HDR1012000170140220961500HONEY HDR2012000170140220961500HONEY HIGHLIGHTS Released February 20, 1996, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Honey" call Tom Kruchten at (202) 690-4870 or James Hand at (202) 690-3236 for prices, office hours 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET. For assistance with general agricultural statistics, information about NASS, its products or services, contact the NASS Information Hotline at 1-800-727-9540 or E-mail: NASS@NASS.USDA.GOV. United States Honey Production Down 3 Percent Honey production in 1995 from producers with five or more colonies totaled 210 million pounds, down 3 percent from 1994. There were 2.65 million colonies producing honey in 1995, compared with 2.77 million in 1994. Yield per colony averaged 79.5 pounds, up 1.1 pounds from the 78.4 pounds in 1994. Colonies which produced in more than one State were counted in each State and yields per colony may be understated. Producer honey stocks were 42.2 million pounds on December 15, 1995, down 29 percent from a year earlier. Honey Prices Up 21 Percent Prices for the 1995 crop averaged 64.4 cents per pound, up 22 percent from the 1994 price of 52.8 cents per pound. Prices are based on retail sales by producers and sales to private processors and co-ops. At the U.S. level, prices for each color are derived by weighting State average prices by the State quantities sold. Prices were higher for all color classes in 1995. HDR2012000170140220961500HONEY PRICE BY COLOR CLASS,US, 94-95 Honey: Price by Color Class, United States, 1994-95 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Price :----------------------------------------------------------- Color Class : Coop and Private : Retail : All :----------------------------------------------------------- : 1994 1/ : 1995 : 1994 1/: 1995 : 1994 1/ : 1995 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cents per Pound Water White, : Extra White, White : 51.1 64.1 84.7 91.9 52.5 65.0 Extra Light Amber : 50.2 61.5 87.4 90.2 53.4 63.3 Light Amber, : Amber, Dark Amber : 48.1 60.8 93.7 96.4 52.7 64.6 All Other Honey : Area Speciakties : 44.5 49.5 100.6 108.9 55.6 58.7 All Honey : 50.2 62.6 89.1 93.7 52.8 64.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised, includes honey produced in 1994 that was sold in 1995. 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COLONIES,YLD,PROD,STKS,PRC&VL,ST&US, 94 Honey: Number of Colonies, Yield, Production, Stocks, Price, and Value by State and United States, 1994 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Honey : Yield : : : Average : Value State : Producing : per :Production : Stocks :Price per : of : Colonies : Colony : :Dec 15 2/ : Pound : Production -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds -- 1,000 Pounds -- Cents 1,000 Dollars : AL : 18 50 900 99 52 468 AZ : 47 59 2,773 166 51 1,414 AR : 50 71 3,550 817 51 1,811 CA : 400 60 24,000 6,480 51 12,240 CO : 45 76 3,420 1,813 56 1,915 FL : 230 84 19,320 2,898 47 9,080 GA : 80 63 5,040 958 57 2,873 HI : 11 100 1,100 429 48 528 ID : 127 59 7,493 1,274 52 3,896 IL : 13 80 1,040 468 104 1,082 IN : 13 54 702 204 71 498 IA : 55 66 3,630 1,089 65 2,360 KS : 19 47 893 214 72 643 KY : 3 54 162 57 98 159 LA : 35 98 3,430 515 46 1,578 ME : 8 55 440 172 60 264 MD : 7 36 252 83 108 272 MI : 90 86 7,740 3,870 55 4,257 MN : 170 79 13,430 2,149 52 6,984 MS : 19 53 1,007 352 48 483 MO : 25 77 1,925 270 53 1,020 MT : 119 105 12,495 3,624 52 6,497 NE : 72 55 3,960 1,465 56 2,218 NV : 14 54 756 174 108 816 NJ : 9 33 297 107 63 187 NM : 19 64 1,216 730 47 572 NY : 68 68 4,624 2,451 63 2,913 NC : 15 59 885 266 95 841 ND : 235 138 32,430 7,459 48 15,566 OH : 27 64 1,728 691 64 1,106 OK : 5 58 290 104 93 270 OR : 50 65 3,250 1,008 52 1,690 PA : 27 47 1,269 622 60 761 SC : 10 100 1,000 150 82 820 SD : 260 100 26,000 8,580 52 13,520 TN : 6 51 306 107 98 300 TX : 103 74 7,622 2,058 50 3,811 UT : 43 59 2,537 1,218 53 1,345 VT : 5 77 385 189 87 335 VA : 11 52 572 109 65 372 WA : 60 62 3,720 1,265 54 2,009 WV : 20 44 880 414 118 1,038 WI : 75 71 5,325 1,864 60 3,195 WY : 46 69 3,174 667 58 1,841 : Oth : Sts 3/: 6 37 222 114 115 255 : US 4/ : 2,770 78.4 217,168 59,813 52.8 114,665 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ For producers with 5 or more colonies. 2/ Stocks held by producers. Does not include stocks under loan. 3/ CT, DE, MA, NH, and RI not published separately to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. 4/ U.S. price weighted by survey expanded sales. Total may not add due to rounding. HDR2012000170140220961500NO. COLONIES,YLD,PROD,STKS,PRC&VL,ST&US'95 Honey: Number of Colonies, Yield, Production, Stocks, Price, and Value by State and United States, 1995 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Honey : Yield : : : Average : Value State : Producing : per :Production : Stocks :Price per : of : Colonies : Colony : :Dec 15 2/ : Pound : Production -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds -- 1,000 Pounds -- Cents 1,000 Dollars : AL : 16 58 928 28 62 575 AZ : 52 79 4,108 986 68 2,793 AR : 50 60 3,000 900 64 1,920 CA : 420 93 39,060 4,687 60 23,436 CO : 45 60 2,700 1,404 68 1,836 FL : 230 86 19,780 1,780 63 12,461 GA : 70 62 4,340 260 69 2,995 HI : 8 129 1,032 103 55 568 ID : 125 48 6,000 1,020 65 3,900 IL : 11 74 814 212 102 830 IN : 12 63 756 166 68 514 IA : 50 68 3,400 612 72 2,448 KS : 17 67 1,139 182 71 809 KY : 3 44 132 30 103 136 LA : 33 119 3,927 275 61 2,395 ME : 11 45 495 223 100 495 MD : 7 35 245 81 114 279 MI : 97 92 8,924 3,570 72 6,425 MN : 165 82 13,530 1,218 66 8,930 MS : 16 70 1,120 146 64 717 MO : 23 67 1,541 308 65 1,002 MT : 106 80 8,480 1,781 66 5,597 NE : 60 73 4,380 1,402 68 2,978 NV : 9 29 261 34 96 251 NJ : 8 34 272 57 71 193 NM : 19 65 1,235 247 68 840 NY : 70 75 5,250 2,100 66 3,465 NC : 12 52 624 162 81 505 ND : 220 108 23,760 3,802 63 14,969 OH : 25 62 1,550 930 72 1,116 OK : 5 76 380 141 91 346 OR : 52 52 2,704 2,488 71 1,920 PA : 25 43 1,075 376 69 742 SC : 9 90 810 65 128 1,037 SD : 240 85 20,400 4,896 65 13,260 TN : 4 53 212 70 114 242 TX : 84 106 8,904 1,959 64 5,699 UT : 32 33 1,056 232 61 644 VT : 5 67 335 131 83 278 VA : 9 45 405 97 55 223 WA : 60 59 3,540 637 54 1,912 WV : 13 41 533 48 116 618 WI : 73 79 5,767 2,134 71 4,095 WY : 38 36 1,368 150 68 930 : Oth : Sts 3/: 8 33 264 104 152 401 : US 4/ : 2,647 79.5 210,437 42,234 64.4 135,521 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ For producers with 5 or more colonies. 2/ Stocks held by producers. Does not include stocks under loan. 3/ CT, DE, MA, NH, and RI not published separately to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. 4/ U.S. price weighted by survey expanded sales. Total may not add due to rounding. HDR2012000170140220961500NXT RLSE DATE & EEO STMNT The next "Honey" report will be released in February, 1997. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in its programs on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, and marital or familial status. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program information (braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact the USDA Office of Communications at (202) 720-5881 (voice) or (202) 720-7808 (TDD). To file a complaint, write the Secretary of Agriculture, USDA, Washington, D.C., 20250, or call (202) 720-7327 (voice) or (202) 720-1127 (TDD). USDA is an equal employment opportunity employer.