HDR1012000170070722961500MINK Mink National Agricultural Statistics Service United States Department of Agriculture Washington, D.C. Released July 22, 1996, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Mink" call Tom Kruchten at (202) 690-4870, 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. Pelt Production Up 7 Percent Mink pelt production in the United States in 1995 totaled 2.69 million pelts, up 7 percent from 1994. Wisconsin, the major mink producing State, produced 676,000 pelts. By color class, the number of pelts as a percent of the total U.S. production follows: Standard - 45.3 percent; Mahogany - 21.1 percent; Gunmetal - 10.6 percent; Ranch Wild - 9.8 percent; Demi-buff - 5.9 percent. The remaining color classes accounted for 7.3 percent. Value of Pelt Production Up 72 Percent Mink pelts produced during the 1995 crop year were valued at $143 million dollars, up 72 percent from $83.3 million a year ago. The average price per pelt for the 1995 crop year was $53.10, up $20.10 from the 1994 price of $33.00. The 1995 average price is the highest since the current price data series began in 1975. Females Bred Down 4 Percent Female mink bred to produce kits in 1996 totaled 678,300, down 4 percent from the previous year. Percent of total females bred to produce kits in 1996 by color class are: Standard - 49.4 percent; Mahogany - 17.7 percent; Gunmetal - 13.5 percent; Ranch Wild - 6.5 percent; Demi-buff - 4.1 percent. The remaining color classes accounted for 8.8 percent. Number of Mink Farms Down 3 Percent There were 446 mink farms producing pelts in 1995, down 3 percent from a year ago. Leading States were Utah with 130 farms, Wisconsin with 77 farms and Minnesota with 52. Fox There were 49 mink farms which also raised fox in 1995, compared to 47 for the previous year. Lv Gn 3 (7-96) Mink: Pelts Produced and Females Bred, By Color Class, United States, 1994-1996 1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Pelts Produced : Females Bred To Produce Kits Color :------------------------------------------------------- Class : 1994 2/: 1995 : 1994 : 1995 2/: 1996 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Thousands Thousands : Standard : 1,183 1,218 365.2 351.8 335.0 Ranch Wild : 275 265 84.4 57.8 43.7 Demi-buff : 174 159 43.4 41.8 27.9 Pastel : 32 35 9.7 10.1 9.4 Pale Brown : 3 1 0.1 0.1 0.3 Sapphire : 61 66 20.7 21.9 25.9 Gunmetal : 243 284 60.9 75.0 91.6 Mahogany : 472 569 102.8 123.6 120.2 Pearl : 17 33 5.5 8.0 7.1 Lavender-hope : 6 6 1.9 2.7 2.6 Pink : 11 10 4.3 3.0 0.8 Violet-type : 14 13 6.3 4.1 4.2 White : 31 33 7.9 8.7 7.4 Misc.& Unclassified : 2 1 -- 0.9 2.2 : US Total : 2,525 2,692 712.8 709.5 678.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mink: Farms, Pelts Produced, Price, and Value, United States, 1975-95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Mink : Pelts : Average Marketing : Value of Year : Farms : Produced : Price : Mink Pelts ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number 1,000 Dollars Million Dollars : 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 : 3/ 3/ 32.20 3/ 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 : 498 2,527 34.10 86.2 1994 2/ : 458 2,525 33.00 83.3 1995 4/ : 446 2,692 53.10 142.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ Sum of color class may not add to U.S. total due to rounding. 2/ Revised based on additional information. 3/ Data not availabe for 1981. 4/ Data are Preliminary. Mink: Pelts Produced by Color Class and Number of Farms, Major States and United States, 1994 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : : : : : : : States: 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 : 104,000 107,500 * * * 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 : 349,000 20,200 8,600 11,200 14,300 52,400 127,000 : Oth : 80,300 54,600 90,600 15,400 2,600 9,000 8,500 58,600 Sts : : US :1,182,600 275,400 173,600 32,400 2,600 60,900 243,400 472,200 :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : 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 : * * * 2,500 305,000 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 2,200 2,800 18,300 100 611,000 78 : Oth : 11,800 2,500 6,200 4,400 10,400 200 162,800 31 Sts : : US : 17,400 5,900 10,800 14,400 31,200 2,300 2,525,100 458 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ Demi-buff includes crossed of dark brown, violet, pastel, standard, pearl or others. * Included in other States in each respective color class to avoid disclosing individual operations. Mink: Pelts Produced by Color Class and Number of Farms, Major States and United States, 1995 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : : : : : : : States: Stan- : Ranch : Demi- : Pas- : Pale : Sap- : Gun : Mahog- : dard : Wild : Buff 1/: tel : Brown : phire : Metal : any ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number of Pelts : ID : 68,400 36,100 * * * 40,000 IL : 43,500 * * IA : 42,900 2,100 * * * 10,900 * MI : 32,100 * 3,400 1,600 1,500 1,300 6,000 MN : 115,000 74,000 3,800 * * 28,000 71,500 NY : 12,700 * 300 * 600 3,100 OH : * 6,000 2,100 100 2,900 800 * OR : 73,000 * 1,100 * 101,000 5,500 PA : * * * * 8,900 21,600 2,500 SD : * * * * 29,000 UT : 267,000 13,000 68,000 4,000 16,000 22,000 168,000 WA : 67,100 * 25,500 * WI : 377,900 27,700 9,700 10,600 15,200 64,800 140,300 : Oth : 118,400 106,100 72,000 16,800 500 21,400 7,900 103,100 Sts : : US :1,218,000 265,000 159,000 34,500 500 65,900 284,400 569,000 :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : Misc. & : : Number : Pearl :Lavender: Pink : Violet : White : Unclass-: Total : of : : Hope : : Type : : ified : Pelts : Farms :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Pelts : ID : * * 170,500 22 IL : * * 48,400 10 IA : * 3,900 * 91,300 21 MI : 2,100 * 1,400 2,500 52,100 12 MN : * * 3,300 306,000 52 NY : 200 1,000 1,000 * 20,800 11 OH : 100 68,000 12 OR : * 198,000 27 PA : * * * * * 63,200 13 SD : * 80,700 4 UT : 11,000 1,000 570,000 130 WA : 105,000 20 WI : 1,400 3,800 2,500 2,100 19,600 400 676,000 77 : Oth : 18,400 2,100 6,400 3,600 7,300 300 241,700 29 Sts : : US : 33,100 5,900 9,900 13,100 32,700 700 2,691,700 446 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ Demi-buff includes crossed of dark brown, violet, pastel, standard, pearl or others. * Included in other States in each respective color class to avoid disclosing individual operations. Female Mink Bred to Produce Kits: Number By Color Class, Major States and United States, 1995 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : : : : : : : States: 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 : 87,300 5,200 14,200 1,400 6,800 7,600 35,600 WA : 16,700 * 6,500 * WI :104,000 5,200 2,200 2,800 4,300 17,100 24,000 : Oth : 27,800 22,400 23,500 5,100 100 5,900 3,100 25,200 Sts : : US :351,800 57,800 41,800 10,100 100 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 : * 49,300 PA : * * * * 19,000 SD : * 18,500 UT : 2,900 200 800 162,000 WA : 25,600 WI : 300 1,300 400 800 4,500 100 167,000 : Oth : 3,900 1,400 2,000 1,100 2,700 57,800 Sts : : US : 8,000 2,700 3,000 4,100 8,700 900 709,500 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ Demi-buff includes crossed of dark brown, violet, pastel, standard, pearl or others. * Included in other States in each respective color class to avoid disclosing individual operations. Female Mink Bred to Produce Kits: Number By Color Class, Major States and United States, 1996 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : States: Stan- : Ranch : Demi- : Pas- : Pale : Sap- : Gun : Mahog- : dard : Wild : Buff 1/: tel : Brown : phire : Metal : any ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number : ID : 13,000 7,300 1,700 * * * 9,000 IL : 13,200 * IA : 13,000 * * * 1,400 4,700 3,600 MI : 7,700 300 700 600 2,100 MN : 31,000 13,000 * * * 6,500 15,500 NY : 4,100 * 300 * 100 500 OH : * 1,100 800 100 1,300 400 * OR : 18,000 * 400 3,000 27,000 1,100 PA : * * * * 2,700 6,000 1,100 SD : * * * * 6,700 UT : 86,400 3,300 14,000 700 100 6,200 8,200 45,900 WA : 16,400 * * 8,200 * WI : 99,100 4,900 1,900 2,300 100 5,500 25,300 24,200 : Oth : 33,100 14,100 9,500 5,300 100 5,100 4,600 10,500 Sts : : US :335,000 43,700 27,900 9,400 300 25,900 91,600 120,200 :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : Misc. & : : Pearl :Lavender : Pink : Violet : White : Unclass- : Total : : Hope : : Type : : ified : :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : ID : * * 100 37,400 IL : * * 14,300 IA : * 1,300 * 29,600 MI : 800 500 700 13,400 MN : * * 68,500 NY : * 7,200 OH : 100 20,500 OR : * 51,000 PA : * * * * 19,200 SD : * 22,800 UT : 2,000 200 167,000 WA : 27,500 WI : 200 1,100 400 800 4,500 200 170,500 : Oth : 4,100 1,500 400 1,300 2,200 1,900 29,400 Sts : : US : 7,100 2,600 800 4,200 7,400 2,200 678,300 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ Demi-buff includes crossed of dark brown, violet, pastel, standard, pearl or others. * Included in other States in each respective color class to avoid disclosing individual operations. 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 450 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. Data from each operation are compared to their own past operating profile and to trends from similar operations. 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