ne-agri-facts NEBRASKA AGRI-FACTS Issued Twice Monthly by: NEBRASKA Agricultural Statistics Service P.O. Box 81069 Location: 273 Federal Bldg Lincoln, NE 68501 Phone: (402) 437-5541 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Nebraska Department of Agriculture USDA,National Ag Statistics Service Merlyn Carlson, Director William G. Hamlin, State Statistician ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Issue 09/2001 Released: 05/02/2001 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear producers and other data users: Information contained herein is the result of mail, phone and personal interview surveys conducted during the past few weeks. Special recognition and appreciation are extended to all producers and agribusinesses who provided data making these reports possible. William G. Hamlin State Statistician U.S. INDEX OF PRICES RECEIVED The preliminary All Farm Products Index of Prices Received in April was 107 based on 1990-92=100, up 4 points (3.9%) from the March Index. Higher prices for strawberries, milk, oranges, and hay were partially offset by lower prices for tomatoes, broilers, soybeans, and corn. The seasonal change in the mix of commodities farmers sell often affects the overall index. Higher seasonal marketings of cattle, milk, cucumbers, and broilers were partially offset by lower marketings of soybeans, corn, cotton, and hogs. Compared with April 2000, the All Farm Products Index was 7 points (7.0%) higher. Price increases from April 2000 for milk, strawberries, cattle, and broilers were partially offset by lower prices for lettuce, soybeans, corn, and tomatoes. AVERAGE PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS NEBRASKA UNITED STATES April March April April March April COMMODITY Unit 2000 2000 15, 2000 2001 15, % of Parity 1/ 1/ 2001 1/ 1/ 2001 Parity Price* Wheat Bu. $ 2.16 $ 2.93 $ 2.90 $ 2.57 $ 2.87 $ 2.84 29 $ 9.70 Corn Bu. 2.01 1.97 1.95 2.03 1.95 1.91 29 6.62 Oats Bu. 1.49 1.48 1.45 1.35 1.24 1.29 34 3.79 Grain Sorghum Cwt. 3.33 3.33 3.32 3.24 3.29 3.34 30 11.30 Soybeans Bu. 5.00 4.25 4.10 5.00 4.39 4.18 29 14.40 Hay, All, Baled Ton 42.00 84.00 84.00 78.20 87.20 94.80 --- --- Alfalfa, Baled Ton 44.00 88.00 87.00 81.90 93.70 100.00 --- --- Other, Baled Ton 37.00 74.00 75.00 67.40 71.30 74.20 --- --- Dry Edible Beans Cwt. 15.30 14.90 15.10 15.70 15.00 15.50 32 48.10 Hogs Cwt. 48.80 47.90 48.20 47.40 46.00 46.70 45 104.00 Barrows & Gilts Cwt. 48.90 48.10 48.40 47.90 46.60 47.00 --- --- Sows Cwt. 42.70 35.90 38.40 37.90 34.80 39.30 --- --- Beef Cattle Cwt. 72.70 77.10 77.70 71.30 76.30 76.50 48 159.00 Steers & Heifers Cwt. 74.00 78.10 78.70 75.20 80.50 80.70 --- --- Cows Cwt. 41.10 43.40 44.30 39.80 42.30 42.70 --- --- Calves Cwt.105.00 110.00 112.00 111.00 112.00 113.00 54 209.00 Sheep Cwt. 37.00 42.90 n/a 35.00 43.60 n/a --- 72.80 Lambs Cwt. 95.00 79.20 n/a 82.60 84.40 n/a --- 175.00 Milk Cows Head 2/ 2/ 2/1,340.00 --- 1,390.00 --- --- All Milk Cwt. 2/ 2/ 2/ 11.90 13.90 14.40 47 32.30 Milk, Fluid Cwt. 2/ 2/ 2/ 11.90 13.90 14.40 --- --- Milk, Mfg. Cwt. 2/ 2/ 2/ 10.20 12.20 12.70 --- --- 1/ Entire month average except hay and milk cows. 2/ Monthly and mid-month prices discontinued January 2000. *Parity price based on data for April 2001. n/a - Not Available. FARM MACHINERY AND TRACTORS: PRICES PAID, WITH COMPARISONS, UNITED STATES, APRIL 1999-2001 Item 1999 2000 2001 Dollars Baler, Square, Pick-Up, Automatic Tie, P.T.O. Conventional Size Bales Under 200 Lbs. 15,400 16,100 16,300 Round, Manual Release, 1200-1500 Lbs. 17,700 17,300 17,600 Chisel Plow, Max. 1 Ft. Depth of Tillage, Chisel or Sweep Type, Drawn or Mounted, 16-20 ft. 12,300 13,400 13,000 Combine, Self Propelled with Grain Head Extra Large capacity 163,000 176,000 181,000 Large capacity 142,000 146,000 152,000 Corn Head for Combine, 6 Row 22,600 23,400 24,500 Row Crop Planter With Fertilizer Attachment, 4-Row 14,500 15,300 15,500 With Fertilizer Attachment, 8-Row 26,000 26,900 28,800 12-Row, Conservation (No-Till Cond) 46,600 46,400 47,400 Cultivator, Row Crop, 6-Row 5,670 5,860 6,040 12-Row, Flexible 13,300 13,400 13,800 Disk Harrow, Tandem, Drawn 1/ 15-17 Foot 12,700 13,500 13,700 18-20 Foot 17,300 17,400 18,000 Elevator, Portable, Without Power Unit Auger Type, 8 Inch Diameter, 60 Foot 3,870 3,820 3,820 Feed Grinder-Mixer, Trailer Mtd., P.T.O. 12,900 13,600 14,600 Field Cultivator, Mounted or Drawn, 17-19 Foot 9,920 10,300 10,700 20-25 Foot, Flexible 13,800 14,400 14,300 Forage Harvester, P.T.O. Shear Bar, With Pick-Up Attachment 25,500 28,200 28,900 With Row Crop Unit, 2-Row 27,900 30,400 31,400 Front-End Loader, Hydraulic, 1800-2500 Lb. Capacity, 60 Inch Bucket, Tractor Mounted 5,060 4,880 4,910 Grain Drill, Most Common Spacing Plain, 15-17 Openers 10,500 11,200 12,100 Press, 23-25 Openers 15,600 17,500 18,500 With Fertilizer Attachment, 20-24 Openers 13,400 15,200 15,700 Min/No-Till W/Fert. Attach., 15 Foot 26,000 26,300 27,100 Hay Rake, Side-Delivery, or Wheel Rake, Traction Drive, 8-12 Foot Working Width 4,250 4,670 4,980 Hay Tedder, 15-18 Foot 4,230 4,480 4,560 Manure Spreader, Conveyer Type, P.T.O. 2-wheel, with Tires 141-190 Bushel Capacity 6,300 6,720 6,630 225-300 Bushel Capacity 9,010 9,640 9,980 Mower-Conditioner, P.T.O., Pull Type with 8-10 Foot, Sickle (Cutter) Bar or Disc 12,700 13,200 13,700 Mower, Mounted or Drawn, 7-8 Ft. Sickle (Cutter) Bar 4,370 4,360 4,730 Rotary Hoe, 20-25 Foot 6,320 6,280 6,920 Rotary Cutter, 7-8 Foot 2,980 2,970 3,100 Sprayer, Field Crop, Power, Boom Type (Excl. Self-Propelled and Orchard) Tractor Mounted, w/ 300 Gal. Spray Tank 4,940 5,260 5,500 Trailer Type, w/ 500-700 Gal. Spray Tank 10,600 11,100 11,300 Tractor, 2-Wheel Drive 30-39 P.T.O. horsepower 15,400 16,400 16,600 50-59 P.T.O. horsepower 21,900 21,800 22,000 70-89 P.T.O. horsepower 32,300 33,700 34,200 110-129 P.T.O. horsepower 60,100 62,400 63,000 140-159 P.T.O. horsepower 79,000 81,700 82,300 Tractor, 4-Wheel Drive 200-280 P.T.O. hp. 116,000 120,000 127,000 Wagon, Gravity Unload, w/Box and Running Gear and Tires, 200-400 Bushel Capacity W/O Side Extensions 3,960 4,040 4,160 Wagon, Running Gear, W/O Box, 8-10 Ton Capacity 1,650 1,660 1,800 Windrower, Self-Propelled, 14-16 Foot 56,400 61,600 63,200 1/ With hydraulic lift transport wheels, tires. FIELD SEEDS: PRICES PAID, WITH COMPARISONS UNITED STATES, APRIL 1998-2001 Item Unit 1998 1999 2000 2001 Dollars LEGUMES Alfalfa Proprietary cwt. 288.00 287.00 277.00 278.00 Public and Common cwt. 205.00 184.00 165.00 158.00 Clover Ladino lb. 3.08 2.98 2.85 2.85 Red cwt. 194.00 178.00 143.00 132.00 ROW CROPS Corn, Hybrid 1/ 86.90 88.10 87.50 92.20 Grain Sorghum, Hybrid cwt. 96.00 97.60 93.00 93.00 Potatoes cwt. 9.10 8.50 10.45 8.50 Soybeans bu. 17.15 17.00 17.10 20.70 Sunflower cwt. 380.00 400.00 395.00 407.00 SMALL GRAINS Barley bu. 6.04 5.80 5.80 5.80 Oats, Spring bu. 5.02 4.60 4.50 4.70 Wheat, Spring bu. 6.85 6.10 6.10 6.20 Wheat, Winter bu. 8.25 7.35 7.05 7.20 1/ 80,000 kernels. PRICES PAID BY FARMERS FOR FEED NORTHERN PLAINS UNITED STATES Item Unit April April April April April April 1999 2000 2001 1999 2000 2001 Dollars Dollars Alfalfa Meal cwt. 11.00 10.90 12.40 12.80 12.50 13.40 Alfalfa Pellets cwt. 10.00 9.20 10.60 12.80 12.40 13.40 Bran cwt. 13.00 12.50 13.30 13.40 13.20 13.40 Beef Cattle Concentrate 32-36% protein ton 249.00 254.00 276.00 258.00 261.00 279.00 Corn Meal cwt. 7.40 7.00 6.15 7.54 7.67 7.59 Cottonseed Meal, 41% cwt. 11.30 12.00 12.10 14.60 14.90 15.70 Dairy Feed 14% protein ton 164.00 165.00 162.00 167.00 170.00 176.00 16% protein ton 168.00 165.00 183.00 180.00 175.00 184.00 32-38% protein ton 290.00 303.00 309.00 272.00 287.00 291.00 Hog Feed 14-18% protein ton 193.00 208.00 221.00 200.00 203.00 215.00 38-42% protein ton 253.00 273.00 278.00 280.00 297.00 302.00 Molasses, Liquid cwt. 10.20 9.40 10.20 12.00 12.00 12.40 Poultry Feed Laying Feed ton 221.00 215.00 229.00 208.00 206.00 212.00 Turkey Grower ton 200.00 214.00 243.00 261.00 255.00 259.00 Soybean Meal, 44% cwt. 10.70 11.60 12.00 12.20 13.00 13.40 Stock Salt 50 lb. 3.00 2.90 3.00 3.99 4.01 4.05 Northern Plains States: Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota. PRICES PAID BY FARMERS FOR FUEL NORTHERN PLAINS UNITED STATES Item April April April April April April 1999 2000 2001 1999 2000 2001 Dollars per gallon Unleaded Gasoline 1/: Service Station 1.11 1.44 1.43 1.10 1.47 1.43 Bulk Delivery 1.15 1.46 1.46 1.13 1.48 1.47 Diesel 2/ 3/, Bulk Delivery .670 1.02 1.02 .728 1.08 1.08 L.P. Gas 2/, Bulk Delivery .550 .770 .990 .699 .963 1.16 1/ Includes federal, state and local per gallon taxes. 2/ Excludes State road taxes, but includes State and local per gallon taxes where applicable. 3/ Excludes federal excise tax. PRICES PAID BY FARMERS FOR FERTILIZER NORTHERN PLAINS UNITED STATES Item April April April April April April 1999 2000 2001 1999 2000 2001 Dollars per ton 8-32-16 243 231 251 235 225 228 10-34-0 241 229 253 252 243 260 11-52-0 261 237 241 277 259 260 18-46-0 (DAP) 250 228 234 264 240 244 Ammonium Nitrate 171 173 241 181 194 260 Anhydrous Ammonia 190 209 385 211 227 399 Muriate of Potash - 60-62% K2O 164 162 171 168 165 170 Nitrogen Solutions - 28% N 111 117 203 122 125 204 Superphosphate - 44-46% P2O5 238 215 226 255 233 236 Urea - 44-46% 165 194 277 176 200 280 POULTRY PRODUCTION AND VALUE, 1998-2000 NEBRASKA UNITED STATES Item Unit 1998 1999 2000 1998 1999 2000 Chickens, Excluding Broilers Number Sold mil. head 5.5 5.2 6.2 193.8 210.2 218.4 Pounds Sold mil. lbs. 22.1 17.1 21.1 934.6 1,034.1 1,116.6 Price per Pound cents/lb. 2.4 1.1 2.1 8.0 7.1 5.8 Value of Sales 1,000 dol. 531 188 442 75,542 73,150 64,655 Broilers Number Produced mil. head 1.2 11.5 3.4 6,906.1 7,080.2 7,137.7 Pounds Produced mil. lbs. 7.2 59.8 19.0 33,818.1 35,779.5 36,269.4 Price per Pound cents/lb. 39.0 37.0 33.0 39.4 37.0 33.6 Value of Production mil. dol. 2.8 22.1 6.3 13,322.3 13,254.2 12,203.2 Eggs Produced mil. eggs 2,706 2,837 2,999 79,754 82,715 84,412 Price per Pound cents/doz. 43.2 39.5 37.5 66.8 62.2 61.8 Value of Production mil. dol. 97.4 93.4 93.7 4,439.4 4,287.2 4,347.2 Turkeys Number Raised mil. hd. 1/ 1/ 1/ 285.2 270.5 270.0 Pounds Produced mil. lbs. 1/ 1/ 1/ 7,050.9 6,886.4 6,988.4 Price per Pound cents/lb. 1/ 1/ 1/ 38.0 40.8 40.7 Value of Production mil. dol. 1/ 1/ 1/ 2,679.3 2,809.9 2,843.2 1/ Not published to avoid disclosure of individual operations. MONTHLY HOG AND PIGS The March 2001 U.S. pig crop at 8.78 million head, was 2% more than the previous year. Sows farrowing during this period totaled 988 thousand head, 1% above last year. The average pigs per litter for March rose to 8.89, compared to 8.87 pigs last year. The U.S. inventory of sows and gilts totaled 6.00 million head on April 1, 2001. U.S. sows and gilts bred during the month of March totaled 1.20 million head. MONTHLY FARROWINGS: NUMBER OF SOWS, PIGS PER LITTER, AND PIG CROP, UNITED STATES DECEMBER-NOVEMBER 2000-2001 1/ 2/ Sows Farrowing Pigs per Litter Pig Crop 2000 2001 2000 2001 2000 2001 Month 1,000 head 1,000 head Number Number 1,000 head 1,000 head Dec 1/ 922 934 8.77 8.74 8,091 8,163 Jan 911 946 8.76 8.77 7,977 8,301 Feb 965 956 8.76 8.82 8,454 8,432 Mar 974 988 8.87 8.89 8,639 8,782 Apr 956 8.85 8,461 May 955 8.86 8,465 Jun 960 8.83 8,479 Jul 970 8.85 8,580 Aug 959 8.85 8,489 Sep 979 8.84 8,654 Oct 947 8.85 8,382 Nov 922 8.86 8,172 Total 11,420 8.83 100,843 1/ December preceding year. 2/ Monthly values may not add to quarterly or annual totals due to rounding.