Co St 1 (5-00) Cold Storage National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released May 19, 2000, 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 April 30, 2000 were greater than year earlier levels for fruit, chicken, and potatoes. April 2000 stocks of chicken, at 836 million pounds, broke the previous record April high of 820 million pounds set in 1999. Cooler stocks of pecans and peanuts were also higher than a year earlier. Butter stocks were 9 percent above March 2000 but 15 percent below a year ago. Total red meat supplies in freezers were slightly above March 2000 but were 5 percent below April 1999. Frozen pork stocks were 3 percent below last month but were 16 percent below last year. Stocks of pork bellies increased 5 percent from last month but were 42 percent below April 1999 stocks. Total frozen poultry supplies were up 4 percent from last month but were 2 percent below last year's level. Total stocks of chicken were up 3 percent from last month and were 2 percent above April 1999. Total pounds of turkey in freezers increased 7 percent from last month but were 9 percent below last year. Public cooler occupancy was at 43 percent of capacity, down 12 points from last year. Public freezer occupancy at 60 percent was down 3 percentage points from last year. Table of Contents Page Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, April 2000 . . . .3 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, March 31, 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, April 30, 2000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Public General Warehouses: Cold Storage Space Occupied by Region and United States, April 2000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Apples in Cold Storage: By State and United States, April 2000. . . . 15 Survey and Estimating Procedures, Revision Policy and Reliability. . . 16 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, April 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : Apr 30, : Mar 31, : Apr 30, : Apr : Mar : Apr 30, : 1999 : 2000 : 2000 :1999 :2000 : 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds -------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Fresh Fruit : Apples : Regular Storage : 99,710 224,082 132,513 133 59 Controlled Atmosphere:1,757,990 2,241,156 1,751,456 100 78 Total :1,857,700 2,465,238 1,883,969 101 76 16,913 Pears : Bartlett : 1,500 3,090 2,386 159 77 Other Varieties : 67,698 130,340 102,591 152 79 Total : 69,198 133,430 104,977 152 79 1,019 Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 581,007 587,893 596,716 103 102 Pecans : 33,279 32,763 41,422 124 126 Other Shelled : 160,938 163,454 169,419 105 104 Total : 775,224 784,110 807,557 104 103 433,292 In-Shell : Peanuts : 25,499 26,684 28,182 111 106 Pecans : 72,016 259,706 228,715 318 88 Other In-Shell : 6,949 5,479 5,891 85 108 Total : 104,464 291,869 262,788 252 90 99,019 Dairy Products : Butter, Total : 125,520 97,793 106,519 85 109 101,998 (Government Owned) : 67 347 229 342 66 Natural Cheese : American, Total : 514,413 524,987 546,535 106 104 (Government Owned) : 20 57 24 120 42 Swiss : 12,066 10,465 10,157 84 97 Other Natural Cheese : 162,172 191,274 191,041 118 100 Total : 688,651 726,726 747,733 109 103 464,315 Eggs, Frozen : Whites : 660 616 439 67 71 Yolks : 646 672 658 102 98 Whole & Mixed : 6,674 6,192 5,394 81 87 Unclassified : 1,376 611 628 46 103 Total : 9,356 8,091 7,119 76 88 6,894 Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers (Whole) : 25,500 38,320 34,917 137 91 Hens : 10,480 5,993 6,762 65 113 Other Chicken : 783,632 766,558 794,423 101 104 Total : 819,612 810,871 836,102 102 103 Turkey : Whole Turkeys : 239,906 192,806 203,762 85 106 Other Turkey : 215,505 194,739 209,178 97 107 Total : 455,411 387,545 412,940 91 107 Ducks : 6,010 3,924 4,277 71 109 Total :1,281,033 1,202,340 1,253,319 98 104 1,172,252 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, April 2000 (Continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : Apr 30, : Mar 31, : Apr 30, : Apr : Mar : Apr 30, : 1999 : 2000 : 2000 :1999 :2000 : 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds -------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 91,603 87,298 87,607 96 100 Apricots : 4,303 5,888 4,583 107 78 Blackberries, Total : 11,161 15,992 18,513 166 116 IQF : 7,043 10,672 13,465 191 126 Pails and Tubs : 1,713 1,299 1,348 79 104 Barrels, 400 lbs net : 1,103 2,216 2,113 192 95 Concentrate : 1,302 1,805 1,587 122 88 Blueberries : 40,093 38,377 30,389 76 79 Boysenberries : 2,904 3,946 3,618 125 92 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 79,947 85,032 78,365 98 92 Cherries, Tart (Juice) : 3,074 1,074 1,462 48 136 Cherries, Sweet : 10,826 11,001 10,335 95 94 Grapes : 2,983 3,697 3,559 119 96 Peaches : 32,398 41,464 36,772 114 89 Raspberries, Black : 204 564 564 276 100 Raspberries, Red, Total: 19,672 37,377 35,132 179 94 IQF : 7,139 13,284 12,698 178 96 Pails and Tubs : 5,357 10,497 10,131 189 97 Barrels, 400 lbs net : 5,685 11,077 10,645 187 96 Concentrate : 1,491 2,519 1,658 111 66 Strawberries, Total : 126,541 222,599 232,152 183 104 Other Frozen Fruit : 362,843 552,597 478,679 132 87 Total : 788,552 1,106,906 1,021,730 130 92 636,804 Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 1/ :2,485,739 1,884,189 2,063,899 83 110 (Gallon Equivalent) : 251,186 190,399 208,559 Other Juice Concentrate: 463,494 324,291 337,282 73 104 Total :2,949,233 2,208,480 2,401,181 81 109 226,242 Frozen Vegetables : Asparagus : 3,046 11,519 10,435 343 91 Limas, Fordhook : 6,367 7,407 6,558 103 89 Limas, Baby : 42,307 37,053 32,541 77 88 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 91,479 90,874 76,417 84 84 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 27,867 22,004 17,219 62 78 Broccoli, Spears : 45,509 37,139 40,602 89 109 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut: 144,094 115,955 117,610 82 101 Brussels Sprouts : 17,574 18,917 19,520 111 103 Carrots, Diced : 61,712 65,007 59,342 96 91 Carrots, Other : 137,193 170,876 155,117 113 91 Cauliflower : 41,664 50,525 49,794 120 99 Corn, Cut : 210,709 212,660 180,228 86 85 Corn, Cob : 157,387 179,012 159,181 101 89 Mixed Vegetables : 51,251 43,443 48,560 95 112 Okra : 22,738 31,471 29,127 128 93 Onion Rings : 14,528 14,431 13,772 95 95 Onions, Other : 33,113 46,677 51,923 157 111 Blackeye Peas : 5,996 3,409 3,071 51 90 Green Peas : 151,264 156,036 127,393 84 82 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 10,084 6,959 7,589 75 109 Spinach : 154,049 78,459 97,612 63 124 Squash, Summer/Zucchini: 52,283 37,596 36,503 70 97 Southern Greens : 38,377 27,673 34,041 89 123 Other Vegetables : 231,394 263,753 261,031 113 99 Total :1,751,985 1,728,855 1,635,186 93 95 1,047,502 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, April 2000 (Continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :-------------------------------------------------------- : Apr 30, : Mar 31, : Apr 30, : Apr : Mar : Apr 30, : 1999 : 2000 : 2000 : 1999 :2000 : 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds --------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Potatoes : French Fries : 976,576 1,022,723 976,199 100 95 Other Frozen : 259,636 270,358 271,498 105 100 Total : 1,236,212 1,293,081 1,247,697 101 96 916,644 Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 2/ : 275,662 297,480 313,600 114 105 Beef Cuts 3/ : 41,096 53,041 52,710 128 99 Total : 316,758 350,521 366,310 116 105 363,515 (Government Owned) : 3,768 5,888 4,089 109 69 Frozen Pork : Picnics, Bone-in : 8,952 10,029 8,555 96 85 Hams, Total : 102,132 97,310 86,434 85 89 81,453 Bone-in : 71,722 50,543 48,819 68 97 47,383 Boneless 4/ : 30,410 46,767 37,615 124 80 34,070 Bellies : 109,521 60,139 63,414 58 105 Loins, Total : 32,460 24,637 24,026 74 98 21,090 Bone-in : 19,021 14,190 14,510 76 102 Boneless 5/ : 13,439 10,447 9,516 71 91 Ribs 6/ : 79,006 75,482 74,174 94 98 Butts : 17,808 11,290 9,961 56 88 Trimmings 7/ : 70,024 60,664 56,175 80 93 Other 8/ : 109,892 98,082 97,242 88 99 Variety Meats 9/ : 50,672 52,138 49,924 99 96 Unclassified 10/ : 16,462 25,441 29,330 178 115 Total : 596,929 515,212 499,235 84 97 432,540 (Government Owned) : 6,051 5,820 5,521 91 95 Other : Veal : 4,183 4,652 3,814 91 82 Lamb & Mutton : 13,146 11,788 13,110 100 111 Total : 17,329 16,440 16,924 98 103 16,618 Canned : Canned Hams : 4,511 5,023 5,440 121 108 Other Canned Meat : 861 451 464 54 103 Total : 5,372 5,474 5,904 110 108 2,839 Total : 936,388 887,647 888,373 95 100 815,512 Miscellaneous : Cooler : 716,997 731,138 726,049 101 99 468,241 Freezer : 2,004,623 2,110,848 2,107,242 105 100 2,038,498 Total : 2,721,620 2,841,986 2,833,291 104 100 2,506,739 Commodities : Stored in Coolers : 4,217,606 5,137,985 4,538,977 108 88 1,485,638 Stored in Freezers :11,077,530 10,638,567 10,662,462 96 100 6,959,507 Total :15,295,136 15,776,552 15,201,439 99 96 8,445,145 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 pork unable to be classified elsewhere in this report. Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, March 31, 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 30,287 307,476 207,781 133,208 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 8 245 36 375,133 Pecans 1/ : 106 11,764 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 60,355 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 19,702 43,085 252,624 112,140 4,212 Other Natural Cheese : 598 8,509 101,155 69,043 354 : Frozen Poultry : Broilers (Whole) : 101 403 736 915 12,353 Hens : 70 506 1,317 1,164 Other Chicken : 1,909 22,835 16,545 30,658 214,372 Total : 2,010 23,308 17,787 32,890 227,889 Whole Turkeys : 4,047 12,596 14,541 30,400 41,529 Other Turkey : 273 13,798 15,781 58,333 50,975 Total : 4,320 26,394 30,322 88,733 92,504 Ducks : 37 181 3,513 11 11 Total : 6,367 49,883 51,622 121,634 320,404 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 22 26,630 43,481 231 173 Blueberries : 7,465 6,229 16,622 143 709 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 26 4,477 72,925 95 26 Cherries, Sweet : 444 7,978 78 7 Peaches : 22 1,984 3,173 38 317 Raspberries, Red : 224 1,575 696 112 89 Strawberries, Total : 75 3,360 3,672 2,386 913 Other Frozen Fruit : 146,220 29,164 278,981 754 2,688 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, March 31, 2000 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 6,147 4,201 1,776,138 2,465,238 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 62,312 149,689 139 331 587,893 Pecans 1/ : 1,293 19,431 169 32,763 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 3,255 196,096 259,706 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 687 9,878 82,659 524,987 Other Natural Cheese : 178 548 142 10,747 191,274 : Frozen Poultry : Broilers (Whole) : 3,978 17,390 627 1,817 38,320 Hens : 829 478 272 1,357 5,993 Other Chicken : 149,291 279,106 4,294 47,548 766,558 Total : 154,098 296,974 5,193 50,722 810,871 Whole Turkeys : 1,652 51,569 7,824 28,648 192,806 Other Turkey : 900 27,513 9,761 17,405 194,739 Total : 2,552 79,082 17,585 46,053 387,545 Ducks : 1 3 1 166 3,924 Total : 156,651 376,059 22,779 96,941 1,202,340 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 133 276 197 16,155 87,298 Blueberries : 85 374 92 6,658 38,377 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 53 155 1,445 5,830 85,032 Cherries, Sweet : 3 50 432 2,009 11,001 Peaches : 65 698 14 35,153 41,464 Raspberries, Red : 31 303 1 34,346 37,377 Strawberries, Total : 3,061 27,954 1,961 179,217 222,599 Other Frozen Fruit : 320 9,064 952 84,454 552,597 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, March 31, 2000 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 2/ : 19 622 84 1,811,497 Other Juice Concentrate : 59 10,916 10,611 2,094 157,007 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 381 3,796 6 311 Limas, Fordhook : 572 234 140 2,263 Limas, Baby : 3,863 1,137 562 8,224 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 14,251 24,036 940 2,413 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 5,106 3,715 108 296 Broccoli, Spears : 5,282 411 1,032 2,492 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 9,001 8,475 3,392 6,795 Brussels Sprouts : 2,227 303 533 498 Carrots, Diced : 3,042 14,964 791 3,613 Carrots, Other : 11,151 10,401 1,133 4,644 Cauliflower : 2,653 2,788 1,937 1,219 Corn, Cut : 22,387 19,859 12,281 4,409 Corn, Cob : 6,546 16,539 17,955 2,216 Mixed Vegetables : 3,049 4,574 1,422 2,967 Okra : 1,086 190 1,178 7,266 Onion Rings : 1,077 8,798 1,848 616 Onions, Other : 4,749 4,545 421 1,310 Blackeye Peas : 167 246 15 1,522 Green Peas : 20,685 11,715 7,781 4,730 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 576 315 39 419 Spinach : 5,433 1,447 656 6,359 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 2,865 9,664 672 4,881 Southern Greens : 1,799 2 103 10,065 Other Vegetables : 26,460 18,484 13,974 30,151 : Potatoes : French Fries : 45,890 41,073 67,552 122,103 21,793 Other Frozen : 7,725 10,538 34,746 7,525 5,228 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless : 2,506 37,907 33,584 79,348 22,060 Beef Cuts : 507 3,425 5,941 11,667 2,478 Frozen Pork : Ribs : 525 1,381 19,931 35,281 7,399 Trimmings : 644 2,327 16,031 33,038 6,338 Other : 2,928 3,542 21,088 35,686 7,033 : Other : Veal : 157 412 1,579 886 26 Lamb & Mutton : 433 3,855 1,300 321 725 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, March 31, 2000 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Concentrate : 722 8,724 1,720 60,801 1,884,189 Other Juice Concentrate : 1,855 20,265 808 120,676 324,291 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 630 82 6,313 11,519 Limas, Fordhook : 250 93 3,855 7,407 Limas, Baby : 654 6,320 16,293 37,053 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 1,157 34 48,043 90,874 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 223 88 12,468 22,004 Broccoli, Spears : 17,687 96 10,139 37,139 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 36,615 1,731 49,946 115,955 Brussels Sprouts : 1,066 122 14,168 18,917 Carrots, Diced : 2,294 367 39,936 65,007 Carrots, Other : 15,565 1,441 126,541 170,876 Cauliflower : 17,546 947 23,435 50,525 Corn, Cut : 2,675 249 150,800 212,660 Corn, Cob : 2,468 44 133,244 179,012 Mixed Vegetables : 6,503 28 24,900 43,443 Okra : 21,225 526 31,471 Onion Rings : 847 1,003 242 14,431 Onions, Other : 1,268 6,244 28,140 46,677 Blackeye Peas : 1,283 176 3,409 Green Peas : 2,178 9,902 99,045 156,036 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 475 1 5,134 6,959 Spinach : 17,909 13,157 33,498 78,459 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 4,690 776 14,048 37,596 Southern Greens : 15,131 573 27,673 Other Vegetables : 38,088 3,141 133,455 263,753 : Potatoes : French Fries : 1,212 10,073 264,599 448,428 1,022,723 Other Frozen : 885 8,432 49,743 145,536 270,358 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 4,829 51,995 4,457 60,794 297,480 Beef Cuts 5/ : 406 8,698 8,494 11,425 53,041 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 4,775 2,045 4 4,141 75,482 Trimmings 7/ : 279 1,687 80 240 60,664 Other 8/ : 9,481 10,918 156 7,250 98,082 : Other : Veal : 292 16 1,284 4,652 Lamb & Mutton : 555 660 3,939 11,788 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, April 30, 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 19,700 222,297 136,052 99,398 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 22 245 36 387,701 Pecans 1/ : 119 13,830 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 48,984 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 20,438 44,622 266,007 115,079 4,426 Other Natural Cheese : 658 7,864 99,045 71,442 518 : Frozen Poultry : Broilers (Whole) : 101 351 856 886 9,476 Hens : 63 602 1,364 1,300 Other Chicken : 1,891 24,277 17,872 29,587 211,601 Total : 1,992 24,691 19,330 31,837 222,377 Whole Turkeys : 4,399 15,104 16,603 30,355 40,269 Other Turkey : 294 14,568 15,898 65,232 53,177 Total : 4,693 29,672 32,501 95,587 93,446 Ducks : 40 134 3,922 4 12 Total : 6,725 54,497 55,753 127,428 315,835 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 25 24,325 45,813 132 298 Blueberries : 7,267 3,621 13,331 128 126 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 23 3,734 67,449 90 111 Cherries, Sweet : 401 7,511 65 7 Peaches : 20 1,820 2,821 57 1,501 Raspberries, Red : 224 1,454 787 100 96 Strawberries, Total : 67 3,131 3,886 2,255 1,026 Other Frozen Fruit : 124,332 25,748 248,091 739 1,931 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, April 30, 2000 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 4,028 2,154 1,400,340 1,883,969 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 60,348 147,891 142 331 596,716 Pecans 1/ : 1,182 26,116 175 41,422 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 2,946 176,785 228,715 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 371 11,049 84,543 546,535 Other Natural Cheese : 188 466 257 10,603 191,041 : Frozen Poultry : Broilers (Whole) : 1,721 19,104 584 1,838 34,917 Hens : 871 537 228 1,797 6,762 Other Chicken : 160,598 294,791 2,463 51,343 794,423 Total : 163,190 314,432 3,275 54,978 836,102 Whole Turkeys : 2,565 53,745 7,951 32,771 203,762 Other Turkey : 897 31,853 11,854 15,405 209,178 Total : 3,462 85,598 19,805 48,176 412,940 Ducks : 2 3 1 159 4,277 Total : 166,654 400,033 23,081 103,313 1,253,319 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 140 599 222 16,053 87,607 Blueberries : 78 378 94 5,366 30,389 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 42 219 1,337 5,360 78,365 Cherries, Sweet : 3 45 473 1,830 10,335 Peaches : 49 532 6 29,966 36,772 Raspberries, Red : 118 1,002 7 31,344 35,132 Strawberries, Total : 2,891 31,923 603 186,370 232,152 Other Frozen Fruit : 237 8,593 1,012 67,996 478,679 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, April 30, 2000 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 2/ : 381 676 83 1,984,405 Other Juice Concentrate : 60 10,629 11,781 2,269 166,909 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 344 3,122 7 268 Limas, Fordhook : 534 525 142 2,230 Limas, Baby : 3,748 1,160 507 6,853 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 10,567 21,794 689 2,284 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 3,753 3,149 77 337 Broccoli, Spears : 5,468 1,847 571 2,936 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 8,929 10,667 3,839 7,040 Brussels Sprouts : 2,043 737 513 574 Carrots, Diced : 2,679 14,172 811 2,746 Carrots, Other : 9,550 9,764 1,005 5,611 Cauliflower : 2,291 2,918 1,804 1,136 Corn, Cut : 14,379 22,418 10,122 5,332 Corn, Cob : 4,407 20,159 13,877 4,367 Mixed Vegetables : 3,544 5,836 1,520 3,499 Okra : 1,051 358 1,013 7,107 Onion Rings : 1,084 8,382 1,803 790 Onions, Other : 5,207 4,840 445 1,523 Blackeye Peas : 153 264 9 1,295 Green Peas : 15,119 12,200 6,043 4,151 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 685 356 46 399 Spinach : 7,137 3,544 955 7,822 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 3,170 8,824 570 6,211 Southern Greens : 2,232 107 115 17,078 Other Vegetables : 26,149 18,907 12,374 31,502 : Potatoes : French Fries : 36,658 40,848 67,385 109,880 18,276 Other Frozen : 8,156 9,767 33,837 7,035 4,546 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 2,628 40,627 32,261 84,053 30,161 Beef Cuts 5/ : 683 3,207 6,465 10,456 2,815 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 539 1,582 19,284 32,985 8,486 Trimmings 7/ : 368 2,256 15,658 29,591 6,195 Other 8/ : 3,190 2,966 22,365 35,617 7,771 : Other : Veal : 141 354 1,423 535 74 Lamb & Mutton : 455 3,766 1,575 497 687 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, April 30, 2000 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Concentrate : 660 8,966 1,860 66,868 2,063,899 Other Juice Concentrate : 1,822 19,445 775 123,592 337,282 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 696 182 5,816 10,435 Limas, Fordhook : 217 93 2,817 6,558 Limas, Baby : 731 5,570 13,972 32,541 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 979 349 39,755 76,417 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 180 145 9,578 17,219 Broccoli, Spears : 17,247 4 12,529 40,602 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 33,794 1,588 51,753 117,610 Brussels Sprouts : 1,161 122 14,370 19,520 Carrots, Diced : 2,713 607 35,614 59,342 Carrots, Other : 16,919 1,285 110,983 155,117 Cauliflower : 15,366 745 25,534 49,794 Corn, Cut : 2,777 269 124,931 180,228 Corn, Cob : 2,392 56 113,923 159,181 Mixed Vegetables : 7,875 30 26,256 48,560 Okra : 18,977 621 29,127 Onion Rings : 479 977 257 13,772 Onions, Other : 2,586 7,988 29,334 51,923 Blackeye Peas : 1,202 148 3,071 Green Peas : 2,898 8,295 78,687 127,393 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 563 1 5,539 7,589 Spinach : 16,075 11,999 50,080 97,612 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 4,060 849 12,819 36,503 Southern Greens : 14,013 496 34,041 Other Vegetables : 35,710 2,874 133,515 261,031 : Potatoes : French Fries : 1,022 5,487 271,500 425,143 976,199 Other Frozen : 1,350 7,801 49,443 149,563 271,498 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 3,131 52,158 5,792 62,789 313,600 Beef Cuts 5/ : 404 8,399 7,940 12,341 52,710 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 3,795 2,865 4 4,634 74,174 Trimmings 7/ : 279 1,582 91 155 56,175 Other 8/ : 7,258 10,672 129 7,274 97,242 : Other : Veal : 31 14 1,242 3,814 Lamb & Mutton : 828 1,200 4,102 13,110 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. Public General Warehouses: Cold Storage Space Occupied by Region and United States, April 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cooler : Freezer :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Usable : Usable : Usable : Usable Region : Space : Space Occupied : Space : Space Occupied :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Apr 30 :Apr 30:Mar 31:Apr 30: Apr 30 :Apr 30:Mar 31:Apr 30 : 2000 : 1999 : 2000 : 2000 : 2000 : 1999 : 2000 : 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 1,000 : Cu Ft ---- Percent --- Cu Ft ---- Percent --- : New England : 2,377 63 65 60 20,233 74 81 80 Middle Atlantic : 35,777 74 56 54 96,811 79 77 79 E. North Central : 52,769 54 44 39 191,724 59 48 47 W. North Central : 45,224 51 41 35 147,543 59 57 57 South Atlantic : 49,425 52 46 49 188,977 57 61 59 E. South Central : 8,927 53 55 59 64,076 51 44 42 W. South Central : 20,766 50 43 43 133,434 70 69 68 Mountain : 6,060 81 68 60 56,077 71 55 58 Pacific : 40,104 42 32 31 270,972 61 65 64 : US : 261,429 55 45 43 1,169,847 63 61 60 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apples in Cold Storage: By State and United States, April 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : All Warehouses :----------------------------------------------------------- State : Apr 30, : Mar 31, : Apr 30, : 1999 : 2000 : 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : CA : 29,751 45,498 28,941 MI : 58,357 193,008 127,684 N ENG : 2,438 30,287 19,700 NY : 81,144 183,960 133,728 OH : 2,050 9,045 5,995 OR : 9,197 12,807 17,082 PA : 68,880 122,455 87,804 VA : 41,128 88,505 63,692 WA : 1,525,087 1,717,834 1,354,315 WV : 19,819 35,296 19,671 : Other States : 19,849 26,543 25,357 : US : 1,857,700 2,465,238 1,883,969 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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