HDR1012000170140220971500Honey Released February 20, 1997, 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, office hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. For assistance with general agricultural statistics, information about NASS, its products or services, contact the Agricultural Statistics Hotline at 1-800-727-9540 or E-mail: NASS@NASS.USDA.GOV. United States Honey Production Down 6 Percent Honey production in 1996 from producers with five or more colonies totaled 198 million pounds, down 6 percent from 1995. There were 2.57 million colonies producing honey in 1996, compared with 2.65 million in 1995. Yield per colony averaged 77.2 pounds, down 2.3 pounds from the 79.5 pounds in 1995. Colonies which produced in more than one State were counted in each State and yields per colony may be understated. Producer honey stocks were 47.0 million pounds on December 15, 1996, up 11 percent from a year earlier. Honey Prices Up 31 Percent Prices for the 1996 crop averaged a record high 89.4 cents per pound, up 31 percent from the previous record price of 68.5 cents in 1995. 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 1996. Honey: Price by Color Class, United States, 1995-96 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Price :-------------------------------------------------------- Color Class : Coop and Private : Retail : All :-------------------------------------------------------- : 1995 1/ : 1996 : 1995 1/ : 1996 : 1995 1/ : 1996 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cents per Pound : Water White, : Extra White, White: 68.7 89.7 98.9 119.4 69.8 90.7 Extra Light Amber : 64.9 84.1 97.9 116.0 67.5 88.5 Light Amber, : Amber, Dark Amber : 62.7 82.9 101.1 117.1 66.8 86.7 All Other Honey : Area Specialties : 55.6 83.7 130.1 201.5 68.3 97.8 All Honey : 66.4 86.9 100.0 119.4 68.5 89.4 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised, includes honey produced in 1995 that was sold in 1996. Hny 1 (2-97) 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 69 640 AZ : 52 79 4,108 986 65 2,670 AR : 50 60 3,000 900 71 2,130 CA : 420 93 39,060 4,687 63 24,608 CO : 45 60 2,700 1,404 73 1,971 FL : 230 86 19,780 1,780 64 12,659 GA : 70 62 4,340 260 71 3,081 HI : 8 129 1,032 103 56 578 ID : 125 48 6,000 1,020 69 4,140 IL : 11 74 814 212 113 920 IN : 12 63 756 166 72 544 IA : 50 68 3,400 612 77 2,618 KS : 17 67 1,139 182 89 1,014 KY : 3 44 132 30 102 135 LA : 33 119 3,927 275 63 2,474 ME : 11 45 495 223 97 480 MD : 7 35 245 81 103 252 MI : 97 92 8,924 3,570 78 6,961 MN : 165 82 13,530 1,218 70 9,471 MS : 16 70 1,120 146 68 762 MO : 23 67 1,541 308 73 1,125 MT : 106 80 8,480 1,781 72 6,106 NE : 60 73 4,380 1,402 73 3,197 NV : 10 29 290 38 90 261 NJ : 8 34 272 57 77 209 NM : 19 65 1,235 247 83 1,025 NY : 70 75 5,250 2,100 71 3,728 NC : 12 52 624 162 84 524 ND : 220 108 23,760 3,802 67 15,919 OH : 25 62 1,550 930 74 1,147 OK : 4 76 304 112 93 283 OR : 52 52 2,704 2,488 78 2,109 PA : 25 43 1,075 376 73 785 SC : 9 90 810 65 126 1,021 SD : 240 85 20,400 4,896 71 14,484 TN : 5 53 265 87 117 310 TX : 84 106 8,904 1,959 67 5,966 UT : 32 33 1,056 232 65 686 VT : 5 67 335 131 86 288 VA : 9 45 405 97 67 271 WA : 60 59 3,540 637 57 2,018 WV : 13 41 533 48 118 629 WI : 73 79 5,767 2,134 70 4,037 WY : 38 36 1,368 150 73 999 : Oth : Sts 3/: 8 33 264 104 157 414 : US 4/ : 2,648 79.5 210,516 42,226 68.5 144,203 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. Honey: Number of Colonies, Yield, Production, Stocks, Price, and Value by State and United States, 1996 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 64 1,024 102 86 881 AZ : 32 60 1,920 307 84 1,613 AR : 40 84 3,360 336 87 2,923 CA : 390 70 27,300 4,641 84 22,932 CO : 30 74 2,220 1,132 79 1,754 FL : 240 105 25,200 2,268 91 22,932 GA : 75 68 5,100 306 89 4,539 HI : 8 155 1,240 62 80 992 ID : 110 45 4,950 1,535 90 4,455 IL : 11 74 814 285 130 1,058 IN : 9 75 675 412 107 722 IA : 58 67 3,886 933 98 3,808 KS : 16 51 816 294 96 783 KY : 3 60 180 23 127 229 LA : 37 106 3,922 784 84 3,294 ME : 10 23 230 23 126 290 MD : 7 32 224 40 111 249 MI : 90 96 8,640 4,320 110 9,504 MN : 150 77 11,550 1,617 91 10,511 MS : 17 80 1,360 299 85 1,156 MO : 22 74 1,628 326 92 1,498 MT : 117 60 7,020 1,825 88 6,178 NE : 65 75 4,875 1,755 92 4,485 NV : 14 61 854 68 105 897 NJ : 5 45 225 119 106 239 NM : 15 77 1,155 219 94 1,086 NY : 68 80 5,440 2,557 88 4,787 NC : 12 44 528 53 106 560 ND : 230 86 19,780 4,945 90 17,802 OH : 24 70 1,680 840 98 1,646 OK : 4 59 236 54 107 253 OR : 55 59 3,245 1,071 92 2,985 PA : 23 46 1,058 370 99 1,047 SC : 9 90 810 81 113 915 SD : 240 97 23,280 6,751 91 21,185 TN : 5 64 320 90 137 438 TX : 82 83 6,806 1,361 87 5,921 UT : 34 46 1,564 328 85 1,329 VT : 4 83 332 93 108 359 VA : 7 50 350 119 136 476 WA : 57 58 3,306 1,025 89 2,942 WV : 10 59 590 207 169 997 WI : 69 78 5,382 2,422 83 4,467 WY : 40 73 2,920 526 91 2,657 : Oth : Sts 3/: 6 31 186 51 155 288 : US 4/ : 2,566 77.2 198,095 46,975 89.4 177,097 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ For producers with 5 or more colonies. 2/ Stocks held by producers. 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