Co St 1 (9-03) Cold Storage National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released September 19, 2003, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Cold Storage" call Barry Adams at (202) 720-8784, office hours 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET. HIGHLIGHTS Frozen food stocks in refrigerated warehouses on August 31, 2003 were greater than year earlier levels for butter, frozen eggs, total turkey, and potatoes. Butter stocks were down 10 percent from July 2003 but were 12 percent above a year ago. Total red meat supplies in freezers were 1 percent below July 31, 2003, and were 14 percent below August 2002. Frozen pork stocks were 3 percent below last month, and 8 percent below last year. Stocks of pork bellies were 44 percent below last month but 26 percent above August 2002 stocks. Total frozen poultry supplies on August 31, 2003 were down 2 percent from last month and down 12 percent from last year's level. Total stocks of chicken were down 2 percent from last month and down 25 percent from last year's level. Total pounds of turkey in freezers decreased 1 percent from last month, but were 4 percent above last year. Public cooler occupancy on August 31, 2003, was at 40 percent of capacity, up 1 point from last year. Public freezer occupancy, was at 49 percent, down 5 points from last year. This page is intentionally blank. Table of Contents Page Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, August 2003. . . . . . . . . 4 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, July 31, 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, August 31, 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Public General Warehouses: Cold Storage Space Occupied by Region and United States, August 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Survey and Estimating Procedures, Revision Policy and Reliability. . . . . . . . .17 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, August 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : Aug 31, : Jul 31, : Aug 31, : Aug : Jul : Aug 31, : 2002 : 2003 : 2003 :2002 :2003 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -------- 1,000 Pounds ------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Apples : Regular Storage : 7,563 17,857 16,501 218 92 Controlled Atmosphere: 82,220 392,505 90,025 109 23 Total : 89,783 410,362 106,526 119 26 888 Pears : Bartlett : 92,178 12,779 34,711 38 272 Other Varieties : 26,834 28 335 1 1,196 Total : 119,012 12,807 35,046 29 274 16,123 Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 330,681 367,363 239,696 72 65 Pecans : 54,726 37,841 32,878 60 87 Other Shelled : 63,572 129,633 82,907 130 64 Total : 448,979 534,837 355,481 79 66 143,778 In-Shell : Peanuts : 14,589 24,235 13,333 91 55 Pecans : 83,033 28,847 14,362 17 50 Other In-Shell : 4,467 16,846 11,142 249 66 Total : 102,089 69,928 38,837 38 56 20,521 Dairy Products : Butter, Total 1/ : 229,471 283,879 256,662 112 90 240,145 (Government Owned) : 2,449 11,183 9,567 391 86 Natural Cheese : American, Total : 565,419 552,455 538,259 95 97 (Government Owned) : 420 6,141 8,681 2,067 141 Swiss : 14,250 28,896 22,323 157 77 Other Natural Cheese : 221,829 227,612 225,623 102 99 Total : 801,498 808,963 786,205 98 97 461,524 Eggs, Frozen : Whites : 2,192 2,684 2,680 122 100 Yolks : 923 1,155 1,006 109 87 Whole & Mixed : 6,528 11,104 11,137 171 100 Unclassified : 3,535 3,627 3,168 90 87 Total : 13,178 18,570 17,991 137 97 17,724 Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 33,700 32,460 35,176 104 108 Hens, Mature Chickens: 6,248 3,740 5,443 87 146 Breasts & Breast Meat: 103,058 98,026 95 Drumsticks : 12,362 16,124 130 Leg Quarters : 67,957 70,454 104 Legs : 13,062 12,934 99 Thigh & Thigh : Quarters : 6,491 7,496 115 Thigh Meat 2/ : 13,730 14,288 104 Wings 3/ : 33,850 30,145 89 Paws and Feet : 10,583 11,125 105 Other : 338,297 319,085 94 Total Chicken : 824,021 635,590 620,296 75 98 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, August 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : Aug 31, : Jul 31, : Aug 31, : Aug : Jul : Aug 31, : 2002 : 2003 : 2003 :2002 :2003 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds -------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Turkeys : Toms (Whole Carcasses) : 180,685 225,010 225,992 125 100 Hens (Whole Carcasses) : 163,528 150,094 148,740 91 99 Whole Turkeys : 344,213 375,104 374,732 109 100 Other Turkey : 341,408 347,439 341,306 100 98 Total Turkey : 685,621 722,543 716,038 104 99 533,634 Ducks : 7,654 5,034 4,058 53 81 Total Poultry :1,517,296 1,363,167 1,340,392 88 98 1,120,653 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 41,174 36,737 36,762 89 100 Apricots : 9,031 13,563 11,402 126 84 Blackberries, Total : 34,061 31,838 32,241 95 101 IQF : 20,150 22,330 22,177 110 99 Pails and Tubs : 2,345 1,916 2,166 92 113 Barrels, 400 lbs net : 10,952 7,181 7,476 68 104 Concentrate : 614 411 422 69 103 Blueberries : 120,995 43,247 104,650 86 242 Boysenberries : 4,846 3,337 2,727 56 82 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 78,729 69,005 112,008 142 162 Cherries, Tart (Juice) : 3,643 1,275 3,899 107 306 Cherries, Sweet : 12,582 8,881 10,141 81 114 Grapes : 2,366 3,749 2,864 121 76 Peaches : 59,708 23,160 48,379 81 209 Raspberries, Black : 4,119 2,332 2,205 54 95 Raspberries, Red, Total: 79,774 76,000 69,855 88 92 IQF : 27,054 31,256 30,469 113 97 Pails and Tubs : 15,661 15,296 14,026 90 92 Barrels, 400 lbs net : 36,445 29,013 24,236 67 84 Concentrate : 614 435 1,124 183 258 Strawberries, Total : 405,949 472,331 426,006 105 90 IQF and Poly : 282,019 228,010 206,277 73 90 Pails and Tubs : 74,213 154,526 139,821 188 90 Barrels and Drums : 26,873 64,989 59,606 222 92 Juice Stock : 22,844 24,806 20,302 89 82 Other Frozen Fruit : 191,481 147,839 128,614 67 87 Total :1,048,210 933,294 991,753 95 106 826,164 Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 4/ :1,680,896 1,848,906 1,673,445 100 91 (Gallon Equivalent) : 169,856 186,834 169,103 Other Juice Concentrate: 275,106 313,254 290,370 106 93 Total :1,956,002 2,162,160 1,963,815 100 91 226,470 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, August 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :----------------------------------------------------- : Aug 31, : Jul 31, : Aug 31, : Aug : Jul : Aug 31, : 2002 : 2003 : 2003 : 2002 :2003 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :-------- 1,000 Pounds ------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Frozen Vegetables : Asparagus : 9,996 10,361 10,425 104 101 Limas, Fordhook : 9,921 3,971 8,026 81 202 Limas, Baby : 29,417 15,099 27,431 93 182 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 195,536 102,965 166,314 85 162 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 25,601 16,971 27,873 109 164 Broccoli, Spears : 50,436 47,843 44,266 88 93 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 79,052 85,879 80,459 102 94 Brussels Sprouts : 8,131 10,539 10,668 131 101 Carrots, Diced : 38,824 30,779 28,043 72 91 Carrots, Other : 85,169 82,437 86,816 102 105 Cauliflower : 25,186 13,843 14,984 59 108 Corn, Cut : 289,980 179,163 354,289 122 198 Corn, Cob : 169,375 117,079 236,460 140 202 Mixed Vegetables : 50,415 44,670 46,361 92 104 Okra : 50,548 39,819 50,119 99 126 Onion Rings : 7,270 7,573 7,385 102 98 Onions, Other : 29,625 28,017 28,507 96 102 Blackeye Peas : 5,128 4,470 3,645 71 82 Green Peas : 305,107 303,006 293,749 96 97 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 7,332 7,362 8,714 119 118 Spinach : 91,412 93,370 83,711 92 90 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 49,233 39,901 47,911 97 120 Southern Greens : 21,563 19,469 17,108 79 88 Other Vegetables : 289,438 271,965 316,483 109 116 Total :1,923,695 1,576,551 1,999,747 104 127 1,544,113 : Potatoes : French Fries : 797,929 859,504 840,460 105 98 Other Frozen : 242,662 270,935 250,310 103 92 Total :1,040,591 1,130,439 1,090,770 105 96 787,450 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, August 2003 (Continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :-------------------------------------------------------- : Aug 31, : Jul 31, : Aug 31, : Aug : Jul : Aug 31, : 2002 : 2003 : 2003 : 2002 :2003 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds --------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 5/ : 406,336 317,680 318,255 78 100 Beef Cuts 6/ : 55,421 50,568 54,466 98 108 Total : 461,757 368,248 372,721 81 101 370,574 (Government Owned) : 1,835 2,249 2,410 131 107 Frozen Pork : Picnics, Bone-in : 11,314 7,253 6,197 55 85 Hams, Total : 140,199 121,251 127,789 91 105 124,352 Bone-in : 86,684 72,991 85,219 98 117 84,419 Boneless 7/ : 53,515 48,260 42,570 80 88 39,933 Bellies : 14,250 32,075 17,895 126 56 Loins, Total : 24,601 27,611 29,254 119 106 27,034 Bone-in : 11,308 11,546 10,585 94 92 Boneless 8/ : 13,293 16,065 18,669 140 116 Ribs 9/ : 51,522 49,212 46,003 89 93 Butts : 9,033 8,594 7,978 88 93 Trimmings 10/ : 49,459 36,245 35,368 72 98 Other 11/ : 59,749 61,566 59,331 99 96 Variety Meats 12/ : 58,416 55,857 55,619 95 100 Unclassified 13/ : 45,834 40,990 40,665 89 99 Total : 464,377 440,654 426,099 92 97 381,826 (Government Owned) : 788 784 815 103 104 Other : Veal : 3,720 3,797 4,263 115 112 Lamb & Mutton : 14,458 5,929 5,876 41 99 Total : 18,178 9,726 10,139 56 104 10,036 Canned : Canned Hams : 6,129 5,706 5,461 89 96 Other Canned Meat : 240 685 664 277 97 Total : 6,369 6,391 6,125 96 96 6,086 Total : 950,681 825,019 815,084 86 99 768,522 Miscellaneous : Cooler : 661,920 527,329 563,553 85 107 266,230 Freezer : 2,235,699 2,115,043 2,268,142 101 107 2,210,561 Total : 2,897,619 2,642,372 2,831,695 98 107 2,476,791 Commodities : Stored in Coolers : 2,242,739 2,382,802 1,902,582 85 80 1,076,149 Stored in Freezers :10,895,365 10,389,546 10,727,422 98 103 7,735,716 Total :13,138,104 12,772,348 12,630,004 96 99 8,811,865 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Preliminary revisions indicate total stocks at 301,425 for June; 297,959 for may; 263,735 for April; 244,958 for March; 239,933 for February. Annual revisions will be published in February 2004. 2/ Boneless. 3/ All Products. 4/ Adjusted to 42.0 degrees Brix equivalent (9.896 pounds per gallon). 5/ Includes all boxed boneless beef, such as ground beef, roasts, steaks, loins, strips, rounds, trimmings, etc. Variety meats (edible offal), such as tongues, livers, hearts, kidneys, and other organs removed from slaughtered beef, are included as miscellaneous freezer stocks. 6/ Includes all boxed primal beef cuts, bone-in. 7/ Includes full ham, bone removed and individual muscles separated. 8/ Includes pork tenderloins. 9/ Includes spareribs and backribs. 10/ Includes 42% regular trimmings, 72% special trimmings, boneless picnic meat, jowls, neckbone trimmings, blade, cheek, head, and shank meat, etc. Packaged bacon, sausage, and processed items, such as hot dogs and luncheon meats, are included in miscellaneous cooler or freezer stocks. 11/ Includes ears, tails, feet, neckbones and snouts. 12/ Includes tongues, kidneys, livers, stomachs, hearts, chitterlings, salivary glands, and other organs removed from slaughtered hogs. 13/ Includes product unable to be classified elsewhere in this report. Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, July 31, 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 30 31,953 33 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 683 523 20 198,705 Pecans 1/ : 167 11,304 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 6,990 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 22,324 54,530 217,977 140,622 130 Other Natural Cheese : 328 17,981 132,063 57,392 2,300 : Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 1,462 249 767 12,343 Hens, Mature Chickens : 15 162 646 149 998 Other : 1,595 15,295 15,319 31,607 202,896 Total Chicken : 1,610 16,919 16,214 32,523 216,237 Turkeys : Whole Turkeys : 5,446 23,126 13,466 67,734 84,016 Other Turkey : 525 12,840 32,899 77,234 163,054 Total Turkey : 5,971 35,966 46,365 144,968 247,070 Ducks : 408 4,260 1 167 Total Poultry : 7,581 53,293 66,839 177,492 463,474 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 20 11,598 18,502 86 503 Blueberries : 5,404 6,574 13,969 927 1,957 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 7 4,610 45,965 94 2,474 Cherries, Sweet : 136 4,229 354 42 Peaches : 14 920 2,335 1,048 281 Raspberries, Red : 41 1,510 1,277 145 213 Strawberries, Total : 130 4,752 4,671 1,377 1,529 Other Frozen Fruit : 78 7,596 71,872 2,512 2,642 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, July 31, 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 6 62 378,278 410,362 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 33,520 133,644 88 180 367,363 Pecans 1/ : 980 25,240 150 37,841 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 2,084 19,773 28,847 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 161 3,260 19,397 94,054 552,455 Other Natural Cheese : 1,860 138 2,201 13,349 227,612 : Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 3,590 10,566 563 2,920 32,460 Hens, Mature Chickens : 492 980 298 3,740 Other : 109,578 182,494 2,096 38,510 599,390 Total Chicken : 113,660 194,040 2,659 41,728 635,590 Turkeys : Whole Turkeys : 6,325 84,296 22,292 68,403 375,104 Other Turkey : 1,705 33,982 13,095 12,105 347,439 Total Turkey : 8,030 118,278 35,387 80,508 722,543 Ducks : 14 70 51 63 5,034 Total Poultry : 121,704 312,388 38,097 122,299 1,363,167 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 78 677 136 5,137 36,737 Blueberries : 295 621 125 13,375 43,247 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 2 453 2,880 12,520 69,005 Cherries, Sweet : 6 61 749 3,304 8,881 Peaches : 25 940 121 17,476 23,160 Raspberries, Red : 152 340 40 72,282 76,000 Strawberries, Total : 1,868 45,216 159 412,629 472,331 Other Frozen Fruit : 132 12,248 5,632 45,127 147,839 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, July 31, 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 2/ : 113 816 143 1,773,654 Other Juice Concentrate : 40,383 23,015 10,601 1,010 101,632 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 886 5,530 62 517 Limas, Fordhook : 976 596 13 533 Limas, Baby : 3,289 1,429 39 3,097 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 17,624 23,753 796 2,740 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 4,333 3,357 121 650 Broccoli, Spears : 6,160 6,281 2,791 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 4,983 9,000 6,698 8,408 Brussels Sprouts : 1,695 1,061 6 2,165 Carrots, Diced : 3,277 14,119 194 826 Carrots, Other : 9,899 12,272 300 3,339 Cauliflower : 1,529 2,632 46 676 Corn, Cut : 14,410 31,400 14,084 6,957 Corn, Cob : 8,720 13,403 4,196 3,903 Mixed Vegetables : 4,162 7,199 146 2,322 Okra : 1,660 587 625 8,579 Onion Rings : 311 4,456 783 638 Onions, Other : 4,041 4,519 299 2,265 Blackeye Peas : 351 68 9 2,847 Green Peas : 45,680 38,335 24,597 9,189 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 1,256 913 109 440 Spinach : 14,693 5,005 798 4,969 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 3,404 4,666 22 5,287 Southern Greens : 1,730 658 43 5,044 Other Vegetables : 32,021 26,678 6,705 26,316 : Potatoes : French Fries : 40,604 30,852 51,937 97,705 24,183 Other Frozen : 4,468 16,024 30,161 8,982 4,207 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 1,323 42,453 33,099 99,759 26,250 Beef Cuts 5/ : 2,150 2,445 7,620 7,070 3,221 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 238 1,689 17,193 16,347 5,670 Trimmings 7/ : 46 618 8,066 20,952 1,484 Other 8/ : 1,698 778 11,462 25,547 13,861 : Other : Veal : 572 910 194 31 Lamb & Mutton : 4 2,258 796 735 218 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, July 31, 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Concentrate : 35 5,319 95 68,731 1,848,906 Other Juice Concentrate : 216 15,811 1,293 119,293 313,254 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 585 4 2,777 10,361 Limas, Fordhook : 401 2 1,450 3,971 Limas, Baby : 796 921 5,528 15,099 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 1,311 144 56,597 102,965 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 217 14 8,279 16,971 Broccoli, Spears : 15,904 88 16,619 47,843 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 30,749 1,115 24,926 85,879 Brussels Sprouts : 374 5,238 10,539 Carrots, Diced : 2,113 2 10,248 30,779 Carrots, Other : 10,470 480 45,677 82,437 Cauliflower : 3,320 22 5,618 13,843 Corn, Cut : 1,184 1,105 110,023 179,163 Corn, Cob : 878 22 85,957 117,079 Mixed Vegetables : 6,879 251 23,711 44,670 Okra : 27,628 740 39,819 Onion Rings : 147 354 884 7,573 Onions, Other : 2,197 2,937 11,759 28,017 Blackeye Peas : 888 307 4,470 Green Peas : 3,246 14,771 167,188 303,006 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 487 66 4,091 7,362 Spinach : 11,583 46 56,276 93,370 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 7,196 383 18,943 39,901 Southern Greens : 10,297 1,697 19,469 Other Vegetables : 36,366 8,712 135,167 271,965 : Potatoes : French Fries : 6,211 9,241 216,493 382,278 859,504 Other Frozen : 735 30,788 53,145 122,425 270,935 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 3,360 61,358 9,248 40,830 317,680 Beef Cuts 5/ : 3,242 7,872 10,371 6,577 50,568 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 3,846 2,853 160 1,216 49,212 Trimmings 7/ : 199 4,126 5 749 36,245 Other 8/ : 3,095 3,140 68 1,917 61,566 : Other : Veal : 80 204 1 1,805 3,797 Lamb & Mutton : 5 235 36 1,642 5,929 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ East North Central combined with South Atlantic. Mountain and West North Central combined with West South Central. 2/ Middle Atlantic combined with South Atlantic. 3/ New England combined with Middle Atlantic. East South Central combined with South Atlantic. 4/ Includes all boxed boneless beef, such as ground beef, roasts, steaks, loins, strips, rounds, trimmings, etc. Variety meats (edible offal), such as tongues, livers, hearts, kidneys, and other organs removed from slaughtered beef, are included as miscellaneous freezer stocks. 5/ Includes all boxed primal beef cuts, bone-in. 6/ Includes spareribs and backribs. 7/ Includes 42% regular trimmings, 72% special trimmings, boneless picnic meat, jowls, neckbone trimmings, blade, cheek, head, and shank meat, etc. Packaged bacon, sausage, and processed items, such as hot dogs and luncheon meats, are included in miscellaneous cooler or freezer stocks. 8/ Includes ears, tails, feet, neckbones and snouts. 9/ Includes tongues, kidneys, livers, stomachs, hearts, chitterlings, salivary glands, and other organs removed from slaughtered hogs. 10/ Includes product unable to be classified elsewhere in this report. Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, August 31, 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 35 10,244 30 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 682 468 15 122,890 Pecans 1/ : 193 10,497 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 3,870 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 22,064 53,684 215,998 125,899 126 Other Natural Cheese : 234 18,887 129,599 57,381 1,941 : Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 52 1,535 247 844 14,630 Hens, Mature Chickens : 22 206 455 211 2,259 Other : 1,611 15,417 14,635 31,052 200,807 Total Chicken : 1,685 17,158 15,337 32,107 217,696 Turkeys : Whole Turkeys : 7,223 27,584 19,723 64,637 82,493 Other Turkey : 739 14,412 31,023 72,000 165,073 Total Turkey : 7,962 41,996 50,746 136,637 247,566 Ducks : 391 3,294 1 173 Total Poultry : 9,647 59,545 69,377 168,745 465,435 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 10 8,365 23,104 51 271 Blueberries : 20,740 9,689 45,047 1,744 3,302 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 7 4,022 89,913 107 2,439 Cherries, Sweet : 275 5,562 666 72 Peaches : 26 1,726 6,018 1,018 494 Raspberries, Red : 59 1,489 1,830 183 223 Strawberries, Total : 86 5,109 4,942 1,751 1,353 Other Frozen Fruit : 72 7,171 58,052 2,572 1,742 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, August 31, 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 5 55 96,157 106,526 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 22,763 92,663 75 140 239,696 Pecans 1/ : 659 21,402 127 32,878 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 1,084 9,408 14,362 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 213 4,465 20,390 95,420 538,259 Other Natural Cheese : 1,903 147 2,991 12,540 225,623 : Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 3,836 10,847 603 2,582 35,176 Hens, Mature Chickens : 860 945 67 418 5,443 Other : 105,326 171,880 1,879 37,070 579,677 Total Chicken : 110,022 183,672 2,549 40,070 620,296 Turkeys : Whole Turkeys : 7,764 81,321 22,035 61,952 374,732 Other Turkey : 1,701 31,660 12,360 12,338 341,306 Total Turkey : 9,465 112,981 34,395 74,290 716,038 Ducks : 11 75 51 62 4,058 Total Poultry : 119,498 296,728 36,995 114,422 1,340,392 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 81 441 93 4,346 36,762 Blueberries : 485 734 215 22,694 104,650 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 4 400 3,068 12,048 112,008 Cherries, Sweet : 6 54 746 2,760 10,141 Peaches : 56 778 174 38,089 48,379 Raspberries, Red : 176 226 11 65,658 69,855 Strawberries, Total : 1,935 32,252 137 378,441 426,006 Other Frozen Fruit : 220 10,360 4,848 43,577 128,614 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, August 31, 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 2/ : 92 861 150 1,606,298 Other Juice Concentrate : 24,268 23,098 9,261 880 100,560 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 914 5,984 50 392 Limas, Fordhook : 1,304 691 8 580 Limas, Baby : 3,068 1,279 6 3,635 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 34,892 38,739 969 3,529 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 6,876 6,798 186 702 Broccoli, Spears : 4,118 5,184 2,357 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 5,114 9,023 6,091 8,078 Brussels Sprouts : 3,455 1,096 5 1,895 Carrots, Diced : 2,838 13,437 308 844 Carrots, Other : 10,429 10,664 459 3,431 Cauliflower : 1,210 2,385 45 657 Corn, Cut : 27,622 65,261 37,214 8,399 Corn, Cob : 11,912 28,684 17,519 6,520 Mixed Vegetables : 4,879 8,168 175 2,210 Okra : 1,657 733 457 9,331 Onion Rings : 301 4,335 638 661 Onions, Other : 3,958 4,686 312 2,580 Blackeye Peas : 361 61 8 2,158 Green Peas : 38,455 43,432 23,912 8,205 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 1,139 1,189 56 420 Spinach : 13,171 5,051 346 4,693 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 3,191 11,417 22 5,183 Southern Greens : 1,586 578 37 4,540 Other Vegetables : 37,204 35,779 7,062 29,056 : Potatoes : French Fries : 32,802 28,059 53,424 91,929 22,758 Other Frozen : 3,468 13,840 26,000 8,373 4,153 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 1,337 46,237 29,446 98,697 25,885 Beef Cuts 5/ : 1,939 2,721 8,457 7,172 3,323 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 190 1,543 16,012 14,638 6,525 Trimmings 7/ : 37 692 8,736 19,675 1,447 Other 8/ : 1,355 900 11,332 26,477 11,766 Other : Veal : 16 863 1,045 154 47 Lamb & Mutton : 4 2,117 837 892 258 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, August 31, 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Concentrate : 31 4,649 115 61,249 1,673,445 Other Juice Concentrate : 204 14,640 1,504 115,955 290,370 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 631 6 2,448 10,425 Limas, Fordhook : 328 2 5,113 8,026 Limas, Baby : 655 5,024 13,764 27,431 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 1,218 289 86,678 166,314 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 228 14 13,069 27,873 Broccoli, Spears : 15,466 80 17,061 44,266 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 20,046 1,717 30,390 80,459 Brussels Sprouts : 308 4 3,905 10,668 Carrots, Diced : 1,540 3 9,073 28,043 Carrots, Other : 9,957 332 51,544 86,816 Cauliflower : 2,626 28 8,033 14,984 Corn, Cut : 1,926 2,457 211,410 354,289 Corn, Cob : 863 996 169,966 236,460 Mixed Vegetables : 7,152 251 23,526 46,361 Okra : 37,348 593 50,119 Onion Rings : 339 317 794 7,385 Onions, Other : 1,973 2,999 11,999 28,507 Blackeye Peas : 764 1 292 3,645 Green Peas : 3,232 13,259 163,254 293,749 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 583 70 5,257 8,714 Spinach : 10,250 93 50,107 83,711 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 7,220 345 20,533 47,911 Southern Greens : 9,002 1,365 17,108 Other Vegetables : 36,755 9,777 160,850 316,483 : Potatoes : French Fries : 6,889 10,716 193,543 400,340 840,460 Other Frozen : 643 21,771 48,536 123,526 250,310 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 3,326 59,912 9,227 44,188 318,255 Beef Cuts 5/ : 3,490 8,466 10,940 7,958 54,466 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 2,381 1,911 139 2,664 46,003 Trimmings 7/ : 240 3,872 4 665 35,368 Other 8/ : 2,771 2,872 49 1,809 59,331 : Other : Veal : 59 397 1 1,681 4,263 Lamb & Mutton : 5 231 15 1,517 5,876 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ East North Central combined with South Atlantic. Mountain and West North Central Combined with West South Central. 2/ Middle Atlantic combined with South Atlantic. 3/ New England combined with Middle Atlantic. East South Central combined with South Atlantic. 4/ Includes all boxed boneless beef, such as ground beef, roasts, steaks, loins, strips, rounds, trimmings, etc. Variety meats (edible offal), such as tongues, livers, hearts, kidneys, and other organs removed from slaughtered beef, are included as miscellaneous freezer stocks. 5/ Includes all boxed primal beef cuts, bone-in. 6/ Includes spareribs and backribs. 7/ Includes 42% regular trimmings, 72% special trimmings, boneless picnic meat, jowls, neckbone trimmings, blade, cheek, head, and shank meat, etc. Packaged bacon, sausage, and processed items, such as hot dogs and luncheon meats, are included in miscellaneous cooler or freezer stocks. 8/ Includes ears, tails, feet, neckbones and snouts. 9/ Includes tongues, kidneys, livers, stomachs, hearts, chitterlings, salivary glands, and other organs removed from slaughtered hogs. 10/ Includes product unable to be classified elsewhere in this report. Public General Warehouses: Cold Storage Space Occupied by Region and United States, August 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cooler : Freezer :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Usable : Usable : Usable : Usable Region : Space : Space Occupied : Space : Space Occupied :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Aug 31 :Aug 31:Jul 31:Aug 31: Aug 31 :Aug 31:Jul 31:Aug 31 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 : 2003 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 1,000 : Cu Ft ---- Percent --- Cu Ft ---- Percent --- : New England : 1,783 70 70 69 16,575 63 70 71 Middle Atlantic : 46,908 63 51 53 137,966 54 52 54 E. North Central : 58,264 44 52 50 224,958 49 45 44 W. North Central : 46,557 43 45 43 162,515 50 53 45 South Atlantic : 52,949 30 28 27 203,851 57 48 46 E. South Central : 9,867 52 49 48 72,758 41 39 35 W. South Central : 29,554 17 25 24 141,361 53 48 39 Mountain : 11,708 16 40 39 69,059 38 56 54 Pacific : 54,232 28 35 34 340,599 66 60 60 : US : 311,822 39 41 40 1,369,642 54 52 49 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Survey Procedures: Questionnaires are mailed about the 24th of each month to all operators on the list of approximately 1,400 public and private cold storage warehouses. In addition, apple data are obtained from special surveys and other sources (State Departments of Agriculture, U.S. Apple Association, etc.). All survey data represent stocks as of the end of the month. Data are collected from warehouses artificially cooled to a temperature of 50 degrees Fahrenheit or lower, and whose food products are normally stored for 30 days or more. All food items in these facilities are reported regardless of the number of days stored at the time of the report. 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