Co St 1 (5-08) Cold Storage National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released May 22, 2008, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Cold Storage" call David Colwell at (202) 720-8784, office hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. Highlights Frozen food stocks in refrigerated warehouses on April 30, 2008 were greater than year earlier levels for turkey, chicken, pork, eggs, butter and beef. Butter stocks were up 13 percent from last month and up 3 percent from a year ago. Total red meat supplies in freezers were up 1 percent from the previous month and up 14 percent from last year. Frozen pork supplies were down slightly from the previous month but up 23 percent from last year. Stocks of pork bellies were up 1 percent from last month and up 62 percent from last year. Total frozen poultry supplies on April 30, 2008 were up 4 percent from the previous month and up 28 percent from a year ago. Total stocks of chicken were down 1 percent from the previous month but up 24 percent from last year. Total pounds of turkey in freezers were up 15 percent from last month and up 37 percent from April 30, 2007. This page is intentionally blank. Contents Page Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity United States, April 2008..................................................1 Region, and United States, March 31, 2008..................................5 Region, and United States, April 30, 2008..................................9 Apples in Cold Storage: By State and United States, April 2008...........13 Cold Storage Publication Geographic Regions...............................13 Reliability Statement.....................................................14 Information Contacts......................................................14 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, April 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : Apr 30, : Mar 31, : Apr 30, : Apr : Mar : Apr 30, : 2007 : 2008 1/ : 2008 :2007 :2008 : 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :-------- 1,000 Pounds -------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Fresh Fruit : Apples : Regular Storage : 86,205 236,922 140,863 163 59 Controlled Atmosphere:1,568,388 2,171,169 1,557,730 99 72 Total :1,654,593 2,408,091 1,698,593 103 71 126 Pears : Bartlett : 79 399 606 767 152 Other Varieties : 81,662 129,615 75,491 92 58 Total : 81,741 130,014 76,097 93 59 3,221 Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 390,132 347,955 347,491 89 100 Pecans : 40,724 40,345 43,052 106 107 In-Shell : Peanuts : 15,619 16,681 20,207 129 121 Pecans : 75,069 229,780 208,294 277 91 Dairy Products : Butter, Total : 245,907 224,804 253,642 103 113 226,936 Natural Cheese : American, Total : 586,151 526,001 544,750 93 104 Swiss : 31,223 24,533 23,497 75 96 Other Natural Cheese : 276,964 273,775 284,610 103 104 Total : 894,338 824,309 852,857 95 103 464,932 Eggs, Frozen : Whites : 2,948 2,886 2,946 100 102 Yolks : 950 953 909 96 95 Whole & Mixed : 5,939 6,397 7,486 126 117 Unclassified : 4,481 6,066 4,855 108 80 Total : 14,318 16,302 16,196 113 99 16,014 Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 24,227 22,540 27,059 112 120 Hens, Mature Chickens: 6,054 1,774 2,731 45 154 Breasts & Breast Meat: 113,609 142,394 130,071 114 91 Drumsticks : 12,339 14,805 21,736 176 147 Leg Quarters : 47,980 84,795 78,754 164 93 Legs : 6,428 11,350 9,315 145 82 Thigh & Thigh : Quarters : 12,149 12,240 12,406 102 101 Thigh Meat : 15,378 12,796 12,595 82 98 Wings : 34,771 35,054 35,306 102 101 Paws and Feet : 15,890 16,349 22,608 142 138 Other : 317,258 410,668 400,846 126 98 Total Chicken : 606,083 764,765 753,427 124 99 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, April 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : Apr 30, : Mar 31, : Apr 30, : Apr : Mar : Apr 30, : 2007 : 2008 1/ : 2008 :2007 :2008 : 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds -------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Turkeys : Toms (Whole Carcasses) : 83,750 96,027 118,388 141 123 Hens (Whole Carcasses) : 92,350 84,151 98,612 107 117 Whole Turkeys : 176,100 180,178 217,000 123 120 Other Turkey : 184,120 247,955 275,738 150 111 Total Turkey : 360,220 428,133 492,738 137 115 Ducks : 6,630 4,227 3,316 50 78 Total Poultry : 972,933 1,197,125 1,249,481 128 104 1,064,107 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 96,062 81,651 87,314 91 107 Apricots : 2,881 7,777 7,423 258 95 Blackberries, Total : 20,937 22,673 19,283 92 85 IQF : 16,639 17,740 15,022 90 85 Pails and Tubs : 2,517 2,782 2,552 101 92 Barrels, 400 lbs net : 1,408 2,084 1,626 115 78 Concentrate : 373 67 83 22 124 Blueberries : 56,362 78,106 67,927 121 87 Boysenberries : 3,079 2,883 2,759 90 96 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 66,958 100,479 87,402 131 87 Cherries, Tart (Juice) : 3,560 4,558 4,827 136 106 Cherries, Sweet : 11,124 12,259 11,791 106 96 Grapes : 7,719 5,025 4,336 56 86 Peaches : 52,576 52,331 41,532 79 79 Raspberries, Black : 906 910 761 84 84 Raspberries, Red, Total: 33,569 19,566 15,371 46 79 IQF : 18,208 10,710 8,914 49 83 Pails and Tubs : 6,354 2,804 2,056 32 73 Barrels, 400 lbs net : 7,494 4,428 3,242 43 73 Concentrate : 1,513 1,624 1,159 77 71 Strawberries, Total : 250,998 182,162 201,250 80 110 IQF and Poly : 111,229 92,110 103,602 93 112 Pails and Tubs : 82,804 58,001 52,493 63 91 Barrels and Drums : 39,188 26,686 30,515 78 114 Juice Stock : 17,777 5,365 14,640 82 273 Other Frozen Fruit : 276,074 350,167 316,744 115 90 Total : 882,805 920,547 868,720 98 94 743,339 Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 2/ : 901,508 1,031,926 1,210,677 134 117 (Gallon Equivalent) : 91,098 104,277 122,340 Other Juice Concentrate: 394,238 378,757 375,794 95 99 Total :1,295,746 1,410,683 1,586,471 122 112 227,961 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, April 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :----------------------------------------------------- : Apr 30, : Mar 31, : Apr 30, : Apr : Mar : Apr 30, : 2007 : 2008 1/ : 2008 : 2007 :2008 : 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :-------- 1,000 Pounds ------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Frozen Vegetables : Asparagus : 3,801 3,608 2,604 69 72 Limas, Fordhook : 2,827 4,807 4,062 144 85 Limas, Baby : 24,021 27,484 24,787 103 90 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 98,894 121,767 101,137 102 83 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 12,413 22,616 19,816 160 88 Broccoli, Spears : 24,984 33,594 35,876 144 107 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 39,817 45,708 43,547 109 95 Brussels Sprouts : 13,507 12,384 11,351 84 92 Carrots, Diced : 67,470 96,253 84,768 126 88 Carrots, Other : 68,629 97,645 90,039 131 92 Cauliflower : 21,673 23,143 22,604 104 98 Corn, Cut : 252,007 318,052 245,658 97 77 Corn, Cob : 142,308 163,020 120,815 85 74 Mixed Vegetables : 43,447 45,999 46,647 107 101 Okra : 6,189 8,635 7,314 118 85 Onion Rings : 6,773 6,451 5,954 88 92 Onions, Other : 33,577 37,730 40,866 122 108 Blackeye Peas : 3,504 4,084 4,105 117 101 Green Peas : 90,684 132,601 108,361 119 82 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 4,466 3,964 4,105 92 104 Spinach : 68,390 51,301 67,960 99 132 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 47,534 49,596 46,116 97 93 Southern Greens : 13,172 13,697 12,452 95 91 Other Vegetables : 226,691 302,281 302,316 133 100 Total :1,316,778 1,626,420 1,453,260 110 89 955,932 : Potatoes : French Fries : 878,639 880,608 900,859 103 102 Other Frozen : 223,593 207,053 229,912 103 111 Total :1,102,232 1,087,661 1,130,771 103 104 871,034 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, April 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :-------------------------------------------------------- : Apr 30, : Mar 31, : Apr 30, : Apr : Mar : Apr 30, : 2007 : 2008 1/ : 2008 : 2007 :2008 : 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds --------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 3/ : 358,892 347,774 364,040 101 105 Beef Cuts 4/ : 58,364 75,456 65,249 112 86 Total : 417,256 423,230 429,289 103 101 423,849 Frozen Pork : Picnics, Bone-in : 13,849 14,389 12,693 92 88 Hams, Total : 79,617 90,173 110,264 138 122 Bone-in : 41,289 46,610 60,878 147 131 Boneless 5/ : 38,328 43,563 49,386 129 113 Bellies : 61,796 98,896 100,376 162 101 Loins, Total : 38,031 48,540 46,778 123 96 Bone-in : 13,878 18,082 19,730 142 109 Boneless 6/ : 24,153 30,458 27,048 112 89 Ribs 7/ : 77,922 87,121 75,005 96 86 Butts : 10,730 22,978 27,667 258 120 Trimmings 8/ : 61,245 75,864 62,848 103 83 Other 9/ : 100,927 116,166 116,620 116 100 Variety Meats 10/ : 37,549 31,109 29,406 78 95 Unclassified 11/ : 46,861 67,447 70,563 151 105 Total : 528,527 652,683 652,220 123 100 589,967 Other : Veal : 6,265 5,752 6,267 100 109 Lamb & Mutton : 18,206 17,118 16,726 92 98 Total : 24,471 22,870 22,993 94 101 22,583 Total : 970,254 1,098,783 1,104,502 114 101 1,036,399 Commodities : Stored in Coolers :3,398,123 4,221,979 3,500,233 103 83 695,215 Stored in Freezers :6,555,066 7,357,521 7,409,401 113 101 4,914,786 Total :9,953,189 11,579,500 10,909,634 110 94 5,610,001 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ Adjusted to 42.0 degrees Brix equivalent (9.896 pounds per gallon). 3/ Includes all boxed boneless beef, such as ground beef, roasts, steaks, loins, strips, rounds, trimmings, etc. Excludes variety meats (edible offal), such as tongues, livers, hearts, kidneys, and other organs removed from slaughtered beef. 4/ Includes all boxed primal beef cuts, bone-in. 5/ Includes full ham, bone removed and individual muscles separated. 6/ Includes pork tenderloins. 7/ Includes spareribs and backribs. 8/ 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. 9/ Includes ears, tails, feet, neckbones and snouts. 10/ Includes tongues, kidneys, livers, stomachs, hearts, chitterlings, salivary glands, and other organs removed from slaughtered hogs. 11/ Includes product unable to be classified elsewhere in this report. Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, March 31, 2008, Revised -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 6,310 392,196 88,619 111,608 : Nuts 1/ : Shelled : Peanuts : 264,907 Pecans : 13,014 In-Shell : Pecans : 47,711 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 36,283 48,135 234,049 84,607 3,024 Other Natural Cheese : 246 13,647 165,287 55,889 142 : Frozen Poultry : Chicken 2/ : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 9,666 Hens, Mature Chickens : 812 Breasts & Breast Meat : 37,891 Drumsticks : 7,957 Leg Quarters : 31,646 Legs : 9,580 Thigh & Thigh : Quarters : 6,312 Thigh Meat : 4,837 Wings : 16,223 Paws and Feet : 8,327 Other : 143,174 Total Chicken : 276,425 Turkeys : Whole Turkeys : 30 15,785 11,915 39,900 23,483 Other Turkey : 139 5,604 21,995 84,476 97,568 Total Turkey : 169 21,389 33,910 124,376 121,051 Ducks : 264 3,313 1 61 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 31 20,592 48,921 151 419 Blueberries : 4,969 6,316 39,586 358 765 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 114 7,136 82,236 91 30 Cherries, Sweet : 336 9,343 49 1 Peaches : 29 1,556 9,155 127 154 Raspberries, Red : 13 1,256 1,260 389 69 Strawberries, Total : 7 4,804 9,793 1,761 2,798 Other Frozen Fruit : 10,408 4,323 191,310 5,656 4,730 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, March 31, 2008, Revised, (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 3,660 1,805,698 2,408,091 : Nuts 1/ : Shelled : Peanuts : 25,166 57,882 347,955 Pecans : 1,910 25,421 40,345 In-Shell : Pecans : 2,586 179,483 229,780 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 285 6,503 28,466 84,649 526,001 Other Natural Cheese : 2,999 1,063 4,753 29,749 273,775 : Frozen Poultry : Chicken 2/ : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 5,165 5,490 2,219 22,540 Hens, Mature Chickens : 104 733 125 1,774 Breasts & Breast Meat : 32,746 55,970 15,787 142,394 Drumsticks : 4,534 2,045 269 14,805 Leg Quarters : 36,178 15,943 1,028 84,795 Legs : 925 826 19 11,350 Thigh & Thigh : Quarters : 1,619 2,611 1,698 12,240 Thigh Meat : 2,029 3,964 1,966 12,796 Wings : 5,336 11,126 2,369 35,054 Paws and Feet : 5,017 2,927 78 16,349 Other : 110,208 143,023 14,263 410,668 Total Chicken : 203,861 244,658 39,821 764,765 Turkeys : Whole Turkeys : 1,588 67,531 5,963 13,983 180,178 Other Turkey : 1,964 20,695 4,916 10,598 247,955 Total Turkey : 3,552 88,226 10,879 24,581 428,133 Ducks : 14 51 523 4,227 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 13 632 88 10,804 81,651 Blueberries : 57 427 76 25,552 78,106 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 165 8,277 2,430 100,479 Cherries, Sweet : 1 4 56 2,469 12,259 Peaches : 2 1,693 20 39,595 52,331 Raspberries, Red : 21 132 37 16,389 19,566 Strawberries, Total : 17 22,788 88 140,106 182,162 Other Frozen Fruit : 28 16,031 4 117,677 350,167 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, March 31, 2008, Revised -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 3/ : 254 2,459 46 978,763 Other Juice Concentrate : 9,824 53,268 54,141 751 145,052 Total Frozen Juice : 10,078 53,268 56,600 797 1,123,815 : Frozen Vegetables 4/ : Asparagus : 825 1,570 122 Limas, Fordhook : 742 506 115 415 Limas, Baby : 2,841 4,033 1,042 4,844 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 18,136 41,985 2,825 1,705 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 5,943 3,695 1,100 228 Broccoli, Spears : 6,324 3,139 1 6,187 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 5,375 5,527 462 4,907 Brussels Sprouts : 2,708 1,474 1 763 Carrots, Diced : 11,371 20,932 4,170 640 Carrots, Other : 11,059 20,546 2,820 943 Cauliflower : 4,181 1,715 168 789 Corn, Cut : 27,790 42,454 30,272 2,409 Corn, Cob : 16,526 18,516 24,352 2,217 Mixed Vegetables : 3,570 6,973 41 2,281 Okra : 1,230 328 3 756 Onion Rings : 141 2,851 468 1,707 Onions, Other : 3,480 2,340 117 4,130 Blackeye Peas : 788 214 1,951 Green Peas : 11,591 18,387 15,059 4,313 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 1,075 775 3 150 Spinach : 5,636 4,184 307 2,065 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 3,151 17,696 620 Southern Greens : 2,028 284 38 1,595 Other Vegetables : 56,947 24,933 23,128 34,444 Total Vegetables : 203,458 245,057 106,492 80,181 : Potatoes : French Fries : 32,793 24,597 73,008 101,747 19,443 Other Frozen : 6,808 12,461 25,024 6,274 1,813 Total Potatoes : 39,601 37,058 98,032 108,021 21,256 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 5/ : 1,187 42,598 41,397 109,930 19,744 Beef Cuts 6/ : 84 872 6,375 28,007 4,029 Total Beef : 1,271 43,470 47,772 137,937 23,773 Other 7/ : Veal : 2,645 1,216 Lamb & Mutton : 7,756 1,417 Total Other Meat : 10,401 2,633 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, March 31, 2008, Revised, (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 3/ : 19 4,270 886 45,229 1,031,926 Other Juice Concentrate : 36 16,420 9,068 90,197 378,757 Total Frozen Juice : 55 20,690 9,954 135,426 1,410,683 : Frozen Vegetables 4/ : Asparagus : 197 2 892 3,608 Limas, Fordhook : 79 2,950 4,807 Limas, Baby : 541 2 14,181 27,484 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 1,509 79 55,528 121,767 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 75 77 11,498 22,616 Broccoli, Spears : 15,357 5 2,581 33,594 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 12,043 373 17,021 45,708 Brussels Sprouts : 669 6,769 12,384 Carrots, Diced : 702 39 58,399 96,253 Carrots, Other : 6,754 168 55,355 97,645 Cauliflower : 5,009 56 11,225 23,143 Corn, Cut : 3,542 71 211,514 318,052 Corn, Cob : 2,925 9 98,475 163,020 Mixed Vegetables : 7,423 995 24,716 45,999 Okra : 5,426 892 8,635 Onion Rings : 539 542 203 6,451 Onions, Other : 2,722 9,675 15,266 37,730 Blackeye Peas : 1,045 86 4,084 Green Peas : 2,632 220 80,399 132,601 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 20 5 1,936 3,964 Spinach : 13,317 33 25,759 51,301 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 4,831 121 23,177 49,596 Southern Greens : 8,912 840 13,697 Other Vegetables : 34,378 8,915 119,536 302,281 Total Vegetables : 130,647 21,387 839,198 1,626,420 : Potatoes : French Fries : 6,581 23,648 194,145 404,646 880,608 Other Frozen : 2,387 34,858 57,985 59,443 207,053 Total Potatoes : 8,968 58,506 252,130 464,089 1,087,661 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 5/ : 2,643 63,580 11,806 54,889 347,774 Beef Cuts 6/ : 693 5,939 14,314 15,143 75,456 Total Beef : 3,336 69,519 26,120 70,032 423,230 Other 7/ : Veal : 565 1,326 5,752 Lamb & Mutton : 171 7,774 17,118 Total Other Meat : 736 9,100 22,870 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ New England and Middle Atlantic combined with South Atlantic. East North Central combined with East South Central. Pacific, Mountain and West North Central combined with West South Central. 2/ New England and Middle Atlantic combined with South Atlantic. East North Central combined with East South Central. Mountain combined with Pacific. West North Central combined with West South Central. 3/ Middle Atlantic combined with South Atlantic. 4/ New England combined with Middle Atlantic. East South Central combined with South Atlantic. 5/ Includes all boxed boneless beef, such as ground beef, roasts, steaks, loins, strips, rounds, trimmings, etc. Excludes variety meats (edible offal), such as tongues, livers, hearts, kidneys, and other organs removed from slaughtered beef. 6/ Includes all boxed primal beef cuts, bone-in. 7/ New England and South Atlantic combined with Middle Atlantic. East South Central combined with East North Central. West North Central combined with West South Central. Mountain combined with Pacific. Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, April 30, 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 2,016 294,546 38,563 87,994 : Nuts 1/ : Shelled : Peanuts : 261,806 Pecans : 13,423 In-Shell : Pecans : 38,629 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 38,070 54,162 237,656 84,162 3,192 Other Natural Cheese : 334 14,790 174,536 55,180 132 : Frozen Poultry : Chicken 2/ : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 11,103 Hens, Mature Chickens : 1,219 Breasts & Breast Meat : 30,588 Drumsticks : 12,706 Leg Quarters : 37,809 Legs : 5,310 Thigh & Thigh : Quarters : 7,283 Thigh Meat : 5,582 Wings : 15,738 Paws and Feet : 11,724 Other : 149,214 Total Chicken : 288,276 Turkeys : Whole Turkeys : 2,992 17,462 16,070 47,875 24,934 Other Turkey : 170 8,055 23,375 87,271 113,142 Total Turkey : 3,162 25,517 39,445 135,146 138,076 Ducks : 257 2,761 2 41 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 16 21,093 53,411 232 408 Blueberries : 4,598 5,793 34,205 342 757 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 5 6,294 72,677 80 66 Cherries, Sweet : 7 328 8,684 111 8 Peaches : 2 1,441 7,991 118 166 Raspberries, Red : 10 1,332 1,055 385 60 Strawberries, Total : 1 4,314 8,680 2,139 3,037 Other Frozen Fruit : 6,155 4,968 176,305 5,171 4,935 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, April 30, 2008 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 2,058 1,273,416 1,698,593 : Nuts 1/ : Shelled : Peanuts : 27,841 57,844 347,491 Pecans : 2,375 27,254 43,052 In-Shell : Pecans : 2,406 167,259 208,294 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 680 8,445 31,080 87,303 544,750 Other Natural Cheese : 3,004 1,108 6,641 28,885 284,610 : Frozen Poultry : Chicken 2/ : Broilers, Fryers : Roasters (Whole) : 5,530 8,124 2,302 27,059 Hens, Mature Chickens : 255 1,128 129 2,731 Breasts & Breast Meat : 31,240 54,971 13,272 130,071 Drumsticks : 6,353 2,339 338 21,736 Leg Quarters : 28,410 11,324 1,211 78,754 Legs : 2,677 1,307 21 9,315 Thigh & Thigh : Quarters : 2,433 1,635 1,055 12,406 Thigh Meat : 2,335 3,068 1,610 12,595 Wings : 5,686 11,705 2,177 35,306 Paws and Feet : 6,439 4,328 117 22,608 Other : 105,097 131,877 14,658 400,846 Total Chicken : 196,455 231,806 36,890 753,427 Turkeys : Whole Turkeys : 2,032 80,992 8,312 16,331 217,000 Other Turkey : 2,195 25,317 6,542 9,671 275,738 Total Turkey : 4,227 106,309 14,854 26,002 492,738 Ducks : 11 74 170 3,316 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 7 680 90 11,377 87,314 Blueberries : 50 416 95 21,671 67,927 Cherries, Tart (RTP) : 142 5,970 2,168 87,402 Cherries, Sweet : 1 3 2,649 11,791 Peaches : 2 1,218 49 30,545 41,532 Raspberries, Red : 17 175 29 12,308 15,371 Strawberries, Total : 17 29,006 80 153,976 201,250 Other Frozen Fruit : 26 14,054 72 105,058 316,744 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, April 30, 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 3/ : 28 3,292 41 1,142,458 Other Juice Concentrate : 6,309 51,180 43,300 625 165,565 Total Frozen Juice : 6,337 51,180 46,592 666 1,308,023 : Frozen Vegetables 4/ : Asparagus : 745 1,034 1 54 Limas, Fordhook : 877 457 95 370 Limas, Baby : 3,059 4,121 878 4,313 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 15,008 31,477 2,116 1,448 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 5,230 3,130 960 188 Broccoli, Spears : 7,072 3,258 5,792 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 4,512 6,088 464 2,120 Brussels Sprouts : 2,763 1,240 779 Carrots, Diced : 8,431 20,278 4,433 538 Carrots, Other : 9,439 19,007 2,558 900 Cauliflower : 3,857 1,804 121 735 Corn, Cut : 23,531 32,038 22,448 2,025 Corn, Cob : 12,835 15,600 15,458 1,714 Mixed Vegetables : 3,502 6,796 36 2,272 Okra : 1,147 279 3 1,123 Onion Rings : 158 3,054 312 1,569 Onions, Other : 3,534 2,229 80 4,426 Blackeye Peas : 733 211 1,849 Green Peas : 9,449 13,921 11,062 4,013 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 934 897 5 156 Spinach : 9,894 5,877 285 2,394 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 3,998 16,039 42 729 Southern Greens : 1,687 254 35 1,400 Other Vegetables : 54,583 31,696 23,108 33,863 Total Vegetables : 185,182 220,785 84,500 55,583 : Potatoes : French Fries : 22,667 28,159 79,480 108,743 18,963 Other Frozen : 5,730 10,104 26,808 6,197 14,781 Total Potatoes : 28,397 38,263 106,288 114,940 33,744 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 5/ : 1,386 61,682 41,930 108,310 18,464 Beef Cuts 6/ : 51 711 2,920 20,358 3,531 Total Beef : 1,437 62,393 44,850 128,668 21,995 Other 7/ : Veal : 2,299 1,884 Lamb & Mutton : 7,517 1,400 Total Other Meat : 9,816 3,284 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, April 30, 2008 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 3/ : 21 6,851 943 57,043 1,210,677 Other Juice Concentrate : 36 15,481 5,957 87,341 375,794 Total Frozen Juice : 57 22,332 6,900 144,384 1,586,471 : Frozen Vegetables 4/ : Asparagus : 178 1 591 2,604 Limas, Fordhook : 99 2,164 4,062 Limas, Baby : 609 1 11,806 24,787 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 1,159 44 49,885 101,137 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 75 14 10,219 19,816 Broccoli, Spears : 16,351 3,403 35,876 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 14,018 299 16,046 43,547 Brussels Sprouts : 704 5,865 11,351 Carrots, Diced : 632 25 50,431 84,768 Carrots, Other : 7,981 106 50,048 90,039 Cauliflower : 5,517 269 10,301 22,604 Corn, Cut : 3,088 60 162,468 245,658 Corn, Cob : 3,281 8 71,919 120,815 Mixed Vegetables : 7,280 1,005 25,756 46,647 Okra : 4,029 733 7,314 Onion Rings : 239 427 195 5,954 Onions, Other : 2,284 11,332 16,981 40,866 Blackeye Peas : 1,028 284 4,105 Green Peas : 2,366 64 67,486 108,361 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 67 2 2,044 4,105 Spinach : 11,263 21 38,226 67,960 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 4,775 187 20,346 46,116 Southern Greens : 8,309 767 12,452 Other Vegetables : 32,063 8,780 118,223 302,316 Total Vegetables : 127,395 22,645 736,187 1,453,260 : Potatoes : French Fries : 5,146 30,199 205,778 401,724 900,859 Other Frozen : 2,237 35,160 66,961 61,934 229,912 Total Potatoes : 7,383 65,359 272,739 463,658 1,130,771 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 5/ : 2,558 63,057 12,337 54,316 364,040 Beef Cuts 6/ : 617 5,101 15,114 16,846 65,249 Total Beef : 3,175 68,158 27,451 71,162 429,289 Other 7/ : Veal : 874 1,210 6,267 Lamb & Mutton : 160 7,649 16,726 Total Other Meat : 1,034 8,859 22,993 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ New England and Middle Atlantic combined with South Atlantic. East North Central combined with East South Central. Pacific, Mountain and West North Central combined with West South Central. 2/ New England and Middle Atlantic combined with South Atlantic. East North Central combined with East South Central. Mountain combined with Pacific. West North Central combined with West South Central. 3/ Middle Atlantic combined with South Atlantic. 4/ New England combined with Middle Atlantic. East South Central combined with South Atlantic. 5/ Includes all boxed boneless beef, such as ground beef, roasts, steaks, loins, strips, rounds, trimmings, etc. Excludes variety meats (edible offal), such as tongues, livers, hearts, kidneys, and other organs removed from slaughtered beef. 6/ Includes all boxed primal beef cuts, bone-in. 7/ New England and South Atlantic combined with Middle Atlantic. East South Central combined with East North Central. West North Central combined with West South Central. Mountain combined with Pacific. Apples in Cold Storage: By State and United States, April 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : All Warehouses :----------------------------------------------------------- State : Apr 30, : Mar 31, : Apr 30, : 2007 : 2008 : 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : CA : 4,842 10,117 3,710 MI : 87,067 83,984 38,313 N ENG : 442 6,310 2,016 NY : 102,144 295,848 219,534 OH : 1,335 640 250 OR : 14,210 16,701 12,142 PA : 77,490 96,348 75,012 VA : 52,789 69,680 49,530 WA : 1,281,378 1,778,880 1,257,564 WV : 15,181 29,780 32,704 : Other States : 17,715 19,803 7,818 : US : 1,654,593 2,408,091 1,698,593 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reliability of Cold Storage Estimates 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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