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| **Topics in This Report**                                             |
|                                                                       |
| Cattle on Feed                                                        |
|                                                                       |
| Chickens and Eggs                                                     |
|                                                                       |
| Hatchery Production                                                   |
|                                                                       |
| Milk Production                                                       |
|                                                                       |
| Livestock Slaughter                                                   |
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Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market in the United States for
feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 12.0 million head
on January 1, 2007. The inventory was one percent above January 1, 2006
and six percent above January 1, 2005. This is the highest January 1
inventory since the series began in 1996. The inventory included 7.57
million steers and steer calves, up slightly from the previous year.
This group accounted for 63 percent of the total inventory. Heifers and
heifer calves accounted for 4.30 million head, up four percent from
January 1, 2006.

Placements in feedlots during December totaled 1.71 million, nine
percent below 2005 and seven percent below 2004. Net placements were
1.63 million. During December, placements of cattle and calves weighing
less than 600 pounds were 470,000, 600-699 pounds were 504,000, 700-799
pounds were 420,000, and 800 pounds and greater were 320,000.

Marketings of fed cattle during December totaled 1.63 million, five
percent below 2005 and nine percent below 2004. This is the lowest fed
cattle marketings for the month of December since the series began in
1996.

Other disappearance totaled 88,000 head during December, three percent
below 2005 and four percent below 2004.

+-------+-----+----------+----------+----------+---------+----------+
| **[C  |     |          |          |          |         |          |
| attle |     |          |          |          |         |          |
| On    |     |          |          |          |         |          |
| Feed] |     |          |          |          |         |          |
| {.sma |     |          |          |          |         |          |
| llcap |     |          |          |          |         |          |
| s}**: |     |          |          |          |         |          |
| U.S.  |     |          |          |          |         |          |
| C     |     |          |          |          |         |          |
| attle |     |          |          |          |         |          |
| P     |     |          |          |          |         |          |
| laced |     |          |          |          |         |          |
| on    |     |          |          |          |         |          |
| Feed, |     |          |          |          |         |          |
| by    |     |          |          |          |         |          |
| W     |     |          |          |          |         |          |
| eight |     |          |          |          |         |          |
|       |     |          |          |          |         |          |
| Gr    |     |          |          |          |         |          |
| oups, |     |          |          |          |         |          |
| 1     |     |          |          |          |         |          |
| ,000+ |     |          |          |          |         |          |
| Cap   |     |          |          |          |         |          |
| acity |     |          |          |          |         |          |
| Feed  |     |          |          |          |         |          |
| lots, |     |          |          |          |         |          |
| Dec   |     |          |          |          |         |          |
| ember |     |          |          |          |         |          |
| 2005, |     |          |          |          |         |          |
| Nov   |     |          |          |          |         |          |
| ember |     |          |          |          |         |          |
| and   |     |          |          |          |         |          |
| Dec   |     |          |          |          |         |          |
| ember |     |          |          |          |         |          |
| 2006  |     |          |          |          |         |          |
+-------+-----+----------+----------+----------+---------+----------+
| Month |     | Less     | 600-699  | 700-799  | 800+    | Total    |
|       |     | than 600 | lbs      | lbs      | lbs     |          |
|       |     | lbs      |          |          |         |          |
+-------+-----+----------+----------+----------+---------+----------+
|       |     | 1,000    |          |          |         |          |
|       |     | head     |          |          |         |          |
+-------+-----+----------+----------+----------+---------+----------+
| Dec   | 2   | 375      | 554      | 430      | 325     | 1,884    |
| ember | 005 |          |          |          |         |          |
+-------+-----+----------+----------+----------+---------+----------+
| Nov   | 2   | 555      | \*560    | 404      | 365     | \*1,884  |
| ember | 006 |          |          |          |         |          |
+-------+-----+----------+----------+----------+---------+----------+
| Dec   | 2   | 470      | 504      | 420      | 320     | 1,714    |
| ember | 006 |          |          |          |         |          |
+-------+-----+----------+----------+----------+---------+----------+

<table>
<colgroup>
<col style="width: 8%" />
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<col style="width: 8%" />
<col style="width: 9%" />
<col style="width: 8%" />
<col style="width: 9%" />
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<col style="width: 7%" />
<col style="width: 9%" />
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</colgroup>
<thead>
<tr class="header">
<th colspan="11"><strong><span class="smallcaps">Cattle and Calves on
Feed, 1,000+ Capacity Feedlots, and United States</span></strong></th>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<th rowspan="2">State</th>
<th colspan="2"><p>Number on feed</p>
<p>December 1</p></th>
<th colspan="2">Placed during December 1</th>
<th colspan="2"><p>Marketed</p>
<p>during December</p></th>
<th colspan="2"><p>Other disappearance</p>
<p>during December</p></th>
<th colspan="2"><p>Number on feed</p>
<p>January 1</p></th>
</tr>
<tr class="header">
<th>2005</th>
<th>2006</th>
<th>2005</th>
<th>2006</th>
<th>2005</th>
<th>2006</th>
<th>2005</th>
<th>2006</th>
<th>2006</th>
<th>2007</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr class="odd">
<td></td>
<td colspan="10">1,000 head</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>AZ</td>
<td>328</td>
<td>341</td>
<td>35</td>
<td>26</td>
<td>27</td>
<td>31</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>334</td>
<td>334</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>CA</td>
<td>550</td>
<td>540</td>
<td>69</td>
<td>77</td>
<td>60</td>
<td>63</td>
<td>9</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>550</td>
<td>550</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>CO</td>
<td>1,070</td>
<td>1,120</td>
<td>155</td>
<td>135</td>
<td>140</td>
<td>150</td>
<td>5</td>
<td>5</td>
<td>1,080</td>
<td>1,100</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>ID</td>
<td>280</td>
<td>270</td>
<td>48</td>
<td>39</td>
<td>50</td>
<td>41</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>8</td>
<td>275</td>
<td>260</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>IA</td>
<td>500</td>
<td>500</td>
<td>65</td>
<td>82</td>
<td>53</td>
<td>59</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>510</td>
<td>520</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>KS</td>
<td>2,470</td>
<td>2,550</td>
<td>495</td>
<td>410</td>
<td>435</td>
<td>390</td>
<td>30</td>
<td>30</td>
<td>2,500</td>
<td>2,540</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>NE</td>
<td>2,400</td>
<td>2,510</td>
<td>350</td>
<td>390</td>
<td>305</td>
<td>350</td>
<td>15</td>
<td>10</td>
<td>2,430</td>
<td>2,540</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>NM</td>
<td>137</td>
<td>137</td>
<td>20</td>
<td>15</td>
<td>13</td>
<td>15</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>143</td>
<td>136</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>OK</td>
<td>365</td>
<td>350</td>
<td>64</td>
<td>46</td>
<td>57</td>
<td>42</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>370</td>
<td>350</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>SD</td>
<td>190</td>
<td>210</td>
<td>46</td>
<td>50</td>
<td>28</td>
<td>32</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>205</td>
<td>225</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>TX</td>
<td>2,940</td>
<td>2,900</td>
<td>465</td>
<td>370</td>
<td>470</td>
<td>385</td>
<td>15</td>
<td>15</td>
<td>2,920</td>
<td>2,870</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>WA</td>
<td>161</td>
<td>185</td>
<td>26</td>
<td>24</td>
<td>34</td>
<td>24</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>152</td>
<td>184</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Oth. Sts.</td>
<td>335</td>
<td>360</td>
<td>46</td>
<td>50</td>
<td>43</td>
<td>43</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>335</td>
<td>365</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>U.S.</td>
<td>11,726</td>
<td>11,973</td>
<td>1,884</td>
<td>1,714</td>
<td>1,715</td>
<td>1,625</td>
<td>91</td>
<td>88</td>
<td>11,804</td>
<td>11,974</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

**CHICKENS AND EGGS**

**[Florida]{.smallcaps}**

Table eggs sold in mid-January 2007 averaged 75.0 cents up 9.0 cents
from mid-December. Table egg production in Florida during December was
247 million eggs, two percent above the previous month.

**[United States]{.smallcaps}**

U.S. egg production totaled 7.78 billion during December 2006, down
slightly from last year. Production included 6.68 billion table eggs,
and 1.09 billion hatching eggs, of which 1.03 billion were broiler-type
and 66 million were egg-type. The total number of layers during December
2006 averaged 348 million, down slightly from last year. December egg
production per 100 layers was 2,234 eggs, down slightly from December
2005.

All layers in the U.S. on January 1, 2007, totaled 348 million, down
slightly from last year. The 348 million layers consisted of 290 million
layers producing table or market type eggs, 55.1 million layers
producing broiler-type hatching eggs, and 2.86 million layers producing
egg-type hatching eggs. Rate of lay per day on January 1, 2007, averaged
71.1 eggs per 100 layers, down one percent from January 1, 2006.

+--------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
| **[Mid-month table egg prices  |                  |                 |
| received]{.smallcaps}**        |                  |                 |
|                                |                  |                 |
| **[by Florida egg              |                  |                 |
| producers.]{.smallcaps}**      |                  |                 |
+--------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
| Month                          | Cents per dozen  |                 |
+--------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
|                                | 2006             | 2007            |
+--------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
| January                        | 60.0             | 75.0            |
+--------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
| February                       | 36.0             |                 |
+--------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
| March                          | 59.0             |                 |
+--------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
| April                          | 34.0             |                 |
+--------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
| May                            | 27.0             |                 |
+--------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
| June                           | 45.0             |                 |
+--------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
| July                           | 32.0             |                 |
+--------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
| August                         | 45.0             |                 |
+--------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
| September                      | 44.0             |                 |
+--------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
| October                        | 41.0             |                 |
+--------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
| November                       | 68.0             |                 |
+--------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
| December                       | 66.0             |                 |
+--------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+

+-----------------------+-----------+----------+----------+----------+
| **[Fl                 |           |          |          |          |
| orida]{.smallcaps}**: |           |          |          |          |
| Layers on hand first  |           |          |          |          |
| of month,             |           |          |          |          |
|                       |           |          |          |          |
| percent molting and   |           |          |          |          |
| molted                |           |          |          |          |
+-----------------------+-----------+----------+----------+----------+
|                       | Jan       | Nov      | Dec      | Jan      |
|                       |           |          |          |          |
|                       | 2006      | 2006     | 2006     | 2007     |
+-----------------------+-----------+----------+----------+----------+
| Total layers on       | 11,647    | 11,511   | 11,262   | 11,301   |
|                       |           |          |          |          |
| hand: Thous.          |           |          |          |          |
+-----------------------+-----------+----------+----------+----------+
| Percent of layers:    | 6.0       | 6.0      | 5.0      | 7.0      |
|                       |           |          |          |          |
| Being molted          |           |          |          |          |
+-----------------------+-----------+----------+----------+----------+
| Molt completed        | 36.0      | 39.0     | 40.0     | 32.5     |
+-----------------------+-----------+----------+----------+----------+

+----------+-------+------+-----+-----+-------+------+------+-------+
| *        |       |      |     |     |       |      |      |       |
| *[Layers |       |      |     |     |       |      |      |       |
| and egg  |       |      |     |     |       |      |      |       |
| pro      |       |      |     |     |       |      |      |       |
| duction, |       |      |     |     |       |      |      |       |
| December |       |      |     |     |       |      |      |       |
| 2006,    |       |      |     |     |       |      |      |       |
| pr       |       |      |     |     |       |      |      |       |
| oduction |       |      |     |     |       |      |      |       |
| year     |       |      |     |     |       |      |      |       |
| -to-date |       |      |     |     |       |      |      |       |
| egg      |       |      |     |     |       |      |      |       |
| p        |       |      |     |     |       |      |      |       |
| roductio |       |      |     |     |       |      |      |       |
| n]{.smal |       |      |     |     |       |      |      |       |
| lcaps}** |       |      |     |     |       |      |      |       |
|          |       |      |     |     |       |      |      |       |
| **[for   |       |      |     |     |       |      |      |       |
| selected |       |      |     |     |       |      |      |       |
| State    |       |      |     |     |       |      |      |       |
| s]{.smal |       |      |     |     |       |      |      |       |
| lcaps}** |       |      |     |     |       |      |      |       |
+----------+-------+------+-----+-----+-------+------+------+-------+
| Selected | Av    | Eggs | Egg |     |       |      | La   |       |
|          | erage |      | p   |     |       |      | yers |       |
| States   |       | per  | rod |     |       |      |      |       |
|          | l     | 100  | uct |     |       |      |      |       |
|          | ayers |      | ion |     |       |      |      |       |
|          |       | la   |     |     |       |      |      |       |
|          | on    | yers |     |     |       |      |      |       |
|          | hand  |      |     |     |       |      |      |       |
+----------+-------+------+-----+-----+-------+------+------+-------+
|          |       |      | To  | Ta  | Hat   | Year | B    | Molt  |
|          |       |      | tal | ble | ching | to   | eing |       |
|          |       |      |     |     |       |      | mo   | comp  |
|          |       |      |     |     |       | date | lted | leted |
|          |       |      |     |     |       | ^1/^ |      |       |
+----------+-------+------+-----+-----+-------+------+------+-------+
| * *      | *Thou | * *  | *   |     |       |      | *    |       |
|          | sand* |      | Mil |     |       |      | Perc |       |
|          |       |      | lio |     |       |      | ent* |       |
|          |       |      | ns* |     |       |      |      |       |
+----------+-------+------+-----+-----+-------+------+------+-------+
| Alabama  | 8,823 | 1    | 173 | 40  | 133   | 173  | 1.5  | 4.5   |
|          |       | ,961 |     |     |       |      |      |       |
+----------+-------+------+-----+-----+-------+------+------+-------+
| Arkansas | 1     | 1    | 276 | 103 | 173   | 276  | 2.5  | 11.5  |
|          | 4,069 | ,962 |     |     |       |      |      |       |
+----------+-------+------+-----+-----+-------+------+------+-------+
| Ca       | 1     | 2    | 432 |     |       | 432  | 5.5  | 35.0  |
| lifornia | 9,650 | ,198 |     |     |       |      |      |       |
+----------+-------+------+-----+-----+-------+------+------+-------+
| **F      | **11, | *    | *   | *   | **9** | **2  | **7  | **3   |
| lorida** | 262** | *2,2 | *25 | *24 |       | 56** | .0** | 2.5** |
|          |       | 73** | 6** | 7** |       |      |      |       |
+----------+-------+------+-----+-----+-------+------+------+-------+
| Georgia  | 1     | 2    | 419 | 232 | 187   | 419  | 4.5  | 14.0  |
|          | 9,791 | ,117 |     |     |       |      |      |       |
+----------+-------+------+-----+-----+-------+------+------+-------+
| Indiana  | 2     | 2    | 562 | 549 | 13    | 562  | 4.5  | 31.0  |
|          | 4,676 | ,278 |     |     |       |      |      |       |
+----------+-------+------+-----+-----+-------+------+------+-------+
| Iowa     | 5     | 2    | 1,  |     |       | 1    | 6.5  | 35.0  |
|          | 2,022 | ,220 | 155 |     |       | ,155 |      |       |
+----------+-------+------+-----+-----+-------+------+------+-------+
| Maine    | 3,939 | 2    | 85  |     |       | 85   | 0.0  | 0.0   |
|          |       | ,158 |     |     |       |      |      |       |
+----------+-------+------+-----+-----+-------+------+------+-------+
| Maryland | 2,602 | 2    | 60  | 58  | 2     | 60   | 5.5  | 40.0  |
|          |       | ,306 |     |     |       |      |      |       |
+----------+-------+------+-----+-----+-------+------+------+-------+
| Michigan | 9,215 | 2    | 217 |     |       | 217  | 2.0  | 34.0  |
|          |       | ,355 |     |     |       |      |      |       |
+----------+-------+------+-----+-----+-------+------+------+-------+
| M        | 1     | 2    | 255 | 247 | 8     | 255  | 1.0  | 30.5  |
| innesota | 1,135 | ,290 |     |     |       |      |      |       |
+----------+-------+------+-----+-----+-------+------+------+-------+
| Mis      | 6,401 | 2    | 131 | 40  | 91    | 131  | 3.0  | 9.5   |
| sissippi |       | ,047 |     |     |       |      |      |       |
+----------+-------+------+-----+-----+-------+------+------+-------+
| Missouri | 7,271 | 2    | 164 |     |       | 164  | 4.0  | 18.5  |
|          |       | ,256 |     |     |       |      |      |       |
+----------+-------+------+-----+-----+-------+------+------+-------+
| Nebraska | 1     | 2    | 267 | 267 | 0     | 267  | 5.0  | 21.0  |
|          | 1,535 | ,315 |     |     |       |      |      |       |
+----------+-------+------+-----+-----+-------+------+------+-------+
| New York | 4,073 | 2    | 102 |     |       | 102  | 1.5  | 7.5   |
|          |       | ,504 |     |     |       |      |      |       |
+----------+-------+------+-----+-----+-------+------+------+-------+
| North    | 1     | 2    | 241 | 99  | 142   | 241  | 0.0  | 10.5  |
| Carolina | 1,516 | ,093 |     |     |       |      |      |       |
+----------+-------+------+-----+-----+-------+------+------+-------+
| Ohio     | 2     | 2    | 635 |     |       | 635  | 3.5  | 25.5  |
|          | 7,544 | ,305 |     |     |       |      |      |       |
+----------+-------+------+-----+-----+-------+------+------+-------+
| Penn     | 2     | 2    | 561 | 541 | 20    | 561  | 3.5  | 14.5  |
| sylvania | 3,598 | ,377 |     |     |       |      |      |       |
+----------+-------+------+-----+-----+-------+------+------+-------+
| South    | 4,875 | 2    | 109 | 88  | 21    | 109  | 3.5  | 32.0  |
| Carolina |       | ,236 |     |     |       |      |      |       |
+----------+-------+------+-----+-----+-------+------+------+-------+
| Texas    | 1     | 2    | 433 |     |       | 433  | 6.5  | 23.5  |
|          | 8,996 | ,279 |     |     |       |      |      |       |
+----------+-------+------+-----+-----+-------+------+------+-------+
| Virginia | 3,184 | 2    | 67  | 32  | 35    | 67   | 0.0  | 13.0  |
|          |       | ,104 |     |     |       |      |      |       |
+----------+-------+------+-----+-----+-------+------+------+-------+
| Wa       | 4,973 | 2    | 113 |     |       | 113  | 9.5  | 40.0  |
| shington |       | ,272 |     |     |       |      |      |       |
+----------+-------+------+-----+-----+-------+------+------+-------+
| Other    | 4     | 2    | 520 | 395 | 125   | 520  | 4.3  | 24.0  |
| States   | 6,967 | ,195 |     |     |       |      |      |       |
+----------+-------+------+-----+-----+-------+------+------+-------+
| United   | 34    | 2    | 7,  | 6,  | 1,094 | 7    | 4.4  | 24.4  |
| States   | 8,108 | ,234 | 777 | 683 |       | ,777 |      |       |
+----------+-------+------+-----+-----+-------+------+------+-------+
| ^1/^     |       |      |     |     |       |      |      |       |
| Pr       |       |      |     |     |       |      |      |       |
| oduction |       |      |     |     |       |      |      |       |
| year     |       |      |     |     |       |      |      |       |
| begins   |       |      |     |     |       |      |      |       |
| December |       |      |     |     |       |      |      |       |
| 1.       |       |      |     |     |       |      |      |       |
+----------+-------+------+-----+-----+-------+------+------+-------+

> **HATCHERY PRODUCTION**
>
> **[Florida]{.smallcaps}**
>
> The December hatch of broiler-type chicks, at 4,874,000, was three
> percent below a year earlier. Broiler-type eggs in incubators on
> January 1, at 4,014,000, was 24 percent below a year ago.
>
> **[United States]{.smallcaps}**
>
> Broiler-type chicks hatched during December 2006 totaled 795 million,
> down two percent from December 2005. Eggs in incubators totaled 652
> million on January 1, 2007, down one percent from a year earlier.
>
> Leading breeders placed 7.20 million broiler-type pullet chicks for
> future domestic hatchery supply flocks during December 2006, up one
> percent from December 2005.
>
> Egg-type chicks hatched during December 2006 totaled 33.4 million,
> down seven percent from December 2005. Eggs in incubators totaled 34.4
> million on January 1, 2007 down three percent from a year ago.
>
> Domestic placements of egg-type pullet chicks for future hatchery
> supply flocks by leading breeders totaled 205,000 during December
> 2006, down 17 percent from December 2005.

+-----------------------------------+-----------+-----------+---+--------+
| **[Hatchery production, United    |           |           |   |        |
| States]{.smallcaps}**             |           |           |   |        |
+-----------------------------------+-----------+-----------+---+--------+
| Item                              | 2005      | 2006      | 2 |        |
|                                   |           |           | 0 |        |
|                                   |           |           | 0 |        |
|                                   |           |           | 6 |        |
|                                   |           |           | % |        |
|                                   |           |           | o |        |
|                                   |           |           | f |        |
|                                   |           |           |   |        |
|                                   |           |           | 2 |        |
|                                   |           |           | 0 |        |
|                                   |           |           | 0 |        |
|                                   |           |           | 5 |        |
+-----------------------------------+-----------+-----------+---+--------+
|                                   | *- -      |           |   |        |
|                                   | Th        |           |   |        |
|                                   | ousands - |           |   |        |
|                                   | -*        |           |   |        |
+-----------------------------------+-----------+-----------+---+--------+
| **[Egg-Type:]{.smallcaps}**       | 35,547    | 34,383    |   | 97     |
|                                   |           |           |   |        |
| > Eggs in incubators: Jan 1       |           |           |   |        |
+-----------------------------------+-----------+-----------+---+--------+
| > Chicks hatched during Dec       | 35,917    | 33,430    |   | 93     |
+-----------------------------------+-----------+-----------+---+--------+
| > Pullets hatched during Dec      | 247       | 205       |   | 83     |
| >                                 |           |           |   |        |
| > for intended placements         |           |           |   |        |
| >                                 |           |           |   |        |
| > in hatchery supply flocks       |           |           |   |        |
+-----------------------------------+-----------+-----------+---+--------+
| > 7-18 months earlier ^1/^        | 2,874     | 2,834     |   | 99     |
+-----------------------------------+-----------+-----------+---+--------+
| **[Broiler-Type]{.smallcaps}**:   |           |           |   |        |
+-----------------------------------+-----------+-----------+---+--------+
| > Eggs in incubators: Jan 1       | 660,613   | 652,471   |   | 99     |
+-----------------------------------+-----------+-----------+---+--------+
| > Chicks hatched during Dec       | 808,525   | 795,445   |   | 98     |
+-----------------------------------+-----------+-----------+---+--------+
| > Pullets hatched during Dec      | 7,112     | 7,196     |   | 101    |
| >                                 |           |           |   |        |
| > for intended placements         |           |           |   |        |
| >                                 |           |           |   |        |
| > in hatchery supply flocks       |           |           |   |        |
+-----------------------------------+-----------+-----------+---+--------+
| > 7-15 months earlier ^2/^        | 63,509    | 64,040    |   | 101    |
+-----------------------------------+-----------+-----------+---+--------+
| ^1/^2006 includes pullet chicks   |           |           |   |        |
| hatched June 2005 through May     |           |           |   |        |
| 2006.                             |           |           |   |        |
|                                   |           |           |   |        |
| ^2/^2006 includes pullet chicks   |           |           |   |        |
| hatched September 2005 through    |           |           |   |        |
| May 2006.                         |           |           |   |        |
+-----------------------------------+-----------+-----------+---+--------+

**MILK PRODUCTION**

**[Florida]{.smallcaps}**

Florida dairy farms produced 177 million pounds of milk during December
2006, down four percent from the previous December. Production per cow
in December of 1,360 pounds was unchanged from last year. Milk cow
numbers on Florida dairy farms in December totaled 130,000, four percent
below last year.

**[United States]{.smallcaps}**

Milk production in the 23 major States during December totaled 14.0
billion pounds, up 2.7 percent from December 2005. November revised
production, at 13.3 billion pounds, was up 2.6 percent from November
2005. The November revision represented an increase of 13 million pounds
or 0.1 percent from last month's preliminary production estimate.

Production per cow in the 23 major States averaged 1,689 pounds for
December, 26 pounds above December 2005.

The number of milk cows on farms in the 23 major States was 8.27 million
head, 86,000 head more than December 2005, and 14,000 head more than
November 2006

+----------------------+-------+-----------+------------+------------+
| **[Milk cows and     |       |           |            |            |
| production, Florida  |       |           |            |            |
| and                  |       |           |            |            |
| U.S.]{.smallcaps}**  |       |           |            |            |
+----------------------+-------+-----------+------------+------------+
| Month                |       | Milk      | Monthly    |            |
|                      |       |           | milk       |            |
| and year             |       | cows      |            |            |
|                      |       |           | production |            |
+----------------------+-------+-----------+------------+------------+
|                      |       |           | Per cow    | Monthly    |
|                      |       |           |            | Total      |
+----------------------+-------+-----------+------------+------------+
|                      |       | *Thous.*  | *Lbs.*     | *Mil.      |
|                      |       |           |            | Lbs.*      |
+----------------------+-------+-----------+------------+------------+
| **[Flo               |       |           |            |            |
| rida:]{.smallcaps}** |       |           |            |            |
+----------------------+-------+-----------+------------+------------+
| December             | 2005  | 135       | 1,360      | 184        |
+----------------------+-------+-----------+------------+------------+
| November             | 2006  | 130       | 1,240      | 161        |
+----------------------+-------+-----------+------------+------------+
| December             | 2006  | 130       | 1,360      | 177        |
+----------------------+-------+-----------+------------+------------+
| **[23 Major          |       |           |            |            |
| St                   |       |           |            |            |
| ates]{.smallcaps}**: |       |           |            |            |
+----------------------+-------+-----------+------------+------------+
| December             | 2005  | 8,179     | 1,663      | 13,599     |
+----------------------+-------+-----------+------------+------------+
| November             | 2006  | 8,251     | 1,617      | 13,341     |
+----------------------+-------+-----------+------------+------------+
| December             | 2006  | 8,265     | 1,689      | 13,963     |
+----------------------+-------+-----------+------------+------------+
| **[United            |       |           |            |            |
| St                   |       |           |            |            |
| ates]{.smallcaps}**: |       |           |            |            |
+----------------------+-------+-----------+------------+------------+
| December             | 2005  | 9,063     | 1,639      | 14,854     |
+----------------------+-------+-----------+------------+------------+
| November             | 2006  | 9,113     | 1,596      | 14,542     |
+----------------------+-------+-----------+------------+------------+
| December             | 2006  | 9,126     | 1,667      | 15,217     |
+----------------------+-------+-----------+------------+------------+

+---------+---------+---+--------+--------+--------+---+---------+---------+
| **[Milk |         |   |        |        |        |   |         |         |
| pro     |         |   |        |        |        |   |         |         |
| duction |         |   |        |        |        |   |         |         |
| by      |         |   |        |        |        |   |         |         |
| qu      |         |   |        |        |        |   |         |         |
| arters, |         |   |        |        |        |   |         |         |
| United  |         |   |        |        |        |   |         |         |
| States] |         |   |        |        |        |   |         |         |
| {.small |         |   |        |        |        |   |         |         |
| caps}** |         |   |        |        |        |   |         |         |
+---------+---------+---+--------+--------+--------+---+---------+---------+
| Month   | Milk    |   |        | Milk   |        | M |         |         |
|         | cows    |   |        | per    |        | i |         |         |
|         | ^1/^    |   |        | cow    |        | l |         |         |
|         |         |   |        | ^2/^   |        | k |         |         |
|         |         |   |        |        |        | P |         |         |
|         |         |   |        |        |        | r |         |         |
|         |         |   |        |        |        | o |         |         |
|         |         |   |        |        |        | d |         |         |
|         |         |   |        |        |        | u |         |         |
|         |         |   |        |        |        | c |         |         |
|         |         |   |        |        |        | t |         |         |
|         |         |   |        |        |        | i |         |         |
|         |         |   |        |        |        | o |         |         |
|         |         |   |        |        |        | n |         |         |
+---------+---------+---+--------+--------+--------+---+---------+---------+
|         | 2005    |   | 2006   | 2005   | 2006   | 2 |         | 2006    |
|         |         |   |        |        |        | 0 |         |         |
|         |         |   |        |        |        | 0 |         |         |
|         |         |   |        |        |        | 5 |         |         |
+---------+---------+---+--------+--------+--------+---+---------+---------+
|         | *Th     |   |        | *P     |        | * |         |         |
|         | ousand* |   |        | ounds* |        | M |         |         |
|         |         |   |        |        |        | i |         |         |
|         |         |   |        |        |        | l |         |         |
|         |         |   |        |        |        | . |         |         |
|         |         |   |        |        |        | L |         |         |
|         |         |   |        |        |        | b |         |         |
|         |         |   |        |        |        | s |         |         |
|         |         |   |        |        |        | . |         |         |
|         |         |   |        |        |        | * |         |         |
+---------+---------+---+--------+--------+--------+---+---------+---------+
| Jan-Mar | 9,002   | 9 |        | 4,816  | 5,009  |   | 43,350  | 45,553  |
|         |         | , |        |        |        |   |         |         |
|         |         | 0 |        |        |        |   |         |         |
|         |         | 9 |        |        |        |   |         |         |
|         |         | 4 |        |        |        |   |         |         |
+---------+---------+---+--------+--------+--------+---+---------+---------+
| Apr-Jun | 9,041   | 9 |        | 5,069  | 5,136  |   | 45,831  | 46,908  |
|         |         | , |        |        |        |   |         |         |
|         |         | 1 |        |        |        |   |         |         |
|         |         | 3 |        |        |        |   |         |         |
|         |         | 3 |        |        |        |   |         |         |
+---------+---------+---+--------+--------+--------+---+---------+---------+
| Jul-Sep | 9,060   | 9 |        | 4,871  | 4,907  |   | 44,134  | 44,739  |
|         |         | , |        |        |        |   |         |         |
|         |         | 1 |        |        |        |   |         |         |
|         |         | 1 |        |        |        |   |         |         |
|         |         | 7 |        |        |        |   |         |         |
+---------+---------+---+--------+--------+--------+---+---------+---------+
| Oct-Dec | 9,060   | 9 |        | 4,821  | 4,897  |   | 43,674  | 44,639  |
|         |         | , |        |        |        |   |         |         |
|         |         | 1 |        |        |        |   |         |         |
|         |         | 1 |        |        |        |   |         |         |
|         |         | 6 |        |        |        |   |         |         |
+---------+---------+---+--------+--------+--------+---+---------+---------+
| Annual  | 9,041   | 9 |        | 19,576 | 19,949 |   | 176,989 | 181,839 |
|         |         | , |        |        |        |   |         |         |
| Total   |         | 1 |        |        |        |   |         |         |
|         |         | 1 |        |        |        |   |         |         |
|         |         | 5 |        |        |        |   |         |         |
+---------+---------+---+--------+--------+--------+---+---------+---------+
| ^1/^    |         |   |        |        |        |   |         |         |
| I       |         |   |        |        |        |   |         |         |
| ncludes |         |   |        |        |        |   |         |         |
| dry     |         |   |        |        |        |   |         |         |
| cows.   |         |   |        |        |        |   |         |         |
| E       |         |   |        |        |        |   |         |         |
| xcludes |         |   |        |        |        |   |         |         |
| heifers |         |   |        |        |        |   |         |         |
| not yet |         |   |        |        |        |   |         |         |
| fresh.  |         |   |        |        |        |   |         |         |
|         |         |   |        |        |        |   |         |         |
| ^2/^    |         |   |        |        |        |   |         |         |
| E       |         |   |        |        |        |   |         |         |
| xcludes |         |   |        |        |        |   |         |         |
| milk    |         |   |        |        |        |   |         |         |
| fed to  |         |   |        |        |        |   |         |         |
| calves. |         |   |        |        |        |   |         |         |
+---------+---------+---+--------+--------+--------+---+---------+---------+

+--------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+---------+
| **[Commercial slaughter  |        |       |       |       |         |
| and red meat production, |        |       |       |       |         |
| Florida and United       |        |       |       |       |         |
| States]{.smallcaps}**    |        |       |       |       |         |
+--------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+---------+
| Source                   | De     | Nov   | Dec   | Year  | Year to |
|                          | cember | ember | ember | to    |         |
| and kind                 |        |       |       | date  | date    |
|                          | 2005   | 2006  | 2006  |       |         |
|                          |        |       |       | 2005  | 2005    |
+--------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+---------+
| *                        |        |       |       |       |         |
| *[Florida]{.smallcaps}** |        |       |       |       |         |
+--------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+---------+
| > [Hogs]{.smallcaps}:    |        |       |       |       |         |
+--------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+---------+
| Head slaughtered (1,000  | 11     | 10    | 13    | 96    | 96      |
| head)                    |        |       |       |       |         |
+--------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+---------+
| > Total liveweight       | 1,162  | 1,340 | 1,622 | 1     | 12,849  |
| > (1,000 pounds)         |        |       |       | 2,657 |         |
+--------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+---------+
| > [Sheep and             |        |       |       |       |         |
| > Lambs:]{.smallcaps}    |        |       |       |       |         |
+--------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+---------+
| > Head slaughtered       | 0.2    | 0.2   | 0.2   | 2.6   | 2.7     |
| > (1,000 head)           |        |       |       |       |         |
+--------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+---------+
| > Total liveweight       | 14     | 15    | 16    | 160   | 171     |
| > (1,000 pounds)         |        |       |       |       |         |
+--------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+---------+
| Red meat production      | 4.4    | 7.0   | 6.6   | 53.9  | 66.8    |
| (million pounds)         |        |       |       |       |         |
+--------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+---------+
| **[United                |        |       |       |       |         |
| States]{.smallcaps}**    |        |       |       |       |         |
+--------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+---------+
| > [Cattle]{.smallcaps}:  |        |       |       |       |         |
+--------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+---------+
| Head slaughtered (1,000  | 2,667  | 2,841 | 2,609 | 3     | 33,686  |
| head)                    |        |       |       | 2,388 |         |
+--------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+---------+
| > Total liveweight       | 3,415  | 3,669 | 3,383 | 4     | 42,901  |
| > (million pounds)       |        |       |       | 0,690 |         |
+--------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+---------+
| > Average liveweight     | 1,280  | 1,291 | 1,297 | 1,256 | 1,274   |
| > (pounds)               |        |       |       |       |         |
+--------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+---------+
| > Beef production        | 2,057  | 2,217 | 2,040 | 2     | 26,070  |
| > (million pounds)       |        |       |       | 4,682 |         |
+--------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+---------+
| > [Calves]{.smallcaps}:  |        |       |       |       |         |
+--------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+---------+
| > Head slaughtered       | 60     | 67    | 68    | 735   | 713     |
| > (1,000 head)           |        |       |       |       |         |
+--------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+---------+
| > Total liveweight       | 22     | 23    | 24    | 260   | 256     |
| > (million pounds)       |        |       |       |       |         |
+--------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+---------+
| Average liveweight       | 371    | 351   | 346   | 353   | 360     |
| (pounds)                 |        |       |       |       |         |
+--------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+---------+
| > Veal production        | 14     | 14    | 14    | 156   | 156     |
| > (million pounds)       |        |       |       |       |         |
+--------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+---------+
| > [Hogs]{.smallcaps}:    |        |       |       |       |         |
+--------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+---------+
| > Head slaughtered       | 9,235  | 9,368 | 8,883 | 10    | 104,738 |
| > (1,000 head)           |        |       |       | 3,522 |         |
+--------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+---------+
| > Total liveweight       | 2,511  | 2,553 | 2,418 | 2     | 28,258  |
| > (million pounds)       |        |       |       | 7,829 |         |
+--------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+---------+
| Average liveweight       | 272    | 273   | 272   | 269   | 270     |
| (pounds)                 |        |       |       |       |         |
+--------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+---------+
| > Pork production        | 1,866  | 1,890 | 1,793 | 2     | 20,998  |
| > (million pounds)       |        |       |       | 0,685 |         |
+--------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+---------+
| > [Sheep and             |        |       |       |       |         |
| > Lambs]{.smallcaps}:    |        |       |       |       |         |
+--------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+---------+
| > Head slaughtered       | 231    | 224   | 224   | 2,699 | 2,694   |
| > (1,000 head)           |        |       |       |       |         |
+--------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+---------+
| > Total liveweight       | 33     | 31    | 30    | 375   | 368     |
| > (1,000 pounds)         |        |       |       |       |         |
+--------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+---------+
| > [Lamb and              | 17     | 15    | 15    | 188   | 185     |
| > Mutton:]{.smallcaps}   |        |       |       |       |         |
+--------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+---------+
| Red meat production      | 3,954  | 4,137 | 3,863 | 4     | 47,411  |
| (million pounds)         |        |       |       | 5,711 |         |
+--------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+---------+

> **LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER**
>
> Commercial red meat output in Florida for December 2006 was 6.6
> million pounds, 50 percent above the same month last year. Commercial
> production of red meat in the United States for December at 3.86
> billion pounds, was two percent below 2005.