Hny 1 (2-00) Honey National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released February 28, 2000, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Honey" call Jody Roberts at (202) 690-8632, office hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. United States Honey Production Down 7 Percent Honey production in 1999 from producers with five or more colonies totaled 205 million pounds, down 7 percent from 1998. There were 2.69 million colonies producing honey in 1999, up 2 percent from 1998. Yield per colony averaged 76.3 pounds, down 7.4 pounds from the 83.7 pounds in 1998. Colonies which produced in more than one State were counted in each State and yields per colony may therefore be understated. Colonies were not counted if honey was not harvested. Producer honey stocks were 79.4 million pounds on December 15, 1999, down 2 percent from a year earlier. Honey Prices Down 8 Percent Prices for the 1999 crop averaged 59.9 cents per pound, down 8 percent from 65.5 cents in 1998. Prices are based on retail sales by producers and sales to private processors and co-ops. At the State level, prices reflect the portions of honey sold retail, coop and private. At the U.S. level, prices for each color are derived by weighting quantities sold for each marketing channel. Coop and Private prices were lower for all color classes in 1999. Honey: Price by Color Class, United States, 1998-99 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Price :----------------------------------------------------------- Color Class : Co-op and Private : Retail : All :----------------------------------------------------------- : 1998 : 1999 : 1998 : 1999 : 1998 : 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cents per Pound : Water White, : Extra White, White : 64.7 59.5 113.4 123.4 65.7 60.5 : Extra Light Amber : 61.2 55.1 104.8 124.5 64.2 59.8 : Light Amber, : Amber, Dark Amber : 60.2 51.2 119.9 129.1 66.0 59.0 : All Other Honey, : Area Specialties : 64.5 61.7 168.4 150.3 83.2 73.7 : All Honey : 62.9 56.1 114.7 126.6 65.5 59.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Honey: Number of Colonies, Yield, Production, Stocks, Price, and Value by State and United States, 1998 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Honey : Yield : : : Average : Value State : Producing : per :Production : Stocks :Price per : of : Colonies : Colony : :Dec 15 2/ : Pound 3/ : Production -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds -- 1,000 Pounds -- Cents 1,000 Dollars : AL : 16 71 1,136 159 72 818 AZ : 55 60 3,300 1,485 64 2,112 AR : 53 65 3,445 1,688 59 2,033 CA : 450 83 37,350 12,326 62 23,157 CO : 27 72 1,944 1,594 70 1,361 FL : 230 98 22,540 4,508 64 14,426 GA : 75 56 4,200 307 69 2,898 HI : 8 118 944 66 75 708 ID : 120 50 6,000 2,220 65 3,900 IL : 9 71 639 204 119 760 IN : 9 92 828 489 85 704 IA : 50 78 3,900 2,301 70 2,730 KS : 16 46 736 390 87 640 KY : 3 50 150 51 140 210 LA : 41 111 4,551 865 59 2,685 ME : 10 26 260 117 69 179 MD : 7 44 308 92 110 339 MI : 80 85 6,800 3,672 66 4,488 MN : 140 79 11,060 2,765 65 7,189 MS : 18 86 1,548 898 58 898 MO : 23 66 1,518 455 76 1,154 MT : 115 122 14,030 5,472 64 8,979 NE : 64 70 4,480 2,240 86 3,853 NV : 10 46 460 175 165 759 NJ : 11 49 539 167 76 410 NM : 14 55 770 470 76 585 NY : 65 80 5,200 2,444 70 3,640 NC : 8 59 472 151 138 651 ND : 230 128 29,440 8,832 63 18,547 OH : 18 78 1,404 702 83 1,165 OK : 4 51 204 63 124 253 OR : 50 45 2,250 1,620 90 2,025 PA : 23 66 1,518 698 80 1,214 SD : 225 95 21,375 10,901 64 13,680 TN : 7 64 448 121 132 591 TX : 91 77 7,007 1,612 62 4,344 UT : 30 58 1,740 557 65 1,131 VT : 6 64 384 207 85 326 VA : 8 37 296 86 133 394 WA : 58 51 2,958 1,361 64 1,893 WV : 6 55 330 155 114 376 WI : 89 91 8,099 5,264 72 5,831 WY : 46 60 2,760 524 68 1,877 : Oth : Sts 4/: 15 66 995 334 135 1,341 : US 5/ : 2,633 83.7 220,316 80,808 65.5 147,254 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ For producers with 5 or more colonies. 2/ Stocks held by producers. 3/ Prices weighted by sales. 4/ CT, DE, MA, NH, RI and SC not published separately to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. 5/ U.S. colonies multiplied by U.S. yield may not exactly equal U.S. production. Honey: Number of Colonies, Yield, Production, Stocks, Price, and Value by State and United States, 1999 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Honey : Yield : : : Average : Value State : Producing : per :Production : Stocks :Price per : of : Colonies : Colony : :Dec 15 2/ : Pound 3/ : Production -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds -- 1,000 Pounds -- Cents 1,000 Dollars : AL : 17 68 1,156 185 56 647 AZ : 52 62 3,224 1,548 62 1,999 AR : 52 89 4,628 2,592 53 2,453 CA : 505 60 30,300 10,302 53 16,059 CO : 27 76 2,052 1,436 68 1,395 FL : 228 102 23,256 4,186 53 12,326 GA : 65 51 3,315 497 64 2,122 HI : 8 80 640 32 78 499 ID : 120 48 5,760 3,110 59 3,398 IL : 9 66 594 327 115 683 IN : 10 81 810 437 90 729 IA : 40 65 2,600 2,028 65 1,690 KS : 13 67 871 854 111 967 KY : 3 50 150 12 124 186 LA : 48 114 5,472 821 49 2,681 ME : 14 22 308 89 83 256 MD : 6 46 276 50 164 453 MI : 73 85 6,205 3,475 66 4,095 MN : 145 82 11,890 3,210 61 7,253 MS : 18 73 1,314 591 54 710 MO : 24 65 1,560 437 68 1,061 MT : 122 70 8,540 2,135 60 5,124 NE : 58 77 4,466 1,965 61 2,724 NV : 9 45 383 257 154 590 NJ : 10 44 440 154 57 251 NM : 15 52 780 476 77 601 NY : 69 70 4,830 2,077 66 3,188 NC : 9 46 414 104 162 671 ND : 255 105 26,775 8,836 59 15,797 OH : 20 74 1,480 784 72 1,066 OK : 6 45 270 49 134 362 OR : 45 57 2,565 2,026 80 2,052 PA : 25 60 1,500 705 76 1,140 SD : 224 104 23,296 13,046 60 13,978 TN : 8 51 408 106 130 530 TX : 108 81 8,748 2,799 64 5,599 UT : 26 45 1,170 433 68 796 VT : 6 66 396 222 63 249 VA : 7 35 245 86 117 287 WA : 52 50 2,600 1,170 60 1,560 WV : 6 39 234 152 109 255 WI : 80 75 6,000 4,560 68 4,080 WY : 37 72 2,664 746 61 1,625 : Oth : Sts 4/: 14 46 643 254 192 1,235 : US 5/ : 2,688 76.3 205,228 79,361 59.9 125,422 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ For producers with 5 or more colonies. 2/ Stocks held by producers. 3/ Prices weighted by sales. 4/ CT, DE, MA, NH, RI and SC not published separately to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. 5/ U.S. colonies multiplied by U.S. yield may not exactly equal U.S. production. 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