HDR1012000150050502971500POULTRY PRODUCTION AND VALUE                           
     National                                            April 1997             
     Agricultural                                                               
     Statistics                                                                 
     Service                                                                    
                                                                                
               Washington, D.C.                                                 
                                                                                
             Pou 3-1  (97)                                                      
                                                                                
                                                                                
                             Poultry                                            
                       Production and Value                                     
                           1996 Summary                                         
                                                                                
              Production and Value by States, 1995-96                           
                                                                                
            Value of Production and Sales Up 18 Percent                         
                                                                                
The combined value of production from broilers, eggs, and turkeys and the value 
of sales from chickens in 1996, was $21.8 billion, up 18 percent from the       
$18.5 billion in 1995, according to the Agricultural Statistics Board.  Of the  
combined total, 64 percent was from broilers, 22 percent from eggs, 14 percent  
from turkeys, and less than 1 percent from other chickens.                      
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
             Value of Broiler Production Up 18 Percent                          
                                                                                
The value of broilers produced during 1996 was $13.9 billion, up 18 percent from
the $11.8 billion in 1995.  The total number of broilers produced in 1996 was   
7.60 billion, up 4 percent from 1995.  The 1996 average price per pound on a    
live weight equivalent basis was 38.1 cents per pound, compared to 34.4 cents   
per pound in 1995.                                                              
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
               Value of Egg Production Up 23 Percent                            
                                                                                
Value of egg production in 1996 was $4.76 billion, up 23 percent from the       
$3.88 billion in 1995.  Egg production totaled 76.1 billion eggs, up 2 percent  
from the 74.6 billion eggs produced in 1995.  In 1996, eggs averaged 75.0 cents 
per dozen, compared with 62.4 cents in 1995.                                    
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
              Value of Turkey Production Up 12 Percent                          
                                                                                
The value of turkeys produced during 1996 was $3.10 billion, up 12 percent from 
the $2.78 billion the previous year.  Turkey production in 1996 totaled         
7.17 billion pounds live weight, compared with 6.78 billion pounds in 1995.  The
average price received by producers during 1996 was 43.3 cents per pound,       
compared with 41.0 cents in 1995.                                               
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
             Value of Sales of Chicken Up Fractionally                          
                                                                                
The value of sales from chickens (excluding broilers) in 1996 was $61.4 million,
up fractionally from the $61.3 million a year ago.  Prices averaged 6.6 cents   
per pound, compared with 6.5 cents in 1995.  The number of chickens sold in 1996
totaled 174 million, down 3 percent from the total sold during the previous     
year.                                                                           
            Value of Production:  Broilers, Eggs, Turkeys, Chickens,            
                        and Total, United States, 1987-96                       
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   Year   : Broilers 1/ :    Eggs     :   Turkeys   : Chickens 2/ :    Total    
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          :                            1,000 Dollars                            
          :                                                                     
1987      :  6,177,127     3,209,327     1,703,137      111,827     11,201,418  
1988      :  7,435,300     3,073,382     1,951,351       99,011     12,559,044  
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     3,780,377     2,643,765       77,496     17,873,361  
1995      : 11,762,222     3,879,609     2,776,372       61,315     18,479,518  
1996      : 13,906,019     4,756,582     3,102,093       61,424     21,826,118  
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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, 1995-96 1/                         
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         :    Eggs Produced     :  Price per Dozen 2/   :  Value of Production  
  State  :----------------------------------------------------------------------
         :   1995    :   1996   :   1995    :   1996    :   1995    :   1996    
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         :  ----- Million ----      ---- Dollars ----     --- 1,000 Dollars --- 
         :                                                                      
AL       :   2,703       2,481       .961       1.090       216,465     225,358 
AR       :   3,608       3,428       .979       1.050       294,353     299,950 
CA       :   6,444       6,569       .537        .671       288,369     367,317 
CO       :     805         827       .706        .756        47,361      52,101 
CT       :     944         950       .670        .740        52,707      58,583 
DE       :     138         147      1.130       1.190        12,995      14,578 
FL       :   2,383       2,314       .481        .633        95,519     122,064 
GA       :   4,376       4,584       .794        .911       289,545     348,002 
HI       :     186         179       .872        .869        13,516      12,963 
ID       :     238         258       .607        .700        12,039      15,050 
IL       :     762         902       .684        .689        43,434      51,790 
IN       :   5,496       5,666       .516        .678       236,328     320,129 
IA       :   4,318       5,011       .434        .591       156,168     246,792 
KS       :     325         315       .440        .574        11,917      15,068 
KY       :     679         664       .654        .792        37,006      43,824 
LA       :     472         477       .984        .964        38,704      38,319 
ME       :   1,364       1,449       .650        .720        73,883      86,940 
MD       :   1,002         938       .640        .796        53,440      62,221 
MA       :     133         142       .660        .740         7,315       8,757 
MI       :   1,388       1,318       .435        .623        50,315      68,426 
MN       :   2,823       3,087       .418        .585        98,335     150,491 
MS       :   1,443       1,523       .990       1.210       119,048     153,569 
MO       :   1,705       1,674       .490        .665        69,621      92,768 
MT       :     105         108       .570        .660         4,988       5,940 
NE       :   2,359       2,336       .380        .560        74,702     109,013 
NH       :      44          42       .750        .810         2,750       2,835 
NJ       :     444         475       .626        .728        23,162      28,817 
NM       :     303         306       .530        .675        13,383      17,213 
NY       :   1,071       1,042       .626        .771        55,871      66,949 
NC       :   3,152       2,988       .773        .875       203,041     217,875 
ND       :      47          55       .384        .585         1,504       2,681 
OH       :   5,964       6,502       .509        .662       252,973     358,694 
OK       :     897         916       .860        .876        64,285      66,868 
OR       :     709         741       .615        .739        36,336      45,633 
PA       :   5,661       5,640       .562        .628       265,124     295,160 
RI       :      34          43       .650        .720         1,842       2,580 
SC       :   1,289       1,224       .658        .854        70,680      87,108 
SD       :     535         534       .345        .520        15,381      23,140 
TN       :     254         257       .828        .913        17,526      19,553 
TX       :   3,922       3,986       .663        .875       216,691     290,646 
UT       :     513         464       .471        .566        20,135      21,885 
VT       :      21          27       .680        .770         1,190       1,733 
VA       :     916         949       .895        .953        68,318      75,366 
WA       :   1,455       1,413       .769        .764        93,241      89,961 
WV       :     239         228      1.180       1.190        23,502      22,610 
WI       :     849         896       .433        .606        30,635      45,248 
WY       :     2.4         2.4       .741        .750           148         150 
         :                                                                      
Oth St 3/:      70          68       .655        .682         3,818       3,864 
         :                                                                      
US 4/    :  74,591      76,148       .624        .750     3,879,609   4,756,582 
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1/  Estimates cover the 12 month period Dec 1, previous year through Nov 30.    
2/  Average of all eggs sold, 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, 1995 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        :     900,000         4,230,000           .340           1,438,200    
AR        :   1,107,300         4,982,900           .355           1,768,930    
CA        :     235,800         1,179,000           .325             383,175    
DE        :     263,100         1,394,400           .340             474,096    
FL        :     139,800           615,100           .355             218,361    
GA        :   1,070,000         5,136,000           .345           1,771,920    
HI        :         940             3,800           .525               1,995    
IA        :      15,000            72,000           .350              25,200    
KY        :      64,500           258,000           .320              82,560    
MD        :     295,700         1,360,200           .340             462,468    
MI        :         630             2,850           .340                 969    
MN        :      48,000           249,600           .335              83,616    
MS        :     644,000         2,962,400           .335             992,404    
MO        :     190,600           800,500           .350             280,175    
NE        :       2,900            18,600           .360               6,696    
NY        :       1,400             6,900           .345               2,381    
NC        :     670,100         3,417,500           .340           1,161,950    
OH        :      43,000           215,000           .315              67,725    
OK        :     198,300           852,700           .355             302,709    
OR        :      21,100           105,500           .320              33,760    
PA        :     121,400           607,000           .335             203,345    
SC        :     162,000           680,400           .345             234,738    
TN        :     130,000           572,000           .325             185,900    
TX        :     395,200         1,746,800           .370             646,316    
VA        :     260,100         1,196,500           .335             400,828    
WA        :      40,300           197,500           .345              68,138    
WV        :      88,900           391,200           .335             131,052    
WI        :      22,200           104,300           .335              34,941    
          :                                                                     
Oth Sts 4/:     193,400           863,350           .345             297,674    
          :                                                                     
Total 5/  :   7,325,670        34,222,000           .344          11,762,222    
          :                                                                     
15 Weekly :                                                                     
 Sts 6/   :   6,483,400        30,471,400           .344          10,473,683    
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1/  December 1, 1994, through November 30, 1995.                                
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/  CT, IL, IN, LA, ND, & SD, 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, 1996 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        :     873,300         4,191,800           .390           1,634,802    
AR        :   1,155,000         5,659,500           .375           2,122,313    
CA        :     234,200         1,171,000           .390             456,690    
DE        :     257,600         1,416,800           .370             524,216    
FL        :     131,400           591,300           .390             230,607    
GA        :   1,154,000         5,654,600           .390           2,205,294    
HI        :         950             4,000           .520               2,080    
IA        :      17,200            77,400           .370              28,638    
KY        :      77,000           331,100           .370             122,507    
MD        :     294,800         1,385,600           .370             512,672    
MI        :         550             2,200           .380                 836    
MN        :      47,500           251,800           .375              94,425    
MS        :     675,900         3,109,100           .385           1,197,004    
MO        :     246,300         1,059,100           .375             397,163    
NE        :       2,300            13,300           .360               4,788    
NY        :       1,500             8,000           .410               3,280    
NC        :     681,100         3,541,700           .370           1,310,429    
OH        :      48,600           243,000           .365              88,695    
OK        :     204,000           877,200           .375             328,950    
OR        :      21,300           106,500           .380              40,470    
PA        :     128,200           653,800           .375             245,175    
SC        :     177,500           786,300           .390             306,657    
TN        :     134,000           603,000           .385             232,155    
TX        :     419,200         1,886,400           .385             726,264    
VA        :     259,100         1,243,700           .375             466,388    
WA        :      40,000           196,000           .380              74,480    
WV        :      89,700           394,700           .375             148,013    
WI        :      32,400           152,300           .380              57,874    
          :                                                                     
Oth Sts 4/:     193,600           874,850           .392             343,154    
          :                                                                     
Total 5/  :   7,598,200        36,486,050           .381          13,906,019    
          :                                                                     
15 Weekly :                                                                     
 Sts 6/   :   6,665,000        32,289,300           .382          12,318,679    
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1/  December 1, 1995, through November 30, 1996.                                
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/  CT, IL, IN, LA, ND, & SD, 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, 1995                        
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          :     Number     :      Pounds     :     Price      :      Value      
   State  :     Raised     :     Produced    :      per       :       of        
          :       1/       :                 :    Pound 2/    :   Production    
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          :   1,000 Head      1,000 Pounds        Dollars        1,000 Dollars  
          :                                                                     
AR        :     26,000            535,600           0.45              241,020   
CA        :     22,000            462,000           0.46              212,520   
CO        :      4,300            158,670             3/                   3/   
CT        :         15                291           1.25                  364   
GA        :      1,450             43,935           0.44               19,331   
IL        :      3,600             74,880           0.42               31,450   
IN        :     14,200            335,120           0.42              140,750   
IA        :      8,000            227,200           0.39               88,608   
KS        :      1,600             44,800           0.44               19,712   
MD & DE   :        260              4,821           0.48                2,318   
MA        :        105              2,153           1.23                2,648   
MN        :     40,500            854,550           0.35              299,093   
MO        :     22,500            551,250           0.42              231,525   
NH        :         17                347           1.17                  406   
NJ        :         88              1,980           0.90                1,782   
NY        :        505             12,979           0.42                5,451   
NC        :     61,200          1,419,840           0.41              582,134   
ND        :      1,750             36,750           0.35               12,863   
OH        :      6,500            192,400           0.35               67,340   
PA        :     11,500            230,000           0.40               92,000   
SC        :      6,120            184,824           0.41               75,778   
SD        :      2,800             87,360           0.40               34,944   
VT        :         31                639           1.14                  728   
VA        :     23,500            441,800           0.45              198,810   
WV        :      4,800             90,240           0.45               40,608   
          :                                                                     
Oth Sts 4/:     29,515            784,848           0.40              374,189   
          :                                                                     
US        :    292,856          6,779,277          0.410            2,776,372   
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1/  Based on turkeys placed Sep 1, 1994 through Aug 31, 1995.  Excludes young   
    turkeys lost.                                                               
2/  Equivalent live returns to producers in most States.                        
3/  Not published to avoid disclosure of individual operations.  Value of       
    production included 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, 1996                        
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          :     Number     :      Pounds     :     Price      :      Value      
   State  :     Raised     :     Produced    :      per       :       of        
          :       1/       :                 :    Pound 2/    :   Production    
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          :   1,000 Head      1,000 Pounds        Dollars        1,000 Dollars  
          :                                                                     
AR        :     28,000            526,400           0.44              231,616   
CA        :     22,500            492,750           0.45              221,738   
CO        :      4,800            179,040             3/                   3/   
CT        :          8                152           1.01                  154   
GA        :        550             16,995           0.43                7,308   
IL        :      3,300             78,870           0.43               33,914   
IN        :     14,000            351,400           0.43              151,102   
IA        :      8,000            221,600           0.46              101,936   
KS        :      1,750             49,000           0.44               21,560   
MD & DE   :        330              6,653           0.45                2,993   
MA        :         80              1,600           1.20                1,920   
MN        :     43,500            948,300           0.45              426,735   
MO        :     22,000            578,600           0.43              248,798   
NH        :         15                300           1.17                  351   
NJ        :         73              1,650           0.83                1,370   
NY        :        520             12,792           0.42                5,373   
NC        :     59,500          1,457,750           0.42              612,255   
ND        :      2,100             46,200           0.42               19,404   
OH        :      6,800            227,120           0.43               97,662   
PA        :     11,700            245,700           0.42              103,194   
SC        :      8,300            256,470           0.42              107,717   
SD        :      3,000             96,000           0.45               43,200   
VT        :         35                630           1.00                  630   
VA        :     25,000            475,000           0.43              204,250   
WV        :      4,500             85,500           0.44               37,620   
          :                                                                     
Oth Sts 4/:     31,017            815,055           0.42              419,293   
          :                                                                     
US        :    301,378          7,171,527          0.433            3,102,093   
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1/  Based on turkeys placed Sep 1, 1995 through Aug 31, 1996.  Excludes young   
    turkeys lost.                                                               
2/  Equivalent live returns to producers in most States.                        
3/  Not published to avoid disclosure of individual operations.  Value of       
    production included Other States.                                           
4/  MI, NE, OK, OR, TX, UT, and WI combined to avoid disclosing individual      
    operations.                                                                 
                                                                                
                     Chickens:  Lost, Sold, Price, and Value                    
                       by State and United States, 1995 1/                      
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           :   Number   :   Number    :   Pounds    :  Price per  :  Value of   
   State   :  Lost 2/   :    Sold     :    Sold     :    Pound    :    Sales    
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           :   ---- 1,000 Head ----    1,000 Pounds     Dollars    1,000 Dollars
           :                                                                    
AL         :    3,016         8,184        58,106        .100          5,811    
AR         :    4,760        15,840       102,960        .130         13,385    
CA         :    4,500        13,300        47,880        .019            910    
CO         :      686         1,734         6,936        .040            277    
CT         :      780         2,168        10,840        .029            314    
DE         :      102           727         5,307        .043            228    
FL         :    2,468         4,224        22,387        .040            895    
GA         :    4,210        13,420        88,572        .095          8,414    
HI         :      143           301         1,084        .121            131    
ID         :       80           510         1,887        .030             57    
IL         :      635         1,910        10,887        .010            109    
IN         :    3,072         7,128        24,948        .025            624    
IA         :    4,068         7,832        46,992        .006            282    
KS         :      150           400         1,600        .050             80    
KY         :      528         1,672         5,518        .060            331    
LA         :      440         1,540         8,932        .058            518    
ME         :    1,194         3,460        17,300        .029            502    
MD         :      959         2,616        19,358        .046            890    
MA         :       86           601         3,005        .029             87    
MI         :    1,018         3,432        17,160        .010            172    
MN         :    2,036         4,664        16,790        .007            118    
MS         :    3,400         3,800        26,220        .105          2,753    
MO         :    1,490         3,740        20,570        .130          2,674    
MT         :       63           536         2,144        .030             64    
NE         :    1,798         3,722        14,888        .006             89    
NH         :       24           166           830        .029             24    
NJ         :      270           880         3,080        .020             62    
NM         :      450           200           820        .020             16    
NY         :      950         2,950        13,275        .015            199    
NC         :    3,360        11,265        84,488        .096          8,111    
ND         :       60           150           675        .007              5    
OH         :    4,540        13,110        48,507        .010            485    
OK         :    1,050         3,400        21,080        .130          2,740    
OR         :      426         1,100         6,380        .020            128    
PA         :    4,140        12,760        63,800        .045          2,871    
RI         :       17           133           665        .029             19    
SC         :      995         2,905        14,525        .095          1,380    
SD         :      420           960         3,840        .050            192    
TN         :      285           750         3,300        .100            330    
TX         :    3,305        10,295        45,298        .051          2,310    
UT         :      372         1,298         5,192        .026            135    
VT         :        9            55           275        .029              8    
VA         :      969         3,177        16,203        .103          1,669    
WA         :    1,090         3,500        12,950        .020            259    
WV         :      355         1,100         5,610        .104            583    
WI         :      770         1,670         6,179        .010             62    
WY         :       10             7            32        .050              2    
           :                                                                    
Oth Sts 3/ :       27           175           699        .014             10    
           :                                                                    
US         :   65,576       179,467       939,974        .065         61,315    
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1/  Estimates cover the 12 month period Dec 1, previous year through Nov 30 and 
    excludes broilers.                                                          
2/  Includes death and other losses during the 12 month period.                 
3/  AK, AZ, and NV combined to avoid disclosing individual operations.          
                                                                                
                     Chickens:  Lost, Sold, Price, and Value                    
                       by State and United States, 1996 1/                      
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           :   Number   :   Number    :   Pounds    :  Price per  :  Value of   
   State   :  Lost 2/   :    Sold     :    Sold     :    Pound    :    Sales    
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           :   ---- 1,000 Head ----    1,000 Pounds     Dollars    1,000 Dollars
           :                                                                    
AL         :    3,145         8,755        61,285        .115          7,048    
AR         :    5,140        14,960        97,240        .110         10,696    
CA         :    4,100        11,600        40,600        .020            812    
CO         :      708         1,547         6,188        .030            186    
CT         :      770         1,896         8,532        .004             34    
DE         :       74           618         4,697        .055            258    
FL         :    3,033         4,208        21,882        .004             88    
GA         :    5,062        15,805       109,055        .103         11,233    
HI         :      178           271           949        .144            137    
ID         :       96           755         2,869        .003              9    
IL         :      453         1,122         6,283        .011             69    
IN         :    3,545         8,755        30,643        .020            613    
IA         :    3,580         9,520        57,120        .012            685    
KS         :      140           800         3,200        .050            160    
KY         :      722         1,828         6,032        .050            302    
LA         :      498         1,402         8,132        .069            561    
ME         :      949         3,130        14,085        .005             70    
MD         :      916         2,096        16,139        .055            888    
MA         :       73           223         1,004        .004              4    
MI         :    1,020         2,805        16,830        .010            168    
MN         :    2,185         5,015        18,054        .011            199    
MS         :    3,100         4,200        27,720        .118          3,271    
MO         :    1,685         3,485        19,168        .110          2,108    
MT         :       65           400         1,600        .020             32    
NE         :    1,772         3,950        15,800        .010            158    
NH         :       24           234         1,053        .004              4    
NJ         :      245           595         2,023        .020             40    
NM         :      570           265         1,060        .020             21    
NY         :      990         3,000        14,400        .002             29    
NC         :    3,875        11,050        81,770        .112          9,158    
ND         :       50           150           675        .011              7    
OH         :    4,275        11,135        38,973        .010            390    
OK         :    1,155         3,035        19,121        .113          2,161    
OR         :      515         1,395         7,812        .020            156    
PA         :    4,480        11,220        57,222        .054          3,090    
RI         :       28            79           356        .005              2    
SC         :    1,080         2,720        13,600        .103          1,401    
SD         :      370           735         2,940        .050            147    
TN         :      320           945         4,253        .100            425    
TX         :    3,290         9,010        45,050        .043          1,937    
UT         :      327         1,014         4,056        .030            122    
VT         :       13            90           405        .004              2    
VA         :      871         2,620        15,458        .111          1,716    
WA         :    1,170         3,200        11,200        .020            224    
WV         :      360         1,080         4,752        .108            513    
WI         :      655         1,445         5,347        .015             80    
WY         :       10             7            32        .050              2    
           :                                                                    
Oth Sts 3/ :       17           144           571        .014              8    
           :                                                                    
US         :   67,699       174,314       927,236        .066         61,424    
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1/  Estimates cover the 12 month period Dec 1, previous year through Nov 30 and 
    excludes broilers.                                                          
2/  Includes death and other losses during the 12 month period.                 
3/  AK, AZ, and NV combined to avoid disclosing individual operations.          
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
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