Co St 1 (11-03) Cold Storage National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released November 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 October 31, 2003 were greater than year earlier levels for frozen eggs and vegetables. Butter stocks were down 22 percent from September 2003 and 2 percent below a year ago. Total red meat supplies in freezers were 3 percent above September 30, 2003, but were 17 percent below October 2002. Frozen pork stocks were 7 percent above last month, but 5 percent below last year. Stocks of pork bellies were 106 percent above last month and 103 percent above October 2002 stocks. Total frozen poultry supplies on October 31, 2003 were down 6 percent from last month and down 21 percent below last year's level. Total stocks of chicken were down slightly from last month and down 30 percent from last year's level. Total pounds of turkey in freezers decreased 12 percent from last month and were 8 percent below last year. Public cooler occupancy on October 31, 2003, was at 42 percent of capacity, up 2 points from last year. Public freezer occupancy, was at 57 percent, unchanged from last year. This page is intentionally blank. Table of Contents Page Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, October 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, September 30, 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, October 31, 2003. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Public General Warehouses: Cold Storage Space Occupied by Region and United States, October 2003. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Apples in Cold Storage: By State and United States, October 31, 2003 and 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Survey and Estimating Procedures, Revision Policy and Reliability . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, October 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : Oct 31, : Sep 30, : Oct 31, : Oct : Sep : Oct 31, : 2002 : 2003 : 2003 :2002 :2003 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds -------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Apples : Regular Storage :1,400,871 891,359 1,713,338 122 192 Controlled Atmosphere:3,847,680 1,787,301 3,704,956 96 207 Total :5,248,551 2,678,660 5,418,294 103 202 4,601 Pears : Bartlett : 61,084 120,840 69,724 114 58 Other Varieties : 433,730 349,384 432,535 100 124 Total : 494,814 470,224 502,259 102 107 1,459 Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 261,649 139,291 138,696 53 100 Pecans : 40,670 24,969 16,737 41 67 Other Shelled : 106,313 91,014 96,895 91 106 Total : 408,632 255,274 252,328 62 99 112,847 In-Shell : Peanuts : 14,046 7,412 9,513 68 128 Pecans : 33,745 8,250 11,259 33 136 Other In-Shell : 13,833 15,023 13,935 101 93 Total : 61,624 30,685 34,707 56 113 18,135 Dairy Products : Butter, Total : 164,640 207,175 161,857 98 78 151,018 (Government Owned) 1/ : 1,844 10,172 11,084 601 109 Natural Cheese : American, Total : 501,401 516,616 488,582 97 95 (Government Owned) : 927 8,836 9,473 1,022 107 Swiss : 18,927 22,884 22,205 117 97 Other Natural Cheese : 200,064 232,091 209,158 105 90 Total : 720,392 771,591 719,945 100 93 405,187 Eggs, Frozen : Whites : 1,835 2,657 2,665 145 100 Yolks : 628 1,044 1,049 167 100 Whole & Mixed : 6,973 10,374 9,958 143 96 Unclassified : 3,649 2,565 3,235 89 126 Total : 13,085 16,640 16,907 129 102 16,497 Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 33,168 30,854 29,680 89 96 Hens, Mature Chickens: 6,067 5,196 4,270 70 82 Breasts & Breast Meat: 92,054 96,709 105 Drumsticks : 12,327 11,364 92 Leg Quarters : 85,960 89,297 104 Legs : 9,503 12,658 133 Thigh & Thigh : Quarters : 3,861 3,302 86 Thigh Meat 2/ : 13,120 14,735 112 Wings 3/ : 30,988 31,319 101 Paws and Feet : 8,650 9,330 108 Other : 311,939 300,807 96 Total Chicken : 861,284 604,452 603,471 70 100 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, October 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : Oct 31, : Sep 30, : Oct 31, : Oct : Sep : Oct 31, : 2002 : 2003 : 2003 :2002 :2003 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds -------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Turkeys : Toms (Whole Carcasses) : 179,724 227,232 200,113 111 88 Hens (Whole Carcasses) : 131,549 151,743 129,873 99 86 Whole Turkeys : 311,273 378,975 329,986 106 87 Other Turkey : 313,667 268,508 242,374 77 90 Total Turkey : 624,940 647,483 572,360 92 88 447,406 Ducks : 8,875 2,931 2,733 31 93 Total Poultry :1,495,099 1,254,866 1,178,564 79 94 1,016,258 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 32,321 23,413 25,632 79 109 Apricots : 5,632 10,760 8,285 147 77 Blackberries, Total : 27,885 30,404 28,819 103 95 IQF : 16,638 20,044 19,954 120 100 Pails and Tubs : 2,205 1,920 1,835 83 96 Barrels, 400 lbs net : 8,270 7,639 6,240 75 82 Concentrate : 772 801 790 102 99 Blueberries : 111,364 88,900 86,012 77 97 Boysenberries : 3,568 1,944 1,503 42 77 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 66,942 96,035 83,201 124 87 Cherries, Tart (Juice) : 2,424 2,438 1,731 71 71 Cherries, Sweet : 9,888 8,835 8,184 83 93 Grapes : 7,915 4,481 10,650 135 238 Peaches : 89,133 72,088 82,121 92 114 Raspberries, Black : 2,824 1,696 1,491 53 88 Raspberries, Red, Total: 62,278 60,724 54,667 88 90 IQF : 22,878 27,869 25,326 111 91 Pails and Tubs : 12,538 13,533 12,233 98 90 Barrels, 400 lbs net : 26,185 18,096 15,525 59 86 Concentrate : 677 1,226 1,583 234 129 Strawberries, Total : 324,391 381,717 334,253 103 88 IQF and Poly : 221,757 180,838 159,275 72 88 Pails and Tubs : 62,358 129,816 113,080 181 87 Barrels and Drums : 22,039 53,284 46,251 210 87 Juice Stock : 18,237 17,779 15,647 86 88 Other Frozen Fruit : 433,794 146,954 434,516 100 296 Total :1,180,359 930,389 1,161,065 98 125 980,339 Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 4/ :1,409,629 1,529,848 1,354,740 96 89 (Gallon Equivalent) : 142,444 154,593 136,898 Other Juice Concentrate: 299,538 283,085 306,341 102 108 Total :1,709,167 1,812,933 1,661,081 97 92 214,807 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, October 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :----------------------------------------------------- : Oct 31, : Sep 30, : Oct 31, : Oct : Sep : Oct 31, : 2002 : 2003 : 2003 : 2002 :2003 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :-------- 1,000 Pounds ------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Frozen Vegetables : Asparagus : 7,122 9,927 8,822 124 89 Limas, Fordhook : 15,064 8,330 7,889 52 95 Limas, Baby : 52,905 45,473 54,684 103 120 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 204,734 191,209 174,320 85 91 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 28,673 32,788 30,922 108 94 Broccoli, Spears : 45,034 46,212 41,653 92 90 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 70,017 68,860 59,058 84 86 Brussels Sprouts : 11,879 7,177 8,140 69 113 Carrots, Diced : 71,081 33,898 73,169 103 216 Carrots, Other : 132,087 103,996 172,283 130 166 Cauliflower : 33,600 15,241 26,898 80 176 Corn, Cut : 462,317 566,175 618,994 134 109 Corn, Cob : 301,921 388,707 393,715 130 101 Mixed Vegetables : 46,276 46,161 51,123 110 111 Okra : 54,395 55,783 48,027 88 86 Onion Rings : 9,420 7,270 7,011 74 96 Onions, Other : 30,376 26,576 31,801 105 120 Blackeye Peas : 7,663 3,388 3,686 48 109 Green Peas : 253,753 277,131 240,160 95 87 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 8,762 9,982 9,459 108 95 Spinach : 70,050 70,125 61,304 88 87 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 50,243 47,316 49,471 98 105 Southern Greens : 21,187 13,737 11,631 55 85 Other Vegetables : 341,089 358,101 361,876 106 101 Total :2,329,648 2,433,563 2,546,096 109 105 2,076,982 : Potatoes : French Fries : 994,421 895,402 974,352 98 109 Other Frozen : 257,736 258,271 280,178 109 108 Total :1,252,157 1,153,673 1,254,530 100 109 930,112 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, October 2003 (Continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :-------------------------------------------------------- : Oct 31, : Sep 30, : Oct 31, : Oct : Sep : Oct 31, : 2002 : 2003 : 2003 : 2002 :2003 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds --------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 5/ : 463,814 323,261 320,319 69 99 Beef Cuts 6/ : 61,353 56,567 55,611 91 98 Total : 525,167 379,828 375,930 72 99 373,963 (Government Owned) : 1,636 2,197 6,015 368 274 Frozen Pork : Picnics, Bone-in : 16,777 10,530 15,367 92 146 Hams, Total : 147,827 132,002 117,043 79 89 112,568 Bone-in : 91,935 89,107 79,311 86 89 78,080 Boneless 7/ : 55,892 42,895 37,732 68 88 34,488 Bellies : 10,354 10,180 20,991 203 206 Loins, Total : 29,241 24,635 31,639 108 128 27,617 Bone-in : 13,715 10,394 12,500 91 120 Boneless 8/ : 15,526 14,241 19,139 123 134 Ribs 9/ : 57,985 46,574 54,444 94 117 Butts : 9,858 8,273 7,790 79 94 Trimmings 10/ : 49,447 31,055 34,982 71 113 Other 11/ : 73,826 64,140 72,915 99 114 Variety Meats 12/ : 41,040 56,845 54,093 132 95 Unclassified 13/ : 53,447 50,948 56,067 105 110 Total : 489,802 435,182 465,331 95 107 414,007 (Government Owned) : 1,240 942 1,461 118 155 Other : Veal : 5,217 4,597 4,973 95 108 Lamb & Mutton : 12,004 6,210 5,913 49 95 Total : 17,221 10,807 10,886 63 101 10,836 Canned : Canned Hams : 6,507 5,761 5,236 80 91 Other Canned Meat : 170 577 476 280 82 Total : 6,677 6,338 5,712 86 90 5,711 Total : 1,038,867 832,155 857,859 83 103 804,517 Miscellaneous : Cooler : 1,159,423 819,479 1,155,299 100 141 400,289 Freezer : 2,404,208 2,305,271 2,334,822 97 101 2,280,727 Total : 3,563,631 3,124,750 3,490,121 98 112 2,681,016 Commodities : Stored in Coolers : 8,112,122 5,040,589 8,095,079 100 161 1,244,486 Stored in Freezers :11,568,544 10,931,989 11,160,534 96 102 8,465,546 Total :19,680,666 15,972,578 19,255,613 98 121 9,710,032 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Preliminary revisions indicate Government Owned Butter stocks at 10,779 for June; 8,938 for May; 5,089 for April; 2,576 for March; 1,391 for February. Annual revisions will be published in February 2004. 2/ Boneless. 3/ All Products. 4/ Adjusted to 42.0 degrees Brix equivalent (9.896 pounds per gallon). 5/ 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. 6/ Includes all boxed primal beef cuts, bone-in. 7/ Includes full ham, bone removed and individual muscles separated. 8/ Includes pork tenderloins. 9/ Includes spareribs and backribs. 10/ 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. 11/ Includes ears, tails, feet, neckbones and snouts. 12/ Includes tongues, kidneys, livers, stomachs, hearts, chitterlings, salivary glands, and other organs removed from slaughtered hogs. 13/ Includes product unable to be classified elsewhere in this report. Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, September 30, 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 22 212,406 12,784 26 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 704 612 10 70,141 Pecans 1/ : 144 7,667 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 1,724 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 21,153 49,960 211,107 117,460 113 Other Natural Cheese : 190 16,128 138,361 56,492 2,101 : Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 4 1,512 305 926 10,243 Hens, Mature Chickens : 22 193 380 213 1,519 Other : 1,428 16,674 15,208 30,664 197,420 Total Chicken : 1,454 18,379 15,893 31,803 209,182 Turkeys : Whole Turkeys : 7,858 30,180 22,333 59,293 83,423 Other Turkey : 926 14,042 24,959 59,587 118,730 Total Turkey : 8,784 44,222 47,292 118,880 202,153 Ducks : 413 2,144 1 193 Total Poultry : 10,238 63,014 65,329 150,684 411,528 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 7 5,571 12,262 68 425 Blueberries : 17,707 9,584 32,848 2,422 2,649 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 6 5,017 75,407 80 2,198 Cherries, Sweet : 253 4,700 922 65 Peaches : 37 2,161 9,125 1,140 564 Raspberries, Red : 74 1,365 1,269 156 205 Strawberries, Total : 99 5,338 5,407 1,886 1,072 Other Frozen Fruit : 77 7,135 63,130 2,609 1,336 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, September 30, 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 11 54 2,453,357 2,678,660 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 22,581 45,077 68 98 139,291 Pecans 1/ : 356 16,724 78 24,969 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 1,803 4,723 8,250 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 211 4,322 19,059 93,231 516,616 Other Natural Cheese : 2,087 126 3,313 13,293 232,091 : Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 4,363 10,734 630 2,137 30,854 Hens, Mature Chickens : 1,050 1,069 54 696 5,196 Other : 116,703 159,846 1,992 28,467 568,402 Total Chicken : 122,116 171,649 2,676 31,300 604,452 Turkeys : Whole Turkeys : 10,434 84,128 24,808 56,518 378,975 Other Turkey : 2,404 26,720 11,160 9,980 268,508 Total Turkey : 12,838 110,848 35,968 66,498 647,483 Ducks : 31 53 29 67 2,931 Total Poultry : 134,985 282,550 38,673 97,865 1,254,866 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 92 318 100 4,570 23,413 Blueberries : 162 725 118 22,685 88,900 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 1 359 2,991 9,976 96,035 Cherries, Sweet : 1 60 741 2,093 8,835 Peaches : 31 929 80 58,021 72,088 Raspberries, Red : 200 228 13 57,214 60,724 Strawberries, Total : 1,639 29,763 162 336,351 381,717 Other Frozen Fruit : 297 10,201 3,870 58,299 146,954 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, September 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/ : 79 1,175 152 1,466,063 Other Juice Concentrate : 12,352 24,521 9,731 946 97,343 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 931 5,469 46 460 Limas, Fordhook : 1,998 906 5 894 Limas, Baby : 4,566 1,873 1 9,168 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 48,007 43,167 912 3,138 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 10,686 8,849 302 500 Broccoli, Spears : 5,741 4,124 2 2,478 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 4,313 7,597 5,250 7,212 Brussels Sprouts : 1,093 1,151 1,947 Carrots, Diced : 2,313 13,990 337 887 Carrots, Other : 9,750 14,173 383 3,885 Cauliflower : 1,317 2,235 80 721 Corn, Cut : 47,696 103,065 64,697 11,783 Corn, Cob : 19,576 44,945 30,843 8,864 Mixed Vegetables : 5,270 8,944 104 2,401 Okra : 2,345 631 456 9,451 Onion Rings : 344 4,043 756 617 Onions, Other : 3,624 4,588 243 2,205 Blackeye Peas : 345 77 3 2,001 Green Peas : 34,954 40,751 22,601 7,820 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 1,035 1,344 166 484 Spinach : 9,143 4,846 174 4,322 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 3,222 13,240 32 4,885 Southern Greens : 1,663 474 33 4,180 Other Vegetables : 39,076 44,185 9,102 30,497 : Potatoes : French Fries : 33,996 31,863 60,325 107,473 29,488 Other Frozen : 3,479 13,577 25,529 4,907 4,103 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 1,309 48,436 31,085 100,591 26,192 Beef Cuts 5/ : 2,285 2,544 8,626 7,830 3,736 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 211 1,349 13,421 17,670 7,646 Trimmings 7/ : 39 590 7,712 16,254 1,892 Other 8/ : 1,486 626 10,899 29,418 13,007 : Other : Veal : 785 914 158 42 Lamb & Mutton : 3 1,967 901 712 817 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, September 30, 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Concentrate : 72 4,474 115 57,718 1,529,848 Other Juice Concentrate : 147 13,694 1,757 122,594 283,085 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 585 6 2,430 9,927 Limas, Fordhook : 551 3 3,973 8,330 Limas, Baby : 1,067 6,870 21,928 45,473 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 1,327 166 94,492 191,209 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 287 59 12,105 32,788 Broccoli, Spears : 16,609 85 17,173 46,212 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 14,534 1,308 28,646 68,860 Brussels Sprouts : 258 4 2,724 7,177 Carrots, Diced : 1,447 9 14,915 33,898 Carrots, Other : 9,079 322 66,404 103,996 Cauliflower : 2,268 28 8,592 15,241 Corn, Cut : 2,390 6,157 330,387 566,175 Corn, Cob : 1,151 4,953 278,375 388,707 Mixed Vegetables : 6,149 237 23,056 46,161 Okra : 42,239 661 55,783 Onion Rings : 304 469 737 7,270 Onions, Other : 2,084 2,716 11,116 26,576 Blackeye Peas : 712 2 248 3,388 Green Peas : 3,129 12,685 155,191 277,131 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 602 26 6,325 9,982 Spinach : 8,235 54 43,351 70,125 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 6,087 291 19,559 47,316 Southern Greens : 6,910 477 13,737 Other Vegetables : 42,498 7,359 185,384 358,101 : Potatoes : French Fries : 6,014 12,047 191,008 423,188 895,402 Other Frozen : 469 24,749 54,178 127,280 258,271 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 3,062 58,330 9,664 44,592 323,261 Beef Cuts 5/ : 3,561 8,774 11,057 8,154 56,567 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 2,041 1,770 166 2,300 46,574 Trimmings 7/ : 270 3,530 13 755 31,055 Other 8/ : 3,474 2,709 78 2,443 64,140 : Other : Veal : 48 329 1 2,320 4,597 Lamb & Mutton : 5 226 37 1,542 6,210 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ East North Central combined with South Atlantic. Mountain and West North Central combined with West South Central. 2/ Middle Atlantic combined with South Atlantic. 3/ New England combined with Middle Atlantic. East South Central combined with South Atlantic. 4/ Includes all boxed boneless beef, such as ground beef, roasts, steaks, loins, strips, rounds, trimmings, etc. Variety meats (edible offal), such as tongues, livers, hearts, kidneys, and other organs removed from slaughtered beef, are included as miscellaneous freezer stocks. 5/ Includes all boxed primal beef cuts, bone-in. 6/ Includes spareribs and backribs. 7/ Includes 42% regular trimmings, 72% special trimmings, boneless picnic meat, jowls, neckbone trimmings, blade, cheek, head, and shank meat, etc. Packaged bacon, sausage, and processed items, such as hot dogs and luncheon meats, are included in miscellaneous cooler or freezer stocks. 8/ Includes ears, tails, feet, neckbones and snouts. 9/ Includes tongues, kidneys, livers, stomachs, hearts, chitterlings, salivary glands, and other organs removed from slaughtered hogs. 10/ Includes product unable to be classified elsewhere in this report. Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, October 31, 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 52,524 769,967 415,660 5,567 288,282 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 706 827 11 71,061 Pecans 1/ : 71 5,613 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 3,019 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 20,202 48,263 200,984 107,978 120 Other Natural Cheese : 256 14,417 121,661 53,102 1,891 : Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 1,513 253 806 9,643 Hens, Mature Chickens : 18 190 42 195 1,034 Other : 1,434 14,324 15,100 31,864 196,887 Total Chicken : 1,452 16,027 15,395 32,865 207,564 Turkeys : Whole Turkeys : 8,146 30,478 18,826 42,478 71,489 Other Turkey : 1,216 12,117 22,936 54,811 106,277 Total Turkey : 9,362 42,595 41,762 97,289 177,766 Ducks : 436 1,747 350 Total Poultry : 10,814 59,058 58,904 130,154 385,680 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 5 6,884 13,037 59 415 Blueberries : 15,903 11,756 30,252 2,569 2,590 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 5 4,743 65,527 99 1,915 Cherries, Sweet : 398 3,913 943 51 Peaches : 42 3,174 8,068 2,357 638 Raspberries, Red : 35 1,344 1,322 413 250 Strawberries, Total : 110 5,006 5,540 1,982 970 Other Frozen Fruit : 124 14,099 254,861 2,557 2,389 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, October 31, 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 111 3,449 50,899 3,831,835 5,418,294 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 31,264 34,560 71 196 138,696 Pecans 1/ : 260 10,728 65 16,737 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 203 8,037 11,259 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 188 3,345 16,050 91,452 488,582 Other Natural Cheese : 2,205 104 3,581 11,941 209,158 : Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 3,419 11,317 624 2,105 29,680 Hens, Mature Chickens : 1,265 900 54 572 4,270 Other : 119,631 163,767 2,015 24,499 569,521 Total Chicken : 124,315 175,984 2,693 27,176 603,471 Turkeys : Whole Turkeys : 9,715 74,070 20,332 54,452 329,986 Other Turkey : 3,023 22,534 11,913 7,547 242,374 Total Turkey : 12,738 96,604 32,245 61,999 572,360 Ducks : 31 47 29 93 2,733 Total Poultry : 137,084 272,635 34,967 89,268 1,178,564 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 80 372 96 4,684 25,632 Blueberries : 209 733 87 21,913 86,012 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 299 2,262 8,351 83,201 Cherries, Sweet : 1 22 1,000 1,856 8,184 Peaches : 33 1,315 73 66,421 82,121 Raspberries, Red : 361 173 271 50,498 54,667 Strawberries, Total : 1,688 25,674 140 293,143 334,253 Other Frozen Fruit : 293 12,030 10,252 137,911 434,516 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, October 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/ : 78 579 84 1,297,716 Other Juice Concentrate : 18,613 42,614 8,003 843 100,867 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 920 4,623 88 542 Limas, Fordhook : 1,938 929 2 935 Limas, Baby : 5,279 1,779 11,338 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 45,535 39,719 740 2,494 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 9,960 8,557 244 562 Broccoli, Spears : 4,839 3,927 1 2,166 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 4,145 6,767 4,780 6,631 Brussels Sprouts : 914 1,309 676 Carrots, Diced : 4,374 26,039 593 1,502 Carrots, Other : 19,711 26,189 342 5,672 Cauliflower : 1,413 2,240 6 793 Corn, Cut : 53,916 99,906 64,312 10,494 Corn, Cob : 19,546 44,339 31,102 8,718 Mixed Vegetables : 5,344 9,446 78 2,760 Okra : 1,642 734 409 7,752 Onion Rings : 276 3,746 1,140 556 Onions, Other : 4,164 4,322 290 2,621 Blackeye Peas : 490 110 2,042 Green Peas : 28,815 34,352 21,154 6,766 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 1,054 1,547 135 429 Spinach : 9,257 4,176 144 3,808 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 4,243 12,115 25 4,934 Southern Greens : 1,831 373 43 3,433 Other Vegetables : 40,963 46,633 11,776 31,222 : Potatoes : French Fries : 35,966 35,189 61,853 115,566 29,819 Other Frozen : 4,311 13,506 27,416 5,430 4,322 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 1,359 51,877 34,555 92,541 28,085 Beef Cuts 5/ : 2,036 2,649 9,549 7,684 3,377 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 232 1,222 14,963 23,517 8,301 Trimmings 7/ : 43 668 9,828 17,274 2,371 Other 8/ : 1,590 935 11,063 34,712 15,421 Other : Veal : 914 837 156 209 Lamb & Mutton : 3 1,894 928 565 797 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, October 31, 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Concentrate : 58 4,263 110 51,852 1,354,740 Other Juice Concentrate : 151 14,640 1,847 118,763 306,341 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 463 6 2,180 8,822 Limas, Fordhook : 359 158 3,568 7,889 Limas, Baby : 1,011 6,223 29,054 54,684 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 1,692 193 83,947 174,320 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 219 60 11,320 30,922 Broccoli, Spears : 15,128 75 15,517 41,653 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 11,227 808 24,700 59,058 Brussels Sprouts : 180 6 5,055 8,140 Carrots, Diced : 940 16 39,705 73,169 Carrots, Other : 10,049 381 109,939 172,283 Cauliflower : 1,490 16 20,940 26,898 Corn, Cut : 2,096 5,789 382,481 618,994 Corn, Cob : 1,157 5,579 283,274 393,715 Mixed Vegetables : 5,152 215 28,128 51,123 Okra : 36,906 584 48,027 Onion Rings : 207 400 686 7,011 Onions, Other : 2,275 4,259 13,870 31,801 Blackeye Peas : 723 321 3,686 Green Peas : 3,078 11,933 134,062 240,160 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 586 22 5,686 9,459 Spinach : 7,025 70 36,824 61,304 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 4,696 279 23,179 49,471 Southern Greens : 5,373 578 11,631 Other Vegetables : 41,158 7,693 182,431 361,876 : Potatoes : French Fries : 7,540 11,921 203,708 472,790 974,352 Other Frozen : 1,394 26,293 55,226 142,280 280,178 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 2,874 56,214 8,703 44,111 320,319 Beef Cuts 5/ : 4,180 8,764 8,702 8,670 55,611 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 2,100 1,822 253 2,034 54,444 Trimmings 7/ : 250 3,707 20 821 34,982 Other 8/ : 3,723 2,690 246 2,535 72,915 : Other : Veal : 61 365 1 2,430 4,973 Lamb & Mutton : 13 362 37 1,314 5,913 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ East North Central combined with South Atlantic. Mountain and West North Central Combined with West South Central. 2/ Middle Atlantic combined with South Atlantic. 3/ New England combined with Middle Atlantic. East South Central combined with South Atlantic. 4/ Includes all boxed boneless beef, such as ground beef, roasts, steaks, loins, strips, rounds, trimmings, etc. Variety meats (edible offal), such as tongues, livers, hearts, kidneys, and other organs removed from slaughtered beef, are included as miscellaneous freezer stocks. 5/ Includes all boxed primal beef cuts, bone-in. 6/ Includes spareribs and backribs. 7/ Includes 42% regular trimmings, 72% special trimmings, boneless picnic meat, jowls, neckbone trimmings, blade, cheek, head, and shank meat, etc. Packaged bacon, sausage, and processed items, such as hot dogs and luncheon meats, are included in miscellaneous cooler or freezer stocks. 8/ Includes ears, tails, feet, neckbones and snouts. 9/ Includes tongues, kidneys, livers, stomachs, hearts, chitterlings, salivary glands, and other organs removed from slaughtered hogs. 10/ Includes product unable to be classified elsewhere in this report. Public General Warehouses: Cold Storage Space Occupied by Region and United States, October 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cooler : Freezer :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Usable : Usable : Usable : Usable Region : Space : Space Occupied : Space : Space Occupied :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Oct 31 :Oct 31:Sep 30:Oct 31: Oct 31 :Oct 31:Sep 30:Oct 31 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 : 2003 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 1,000 : Cu Ft ---- Percent --- Cu Ft ---- Percent --- : New England : 1,783 72 70 72 16,575 67 73 80 Middle Atlantic : 46,908 64 58 62 137,966 56 57 56 E. North Central : 58,567 47 47 55 225,555 51 55 55 W. North Central : 46,494 40 42 40 162,549 59 53 52 South Atlantic : 52,873 30 27 27 200,963 52 57 50 E. South Central : 9,868 45 45 45 72,758 43 45 42 W. South Central : 29,554 16 23 23 141,362 54 55 40 Mountain : 11,707 16 38 40 69,059 53 46 68 Pacific : 54,139 34 38 38 339,920 70 70 71 : US : 311,893 40 40 42 1,366,707 57 58 57 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apples in Cold Storage: By State and United States, October 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : All Warehouses :----------------------------------------------------------- State : Oct 31, : Sep 30, : Oct 31 : 2002 : 2003 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -------- 1,000 Pounds ------- : CA : 111,835 47,264 91,668 MI : 237,062 1,967 376,740 N ENG : 47,891 22 52,524 NY : 214,536 108,234 478,404 OH : 18,310 10,210 23,290 OR : 56,986 6,093 40,167 PA : 222,436 103,373 291,284 VA : 148,457 0 161,547 WA : 3,990,000 2,400,000 3,700,000 WV : 81,436 0 79,214 : Other States : 119,602 1,497 123,456 : US : 5,248,551 2,678,660 5,418,294 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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