ne-agri-facts NEBRASKA AGRI-FACTS Issue 24/2002 Released: 12/20/2002 by Nebraska Agricultural Statistics Service P.O Box 81069 Location: 298 Federal Bldg Lincoln, NE 68501 Phone: (402) 437-5541 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- USDA,National Ag Statistics Service Nebraska Department of Agriculture William G Hamlin, State Statistician Merlyn Carlson, Director ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Agriculturist: What a challenge 2002 has been for Nebraska agriculture. However, I'm confident everyone who reads this will be at it again next year. You will be doing your best to support agriculture or actually produce commodities. And, we will be here doing our best to provide accurate statistics for your policy, marketing, and investment decisions. Thanks to all who contributed data about their operations or assisted in other ways this past year. You made it possible for us to release county, state, and national statistics like those in this publication. Have a happy and prosperous New Year. William G Hamlin State Statistician For the PDF version of this report, go to the following address: http://www.agr.state.ne.us/agstats/agrifact/agf0224.pdf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CATTLE ON FEED Nebraska feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 2.18 million cattle on feed on December 1, down 4 percent from last year and 10 percent below 2000. United States cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 10.9 million head on December 1, 2002. The inventory was 8 percent below December 1, 2001 and 9 percent below December 1, 2000. Cattle on Feed: Number on Feed, Placements, Marketings and Other Disappearance, 1,000+ Capacity Feedlots, by Month, State, and United States, 2001-2002 December 1 November November November Number on Feed 1/ Placements Marketings Other Disappearance 2/ STATE 2002/ 2002/ 2002/ 2002/ 2001 2002 2001 2001 2002 2001 2001 2002 2001 2001 2002 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1,000 Head Percent 1,000 Head Percent 1,000 Head Percent 1,000 Head Percent Arizona 303 295 97 31 32 103 27 24 89 2 3 150 California 490 500 102 70 65 93 45 50 111 5 5 100 Colorado 1,160 1,070 92 175 190 109 180 170 94 5 10 200 Idaho 340 300 88 74 60 81 61 53 87 3 2 67 Iowa 350 350 100 75 80 107 64 63 98 1 2 200 Kansas 2,640 2,300 87 410 420 102 420 395 94 20 25 125 Nebraska 2,270 2,180 96 390 410 105 305 330 108 15 10 67 New Mexico 108 123 114 15 18 120 14 11 79 1 1 100 Oklahoma 385 340 88 59 55 93 66 53 80 3 2 67 So. Dakota 195 195 100 53 56 106 29 30 103 0 1 Texas 2,990 2,700 90 430 470 109 500 475 95 20 25 125 Washington 260 195 75 48 40 83 45 29 64 1 1 100 Other States 400 350 88 78 81 104 44 48 109 4 3 75 United States 11,891 10,898 92 1,9081,977 104 1,800 1,731 96 80 90 113 1/ Cattle and calves on feed are animals for slaughter market being fed a ration of grain or other concentrates and are expected to produce a carcass that will grade select or better. 2/ Includes death losses, movement from feedlots to pastures and shipments to other feedlots for further feeding. Source: USDA NASS Cattle on Feed, December 20, 2002. **************************************************************************** * WHO USES IT? * * * * Do you have a stake in the upcoming * * * * 2002 Census of Agriculture? * * * * Yes, everyone reading this publication most certainly does. Where * * else would you get the extensive range of local data available from * * the census? * * * * Users run the gamut! They include farmers and ranchers, specialty * * operations, local ag businesses, universities, government agencies, * * and state and national legislators to name a few. * * * * Have you used Ag Census or other USDA-NASS data in your decision * * processes-to set policy, in marketing your products, or make * * investment decisions? Did you use statistics to determine the * * feasibility of an ethanol plant, unit train elevator or some other * * facility? Did you use statistics to justify a loan or develop a * * market plan? If so, then you were probably a user of census or other * * USDA-NASS data. * * * * Please respond to the upcoming 2002 Census and/or encourage others * * to complete the report form so we can provide accurate data for * * future decisions. Thanks for your support. * * * * By Bill Hamlin, State Statistician, USDA-NASS, Lincoln, NE Nebraska: * * * **************************************************************************** * * * Take a Stand for American Agriculture * * * * Do yourself and other American farmers and renchers a favor. When * * you receive your 2002 Census of Agriculture report form in late * * December, fill it out and return it by February 3, 2003. It's the * * law. * * * * The 2002 Census of Agriculture will provide official facts * * representing all U.S. producers and commodities. * * * * All the information you give is completely confidential by law. * * * * For help completing your census form, call 1-888-4AG-STAT. * * * * You meke it known - Agriculture Counts! * * * **************************************************************************** Leading Commodities for Cash Receipts, 2001 Value of Percent Cumulative Percent Value Rank Items receipts of total percent 1/ of U.S. of U.S. receipts value 2/ receipts ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1,000 Percent Percent Percent 1,000 Dollars Dollars All commodities 9,488,580 100.0 4.7 202,849,408 Livestock and products 6,086,231 64.1 5.7 106,431,172 Crops 3,402,349 35.9 3.5 96,418,236 1 Cattle and calves 5,066,786 53.4 53.4 12.5 40,439,877 2 Corn 1,950,635 20.6 74.0 11.4 17,108,878 3 Soybeans 887,188 9.4 83.3 6.9 12,777,099 4 Hogs 711,323 7.5 90.8 5.7 12,455,792 5 Dairy Products 167,024 1.8 92.6 0.7 24,694,531 6 Wheat 164,324 1.7 94.3 2.9 5,719,222 7 Hay 135,499 1.4 95.7 3.0 4,556,955 8 Chicken eggs 95,532 1.0 96.7 2.1 4,444,864 9 Sorghum grain 61,905 0.7 97.4 6.8 905,052 10 Dry beans 53,664 0.6 97.9 13.7 392,143 11 Potatoes 51,457 0.5 98.5 2.1 2,464,275 12 Sugar beets 24,528 0.3 98.7 2.8 885,172 13 Greenhouse/nursery 21,000 0.2 99.0 0.2 13,794,634 14 Millet, proso 11,121 0.1 99.1 30.1 36,920 15 Sheep and lambs 8,603 0.1 99.2 2.2 393,823 16 Oats 1,707 0.0 99.2 2.2 78,575 17 Honey 1,362 0.0 99.2 1.1 127,067 18 Broilers 1,053 0.0 99.2 0.0 16,688,339 19 Barley 346 0.0 99.2 0.1 528,919 20 Wool 124 0.0 99.2 0.8 15,193 21 Farm chickens 16 0.0 99.2 0.0 46,016 Government payments 3/ 1,297,623 6.3 20,727,496 Net farm income 4/ 1,610,282 3.5 45,740,874 1/ The cumulative percentage is the sum of the percent of total receipts for each commodity and all preceding commodities. 2/ Percent State receipts are of U.S. receipts for same line item. 3/ Government payments made directly to farmers in cash or Payment-in- Kind. 4/ Net farm income, a value of production measure, is the farm operator's share of the sector's net value added to the National economy from production activities within a calendar year. Source: Leading Commodities for Cash Receipts, 2001, Economic Research Service, USDA, August 5, 2002. Dry Edible Beans: Area Planted, Yield, and Production by State and United States, 2000-2002 1/ State Area Planted Area Harvested Yield 3/ Production 3/ 2000 2001 2002 2000 2001 2002 2000 2001 2002 2000 2001 2002 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----1,000 Acres----- -----1,000 Acres----- -----Pounds------ ----1,000 Cwt.----- California 115.0 88.0 92.0 112.0 85.0 89.0 1,840 1,760 2,030 2,059 1,496 1,807 Colorado 120.0 115.0 92.0 110.0 105.0 85.0 1,800 1,700 2,100 1,980 1,785 1,785 Idaho 90.0 75.0 95.0 88.0 73.0 93.0 1,950 1,950 2,000 1,716 1,424 1,860 Kansas 18.0 15.0 18.0 16.0 14.0 14.5 1,810 1,850 1,100 289 259 160 Michigan 285.0 215.0 270.0 275.0 130.0 265.0 1,500 600 1,850 4,125 780 4,903 Minnesota 165.0 115.0 170.0 150.0 105.0 150.0 1,600 1,500 1,650 2,400 1,575 2,475 Montana 40.5 43.5 26.5 34.8 28.5 23.0 1,400 1,320 1,630 486 376 374 Nebraska 165.0 160.0 185.0 156.0 148.0 165.0 2,070 2,150 2,100 3,230 3,185 3,465 New Mexico 2/ 15.0 8.0 15.0 8.0 2,000 1,800 300 144 New York 25.0 23.0 25.0 24.5 22.3 24.5 1,460 870 1,360 358 194 333 North Dakota 610.0 440.0 790.0 525.0 400.0 690.0 1,450 1,550 1,530 7,613 6,200 10,557 Oregon 12.0 10.0 9.8 11.7 9.5 9.1 1,800 1,810 1,730 211 172 157 South Dakota 3/ 11.0 18.0 21.0 10.8 17.0 16.0 2,090 1,590 1,630 226 270 261 Texas 20.0 30.0 37.5 16.6 26.4 32.5 950 1,320 970 158 348 315 Utah 5.4 6.1 1.8 3.0 5.7 0.3 330 300 1,670 10 17 5 Washington 32.0 34.0 41.0 32.0 34.0 41.0 2,000 1,700 2,000 640 578 818 Wisconsin 8.3 6.3 7.1 8.1 6.1 7.0 1,800 1,800 1,960 146 110 137 Wyoming 36.0 27.0 30.0 34.0 24.0 27.0 2,240 2,140 2,200 762 514 594 United States 1,758.2 1,435.9 1,919.7 1,607.5 1,248.5 1,739.9 1,643 1,569 1,733 26,409 19,583 30,150 1/ Excludes beans grown for garden seed. 2/ Estimates discontinued in 2000, reinstated in 2001 . 3/ Clean Basis. Source: USDA NASS Crop Production, December 10, 2002. Dry Edible Beans: Area Planted, Harvested, Yield and Production, by Commercial Class, Nebraska, 2000-2002 Class Area Planted Area Harvested Yield Production 2000 2001 2002 2000 2001 2002 2000 2001 2002 2000 2001 2002 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----1,000 Acres---- ---1,000 Acres--- -------Pounds------ -----1,000 Cwt.---- Navy 4.0 2.9 3.5 2.7 2,200 2,520 77 68 Great Northern 104.5 84.0 77.8 100.0 79.0 67.7 2,040 2,260 1,900 2,040 1,786 1,286 Pinto 39.0 53.5 80.7 36.0 47.5 76.0 2,080 2,210 2,250 749 1,050 1,709 Light Red Kidney 13.0 11.5 14.0 12.3 11.0 13.7 2,200 1,900 2,300 271 209 315 Black 0.8 1.1 2.3 0.8 1.0 2.1 2,250 2,200 1,810 18 22 38 Garbanzo 6.3 6.0 800 48 Other 3.7 3.6 7.3 3.4 3.5 2.8 2,210 2,000 1,750 75 70 49 Total 165.0 160.0 185.0 156.0 148.0 165.0 2,070 2,150 2,100 3,230 3,185 3,465 Source: USDA NASS Crop Production, December 10, 2002. Potato Stocks Fall Potatoes: Production and Stocks, 15 Major States, December 1, 2002 1/ State Production Stocks Dec. 1, 2002 --------------------------------------------------------- ----------Thousand Cwt.---------- California 4,450 1,500 Colorado 27,885 20,100 Idaho 133,385 92,000 Maine 16,960 12,600 Michigan 13,878 7,900 Minnesota 18,700 12,000 Montana 3,213 3,050 Nebraska 8,414 5,650 New York 5,500 2,500 North Dakota 23,460 16,000 Ohio 1,008 190 Oregon 24,936 18,000 Pennsylvania 2,590 1,200 Washington 95,200 53,000 Wisconsin 31,125 19,500 Total 15 States 410,704 265,190 1/ Stocks include processor holdings and most of the seed to plant following year's crop. Seed usage for all seasons in 2002 totaled 29.3 million cwt. Source: USDA NASS Potato Stocks, December 13, 2002. Milk Cows and Production: By Month, 20 Selected States, 2001-2002 1/ Milk Production 3/ Month Milk Cows 2/ Milk per Cow 3/ 2002 as % 2001 2002 2001 2002 2001 2002 of 2001 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thousands Pounds Million pounds Percent January 7,784 7,745 1,549 1,585 12,059 12,272 102 February 7,764 7,744 1,431 1,468 11,108 11,365 102 March 7,743 7,744 1,599 1,649 12,384 12,771 103 April 7,740 7,754 1,571 1,619 12,156 12,555 103 May 7,749 7,764 1,632 1,677 12,647 13,021 103 June 7,751 7,779 1,555 1,583 12,052 12,315 102 July 7,746 7,783 1,552 1,581 12,025 12,306 102 August 7,735 7,790 1,520 1,570 11,754 12,232 104 September 7,730 7,785 1,472 1,498 11,376 11,663 103 October 7,726 7,792 1,522 1,541 11,756 12,004 102 November 7,739 7,793 1,485 1,501 11,492 11,697 102 December 7,750 1,549 12,008 Annual 7,746 18,438 142,817 1/ 2002 revised. 2/ Includes dry cows, excludes heifers not yet fresh. 3/ Excludes milk sucked by calves. Source: USDA NASS Milk Production, December 16, 2002.