Hny 1 (2-99) Honey National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released February 26, 1999, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Honey" call Thomas Kruchten at (202) 690-4870, office hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. United States Honey Production Up 12 Percent Honey production in 1998 from producers with five or more colonies totaled 220 million pounds, up 12 percent from 1997. There were 2.63 million colonies producing honey in 1998, up slightly from 1997. Yield per colony averaged 83.7 pounds, up 9.0 pounds from the 74.7 pounds in 1997. Colonies which produced in more than one State were counted in each State and yields per colony may therefore be understated. Colonies were not counted if honey was not harvested. Producer honey stocks were 80.8 million pounds on December 15, 1998, up 14 percent from a year earlier. Honey Prices Down 13 Percent Prices for the 1998 crop averaged 65.5 cents per pound, down 13 percent from 75.2 cents in 1997. Prices are based on retail sales by producers and sales to private processors and co-ops. At the State level, prices reflect the portions of honey sold retail, coop and private. At the U.S. level, prices for each color are derived by weighting quantities sold for each marketing channel. Coop and Private prices were lower for all color classes in 1998. Honey: Price by Color Class, United States, 1997-98 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Price :----------------------------------------------------------- Color Class : Co-op and Private : Retail : All :----------------------------------------------------------- : 1997 : 1998 : 1997 : 1998 : 1997 : 1998 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cents per Pound : Water White, : Extra White, White : 74.3 64.7 117.9 113.4 75.7 65.7 : Extra Light Amber : 72.7 61.2 123.8 104.8 76.4 64.2 : Light Amber, : Amber, Dark Amber : 68.1 60.2 127.1 119.9 72.8 66.0 : All Other Honey, : Area Specialties : 66.0 64.5 201.0 168.4 79.8 83.2 : All Honey : 72.2 62.9 125.7 114.7 75.2 65.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Honey: Number of Colonies, Yield, Production, Stocks, Price, and Value by State and United States, 1997 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Honey : Yield : : : Average : Value State : Producing : per :Production : Stocks :Price per : of : Colonies : Colony : :Dec 15 2/ : Pound : Production -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds -- 1,000 Pounds -- Cents 1,000 Dollars : AL : 14 66 924 92 81 748 AZ : 42 80 3,360 1,344 72 2,419 AR : 50 95 4,750 3,468 70 3,325 CA : 420 75 31,500 9,450 70 22,050 CO : 35 55 1,925 982 82 1,579 FL : 240 67 16,080 2,734 73 11,738 GA : 75 46 3,450 587 79 2,726 HI : 9 146 1,314 158 86 1,130 ID : 120 64 7,680 2,304 72 5,530 IL : 7 69 483 222 127 613 IN : 8 71 568 352 113 642 IA : 45 74 3,330 1,765 86 2,864 KS : 17 71 1,207 688 81 978 KY : 3 60 180 54 148 266 LA : 44 115 5,060 759 70 3,542 ME : 8 19 152 9 70 106 MD : 6 40 240 65 159 382 MI : 85 70 5,950 3,273 77 4,582 MN : 145 73 10,585 2,011 74 7,833 MS : 19 73 1,387 777 73 1,013 MO : 24 77 1,848 517 78 1,441 MT : 107 120 12,840 4,237 74 9,502 NE : 61 67 4,087 2,738 77 3,147 NV : 14 61 854 171 114 974 NJ : 10 49 490 201 104 510 NM : 15 60 900 396 87 783 NY : 72 60 4,320 2,246 85 3,672 NC : 8 58 464 139 119 552 ND : 245 100 24,500 7,350 74 18,130 OH : 22 80 1,760 827 85 1,496 OK : 4 58 232 97 137 318 OR : 50 53 2,650 1,537 79 2,094 PA : 22 48 1,056 528 100 1,056 SD : 240 65 15,600 8,736 74 11,544 TN : 7 62 434 148 147 638 TX : 94 106 9,964 3,188 75 7,473 UT : 32 52 1,664 699 75 1,248 VT : 5 63 315 249 83 261 VA : 8 53 424 157 145 615 WA : 60 52 3,120 1,498 76 2,371 WV : 8 70 560 280 111 622 WI : 79 60 4,740 2,797 90 4,266 WY : 38 62 2,356 660 75 1,767 : Oth : Sts 3/: 14 81 1,134 206 145 1,644 : US 4/ : 2,631 74.7 196,536 70,696 75.2 147,795 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ For producers with 5 or more colonies. 2/ Stocks held by producers. 3/ CT, DE, MA, NH, RI and SC not published separately to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. 4/ U.S. price weighted by survey expanded sales. Total may not add due to rounding. Honey: Number of Colonies, Yield, Production, Stocks, Price, and Value by State and United States, 1998 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Honey : Yield : : : Average : Value State : Producing : per :Production : Stocks :Price per : of : Colonies : Colony : :Dec 15 2/ : Pound 3/ : Production -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds -- 1,000 Pounds -- Cents 1,000 Dollars : AL : 16 71 1,136 159 72 818 AZ : 55 60 3,300 1,485 64 2,112 AR : 53 65 3,445 1,688 59 2,033 CA : 450 83 37,350 12,326 62 23,157 CO : 27 72 1,944 1,594 70 1,361 FL : 230 98 22,540 4,508 64 14,426 GA : 75 56 4,200 307 69 2,898 HI : 8 118 944 66 75 708 ID : 120 50 6,000 2,220 65 3,900 IL : 9 71 639 204 119 760 IN : 9 92 828 489 85 704 IA : 50 78 3,900 2,301 70 2,730 KS : 16 46 736 390 87 640 KY : 3 50 150 51 140 210 LA : 41 111 4,551 865 59 2,685 ME : 10 26 260 117 69 179 MD : 7 44 308 92 110 339 MI : 80 85 6,800 3,672 66 4,488 MN : 140 79 11,060 2,765 65 7,189 MS : 18 86 1,548 898 58 898 MO : 23 66 1,518 455 76 1,154 MT : 115 122 14,030 5,472 64 8,979 NE : 64 70 4,480 2,240 86 3,853 NV : 10 46 460 175 165 759 NJ : 11 49 539 167 76 410 NM : 14 55 770 470 76 585 NY : 65 80 5,200 2,444 70 3,640 NC : 8 59 472 151 138 651 ND : 230 128 29,440 8,832 63 18,547 OH : 18 78 1,404 702 83 1,165 OK : 4 51 204 63 124 253 OR : 50 45 2,250 1,620 90 2,025 PA : 23 66 1,518 698 80 1,214 SD : 225 95 21,375 10,901 64 13,680 TN : 7 64 448 121 132 591 TX : 91 77 7,007 1,612 62 4,344 UT : 30 58 1,740 557 65 1,131 VT : 6 64 384 207 107 411 VA : 8 37 296 86 133 394 WA : 58 51 2,958 1,361 64 1,893 WV : 6 55 330 155 114 376 WI : 89 91 8,099 5,264 72 5,831 WY : 46 60 2,760 524 68 1,877 : Oth : Sts 4/: 15 66 990 334 121 1,198 : US 5/ : 2,633 83.7 220,311 80,808 65.5 144,304 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ For producers with 5 or more colonies. 2/ Stocks held by producers. 3/ Prices weighted by sales. 4/ CT, DE, MA, NH, RI and SC not published separately to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. 5/ Begining in 1998 U.S. total production is the sum of state production. 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