Co St 1 (9-01) Cold Storage National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released September 21, 2001, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Cold Storage" call Linda Simpson 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, 2001, were greater than year earlier levels for orange juice, turkeys and potatoes. Cooler stocks of apples were also higher than a year earlier. Butter stocks were 23 percent below July 2001 but were 11 percent above a year ago. Total red meat supplies in freezers were 2 percent above July 2001 but were 18 percent below August 2000. Frozen pork stocks were 2 percent below last month and were 27 percent below last year. Stocks of pork bellies decreased 51 percent from last month and were 63 percent below August 2000 stocks. Total frozen poultry supplies on August 31, 2001, were down 1 percent from last month and were 12 percent below last year's level. Total stocks of chicken were 2 percent below last month and 23 percent below last year. Total pounds of turkey in freezers increased 1 percent from last month and were 3 percent above last year. Public cooler occupancy on August 31, 2001, was at 43 percent of capacity, up 4 points from last year. Public freezer occupancy, at 56 percent, was down 4 percentage points from last year. Table of Contents Page Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, August 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, July 31, 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, August 31, 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Public General Warehouses: Cold Storage Space Occupied by Region and United States, August 2001 . . . . . . . .. . . . 16 Survey and Estimating Procedures, Revision Policy and Reliability 17 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, August 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : Aug 31, : Jul 31, : Aug 31, : Aug : Jul : Aug 31, : 2000 : 2001 : 2001 :2000 :2001 : 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -------- 1,000 Pounds ------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Fresh Fruit : Apples : Regular Storage : 22,785 28,154 55,096 242 196 Controlled Atmosphere: 105,801 458,481 90,503 86 20 Total : 128,586 486,635 145,599 113 30 1,122 Pears : Bartlett : 140,143 18,425 106,071 76 576 Other Varieties : 7,030 21 143 2 681 Total : 147,173 18,446 106,214 72 576 23,646 Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 453,029 533,587 425,119 94 80 Pecans : 37,444 50,550 47,208 126 93 Other Shelled : 140,564 79,700 69,286 49 87 Total : 631,037 663,837 541,613 86 82 293,071 In-Shell : Peanuts : 17,427 16,105 8,506 49 53 Pecans : 135,358 61,021 34,847 26 57 Other In-Shell : 4,200 8,614 7,995 190 93 Total : 156,985 85,740 51,348 33 60 15,167 Dairy Products : Butter, Total : 101,328 145,486 112,262 111 77 98,390 (Government Owned) : 388 815 1,065 274 131 Natural Cheese : American, Total : 609,658 535,889 507,548 83 95 (Government Owned) : 402 1,600 1,495 372 93 Swiss : 13,443 11,479 10,673 79 93 Other Natural Cheese : 216,797 213,126 203,711 94 96 Total : 839,898 760,494 721,932 86 95 416,465 Eggs, Frozen : Whites : 3,593 2,711 3,375 94 124 Yolks : 565 797 685 121 86 Whole & Mixed : 9,565 11,049 12,393 130 112 Unclassified : 1,209 2,097 1,410 117 67 Total : 14,932 16,654 17,863 120 107 17,311 Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 33,427 26,124 20,185 60 77 Hens, Mature Chickens: 8,830 9,100 8,959 101 98 Other : 769,552 607,617 598,553 77 99 Total Chicken : 811,809 642,841 627,697 77 98 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, August 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : Aug 31, : Jul 31, : Aug 31, : Aug : Jul : Aug 31, : 2000 : 2001 : 2001 :2000 :2001 : 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds -------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Turkeys : Whole Turkeys : 309,018 334,733 336,483 109 101 Other Turkey : 215,909 199,489 205,356 95 103 Total Turkey : 524,927 534,222 541,839 103 101 Ducks : 5,110 8,695 9,283 182 107 Total Poultry :1,341,846 1,185,758 1,178,819 88 99 994,784 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 59,792 55,314 45,271 76 82 Apricots : 13,987 15,139 12,797 91 85 Blackberries, Total : 28,686 35,043 36,780 128 105 IQF : 17,859 20,046 20,894 117 104 Pails and Tubs : 2,221 4,567 4,993 225 109 Barrels, 400 lbs net : 6,962 9,005 9,393 135 104 Concentrate : 1,644 1,425 1,500 91 105 Blueberries : 109,252 62,930 125,826 115 200 Boysenberries : 6,224 5,786 4,646 75 80 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 160,497 158,183 181,066 113 114 Cherries, Tart (Juice) : 2,571 2,647 3,815 148 144 Cherries, Sweet : 15,736 20,131 19,536 124 97 Grapes : 2,878 2,543 2,576 90 101 Peaches : 73,776 28,858 67,564 92 234 Raspberries, Black : 3,392 4,587 4,379 129 95 Raspberries, Red, Total: 75,738 74,994 70,802 93 94 IQF : 20,712 25,627 23,703 114 92 Pails and Tubs : 19,988 16,325 14,694 74 90 Barrels, 400 lbs net : 33,408 31,172 31,074 93 100 Concentrate : 1,630 1,870 1,331 82 71 Strawberries, Total : 486,310 376,663 346,804 71 92 Other Frozen Fruit : 263,739 340,817 226,196 86 66 Total :1,302,578 1,183,635 1,148,058 88 97 906,952 Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 1/ :1,457,682 1,913,157 1,691,856 116 88 (Gallon Equivalent) : 147,300 193,326 170,964 Other Juice Concentrate: 317,336 292,592 291,701 92 100 Total :1,775,018 2,205,749 1,983,557 112 90 233,342 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, August 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :----------------------------------------------------- : Aug 31, : Jul 31, : Aug 31, : Aug : Jul : Aug 31, : 2000 : 2001 : 2001 : 2000 :2001 : 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :-------- 1,000 Pounds ------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Frozen Vegetables : Asparagus : 14,661 14,476 13,877 95 96 Limas, Fordhook : 9,436 5,564 10,133 107 182 Limas, Baby : 24,817 14,238 21,602 87 152 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 163,366 95,986 187,472 115 195 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 36,101 19,708 26,101 72 132 Broccoli, Spears : 34,587 33,372 29,540 85 89 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 102,700 84,445 78,648 77 93 Brussels Sprouts : 13,511 10,306 8,854 66 86 Carrots, Diced : 27,863 54,148 46,716 168 86 Carrots, Other : 123,746 96,230 102,714 83 107 Cauliflower : 33,441 26,502 21,324 64 80 Corn, Cut : 208,672 100,255 217,599 104 217 Corn, Cob : 170,690 75,563 160,943 94 213 Mixed Vegetables : 49,335 50,301 49,223 100 98 Okra : 64,563 48,248 49,583 77 103 Onion Rings : 12,001 6,801 7,895 66 116 Onions, Other : 40,792 29,943 28,661 70 96 Blackeye Peas : 3,025 3,331 2,961 98 89 Green Peas : 429,250 379,665 364,577 85 96 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 8,867 9,144 9,301 105 102 Spinach : 79,499 88,050 77,112 97 88 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 48,285 35,755 40,927 85 114 Southern Greens : 31,428 28,942 26,414 84 91 Other Vegetables : 315,592 262,104 301,437 96 115 Total :2,046,228 1,573,077 1,883,614 92 120 1,379,895 : Potatoes : French Fries : 923,398 1,011,697 955,040 103 94 Other Frozen : 262,309 270,886 243,781 93 90 Total :1,185,707 1,282,583 1,198,821 101 93 885,968 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, August 2001 (Continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :-------------------------------------------------------- : Aug 31, : Jul 31, : Aug 31, : Aug : Jul : Aug 31, : 2000 : 2001 : 2001 : 2000 :2001 : 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds --------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 2/ : 343,561 306,296 319,917 93 104 Beef Cuts 3/ : 55,242 40,832 47,826 87 117 Total : 398,803 347,128 367,743 92 106 366,331 (Government Owned) : 1,938 1,687 1,944 100 115 Frozen Pork : Picnics, Bone-in : 9,887 12,669 10,923 110 86 Hams, Total : 140,150 86,951 91,370 65 105 88,622 Bone-in : 78,606 44,237 52,555 67 119 52,027 Boneless 4/ : 61,544 42,714 38,815 63 91 36,595 Bellies : 33,005 24,996 12,162 37 49 Loins, Total : 17,192 21,520 22,292 130 104 20,610 Bone-in : 5,472 9,627 7,942 145 82 Boneless 5/ : 11,720 11,893 14,350 122 121 Ribs 6/ : 27,045 29,759 26,091 96 88 Butts : 7,312 4,897 6,864 94 140 Trimmings 7/ : 40,577 38,667 32,692 81 85 Other 8/ : 92,104 54,964 59,282 64 108 Variety Meats 9/ : 61,305 49,394 52,185 85 106 Unclassified 10/ : 27,015 15,716 17,455 65 111 Total : 455,592 339,533 331,316 73 98 297,229 (Government Owned) : 4,189 3,507 2,050 49 58 Other : Veal : 4,613 3,038 3,677 80 121 Lamb & Mutton : 14,042 15,744 15,452 110 98 Total : 18,655 18,782 19,129 103 102 18,834 Canned : Canned Hams : 7,015 7,212 6,909 98 96 Other Canned Meat : 950 536 862 91 161 Total : 7,965 7,748 7,771 98 100 7,725 Total : 881,015 713,191 725,959 82 102 690,119 Miscellaneous : Cooler : 701,131 672,265 775,595 111 115 381,134 Freezer : 2,178,539 2,019,924 2,035,106 93 101 1,949,492 Total : 2,879,670 2,692,189 2,810,701 98 104 2,330,626 Commodities : Stored in Coolers : 2,612,775 2,709,986 2,363,077 90 87 1,323,138 Stored in Freezers :10,819,226 10,217,513 10,191,968 94 100 7,148,528 Total :13,432,001 12,927,499 12,555,045 93 97 8,471,666 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Adjusted to 42.0 degrees Brix equivalent (9.896 pounds per gallon). 2/ 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. 3/ Includes all boxed primal beef cuts, bone-in. 4/ Includes full ham, bone removed and individual muscles separated. 5/ Includes pork tenderloins. 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, July 31, 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 40 47,685 9 4 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 47 319 30 386,264 Pecans 1/ : 127 10,461 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 13 15,081 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 24,231 58,899 241,090 101,461 5,025 Other Natural Cheese : 416 28,447 102,427 58,395 201 : Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 74 1,832 1,930 799 8,272 Hens, Mature Chickens : 339 611 466 4,778 Other : 1,191 17,991 15,591 22,368 164,811 Total Chicken : 1,265 20,162 18,132 23,633 177,861 Turkeys : Whole Turkeys : 11,493 25,054 30,265 45,587 64,550 Other Turkey : 954 11,309 19,905 61,278 62,536 Total Turkey : 12,447 36,363 50,170 106,865 127,086 Ducks : 387 7,935 154 75 Total Poultry : 13,712 56,912 76,237 130,652 305,022 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 32 15,291 27,875 158 405 Blueberries : 11,723 6,760 24,304 199 6,491 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 35 9,731 135,786 94 710 Cherries, Sweet : 414 11,807 49 4 Peaches : 10 1,314 1,712 181 267 Raspberries, Red : 122 2,717 1,025 57 104 Strawberries, Total : 79 3,498 6,269 844 1,305 Other Frozen Fruit : 49,480 10,694 190,125 68 1,139 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, July 31, 2001 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 187 4 438,706 486,635 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 44,863 100,961 135 968 533,587 Pecans 1/ : 1,296 38,309 357 50,550 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 2,593 43,314 20 61,021 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 505 14,325 90,353 535,889 Other Natural Cheese : 169 466 6,577 16,028 213,126 : Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 2,214 8,312 321 2,370 26,124 Hens, Mature Chickens : 715 321 39 1,831 9,100 Other : 113,471 237,717 1,888 32,589 607,617 Total Chicken : 116,400 246,350 2,248 36,790 642,841 Turkeys : Whole Turkeys : 9,477 73,905 15,688 58,714 334,733 Other Turkey : 478 18,960 8,569 15,500 199,489 Total Turkey : 9,955 92,865 24,257 74,214 534,222 Ducks : 33 111 8,695 Total Poultry : 126,355 339,248 26,505 111,115 1,185,758 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 55 841 19 10,638 55,314 Blueberries : 104 825 104 12,420 62,930 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 61 64 2,733 8,969 158,183 Cherries, Sweet : 3 323 549 6,982 20,131 Peaches : 76 636 15 24,647 28,858 Raspberries, Red : 69 765 8 70,127 74,994 Strawberries, Total : 1,229 32,365 243 330,831 376,663 Other Frozen Fruit : 286 3,012 3,919 82,094 340,817 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, July 31, 2001 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 2/ : 25 950 107 1,834,501 Other Juice Concentrate : 142 14,376 11,001 1,941 127,579 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 638 7,692 17 380 Limas, Fordhook : 1,273 632 155 1,127 Limas, Baby : 2,934 2,188 237 1,927 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 15,326 22,430 2,780 5,038 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 4,007 4,133 173 341 Broccoli, Spears : 6,215 3,827 198 1,659 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 5,393 8,105 11,821 7,358 Brussels Sprouts : 1,971 1,362 306 628 Carrots, Diced : 8,940 12,792 514 4,039 Carrots, Other : 9,988 14,537 721 4,421 Cauliflower : 1,984 2,344 789 1,028 Corn, Cut : 14,440 24,170 6,805 6,135 Corn, Cob : 13,009 15,810 3,249 3,123 Mixed Vegetables : 6,517 11,788 1,235 3,193 Okra : 2,169 901 9,412 13,677 Onion Rings : 359 2,578 1,336 570 Onions, Other : 4,982 5,348 217 3,527 Blackeye Peas : 146 88 22 2,008 Green Peas : 64,669 51,295 9,650 9,569 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 1,230 1,695 42 1,035 Spinach : 18,252 4,879 1,797 6,545 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 3,584 4,119 656 5,430 Southern Greens : 3,188 826 761 9,349 Other Vegetables : 49,474 33,364 10,071 23,886 : Potatoes : French Fries : 28,074 32,389 42,571 111,336 27,455 Other Frozen : 6,313 12,657 45,737 12,054 3,316 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 3,142 27,972 24,188 94,776 25,997 Beef Cuts 5/ : 3,779 734 5,613 7,819 2,935 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 203 986 7,626 13,862 3,582 Trimmings 7/ : 183 1,029 8,189 19,588 5,988 Other 8/ : 1,697 1,668 12,474 21,144 7,788 : Other : Veal : 95 639 1,368 184 61 Lamb & Mutton : 353 3,712 820 4,759 618 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, July 31, 2001 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Concentrate : 63 8,372 1,889 67,250 1,913,157 Other Juice Concentrate : 392 26,975 358 109,828 292,592 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 553 144 5,052 14,476 Limas, Fordhook : 245 2 2,130 5,564 Limas, Baby : 539 1,030 5,383 14,238 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 2,405 144 47,863 95,986 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 449 58 10,547 19,708 Broccoli, Spears : 8,346 97 13,030 33,372 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 18,483 868 32,417 84,445 Brussels Sprouts : 472 4 5,563 10,306 Carrots, Diced : 1,516 41 26,306 54,148 Carrots, Other : 14,942 479 51,142 96,230 Cauliflower : 4,506 141 15,710 26,502 Corn, Cut : 2,227 236 46,242 100,255 Corn, Cob : 1,441 4,779 34,152 75,563 Mixed Vegetables : 4,027 551 22,990 50,301 Okra : 21,097 2 990 48,248 Onion Rings : 694 470 794 6,801 Onions, Other : 2,457 1,101 12,311 29,943 Blackeye Peas : 813 254 3,331 Green Peas : 1,899 24,395 218,188 379,665 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 591 26 4,525 9,144 Spinach : 15,354 627 40,596 88,050 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 4,627 639 16,700 35,755 Southern Greens : 13,807 1,011 28,942 Other Vegetables : 30,827 4,177 110,305 262,104 : Potatoes : French Fries : 3,998 17,142 253,529 495,203 1,011,697 Other Frozen : 30 5,637 56,851 128,291 270,886 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 7,354 57,507 2,276 63,084 306,296 Beef Cuts 5/ : 2,974 7,684 1,752 7,542 40,832 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 1,183 1,112 96 1,109 29,759 Trimmings 7/ : 124 3,107 14 445 38,667 Other 8/ : 2,908 3,827 214 3,244 54,964 : Other : Veal : 2 79 610 3,038 Lamb & Mutton : 185 1,031 4,266 15,744 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 37 20,421 3 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 17 133 24 302,796 Pecans 1/ : 246 9,879 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 16 6,808 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 23,032 56,606 226,295 95,410 4,790 Other Natural Cheese : 430 36,879 85,543 60,398 204 : Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 63 1,819 306 926 5,966 Hens, Mature Chickens : 315 617 421 4,214 Other : 1,637 17,043 15,274 20,830 169,407 Total Chicken : 1,700 19,177 16,197 22,177 179,587 Turkeys : Whole Turkeys : 11,444 28,501 30,907 48,933 55,433 Other Turkey : 1,064 11,222 16,865 54,135 75,032 Total Turkey : 12,508 39,723 47,772 103,068 130,465 Ducks : 312 8,578 161 78 Total Poultry : 14,208 59,212 72,547 125,406 310,130 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 26 12,310 22,970 167 316 Blueberries : 25,785 7,883 55,076 267 6,234 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 34 8,799 158,627 90 647 Cherries, Sweet : 483 13,029 51 8 Peaches : 23 2,554 3,498 77 521 Raspberries, Red : 6 1,778 1,055 130 93 Strawberries, Total : 81 3,547 5,671 702 1,208 Other Frozen Fruit : 36,641 8,818 98,027 61 763 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, August 31, 2001 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 207 57 124,874 145,599 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 33,909 87,361 114 765 425,119 Pecans 1/ : 1,142 35,612 329 47,208 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 2,203 25,820 34,847 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 332 13,655 87,428 507,548 Other Natural Cheese : 164 186 6,524 13,383 203,711 : Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 2,341 6,764 273 1,727 20,185 Hens, Mature Chickens : 1,842 377 37 1,136 8,959 Other : 105,855 233,584 1,867 33,056 598,553 Total Chicken : 110,038 240,725 2,177 35,919 627,697 Turkeys : Whole Turkeys : 10,251 64,767 16,460 69,787 336,483 Other Turkey : 595 19,405 8,481 18,557 205,356 Total Turkey : 10,846 84,172 24,941 88,344 541,839 Ducks : 38 116 9,283 Total Poultry : 120,884 324,935 27,118 124,379 1,178,819 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 112 627 30 8,713 45,271 Blueberries : 186 872 199 29,324 125,826 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 61 93 2,646 10,069 181,066 Cherries, Sweet : 3 236 547 5,179 19,536 Peaches : 136 893 42 59,820 67,564 Raspberries, Red : 59 128 6 67,547 70,802 Strawberries, Total : 1,212 24,293 440 309,650 346,804 Other Frozen Fruit : 295 4,936 4,902 71,753 226,196 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, August 31, 2001 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 2/ : 20 387 88 1,619,336 Other Juice Concentrate : 109 14,251 9,203 1,880 125,823 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 679 7,372 72 327 Limas, Fordhook : 1,586 828 121 782 Limas, Baby : 3,601 4,012 178 2,131 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 27,390 41,324 4,235 7,829 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 6,704 5,131 194 417 Broccoli, Spears : 5,445 3,170 159 1,796 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 5,468 8,132 13,029 7,493 Brussels Sprouts : 1,809 1,207 289 502 Carrots, Diced : 7,971 11,478 679 3,420 Carrots, Other : 9,518 12,538 757 4,612 Cauliflower : 1,630 1,354 516 779 Corn, Cut : 29,730 47,302 13,615 6,147 Corn, Cob : 20,912 28,358 11,331 3,851 Mixed Vegetables : 6,997 11,232 717 2,707 Okra : 2,572 913 10,299 12,368 Onion Rings : 432 2,878 1,918 703 Onions, Other : 4,121 6,353 256 3,471 Blackeye Peas : 163 67 44 1,720 Green Peas : 57,304 46,621 11,335 8,595 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 1,330 1,564 41 1,319 Spinach : 15,829 4,337 1,591 5,579 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 2,784 8,987 708 4,601 Southern Greens : 3,019 701 704 7,519 Other Vegetables : 53,330 34,577 11,713 27,740 : Potatoes : French Fries : 26,109 28,633 38,717 80,920 24,296 Other Frozen : 5,954 11,876 40,480 11,825 2,662 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 7,379 28,545 29,494 98,583 24,618 Beef Cuts 5/ : 4,096 872 11,450 7,342 3,110 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 167 827 7,852 11,350 3,204 Trimmings 7/ : 145 786 7,971 13,611 5,476 Other 8/ : 1,865 1,887 12,631 23,384 8,891 Other : Veal : 98 672 1,321 369 59 Lamb & Mutton : 343 3,982 786 4,495 600 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, August 31, 2001 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Concentrate : 52 9,740 1,681 60,552 1,691,856 Other Juice Concentrate : 385 25,661 584 113,805 291,701 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 510 99 4,818 13,877 Limas, Fordhook : 433 1 6,382 10,133 Limas, Baby : 496 2,122 9,062 21,602 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 4,346 119 102,229 187,472 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 581 52 13,022 26,101 Broccoli, Spears : 7,164 17 11,789 29,540 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 11,016 793 32,717 78,648 Brussels Sprouts : 395 8 4,644 8,854 Carrots, Diced : 1,115 47 22,006 46,716 Carrots, Other : 13,067 423 61,799 102,714 Cauliflower : 3,588 107 13,350 21,324 Corn, Cut : 2,966 933 116,906 217,599 Corn, Cob : 1,983 10,137 84,371 160,943 Mixed Vegetables : 3,615 294 23,661 49,223 Okra : 22,490 941 49,583 Onion Rings : 747 424 793 7,895 Onions, Other : 2,256 1,277 10,927 28,661 Blackeye Peas : 747 220 2,961 Green Peas : 1,909 23,322 215,491 364,577 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 580 37 4,430 9,301 Spinach : 13,115 678 35,983 77,112 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 5,607 492 17,748 40,927 Southern Greens : 13,027 1,444 26,414 Other Vegetables : 36,047 5,510 132,520 301,437 : Potatoes : French Fries : 3,878 13,142 243,540 495,805 955,040 Other Frozen : 25 3,377 52,570 115,012 243,781 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 7,414 60,715 2,503 60,666 319,917 Beef Cuts 5/ : 2,951 9,643 1,549 6,813 47,826 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 996 662 67 966 26,091 Trimmings 7/ : 112 4,168 12 411 32,692 Other 8/ : 3,168 3,511 347 3,598 59,282 : Other : Veal : 2 119 1,037 3,677 Lamb & Mutton : 224 986 4,036 15,452 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 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 : 2001 : 2000 : 2001 : 2001 : 2001 : 2000 : 2001 : 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 1,000 : Cu Ft ---- Percent --- Cu Ft ---- Percent --- : New England : 2,200 50 80 75 19,649 71 62 65 Middle Atlantic : 42,131 42 69 73 109,417 67 69 74 E. North Central : 62,536 36 43 45 208,018 46 44 45 W. North Central : 45,233 35 33 36 149,324 54 51 53 South Atlantic : 48,493 40 39 34 186,511 58 54 57 E. South Central : 9,435 45 44 49 71,338 38 43 41 W. South Central : 21,959 36 26 22 134,138 65 56 52 Mountain : 5,840 52 32 36 52,267 57 55 52 Pacific : 43,771 40 35 38 286,992 73 59 64 : US : 281,598 39 42 43 1,217,654 60 54 56 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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