HDR1012000170020220981500COLD STORAGE ANNUAL SUMMARY                            
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Cold Storage                                                                    
1997 Summary                                                                    
                                                                                
February 1998                                                                   
                        Table of Contents                                       
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Fresh Apples and Pears:  Stocks in Cold Storage, United States,                 
  Monthly, 1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  2        
                                                                                
Fresh Apples, Total:  Stocks in Cold Storage by Region,  Monthly, 1997 3        
                                                                                
Fresh Apples, Total:  Stocks in Cold Storage by State,  Monthly, 1997  3        
                                                                                
Nuts:  Stocks in Cold Storage by Region and United States,                      
  Monthly, 1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4        
                                                                                
Dairy Products:  Stocks in Cold Storage by Region and                           
  United States, Monthly, 1997. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8        
                                                                                
Frozen Eggs:  Stocks in Cold Storage, United States, Monthly, 1997. . 13        
                                                                                
Poultry:  Stocks in Cold Storage by Region and United States,                   
  Monthly, 1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14        
                                                                                
Frozen Fruit:  Stocks in Cold Storage by Region and United States,              
  Monthly, 1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20        
                                                                                
Frozen Juice Concentrate:  Stocks in Cold Storage by Region                     
  and United States, Monthly, 1997. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28        
                                                                                
Frozen Vegetables:  Stocks in Cold Storage by Region and                        
  United States,  Monthly, 1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30        
                                                                                
Potatoes:  Stocks in Cold Storage by Region and                                 
  United States, Monthly, 1997. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44        
                                                                                
Beef:  Stocks in Cold Storage by Region and United States,                      
  Monthly, 1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46        
                                                                                
Pork:  Stocks in Cold Storage by Region and United States,                      
  Monthly, 1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48        
                                                                                
Other Meat:  Stocks in Cold Storage by Region and                               
  United States, Monthly, 1997. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56        
                                                                                
Canned and Total Meat:  Stocks in Cold Storage by Region  and                   
  United States, Monthly, 1997. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58        
                                                                                
Miscellaneous Cooler and Freezer:  Stocks in Cold Storage,                      
  United States, Monthly, 1997. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60        
                                                                                
Total Commodities Stored:  Stocks in Cold Storage,                              
  United States, Monthly, 1997. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60        
                                                                                
Stocks in Cold Storage:  Blackberries, Red Raspberries, and                     
  Strawberries by Type of Pack, United States, Monthly, 1997. . . . . 61        
                                                                                
Cooler Space Occupied in Public General Warehouses:  Percent of                 
  Total Usable Space by  Region and United States, Monthly, 1997. . . 62        
                                                                                
Freezer Space Occupied in Public General Warehouses:  Percent of                
  Total Usable Space by Region and United States, Monthly, 1997 . . . 62        
                                                                                
Methodology and Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63        
                                                                                
                                                                                
  Fresh Apples and Pears:  Stocks in Cold Storage, United States, Monthly, 1997 
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                    :                           Month                           
      Commodity     :-----------------------------------------------------------
                    :   Jan   :   Feb   :   Mar   :   Apr   :   May   :   Jun   
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                    :                       1,000 Pounds                        
                    :                                                           
Fresh Apples        :                                                           
  Regular Storage   :  473,011   287,607   135,261    69,254    33,738    16,223
  Controlled        :                                                           
   Atmosphere       :3,394,662 2,589,601 2,293,612 1,676,347 1,219,382   719,986
  Total             :3,867,673 2,877,208 2,428,873 1,745,601 1,253,120   736,209
                    :                                                           
Fresh Pears         :                                                           
  Bartlett          :       72     1,751       287                         6,000
  Other             :  152,586   116,738    82,165    42,994    34,353     4,005
  Total             :  152,658   118,489    82,452    42,994    34,353    10,005
                    :-----------------------------------------------------------
                    :   Jul   :   Aug   :   Sep   :   Oct   :   Nov   :   Dec   
                    :-----------------------------------------------------------
                    :                       1,000 Pounds                        
                    :                                                           
Fresh Apples        :                                                           
  Regular Storage   :   15,219    24,102 1,070,519 2,146,263 1,538,792 1,009,179
  Controlled        :                                                           
   Atmosphere       :  280,610    60,890 1,897,798 3,554,778 3,625,909 3,413,445
  Total             :  295,829    84,992 2,968,317 5,701,041 5,164,701 4,422,624
                    :                                                           
Fresh Pears         :                                                           
  Bartlett          :   63,037   108,168   118,680    49,781     9,560     1,331
  Other             :    1,785     9,119   497,449   535,627   436,443   335,971
  Total             :   64,822   117,287   616,129   585,408   446,003   337,302
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      Fresh Apples, Total:  Stocks in Cold Storage by Region, Monthly, 1997     
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                    :                           Month                           
       Region       :-----------------------------------------------------------
                    :   Jan   :   Feb   :   Mar   :   Apr   :   May   :   Jun   
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                    :                       1,000 Pounds                        
                    :                                                           
New England         :   45,407    38,157    23,723    12,132     3,934       618
Middle Atlantic     :  397,153   321,756   229,614   132,888    75,726    40,758
East North Central  :  198,757   127,506    69,762    33,900    16,566        19
West North Central  :      569       161        24                              
South Atlantic      :  158,725   117,132    80,969    46,317    17,690     6,064
East South Central  :                                                           
West South Central  :    1,110     1,253       934       546       309          
Mountain            :   71,184    49,887    30,683    13,617     6,905     3,636
Pacific             :2,994,768 2,221,356 1,993,164 1,506,201 1,131,990   685,114
                    :-----------------------------------------------------------
                    : Jul 1/  : Aug 1/  :   Sep   :   Oct   :   Nov   :   Dec   
                    :-----------------------------------------------------------
                    :                       1,000 Pounds                        
                    :                                                           
New England         :                            4   110,463    93,884    77,967
Middle Atlantic     :                      250,110   667,340   649,877   581,174
East North Central  :                       15,632   488,576   488,329   386,518
West North Central  :                          444    10,050     4,764     2,375
South Atlantic      :                       90,064   372,904   350,111   310,816
East South Central  :                                    133        59        11
West South Central  :                           24     1,318     1,091       779
Mountain            :                           97   114,548    89,326    66,809
Pacific             :                    2,611,942 3,935,709 3,487,260 2,996,175
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1/  Regional totals not shown to avoid disclosure of individual operations.     
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
      Fresh Apples, Total:  Stocks in Cold Storage by State, Monthly, 1997      
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              :                              Month                              
    Region    :-----------------------------------------------------------------
              :   Jan    :   Feb    :   Mar    :   Apr    :   May    :   Jun    
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              :                          1,000 Pounds                           
              :                                                                 
California    :   94,029     62,868     40,948     22,879                       
Michigan      :  188,370    122,010     67,200     33,432                       
New England   :   45,407     38,157     23,723     12,132                       
New York      :  236,922    200,382    144,858     81,522                       
Ohio          :    7,260      4,200      2,015        460                       
Oregon        :   31,930     22,291     15,514      6,644                       
Pennsylvania  :  160,062    121,296     84,756     51,366                       
Virginia      :   84,090     66,755     53,708     29,670                       
Washington    :2,868,810  2,136,197  1,936,704  1,476,678                       
West Virginia :   30,356     18,022      7,802      5,396                       
Other States  :  120,437     85,030     51,645     25,422                       
              :-----------------------------------------------------------------
              :   Jul    :   Aug    :   Sep    :   Oct    :   Nov    :   Dec    
              :-----------------------------------------------------------------
              :                          1,000 Pounds                           
              :                                                                 
California    :                                   261,568    170,656    127,191 
Michigan      :                                   444,738    459,102    365,106 
New England   :                                   110,463     93,884     77,967 
New York      :                                   372,708    389,718    354,018 
Ohio          :                                    24,050     16,800     11,890 
Oregon        :                                    54,539     41,571     33,900 
Pennsylvania  :                                   292,614    259,177    226,801 
Virginia      :                                   190,945    190,358    185,410 
Washington    :                                 3,619,602  3,275,034  2,835,084 
West Virginia :                                    78,602     74,225     65,547 
Other States  :                                   251,212    194,176    139,710 
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                   Nuts:  Stocks in Cold Storage by Region and                  
                          United States, Monthly, 1997                          
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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                         
                  :                                                             
Shelled           :                                                             
  Peanuts         :                                                             
    Jan           :                 18         301          19        150,701   
    Feb           :                  2         627          21        172,245   
    Mar           :                  3         866          23        210,154   
    Apr           :                  3         506          41        268,387   
    May           :                  3         771          30        287,833   
    Jun           :                  3         519          32        305,277   
    Jul           :                  3         672          34        254,044   
    Aug           :                  2         570          27        168,661   
    Sep           :                  1         455          23        111,486   
    Oct           :                 14         658          23        105,358   
    Nov           :                 10         664          26        122,053   
    Dec           :                  2         530          27        144,763   
  Pecans 1/       :                                                             
    Jan           :                 79                                 11,446   
    Feb           :                 82                                 10,715   
    Mar           :                110                                 10,566   
    Apr           :                115                                 11,704   
    May           :                136                                 11,549   
    Jun           :                131                                 12,299   
    Jul           :                 96                                 12,266   
    Aug           :                 86                                 11,078   
    Sep           :                 80                                  6,468   
    Oct           :                 59                                  4,284   
    Nov           :                 46                                  5,009   
    Dec           :                 46                                  6,010   
  Other Shelled   :                                                             
    Jan           :                                                             
    Feb           :                                                             
    Mar           :                                                             
    Apr           :                                                             
    May           :                                                             
    Jun           :                                                             
    Jul           :                                                             
    Aug           :                                                             
    Sep           :                                                             
    Oct           :                                                             
    Nov           :                                                             
    Dec           :                                                             
  Total Shelled   :                                                             
   Nuts           :                                                             
    Jan           :                                                             
    Feb           :                                                             
    Mar           :                                                             
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    May           :                                                             
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    Dec           :                                                             
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See footnotes at end of table.                                       --continued
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                   Nuts:  Stocks in Cold Storage by Region and                  
                    United States, Monthly, 1997 (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                         
                  :                                                             
Shelled           :                                                             
  Peanuts         :                                                             
    Jan           :  38,091       77,864        95        3,227       270,316   
    Feb           :  44,746       88,405        97        5,245       311,388   
    Mar           :  48,317       98,762       136        8,491       366,752   
    Apr           :  46,644      107,861       117        9,764       433,323   
    May           :  51,910      123,188       141        6,820       470,696   
    Jun           :  59,012      121,898       131        4,896       491,768   
    Jul           :  50,928      103,051       102        3,747       412,581   
    Aug           :  39,144       60,447       125        2,936       271,912   
    Sep           :  25,865       36,306       108        2,424       176,668   
    Oct           :  24,214       49,915       115        1,470       181,767   
    Nov           :  30,165       68,377       178          677       222,150   
    Dec           :  41,100       75,651        64          619       262,756   
  Pecans 1/       :                                                             
    Jan           :     593       26,339                    109        38,566   
    Feb           :     732       28,125                    146        39,800   
    Mar           :     698       28,081                    172        39,627   
    Apr           :     780       29,361                    446        42,406   
    May           :     709       30,028                    405        42,827   
    Jun           :     600       28,545                    349        41,924   
    Jul           :     539       26,474                    447        39,822   
    Aug           :     484       23,163                    471        35,282   
    Sep           :     367       15,670                    277        22,862   
    Oct           :     124       11,807                    228        16,502   
    Nov           :     136        9,662                    122        14,975   
    Dec           :     204       11,360                    145        17,765   
  Other Shelled   :                                                             
    Jan           :                                                    96,401   
    Feb           :                                                    95,788   
    Mar           :                                                    96,567   
    Apr           :                                                    97,751   
    May           :                                                    88,199   
    Jun           :                                                    81,596   
    Jul           :                                                    65,496   
    Aug           :                                                    58,407   
    Sep           :                                                    72,249   
    Oct           :                                                    75,080   
    Nov           :                                                    88,712   
    Dec           :                                                    97,314   
  Total Shelled   :                                                             
   Nuts           :                                                             
    Jan           :                                                   405,283   
    Feb           :                                                   446,976   
    Mar           :                                                   502,946   
    Apr           :                                                   573,480   
    May           :                                                   601,722   
    Jun           :                                                   615,288   
    Jul           :                                                   517,899   
    Aug           :                                                   365,601   
    Sep           :                                                   271,779   
    Oct           :                                                   273,349   
    Nov           :                                                   325,837   
    Dec           :                                                   377,835   
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See footnotes at end of table.                                       --continued
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                   Nuts:  Stocks in Cold Storage by Region and                  
                    United States, Monthly, 1997 (continued)                    
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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                         
                  :                                                             
In-Shell          :                                                             
  Peanuts         :                                                             
    Jan           :                                                             
    Feb           :                                                             
    Mar           :                                                             
    Apr           :                                                             
    May           :                                                             
    Jun           :                                                             
    Jul           :                                                             
    Aug           :                                                             
    Sep           :                                                             
    Oct           :                                                             
    Nov           :                                                             
    Dec           :                                                             
  Pecans 1/       :                                                             
    Jan           :                                                    28,979   
    Feb           :                                                    26,119   
    Mar           :                13                                  23,152   
    Apr           :                                                    18,135   
    May           :                10                                  13,752   
    Jun           :                 8                                  10,156   
    Jul           :                18                                   3,923   
    Aug           :                11                                   2,566   
    Sep           :                13                                   1,019   
    Oct           :                24                                   5,327   
    Nov           :                 6                                  15,744   
    Dec           :                                                    30,794   
  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, 1997 (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                         
                  :                                                             
In-Shell          :                                                             
  Peanuts         :                                                             
    Jan           :                                                    23,690   
    Feb           :                                                    31,014   
    Mar           :                                                    38,726   
    Apr           :                                                    47,852   
    May           :                                                    48,546   
    Jun           :                                                    49,378   
    Jul           :                                                    36,155   
    Aug           :                                                    15,064   
    Sep           :                                                    12,079   
    Oct           :                                                    10,421   
    Nov           :                                                    10,725   
    Dec           :                                                    14,379   
  Pecans 1/       :                                                             
    Jan           :   2,527      69,684                               101,190   
    Feb           :   2,199      70,132                                98,450   
    Mar           :   1,566      63,112                                87,843   
    Apr           :   1,353      47,416                                66,904   
    May           :   1,320      37,274                     23         52,379   
    Jun           :   1,320      28,216                     23         39,723   
    Jul           :   1,326      16,542                     10         21,819   
    Aug           :   1,175       9,342                     10         13,104   
    Sep           :   1,264       2,296                      8          4,600   
    Oct           :     183       3,979                      8          9,521   
    Nov           :   1,084      17,936                      1         34,771   
    Dec           :   2,266      47,729                                80,789   
  Other In-Shell  :                                                             
    Jan           :                                                     7,520   
    Feb           :                                                     7,193   
    Mar           :                                                    30,704   
    Apr           :                                                    14,616   
    May           :                                                    29,546   
    Jun           :                                                     4,860   
    Jul           :                                                     4,344   
    Aug           :                                                     6,558   
    Sep           :                                                     8,766   
    Oct           :                                                    13,383   
    Nov           :                                                    10,251   
    Dec           :                                                     7,308   
  Total In-Shell  :                                                             
   Nuts           :                                                             
    Jan           :                                                   132,400   
    Feb           :                                                   136,657   
    Mar           :                                                   157,273   
    Apr           :                                                   129,372   
    May           :                                                   130,471   
    Jun           :                                                    93,961   
    Jul           :                                                    62,318   
    Aug           :                                                    34,726   
    Sep           :                                                    25,445   
    Oct           :                                                    33,325   
    Nov           :                                                    55,747   
    Dec           :                                                   102,476   
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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, 1997                          
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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                         
                  :                                                             
Butter (Total)    :                                                             
    Jan           :   2,991       2,226       7,960        2,217       1,005    
    Feb           :   4,398       3,488      13,624        2,997       1,171    
    Mar           :   4,606       3,623      22,888        2,891       1,064    
    Apr           :  10,360       4,195      40,635        7,224       1,555    
    May           :  10,088       4,904      53,646       10,725       1,056    
    Jun           :   9,389       5,390      47,051       10,240         796    
    Jul           :   9,777       4,260      41,104       10,401         663    
    Aug           :   8,326       4,279      32,384        7,640         470    
    Sep           :   6,727       3,223      19,343        3,699         337    
    Oct           :   3,012       1,966      11,612        2,828         103    
    Nov           :   1,312       1,459       7,029        1,002          11    
    Dec           :   1,886       1,312      10,935          895         410    
Butter            :                                                             
 (Govt Owned)     :                                                             
    Jan           :                                                             
    Feb           :                                                             
    Mar           :                                                             
    Apr           :                                                             
    May           :                                                             
    Jun           :                                                             
    Jul           :                                                             
    Aug           :                                                             
    Sep           :                                                             
    Oct           :                                                             
    Nov           :                                                             
    Dec           :                                                             
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              Dairy Products:  Stocks in Cold Storage by Region and             
                    United States, Monthly, 1997 (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                         
                  :                                                             
Butter (Total)    :                                                             
    Jan           :    264        1,131        322         5,050       23,166   
    Feb           :    281          578        337         9,102       35,976   
    Mar           :    284          500        354        14,076       50,286   
    Apr           :    194          521        361        21,717       86,762   
    May           :    194          294        254        23,001      104,162   
    Jun           :    182          237        283        20,095       93,663   
    Jul           :    182          756        357        18,082       85,582   
    Aug           :    151          653        349        15,216       69,468   
    Sep           :    141          445        284         9,737       43,936   
    Oct           :     59        1,113        374         5,514       26,581   
    Nov           :     32        1,064        290         3,166       15,365   
    Dec           :     39        1,095        331         3,885       20,788   
Butter            :                                                             
 (Govt Owned)     :                                                             
    Jan           :                                                       161   
    Feb           :                                                       347   
    Mar           :                                                       364   
    Apr           :                                                       466   
    May           :                                                     1,259   
    Jun           :                                                       644   
    Jul           :                                                       661   
    Aug           :                                                       563   
    Sep           :                                                       499   
    Oct           :                                                       392   
    Nov           :                                                       364   
    Dec           :                                                       306   
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              Dairy Products:  Stocks in Cold Storage by Region and             
                    United States, Monthly, 1997 (continued)                    
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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                         
                  :                                                             
Natural Cheese    :                                                             
  American (Total):                                                             
    Jan           :  15,536      33,222      213,175      62,483         328    
    Feb           :  16,260      32,862      214,357      61,087         306    
    Mar           :  17,214      34,947      222,186      62,082         230    
    Apr           :  20,063      37,948      234,379      75,255         247    
    May           :  21,295      42,477      239,302      77,456         261    
    Jun           :  23,221      42,202      247,377      80,523         263    
    Jul           :  23,907      43,857      250,676      81,868         229    
    Aug           :  24,178      42,972      243,561      78,901         226    
    Sep           :  22,628      38,302      240,384      66,915         249    
    Oct           :  21,854      39,131      232,640      59,272         263    
    Nov           :  20,874      37,843      232,266      53,588         254    
    Dec           :  20,242      38,711      234,820      60,207         315    
  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           :     173       5,648       85,468       2,911       4,651    
    Feb           :     208       5,744       82,193       3,070       4,962    
    Mar           :     262      16,596       78,396       4,300       5,029    
    Apr           :     205      19,463       81,187       3,106       4,437    
    May           :     197      19,424       87,137       4,676       5,666    
    Jun           :     337      20,616       88,745       5,406       5,955    
    Jul           :     181      20,470       86,692       3,912       5,621    
    Aug           :     175      18,116       76,028       5,223       5,080    
    Sep           :      97      14,630       67,621       4,916       5,105    
    Oct           :     145      11,269       53,618       3,980       3,934    
    Nov           :      70       6,279       37,823       4,326       2,467    
    Dec           :     122       5,660       42,097       3,024       1,009    
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                    United States, Monthly, 1997 (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                         
                  :                                                             
Natural Cheese    :                                                             
  American (Total):                                                             
    Jan           :     182         687      18,493       39,685      383,791   
    Feb           :     182         641      14,363       39,388      379,446   
    Mar           :     188       1,572      13,039       41,028      392,486   
    Apr           :     203       2,325      16,327       41,924      428,671   
    May           :     213       2,564      19,169       43,420      446,157   
    Jun           :     222       5,622      20,447       44,520      464,397   
    Jul           :     224       1,852      20,995       45,400      469,008   
    Aug           :     264       2,387      20,830       46,131      459,450   
    Sep           :     259       4,174      16,646       44,471      434,028   
    Oct           :     200       1,076      15,971       44,391      414,798   
    Nov           :     197         610      15,426       44,426      405,484   
    Dec           :     188         353      12,096       43,486      410,418   
  American        :                                                             
   (Govt Owned)   :                                                             
    Jan           :                                                       141   
    Feb           :                                                        31   
    Mar           :                                                        77   
    Apr           :                                                        43   
    May           :                                                        45   
    Jun           :                                                       185   
    Jul           :                                                        47   
    Aug           :                                                       285   
    Sep           :                                                       257   
    Oct           :                                                        61   
    Nov           :                                                       149   
    Dec           :                                                       103   
  Swiss           :                                                             
    Jan           :                                                    13,702   
    Feb           :                                                    13,513   
    Mar           :                                                    12,809   
    Apr           :                                                    11,896   
    May           :                                                    13,237   
    Jun           :                                                    12,096   
    Jul           :                                                    11,516   
    Aug           :                                                    11,507   
    Sep           :                                                    11,040   
    Oct           :                                                    11,630   
    Nov           :                                                    13,450   
    Dec           :                                                    13,843   
  Other Natural   :                                                             
   Cheese         :                                                             
    Jan           :   2,641          56         894        1,604      104,046   
    Feb           :   2,527          79         711        2,169      101,663   
    Mar           :   2,815         291       1,344        2,702      111,735   
    Apr           :   3,015         144         964        2,341      114,862   
    May           :   3,365         126       1,310        3,032      124,933   
    Jun           :   3,398         206         979        2,710      128,352   
    Jul           :   3,321         184       1,041        2,950      124,372   
    Aug           :   2,956         172       1,011        2,552      111,313   
    Sep           :   2,552         129         976        2,581       98,607   
    Oct           :   1,973          67         798        2,758       78,542   
    Nov           :   1,471         166         587        2,256       55,445   
    Dec           :   1,424         139         620        2,056       56,151   
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                    United States, Monthly, 1997 (continued)                    
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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                       
                     :                                                          
Total Natural        :                                                          
 Cheese              :                                                          
    Jan              :                                                          
    Feb              :                                                          
    Mar              :                                                          
    Apr              :                                                          
    May              :                                                          
    Jun              :                                                          
    Jul              :                                                          
    Aug              :                                                          
    Sep              :                                                          
    Oct              :                                                          
    Nov              :                                                          
    Dec              :                                                          
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                    United States, Monthly, 1997 (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                         
                  :                                                             
Total Natural     :                                                             
 Cheese           :                                                             
    Jan           :                                                   501,539   
    Feb           :                                                   494,622   
    Mar           :                                                   517,030   
    Apr           :                                                   555,429   
    May           :                                                   584,327   
    Jun           :                                                   604,845   
    Jul           :                                                   604,896   
    Aug           :                                                   582,270   
    Sep           :                                                   543,675   
    Oct           :                                                   504,970   
    Nov           :                                                   474,379   
    Dec           :                                                   480,412   
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       Frozen Eggs:  Stocks in Cold Storage, United States, Monthly, 1997       
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                    :                           Month                           
       Region       :-----------------------------------------------------------
                    :   Jan   :   Feb   :   Mar   :   Apr   :   May   :   Jun   
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                    :                       1,000 Pounds                        
                    :                                                           
Frozen Eggs         :                                                           
  Whites            :  1,014     1,190     1,016     1,094     1,036     1,126  
  Yolks             :    971     1,212     1,010     1,016       959       885  
  Whole & Mixed     :  7,555     7,822     5,502     5,516     5,346     5,826  
  Unclassified      :  1,483     1,251     1,018       859       813       502  
Total               : 11,023    11,475     8,546     8,485     8,154     8,339  
                    :-----------------------------------------------------------
                    :   Jul   :   Aug   :   Sep   :   Oct   :   Nov   :   Dec   
                    :-----------------------------------------------------------
                    :                       1,000 Pounds                        
                    :                                                           
Frozen Eggs         :                                                           
  Whites            :  1,133       946     1,023       899       943     1,197  
  Yolks             :  1,293     1,209     1,041     1,214       967     1,173  
  Whole & Mixed     :  5,984     8,398     8,184     7,977     7,649     6,615  
  Unclassified      :    477       550       587       825       705       764  
Total               :  8,887    11,103    10,835    10,915    10,264     9,749  
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                          United States, Monthly, 1997                          
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                          :                       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                   :    105       465         360      1,793     17,614  
    Feb                   :    124       416         243      1,768     16,901  
    Mar                   :     95       400         613      1,561     12,555  
    Apr                   :     96       337         944      1,630     12,192  
    May                   :    774       395         881      1,470     10,193  
    Jun                   :    230       567         794      1,408      9,069  
    Jul                   :     93       643         842      1,210      7,188  
    Aug                   :     95       947         733      1,294      9,601  
    Sep                   :     81       576         812      1,233      8,147  
    Oct                   :     69       664       1,054      1,154      9,510  
    Nov                   :     65       692         986      1,185      9,313  
    Dec                   :     58       702         771      1,161     10,461  
  Hens (Whole Birds)      :                                                     
    Jan                   :               20         125        695      1,829  
    Feb                   :               25         167        766      2,836  
    Mar                   :               26          69        775      4,264  
    Apr                   :               33          79      1,003      4,170  
    May                   :               27         182        856      3,291  
    Jun                   :               36          76        960      4,487  
    Jul                   :      1        39         102      1,188      5,812  
    Aug                   :               82          78        916      3,767  
    Sep                   :      1        65         171      1,197      5,568  
    Oct                   :               21         698        841      3,278  
    Nov                   :               32         515        613      1,990  
    Dec                   :               23         590        770      3,534  
  Other Chicken (Parts,   :                                                     
  Processed, etc.)        :                                                     
    Jan                   :  1,775     4,661      15,359     35,779    169,277  
    Feb                   :  1,578     4,900      13,876     39,776    169,505  
    Mar                   :  1,730     6,080      15,849     44,189    170,770  
    Apr                   :  2,063     6,772      16,251     45,734    181,149  
    May                   :  1,321     6,624      15,676     42,241    177,518  
    Jun                   :  1,700     7,215      15,509     42,398    160,971  
    Jul                   :  1,847     6,917      12,569     34,369    157,659  
    Aug                   :  1,633     5,112      12,118     26,526    136,085  
    Sep                   :  1,517     5,557      12,083     21,416    137,887  
    Oct                   :  1,426     4,569      11,000     23,112    146,008  
    Nov                   :  1,655     5,297      12,574     23,984    161,461  
    Dec                   :  1,736     4,366      15,431     23,874    161,996  
  Total Chicken           :                                                     
    Jan                   :  1,880     5,146      15,844     38,267    188,720  
    Feb                   :  1,702     5,341      14,286     42,310    189,242  
    Mar                   :  1,825     6,506      16,531     46,525    187,589  
    Apr                   :  2,159     7,142      17,274     48,367    197,511  
    May                   :  2,095     7,046      16,739     44,567    191,002  
    Jun                   :  1,930     7,818      16,379     44,766    174,527  
    Jul                   :  1,941     7,599      13,513     36,767    170,659  
    Aug                   :  1,728     6,141      12,929     28,736    149,453  
    Sep                   :  1,599     6,198      13,066     23,846    151,602  
    Oct                   :  1,495     5,254      12,752     25,107    158,796  
    Nov                   :  1,720     6,021      14,075     25,782    172,764  
    Dec                   :  1,794     5,091      16,792     25,805    175,991  
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                    United States, Monthly, 1997 (continued)                    
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                          :                       Region                        
         Commodity        :-----------------------------------------------------
            and           :  East   :   West   :          :          :          
           Month          :  South  :  South   : Mountain : Pacific  :    US    
                          : Central : Central  :          :          :  Total   
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                          :                    1,000 Pounds                     
                          :                                                     
Chickens                  :                                                     
  Broilers, Fryers &      :                                                     
  Roasters (Whole Birds)  :                                                     
    Jan                   :   1,548     9,054     1,591       6,672     39,202  
    Feb                   :   1,531     9,084       630      11,069     41,766  
    Mar                   :   1,363     8,083       671      10,220     35,561  
    Apr                   :   1,374     8,218       596      10,496     35,883  
    May                   :     968     7,534       504      10,120     32,839  
    Jun                   :   1,912     7,726     1,352       8,004     31,062  
    Jul                   :     758     7,389       729       7,550     26,402  
    Aug                   :     823     8,172       315       6,165     28,145  
    Sep                   :     739     6,912       215       6,279     24,994  
    Oct                   :     696     6,699       194       4,969     25,009  
    Nov                   :     774    10,386       292       5,034     28,727  
    Dec                   :     699     5,398       384       4,593     24,227  
  Hens (Whole Birds)      :                                                     
    Jan                   :   1,533        89                 1,009      5,300  
    Feb                   :   1,469        98                   517      5,878  
    Mar                   :   1,234        62                   503      6,933  
    Apr                   :   1,235        33       181       1,674      8,408  
    May                   :   1,290        27       434       1,641      7,748  
    Jun                   :   1,357        48        54       1,298      8,316  
    Jul                   :   1,615        85       614         798     10,254  
    Aug                   :   1,629        60       848         520      7,900  
    Sep                   :   1,691       151       835         983     10,662  
    Oct                   :   1,846       120       302         946      8,052  
    Nov                   :   1,741        65       375         569      5,900  
    Dec                   :   1,503       127        56         804      7,407  
  Other Chicken (Parts,   :                                                     
  Processed, etc.)        :                                                     
    Jan                   : 128,123   245,438     2,066      30,202    632,680  
    Feb                   : 139,095   249,809     2,180      31,527    652,246  
    Mar                   : 139,087   257,238     1,868      35,780    672,591  
    Apr                   : 144,396   263,268     2,309      38,026    699,968  
    May                   : 144,828   262,891     2,236      37,568    690,903  
    Jun                   : 141,046   265,514     1,611      36,316    672,280  
    Jul                   : 130,624   246,677     2,359      36,389    629,410  
    Aug                   : 101,888   208,753     2,055      36,745    530,915  
    Sep                   :  98,198   205,730     2,148      36,117    520,653  
    Oct                   : 106,146   220,774     2,050      39,158    554,243  
    Nov                   : 100,301   233,306     2,966      33,729    575,273  
    Dec                   :  97,050   238,212     4,315      35,638    582,618  
  Total Chicken           :                                                     
    Jan                   : 131,204   254,581     3,657      37,883    677,182  
    Feb                   : 142,095   258,991     2,810      43,113    699,890  
    Mar                   : 141,684   265,383     2,539      46,503    715,085  
    Apr                   : 147,005   271,519     3,086      50,196    744,259  
    May                   : 147,086   270,452     3,174      49,329    731,490  
    Jun                   : 144,315   273,288     3,017      45,618    711,658  
    Jul                   : 132,997   254,151     3,702      44,737    666,066  
    Aug                   : 104,340   216,985     3,218      43,430    566,960  
    Sep                   : 100,628   212,793     3,198      43,379    556,309  
    Oct                   : 108,688   227,593     2,546      45,073    587,304  
    Nov                   : 102,816   243,757     3,633      39,332    609,900  
    Dec                   :  99,252   243,737     4,755      41,035    614,252  
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                    United States, Monthly, 1997 (continued)                    
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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                   :  1,253     21,312     13,487     25,840     46,163  
    Feb                   :  1,960     24,217     13,904     37,238     49,922  
    Mar                   :  3,699     27,926     16,001     39,645     50,168  
    Apr                   :  6,956     29,600     19,228     36,479     58,596  
    May                   :  8,731     36,278     26,621     45,078     66,566  
    Jun                   : 11,375     39,010     33,818     53,079     69,519  
    Jul                   : 13,418     45,322     42,267     60,525     67,705  
    Aug                   : 15,365     50,802     51,299     68,375     70,089  
    Sep                   : 15,456     54,831     57,333     74,018     69,809  
    Oct                   : 14,999     44,445     54,512     73,293     61,110  
    Nov                   :  2,592     17,678     17,807     26,568     32,127  
    Dec                   :  1,335     15,870     10,923     23,580     25,590  
  All Other (Parts,       :                                                     
  Processed, etc.)        :                                                     
    Jan                   :    339     10,053     22,789     56,900     64,579  
    Feb                   :    459     10,548     23,115     56,598     67,709  
    Mar                   :    380     16,349     25,458     61,854     67,548  
    Apr                   :    779     13,131     27,825     70,091     73,614  
    May                   :    809     13,778     28,808     69,121     83,277  
    Jun                   :    822     14,811     28,313     74,039     82,666  
    Jul                   :    771     16,907     29,463     74,698     82,376  
    Aug                   :    868     16,235     27,569     68,615     79,366  
    Sep                   :    589     14,964     27,899     62,262     67,292  
    Oct                   :    757     15,672     28,380     62,646     69,286  
    Nov                   :    589     13,177     26,996     60,790     63,202  
    Dec                   :    461     11,160     26,006     70,448     63,670  
  Total Turkey            :                                                     
    Jan                   :  1,592     31,365     36,276     82,740    110,742  
    Feb                   :  2,419     34,765     37,019     93,836    117,631  
    Mar                   :  4,079     44,275     41,459    101,499    117,716  
    Apr                   :  7,735     42,731     47,053    106,570    132,210  
    May                   :  9,540     50,056     55,429    114,199    149,843  
    Jun                   : 12,197     53,821     62,131    127,118    152,185  
    Jul                   : 14,189     62,229     71,730    135,223    150,081  
    Aug                   : 16,233     67,037     78,868    136,990    149,455  
    Sep                   : 16,045     69,795     85,232    136,280    137,101  
    Oct                   : 15,756     60,117     82,892    135,939    130,396  
    Nov                   :  3,181     30,855     44,803     87,358     95,329  
    Dec                   :  1,796     27,030     36,929     94,028     89,260  
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                    United States, Monthly, 1997 (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                     
                          :                                                     
Turkeys                   :                                                     
  Whole Turkeys           :                                                     
    Jan                   :  2,307     52,712     14,159     18,126    195,359  
    Feb                   :  2,954     70,492     10,646     23,864    235,197  
    Mar                   :  3,310     88,358      9,414     28,782    267,303  
    Apr                   :  4,249     98,127     11,242     32,095    296,572  
    May                   :  7,679    107,159     13,815     40,913    352,840  
    Jun                   :  8,442    119,044     18,376     49,878    402,541  
    Jul                   :  8,998    119,326     22,000     60,516    440,077  
    Aug                   : 10,351    118,565     26,238     67,649    478,733  
    Sep                   : 11,749    127,177     26,973     92,755    530,101  
    Oct                   : 11,346    115,524     28,062     87,362    490,653  
    Nov                   :  3,530     57,606     18,521     31,592    208,021  
    Dec                   :  2,464     54,354     17,284     24,614    176,014  
  All Other (Parts,       :                                                     
  Processed, etc.)        :                                                     
    Jan                   :  1,093     16,049      7,751     26,133    205,686  
    Feb                   :    823     16,457      4,989     30,483    211,181  
    Mar                   :    613     18,705      6,323     31,949    229,179  
    Apr                   :    631     21,384      6,609     32,638    246,702  
    May                   :    513     21,421      8,482     32,726    258,935  
    Jun                   :    601     24,167      8,666     31,224    265,309  
    Jul                   :    616     24,855      6,046     38,513    274,245  
    Aug                   :    704     26,236      5,801     37,885    263,279  
    Sep                   :    517     25,263      3,843     37,976    240,605  
    Oct                   :    918     26,473      4,246     37,610    245,988  
    Nov                   :    707     25,195      6,198     33,681    230,535  
    Dec                   :    600     24,237      7,360     35,097    239,039  
  Total Turkey            :                                                     
    Jan                   :  3,400     68,761     21,910     44,259    401,045  
    Feb                   :  3,777     86,949     15,635     54,347    446,378  
    Mar                   :  3,923    107,063     15,737     60,731    496,482  
    Apr                   :  4,880    119,511     17,851     64,733    543,274  
    May                   :  8,192    128,580     22,297     73,639    611,775  
    Jun                   :  9,043    143,211     27,042     81,102    667,850  
    Jul                   :  9,614    144,181     28,046     99,029    714,322  
    Aug                   : 11,055    144,801     32,039    105,534    742,012  
    Sep                   : 12,266    152,440     30,816    130,731    770,706  
    Oct                   : 12,264    141,997     32,308    124,972    736,641  
    Nov                   :  4,237     82,801     24,719     65,273    438,556  
    Dec                   :  3,064     78,591     24,644     59,711    415,053  
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                    United States, Monthly, 1997 (continued)                    
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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                   :     14        131      1,246         31         38  
    Feb                   :     20        126      1,270         36         41  
    Mar                   :     32         90      1,206         36         41  
    Apr                   :     38        100      1,931         36         59  
    May                   :     48        107      2,783         36        116  
    Jun                   :     76         35      3,583         31        137  
    Jul                   :     61        171      1,897         33        156  
    Aug                   :     46        196      1,263        116        106  
    Sep                   :     60        184      1,464        128        110  
    Oct                   :     52        103      1,412        102         96  
    Nov                   :     41        109      1,474         23         69  
    Dec                   :     35        143      1,263          9         47  
  Total Poultry           :                                                     
    Jan                   :  3,486     36,642     53,366    121,038    299,500  
    Feb                   :  4,141     40,232     52,575    136,182    306,914  
    Mar                   :  5,936     50,871     59,196    148,060    305,346  
    Apr                   :  9,932     49,973     66,258    154,973    329,780  
    May                   : 11,683     57,209     74,951    158,802    340,961  
    Jun                   : 14,203     61,674     82,093    171,915    326,849  
    Jul                   : 16,191     69,999     87,140    172,023    320,896  
    Aug                   : 18,007     73,374     93,060    165,842    299,014  
    Sep                   : 17,704     76,177     99,762    160,254    288,813  
    Oct                   : 17,303     65,474     97,056    161,148    289,288  
    Nov                   :  4,942     36,985     60,352    113,163    268,162  
    Dec                   :  3,625     32,264     54,984    119,842    265,298  
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                    United States, Monthly, 1997 (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                     
                          :                                                     
  Ducks                   :                                                     
    Jan                   :       8         2          2        301       1,773 
    Feb                   :       8         2          4        325       1,832 
    Mar                   :       8         2          3        333       1,751 
    Apr                   :       7                    3        408       2,582 
    May                   :       8                    2        125       3,225 
    Jun                   :       9                    2        432       4,305 
    Jul                   :       7        33         41        402       2,801 
    Aug                   :       6        33         64        447       2,277 
    Sep                   :       7        84         64        743       2,844 
    Oct                   :       6       105         60        525       2,461 
    Nov                   :       4        35         56        153       1,964 
    Dec                   :       3        20         40        304       1,864 
  Total Poultry           :                                                     
    Jan                   : 134,612   323,344     25,569     82,443   1,080,000 
    Feb                   : 145,880   345,942     18,449     97,785   1,148,100 
    Mar                   : 145,615   372,448     18,279    107,567   1,213,318 
    Apr                   : 151,892   391,030     20,940    115,337   1,290,115 
    May                   : 155,286   399,032     25,473    123,093   1,346,490 
    Jun                   : 153,367   416,499     30,061    127,152   1,383,813 
    Jul                   : 142,618   398,365     31,789    144,168   1,383,189 
    Aug                   : 115,401   361,819     35,321    149,411   1,311,249 
    Sep                   : 112,901   365,317     34,078    174,853   1,329,859 
    Oct                   : 120,958   369,695     34,914    170,570   1,326,406 
    Nov                   : 107,057   326,593     28,408    104,758   1,050,420 
    Dec                   : 102,319   322,348     29,439    101,050   1,031,169 
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                          United States, Monthly, 1997                          
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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             :      57      28,109      27,118        356         3,785    
  Feb             :      51      30,311      27,829        364         2,076    
  Mar             :      36      32,532      29,151        367         9,603    
  Apr             :      23      33,356      28,423        326         3,361    
  May             :      33      31,471      28,241        330         8,998    
  Jun             :      32      28,252      25,359        295         8,393    
  Jul             :      24      24,844      23,604        280         9,465    
  Aug             :      38      20,986      22,092        222         4,378    
  Sep             :      16      17,074      19,174        204         3,793    
  Oct             :       9      16,114      19,121        197         3,035    
  Nov             :      41      16,280      19,325         93         2,774    
  Dec             :      29      18,541      22,919        133         5,538    
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             :  20,132       6,620      15,601        632         1,576    
  Feb             :  16,746       5,697      14,467        533         1,107    
  Mar             :  13,806       4,194      12,062        477           826    
  Apr             :  11,745       3,425       9,541        518           827    
  May             :   9,169       2,866       6,946        438           676    
  Jun             :   6,218       2,233       4,753        364         3,353    
  Jul             :   4,170       6,972       6,366        452         6,256    
  Aug             :  17,622      11,077      36,007        687         6,036    
  Sep             :  20,863      11,355      55,124        788         5,611    
  Oct             :  18,549      10,329      51,375        684         4,395    
  Nov             :  18,068       7,246      49,172        615         4,182    
  Dec             :  16,921       7,410      43,465        620         4,149    
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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             :    143        1,684        329        18,540       80,121   
  Feb             :    155        1,410        364        18,831       81,391   
  Mar             :    118        1,389        413        19,116       92,725   
  Apr             :    138        1,397        407        17,332       84,763   
  May             :    118        1,168        381        15,858       86,598   
  Jun             :    173        1,136        351        16,097       80,088   
  Jul             :    161          948        382        15,058       74,766   
  Aug             :    154          811        282        12,208       61,171   
  Sep             :    151          956        236        10,536       52,140   
  Oct             :    201        1,374        282        12,298       52,631   
  Nov             :    177        1,313        292        12,879       53,174   
  Dec             :    172        1,185        283        14,267       63,067   
Apricots          :                                                             
  Jan             :                                                     6,850   
  Feb             :                                                     6,288   
  Mar             :                                                     5,619   
  Apr             :                                                     4,168   
  May             :                                                     4,456   
  Jun             :                                                    17,237   
  Jul             :                                                    22,367   
  Aug             :                                                    24,209   
  Sep             :                                                    19,857   
  Oct             :                                                    16,458   
  Nov             :                                                    16,228   
  Dec             :                                                    12,567   
Blackberries      :                                                             
  Jan             :                                                    18,093   
  Feb             :                                                    16,407   
  Mar             :                                                    14,475   
  Apr             :                                                    12,813   
  May             :                                                    11,735   
  Jun             :                                                    10,350   
  Jul             :                                                    36,121   
  Aug             :                                                    39,339   
  Sep             :                                                    35,389   
  Oct             :                                                    30,375   
  Nov             :                                                    28,374   
  Dec             :                                                    26,214   
Blueberries       :                                                             
  Jan             :    121          885        360         9,855       55,782   
  Feb             :    149          755        343         8,095       47,892   
  Mar             :    134          614        321         6,589       39,023   
  Apr             :    139          732        271         5,426       32,624   
  May             :    124          743        233         4,466       25,661   
  Jun             :     86          940        199         3,822       21,968   
  Jul             :    170        1,261        301        12,805       38,753   
  Aug             :    247          773        808        21,141       94,398   
  Sep             :    247          691        680        19,589      114,948   
  Oct             :    266          733        662        15,504      102,497   
  Nov             :    243          720        576        16,106       96,928   
  Dec             :    218          626        364        13,572       87,345   
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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                     :    87      5,555      88,843      100        122    
  Feb                     :    75      5,054      81,106      112        174    
  Mar                     :    62      4,160      72,915       80        331    
  Apr                     :    48      3,272      64,563      130        389    
  May                     :    39      2,778      57,579      115        353    
  Jun                     :    36      1,920      49,977      101        203    
  Jul                     :    52      4,306      83,634      136        108    
  Aug                     :   107      5,585     170,555      216        141    
  Sep                     :   107      6,777     144,201      189         70    
  Oct                     :   102      4,025     133,493      158         94    
  Nov                     :    94      3,623     129,212      148        207    
  Dec                     :   104      2,618     118,540      131         87    
Cherries, Tart (Juice)    :                                                     
  Jan                     :                                                     
  Feb                     :                                                     
  Mar                     :                                                     
  Apr                     :                                                     
  May                     :                                                     
  Jun                     :                                                     
  Jul                     :                                                     
  Aug                     :                                                     
  Sep                     :                                                     
  Oct                     :                                                     
  Nov                     :                                                     
  Dec                     :                                                     
Cherries, Sweet           :                                                     
  Jan                     :     8      2,030       4,865      408        117    
  Feb                     :            1,886       2,702      378         82    
  Mar                     :            1,594       3,936      337         52    
  Apr                     :            1,286       3,544      290         58    
  May                     :              932       3,052      258         49    
  Jun                     :            1,014       2,898      173         60    
  Jul                     :            1,118       8,370      281        192    
  Aug                     :            1,053      11,057      349        126    
  Sep                     :            1,170       9,090      335        178    
  Oct                     :            3,077       9,374      324        256    
  Nov                     :            1,092       8,118      372         92    
  Dec                     :            1,032       8,439      394        164    
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                          :                       Region                        
         Commodity        :-----------------------------------------------------
            and           :  East   :   West   :          :          :          
           Month          :  South  :  South   : Mountain : Pacific  :    US    
                          : Central : Central  :          :          :  Total   
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                          :                    1,000 Pounds                     
                          :                                                     
Boysenberries             :                                                     
  Jan                     :                                              3,001  
  Feb                     :                                              3,097  
  Mar                     :                                              3,121  
  Apr                     :                                              2,718  
  May                     :                                              2,560  
  Jun                     :                                              3,750  
  Jul                     :                                              8,927  
  Aug                     :                                              8,098  
  Sep                     :                                              7,037  
  Oct                     :                                              6,169  
  Nov                     :                                              6,060  
  Dec                     :                                              5,897  
Cherries, Tart (RSP)      :                                                     
  Jan                     :    28        754      11,144     6,211     112,844  
  Feb                     :    36        317       6,914     6,356     100,144  
  Mar                     :    26      1,465       6,163     5,607      90,809  
  Apr                     :    27        230       4,900     5,002      78,561  
  May                     :    18        284       4,540     4,802      70,508  
  Jun                     :    37        278       3,892     4,509      60,953  
  Jul                     :    68        460       6,863     9,656     105,283  
  Aug                     :    72        371       8,105     9,419     194,571  
  Sep                     :    24        308       7,137     9,360     168,173  
  Oct                     :    35        583       8,572     7,829     154,891  
  Nov                     :    46        278       7,511     7,826     148,945  
  Dec                     :    34        495       7,005     7,283     136,297  
Cherries, Tart (Juice)    :                                                     
  Jan                     :                                              2,002  
  Feb                     :                                                702  
  Mar                     :                                                750  
  Apr                     :                                                591  
  May                     :                                                628  
  Jun                     :                                                833  
  Jul                     :                                              1,116  
  Aug                     :                                              2,852  
  Sep                     :                                              1,816  
  Oct                     :                                              2,286  
  Nov                     :                                              1,855  
  Dec                     :                                              3,407  
Cherries, Sweet           :                                                     
  Jan                     :    82        328          36     2,848      10,722  
  Feb                     :    78        195          19     2,402       7,742  
  Mar                     :    78        131          17     1,983       8,128  
  Apr                     :    70        120          18     1,605       6,991  
  May                     :    65        111          25     2,489       6,981  
  Jun                     :   112        105          25     2,464       6,851  
  Jul                     :   177        106          71     5,284      15,599  
  Aug                     :   184        104          70     8,130      21,073  
  Sep                     :   177        127          56     6,875      18,008  
  Oct                     :   180        110          55     6,018      19,394  
  Nov                     :   164        130          45     5,456      15,469  
  Dec                     :   174         81          44     4,942      15,270  
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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                     :    75      1,962      1,508       451       1,222   
  Feb                     :    62      1,859      1,584       322       1,012   
  Mar                     :    57      1,541      1,701       199       1,246   
  Apr                     :    48      1,459      1,294       176       1,196   
  May                     :    44      1,273      1,438       144       1,213   
  Jun                     :    38      1,895      1,346       103         906   
  Jul                     :    73      1,699      1,600        85       2,371   
  Aug                     :   111      1,874      1,855        75       1,588   
  Sep                     :   132      2,563      4,562       243       1,181   
  Oct                     :   113      3,510      2,675       840       1,165   
  Nov                     :   107      1,599      2,607       976       1,103   
  Dec                     :   101      1,826      3,067       955         858   
Raspberries, Black        :                                                     
  Jan                     :                                                     
  Feb                     :                                                     
  Mar                     :                                                     
  Apr                     :                                                     
  May                     :                                                     
  Jun                     :                                                     
  Jul                     :                                                     
  Aug                     :                                                     
  Sep                     :                                                     
  Oct                     :                                                     
  Nov                     :                                                     
  Dec                     :                                                     
Raspberries, Red          :                                                     
  Jan                     :   158      2,113      1,344       368         258   
  Feb                     :   104      1,780        790       363         214   
  Mar                     :   151      1,779        739       338         238   
  Apr                     :   139      1,450        744       329         256   
  May                     :   131      1,374        625       330         239   
  Jun                     :   191      1,368        728       306         212   
  Jul                     :   209      1,285      1,148       445         207   
  Aug                     :   161      1,446        800       657         276   
  Sep                     :   139      1,236        881       799         307   
  Oct                     :   171      1,229        934       882         247   
  Nov                     :   135      1,181        922       820         194   
  Dec                     :   134        936        937       762         178   
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                          :                       Region                        
         Commodity        :-----------------------------------------------------
            and           :  East   :   West   :          :          :          
           Month          :  South  :  South   : Mountain : Pacific  :    US    
                          : Central : Central  :          :          :  Total   
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                          :                    1,000 Pounds                     
                          :                                                     
Grapes                    :                                                     
  Jan                     :                                              5,549  
  Feb                     :                                              3,779  
  Mar                     :                                              3,152  
  Apr                     :                                              2,842  
  May                     :                                              2,133  
  Jun                     :                                              1,820  
  Jul                     :                                              1,870  
  Aug                     :                                              1,576  
  Sep                     :                                              2,175  
  Oct                     :                                              4,365  
  Nov                     :                                              3,740  
  Dec                     :                                              3,492  
Peaches                   :                                                     
  Jan                     :   124      1,482       104       35,533     42,461  
  Feb                     :   127      1,202        83       31,563     37,814  
  Mar                     :   125      1,065        71       27,720     33,725  
  Apr                     :    77      1,023        76       24,265     29,614  
  May                     :    77      1,082        72       17,678     23,021  
  Jun                     :    71        678       109       13,916     19,062  
  Jul                     :    92        676       134       32,542     39,272  
  Aug                     :   147        799        59       53,171     59,679  
  Sep                     :   177      1,475       132       92,007    102,472  
  Oct                     :   129      1,170       103       77,153     86,858  
  Nov                     :   102        844        86       74,969     82,393  
  Dec                     :   121        756       158       64,475     72,317  
Raspberries, Black        :                                                     
  Jan                     :                                              1,191  
  Feb                     :                                              1,089  
  Mar                     :                                              1,056  
  Apr                     :                                                910  
  May                     :                                                583  
  Jun                     :                                              1,786  
  Jul                     :                                              2,129  
  Aug                     :                                              1,381  
  Sep                     :                                              1,234  
  Oct                     :                                              1,103  
  Nov                     :                                                873  
  Dec                     :                                                660  
Raspberries, Red          :                                                     
  Jan                     :   132      1,497        58       27,502     33,430  
  Feb                     :   113      1,487        57       24,316     29,224  
  Mar                     :   171      1,016        71       20,958     25,461  
  Apr                     :   116        308        63       19,036     22,441  
  May                     :   209        647        48       16,030     19,633  
  Jun                     :    67        487        24       24,942     28,325  
  Jul                     :   198        515        67       77,724     81,798  
  Aug                     :   190        371        96       70,303     74,300  
  Sep                     :   213        762        53       62,097     66,487  
  Oct                     :   111        786        42       53,321     57,723  
  Nov                     :   231        190        27       50,454     54,154  
  Dec                     :   110        146        31       46,576     49,810  
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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                     :      80     4,856      5,048      5,573      1,715  
  Feb                     :      69     3,791      4,869      5,041      1,617  
  Mar                     :      64     3,283      4,385      4,550      1,545  
  Apr                     :      60     2,687      3,971      3,715      1,606  
  May                     :      73     2,470      3,957      3,102      1,723  
  Jun                     :     117     3,377      3,999      2,692      1,820  
  Jul                     :     115     3,007      4,700      2,875      2,020  
  Aug                     :      90     3,555      4,898      4,075      2,570  
  Sep                     :      82     2,963      4,874      5,090      2,473  
  Oct                     :      80     3,030      5,313      5,470      2,692  
  Nov                     :      76     1,922      5,264      5,178      2,457  
  Dec                     :      79     1,915      5,153      4,847      2,036  
Other Frozen Fruit        :                                                     
  Jan                     : 106,388    39,528    193,361      1,586      1,804  
  Feb                     :  93,211    34,450    165,089      1,619      1,962  
  Mar                     :  73,850    28,317    138,458      1,374      2,508  
  Apr                     :  60,138    22,649    113,590      1,375      1,623  
  May                     :  49,001    21,734     97,129      1,437      2,419  
  Jun                     :  36,093    19,933     80,695      1,255      2,175  
  Jul                     :  25,729    15,935     65,873      1,097      2,176  
  Aug                     :  17,874    13,746     48,669      1,246      2,974  
  Sep                     :  25,107    23,022     56,461      1,179      2,321  
  Oct                     : 162,377    57,854    279,369      2,313      6,899  
  Nov                     : 152,290    53,422    263,509      2,159      6,171  
  Dec                     : 134,937    51,958    243,624      2,021      1,166  
Total Frozen Fruit        :                                                     
  Jan                     : 127,018    92,852    340,639     11,077     10,906  
  Feb                     : 110,337    86,695    301,214     10,026      8,780  
  Mar                     :  88,050    79,554    265,966      8,533     16,792  
  Apr                     :  72,219    71,454    227,931      7,581      9,693  
  May                     :  58,506    66,603    201,046      6,974     16,250  
  Jun                     :  42,735    61,927    171,860      6,035     17,418  
  Jul                     :  30,402    60,926    197,812      6,832     23,105  
  Aug                     :  36,034    62,808    299,225      9,308     18,477  
  Sep                     :  46,475    69,092    297,039     10,581     16,368  
  Oct                     : 181,427   102,023    506,019     12,522     19,168  
  Nov                     : 170,836    89,168    481,975     11,951     17,527  
  Dec                     : 152,327    88,814    451,470     11,293     14,394  
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               Frozen Fruit:  Stocks in Cold Storage by Region and              
                    United States, Monthly, 1997 (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                     
                          :                                                     
Strawberries              :                                                     
  Jan                     :  1,524     16,036        549    149,369     184,750 
  Feb                     :  1,661     14,436        468    126,067     158,019 
  Mar                     :  1,489     20,446        502     99,949     136,213 
  Apr                     :  1,280     35,292        564    111,383     160,558 
  May                     :  1,927     40,870        720    190,612     245,454 
  Jun                     :  2,023     51,334      1,218    269,506     336,086 
  Jul                     :  2,140     37,359      3,733    303,800     359,749 
  Aug                     :  2,188     30,825      3,550    269,965     321,716 
  Sep                     :  2,136     27,085      3,070    247,796     295,569 
  Oct                     :  2,157     25,169      3,000    235,817     282,728 
  Nov                     :  2,176     20,126      2,504    212,147     251,850 
  Dec                     :  2,044     16,278      3,019    185,169     220,540 
Other Frozen Fruit        :                                                     
  Jan                     :    306      6,841      2,564     72,473     424,851 
  Feb                     :    435      6,460      2,758     66,662     372,646 
  Mar                     :    377      5,883      2,764     58,248     311,779 
  Apr                     :    407      5,717      2,872     51,612     259,983 
  May                     :    325      3,601      2,948     47,278     225,872 
  Jun                     :    380      4,881      2,880     37,920     186,212 
  Jul                     :    341      6,140      3,089     30,371     150,751 
  Aug                     :    456      7,035      2,747     30,304     125,051 
  Sep                     :    458      7,469      1,777     47,423     165,217 
  Oct                     :    384      8,683      1,705    102,828     622,412 
  Nov                     :    310      8,831      1,289    107,947     595,928 
  Dec                     :    382      8,723      1,082     92,339     536,232 
Total Frozen Fruit        :                                                     
  Jan                     :  2,884     33,210     16,449    346,612     981,647 
  Feb                     :  3,235     29,295     11,088    305,564     866,234 
  Mar                     :  2,823     34,430     10,404    259,484     766,036 
  Apr                     :  2,604     46,918      9,242    251,935     699,577 
  May                     :  3,227     50,141      9,042    314,034     725,823 
  Jun                     :  3,194     60,996      8,770    402,386     775,321 
  Jul                     :  3,822     49,056     14,892    551,654     938,501 
  Aug                     :  4,332     43,642     15,900    539,688   1,029,414 
  Sep                     :  4,179     40,861     13,313    552,614   1,050,522 
  Oct                     :  4,109     40,800     14,758    559,064   1,439,890 
  Nov                     :  4,118     34,546     12,649    533,201   1,355,971 
  Dec                     :  3,747     28,677     12,324    470,069   1,233,115 
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           Frozen Juice Concentrate:  Stocks in Cold Storage by Region          
                        and United States, Monthly, 1997                        
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                          :                       Region                        
         Commodity        :-----------------------------------------------------
            and           :         :          :   East   :   West   :          
           Month          :   New   :  Middle  :  North   :  North   :  South   
                          : England : Atlantic : Central  : Central  : Atlantic 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                          :                    1,000 Pounds                     
                          :                                                     
Orange Juice              :                                                     
 (Pounds) 1/ 2/           :                                                     
   Jan                    :      8                 2,804       608    1,436,696 
   Feb                    :     10                 3,113       435    1,587,298 
   Mar                    :      6                 3,046       375    1,662,695 
   Apr                    :     52                 3,666       485    1,896,380 
   May                    :    249                 3,677       458    2,077,061 
   Jun                    :    207                 3,422       448    1,880,723 
   Jul                    :    134                 3,213       369    1,673,453 
   Aug                    :     75                 2,877       345    1,497,456 
   Sep                    :     55                 2,260       362    1,225,183 
   Oct                    :     61                 1,885       444    1,088,213 
   Nov                    :     72                 1,987       327    1,161,221 
   Dec                    :     63                 2,395       309    1,439,114 
Orange Juice              :                                                     
 (Gallon Equivalent) 3/   :                                                     
   Jan                    :      1                   283        61      145,179 
   Feb                    :      1                   315        44      160,398 
   Mar                    :      1                   308        38      168,017 
   Apr                    :      5                   370        49      191,631 
   May                    :     25                   372        46      209,889 
   Jun                    :     21                   346        45      190,049 
   Jul                    :     14                   325        37      169,104 
   Aug                    :      8                   291        35      151,319 
   Sep                    :      6                   228        37      123,806 
   Oct                    :      6                   190        45      109,965 
   Nov                    :      7                   201        33      117,342 
   Dec                    :      6                   242        31      145,424 
Other Juice               :                                                     
   Jan                    :    743     22,218     20,471     2,437      162,106 
   Feb                    :    874     23,333     22,780     2,136      178,863 
   Mar                    :    872     21,838     22,189     2,095      254,035 
   Apr                    :    520     23,710     22,234     1,720      273,245 
   May                    :    449     19,615     21,072     1,890      267,209 
   Jun                    :    428     19,632     20,748     1,227      232,840 
   Jul                    :    390     22,458     19,849     1,112      234,517 
   Aug                    :    197     24,995     17,331     1,251      212,957 
   Sep                    :    377     23,296     16,455     1,464      195,607 
   Oct                    :  1,179     27,069     15,261     1,415      202,489 
   Nov                    :  1,281     25,438     15,160       995      188,975 
   Dec                    :  1,279     25,376     13,506     1,562      189,361 
Total Frozen Juices 4/    :                                                     
   Jan                    :    751     22,218     23,275     3,045    1,598,802 
   Feb                    :    884     23,333     25,893     2,571    1,766,161 
   Mar                    :    878     21,838     25,235     2,470    1,916,730 
   Apr                    :    572     23,710     25,900     2,205    2,169,625 
   May                    :    698     19,615     24,749     2,348    2,344,270 
   Jun                    :    635     19,632     24,170     1,675    2,113,563 
   Jul                    :    524     22,458     23,062     1,481    1,907,970 
   Aug                    :    272     24,995     20,208     1,596    1,710,413 
   Sep                    :    432     23,296     18,715     1,826    1,420,790 
   Oct                    :  1,240     27,069     17,146     1,859    1,290,702 
   Nov                    :  1,353     25,438     17,147     1,322    1,350,196 
   Dec                    :  1,342     25,376     15,901     1,871    1,628,475 
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                  and United States, Monthly, 1997 (continued)                  
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                          :                       Region                        
         Commodity        :-----------------------------------------------------
            and           :  East   :   West   :          :          :          
           Month          :  South  :  South   : Mountain : Pacific  :    US    
                          : Central : Central  :          :          :  Total   
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                          :                    1,000 Pounds                     
                          :                                                     
Orange Juice              :                                                     
 (Pounds) 1/ 2/           :                                                     
   Jan                    :   141       6,041     1,930      74,331   1,522,559 
   Feb                    :   148       6,255     2,112      78,248   1,677,619 
   Mar                    :   146       6,296     2,995      77,312   1,752,871 
   Apr                    :   150       6,037     2,997      83,667   1,993,434 
   May                    :   135       6,004     2,522      85,883   2,175,989 
   Jun                    :   138       5,798     2,586      84,351   1,977,673 
   Jul                    :   136       5,372     2,640      76,443   1,761,760 
   Aug                    :   126       4,798     2,008      64,094   1,571,779 
   Sep                    :   100       4,695     1,932      53,261   1,287,848 
   Oct                    :    97       3,628     1,667      44,882   1,140,877 
   Nov                    :    92       3,490     1,880      45,285   1,214,354 
   Dec                    :   107       4,166     2,946      54,254   1,503,354 
Orange Juice              :                                                     
 (Gallon Equivalent) 3/   :                                                     
   Jan                    :    14         610       195       7,511     153,856 
   Feb                    :    15         632       213       7,907     169,525 
   Mar                    :    15         636       303       7,812     177,129 
   Apr                    :    15         610       303       8,455     201,438 
   May                    :    14         607       255       8,679     219,886 
   Jun                    :    14         586       261       8,524     199,846 
   Jul                    :    14         543       267       7,725     178,027 
   Aug                    :    13         485       203       6,477     158,830 
   Sep                    :    10         474       195       5,382     130,138 
   Oct                    :    10         367       168       4,535     115,287 
   Nov                    :     9         353       190       4,576     122,712 
   Dec                    :    11         421       298       5,482     151,915 
Other Juice               :                                                     
   Jan                    :   496      22,551       448     183,149     414,619 
   Feb                    :   587      18,260       708     182,690     430,231 
   Mar                    :   697      16,124       241     190,971     509,062 
   Apr                    :   740      19,224       742     205,806     547,941 
   May                    :   716      17,577       759     211,156     540,443 
   Jun                    :   576      21,117       919     213,314     510,801 
   Jul                    :   648      15,556       958     210,435     505,923 
   Aug                    :   585      20,041     1,129     194,348     472,834 
   Sep                    :   644      18,679     1,423     202,240     460,185 
   Oct                    :   610      27,919     1,243     188,706     465,891 
   Nov                    :   519      19,563     1,238     173,641     426,810 
   Dec                    :   534      19,422     1,094     172,129     424,263 
Total Frozen Juices /4    :                                                     
   Jan                    :   637      28,592     2,378     257,480   1,937,178 
   Feb                    :   735      24,515     2,820     260,938   2,107,850 
   Mar                    :   843      22,420     3,236     268,283   2,261,933 
   Apr                    :   890      25,261     3,739     289,473   2,541,375 
   May                    :   851      23,581     3,281     297,039   2,716,432 
   Jun                    :   714      26,915     3,505     297,665   2,488,474 
   Jul                    :   784      20,928     3,598     286,878   2,267,683 
   Aug                    :   711      24,839     3,137     258,442   2,044,613 
   Sep                    :   744      23,374     3,355     255,501   1,748,033 
   Oct                    :   707      31,547     2,910     233,588   1,606,768 
   Nov                    :   611      23,053     3,118     218,926   1,641,164 
   Dec                    :   641      23,588     4,040     226,383   1,927,617 
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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.                  
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
              Frozen Vegetables:  Stocks in Cold Storage by Region              
                       and United States, Monthly, 1997 1/                      
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                          :                       Region                        
         Commodity        :-----------------------------------------------------
            and           :         :          :   East   :   West   :          
           Month          :   New   :  Middle  :  North   :  North   :  South   
                          : England : Atlantic : Central  : Central  : Atlantic 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                          :                    1,000 Pounds                     
                          :                                                     
Asparagus                 :                                                     
  Jan                     :               241      1,990       364         222  
  Feb                     :               275      1,362       321         199  
  Mar                     :               261      1,084       274         184  
  Apr                     :               207        650       336         161  
  May                     :               211        860       324         160  
  Jun                     :               186      4,531       272       1,370  
  Jul                     :               222      4,584       422         153  
  Aug                     :               226      3,947       465         115  
  Sep                     :               182      3,581       461         124  
  Oct                     :               369      3,266       425         262  
  Nov                     :               368      2,800       388         205  
  Dec                     :               256      2,334       306         177  
Lima Beans, Fordhook      :                                                     
  Jan                     :               195        612       253       1,656  
  Feb                     :               309        545       359       1,211  
  Mar                     :               154        517       324       1,015  
  Apr                     :               302        470       249       1,468  
  May                     :               222        435       358       1,272  
  Jun                     :               320        405       381       1,152  
  Jul                     :               237        359       335         975  
  Aug                     :               409        807       373       1,642  
  Sep                     :               312        965       299       2,287  
  Oct                     :               287        875       326       1,970  
  Nov                     :               433        777       273       2,055  
  Dec                     :               341        714       229       2,084  
Lima Beans, Baby          :                                                     
  Jan                     :             1,544      1,944       666      10,542  
  Feb                     :             1,924      1,823       538      13,504  
  Mar                     :             1,349      1,648       422      11,162  
  Apr                     :             1,076      1,376       593       8,586  
  May                     :               896      1,099       703       7,447  
  Jun                     :               634        807       651       6,871  
  Jul                     :               353        714       602       3,941  
  Aug                     :               273        946       638       3,967  
  Sep                     :               500      1,553     1,758       6,699  
  Oct                     :             1,572      1,941     2,199      12,747  
  Nov                     :             2,304      1,698     2,242      16,258  
  Dec                     :             1,844      1,361     2,133      14,082  
Green Beans, Regular Cut  :                                                     
  Jan                     :            20,375     32,208     1,432       4,853  
  Feb                     :            15,978     26,186     1,530       4,524  
  Mar                     :            12,619     22,448     1,431       4,353  
  Apr                     :            11,323     17,936     1,430       3,774  
  May                     :             8,143     14,113     1,366       3,850  
  Jun                     :             5,689     11,112     1,500       3,969  
  Jul                     :             9,011     22,465     1,601       5,908  
  Aug                     :            21,008     41,412     1,663       7,418  
  Sep                     :            33,203     51,042     1,728       8,097  
  Oct                     :            36,125     52,182     1,642       6,939  
  Nov                     :            30,461     46,092     1,786       7,253  
  Dec                     :            27,081     39,598     1,584       7,191  
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                 and United States, Monthly, 1997 1/ (continued)                
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                          :                       Region                        
         Commodity        :-----------------------------------------------------
            and           :  East   :   West   :          :          :          
           Month          :  South  :  South   : Mountain : Pacific  :    US    
                          : Central : Central  :          :          :  Total   
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                          :                    1,000 Pounds                     
                          :                                                     
Asparagus                 :                                                     
  Jan                     :              300          5       4,309      7,431  
  Feb                     :              230          4       4,147      6,538  
  Mar                     :              324          7       4,388      6,522  
  Apr                     :              321        260       4,583      6,518  
  May                     :              287        254       6,138      8,234  
  Jun                     :              266        242       5,409     12,276  
  Jul                     :              833        238       5,313     11,765  
  Aug                     :              329        220       4,843     10,145  
  Sep                     :              325        201       4,204      9,078  
  Oct                     :              276        185       3,659      8,442  
  Nov                     :              244        146       3,739      7,890  
  Dec                     :              292         12       3,531      6,908  
Lima Beans, Fordhook      :                                                     
  Jan                     :              100          9      11,457     14,282  
  Feb                     :               94         14      10,221     12,753  
  Mar                     :               83         11       9,573     11,677  
  Apr                     :               89         13       8,459     11,050  
  May                     :               58         18       7,585      9,948  
  Jun                     :               65         14       7,149      9,486  
  Jul                     :               45          7       6,474      8,432  
  Aug                     :              131          1      15,917     19,280  
  Sep                     :              125                 18,960     22,948  
  Oct                     :              106                 16,037     19,601  
  Nov                     :              104                 14,609     18,251  
  Dec                     :              100                 13,763     17,231  
Lima Beans, Baby          :                                                     
  Jan                     :              811      3,434      19,834     38,775  
  Feb                     :              665      2,294      18,772     39,520  
  Mar                     :              559      1,812      13,104     30,056  
  Apr                     :              525      1,668      10,635     24,459  
  May                     :              447      1,474       9,666     21,732  
  Jun                     :              250         91       9,260     18,564  
  Jul                     :              503        401       8,203     14,717  
  Aug                     :              625      2,084      15,347     23,880  
  Sep                     :              705      8,646      32,003     51,864  
  Oct                     :              788      8,591      32,150     59,988  
  Nov                     :              784      6,386      38,514     68,186  
  Dec                     :              750      6,384      28,436     54,990  
Green Beans, Regular Cut  :                                                     
  Jan                     :            1,441        618      77,855    138,782  
  Feb                     :            1,401        630      63,930    114,179  
  Mar                     :            1,426        535      57,891    100,703  
  Apr                     :            1,402        739      51,084     87,688  
  May                     :              858        873      43,449     72,652  
  Jun                     :              767      1,048      41,369     65,454  
  Jul                     :            1,081        934      85,000    126,000  
  Aug                     :            1,515        637     159,514    233,167  
  Sep                     :            1,423        663     156,586    252,742  
  Oct                     :            1,481        562     144,811    243,742  
  Nov                     :            1,251        463     130,679    217,985  
  Dec                     :            1,121        271     120,163    197,009  
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               Frozen Vegetables: Stocks in Cold Storage by Region              
                 and United States, Monthly, 1997 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                     
                          :                                                     
Green Beans, French Style :                                                     
  Jan                     :            6,439      5,462        305       1,276  
  Feb                     :            4,621      5,178        311         412  
  Mar                     :            3,295      4,091        260         369  
  Apr                     :            2,433      3,496        257         283  
  May                     :            1,837      3,043        264         271  
  Jun                     :            1,248      2,702        475         180  
  Jul                     :            3,179      3,918        493         296  
  Aug                     :            6,787      5,070        410         372  
  Sep                     :            9,400      5,437        422         386  
  Oct                     :            8,896      5,601        372         447  
  Nov                     :            8,305      5,498        324         432  
  Dec                     :            7,602      4,805        285         377  
Broccoli, Spears          :                                                     
  Jan                     :            2,586        266      1,606         932  
  Feb                     :            2,833        303      1,190       1,036  
  Mar                     :            4,401        356      2,231         899  
  Apr                     :            4,118        363      1,573       1,203  
  May                     :            3,322        274      1,105       1,261  
  Jun                     :            2,731        339        433       1,375  
  Jul                     :            2,428        276        940       1,351  
  Aug                     :            1,600        287        537       1,898  
  Sep                     :            1,756        259        477       2,169  
  Oct                     :            1,527        236        454       2,092  
  Nov                     :            1,371        272        364       1,386  
  Dec                     :            1,799        777        437       1,693  
Broccoli, Chopped & Cut   :                                                     
  Jan                     :            3,203      4,769      3,258       2,721  
  Feb                     :            3,320      4,454      3,896       4,039  
  Mar                     :            3,388      4,624      3,905       3,579  
  Apr                     :            3,428      5,018      5,094       5,293  
  May                     :            3,243      4,679      5,420       4,775  
  Jun                     :            3,186      4,571      5,328       4,988  
  Jul                     :            4,047      4,829      5,363       5,235  
  Aug                     :            3,384      5,494      4,813       5,323  
  Sep                     :            4,391      5,295      4,059       5,592  
  Oct                     :            4,569      4,900      2,964       7,551  
  Nov                     :            5,372      5,655      2,265       9,459  
  Dec                     :            5,913      4,809      2,507      10,641  
Brussels Sprouts          :                                                     
  Jan                     :              562        532        952         790  
  Feb                     :              553        491      1,004         779  
  Mar                     :              612        467        934         714  
  Apr                     :              479        389        889         718  
  May                     :              582        319        809         612  
  Jun                     :              368        301        755         553  
  Jul                     :              390        296        664         409  
  Aug                     :              371        271        552         350  
  Sep                     :              328        304        532         353  
  Oct                     :              338        368        523         369  
  Nov                     :              325        384        512         514  
  Dec                     :              377        482        615         654  
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              Frozen Vegetables:  Stocks in Cold Storage by Region              
                 and United States, Monthly, 1997 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                     
                          :                                                     
Green Beans, French Style :                                                     
  Jan                     :               424       491      25,457     39,854  
  Feb                     :               400       654      22,248     33,824  
  Mar                     :               426       611      18,765     27,817  
  Apr                     :               332       524      17,642     24,967  
  May                     :               314       579      15,403     21,711  
  Jun                     :               301       717      13,831     19,454  
  Jul                     :               322       630      21,412     30,250  
  Aug                     :               328       570      27,240     40,777  
  Sep                     :               552       509      27,141     43,847  
  Oct                     :               366       516      23,557     39,755  
  Nov                     :               386       407      22,469     37,821  
  Dec                     :               328       381      19,874     33,652  
Broccoli, Spears          :                                                     
  Jan                     :             7,388       108       6,764     19,650  
  Feb                     :             8,692       111       6,853     21,018  
  Mar                     :             8,601       106       6,817     23,411  
  Apr                     :            10,000       195       9,554     27,006  
  May                     :             5,433       178       9,164     20,737  
  Jun                     :             6,074       182       9,149     20,283  
  Jul                     :             7,231       179       8,952     21,357  
  Aug                     :             6,316       110       8,448     19,196  
  Sep                     :             6,722       128       6,942     18,453  
  Oct                     :             7,206        68       6,358     17,941  
  Nov                     :             7,264       132       6,989     17,778  
  Dec                     :             8,329       176       7,308     20,519  
Broccoli, Chopped & Cut   :                                                     
  Jan                     :            27,334     1,057      42,947     85,289  
  Feb                     :            23,434       926      38,172     78,241  
  Mar                     :            25,697       935      36,463     78,591  
  Apr                     :            31,509     1,477      43,605     95,424  
  May                     :            24,501     2,163      46,618     91,399  
  Jun                     :            24,551     2,072      43,436     88,132  
  Jul                     :            26,273     1,849      50,014     97,610  
  Aug                     :            24,751     1,962      54,118     99,845  
  Sep                     :            24,929     1,529      50,695     96,490  
  Oct                     :            25,166     1,269      41,683     88,102  
  Nov                     :            24,629     1,256      45,238     93,874  
  Dec                     :            24,847     1,222      41,853     91,792  
Brussels Sprouts          :                                                     
  Jan                     :             1,187        24      14,636     18,683  
  Feb                     :               979        27      13,066     16,899  
  Mar                     :               292        31      11,025     14,075  
  Apr                     :               823        32       8,546     11,876  
  May                     :               197        31       6,506      9,056  
  Jun                     :               150        15       5,833      7,975  
  Jul                     :             1,552        14       4,717      8,042  
  Aug                     :             2,072        48       5,365      9,029  
  Sep                     :             2,035        47       7,434     11,033  
  Oct                     :             2,199        52      11,532     15,381  
  Nov                     :             2,238        69      13,447     17,489  
  Dec                     :             2,082       104      15,612     19,926  
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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                     :             6,334     27,772      1,327      4,955  
  Feb                     :             6,642     24,836      1,247      5,043  
  Mar                     :             4,149     24,569      1,160      4,958  
  Apr                     :             3,951     20,486      1,091      5,246  
  May                     :             3,671     16,466      1,665      4,350  
  Jun                     :             2,788     14,561      1,562      4,650  
  Jul                     :             2,775     12,221      1,732      3,194  
  Aug                     :             2,852     12,440      1,545      2,616  
  Sep                     :             2,116     10,034      1,195      2,525  
  Oct                     :             3,517     15,671      1,146      2,309  
  Nov                     :             7,311     27,231      1,112      3,566  
  Dec                     :             5,243     19,802        752      5,045  
Carrots, Other            :                                                     
  Jan                     :             2,843     12,901      2,135      9,717  
  Feb                     :             2,705     11,713      2,129      9,980  
  Mar                     :             2,852      9,632      1,719      8,006  
  Apr                     :             3,907      8,994      1,420      7,676  
  May                     :             3,651      7,969      1,167      6,827  
  Jun                     :             3,363      6,540      1,186      8,091  
  Jul                     :             4,252      5,637      1,258      6,962  
  Aug                     :             4,159      6,197      1,069      6,538  
  Sep                     :             3,492      7,419      1,404      7,581  
  Oct                     :             7,803      9,793      1,872      8,968  
  Nov                     :            13,751     11,792      1,827     12,126  
  Dec                     :            14,638     10,446      2,211     10,522  
Cauliflower               :                                                     
  Jan                     :             2,553      2,589      1,336      1,054  
  Feb                     :             2,322      2,402      1,830      1,013  
  Mar                     :             2,119      2,206      1,514        966  
  Apr                     :             1,694      1,808      1,143        799  
  May                     :             1,671      1,761        946        757  
  Jun                     :             1,213      1,607        794        886  
  Jul                     :               930      1,451        716        896  
  Aug                     :               941      1,566        658        838  
  Sep                     :               974      2,013        636        778  
  Oct                     :             1,641      2,026        613        871  
  Nov                     :             1,994      2,365        801      1,004  
  Dec                     :             2,631      3,331      2,219      1,162  
Corn, Cut                 :                                                     
  Jan                     :            10,876     30,866     37,441      9,767  
  Feb                     :            10,128     27,822     35,351      8,183  
  Mar                     :             9,335     22,588     30,516      6,129  
  Apr                     :             8,611     18,679     23,796      5,117  
  May                     :             8,193     15,068     16,386      3,700  
  Jun                     :             7,779     12,178     11,883      3,783  
  Jul                     :             6,375     11,041      7,728      3,675  
  Aug                     :            10,930     28,577     14,384      9,555  
  Sep                     :            23,940     46,342     29,645     15,613  
  Oct                     :            34,662     48,171     32,735     14,857  
  Nov                     :            33,216     42,451     34,669     13,088  
  Dec                     :            32,707     40,269     34,104     11,562  
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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                     :               642       189      37,287     78,506  
  Feb                     :               748       268      37,112     75,896  
  Mar                     :             2,325       177      39,246     76,584  
  Apr                     :               767       171      36,572     68,284  
  May                     :               645       102      26,390     53,289  
  Jun                     :               636       202      24,846     49,245  
  Jul                     :               407       194      21,164     41,687  
  Aug                     :               376       206      17,658     37,693  
  Sep                     :               402       198      11,662     28,132  
  Oct                     :               465       301      27,814     51,223  
  Nov                     :               592       484      43,732     84,028  
  Dec                     :               548       468      48,946     80,804  
Carrots, Other            :                                                     
  Jan                     :             7,552     1,541     130,488    167,177  
  Feb                     :             7,279     1,499     122,839    158,144  
  Mar                     :             6,821     1,074     111,311    141,415  
  Apr                     :             9,157       648     101,543    133,345  
  May                     :            11,223       592      83,059    114,488  
  Jun                     :             8,929       633      84,183    112,925  
  Jul                     :            10,535       568      78,965    108,177  
  Aug                     :             9,856       466      93,806    122,091  
  Sep                     :            10,149       400     114,672    145,117  
  Oct                     :             8,908       613     156,571    194,528  
  Nov                     :             9,086     1,674     193,731    243,987  
  Dec                     :             7,585     1,658     173,006    220,066  
Cauliflower               :                                                     
  Jan                     :            11,481       795      34,332     54,140  
  Feb                     :            11,043       692      31,226     50,528  
  Mar                     :            11,155       556      28,003     46,519  
  Apr                     :             8,931       407      26,024     40,806  
  May                     :             7,756       399      21,679     34,969  
  Jun                     :             7,709       324      20,252     32,785  
  Jul                     :             5,836       276      19,349     29,454  
  Aug                     :             5,073       637      20,107     29,820  
  Sep                     :             4,222       886      24,011     33,520  
  Oct                     :             2,111       889      29,156     37,307  
  Nov                     :             5,098       688      34,743     46,693  
  Dec                     :             9,773       829      38,567     58,512  
Corn, Cut                 :                                                     
  Jan                     :             1,852     2,078     214,693    307,573  
  Feb                     :             2,600     1,630     181,275    266,989  
  Mar                     :             2,789     2,726     139,868    213,951  
  Apr                     :             2,324     3,630     110,509    172,666  
  May                     :             2,363     3,251      87,044    136,005  
  Jun                     :             2,033       748      62,362    100,766  
  Jul                     :             1,765     1,738      53,602     85,924  
  Aug                     :             1,841     1,179     194,760    261,226  
  Sep                     :             1,894       796     307,011    425,241  
  Oct                     :             2,807     1,499     334,243    468,974  
  Nov                     :             3,163     1,509     309,409    437,505  
  Dec                     :             3,766     1,185     279,985    403,578  
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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                     :             7,073     11,799     22,318      4,000  
  Feb                     :             3,713     10,005     19,202      3,467  
  Mar                     :             4,192      8,541     17,044      2,181  
  Apr                     :             3,394      7,361     12,606      2,220  
  May                     :             2,278      5,410      7,433      2,793  
  Jun                     :             1,723      4,892      4,863      2,628  
  Jul                     :             1,189      4,143      3,085      1,648  
  Aug                     :             5,544      8,476     13,452      2,003  
  Sep                     :            19,214     12,376     34,422      4,811  
  Oct                     :            24,573     13,585     36,420      5,266  
  Nov                     :            22,828     12,793     34,599      4,435  
  Dec                     :            19,525     11,282     32,257      4,554  
Mixed Vegetables          :                                                     
  Jan                     :             2,818      3,896      2,104      6,379  
  Feb                     :             2,658      4,151      2,295      5,680  
  Mar                     :             2,784      5,130      2,514      5,764  
  Apr                     :             2,821      5,272      3,079      4,773  
  May                     :             2,284      4,764      3,045      4,360  
  Jun                     :             2,455      4,175      2,800      2,961  
  Jul                     :             2,168      4,111      2,681      3,211  
  Aug                     :             2,362      4,255      2,510      3,356  
  Sep                     :             2,423      3,830      2,204      3,483  
  Oct                     :             2,399      3,914      2,033      3,275  
  Nov                     :             2,436      3,616      2,196      3,353  
  Dec                     :             2,023      3,826      2,508      3,501  
Okra                      :                                                     
  Jan                     :               627        188        714      5,444  
  Feb                     :               497        185        797      7,129  
  Mar                     :               413        176        680      5,515  
  Apr                     :               397        174        394      2,917  
  May                     :               415        182        680      2,351  
  Jun                     :               375        244        488      6,555  
  Jul                     :               596        280        355     12,495  
  Aug                     :               659        251        274     23,578  
  Sep                     :               770        238        407     34,393  
  Oct                     :               801        285        412     38,093  
  Nov                     :               829        278        795     36,079  
  Dec                     :               772        239        531     33,241  
Onion Rings               :                                                     
  Jan                     :             2,053      4,279      1,591        711  
  Feb                     :             1,625      4,554      1,569        772  
  Mar                     :             1,118      4,235      1,578        710  
  Apr                     :               870      3,128      1,144        589  
  May                     :               898      3,497      1,470        521  
  Jun                     :               892      3,890      1,359        611  
  Jul                     :             3,441      4,717      1,577        575  
  Aug                     :               626      4,595      1,470        644  
  Sep                     :               679      4,708      1,357        724  
  Oct                     :               759      5,215      1,680        650  
  Nov                     :               958      5,500      1,544        765  
  Dec                     :               671      5,633      1,525      1,188  
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                          :                       Region                        
         Commodity        :-----------------------------------------------------
            and           :  East   :   West   :          :          :          
           Month          :  South  :  South   : Mountain : Pacific  :    US    
                          : Central : Central  :          :          :  Total   
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                          :                    1,000 Pounds                     
                          :                                                     
Corn, Cob                 :                                                     
  Jan                     :             2,014       638     210,121    257,963  
  Feb                     :             1,798       759     182,791    221,735  
  Mar                     :             1,386       376     167,485    201,205  
  Apr                     :             1,217       760     133,647    161,205  
  May                     :             1,049       585     108,983    128,531  
  Jun                     :             1,002       472      87,381    102,961  
  Jul                     :               789       354      67,562     78,770  
  Aug                     :             1,249       183     144,601    175,508  
  Sep                     :             2,105       940     224,767    298,635  
  Oct                     :             2,317     2,760     245,048    329,969  
  Nov                     :             2,210     2,590     230,004    309,459  
  Dec                     :             2,057     1,289     203,297    274,261  
Mixed Vegetables          :                                                     
  Jan                     :             5,753       918      31,512     53,380  
  Feb                     :             4,615       859      33,230     53,488  
  Mar                     :             4,490       814      28,620     50,116  
  Apr                     :             6,060     1,075      30,431     53,511  
  May                     :             5,153     1,105      27,654     48,365  
  Jun                     :             4,600     1,030      32,782     50,803  
  Jul                     :             6,341       950      31,777     51,239  
  Aug                     :             5,242       523      30,513     48,761  
  Sep                     :             5,818       344      35,309     53,411  
  Oct                     :             4,102       278      33,671     49,672  
  Nov                     :             3,750       329      33,778     49,458  
  Dec                     :             4,631       211      29,044     45,744  
Okra                      :                                                     
  Jan                     :            18,814         4         825     26,616  
  Feb                     :            16,073         3         791     25,475  
  Mar                     :            13,688         3         846     21,321  
  Apr                     :            11,556         1       1,060     16,499  
  May                     :             8,517         1         846     12,992  
  Jun                     :            10,372                   677     18,711  
  Jul                     :            28,929         2         671     43,328  
  Aug                     :            25,724         5         564     51,055  
  Sep                     :            22,916         1         578     59,303  
  Oct                     :            22,077         2         624     62,294  
  Nov                     :            20,001                   580     58,562  
  Dec                     :            16,864        10         573     52,230  
Onion Rings               :                                                     
  Jan                     :               311        16       2,097     11,058  
  Feb                     :               290         9       2,466     11,285  
  Mar                     :               228         4       2,364     10,237  
  Apr                     :               244         8       1,652      7,635  
  May                     :               301         5       1,388      8,080  
  Jun                     :               240         6       1,501      8,499  
  Jul                     :               369         4       1,559     12,242  
  Aug                     :               243         5       1,416      8,999  
  Sep                     :                93         1       1,614      9,176  
  Oct                     :               289         4       1,688     10,285  
  Nov                     :               192         5       1,843     10,807  
  Dec                     :               214         3       1,797     11,031  
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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                     :               974      1,971        602      1,639  
  Feb                     :               864      2,463        613      2,096  
  Mar                     :             1,057      2,662        561      1,909  
  Apr                     :               858      2,354        536      2,100  
  May                     :             1,171      2,194        625      3,394  
  Jun                     :             1,063      2,605        609      4,560  
  Jul                     :             1,012      2,437        643      4,508  
  Aug                     :             1,026      2,428        757      4,208  
  Sep                     :             1,401      2,259        721      4,058  
  Oct                     :             1,351      2,658        512      3,976  
  Nov                     :             1,169      2,454        419      3,882  
  Dec                     :             1,417      2,367        424      3,490  
Peas, Blackeye            :                                                     
  Jan                     :               374        361         27      5,348  
  Feb                     :               365        349         45      4,931  
  Mar                     :               344        308         51      4,194  
  Apr                     :               323        259         46      3,283  
  May                     :               252        169         46      2,229  
  Jun                     :               247        269         32      1,693  
  Jul                     :               192        346         38      2,141  
  Aug                     :               122        367         31      3,330  
  Sep                     :               143        410         40      6,858  
  Oct                     :               289        320         29      8,987  
  Nov                     :               243      1,341         34      8,811  
  Dec                     :               271        264         39      7,862  
Peas, Green               :                                                     
  Jan                     :            19,214     25,385     14,949      6,193  
  Feb                     :            17,217     21,790     13,036      5,122  
  Mar                     :            14,386     19,715      9,494      4,572  
  Apr                     :            12,408     16,958      6,972      3,152  
  May                     :             9,991     12,917      4,498      2,529  
  Jun                     :            21,071     15,319      5,125     10,666  
  Jul                     :            32,318     35,913     23,635     21,222  
  Aug                     :            31,575     38,259     24,970     22,039  
  Sep                     :            30,865     41,811     24,945     20,544  
  Oct                     :            26,974     35,342     23,702     19,962  
  Nov                     :            21,639     29,890     21,203     16,559  
  Dec                     :            19,640     26,807     18,995     14,929  
Peas and Carrots Mixed    :                                                     
  Jan                     :               644        371        143        386  
  Feb                     :               570        295        124        392  
  Mar                     :               587        277        122        386  
  Apr                     :               513        392         99        389  
  May                     :               488        464         95        415  
  Jun                     :               598        410         95        528  
  Jul                     :               542        415         78        524  
  Aug                     :               566        314         79        591  
  Sep                     :               656        275         82        641  
  Oct                     :               448        337        123        573  
  Nov                     :               432        727         81        649  
  Dec                     :               417        667        102        578  
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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                     :            2,532       2,185     19,352     29,255  
  Feb                     :            2,533       2,202     21,456     32,227  
  Mar                     :            2,183       2,157     21,282     31,811  
  Apr                     :            1,644       2,027     20,174     29,693  
  May                     :            1,288       2,028     17,361     28,061  
  Jun                     :            1,429       2,119     16,929     29,314  
  Jul                     :            1,137       2,229     16,554     28,520  
  Aug                     :            1,059       2,081     15,777     27,336  
  Sep                     :            1,039       1,898     15,532     26,908  
  Oct                     :              879       2,089     18,366     29,831  
  Nov                     :              871       2,176     19,542     30,513  
  Dec                     :              796       2,499     20,194     31,187  
Peas, Blackeye            :                                                     
  Jan                     :              717           6        180      7,013  
  Feb                     :              904           6        261      6,861  
  Mar                     :              679           2        231      5,809  
  Apr                     :              598           2        229      4,740  
  May                     :              590           3        137      3,426  
  Jun                     :              542           2        167      2,952  
  Jul                     :            1,018           2        211      3,948  
  Aug                     :              397           2        201      4,450  
  Sep                     :              505                    229      8,185  
  Oct                     :              994                    301     10,920  
  Nov                     :            1,367                    289     12,085  
  Dec                     :              647                    261      9,344  
Peas, Green               :                                                     
  Jan                     :            1,441       7,200    100,324    174,706  
  Feb                     :            1,418       5,839     80,284    144,706  
  Mar                     :            1,914       4,520     57,091    111,692  
  Apr                     :            1,661       3,093     51,196     95,440  
  May                     :            1,331       2,369     39,740     73,375  
  Jun                     :            1,715       6,757     76,959    137,612  
  Jul                     :            2,111      17,295    167,608    300,102  
  Aug                     :            2,038      20,994    181,423    321,298  
  Sep                     :            1,959      18,645    200,928    339,697  
  Oct                     :            1,787      18,169    180,072    306,008  
  Nov                     :            1,568      14,373    143,816    249,048  
  Dec                     :            1,553      15,759    121,850    219,533  
Peas and Carrots Mixed    :                                                     
  Jan                     :               95         195      4,139      5,973  
  Feb                     :               90         127      4,116      5,714  
  Mar                     :               78         160      4,096      5,706  
  Apr                     :               74         183      4,909      6,559  
  May                     :               54         120      3,898      5,534  
  Jun                     :               73          98      5,038      6,840  
  Jul                     :               71          81      6,040      7,751  
  Aug                     :               55          42      4,396      6,043  
  Sep                     :               87          10      6,716      8,467  
  Oct                     :               73           6      6,157      7,717  
  Nov                     :               93          14      4,840      6,836  
  Dec                     :               95           4      3,897      5,760  
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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                     :             5,593        803       659       1,702  
  Feb                     :             2,615        928       781       1,347  
  Mar                     :             2,562      1,131       723       1,669  
  Apr                     :             5,949      1,355     1,084       5,637  
  May                     :             8,018      1,380     1,145       7,805  
  Jun                     :            15,079      1,511     1,385       8,228  
  Jul                     :            14,018      1,802     1,487       7,484  
  Aug                     :            11,949      1,132     1,348       6,406  
  Sep                     :            10,840      1,504     1,268       6,031  
  Oct                     :            15,290      1,570     1,257       6,422  
  Nov                     :            17,166      1,545     1,206       6,470  
  Dec                     :            16,461      1,085     1,188       5,817  
Squash, Summer & Zucchini :                                                     
  Jan                     :             2,433     20,423       519       5,584  
  Feb                     :             2,275     18,234       439       5,390  
  Mar                     :             2,255     16,854       361       3,360  
  Apr                     :             2,010     15,026       445       2,839  
  May                     :             1,924     13,771       437       3,610  
  Jun                     :             1,925     14,370       468       6,267  
  Jul                     :             1,795     17,529       468       9,115  
  Aug                     :             1,297     25,794       459      13,906  
  Sep                     :               603     25,993       413      13,584  
  Oct                     :             1,854     28,507       380      13,406  
  Nov                     :             3,102     28,255       333      12,816  
  Dec                     :             3,219     27,469       274      12,586  
Southern Greens           :                                                     
  Jan                     :             2,352         33        95       7,517  
  Feb                     :             1,713         32       155       7,956  
  Mar                     :             1,274         26       138       6,533  
  Apr                     :               736         23       174       4,774  
  May                     :               465         32       165       9,479  
  Jun                     :               549         27       138       7,798  
  Jul                     :             3,183         27       136       6,885  
  Aug                     :             2,791         26       135       5,364  
  Sep                     :             2,218         27       142       4,598  
  Oct                     :             2,233         23       140       5,076  
  Nov                     :             3,178         20        99       5,373  
  Dec                     :             2,993         29        59       7,472  
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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                     
                          :                                                     
Spinach                   :                                                     
  Jan                     :             6,916       236      24,426     40,335  
  Feb                     :             8,202       202      20,571     34,646  
  Mar                     :             8,510       382      35,718     50,695  
  Apr                     :             8,178       761      53,426     76,390  
  May                     :            11,261       573      68,650     98,832  
  Jun                     :             9,609     1,011      67,250    104,073  
  Jul                     :             8,668       875      61,719     96,053  
  Aug                     :             7,228       654      55,821     84,538  
  Sep                     :             5,406       355      48,348     73,752  
  Oct                     :             6,184       212      44,619     75,554  
  Nov                     :             6,213       179      42,675     75,454  
  Dec                     :             6,512       173      35,856     67,092  
Squash, Summer & Zucchini :                                                     
  Jan                     :             5,722       414      15,827     50,922  
  Feb                     :             4,869       307      13,892     45,406  
  Mar                     :             4,211       335      13,505     40,881  
  Apr                     :             4,589       315      12,933     38,157  
  May                     :             6,970       447      13,551     40,710  
  Jun                     :             7,966       432      16,756     48,184  
  Jul                     :             9,958       388      25,805     65,058  
  Aug                     :             9,607       398      28,716     80,177  
  Sep                     :             8,391       291      26,629     75,904  
  Oct                     :             7,362       327      26,789     78,625  
  Nov                     :             6,565       442      27,604     79,117  
  Dec                     :             5,830       561      25,458     75,397  
Southern Greens           :                                                     
  Jan                     :            16,706                   574     27,277  
  Feb                     :            19,732                   664     30,252  
  Mar                     :            10,524                   612     19,107  
  Apr                     :             9,462                   678     15,847  
  May                     :             8,898                 1,140     20,179  
  Jun                     :             6,841                 1,328     16,681  
  Jul                     :             7,620         1       1,251     19,103  
  Aug                     :             6,963         1         984     16,264  
  Sep                     :             5,657         1         957     13,600  
  Oct                     :             7,420                   737     15,629  
  Nov                     :             9,203         1         791     18,665  
  Dec                     :             9,517         2         699     20,771  
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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                     
                          :                                                     
Other Vegetables          :                                                     
  Jan                     :            30,005     24,573     14,942     21,528  
  Feb                     :            28,276     23,162     15,180     25,740  
  Mar                     :            20,894     21,267     15,411     25,968  
  Apr                     :            24,718     22,817     14,181     42,378  
  May                     :            22,096     22,249     13,189     37,192  
  Jun                     :            19,802     22,955     10,910     40,857  
  Jul                     :            21,221     23,185     10,523     22,570  
  Aug                     :            25,982     26,546     11,827     23,648  
  Sep                     :            27,227     33,547     14,007     25,739  
  Oct                     :            28,771     31,901     14,131     29,087  
  Nov                     :            28,575     33,428     13,454     28,891  
  Dec                     :            27,038     30,370     11,781     29,196  
Total Vegetables          :                                                     
  Jan                     :           131,911    215,993    109,738    114,916  
  Feb                     :           113,998    193,263    103,942    119,945  
  Mar                     :            96,400    174,552     93,367    105,095  
  Apr                     :            96,526    154,784     78,631    115,375  
  May                     :            85,922    133,115     63,341    111,960  
  Jun                     :            95,284    130,321     53,492    131,220  
  Jul                     :           115,874    162,696     66,560    125,373  
  Aug                     :           137,439    219,457     84,419    149,705  
  Sep                     :           177,633    261,222    122,624    177,668  
  Oct                     :           207,048    268,687    126,090    194,155  
  Nov                     :           207,766    266,862    122,526    195,429  
  Dec                     :           194,879    238,766    117,065    189,604  
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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                     :            36,289      5,493     159,410    292,240 
  Feb                     :            33,792      4,686     132,352    263,188 
  Mar                     :            26,679      4,701     118,620    233,540 
  Apr                     :            26,012      4,481     117,543    252,130 
  May                     :            36,437      4,626     113,918    249,707 
  Jun                     :            43,838      4,353     110,443    253,158 
  Jul                     :            42,162      4,223     116,298    240,182 
  Aug                     :            35,173      4,691     130,546    258,413 
  Sep                     :            35,896      4,999     143,221    284,636 
  Oct                     :            40,106      5,089     138,685    287,770 
  Nov                     :            43,137      5,275     151,871    304,631 
  Dec                     :            37,789      4,615     144,881    285,670 
Total Vegetables          :                                                     
  Jan                     :           157,822     27,654   1,188,846  1,946,880 
  Feb                     :           151,881     23,748   1,042,735  1,749,512 
  Mar                     :           135,068     22,035     926,924  1,553,441 
  Apr                     :           137,475     22,470     856,634  1,461,895 
  May                     :           135,931     21,776     759,967  1,312,012 
  Jun                     :           139,958     22,568     744,290  1,317,133 
  Jul                     :           165,556     33,432     860,220  1,529,711 
  Aug                     :           148,191     37,699   1,212,081  1,988,991 
  Sep                     :           143,355     41,488   1,466,149  2,390,139 
  Oct                     :           145,469     43,481   1,524,328  2,509,258 
  Nov                     :           150,009     38,598   1,514,932  2,496,122 
  Dec                     :           146,026     37,816   1,378,851  2,303,007 
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    South Atlantic.                                                             
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
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                        and United States, Monthly, 1997                        
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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                     : 32,202     28,390    100,174    104,647     16,082  
  Feb                     : 28,583     27,454    111,871    108,338     15,956  
  Mar                     : 30,021     24,401    113,378    106,657     16,163  
  Apr                     : 30,226     24,489    115,847     94,489     15,450  
  May                     : 29,766     26,450    114,428     97,163     16,184  
  Jun                     : 31,420     24,192    114,792    111,716     16,156  
  Jul                     : 29,858     23,731    112,528    107,858     15,414  
  Aug                     : 27,264     24,568     92,745     94,301     13,284  
  Sep                     : 32,039     21,713    106,720    102,515     15,733  
  Oct                     : 36,401     23,643    117,041    100,229     18,139  
  Nov                     : 39,220     22,617    112,674    101,358     23,196  
  Dec                     : 35,394     37,837     86,522     95,096     20,235  
Other Potatoes            :                                                     
  Jan                     :  8,405     20,359     32,528      7,619      2,821  
  Feb                     :  7,495     22,633     38,312      7,085      2,477  
  Mar                     :  6,480     22,219     34,392      7,700      2,403  
  Apr                     :  6,062     18,624     34,416      5,822      2,664  
  May                     :  6,688     18,517     38,478      8,036      2,742  
  Jun                     :  7,532     18,798     38,893      8,092      2,959  
  Jul                     :  7,434     19,189     35,005      7,917      2,948  
  Aug                     :  6,930     17,051     30,726      9,477      2,594  
  Sep                     :  6,341     16,108     33,570      9,569      2,684  
  Oct                     :  6,769     16,298     34,851     11,163      3,043  
  Nov                     :  6,633     15,649     29,582     10,782      3,272  
  Dec                     :  5,453     13,903     24,733      8,880      2,843  
Total Potatoes            :                                                     
  Jan                     : 40,607     48,749    132,702    112,266     18,903  
  Feb                     : 36,078     50,087    150,183    115,423     18,433  
  Mar                     : 36,501     46,620    147,770    114,357     18,566  
  Apr                     : 36,288     43,113    150,263    100,311     18,114  
  May                     : 36,454     44,967    152,906    105,199     18,926  
  Jun                     : 38,952     42,990    153,685    119,808     19,115  
  Jul                     : 37,292     42,920    147,533    115,775     18,362  
  Aug                     : 34,194     41,619    123,471    103,778     15,878  
  Sep                     : 38,380     37,821    140,290    112,084     18,417  
  Oct                     : 43,170     39,941    151,892    111,392     21,182  
  Nov                     : 45,853     38,266    142,256    112,140     26,468  
  Dec                     : 40,847     51,740    111,255    103,976     23,078  
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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                     :  3,121     1,672     236,017    398,122     920,427 
  Feb                     :  3,313     1,652     250,419    420,966     968,552 
  Mar                     :  2,584     1,737     254,560    421,451     970,952 
  Apr                     :  2,946     1,650     241,971    452,169     979,237 
  May                     :  2,921     1,446     236,670    448,470     973,498 
  Jun                     :  3,776     1,354     277,856    440,648   1,021,910 
  Jul                     :  3,638     1,577     278,467    411,956     985,027 
  Aug                     :  3,241     1,739     245,211    404,040     906,393 
  Sep                     :  3,590     1,541     286,980    473,987   1,044,818 
  Oct                     :  3,501     2,420     302,524    520,485   1,124,383 
  Nov                     :  2,905     1,634     311,036    480,516   1,095,156 
  Dec                     :  2,349     1,522     256,419    438,580     973,954 
Other Potatoes            :                                                     
  Jan                     :    770     3,719      37,783     77,108     191,112 
  Feb                     :    557     3,657      47,171     82,205     211,592 
  Mar                     :    522     3,909      50,106     78,422     206,153 
  Apr                     :    873     4,018      49,798     94,322     216,599 
  May                     :  3,885     4,108      52,993    104,353     239,800 
  Jun                     :  3,516     4,163      56,960    108,549     249,462 
  Jul                     :  1,882     3,935      49,227    101,736     229,273 
  Aug                     :    748     3,715      52,985    100,162     224,388 
  Sep                     :    876     4,134      54,135     97,721     225,138 
  Oct                     :    608     3,345      55,174     99,069     230,320 
  Nov                     :    539     3,978      59,387     88,489     218,311 
  Dec                     :    625     3,470      45,265     84,421     189,593 
Total Potatoes            :                                                     
  Jan                     :  3,891     5,391     273,800    475,230   1,111,539 
  Feb                     :  3,870     5,309     297,590    503,171   1,180,144 
  Mar                     :  3,106     5,646     304,666    499,873   1,177,105 
  Apr                     :  3,819     5,668     291,769    546,491   1,195,836 
  May                     :  6,806     5,554     289,663    552,823   1,213,298 
  Jun                     :  7,292     5,517     334,816    549,197   1,271,372 
  Jul                     :  5,520     5,512     327,694    513,692   1,214,300 
  Aug                     :  3,989     5,454     298,196    504,202   1,130,781 
  Sep                     :  4,466     5,675     341,115    571,708   1,269,956 
  Oct                     :  4,109     5,765     357,698    619,554   1,354,703 
  Nov                     :  3,444     5,612     370,423    569,005   1,313,467 
  Dec                     :  2,974     4,992     301,684    523,001   1,163,547 
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                        and United States, Monthly, 1997                        
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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                     
                          :                                                     
Boneless                  :                                                     
  Jan                     :  4,102     26,374     26,920     66,060     26,048  
  Feb                     :  3,717     25,830     29,102     61,144     22,729  
  Mar                     :  3,833     31,907     29,862     63,324     24,639  
  Apr                     :  3,583     29,959     27,978     60,148     26,660  
  May                     :  1,678     28,206     30,925     61,212     28,940  
  Jun                     :  2,644     30,571     33,060     68,313     31,975  
  Jul                     :  4,134     25,909     31,686     63,904     33,415  
  Aug                     :  4,889     27,047     31,695     72,261     35,083  
  Sep                     :  5,617     33,488     28,814     82,408     35,138  
  Oct                     :  7,070     32,271     29,127     86,412     34,224  
  Nov                     :  8,756     32,120     39,330     90,868     37,045  
  Dec                     :  9,226     26,861     33,972     85,215     33,878  
Beef Cuts                 :                                                     
  Jan                     :  2,009        618      2,138      6,159        800  
  Feb                     :  2,161        459      2,479      4,249        744  
  Mar                     :  2,152        658      2,365      4,012        804  
  Apr                     :  2,689        564      2,528      5,451        996  
  May                     :  2,350        438      1,862      4,505        801  
  Jun                     :  2,724        448      1,618      4,924        855  
  Jul                     :  3,541        764      1,955      5,533        906  
  Aug                     :  3,862        698      1,929      6,304        998  
  Sep                     :  4,201        430      2,189      6,171        743  
  Oct                     :  4,088      1,467      3,330      7,185        712  
  Nov                     :  4,045      1,005      2,771      7,005        870  
  Dec                     :  3,932      1,613      2,800      7,412        761  
Total Beef                :                                                     
  Jan                     :  6,111     26,992     29,058     72,219     26,848  
  Feb                     :  5,878     26,289     31,581     65,393     23,473  
  Mar                     :  5,985     32,565     32,227     67,336     25,443  
  Apr                     :  6,272     30,523     30,506     65,599     27,656  
  May                     :  4,028     28,644     32,787     65,717     29,741  
  Jun                     :  5,368     31,019     34,678     73,237     32,830  
  Jul                     :  7,675     26,673     33,641     69,437     34,321  
  Aug                     :  8,751     27,745     33,624     78,565     36,081  
  Sep                     :  9,818     33,918     31,003     88,579     35,881  
  Oct                     : 11,158     33,738     32,457     93,597     34,936  
  Nov                     : 12,801     33,125     42,101     97,873     37,915  
  Dec                     : 13,158     28,474     36,772     92,627     34,639  
Beef (Govt Owned)         :                                                     
  Jan                     :                                                     
  Feb                     :                                                     
  Mar                     :                                                     
  Apr                     :                                                     
  May                     :                                                     
  Jun                     :                                                     
  Jul                     :                                                     
  Aug                     :                                                     
  Sep                     :                                                     
  Oct                     :                                                     
  Nov                     :                                                     
  Dec                     :                                                     
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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                     
                          :                                                     
Boneless                  :                                                     
  Jan                     : 11,212     54,508     2,756      47,500    265,480  
  Feb                     :  4,998     41,187     2,911      48,239    239,857  
  Mar                     :  6,473     51,923     2,776      53,506    268,243  
  Apr                     :  8,080     49,753     2,338      50,906    259,405  
  May                     :  3,083     49,493     1,942      49,389    254,868  
  Jun                     :  5,219     58,126     1,898      49,743    281,549  
  Jul                     :  1,781     60,133     2,280      51,274    274,516  
  Aug                     :  2,402     65,670     1,898      53,193    294,138  
  Sep                     :  4,992     67,633     2,926      58,663    319,679  
  Oct                     :  2,516     66,864     3,291      56,399    318,174  
  Nov                     :  2,739     76,370     4,599      55,136    346,963  
  Dec                     :  2,427     67,347     3,537      55,879    318,342  
Beef Cuts                 :                                                     
  Jan                     :  1,376      2,613     4,367       4,737     24,817  
  Feb                     :  1,368      2,565     3,795       4,019     21,839  
  Mar                     :  1,492      2,827     3,920       3,948     22,178  
  Apr                     :  1,502      4,738     3,402       4,173     26,043  
  May                     :  1,475      5,667     2,876       3,896     23,870  
  Jun                     :  1,518      5,821     2,998       3,112     24,018  
  Jul                     :  1,324      5,637     3,658       4,953     28,271  
  Aug                     :  1,157      6,845     4,276       4,350     30,419  
  Sep                     :  1,102      5,457     3,807       5,306     29,406  
  Oct                     :  1,209      5,946     3,947       5,498     33,382  
  Nov                     :  1,216      4,976     3,877       5,432     31,197  
  Dec                     :    973      5,051     4,587       4,689     31,818  
Total Beef                :                                                     
  Jan                     : 12,588     57,121     7,123      52,237    290,297  
  Feb                     :  6,366     43,752     6,706      52,258    261,696  
  Mar                     :  7,965     54,750     6,696      57,454    290,421  
  Apr                     :  9,582     54,491     5,740      55,079    285,448  
  May                     :  4,558     55,160     4,818      53,285    278,738  
  Jun                     :  6,737     63,947     4,896      52,855    305,567  
  Jul                     :  3,105     65,770     5,938      56,227    302,787  
  Aug                     :  3,559     72,515     6,174      57,543    324,557  
  Sep                     :  6,094     73,090     6,733      63,969    349,085  
  Oct                     :  3,725     72,810     7,238      61,897    351,556  
  Nov                     :  3,955     81,346     8,476      60,568    378,160  
  Dec                     :  3,400     72,398     8,124      60,568    350,160  
Beef (Govt Owned)         :                                                     
  Jan                     :                                              6,683  
  Feb                     :                                              7,757  
  Mar                     :                                              8,641  
  Apr                     :                                              7,042  
  May                     :                                              4,247  
  Jun                     :                                              2,193  
  Jul                     :                                              3,455  
  Aug                     :                                              4,227  
  Sep                     :                                              4,562  
  Oct                     :                                              4,208  
  Nov                     :                                              3,781  
  Dec                     :                                              3,222  
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                          United States, Monthly, 1997                          
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  :                           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, 1997 (continued)                    
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                  :                           Region                            
     Commodity    :-------------------------------------------------------------
        and       :   East    :   West    :           :            :            
       Month      :   South   :   South   : Mountain  :  Pacific   :     US     
                  :  Central  :  Central  :           :            :   Total    
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  :                        1,000 Pounds                         
                  :                                                             
Picnics           :                                                             
  Jan             :                                                     6,594   
  Feb             :                                                     9,010   
  Mar             :                                                     7,180   
  Apr             :                                                     7,353   
  May             :                                                     7,782   
  Jun             :                                                     7,937   
  Jul             :                                                     8,890   
  Aug             :                                                     9,986   
  Sep             :                                                    11,466   
  Oct             :                                                    13,786   
  Nov             :                                                    10,940   
  Dec             :                                                     7,453   
Hams              :                                                             
  Bone-in         :                                                             
    Jan           :                                                    25,726   
    Feb           :                                                    26,796   
    Mar           :                                                    26,160   
    Apr           :                                                    43,204   
    May           :                                                    54,261   
    Jun           :                                                    60,505   
    Jul           :                                                    65,741   
    Aug           :                                                    64,394   
    Sep           :                                                    59,928   
    Oct           :                                                    50,207   
    Nov           :                                                    32,284   
    Dec           :                                                    25,008   
  Boneless        :                                                             
    Jan           :                                                    21,559   
    Feb           :                                                    25,862   
    Mar           :                                                    29,635   
    Apr           :                                                    42,549   
    May           :                                                    46,853   
    Jun           :                                                    46,250   
    Jul           :                                                    47,460   
    Aug           :                                                    49,091   
    Sep           :                                                    41,349   
    Oct           :                                                    38,582   
    Nov           :                                                    29,047   
    Dec           :                                                    21,312   
  Total Hams      :                                                             
    Jan           :                                                    47,285   
    Feb           :                                                    52,658   
    Mar           :                                                    55,795   
    Apr           :                                                    85,753   
    May           :                                                   101,114   
    Jun           :                                                   106,755   
    Jul           :                                                   113,201   
    Aug           :                                                   113,485   
    Sep           :                                                   101,277   
    Oct           :                                                    88,789   
    Nov           :                                                    61,331   
    Dec           :                                                    46,320   
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                    United States, Monthly, 1997 (continued)                    
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  :                           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, 1997 (continued)                    
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  :                           Region                            
     Commodity    :-------------------------------------------------------------
        and       :   East    :   West    :           :            :            
       Month      :   South   :   South   : Mountain  :  Pacific   :     US     
                  :  Central  :  Central  :           :            :   Total    
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  :                        1,000 Pounds                         
                  :                                                             
Bellies           :                                                             
  Jan             :                                                    38,030   
  Feb             :                                                    44,277   
  Mar             :                                                    54,767   
  Apr             :                                                    54,015   
  May             :                                                    55,274   
  Jun             :                                                    52,274   
  Jul             :                                                    33,657   
  Aug             :                                                    18,346   
  Sep             :                                                    11,148   
  Oct             :                                                    14,408   
  Nov             :                                                    25,365   
  Dec             :                                                    44,763   
Loins             :                                                             
  Bone-in         :                                                             
    Jan           :                                                     9,184   
    Feb           :                                                    10,728   
    Mar           :                                                    11,562   
    Apr           :                                                    15,415   
    May           :                                                    13,876   
    Jun           :                                                     8,963   
    Jul           :                                                     8,966   
    Aug           :                                                     7,408   
    Sep           :                                                     6,482   
    Oct           :                                                     7,738   
    Nov           :                                                    12,671   
    Dec           :                                                    10,643   
  Boneless        :                                                             
    Jan           :                                                    10,431   
    Feb           :                                                     9,484   
    Mar           :                                                     9,704   
    Apr           :                                                    10,297   
    May           :                                                     8,957   
    Jun           :                                                    10,905   
    Jul           :                                                     7,758   
    Aug           :                                                     7,218   
    Sep           :                                                     8,861   
    Oct           :                                                     9,870   
    Nov           :                                                    10,534   
    Dec           :                                                    11,581   
  Total Loins     :                                                             
    Jan           :                                                    19,615   
    Feb           :                                                    20,212   
    Mar           :                                                    21,266   
    Apr           :                                                    25,712   
    May           :                                                    22,833   
    Jun           :                                                    19,868   
    Jul           :                                                    16,724   
    Aug           :                                                    14,626   
    Sep           :                                                    15,343   
    Oct           :                                                    17,608   
    Nov           :                                                    23,205   
    Dec           :                                                    22,224   
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                    United States, Monthly, 1997 (continued)                    
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  :                           Region                            
     Commodity    :-------------------------------------------------------------
        and       :           :           :   East    :    West    :            
       Month      :    New    :  Middle   :   North   :   North    :   South    
                  :  England  : Atlantic  :  Central  :  Central   :  Atlantic  
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  :                        1,000 Pounds                         
                  :                                                             
Ribs              :                                                             
  Jan             :    225        2,557      30,146       25,156        8,367   
  Feb             :    397        2,712      26,968       23,978        8,934   
  Mar             :    402        2,451      26,097       22,401        8,745   
  Apr             :    927        3,020      22,881       20,605        7,575   
  May             :    862        1,844      16,206       14,333        5,452   
  Jun             :    230        1,578      11,395        9,790        3,427   
  Jul             :    202        1,366      10,657        9,665        3,283   
  Aug             :    157        1,220       9,565        6,595        2,495   
  Sep             :    209        1,303      12,317       10,298        2,677   
  Oct             :    266        1,167      14,949       15,050        3,240   
  Nov             :    322        1,350      16,478       20,330        4,340   
  Dec             :    377        1,750      16,299       26,292        5,199   
Butts             :                                                             
  Jan             :                                                             
  Feb             :                                                             
  Mar             :                                                             
  Apr             :                                                             
  May             :                                                             
  Jun             :                                                             
  Jul             :                                                             
  Aug             :                                                             
  Sep             :                                                             
  Oct             :                                                             
  Nov             :                                                             
  Dec             :                                                             
Trimmings         :                                                             
  Jan             :    161        1,187       4,997       20,688        3,178   
  Feb             :    396        1,464       7,416       30,371        4,044   
  Mar             :    624        1,505       7,141       35,426        4,250   
  Apr             :    801        1,445       9,779       30,307        4,841   
  May             :    733        1,294       9,328       25,310        4,673   
  Jun             :    559        1,298       7,689       25,849        4,455   
  Jul             :    377        1,415       7,690       22,526        4,004   
  Aug             :    364        1,258       6,354       20,798        4,038   
  Sep             :    301        1,636       6,385       17,315        5,724   
  Oct             :    276          889       7,653       19,078        6,283   
  Nov             :    299          986       7,725       22,624        5,971   
  Dec             :    521        1,625       8,037       27,003        8,671   
Other Pork        :                                                             
  Jan             :    191        2,571      15,797       23,289       15,917   
  Feb             :    428        2,414      19,070       24,976       21,246   
  Mar             :    454        2,328      20,304       27,981       17,753   
  Apr             :    461        1,644      20,159       28,285       20,395   
  May             :    316        1,436      16,840       23,517       17,092   
  Jun             :    560        1,477      19,171       24,582       20,099   
  Jul             :    162        1,279      15,283       24,399       17,448   
  Aug             :    242        1,760      17,427       24,608       18,221   
  Sep             :     69        1,897      18,244       26,514        5,004   
  Oct             :    283        1,934      20,385       26,875        4,809   
  Nov             :    417        1,779      17,486       24,920        4,812   
  Dec             :    546        1,773      18,570       27,577        4,369   
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                    United States, Monthly, 1997 (continued)                    
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  :                           Region                            
     Commodity    :-------------------------------------------------------------
        and       :   East    :   West    :           :            :            
       Month      :   South   :   South   : Mountain  :  Pacific   :     US     
                  :  Central  :  Central  :           :            :   Total    
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  :                        1,000 Pounds                         
                  :                                                             
Ribs              :                                                             
  Jan             :   2,993       1,875         13        1,606        72,938   
  Feb             :   3,433       1,949         11        2,056        70,438   
  Mar             :   3,529       2,608          9        2,284        68,526   
  Apr             :   3,474       2,061         10        2,093        62,646   
  May             :   2,660       2,378          7        1,930        45,672   
  Jun             :   1,496       1,355          4        1,569        30,844   
  Jul             :   1,491       1,644          4        1,576        29,888   
  Aug             :   1,017       1,562          3          834        23,448   
  Sep             :   1,517       2,034          4          882        31,241   
  Oct             :   1,762       2,146          6          784        39,370   
  Nov             :   1,987       2,132         23          835        47,797   
  Dec             :   2,501       2,265         41          886        55,610   
Butts             :                                                             
  Jan             :                                                     8,246   
  Feb             :                                                     9,177   
  Mar             :                                                    11,123   
  Apr             :                                                    11,563   
  May             :                                                     8,001   
  Jun             :                                                     6,624   
  Jul             :                                                     4,833   
  Aug             :                                                     4,069   
  Sep             :                                                     4,463   
  Oct             :                                                     6,906   
  Nov             :                                                     7,829   
  Dec             :                                                     9,920   
Trimmings         :                                                             
  Jan             :   2,145         859        259        1,083        34,557   
  Feb             :     509       1,282        137        1,078        46,697   
  Mar             :     749       1,593        147        1,001        52,436   
  Apr             :     682       3,862         83          842        52,642   
  May             :     672       3,753        152        1,036        46,951   
  Jun             :     598       3,420         82        1,111        45,061   
  Jul             :     590       8,462        154          637        45,855   
  Aug             :     691       8,230        127          584        42,444   
  Sep             :     646       7,760         95        1,237        41,099   
  Oct             :     654       1,294         50        1,773        37,950   
  Nov             :     532       1,026         53        1,891        41,107   
  Dec             :     692       2,370         54        2,636        51,609   
Other Pork        :                                                             
  Jan             :   3,079      13,252        328        4,704        79,128   
  Feb             :   3,361      14,850        217        6,396        92,958   
  Mar             :   4,259      13,122        273        6,483        92,957   
  Apr             :   4,883      14,131        187        6,036        96,181   
  May             :   4,385      12,634        186        4,971        81,377   
  Jun             :   5,179      13,241        173        5,371        89,853   
  Jul             :   4,699      11,090        174        4,804        79,338   
  Aug             :   5,327      11,072        206        4,892        83,755   
  Sep             :   5,500      11,084        233        4,208        72,753   
  Oct             :   6,736      15,131        288        3,788        80,229   
  Nov             :   4,794      16,085        505        2,940        73,738   
  Dec             :   4,106       9,816        318        3,596        70,671   
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                    United States, Monthly, 1997 (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             :   1,423      10,049      85,230      142,637       52,075   
  Feb             :   1,791      10,711      90,962      160,686       62,199   
  Mar             :   2,516       9,944      94,954      184,167       53,793   
  Apr             :   2,944      11,939      95,391      197,133       66,421   
  May             :   2,451      11,614      86,568      186,134       66,321   
  Jun             :   2,283      11,016      80,569      185,144       68,158   
  Jul             :   1,312      11,681      76,950      161,187       63,976   
  Aug             :   1,270      10,888      75,751      142,719       61,663   
  Sep             :   1,112      10,663      78,431      136,286       50,595   
  Oct             :   1,481      10,244      87,535      133,811       55,479   
  Nov             :   1,815      10,301      78,435      134,218       49,400   
  Dec             :   2,119       8,611      78,999      159,911       43,639   
Pork (Govt Owned) :                                                             
  Jan             :                                                             
  Feb             :                                                             
  Mar             :                                                             
  Apr             :                                                             
  May             :                                                             
  Jun             :                                                             
  Jul             :                                                             
  Aug             :                                                             
  Sep             :                                                             
  Oct             :                                                             
  Nov             :                                                             
  Dec             :                                                             
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                    United States, Monthly, 1997 (continued)                    
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  :                           Region                            
     Commodity    :-------------------------------------------------------------
        and       :   East    :   West    :           :            :            
       Month      :   South   :   South   : Mountain  :  Pacific   :     US     
                  :  Central  :  Central  :           :            :   Total    
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  :                        1,000 Pounds                         
                  :                                                             
Variety Meats     :                                                             
  Jan             :                                                    21,114   
  Feb             :                                                    24,051   
  Mar             :                                                    23,539   
  Apr             :                                                    26,808   
  May             :                                                    28,043   
  Jun             :                                                    31,502   
  Jul             :                                                    43,751   
  Aug             :                                                    49,960   
  Sep             :                                                    45,260   
  Oct             :                                                    42,413   
  Nov             :                                                    30,809   
  Dec             :                                                    24,508   
Unclassified      :                                                             
  Jan             :                                                    14,661   
  Feb             :                                                    14,400   
  Mar             :                                                    17,126   
  Apr             :                                                    17,575   
  May             :                                                    16,305   
  Jun             :                                                    15,484   
  Jul             :                                                    12,530   
  Aug             :                                                    11,631   
  Sep             :                                                    12,587   
  Oct             :                                                    12,776   
  Nov             :                                                    11,979   
  Dec             :                                                    13,312   
Total Frozen Pork :                                                             
  Jan             :  17,634      20,158       1,140       11,822      342,168   
  Feb             :  17,342      23,837         804       15,546      383,878   
  Mar             :  18,413      24,574         768       15,586      404,715   
  Apr             :  19,413      29,617         647       16,743      440,248   
  May             :  18,351      26,965         599       14,349      413,352   
  Jun             :  17,935      25,709         539       14,849      406,202   
  Jul             :  18,140      41,295         670       13,456      388,667   
  Aug             :  18,637      46,262         637       13,923      371,750   
  Sep             :  18,644      38,534         602       11,770      346,637   
  Oct             :  19,339      33,928         760       11,658      354,235   
  Nov             :  16,955      29,553         847       12,576      334,100   
  Dec             :  16,422      23,529         727       12,433      346,390   
Pork (Govt Owned) :                                                             
  Jan             :                                                     1,190   
  Feb             :                                                     2,375   
  Mar             :                                                     2,030   
  Apr             :                                                     1,088   
  May             :                                                       889   
  Jun             :                                                       870   
  Jul             :                                                       528   
  Aug             :                                                       348   
  Sep             :                                                       649   
  Oct             :                                                     1,216   
  Nov             :                                                     1,056   
  Dec             :                                                     1,461   
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                Other Meat:  Stocks in Cold Storage by Region and               
                          United States, Monthly, 1997                          
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  :                           Region                            
     Commodity    :-------------------------------------------------------------
        and       :           :           :   East    :    West    :            
       Month      :    New    :  Middle   :   North   :   North    :   South    
                  :  England  : Atlantic  :  Central  :  Central   :  Atlantic  
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  :                        1,000 Pounds                         
                  :                                                             
Veal              :                                                             
  Jan             :     612       2,538       1,473       1,047          324    
  Feb             :     544       2,348       1,507         911          321    
  Mar             :     510       1,902       1,563         851          321    
  Apr             :     422       1,908       1,394         618          355    
  May             :     311         895       1,266         538          338    
  Jun             :     354       1,036       1,782         500          253    
  Jul             :     376       1,188       2,227         459          241    
  Aug             :     432       1,047       2,248         569          222    
  Sep             :     506       1,081       2,858         605          129    
  Oct             :     528       1,164       3,151         650          116    
  Nov             :     528       1,330       2,866         671          116    
  Dec             :     641       1,925       2,811       1,012          171    
Lamb and Mutton   :                                                             
  Jan             :     388       2,057       1,285         832        1,320    
  Feb             :     415       2,246       1,280         576        1,440    
  Mar             :     530       2,510       1,397         698        1,617    
  Apr             :     543       2,902       1,730         906        1,914    
  May             :     562       3,509       2,004       1,132        2,003    
  Jun             :     625       3,906       2,390       1,132        1,808    
  Jul             :     692       4,683       2,641       1,154        1,711    
  Aug             :     699       4,913       2,784       1,418        1,623    
  Sep             :     746       4,922       2,660       1,447        1,544    
  Oct             :     704       4,378       2,682       1,415        1,537    
  Nov             :     737       4,359       2,778       1,462        1,507    
  Dec             :     617       3,139       2,845       1,450          995    
Total Other Meat  :                                                             
  Jan             :   1,000       4,595       2,758       1,879        1,644    
  Feb             :     959       4,594       2,787       1,487        1,761    
  Mar             :   1,040       4,412       2,960       1,549        1,938    
  Apr             :     965       4,810       3,124       1,524        2,269    
  May             :     873       4,404       3,270       1,670        2,341    
  Jun             :     979       4,942       4,172       1,632        2,061    
  Jul             :   1,068       5,871       4,868       1,613        1,952    
  Aug             :   1,131       5,960       5,032       1,987        1,845    
  Sep             :   1,252       6,003       5,518       2,052        1,673    
  Oct             :   1,232       5,542       5,833       2,065        1,653    
  Nov             :   1,265       5,689       5,644       2,133        1,623    
  Dec             :   1,258       5,064       5,656       2,462        1,166    
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                Other Meat:  Stocks in Cold Storage by Region and               
                    United States, Monthly, 1997 (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                         
                  :                                                             
Veal              :                                                             
  Jan             :                 328                     840         7,162   
  Feb             :                 270                     723         6,624   
  Mar             :                 398                     725         6,270   
  Apr             :                 210                     608         5,515   
  May             :                 182                     456         3,986   
  Jun             :                 129                     424         4,478   
  Jul             :                  52                     502         5,045   
  Aug             :                  24                     575         5,117   
  Sep             :                 106                     586         5,871   
  Oct             :                 193                     730         6,532   
  Nov             :                 192                     884         6,587   
  Dec             :                 200                   1,258         8,018   
Lamb and Mutton   :                                                             
  Jan             :     2           322         974       2,293         9,473   
  Feb             :     1           477         939       2,488         9,862   
  Mar             :     1           827       1,050       2,533        11,163   
  Apr             :     1         1,073       1,294       2,664        13,027   
  May             :     1         1,871       1,343       2,795        15,220   
  Jun             :     1         2,075       1,552       3,105        16,594   
  Jul             :     1         2,605       1,694       3,354        18,535   
  Aug             :     1         3,163       1,415       3,367        19,383   
  Sep             :     1           332       1,422       3,045        16,119   
  Oct             :     1         2,327       1,361       2,489        16,894   
  Nov             :     1         2,184       1,283       2,223        16,534   
  Dec             :     1         1,693       1,168       1,833        13,741   
Total Other Meat  :                                                             
  Jan             :     2           650         974       3,133        16,635   
  Feb             :     1           747         939       3,211        16,486   
  Mar             :     1         1,225       1,050       3,258        17,433   
  Apr             :     1         1,283       1,294       3,272        18,542   
  May             :     1         2,053       1,343       3,251        19,206   
  Jun             :     1         2,204       1,552       3,529        21,072   
  Jul             :     1         2,657       1,694       3,856        23,580   
  Aug             :     1         3,187       1,415       3,942        24,500   
  Sep             :     1           438       1,422       3,631        21,990   
  Oct             :     1         2,520       1,361       3,219        23,426   
  Nov             :     1         2,376       1,283       3,107        23,121   
  Dec             :     1         1,893       1,168       3,091        21,759   
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          Canned and Total Meat:  Stocks in Cold Storage by Region and          
                          United States, Monthly, 1997                          
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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                         
                  :                                                             
Canned Hams       :                                                             
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Total Meat        :                                                             
  Jan             :   8,687      42,350      117,448     221,335       80,795   
  Feb             :   8,908      42,434      125,509     233,060       87,661   
  Mar             :   9,699      47,077      130,291     258,602       81,408   
  Apr             :  10,554      47,328      129,550     271,013       96,611   
  May             :   7,478      44,860      123,229     260,366       98,681   
  Jun             :   8,870      47,266      120,061     268,247      103,324   
  Jul             :  10,235      44,599      116,167     241,659      100,509   
  Aug             :  11,311      44,960      114,821     232,151       99,869   
  Sep             :  12,347      50,810      115,261     235,969       88,429   
  Oct             :  13,995      50,005      126,126     237,805       92,331   
  Nov             :  15,995      49,508      126,527     238,642       89,088   
  Dec             :  16,746      42,416      121,611     257,962       79,589   
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                                                                     --continued
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
          Canned and Total Meat:  Stocks in Cold Storage by Region and          
                    United States, Monthly, 1997 (continued)                    
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  :                           Region                            
     Commodity    :-------------------------------------------------------------
        and       :   East    :   West    :           :            :            
       Month      :   South   :   South   : Mountain  :  Pacific   :     US     
                  :  Central  :  Central  :           :            :   Total    
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                  :                        1,000 Pounds                         
                  :                                                             
Canned Hams       :                                                             
  Jan             :                                                     5,927   
  Feb             :                                                     6,755   
  Mar             :                                                     6,274   
  Apr             :                                                     6,835   
  May             :                                                     7,031   
  Jun             :                                                     8,665   
  Jul             :                                                     9,696   
  Aug             :                                                     9,266   
  Sep             :                                                     8,457   
  Oct             :                                                     8,768   
  Nov             :                                                     4,879   
  Dec             :                                                     3,468   
Other Canned      :                                                             
  Jan             :                                                       879   
  Feb             :                                                     1,055   
  Mar             :                                                       691   
  Apr             :                                                     1,420   
  May             :                                                     1,348   
  Jun             :                                                     1,367   
  Jul             :                                                     1,567   
  Aug             :                                                     1,413   
  Sep             :                                                     1,994   
  Oct             :                                                     1,073   
  Nov             :                                                       765   
  Dec             :                                                       574   
Total Canned      :                                                             
  Jan             :                                                     6,806   
  Feb             :                                                     7,810   
  Mar             :                                                     6,965   
  Apr             :                                                     8,255   
  May             :                                                     8,379   
  Jun             :                                                    10,032   
  Jul             :                                                    11,263   
  Aug             :                                                    10,679   
  Sep             :                                                    10,451   
  Oct             :                                                     9,841   
  Nov             :                                                     5,644   
  Dec             :                                                     4,042   
Total Meat        :                                                             
  Jan             :  30,729       77,932      9,237       67,393      655,906   
  Feb             :  24,190       68,339      8,449       71,320      669,870   
  Mar             :  26,861       80,552      8,514       76,530      719,534   
  Apr             :  29,014       85,404      7,682       75,337      752,493   
  May             :  22,933       84,182      6,761       71,185      719,675   
  Jun             :  24,699       91,864      6,987       71,555      742,873   
  Jul             :  21,316      109,726      8,302       73,784      726,297   
  Aug             :  22,286      122,018      8,226       75,844      731,486   
  Sep             :  24,795      112,066      8,757       79,729      728,163   
  Oct             :  23,106      109,262      9,359       77,069      739,058   
  Nov             :  20,967      113,337     10,606       76,355      741,025   
  Dec             :  19,847       97,877     10,019       76,284      722,351   
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           Miscellaneous Cooler and Freezer:  Stocks in Cold Storage,           
                          United States, Monthly, 1997                          
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
           :                     Miscellaneous Commodities                      
   Month   :--------------------------------------------------------------------
           :        Cooler        :       Freezer        :        Total         
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
           :                            1,000 Pounds                            
           :                                                                    
Jan        :       633,678               1,687,943              2,321,621       
Feb        :       643,169               1,653,301              2,296,470       
Mar        :       591,982               1,723,697              2,315,679       
Apr        :       611,976               1,814,231              2,426,207       
May        :       596,747               1,826,223              2,422,970       
Jun        :       616,801               1,824,223              2,441,024       
Jul        :       654,330               1,820,515              2,474,845       
Aug        :       656,767               1,803,297              2,460,064       
Sep        :       958,710               1,848,590              2,807,300       
Oct        :       960,019               1,886,523              2,846,542       
Nov        :       811,032               1,858,762              2,669,794       
Dec        :       642,696               1,803,543              2,446,239       
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               Total Commodities Stored:  Stocks in Cold Storage,               
                          United States, Monthly, 1997                          
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
           :                      Total Commodities Stored                      
           :--------------------------------------------------------------------
   Month   :          In          :          In          :      Total All       
           :        Cooler        :       Freezer        :     Commodities      
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
           :                            1,000 Pounds                            
           :                                                                    
Jan        :      5,701,708               9,426,805             15,128,513      
Feb        :      4,726,560               9,413,023             14,139,583      
Mar        :      4,289,456               9,464,996             13,754,452      
Apr        :      3,669,261               9,840,360             13,509,621      
May        :      3,210,783               9,962,226             13,173,009      
Jun        :      2,688,745               9,893,575             12,582,320      
Jul        :      2,212,833               9,961,926             12,174,759      
Aug        :      1,855,999              10,106,046             11,962,045      
Sep        :      5,399,669              10,404,419             15,804,088      
Oct        :      8,068,898              10,889,316             18,958,214      
Nov        :      7,286,495              10,473,764             17,760,259      
Dec        :      6,372,046              10,206,185             16,578,231      
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           Stocks in Cold Storage:  Blackberries, Red Raspberries, and          
           Strawberries by Type of Pack, United States, Monthly, 1997           
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                    :                           Month                           
      Commodity     :-----------------------------------------------------------
                    :   Jan   :   Feb   :   Mar   :   Apr   :   May   :   Jun   
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                    :                       1,000 Pounds                        
                    :                                                           
Blackberries        :                                                           
  IQF               :  11,895    10,505     8,882     8,014     7,135     5,941 
  Pails and Tubs    :   2,496     2,495     2,558     2,250     2,417     2,449 
  Barrels, 400 lbs  :   2,608     2,235     2,071     1,805     1,606     1,433 
  Concentrate       :   1,094     1,172       964       744       577       527 
  Total             :  18,093    16,407    14,475    12,813    11,735    10,350 
                    :                                                           
Red Raspberries     :                                                           
  IQF               :  11,592     9,643    10,205     9,813     8,873    12,569 
  Pails and Tubs    :  12,371    10,818     9,180     8,434     6,735     8,421 
  Barrels, 400 lbs  :   8,571     7,681     5,117     3,272     3,189     6,657 
  Concentrate       :     896     1,082       959       922       836       678 
  Total             :  33,430    29,224    25,461    22,441    19,633    28,325 
                    :                                                           
Strawberries 1/     :                                                           
  Packages 20 oz    :                                                           
   and under        :  78,150              61,568                               
  Packages over     :                                                           
   20 oz            : 106,600              74,645                               
  Total             : 184,750   158,019   136,213   160,558   245,454   336,086 
                    :-----------------------------------------------------------
                    :   Jul   :   Aug   :   Sep   :   Oct   :   Nov   :   Dec   
                    :-----------------------------------------------------------
                    :                       1,000 Pounds                        
                    :                                                           
Blackberries        :                                                           
  IQF               :  17,854    20,163    18,361    15,591    14,859    13,934 
  Pails and Tubs    :   5,919     5,990     5,568     4,671     3,775     3,560 
  Barrels, 400 lbs  :  11,263    12,190    10,035     8,516     8,226     7,340 
  Concentrate       :   1,085       996     1,425     1,597     1,514     1,380 
  Total             :  36,121    39,339    35,389    30,375    28,374    26,214 
                    :                                                           
Red Raspberries     :                                                           
  IQF               :  19,544    16,987    17,577    14,501    12,864    11,146 
  Pails and Tubs    :  22,063    21,454    18,129    15,948    16,514    14,931 
  Barrels, 400 lbs  :  39,080    34,785    29,731    26,095    23,470    21,788 
  Concentrate       :   1,111     1,074     1,050     1,179     1,306     1,945 
  Total             :  81,798    74,300    66,487    57,723    54,154    49,810 
                    :                                                           
Strawberries 1/     :                                                           
  Packages 20 oz    :                                                           
   and under        :                                         107,540           
  Packages over     :                                                           
   20 oz            :                                         144,310           
  Total             : 359,749   321,716   295,569   282,728   251,850   220,540 
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1/  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, 1997            
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                    :                           Month                           
       Region       :-----------------------------------------------------------
                    :Jan :Feb :Mar :Apr :May :Jun :Jul :Aug :Sep :Oct :Nov :Dec 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                    :                          Percent                          
                    :                                                           
N England           : 51   53   55   58   59   57   56   52   56   51   55   52 
Middle Atlantic     : 56   56   61   61   61   63   63   65   68   71   73   73 
East N. Central     : 53   51   48   52   52   55   51   53   58   58   61   57 
West N. Central     : 43   43   40   41   41   43   41   45   44   50   51   50 
South Atlantic      : 48   50   47   52   57   59   57   54   50   45   49   47 
East S. Central     : 42   44   47   50   54   59   60   56   50   47   51   53 
West S. Central     : 33   33   35   38   42   47   45   43   36   35   30   34 
Mountain            : 47   50   47   45   51   55   54   59   52   51   45   50 
Pacific             : 42   44   43   45   41   40   37   32   34   41   40   42 
                    :                                                           
US                  : 47   47   46   49   50   51   49   49   49   51   52   51 
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        Freezer Space Occupied in Public General Warehouses:  Percent of        
          Total Usable Space by Region and United States, Monthly, 1997         
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                    :                           Month                           
       Region       :-----------------------------------------------------------
                    :Jan :Feb :Mar :Apr :May :Jun :Jul :Aug :Sep :Oct :Nov :Dec 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                    :                          Percent                          
                    :                                                           
N England           : 55   54   53   55   54   57   59   57   64   66   65   68 
Middle Atlantic     : 75   76   78   78   76   77   77   79   82   87   83   82 
East N. Central     : 58   56   56   58   58   55   56   59   63   65   65   60 
West N. Central     : 52   52   54   53   52   53   56   54   58   60   58   60 
South Atlantic      : 59   58   59   62   61   61   61   63   64   64   65   64 
East S. Central     : 65   65   67   72   71   73   72   70   68   70   68   65 
West S. Central     : 67   67   68   71   69   71   74   71   68   73   71   68 
Mountain            : 59   57   59   57   58   62   65   65   73   71   75   69 
Pacific             : 71   68   65   65   64   67   70   74   81   81   80   75 
                    :                                                           
US                  : 63   62   62   63   62   63   65   66   70   71   71   68 
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                    Methodology and Definitions                                 
                                                                                
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                                                                     
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to the change in                                                                
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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                                                                 
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at the time of                                                                  
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requirement,                                                                    
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vegetable                                                                       
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maintained by                                                                   
wholesalers, jobbers, distributors, chain stores, locker plants containing      
individual lockers,                                                             
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are turned over                                                                 
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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                                                                    
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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.                                 
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
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