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AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 1999 United States Department of Agriculture UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1999 For sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office Superintendent of Documents, Mail Stop: SSOP, Washington, DC 20402-932 ISBN 0-16-049562-8 The index and/or table of contents has been removed and photographed separately within this volume year. For roll film users, this information for the current volume year is at the beginning of the microfilm. For a prior year volume, this information is at the end of the microfilm. For microfiche users, the index and/or contents is contained on a separate fiche. 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 annual data 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 the table. 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 1989 or later 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 and U.S. Territories. The world summaries of production and trade of major farm products are prepared by the U.S. Department of Agriculture from reports of the U.S. Department of Commerce, official statistics of foreign governments, other foreign source materials, reports of U.S. Agricultural Attachés and 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 amounts of 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 made by the Department of Agriculture The estimates for crops, livestock, and poultry made by the U.S. Department of Agriculture are prepared mainly to give timely current State and national totals and averages. They are based on data obtained by sample surveys of farmers and of people who do business with farmers. The survey data are supplemented by information from the Censuses of Agriculture taken every five years and check data from various sources. Being estimates, they are subject to revision as more data become available from commerical or Government sources. Unless otherwise indicated, the totals for the United States shown in the various tables on area, production, numbers, price, value, supplies, and disposition 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 commodity actually sold. In the case of fruits and vegetables, quantities not harvested because of low prices or other economic factors are not included in value of production. The word ‘‘Value’’ is used in the inventory tables on livestock and poultry to mean value of the number of head on the inventory date. 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 AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS, 1999 WEIGHTS, MEASURES, AND CONVERSION FACTORS The following table on weights, measures, aad conversion factors covers the most important agri- cultural products, or the products for which such information is most frequently asked of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It does not cover all farm products nor all containers for any one product. The information has been assembled from State schedules of legal weights, various sources within the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and other Government agencies. For most products, particularly fruits and vegetables, there is a considerable variation in weight per unit of volume due to differences in variety or size of commodity, condition and tightness of pack, degree to which the container is heaped, etc. Effort has been made to select the most representative and fairest average for each prod- uct. For those commodities which develop considerable shrinkage, the point of origin weight or weight at harvest has been used. The approximate or average weights as given in this table do not necessarily have official standing as a basis for packing or as grounds for settling disputes. Not all of them are recognized as legal weight. The table was prepared chiefly for use of workers in the U.S. Department of Agriculture who have need of conversion factors in statistical computations. AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS, 1999 WEIGHTS, MEASURES, AND CONVERSION FACTORS (See explanatory text just preceding this table) WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 7- Approximate net | weight Commodity | US Metnic 4+ ,c wo Kilograms | g 3 BLuosohsdeoel pack 17.2-122971...128 CCehleerrnye s | CLruagt e( C® amp- il! Tray pack 18.1-20.4 bell) ® Cell pack 16.8-18.6 Do Lug Lug (brent- Clover seed | Bushel | wood) Cottee Bag 4—basket crate * CorEnar , husked j| Bushel Cin, by count Shetied do and loose Meal do Sg2ee xse pack Oil Galion 3 Bushe! Syrup do Sy Crate (NJ) Sweet | Wirebound crate oNnN@N N S iNnQuUwN s® u a , Do Cin, packed 5 Fiber folding oz. ears NyNO oOn ON box > Do WDB crate | Bushel &a58 So 4-5 oz | (from FL & | do S8SR 8~ do Cotton |||| Sack 88§ s CCCooottwttpooDennoass see eedd oil i8a8 8_——, — S——_—_ || Sack Cranbernes Ve Crate 2 dz- Cream, 40—per Berries frozen | bchs Cucceunmt beburtst ertat | Bushel Witphaco!u tk sugar I. barrel DEgegwpbiearnrti es 2B4u—sqhte. ! crate pgeeeerse ie3 Eggs. average | BW12ui,s rkheeteVb leo- upinndt bcarsa-t e | EFFislgcassaix,z rseoe flerede sh | CBBBauoussxsleh ha,ee ysl!ie nr3gf l0e dozen | Brussels sprsoeuetds | CBBtaunls,e h el!o ose pack Flour, Dov arious | CBtangB u lokr Crate BB8o % o Buckwheat Bushe! Gariic Cin of 12 tubes | Box or 12 film bag Cabbage | Open mesh bag 22.7 pkgs 12 Do Flat crate (1% cloves each |; bu) 22.7-27.2 Grapefruit Do | Ctn, place pack 24.0 Florida and Cantaloups Crate 18.1 Texas 2—box mesh Carrots Film plastic bag | Bags, mesh Florida 1% bu. box sacks & car- Texas 1% bu. box tons holding California and 48 1 Ib. film Arizona Box" > Grapes Without tops Eastern 12-qt. basket Castor beans Western Lug &8h 8o&& “a —O - - | Galion 4—vasket | W.GA. crate crate '’ | Fiberboard box Hempseed Bushe! | wrapper Hickory nuts do leaves re- Honey Galion aB828xneo - moved film- Honeydew mei wrapped, 2 ons *% Ctn layers 23-35 | 10.4-15.9 Hops Bale, gross & See footnotes on page ix AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS, 1999 WEIGHTS AND MEASURES—Continued Approximate net Approximate net Commodity weight Commodity Unit’ weight US Metnc US Metric Pounds | Kilograms Pounds | Kilograms HorrsooeDtrosa dish BSuaschke i 5350 2125..79 Ctnp,a cTki ght-fill 36-37 | 16.3-16.7 Hungarian millet seed Bushel 21.8-22.7 Bushel 12.7-13.6 Ctn or crate 11.7 do 272 do do 11.3-13.6 Tierce 1% bu carton 12.7 Bushel 16.8-18.1 Carton 18.1 Box '® Carton Ctn & lugs 12.7 Bushel Ve-bu. basket 13.6 Iceberg, carton packed 24 : Bushei 318 do 25.4 24-qt. basket do 20.9 Box Bushel 272 Gallon Barrel 748 Bushel Box 22.7 Galion do 45.4 Bushei 21.8 do 22.7-27.2 4 aB es Ve-pint baskets 2.7 Bushe! 22.7-27.2 Galion 52 Bushe! 20.4 Sack nbSNa_i NeoMe R~ “ w aE ISS NwWWanann BBPaoarcgrk eelt or bag 447553...445 Ctn, 24-dz bchs id a8 os DBruusmh,e ! net 2253.64 BBooxx RS Cratdde oo (4-7 doz 2250..49 Box "> lggps n bunches) Carton Bushe!l Bushel Galion Galion Bushe! grain ** Bushel do Soybeans do 2 layer ctn or Soybean oil Galion PeanuDto oil G¥a%l-tBiuuog,n Ctn/crate oy4 ~_BwS“ 8S8B 58 2 N—=— ~w~N“—~ wnN nwwoNNo oOnnOew ouoOS sWtr NainwWabcewh r nes B24u-sqhtd.e ol crate Peanuts, Do 12-pt. crate unshelled Virginia type Bushel ™~ _ — Bushel Runners, South-east- = em do (sulfured or Spanish un-sulfured) Sunflower seed em do Southwest- Sweetpotatoes em do Do Pears Tangerines California Bushe! Florida Other do Anzona Do Std box, 4/5 bu California See footnotes on page ix AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS, 1999 WEIGHTS AND MEASURES—Continued Approximate net Approximate net Commodity Unit weight Commodity Unit weight US Metric US Metnec ae = = Pounds | Kilograms Pounds Kilograms TTiomboatchcyo seed Bushe!l 45 20.4 Turnips Maryland Hogshead 775 Without tops Mesh sack 22.7 Fiue-cured do 950 Bunched Crate 31.8-36.3 Burley do 975 Turpentine Galion 3.3 Dark air-cured do 1,150 Velvetbeans Virginia fire- (hulled) Bushe! cured do Vetch do Kentucky and Wainuts Sacks Tennessee Water 60° F Galion fire-cured do Watermeions Melons of aver Cigar-leat Case age or me Bo Bale dium size Tomatoes Crate Wheat Bushei Do Lug box Various com Do 2-layer flat modities Short ton Tomatoes, hot- Do Long ton Tunhgo usoeil G1a2-lqlto. n basket Do Metnc ton See footnotes on page Ix To Convert From Avoirdupois Pounds Multiply by » 453590? 100045359 Conversion Factors Metric tor 2.204.622 pound Kilogram=2.2046 pound Acre=(). 4047 hectare Hectare=2.47 acres Square mile 40) acres=259 he | Gallon=3.7853 liter AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS, 1999 CONVERSION FACTORS Approximate equivalent pounds fresh; beginning 1943, 8 pounds fresh fresh pou 47 bushels buckwheat 1 pound live weight 586 pound dressed weight (1995 average) do 1 pound dressed weight (1995 average) 1 gallon pounds sugar 1 case canned?" 3 ton fresh 1 pound live weight YKpSoSun d ready-to-cook nt 1 bushel (56 Ibs.) isheis (70 pounds) of husked ear corn 1 case canned 22 82 ton fresh 100 pounds bushels corn me Se do ishels corn, beginning 1 1 pound ginned pounds seed cotton, including trash 2° 1 pound pounds cottonseed SSp8ouZnods cottonseed 1 pounds milk Dry Dry milk, whole Evaporated milk, whole ~m> ©&wo> 3 = Matted milk OBNFCN6A NNNp=OoWuNONn=VWdH sO MOmYCi lWk ON4SO—]--UN Nonfat dry milk 11 pounds liquid skim milk ice cream 2+ 15 pounds milk ice cream ?* (eliminating fat from butter 12 pounds rnilk and concentrated milk) | Eggs 47 pounds Eggs, shell 33.5 pounds frozen or liquid whole eggs Do segak 8e ssseses 10.3 pounds dried whole egg Ss pound dried | 3 pounds fresh in California; 4 pounds fresh elsewhere bushel About 2/2 gallons oil case canned juice 22 0.64 box fresh fruit pound live weight 0.727 pound dressed weight, excluding lard pound do bushel (34 Ibs.) gallon pound shelled Almonds, California Brazil Cashews Chestnuts Fulberts sss pounds unshelled through 1949; 25 nds thereafter Pecans pounds unshelled improved pounds unshelled Pignolias pounds unshelled Pistachios ge nds unshellied Wainuts Black pounds unshelied Persian (English) 7 pounds unshelied Oatmeal! sgesss Qab ushels oats, beginning 1943 Ora , Florida 53 box fresh Peaches, California, freestone 33H8 g VNoY-sO NnpMonu vnd s fresh through 1918; 6 pounds fresh for 1919-28; and 6’ pounds fresh from 1929 to date Peaches, California, clingstone 72 pounds fresh —— clingstone 1 bushel fresh 0.0230 ton fresh Peanuts 12 pounds unshelied Pears 62 pounds fresh Pears, Bartiett 1.1 bushels fresh Do 0.026 ton fresh See footnotes on page ix

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