 (11-02) Cold Storage National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released November 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 October 31, 2002, were greater than year earlier levels for poultry, red meat, orange juice concentrate, and vegetables. Cooler stocks of pecans were also above last year. Butter stocks were 21 percent below September 2002 but 63 percent above a year ago. Total red meat supplies in freezers were 4 percent above September 30, 2002 and 23 percent above October 2001. Frozen pork stocks were 2 percent above last month and 14 percent above last year. Stocks of pork bellies were 10 percent above last month but 63 percent below October 2001 stocks. Total frozen poultry supplies on October 31, 2002, were down 1 percent from last month but were 31 percent above last year's level. Total stocks of chicken were up 2 percent from last month and were 35 percent above last year. Total pounds of turkey in freezers decreased 6 percent from last month but were 31 percent above last year. Public cooler occupancy on October 31, 2002, was at 42 percent of capacity, up 6 points from last year. Public freezer occupancy, at 59 percent, was up 2 points from last year. Table of Contents Page Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, October 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, September 30, 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 8 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, October 31, 2002. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Public General Warehouses: Cold Storage Space Occupied by Region and United States, October 2002. . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Apples in Cold Storage: By State and United States, October 31, 2001 and 2002. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Survey and Estimating Procedures, Revision Policy and Reliability. 18 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, October 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : Oct 31, : Sep 30, : Oct 31, : Oct : Sep : Oct 31, : 2001 : 2002 : 2002 :2001 :2002 : 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds -------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Fresh Fruit : Apples : Regular Storage :1,781,866 926,419 1,561,027 88 169 Controlled Atmosphere:3,782,496 1,897,480 3,668,610 97 193 Total :5,564,362 2,823,899 5,229,637 94 185 4,635 Pears : Bartlett : 73,688 98,546 50,964 69 52 Other Varieties : 443,436 348,174 429,184 97 123 Total : 517,124 446,720 480,148 93 107 83 Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 386,056 214,618 261,190 68 122 Pecans : 34,294 53,461 40,906 119 77 Other Shelled : 86,095 69,564 106,284 123 153 Total : 506,445 337,643 408,380 81 121 158,635 In-Shell : Peanuts : 9,604 9,873 14,482 151 147 Pecans : 18,212 52,844 33,745 185 64 Other In-Shell : 19,601 10,419 13,937 71 134 Total : 47,417 73,136 62,164 131 85 33,382 Dairy Products : Butter, Total : 100,791 209,110 164,640 163 79 147,073 (Government Owned) : 344 1,873 1,879 546 100 Natural Cheese : American, Total : 463,378 516,791 505,489 109 98 (Government Owned) : 911 887 927 102 105 Swiss : 10,671 17,068 18,990 178 111 Other Natural Cheese : 198,185 226,539 204,199 103 90 Total : 672,234 760,398 728,678 108 96 413,304 Eggs, Frozen : Whites : 3,024 1,719 1,862 62 108 Yolks : 744 890 656 88 74 Whole & Mixed : 10,298 7,037 6,844 66 97 Unclassified : 1,453 3,577 3,649 251 102 Total : 15,519 13,223 13,011 84 98 12,330 Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 21,578 34,370 33,103 153 96 Hens, Mature Chickens: 5,972 6,293 6,088 102 97 Other : 607,108 794,757 816,195 134 103 Total Chicken : 634,658 835,420 855,386 135 102 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, October 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : Oct 31, : Sep 30, : Oct 31, : Oct : Sep : Oct 31, : 2001 : 2002 : 2002 :2001 :2002 : 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds -------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Turkeys : Toms (Whole Carcasses) : 194,989 182,497 94 Hens (Whole Carcasses) : 159,667 132,155 83 Whole Turkeys : 296,425 354,656 314,652 106 89 Other Turkey : 201,500 317,799 314,294 156 99 Total Turkey : 497,925 672,455 628,946 126 94 496,576 Ducks : 9,242 7,692 8,883 96 115 Total Poultry :1,141,825 1,515,567 1,493,215 131 99 1,317,882 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 38,421 31,486 32,309 84 103 Apricots : 9,661 8,536 5,596 58 66 Blackberries, Total : 31,113 32,694 27,886 90 85 IQF : 17,654 18,436 16,641 94 90 Pails and Tubs : 4,289 2,580 2,206 51 86 Barrels, 400 lbs net : 7,714 11,102 8,267 107 74 Concentrate : 1,456 576 772 53 134 Blueberries : 120,955 119,616 110,928 92 93 Boysenberries : 3,566 4,128 3,414 96 83 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 144,013 75,064 66,788 46 89 Cherries, Tart (Juice) : 2,711 2,983 2,424 89 81 Cherries, Sweet : 16,332 11,614 9,888 61 85 Grapes : 5,916 4,989 7,915 134 159 Peaches : 77,452 91,212 89,133 115 98 Raspberries, Black : 3,347 3,644 2,824 84 77 Raspberries, Red, Total: 54,457 71,341 62,062 114 87 IQF : 21,513 25,311 22,998 107 91 Pails and Tubs : 10,887 13,991 12,487 115 89 Barrels, 400 lbs net : 20,833 31,196 25,900 124 83 Concentrate : 1,224 843 677 55 80 Strawberries, Total : 299,598 369,617 326,297 109 88 IQF and Poly : 256,233 224,401 88 Pails and Tubs : 69,913 61,981 89 Barrels and Drums : 23,241 21,633 93 Juice Stock : 20,230 18,282 90 Other Frozen Fruit : 392,232 182,614 413,589 105 226 Total :1,199,774 1,009,538 1,161,053 97 115 969,507 Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 1/ :1,398,873 1,543,617 1,433,527 102 93 (Gallon Equivalent) : 141,357 155,984 144,859 Other Juice Concentrate: 319,307 294,374 301,172 94 102 Total :1,718,180 1,837,991 1,734,699 101 94 206,032 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, October 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :----------------------------------------------------- : Oct 31, : Sep 30, : Oct 31, : Oct : Sep : Oct 31, : 2001 : 2002 : 2002 : 2001 :2002 : 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :-------- 1,000 Pounds ------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Frozen Vegetables : Asparagus : 13,065 7,864 7,158 55 91 Limas, Fordhook : 16,393 14,619 15,117 92 103 Limas, Baby : 57,570 45,375 53,681 93 118 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 188,387 219,330 204,046 108 93 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 27,755 30,420 28,272 102 93 Broccoli, Spears : 25,612 45,415 45,121 176 99 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 77,645 74,308 70,156 90 94 Brussels Sprouts : 11,997 7,505 12,719 106 169 Carrots, Diced : 64,065 44,427 81,342 127 183 Carrots, Other : 170,102 95,037 130,415 77 137 Cauliflower : 33,423 26,808 34,586 103 129 Corn, Cut : 409,944 452,059 462,394 113 102 Corn, Cob : 289,305 279,312 307,876 106 110 Mixed Vegetables : 50,852 47,890 44,890 88 94 Okra : 51,866 56,797 54,303 105 96 Onion Rings : 7,298 7,914 9,422 129 119 Onions, Other : 27,726 28,227 29,949 108 106 Blackeye Peas : 5,595 4,611 6,860 123 149 Green Peas : 276,547 282,829 254,331 92 90 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 9,502 7,956 8,512 90 107 Spinach : 67,221 79,626 69,897 104 88 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 45,878 49,049 50,337 110 103 Southern Greens : 29,143 19,268 21,289 73 110 Other Vegetables : 362,264 318,462 339,049 94 106 Total :2,319,155 2,245,108 2,341,722 101 104 1,844,663 : Potatoes : French Fries :1,105,469 888,591 987,434 89 111 Other Frozen : 233,072 252,613 258,859 111 102 Total :1,338,541 1,141,204 1,246,293 93 109 889,487 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, October 2002 (Continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :-------------------------------------------------------- : Oct 31, : Sep 30, : Oct 31, : Oct : Sep : Oct 31, : 2001 : 2002 : 2002 : 2001 :2002 : 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds --------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 2/ : 342,586 438,648 462,891 135 106 Beef Cuts 3/ : 52,532 55,302 61,552 117 111 Total : 395,118 493,950 524,443 133 106 521,085 (Government Owned) : 2,425 1,489 1,636 67 110 Frozen Pork : Picnics, Bone-in : 15,304 11,958 16,948 111 142 Hams, Total : 101,481 155,629 147,019 145 94 141,437 Bone-in : 60,439 99,406 91,063 151 92 89,802 Boneless 4/ : 41,042 56,223 55,956 136 100 51,635 Bellies : 28,216 9,452 10,353 37 110 Loins, Total : 26,228 25,988 29,137 111 112 26,631 Bone-in : 10,517 13,185 13,674 130 104 Boneless 5/ : 15,711 12,803 15,463 98 121 Ribs 6/ : 50,313 52,362 57,239 114 109 Butts : 12,409 11,211 9,501 77 85 Trimmings 7/ : 38,474 45,136 49,605 129 110 Other 8/ : 68,425 63,273 74,100 108 117 Variety Meats 9/ : 66,737 54,991 40,192 60 73 Unclassified 10/ : 22,977 50,227 57,863 252 115 Total : 430,564 480,227 491,957 114 102 446,112 (Government Owned) : 1,631 914 1,241 76 136 Other : Veal : 5,344 4,376 5,280 99 121 Lamb & Mutton : 13,238 11,961 11,706 88 98 Total : 18,582 16,337 16,986 91 104 16,847 Canned : Canned Hams : 4,343 6,045 6,528 150 108 Other Canned Meat : 411 332 170 41 51 Total : 4,754 6,377 6,698 141 105 6,519 Total : 849,018 996,891 1,040,084 123 104 990,563 Miscellaneous : Cooler : 1,158,135 973,213 1,170,593 101 120 352,758 Freezer : 2,261,469 2,335,939 2,394,854 106 103 2,319,939 Total : 3,419,604 3,309,152 3,565,447 104 108 2,672,697 Commodities : Stored in Coolers : 8,478,292 5,431,749 8,098,736 96 149 1,149,914 Stored in Freezers :10,883,190 11,287,831 11,570,435 106 103 8,690,957 Total :19,361,482 16,719,580 19,669,171 102 118 9,840,871 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 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 : 3 215 13 119,014 Pecans 1/ : 208 17,143 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 17,219 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 18,792 65,436 210,907 117,381 180 Other Natural Cheese : 452 35,557 110,966 64,640 1,444 : Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 2 1,276 102 1,127 10,405 Hens, Mature Chickens : 18 168 371 213 2,349 Other : 1,595 19,243 16,068 32,459 248,962 Total Chicken : 1,615 20,687 16,541 33,799 261,716 Turkeys : Whole Turkeys : 10,361 30,659 23,612 50,278 72,704 Other Turkey : 1,531 24,767 22,517 74,355 124,476 Total Turkey : 11,892 55,426 46,129 124,633 197,180 Ducks : 342 6,944 78 56 Total Poultry : 13,507 76,455 69,614 158,510 458,952 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 24 4,720 20,296 89 655 Blueberries : 21,773 7,135 58,578 1,105 3,580 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 20 5,561 53,418 936 285 Cherries, Sweet : 241 5,317 554 8 Peaches : 41 4,219 7,719 880 404 Raspberries, Red : 211 1,130 1,565 180 669 Strawberries, Total : 60 4,428 4,558 800 2,340 Other Frozen Fruit : 3,584 12,466 71,714 5,238 5,973 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 : 71 216 2,625,925 2,823,899 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 28,803 65,533 92 945 214,618 Pecans 1/ : 851 34,635 624 53,461 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 2,079 33,546 52,844 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 441 2,334 7,490 93,830 516,791 Other Natural Cheese : 185 346 588 12,361 226,539 : Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 6,963 10,564 510 3,421 34,370 Hens, Mature Chickens : 1,476 316 1,382 6,293 Other : 148,080 269,630 2,649 56,071 794,757 Total Chicken : 156,519 280,510 3,159 60,874 835,420 Turkeys : Whole Turkeys : 7,685 66,473 25,669 67,215 354,656 Other Turkey : 1,783 39,607 10,668 18,095 317,799 Total Turkey : 9,468 106,080 36,337 85,310 672,455 Ducks : 5 47 82 138 7,692 Total Poultry : 165,992 386,637 39,578 146,322 1,515,567 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 90 753 113 4,746 31,486 Blueberries : 157 1,024 291 25,973 119,616 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 23 1,083 3,984 9,754 75,064 Cherries, Sweet : 2 130 1,099 4,263 11,614 Peaches : 71 3,009 137 74,732 91,212 Raspberries, Red : 99 650 2 66,835 71,341 Strawberries, Total : 955 29,619 296 326,561 369,617 Other Frozen Fruit : 79 18,005 6,829 58,726 182,614 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 2,312 160 1,479,352 Other Juice Concentrate : 289 37,454 11,707 2,234 121,652 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 921 4,046 49 255 Limas, Fordhook : 976 987 34 625 Limas, Baby : 4,126 5,294 1,236 8,056 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 56,575 54,604 1,874 5,323 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 10,211 6,518 973 596 Broccoli, Spears : 6,805 4,108 4 1,967 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 5,033 7,350 8,480 6,494 Brussels Sprouts : 1,846 1,677 31 803 Carrots, Diced : 5,895 16,423 517 1,215 Carrots, Other : 7,359 18,555 584 4,246 Cauliflower : 1,666 2,646 287 702 Corn, Cut : 40,052 88,285 38,298 6,046 Corn, Cob : 21,149 43,996 28,413 6,441 Mixed Vegetables : 6,438 10,852 393 1,525 Okra : 2,199 666 13,080 11,585 Onion Rings : 243 3,159 1,005 1,714 Onions, Other : 2,044 7,521 152 3,081 Blackeye Peas : 185 92 36 2,882 Green Peas : 43,898 46,501 16,153 10,174 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 1,322 1,577 159 714 Spinach : 17,040 5,779 561 7,122 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 2,728 12,682 906 5,890 Southern Greens : 2,658 658 133 6,488 Other Vegetables : 38,268 41,258 15,303 24,666 : Potatoes : French Fries : 27,758 28,308 61,495 74,281 24,597 Other Frozen : 4,492 15,897 32,887 6,409 3,486 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 7,220 44,053 55,020 126,516 31,034 Beef Cuts 5/ : 6,200 508 9,587 6,470 3,200 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 239 1,735 19,374 17,590 7,189 Trimmings 7/ : 113 1,345 11,756 20,358 6,104 Other 8/ : 1,788 1,004 13,114 27,471 11,268 : Other : Veal : 1,211 924 226 61 Lamb & Mutton : 7 2,961 1,397 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 1,543,617 Other Juice Concentrate : 217 20,520 341 99,960 294,374 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 282 25 2,286 7,864 Limas, Fordhook : 575 11,422 14,619 Limas, Baby : 1,307 4,622 20,734 45,375 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 1,794 186 98,974 219,330 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 346 159 11,617 30,420 Broccoli, Spears : 15,338 85 17,108 45,415 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 22,080 535 24,336 74,308 Brussels Sprouts : 408 1 2,739 7,505 Carrots, Diced : 1,359 24 18,994 44,427 Carrots, Other : 7,438 487 56,368 95,037 Cauliflower : 5,442 118 15,947 26,808 Corn, Cut : 2,753 4,780 271,845 452,059 Corn, Cob : 1,709 8,761 168,843 279,312 Mixed Vegetables : 7,376 176 21,130 47,890 Okra : 28,495 772 56,797 Onion Rings : 575 476 742 7,914 Onions, Other : 4,289 1,003 10,137 28,227 Blackeye Peas : 1,022 394 4,611 Green Peas : 4,203 17,930 143,970 282,829 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 750 1 3,433 7,956 Spinach : 10,099 1,752 37,273 79,626 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 7,017 890 18,936 49,049 Southern Greens : 8,298 1,033 19,268 Other Vegetables : 36,057 7,304 155,606 318,462 : Potatoes : French Fries : 855 13,454 198,619 459,224 888,591 Other Frozen : 237 23,898 49,208 116,099 252,613 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 6,602 100,878 13,580 53,745 438,648 Beef Cuts 5/ : 3,434 7,167 11,151 7,585 55,302 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 1,751 2,726 202 1,556 52,362 Trimmings 7/ : 227 4,941 10 282 45,136 Other 8/ : 2,988 3,189 169 2,282 63,273 : Other : Veal : 123 2 1,829 4,376 Lamb & Mutton : 8 547 186 3,746 11,961 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, October 31, 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 47,876 437,178 250,478 7,071 268,333 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 4 217 15 156,350 Pecans 1/ : 160 13,259 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 9,783 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 18,868 64,575 205,296 113,455 182 Other Natural Cheese : 330 30,717 101,304 58,553 905 : Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 1 1,191 134 1,152 9,959 Hens, Mature Chickens : 16 164 323 256 2,245 Other : 1,798 20,148 16,450 31,822 246,394 Total Chicken : 1,815 21,503 16,907 33,230 258,598 Turkeys : Whole Turkeys : 9,719 28,902 22,169 43,776 61,711 Other Turkey : 1,423 22,799 23,277 70,515 126,042 Total Turkey : 11,142 51,701 45,446 114,291 187,753 Ducks : 385 8,189 1 63 Total Poultry : 12,957 73,589 70,542 147,522 446,414 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 14 6,153 19,250 135 618 Blueberries : 19,793 6,558 54,979 2,215 2,937 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 15 6,462 45,679 931 281 Cherries, Sweet : 378 4,413 616 74 Peaches : 41 3,260 7,603 2,004 535 Raspberries, Red : 179 1,030 1,574 176 138 Strawberries, Total : 73 4,480 4,945 743 940 Other Frozen Fruit : 11,499 17,693 248,437 4,242 6,662 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, October 31, 2002 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 43 4,572 56,317 4,157,769 5,229,637 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 31,671 71,856 105 972 261,190 Pecans 1/ : 455 26,642 390 40,906 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 343 23,619 33,745 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 576 1,949 8,985 91,603 505,489 Other Natural Cheese : 251 330 683 11,126 204,199 : Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 6,940 10,123 456 3,147 33,103 Hens, Mature Chickens : 1,362 301 1,421 6,088 Other : 154,460 284,636 2,697 57,790 816,195 Total Chicken : 162,762 295,060 3,153 62,358 855,386 Turkeys : Whole Turkeys : 7,137 52,320 26,329 62,589 314,652 Other Turkey : 1,425 38,843 10,044 19,926 314,294 Total Turkey : 8,562 91,163 36,373 82,515 628,946 Ducks : 5 57 64 119 8,883 Total Poultry : 171,329 386,280 39,590 144,992 1,493,215 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 89 938 119 4,993 32,309 Blueberries : 195 955 282 23,014 110,928 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 28 1,459 3,461 8,472 66,788 Cherries, Sweet : 2 128 1,050 3,227 9,888 Peaches : 118 3,635 91 71,846 89,133 Raspberries, Red : 120 501 2 58,342 62,062 Strawberries, Total : 1,070 26,009 347 287,690 326,297 Other Frozen Fruit : 146 19,397 7,408 98,105 413,589 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, October 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/ : 243 2,928 128 1,372,417 Other Juice Concentrate : 402 51,298 11,252 2,072 117,822 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 795 3,262 18 282 Limas, Fordhook : 1,338 1,086 32 620 Limas, Baby : 6,596 4,644 1,188 12,416 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 51,902 50,036 1,614 4,395 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 9,340 5,930 921 548 Broccoli, Spears : 6,389 3,800 10 1,918 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 4,580 7,345 8,433 6,251 Brussels Sprouts : 2,013 2,117 35 1,002 Carrots, Diced : 8,231 28,863 670 1,063 Carrots, Other : 12,181 24,679 581 4,883 Cauliflower : 2,094 3,492 340 802 Corn, Cut : 40,751 74,162 36,131 5,938 Corn, Cob : 20,577 44,137 27,642 6,999 Mixed Vegetables : 5,693 10,227 259 1,548 Okra : 2,185 626 12,819 11,120 Onion Rings : 301 4,155 1,091 1,920 Onions, Other : 2,308 6,716 161 3,410 Blackeye Peas : 185 109 34 2,724 Green Peas : 42,681 41,373 14,894 6,921 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 1,288 1,616 158 736 Spinach : 14,768 5,146 452 6,303 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 5,023 12,286 855 5,514 Southern Greens : 3,037 752 125 7,236 Other Vegetables : 40,504 42,838 16,846 25,587 : Potatoes : French Fries : 35,798 29,598 67,171 86,112 27,394 Other Frozen : 4,319 15,528 34,133 6,596 3,467 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 8,759 46,210 59,005 141,286 33,390 Beef Cuts 5/ : 6,080 745 10,664 8,624 3,516 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 272 1,915 17,860 23,214 7,444 Trimmings 7/ : 121 1,423 15,006 24,489 2,594 Other 8/ : 1,989 1,002 13,467 31,342 16,496 Other : Veal : 8 1,725 942 239 96 Lamb & Mutton : 6 2,755 1,682 2,141 451 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, October 31, 2002 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Concentrate : 32 5,923 67 51,789 1,433,527 Other Juice Concentrate : 264 19,884 373 97,805 301,172 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 593 2,208 7,158 Limas, Fordhook : 565 1 11,475 15,117 Limas, Baby : 1,317 5,316 22,204 53,681 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 1,798 112 94,189 204,046 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 323 188 11,022 28,272 Broccoli, Spears : 16,000 83 16,921 45,121 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 19,888 551 23,108 70,156 Brussels Sprouts : 418 1 7,133 12,719 Carrots, Diced : 1,746 93 40,676 81,342 Carrots, Other : 8,720 603 78,768 130,415 Cauliflower : 6,496 94 21,268 34,586 Corn, Cut : 2,725 4,776 297,911 462,394 Corn, Cob : 1,948 8,761 197,812 307,876 Mixed Vegetables : 6,965 62 20,136 44,890 Okra : 26,876 677 54,303 Onion Rings : 693 595 667 9,422 Onions, Other : 3,972 1,139 12,243 29,949 Blackeye Peas : 3,453 355 6,860 Green Peas : 3,993 16,214 128,255 254,331 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 771 3 3,940 8,512 Spinach : 9,701 1,152 32,375 69,897 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 6,809 857 18,993 50,337 Southern Greens : 8,848 1,291 21,289 Other Vegetables : 37,111 6,830 169,333 339,049 : Potatoes : French Fries : 1,366 14,712 249,538 475,745 987,434 Other Frozen : 267 26,018 54,309 114,222 258,859 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 4,401 100,497 11,511 57,832 462,891 Beef Cuts 5/ : 3,709 7,699 12,284 8,231 61,552 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 1,529 2,989 338 1,678 57,239 Trimmings 7/ : 281 5,290 11 390 49,605 Other 8/ : 3,560 3,662 172 2,410 74,100 : Other : Veal : 225 25 2,020 5,280 Lamb & Mutton : 8 445 95 4,123 11,706 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, October 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cooler : Freezer :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Usable : Usable : Usable : Usable Region : Space : Space Occupied : Space : Space Occupied :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Oct 31 :Oct 31:Sep 30:Oct 31: Oct 31 :Oct 31:Sep 30:Oct 31 : 2002 : 2001 : 2002 : 2002 : 2002 : 2001 : 2002 : 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 1,000 : Cu Ft ---- Percent --- Cu Ft ---- Percent --- : New England : 1,766 54 70 73 15,869 55 61 65 Middle Atlantic : 43,957 66 64 67 125,777 68 57 57 E. North Central : 54,353 38 45 48 214,410 49 55 60 W. North Central : 47,362 28 42 40 158,314 54 53 58 South Atlantic : 49,449 31 29 31 207,968 58 57 51 E. South Central : 10,057 45 49 49 74,017 41 45 45 W. South Central : 29,565 11 17 13 142,080 51 55 55 Mountain : 5,817 21 14 17 66,189 57 45 55 Pacific : 49,565 36 35 39 316,595 69 69 70 : US : 291,891 36 40 42 1,321,219 57 58 59 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apples in Cold Storage: By State and United States, October 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : All Warehouses :----------------------------------------------------------- State : Oct 31, : Oct 31, : 2001 : 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : CA : 135,687 104,828 MI : 484,244 219,238 N ENG : 57,616 47,876 NY : 309,834 214,536 OH : 25,165 18,310 OR : 63,138 52,941 PA : 342,831 222,436 VA : 181,942 148,457 WA : 3,700,000 4,000,000 WV : 98,618 81,436 : Other States : 165,287 119,579 : US : 5,564,362 5,229,637 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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