HDR1012000170020321971500COLD STORAGE Cold Storage National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released March 21, 1997, 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. Frozen food stocks in refrigerated warehouses on February 28, 1997, were greater than year earlier levels for concentrated orange juice, turkeys, chicken, and french fries. Cooler stocks of peanuts, apples, and natural cheese were higher than a year earlier. Total red meat supplies in freezers increased 2 percent from January, but were down 14 percent from February 1996. Frozen pork stocks were 12 percent above last month and were up slightly from last year. Stocks of pork bellies were up 15 percent from last month, but were 5 percent below last year's level. Total frozen poultry supplies increased 6 percent from last month and were 5 percent above last year. Total stocks of chicken increased 3 percent during the month and were 5 percent above 1996. Total pounds of turkey in freezers increased 11 percent from last month and were up 6 percent from last year. Public cooler occupancy was at 47 percent of capacity, down 4 points from a year ago. Public freezer occupancy at 62 percent was down 1 point from last month and down 4 points from last year. Co St 1 (3-97) Table of Contents Page Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, February 1997 ...... 2 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, January 31, 1997 ....................................................... 6 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, February 28, 1997 ...................................................... 10 Public General Warehouses: Cold Storage Space Occupied by Region and United States, February 1997 ............................. 14 Apples in cold Storage: By State and United States, February 1997 ....... 15 Survey and Estimating Procedures, Revision Policy and Reliability ....... 16 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, February 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :---------------------------------------------------- : Feb 29, : Jan 31, : Feb 28, :Feb :Jan : Feb 28, : 1996 : 1997 : 1997 :1996:1997: 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds -------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Fresh Fruit : Apples : Regular Storage : 257,114 473,011 287,598 112 61 Controlled Atmosphere :2,391,983 3,394,662 2,586,901 108 76 Total :2,649,097 3,867,673 2,874,499 109 74 7,631 Pears : Bartlett : 28 72 1,751 Other Varieties : 208,094 152,586 116,738 56 77 Total : 208,122 152,658 118,489 57 78 1,751 Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 284,137 270,316 310,635 109 115 Pecans : 32,713 38,566 39,988 122 104 Other Shelled : 115,289 96,401 94,981 82 99 Total : 432,139 405,283 445,604 103 110 203,785 In-Shell : Peanuts : 16,809 23,690 30,414 181 128 Pecans : 147,022 101,190 97,081 66 96 Other In-Shell : 6,275 7,520 7,218 115 96 Total : 170,106 132,400 134,713 79 102 37,502 Dairy Products : Butter, Total : 33,670 21,181 24,292 72 115 22,825 (Government Owned) : 3,512 161 347 10 216 Natural Cheese : American, Total : 354,588 381,528 380,475 107 100 (Government Owned) : 105 141 29 28 21 Swiss : 9,353 13,253 13,471 144 102 Other Natural Cheese : 119,102 104,054 101,890 86 98 Total : 483,043 498,835 495,836 103 99 262,818 Eggs, Frozen : Whites : 1,391 1,014 1,190 86 117 Yolks : 2,378 971 1,212 51 125 Whole & Mixed : 10,749 7,555 7,814 73 103 Unclassified : 1,670 1,495 1,240 74 83 Total : 16,188 11,035 11,456 71 104 10,809 Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers (Whole) : 39,838 39,360 42,862 108 109 Hens : 11,072 5,300 5,878 53 111 Other Chicken : 617,335 631,534 650,207 105 103 Total : 668,245 676,194 698,947 105 103 Turkey : Whole Turkeys : 243,484 195,359 236,516 97 121 Other Turkey : 179,617 205,686 209,926 117 102 Total : 423,101 401,045 446,442 106 111 Ducks : 3,185 1,773 1,832 58 103 Total :1,094,531 1,079,012 1,147,221 105 106 1,040,031 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, February 1997 (Continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :---------------------------------------------------- : Feb 29, : Jan 31, : Feb 28, :Feb :Jan : Feb 28, : 1996 : 1997 : 1997 :1996:1997: 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds -------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 113,007 80,121 80,820 72 101 Apricots : 4,712 6,850 6,294 134 92 Blackberries, Total : 13,272 18,093 16,375 123 91 IQF : 7,207 11,895 10,490 146 88 Pails and Tubs : 2,137 2,496 2,478 116 99 Barrels, 400 lbs net : 2,105 2,608 2,235 106 86 Concentrate : 1,823 1,094 1,172 64 107 Blueberries : 55,911 55,782 49,221 88 88 Boysenberries : 2,443 3,001 3,041 124 101 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 106,329 112,844 100,182 94 89 Cherries, Tart (Juice) : 1,174 2,002 702 60 35 Cherries, Sweet : 12,039 10,722 7,898 66 74 Grapes : 5,581 5,549 3,779 68 68 Peaches : 39,396 42,461 37,409 95 88 Raspberries, Black : 1,417 1,191 1,089 77 91 Raspberries, Red, Total : 34,791 33,430 29,154 84 87 IQF : 9,309 11,592 9,601 103 83 Pails and Tubs : 15,647 12,371 10,788 69 87 Barrels, 400 lbs net : 8,063 8,571 7,683 95 90 Concentrate : 1,772 896 1,082 61 121 Strawberries, Total : 191,011 184,750 155,516 81 84 Other Frozen Fruit : 397,132 424,814 371,357 94 87 Total : 978,215 981,610 862,837 88 88 510,206 Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 1/ :1,352,962 1,522,559 1,681,075 124 110 (Gallon Equivalent) : 136,718 153,856 169,874 Other Juice Concentrate : 515,901 444,878 454,105 88 102 Total :1,868,863 1,967,437 2,135,180 114 109 312,651 Frozen Vegetables : Asparagus : 8,878 7,431 6,524 73 88 Limas, Fordhook : 14,043 14,282 12,753 91 89 Limas, Baby : 35,400 38,775 40,210 114 104 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 136,142 138,782 114,153 84 82 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 36,426 39,854 33,808 93 85 Broccoli, Spears : 38,445 19,650 21,015 55 107 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 126,343 85,289 78,243 62 92 Brussels Sprouts : 14,857 18,683 16,898 114 90 Carrots, Diced : 70,021 78,506 71,290 102 91 Carrots, Other : 194,044 167,177 158,428 82 95 Cauliflower : 58,410 54,140 50,605 87 93 Corn, Cut : 280,183 307,573 266,960 95 87 Corn, Cob : 211,374 257,963 221,686 105 86 Mixed Vegetables : 54,492 53,380 53,498 98 100 Okra : 42,900 26,616 25,475 59 96 Onion Rings : 12,992 11,058 11,284 87 102 Onions, Other : 31,784 29,255 32,239 101 110 Blackeye Peas : 7,110 7,013 6,860 96 98 Green Peas : 208,558 174,706 144,618 69 83 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 8,660 5,973 5,712 66 96 Spinach : 64,093 40,335 34,628 54 86 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 44,109 50,922 45,402 103 89 Southern Greens : 23,843 27,277 30,253 127 111 Other Vegetables : 282,658 291,757 259,384 92 89 Total :2,005,765 1,946,397 1,741,926 87 89 1,133,971 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, February 1997 (Continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :-------------------------------------------------------- : Feb 29, : Jan 31, : Feb 28, : Feb : Jan : Feb 28, : 1996 : 1997 : 1997 : 1996 :1997 : 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds --------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Potatoes : French Fries : 953,112 920,427 979,410 103 106 Other Frozen : 219,431 191,112 212,941 97 111 Total : 1,172,543 1,111,539 1,192,351 102 107 842,329 Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless : 329,194 265,492 238,980 73 90 Beef Cuts : 33,421 24,817 21,856 65 88 Total : 362,615 290,309 260,836 72 90 257,794 (Government Owned) : 10,145 6,683 7,765 77 116 Frozen Pork : Picnics, Bone-in : 9,001 6,577 9,008 100 137 Hams, Total : 54,867 49,782 55,834 102 112 53,505 Bone-in : 29,621 25,726 26,799 90 104 25,492 Boneless : 25,246 24,056 29,035 115 121 28,013 Bellies : 46,381 38,030 43,881 95 115 Loins, Total : 19,211 19,615 20,230 105 103 18,868 Bone-in : 9,535 9,184 10,730 113 117 Boneless : 9,676 10,431 9,500 98 91 Ribs : 61,595 72,938 71,133 115 98 Butts : 9,940 8,246 9,095 91 110 Trimmings : 53,277 34,557 46,676 88 135 Other : 86,274 79,128 93,112 108 118 Variety Meats : 32,904 21,114 23,925 73 113 Unclassified : 12,082 14,496 14,133 117 97 Total : 385,532 344,483 387,027 100 112 343,974 (Government Owned) : 1,600 1,190 2,382 149 200 Other : Veal : 6,506 7,162 6,579 101 92 Lamb & Mutton : 13,017 9,557 9,916 76 104 Total : 19,523 16,719 16,495 84 99 16,179 Canned : Canned Hams : 12,388 5,923 6,766 55 114 Other Canned Meat : 1,523 899 1,088 71 121 Total : 13,911 6,822 7,854 56 115 6,288 Total : 781,581 658,333 672,212 86 102 624,235 Miscellaneous : Cooler : 648,460 607,807 619,950 96 102 468,810 Freezer : 1,764,147 1,688,296 1,654,924 94 98 1,592,248 Total : 2,412,607 2,296,103 2,274,874 94 99 2,061,058 Commodities : Stored in Coolers : 4,606,227 5,673,149 4,698,574 102 83 989,916 Stored in Freezers : 9,700,243 9,456,347 9,432,916 97 100 6,081,686 Total :14,306,470 15,129,496 14,131,490 99 93 7,071,602 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Adjusted to 42.0 degrees Brix equivalent (9.896 pounds per gallon). Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, January 31, 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 45,407 397,153 198,757 569 158,725 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 18 301 19 150,701 Pecans 1/ : 79 11,446 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 28,979 : Dairy Products : Butter, Total : 2,991 2,226 5,902 2,217 1,078 Natural Cheese : American, Total : 15,536 33,222 213,175 62,483 328 Other Natural Cheese : 173 5,648 85,468 2,911 4,652 : Broilers (Whole) : 105 465 360 1,793 17,772 Hens : 20 125 695 1,829 Other Chicken : 1,775 4,661 15,359 35,779 168,131 Total : 1,880 5,146 15,844 38,267 187,732 Whole Turkeys : 1,253 21,312 13,487 25,840 46,163 Other Turkey : 339 10,053 22,789 56,900 64,579 Total : 1,592 31,365 36,276 82,740 110,742 Ducks : 14 131 1,246 31 38 Total : 3,486 36,642 53,366 121,038 298,512 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 57 28,109 27,118 356 3,785 Blueberries : 20,132 6,620 15,601 632 1,576 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 87 5,555 88,843 100 122 Cherries, Sweet : 8 2,030 4,865 408 117 Peaches : 75 1,962 1,508 451 1,222 Raspberries, Red : 158 2,113 1,344 368 258 Strawberries, Total : 80 4,856 5,048 5,573 1,715 Other Frozen Fruit : 106,388 39,528 193,361 1,586 1,767 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, January 31, 1997 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 1,110 71,184 2,994,768 3,867,673 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 38,091 77,864 95 3,227 270,316 Pecans 1/ : 593 26,339 109 38,566 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 2,527 69,684 101,190 : Dairy Products : Butter, Total : 264 1,131 322 5,050 21,181 Natural Cheese : American, Total : 182 687 16,230 39,685 381,528 Other Natural Cheese : 2,641 56 901 1,604 104,054 : Broilers (Whole) : 1,548 9,054 1,591 6,672 39,360 Hens : 1,533 89 1,009 5,300 Other Chicken : 128,123 245,438 2,066 30,202 631,534 Total : 131,204 254,581 3,657 37,883 676,194 Whole Turkeys : 2,307 52,712 14,159 18,126 195,359 Other Turkey : 1,093 16,049 7,751 26,133 205,686 Total : 3,400 68,761 21,910 44,259 401,045 Ducks : 8 2 2 301 1,773 Total : 134,612 323,344 25,569 82,443 1,079,012 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 143 1,684 329 18,540 80,121 Blueberries : 121 885 360 9,855 55,782 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 28 754 11,144 6,211 112,844 Cherries, Sweet : 82 328 36 2,848 10,722 Peaches : 124 1,482 104 35,533 42,461 Raspberries, Red : 132 1,497 58 27,502 33,430 Strawberries, Total : 1,524 16,036 549 149,369 184,750 Other Frozen Fruit : 306 6,841 2,564 72,473 424,814 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, January 31, 1997 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 2/ : 8 2,804 608 1,436,696 Other Juice Concentrate : 743 53,582 20,471 2,437 161,001 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 241 1,990 364 222 Limas, Fordhook : 195 612 253 1,656 Limas, Baby : 1,544 1,944 666 10,542 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 20,375 32,208 1,432 4,853 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 6,439 5,462 305 1,276 Broccoli, Spears : 2,586 266 1,606 932 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 3,203 4,769 3,258 2,721 Brussels Sprouts : 562 532 952 790 Carrots, Diced : 6,334 27,772 1,327 4,955 Carrots, Other : 2,843 12,901 2,135 9,717 Cauliflower : 2,553 2,589 1,336 1,054 Corn, Cut : 10,876 30,866 37,441 9,767 Corn, Cob : 7,073 11,799 22,318 4,000 Mixed Vegetables : 2,818 3,896 2,104 6,379 Okra : 627 188 714 5,444 Onion Rings : 2,053 4,279 1,591 711 Onions, Other : 974 1,971 602 1,639 Blackeye Peas : 374 361 27 5,348 Green Peas : 19,214 25,385 14,949 6,193 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 644 371 143 386 Spinach : 5,593 803 659 1,702 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 2,433 20,423 519 5,584 Southern Greens : 2,352 33 95 7,517 Other Vegetables : 30,005 24,573 14,942 21,045 : Potatoes : French Fries : 32,202 28,390 100,174 104,647 16,082 Other Frozen : 8,405 20,359 32,528 7,619 2,821 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless : 4,102 26,374 26,920 66,060 26,060 Beef Cuts : 2,009 618 2,138 6,159 800 Frozen Pork : Ribs : 225 2,557 30,146 25,156 8,367 Trimmings : 161 1,187 4,997 20,688 3,178 Other : 191 2,571 15,797 23,289 15,917 : Other : Veal : 612 2,538 1,473 1,047 324 Lamb & Mutton : 388 2,057 1,285 832 1,404 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, January 31, 1997 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Concentrate : 141 6,041 1,930 74,331 1,522,559 Other Juice Concentrate : 496 22,551 448 183,149 444,878 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 300 5 4,309 7,431 Limas, Fordhook : 100 9 11,457 14,282 Limas, Baby : 811 3,434 19,834 38,775 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 1,441 618 77,855 138,782 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 424 491 25,457 39,854 Broccoli, Spears : 7,388 108 6,764 19,650 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 27,334 1,057 42,947 85,289 Brussels Sprouts : 1,187 24 14,636 18,683 Carrots, Diced : 642 189 37,287 78,506 Carrots, Other : 7,552 1,541 130,488 167,177 Cauliflower : 11,481 795 34,332 54,140 Corn, Cut : 1,852 2,078 214,693 307,573 Corn, Cob : 2,014 638 210,121 257,963 Mixed Vegetables : 5,753 918 31,512 53,380 Okra : 18,814 4 825 26,616 Onion Rings : 311 16 2,097 11,058 Onions, Other : 2,532 2,185 19,352 29,255 Blackeye Peas : 717 6 180 7,013 Green Peas : 1,441 7,200 100,324 174,706 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 95 195 4,139 5,973 Spinach : 6,916 236 24,426 40,335 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 5,722 414 15,827 50,922 Southern Greens : 16,706 574 27,277 Other Vegetables : 36,289 5,493 159,410 291,757 : Potatoes : French Fries : 3,121 1,672 236,017 398,122 920,427 Other Frozen : 770 3,719 37,783 77,108 191,112 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless : 11,212 54,508 2,756 47,500 265,492 Beef Cuts : 1,376 2,613 4,367 4,737 24,817 Frozen Pork : Ribs : 2,993 1,875 13 1,606 72,938 Trimmings : 2,145 859 259 1,083 34,557 Other : 3,079 13,252 328 4,704 79,128 : Other : Veal : 328 840 7,162 Lamb & Mutton : 2 322 974 2,293 9,557 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, February 28, 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 38,157 321,756 127,506 160 114,432 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 2 627 21 172,242 Pecans 1/ : 82 10,826 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 26,253 : Dairy Products : Butter, Total : 4,398 3,488 6,121 2,997 1,292 Natural Cheese : American, Total : 16,260 33,179 215,066 61,087 306 Other Natural Cheese : 208 5,743 82,233 2,858 4,991 : Broilers (Whole) : 124 416 243 1,768 17,080 Hens : 25 167 766 2,836 Other Chicken : 1,578 4,897 13,845 39,781 167,081 Total : 1,702 5,338 14,255 42,315 186,997 Whole Turkeys : 1,960 24,392 13,904 36,711 49,922 Other Turkey : 459 10,535 23,113 55,392 67,709 Total : 2,419 34,927 37,017 92,103 117,631 Ducks : 20 126 1,270 36 41 Total : 4,141 40,391 52,542 134,454 304,669 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 51 30,311 27,829 364 2,076 Blueberries : 18,105 5,691 14,467 544 1,107 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 75 5,069 81,106 111 174 Cherries, Sweet : 1,878 2,702 373 82 Peaches : 62 1,859 1,574 322 1,012 Raspberries, Red : 104 1,778 790 362 214 Strawberries, Total : 69 3,777 4,888 4,999 1,617 Other Frozen Fruit : 93,211 34,453 165,089 1,532 1,892 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, February 28, 1997 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 1,253 49,887 2,221,348 2,874,499 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 44,746 87,655 97 5,245 310,635 Pecans 1/ : 732 28,202 146 39,988 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 2,199 68,629 97,081 : Dairy Products : Butter, Total : 281 578 337 4,800 24,292 Natural Cheese : American, Total : 182 643 14,364 39,388 380,475 Other Natural Cheese : 2,527 82 1,079 2,169 101,890 : Broilers (Whole) : 1,531 9,084 1,546 11,070 42,862 Hens : 1,469 98 517 5,878 Other Chicken : 139,503 249,815 2,180 31,527 650,207 Total : 142,503 258,997 3,726 43,114 698,947 Whole Turkeys : 2,954 70,513 12,296 23,864 236,516 Other Turkey : 823 16,423 4,989 30,483 209,926 Total : 3,777 86,936 17,285 54,347 446,442 Ducks : 8 2 4 325 1,832 Total : 146,288 345,935 21,015 97,786 1,147,221 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 155 1,410 364 18,260 80,820 Blueberries : 149 755 284 8,119 49,221 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 36 317 7,345 5,949 100,182 Cherries, Sweet : 78 195 19 2,571 7,898 Peaches : 127 1,202 67 31,184 37,409 Raspberries, Red : 113 1,487 57 24,249 29,154 Strawberries, Total : 1,661 14,436 468 123,601 155,516 Other Frozen Fruit : 435 6,460 2,758 65,527 371,357 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, February 28, 1997 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 2/ : 10 3,114 443 1,587,310 Other Juice Concentrate : 874 46,068 22,636 2,093 177,818 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 261 1,362 321 199 Limas, Fordhook : 309 545 359 1,211 Limas, Baby : 1,923 1,823 538 13,504 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 15,948 26,186 1,530 4,524 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 4,607 5,176 311 412 Broccoli, Spears : 2,828 305 1,190 1,036 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 3,306 4,453 3,896 4,039 Brussels Sprouts : 552 491 1,004 779 Carrots, Diced : 6,642 24,836 1,247 5,043 Carrots, Other : 2,702 11,710 2,129 9,980 Cauliflower : 2,315 2,403 1,830 1,013 Corn, Cut : 10,105 27,817 35,351 8,183 Corn, Cob : 3,708 10,019 19,202 3,467 Mixed Vegetables : 2,665 4,152 2,296 5,680 Okra : 497 185 797 7,129 Onion Rings : 1,624 4,554 1,569 772 Onions, Other : 871 2,463 618 2,096 Blackeye Peas : 364 349 45 4,931 Green Peas : 17,152 21,790 13,036 5,122 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 569 294 124 392 Spinach : 2,597 928 781 1,347 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 2,271 18,234 439 5,390 Southern Greens : 1,714 32 155 7,956 Other Vegetables : 28,222 23,163 15,180 22,003 : Potatoes : French Fries : 32,858 27,461 111,902 109,355 15,956 Other Frozen : 8,845 22,617 38,296 7,101 2,477 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless : 3,717 25,827 28,592 61,140 22,513 Beef Cuts : 2,161 459 2,496 4,249 744 Frozen Pork : Ribs : 397 2,713 27,650 23,985 8,934 Trimmings : 396 1,467 7,414 30,349 4,044 Other : 428 2,437 19,162 25,020 21,246 : Other : Veal : 544 2,347 1,463 911 321 Lamb & Mutton : 415 2,246 1,241 576 1,527 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, February 28, 1997 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Concentrate : 148 6,255 2,138 81,657 1,681,075 Other Juice Concentrate : 558 18,266 708 185,084 454,105 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 230 4 4,147 6,524 Limas, Fordhook : 94 14 10,221 12,753 Limas, Baby : 665 2,985 18,772 40,210 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 1,401 634 63,930 114,153 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 400 654 22,248 33,808 Broccoli, Spears : 8,692 111 6,853 21,015 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 23,434 944 38,171 78,243 Brussels Sprouts : 979 27 13,066 16,898 Carrots, Diced : 748 268 32,506 71,290 Carrots, Other : 7,279 1,501 123,127 158,428 Cauliflower : 11,043 775 31,226 50,605 Corn, Cut : 2,600 1,629 181,275 266,960 Corn, Cob : 1,795 704 182,791 221,686 Mixed Vegetables : 4,616 859 33,230 53,498 Okra : 16,073 3 791 25,475 Onion Rings : 290 9 2,466 11,284 Onions, Other : 2,533 2,202 21,456 32,239 Blackeye Peas : 904 6 261 6,860 Green Peas : 1,418 5,816 80,284 144,618 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 90 127 4,116 5,712 Spinach : 8,202 202 20,571 34,628 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 4,869 307 13,892 45,402 Southern Greens : 19,732 664 30,253 Other Vegetables : 33,793 4,671 132,352 259,384 : Potatoes : French Fries : 3,313 1,648 253,161 423,756 979,410 Other Frozen : 557 3,668 47,243 82,137 212,941 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless : 4,998 41,232 2,949 48,012 238,980 Beef Cuts : 1,368 2,565 3,795 4,019 21,856 Frozen Pork : Ribs : 3,438 1,949 11 2,056 71,133 Trimmings : 509 1,282 137 1,078 46,676 Other : 3,361 14,845 217 6,396 93,112 : Other : Veal : 270 723 6,579 Lamb & Mutton : 1 483 939 2,488 9,916 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, February 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cooler : Freezer :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Usable : Usable : Usable : Usable Region : Space : Space Occupied : Space : Space Occupied :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Feb 28 :Feb 29:Jan 31:Feb 28: Feb 28 :Feb 29:Jan 31:Feb 28 : 1997 : 1996 : 1997 : 1997 : 1997 : 1996 : 1997 : 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 1,000 : Cu Ft ---- Percent --- Cu Ft ---- Percent --- : New England : 2,415 42 51 53 20,250 48 55 52 Middle Atlantic : 34,506 60 56 56 84,256 69 75 73 E. North Central : 40,506 56 53 53 167,688 64 58 58 W. North Central : 42,148 52 43 42 146,272 65 52 52 South Atlantic : 40,637 44 48 48 128,274 58 59 57 E. South Central : 9,518 37 42 44 34,835 62 65 65 W. South Central : 17,614 28 33 33 114,729 70 67 65 Mountain : 5,870 53 47 49 45,653 75 59 61 Pacific : 44,980 59 42 42 243,867 69 71 68 : US : 238,194 51 47 47 985,824 66 63 62 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apples in Cold Storage: By State and United States, February 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : All Warehouses :----------------------------------------------------------- State : Feb 29, : Jan 31, : Feb 28, : 1996 : 1997 : 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : CA : 46,626 94,029 62,861 MI : 187,740 188,370 122,010 N ENG : 48,122 45,407 38,157 NY : 182,755 236,922 200,382 OH : 5,160 7,260 4,200 OR : 12,853 31,930 22,291 PA : 146,454 160,062 121,296 VA : 58,533 84,090 66,755 WA : 1,890,840 2,868,810 2,136,197 WV : 36,485 30,356 18,022 : Other States : 33,529 120,437 82,328 : US : 2,649,097 3,867,673 2,874,499 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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