HDR1012000170021122961500COLD STORAGE Cold Storage National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released November 22, 1996, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Cold Storage" call John Lange at (202) 720-0585, office hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. For assistance with general agricultural statistics, information about NASS, its products or services, contact the Agricultural Statistics Hotline at 1-800-727-9540 or E-mail: NASS@NASS.USDA.GOV. Frozen food stocks in refrigerated warehouses on October 31, 1996, were greater than year earlier levels for chicken, turkeys, fruit, and pork. Cooler stocks of pecans, natural cheese, and apples were higher than a year earlier. Total red meat supplies in freezers decreased 4 percent from September and were down 11 percent from October 1995. Frozen pork stocks were 3 percent below last month, but 3 percent above last year. Stocks of pork bellies were up 28 percent from last month and were 20 percent above last year's level. Total frozen poultry supplies declined 4 percent from last month, but were 8 percent above last year. Total stocks of chicken increased 1 percent during the month and were 14 percent above 1995. Total pounds of turkey in freezers declined 8 percent from last month, but were up 3 percent from last year. Public cooler occupancy was at 49 percent of capacity, down 2 points from a year ago. Public freezer occupancy at 68 percent was up 1 point from last month, but was down 3 points from last year. Program Change The National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will discontinue publishing cold storage stocks estimates for fresh grapes, other fresh fruit, dried and evaporated fruit, fresh onions, other fresh vegetables, cream, evaporated and condensed milk, and shell eggs, beginning with the January 1997 data published in the February 1997 Cold Storage report. Questions or comments concerning this change should be sent to John Lange, STOP 2021, 1400 Independence Ave. SW, Washington, DC 20250-2021, or call (202) 720-0585. Co St 1 (11-96) Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, October 1996 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :---------------------------------------------------- : Oct 31, : Sep 30, : Oct 31, :Oct :Sep : Oct 31, : 1995 : 1996 : 1996 :1995:1996: 1996 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds -------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Fresh Fruit : Apples : Regular Storage :1,844,682 960,669 2,145,191 116 223 Controlled Atmosphere :3,541,272 1,897,961 3,953,994 112 208 Total :5,385,954 2,858,630 6,099,185 113 213 173,974 Pears : Bartlett : 49,712 73,983 31,492 63 43 Other Varieties : 542,893 257,173 334,680 62 130 Total : 592,605 331,156 366,172 62 111 198 Grapes : 295,354 218,829 128,034 43 59 Other Fresh Fruit : 16,646 23,725 20,881 125 88 12,687 Dried & Evaporated Fruit : 15,074 12,183 11,638 77 96 9,226 Fresh Vegetables : Onions : 4,149 5,273 20,773 501 394 Other Fresh Vegetables : 66,606 9,270 45,418 68 490 Total : 70,755 14,543 66,191 94 455 44,011 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, October 1996 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :---------------------------------------------------- : Oct 31, : Sep 30, : Oct 31, :Oct :Sep : Oct 31, : 1995 : 1996 : 1996 :1995:1996: 1996 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds -------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 264,728 102,799 133,385 50 130 Pecans : 20,168 43,879 33,577 166 77 Other Shelled : 102,724 56,875 73,506 72 129 Total : 387,620 203,553 240,468 62 118 99,572 In-Shell : Peanuts : 15,718 2,329 8,325 53 357 Pecans : 12,237 23,750 15,875 130 67 Other In-Shell : 8,982 9,812 10,914 122 111 Total : 36,937 35,891 35,114 95 98 10,404 Dairy Products : Cream : 1,494 1,171 1,131 76 97 591 Butter, Total : 23,607 21,431 20,204 86 94 18,844 (Government Owned) : 5,228 546 265 5 49 Evap & Cond-Milk : 2,734 785 1,120 41 143 1,104 Natural Cheese : American, Total : 312,409 363,846 374,906 120 103 (Government Owned) : 146 190 301 206 158 Swiss : 7,517 12,663 11,979 159 95 Other Natural Cheese : 98,809 109,364 103,443 105 95 Total : 418,735 485,873 490,328 117 101 262,549 Eggs : Shell (Thou. Cases) 1/ : 28 19 19 68 100 Frozen Eggs : Whites : 1,032 1,208 1,268 123 105 Yolks : 3,726 1,673 1,512 41 90 Whole & Mixed : 8,535 10,403 7,166 84 69 Unclassified : 1,076 1,651 2,446 227 148 Total : 14,369 14,935 12,392 86 83 11,940 Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers (Whole) : 36,493 34,918 30,413 83 87 Hens : 12,455 14,099 10,277 83 73 Other Chicken : 471,585 538,474 554,681 118 103 Total : 520,533 587,491 595,371 114 101 Turkey : Whole Turkeys : 486,363 509,525 457,395 94 90 Other Turkey : 157,841 211,496 203,254 129 96 Total : 644,204 721,021 660,649 103 92 Ducks : 4,823 1,570 2,176 45 139 Total :1,169,560 1,310,082 1,258,196 108 96 1,139,120 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, October 1996 (Continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :---------------------------------------------------- : Oct 31, : Sep 30, : Oct 31, :Oct :Sep : Oct 31, : 1995 : 1996 : 1996 :1995:1996: 1996 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds -------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 61,212 51,281 54,574 89 106 Apricots : 8,601 11,276 10,551 123 94 Blackberries, Total : 20,950 32,081 24,058 115 75 IQF : 10,690 15,228 14,443 135 95 Pails and Tubs : 3,846 4,036 2,999 78 74 Barrels, 400 lbs net : 4,618 11,904 5,453 118 46 Concentrate : 1,796 913 1,163 65 127 Blueberries : 85,104 82,105 70,788 83 86 Boysenberries : 2,719 4,595 4,880 179 106 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 149,275 151,751 146,419 98 96 Cherries, Tart (Juice) : 1,885 3,109 4,552 241 146 Cherries, Sweet : 17,731 12,397 11,950 67 96 Grapes : 6,355 4,137 5,491 86 133 Peaches : 56,284 61,279 59,204 105 97 Raspberries, Black : 1,715 1,701 1,600 93 94 Raspberries, Red, Total : 52,721 49,465 44,143 84 89 IQF : 13,230 15,715 15,527 117 99 Pails and Tubs : 23,142 16,621 14,834 64 89 Barrels, 400 lbs net : 13,990 15,744 12,287 88 78 Concentrate : 2,359 1,385 1,495 63 108 Strawberries, Total : 303,378 292,382 282,439 93 97 Other Frozen Fruit : 567,030 147,604 663,980 117 450 Total :1,334,960 905,163 1,384,629 104 153 780,797 Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 2/ : 830,295 965,573 743,551 90 77 (Gallon Equivalent) : 83,902 97,572 75,137 Other Juice Concentrate : 555,974 461,102 428,273 77 93 Total :1,386,269 1,426,675 1,171,824 85 82 272,016 Frozen Vegetables : Asparagus : 11,419 9,637 8,653 76 90 Limas, Fordhook : 22,858 19,242 18,412 81 96 Limas, Baby : 46,481 50,427 61,208 132 121 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 219,547 227,779 203,815 93 89 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 49,243 54,354 52,138 106 96 Broccoli, Spears : 24,707 28,865 23,318 94 81 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 92,226 109,838 105,609 115 96 Brussels Sprouts : 11,944 7,909 12,692 106 160 Carrots, Diced : 49,122 36,069 56,542 115 157 Carrots, Other : 182,519 151,510 181,801 100 120 Cauliflower : 50,542 35,165 48,058 95 137 Corn, Cut : 476,652 389,823 454,259 95 117 Corn, Cob : 318,434 342,175 390,995 123 114 Mixed Vegetables : 57,876 55,609 51,957 90 93 Okra : 44,860 40,572 39,303 88 97 Onion Rings : 10,824 8,719 8,852 82 102 Onions, Other : 36,360 30,288 27,823 77 92 Blackeye Peas : 12,072 10,688 14,172 117 133 Green Peas : 341,652 313,614 286,930 84 91 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 8,325 9,916 7,118 86 72 Spinach : 76,349 56,344 53,358 70 95 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 66,597 64,862 69,508 104 107 Southern Greens : 18,112 11,490 9,771 54 85 Other Vegetables : 317,603 330,670 340,738 107 103 Total :2,546,324 2,395,565 2,527,030 99 105 1,755,743 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, October 1996 (Continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :-------------------------------------------------------- : Oct 31, : Sep 30, : Oct 31, : Oct : Sep : Oct 31, : 1995 : 1996 : 1996 : 1995 :1996 : 1996 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds --------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Potatoes : French Fries : 992,049 920,915 1,018,769 103 111 Other Frozen : 233,532 203,955 194,578 83 95 Total : 1,225,581 1,124,870 1,213,347 99 108 824,814 Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless : 350,472 284,208 262,677 75 92 Beef Cuts : 31,084 27,971 29,706 96 106 Total : 381,556 312,179 292,383 77 94 286,054 (Government Owned) : 14,677 6,478 5,692 39 88 Frozen Pork : Picnics, Bone-in : 8,861 6,156 7,099 80 115 Hams, Total : 94,642 94,167 80,166 85 85 74,529 Bone-in : 70,793 62,260 53,601 76 86 49,825 Boneless : 23,849 31,907 26,565 111 83 24,704 Bellies : 13,478 12,702 16,206 120 128 Loins, Total : 9,082 13,354 13,072 144 98 11,298 Bone-in : 4,627 5,417 6,777 146 125 Boneless : 4,455 7,937 6,295 141 79 Ribs : 33,050 34,080 40,736 123 120 Butts : 7,303 5,603 5,403 74 96 Trimmings : 33,309 33,915 30,540 92 90 Other : 84,315 86,806 79,997 95 92 Variety Meats : 26,965 37,403 38,554 143 103 Unclassified : 10,620 16,082 18,909 178 118 Total : 321,625 340,268 330,682 103 97 283,449 (Government Owned) : 2,094 553 898 43 162 Other : Veal : 7,504 6,493 6,949 93 107 Lamb & Mutton : 7,503 11,249 10,523 140 94 Total : 15,007 17,742 17,472 116 98 17,057 Canned : Canned Hams : 12,505 7,362 8,061 64 109 Other Canned Meat : 1,584 820 882 56 108 Total : 14,089 8,182 8,943 63 109 7,827 Total : 732,277 678,371 649,480 89 96 594,387 Miscellaneous : Cooler : 555,764 503,085 573,706 103 114 430,461 Freezer : 1,902,172 1,771,211 1,743,481 92 98 1,671,541 Total : 2,457,936 2,274,296 2,317,187 94 102 2,102,002 Commodities : Stored in Coolers : 7,795,108 4,697,856 8,043,810 103 171 1,135,959 Stored in Freezers :10,321,030 9,640,121 9,971,640 97 103 7,061,375 Total :18,116,138 14,337,977 18,015,450 99 126 8,197,334 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ 46.8 pounds per case. 2/ Adjusted to 42.0 degrees Brix equivalent (9.896 pounds per gallon). Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, September 30, 1996 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 5 249,312 12,320 68 135,428 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 26 196 11 63,679 Pecans 1/ : 105 10,341 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 57 1,273 : Dairy Products : Butter, Total : 3,120 2,344 4,252 5,373 380 Natural Cheese : American, Total : 14,043 38,714 209,716 57,949 286 Other Natural Cheese : 90 12,956 83,858 2,037 5,160 : Broilers (Whole) : 142 814 672 446 19,174 Hens : 1 58 653 1,583 4,983 Other Chicken : 1,856 6,058 16,174 28,741 140,113 Total : 1,999 6,930 17,499 30,770 164,270 Whole Turkeys : 13,806 57,331 61,386 76,550 70,498 Other Turkey : 735 15,334 25,475 49,699 64,396 Total : 14,541 72,665 86,861 126,249 134,894 Ducks : 29 89 896 41 12 Total : 16,569 79,684 105,256 157,060 299,176 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 32 19,958 17,365 222 2,394 Blueberries : 26,711 10,005 25,249 888 2,940 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 41 8,412 121,793 127 124 Cherries, Sweet : 1,796 5,901 388 121 Peaches : 36 2,271 2,519 573 1,258 Raspberries, Red : 174 1,990 962 398 244 Strawberries, Total : 120 6,405 4,913 6,183 2,005 Other Frozen Fruit : 26,545 18,484 49,875 2,012 2,744 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, September 30, 1996 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 32 2,461,465 2,858,630 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 17,432 21,234 111 110 102,799 Pecans 1/ : 324 32,606 503 43,879 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 806 21,603 11 23,750 : Dairy Products : Butter, Total : 413 561 497 4,491 21,431 Natural Cheese : American, Total : 175 231 15,303 27,429 363,846 Other Natural Cheese : 3,157 122 584 1,400 109,364 : Broilers (Whole) : 663 10,370 378 2,259 34,918 Hens : 2,927 507 476 2,911 14,099 Other Chicken : 102,329 206,924 4,710 31,569 538,474 Total : 105,919 217,801 5,564 36,739 587,491 Whole Turkeys : 17,440 106,561 28,717 77,236 509,525 Other Turkey : 2,308 16,277 10,765 26,507 211,496 Total : 19,748 122,838 39,482 103,743 721,021 Ducks : 36 14 1 452 1,570 Total : 125,703 340,653 45,047 140,934 1,310,082 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 155 1,110 506 9,539 51,281 Blueberries : 184 808 417 14,903 82,105 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 15 586 13,397 7,256 151,751 Cherries, Sweet : 74 219 18 3,880 12,397 Peaches : 119 1,299 110 53,094 61,279 Raspberries, Red : 77 779 64 44,777 49,465 Strawberries, Total : 2,832 30,120 568 239,236 292,382 Other Frozen Fruit : 331 4,909 2,376 40,328 147,604 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, September 30, 1996 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 2/ : 51 2,555 221 892,700 Other Juice Concentrate : 452 16,599 17,640 3,474 181,744 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 257 4,250 517 106 Limas, Fordhook : 354 825 191 1,230 Limas, Baby : 1,215 2,893 629 13,688 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 32,135 49,378 1,565 7,721 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 10,060 8,656 357 675 Broccoli, Spears : 5,325 235 1,152 1,179 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 4,723 5,156 3,479 2,634 Brussels Sprouts : 435 380 554 334 Carrots, Diced : 1,784 15,152 894 2,001 Carrots, Other : 2,552 9,399 1,095 6,672 Cauliflower : 1,040 1,828 754 842 Corn, Cut : 19,028 46,638 41,164 9,908 Corn, Cob : 15,372 16,385 28,501 5,540 Mixed Vegetables : 3,103 4,257 2,029 9,887 Okra : 743 256 518 10,535 Onion Rings : 1,769 3,246 1,274 473 Onions, Other : 1,084 2,569 472 2,566 Blackeye Peas : 365 409 26 8,284 Green Peas : 31,683 36,753 23,242 10,741 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 773 456 188 555 Spinach : 4,280 924 854 3,472 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 934 19,685 439 10,478 Southern Greens : 771 44 265 2,802 Other Vegetables : 32,388 29,972 15,673 23,414 : Potatoes : French Fries : 26,998 18,848 102,541 73,180 16,702 Other Frozen : 10,706 14,685 32,109 9,159 4,050 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless : 4,916 23,023 28,392 65,176 31,413 Beef Cuts : 2,316 451 2,060 6,436 613 Frozen Pork : Ribs : 194 2,740 12,653 10,955 4,123 Trimmings : 305 1,108 4,668 14,445 3,407 Other : 73 1,281 18,439 29,422 18,612 : Other : Veal : 334 2,425 1,432 421 240 Lamb & Mutton : 295 2,618 1,314 1,219 1,439 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, September 30, 1996 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Concentrate : 217 4,367 1,737 63,725 965,573 Other Juice Concentrate : 472 20,249 944 219,528 461,102 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 276 7 4,224 9,637 Limas, Fordhook : 130 4 16,508 19,242 Limas, Baby : 631 4,587 26,784 50,427 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 2,127 524 134,329 227,779 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 364 467 33,775 54,354 Broccoli, Spears : 11,541 41 9,392 28,865 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 35,211 1,469 57,166 109,838 Brussels Sprouts : 596 6 5,604 7,909 Carrots, Diced : 1,980 69 14,189 36,069 Carrots, Other : 11,617 637 119,538 151,510 Cauliflower : 8,141 854 21,706 35,165 Corn, Cut : 2,813 1,611 268,661 389,823 Corn, Cob : 2,841 1,071 272,465 342,175 Mixed Vegetables : 5,336 735 30,262 55,609 Okra : 27,772 30 718 40,572 Onion Rings : 387 57 1,513 8,719 Onions, Other : 1,598 2,583 19,416 30,288 Blackeye Peas : 1,306 2 296 10,688 Green Peas : 2,065 14,152 194,978 313,614 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 160 98 7,686 9,916 Spinach : 7,649 221 38,944 56,344 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 8,834 727 23,765 64,862 Southern Greens : 6,543 1,065 11,490 Other Vegetables : 43,920 5,301 180,002 330,670 : Potatoes : French Fries : 3,607 2,284 255,189 421,566 920,915 Other Frozen : 984 4,330 50,056 77,876 203,955 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless : 9,939 59,120 4,671 57,558 284,208 Beef Cuts : 1,090 2,455 6,313 6,237 27,971 Frozen Pork : Ribs : 1,590 669 10 1,146 34,080 Trimmings : 434 8,214 109 1,225 33,915 Other : 4,694 9,676 234 4,375 86,806 : Other : Veal : 21 182 38 1,400 6,493 Lamb & Mutton : 547 1,464 2,353 11,249 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ East North Central combined with South Atlantic. Mountain and West North Central combined with West South Central. 2/ Middle Atlantic combined with South Altantic. 3/ New England combined with Middle Atlantic. East South Central combined with South Atlantic. Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, October 31, 1996 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 102,960 596,813 369,729 8,300 376,078 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 71 264 14 68,277 Pecans 1/ : 114 7,408 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 14 4,372 : Dairy Products : Butter, Total : 2,396 2,097 4,978 3,202 272 Natural Cheese : American, Total : 14,414 40,030 216,912 59,590 305 Other Natural Cheese : 127 9,499 81,954 1,873 5,107 : Broilers (Whole) : 273 629 618 464 15,230 Hens : 1 43 490 1,333 3,244 Other Chicken : 1,766 5,861 15,208 28,055 154,726 Total : 2,040 6,533 16,316 29,852 173,200 Whole Turkeys : 13,146 54,705 55,859 65,870 62,967 Other Turkey : 735 13,991 23,649 47,375 63,935 Total : 13,881 68,696 79,508 113,245 126,902 Ducks : 33 101 1,572 65 46 Total : 15,954 75,330 97,396 143,162 300,148 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 60 19,531 17,385 225 3,683 Blueberries : 22,864 7,624 22,359 834 1,946 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 42 7,964 114,624 122 198 Cherries, Sweet : 1,916 6,135 434 58 Peaches : 33 2,740 2,095 646 1,283 Raspberries, Red : 162 2,517 887 381 248 Strawberries, Total : 117 20,701 5,578 6,408 2,336 Other Frozen Fruit : 183,933 55,057 294,406 3,099 4,369 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, October 31, 1996 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 84 3,225 157,309 4,484,687 6,099,185 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 24,349 39,650 120 640 133,385 Pecans 1/ : 196 25,405 454 33,577 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 131 11,350 8 15,875 : Dairy Products : Butter, Total : 353 2,144 384 4,378 20,204 Natural Cheese : American, Total : 181 264 16,691 26,519 374,906 Other Natural Cheese : 2,804 291 543 1,245 103,443 : Broilers (Whole) : 692 8,934 506 3,067 30,413 Hens : 2,603 317 348 1,898 10,277 Other Chicken : 108,619 206,436 2,075 31,935 554,681 Total : 111,914 215,687 2,929 36,900 595,371 Whole Turkeys : 16,696 85,526 28,106 74,520 457,395 Other Turkey : 1,681 13,916 9,366 28,606 203,254 Total : 18,377 99,442 37,472 103,126 660,649 Ducks : 26 4 1 328 2,176 Total : 130,317 315,133 40,402 140,354 1,258,196 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 163 1,397 431 11,699 54,574 Blueberries : 231 1,050 413 13,467 70,788 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 8 492 14,988 7,981 146,419 Cherries, Sweet : 68 386 27 2,926 11,950 Peaches : 108 1,150 62 51,087 59,204 Raspberries, Red : 127 1,060 52 38,709 44,143 Strawberries, Total : 2,293 27,649 624 216,733 282,439 Other Frozen Fruit : 743 6,256 2,262 113,855 663,980 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, October 31, 1996 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 2/ : 9 2,046 144 688,329 Other Juice Concentrate : 700 21,148 15,808 3,031 170,406 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 260 3,772 432 73 Limas, Fordhook : 255 810 233 2,298 Limas, Baby : 2,051 2,947 615 19,295 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 31,227 47,166 1,566 7,201 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 9,154 7,856 282 876 Broccoli, Spears : 5,099 389 990 1,052 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 4,254 6,062 3,420 2,567 Brussels Sprouts : 507 486 620 412 Carrots, Diced : 4,581 24,892 841 2,894 Carrots, Other : 3,164 11,291 1,104 10,349 Cauliflower : 1,157 2,239 641 1,205 Corn, Cut : 21,829 47,427 43,374 11,612 Corn, Cob : 17,070 16,369 29,180 5,151 Mixed Vegetables : 3,233 3,558 1,940 6,586 Okra : 724 240 569 10,371 Onion Rings : 1,658 3,329 1,244 488 Onions, Other : 1,238 2,139 682 2,763 Blackeye Peas : 600 491 35 11,622 Green Peas : 29,912 35,977 21,503 10,229 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 608 483 174 424 Spinach : 5,917 986 684 3,428 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 2,384 26,156 410 9,686 Southern Greens : 1,208 28 127 2,535 Other Vegetables : 37,288 29,973 16,703 24,504 : Potatoes : French Fries : 32,429 22,741 106,377 77,465 19,012 Other Frozen : 10,514 14,973 31,185 8,864 4,222 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless : 4,847 22,381 31,139 58,038 25,947 Beef Cuts : 2,335 739 2,657 6,528 667 Frozen Pork : Ribs : 245 1,987 15,396 14,039 4,781 Trimmings : 1,117 1,142 6,360 15,219 3,858 Other : 554 1,540 17,510 25,755 16,622 : Other : Veal : 327 2,712 1,567 510 258 Lamb & Mutton : 265 2,483 1,119 1,097 1,523 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, October 31, 1996 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Concentrate : 181 3,805 1,420 47,617 743,551 Other Juice Concentrate : 516 16,906 821 198,937 428,273 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 237 12 3,867 8,653 Limas, Fordhook : 144 12 14,660 18,412 Limas, Baby : 770 5,051 30,479 61,208 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 1,824 539 114,292 203,815 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 385 484 33,101 52,138 Broccoli, Spears : 8,970 58 6,760 23,318 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 30,107 1,488 57,711 105,609 Brussels Sprouts : 407 5 10,255 12,692 Carrots, Diced : 559 560 22,215 56,542 Carrots, Other : 8,309 713 146,871 181,801 Cauliflower : 7,291 884 34,641 48,058 Corn, Cut : 3,125 1,557 325,335 454,259 Corn, Cob : 2,726 1,010 319,489 390,995 Mixed Vegetables : 5,789 972 29,879 51,957 Okra : 26,668 22 709 39,303 Onion Rings : 306 51 1,776 8,852 Onions, Other : 1,570 2,526 16,905 27,823 Blackeye Peas : 1,091 15 318 14,172 Green Peas : 1,883 12,763 174,663 286,930 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 128 89 5,212 7,118 Spinach : 7,158 259 34,926 53,358 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 9,174 566 21,132 69,508 Southern Greens : 5,075 798 9,771 Other Vegetables : 44,059 6,316 181,895 340,738 : Potatoes : French Fries : 3,903 2,961 292,483 461,398 1,018,769 Other Frozen : 706 3,578 46,132 74,404 194,578 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless : 6,113 55,745 4,011 54,456 262,677 Beef Cuts : 1,150 2,987 5,773 6,870 29,706 Frozen Pork : Ribs : 1,982 887 10 1,409 40,736 Trimmings : 383 1,187 104 1,170 30,540 Other : 3,090 10,214 308 4,404 79,997 : Other : Veal : 15 237 23 1,300 6,949 Lamb & Mutton : 576 1,452 2,008 10,523 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. Public General Warehouses: Cold Storage Space Occupied by Region and United States, October 1996 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cooler : Freezer :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Usable : Usable : Usable : Usable Region : Space : Space Occupied : Space : Space Occupied :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Oct 31 :Oct 31:Sep 30:Oct 31: Oct 31 :Oct 31:Sep 30:Oct 31 : 1996 : 1995 : 1996 : 1996 : 1996 : 1995 : 1996 : 1996 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 1,000 : Cu Ft ---- Percent --- Cu Ft ---- Percent --- : New England : 2,415 46 46 49 20,250 49 38 40 Middle Atlantic : 34,505 57 55 60 84,256 72 74 74 E. North Central : 40,506 53 50 55 167,688 72 66 69 W. North Central : 41,964 53 50 52 140,797 68 55 55 South Atlantic : 40,587 51 40 42 126,462 61 62 62 E. South Central : 9,518 49 38 38 34,836 74 65 65 W. South Central : 17,613 28 26 26 114,730 69 69 69 Mountain : 5,903 45 65 70 40,209 79 66 70 Pacific : 46,717 52 42 46 246,581 79 76 77 : US : 239,728 51 46 49 975,809 71 67 68 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apples in Cold Storage: By State and United States, October 1996 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : All Warehouses :----------------------------------------------------------- State : Oct 31, : Oct 31, : 1995 : 1996 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : CA : 123,808 229,522 MI : 487,000 334,000 N ENG : 125,361 102,960 NY : 326,174 331,422 OH : 27,700 19,670 OR : 41,864 99,403 PA : 287,742 263,592 VA : 199,788 185,245 WA : 3,462,352 4,155,763 WV : 94,291 87,853 : Other States : 209,874 289,755 : US : 5,385,954 6,099,185 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. Also included are specialized storage facilities meeting the 30 day requirement, such as fruit houses, dairy manufacturing plants, frozen fruit, fruit juice, and vegetable processors, and poultry and meat packing plants. Excluded are stocks in space maintained by wholesalers, jobbers, distributors, chain stores, locker plants containing individual lockers, meat packer branch houses, and frozen food processors whose entire inventories are turned over more than once a month. Estimating Procedures: Data for reporting firms are added to estimates for non-reporting firms to obtain regional and National totals. Estimates for non-reporting firms are obtained by multiplying the previous month's figure by a percent change from the previous month. The percent change is calculated for each item from totals of the current and previous month summed from firms that reported both months. Revision Policy: Data are revised the following month based on late reports or corrected data. Final figures are published in the annual summary in February of the following year. Reliability: Reports are received from 900 firms each month which represent about 70 percent of the total capacity. Firms that are not on the list or firms who have never reported are not represented in the data. Monthly data can vary due to different firms reporting month to month. Survey data are also subject to non-sampling errors such as omissions and mistakes in reporting and in processing the data. While these errors cannot be measured directly, they are minimized by carefully reviewing all reported data for consistency and reasonableness. Index Page Apples in Cold Storage: By State and United States, October 1996 ........ 15 Public General Warehouses: Cold Storage Space Occupied by Region and United States, October 1996 ............................... 14 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, September 30, 1996 ...................................................... 6 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, October 31, 1996 ........................................................ 10 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, October 1996 ........ 2 Survey and Estimating Procedures, Revision Policy and Reliability ........ 16 The next "Cold Storage" report will be released at 3:00 p.m. ET on December 20, 1996. 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