&A A400.C7 Sl pSI lq111 POULTRY FACTS GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICSSERVICE JUNE 1998 EDITION GEORGIA POULTRY FACTS 1998 EDITION Compiled by GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE Stephens Federal Building, Suite 320 355 East Hancock Avenue Athens, Georgia 30601 Robert T. Bass, State Statistician Christina S. Messer, Deputy State Statistician Talmadge G. Williams, Jr., Agricultural Statistician Frieda C. Dekazos, Poultry Statistician Connie R. McEver, Editor A cooperative function of GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Tommy T. Irvin, Commissioner and UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE National Agricultural Statistics Service Donald M. Bay, Administrator PREFACE This publication is a compilation of statistical data on poultry released by the Georgia Agricultural Statistics Service during 1997 with comparisons back to 1991 and some comparisons back to 1964. The publication is designed to aid data users throughout the poultry industry in analyzing historical data and to assist in projecting future trends in the industry. A special thanks to the faithful, cooperating reporters, hatchery personnel, egg producers, feed dealers, the Poultry Improvement Association, the various trade associations and others who voluntarily take time from busy schedules to provide data to make this bulletin possible. Current poultry information is published by the Georgia Agricultural Statistics Service weekly in the Weekly Hatchery report and semi-monthly in the Georgia Farm Report. These two reports and others are available at our Internet homepage address http://www.nass.usda.gov/ga. Paper copies are available upon written request at the above address or by telephone at 706/546-2236. GEORGIA POULTRY HIGHLIGHTS 1997 FARM VALUE OF PRODUCTION All Poultry and Eggs ........... $2,655,534,000 Broilers ....................... $2,276,890,000 Eggs ............................. $358,941,000 Turkeys ......................... $2,591,000 Chickens* ........................... $17,112,000 GEORGIA'S NATIONAL RANK -- 1997 First ............... Broilers Value of Production First . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chickens Value of Sales First. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. All Poultry Value of Production First . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Broilers Produced First Eggs Value of Production Second. . . . . . . . . . .. Chickens Sold (excludes broilers) Sixth ............................ Eggs Produced Twentieth Turkeys Value of Production Twentieth ..................... Turkeys Produced SUMMARY--1997 The total farm value of poultry and eggs produced in Georgia increased 3 percent to $2.66 billion for the 1997 production year. Value of production from broilers totaled $2.28 billion, up 3 percent from 1996. The value of production for all eggs was $358.9 million, up 3 percent from 1996. The value of production for turkeys decreased 65 percent to $2.6 million in 1997. The sale of chickens excluding broilers totaled 15.5 million birds with a value of sales of $17.1 million. BROILER PRODUCTION Broiler producers in Georgia produced 1,182.8 million birds in 1997 for the fifteenth consecutive year of record numbers. Production increased 2 percent from 1,154.0 million broilers produced in 1996. Pounds produced in 1997 totaled 5.91 billion. The average price received per pound for broilers in 1997 was 38.5 cents per pound, down 0.5 cents from the 1996 average price. Georgia ranked first in the number of broilers produced and accounted for 16 percent of the Nation's total broiler production in 1997. For the third consecutive year, Georgia ranked number one in the Nation in value of broiler production. EGG PRODUCTION Egg production in Georgia for the year ending November 30, 1997, totaled 4.87 billion eggs, 6 percent more than in 1996. The number of layres averaged 19.9 million in 1997, 7 percent more than the previous year. In hatching egg flocks, the average number of layers was up 10 percent, to 8.71 million from 7.95 million in 1996. The average number of layers in table egg flocks was 11.16 million in 1997. All layers in Georgia produced an average of 245 eggs per hen in 1997, 1 egg less than 1996's average of 246. Hatching egg flocks produced 1.96 billion eggs during 1997, 8 percent more than the previous year. Table egg flocks produced 2.91 billion eggs in 1997, 5 percent more than 1996. The average price for all eggs in 1997 was 88.5 cents per dozen, 2.6 cents per dozen less than in 1996. Table egg prices averaged 59.2 cents per dozen, down 5.3 cents from the previous year. Hatching egg prices averaged $1.32 per dozen, unchanged from the previous year. Georgia's total egg production was 60 percent table eggs and 40 percent hatching eggs. Georgia ranked sixth in the Nation in 1997 in both the average number of layers and in total egg production. Ohio was the leading State in both layers and egg production followed by California and Pennsylvania. TURKEY PRODUCTION Turkeys produced in Georgia during 1997 totaled 175,000 birds, 68 percent below 1996. Pounds of turkeys produced in 1997 totaled 5.8 million compared with 17.0 million pounds produced in 1996. This is a 66 percent decrease from the 1996 poundage. Only heavy breed turkeys are produced in Georgia. The average price received per pound was 5 percent more than in 1996 and averaged 45.0 cents per pound. Value of sales for chickens TABLE OF CONTENTS Table Page No. No. GEORGIA State Rank by Value of Production from Commercial Broilers, Eggs, Turkeys, Mature Chickens and All Poultry, 1997 1 2 Poultry - Production and Value of Production, Georgia, 1964-1997 2 Graph, Value of All Poultry in Georgia, Selected Years, 1987-1997 3 3 Table, Hatching Eggs - Production and Value of Production, Georgia, 1964-1997 4 Total Eggs - Production and Value of Production, Georgia, 1964-1997 5 Graphs, Broilers, Mature Chickens, Turkeys, Eggs - Production and Value of Production, 1991-1997 5 4 Broiler Eggs Set - Georgia, Weekly, 1991-1998 6 5 Broiler Chicks Placed - Georgia, Weekly, 1991-1998 7 Graphs, Broiler Type Eggs Set and Chicks Placed in Georgia, 1997 8 6 Broiler Type Chicks Hatched, By Commercial Hatcheries, Georgia, Monthly, 1991-1998 8 7 Prices Received by Farmers for Commercial Broilers, Georgia, Monthly, 1991-1998 8 8 Egg Type Eggs Set - Georgia, Weekly, 1991-1998 9 9 Egg Type Chicks Hatched - Georgia, Weekly, 1991-1998 10 Graphs, Egg Type Eggs Set and Chicks Hatched in Georgia, 1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. II 10 Egg Type Chicks Hatched, by Commercial Hatcheries, Georgia, Monthly, 1991-1998 II II Forced Molt Layers as a Percent of Hens and Pullets of Laying Age, First of Month, Georgia, 1992-1998 II 12 Layers - Average Number in All Flocks, Georgia, Monthly, 1991-1998 12 13 Eggs Laid per 100 Layers - All Flocks, Georgia, Monthly, 1991-1998 12 14 Egg Production, All Flocks - Georgia, Monthly, 1991-1998 12 15 Layers - Average Number in Table Egg Flocks, Georgia, Monthly, 1991-1998 13 16 Eggs Laid per 100 Layers, Table Egg Flocks, Georgia, Monthly, 1991-1998 13 17 Egg Production, Table Egg Flocks, Georgia, Monthly, 1991-1998 13 18 Layers - Average Number in Hatching Egg Flocks, Georgia, Monthly, 1991-1998 14 19 Eggs Laid per 100 Layers, Hatching Egg Flocks, Georgia, Monthly, 1991-1998 14 20 Egg Production, Hatching Egg Flocks, Georgia, Monthly, 1991-1998 14 21 Prices Received by Farmers for All Eggs, Georgia, Monthly, 1991-1998 15 22 Prices Received by Farmers for Table Eggs, Georgia, Monthly, 1991-1998 15 23 Prices Received by Farmers for Hatching Eggs, Georgia, Monthly, 1991-1998 15 24 Poultry Slaughtered Under Federal Inspection - Georgia, Monthly, 1982-1998 16 UNITED STATES OR BY STATES 25 All Chickens on Farms, by States, December 1, 1991-1997 17 26 Total Value of All Chickens on Farms, by States, December 1, 1991-1997 18 27 Hatchery Capacity - Chicken & Turkey Hatcheries & Egg Capacity by Region & U.S. Jan. 1, 1997-1998 19 28 Graphs, Value of Production Broilers, Eggs, Turkeys, Chickens & Total, U.S., 1991-1997 20 Average Number of Layers, U.S., 1995-1998 20 29 Poultry - Production and Value of Production, United States, 1967-1997 21 30 Broiler Eggs Set - 15 Selected States, Weekly, 1991-1998 22 31 Broiler Chicks Placed - 15 Selected States, Weekly, 1991-1998 23 32 Domestic Placements - Pullet Chicks for Broiler Hatchery Supply Flocks, United States, Monthly, 1991-1998 24 33 Broiler Type Chicks Hatched, by Commercial Hatcheries, United States, Monthly, 1991-1998 24 34 Prices Received by Farmers for Commercial Broilers, United States, Monthly, 1991-1998 24 35 Domestic Placements - Pullet Chicks for Egg Type Hatchery Supply Flocks, United States, Monthly, 1991-1998 25 36 Egg Type Chicks Hatched, by Commercial Hatcheries, United States, Monthly, 1991-1998 25 37 Prices Received by Farmers for All Eggs, United States, Monthly, 1991-1998 25 38 Layers - Average Number in All Flocks, United States, Monthly, 1991-1998 26 39 Eggs Laid per 100 Layers, All Flocks, United States, Monthly, 1991-1998 26 40 Egg Production, All Flocks, United States, Monthly, 1991-1998 26 41 Forced Molt Layers as a Percent of Hens and Pullets of Laying Age, First of Month - 30 Selected States, 1992-1998 27 42 Turkey Poults, All Breeds - Prices Paid, United States, Monthly, 1987-1998 27 43 Turkeys Live - Prices Received, United States, Monthly, 1987-1998 27 44 Poultry Slaughtered Under Federal Inspection, United States, Monthly, 1967-1998 28 Poultry Slaughtered Under Federal Inspection, United States, Monthly, 1996-1998 31 45 Turkeys Slaughtered Under Federal Inspection - United States, Monthly, 1967-1998 31 46 Per Capita Consumption of Eggs, Chickens and Turkeys - United States, Selected Years, 1986-1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 32 47 Per Capita Consumption of Red Meats - United States, Selected Years 1986-1997 32 Graph, Per Capita Consumption in United States, Selected Years, 1986-1997 32 TABLE :I. STATE RANK BY VALUE OF PRODUCTION FROM COMMERCIAL BROILERS, EGGS, TURKEYS, MATURE CHICKENS AND ALL POULTRY, 1997 Rank Commercial Broilers 1/2131 ($000) Eggs31 ($000) Turkeys41 ($000) Mature Chickens 31 ($000) All Poultry61 ($000) 1 GA 2,276,890 GA 358,941 NC 527,885 GA 17,112 GA 2,655,534 2 AR 2,096,288 OH 356,939 MN 400,062 AL 11,246 AR 2,594,566 3 AL 1,652,294 CA 344,810 MO 235,840 NC 7,590 NC 2,110,330 4 NC 1,371,563 PA 314,964 AR 215,250 AR 7,074 AL 1,884,285 5 MS 1,225,958 IN 300,027 CA 201,978 MS 5,028 MS 1,376,662 6 TX 774,595 AR 275,954 VA 189,150 PA 4,350 7 MD 531,525 TX 267,904 IN 144,386 TX 1,936 8 DE 529,875 IA 242,311 SC 143,707 MO 1,634 9 CA 471,978 AL 220,745 PA 96,547 VA 1,624 10 VA 445,008 NC 203,292 IA 80,668 SC 1,613 11 MO 403,125 MS 145,676 OH 76,213 IA 1,528 12 OK 325,725 MN 137,747 SD 40,960 OK 1,490 13 SC 319,512 FL 123,701 IL 35,588 CA 1,232 14 PA 258,563 NE 106,990 WV 34,047 IN 769 15 TN 237,006 MO 84,804 ND 22,612 OH 726 16 FL 229,383 ME 82,933 KS 21,423 MD 648 17 KY 184,149 SC 78,592 NY 5,077 LA 606 18 WV 139,211 WA 76,375 MD&DE 3,953 MN 586 19 MN 90,300 VA 64,722 MA 2,592 WV 536 20 OH 83,585 OK 62,659 GA 2,591 TN 499 21 WA 74,690 MI 61,927 NJ 1,340 IL 491 22 WI 59,213 MD 53,802 VT 1,104 MI 478 23 OR 41,773 NY 51,671 NH 497 NE 474 24 NE 3,075 CO 51,229 CT 134 WI 458 25 NY 2,730 WI 46,906 CO" NY 320 26 HI 2,288 CT 45,697 ME 315 27 MI 1,059 KY 44,813 KY 248 28 IL 43,297 CO 242 29 OR 42,021 CT 241 30 LA 34,807 WA 204 31 WV 24,704 DE 178 32 NJ 24,037 OR 156 33 SD 22,583 UT 128 34 UT 20,928 NJ 125 35 TN 19,763 KS 121 36 KS 15,188 HI 121 37 NM 14,924 SD 103 38 ID 13,767 ID 66 39 HI 12,914 FL 44 40 DE 10,733 MA 34 41 MA 7,930 MT 26 42 MT 4,180 ND 22 43 NH 3,182 NH 15 44 VT 2,750 VT 10 45 ND 2,208 RI 7 46 RI 1,180 NM 6 47 WY 184 WY 2 48 49 50 OTHER STATES 320,528 71 3,111 81 396,857 91 12 81 U.S. IOI 14,152,519 4,530,522 2,880,461 72,474 21,635,976 II Broiler production including other meat-typ,e breeds. 21 Excludes states producin!lless than 500,000 birds. 31 Estimates cover the 12-month period Dec. 1, previous bt. year, through Nov. 30. 41 Based on turkeys p aced Sept. 1,1996, through Aug. 31,19 7. 51 Not Jlubhshed to avoid disclosing individual ogerations. Value of Jlroduction mcluded in oEJrations. other States. 61 81 AK, AZ, NV Includes commercial broIlers, eljgs, turkeys, ana chickens. combined to avoid disclosing in lVlduai operations. 91 MI, N71EC, TO,KIA, OIRL, ,~, ME, ND & SD combine to avoid disclosinf, individual , WI combined to avoid disclosing individua operations. I I Totals may not add due to rounding. TABLE 2 POULTRY--PRODUCTION AND VALUE OF PRODUCTION, GEORGIA, 1964-19971/ Number Year Produced Pounds Price per Produced Pound21 Value of Sales3! Number Sold Pounds Sold Price per Pound Value of Sales4! Thousands Cents Thous. Dol. Thousands Cents Thous. Dol. Commercial Broilers Mature Chickens, Hatching Egg Flocks 1964 373,880 1,271,192 13.7 1965 402,770 1,369,418 14.5 1966 456,192 1,551,053 14.5 1967 447,123 1,564,930 12.2 1968 436,748 1,528,618 13.1 1969 442,221 1,547,774 14.1 1970 453,886 1,588,601 12.4 1971 431,307 1,552,705 12.9 1972 442,937 1,638,867 13.1 1973 412,986 1,528,048 23.9 1974 426,857 1,579,371 2Ll 1975 416,599 1,541,416 26.9 1976 451,531 1,670,665 24.0 1977 485,879 1,797,752 23.7 1978 531,889 2,021,178 26.0 1979 561,268 2,132,818 26.0 1980 573,899 2,180,816 27.0 1981 614,687 2,397,279 26.5 1982 610,735 2,442,940 25.0 1983 626,551 2,506,204 27.0 1984 636,785 2,610,819 32.0 1985 677,224 2,844,341 28.0 1986 697,364 2,928,929 32.5 1987 733,417 3,153,693 26.5 1988 772,825 3,400,430 31.5 1989 811,964 3,572,642 35.0 1990 854,500 3,759,800 31.0 1991 867,300, 3,816,120 29.5 1992 894,600 4,025,700 31.5 1993 960,000 4,416,000 34.0 1994 1,005,000 4,723,500 35.0 1995 1,070,000 5,136,000 34.5 1996 1,154,000 5,654,600 39.0 1997 1,182,800 5,914,000 38.5 174,153 198,566 224,903 190,921 200,249 218,236 196,987 200,299 214,692 365,203 333,247 414,641 400,960 426,067 525,506 554,533 588,820 635,279 610,735 676,675 835,462 796,415 951,902 835,729 1,071,135 1,250,425 1,165,538 1,125,755 1,268,096 1,501,440 1,653,225 1,771,920 2,205,294 2,276,890 4,807 4,935 5,253 6,098 4,960 5,135 7,178 5,921 5,348 5,100 6,581 3,265 2,944 3,334 4,801 7,680 7,500 9,297 7,934 7,112 7,148 6,943 6,435 6,805 7,145 7,248 7,121 7,589 7,945 9,768 8,404 7,956 9,565 10,449 36,052 15.8 37,228 15.7 39,497 15.0 46,345 12.7 37,696 14.3 39,026 15.9 51,682 13.0 42,631 13.0 38,506 14.4 36,210 22.0 46,917 15.0 24,161 23.2 21,786 23.0 24,338 19.0 36,968 20.8 59,904 19.4 57,550 15.1 66,915 15.0 62,904 14.4 55,900 19.5 56,884 25.6 54,417 21.0 51,727 16.5 53,760 13.3 54;952 12.2 54,959 22.0 55,040 15.9 56,222 11.4 63,484 15.4 79,086 16.5 73,577 13.0 67,768 ILl 84,685 11.5 88,088 17.2 5,709 5,855 5,916 5,886 5,391 6,205 6,719 5,542 5,545 7,966 7,020 5,600 5,002 4,624 7,689 11,621 8,735 10,047 9,218 11,107 14,545 11,452 8,546 7,150 6,701 12,115 8,734 6,382 9,793 13,049 9,565 7,522 9,739 15,178 Number Year Sold Pounds Sold Price per Pound Value of Sales4! Number Produced Pounds Produced Value of Production Thousands Cents Thous. Dol. Thousands Thous. Dol. Mature Chickens, Table Egg Flocks All Chickens Including Commercial Broilers 1964 9,020 36,080 7.0 1965 9,972 38,796 6.7 1966 10,241 41,072 7.3 1967 14,088 54,585 5.1 1968 10,646 40,334 5.2 1969 14,888 57,084 8.8 1970 16,586 60,009 5.9 1971 19,796 75,667 5.0 1972 15,173 55,891 6.0 1973 16,201 57,514 14.5 1974 19,224 69,206 6.3 1975 14,577 56,128 5.9 1976 14,656 57,414 10.6 1977 15,344 57,845 11.2 1978 15,107 56,600 10.0 1979 16,320 60,096 12.6 1980 16,000 57,600 8.9 1981 13,000 46,800 9.0 1982 13,509 50,744 9.0 1983 10,893 41,327 11.3 1984 11,663 44,695 14.0 1985 10,578 40,196 12.7 1986 10,065 37,373 10.5 1987 9,265 33,018 8.6 1988 10,055 34,458 7.8 1989 5,852 19,711 14.3 1990 7,079 24,480 6.6 1991 6,211 19,678 3.1 1992 7,257 24,688 5.0 1993 6,789 23,623 3.5 1994 7,665 29,265 0.2 1995 5,464 20,804 0.4 1996 6,240 24,370 0.6 1997 5,051 18,862 0.1 2,586 2,584 3,027 2,794 2,100 5,040 3,557 3,804 3,328 8,342 4,360 3,312 6,086 6,471 5,785 7,579 5,293 4,397 4,641 4,743 6,279 5,105 3,933 2,829 2,690 2,819 1,604 601 1,229 817 719 892 1,494 1,934 387,707 417,677 471,686 467,309 452,354 462,244 477,650 457,024 463,458 434,287 452,662 434,441 469,131 504,557 551,797 585,268 597,399 636,984 632,178 644,556 655,596 694,745 713,864 749,487 790,025 825,064 864,700 881,100 909,802 976,557 1,021,069 1,083,420 1,169,805 1,198,300 1,343,324 1,445,442 1,631,622 1,629,548 1,606,648 1,643,884 1,700,292 1,671,003 1,733,264 1,621,772 1,695,494 1,621,705 1,749,865 1,879,935 2,114,746 2,252,818 2,295,966 2,510,994 2,556,588 2,603,431 2,712,398 2,938,954 3,018,029 3,240,471 3,489,870 3,647,312 3,839,320 3,892,020 4,113,872 4,518,709 4,826,342 5,224,572 5,763,655 6,020,950 182,448 207,005 233,846 199,601 207,740 229,481 207,263 209,645 223,565 381,511 344,627 423,553 412,048 437,162 538,980 573,733 602,848 649,723 624,594 692,525 856,286 812,972 964,381 845,708 1,080,526 1,265,359 1,175,876 1,132,738 1,279,118 1,515,306 1,663,509 1,780,334 2,216,527 2,294,002 See footnotes at end oftable on following page. 2 TABLE 2-Continued POULTRY--PRODUCTION AND VALUE OF PRODUCTION, GEORGIA 1964-199711 Number Year Raised Pounds Produced Price per Pound Value of Production Value of Production Thousands Cents Thous. Dol. Thous. Dol. Turkeys5/ All Poultry 6/ 1964 1,486 28,664 21.5 1965 1,333 25,578 21.9 1966 1,706 32,192 23.4 1967 1,912 36,821 20.8 1968 1,817 37,097 21.0 1969 1,633 32,836 20.6 1970 2,283 45,660 22.0 1971 2,238 40,284 22.0 1972 1,806 32,508 23.5 1973 1,936 36,784 32.0 1974 1,712 32,528 27.0 1975 1,216 22,496 30.2 1976 1,853 33,910 30.7 1977 1,633 30,374 35.6 1978 1,799 41,197 39.6 1979 2,516 61,984 40.0 1980 2,380 54,502 42.0 1981 2,734 65,343 39.0 1982 2,680 62,176 41.0 1983 2,266 60,276 40.0 1984 2,582 72,038 48.0 1985 2,631 74,720 47.0 1986 2,426 67,928 47.0 1987 2,432 67,366 33.0 1988 2,400 70,800 42.0 1989 1,900 54,150 43.0 1990 2,010 61,305 42.0 1991 1,900 56,430 37.0 1992 1,990 61,491 40.0 1993 1,470 43,806 42.0 1994 1,410 42,018 41.0 1995 1,450 43,935 44.0 1996 550 16,995 43.0 1997 175 5,758 45.0 6,163 5,602 7,533 7,659 7,790 6,764 10,045 8,862 7,639 11,771 8,783 6,794 10,410 10,813 16,314 24,758 22,891 25,484 25,492 24,110 34,578 35,119 31,926 22,231 29,736 23,265 25,748 20,879 24,596 18,399 17,227 19,331 7,308 2,591 314,447 354,203 416,552 360,298 389,403 450,074 417,415 383,552 390,500 652,168 638,781 691,850 727,607 734,625 838,515 934,316 929,290 1,020,145 949,742 995,369 1,212,246 1,083,601 1,259,705 1,123,071 1,340,707 1,574,372 1,490,575 1,443,218 1,573,368 1,810,285 1,962,781 2,089,210 2,571,837 2,655,534 11 The production year begins Dec. I previous year and ends Nov. 30 current year, exceI1t turkeys based on Sept. I-Aug. 31 hatch. 21 Liveweight equivalent price. 31 From 1981-1996 value of sales' 1963-1980 gross income. 41 From 1984-1996 vaIue 01 sales; 1980-1983 ~oss income; 1993-1979 cash receIpts. Estimates are not colUparable to 1985, 1986, or 1987 due to differences in estimating procedures. 51 Production year for turkeys tiased on Sept. I-Aug. 31 hatch. 61 Iilcludes broilers, eggs, chIckens and turkeys. Millions 3,000 VALUE OF ALL POULTRY IN GEORGIA Selected Years, 1987-1997 1/ 2,500 2,000 1,500 1,000 500 o 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Years 1/lncludes broilers, mature chickens, turkeys and eggs. Value of Production 3 ~ TABLE 3 TABLE EGGS - PRODUCTION AND VALUE OF PRODUCTION, GEORGIA 1964-19971121 I I Average Number Layers Eggs per Layer Eggs Produced3! I Price per Dozen I-V-a-Iu-e-o-f-P-r-od-u-c-ti-o-n4-!- Thousand Number Millions Cents Thousand Dollars 1964 13,641 1965 14,883 1966 16,870 1967 17,924 1968 18,600 1969 19,571 1970 20,257 1971 20,953 1972 20,178 1973 20,395 1974 20,530 1975 18,742 1976 19,078 1977 19,191 1978 19,602 1979 20,100 1980 17,852 1981 17,407 1982 16,671 1983 14,143 1984 13,532 1985 12,326 1986 12,239 1987 12,510 1988 11,949 1989 11,578 1990 11,177 1991 11,218 1992 10,897 1993 11,246 1994 11,048 1995 10,271 1996 10,678 1997 11,156 221 2,977 37.0 219 3,215 38.1 214 3,581 43.1 224 3,983 32.8 216 3,988 38.0 223 4,336 44.1 217 4,376 41.7 224 4,682 32.1 223 4,478 30.4 225 4,576 52.9 234 4,796 55.8 231 4,324 54.5 246 4,679 62.0 237 4,545 58.2 240 4,695 50.8 247 4,955 57.0 250 4,453 53.0 252 4,378 59.8 249 4,135 55.3 249 3,519 60.6 245 3,320 72.3 251 3,090 47.7 252 3,087 51.1 253 3,166 44.0 249 2,979 40.9 250 2,894 59.8 257 2,875 61.9 250 2,800 57.7 253 2,754 45.9 253 2,849 51.5 256 2,830 46.6 256 2,645 49.3 259 2,767 64.5 261 2,908 59.2 91,804 102,124 128,764 108,887 126,235 159,358 152,072 125,051 113,290 201,671 223,149 196,372 241,597 220,415 198,712 235,370 196,818 218,227 190,415 177,691 200,032 122,828 131,455 116,087 101,534 144,218 148,302 134,633 105,341 122,270 109,898 108,665 148,726 143,461 11 TJ.1e proquction year begins Dec. 1 previous year and ends Nov. 30 current year. 2/ Includes both commercial and farm flocks. 3/ Eggs sold prior to 1984. 4/ Cash receipts pnor to 1984. HATCHING EGGS-PRODUCTION AND VALUE OF PRODUCTION, GEORGIA, 1964-199711 Year Average Number Layers Eggs per Layer Eggs Produced2! Price per Dozen Table Hatching Total Table Hatching Value ofProduction3! Table Hatching Total Thousand Number --MiIlions-- --Cents-- Thousand Dollars 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 3,650 3,909 4,428 4,760 4,737 5,134 4,859 4,292 4,576 4,374 4,516 4,155 3,988 4,004 4,210 4,967 5,318 5,348 5,435 5,080 5,093 5,300 5,507 5,897 5,873 5,985 6,385 6,758 6,977 7,193 7,558 7,729 7,948 8,713 196 70 645 715 37.0 59.3 201 76 707 783 38.1 62.9 200 88 794 882 43.1 65.4 204 97 870 967 32.8 57.2 205 97 871 968 38.0 61.4 208 105 961 1,066 44.1 63.2 205 100 896 996 41.7 59.7 209 90 807 897 32.1 55.9 212 97 871 968 30.4 60.0 216 94 848 942 52.9 75.1 226 102 916 1,018 55.8 75.3 229 85 865 950 54.5 85.0 227 72 831 903 62.0 86.4 228 55 860 915 58.2 88.7 228 57 903 960 50.8 109.1 222 66 1,039 1,105 57.0 112.4 222 71 1,106 1,177 53.0 112.4 223 72 1,121 1,193 59.8 131.8 224 86 1,130 1,216 55.3 111.8 226 69 1,077 1,146 60.6 108.7 227 75 1,079 1,154 72.3 130.0 225 83 1,109 1,192 47.7 118.4 223 86 1,145 1,231 51.1 134.4 222 92 1,218 1,310 44.0 133.7 224 93 1,222 1,315 40.9 124.0 224 95 1,244 1,339 59.8 132.0 223 99 1,328 1,427 61.9 122.0 222 106 1,395 1,501 57.7 129.0 225 110 1,462 1,572 45.9 131.0 222 112 1,488 1,600 51.5 121.0 227 120 1,593 1,713 46.6 126.0 226 119 1,612 1,731 49.3 131.0 229 127 1,690 1,817 64.5 136.6 225 137 1,822 1,959 59.2 137.5 2,158 2,413 3,161 2,651 3,072 3,859 3,475 2,400 2,457 4,144 4,743 3,860 3,720 2,667 2,411 3,135 3,138 3,588 3,963 3,485 4,458 3,299 3,662 3,373 3,170 4,734 5,107 5,097 4,207 4,807 4,660 4,889 6,826 6,759 31,874 37,059 43,248 41,500 44,566 50,612 44,560 37,594 43,549 53,071 57,479 61,271 59,832 63,568 82,098 97,320 103,595 123,123 105,278 97,558 116,892 109,383 128,281 135,672 125,741 136,776 135,542 149,871 160,106 149,503 167,487 175,991 192,450 208,721 34,032 39,472 46,409 44,151 47,638 54,471 48,035 39,994 46,006 57,215 62,222 65,131 63,552 66,235 84,509 100,455 106,733 126,711 109,241 101,043 121,350 112,682 131,943 139,045 128,911 141,510 140,649 154,968 164,313 154,310 172,147 180,880 199,276 215,480 11 The production year begins Dec. 1 previous year and ends Nov. 30 current year. 2/ Eggs sold prior to 1984. 3/ Cash receipts prior to 1984. 4 TABLE 3 - Continued TOTAL EGGS -- PRODUCTION AND VALUE OF PRODUCTION, GEORGIA, 1964-199711 Year Average Number Layers Eggs per Layer Eggs Produced2! Price per Dozen Table Hatching Total Table Hatching Total Value of Production3! Table Hatching Total Thous. Number Millions Cents Thousand Dollars 1964 17,291 216 3,047 645 3,692 37.0 59.3 40.9 93,962 31,874 125,836 1965 18,792 215 3,291 707 3,998 38.1 62.9 42.5 104,537 37,059 141,596 1966 21,298 211 3,669 794 4,463 43.1 65.4 47.1 131,925 43,248 175,173 1967 22,707 220 4,080 870 4,950 32.8 57.2 37.1 111,538 41,500 153,038 1968 23,337 214 4,085 871 4,956 38.0 61.4 42.1 129,307 44,566 173,873 1969 24,705 220 4,441 961 5,402 44.1 63.2 47.5 163,217 50,612 213,829 1970 25,116 215 4,476 896 5,372 41.7 59.7 44.7 155,547 44,560 200,107 1971 25,245 222 4,772 807 5,579 32.1 55.9 35.5 127,451 37,594 165,045 1972 24,754 221 4,575 871 5,446 30.4 60.0 35.1 115,747 43,549 159,296 1973 24,769 223 4,670 848 5,518 52.9 75.1 56.3 205,815 53,071 258,886 1974 25,046 233 4,898 916 5,814 55.8 75.3 58.9 227,892 57,479 285,371 1975 22,897 231 4,409 865 5,274 54.5 85.0 59.5 200,232 61,271 261,503 1976 23,066 242 4,751 831 5,582 62.0 86.4 65.6 245,317 59,832 305,149 1977 23,195 236 4,600 860 5,460 58.2 88.7 63.0 223,082 63,568 286,650 1978 23,813 238 4,752 903 5,655 50.8 109.1 60.1 201,123 82,098 283,221 1979 25,067 242 5,021 1,039 6,060 57.0 112.4 66.5 238,505 97,320 335,825 1980 23,170 243 4,524 1,106 5,630 53.0 112.4 64.7 199,956 103,595 303,551 1981 22,755 245 4,450 1,121 5,571 59.8 131.8 74.3 221,815 123,123 344,938 1982 22,106 242 4,221 1,130 5,351 55.3 111.8 67.2 194,378 105,278 299,656 1983 19,223 243 3,588 1,077 4,665 60.6 108.7 71.7 181,176 97,558 278,734 1984 18,625 240 3,389 1,079 4,474 72.3 130.0 86.2 204,059 116,892 321,382 1985 17,626 243 3,173 1,109 4,282 47.7 118.4 66.0 126,127 109,383 235,510 1986 17,746 243 3,173 1,145 4,318 51.1 134.4 73.2 135,117 128,281 263,398 1987 18,407 243 3,258 1,218 4,476 44.0 133.7 68.4 119,460 135,672 255,132 1988 17,822 241 3,072 1,222 4,294 40.9 124.0 64.4 104,704 125,741 230,445 1989 17,563 241 2,989 1,244 4,233 59.8 132.0 81.0 148,952 136,776 285,728 1990 17,562 245 2,974 1,328 4,302 61.9 122.0 80.6 153,409 135,542 288,951 1991 17,976 239 2,906 1,395 4,301 57.7 129.0 80.8 139,730 149,871 289,601 1992 17,844 242 2,864 1,462 4,326 45.9 131.0 74.8 109,548 160,106 269,654 1993 18,439 241 2,961 1,488 4,449 51.5 121.0 74.6 127,077 149,503 276,580 1994 18,606 244 2,950 1,593 4,543 46.6 126.0 74.5 114,558 167,487 282,045 1995 18,000 243 2,764 1,612 4,376 49.3 131.0 79.4 113,554 175,991 289,545 1996 18,626 246 2,894 1,690 4,584 64.5 136.6 91.1 155,552 192,450 348,002 1997 19,869 245 3,045 1,822 4,867 59.2 137.5 88.5 150,220 208,721 358,941 11 The production year begins Dec. 1 and ends Nov. 30 current year. 2/ Eggs sold prior to 1984. 3/ Cash receipts prior to 1984. BROILERS Number & Value of Production, Georgia, 1991-1997 Millions 2,500 r - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - , 2,000 IIINumberl'.4.J- L l lh 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Years .Number, HatchingEHValue, Hatching I2lNumber, Table DValue, Table Millions 30 TURKEYS - Number and Value of Production, Georgia, 1991-1997 25 20 15 10 - - - ]J ~ 5 o 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Years NumberfLIValue Millions 500 EGG PRODUCTION & VALUE Hatching Table!l1d Total Eggs. Georgia 1991-1997 400 300 200 I I I I I I I 100 o 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Years Dozen Halc:tirg Eggs r;l Dozen T!tlle EggsOTotaI Dozen Eggs[IJDoIlar\lalue 5 Week Number I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 II 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 1991 21.4 21.5 21.3 21.4 21.7 21.9 22.0 22.1 22.3 22.4 22.3 22.2 22.1 22.1 22.3 22.0 21.4 22.2 22.3 22.3 TABLE 4 BROILER EGGS SET--GEORGIA, WEEKLY, 1991-1998 1992 22.0 21.8 21.9 21.9 21.9 1993 22.8 23.0 23.0 23.3 23.1 1994 24.2 24.4 23.5 23.1 23.6 1995 ---Millions--- 26.5 26.4 26.4 26.2 25.8 1996 28.9 28.9 28.9 28.5 28.5 22.1 23.2 21.9 22.7 22.2 23.4 22.4 23.5 22.1 23.7 24.3 25.6 28.5 24.5 26.1 29.1 24.4 26.8 28.8 24.3 26.9 28.9 24.7 26.8 29.1 22.0 23.6 22.2 22.6 22.6 21.8 22.3 22.6 22.9 23.6 24.7 26.6 28.1 25.2 27.5 28.5 25.2 27.4 28.3 25.0 27.3 28.8 25.6 27.1 29.0 22.5 23.4 22.8 23.6 22.4 23.9 22.7 23.7 22.7 24.1 25.6 27.1 28.6 25.5 27.8 28.8 25.5 27.6 28.2 25.6 26.8 28.7 25.6 27.3 28.3 1 9 9 7 1/ 29.5 28.8 29.0 29.2 29.1 29.6 29.9 30.0 30.1 29.4 29.6 29.0 28.2 30.4 29.9 30.2 30.5 28.8 29.6 30.6 21 22.4 22.9 22 22.1 22.9 23 22.4 23.1 24 22.3 22.9 25 22.4 22.6 26 21.5 22.8 27 21.8 22.3 28 21.8 21.7 29 21.5 22.2 30 21.2 22.3 31 20.6 22.2 32 20.9 22.5 33 21.0 22.2 34 21.2 22.2 35 21.4 21.9 36 21.7 22.3 37 20.1 21.6 38 19.7 21.3 39 20.0 21.0 40 20.9 21.7 41 20.3 21.4 42 18.6 20.3 43 19.6 19.8 44 20.7 21.8 45 21.4 22.2 46 21.5 23.3 47 21.6 22.8 48 21.0 23.0 49 20.7 22.6 50 21.7 22.7 51 21.6 22.8 52 21.5 22.6 53 Total 1,116.3 1,155.2 II Revised. 2/ Preliminary. 23.9 24.1 24.0 24.0 23.9 24.2 23.7 23.5 24.0 23.9 23.4 23.4 23.4 23.4 23.5 23.6 23.2 23.1 22.3 24.0 23.4 22.6 22.4 23.4 23.6 24.1 23.9 23.7 23.9 24.0 23.8 24.1 1,220.0 25.5 25.9 26.0 25.8 25.9 25.8 25.5 25.6 25.5 25.8 25.6 25.3 25.4 25.3 25.5 25.8 24.4 23.6 24.0 25.0 26.0 25.0 24.0 24.2 25.3 26.2 25.6 26.4 26.5 26.0 26.3 25.9 26.5 1,335.6 27.5 27.1 27.5 27.3 26.5 26.9 26.7 27.4 27.3 27.1 26.9 26.0 26.9 26.8 26.7 24.6 27.4 26.4 28.2 28.1 27.1 26.2 25.9 26.2 28.3 28.3 29.0 29.1 28.3 29.0 28.7 29.0 1,410.5 28.4 28.7 29.1 29.1 28.2 28.3 28.0 28.7 28.9 28.7 28.6 28.4 27.9 28.9 27.8 28.3 26.6 26.5 26.8 28.6 28.1 25.7 25.9 27.3 28.5 29.4 29.3 29.7 29.1 29.2 29.1 29.7 1,479.0 30.6 30.9 30.8 30.7 30.5 30.3 29.7 30.7 30.6 29.6 29.8 30.5 29.5 30.5 30.4 30.4 28.3 28.5 28.1 30.3 28.9 26.7 27.5 27.8 27.9 28.8 29.5 29.9 29.5 30.2 30.0 30.3 1,539.2 19982/ 30.3 30.3 29.7 29.6 29.2 29.2 29.8 29.7 29.9 29.9 30.3 29.9 30.4 30.4 30.6 30.4 30.9 30.9 31.0 31.3 30.6 6 Week Number 1991 1 16.4 2 17.0 3 16.7 4 17.2 5 17.3 6 17.5 7 17.6 8 17.2 9 18.0 10 17.9 11 18.0 12 18.1 13 18.1 14 18.3 15 17.6 16 18.1 17 18.0 18 18.1 19 18.1 20 17.4 21 18.2 22 18.2 23 18.4 24 18.4 25 18.3 26 18.3 27 18.2 28 17.8 29 17.2 30 17.5 31 17.7 32 17.4 33 17.1 34 16.8 35 17.0 36 16.9 37 17.3 38 17.3 39 17.7 40 16.4 41 15.5 42 16.0 43 16.9 44 16.6 45 14.3 46 15.5 47 16.9 48 17.8 49 17.4 50 17.7 51 17.1 52 17.3 53 Total 903.7 1/ Revised. 2/ Preliminary. TABLE 5 BROILER CHICKS PLACED-GEORGIA, WEEKLY, 1991-1998 1992 17.8 17.4 17.7 17.6 17.8 17.8 17.6 17.7 17.8 17.6 17.8 18.4 18.5 18.6 18.0 18.2 18.3 18.5 18.4 18.6 18.6 18.3 18.9 18.9 19.2 19.0 18.9 18.8 18.6 18.4 1993 19.0 18.7 19.0 18.9 19.3 19.4 19.4 19.2 19.2 18.8 19.5 19.7 19.8 19.9 19.1 18.3 19.6 19.7 20.0 19.8 20.0 19.9 20.0 20.3 20.4 20.4 20.2 20.1 20.3 19.9 1994 1995 ---Millions--- 20.1 21.1 19.6 20.8 20.1 21.4 19.9 21.5 20.2 21.4 19.6 21.8 19.0 21.4 19.5 20.9 20.4 20.8 20.5 21.2 20.5 21.8 20.5 22.1 20.5 22.4 20.9 22.1 20.6 22.6 20.4 22.5 20.5 22.4 20.9 22.5 21.1 22.0 20.7 23.0 20.8 23.0 20.9 22.0 21.0 22.8 20.7 22.7 21.2 22.2 20.6 22.4 21.0 21.9 21.4 21.5 20.8 22.3 20.4 21.9 1996 23.6 23.8 23.8 24.1 24.0 23.6 23.4 23.2 22.9 23.3 23.6 24.1 23.8 22.7 23.2 22.9 23.4 23.4 23.3 23.4 23.3 23.4 23.6 23.4 23.4 23.4 24.1 23.3 23.6 22.9 1997 11 23.4 23.6 24.3 24.4 23.8 23.5 23.6 23.9 23.7 23.9 24.1 24.2 24.3 23.3 23.1 22.4 24.1 24.2 23.9 24.5 23.1 24.2 24.7 24.7 24.6 24.6 24.3 24.1 24.2 24.0 17.9 19.5 20.4 22.5 23.3 24.2 18.4 19.8 20.7 22.7 23.4 24.6 18.5 19.8 21.0 21.7 22.9 23.5 18.0 19.1 21.0 21.4 22.7 23.2 18.4 19.3 20.3 21.2 23.0 24.1 18.0 19.9 20.5 21.3 23.0 23.6 18.0 19.4 19.9 21.6 23.9 24.2 18.1 19.7 20.1 21.6 23.1 24.3 18.5 19.2 20.5 19.8 23.2 24.5 17.5 18.2 18.7 21.7 21.3 22.6 17.3 18.7 19.3 21.1 21.5 22.5 17.2 18.1 19.2 22.7 21.4 22.0 17.8 19.9 20.3 22.7 22.8 23.7 17.9 19.6 21.2 21.9 23.0 23.2 16.6 18.6 19.5 20.7 21.1 21.5 16.5 18.0 18.8 19.5 19.1 19.2 19.0 945.9 18.4 19.2 19.9 20.3 19.9 19.8 20.3 1,014.4 19.1 19.5 20.3 21.4 20.6 21.7 21.2 21.1 1,081.8 21.1 21.5 23.2 23.0 23.6 23.2 23.1 1,141.8 20.9 22.4 23.4 24.0 23.5 24.4 24.2 1,205.6 21.5 23.0 22.7 23.2 23.9 24.0 23.1 1,231.5 19982/ 23.9 23.8 24.5 24.8 24.1 24.1 24.0 23.4 23.1 23.8 23.5 24.0 24.3 24.7 24.5 24.5 24.6 24.7 23.5 24.8 24.9 7 BROILER TYPE EGGS SET Million Eggs IN GEORGIA 1997 32.0 . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - , 31.0 30.0 29.0 28.0 27.0 26.0 25.0 24.0 L..- 15 ---'_---'-J 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 W:!ek BROILER TYPE CHICKS PLACED IN GEORGIA 1997 Million Chicks 25 r - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - , 24 23 22 21 20 L..5 - ' -_ _--J 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 Week Month Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. TABLE 6 BROILER TYPE CHICKS HATCHED--BY COMMERCIAL HATCHERIES GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1991-1998 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 19971/ ---Millions--- 76.9 79.1 83.4 71.3 74.9 76.7 81.9 81.3 85.2 78.5 79.8 80.4 81.3 83.2 86.9 79.8 81.8 85.8 80.2 82.7 87.9 76.7 81.5 85.4 74.8 78.2 81.3 73.1 77.5 82.4 70.3 74.6 81.0 77.5 83.6 87.0 87.7 96.0 104.7 106.3 77.8 86.5 96.8 95.5 90.3 97.2 104.5 108.3 89.2 96.6 100.2 103.2 94.0 100.4 104.2 107.9 91.1 97.7 100.6 107.9 93.2 98.4 103.5 109.4 92.6 97.5 103.3 108.0 88.1 90.6 98.7 104.4 89.8 98.8 98.4 103.8 87.2 92.9 94.8 95.9 95.1 103.5 106.6 105.9 Total" 922.2 958.2 1,003.4 1/ Revised. 21 Preliminary. 31 Totals may not add due to rounding. 1,076.1 1,156.0 1,216.5 1,256.4 19982/ 108.5 95.6 107.8 105.9 Month Dec. 4I Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. 1991 27.5 29.0 29.0 28.5 29.0 30.0 30.5 31.5 31.0 31.0 30.0 28.0 TABLE 7 PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS FOR COMMERCIAL BROILERS GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1991-1998t1 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 19972/ ---Cents per Pound--- 29.0 31.0 29.0 31.0 29.0 31.5 29.5 32.5 29.5 33.5 33.0 35.5 31.5 35.0 34.0 35.5 34.5 36.5 31.5 36.5 33.0 35.0 33.0 34.5 34.0 32.0 37.0 41.5 33.5 32.0 37.0 40.0 34.0 32.0 36.0 38.5 35.0 32.0 34.5 37.5 35.5 32.0 35.5 38.5 38.0 32.5 38.5 37.5 38.0 34.0 41.5 38.0 37.0 36.0 42.0 41.0 35.0 38.0 41.0 41.0 35.5 38.5 41.0 38.5 34.0 37.5 40.5 35.0 32.0 38.0 41.5 34.5 Marketing Year Avg. 29.5 31.5 34.0 35.1 34.5 39.0 38.5 1/ Liveweight equivalent price. 21 Revised. 31 Preliminary. 41 December preceding year. 19983/ 32.0 34.5 37.0 37.0 38.0 8 Week Number 1991 1 580 2 485 3 498 4 592 5 532 6 507 7 572 8 582 9 563 10 514 11 558 12 483 13 578 14 620 15 587 16 558 17 548 18 505 19 515 20 525 21 568 22 332 23 333 24 324 25 330 26 431 27 570 28 412 29 408 30 611 31 578 32 324 33 483 34 537 35 393 36 253 37 333 38 312 39 372 40 467 41 364 42 450 43 552 44 253 45 354 46 201 47 461 48 629 49 321 50 375 51 257 52 432 53 Total 23,922 11 Revised. 2/ Preliminary TABLE 8 EGG TYPE EGGS SET--GEORGIA, WEEKLY, 1991-1998 1992 1993 437 623 373 624 356 661 367 664 474 651 1994 1995 1996 ---Thousands--- 546 596 600 125 411 592 279 291 446 417 531 570 412 583 448 542 660 156 574 579 718 684 356 547 581 718 707 470 608 596 656 715 157 424 579 671 625 484 450 603 797 655 541 510 519 729 805 570 592 576 594 744 559 0 518 647 816 546 445 550 509 767 561 549 574 690 804 623 601 635 550 804 607 663 592 551 741 609 569 582 630 708 414 613 578 444 662 359 632 569 633 618 449 552 438 607 520 579 507 453 561 530 566 483 620 419 492 570 413 447 510 459 402 445 594 616 656 459 392 490 621 732 362 304 523 408 596 467 403 501 384 596 465 462 520 356 708 424 445 606 478 646 617 488 547 540 523 584 585 488 609 411 622 475 555 616 447 518 544 554 654 559 570 480 576 511 562 603 555 529 656 693 590 292 614 446 660 641 570 498 562 657 593 632 553 431 691 333 560 409 639 493 474 193 341 520 505 385 72 536 231 430 150 548 121 456 570 323 222 569 335 448 0 138 414 671 467 415 415 647 713 459 389 372 596 430 583 368 425 464 341 456 289 302 231 292 298 156 439 523 626 270 417 478 593 653 534 443 611 412 622 27,978 31,389 23,636 23,991 27,249 1997 11 521 622 600 622 575 592 569 543 537 560 572 528 584 667 579 562 588 582 456 600 586 545 592 373 546 441 567 559 594 553 547 599 461 599 595 508 585 585 388 294 426 396 436 381 263 483 420 574 459 451 600 531 27,396 19982/ 537 621 509 478 524 551 612. 508 588 599 549 596 607 553 658 585 541 611 409 9 Week Number 1 2 3 4 5 TABLE 9 EGG TYPE CHICKS HATCHED--GEORGIA, WEEKLY, 1991-1998 1991 1992 1993 169 339 315 433 313 511 483 386 568 528 383 536 406 326 532 1994 1995 ---Thousands--- 217 324 455 271 464 524 219 501 226 452 1996 393 416 526 545 536 19971/ 422 489 482 441 521 6 420 313 549 359 236 396 509 7 509 229 565 477 425 517 522 8 464 374 553 133 495 393 499 9 444 509 565 342 480 509 507 10 507 677 599 417 473 533 499 11 509 611 605 138 501 544 466 12 499 556 613 432 303 530 475 13 453 539 524 465 371 548 501 14 477 653 547 536 430 453 482 15 409 594 647 507 501 503 540 16 480 376 561 495 253 456 505 17 508 549 691 512 386 480 567 18 500 439 663 546 451 497 507 19 466 552 685 520 455 508 478 20 463 461 650 528 527 525 515 21 430 448 646 357 466 535 503 22 424 554 601 360 531 493 355 23 414 411 543 385 555 506 470 24 459 514 529 497 492 387 505 25 288 538 436 491 432 394 448 26 280 482 452 498 422 545 536 27 188 361 410 351 297 386 336 28 244 460 352 402 265 513 488 29 381 462 422 307 313 418 399 30 405 532 538 398 243 446 486 31 335 355 472 383 333 442 486 32 334 330 589 350 469 440 495 33 361 309 470 494 369 490 483 34 457 411 478 488 339 486 486 35 273 441 457 526 509 437 525 36 350 516 347 442 412 501 391 37 387 533 361 467 475 483 504 38 369 542 440 369 422 508 510 39 278 427 443 495 488 469 439 40 308 511 562 500 253 532 522 41 236 380 522 481 527 454 519 42 293 479 465 253 469 490 338 43 384 358 499 420 510 371 255 44 205 525 384 341 182 304 361 45 346 486 427 137 25 477 340 46 447 190 464 287 437 108 385 47 207 356 467 0 286 494 343 48 361 285 489 338 125 358 222 49 164 616 409 318 362 545 403 50 354 319 341 314 325 520 362 51 518 365 492 257 361 407 500 52 276 279 382 137 272 195 387 53 145 315 255 Total 20,029 23,030 26,623 19,831 20,325 23,942 23,709 % of U.S. Total 4.8 5.9 6.6 5.2 5.1 6.0 5.6 U.S. Total 419,554 II Revised. 2/ Preliminary. 391,319 405,986 381,577 396,501 401,640 425,007 19982/ 391 520 461 463 530 434 416 462 475 527 453 505 594 476 511 541 490 559 517 10 EGG TYPE CHICKS HATCHED IN GEORGIA 1997 Thousand Chicks 600 r - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - , 500 400 300 200 L.15 ~ ~_.J 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 Week EGG TYPE EGGS SET Thousand Eggs IN GEORGIA 1997 700 r - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - , 600 500 400 300 2OOL.15 ---' 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 W!ek Month Jan. Feb. tEMar. ary. June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. TABLE 10 EGG TYPE CHICKS HATCHED-BY COMMERCIAL HATCHERIES GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1991-1998 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 11 ---Millions--- 1.9 1.6 1.8 1.5 2.2 2.7 2.0 2.2 2.0 2.2 1.5 2.0 104 2.0 1.6 1.7 1.5 2.2 1.3 2.0 104 1.5 1.5 1.6 2.3 1.5 1.8 2.1 2.1 2.2 1.2 1.6 1.9 2.0 2.6 1.5 1.9 204 2.2 2.7 2.2 1.7 2.0 2.2 2.8 2.1 2.1 2.3 2.1 2.0 1.9 2.1 2.0 2.1 2.0 1.7 1.3 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.0 1.8 2.0 2.2 1.8 1.9 1.9 2.1 2.0 2.1 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.7 2.0 0.9 0.9 1.5 104 1.7 1.2 104 1.8 1.8 Total31 20.0 23.0 2604 19.9 2004 24.1 23.8 1/ Revised. 2/ Preliminary. 3/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 199821 2.1 1.8 2.3 2.2 Month TABLE 11 FORCED MOLT LAYERS AS A PERCENT OF HENS AND PULLETS OF LAYING AGE FIRST OF MONTH-GEORGIA 1992-19981/21 Percent being Molted Percent with Molt Completed 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Jan. 4.0 6.0 3.5 2.0 2.0 6.0 6.5 21.0 22.0 21.5 24.0 20.0 22.5 18.0 Feb. 5.5 6.5 2.5 5.0 5.0 6.0 6.0 16.5 19.5 21.0 22.5 20.5 21.5 17.0 tEMar. ary. 2.5 1.5 7.5 4.0 2.5 4.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 6.5 6.0 4.0 2.5 1.5 3.0 1.5 7.5 5.0 4.0 17.5 1.0 18.0 16.0 23.5 19.5 20.5 23.0 22.5 18.0 24.0 20.0 23.5 22.5 20.0 16.5 20.0 20.0 20.0 21.5 20.5 June 7.5 8.0 8.5 7.5 5.5 3.0 17.0 20.0 15.5 18.5 21.5 20.5 July 7.0 5.0 5.0 4.0 2.5 5.0 19.0 22.0 19.0 19.0 24.0 22.0 Aug. 4.5 4.5 4.0 3.0 5.0 1.5 21.0 21.5 21.5 19.0 22.0 22.5 Sept. 5.0 4.5 5.5 5.0 3.5 4.5 23.0 23.5 21.5 18.0 24.5 22.0 Oct. 3.0 5.5 4.5 7.0 6.0 9.5 24.0 22.5 24.5 20.0 22.5 19.5 Nov. 3.5 3.0 2.5 3.0 4.5 6.5 25.0 24.5 25.0 21.0 25.0 18.5 Dec. 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.5 0.0 5.5 26.0 24.5 27.0 22.0 24.0 16.5 1/ 1992-1994 data are for 20 major states. 2/ Beginning 1995 data are for 30 major states. 11 Month DecY Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. TABLE 12 LAYERS--AVERAGE NUMBER IN ALL FLOCKS, GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1991-1998 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 19971/ ---Thousands--- 18,117 18,172 18,221 18,121 17,911 17,733 17,507 17,561 17,863 17,969 18,145 18,417 18,463 18,593 18,263 17,848 17,629 17,341 17,186 17,047 17,288 17,797 18,169 18,518 18,582 18,429 18,551 18,653 18,418 18,086 17,844 17,920 18,296 18,709 18,852 18,940 19,249 19,207 19,074 19,020 18,620 18,068 17,776 17,852 18,398 18,826 18,735 18,467 18,286 18,161 18,075 18,109 17,921 17,556 17,447 17,513 17,567 17,878 18,539 18,958 18,844 18,736 18,941 18,962 18,709 18,225 18,062 18,447 18,607 18,441 18,539 19,016 19,370 19,689 19,828 19,948 19,945 19,623 19,449 19,568 19,723 20,151 20,582 20,573 19982/ 20,439 20,548 20,844 21,199 21,183 Annual Average 17,976 17,892 18,440 1/ Revised. 2/ Preliminary. 3/ Dec. preceding year. 18,608 18,000 18,626 19,871 Month Dec." Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. TABLE 13 EGGS LAID PER 100 LAYERS--ALL FLOCKS, GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1991-1998 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 19971/ ---Thousands--- 2,097 2,058 1,844 2,103 1,976 1,929 1,851 1,982 2,015 1,970 2,067 2,025 2,102 2,033 1,922 2,129 1,991 2,001 1,920 1,994 2,019 1,972 2,086 2,063 2,120 2,051 1,854 2,059 1,976 2,018 1,950 1,987 1,979 1,946 2,085 2,096 2,156 2,124 1,908 2,124 2,041 2,048 1,946 2,022 1,995 1,923 2,050 2,069 2,144 2,065 1,826 2,098 2,070 2,079 1,966 2,016 2,044 1,974 2,028 1,999 2,091 2,039 1,906 2,120 2,036 2,052 2,021 2,103 2,085 2,028 2,087 2,040 2,096 2,052 1,891 2,126 1,980 2,033 2,010 2,090 2,069 1,980 2,089 2,076 19982/ 2,172 2,112 1,871 2,142 2,068 Av. per Layer" 239 242 241 244 243 246 245 1/ Revised. 2/ Preliminary. 3/ Dec. preceding year. 4/ Annual rate of lay per layers on hand (eggs produced during year divided by average number of layers during year). Month DecY Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. 1991 380 374 336 381 354 342 324 348 360 354 375 373 TABLE 14 EGG PRODUCTION--ALL FLOCKS, GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1991-1998 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1/ ---Thousands--- 388 394 415 392 394 406 378 378 408 375 382 404 351 344 364 330 361 375 380 384 404 380 402 424 351 364 380 371 381 395 347 365 370 365 374 399 330 348 346 343 365 391 340 356 361 353 388 409 349 362 367 359 388 408 351 364 362 353 374 399 379 393 384 376 387 430 382 397 382 379 388 427 Annual Total 4,301 4,326 1/ Revised. 2/ Preliminary. 3/ Dec. preceding year. 4,449 4,543 4,376 4,584 4,867 19982/ 444 434 390 454 438 12 Month Dec,'! Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. TABLE IS LAYERS--AVERAGE NUMBER IN TABLE EGG FLOCKS, GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1991-1998 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 19971/ 19982/ ---Thousands--- 11,539 11,318 11,352 11,316 11,119 10,868 10,618 10,758 11,091 11,245 11,572 11,829 11,565 11,397 11,144 10,838 10,591 10,348 10,200 10,103 10,413 10,925 11,296 11,454 11,475 11,140 11,238 11,312 10,996 10,757 10,688 10,850 11,246 11,613 11,796 11,846 11,854 11,644 11,501 11,404 10,986 10,432 10,019 9,878 10,371 10,842 10,850 10,830 10,700 10,513 10,442 10,487 10,262 9,918 9,887 9,916 9,980 10,300 10,755 10,999 10,894 10,736 10,854 10,943 10,741 10,316 10,123 10,474 10,690 10,648 10,867 11,100 11,209 11,330 11,240 11,181 11,055 10,805 10,731 10,891 11,048 11,388 11,712 11,663 11,428 11,371 11,618 11,828 11,704 Annual Average 11,218 10,891 11,246 II Revised. 2/ Preliminary. 3/ Dec. preceding year. 11,048 10,339 10,678 11,188 Month Dec,'! Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. TABLE 16 EGGS LAID PER 100 LAYERS--TABLE EGG FLOCKS, GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1991-1998 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 19971/ 19982/ ---Number--- 2,226 2,189 1,949 2,207 2,052 1,938 1,869 2,049 2,114 2,055 2,155 2,139 2,251 2,145 2,021 2,260 2,073 2,043 1,953 2,040 2,086 2,058 2,192 2,196 2,272 2,164 1,949 2,220 2,124 2,096 1,986 2,018 2,015 2,019 2,192 2,250 2,331 2,291 2,061 2,291 2,187 2,145 2,025 2,139 2,102 2,004 2,164 2,223 2,325 2,186 1,904 2,232 2,214 2,179 2,010 2,080 2,120 2,052 2,127 2,115 2,220 2,158 2,001 2,248 2,124 2,130 2,133 2,232 2,189 2,124 2,182 2,163 2,238 2,161 2,002 2,269 2,112 2,161 2,127 2,213 2,186 2,073 2,213 2,238 2,362 2,266 1,994 2,306 2,229 Av. per Layer" 250 253 253 256 256 259 260 II Revised. 2/ Preliminary. 3/ Dec. preceding year. 4/ Annual rate oflay per layers on hand (eggs produced during year divided by average number oflayers during year). Month Dec." Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. TABLE 17 EGG PRODUCTION--TABLE EGG FLOCKS, GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1991-1998 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 19971/ ---Million Eggs--- 257 260 261 276 249 242 251 248 244 241 267 230 229 245 221 225 219 237 199 217 225 250 245 251 261 234 246 254 228 220 234 240 227 228 233 211 211 225 224 216 218 233 198 199 212 203 199 216 228 220 206 219 211 206 234 241 234 217 227 218 212 234 242 231 225 234 217 211 226 236 249 248 259 235 229 237 259 253 254 267 241 233 240 261 Annual Total 2,800 2,754 2,849 II Revised. 2/ Preliminary. 3/ Dec. preceding year. 2,830 2,645 2,767 2,908 19982/ 270 258 232 273 261 13 TABLE 18 LAYERS--AVERAGE NUMBER IN HATCHING EGG FLOCKS, GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1991-1998" Month 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 19972/ 199831 Dec.4' Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. 6,578 6,854 6,869 6,805 6,792 6,865 6,889 6,803 6,772 6,724 6,573 6,588 6,898 7,196 7,119 7,010 7,038 6,993 6,986 6,944 6,875 6,872 6,873 6,928 7,101 7,289 7,313 7,341 7,422 7,329 7,156 7,070 7,050 7,096 7,056 7,094 ---Thousands--- 7,395 7,563 7,572 7,616 7,634 7,636 7,757 7,974 8,026 7,983 7,885 7,637 7,586 7,648 7,633 7,622 7,659 7,638 7,560 7,597 7,587 7,578 7,784 7,959 7,950 8,000 8,087 8,019 7,968 7,909 7,939 7,973 7,917 7,793 7,672 7,916 8,161 8,359 8,588 8,767 8,890 8,818 8,718 8,677 8,675 8,763 8,870 8,910 9,011 9,177 9,226 9,371 9,479 Annual Average 6,758 7,001 7,193 7,558 7,661 7,929 1/ Hatching egg flocks used principally for hatchery broiler chicks. 21 Revised. 31 Preliminary. 41 Dec. preceding year. 8,683 Month Dec." Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. TABLE 19 EGGS LAID PER 100 LAYERS--HATCHING EGG FLOCKS, GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1991-1998 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 11 19982/ ---Number--- 1,870 1,838 1,674 1,925 1,855 1,908 1,829 1,882 1,861 1,829 1,917 1,837 1,856 1,862 1,770 1,926 1,861 1,945 1,875 1,930 1,920 1,834 1,906 1,833 1,887 1,880 1,709 1,812 1,752 1,910 1,901 1,938 1,915 1,832 1,899 1,833 1,880 1,864 1,677 1,878 1,834 1,912 1,843 1,881 1,856 1,816 1,890 1,846 1,885 1,900 1,716 1,916 1,880 1,956 1,905 1,935 1,938 1,874 1,888 1,834 1,912 1,913 1,781 1,945 1,920 1,972 1,877 1,932 1,945 1,899 1,955 1,870 1,899 1,902 1,747 1,939 1,822 1,883 1,870 1,936 1,914 1,860 1,928 1,863 1,931 1,918 1,713 1,931 1,867 Av. per Layer4' 222 225 222 227 226 229 226 II Revised. 21 Preliminary. 31 Dec. preceding year. 41 Annual rate oflay per layers on hand (eggs produced during year divided by average number oflayers during year). Month TABLE 20 EGG PRODUCTION--HATCHING EGG FLOCKS, GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1991-1998 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 11 ---Million Eggs--- Dec." 123 128 133 139 143 152 155 Jan. 126 134 137 141 145 153 159 Feb. 115 126 125 127 131 144 150 Mar. 131 135 133 143 146 156 170 Apr. 126 131 130 140 144 153 162 May 131 136 140 146 149 156 166 June 126 131 136 143 144 149 163 July 128 134 137 150 147 154 168 Aug. 126 132 135 149 147 154 166 Sept. 123 126 130 145 142 148 163 Oct. 126 131 134 149 147 150 171 Nov. 120 128 130 141 146 148 166 Annual Total 1,501 1,572 1/ Revised. 21 Preliminary. 31 Dec. preceding year. 1,600 1,713 1,731 1,817 1,959 199821 174 176 158 181 177 14 Month Dec. J1 Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. TABLE 21 PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS FOR ALL EGGS--GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1991-1998 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 11 ---Cents per Dozen--- 89.9 82.8 75.1 69.7 73.6 92.8 101.5 87.0 69.3 74.0 71.1 77.7 93.3 90.0 81.1 68.7 73.3 76.2 75.8 92.0 92.2 88.4 68.3 81.8 72.9 77.5 94.9 88.3 82.0 71.9 77.3 75.2 75.5 91.3 84.8 80.2 69.3 73.5 72.6 71.5 87.0 84.9 80.0 72.4 76.6 74.4 74.5 87.9 81.7 77.6 72.7 74.4 75.0 79.8 86.7 84.4 75.0 73.6 76.3 78.5 83.4 90.9 85.3 74.0 76.0 71.0 78.6 82.6 91.7 88.7 76.7 71.0 71.8 73.0 84.9 90.4 83.7 76.8 76.1 69.9 78.2 90.8 94.2 96.1 Weighted Average 80.8 74.8 73.8 74.5 79.4 91.1 88.5 11 Revised. 21 Preliminary. 31 Dec. preceding year. 19982/ 94.4 89.6 84.9 88.6 81.1 76.9 Month DecY Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. TABLE 22 PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS FOR TABLE EGGS--GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1991-1998 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 19971/ ---Cents per Dozen--- 72.0 62.2 52.2 49.0 49.3 69.4 82.6 69.7 44.2 50.8 48.5 50.8 68.7 62.7 60.6 43.0 49.5 51.6 46.8 65.5 65.7 71.2 42.7 63.6 53.4 46.8 71.3 59.0 53.3 43.6 56.1 45.3 44.7 64.0 52.0 47.1 37.5 47.7 41.5 38.5 54.8 51.4 46.1 41.5 52.0 40.6 41.3 57.5 45.7 55.6 39.4 49.1 42.9 49.8 56.9 51.3 53.4 42.9 53.0 46.7 50.4 63.8 53.2 52.2 49.0 46.6 46.6 51.8 65.3 58.8 52.6 45.3 49.3 42.1 55.3 64.0 51.8 54.0 55.1 47.9 48.5 63.8 70.9 73.2 19982/ 68.7 60.7 51.4 57.4 46.6 38.8 Weighted Average 57.7 45.9 51.5 46.6 49.3 64.5 59.2 11 Revised. 21 Preliminary. 31 Dec. preceding year. Month Dec." Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. TABLE 23 PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS FOR HATCHING EGGS--GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1991-1998 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 11 19982/ ---Cents per Dozen--- 135.0 125.0 125.0 125.0 140.0 140.0 140.0 140.0 120.0 120.0 130.0 130.0 130.0 120.0 120.0 120.0 125.0 125.0 125.0 130.0 130.0 130.0 125.0 125.0 125.0 120.0 120.0 120.0 120.0 120.0 120.0 120.0 120.0 120.0 120.0 120.0 120.0 120.0 120.0 120.0 130.0 130.0 130.0 130.0 130.0 130.0 130.0 130.0 130.0 130.0 130.0 130.0 131.0 131.0 131.0 131.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 130.0 130.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 140.0 140.0 140.0 140.0 140.0 140.0 Weighted Average 129.0 125.0 11 Revised. 21 Preliminary. 31 Dec. preceding year. 120.4 127.0 131.0 132.0 132.0 15 Year 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1/ 19982/ TABLE 24 POULTRY SLAUGHTERED UNDER FEDERAL INSPECTION--GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1982-1998 Annual Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total --Thousands-- Young Chickens 44,355 47,720 42,404 54,718 55,493 57,414 54,877 61,498 64,709 70,081 70,853 69,522 74,295 81,872 92,462 96,333 94,968 45,956 45,975 47,527 50,284 51,694 52,545 55,563 58,443 58,519 63,179 63,915 67,929 70,379 75,464 86,665 88,362 87,825 51,480 53,538 50,870 54,069 53,524 58,906 62,478 68,656 70,012 62,769 72,153 75,067 79,097 86,750 86,507 88,516 94,219 50,387 50,889 49,203 58,244 57,220 59,665 58,285 58,134 63,396 71,494 70,204 71,459 75,193 74,630 85,898 95,860 48,450 53,168 46,742 58,441 58,153 57,145 61,922 69,778 71,695 74,993 69,338 68,781 79,013 87,426 95,582 94,106 49,983 54,587 44,169 54,893 56,638 61,390 63,272 66,388 66,754 65,653 74,667 78,601 83,116 89,992 85,740 88,927 49,975 47,973 44,264 62,437 57,276 62,245 57,564 62,261 67,825 74,525 75,644 73,476 74,876 79,438 95,275 96,881 48,670 56,212 50,435 60,703 56,576 58,975 66,399 70,747 74,174 74,444 70,958 79,050 89,627 93,323 96,873 96,233 50,151 50,038 41,031 53,419 55,182 60,898 62,247 63,118 61,258 66,461 73,641 77,377 84,522 82,857 87,708 91,130 48,326 43,609 48,199 58,286 59,044 62,898 61,033 63,688 72,588 73,982 72,502 74,962 82,167 86,983 99,933 101,602 46,575 38,094 39,567 47,821 49,521 51,445 57,895 60,330 67,186 62,536 64,769 72,553 78,178 80,495 81,612 80,168 47,037 38,124 41,051 51,692 58,394 57,642 58,640 61,769 61,964 67,416 73,869 74,495 78,900 81,198 86,255 87,316 581,345 579,927 545,462 665,007 668,715 701,168 720,175 764,810 800,080 827,533 852,513 883,271 949,363 1,000,510 1,080,510 1,105,434 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 3,457 3,981 2,893 4,503 3,022 3,182 3,446 4,156 3,417 3,642 4,252 2,409 3,150 2,958 2,768 3,396 2,838 2,735 3,853 3,824 3,643 3,408 3,167 2,243 3,813 4,189 2,569 3,037 3,502 3,216 3,772 3,666 3,556 3,055 2,971 2,564 4,302 3,619 2,830 3,003 3,805 3,410 3,427 2,954 4,664 4,070 3,107 2,791 3,299 2,792 3,510 3,064 3,129 3,177 4,033 4,109 4,712 4,317 3,168 2,590 Mature ChickensJ! 3,657 3,070 3,359 2,402 3,473 3,579 3,520 3,313 4,339 3,367 3,554 2,922 2,889 2,842 3,023 2,471 2,704 3,256 2,627 3,695 3,962 3,291 3,271 2,752 3,697 2,730 3,710 2,029 2,779 3,014 3,278 3,250 3,736 4,056 2,074 2,540 3,376 2,738 3,041 2,387 2,967 3,147 3,286 3,854 2,972 3,736 2,436 2,906 2,997 2,520 3,863 2,190 3,137 3,134 3,158 3,729 3,358 3,352 2,864 2,619 2,628 2,567 2,758 2,066 2,140 2,915 3,272 3,501 2,963 3,349 1,851 2,174 4,389 2,656 3,417 2,975 3,087 4,063 4,072 3,862 3,073 3,744 2,908 2,401 41,654 36,662 37,741 33,523 36,583 38,828 41,744 43,913 44,395 43,387 35,623 30,912 TotalJ! 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 47,812 51,701 45,297 59,221 58,515 60,596 58,323 65,654 68,126 73,723 75,105 71,931 49,106 48,933 50,295 53,680 54,532 55,280 59,416 62,267 62,162 66,587 67,082 70,172 55,293 57,727 53,439 57,106 57,026 62,122 66,250 72,322 73,568 65,824 75,124 77,631 54,689 54,508 52,033 61,247 61,025 63,075 61,712 61,088 68,060 75,564 73,311 74,250 51,749 55,960 50,252 61,505 61,282 60,322 65,955 73,887 76,407 79,310 72,506 71,371 53,640 57,657 47,528 57,295 60,111 64,969 66,792 69,701 71,093 69,020 78,221 81,523 52,864 50,815 47,287 64,908 59,980 65,501 60,191 65,956 71,787 77,816 78,915 76,228 52,367 58,942 54,145 62,732 59,355 61,989 69,677 73,997 77,910 78,500 73,032 81,590 1/ Revised. 2/ Preliminary. 3/ Mature chickens discontinued beginning January 1994. 53,527 52,776 44,072 55,806 58,149 64,045 65,533 66,972 64,230 70,197 76,077 80,283 51,323 46,129 52,062 60,476 62,181 66,032 64,191 67,417 75,946 77,334 75,366 77,581 49,203 40,661 42,325 49,887 51,661 54,360 61,167 63,831 70,149 65,885 66,620 74,727 51,426 40,780 44,468 54,667 61,481 61,705 62,712 65,631 65,037 71,160 75,374 76,896 622,999 616,589 583,203 698,530 705,298 739,996 761,919 808,723 844,475 870,920 886,733 914,183 16 State Alabama Arizona Arkansas California Colorado TABLE 25 ALL CHICKENS ON FARMS, BY STATES--DECEMBER 1,1991-199711 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 199621 -----Millions----- 15.9 16.0 0.4 0.4 24.2 24.2 34.0 31.5 4.6 4.2 16.0 16.6 16.9 15.4 0.4 4/ 4/ 4/ 24.5 25.8 25.1 22.9 31.3 31.5 29.7 29.8 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.1 199731 16.1 4/ 23.1 30.5 4.6 Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii 4.5 4.6 1.3 0.8 12.5 11.5 25.0 25.8 1.2 1.1 4.8 4.6 4.4 4.4 43 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.4 12.1 12.5 11.4 11.5 13.0 26.3 25.8 26.8 27.7 29.9 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas 1.2 1.2 3.8 33 25.9 24.7 12.3 16.2 1.8 1.8 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 3.8 3.4 3.7 3.5 3.8 25.5 26.4 25.6 25.4 27.2 19.0 19.6 223 24.8 25.7 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.4 1.9 Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts 2.9 3.2 1.9 2.2 5.4 5.8 4.7 4.7 1.2 1.0 3.5 3.2 3.6 4.1 4.6 2.6 2.5 2.7 2.6 2.5 6.6 6.4 6.7 7.1 6.9 4.8 4.4 4.5 4.4 4.1 1.0 0.6 0.5 0.8 0.7 Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana 6.8 63 14.4 13.9 9.7 9.2 7.6 8.0 0.8 0.7 6.9 6.9 6.6 63 6.2 13.5 14.2 14.8 15.0 14.7 10.3 10.2 9.7 10.7 11.1 8.4 8.4 8.4 8.4 9.4 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York 7.9 93 03 03 2.1 2.2 1.4 1.4 4.9 4.9 9.0 10.6 11.0 11.5 12.1 0.2 03 03 0.2 0.2 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.9 2.1 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 5.0 5.2 5.0 4.4 4.5 North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon 19.3 19.0 0.2 0.2 21.9 23.2 4.9 5.1 3.0 33 193 19.4 18.8 16.7 17.2 03 0.2 03 0.2 03 25.7 27.0 27.5 30.8 33.1 4.9 4.9 5.1 5.0 4.8 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.4 3.6 Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee 24.3 27.7 0.3 0.2 6.8 6.0 2.7 2.5 1.7 1.5 27.2 26.5 26.2 26.0 26.9 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 6.4 63 6.1 5.9 5.7 2.7 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.6 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.6 2.0 Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington 17.7 18.6 23 23 0.1 0.1 5.6 6.1 6.2 5.6 19.6 193 20.4 21.3 22.7 2.3 2.4 2.0 2.0 1.9 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 5.4 5.2 5.4 4.6 4.7 6.6 7.2 7.0 7.1 7.0 West Virginia Wisconsin 1.2 1.2 4.3 4.0 2.0 2.0 1.8 1.8 1.8 4.1 4.2 3.9 4.7 5.0 Other States 0.3 0.3 03 0.3 United StatesSI 362.8 367.0 379.6 383.8 384.6 387.0 403.5 II Excludes ~ommercial broilers. 2/ Revised. 3/ Preliminary. 4/ AK, AZ, NV and WY combined to avoid disclosure of individual operations. 5/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 17 State Alabama Arizona Arkansas California Colorado TABLE 26 TOTAL VALUE OF ALL CHICKENS ON FARMS, BY STATES--DECEMBER 1, 1991-1997" 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 19962/ --Million Dollars-- 49.2 52.8 60.6 54.8 72.6 0.7 0.9 0.8 4/ 4/ 87.1 92.1 100.3 105.8 105.3 64.6 59.9 59.5 59.9 56.4 8.8 7.5 8.1 8.4 7.8 71.0 4/ 112.1 65.6 8.6 19973/ 82.1 4/ 115.7 67.1 10.2 Connecticut 11.2 11.5 10.7 11.4 10.9 10.6 9.9 Delaware 5.2 3.2 2.8 3.7 3.5 2.3 2.0 Florida 22.6 19.6 21.8 28.7 24.0 23.0 31.1 Georgia 82.7 87.9 79.0 74.7 83.1 96.8 98.7 Hawaii 2.9 2.7 2.8 2.4 2.6 2.3 2.2 Idaho II1inois Indiana Iowa Kansas 2.2 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.2 3.1 2.6 6.0 4.9 6.4 4.7 5.5 6.0 6.5 33.7 29.6 35.7 34.3 35.9 40.7 46.2 18.4 24.3 28.5 29.3 33.4 39.6 41.1 2.1 2.1 1.8 2.2 1.7 2.3 3.3 Kentucky 5.4 7.0 9.4 7.4 7.9 8.9 10.6 Louisiana 5.6 6.6 7.0 5.8 6.2 6.3 6.0 Maine 11.8 12.2 13.2 13.5 12.8 14.9 16.6 Maryland 15.9 13.2 12.0 16.1 12.9 10.1 8.2 Massachusetts 2.6 2.1 2.0 1.4 1.1 1.7 1.5 Michigan 11.6 10.1 12.4 11.0 7.9 9.5 9.9 Minnesota 18.7 22.2 22.9 21.3 22.2 22.5 28.0 Mississippi 30.1 31.4 39.1 41.0 44.8 51.5 56.5 Missouri 13.7 12.9 14.3 15.9 15.2 20.9 26.4 Montana 2.2 1.8 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.2 Nebraska 16.6 17.6 14.4 20.1 20.9 24.1 25.5 New Hampshire 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 New Jersey 4.2 4.6 4.7 4.9 4.8 4.9 5.3 New Mexico 2.3 2.8 2.2 2.0 1.8 2.4 2.7 New York 8.8 8.3 9.0 9.9 10.0 8.4 8.1 North Carolina 77.2 70.3 71.4 71.9 75.3 76.7 79.0 North Dakota 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 Ohio 35.1 30.1 36.0 37.8 35.8 61.6 66.3 Oklahoma 15.2 15.2 15.1 17.0 19.5 21.2 22.3 Oregon 4.5 5.0 5.4 5.3 5.6 7.0 6.5 Pennsylvania 46.2 44.3 54.4 45.1 44.6 44.2 45.8 Rhode Island 0.7 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.2 South Carolina 10.8 12.0 17.3 14.4 14.5 17.2 17.0 South Dakota 6.2 5.4 6.2 4.4 5.5 5.2 5.6 Tennessee 5.8 5.0 6.0 4.7 7.1 7.0 9.8 Texas 38.9 39.0 43.1 42.5 47.0 55.4 59.0 Utah 3.7 4.0 3.3 3.6 2.7 3.1 3.0 Vermont 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.5 Virginia 19.0 22.7 23.1 23.5 24.2 21.8 22.4 Washington 10.0 10.1 13.9 15.9 14.0 12.8 13.3 West Virginia 3.2 4.3 7.1 8.8 7.9 8.7 9.5 Wisconsin 8.6 8.0 8.6 8.4 9.0 10.3 11.6 Other States 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 United States" 833.4 829.7 898.1 900.1 929.9 1,026.2 1,098.7 1/ Excludes commercial broilers. 2/ Revised. 3/ Preliminary. 4/ AK, AZ, NV and WY combined to avoid disclosure of individual operations. 5/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 18 TABLE 27 HATCHERY CAPACITY: CHICKEN AND TURKEY HATCHERIES AND EGG CAPACITY BY REGION AND UNITED STATES, JANUARY 1, 1997 AND 19981/ Hatcheries Egg Capacity Geographic Region 1997 1998 1997 1998 --Number-- --1,000-- Chicken Hatcheries Georgia North Atlantic E. North Central W. North Central South Atlantic South Central West 36 37 111,347 113,535 30 29 24,814 23,888 29 29 23,635 23,270 40 41 44,443 44,789 101 97 304,108 293,325 132 130 386,003 409,099 27 26 37,947 39,025 US 359 352 820,950 833,396 N&S Atlantic Combined 27 E. North Central 9 W. North Central 21 South Central 13 West 9 Turkey Hatcheries 27 18,914 9 6,267 20 14,530 13 5,445 7 6,721 19,877 6,157 14,319 5,433 5,706 US 79 76 51,877 51,492 11 Hatchery capacity for this data series is defined as the number of eggs the machines can hold in a controlled environment favorable for hatching. All setters, hatchers, and inactive capacity are included. Value of Production: Broilers, Chickens and Eggs, and Turkeys, United States, 1997 Broilers 66% Chickens & Eggs 21% III Turkeys 13% 19 TABLE 28 Value of Production: Broilers, Eggs, Turkeys, Chickens an d Total, United States, 1991-1997 Billion Dollars 30 25 .......... Broilers Eggs Turkeys Chickens Total ___ ....*E... . . EJ .. 20 ..................................................... _-__--II.----.r-------.------- 15 ................................ 10 It- o 1992 1993 1994 Year Average Number of Layers Million Layers United States, 1995 - 1998 330 , - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - , 1995 1996 1997 1998 320 ___ .. -.- -El 310 a..[]-EJ - ...*'.'.,.,.'." . 300 ----* ---+- ---*---+- ---*-- ', ---.-~~~*~ . .'., .,. ... 290 280 L....L_ _' - - _ . . . L - _ - - - i - _ - - l ._ _. L . - _ - l . . - _ - . l - _ - - - - J_ _...L-_---i-_--l.--J Dec 1/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov 1/ Previous Year Month 20 Year Cents Thous. Dol. Thous. Dol. Commercial Broilers 1967 2,591,850 9,183,426 13.3 1,222,641 239,337 1,156,613 7.9 1968 2,619,855 9,326,341 14.2 1,325,665 225,386 1,090,428 8.2 1969 2,788,732 10,047,769 15.2 1,531,404 218,928 1,062,969 9.7 1970 2,986,769 10,818,916 13.6 1,474,710 233,316 1,120,603 9.1 1971 2,945,348 10,817,657 13.8 1,487,077 251,957 1,192,639 7.8 1972 3,074,921 11,480,101 14.1 1,622,638 234,769 1,128,813 8.9 1973 3,008,667 11,219,885 24.0 2,690,362 231,821 1,121,546 15.1 1974 2,992,820 11,320,396 21.5 2,436,224 252,365 1,202,562 9.7 1975 2,950,099 11,096,015 26.3 2,915,017 223,721 1,047,000 9.9 1976 3,273,556 12,481,136 23.6 2,945,058 217,219 1,046,091 13.0 1977 3,393,897 12,961,942 23.6 3,059,497 225,066 1,082,313 12.3 1978 3,613,647 13,999,702 26.3 3,675,628 219,860 1,050,474 12.4 1979 3,951,297 15,521,728 26.0 4,031,945 235,856 1,147,638 13.9 1980 3,963,211 15,538,573 27.7 4,302,818 238,495 1,167,017 11.0 1981 4,147,521 16,519,568 28.4 4,699,379 238,576 1,187,255 11.1 1982 4,148,970 16,759,860 26.9 4,502,214 242,027 1,158,703 10.3 1983 4,183,660 17,037,998 28.6 4,872,707 236,710 1,158,551 12.7 1984 4,283,020 17,861,023 33.7 6,020,066 224,829 1,066,652 15.9 1985 4,469,578 18,809,938 30.1 5,668,272 220,395 1,025,146 14.8 1986 4,648,520 19,661,110 34.5 6,784,088 218,238 1,025,716 12.5 1987 5,003,560 21,523,356 28.7 6,177,127 217,688 1,018,400 11.0 1988 5,237,901 22,464,480 33.1 7,435,300 224,458 1,038,817 9.2 1989 5,516,521 23,978,816 36.6 8,777,915 199,032 926,525 14.9 1990 5,864,150 25,630,960 32.6 8,365,704 208,392 972,373 9.3 1991 6,137,150 27,202,862 30.8 8,383,046 197,717 941,086 7.1 1992 6,402,490 28,828,872 31.8 9,174,136 206,941 966,268 8.6 1993 6,694,310 30,617,600 34.0 10,416,962 198,032 964,356 10.0 1994 7,017,540 32,528,500 35.0 11,371,723 201,412 1,022,490 7.6 1995 7,325,670 34,222,000 34.4 11,762,222 179,467 939,974 6.5 1996 7,597,600 36,483,050 38.1 13,904,924 174,314 923,590 6.7 1997 7,760,260 37,523,400 37.7 14,152,519 190,989 935383 77 91,206 89,580 103,566 102,279 92,876 100,634 169,495 116,414 104,093 135,539 132,675 130,048 160,088 128,268 132,271 118,915 147,454 169,526 151,682 127,730 111,827 99,011 142,409 94,392 72,199 89,105 96,409 77,496 61,315 61,465 72,474 Year Number Raised Pounds Produced Price per Pound2! Value of Production Average Number Layers Eggs per Layer Total Price Eggs per Produced Dozen Value of Production4! Value of Production Thousands Cents Thous. Dol. Thous. Number Millions Cents Thousand Dollars Turkeys Layers and Eggs All Poultry61 1967 126,577 2,343,339 19.5 459,581 313,717 221 1968 106,709 2,014,589 20.5 416,738 309,824 220 1969 106,736 2,029,315 22.4 454,115 306,886 220 1970 116,139 2,197,916 22.6 497,815 312,759 218 1971 119,657 2,255,614 22.1 499,576 312,886 223 1972 128,664 2,423,618 22.2 536,945 304,504 227 1973 132,231 2,451,848 38.2 935,882 290,588 227 1974 131,909 2,437,121 28.0 683,164 284,732 230 1975 124,165 2,276,504 34.8 793,271 278,101 232 1976 140,021 2,606,265 31.7 825,095 274,135 235 1977 136,390 2,562,825 35.5 910,396 274,875 235 1978 138,939 2,654,788 43.6 1,157,200 281,544 239 1979 156,457 2,957,612 41.1 1,214,357 288,623 240 1980 165,243 3,076,858 41.3 1,271,637 287,705 242 1981 170,875 3,264,463 38.2 1,247,803 287,774 243 1982 165,464 3,175,060 39.5 1,254,700 286,369 244 1983 170,723 3,335,519 38.0 1,269,051 276,263 247 1984 171,296 3,384,393 48.9 1,654,862 277,960 245 1985 185,427 3,703,994 49.1 1,819,526 277,592 247 1986 207,232 4,147,168 47.0 1,951,087 279,046 248 1987 240,438 4,894,858 34.8 1,703,137 283,872 248 1988 242,421 5,059,056 38.6 1,951,351 277,781 251 1989 261,280 5,465,453 40.9 2,235,145 269,347 250 1990 282,450 6,029,620 39.4 2,393,375 269,880 252 1991 285,110 6,110,660 38.0 2,352,986 274,287 252 1992 288,980 6,333,833 37.7 2,396,364 277,912 253 1993 287,650 6,432,577 39.0 2,509,127 284,770 253 1994 286,605 6,540,877 40.4 2,643,765 291,018 254 1995 292,856 6,779,277 41.0 2,776,372 293,854 253 1996 302,708 7,233,074 43.3 3,128,814 297,958 256 1997 300,620 7,215,704 39.9 2,880,461 303,166 255 69,327 68,156 67,546 68,212 69,649 69,219 66,039 65,620 64,626 64,511 64,602 67,157 69,209 69,686 69,825 69,718 68,169 68,222 68,445 69,106 70,356 69,655 67,258 67,889 69,196 70,541 71,936 73,911 74,591 76,281 77,401 31.3 1,803,811 34.0 1,930,816 40.0 2,250,367 39.1 2,220,687 31.4 1,820,784 30.9 1,780,881 52.5 2,885,770 53.2 2,909,522 52.4 2,819,275 58.3 3,133,364 55.6 2,994,957 52.2 2,920,788 58.3 3,359,872 56.3 3,267,563 63.1 3,671,143 59.5 3,458,873 61.1 3,469,368 72.3 4,110,438 57.2 3,262,260 61.5 3,543,295 54.7 3,209,327 52.8 3,073,382 68.9 3,876,822 70.9 4,021,355 67.8 3,914,659 57.6 3,397,462 63.4 3,800,237 61.4 3,780,377 62.4 3,879,609 74.9 4,762,131 70.2 4,530,522 3,577,239 3,762,799 4,339,452 4,295,491 3,900,313 4,041,098 6,681,509 6,145,324 6,631,656 7,039,056 7,097,525 7,883,664 8,766,262 8,970,286 9,750,596 9,334,702 9,758,580 11,954,892 10,901,740 12,406,200 11,201,418 12,559,044 15,032,291 14,874,826 14,722,890 15,057,067 16,822,735 17,873,361 18,479,518 21,857,334 21,635,976 11 The production year b~ins Dec. 1 previousJ'ear and ends Nov. 30 current ye:Jk except turkeys based on Sept. 1-Au. 31 hatch. 21 Liveweight equivalent price. 31 Excludes states for 1966-1984. wlilch pr Value of suacleeslefsrosmtha1n985050- jO9O96.br6o1ilIenrsc.lu4d1eSstcaortminmg wericthial19b7ro0ilmers, eling year was chan~d from a calen mature chickens, tur eys, and eggs. ar year to Dec. througli Nov. 51 Casli receipts 21 Week Number I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 II 12 13 14 IS 16 17 18 19 20 1991 135.6 134.8 134.7 136.3 138.5 140.0 140.6 141.0 141.8 141.3 141.4 139.7 142.2 142.8 143.0 144.3 141.7 144.7 146.3 145.6 TABLE 30 BROILER EGGS SET--15 SELECTED STATES, WEEKLY, 1991-1998 1992 142.7 141.6 142.2 140.5 141.5 1993 148.6 149.1 149.2 147.5 146.2 1994 154.9 154.4 152.9 150.5 153.0 1995 ---Millions--- 161.9 160.7 160.5 160.5 155.6 1996 168.7 167.1 168.3 165.0 165.8 19971/ 170.9 169.0 167.4 169.2 171.0 138.6 141.3 144.7 145.7 146.2 149.0 151.1 151.6 152.2 153.9 154.6 156.4 156.3 157.9 157.8 158.8 162.9 163.5 164.6 165.1 166.4 168.4 168.4 168.0 167.1 173.1 173.8 174.3 174.8 174.2 145.0 143.9 145.7 145.6 147.9 154.0 151.0 146.9 151.0 154.4 158.4 158.7 157.8 158.6 160.5 165.4 163.6 165.0 166.1 166.2 165.2 165.0 163.9 167.1 167.5 172.5 172.5 169.9 174.5 174.8 147.4 144.6 146.7 147.2 147.3 154.2 154.4 152.8 156.4 156.4 160.9 161.4 159.1 160.7 161.9 165.5 164.3 165.3 165.0 166.6 166.6 165.5 164.1 167.5 166.9 174.8 174.3 172.9 175.0 175.9 19982/ 171.7 172.5 172.0 170.2 168.7 170.4 174.4 174.5 176.2 175.7 175.4 174.3 175.0 176.2 176.9 174.7 176.4 176.8 176.8 177.6 21 147.1 22 146.3 23 146.7 24 144.2 25 143.6 147.7 149.2 149.4 149.0 149.0 156.3 156.2 157.0 157.2 156.3 162.9 163.0 163.6 163.4 162.8 165.5 165.0 167.2 165.9 165.4 166.6 166.8 167.5 167.8 166.3 175.4 176.3 176.2 175.1 175.2 26 134.1 27 141.1 28 141.6 29 140.8 30 140.9 146.2 139.3 142.7 143.4 144.2 154.6 145.4 149.1 153.5 152.7 160.8 155.6 156.4 159.3 160.3 160.0 160.9 165.4 165.8 164.5 160.7 161.1 167.0 167.0 166.6 170.0 171.4 172.6 174.2 172.5 31 138.9 32 140.1 33 139.3 34 139.9 35 139.8 143.1 143.2 143.4 144.4 144.1 151.5 152.1 152.3 152.3 151.9 159.7 160.0 158.8 160.4 160.3 163.6 162.9 164.6 163.5 161.9 167.0 166.3 166.3 167.1 166.2 171.9 172.5 172.5 173.4 171.8 36 135.9 37 132.2 38 129.5 39 130.5 40 137.8 142.3 137.1 132.2 134.5 142.4 150.3 144.9 142.1 142.1 151.4 158.8 151.6 146.8 145.0 157.3 157.4 156.6 155.6 165.1 163.1 164.1 159.2 155.5 157.4 163.7 170.7 162.8 164.0 163.0 170.7 41 134.1 42 122.3 43 127.2 44 135.4 45 142.4 137.2 130.1 125.6 138.2 145.3 149.9 141.1 140.4 147.4 153.1 157.3 149.9 144.9 147.7 152.5 159.2 154.1 152.7 157.3 167.3 157.2 155.0 151.0 159.0 166.6 165.1 158.9 157.3 162.7 169.3 46 141.3 47 144.2 48 142.5 49 140.0 50 141.1 148.9 148.2 149.3 143.9 145.9 155.3 154.5 154.5 153.1 154.6 159.7 158.8 161.1 161.3 159.9 167.3 169.8 170.6 165.7 167.8 167.4 167.9 169.9 168.5 169.5 172.0 171.8 174.2 171.4 170.8 51 142.3 52 142.9 53 146.0 148.0 152.9 155.1 159.8 159.7 161.1 167.2 167.3 170.1 171.3 171.7 170.5 Total'/ 7,262.3 7,459.7 7,871.0 8,347.2 8,493.4 8,596.2 8,902.6 II Revised. 2/Preliminary. 3/The 15 State total includes AL, AR, CA, DE, FL, GA, MD, MS, NC, PA, SC, lN, TX, VA, & WV. 176.3 22 Week Number I 2 3 4 5 TABLE 31 BROILER CHICKS PLACED--15 SELECTED STATES, WEEKLY, 1991-1998 1991 107.7 108.8 110.0 109.0 107.5 1992 114.5 115.6 115.6 115.2 113.6 1993 118.0 116.7 118.9 119.3 119.8 1994 1995 --Millions-- 122.9 122.2 122.9 123.3 122.9 130.1 130.0 130.6 132.1 130.6 1996 136;0 135.4 136.2 135.8 134.4 1997 11 136.5 136.9 138.0 137.8 137.3 6 108.3 115.1 120.6 122.4 130.3 134.0 134.2 7 110.4 113.4 119.8 120.6 131.4 132.2 136.7 8 110.7 113.4 118.8 123.0 128.1 132.6 136.7 9 112.7 111.7 120.6 123.6 129.6 133.3 140.0 10 113.7 113.9 122.4 124.2 131.7 134.9 139.0 11 113.4 115.9 122.5 124.8 133.9 137.0 140.7 12 114.8 117.5 122.2 126.6 134.1 135.7 141.8 13 114.0 117.9 123.4 127.1 135.1 135.3 141.8 14 113.7 117.6 123.9 127.2 134.8 133.2 141.0 15 112.2 116.4 122.1 127.9 133.4 133.6 140.1 16 115.2 117.5 118.8 127.6 133.8 131.5 137.5 17 114.5 117.6 121.8 127.7 135.9 134.8 140.3 18 115.6 119.6 125.7 128.7 135.1 136.2 141.1 19 116.4 118.9 125.4 129.1 134.6 136.3 140.3 20 113.6 117.1 124.6 129.8 133.5 134.9 140.9 21 116.3 118.3 123.2 128.5 134.9 132.7 139.8 22 117.4 119.4 126.2 129.6 134.4 135.6 141.2 23 117.6 118.9 126.4 131.0 135.7 136.6 142.5 24 118.6 119.5 126.3 131.5 135.6 134.3 142.4 25 117.6 120.7 125.8 132.1 134.7 135.2 141.5 26 116.6 120.7 126.8 132.2 135.6 135.8 142.4 27 117.0 119.7 126.0 132.1 134.4 137.1 140.9 28 114.6 119.9 125.7 130.3 133.8 134.5 141.0 29 107.0 116.4 123.7 128.9 129.9 128.7 136.0 30 112.2 112.0 118.4 124.5 130.4 129.8 138.1 31 113.0 114.5 119.6 124.5 133.9. 134.3 138.5 32 112.9 115.7 123.0 128.3 133.0 133.6 140.2 33 112.3 115.7 121.8 129.0 131.9 133.8 137.7 34 111.2 114.6 119.7 129.2 130.1 133.9 136.9 35 110.8 114.7 120.5 129.5 129.7 134.6 137.2 36 110.3 114.4 121.2 128.0 130.4 133.7 138.0 37 112.5 114.9 121.1 128.6 129.0 135.0 137.9 38 111.4 116.0 119.4 128.4 129.4 134.7 138.0 39 107.4 113.6 118.0 126.4 124.9 132.5 136.9 40 104.5 108.5 114.4 121.5 125.6 126.3 129.6 41 102.6 106.5 112.1 117.3 124.1 124.4 131.2 42 104.0 106.5 112.6 117.1 132.3 126.4 130.2 43 108.7 113.9 120.2 127.0 132.1 131.3 139.5 44 106.4 110.0 119.0 126.8 128.2 127.0 132.4 45 97.8 104.5 112.4 127.0 123.5 124.7 126.2 46 100.4 101.1 112.7 117.2 122.1 120.5 125.4 47 108.0 111.2 117.7 119.2 126.6 127.5 130.0 48 114.1 118.1 122.6 123.3 136.1 134.8 135.7 49 112.4 119.6 123.5 129.5 134.7 135.1 137.0 50 115.7 119.5 124.0 129.5 136.4 134.8 136.6 51 114.1 121.1 124.6 131.0 135.2 136.8 142.0 52 112.4 116.0 123.2 130.7 133.0 135.8 137.5 53 131.2 Total 3/ 5,800.0 5,994.1 6,297.1 6,699.1 6,850.3 6,925.0 7,159.1 II Revised. 21 Preliminary. 31 The 15 State total includes AL, AR, CA, DE, FL, GA, MD, MS, NC, PA, SC, lN, TX, VA, & WV. 19982/ 137.1 136.3 136.0 138.5 137.0 137.6 136.6 134.8 137.6 140.1 139.1 142.8 141.8 141.0 140.2 140.0 142.2 143.2 140.6 141.8 141.8 23 Month Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. TABLE 32 DOMESTIC PLACEMENTS--PULLET CHICKS FOR BROILER HATCHERY SUPPLY FLOCKS, UNITED STATES, MONTHLY, 1991-1998 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 11 1997 11 199821 --Thousands-- 4,594 4,929 4,951 5,556 5,614 4,852 4,667 4,940 5,079 4,931 4,814 4,992 4,995 4,674 5,234 5,492 4,831 5,170 5,431 5,081 5,220 5,407 4,726 5,005 5,763 4,699 5,777 5,664 6,043 5,667 6,066 5,684 5,220 5,612 5,819 5,568 5,988 5,452 6,334 6,121 6,266 5,911 6,104 6,064 6,336 6,342 5,819 6,413 5,710 5,484 6,161 6,320 6,135 6,178 6,302 6,475 6,288 6,013 6,656 6,218 5,491 5,917 6,100 6,751 6,780 6,175 6,034 6,515 6,170 6,225 6,514 5,951 6,397 5,916 6,443 6,036 7,062 6,008 7,167 6,697 6,502 6,254 6,347 6,252 6,794 6,263 6,776 6,687 Total 59,919 11 Revised. 2/ Preliminary. 61,266 67,582 73,150 73,940 74,623 77,081 Month Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. TABLE 33 BROILER TYPE CHICKS HATCHED-BY COMMERCIAL HATCHERIES, UNITED STATES, MONTHLY, 1991-1998 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 11 1997 11 --Millions-- 547.8 500.8 571.3 557.7 586.5 571.3 565.3 562.5 536.7 532.0 512.6 572.2 578.9 535.6 589.4 576.4 602.0 588.5 590.0 580.9 561.7 554.5 536.9 598.1 598.8 547.8 623.0 600.9 634.4 619.5 619.0 612.4 582.8 584.3 574.8 623.2 618.1 558.6 640.3 627.1 658.7 647.3 646.9 654.3 626.7 620.7 600.1 663.6 662.5 600.1 679.1 664.1 691.9 670.8 673.7 674.1 638.9 655.0 629.2 693.0 690.0 645.6 692.3 668.4 700.6 672.2 679.8 690.8 659.0 653.5 631.4 694.7 700.0 634.3 718.9 693.7 724.7 704.1 710.7 708.6 684.2 683.1 648.1 712.0 Total'l 6,616.5 6,892.8 7,220.8 11 Revised. 2/ Preliminary. 3/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 7,562.3 7,932.4 8,078.2 8,322.5 199821 710.6 644.5 732.0 709.4 Month DecY Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. 1991 28.7 30.5 30.2 30.1 30.7 31.1 31.5 32.3 32.4 32.1 31.0 29.5 TABLE 34 PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS FOR COMMERCIAL BROILERS UNITED STATES, MONTHLY, 1991-1998 11 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 19972/ --Cents per Pound-- 29.5 31.5 33.9 32.5 36.2 40.7 29.8 31.8 33.7 32.4 37.2 39.0 29.9 32.2 34.4 32.5 35.3 37.7 30.0 33.0 35.3 32.7 34.1 36.9 29.7 33.8 35.6 32.3 34.9 36.7 32.6 35.2 37.6 31.9 37.8 36.8 31.9 35.0 37.5 33.2 40.6 37.4 34.1 35.5 36.4 34.7 40.5 40.0 34.3 36.4 35.1 37.4 40.3 39.9 32.0 36.5 35.1 38.1 40.2 38.2 33.1 35.0 33.9 36.8 39.5 34.7 33.3 34.8 32.3 37.6 40.4 33.7 Total 30.8 31.8 34.0 35.0 34.3 38.1 1/ Liveweight equivalent price except for AR, CA, PA, TIC 2/ Revised. 3/ Preliminary. 4/ Dec. preceding year. 37.7 199831 32.1 33.1 34.4 35.2 36.5 36.9 24 Month Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. TABLE 35 DOMESTIC PLACEMENTS--PULLET CHICKS FOR EGG TYPE HATCHERY SUPPLY FLOCKS, UNITED STATES, MONTHLY, 1991-1998 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1 9 9 7 1/ 19982/ --Thousands-- 79 181 227 213 236 219 208 189 139 273 143 184 251 238 222 239 279 186 292 259 356 317 209 225 231 178 275 277 317 252 316 338 250 262 299 334 193 291 273 179 225 291 257 234 282 254 213 237 267 254 235 266 207 226 277 243 309 163 186 285 186 237 284 315 292 231 402 255 237 265 278 309 233 266 210 269 172 240 124 210 129 134 176 267 125 231 215 207 Total 2,381 1/ Revised. 2/ Preliminary. 2,738 3,025 3,045 2,941 2,940 2,978 Month Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 1991 34.5 34.8 37.0 39.8 38.4 36.2 33.7 33.7 34.0 34.3 30.4 32.7 TABLE 36 EGG TYPE CHICKS HATCHED-BY COMMERCIAL HATCHERIES, UNITED STATES, MONTHLY, 1991-1998 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 11 1 9 9 7 1/ --Millions-- 32.5 34.9 33.2 32.4 31.6 33.8 32.0 34.0 31.1 32.7 34.6 35.8 36.5 38.3 33.5 36.0 36.9 37.4 35.8 37.2 35.7 35.1 35.7 38.9 38.5 36.7 35.3 37.5 38.0 39.1 34.6 35.6 32.0 35.0 33.0 36.9 32.1 34.0 29.6 29.6 31.9 33.8 27.6 31.5 31.3 31.4 31.8 33.1 28.0 31.8 31.6 33.6 31.9 37.2 32.0 31.6 32.1 33.4 32.3 35.3 26.9 30.1 26.1 29.1 30.9 27.8 29.5 30.4 30.2 30.6 32.9 35.9 Tota!,1 419.6 385.8 406.0 1/ Revised. 2/ Preliminary. 3/ Totals may not add dne to rounding. 381.6 396.5 401.6 425.0 19982/ 37.2 34.6 40.0 39.9 Month Dec.3/ Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. 1991 76.5 78.0 68.7 77.6 66.7 59.3 59.1 64.5 63.0 61.4 62.0 62.7 TABLE 37 PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS FOR ALL EGGS, UNITED STATES, MONTHLY, 1991-1998 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 --Cents per Dozen-- 69.5 64.1 63.7 57.7 63.5 62.4 55.5 62.0 64.0 54.2 69.6 65.7 54.6 69.2 61.3 51.3 63.3 58.7 53.0 66.3 57.7 52.0 57.7 58.4 53.6 61.1 60.3 59.6 55.5 60.8 56.8 60.0 57.7 64.3 63.0 61.7 61.9 79.1 60.9 78.2 60.5 75.7 60.3 79.2 60.7 75.8 55.4 69.3 57.1 70.7 60.8 69.8 62.7 73.7 66.3 75.8 66.2 73.5 75.6 82.0 Marketing Year Av. 67.8 57.7 62.9 61.4 1/ Revised. 2/ Preliminary. 3/ Dec. preceding year. 62.4 75.0 1997 11 87.9 76.5 75.7 72.3 66.0 64.2 59.3 65.6 63.1 69.6 65.9 80.9 70.2 19982/ 78.7 74.0 64.7 69.9 63.5 54.8 25 Month Dec.'! Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. TABLE 38 LAYERS--AVERAGE NUMBER IN ALL FLOCKS, UNITED STATES, MONTHLY, 1991-1998 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996l/ 1997 1/ --Thousands-- 272,902 274,738 275,002 273,511 272,356 272,558 272,875 272,897 273,651 275,241 277,324 278,519 280,572 280,171 279,450 279,373 278,284 276,790 276,142 275,953 275,891 278,461 281,573 283,305 284,267 284,398 284,638 284,405 284,234 283,694 282,914 283,324 284,192 285,418 286,948 288,875 290,642 290,041 290,047 290,719 290,073 288,784 287,974 287,990 290,321 293,381 295,172 297,134 299,160 298,367 297,293 296,561 295,464 293,198 290,313 288,213 288,359 290,337 292,516 296,724 299,027 298,912 298,586 298,535 297,175 295,198 294,519 295,971 297,486 298,264 299,733 302,143 304,655 304,259 303,888 304,160 303,405 301,754 299,870 298,944 299,512 302,923 306,029 308,741 19982/ 310,711 310,642 312,032 312,833 310,682 Annual Average 274,287 278,830 1/ Revised. 2/ Preliminary. 3/ Dec. preceding year. 284,776 291,018 293,875 297,958 303,166 Month Dec. 31 Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. 1991 2,154 2,134 1,933 2,169 2,080 2,126 2,067 2,140 2,139 2,061 2,132 2,086 TABLE 39 EGGS LAID PER 100 LAYERS--ALL FLOCKS, UNITED STATES, MONTHLY, 1991-1998 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996l/ --Number-- 2,155 2,125 1,990 2,165 2,098 2,142 2,067 2,147 2,155 2,079 2,151 2,103 2,168 2,138 1,922 2,149 2,079 2,137 2,072 2,130 2,131 2,073 2,155 2,106 2,166 2,133 1,930 2,174 2,094 2,143 2,081 2,155 2,160 2,088 2,160 2,113 2,182 2,140 1,928 2,182 2,100 2,145 2,083 2,147 2,145 2,074 2,148 2,108 2,181 2,142 1,996 2,179 2,105 2,153 2,099 2,181 2,173 2,095 2,171 2,124 1997l/ 2,199 2,161 1,943 2,176 2,093 2,156 2,093 2,155 2,165 2,096 2,172 2,121 19982/ 2,193 2,170 1,946 2,183 2,116 Av. per Layer" 252 253 253 254 254 255 255 1/ Revised. 7/ Preliminary. 3/ Dec. preceding year. 4/ Annual rate of lay per layers on hand (eggs produced during year divided by average number oflayers dunng year). Month Dec.'! Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. TABLE 40 EGG PRODUCTION-ALL FLOCKS, UNITED STATES, MONTHLY, 1991-1998 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997l/ --Million Eggs-- 5,879 5,865 5,316 5,935 5,666 5,796 5,643 5,840 5,855 5,675 5,915 5,811 6,035 5,951 5,558 6,042 5,832 5,918 5,693 5,908 5,919 5,753 6,019 5,913 6,163 6,080 5,472 6,113 5,908 6,062 5,862 6,034 6,056 5,916 6,185 6,085 6,296 6,186 5,598 6,320 6,073 6,189 5,992 6,205 6,272 6,125 6,377 6,278 6,527 6,384 5,732 6,471 6,206 6,288 6,048 6,189 6,185 6,021 6,284 6,256 6,523 6,398 5,954 6,495 6,243 6,340 6,169 6,440 6,447 6,235 6,495 6,409 6,698 6,574 5,904 6,620 6,351 6,507 6,276 6,443 6,483 6,350 6,646 6,549 Annual Total 69,196 70,541 1/ Revised. 2/ Preliminary. 3/ Dec. preceding year. 71,936 73,911 74,591 76,148 77,401 19982/ 6,814 6,742 6,073 6,829 6,573 26 TABLE 41 FORCED MOLT LAYERS AS A PERCENT OF HENS AND PULLETS OF LAYING AGE FIRST OF MONTH--30 SELECTED STATES, 1992-199811 Month Percent being Molted 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 199821 1992 Percent with Molt Complete 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 199821 Jan. 3.7 4.8 4.5 4.5 3.7 3.8 4.1 19.5 22.2 22.7 24.2 24.4 22.3 21.8 Feb. 5.0 5.3 5.3 6.4 5.4 5.1 5.2 18.3 21.7 21.4 23.8 22.4 21.6 21.0 Mar. 4.4 3.9 3.7 4.8 3.5 2.4 4.4 19.0 22.7 21.0 24.1 23.5 22.9 21.2 Apr. 3.1 2.5 2.7 3.4 1.9 3.1 2.2 18.7 23.2 21.1 23.9 23.0 21.8 22.1 May 5.0 5.2 5.6 5.7 5.5 5.3 17.7 21.7 20.2 22.4 22.3 19.9 June 5.8 5.8 5.5 6.1 4.7 4.4 18.3 21.5 21.5 22.9 22.6 20.9 July 4.9 4.6 5.1 4.9 4.0 4.8 19.1 22.5 22.4 23.4 23.3 21.2 Aug. 4.2 4.2 4.6 4.1 4.7 3.5 20.3 22.5 23.0 23.4 22.4 22.0 Sept. 4.2 3.7 4.7 4.6 4.3 3.9 20.5 22.4 22.9 23.3 22.6 21.5 Oct. 4.3 5.0 5.1 5.1 4.8 4.7 20.7 22.8 23.4 23.4 23.2 22.6 Nov. 4.6 3.3 3.9 3.7 3.1 4.2 21.7 22.8 24.2 24.3 24.1 22.2 Dec. 2.8 2.9 3.4 2.3 2.1 2.8 24.7 23.5 25.4 25.6 23.5 24.0 II 1992-1993 slates include AL, AR, CA, CT, FL, GA, IN, IA, ME, MI, MN, MS, MO, NY, NC, OH, PA, SC, TX, WA. Beginning 1995 states include AL, AR, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, IL, IN, IA, ME, MD, MI, MN, MS, MO, NE, NY, NC, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TX, VA, WA, WI. 2/Preliminary 1998. TABLE 42 TURKEY POULTS, ALL BREEDS--PRICES PAID, UNITED STATES, QUARTERLY", 1987-1998 Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. --Dollars per Poult-- 1987 0.928 1988 0.927 1989 0.981 1990 0.994 1991 1.020 1992 1.010 1993 1.000 1994 1995 1996 1997 0.938 0.927 0.992 1.020 1.030 1.020 1.040 211.060 211.060 211.100 211.080 0.931 0.953 0.990 1.030 1.030 1.040 1.080 0.919 0.950 0.940 1.020 1.010 1.010 1.050 II Quarterly prices discontinued January 1994. 2/ Annual average price for calendar year. TABLE 43 TURKEYS LIVE--PRICES RECEIVEDI/, UNITED STATES, MONTHLY, 1987-1998 Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. --Dollars per Pound-- 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 199721 19983/ 0.351 0.323 0.355 0.354 0.336 0.363 0.356 0.370 0.396 0.409 0.388 0.355 0.358 0.297 0.384 0.337 0.351 0.355 0.357 0.373 0.374 0.420 0.369 0.340 0.357 0.284 0.403 0.364 0.370 0.370 0.376 0.384 0.383 0.418 0.381 0.346 0.363 0.284 0.420 0.366 0.376 0.370 0.376 0.392 0.383 0.422 0.397 0.357 0.355 0.298 0.436 0.383 0.383 0.377 0.377 0.399 0.384 0.432 0.413 0.341 0.321 0.438 0.387 0.387 0.377 0.376 0.403 0.393 0.444 0.416 0.335 0.404 0.412 0.391 0.391 0.379 0.387 0.406 0.396 0.450 0.041 0.321 0.420 0.408 0.402 D.401 0.378 0.396 0.421 0.419 0.443 0.410 0.313 0.454 0.364 0.403 0.402 0.375 0.411 0.431 0.436 0.442 0.411 0.302 0.484 0.382 0.425 0.370 0.385 0.432 0.445 0.452 0.451 0.410 0.340 0.479 0.407 0.423 0.370 0.394 0.427 0.443 0.473 0.455 0.419 II Mid-month price. 2/ Revised. 3/ Preliminary. Dec. 0.384 0.383 0.393 0.369 0.381 0.393 0.408 0.422 0.440 0.432 0.387 27 TABLE 44 POULTRY SLAUGHTERED UNDER FEDERAL INSPECTION--UNITED STATES, MONTHLY, 1967-1998 Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June --Millions-- Young Chickens 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 11 199821 188.5 189.9 208.3 221.8 215.6 231.2 248.3 260.4 236.3 256.3 255.8 276.5 317.3 331.2 333.0 315.5 340.3 340.2 375.1 389.5 404.0 410.3 439.7 475.1 517.3 542.4 540.5 557.2 607.4 644.1 667.9 666.0 162.2 172.7 175.1 204.9 205.6 226.8 215.8 223.7 209.7 230.0 241.5 257.5 268.6 304.6 298.1 310.1 313.7 323.5 325.4 349.5 370.8 410.6 404.7 431.9 463.6 485.2 499.3 521.8 560.5 618.6 593.1 606.5 190.9 179.6 190.0 224.6 238.4 249.2 235.7 239.8 225.3 278.5 284.9 297.3 321.4 321.5 346.3 357.9 368.3 351.3 355.0 360.1 413.3 445.9 465.9 505.5 476.7 537.8 573.4 599.9 651.1 617.6 615.6 650.0 182.0 191.0 208.6 243.5 230.3 234.3 224.8 246.1 249.1 270.6 268.6 271.6 315.7 347.9 353.4 341.1 345.7 342.9 387.8 398.5 406.9 416.8 421.8 468.3 526.1 526.6 557.5 568.0 564.3 626.2 660.2 217.4 208.9 220.2 235.1 227.6 267.8 265.3 272.3 253.6 270.4 292.0 319.9 360.0 348.0 349.3 338.3 364.3 387.9 396.5 398.8 402.9 437.4 486.6 512.6 545.4 527.9 535.4 587.4 654.5 663.2 665.1 218.8 197.2 225.3 259.7 252.5 268.5 256.7 251.6 252.8 301.9 308.6 317.6 334.8 340.8 366.2 367.5 373.7 367.5 361.5 391.9 442.0 449.2 485.3 489.6 494.8 556.3 595.4 628.9 659.7 599.8 639.7 Year July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual TotaP! --Millions-- 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 193.7 220.2 226.4 258.6 241.2 240.1 256.7 266.7 266.6 283.2 277.3 293.1 344.2 339.8 365.5 352.6 332.1 366.2 399.4 402.5 440.3 405.0 441.6 491.3 548.8 571.3 561.6 570.4 585.7 655.4 668.9 227.4 219.7 224.6 240.7 257.3 278.8 264.7 264.2 254.7 294.6 318.6 335.5 366.2 330.7 345.6 360.4 380.3 402.9 398.8 393.9 420.2 470.6 517.5 541.9 552.2 545.0 590.6 662.5 665.7 660.4 651.6 195.9 194.1 218.9 237.1 239.0 238.9 224.4 224.8 252.6 286.9 288.5 293.4 298.2 327.4 349.6 352.0 349.9 338.2 354.7 399.3 441.1 441.0 452.7 449.7 497.4 547.7 579.6 612.5 607.7 606.7 647.5 202.9 219.0 232.5 237.6 234.3 254.8 267.8 247.4 269.0 274.1 273.4 309.8 356.3 339.7 349.4 336.4 341.5 393.9 406.2 408.2 433.8 434.0 469.0 545.3 560.1 553.1 553.6 601.7 641.0 686.1 699.6 172.5 165.3 176.3 194.2 213.8 228.5 233.1 191.2 204.1 250.4 258.6 274.5 283.7 276.2 291.5 312.0 309.8 332.2 325.8 340.7 376.6 415.7 447.3 484.2 464.1 483.5 536.9 579.9 596.5 573.1 560.1 167.2 178.4 210.0 212.3 223.2 217.2 214.3 212.3 248.1 255.9 266.2 269.6 276.8 321.0 327.9 324.3 313.2 325.6 352.6 409.7 419.5 422.2 467.2 446.0 493.9 548.2 557.4 581.3 577.2 595.0 646.9 2,319.4 2,336.0 2,516.3 2,770.2 2,779.0 2,936.1 2,907.6 2,900.4 2,921.8 3,252.8 3,334.1 3,516.4 3,843.3 3,929.0 4,075.9 4,068.1 4,132.8 4,272.3 4,438.9 4,642.8 4,971.5 5,158.7 5,499.3 5,841.3 6,140.3 6,425.0 6,681.0 7,071.6 7,371.4 7,546.3 7,715.9 II Revised. 2/ Preliminary. 3/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 28 TABLE 44 - Continued POULTRY SLAUGHTERED UNDER FEDERAL INSPECTlON--UNITED STATES, MONTHLY, 1967-1998 Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June --Millions-- Mature Chickens 1967 16.1 14.7 14.1 14.4 14.0 13.8 1968 16.7 13.1 11.5 13.8 12.9 9.4 1969 14.8 12.9 13.2 14.1 14.5 12.7 1970 13.6 12.8 15.3 16.5 14.9 14.8 1971 16.1 16.4 17.1 16.4 13.6 16.2 1972 18.2 17.6 16.6 17.5 14.3 15.4 1973 17.0 17.9 17.5 17.5 17.0 16.4 1974 18.4 16.2 18.8 19.1 19.1 15.4 1975 18.1 14.9 16.3 17.7 13.2 13.7 1976 17.1 15.9 16.9 18.9 12.5 14.3 1977 16.6 16.7 19.5 18.8 16.6 18.0 1978 18.1 17.6 20.1 14.9 15.7 18.2 1979 18.3 16.0 18.9 19.3 17.0 14.7 1980 22.6 22.1 19.3 21.4 17.3 15.0 1981 21.0 18.2 21.3 20.3 17.1 16.6 1982 17.2 15.6 18.5 20.0 16.6 17.9 1983 19.0 14.9 19.1 17.5 13.5 14.8 1984 13.0 12.9 14.2 14.5 16.6 17.3 1985 22.1 16.4 16.6 17.3 15.6 11.9 1986 17.0 15.0 17.5 18.3 16.5 18.0 1987 16.3 16.7 16.9 17.7 16.4 18.7 1988 17.4 18.5 19.3 18.1 18.0 17.7 1989 16.2 15.5 17.2 14.4 16.2 15.0 1990 15.3 14.6 15.8 17.3 17.7 16.5 1991 14.9 13.7 13.9 15.8 16.4 13.4 1992 17.6 14.6 15.1 16.4 14.8 15.2 1993 14.8 13.5 13.8 15.8 14.5 15.7 1994 15.2 13.5 15.5 15.4 14.7 15.3 1995 14.5 13.3 14.4 14.4 14.7 14.3 1996 14.2 13.3 13.2 14.1 13.7 12.1 1997 11 15.0 12.5 14.0 15.9 15.7 15.2 19982/ 14.8 12.7 13.0 Year July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual TotaP! --Millions-- 1967 10.1 12.8 13.6 17.2 15.7 13.7 1968 11.2 11.4 9.9 14.3 12.7 14.1 1969 11.0 11.1 12.8 15.0 10.1 11.5 1970 12.8 14.1 14.1 16.9 14.3 16.1 1971 13.1 12.7 16.4 15.0 15.4 14.8 1972 11.6 15.2 13.2 16.1 16.3 13.8 1973 14.0 12.8 14.0 17.2 14.6 13.7 1974 14.1 16.4 12.2 15.1 14.4 14.0 1975 12.9 12.3 13.6 15.9 11.7 15.4 1976 14.0 13.8 14.7 14.4 12.6 15.0 1977 11.6 14.0 15.5 15.0 14.0 16.5 1978 13.3 13.5 14.1 16.4 13.7 15.3 1979 14.8 18.0 15.8 18.9 14.2 15.1 1980 12.7 11.7 14.1 18.0 12.5 16.6 1981 13.9 15.0 15.2 15.1 11.8 16.6 1982 14.2 17.0 15.5 14.7 15.4 19.1 1983 13.4 14.6 14.3 13.3 11.3 12.2 1984 15.4 17.3 14.9 19.5 14.6 16.4 1985 13.0 13.1 12.3 12.7 11.3 15.8 1986 14.8 14.2 15.3 16.0 12.4 15.9 1987 16.2 15.1 14.6 16.3 14.0 19.1 1988 11.8 13.7 13.0 13.8 14.1 16.8 1989 14.4 14.9 15.1 14.4 13.0 15.4 1990 15.0 15.7 13.3 14.7 12.7 12.5 1991 14.3 14.6 14.1 14.5 12.9 14.9 1992 16.6 13.8 14.2 13.8 10.6 14.6 1993 15.2 14.1 15.1 14.7 13.6 15.2 1994 12.8 13.9 13.2 12.5 12.0 14.2 1995 11.9 12.5 12.0 13.3 12:0 12.0 1996 12.7 11.2 12.6 14.5 9.7 12.2 1997 14.2 12.6 12.5 14.3 11.1 13.6 1/ Revised. 2/ Preliminary. 3/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 170.2 151.2 153.8 176.1 183.2 185.8 189.7 193.3 175.7 180.1 192.8 190.9 201.0 203.2 202.0 201.8 177.9 186.7 178.2 190.9 197.9 192.3 181.8 181.1 173.4 177.3 175.9 168.0 159.4 153.6 166.7 29 TABLE 44 - Continued POULTRY SLAUGHTERED UNDER FEDERAL INSPECTION--UNITED STATES, MONTHLY, 1967-1998 Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June --Millions-- Total Chickens 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997" 19982/ Year 204.7 206.6 223.1 235.4 231.7 249.4 265.3 278.9 254.3 273.4 272.4 294.7 335.6 353.8 354.0 332.7 359.2 353.3 397.2 406.5 420.3 427.7 455.9 490.4 532.2 558.5 555.3 572.4 621.9 658.3 682.8 680.7 July 176.9 185.8 188.0 217.7 222.0 244.4 233.7 239.8 224.6 245.8 258.2 275.1 284.6 326.7 316.2 325.7 328.6 336.4 341.9 364.4 387.4 429.1 420.2 446.5 477.3 499.7 512.7 535.3 573.8 632.0 605.5 618.3 Aug. Sept. 205.0 191.1 203.3 239.9 255.5 265.7 253.1 258.6 241.6 295.4 304.4 317.4 340.4 340.9 367.6 376.3 387.3 365.5 371.6 377.6 430.2 465.2 483.1 521.3 490.6 552.9 587.2 615.4 665.5 630.8 629.6 663.0 Oct. 196.4 204.8 222.6 260.0 246.7 251.8 242.4 265.2 266.8 289.5 287.4 286.5 335.0 369.3 373.7 361.1 363.2 357.4 405.1 416.8 424.6 434.9 436.2 485.5 541.9 543.1 573.3 583.4 578.7 640.4 676.2 Nov. 231.4 221.9 234.7 250.0 241.2 282.1 282.3 291.5 266.7 282.9 308.6 335.6 377.1 365.4 366.4 354.9 377.8 404.5 412.1 415.3 419.3 455.5 502.8 530.3 561.8 542.7 549.8 602.1 669.3 676.9 680.9 Dec. 232.5 206.6 238.0 274.5 268.7 283.9 273.1 267.0 266.5 316.2 326.6 335.8 349.6 355.8 382.9 385.4 388.5 384.9 373.3 409.8 460.7 466.9 500.3 506.1 508.3 571.5 611.1 644.2 674.1 611.9 655.0 Annual Total3! --Millions-- 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 203.8 231.4 237.4 271.4 254.3 251.8 270.7 280.8 279.4 297.2 288.9 306.4 359.0 352.5 379.5 366.8 345.5 381.6 412.4 417.3 456.5 416.8 455.9 506.4 563.1 587.9 576.8 583.1 597.6 668.1 683.1 240.2 231.1 235.7 254.9 270.0 294.0 277.5 280.6 267.0 308.4 332.5 348.9 384.2 342.4 360.6 377.4 395.0 420.2 411.9 408.1 435.2 484.3 532.4 557.6 566.8 558.8 604.7 676.4 678.2 671.5 664.2 209.5 204.0 231.8 251.2 255.4 252.0 238.3 237.0 266.2 301.7 304.1 307.5 314.0 341.5 364.8 367.4 364.3 353.1 367.0 414.6 455.7 454.0 467.8 463.0 511.4 561.9 594.7 625.7 619.7 619.3 660.0 220.1 233.3 247.5 254.5 249.3 270.9 285.0 262.4 284.9 288.4 288.4 326.2 375.2 357.7 364.5 351.2 354.8 413.3 418.9 424.2 450.1 447.8 483.4 560.0 574.5 566.9 568.3 614.2 654.3 700.7 713.9 188.2 178.1 186.4 208.6 229.2 244.9 247.8 205.6 215.8 263.0 272.6 288.2 297.9 288.7 303.4 327.4 321.0 346.7 337.2 353.2 390.6 429.8 460.4 496.9 477.0 494.1 550.4 592.0 608.5 582.8 571.2 180.9 192.5 221.5 228.4 238.0 231.0 228.0 226.3 263.5 270.9 282.8 284.9 291.9 337.6 344.5 343.4 325.4 342.0 368.4 425.7 438.6 439.0 482.6 458.6 508.7 562.4 572.6 595.5 589.2 607.2 660.5 2,489.6 2,487.2 2,670.1 2,946.3 2,962.2 3,122.0 3,097.2 3,093.8 3,097.4 3,432.9 3,526.9 3,707.3 4,044.3 4,132.2 4,277.9 4,269.9 4,310.7 4,459.0 4,617.1 4,833.7 5,169.4 5,351.0 5,681.1 6,022.5 6,313.7 6,602.3 6,856.9 7,239.6 7,530.8 7,699.9 7,882.6 11 Revised. 21 Preliminary. 3/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 30 TABLE 44-Continued POULTRY SLAUGHTERED UNDER FEDERAL INSPECTION--UNITED STATES, MONTHLY, 1996-199811 Month and Year Mature Chickens All Heavy Light Month and Year Mature Chickens All Heavy Thousands Thousands 1996 Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 1997 Jan. Feb. 14,154 13,349 13,243 14,136 13,697 12,098 12,744 11,176 12,556 14,527 9,727 12,201 14,960 12,452 5,697 5,141 5,930 5,339 5,266 5,629 5,630 4,566 5,755 6,395 3,856 4,129 5,505 4,919 8,457 8,208 7,313 8,797 8,431 6,469 7,114 6,610 6,801 8,132 5,871 8,072 9,455 7,533 1997 Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 1998 Jan. Feb. Mar. 14,044 15,945 15,743 15,223 14,166 12,586 12,477 14,328 11,115 13,621 14,769 12,692 12,967 4,639 4,893 5,314 5,501 5,382 4,702 5,384 5,672 3,926 4,416 5,533 4,952 5,028 II May 1997-April 1998 preliminary. Light 9,405 11,052 10429 9,722 8,784 7,884 7,093 8,656 7,189 9,205 9,236 7,740 7,939 TABLE 45 TURKEYS SLAUGHTERED UNDER FEDERAL INSPECTION UNITED STATES, MONTHLY, 1967-1998 Year 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 Jan. 2,879 3,629 2,752 2,597 3,240 Feb. 2,003 2,095 1,770 1,662 2,397 Mar. 2,631 1,988 2,090 2,132 3,674 Apr. 2,395 2,149 1,775 2,442 3,915 May 3,944 3,044 3,053 3,670 4,837 June 7,861 5,162 6,345 81,66 9,355 July Aug. Thousands 11,304 9,344 10,604 12,421 12,567 16,980 13,635 12,927 14,494 15,124 Sept. 16,824 14,254 14,752 16,034 15,739 Oct. 18,495 17,437 16,497 17,455 16,297 Nov. 17,557 15,065 13,861 15,227 15,175 Dec. 11,344 9,622 8,954 9,249 9,424 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 3,816 4,608 6,131 4,313 4,937 3,452 3,282 4,389 3,642 4,391 3,783 3,827 4,595 4,363 5,352 3,453 4,593 6,139 5,344 6,181 5,744 6,330 8,570 6,218 7,838 10,969 10,718 11,882 10,235 13,032 13,035 13,359 15,377 13,913 15,308 17,321 16,423 16,748 14,435 17,028 15,858 14,769 14,919 15,625 17,230 17,607 17,597 16,772 16,966 16,755 16,376 16,689 13,678 14,297 16,916 9,904 10,809 7,566 10,094 9,369 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 4,524 5,030 6,269 9,027 9,029 4,314 4,203 5,282 7,544 8,252 6,120 6,115 6,789 9,327 9,652 5,788 5,803 8,090 10,062 10,390 7,792 9,259 10,833 12,694 11,940 12,502 13,013 13,494 14,479 15,310 13,319 13,587 15,134 16,927 17,019 16,694 16,752 18,252 15,779 17,597 16,157 15,461 15,457 16,707 18,251 15,905 17,063 18,992 18,245 18,557 15,668 15,739 16,939 16,039 17,566 9,267 9,777 10,581 12,225 12,684 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 7,885 8,532 8,136 9,257 11,044 7,804 8,477 8,898 9,167 10,687 10,693 11,979 10,002 11,231 12,449 9,767 10,563 10,470 11,168 12,929 10,888 12,062 12,975 13,619 15,173 14,306 15,201 14,424 15,204 17,254 15,310 14,927 15,697 17,273 19,680 17,879 18,396 18,235 18,590 19,762 17,799 17,444 16,458 18,138 21,046 17,758 18,102 20,182 20,831 22,467 18,546 17,931 16,726 17,682 19,081 11,725 11,329 11,416 13,004 15,284 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 12,832 14,828 14,576 18,216 20,729 12,974 16,102 14,888 17,435 19,047 15,134 19,345 18,422 21,548 19,944 16,378 16,849 16,411 19,561 22,131 17,440 20,387 21,839 22,896 23,730 21,592 22,744 23,587 23,173 22,767 23,178 19,887 22,069 24,150 24,568 22,769 23,760 26,792 27,205 25,768 23,989 22,101 23,576 23,278 24,755 24,857 23,271 25,026 28,494 28,225 22,515 21,963 25,052 26,061 24,815 17,403 16,197 19,495 19,167 20,357 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 20,795 19,794 19,036 20,563 21,557 19,463 18,320 19,187 19,960 22,820 20,953 21,825 22,406 23,343 22,615 22,454 21,714 20,815 19,840 23,036 21,707 21,239 22,716 23,550 25,469 25,086 25,419 25,306 25,864 24,315 26,540 24,396 22,991 22,927 26,498 24,567 25,113 28,007 26,264 26,774 25,229 25,432 25,353 24,230 24,267 27,091 25,858 25,738 27,357 28,051 24,911 26,264 25,630 25,857 25,884 22,608 20,882 21,728 21,277 22,005 1997" 22,917 20,645 21,466 23,544 24,129 25,001 26,605 24,899 25,345 27,407 24,523 23,597 199821 21,679 20,834 22,517 II Revised. 2! Preliminary. Annual Total 114,217 97,424 95,380 105,549 111,744 121,318 123,004 126,766 119,445 134,337 128,050 131,802 146,112 159,055 166,247 160,360 164,943 163,619 175,164 196,856 231,061 237,434 251,751 271,199 276,835 281,404 276,245 278,912 281,032 292,826 290,006 31 TABLE 46 PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION OF EGGS, CHICKENS AND TURKEYS, UNITED STATES, SELECTED YEARS, 1986-199711 Chickens21 Year TotaPI Commercial Broilers Total TotaPI --Number-- --Pounds-- 1986 211 39 250 1987 211 43 254 1988 202 44 246 1989 191 45 236 1990 187 49 235 1991 183 51 234 1992 181 54 235 1993 180 56 236 1994 178 61 239 1995 175 61 236 19964/ 176 62 238 1997 174 65 239 56.3 58.7 13.3 72.0 60.2 62.8 15.1 77.8 62.5 65.1 16.0 81.1 66.8 68.9 17.1 85.9 70.1 72.2 18.4 90.7 72.5 74.2 18.0 92.2 76.0 77.6 18.0 95.6 77.7 79.5 17.8 97.3 79.3 81.0 17.8 98.8 79.2 80.7 17.9 98.6 81.4 82.3 18.5 100.8 83.7 84.2 17.6 101.8 1/ Livestock, Dairy and PoultIy Situation and Outlook Report, May 21. 1998. Economic Research Service, USDA. 2/ Poultry, Ready-to-Cook Basis. 3/ Totals may not add due to roundmg. 4/ ReVIsed. TABLE 47 PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION OF RED MEATS UNITED STATES, SELECTED YEARS, 1986-199711 Red Meats, Carcass Weight Equivalent Year Beef and Veal Pork excluding Lard Lamb and Mutton Total21 --Pounds-- 1986 109.6 62.1 1987 105.1 62.5 1988 104.2 67.2 1989 99.2 66.6 1990 96.1 64.1 1991 96.6 64.9 1992 96.2 68.4 1993 94.1 67.5 1994 95.8 68.4 1995 98.6 63.3 19963/ 98.8 63.3 1997 97.9 61.9 1.6 173.3 1.5 169.1 1.6 173.0 1.6 167.4 1.7 163.2 1.6 163.2 1.5 166.1 1.5 163.0 1.1 165.3 1.2 163.1 1.4 163.5 1.2 161.0 1/ Livestock, Daily, and Poultry Situation and Outlook Report, January 16, 1998. Economic Research Service, USDA. 2/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 3/ Revised. PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION IN UNITED STATES Selected Years, 1988-1997 ---. 300 250 200 150 100 50 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Total num ber eggs Total pound poultry Total pound red meat --- -* 32 GEORGI~ AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE Stephens Federal Building 355 E Hancock Avenue Suite 320 Athens, Georgia 30601 Phone: (706)546-2236 BULK RATE POSTAGE & FEES PAID USDA PERMIT NO. G-38 M1$ I 470