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NORTH CAROLINA
lliftj Agricultural
FARM REPORT 1^^/ Statistics
Released: January 6, 2000
P.O. Box 27767
5-FR00-01
Raleigh, N.C. 27611
(USPS 331-110)
Phone [phone]
Semi-Monthly E-mail: [email protected]
HOG NUMBERS FALL
All hogs and pigs on North Carolina farms December 1, 1999 totaled 9.5 million head, 4% below the September 1, 1999
inventory and 2% below the level at this time last year. The inventory consisted of 2% less market hogs than last December
totaling 8.5 million head. Breeding stock, at 1.0 million head, was unchanged from the previous year. North Carolina ranks
2nd nationally in the total number of hogs and pigs behind Iowa's 15.4 million head. Minnesota is a distant 3rd with a 5.5
million head inventory.
The State's pig crop dur-
ing the September - November HOGS AND PIGS Number on Farms, Sows Farrowing and Pig Crop,
1999 period totaled 4,550,000 December 1, 1998-2000 1
head, 1% above the same months
last year. These pigs were NORTH CAROLINA UNITED STATES
produced by 520,000 sows, the 1999 1999
same as last year. Pigs saved
ITEM 1998 1999 As % Of 1998 1999 As % Of
per Utter averaged 8.75 compared 1998 1998
to last year's 8.65 litter size.
Thousand Head Percent Thousand Head Percent
North Carolina producers NUMBER ON FARMS DEC 1:
intend to farrow 530,000 sows All Hogs and Pigs 9,700 9,500 98 62,206 59,407 96
from December 1999 - February Kept for breeding 1,000 1,000 100 6,682 6,244 93
2000, and 540,000 during Market 8,700 8,500 98 55,523 53,164 96
March - May 2000. If these
intentions materialize, Market Hogs and Pigs
farrowings for these periods By Weight Groups:
will be unchanged and up 2% Under 60 Lbs 3,400 3,350 (iH', I' 20,140 19,298 E70
respect-ively from the same 60-119 Lbs 2,000 1,950 i l,S 13,631 13,106
periods last year. 120-179 Lbs 1,850 1,750 95 11,585 11,073 96
The total number of hogs 180 Lbs. and Over 1,450 1,450 100 10,168 9,687 95
under contract, owned by
operations with over 5,000 head NUMBER ON FARMS JUNE 1:
total inventory, but raised by All Hogs and Pigs 9,800 9,500 97 62,213 60,896 98
contractees, accounted for 74% Kept for breeding 1,050 1,000 95 6,958 6,515 94
of the total North Carolina Market 8,750 8,500 1)7 55,254 54,380 98
inventory. The number of hogs
and pigs owned by contractors SOWS FARROWING:
represents 96% of the inventory. December 2-February 515 530 103 2,929 2,891 99
United States inventory March-May 540 530 98 3,086 2,986 97
of hogs and pigs on December December 2-May 1,055 1,060 100 6,015 5,877 98
1, 1999 was estimated at 59.4 June-August 550 540 98 3,054 2,920 96
million head, 4% below a year September-November 520 520 100 2,993 2,869 96
earlier and 2% below September June-November 1,070 1,060 99 6,047 5,789 96
1, 1999 inventory. Breeding
inventory, at 6.24 million head, PIG CROP:
was down 7% from a year earlier December 2-February 4,584 4,691 102 25,480 25,247 99
and down 1% from the previous March-May 4,806 4,717 98 20,989 26,270 97
quarter. Market hogs totaled December 2-May 9,390 9,408 100 52,469 51,517 98
53.2 million head, 4% below June-August 4,840 4,860 100 26,634 25,860 97
last year and 2% below last September-November 4,498 4,550 101 25,902 25,192 97
quarter. June-November 9,338 9,410 101 52,535 51,052 97
The September through
November 1999 pig crop, at 25.2 Number Number
million head, was down 3% from PIGS PER LITTER:
last year. Pigs saved per litter December 2-February 8.90 8.85 99 8.70 8.73 100
continues to increase, averaging March-May 8.90 8.90 100 8.75 8.80 101
8.78 compared with 8.66 last December 2-May 8.90 8.88 100 8.72 8.77 101
year. June-August 8.80 9.00 102 8.72 8.86 102
Producers intend to have September-November 8.65 8.75 101 8.66 8.78 101
5.64 million sows farrowing June-November 8.73 8.88 102 8.69 8.82 101
during the December 1999 -
May 2000 period, down 4% from Sows to Farrow 2000 Sows to Farrow 2000
the actual farrowings during As % Of As % Of
the same 6 month period the 1999 2000 1999 1999 2000 1999
previous year.
The total number of hogs Thousand Head Percent Thousand Head Percent
under contract, owned by
SOWS FARROWING:
■ operations with over 5,000 head December 2-February 530 530 100 2,891 2,810 97
total inventory, but raised by
March-May 530 540 102 2,986 2,832 95
contractees, accounted for 32% December 2-May 1,060 1,070 101 5,877 5,642 J6
of the total U.S. hog inventory.
May not add due to rounding. 2 December preceding year.
EGG-TYPE CHICKS HATCHED UP N. C. BROILER HATCH UP; U. S. DOWN
Nationally, egg-type chicks hatched during November North Carolina commercial hatcheries produced
1999 totaled 33.1 million, up 6% from November 59.3 million broiler-type chicks during November 1999,
1998. Eggs in incubators totaled 30 million on December up 3% from the 57.7 million a year ago.
1, 1999, down 7% from a year ago. Nationally, the November 1999 hatch of broiler-
Domestic placements of egg-type pullet chicks type chicks, at 674 million, was down 1% from the
for future hatchery supply flocks by leading breeders previous year. There were 614 million eggs in incu-
totaled 282,000 during November 1999, up 30% bators on December 1, 1999, down 1% from a year
from November 1998. earlier. Leading breeders placed 6.98 million broiler-
type pullet chicks for future domestic hatchery sup-
ply flocks during November 1999, down 4% from
November 1998.
CHICKSHATCHED - NOVEMBER
EGG-TYPE CHICKS HATCHED - NOVEMBER
STATE 1999 As % BROILER-TYPE
1998 1999
Of 1998 STATE 1999 As %
1998 1999
Thousands Percent of 1998
Arkansas 567 816 144 Thousands Percent
Florida 842 909 108 North Carolina 57,688 59,300 103
Georgia 1,635 1,748 107 Alabama 88,216 89,525 101
Indiana 6,538 6,278 96 Arkansas 99,044 98,329 99
Iowa 4,487 4,393 98 Delaware 14,455 14,954 103
Kansas 255 347 136 Florida 9,148 9,122 100
Minnesota 1,681 1,310 78 Georgia 104,270 100,075 96
Missouri 296 296 100 Maryland 28,674 29,181 102
Pennsylvania 4,621 4,205 91 Mississippi 59,201 58,433 99
Other States 1 10,329 12,776 124 Pennsylvania 11,435 11,383 100
UNITED STATES 31,251 33,078 106 South Carolina 15,139 15,892 105
Texas 42,718 46,487 109
' Not published separately to avoid disclosing data for Virginia 21,520 21,718 101
individual operations. California,
Tennessee &
West Virginia 37,132 36,971 100
15 STATES 1 588,640 591,370 100
Other States 2 89,363 82,366 92
UNITED STATES 678,003 673,736 99
' States in the weekly hatchery production estimating
program are those listed above. 2 Not published sepa-
rately to avoid disclosing data for individual operations.
CATTLE ON FEED UP
Nationally, cattle and calves on feed December 1, 1999 in feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head for slaughter
totaled 11.8 million head, up 6% from a year ago and 3% above December 1, 1997.
Placements in feedlots during November totaled 2.17 million, 5% above 1998, but 2% below 1997. Net placements
were 2.1 million. During November, placements of cattle and calves weighing less than 600 pounds were 766,000, 600-
699 pounds were 657,000, 700-799 pounds were 416,000, and 800 pounds and greater were 331,000.
Marketings of fed cattle during November 1999 totaled 1.8 million, 5% above 1998 and 7% above 1997. Other disap-
pearance totaled 83,000 head during November, up 6% from 1998, but 2% below 1997.
CATTLE ON FEED: NUMBER ON FEED, 1,000 + Capacity Feedlots 1
DECEMBER 1, 1999
DECEMBER 1, NOVEMBER 1,
STATE
1998 1999 NUMBER As % of 1998
7,000 Head Percent
Arizona 214 239 265 124
California 410 395 405 99
Colorado 1,190 1,220 1,220 103
Idaho 285 325 320 112
Iowa 320 345 375 117
Kansas 2,250 2,390 2,380 106
Nebraska 2,160 2,250 2,380 110
New Mexico 110 107 109 99
Oklahoma 430 435 440 102
S Dakota 179 157 186 104
Texas 2,860 2,930 2,980 104
Washington 210 257 241 115
Other Statics 445 405 445 100
United States 11,063 11,455 11,746 106
' 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.
TURKEY EGGS AND TURKEY HATCHERY - DECEMBER 1
POULTS UP
Eggs in Incubators Poults Placed
Nationally, turkey eggs in Decembe r 1 During November 1
incubators on December 1, 1999 GEOGRAPHIC
totaled 31.3 million, up 2% from DIVISION 1999 1999
a year ago. Eggs in incubators 1998 1999 As % of 1998 1999 As % of
were up 9% from the revised 1998 1998
November 1 total of 28.8 mil-
Thousands Percent Thousands Percent
lion. The 23.5 million poults placed North & South
during November 1999 in the U.S. Atlantic 9,247 9,263 100 6,940 7,475 108
were up 6% from a year ago. East North Central 4,911 5,019 102 3,287 3,497 106
Placements were up 5% from the West North Central 10,548 11,007 104 7,397 8,166 110
October 1999 total of 22.3 mil- boutn Central 3,515 3,622 103 2,744 2,689 98
lion. Regional placement percent West 2,603 2,406 92 1,799 1,687 94
changes from the previous year
were: N & S Atlantic, up 8%; E UNITED STATES 30,824 31,317 102 22,167 23,514 106
N Central, up 6%; W N Central, ' Regional placements refer to poults placed from hatcheries located in that
up 10%; S Central, down 2%; and
region, and not the actual location of the birds after placement.
West, down 6%.
N. C. EGG PRODUCTION DOWN; U. S. UP
North Carolina laying flocks produced 212 million eggs during November 1999, down 2% from a year earlier.
Production consisted of 87 million table eggs and 125 million hatching eggs. Table eggs and hatching eggs were each
down 2% from a year earlier. The average number of layers on hand during November was 11.3 million, unchanged
from a year earlier. This number consisted of 3.7 million layers for table eggs and 7.6 million for broiler-type and egg-
type hatching eggs.
U.S. egg production totaled 7.02
billion during November 1999, up
CHICKEN EGGS IN INCUBATORS - DECEMBER 1
4% from the 6.72 billion eggs pro-
duced a year ago. Production in- BROILER-TYPE EGG-TYPE
cluded 5.96 billion table eggs and GEOGRAPHIC 1999 1999
1.06 billion hatching eggs, of which DIVISION 1998 1999 As % of 1998 1999 As % of
997 million were broiler-type and
1998 1998
61 million were egg-type. The to-
tal number of layers during No- Thousands Percent Thousands Percent
vember 1999 averaged 328 million, South Atlantic 235,462 233,157 99 3,970 2,782 70
up 3% from a year ago. November North Atlantic 12,128 11,078 91 6,717 5,079 76
egg production per 100 layers was East North Central 8,414 7,769 92 9,032 7,295 81
2,139 eggs, up 1% from 2,109 in West North Central 22,503 20,590 91 5,713 5,646 99
November 1998. South Central 315,681 319,212 101 3,111 4,673 150
All layers in the U.S. on De- West 24,295 22,452 92 3,862 4,510 117
cember 1, 1999 totaled 329 million,
UNITED STATES 618,483 614,258 99 32,405 29,985 93
up 3% from a year ago. The 329
million layers consisted of 270 mil- Regional Listing:
lion layers producing table or North Atlantic = CT, ME, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, Rl, VT.
commercial type eggs, 55.8 million
E North Central = IL, IN, Ml, OH, Wl.
layers producing broiler-type hatching
W North Central = IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD.
eggs, and 2.73 million layers pro-
ducing egg-type hatching eggs. Rate South Atlantic = DE, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV.
of lay per day on December 1, 1999 South Central = AL, AR, KY, LA, MS, OK, TN, TX.
averaged 71.6 eggs per 100 layers, West = AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY.
up 1% from the 70.8 a year ago.
EGG PRODUCTION - NOVEMBER
LAYERS ON TOTAL EGGS TABLE HATCHING
HAND PRODUCED EGGS EGGS
STATE
1998 1999 1998 1999 1998 1999 1998 1999
Thousands Million Eggs
North Carolina 11,332 11,339 217 212 89 87 128 125
Alabama 11,085 10,600 218 206 102 82 116 124
Florida 10,388 10,736 225 230 212 218 13 12
Georgia 21,649 21,037 442 441 267 263 175 178
South Carolina 4,676 4,881 98 102 79 85 19 17
United States 318,797 328,086 6,723 7,018 5,695 5,960 1,028 1,058
U. S. BEEF, PORK AND RED MEAT PRODUCTION RECORD HIGH
Beef production in the U. S. totaled 2.15 billion pounds dress weight, up 2% from the previous record high for
November set in 1995 and 7% above the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.94 million head, up 6% from a year
earlier. The average live weight increased 5 pounds to 1,216. Pork production, totaled 1.71 billion pounds dress
weight, up 1% from the previous record high for November set in 1998. Hog kill totaled 8.9 million head, 1% above 1998.
The average live weight increased 1 pound to 262. Veal production, totaled 22 million pounds dress weight, down 2%
from the previous record low for November set in 1998. Calf slaughter totaled 104,400 head, down 7% from a year ago.
The average live weight increased 15 pounds to 300. Lamb and mutton production, totaled 22 million pounds dress
weight, an increase of 12% from the previous year. Sheep slaughter totaled 329,200 head, up 10% from the previous
year. The average live weight increased 2 pounds to 132.
Nationally, commercial red meat production totaled 3.89 billion pounds dress weight, up 4% from the previous
record high for November set in 1995 and up 5% from the 3.72 billion pounds produced in November 1998. Commercial
red meat production includes slaughter in federally inspected and other plants, but excludes animals slaughtered on
farms.
Commercial slaughter of livestock in North Carolina during November 1999 totaled 247 million pounds, up 10%
from the 224 million pounds a year earlier. Cattle slaughter totaled 16 million pounds, up 10%. Hog slaughter, at 231
million pounds, was up 10% from a year earlier. Sheep and lamb slaughter, at 7,000 pounds, was down 63%. The
average live weight per head was: cattle 1,057 pounds; hogs 250 pounds; sheep and lambs, 109 pounds. Commercial red
meat production in North Carolina during November 1999 totaled 180 million pounds dress weight, up 11% from the 163
million pounds a year earlier.
LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER - NOVEMBER
NORTH CAROLINA UNITED STATES
Number Total Number Total Total
SPECIES Slaughtered 1 Live Weight Slaughtered 1 Live Weight Dressed Weight 2
1998 1999 1998 1999 1998 1999 1998 1999 1998 1999
Thous. Head Thous. Pounds Million Head Million Pounds Million Pounds
Cattle 14.0 15.5 14,845 16,340 2.8 2.9 3,357 3,579 2,003 2,146
Calves 3 3 3 3 0 1 0.1 32 31 19 19
Hogs 842.6 921.5 208,991 230,814 8.8 8.9 2,300 2,329 1,683 1,708
Sheep &
Lambs 0.2 0.1 19 7 0.3 0.3 39 44 19 22
TOTAL 856.8 937.1 223,855 247,161 12.0 12.2 5,728 5,983 3,725 3,894
' Includes slaughter under Federal inspection and other commercial slaughter, excludes farm slaughter. 2 Accummulated
totals are based on unrounded data. 3 Included in U.S. total. Data not published to avoid disclosing individual
operations.
Julius M. Peele Bob Murphy James A. Graham
Agricultural Statistician State Statistician Commissioner
U. S. Department of Agriculture / N. C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Internet Address: http://www.agr.state.nc.us/stats
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FARM Statistics
Released: January 24, 2000
P.O. Box 27767
5-FR00-02
Raleigh, N.C. 27611
(USPS 331-110)
Phone [phone]
Semi-Monthly E-mail: [email protected]
MORE TURKEYS IN 2000
Turkey growers in the 20 major producing states intend to raise 1% more birds in 2000 than in 1999. Intentions for the top 7
producing States compared with 1999 are as follows: North Carolina down 1%, Minnesota, Arkansas, and Virginia unchanged,
Missouri up 9%, California, up 14%, and Indiana down 4%.
The number of turkeys actually raised in 2000 may vary from growers' intentions shown in this report depending on feed costs,
supply of hatching eggs, cost of poults, and prices growers receive for turkeys during the next few months.
North Carolina turkey producers raised 46.5 million turkeys in 1999, down 7% from the previous year and expect the number
raised in 2000 to decrease another half million birds. Turkeys raised in the United States during 1999 totaled 273 million, down 4%
from the 285 million raised during 1998.
North Carolina ranks first in the number raised with 46.5 million, followed by Minnesota with 43.5 million; Arkansas with 27.0
million; Virginia with 24.0 million; Missouri with 22.0 million; California with 17.5 million; and Indiana with 13.5 million. These
states accounted for more than 71% of the turkeys produced in the United States during 1999.
TURKEYS RAISED
1999 INTENDED 2000
STATE 1998 1999 as % of 2000 as % of
1998 i 1999
Thousands Percent Thousands Percent
North Carolina 50,000 46,500 93 46,000 99
Arkansas 28,000 27,000 96 27,000 100
California 19,000 17,500 92 20,000 114
Indiana 13,500 13,500 100 13,000 96
Iowa 7,000 7,800 111 7,500 96
Minnesota 44,500 43,500 98 43,500 100
Missouri 22,000 22,000 100 24,000 109
North Dakota 1,800 1,800 100 2,100 117
Ohio 5,500 4,700 85 4,800 102
Pennsylvania 10,500 9,800 93 9,600 98
South Carolina 10,600 9,500 90 9,100 96
South Dakota 3,800 4,200 111 4,400 105
Virginia 26,000 24,000 92 24,000 100
West Virginia 4,300 4,500 105 4,600 102
Other States 34,192 29,811 87 2 94
20 STATE TOTAL 2 101
U.S. TOTAL 285,204 272,994 96
' Intentions to raise turkeys made in 20 States only. 2 Other States (CO, GA, KS, OK,
OR, TX, UT, and Wl) and 20 State totals are not published to avoid disclosure of
individual operations.
NORTH CAROLINA MILK DOWN; UNITED STATES UP
Milk production in North Carolina totaled 299 million pounds during the October-December 1999 quarter, down 4% from the
previous year. The number of milk cows on Tar He el farms was estimated at 73,000 head, unchanged from the previous year. The
average milk per cow, at 4,096 pounds, was
down 178 pounds from the October-December MILK PRODUCTION: OCTOBER - DECEMBER
1998 quarter.
The U.S. October-December 1999 quarterly MILK COWS 1 MILK PER COW 2 MILK PRODUCTION 3
production of milk was 40.4 billion pounds, a
STATE Pounds 1999
4% increase compared to the same quarter in 1998 1999 1998 1999 as % of
1998. The average number of milk cows in the 1998 1999 1998
U.S. during the October-December 1999 pe-
Thousands Pounds Millions Percent
riod was 9.18 million, up 41,000 from the same
period last year.
N. Carolina 73 73 4,274 4,096 312 299 96
For the month of December, the 20 major
Florida 158 156 3,456 3,436 546 536 98
milk production states produced 11.9 billion pounds,
Maryland 86 86 3,721 4,233 320 364 114
4% more than last year. Cows in the 20 major
S. Carolina 24 23 3,667 3,739 88 86 98
states produced an average of 1,536 pounds
Tennessee 101 95 3,535 3,632 357 345 97
for December, 47 pounds greater than Decem-
Virginia 123 121 3,650 3,967 449 480 107
ber 1998. The number of milk cows on farms
in the 20 major states was 7.76 million head, UNITED STATES 9,137 9,178 4,261 4,405 38,937 40,428 104
52,000 more than December 1998 and 2,000
more than November 1999. ' Includes dry cows, excludes heifers not yet fresh. 2 Milk per cow is derived.
3 Excludes milk sucked by calves.
N.C. WHEAT SEEDINGS UP; U.S. DOWN
Winter wheat seedings for the 2000 crop in North Carolina are estimated at 720,000 acres, up 11% from 1999.
Winter wheat seeded for the United States is forecast at 42.9 million acres, down 1% from 1999. This is the smallest area since 1972.
GRAIN STOCKS, DECEMBER 1, 1999, WITH COMPARISONS
STOCKS ON FARMS STOCKS IN OFF-FARM POSITIONS 1 TOTAL STOCKS ALL POSITIONS
YEAR
Dec. 1 2 March 1 June 1 Sept. 1 Dec. 1 2 March 1 June 1 Sept. 1 Dec. 1 2 March 1 June 1 Sept. 1
NORTH CAF OLINA Thousand Bushels
CORN:
1998 19,000 13,000 9,500 4,000 17,375 15,810 8,271 6,871 36,375 28,810 17,771 10,871
1999 16,000 10,000 5,000 1,300 19,213 12,464 7,490 6,955 35,213 22,464 12,490 8,255
2000 18,000 14,128 32,128
SOYBEANS:
1998 15,500 t * * 12,751 9,267 4,981 2,049 28,251 * +
1999 * * 15.8003 11,589 4,898 3,141 * * *
2000 11,716
WHEAT:
1998 1,300 1,000 220 3,800 8,778 6,354 2,397 6,2823 10,070 7,354 2,617 10.0823
1999 1,600 800 220 3,000 4,930s 3,267 1,756 7,852 6.5303 4,067 1,976 10,852
2000 l .200 6,142 7,342
UNITED ST \TES
CORN:
1998 4,822,000 2,975,000 1,830,000 640,000 2,424,756 1,964,898 1,209,757 667,803 7,246,756 4,939,898 3,039,757 1,307,803
1999 5,320,000 3,570,000 2,257,000 797.0003 2,731,8463 2,128,428 1,359,225 989,9773 8,051,8463 5,698,428 3,616,225 1.786.9773
2000 5.180,000 2,839,860 8,019,860
SOYBEANS:
1998 1,048,000 637,000 318,000 84,300 951,417 565,922 275,654 115,499 1,999,417 1,202,922 593,654 199,799
1999 1,187,000 815,000 458,000 145,000 999.4403 642,338 390,573 203.4823 2,186,4403 1,457,338 848,573 348,4823
2000 1,150,000 1.032.192 2,182,192
WHEAT:
1998 604,000 399,920 224,210 885,720 1,015,242 766,644 498,268 1,499,5953 1,619,242 1,166,564 722,478 2,385,3153
1999 680,200 471,220 277,710 888,0603 1,215,4813 979,191 668,208 1,556,9833 1,895,6813 1,450,411 945,918 2.445.0433
2000 648,800 1 ,230.184 1,878,984
SORGHUM:
1998 99,625 56,760 27,200 13,700 274,244 177,916 68,944 35,203 373,869 234,676 96,144 48,903
1999 95,900 60,900 27,400 13,800 239,416 161,536 88,680 51.3633 335,316 222,436 116,080 65.1633
2000 89,300 259,264 348.564
* Data no longer published, figures included in U.S. total. Includes stocks at mills, elevators, warehouses, terminals and processors.
2 December 1 previous year. 3 Revised.
CORN STOCKS CONTINUES DECLINE
North Carolina corn stocks held in all positions are at 32.1 million bushels, down 9% from December 1998. Corn held in
on-farm positions are at 18 million bushels. This is 13% above December of last year. Off-farm corn stocks are at 14.1 million bushels,
down 26% from December of 1998.
North Carolina wheat stocks held in all position are up 12% from last year, 7.3 million bushels compared to 6.5 million in December
1998. Off-farm stocks totaled 6.1 million bushels, up 25% from last year. On-farm wheat stocks, at 1.2 million bushels, are down 25%
million bushels from December 1998.
FARM PRICES INDEX NUMBERS
Dec. Dec Nov. Dec.
INDEX (1967 = 100) 15 15 15 15
NORTH CAROLINA PRICES RECEIVED INDEX
1997 1 1998 1 1999 1 1999
The December 1999 "All Farm Products" index of
NORTH CAROLINA
prices received by North Carolina farmers, at 243% of
Prices Received: All Farm Products 258 247 242 243
its 1967 base, was up 1 point from the previous month.
Contributing most to the increase were higher prices for All Crops 272 259 249 259
tobacco and hogs. The index was 4 points below a year Tobacco 286 290 275 292
earlier. Oil Bearing 265 183 193 186
The December 1999 "All Crops" index, at 259, was Grains 223 170 159 157
up 10 points from the previous month and unchanged Commercial Vegetables 186 192 203 203
from a year earlier. The "Livestock and Livestock Prod- Fruits 280 279 279 279
ucts" index for December 1999, at 215, was down 16
Livestock and Livestock Products 232 225 231 215
points from the previous month and 10 points below the
Meat Animals 230 133 213 218
previous year
Poultry 225 245 217 210
The meat animals index for December 1999, at 218,
was up 5 points from the previous month and 85 points Dairy 254 307 300 226
above a year ago. The poultry index, at 210, was down 7
points from the previous month and 35 points below a UNITED STATES
year ago. The dairy index, at 226, was down 74 points Prices Received, All Farm Products ... 267 250 236 232
from a month earlier and 81 points below the previous Prices Paid, Commodities & Services
year. Parity Ratio 3
' Revised. 2 Including Interest, Taxes and Farm Wage Rates. 3 Ratio of Index
of Prices Received by Farmers to Index of Prices Paid. " Available quarterly
following February 1986 Survey.