Subject: 1995 Honey Report USDA

From: [email-masked] (Andy Nachbaur)
Date: Wed, 1 May 1996 07:10:00 GMT

Released February 20, 1996, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service
(NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture.  For
information on "Honey" call Tom Kruchten at (202) 690-4870 or James Hand at
(202) 690-3236 for prices, office hours 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET.  For
assistance with general agricultural statistics, information about NASS, its
products or services, contact the NASS Information Hotline at 1-800-727-9540 or
E-mail: [email-masked].

           United States Honey Production Down 3 Percent

Honey production in 1995 from producers with five or more colonies totaled
210 million pounds, down 3 percent from 1994.  There were 2.65 million colonies
producing honey in 1995, compared with 2.77 million in 1994.  Yield per colony
averaged 79.5 pounds, up 1.1 pounds from the 78.4 pounds in 1994.  Colonies
which produced in more than one State were counted in each State and yields per
colony may be understated.  Producer honey stocks were 42.2 million pounds on
December 15, 1995, down 29 percent from a year earlier.

                    Honey Prices Up 21 Percent

Prices for the 1995 crop averaged 64.4 cents per pound, up 22 percent from the
1994 price of 52.8 cents per pound.  Prices are based on retail sales by
producers and sales to private processors and co-ops.  At the U.S. level, price
s for each color are derived by weighting State average prices by the State
quantities sold.  Prices were higher for all color classes in 1995.

                         HONEY PRICE BY COLOR CLASS,US,  94-95

       Honey:  Price by Color Class, United States, 1994-95

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                    :                          Price
                    :----------------------------------------------------------
    Color Class     :  Coop and Private  :     Retail      :         All

                    :----------------------------------------------------------
                    :    1994 1/ :  1995 :  1994 1/:  1995 :  1994 1/ :  1995
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                    :                   Cents per Pound
Water White,        :
 Extra White, White :     51.1      64.1     84.7     91.9     52.5      65.0

Extra Light Amber   :     50.2      61.5     87.4     90.2     53.4      63.3

Light Amber,        :
 Amber, Dark Amber  :     48.1      60.8     93.7     96.4     52.7      64.6

All Other Honey     :
 Area Specialties   :     44.5      49.5    100.6    108.9     55.6      58.7

All Honey           :     50.2      62.6     89.1     93.7     52.8      64.4
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1/  Revised, includes honey produced in 1994 that was sold in 1995.

          Honey:  Number of Colonies, Yield, Production, Stocks, Price,
                  and Value by State and United States, 1994 1/

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       :   Honey   :   Yield   :           :          : Average  :    Value
 State : Producing :    per    :Production :  Stocks  :Price per :      of
       : Colonies  :  Colony   :           :Dec 15 2/ :  Pound   :  Production
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       :   1,000      Pounds      -- 1,000 Pounds --     Cents    1,000 Dollars

AL     :      18        50            900         99      52             468
AZ     :      47        59          2,773        166      51           1,414
AR     :      50        71          3,550        817      51           1,811
CA     :     400        60         24,000      6,480      51          12,240
CO     :      45        76          3,420      1,813      56           1,915
FL     :     230        84         19,320      2,898      47           9,080
GA     :      80        63          5,040        958      57           2,873
HI     :      11       100          1,100        429      48             528
ID     :     127        59          7,493      1,274      52           3,896
IL     :      13        80          1,040        468     104           1,082
IN     :      13        54            702        204      71             498
IA     :      55        66          3,630      1,089      65           2,360
KS     :      19        47            893        214      72             643
KY     :       3        54            162         57      98             159
LA     :      35        98          3,430        515      46           1,578
ME     :       8        55            440        172      60             264
MD     :       7        36            252         83     108             272
MI     :      90        86          7,740      3,870      55           4,257
MN     :     170        79         13,430      2,149      52           6,984
MS     :      19        53          1,007        352      48             483
MO     :      25        77          1,925        270      53           1,020
MT     :     119       105         12,495      3,624      52           6,497
NE     :      72        55          3,960      1,465      56           2,218
NV     :      14        54            756        174     108             816
NJ     :       9        33            297        107      63             187
NM     :      19        64          1,216        730      47             572
NY     :      68        68          4,624      2,451      63           2,913
NC     :      15        59            885        266      95             841
ND     :     235       138         32,430      7,459      48          15,566
OH     :      27        64          1,728        691      64           1,106
OK     :       5        58            290        104      93             270
OR     :      50        65          3,250      1,008      52           1,690
PA     :      27        47          1,269        622      60             761
SC     :      10       100          1,000        150      82             820
SD     :     260       100         26,000      8,580      52          13,520
TN     :       6        51            306        107      98             300
TX     :     103        74          7,622      2,058      50           3,811
UT     :      43        59          2,537      1,218      53           1,345
VT     :       5        77            385        189      87             335
VA     :      11        52            572        109      65             372
WA     :      60        62          3,720      1,265      54           2,009
WV     :      20        44            880        414     118           1,038
WI     :      75        71          5,325      1,864      60           3,195
WY     :      46        69          3,174        667      58           1,841
Oth    :
 Sts 3/:       6        37            222        114     115             255
US 4/  :   2,770        78.4      217,168     59,813      52.8       114,665
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1/  For producers with 5 or more colonies.  2/  Stocks held by producers.  Does
not include stocks under loan.  3/  CT, DE, MA, NH, and RI not published
separately to avoid disclosing data for individual operations.  4/  U.S. price
weighted by survey expanded sales.  Total may not add due to rounding.

          Honey:  Number of Colonies, Yield, Production, Stocks, Price,

                  and Value by State and United States, 1995 1/

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       :   Honey   :   Yield   :           :          : Average  :    Value
 State : Producing :    per    :Production :  Stocks  :Price per :      of
       : Colonies  :  Colony   :           :Dec 15 2/ :  Pound   :  Production
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       :   1,000      Pounds      -- 1,000 Pounds --     Cents    1,000 Dollars

AL     :      16        58            928         28      62             575
AZ     :      52        79          4,108        986      68           2,793
AR     :      50        60          3,000        900      64           1,920
CA     :     420        93         39,060      4,687      60          23,436
CO     :      45        60          2,700      1,404      68           1,836
FL     :     230        86         19,780      1,780      63          12,461
GA     :      70        62          4,340        260      69           2,995
HI     :       8       129          1,032        103      55             568
ID     :     125        48          6,000      1,020      65           3,900
IL     :      11        74            814        212     102             830
IN     :      12        63            756        166      68             514
IA     :      50        68          3,400        612      72           2,448
KS     :      17        67          1,139        182      71             809
KY     :       3        44            132         30     103             136
LA     :      33       119          3,927        275      61           2,395
ME     :      11        45            495        223     100             495
MD     :       7        35            245         81     114             279
MI     :      97        92          8,924      3,570      72           6,425
MN     :     165        82         13,530      1,218      66           8,930
MS     :      16        70          1,120        146      64             717
MO     :      23        67          1,541        308      65           1,002
MT     :     106        80          8,480      1,781      66           5,597
NE     :      60        73          4,380      1,402      68           2,978
NV     :       9        29            261         34      96             251
NJ     :       8        34            272         57      71             193
NM     :      19        65          1,235        247      68             840
NY     :      70        75          5,250      2,100      66           3,465
NC     :      12        52            624        162      81             505
ND     :     220       108         23,760      3,802      63          14,969
OH     :      25        62          1,550        930      72           1,116
OK     :       5        76            380        141      91             346
OR     :      52        52          2,704      2,488      71           1,920
PA     :      25        43          1,075        376      69             742
SC     :       9        90            810         65     128           1,037
SD     :     240        85         20,400      4,896      65          13,260
TN     :       4        53            212         70     114             242
TX     :      84       106          8,904      1,959      64           5,699
UT     :      32        33          1,056        232      61             644
VT     :       5        67            335        131      83             278
VA     :       9        45            405         97      55             223
WA     :      60        59          3,540        637      54           1,912
WV     :      13        41            533         48     116             618
WI     :      73        79          5,767      2,134      71           4,095
WY     :      38        36          1,368        150      68             930
Oth    :
 Sts 3/:       8        33            264        104     152             401
US 4/  :   2,647        79.5      210,437     42,234      64.4       135,521
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1/  For producers with 5 or more colonies.  2/  Stocks held by producers.  Does
not include stocks under loan.  3/  CT, DE, MA, NH, and RI not published
separately to avoid disclosing data for individual operations.  4/  U.S. price
weighted by survey expanded sales.  Total may not add due to rounding.

The next "Honey" report will be released in February, 1997.

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