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Mississippi Value of Production Estimates June 9, 2003

Commodity 2000 ($1,000) 2001 ($1,000) 2002 ($1,000) % Change 2001-2002 Poultry, Total $1,379,495 $1,658,846 $1,391,985 -16.1% Broilers 1,220,835 1,492,335 1,223,520 -18.0% Eggs 155,465 162,750 164,093 0.8% Chickens 3,195 3,761 4,372 16.2% Forestry, Total $1,340,000 $1,077,000 $1,064,851 -1.1% Crops, Total $984,602 $938,547 $1,114,322 18.7% Cotton Lint/Seed $480,946 $371,862 $438,539 17.9% Soybeans $163,720 $162,254 $243,312 50.0% Corn $69,715 $99,600 $155,688 56.3% Rice $73,056 $69,297 $62,339 -10.0% Hay $57,600 $85,800 $75,000 -12.6% Wheat $32,830 $28,665 $24,354 -15.0% Grain Sorghum $11,538 $14,782 $13,622 -7.8% Sweet Potatoes $21,550 $32,640 $28,733 -12.0% Other Crops1 $73,647 $73,647 $72,735 -1.2% Catfish, Total $299,115 $260,409 $242,275 -7.0% Catfish $281,200 $240,030 $219,520 -8.5% Stockers $3,037 $4,059 $9,196 126.6% Fingerlings & fry $14,878 $16,320 $13,559 -16.9% Livestock, Total $344,012 $349,065 $280,950 -19.5% Cattle/Calves $218,413 $210,163 $180,742 -14.0% Milk $75,616 $80,017 $62,618 -21.7% Hogs $49,983 $58,885 $37,590 -36.2% Commodities, Total $4,347,224 $4,283,867 $4,094,383 -4.4% Gov’t Payments2 $463,901 $517,007 $415,000 -19.7% Grand Total $4,811,125 $4,800,874 $4,509,383 -6.1%

Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, Mississippi Agricultural Statistics Service, and Mississippi State University Forestry Department. Notes: 1Cash receipts for watermelons, miscellaneous vegetables, pecans, other fruits and nuts, floriculture, greenhouse/nursery, and other seed and field crops as reported by Mississippi Agricultural Statistics Service. Does not include some minor commodities. 2Government payments for 2002 is a preliminary estimate obtained from USDA Economic Research Service.

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