Co St 1 (4-03) Cold Storage National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released April 21, 2003, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Cold Storage" call Barry Adams at (202) 720-8784, office hours 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET. HIGHLIGHTS Frozen food stocks in refrigerated warehouses on March 31, 2003 were greater than year earlier levels for cheese, butter, frozen eggs, total turkey, and orange juice. Butter stocks were 2 percent above February 2003 and 67 percent above a year ago. Total red meat supplies in freezers were 4 percent below February 28, 2003 and 2 percent below March 2002. Frozen pork stocks were 1 percent above last month but 1 percent below last year. Stocks of pork bellies were 11 percent above last month but 30 percent below March 2002 stocks. Total frozen poultry supplies on March 31, 2003 were up 3 percent from last month but down 7 percent from last year's level. Total stocks of chicken were down 4 percent from last month and down 20 percent from last year's level. Total pounds of turkey in freezers increased 14 percent from last month and 16 percent above last year. Public cooler occupancy on March 31, 2003, was at 41 percent of capacity, down 1 point from last year. Public freezer occupancy, was at 52 percent, up 3 points from last year. This page is intentionally blank. Table of Contents Page Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, March 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, February 28, 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, March 31, 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Public General Warehouses: Cold Storage Space Occupied by Region and United States, March 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Apples in Cold Storage: By State and United States, March 31, 2002 and 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Survey and Estimating Procedures, Revision Policy and Reliability. . 18 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, March 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : Mar 31, : Feb 28, : Mar 31, : Mar : Feb : Mar 31, : 2002 : 2003 : 2003 :2002 :2003 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds -------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Fresh Fruit : Apples : Regular Storage : 187,258 270,100 137,362 73 51 Controlled Atmosphere:2,033,890 2,694,314 2,025,909 100 75 Total :2,221,148 2,964,414 2,163,271 97 73 957 Pears : Bartlett : 26 73 59 227 81 Other Varieties : 135,727 191,166 134,590 99 70 Total : 135,753 191,239 134,649 99 70 66 Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 562,626 306,156 311,946 55 102 Pecans : 45,795 39,153 39,974 87 102 Other Shelled : 128,923 137,283 151,712 118 111 Total : 737,344 482,592 503,632 68 104 203,950 In-Shell : Peanuts : 17,361 15,556 16,542 95 106 Pecans : 181,333 105,471 94,082 52 89 Other In-Shell : 11,447 7,311 9,429 82 129 Total : 210,141 128,338 120,053 57 94 39,088 Dairy Products : Butter, Total : 145,160 238,197 242,138 167 102 225,470 (Government Owned) : 1,323 747 755 57 101 Natural Cheese : American, Total : 498,290 538,314 535,036 107 99 (Government Owned) : 733 368 1,602 219 435 Swiss : 12,880 23,149 23,647 184 102 Other Natural Cheese : 220,552 207,043 211,244 96 102 Total : 731,722 768,506 769,927 105 100 433,961 Eggs, Frozen : Whites : 1,561 2,571 2,519 161 98 Yolks : 906 1,169 1,405 155 120 Whole & Mixed : 6,260 9,463 9,969 159 105 Unclassified : 2,942 3,924 3,256 111 83 Total : 11,669 17,127 17,149 147 100 16,652 Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 29,307 24,854 22,710 77 91 Hens, Mature Chickens: 4,924 4,465 5,107 104 114 Other : 774,373 646,043 618,541 80 96 Total Chicken : 808,604 675,362 646,358 80 96 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, March 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : Mar 31, : Feb 28, : Mar 31, : Mar : Feb : Mar 31, : 2002 : 2003 : 2003 :2002 :2003 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds -------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Turkeys : Toms (Whole Carcasses) : 126,315 101,779 132,916 105 131 Hens (Whole Carcasses) : 95,572 70,112 81,837 86 117 Whole Turkeys : 221,887 171,891 214,753 97 125 Other Turkey : 235,678 297,051 317,794 135 107 Total Turkey : 457,565 468,942 532,547 116 114 404,891 Ducks : 6,162 5,135 5,819 94 113 Total Poultry :1,272,331 1,149,439 1,184,724 93 103 1,016,837 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 70,656 56,746 60,549 86 107 Apricots : 3,815 3,447 3,096 81 90 Blackberries, Total : 19,930 17,252 16,711 84 97 IQF : 12,342 11,261 10,998 89 98 Pails and Tubs : 2,478 1,449 1,361 55 94 Barrels, 400 lbs net : 3,981 3,953 3,825 96 97 Concentrate : 1,129 589 527 47 89 Blueberries : 75,051 65,838 56,493 75 86 Boysenberries : 2,335 2,596 2,001 86 77 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 106,151 38,771 34,971 33 90 Cherries, Tart (Juice) : 1,872 1,594 1,437 77 90 Cherries, Sweet : 10,640 6,818 6,261 59 92 Grapes : 3,805 6,069 5,593 147 92 Peaches : 43,959 52,310 44,590 101 85 Raspberries, Black : 2,257 1,939 1,788 79 92 Raspberries, Red, Total: 31,849 38,017 32,048 101 84 IQF : 11,944 14,082 12,537 105 89 Pails and Tubs : 7,181 8,821 7,317 102 83 Barrels, 400 lbs net : 11,595 14,206 11,356 98 80 Concentrate : 1,129 908 838 74 92 Strawberries, Total : 150,017 203,663 183,968 123 90 IQF and Poly : 98,112 125,114 113,760 116 91 Pails and Tubs : 33,872 46,561 40,668 120 87 Barrels and Drums : 11,348 25,049 21,703 191 87 Juice Stock : 6,685 6,939 7,837 117 113 Other Frozen Fruit : 337,088 361,950 330,953 98 91 Total : 858,986 857,010 780,459 91 91 632,611 Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 1/ :1,794,375 1,833,399 1,856,689 103 101 (Gallon Equivalent) : 181,323 185,267 187,620 Other Juice Concentrate: 308,279 252,236 260,362 84 103 Total :2,102,654 2,085,635 2,117,051 101 102 209,190 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, March 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :----------------------------------------------------- : Mar 31, : Feb 28, : Mar 31, : Mar : Feb : Mar 31, : 2002 : 2003 : 2003 : 2002 :2003 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :-------- 1,000 Pounds ------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Frozen Vegetables : Asparagus : 7,698 5,877 5,529 72 94 Limas, Fordhook : 9,032 8,888 7,652 85 86 Limas, Baby : 40,856 40,034 33,616 82 84 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 89,335 133,125 113,321 127 85 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 13,304 15,934 13,198 99 83 Broccoli, Spears : 51,381 52,064 51,693 101 99 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 72,073 72,673 75,536 105 104 Brussels Sprouts : 14,429 17,037 14,724 102 86 Carrots, Diced : 71,754 70,047 57,668 80 82 Carrots, Other : 124,741 118,043 105,662 85 90 Cauliflower : 33,253 30,923 27,553 83 89 Corn, Cut : 255,128 329,505 279,327 109 85 Corn, Cob : 173,544 224,601 199,450 115 89 Mixed Vegetables : 49,273 42,935 42,816 87 100 Okra : 28,151 36,922 32,729 116 89 Onion Rings : 6,803 6,702 6,505 96 97 Onions, Other : 28,674 31,424 31,285 109 100 Blackeye Peas : 6,332 5,278 4,512 71 85 Green Peas : 149,678 114,479 87,222 58 76 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 7,581 7,096 6,681 88 94 Spinach : 80,447 57,666 76,630 95 133 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 34,785 37,171 33,535 96 90 Southern Greens : 27,421 23,951 25,347 92 106 Other Vegetables : 277,155 289,291 278,438 100 96 Total :1,652,828 1,771,666 1,610,629 97 91 1,209,254 : Potatoes : French Fries :1,005,122 949,117 926,886 92 98 Other Frozen : 266,267 260,483 267,554 100 103 Total :1,271,389 1,209,600 1,194,440 94 99 893,422 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, March 2003 (Continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :-------------------------------------------------------- : Mar 31, : Feb 28, : Mar 31, : Mar : Feb : Mar 31, : 2002 : 2003 : 2003 : 2002 :2003 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds --------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 2/ : 359,552 380,445 342,963 95 90 Beef Cuts 3/ : 50,940 61,691 58,123 114 94 Total : 410,492 442,136 401,086 98 91 398,634 (Government Owned) : 2,248 2,487 2,476 110 100 Frozen Pork : Picnics, Bone-in : 14,297 11,547 12,087 85 105 Hams, Total : 73,043 89,154 85,973 118 96 81,904 Bone-in : 30,143 49,100 43,054 143 88 42,339 Boneless 4/ : 42,900 40,054 42,919 100 107 39,565 Bellies : 60,721 38,278 42,516 70 111 Loins, Total : 40,063 44,216 39,795 99 90 36,644 Bone-in : 18,322 22,794 20,261 111 89 Boneless 5/ : 21,741 21,422 19,534 90 91 Ribs 6/ : 86,324 97,076 96,459 112 99 Butts : 16,339 17,579 17,265 106 98 Trimmings 7/ : 69,371 55,225 58,305 84 106 Other 8/ : 83,424 76,945 78,283 94 102 Variety Meats 9/ : 51,371 43,687 45,883 89 105 Unclassified 10/ : 36,500 45,999 47,863 131 104 Total : 531,453 519,706 524,429 99 101 478,291 (Government Owned) : 1,471 1,370 1,082 74 79 Other : Veal : 3,981 6,111 5,992 151 98 Lamb & Mutton : 10,528 4,063 3,928 37 97 Total : 14,509 10,174 9,920 68 98 9,516 Canned : Canned Hams : 5,053 5,842 7,775 154 133 Other Canned Meat : 395 665 643 163 97 Total : 5,448 6,507 8,418 155 129 8,314 Total : 961,902 978,523 943,853 98 96 894,755 Miscellaneous : Cooler : 699,921 658,146 603,016 86 92 274,953 Freezer : 2,145,395 2,207,076 2,261,068 105 102 2,195,136 Total : 2,845,316 2,865,222 2,864,084 101 100 2,470,089 Commodities : Stored in Coolers : 4,754,514 5,211,539 4,316,565 91 83 1,091,296 Stored in Freezers :10,403,829 10,495,969 10,329,494 99 98 7,285,013 Total :15,158,343 15,707,508 14,646,059 97 93 8,376,309 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, February 28, 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 14,899 297,329 104,569 135,832 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 2 21 18 174,375 Pecans 1/ : 62 14,954 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 19,245 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 21,737 58,459 221,498 124,574 104 Other Natural Cheese : 258 18,624 118,335 53,326 1,856 : Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 933 128 1,052 5,819 Hens, Mature Chickens : 12 268 284 105 1,821 Other : 1,539 17,955 14,203 23,801 199,724 Total Chicken : 1,551 19,156 14,615 24,958 207,364 Turkeys : Whole Turkeys : 1,181 4,808 1,743 50,426 40,032 Other Turkey : 767 11,150 22,086 69,031 136,800 Total Turkey : 1,948 15,958 23,829 119,457 176,832 Ducks : 2 441 4,512 30 Total Poultry : 3,501 35,555 42,956 144,415 384,226 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 61 14,564 31,554 172 1,042 Blueberries : 13,784 4,530 30,705 1,497 1,642 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 6 3,570 26,030 767 589 Cherries, Sweet : 316 2,886 600 46 Peaches : 24 2,489 5,586 1,989 513 Raspberries, Red : 161 1,122 1,260 81 103 Strawberries, Total : 54 4,160 3,940 620 909 Other Frozen Fruit : 33,316 12,177 192,624 2,499 5,500 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, February 28, 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 4,178 6,970 2,400,637 2,964,414 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 28,965 101,760 91 924 306,156 Pecans 1/ : 957 23,047 133 39,153 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 2,727 83,499 105,471 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 433 1,661 13,866 95,982 538,314 Other Natural Cheese : 177 246 1,934 12,287 207,043 : Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 2,884 10,948 365 2,725 24,854 Hens, Mature Chickens : 425 601 949 4,465 Other : 117,255 224,061 2,026 45,479 646,043 Total Chicken : 120,564 235,610 2,391 49,153 675,362 Turkeys : Whole Turkeys : 656 34,232 9,821 28,992 171,891 Other Turkey : 1,078 30,742 10,611 14,786 297,051 Total Turkey : 1,734 64,974 20,432 43,778 468,942 Ducks : 47 24 79 5,135 Total Poultry : 122,298 300,631 22,847 93,010 1,149,439 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 104 1,399 220 7,630 56,746 Blueberries : 111 741 287 12,541 65,838 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 43 1,172 844 5,750 38,771 Cherries, Sweet : 1 45 961 1,963 6,818 Peaches : 57 1,393 158 40,101 52,310 Raspberries, Red : 165 485 2 34,638 38,017 Strawberries, Total : 892 19,431 207 173,450 203,663 Other Frozen Fruit : 162 15,617 5,662 94,393 361,950 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, February 28, 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 2/ : 183 602 138 1,756,442 Other Juice Concentrate : 574 30,374 11,095 1,738 102,196 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 927 1,784 34 503 Limas, Fordhook : 1,466 653 21 462 Limas, Baby : 7,774 2,448 454 9,937 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 33,934 31,350 471 3,588 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 5,272 3,598 87 446 Broccoli, Spears : 7,386 5,028 6 2,524 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 4,149 7,367 7,119 5,415 Brussels Sprouts : 2,259 1,482 1 1,700 Carrots, Diced : 7,796 30,369 282 1,398 Carrots, Other : 12,133 26,346 401 4,164 Cauliflower : 2,248 3,309 50 938 Corn, Cut : 30,535 64,704 20,297 3,772 Corn, Cob : 15,521 28,082 21,749 4,235 Mixed Vegetables : 3,949 9,802 168 1,650 Okra : 1,637 568 5,485 6,576 Onion Rings : 314 3,526 633 565 Onions, Other : 2,263 4,374 246 3,155 Blackeye Peas : 281 57 24 3,691 Green Peas : 24,171 21,202 6,891 4,888 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 916 1,372 120 461 Spinach : 11,944 3,548 190 3,319 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 4,560 9,223 15 4,041 Southern Greens : 2,753 1,203 82 6,735 Other Vegetables : 37,950 35,866 11,462 21,096 : Potatoes : French Fries : 35,287 32,476 54,841 116,325 34,059 Other Frozen : 5,542 13,401 30,964 8,568 3,688 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 6,021 49,310 46,010 131,079 20,560 Beef Cuts 5/ : 4,200 2,203 10,272 11,039 2,857 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 441 2,055 34,686 38,213 10,284 Trimmings 7/ : 196 1,260 10,859 33,011 2,220 Other 8/ : 2,081 960 12,137 36,324 15,599 : Other : Veal : 1,466 864 221 46 Lamb & Mutton : 4 571 1,133 404 294 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, February 28, 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Concentrate : 39 7,598 121 68,276 1,833,399 Other Juice Concentrate : 175 22,026 389 83,669 252,236 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 583 11 2,035 5,877 Limas, Fordhook : 388 2 5,896 8,888 Limas, Baby : 1,293 3,100 15,028 40,034 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 1,460 41 62,281 133,125 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 404 91 6,036 15,934 Broccoli, Spears : 18,800 101 18,219 52,064 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 23,843 621 24,159 72,673 Brussels Sprouts : 344 2 11,249 17,037 Carrots, Diced : 1,341 8 28,853 70,047 Carrots, Other : 7,792 583 66,624 118,043 Cauliflower : 8,273 11 16,094 30,923 Corn, Cut : 1,936 3,888 204,373 329,505 Corn, Cob : 1,284 47 153,683 224,601 Mixed Vegetables : 5,741 153 21,472 42,935 Okra : 22,117 539 36,922 Onion Rings : 746 425 493 6,702 Onions, Other : 2,512 3,596 15,278 31,424 Blackeye Peas : 1,014 211 5,278 Green Peas : 2,972 6,642 47,713 114,479 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 893 3 3,331 7,096 Spinach : 19,475 21 19,169 57,666 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 5,349 391 13,592 37,171 Southern Greens : 11,963 1,215 23,951 Other Vegetables : 40,785 7,743 134,389 289,291 : Potatoes : French Fries : 2,191 10,695 199,080 464,163 949,117 Other Frozen : 684 24,140 44,639 128,857 260,483 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 3,943 70,582 9,942 42,998 380,445 Beef Cuts 5/ : 3,825 7,185 14,880 5,230 61,691 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 4,359 4,876 145 2,017 97,076 Trimmings 7/ : 223 6,575 18 863 55,225 Other 8/ : 3,282 3,466 196 2,900 76,945 : Other : Veal : 170 146 8 3,190 6,111 Lamb & Mutton : 8 157 110 1,382 4,063 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, March 31, 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 10,347 230,600 61,813 99,195 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 2 22 19 179,503 Pecans 1/ : 73 15,859 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 16,509 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 21,175 59,548 216,690 123,432 118 Other Natural Cheese : 276 17,448 122,782 54,018 1,883 : Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 905 148 1,001 5,685 Hens, Mature Chickens : 13 231 268 114 1,957 Other : 1,694 16,163 15,604 24,640 188,703 Total Chicken : 1,707 17,299 16,020 25,755 196,345 Turkeys : Whole Turkeys : 964 4,535 2,296 60,239 52,646 Other Turkey : 749 11,236 24,923 73,480 147,059 Total Turkey : 1,713 15,771 27,219 133,719 199,705 Ducks : 1 427 5,210 28 Total Poultry : 3,421 33,497 48,449 159,474 396,078 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 61 18,450 31,265 202 1,109 Blueberries : 11,905 4,122 26,062 1,392 1,545 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 6 2,750 23,580 756 638 Cherries, Sweet : 350 2,617 491 39 Peaches : 20 2,335 5,439 1,970 412 Raspberries, Red : 140 1,025 1,078 86 118 Strawberries, Total : 100 4,423 4,109 693 950 Other Frozen Fruit : 44,023 13,130 166,961 2,503 4,572 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, March 31, 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 3,638 3,849 1,753,829 2,163,271 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 27,046 104,927 89 338 311,946 Pecans 1/ : 1,007 22,902 133 39,974 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 2,241 75,332 94,082 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 230 1,592 15,048 97,203 535,036 Other Natural Cheese : 206 283 1,932 12,416 211,244 : Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 2,062 10,016 379 2,514 22,710 Hens, Mature Chickens : 410 1,131 35 948 5,107 Other : 108,530 217,805 2,359 43,043 618,541 Total Chicken : 111,002 228,952 2,773 46,505 646,358 Turkeys : Whole Turkeys : 698 47,353 10,101 35,921 214,753 Other Turkey : 1,248 32,940 9,808 16,351 317,794 Total Turkey : 1,946 80,293 19,909 52,272 532,547 Ducks : 48 51 54 5,819 Total Poultry : 112,948 309,293 22,733 98,831 1,184,724 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 91 1,453 214 7,704 60,549 Blueberries : 139 594 234 10,500 56,493 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 8 1,106 998 5,129 34,971 Cherries, Sweet : 1 80 779 1,904 6,261 Peaches : 42 1,350 117 32,905 44,590 Raspberries, Red : 130 414 1 29,056 32,048 Strawberries, Total : 849 21,527 242 151,075 183,968 Other Frozen Fruit : 151 14,601 6,030 78,982 330,953 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, March 31, 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 2/ : 193 962 133 1,776,466 Other Juice Concentrate : 640 27,467 10,244 2,277 112,538 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 861 1,774 24 443 Limas, Fordhook : 1,432 596 12 365 Limas, Baby : 7,056 2,422 450 7,514 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 30,368 25,493 243 3,349 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 4,263 3,099 52 371 Broccoli, Spears : 8,219 4,872 3 2,652 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 3,963 7,126 5,929 5,524 Brussels Sprouts : 2,181 1,289 8 944 Carrots, Diced : 6,130 26,528 314 1,132 Carrots, Other : 10,781 22,508 297 3,530 Cauliflower : 1,924 3,399 31 763 Corn, Cut : 27,213 56,634 17,682 4,165 Corn, Cob : 14,431 23,652 18,477 3,816 Mixed Vegetables : 4,634 8,476 153 1,959 Okra : 1,530 541 4,482 7,031 Onion Rings : 331 3,057 930 552 Onions, Other : 3,383 4,064 335 2,871 Blackeye Peas : 167 54 20 3,221 Green Peas : 19,098 16,911 5,580 4,358 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 1,058 1,274 89 462 Spinach : 10,475 3,943 199 4,172 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 4,213 8,007 78 3,731 Southern Greens : 2,487 966 73 6,616 Other Vegetables : 37,727 32,722 10,808 21,186 : Potatoes : French Fries : 31,190 31,328 58,360 106,657 26,661 Other Frozen : 4,532 16,645 36,277 8,139 3,572 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 1,911 42,593 40,933 119,623 20,426 Beef Cuts 5/ : 3,573 2,192 8,304 11,422 3,277 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 438 2,217 34,110 36,102 9,748 Trimmings 7/ : 200 1,291 12,732 33,794 1,903 Other 8/ : 2,097 874 12,840 37,571 15,426 Other : Veal : 1,470 1,103 186 41 Lamb & Mutton : 3 443 993 441 284 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, March 31, 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Concentrate : 85 7,449 81 71,320 1,856,689 Other Juice Concentrate : 138 21,261 354 85,443 260,362 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 629 3 1,795 5,529 Limas, Fordhook : 406 2 4,839 7,652 Limas, Baby : 1,096 2,790 12,288 33,616 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 1,154 4 52,710 113,321 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 423 81 4,909 13,198 Broccoli, Spears : 18,833 102 17,012 51,693 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 27,825 525 24,644 75,536 Brussels Sprouts : 408 2 9,892 14,724 Carrots, Diced : 1,935 11 21,618 57,668 Carrots, Other : 9,472 526 58,548 105,662 Cauliflower : 7,531 8 13,897 27,553 Corn, Cut : 1,899 3,903 167,831 279,327 Corn, Cob : 1,158 30 137,886 199,450 Mixed Vegetables : 5,891 129 21,574 42,816 Okra : 18,557 588 32,729 Onion Rings : 682 549 404 6,505 Onions, Other : 2,214 3,621 14,797 31,285 Blackeye Peas : 878 172 4,512 Green Peas : 2,390 4,450 34,435 87,222 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 867 24 2,907 6,681 Spinach : 20,879 34 36,928 76,630 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 4,515 434 12,557 33,535 Southern Greens : 14,083 1,122 25,347 Other Vegetables : 39,784 7,432 128,779 278,438 : Potatoes : French Fries : 2,820 10,425 205,422 454,023 926,886 Other Frozen : 330 28,418 42,198 127,443 267,554 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 4,029 65,807 7,425 40,216 342,963 Beef Cuts 5/ : 3,623 7,250 13,161 5,321 58,123 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 5,349 5,972 313 2,210 96,459 Trimmings 7/ : 318 7,151 14 902 58,305 Other 8/ : 3,452 2,841 190 2,992 78,283 : Other : Veal : 23 137 1 3,031 5,992 Lamb & Mutton : 5 148 52 1,559 3,928 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, March 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cooler : Freezer :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Usable : Usable : Usable : Usable Region : Space : Space Occupied : Space : Space Occupied :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Mar 31 :Mar 31:Feb 28:Mar 31: Mar 31 :Mar 31:Feb 28:Mar 31 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 : 2003 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 1,000 : Cu Ft ---- Percent --- Cu Ft ---- Percent --- : New England : 1,783 64 68 62 16,575 60 61 59 Middle Atlantic : 46,908 69 56 53 137,966 57 53 52 E. North Central : 54,813 42 51 50 218,865 43 51 48 W. North Central : 46,749 43 40 39 163,985 50 59 59 South Atlantic : 53,205 36 31 30 204,680 50 53 51 E. South Central : 9,868 46 45 43 72,758 40 40 37 W. South Central : 29,553 24 31 30 142,078 53 51 50 Mountain : 6,149 17 38 43 68,505 45 54 51 Pacific : 51,915 35 38 38 333,761 51 58 55 : US : 300,943 42 42 41 1,359,173 49 54 52 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apples in Cold Storage: By State and United States, March 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : All Warehouses :----------------------------------------------------------- State : Mar 31, : Feb 28, : Mar 31 : 2002 : 2003 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -------- 1,000 Pounds ------- : CA : 21,348 29,008 20,519 MI : 178,996 99,044 58,155 N ENG : 10,895 14,899 10,347 NY : 148,974 160,524 120,624 OH : 5,580 3,415 2,045 OR : 20,332 21,629 17,526 PA : 158,217 136,805 109,976 VA : 78,500 79,771 63,666 WA : 1,535,856 2,350,000 1,715,784 WV : 41,306 47,121 29,794 : Other States : 21,144 22,198 14,835 : US : 2,221,148 2,964,414 2,163,271 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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