Hny 1 (2-01) Honey National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released February 28, 2001, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Honey" call Jody Roberts at (202) 690-8632, office hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. United States Honey Production Up 8 Percent Honey production in 2000 from producers with five or more colonies totaled 221 million pounds, up 8 percent from 1999. There were 2.63 million colonies producing honey in 2000, down 2 percent from 1999. Yield per colony averaged 83.9 pounds, up 7.5 pounds from the 76.4 pounds in 1999. Colonies which produced honey in more than one State were counted in each State and yields per colony may therefore be understated. Colonies were not included if honey was not harvested. Producer honey stocks were 86.2 million pounds on December 15, 2000, up 9 percent from a year earlier. Honey Prices Down 1 Percent Prices for the 2000 crop averaged 59.4 cents per pound, down 1 percent from 60.1 cents in 1999. Prices are based on retail sales by producers and sales to private processors and cooperatives. State level honey prices reflect the portions of honey sold through retail, co-op and private channels. U.S. honey prices for each color class are derived by weighing quantities sold for each marketing channel at the U.S. level. Co-op and private prices were lower for all color classes except 'Other Honey' in 2000. Honey: Price by Color Class, United States, 1999-00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Price :----------------------------------------------------------- Color Class : Co-op and Private : Retail : All :----------------------------------------------------------- : 1999 : 2000 : 1999 : 2000 : 1999 : 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cents per Pound : Water White, : Extra White, White : 60.1 56.2 123.4 119.4 60.9 58.4 : Extra Light Amber : 55.1 54.0 124.5 122.7 59.8 59.3 : Light Amber, : Amber, Dark Amber : 51.2 49.8 129.1 137.6 59.0 58.9 : All Other Honey, : Area Specialties : 61.7 63.7 150.3 195.3 73.7 92.4 : All Honey : 56.4 54.5 126.6 132.8 60.1 59.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Honey: Number of Colonies, Yield, Production, Stocks, Price, and Value by State and United States, 1999 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 : 17 68 1,156 185 56 647 AZ : 52 62 3,224 1,548 62 1,999 AR : 52 89 4,628 2,592 53 2,453 CA : 505 60 30,300 10,302 55 16,665 CO : 27 76 2,052 1,436 68 1,395 FL : 228 102 23,256 4,186 53 12,326 GA : 65 51 3,315 497 64 2,122 HI : 8 80 640 32 80 512 ID : 120 48 5,760 3,110 59 3,398 IL : 9 66 594 327 115 683 IN : 10 81 810 437 90 729 IA : 40 65 2,600 2,028 65 1,690 KS : 13 67 871 854 111 967 KY : 3 50 150 12 124 186 LA : 48 114 5,472 821 49 2,681 ME : 14 22 308 89 83 256 MD : 6 46 276 50 164 453 MI : 73 85 6,205 3,475 66 4,095 MN : 145 82 11,890 3,210 61 7,253 MS : 18 73 1,314 591 54 710 MO : 24 65 1,560 437 68 1,061 MT : 122 70 8,540 2,135 60 5,124 NE : 58 77 4,466 1,965 61 2,724 NV : 9 45 405 271 154 624 NJ : 10 44 440 154 57 251 NM : 15 52 780 476 77 601 NY : 69 70 4,830 2,077 66 3,188 NC : 9 46 414 104 162 671 ND : 255 105 26,775 8,836 59 15,797 OH : 20 74 1,480 784 72 1,066 OK : 6 45 270 49 134 362 OR : 45 57 2,565 2,026 80 2,052 PA : 25 60 1,500 705 76 1,140 SD : 224 104 23,296 13,046 60 13,978 TN : 8 51 408 106 130 530 TX : 108 81 8,748 2,799 64 5,599 UT : 26 45 1,170 433 68 796 VT : 6 66 396 222 63 249 VA : 7 35 245 86 117 287 WA : 52 50 2,600 1,170 60 1,560 WV : 6 39 234 152 109 255 WI : 80 75 6,000 4,560 68 4,080 WY : 37 72 2,664 746 61 1,625 : Oth : Sts 4/ 5/ : 14 46 643 254 192 1,235 : US 5/ : 2,688 76.4 205,250 79,375 60.1 126,075 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ For producers with 5 or more colonies. Colonies which produced honey in more than one State were counted in each State. 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/ Total colonies multiplied by total yield may not exactly equal production. Honey: Number of Colonies, Yield, Production, Stocks, Price, and Value by State and United States, 2000 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 78 1,248 187 59 736 AZ : 40 59 2,360 1,322 73 1,723 AR : 55 93 5,115 3,529 57 2,916 CA : 440 70 30,800 11,396 58 17,864 CO : 29 60 1,740 957 62 1,079 FL : 232 105 24,360 2,923 54 13,154 GA : 55 57 3,135 376 63 1,975 HI : 7 112 784 125 81 635 ID : 100 47 4,700 2,679 52 2,444 IL : 8 61 488 146 117 571 IN : 8 65 520 286 103 536 IA : 30 67 2,010 1,206 67 1,347 KS : 15 68 1,020 520 91 928 KY : 3 48 144 40 135 194 LA : 43 94 4,042 1,334 52 2,102 ME : 11 21 231 143 75 173 MD : 6 46 276 52 114 315 MI : 72 75 5,400 2,970 60 3,240 MN : 150 90 13,500 3,105 57 7,695 MS : 17 72 1,224 649 69 845 MO : 23 75 1,725 362 60 1,035 MT : 148 86 12,728 5,982 59 7,510 NE : 50 87 4,350 2,610 59 2,567 NV : 10 35 350 95 145 508 NJ : 11 35 385 200 61 235 NM : 15 64 960 739 72 691 NY : 58 80 4,640 2,274 55 2,552 NC : 11 49 539 243 143 771 ND : 290 115 33,350 13,340 56 18,676 OH : 18 65 1,170 585 79 924 OK : 7 35 245 64 126 309 OR : 48 51 2,448 1,665 66 1,616 PA : 22 45 990 554 76 752 SD : 235 121 28,435 12,796 57 16,208 TN : 9 61 549 104 143 785 TX : 105 79 8,295 2,986 57 4,728 UT : 24 41 984 462 60 590 VT : 7 59 413 211 68 281 VA : 7 42 294 103 150 441 WA : 52 54 2,808 1,151 58 1,629 WV : 7 54 378 234 122 461 WI : 84 90 7,560 4,385 68 5,141 WY : 39 93 3,627 798 59 2,140 : Oth : Sts 4/ 5/ : 17 40 685 270 173 1,183 : US 5/ : 2,634 83.9 221,005 86,158 59.4 132,205 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ For producers with 5 or more colonies. 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