GEORGIA POULTRY FACTS 2001 EDITION Compiled by GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE Stephens Federal Building, Suite 320 355 East Hancock Avenue Athens, Georgia 30601 E-mail: nass-ga@nass.usda.gov Internet homepage: http://www.nass.usda.gov/ga David S. Abbe, State Statistician Christina S. Messer, Deputy State Statistician James E. Brewster, 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 R. Ronald Bosecker, Administrator PREFACE This publication is a compilation of statistical data on poultry released by the Georgia Agricultural Statistics Service during 2000 with comparisons back to 1993. 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 2000 FARM VALUE OF PRODUCTION All Poultry and Eggs . . . . . . . . $2,420,004,000 Broilers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,029,005,000 Eggs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $369,913,000 Chickens* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $21,086,000 2000 -- GEORGIA NATIONAL RANK First . . . . . . . . . Broilers Value of Production First . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chickens Value of Sales First . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Broilers Produced First . . . . . . . . . . . . Eggs Value of Production First . . . . Chickens Sold (excludes broilers) Second . . . . . All Poultry Value of Production Sixth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eggs Produced SUMMARY--2000 EGG PRODUCTION The total farm value of poultry and eggs produced in Georgia decreased 10 percent to $2.42 billion for the 2000 production year. Value of production from broilers totaled $2.03 billion, down 12 percent from 1999. The value of production for all eggs was $370 million, down 2 percent from 1999. The sale of chickens excluding broilers totaled 22.4 million birds with a value of sales of $21.1 million. BROILER PRODUCTION Broiler producers in Georgia produced 1.23 billion birds in 2000, breaking the seventeen consecutive year of record setting numbers. Production decreased 1 percent from 1.24 billion broilers produced in 1999. Pounds produced in 2000 totaled 6.15 billion. The average price received per pound for broilers in 2000 was 33.0 cents per pound, down 4.0 cents from the 1999 average price. Georgia ranked first in the number of broilers produced and accounted for 17 percent of the number and pounds of the Nation's broiler production in 2000. For the sixth consecutive year, Georgia ranked number one in the Nation in value of broiler production. Egg production in Georgia for the year ending November 30, 2000, totaled 5.11 billion eggs, 1 percent less than in 1999. The number of layers averaged 20.8 million in 2000, 1 percent less than the previous year. In hatching egg flocks, the average number of layers was down almost 5 percent, to 9.03 million from 9.50 million in 1999. The average number of layers in table egg flocks was 11.8 million in 2000. All layers in Georgia produced an average of 246 eggs per hen in 2000, no change from 1999's average. Hatching egg flocks produced 2.10 billion eggs during 2000, 4 percent less than the previous year. Table egg flocks produced 3.01 billion eggs in 2000, 1 percent more than 1999. The average price for all eggs in 2000 was 86.8 cents per dozen, 1.1 cents per dozen less than in 1999. Table egg prices averaged 42.7 cents per dozen, down 0.1 cents from the previous year. Hatching egg prices averaged $1.50 per dozen, no change from the previous year. Georgia's total egg production was 59 percent table eggs and 41 percent hatching eggs. Georgia ranked sixth in the Nation in 2000 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 Iowa. * Value of sales for chickens GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE, 2001 EDITION TABLE OF CONTENTS Table 1 State Rank by Value of Production from Commercial Broilers, Eggs, and Mature Chickens, 2000 . . . . . . . . 1 2 Poultry--Value of Production, Georgia, 1993-2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Poultry--Production and Value of Production, Georgia 1993-2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 Eggs--Production and Value of Production, Georgia 1993-2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 5 Broiler Eggs Set--Georgia, Weekly, 1993-2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 6 Broiler Chicks Placed--Georgia, Weekly, 1993-2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 7 Broiler Type Chicks Hatched--by Commercial Hatcheries, Georgia, Monthly, 1993-2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 8 Prices Received by Farmers for Commercial Broilers, Georgia, Monthly, 1993-2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 9 Egg Type Eggs Set--Georgia, Weekly, 1993-2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 10 Egg Type Chicks Hatched--Georgia, Weekly, 1993-2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 11 Egg Type Chicks Hatched--by Commercial Hatcheries, Georgia, Monthly, 1993-2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 12 Layers--Average Number in All Flocks, Georgia, Monthly, 1993-2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 13 Eggs Laid per 100 Layers--All Flocks, Georgia, Monthly, 1993-2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 14 Egg Production--All Flocks, Georgia, Monthly, 1993-2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 15 Layers--Average Number in Table Egg Flocks, Georgia, Monthly, 1993-2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 16 Eggs Laid per 100 Layers--Table Egg Flocks, Georgia, Monthly, 1993-2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 17 Egg Production--Table Egg Flocks, Georgia, Monthly, 1993-2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 18 Layers--Average Number in Hatching Egg Flocks, Georgia, Monthly, 1993-2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 19 Eggs Laid per 100 Layers--Hatching Egg Flocks, Georgia, Monthly, 1993-2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 20 Egg Production--Hatching Egg Flocks, Georgia, Monthly, 1993-2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 21 Prices Received by Farmers for All Eggs--Georgia, Monthly, 1993-2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 22 Prices Received by Farmers for Table Eggs--Georgia, Monthly, 1993-2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 23 Prices Received by Farmers for Hatching Eggs--Georgia, Monthly, 1993-2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 24 Forced Molt Layers as a Percent of Hens and Pullets of Laying Age First of Month--Georgia, 1993-2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 25 Poultry Slaughtered Under Federal Inspection--Georgia, Monthly, 1993-2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 26 Number of All Chickens on Farms, by States--December 1, 1993-2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 27 Total Value of All Chickens on Farms, by States--December 1, 1993-2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 28 Hatchery Capacity: Chicken and Turkey Hatcheries and Egg Capacity by Region and United States, January 1, 2000 and 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 29 Poultry--Production and Value of Production, United States, 1993-2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 30 Broiler Eggs Set--15 Selected States, Weekly, 1993-2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 31 Broiler Chicks Placed--15 Selected States, Weekly, 1993-2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 32 Domestic Placements--Pullet Chicks for Broiler Hatchery Supply Flocks, United States, Monthly, 1993-2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 33 Broiler Type Chicks Hatched--by Commercial Hatcheries, United States, Monthly, 1993-2000 . . . . . . . . . 25 34 Prices Received by Farmers for Commercial Broilers, United States, Monthly, 1993-2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 35 Domestic Placements--Pullet Chicks for Egg Type Hatchery Supply Flocks, United States, Monthly, 1993-2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 36 Egg Type Chicks Hatched--by Commercial Hatcheries, United States, Monthly, 1993-2000 . . . . . . . . . . . 26 37 Prices Received by Farmers for All Eggs, United States, Monthly, 1993-2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 38 Layers--Average Number in All Flocks, United States, Monthly, 1993-2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 39 Eggs Laid per 100 Layers--All Flocks, United States, Monthly, 1993-2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 40 Egg Production--All Flocks, United States, Monthly, 1993-2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 41 Forced Molt Layers as a Percent of Hens and Pullets of Laying Age, First of Month--30 Selected States, 1993-2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 42 Poultry Slaughtered Under Federal Inspection--United States, Monthly, 1993-2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 43 Poultry Slaughtered Under Federal Inspection--United States, Monthly, Mature Chickens by Weight Group, 1999-2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 44 Per Capita Consumption of Red Meats--United States, Selected Years, 1996-2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 45 Per Capita Consumption of Eggs, Chickens and Turkeys--United States, Selected Years, 1996-2000 . . . 30 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE, 2001 EDITION Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 TABLE 1 STATE RANK BY VALUE OF PRODUCTION FROM COMMERCIAL BROILERS, EGGS, AND MATURE CHICKENS, 2000 Eggs 1/ Mature Chickens 1/ Commercial Broilers 1/3/4 All Poultry 6/ ($000) ($000) ($000) ($000) GA 369,913 GA 21,086 GA 2,029,005 AR 2,468,857 OH 342,166 AR 8,214 AR 1,926,969 GA 2,420,004 AR 314,378 NC 6,024 AL 1,748,142 NC 2,079,738 PA 287,242 AL 4,481 NC 1,417,745 AL 2,012,221 IN 262,214 PA 3,483 MS 1,220,835 MS 1,379,495 AL 259,598 MS 3,195 TX 880,498 TX 1,140,267 TX 256,903 TX 2,866 DE 496,876 VA 746,589 IA 241,099 CA 1,958 MD 462,332 MO 699,872 CA 237,561 SC 1,684 VA 441,320 PA 647,177 NC 222,025 OK 1,553 OK 360,756 MN 550,517 MS 155,465 MO 1,304 MO 356,400 SC 540,053 MN 116,666 VA 1,202 KY 343,530 DE 518,781 FL 108,466 MD 941 SC 331,221 MD 512,004 NE 93,719 KY 861 PA 242,620 OH 475,713 KY 70,813 FL 675 TN 229,680 CA 450,335 MO 69,940 TN 667 FL 226,625 OK 427,324 SC 66,608 LA 513 WV 124,168 IN 419,737 VA 66,126 WV 475 OH 73,887 KY 415,204 OK 65,015 MI 453 MN 72,930 FL 335,766 WA 59,942 NE 442 WI 50,184 IA 314,125 CO 57,386 IN 329 NE 6,270 TN 259,074 MI 56,739 DE 301 NY 4,248 WV 193,207 ME 56,377 CO 284 HI 2,017 NE 100,431 NY 52,311 OH 260 WI 99,218 WI 48,898 NJ 247 MI 97,652 MD 42,109 WI 136 IL 70,954 CT 40,053 IA 123 SD 65,365 IL 37,131 NY 106 NY 61,994 LA 33,278 HI 98 WA 60,033 OR 32,334 WA 91 CO 57,670 WV 30,307 UT 87 ME 56,430 TN 28,727 OR 65 CT 40,244 UT 25,751 IL 55 LA 33,791 NJ 25,208 ME 53 OR 32,399 DE 21,552 MN 45 NJ 26,424 SD 17,258 CT 42 UT 25,838 KS 13,523 ID 40 ND 17,568 ID 12,678 MT 25 KS 13,542 HI 10,636 NH 24 HI 12,751 MA 4,875 KS 19 ID 12,718 VT 3,389 SD 7 MA 7,506 MT 3,220 MA 4 VT 4,802 NH 2,813 VT 3 NH 3,359 RI 625 WY 2 MT 3,245 WY 165 RI 1 RI 626 WY 167 All Other States 23,988 2/ 131 2/ 904,938 5/ 1,297,496 U.S. 7/ 4,347,190 64,655 13,953,196 21,208,283 1/ Estimates cover the 12 month period Dec. 1, previous year, through Nov. 30. 2/ AK, AZ, ND, NM, & NV combined to avoid disclosure of individual operations. 3/Broiler production including other domestic meat-type breeds. 4/ Excludes states producing less than 500,000 birds. 5/ CA, IN, IA, LA, ME, OR, & WA combined to avoid disclosure of individual operations. 6/ Includes commercial broilers, eggs, chickens and turkeys. 7/ Totals may not add due to rounding. GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE, 2001 EDITION 1 TABLE 2 POULTRY--VALUE OF PRODUCTION, GEORGIA, 1993-2000 1/ 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 --Thousand Dollars-- Commercial Broilers 1,501,440 Mature Chickens, Hatching Egg Flocks 13,049 Table Egg Flocks 817 All Chickens, Including Commercial Broilers 1,515,306 Eggs 276,580 Turkeys 2/ 18,399 All Poultry 1,810,285 1,653,225 9,565 719 1,663,509 282,045 17,227 1,962,781 1,771,920 7,522 892 1,780,334 289,545 19,331 2,089,210 2,205,294 9,739 1,494 2,216,527 348,002 7,308 2,571,837 2,276,890 15,100 2,012 2,294,002 358,941 2,591 2,652,943 2,386,382 14,673 3,770 2,404,825 375,907 2,780,732 2,293,445 15,701 1,379 2,310,525 379,142 2,689,667 2,029,005 19,202 1,884 2,050,091 369,913 2,420,004 1/ The production year begins Dec. 1 previous year and ends Nov. 30 current year, except turkeys based on Sept. 1-Aug. 31 hatch. 2/ Discontinued in 1998. Value of Production Broilers, Chickens and Eggs, Georgia 2000 Mature Chickens 0.9% Eggs (Total) 15.3% Broilers 83.8% Eggs (Total) Mature Chickens Broilers 2 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE, 2001 EDITION TABLE 3 POULTRY--PRODUCTION AND VALUE OF PRODUCTION, GEORGIA, 1993-2000 1/ Unit 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Commercial Broilers Number Produced Thous. 960,000 1,005,000 1,070,000 1,154,000 1,182,800 1,202,500 1,239,700 Pounds Produced Thous. 4,416,000 4,723,500 5,136,000 5,654,600 5,914,000 5,892,300 6,198,500 Price per Pound 2/ Cents 34.0 35.0 34.5 39.0 38.5 40.5 37.0 Value of Sales Thous. Dol. 1,501,440 1,653,225 1,771,920 2,205,294 2,276,890 2,386,382 2,293,445 1/ The production year begins Dec. 1 previous year and ends Nov. 30 current year. 2/ Live weight equivalent price. 2000 1,229,700 6,148,500 33.0 2,029,005 Number (Mil.) 2,500 BROILERS Number & Value of Production Georgia, 1993 - 2000 Dollars (Mil.) 2,500 2,000 2,000 1,500 1,500 1,000 1,000 500 500 0 0 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Years Number Value GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE, 2001 EDITION 3 MATURE CHICKENS Number Sold & Value of Sales Georgia, 1993 - 2000 Millions 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Number, Hatching Value, Hatching Years Number, Table Value, Table 2000 TABLE 3, Continued POULTRY--PRODUCTION AND VALUE OF PRODUCTION, GEORGIA, 1993-2000 1/ Unit 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Mature Chickens, Hatching Egg Flocks Number Sold Thous. 9,768 8,404 7,956 9,565 10,385 Pounds Sold Thous. 79,086 73,577 67,768 84,685 87,794 Price per Pound Cents 16.5 13.0 11.1 11.5 17.2 Value of Sales Thous. Dol. 13,049 9,565 7,522 9,739 15,100 Unit 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Mature Chickens, Table Egg Flocks Number Sold Thous. 6,789 7,665 5,464 6,240 5,115 Pounds Sold Thous. 23,623 29,265 20,804 24,370 19,156 Price per Pound Cents 3.5 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.1 Value of Sales Thous. Dol. 817 719 892 1,494 2,012 1/ The production year begins Dec. 1 previous year and ends Nov. 30 current year. 1998 9,198 84,245 17.4 14,673 1998 6,392 24,885 1.5 3,770 1999 14,163 127,694 12.6 15,701 1999 7,107 27,577 0.5 1,379 2000 14,363 128,345 15.0 19,202 2000 8,074 37,689 0.5 1,884 4 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE, 2001 EDITION TABLE 4 EGGS--PRODUCTION AND VALUE OF PRODUCTION, GEORGIA 1993-2000 1/ 2/ Unit 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Table Eggs Average Number Layers Thous. 11,246 10,882 10,347 10,669 11,188 11,817 11,563 Eggs per Layer Number 253 256 256 259 260 258 259 Eggs Produced Millions 2,849 2,830 2,645 2,767 2,908 3,045 2,997 Price per Dozen Cents 51.5 46.6 49.3 64.5 59.2 52.5 42.8 Value of Production Thous. Dol. 122,270 109,898 108,665 148,726 143,461 133,219 106,857 Average Number Layers Thous. 7,193 7,558 Hatching Eggs 7,661 7,929 8,683 9,217 9,498 Eggs per Layer Eggs Produced Table Hatching Total Price per Dozen Table Hatching Value of Production Table Hatching Total Number 222 227 226 229 226 226 229 Millions Millions Millions 112 1,488 1,600 120 1,593 1,713 119 1,612 1,731 127 1,690 1,817 137 1,822 1,959 146 1,935 2,081 153 2,026 2,179 Cents Cents 51.5 121.0 46.6 126.0 49.3 131.0 64.5 136.6 59.2 137.5 52.5 136.3 42.8 158.1 Thous. Dol. Thous. Dol. Thous. Dol. 4,807 149,503 154,310 4,660 167,487 172,147 4,889 175,991 180,880 6,826 192,450 199,276 6,759 208,721 215,480 6,387 236,301 242,688 5,421 266,864 272,285 Average Number Layers Thous. 18,439 18,606 18,000 Total Eggs 18,626 19,869 21,034 21,055 Eggs per Layer Eggs Produced Table Hatching Total Price per Dozen Table Hatching Total Value of Production Table Hatching Total Number 241 244 243 246 245 244 246 Millions Millions Millions 2,961 1,488 4,449 2,950 1,593 4,543 2,764 1,612 4,376 2,894 1,690 4,584 3,045 1,822 4,867 3,191 1,935 5,126 3,150 2,026 5,176 Cents Cents Cents 51.5 121.0 74.6 46.6 126.0 74.5 49.3 131.0 79.4 64.5 136.6 91.1 59.2 137.5 88.5 52.5 136.3 88.0 42.8 158.1 87.9 Thous. Dol. Thous. Dol. Thous. Dol. 127,077 149,503 276,580 114,558 167,487 282,045 113,554 175,991 289,545 155,552 192,450 348,002 150,220 208,721 358,941 139,606 236,301 375,907 112,278 266,864 379,142 1/ The production year begins Dec. 1 previous year and ends Nov. 30 current year. 2/ Includes both commercial and farm flocks. 2000 11,783 256 3,014 42.7 107,296 9,033 232 147 1,953 2,100 42.7 158.2 5,231 257,386 262,617 20,816 246 3,161 1,953 5,114 42.7 158.2 86.8 112,527 257,386 369,913 Million 500 EGG PRODUCTION & VALUE Hatching, Table and Total Eggs Georgia, 1993 - 2000 Million $ 500 400 400 300 300 200 200 100 100 0 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Years 1998 1999 0 2000 Dz. Hatching Eggs Dz. Table Eggs Total Dz. Eggs Dollar Value GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE, 2001 EDITION 5 Week Number 1993 1 22.8 2 23.0 3 23.0 4 23.3 5 23.1 6 23.2 7 22.7 8 23.4 9 23.5 10 23.7 11 23.6 12 22.6 13 21.8 14 22.6 15 23.6 16 23.4 17 23.6 18 23.9 19 23.7 20 24.1 21 23.9 22 24.1 23 24.0 24 24.0 25 23.9 26 24.2 27 23.7 28 23.5 29 24.0 30 23.9 31 23.4 32 23.4 33 23.4 34 23.4 35 23.5 TABLE 5 BROILER EGGS SET--GEORGIA, WEEKLY, 1993-2000 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 --Millions-- 24.2 26.5 28.9 29.5 30.3 24.4 26.4 28.9 28.8 30.3 23.5 26.4 28.9 29.0 29.7 23.1 26.2 28.5 29.2 29.6 23.6 25.8 28.5 29.1 29.2 24.3 25.6 28.5 29.6 29.2 24.5 26.1 29.1 29.9 29.8 24.4 26.8 28.8 30.0 29.7 24.3 26.9 28.9 30.1 29.9 24.7 26.8 29.1 29.4 29.9 24.7 26.6 28.1 29.6 30.3 25.2 27.5 28.5 29.0 29.9 25.2 27.4 28.3 28.2 30.4 25.0 27.3 28.8 30.4 30.4 25.6 27.1 29.0 29.9 30.6 25.6 27.1 28.6 30.2 30.5 25.5 27.8 28.8 30.5 30.9 25.5 27.6 28.2 28.8 31.0 25.6 26.8 28.7 29.6 31.0 25.6 27.3 28.3 30.6 31.3 25.5 27.5 28.4 30.6 31.0 25.9 27.1 28.7 30.9 31.3 26.0 27.5 29.1 30.8 31.3 25.8 27.3 29.1 30.7 31.5 25.9 26.5 28.2 30.5 31.2 25.8 26.9 28.3 30.3 31.3 25.5 26.7 28.0 29.7 30.8 25.6 27.4 28.7 30.7 30.7 25.5 27.3 28.9 30.6 31.3 25.8 27.1 28.7 29.6 31.1 25.6 26.9 28.6 29.8 30.9 25.3 26.0 28.4 30.5 30.9 25.4 26.9 27.9 29.5 31.0 25.3 26.8 28.9 30.5 31.6 25.5 26.7 27.8 30.4 31.2 36 23.6 25.8 37 23.2 24.4 38 23.1 23.6 39 22.3 24.0 40 24.0 25.0 41 23.4 26.0 42 22.6 25.0 43 22.4 24.0 44 23.4 24.2 45 23.6 25.3 46 24.1 26.2 47 23.9 25.6 48 23.7 26.4 49 23.9 26.5 50 24.0 26.0 51 23.8 26.3 52 24.1 25.9 53 26.5 Total 1/ 1,155.2 1,220.0 1/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 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 28.3 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 30.4 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 30.9 30.2 30.4 29.6 31.4 31.2 30.9 28.9 30.7 31.2 31.9 31.8 31.8 31.3 31.8 31.6 32.3 1,598.6 1999 31.6 31.3 31.5 31.1 30.8 31.2 31.8 31.9 31.4 32.0 31.6 31.5 32.0 31.9 31.8 32.0 31.7 31.6 31.6 32.1 31.9 32.0 31.8 32.2 31.9 31.2 31.4 30.9 31.8 31.9 31.6 30.9 30.6 31.4 31.0 30.3 29.0 29.5 28.1 31.6 29.9 28.3 27.5 30.0 29.4 30.9 30.8 31.0 31.4 31.1 31.5 31.2 1,616.5 2000 31.6 31.7 31.3 31.5 31.1 31.4 30.8 30.7 31.8 31.9 32.1 31.2 32.4 32.3 32.4 32.5 31.8 32.3 31.7 32.1 32.3 32.0 32.1 32.0 31.1 29.9 30.3 29.7 29.8 30.3 30.5 29.8 30.1 30.7 30.6 30.6 28.8 30.5 28.1 30.6 30.3 29.2 29.2 27.6 28.0 31.1 29.9 30.8 31.2 30.9 30.8 30.6 30.5 1,634.0 6 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE, 2001 EDITION Week Number 1 2 3 4 5 1993 19.0 18.7 19.0 18.9 19.3 TABLE 6 BROILER CHICKS PLACED--GEORGIA, WEEKLY, 1993-2000 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 --Millions-- 20.1 21.1 19.6 20.8 20.1 21.4 19.9 21.5 20.2 21.4 23.6 23.4 23.9 23.8 23.6 24.0 23.8 24.3 24.5 24.1 24.4 24.8 24.0 23.8 24.1 1999 24.7 24.7 25.2 25.7 24.8 6 19.4 19.6 21.8 23.6 23.5 24.2 24.5 7 19.4 19.0 21.4 23.4 23.6 24.0 24.3 8 19.2 19.5 20.9 23.2 23.9 23.4 24.7 9 19.2 20.4 20.8 22.9 23.7 23.1 25.3 10 18.8 20.5 21.2 23.3 23.9 24.0 24.8 11 19.5 20.5 21.8 23.6 24.1 23.5 25.6 12 19.7 20.5 22.1 24.1 24.2 24.0 25.8 13 19.8 20.5 22.4 23.8 24.3 24.3 25.2 14 19.9 20.9 22.1 22.7 23.3 24.8 25.0 15 19.1 20.6 22.6 23.2 23.1 24.7 24.8 16 18.3 20.4 22.5 22.9 22.4 24.5 25.7 17 19.6 20.5 22.4 23.4 24.1 24.6 25.9 18 19.7 20.9 22.5 23.4 24.2 24.7 25.3 19 20.0 21.1 22.0 23.3 23.9 23.7 25.2 20 19.8 20.7 23.0 23.4 24.5 24.8 25.4 21 20.0 20.8 23.0 23.3 23.1 25.1 25.5 22 19.9 20.9 22.0 23.4 24.2 25.6 25.3 23 20.0 21.0 22.8 23.6 24.7 25.3 25.4 24 20.3 20.7 22.7 23.4 24.7 25.5 25.8 25 20.4 21.2 22.2 23.4 24.6 25.2 26.3 26 20.4 20.6 22.4 23.4 24.6 24.5 25.9 27 20.2 21.0 21.9 24.1 24.3 24.4 25.2 28 20.1 21.4 21.5 23.3 24.1 24.6 25.1 29 20.3 20.8 22.3 23.6 24.2 24.9 24.8 30 19.9 20.4 21.9 22.9 24.0 24.4 25.1 31 19.5 20.4 22.5 23.3 24.2 24.1 24.5 32 19.8 20.7 22.7 23.4 24.6 25.2 25.8 33 19.8 21.0 21.7 22.9 23.5 24.7 25.6 34 19.1 21.0 21.4 22.7 23.2 23.6 25.2 35 19.3 20.3 21.2 23.0 24.1 24.3 23.5 36 19.9 20.5 21.3 23.0 23.6 24.0 23.6 37 19.4 19.9 21.6 23.9 24.2 25.1 24.3 38 19.7 20.1 21.6 23.1 24.3 24.8 24.3 39 19.2 20.5 19.8 23.2 24.5 24.7 24.0 40 18.2 18.7 21.7 21.3 22.6 24.0 23.1 41 18.7 19.3 21.1 21.5 22.5 23.6 23.6 42 18.1 19.2 22.7 21.4 22.0 23.5 22.0 43 19.9 20.3 22.7 22.8 23.7 24.6 24.9 44 19.6 21.2 21.9 23.0 23.2 24.4 24.3 45 18.6 19.5 20.7 21.1 21.5 23.4 22.6 46 18.4 19.1 21.1 20.9 21.5 22.6 21.4 47 19.2 19.5 21.5 22.4 23.0 23.8 23.8 48 19.9 20.3 23.2 23.4 22.7 25.5 23.7 49 20.3 21.4 23.0 24.0 23.2 24.7 24.8 50 19.9 20.6 23.6 23.5 23.9 24.8 24.2 51 19.8 21.7 23.2 24.4 24.0 25.0 24.9 52 20.3 21.2 23.1 24.2 23.1 25.4 25.2 53 21.1 Total 1/ 1,014.4 1,081.8 1/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 1,141.8 1,205.6 1,231.7 1,268.8 1,285.5 2000 24.1 24.0 24.1 25.0 25.1 24.5 24.7 24.9 24.7 24.0 23.4 24.6 25.5 25.9 25.3 25.5 25.6 25.1 25.3 24.6 25.6 24.8 26.1 25.7 25.8 25.3 25.4 25.4 23.5 23.9 24.0 24.0 24.5 24.2 24.1 23.7 24.5 24.3 24.3 22.4 24.2 22.5 24.3 24.6 23.1 23.6 22.2 22.5 24.6 23.6 24.9 24.8 24.3 1,296.8 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE, 2001 EDITION 7 Million Eggs 33 BROILER TYPE EGGS SET Jan. 2, 2000 through Dec. 30, 2000 Georgia 32 31 30 29 28 27 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 Week Million Chicks 27 BROILER TYPE CHICKS PLACED Jan. 2, 2000 through Dec. 30, 2000 Georgia 26 25 24 23 22 21 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 Week 8 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE, 2001 EDITION Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1993 83.4 76.7 85.2 80.4 86.9 85.8 87.9 85.4 81.3 82.4 81.0 87.0 TABLE 7 BROILER TYPE CHICKS HATCHED--BY COMMERCIAL HATCHERIES GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1993-2000 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 --Millions-- 87.7 96.0 104.7 106.3 108.5 77.8 86.5 96.8 95.6 95.6 90.3 97.2 104.5 108.3 107.8 89.2 96.6 100.2 103.2 105.9 94.0 100.4 104.2 107.9 111.6 91.1 97.7 100.6 107.8 108.5 93.2 98.4 103.5 109.3 110.6 92.6 97.5 103.3 108.0 109.6 88.1 90.6 98.7 104.4 106.0 89.8 98.8 98.4 103.6 108.1 87.2 92.9 94.8 95.7 104.3 95.1 103.5 106.6 105.9 112.1 112.6 100.1 114.2 110.3 114.5 111.5 113.2 111.9 104.1 105.4 100.1 110.8 Total 1/ 1,003.4 1,076.1 1/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 1,156.0 1,216.5 1,255.9 1,288.4 1,308.8 Million Chicks 120 BROILER TYPE CHICKS HATCHED GEORGIA, 1998 - 2000 115 110 2000 105 1998 100 1999 95 90 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Month 1998 1999 2000 2000 112.8 104.7 112.3 111.2 114.9 111.5 109.0 107.3 104.2 107.4 101.1 110.4 1,306.6 Month Dec 2/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov TABLE 8 PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS FOR COMMERCIAL BROILERS GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1993-2000 1/ 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 --Cents per Pound-- 31.0 34.0 31.0 33.5 31.5 34.0 32.5 35.0 33.5 35.5 35.5 38.0 35.0 38.0 35.5 37.0 36.5 35.0 36.5 35.5 35.0 34.0 34.5 32.0 32.0 37.0 41.5 32.0 32.0 37.0 40.0 34.5 32.0 36.0 38.5 37.0 32.0 34.5 37.5 37.0 32.0 35.5 38.5 38.0 32.5 38.5 37.5 39.0 34.0 41.5 38.0 42.0 36.0 42.0 41.0 45.0 38.0 41.0 41.0 48.0 38.5 41.0 38.5 46.5 37.5 40.5 35.0 45.0 38.0 41.5 34.5 42.0 1999 38.5 38.0 37.0 35.5 35.0 39.5 39.0 38.0 37.0 36.0 34.0 38.0 Marketing Year Avg 34.0 35.0 34.5 39.0 38.5 1/ Equivalent live weight price. 2/ December preceding year. 3/ Discontinued December 1999. 40.5 37.0 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE, 2001 EDITION 2000 3/ 9 Week Number 1 2 3 4 5 1993 623 624 661 664 651 TABLE 9 EGG TYPE EGGS SET--GEORGIA, WEEKLY, 1993-2000 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 --Thousands-- 546 596 600 521 537 125 411 592 622 621 279 291 446 600 509 417 531 570 622 478 412 583 448 575 524 6 660 156 574 579 592 551 7 684 356 547 581 569 612 8 707 470 608 596 543 508 9 715 157 424 579 537 588 10 625 484 450 603 560 599 11 655 541 510 519 572 549 12 805 570 592 576 528 596 13 744 559 0 518 584 607 14 816 546 445 550 667 553 15 767 561 549 574 579 658 16 804 623 601 635 562 585 17 804 607 663 592 588 541 18 741 609 569 582 582 611 19 708 414 613 578 456 409 20 662 359 632 569 600 604 21 618 449 552 438 586 620 22 520 579 507 453 545 525 23 530 566 483 620 592 583 24 492 570 413 447 373 394 25 459 402 445 594 546 570 26 656 459 392 490 441 543 27 732 362 304 523 567 531 28 596 467 403 501 559 501 29 596 465 462 520 594 600 30 708 424 445 606 553 458 31 646 617 488 547 547 423 32 523 584 585 488 599 514 33 411 622 475 555 461 609 34 447 518 544 554 599 435 35 559 570 480 576 595 560 36 562 603 555 529 508 431 37 693 590 292 614 585 549 38 660 641 570 498 585 535 39 657 593 632 553 388 583 40 691 333 560 409 294 409 41 493 474 193 341 426 251 42 505 385 72 536 396 323 43 430 150 548 121 436 594 44 570 323 222 569 381 522 45 448 0 138 414 263 296 46 467 415 415 647 483 458 47 459 389 372 596 420 595 48 583 368 425 464 574 611 49 456 289 302 231 459 233 50 298 156 439 523 451 311 51 270 417 478 593 600 625 52 534 443 611 412 531 613 53 622 Total 1/ 31,389 23,636 1/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 23,991 27,249 27,396 27,045 1999 573 611 599 442 568 593 367 322 622 586 567 546 591 468 583 609 618 596 651 531 410 527 581 446 543 469 566 323 596 378 502 570 626 516 567 531 524 443 525 523 514 500 480 540 281 550 376 494 445 428 622 622 27,061 2000 531 613 413 605 602 480 553 572 570 583 464 415 320 593 532 512 476 543 583 399 481 576 534 581 300 582 541 222 530 505 467 572 561 495 597 599 604 522 554 374 515 474 525 570 305 611 568 616 616 475 462 609 613 27,515 10 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE, 2001 EDITION Week Number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 Total 1/ % of U.S. Total TABLE 10 EGG TYPE CHICKS HATCHED--GEORGIA, WEEKLY, 1993-2000 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 --Thousands-- 315 217 324 393 422 391 511 455 271 416 489 520 568 464 524 526 482 461 536 219 501 545 441 463 532 226 452 536 521 530 1999 259 505 537 497 510 549 359 565 477 553 133 565 342 599 417 236 396 509 425 517 522 495 393 499 480 509 507 473 533 499 434 495 416 500 462 497 475 518 527 318 605 138 613 432 524 465 547 536 647 507 501 544 466 303 530 475 371 548 501 430 453 482 501 503 540 453 269 505 512 594 489 476 487 511 472 561 495 691 512 663 546 685 520 650 528 253 456 505 386 480 567 451 497 507 455 508 478 527 525 515 541 520 490 406 559 497 517 543 461 506 646 357 601 360 543 385 529 497 436 491 466 535 503 531 493 355 555 506 470 492 387 505 432 394 448 512 504 364 561 519 470 532 346 462 464 452 498 410 351 352 402 422 307 538 398 422 545 536 297 386 336 265 513 488 313 418 399 243 446 486 577 349 342 390 503 452 497 373 439 506 472 383 589 350 470 494 478 488 457 526 333 442 486 469 440 495 369 490 483 339 486 486 509 437 525 438 210 553 536 402 316 387 443 458 496 347 442 361 467 440 369 443 495 562 500 412 501 391 475 483 504 422 508 510 488 469 439 253 532 522 537 531 378 444 471 499 373 228 488 472 522 481 465 253 499 420 384 341 427 137 527 454 519 469 490 338 510 371 255 182 304 361 25 477 340 443 396 518 508 364 477 206 464 282 451 464 287 467 0 489 338 409 318 341 314 437 108 385 286 494 343 125 358 222 362 545 403 325 520 362 510 435 471 480 259 240 395 480 510 289 492 257 382 137 255 361 407 500 272 195 387 539 418 202 364 26,623 19,831 20,325 23,942 23,709 23,717 23,051 2/ 6.6 5.2 5.1 6.0 5.6 5.4 5.1 2000 358 523 528 447 514 352 497 535 394 471 491 489 489 400 366 276 499 450 422 387 457 500 311 419 474 469 491 256 508 439 185 451 421 372 492 488 439 522 521 567 470 475 339 457 409 467 489 270 534 481 522 528 396 23,282 5.4 U.S. Total 405,986 381,577 1/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 2/ Revised. 396,501 401,640 425,007 438,273 451,721 2/ 429,738 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE, 2001 EDITION 11 Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1993 2.3 2.2 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.0 2.0 2.1 1.8 2.1 2.0 1.7 TABLE 11 EGG TYPE CHICKS HATCHED--BY COMMERCIAL HATCHERIES GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1993-2000 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 --Millions-- 1.5 1.8 2.1 1.2 1.6 1.9 1.5 1.9 2.4 2.2 1.7 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.3 1.9 2.1 2.0 1.7 1.3 2.0 2.0 1.8 2.0 1.9 1.9 2.1 1.8 1.8 1.9 0.9 0.9 1.5 1.2 1.4 1.8 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.0 1.8 2.0 2.2 2.3 1.8 2.2 2.2 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.3 2.1 2.2 1.7 2.0 2.0 1.7 2.2 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.7 2.0 1.4 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.7 Total 1/ 26.4 19.9 1/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 20.4 24.1 23.8 23.7 23.1 Thousand Eggs 700 EGG TYPE EGGS SET Jan. 2, 2000 through Dec. 1, 2000 Georgia 600 500 400 300 200 1 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 Week Thousand Chicks 700 EGG TYPE CHICKS HATCHED Jan. 2, 2000 through Dec. 30, 2000 Georgia 600 500 400 300 200 100 1 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 Week 12 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE, 2001 EDITION 2000 2.2 1.9 2.1 1.7 1.9 1.9 1.6 2.0 2.2 1.9 1.8 2.1 23.3 Month Dec 1/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov TABLE 12 LAYERS--AVERAGE NUMBER IN ALL FLOCKS, GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1993-2000 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 --Thousands-- 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 20,439 20,548 20,844 21,199 21,183 20,964 21,126 21,131 21,022 20,974 21,338 21,649 21,429 21,564 21,711 21,250 20,937 20,870 20,976 20,750 20,401 20,704 21,046 21,065 Annual Average 18,439 1/ Dec. preceding year. 18,606 18,000 18,626 19,869 21,034 21,055 2000 21,002 20,975 21,139 21,370 20,946 20,408 20,480 20,986 20,730 20,359 20,636 20,754 20,816 Month Dec 1/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov TABLE 13 EGGS LAID PER 100 LAYERS--ALL FLOCKS, GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1993-2000 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 --Number-- 2,120 2,051 1,854 2,059 2,156 2,124 1,908 2,124 2,144 2,065 1,826 2,098 2,091 2,039 1,906 2,120 2,096 2,052 1,891 2,126 2,172 2,112 1,871 2,142 2,133 2,078 1,870 2,127 1,976 2,018 1,950 1,987 1,979 1,946 2,085 2,096 2,041 2,048 1,946 2,022 1,995 1,923 2,050 2,069 2,070 2,079 1,966 2,016 2,044 1,974 2,028 1,999 2,036 2,052 2,021 2,103 2,085 2,028 2,087 2,040 1,980 2,033 2,010 2,090 2,069 1,980 2,089 2,076 2,068 2,051 1,927 1,992 2,007 1,940 2,043 2,042 2,020 2,033 1,988 2,043 2,044 2,024 2,124 2,098 2000 2,181 2,122 1,954 2,143 2,077 2,058 1,963 2,035 2,055 1,979 2,035 2,029 Average per Layer 2/ 241 244 243 246 245 244 246 246 1/ Dec. preceding year. 2/ Annual rate of lay per layers on hand (eggs produced during year divided by average number of layers during year). Month Dec 1/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov TABLE 14 EGG PRODUCTION--ALL FLOCKS, GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1993-2000 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 --Million Eggs-- 394 415 392 394 406 444 457 378 408 375 382 404 434 448 344 364 330 361 375 391 406 384 404 380 402 424 454 452 364 380 371 381 395 438 423 365 370 365 374 399 430 424 348 346 343 365 391 407 417 356 361 353 388 409 421 424 362 367 359 388 408 422 417 364 362 353 374 399 407 419 393 384 376 387 430 436 447 397 382 379 388 427 442 442 Annual Total 4,449 1/ Dec. preceding year. 4,543 4,376 4,584 4,867 5,126 5,176 2000 458 445 399 458 435 420 402 427 426 403 420 421 5,114 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE, 2001 EDITION 13 Month Dec 1/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov TABLE 15 LAYERS--AVERAGE NUMBER IN TABLE EGG FLOCKS, GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1993-2000 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 --Thousands-- 11,475 11,854 10,700 10,894 11,209 11,428 11,916 11,841 11,140 11,238 11,312 10,996 10,757 10,688 10,850 11,246 11,613 11,796 11,846 11,644 11,501 11,404 10,986 10,432 10,019 9,878 10,371 10,842 10,850 10,830 10,513 10,442 10,487 10,262 9,918 9,887 9,916 9,980 10,300 10,755 10,999 10,736 10,854 10,943 10,741 10,316 10,123 10,474 10,690 10,648 10,867 11,100 11,330 11,240 11,181 11,055 10,805 10,731 10,891 11,048 11,388 11,712 11,663 11,371 11,618 11,828 11,704 11,724 12,071 12,041 11,873 11,815 12,108 12,218 12,056 12,171 11,608 11,234 11,282 11,277 11,074 11,042 11,434 11,773 11,861 11,863 12,017 12,124 11,636 11,247 11,541 11,941 11,797 11,669 11,860 11,855 Average 11,246 1/ Dec. preceding year. 10,882 10,347 10,669 11,188 11,817 11,561 11,783 Month Dec 1/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov TABLE 16 EGGS LAID PER 100 LAYERS--TABLE EGG FLOCKS, GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1993-2000 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 --Number-- 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 2,130 2,001 2,248 2,124 2,114 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 2,363 2,269 1,994 2,308 2,229 2,149 1,974 2,051 2,080 2,023 2,156 2,185 2,299 2,206 1,980 2,309 2,172 2,101 2,057 2,122 2,119 2,116 2,217 2,217 2000 2,331 2,234 2,039 2,276 2,209 2,107 1,993 2,085 2,128 2,040 2,074 2,126 Average per Layer 2/ 253 256 256 259 260 258 259 256 1/ Dec. preceding year. 2/ Annual rate of lay per layers on hand (eggs produced during year divided by average number of layers during year). Month Dec 1/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov TABLE 17 EGG PRODUCTION--TABLE EGG FLOCKS, GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1993-2000 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 --Million Eggs-- 261 276 249 241 267 230 219 237 199 251 261 234 234 240 227 225 224 216 212 203 199 219 211 206 242 251 270 274 229 245 258 266 217 225 232 241 246 254 273 268 228 233 261 244 218 233 252 237 216 228 238 232 234 241 247 235 227 218 212 234 217 211 259 235 229 267 241 233 234 242 247 234 226 236 239 242 237 259 261 261 240 261 267 263 Annual Total 2,849 1/ Dec. preceding year. 2,830 2,645 2,767 2,908 3,045 2,997 2000 276 265 237 276 257 237 230 249 251 238 246 252 3,014 14 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE, 2001 EDITION TABLE 18 LAYERS--AVERAGE NUMBER IN HATCHING EGG FLOCKS, GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1993-2000 1/ Month 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 --Thousands-- Dec 2/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov 7,107 7,289 7,313 7,341 7,422 7,329 7,156 7,070 7,050 7,096 7,056 7,094 7,395 7,563 7,573 7,616 7,634 7,636 7,757 7,974 8,027 7,984 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 9,240 9,055 9,090 9,149 9,159 9,230 9,431 9,513 9,508 9,540 9,642 9,703 9,588 9,699 9,676 9,359 9,270 9,273 9,204 9,161 9,112 9,122 9,246 9,310 9,161 8,939 9,045 8,933 8,690 8,776 8,899 Average 7,193 7,558 7,661 7,929 8,683 1/ Hatching egg flocks used principally for hatchery broiler chicks. 2/ Dec. preceding year. 9,217 9,498 9,033 Month Dec 1/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov TABLE 19 EGGS LAID PER 100 LAYERS--HATCHING EGG FLOCKS, GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1993-2000 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 --Number-- 1,871 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 1,896 1,716 1,916 1,880 1,951 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 1,926 1,866 1,914 1,913 1,834 1,896 1,856 1,924 1,914 1,730 1,908 1,845 1,953 1,907 1,953 1,955 1,909 2,006 1,945 1,987 1,975 1,842 1,968 1,912 1,998 1,924 1,968 1,959 1,899 1,983 1,899 Average per Layer 2/ 222 227 226 229 226 226 229 232 1/ Dec. preceding year. 2/ Annual rate of lay per layers on hand (eggs produced during year divided by average number of layers during year). Month Dec 1/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov TABLE 20 EGG PRODUCTION--HATCHING EGG FLOCKS, GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1993-2000 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 --Million Eggs-- 133 139 143 152 155 174 183 137 141 145 153 159 176 182 125 127 131 144 150 159 165 133 143 146 156 170 181 184 130 140 144 153 162 177 179 140 146 149 156 166 178 187 136 143 144 149 163 169 185 137 150 147 154 168 174 189 135 149 147 154 166 175 183 130 145 142 148 163 168 177 134 149 147 150 171 175 186 130 141 146 148 166 175 179 Annual Total 1,600 1/ Dec. preceding year. 1,713 1,731 1,817 1,959 2,081 2,179 2000 182 180 162 182 178 183 172 178 175 165 174 169 2,100 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE, 2001 EDITION 15 Month Dec 2/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov TABLE 21 PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS FOR ALL EGGS--GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1993-2000 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 1/ --Cents per Dozen-- 75.1 69.7 73.6 92.8 101.5 96.6 97.0 74.0 71.1 77.7 93.3 90.0 92.9 90.6 73.3 76.2 75.8 92.0 92.2 87.4 88.7 81.8 72.9 77.5 94.9 88.3 90.3 90.7 77.3 75.2 75.5 91.3 84.8 84.3 85.3 73.5 72.6 71.5 87.0 84.9 80.7 85.6 76.6 74.4 74.5 87.9 81.7 84.4 84.9 74.4 75.0 79.8 86.7 84.4 82.8 89.0 76.3 78.5 83.4 90.9 85.3 87.8 89.4 71.0 78.6 82.6 91.7 88.7 87.3 84.2 71.8 73.0 84.9 90.4 83.7 88.6 80.8 69.9 78.2 90.8 94.2 96.1 92.5 88.7 Weighted Average 74.6 1/ Revised. 2/ Dec. preceding year. 74.5 79.4 91.1 88.5 88.0 87.9 2000 83.5 81.5 91.3 80.1 88.6 82.3 89.4 83.1 91.1 85.3 92.6 93.7 86.8 Month Dec 2/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov TABLE 22 PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS FOR TABLE EGGS--GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1993-2000 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 1/ --Cents per Dozen-- 52.2 49.0 49.3 69.4 82.6 68.7 61.6 50.8 48.5 50.8 68.7 62.7 60.7 49.9 49.5 51.6 46.8 65.5 65.7 51.4 46.7 63.6 53.4 46.8 71.3 59.0 57.4 50.0 56.1 45.3 44.7 64.0 52.0 46.6 37.8 47.7 41.5 38.5 54.8 51.4 38.8 34.7 52.0 40.6 41.3 57.5 45.7 44.9 33.0 49.1 42.9 49.8 56.9 51.3 42.5 39.9 53.0 46.7 50.4 63.8 53.2 50.8 42.0 46.6 46.6 51.8 65.3 58.8 50.3 36.0 49.3 42.1 55.3 64.0 51.8 54.1 31.4 47.9 48.5 63.8 70.9 73.2 61.3 46.9 2000 39.7 35.0 51.2 34.0 46.1 30.0 44.0 35.3 50.1 40.4 52.0 55.9 Weighted Average 51.5 1/ Revised. 2/ Dec. preceding year. 46.6 49.3 64.5 59.2 52.5 42.8 42.7 Month Dec 2/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov TABLE 23 PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS FOR HATCHING EGGS--GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1993-2000 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 1/ 2000 --Cents per Dozen-- 125.0 120.0 130.0 130.0 132.0 140.0 150.0 150.0 120.0 120.0 120.0 120.0 120.0 120.0 120.0 120.0 120.0 120.0 120.0 120.0 120.0 120.0 130.0 130.0 130.0 130.0 130.0 130.0 130.0 130.0 130.0 130.0 130.0 131.0 131.0 131.0 131.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 130.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 140.0 140.0 140.0 140.0 140.0 140.0 140.0 140.0 140.0 140.0 140.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 Weighted Average 120.4 1/ Revised. 2/ Dec. preceding year. 127.0 131.0 132.0 132.0 140.0 150.0 150.0 16 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE, 2001 EDITION Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec TABLE 24 FORCED MOLT LAYERS AS A PERCENT OF HENS AND PULLETS OF LAYING AGE FIRST OF MONTH--GEORGIA, 1993-2000 Percent Being Molted 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 6.0 3.5 2.0 2.0 6.0 6.5 4.0 6.5 2.5 5.0 5.0 6.0 6.0 6.5 4.0 2.5 4.0 2.5 1.5 4.0 3.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 3.0 1.5 1.0 2.5 6.5 6.0 4.0 7.5 5.0 6.0 5.5 8.0 8.5 7.5 5.5 3.0 9.5 5.5 5.0 5.0 4.0 2.5 5.0 6.0 6.0 4.5 4.0 3.0 5.0 1.5 5.5 6.0 4.5 5.5 5.0 3.5 4.5 5.0 3.5 5.5 4.5 7.0 6.0 9.5 5.0 3.5 3.0 2.5 3.0 4.5 6.5 2.5 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.5 0.0 5.5 1.5 1.0 Percent with Molt Complete 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 22.0 21.5 24.0 20.0 22.5 18.0 17.5 19.5 21.0 22.5 20.5 21.5 17.0 19.0 23.5 19.5 20.5 23.0 22.5 18.0 20.0 24.0 20.0 23.5 22.5 20.0 16.5 17.0 20.0 20.0 20.0 21.5 20.5 13.5 17.5 20.0 15.5 18.5 21.5 20.5 14.0 15.5 22.0 19.0 19.0 24.0 22.0 16.5 16.5 21.5 21.5 19.0 22.0 22.5 16.0 14.5 23.5 21.5 18.0 24.5 22.0 19.0 17.0 22.5 24.5 20.0 22.5 19.5 18.5 17.0 24.5 25.0 21.0 25.0 18.5 21.0 16.0 24.5 27.0 22.0 24.0 16.5 19.0 13.5 2000 3.0 6.5 3.5 1.0 7.0 9.0 5.0 5.0 3.0 7.0 4.0 1.5 2000 15.5 15.5 15.0 16.0 15.5 13.5 16.5 18.5 21.0 21.5 21.5 22.5 TABLE 25 POULTRY SLAUGHTERED UNDER FEDERAL INSPECTION--GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1993-2000 Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul --Thousands-- Young Chickens 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 1/ 2000 Year 69,522 74,295 81,872 92,462 96,333 94,535 94,574 92,800 Aug 67,929 70,379 75,464 86,665 88,362 87,814 90,500 93,152 Sep 75,067 79,097 86,750 86,507 88,516 94,959 102,421 101,920 Oct 71,459 75,193 74,630 85,898 96,133 95,803 97,788 90,005 Nov 68,781 79,013 87,426 95,582 96,684 92,024 96,449 103,520 Dec 78,601 83,116 89,992 85,740 91,206 95,492 102,859 98,753 73,476 74,876 79,438 95,275 97,319 100,692 100,902 92,353 Annual Total --Thousands-- 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 1/ 79,050 89,627 93,323 96,873 96,233 95,695 101,196 77,377 84,522 82,857 87,708 92,676 97,958 96,617 74,962 82,167 86,983 99,933 103,460 98,501 94,396 72,553 78,178 80,495 81,612 82,650 85,520 92,771 74,495 78,900 81,198 86,255 91,992 97,553 92,261 883,271 949,363 1,000,510 1,080,510 1,121,564 1,136,546 1,162,734 2000 104,170 86,724 93,108 88,354 88,407 1,133,266 1/ Revised. GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE, 2001 EDITION 17 State Alabama Arizona Arkansas California Colorado TABLE 26 NUMBER OF ALL CHICKENS ON FARMS, BY STATES--DECEMBER 1, 1993-2000 1/ 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 --Millions-- 16.0 16.6 16.9 15.4 16.1 16.1 16.1 0.4 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 24.5 25.8 25.1 22.9 23.1 23.5 25.8 31.3 31.5 29.7 29.8 30.5 30.0 31.2 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.1 4.7 4.6 4.5 2000 15.6 2/ 23.1 29.6 4.2 Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana 4.8 4.6 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.0 4.0 3.9 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.5 1.8 1.6 12.1 12.5 11.4 11.5 13.0 13.1 12.8 12.8 26.3 25.8 26.8 27.7 29.9 31.1 30.0 29.8 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.7 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.2 3.8 3.4 3.7 3.5 4.1 3.5 4.1 4.0 25.5 26.4 25.6 25.4 27.2 29.4 29.6 28.7 19.0 19.6 23.9 26.5 28.0 31.3 33.3 37.8 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.4 2.1 1.9 1.8 2.0 3.5 3.2 3.6 4.1 4.7 5.3 5.7 5.8 2.6 2.5 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.7 2.6 2.6 6.6 6.4 6.7 7.1 6.9 6.8 6.2 5.7 4.8 4.4 4.5 4.4 4.1 4.6 4.8 4.5 1.0 0.6 0.5 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.4 6.9 6.9 6.6 6.3 6.2 6.7 7.8 7.6 13.5 14.2 14.8 15.0 14.7 15.6 16.6 15.8 10.3 10.2 9.7 10.7 11.1 11.0 11.1 10.3 8.4 8.4 8.4 8.4 9.4 8.8 8.4 8.2 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York 9.0 10.6 11.0 11.5 12.1 13.2 13.8 13.9 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.9 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.3 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 2/ 2/ 2/ 5.0 5.2 5.0 4.4 4.5 4.7 5.0 5.6 North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon 19.3 19.4 18.8 17.3 17.2 17.2 17.1 17.6 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 2/ 2/ 2/ 25.7 28.9 29.0 33.9 34.8 39.0 40.4 35.8 4.9 4.9 5.1 5.0 5.6 5.4 5.3 5.3 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.4 3.6 3.5 3.7 3.7 Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee 27.2 26.5 26.5 26.3 27.7 28.5 27.9 30.6 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 6.4 6.3 6.1 5.9 5.7 5.6 6.0 6.9 2.7 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.6 2.6 2.4 2.5 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.6 2.0 2.3 2.2 2.2 Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington 19.6 19.3 20.4 21.3 22.7 24.4 24.4 25.4 2.3 2.4 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.9 3.8 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 5.4 5.2 5.4 4.6 4.7 5.1 4.6 4.6 6.6 7.2 7.0 6.9 6.9 7.0 6.2 6.7 West Virginia Wisconsin Other States 2/ 2.0 2.0 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.9 2.2 1.9 4.1 4.2 3.9 4.7 5.0 4.6 5.4 5.8 - 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 2.0 2.7 2.8 United States 3/ 379.6 385.7 388.1 392.7 410.0 425.0 436.3 434.7 1/ Excludes commercial broilers. 2/ AK, AZ, NV, NM, ND and WY combined to avoid disclosure of individual operations. 3/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 18 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE, 2001 EDITION State Alabama Arizona Arkansas California Colorado TABLE 27 TOTAL VALUE OF ALL CHICKENS ON FARMS, BY STATES--DECEMBER 1, 1993-2000 1/ 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 --Million Dollars-- 60.6 0.8 100.3 59.5 8.1 54.8 2/ 105.8 59.9 8.4 72.6 2/ 105.3 56.4 7.8 71.0 2/ 112.1 65.6 8.6 82.1 2/ 115.7 67.1 10.4 86.4 2/ 119.9 63.0 11.0 87.1 2/ 131.4 56.2 12.1 2000 82.9 2/ 99.3 62.1 10.0 Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii 10.7 11.4 10.9 10.6 9.9 9.1 8.4 8.7 2.8 3.7 3.5 3.1 3.2 2.0 4.6 6.6 21.8 28.7 24.0 23.0 31.1 30.2 29.5 28.2 79.0 74.7 83.1 96.8 98.7 102.7 102.1 104.3 2.8 2.4 2.6 2.3 2.2 1.9 1.7 1.4 Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas 2.2 2.3 2.3 3.2 2.7 2.4 2.6 2.5 6.4 4.7 5.5 6.0 6.9 5.6 6.6 6.9 35.7 34.3 35.9 40.7 46.2 47.0 44.4 28.5 28.5 29.3 35.8 42.4 44.7 46.9 50.0 49.2 1.8 2.2 1.7 2.3 3.7 2.8 2.6 2.6 Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts 9.4 7.4 7.9 8.9 10.8 11.7 14.7 16.2 7.0 5.8 6.2 6.3 6.0 6.6 7.4 7.5 13.2 13.5 12.8 14.9 16.6 16.4 13.7 13.0 12.0 16.1 12.9 10.1 8.2 7.8 9.5 15.8 2.0 1.4 1.1 1.7 1.5 1.1 1.1 1.1 Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana 12.4 11.0 7.9 9.5 9.9 9.4 11.7 13.7 22.9 21.3 22.2 22.5 28.0 28.0 28.3 28.5 39.1 41.0 44.8 51.5 56.5 61.7 56.5 55.6 14.3 15.9 15.2 20.9 26.4 25.5 24.5 20.6 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.3 1.1 1.2 1.4 Nebraska 14.4 20.1 20.9 24.1 25.5 27.8 23.5 25.0 New Hampshire 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 New Jersey 4.7 4.9 4.8 4.9 5.3 6.3 3.1 4.4 New Mexico 2.2 2.0 1.8 2.4 2.7 2/ 2/ 2/ New York 9.0 9.9 10.0 8.4 8.1 8.0 7.0 7.8 North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon 71.4 71.9 75.3 79.5 79.0 79.2 85.7 70.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 2/ 2/ 2/ 36.0 40.4 37.7 67.7 69.6 78.0 76.8 53.7 15.1 17.0 19.5 21.2 25.8 23.1 28.7 20.7 5.4 5.3 5.6 7.0 6.5 6.6 5.2 5.2 Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee 54.4 45.1 45.1 44.7 47.0 48.4 50.2 49.0 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 17.3 14.4 14.5 17.2 17.0 14.6 16.1 15.3 6.2 4.4 5.5 5.2 5.6 5.6 5.4 5.1 6.0 4.7 7.1 7.0 9.8 11.1 12.5 13.3 Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington 43.1 42.5 47.0 55.4 59.0 68.3 68.3 55.8 3.3 3.6 2.7 3.1 3.4 3.5 4.0 6.9 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 23.1 23.5 24.2 21.8 22.4 24.7 21.3 19.1 13.9 15.9 14.0 12.5 13.0 13.9 10.6 12.8 West Virginia Wisconsin 7.1 8.8 7.9 8.7 9.5 10.0 11.5 8.9 8.6 8.4 9.0 10.3 11.6 9.7 10.9 11.6 Other States 2/ - 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 3.6 4.6 5.1 United States 3/ 898.1 902.8 934.9 1,039.1 1,113.2 1,143.8 1,154.9 1,058.3 1/ Excludes commercial broilers. 2/ AK, AZ, NV, NM, ND and WY combined to avoid disclosure of individual operations. 3/ Totals may not add due to rounding. GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE, 2001 EDITION 19 TABLE 28 HATCHERY CAPACITY: CHICKEN AND TURKEY HATCHERIES AND EGG CAPACITY BY REGION AND UNITED STATES, JANUARY 1, 2000 AND 2001 1/ Hatcheries Egg Capacity Geographic Region 2000 2001 2000 2001 --Number-- --1,000-- Chicken Hatcheries Georgia North Atlantic E. North Central W. North Central South Atlantic South Central West 36 36 102,925 113,659 29 25 25,201 24,803 26 26 26,158 26,063 35 40 46,190 47,779 96 93 295,468 305,230 110 116 418,096 416,737 27 23 41,940 41,683 US 323 323 853,053 862,295 N&S Atlantic Combined 26 E. North Central 9 W. North Central 22 South Central 8 West 7 Turkey Hatcheries 23 16,300 10 5,980 22 14,740 4 4,881 7 6,001 15,845 5,495 16,953 3,978 6,199 US 72 66 47,902 48,470 1/ 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 setter, hatcher, and inactive capacity are included. Value of Production Broilers, Chickens & Eggs, and Turkeys United States, 2000 Billion Dollars Turkeys $2.8 13.2% Chickens & Eggs $4.4 20.8% 66.0% Broilers $14.0 Broilers Chickens & Eggs Turkeys 20 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE, 2001 EDITION Year 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 TABLE 29 POULTRY--PRODUCTION AND VALUE OF PRODUCTION, UNITED STATES, 1993-2000 1/ Number Produced Pounds Produced Price per Pound 2/ Value of Production 3/ --Thousands-- --Cents-- --Thous. Dol.-- Commercial Broilers 6,694,310 30,617,600 34.0 10,416,962 7,017,540 32,528,500 35.0 11,371,723 7,325,670 34,222,000 34.4 11,762,222 7,596,760 34,479,100 38.1 13,903,479 7,764,200 37,540,750 37.7 14,158,926 7,934,280 38,553,600 39.3 15,144,551 8,146,010 40,829,800 37.1 15,128,840 8,262,630 41,516,260 33.6 13,953,196 Year 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Number Sold Pounds Sold --Thousands-- 198,032 197,012 179,503 174,299 190,986 193,768 210,173 218,371 964,356 992,840 924,036 900,652 925,499 934,568 1,034,072 1,116,569 Price per Pound --Cents-- Mature Chickens 10.0 7.4 6.5 6.6 7.7 8.1 7.1 5.8 Value of Sales --Thous. Dol.-- 96,409 73,050 60,153 59,187 71,461 75,542 73,150 64,655 Year 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Number Raised Pounds Produced --Thousands-- 287,650 286,585 292,356 302,713 301,251 285,204 270,494 269,969 6,432,577 6,540,295 6,761,327 7,222,834 7,225,059 7,050,944 6,886,406 6,988,379 Price per Pound 4/ --Cents-- Turkeys 39.0 40.0 41.0 43.0 40.0 38.0 40.8 40.7 Value of Production --Thous. Dol.-- 2,509,127 2,643,057 2,769,397 3,124,496 2,884,377 2,679,301 2,809,874 2,843,242 Average Year Numbers Layers Eggs per Layer Total Eggs Produced Price per Dozen Value of Production Total Value of Production --Thous.-- --Number-- --Millions-- --Cents-- --Thous. Dol.-- --Thous. Dol.-- Layers and Eggs All Poultry 5/ 1993 284,770 253 71,936 63.4 3,800,237 16,822,735 1994 291,018 254 73,903 61.5 3,789,834 17,877,664 1995 293,854 253 74,764 62.5 3,892,912 18,484,684 1996 297,958 256 76,377 75.0 4,776,252 21,863,414 1997 303,604 255 77,532 70.3 4,539,929 21,654,693 1998 312,035 255 79,754 66.8 4,439,446 22,338,840 1999 322,354 257 82,715 62.2 4,287,164 22,299,028 2000 327,908 257 84,412 61.8 4,347,190 21,208,283 1/ The production year begins Dec 1 previous year and ends Nov. 30 current year, except turkeys based on Sept. 1-Aug. 31 hatch. 2/ Live weight equivalent price. 3/ Excludes states which produce less than 500,000 broilers. 4/ IA and MN are actual live weight prices. All Other States' prices are equivalent live weight returns to producers. 5/ Includes commercial broilers, mature chickens, turkeys, and eggs. GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE, 2001 EDITION 21 Million Layers 335 Average Number of Layers United States, 1998 - 2000 330 2000 325 1999 320 1998 315 310 305 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Month 1998 1999 2000 Value of Production: Broilers, Eggs, Turkeys, Broilers, Chickens, Eggs, Turkeys and Total United States, 1993-2000 Billion Dollars 25 Total 20 Broilers 15 10 5 0 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Year 1998 Eggs Turkeys Chickens 1999 2000 22 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE, 2001 EDITION Week Number 1 2 3 4 5 TABLE 30 BROILER EGGS SET--15 SELECTED STATES 1/, WEEKLY, 1993-2000 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2/ --Millions-- 148.6 149.1 149.2 147.5 146.2 154.9 154.4 152.9 150.5 153.0 161.9 160.7 160.5 160.5 155.6 168.7 167.1 168.3 165.0 165.8 170.7 168.9 167.0 168.9 170.9 171.8 172.5 172.0 170.4 168.6 178.7 178.3 177.3 175.7 176.8 6 149.0 154.6 158.8 166.4 172.9 170.4 178.8 7 151.1 156.4 162.9 168.4 173.7 174.7 180.5 8 151.6 156.3 163.5 168.4 173.4 174.5 181.7 9 152.2 157.9 164.6 168.0 173.9 176.2 181.4 10 153.9 157.8 165.1 167.1 174.2 175.7 184.0 11 154.0 158.4 165.4 165.2 172.5 175.3 183.4 12 151.0 158.7 163.6 165.0 172.5 174.2 181.6 13 146.9 157.8 165.0 163.9 169.9 175.3 182.9 14 151.0 158.6 166.1 167.1 174.5 176.5 181.9 15 154.4 160.5 166.2 167.5 174.8 177.2 183.7 16 154.2 160.9 165.5 166.6 174.8 175.0 183.4 17 154.4 161.4 164.3 165.5 174.3 176.7 183.4 18 152.8 159.1 165.3 164.1 172.9 177.0 183.3 19 156.4 160.7 165.0 167.5 175.0 177.3 182.8 20 156.4 161.9 166.6 166.9 175.9 177.7 184.3 21 156.3 162.9 165.5 166.6 175.4 177.2 183.5 22 156.2 163.0 165.0 166.8 176.3 178.1 184.6 23 157.0 163.6 167.2 167.5 176.2 178.3 183.8 24 157.2 163.4 165.9 167.8 175.1 179.2 185.4 25 156.3 162.8 165.4 166.3 175.2 177.7 183.3 26 154.6 160.8 160.0 160.7 170.0 176.9 180.4 27 145.4 155.6 160.9 161.1 171.4 172.1 179.7 28 149.1 156.4 165.4 167.0 172.6 174.8 179.2 29 153.5 159.3 165.8 167.0 174.2 176.1 182.7 30 152.7 160.3 164.5 166.6 172.5 175.4 181.7 31 151.5 159.7 163.6 167.0 171.9 174.3 179.8 32 152.1 160.0 162.9 166.3 172.5 174.8 179.9 33 152.3 158.8 164.6 166.3 172.5 174.8 178.5 34 152.3 160.4 163.5 167.1 173.4 176.0 180.4 35 151.9 160.3 161.9 166.2 171.8 176.0 179.3 36 150.3 158.8 157.4 164.1 170.7 173.4 175.5 37 144.9 151.6 156.6 159.2 162.8 168.1 165.9 38 142.1 146.8 155.6 155.5 164.0 166.9 168.8 39 142.1 145.0 165.1 157.4 163.0 167.7 166.9 40 151.4 157.3 163.1 163.7 170.7 173.8 175.4 41 149.9 157.3 159.2 157.2 165.1 170.5 168.7 42 141.1 149.9 154.1 155.0 159.1 166.8 164.2 43 140.4 144.9 152.7 151.0 157.3 164.3 164.7 44 147.4 147.7 157.3 159.0 162.7 172.0 169.3 45 153.1 152.5 167.3 166.6 169.5 174.3 172.8 46 155.3 159.7 167.3 167.4 172.0 180.4 179.2 47 154.5 158.8 169.8 167.9 171.8 180.0 178.7 48 154.5 161.1 170.6 169.9 174.2 180.2 180.5 49 153.1 161.3 165.7 168.5 171.4 175.9 180.5 50 154.6 159.9 167.8 169.5 170.8 180.7 180.8 51 152.9 159.8 167.2 170.1 171.7 180.2 181.4 52 155.1 159.7 167.3 171.3 170.5 179.7 181.2 53 161.1 Total 2/ 7,871.0 8,347.2 8,493.4 8,596.2 8,903.0 9,085.3 1/ The 15 State total includes AL, AR, CA, DE, FL, GA, MD, MS, NC, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, & WV. 2/ Revised. 9,304.0 2000 182.1 182.6 181.5 182.5 180.0 179.3 179.1 181.1 184.3 185.1 185.7 185.4 185.7 185.5 188.8 188.3 186.5 186.5 183.7 185.9 186.5 185.4 186.5 185.8 183.3 180.3 174.9 175.5 178.8 178.5 178.9 178.9 177.7 180.3 178.6 176.2 169.6 168.9 167.9 175.1 175.3 170.3 163.7 159.9 167.7 177.5 177.5 180.7 180.4 176.3 179.8 179.5 176.1 9,512.0 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE, 2001 EDITION 23 Week Number 1 2 3 4 5 TABLE 31 BROILER CHICKS PLACED--15 SELECTED STATES 1/, WEEKLY, 1993-2000 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2/ --Millions-- 118.0 116.7 118.9 119.3 119.8 122.9 122.2 122.9 123.3 122.9 130.1 130.0 130.6 132.1 130.6 136.0 135.4 136.2 135.8 134.4 136.5 136.9 138.0 137.8 137.3 137.2 136.9 136.2 138.7 137.1 142.1 144.8 142.1 143.1 141.2 6 120.6 122.4 130.3 134.0 134.2 138.1 139.9 7 119.8 120.6 131.4 132.2 136.7 137.1 139.8 8 118.8 123.0 128.1 132.6 136.7 134.9 142.0 9 120.6 123.6 129.6 133.3 140.0 137.8 142.9 10 122.4 124.2 131.7 134.9 139.0 140.8 144.3 11 122.5 124.8 133.9 137.0 140.7 139.5 146.3 12 122.2 126.6 134.1 135.7 141.8 142.5 146.3 13 123.4 127.1 135.1 135.3 141.8 142.0 146.5 14 123.9 127.2 134.8 133.2 141.0 141.0 146.5 15 122.1 127.9 133.4 133.6 140.1 140.8 143.1 16 118.8 127.6 133.8 131.5 137.5 140.2 145.8 17 121.8 127.7 135.9 134.8 140.3 142.6 144.7 18 125.7 128.7 135.1 136.2 141.1 143.4 147.2 19 125.4 129.1 134.6 136.3 140.3 141.4 146.1 20 124.6 129.8 133.5 134.9 140.9 142.3 147.3 21 123.2 128.5 134.9 132.7 139.8 142.4 146.7 22 126.2 129.6 134.4 135.6 141.2 142.7 146.5 23 126.4 131.0 135.7 136.6 142.5 142.6 147.9 24 126.3 131.5 135.6 134.3 142.4 142.7 146.9 25 125.8 132.1 134.7 135.2 141.5 143.2 148.6 26 126.8 132.2 135.6 135.8 142.4 143.6 148.0 27 126.0 132.1 134.4 137.1 140.9 143.4 147.2 28 125.7 130.3 133.8 134.5 141.0 142.1 146.8 29 123.7 128.9 129.9 128.7 136.0 140.2 145.2 30 118.4 124.5 130.4 129.8 138.1 136.0 143.3 31 119.6 124.5 133.9 134.3 138.5 138.5 142.0 32 123.0 128.3 133.0 133.6 140.2 139.0 145.0 33 121.8 129.0 131.9 133.8 137.7 139.9 144.8 34 119.7 129.2 130.1 133.9 136.9 137.6 142.5 35 120.5 129.5 129.7 134.6 137.2 138.4 140.6 36 121.2 128.0 130.4 133.7 138.0 138.4 140.2 37 121.1 128.6 129.0 135.0 137.9 139.9 140.4 38 119.4 128.4 129.4 134.7 138.0 138.7 141.0 39 118.0 126.4 124.9 132.5 136.9 136.4 140.0 40 114.4 121.5 125.6 126.3 129.8 132.3 132.2 41 112.1 117.3 124.1 124.4 131.4 130.8 133.1 42 112.6 117.1 132.3 126.4 130.3 131.2 132.6 43 120.2 127.0 132.1 131.3 137.0 138.0 138.6 44 119.0 126.8 128.2 127.0 132.3 135.6 134.1 45 112.4 127.0 123.5 124.7 126.8 132.5 130.6 46 112.7 117.2 122.1 120.5 125.8 129.7 130.4 47 117.7 119.2 126.6 127.5 130.3 135.7 135.0 48 122.6 123.3 136.1 134.8 136.1 136.7 138.8 49 123.5 129.5 134.7 135.1 137.4 142.4 142.4 50 124.0 129.5 136.4 134.8 137.6 142.3 143.1 51 124.6 131.0 135.2 136.8 141.7 143.7 144.6 52 123.2 130.7 133.0 135.8 137.9 139.3 144.3 53 131.2 Total 2/ 6,297.1 6,699.1 6,850.3 6,925.0 7,160.0 7,226.5 1/ The 15 State total includes AL, AR, CA, DE, FL, GA, MD, MS, NC, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, & WV. 2/ Revised. 7,407.1 2000 143.9 145.0 145.2 145.7 146.7 145.1 146.5 143.5 142.8 142.1 143.3 148.6 148.6 149.7 147.6 148.3 148.9 151.4 150.8 150.1 149.9 148.4 149.5 149.0 148.4 150.4 149.9 147.1 144.5 140.8 140.9 142.1 142.3 142.2 144.6 141.9 144.5 142.8 140.9 136.9 136.1 134.9 140.7 139.7 136.7 130.6 128.7 134.7 144.2 143.2 144.8 144.1 138.7 7,628.1 24 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE, 2001 EDITION Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec TABLE 32 DOMESTIC PLACEMENTS--PULLET CHICKS FOR BROILER HATCHERY SUPPLY FLOCKS, UNITED STATES, MONTHLY, 1993-2000 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 1/ 2000 --Thousands-- 5,763 4,699 5,988 5,452 5,710 5,484 5,491 5,917 6,397 5,916 6,765 6,328 7,059 6,882 6,861 7,001 5,777 6,334 6,161 6,100 6,443 6,776 7,284 7,310 5,664 6,121 6,320 6,751 6,036 6,687 7,038 6,764 6,043 6,266 6,135 6,780 7,062 7,062 7,736 7,435 5,667 5,911 6,178 6,175 6,008 6,932 7,041 6,829 6,066 6,104 6,302 6,034 7,167 6,788 7,088 6,310 5,684 5,220 6,064 6,336 6,475 6,288 6,515 6,170 6,697 6,502 7,109 7,328 7,665 6,870 7,288 6,469 5,612 6,342 6,013 6,225 6,254 6,883 7,121 6,694 5,819 5,819 6,656 6,514 6,347 7,312 6,984 7,105 5,568 6,413 6,218 5,951 6,252 6,904 6,999 6,429 Total 67,582 1/ Revised. 73,150 73,940 74,623 77,081 82,874 85,767 82,495 Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1993 598.8 547.8 623.0 600.9 634.4 619.5 619.0 612.4 582.8 584.3 574.8 623.2 TABLE 33 BROILER TYPE CHICKS HATCHED--BY COMMERCIAL HATCHERIES, UNITED STATES, MONTHLY, 1993-2000 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 1/ --Millions-- 618.1 662.5 690.0 700.0 711.4 735.8 558.6 640.3 600.1 679.1 645.6 692.3 634.3 718.4 645.2 730.3 662.6 755.8 627.1 664.1 668.4 693.7 708.3 734.7 658.7 691.9 700.6 724.7 739.3 766.4 647.3 670.8 672.2 704.2 718.0 744.4 646.9 673.7 679.8 710.6 722.7 751.6 654.3 674.1 690.8 708.6 715.7 741.7 626.7 620.7 638.9 655.0 659.0 653.5 684.2 683.2 695.3 693.2 700.0 697.4 600.1 629.2 631.4 648.1 674.9 676.8 663.6 693.0 694.7 711.8 737.8 748.2 Total 2/ 7,220.8 7,562.3 7,932.4 1/Revised. 2/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 8,078.2 8,321.6 8,491.9 8,715.4 2000 751.6 703.5 759.2 746.8 775.0 747.3 740.2 740.9 702.6 711.3 675.0 738.7 8,792.1 Month Dec 2/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov TABLE 34 PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS FOR COMMERCIAL BROILERS UNITED STATES, MONTHLY, 1993-2000 1/ 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 --Cents per Pound-- 31.5 33.9 32.5 36.2 40.7 32.4 31.8 33.7 32.4 37.2 39.0 33.6 32.2 34.4 32.5 35.3 37.7 34.3 33.0 35.3 32.7 34.1 36.9 35.4 33.8 35.6 32.3 34.9 36.7 36.4 35.2 37.6 31.9 37.8 36.8 37.5 35.0 37.5 33.2 40.6 37.4 40.6 35.5 36.4 34.7 40.5 40.0 44.0 36.4 35.1 37.4 40.3 39.9 46.8 36.5 35.1 38.1 40.2 38.2 45.9 35.0 33.9 36.8 39.5 34.7 43.4 34.8 32.3 37.6 40.4 33.7 41.3 Marketing Year Average 34.0 35.0 1/ Equivalent live weight price. 2/ Dec. preceding year. 34.3 38.1 37.7 39.3 1999 38.5 38.0 36.4 35.0 35.4 38.0 38.7 38.0 37.2 35.9 34.3 38.0 37.1 2000 36.0 33.0 30.0 32.0 34.0 34.0 34.0 35.0 33.0 38.0 35.0 38.0 33.6 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE, 2001 EDITION 25 Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec TABLE 35 DOMESTIC PLACEMENTS--PULLET CHICKS FOR EGG TYPE HATCHERY SUPPLY FLOCKS, UNITED STATES, MONTHLY, 1993-2000 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 1/ 2000 --Thousands-- 227 213 236 219 208 189 166 212 143 184 251 238 222 250 267 251 292 259 356 317 209 225 257 286 275 277 317 252 316 333 287 309 299 334 193 291 273 192 283 343 291 257 234 282 254 354 187 223 267 254 235 266 207 298 231 352 243 309 163 186 285 185 318 275 284 315 292 231 402 324 227 277 265 278 309 233 256 358 280 283 172 240 124 210 129 217 262 377 267 125 231 215 207 183 175 324 Total 3,025 1/ Revised. 3,045 2,941 2,940 2,968 3,108 2,940 3,512 Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1993 34.9 34.0 38.3 37.2 36.7 35.6 34.0 31.5 31.8 31.6 30.1 30.4 TABLE 36 EGG TYPE CHICKS HATCHED--BY COMMERCIAL HATCHERIES, UNITED STATES, MONTHLY, 1993-2000 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 1/ --Millions-- 33.2 32.4 31.1 32.7 33.5 36.0 35.7 35.1 35.3 37.5 32.0 35.0 29.6 29.6 31.3 31.4 31.6 33.6 32.1 33.4 26.1 29.1 30.2 30.6 31.6 33.8 37.2 35.2 34.6 35.7 34.6 36.4 36.9 37.3 40.6 41.2 35.7 38.8 39.1 42.3 38.0 39.0 39.2 40.7 33.0 36.8 39.3 41.4 31.9 33.8 35.6 34.3 31.8 33.1 33.4 35.5 31.9 37.1 38.0 39.3 32.3 35.3 34.7 39.0 30.9 28.1 31.2 32.8 32.9 35.8 35.5 33.6 Total 2/ 406.0 381.6 396.5 1/ Revised. 2/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 401.6 424.5 438.3 451.7 2000 34.2 34.7 38.9 36.6 41.2 37.3 33.2 34.3 36.3 36.1 32.3 34.7 429.7 Month Dec 2/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov TABLE 37 PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS FOR ALL EGGS, UNITED STATES, MONTHLY, 1993-2000 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 --Cents per Dozen-- 64.1 63.6 63.5 62.3 62.0 64.0 69.6 65.7 69.2 61.3 63.3 58.7 66.3 57.7 57.7 58.4 61.1 60.3 55.5 60.8 60.0 57.7 63.0 61.7 62.0 79.0 87.9 78.7 61.1 78.2 76.5 74.3 60.7 75.7 76.1 64.9 60.4 79.1 72.3 69.9 60.8 75.8 66.0 63.7 55.5 69.3 64.2 54.9 57.3 70.7 59.4 59.6 60.9 69.8 65.6 58.2 62.9 73.7 63.1 65.0 66.4 75.8 69.6 63.3 66.3 73.5 65.9 66.3 75.7 82.0 80.8 72.8 Marketing Year Average 62.9 1/ Revised. 2/ Dec. preceding year. 61.4 62.4 74.9 70.3 66.8 1999 1/ 75.5 72.5 66.1 68.6 60.3 54.9 56.2 58.8 59.7 57.5 52.0 64.1 62.2 2000 60.2 57.8 67.9 56.8 64.7 52.0 61.8 56.4 66.4 59.2 66.8 72.0 61.8 26 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE, 2001 EDITION Month Dec 2/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov TABLE 38 LAYERS--AVERAGE NUMBER IN ALL FLOCKS, UNITED STATES, MONTHLY, 1993-2000 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 1/ --Thousands-- 284,267 290,649 299,328 299,345 304,463 311,898 321,972 284,398 290,059 298,891 299,230 304,289 311,906 322,356 284,638 290,064 297,821 298,904 304,000 313,285 322,827 284,405 290,736 297,095 298,853 304,285 314,141 322,782 284,234 290,090 296,002 297,493 303,618 311,957 321,539 283,694 288,801 293,741 295,516 302,241 309,655 320,510 282,914 287,992 290,861 294,837 300,537 309,206 320,441 283,324 288,008 288,767 296,290 299,605 308,967 319,819 284,192 290,337 288,917 297,804 300,211 309,291 320,188 285,418 293,398 290,900 298,582 303,661 311,358 322,409 286,948 295,188 293,084 300,052 306,807 313,377 325,287 288,875 297,150 297,043 302,386 309,670 319,625 328,268 2000 328,828 328,557 329,843 330,862 329,223 326,326 324,957 325,563 325,753 326,237 328,178 330,678 Average 284,776 291,035 1/ Revised. 2/ Dec. preceding year. 294,350 298,270 303,604 312,035 322,354 327,908 Month Dec 2/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov TABLE 39 EGGS LAID PER 100 LAYERS--ALL FLOCKS, UNITED STATES, MONTHLY, 1993-2000 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 1/ --Number-- 2,168 2,166 2,184 2,185 2,199 2,193 2,190 2,138 2,132 2,141 2,142 2,161 2,170 2,165 1,922 1,930 1,930 1,997 1,944 1,950 1,946 2,149 2,174 2,184 2,179 2,177 2,187 2,185 2,079 2,093 2,102 2,106 2,093 2,117 2,110 2,137 2,143 2,146 2,153 2,157 2,153 2,166 2,072 2,080 2,085 2,099 2,094 2,088 2,104 2,130 2,154 2,149 2,181 2,155 2,175 2,158 2,131 2,160 2,147 2,173 2,165 2,165 2,177 2,073 2,088 2,074 2,096 2,096 2,082 2,128 2,155 2,160 2,149 2,172 2,172 2,150 2,193 2,106 2,112 2,108 2,125 2,122 2,109 2,138 2000 2,214 2,178 2,016 2,186 2,130 2,177 2,093 2,169 2,181 2,101 2,173 2,125 Average per Layer 3/ 253 254 254 256 255 255 257 257 1/ Revised. 2/ Dec. preceding year. 3/ Annual rate of lay per layers on hand (eggs produced during year divided by average number of layers during year). Month Dec 2/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov TABLE 40 EGG PRODUCTION--ALL FLOCKS, UNITED STATES, MONTHLY, 1993-2000 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 1/ --Million Eggs-- 6,035 6,295 6,536 6,541 6,696 6,841 7,051 5,951 6,185 6,399 6,409 6,577 6,767 6,979 5,558 5,597 5,747 5,970 5,909 6,110 6,281 6,042 6,320 6,488 6,511 6,625 6,870 7,052 5,832 6,072 6,223 6,264 6,355 6,604 6,785 5,918 6,188 6,305 6,361 6,519 6,666 6,941 5,693 5,991 6,065 6,188 6,292 6,457 6,742 5,908 6,204 6,206 6,462 6,457 6,720 6,903 5,919 6,272 6,202 6,471 6,500 6,695 6,971 5,753 6,125 6,033 6,257 6,366 6,482 6,861 6,019 6,377 6,297 6,518 6,664 6,737 7,132 5,913 6,277 6,263 6,425 6,572 6,741 7,017 Annual Total 70,541 73,903 1/ Revised. 2/ Dec. preceding year. 74,764 76,377 77,532 79,690 82,715 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE, 2001 EDITION 2000 7,279 7,157 6,648 7,234 7,013 7,104 6,801 7,061 7,104 6,854 7,130 7,027 84,412 27 TABLE 41 FORCED MOLT LAYERS AS A PERCENT OF HENS AND PULLETS OF LAYING AGE FIRST OF MONTH--30 SELECTED STATES, 1993-2000 1/ Percent Being Molted Month 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Jan 4.8 4.5 4.5 3.7 3.8 4.1 4.1 2.8 Feb 5.3 5.3 6.4 5.4 5.1 5.2 4.8 4.9 Mar 3.9 3.7 4.8 3.5 2.5 4.4 3.3 3.6 Apr 2.5 2.7 3.4 1.9 3.1 2.2 2.9 2.1 May 5.2 5.6 5.7 5.5 5.2 5.5 5.5 4.0 Jun 5.8 5.5 6.1 4.7 4.5 4.8 5.2 5.8 Jul 4.6 5.1 4.9 4.0 4.9 3.9 5.5 4.7 Aug 4.2 4.6 4.1 4.7 3.5 3.9 4.7 4.2 Sep 3.7 4.7 4.6 4.3 3.9 4.1 4.5 4.6 Oct 5.0 5.1 5.1 4.8 4.7 4.9 4.2 5.8 Nov 3.3 3.9 3.7 3.1 4.2 3.7 3.7 4.1 Dec 2.9 3.4 2.3 2.1 2.8 2.7 2.1 3.0 Percent with Molt Complete Month 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Jan 22.2 22.7 24.2 24.4 22.4 21.8 22.3 23.2 Feb 21.7 21.4 23.8 22.4 21.6 21.0 22.1 21.4 Mar 22.7 21.0 24.1 23.5 22.9 21.2 21.5 22.4 Apr 23.2 21.1 23.9 23.0 21.8 22.1 21.6 22.7 May 21.7 20.2 22.4 22.3 20.0 20.0 21.8 22.4 Jun 21.5 21.5 22.9 22.4 20.7 21.4 22.0 20.3 Jul 22.5 22.4 23.4 23.1 21.2 21.6 22.3 21.8 Aug 22.5 23.0 23.4 22.2 22.0 21.7 23.2 21.7 Sep 22.4 22.9 23.3 22.5 21.5 21.9 22.3 22.4 Oct 22.8 23.4 23.4 23.1 22.6 21.9 22.9 22.3 Nov 22.8 24.2 24.3 24.0 22.2 21.8 23.1 23.0 Dec 23.5 25.4 25.6 23.5 24.0 23.9 24.7 25.9 1/ 1992-1994 States 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. 28 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE, 2001 EDITION TABLE 42 POULTRY SLAUGHTERED UNDER FEDERAL INSPECTION--UNITED STATES, MONTHLY, 1993-2000 Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun --Million Head-- Young Chickens 1993 1994 540.5 557.2 499.3 521.8 573.4 599.9 557.5 568.0 535.4 587.4 595.4 628.9 1995 607.4 560.5 651.1 564.3 654.5 659.7 1996 644.1 618.6 617.6 626.2 663.2 599.8 1997 667.9 593.1 615.6 663.3 667.6 640.0 1998 668.9 607.4 653.1 661.0 635.7 668.3 1999 1/ 663.7 618.4 706.1 686.9 672.0 703.2 2000 655.9 672.9 730.3 634.3 749.2 733.4 1993 14.8 13.5 1994 15.2 13.5 1995 14.5 13.3 1996 14.2 13.3 1997 15.0 12.5 1998 14.8 12.7 1999 1/ 15.2 13.4 2000 13.8 13.6 Mature Chickens 13.8 15.8 15.5 15.4 14.4 14.4 13.2 14.1 14.0 15.9 13.0 16.4 16.2 15.7 15.7 13.4 14.5 15.7 14.7 15.3 14.7 14.3 13.7 12.1 15.7 15.2 14.7 15.0 15.4 15.3 15.2 15.1 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 1/ 2000 555.3 572.4 621.9 658.3 682.8 683.7 678.9 669.6 512.7 535.3 573.8 632.0 605.5 620.1 631.8 686.5 Total Chickens 587.2 573.3 615.4 583.4 665.5 578.7 630.8 640.4 629.6 679.2 666.2 677.4 722.3 702.6 746.0 647.6 549.8 602.1 669.3 676.9 683.3 650.4 687.3 764.4 611.1 644.2 674.1 611.9 655.2 683.3 718.5 748.5 Year 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 1/ 2000 Jul 561.6 570.4 585.7 655.4 670.0 686.2 688.1 661.6 Aug 590.6 662.5 665.7 660.4 655.0 651.0 708.1 758.2 Sep 579.6 612.5 607.7 606.7 648.5 656.1 682.5 638.4 Oct Nov Young Chickens 553.6 536.9 601.7 579.9 641.0 596.5 686.1 573.1 703.0 564.1 687.7 601.1 667.1 701.9 650.7 662.2 Dec 557.4 581.3 577.2 595.0 647.9 661.1 664.8 630.7 Annual Total 2/ 6,681.0 7,071.6 7,371.4 7,546.3 7,736.0 7,837.7 8,111.6 8,259.2 Mature Chickens 1993 15.2 14.1 15.1 14.7 13.6 15.2 175.9 1994 1995 12.8 13.9 13.2 12.5 12.0 11.9 12.5 12.0 13.3 12.0 14.2 12.0 168.0 159.4 1996 12.7 11.2 12.6 14.5 9.7 12.2 153.6 1997 14.2 12.6 12.5 14.5 11.9 13.6 167.6 1998 15.0 14.2 13.5 13.8 11.1 15.1 169.3 1999 1/ 14.9 14.2 13.7 14.1 12.8 14.7 175.6 2000 13.1 15.0 12.3 13.1 12.8 11.2 165.0 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 1/ 2000 576.8 583.1 597.6 668.1 684.2 701.1 703.0 674.7 604.7 676.4 678.2 671.5 667.6 665.2 722.3 773.2 1/ Revised. 2/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 594.7 625.7 619.7 619.3 661.0 669.6 696.2 650.6 Total Chickens 568.3 550.4 614.2 592.0 654.3 608.5 700.7 717.6 582.8 576.0 701.6 612.2 681.3 663.5 715.0 675.0 572.6 595.5 589.2 607.2 661.5 676.2 679.5 641.9 6,856.9 7,239.6 7,530.8 7,699.9 7,903.5 8,007.0 8,287.2 8,424.2 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE, 2001 EDITION 29 TABLE 43 POULTRY SLAUGHTERED UNDER FEDERAL INSPECTION--UNITED STATES, MONTHLY, MATURE CHICKENS BY WEIGHT GROUP, 1999-2000 Month and Year All Heavy Light Month and Year All Heavy 1999 --Thousands-- 2000 --Thousands-- Jan 15,218 5,120 10,098 Jan 15,218 5,120 Feb 13,425 5,024 8,401 Feb 13,425 5,024 Mar 16,122 6,027 10,095 Mar 16,122 6,027 Apr 15,666 5,649 10,017 Apr 15,666 5,649 May 15,321 5,733 9,588 May 15,321 5,733 Jun 15,314 6,309 9,005 Jun 15,314 6,309 Jul 14,921 6,059 8,862 Jul 14,921 6,059 Aug 14,211 6,385 7,826 Aug 14,211 6,385 Sep 13,680 6,231 7,449 Sep 13,680 6,231 Oct 14,107 6,601 7,506 Oct 14,107 6,601 Nov 12,777 5,204 7,573 Nov 12,777 5,204 Dec 14,656 5,947 8,709 Dec 14,656 5,947 Light 10,098 8,401 10,095 10,017 9,588 9,005 8,862 7,826 7,449 7,506 7,573 8,709 TABLE 44 PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION OF RED MEATS--UNITED STATES, SELECTED YEARS, 1996-2000 1/ Red Meats, Retail Weight Basis Year Beef Veal Pork Lamb Total 2/ --Pounds-- 1996 68.1 1.2 48.9 1.1 119.2 1997 66.7 1.0 48.5 1.1 117.3 1998 67.9 0.8 52.3 1.2 122.2 1999 66.4 0.7 52.3 1.1 120.4 2000 62.5 0.7 50.6 1.1 114.8 1/ Economic Research Service, USDA. 2/ Totals may not add due to rounding. TABLE 45 PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION OF EGGS, CHICKENS AND TURKEYS--UNITED STATES, SELECTED YEARS, 1996-2000 1/ Eggs Chickens Year Shell Processed Total 4/ Commercial Broilers 2/ Total 3/ Turkey 3/ Total 3/4/ --Number-- --Pounds-- 1996 176 62 236.8 70.0 81.9 18.4 100.3 1997 174 65 240.1 72.0 83.6 17.6 101.2 1998 NA NA 244.9 73.0 84.3 18.0 102.3 1999 NA NA 255.7 77.0 90.3 17.8 108.1 2000 NA NA 258.2 76.9 95.1 17.8 112.7 1/ Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Situation and Outlook Report, May, 2001. Economic Research Service, USDA. 2/ Retail lb. 3/ Ready-to-Cook Basis. 4/ Totals may not add due to rounding. NA = Not available. 30 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE, 2001 EDITION