Co St 1 (1-03) Cold Storage National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released January 21, 2003, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Cold Storage" call Barry Adams at (202) 720-8784, office hours 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET. HIGHLIGHTS Frozen food stocks in refrigerated warehouses on December 31, 2002, were greater than year earlier levels for poultry, red meat, and orange juice concentrate. Butter stocks were 16 percent above November 2002 and 182 percent above a year ago. Total red meat supplies in freezers were 2 percent above November 30, 2002 and 7 percent above December 2001. Frozen pork stocks were 1 percent above last month and last year. Stocks of pork bellies were 57 percent above last month but 36 percent below December 2001 stocks. Total frozen poultry supplies on December 31, 2002, were down 3 percent from last month but were 15 percent above last year's level. Total stocks of chicken were down 4 percent from last month but were 7 percent above last year. Total pounds of turkey in freezers decreased slightly from last month but were 39 percent above last year. Public cooler occupancy on December 31, 2002, was at 42 percent of capacity, up 6 points from last year. Public freezer occupancy, was at 56 percent, up 4 points from last year. This page is intentionally blank. Table of Contents Page Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, December 2002. . . . . . . .4 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, November 30, 2002. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, December 31, 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Public General Warehouses: Cold Storage Space Occupied by Region and United States, December 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Apples in Cold Storage: By State and United States, December 31, 2001 and 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Survey and Estimating Procedures, Revision Policy and Reliability. . . . . . . . 18 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, December 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : Dec 31, : Nov 30, : Dec 31, : Dec : Nov : Dec 31, : 2001 : 2002 : 2002 :2001 :2002 : 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds -------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Fresh Fruit : Apples : Regular Storage : 759,622 1,027,615 597,986 79 58 Controlled Atmosphere:3,595,582 3,952,142 3,718,089 103 94 Total :4,355,204 4,979,757 4,316,075 99 87 3,262 Pears : Bartlett : 12,152 25,500 8,291 68 33 Other Varieties : 309,726 359,021 286,634 93 80 Total : 321,878 384,521 294,925 92 77 127 Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 448,628 260,687 277,918 62 107 Pecans : 28,310 35,114 36,519 129 104 Other Shelled : 132,103 107,247 115,796 88 108 Total : 609,041 403,048 430,233 71 107 163,741 In-Shell : Peanuts : 16,268 13,589 11,826 73 87 Pecans : 106,868 42,369 81,302 76 192 Other In-Shell : 13,062 14,468 12,821 98 89 Total : 136,198 70,426 105,949 78 150 43,786 Dairy Products : Butter, Total : 55,915 135,632 157,460 282 116 143,496 (Government Owned) : 436 1,021 555 127 54 Natural Cheese : American, Total : 449,105 474,055 495,806 110 105 (Government Owned) : 817 463 197 24 43 Swiss : 12,051 22,251 23,842 198 107 Other Natural Cheese : 198,885 200,757 213,781 107 106 Total : 660,041 697,063 733,429 111 105 415,008 Eggs, Frozen : Whites : 2,467 1,736 2,324 94 134 Yolks : 480 514 479 100 93 Whole & Mixed : 9,463 5,913 7,618 81 129 Unclassified : 1,300 3,036 3,265 251 108 Total : 13,710 11,199 13,686 100 122 13,247 Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 24,087 31,590 26,223 109 83 Hens, Mature Chickens: 7,935 5,767 5,401 68 94 Other : 687,667 763,066 740,529 108 97 Total Chicken : 719,689 800,423 772,153 107 96 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, December 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : Dec 31, : Nov 30, : Dec 31, : Dec : Nov : Dec 31, : 2001 : 2002 : 2002 :2001 :2002 : 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds -------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Turkeys : Toms (Whole Carcasses) : 45,638 40,298 88 Hens (Whole Carcasses) : 47,060 39,489 84 Whole Turkeys : 91,459 92,698 79,787 87 86 Other Turkey : 149,065 241,641 254,079 170 105 Total Turkey : 240,524 334,339 333,866 139 100 237,424 Ducks : 6,994 7,551 6,405 92 85 Total Poultry : 967,207 1,142,313 1,112,424 115 97 969,157 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 50,967 37,649 46,196 91 123 Apricots : 7,763 5,260 5,047 65 96 Blackberries, Total : 22,171 26,161 22,873 103 87 IQF : 12,885 15,727 14,134 110 90 Pails and Tubs : 3,146 1,904 1,872 60 98 Barrels, 400 lbs net : 5,026 8,045 6,382 127 79 Concentrate : 1,114 485 485 44 100 Blueberries : 100,526 100,274 88,673 88 88 Boysenberries : 3,152 3,356 3,177 101 95 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 127,215 59,721 54,951 43 92 Cherries, Tart (Juice) : 2,581 2,174 1,407 55 65 Cherries, Sweet : 13,844 8,019 7,887 57 98 Grapes : 4,936 7,605 7,131 144 94 Peaches : 65,242 82,842 72,496 111 88 Raspberries, Black : 2,840 2,585 2,621 92 101 Raspberries, Red, Total: 42,162 56,441 50,547 120 90 IQF : 17,611 19,998 17,596 100 88 Pails and Tubs : 9,135 12,016 10,973 120 91 Barrels, 400 lbs net : 14,173 23,792 21,438 151 90 Concentrate : 1,243 635 540 43 85 Strawberries, Total : 243,716 292,889 263,739 108 90 IQF and Poly : 197,396 173,469 88 Pails and Tubs : 58,426 57,027 98 Barrels and Drums : 21,283 20,857 98 Juice Stock : 15,784 12,386 78 Other Frozen Fruit : 419,219 435,283 420,675 100 97 Total :1,106,334 1,120,259 1,047,420 95 93 874,236 Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 1/ :1,571,735 1,471,232 1,682,184 107 114 (Gallon Equivalent) : 158,825 148,669 169,986 Other Juice Concentrate: 299,761 276,948 251,860 84 91 Total :1,871,496 1,748,180 1,934,044 103 111 204,480 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, December 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :----------------------------------------------------- : Dec 31, : Nov 30, : Dec 31, : Dec : Nov : Dec 31, : 2001 : 2002 : 2002 : 2001 :2002 : 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :-------- 1,000 Pounds ------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Frozen Vegetables : Asparagus : 10,686 7,188 6,966 65 97 Limas, Fordhook : 14,304 14,681 13,001 91 89 Limas, Baby : 50,358 48,481 45,515 90 94 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 140,311 187,561 167,679 120 89 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 20,517 24,026 19,729 96 82 Broccoli, Spears : 38,035 46,383 49,571 130 107 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 76,491 69,585 67,614 88 97 Brussels Sprouts : 17,595 17,935 20,137 114 112 Carrots, Diced : 89,361 99,574 102,786 115 103 Carrots, Other : 186,831 144,808 144,187 77 100 Cauliflower : 36,443 38,733 35,574 98 92 Corn, Cut : 351,820 425,682 407,215 116 96 Corn, Cob : 263,457 288,565 262,709 100 91 Mixed Vegetables : 51,453 40,489 41,542 81 103 Okra : 35,939 51,187 46,251 129 90 Onion Rings : 6,978 9,241 9,640 138 104 Onions, Other : 29,893 30,069 29,833 100 99 Blackeye Peas : 4,473 8,208 6,247 140 76 Green Peas : 224,715 206,345 173,228 77 84 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 8,847 8,365 6,876 78 82 Spinach : 63,368 63,057 55,858 88 89 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 43,198 46,891 44,344 103 95 Southern Greens : 35,861 26,275 19,669 55 75 Other Vegetables : 336,555 331,863 313,356 93 94 Total :2,137,489 2,235,192 2,089,527 98 93 1,637,563 : Potatoes : French Fries :1,010,098 957,161 871,386 86 91 Other Frozen : 229,659 257,214 255,362 111 99 Total :1,239,757 1,214,375 1,126,748 91 93 834,944 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, December 2002 (Continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :-------------------------------------------------------- : Dec 31, : Nov 30, : Dec 31, : Dec : Nov : Dec 31, : 2001 : 2002 : 2002 : 2001 :2002 : 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds --------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 2/ : 402,184 453,370 464,555 116 102 Beef Cuts 3/ : 58,553 59,197 62,831 107 106 Total : 460,737 512,567 527,386 114 103 524,156 (Government Owned) : 2,006 1,622 2,006 100 124 Frozen Pork : Picnics, Bone-in : 13,953 11,879 8,132 58 68 Hams, Total : 53,209 87,685 58,520 110 67 55,073 Bone-in : 19,153 45,504 22,259 116 49 21,778 Boneless 4/ : 34,056 42,181 36,261 106 86 33,295 Bellies : 44,301 18,059 28,434 64 157 Loins, Total : 45,634 35,427 42,200 92 119 38,573 Bone-in : 24,277 17,055 22,552 93 132 Boneless 5/ : 21,357 18,372 19,648 92 107 Ribs 6/ : 77,590 77,728 93,643 121 120 Butts : 17,279 14,304 17,534 101 123 Trimmings 7/ : 54,928 50,737 54,544 99 108 Other 8/ : 87,371 75,805 77,933 89 103 Variety Meats 9/ : 40,162 42,849 37,953 94 89 Unclassified 10/ : 30,532 49,469 50,054 164 101 Total : 464,959 463,942 468,947 101 101 421,108 (Government Owned) : 1,256 1,107 913 73 82 Other : Veal : 6,053 7,511 6,985 115 93 Lamb & Mutton : 11,905 9,255 7,125 60 77 Total : 17,958 16,766 14,110 79 84 14,010 Canned : Canned Hams : 3,053 4,051 3,446 113 85 Other Canned Meat : 98 362 804 820 222 Total : 3,151 4,413 4,250 135 96 4,191 Total : 946,805 997,688 1,014,693 107 102 963,465 Miscellaneous : Cooler : 872,324 941,873 746,011 86 79 317,773 Freezer : 2,193,328 2,190,913 2,191,231 100 100 2,127,026 Total : 3,065,652 3,132,786 2,937,242 96 94 2,444,799 Commodities : Stored in Coolers : 6,966,792 7,491,971 6,644,669 95 89 1,082,530 Stored in Freezers :10,503,396 10,780,468 10,669,186 102 99 7,763,423 Total :17,470,188 18,272,439 17,313,855 99 95 8,845,953 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, November 30, 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 32,613 430,233 236,203 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 59,428 189,187 108,491 475 Other Natural Cheese : 371 28,256 104,712 55,076 899 : 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 56,000 106,139 Total Turkey : 2,917 13,484 24,932 74,553 128,196 Ducks : 354 6,969 46 Total Poultry : 4,692 35,771 48,797 106,585 380,419 : 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 4,863 698 838 Other Frozen Fruit : 14,974 16,482 246,551 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 37,050 3,986,196 4,979,757 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 26,789 88,003 103 918 260,687 Pecans 1/ : 431 22,071 138 35,114 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 926 27,427 42,369 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 276 1,657 6,929 89,671 474,055 Other Natural Cheese : 250 346 683 10,164 200,757 : Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 5,522 10,937 415 3,060 31,590 Hens, Mature Chickens : 1,036 462 1,365 5,767 Other : 130,176 269,589 2,521 50,527 763,066 Total Chicken : 136,734 280,988 2,936 54,952 800,423 Turkeys : Whole Turkeys : 775 14,411 7,592 19,337 92,698 Other Turkey : 1,347 29,773 8,430 8,592 241,641 Total Turkey : 2,122 44,184 16,022 27,929 334,339 Ducks : 51 51 80 7,551 Total Poultry : 138,856 325,223 19,009 82,961 1,142,313 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 142 1,065 125 5,371 37,649 Blueberries : 105 771 370 20,285 100,274 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 29 1,441 3,348 7,926 59,721 Cherries, Sweet : 2 97 739 2,354 8,019 Peaches : 103 3,394 73 65,749 82,842 Raspberries, Red : 82 742 2 52,966 56,441 Strawberries, Total : 1,090 23,822 332 257,287 292,889 Other Frozen Fruit : 94 14,360 5,788 128,287 435,283 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1,409,622 Other Juice Concentrate : 413 33,870 13,691 2,402 114,228 : 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 1,215 Carrots, Other : 14,775 26,195 608 5,444 Cauliflower : 2,158 3,735 393 1,040 Corn, Cut : 40,292 63,552 31,068 6,015 Corn, Cob : 19,513 35,489 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 3,179 Blackeye Peas : 156 85 35 3,797 Green Peas : 36,462 32,227 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 39,995 16,378 25,799 : 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 : 27 6,681 63 53,511 1,471,232 Other Juice Concentrate : 234 18,569 460 93,081 276,948 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 625 2,512 7,188 Limas, Fordhook : 693 1 11,072 14,681 Limas, Baby : 1,008 4,346 20,388 48,481 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 1,568 119 89,241 187,561 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 301 199 8,548 24,026 Broccoli, Spears : 17,095 44 19,118 46,383 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 19,334 456 24,833 69,585 Brussels Sprouts : 360 2 12,188 17,935 Carrots, Diced : 1,196 93 51,672 99,574 Carrots, Other : 7,352 521 89,913 144,808 Cauliflower : 8,266 13 23,128 38,733 Corn, Cut : 1,932 4,775 278,048 425,682 Corn, Cob : 1,360 8,481 190,199 288,565 Mixed Vegetables : 5,970 98 18,634 40,489 Okra : 26,344 669 51,187 Onion Rings : 423 740 608 9,241 Onions, Other : 3,753 1,260 13,551 30,069 Blackeye Peas : 3,813 322 8,208 Green Peas : 3,981 13,566 100,409 206,345 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 662 3 4,021 8,365 Spinach : 10,450 819 26,334 63,057 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 5,829 812 18,939 46,891 Southern Greens : 10,071 1,521 26,275 Other Vegetables : 33,071 6,081 172,123 331,863 : Potatoes : French Fries : 2,194 14,435 246,582 441,564 957,161 Other Frozen : 337 30,818 54,060 108,535 257,214 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 3,688 94,887 12,139 54,349 453,370 Beef Cuts 5/ : 3,645 7,576 12,167 7,828 59,197 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 1,769 4,956 443 1,827 77,728 Trimmings 7/ : 281 5,576 23 349 50,737 Other 8/ : 3,332 3,482 257 2,368 75,805 : Other : Veal : 462 31 3,751 7,511 Lamb & Mutton : 8 427 76 2,986 9,255 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, December 31, 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 25,141 418,438 188,885 827 213,842 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 4 19 16 153,301 Pecans 1/ : 124 13,385 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 24,577 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 18,656 58,212 202,092 112,218 398 Other Natural Cheese : 364 29,294 111,040 58,765 2,392 : Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 11 872 110 957 6,545 Hens, Mature Chickens : 14 190 281 195 2,017 Other : 1,582 16,792 14,063 27,455 241,197 Total Chicken : 1,607 17,854 14,454 28,607 249,759 Turkeys : Whole Turkeys : 1,155 2,748 1,536 18,969 18,130 Other Turkey : 479 10,164 19,658 59,181 117,233 Total Turkey : 1,634 12,912 21,194 78,150 135,363 Ducks : 327 5,827 1 24 Total Poultry : 3,241 31,093 41,475 106,758 385,146 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 23 12,280 24,621 122 870 Blueberries : 16,655 4,971 43,473 1,657 2,501 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 9 5,324 36,543 798 537 Cherries, Sweet : 484 3,360 608 51 Peaches : 32 2,806 6,966 2,376 400 Raspberries, Red : 169 637 1,568 162 126 Strawberries, Total : 126 3,818 4,930 604 1,015 Other Frozen Fruit : 20,246 16,412 232,308 2,225 5,928 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, December 31, 2002 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 4,405 23,887 3,440,650 4,316,075 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 27,456 96,100 94 928 277,918 Pecans 1/ : 469 22,403 138 36,519 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 3,123 53,602 81,302 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 630 1,678 6,900 95,022 495,806 Other Natural Cheese : 260 346 718 10,602 213,781 : Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 4,157 10,596 349 2,626 26,223 Hens, Mature Chickens : 1,022 439 1,243 5,401 Other : 132,531 258,103 2,528 46,278 740,529 Total Chicken : 137,710 269,138 2,877 50,147 772,153 Turkeys : Whole Turkeys : 502 11,748 8,851 16,148 79,787 Other Turkey : 1,179 28,501 8,724 8,960 254,079 Total Turkey : 1,681 40,249 17,575 25,108 333,866 Ducks : 49 28 149 6,405 Total Poultry : 139,391 309,436 20,480 75,404 1,112,424 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 114 1,248 180 6,738 46,196 Blueberries : 71 744 282 18,319 88,673 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 17 1,472 2,814 7,437 54,951 Cherries, Sweet : 1 97 1,157 2,129 7,887 Peaches : 99 3,177 92 56,548 72,496 Raspberries, Red : 110 684 21 47,070 50,547 Strawberries, Total : 1,257 21,771 85 230,133 263,739 Other Frozen Fruit : 125 13,773 5,781 123,877 420,675 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, December 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/ : 274 1,174 143 1,611,264 Other Juice Concentrate : 650 33,729 11,959 1,722 99,017 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 820 2,578 56 490 Limas, Fordhook : 1,577 859 23 479 Limas, Baby : 8,097 2,473 980 11,186 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 42,666 42,349 1,066 4,429 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 5,760 6,104 443 249 Broccoli, Spears : 5,927 4,574 9 1,949 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 3,356 6,708 9,396 5,689 Brussels Sprouts : 2,183 1,493 10 1,079 Carrots, Diced : 10,018 37,230 401 1,105 Carrots, Other : 14,491 33,140 492 5,094 Cauliflower : 1,684 3,573 31 787 Corn, Cut : 39,747 77,693 26,913 4,069 Corn, Cob : 17,767 34,022 26,734 5,591 Mixed Vegetables : 3,776 10,225 250 1,233 Okra : 2,315 582 10,300 8,317 Onion Rings : 298 4,173 1,167 1,896 Onions, Other : 2,894 5,521 170 3,240 Blackeye Peas : 256 72 25 4,262 Green Peas : 32,757 28,772 10,762 5,348 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 922 1,542 89 451 Spinach : 13,577 4,478 673 4,265 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 5,235 10,977 43 4,176 Southern Greens : 2,571 815 125 3,633 Other Vegetables : 36,526 37,548 14,498 23,281 : Potatoes : French Fries : 31,908 31,119 61,203 83,436 26,208 Other Frozen : 4,011 13,779 35,890 8,021 3,843 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 11,117 50,095 59,888 155,367 33,280 Beef Cuts 5/ : 6,059 798 10,187 10,902 3,544 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 429 1,947 31,920 37,365 11,257 Trimmings 7/ : 73 1,578 11,714 30,629 3,424 Other 8/ : 2,215 1,154 12,829 35,793 16,982 Other : Veal : 1,859 848 218 87 Lamb & Mutton : 4 1,826 1,400 682 300 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, December 31, 2002 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Concentrate : 40 7,842 100 61,347 1,682,184 Other Juice Concentrate : 303 20,232 402 83,846 251,860 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 614 2,408 6,966 Limas, Fordhook : 589 1 9,473 13,001 Limas, Baby : 1,126 4,097 17,556 45,515 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 1,497 36 75,636 167,679 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 207 179 6,787 19,729 Broccoli, Spears : 16,894 2 20,216 49,571 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 18,625 469 23,371 67,614 Brussels Sprouts : 419 2 14,951 20,137 Carrots, Diced : 1,340 97 52,595 102,786 Carrots, Other : 6,887 569 83,514 144,187 Cauliflower : 7,783 9 21,707 35,574 Corn, Cut : 2,474 4,726 251,593 407,215 Corn, Cob : 1,478 6,485 170,632 262,709 Mixed Vegetables : 6,240 80 19,738 41,542 Okra : 24,107 630 46,251 Onion Rings : 873 662 571 9,640 Onions, Other : 3,111 1,259 13,638 29,833 Blackeye Peas : 1,417 215 6,247 Green Peas : 3,418 11,204 80,967 173,228 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 655 8 3,209 6,876 Spinach : 10,590 135 22,140 55,858 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 6,377 625 16,911 44,344 Southern Greens : 10,994 1,531 19,669 Other Vegetables : 32,710 6,061 162,732 313,356 : Potatoes : French Fries : 2,070 11,249 207,756 416,437 871,386 Other Frozen : 390 30,242 50,940 108,246 255,362 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 4,595 85,480 11,811 52,922 464,555 Beef Cuts 5/ : 3,881 7,778 11,721 7,961 62,831 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 2,220 6,100 494 1,911 93,643 Trimmings 7/ : 318 6,375 18 415 54,544 Other 8/ : 3,275 3,240 247 2,198 77,933 : Other : Veal : 62 204 31 3,676 6,985 Lamb & Mutton : 23 316 85 2,489 7,125 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, December 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cooler : Freezer :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Usable : Usable : Usable : Usable Region : Space : Space Occupied : Space : Space Occupied :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Dec 31 :Dec 31:Nov 30:Dec 31: Dec 31 :Dec 31:Nov 30:Dec 31 : 2002 : 2001 : 2002 : 2002 : 2002 : 2001 : 2002 : 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 1,000 : Cu Ft ---- Percent --- Cu Ft ---- Percent --- : New England : 1,783 50 76 73 16,575 67 66 63 Middle Atlantic : 47,040 71 65 64 132,112 56 54 53 E. North Central : 55,123 36 53 51 219,205 45 56 54 W. North Central : 46,754 29 44 44 162,518 51 58 57 South Atlantic : 53,144 29 32 30 208,950 48 57 55 E. South Central : 9,868 36 41 41 72,903 37 41 42 W. South Central : 29,565 13 19 21 142,080 47 54 54 Mountain : 6,149 30 33 36 68,505 60 64 57 Pacific : 51,680 35 35 34 333,641 61 67 63 : US : 301,106 36 43 42 1,356,489 52 58 56 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apples in Cold Storage: By State and United States, December 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : All Warehouses :----------------------------------------------------------- State : Dec 31, : Nov 31, : Dec 31, : 2001 : 2002 : 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -------- 1,000 Pounds ------- : CA : 74,692 81,687 51,949 MI : 343,380 216,805 173,503 N ENG : 36,505 32,613 25,141 NY : 289,842 216,678 226,296 OH : 13,660 12,300 10,185 OR : 31,246 38,535 25,929 PA : 285,472 213,544 192,071 VA : 131,975 126,361 110,759 WA : 2,977,128 3,865,974 3,362,772 WV : 79,388 93,374 84,314 : Other States : 91,916 81,886 53,156 : US : 4,355,204 4,979,757 4,316,075 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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