United States
Department of
Agriculture
 
National
Agricultural
Statistics
Service
 
 
 
Pou 3-1 (99)
 
 
 
Poultry - Production and Value
1998 Summary
 
April 1999
 
 
              Production and Value by States, 1997-98
 
             Value of Production and Sales Up 3 Percent
 
The combined value of production from broilers, eggs, and turkeys and
the value of sales from chickens in 1998, was $22.2 billion, up 3
percent from the $21.7 billion in 1997. Of the combined total, 68
percent was from broilers, 20 percent from eggs, 12 percent from
turkeys, and less than 1 percent from other chickens.
 
              Value of Broiler Production Up 7 Percent
 
The value of broilers produced during 1998 was $15.1 billion, up 7
percent from the $14.2 billion in 1997. The total number of broilers
produced in 1998 was 7.93 billion, up 2 percent from 1997. The total
amount of live weight broilers produced in 1998 was 38.6 billion pounds,
up 3 percent from 1997. The 1998 average price per pound on a live
weight equivalent basis was 39.3 cents per pound, compared to 37.7 cents
per pound in 1997.
 
               Value of Egg Production Down 4 Percent
 
Value of egg production in 1998 was $4.35 billion, down 4 percent from
the $4.54 billion in 1997. Egg production totaled 79.7 billion eggs, up
3 percent from the 77.5 billion eggs produced in 1997. In 1998, eggs
averaged 65.5 cents per dozen, compared with 70.3 cents in 1997.
 
             Value of Turkey Production Down 8 Percent
 
The value of turkeys produced during 1998 was $2.66 billion, down 8
percent from the $2.88 billion the previous year. Turkey production in
1998 totaled 7.00 billion pounds live weight, compared with 7.23 billion
pounds in 1997. The average price received by producers during 1998 was
38.0 cents per pound, compared with 39.9 cents in 1997.
 
               Value of Sales of Chicken Up 6 Percent
 
The value of sales from chickens (excluding broilers) in 1998 was $75.5
million, up 6 percent from the $71.5 million a year ago. Prices averaged
8.0 cents per pound, compared with 7.7 cents in 1997. The number of
chickens sold in 1998 totaled 194 million, up 1 percent from the total
sold during the previous year.
 
 
 
 
            Value of Production:  Broilers, Eggs, Turkeys, Chickens,
                        and Total, United States, 1989-98
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   Year   : Broilers 1/ :    Eggs     :   Turkeys   : Chickens 2/ :    Total
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          :                            1,000 Dollars
          :
1989      :  8,777,915     3,876,822     2,235,145      142,409     15,032,291
1990      :  8,365,704     4,021,355     2,393,375       94,392     14,874,826
1991      :  8,383,046     3,914,659     2,352,986       72,199     14,722,890
1992      :  9,174,136     3,397,462     2,396,364       89,105     15,057,067
1993      : 10,416,962     3,800,237     2,509,127       96,409     16,822,735
1994      : 11,371,723     3,789,834     2,643,057       73,050     17,877,664
1995      : 11,762,222     3,892,912     2,769,397       60,153     18,484,684
1996      : 13,903,479     4,776,252     3,124,496       59,187     21,863,414
1997      : 14,158,926     4,539,929     2,884,377       71,461     21,654,693
1998      : 15,144,551     4,349,521     2,661,706       75,542     22,231,320
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1/  Excludes States which produced less than 500,000 broilers.
2/  Value of sales.
 
 
 
 
                       Eggs:  Production, Price, and Value
                     by State and United States, 1997-98 1/
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         :    Eggs Produced     :  Price per Dozen 2/   :  Value of Production
  State  :----------------------------------------------------------------------
         :   1997    :   1998   :   1997    :   1998    :   1997    :   1998
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         :  ----- Million ----      ---- Dollars ----     --- 1,000 Dollars ---
         :
AL       :   2,499       2,518      1.060       1.030       220,745     216,128
AR       :   3,215       3,233      1.030       0.978       275,954     263,490
CA       :   6,663       6,608      0.621       0.561       344,810     308,924
CO       :     857         945      0.720       0.671        51,420      52,841
CT       :     917         839      0.598       0.589        45,697      41,181
DE       :     112          92      1.150       1.380        10,733      10,580
FL       :   2,499       2,528      0.594       0.535       123,701     112,707
GA       :   4,867       5,126      0.885       0.880       358,941     375,907
HI       :     172         156      0.906       0.871        12,986      11,323
ID       :     236         248      0.707       0.696        13,904      14,384
IL       :     841         838      0.622       0.618        43,592      43,157
IN       :   5,652       5,831      0.637       0.588       300,027     285,709
IA       :   5,527       5,969      0.526       0.452       242,267     224,832
KS       :     323         392      0.566       0.468        15,225      15,269
KY       :     710         863      0.744       0.725        44,020      52,140
LA       :     460         475      0.908       0.848        34,807      33,567
ME       :   1,434       1,373      0.694       0.630        82,933      72,083
MD       :     882         867      0.732       0.697        53,802      50,358
MA       :     156         139      0.610       0.642         7,930       7,431
MI       :   1,327       1,395      0.560       0.500        61,927      58,104
MN       :   2,957       3,152      0.559       0.480       137,747     126,080
MS       :   1,547       1,578      1.130       1.210       145,676     159,115
MO       :   1,719       1,732      0.592       0.530        84,804      76,497
MT       :      88          84      0.570       0.550         4,180       3,850
NE       :   2,469       2,706      0.520       0.430       106,990      96,965
NH       :      46          42      0.825       0.750         3,163       2,613
NJ       :     463         488      0.623       0.570        24,037      23,180
NM       :     302         299      0.593       0.550        14,924      13,704
NY       :     931         986      0.666       0.620        51,671      50,943
NC       :   2,794       2,555      0.875       0.890       203,729     189,496
ND       :      49          60      0.530       0.450         2,164       2,250
OH       :   6,976       7,395      0.614       0.570       356,939     351,263
OK       :     901         927      0.873       0.780        65,548      60,255
OR       :     783         758      0.644       0.590        42,021      37,268
PA       :   5,900       5,983      0.653       0.610       321,058     304,136
RI       :      24          22      0.589       0.639         1,178       1,172
SC       :   1,228       1,189      0.768       0.696        78,592      68,962
SD       :     542         618      0.500       0.430        22,583      22,145
TN       :     255         299      0.931       0.926        19,784      23,073
TX       :   4,186       4,257      0.768       0.715       267,904     253,646
UT       :     483         478      0.576       0.520        23,184      20,713
VT       :      56          55      0.608       0.628         2,827       2,852
VA       :     806         860      0.951       0.933        63,876      66,865
WA       :   1,379       1,394      0.653       0.594        75,024      69,023
WV       :     245         241      1.210       1.250        24,704      25,104
WI       :     998       1,031      0.564       0.514        46,906      44,161
WY       :     3.5         3.6      0.630       0.570           184         171
         :
Oth St 3/:      61          86      0.610       0.545         3,111       3,904
         :
US 4/    :  77,532      79,717      0.703       0.655     4,539,929   4,349,521
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1/  Estimates cover the 12 month period Dec 1, previous year through Nov 30.
2/  Average of all eggs sold by producers, including hatching eggs.
3/  AK, AZ and NV combined to avoid disclosure of individual operations.
4/  States may not add to U.S. total due to rounding.
 
 
 
 
                     Broilers:  Production, Price, and Value
                         by State and Total, 1997 1/ 2/
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          :                :                 :     Price      :      Value
   State  :     Number     :     Pounds      :      per       :       of
          :    Produced    :    Produced     :    Pound 3/    :   Production
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          :   1,000 Head      1,000 Pounds        Dollars        1,000 Dollars
          :
AL        :     906,200         4,349,800          0.380           1,652,924
AR        :   1,164,600         5,590,100          0.375           2,096,288
CA        :     237,300         1,210,200          0.390             471,978
DE        :     256,900         1,413,000          0.375             529,875
FL        :     132,400           595,800          0.385             229,383
GA        :   1,182,800         5,914,000          0.385           2,276,890
HI        :       1,000             4,400          0.520               2,288
KY        :     110,600           497,700          0.370             184,149
MD        :     295,300         1,417,400          0.375             531,525
MI        :         640             2,900          0.365               1,059
MN        :      46,300           240,800          0.375              90,300
MS        :     720,300         3,313,400          0.370           1,225,958
MO        :     250,000         1,075,000          0.375             403,125
NE        :       1,600             8,200          0.375               3,075
NY        :       1,400             7,000          0.390               2,730
NC        :     665,000         3,657,500          0.375           1,371,563
OH        :      45,800           229,000          0.365              83,585
OK        :     197,400           868,600          0.375             325,725
OR        :      21,700           108,500          0.385              41,773
PA        :     135,200           689,500          0.375             258,563
SC        :     182,800           829,900          0.385             319,512
TN        :     138,600           623,700          0.380             237,006
TX        :     455,100         2,093,500          0.370             774,595
VA        :     259,400         1,219,200          0.365             445,008
WA        :      38,800           194,000          0.385              74,690
WV        :      90,800           381,400          0.365             139,211
WI        :      32,900           157,900          0.375              59,213
          :
Oth Sts 4/:     193,360           848,350          0.385             326,935
          :
Total 5/  :   7,764,200        37,540,750          0.377          14,158,926
          :
15 Weekly :
 Sts 6/   :   6,822,700        33,298,400          0.377          12,560,279
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1/  December 1, 1996, through November 30, 1997.
2/  Broiler production including other domestic meat-type breeds.
3/  Liveweight equivalent prices, derived from ready-to-cook (RTC) prices using
    the following formulas:  RTC price minus processing cost X (dressing
    percentage) =  liveweight equivalent price.
4/  IA, IL, IN, LA, & ME, combined to avoid disclosing individual
    operations.
5/  Excludes States producing less than 500,000 birds.
6/  15 states in the weekly estimating program:  AL, AR, CA, DE, FL, GA, MD, MS,
    NC, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA and WV.
 
 
 
 
                     Broilers:  Production, Price, and Value
                         by State and Total, 1998 1/ 2/
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          :                :                 :     Price      :      Value
   State  :     Number     :     Pounds      :      per       :       of
          :    Produced    :    Produced     :    Pound 3/    :   Production
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          :   1,000 Head      1,000 Pounds        Dollars        1,000 Dollars
          :
AL        :     921,800         4,516,800          0.400           1,806,720
AR        :   1,170,600         5,618,900          0.380           2,135,182
DE        :     259,800         1,428,900          0.390             557,271
FL        :     129,000           632,100          0.400             252,840
GA        :   1,202,500         5,892,300          0.405           2,386,382
HI        :       1,000             4,400          0.525               2,310
KY        :     172,000           842,800          0.395             332,906
MD        :     290,900         1,367,200          0.390             533,208
MI        :         580             2,800          0.365               1,022
MN        :      42,300           207,300          0.390              80,847
MS        :     722,400         3,467,500          0.395           1,369,663
MO        :     255,000         1,096,500          0.380             416,670
NE        :       1,200             7,200          0.390               2,808
NY        :       1,900             9,900          0.410               4,059
NC        :     653,000         3,591,500          0.395           1,418,643
OH        :      46,000           234,600          0.390              91,494
OK        :     216,000           993,600          0.380             377,568
PA        :     135,500           691,100          0.385             266,074
SC        :     180,500           848,400          0.395             335,118
TN        :     159,200           716,400          0.395             282,978
TX        :     480,000         2,160,000          0.390             842,400
VA        :     263,300         1,263,800          0.385             486,563
WV        :      89,600           358,400          0.400             143,360
WI        :      34,100           163,700          0.365              59,751
          :
Oth Sts 4/:     506,100         2,437,500          0.393             958,714
          :
Total 5/  :   7,934,280        38,553,600          0.393          15,144,551
          :
15 Weekly :
 Sts 6/   :   6,906,100        33,818,100          0.394          13,322,322
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1/  December 1, 1997, through November 30, 1998.
2/  Broiler production including other domestic meat-type breeds.
3/  Liveweight equivalent prices, derived from ready-to-cook (RTC) prices using
    the following formulas:  RTC price minus processing cost X (dressing
    percentage) =  liveweight equivalent price.
4/  CA, IA, IN, LA, ME, OR, & WA combined to avoid disclosing individual
    operations.
5/  Excludes States producing less than 500,000 birds.
6/  15 states in the weekly estimating program:  AL, AR, CA, DE, FL, GA, MD, MS,
    NC, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA and WV.
 
 
 
 
                     Turkeys:  Production, Price, and Value
                        by State and United States, 1997
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          :                :                 :     Price      :      Value
   State  :     Number     :     Pounds      :      per       :       of
          :   Raised 1/    :    Produced     :    Pound 2/    :   Production
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          :   1,000 Head      1,000 Pounds        Dollars        1,000 Dollars
          :
AR        :     30,000            525,000          0.41              215,250
CA        :     21,000            480,900          0.42              201,978
CO 3/     :      3,900            147,030
CT        :          5                125          1.07                  134
GA        :        175              5,758          0.45                2,591
IL        :      3,500             86,800          0.41               35,588
IN        :     14,500            359,600          0.41              147,436
IA        :      7,000            187,600          0.43               80,668
KS        :      1,900             52,250          0.41               21,423
MD & DE   :        740             13,335          0.43                5,734
MA        :         82              2,050          1.28                2,624
MN        :     45,500          1,014,650          0.39              395,714
MO        :     21,000            562,800          0.40              225,120
NH        :         15                368          1.35                  497
NJ        :         74              1,576          0.85                1,340
NY        :        510             12,087          0.42                5,077
NC        :     53,500          1,353,550          0.39              527,885
ND        :      2,600             57,980          0.39               22,612
OH        :      6,700            217,750          0.35               76,213
PA        :     11,600            235,480          0.41               96,547
SC        :     11,200            368,480          0.39              143,707
SD        :      3,600            115,200          0.40               46,080
VT        :         39                936          1.18                1,104
VA        :     26,000            504,400          0.39              196,716
WV        :      4,500             87,300          0.39               34,047
          :
Oth Sts 4/:     31,611            832,054          0.41              398,292
          :
US        :    301,251          7,225,059          0.399           2,884,377
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1/  Based on turkeys placed Sep 1, 1996, through Aug 31, 1997.  Excludes young
    turkeys lost.
2/  IN, IA, MN, & PA are actual live weight prices.  All other States' prices
    are equivalent live weight returns to producers.
3/  Price and value not published to avoid disclosure of individual operations.
    Value of production included in other States.
4/  MI, NE, OK, OR, TX, UT, and WI combined to avoid disclosing individual
    operations.
 
 
 
 
                     Turkeys:  Production, Price, and Value
                        by State and United States, 1998
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          :                :                 :     Price      :      Value
   State  :     Number     :     Pounds      :      per       :       of
          :   Raised 1/    :    Produced     :    Pound 2/    :   Production
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          :   1,000 Head      1,000 Pounds        Dollars        1,000 Dollars
          :
AR        :     28,000            495,600          0.40              198,240
CA        :     19,000            442,700          0.41              181,507
CT        :          5                130          1.00                  130
IL        :      3,200             80,960          0.39               31,574
IN        :     13,500            352,350          0.39              137,417
MD & DE   :        600             15,000          0.43                6,450
MA        :         80              2,040          1.25                2,550
MN        :     44,500          1,027,950          0.35              359,783
MO        :     22,000            598,400          0.40              239,360
NH        :         14                336          1.40                  470
NJ        :         71              1,512          0.80                1,210
NY        :        500             11,950          0.40                4,780
NC        :     50,000          1,270,000          0.37              469,900
ND        :      1,800             41,580          0.35               14,553
OH        :      5,500            178,750          0.33               58,988
PA        :     10,500            233,100          0.38               88,578
SC        :     10,600            356,160          0.38              135,341
SD        :      3,800            123,120          0.35               43,092
VT        :         41                984          1.04                1,023
VA        :     26,000            533,000          0.39              207,870
WV        :      4,300             88,150          0.39               34,379
          :
Oth Sts 3/:     39,492          1,148,996          0.39              444,511
          :
US        :    283,503          7,002,768          0.380           2,661,706
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1/  Based on turkeys placed Sep 1, 1997, through Aug 31, 1998.  Excludes young
    turkeys lost.
2/  IN, IA, MN, & PA are actual live weight prices.  All other States' prices
    are equivalent live weight returns to producers.
3/  CO, GA, IA, KS, MI, NE, OK, OR, TX, UT, and WI combined to avoid disclosing
    individual operations.
 
 
 
 
              Chickens:  Lost, Sold for Slaughter, Price, and Value
                       by State and United States, 1997 1/
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           :   Number   :   Number    :             :    Price    :    Value
   State   :  Lost 2/   :  Sold for   :   Pounds    :     per     :     of
           :            :  Slaughter  :    Sold     :    Pound    :    Sales
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           :   ---- 1,000 Head ----    1,000 Pounds     Dollars    1,000 Dollars
           :
AL         :    1,700         8,820        66,150        0.170        11,246
AR         :    2,200        10,600        63,600        0.090         5,724
CA         :    3,500        15,300        53,550        0.023         1,232
CO         :      600         2,300         8,050        0.030           242
CT         :      440         2,192         9,645        0.025           241
DE         :       57           230         1,748        0.102           178
FL         :    3,100         4,900        22,050        0.002            44
GA         :    2,500        15,500       106,950        0.160        17,112
HI         :      152           232           812        0.149           121
ID         :       87           577         2,193        0.030            66
IL         :      680         1,540         8,316        0.059           491
IN         :    2,569        11,611        39,477        0.020           790
IA         :    3,250        11,150        44,600        0.031         1,383
KS         :      224           605         2,420        0.050           121
KY         :      300         1,500         4,950        0.050           248
LA         :      250         1,450         8,410        0.072           606
ME         :      558         3,578        15,743        0.020           315
MD         :      486         2,105        11,578        0.056           648
MA         :       66           390         1,716        0.020            34
MI         :    1,000         2,900        13,340        0.040           534
MN         :    1,900         5,800        20,300        0.031           629
MS         :    1,410         5,290        34,914        0.144         5,028
MO         :    1,550         3,300        18,150        0.090         1,634
MT         :       39           319         1,276        0.020            26
NE         :    1,750         4,320        17,280        0.031           536
NH         :       22           140           616        0.025            15
NJ         :      330           950         3,135        0.040           125
NM         :      520           340         1,190        0.005             6
NY         :      450         2,800        12,320        0.026           320
NC         :    1,850        10,000        69,000        0.110         7,590
ND         :       60           160           720        0.031            22
OH         :    3,280        16,430        55,862        0.013           726
OK         :      780         2,670        16,554        0.090         1,490
OR         :      485         1,500         7,800        0.020           156
PA         :    3,900        12,400        62,000        0.075         4,650
RI         :        8            67           295        0.025             7
SC         :      900         2,850        14,535        0.111         1,613
SD         :      475           900         3,420        0.030           103
TN         :      173           904         4,158        0.120           499
TX         :    2,970        11,691        53,779        0.036         1,936
UT         :      250         1,068         4,272        0.030           128
VT         :       17            90           396        0.025            10
VA         :      513         3,210        14,766        0.110         1,624
WA         :    1,000         3,000        10,200        0.020           204
WV         :      170         1,160         4,872        0.110           536
WI         :      700         1,990         7,761        0.059           458
WY         :        6             7            32        0.050             2
           :
Oth Sts 3/ :       29           150           598        0.020            12
           :
US         :   49,256       190,986       925,499        0.077        71,461
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1/  Estimates cover the 12 month period Dec 1, previous year through Nov 30 and
    excludes broilers.
2/  Includes rendered, died, destroyed, composted or disappeared for any reason
    during the 12-month period.
3/  AK, AZ, and NV combined to avoid disclosing individual operations.
 
 
 
 
              Chickens:  Lost, Sold for Slaughter, Price, and Value
                       by State and United States, 1998 1/
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           :   Number   :   Number    :             :    Price    :    Value
   State   :  Lost 2/   :  Sold for   :   Pounds    :     per     :     of
           :            :  Slaughter  :    Sold     :    Pound    :    Sales
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           :   ---- 1,000 Head ----    1,000 Pounds     Dollars    1,000 Dollars
           :
AL         :    1,750         9,200        65,320        0.175        11,431
AR         :    3,264        11,812        86,228        0.096         8,278
CA         :    3,373        13,749        48,122        0.034         1,636
CO         :      550         2,170         9,331        0.030           280
CT         :      562         2,345         8,677        0.017           148
DE         :       59           267         1,522        0.129           196
FL         :    2,570         4,667        18,201        0.058         1,056
GA         :    2,806        15,590       109,130        0.169        18,443
HI         :      196           236           779        0.151           118
ID         :       86           508         1,930        0.036            69
IL         :      322         2,152         7,962        0.027           215
IN         :    3,200        12,200        41,480        0.020           830
IA         :    4,339        10,907        37,084        0.024           890
KS         :      168           791         2,373        0.020            47
KY         :      449         1,787        11,258        0.113         1,272
LA         :      241           976         5,661        0.069           391
ME         :      530         3,485        13,243        0.017           225
MD         :      822         1,869         8,037        0.062           498
MA         :       58           410         1,558        0.017            26
MI         :      466         3,086        12,653        0.027           342
MN         :    2,300         6,100        21,960        0.026           571
MS         :    1,460         5,702        41,625        0.174         7,243
MO         :      820         4,827        21,239        0.096         2,039
MT         :       38           192           768        0.020            15
NE         :    1,900         5,530        22,120        0.024           531
NH         :       25           134           630        0.017            11
NJ         :      152           725         2,465        0.036            89
NM         :      257           490         1,666        0.005             8
NY         :      327         3,030        13,332        0.021           280
NC         :    1,800         9,825        68,775        0.070         4,814
ND         :       50           150           600        0.026            16
OH         :    4,127        16,654        59,954        0.024         1,439
OK         :      876         2,820        17,484        0.096         1,678
OR         :      291         1,349         4,587        0.010            46
PA         :    5,200        12,935        46,566        0.073         3,399
RI         :        8            53           201        0.016             3
SC         :    1,036         2,497        12,735        0.111         1,414
SD         :      635           900         3,420        0.020            68
TN         :      210           962         6,349        0.133           844
TX         :    3,681        10,404        50,980        0.039         1,988
UT         :      164         1,021         4,084        0.030           123
VT         :       15           140           574        0.016             9
VA         :      509         2,867        17,775        0.070         1,244
WA         :      648         3,209        10,911        0.020           218
WV         :      222         1,024         5,018        0.130           652
WI         :      843         1,853         7,597        0.051           387
WY         :        1            11            37        0.050             2
           :
Oth Sts 3/ :       22           157           567        0.035            20
           :
US         :   53,428       193,768       934,568        0.080        75,542
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1/  Estimates cover the 12 month period Dec 1, previous year through Nov 30 and
    excludes broilers.
2/  Includes rendered, died, destroyed, composted or disappeared for any reason
    during the 12-month period.
3/  AK, AZ, and NV combined to avoid disclosing individual operations.
 
 
 
 
Released April 29, 1999, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS),
Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture.  For information
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The next "Poultry - Production and Value 1999 Summary" report will be released
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