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UNITED STATESDEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURENATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
AGRICULTURALSTATISTICS2003
UNITED STATESGOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICEWASHINGTON: 2003
For sale by the U.S. Government Printing OfficeSuperintendent of Documents, Mail Stop: SSOP, Washington, DC 20402–9328ISBN O–16–036158–3
 
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Agricultural Statistics, 2003
 Agricultural Statistics,
2003 was prepared under the direction of FORESTINE CHAPMAN, Agricul-tural Statistics Board, National Agricultural Statistics Service. ROSE M. PETRONE was responsiblefor coordination and technical editorial work.The USDA and NASS invite you to explore their information on the Internet. The USDA HomePage address is
http://www.usda.gov/ 
and the NASS Home Page address is:
http://www.usda.gov/nass/.
For information on NASS products you may call the
Agricultural Statistics Hotline,1–800–727–9540 or send e-mail to nass@nass.usda.gov.
The cooperation of the many contributors to this publication is gratefully acknowledged. Source notesbelow each table credit the various Government agencies which collaborated in furnishing informa-tion.CONTENTS
PageIntroduction..........................................................................iiiWeights, measures, and conversion factors................ivI—Grain and feed:Total grain supply................................................I-1Food grains:Wheat................................................................I-1Rye....................................................................I-13Rice...................................................................I-16Feed grains:Corn..................................................................I-24Oats...................................................................I-32Barley................................................................I-36Sorghum...........................................................I-41Grain consumption...............................................I-47Animal units fed...................................................I-48Feedstuffs..............................................................I-49II—Cotton, tobacco, sugar crops, and honey:Cotton...................................................................II-1Sugarbeets.............................................................II-13Sugar.....................................................................II-16Honey....................................................................II-23Beeswax................................................................II-24Syrups...................................................................II-26Tobacco................................................................II-27III—Oilseeds, fats, and oils:Cottonseed............................................................III-1Flaxseed................................................................III-5Peanuts..................................................................III-8Soybeans...............................................................III-13Sunflower..............................................................III-20Peppermint and spearmint....................................III-23Olive oil................................................................III-24Margarine..............................................................III-24Shortening.............................................................III-25Fats and oils.........................................................III-26IV—Vegetables and melons:Vegetables and melons........................................IV-1Vegetable and shipments.....................................IV-30Vegetable utilization............................................IV-31Commercial pack..................................................IV-32V—Fruits, tree nuts, and horticultural specialties:Fruits.....................................................................V-1Tree nuts...............................................................V-37Cocoa beans, coffee, and tea...............................V-42Mushrooms...........................................................V-45Flowers.................................................................V-47VI—Hay, seeds, and minor field crops:Hay........................................................................VI-1Seeds.....................................................................VI-6Beans, dry edible..................................................VI-7Peas, dry...............................................................VI-10Hops......................................................................VI-11PageVII—Cattle, hogs, and sheep:Cattle and calves..................................................VII-1Hogs......................................................................VII-18Sheep and lambs..................................................VII-27Wool.....................................................................VII-35Goats and mohair.................................................VII-40Meats....................................................................VII-41Hides.....................................................................VII-47Livestock numbers...............................................VII-50VIII—Dairy and poultry statistics:Cows, milk...........................................................VIII-1Chickens...............................................................VIII-28Dairy products......................................................VIII-14Turkeys.................................................................VIII-38Eggs......................................................................VIII-41IX—Farm resources, income and expenses:Economic trends...................................................IX-1Farm property.......................................................IX-2Farm labor............................................................IX-13Farm production and distribution........................IX-16Prices and income................................................IX-26Costs and expenses..............................................IX-39X—Taxes, insurance, credit, and cooperatives:Taxes and insurance.............................................X-1Credit and loan programs....................................X-14Farmers’ cooperatives..........................................X-17Rural utilities........................................................X-18XI—Stabilization and price-support programs:Price support.........................................................XI-1Payments to producers.........................................XI-8Marketing agreements and orders........................XI-12XII—Agricultural conservation and forestry statistics:Conservation Reserve Programs..........................XII-1Soil conservation programs..................................XII-11Forestry.................................................................XII-19XIII—Consumption and family living:Population.............................................................XIII-1Food consumption and nutrition..........................XIII-1Prices at retail levels............................................XIII-10Food service establishments................................XIII-10XIV—Fertilizers and pesticides:Field crops............................................................XIV-1Fruits.....................................................................XIV-15Vegetables............................................................XIV-16XV—Miscellaneous agricultural statistics:Agricultural imports and exports.........................XV-2Fishery statistics...................................................XV-10Refrigeration statistics..........................................XV-27Alaska statistics....................................................XV-29Crop rankings.......................................................XV-30Crop progress.......................................................XV-31Appendix I:Telephone contact list..................................................Appendix-1Index.....................................................................................Index-1
 
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Introduction
 Agricultural Statistics
is published each year to meet the diverse need for a reliable reference book on agricultural production, supplies, consumption, facilities, costs, and returns. Its tables of annualdata cover a wide variety of facts in forms suited to most common use.Inquiries concerning more current or more detailed data, past and prospective revisions, or the sta-tistical methodology used should be addressed directly to the agency credited with preparing thetable. Most of the data were prepared or compiled in the U.S. Department of Agriculture.The historical series in this volume have been generally limited to data beginning with 1992 orlater.Foreign agricultural trade statistics include Government as well as non-Government shipments of merchandise from the United States and Territories to foreign countries. They do not include U.S.shipments to the U.S. Armed Forces abroad for their own use or shipments between the States andU.S. Territories. The world summaries of production and trade of major farm products are preparedby the U.S. Department of Agriculture from reports of the U.S. Department of Commerce, officialstatistics of foreign governments, other foreign source materials, reports of U.S. Agricultural Attache´sand Foreign Service Officers, and the result of office research.Statistics presented in many of the tables represent actual counts of the items covered. Most of the statistics relating to foreign trade and to Government programs, such as numbers and amountsof loans made to farmers, and amounts of loans made by the Commodity Credit Corporation, etc.,are data of this type. A large number of other tables, however, contain data that are estimates madeby the Department of Agriculture.The estimates for crops, livestock, and poultry made by the U.S. Department of Agriculture areprepared mainly to give timely current State and national totals and averages. They are based ondata obtained by sample surveys of farmers and of people who do business with farmers. The surveydata are supplemented by information from the Censuses of Agriculture taken every five years andcheck data from various sources. Being estimates, they are subject to revision as more data becomeavailable from commerical or Government sources. Unless otherwise indicated, the totals for theUnited States shown in the various tables on area, production, numbers, price, value, supplies, anddisposition are based on official Department estimates. They exclude States for which no official esti-mates are compiled.DEFINITIONS‘‘Value of production’’ as applied to crops in the various tables, is derived by multiplying produc-tion by the estimated season average price received by farmers for that portion of the commodityactually sold. In the case of fruits and vegetables, quantities not harvested because of low pricesor other economic factors are not included in value of production. The word ‘‘Value’’ is used inthe inventory tables on livestock and poultry to mean value of the number of head on the inventorydate. It is derived by multiplying the number of head by an estimated value per head as of the date.The word ‘‘Year’’ (alone) in a column heading means calendar year unless otherwise indicated.‘‘Ton’’ when used in this book without qualifications means a short ton of 2,000 pounds.
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