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     National                                         February 1997             
     Agricultural                                                               
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               Co St 1 (97)                                                     
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                           Cold Storage                                         
                           1996 Summary                                         
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                       Cold Storage Annual                                      
                           1996 Summary                                         
                                                                                
                                                      February 1997             
                                                                                
               Fresh Fruit:  Stocks in Cold Storage by Region and               
                          United States, Monthly, 1996                          
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                  :                           Region                            
     Commodity    :-------------------------------------------------------------
        and       :           :           :   East    :    West    :            
       Month      :    New    :  Middle   :   North   :   North    :   South    
                  :  England  : Atlantic  :  Central  :  Central   :  Atlantic  
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                  :                        1,000 Pounds                         
                  :                                                             
Apples            :                                                             
  Regular Storage :                                                             
    Jan           :                                                             
    Feb           :                                                             
    Mar           :                                                             
    Apr           :                                                             
    May           :                                                             
    Jun           :                                                             
    Jul           :                                                             
    Aug           :                                                             
    Sep           :                                                             
    Oct           :                                                             
    Nov           :                                                             
    Dec           :                                                             
  Controlled      :                                                             
   Atmosphere     :                                                             
    Jan           :                                                             
    Feb           :                                                             
    Mar           :                                                             
    Apr           :                                                             
    May           :                                                             
    Jun           :                                                             
    Jul           :                                                             
    Aug           :                                                             
    Sep           :                                                             
    Oct           :                                                             
    Nov           :                                                             
    Dec           :                                                             
  Total Apples    :                                                             
    Jan           :   67,428     429,591     289,847      1,325       147,113   
    Feb           :   48,122     333,562     196,159         18       112,436   
    Mar           :   32,148     237,324     125,369          2        76,529   
    Apr           :   19,206     159,153      66,581          4        36,290   
    May           :    8,610      85,271      22,964          2        15,499   
    Jun           :    1,718      39,228          34          3         8,492   
    Jul 1/        :                                                             
    Aug 1/        :                                                             
    Sep           :        5     249,312      12,320         68       135,428   
    Oct           :  102,960     596,813     369,729      8,300       376,078   
    Nov           :   78,905     571,831     335,437      2,590       280,318   
    Dec           :   66,960     492,282     272,913      2,058       209,864   
Pears             :                                                             
  Bartlett        :                                                             
    Jan           :                                                             
    Feb           :                                                             
    Mar           :                                                             
    Apr           :                                                             
    May           :                                                             
    Jun           :                                                             
    Jul           :                                                             
    Aug           :                                                             
    Sep           :                                                             
    Oct           :                                                             
    Nov           :                                                             
    Dec           :                                                             
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See footnotes at end of table.                                       --continued
                                                                                
               Fresh Fruit:  Stocks in Cold Storage by Region and               
                    United States, Monthly, 1996 (continued)                    
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  :                           Region                            
     Commodity    :-------------------------------------------------------------
        and       :   East    :   West    :           :            :            
       Month      :   South   :   South   : Mountain  :  Pacific   :     US     
                  :  Central  :  Central  :           :            :   Total    
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                  :                        1,000 Pounds                         
                  :                                                             
Apples            :                                                             
  Regular Storage :                                                             
    Jan           :                                                    400,068  
    Feb           :                                                    257,114  
    Mar           :                                                    124,405  
    Apr           :                                                     69,733  
    May           :                                                     23,093  
    Jun           :                                                     10,175  
    Jul           :                                                     11,462  
    Aug           :                                                     19,067  
    Sep           :                                                    960,669  
    Oct           :                                                  2,145,191  
    Nov           :                                                  1,495,718  
    Dec           :                                                    941,523  
  Controlled      :                                                             
   Atmosphere     :                                                             
    Jan           :                                                  2,909,565  
    Feb           :                                                  2,391,983  
    Mar           :                                                  1,866,527  
    Apr           :                                                  1,358,042  
    May           :                                                    885,712  
    Jun           :                                                    534,309  
    Jul           :                                                    171,703  
    Aug           :                                                     32,946  
    Sep           :                                                  1,897,961  
    Oct           :                                                  3,953,994  
    Nov           :                                                  3,911,336  
    Dec           :                                                  3,731,341  
  Total Apples    :                                                             
    Jan           :               1,096       18,943    2,354,290    3,309,633  
    Feb           :                 939        7,542    1,950,319    2,649,097  
    Mar           :                 175        2,367    1,517,018    1,990,932  
    Apr           :                              476    1,146,065    1,427,775  
    May           :                                       776,459      908,805  
    Jun           :                                       495,009      544,484  
    Jul 1/        :                                                    183,165  
    Aug 1/        :                                                     52,013  
    Sep           :                  32                 2,461,465    2,858,630  
    Oct           :    84         3,225      157,309    4,484,687    6,099,185  
    Nov           :    19         1,568      124,201    4,012,185    5,407,054  
    Dec           :                  38       96,289    3,532,460    4,672,864  
Pears             :                                                             
  Bartlett        :                                                             
    Jan           :                                                        529  
    Feb           :                                                         28  
    Mar           :                                                          4  
    Apr           :                                                          1  
    May           :                                                             
    Jun           :                                                             
    Jul           :                                                     14,639  
    Aug           :                                                    109,874  
    Sep           :                                                     73,983  
    Oct           :                                                     31,492  
    Nov           :                                                      5,996  
    Dec           :                                                        117  
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See footnotes at end of table.                                       --continued
                                                                                
               Fresh Fruit:  Stocks in Cold Storage by Region and               
                    United States, Monthly, 1996 (continued)                    
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  :                           Region                            
     Commodity    :-------------------------------------------------------------
        and       :           :           :   East    :    West    :            
       Month      :    New    :  Middle   :   North   :   North    :   South    
                  :  England  : Atlantic  :  Central  :  Central   :  Atlantic  
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  :                        1,000 Pounds                         
                  :                                                             
Pears             :                                                             
  Other Varieties :                                                             
    Jan           :                                                             
    Feb           :                                                             
    Mar           :                                                             
    Apr           :                                                             
    May           :                                                             
    Jun           :                                                             
    Jul           :                                                             
    Aug           :                                                             
    Sep           :                                                             
    Oct           :                                                             
    Nov           :                                                             
    Dec           :                                                             
  Total Pears     :                                                             
    Jan           :                                                             
    Feb           :                                                             
    Mar           :                                                             
    Apr           :                                                             
    May           :                                                             
    Jun           :                                                             
    Jul           :                                                             
    Aug           :                                                             
    Sep           :                                                             
    Oct           :                                                             
    Nov           :                                                             
    Dec           :                                                             
Grapes            :                                                             
  Jan             :                                                             
  Feb             :                                                             
  Mar             :                                                             
  Apr             :                                                             
  May             :                                                             
  Jun             :                                                             
  Jul             :                                                             
  Aug             :                                                             
  Sep             :                                                             
  Oct             :                                                             
  Nov             :                                                             
  Dec             :                                                             
Other Fresh       :                                                             
 Fruit            :                                                             
  Jan             :                                                             
  Feb             :                                                             
  Mar             :                                                             
  Apr             :                                                             
  May             :                                                             
  Jun             :                                                             
  Jul             :                                                             
  Aug             :                                                             
  Sep             :                                                             
  Oct             :                                                             
  Nov             :                                                             
  Dec             :                                                             
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                                                                     --continued
                                                                                
               Fresh Fruit:  Stocks in Cold Storage by Region and               
                    United States, Monthly, 1996 (continued)                    
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  :                           Region                            
     Commodity    :-------------------------------------------------------------
        and       :   East    :   West    :           :            :            
       Month      :   South   :   South   : Mountain  :  Pacific   :     US     
                  :  Central  :  Central  :           :            :   Total    
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  :                        1,000 Pounds                         
                  :                                                             
Pears             :                                                             
  Other Varieties :                                                             
    Jan           :                                                   292,556   
    Feb           :                                                   208,094   
    Mar           :                                                   122,093   
    Apr           :                                                    60,229   
    May           :                                                    21,599   
    Jun           :                                                     3,938   
    Jul           :                                                     1,624   
    Aug           :                                                     4,151   
    Sep           :                                                   257,173   
    Oct           :                                                   334,680   
    Nov           :                                                   275,338   
    Dec           :                                                   209,215   
  Total Pears     :                                                             
    Jan           :                                                   293,085   
    Feb           :                                                   208,122   
    Mar           :                                                   122,097   
    Apr           :                                                    60,230   
    May           :                                                    21,599   
    Jun           :                                                     3,938   
    Jul           :                                                    16,263   
    Aug           :                                                   114,025   
    Sep           :                                                   331,156   
    Oct           :                                                   366,172   
    Nov           :                                                   281,334   
    Dec           :                                                   209,332   
Grapes            :                                                             
  Jan             :                                                    17,508   
  Feb             :                                                    12,556   
  Mar             :                                                    17,330   
  Apr             :                                                     7,118   
  May             :                                                     1,843   
  Jun             :                                                        32   
  Jul             :                                                    16,400   
  Aug             :                                                    47,965   
  Sep             :                                                   218,829   
  Oct             :                                                   128,013   
  Nov             :                                                    45,236   
  Dec             :                                                     2,390   
Other Fresh       :                                                             
 Fruit            :                                                             
  Jan             :                                                     9,561   
  Feb             :                                                     3,549   
  Mar             :                                                     5,182   
  Apr             :                                                     3,462   
  May             :                                                     7,273   
  Jun             :                                                    19,927   
  Jul             :                                                    36,663   
  Aug             :                                                    28,928   
  Sep             :                                                    23,725   
  Oct             :                                                    20,825   
  Nov             :                                                    15,207   
  Dec             :                                                    15,412   
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1/  Regional totals not shown to avoid disclosure of individual operations.     
                                                                                
          Dried Fruit and Fresh Vegetables:  Stocks in Cold Storage by          
                     Region and United States, Monthly, 1996                    
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                    :                          Region                           
      Commodity     :-----------------------------------------------------------
         and        :           :           :   East    :   West    :           
        Month       :    New    :  Middle   :   North   :   North   :   South   
                    :  England  : Atlantic  :  Central  :  Central  : Atlantic  
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                    :                       1,000 Pounds                        
                    :                                                           
Dried and           :                                                           
 Evaporated Fruit   :                                                           
    Jan             :                                                           
    Feb             :                                                           
    Mar             :                                                           
    Apr             :                                                           
    May             :                                                           
    Jun             :                                                           
    Jul             :                                                           
    Aug             :                                                           
    Sep             :                                                           
    Oct             :                                                           
    Nov             :                                                           
    Dec             :                                                           
Fresh Vegetables    :                                                           
  Onions            :                                                           
    Jan             :                                                           
    Feb             :                                                           
    Mar             :                                                           
    Apr             :                                                           
    May             :                                                           
    Jun             :                                                           
    Jul             :                                                           
    Aug             :                                                           
    Sep             :                                                           
    Oct             :                                                           
    Nov             :                                                           
    Dec             :                                                           
Other Fresh         :                                                           
 Vegetables         :                                                           
    Jan             :                                                           
    Feb             :                                                           
    Mar             :                                                           
    Apr             :                                                           
    May             :                                                           
    Jun             :                                                           
    Jul             :                                                           
    Aug             :                                                           
    Sep             :                                                           
    Oct             :                                                           
    Nov             :                                                           
    Dec             :                                                           
Total Fresh         :                                                           
 Vegetables         :                                                           
    Jan             :                                                           
    Feb             :                                                           
    Mar             :                                                           
    Apr             :                                                           
    May             :                                                           
    Jun             :                                                           
    Jul             :                                                           
    Aug             :                                                           
    Sep             :                                                           
    Oct             :                                                           
    Nov             :                                                           
    Dec             :                                                           
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                                                                     --continued
                                                                                
          Dried Fruit and Fresh Vegetables:  Stocks in Cold Storage by          
               Region and United States, Monthly, 1996 (continued)              
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                    :                          Region                           
      Commodity     :-----------------------------------------------------------
         and        :   East    :   West    :           :           :           
        Month       :   South   :   South   : Mountain  :  Pacific  :    US     
                    :  Central  :  Central  :           :           :   Total   
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                    :                       1,000 Pounds                        
                    :                                                           
Dried and           :                                                           
 Evaporated Fruit   :                                                           
    Jan             :                                                   10,071  
    Feb             :                                                   10,413  
    Mar             :                                                   12,112  
    Apr             :                                                   13,738  
    May             :                                                   13,830  
    Jun             :                                                   12,493  
    Jul             :                                                   14,924  
    Aug             :                                                   16,313  
    Sep             :                                                   12,183  
    Oct             :                                                   11,207  
    Nov             :                                                   12,888  
    Dec             :                                                   10,579  
Fresh Vegetables    :                                                           
  Onions            :                                                           
    Jan             :                                                    1,115  
    Feb             :                                                    1,986  
    Mar             :                                                      744  
    Apr             :                                                      579  
    May             :                                                    1,358  
    Jun             :                                                    1,535  
    Jul             :                                                    1,276  
    Aug             :                                                    1,682  
    Sep             :                                                    5,273  
    Oct             :                                                   18,895  
    Nov             :                                                   16,084  
    Dec             :                                                   13,779  
Other Fresh         :                                                           
 Vegetables         :                                                           
    Jan             :                                                  107,415  
    Feb             :                                                   90,975  
    Mar             :                                                   72,141  
    Apr             :                                                   49,101  
    May             :                                                   15,757  
    Jun             :                                                   18,343  
    Jul             :                                                   13,807  
    Aug             :                                                   12,145  
    Sep             :                                                    9,270  
    Oct             :                                                   45,845  
    Nov             :                                                   65,729  
    Dec             :                                                  111,822  
Total Fresh         :                                                           
 Vegetables         :                                                           
    Jan             :                                                  108,530  
    Feb             :                                                   92,961  
    Mar             :                                                   72,885  
    Apr             :                                                   49,680  
    May             :                                                   17,115  
    Jun             :                                                   19,878  
    Jul             :                                                   15,083  
    Aug             :                                                   13,827  
    Sep             :                                                   14,543  
    Oct             :                                                   64,740  
    Nov             :                                                   81,813  
    Dec             :                                                  125,601  
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                   Nuts:  Stocks in Cold Storage by Region and                  
                          United States, Monthly, 1996                          
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                  :                           Region                            
     Commodity    :-------------------------------------------------------------
        and       :           :           :   East    :    West    :            
       Month      :    New    :  Middle   :   North   :   North    :   South    
                  :  England  : Atlantic  :  Central  :  Central   :  Atlantic  
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  :                        1,000 Pounds                         
                  :                                                             
Shelled           :                                                             
  Peanuts         :                                                             
    Jan           :                 66         120          25        161,778   
    Feb           :                116         203          25        169,695   
    Mar           :                 51         205          26        161,826   
    Apr           :                 54         226          28        199,824   
    May           :                 81         350          29        213,481   
    Jun           :                 70         257          29        204,950   
    Jul           :                197         184          25        149,815   
    Aug           :                 44         252          17         92,425   
    Sep           :                 26         196          11         63,679   
    Oct           :                 71         264          14         70,828   
    Nov           :                 69         270          16         93,731   
    Dec           :                  2         265          17        114,460   
  Pecans 1/       :                                                             
    Jan           :                                                    11,908   
    Feb           :                 55                                 10,618   
    Mar           :                 72                                 12,792   
    Apr           :                101                                 13,540   
    May           :                 77                                 12,861   
    Jun           :                 99                                 12,989   
    Jul           :                111                                 13,334   
    Aug           :                125                                 11,698   
    Sep           :                105                                 10,341   
    Oct           :                114                                  7,352   
    Nov           :                 98                                  6,635   
    Dec           :                 60                                  8,778   
  Other Shelled   :                                                             
    Jan           :                                                             
    Feb           :                                                             
    Mar           :                                                             
    Apr           :                                                             
    May           :                                                             
    Jun           :                                                             
    Jul           :                                                             
    Aug           :                                                             
    Sep           :                                                             
    Oct           :                                                             
    Nov           :                                                             
    Dec           :                                                             
  Total Shelled   :                                                             
   Nuts           :                                                             
    Jan           :                                                             
    Feb           :                                                             
    Mar           :                                                             
    Apr           :                                                             
    May           :                                                             
    Jun           :                                                             
    Jul           :                                                             
    Aug           :                                                             
    Sep           :                                                             
    Oct           :                                                             
    Nov           :                                                             
    Dec           :                                                             
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See footnotes at end of table.                                       --continued
                                                                                
                   Nuts:  Stocks in Cold Storage by Region and                  
                    United States, Monthly, 1996 (continued)                    
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                  :                           Region                            
     Commodity    :-------------------------------------------------------------
        and       :   East    :   West    :           :            :            
       Month      :   South   :   South   : Mountain  :  Pacific   :     US     
                  :  Central  :  Central  :           :            :   Total    
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  :                        1,000 Pounds                         
                  :                                                             
Shelled           :                                                             
  Peanuts         :                                                             
    Jan           :  44,664      73,275        112          96        280,136   
    Feb           :  38,954      74,908        100         136        284,137   
    Mar           :  48,455      82,777        118          71        293,529   
    Apr           :  44,647      90,721        103         112        335,715   
    May           :  48,580      95,687        113         112        358,433   
    Jun           :  54,802      87,789         98         107        348,102   
    Jul           :  39,723      68,923        146          75        259,088   
    Aug           :  19,060      32,247        119          90        144,254   
    Sep           :  17,432      21,234        111         110        102,799   
    Oct           :  22,840      39,650        120         640        134,427   
    Nov           :  28,377      58,939        118         779        182,299   
    Dec           :  33,078      66,921        106         853        215,702   
  Pecans 1/       :                                                             
    Jan           :     537      17,630                    707         30,782   
    Feb           :     606      20,840                    594         32,713   
    Mar           :     699      25,371                    687         39,621   
    Apr           :     714      28,507                    787         43,649   
    May           :     784      30,608                    819         45,149   
    Jun           :     758      33,684                    731         48,261   
    Jul           :     662      38,149                    732         52,988   
    Aug           :     523      35,219                    598         48,163   
    Sep           :     324      32,606                    503         43,879   
    Oct           :     196      25,404                    454         33,520   
    Nov           :     390      22,730                    166         30,019   
    Dec           :     240      25,590                    126         34,794   
  Other Shelled   :                                                             
    Jan           :                                                   113,148   
    Feb           :                                                   115,289   
    Mar           :                                                   122,067   
    Apr           :                                                   118,714   
    May           :                                                   108,077   
    Jun           :                                                   106,217   
    Jul           :                                                    87,918   
    Aug           :                                                    72,458   
    Sep           :                                                    56,875   
    Oct           :                                                    72,930   
    Nov           :                                                    85,970   
    Dec           :                                                    94,886   
  Total Shelled   :                                                             
   Nuts           :                                                             
    Jan           :                                                   424,066   
    Feb           :                                                   432,139   
    Mar           :                                                   455,217   
    Apr           :                                                   498,078   
    May           :                                                   511,659   
    Jun           :                                                   502,580   
    Jul           :                                                   399,994   
    Aug           :                                                   264,875   
    Sep           :                                                   203,553   
    Oct           :                                                   240,877   
    Nov           :                                                   298,288   
    Dec           :                                                   345,382   
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See footnotes at end of table.                                       --continued
                                                                                
                   Nuts:  Stocks in Cold Storage by Region and                  
                    United States, Monthly, 1996 (continued)                    
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                  :                           Region                            
     Commodity    :-------------------------------------------------------------
        and       :           :           :   East    :    West    :            
       Month      :    New    :  Middle   :   North   :   North    :   South    
                  :  England  : Atlantic  :  Central  :  Central   :  Atlantic  
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  :                        1,000 Pounds                         
                  :                                                             
In-Shell          :                                                             
  Peanuts         :                                                             
    Jan           :                                                             
    Feb           :                                                             
    Mar           :                                                             
    Apr           :                                                             
    May           :                                                             
    Jun           :                                                             
    Jul           :                                                             
    Aug           :                                                             
    Sep           :                                                             
    Oct           :                                                             
    Nov           :                                                             
    Dec           :                                                             
  Pecans 1/       :                                                             
    Jan           :                                                    35,889   
    Feb           :                                                    33,079   
    Mar           :                 16                                 25,729   
    Apr           :                 13                                 20,863   
    May           :                                                    15,171   
    Jun           :                                                     9,849   
    Jul           :                153                                  6,510   
    Aug           :                106                                  4,804   
    Sep           :                 57                                  1,273   
    Oct           :                 14                                  4,372   
    Nov           :                 16                                  9,211   
    Dec           :                 11                                 23,373   
  Other In-Shell  :                                                             
    Jan           :                                                             
    Feb           :                                                             
    Mar           :                                                             
    Apr           :                                                             
    May           :                                                             
    Jun           :                                                             
    Jul           :                                                             
    Aug           :                                                             
    Sep           :                                                             
    Oct           :                                                             
    Nov           :                                                             
    Dec           :                                                             
  Total In-Shell  :                                                             
   Nuts           :                                                             
    Jan           :                                                             
    Feb           :                                                             
    Mar           :                                                             
    Apr           :                                                             
    May           :                                                             
    Jun           :                                                             
    Jul           :                                                             
    Aug           :                                                             
    Sep           :                                                             
    Oct           :                                                             
    Nov           :                                                             
    Dec           :                                                             
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See footnotes at end of table.                                       --continued
                                                                                
                   Nuts:  Stocks in Cold Storage by Region and                  
                    United States, Monthly, 1996 (continued)                    
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                  :                           Region                            
     Commodity    :-------------------------------------------------------------
        and       :   East    :   West    :           :            :            
       Month      :   South   :   South   : Mountain  :  Pacific   :     US     
                  :  Central  :  Central  :           :            :   Total    
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  :                        1,000 Pounds                         
                  :                                                             
In-Shell          :                                                             
  Peanuts         :                                                             
    Jan           :                                                    14,494   
    Feb           :                                                    16,809   
    Mar           :                                                    23,154   
    Apr           :                                                    25,271   
    May           :                                                    19,698   
    Jun           :                                                    14,164   
    Jul           :                                                    10,830   
    Aug           :                                                     5,340   
    Sep           :                                                     2,329   
    Oct           :                                                     9,834   
    Nov           :                                                    22,079   
    Dec           :                                                    20,469   
  Pecans 1/       :                                                             
    Jan           :   2,197      115,382                    87        153,555   
    Feb           :   1,964      111,895                    84        147,022   
    Mar           :   1,821      107,284                    72        134,922   
    Apr           :   1,614       95,611                    59        118,160   
    May           :   1,439       85,463                    51        102,124   
    Jun           :   1,332       71,193                    41         82,415   
    Jul           :   1,332       56,835                    31         64,861   
    Aug           :   1,332       38,228                    21         44,491   
    Sep           :     806       21,603                    11         23,750   
    Oct           :     131       11,361                     8         15,886   
    Nov           :   1,943       16,121                               27,291   
    Dec           :   2,407       44,805                               70,596   
  Other In-Shell  :                                                             
    Jan           :                                                     7,491   
    Feb           :                                                     6,275   
    Mar           :                                                    63,991   
    Apr           :                                                    30,559   
    May           :                                                    64,547   
    Jun           :                                                    42,839   
    Jul           :                                                    12,200   
    Aug           :                                                    11,587   
    Sep           :                                                     9,812   
    Oct           :                                                    10,864   
    Nov           :                                                     9,903   
    Dec           :                                                     7,057   
  Total In-Shell  :                                                             
   Nuts           :                                                             
    Jan           :                                                   175,540   
    Feb           :                                                   170,106   
    Mar           :                                                   222,067   
    Apr           :                                                   173,990   
    May           :                                                   186,369   
    Jun           :                                                   139,418   
    Jul           :                                                    87,891   
    Aug           :                                                    61,418   
    Sep           :                                                    35,891   
    Oct           :                                                    36,584   
    Nov           :                                                    59,273   
    Dec           :                                                    98,122   
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1/  East North Central combined with South Atlantic.  Mountain and West North   
    Central combined with West South Central.                                   
                                                                                
              Dairy Products:  Stocks in Cold Storage by Region and             
                          United States, Monthly, 1996                          
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  :                           Region                            
     Commodity    :-------------------------------------------------------------
        and       :           :           :   East    :    West    :            
       Month      :    New    :  Middle   :   North   :   North    :   South    
                  :  England  : Atlantic  :  Central  :  Central   :  Atlantic  
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  :                        1,000 Pounds                         
                  :                                                             
Cream             :                                                             
    Jan           :                                                             
    Feb           :                                                             
    Mar           :                                                             
    Apr           :                                                             
    May           :                                                             
    Jun           :                                                             
    Jul           :                                                             
    Aug           :                                                             
    Sep           :                                                             
    Oct           :                                                             
    Nov           :                                                             
    Dec           :                                                             
Butter (Total)    :                                                             
    Jan           :   3,403       4,051       4,862       3,997        1,362    
    Feb           :   4,091       4,545       6,808       5,264        1,430    
    Mar           :   4,591       3,671       6,021       5,893        1,370    
    Apr           :   5,500       4,336       6,847       6,374        1,470    
    May           :   5,196       4,132       6,157       7,912        1,056    
    Jun           :   4,318       3,663       5,934       7,978          869    
    Jul           :   4,595       3,534       7,228       7,535          574    
    Aug           :   4,123       3,326       6,088       6,102          303    
    Sep           :   3,120       2,344       4,252       5,373          380    
    Oct           :   2,396       2,055       4,978       3,202          268    
    Nov           :   1,357       1,736       3,370       2,654          257    
    Dec           :   1,198       1,575       3,957       1,481          550    
Butter            :                                                             
 (Govt Owned)     :                                                             
    Jan           :                                                             
    Feb           :                                                             
    Mar           :                                                             
    Apr           :                                                             
    May           :                                                             
    Jun           :                                                             
    Jul           :                                                             
    Aug           :                                                             
    Sep           :                                                             
    Oct           :                                                             
    Nov           :                                                             
    Dec           :                                                             
Evaporated and    :                                                             
 Condensed Milk   :                                                             
    Jan           :                                                             
    Feb           :                                                             
    Mar           :                                                             
    Apr           :                                                             
    May           :                                                             
    Jun           :                                                             
    Jul           :                                                             
    Aug           :                                                             
    Sep           :                                                             
    Oct           :                                                             
    Nov           :                                                             
    Dec           :                                                             
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                                                                     --continued
                                                                                
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                    United States, Monthly, 1996 (continued)                    
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  :                           Region                            
     Commodity    :-------------------------------------------------------------
        and       :   East    :   West    :           :            :            
       Month      :   South   :   South   : Mountain  :  Pacific   :     US     
                  :  Central  :  Central  :           :            :   Total    
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  :                        1,000 Pounds                         
                  :                                                             
Cream             :                                                             
    Jan           :                                                     1,221   
    Feb           :                                                     1,349   
    Mar           :                                                     1,359   
    Apr           :                                                     1,412   
    May           :                                                     1,310   
    Jun           :                                                     1,618   
    Jul           :                                                     1,579   
    Aug           :                                                     1,356   
    Sep           :                                                     1,171   
    Oct           :                                                     1,172   
    Nov           :                                                     1,351   
    Dec           :                                                     1,570   
Butter (Total)    :                                                             
    Jan           :    717        2,030         959       4,095        25,476   
    Feb           :    705        5,432       1,338       4,057        33,670   
    Mar           :    541       22,164       1,796       2,657        48,704   
    Apr           :    503        8,929       1,629       4,176        39,764   
    May           :    505        3,672         527       4,827        33,984   
    Jun           :    494        1,602         366       4,457        29,681   
    Jul           :    520        1,297         450       5,921        31,654   
    Aug           :    473          950         614       5,320        27,299   
    Sep           :    413          561         497       4,491        21,431   
    Oct           :    353        2,143         383       4,767        20,545   
    Nov           :    314        3,424         349       4,167        17,628   
    Dec           :    256        1,193         389       3,108        13,707   
Butter            :                                                             
 (Govt Owned)     :                                                             
    Jan           :                                                     3,406   
    Feb           :                                                     3,512   
    Mar           :                                                     1,308   
    Apr           :                                                     2,524   
    May           :                                                       995   
    Jun           :                                                       804   
    Jul           :                                                       793   
    Aug           :                                                       843   
    Sep           :                                                       546   
    Oct           :                                                       277   
    Nov           :                                                       227   
    Dec           :                                                       294   
Evaporated and    :                                                             
 Condensed Milk   :                                                             
    Jan           :                                                       788   
    Feb           :                                                       924   
    Mar           :                                                       939   
    Apr           :                                                       887   
    May           :                                                       722   
    Jun           :                                                     1,193   
    Jul           :                                                     1,013   
    Aug           :                                                       692   
    Sep           :                                                       785   
    Oct           :                                                     1,117   
    Nov           :                                                       487   
    Dec           :                                                       275   
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                     --continued
                                                                                
              Dairy Products:  Stocks in Cold Storage by Region and             
                    United States, Monthly, 1996 (continued)                    
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  :                           Region                            
     Commodity    :-------------------------------------------------------------
        and       :           :           :   East    :    West    :            
       Month      :    New    :  Middle   :   North   :   North    :   South    
                  :  England  : Atlantic  :  Central  :  Central   :  Atlantic  
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  :                        1,000 Pounds                         
                  :                                                             
Natural Cheese    :                                                             
  American (Total):                                                             
    Jan           :  12,206      35,788      192,352      56,598         203    
    Feb           :  12,968      37,256      200,948      55,291         175    
    Mar           :  13,701      37,889      200,653      55,814         230    
    Apr           :  14,436      35,316      212,650      62,813         240    
    May           :  14,840      39,318      217,735      62,842         228    
    Jun           :  14,993      38,901      220,828      64,559         258    
    Jul           :  15,005      37,044      222,933      68,435         288    
    Aug           :  14,267      39,784      216,588      57,461         321    
    Sep           :  14,043      38,714      209,578      57,949         286    
    Oct           :  14,414      36,348      216,153      59,590         305    
    Nov           :  14,350      34,246      206,868      59,102         296    
    Dec           :  14,634      33,899      212,061      60,798         223    
  American        :                                                             
   (Govt Owned)   :                                                             
    Jan           :                                                             
    Feb           :                                                             
    Mar           :                                                             
    Apr           :                                                             
    May           :                                                             
    Jun           :                                                             
    Jul           :                                                             
    Aug           :                                                             
    Sep           :                                                             
    Oct           :                                                             
    Nov           :                                                             
    Dec           :                                                             
  Swiss           :                                                             
    Jan           :                                                             
    Feb           :                                                             
    Mar           :                                                             
    Apr           :                                                             
    May           :                                                             
    Jun           :                                                             
    Jul           :                                                             
    Aug           :                                                             
    Sep           :                                                             
    Oct           :                                                             
    Nov           :                                                             
    Dec           :                                                             
  Other Natural   :                                                             
   Cheese         :                                                             
    Jan           :      92      13,761       88,934       2,020       4,460    
    Feb           :      99      17,797       89,942       1,842       3,781    
    Mar           :      94      17,786       99,896       2,599       4,005    
    Apr           :     118      18,379      106,397       1,860       5,239    
    May           :      78      18,379      107,145       2,303       6,234    
    Jun           :      74      20,101       99,670       3,559       7,569    
    Jul           :      67      17,641       92,356       2,868       6,786    
    Aug           :      57      15,364       84,202       2,130       5,784    
    Sep           :      90      12,956       85,039       2,037       5,160    
    Oct           :     127       9,495       81,655       1,873       5,136    
    Nov           :      82       6,084       77,925       1,439       5,865    
    Dec           :     102       3,639       77,506       2,278       6,245    
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                     --continued
                                                                                
              Dairy Products:  Stocks in Cold Storage by Region and             
                    United States, Monthly, 1996 (continued)                    
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  :                           Region                            
     Commodity    :-------------------------------------------------------------
        and       :   East    :   West    :           :            :            
       Month      :   South   :   South   : Mountain  :  Pacific   :     US     
                  :  Central  :  Central  :           :            :   Total    
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  :                        1,000 Pounds                         
                  :                                                             
Natural Cheese    :                                                             
  American (Total):                                                             
    Jan           :     168        281       18,520       30,027      346,143   
    Feb           :     171         67       17,829       29,883      354,588   
    Mar           :     171        773       16,214       30,891      356,336   
    Apr           :     181        973       16,655       33,345      376,609   
    May           :     187        611       19,422       34,462      389,645   
    Jun           :     188        481       18,142       34,568      392,918   
    Jul           :     188        527       17,538       35,785      397,743   
    Aug           :     179        344       17,270       35,027      381,241   
    Sep           :     175        231       15,303       36,276      372,555   
    Oct           :     181        264       16,691       35,525      379,471   
    Nov           :     175        321       17,229       37,156      369,743   
    Dec           :     179        471       18,515       38,893      379,673   
  American        :                                                             
   (Govt Owned)   :                                                             
    Jan           :                                                        78   
    Feb           :                                                       105   
    Mar           :                                                       116   
    Apr           :                                                        87   
    May           :                                                        53   
    Jun           :                                                        65   
    Jul           :                                                       166   
    Aug           :                                                       225   
    Sep           :                                                       190   
    Oct           :                                                       176   
    Nov           :                                                       113   
    Dec           :                                                        47   
  Swiss           :                                                             
    Jan           :                                                     8,805   
    Feb           :                                                     9,353   
    Mar           :                                                    11,234   
    Apr           :                                                    10,362   
    May           :                                                    10,923   
    Jun           :                                                    11,939   
    Jul           :                                                    12,460   
    Aug           :                                                    12,606   
    Sep           :                                                    12,701   
    Oct           :                                                    11,987   
    Nov           :                                                    13,344   
    Dec           :                                                    12,668   
  Other Natural   :                                                             
   Cheese         :                                                             
    Jan           :   3,800        109        1,149          958      115,283   
    Feb           :   3,701         76        1,140          724      119,102   
    Mar           :   3,791        144        1,769          656      130,740   
    Apr           :   3,993         83        1,882          581      138,532   
    May           :   4,053        123        1,828        1,105      141,248   
    Jun           :   4,239        190        1,182        1,357      137,941   
    Jul           :   3,895        206        1,230        1,348      126,397   
    Aug           :   3,442        199          575        1,342      113,095   
    Sep           :   3,157        122          584        1,400      110,545   
    Oct           :   2,804        291          543        1,245      103,169   
    Nov           :   2,624        334        1,018        1,815       97,186   
    Dec           :   2,391        123          806        1,519       94,609   
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                     --continued
                                                                                
              Dairy Products:  Stocks in Cold Storage by Region and             
                    United States, Monthly, 1996 (continued)                    
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                     :                          Region                          
      Commodity      :----------------------------------------------------------
         and         :           :           :   East    :   West    :          
        Month        :    New    :  Middle   :   North   :   North   :  South   
                     :  England  : Atlantic  :  Central  :  Central  : Atlantic 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                     :                       1,000 Pounds                       
                     :                                                          
Total Natural        :                                                          
 Cheese              :                                                          
    Jan              :                                                          
    Feb              :                                                          
    Mar              :                                                          
    Apr              :                                                          
    May              :                                                          
    Jun              :                                                          
    Jul              :                                                          
    Aug              :                                                          
    Sep              :                                                          
    Oct              :                                                          
    Nov              :                                                          
    Dec              :                                                          
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                     --continued
                                                                                
              Dairy Products:  Stocks in Cold Storage by Region and             
                    United States, Monthly, 1996 (continued)                    
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  :                           Region                            
     Commodity    :-------------------------------------------------------------
        and       :   East    :   West    :           :            :            
       Month      :   South   :   South   : Mountain  :  Pacific   :     US     
                  :  Central  :  Central  :           :            :   Total    
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  :                        1,000 Pounds                         
                  :                                                             
Total Natural     :                                                             
 Cheese           :                                                             
    Jan           :                                                   470,231   
    Feb           :                                                   483,043   
    Mar           :                                                   498,310   
    Apr           :                                                   525,503   
    May           :                                                   541,816   
    Jun           :                                                   542,798   
    Jul           :                                                   536,600   
    Aug           :                                                   506,942   
    Sep           :                                                   495,801   
    Oct           :                                                   494,627   
    Nov           :                                                   480,273   
    Dec           :                                                   486,950   
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                
                   Eggs:  Stocks in Cold Storage by Region and                  
                          United States, Monthly, 1996                          
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                     :                          Region                          
      Commodity      :----------------------------------------------------------
         and         :           :           :   East    :   West    :          
        Month        :    New    :  Middle   :   North   :   North   :  South   
                     :  England  : Atlantic  :  Central  :  Central  : Atlantic 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                     :                       1,000 Pounds                       
                     :                                                          
Shell Eggs           :                                                          
  (1,000 Cases) 1/   :                                                          
    Jan              :                                                          
    Feb              :                                                          
    Mar              :                                                          
    Apr              :                                                          
    May              :                                                          
    Jun              :                                                          
    Jul              :                                                          
    Aug              :                                                          
    Sep              :                                                          
    Oct              :                                                          
    Nov              :                                                          
    Dec              :                                                          
Frozen Eggs          :                                                          
  Whites             :                                                          
    Jan              :                                                          
    Feb              :                                                          
    Mar              :                                                          
    Apr              :                                                          
    May              :                                                          
    Jun              :                                                          
    Jul              :                                                          
    Aug              :                                                          
    Sep              :                                                          
    Oct              :                                                          
    Nov              :                                                          
    Dec              :                                                          
  Yolks              :                                                          
    Jan              :                                                          
    Feb              :                                                          
    Mar              :                                                          
    Apr              :                                                          
    May              :                                                          
    Jun              :                                                          
    Jul              :                                                          
    Aug              :                                                          
    Sep              :                                                          
    Oct              :                                                          
    Nov              :                                                          
    Dec              :                                                          
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
See footnotes at end of table.                                       --continued
                                                                                
                  Eggs:  Stocks in Cold Storage:  By Region and                 
                    United States, Monthly, 1996 (continued)                    
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                     :                          Region                          
      Commodity      :----------------------------------------------------------
         and         :   East    :   West    :           :           :          
        Month        :   South   :   South   : Mountain  :  Pacific  :    US    
                     :  Central  :  Central  :           :           :  Total   
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                     :                       1,000 Pounds                       
                     :                                                          
Shell Eggs           :                                                          
  (1,000 Cases) 1/   :                                                          
    Jan              :                                                     13   
    Feb              :                                                     64   
    Mar              :                                                     15   
    Apr              :                                                      6   
    May              :                                                     17   
    Jun              :                                                     22   
    Jul              :                                                     24   
    Aug              :                                                     16   
    Sep              :                                                     19   
    Oct              :                                                     19   
    Nov              :                                                     12   
    Dec              :                                                     27   
Frozen Eggs          :                                                          
  Whites             :                                                          
    Jan              :                                                  1,400   
    Feb              :                                                  1,391   
    Mar              :                                                  1,409   
    Apr              :                                                  1,238   
    May              :                                                  1,405   
    Jun              :                                                  1,637   
    Jul              :                                                  1,298   
    Aug              :                                                  1,543   
    Sep              :                                                  1,208   
    Oct              :                                                  1,268   
    Nov              :                                                  1,139   
    Dec              :                                                  1,062   
  Yolks              :                                                          
    Jan              :                                                  2,330   
    Feb              :                                                  2,378   
    Mar              :                                                  2,170   
    Apr              :                                                  1,902   
    May              :                                                  2,154   
    Jun              :                                                  2,015   
    Jul              :                                                  1,874   
    Aug              :                                                  1,684   
    Sep              :                                                  1,673   
    Oct              :                                                  1,503   
    Nov              :                                                  1,110   
    Dec              :                                                  1,014   
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
See footnotes at end of table.                                       --continued
                                                                                
           Eggs:  Stocks in Cold Storage by Region and United States,           
                            Monthly, 1996 (continued)                           
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                          :                       Region                        
         Commodity        :-----------------------------------------------------
            and           :         :          :   East   :   West   :          
           Month          :   New   :  Middle  :  North   :  North   :  South   
                          : England : Atlantic : Central  : Central  : Atlantic 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                          :                    1,000 Pounds                     
                          :                                                     
Eggs                      :                                                     
  Whole and Mixed         :                                                     
    Jan                   :                                                     
    Feb                   :                                                     
    Mar                   :                                                     
    Apr                   :                                                     
    May                   :                                                     
    Jun                   :                                                     
    Jul                   :                                                     
    Aug                   :                                                     
    Sep                   :                                                     
    Oct                   :                                                     
    Nov                   :                                                     
    Dec                   :                                                     
  Unclassified            :                                                     
    Jan                   :                                                     
    Feb                   :                                                     
    Mar                   :                                                     
    Apr                   :                                                     
    May                   :                                                     
    Jun                   :                                                     
    Jul                   :                                                     
    Aug                   :                                                     
    Sep                   :                                                     
    Oct                   :                                                     
    Nov                   :                                                     
    Dec                   :                                                     
  Total Frozen Eggs       :                                                     
    Jan                   :                                                     
    Feb                   :                                                     
    Mar                   :                                                     
    Apr                   :                                                     
    May                   :                                                     
    Jun                   :                                                     
    Jul                   :                                                     
    Aug                   :                                                     
    Sep                   :                                                     
    Oct                   :                                                     
    Nov                   :                                                     
    Dec                   :                                                     
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
See footnotes at end of table.                                       --continued
                                                                                
                     Eggs:  Stocks in Cold Storage By Region                    
                  and United States, Monthly, 1996 (continued)                  
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                          :                       Region                        
         Commodity        :-----------------------------------------------------
            and           :  East   :   West   :          :          :          
           Month          :  South  :  South   : Mountain : Pacific  :    US    
                          : Central : Central  :          :          :  Total   
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                          :                    1,000 Pounds                     
                          :                                                     
Eggs                      :                                                     
  Whole and Mixed         :                                                     
    Jan                   :                                             10,300  
    Feb                   :                                             10,749  
    Mar                   :                                              7,270  
    Apr                   :                                              7,093  
    May                   :                                              6,490  
    Jun                   :                                              6,809  
    Jul                   :                                              8,871  
    Aug                   :                                             10,278  
    Sep                   :                                              9,910  
    Oct                   :                                              7,891  
    Nov                   :                                              6,343  
    Dec                   :                                              6,810  
  Unclassified            :                                                     
    Jan                   :                                              1,570  
    Feb                   :                                              1,670  
    Mar                   :                                              1,529  
    Apr                   :                                              1,294  
    May                   :                                              1,357  
    Jun                   :                                              1,274  
    Jul                   :                                              1,438  
    Aug                   :                                              1,538  
    Sep                   :                                              2,145  
    Oct                   :                                              1,987  
    Nov                   :                                              1,759  
    Dec                   :                                              1,299  
  Total Frozen Eggs       :                                                     
    Jan                   :                                             15,600  
    Feb                   :                                             16,188  
    Mar                   :                                             12,378  
    Apr                   :                                             11,527  
    May                   :                                             11,406  
    Jun                   :                                             11,735  
    Jul                   :                                             13,481  
    Aug                   :                                             15,043  
    Sep                   :                                             14,936  
    Oct                   :                                             12,649  
    Nov                   :                                             10,351  
    Dec                   :                                             10,185  
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1/  46.8 pounds per case.                                                       
                                                                                
                 Poultry:  Stocks in Cold Storage By Region and                 
                          United States, Monthly, 1996                          
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                          :                       Region                        
         Commodity        :-----------------------------------------------------
            and           :         :          :   East   :   West   :          
           Month          :   New   :  Middle  :  North   :  North   :  South   
                          : England : Atlantic : Central  : Central  : Atlantic 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                          :                    1,000 Pounds                     
                          :                                                     
Chickens                  :                                                     
  Broilers, Fryers &      :                                                     
  Roasters (Whole Birds)  :                                                     
    Jan                   :     47     1,298       2,393        213     20,676  
    Feb                   :     48       795       1,112        209     16,648  
    Mar                   :     53     1,713       1,157        332     18,200  
    Apr                   :     25       912       1,107        340     16,310  
    May                   :      7       994       1,102        263     13,701  
    Jun                   :     27     1,427       1,952        469     13,938  
    Jul                   :     25     1,038         733        572     15,069  
    Aug                   :     24       876         722        436     14,952  
    Sep                   :    142       814         672        446     19,174  
    Oct                   :    273       632         618        464     15,233  
    Nov                   :    104       495         475        428     13,363  
    Dec                   :    115       405         454      1,672     16,275  
  Hens (Whole Birds)      :                                                     
    Jan                   :      1       102         345      1,398      4,857  
    Feb                   :      1        93         412      1,246      5,065  
    Mar                   :      1        41         656      1,437      5,729  
    Apr                   :      1        35         666      1,679      5,860  
    May                   :      1        35         617      1,586      4,104  
    Jun                   :      1        43         657      1,774      4,531  
    Jul                   :      1       504         757      1,803      4,368  
    Aug                   :      1     1,407         666      1,766      4,584  
    Sep                   :      1        58         653      1,583      4,983  
    Oct                   :      1        43         490      1,333      3,244  
    Nov                   :               45         340        892      2,230  
    Dec                   :               43         338        717      2,059  
  Other Chicken (Parts,   :                                                     
  Processed, etc.)        :                                                     
    Jan                   :  1,527     6,221      17,803     33,538    150,929  
    Feb                   :  1,827     5,220      23,476     37,775    157,992  
    Mar                   :  2,110     6,758      26,626     39,920    151,500  
    Apr                   :  2,141     7,033      22,061     38,994    167,468  
    May                   :  1,748     5,685      22,901     39,099    146,104  
    Jun                   :  1,819     5,733      24,379     37,470    144,391  
    Jul                   :  1,921     4,825      19,509     35,605    130,587  
    Aug                   :  1,791     5,174      21,618     31,328    143,915  
    Sep                   :  1,856     6,058      16,174     28,741    140,113  
    Oct                   :  1,766     5,026      15,221     28,055    154,196  
    Nov                   :  2,174     4,691      15,672     28,967    155,988  
    Dec                   :  2,039     4,994      16,085     32,361    170,892  
  Total Chicken           :                                                     
    Jan                   :  1,575     7,621      20,541     35,149    176,462  
    Feb                   :  1,876     6,108      25,000     39,230    179,705  
    Mar                   :  2,164     8,512      28,439     41,689    175,429  
    Apr                   :  2,167     7,980      23,834     41,013    189,638  
    May                   :  1,756     6,714      24,620     40,948    163,909  
    Jun                   :  1,847     7,203      26,988     39,713    162,860  
    Jul                   :  1,947     6,367      20,999     37,980    150,024  
    Aug                   :  1,816     7,457      23,006     33,530    163,451  
    Sep                   :  1,999     6,930      17,499     30,770    164,270  
    Oct                   :  2,040     5,701      16,329     29,852    172,673  
    Nov                   :  2,278     5,231      16,487     30,287    171,581  
    Dec                   :  2,154     5,442      16,877     34,750    189,226  
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                          :                       Region                        
         Commodity        :-----------------------------------------------------
            and           :  East   :   West   :          :          :          
           Month          :  South  :  South   : Mountain : Pacific  :    US    
                          : Central : Central  :          :          :  Total   
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                          :                    1,000 Pounds                     
                          :                                                     
Chickens                  :                                                     
  Broilers, Fryers &      :                                                     
  Roasters (Whole Birds)  :                                                     
    Jan                   :   1,418    14,400       193       5,260     45,898  
    Feb                   :   1,480    15,187       323       4,036     39,838  
    Mar                   :     885    16,171       301       3,676     42,488  
    Apr                   :   1,056    13,488       119       4,052     37,409  
    May                   :   1,133    13,049       433       4,917     35,599  
    Jun                   :   1,254    14,173       323       5,934     39,497  
    Jul                   :     954    13,193       332       5,000     36,916  
    Aug                   :     716    11,216       313       4,380     33,635  
    Sep                   :     663    10,370       378       2,259     34,918  
    Oct                   :     755     8,934       503       3,067     30,479  
    Nov                   :     505     7,595     1,170       2,174     26,309  
    Dec                   :   1,309     8,087     1,416       3,573     33,306  
  Hens (Whole Birds)      :                                                     
    Jan                   :   1,377       902        60       1,357     10,399  
    Feb                   :   1,603       895        94       1,663     11,072  
    Mar                   :   1,639       846        87       1,778     12,214  
    Apr                   :   1,875       864        58       3,255     14,293  
    May                   :   1,881       757        40       3,632     12,653  
    Jun                   :   2,233     1,072       430       3,186     13,927  
    Jul                   :   2,517       913       476       3,272     14,611  
    Aug                   :   2,808       778       476       3,280     15,766  
    Sep                   :   2,927       507       476       2,911     14,099  
    Oct                   :   2,592       326       476       1,898     10,403  
    Nov                   :   2,219       190       315       1,510      7,741  
    Dec                   :   1,467        99         2         980      5,705  
  Other Chicken (Parts,   :                                                     
  Processed, etc.)        :                                                     
    Jan                   :  99,243   265,306     3,324      34,290    612,181  
    Feb                   : 107,441   246,234     2,905      34,465    617,335  
    Mar                   : 124,581   259,112     2,504      32,101    645,212  
    Apr                   : 122,999   254,074     3,068      36,641    654,479  
    May                   : 117,375   238,675     2,644      32,756    606,987  
    Jun                   : 116,032   242,624     2,649      36,650    611,747  
    Jul                   : 110,230   228,100     2,607      38,596    571,980  
    Aug                   : 105,331   216,717     2,212      38,533    566,619  
    Sep                   : 102,329   206,924     4,710      31,569    538,474  
    Oct                   : 106,238   206,401     2,167      31,506    550,576  
    Nov                   :  94,588   210,427     1,527      26,276    540,310  
    Dec                   : 112,589   236,237     2,027      30,776    608,000  
  Total Chicken           :                                                     
    Jan                   : 102,038   280,608     3,577      40,907    668,478  
    Feb                   : 110,524   262,316     3,322      40,164    668,245  
    Mar                   : 127,105   276,129     2,892      37,555    699,914  
    Apr                   : 125,930   268,426     3,245      43,948    706,181  
    May                   : 120,389   252,481     3,117      41,305    655,239  
    Jun                   : 119,519   257,869     3,402      45,770    665,171  
    Jul                   : 113,701   242,206     3,415      46,868    623,507  
    Aug                   : 108,855   228,711     3,001      46,193    616,020  
    Sep                   : 105,919   217,801     5,564      36,739    587,491  
    Oct                   : 109,585   215,661     3,146      36,471    591,458  
    Nov                   :  97,312   218,212     3,012      29,960    574,360  
    Dec                   : 115,365   244,423     3,445      35,329    647,011  
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                          :                       Region                        
         Commodity        :-----------------------------------------------------
            and           :         :          :   East   :   West   :          
           Month          :   New   :  Middle  :  North   :  North   :  South   
                          : England : Atlantic : Central  : Central  : Atlantic 
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                          :                    1,000 Pounds                     
                          :                                                     
Turkeys                   :                                                     
  Whole Turkeys           :                                                     
    Jan                   :  1,328     17,079     12,769     40,351     37,212  
    Feb                   :  1,709     24,257     14,986     56,107     48,874  
    Mar                   :  1,741     29,287     15,941     62,826     44,939  
    Apr                   :  2,475     34,881     21,184     68,853     53,128  
    May                   :  5,583     39,777     26,185     74,513     63,651  
    Jun                   :  9,669     45,852     37,231     80,335     90,535  
    Jul                   : 12,631     49,509     44,951     83,350     90,799  
    Aug                   : 14,079     57,520     53,547     80,136     71,320  
    Sep                   : 13,806     57,331     61,386     76,550     70,498  
    Oct                   : 13,146     56,553     55,153     65,870     62,967  
    Nov                   :  1,802     18,438     18,194     22,711     26,292  
    Dec                   :  1,131     15,581     11,614     19,234     27,554  
  All Other (Parts,       :                                                     
  Processed, etc.)        :                                                     
    Jan                   :    496      9,914     23,378     38,015     49,194  
    Feb                   :    518     11,278     26,086     39,553     53,759  
    Mar                   :    524     11,274     25,371     38,890     54,578  
    Apr                   :    512     12,605     25,773     46,025     58,205  
    May                   :    498     13,645     26,204     57,473     74,566  
    Jun                   :    680     14,220     28,448     62,562     75,676  
    Jul                   :    626     14,628     30,647     62,298     67,566  
    Aug                   :    596     16,170     28,773     58,775     69,472  
    Sep                   :    735     15,334     25,475     49,699     64,396  
    Oct                   :    735     13,380     23,645     47,375     63,935  
    Nov                   :    530      9,865     19,702     48,760     55,410  
    Dec                   :    420      8,570     18,950     49,096     55,280  
  Total Turkey            :                                                     
    Jan                   :  1,824     26,993     36,147     78,366     86,406  
    Feb                   :  2,227     35,535     41,072     95,660    102,633  
    Mar                   :  2,265     40,561     41,312    101,716     99,517  
    Apr                   :  2,987     47,486     46,957    114,878    111,333  
    May                   :  6,081     53,422     52,389    131,986    138,217  
    Jun                   : 10,349     60,072     65,679    142,897    166,211  
    Jul                   : 13,257     64,137     75,598    145,648    158,365  
    Aug                   : 14,675     73,690     82,320    138,911    140,792  
    Sep                   : 14,541     72,665     86,861    126,249    134,894  
    Oct                   : 13,881     69,933     78,798    113,245    126,902  
    Nov                   :  2,332     28,303     37,896     71,471     81,702  
    Dec                   :  1,551     24,151     30,564     68,330     82,834  
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                          :                       Region                        
         Commodity        :-----------------------------------------------------
            and           :  East   :   West   :          :          :          
           Month          :  South  :  South   : Mountain : Pacific  :    US    
                          : Central : Central  :          :          :  Total   
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                          :                    1,000 Pounds                     
                          :                                                     
Turkeys                   :                                                     
  Whole Turkeys           :                                                     
    Jan                   :  2,885     43,433      8,993     17,965    182,015  
    Feb                   :  3,414     61,447     10,056     22,634    243,484  
    Mar                   :  4,133     78,677      8,122     28,338    274,004  
    Apr                   :  4,498     96,645      9,684     35,496    326,844  
    May                   :  4,572    100,653     11,737     42,043    368,714  
    Jun                   :  7,423    113,683     14,734     53,543    453,005  
    Jul                   : 10,531    114,963     19,044     63,501    489,279  
    Aug                   : 13,507    107,310     25,306     69,941    492,666  
    Sep                   : 17,440    106,561     28,717     77,236    509,525  
    Oct                   : 15,421     84,617     28,237     73,732    455,696  
    Nov                   :  3,155     40,394     19,420     16,677    167,083  
    Dec                   :  2,010     40,096     15,996     13,643    146,859  
  All Other (Parts,       :                                                     
  Processed, etc.)        :                                                     
    Jan                   :    433     11,585      5,123     19,025    157,163  
    Feb                   :    652     20,609      6,125     21,037    179,617  
    Mar                   :    556     15,333      4,966     19,867    171,359  
    Apr                   :    543     18,290      4,707     21,034    187,694  
    May                   :    476     19,381      4,770     21,711    218,724  
    Jun                   :    502     16,043      6,229     22,374    226,734  
    Jul                   :  1,896     15,941     10,077     25,215    228,894  
    Aug                   :  2,224     17,958     10,195     26,357    230,520  
    Sep                   :  2,308     16,277     10,765     26,507    211,496  
    Oct                   :  1,682     13,897      9,356     28,594    202,599  
    Nov                   :  1,495     13,399      7,527     24,000    180,688  
    Dec                   :  1,207     15,572      7,214     24,783    181,092  
  Total Turkey            :                                                     
    Jan                   :  3,318     55,018     14,116     36,990    339,178  
    Feb                   :  4,066     82,056     16,181     43,671    423,101  
    Mar                   :  4,689     94,010     13,088     48,205    445,363  
    Apr                   :  5,041    114,935     14,391     56,530    514,538  
    May                   :  5,048    120,034     16,507     63,754    587,438  
    Jun                   :  7,925    129,726     20,963     75,917    679,739  
    Jul                   : 12,427    130,904     29,121     88,716    718,173  
    Aug                   : 15,731    125,268     35,501     96,298    723,186  
    Sep                   : 19,748    122,838     39,482    103,743    721,021  
    Oct                   : 17,103     98,514     37,593    102,326    658,295  
    Nov                   :  4,650     53,793     26,947     40,677    347,771  
    Dec                   :  3,217     55,668     23,210     38,426    327,951  
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                          :                       Region                        
         Commodity        :-----------------------------------------------------
            and           :         :          :   East   :   West   :          
           Month          :   New   :  Middle  :  North   :  North   :  South   
                          : England : Atlantic : Central  : Central  : Atlantic 
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                          :                    1,000 Pounds                     
                          :                                                     
  Ducks                   :                                                     
    Jan                   :     48        366      1,514         12      1,039  
    Feb                   :     83        109      1,600         22      1,036  
    Mar                   :     68         49      1,285         29        827  
    Apr                   :     30        101      1,063         29        110  
    May                   :     27         97      1,598         29        140  
    Jun                   :     27         77      1,918         41         28  
    Jul                   :     28        110      1,176         42         12  
    Aug                   :     47        248      1,031         41         13  
    Sep                   :     29         89        896         41         12  
    Oct                   :     33        101      1,556         65         46  
    Nov                   :     16        164      1,117         32         40  
    Dec                   :     17         63      1,397         30         47  
  Total Poultry           :                                                     
    Jan                   :  3,447     34,980     58,202    113,527    263,907  
    Feb                   :  4,186     41,752     67,672    134,912    283,374  
    Mar                   :  4,497     49,122     71,036    143,434    275,773  
    Apr                   :  5,184     55,567     71,854    155,920    301,081  
    May                   :  7,864     60,233     78,607    172,963    302,266  
    Jun                   : 12,223     67,352     94,585    182,651    329,099  
    Jul                   : 15,232     70,614     97,773    183,670    308,401  
    Aug                   : 16,538     81,395    106,357    172,482    304,256  
    Sep                   : 16,569     79,684    105,256    157,060    299,176  
    Oct                   : 15,954     75,735     96,683    143,162    299,621  
    Nov                   :  4,626     33,698     55,500    101,790    253,323  
    Dec                   :  3,722     29,656     48,838    103,110    272,107  
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                          :                       Region                        
         Commodity        :-----------------------------------------------------
            and           :  East   :   West   :          :          :          
           Month          :  South  :  South   : Mountain : Pacific  :    US    
                          : Central : Central  :          :          :  Total   
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                          :                    1,000 Pounds                     
                          :                                                     
  Ducks                   :                                                     
    Jan                   :       4         4          6        161       3,154 
    Feb                   :       4         7          2        322       3,185 
    Mar                   :       4         9          2        299       2,572 
    Apr                   :       4         7          2        351       1,697 
    May                   :      46         7          2        388       2,334 
    Jun                   :       5         8                   314       2,418 
    Jul                   :      18        17                   310       1,713 
    Aug                   :      34        39          1        533       1,987 
    Sep                   :      36        14          1        452       1,570 
    Oct                   :      26         4          1        328       2,160 
    Nov                   :       5        12          1        479       1,866 
    Dec                   :       6         2          2        639       2,203 
  Total Poultry           :                                                     
    Jan                   : 105,360   335,630     17,699     78,058   1,010,810 
    Feb                   : 114,594   344,379     19,505     84,157   1,094,531 
    Mar                   : 131,798   370,148     15,982     86,059   1,147,849 
    Apr                   : 130,975   383,368     17,638    100,829   1,222,416 
    May                   : 125,483   372,522     19,626    105,447   1,245,011 
    Jun                   : 127,449   387,603     24,365    122,001   1,347,328 
    Jul                   : 126,146   373,127     32,536    135,894   1,343,393 
    Aug                   : 124,620   354,018     38,503    143,024   1,341,193 
    Sep                   : 125,703   340,653     45,047    140,934   1,310,082 
    Oct                   : 126,714   314,179     40,740    139,125   1,251,913 
    Nov                   : 101,967   272,017     29,960     71,116     923,997 
    Dec                   : 118,588   300,093     26,657     74,394     977,165 
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                  :                           Region                            
     Commodity    :-------------------------------------------------------------
        and       :           :           :   East    :    West    :            
       Month      :    New    :  Middle   :   North   :   North    :   South    
                  :  England  : Atlantic  :  Central  :  Central   :  Atlantic  
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                  :                        1,000 Pounds                         
                  :                                                             
Apples            :                                                             
  Jan             :      48      32,531      33,320         343        18,192   
  Feb             :      53      33,578      38,806         363        20,941   
  Mar             :      63      34,898      32,594         368        19,604   
  Apr             :      81      35,877      31,901         344         9,889   
  May             :      39      33,386      30,015         323        14,440   
  Jun             :      56      30,909      26,228         305        13,211   
  Jul             :      66      29,004      24,434         278         3,386   
  Aug             :      44      24,782      20,769         247         2,655   
  Sep             :      32      19,958      17,365         222         2,394   
  Oct             :      60      19,531      17,385         225         3,683   
  Nov             :      49      20,947      20,743         359         4,530   
  Dec             :      46      24,402      25,463         301         6,580   
Apricots          :                                                             
  Jan             :                                                             
  Feb             :                                                             
  Mar             :                                                             
  Apr             :                                                             
  May             :                                                             
  Jun             :                                                             
  Jul             :                                                             
  Aug             :                                                             
  Sep             :                                                             
  Oct             :                                                             
  Nov             :                                                             
  Dec             :                                                             
Blackberries      :                                                             
  Jan             :                                                             
  Feb             :                                                             
  Mar             :                                                             
  Apr             :                                                             
  May             :                                                             
  Jun             :                                                             
  Jul             :                                                             
  Aug             :                                                             
  Sep             :                                                             
  Oct             :                                                             
  Nov             :                                                             
  Dec             :                                                             
Blueberries       :                                                             
  Jan             :  15,358       5,939      25,883         858         1,107   
  Feb             :  15,132       5,855      22,329       1,125         1,032   
  Mar             :  13,364       4,884      18,696         895           654   
  Apr             :   9,370       4,217      15,412         822         1,528   
  May             :   6,667       3,389      11,828         777         1,273   
  Jun             :   4,800       3,092       9,172         453         2,074   
  Jul             :   3,923       8,877       8,454         652         3,758   
  Aug             :  25,539      11,102      24,486         849         3,026   
  Sep             :  26,711      10,005      25,249         888         2,940   
  Oct             :  23,025       7,990      22,359         834         1,946   
  Nov             :  21,854       7,808      20,280         587         2,587   
  Dec             :  20,508       7,066      18,058         571         2,008   
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                  :                           Region                            
     Commodity    :-------------------------------------------------------------
        and       :   East    :   West    :           :            :            
       Month      :   South   :   South   : Mountain  :  Pacific   :     US     
                  :  Central  :  Central  :           :            :   Total    
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                  :                        1,000 Pounds                         
                  :                                                             
Apples            :                                                             
  Jan             :    265          679        318        18,183      103,879   
  Feb             :    297          935        360        17,674      113,007   
  Mar             :    290        1,232        281        17,297      106,627   
  Apr             :    282        1,253        273        17,432       97,332   
  May             :    220        1,323        286        16,226       96,258   
  Jun             :    152        1,259        309        13,316       85,745   
  Jul             :    193        1,335        327        11,726       70,749   
  Aug             :    168        1,095        338         9,719       59,817   
  Sep             :    155        1,110        506         9,539       51,281   
  Oct             :    163        1,246        431        11,699       54,423   
  Nov             :    115        1,790        386        14,219       63,138   
  Dec             :     81        2,181        365        16,246       75,665   
Apricots          :                                                             
  Jan             :                                                     5,318   
  Feb             :                                                     4,712   
  Mar             :                                                     3,860   
  Apr             :                                                     2,718   
  May             :                                                     2,219   
  Jun             :                                                    15,191   
  Jul             :                                                    14,009   
  Aug             :                                                    12,867   
  Sep             :                                                    11,276   
  Oct             :                                                    10,551   
  Nov             :                                                     9,465   
  Dec             :                                                     8,545   
Blackberries      :                                                             
  Jan             :                                                    14,849   
  Feb             :                                                    13,272   
  Mar             :                                                    11,646   
  Apr             :                                                     9,715   
  May             :                                                     8,134   
  Jun             :                                                     6,717   
  Jul             :                                                    22,466   
  Aug             :                                                    26,147   
  Sep             :                                                    27,612   
  Oct             :                                                    24,053   
  Nov             :                                                    22,441   
  Dec             :                                                    20,227   
Blueberries       :                                                             
  Jan             :    250          719        588         9,888       60,590   
  Feb             :    224          621        570         9,023       55,911   
  Mar             :     99          756        520         7,324       47,192   
  Apr             :    185          532        478         5,988       38,532   
  May             :    185          474        401         4,369       29,363   
  Jun             :    122          440        332         3,301       23,786   
  Jul             :    150          357        384         7,395       33,950   
  Aug             :    179          726        437        14,662       81,006   
  Sep             :    184          808        417        14,903       82,105   
  Oct             :    231        1,052        413        13,467       71,317   
  Nov             :    225        1,005        382        11,653       66,381   
  Dec             :    147        1,007        361        10,400       60,126   
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                          :                       Region                        
         Commodity        :-----------------------------------------------------
            and           :         :          :   East   :   West   :          
           Month          :   New   :  Middle  :  North   :  North   :  South   
                          : England : Atlantic : Central  : Central  : Atlantic 
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                          :                    1,000 Pounds                     
                          :                                                     
Boysenberries             :                                                     
  Jan                     :                                                     
  Feb                     :                                                     
  Mar                     :                                                     
  Apr                     :                                                     
  May                     :                                                     
  Jun                     :                                                     
  Jul                     :                                                     
  Aug                     :                                                     
  Sep                     :                                                     
  Oct                     :                                                     
  Nov                     :                                                     
  Dec                     :                                                     
Cherries, Tart (RSP)      :                                                     
  Jan                     :   109      4,380      94,729       68        199    
  Feb                     :   106      3,188      87,087       65        181    
  Mar                     :    34      2,999      75,906       84        175    
  Apr                     :    82      2,838      67,782      170        179    
  May                     :    72      2,550      55,896      148        166    
  Jun                     :    62      1,753      50,181       94        139    
  Jul                     :    62      7,502      78,289      107        163    
  Aug                     :    35      8,518     124,960      109        174    
  Sep                     :    41      8,412     121,793      127        124    
  Oct                     :    42      7,976     114,624      122        198    
  Nov                     :    42      6,776     108,223      122        208    
  Dec                     :    72      6,344      99,813      100        246    
Cherries, Tart (Juice)    :                                                     
  Jan                     :                                                     
  Feb                     :                                                     
  Mar                     :                                                     
  Apr                     :                                                     
  May                     :                                                     
  Jun                     :                                                     
  Jul                     :                                                     
  Aug                     :                                                     
  Sep                     :                                                     
  Oct                     :                                                     
  Nov                     :                                                     
  Dec                     :                                                     
Cherries, Sweet           :                                                     
  Jan                     :     1      3,574       4,805      435        140    
  Feb                     :     1      3,340       4,344      468        164    
  Mar                     :            3,037       3,874      427        125    
  Apr                     :     1      2,947       3,530      288         96    
  May                     :     9      2,879       2,898      225         69    
  Jun                     :    11      2,595       2,444      199        116    
  Jul                     :            2,400       6,475      526        189    
  Aug                     :     1      2,056       7,469      373        151    
  Sep                     :            1,796       5,901      388        121    
  Oct                     :            1,917       6,135      434         58    
  Nov                     :            2,668       5,925      520         79    
  Dec                     :            2,118       5,543      508         76    
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                          :                       Region                        
         Commodity        :-----------------------------------------------------
            and           :  East   :   West   :          :          :          
           Month          :  South  :  South   : Mountain : Pacific  :    US    
                          : Central : Central  :          :          :  Total   
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                          :                    1,000 Pounds                     
                          :                                                     
Boysenberries             :                                                     
  Jan                     :                                              2,236  
  Feb                     :                                              2,443  
  Mar                     :                                              2,262  
  Apr                     :                                              1,717  
  May                     :                                              1,472  
  Jun                     :                                              1,789  
  Jul                     :                                              6,301  
  Aug                     :                                              6,281  
  Sep                     :                                              4,595  
  Oct                     :                                              4,880  
  Nov                     :                                              4,303  
  Dec                     :                                              3,561  
Cherries, Tart (RSP)      :                                                     
  Jan                     :    11       386       11,754     4,886     116,522  
  Feb                     :    22       326       10,807     4,547     106,329  
  Mar                     :    17       423        9,459     3,826      92,923  
  Apr                     :    18       244        8,255     3,140      82,708  
  May                     :    21       141        7,100     2,752      68,846  
  Jun                     :    10       140        5,280     2,336      59,995  
  Jul                     :     2       242       10,883     6,509     103,759  
  Aug                     :    16       193       14,096     7,577     155,678  
  Sep                     :    15       586       13,397     7,256     151,751  
  Oct                     :     8       490       14,988     7,812     146,260  
  Nov                     :     6       471       14,287     7,091     137,226  
  Dec                     :    15       801       12,867     6,844     127,102  
Cherries, Tart (Juice)    :                                                     
  Jan                     :                                              1,174  
  Feb                     :                                              1,174  
  Mar                     :                                                678  
  Apr                     :                                                831  
  May                     :                                              1,520  
  Jun                     :                                                546  
  Jul                     :                                              2,586  
  Aug                     :                                              3,727  
  Sep                     :                                              3,109  
  Oct                     :                                              4,552  
  Nov                     :                                              3,952  
  Dec                     :                                              4,076  
Cherries, Sweet           :                                                     
  Jan                     :   140       162           47     3,564      12,868  
  Feb                     :   116        99           39     3,468      12,039  
  Mar                     :   104       134           28     2,818      10,547  
  Apr                     :    91        72           20     2,535       9,580  
  May                     :    81       107           14     3,816      10,098  
  Jun                     :    71        85           13     2,000       7,534  
  Jul                     :    71       142           25     4,439      14,267  
  Aug                     :    85       148           21     4,905      15,209  
  Sep                     :    74       219           18     3,880      12,397  
  Oct                     :    68       386           27     2,926      11,951  
  Nov                     :    57       632           19     3,312      13,212  
  Dec                     :    92       579           50     3,235      12,201  
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                          :                       Region                        
         Commodity        :-----------------------------------------------------
            and           :         :          :   East   :   West   :          
           Month          :   New   :  Middle  :  North   :  North   :  South   
                          : England : Atlantic : Central  : Central  : Atlantic 
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                          :                    1,000 Pounds                     
                          :                                                     
Grapes                    :                                                     
  Jan                     :                                                     
  Feb                     :                                                     
  Mar                     :                                                     
  Apr                     :                                                     
  May                     :                                                     
  Jun                     :                                                     
  Jul                     :                                                     
  Aug                     :                                                     
  Sep                     :                                                     
  Oct                     :                                                     
  Nov                     :                                                     
  Dec                     :                                                     
Peaches                   :                                                     
  Jan                     :     9      3,147      2,798       164       1,974   
  Feb                     :     8      2,470      3,018       194       1,968   
  Mar                     :     6      2,146      2,611        71       2,274   
  Apr                     :     6      2,088      2,175       107       1,964   
  May                     :     4      1,797      1,843        75       1,143   
  Jun                     :     4      1,799      1,139        80       1,753   
  Jul                     :     5      1,669      1,339        79       1,006   
  Aug                     :    38      2,280      2,242       136       1,045   
  Sep                     :    36      2,271      2,519       573       1,258   
  Oct                     :    33      2,687      2,095       646       1,283   
  Nov                     :    32      2,642      1,960       622       1,027   
  Dec                     :    27      2,298      1,834       402       1,336   
Raspberries, Black        :                                                     
  Jan                     :                                                     
  Feb                     :                                                     
  Mar                     :                                                     
  Apr                     :                                                     
  May                     :                                                     
  Jun                     :                                                     
  Jul                     :                                                     
  Aug                     :                                                     
  Sep                     :                                                     
  Oct                     :                                                     
  Nov                     :                                                     
  Dec                     :                                                     
Raspberries, Red          :                                                     
  Jan                     :   241      2,769      1,040       243         683   
  Feb                     :   182      2,469      1,222       213         730   
  Mar                     :   222      2,327      1,032       187         756   
  Apr                     :   181      2,226        697       159         871   
  May                     :   162      2,116        623       124         886   
  Jun                     :   187      2,078        625       275         856   
  Jul                     :   188      2,306        841       123         217   
  Aug                     :   183      2,008      1,002       284         289   
  Sep                     :   174      1,990        962       398         244   
  Oct                     :   162      2,525        887       381         248   
  Nov                     :   178      2,292      1,031       361         263   
  Dec                     :   200      2,138        973       394         303   
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                          :                       Region                        
         Commodity        :-----------------------------------------------------
            and           :  East   :   West   :          :          :          
           Month          :  South  :  South   : Mountain : Pacific  :    US    
                          : Central : Central  :          :          :  Total   
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                          :                    1,000 Pounds                     
                          :                                                     
Grapes                    :                                                     
  Jan                     :                                              5,566  
  Feb                     :                                              5,581  
  Mar                     :                                              4,787  
  Apr                     :                                              3,850  
  May                     :                                              3,484  
  Jun                     :                                              3,431  
  Jul                     :                                              3,402  
  Aug                     :                                              3,335  
  Sep                     :                                              4,137  
  Oct                     :                                              5,491  
  Nov                     :                                              5,253  
  Dec                     :                                              4,879  
Peaches                   :                                                     
  Jan                     :   191      1,224       118       34,566     44,191  
  Feb                     :   112      1,108       133       30,385     39,396  
  Mar                     :   120        993       125       19,636     27,982  
  Apr                     :   141        871        96       17,308     24,756  
  May                     :   143        761       118       13,026     18,910  
  Jun                     :   115        737        87        9,613     15,327  
  Jul                     :    89        670        75       19,824     24,756  
  Aug                     :   132        986       139       45,917     52,915  
  Sep                     :   119      1,299       110       53,094     61,279  
  Oct                     :   108      1,153        62       51,087     59,154  
  Nov                     :    80      1,506       139       46,788     54,796  
  Dec                     :    87      1,827       124       42,536     50,471  
Raspberries, Black        :                                                     
  Jan                     :                                              1,538  
  Feb                     :                                              1,417  
  Mar                     :                                              1,116  
  Apr                     :                                                626  
  May                     :                                                551  
  Jun                     :                                                526  
  Jul                     :                                              1,789  
  Aug                     :                                              1,837  
  Sep                     :                                              1,701  
  Oct                     :                                              1,597  
  Nov                     :                                              1,493  
  Dec                     :                                              1,324  
Raspberries, Red          :                                                     
  Jan                     :   329        649        81       30,947     36,982  
  Feb                     :   325        597        68       28,985     34,791  
  Mar                     :   248        502        61       23,360     28,695  
  Apr                     :   251        478        45       20,144     25,052  
  May                     :   258        154        37       15,060     19,420  
  Jun                     :   233        283        37       14,980     19,554  
  Jul                     :    98        105        71       56,004     59,953  
  Aug                     :   251        390        74       50,136     54,617  
  Sep                     :    77        779        64       44,777     49,465  
  Oct                     :   127      1,060        52       38,708     44,150  
  Nov                     :   146      1,864        49       34,666     40,850  
  Dec                     :   149      1,617        35       30,685     36,494  
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                          :                       Region                        
         Commodity        :-----------------------------------------------------
            and           :         :          :   East   :   West   :          
           Month          :   New   :  Middle  :  North   :  North   :  South   
                          : England : Atlantic : Central  : Central  : Atlantic 
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                          :                    1,000 Pounds                     
                          :                                                     
Strawberries              :                                                     
  Jan                     :     295     5,334      6,867      7,219      1,819  
  Feb                     :     226     5,040      6,358      6,626      1,665  
  Mar                     :     241     4,791      5,150      5,329      1,571  
  Apr                     :     188     4,830      5,069      4,324      1,486  
  May                     :      82     4,797      5,351      3,460      1,642  
  Jun                     :     117     3,402      5,273      3,856      1,974  
  Jul                     :      98     3,621      5,166      4,058      2,079  
  Aug                     :     176     5,179      5,055      5,300      2,199  
  Sep                     :     120     6,405      4,913      6,183      2,005  
  Oct                     :     117     7,092      5,578      6,408      2,336  
  Nov                     :     128     6,299      5,389      6,636      2,034  
  Dec                     :     110     4,775      5,319      6,190      1,584  
Other Frozen Fruit        :                                                     
  Jan                     : 118,722    14,647    197,481      2,505      8,132  
  Feb                     : 101,248    38,767    163,916      2,447      3,706  
  Mar                     :  78,261    33,469    130,888      2,351      2,744  
  Apr                     :  61,791    28,193    107,171      2,075      2,353  
  May                     :  46,878    24,894     92,502      1,842      3,123  
  Jun                     :  38,056    32,097     78,144      2,461      2,721  
  Jul                     :  30,708    28,276     62,616      2,439      2,564  
  Aug                     :  20,188    17,335     45,286      2,423      2,642  
  Sep                     :  26,545    18,484     49,875      2,012      2,744  
  Oct                     : 177,733    55,065    294,374      1,933      3,671  
  Nov                     : 141,714    48,493    249,992      1,810      2,757  
  Dec                     : 119,696    42,927    218,114      1,835      1,606  
Total Frozen Fruit        :                                                     
  Jan                     : 134,799    74,604    369,755     12,234     32,557  
  Feb                     : 116,972    96,639    329,559     11,985     30,633  
  Mar                     :  92,205    90,254    272,438     10,155     28,524  
  Apr                     :  71,714    84,745    235,240      8,651     18,588  
  May                     :  53,924    77,146    202,188      7,281     22,893  
  Jun                     :  43,302    78,922    174,309      8,010     23,057  
  Jul                     :  35,060    85,874    191,095      9,764     14,044  
  Aug                     :  46,214    76,320    236,092     11,830     12,362  
  Sep                     :  53,669    72,044    232,879     12,903     12,164  
  Oct                     : 201,177   107,405    469,192     12,955     13,721  
  Nov                     : 164,005   100,379    418,884     12,829     13,851  
  Dec                     : 140,673    94,172    380,358     12,018     14,095  
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                          :                       Region                        
         Commodity        :-----------------------------------------------------
            and           :  East   :   West   :          :          :          
           Month          :  South  :  South   : Mountain : Pacific  :    US    
                          : Central : Central  :          :          :  Total   
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                          :                    1,000 Pounds                     
                          :                                                     
Strawberries              :                                                     
  Jan                     :  1,785     25,952        623    166,492     216,386 
  Feb                     :  1,768     26,288        638    142,402     191,011 
  Mar                     :  1,474     30,750        635    117,005     166,946 
  Apr                     :  1,517     41,622        397    141,327     200,760 
  May                     :  1,714     46,400        505    212,550     276,501 
  Jun                     :  2,286     48,829        508    248,875     315,120 
  Jul                     :  2,318     36,587        729    272,503     327,159 
  Aug                     :  2,476     32,639        620    257,462     311,106 
  Sep                     :  2,832     30,120        568    239,236     292,382 
  Oct                     :  2,291     27,649        624    216,484     268,579 
  Nov                     :  2,390     24,601        479    193,009     240,965 
  Dec                     :  2,072     20,895        620    170,466     212,031 
Other Frozen Fruit        :                                                     
  Jan                     :    544      5,649      1,550     86,208     435,438 
  Feb                     :    494      8,339      1,848     76,367     397,132 
  Mar                     :    448      6,184      2,092     59,717     316,154 
  Apr                     :    419      5,550      2,106     47,524     257,182 
  May                     :    541      5,405      2,230     43,188     220,603 
  Jun                     :    347      4,753      2,672     41,104     202,355 
  Jul                     :    307      5,255      2,773     41,521     176,459 
  Aug                     :    258      4,935      2,542     39,121     134,730 
  Sep                     :    331      4,909      2,376     40,328     147,604 
  Oct                     :    743      6,247      2,222    108,428     650,416 
  Nov                     :    415      6,378      2,285     93,759     547,603 
  Dec                     :    367      5,343      2,532     81,412     473,832 
Total Frozen Fruit        :                                                     
  Jan                     :  4,210     36,187     15,210    377,981   1,057,537 
  Feb                     :  4,030     38,947     14,876    334,574     978,215 
  Mar                     :  3,359     41,593     13,292    269,595     821,415 
  Apr                     :  3,453     51,394     11,750    269,824     755,359 
  May                     :  3,700     55,278     11,430    323,539     757,379 
  Jun                     :  3,714     56,787      9,308    360,207     757,616 
  Jul                     :  3,694     47,678     15,434    458,962     861,605 
  Aug                     :  4,121     45,995     18,431    467,907     919,272 
  Sep                     :  4,262     45,163     17,633    449,977     900,694 
  Oct                     :  4,248     43,176     20,056    485,444   1,357,374 
  Nov                     :  3,871     42,467     19,325    435,467   1,211,078 
  Dec                     :  3,522     38,793     18,274    388,629   1,090,534 
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                          :                       Region                        
         Commodity        :-----------------------------------------------------
            and           :         :          :   East   :   West   :          
           Month          :   New   :  Middle  :  North   :  North   :  South   
                          : England : Atlantic : Central  : Central  : Atlantic 
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                          :                    1,000 Pounds                     
                          :                                                     
Orange Juice              :                                                     
 (Pounds) 1/ 2/           :                                                     
   Jan                    :   214                  4,602       214    1,201,855 
   Feb                    :   107                  4,729       292    1,257,447 
   Mar                    :   107                  4,973       575    1,223,558 
   Apr                    :   127                  4,307       254    1,330,449 
   May                    :   156                  4,398       165    1,484,367 
   Jun                    :    13                  4,181       164    1,428,926 
   Jul                    :    81                  3,792       214    1,325,298 
   Aug                    :   104                  2,827       231    1,151,345 
   Sep                    :    51                  2,555       221      892,700 
   Oct                    :     9                  2,046       144      677,463 
   Nov                    :     7                  1,857       143      641,389 
   Dec                    :    30                  2,543       281    1,002,409 
Orange Juice              :                                                     
 (Gallon Equivalent) 3/   :                                                     
   Jan                    :    22                    465        22      121,449 
   Feb                    :    11                    478        30      127,066 
   Mar                    :    11                    503        58      123,642 
   Apr                    :    13                    435        26      134,443 
   May                    :    16                    444        17      149,997 
   Jun                    :     1                    422        17      144,394 
   Jul                    :     8                    383        22      133,923 
   Aug                    :    11                    286        23      116,344 
   Sep                    :     5                    258        22       90,208 
   Oct                    :     1                    207        15       68,458 
   Nov                    :     1                    188        14       64,813 
   Dec                    :     3                    257        28      101,294 
Other Juice               :                                                     
   Jan                    :   377      24,766     23,757     2,982      188,702 
   Feb                    :   729      24,666     22,998     3,007      190,983 
   Mar                    :   881      27,775     21,553     3,004      233,754 
   Apr                    :   751      26,532     20,854     3,178      253,208 
   May                    :   571      24,209     19,699     3,575      244,467 
   Jun                    :   593      32,465     17,183     3,184      227,637 
   Jul                    :   488      22,116     18,642     3,023      209,931 
   Aug                    :   379      22,566     17,790     2,799      193,909 
   Sep                    :   452      16,599     17,640     3,474      181,744 
   Oct                    :   700      20,347     15,753     3,066      168,611 
   Nov                    :   582      20,902     13,514     2,812      163,843 
   Dec                    :   677      22,255     13,327     2,756      162,518 
Total Frozen Juices 4/    :                                                     
   Jan                    :   591      24,766     28,359     3,196    1,390,557 
   Feb                    :   836      24,666     27,727     3,299    1,448,430 
   Mar                    :   988      27,775     26,526     3,579    1,457,312 
   Apr                    :   878      26,532     25,161     3,432    1,583,657 
   May                    :   727      24,209     24,097     3,740    1,728,834 
   Jun                    :   606      32,465     21,364     3,348    1,656,563 
   Jul                    :   569      22,116     22,434     3,237    1,535,229 
   Aug                    :   483      22,566     20,617     3,030    1,345,254 
   Sep                    :   503      16,599     20,195     3,695    1,074,444 
   Oct                    :   709      20,347     17,799     3,210      846,074 
   Nov                    :   589      20,902     15,371     2,955      805,232 
   Dec                    :   707      22,255     15,870     3,037    1,164,927 
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                          :                       Region                        
         Commodity        :-----------------------------------------------------
            and           :  East   :   West   :          :          :          
           Month          :  South  :  South   : Mountain : Pacific  :    US    
                          : Central : Central  :          :          :  Total   
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                          :                    1,000 Pounds                     
                          :                                                     
Orange Juice              :                                                     
 (Pounds) 1/ 2/           :                                                     
   Jan                    :    364      3,610     3,650      80,892   1,295,401 
   Feb                    :    308      3,789     3,212      83,078   1,352,962 
   Mar                    :    370      3,903     3,244      85,551   1,322,281 
   Apr                    :    391      3,903     3,642     100,801   1,443,874 
   May                    :    409      4,354     3,895      99,173   1,596,917 
   Jun                    :    192      3,904     3,171      94,422   1,534,973 
   Jul                    :    255      4,815     2,527      86,614   1,423,596 
   Aug                    :    264      4,600     2,009      75,912   1,237,292 
   Sep                    :    217      4,367     1,737      63,725     965,573 
   Oct                    :    180      3,803     1,420      47,587     732,652 
   Nov                    :    161      3,495     1,178      42,746     690,976 
   Dec                    :    176      5,890     1,645      56,398   1,069,372 
Orange Juice              :                                                     
 (Gallon Equivalent) 3/   :                                                     
   Jan                    :     37        365       369       8,174     130,901 
   Feb                    :     31        383       325       8,395     136,718 
   Mar                    :     37        394       328       8,645     133,618 
   Apr                    :     40        394       368      10,186     145,905 
   May                    :     41        440       394      10,022     161,370 
   Jun                    :     19        395       320       9,541     155,110 
   Jul                    :     26        487       255       8,752     143,856 
   Aug                    :     27        465       203       7,671     125,030 
   Sep                    :     22        441       176       6,439      97,572 
   Oct                    :     18        384       143       4,809      74,035 
   Nov                    :     16        353       119       4,320      69,824 
   Dec                    :     18        595       166       5,699     108,061 
Other Juice               :                                                     
   Jan                    :    740     20,830     1,789     240,660     504,603 
   Feb                    :    682     21,467     1,573     249,796     515,901 
   Mar                    :    632     23,999     1,493     242,746     555,837 
   Apr                    :    542     20,957     1,413     251,123     578,558 
   May                    :    508     19,767     1,368     252,925     567,089 
   Jun                    :    707     19,193     1,634     257,181     559,777 
   Jul                    :    478     20,888     1,244     242,990     519,800 
   Aug                    :    492     21,609     1,277     232,936     493,757 
   Sep                    :    472     20,249       944     219,528     461,102 
   Oct                    :    516     16,990       820     198,595     425,398 
   Nov                    :    538     22,089       846     187,806     412,932 
   Dec                    :    537     19,944       606     187,601     410,221 
Total Frozen Juices /4    :                                                     
   Jan                    :  1,104     24,440     5,439     321,552   1,800,004 
   Feb                    :    990     25,256     4,785     332,874   1,868,863 
   Mar                    :  1,002     27,902     4,737     328,297   1,878,118 
   Apr                    :    933     24,860     5,055     351,924   2,022,432 
   May                    :    917     24,121     5,263     352,098   2,164,006 
   Jun                    :    899     23,097     4,805     351,603   2,094,750 
   Jul                    :    733     25,703     3,771     329,604   1,943,396 
   Aug                    :    756     26,209     3,286     308,848   1,731,049 
   Sep                    :    689     24,616     2,681     283,253   1,426,675 
   Oct                    :    696     20,793     2,240     246,182   1,158,050 
   Nov                    :    699     25,584     2,024     230,552   1,103,908 
   Dec                    :    713     25,834     2,251     243,999   1,479,593 
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1/  Adjusted to 42.0 degree Brix equivalent.                                    
2/  Middle Atlantic combined with South Atlantic.                               
3/  9.896 pounds per gallon.                                                    
4/  Middle Atlantic orange juice combined with South Atlantic.                  
                                                                                
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                          :                       Region                        
         Commodity        :-----------------------------------------------------
            and           :         :          :   East   :   West   :          
           Month          :   New   :  Middle  :  North   :  North   :  South   
                          : England : Atlantic : Central  : Central  : Atlantic 
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                          :                    1,000 Pounds                     
                          :                                                     
Asparagus                 :                                                     
  Jan                     :               460      2,936       260         343  
  Feb                     :               408      2,527       146         325  
  Mar                     :               343      2,092       188         303  
  Apr                     :               350      1,795       201         239  
  May                     :               296      3,535       165         304  
  Jun                     :               408      5,619       184         344  
  Jul                     :               275      6,014       317         334  
  Aug                     :               265      5,221       309         217  
  Sep                     :               257      4,250       517         106  
  Oct                     :               265      3,772       432          73  
  Nov                     :               335      3,262       379         258  
  Dec                     :               268      2,751       382         244  
Lima Beans, Fordhook      :                                                     
  Jan                     :               424        685       130       1,657  
  Feb                     :               415        603       176       1,587  
  Mar                     :               378        585       178       1,361  
  Apr                     :               253        492       130       1,043  
  May                     :               349        441       108         913  
  Jun                     :               716        431       128         913  
  Jul                     :               249        368       160         495  
  Aug                     :               337        636       176         527  
  Sep                     :               354        825       191       1,230  
  Oct                     :               254        810       233       2,274  
  Nov                     :               273        764       263       2,318  
  Dec                     :               159        685       248       1,965  
Lima Beans, Baby          :                                                     
  Jan                     :             2,237      2,661       792      15,658  
  Feb                     :             1,630      2,225       689      15,033  
  Mar                     :             1,373      1,912       695      13,468  
  Apr                     :             1,095      1,638       577      11,135  
  May                     :             1,122      1,644       717       9,199  
  Jun                     :               867      1,374       572       7,891  
  Jul                     :               499      1,208       632       4,175  
  Aug                     :               602        958       680       4,423  
  Sep                     :             1,215      2,893       629      13,688  
  Oct                     :             2,045      2,925       615      20,807  
  Nov                     :             2,133      2,402       648      18,974  
  Dec                     :             1,762      1,965       711      13,711  
Green Beans, Regular Cut  :                                                     
  Jan                     :            18,271     49,451     1,852       5,207  
  Feb                     :            15,157     40,861     1,616       3,825  
  Mar                     :            10,491     34,238     1,432       3,209  
  Apr                     :             8,245     29,109     1,245       2,653  
  May                     :             4,818     20,829     1,080       2,284  
  Jun                     :             3,336     14,545     1,065       1,868  
  Jul                     :             9,694     25,497     1,224       4,216  
  Aug                     :            19,628     52,282     1,457       7,342  
  Sep                     :            32,135     49,378     1,565       7,721  
  Oct                     :            30,670     47,166     1,566       7,480  
  Nov                     :            26,266     42,288     1,470       8,132  
  Dec                     :            22,962     37,696     1,449       6,757  
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                          :                       Region                        
         Commodity        :-----------------------------------------------------
            and           :  East   :   West   :          :          :          
           Month          :  South  :  South   : Mountain : Pacific  :    US    
                          : Central : Central  :          :          :  Total   
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                          :                    1,000 Pounds                     
                          :                                                     
Asparagus                 :                                                     
  Jan                     :              208         23       5,690      9,920  
  Feb                     :              212         26       5,234      8,878  
  Mar                     :              258         14       4,710      7,908  
  Apr                     :              244         27       4,822      7,678  
  May                     :              354         14       6,233     10,901  
  Jun                     :              379         15       7,052     14,001  
  Jul                     :              355         10       6,672     13,977  
  Aug                     :              308         11       4,736     11,067  
  Sep                     :              276          7       4,224      9,637  
  Oct                     :              237         12       3,867      8,658  
  Nov                     :              252          5       3,940      8,431  
  Dec                     :              275          9       4,424      8,353  
Lima Beans, Fordhook      :                                                     
  Jan                     :              169         25      12,632     15,722  
  Feb                     :              184         13      11,065     14,043  
  Mar                     :              163         19       9,512     12,196  
  Apr                     :              124          9       8,214     10,265  
  May                     :              124          5       7,198      9,138  
  Jun                     :              185          7       7,749     10,129  
  Jul                     :              178          9       6,862      8,321  
  Aug                     :               85          6      12,743     14,510  
  Sep                     :              130          4      16,508     19,242  
  Oct                     :              144         12      14,660     18,387  
  Nov                     :              145          9      13,506     17,278  
  Dec                     :              106         10      12,036     15,209  
Lima Beans, Baby          :                                                     
  Jan                     :              753      1,524      13,936     37,561  
  Feb                     :              468      1,015      14,340     35,400  
  Mar                     :              540        933      11,614     30,535  
  Apr                     :              493        728       8,855     24,521  
  May                     :              452        527       8,907     22,568  
  Jun                     :              439        480      11,598     23,221  
  Jul                     :              369        147       9,325     16,355  
  Aug                     :              370         67      14,824     21,924  
  Sep                     :              631      4,587      26,784     50,427  
  Oct                     :              770      5,051      30,479     62,692  
  Nov                     :              986      4,301      25,998     55,442  
  Dec                     :              863      4,097      20,927     44,036  
Green Beans, Regular Cut  :                                                     
  Jan                     :            1,408        423      75,984    152,596  
  Feb                     :            1,231        438      73,014    136,142  
  Mar                     :            1,124        516      65,381    116,391  
  Apr                     :            1,267        520      50,103     93,142  
  May                     :            1,316        755      37,146     68,228  
  Jun                     :            1,303        676      34,009     56,802  
  Jul                     :            1,733        638      58,141    101,143  
  Aug                     :            2,339        515     119,406    202,969  
  Sep                     :            2,127        524     134,329    227,779  
  Oct                     :            1,825        539     114,292    203,538  
  Nov                     :            1,812        614     100,803    181,385  
  Dec                     :            1,443        653      90,473    161,433  
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                          :                       Region                        
         Commodity        :-----------------------------------------------------
            and           :         :          :   East   :   West   :          
           Month          :   New   :  Middle  :  North   :  North   :  South   
                          : England : Atlantic : Central  : Central  : Atlantic 
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                          :                    1,000 Pounds                     
                          :                                                     
Green Beans, French Style :                                                     
  Jan                     :             6,987     2,760        173        627   
  Feb                     :             5,354     2,586        189        602   
  Mar                     :             4,210     1,767        183        492   
  Apr                     :             3,876     1,451        437        457   
  May                     :             3,085     1,227        438        420   
  Jun                     :             2,499       895        318        390   
  Jul                     :             3,551     1,143        349        375   
  Aug                     :             7,679     2,238        392        604   
  Sep                     :            10,060     8,656        357        675   
  Oct                     :             9,398     7,848        282        876   
  Nov                     :             8,472     7,006        387      1,018   
  Dec                     :             7,176     5,782        375        940   
Broccoli, Spears          :                                                     
  Jan                     :             3,929       409        785      1,916   
  Feb                     :             5,035       365      1,459      2,031   
  Mar                     :             4,838       294      1,544      1,941   
  Apr                     :             5,870       342        981      1,788   
  May                     :             7,960       335      1,233      1,491   
  Jun                     :             7,652       291        741      1,271   
  Jul                     :             7,920       261        679      1,306   
  Aug                     :             6,901       283        633      1,130   
  Sep                     :             5,325       235      1,152      1,179   
  Oct                     :             4,560       389        990      1,052   
  Nov                     :             3,486       333      1,042        788   
  Dec                     :             2,704       338      1,107        887   
Broccoli, Chopped & Cut   :                                                     
  Jan                     :             6,169     6,608      2,929      3,463   
  Feb                     :             8,406     7,527      3,582      4,566   
  Mar                     :             9,668     7,085      3,558      4,252   
  Apr                     :             9,547     6,894      2,987      3,850   
  May                     :             9,512     6,862      3,631      3,125   
  Jun                     :             9,165     6,654      4,382      2,965   
  Jul                     :             8,638     5,530      4,415      2,709   
  Aug                     :             7,036     5,343      3,789      2,567   
  Sep                     :             4,723     5,156      3,479      2,634   
  Oct                     :             3,851     6,127      3,420      2,573   
  Nov                     :             3,938     5,566      3,135      2,637   
  Dec                     :             3,470     5,332      3,571      2,680   
Brussels Sprouts          :                                                     
  Jan                     :               678       686        681        809   
  Feb                     :               662       561        650        719   
  Mar                     :               604       546        644        610   
  Apr                     :               509       474        576        471   
  May                     :               420       400        625        445   
  Jun                     :               424       431        587        432   
  Jul                     :               421       394        581        408   
  Aug                     :               472       372        585        326   
  Sep                     :               435       380        554        334   
  Oct                     :               460       486        620        412   
  Nov                     :               485       605        558        446   
  Dec                     :               400       597        874        554   
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                          :                       Region                        
         Commodity        :-----------------------------------------------------
            and           :  East   :   West   :          :          :          
           Month          :  South  :  South   : Mountain : Pacific  :    US    
                          : Central : Central  :          :          :  Total   
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                          :                    1,000 Pounds                     
                          :                                                     
Green Beans, French Style :                                                     
  Jan                     :               330       421      28,920     40,218  
  Feb                     :               264       278      27,153     36,426  
  Mar                     :               308       237      25,070     32,267  
  Apr                     :               168       608      21,387     28,384  
  May                     :               171       685      18,602     24,628  
  Jun                     :               187       494      18,639     23,422  
  Jul                     :               260       550      28,478     34,706  
  Aug                     :               305       530      36,153     47,901  
  Sep                     :               364       467      33,775     54,354  
  Oct                     :               385       484      33,101     52,374  
  Nov                     :               416       416      28,281     45,996  
  Dec                     :               446       448      26,007     41,174  
Broccoli, Spears          :                                                     
  Jan                     :            13,825       358      10,667     31,889  
  Feb                     :            17,278       219      12,058     38,445  
  Mar                     :            14,802        49      10,425     33,893  
  Apr                     :            12,485        64       8,405     29,935  
  May                     :            12,761        97       8,229     32,106  
  Jun                     :            12,234       116       7,127     29,432  
  Jul                     :            14,569        83       6,572     31,390  
  Aug                     :            13,644        70      10,543     33,204  
  Sep                     :            11,541        41       9,392     28,865  
  Oct                     :             8,970        58       6,759     22,778  
  Nov                     :             8,219        47       6,233     20,148  
  Dec                     :             8,973        91       8,001     22,101  
Broccoli, Chopped & Cut   :                                                     
  Jan                     :            18,796     1,899      60,713    100,577  
  Feb                     :            26,999     2,177      73,086    126,343  
  Mar                     :            19,162     1,781      61,790    107,296  
  Apr                     :            19,809     1,431      59,345    103,863  
  May                     :            19,730     1,465      61,923    106,248  
  Jun                     :            37,040     1,356      59,889    121,451  
  Jul                     :            36,378     1,424      56,146    115,240  
  Aug                     :            34,245     1,827      58,858    113,665  
  Sep                     :            35,211     1,469      57,166    109,838  
  Oct                     :            30,107     1,488      57,689    105,255  
  Nov                     :            21,340     1,362      54,285     92,263  
  Dec                     :            28,569     1,265      53,983     98,870  
Brussels Sprouts          :                                                     
  Jan                     :               954       707      12,841     17,356  
  Feb                     :             1,057       343      10,865     14,857  
  Mar                     :               930        22       9,112     12,468  
  Apr                     :               724        24       8,089     10,867  
  May                     :               742        27       7,240      9,899  
  Jun                     :             1,083        46       6,530      9,533  
  Jul                     :               963        34       5,860      8,661  
  Aug                     :               667         7       5,939      8,368  
  Sep                     :               596         6       5,604      7,909  
  Oct                     :               407         5      10,255     12,645  
  Nov                     :               491         2      13,646     16,233  
  Dec                     :               826        19      13,044     16,314  
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                          :                       Region                        
         Commodity        :-----------------------------------------------------
            and           :         :          :   East   :   West   :          
           Month          :   New   :  Middle  :  North   :  North   :  South   
                          : England : Atlantic : Central  : Central  : Atlantic 
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                          :                    1,000 Pounds                     
                          :                                                     
Carrots, Diced            :                                                     
  Jan                     :             4,658     15,605      1,060      7,870  
  Feb                     :             4,051     13,553      1,191      6,834  
  Mar                     :             2,381     12,852      1,724      6,202  
  Apr                     :             1,949     12,053      1,711      5,870  
  May                     :             1,854     11,148      1,580      4,964  
  Jun                     :             2,211      8,074      1,418      4,839  
  Jul                     :             2,284      6,977      1,344      3,701  
  Aug                     :             2,224      6,449      1,195      2,569  
  Sep                     :             1,784     15,152        894      2,001  
  Oct                     :             4,423     24,892        841      2,794  
  Nov                     :             7,561     32,482      1,175      4,700  
  Dec                     :             7,298     30,890      1,456      5,153  
Carrots, Other            :                                                     
  Jan                     :             5,395     12,592      1,374      9,157  
  Feb                     :             5,011     11,597      1,396      6,938  
  Mar                     :             3,311      9,921      1,174      6,288  
  Apr                     :             3,081      9,699      1,238      6,049  
  May                     :             2,865      8,379      1,245      5,473  
  Jun                     :             2,976      8,647      1,517      5,538  
  Jul                     :             2,461      6,565      1,672      4,585  
  Aug                     :             2,478      6,946      1,417      4,704  
  Sep                     :             2,552      9,399      1,095      6,672  
  Oct                     :             2,679     11,471      1,104     10,163  
  Nov                     :             4,342     15,097      2,211     13,073  
  Dec                     :             3,280     13,583      2,268     12,060  
Cauliflower               :                                                     
  Jan                     :             1,837      2,644        965      1,353  
  Feb                     :             1,762      2,522        854      1,151  
  Mar                     :             1,737      2,350        978      1,130  
  Apr                     :             1,368      2,148        780      1,113  
  May                     :             1,413      1,842        882      1,024  
  Jun                     :             1,289      1,660        946        810  
  Jul                     :             1,075      1,466        832        766  
  Aug                     :               988      1,619        912        730  
  Sep                     :             1,040      1,828        754        842  
  Oct                     :             1,266      2,239        641      1,205  
  Nov                     :             1,439      2,221        960      1,009  
  Dec                     :             1,202      2,442      1,423      1,133  
Corn, Cut                 :                                                     
  Jan                     :            17,728     48,617     19,173     13,520  
  Feb                     :            14,073     43,771     15,733     10,686  
  Mar                     :             9,649     36,490     12,696      8,968  
  Apr                     :             8,722     30,507     10,048      7,060  
  May                     :            10,946     24,926      7,375      6,000  
  Jun                     :            10,096     19,735      5,740      4,565  
  Jul                     :             8,246     13,969      4,862      4,489  
  Aug                     :            10,040     20,747     12,382      5,865  
  Sep                     :            19,028     46,638     41,164      9,908  
  Oct                     :            19,989     47,403     43,374     11,604  
  Nov                     :            16,771     40,831     41,425     10,065  
  Dec                     :            13,624     36,694     40,563      9,972  
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                          :                       Region                        
         Commodity        :-----------------------------------------------------
            and           :  East   :   West   :          :          :          
           Month          :  South  :  South   : Mountain : Pacific  :    US    
                          : Central : Central  :          :          :  Total   
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                          :                    1,000 Pounds                     
                          :                                                     
Carrots, Diced            :                                                     
  Jan                     :             3,576        49      44,972     77,790  
  Feb                     :             3,237        40      41,115     70,021  
  Mar                     :             3,104        42      35,450     61,755  
  Apr                     :             1,552        67      29,949     53,151  
  May                     :             1,444        63      26,572     47,625  
  Jun                     :             1,692        42      22,184     40,460  
  Jul                     :             3,566        59      21,510     39,441  
  Aug                     :             2,228        93      15,576     30,334  
  Sep                     :             1,980        69      14,189     36,069  
  Oct                     :               559       560      22,215     56,284  
  Nov                     :               821       674      47,920     95,333  
  Dec                     :               844       481      46,176     92,298  
Carrots, Other            :                                                     
  Jan                     :            10,037     1,568     165,436    205,559  
  Feb                     :            10,792     1,474     156,836    194,044  
  Mar                     :            13,737     1,521     138,861    174,813  
  Apr                     :            14,678     1,314     132,603    168,662  
  May                     :            15,286     1,324     105,970    140,542  
  Jun                     :            15,121     1,239     101,750    136,788  
  Jul                     :            12,108     1,257      87,328    115,976  
  Aug                     :            12,336       735     101,520    130,136  
  Sep                     :            11,617       637     119,538    151,510  
  Oct                     :             8,309       713     146,549    180,988  
  Nov                     :             8,006     1,830     157,606    202,165  
  Dec                     :            10,265     1,698     146,339    189,493  
Cauliflower               :                                                     
  Jan                     :            14,106       270      40,877     62,052  
  Feb                     :            15,527       274      36,320     58,410  
  Mar                     :            15,047       356      31,675     53,273  
  Apr                     :            14,130       326      29,264     49,129  
  May                     :            12,326       524      24,878     42,889  
  Jun                     :            10,802       398      22,450     38,355  
  Jul                     :             9,568       333      19,079     33,119  
  Aug                     :             8,372       584      20,755     33,960  
  Sep                     :             8,141       854      21,706     35,165  
  Oct                     :             7,291       884      34,641     48,167  
  Nov                     :             3,266       763      37,696     47,354  
  Dec                     :             9,770       781      37,867     54,618  
Corn, Cut                 :                                                     
  Jan                     :             2,452     2,726     224,516    328,732  
  Feb                     :             1,525     2,709     191,686    280,183  
  Mar                     :             2,481     2,157     151,630    224,071  
  Apr                     :             2,045     1,740     119,398    179,520  
  May                     :             1,702     1,784     100,000    152,733  
  Jun                     :             1,454     1,357      86,871    129,818  
  Jul                     :             1,430     1,239      78,136    112,371  
  Aug                     :             1,924     1,268     137,984    190,210  
  Sep                     :             2,813     1,611     268,661    389,823  
  Oct                     :             3,124     1,557     325,335    452,386  
  Nov                     :             2,581     1,401     273,617    386,691  
  Dec                     :             2,660     1,798     247,067    352,378  
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                          :                       Region                        
         Commodity        :-----------------------------------------------------
            and           :         :          :   East   :   West   :          
           Month          :   New   :  Middle  :  North   :  North   :  South   
                          : England : Atlantic : Central  : Central  : Atlantic 
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                          :                    1,000 Pounds                     
                          :                                                     
Corn, Cob                 :                                                     
  Jan                     :            13,441     16,394     20,516      4,554  
  Feb                     :             7,825     13,454     17,554      4,164  
  Mar                     :             3,112     10,774     13,133      3,384  
  Apr                     :             1,578     10,125     11,908      3,032  
  May                     :             1,834      8,950      8,945      2,626  
  Jun                     :             1,597      7,864      6,171      2,640  
  Jul                     :             1,588      6,942      4,865      2,168  
  Aug                     :             4,052     10,937      8,836      3,149  
  Sep                     :            15,372     16,385     28,501      5,540  
  Oct                     :            17,069     16,369     29,180      5,179  
  Nov                     :            16,000     14,873     27,711      4,062  
  Dec                     :            11,809     13,362     25,125      3,466  
Mixed Vegetables          :                                                     
  Jan                     :             3,569      5,474      2,086      3,525  
  Feb                     :             3,788      5,174      2,140      4,379  
  Mar                     :             3,436      4,911      2,068      4,018  
  Apr                     :             3,239      4,817      2,494      4,433  
  May                     :             3,775      4,624      2,664      2,591  
  Jun                     :             4,147      5,969      2,589      3,309  
  Jul                     :             3,453      5,632      2,461      3,867  
  Aug                     :             3,232      4,482      2,080      3,330  
  Sep                     :             3,103      4,257      2,029      9,887  
  Oct                     :             3,231      3,558      1,939      6,560  
  Nov                     :             3,001      4,549      2,180      6,943  
  Dec                     :             2,265      4,590      2,273      7,258  
Okra                      :                                                     
  Jan                     :               402        212        672      6,209  
  Feb                     :               426        250        586     14,243  
  Mar                     :               443        187        582      3,422  
  Apr                     :               349        185        524      3,053  
  May                     :               649        182        658      4,304  
  Jun                     :               654        217        686      6,375  
  Jul                     :               573        244        644      9,894  
  Aug                     :               517        267        556     11,136  
  Sep                     :               743        256        518     10,535  
  Oct                     :               724        240        569     10,377  
  Nov                     :               766        232        695      7,892  
  Dec                     :               571        154        581      7,205  
Onion Rings               :                                                     
  Jan                     :             2,192      4,044      1,343      1,362  
  Feb                     :             2,036      4,677      1,992        760  
  Mar                     :             2,032      4,541      1,944        691  
  Apr                     :             2,192      3,934      1,622      1,006  
  May                     :             2,075      4,359      1,532        552  
  Jun                     :             2,109      3,982      1,725        563  
  Jul                     :             1,646      3,060      1,494        434  
  Aug                     :             1,539      3,107      1,909        556  
  Sep                     :             1,769      3,246      1,274        473  
  Oct                     :             1,658      3,329      1,244        490  
  Nov                     :             1,933      4,004      1,612        471  
  Dec                     :             1,744      3,889      1,399        526  
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                          :                       Region                        
         Commodity        :-----------------------------------------------------
            and           :  East   :   West   :          :          :          
           Month          :  South  :  South   : Mountain : Pacific  :    US    
                          : Central : Central  :          :          :  Total   
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                          :                    1,000 Pounds                     
                          :                                                     
Corn, Cob                 :                                                     
  Jan                     :             2,515       325     197,729    255,474  
  Feb                     :             2,100       285     165,992    211,374  
  Mar                     :             1,690       267     129,971    162,331  
  Apr                     :             1,568       348     121,082    149,641  
  May                     :             1,520       368      82,418    106,661  
  Jun                     :             1,314       235      65,914     85,735  
  Jul                     :             1,379       332      58,590     75,864  
  Aug                     :             1,754       543     112,534    141,805  
  Sep                     :             2,841     1,071     257,343    327,053  
  Oct                     :             2,715     1,010     304,236    375,758  
  Nov                     :             2,695       904     282,795    349,040  
  Dec                     :             2,309       658     236,317    293,046  
Mixed Vegetables          :                                                     
  Jan                     :             4,575       560      35,345     55,134  
  Feb                     :             4,367       453      34,191     54,492  
  Mar                     :             4,996       561      31,162     51,152  
  Apr                     :             5,325       544      31,147     51,999  
  May                     :             5,831       583      44,251     64,319  
  Jun                     :             6,245       845      43,927     67,031  
  Jul                     :             5,919       845      44,387     66,564  
  Aug                     :             5,017       741      31,973     50,855  
  Sep                     :             5,336       735      30,262     55,609  
  Oct                     :             5,789       972      29,879     51,928  
  Nov                     :             6,567       977      32,167     56,384  
  Dec                     :             7,561       673      29,588     54,208  
Okra                      :                                                     
  Jan                     :            29,000        87         776     37,358  
  Feb                     :            26,287        87       1,021     42,900  
  Mar                     :            22,797        67         656     28,154  
  Apr                     :            18,096        62         624     22,893  
  May                     :            14,629        50         517     20,989  
  Jun                     :            15,287        65         618     23,902  
  Jul                     :            22,885        41         633     34,914  
  Aug                     :            26,606        28         595     39,705  
  Sep                     :            27,772        30         718     40,572  
  Oct                     :            26,669        22         709     39,310  
  Nov                     :            24,384        20         884     34,873  
  Dec                     :            19,212        10         843     28,576  
Onion Rings               :                                                     
  Jan                     :                45       125       2,454     11,565  
  Feb                     :               501       117       2,909     12,992  
  Mar                     :               515       117       2,459     12,299  
  Apr                     :               531        87       1,657     11,029  
  May                     :               514        72       1,837     10,941  
  Jun                     :               488        71       1,893     10,831  
  Jul                     :               433        68       1,392      8,527  
  Aug                     :               405        55       1,600      9,171  
  Sep                     :               387        57       1,513      8,719  
  Oct                     :               306        51       1,776      8,854  
  Nov                     :               343        67       2,095     10,525  
  Dec                     :               226        56       2,200     10,040  
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                          :                       Region                        
         Commodity        :-----------------------------------------------------
            and           :         :          :   East   :   West   :          
           Month          :   New   :  Middle  :  North   :  North   :  South   
                          : England : Atlantic : Central  : Central  : Atlantic 
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                          :                    1,000 Pounds                     
                          :                                                     
Onions, Other             :                                                     
  Jan                     :             1,134      3,055        559      2,465  
  Feb                     :             1,149      2,914        492      1,759  
  Mar                     :             1,195      2,915        435      1,701  
  Apr                     :             1,122      3,159        653      1,229  
  May                     :               980      2,777        425      3,505  
  Jun                     :             1,029      2,767        520      3,350  
  Jul                     :             1,231      2,472        438      3,120  
  Aug                     :             1,157      2,753        481      2,815  
  Sep                     :             1,084      2,569        472      2,566  
  Oct                     :             1,093      2,267        682      2,760  
  Nov                     :             1,096      2,756        595      2,567  
  Dec                     :               884      2,395        645      2,087  
Peas, Blackeye            :                                                     
  Jan                     :               228        225         34      5,716  
  Feb                     :               218        195         39      4,736  
  Mar                     :               204        188         39      3,260  
  Apr                     :               258        165         35      2,559  
  May                     :               174        123         35      1,474  
  Jun                     :               155        122         33      1,618  
  Jul                     :               222        201         31      2,835  
  Aug                     :               238        331         26      7,239  
  Sep                     :               365        409         26      8,284  
  Oct                     :               600        491         35     11,622  
  Nov                     :               539        595         41      9,102  
  Dec                     :               468        435         23      7,742  
Peas, Green               :                                                     
  Jan                     :            17,347     33,401     11,942      8,209  
  Feb                     :            15,169     29,671      9,443      6,916  
  Mar                     :            13,033     26,807      7,135      5,927  
  Apr                     :            11,479     24,851      5,929      5,589  
  May                     :            11,358     23,643      4,398      4,661  
  Jun                     :            18,457     23,318      4,664      9,856  
  Jul                     :            25,515     33,228     21,872     12,185  
  Aug                     :            31,881     32,359     24,080     11,752  
  Sep                     :            31,683     36,753     23,242     10,741  
  Oct                     :            29,394     36,020     21,503      9,743  
  Nov                     :            26,067     32,313     19,471      9,507  
  Dec                     :            22,329     29,076     17,183      8,579  
Peas and Carrots Mixed    :                                                     
  Jan                     :               967        615        221        566  
  Feb                     :               811        584        234        606  
  Mar                     :               882        537        214        597  
  Apr                     :               733        601        156        580  
  May                     :               841        694        108        548  
  Jun                     :               892        591        138        566  
  Jul                     :               817        619        187        474  
  Aug                     :               636        529        191        506  
  Sep                     :               773        456        188        555  
  Oct                     :               608        483        174        428  
  Nov                     :               746        401        178        468  
  Dec                     :               661        501        132        427  
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                          :                       Region                        
         Commodity        :-----------------------------------------------------
            and           :  East   :   West   :          :          :          
           Month          :  South  :  South   : Mountain : Pacific  :    US    
                          : Central : Central  :          :          :  Total   
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                          :                    1,000 Pounds                     
                          :                                                     
Onions, Other             :                                                     
  Jan                     :            1,020       2,067     25,519     35,819  
  Feb                     :              870       1,868     22,732     31,784  
  Mar                     :              710       2,156     23,670     32,782  
  Apr                     :              994       1,557     18,956     27,670  
  May                     :            1,847       2,835     16,831     29,200  
  Jun                     :            1,819       2,521     15,505     27,511  
  Jul                     :            1,856       2,540     15,879     27,536  
  Aug                     :            1,941       2,580     15,932     27,659  
  Sep                     :            1,598       2,583     19,416     30,288  
  Oct                     :            1,570       2,526     16,991     27,889  
  Nov                     :            1,846       2,713     20,688     32,261  
  Dec                     :            1,726       2,290     20,454     30,481  
Peas, Blackeye            :                                                     
  Jan                     :            1,434           4        323      7,964  
  Feb                     :            1,585           8        329      7,110  
  Mar                     :            2,081           6        333      6,111  
  Apr                     :            1,354           5        308      4,684  
  May                     :            1,485           4        240      3,535  
  Jun                     :            1,358           3        240      3,529  
  Jul                     :              885           4        196      4,374  
  Aug                     :            1,041           3        306      9,184  
  Sep                     :            1,306           2        296     10,688  
  Oct                     :            1,091          15        318     14,172  
  Nov                     :            1,002           6        265     11,550  
  Dec                     :              916           6        205      9,795  
Peas, Green               :                                                     
  Jan                     :            2,300      10,584    161,742    245,525  
  Feb                     :            2,241       7,897    137,221    208,558  
  Mar                     :            1,912       6,620    102,386    163,820  
  Apr                     :            1,542       5,121     93,283    147,794  
  May                     :            1,697       2,914     84,899    133,570  
  Jun                     :            1,643       4,090    101,265    163,293  
  Jul                     :            2,501      14,159    170,096    279,556  
  Aug                     :            2,629      14,944    207,297    324,942  
  Sep                     :            2,065      14,152    186,528    305,164  
  Oct                     :            1,883      12,763    165,770    277,076  
  Nov                     :            2,165      11,741    142,266    243,530  
  Dec                     :            1,736       9,260    120,194    208,357  
Peas and Carrots Mixed    :                                                     
  Jan                     :              198         100      6,206      8,873  
  Feb                     :              130          76      6,219      8,660  
  Mar                     :              198          97      6,392      8,917  
  Apr                     :              276          89      5,418      7,853  
  May                     :              309         186      5,786      8,472  
  Jun                     :              223         202      5,728      8,340  
  Jul                     :              209         168      5,152      7,626  
  Aug                     :              175         149      6,385      8,571  
  Sep                     :              160          98      7,686      9,916  
  Oct                     :              128          89      5,212      7,122  
  Nov                     :              121          93      6,223      8,230  
  Dec                     :              118          60      4,832      6,731  
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                          :                       Region                        
         Commodity        :-----------------------------------------------------
            and           :         :          :   East   :   West   :          
           Month          :   New   :  Middle  :  North   :  North   :  South   
                          : England : Atlantic : Central  : Central  : Atlantic 
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                          :                    1,000 Pounds                     
                          :                                                     
Spinach                   :                                                     
  Jan                     :            10,832      1,337     1,230       2,450  
  Feb                     :             8,791      1,360     1,047       2,719  
  Mar                     :             6,431      1,259     1,009       3,045  
  Apr                     :             7,078      1,413       814       3,616  
  May                     :             7,491      1,540     1,166       4,812  
  Jun                     :             9,848      1,606     1,090       4,896  
  Jul                     :             7,634      1,350     1,011       4,629  
  Aug                     :             5,407      1,149       872       3,913  
  Sep                     :             4,280        924       854       3,472  
  Oct                     :             5,920      1,078       684       3,432  
  Nov                     :             6,613      1,117       662       2,630  
  Dec                     :             6,371      1,080       687       2,317  
Squash, Summer & Zucchini :                                                     
  Jan                     :             2,713     14,797       797       5,816  
  Feb                     :             2,378     13,411       694       3,351  
  Mar                     :             2,157     11,819       453       3,861  
  Apr                     :             1,975     10,704       470       3,544  
  May                     :             1,725     11,198       462       5,795  
  Jun                     :             1,591     10,051       489       7,650  
  Jul                     :             1,782     10,992       584       6,776  
  Aug                     :             1,315     17,802       669       7,263  
  Sep                     :               934     19,685       439      10,478  
  Oct                     :             2,305     26,163       410       9,686  
  Nov                     :             2,728     25,267       380       7,377  
  Dec                     :             2,398     23,000       381       6,646  
Southern Greens           :                                                     
  Jan                     :             1,203         27       107       9,029  
  Feb                     :               930         35        93       6,976  
  Mar                     :               623         34       150       5,228  
  Apr                     :               509         38       127       4,844  
  May                     :             5,751         32       193       5,445  
  Jun                     :             6,344         46       185       6,252  
  Jul                     :             1,416         18       527       5,585  
  Aug                     :               886         27       213       4,026  
  Sep                     :               771         44       265       2,802  
  Oct                     :             1,208         28       127       2,540  
  Nov                     :             2,082         24        91       5,733  
  Dec                     :             2,242         33        80       9,549  
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                 and United States, Monthly, 1996 1/ (continued)                
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                          :                       Region                        
         Commodity        :-----------------------------------------------------
            and           :  East   :   West   :          :          :          
           Month          :  South  :  South   : Mountain : Pacific  :    US    
                          : Central : Central  :          :          :  Total   
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                          :                    1,000 Pounds                     
                          :                                                     
Spinach                   :                                                     
  Jan                     :            16,022       508      30,536     62,915  
  Feb                     :            21,376       410      28,390     64,093  
  Mar                     :            19,383       395      32,873     64,395  
  Apr                     :            21,906       367      49,512     84,706  
  May                     :            18,083       384      55,954     89,430  
  Jun                     :            16,683       368      51,790     86,281  
  Jul                     :            14,226       380      45,862     75,092  
  Aug                     :            12,159       413      42,496     66,409  
  Sep                     :             7,649       221      38,944     56,344  
  Oct                     :             7,158       259      34,742     53,273  
  Nov                     :             7,168       287      30,800     49,277  
  Dec                     :             7,867       305      29,241     47,868  
Squash, Summer & Zucchini :                                                     
  Jan                     :             8,855       950      20,630     54,558  
  Feb                     :             6,776       811      16,688     44,109  
  Mar                     :             6,634       930      12,927     38,781  
  Apr                     :             6,753       756      11,177     35,379  
  May                     :             9,359     1,019      10,528     40,086  
  Jun                     :             9,407       794      14,803     44,785  
  Jul                     :            10,796       857      21,948     53,735  
  Aug                     :            10,281       682      22,532     60,544  
  Sep                     :             8,834       727      23,765     64,862  
  Oct                     :             9,174       566      21,132     69,436  
  Nov                     :             8,284       589      19,401     64,026  
  Dec                     :             7,320       546      18,458     58,749  
Southern Greens           :                                                     
  Jan                     :            10,826         8         386     21,586  
  Feb                     :            15,340        18         451     23,843  
  Mar                     :            18,587        22         937     25,581  
  Apr                     :            19,802         8         843     26,171  
  May                     :            19,727        19         996     32,163  
  Jun                     :            18,568        14         954     32,363  
  Jul                     :             7,233         5         893     15,677  
  Aug                     :             7,180                 1,088     13,420  
  Sep                     :             6,543                 1,065     11,490  
  Oct                     :             5,075                   798      9,776  
  Nov                     :            10,534                   775     19,239  
  Dec                     :            14,369                   663     26,936  
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                 and United States, Monthly, 1996 1/ (continued)                
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                          :                       Region                        
         Commodity        :-----------------------------------------------------
            and           :         :          :   East   :   West   :          
           Month          :   New   :  Middle  :  North   :  North   :  South   
                          : England : Atlantic : Central  : Central  : Atlantic 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                          :                    1,000 Pounds                     
                          :                                                     
Other Vegetables          :                                                     
  Jan                     :            28,870     27,091     13,994     25,153  
  Feb                     :            26,817     26,031     15,591     25,998  
  Mar                     :            25,209     24,853     14,460     25,183  
  Apr                     :            24,355     23,624     13,226     23,509  
  May                     :            24,710     27,715     12,656     23,752  
  Jun                     :            20,811     26,233     12,381     21,067  
  Jul                     :            24,893     24,766     10,755     23,644  
  Aug                     :            30,266     28,244     13,116     27,099  
  Sep                     :            32,388     29,972     15,673     23,414  
  Oct                     :            35,702     29,928     16,703     23,402  
  Nov                     :            35,083     27,908     16,822     24,921  
  Dec                     :            31,458     26,347     16,618     22,443  
Total Vegetables          :                                                     
  Jan                     :           151,671    252,326     83,675    136,634  
  Feb                     :           132,302    226,454     77,586    130,904  
  Mar                     :           107,740    198,957     66,616    108,541  
  Apr                     :            99,732    180,218     58,869     98,722  
  May                     :           106,003    167,405     52,321     95,707  
  Jun                     :           109,273    151,122     48,269     99,968  
  Jul                     :           116,083    158,916     61,936    103,170  
  Aug                     :           139,776    205,081     76,956    113,788  
  Sep                     :           172,173    259,746    125,832    135,737  
  Oct                     :           179,372    275,482    127,368    147,532  
  Nov                     :           172,155    266,896    124,091    145,091  
  Dec                     :           147,505    243,617    119,554    134,301  
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                 and United States, Monthly, 1996 1/ (continued)                
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                          :                       Region                        
         Commodity        :-----------------------------------------------------
            and           :  East   :   West   :          :          :          
           Month          :  South  :  South   : Mountain : Pacific  :    US    
                          : Central : Central  :          :          :  Total   
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                          :                    1,000 Pounds                     
                          :                                                     
Other Vegetables          :                                                     
  Jan                     :            32,285      7,265     135,842    270,500 
  Feb                     :            27,811      6,641     153,769    282,658 
  Mar                     :            28,214      5,638     137,406    260,963 
  Apr                     :            27,241      5,092     129,187    246,234 
  May                     :            28,946      5,136     131,616    254,531 
  Jun                     :            27,943      4,925     122,520    235,880 
  Jul                     :            28,185      4,153     129,235    245,631 
  Aug                     :            37,987      4,882     169,246    310,840 
  Sep                     :            43,920      5,301     180,002    330,670 
  Oct                     :            44,058      6,305     182,467    338,565 
  Nov                     :            45,393      6,158     184,102    340,387 
  Dec                     :            36,774      6,207     174,793    314,640 
Total Vegetables          :                                                     
  Jan                     :           175,689     32,576   1,314,672  2,147,243 
  Feb                     :           188,158     27,677   1,222,684  2,005,765 
  Mar                     :           179,373     24,523   1,036,402  1,722,152 
  Apr                     :           173,107     20,894     943,628  1,575,170 
  May                     :           170,355     20,840     848,771  1,461,402 
  Jun                     :           182,897     20,359     811,005  1,422,893 
  Jul                     :           177,984     29,335     878,372  1,525,796 
  Aug                     :           183,998     30,733   1,151,021  1,901,353 
  Sep                     :           183,838     35,253   1,459,414  2,371,993 
  Oct                     :           167,744     35,941   1,563,872  2,497,311 
  Nov                     :           158,837     34,979   1,485,992  2,388,041 
  Dec                     :           165,174     31,421   1,344,132  2,185,704 
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    South Atlantic.                                                             
                                                                                
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                        and United States, Monthly, 1996                        
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                          :                       Region                        
         Commodity        :-----------------------------------------------------
            and           :         :          :   East   :   West   :          
           Month          :   New   :  Middle  :  North   :  North   :  South   
                          : England : Atlantic : Central  : Central  : Atlantic 
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                          :                    1,000 Pounds                     
                          :                                                     
French Fries              :                                                     
  Jan                     : 28,716     18,337     90,243     67,740     27,068  
  Feb                     : 30,440     20,515    105,060     76,732     24,065  
  Mar                     : 28,128     19,521    107,749     71,563     21,618  
  Apr                     : 29,717     20,314     97,562     62,890     16,952  
  May                     : 25,855     20,618     94,951     59,192     17,114  
  Jun                     : 27,047     19,667     99,518     65,015     15,770  
  Jul                     : 26,870     19,640     71,303     44,040     14,404  
  Aug                     : 27,038     16,543     76,082     51,395     13,613  
  Sep                     : 26,998     18,848    102,541     73,180     16,702  
  Oct                     : 32,429     22,719    106,364     89,811     19,012  
  Nov                     : 29,909     21,119    113,128     98,318     17,195  
  Dec                     : 29,237     13,511    103,719     97,803     15,027  
Other Potatoes            :                                                     
  Jan                     :  9,092     12,611     38,209      9,448      3,872  
  Feb                     :  8,246     16,999     40,173     12,028      3,976  
  Mar                     :  8,146     17,823     37,515     12,437      4,615  
  Apr                     :  9,868     14,980     33,372      8,590      4,280  
  May                     :  8,872     15,940     34,790      8,984      4,493  
  Jun                     :  9,040     18,768     42,095      8,869      3,849  
  Jul                     :  9,875     17,211     32,417      8,031      4,412  
  Aug                     : 11,256     14,764     32,252      8,873      3,069  
  Sep                     : 10,706     14,685     32,109      9,159      4,050  
  Oct                     : 10,514     14,981     30,772      8,864      4,217  
  Nov                     :  8,901     16,326     29,821      7,138      4,230  
  Dec                     :  8,614     13,356     30,066      7,749      3,078  
Total Potatoes            :                                                     
  Jan                     : 37,808     30,948    128,452     77,188     30,940  
  Feb                     : 38,686     37,514    145,233     88,760     28,041  
  Mar                     : 36,274     37,344    145,264     84,000     26,233  
  Apr                     : 39,585     35,294    130,934     71,480     21,232  
  May                     : 34,727     36,558    129,741     68,176     21,607  
  Jun                     : 36,087     38,435    141,613     73,884     19,619  
  Jul                     : 36,745     36,851    103,720     52,071     18,816  
  Aug                     : 38,294     31,307    108,334     60,268     16,682  
  Sep                     : 37,704     33,533    134,650     82,339     20,752  
  Oct                     : 42,943     37,700    137,136     98,675     23,229  
  Nov                     : 38,810     37,445    142,949    105,456     21,425  
  Dec                     : 37,851     26,867    133,785    105,552     18,105  
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                  and United States, Monthly, 1996 (continued)                  
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                          :                       Region                        
         Commodity        :-----------------------------------------------------
            and           :  East   :   West   :          :          :          
           Month          :  South  :  South   : Mountain : Pacific  :    US    
                          : Central : Central  :          :          :  Total   
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                          :                    1,000 Pounds                     
                          :                                                     
French Fries              :                                                     
  Jan                     :  4,338     2,342     322,654    370,402     931,840 
  Feb                     :  4,003     2,338     309,903    380,056     953,112 
  Mar                     :  3,205     2,164     295,254    393,109     942,311 
  Apr                     :  4,993     1,964     273,748    391,238     899,378 
  May                     :  4,307     2,071     263,709    379,120     866,937 
  Jun                     :  3,861     1,686     259,008    347,953     839,525 
  Jul                     :  3,583     2,134     210,956    313,831     706,761 
  Aug                     :  3,290     2,077     217,062    353,896     760,996 
  Sep                     :  3,607     2,284     255,189    421,566     920,915 
  Oct                     :  3,894     2,947     292,483    461,336   1,030,995 
  Nov                     :  3,358     1,945     247,624    429,644     962,240 
  Dec                     :  3,124     1,562     261,944    395,321     921,248 
Other Potatoes            :                                                     
  Jan                     :  3,345     3,626      67,739     67,442     215,384 
  Feb                     :  1,984     3,708      68,855     63,462     219,431 
  Mar                     :    984     3,568      67,211     70,011     222,310 
  Apr                     :  1,897     3,327      61,009     75,407     212,730 
  May                     :  1,592     3,249      61,443     70,144     209,507 
  Jun                     :  1,757     4,371      56,997     74,439     220,185 
  Jul                     :  1,394     4,079      53,033     69,889     200,341 
  Aug                     :  1,174     4,735      48,076     72,579     196,778 
  Sep                     :    984     4,330      50,056     77,876     203,955 
  Oct                     :    720     3,564      46,132     74,464     194,228 
  Nov                     :    800     4,028      39,216     73,594     184,054 
  Dec                     :    720     3,746      39,576     70,268     177,173 
Total Potatoes            :                                                     
  Jan                     :  7,683     5,968     390,393    437,844   1,147,224 
  Feb                     :  5,987     6,046     378,758    443,518   1,172,543 
  Mar                     :  4,189     5,732     362,465    463,120   1,164,621 
  Apr                     :  6,890     5,291     334,757    466,645   1,112,108 
  May                     :  5,899     5,320     325,152    449,264   1,076,444 
  Jun                     :  5,618     6,057     316,005    422,392   1,059,710 
  Jul                     :  4,977     6,213     263,989    383,720     907,102 
  Aug                     :  4,464     6,812     265,138    426,475     957,774 
  Sep                     :  4,591     6,614     305,245    499,442   1,124,870 
  Oct                     :  4,614     6,511     338,615    535,800   1,225,223 
  Nov                     :  4,158     5,973     286,840    503,238   1,146,294 
  Dec                     :  3,844     5,308     301,520    465,589   1,098,421 
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                        and United States, Monthly, 1996                        
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                          :                       Region                        
         Commodity        :-----------------------------------------------------
            and           :         :          :   East   :   West   :          
           Month          :   New   :  Middle  :  North   :  North   :  South   
                          : England : Atlantic : Central  : Central  : Atlantic 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                          :                    1,000 Pounds                     
                          :                                                     
Boneless                  :                                                     
  Jan                     :  9,182     29,701     37,243     85,199     23,984  
  Feb                     :  7,796     33,300     37,500     86,118     27,363  
  Mar                     :  3,914     24,283     36,311     78,842     24,573  
  Apr                     :  4,081     24,462     33,103     79,571     23,736  
  May                     :  4,961     23,839     30,893     66,864     26,286  
  Jun                     :  5,367     24,230     31,956     65,065     26,631  
  Jul                     :  5,054     20,878     26,787     66,721     24,098  
  Aug                     :  4,996     22,309     28,058     65,536     27,978  
  Sep                     :  4,916     23,023     28,392     65,176     31,413  
  Oct                     :  4,847     25,915     31,139     58,040     26,158  
  Nov                     :  4,487     25,029     30,882     58,532     24,091  
  Dec                     :  3,778     23,846     29,459     61,800     23,183  
Beef Cuts                 :                                                     
  Jan                     :  1,434        986      3,741      8,406        586  
  Feb                     :  1,587        675      3,315      8,776        562  
  Mar                     :  2,524        794      3,032      8,641        561  
  Apr                     :  2,997        635      4,101      8,210        568  
  May                     :  2,150        415      3,188      8,088      1,080  
  Jun                     :  2,240        442      2,790      6,941      1,213  
  Jul                     :  2,575        361      1,667      6,654        705  
  Aug                     :  2,679        740      1,749      6,220        676  
  Sep                     :  2,316        451      2,060      6,436        613  
  Oct                     :  2,335        739      2,656      6,528        667  
  Nov                     :  2,455        834      2,803      6,502        633  
  Dec                     :  2,281        649      2,751      6,815        776  
Total Beef                :                                                     
  Jan                     : 10,616     30,687     40,984     93,605     24,570  
  Feb                     :  9,383     33,975     40,815     94,894     27,925  
  Mar                     :  6,438     25,077     39,343     87,483     25,134  
  Apr                     :  7,078     25,097     37,204     87,781     24,304  
  May                     :  7,111     24,254     34,081     74,952     27,366  
  Jun                     :  7,607     24,672     34,746     72,006     27,844  
  Jul                     :  7,629     21,239     28,454     73,375     24,803  
  Aug                     :  7,675     23,049     29,807     71,756     28,654  
  Sep                     :  7,232     23,474     30,452     71,612     32,026  
  Oct                     :  7,182     26,654     33,795     64,568     26,825  
  Nov                     :  6,942     25,863     33,685     65,034     24,724  
  Dec                     :  6,059     24,495     32,210     68,615     23,959  
Beef (Govt Owned)         :                                                     
  Jan                     :                                                     
  Feb                     :                                                     
  Mar                     :                                                     
  Apr                     :                                                     
  May                     :                                                     
  Jun                     :                                                     
  Jul                     :                                                     
  Aug                     :                                                     
  Sep                     :                                                     
  Oct                     :                                                     
  Nov                     :                                                     
  Dec                     :                                                     
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                    United States, Monthly, 1996 (continued)                    
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                          :                       Region                        
         Commodity        :-----------------------------------------------------
            and           :  East   :   West   :          :          :          
           Month          :  South  :  South   : Mountain : Pacific  :    US    
                          : Central : Central  :          :          :  Total   
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                          :                    1,000 Pounds                     
                          :                                                     
Boneless                  :                                                     
  Jan                     :  6,828     78,074     13,996     49,712    333,919  
  Feb                     :  6,097     71,853     11,441     47,726    329,194  
  Mar                     : 10,616     78,353      7,929     50,040    314,861  
  Apr                     :  7,862     74,644      6,034     49,950    303,443  
  May                     :  8,046     63,491      3,996     49,990    278,366  
  Jun                     :  8,215     61,485      4,244     49,932    277,125  
  Jul                     :  4,542     61,124      4,576     49,238    263,018  
  Aug                     :  5,486     62,200      4,861     54,615    276,039  
  Sep                     :  9,939     59,120      4,671     57,558    284,208  
  Oct                     :  6,114     55,977      4,068     53,993    266,251  
  Nov                     :  6,615     60,623      3,368     45,912    259,539  
  Dec                     :  8,718     54,364      3,535     47,942    256,625  
Beef Cuts                 :                                                     
  Jan                     :  1,176      3,976      7,351      6,315     33,971  
  Feb                     :  1,282      3,620      7,728      5,876     33,421  
  Mar                     :  1,351      3,357      7,267      4,896     32,423  
  Apr                     :  1,400      2,152      7,028      5,021     32,112  
  May                     :  1,177      1,988      6,267      4,653     29,006  
  Jun                     :  1,113      2,218      7,472      5,129     29,558  
  Jul                     :    973      2,301      7,594      5,288     28,118  
  Aug                     :  1,021      3,060      6,965      6,052     29,162  
  Sep                     :  1,090      2,455      6,313      6,237     27,971  
  Oct                     :  1,140      2,984      5,773      6,870     29,692  
  Nov                     :  1,145      2,474      5,323      6,315     28,484  
  Dec                     :  1,160      2,430      5,306      6,149     28,317  
Total Beef                :                                                     
  Jan                     :  8,004     82,050     21,347     56,027    367,890  
  Feb                     :  7,379     75,473     19,169     53,602    362,615  
  Mar                     : 11,967     81,710     15,196     54,936    347,284  
  Apr                     :  9,262     76,796     13,062     54,971    335,555  
  May                     :  9,223     65,479     10,263     54,643    307,372  
  Jun                     :  9,328     63,703     11,716     55,061    306,683  
  Jul                     :  5,515     63,425     12,170     54,526    291,136  
  Aug                     :  6,507     65,260     11,826     60,667    305,201  
  Sep                     : 11,029     61,575     10,984     63,795    312,179  
  Oct                     :  7,254     58,961      9,841     60,863    295,943  
  Nov                     :  7,760     63,097      8,691     52,227    288,023  
  Dec                     :  9,878     56,794      8,841     54,091    284,942  
Beef (Govt Owned)         :                                                     
  Jan                     :                                             10,475  
  Feb                     :                                             10,145  
  Mar                     :                                              6,824  
  Apr                     :                                              5,880  
  May                     :                                              5,035  
  Jun                     :                                              5,774  
  Jul                     :                                              6,250  
  Aug                     :                                              6,524  
  Sep                     :                                              6,478  
  Oct                     :                                              5,386  
  Nov                     :                                              5,544  
  Dec                     :                                              5,879  
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                          United States, Monthly, 1996                          
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                  :                           Region                            
     Commodity    :-------------------------------------------------------------
        and       :           :           :   East    :    West    :            
       Month      :    New    :  Middle   :   North   :   North    :   South    
                  :  England  : Atlantic  :  Central  :  Central   :  Atlantic  
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  :                        1,000 Pounds                         
                  :                                                             
Picnics           :                                                             
  Jan             :                                                             
  Feb             :                                                             
  Mar             :                                                             
  Apr             :                                                             
  May             :                                                             
  Jun             :                                                             
  Jul             :                                                             
  Aug             :                                                             
  Sep             :                                                             
  Oct             :                                                             
  Nov             :                                                             
  Dec             :                                                             
Hams              :                                                             
  Bone-in         :                                                             
    Jan           :                                                             
    Feb           :                                                             
    Mar           :                                                             
    Apr           :                                                             
    May           :                                                             
    Jun           :                                                             
    Jul           :                                                             
    Aug           :                                                             
    Sep           :                                                             
    Oct           :                                                             
    Nov           :                                                             
    Dec           :                                                             
  Boneless        :                                                             
    Jan           :                                                             
    Feb           :                                                             
    Mar           :                                                             
    Apr           :                                                             
    May           :                                                             
    Jun           :                                                             
    Jul           :                                                             
    Aug           :                                                             
    Sep           :                                                             
    Oct           :                                                             
    Nov           :                                                             
    Dec           :                                                             
  Total Hams      :                                                             
    Jan           :                                                             
    Feb           :                                                             
    Mar           :                                                             
    Apr           :                                                             
    May           :                                                             
    Jun           :                                                             
    Jul           :                                                             
    Aug           :                                                             
    Sep           :                                                             
    Oct           :                                                             
    Nov           :                                                             
    Dec           :                                                             
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                    United States, Monthly, 1996 (continued)                    
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                  :                           Region                            
     Commodity    :-------------------------------------------------------------
        and       :   East    :   West    :           :            :            
       Month      :   South   :   South   : Mountain  :  Pacific   :     US     
                  :  Central  :  Central  :           :            :   Total    
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  :                        1,000 Pounds                         
                  :                                                             
Picnics           :                                                             
  Jan             :                                                     6,702   
  Feb             :                                                     9,001   
  Mar             :                                                     9,249   
  Apr             :                                                     9,407   
  May             :                                                     8,601   
  Jun             :                                                     7,254   
  Jul             :                                                     6,536   
  Aug             :                                                     5,972   
  Sep             :                                                     6,156   
  Oct             :                                                     7,094   
  Nov             :                                                     5,257   
  Dec             :                                                     4,595   
Hams              :                                                             
  Bone-in         :                                                             
    Jan           :                                                    30,314   
    Feb           :                                                    29,621   
    Mar           :                                                    18,454   
    Apr           :                                                    33,145   
    May           :                                                    49,530   
    Jun           :                                                    53,062   
    Jul           :                                                    50,767   
    Aug           :                                                    53,163   
    Sep           :                                                    62,260   
    Oct           :                                                    53,844   
    Nov           :                                                    32,918   
    Dec           :                                                    18,537   
  Boneless        :                                                             
    Jan           :                                                    29,146   
    Feb           :                                                    25,246   
    Mar           :                                                    17,279   
    Apr           :                                                    28,497   
    May           :                                                    30,272   
    Jun           :                                                    26,772   
    Jul           :                                                    28,147   
    Aug           :                                                    30,274   
    Sep           :                                                    31,907   
    Oct           :                                                    26,568   
    Nov           :                                                    15,827   
    Dec           :                                                    14,969   
  Total Hams      :                                                             
    Jan           :                                                    59,460   
    Feb           :                                                    54,867   
    Mar           :                                                    35,733   
    Apr           :                                                    61,642   
    May           :                                                    79,802   
    Jun           :                                                    79,834   
    Jul           :                                                    78,914   
    Aug           :                                                    83,437   
    Sep           :                                                    94,167   
    Oct           :                                                    80,412   
    Nov           :                                                    48,745   
    Dec           :                                                    33,506   
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                    United States, Monthly, 1996 (continued)                    
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                  :                           Region                            
     Commodity    :-------------------------------------------------------------
        and       :           :           :   East    :    West    :            
       Month      :    New    :  Middle   :   North   :   North    :   South    
                  :  England  : Atlantic  :  Central  :  Central   :  Atlantic  
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  :                        1,000 Pounds                         
                  :                                                             
Bellies           :                                                             
  Jan             :                                                             
  Feb             :                                                             
  Mar             :                                                             
  Apr             :                                                             
  May             :                                                             
  Jun             :                                                             
  Jul             :                                                             
  Aug             :                                                             
  Sep             :                                                             
  Oct             :                                                             
  Nov             :                                                             
  Dec             :                                                             
Loins             :                                                             
  Bone-in         :                                                             
    Jan           :                                                             
    Feb           :                                                             
    Mar           :                                                             
    Apr           :                                                             
    May           :                                                             
    Jun           :                                                             
    Jul           :                                                             
    Aug           :                                                             
    Sep           :                                                             
    Oct           :                                                             
    Nov           :                                                             
    Dec           :                                                             
  Boneless        :                                                             
    Jan           :                                                             
    Feb           :                                                             
    Mar           :                                                             
    Apr           :                                                             
    May           :                                                             
    Jun           :                                                             
    Jul           :                                                             
    Aug           :                                                             
    Sep           :                                                             
    Oct           :                                                             
    Nov           :                                                             
    Dec           :                                                             
  Total Loins     :                                                             
    Jan           :                                                             
    Feb           :                                                             
    Mar           :                                                             
    Apr           :                                                             
    May           :                                                             
    Jun           :                                                             
    Jul           :                                                             
    Aug           :                                                             
    Sep           :                                                             
    Oct           :                                                             
    Nov           :                                                             
    Dec           :                                                             
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                    United States, Monthly, 1996 (continued)                    
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                  :                           Region                            
     Commodity    :-------------------------------------------------------------
        and       :   East    :   West    :           :            :            
       Month      :   South   :   South   : Mountain  :  Pacific   :     US     
                  :  Central  :  Central  :           :            :   Total    
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  :                        1,000 Pounds                         
                  :                                                             
Bellies           :                                                             
  Jan             :                                                    46,498   
  Feb             :                                                    46,381   
  Mar             :                                                    47,655   
  Apr             :                                                    57,174   
  May             :                                                    63,522   
  Jun             :                                                    56,767   
  Jul             :                                                    28,533   
  Aug             :                                                    18,996   
  Sep             :                                                    12,702   
  Oct             :                                                    16,206   
  Nov             :                                                    30,943   
  Dec             :                                                    37,930   
Loins             :                                                             
  Bone-in         :                                                             
    Jan           :                                                     8,587   
    Feb           :                                                     9,535   
    Mar           :                                                     8,907   
    Apr           :                                                     7,523   
    May           :                                                     6,142   
    Jun           :                                                     6,630   
    Jul           :                                                     6,304   
    Aug           :                                                     6,460   
    Sep           :                                                     5,417   
    Oct           :                                                     6,776   
    Nov           :                                                     9,199   
    Dec           :                                                     8,968   
  Boneless        :                                                             
    Jan           :                                                    11,851   
    Feb           :                                                     9,676   
    Mar           :                                                     8,622   
    Apr           :                                                     8,670   
    May           :                                                     5,415   
    Jun           :                                                     5,297   
    Jul           :                                                     5,980   
    Aug           :                                                     6,311   
    Sep           :                                                     7,937   
    Oct           :                                                     6,283   
    Nov           :                                                     7,664   
    Dec           :                                                     9,246   
  Total Loins     :                                                             
    Jan           :                                                    20,438   
    Feb           :                                                    19,211   
    Mar           :                                                    17,529   
    Apr           :                                                    16,193   
    May           :                                                    11,557   
    Jun           :                                                    11,927   
    Jul           :                                                    12,284   
    Aug           :                                                    12,771   
    Sep           :                                                    13,354   
    Oct           :                                                    13,059   
    Nov           :                                                    16,863   
    Dec           :                                                    18,214   
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                    United States, Monthly, 1996 (continued)                    
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                  :                           Region                            
     Commodity    :-------------------------------------------------------------
        and       :           :           :   East    :    West    :            
       Month      :    New    :  Middle   :   North   :   North    :   South    
                  :  England  : Atlantic  :  Central  :  Central   :  Atlantic  
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  :                        1,000 Pounds                         
                  :                                                             
Ribs              :                                                             
  Jan             :     302       2,515      24,846       23,947        5,664   
  Feb             :     386       2,026      25,040       21,996        5,885   
  Mar             :     473       2,687      28,606       19,429        5,217   
  Apr             :     442       2,526      25,412       18,988        6,491   
  May             :     682       2,249      19,160       16,776        6,067   
  Jun             :     599       2,138      13,162       11,714        4,346   
  Jul             :     287       2,037      14,376       10,180        3,906   
  Aug             :     182       1,920      12,387        8,227        2,984   
  Sep             :     194       2,740      12,653       10,955        4,123   
  Oct             :     245       1,987      15,405       14,039        4,781   
  Nov             :     238       2,319      22,694       18,462        6,591   
  Dec             :     206       2,518      30,434       24,707        7,945   
Butts             :                                                             
  Jan             :                                                             
  Feb             :                                                             
  Mar             :                                                             
  Apr             :                                                             
  May             :                                                             
  Jun             :                                                             
  Jul             :                                                             
  Aug             :                                                             
  Sep             :                                                             
  Oct             :                                                             
  Nov             :                                                             
  Dec             :                                                             
Trimmings         :                                                             
  Jan             :     322       2,251       5,383       31,502        3,698   
  Feb             :     311       1,716       8,554       29,185        3,352   
  Mar             :     257       1,197       5,910       24,409        2,278   
  Apr             :     558       1,296       5,843       22,741        2,772   
  May             :     570       1,493       4,806       20,351        1,557   
  Jun             :     528       1,246       4,356       17,565        2,130   
  Jul             :     290       1,215       4,249       15,841        2,010   
  Aug             :     290       1,161       4,464       16,117        2,699   
  Sep             :     305       1,108       4,668       14,445        3,407   
  Oct             :   1,117       1,142       6,452       15,219        3,858   
  Nov             :     147       1,053       6,502       17,730        2,396   
  Dec             :     444       1,095       5,046       20,153        3,182   
Other Pork        :                                                             
  Jan             :     375       2,340      14,970       34,846       13,706   
  Feb             :     300       2,970      12,559       35,239       15,668   
  Mar             :     426       1,750      12,645       32,725       11,715   
  Apr             :     432       1,401      13,712       32,551       14,423   
  May             :     453       1,558      12,590       30,008       14,123   
  Jun             :     314       1,840      13,900       26,968       15,974   
  Jul             :     122       1,521      14,821       29,378       15,684   
  Aug             :      83       1,528      16,911       29,357       17,116   
  Sep             :      73       1,281      18,439       29,422       18,612   
  Oct             :     554       1,540      17,396       25,787       16,622   
  Nov             :     279       1,927      15,942       24,291       15,833   
  Dec             :     385       1,368      13,395       22,935       15,411   
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                     --continued
                                                                                
                   Pork:  Stocks in Cold Storage by Region and                  
                    United States, Monthly, 1996 (continued)                    
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  :                           Region                            
     Commodity    :-------------------------------------------------------------
        and       :   East    :   West    :           :            :            
       Month      :   South   :   South   : Mountain  :  Pacific   :     US     
                  :  Central  :  Central  :           :            :   Total    
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  :                        1,000 Pounds                         
                  :                                                             
Ribs              :                                                             
  Jan             :   2,848       1,804         17        1,632        63,575   
  Feb             :   2,831       1,724         10        1,697        61,595   
  Mar             :   3,279       1,923         61        1,684        63,359   
  Apr             :   4,827       1,680         58        1,828        62,252   
  May             :   3,661       1,697         37        1,649        51,978   
  Jun             :   2,267       1,305         16        1,416        36,963   
  Jul             :   2,015       1,124         30        1,367        35,322   
  Aug             :   1,555         791         22          946        29,014   
  Sep             :   1,590         669         10        1,146        34,080   
  Oct             :   1,891         887         10        1,409        40,654   
  Nov             :   2,247       1,106         10        1,313        54,980   
  Dec             :   2,641       1,467         12        1,304        71,234   
Butts             :                                                             
  Jan             :                                                    10,374   
  Feb             :                                                     9,940   
  Mar             :                                                     9,729   
  Apr             :                                                     8,895   
  May             :                                                     6,456   
  Jun             :                                                     4,602   
  Jul             :                                                     3,979   
  Aug             :                                                     3,918   
  Sep             :                                                     5,603   
  Oct             :                                                     5,403   
  Nov             :                                                     4,977   
  Dec             :                                                     5,941   
Trimmings         :                                                             
  Jan             :     712       4,509        166          904        49,447   
  Feb             :     733       8,543        117          766        53,277   
  Mar             :     680       4,395        244        1,034        40,404   
  Apr             :     637         941         79          876        35,743   
  May             :     572         917        199          750        31,215   
  Jun             :     592         627        198          916        28,158   
  Jul             :     549       2,099        118        1,376        27,747   
  Aug             :     472       7,267        203        1,303        33,976   
  Sep             :     434       8,214        109        1,225        33,915   
  Oct             :     384       1,186        104        1,170        30,632   
  Nov             :     380       1,564        171        1,322        31,265   
  Dec             :     324         889        175        1,388        32,696   
Other Pork        :                                                             
  Jan             :   6,099       9,623        524        6,824        89,307   
  Feb             :   4,913       8,026        271        6,328        86,274   
  Mar             :   4,846       8,962        288        5,825        79,182   
  Apr             :   3,646       8,850        258        6,521        81,794   
  May             :   3,737       8,155        223        6,581        77,428   
  Jun             :   3,839       8,095        149        5,575        76,654   
  Jul             :   4,869       9,721        198        4,878        81,192   
  Aug             :   4,644       9,301        265        4,538        83,743   
  Sep             :   4,694       9,676        234        4,375        86,806   
  Oct             :   3,090      10,270        309        3,872        79,440   
  Nov             :   2,624      10,679        365        4,878        76,818   
  Dec             :   2,263      10,198        313        4,726        70,994   
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                     --continued
                                                                                
                   Pork:  Stocks in Cold Storage by Region and                  
                    United States, Monthly, 1996 (continued)                    
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  :                           Region                            
     Commodity    :-------------------------------------------------------------
        and       :           :           :   East    :    West    :            
       Month      :    New    :  Middle   :   North   :   North    :   South    
                  :  England  : Atlantic  :  Central  :  Central   :  Atlantic  
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  :                        1,000 Pounds                         
                  :                                                             
Variety Meats     :                                                             
  Jan             :                                                             
  Feb             :                                                             
  Mar             :                                                             
  Apr             :                                                             
  May             :                                                             
  Jun             :                                                             
  Jul             :                                                             
  Aug             :                                                             
  Sep             :                                                             
  Oct             :                                                             
  Nov             :                                                             
  Dec             :                                                             
Unclassified      :                                                             
  Jan             :                                                             
  Feb             :                                                             
  Mar             :                                                             
  Apr             :                                                             
  May             :                                                             
  Jun             :                                                             
  Jul             :                                                             
  Aug             :                                                             
  Sep             :                                                             
  Oct             :                                                             
  Nov             :                                                             
  Dec             :                                                             
Total Frozen Pork :                                                             
  Jan             :   1,646      11,821      81,548      177,277       56,981   
  Feb             :   1,625      12,940      81,906      169,287       61,771   
  Mar             :   1,436       9,402      79,935      152,371       44,875   
  Apr             :   1,987      12,060      85,441      168,739       53,127   
  May             :   2,212      11,313      75,930      170,903       58,126   
  Jun             :   1,819      10,707      73,272      152,146       55,338   
  Jul             :   1,097      11,298      67,303      132,348       50,893   
  Aug             :   1,431      11,167      66,866      124,598       57,122   
  Sep             :   1,433      11,531      73,276      121,009       69,452   
  Oct             :   2,615      10,628      76,816      117,259       64,875   
  Nov             :   1,121       9,541      76,919      122,456       54,993   
  Dec             :   1,561       7,286      76,931      130,644       47,997   
Pork (Govt Owned) :                                                             
  Jan             :                                                             
  Feb             :                                                             
  Mar             :                                                             
  Apr             :                                                             
  May             :                                                             
  Jun             :                                                             
  Jul             :                                                             
  Aug             :                                                             
  Sep             :                                                             
  Oct             :                                                             
  Nov             :                                                             
  Dec             :                                                             
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                                                                     --continued
                                                                                
                   Pork:  Stocks in Cold Storage by Region and                  
                    United States, Monthly, 1996 (continued)                    
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  :                           Region                            
     Commodity    :-------------------------------------------------------------
        and       :   East    :   West    :           :            :            
       Month      :   South   :   South   : Mountain  :  Pacific   :     US     
                  :  Central  :  Central  :           :            :   Total    
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  :                        1,000 Pounds                         
                  :                                                             
Variety Meats     :                                                             
  Jan             :                                                    26,666   
  Feb             :                                                    32,904   
  Mar             :                                                    33,326   
  Apr             :                                                    34,684   
  May             :                                                    34,347   
  Jun             :                                                    32,701   
  Jul             :                                                    33,028   
  Aug             :                                                    35,383   
  Sep             :                                                    37,403   
  Oct             :                                                    41,570   
  Nov             :                                                    30,560   
  Dec             :                                                    24,403   
Unclassified      :                                                             
  Jan             :                                                     9,754   
  Feb             :                                                    12,082   
  Mar             :                                                    16,692   
  Apr             :                                                    17,710   
  May             :                                                    16,419   
  Jun             :                                                    16,977   
  Jul             :                                                    15,125   
  Aug             :                                                    15,657   
  Sep             :                                                    16,082   
  Oct             :                                                    18,877   
  Nov             :                                                    15,979   
  Dec             :                                                    14,310   
Total Frozen Pork :                                                             
  Jan             :  12,230      24,074       1,523       15,121      382,221   
  Feb             :  10,898      31,078       1,356       14,671      385,532   
  Mar             :  20,837      28,271       1,197       14,534      352,858   
  Apr             :  21,302      25,989       1,002       15,847      385,494   
  May             :  20,046      25,782         868       16,145      381,325   
  Jun             :  17,966      25,310         736       14,543      351,837   
  Jul             :  20,813      24,144         767       13,997      322,660   
  Aug             :  21,013      27,124         885       12,661      322,867   
  Sep             :  21,006      29,035         709       12,817      340,268   
  Oct             :  19,205      27,175       2,126       12,648      333,347   
  Nov             :  16,692      19,693       1,956       13,016      316,387   
  Dec             :  15,097      21,298         786       12,223      313,823   
Pork (Govt Owned) :                                                             
  Jan             :                                                     2,750   
  Feb             :                                                     1,600   
  Mar             :                                                     1,064   
  Apr             :                                                       658   
  May             :                                                       939   
  Jun             :                                                     1,016   
  Jul             :                                                     1,162   
  Aug             :                                                     1,024   
  Sep             :                                                       553   
  Oct             :                                                       922   
  Nov             :                                                     1,026   
  Dec             :                                                     1,259   
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                Other Meat:  Stocks in Cold Storage by Region and               
                          United States, Monthly, 1996                          
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  :                           Region                            
     Commodity    :-------------------------------------------------------------
        and       :           :           :   East    :    West    :            
       Month      :    New    :  Middle   :   North   :   North    :   South    
                  :  England  : Atlantic  :  Central  :  Central   :  Atlantic  
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  :                        1,000 Pounds                         
                  :                                                             
Veal              :                                                             
  Jan             :    410        2,812       1,640         655          481    
  Feb             :    375        2,305       1,461         646          472    
  Mar             :    375        2,309       1,414         620          396    
  Apr             :    330        2,197       1,267         540          368    
  May             :     92        1,641       1,325         363          231    
  Jun             :    202        1,706       1,276         381          268    
  Jul             :    229        1,781       1,478         363          316    
  Aug             :    282        2,508       1,475         621          266    
  Sep             :    334        2,425       1,432         421          240    
  Oct             :    327        2,689       1,553         510          258    
  Nov             :    291        2,208       1,366         939          252    
  Dec             :    320        2,738       1,567       1,044          238    
Lamb and Mutton   :                                                             
  Jan             :    314          281       1,394       1,777        1,333    
  Feb             :    362        2,980       1,880       1,923        1,400    
  Mar             :    407        2,687       1,556       1,751        1,358    
  Apr             :    386        3,218       1,673       2,134        1,294    
  May             :    110        2,015       1,689       2,129        1,320    
  Jun             :    211        3,220       1,950       1,694        1,455    
  Jul             :    220        3,156       1,480       1,827        1,371    
  Aug             :    325        4,971       1,440       1,289        1,468    
  Sep             :    295        2,618       1,314       1,219        1,439    
  Oct             :    265        2,464       1,119       1,097        1,523    
  Nov             :    256        2,214       1,229         767        1,371    
  Dec             :    299        1,912         964         774        1,309    
Total Other Meat  :                                                             
  Jan             :    724        3,093       3,034       2,432        1,814    
  Feb             :    737        5,285       3,341       2,569        1,872    
  Mar             :    782        4,996       2,970       2,371        1,754    
  Apr             :    716        5,415       2,940       2,674        1,662    
  May             :    202        3,656       3,014       2,492        1,551    
  Jun             :    413        4,926       3,226       2,075        1,723    
  Jul             :    449        4,937       2,958       2,190        1,687    
  Aug             :    607        7,479       2,915       1,910        1,734    
  Sep             :    629        5,043       2,746       1,640        1,679    
  Oct             :    592        5,153       2,672       1,607        1,781    
  Nov             :    547        4,422       2,595       1,706        1,623    
  Dec             :    619        4,650       2,531       1,818        1,547    
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                                                                     --continued
                                                                                
                Other Meat:  Stocks in Cold Storage by Region and               
                    United States, Monthly, 1996 (continued)                    
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  :                           Region                            
     Commodity    :-------------------------------------------------------------
        and       :   East    :   West    :           :            :            
       Month      :   South   :   South   : Mountain  :  Pacific   :     US     
                  :  Central  :  Central  :           :            :   Total    
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  :                        1,000 Pounds                         
                  :                                                             
Veal              :                                                             
  Jan             :    21           23            3       1,127         7,172   
  Feb             :    33           57           34       1,123         6,506   
  Mar             :    21           46           26       1,396         6,603   
  Apr             :    20           41            1       1,400         6,164   
  May             :    19           36           21       1,364         5,092   
  Jun             :    11           90           16       1,319         5,269   
  Jul             :    38           78            1       1,303         5,587   
  Aug             :    32           92            1       1,661         6,938   
  Sep             :    21          182           38       1,400         6,493   
  Oct             :    15          237           23       1,162         6,774   
  Nov             :    15          259           15       1,183         6,528   
  Dec             :     3          340            8       1,015         7,273   
Lamb and Mutton   :                                                             
  Jan             :                309        1,286       3,100         9,794   
  Feb             :    25          342        1,095       3,010        13,017   
  Mar             :                305        1,180       3,003        12,247   
  Apr             :                377        1,909       2,658        13,649   
  May             :                282        2,008       2,634        12,187   
  Jun             :                294        2,016       2,886        13,726   
  Jul             :                462        1,765       2,883        13,164   
  Aug             :                728        1,596       2,828        14,645   
  Sep             :                547        1,464       2,353        11,249   
  Oct             :                576        1,452       1,998        10,494   
  Nov             :                499        1,270       2,182         9,788   
  Dec             :                373        1,189       2,079         8,899   
Total Other Meat  :                                                             
  Jan             :    21          332        1,289       4,227        16,966   
  Feb             :    58          399        1,129       4,133        19,523   
  Mar             :    21          351        1,206       4,399        18,850   
  Apr             :    20          418        1,910       4,058        19,813   
  May             :    19          318        2,029       3,998        17,279   
  Jun             :    11          384        2,032       4,205        18,995   
  Jul             :    38          540        1,766       4,186        18,751   
  Aug             :    32          820        1,597       4,489        21,583   
  Sep             :    21          729        1,502       3,753        17,742   
  Oct             :    15          813        1,475       3,160        17,268   
  Nov             :    15          758        1,285       3,365        16,316   
  Dec             :     3          713        1,197       3,094        16,172   
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                
          Canned and Total Meat:  Stocks in Cold Storage by Region and          
                          United States, Monthly, 1996                          
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  :                           Region                            
     Commodity    :-------------------------------------------------------------
        and       :           :           :   East    :    West    :            
       Month      :    New    :  Middle   :   North   :   North    :   South    
                  :  England  : Atlantic  :  Central  :  Central   :  Atlantic  
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  :                        1,000 Pounds                         
                  :                                                             
Canned Hams       :                                                             
  Jan             :                                                             
  Feb             :                                                             
  Mar             :                                                             
  Apr             :                                                             
  May             :                                                             
  Jun             :                                                             
  Jul             :                                                             
  Aug             :                                                             
  Sep             :                                                             
  Oct             :                                                             
  Nov             :                                                             
  Dec             :                                                             
Other Canned      :                                                             
  Jan             :                                                             
  Feb             :                                                             
  Mar             :                                                             
  Apr             :                                                             
  May             :                                                             
  Jun             :                                                             
  Jul             :                                                             
  Aug             :                                                             
  Sep             :                                                             
  Oct             :                                                             
  Nov             :                                                             
  Dec             :                                                             
Total Canned      :                                                             
  Jan             :                                                             
  Feb             :                                                             
  Mar             :                                                             
  Apr             :                                                             
  May             :                                                             
  Jun             :                                                             
  Jul             :                                                             
  Aug             :                                                             
  Sep             :                                                             
  Oct             :                                                             
  Nov             :                                                             
  Dec             :                                                             
Total Meat        :                                                             
  Jan             :  13,174      45,668      126,401     282,803       83,709   
  Feb             :  11,954      52,452      126,895     277,587       91,985   
  Mar             :   8,838      39,592      122,760     249,535       72,090   
  Apr             :   9,939      42,680      126,174     264,717       79,354   
  May             :   9,669      39,343      113,552     254,643       87,305   
  Jun             :  10,002      40,426      111,679     232,768       85,156   
  Jul             :   9,295      37,603       98,975     213,948       77,629   
  Aug             :   9,895      41,854       99,854     204,407       87,739   
  Sep             :   9,493      40,239      106,742     200,727      103,400   
  Oct             :  10,574      42,558      113,782     190,564       93,713   
  Nov             :   8,874      39,925      113,616     193,925       81,548   
  Dec             :   8,403      36,563      112,058     205,466       73,712   
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                     --continued
                                                                                
          Canned and Total Meat:  Stocks in Cold Storage by Region and          
                    United States, Monthly, 1996 (continued)                    
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  :                           Region                            
     Commodity    :-------------------------------------------------------------
        and       :   East    :   West    :           :            :            
       Month      :   South   :   South   : Mountain  :  Pacific   :     US     
                  :  Central  :  Central  :           :            :   Total    
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  :                        1,000 Pounds                         
                  :                                                             
Canned Hams       :                                                             
  Jan             :                                                    10,965   
  Feb             :                                                    12,388   
  Mar             :                                                     9,241   
  Apr             :                                                     6,635   
  May             :                                                     9,274   
  Jun             :                                                     9,537   
  Jul             :                                                     9,649   
  Aug             :                                                     7,201   
  Sep             :                                                     7,362   
  Oct             :                                                     8,032   
  Nov             :                                                     5,524   
  Dec             :                                                     5,336   
Other Canned      :                                                             
  Jan             :                                                     1,448   
  Feb             :                                                     1,523   
  Mar             :                                                     1,036   
  Apr             :                                                     1,115   
  May             :                                                       965   
  Jun             :                                                       836   
  Jul             :                                                       524   
  Aug             :                                                       580   
  Sep             :                                                       820   
  Oct             :                                                       882   
  Nov             :                                                       882   
  Dec             :                                                       980   
Total Canned      :                                                             
  Jan             :                                                    12,413   
  Feb             :                                                    13,911   
  Mar             :                                                    10,277   
  Apr             :                                                     7,750   
  May             :                                                    10,239   
  Jun             :                                                    10,373   
  Jul             :                                                    10,173   
  Aug             :                                                     7,781   
  Sep             :                                                     8,182   
  Oct             :                                                     8,914   
  Nov             :                                                     6,406   
  Dec             :                                                     6,316   
Total Meat        :                                                             
  Jan             :  21,455      106,475     24,159       75,646      779,490   
  Feb             :  19,558      106,956     21,654       72,540      781,581   
  Mar             :  34,498      110,336     17,599       74,021      729,269   
  Apr             :  31,544      103,206     15,974       75,024      748,612   
  May             :  29,875       91,582     13,160       77,086      716,215   
  Jun             :  27,798       89,400     14,484       76,175      687,888   
  Jul             :  26,851       88,112     14,703       75,604      642,720   
  Aug             :  28,041       93,207     14,308       78,127      657,432   
  Sep             :  32,547       91,343     13,195       80,685      678,371   
  Oct             :  26,962       86,952     13,442       76,925      655,472   
  Nov             :  24,949       83,551     11,932       68,812      627,132   
  Dec             :  25,472       78,807     10,824       69,948      621,253   
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                
           Miscellaneous Cooler and Freezer:  Stocks in Cold Storage,           
                          United States, Monthly, 1996                          
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
           :                     Miscellaneous Commodities                      
   Month   :--------------------------------------------------------------------
           :        Cooler        :       Freezer        :        Total         
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
           :                            1,000 Pounds                            
           :                                                                    
Jan        :       479,902               1,707,781              2,187,683       
Feb        :       525,004               1,762,798              2,287,802       
Mar        :       493,395               1,699,464              2,192,859       
Apr        :       494,805               1,773,689              2,268,494       
May        :       490,238               1,696,275              2,186,513       
Jun        :       499,596               1,675,798              2,175,394       
Jul        :       478,143               1,683,415              2,161,558       
Aug        :       460,122               1,745,296              2,205,418       
Sep        :       504,663               1,771,211              2,275,874       
Oct        :       599,279               1,756,366              2,355,645       
Nov        :       579,339               1,688,427              2,267,766       
Dec        :       525,415               1,672,019              2,197,434       
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
               Total Commodities Stored:  Stocks in Cold Storage,               
                          United States, Monthly, 1996                          
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
           :                      Total Commodities Stored                      
           :--------------------------------------------------------------------
   Month   :          In          :          In          :      Total All       
           :        Cooler        :       Freezer        :     Commodities      
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
           :                            1,000 Pounds                            
           :                                                                    
Jan        :      5,313,196              9,678,752              14,991,948      
Feb        :      4,606,227              9,700,243              14,306,470      
Mar        :      3,902,811              9,213,693              13,116,504      
Apr        :      3,264,751              9,253,327              12,518,078      
May        :      2,713,110              9,151,883              11,864,993      
Jun        :      2,299,299              9,077,026              11,376,325      
Jul        :      1,798,997              8,942,389              10,741,386      
Aug        :      1,577,018              9,287,930              10,864,948      
Sep        :      4,709,362              9,612,081              14,321,443      
Oct        :      8,073,624              9,925,989              17,999,613      
Nov        :      7,269,521              9,110,450              16,379,971      
Dec        :      6,500,359              9,142,265              15,642,624      
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                
                    Apples:  Stocks in Cold Storage by State                    
                        and United States, Monthly, 1996                        
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            :                               Month                               
    State   :-------------------------------------------------------------------
            :   Jan    :    Feb    :   Mar    :   Apr    :    May    :   Jun    
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            :                           1,000 Pounds                            
            :                                                                   
CA          :   65,393      46,626     33,724     22,915                        
MI          :  275,730     187,740    121,968     65,184                        
N Eng       :   67,428      48,122     32,148     19,206                        
NY          :  244,260     182,755    133,649     80,529                        
OH          :    8,110       5,160      1,760        761                        
OR          :   17,075      12,853      8,591      2,885                        
PA          :  184,842     146,454    102,228     70,224                        
VA          :   73,525      58,533     46,175     23,785                        
WA          :2,271,822   1,890,840  1,474,704  1,120,266                        
W VA        :   44,671      36,485     19,757      6,398                        
Oth Sts     :   56,777      33,529     16,228     15,622                        
            :                                                                   
US          :3,309,633   2,649,097  1,990,932  1,427,775                        
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            :   Jul    :    Aug    :   Sep    :   Oct    :    Nov    :   Dec    
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            :                           1,000 Pounds                            
            :                                                                   
CA          :                                    229,522     166,339    129,741 
MI          :                                    334,000     311,766    256,222 
N Eng       :                                    102,960      78,905     66,960 
NY          :                                    331,422     341,670    294,882 
OH          :                                     19,670      13,410     10,120 
OR          :                                     99,403      55,614     48,258 
PA          :                                    263,592     229,362    197,400 
VA          :                                    185,245     140,669    108,576 
WA          :                                  4,155,763   3,790,232  3,354,460 
W VA        :                                     87,853      66,461     50,680 
Oth Sts     :                                    289,755     212,626    155,565 
            :                                                                   
US          :                                  6,099,185   5,407,054  4,672,864 
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           Stocks in Cold Storage:  Blackberries, Red Raspberries, and          
           Strawberries by Type of Pack, United States, Monthly, 1996           
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                    :                           Month                           
      Commodity     :-----------------------------------------------------------
                    :   Jan   :   Feb   :   Mar   :   Apr   :   May   :   Jun   
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                    :                       1,000 Pounds                        
                    :                                                           
Blackberries 1/     :                                                           
  IQF               :   8,448     7,207     6,240     4,959     4,344     3,481 
  Pails and Tubs    :   2,372     2,137     2,065     1,485     1,557     1,376 
  Barrels, 400 lbs  :   2,119     2,105     1,694     1,878     1,034       863 
  Concentrate       :   1,910     1,823     1,647     1,393     1,199       997 
  Total             :  14,849    13,272    11,646     9,715     8,134     6,717 
                    :                                                           
Red Raspberries 1/  :                                                           
  IQF               :  10,269     9,309     8,718     7,439     6,977     7,607 
  Pails and Tubs    :  16,413    15,647    13,316    11,994     8,301     7,950 
  Barrels, 400 lbs  :   7,969     8,063     5,264     4,523     3,153     3,098 
  Concentrate       :   2,331     1,772     1,397     1,096       989       899 
  Total             :  36,982    34,791    28,695    25,052    19,420    19,554 
                    :                                                           
Strawberries 2/     :                                                           
  Packages 20 oz    :                                                           
   and under        :  99,754              76,294                               
  Packages over     :                                                           
   20 oz            : 116,632              90,652                               
  Total             : 216,386   191,011   166,946   200,760   276,501   315,120 
                    :-----------------------------------------------------------
                    :   Jul   :   Aug   :   Sep   :   Oct   :   Nov   :   Dec   
                    :-----------------------------------------------------------
                    :                       1,000 Pounds                        
                    :                                                           
Blackberries        :                                                           
  IQF               :  12,099    14,733    15,588    14,438    13,508    12,407 
  Pails and Tubs    :   4,100     3,765     4,036     2,999     3,061     2,750 
  Barrels, 400 lbs  :   5,237     6,682     7,075     5,453     4,763     4,159 
  Concentrate       :   1,030       967       913     1,163     1,109       911 
  Total             :  22,466    26,147    27,612    24,053    22,441    20,227 
                    :                                                           
Red Raspberries     :                                                           
  IQF               :  19,639    17,049    15,715    15,534    14,327    12,717 
  Pails and Tubs    :  16,271    17,103    16,621    14,834    14,111    13,173 
  Barrels, 400 lbs  :  22,579    19,532    15,744    12,287    11,223     9,615 
  Concentrate       :   1,464       933     1,385     1,495     1,189       989 
  Total             :  59,953    54,617    49,465    44,150    40,850    36,494 
                    :                                                           
Strawberries 2/     :                                                           
  Packages 20 oz    :                                                           
   and under        :                                          94,940           
  Packages over     :                                                           
   20 oz            :                                         146,025           
  Total             : 327,159   311,106   292,382   268,579   240,965   212,031 
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1/  See corrections to 1995 blackberry and raspberry breakdowns for March and   
    April on page 73.                                                           
2/  Data by type of pack only collected in January, March, and November.        
                                                                                
      Cooler Space Occupied in Public General Warehouses:  Percent of Total     
             Usable Space by Region and United States, Monthly, 1996            
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                    :                           Month                           
       Region       :-----------------------------------------------------------
                    :Jan :Feb :Mar :Apr :May :Jun :Jul :Aug :Sep :Oct :Nov :Dec 
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                    :                          Percent                          
                    :                                                           
N England           : 49   42   42   40   40   40   45   48   46   50   45   50 
Middle Atlantic     : 57   60   63   66   68   62   56   59   55   56   56   57 
East N. Central     : 55   56   52   50   54   50   50   54   50   54   55   54 
West N. Central     : 49   52   50   48   50   52   52   51   50   47   46   46 
South Atlantic      : 45   44   46   50   53   47   47   43   40   39   42   44 
East S. Central     : 41   37   42   45   42   41   45   42   38   35   35   38 
West S. Central     : 28   28   30   27   30   32   29   29   26   23   23   29 
Mountain            : 49   53   57   60   62   64   68   72   65   58   53   51 
Pacific             : 56   59   57   52   51   48   45   48   44   40   46   43 
                    :                                                           
US                  : 50   51   51   51   52   50   48   49   46   45   46   47 
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        Freezer Space Occupied in Public General Warehouses:  Percent of        
          Total Usable Space by Region and United States, Monthly, 1996         
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                    :                           Month                           
       Region       :-----------------------------------------------------------
                    :Jan :Feb :Mar :Apr :May :Jun :Jul :Aug :Sep :Oct :Nov :Dec 
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                    :                          Percent                          
                    :                                                           
N England           : 52   48   45   43   40   38   35   39   38   41   37   40 
Middle Atlantic     : 67   69   73   70   69   70   69   74   74   75   71   72 
East N. Central     : 65   64   60   58   55   57   55   60   66   64   62   60 
West N. Central     : 60   65   62   58   55   55   54   52   55   53   50   53 
South Atlantic      : 61   58   56   59   61   59   57   61   62   61   60   59 
East S. Central     : 66   62   61   65   60   60   63   62   65   66   63   62 
West S. Central     : 68   70   74   74   71   69   72   71   69   68   64   64 
Mountain            : 78   75   72   69   65   62   59   56   66   75   66   63 
Pacific             : 70   69   66   64   62   60   66   72   76   78   76   71 
                    :                                                           
US                  : 66   66   64   63   61   60   61   64   67   67   64   63 
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                    Cold Storage Annual Summary                                 
                                                                                
Data in this report are end-of-month regional and US totals of various food     
commodities stored in cold storage warehouses.  Some figures have been revised  
from those published in the monthly "Cold Storage" report, primarily due to late
reports or reporting and tabulation errors.  Occasionally, new firms or         
established firms who have not been responding to our request for information,  
begin to report.  This may cause a shift in the data which is due to the change 
in the number of plants reporting rather than an actual change in the level of  
stocks reported.                                                                
                                                                                
Data are collected monthly from warehouses artificially cooled to a temperature 
of 50 degrees Fahrenheit or lower, and whose food products are normally stored  
for 30 days or more.  All food items in these facilities are reported regardless
of the number of days stored at the time of the report.  Also included are      
specialized storage facilities meeting the 30 day requirement, such as fruit    
houses, dairy manufacturing plants, frozen fruit, fruit juice, and vegetable    
processors, and poultry and meat packing plants.  Excluded are stocks in space  
maintained by wholesalers, jobbers, distributors, chain stores, locker plants   
containing individual lockers, meat packer branch houses, and frozen food       
processors whose entire inventories are turned over more than once a month.     
                                                                                
Government owned stocks are food products held by the Commodity Credit          
Corporation, Armed Forces, and other government agencies, including State and   
local governments.  Food held in refrigerated space owned, leased, or operated  
by the Armed Services is not reported.                                          
                                                                                
                                                                                
Geographic Regions:  The regions and States covered in this summary are as      
                     follows:                                                   
                                                                                
      New England:            Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts,     
                              Rhode Island, and Connecticut.                    
                                                                                
      Middle Atlantic:        New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.           
                                                                                
      East North Central:     Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin. 
                                                                                
      West North Central:     Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, North Dakota, South    
                              Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas.                     
                                                                                
      South Atlantic:         Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia,         
                              Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South    
                              Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.                   
                                                                                
      East South Central:     Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi.    
                                                                                
      West South Central:     Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas.         
                                                                                
      Mountain:               Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico,    
                              Arizona, Utah, and Nevada.                        
                                                                                
      Pacific:                Washington, Oregon, and California.               
                                                                                
        Corrections to page 70, Cold Storage 1995 Summary                       
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                    March          April                                        
                                                                                
Blackberries                                                                    
  IQF                    5,403          4,308                                   
  Pails and Tubs         1,938          1,787                                   
  Barrels, 400 lbs.   996            682                                        
  Concentrate       2,635          2,017                                        
  Total             10,972    8,794                                             
                                                                                
                                                                                
Red Raspberries                                                                 
  IQF                    5,581          5,506                                   
  Pails and Tubs         7,008          5,580                                   
  Barrels, 400 lbs. 4,865          3,795                                        
  Concentrate       4,821          4,798                                        
  Total             22,275      19,679                                          
                                                                                
                              Index                                             
                                                                                
                                                                                
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Apples:  Stocks in Cold Storage by State and United States,                     
 Monthly, 1996 ........................................................    69   
                                                                                
Beef:  Stocks in Cold Storage by Region and United States,                      
 Monthly, 1996 ........................................................    54   
                                                                                
Canned and Total Meat:  Stocks in Cold Storage by Region                        
 and United States, Monthly, 1996 .....................................    66   
                                                                                
Cold Storage Annual Summary ...........................................    72   
                                                                                
Cooler Space Occupied in Public General Warehouses:  Percent of Total           
 Usable Space by  Region and United States, Monthly, 1996 .............    71   
                                                                                
Corrections to page 70, Cold Storage 1995 Summary .....................    73   
                                                                                
Dairy Products:  Stocks in Cold Storage by Region and United States,            
 Monthly, 1996 ........................................................    12   
                                                                                
Dried Fruit and Fresh Vegetables:  Stocks in Cold Storage by Region             
 and United States, Monthly, 1996 .....................................     6   
                                                                                
Eggs:  Stocks in Cold Storage by Region and United States,                      
 Monthly, 1996 ........................................................    18   
                                                                                
Freezer Space Occupied in Public General Warehouses:  Percent of Total          
 Usable Space by Region and United States, Monthly, 1996 ..............    71   
                                                                                
Fresh Fruit:  Stocks in Cold Storage by Region and United States,               
 Monthly, 1996 ........................................................     2   
                                                                                
Frozen Fruit:  Stocks in Cold Storage by Region and United States,              
 Monthly, 1996 ........................................................    28   
                                                                                
Frozen Juice Concentrate:  Stocks in Cold Storage by Region                     
 and United States, Monthly, 1996 .....................................    36   
                                                                                
Frozen Vegetables:  Stocks in Cold Storage by Region                            
 and United States, Monthly, 1996 .....................................    38   
                                                                                
Miscellaneous Cooler and Freezer:  Stocks in Cold Storage,                      
 United States, Monthly, 1996 .........................................    68   
                                                                                
Nuts:  Stocks in Cold Storage by Region and United States,                      
 Monthly, 1996 ........................................................     8   
                                                                                
Other Meat:  Stocks in Cold Storage by Region and United States,                
 Monthly, 1996 ........................................................    64   
                                                                                
Pork:  Stocks in Cold Storage by Region and United States,                      
 Monthly, 1996 ........................................................    56   
                                                                                
Potatoes:  Stocks in Cold Storage by Region and United States,                  
 Monthly, 1996 ........................................................    52   
                                                                                
Poultry:  Stocks in Cold Storage by Region and United States,                   
 Monthly, 1996 ........................................................    22   
                                                                                
Stocks in Cold Storage:  Blackberries, Red Raspberries, and                     
 Strawberries by Type of Pack, United States, Monthly, 1996 ...........    70   
                                                                                
Total Commodities Stored:  Stocks in Cold Storage,                              
 United States, Monthly, 1996 .........................................    68   
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