August 27, 2007

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| **Topics in This Report**                                             |
|                                                                       |
| Cattle on Feed                                                        |
|                                                                       |
| Chickens and Eggs                                                     |
|                                                                       |
| Hatchery Production                                                   |
|                                                                       |
| Milk Production                                                       |
|                                                                       |
| Livestock Slaughter                                                   |
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Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market in the United States for
feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 10.3 million head
on August 1, 2007. The inventory was five percent below August 1, 2006
but two percent above August 1, 2005.

Placements in feedlots during July totaled 1.62 million, 17 percent
below 2006 and three percent below 2005. Net placements were 1.56
million. This is the lowest placements for the month of July since the
series began in 1996. During July, placements of cattle and calves
weighing less than 600 pounds were 360,000, 600-699 pounds were 312,000,
700-799 pounds were 445,000, and 800 pounds and greater were 505,000.

Marketings of fed cattle during July totaled 2.0 million, three percent
above 2006 and four percent above 2005. Other disappearance totaled
61,000 head during July, five percent above 2006 but unchanged from
2005.

+-------+-----+----------+----------+----------+---------+----------+
| **[C  |     |          |          |          |         |          |
| attle |     |          |          |          |         |          |
| On    |     |          |          |          |         |          |
| Feed] |     |          |          |          |         |          |
| {.sma |     |          |          |          |         |          |
| llcap |     |          |          |          |         |          |
| s}**: |     |          |          |          |         |          |
| U.S.  |     |          |          |          |         |          |
| C     |     |          |          |          |         |          |
| attle |     |          |          |          |         |          |
| P     |     |          |          |          |         |          |
| laced |     |          |          |          |         |          |
| on    |     |          |          |          |         |          |
| Feed, |     |          |          |          |         |          |
| by    |     |          |          |          |         |          |
| W     |     |          |          |          |         |          |
| eight |     |          |          |          |         |          |
|       |     |          |          |          |         |          |
| Gr    |     |          |          |          |         |          |
| oups, |     |          |          |          |         |          |
| 1     |     |          |          |          |         |          |
| ,000+ |     |          |          |          |         |          |
| Cap   |     |          |          |          |         |          |
| acity |     |          |          |          |         |          |
| Feed  |     |          |          |          |         |          |
| lots, |     |          |          |          |         |          |
| July  |     |          |          |          |         |          |
| 2006, |     |          |          |          |         |          |
| June  |     |          |          |          |         |          |
| and   |     |          |          |          |         |          |
| July  |     |          |          |          |         |          |
| 2007  |     |          |          |          |         |          |
+-------+-----+----------+----------+----------+---------+----------+
| Month |     | Less     | 600-699  | 700-799  | 800+    | Total    |
| and   |     | than 600 | lbs      | lbs      | lbs     |          |
| Year  |     | lbs      |          |          |         |          |
+-------+-----+----------+----------+----------+---------+----------+
|       |     | *1,000   |          |          |         |          |
|       |     | head*    |          |          |         |          |
+-------+-----+----------+----------+----------+---------+----------+
| July  | 2   | 570      | 403      | 490      | 495     | 1,958    |
|       | 006 |          |          |          |         |          |
+-------+-----+----------+----------+----------+---------+----------+
| June  | 2   | 405      | 325      | 457      | 470     | 1,657    |
|       | 007 |          |          |          |         |          |
+-------+-----+----------+----------+----------+---------+----------+
| July  | 2   | 360      | 312      | 445      | 505     | 1,622    |
|       | 007 |          |          |          |         |          |
+-------+-----+----------+----------+----------+---------+----------+

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<thead>
<tr class="header">
<th colspan="11"><strong><span class="smallcaps">Cattle and Calves on
Feed, 1,000+ Capacity Feedlots, and United States</span></strong></th>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<th rowspan="2">State</th>
<th colspan="2"><p>Number on feed</p>
<p>July 1</p></th>
<th colspan="2"><p>Placed during</p>
<p>July 1</p></th>
<th colspan="2"><p>Marketed</p>
<p>during July</p></th>
<th colspan="2"><p>Other disappearance</p>
<p>during July</p></th>
<th colspan="2"><p>Number on feed</p>
<p>August 1</p></th>
</tr>
<tr class="header">
<th>2006</th>
<th>2007</th>
<th>2006</th>
<th>2007</th>
<th>2006</th>
<th>2007</th>
<th>2006</th>
<th>2007</th>
<th>2006</th>
<th>2007</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr class="odd">
<td></td>
<td colspan="10"><em>1,000 head</em></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>AZ</td>
<td>344</td>
<td>343</td>
<td>31</td>
<td>32</td>
<td>34</td>
<td>33</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>339</td>
<td>341</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>CA</td>
<td>530</td>
<td>545</td>
<td>55</td>
<td>51</td>
<td>67</td>
<td>54</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>515</td>
<td>540</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>CO</td>
<td>980</td>
<td>940</td>
<td>145</td>
<td>115</td>
<td>175</td>
<td>175</td>
<td>10</td>
<td>10</td>
<td>940</td>
<td>870</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>ID</td>
<td>230</td>
<td>220</td>
<td>36</td>
<td>35</td>
<td>40</td>
<td>49</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>225</td>
<td>205</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>IA</td>
<td>460</td>
<td>510</td>
<td>60</td>
<td>64</td>
<td>73</td>
<td>73</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>445</td>
<td>500</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>KS</td>
<td>2,280</td>
<td>2,140</td>
<td>590</td>
<td>430</td>
<td>495</td>
<td>450</td>
<td>15</td>
<td>20</td>
<td>2,360</td>
<td>2,100</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>NE</td>
<td>1,990</td>
<td>2,050</td>
<td>380</td>
<td>350</td>
<td>410</td>
<td>480</td>
<td>10</td>
<td>10</td>
<td>1,950</td>
<td>1,910</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>NM</td>
<td>140</td>
<td>132</td>
<td>23</td>
<td>12</td>
<td>18</td>
<td>14</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>144</td>
<td>129</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>OK</td>
<td>340</td>
<td>325</td>
<td>58</td>
<td>48</td>
<td>52</td>
<td>67</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>345</td>
<td>305</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>SD</td>
<td>180</td>
<td>197</td>
<td>24</td>
<td>22</td>
<td>38</td>
<td>42</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>165</td>
<td>175</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>TX</td>
<td>2,980</td>
<td>2,870</td>
<td>480</td>
<td>390</td>
<td>480</td>
<td>470</td>
<td>10</td>
<td>10</td>
<td>2,970</td>
<td>2,780</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>WA</td>
<td>148</td>
<td>150</td>
<td>33</td>
<td>27</td>
<td>26</td>
<td>32</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>154</td>
<td>144</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Oth. Sts.</td>
<td>270</td>
<td>315</td>
<td>43</td>
<td>46</td>
<td>42</td>
<td>60</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>270</td>
<td>300</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>U.S.</td>
<td>10,872</td>
<td>10,737</td>
<td>1,958</td>
<td>1,622</td>
<td>1,930</td>
<td>1,999</td>
<td>58</td>
<td>61</td>
<td>10,822</td>
<td>10,299</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

**CHICKENS AND EGGS**

**[Florida]{.smallcaps}**

Table eggs sold in mid-August 2007 averaged 73.0 cents down 6.0 cents
from mid-July. Table egg production in Florida during July was 235
million eggs, six percent above the previous month.

**[United States]{.smallcaps}**

U.S. egg production totaled 7.57 billion during July 2007, down one
percent from last year. Production included 6.44 billion table eggs, and
1.14 billion hatching eggs, of which 1.07 billion were broiler-type and
66 million were egg-type. The total number of layers during July 2007
averaged 339 million, down one percent from last year. July egg
production per 100 layers was 2,234 eggs, down slightly from July 2006.

All layers in the U.S. on August 1, 2007, totaled 340 million, down
slightly from last year. The 340 million layers consisted of 281 million
layers producing table or market type eggs, 56.2 million layers
producing broiler-type hatching eggs, and 2.72 million layers producing
egg-type hatching eggs. Rate of lay per day on August 1, 2007, averaged
72.1 eggs per 100 layers, up one percent from August 1, 2006.

+--------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
| **[Mid-month table egg prices  |                  |                 |
| received]{.smallcaps}**        |                  |                 |
|                                |                  |                 |
| **[by Florida egg              |                  |                 |
| producers.]{.smallcaps}**      |                  |                 |
+--------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
| Month                          | Cents per dozen  |                 |
+--------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
|                                | 2006             | 2007            |
+--------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
| January                        | 60.0             | 75.0            |
+--------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
| February                       | 36.0             | 68.0            |
+--------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
| March                          | 59.0             | 70.0            |
+--------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
| April                          | 34.0             | 55.0            |
+--------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
| May                            | 27.0             | 65.0            |
+--------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
| June                           | 45.0             | 49.0            |
+--------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
| July                           | 32.0             | 79.0            |
+--------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
| August                         | 45.0             | 73.0            |
+--------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
| September                      | 44.0             |                 |
+--------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
| October                        | 41.0             |                 |
+--------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
| November                       | 68.0             |                 |
+--------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
| December                       | 66.0             |                 |
+--------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+

+-----------------------+-----------+----------+----------+----------+
| **[Fl                 |           |          |          |          |
| orida]{.smallcaps}**: |           |          |          |          |
| Layers on hand first  |           |          |          |          |
| of month,             |           |          |          |          |
|                       |           |          |          |          |
| percent molting and   |           |          |          |          |
| molted                |           |          |          |          |
+-----------------------+-----------+----------+----------+----------+
|                       | Aug       | June     | July     | Aug      |
|                       |           |          |          |          |
|                       | 2006      | 2007     | 2007     | 2007     |
+-----------------------+-----------+----------+----------+----------+
| Total layers on       | 10,466    | 10,434   | 10,614   | 10,823   |
|                       |           |          |          |          |
| hand: Thous.          |           |          |          |          |
+-----------------------+-----------+----------+----------+----------+
| Percent of layers:    | 3.0       | 8.5      | 7.0      | 6.5      |
|                       |           |          |          |          |
| Being molted          |           |          |          |          |
+-----------------------+-----------+----------+----------+----------+
| Molt completed        | 36.5      | 28.0     | 34.0     | 33.0     |
+-----------------------+-----------+----------+----------+----------+

+----------+-------+------+-----+-----+-------+------+------+-------+
| *        |       |      |     |     |       |      |      |       |
| *[Layers |       |      |     |     |       |      |      |       |
| and egg  |       |      |     |     |       |      |      |       |
| pro      |       |      |     |     |       |      |      |       |
| duction, |       |      |     |     |       |      |      |       |
| July     |       |      |     |     |       |      |      |       |
| 2007,    |       |      |     |     |       |      |      |       |
| pr       |       |      |     |     |       |      |      |       |
| oduction |       |      |     |     |       |      |      |       |
| year     |       |      |     |     |       |      |      |       |
| -to-date |       |      |     |     |       |      |      |       |
| egg      |       |      |     |     |       |      |      |       |
| p        |       |      |     |     |       |      |      |       |
| roductio |       |      |     |     |       |      |      |       |
| n]{.smal |       |      |     |     |       |      |      |       |
| lcaps}** |       |      |     |     |       |      |      |       |
|          |       |      |     |     |       |      |      |       |
| **[for   |       |      |     |     |       |      |      |       |
| selected |       |      |     |     |       |      |      |       |
| State    |       |      |     |     |       |      |      |       |
| s]{.smal |       |      |     |     |       |      |      |       |
| lcaps}** |       |      |     |     |       |      |      |       |
+----------+-------+------+-----+-----+-------+------+------+-------+
| Selected | Av    | Eggs | Egg |     |       |      | La   |       |
|          | erage |      | p   |     |       |      | yers |       |
| States   |       | per  | rod |     |       |      |      |       |
|          | l     | 100  | uct |     |       |      |      |       |
|          | ayers |      | ion |     |       |      |      |       |
|          |       | la   |     |     |       |      |      |       |
|          | on    | yers |     |     |       |      |      |       |
|          | hand  |      |     |     |       |      |      |       |
+----------+-------+------+-----+-----+-------+------+------+-------+
|          |       |      | To  | Ta  | Hat   | Year | B    | Molt  |
|          |       |      | tal | ble | ching | to   | eing |       |
|          |       |      |     |     |       |      | mo   | comp  |
|          |       |      |     |     |       | date | lted | leted |
|          |       |      |     |     |       | ^1/^ |      |       |
+----------+-------+------+-----+-----+-------+------+------+-------+
| * *      | *Thou | * *  | *   |     |       |      | *    |       |
|          | sand* |      | Mil |     |       |      | Perc |       |
|          |       |      | lio |     |       |      | ent* |       |
|          |       |      | ns* |     |       |      |      |       |
+----------+-------+------+-----+-----+-------+------+------+-------+
| Alabama  | 9,132 | 1    | 178 | 28  | 150   | 1    | 0.5  | 5.5   |
|          |       | ,949 |     |     |       | ,319 |      |       |
+----------+-------+------+-----+-----+-------+------+------+-------+
| Arkansas | 1     | 1    | 273 | 93  | 180   | 2    | 0.0  | 13.5  |
|          | 3,838 | ,973 |     |     |       | ,201 |      |       |
+----------+-------+------+-----+-----+-------+------+------+-------+
| Ca       | 1     | 2    | 407 |     |       | 3    | 5.5  | 30.0  |
| lifornia | 8,869 | ,157 |     |     |       | ,294 |      |       |
+----------+-------+------+-----+-----+-------+------+------+-------+
| **F      | **10, | *    | *   | *   | *     | *    | **6  | **3   |
| lorida** | 614** | *2,3 | *24 | *23 | *10** | *1,9 | .5** | 3.0** |
|          |       | 08** | 5** | 5** |       | 27** |      |       |
+----------+-------+------+-----+-----+-------+------+------+-------+
| Georgia  | 1     | 2    | 394 | 206 | 188   | 3    | 1.5  | 17.0  |
|          | 9,121 | ,061 |     |     |       | ,200 |      |       |
+----------+-------+------+-----+-----+-------+------+------+-------+
| Indiana  | 2     | 2    | 549 | 537 | 12    | 4    | 7.0  | 29.5  |
|          | 4,044 | ,283 |     |     |       | ,336 |      |       |
+----------+-------+------+-----+-----+-------+------+------+-------+
| Iowa     | 5     | 2    | 1,  | 1,  | 15    | 9    | 3.5  | 36.0  |
|          | 2,878 | ,275 | 203 | 188 |       | ,147 |      |       |
+----------+-------+------+-----+-----+-------+------+------+-------+
| Maine    | 3,807 | 2    | 87  |     |       | 1    | 0.0  | 0.0   |
|          |       | ,285 |     |     |       | ,222 |      |       |
+----------+-------+------+-----+-----+-------+------+------+-------+
| Maryland | 2,446 | 2    | 55  | 53  | 2     | 456  | 0.0  | 27.0  |
|          |       | ,249 |     |     |       |      |      |       |
+----------+-------+------+-----+-----+-------+------+------+-------+
| Michigan | 8,941 | 2    | 212 |     |       | 1    | 4.0  | 21.0  |
|          |       | ,371 |     |     |       | ,696 |      |       |
+----------+-------+------+-----+-----+-------+------+------+-------+
| M        | 1     | 2    | 238 | 229 | 9     | 1    | 2.5  | 25.0  |
| innesota | 0,541 | ,258 |     |     |       | ,935 |      |       |
+----------+-------+------+-----+-----+-------+------+------+-------+
| Mis      | 6,457 | 2    | 130 | 38  | 92    | 1    | 1.0  | 9.5   |
| sissippi |       | ,013 |     |     |       | ,019 |      |       |
+----------+-------+------+-----+-----+-------+------+------+-------+
| Missouri | 6,717 | 2    | 152 |     |       | 1    | 3.5  | 17.5  |
|          |       | ,263 |     |     |       | ,249 |      |       |
+----------+-------+------+-----+-----+-------+------+------+-------+
| Nebraska | 1     | 2    | 254 | 254 | 0     | 2    | 2.5  | 20.5  |
|          | 0,823 | ,347 |     |     |       | ,000 |      |       |
+----------+-------+------+-----+-----+-------+------+------+-------+
| New York | 4,216 | 2    | 103 |     |       | 795  | 2.5  | 7.0   |
|          |       | ,443 |     |     |       |      |      |       |
+----------+-------+------+-----+-----+-------+------+------+-------+
| North    | 1     | 2    | 250 | 105 | 145   | 1    | 0.0  | 9.5   |
| Carolina | 2,137 | ,060 |     |     |       | ,934 |      |       |
+----------+-------+------+-----+-----+-------+------+------+-------+
| Ohio     | 2     | 2    | 586 |     |       | 4    | 4.0  | 18.5  |
|          | 5,815 | ,270 |     |     |       | ,811 |      |       |
+----------+-------+------+-----+-----+-------+------+------+-------+
| Penn     | 2     | 2    | 532 | 513 | 19    | 4    | 2.0  | 12.5  |
| sylvania | 2,031 | ,415 |     |     |       | ,288 |      |       |
+----------+-------+------+-----+-----+-------+------+------+-------+
| South    | 4,644 | 2    | 99  | 77  | 22    | 795  | 4.5  | 25.5  |
| Carolina |       | ,132 |     |     |       |      |      |       |
+----------+-------+------+-----+-----+-------+------+------+-------+
| Texas    | 1     | 2    | 418 |     |       | 3    | 5.0  | 24.0  |
|          | 8,502 | ,259 |     |     |       | ,028 |      |       |
+----------+-------+------+-----+-----+-------+------+------+-------+
| Virginia | 3,196 | 2    | 66  | 30  | 36    | 529  | 3.0  | 19.5  |
|          |       | ,065 |     |     |       |      |      |       |
+----------+-------+------+-----+-----+-------+------+------+-------+
| Wa       | 4,596 | 2    | 107 |     |       | 870  | 5.5  | 45.0  |
| shington |       | ,328 |     |     |       |      |      |       |
+----------+-------+------+-----+-----+-------+------+------+-------+
| Other    | 4     | 2    | 516 | 384 | 132   | 4    | 2.8  | 24.1  |
| States   | 5,610 | ,188 |     |     |       | ,091 |      |       |
+----------+-------+------+-----+-----+-------+------+------+-------+
| United   | 33    | 2    | 7,  | 6,  | 1,138 | 60   | 3.4  | 23.4  |
| States   | 8,975 | ,234 | 574 | 436 |       | ,049 |      |       |
+----------+-------+------+-----+-----+-------+------+------+-------+
| ^1/^     |       |      |     |     |       |      |      |       |
| Pr       |       |      |     |     |       |      |      |       |
| oduction |       |      |     |     |       |      |      |       |
| year     |       |      |     |     |       |      |      |       |
| begins   |       |      |     |     |       |      |      |       |
| December |       |      |     |     |       |      |      |       |
| 1.       |       |      |     |     |       |      |      |       |
+----------+-------+------+-----+-----+-------+------+------+-------+

> **HATCHERY PRODUCTION**
>
> **[Florida]{.smallcaps}**
>
> The July hatch of broiler-type chicks, at 5,233,000, was five percent
> above a year earlier. Broiler-type eggs in incubators on August 1, at
> 3,837,000, was five percent below a year ago.
>
> **[United States]{.smallcaps}**
>
> Broiler-type chicks hatched during July 2007 totaled 821 million, up
> two percent from July 2006. Eggs in incubators totaled 676 million on
> August 1, 2007, up two percent from a year earlier.
>
> Leading breeders placed 6.91 million broiler-type pullet chicks for
> future domestic hatchery supply flocks during July 2007, up seven
> percent from July 2006.
>
> Egg-type chicks hatched during July 2007 totaled 35.6 million, up nine
> percent from July 2006. Eggs in incubators totaled 33.7 million on
> August 1, 2007, up ten percent from a year ago.
>
> Domestic placements of egg-type pullet chicks for future hatchery
> supply flocks by leading breeders totaled 183,000 during July 2007,
> down 43 percent from July 2006.

+-----------------------------------+-----------+-----------+---+--------+
| **[Hatchery production, United    |           |           |   |        |
| States]{.smallcaps}**             |           |           |   |        |
+-----------------------------------+-----------+-----------+---+--------+
| Item                              | 2006      | 2007      | 2 |        |
|                                   |           |           | 0 |        |
|                                   |           |           | 0 |        |
|                                   |           |           | 7 |        |
|                                   |           |           |   |        |
|                                   |           |           | \ |        |
|                                   |           |           | % |        |
|                                   |           |           | o |        |
|                                   |           |           | f |        |
|                                   |           |           |   |        |
|                                   |           |           | 2 |        |
|                                   |           |           | 0 |        |
|                                   |           |           | 0 |        |
|                                   |           |           | 6 |        |
+-----------------------------------+-----------+-----------+---+--------+
|                                   | *- -      |           |   |        |
|                                   | Th        |           |   |        |
|                                   | ousands - |           |   |        |
|                                   | -*        |           |   |        |
+-----------------------------------+-----------+-----------+---+--------+
| **[Egg-Type:]{.smallcaps}**       | 30,776    | 33,713    | 1 |        |
|                                   |           |           | 1 |        |
| > Eggs in incubators: August 1    |           |           | 0 |        |
+-----------------------------------+-----------+-----------+---+--------+
| > Chicks hatched during July      | 32,727    | 35,560    | 1 |        |
|                                   |           |           | 0 |        |
|                                   |           |           | 9 |        |
+-----------------------------------+-----------+-----------+---+--------+
| > Pullets hatched during July     | 319       | 183       | 5 |        |
| >                                 |           |           | 7 |        |
| > for intended placements         |           |           |   |        |
| >                                 |           |           |   |        |
| > in hatchery supply flocks       |           |           |   |        |
+-----------------------------------+-----------+-----------+---+--------+
| > 7-18 months earlier ^1/^        | 2,835     | 2,873     | 1 |        |
|                                   |           |           | 0 |        |
|                                   |           |           | 1 |        |
+-----------------------------------+-----------+-----------+---+--------+
| **[Broiler-Type]{.smallcaps}**:   |           |           |   |        |
+-----------------------------------+-----------+-----------+---+--------+
| > Eggs in incubators: August 1    | 661,365   | 675,750   |   | 102    |
+-----------------------------------+-----------+-----------+---+--------+
| > Chicks hatched during July      | 801,537   | 820,865   |   | 102    |
+-----------------------------------+-----------+-----------+---+--------+
| > Pullets hatched during July     | 6,456     | 6,912     |   | 107    |
| >                                 |           |           |   |        |
| > for intended placements         |           |           |   |        |
| >                                 |           |           |   |        |
| > in hatchery supply flocks       |           |           |   |        |
+-----------------------------------+-----------+-----------+---+--------+
| > 7-15 months earlier ^2/^        | 64,319    | 64,448    |   | 100    |
+-----------------------------------+-----------+-----------+---+--------+
| ^1/^2007 includes pullet chicks   |           |           |   |        |
| hatched Jan 2006 through Dec      |           |           |   |        |
| 2006.                             |           |           |   |        |
|                                   |           |           |   |        |
| ^2/^2007 includes pullet chicks   |           |           |   |        |
| hatched April 2006 through Dec    |           |           |   |        |
| 2006.                             |           |           |   |        |
+-----------------------------------+-----------+-----------+---+--------+

**MILK PRODUCTION**

**[Florida]{.smallcaps}**

Florida dairy farms produced 175 million pounds of milk during July
2007, one percent below the previous July. Production per cow in July of
1,380 pounds was two percent above July of last year. Milk cow numbers
on Florida dairy farms in July totaled 127,000, five percent below last
year.

**[United States]{.smallcaps}**

Milk production in the 23 major States during July totaled 14.5 billion
pounds, up 3.9 percent from July 2006. June revised production, at 14.2
billion pounds, was up 1.2 percent from June 2006. The June revision
represented an increase of 6.0 million pounds from last month's
preliminary production estimate.

Production per cow in the 23 major States averaged 1,743 pounds for
July, 55 pounds above July 2006.

The number of milk cows on farms in the 23 major States was 8.31 million
head, 50,000 head more than July 2006, and 14,000 head more than June
2007

+----------------------+-------+-----------+------------+------------+
| **[Milk cows and     |       |           |            |            |
| production, Florida  |       |           |            |            |
| and                  |       |           |            |            |
| U.S.]{.smallcaps}**  |       |           |            |            |
+----------------------+-------+-----------+------------+------------+
| Month                |       | Milk      | Monthly    |            |
|                      |       |           | milk       |            |
| and year             |       | cows      |            |            |
|                      |       |           | production |            |
+----------------------+-------+-----------+------------+------------+
|                      |       |           | Per cow    | Monthly    |
|                      |       |           |            | Total      |
+----------------------+-------+-----------+------------+------------+
|                      |       | *Thous.*  | *Lbs.*     | *Mil.      |
|                      |       |           |            | Lbs.*      |
+----------------------+-------+-----------+------------+------------+
| **[Flo               |       |           |            |            |
| rida:]{.smallcaps}** |       |           |            |            |
+----------------------+-------+-----------+------------+------------+
| July                 | 2006  | 131       | 1,350      | 177        |
+----------------------+-------+-----------+------------+------------+
| June                 | 2007  | 126       | 1,415      | 185        |
+----------------------+-------+-----------+------------+------------+
| July                 | 2007  | 127       | 1,380      | 175        |
+----------------------+-------+-----------+------------+------------+
| **[23 Major          |       |           |            |            |
| St                   |       |           |            |            |
| ates]{.smallcaps}**: |       |           |            |            |
+----------------------+-------+-----------+------------+------------+
| July                 | 2006  | 8,258     | 1,688      | 13,937     |
+----------------------+-------+-----------+------------+------------+
| June                 | 2007  | 8,294     | 1,713      | 14,204     |
+----------------------+-------+-----------+------------+------------+
| July                 | 2007  | 8,308     | 1,743      | 14,483     |
+----------------------+-------+-----------+------------+------------+
| **[United            |       |           |            |            |
| St                   |       |           |            |            |
| ates]{.smallcaps}**: |       |           |            |            |
+----------------------+-------+-----------+------------+------------+
| July                 | 2006  | 9,119     | 1,663      | 15,168     |
+----------------------+-------+-----------+------------+------------+
| June                 | 2007  | 9,135     | 1,695      | 15,476     |
+----------------------+-------+-----------+------------+------------+
| July                 | 2007  | 9,149     | 1,720      | 15,736     |
+----------------------+-------+-----------+------------+------------+

+---------+---------+---+--------+--------+--------+---+---------+---------+
| **[Milk |         |   |        |        |        |   |         |         |
| pro     |         |   |        |        |        |   |         |         |
| duction |         |   |        |        |        |   |         |         |
| by      |         |   |        |        |        |   |         |         |
| qu      |         |   |        |        |        |   |         |         |
| arters, |         |   |        |        |        |   |         |         |
| United  |         |   |        |        |        |   |         |         |
| States] |         |   |        |        |        |   |         |         |
| {.small |         |   |        |        |        |   |         |         |
| caps}** |         |   |        |        |        |   |         |         |
+---------+---------+---+--------+--------+--------+---+---------+---------+
| Month   | Milk    |   |        | Milk   |        | M |         |         |
|         | cows    |   |        | per    |        | i |         |         |
|         | ^1/^    |   |        | cow    |        | l |         |         |
|         |         |   |        | ^2/^   |        | k |         |         |
|         |         |   |        |        |        | P |         |         |
|         |         |   |        |        |        | r |         |         |
|         |         |   |        |        |        | o |         |         |
|         |         |   |        |        |        | d |         |         |
|         |         |   |        |        |        | u |         |         |
|         |         |   |        |        |        | c |         |         |
|         |         |   |        |        |        | t |         |         |
|         |         |   |        |        |        | i |         |         |
|         |         |   |        |        |        | o |         |         |
|         |         |   |        |        |        | n |         |         |
+---------+---------+---+--------+--------+--------+---+---------+---------+
|         | 2006    |   | 2007   | 2006   | 2007   | 2 |         | 2007    |
|         |         |   |        |        |        | 0 |         |         |
|         |         |   |        |        |        | 0 |         |         |
|         |         |   |        |        |        | 6 |         |         |
+---------+---------+---+--------+--------+--------+---+---------+---------+
|         | *Th     |   |        | *P     |        | * |         |         |
|         | ousand* |   |        | ounds* |        | M |         |         |
|         |         |   |        |        |        | i |         |         |
|         |         |   |        |        |        | l |         |         |
|         |         |   |        |        |        | . |         |         |
|         |         |   |        |        |        | L |         |         |
|         |         |   |        |        |        | b |         |         |
|         |         |   |        |        |        | s |         |         |
|         |         |   |        |        |        | . |         |         |
|         |         |   |        |        |        | * |         |         |
+---------+---------+---+--------+--------+--------+---+---------+---------+
| Jan-Mar | 9,092   | 9 |        | 5,010  | 5,039  |   | 45,547  | 46,006  |
|         |         | , |        |        |        |   |         |         |
|         |         | 1 |        |        |        |   |         |         |
|         |         | 3 |        |        |        |   |         |         |
|         |         | 0 |        |        |        |   |         |         |
+---------+---------+---+--------+--------+--------+---+---------+---------+
| Apr-Jun | 9,128   | 9 |        | 5,141  | 5,197  |   | 46,930  | 47,441  |
|         |         | , |        |        |        |   |         |         |
|         |         | 1 |        |        |        |   |         |         |
|         |         | 2 |        |        |        |   |         |         |
|         |         | 9 |        |        |        |   |         |         |
+---------+---------+---+--------+--------+--------+---+---------+---------+
| Jul-Sep | 9,113   |   |        | 4,906  |        |   | 44,710  |         |
+---------+---------+---+--------+--------+--------+---+---------+---------+
| Oct-Dec | 9,115   |   |        | 4,894  |        |   | 44,611  |         |
+---------+---------+---+--------+--------+--------+---+---------+---------+
| Annual  | 9,112   |   |        | 19,951 |        |   | 181,798 |         |
|         |         |   |        |        |        |   |         |         |
| Total   |         |   |        |        |        |   |         |         |
+---------+---------+---+--------+--------+--------+---+---------+---------+
| ^1/^    |         |   |        |        |        |   |         |         |
| I       |         |   |        |        |        |   |         |         |
| ncludes |         |   |        |        |        |   |         |         |
| dry     |         |   |        |        |        |   |         |         |
| cows.   |         |   |        |        |        |   |         |         |
| E       |         |   |        |        |        |   |         |         |
| xcludes |         |   |        |        |        |   |         |         |
| heifers |         |   |        |        |        |   |         |         |
| not yet |         |   |        |        |        |   |         |         |
| fresh.  |         |   |        |        |        |   |         |         |
|         |         |   |        |        |        |   |         |         |
| ^2/^    |         |   |        |        |        |   |         |         |
| E       |         |   |        |        |        |   |         |         |
| xcludes |         |   |        |        |        |   |         |         |
| milk    |         |   |        |        |        |   |         |         |
| fed to  |         |   |        |        |        |   |         |         |
| calves. |         |   |        |        |        |   |         |         |
+---------+---------+---+--------+--------+--------+---+---------+---------+

+--------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+---------+
| **[Commercial slaughter  |        |       |       |       |         |
| and red meat production, |        |       |       |       |         |
| Florida and United       |        |       |       |       |         |
| States]{.smallcaps}**    |        |       |       |       |         |
+--------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+---------+
| Source                   | July   | June  | July  | Year  | Year to |
|                          |        |       |       | to    |         |
| and kind                 | 2006   | 2007  | 2007  | date  | date    |
|                          |        |       |       |       |         |
|                          |        |       |       | 2006  | 2007    |
+--------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+---------+
| *                        |        |       |       |       |         |
| *[Florida]{.smallcaps}** |        |       |       |       |         |
+--------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+---------+
| > [Hogs:]{.smallcaps}    |        |       |       |       |         |
+--------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+---------+
| Head slaughtered (1,000  | 8      | 7     | 7     | 48    | 50      |
| head)                    |        |       |       |       |         |
+--------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+---------+
| > Total liveweight       | 1,004  | 1,958 | 1,024 | 6,486 | 7,346   |
| > (1,000 pounds)         |        |       |       |       |         |
+--------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+---------+
| > [Sheep and             |        |       |       |       |         |
| > Lambs:]{.smallcaps}    |        |       |       |       |         |
+--------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+---------+
| > Head slaughtered       | 0.1    | 0.2   | 0.2   | 1.7   | 1.4     |
| > (1,000 head)           |        |       |       |       |         |
+--------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+---------+
| > Total liveweight       | 7      | 10    | 15    | 105   | 82      |
| > (1,000 pounds)         |        |       |       |       |         |
+--------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+---------+
| Red meat production      | 5.2    | 7.1   | 6.7   | 35.3  | 48.7    |
| (million pounds)         |        |       |       |       |         |
+--------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+---------+
| **[United                |        |       |       |       |         |
| States]{.smallcaps}**    |        |       |       |       |         |
+--------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+---------+
| > [Cattle:]{.smallcaps}  |        |       |       |       |         |
+--------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+---------+
| Head slaughtered (1,000  | 2,834  | 3,077 | 2,902 | 1     | 19,886  |
| head)                    |        |       |       | 9,484 |         |
+--------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+---------+
| > Total liveweight       | 3,598  | 3,834 | 3,672 | 2     | 24,930  |
| > (million pounds)       |        |       |       | 4,562 |         |
+--------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+---------+
| > Average liveweight     | 1,273  | 1,250 | 1,269 | 1,265 | 1,258   |
| > (pounds)               |        |       |       |       |         |
+--------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+---------+
| > Beef production        | 2,214  | 2,349 | 2,256 | 1     | 15,140  |
| > (million pounds)       |        |       |       | 5,019 |         |
+--------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+---------+
| > [Calves:]{.smallcaps}  |        |       |       |       |         |
+--------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+---------+
| > Head slaughtered       | 58     | 61    | 63    | 390   | 452     |
| > (1,000 head)           |        |       |       |       |         |
+--------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+---------+
| > Total liveweight       | 19     | 19    | 18    | 138   | 144     |
| > (million pounds)       |        |       |       |       |         |
+--------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+---------+
| Average liveweight       | 325    | 307   | 289   | 354   | 320     |
| (pounds)                 |        |       |       |       |         |
+--------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+---------+
| > Veal production        | 11     | 11    | 11    | 82    | 86      |
| > (million pounds)       |        |       |       |       |         |
+--------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+---------+
| > [Hogs:]{.smallcaps}    |        |       |       |       |         |
+--------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+---------+
| > Head slaughtered       | 7,882  | 8,297 | 8,397 | 5     | 60,606  |
| > (1,000 head)           |        |       |       | 8,928 |         |
+--------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+---------+
| > Total liveweight       | 2,075  | 2,210 | 2,217 | 1     | 16,268  |
| > (million pounds)       |        |       |       | 5,879 |         |
+--------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+---------+
| Average liveweight       | 263    | 267   | 264   | 270   | 269     |
| (pounds)                 |        |       |       |       |         |
+--------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+---------+
| > Pork production        | 1,553  | 1,654 | 1,659 | 1     | 12,182  |
| > (million pounds)       |        |       |       | 1,896 |         |
+--------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+---------+
| > [Sheep and             |        |       |       |       |         |
| > Lambs:]{.smallcaps}    |        |       |       |       |         |
+--------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+---------+
| > Head slaughtered       | 202    | 200   | 205   | 1,564 | 1,540   |
| > (1,000 head)           |        |       |       |       |         |
+--------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+---------+
| > Total liveweight       | 26     | 27    | 27    | 217   | 203     |
| > (1,000 pounds)         |        |       |       |       |         |
+--------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+---------+
| > Lamb and Mutton        | 13     | 14    | 14    | 110   | 107     |
+--------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+---------+
| Red meat production      | 3,791  | 4,028 | 3,939 | 2     | 27,515  |
| (million pounds)         |        |       |       | 7,107 |         |
+--------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+---------+
|                          |        |       |       |       |         |
+--------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+---------+

> **LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER**
>
> Commercial red meat production in Florida for July 2007 was at 6.7
> million pounds, 29 percent above same month last year. Commercial
> production of red meat in the United States for July 3.94 billion
> pounds was four percent above 2006.