Co St 1 (5-03) Cold Storage National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released May 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 April 30, 2003 were greater than year earlier levels for cheese, butter, frozen eggs, total turkey, and orange juice. Butter stocks were 7 percent above March 2003 and 35 percent above a year ago. Total red meat supplies in freezers were 3 percent below March 31, 2003 and 7 percent below April 2002. Frozen pork stocks were 2 percent below last month and 9 percent below last year. Stocks of pork bellies were 12 percent above last month but 24 percent below April 2002 stocks. Total frozen poultry supplies on April 30, 2003 were up 9 percent from last month but down 5 percent from last year's level. Total stocks of chicken were up 12 percent from last month but down 16 percent from last year's level. Total pounds of turkey in freezers increased 6 percent from last month and were 11 percent above last year. Public cooler occupancy on April 30, 2003, was at 41 percent of capacity, down 2 points from last year. Public freezer occupancy, was at 51 percent, unchanged from last year. This page is intentionally blank. Table of Contents Page Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, April 2003 . . . . 4 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, March 31, 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, April 30, 2003. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Public General Warehouses: Cold Storage Space Occupied by Region and United States, April 2003. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Apples in Cold Storage: By State and United States, April 30, 2002 and 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Survey and Estimating Procedures, Revision Policy and Reliability. . . . .18 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, April 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : Apr 30, : Mar 31, : Apr 30, : Apr : Mar : Apr 30, : 2002 : 2003 : 2003 :2002 :2003 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds -------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Fresh Fruit : Apples : Regular Storage : 108,012 140,004 118,825 110 85 Controlled Atmosphere:1,441,646 2,048,128 1,535,710 107 75 Total :1,549,658 2,188,132 1,654,535 107 76 450 Pears : Bartlett : 35 78 75 214 96 Other Varieties : 80,190 134,766 87,575 109 65 Total : 80,225 134,844 87,650 109 65 8,530 Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 578,187 318,846 345,004 60 108 Pecans : 47,588 39,706 42,398 89 107 Other Shelled : 129,075 151,658 165,323 128 109 Total : 754,850 510,210 552,725 73 108 227,588 In-Shell : Peanuts : 20,143 16,736 17,579 87 105 Pecans : 165,641 92,854 77,541 47 84 Other In-Shell : 7,949 9,429 7,983 100 85 Total : 193,733 119,019 103,103 53 87 31,229 Dairy Products : Butter, Total : 196,614 248,620 265,287 135 107 251,079 (Government Owned) : 2,063 773 862 42 112 Natural Cheese : American, Total : 513,576 530,000 534,125 104 101 (Government Owned) : 626 1,602 2,974 475 186 Swiss : 15,729 25,323 24,247 154 96 Other Natural Cheese : 236,327 215,154 221,429 94 103 Total : 765,632 770,477 779,801 102 101 445,830 Eggs, Frozen : Whites : 1,514 2,519 2,435 161 97 Yolks : 979 1,409 1,071 109 76 Whole & Mixed : 4,572 9,765 8,867 194 91 Unclassified : 3,182 3,262 3,351 105 103 Total : 10,247 16,955 15,724 153 93 15,306 Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 30,334 22,710 29,649 98 131 Hens, Mature Chickens: 4,260 5,501 4,792 112 87 Other : 817,836 613,772 684,883 84 112 Total Chicken : 852,430 641,983 719,324 84 112 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, April 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : Apr 30, : Mar 31, : Apr 30, : Apr : Mar : Apr 30, : 2002 : 2003 : 2003 :2002 :2003 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds -------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Turkeys : Toms (Whole Carcasses) : 146,752 141,462 160,195 109 113 Hens (Whole Carcasses) : 114,196 85,521 101,797 89 119 Whole Turkeys : 260,948 226,983 261,992 100 115 Other Turkey : 254,241 312,117 311,194 122 100 Total Turkey : 515,189 539,100 573,186 111 106 416,157 Ducks : 6,436 5,835 6,043 94 104 Total Poultry :1,374,055 1,186,918 1,298,553 95 109 1,102,512 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 71,745 60,546 59,781 83 99 Apricots : 2,662 3,063 2,328 87 76 Blackberries, Total : 16,145 16,265 13,077 81 80 IQF : 9,071 10,515 8,093 89 77 Pails and Tubs : 2,267 1,361 980 43 72 Barrels, 400 lbs net : 3,870 3,862 3,563 92 92 Concentrate : 937 527 441 47 84 Blueberries : 66,635 56,836 48,245 72 85 Boysenberries : 1,856 2,048 1,476 80 72 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 96,170 34,968 27,760 29 79 Cherries, Tart (Juice) : 1,373 1,437 1,221 89 85 Cherries, Sweet : 9,018 6,276 6,264 69 100 Grapes : 2,996 5,593 5,040 168 90 Peaches : 36,187 44,650 36,012 100 81 Raspberries, Black : 2,188 1,788 1,328 61 74 Raspberries, Red, Total: 24,743 32,125 25,671 104 80 IQF : 10,063 12,607 11,104 110 88 Pails and Tubs : 5,737 7,319 5,608 98 77 Barrels, 400 lbs net : 7,977 11,361 8,276 104 73 Concentrate : 966 838 683 71 82 Strawberries, Total : 153,603 188,901 203,156 132 108 IQF and Poly : 104,480 117,826 97,276 93 83 Pails and Tubs : 32,216 41,076 68,456 212 167 Barrels and Drums : 11,272 22,121 21,357 189 97 Juice Stock : 5,635 7,878 16,067 285 204 Other Frozen Fruit : 296,360 330,267 303,652 102 92 Total : 781,681 784,763 735,011 94 94 585,322 Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 1/ :1,886,008 1,856,561 1,936,890 103 104 (Gallon Equivalent) : 190,583 187,607 195,725 Other Juice Concentrate: 297,563 268,933 255,122 86 95 Total :2,183,571 2,125,494 2,192,012 100 103 213,471 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, April 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :----------------------------------------------------- : Apr 30, : Mar 31, : Apr 30, : Apr : Mar : Apr 30, : 2002 : 2003 : 2003 : 2002 :2003 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :-------- 1,000 Pounds ------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Frozen Vegetables : Asparagus : 7,357 5,603 5,226 71 93 Limas, Fordhook : 7,964 7,833 6,653 84 85 Limas, Baby : 37,769 34,365 28,155 75 82 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 64,490 112,119 93,444 145 83 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 11,408 13,109 11,148 98 85 Broccoli, Spears : 59,042 53,249 51,634 87 97 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 73,317 77,023 80,314 110 104 Brussels Sprouts : 13,241 14,862 13,119 99 88 Carrots, Diced : 66,031 57,688 49,337 75 86 Carrots, Other : 114,756 106,231 95,944 84 90 Cauliflower : 31,505 27,701 23,793 76 86 Corn, Cut : 209,752 287,353 238,918 114 83 Corn, Cob : 144,328 197,352 159,629 111 81 Mixed Vegetables : 48,809 43,421 42,902 88 99 Okra : 26,756 33,454 27,989 105 84 Onion Rings : 7,189 6,581 5,693 79 87 Onions, Other : 33,600 30,988 29,778 89 96 Blackeye Peas : 4,980 4,599 4,133 83 90 Green Peas : 133,409 90,693 65,926 49 73 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 6,848 6,730 6,373 93 95 Spinach : 103,363 77,594 100,937 98 130 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 30,002 33,663 28,971 97 86 Southern Greens : 25,500 25,347 23,879 94 94 Other Vegetables : 258,207 283,431 261,014 101 92 Total :1,519,623 1,630,989 1,454,909 96 89 1,085,771 : Potatoes : French Fries : 964,478 950,228 899,006 93 95 Other Frozen : 258,182 267,136 252,261 98 94 Total :1,222,660 1,217,364 1,151,267 94 95 844,560 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, April 2003 (Continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :-------------------------------------------------------- : Apr 30, : Mar 31, : Apr 30, : Apr : Mar : Apr 30, : 2002 : 2003 : 2003 : 2002 :2003 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds --------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 2/ : 350,736 344,982 335,187 96 97 Beef Cuts 3/ : 55,002 58,166 53,104 97 91 Total : 405,738 403,148 388,291 96 96 386,315 (Government Owned) : 1,806 2,487 1,932 107 78 Frozen Pork : Picnics, Bone-in : 15,927 12,023 10,400 65 87 Hams, Total : 99,840 90,949 91,250 91 100 87,640 Bone-in : 45,736 43,731 42,478 93 97 41,880 Boneless 4/ : 54,104 47,218 48,772 90 103 45,760 Bellies : 63,293 42,971 48,306 76 112 Loins, Total : 39,734 39,776 38,585 97 97 35,737 Bone-in : 19,147 20,070 17,931 94 89 Boneless 5/ : 20,587 19,706 20,654 100 105 Ribs 6/ : 84,410 96,720 92,749 110 96 Butts : 16,037 17,264 15,926 99 92 Trimmings 7/ : 75,602 58,472 57,183 76 98 Other 8/ : 81,463 78,364 68,184 84 87 Variety Meats 9/ : 52,815 46,083 49,822 94 108 Unclassified 10/ : 38,598 47,877 46,960 122 98 Total : 567,719 530,499 519,365 91 98 468,821 (Government Owned) : 1,369 1,096 1,315 96 120 Other : Veal : 3,504 5,925 5,285 151 89 Lamb & Mutton : 13,172 3,900 5,040 38 129 Total : 16,676 9,825 10,325 62 105 10,089 Canned : Canned Hams : 5,944 7,775 6,386 107 82 Other Canned Meat : 524 643 771 147 120 Total : 6,468 8,418 7,157 111 85 7,121 Total : 996,601 951,890 925,138 93 97 872,346 Miscellaneous : Cooler : 660,436 606,843 616,957 93 102 267,256 Freezer : 2,169,642 2,272,686 2,189,344 101 96 2,118,606 Total : 2,830,078 2,879,529 2,806,301 99 97 2,385,862 Commodities : Stored in Coolers : 4,024,827 4,351,577 3,815,386 95 88 1,141,274 Stored in Freezers :10,434,401 10,413,627 10,206,630 98 98 7,081,852 Total :14,459,228 14,765,204 14,022,016 97 95 8,223,126 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, March 31, 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 10,347 230,600 86,674 99,195 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 2 22 19 187,138 Pecans 1/ : 73 15,385 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 15,281 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 21,175 59,548 215,373 121,803 118 Other Natural Cheese : 276 17,502 124,026 55,616 1,883 : Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 905 148 1,001 5,685 Hens, Mature Chickens : 13 231 268 114 2,357 Other : 1,694 16,163 14,573 24,922 188,644 Total Chicken : 1,707 17,299 14,989 26,037 196,686 Turkeys : Whole Turkeys : 964 4,535 2,796 58,299 52,646 Other Turkey : 749 11,236 24,923 73,480 147,059 Total Turkey : 1,713 15,771 27,719 131,779 199,705 Ducks : 1 427 5,210 28 Total Poultry : 3,421 33,497 47,918 157,816 396,419 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 61 18,450 31,265 202 1,109 Blueberries : 11,905 4,122 26,062 1,392 1,545 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 6 2,750 23,580 756 638 Cherries, Sweet : 350 2,618 491 39 Peaches : 20 2,335 5,439 1,970 412 Raspberries, Red : 140 1,025 1,078 86 118 Strawberries, Total : 100 4,423 4,110 693 950 Other Frozen Fruit : 44,023 13,130 166,164 2,503 4,572 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, March 31, 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 3,638 3,849 1,753,829 2,188,132 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 26,311 104,927 89 338 318,846 Pecans 1/ : 1,007 23,101 140 39,706 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 2,241 75,332 92,854 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 230 1,592 14,793 95,368 530,000 Other Natural Cheese : 1,751 242 1,873 11,985 215,154 : Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 2,062 10,016 379 2,514 22,710 Hens, Mature Chickens : 410 1,131 35 942 5,501 Other : 103,762 217,805 2,386 43,823 613,772 Total Chicken : 106,234 228,952 2,800 47,279 641,983 Turkeys : Whole Turkeys : 1,141 47,353 9,860 49,389 226,983 Other Turkey : 1,264 32,940 9,827 10,639 312,117 Total Turkey : 2,405 80,293 19,687 60,028 539,100 Ducks : 16 48 51 54 5,835 Total Poultry : 108,655 309,293 22,538 107,361 1,186,918 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 91 1,453 219 7,696 60,546 Blueberries : 426 594 235 10,555 56,836 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 8 1,106 998 5,126 34,968 Cherries, Sweet : 5 80 779 1,914 6,276 Peaches : 51 1,359 117 32,947 44,650 Raspberries, Red : 144 406 2 29,126 32,125 Strawberries, Total : 1,082 21,527 252 155,764 188,901 Other Frozen Fruit : 183 14,601 6,325 78,766 330,267 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, March 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/ : 193 962 133 1,775,679 Other Juice Concentrate : 640 27,467 10,404 2,277 116,702 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 861 1,773 24 493 Limas, Fordhook : 1,432 597 12 512 Limas, Baby : 7,056 2,422 450 8,102 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 30,368 25,493 243 3,928 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 4,263 3,099 52 559 Broccoli, Spears : 8,219 4,871 3 3,770 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 3,963 7,127 5,929 7,182 Brussels Sprouts : 2,181 1,288 8 1,083 Carrots, Diced : 6,130 26,528 314 1,151 Carrots, Other : 10,781 22,508 297 3,657 Cauliflower : 1,924 3,399 31 812 Corn, Cut : 27,213 55,836 24,382 6,056 Corn, Cob : 14,431 21,909 18,477 6,113 Mixed Vegetables : 4,634 8,476 153 2,545 Okra : 1,530 541 4,482 7,756 Onion Rings : 331 3,057 930 628 Onions, Other : 3,383 4,063 335 3,009 Blackeye Peas : 167 54 20 3,308 Green Peas : 19,098 16,243 8,880 5,230 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 1,058 1,275 89 510 Spinach : 10,475 3,944 199 5,135 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 4,213 8,008 78 3,986 Southern Greens : 2,487 966 73 6,616 Other Vegetables : 37,721 31,891 10,808 26,116 : Potatoes : French Fries : 31,190 31,328 58,361 112,581 26,661 Other Frozen : 4,532 16,645 36,278 7,932 3,572 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 1,911 42,618 40,933 119,602 20,426 Beef Cuts 5/ : 3,573 2,192 8,304 11,422 3,277 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 438 2,210 34,110 36,102 9,948 Trimmings 7/ : 200 1,291 12,732 33,794 1,903 Other 8/ : 2,097 874 12,840 37,571 15,826 : Other : Veal : 1,470 1,103 186 41 Lamb & Mutton : 3 443 993 441 284 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, March 31, 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Concentrate : 85 7,449 81 71,979 1,856,561 Other Juice Concentrate : 138 21,261 354 89,690 268,933 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 629 3 1,820 5,603 Limas, Fordhook : 406 2 4,872 7,833 Limas, Baby : 1,096 2,790 12,449 34,365 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 1,154 4 50,929 112,119 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 423 81 4,632 13,109 Broccoli, Spears : 18,833 102 17,451 53,249 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 27,825 525 24,472 77,023 Brussels Sprouts : 408 2 9,892 14,862 Carrots, Diced : 1,935 13 21,617 57,688 Carrots, Other : 9,472 526 58,990 106,231 Cauliflower : 7,531 8 13,996 27,701 Corn, Cut : 1,899 3,903 168,064 287,353 Corn, Cob : 1,158 32 135,232 197,352 Mixed Vegetables : 5,891 129 21,593 43,421 Okra : 18,557 588 33,454 Onion Rings : 682 549 404 6,581 Onions, Other : 2,214 3,621 14,363 30,988 Blackeye Peas : 878 172 4,599 Green Peas : 2,390 4,451 34,401 90,693 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 867 24 2,907 6,730 Spinach : 20,879 34 36,928 77,594 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 4,515 434 12,429 33,663 Southern Greens : 14,083 1,122 25,347 Other Vegetables : 40,784 7,501 128,610 283,431 : Potatoes : French Fries : 8,248 10,425 218,658 452,776 950,228 Other Frozen : 590 28,418 41,273 127,896 267,136 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 4,057 65,807 7,429 42,199 344,982 Beef Cuts 5/ : 3,623 7,250 13,168 5,357 58,166 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 5,349 5,972 313 2,278 96,720 Trimmings 7/ : 318 7,151 14 1,069 58,472 Other 8/ : 3,452 2,841 190 2,673 78,364 : Other : Veal : 23 137 1 2,964 5,925 Lamb & Mutton : 5 148 56 1,527 3,900 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, April 30, 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 5,920 199,436 24,252 54,756 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 1,011 24 21 209,268 Pecans 1/ : 74 15,881 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 8,474 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 21,422 60,254 217,653 124,421 118 Other Natural Cheese : 204 17,260 129,418 56,263 1,748 : Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 1,141 117 993 6,811 Hens, Mature Chickens : 12 118 174 112 1,979 Other : 1,358 17,142 15,679 32,694 206,147 Total Chicken : 1,370 18,401 15,970 33,799 214,937 Turkeys : Whole Turkeys : 1,074 5,165 3,482 58,148 59,074 Other Turkey : 772 14,408 25,088 76,532 143,371 Total Turkey : 1,846 19,573 28,570 134,680 202,445 Ducks : 463 5,403 11 Total Poultry : 3,216 38,437 49,943 168,479 417,393 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 35 19,057 30,205 144 1,090 Blueberries : 10,049 3,431 22,539 1,248 1,074 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 5 2,037 19,409 344 505 Cherries, Sweet : 280 2,295 626 32 Peaches : 16 1,945 5,370 1,689 280 Raspberries, Red : 105 1,137 1,137 85 106 Strawberries, Total : 109 4,188 3,461 980 772 Other Frozen Fruit : 56,099 12,360 138,192 2,293 4,005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, April 30, 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 3,315 2,345 1,364,511 1,654,535 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 30,033 104,149 98 400 345,004 Pecans 1/ : 1,360 24,927 156 42,398 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 2,061 67,006 77,541 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 269 1,372 13,536 95,080 534,125 Other Natural Cheese : 1,834 208 1,961 12,533 221,429 : Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 3,677 13,110 526 3,274 29,649 Hens, Mature Chickens : 502 1,030 30 835 4,792 Other : 121,425 242,472 2,251 45,715 684,883 Total Chicken : 125,604 256,612 2,807 49,824 719,324 Turkeys : Whole Turkeys : 1,203 56,237 10,331 67,278 261,992 Other Turkey : 874 28,328 10,927 10,894 311,194 Total Turkey : 2,077 84,565 21,258 78,172 573,186 Ducks : 16 49 51 50 6,043 Total Poultry : 127,697 341,226 24,116 128,046 1,298,553 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 79 1,447 217 7,507 59,781 Blueberries : 336 555 241 8,772 48,245 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 7 862 554 4,037 27,760 Cherries, Sweet : 4 64 1,153 1,810 6,264 Peaches : 37 1,096 109 25,470 36,012 Raspberries, Red : 80 394 3 22,624 25,671 Strawberries, Total : 1,116 22,425 263 169,842 203,156 Other Frozen Fruit : 151 13,607 4,731 72,214 303,652 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, April 30, 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 2/ : 176 878 135 1,855,772 Other Juice Concentrate : 564 21,786 10,560 2,095 113,555 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 947 1,612 55 464 Limas, Fordhook : 1,531 560 9 429 Limas, Baby : 6,021 2,040 322 5,888 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 28,081 20,445 285 2,785 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 3,282 2,283 8 500 Broccoli, Spears : 7,366 3,410 3 3,689 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 3,967 8,073 6,191 6,399 Brussels Sprouts : 1,881 1,128 6 994 Carrots, Diced : 5,383 22,750 380 976 Carrots, Other : 10,541 19,182 416 3,360 Cauliflower : 2,051 3,031 36 687 Corn, Cut : 25,268 46,554 20,569 5,851 Corn, Cob : 13,043 19,327 13,849 5,097 Mixed Vegetables : 4,769 8,396 88 2,280 Okra : 1,628 496 2,346 7,078 Onion Rings : 310 2,804 851 552 Onions, Other : 2,570 4,124 351 3,298 Blackeye Peas : 177 50 18 2,842 Green Peas : 13,743 12,205 6,055 4,072 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 1,184 1,150 38 476 Spinach : 14,966 4,658 175 5,741 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 3,950 6,024 32 3,591 Southern Greens : 2,158 855 44 7,013 Other Vegetables : 35,716 28,720 10,674 24,427 : Potatoes : French Fries : 31,976 31,831 52,262 90,112 27,969 Other Frozen : 3,794 20,214 33,945 7,517 3,637 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 1,567 42,226 41,510 115,814 19,155 Beef Cuts 5/ : 1,962 2,347 7,683 10,449 3,248 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 421 2,211 32,783 34,044 9,655 Trimmings 7/ : 115 1,005 13,359 32,266 2,086 Other 8/ : 1,822 889 11,964 29,662 15,032 Other : Veal : 986 1,128 173 38 Lamb & Mutton : 3 1,719 813 786 216 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, April 30, 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Concentrate : 36 6,775 85 73,033 1,936,890 Other Juice Concentrate : 190 21,732 304 84,336 255,122 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 638 6 1,504 5,226 Limas, Fordhook : 349 2 3,773 6,653 Limas, Baby : 914 2,322 10,648 28,155 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 1,065 81 40,702 93,444 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 398 56 4,621 11,148 Broccoli, Spears : 17,193 99 19,874 51,634 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 27,933 775 26,976 80,314 Brussels Sprouts : 357 2 8,751 13,119 Carrots, Diced : 1,997 6 17,845 49,337 Carrots, Other : 11,463 424 50,558 95,944 Cauliflower : 6,357 2 11,629 23,793 Corn, Cut : 1,646 3,863 135,167 238,918 Corn, Cob : 987 33 107,293 159,629 Mixed Vegetables : 6,221 133 21,015 42,902 Okra : 15,819 622 27,989 Onion Rings : 601 387 188 5,693 Onions, Other : 2,160 3,366 13,909 29,778 Blackeye Peas : 785 261 4,133 Green Peas : 2,220 2,309 25,322 65,926 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 783 15 2,727 6,373 Spinach : 16,895 23 58,479 100,937 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 4,174 433 10,767 28,971 Southern Greens : 12,804 1,005 23,879 Other Vegetables : 38,457 7,214 115,806 261,014 : Potatoes : French Fries : 6,848 11,159 212,877 433,972 899,006 Other Frozen : 646 27,094 42,996 112,418 252,261 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 3,928 63,435 7,444 40,108 335,187 Beef Cuts 5/ : 3,474 7,004 11,928 5,009 53,104 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 5,798 5,433 297 2,107 92,749 Trimmings 7/ : 364 6,927 11 1,050 57,183 Other 8/ : 3,253 3,095 181 2,286 68,184 : Other : Veal : 105 186 2,669 5,285 Lamb & Mutton : 5 136 35 1,327 5,040 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, April 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cooler : Freezer :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Usable : Usable : Usable : Usable Region : Space : Space Occupied : Space : Space Occupied :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Apr 30 :Apr 30:Mar 31:Apr 30: Apr 30 :Apr 30:Mar 31:Apr 30 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 : 2003 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 1,000 : Cu Ft ---- Percent --- Cu Ft ---- Percent --- : New England : 1,783 69 62 62 16,575 62 59 59 Middle Atlantic : 46,908 67 53 52 137,216 55 52 52 E. North Central : 54,814 44 50 50 218,866 44 48 47 W. North Central : 46,749 45 39 39 163,985 51 59 57 South Atlantic : 53,206 36 30 30 204,680 55 51 50 E. South Central : 9,868 48 43 41 72,758 43 37 38 W. South Central : 29,554 27 30 32 142,077 56 50 52 Mountain : 6,149 17 43 43 68,505 44 51 51 Pacific : 52,344 33 38 34 336,873 51 55 54 : US : 301,375 43 41 41 1,361,535 51 52 51 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apples in Cold Storage: By State and United States, April 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : All Warehouses :----------------------------------------------------------- State : Apr 30, : Mar 31, : Apr 30 : 2002 : 2003 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -------- 1,000 Pounds ------- : CA : 10,063 20,519 9,649 MI : 78,303 83,016 22,467 N ENG : 4,895 10,347 5,920 NY : 107,562 120,624 89,460 OH : 3,025 2,045 645 OR : 15,494 17,526 13,508 PA : 106,967 109,976 109,976 VA : 58,202 63,666 34,508 WA : 1,121,190 1,715,784 1,341,354 WV : 29,760 29,794 15,814 : Other States : 14,197 14,835 11,234 : US : 1,549,658 2,188,132 1,654,535 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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