Co St 1 (12-02) Cold Storage National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released December 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 November 30, 2002, were greater than year earlier levels for poultry, red meat, and orange juice concentrate. Cooler stocks of pecans were also above last year. Butter stocks were 17 percent below October 2002 but 135 percent above a year ago. Total red meat supplies in freezers were 4 percent below October 31, 2002 but 14 percent above November 2001. Frozen pork stocks were 5 percent below last month but 8 percent above last year. Stocks of pork bellies were 74 percent above last month but 50 percent below November 2001 stocks. Total frozen poultry supplies on November 30, 2002, were down 24 percent from last month but were 19 percent above last year's level. Total stocks of chicken were down 8 percent from last month but were 16 percent above last year. Total pounds of turkey in freezers decreased 47 percent from last month but were 27 percent above last year. Public cooler occupancy on November 30, 2002, was at 41 percent of capacity, up 2 points from last year. Public freezer occupancy, at 55 percent, was unchanged from last year. Table of Contents Page Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, November 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, October 31, 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, November 30, 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Public General Warehouses: Cold Storage Space Occupied by Region and United States, November 2002 . .. . . . . . . . . .16 Apples in Cold Storage: By State and United States, November 30, 2001 and 2002 . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Survey and Estimating Procedures, Revision Policy and Reliability .18 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, November 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : Nov 30, : Oct 31, : Nov 30, : Nov : Oct : Nov 30, : 2001 : 2002 : 2002 :2001 :2002 : 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds -------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Fresh Fruit : Apples : Regular Storage :1,141,115 1,400,871 1,006,505 88 72 Controlled Atmosphere:3,834,202 3,847,680 3,932,628 103 102 Total :4,975,317 5,248,551 4,939,133 99 94 4,939 Pears : Bartlett : 28,749 61,084 25,500 89 42 Other Varieties : 383,482 433,730 359,021 94 83 Total : 412,231 494,814 384,521 93 78 172 Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 421,106 261,649 260,688 62 100 Pecans : 29,336 40,670 35,121 120 86 Other Shelled : 104,924 106,313 91,905 88 86 Total : 555,366 408,632 387,714 70 95 144,432 In-Shell : Peanuts : 24,347 14,046 13,589 56 97 Pecans : 32,886 33,745 42,369 129 126 Other In-Shell : 18,136 13,833 10,320 57 75 Total : 75,369 61,624 66,278 88 108 30,841 Dairy Products : Butter, Total : 57,916 164,640 136,267 235 83 124,475 (Government Owned) : 341 1,844 1,021 299 55 Natural Cheese : American, Total : 438,140 501,401 474,450 108 95 (Government Owned) : 207 927 463 224 50 Swiss : 11,335 18,927 22,672 200 120 Other Natural Cheese : 181,818 200,064 200,852 110 100 Total : 631,293 720,392 697,974 111 97 394,928 Eggs, Frozen : Whites : 1,815 1,835 1,736 96 95 Yolks : 580 628 514 89 82 Whole & Mixed : 10,132 6,973 5,913 58 85 Unclassified : 1,332 3,649 3,041 228 83 Total : 13,859 13,085 11,204 81 86 11,001 Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 22,294 33,168 30,790 138 93 Hens, Mature Chickens: 5,205 6,067 5,651 109 93 Other : 656,518 822,049 759,635 116 92 Total Chicken : 684,017 861,284 796,076 116 92 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, November 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : Nov 30, : Oct 31, : Nov 30, : Nov : Oct : Nov 30, : 2001 : 2002 : 2002 :2001 :2002 : 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds -------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Turkeys : Toms (Whole Carcasses) : 179,724 44,398 25 Hens (Whole Carcasses) : 131,549 46,940 36 Whole Turkeys : 97,488 311,273 91,338 94 29 Other Turkey : 162,541 313,667 239,401 147 76 Total Turkey : 260,029 624,940 330,739 127 53 239,756 Ducks : 8,351 8,875 7,586 91 85 Total Poultry : 952,397 1,495,099 1,134,401 119 76 1,001,847 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 41,455 32,321 37,843 91 117 Apricots : 8,686 5,632 5,312 61 94 Blackberries, Total : 27,216 27,885 26,164 96 94 IQF : 15,336 16,638 15,728 103 95 Pails and Tubs : 3,736 2,205 1,906 51 86 Barrels, 400 lbs net : 6,955 8,270 8,045 116 97 Concentrate : 1,189 772 485 41 63 Blueberries : 111,814 111,364 100,492 90 90 Boysenberries : 3,409 3,568 3,360 99 94 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 129,620 66,942 59,721 46 89 Cherries, Tart (Juice) : 3,356 2,424 2,174 65 90 Cherries, Sweet : 13,918 9,888 8,018 58 81 Grapes : 5,463 7,915 7,609 139 96 Peaches : 70,764 89,133 82,845 117 93 Raspberries, Black : 3,015 2,824 2,668 88 94 Raspberries, Red, Total: 49,898 62,278 56,441 113 91 IQF : 19,193 22,878 19,998 104 87 Pails and Tubs : 10,489 12,538 12,016 115 96 Barrels, 400 lbs net : 18,606 26,185 23,792 128 91 Concentrate : 1,610 677 635 39 94 Strawberries, Total : 266,872 324,391 292,893 110 90 IQF and Poly : 221,757 197,278 89 Pails and Tubs : 62,358 58,478 94 Barrels and Drums : 22,039 21,350 97 Juice Stock : 18,237 15,787 87 Other Frozen Fruit : 420,083 433,794 424,662 101 98 Total :1,155,569 1,180,359 1,110,202 96 94 928,289 Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 1/ :1,406,673 1,409,629 1,478,954 105 105 (Gallon Equivalent) : 142,146 142,444 149,450 Other Juice Concentrate: 319,736 299,538 272,200 85 91 Total :1,726,409 1,709,167 1,751,154 101 102 203,691 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, November 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :----------------------------------------------------- : Nov 30, : Oct 31, : Nov 30, : Nov : Oct : Nov 30, : 2001 : 2002 : 2002 : 2001 :2002 : 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :-------- 1,000 Pounds ------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Frozen Vegetables : Asparagus : 12,238 7,122 7,189 59 101 Limas, Fordhook : 15,334 15,064 14,681 96 97 Limas, Baby : 53,737 52,905 48,499 90 92 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 163,900 204,734 187,216 114 91 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 23,835 28,673 24,144 101 84 Broccoli, Spears : 27,689 45,034 46,416 168 103 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 77,976 70,017 69,731 89 100 Brussels Sprouts : 15,771 11,879 17,935 114 151 Carrots, Diced : 89,910 71,081 99,582 111 140 Carrots, Other : 197,187 132,087 144,836 73 110 Cauliflower : 34,946 33,600 39,524 113 118 Corn, Cut : 379,256 462,317 425,709 112 92 Corn, Cob : 269,562 301,921 291,594 108 97 Mixed Vegetables : 48,872 46,276 40,877 84 88 Okra : 43,600 54,395 51,190 117 94 Onion Rings : 8,571 9,420 9,241 108 98 Onions, Other : 28,987 30,376 30,562 105 101 Blackeye Peas : 4,958 7,663 8,208 166 107 Green Peas : 241,553 253,753 205,704 85 81 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 8,322 8,762 8,365 101 95 Spinach : 66,631 70,050 63,057 95 90 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 45,388 50,243 46,835 103 93 Southern Greens : 31,641 21,187 26,275 83 124 Other Vegetables : 364,365 341,089 332,216 91 97 Total :2,254,229 2,329,648 2,239,586 99 96 1,755,298 : Potatoes : French Fries :1,067,240 994,421 957,118 90 96 Other Frozen : 230,137 257,736 257,431 112 100 Total :1,297,377 1,252,157 1,214,549 94 97 883,597 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, November 2002 (Continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :-------------------------------------------------------- : Nov 30, : Oct 31, : Nov 30, : Nov : Oct : Nov 30, : 2001 : 2002 : 2002 : 2001 :2002 : 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds --------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 2/ : 371,177 463,814 455,909 123 98 Beef Cuts 3/ : 56,373 61,353 59,078 105 96 Total : 427,550 525,167 514,987 120 98 512,041 (Government Owned) : 2,389 1,636 1,622 68 99 Frozen Pork : Picnics, Bone-in : 13,675 16,777 11,282 83 67 Hams, Total : 65,982 147,827 88,490 134 60 85,233 Bone-in : 32,252 91,935 45,721 142 50 45,165 Boneless 4/ : 33,730 55,892 42,769 127 77 40,068 Bellies : 36,297 10,354 18,021 50 174 Loins, Total : 37,464 29,241 35,909 96 123 32,649 Bone-in : 19,232 13,715 17,537 91 128 Boneless 5/ : 18,232 15,526 18,372 101 118 Ribs 6/ : 63,689 57,985 78,086 123 135 Butts : 16,017 9,858 14,304 89 145 Trimmings 7/ : 45,578 49,447 50,748 111 103 Other 8/ : 77,317 73,826 75,954 98 103 Variety Meats 9/ : 53,776 41,040 42,851 80 104 Unclassified 10/ : 22,937 53,447 49,705 217 93 Total : 432,732 489,802 465,350 108 95 416,538 (Government Owned) : 1,553 1,240 1,107 71 89 Other : Veal : 5,733 5,217 7,625 133 146 Lamb & Mutton : 11,336 12,004 9,724 86 81 Total : 17,069 17,221 17,349 102 101 17,217 Canned : Canned Hams : 3,517 6,507 4,054 115 62 Other Canned Meat : 80 170 362 453 213 Total : 3,597 6,677 4,416 123 66 4,344 Total : 880,948 1,038,867 1,002,102 114 96 950,140 Miscellaneous : Cooler : 1,003,933 1,159,423 940,334 94 81 320,853 Freezer : 2,201,283 2,404,208 2,200,505 100 92 2,134,828 Total : 3,205,216 3,563,631 3,140,839 98 88 2,455,681 Commodities : Stored in Coolers : 7,665,018 8,112,122 7,430,041 97 92 1,055,950 Stored in Freezers :10,512,459 11,568,544 10,785,883 103 93 7,988,822 Total :18,177,477 19,680,666 18,215,924 100 93 9,044,772 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, October 31, 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 47,891 437,178 268,302 7,094 268,333 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 4 217 15 156,870 Pecans 1/ : 160 13,259 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 9,783 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 18,868 64,575 201,582 114,266 182 Other Natural Cheese : 330 29,375 99,820 57,979 906 : Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 1 1,191 134 1,152 10,006 Hens, Mature Chickens : 16 164 302 256 2,245 Other : 1,798 20,148 16,571 31,822 254,096 Total Chicken : 1,815 21,503 17,007 33,230 266,347 Turkeys : Whole Turkeys : 9,719 28,902 22,076 43,776 62,424 Other Turkey : 1,423 22,799 23,297 70,515 126,016 Total Turkey : 11,142 51,701 45,373 114,291 188,440 Ducks : 385 8,177 1 63 Total Poultry : 12,957 73,589 70,557 147,522 454,850 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 14 6,153 19,250 135 618 Blueberries : 19,793 6,558 54,973 2,215 2,937 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 15 6,462 45,814 931 281 Cherries, Sweet : 378 4,409 616 74 Peaches : 41 3,260 7,607 2,004 533 Raspberries, Red : 179 1,030 1,604 176 138 Strawberries, Total : 73 4,480 4,978 743 940 Other Frozen Fruit : 11,499 17,693 244,389 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 4,158,821 5,248,551 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 31,671 71,856 105 911 261,649 Pecans 1/ : 455 26,404 392 40,670 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 343 23,619 33,745 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 576 1,938 8,295 91,119 501,401 Other Natural Cheese : 251 331 791 10,281 200,064 : Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 6,940 10,123 456 3,165 33,168 Hens, Mature Chickens : 1,362 301 1,421 6,067 Other : 154,460 282,670 2,697 57,787 822,049 Total Chicken : 162,762 293,094 3,153 62,373 861,284 Turkeys : Whole Turkeys : 7,137 50,245 26,329 60,665 311,273 Other Turkey : 1,425 38,921 10,044 19,227 313,667 Total Turkey : 8,562 89,166 36,373 79,892 624,940 Ducks : 5 57 64 123 8,875 Total Poultry : 171,329 382,317 39,590 142,388 1,495,099 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 89 938 119 5,005 32,321 Blueberries : 195 948 282 23,463 111,364 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 28 1,459 3,461 8,491 66,942 Cherries, Sweet : 2 127 1,050 3,232 9,888 Peaches : 118 3,634 91 71,845 89,133 Raspberries, Red : 120 491 2 58,538 62,278 Strawberries, Total : 1,070 26,008 347 285,752 324,391 Other Frozen Fruit : 146 18,184 7,408 123,571 433,794 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1,348,479 Other Juice Concentrate : 402 51,298 13,931 2,072 113,540 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 795 3,259 18 282 Limas, Fordhook : 1,338 1,036 32 618 Limas, Baby : 6,596 4,380 1,188 13,819 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 51,902 48,825 1,614 4,395 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 9,340 6,126 921 540 Broccoli, Spears : 6,389 3,793 10 1,918 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 4,580 7,341 8,433 6,251 Brussels Sprouts : 2,013 1,284 35 1,002 Carrots, Diced : 8,231 22,267 670 1,063 Carrots, Other : 12,181 24,520 581 4,883 Cauliflower : 2,094 3,469 340 803 Corn, Cut : 40,751 73,180 36,131 5,936 Corn, Cob : 20,577 42,034 27,642 6,996 Mixed Vegetables : 5,693 10,569 259 1,547 Okra : 2,185 626 12,819 11,117 Onion Rings : 301 4,155 1,091 1,919 Onions, Other : 2,308 6,650 161 3,411 Blackeye Peas : 185 109 34 3,512 Green Peas : 42,681 41,578 14,894 8,288 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 1,288 1,705 158 734 Spinach : 14,768 5,197 452 6,296 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 5,023 12,288 855 5,514 Southern Greens : 3,037 752 125 7,236 Other Vegetables : 40,504 42,523 16,846 27,064 : Potatoes : French Fries : 35,798 29,598 67,202 86,112 27,394 Other Frozen : 4,319 15,528 34,052 6,596 3,467 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 8,759 46,210 59,535 141,286 33,390 Beef Cuts 5/ : 6,080 745 10,428 8,624 3,516 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 272 1,915 18,861 23,214 7,444 Trimmings 7/ : 121 1,423 14,853 24,489 2,594 Other 8/ : 1,989 1,002 13,070 31,342 16,496 : Other : Veal : 8 1,725 865 239 96 Lamb & Mutton : 6 2,755 1,988 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 5,921 67 51,831 1,409,629 Other Juice Concentrate : 264 19,897 373 97,761 299,538 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 558 2,210 7,122 Limas, Fordhook : 564 1 11,475 15,064 Limas, Baby : 1,292 4,387 21,243 52,905 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 1,898 112 95,988 204,734 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 443 188 11,115 28,673 Broccoli, Spears : 15,922 83 16,919 45,034 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 19,758 551 23,103 70,017 Brussels Sprouts : 405 1 7,139 11,879 Carrots, Diced : 1,722 93 37,035 71,081 Carrots, Other : 8,104 603 81,215 132,087 Cauliflower : 5,970 94 20,830 33,600 Corn, Cut : 2,754 4,776 298,789 462,317 Corn, Cob : 1,811 8,761 194,100 301,921 Mixed Vegetables : 7,285 62 20,861 46,276 Okra : 26,977 671 54,395 Onion Rings : 692 595 667 9,420 Onions, Other : 3,880 1,139 12,827 30,376 Blackeye Peas : 3,468 355 7,663 Green Peas : 4,142 15,756 126,414 253,753 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 811 3 4,063 8,762 Spinach : 9,764 1,152 32,421 70,050 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 6,810 857 18,896 50,243 Southern Greens : 8,748 1,289 21,187 Other Vegetables : 37,013 6,830 170,309 341,089 : Potatoes : French Fries : 1,366 14,703 249,538 482,710 994,421 Other Frozen : 267 26,012 54,309 113,186 257,736 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 4,401 99,726 11,511 58,996 463,814 Beef Cuts 5/ : 3,709 7,737 12,284 8,230 61,353 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 1,529 2,618 338 1,794 57,985 Trimmings 7/ : 281 5,290 11 385 49,447 Other 8/ : 3,560 3,676 172 2,519 73,826 : Other : Veal : 219 25 2,040 5,217 Lamb & Mutton : 8 445 95 4,115 12,004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, November 30, 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 32,613 430,233 196,948 3,128 249,376 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 11 323 15 144,525 Pecans 1/ : 132 12,342 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 14,016 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 17,941 59,428 189,521 108,065 475 Other Natural Cheese : 371 28,593 104,912 54,793 899 : Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 1,134 108 1,352 9,062 Hens, Mature Chickens : 14 269 297 262 2,062 Other : 1,761 20,530 16,491 30,418 241,053 Total Chicken : 1,775 21,933 16,896 32,032 252,177 Turkeys : Whole Turkeys : 1,462 2,996 5,515 18,553 22,057 Other Turkey : 1,455 10,488 19,417 56,000 103,839 Total Turkey : 2,917 13,484 24,932 74,553 125,896 Ducks : 354 6,969 46 Total Poultry : 4,692 35,771 48,797 106,585 378,119 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 27 9,265 20,755 154 745 Blueberries : 18,914 5,963 49,681 1,682 2,503 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 12 5,882 39,524 879 680 Cherries, Sweet : 264 3,883 628 52 Peaches : 37 3,190 7,379 2,409 508 Raspberries, Red : 146 654 1,568 152 129 Strawberries, Total : 104 3,855 4,863 698 842 Other Frozen Fruit : 14,974 16,482 235,778 2,308 6,439 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, November 30, 2002 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 4,958 37,018 3,984,859 4,939,133 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 26,789 88,003 103 919 260,688 Pecans 1/ : 431 22,071 145 35,121 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 926 27,427 42,369 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 276 1,657 8,026 89,061 474,450 Other Natural Cheese : 253 344 746 9,941 200,852 : Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 4,752 10,937 415 3,030 30,790 Hens, Mature Chickens : 1,036 462 1,249 5,651 Other : 126,973 269,589 2,521 50,299 759,635 Total Chicken : 132,761 280,988 2,936 54,578 796,076 Turkeys : Whole Turkeys : 775 14,411 7,592 17,977 91,338 Other Turkey : 1,363 29,773 8,430 8,636 239,401 Total Turkey : 2,138 44,184 16,022 26,613 330,739 Ducks : 51 51 115 7,586 Total Poultry : 134,899 325,223 19,009 81,306 1,134,401 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 143 1,065 125 5,564 37,843 Blueberries : 105 771 370 20,503 100,492 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 29 1,441 3,348 7,926 59,721 Cherries, Sweet : 1 97 739 2,354 8,018 Peaches : 102 3,394 73 65,753 82,845 Raspberries, Red : 82 742 2 52,966 56,441 Strawberries, Total : 1,074 23,822 332 257,303 292,893 Other Frozen Fruit : 95 14,360 5,788 128,438 424,662 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, November 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/ : 329 841 158 1,417,595 Other Juice Concentrate : 413 33,870 13,788 2,402 109,256 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 697 2,872 56 426 Limas, Fordhook : 1,412 925 26 552 Limas, Baby : 6,584 2,430 1,272 12,453 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 44,210 45,684 1,538 5,201 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 7,311 6,589 637 441 Broccoli, Spears : 4,895 3,168 10 2,053 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 3,917 6,738 8,343 5,964 Brussels Sprouts : 2,258 1,645 23 1,459 Carrots, Diced : 11,770 32,826 802 1,219 Carrots, Other : 14,775 26,195 608 5,439 Cauliflower : 2,158 3,735 393 1,040 Corn, Cut : 40,292 64,187 31,068 6,014 Corn, Cob : 19,513 37,650 27,060 6,463 Mixed Vegetables : 4,278 9,721 466 1,322 Okra : 2,029 488 11,438 10,219 Onion Rings : 327 4,346 655 2,142 Onions, Other : 2,358 5,806 162 3,196 Blackeye Peas : 156 85 35 3,797 Green Peas : 36,462 32,274 12,757 6,943 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 1,141 1,672 151 715 Spinach : 14,648 4,699 402 5,705 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 4,852 11,338 653 4,468 Southern Greens : 3,329 687 246 10,421 Other Vegetables : 38,416 40,044 16,378 25,769 : Potatoes : French Fries : 36,236 30,534 67,855 85,804 31,957 Other Frozen : 4,059 13,819 35,644 6,724 3,218 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 10,120 46,261 59,157 142,748 30,021 Beef Cuts 5/ : 5,797 957 9,131 8,703 3,393 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 354 1,946 25,959 30,909 9,565 Trimmings 7/ : 95 1,039 12,915 27,906 2,553 Other 8/ : 2,080 1,096 13,029 33,350 16,811 Other : Veal : 2,130 774 275 88 Lamb & Mutton : 5 2,467 2,096 793 397 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, November 30, 2002 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Concentrate : 31 6,681 63 53,256 1,478,954 Other Juice Concentrate : 233 18,569 460 93,209 272,200 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 625 2,513 7,189 Limas, Fordhook : 693 1 11,072 14,681 Limas, Baby : 1,008 4,346 20,406 48,499 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 1,568 119 88,896 187,216 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 301 199 8,666 24,144 Broccoli, Spears : 17,095 44 19,151 46,416 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 19,334 456 24,979 69,731 Brussels Sprouts : 360 2 12,188 17,935 Carrots, Diced : 1,196 93 51,676 99,582 Carrots, Other : 7,352 521 89,946 144,836 Cauliflower : 8,266 13 23,919 39,524 Corn, Cut : 1,932 4,775 277,441 425,709 Corn, Cob : 1,360 8,481 191,067 291,594 Mixed Vegetables : 5,970 98 19,022 40,877 Okra : 26,344 672 51,190 Onion Rings : 423 740 608 9,241 Onions, Other : 3,753 1,260 14,027 30,562 Blackeye Peas : 3,813 322 8,208 Green Peas : 3,981 13,566 99,721 205,704 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 662 3 4,021 8,365 Spinach : 10,450 819 26,334 63,057 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 5,829 812 18,883 46,835 Southern Greens : 10,071 1,521 26,275 Other Vegetables : 33,071 6,081 172,457 332,216 : Potatoes : French Fries : 2,151 14,435 246,582 441,564 957,118 Other Frozen : 337 30,818 54,060 108,752 257,431 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 3,692 94,887 12,139 56,884 455,909 Beef Cuts 5/ : 3,651 7,576 12,167 7,703 59,078 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 1,893 4,956 443 2,061 78,086 Trimmings 7/ : 292 5,576 23 349 50,748 Other 8/ : 3,481 3,482 257 2,368 75,954 : Other : Veal : 462 31 3,865 7,625 Lamb & Mutton : 8 427 76 3,455 9,724 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, November 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cooler : Freezer :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Usable : Usable : Usable : Usable Region : Space : Space Occupied : Space : Space Occupied :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Nov 30 :Nov 30:Oct 31:Nov 30: Nov 30 :Nov 30:Oct 31:Nov 30 : 2002 : 2001 : 2002 : 2002 : 2002 : 2001 : 2002 : 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 1,000 : Cu Ft ---- Percent --- Cu Ft ---- Percent --- : New England : 1,783 51 72 74 16,575 70 67 65 Middle Atlantic : 47,041 73 64 62 132,111 64 56 53 E. North Central : 54,352 41 47 50 219,212 50 51 50 W. North Central : 46,754 29 40 43 162,518 52 59 56 South Atlantic : 50,234 32 30 34 208,497 54 52 50 E. South Central : 9,898 44 45 41 73,138 38 43 39 W. South Central : 29,565 11 16 18 142,080 47 54 52 Mountain : 6,170 22 16 19 69,180 56 53 51 Pacific : 51,660 39 34 30 333,641 65 70 66 : US : 297,457 39 40 41 1,356,952 55 57 55 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apples in Cold Storage: By State and United States, November 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : All Warehouses :----------------------------------------------------------- State : Nov 30, : Oct 31, : Nov 30, : 2001 : 2002 : 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -------- 1,000 Pounds ------- : CA : 103,331 111,835 80,350 MI : 392,432 237,062 177,550 N ENG : 45,625 47,891 32,613 NY : 317,184 214,536 216,678 OH : 16,665 18,310 12,300 OR : 40,253 56,986 38,535 PA : 297,048 222,436 213,544 VA : 164,797 148,457 126,361 WA : 3,393,600 3,990,000 3,865,974 WV : 84,601 81,436 93,374 : Other States : 119,781 119,602 81,854 : US : 4,975,317 5,248,551 4,939,133 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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