Co St 1 (2-03) Cold Storage National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released February 20, 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 January 31, 2003, were greater than year earlier levels for poultry, red meat, and orange juice concentrate. Butter stocks were 28 percent above December 2002 and 104 percent above a year ago. Total red meat supplies in freezers were 1 percent above December 31, 2002 and 4 percent above January 2002. Frozen pork stocks were 9 percent above last month and 2 percent above last year. Stocks of pork bellies were 18 percent above last month but 34 percent below January 2002 stocks. Total frozen poultry supplies on January 31, 2003 were up 5 percent from last month and were 7 percent above last year's level. Total stocks of chicken were down 6 percent from last month and down slightly from last year's level. Total pounds of turkey in freezers increased 31 percent from last month and were 23 percent above last year. Public cooler occupancy on January 31, 2003, was at 40 percent of capacity, down 1 point from last year. Public freezer occupancy, was at 52 percent, unchanged from last year. This page is intentionally blank. Table of Contents Page Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, January 2003 . . . . . 4 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, December 31, 2002. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, January 31, 2003. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Public General Warehouses: Cold Storage Space Occupied by Region and United States, January 2003. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Apples in Cold Storage: By State and United States, January 31, 2002 and 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Survey and Estimating Procedures, Revision Policy and Reliability . . . . . .18 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, January 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : Jan 31, : Dec 31, : Jan 31, : Jan : Dec : Jan 31, : 2002 : 2002 : 2003 :2002 :2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds -------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Fresh Fruit : Apples : Regular Storage : 482,122 597,986 444,117 92 74 Controlled Atmosphere:3,146,464 3,718,089 3,130,353 99 84 Total :3,628,586 4,316,075 3,574,470 99 83 2,424 Pears : Bartlett : 648 8,291 11 2 Other Varieties : 237,987 286,634 246,145 103 86 Total : 238,635 294,925 246,156 103 83 137 Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 485,040 275,060 278,492 57 101 Pecans : 33,545 35,135 37,120 111 106 Other Shelled : 126,974 115,127 122,195 96 106 Total : 645,559 425,322 437,807 68 103 166,222 In-Shell : Peanuts : 16,492 13,878 12,251 74 88 Pecans : 176,352 76,241 99,297 56 130 Other In-Shell : 14,170 12,812 7,872 56 61 Total : 207,014 102,931 119,420 58 116 38,611 Dairy Products : Butter, Total : 99,200 157,820 202,624 204 128 186,772 (Government Owned) : 260 555 349 134 63 Natural Cheese : American, Total : 459,707 493,262 511,255 111 104 (Government Owned) : 794 197 280 35 142 Swiss : 12,388 21,784 25,073 202 115 Other Natural Cheese : 221,541 215,015 218,687 99 102 Total : 693,636 730,061 755,015 109 103 434,946 Eggs, Frozen : Whites : 2,001 2,316 1,810 90 78 Yolks : 630 478 924 147 193 Whole & Mixed : 6,835 7,467 8,791 129 118 Unclassified : 3,669 3,264 3,836 105 118 Total : 13,135 13,525 15,361 117 114 14,612 Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 24,716 26,421 25,938 105 98 Hens, Mature Chickens: 6,449 5,420 4,573 71 84 Other : 693,414 736,243 693,321 100 94 Total Chicken : 724,579 768,084 723,832 100 94 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, January 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : Jan 31, : Dec 31, : Jan 31, : Jan : Dec : Jan 31, : 2002 : 2002 : 2003 :2002 :2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds -------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Turkeys : Toms (Whole Carcasses) : 84,826 41,324 91,033 107 220 Hens (Whole Carcasses) : 52,298 40,552 58,854 113 145 Whole Turkeys : 137,124 81,876 149,887 92 183 Other Turkey : 189,932 251,171 286,558 151 114 Total Turkey : 327,056 333,047 436,445 123 131 314,426 Ducks : 6,462 6,398 5,222 81 82 Total Poultry :1,058,097 1,107,529 1,165,499 107 105 1,000,182 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 59,738 46,099 47,838 80 104 Apricots : 5,983 5,054 4,134 69 82 Blackberries, Total : 29,779 22,796 19,442 65 85 IQF : 19,496 14,131 12,340 63 87 Pails and Tubs : 3,233 1,816 1,669 52 92 Barrels, 400 lbs net : 6,087 6,364 4,810 79 76 Concentrate : 963 485 623 65 128 Blueberries : 91,259 88,705 76,913 84 87 Boysenberries : 2,810 3,171 2,461 88 78 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 117,143 54,724 48,047 41 88 Cherries, Tart (Juice) : 2,211 1,399 1,362 62 97 Cherries, Sweet : 12,424 7,934 7,250 58 91 Grapes : 4,689 7,133 6,358 136 89 Peaches : 57,791 72,564 62,232 108 86 Raspberries, Black : 2,762 2,612 2,193 79 84 Raspberries, Red, Total: 39,833 50,660 42,672 107 84 IQF : 15,648 17,502 15,170 97 87 Pails and Tubs : 8,352 10,810 9,705 116 90 Barrels, 400 lbs net : 14,793 21,807 16,991 115 78 Concentrate : 1,040 541 806 78 149 Strawberries, Total : 200,890 266,376 219,975 110 83 IQF and Poly : 124,193 176,116 132,490 107 75 Pails and Tubs : 56,372 57,056 52,555 93 92 Barrels and Drums : 11,686 20,778 28,951 248 139 Juice Stock : 8,639 12,426 5,979 69 48 Other Frozen Fruit : 388,146 418,911 379,583 98 91 Total :1,015,458 1,048,138 920,460 91 88 767,358 Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 1/ :1,721,270 1,673,647 1,836,285 107 110 (Gallon Equivalent) : 173,936 169,124 185,558 Other Juice Concentrate: 277,527 251,776 254,526 92 101 Total :1,998,797 1,925,423 2,090,811 105 109 210,420 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, January 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :----------------------------------------------------- : Jan 31, : Dec 31, : Jan 31, : Jan : Dec : Jan 31, : 2002 : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 :2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :-------- 1,000 Pounds ------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Frozen Vegetables : Asparagus : 9,581 6,988 6,639 69 95 Limas, Fordhook : 12,236 13,068 10,759 88 82 Limas, Baby : 45,714 45,544 40,452 88 89 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 117,027 167,669 142,285 122 85 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 18,171 19,726 19,524 107 99 Broccoli, Spears : 41,808 49,326 51,993 124 105 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 77,672 67,727 67,428 87 100 Brussels Sprouts : 18,078 20,220 18,895 105 93 Carrots, Diced : 81,072 99,188 88,017 109 89 Carrots, Other : 158,778 143,368 129,027 81 90 Cauliflower : 35,155 35,635 33,026 94 93 Corn, Cut : 327,775 402,164 362,499 111 90 Corn, Cob : 235,144 262,338 231,689 99 88 Mixed Vegetables : 56,270 41,396 43,151 77 104 Okra : 31,978 46,616 41,824 131 90 Onion Rings : 7,348 9,636 9,089 124 94 Onions, Other : 26,298 29,844 28,523 108 96 Blackeye Peas : 5,161 6,323 5,246 102 83 Green Peas : 195,178 171,161 146,940 75 86 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 10,619 6,597 7,015 66 106 Spinach : 66,170 56,193 58,651 89 104 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 42,175 44,617 39,843 94 89 Southern Greens : 31,158 22,986 25,057 80 109 Other Vegetables : 316,085 313,421 292,932 93 93 Total :1,966,651 2,081,751 1,900,504 97 91 1,449,840 : Potatoes : French Fries :1,047,759 877,292 916,724 87 104 Other Frozen : 226,392 253,920 255,836 113 101 Total :1,274,151 1,131,212 1,172,560 92 104 838,995 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, January 2003 (Continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :-------------------------------------------------------- : Jan 31, : Dec 31, : Jan 31, : Jan : Dec : Jan 31, : 2002 : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 :2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds --------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 2/ : 397,326 463,057 426,755 107 92 Beef Cuts 3/ : 58,125 61,584 63,411 109 103 Total : 455,451 524,641 490,166 108 93 485,766 (Government Owned) : 2,159 2,006 2,565 119 128 Frozen Pork : Picnics, Bone-in : 11,778 8,132 10,320 88 127 Hams, Total : 68,857 59,613 77,271 112 130 74,383 Bone-in : 28,619 22,777 39,792 139 175 39,303 Boneless 4/ : 40,238 36,836 37,479 93 102 35,080 Bellies : 50,849 28,254 33,400 66 118 Loins, Total : 41,842 42,162 43,957 105 104 40,719 Bone-in : 21,297 22,557 22,959 108 102 Boneless 5/ : 20,545 19,605 20,998 102 107 Ribs 6/ : 86,302 93,296 98,109 114 105 Butts : 17,612 16,587 18,266 104 110 Trimmings 7/ : 59,583 54,510 55,214 93 101 Other 8/ : 84,928 77,908 80,710 95 104 Variety Meats 9/ : 49,500 37,926 40,653 82 107 Unclassified 10/ : 32,631 50,113 54,916 168 110 Total : 503,882 468,501 512,816 102 109 463,514 (Government Owned) : 1,513 913 1,692 112 185 Other : Veal : 5,121 6,955 7,133 139 103 Lamb & Mutton : 13,110 7,124 6,259 48 88 Total : 18,231 14,079 13,392 73 95 13,052 Canned : Canned Hams : 4,905 3,446 5,457 111 158 Other Canned Meat : 105 804 1,049 999 130 Total : 5,010 4,250 6,506 130 153 6,409 Total : 982,574 1,011,471 1,022,880 104 101 968,741 Miscellaneous : Cooler : 842,400 755,714 715,585 85 95 311,823 Freezer : 2,132,335 2,198,705 2,111,728 99 96 2,042,661 Total : 2,974,735 2,954,419 2,827,313 95 96 2,354,484 Commodities : Stored in Coolers : 6,270,993 6,643,050 5,863,371 93 88 1,092,111 Stored in Freezers :10,525,235 10,657,552 10,587,509 101 99 7,473,172 Total :16,796,228 17,300,602 16,450,880 98 95 8,565,283 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 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 16 150,445 Pecans 1/ : 124 12,720 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 17,190 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 18,656 58,212 201,936 112,218 392 Other Natural Cheese : 364 30,144 114,798 56,819 2,390 : Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 11 872 107 1,171 6,532 Hens, Mature Chickens : 14 190 281 195 2,016 Other : 1,582 16,792 14,055 24,085 241,083 Total Chicken : 1,607 17,854 14,443 25,451 249,631 Turkeys : Whole Turkeys : 1,155 2,748 1,536 19,707 18,113 Other Turkey : 479 10,164 19,558 57,334 117,221 Total Turkey : 1,634 12,912 21,094 77,041 135,334 Ducks : 327 5,823 1 24 Total Poultry : 3,241 31,093 41,360 102,493 384,989 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 23 12,280 24,619 122 862 Blueberries : 16,655 4,971 43,515 1,657 2,502 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 9 5,324 36,543 799 537 Cherries, Sweet : 484 3,404 608 51 Peaches : 32 2,806 6,978 2,375 454 Raspberries, Red : 169 637 1,595 159 126 Strawberries, Total : 126 3,818 4,971 601 1,015 Other Frozen Fruit : 20,246 16,412 232,710 2,226 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 94 926 275,060 Pecans 1/ : 469 21,684 138 35,135 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 3,123 55,928 76,241 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 630 1,686 10,605 88,927 493,262 Other Natural Cheese : 260 346 819 9,075 215,015 : Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 4,157 10,596 349 2,626 26,421 Hens, Mature Chickens : 1,022 439 20 1,243 5,420 Other : 132,531 257,223 2,445 46,447 736,243 Total Chicken : 137,710 268,258 2,814 50,316 768,084 Turkeys : Whole Turkeys : 502 11,747 8,856 17,512 81,876 Other Turkey : 1,179 28,501 8,716 8,019 251,171 Total Turkey : 1,681 40,248 17,572 25,531 333,047 Ducks : 49 28 146 6,398 Total Poultry : 139,391 308,555 20,414 75,993 1,107,529 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 114 1,248 182 6,649 46,099 Blueberries : 71 744 257 18,333 88,705 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 17 1,472 2,815 7,208 54,724 Cherries, Sweet : 1 97 1,157 2,132 7,934 Peaches : 99 3,226 92 56,502 72,564 Raspberries, Red : 110 684 21 47,159 50,660 Strawberries, Total : 1,257 21,771 50 232,767 266,376 Other Frozen Fruit : 125 13,773 5,781 121,710 418,911 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1,129 143 1,603,460 Other Juice Concentrate : 650 33,729 11,993 1,722 97,827 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 820 2,578 56 490 Limas, Fordhook : 1,577 859 23 479 Limas, Baby : 8,097 2,474 980 11,186 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 42,666 42,352 1,066 4,471 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 5,760 6,105 442 249 Broccoli, Spears : 5,927 4,576 9 1,949 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 3,356 6,711 9,395 5,687 Brussels Sprouts : 2,183 1,493 10 1,080 Carrots, Diced : 10,018 37,230 401 1,105 Carrots, Other : 14,491 33,138 492 5,104 Cauliflower : 1,684 3,576 16 789 Corn, Cut : 39,747 77,721 26,913 4,197 Corn, Cob : 17,767 34,024 26,735 5,605 Mixed Vegetables : 3,776 10,274 250 1,284 Okra : 2,315 590 10,300 8,674 Onion Rings : 298 4,172 1,168 1,896 Onions, Other : 2,894 5,522 160 3,240 Blackeye Peas : 256 71 26 4,338 Green Peas : 32,765 28,779 10,762 5,405 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 922 1,542 89 463 Spinach : 13,577 4,457 672 4,496 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 5,235 10,979 43 4,436 Southern Greens : 2,571 815 125 6,950 Other Vegetables : 36,526 37,549 14,123 23,596 : Potatoes : French Fries : 31,908 31,222 61,299 83,435 26,165 Other Frozen : 4,011 13,779 35,921 6,874 3,888 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 11,117 57,359 59,886 154,728 25,990 Beef Cuts 5/ : 6,059 1,841 10,187 10,902 2,501 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 429 1,947 31,918 37,357 11,230 Trimmings 7/ : 73 1,578 11,683 30,629 3,421 Other 8/ : 2,215 1,154 12,829 35,769 16,982 : Other : Veal : 1,901 848 218 46 Lamb & Mutton : 4 1,848 1,400 682 278 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 7,842 132 60,627 1,673,647 Other Juice Concentrate : 303 20,244 413 84,895 251,776 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 614 2 2,428 6,988 Limas, Fordhook : 589 9,541 13,068 Limas, Baby : 1,126 4,098 17,583 45,544 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 1,497 34 75,583 167,669 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 207 170 6,793 19,726 Broccoli, Spears : 16,894 8 19,963 49,326 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 18,625 468 23,485 67,727 Brussels Sprouts : 419 2 15,033 20,220 Carrots, Diced : 1,340 38 49,056 99,188 Carrots, Other : 6,887 568 82,688 143,368 Cauliflower : 7,783 10 21,777 35,635 Corn, Cut : 2,474 4,697 246,415 402,164 Corn, Cob : 1,478 6,507 170,222 262,338 Mixed Vegetables : 6,240 71 19,501 41,396 Okra : 24,107 630 46,616 Onion Rings : 873 658 571 9,636 Onions, Other : 3,111 1,259 13,658 29,844 Blackeye Peas : 1,417 215 6,323 Green Peas : 3,418 11,213 78,819 171,161 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 655 6 2,920 6,597 Spinach : 10,590 138 22,263 56,193 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 6,377 625 16,922 44,617 Southern Greens : 10,994 1,531 22,986 Other Vegetables : 32,710 6,061 162,856 313,421 : Potatoes : French Fries : 2,070 11,501 207,625 422,067 877,292 Other Frozen : 390 30,242 51,197 107,618 253,920 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 4,595 85,070 11,767 52,545 463,057 Beef Cuts 5/ : 3,881 7,778 10,474 7,961 61,584 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 2,220 6,100 47 2,048 93,296 Trimmings 7/ : 318 6,375 18 415 54,510 Other 8/ : 3,275 3,240 247 2,197 77,908 : Other : Veal : 62 204 3,676 6,955 Lamb & Mutton : 23 316 84 2,489 7,124 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, January 31, 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 19,546 364,216 138,373 152 144,579 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 17 20 17 153,435 Pecans 1/ : 69 13,744 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 20,634 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 19,157 57,436 207,891 118,835 402 Other Natural Cheese : 247 31,562 118,112 55,578 2,493 : Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 11 1,059 106 1,445 6,045 Hens, Mature Chickens : 12 301 304 207 1,783 Other : 1,296 19,132 14,154 25,812 218,514 Total Chicken : 1,319 20,492 14,564 27,464 226,342 Turkeys : Whole Turkeys : 1,260 4,513 1,589 40,949 30,759 Other Turkey : 537 11,637 23,588 65,692 134,258 Total Turkey : 1,797 16,150 25,177 106,641 165,017 Ducks : 392 4,650 25 Total Poultry : 3,116 37,034 44,391 134,105 391,384 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 63 12,513 25,290 128 893 Blueberries : 14,744 5,579 36,740 1,388 2,133 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 7 4,198 32,520 807 597 Cherries, Sweet : 328 3,283 634 46 Peaches : 28 2,581 6,301 2,170 507 Raspberries, Red : 157 937 1,184 117 124 Strawberries, Total : 106 3,698 3,986 576 812 Other Frozen Fruit : 21,618 13,356 209,357 2,158 6,120 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, January 31, 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 4,563 14,484 2,888,557 3,574,470 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 25,196 98,779 95 933 278,492 Pecans 1/ : 815 22,353 139 37,120 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 3,259 75,404 99,297 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 546 1,722 13,342 91,924 511,255 Other Natural Cheese : 267 232 832 9,364 218,687 : Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 3,551 10,905 321 2,495 25,938 Hens, Mature Chickens : 456 424 17 1,069 4,573 Other : 124,650 240,570 2,018 47,175 693,321 Total Chicken : 128,657 251,899 2,356 50,739 723,832 Turkeys : Whole Turkeys : 581 29,549 15,127 25,560 149,887 Other Turkey : 1,197 32,243 10,188 7,218 286,558 Total Turkey : 1,778 61,792 25,315 32,778 436,445 Ducks : 47 24 84 5,222 Total Poultry : 130,435 313,738 27,695 83,601 1,165,499 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 90 1,280 229 7,352 47,838 Blueberries : 110 755 217 15,247 76,913 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 31 1,134 2,597 6,156 48,047 Cherries, Sweet : 1 92 870 1,996 7,250 Peaches : 87 2,866 116 47,576 62,232 Raspberries, Red : 59 809 18 39,267 42,672 Strawberries, Total : 940 18,712 57 191,088 219,975 Other Frozen Fruit : 174 12,473 6,227 108,100 379,583 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, January 31, 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 2/ : 200 724 155 1,761,157 Other Juice Concentrate : 546 30,990 11,717 1,543 100,949 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 916 2,213 57 626 Limas, Fordhook : 1,594 752 21 415 Limas, Baby : 7,885 2,677 448 8,204 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 36,999 36,599 608 3,566 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 5,494 4,617 113 324 Broccoli, Spears : 7,321 4,984 7 2,129 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 3,829 7,736 8,443 6,898 Brussels Sprouts : 2,240 1,619 6 1,702 Carrots, Diced : 8,609 35,106 214 948 Carrots, Other : 13,066 30,710 443 4,497 Cauliflower : 2,278 3,543 38 879 Corn, Cut : 35,286 73,275 23,584 4,002 Corn, Cob : 16,798 31,213 24,088 5,171 Mixed Vegetables : 4,092 9,254 188 1,620 Okra : 1,897 532 7,427 8,068 Onion Rings : 314 3,899 1,096 1,826 Onions, Other : 2,320 4,824 184 2,997 Blackeye Peas : 184 54 24 3,817 Green Peas : 29,325 24,549 8,473 5,362 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 981 1,447 100 452 Spinach : 15,667 3,978 211 4,044 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 4,939 10,310 63 4,299 Southern Greens : 2,555 894 122 6,600 Other Vegetables : 38,843 37,718 12,331 22,821 : Potatoes : French Fries : 38,910 30,744 56,628 103,920 24,854 Other Frozen : 5,061 12,316 31,573 6,926 4,131 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 10,423 54,969 52,873 139,293 25,725 Beef Cuts 5/ : 5,163 2,403 10,015 12,119 2,604 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 447 2,079 33,908 39,668 11,984 Trimmings 7/ : 155 1,246 10,977 32,721 3,395 Other 8/ : 2,216 1,220 13,325 36,326 18,103 Other : Veal : 1,607 1,035 249 49 Lamb & Mutton : 4 659 1,288 511 289 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, January 31, 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Concentrate : 42 7,160 177 66,670 1,836,285 Other Juice Concentrate : 120 21,275 325 87,061 254,526 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 566 20 2,241 6,639 Limas, Fordhook : 491 7,486 10,759 Limas, Baby : 1,044 3,255 16,939 40,452 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 1,327 85 63,101 142,285 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 288 128 8,560 19,524 Broccoli, Spears : 17,928 20 19,604 51,993 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 18,619 589 21,314 67,428 Brussels Sprouts : 366 2 12,960 18,895 Carrots, Diced : 1,295 41,845 88,017 Carrots, Other : 6,894 605 72,812 129,027 Cauliflower : 7,667 8 18,613 33,026 Corn, Cut : 2,165 4,615 219,572 362,499 Corn, Cob : 1,288 4,006 149,125 231,689 Mixed Vegetables : 6,224 38 21,735 43,151 Okra : 23,405 495 41,824 Onion Rings : 827 650 477 9,089 Onions, Other : 2,640 1,187 14,371 28,523 Blackeye Peas : 1,023 144 5,246 Green Peas : 3,268 9,143 66,820 146,940 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 783 3 3,249 7,015 Spinach : 15,451 24 19,276 58,651 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 5,743 527 13,962 39,843 Southern Greens : 13,553 1,333 25,057 Other Vegetables : 30,174 6,259 144,786 292,932 : Potatoes : French Fries : 2,252 12,876 211,619 434,921 916,724 Other Frozen : 767 26,771 51,896 116,395 255,836 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 4,847 80,607 10,678 47,340 426,755 Beef Cuts 5/ : 3,893 7,531 13,286 6,397 63,411 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 3,361 4,729 164 1,769 98,109 Trimmings 7/ : 199 5,934 14 573 55,214 Other 8/ : 3,375 3,292 227 2,626 80,710 : Other : Veal : 342 214 2 3,635 7,133 Lamb & Mutton : 11 282 69 3,146 6,259 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, January 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cooler : Freezer :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Usable : Usable : Usable : Usable Region : Space : Space Occupied : Space : Space Occupied :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Jan 31 :Jan 31:Dec 31:Jan 31: Jan 31 :Jan 31:Dec 31:Jan 31 : 2003 : 2002 : 2002 : 2003 : 2003 : 2002 : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 1,000 : Cu Ft ---- Percent --- Cu Ft ---- Percent --- : New England : 1,783 56 78 73 16,575 61 63 60 Middle Atlantic : 46,908 70 65 60 137,966 57 54 52 E. North Central : 54,814 43 51 51 218,865 45 54 51 W. North Central : 46,749 38 45 41 162,522 52 56 54 South Atlantic : 53,127 31 32 32 202,954 51 55 52 E. South Central : 9,868 53 45 46 72,903 40 41 39 W. South Central : 29,565 20 22 20 142,080 53 53 51 Mountain : 6,148 15 39 35 68,504 45 57 54 Pacific : 51,681 37 34 30 333,641 58 63 57 : US : 300,643 41 43 40 1,356,010 52 56 52 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apples in Cold Storage: By State and United States, January 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : All Warehouses :----------------------------------------------------------- State : Jan 31, : Dec 31, : Jan 31 : 2002 : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -------- 1,000 Pounds ------- : CA : 62,461 51,949 42,877 MI : 261,696 173,503 130,325 N ENG : 25,006 25,141 19,546 NY : 239,064 226,296 198,198 OH : 8,875 10,185 4,815 OR : 28,469 25,929 20,680 PA : 243,982 192,071 165,953 VA : 120,656 110,759 98,141 WA : 2,501,478 3,362,772 2,825,000 WV : 72,441 84,314 36,068 : Other States : 64,458 53,156 32,867 : US : 3,628,586 4,316,075 3,574,470 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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