HDR1012000170021020971500Cold Storage National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released October 20, 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 September 30, 1997, were greater than year earlier levels for butter, concentrated orange juice, fruit, potatoes, meat, turkey, and vegetables. Cooler stocks of pears, peanuts, natural cheese, and apples were higher than a year earlier. Total red meat supplies in freezers decreased 1 percent from August, but were up 7 percent from September 1996. Frozen pork stocks were 8 percent below last month, but were up slightly from last year. Stocks of pork bellies were down 39 percent from last month and were 12 percent below a year ago. Total frozen poultry supplies increased 1 percent from both last month and last year. Total stocks of chicken decreased 2 percent during the month and were 6 percent below 1996. Total pounds of turkey in freezers increased 4 percent from last month and were up 7 percent from last year's level. Public cooler occupancy was at 48 percent of capacity, up 2 points from a year ago. Public freezer occupancy at 69 percent was up 3 points from last month and 2 points above the year earlier level. Table of Contents Page Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, September 1997. . . . . 2 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, August 31, 1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, September 30, 1997. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Public General Warehouses: Cold Storage Space Occupied by Region and United States, September 1997. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Survey and Estimating Procedures, Revision Policy and Reliability. . . . . . 15 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, September 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : Sep 30, : Aug 31, : Sep 30, : Sep : Aug : Sep 30, : 1996 : 1997 : 1997 :1996 :1997 : 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds -------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Fresh Fruit : Apples : Regular Storage : 960,669 24,102 1,070,519 111 Controlled Atmosphere:1,897,961 60,890 1,897,774 100 Total :2,858,630 84,992 2,968,293 104 16,035 Pears : Bartlett : 73,983 108,168 117,151 158 108 Other Varieties : 257,173 9,119 480,696 187 Total : 331,156 117,287 597,847 181 510 3,165 Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 102,799 271,912 176,134 171 65 Pecans : 43,879 35,282 22,642 52 64 Other Shelled : 56,875 58,407 71,025 125 122 Total : 203,553 365,601 269,801 133 74 158,477 In-Shell : Peanuts : 2,329 15,064 12,079 519 80 Pecans : 23,750 13,104 4,600 19 35 Other In-Shell : 9,812 6,558 8,766 89 134 Total : 35,891 34,726 25,445 71 73 13,757 Dairy Products : Butter, Total : 21,431 48,698 30,681 143 63 28,330 (Government Owned) : 546 563 482 88 86 Natural Cheese : American, Total : 372,555 459,450 422,860 114 92 (Government Owned) : 190 285 230 121 81 Swiss : 12,701 11,507 11,520 91 100 Other Natural Cheese : 110,545 111,313 98,548 89 89 Total : 495,801 582,270 532,928 107 92 291,272 Eggs, Frozen : Whites : 1,208 946 1,018 84 108 Yolks : 1,673 1,209 1,063 64 88 Whole & Mixed : 9,910 8,398 8,150 82 97 Unclassified : 2,145 551 584 27 106 Total : 14,936 11,104 10,815 72 97 10,538 Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers (Whole) : 34,918 28,145 25,418 73 90 Hens : 14,099 7,900 10,662 76 135 Other Chicken : 538,474 530,900 516,817 96 97 Total : 587,491 566,945 552,897 94 98 Turkey : Whole Turkeys : 509,525 478,733 531,550 104 111 Other Turkey : 211,496 263,283 237,987 113 90 Total : 721,021 742,016 769,537 107 104 Ducks : 1,570 2,277 2,633 168 116 Total :1,310,082 1,311,238 1,325,067 101 101 1,180,728 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, September 1997 (Continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : Sep 30, : Aug 31, : Sep 30, : Sep : Aug : Sep 30, : 1996 : 1997 : 1997 :1996 :1997 : 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds -------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 51,281 61,171 52,145 102 85 Apricots : 11,276 24,209 23,613 209 98 Blackberries, Total : 27,612 39,339 35,658 129 91 IQF : 15,588 20,163 18,775 120 93 Pails and Tubs : 4,036 5,990 5,565 138 93 Barrels, 400 lbs net : 7,075 12,190 10,001 141 82 Concentrate : 913 996 1,317 144 132 Blueberries : 82,105 94,398 113,971 139 121 Boysenberries : 4,595 8,098 7,471 163 92 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 151,751 194,571 168,310 111 87 Cherries, Tart (Juice) : 3,109 2,852 2,137 69 75 Cherries, Sweet : 12,397 21,073 17,925 145 85 Grapes : 4,137 1,576 1,816 44 115 Peaches : 61,279 59,679 79,256 129 133 Raspberries, Black : 1,701 1,381 1,234 73 89 Raspberries, Red, Total: 49,465 74,300 67,796 137 91 IQF : 15,715 16,987 17,779 113 105 Pails and Tubs : 16,621 21,454 19,188 115 89 Barrels, 400 lbs net : 15,744 34,785 29,807 189 86 Concentrate : 1,385 1,074 1,022 74 95 Strawberries, Total : 292,382 321,748 301,851 103 94 Other Frozen Fruit : 147,604 125,051 160,730 109 129 Total : 900,694 1,029,446 1,033,913 115 100 759,449 Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 1/ : 965,573 1,571,779 1,293,591 134 82 (Gallon Equivalent) : 97,572 158,830 130,719 Other Juice Concentrate: 461,102 472,834 443,576 96 94 Total :1,426,675 2,044,613 1,737,167 122 85 289,815 Frozen Vegetables : Asparagus : 9,637 10,145 9,050 94 89 Limas, Fordhook : 19,242 19,280 22,449 117 116 Limas, Baby : 50,427 23,880 48,420 96 203 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 227,779 233,167 258,013 113 111 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 54,354 40,777 43,935 81 108 Broccoli, Spears : 28,865 19,196 20,428 71 106 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut: 109,838 99,845 95,734 87 96 Brussels Sprouts : 7,909 9,029 10,522 133 117 Carrots, Diced : 36,069 37,673 28,665 79 76 Carrots, Other : 151,510 122,081 152,568 101 125 Cauliflower : 35,165 29,820 34,784 99 117 Corn, Cut : 389,823 261,226 451,559 116 173 Corn, Cob : 327,053 175,508 322,443 99 184 Mixed Vegetables : 55,609 48,753 53,495 96 110 Okra : 40,572 50,848 58,941 145 116 Onion Rings : 8,719 8,999 9,176 105 102 Onions, Other : 30,288 27,331 26,022 86 95 Blackeye Peas : 10,688 4,450 8,138 76 183 Green Peas : 305,164 321,298 340,404 112 106 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 9,916 6,043 8,352 84 138 Spinach : 56,344 84,538 73,860 131 87 Squash, Summer/Zucchini: 64,862 80,178 77,126 119 96 Southern Greens : 11,490 16,264 13,660 119 84 Other Vegetables : 330,670 258,409 287,199 87 111 Total :2,371,993 1,988,738 2,454,943 103 123 1,608,372 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, September 1997 (Continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :-------------------------------------------------------- : Sep 30, : Aug 31, : Sep 30, : Sep : Aug : Sep 30, : 1996 : 1997 : 1997 : 1996 :1997 : 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds --------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Potatoes : French Fries : 920,915 906,393 1,056,191 115 117 Other Frozen : 203,955 224,390 223,471 110 100 Total : 1,124,870 1,130,783 1,279,662 114 113 884,411 Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless : 284,208 294,276 317,727 112 108 Beef Cuts : 27,971 30,419 30,009 107 99 Total : 312,179 324,695 347,736 111 107 345,469 (Government Owned) : 6,478 4,227 4,940 76 117 Frozen Pork : Picnics, Bone-in : 6,156 9,986 11,948 194 120 Hams, Total : 94,167 113,485 101,296 108 89 93,545 Bone-in : 62,260 64,394 60,037 96 93 54,347 Boneless : 31,907 49,091 41,259 129 84 39,198 Bellies : 12,702 18,346 11,123 88 61 Loins, Total : 13,354 14,626 15,317 115 105 14,122 Bone-in : 5,417 7,408 6,482 120 88 Boneless : 7,937 7,218 8,835 111 122 Ribs : 34,080 23,445 31,477 92 134 Butts : 5,603 4,069 4,497 80 111 Trimmings : 33,915 42,445 35,590 105 84 Other : 86,806 83,724 72,781 84 87 Variety Meats : 37,403 49,960 45,200 121 90 Unclassified : 16,082 11,631 12,682 79 109 Total : 340,268 371,717 341,911 100 92 296,600 (Government Owned) : 553 348 744 135 214 Other : Veal : 6,493 5,117 5,878 91 115 Lamb & Mutton : 11,249 19,383 18,841 167 97 Total : 17,742 24,500 24,719 139 101 24,444 Canned : Canned Hams : 7,362 9,266 8,456 115 91 Other Canned Meat : 820 1,413 2,068 252 146 Total : 8,182 10,679 10,524 129 99 8,592 Total : 678,371 731,591 724,890 107 99 675,105 Miscellaneous : Cooler : 774,978 657,958 958,118 124 146 546,682 Freezer : 1,772,382 1,804,124 1,837,831 104 102 1,769,330 Total : 2,547,360 2,462,082 2,795,949 110 114 2,316,012 Commodities : Stored in Coolers : 4,709,362 1,857,190 5,368,119 114 289 1,039,291 Stored in Freezers : 9,612,081 10,085,979 10,419,282 108 103 7,196,175 Total :14,321,443 11,943,169 15,787,401 110 132 8,235,466 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Adjusted to 42.0 degrees Brix equivalent (9.896 pounds per gallon). Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, August 31, 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 2 570 27 168,661 Pecans 1/ : 86 11,078 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 11 2,566 : Dairy Products : Butter, Total : 8,326 4,279 11,614 7,640 470 Natural Cheese : American, Total : 24,178 42,972 243,561 78,901 226 Other Natural Cheese : 175 18,116 76,028 5,223 5,080 : Broilers (Whole) : 95 947 733 1,294 9,601 Hens : 82 78 916 3,767 Other Chicken : 1,633 5,112 12,118 26,526 136,085 Total : 1,728 6,141 12,929 28,736 149,453 Whole Turkeys : 15,365 50,802 51,299 68,375 70,089 Other Turkey : 868 16,235 27,569 68,615 79,366 Total : 16,233 67,037 78,868 136,990 149,455 Ducks : 46 196 1,263 116 106 Total : 18,007 73,374 93,060 165,842 299,014 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 38 20,986 22,092 222 4,378 Blueberries : 17,622 11,077 36,007 687 6,036 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 107 5,585 170,555 216 141 Cherries, Sweet : 1,053 11,057 349 126 Peaches : 111 1,874 1,855 75 1,588 Raspberries, Red : 161 1,446 800 657 276 Strawberries, Total : 90 3,555 4,898 4,075 2,570 Other Frozen Fruit : 17,874 13,746 48,669 1,246 2,974 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, August 31, 1997 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 39,144 60,447 125 2,936 271,912 Pecans 1/ : 484 23,163 471 35,282 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 1,175 9,342 10 13,104 : Dairy Products : Butter, Total : 151 653 349 15,216 48,698 Natural Cheese : American, Total : 264 2,387 20,830 46,131 459,450 Other Natural Cheese : 2,956 172 1,011 2,552 111,313 : Broilers (Whole) : 823 8,172 315 6,165 28,145 Hens : 1,629 60 848 520 7,900 Other Chicken : 101,873 208,753 2,055 36,745 530,900 Total : 104,325 216,985 3,218 43,430 566,945 Whole Turkeys : 10,351 118,565 26,238 67,649 478,733 Other Turkey : 708 26,236 5,801 37,885 263,283 Total : 11,059 144,801 32,039 105,534 742,016 Ducks : 6 33 64 447 2,277 Total : 115,390 361,819 35,321 149,411 1,311,238 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 154 811 282 12,208 61,171 Blueberries : 247 773 808 21,141 94,398 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 72 371 8,105 9,419 194,571 Cherries, Sweet : 184 104 70 8,130 21,073 Peaches : 147 799 59 53,171 59,679 Raspberries, Red : 190 371 96 70,303 74,300 Strawberries, Total : 2,220 30,825 3,550 269,965 321,748 Other Frozen Fruit : 456 7,035 2,747 30,304 125,051 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, August 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/ : 75 2,877 345 1,497,456 Other Juice Concentrate : 197 24,995 17,331 1,251 212,957 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 226 3,947 465 115 Limas, Fordhook : 409 807 373 1,642 Limas, Baby : 273 946 638 3,967 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 21,008 41,412 1,663 7,418 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 6,787 5,070 410 372 Broccoli, Spears : 1,600 287 537 1,898 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 3,384 5,494 4,813 5,323 Brussels Sprouts : 371 271 552 350 Carrots, Diced : 2,852 12,440 1,545 2,596 Carrots, Other : 4,159 6,197 1,069 6,528 Cauliflower : 941 1,566 658 838 Corn, Cut : 10,930 28,577 14,384 9,555 Corn, Cob : 5,544 8,476 13,452 2,003 Mixed Vegetables : 2,362 4,255 2,510 3,348 Okra : 659 251 274 23,371 Onion Rings : 626 4,595 1,470 644 Onions, Other : 1,026 2,428 757 4,203 Blackeye Peas : 122 367 31 3,330 Green Peas : 31,575 38,259 24,970 22,039 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 566 314 79 591 Spinach : 11,949 1,132 1,348 6,406 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 1,297 25,794 459 13,907 Southern Greens : 2,791 26 135 5,364 Other Vegetables : 25,982 26,546 11,827 23,644 : Potatoes : French Fries : 27,264 24,568 92,745 94,301 13,284 Other Frozen : 6,930 17,051 30,726 9,477 2,594 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless : 4,889 27,047 31,695 72,261 35,083 Beef Cuts : 3,862 698 1,929 6,304 998 Frozen Pork : Ribs : 157 1,220 9,565 6,595 2,495 Trimmings : 364 1,258 6,354 20,798 4,038 Other : 242 1,760 17,427 24,608 18,221 : Other : Veal : 432 1,047 2,248 569 222 Lamb & Mutton : 699 4,913 2,784 1,418 1,623 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, August 31, 1997 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Concentrate : 126 4,798 2,008 64,094 1,571,779 Other Juice Concentrate : 585 20,041 1,129 194,348 472,834 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 329 220 4,843 10,145 Limas, Fordhook : 131 1 15,917 19,280 Limas, Baby : 625 2,084 15,347 23,880 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 1,515 637 159,514 233,167 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 328 570 27,240 40,777 Broccoli, Spears : 6,316 110 8,448 19,196 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 24,751 1,962 54,118 99,845 Brussels Sprouts : 2,072 48 5,365 9,029 Carrots, Diced : 376 206 17,658 37,673 Carrots, Other : 9,856 466 93,806 122,081 Cauliflower : 5,073 637 20,107 29,820 Corn, Cut : 1,841 1,179 194,760 261,226 Corn, Cob : 1,249 183 144,601 175,508 Mixed Vegetables : 5,242 523 30,513 48,753 Okra : 25,724 5 564 50,848 Onion Rings : 243 5 1,416 8,999 Onions, Other : 1,059 2,081 15,777 27,331 Blackeye Peas : 397 2 201 4,450 Green Peas : 2,038 20,994 181,423 321,298 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 55 42 4,396 6,043 Spinach : 7,228 654 55,821 84,538 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 9,607 398 28,716 80,178 Southern Greens : 6,963 1 984 16,264 Other Vegetables : 35,173 4,691 130,546 258,409 : Potatoes : French Fries : 3,241 1,739 245,211 404,040 906,393 Other Frozen : 750 3,715 52,985 100,162 224,390 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless : 2,540 65,670 1,898 53,193 294,276 Beef Cuts : 1,157 6,845 4,276 4,350 30,419 Frozen Pork : Ribs : 1,014 1,562 3 834 23,445 Trimmings : 692 8,230 127 584 42,445 Other : 5,296 11,072 206 4,892 83,724 : Other : Veal : 24 575 5,117 Lamb & Mutton : 1 3,163 1,415 3,367 19,383 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, September 30, 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 1 455 23 111,486 Pecans 1/ : 80 6,341 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 13 1,017 : Dairy Products : Butter, Total : 6,727 3,232 6,296 3,699 337 Natural Cheese : American, Total : 22,628 39,771 228,280 67,036 249 Other Natural Cheese : 97 14,608 67,394 5,143 5,105 : Broilers (Whole) : 81 623 812 1,233 8,147 Hens : 1 65 171 1,197 5,568 Other Chicken : 1,517 5,566 12,083 21,410 138,074 Total : 1,599 6,254 13,066 23,840 151,789 Whole Turkeys : 15,456 54,771 57,333 74,160 69,904 Other Turkey : 589 15,003 27,899 60,866 67,324 Total : 16,045 69,774 85,232 135,026 137,228 Ducks : 60 186 1,464 128 110 Total : 17,704 76,214 99,762 158,994 289,127 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 16 17,545 19,174 204 3,793 Blueberries : 19,390 11,453 55,124 803 5,611 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 107 6,977 144,201 189 70 Cherries, Sweet : 1,129 9,090 308 178 Peaches : 132 2,565 4,562 250 1,181 Raspberries, Red : 139 1,236 881 788 307 Strawberries, Total : 82 2,965 4,874 5,139 2,473 Other Frozen Fruit : 25,107 19,135 56,461 1,213 2,321 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, September 30, 1997 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 25,865 36,305 90 1,909 176,134 Pecans 1/ : 367 15,577 277 22,642 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 1,264 2,298 8 4,600 : Dairy Products : Butter, Total : 141 445 230 9,574 30,681 Natural Cheese : American, Total : 259 4,166 16,634 43,837 422,860 Other Natural Cheese : 2,552 177 892 2,580 98,548 : Broilers (Whole) : 739 7,264 240 6,279 25,418 Hens : 1,691 151 835 983 10,662 Other Chicken : 97,497 204,478 2,057 34,135 516,817 Total : 99,927 211,893 3,132 41,397 552,897 Whole Turkeys : 11,751 127,461 27,177 93,537 531,550 Other Turkey : 522 24,062 3,779 37,943 237,987 Total : 12,273 151,523 30,956 131,480 769,537 Ducks : 7 84 67 527 2,633 Total : 112,207 363,500 34,155 173,404 1,325,067 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 151 1,042 236 9,984 52,145 Blueberries : 247 696 691 19,956 113,971 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 24 299 7,051 9,392 168,310 Cherries, Sweet : 177 85 69 6,889 17,925 Peaches : 177 1,477 133 68,779 79,256 Raspberries, Red : 213 883 69 63,280 67,796 Strawberries, Total : 2,157 28,137 3,039 252,985 301,851 Other Frozen Fruit : 458 7,980 1,777 46,278 160,730 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, September 30, 1997 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 2/ : 55 2,260 360 1,230,994 Other Juice Concentrate : 377 23,831 16,455 1,448 195,039 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 182 3,581 459 124 Limas, Fordhook : 312 965 299 1,871 Limas, Baby : 500 1,553 1,762 6,699 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 33,160 51,042 1,731 8,097 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 9,400 5,437 423 386 Broccoli, Spears : 1,756 259 476 2,169 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 4,391 5,295 4,056 5,592 Brussels Sprouts : 328 304 532 353 Carrots, Diced : 2,116 10,034 1,197 2,487 Carrots, Other : 3,517 7,419 1,413 7,983 Cauliflower : 974 2,013 636 778 Corn, Cut : 23,917 46,342 29,703 15,613 Corn, Cob : 19,215 12,376 34,455 4,811 Mixed Vegetables : 2,424 3,830 2,215 3,464 Okra : 770 238 407 34,186 Onion Rings : 679 4,708 1,357 724 Onions, Other : 1,401 2,259 713 3,705 Blackeye Peas : 143 410 40 6,858 Green Peas : 30,836 41,811 24,939 20,544 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 656 275 88 641 Spinach : 10,799 1,504 1,275 6,027 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 603 25,993 417 13,585 Southern Greens : 2,218 27 142 4,598 Other Vegetables : 28,184 33,547 14,002 25,885 : Potatoes : French Fries : 32,039 21,779 106,720 112,680 15,733 Other Frozen : 6,389 16,074 33,570 9,052 2,684 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless : 5,617 33,423 28,814 82,333 35,199 Beef Cuts : 4,201 430 2,189 6,171 743 Frozen Pork : Ribs : 209 1,351 12,317 10,298 2,777 Trimmings : 301 1,636 6,385 17,315 5,725 Other : 69 1,853 18,244 26,515 4,678 : Other : Veal : 506 1,082 2,858 605 129 Lamb & Mutton : 746 4,921 2,660 1,447 1,544 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, September 30, 1997 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Concentrate : 100 4,731 1,936 53,155 1,293,591 Other Juice Concentrate : 644 18,682 1,383 185,717 443,576 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 317 201 4,186 9,050 Limas, Fordhook : 150 18,852 22,449 Limas, Baby : 832 6,408 30,666 48,420 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 1,498 663 161,822 258,013 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 572 509 27,208 43,935 Broccoli, Spears : 6,415 128 9,225 20,428 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 24,227 1,605 50,568 95,734 Brussels Sprouts : 2,061 47 6,897 10,522 Carrots, Diced : 381 198 12,252 28,665 Carrots, Other : 10,329 330 121,577 152,568 Cauliflower : 5,572 631 24,180 34,784 Corn, Cut : 2,038 833 333,113 451,559 Corn, Cob : 2,371 953 248,262 322,443 Mixed Vegetables : 6,080 354 35,128 53,495 Okra : 22,747 1 592 58,941 Onion Rings : 93 1 1,614 9,176 Onions, Other : 1,095 1,896 14,953 26,022 Blackeye Peas : 494 193 8,138 Green Peas : 2,029 18,558 201,687 340,404 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 87 10 6,595 8,352 Spinach : 5,823 355 48,077 73,860 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 8,578 291 27,659 77,126 Southern Greens : 5,717 1 957 13,660 Other Vegetables : 34,958 4,960 145,663 287,199 : Potatoes : French Fries : 3,590 1,542 286,999 475,109 1,056,191 Other Frozen : 879 4,204 54,259 96,360 223,471 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless : 5,035 66,486 2,222 58,598 317,727 Beef Cuts : 1,102 5,838 4,029 5,306 30,009 Frozen Pork : Ribs : 1,515 2,125 4 881 31,477 Trimmings : 621 2,265 105 1,237 35,590 Other : 5,453 11,534 223 4,212 72,781 : Other : Veal : 107 591 5,878 Lamb & Mutton : 1 3,058 1,422 3,042 18,841 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, September 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cooler : Freezer :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Usable : Usable : Usable : Usable Region : Space : Space Occupied : Space : Space Occupied :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Sep 30 :Sep 30:Aug 31:Sep 30: Sep 30 :Sep 30:Aug 31:Sep 30 : 1997 : 1996 : 1997 : 1997 : 1997 : 1996 : 1997 : 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 1,000 : Cu Ft ---- Percent --- Cu Ft ---- Percent --- : New England : 2,415 46 52 55 20,250 38 57 60 Middle Atlantic : 34,505 55 61 65 85,254 74 79 82 E. North Central : 40,542 50 53 53 171,353 66 59 62 W. North Central : 43,595 50 45 42 145,917 55 54 57 South Atlantic : 42,357 40 54 51 128,274 62 63 65 E. South Central : 9,518 38 56 52 34,835 65 70 71 W. South Central : 17,814 26 43 40 114,729 69 71 72 Mountain : 5,891 65 59 55 45,713 66 65 69 Pacific : 44,980 44 32 36 243,866 76 74 78 : US : 241,617 46 48 48 990,191 67 66 69 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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