Co St 1 (4-04) Cold Storage National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released April 21, 2004, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on Cold Storage call Perry Game at (202) 720-8784, office hours 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. Highlights Frozen food stocks in refrigerated warehouses on March 31, 2004 were greater than year earlier levels for frozen beef, eggs and orange juice. Butter stocks were 2 percent below last month and 37 percent below last year. Total red meat supplies in freezers were down 5 percent from last month and down 7 percent from a year ago. Frozen pork stocks were down 6 percent from a month ago and down 14 percent from last year. Stocks of pork bellies were down 10 percent from last month but were up 20 percent from last year. Total frozen poultry supplies on March 31, 2004 were 10 percent higher than the previous month but were 7 percent lower than a year ago. Total stocks of chicken were up 10 percent from the previous month but down 7 percent from last year. Total pounds of turkey in freezers were up 9 percent from last month but down 6 percent from March 31, 2003. This page is intentionally blank. Table of Contents Page Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, March 20044 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, February 29, 2004. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, March 31, 2004. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Public General Warehouses: Cold Storage Space Occupied by Region and United States, March 2004. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Apples in Cold Storage: By State and United States, March 31, 2004 and 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Survey and Estimating Procedures, Revision Policy and Reliability18 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, March 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : Mar 31, : Feb 29, : Mar 31, : Mar : Feb : Mar 31, : 2003 : 2004 : 2004 :2003 :2004 : 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds -------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Apples : Regular Storage : 140,004 312,963 186,329 133 60 Controlled Atmosphere:2,048,128 2,533,968 1,842,505 90 73 Total :2,188,132 2,846,931 2,028,834 93 71 270 Pears : Bartlett : 78 3,404 2,394 3,069 70 Other Varieties : 134,766 186,158 136,617 101 73 Total : 134,844 189,562 139,011 103 73 2,299 Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 318,846 307,766 333,744 105 108 Pecans : 39,706 31,230 33,121 83 106 Other Shelled : 151,658 145,832 153,421 101 105 Total : 510,210 484,828 520,286 102 107 207,559 In-Shell : Peanuts : 16,736 12,674 20,575 123 162 Pecans : 92,854 192,749 174,254 188 90 Other In-Shell : 9,429 7,613 9,128 97 120 Total : 119,019 213,036 203,957 171 96 70,067 Dairy Products : Butter, Total : 244,958 158,136 155,055 63 98 141,007 (Government Owned) : 2,576 1,209 602 23 50 Natural Cheese : American, Total : 530,798 533,259 518,264 98 97 (Government Owned) : 1,602 9,616 9,615 600 100 Swiss : 25,323 25,361 23,073 91 91 Other Natural Cheese : 215,154 208,138 216,036 100 104 Total : 771,275 766,758 757,373 98 99 407,527 Eggs, Frozen : Whites : 2,519 2,900 2,858 113 99 Yolks : 1,409 1,119 997 71 89 Whole & Mixed : 9,765 13,914 11,936 122 86 Unclassified : 3,262 3,205 3,489 107 109 Total : 16,955 21,138 19,280 114 91 18,985 Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 22,710 23,560 24,549 108 104 Hens, Mature Chickens: 5,501 4,109 4,676 85 114 Breasts & Breast Meat: 86,391 85,427 99 Drumsticks : 12,651 17,069 135 Leg Quarters : 77,065 104,842 136 Legs : 10,487 13,953 133 Thigh & Thigh : Quarters : 5,952 6,032 101 Thigh Meat 1/ : 15,131 15,516 103 Wings 2/ : 20,001 23,777 119 Paws and Feet : 15,886 18,019 113 Other : 271,557 283,516 104 Total Chicken : 641,983 542,790 597,376 93 110 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, March 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : Mar 31, : Feb 29, : Mar 31, : Mar : Feb : Mar 31, : 2003 : 2004 : 2004 :2003 :2004 : 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds -------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Turkeys : Toms (Whole Carcasses) : 148,305 133,105 157,000 106 118 Hens (Whole Carcasses) : 88,856 92,177 103,948 117 113 Whole Turkeys : 237,161 225,282 260,948 110 116 Other Turkey : 312,117 246,400 254,079 81 103 Total Turkey : 549,278 471,682 515,027 94 109 402,437 Ducks : 5,835 1,328 1,246 21 94 Total Poultry :1,197,096 1,015,800 1,113,649 93 110 959,375 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 60,546 50,778 55,591 92 109 Apricots : 3,063 4,680 4,282 140 91 Blackberries, Total : 16,265 17,568 15,849 97 90 IQF : 10,515 12,596 11,128 106 88 Pails and Tubs : 1,361 1,360 1,754 129 129 Barrels, 400 lbs net : 3,862 2,540 2,201 57 87 Concentrate : 527 1,072 766 145 71 Blueberries : 56,836 63,981 51,652 91 81 Boysenberries : 2,048 698 546 27 78 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 34,968 50,575 41,896 120 83 Cherries, Tart (Juice) : 1,437 1,245 1,015 71 82 Cherries, Sweet : 6,276 6,286 5,534 88 88 Grapes : 5,593 6,178 5,487 98 89 Peaches : 44,650 52,296 43,248 97 83 Raspberries, Black : 1,788 765 743 42 97 Raspberries, Red, Total: 32,125 30,714 25,811 80 84 IQF : 12,607 15,237 13,602 108 89 Pails and Tubs : 7,319 7,350 5,733 78 78 Barrels, 400 lbs net : 11,361 7,304 5,744 51 79 Concentrate : 838 823 732 87 89 Strawberries, Total : 188,901 196,088 181,275 96 92 IQF and Poly : 117,826 90,723 82,767 70 91 Pails and Tubs : 41,076 69,159 59,442 145 86 Barrels and Drums : 22,121 28,958 31,948 144 110 Juice Stock : 7,878 7,248 7,118 90 98 Other Frozen Fruit : 330,267 321,469 285,362 86 89 Total : 784,763 803,321 718,291 92 89 623,589 Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 3/ :1,856,561 1,904,829 1,939,295 104 102 (Gallon Equivalent) : 187,607 192,485 195,968 Other Juice Concentrate: 268,933 330,618 334,987 125 101 Total :2,125,494 2,235,447 2,274,282 107 102 240,656 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, March 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :----------------------------------------------------- : Mar 31, : Feb 29, : Mar 31, : Mar : Feb : Mar 31, : 2003 : 2004 : 2004 : 2003 :2004 : 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :-------- 1,000 Pounds ------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Frozen Vegetables : Asparagus : 5,603 6,933 6,431 115 93 Limas, Fordhook : 7,833 4,959 3,044 39 61 Limas, Baby : 34,365 37,051 32,764 95 88 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 112,119 102,991 81,962 73 80 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 13,109 19,252 15,659 119 81 Broccoli, Spears : 53,249 35,524 40,311 76 113 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 77,023 46,841 52,640 68 112 Brussels Sprouts : 14,862 18,095 15,111 102 84 Carrots, Diced : 57,688 81,668 68,284 118 84 Carrots, Other : 106,231 129,110 110,234 104 85 Cauliflower : 27,701 24,605 19,179 69 78 Corn, Cut : 287,353 408,974 349,862 122 86 Corn, Cob : 197,352 223,367 185,582 94 83 Mixed Vegetables : 43,421 43,720 45,995 106 105 Okra : 33,454 27,687 21,551 64 78 Onion Rings : 6,581 6,831 6,430 98 94 Onions, Other : 30,988 27,249 30,015 97 110 Blackeye Peas : 4,599 3,448 3,365 73 98 Green Peas : 90,693 130,864 101,429 112 78 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 6,730 6,007 5,953 88 99 Spinach : 77,594 36,922 55,933 72 151 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 33,663 36,041 32,138 95 89 Southern Greens : 25,347 19,251 18,757 74 97 Other Vegetables : 283,431 283,641 264,671 93 93 Total :1,630,989 1,761,031 1,567,300 96 89 1,169,190 : Potatoes : French Fries : 950,228 930,547 919,531 97 99 Other Frozen : 267,136 276,811 272,306 102 98 Total :1,217,364 1,207,358 1,191,837 98 99 896,147 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, March 2004 (Continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :-------------------------------------------------------- : Mar 31, : Feb 29, : Mar 31, : Mar : Feb : Mar 31, : 2003 : 2004 : 2004 : 2003 :2004 : 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds --------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 344,982 379,866 366,707 106 97 Beef Cuts 5/ : 58,166 55,167 52,132 90 94 Total : 403,148 435,033 418,839 104 96 416,719 (Government Owned) : 2,487 7,358 5,730 230 78 Frozen Pork : Picnics, Bone-in : 12,023 11,236 12,715 106 113 Hams, Total : 90,949 68,696 51,702 57 75 49,279 Bone-in : 43,731 37,778 25,633 59 68 24,704 Boneless 6/ : 47,218 30,918 26,069 55 84 24,575 Bellies : 42,971 57,123 51,658 120 90 Loins, Total : 39,776 40,250 40,355 101 100 36,177 Bone-in : 20,070 23,686 23,606 118 100 Boneless 7/ : 19,706 16,564 16,749 85 101 Ribs 8/ : 96,720 75,261 74,119 77 98 Butts : 17,264 10,474 10,103 59 96 Trimmings 9/ : 58,472 44,637 40,790 70 91 Other 10/ : 78,364 78,316 78,777 101 101 Variety Meats 11/ : 46,083 41,571 41,000 89 99 Unclassified 12/ : 47,877 55,194 53,482 112 97 Total : 530,499 482,758 454,701 86 94 402,791 (Government Owned) : 1,096 1,110 985 90 89 Other : Veal : 5,925 5,197 5,889 99 113 Lamb & Mutton : 3,900 3,355 3,132 80 93 Total : 9,825 8,552 9,021 92 105 8,991 Canned : Canned Hams : 7,775 5,689 5,035 65 89 Other Canned Meat : 643 495 1,152 179 233 Total : 8,418 6,184 6,187 73 100 6,143 Total : 951,890 932,527 888,748 93 95 834,644 Miscellaneous : Cooler : 608,103 750,248 648,644 107 86 268,900 Freezer : 2,272,686 1,735,032 1,783,729 78 103 1,724,084 Total : 2,880,789 2,485,280 2,432,373 84 98 1,992,984 Commodities : Stored in Coolers : 4,353,635 5,274,379 4,317,249 99 82 1,118,002 Stored in Freezers :10,420,143 9,846,774 9,693,027 93 98 6,601,534 Total :14,773,778 15,121,153 14,010,276 95 93 7,719,536 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Boneless. 2/ All Products. 3/ Adjusted to 42.0 degrees Brix equivalent (9.896 pounds per gallon). 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 full ham, bone removed and individual muscles separated. 7/ Includes pork tenderloins. 8/ Includes spareribs and backribs. 9/ 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. 10/ Includes ears, tails, feet, neckbones and snouts. 11/ Includes tongues, kidneys, livers, stomachs, hearts, chitterlings, salivary glands, and other organs removed from slaughtered hogs. 12/ Includes product unable to be classified elsewhere in this report. Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, February 29, 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 19,058 388,611 230,185 167,524 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 778 224 21 201,845 Pecans 1/ : 85 10,905 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 43,268 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 23,492 51,474 205,902 120,724 5,894 Other Natural Cheese : 368 14,986 121,584 51,342 1,247 : Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 2,111 266 990 4,066 Hens, Mature Chickens : 23 278 69 249 413 Other : 1,016 14,112 12,791 25,318 177,432 Total Chicken : 1,039 16,501 13,126 26,557 181,911 Turkeys : Whole Turkeys : 924 4,447 1,169 61,635 52,118 Other Turkey : 536 9,859 17,275 59,742 105,855 Total Turkey : 1,460 14,306 18,444 121,377 157,973 Ducks : 412 666 98 Total Poultry : 2,499 31,219 32,236 147,934 339,982 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 28 14,261 28,059 68 411 Blueberries : 14,718 7,718 26,033 1,708 1,370 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 1 3,698 39,005 79 1,136 Cherries, Sweet : 292 3,042 933 30 Peaches : 28 2,936 4,783 3,411 413 Raspberries, Red : 28 657 888 472 190 Strawberries, Total : 58 7,093 9,743 1,738 1,769 Other Frozen Fruit : 127 8,387 199,258 2,551 3,195 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, February 29, 2004 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 7,600 9,252 2,024,701 2,846,931 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 30,604 74,022 86 186 307,766 Pecans 1/ : 961 19,196 83 31,230 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 3,150 146,331 192,749 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 137 2,334 23,499 99,803 533,259 Other Natural Cheese : 2,285 89 4,263 11,974 208,138 : Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 3,819 9,553 222 2,533 23,560 Hens, Mature Chickens : 353 1,799 925 4,109 Other : 116,567 141,229 3,487 23,169 515,121 Total Chicken : 120,739 152,581 3,709 26,627 542,790 Turkeys : Whole Turkeys : 2,042 78,990 7,105 16,852 225,282 Other Turkey : 826 22,959 10,579 18,769 246,400 Total Turkey : 2,868 101,949 17,684 35,621 471,682 Ducks : 21 44 63 24 1,328 Total Poultry : 123,628 254,574 21,456 62,272 1,015,800 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 67 1,754 87 6,043 50,778 Blueberries : 185 615 152 11,482 63,981 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 210 1,191 5,255 50,575 Cherries, Sweet : 1 29 494 1,465 6,286 Peaches : 42 1,005 85 39,593 52,296 Raspberries, Red : 246 156 17 28,060 30,714 Strawberries, Total : 1,475 15,756 149 158,307 196,088 Other Frozen Fruit : 223 9,678 3,551 94,499 321,469 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, February 29, 2004 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 2/ : 136 897 196 1,832,810 Other Juice Concentrate : 57,156 27,823 16,492 1,101 93,505 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 707 3,248 47 334 Limas, Fordhook : 1,282 583 4 439 Limas, Baby : 4,227 1,969 5,403 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 17,837 22,422 1,793 9,148 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 3,982 5,258 185 1,398 Broccoli, Spears : 4,575 4,554 3,258 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 3,753 4,086 4,388 7,227 Brussels Sprouts : 1,993 1,602 1 1,980 Carrots, Diced : 9,460 23,096 557 5,788 Carrots, Other : 13,502 17,088 336 7,353 Cauliflower : 2,815 3,271 28 1,330 Corn, Cut : 34,103 63,394 32,494 17,945 Corn, Cob : 14,799 30,618 18,902 10,914 Mixed Vegetables : 4,413 7,442 70 2,719 Okra : 1,010 418 4,042 Onion Rings : 279 3,622 1,247 375 Onions, Other : 4,672 4,788 327 1,727 Blackeye Peas : 529 63 1,993 Green Peas : 14,145 18,450 10,858 4,717 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 1,108 846 532 Spinach : 5,697 2,754 43 3,192 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 3,546 9,237 3,975 Southern Greens : 2,329 519 7,652 Other Vegetables : 32,558 36,338 8,814 21,763 : Potatoes : French Fries : 36,480 25,866 60,775 111,550 25,519 Other Frozen : 4,617 11,013 36,452 6,836 2,946 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 1,243 55,106 37,626 114,881 31,957 Beef Cuts 5/ : 350 2,318 11,382 8,645 3,292 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 280 1,514 16,216 37,826 9,045 Trimmings 7/ : 401 11,312 26,557 1,863 Other 8/ : 1,832 817 12,698 36,060 13,085 : Other : Veal : 1,136 1,191 196 63 Lamb & Mutton : 329 819 193 848 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, February 29, 2004 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Concentrate : 37 2,154 203 68,396 1,904,829 Other Juice Concentrate : 223 15,402 1,686 117,230 330,618 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 500 5 2,092 6,933 Limas, Fordhook : 208 2 2,441 4,959 Limas, Baby : 890 4,993 19,569 37,051 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 1,476 454 49,861 102,991 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 280 19 8,130 19,252 Broccoli, Spears : 13,847 656 8,634 35,524 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 11,424 349 15,614 46,841 Brussels Sprouts : 224 1 12,294 18,095 Carrots, Diced : 1,834 24 40,909 81,668 Carrots, Other : 9,207 230 81,394 129,110 Cauliflower : 3,062 15 14,084 24,605 Corn, Cut : 1,742 3,445 255,851 408,974 Corn, Cob : 1,119 79 146,936 223,367 Mixed Vegetables : 5,017 135 23,924 43,720 Okra : 21,625 592 27,687 Onion Rings : 350 434 524 6,831 Onions, Other : 1,487 2,419 11,829 27,249 Blackeye Peas : 573 290 3,448 Green Peas : 2,179 8,943 71,572 130,864 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 520 29 2,972 6,007 Spinach : 11,763 143 13,330 36,922 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 2,725 484 16,074 36,041 Southern Greens : 7,461 1,290 19,251 Other Vegetables : 32,452 6,864 144,852 283,641 : Potatoes : French Fries : 6,990 12,046 193,083 458,238 930,547 Other Frozen : 1,636 21,571 56,386 135,354 276,811 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 2,747 76,549 7,846 51,911 379,866 Beef Cuts 5/ : 4,218 7,749 8,334 8,879 55,167 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 2,667 3,822 182 3,709 75,261 Trimmings 7/ : 180 3,856 23 445 44,637 Other 8/ : 8,730 2,886 348 1,860 78,316 : Other : Veal : 304 1 2,306 5,197 Lamb & Mutton : 2 186 22 956 3,355 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, March 31, 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 11,340 284,631 172,532 122,214 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 778 244 23 218,539 Pecans 1/ : 87 12,451 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 38,294 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 23,236 51,191 203,890 113,234 4,358 Other Natural Cheese : 382 16,025 125,647 53,559 1,315 : Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 1,923 256 1,014 4,252 Hens, Mature Chickens : 27 266 31 246 478 Other : 878 14,106 12,173 31,192 184,362 Total Chicken : 905 16,295 12,460 32,452 189,092 Turkeys : Whole Turkeys : 526 5,348 1,191 65,410 64,838 Other Turkey : 288 8,859 16,830 61,216 110,091 Total Turkey : 814 14,207 18,021 126,626 174,929 Ducks : 467 569 86 Total Poultry : 1,719 30,969 31,050 159,078 364,107 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 29 17,385 28,050 66 464 Blueberries : 12,031 6,168 20,425 1,430 1,126 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 1 2,922 32,487 69 942 Cherries, Sweet : 151 2,571 859 25 Peaches : 24 2,558 4,716 2,866 402 Raspberries, Red : 32 700 791 447 195 Strawberries, Total : 75 6,529 8,641 5,531 2,938 Other Frozen Fruit : 76 12,032 177,545 2,517 3,354 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, March 31, 2004 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 6,610 5,568 1,425,939 2,028,834 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 33,618 80,250 90 202 333,744 Pecans 1/ : 1,217 19,268 98 33,121 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 2,660 133,300 174,254 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 215 2,230 21,885 98,025 518,264 Other Natural Cheese : 2,324 186 4,288 12,310 216,036 : Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 4,931 9,631 236 2,306 24,549 Hens, Mature Chickens : 327 2,342 4 955 4,676 Other : 122,538 175,006 3,673 24,223 568,151 Total Chicken : 127,796 186,979 3,913 27,484 597,376 Turkeys : Whole Turkeys : 2,352 92,697 7,986 20,600 260,948 Other Turkey : 1,068 23,074 11,516 21,137 254,079 Total Turkey : 3,420 115,771 19,502 41,737 515,027 Ducks : 23 44 29 28 1,246 Total Poultry : 131,239 302,794 23,444 69,249 1,113,649 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 65 1,276 79 8,177 55,591 Blueberries : 181 721 55 9,515 51,652 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 182 1,003 4,290 41,896 Cherries, Sweet : 1 36 531 1,360 5,534 Peaches : 34 975 55 31,618 43,248 Raspberries, Red : 168 161 13 23,304 25,811 Strawberries, Total : 1,019 14,946 109 141,487 181,275 Other Frozen Fruit : 131 9,238 3,539 76,930 285,362 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, March 31, 2004 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 2/ : 145 895 167 1,866,366 Other Juice Concentrate : 52,457 26,000 17,066 1,132 98,298 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 699 3,164 43 168 Limas, Fordhook : 893 443 297 Limas, Baby : 4,048 1,829 4,432 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 15,292 19,697 902 7,720 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 3,267 3,657 200 1,102 Broccoli, Spears : 4,809 4,369 1 3,161 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 4,118 4,716 4,760 6,745 Brussels Sprouts : 1,842 1,296 1,421 Carrots, Diced : 8,339 19,939 332 4,998 Carrots, Other : 11,841 15,462 411 6,652 Cauliflower : 2,813 3,007 24 958 Corn, Cut : 30,822 58,276 29,638 16,634 Corn, Cob : 13,194 27,999 15,781 8,756 Mixed Vegetables : 4,872 7,646 115 2,556 Okra : 839 352 3,091 Onion Rings : 243 2,990 732 915 Onions, Other : 4,842 5,594 250 1,695 Blackeye Peas : 469 59 1,626 Green Peas : 11,914 12,743 7,692 4,279 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 1,081 1,002 1 543 Spinach : 6,844 2,515 56 3,357 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 3,370 8,128 3,557 Southern Greens : 2,332 413 4,640 Other Vegetables : 33,403 35,103 7,975 19,313 : Potatoes : French Fries : 32,686 23,587 57,207 99,289 22,705 Other Frozen : 4,977 14,749 35,096 5,906 3,145 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 1,127 51,785 40,960 110,489 31,359 Beef Cuts 5/ : 190 2,114 10,596 8,112 3,051 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 291 1,699 17,091 33,839 9,274 Trimmings 7/ : 396 11,793 22,251 1,720 Other 8/ : 1,850 789 13,726 34,517 13,213 Other : Veal : 1,169 1,586 180 56 Lamb & Mutton : 386 674 73 653 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, March 31, 2004 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Concentrate : 37 2,141 184 69,360 1,939,295 Other Juice Concentrate : 148 16,338 1,284 122,264 334,987 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 403 2 1,952 6,431 Limas, Fordhook : 118 3 1,290 3,044 Limas, Baby : 1,159 4,754 16,542 32,764 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 1,236 369 36,746 81,962 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 245 15 7,173 15,659 Broccoli, Spears : 15,352 775 11,844 40,311 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 12,142 350 19,809 52,640 Brussels Sprouts : 242 8 10,302 15,111 Carrots, Diced : 999 22 33,655 68,284 Carrots, Other : 9,908 208 65,752 110,234 Cauliflower : 2,733 21 9,623 19,179 Corn, Cut : 1,839 1,786 210,867 349,862 Corn, Cob : 1,099 58 118,695 185,582 Mixed Vegetables : 5,258 14 25,534 45,995 Okra : 16,689 580 21,551 Onion Rings : 669 487 394 6,430 Onions, Other : 1,552 2,360 13,722 30,015 Blackeye Peas : 647 564 3,365 Green Peas : 2,416 8,346 54,039 101,429 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 494 34 2,798 5,953 Spinach : 11,831 152 31,178 55,933 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 3,938 498 12,647 32,138 Southern Greens : 10,386 986 18,757 Other Vegetables : 33,070 6,655 129,152 264,671 : Potatoes : French Fries : 6,999 12,448 186,566 478,044 919,531 Other Frozen : 1,425 24,456 46,335 136,217 272,306 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 2,511 73,880 6,951 47,645 366,707 Beef Cuts 5/ : 4,032 7,524 8,233 8,280 52,132 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 3,537 4,614 322 3,452 74,119 Trimmings 7/ : 376 3,756 13 485 40,790 Other 8/ : 9,683 3,039 402 1,558 78,777 : Other : Veal : 340 2,558 5,889 Lamb & Mutton : 240 9 1,097 3,132 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, March 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cooler : Freezer :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Usable : Usable : Usable : Usable Region : Space : Space Occupied : Space : Space Occupied :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Mar 31 :Mar 31:Feb 29:Mar 31: Mar 31 :Mar 31:Feb 29:Mar 31 : 2004 : 2003 : 2004 : 2004 : 2004 : 2003 : 2004 : 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 1,000 : Cu Ft ---- Percent --- Cu Ft ---- Percent --- : New England : 1,740 62 87 86 15,747 59 78 73 Middle Atlantic : 46,595 53 57 55 136,128 52 50 52 E. North Central : 57,486 50 50 49 219,650 48 51 50 W. North Central : 46,107 39 35 37 160,059 59 55 56 South Atlantic : 51,507 30 24 27 198,755 51 45 50 E. South Central : 9,775 43 43 47 71,317 37 37 36 W. South Central : 29,367 30 23 23 139,319 50 43 47 Mountain : 12,140 43 39 37 60,184 51 60 62 Pacific : 54,449 38 35 35 317,953 55 63 60 : US : 309,166 41 39 39 1,319,112 52 52 53 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apples in Cold Storage: By State and United States, March 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : All Warehouses :----------------------------------------------------------- State : Mar 31, : Feb 29, : Mar 31 : 2003 : 2004 : 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -------- 1,000 Pounds ------- : CA : 20,519 35,117 24,897 MI : 83,016 222,665 169,470 N ENG : 10,347 19,058 11,340 NY : 120,624 223,734 158,634 OH : 2,045 5,505 2,260 OR : 17,526 18,566 14,244 PA : 109,976 164,877 125,997 VA : 63,666 94,520 73,452 WA : 1,715,784 1,971,018 1,386,798 WV : 29,794 56,885 37,199 : Other States : 14,835 34,986 24,543 : US : 2,188,132 2,846,931 2,028,834 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. In addition, apple data are obtained from special surveys and other sources (State Departments of Agriculture, U.S. Apple Association, etc.). All survey data represent stocks as of the end of the month. Data are collected from warehouses artificially cooled to a temperature of 50 degrees Fahrenheit or lower, and whose food products are normally stored for 30 days or more. All food items in these facilities are reported regardless of the number of days stored at the time of the report. Also included are specialized storage facilities meeting the 30 day requirement, such as fruit houses, dairy manufacturing plants, frozen fruit, fruit juice, and vegetable processors, and poultry and meat packing plants. Excluded are stocks in space maintained by wholesalers, jobbers, distributors, chain stores, locker plants containing individual lockers, meat packer branch houses, and frozen food processors whose entire inventories are turned over more than once a month. 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