United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service Pou 3-1 (11) Poultry - Production and Value 2010 Summary April 2011 Special Note NASS is in the process of modifying report layouts in order to improve readability. This report issue is published using both layouts but all future issues will only be produced with the new layout, which is available on the NASS website: http://www.nass.usda.gov. This is the last issue using this layout. Contents Page Summary......................................................................... 1 Broilers: Production and Value, by State and Total, 2009........................ 2 Broilers: Production and Value, by State and Total, 2010........................ 3 Turkeys: Production and Value, by State and United States, 2009................. 4 Turkeys: Production and Value, by State and United States, 2010................. 5 Chickens: Lost, Sold for Slaughter and Value, by State and United States, 2009.. 6 Chickens: Lost, Sold for Slaughter and Value, by State and United States, 2010.. 7 All Eggs: Production and Value, by State and United States, 2009-2010........... 8 Reliability of Poultry Production and Value Estimates........................... 9 Information Contacts............................................................ 9 This page is intentionally blank. Summary U.S. Value of Production and Sales Up 10 Percent The combined value of production from broilers, eggs, turkeys, and the value of sales from chickens in 2010 was $34.7 billion, up 10 percent from the $31.6 billion in 2009. Of the combined total, 68 percent was from broilers, 19 percent from eggs, 13 percent from turkeys, and less than 1 percent from chickens. U.S. Value of Broiler Production Up 9 Percent The value of broilers produced during 2010 was $23.7 billion, up 9 percent from 2009. The total number of broilers produced in 2010 was 8.63 billion, up 1 percent from 2009. The total amount of live weight broilers produced in 2010 was 49.2 billion pounds, up 3 percent from 2009. U.S. Value of Egg Production Up 6 Percent Value of all egg production in 2010 was $6.52 billion, up 6 percent from the $6.17 billion in 2009. Egg production totaled 91.4 billion eggs, up 1 percent from the 90.5 billion eggs produced in 2009. U.S. Value of Turkey Production Up 22 Percent The value of turkeys produced during 2010 was $4.37 billion, up 22 percent from the $3.57 billion the previous year. Turkey production in 2010 totaled 7.11 billion pounds, down 1 percent from the 7.15 billion pounds produced in 2009. U.S. Value of Sales from Chickens Up 11 Percent The value of sales from chickens (excluding broilers) in 2010 was $72.0 million, up 11 percent from the $65.1 million a year ago. The number of chickens sold in 2010 totaled 172 million, down 2 percent from the total sold during the previous year. Value of Production: Broilers, Eggs, Turkeys, Chickens, and Total, United States, 2009-2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Year : Broilers 1/ : Eggs : Turkeys : Chickens 2/ : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Dollars : 2009 : 21,822,804 6,166,038 3,573,392 65,115 31,627,349 2010 : 23,696,132 6,517,823 4,371,400 71,958 34,657,313 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Excludes States which produced less than 500,000 broilers. 2/ Value of sales. Broilers: Production and Value, by State and Total, 2009 1/ 2/ 3/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Value State : Number : Pounds : of : Produced : Produced : Production ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head 1,000 Pounds 1,000 Dollars : AL : 1,002,300 5,512,700 2,519,304 AR : 1,050,900 5,780,000 2,641,460 DE : 231,700 1,598,700 730,606 FL : 42,000 252,000 115,164 GA : 1,322,000 6,874,400 3,141,601 KY : 307,000 1,657,800 757,615 MD : 291,400 1,398,700 639,206 MN : 44,800 246,400 112,605 MS : 793,400 4,601,700 2,102,977 NC : 759,600 5,317,200 2,429,960 OH : 56,400 338,400 154,649 OK : 226,000 1,220,400 557,723 PA : 153,500 875,000 399,875 SC : 237,800 1,521,900 695,508 TN : 189,700 967,500 442,148 TX : 668,700 3,611,000 1,650,227 VA : 240,800 1,204,000 550,228 WV : 82,700 330,800 151,176 WI : 45,800 192,400 87,927 : Oth Sts 4/ : 803,700 4,251,300 1,942,845 : Total 5/ : 8,550,200 47,752,300 21,822,804 : 19 Weekly Sts: 8,284,900 46,358,900 21,186,019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ December 1, 2008, through November 30, 2009. 3/ Broiler production including other domestic meat-type strains. 4/ CA, IN, IA, LA, MI, MO, NE, NY, OR, & WA combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. 5/ Excludes States producing less than 500,000 broilers. 6/ 19 states in the weekly estimating program: AL, AR, CA, DE, FL, GA, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA and WV. Broilers: Production and Value, by State and Total, 2010 1/ 2/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Value State : Number : Pounds : of : Produced : Produced : Production ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head 1,000 Pounds 1,000 Dollars : AL : 1,033,400 5,787,000 2,789,334 AR : 1,043,500 5,937,500 2,861,875 DE : 235,000 1,630,900 786,094 FL : 51,700 314,300 151,493 GA : 1,313,500 6,882,700 3,317,461 KY : 309,900 1,673,500 806,627 MD : 300,500 1,433,400 690,899 MN : 42,100 231,100 111,390 MS : 807,800 4,766,000 2,297,212 NC : 766,500 5,419,200 2,612,054 OH : 60,000 376,800 181,618 OK : 225,000 1,503,000 724,446 PA : 149,300 839,100 404,446 SC : 241,000 1,556,900 750,426 TN : 193,100 986,700 475,589 TX : 653,500 3,646,500 1,757,613 VA : 250,400 1,292,100 622,792 WV : 87,600 346,000 166,772 WI : 46,900 199,300 96,063 : Oth Sts 3/ : 814,500 4,340,100 2,091,928 : Total 4/ : 8,625,200 49,162,100 23,696,132 : 19 Weekly Sts: 8,356,400 47,747,000 23,014,054 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ December 1, 2009, through November 30, 2010. 2/ Broiler production including other domestic meat-type strains. 3/ CA, IN, IA, LA, MI, MO, NE, NY, OR, & WA combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. 4/ Excludes States producing less than 500,000 broilers. 5/ 19 states in the weekly estimating program: AL, AR, CA, DE, FL, GA, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA and WV. Turkeys: Production and Value, by State and United States, 2009 1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Value State : Number : Pounds : of : Raised 2/ : Produced : Production ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head 1,000 Pounds 1,000 Dollars : AR : 29,000 568,400 284,200 CA : 15,000 390,000 202,800 IN : 15,000 543,000 271,500 MN : 45,000 1,161,000 580,500 MO : 18,500 610,500 305,250 NC : 35,500 1,089,850 523,128 OH : 5,200 203,320 105,726 PA : 9,000 181,800 99,990 SC : 11,900 433,160 220,912 SD : 4,500 186,750 82,170 UT : 3,200 81,600 40,800 VA : 17,000 448,800 215,424 WV : 3,300 96,690 46,411 : Oth Sts 3/ : 35,259 1,154,585 594,581 : US : 247,359 7,149,455 3,573,392 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ Based on turkeys placed Sep 1, 2008, through Aug 31, 2009. Excludes young turkeys lost. 3/ Other States include State estimates not shown and States suppressed due to disclosure. Turkeys: Production and Value, by State and United States, 2010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Value State : Number : Pounds : of : Raised 1/2/ : Produced : Production ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head 1,000 Pounds 1,000 Dollars : AR : 28,000 548,800 340,256 CA : 15,200 404,320 259,978 IN : 16,000 572,800 349,408 MN : 47,000 1,207,900 736,819 MO : 18,000 588,600 364,932 NC : 30,000 963,000 587,430 OH : 4,600 177,560 110,087 PA : 7,400 159,100 95,460 SC : 11,900 429,590 262,050 SD : 4,600 193,200 115,920 UT : 4,600 102,580 65,754 VA : 17,000 459,000 284,580 WV : 3,100 89,900 53,940 : Oth Sts 3/ : 36,788 1,210,932 744,786 : US : 244,188 7,107,282 4,371,400 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Based on turkeys placed Sep 1, 2009, through Aug 31, 2010. Excludes young turkeys lost. 2/ Revised. 3/ Includes State estimates not shown and States withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. Chickens: Lost, Sold for Slaughter, and Value, by State and United States, 2009 1/ 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : Number : : Value State : Lost 3/ : Sold for : Pounds : of : : Slaughter : Sold : Sales -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------ 1,000 Head ----- 1,000 Pounds 1,000 Dollars : AL : 2,564 12,401 89,287 9,643 AR : 4,619 13,677 99,842 10,883 CA : 3,219 9,401 31,023 31 CO : 884 2,139 9,412 480 CT : 569 1,507 4,973 20 FL : 3,302 4,033 15,325 398 GA : 5,996 13,730 97,483 10,431 HI : 43 59 230 75 IL : 822 2,318 8,345 134 IN : 3,464 9,445 33,058 331 IA : 26,663 6,622 22,515 113 KY : 831 3,505 23,133 2,313 LA : 304 1,637 9,986 799 ME : 617 1,829 6,036 6 MD : 237 1,416 5,239 120 MA : 21 89 294 1 MI : 923 3,090 10,197 10 MN : 1,818 5,480 21,372 363 MS : 2,001 6,474 47,260 5,151 MO : 1,076 4,239 19,499 1,111 MT : 72 108 410 0 NE : 2,197 5,873 18,794 19 NY : 352 3,010 9,933 20 NC : 3,170 13,217 87,232 8,636 OH : 8,150 10,798 36,713 184 OK : 789 3,020 22,046 2,381 OR : 1,704 289 983 10 PA : 1,953 13,630 47,705 620 SC : 725 3,022 17,225 1,481 SD : 623 610 2,013 2 TN : 442 1,770 13,629 1,554 TX : 11,242 5,723 42,350 4,701 UT : 492 1,657 5,468 5 VT : 23 224 851 23 VA : 841 2,553 16,595 1,626 WA : 3,466 116 383 0 WV : 246 1,766 11,126 1,046 WI : 710 2,008 8,032 281 WY : 1 7 23 0 : Oth Sts 4/ : 1,917 3,104 10,780 113 : US 5/ : 99,088 175,596 906,800 65,115 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ December 1, 2008, through November 30, 2009. Excludes broilers. 3/ Includes rendered, died, destroyed, composted or disappeared for any reason except sold during the 12-month period. 4/ AK, AZ, DE, ID, KS, ND, NH, NJ, NM, NV, and RI combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. 5/ Totals may not add due to rounding. Chickens: Lost, Sold for Slaughter, and Value, by State and United States, 2010 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : Number : : Value State : Lost 2/ : Sold for : Pounds : of : : Slaughter : Sold : Sales -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------ 1,000 Head ------ 1,000 Pounds 1,000 Dollars : AL : 2,754 12,453 95,888 11,602 AR : 4,678 12,401 93,008 10,975 CA : 4,140 7,916 24,540 25 CO : 1,065 1,816 8,717 610 CT : 1,382 561 1,907 32 FL : 3,637 3,935 14,166 382 GA : 5,338 15,560 101,140 10,620 HI : 73 116 371 134 IL : 376 2,054 7,394 192 IN : 3,820 11,598 38,273 344 IA : 31,837 5,376 17,203 103 KY : 1,554 3,342 23,060 2,537 LA : 339 1,663 12,971 1,582 ME : 421 1,214 3,763 11 MD : 209 1,168 4,088 102 MA : 9 78 257 1 MI : 1,043 3,964 12,685 13 MN : 2,546 4,779 17,204 447 MS : 1,675 6,937 48,559 5,487 MO : 1,155 4,350 20,010 1,241 MT : 90 37 118 0 NE : 1,918 5,648 17,509 18 NY : 406 2,144 6,861 14 NC : 3,287 12,958 88,114 9,604 OH : 8,019 10,343 34,132 239 OK : 884 3,236 23,623 2,740 OR : 1,405 613 1,962 14 PA : 2,267 12,509 42,531 595 SC : 673 3,891 22,179 1,996 SD : 523 676 2,163 2 TN : 472 1,714 13,198 1,597 TX : 9,826 5,306 38,203 4,393 UT : 612 1,388 4,442 4 VT : 23 184 681 20 VA : 978 2,273 15,911 1,766 WA : 3,792 30 96 0 WV : 354 2,176 16,755 2,027 WI : 960 2,205 8,600 327 WY : 1 7 22 0 : Oth Sts 3/ : 2,456 3,168 10,822 162 : US 4/ : 106,997 171,787 893,126 71,958 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ December 1, 2009, through November 30, 2010. Excludes broilers. 2/ Includes rendered, died, destroyed, composted or disappeared for any reason except sold during the 12-month period. 3/ AK, AZ, DE, ID, KS, ND, NH, NJ, NM, NV, and RI combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. 4/ Totals may not add due to rounding. All Eggs: Production and Value, by State and United States, 2009-2010 1/ 2/ 3/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Eggs Produced : Value of Production State :------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2009 4/ : 2010 : 2009 4/ : 2010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -------- Million -------- ------ 1,000 Dollars ----- : AL : 2,145 2,182 286,893 291,344 AR : 2,935 2,894 362,727 356,273 CA : 5,304 5,390 319,805 375,158 CO : 1,110 1,066 70,308 77,131 CT : 767 695 41,686 39,566 FL : 2,670 2,592 152,616 150,746 GA : 4,463 4,419 468,599 438,401 HI : 69.5 69.5 8,759 4,800 IL : 1,253 1,272 71,103 73,893 IN : 6,460 6,493 353,020 373,592 IA : 14,475 14,614 755,830 824,319 KY : 1,130 1,119 110,285 101,530 LA : 455 462 38,009 46,210 ME : 916 1,034 63,226 57,690 MD : 554 616 33,150 35,837 MA : 36 36 2,603 2,010 MI : 2,784 2,912 149,883 162,789 MN : 2,777 2,869 165,025 167,922 MS : 1,440 1,467 158,710 179,794 MO : 1,973 1,949 125,456 151,788 MT : 107 119 6,890 6,619 NE : 2,749 2,751 146,859 152,857 NY : 1,192 1,161 66,428 66,177 NC : 3,148 3,251 349,371 327,373 OH : 7,426 7,535 403,793 427,071 OK : 769 769 70,175 84,499 OR : 740 715 47,765 51,756 PA : 6,543 6,976 367,224 408,227 SC : 1,128 1,102 85,739 86,243 SD : 696 672 37,936 37,696 TN : 323 308 38,665 43,922 TX : 4,985 4,811 347,480 395,052 UT : 925 929 52,470 64,329 VT : 57 59 3,782 3,769 VA : 721 729 66,223 77,332 WA : 1,705 1,739 106,499 120,732 WV : 232 267 28,183 38,911 WI : 1,350 1,312 78,301 78,316 WY : 2.4 2.4 134 167 : Oth Sts5/ : 1,970 2,042 124,428 135,982 : US : 90,484 91,398 6,166,038 6,517,823 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ December 1, previous year through November 30. 2/ Includes hatching and market (table) eggs. 3/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 4/ Revised. 5/ AK, AZ, DE, ID, KS, ND, NH, NJ, NM, NV, and RI combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. Reliability of Poultry Production and Value Estimates Survey Procedures: These estimates were based on inventory, disposition, production, and price estimates as published in various NASS poultry and agricultural prices reports, as well as information on imports, exports, and slaughter obtained from other sources. Individual NASS field offices maintain a list of all known poultry operations and use known sources to update their lists. Data are collected from all known broiler hatcheries and turkey grow-out operations. Also, data are collected from layer and egg contractors and independent producers who have at least 30,000 table egg layers, flocks of hatchery supply layers, or pullet only operations with at least 500 pullets. In every situation, operations are contacted as close to the reference date as possible and given adequate time to respond via mail, fax, or electronic data reporting (EDR). Those that do not respond are contacted by phone. Care is exercised to ensure that all operations of interest are accounted for in the estimates. Estimation Procedures: Sound statistical methodology is employed to derive the estimates from reported data. All data are analyzed for unusual values. Data from each operation are compared to their own past operating profile and to trends from similar operations. Data for missing operations are estimated based on similar operations or historical data. NASS field offices prepare these estimates by using a combination of survey indications and historic trends. Individual State estimates are reviewed by the Agricultural Statistics Board for reasonableness. Revision Policy: Revisions to previous estimates are made to improve estimates and are generally the result of late or corrected data. For all species, previous year estimates are subject to revision when the current year estimates are made. Five years of estimates are also reviewed after the Census of Agriculture data are available. 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