Lv Gn 3 (7-00)Mink
National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C.
Released July 20, 2000, 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 Down 4 Percent Mink pelt production in the United States in 1999 totaled 2.81 million pelts, down 4 percent from 1998. Wisconsin, the major mink producing State, produced 731,700 pelts.
By color class, the number of pelts as a percent of the total U.S. production follows: Standard - 37.9 percent; Mahogany - 25.6 percent; Gunmetal - 16.3 percent; Ranch Wild - 6.1 percent; Demi-buff - 3.8 percent. The remaining color classes accounted for 10.3 percent.
Value of Pelt Production Up 30 Percent Mink pelts produced during the 1999 crop year were valued at $94.8 million dollars, up 30 percent from $72.9 million a year ago. The average price per pelt for the 1999 crop year was $33.70, up from $24.80 in 1998.
Females Bred Down 2 Percent Female mink bred to produce kits in 2000 totaled 660,400, down 2 percent from the previous year.
Percent of total females bred to produce kits in 2000 by color class are: Standard - 38.5 percent; Mahogany - 23.7 percent; Gunmetal - 17.4 percent; Sapphire - 5.0 percent; Ranch Wild - 4.8 percent;. The remaining color classes accounted for 10.6 percent.
Number Of Mink Farms Down 8 Percent There were 404 mink farms producing pelts in 1999, down 8 percent from a year ago. Leading States were Utah with 110 farms, Wisconsin with 82 farms and Minnesota with 40.
Fox There were 27 mink farms which also raised fox in 1999, down from 31 the previous year.
Mink: Pelts Produced and Females Bred, by Color Class, United States, 1998-00 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Pelts Produced : Females Bred to Produce Kits Color :--------------------------------------------------------- Class : 1998 2/ : 1999 : 1998 2/ : 1999 2/ : 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : Standard : 1,191 1,067 304 266 254 Ranch Wild : 175 172 43 39 32 Demi-buff : 116 106 36 26 23 Pastel : 34 41 9 10 13 Pale Brown : 1 1 0 0 1 Sapphire : 137 141 40 37 33 Gunmetal : 453 459 127 113 115 Mahogany : 728 719 152 155 157 Pearl : 23 32 4 9 11 Lavender-hope : 6 9 2 2 2 Pink : 2 3 1 1 1 Violet-type : 26 9 5 5 2 White : 44 52 11 11 17 Misc. & Unclassified : 5 2 1 2 0 : US : 2,938 2,813 733 673 660 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mink: Farms, Pelts Produced, Price, and Value, United States, 1979-99 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Mink : Pelts : Average Marketing : Value of Year : Farms : Produced : Price : Mink Pelts -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number 1,000 Dollars Million Dollars : 1979 : 1,105 3,394 41.10 139.5 1980 : 1,122 3,501 35.30 123.6 1981 : 3/ 3/ 32.20 1982 : 1,116 4,085 28.90 118.1 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 2/ : 438 2,938 24.80 72.9 1999 4/ : 404 2,813 33.70 94.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Sum of color class may not add to U.S. total due to rounding. 2/ Revised based on additional information. 3/ Data not available for 1981. 4/ Data are preliminary.
Mink: Pelts Produced by Color Class and Number of Farms, Major States and United States, 1998 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Stan- : Ranch : Demi- : Pas- : Pale : Sap- : Gun : Mahog- States: dard : Wild :Buff 1/ : tel : Brown : phire : Metal : any -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Pelts : ID : 40,600 42,300 * * 19,100 28,200 49,600 IL : 43,200 * IA : 61,500 * * * 17,000 8,100 MI : 13,900 * * 1,200 2,700 * 20,000 MN : 72,200 58,000 * 2,100 1,700 31,100 97,700 NY : 13,000 200 4,200 100 8,700 OH : 31,000 * * * * 27,700 OR : 87,600 * * 15,800 133,000 * PA : * * * * 12,400 22,900 * SD : * * * * 37,200 UT : 312,000 * 62,000 * * 40,000 27,000 219,000 WA : 57,700 * * 59,300 * WI : 397,100 14,100 2,500 9,500 27,500 118,000 194,300 : Oth : 61,500 60,100 51,100 20,600 600 13,400 13,800 65,700 Sts : : US :1,191,300 174,500 115,600 33,600 600 136,800 453,400 728,000 : :------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : :Misc. & : : Number : Pearl :Lavender: Pink : Violet : White :Unclass-: Total : of : : Hope : : Type : : ified : Pelts : Farms :------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Pelts : ID : * * * 192,600 22 IL : * * * 49,600 10 IA : * * * 123,900 19 MI : 800 * 4,400 46,000 13 MN : * * 268,200 44 NY : 4,200 30,500 10 OH : 70,400 12 OR : * 263,000 30 PA : * * * * 67,500 11 SD : * 93,800 6 UT : * * 675,000 115 WA : 142,600 20 WI : * * 11,900 20,700 * 800,500 94 : Oth : 22,300 5,500 1,900 9,400 18,400 4,700 114,500 32 Sts : : US : 23,100 5,500 1,900 25,600 43,500 4,700 2,938,100 438 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Demi-buff includes crossed of dark brown, violet, pastel, standard, pearl or others. * Included in other States to avoid disclosing individual operations.
Mink: Pelts Produced by Color Class and Number of Farms, Major States and United States, 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Stan- : Ranch : Demi- : Pas- : Pale : Sap- : Gun : Mahog- States: dard : Wild :Buff 1/ : tel : Brown : phire : Metal : any -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Pelts : ID : 39,000 38,800 * * 27,800 31,700 76,700 IL : 42,700 * * IA : 76,300 * * 9,000 15,900 9,000 MI : 16,500 * 2,000 2,300 0 23,500 MN : 43,300 60,400 5,900 2,500 1,800 37,300 107,600 NY : * * * * * OH : 31,000 * * 2,200 * 20,300 OR : 89,000 * * 14,000 147,000 * PA : * * * * 13,200 26,100 * SD : * * 12,700 2,000 46,500 UT : 284,000 11,000 58,000 * 32,000 23,000 211,000 WA : 45,000 * * 67,900 WI : 341,300 * * 10,200 * 35,400 99,900 187,700 : Oth : Sts : 59,300 61,400 29,700 23,800 1,200 3,000 10,100 36,800 : US :1,067,400 171,600 106,300 40,500 1,200 140,700 458,900 719,100 : :------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : :Misc. & : : Number : Pearl :Lavender: Pink : Violet : White :Unclass-: Total : of : : Hope : : Type : : ified : Pelts : Farms :------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Pelts : ID : * * 228,500 26 IL : * * * * 49,300 8 IA : * * 128,100 16 MI : * * * 51,000 13 MN : * * * 262,700 40 NY : 5,900 8 OH : * 59,100 12 OR : * 270,000 30 PA : * * * 74,000 11 SD : 12,000 99,700 5 UT : * * 650,000 110 WA : 129,200 18 WI : * * * * 30,800 731,700 82 : Oth : Sts : 20,300 9,000 3,300 8,600 21,400 1,700 73,600 25 : US : 32,300 9,000 3,300 8,600 52,200 1,700 2,812,800 404 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Demi-buff includes crossed of dark brown, violet, pastel, standard, pearl or others. * Included in other States to avoid disclosing individual operations.
Female Mink Bred to Produce Kits: Number by Color Class, Major States and United States, 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Stan- : Ranch : Demi- : Pas- : Pale : Sap- : Gun : Mahog- States: dard : Wild :Buff 1/ : tel : Brown : phire : Metal : any -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : ID : 7,700 9,100 * * 5,600 6,600 13,900 IL : 11,300 * * IA : 20,300 * 1,600 * 4,900 3,600 MI : 3,900 * * 600 1,000 * 4,700 MN : 10,900 13,900 * 700 700 7,100 22,500 NY : 1,500 300 100 100 OH : 8,800 * * * * 5,900 OR : 18,400 * * 2,900 33,000 * PA : * * * * 3,700 6,000 * SD : * * * * 7,800 UT : 70,400 * 15,400 * 9,800 8,500 45,700 WA : 11,800 * * 15,100 WI : 79,500 3,400 800 2,800 7,300 28,400 35,000 : Oth : 21,000 12,900 8,400 5,800 200 5,800 12,900 15,900 Sts : : US :265,500 39,300 26,200 10,200 200 36,900 112,600 155,000 : :------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : :Misc. & : : Pearl :Lavender : Pink : Violet : White :Unclass-: Total : : Hope : : Type : : ified : :------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : ID : * * 53,600 IL : * * 12,800 IA : * * * 37,900 MI : * * 1,300 15,500 MN : * 57,100 NY : 2,000 OH : * 20,100 OR : 58,000 PA : * * * * 18,900 SD : * 22,800 UT : * * * 156,000 WA : 29,600 WI : * * 2,000 5,300 1,000 166,200 : Oth : Sts : 9,400 2,000 700 3,200 4,300 600 22,200 : US : 9,400 2,000 700 5,200 10,900 1,600 672,700 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Demi-buff includes crossed of dark brown, violet, pastel, standard, pearl or others. * Included in other States to avoid disclosing individual operations.
Female Mink Bred to Produce Kits: Number by Color Class, Major States and United States, 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Stan- : Ranch : Demi- : Pas- : Pale : Sap- : Gun : Mahog- States: dard : Wild :Buff 1/ : tel : Brown : phire : Metal : any -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : ID : 9,300 4,700 * * 6,900 7,500 19,700 IL : 10,600 * * * IA : 23,400 * * * 5,200 3,500 MI : 2,300 * 400 800 3,900 MN : 11,000 11,800 * 600 500 9,100 27,700 NY : * * * OH : 8,500 1,300 * 1,400 * 6,200 OR : 17,700 * * 3,900 31,500 * PA : * * * * 4,000 5,300 * SD : * * 3,100 * 8,600 UT : 67,900 * 12,900 * 5,700 12,600 51,100 WA : 9,000 * * 14,900 WI : 78,600 * 200 3,700 * 7,800 25,700 30,100 : Oth : Sts : 15,900 13,900 6,900 7,800 700 2,000 3,200 6,000 : US :254,200 31,700 23,100 12,500 700 33,000 115,000 156,800 : :------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : :Misc. & : : Pearl :Lavender : Pink : Violet : White :Unclass-: Total : : Hope : : Type : : ified : :------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : ID : * * 51,700 IL : * * 12,800 IA : * * 37,800 MI : * * 8,800 MN : * 62,900 NY : 2,000 OH : 18,000 OR : * 57,000 PA : * * * * 18,300 SD : * 21,800 UT : * * * 163,000 WA : 26,600 WI : * * * * 10,200 162,500 : Oth : Sts : 11,200 2,100 500 2,300 6,700 400 17,200 : US : 11,200 2,100 500 2,300 16,900 400 660,400 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Demi-buff includes crossed of dark brown, violet, pastel, standard, pearl or others. * Included in other States to avoid disclosing individual operations.
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. Major auction houses which handle virtually all producer sales provide mink pelt price data in July. Prices are collected at the point of first sale by producers, before marketing costs are deducted.
Reliability: Sound statistical methodology is employed to derive the estimates from reported data. All data are analyzed for unusual values. Data from each operation are compared to their own past operating profile and to trends from similar operations. Data for inaccessible operations are accounted for through the expansion of the reported data or by imputation based on individual historical data. Survey data are subject to non-sampling errors such as omissions and mistakes in reporting and in processing the data. While these errors cannot be measured directly, they are minimized by carefully reviewing all reported data for consistency and reasonableness. The next "Mink" report will be released in July 2001.
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Month: July 2005
Prosecutor in KFC Supplier Case Receives Threats from Animal Rights Extremists
WAVE 3 TV reported recently that a special prosecutor assigned to look at allegations of animal cruelty at Pilgrim’s Pride — which supplies chickens to KFC — has received so many threats that an FBI agent has been assigned the task of investigating each of them.
In 2004, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals made public a videotape showing employees of Pilgrim’s Pride in West Virginia kicking, stomping and slamming chickens against walls. In January 2005, however, special prosecutor Ginny Conley announced she wasn’t bringing charges because the videotape was so dark and grainy it was impossible to identify specific individuals for prosecution. She also cited concern that since the alleged abuse took place at a slaughterhouse, that it wasn’t covered by the state’s animal cruelty statutes.
Conley subsequently received enough additional information against those in the video to take her case to a grand jury in June. The grand jury, however, refused to indict the identified individuals.
Pilgrim’s Pride fired 11 people connected to the incidents on the videotape.
Conley told the Associated Press and WAVE 3 TV that she regularly receives harassing e-mails and letters from animal rights extremists, some of which include threats. She told WAVE 3,
There was even an FBI person provided to me to monitor it because the harassment got to such a level.
PETA, for its part, stuck with its “we don’t condone it, but we really do” line. PETA’s Dan Shannon told WAVE TV that PETA doesn’t condone the threats, but added that,
At the same time, you can understand how somebody would be so upset by these animals being tortured and abused, thrown against walls and torn apart. They might be moved with that level of passion.
Reminds me of the time that Shannon said PETA didn’t condone throwing fake blood at KFC’s CEO, while Bruce Friedrich was off doing just that.
The kicker is that Conley told the Associated Press that the harassment from animal rights activists made it harder to focus on making a case against the Pilgrim’s Pride workers,
Special prosecutor Ginny Conley had previously said she had no evidence to warrant criminal charges, but said Wednesday that more evidence had been found that persuaded her to present the case to a grand jury. Pressure from the animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals did little to sway her, she said.
“In fact, if anything, the harassment I received from PETA was very intrusive on me performing my duties as prosecutor,” said Conley. “However, after I gained the additional information I received, I felt it at least warranted presentation to the citizens of Hardy County.”
Sources:
PETA supporters upset workers on video abusing chickens won’t be charged. Erick Flack, WAVE TV 3, July 19, 2005.
Jury Won’t Indict Chicken Plant Workers. Associated Press, June 8, 2005.
National Agricultural Statistics Service Report on Mink Production, 1998
Mink
National
Agricultural
Statistics
Service
USDA
Washington, D.C.
Released July 23, 1998, 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 7 Percent
Mink pelt production in the United States in 1997 totaled 2.84 million
pelts, up 7 percent from 1996. Wisconsin, the major mink producing
State, produced 701,400 pelts.
By color class, the number of pelts as a percent of the total U.S.
production follows: Standard - 42.2 percent; Mahogany - 22.4 percent;
Gunmetal - 16.2 percent; Ranch Wild - 6.6 percent; Sapphire - 4.5
percent. The remaining color classes accounted for 8.1 percent.
Value of Pelt Production Up Slightly
Mink pelts produced during the 1997 crop year were valued at $94.1
million dollars, up slightly from $93.9 million a year ago. The average
price per pelt for the 1997 crop year was $33.10, down 6 percent from
the price of $35.30 in 1996.
Females Bred Down 1 Percent
Female mink bred to produce kits in 1998 totaled 705,200, down 1 percent
from the previous year.
Percent of total females bred to produce kits in 1998 by color class
are: Standard - 40.5 percent; Mahogany - 21.5 percent; Gunmetal - 16.4
percent; Ranch Wild - 5.9 percent; Sapphire - 5.7 percent. The remaining
color classes accounted for 10.0 percent.
Number Of Mink Farms Down 3 Percent
There were 401 mink farms producing pelts in 1997, down 3 percent from a
year ago. Leading States were Utah with 125 farms, Wisconsin with 69
farms and Minnesota with 39.
Fox
There were 29 mink farms which also raised fox in 1997, compared to 40
for the previous year.
Lv Gn 3 (7-98)
Mink: Pelts Produced and Females Bred, By Color Class,
United States, 1996-1998 1/
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: Pelts Produced : Females Bred To Produce Kits
Color :-------------------------------------------------------
Class : 1996 2/: 1997 : 1996 : 1997 2/: 1998
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: 1,000
:
Standard : 1,236 1,199 336.3 328.5 285.9
Ranch Wild : 195 186 43.7 48.5 41.6
Demi-buff : 109 122 29.0 29.9 36.1
Pastel : 32 35 9.3 14.4 10.1
Pale Brown : 1 1 0.4 0.3 0.2
Sapphire : 88 128 25.8 34.8 40.2
Gunmetal : 338 461 90.8 92.9 115.9
Mahogany : 570 637 119.0 140.2 151.7
Pearl : 25 13 6.7 6.0 4.0
Lavender-hope : 9 6 2.6 2.1 1.8
Pink : 3 3 0.8 1.4 0.8
Violet-type : 18 10 4.3 6.1 3.1
White : 31 39 7.4 9.1 10.5
Misc.& Unclassified : 3 4 2.1 0.7 3.3
:
US Total : 2,659 2,844 678.2 714.9 705.2
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Mink: Farms, Pelts Produced, Price, and Value,
United States, 1977-97
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: Mink : Pelts : Average Marketing : Value of
Year : Farms : Produced : Price : Mink Pelts
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: Number 1,000 Dollars Million Dollars
:
1977 : 1,040 3,076 28.30 87.1
1978 : 1,095 3,358 39.30 132.0
1979 : 1,105 3,394 41.10 139.5
1980 : 1,122 3,501 35.30 123.6
1981 : 3/ 3/ 32.20 3/
1982 : 1,116 4,085 28.90 118.1
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 : 498 2,527 34.10 86.2
1994 : 458 2,525 33.00 83.3
1995 : 445 2,689 53.10 142.8
1996 2/ : 415 2,659 35.30 93.9
1997 4/ : 401 2,844 33.10 94.1
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1/ Sum of color class may not add to U.S. total due to rounding.
2/ Revised based on additional information.
3/ Data not available for 1981.
4/ Data are Preliminary.
Mink: Pelts Produced by Color Class and Number of Farms,
Major States and United States, 1996
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: : : : : : : :
States: Stan- : Ranch : Demi- : Pas- : Pale : Sap- : Gun : Mahog-
: dard : Wild : Buff 1/: tel : Brown : phire : Metal : any
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: Number of Pelts
:
ID : 52,900 32,800 19,100 * * * 45,700
IL : 50,900 *
IA : 45,100 * * 11,500 5,200 14,700 3,900
MI : 30,000 400 1,600 3,400 1,600 12,700
MN : 111,300 65,300 11,200 1,800 * 27,300 71,900
NY : 9,100 * 500 1,100 * * 800 4,100
OH : * 5,500 4,700 2,000 *
OR : 78,000 * * 8,400 110,000 *
PA : * 1,600 * 9,300 22,100 *
SD : * 31,000 * * 37,500
UT : 286,000 11,000 50,000 3,000 18,000 28,000 183,000
WA : 68,000 * * * 33,000 *
WI : 391,000 25,000 5,200 7,200 18,900 88,400 148,400
:
Oth : 114,100 24,500 21,400 6,100 1,200 19,800 10,000 62,900
Sts :
:
US :1,236,400 195,100 109,000 32,300 1,200 87,700 337,900 570,100
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: : : : : : Misc. & : : Number
: Pearl :Lavender: Pink : Violet : White : Unclass-: Total : of
: : Hope : : Type : : ified : Pelts : Farms
:-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: Number of Pelts
:
ID : * * * 170,000 22
IL : * * * 56,700 9
IA : * * * 97,000 20
MI : 1,700 1,200 3,800 600 57,000 9
MN : * * * 293,300 40
NY : 200 200 400 1,600 20,100 11
OH : 73,800 12
OR : * 208,000 23
PA : * * * * 65,700 13
SD : * 94,100 4
UT : 5,000 1,000 585,000 130
WA : 117,000 19
WI : 1,000 * * * 18,300 800 713,400 74
:
Oth : 17,500 9,300 2,800 15,100 8,400 400 107,900 29
Sts :
:
US : 25,400 9,300 3,000 17,700 30,500 3,400 2,659,000 415
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1/ Demi-buff includes crossed of dark brown, violet, pastel, standard, pearl
or others. * Included in other States in each respective color class to
avoid disclosing individual operations.
Mink: Pelts Produced by color Class and Number of Farms,
Major States and United States, 1997
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: : : : : : : :
States: Stan- : Ranch : Demi- : Pas- : Pale : Sap- : Gun : Mahog-
: dard : Wild : Buff 1/: tel : Brown : phire : Metal : any
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: Number of Pelts
:
ID : 45,100 34,700 * * 25,200 9,100 57,500
IL : 55,500 *
IA : 59,500 700 * * * 19,100 6,800
MI : 30,000 1,100 1,600 2,000 600 14,000
MN : 106,000 73,600 * 1,600 * 52,500 65,000
NY : 10,000 * 800 500 2,700 * 7,300
OH : 28,600 * * * 24,000
OR : 86,000 * * 13,000 123,000 *
PA : * * * 10,800 24,200 4,200
SD : * 32,000 * * * 14,000
UT : 311,000 * 60,000 * * 30,000 28,000 226,000
WA : 62,800 * * 41,000 *
WI : 334,000 19,500 5,100 10,700 26,000 104,600 174,300
:
Oth : 70,200 25,800 55,300 20,300 1,000 17,800 58,700 43,800
Sts :
:
US :1,198,700 186,300 122,300 34,700 1,000 127,500 460,800 636,900
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: : : : : : Misc. & : : Number
: Pearl :Lavender: Pink : Violet : White : Unclass-: Total : of
: : Hope : : Type : : ified : Pelts : Farms
:-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: Number of Pelts
:
ID : * * 189,000 22
IL : * * 62,000 9
IA : * * * 122,000 17
MI : 1,500 1,500 3,000 700 56,000 8
MN : * * 310,200 39
NY : 300 200 900 23,000 8
OH : 70,300 12
OR : * 244,000 24
PA : * * 900 * 70,300 12
SD : 95,300 4
UT : * * 670,000 125
WA : 121,400 19
WI : * * * 19,500 2,800 701,400 69
:
Oth : 11,800 5,600 3,100 6,900 16,900 108,900 33
Sts :
:
US : 13,300 5,600 3,400 9,500 39,400 4,400 2,843,800 401
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1/ Demi-buff includes crossed of dark brown, violet, pastel, standard, pearl
or others. * Included in other States in each respective color class to
avoid disclosing individual operations.
Female Mink Bred to Produce Kits: Number By Color Class,
Major States and United States, 1997
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:
States: Stan- : Ranch : Demi- : Pas- : Pale : Sap- : Gun : Mahog-
: dard : Wild : Buff 1/: tel : Brown : phire : Metal : any
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: Number
:
ID : 12,900 9,100 * * 7,000 2,500 12,800
IL : 13,300 * *
IA : 13,700 * 2,200 6,000 2,400 5,300 3,600
MI : 7,300 100 300 600 600 3,300
MN : 26,100 16,600 * 600 * 6,300 16,800
NY : 3,600 * 800 * * 600 300
OH : * 1,300 2,000 500 *
OR : 19,000 * * 3,400 27,000 *
PA : * 900 * 2,900 5,900 *
SD : * * * * 7,600
UT : 91,600 2,400 15,000 700 100 7,800 9,300 56,300
WA : 17,000 * * 10,400 *
WI : 92,300 6,900 1,100 2,500 6,900 20,300 24,400
:
Oth : 31,700 12,200 10,600 3,500 200 1,800 4,200 15,100
Sts :
:
US :328,500 48,500 29,900 14,400 300 34,800 92,900 140,200
:-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: : : : : : Misc. & :
: Pearl :Lavender : Pink : Violet : White : Unclass- : Total
: : Hope : : Type : : ified :
:-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: Number
:
ID : * * * 51,400
IL : * * 14,700
IA : * 2,700 * 36,600
MI : 500 300 800 200 14,000
MN : * * * 68,500
NY : 400 400 6,800
OH : 19,700
OR : * 52,000
PA : * * * * 19,100
SD : * 23,000
UT : 500 400 900 185,000
WA : 30,900
WI : * * * 4,800 500 162,000
:
Oth : 5,000 2,100 1,000 2,300 2,600 31,200
Sts :
:
US : 6,000 2,100 1,400 6,100 9,100 700 714,900
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1/ Demi-buff includes crossed of dark brown, violet, pastel, standard, pearl
or others. * Included in other States in each respective color class to
avoid disclosing individual operations.
Female Mink Bred to Produce Kits: Number By Color Class,
Major States and United States, 1998
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: : : : : : : :
States: Stan- : Ranch : Demi- : Pas- : Pale : Sap- : Gun : Mahog-
: dard : Wild : buff 1/: tel : Brown : phire : Metal : any
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: Number
:
ID : 9,900 9,200 * * * 8,100 3,100 18,500
IL : 10,700 * *
IA : 17,600 200 * * * 5,600 3,600
MI : 7,100 200 400 400 300 3,300
MN : 21,000 16,100 * 400 * 14,100 14,500
NY : 3,200 700 2,100 100
OH : 9,800 * * * * 7,000
OR : 18,400 * * 3,700 32,000 *
PA : * * * 3,100 5,700 *
SD : * 5,700 * * * 3,500
UT : 80,200 * 19,100 * * 11,700 5,600 54,700
WA : 14,900 * * 12,600 *
WI : 75,900 3,900 1,700 3,300 6,500 23,100 36,000
:
Oth : 17,200 6,500 15,100 5,300 200 4,600 13,800 10,500
Sts :
:
US :285,900 41,600 36,100 10,100 200 40,200 115,900 151,700
:-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: : : : : : Misc. & :
: Pearl :Lavender : Pink : Violet : White : Unclass- : Total
: : Hope : : Type : : ified :
:-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: Number
:
ID : * * 56,400
IL : * * 12,200
IA : 1,800 * * 35,000
MI : 400 500 600 200 13,400
MN : * * 67,600
NY : 100 6,200
OH : * 21,100
OR : * 57,200
PA : * * 300 * 18,300
SD : 23,200
UT : * * 175,000
WA : 31,300
WI : * * * 5,700 400 157,700
:
Oth : 1,700 1,800 800 2,300 4,200 2,700 30,600
Sts :
:
US : 4,000 1,800 800 3,100 10,500 3,300 705,200
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1/ Demi-buff includes crossed of dark brown, violet, pastel, standard, pearl
or others. * Included in other States in each respective color class to
avoid disclosing individual operations.
Survey Procedures: Data for mink production are collected from all known
producers. State Statistical Offices use all known sources
of producers to ensure that their lists are as complete as possible. 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. Great care is exercised to ensure that
all operations are accounted for. Major auction houses which handle
virtually all producer sales provide mink pelt price data in June.
Prices are collected at the point of first sale by producers, before
marketing costs are deducted.
Reliability: Sound statistical methodology is employed to derive the estimates
from reported data. All data are analyzed for unusual values.
Data from each operation are compared to their own past operating
profile and to trends from similar operations. Data for inaccessible
operations are accounted for through the expansion of the reported data
or by imputation based on individual historical data. Survey data are
subject to non-sampling errors such as omissions and mistakes in
reporting and in processing the data. While these errors cannot be
measured directly, they are minimized by carefully reviewing all
reported data for consistency and reasonableness.
Revision policy: Estimates for the previous year are subject to revision when
current estimates are made. Revisions are the result of
late or corrected data and are generally within one-half percent.
The next "Mink" report will be released in July 1999.
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discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race,
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To file a complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Director, Office of
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National Agricultural Statistics Service Report on Mink Production, 1997
HDR1012000170070722971500Mink
Mink
National
Agricultural
Statistics
Service
USDA
Washington, D.C.
Released July 22, 1997, 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 Down 1 Percent
Mink pelt production in the United States in 1996 totaled 2.65 million pelts,
down 1 percent from 1995. Wisconsin, the major mink producing State, produced
718,000 pelts.
By color class, the number of pelts as a percent of the total U.S.
production follows: Standard - 46.7 percent; Mahogany - 21.1 percent;
Gunmetal - 12.8 percent; Ranch Wild - 7.4 percent; Demi-buff - 4.1 percent.
The remaining color classes accounted for 7.9 percent.
Value of Pelt Production Down 35 Percent
Mink pelts produced during the 1996 crop year were valued at $93.5 million
dollars, down 35 percent from $142.8 million a year ago. The average price per
pelt for the 1996 crop year was $35.30, down from the record high price of
$53.10 in 1995.
Females Bred Up 5 Percent
Female mink bred to produce kits in 1997 totaled 710,800, up 5 percent from
the previous year.
Percent of total females bred to produce kits in 1997 by color class are:
Standard - 46.5 percent; Mahogany - 19.5 percent; Gunmetal - 12.8 percent;
Ranch Wild - 6.7 percent; Sapphire - 4.5 percent. The remaining color classes
accounted for 10.0 percent.
Number Of Mink Farms Down 7 Percent
There were 415 mink farms producing pelts in 1996, down 7 percent from a year
ago. Leading States were Utah with 130 farms, Wisconsin with 74 farms and
Minnesota with 40.
Fox
There were 40 mink farms which also raised fox in 1996, compared to 49 for the
previous year.
Lv Gn 3 (7-97)
Mink: Pelts Produced and Females Bred, By Color Class,
United States, 1995-1997 1/
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: Pelts Produced : Females Bred To Produce Kits
Color :-------------------------------------------------------
Class : 1995 2/: 1996 : 1995 : 1996 2/: 1997
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: Thousands Thousands
:
Standard : 1,216 1,238 351.8 336.3 330.8
Ranch Wild : 264 195 57.8 43.7 47.5
Demi-buff : 159 109 41.8 29.0 29.8
Pastel : 35 32 10.1 9.3 13.4
Pale Brown : 1 1 0.1 0.4 0.2
Sapphire : 66 86 21.9 25.8 32.0
Gunmetal : 284 339 75.0 90.8 90.7
Mahogany : 569 560 123.6 119.0 138.8
Pearl : 33 25 8.0 6.7 5.7
Lavender-hope : 6 9 2.7 2.6 2.1
Pink : 10 3 3.0 0.8 1.4
Violet-type : 13 19 4.1 4.3 8.5
White : 33 30 8.7 7.4 9.2
Misc.& Unclassified : 1 3 0.9 2.1 0.7
:
US Total : 2,689 2,649 709.5 678.2 710.8
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Mink: Farms, Pelts Produced, Price, and Value,
United States, 1976-96
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: Mink : Pelts : Average Marketing : Value of
Year : Farms : Produced : Price : Mink Pelts
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: Number 1,000 Dollars Million Dollars
:
1976 : 1,015 3,026 29.00 87.8
1977 : 1,040 3,076 28.30 87.1
1978 : 1,095 3,358 39.30 132.0
1979 : 1,105 3,394 41.10 139.5
1980 : 1,122 3,501 35.30 123.6
1981 : 3/ 3/ 32.20 3/
1982 : 1,116 4,085 28.90 118.1
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 : 498 2,527 34.10 86.2
1994 : 458 2,525 33.00 83.3
1995 2/ : 445 2,689 53.10 142.8
1996 4/ : 415 2,649 35.30 93.5
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1/ Sum of color class may not add to U.S. total due to rounding.
2/ Revised based on additional information.
3/ Data not availabe for 1981.
4/ Data are Preliminary.
Mink: Pelts Produced by color Class and Number of Farms,
Major States and United States, 1995
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: : : : : : : :
States: Stan- : Ranch : Demi- : Pas- : Pale : Sap- : Gun : Mahog-
: dard : Wild : Buff 1/: tel : Brown : phire : Metal : any
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: Number of Pelts
:
ID : 68,400 36,100 * * * 40,000
IL : 43,500 * *
IA : 42,900 2,100 * * * 10,900 *
MI : 32,100 * 3,400 1,600 1,500 1,300 6,000
MN : 115,000 74,000 3,800 * * 28,000 71,500
NY : 12,700 * 300 * 600 3,100
OH : * 6,000 2,100 100 2,900 800 *
OR : 73,000 * 1,100 * 101,000 5,500
PA : * * * * 8,900 21,600 2,500
SD : * * * * 29,000
UT : 267,000 13,000 68,000 4,000 16,000 22,000 168,000
WA : 67,100 * 25,500 *
WI : 376,100 26,900 9,700 10,600 15,300 64,800 140,300
:
Oth : 118,400 106,100 72,000 16,800 500 21,400 7,900 103,100
Sts :
:
US :1,216,200 264,200 159,000 34,500 500 66,000 284,400 569,000
:-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: : : : : : Misc. & : : Number
: Pearl :Lavender: Pink : Violet : White : Unclass-: Total : of
: : Hope : : Type : : ified : Pelts : Farms
:-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: Number of Pelts
:
ID : * * 170,500 22
IL : * * 48,400 10
IA : * 3,900 * 91,300 21
MI : 2,100 * 1,400 2,500 52,100 12
MN : * * 3,300 306,000 52
NY : 200 1,000 1,000 * 20,800 11
OH : 100 68,000 12
OR : * 198,000 27
PA : * * * * * 63,200 13
SD : * 80,700 4
UT : 11,000 1,000 570,000 130
WA : 105,000 20
WI : 1,500 3,800 2,500 2,100 19,600 400 673,600 76
:
Oth : 18,400 2,100 6,400 3,600 7,300 300 241,700 35
Sts :
:
US : 33,200 5,900 9,900 13,100 32,700 700 2,689,300 445
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1/ Demi-buff includes crossed of dark brown, violet, pastel, standard, pearl
or others. * Included in other States in each respective color class to
avoid disclosing individual operations.
Mink: Pelts Produced by Color Class and Number of Farms,
Major States and United States, 1996
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: : : : : : : :
States: Stan- : Ranch : Demi- : Pas- : Pale : Sap- : Gun : Mahog-
: dard : Wild : Buff 1/: tel : Brown : phire : Metal : any
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: Number of Pelts
:
ID : 52,900 32,800 19,100 * * * 45,700
IL : 50,900 *
IA : 45,100 * * 11,500 5,200 14,700 3,900
MI : 30,000 400 1,600 3,400 1,600 12,700
MN : 111,300 65,300 11,200 1,800 * 27,300 71,900
NY : 9,100 * 500 1,100 * * 800 4,100
OH : * 5,500 4,700 2,000 *
OR : 78,000 * * 8,400 110,000 *
PA : * 1,600 * 9,300 22,100 *
SD : * 31,000 * * 37,500
UT : 286,000 11,000 50,000 3,000 18,000 28,000 183,000
WA : 68,000 * * * 33,000 *
WI : 394,800 25,000 5,200 7,200 18,900 88,400 148,400
:
Oth : 111,500 24,500 21,400 6,100 1,200 17,600 10,800 52,900
Sts :
:
US :1,237,600 195,100 109,400 32,300 1,200 85,500 338,700 560,100
:-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: : : : : : Misc. & : : Number
: Pearl :Lavender: Pink : Violet : White : Unclass-: Total : of
: : Hope : : Type : : ified : Pelts : Farms
:-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: Number of Pelts
:
ID : * * * 170,000 22
IL : * * * 56,700 9
IA : * * * 97,000 20
MI : 1,700 1,200 3,800 600 57,000 9
MN : * * * 293,300 40
NY : 200 200 400 1,600 20,100 11
OH : 73,800 12
OR : * 208,000 23
PA : * * * * 65,700 13
SD : * 94,100 4
UT : 5,000 1,000 585,000 130
WA : 117,000 19
WI : * 4,100 * 4,200 18,300 800 718,100 74
:
Oth : 18,500 5,300 2,800 11,700 7,400 400 93,300 29
Sts :
:
US : 25,400 9,400 3,000 18,500 29,500 3,400 2,649,100 415
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1/ Demi-buff includes crossed of dark brown, violet, pastel, standard, pearl
or others. * Included in other States in each respective color class to
avoid disclosing individual operations.
Female Mink Bred to Produce Kits: Number By Color Class,
Major States and United States, 1996
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: : : : : : : :
States: Stan- : Ranch : Demi- : Pas- : Pale : Sap- : Gun : Mahog-
: dard : Wild : buff 1/: tel : Brown : phire : Metal : any
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: Number
:
ID : 13,000 7,300 2,800 * * * 9,000
IL : 13,200 *
IA : 13,000 * * * 1,400 4,700 3,600
MI : 7,700 300 700 600 2,100
MN : 31,000 13,000 * * * 6,500 15,500
NY : 4,100 * 300 * 100 500
OH : * 1,100 800 100 1,300 400 *
OR : 18,000 * 400 3,000 27,000 1,100
PA : * * * * 2,700 6,000 1,100
SD : * * * * 6,700
UT : 86,400 3,300 14,000 700 100 6,200 8,200 45,900
WA : 16,400 * * 8,200 *
WI :100,400 4,900 1,900 2,300 * 5,400 25,200 23,000
:
Oth : 33,100 14,100 9,500 5,200 300 5,100 3,900 10,500
Sts :
:
US :336,300 43,700 29,000 9,300 400 25,800 90,800 119,000
:-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: : : : : : Misc. & :
: Pearl :Lavender : Pink : Violet : White : Unclass- : Total
: : Hope : : Type : : ified :
:-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: Number
:
ID : * * * 37,400
IL : * * 14,300
IA : * 1,300 * 29,600
MI : 800 500 700 13,400
MN : * * 68,500
NY : * 7,200
OH : 100 20,500
OR : * 51,000
PA : * * * * 19,200
SD : * 22,800
UT : 2,000 200 167,000
WA : 27,500
WI : 200 1,100 400 800 4,500 * 170,400
:
Oth : 3,700 1,500 400 1,400 2,200 2,100 29,400
Sts :
:
US : 6,700 2,600 800 4,300 7,400 2,100 678,200
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1/ Demi-buff includes crossed of dark brown, violet, pastel, standard, pearl
or others. * Included in other States in each respective color class to
avoid disclosing individual operations.
Female Mink Bred to Produce Kits: Number By Color Class,
Major States and United States, 1997
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
:
States: Stan- : Ranch : Demi- : Pas- : Pale : Sap- : Gun : Mahog-
: dard : Wild : Buff 1/: tel : Brown : phire : Metal : any
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: Number
:
ID : 12,900 8,100 * * 6,200 12,800
IL : 13,300 * *
IA : 13,700 * 2,200 6,000 2,400 5,300 3,600
MI : 7,300 100 300 600 600 3,300
MN : 26,100 16,600 * 600 * 6,300 16,800
NY : 3,600 * 800 * * 600 300
OH : * 1,300 2,000 500 *
OR : 19,000 * * 3,400 27,000 *
PA : * 900 * 2,900 5,900 *
SD : * * * * 7,600
UT : 91,900 2,400 15,000 900 6,100 9,300 56,300
WA : 17,000 * * 10,400 *
WI : 95,000 6,900 1,100 2,500 6,900 20,400 24,400
:
Oth : 31,000 12,200 10,500 2,300 200 1,500 4,400 13,700
Sts :
:
US :330,800 47,500 29,800 13,400 200 32,000 90,700 138,800
:-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: : : : : : Misc. & :
: Pearl :Lavender : Pink : Violet : White : Unclass- : Total
: : Hope : : Type : : ified :
:-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: Number
:
ID : * * 46,500
IL : * * 14,700
IA : * 2,700 * 36,600
MI : 500 300 800 200 14,000
MN : * * * 68,500
NY : 400 400 6,800
OH : 19,700
OR : * 52,000
PA : * * * * 19,100
SD : * 23,000
UT : 200 2,000 900 185,000
WA : 30,900
WI : * * * 1,200 4,800 500 165,000
:
Oth : 5,000 2,100 1,000 1,900 2,700 29,000
Sts :
:
US : 5,700 2,100 1,400 8,500 9,200 700 710,800
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1/ Demi-buff includes crossed of dark brown, violet, pastel, standard, pearl
or others. * Included in other States in each respective color class to
avoid disclosing individual operations.
Survey Procedures: Data for mink production are collected from all known
producers. State Statistical Offices use all known
sources of producers to ensure that their lists are as complete as possible.
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. Great care is exercised to ensure that all operations
are accounted for. Major auction houses which handle virtually all producer
sales provide mink pelt price data in June. Prices are collected at the point
of first sale by producers, before marketing costs are deducted.
Reliability: Sound statistical methodology is employed to derive the estimates
from reported data. All data are analyzed for unusual values.
Data from each operation are compared to their own past operating profile and
to trends from similar operations. Data for inaccessible operations are
accounted for through the expansion of the reported data or by imputation
based on individual historical data. Survey data are subject to non-sampling
errors such as omissions and mistakes in reporting and in processing the data.
While these errors cannot be measured directly, they are minimized by
carefully reviewing all reported data for consistency and reasonableness.
Revision policy: Estimates for the previous year are subject to revision when
current estimates are made. Revisions are the result of
late or corrected data and are generally within one-half percent.
The next "Mink" report will be released in July 1998.
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in
its programs on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age,
disability, political beliefs, and marital or familial status. Persons with
disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program
information (braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact the USDA's
TARGET Center at 202-720-2600 (voice and TDD).
To file a complaint, write the Secretary of Agriculture, USDA, Washington,
D.C., 20250, or call 1-800-245-6340 (voice) or 202-720-1127 (TDD). USDA is an
equal employment opportunity employer.
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USDA Rejects Call to Regulate Pet Cloning
In July, the U.S. Department of Agriculture rejected a petition by the American Anti-Vivisection Society asking the agency to regulate pet cloning companies as research facilities under the Animal Welfare Act.
In a letter to the AAVS, the USDA’s Chester Gipson wrote that,
GSC [Genetic Savings & Clone] is providing a production service, using in vitro technology combined with standard veterinary medical practice. Furthermore, we have determined that GSC is not a dog or cat dealer under the AWA, because the retail sales of dogs and cats are specifically exempted from the AWA.
Genetic Savings & Clone CEO Lou Hawthorne said that his company had also requested that pet cloning firms be regulated by the USDA — preferring one federal regulating body instead of having to deal with a patchwork of state regulations — but received the same response as the AAVS. Hawthorne told The Scientist,
However, the USDA/APHIS responded to our request in the same way that they responded to the AAVS petition: GSC does not require AWA oversight, because we outsource our animal care and only work with embryos at our facility. If/when we change our production model and maintain animals at our main facility — something we’re seriously considering — then we’ll again petition the USDA/APHIS to oversee our work under the terms of the AWA.
The USDA did say that in order to show its animals at animal shows, Genetic Savings & Clone would have to obtain an animal exhibitor’s license. Hawthorne told The Scientist that the company is in the process of finishing the license application and expects to receive approval from the USDA.
Source:
USDA: no pet cloning regulation. Ivan Oranksy, The Scientist, July 19, 2005.
National Agricultural Statistics Service Report on Mink Production, 1995
HDR1012000170070720951500Mink
HDR2012000170070720951500Mink Narrative
Released July 20, 1995, by the Agricultural Statistics Board.
Pelt Production Down 1 Percent
Mink pelt production in the United States in 1994 totaled 2.5 million pelts,
down 1 percent from 1993. Wisconsin, the major mink producing State, produced
611,000 pelts.
By color class, the number of pelts as a percent of the total U.S. production
follows: Standard - 46.1 percent; Mahogany - 18.9 percent; Ranch Wild -
11.0 percent; Gunmetal - 9.7 percent; Demi-buff - 6.9 percent. The remaining
color classes accounted for 7.4 percent.
Value of Pelt Production Down 4 Percent
Mink pelts produced during the 1994 crop year were valued at $82.6 million
dollars, down 4 percent from $86.2 million a year ago. The average price per
pelt for the 1994 crop year was $33.00, compared with $34.10 in 1993.
Females Bred Down 1 Percent
Female mink bred to produce kits in 1995 totaled 708,300, down 1 percent from
the previous year.
Percent of total females bred to produce kits in 1995 by color class are:
Standard - 49.6 percent; Mahogany - 17.5 percent; Gunmetal -10.6 percent; Ranch
Wild - 8.2 percent; Demi-buff - 5.9 percent. The remaining color classes
accounted for 8.2 percent.
Number Of Mink Farms Down 8 Percent
There were 457 mink farms producing pelts in 1994, down 8 percent from a year
ago. Leading States were Utah with 130 farms, Wisconsin with 78 farms, and
Minnesota with 53.
Fox
There were 47 mink farms which also raised fox in 1994, compared to 58 for the
previous year.
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For information call Tom Kruchten at (202) 690-4870. Office hours are
8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET.
Lv Gn 3 (7-95)
HDR2012000170070720951500Pelts Produced and Females Bred
Mink: Pelts Produced and Females Bred, By Color Class,
United States, 1993-1995 1/
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: Pelts Produced : Females Bred To Produce Kits
Color :-------------------------------------------------------
Class : 1993 2/: 1994 : 1993 : 1994 2/: 1995
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: 1,000
:
Standard : 1,144 1,153 359.3 365.3 351.5
Ranch Wild : 348 276 89.8 84.4 57.8
Demi-buff : 215 174 45.1 43.4 41.8
Pastel : 35 32 11.4 9.7 10.0
Pale Brown : 1 3 0.2 0.1 0.1
Sapphire : 71 61 19.4 20.7 21.9
Gunmetal : 230 243 64.7 60.9 75.0
Mahogany : 380 473 90.8 102.8 123.6
Pearl : 15 17 4.7 5.5 5.5
Lavender-hope : 7 6 1.7 1.9 2.7
Pink : 12 17 4.6 4.3 4.9
Violet-type : 26 14 6.0 6.3 3.9
White : 42 31 8.9 7.9 8.7
Misc.& Unclassified : 1 2 0.1 -- 0.9
:
US : 2,527 2,502 706.7 713.2 708.3
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Mink: Farms, Pelts Produced, Price, and Value,
United States, 1974-94
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: Mink : Pelts : Average Marketing : Value of
Year : Farms : Produced : Price 3/ : Mink Pelts 3/
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: Number 1,000 Dollars Million Dollars
:
1974 : 1,221 3,128
1975 : 1,084 3,067 24.10 73.9
1976 : 1,015 3,026 29.00 87.8
1977 : 1,040 3,076 28.30 87.1
1978 : 1,095 3,358 39.30 132.0
1979 : 1,105 3,394 41.10 139.5
1980 : 1,122 3,501 35.30 123.6
1981 : 4/ 4/ 32.20 4/
1982 : 1,116 4,085 28.90 118.1
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 2/ : 498 2,527 34.10 86.2
1994 5/ : 457 2,502 33.00 82.6
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1/ Sum of color class may not add to U.S. total due to rounding.
2/ Revised based on additional information.
3/ Data not available prior to 1975.
4/ Data not availabe for 1981.
5/ Data are Preliminary.
HDR2012000170070720951500Pelts Produced by Color Class
Mink: Pelts Produced by Color Class and Number of Farms,
Major States and United States, 1993
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: : : : : : : :
State : Stan- : Ranch : Demi- : Pas- : Pale : Sap- : Gun : Mahog-
: dard : Wild : Buff 1/: tel : Brown : phire : Metal : any
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: Number of Pelts
:
ID : 63,400 32,500 36,500 1,400 4,000 * 20,500
IL : 36,100 * *
IA : 33,700 4,300 5,900 8,700 3,000 3,700 7,900
MI : 33,500 * 1,800 1,600 * 500 8,400
MN : 104,100 125,300 11,500 3,100 * 21,600 27,200
NY : 17,800 * 1,800 2,400 * 2,800 8,400
OH : 36,700 * * * 1,400 * 4,600
OR : 65,000 * * * 9,200 91,000 11,000
PA : * * * 8,000 18,800 5,000
SD : * 32,700 * * *
UT : 310,000 30,000 99,000 1,000 24,000 11,000 121,000
WA : 62,700 * * * 22,200
WI : 314,300 25,300 15,600 10,200 15,000 36,400 108,100
:
Oth : 66,300 98,100 43,200 6,600 500 6,200 22,100 58,300
Sts :
:
US :1,143,600 348,200 215,300 35,000 500 70,800 230,100 380,400
:-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: : : : : : Misc. & : : Number
: Pearl :Lavender: Pink : Violet : White : Unclass-: Total : of
: : Hope : : Type : : ified : Pelts : Farms
:-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: Number of Pelts
:
ID : * * 169,000 24
IL : * * 41,800 11
IA : 4,500 8,500 * * 81,000 21
MI : 2,900 3,300 3,400 55,800 16
MN : * * * 2,200 302,200 59
NY : 600 2,500 900 * 38,300 12
OH : * * * 57,800 12
OR : * 2,000 189,000 27
PA : * * * * 61,400 17
SD : * 68,400 6
UT : 2,000 1,000 1,000 600,000 140
WA : 102,700 24
WI : 1,100 6,000 2,800 6,800 29,400 571,000 87
:
Oth : 3,500 1,100 6,300 3,900 7,000 400 188,600 42
Sts :
:
US : 14,600 7,100 11,600 26,400 42,000 1,400 2,527,000 498
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1/ Demi-buff includes crossed of dark brown, violet, pastel, standard, pearl
or others. * Included in other States to avoid disclosing individual
operations.
Mink: Pelts Produced by Color Class and Number of Farms,
Major States and United States, 1994
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: : : : : : : :
State : Stan- : Ranch : Demi- : Pas- : Pale : Sap- : Gun : Mahog-
: dard : Wild : Buff 1/: tel : Brown : phire : Metal : any
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: Number of Pelts
:
ID : 74,000 28,600 * * * 44,400
IL : 44,200 * *
IA : 36,700 2,800 4,500 * 2,800 10,100 11,500
MI : 31,000 3,200 1,900 * 700 6,500
MN : 82,500 107,500 * * * 21,500 41,000
NY : 20,300 * 700 1,900 * 500 13,800
OH : * 6,500 3,000 * *
OR : 69,000 8,700 * 1,000 9,000 90,000 8,000
PA : 24,900 * * * 8,800 20,200 4,200
SD : 8,200 26,500 * * 24,200
UT : 275,000 20,000 66,000 1,000 14,000 17,000 133,000
WA : 66,000 * * 22,500
WI : 343,100 20,200 8,600 11,200 14,300 52,400 127,000
:
Oth : 78,300 54,800 90,600 15,400 2,600 9,000 8,500 59,000
Sts :
:
US :1,153,200 275,600 173,600 32,400 2,600 60,900 243,400 472,600
:-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: : : : : : Misc. & : : Number
: Pearl :Lavender: Pink : Violet : White : Unclass-: Total : of
: : Hope : : Type : : ified : Pelts : Farms
:-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: Number of Pelts
:
ID : 1,300 * 186,500 23
IL : * * 50,300 10
IA : * 2,900 * 83,100 19
MI : * 2,200 * 52,500 12
MN : * * * 2,500 283,500 53
NY : 1,800 2,200 1,100 45,600 12
OH : 200 60,500 12
OR : * * 189,000 27
PA : * * * * * 68,800 17
SD : * 71,300 4
UT : 1,000 1,000 2,000 530,000 130
WA : 108,700 23
WI : 1,500 3,400 8,100 2,800 18,300 100 611,000 78
:
Oth : 11,800 2,500 6,200 4,400 10,400 200 161,400 37
Sts :
:
US : 17,400 5,900 16,700 14,400 31,200 2,300 2,502,200 457
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1/ Demi-buff includes crossed of dark brown, violet, pastel, standard, pearl
or others. * Included in other States to avoid disclosing individual
operations.
HDR2012000170070720951500Female Mink Bred to Produce Kits
Female Mink Bred to Produce Kits: Number by Color Class,
Major States and United States, 1994
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: : : : : : : :
State : Stan- : Ranch : Demi- : Pas- : Pale : Sap- : Gun : Mahog-
: dard : Wild : buff 1/: tel : Brown : phire : Metal : any
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: Number
:
ID : 19,700 6,000 6,100 100 900 10,700
IL : 13,300 * *
IA : 12,400 1,100 1,000 2,600 1,100 1,800 2,900
MI : 10,300 800 300 * 400 1,400
MN : 31,800 23,900 * * * 5,400 7,100
NY : 8,500 * 500 900 * 700 1,700
OH : 12,100 * * * 700 * 1,700
OR : 18,000 1,800 * 400 * 23,000 *
PA : 6,900 * * 2,500 5,800 1,700
SD : 3,800 9,300 * * *
UT : 95,000 11,700 18,500 200 6,900 3,000 28,700
WA : 19,300 * * 6,100
WI : 99,900 5,200 4,500 3,100 3,900 12,000 21,000
:
Oth : 14,300 25,400 12,000 2,100 100 4,700 2,700 25,900
Sts :
:
US :365,300 84,400 43,400 9,700 100 20,700 60,900 102,800
:-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: : : : : : Misc. & :
: Pearl :Lavender : Pink : Violet : White : Unclass- : Total
: : Hope : : Type : : ified :
:-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: Number
:
ID : * * 44,700
IL : * * 14,700
IA : 1,000 * 2,400 * 26,500
MI : * 700 * 15,500
MN : * * * 1,000 74,000
NY : 700 1,100 500 15,000
OH : * * 19,000
OR : * * 48,700
PA : * * * * 19,800
SD : * 19,800
UT : 700 300 165,000
WA : 29,900
WI : 300 1,300 800 900 4,100 157,000
:
Oth : 2,800 600 2,400 1,500 2,800 63,600
Sts :
:
US : 5,500 1,900 4,300 6,300 7,900 -- 713,200
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1/ Demi-buff includes crossed of dark brown, violet, pastel, standard, pearl
or others. * Included in other States to avoid disclosing individual
operations.
Female Mink Bred to Produce Kits: Number by Color Class,
Major States and United States, 1995
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:
State : Stan- : Ranch : Demi- : Pas- : Pale : Sap- : Gun : Mahog-
: dard : Wild : Buff 1/: tel : Brown : phire : Metal : any
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: Number
:
ID : 22,000 5,400 * * 1,400 11,900
IL : 12,300 *
IA : 12,900 600 1,000 * 1,000 3,900 3,600
MI : 7,700 700 400 * 400 2,000
MN : 32,500 17,500 * * * 5,500 12,000
NY : 4,300 * 200 300 * 1,000 1,000
OH : * 1,500 100 * 200 *
OR : 18,000 * * * 24,000 1,600
PA : 6,300 * * * 2,500 5,700 1,500
SD : * * * * 5,200
UT : 89,800 5,200 14,200 1,400 6,800 7,600 35,600
WA : 16,700 * 6,500 *
WI :102,100 5,200 2,200 2,800 4,300 17,100 24,000
:
Oth : 26,900 22,400 23,500 5,000 100 5,900 3,100 25,200
Sts :
:
US :351,500 57,800 41,800 10,000 100 21,900 75,000 123,600
:-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: : : : : : Misc. & :
: Pearl :Lavender : Pink : Violet : White : Unclass- : Total
: : Hope : : Type : : ified :
:-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: Number
:
ID : 800 * * 52,200
IL : * * 13,400
IA : * 1,000 * 28,100
MI : * * 900 * 13,500
MN : * * 1,500 75,500
NY : 100 500 7,600
OH : 100 100 20,000
OR : 49,000
PA : * * * * 19,000
SD : * 18,500
UT : 400 200 800 162,000
WA : 25,600
WI : 300 1,300 2,300 800 4,500 100 167,000
:
Oth : 3,900 1,400 2,000 900 2,700 56,900
Sts :
:
US : 5,500 2,700 4,900 3,900 8,700 900 708,300
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1/ Demi-buff includes crossed of dark brown, violet, pastel, standard, pearl
or others. * Included in other States to avoid disclosing individual
operations.
HDR2012000170070720951500Reliability
Survey Procedures: Data for mink production are collected from all known
producers. State Statistical Offices use all known sources
of producers to ensure that their lists are as complete as possible. Data
collection from the approximately 460 producers begins in February. 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. Great care is exercised to ensure that all operations are accounted
for. Major auction houses which handle virtually all producer sales provide
mink pelt price data in June. Prices are collected at the point of first sale
by producers, before marketing costs are deducted.
Reliability: Sound statistical methodology is employed to derive the estimates
from reported data. All data are analyzed for unusual values.
Data from each operation are compared to their own past operating profile and
to trends from similar operations. Data for inaccessible operations are
accounted for through the expansion of the reported data or by imputation based
on individual historical data. Survey data are subject to non-sampling errors
such as omissions and mistakes in reporting and in processing the data. While
these errors cannot be measured directly, they are minimized by carefully
reviewing all reported data for consistency and reasonableness.
Revision policy: Estimates for the previous year are subject to revision when
current estimates are made. Revisions are the result of late
or corrected data and are generally within one-half percent.
The next "Mink" report will be released in July 1996.
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in
its programs on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age,
disability, political beliefs, and marital or familial status. Persons with
disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program
information (braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact the
USDA Office of Communications at (202) 720-5881 (voice) or (202) 720-7808
(TDD).
To file a complaint, write the Secretary of Agriculture, USDA, Washington,
D.C., 20250, or call (202) 720-7327 (voice) or (202) 720-1127 (TDD). USDA is
an equal employment opportunity employer.
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