Mississippi Ag Report Volume 02-23 Released: December 2, 2002 This report is best viewed using a monospace font. Featured Statistics: Hired Workers Wage Rates, Cotton Ginnings Poultry, Commercial Red Meat Catfish Processing, Index Numbers of Price Received Price Highlights United States Hired Workers Down 5 Percent Wage Rates Up 4 Percent There were 1.19 million hired workers on the Nation's farms and ranches the week of October 6-12, 2002, down 5 percent from a year ago. Farm operators paid their hired workers an average wage rate of $8.93 per hour during the October 2002 survey week, up 34 cents from a year earlier. Field workers received an average of $8.30 per hour, up 29 cents from last October. Livestock workers earned $8.44 per hour compared with $8.39 a year earlier. The Field and Livestock worker combined wage rate, at $8.33, was up 24 cents from last year. The number of hours worked averaged 40.4 hours for hired workers during the survey week compared with 41.7 hours a year ago. Farm Labor: Employment and Wage Rates, United States October 6-12, 2002 with Comparisons 1 Farm Employment October 7-13, July 7-13, October 6-12, 2002 2002 2002 1,000 Hired Workers 991 *1,006 935 150 Days or More 708 *723 681 149 Days or Less 283 283 254 Agricultural Services Workers Working on Farms 262 256 250 Hired Farm & Service Workers 1,253 *1262 1,185 Hours Per Week Hours Worked, Hired Workers 41.7 *40.0 40.4 Dollars Per Hour Wage Rate for All Hired Workers 2 3 8.59 *8.57 8.93 Field & Livestock Combined 8.09 8.02 8.33 Field 8.01 *7.90 8.30 Livestock 8.39 *8.38 8.44 * Revised. 1 Excludes Alaska. 2 Benefits, such as housing and meals, are provided some workers but the values are not included in the wage rates. 3 Excludes Agricultural Service Workers. Hired Workers: Wage Rates for Type of Workers and All Hired Workers by Region and United States, October 6-12, 2002 1 Type of Worker United States Wage Rates for and Region Field Livestock Field & Livestock All Hired Workers Combined Dollars Per Hour Northeast I 9.16 7.70 8.76 9.36 Northeast II 8.61 8.17 8.51 9.29 Appalachian I 7.57 8.00 7.70 8.21 Appalachian II 7.13 7.46 7.21 7.50 Southeast 7.30 8.25 7.56 8.18 Florida 7.50 8.60 7.72 8.67 Lake 9.28 9.11 9.21 9.73 Cornbelt I 8.49 8.89 8.54 8.90 Cornbelt II 8.69 8.30 8.59 8.81 Delta 7.12 7.72 7.27 7.77 Northern Plains 9.01 9.03 9.02 9.32 Southern Plains 7.05 7.32 7.18 7.57 Mountain I 7.84 7.95 7.89 8.13 Mountain II 8.31 8.79 8.50 8.79 Mountain III 7.07 8.24 7.42 8.25 Pacific 8.91 9.36 8.99 9.47 California 8.51 9.42 8.62 9.35 Hawaii 3 9.25 9.32 11.02 United States 2 8.30 8.44 8.33 8.93 1 Excludes Agricultural Service Workers. 2 Excludes AK. 3 Insufficient data for livestock. All Hired Workers: Wage Rates, by Economic Class of Farm by Region, 2001-2002 1 October 7-13, 2001 October 6-12, 2002 Region Gross Value All Gross Value All Sales-$1000's Farms Sales-$1000's Farms <50 50-99 100-249 250+ <50 50-99 100-249 250+ Dollars per Hour North East 8.40 7.63 7.66 8.57 8.38 8.09 7.85 8.52 9.79 9.33 Appalachian 7.54 6.90 7.09 8.36 7.96 7.70 6.01 7.83 8.74 7.90 South East 8.22 2 7.95 8.70 8.53 8.20 2 8.16 8.54 8.50 Lake 2 7.92 7.75 9.70 9.21 9.53 8.01 9.48 9.83 9.73 Cornbelt 7.82 7.68 8.81 9.62 9.23 7.91 9.18 8.59 9.01 8.87 Delta 2 6.81 6.72 7.15 7.13 7.37 6.98 7.50 8.19 7.77 Northern Plains 8.34 6.81 7.77 9.28 8.68 8.20 2 9.15 9.40 9.32 Southern Plains 8.58 7.46 8.08 7.91 8.01 2 8.17 7.03 8.23 7.57 Mountain 8.05 7.06 8.36 7.85 7.87 9.27 7.92 8.68 8.09 8.30 Pacific 7.65 10.23 8.80 8.97 8.85 8.89 8.70 8.94 9.46 9.37 48 States 8.02 8.31 8.01 8.80 8.56 7.93 8.28 8.40 9.22 8.92 1 Excludes Agricultural Service Workers. 2 Insufficient data. Cotton Ginnings: Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters) Prior to November 15, by Selected States and United States, Crop Years 1999 - 2002 Running Bales Ginned Crop and State 1999 2000 2001 2002 All Cotton Alabama 470,750 425,950 464,700 334,950 Arizona 296,750 310,700 321,200 305,350 Arkansas 1,345,450 1,348,650 1,485,600 1,253,650 California 1,003,200 1,275,700 1,099,500 954,850 Florida 71,700 64,900 73,850 30,550 Georgia 808,050 905,250 1,070,150 733,250 Louisiana 899,200 893,500 926,400 582,700 Mississippi 1,607,750 1,644,650 1,828,550 1,359,600 Missouri 444,400 478,400 551,350 432,900 New Mexico 29,550 37,950 39,350 20,250 North Carolina 297,250 687,600 749,550 416,300 Oklahoma 83,150 88,600 92,300 85,350 South Carolina 148,000 232,600 259,400 56,950 Tennessee 557,950 673,350 771,350 555,450 Texas 2,880,950 2,305,200 2,742,400 2,124,200 Virginia 61,450 73,450 82,300 47,250 United States 11,005,550 11,446,450 12,557,950 9,293,550 1 Not Published to avoid disclosing individual gins. Mississippi Running Bales of Cotton Produced, by Selected Counties and State, 2002 County Running Bales County Running Bales Produced Produced Bolivar 98,350 Sharkey 54,300 Calhoun 21,950 Sunflower 72,300 Coahoma 93,750 Tallahatchie 30,650 Holmes 70,200 Tunica 42,250 Humphreys 62,850 Washington 94,850 Leflore 104,300 Yazoo 121,950 Panola 15,500 Quitman 29,550 State Total 1,051,050 1 Withheld to avoid disclosing individual gins. 2 Withheld to avoid disclosing individual gins, but included in State total. Chicken Eggs in Incubators: by Region and United States, November 1, 2001 - 2002 Broiler-type Egg-type State 2001 2002 2002/2001 2001 2002 2002/2001 1,000 Pounds Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent North Atlantic 11,045 10,651 96 4,493 3,963 88 East North Central 4,800 7,875 164 6,314 6,440 102 West North Central 19,992 16,960 85 6,082 5,912 97 South Atlantic 222,643 216,302 97 3,966 4,430 112 South Central 307,127 299,675 98 3,606 5,008 139 West 21,982 22,816 104 3,919 4,599 117 United States 587,589 574,279 98 28,380 30,352 107 October Layers and Egg Production, Selected States and United States All Layers on Hand Table Eggs 1 Hatching Eggs 1 State 2001 2002 2001 2002 2001 2002 1,000 Million Million Alabama 10,330 9,816 62 52 137 137 Arkansas 14,613 14,667 106 103 176 171 Florida 10,782 10,826 220 226 13 11 Georgia 21,661 20,330 268 249 179 179 Mississippi 6,470 6,714 41 42 87 92 North Carolina 11,170 10,725 80 81 138 131 Oklahoma 3,865 3,931 44 43 31 32 South Carolina 5,667 5,308 112 101 20 19 Virginia 3,237 2,902 32 31 28 29 United States 337,085 338,036 6,264 6,344 1,083 1,066 1 Data by type of flock not shown for some States to avoid disclosing individual operations. Broiler-Type Chicks Hatched, by Selected States and United States October 2001 - 2002 October January-October State 2002 2002 2001 2002 as % of 2001 2002 as % of 2001 2001 1,000 Percent 1,000 Percent Alabama 103,991 100,667 97 1,033,625 1,049,690 102 Arkansas 108,109 103,526 96 1,071,376 1,082,204 101 Florida 8,295 8,080 97 86,854 83,070 96 Georgia 112,239 107,340 96 1,114,928 1,126,418 101 Kentucky 21,899 22,331 102 223,540 235,337 105 Mississippi 66,040 64,973 98 668,500 683,081 102 North Carolina 64,358 61,273 95 655,483 668,568 102 Texas 53,056 53,154 100 530,176 547,454 103 United States 747,495 720,310 96 7,534,218 7,630,955 101 Commercial Red Meat Production: by Selected States and United States, 2001 - 2002 1 October 2002 as Percent of 2 State October September October 2001 2002 2002 October 2001 September 2002 Million Pounds Percent Alabama 4.4 4.2 4.5 102 107 Arkansas 0.1 0.1 0.1 116 196 Florida 6.7 5.9 7.1 107 121 Georgia 26.7 19.1 22.1 83 115 Kentucky 42.0 38.6 43.8 104 113 Louisiana 1.8 1.4 1.7 93 121 Mississippi 30.8 23.5 28.3 92 121 Missouri 42.6 35.3 38.1 89 108 North Carolina 191.2 173.7 190.8 100 110 Oklahoma 91.3 76.9 90.8 99 118 South Carolina 22.1 19.2 22.4 101 117 Tennessee 23.6 19.6 23.1 98 118 Texas 414.0 399.5 450.2 109 113 United States 4,265.1 3,873.0* 4,381.8 103 113 * Revised. 1 Includes total beef, veal, pork, lamb, and mutton. 2 Percentages based on unrounded data. United States Farm-Raised Catfish: Quantity Processed and Prices Paid to Producers by Major Processors, and United States Imports, 2001 - 2002 Round Weight Processed Average Price Paid Imports Month Monthly Cumulative to Producers 1 of Catfish 2 2001 2002 2001 2002 2001 2002 2001 2002 1,000 Pounds Dollars Per Pound 1,000 Pounds January 46,999 52,551 46,999 52,551 .693 .549 862 1,037 February 50,257 52,856 97,256 105,407 .696 .555 510 1,048 March 57,766 58,340 155,022 163,747 .697 .565 1,201 414 April 52,478 50,694 207,500 214,441 .694 .561 1,787 618 May 51,736 52,902 259,236 267,343 .687 .574 1,989 1,491 June 47,883 49,450 307,119 316,793 .669 .588 2,114 982 July 47,829 52,363 354,948 369,156 .656 .590 1,968 957 August 51,690 54,383 406,638 423,539 .624 .582 1,385 632 September 49,699 53,366 456,337 476,905 .610 .576 1,536 670 October 52,264 56,576 508,601 533,481 .596 .568 1,608 November 44,670 553,271 .566 1,724 December 43,837 597,108 .554 1,395 United States Catfish: Sales, Average Price and Ending Inventory, October 2001 - 2002 Sales Average Ending Item Volume Price Inventory 2001 2002 2001 2002 2001 2002 1,000 Pounds Dollars Per Pound 1,000 Pounds Fresh Whole Fish 3,294 3,822 1.49 1.28 197 196 Fillets 1 5,273 5,420 2.63 2.52 617 498 Other 2 1,430 1,596 1.59 1.48 115 105 Total Fresh 9,997 10,838 2.11 1.93 929 799 Frozen Whole Fish 1,062 1,328 1.97 1.85 539 769 Fillets 1 10,079 11,622 2.48 2.38 10,068 6,659 Other 2 3,945 4,012 1.55 1.50 2,225 2,759 Total Frozen 15,086 16,962 2.20 2.13 12,832 10,187 Total Fresh & Frozen 25,083 27,800 2.17 2.05 13,761 10,986 1 Includes regular, shank, and strip fillets; excludes any breaded product. 2 Includes steaks, nuggets and all other products not already reported, including weight of breading and added ingredients. Index Numbers of Prices Received, United States, August 2002, with Comparisons 1910-14=100 1990-92=100 Index Average 2001 2002 2001 2002 1990-92 Aug Jul Aug Aug Jul Aug All Farm Products 639 593 *610 618 93 *96 97 All Crops 500 439 *503 514 89 *102 104 Food Grains 325 280 *404 384 88 *127 121 Feed Grains & Hay 363 308 *377 372 86 *105 104 Cotton 517 235 *330 350 46 *64 68 Tobacco 1,263 1,722 *1,613 1,683 114 *107 111 Oil-Bearing Crops 554 422 *493 528 77 90 96 Fruit & Nuts 716 776 *901 797 111 129 114 Commercial Vegetables 698 679 *740 817 102 *111 122 Potatoes & Dry Beans 540 534 *476 504 106 *94 100 Other Crops 493 554 558 558 112 113 113 Livestock & Products 768 759 *668 682 99 87 89 Meat Animals 1,021 872 856 858 86 84 84 Dairy Products 799 885 *744 719 110 *93 90 Poultry & Eggs 282 329 249 275 117 89 98 Food Commodities 97 *94 96 Selected Index Numbers for Prices Received and Paid, 1990-92=100, by Months, United States, 2001 and 2002 Index of Prices Received Index of Prices Paid Month All Farm All Livestock and All Production Products Crops Products Items Items 2001 2002 2001 2002 2001 2002 2001 2002 2001 2002 January 97 95 94 93 100 97 125 123 121 118 February 100 99 98 101 102 97 124 123 121 117 March 103 106 99 117 107 95 124 123 120 118 April 106 95 103 100 109 90 124 123 120 119 May 108 98 105 106 110 90 124 123 120 118 June 107 98 102 106 113 91 124 123 120 118 July 108 100 104 111 112 89 124 124 120 119 August 110 100 109 114 111 87 124 124 120 120 September 106 99 102 110 111 86 124 125 120 121 October 94 96 88 102 104 87 123 125 119 121 November 93 97 89 104 99 89 123 126 118 121 December 93 90 96 122 117 Mississippi and United States Price Highlights November 2001 October 2002 November 2002 Commodity Unit Entire Month Entire Month Mid-Month MS US MS US MS US Dollars Corn bu --- 1.85 --- 2.34 --- 2.30 Cotton, Upland lb .241 .278 .430 .390 .449 1 .414 1 Sorghum, grain cwt --- 3.30 --- 4.35 --- 4.32 Soybeans bu 4.14 4.16 5.30 5.19 5.52 5.43 Winter Wheat bu --- 2.82 --- 4.32 --- 4.15 Rice, Rough cwt --- 4.08 --- 3.69 --- 3.62 All Milk cwt --- 14.40 --- 12.10 --- 11.70 Fluid cwt --- 14.50 --- 12.10 --- 11.70 Manufacturing cwt --- 12.40 --- 11.20 --- 10.50 All Beef Cattle cwt --- 64.00 --- 64.70 --- 66.50 Cows cwt --- 35.80 --- 33.60 --- 32.60 Calves cwt --- 96.70 --- 91.90 --- 90.40 Steers & Heifers cwt --- 67.80 --- 68.50 --- 70.90 All Hogs cwt --- 35.00 --- 30.60 --- 27.40 Barrows & Gilts cwt --- 35.40 --- 31.30 --- 27.70 Sows cwt --- 28.20 --- 19.00 --- 19.50 Broilers, Live lb --- .390 --- .280 --- .290 Market Eggs doz .550 .486 .360 2 .3482 .580 .563 --- Estimates not made. 1 Based on sales during the first half of the month. 2 Mid-month prices.