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 NEW YORK CROP

AND LIVESTOCK REPORT

Released: February 2004

Monthly

No. 973-2-04

 

NEW YORK CATTLE INVENTORY DECREASES


All cattle and calves in New York on January 1, 2004 totaled 1.42 million head, down 2 percent from a year earlier. The 2003 New York calf crop totaled 620,000 head, down 3 percent from the previous year. Milk cows, at 658,000 head, were down 3 percent. New York ranked third nationally in the number of milk cows behind California and Wisconsin.


All cattle and calves in the United States as of January 1, 2003 totaled 96.1 million head, down 1 percent from January 1, 2002.

 


NEW YORK SHEEP INVENTORY DECREASES


The number of sheep and lambs on farms across New York State on January 1, 2004 totaled 70,000 head, down 2 thousand from a year ago. The United States sheep and lamb inventory totaled 6.09 million head, down 3 percent from 2003. Inventory has slowly declined since 1942 when all sheep and lambs reached a peak of 56.2 million head.

 

A total of 51,000 lambs were born in New York during 2003, no change from 2002. Breeding ewes one year old and older in the state at the beginning of 2003 totaled 42,000 head, which gives a lambing rate of 121 lambs per 100 ewes, compared with 128 for 2002.

Cattle, Sheep and Chickens on Farms and Value, January 1 1/

Unit

New York

United States 2/

2002

2003

2004

2002

2003

2004

 

1,000

Million

All cattle and calves

No.

1,390

1,450

1,420

96.7

96.1

94.9

Cows and heifers that have calved

 

    Kept for milk

No.

675

675

658

9.1

9.1

9.0

    Kept for beef

"

75

85

82

33.1

32.9

32.9

Heifers 500 lbs. and over

 

    For milk replacement

"

300

325

300

4.1

4.1

4.0

    For beef replacement

"

20

25

28

5.6

5.6

5.5

Other heifers

"

40

40

42

10.1

9.9

9.8

Bulls 500 lbs. and over

"

18

18

18

2.2

2.3

2.2

Steers 500 lbs. and over

"

37

37

37

16.8

16.6

16.3

Calves less than 500 lbs.

"

225

245

255

15.8

15.5

15.2

Cattle and calves on feed

"

25

20

20

13.9

13.2

13.8

All sheep and lambs

"

60

72

70

6.7

6.3

6.1

All breeding sheep

"

52

55

54

4.9

4.7

4.5

Ewes 1 year and older

"

40

42

41

4.0

3.8

3.6

Rams 1 year and older

"

3

3

3

.2

.2

.2

Replacement lambs

"

9

10

10

.7

.7

.7

Market sheep and lambs

"

8

12

16

1.8

1.6

1.6

All chickens (excl. meat chickens)

"

4,730

4,892

4,715

441.5

443.9

448.7

Total value

Dol.

7,095

7,827

8,959

1,068.6

1,052.2

1,108.3

Hens

No.

1,326

1,526

1,750

153.4

153.0

169.3

Pullets of laying age (20+ weeks)

"

2,520

2,170

1,950

185.3

186.2

170.7

Hens and pullets of laying age

"

3,846

3,696

3,700

338.6

339.2

339.9

Pullets 13-20 weeks old

"

319

450

496

42.8

39.7

42.0

Pullets under 13 weeks old

"

550

730

506

51.9

56.6

58.3

Other chickens

"

15

16

13

8.1

8.4

8.4

1/ Chicken inventory as of December 1 preceding year.

2/ U.S. totals may not add due to rounding.



FIELD CROPS:   Acreage, yield, production, season average price and value,

New York, 2001-2003

Year

Acres

Yield

per

acre

Unit

Production

Mkt. year

wtd. average

price 1/

Value of

production

Planted

Harvested

Thousands

 

Thousands

 

Thousands

CORN FOR GRAIN

2001

1,030

540

105.0

Bushels

56,700

2.51

142,317

2002

1,040

450

97.0

Bushels

43,650

2.87

125,276

2003

1,000

440

121.0

Bushels

53,240

2.80

149,072

CORN FOR SILAGE

2001

-

485

16.0

Tons

7,760

26.40

204,864

2002

-

580

13.0

Tons

7,540

25.70

193,778

2003

-

550

17.5

Tons

9,625

26.20

252,175

ALL WHEAT

2001

125

120

53.0

Bushels

6,360

2.64

16,790

2002

130

128

58.0

Bushels

7,424

3.28

24,351

2003

130

120

53.0

Bushels

6,360

2.10

13,356

OATS

2001

95

80

69.0

Bushels

5,520

1.62

8,942

2002

70

55

66.0

Bushels

3,630

1.92

6,970

2003

85

70

63.0

Bushels

4,410

1.75

7,718

BARLEY

2001

15

12

51.0

Bushels

612

1.60

979

2002

11

10

47.0

Bushels

470

1.96

921

2003

14

12

50.0

Bushels

600

2.00

1,200

RYE

2001

35

7

27.0

Bushels

189

2.00

378

2002

40

10

35.0

Bushels

350

2.00

700

2003

35

8

33.0

Bushels

264

2.00

528

POTATOES

2001

23.5

23.3

255

Cwt.

5,942

9.90

58,826

2002

22.5

22.0

250

Cwt.

5,500

11.80

64,900

2003

22.2

21.7

300

Cwt.

6,510

9.50

61,845

DRY BEANS 2/

2001

23

22.3

870

Cwt.

194

24.70

4,792

2002

25

24.5

1,360

Cwt.

333

22.20

7,393

2003

25

24.0

1,860

Cwt.

446

22.40

9,990

SOYBEANS

2001

160

158

33.0

Bushels

5,214

4.55

23,724

2002

145

144

32.0

Bushels

4,608

5.85

26,957

2003

140

138

35.0

Bushels

4,830

7.00

33,810

ALL HAY

2001

-

1,660

2.14

Tons

3,548

104.00

353,902

2002

-

1,720

2.17

Tons

3,726

106.00

379,121

2003

-

1,850

1.99

Tons

3,680

125.00

454,240

ALFALFA HAY

2001

-

560

2.80

Tons

1,568

119.00

186,592

2002

-

570

2.30

Tons

1,311

128.00

167,808

2003

-

600

2.80

Tons

1,680

143.00

240,240

ALL OTHER HAY

2001

-

1,100

1.80

Tons

1,980

84.50

167,310

2002

-

1,150

2.10

Tons

2,415

87.50

211,313

2003

-

1,250

1.60

Tons

2,000

107.00

214,000

1/ Preliminary 2003 marketing year average price estimates are based on prices through November with an allowance

    for projected prices for the remainder of the marketing year.

2/ Yield in pounds per acre. Production is in thousands of hundredweight (cwt.).

Prices Received by Farmers 1/

Commodity

Unit

New York

United States

Jan

2003

Dec

2003

Jan

2004

Jan

2003

Dec

2003

Jan

2004

 

Dollars

Dollars

Corn

bu.

2.86

2.51

2.64

2.33

2.32

2.46

Oats

bu.

2.11

1.60

1.60

2.04

1.58

1.50

Wheat

bu.

3.57

3.24

2.94

3.89

3.69

3.73

Barley

bu.

1.92

2.16

2.45

2.85

2.94

2.70

Soybeans

bu.

5.78

7.52

7.90

5.51

7.17

7.82

Hay, baled

ton

108.00

109.00

107.00

91.40

81.30

79.30

Potatoes

cwt.

9.85

8.80

8.90

6.67

5.60

5.70

Apples, fresh market 2/

cwt.

27.80

22.70

22.50

25.80

28.50

30.10

Milk, wholesale

cwt.

12.50

14.70

13.80

11.70

13.70

13.10

Milk cows 3/

head

1,300.00

-

1,330.00

1,380.00

-

1,390.00

Eggs, table market

doz.

.500

.790

.820

.489

.739

.806

Slaughter cows

cwt.

36.20

45.30

4/

36.90

49.40

45.80

Steers and heifers

cwt.

63.70

73.80

4/

77.80

95.70

81.20

All slaughter cattle

cwt.

37.60

47.60

4/

73.20

90.50

77.40

Calves

cwt.

83.80

81.60

4/

96.80

112.00

105.00

Hogs

cwt.

-

-

-

33.00

34.20

35.70

Lambs

cwt.

-

-

-

92.00

98.40

-

Index (1990-92=100)

  Prices received

 

100

113

111

  Prices paid

 

126

130

130

  Ratio prices received to prices paid

 

79

87

85

1/ Mid-month price for current month. Average price for entire month shown for previous periods.

2/ New York price is equivalent packinghouse door.

3/ Milk cow prices published quarterly.

4/ Price available next month.


NEW YORK CHICKEN INVENTORY DECREASES IN 2003


All chickens on farms in New York, excluding commercial broilers, totaled 4.72 million birds on December 1, 2003. This total is down 4 percent from the 4.89 million on farms a year earlier. The total value of these birds was up 14 percent to $8.96 million.

 

The U.S. total number of chickens on hand on December 1, 2003 was 449 million birds, up 1 percent from last year. Potential layers (layers 20 weeks old and older, plus pullets 13 weeks and older but less than 20 weeks) on hand December 1, 2003, totaled 382 million, up 1 percent from December 1, 2002. Of the 382 million potential layers, 89 percent were 20 weeks old and older and the remainders were pullets 13 weeks and older but less than 20 weeks.