Pou 3-1 (07)a United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service Poultry - Production and Value 2006 Summary April 2007 ************************************************************* * Update Alert * * * * Page 2 Broilers: Production, Price, and Value, by State * * and Total, 2005. The "19 Weekly States" total * * was corrected. * ************************************************************* Contents Page Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Broilers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Eggs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Turkeys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Chickens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Reliability of Poultry Production and Value Estimates. .10 Information Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Summary U.S. Value of Production and Sales Down 5 Percent The combined value of production from broilers, eggs, turkeys, and the value of sales from chickens in 2006 was $26.8 billion, down 5 percent from the $28.2 billion in 2005. Of the combined total, 70 percent was from broilers, 16 percent from eggs, 13 percent from turkeys, and less than 1 percent from chickens. U.S. Value of Broiler Production Down 10 Percent The value of broilers produced during 2006 was $18.9 billion, down 10 percent from 2005. The total number of broilers produced in 2006 was 8.88 billion, up slightly from 2005. The total amount of live weight broilers produced in 2006 was 48.8 billion pounds, up 2 percent from 2005. The 2006 average price per pound on a live weight equivalent basis was 38.6 cents per pound, compared with 43.6 cents in 2005. U.S. Value of Egg Production Up 8 Percent Value of all egg production in 2006 was $4.39 billion, up 8 percent from the $4.05 billion in 2005. Egg production totaled 90.9 billion eggs, up 1 percent from the 90.0 billion eggs produced in 2005. In 2006, all eggs averaged 57.9 cents per dozen, compared with 54.0 cents in 2005. U.S. Value of Turkey Production Up 12 Percent The value of turkeys produced during 2006 was $3.55 billion, up 12 percent from the $3.18 billion the previous year. Turkey production in 2006 totaled 7.42 billion pounds, up 5 percent from the 7.10 billion pounds produced in 2005. The average price received by producers during 2006 was 47.9 cents per pound, compared with 44.9 cents in 2005. U.S. Value of Sales from Chickens Down 18 Percent The value of sales from chickens (excluding broilers) in 2006 was $53.1 million, down 18 percent from the $64.7 million a year ago. Prices averaged 5.8 cents per pound, compared with 6.5 cents in 2005. The number of chickens sold in 2006 totaled 172 million, down 11 percent from the total sold during the previous year. This report contains annual estimates for Puerto Rico chickens and eggs. These estimates include chickens (excluding commercial broilers) number lost, sold for slaughter, pounds, price, and value as well as all egg production, price, and value. Value of Production: Broilers, Eggs, Turkeys, Chickens, and Total, United States, 2005-2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Year : Broilers 1/ : Eggs : Turkeys : Chickens 2/ : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Dollars : 2005 : 20,877,916 4,049,293 3,182,767 64,739 28,174,715 2006 : 18,851,054 4,387,528 3,551,127 53,124 26,842,833 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Excludes States which produced less than 500,000 broilers. 2/ Value of sales. Broilers: Production, Price, and Value, by State and Total, 2005 1/ 2/ 3/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Price : Value State : Number : Pounds : per : of : Produced : Produced : Pound 4/ : Production -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head 1,000 Pounds Dollars 1,000 Dollars : AL : 1,057,300 5,603,700 0.430 2,409,591 AR : 1,214,200 6,313,800 0.420 2,651,796 DE : 248,000 1,612,000 0.460 741,520 FL : 75,100 458,100 0.440 201,564 GA : 1,324,000 6,752,400 0.430 2,903,532 KY : 297,800 1,637,900 0.430 704,297 MD : 289,500 1,389,600 0.460 639,216 MN : 46,900 229,800 0.430 98,814 MS : 852,700 4,775,100 0.430 2,053,293 NE : 4,800 27,800 0.440 12,232 NC : 735,100 4,851,700 0.460 2,231,782 OH : 43,100 228,400 0.440 100,496 OK : 249,900 1,324,500 0.420 556,290 PA : 148,100 799,700 0.450 359,865 SC : 213,300 1,279,800 0.440 563,112 TN : 196,700 1,003,200 0.430 431,376 TX : 627,900 3,265,100 0.440 1,436,644 VA : 260,300 1,327,500 0.430 570,825 WV : 88,500 362,900 0.450 163,305 WI : 36,300 159,700 0.440 70,268 : Oth Sts 5/: 862,500 4,452,900 0.444 1,978,098 : Total 6/ : 8,872,000 47,855,600 0.436 20,877,916 : 19 Weekly : Sts 7/ : 8,635,300 46,684,900 0.436 20,354,517 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ December 1, 2004, through November 30, 2005. 3/ Broiler production including other domestic meat-type strains. 4/ Live weight equivalent prices, derived from ready-to-cook (RTC) prices using the following formulas: RTC price minus processing cost X (dressing percentage) = live weight equivalent price. 5/ CA, CT, IN, IA, LA, MI, MO, NY, OR, & WA, combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. 6/ Excludes States producing less than 500,000 broilers. 7/ 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, Price, and Value, by State and Total, 2006 1/ 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Price : Value State : Number : Pounds : per : of : Produced : Produced : Pound 3/ : Production -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head 1,000 Pounds Dollars 1,000 Dollars : AL : 1,053,400 5,688,400 0.380 2,161,592 AR : 1,185,400 6,282,600 0.370 2,324,562 DE : 269,100 1,803,000 0.410 739,230 FL : 75,000 442,500 0.410 181,425 GA : 1,382,100 7,186,900 0.380 2,731,022 KY : 289,000 1,589,500 0.380 604,010 MD : 271,800 1,304,600 0.410 534,886 MN : 45,900 229,500 0.380 87,210 MS : 803,800 4,662,000 0.380 1,771,560 NE : 5,100 30,600 0.400 12,240 NC : 749,000 5,093,200 0.410 2,088,212 OH : 45,600 241,700 0.390 94,263 OK : 249,400 1,346,800 0.370 498,316 PA : 144,900 782,500 0.410 320,825 SC : 227,100 1,408,000 0.400 563,200 TN : 213,500 1,088,900 0.380 413,782 TX : 628,300 3,330,000 0.380 1,265,400 VA : 256,200 1,332,200 0.380 506,236 WV : 89,700 358,800 0.400 143,520 WI : 38,300 168,500 0.390 65,715 : Oth Sts 4/: 859,400 4,424,700 0.394 1,743,848 : Total 5/ : 8,882,000 48,794,900 0.386 18,851,054 : 19 Weekly : Sts 6/ : 8,636,500 47,575,800 0.386 18,367,639 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ December 1, 2005, through November 30, 2006. 2/ Broiler production including other domestic meat-type strains. 3/ Live weight equivalent prices, derived from ready-to-cook (RTC) prices using the following formulas: RTC price minus processing cost X (dressing percentage) = live weight equivalent price. 4/ CA, IN, IA, LA, MI, MO, 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. Table Eggs: Price, by State and United States, 2005-2006 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : 20052/ : 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Dollars per Dozen : AL : 0.345 0.418 AR : 0.364 0.394 CA : 0.405 0.494 CO : 0.372 0.431 CT : 0.456 0.495 FL : 0.370 0.437 GA : 0.345 0.432 HI : 0.941 1.000 ID : 0.411 0.495 IL : 0.320 0.360 IN : 0.342 0.383 IA : 0.292 0.336 KY : 0.364 0.400 LA : 0.387 0.418 ME : 0.532 0.567 MD : 0.442 0.460 MA : 0.607 0.650 MI : 0.346 0.366 MN : 0.328 0.402 MS : 0.352 0.396 MO : 0.284 0.324 MT : 0.374 0.465 NE : 0.310 0.370 NH : 0.607 0.667 NJ : 0.494 0.545 NY : 0.360 0.407 NC : 0.332 0.383 OH : 0.357 0.452 OK : 0.361 0.392 OR : 0.406 0.495 PA : 0.345 0.378 SC : 0.348 0.419 SD : 0.301 0.365 TN : 0.363 0.436 TX : 0.333 0.373 UT : 0.318 0.394 VT : 0.395 0.438 VA : 0.426 0.486 WA : 0.399 0.466 WV : 0.424 0.480 WI : 0.313 0.371 WY : 0.397 0.460 : Oth Sts 3/ : 0.383 0.444 : US : 0.347 0.402 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ December 1, previous year through November 30. 2/ Revised. 3/ AK, AZ, DE, KS, NV, NM, ND, and RI combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. All Eggs: Production, Price, and Value, by State, United States, and Puerto Rico, 2005-2006 1/ 2/ 3/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Eggs Produced : Price per Dozen : Value of Production State :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2005 : 2006 : 20054/ : 2006 : 20054/ : 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----- Million ---- ---- Dollars ---- --- 1,000 Dollars --- : AL : 2,071 2,002 1.630 1.650 281,595 274,490 AR : 3,416 3,267 1.240 1.220 352,645 331,932 CA : 5,082 4,962 0.429 0.515 181,655 212,889 CO : 1,071 1,083 0.472 0.526 42,141 47,452 CT : 846 791 0.475 0.513 33,458 33,840 FL : 2,980 2,938 0.406 0.470 100,723 115,002 GA : 4,906 4,811 0.850 0.920 347,680 368,736 HI : 114.5 98.3 0.941 1.000 8,979 8,192 ID : 241 182 0.572 0.715 11,492 10,844 IL : 1,210 1,307 0.377 0.421 38,058 45,876 IN : 6,254 6,593 0.369 0.409 192,327 224,552 IA : 12,978 13,811 0.310 0.354 335,318 406,865 KY : 1,228 1,150 0.709 0.763 72,568 73,156 LA : 469 463 0.795 0.710 31,073 27,386 ME : 1,025 1,064 0.545 0.578 46,594 51,288 MD : 798 733 0.467 0.490 31,069 29,907 MA : 71 71 0.607 0.655 3,591 3,875 MI : 2,142 2,391 0.347 0.367 61,870 73,097 MN : 2,985 2,940 0.365 0.438 90,899 107,303 MS : 1,627 1,546 1.250 1.240 169,834 159,891 MO : 1,910 1,903 0.469 0.468 74,570 74,213 MT : 106 104 0.374 0.465 3,300 4,031 NE : 3,217 3,129 0.310 0.370 82,989 96,358 NH : 39 36 0.736 0.794 2,391 2,381 NJ : 491 446 0.494 0.545 20,206 20,267 NY : 1,129 1,126 0.369 0.421 34,671 39,476 NC : 2,573 2,636 1.160 1.170 249,368 257,627 OH : 7,506 7,507 0.365 0.459 228,182 287,198 OK : 731 738 0.983 0.970 59,862 59,646 OR : 823 772 0.447 0.535 30,626 34,444 PA : 6,608 6,687 0.389 0.428 214,188 238,351 SC : 1,289 1,280 0.578 0.639 62,133 68,135 SD : 816 865 0.301 0.365 20,460 26,312 TN : 316 289 1.310 1.400 34,478 33,642 TX : 4,760 5,039 0.602 0.604 238,798 253,563 UT : 878 937 0.318 0.394 23,248 30,727 VT : 50 55 0.584 0.530 2,434 2,427 VA : 823 806 0.983 0.994 67,421 66,769 WA : 1,343 1,298 0.400 0.470 44,791 50,840 WV : 261 274 1.400 1.410 30,473 32,210 WI : 1,321 1,284 0.361 0.424 39,702 45,323 WY : 3.6 3.6 0.397 0.460 119 138 : Oth Sts5/: 1,519 1,493 0.405 0.468 51,314 56,877 : US : 90,027 90,877 0.540 0.579 4,049,293 4,387,528 : PR : 261 285 0.908 0.885 19,742 21,025 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, KS, NV, NM, ND, and RI combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. Turkeys: Production, Price, and Value, by State and United States, 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Price : Value State : Number : Pounds : per : of : Raised 1/ : Produced 2/ : Pound 3/ : Production 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head 1,000 Pounds Dollars 1,000 Dollars : AR : 28,500 555,750 0.46 255,645 CA : 14,500 395,850 0.43 170,216 IL : 2,900 92,800 0.43 39,904 IN : 13,400 428,800 0.45 192,960 IA : 9,000 306,000 0.43 131,580 MD : 780 14,976 0.47 7,039 MA : 60 1,428 1.65 2,356 MI : 4,500 168,750 0.40 67,500 MN : 44,500 1,201,500 0.45 540,675 MO : 20,000 628,000 0.45 282,600 NJ : 37 570 1.19 678 NY : 620 14,012 0.46 6,446 NC : 35,500 1,054,350 0.46 485,001 ND : 1,100 29,700 0.37 10,989 OH : 6,000 223,800 0.44 98,472 PA : 10,500 206,850 0.49 101,357 SC : 8,000 310,400 0.43 133,472 SD : 4,500 137,700 0.37 50,949 VT : 56 1,271 1.41 1,792 VA : 20,000 502,000 0.46 230,920 WV : 2,700 67,770 0.46 31,174 : Oth Sts 4/ : 24,900 753,700 0.45 341,042 : US 5/ : 252,053 7,095,977 0.449 3,182,767 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Based on turkeys placed Sep 1, 2004, through Aug 31, 2005. Excludes young turkeys lost. 2/ Revised. 3/ Live weight equivalent price to producers is used when actual live weight price is not available for the State. 4/ CO, KS, NE, OK, TX, UT, and WI combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. 5/ 28 State total. Turkeys: Production, Price, and Value, by State and United States, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : : Price : Value State : Number : Pounds : per : of : Raised 1/ : Produced : Pound 2/ : Production ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 Head 1,000 Pounds Dollars 1,000 Dollars : AR : 30,000 585,000 0.52 304,200 CA : 15,800 428,180 0.46 196,963 IL : 2,700 90,450 0.48 43,416 IN : 13,800 462,300 0.51 235,773 IA : 8,200 273,880 0.45 123,246 MD : 730 25,550 0.49 12,520 MA : 62 1,438 1.68 2,416 MI : 4,600 174,800 0.47 82,156 MN : 45,000 1,210,500 0.47 568,935 MO : 20,000 634,000 0.50 317,000 NJ : 33 726 1.16 842 NY : 630 14,868 0.49 7,285 NC : 37,500 1,125,000 0.46 517,500 ND : 1,300 34,970 0.41 14,338 OH : 5,100 190,740 0.46 87,740 PA : 10,500 195,300 0.54 105,462 SC : 9,600 385,920 0.46 177,523 SD : 4,200 157,500 0.39 61,425 VT : 55 1,238 1.50 1,857 VA : 21,500 554,700 0.47 260,709 WV : 3,600 92,880 0.47 43,654 : Oth Sts 3/: 27,050 777,995 0.50 386,167 : US 4/ : 261,960 7,417,935 0.479 3,551,127 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ Based on turkeys placed Sep 1, 2005, through Aug 31, 2006. Excludes young turkeys lost. 2/ Live weight equivalent price to producers is used when actual live weight price is not available for the State. 3/ CO, KS, NE, OK, TX, UT, and WI combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. 4/ 28 State total. Chickens: Lost, Sold for Slaughter, Price, and Value, by State, United States, and Puerto Rico, 2005 1/2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : Number : : Price : Value State : Lost 3/ : Sold for : Pounds : per : of : : Slaughter : Sold : Pound : Sales -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 Head ---- 1,000 Pounds Dollars 1,000 Dollars : AL : 1,345 10,528 83,171 0.098 8,151 AR : 4,875 13,993 109,145 0.117 12,770 CA : 4,815 7,669 28,375 0.012 341 CO : 504 2,804 12,057 0.049 591 CT : 849 1,005 3,518 0.003 11 FL : 1,896 7,260 27,588 0.023 635 GA : 7,724 14,043 103,918 0.116 12,054 HI : 100 130 507 0.208 105 ID : 94 567 2,098 0.010 21 IL : 810 1,913 7,652 0.010 77 IN : 4,997 9,309 30,720 0.008 246 IA : 17,475 10,337 34,112 0.003 102 KY : 2,419 2,549 19,627 0.096 1,884 LA : 743 1,232 8,747 0.090 787 ME : 1,162 2,089 7,729 0.004 31 MD : 510 1,251 5,004 0.012 60 MA : 16 204 775 0.005 4 MI : 1,075 5,117 16,886 0.001 17 MN : 2,839 5,284 18,494 0.001 18 MS : 1,512 7,437 54,290 0.091 4,940 MO : 1,257 4,645 20,903 0.060 1,254 MT : 50 130 429 0.006 3 NE : 2,982 4,604 14,733 0.001 15 NH : 26 187 842 0.024 20 NJ : 122 817 2,614 0.001 3 NY : 483 3,103 13,033 0.001 13 NC : 1,461 12,399 100,432 0.090 9,039 OH : 6,266 15,977 54,322 0.002 109 OK : 948 2,642 20,608 0.096 1,978 OR : 566 1,080 3,564 0.001 4 PA : 2,448 17,020 57,868 0.010 579 SC : 2,171 3,190 17,864 0.086 1,536 SD : 2,298 298 1,013 0.001 1 TN : 628 1,967 14,753 0.117 1,726 TX : 9,717 8,250 45,375 0.058 2,632 UT : 523 1,610 5,796 0.010 58 VT : 21 127 483 0.012 6 VA : 730 3,441 20,990 0.074 1,553 WA : 555 2,380 8,092 0.001 8 WV : 357 1,620 12,474 0.094 1,173 WI : 1,326 1,561 6,244 0.026 162 WY : 1 8 27 0.001 0 : Oth Sts 4/ : 2,345 1,469 4,920 0.004 22 : US 5/ : 93,041 193,246 1,001,792 0.065 64,739 : PR : 148 684 3,146 0.250 787 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ December 1, 2004, through November 30, 2005. Excludes broilers. 3/ Includes rendered, died, destroyed, composted or disappeared for any reason except sold during the 12-month period. 4/ AK, AZ, DE, KS, NV, NM, ND, and RI combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. 5/ Totals may not add due to rounding. Chickens: Lost, Sold for Slaughter, Price, and Value, by State, United States, and Puerto Rico, 2006 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : Number : : Price : Value State : Lost 2/ : Sold for : Pounds : per : of : : Slaughter : Sold : Pound : Sales -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----- 1,000 Head ---- 1,000 Pounds Dollars 1,000 Dollars : AL : 2,225 10,633 80,811 0.093 7,515 AR : 5,575 14,165 109,071 0.085 9,271 CA : 3,684 6,906 23,480 0.010 235 CO : 1,005 1,968 9,446 0.051 482 CT : 754 1,836 6,426 0.002 13 FL : 3,545 4,441 17,320 0.029 502 GA : 6,552 13,843 103,823 0.086 8,929 HI : 118 107 428 0.219 94 ID : 88 959 3,452 0.010 35 IL : 643 1,305 5,220 0.010 52 IN : 4,240 8,824 29,119 0.008 233 IA : 19,960 9,620 32,708 0.003 98 KY : 2,286 2,105 17,261 0.093 1,605 LA : 391 1,492 9,847 0.076 748 ME : 815 2,444 9,287 0.004 37 MD : 307 931 3,910 0.033 129 MA : 23 268 1,018 0.005 5 MI : 1,013 3,412 11,260 0.001 11 MN : 4,403 3,178 11,759 0.003 35 MS : 1,834 6,184 49,472 0.096 4,749 MO : 1,240 3,960 18,216 0.060 1,093 MT : 74 105 326 0.006 2 NE : 2,926 5,038 16,625 0.001 17 NH : 24 232 1,044 0.019 20 NJ : 112 311 995 0.001 1 NY : 364 2,509 10,036 0.001 10 NC : 3,086 13,269 92,883 0.082 7,616 OH : 9,895 9,870 33,558 0.004 134 OK : 967 3,125 21,875 0.082 1,794 OR : 567 1,194 3,940 0.001 4 PA : 2,370 15,803 55,311 0.011 608 SC : 1,560 2,696 16,446 0.069 1,135 SD : 1,374 522 1,723 0.001 2 TN : 748 1,589 12,553 0.095 1,193 TX : 9,081 6,121 35,502 0.058 2,059 UT : 751 1,451 4,933 0.010 49 VT : 26 216 821 0.009 7 VA : 864 2,827 16,962 0.073 1,238 WA : 805 2,042 10,823 0.001 11 WV : 325 1,514 11,658 0.088 1,026 WI : 1,220 1,757 7,379 0.036 266 WY : 1 10 33 0.001 0 : Oth Sts 3/ : 2,212 1,635 5,804 0.010 60 : US 4/ : 100,054 172,421 914,580 0.058 53,124 : PR : 180 924 4,250 0.213 905 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ December 1, 2005, through November 30, 2006. Excludes broilers. 2/ Includes rendered, died, destroyed, composted or disappeared for any reason except sold during the 12-month period. 3/ AK, AZ, DE, KS, NV, NM, ND, and RI combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. 4/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 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 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 estimate. 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. State and U.S. totals are summed for each poultry item of interest. 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. Estimates are considered final after Census review and no revisions are made after the final estimates are published. Reliability: Estimates in this report have no sampling error since they are based on a census of all known contractors and independent producers who have at least 30,000 table egg layers, flocks of hatchery supply layers, pullet only operations with at least 500 pullets, all known broiler hatcheries, and all known turkey grow-out operations. 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