2011 Alabama Agriculture Statistics from the Alabama

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Alabama
Agricultural Statistics

Collaborating with

2011 Bulletin 53
ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
Bulletin 53 ● Prepared by the
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

ALABAMA FIELD OFFICE
Post Office Box 240578, Montgomery, Alabama 36124-0578
Sterling Centre, 4121 Carmichael Road, Suite 200, Montgomery, AL 36106-2872
Telephone: [phone] Fax: [phone]
Internet: http://www.nass.usda.gov/al
e-mail: [email protected]

William Weaver, Director

Joel Golz, Deputy Director

OFFICE STAFF

Rick Geesey Greg Herbek Stacey Nestor
Darien Lee Kathy Guerin Pat Gregory
Christie Drew John Dasher Stephanie Jackson

FIELD ENUMERATORS

Gerald Bentley Nathan Wynne Francis Gomes Ginny Joseph Jesse Birchfield
Judy Horton Pat Davis Judy Scott Elaine Haggard George White
Gary Steadman Joe McDaniel Mary Ann Bozeman Ann Vaughan Sandra Welch
Roy Kendrick
John Cross Julian Phillips Allen Tarleton Gloria Davis
Patsy Sutton
Robert Slate Jimmy Woodfin Rachel Davis June Mackey
Don Peacock
Don Smith Cheryl Grace Howard Russell Dean Hyde Toby Edmonson
Clyde Earnest John Hollis

OFFICE ENUMERATORS

Mable Jackson Marilyn Bullard
Bernice Butler Alice Jarman Felisa Webster
Ginger Bodiford Nancy Myrick Julia Precise
Frances Ellen Bruch Delois Paradise Cynthia Scruggs
Charla Chapman Vanessa Whitehurst Joyce Bailey
Latisha Clay Latonya Moore
Latrice Greene Tom Brantley

Issued by
UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
Cynthia Clark, Administrator
Table of Contents

General Poultry

Office Staff, Field and Office Enumerators .... Inside Cover Poultry Review .............................................................. 32
Table of Contents ............................................................ 1 Broiler Production and Value ........................................ 33
Commissioner and State Director's Message ................. 2 Poultry Inventory and Value .......................................... 34
Alabama County Map. ..................................................... 3 Poultry by County, 2009-2010 ....................................... 35
Highlights and Alabama’s Rank Among States ............... 4
Number of Farms ........................................................... 5 Commodity Prices
Farm Land Values and Cash Rent .................................. 6

Alabama Average Cash Rent by County. ........................ 7
Marketing Year Average Prices .................................... 36
Alabama Agricultural Exports. ......................................... 8

Climatological Data ......................................................... 9
Cash Receipts

Crops
Cash Receipts Review .................................................. 37

Cash Receipts by Commodities .................................... 38
Crops Review ................................................................ 10
Cattle and Broilers. .......................................... 39
Acreage, Yield, Production, and Record Years ............. 11
Corn and Hay ................................................... 40
Corn Acreage, Yield, and Production ............................ 12
Cotton and Peanuts ......................................... 41
Corn by County, 2009-2010.. ........................................ 13
Soybeans and Total Farm Receipts ................. 42
Cotton Acreage, Yield, and Production ......................... 14

Cotton by County, 2009-2010 ....................................... 15

Hay Acreage, Yield, and Production ............................. 16
Special Features
Hay by County, 2009-2010 ............................................ 17

Peanuts Acreage, Yield, and Production ....................... 18
Alabama Agriculture Graphic Overview ................... 43-44
Peanuts by County, 2009-2010 ..................................... 19
Reports Issued by AASS .............................................. 45
Soybean Acreage, Yield, and Production ...................... 20
Access to Electronic Information ................................... 46
Soybeans by County, 2009-2010 .................................. 21
Alabama County Extension System .............................. 47
Wheat Acreage, Yield, and Production ......................... 22
Alabama County Facts. ................................................. 48
Row Crops District Estimates ........................................ 23
Alabama’s Population and Land Area . ......................... 49
Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes, Peaches, and Pecans ........ 24

Vegetables and Blueberries .......................................... 25

Livestock

Livestock Review ........................................................... 26
Cattle and Calves. ......................................................... 27
Cattle Production and Income ....................................... 28
Cattle by County, 2009-2010-2011 ............................... 29
Hogs and Pigs Production and Income ......................... 30
Goats, Honey, Milk Cow Inventory, and Catfish ............ 31

The land grant university paintings on the back cover were created by renowned Alabama artist Cindy Mask.
Earlier this year, as the Commissioner for the Alabama
Department of Agriculture and Industries, I was forced to
cut programs and services in order to achieve a mandated
budget reduction. These cuts included funds normally used
to publish this bulletin. However, as a result of the support
from both the private and public sectors, resources were
found to continue the publication of this statistical bulletin.

Johnny Adams with the Alabama Poultry & Egg
Association, Billy Powell with the Alabama Cattlemen’s
Association, Jimmy Carlisle with the Alabama Farmers
Federation, and Leigha Cauthen with the Alabama
Agribusiness Council pledged substantial financial
contributions on behalf of their organizations to cover the
actual publication costs. Dr. Bill Batchelor, the Dean of
Auburn’s School of Agriculture, and Dr. Gaines Smith, the
Director of Alabama’s Cooperative Extension System
authorized their publication experts to arrange the
compilation and distribution services.

This was truly a team approach and I want to thank all
those involved for their extra effort to continue making
available a product that farmers, as well as the entire
farming community, find useful and accessible when
making agricultural decisions.

John McMillan, Commissioner
Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries

Difficult economic times require innovative ways to get things
done when money is limited. Plenty of people contributed to
making the 53rd edition of the Alabama Agricultural Statistics
Bulletin a reality, but I want to especially recognize Assistant
Commissioner Glen Zorn for coordinating the effort to secure
funds and personnel to keep this bulletin from being a casualty of
funding cuts.

As the director for the Alabama Field Office, USDA/NASS, I want
to thank our field and telephone enumerators for doing an
outstanding job always under tight time constraints. Without their
dedication and commitment, the data in this bulletin would not
exist. And once again I want to thank the office staff for compiling
another excellent bulletin. Their dedication and conscientiousness
to ensure the accuracy and timeliness of the data in our releases.

And as always, I want to thank the farmers and ranchers in
Alabama for responding to NASS surveys especially during busy
times when they are planting and harvesting their crops. The data
that goes into the Alabama Agricultural Statistics Bulletin is not
only the most accurate source of information available, but also
serves to inform the public about who you are and what you do.
Consumers need to know that food and fiber does not just
miraculously appear in stores and supermarkets. Your contribution

is a lasting legacy to farming in Alabama.

Bill Weaver, Director
National Agricultural Statistics Service, Alabama Field Office

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State Highlights for 2010-2011:

● Total farm receipts were over $5.07 billion for the year. (excluding forestry)

● Cash receipts from crops, livestock and poultry totaled $4.55 billion, versus $4.19 billion the previous year.

● The top five farm commodities for cash receipts were: (1) poultry, (2) cattle and calves, (3) greenhouse, sod,
and nursery (4) cotton and (5) soybeans. Together they make up 87 percent of the total commodity receipts.

● Livestock and poultry accounted for 82% of the commodity receipts and crops the other 18%.

● Poultry made up 68 percent of the cash receipts for all commodities (excluding forestry).

● Alabama ranked 3 rd in the U.S. in broiler production with marketings of 1.03 billion birds.

● Laying flocks produced 2.18 billion eggs to rank 14th in egg production.

● Cattle inventory on January 1, 2011 was 1.23 million head and the state ranked 25th nationally.

● Catfish sales amounted to $107.5 million. Alabama ranked second behind Mississippi in sales.

● Principal acreages for crops were: corn (270,000), cotton (340,000), peanuts (190,000), soybeans (350,000).

● Alabama ranked 3 rd in peanuts and 10th in cotton production.

● The state was 5th in pecan production and 17th in peach.

Alabama's Rank Among States: Crop Production, Livestock, and Poultry 2010
Production or Number Percent of
Unit Rank
Alabama United States U.S. Amount
Thousand
Catfish, annual sales Dollars 2 107,459 402,584 26.7
Broilers 1/ Birds 3 1,033,400 8,625,200 12.0
Peanuts Pounds 3 481,000 4,155,600 11.6
Pecans, utilized production Pounds 5 5,000 293,740 1.7
Sweet potatoes Cwt. 5 480 23,845 2.0
Tomatoes, fresh market Cwt. 9 410 28,916 1.4
Cottonseed 2/ Tons 10 158 6,191 2.6
Cotton, upland Bales 10 480 17,817 2.7
Meat Goats (Jan. 1, 2011) Head 11 56.5 2,468 2.3
Blueberries, utilized production Pounds 13 430 413,030 0.1
Layers, 20 weeks and older Birds 13 9,459 342,451 2.8
Watermelons, fresh market Cwt. 14 434 41,153 1.1
Eggs Number 14 2,182,000 91,398,000 2.4
Small Farms (sales < $10,000) Number 15 31.0 1,231 2.6
Beef cow inventory (Jan. 1, 2011) Head 17 659 30,865 2.1
Peaches, utilized production Pounds 17 4,500 1,131,590 0.4
Greenhouse, Sod and Nursery Sales 22 223,800 15,584,823 1.4
Sweet corn, fresh market Cwt. 23 68 29,149 0.2
Soybeans Bushels 25 8,970 3,329,341 .3
All cattle and calves (Jan. 1, 2011) Head 25 1,230 92,582 1.3
Winter wheat Bushels 28 6,325 1,485,236 0.4
Hogs and pigs (Dec.1, 2010) Head 28 130 64,325 0.2
Corn for grain Bushels 28 29,000 12,446,865 0.2
Hay, All Tons 30 1,872 145,556 1.3
Honey Pounds 30 486 175,904 0.3
Milk Pounds 42 159,000 192,819,000 0.08
Milk cows (Jan. 1, 2011) Head 43 11 9,117 0.1
1/ U.S. excludes states producing less than 500,000 birds. 2/ Preliminary.

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Number of Farms and Operations with Livestock, 2001-2010
Average Operations Operations Operations Operations
Year All Farms 1/ Land in Farms Size of with with with with
Farm Cattle Beef Cows Milk Cows Hogs
Number Thou Acres Acres Number
2001 46,000 8,900 193 26,000 24,000 250 600
2002 45,000 8,900 198 26,000 24,000 200 550
2003 45,000 9,000 200 26,000 24,000 200 500
2004 44,000 8,900 202 25,000 23,000 190 500
2005 43,500 8,800 202 25,000 23,000 190 500
2006 43,000 8,900 207 25,000 23,000 170 450
2007 48,800 9,000 184 24,000 22,000 160 750
2008 48,500 8,950 185 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/
2009 48,500 9,000 186 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/
2010 48,500 9,000 186 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/
1/ A farm is defined as any establishment from which $1,000 or more of agricultural products were sold or would normally be sold during the year.
2/ The number of operations by State will be published in conjunction with the Census of Agriculture every 5 years.

ALABAMA FARMS
NO. FARMS (Thou) ACRES (Mil)
300 25
250
20
200
150 15
100
10
50
0 5
1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
Number of Farms Acres

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Farm Real Estate: Average Value per Acre, January 1, 2006 - 2011
States 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Change 10 -11
Dollars Percent
Alabama 2,100 2,200 2,300 2,150 2,100 2,050 -2.4
Florida 5,230 5,500 5,640 5,150 4,800 4,700 -2.1
Georgia 3,800 4,350 4,300 4,100 3,900 3,800 -2.6
South Carolina 2,550 2,820 2,950 2,900 2,900 2,900 0.0
Southeast States 3,580 3,890 3,940 3,690 3,520 3,450 -2.0
1/ Includes land and buildings.

Cropland: Average Value per Acre, January 1, 2006 - 2011
States 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Change 10 -11
Dollars Percent
Alabama 2,300 2,450 2,650 2,500 2,400 2,350 -2.1
Florida 6,540 6,860 6,980 6,430 6,180 6,030 -2.4
Georgia 3,620 4,290 4,540 4,050 3,510 3,530 0.6
South Carolina 2,110 2,430 2,610 2,500 2,520 2,520 0.0
Southeast States 3,790 4,180 4,380 3,960 3,690 3,650 -1.1

Pasture: Average Value per Acre, January 1, 2006 - 2011
States 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Change 10-11
Dollars Percent
Alabama 1,650 1,750 1,800 1,700 1,650 1,600 -3.0
Florida 4,810 5,360 5,930 5,300 5,050 4,500 -10.9
Georgia 7,100 7,850 7,450 6,000 5,400 5,000 -7.4
South Carolina 2,500 2,920 3,000 2,900 2,900 2,900 0.0
Southeast States 4,300 4,770 5,040 4,270 4,030 3,690 -8.4

Cropland: Average Cash Rent per Acre, January 1, 2006 - 2011
States 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Change 10-11
Dollars Percent
Alabama 39.00 43.00 43.00 48.00 48.00 51.00 6.3
Florida 1/ 39.00 40.00 40.00 45.00 43.00 41.00 -4.7
Georgia 1/ 43.00 44.00 48.00 49.00 51.00 56.00 9.8
South Carolina 29.00 29.50 32.50 34.00 32.50 34.00 4.6
Southeast States 48.00 64.00 66.00 60.00 62.00 65.00 4.8
1/ Non-irrigated
Pasture: Average Cash Rent per Acre, January 1, 2006 - 2011
States 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Change 10-11
Dollars Percent
Alabama 18.50 19.50 19.50 19.50 19.00 19.00 0.0
Florida 22.00 24.00 25.00 18.00 14.00 13.50 -3.6
Georgia 25.00 25.00 27.00 25.00 24.00 23.00 -4.2
South Carolina N/A N/A 20.00 20.00 18.00 15.00 -16.7
Southeast States 20.00 23.00 23.50 20.50 18.00 16.50 -8.3

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Average Cash Rent, Cropland and Pasture
Non- Irrigated Cropland Permanent Pasture
County 2010 2011 2010 2011
Dollars Dollars
Autauga ................................. 27.00 26.00 17.00 16.00
Baldwin .................................. 55.00 56.00 28.00 28.50
Barbour .................................. 29.00 33.00 21.00 19.00
Bibb ........................................ * 17.00 12.00 14.00
Blount ..................................... 25.00 * 20.00 *
Bullock ................................... 29.00 27.00 15.00 13.00
Butler ...................................... 26.00 25.00 17.00 18.50
Calhoun ................................. 37.00 35.00 16.00 16.00
Chambers .............................. 22.50 21.50 14.00 13.00
Cherokee ............................... * 57.00 23.00 *
Chilton .................................... 30.00 29.00 17.00 15.00
Choctaw ................................. * 20.00 14.00 *
Clarke..................................... 30.00 * 14.00 15.00
Clay ........................................ 20.00 * 16.00 13.00
Cleburne ................................ * * 18.00 19.00
Coffee .................................... 42.00 46.00 24.00 28.00
Colbert ................................... 70.00 80.00 19.00 18.00
Conecuh................................ 41.00 38.00 19.00 20.00
Coosa..................................... 20.00 19.50 14.00 13.00
Covington ............................... 45.00 44.00 23.00 24.00
Crenshaw ............................... 22.00 26.00 20.00 20.00
Cullman .................................. 31.00 29.50 23.00 22.00
Dale ........................................ 39.00 39.00 21.00 21.00
Dallas ..................................... 32.00 34.50 16.00 15.00
DeKalb ................................... 35.00 38.50 26.00 23.00
Elmore.................................... 45.00 44.00 17.00 16.00
Escambia ............................... 76.00 80.00 26.00 27.50
Etowah ................................... 35.00 38.00 20.00 19.00
Fayette ................................... 33.00 32.50 16.00 13.00
Franklin .................................. 30.00 30.00 15.00 14.00
Geneva .................................. 41.00 44.00 30.00 27.00
Greene ................................... 21.00 20.50 15.00 14.00
Hale ........................................ * 25.00 22.00 22.00
Henry ..................................... 44.00 46.50 26.00 28.00
Houston ................................. 48.00 50.50 32.00 28.00
Jackson .................................. 36.00 36.00 25.00 26.00
Jefferson ................................ 18.00 16.00 14.00 *
Lamar ..................................... * * 13.00 12.00
Lauderdale ............................. 57.00 57.00 19.00 21.00
Lawrence ............................... 75.00 78.00 22.00 22.00
Lee ......................................... 25.00 26.00 12.00 12.00
Limestone .............................. 77.00 76.00 21.00 23.00
Lowndes................................. 20.00 26.00 17.00 17.00
Macon .................................... 33.00 32.50 14.00 13.00
Madison ................................. 58.00 68.00 25.00 24.50
Marengo ................................. * 34.00 19.00 18.50
Marion .................................... 30.00 29.00 16.00 15.50
Marshall ................................. 33.00 32.50 25.00 24.00
Mobile .................................... 48.00 50.00 22.00 22.50
Monroe ................................... 66.00 65.00 22.00 20.50
Montgomery ........................... 22.00 21.00 15.00 16.50
Morgan ................................... 30.00 30.00 22.00 24.00
Perry ...................................... 25.00 28.00 19.00 18.00
Pickens .................................. 17.00 15.00 16.00 15.50
Pike ........................................ 30.00 29.00 20.00 19.00
Randolph ............................... 20.00 25.00 14.00 15.00
Russell ................................... 25.00 27.00 15.00 19.00
Shelby .................................... 35.00 37.00 15.00 15.00
St. Clair .................................. 25.00 27.50 20.00 21.00
Sumter ................................... 23.00 22.50 14.00 13.50
Talladega ............................... 41.00 39.00 16.00 17.50
Tallapoosa ............................. 22.50 30.00 15.00 13.00
Tuscaloosa ............................ 33.00 33.50 15.00 14.00
Walker .................................... 21.00 22.00 18.00 *
Washington ............................ 35.00 34.50 17.00 16.50
Wilcox .................................... * * 15.00 *
Winston .................................. 26.00 25.00 17.00 16.00
State Total ............................. 46.50 49.50 19.00 19.00
* Included in State Total.

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Alabama Agricultural Exports, 2010
Total: $802.3 Million
Poultry $387.0
Live Animals & Meat
(excl. poultry) $10.1
Wheat & Feed Grains $70.6
Cotton & Products $126.5
All Other Commodities $111.0
Soybeans & Products $59.5
.
Peanuts & Products $37.6

Source: United States Agricultural Exports, FY 2010 Economic Research Service, USDA

Alabama Agricultural Exports: Estimated value, by commodity group, FY 2006-2010 1/
Year Wheat Feed grains Soybeans Peanuts Cotton and Cottonseed Fruit/Veg.
Million Dollars
2006 15.0 9.3 7.7 26.4 147.5 5.6
2007 20.8 18.7 16.0 27.2 96.4 5.8
2008 93.1 33.7 79.6 44.2 175.3 6.1
2009 53.3 22.6 90.2 44.0 105.5 4.9
2010 45.2 25.4 59.5 37.6 126.5 5.6

Live animals & Other 2/
Year Tree nuts Poultry Feeds & fodders Total
meat, exc. Poultry commodities
Million Dollars
2006 3.5 11.0 245.6 12.4 61.8 545.8
2007 5.8 11.0 311.8 13.0 75.8 602.3
2008 11.2 11.6 429.4 20.3 67.8 972.2
2009 8.9 11.2 422.8 19.6 69.2 852.3
2010 7.4 10.1 387.0 22.4 75.6 802.3

1/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 2/ Other Commodities = Misc. oilseeds, nursery and greenhouse, and other animal and crop products.

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