Co St 1 (1-00) Cold Storage National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released January 21, 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 December 31,1999 were greater than year earlier levels for chicken and butter. December 1999 stocks of chicken, at 803 million pounds, broke the previous record December high of 717 million pounds set in 1998. Cooler stocks of pecans and peanuts were also higher than a year earlier. Total red meat supplies in freezers were slightly below November 1999 and 9 percent below December 1998. Frozen pork stocks were 2 percent below last month and 17 percent below last year. Stocks of pork bellies increased 54 percent from last month, but were 45 percent below the December 1998 stocks. Total frozen poultry supplies were up 1 percent from last month and were 3 percent above last year's level. Total stocks of chicken were up 1 percent from last month and were 12 percent above December 1998. Total pounds of turkey in freezers decreased slightly from last month and were 17 percent below last year. Public cooler occupancy was at 46 percent of capacity, down 8 points from last year. Public freezer occupancy at 61 percent was 5 percentage points below last year. Table of Contents Page Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, December 1999 . 3 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, November 30,1999 . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, December 31, 1999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Public General Warehouses: Cold Storage Space Occupied by Region and United States, December 1999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Apples in Cold Storage: By State and United States, December 1999 . 15 Survey and Estimating Procedures, Revision Policy and Reliability. . 16 Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, December 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : Dec 31, : Nov 30, : Dec 31, : Dec : Nov : Dec 31, : 1998 : 1999 : 1999 :1998 :1999 : 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds -------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Fresh Fruit : Apples : Regular Storage :1,039,507 1,509,008 862,253 83 57 Controlled Atmosphere:3,968,949 4,014,881 3,795,746 96 95 Total :5,008,456 5,523,889 4,657,999 93 84 7,633 Pears : Bartlett : 5,427 54,291 18,098 333 33 Other Varieties : 305,931 345,502 281,089 92 81 Total : 311,358 399,793 299,187 96 75 99 Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 363,964 424,200 437,461 120 103 Pecans : 20,937 11,810 17,495 84 148 Other Shelled : 98,371 120,348 126,403 128 105 Total : 483,272 556,358 581,359 120 104 339,012 In-Shell : Peanuts : 17,187 21,770 19,637 114 90 Pecans : 90,637 36,259 133,873 148 369 Other In-Shell : 7,416 7,038 8,950 121 127 Total : 115,240 65,067 162,460 141 250 44,561 Dairy Products : Butter, Total : 25,910 30,184 25,965 100 86 17,105 (Government Owned) : 4 313 223 71 Natural Cheese : American, Total : 407,692 448,250 446,612 110 100 (Government Owned) : 120 24 18 15 75 Swiss : 11,838 9,075 8,346 71 92 Other Natural Cheese : 97,685 134,397 155,778 159 116 Total : 517,215 591,722 610,736 118 103 374,473 Eggs, Frozen : Whites : 1,247 494 501 40 101 Yolks : 1,028 762 722 70 95 Whole & Mixed : 8,107 6,716 8,145 100 121 Unclassified : 652 482 767 118 159 Total : 11,034 8,454 10,135 92 120 9,955 Frozen Poultry : Chicken : Broilers (Whole) : 18,630 44,056 34,705 186 79 Hens : 6,256 8,117 7,763 124 96 Other Chicken : 692,463 743,066 760,454 110 102 Total : 717,349 795,239 802,922 112 101 Turkey : Whole Turkeys : 105,819 95,093 91,104 86 96 Other Turkey : 198,490 157,178 161,063 81 102 Total : 304,309 252,271 252,167 83 100 Ducks : 3,757 4,497 3,760 100 84 Total :1,025,415 1,052,007 1,058,849 103 101 982,162 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, December 1999 (Continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : Dec 31, : Nov 30, : Dec 31, : Dec : Nov : Dec 31, : 1998 : 1999 : 1999 :1998 :1999 : 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds -------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 66,392 74,398 72,294 109 97 Apricots : 11,559 9,737 8,992 78 92 Blackberries, Total : 22,071 25,412 22,087 100 87 IQF : 12,394 16,207 13,774 111 85 Pails and Tubs : 2,607 1,844 1,866 72 101 Barrels, 400 lbs net : 5,555 5,611 4,872 88 87 Concentrate : 1,515 1,750 1,575 104 90 Blueberries : 67,443 69,999 59,017 88 84 Boysenberries : 4,506 5,528 5,133 114 93 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 122,205 125,343 116,356 95 93 Cherries, Tart (Juice) : 3,225 2,249 2,029 63 90 Cherries, Sweet : 16,208 13,085 12,849 79 98 Grapes : 5,444 5,283 4,727 87 89 Peaches : 72,867 78,099 70,604 97 90 Raspberries, Black : 756 1,582 1,058 140 67 Raspberries, Red, Total: 40,174 60,312 55,833 139 93 IQF : 10,958 17,285 16,303 149 94 Pails and Tubs : 11,031 15,655 14,343 130 92 Barrels, 400 lbs net : 13,918 24,372 22,250 160 91 Concentrate : 4,267 3,000 2,937 69 98 Strawberries, Total : 201,442 314,323 277,703 138 88 Other Frozen Fruit : 574,325 492,170 462,790 81 94 Total :1,208,617 1,277,520 1,171,472 97 92 863,523 Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 1/ :1,791,913 1,102,698 1,331,183 74 121 (Gallon Equivalent) : 181,074 111,429 134,517 Other Juice Concentrate: 405,954 346,225 331,041 82 96 Total :2,197,867 1,448,923 1,662,224 76 115 197,522 Frozen Vegetables : Asparagus : 6,162 13,962 12,076 196 86 Limas, Fordhook : 12,049 15,413 15,068 125 98 Limas, Baby : 63,420 64,507 56,711 89 88 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 172,372 172,979 150,427 87 87 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 41,028 38,146 36,151 88 95 Broccoli, Spears : 24,442 36,182 34,356 141 95 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut: 89,310 124,436 123,035 138 99 Brussels Sprouts : 18,745 20,380 25,646 137 126 Carrots, Diced : 73,555 99,385 94,577 129 95 Carrots, Other : 183,068 226,603 213,586 117 94 Cauliflower : 50,298 56,505 57,845 115 102 Corn, Cut : 403,737 370,531 329,087 82 89 Corn, Cob : 269,578 286,753 256,216 95 89 Mixed Vegetables : 53,020 52,358 51,493 97 98 Okra : 46,567 50,480 39,868 86 79 Onion Rings : 15,752 18,619 17,026 108 91 Onions, Other : 24,596 41,677 41,250 168 99 Blackeye Peas : 8,039 6,851 6,524 81 95 Green Peas : 277,858 304,127 275,371 99 91 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 10,285 9,401 11,310 110 120 Spinach : 69,232 85,493 73,780 107 86 Squash, Summer/Zucchini: 70,272 60,301 58,498 83 97 Southern Greens : 32,765 30,401 27,336 83 90 Other Vegetables : 301,595 298,300 272,162 90 91 Total :2,317,745 2,483,790 2,279,399 98 92 1,500,126 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, United States, December 1999 (Continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Public : Stocks in All Warehouses : Percent :Warehouse : : of : Stocks Commodity :-------------------------------------------------------- : Dec 31, : Nov 30, : Dec 31, : Dec : Nov : Dec 31, : 1998 : 1999 : 1999 : 1998 :1999 : 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Pounds --------- Percent 1,000 Lbs : Potatoes : French Fries : 897,256 1,019,535 931,735 104 91 Other Frozen : 254,038 234,996 220,262 87 94 Total : 1,151,294 1,254,531 1,151,997 100 92 831,606 Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 2/ : 267,339 267,198 269,349 101 101 Beef Cuts 3/ : 29,084 41,738 44,613 153 107 Total : 296,423 308,936 313,962 106 102 310,255 (Government Owned) : 3,554 3,915 6,350 179 162 Frozen Pork : Picnics, Bone-in : 11,960 13,827 6,785 57 49 Hams, Total : 63,684 82,820 61,031 96 74 56,538 Bone-in : 30,662 48,975 33,040 108 67 32,623 Boneless 4/ : 33,022 33,845 27,991 85 83 23,915 Bellies : 72,657 26,170 40,301 55 154 Loins, Total : 27,643 20,607 26,996 98 131 22,879 Bone-in : 18,792 11,090 15,197 81 137 Boneless 5/ : 8,851 9,517 11,799 133 124 Ribs 6/ : 75,393 55,100 66,717 88 121 Butts : 15,882 11,338 10,482 66 92 Trimmings 7/ : 73,201 52,459 55,204 75 105 Other 8/ : 88,577 95,334 91,849 104 96 Variety Meats 9/ : 58,867 51,258 39,764 68 78 Unclassified 10/ : 15,645 13,622 16,743 107 123 Total : 503,509 422,535 415,872 83 98 354,898 (Government Owned) : 1,830 5,771 5,473 299 95 Other : Veal : 5,407 4,361 5,122 95 117 Lamb & Mutton : 11,721 9,446 8,749 75 93 Total : 17,128 13,807 13,871 81 100 13,696 Canned : Canned Hams : 3,378 4,717 4,568 135 97 Other Canned Meat : 610 461 370 61 80 Total : 3,988 5,178 4,938 124 95 3,182 Total : 821,048 750,456 748,643 91 100 682,031 Miscellaneous : Cooler : 816,023 994,203 855,299 105 86 518,028 Freezer : 2,020,527 1,867,437 1,972,906 98 106 1,907,520 Total : 2,836,550 2,861,640 2,828,205 100 99 2,425,548 Commodities : Stored in Coolers : 7,255,552 8,136,210 7,171,978 99 88 1,286,988 Stored in Freezers :10,775,469 10,168,124 10,076,652 94 99 6,988,368 Total :18,031,021 18,304,334 17,248,630 96 94 8,275,356 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, November 30, 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 93,970 679,825 586,981 5,097 375,132 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 34 59 26 264,116 Pecans 1/ : 41 3,983 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 25 11,433 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 20,241 40,920 218,856 99,162 376 Other Natural Cheese : 519 6,684 77,357 39,926 1,650 : Frozen Poultry : Broilers (Whole) : 97 301 686 820 18,779 Hens : 1 330 1,276 1,683 2,198 Other Chicken : 1,935 7,446 16,290 33,314 193,531 Total : 2,033 8,077 18,252 35,817 214,508 Whole Turkeys : 2,586 6,539 8,211 15,821 15,822 Other Turkey : 340 10,428 13,568 51,323 39,476 Total : 2,926 16,967 21,779 67,144 55,298 Ducks : 37 143 3,755 56 19 Total : 4,996 25,187 43,786 103,017 269,825 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 29 20,553 34,532 94 307 Blueberries : 12,564 8,372 31,908 211 1,205 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 41 7,576 105,799 46 29 Cherries, Sweet : 774 9,161 78 120 Peaches : 39 2,699 4,714 51 498 Raspberries, Red : 330 1,787 765 113 150 Strawberries, Total : 153 3,042 4,181 2,579 1,431 Other Frozen Fruit : 76,639 35,895 260,760 2,278 781 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, November 30, 1999 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 75 762 38,606 3,743,441 5,523,889 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 49,373 110,025 177 390 424,200 Pecans 1/ : 114 7,612 60 11,810 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 2,406 22,395 36,259 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 835 11,975 55,885 448,250 Other Natural Cheese : 146 144 349 7,622 134,397 : Frozen Poultry : Broilers (Whole) : 1,524 19,058 325 2,466 44,056 Hens : 1,606 532 145 346 8,117 Other Chicken : 164,246 272,678 2,964 50,662 743,066 Total : 167,376 292,268 3,434 53,474 795,239 Whole Turkeys : 1,148 14,473 11,284 19,209 95,093 Other Turkey : 924 23,556 4,167 13,396 157,178 Total : 2,072 38,029 15,451 32,605 252,271 Ducks : 29 60 1 397 4,497 Total : 169,477 330,357 18,886 86,476 1,052,007 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 167 997 147 17,572 74,398 Blueberries : 101 646 228 14,764 69,999 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 82 466 2,715 8,589 125,343 Cherries, Sweet : 3 131 408 2,410 13,085 Peaches : 133 463 164 69,338 78,099 Raspberries, Red : 269 790 13 56,095 60,312 Strawberries, Total : 3,935 20,264 4,876 273,862 314,323 Other Frozen Fruit : 298 10,270 1,075 104,174 492,170 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, November 30, 1999 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 2/ : 15 1,861 518 1,057,719 Other Juice Concentrate : 524 17,135 11,165 1,631 134,733 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 357 6,250 57 381 Limas, Fordhook : 424 391 208 3,648 Limas, Baby : 5,385 1,533 805 17,573 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 27,649 40,884 1,963 11,329 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 6,830 6,853 218 1,649 Broccoli, Spears : 5,541 198 1,582 1,504 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 5,728 8,174 3,598 7,007 Brussels Sprouts : 1,361 295 237 672 Carrots, Diced : 5,951 22,508 941 3,771 Carrots, Other : 10,396 13,028 2,141 10,864 Cauliflower : 2,512 2,756 1,575 1,348 Corn, Cut : 42,948 32,124 20,545 13,380 Corn, Cob : 15,903 16,271 33,105 9,703 Mixed Vegetables : 2,838 4,278 1,269 6,325 Okra : 1,449 200 1,363 17,562 Onion Rings : 923 10,453 1,658 1,596 Onions, Other : 3,935 4,938 470 3,337 Blackeye Peas : 258 358 18 4,620 Green Peas : 37,337 23,580 13,083 10,607 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 356 414 37 627 Spinach : 8,312 1,584 617 6,328 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 4,381 13,100 561 16,928 Southern Greens : 5,444 23 12 10,431 Other Vegetables : 30,818 29,795 16,709 41,022 : Potatoes : French Fries : 34,757 35,123 59,493 88,322 24,492 Other Frozen : 5,222 9,469 36,820 7,812 7,618 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless : 6,367 28,634 35,321 55,850 22,119 Beef Cuts : 1,356 1,355 4,530 8,505 2,065 Frozen Pork : Ribs : 372 1,086 16,659 26,876 4,277 Trimmings : 126 1,729 13,105 22,300 7,024 Other : 3,797 3,517 20,208 29,191 6,682 : Other : Veal : 218 534 1,885 357 41 Lamb & Mutton : 362 2,639 904 1,127 1,037 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, November 30, 1999 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Concentrate : 417 2,522 1,902 37,744 1,102,698 Other Juice Concentrate : 2,047 17,128 482 161,380 346,225 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 488 198 6,231 13,962 Limas, Fordhook : 355 196 10,191 15,413 Limas, Baby : 489 10,056 28,666 64,507 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 1,283 251 89,620 172,979 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 197 84 22,315 38,146 Broccoli, Spears : 14,000 42 13,315 36,182 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 39,280 2,842 57,807 124,436 Brussels Sprouts : 496 483 16,836 20,380 Carrots, Diced : 2,060 222 63,932 99,385 Carrots, Other : 7,810 1,804 180,560 226,603 Cauliflower : 8,819 1,790 37,705 56,505 Corn, Cut : 1,750 8,257 251,527 370,531 Corn, Cob : 1,511 32 210,228 286,753 Mixed Vegetables : 7,652 102 29,894 52,358 Okra : 29,320 586 50,480 Onion Rings : 1,797 1,318 874 18,619 Onions, Other : 976 3,250 24,771 41,677 Blackeye Peas : 1,432 165 6,851 Green Peas : 3,752 16,376 199,392 304,127 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 150 18 7,799 9,401 Spinach : 9,518 10,045 49,089 85,493 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 6,401 443 18,487 60,301 Southern Greens : 13,824 667 30,401 Other Vegetables : 24,961 4,163 150,832 298,300 : Potatoes : French Fries : 1,405 10,427 320,538 444,978 1,019,535 Other Frozen : 829 9,984 55,049 102,193 234,996 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 2,945 58,580 6,282 51,100 267,198 Beef Cuts 5/ : 252 5,764 5,990 11,921 41,738 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 2,200 1,398 101 2,131 55,100 Trimmings 7/ : 270 3,921 282 3,702 52,459 Other 8/ : 10,320 14,001 145 7,473 95,334 : Other : Veal : 22 207 20 1,077 4,361 Lamb & Mutton : 1 512 565 2,299 9,446 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, December 31, 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 74,232 539,032 427,247 2,726 282,773 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 38 189 27 254,826 Pecans 1/ : 76 5,267 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 4 30,062 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 19,594 39,402 218,345 97,261 784 Other Natural Cheese : 577 7,075 81,044 51,391 2,603 : Frozen Poultry : Broilers (Whole) : 107 338 720 858 12,380 Hens : 1 322 1,288 1,760 2,019 Other Chicken : 1,926 6,990 17,758 31,473 210,381 Total : 2,034 7,650 19,766 34,091 224,780 Whole Turkeys : 1,721 5,947 5,507 18,210 14,915 Other Turkey : 299 9,931 13,484 52,390 43,889 Total : 2,020 15,878 18,991 70,600 58,804 Ducks : 31 176 3,166 18 17 Total : 4,085 23,704 41,923 104,709 283,601 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 22 22,890 34,312 108 270 Blueberries : 10,632 7,155 26,805 226 1,288 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 38 6,907 98,574 64 27 Cherries, Sweet : 739 9,234 62 95 Peaches : 35 2,597 4,564 47 316 Raspberries, Red : 362 1,804 870 135 71 Strawberries, Total : 115 3,213 4,761 2,449 1,266 Other Frozen Fruit : 72,206 33,484 244,634 1,314 811 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, December 31, 1999 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Total Fresh Apples : 21 1,344 29,584 3,301,040 4,657,999 : Nuts : Shelled : Peanuts : 48,619 133,293 167 302 437,461 Pecans 1/ : 767 11,309 76 17,495 In-Shell : Pecans 1/ : 3,858 99,949 133,873 : Dairy Products : Natural Cheese : American, Total : 302 10,990 59,934 446,612 Other Natural Cheese : 150 179 272 12,487 155,778 : Frozen Poultry : Broilers (Whole) : 1,604 16,712 405 1,581 34,705 Hens : 1,090 452 145 686 7,763 Other Chicken : 160,018 272,620 3,358 55,930 760,454 Total : 162,712 289,784 3,908 58,197 802,922 Whole Turkeys : 264 15,230 12,701 16,609 91,104 Other Turkey : 1,224 24,486 3,206 12,154 161,063 Total : 1,488 39,716 15,907 28,763 252,167 Ducks : 1 6 1 344 3,760 Total : 164,201 329,506 19,816 87,304 1,058,849 : Frozen Fruit : Apples : 142 430 195 13,925 72,294 Blueberries : 33 461 193 12,224 59,017 Cherries, Tart (RSP) : 66 163 2,524 7,993 116,356 Cherries, Sweet : 4 121 541 2,053 12,849 Peaches : 127 674 190 62,054 70,604 Raspberries, Red : 150 537 24 51,880 55,833 Strawberries, Total : 3,408 17,235 4,147 241,109 277,703 Other Frozen Fruit : 807 10,086 1,788 97,660 462,790 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, December 31, 1999 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : East : West : Commodity : New : Middle : North : North : South : England :Atlantic : Central : Central : Atlantic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Conc. 2/ : 77 2,192 502 1,279,105 Other Juice Concentrate : 268 16,418 11,483 1,614 136,105 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 486 5,544 46 306 Limas, Fordhook : 546 424 175 4,079 Limas, Baby : 4,868 1,318 726 15,120 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 24,410 35,234 1,675 9,650 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 6,459 6,296 194 1,550 Broccoli, Spears : 5,247 359 1,465 2,560 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 5,347 9,236 3,906 7,025 Brussels Sprouts : 2,090 365 543 704 Carrots, Diced : 5,241 21,593 880 5,630 Carrots, Other : 10,889 12,007 2,023 12,277 Cauliflower : 2,528 2,929 2,175 1,372 Corn, Cut : 34,388 27,967 17,524 11,832 Corn, Cob : 12,492 15,545 29,254 9,564 Mixed Vegetables : 2,798 3,822 1,546 6,451 Okra : 1,466 172 1,022 11,539 Onion Rings : 984 9,919 1,725 1,127 Onions, Other : 3,497 4,546 347 2,745 Blackeye Peas : 164 325 6 4,502 Green Peas : 33,566 23,015 13,637 8,813 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 524 421 33 594 Spinach : 9,669 1,303 495 5,531 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 4,056 12,707 528 15,886 Southern Greens : 2,882 21 9 9,889 Other Vegetables : 34,183 24,879 14,725 38,242 : Potatoes : French Fries : 35,443 31,270 57,372 85,344 18,475 Other Frozen : 5,277 10,869 33,566 7,294 5,155 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 7,561 31,028 35,048 54,399 20,946 Beef Cuts 5/ : 1,068 1,573 4,598 8,546 2,151 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 458 1,178 18,796 33,634 5,364 Trimmings 7/ : 117 1,515 14,404 27,235 6,961 Other 8/ : 3,795 3,470 20,147 27,915 6,430 : Other : Veal : 216 521 2,056 497 34 Lamb & Mutton : 348 2,234 1,041 232 483 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region, and United States, December 31, 1999 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : East : West : : : Commodity : South : South : Mountain : Pacific : US : Central : Central : : : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Frozen Juice : Orange Juice Concentrate : 451 2,491 2,233 44,132 1,331,183 Other Juice Concentrate : 1,332 15,595 481 147,745 331,041 : Frozen Vegetables 3/ : Asparagus : 493 168 5,033 12,076 Limas, Fordhook : 323 186 9,335 15,068 Limas, Baby : 471 9,109 25,099 56,711 Green Beans, Reg. Cut : 1,212 189 78,057 150,427 Green Beans, Fr. Style : 360 102 21,190 36,151 Broccoli, Spears : 13,495 62 11,168 34,356 Broccoli, Chopped & Cut : 35,539 2,679 59,303 123,035 Brussels Sprouts : 691 280 20,973 25,646 Carrots, Diced : 1,906 234 59,093 94,577 Carrots, Other : 7,851 1,623 166,916 213,586 Cauliflower : 11,909 1,658 35,274 57,845 Corn, Cut : 2,993 7,793 226,590 329,087 Corn, Cob : 1,600 39 187,722 256,216 Mixed Vegetables : 7,075 126 29,675 51,493 Okra : 25,093 576 39,868 Onion Rings : 1,557 1,281 433 17,026 Onions, Other : 731 3,363 26,021 41,250 Blackeye Peas : 1,344 183 6,524 Green Peas : 3,660 15,130 177,550 275,371 Peas & Carrots Mixed : 148 6 9,584 11,310 Spinach : 10,845 10,946 34,991 73,780 Squash, Summer/Zucchini : 6,925 645 17,751 58,498 Southern Greens : 13,829 706 27,336 Other Vegetables : 27,846 3,794 128,493 272,162 : Potatoes : French Fries : 1,275 6,901 253,158 442,497 931,735 Other Frozen : 715 7,437 54,436 95,513 220,262 : Meat : Frozen Beef : Boneless 4/ : 2,988 51,572 5,898 59,909 269,349 Beef Cuts 5/ : 277 8,334 6,894 11,172 44,613 Frozen Pork : Ribs 6/ : 2,760 1,497 65 2,965 66,717 Trimmings 7/ : 255 2,701 260 1,756 55,204 Other 8/ : 10,258 13,120 208 6,506 91,849 : Other : Veal : 2 229 20 1,547 5,122 Lamb & Mutton : 535 680 3,196 8,749 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, December 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cooler : Freezer :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Usable : Usable : Usable : Usable Region : Space : Space Occupied : Space : Space Occupied :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Dec 31 :Dec 31:Nov 30:Dec 31: Dec 31 :Dec 31:Nov 30:Dec 31 : 1999 : 1998 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 : 1998 : 1999 : 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 1,000 : Cu Ft ---- Percent --- Cu Ft ---- Percent --- : New England : 2,436 62 55 58 20,251 80 77 72 Middle Atlantic : 35,143 80 74 70 119,134 80 79 80 E. North Central : 47,609 54 50 54 174,169 64 60 56 W. North Central : 42,562 47 29 32 133,206 61 48 47 South Atlantic : 50,793 48 47 45 166,236 54 62 60 E. South Central : 8,914 46 54 52 65,670 59 46 48 W. South Central : 20,919 43 32 37 133,284 67 64 62 Mountain : 5,946 90 67 71 51,999 66 63 58 Pacific : 40,651 45 35 31 256,955 73 76 71 : US : 254,973 54 46 46 1,120,904 66 64 61 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apples in Cold Storage: By State and United States, December 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : All Warehouses :----------------------------------------------------------- State : Dec 31, : Nov 30, : Dec 31, : 1998 : 1999 : 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : CA : 132,843 205,676 118,448 MI : 347,729 534,061 387,495 N ENG : 33,640 93,970 74,232 NY : 281,232 353,010 334,950 OH : 12,420 26,466 20,535 OR : 39,210 41,238 32,951 PA : 185,094 326,196 203,571 VA : 164,657 235,783 163,288 WA : 3,597,825 3,496,527 3,149,642 WV : 53,965 82,078 76,458 : Other States : 159,841 128,884 96,429 : US : 5,008,456 5,523,889 4,657,999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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