Lv Gn 3 (7-03) Mink National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released July 15, 2003, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Mink" call Tom Kruchten at (202) 690-4870, office hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. Pelt Production Up 1 Percent Mink pelt production in the United States in 2002 totaled 2.60 million pelts, up 1 percent from 2001. Wisconsin, the largest mink producing State, produced 685,000 pelts. Color class definitions have changed for 2002 pelt production. By color class, the number of pelts as a percent of the total U.S. production in 2002 follows: Black - 37.1 percent; Mahogany - 21.7 percent; Blue Iris - 19.8 percent; Sapphire - 7.0 percent; Demi/Wild - 5.8 percent. The remaining color classes accounted for 8.6 percent. Value of Pelt Production Down 7 Percent Mink pelts produced during the 2002 crop year were valued at $79.6 million dollars, down 7 percent from $85.9 million a year ago. The average price per pelt for the 2002 crop year was $30.60, down from $33.50 in 2001. Females Bred Down 4 Percent Female mink bred to produce kits in 2003 totaled 601,000, down 4 percent from the previous year. Percent of total females bred to produce kits in 2003 by color class are: Black - 42.4 percent; Mahogany - 19.7 percent; Blue Iris - 16.8 percent; Sapphire - 6.4 percent; Demi/Wild - 5.2 percent. The remaining color classes accounted for 9.5 percent. Number of Mink Farms Down 3 Percent There were 318 mink farms producing pelts in 2002, down 3 percent from a year ago. Leading States were Utah with 80 farms, Wisconsin with 69 farms and Minnesota with 33. Fox There were 20 mink farms which also raised fox in 2002, down from 21 the previous year. Mink: Pelts Produced and Females Bred, by Color Class, United States, 2002-03 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Pelts Produced : Females Bred to Produce Kits Color :--------------------------------------------------- Class : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : Black : 965.1 255.0 Demi/Wild : 149.6 31.3 Pastel : 32.5 8.2 Sapphire : 182.0 38.4 Blue Iris : 514.8 100.8 Mahogany : 563.5 118.1 Pearl : 88.0 20.1 Lavender : 9.8 1.1 Violet : 11.5 7.1 White : 75.1 19.3 : Misc. & Unclassified : 8.5 1.6 : US : 2,600.4 601.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mink: Pelts Produced and Females Bred, by Color Class, United States, 2001-2002 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Pelts Produced : Females Bred to Produce Kits Color :-------------------------------------------------------- Class : 2001 1/ : 2001 : 2002 1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : Standard : 947.4 245.2 237.0 Ranch Wild : 100.7 22.8 25.5 Demi-buff : 129.0 18.2 15.0 Pastel : 41.8 11.3 8.8 Pale Brown : 1.9 2.6 0.6 Sapphire : 108.3 35.1 38.5 Gunmetal : 472.0 111.0 120.5 Mahogany : 580.0 141.9 125.3 Pearl : 73.9 13.0 18.1 Lavender-hope : 3.5 1.5 2.0 Pink : 0.8 0.9 0.2 Violet-type : 21.4 3.2 8.8 White : 73.7 22.5 17.4 Misc. & Unclassified : 10.9 0.3 5.2 : US 2/ : 2,565.3 629.5 622.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mink: Farms, Pelts Produced, Price, and Value, United States, 1983-02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Mink : Pelts : Average Marketing : Value of Year : Farms : Produced : Price : Mink Pelts ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number 1,000 Dollars Million Dollars : 1983 : 1,098 4,137 29.90 123.7 1984 : 1,084 4,220 30.80 130.0 1985 : 1,042 4,171 28.00 116.8 1986 : 989 4,096 41.30 170.0 1987 : 1,027 4,122 43.00 177.2 1988 : 1,027 4,453 32.30 143.8 1989 : 940 4,604 20.40 93.9 1990 : 771 3,366 25.50 85.8 1991 : 683 3,268 21.90 71.6 1992 : 571 2,900 23.80 69.0 1993 : 523 2,620 34.10 89.3 1994 : 484 2,623 33.00 86.6 1995 : 478 2,803 53.10 148.8 1996 : 449 2,783 35.30 98.2 1997 : 452 2,993 33.10 99.1 1998 : 438 2,938 24.80 72.9 1999 : 398 2,813 33.70 94.8 2000 : 350 2,666 34.00 90.6 2001 1/: 329 2,565 33.50 85.9 2002 : 318 2,600 30.60 79.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised based on additional information. 2/ Sum of color class may not add to U.S. total due to rounding. Mink: Pelts Produced by Color Class and Number of Farms, Major States and United States, 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Stan- : Ranch : Demi- : Pas- : Pale : Sap- : Gun : Mahog- States: dard : Wild :Buff 1/ : tel : Brown : phire : Metal : any -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : ID : 41,000 14,000 22,100 46,600 IL : 41,100 3,300 IA : 55,000 10,300 9,300 MI : MN : 49,900 26,800 60,700 2,500 2,000 56,100 79,300 NY : OH : 29,500 5,600 18,400 OR : 79,400 16,900 145,100 PA : 16,800 19,700 SD : UT : 205,000 60,000 15,500 40,000 233,500 WA : 35,500 63,100 WI : 327,000 10,600 25,600 108,500 123,000 : Oth : Sts 2/: 84,000 73,900 8,300 28,700 1,900 11,900 7,100 66,600 : US : 947,400 100,700 129,000 41,800 1,900 108,300 472,000 580,000 : :------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : : : : :Misc. & : : Number : Pearl :Lavender: Pink : Violet : White :Unclass-: Total : of : : Hope : : Type : : ified : Pelts : Farms :------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number : ID : 151,200 28 IL : 2,700 4,000 51,600 7 IA : 105,900 13 MI : 54,000 11 MN : 286,500 36 NY : 5,500 7 OH : 56,500 8 OR : 251,000 26 PA : 74,900 9 SD : 78,100 4 UT : 610,000 80 WA : 113,100 15 WI : 52,600 672,000 69 : Oth : Sts 2/: 71,200 3,500 800 21,400 17,100 10,900 55,000 16 : US : 73,900 3,500 800 21,400 73,700 10,900 2,565,300 329 : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Demi-buff includes crossed of dark brown, violet, pastel, standard, pearl or others. 2/ "Other States" include some pelts from the above listed States which were not published to avoid disclosing individual operations. Published color classes may not add to the State total. Mink: Pelts Produced by Color Class and Number of Farms, Major States and United States, 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Demi- : : Sap- : Blue : Mahog- : States : Black : Wild : Pastel : phire : Iris : any : Pearl -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : ID : 68,100 47,400 28,200 52,300 IL : 41,900 IA : 60,500 13,200 8,300 12,400 MI : MN : 41,900 46,100 1,500 3,300 80,200 80,600 NY : OH : 30,300 10,900 16,500 OR : 83,400 25,400 143,300 PA : 6,900 11,100 14,100 SD : UT : 200,000 24,000 39,000 231,000 WA : 42,600 18,500 48,900 WI : 341,000 17,500 14,200 37,300 141,000 97,900 : Oth : Sts 1/ : 48,500 67,500 16,800 9,400 11,800 72,800 88,000 : US 2/ : 965,100 149,600 32,500 182,000 514,800 563,500 88,000 : :-------------------------------------------------------------: : : : : Misc. & : : Number : :Lavender : Violet : White : Unclass- : Total : of : : : : : ified : Pelts : Farms : :-------------------------------------------------------------: : ------------------------- Number ------------------------ : ID : 228,900 25 IL : 53,500 7 IA : 111,600 16 MI : 57,000 9 MN : 267,000 33 NY : 4,800 5 OH : 63,300 8 OR : 270,200 25 PA : 53,600 8 SD : 78,200 4 UT : 4,000 575,000 80 WA : 110,000 15 WI : 32,100 685,000 69 : Oth : Sts 1/ : 5,800 11,500 43,000 8,500 42,300 14 : US 2/ : 9,800 11,500 75,100 8,500 2,600,400 318 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ "Other States" include some pelts from the above listed States which were not published to avoid disclosing individual operations. Published color classes may not add to the State total. 2/ New color classes starting for 2002 pelts. Reference page 8. Female Mink Bred to Produce Kits: Number by Color Class, Major States and United States, 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Stan- : Ranch : Demi- : Pas- : Pale : Sap- : Gun : Mahog- States: dard : Wild :Buff 1/ : tel : Brown : phire : Metal : any -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : ID : 15,200 9,700 7,800 12,300 IL : 11,400 IA : 16,000 4,300 1,500 MI : MN : 10,400 8,000 800 600 13,800 15,300 NY : OH : 8,500 5,500 OR : 17,000 5,000 30,400 PA : 2,300 5,400 SD : UT : 56,200 6,900 5,500 10,000 57,200 WA : 9,300 14,500 WI : 79,100 4,000 8,700 32,000 17,000 : Oth : Sts 2/: 13,900 17,500 8,100 4,000 600 6,700 2,300 16,500 : US :237,000 25,500 15,000 8,800 600 38,500 120,500 125,300 : :---------------------------------------------------------------: : : : : : :Misc. & : : : Pearl :Lavender: Pink : Violet : White :Unclass-: Total : : : Hope : : Type : : ified : : :---------------------------------------------------------------: : --------------------------- Number -------------------------- : ID : 52,200 IL : 13,800 IA : 30,900 MI : 12,700 MN : 700 59,600 NY : 1,500 OH : 18,600 OR : 54,000 PA : 14,600 SD : 17,700 UT : 149,000 WA : 28,900 WI : 1,500 10,400 158,000 : Oth : Sts 2/: 18,100 2,000 200 6,600 7,000 5,200 11,400 : US : 18,100 2,000 200 8,800 17,400 5,200 622,900 : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Demi-buff includes crossed of dark brown, violet, pastel, standard, pearl or others. 2/ "Other States" include some females from the above listed States which were not published to avoid disclosing individual operations. Published color classes may not add to the State total. Female Mink Bred to Produced Kits: Number by Color Class, Major States and United States, 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Demi- : : Sap- : Blue : Mahog- States : Black : Wild : Pastel : phire : Iris : any -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : ID : 15,200 5,500 4,000 12,000 IL : 11,800 IA : 18,400 4,000 2,800 600 MI : MN : 9,600 8,900 300 800 14,500 15,300 NY : OH : 8,100 1,900 5,500 OR : 19,800 5,200 27,600 PA : 1,900 3,600 5,400 SD : UT : 56,200 6,100 6,000 48,300 WA : 7,700 4,300 10,700 200 WI : 94,700 5,400 3,200 9,000 26,500 21,000 : Oth : Sts 1/ : 11,600 12,700 4,700 2,300 3,300 15,200 : US 2/ : 255,000 31,300 8,200 38,400 100,800 118,100 : :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : Misc. & : : Pearl : Lavender : Violet : White : Unclass- : Total : : : : : ified : :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : ID : 41,100 IL : 14,300 IA : 32,400 MI : 11,600 MN : 4,300 54,600 NY : 1,300 OH : 17,400 OR : 56,500 PA : 14,200 SD : 18,100 UT : 135,000 WA : 22,900 WI : 8,500 170,000 : Oth : Sts 1/ : 20,100 1,100 7,100 6,500 1,600 11,600 : US 2/ : 20,100 1,100 7,100 19,300 1,600 601,000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ "Other States" include some pelts from the above listed States which were not published to avoid disclosing individual operations. Published color classes may not add to the State total. 2/ New color classes starting for female mink bred in 2003. Reference page 8. Mink Color Classes, beginning with pelt production in 2002 and female mink bred in 2003: Black - formerly Standard, includes Pure Dark. Demi/Wild - includes Dark Brown, Ranch Wild, Demi-buff. Pastel - includes Dawn, Orchid. Sapphire - includes Pale Brown. Blue Iris - formerly Gunmetal, includes Aleutian. Mahogany Pearl Lavender - formerly Lavender Hope. Violet - includes Violet type, Cameo, Winterblue, Glacial. White Miscellaneous - Includes Pink. Survey Procedures: Data for mink production are collected from all known producers. State Statistical Offices use known sources of producers to update their lists. All known mink producers are mailed a questionnaire and given adequate time to respond by mail. Those that do not respond by mail are telephoned or possibly enumerated in person. Care is exercised to ensure that all operations are accounted for. 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