HDR1012000150050502951500POULTRY PRODUCTION AND VALUE
HDR2012000150050502951500POULTRY PROD. & VALUE SUMMARY NARRATIVE
                                     Poultry

                     Production and Value by States, 1993-94

                   Value of Production and Sales Up 6 Percent

The combined value of production from broilers, eggs, and turkeys and the value
of sales from chickens in 1994, was $17.9 billion, up 6 percent from the
$16.8 billion in 1993, according to the Agricultural Statistics Board.  Of the
combined total, 64 percent was from broilers, 21 percent from eggs, 15 percent
from turkeys, and less than 1 percent from other chickens.

                    Value of Broiler Production Up 9 Percent

The value of broilers produced during 1994 was $11.4 billion, up 9 percent from
the $10.4 billion in 1993.  The total number of broilers produced in 1994 was
7.02 billion, up 5 percent from 1993.  The 1994 average price per pound on a
live weight equivalent basis was 35.0 cents per pound, compared to 34.0 cents
per pound in 1993.

                     Value of Egg Production Down 1 Percent

Value of egg production in 1994 was $3.78 billion, down 1 percent from the
$3.80 billion in 1993.  Egg production totaled 73.9 billion eggs, up 3 percent
from the 71.9 billion eggs produced in 1993.  In 1994, eggs averaged 61.4 cents
per dozen, compared with 63.4 cents in 1993.

                     Value of Turkey Production Up 6 Percent

The value of turkeys produced during 1994 was $2.67 billion, up 6 percent from
the $2.51 billion the previous year.  Turkey production in 1994 totaled
6.61 billion pounds live weight, compared with 6.43 billion pounds in 1993.
The average price received by producers during 1994 was 40.4 cents per pound,
compared with 39.0 cents in 1993.

                    Value of Sales of Chicken Down 20 Percent

The value of sales from chickens (excluding broilers) in 1994 was
$77.4 million, down 20 percent from the $96.4 million a year ago.  Prices
averaged 7.6 cents per pound, compared with 10.0 cents in 1993.  The number of
chickens sold in 1994 totaled 201 million, up 2 percent from the total sold
during the previous year.

HDR2012000150050502951500VALUE OF PRODUCTION

            Value of Production:  Broilers, Eggs, Turkeys, Chickens,
                        and Total, United States, 1985-94
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   Year   : Broilers 1/ :    Eggs     :   Turkeys   : Chickens 2/ :    Total
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          :                            1,000 Dollars
          :
1985      :  5,668,272     3,262,260     1,819,526      151,682     10,901,740
1986      :  6,784,088     3,543,295     1,951,087      127,730     12,406,200
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      : 11,373,826     3,776,795     2,671,736       77,359     17,899,716
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1/  Excludes States which produced less than 500,000 broilers.
2/  Value of sales.

HDR2012000150050502951500EGGS

                  Eggs:  Production, Price, and Value by State
                          and United States, 1993-94 1/
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         :    Eggs Produced     :  Price per Dozen 2/   :  Value of Production
  State  :----------------------------------------------------------------------
         :   1993    :   1994   :   1993    :   1994    :   1993    :   1994
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         :  ----- Million ----      ---- Dollars ----     --- 1,000 Dollars ---
         :
AL       :   2,538       2,732      1.030        .902       217,845     205,355
AK       :     0.5         0.5      1.790       1.710            75          71
AZ       :      88          81       .506        .491         3,711       3,314
AR       :   3,645       3,803       .941       1.040       285,829     329,593
CA       :   7,029       6,602       .491        .464       287,603     255,277
CO       :     837         778       .688        .660        47,988      42,790
CT       :     988         972      1.030        .997        84,803      80,757
DE       :     162         152      1.060       1.080        14,310      13,680
FL       :   2,475       2,538       .518        .465       106,838      98,348
GA       :   4,449       4,543       .746        .745       276,580     282,045
HI       :   210.6       187.0       .855        .859        15,005      13,386
ID       :     232         253       .664        .648        12,837      13,662
IL       :     807         768       .590        .640        39,678      40,960
IN       :   5,281       5,452       .559        .508       246,007     230,801
IA       :   3,328       3,808       .451        .398       125,077     126,299
KS       :     334         352       .441        .388        12,275      11,381
KY       :     629         679       .680        .637        35,643      36,044
LA       :     450         441       .923       1.110        34,613      40,793
ME       :   1,204       1,403       .961        .922        96,420     107,797
MD       :     831         852       .576        .637        39,888      45,227
MA       :     202         205      1.030        .987        17,338      16,861
MI       :   1,401       1,435       .460        .425        53,705      50,823
MN       :   2,692       2,669       .460        .400       103,193      88,967
MS       :   1,435       1,515       .885        .964       105,831     121,705
MO       :   1,644       1,713       .458        .433        62,746      61,811
MT       :     125          95       .630        .550         6,563       4,354
NE       :   2,027       2,027       .430        .360        72,634      60,810
NV       :     1.1         1.4       .413        .438            38          51
NH       :      45          39      1.050        .970         3,938       3,153
NJ       :     526         451       .760        .710        33,313      26,684
NM       :     313         300       .640        .598        16,693      14,950
NY       :   1,028       1,049       .607        .572        52,000      50,002
NC       :   3,082       3,214       .760        .735       195,193     196,858
ND       :      60          51       .430        .360         2,150       1,530
OH       :   5,075       5,644       .481        .487       203,423     229,052
OK       :     880         765      1.000        .899        73,333      57,311
OR       :     673         708       .790        .783        44,306      46,197
PA       :   5,642       5,597       .510        .511       239,785     238,339
RI       :      53          55       .981        .949         4,333       4,350
SC       :   1,282       1,326       .650        .637        69,442      70,389
SD       :     627         535       .375        .325        19,594      14,490
TN       :     258         255       .790        .720        16,985      15,300

TX       :   3,569       3,860       .681        .616       202,541     198,147
UT       :     498         489       .570        .451        23,655      18,378
VT       :      30          20      1.040        .993         2,600       1,655
VA       :     926         943       .848        .885        65,437      69,546
WA       :   1,283       1,371       .698        .730        74,628      83,403
WV       :     213         248      1.100       1.150        19,525      23,767
WI       :     820         883       .470        .410        32,117      30,169
WY       :     2.8         2.9       .740        .676           173         163
         :
US 3/    :  71,936      73,866       .634        .614     3,800,237   3,776,795
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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/  States may not add to U.S. total due to rounding.

HDR2012000150050502951500BROILERS

                     Broilers:  Production, Price, and Value
                         by State and Total, 1993 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        :     882,200         3,969,900           .340           1,349,766
AR        :   1,048,800         4,614,700           .365           1,684,366
CA        :     216,000         1,101,600           .320             352,512
DE        :     254,000         1,295,400           .320             414,528
FL        :     128,400           552,100           .340             187,714
GA        :     960,000         4,416,000           .340           1,501,440
HI        :       1,100             4,750           .475               2,256
IA        :      15,000            90,000           .335              30,150
KY        :      43,500           174,000           .300              52,200
MD        :     296,000         1,332,000           .320             426,240
MI        :         630             2,750           .380               1,045
MN        :      46,600           237,700           .340              80,818
MS        :     528,200         2,429,700           .335             813,950
MO        :     138,000           579,600           .370             214,452
NE        :       2,700            17,800           .345               6,141
NY        :       1,000             4,500           .340               1,530
NC        :     615,200         3,137,500           .320           1,004,000
OH        :      28,600           137,300           .260              35,698
OK        :     175,200           665,800           .360             239,688
OR        :      22,000           107,800           .310              33,418
PA        :     113,900           546,700           .335             183,145
SC        :     131,900           514,400           .330             169,752
TN        :     122,600           551,700           .330             182,061
TX        :     360,700         1,623,200           .375             608,700
VA        :     244,400         1,124,200           .330             370,986
WA        :      37,500           180,000           .340              61,200
WV        :      70,400           302,700           .330              99,891
WI        :      17,700            83,200           .315              26,208
          :
Oth Sts 4/:     192,080           820,600           .345             283,107
          :
Total 5/  :   6,694,310        30,617,600           .340          10,416,962
          :
15 Weekly :
 Sts 6/   :   5,972,700        27,511,800           .340           9,349,051
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1/  December 1, 1992, through November 30, 1993.
2/  Broiler production including other domestic meat-type breeds.

3/  AR and TX prices are actual liveweight price.  All other State prices are
    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, 1994 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        :     909,600         4,184,200           .345           1,443,549
AR        :   1,078,600         4,853,700           .375           1,820,138
CA        :     226,200         1,131,000           .330             373,230
DE        :     258,300         1,369,000           .335             458,615
FL        :     132,700           570,600           .335             191,151
GA        :   1,005,000         4,723,500           .350           1,653,225
HI        :       1,120             5,000           .515               2,575
IA        :      15,000            82,500           .360              29,700
KY        :      56,500           237,300           .300              71,190
MD        :     285,000         1,311,000           .330             432,630
MI        :         650             3,200           .340               1,088
MN        :      47,800           248,600           .340              84,524
MS        :     602,600         2,711,700           .340             921,978
MO        :     153,100           658,300           .380             250,154
NE        :       2,800            18,200           .360               6,552
NY        :       1,200             5,600           .340               1,904
NC        :     643,500         3,217,500           .330           1,061,775
OH        :      33,100           165,500           .345              57,098
OK        :     185,800           798,900           .380             303,582
OR        :      21,500           107,500           .310              33,325
PA        :     119,300           596,500           .335             199,828
SC        :     147,200           588,800           .350             206,080
TN        :     124,700           548,700           .330             181,071
TX        :     371,000         1,669,500           .395             659,453
VA        :     252,700         1,187,700           .335             397,880
WA        :      40,900           200,400           .350              70,140
WV        :      89,400           384,400           .335             128,774
WI        :      17,500            82,300           .300              24,690
          :
Oth Sts 4/:     194,770           867,400           .355             307,927
          :
Total 5/  :   7,017,540        32,528,500           .350          11,373,826
          :
15 Weekly :
 Sts 6/   :   6,245,800        29,047,800           .349          10,129,377
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1/  December 1, 1993, through November 30, 1994.
2/  Broiler production including other domestic meat-type breeds.

3/  AR and TX prices are acutal liveweight price.  All other State prices are
    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, 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.

HDR2012000150050502951500TURKEYS

                     Turkeys:  Production, Price, and Value
                        by State and United States, 1993
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          :     Number     :                 :     Price      :      Value
   State  :     Raised     :     Pounds      :      per       :       of
          :       1/       :    Produced     :    Pound 2/    :   Production
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          :   1,000 Head      1,000 Pounds        Dollars        1,000 Dollars
          :
AR        :     25,000            512,500            .40             205,000
CA        :     22,500            486,000            .43             208,980
CO        :      4,700            153,220              3/                 3/
CT        :         30                612            .86                 526
GA        :      1,470             43,806            .42              18,399
IL        :      3,600             77,400            .42              32,508
IN        :     14,600            334,340            .42             140,423
IA        :      8,400            231,000            .38              87,780
KS        :      1,230             26,445            .40              10,578
MD & DE   :        160              3,756            .41               1,546
MA        :        150              4,170           1.08               4,504
MN        :     42,000            814,800            .35             285,180
MO        :     21,000            447,300            .40             178,920
NE        :      2,550             47,430            .37              17,549
NH        :         20                514           1.14                 586
NJ        :         90              2,160            .78               1,685
NY        :        480             11,856            .38               4,505
NC        :     61,000          1,366,400            .38             519,232
ND        :      1,150             19,550            .35               6,843
OH        :      5,600            158,480            .37              58,638
OR        :        520              9,568            .41               3,923
PA        :      8,600            169,420            .42              71,156
SC        :      6,550            195,190            .38              74,172
SD        :      2,500             74,750            .36              26,910
UT        :      3,850             88,550            .52              46,046
VA        :     21,000            392,700            .40             157,080
WV        :      4,300             80,410            .40              32,164
          :
Oth Sts 4/:     24,600            680,250            .38             314,294
          :
US        :    287,650          6,432,577            .390          2,509,127
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1/  Based on turkeys placed Sep 1, 1992, through Aug 31, 1993.  Excludes young
    turkeys lost.
2/  Live weight equivalent price.
3/  Not published to avoid disclosing individual operations.  Value of
    production included in Other States.
4/  MI, OK, TX, and WI combined to avoid disclosing individual operations.


                     Turkeys:  Production, Price, and Value
                        by State and United States, 1994
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          :     Number     :                 :     Price      :      Value
   State  :     Raised     :     Pounds      :      per       :       of
          :       1/       :    Produced     :    Pound 2/    :   Production
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          :   1,000 Head      1,000 Pounds        Dollars        1,000 Dollars
          :
AR        :     25,000            510,000            .44             224,400
CA        :     21,000            449,400            .43             193,242
CO        :      4,900            164,640              3/                 3/
CT        :         25                585            .81                 474
GA        :      1,410             42,018            .41              17,227
IL        :      3,800             78,280            .43              33,660
IN        :     14,000            336,000            .43             144,480
IA        :      8,800            249,920            .40              99,968
KS        :      1,600             34,400            .42              14,448
MD & DE   :        140              3,149            .48               1,517
MA        :        140              3,724           1.22               4,543
MN        :     41,500            846,600            .36             304,776
MO        :     20,500            477,650            .43             205,390
NH        :         10                249           1.19                 296
NJ        :         85              2,040            .85               1,734
NY        :        500             13,250            .40               5,300
NC        :     60,000          1,362,000            .40             544,800
ND        :      1,100             24,200            .36               8,712
OH        :      6,000            176,400            .36              63,504
PA        :     10,500            201,600            .42              84,672
SC        :      5,800            172,840            .40              69,136
SD        :      2,500             75,750            .36              27,270
VA        :     22,000            409,200            .42             171,864
WV        :      5,600            104,160            .42              43,747
          :
Oth Sts 4/:     32,115            871,768            .39             406,576
          :
US        :    289,025          6,609,823            .404          2,671,736
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1/  Based on turkeys placed Sep 1, 1993, through Aug 31, 1994.  Excludes young
    turkeys lost.
2/  Live weight equivalent price.
3/  Not published to avoid disclosing individual operations.  Value of
    production included in Other States.
4/  MI, NE, OK, OR, TX, UT, and WI combined to avoid disclosing individual
    operations.

HDR2012000150050502951500CHICKENS

                     Chickens:  Lost, Sold, Price, and Value
                       by State and United States, 1993 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       :    1,670         10,200        68,340         .126          8,611
AK       :        2              5            25           3/             3/
AZ       :       38            104           416         .026             11
AR       :    2,400         15,000        82,500         .190         15,675
CA       :    3,100         18,100        68,780         .024          1,651
CO       :      440          2,180         8,720         .100            872
CT       :      470          2,495        12,475         .048            599
DE       :       80            520         3,692         .095            351
FL       :    1,650          6,300        34,650         .103          3,569
GA       :    2,498         16,566       102,709         .135         13,866
HI       :      183            390         1,404         .127            178
ID       :       83            635         2,413         .021             51
IL       :      230          1,400         7,420         .043            319
IN       :    2,300         13,500        45,900         .035          1,607
IA       :    1,200          7,200        32,400         .035          1,134
KS       :      170            580         2,668         .150            400
KY       :      370          1,900         6,270         .060            376
LA       :      260          1,000         5,700         .065            371
ME       :      418          3,560        17,800         .048            854
MD       :      380          3,000        20,700         .095          1,967
MA       :       85            610         3,050         .048            146
MI       :      580          3,300        15,510         .050            776
MN       :    1,700          5,200        18,200         .039            710
MS       :    1,000          5,600        34,720         .093          3,229
MO       :      680          4,000        19,600         .190          3,724
MT       :       71            545         2,180         .040             87
NE       :    1,005          2,295         8,033         .033            265
NV       :        2              5            20         .050              1
NH       :       14            110           550         .048             26
NJ       :      210          1,101         4,074         .053            216
NM       :      104            590         2,242         .016             36
NY       :      550          3,500        16,800         .035            588
NC       :    1,800         11,300        79,100         .168         13,289
ND       :       60            150           660         .032             21
OH       :    1,900         12,600        45,360         .044          1,996
OK       :      630          2,750        15,400         .190          2,926
OR       :      294          1,497         7,485         .020            150
PA       :    2,000         13,900        69,500         .093          6,464
RI       :       18            135           675         .048             32
SC       :      750          3,500        17,500         .134          2,345
SD       :      230            790         3,160         .080            253
TN       :      180            880         3,872         .193            747

TX       :    1,500          8,300        29,050         .075          2,179
UT       :      168          1,210         4,840         .030            145
VT       :        8            125           625         .048             30
VA       :      420          2,870        12,628         .180          2,273
WA       :      580          3,600        12,960         .020            259
WV       :      168          1,030         4,532         .166            752
WI       :      300          1,900         7,030         .040            281
WY       :       13              4            18         .050              1
         :
US       :   34,962        198,032       964,356         .100         96,409
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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/  Value of sales estimates discontinued.  Number lost, number sold, and pounds
    sold are included in U.S. total.


                     Chickens:  Lost, Sold, Price, and Value
                       by State and United States, 1994 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       :    1,540          9,000         64,800        .111          7,193
AK       :        2              4             20          3/             3/
AZ       :       37            123            492        .030             15
AR       :    2,400         15,000         97,500        .170         16,575
CA       :    3,100         14,300         52,910        .020          1,058
CO       :      510          2,200          9,020        .070            631
CT       :      390          2,475         12,375        .034            421
DE       :       69            592          4,381        .052            228
FL       :    1,400          5,100         27,030        .052          1,406
GA       :    2,323         16,069        102,842        .100         10,284
HI       :      143            336          1,176        .144            169
ID       :       88            830          3,154        .023             73
IL       :      350          2,300         12,650        .013            164
IN       :    1,450          9,600         33,600        .035          1,176
IA       :    1,800          9,400         47,000        .012            564
KS       :      110          1,100          4,950        .100            495
KY       :      320          1,750          5,775        .060            347
LA       :      240          1,550          8,990        .050            450
ME       :      570          3,465         17,325        .034            589
MD       :      410          3,315         24,863        .054          1,343
MA       :       81            445          2,225        .034             76
MI       :      520          3,500         16,100        .015            242
MN       :    1,600          6,800         24,480        .013            318
MS       :    1,100          5,500         33,000        .075          2,475
MO       :      820          4,300         23,650        .170          4,021
MT       :       64            461          1,844        .020             37
NE       :    1,280          4,500         18,000        .012            216
NV       :        2              5             20        .050              1
NH       :       13             90            450        .034             15
NJ       :      160          1,000          3,600        .040            144
NM       :      335            560          2,184        .040             87
NY       :      530          3,100         14,570        .025            364
NC       :    1,825         12,500         90,000        .115         10,350
ND       :       50            120            528        .013              7
OH       :    2,200         14,700         54,390        .010            544
OK       :      504          2,960         17,168        .165          2,833
OR       :      335          1,700          7,140        .020            143
PA       :    2,200         12,000         60,000        .055          3,300
RI       :       22             70            350        .034             12
SC       :      500          3,200         16,000        .112          1,792
SD       :      210            790          3,160        .070            221
TN       :      145            950          4,275        .100            428

TX       :    1,800         11,000         44,000        .067          2,948
UT       :      265          1,625          6,500        .030            195
VT       :       40             65            325        .034             11
VA       :      445          4,100         20,910        .111          2,321
WA       :      620          3,800         13,680        .020            274
WV       :      440          1,200          6,120        .120            734
WI       :      450          1,800          6,660        .010             67
WY       :       11              8             38        .050              2
         :
US       :   35,819        201,358      1,022,220        .076         77,359
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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/  Value of sales estimates discontinued.  Number lost, number sold, and pounds
    sold are included in U.S. total.

The next "Poultry Production and Value" report will be released in May 1996.


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