Co St 1 (3-08) Cold Storage National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released March 20, 2008, 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 29, 2008 were greater than year earlier levels for turkey, pork, chicken and butter. Butter stocks were up 7 percent from last month and up 8 percent from a year ago. Total red meat supplies in freezers were up 1 percent from the previous month and up 9 percent from last year. Frozen pork supplies were up 6 percent from the previous month and up 25 percent from last year. Stocks of pork bellies were up 12 percent from last month and up 70 percent from last year. Total frozen poultry supplies on February 29, 2008 were up 6 percent from the previous month and up 25 percent from a year ago. Total stocks of chicken were down 3 percent from the previous month but up 21 percent from last year. Total pounds of turkey in freezers were up 26 percent from last month and up 32 percent from February 28, 2007. This page is intentionally blank. Contents Page Stocks in Cold Storage By Commodity United States, February 2008..................................................1 Region, and United States, January 31, 2008...................................5 Region, and United States, February 29, 2008..................................9 Apples in Cold Storage: By State and United States, February 2008...........13 Cold Storage Publication Geographic Regions..................................13 Reliability Statement........................................................14 Information Contacts.........................................................14 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, February 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : Feb 28, : Jan 31, : Feb 29, : Feb : Jan : Feb 29, : 2007 : 2008 1/ : 2008 :2007 :2008 : 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :-------- 1,000 Pounds -------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Fresh Fruit : Apples : Regular Storage : 305,412 498,324 364,184 119 73 Controlled Atmosphere:2,812,654 3,375,172 2,862,722 102 85 Total :3,118,066 3,873,496 3,226,906 103 83 621 Pears : Bartlett : 296 5,973 4,611 1,558 77 Other Varieties : 140,992 239,533 178,912 127 75 Total : 141,288 245,506 183,523 130 75 8,473 Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 345,665 279,796 296,948 86 106 Pecans : 36,309 31,499 37,295 103 118 In-Shell : Peanuts : 16,315 15,063 16,370 100 109 Pecans : 110,515 206,499 234,454 212 114 Dairy Products : Butter, Total : 185,426 188,072 201,097 108 107 171,187 Natural Cheese : American, Total : 565,129 494,376 518,420 92 105 Swiss : 31,950 27,939 25,510 80 91 Other Natural Cheese : 278,621 259,048 261,585 94 101 Total : 875,700 781,363 805,515 92 103 447,323 Eggs, Frozen : Whites : 2,926 2,619 2,618 89 100 Yolks : 1,065 1,093 878 82 80 Whole & Mixed : 6,393 4,814 6,622 104 138 Unclassified : 5,309 3,481 5,716 108 164 Total : 15,693 12,007 15,834 101 132 15,689 Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 23,576 20,719 20,083 85 97 Hens, Mature Chickens: 6,190 1,571 1,978 32 126 Breasts & Breast Meat: 119,643 147,223 140,327 117 95 Drumsticks : 10,908 18,021 16,639 153 92 Leg Quarters : 50,741 86,202 83,989 166 97 Legs : 7,834 6,533 9,913 127 152 Thigh & Thigh : Quarters : 7,967 15,278 16,041 201 105 Thigh Meat : 12,678 12,702 10,810 85 85 Wings : 30,178 35,811 36,199 120 101 Paws and Feet : 14,878 19,220 16,364 110 85 Other : 337,363 409,725 400,808 119 98 Total Chicken : 621,956 773,005 753,151 121 97 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, February 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : Feb 28, : Jan 31, : Feb 29, : Feb : Jan : Feb 29, : 2007 : 2008 1/ : 2008 :2007 :2008 : 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds -------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Turkeys : Toms (Whole Carcasses) : 69,154 54,376 78,668 114 145 Hens (Whole Carcasses) : 76,724 43,537 77,530 101 178 Whole Turkeys : 145,878 97,913 156,198 107 160 Other Turkey : 167,000 229,677 255,276 153 111 Total Turkey : 312,878 327,590 411,474 132 126 Ducks : 4,773 5,088 5,228 110 103 Total Poultry : 939,607 1,105,683 1,169,853 125 106 998,300 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 88,246 78,211 75,375 85 96 Apricots : 4,681 8,503 8,042 172 95 Blackberries, Total : 24,726 27,355 25,663 104 94 IQF : 18,369 19,400 19,105 104 98 Pails and Tubs : 3,683 4,120 3,229 88 78 Barrels, 400 lbs net : 2,417 3,809 3,138 130 82 Concentrate : 257 26 191 74 735 Blueberries : 75,709 100,696 89,770 119 89 Boysenberries : 3,886 3,038 3,003 77 99 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 88,896 117,609 118,069 133 100 Cherries, Tart (Juice) : 3,368 5,406 5,018 149 93 Cherries, Sweet : 12,516 13,682 12,869 103 94 Grapes : 6,548 6,545 5,507 84 84 Peaches : 62,954 68,716 62,148 99 90 Raspberries, Black : 1,856 1,066 1,064 57 100 Raspberries, Red, Total: 39,593 27,326 22,598 57 83 IQF : 18,506 13,193 12,176 66 92 Pails and Tubs : 7,469 4,423 3,658 49 83 Barrels, 400 lbs net : 11,702 7,917 5,367 46 68 Concentrate : 1,916 1,793 1,397 73 78 Strawberries, Total : 166,281 256,852 219,038 132 85 IQF and Poly : 63,656 126,525 107,948 170 85 Pails and Tubs : 67,559 83,574 67,291 100 81 Barrels and Drums : 27,085 35,293 33,182 123 94 Juice Stock : 7,981 11,460 10,617 133 93 Other Frozen Fruit : 371,397 425,313 388,891 105 91 Total : 950,657 1,140,318 1,037,055 109 91 875,638 Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 2/ : 751,138 837,485 942,333 125 113 (Gallon Equivalent) : 75,903 84,629 95,224 Other Juice Concentrate: 343,986 422,751 412,117 120 97 Total :1,095,124 1,260,236 1,354,450 124 107 234,990 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, February 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :----------------------------------------------------- : Feb 28, : Jan 31, : Feb 29, : Feb : Jan : Feb 29, : 2007 : 2008 1/ : 2008 : 2007 :2008 : 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :-------- 1,000 Pounds ------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Frozen Vegetables : Asparagus : 5,184 4,864 3,492 67 72 Limas, Fordhook : 5,200 6,820 5,910 114 87 Limas, Baby : 39,624 33,699 27,923 70 83 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 141,661 163,431 134,796 95 82 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 19,688 29,038 25,478 129 88 Broccoli, Spears : 28,528 27,906 29,733 104 107 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 43,596 37,792 45,640 105 121 Brussels Sprouts : 18,343 19,586 15,553 85 79 Carrots, Diced : 91,093 117,837 104,298 114 89 Carrots, Other : 100,218 126,037 111,773 112 89 Cauliflower : 31,653 27,151 25,753 81 95 Corn, Cut : 372,526 421,154 352,446 95 84 Corn, Cob : 205,823 225,602 181,488 88 80 Mixed Vegetables : 50,781 46,035 42,362 83 92 Okra : 19,139 20,263 12,288 64 61 Onion Rings : 7,425 7,186 6,490 87 90 Onions, Other : 38,385 32,934 37,222 97 113 Blackeye Peas : 3,873 4,136 4,192 108 101 Green Peas : 164,492 200,278 173,524 105 87 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 4,927 4,960 4,402 89 89 Spinach : 43,598 42,667 38,589 89 90 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 55,806 57,033 53,115 95 93 Southern Greens : 14,033 14,539 14,511 103 100 Other Vegetables : 261,024 340,522 303,344 116 89 Total :1,766,620 2,011,470 1,754,322 99 87 1,138,883 : Potatoes : French Fries : 850,024 878,496 902,620 106 103 Other Frozen : 213,621 210,592 219,012 103 104 Total :1,063,645 1,089,088 1,121,632 105 103 843,134 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, February 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :-------------------------------------------------------- : Feb 28, : Jan 31, : Feb 29, : Feb : Jan : Feb 29, : 2007 : 2008 1/ : 2008 : 2007 :2008 : 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds --------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 3/ : 387,187 376,735 341,626 88 91 Beef Cuts 4/ : 71,713 68,396 76,628 107 112 Total : 458,900 445,131 418,254 91 94 411,162 Frozen Pork : Picnics, Bone-in : 12,368 15,039 18,102 146 120 Hams, Total : 72,953 84,356 86,179 118 102 Bone-in : 39,558 38,176 43,216 109 113 Boneless 5/ : 33,395 46,180 42,963 129 93 Bellies : 46,643 70,647 79,382 170 112 Loins, Total : 36,304 45,650 47,284 130 104 Bone-in : 13,449 17,582 18,224 136 104 Boneless 6/ : 22,855 28,068 29,060 127 104 Ribs 7/ : 80,341 72,254 83,372 104 115 Butts : 12,349 21,407 24,654 200 115 Trimmings 8/ : 46,956 63,268 69,663 148 110 Other 9/ : 99,780 111,706 105,335 106 94 Variety Meats 10/ : 34,025 31,775 32,847 97 103 Unclassified 11/ : 41,481 54,246 56,426 136 104 Total : 483,200 570,348 603,244 125 106 535,747 Other : Veal : 5,703 6,589 6,707 118 102 Lamb & Mutton : 15,570 15,177 18,162 117 120 Total : 21,273 21,766 24,869 117 114 24,435 Total : 963,373 1,037,245 1,046,367 109 101 971,344 Commodities : Stored in Coolers : 4,829,284 5,621,294 5,002,108 104 89 627,604 Stored in Freezers : 6,794,719 7,656,047 7,499,513 110 98 5,077,978 Total :11,624,003 13,277,341 12,501,621 108 94 5,705,582 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ Adjusted to 42.0 degrees Brix equivalent (9.896 pounds per gallon). 3/ Includes all boxed boneless beef, such as ground beef, roasts, steaks, loins, strips, rounds, trimmings, etc. Excludes variety meats (edible offal), such as tongues, livers, hearts, kidneys, and other organs removed from slaughtered beef. 4/ Includes all boxed primal beef cuts, bone-in. 5/ Includes full ham, bone removed and individual muscles separated. 6/ Includes pork tenderloins. 7/ Includes spareribs and backribs. 8/ 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. 9/ Includes ears, tails, feet, neckbones and snouts. 10/ Includes tongues, kidneys, livers, stomachs, hearts, chitterlings, salivary glands, and other organs removed from slaughtered hogs. 11/ Includes product unable to be classified elsewhere in this report. Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, January 31, 2008, Revised -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 17,125 604,682 175,150 76 170,932 : Nuts 1/ : Shelled : Peanuts : 198,706 Pecans : 10,848 In-Shell : Pecans : 51,277 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 35,467 44,352 224,052 76,159 6,565 Other Natural Cheese : 231 14,029 152,840 55,594 80 : Frozen Poultry : Chicken 2/ : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 8,429 Hens, Mature Chickens : 592 Breasts & Breast Meat : 33,942 Drumsticks : 6,919 Leg Quarters : 24,237 Legs : 4,253 Thigh & Thigh : Quarters : 9,703 Thigh Meat : 4,219 Wings : 16,991 Paws and Feet : 9,450 Other : 157,820 Total Chicken : 276,555 Turkeys : Whole Turkeys : 33 4,171 3,186 26,022 20,521 Other Turkey : 209 4,075 19,565 75,072 97,893 Total Turkey : 242 8,246 22,751 101,094 118,414 Ducks : 11 217 3,971 5 12 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 48 23,962 43,026 97 582 Blueberries : 7,071 7,628 49,513 438 932 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 13 9,431 91,603 101 50 Cherries, Sweet : 307 10,487 42 2 Peaches : 17 1,873 11,539 147 212 Raspberries, Red : 2 812 1,301 297 62 Strawberries, Total : 38 5,454 13,829 1,940 1,077 Other Frozen Fruit : 14,478 4,042 234,533 6,983 6,334 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, January 31, 2008, Revised, (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 8,884 2,896,647 3,873,496 : Nuts 1/ : Shelled : Peanuts : 27,492 53,598 279,796 Pecans : 1,222 19,429 31,499 In-Shell : Pecans : 4,983 150,239 206,499 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 290 3,794 28,457 75,240 494,376 Other Natural Cheese : 2,918 1,243 4,431 27,682 259,048 : Frozen Poultry : Chicken 2/ : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 5,637 4,258 2,395 20,719 Hens, Mature Chickens : 105 767 107 1,571 Breasts & Breast Meat : 33,089 64,690 15,502 147,223 Drumsticks : 5,584 5,107 411 18,021 Leg Quarters : 39,159 21,961 845 86,202 Legs : 743 1,065 472 6,533 Thigh & Thigh : Quarters : 1,805 2,273 1,497 15,278 Thigh Meat : 2,587 3,911 1,985 12,702 Wings : 6,091 11,082 1,647 35,811 Paws and Feet : 4,866 4,779 125 19,220 Other : 101,480 136,755 13,670 409,725 Total Chicken : 201,146 256,648 38,656 773,005 Turkeys : Whole Turkeys : 1,065 24,248 5,933 12,734 97,913 Other Turkey : 1,178 16,554 4,705 10,426 229,677 Total Turkey : 2,243 40,802 10,638 23,160 327,590 Ducks : 16 34 822 5,088 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 8 592 103 9,793 78,211 Blueberries : 72 426 46 34,570 100,696 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 177 12,640 3,594 117,609 Cherries, Sweet : 1 8 2,835 13,682 Peaches : 3 1,658 80 53,187 68,716 Raspberries, Red : 30 125 79 24,618 27,326 Strawberries, Total : 30 14,523 27 219,934 256,852 Other Frozen Fruit : 35 17,673 84 141,151 425,313 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, January 31, 2008, Revised -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 3/ : 251 1,763 51 794,205 Other Juice Concentrate : 19,670 71,303 57,348 789 135,832 Total Frozen Juice : 19,921 71,303 59,111 840 930,037 : Frozen Vegetables 4/ : Asparagus : 768 2,701 1 72 Limas, Fordhook : 932 1,064 155 576 Limas, Baby : 3,137 3,777 1,547 6,579 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 22,847 53,133 5,007 2,000 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 5,802 5,955 1,501 321 Broccoli, Spears : 5,163 2,575 5,364 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 4,781 5,025 242 4,755 Brussels Sprouts : 2,748 1,810 671 Carrots, Diced : 11,456 27,296 3,810 857 Carrots, Other : 14,537 28,231 3,292 1,164 Cauliflower : 4,758 1,510 43 1,053 Corn, Cut : 36,898 55,988 32,442 5,171 Corn, Cob : 18,925 25,261 32,200 4,473 Mixed Vegetables : 4,746 6,583 13 2,548 Okra : 1,391 615 274 2,446 Onion Rings : 168 3,571 410 1,886 Onions, Other : 4,248 2,346 183 4,330 Blackeye Peas : 523 245 2,371 Green Peas : 20,973 27,221 20,055 7,021 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 1,351 587 3 179 Spinach : 7,411 3,282 27 2,326 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 3,513 20,483 897 Southern Greens : 2,120 518 41 1,539 Other Vegetables : 66,399 32,366 22,129 30,409 Total Vegetables : 245,595 312,143 123,375 89,008 : Potatoes : French Fries : 36,274 21,059 72,574 104,442 18,251 Other Frozen : 10,146 11,448 26,810 6,956 2,135 Total Potatoes : 46,420 32,507 99,384 111,398 20,386 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 5/ : 1,112 40,338 37,847 121,928 25,793 Beef Cuts 6/ : 92 910 8,912 20,546 4,909 Total Beef : 1,204 41,248 46,759 142,474 30,702 Other 7/ : Veal : 2,461 2,038 Lamb & Mutton : 7,875 1,678 Total Other Meat : 10,336 3,716 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, January 31, 2008, Revised, (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 3/ : 15 4,033 908 36,259 837,485 Other Juice Concentrate : 39 18,019 12,547 107,204 422,751 Total Frozen Juice : 54 22,052 13,455 143,463 1,260,236 : Frozen Vegetables 4/ : Asparagus : 264 6 1,052 4,864 Limas, Fordhook : 144 3,949 6,820 Limas, Baby : 480 3 18,176 33,699 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 1,495 13 78,936 163,431 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 65 6 15,388 29,038 Broccoli, Spears : 13,097 8 1,699 27,906 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 9,463 308 13,218 37,792 Brussels Sprouts : 578 6 13,773 19,586 Carrots, Diced : 874 43 73,501 117,837 Carrots, Other : 6,724 182 71,907 126,037 Cauliflower : 5,025 38 14,724 27,151 Corn, Cut : 3,316 10,427 276,912 421,154 Corn, Cob : 2,924 1,525 140,294 225,602 Mixed Vegetables : 8,286 987 22,872 46,035 Okra : 14,468 1,069 20,263 Onion Rings : 418 549 184 7,186 Onions, Other : 1,458 7,757 12,612 32,934 Blackeye Peas : 896 101 4,136 Green Peas : 3,136 618 121,254 200,278 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 62 13 2,765 4,960 Spinach : 11,651 13 17,957 42,667 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 5,035 87 27,018 57,033 Southern Greens : 9,076 1,245 14,539 Other Vegetables : 40,059 10,051 139,109 340,522 Total Vegetables : 138,994 32,640 1,069,715 2,011,470 : Potatoes : French Fries : 6,470 27,449 185,088 406,889 878,496 Other Frozen : 1,982 31,357 66,151 53,607 210,592 Total Potatoes : 8,452 58,806 251,239 460,496 1,089,088 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 5/ : 2,930 72,899 13,832 60,056 376,735 Beef Cuts 6/ : 1,240 6,477 14,950 10,360 68,396 Total Beef : 4,170 79,376 28,782 70,416 445,131 Other 7/ : Veal : 443 1,647 6,589 Lamb & Mutton : 209 5,415 15,177 Total Other Meat : 652 7,062 21,766 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ New England and Middle Atlantic combined with South Atlantic. East North Central combined with East South Central. Pacific, Mountain and West North Central combined with West South Central. 2/ New England and Middle Atlantic combined with South Atlantic. East North Central combined with East South Central. Mountain combined with Pacific. West North Central combined with West South Central. 3/ Middle Atlantic combined with South Atlantic. 4/ New England combined with Middle Atlantic. East South Central combined with South Atlantic. 5/ Includes all boxed boneless beef, such as ground beef, roasts, steaks, loins, strips, rounds, trimmings, etc. Excludes variety meats (edible offal), such as tongues, livers, hearts, kidneys, and other organs removed from slaughtered beef. 6/ Includes all boxed primal beef cuts, bone-in. 7/ New England and South Atlantic combined with Middle Atlantic. East South Central combined with East North Central. West North Central combined with West South Central. Mountain combined with Pacific. Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, February 29, 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 13,150 522,917 124,253 140,949 : Nuts 1/ : Shelled : Peanuts : 216,820 Pecans : 12,291 In-Shell : Pecans : 52,835 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 36,009 46,155 241,965 80,627 4,762 Other Natural Cheese : 185 13,930 156,034 55,799 80 : Frozen Poultry : Chicken 2/ : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 7,884 Hens, Mature Chickens : 853 Breasts & Breast Meat : 32,940 Drumsticks : 6,881 Leg Quarters : 26,318 Legs : 8,150 Thigh & Thigh : Quarters : 8,012 Thigh Meat : 4,158 Wings : 16,236 Paws and Feet : 8,493 Other : 157,413 Total Chicken : 277,338 Turkeys : Whole Turkeys : 29 11,283 5,042 35,028 22,553 Other Turkey : 175 4,318 19,988 87,365 104,716 Total Turkey : 204 15,601 25,030 122,393 127,269 Ducks : 10 232 4,090 5 38 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 34 19,470 44,110 125 415 Blueberries : 6,112 6,932 44,995 349 782 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 114 7,993 86,527 93 35 Cherries, Sweet : 325 9,698 41 1 Peaches : 18 1,689 10,216 145 205 Raspberries, Red : 2 1,188 1,303 364 40 Strawberries, Total : 13 5,519 11,537 2,067 1,153 Other Frozen Fruit : 15,544 3,615 207,602 6,512 5,496 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, February 29, 2008 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 7,561 2,418,076 3,226,906 : Nuts 1/ : Shelled : Peanuts : 26,630 53,498 296,948 Pecans : 1,521 23,483 37,295 In-Shell : Pecans : 3,349 178,270 234,454 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 274 3,668 29,309 75,651 518,420 Other Natural Cheese : 2,917 969 4,153 27,518 261,585 : Frozen Poultry : Chicken 2/ : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 5,242 4,664 2,293 20,083 Hens, Mature Chickens : 103 884 138 1,978 Breasts & Breast Meat : 31,478 60,102 15,807 140,327 Drumsticks : 5,155 4,196 407 16,639 Leg Quarters : 39,878 16,935 858 83,989 Legs : 967 690 106 9,913 Thigh & Thigh : Quarters : 1,473 4,966 1,590 16,041 Thigh Meat : 1,884 2,996 1,772 10,810 Wings : 5,920 12,109 1,934 36,199 Paws and Feet : 4,328 3,469 74 16,364 Other : 99,882 129,440 14,073 400,808 Total Chicken : 196,310 240,451 39,052 753,151 Turkeys : Whole Turkeys : 1,338 64,385 4,704 11,836 156,198 Other Turkey : 1,465 21,517 4,444 11,288 255,276 Total Turkey : 2,803 85,902 9,148 23,124 411,474 Ducks : 17 29 807 5,228 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 14 656 89 10,462 75,375 Blueberries : 64 340 76 30,120 89,770 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 176 19,708 3,423 118,069 Cherries, Sweet : 1 6 2,797 12,869 Peaches : 3 1,722 78 48,072 62,148 Raspberries, Red : 25 124 38 19,514 22,598 Strawberries, Total : 21 17,592 181 180,955 219,038 Other Frozen Fruit : 28 16,958 32 133,104 388,891 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, February 29, 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 3/ : 278 1,992 54 893,690 Other Juice Concentrate : 14,082 62,034 56,614 773 146,897 Total Frozen Juice : 14,360 62,034 58,606 827 1,040,587 : Frozen Vegetables 4/ : Asparagus : 962 1,348 111 Limas, Fordhook : 850 887 136 493 Limas, Baby : 3,051 3,295 1,245 5,952 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 20,643 42,429 3,535 2,200 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 6,051 4,325 1,300 282 Broccoli, Spears : 4,043 2,842 1 5,825 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 5,129 5,004 403 5,031 Brussels Sprouts : 2,839 1,662 543 Carrots, Diced : 11,765 22,613 3,941 699 Carrots, Other : 13,166 24,390 2,963 1,011 Cauliflower : 4,655 1,816 208 994 Corn, Cut : 32,249 45,401 33,434 4,656 Corn, Cob : 17,364 18,648 29,823 3,883 Mixed Vegetables : 4,207 5,943 12 2,413 Okra : 1,216 388 3 1,482 Onion Rings : 140 3,052 445 1,698 Onions, Other : 3,579 2,241 140 4,254 Blackeye Peas : 761 235 2,129 Green Peas : 15,948 21,244 23,083 6,328 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 1,110 600 3 186 Spinach : 6,414 2,517 105 2,390 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 4,014 19,015 796 Southern Greens : 2,105 387 40 1,506 Other Vegetables : 59,141 28,667 22,809 27,568 Total Vegetables : 220,068 258,949 123,629 61,698 : Potatoes : French Fries : 36,699 25,484 76,509 114,129 18,799 Other Frozen : 7,723 12,763 26,953 7,811 1,959 Total Potatoes : 44,422 38,247 103,462 121,940 20,758 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 5/ : 1,068 47,700 36,711 101,301 21,017 Beef Cuts 6/ : 155 892 6,925 24,516 4,379 Total Beef : 1,223 48,592 43,636 125,817 25,396 Other 7/ : Veal : 2,451 1,975 Lamb & Mutton : 7,679 1,550 Total Other Meat : 10,130 3,525 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, February 29, 2008 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 3/ : 17 4,575 1,022 40,705 942,333 Other Juice Concentrate : 40 18,291 12,262 101,124 412,117 Total Frozen Juice : 57 22,866 13,284 141,829 1,354,450 : Frozen Vegetables 4/ : Asparagus : 211 2 858 3,492 Limas, Fordhook : 130 3,414 5,910 Limas, Baby : 689 2 13,689 27,923 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 1,606 99 64,284 134,796 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 70 50 13,400 25,478 Broccoli, Spears : 14,071 5 2,946 29,733 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 12,574 348 17,151 45,640 Brussels Sprouts : 498 10,011 15,553 Carrots, Diced : 860 43 64,377 104,298 Carrots, Other : 5,727 116 64,400 111,773 Cauliflower : 4,728 61 13,291 25,753 Corn, Cut : 5,791 9,430 221,485 352,446 Corn, Cob : 3,067 1,356 107,347 181,488 Mixed Vegetables : 7,512 969 21,306 42,362 Okra : 8,194 1,005 12,288 Onion Rings : 521 439 195 6,490 Onions, Other : 2,376 9,508 15,124 37,222 Blackeye Peas : 899 168 4,192 Green Peas : 2,939 519 103,463 173,524 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 40 5 2,458 4,402 Spinach : 13,305 12 13,846 38,589 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 4,553 168 24,569 53,115 Southern Greens : 9,447 1,026 14,511 Other Vegetables : 31,500 9,546 124,113 303,344 Total Vegetables : 131,308 32,678 903,926 1,754,322 : Potatoes : French Fries : 6,415 22,717 202,464 399,404 902,620 Other Frozen : 2,038 34,538 69,442 55,785 219,012 Total Potatoes : 8,453 57,255 271,906 455,189 1,121,632 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 5/ : 3,149 66,256 12,229 52,195 341,626 Beef Cuts 6/ : 1,046 6,395 14,507 17,813 76,628 Total Beef : 4,195 72,651 26,736 70,008 418,254 Other 7/ : Veal : 886 1,395 6,707 Lamb & Mutton : 190 8,743 18,162 Total Other Meat : 1,076 10,138 24,869 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ New England and Middle Atlantic combined with South Atlantic. East North Central combined with East South Central. Pacific, Mountain and West North Central combined with West South Central. 2/ New England and Middle Atlantic combined with South Atlantic. East North Central combined with East South Central. Mountain combined with Pacific. West North Central combined with West South Central. 3/ Middle Atlantic combined with South Atlantic. 4/ New England combined with Middle Atlantic. East South Central combined with South Atlantic. 5/ Includes all boxed boneless beef, such as ground beef, roasts, steaks, loins, strips, rounds, trimmings, etc. Excludes variety meats (edible offal), such as tongues, livers, hearts, kidneys, and other organs removed from slaughtered beef. 6/ Includes all boxed primal beef cuts, bone-in. 7/ New England and South Atlantic combined with Middle Atlantic. East South Central combined with East North Central. West North Central combined with West South Central. Mountain combined with Pacific. Apples in Cold Storage: By State and United States, February 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : All Warehouses :----------------------------------------------------------- State : Feb 28, : Jan 31, : Feb 29, : 2007 : 2008 : 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : CA : 17,661 30,603 16,770 MI : 211,682 171,502 122,105 N ENG : 7,804 17,125 13,150 NY : 192,402 422,772 384,426 OH : 6,370 2,125 1,140 OR : 24,704 23,442 20,998 PA : 151,872 181,692 138,390 VA : 81,729 104,417 87,962 WA : 2,341,542 2,842,602 2,380,308 WV : 39,753 42,102 36,593 : Other States : 42,547 35,114 25,064 : US : 3,118,066 3,873,496 3,226,906 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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