HDR1012000170070720951500Mink HDR2012000170070720951500Mink Narrative Released July 20, 1995, by the Agricultural Statistics Board. Pelt Production Down 1 Percent Mink pelt production in the United States in 1994 totaled 2.5 million pelts, down 1 percent from 1993. Wisconsin, the major mink producing State, produced 611,000 pelts. By color class, the number of pelts as a percent of the total U.S. production follows: Standard - 46.1 percent; Mahogany - 18.9 percent; Ranch Wild - 11.0 percent; Gunmetal - 9.7 percent; Demi-buff - 6.9 percent. The remaining color classes accounted for 7.4 percent. Value of Pelt Production Down 4 Percent Mink pelts produced during the 1994 crop year were valued at $82.6 million dollars, down 4 percent from $86.2 million a year ago. The average price per pelt for the 1994 crop year was $33.00, compared with $34.10 in 1993. Females Bred Down 1 Percent Female mink bred to produce kits in 1995 totaled 708,300, down 1 percent from the previous year. Percent of total females bred to produce kits in 1995 by color class are: Standard - 49.6 percent; Mahogany - 17.5 percent; Gunmetal -10.6 percent; Ranch Wild - 8.2 percent; Demi-buff - 5.9 percent. The remaining color classes accounted for 8.2 percent. Number Of Mink Farms Down 8 Percent There were 457 mink farms producing pelts in 1994, down 8 percent from a year ago. Leading States were Utah with 130 farms, Wisconsin with 78 farms, and Minnesota with 53. Fox There were 47 mink farms which also raised fox in 1994, compared to 58 for the previous year. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For information call Tom Kruchten at (202) 690-4870. Office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET. Lv Gn 3 (7-95) HDR2012000170070720951500Pelts Produced and Females Bred Mink: Pelts Produced and Females Bred, By Color Class, United States, 1993-1995 1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Pelts Produced : Females Bred To Produce Kits Color :------------------------------------------------------- Class : 1993 2/: 1994 : 1993 : 1994 2/: 1995 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 : Standard : 1,144 1,153 359.3 365.3 351.5 Ranch Wild : 348 276 89.8 84.4 57.8 Demi-buff : 215 174 45.1 43.4 41.8 Pastel : 35 32 11.4 9.7 10.0 Pale Brown : 1 3 0.2 0.1 0.1 Sapphire : 71 61 19.4 20.7 21.9 Gunmetal : 230 243 64.7 60.9 75.0 Mahogany : 380 473 90.8 102.8 123.6 Pearl : 15 17 4.7 5.5 5.5 Lavender-hope : 7 6 1.7 1.9 2.7 Pink : 12 17 4.6 4.3 4.9 Violet-type : 26 14 6.0 6.3 3.9 White : 42 31 8.9 7.9 8.7 Misc.& Unclassified : 1 2 0.1 -- 0.9 : US : 2,527 2,502 706.7 713.2 708.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mink: Farms, Pelts Produced, Price, and Value, United States, 1974-94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Mink : Pelts : Average Marketing : Value of Year : Farms : Produced : Price 3/ : Mink Pelts 3/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number 1,000 Dollars Million Dollars : 1974 : 1,221 3,128 1975 : 1,084 3,067 24.10 73.9 1976 : 1,015 3,026 29.00 87.8 1977 : 1,040 3,076 28.30 87.1 1978 : 1,095 3,358 39.30 132.0 1979 : 1,105 3,394 41.10 139.5 1980 : 1,122 3,501 35.30 123.6 1981 : 4/ 4/ 32.20 4/ 1982 : 1,116 4,085 28.90 118.1 1983 : 1,098 4,137 29.90 123.7 1984 : 1,084 4,220 30.80 130.0 1985 : 1,042 4,171 28.00 116.8 1986 : 989 4,096 41.30 170.0 1987 : 1,027 4,122 43.00 177.2 1988 : 1,027 4,453 32.30 143.8 1989 : 940 4,604 20.40 93.9 1990 : 771 3,366 25.50 85.8 1991 : 683 3,268 21.90 71.6 1992 : 571 2,900 23.80 69.0 1993 2/ : 498 2,527 34.10 86.2 1994 5/ : 457 2,502 33.00 82.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ Sum of color class may not add to U.S. total due to rounding. 2/ Revised based on additional information. 3/ Data not available prior to 1975. 4/ Data not availabe for 1981. 5/ Data are Preliminary. HDR2012000170070720951500Pelts Produced by Color Class Mink: Pelts Produced by Color Class and Number of Farms, Major States and United States, 1993 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : : : : : : : State : Stan- : Ranch : Demi- : Pas- : Pale : Sap- : Gun : Mahog- : dard : Wild : Buff 1/: tel : Brown : phire : Metal : any ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number of Pelts : ID : 63,400 32,500 36,500 1,400 4,000 * 20,500 IL : 36,100 * * IA : 33,700 4,300 5,900 8,700 3,000 3,700 7,900 MI : 33,500 * 1,800 1,600 * 500 8,400 MN : 104,100 125,300 11,500 3,100 * 21,600 27,200 NY : 17,800 * 1,800 2,400 * 2,800 8,400 OH : 36,700 * * * 1,400 * 4,600 OR : 65,000 * * * 9,200 91,000 11,000 PA : * * * 8,000 18,800 5,000 SD : * 32,700 * * * UT : 310,000 30,000 99,000 1,000 24,000 11,000 121,000 WA : 62,700 * * * 22,200 WI : 314,300 25,300 15,600 10,200 15,000 36,400 108,100 : Oth : 66,300 98,100 43,200 6,600 500 6,200 22,100 58,300 Sts : : US :1,143,600 348,200 215,300 35,000 500 70,800 230,100 380,400 :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : Misc. & : : Number : Pearl :Lavender: Pink : Violet : White : Unclass-: Total : of : : Hope : : Type : : ified : Pelts : Farms :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Pelts : ID : * * 169,000 24 IL : * * 41,800 11 IA : 4,500 8,500 * * 81,000 21 MI : 2,900 3,300 3,400 55,800 16 MN : * * * 2,200 302,200 59 NY : 600 2,500 900 * 38,300 12 OH : * * * 57,800 12 OR : * 2,000 189,000 27 PA : * * * * 61,400 17 SD : * 68,400 6 UT : 2,000 1,000 1,000 600,000 140 WA : 102,700 24 WI : 1,100 6,000 2,800 6,800 29,400 571,000 87 : Oth : 3,500 1,100 6,300 3,900 7,000 400 188,600 42 Sts : : US : 14,600 7,100 11,600 26,400 42,000 1,400 2,527,000 498 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ Demi-buff includes crossed of dark brown, violet, pastel, standard, pearl or others. * Included in other States to avoid disclosing individual operations. Mink: Pelts Produced by Color Class and Number of Farms, Major States and United States, 1994 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : : : : : : : State : Stan- : Ranch : Demi- : Pas- : Pale : Sap- : Gun : Mahog- : dard : Wild : Buff 1/: tel : Brown : phire : Metal : any ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number of Pelts : ID : 74,000 28,600 * * * 44,400 IL : 44,200 * * IA : 36,700 2,800 4,500 * 2,800 10,100 11,500 MI : 31,000 3,200 1,900 * 700 6,500 MN : 82,500 107,500 * * * 21,500 41,000 NY : 20,300 * 700 1,900 * 500 13,800 OH : * 6,500 3,000 * * OR : 69,000 8,700 * 1,000 9,000 90,000 8,000 PA : 24,900 * * * 8,800 20,200 4,200 SD : 8,200 26,500 * * 24,200 UT : 275,000 20,000 66,000 1,000 14,000 17,000 133,000 WA : 66,000 * * 22,500 WI : 343,100 20,200 8,600 11,200 14,300 52,400 127,000 : Oth : 78,300 54,800 90,600 15,400 2,600 9,000 8,500 59,000 Sts : : US :1,153,200 275,600 173,600 32,400 2,600 60,900 243,400 472,600 :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : Misc. & : : Number : Pearl :Lavender: Pink : Violet : White : Unclass-: Total : of : : Hope : : Type : : ified : Pelts : Farms :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Pelts : ID : 1,300 * 186,500 23 IL : * * 50,300 10 IA : * 2,900 * 83,100 19 MI : * 2,200 * 52,500 12 MN : * * * 2,500 283,500 53 NY : 1,800 2,200 1,100 45,600 12 OH : 200 60,500 12 OR : * * 189,000 27 PA : * * * * * 68,800 17 SD : * 71,300 4 UT : 1,000 1,000 2,000 530,000 130 WA : 108,700 23 WI : 1,500 3,400 8,100 2,800 18,300 100 611,000 78 : Oth : 11,800 2,500 6,200 4,400 10,400 200 161,400 37 Sts : : US : 17,400 5,900 16,700 14,400 31,200 2,300 2,502,200 457 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ Demi-buff includes crossed of dark brown, violet, pastel, standard, pearl or others. * Included in other States to avoid disclosing individual operations. HDR2012000170070720951500Female Mink Bred to Produce Kits Female Mink Bred to Produce Kits: Number by Color Class, Major States and United States, 1994 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : : : : : : : State : Stan- : Ranch : Demi- : Pas- : Pale : Sap- : Gun : Mahog- : dard : Wild : buff 1/: tel : Brown : phire : Metal : any ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number : ID : 19,700 6,000 6,100 100 900 10,700 IL : 13,300 * * IA : 12,400 1,100 1,000 2,600 1,100 1,800 2,900 MI : 10,300 800 300 * 400 1,400 MN : 31,800 23,900 * * * 5,400 7,100 NY : 8,500 * 500 900 * 700 1,700 OH : 12,100 * * * 700 * 1,700 OR : 18,000 1,800 * 400 * 23,000 * PA : 6,900 * * 2,500 5,800 1,700 SD : 3,800 9,300 * * * UT : 95,000 11,700 18,500 200 6,900 3,000 28,700 WA : 19,300 * * 6,100 WI : 99,900 5,200 4,500 3,100 3,900 12,000 21,000 : Oth : 14,300 25,400 12,000 2,100 100 4,700 2,700 25,900 Sts : : US :365,300 84,400 43,400 9,700 100 20,700 60,900 102,800 :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : Misc. & : : Pearl :Lavender : Pink : Violet : White : Unclass- : Total : : Hope : : Type : : ified : :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : ID : * * 44,700 IL : * * 14,700 IA : 1,000 * 2,400 * 26,500 MI : * 700 * 15,500 MN : * * * 1,000 74,000 NY : 700 1,100 500 15,000 OH : * * 19,000 OR : * * 48,700 PA : * * * * 19,800 SD : * 19,800 UT : 700 300 165,000 WA : 29,900 WI : 300 1,300 800 900 4,100 157,000 : Oth : 2,800 600 2,400 1,500 2,800 63,600 Sts : : US : 5,500 1,900 4,300 6,300 7,900 -- 713,200 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ Demi-buff includes crossed of dark brown, violet, pastel, standard, pearl or others. * Included in other States to avoid disclosing individual operations. Female Mink Bred to Produce Kits: Number by Color Class, Major States and United States, 1995 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : State : Stan- : Ranch : Demi- : Pas- : Pale : Sap- : Gun : Mahog- : dard : Wild : Buff 1/: tel : Brown : phire : Metal : any ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number : ID : 22,000 5,400 * * 1,400 11,900 IL : 12,300 * IA : 12,900 600 1,000 * 1,000 3,900 3,600 MI : 7,700 700 400 * 400 2,000 MN : 32,500 17,500 * * * 5,500 12,000 NY : 4,300 * 200 300 * 1,000 1,000 OH : * 1,500 100 * 200 * OR : 18,000 * * * 24,000 1,600 PA : 6,300 * * * 2,500 5,700 1,500 SD : * * * * 5,200 UT : 89,800 5,200 14,200 1,400 6,800 7,600 35,600 WA : 16,700 * 6,500 * WI :102,100 5,200 2,200 2,800 4,300 17,100 24,000 : Oth : 26,900 22,400 23,500 5,000 100 5,900 3,100 25,200 Sts : : US :351,500 57,800 41,800 10,000 100 21,900 75,000 123,600 :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : Misc. & : : Pearl :Lavender : Pink : Violet : White : Unclass- : Total : : Hope : : Type : : ified : :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : ID : 800 * * 52,200 IL : * * 13,400 IA : * 1,000 * 28,100 MI : * * 900 * 13,500 MN : * * 1,500 75,500 NY : 100 500 7,600 OH : 100 100 20,000 OR : 49,000 PA : * * * * 19,000 SD : * 18,500 UT : 400 200 800 162,000 WA : 25,600 WI : 300 1,300 2,300 800 4,500 100 167,000 : Oth : 3,900 1,400 2,000 900 2,700 56,900 Sts : : US : 5,500 2,700 4,900 3,900 8,700 900 708,300 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ Demi-buff includes crossed of dark brown, violet, pastel, standard, pearl or others. * Included in other States to avoid disclosing individual operations. HDR2012000170070720951500Reliability Survey Procedures: Data for mink production are collected from all known producers. State Statistical Offices use all known sources of producers to ensure that their lists are as complete as possible. Data collection from the approximately 460 producers begins in February. All known mink producers are mailed a questionnaire and given adequate time to respond by mail. Those that do not respond by mail are telephoned or possibly enumerated in person. Great care is exercised to ensure that all operations are accounted for. Major auction houses which handle virtually all producer sales provide mink pelt price data in June. Prices are collected at the point of first sale by producers, before marketing costs are deducted. Reliability: Sound statistical methodology is employed to derive the estimates from reported data. All data are analyzed for unusual values. 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