Co St 1 (3-06) Cold Storage National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released March 22, 2006, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Cold Storage" call David Colwell at (202) 720-8784, office hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. Highlights Frozen food stocks in refrigerated warehouses on February 28, 2006 were greater than year earlier levels for butter, chicken, cheese, and eggs. Butter stocks were up 38 percent from last month and up 37 percent from a year ago. Total red meat supplies in freezers were down 3 percent from last month, but up 1 percent from last year. Frozen pork supplies were down 1 percent from last month and down 4 percent from the previous year. Stocks of pork bellies were up 6 percent from last month, but down 14 percent from last year. Total frozen poultry supplies on February 28, 2006 were up 4 percent from the previous month and up 22 percent from a year ago. Total stocks of chicken were down slightly from the previous month, but up 45 percent from last year. Total pounds of turkey in freezers were up 19 percent from last month, but down 17 percent from February 28, 2005. Contents Page Stocks in Cold Storage By Commodity United States, February 20061 Region, and United States, January 31, 20065 Region, and United States, February 28, 20069 Apples in Cold Storage: By State and United States, February 2006 13 Reliability Statement . . . . .14 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, February 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : Feb 28, : Jan 31, : Feb 28, : Feb : Jan : Feb 28, : 2005 : 2006 : 2006 :2005 :2006 : 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds -------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Fresh Fruit : Apples : Regular Storage : 316,524 448,192 288,712 91 64 Controlled Atmosphere:3,336,128 3,542,643 2,915,249 87 82 Total :3,652,652 3,990,835 3,203,961 88 80 212 Pears : Bartlett : 273 1,066 1,966 720 184 Other Varieties : 148,642 232,987 186,596 126 80 Total : 148,915 234,053 188,562 127 81 1,544 Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 395,582 288,844 326,009 82 113 Pecans : 25,282 23,489 28,802 114 123 Other Shelled : 121,097 96,033 100,181 83 104 Total : 541,961 408,366 454,992 84 111 144,746 In-Shell : Peanuts : 20,796 17,904 21,287 102 119 Pecans : 145,263 201,086 208,987 144 104 Other In-Shell : 6,409 8,307 7,933 124 95 Total : 172,468 227,297 238,207 138 105 69,032 Dairy Products : Butter, Total : 110,876 110,072 151,678 137 138 124,512 (Government Owned) : 100 241 156 156 65 Natural Cheese : American, Total : 504,979 532,873 548,524 109 103 (Government Owned) : 2,694 269 273 10 101 Swiss : 27,462 27,938 29,892 109 107 Other Natural Cheese : 191,240 189,659 196,612 103 104 Total : 723,681 750,470 775,028 107 103 398,445 Eggs, Frozen : Whites : 2,903 2,839 2,963 102 104 Yolks : 719 1,524 1,601 223 105 Whole & Mixed : 11,552 14,452 16,387 142 113 Unclassified : 2,691 3,734 3,233 120 87 Total : 17,865 22,549 24,184 135 107 23,440 Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 22,942 24,600 22,429 98 91 Hens, Mature Chickens: 2,112 2,383 1,707 81 72 Breasts & Breast Meat: 151,453 158,437 151,010 100 95 Drumsticks : 11,807 23,461 19,374 164 83 Leg Quarters : 50,183 171,942 140,307 280 82 Legs : 9,287 21,960 20,046 216 91 Thigh & Thigh : Quarters : 9,561 15,245 16,950 177 111 Thigh Meat : 11,987 16,543 15,746 131 95 Wings : 33,854 31,167 33,079 98 106 Paws and Feet : 12,373 9,723 9,740 79 100 Other : 319,219 445,288 489,640 153 110 Total Chicken : 634,778 920,749 920,028 145 100 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, February 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : Feb 28, : Jan 31, : Feb 28, : Feb : Jan : Feb 28, : 2005 : 2006 : 2006 :2005 :2006 : 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds -------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Turkeys : Toms (Whole Carcasses) : 104,483 45,338 64,785 62 143 Hens (Whole Carcasses) : 76,932 41,616 53,424 69 128 Whole Turkeys : 181,415 86,954 118,209 65 136 Other Turkey : 197,993 175,381 195,128 99 111 Total Turkey : 379,408 262,335 313,337 83 119 229,784 Ducks : 3,236 3,273 4,601 142 141 Total Poultry :1,017,422 1,186,357 1,237,966 122 104 1,102,813 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 89,863 70,198 71,636 80 102 Apricots : 5,025 2,956 2,685 53 91 Blackberries, Total : 21,450 25,367 23,331 109 92 IQF : 14,810 17,137 16,200 109 95 Pails and Tubs : 2,989 3,652 3,249 109 89 Barrels, 400 lbs net : 3,318 4,370 3,813 115 87 Concentrate : 333 208 69 21 33 Blueberries : 68,419 68,474 58,897 86 86 Boysenberries : 997 1,612 1,242 125 77 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 69,829 102,336 92,870 133 91 Cherries, Tart (Juice) : 1,334 1,754 1,440 108 82 Cherries, Sweet : 10,152 8,376 7,954 78 95 Grapes : 3,186 5,629 4,671 147 83 Peaches : 51,616 41,078 36,237 70 88 Raspberries, Black : 748 783 770 103 98 Raspberries, Red, Total: 29,359 50,820 47,773 163 94 IQF : 11,915 13,623 14,112 118 104 Pails and Tubs : 7,693 10,281 10,100 131 98 Barrels, 400 lbs net : 9,198 24,663 21,629 235 88 Concentrate : 553 2,253 1,932 349 86 Strawberries, Total : 213,406 193,352 171,001 80 88 IQF and Poly : 90,498 90,562 83,423 92 92 Pails and Tubs : 73,482 70,235 60,593 82 86 Barrels and Drums : 43,446 25,368 19,975 46 79 Juice Stock : 5,980 7,187 7,010 117 98 Other Frozen Fruit : 308,868 399,346 353,662 115 89 Total : 874,252 972,081 874,169 100 90 766,827 Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 1/ :1,578,921 1,065,942 1,076,748 68 101 (Gallon Equivalent) : 159,551 107,714 108,806 Other Juice Concentrate: 309,715 300,327 286,476 92 95 Total :1,888,636 1,366,269 1,363,224 72 100 198,568 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, February 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :----------------------------------------------------- : Feb 28, : Jan 31, : Feb 28, : Feb : Jan : Feb 28, : 2005 : 2006 : 2006 : 2005 :2006 : 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :-------- 1,000 Pounds ------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Frozen Vegetables : Asparagus : 8,206 8,803 7,597 93 86 Limas, Fordhook : 6,718 5,848 4,731 70 81 Limas, Baby : 46,818 37,179 34,656 74 93 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 143,724 143,668 121,928 85 85 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 17,634 20,826 20,360 115 98 Broccoli, Spears : 45,268 42,033 40,873 90 97 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 65,779 61,421 63,214 96 103 Brussels Sprouts : 21,964 20,175 17,884 81 89 Carrots, Diced : 107,143 104,976 102,599 96 98 Carrots, Other : 123,374 134,767 130,023 105 96 Cauliflower : 36,703 38,895 34,952 95 90 Corn, Cut : 414,544 420,460 365,332 88 87 Corn, Cob : 199,547 234,519 201,663 101 86 Mixed Vegetables : 49,373 52,830 51,385 104 97 Okra : 24,880 27,665 22,935 92 83 Onion Rings : 5,689 4,881 4,567 80 94 Onions, Other : 38,502 47,354 50,121 130 106 Blackeye Peas : 1,845 3,715 3,333 181 90 Green Peas : 182,590 186,842 149,543 82 80 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 5,629 5,340 5,440 97 102 Spinach : 36,922 44,388 51,294 139 116 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 50,022 58,692 55,838 112 95 Southern Greens : 17,718 14,550 15,514 88 107 Other Vegetables : 343,449 328,568 318,069 93 97 Total :1,994,041 2,048,395 1,873,851 94 91 1,364,667 : Potatoes : French Fries : 903,956 854,985 924,526 102 108 Other Frozen : 248,862 221,241 231,570 93 105 Total :1,152,818 1,076,226 1,156,096 100 107 883,066 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, February 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :-------------------------------------------------------- : Feb 28, : Jan 31, : Feb 28, : Feb : Jan : Feb 28, : 2005 : 2006 : 2006 : 2005 :2006 : 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds --------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 2/ : 351,509 397,289 378,674 108 95 Beef Cuts 3/ : 48,731 55,181 50,574 104 92 Total : 400,240 452,470 429,248 107 95 391,849 (Government Owned) : 7,027 6,253 4,154 59 66 Frozen Pork : Picnics, Bone-in : 13,451 10,653 8,178 61 77 Hams, Total : 66,231 58,950 66,806 101 113 65,182 Bone-in : 33,804 36,606 40,697 120 111 40,098 Boneless 4/ : 32,427 22,344 26,109 81 117 25,084 Bellies : 75,321 60,966 64,765 86 106 Loins, Total : 47,594 51,878 45,672 96 88 42,087 Bone-in : 23,866 28,926 24,794 104 86 Boneless 5/ : 23,728 22,952 20,878 88 91 Ribs 6/ : 101,372 92,787 88,166 87 95 Butts : 15,433 14,390 13,792 89 96 Trimmings 7/ : 41,492 53,624 57,444 138 107 Other 8/ : 87,273 93,975 97,043 111 103 Variety Meats 9/ : 41,272 27,104 24,696 60 91 Unclassified 10/ : 51,779 60,097 52,363 101 87 Total : 541,218 524,424 518,925 96 99 466,543 (Government Owned) : 233 1,212 1,211 520 100 Other : Veal : 2,729 3,079 2,757 101 90 Lamb & Mutton : 7,585 11,727 11,890 157 101 Total : 10,314 14,806 14,647 142 99 14,637 Canned : Canned Hams : 2,300 2,496 2,349 102 94 Other Canned Meat : 2,099 2,962 3,367 160 114 Total : 4,399 5,458 5,716 130 105 5,687 Total : 956,171 997,158 968,536 101 97 878,716 Miscellaneous : Cooler : 624,840 795,774 771,232 123 97 316,313 Freezer : 2,059,773 2,052,290 1,949,810 95 95 1,896,732 Total : 2,684,613 2,848,064 2,721,042 101 96 2,213,045 Commodities : Stored in Coolers : 5,880,811 6,426,952 5,656,648 96 88 1,124,920 Stored in Freezers :10,055,560 9,811,240 9,574,848 95 98 7,233,654 Total :15,936,371 16,238,192 15,231,496 96 94 8,358,574 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, January 31, 2006, Revised -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 13,355 408,920 229,271 483 167,037 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 10 1,960 15 188,415 Pecans 1/ : 25 74 6,742 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 27,885 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 36,059 49,498 198,140 116,016 3,988 Other Natural Cheese : 33 9,904 114,452 48,693 103 : Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 3,022 250 1,101 6,106 Hens, Mature Chickens : 5 1,116 273 91 389 Other : 2,569 32,539 20,905 43,550 348,276 Total Chicken : 2,574 36,677 21,428 44,742 354,771 Turkeys : Whole Turkeys : 464 4,450 141 16,815 19,364 Other Turkey : 674 2,812 15,422 45,413 60,233 Total Turkey : 1,138 7,262 15,563 62,228 79,597 Ducks : 62 3,071 6 8 Total Poultry : 3,712 44,001 40,062 106,976 434,376 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 148 17,563 42,644 366 598 Blueberries : 6,691 6,858 30,374 3,264 1,585 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 37 3,680 85,006 235 684 Cherries, Sweet : 198 4,959 250 1 Peaches : 61 1,812 9,994 4,188 426 Raspberries, Red : 88 999 1,594 218 81 Strawberries, Total : 47 5,169 9,429 1,150 514 Other Frozen Fruit : 2,402 8,645 242,921 6,500 2,070 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, January 31, 2006, Revised, (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 98 8,820 26,277 3,136,574 3,990,835 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 30,108 68,124 79 133 288,844 Pecans 1/ : 682 15,858 108 23,489 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 4,088 169,113 201,086 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 316 1,601 35,323 91,932 532,873 Other Natural Cheese : 2,437 548 552 12,937 189,659 : Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 4,490 5,989 1,587 2,055 24,600 Hens, Mature Chickens : 1 425 4 79 2,383 Other : 152,951 242,869 5,022 45,085 893,766 Total Chicken : 157,442 249,283 6,613 47,219 920,749 Turkeys : Whole Turkeys : 1,708 37,518 2,575 3,919 86,954 Other Turkey : 917 19,271 9,824 20,815 175,381 Total Turkey : 2,625 56,789 12,399 24,734 262,335 Ducks : 11 3 1 111 3,273 Total Poultry : 160,078 306,075 19,013 72,064 1,186,357 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 539 738 36 7,566 70,198 Blueberries : 106 607 171 18,818 68,474 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 92 10,363 2,239 102,336 Cherries, Sweet : 1 92 7 2,868 8,376 Peaches : 26 511 64 23,996 41,078 Raspberries, Red : 89 208 44 47,499 50,820 Strawberries, Total : 568 15,380 269 160,826 193,352 Other Frozen Fruit : 151 13,622 2,936 120,099 399,346 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, January 31, 2006, Revised -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 2/ : 12 1,104 104 1,024,285 Other Juice Concentrate : 22,444 33,467 35,816 1,188 101,466 Total Frozen Juice : 22,456 33,467 36,920 1,292 1,113,416 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 567 2,953 45 112 Limas, Fordhook : 1,584 1,164 71 751 Limas, Baby : 7,342 3,172 1,181 4,899 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 18,647 36,106 7,592 2,364 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 5,640 4,294 673 242 Broccoli, Spears : 6,800 6,102 3,447 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 7,846 5,637 1,197 3,849 Brussels Sprouts : 3,347 1,651 1 669 Carrots, Diced : 14,430 28,802 3,841 868 Carrots, Other : 15,178 25,636 1,818 1,536 Cauliflower : 3,076 3,884 214 1,618 Corn, Cut : 33,886 71,590 57,612 4,218 Corn, Cob : 10,622 32,114 41,925 5,080 Mixed Vegetables : 5,359 8,166 851 1,755 Okra : 1,083 496 7,014 2,487 Onion Rings : 169 2,829 768 167 Onions, Other : 3,093 3,126 300 8,348 Blackeye Peas : 1,121 62 1,548 Green Peas : 26,327 25,133 17,887 7,690 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 1,121 758 1 85 Spinach : 8,640 3,158 91 1,910 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 6,085 22,955 618 Southern Greens : 2,281 237 1 913 Other Vegetables : 39,539 44,512 8,778 24,505 Total Vegetables : 223,783 334,537 151,861 79,679 : Potatoes : French Fries : 30,535 20,143 59,351 116,840 18,627 Other Frozen : 5,749 10,567 29,815 7,462 2,042 Total Potatoes : 36,284 30,710 89,166 124,302 20,669 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 1,402 47,915 47,256 115,912 36,986 Beef Cuts 5/ : 288 1,526 6,551 18,427 4,518 Total Beef : 1,690 49,441 53,807 134,339 41,504 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 420 693 20,638 49,581 12,993 Trimmings 7/ : 31 113 10,335 33,356 2,926 Other 8/ : 8,058 533 20,594 47,467 10,467 Other : Veal : 871 543 47 49 Lamb & Mutton : 7,162 1,516 23 176 Total Other Meat : 8,033 2,059 70 225 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, January 31, 2006, Revised, (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Concentrate : 24 2,700 1,044 36,669 1,065,942 Other Juice Concentrate : 98 16,472 1,356 88,020 300,327 Total Frozen Juice : 122 19,172 2,400 124,689 1,366,269 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 305 6 4,815 8,803 Limas, Fordhook : 185 2,093 5,848 Limas, Baby : 393 409 19,783 37,179 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 1,272 191 77,496 143,668 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 170 15 9,792 20,826 Broccoli, Spears : 15,420 1 10,263 42,033 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 18,885 273 23,734 61,421 Brussels Sprouts : 326 14,181 20,175 Carrots, Diced : 1,042 32 55,961 104,976 Carrots, Other : 9,622 196 80,781 134,767 Cauliflower : 9,169 67 20,867 38,895 Corn, Cut : 1,623 6,787 244,744 420,460 Corn, Cob : 1,339 2,981 140,458 234,519 Mixed Vegetables : 11,008 1,124 24,567 52,830 Okra : 16,020 565 27,665 Onion Rings : 348 364 236 4,881 Onions, Other : 1,289 15,122 16,076 47,354 Blackeye Peas : 833 151 3,715 Green Peas : 2,184 4,828 102,793 186,842 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 133 38 3,204 5,340 Spinach : 13,592 44 16,953 44,388 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 4,514 210 24,310 58,692 Southern Greens : 9,330 1,788 14,550 Other Vegetables : 28,778 11,455 171,001 328,568 Total Vegetables : 147,780 44,143 1,066,612 2,048,395 : Potatoes : French Fries : 6,634 21,165 177,383 404,307 854,985 Other Frozen : 2,211 21,764 53,502 88,129 221,241 Total Potatoes : 8,845 42,929 230,885 492,436 1,076,226 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 7,392 79,061 10,586 50,779 397,289 Beef Cuts 5/ : 1,670 7,817 10,125 4,259 55,181 Total Beef : 9,062 86,878 20,711 55,038 452,470 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 3,122 3,897 506 937 92,787 Trimmings 7/ : 812 3,937 562 1,552 53,624 Other 8/ : 2,788 2,581 259 1,228 93,975 Other : Veal : 315 1,254 3,079 Lamb & Mutton : 3 312 62 2,473 11,727 Total Other Meat : 3 627 62 3,727 14,806 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, February 28, 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 11,312 324,167 165,646 248 148,704 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 2,024 18 216,101 Pecans 1/ : 112 102 7,456 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 27,554 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 36,594 48,931 206,152 120,297 3,368 Other Natural Cheese : 33 10,987 118,736 48,847 106 : Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 2,122 310 1,041 5,765 Hens, Mature Chickens : 4 586 63 95 308 Other : 2,667 32,553 21,921 44,124 363,424 Total Chicken : 2,671 35,261 22,294 45,260 369,497 Turkeys : Whole Turkeys : 712 6,836 193 21,801 28,701 Other Turkey : 665 2,897 16,098 49,030 63,835 Total Turkey : 1,377 9,733 16,291 70,831 92,536 Ducks : 125 4,322 6 3 Total Poultry : 4,048 45,119 42,907 116,097 462,036 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 151 17,726 44,149 311 510 Blueberries : 6,205 5,067 26,220 2,340 1,204 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 34 3,126 77,224 214 622 Cherries, Sweet : 158 4,424 289 1 Peaches : 54 2,018 9,191 3,863 409 Raspberries, Red : 81 940 1,584 176 78 Strawberries, Total : 44 4,732 8,381 819 413 Other Frozen Fruit : 2,194 8,629 210,347 5,644 1,351 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, February 28, 2006 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 50 7,560 14,616 2,531,658 3,203,961 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 31,312 76,310 87 157 326,009 Pecans 1/ : 937 20,079 116 28,802 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 3,039 178,394 208,987 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 366 2,659 37,395 92,762 548,524 Other Natural Cheese : 2,499 319 646 14,439 196,612 : Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 3,665 6,073 1,521 1,932 22,429 Hens, Mature Chickens : 1 472 14 164 1,707 Other : 153,300 226,305 4,501 47,097 895,892 Total Chicken : 156,966 232,850 6,036 49,193 920,028 Turkeys : Whole Turkeys : 2,042 47,165 2,839 7,920 118,209 Other Turkey : 1,065 28,107 10,215 23,216 195,128 Total Turkey : 3,107 75,272 13,054 31,136 313,337 Ducks : 15 4 12 114 4,601 Total Poultry : 160,088 308,126 19,102 80,443 1,237,966 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 455 731 26 7,577 71,636 Blueberries : 91 470 162 17,138 58,897 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 122 9,450 2,078 92,870 Cherries, Sweet : 1 32 6 3,043 7,954 Peaches : 23 531 50 20,098 36,237 Raspberries, Red : 81 170 43 44,620 47,773 Strawberries, Total : 512 14,266 264 141,570 171,001 Other Frozen Fruit : 141 14,678 2,726 107,952 353,662 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, February 28, 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 2/ : 12 1,291 111 1,034,371 Other Juice Concentrate : 19,187 31,987 28,053 1,863 104,072 Total Frozen Juice : 19,199 31,987 29,344 1,974 1,126,906 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 704 2,511 37 171 Limas, Fordhook : 1,247 949 60 478 Limas, Baby : 6,470 3,063 1,947 4,367 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 18,309 31,210 6,118 2,515 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 5,133 3,874 612 352 Broccoli, Spears : 7,023 5,441 2,967 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 8,415 5,804 1,249 3,778 Brussels Sprouts : 3,303 1,560 1 560 Carrots, Diced : 12,801 28,854 5,567 869 Carrots, Other : 15,509 22,412 1,774 1,475 Cauliflower : 3,426 3,492 231 1,353 Corn, Cut : 33,595 63,390 44,712 3,770 Corn, Cob : 9,261 29,311 36,015 4,856 Mixed Vegetables : 4,736 8,537 675 1,670 Okra : 1,066 476 6,313 2,503 Onion Rings : 112 2,711 578 193 Onions, Other : 3,213 3,487 329 8,982 Blackeye Peas : 1,050 61 1,305 Green Peas : 22,048 21,209 15,621 4,871 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 1,270 853 2 81 Spinach : 9,119 3,045 97 2,019 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 5,602 21,517 810 Southern Greens : 2,380 231 1 807 Other Vegetables : 40,470 46,497 8,265 25,100 Total Vegetables : 215,727 310,495 130,204 52,757 : Potatoes : French Fries : 33,274 21,332 64,295 118,412 18,206 Other Frozen : 5,860 8,959 32,017 7,464 2,163 Total Potatoes : 39,134 30,291 96,312 125,876 20,369 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 1,319 53,314 39,475 108,822 34,975 Beef Cuts 5/ : 327 1,418 5,367 16,173 4,071 Total Beef : 1,646 54,732 44,842 124,995 39,046 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 385 832 19,575 47,511 12,104 Trimmings 7/ : 33 567 10,225 35,716 2,785 Other 8/ : 7,444 517 20,519 50,670 10,593 Other : Veal : 1,092 418 3 33 Lamb & Mutton : 7,259 1,485 60 102 Total Other Meat : 8,351 1,903 63 135 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, February 28, 2006 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Concentrate : 46 2,639 1,299 36,979 1,076,748 Other Juice Concentrate : 77 16,364 1,417 83,456 286,476 Total Frozen Juice : 123 19,003 2,716 120,435 1,363,224 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 241 8 3,925 7,597 Limas, Fordhook : 156 1,841 4,731 Limas, Baby : 509 405 17,895 34,656 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 1,196 161 62,419 121,928 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 231 9 10,149 20,360 Broccoli, Spears : 15,604 1 9,837 40,873 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 19,291 222 24,455 63,214 Brussels Sprouts : 350 12,110 17,884 Carrots, Diced : 1,938 28 52,542 102,599 Carrots, Other : 10,438 124 78,291 130,023 Cauliflower : 7,885 106 18,459 34,952 Corn, Cut : 1,935 5,332 212,598 365,332 Corn, Cob : 1,122 3,724 117,374 201,663 Mixed Vegetables : 8,481 1,125 26,161 51,385 Okra : 11,987 590 22,935 Onion Rings : 448 363 162 4,567 Onions, Other : 1,341 15,848 16,921 50,121 Blackeye Peas : 695 222 3,333 Green Peas : 2,463 4,650 78,681 149,543 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 123 25 3,086 5,440 Spinach : 19,152 40 17,822 51,294 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 4,401 166 23,342 55,838 Southern Greens : 10,470 1,625 15,514 Other Vegetables : 26,446 10,830 160,461 318,069 Total Vegetables : 146,903 43,167 950,968 1,873,851 : Potatoes : French Fries : 7,290 17,596 181,211 462,910 924,526 Other Frozen : 1,870 23,485 51,990 97,762 231,570 Total Potatoes : 9,160 41,081 233,201 560,672 1,156,096 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 6,311 77,707 9,903 46,848 378,674 Beef Cuts 5/ : 2,303 6,992 9,706 4,217 50,574 Total Beef : 8,614 84,699 19,609 51,065 429,248 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 2,607 3,680 554 918 88,166 Trimmings 7/ : 1,093 4,743 596 1,686 57,444 Other 8/ : 3,208 2,343 216 1,533 97,043 Other : Veal : 113 1,098 2,757 Lamb & Mutton : 387 83 2,514 11,890 Total Other Meat : 500 83 3,612 14,647 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. Apples in Cold Storage: By State and United States, February 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : All Warehouses :----------------------------------------------------------- State : Feb 28 : Jan 31 : Feb 28 : 2005 : 2006 : 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -------- 1,000 Pounds ------- : CA : 28,024 29,370 19,641 MI : 185,138 216,048 158,504 N ENG : 16,590 13,355 11,312 NY : 187,824 201,516 155,316 OH : 2,820 10,160 5,355 OR : 24,254 23,732 19,485 PA : 154,552 207,312 168,714 VA : 90,046 94,022 87,185 WA : 2,864,862 3,083,472 2,492,532 WV : 49,312 51,454 44,654 : Other States : 49,230 60,394 41,263 : US : 3,652,652 3,990,835 3,203,961 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reliability of Cold Storage Estimates 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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