HDR1012000170070722971500Mink Mink National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released July 22, 1997, 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 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. Pelt Production Down 1 Percent Mink pelt production in the United States in 1996 totaled 2.65 million pelts, down 1 percent from 1995. Wisconsin, the major mink producing State, produced 718,000 pelts. By color class, the number of pelts as a percent of the total U.S. production follows: Standard - 46.7 percent; Mahogany - 21.1 percent; Gunmetal - 12.8 percent; Ranch Wild - 7.4 percent; Demi-buff - 4.1 percent. The remaining color classes accounted for 7.9 percent. Value of Pelt Production Down 35 Percent Mink pelts produced during the 1996 crop year were valued at $93.5 million dollars, down 35 percent from $142.8 million a year ago. The average price per pelt for the 1996 crop year was $35.30, down from the record high price of $53.10 in 1995. Females Bred Up 5 Percent Female mink bred to produce kits in 1997 totaled 710,800, up 5 percent from the previous year. Percent of total females bred to produce kits in 1997 by color class are: Standard - 46.5 percent; Mahogany - 19.5 percent; Gunmetal - 12.8 percent; Ranch Wild - 6.7 percent; Sapphire - 4.5 percent. The remaining color classes accounted for 10.0 percent. Number Of Mink Farms Down 7 Percent There were 415 mink farms producing pelts in 1996, down 7 percent from a year ago. Leading States were Utah with 130 farms, Wisconsin with 74 farms and Minnesota with 40. Fox There were 40 mink farms which also raised fox in 1996, compared to 49 for the previous year. Lv Gn 3 (7-97) Mink: Pelts Produced and Females Bred, By Color Class, United States, 1995-1997 1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Pelts Produced : Females Bred To Produce Kits Color :------------------------------------------------------- Class : 1995 2/: 1996 : 1995 : 1996 2/: 1997 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Thousands Thousands : Standard : 1,216 1,238 351.8 336.3 330.8 Ranch Wild : 264 195 57.8 43.7 47.5 Demi-buff : 159 109 41.8 29.0 29.8 Pastel : 35 32 10.1 9.3 13.4 Pale Brown : 1 1 0.1 0.4 0.2 Sapphire : 66 86 21.9 25.8 32.0 Gunmetal : 284 339 75.0 90.8 90.7 Mahogany : 569 560 123.6 119.0 138.8 Pearl : 33 25 8.0 6.7 5.7 Lavender-hope : 6 9 2.7 2.6 2.1 Pink : 10 3 3.0 0.8 1.4 Violet-type : 13 19 4.1 4.3 8.5 White : 33 30 8.7 7.4 9.2 Misc.& Unclassified : 1 3 0.9 2.1 0.7 : US Total : 2,689 2,649 709.5 678.2 710.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mink: Farms, Pelts Produced, Price, and Value, United States, 1976-96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Mink : Pelts : Average Marketing : Value of Year : Farms : Produced : Price : Mink Pelts ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number 1,000 Dollars Million Dollars : 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 : 458 2,525 33.00 83.3 1995 2/ : 445 2,689 53.10 142.8 1996 4/ : 415 2,649 35.30 93.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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, 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 : 376,100 26,900 9,700 10,600 15,300 64,800 140,300 : Oth : 118,400 106,100 72,000 16,800 500 21,400 7,900 103,100 Sts : : US :1,216,200 264,200 159,000 34,500 500 66,000 284,400 569,000 :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : 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 : 1,500 3,800 2,500 2,100 19,600 400 673,600 76 : Oth : 18,400 2,100 6,400 3,600 7,300 300 241,700 35 Sts : : US : 33,200 5,900 9,900 13,100 32,700 700 2,689,300 445 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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, 1996 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : : : : : : : States: Stan- : Ranch : Demi- : Pas- : Pale : Sap- : Gun : Mahog- : dard : Wild : Buff 1/: tel : Brown : phire : Metal : any ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number of Pelts : ID : 52,900 32,800 19,100 * * * 45,700 IL : 50,900 * IA : 45,100 * * 11,500 5,200 14,700 3,900 MI : 30,000 400 1,600 3,400 1,600 12,700 MN : 111,300 65,300 11,200 1,800 * 27,300 71,900 NY : 9,100 * 500 1,100 * * 800 4,100 OH : * 5,500 4,700 2,000 * OR : 78,000 * * 8,400 110,000 * PA : * 1,600 * 9,300 22,100 * SD : * 31,000 * * 37,500 UT : 286,000 11,000 50,000 3,000 18,000 28,000 183,000 WA : 68,000 * * * 33,000 * WI : 394,800 25,000 5,200 7,200 18,900 88,400 148,400 : Oth : 111,500 24,500 21,400 6,100 1,200 17,600 10,800 52,900 Sts : : US :1,237,600 195,100 109,400 32,300 1,200 85,500 338,700 560,100 :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : Misc. & : : Number : Pearl :Lavender: Pink : Violet : White : Unclass-: Total : of : : Hope : : Type : : ified : Pelts : Farms :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Pelts : ID : * * * 170,000 22 IL : * * * 56,700 9 IA : * * * 97,000 20 MI : 1,700 1,200 3,800 600 57,000 9 MN : * * * 293,300 40 NY : 200 200 400 1,600 20,100 11 OH : 73,800 12 OR : * 208,000 23 PA : * * * * 65,700 13 SD : * 94,100 4 UT : 5,000 1,000 585,000 130 WA : 117,000 19 WI : * 4,100 * 4,200 18,300 800 718,100 74 : Oth : 18,500 5,300 2,800 11,700 7,400 400 93,300 29 Sts : : US : 25,400 9,400 3,000 18,500 29,500 3,400 2,649,100 415 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 2,800 * * * 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 :100,400 4,900 1,900 2,300 * 5,400 25,200 23,000 : Oth : 33,100 14,100 9,500 5,200 300 5,100 3,900 10,500 Sts : : US :336,300 43,700 29,000 9,300 400 25,800 90,800 119,000 :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : Misc. & : : Pearl :Lavender : Pink : Violet : White : Unclass- : Total : : Hope : : Type : : ified : :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : ID : * * * 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 * 170,400 : Oth : 3,700 1,500 400 1,400 2,200 2,100 29,400 Sts : : US : 6,700 2,600 800 4,300 7,400 2,100 678,200 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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, 1997 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : States: Stan- : Ranch : Demi- : Pas- : Pale : Sap- : Gun : Mahog- : dard : Wild : Buff 1/: tel : Brown : phire : Metal : any ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number : ID : 12,900 8,100 * * 6,200 12,800 IL : 13,300 * * IA : 13,700 * 2,200 6,000 2,400 5,300 3,600 MI : 7,300 100 300 600 600 3,300 MN : 26,100 16,600 * 600 * 6,300 16,800 NY : 3,600 * 800 * * 600 300 OH : * 1,300 2,000 500 * OR : 19,000 * * 3,400 27,000 * PA : * 900 * 2,900 5,900 * SD : * * * * 7,600 UT : 91,900 2,400 15,000 900 6,100 9,300 56,300 WA : 17,000 * * 10,400 * WI : 95,000 6,900 1,100 2,500 6,900 20,400 24,400 : Oth : 31,000 12,200 10,500 2,300 200 1,500 4,400 13,700 Sts : : US :330,800 47,500 29,800 13,400 200 32,000 90,700 138,800 :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : Misc. & : : Pearl :Lavender : Pink : Violet : White : Unclass- : Total : : Hope : : Type : : ified : :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : ID : * * 46,500 IL : * * 14,700 IA : * 2,700 * 36,600 MI : 500 300 800 200 14,000 MN : * * * 68,500 NY : 400 400 6,800 OH : 19,700 OR : * 52,000 PA : * * * * 19,100 SD : * 23,000 UT : 200 2,000 900 185,000 WA : 30,900 WI : * * * 1,200 4,800 500 165,000 : Oth : 5,000 2,100 1,000 1,900 2,700 29,000 Sts : : US : 5,700 2,100 1,400 8,500 9,200 700 710,800 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. 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