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Title Page Georgia Poultry Highlights Table 1 State Rank by Value of Production from Commercial Broilers, Eggs, and Mature Chickens, 2001 . . . . . . . 1 2 Poultry--Value of Production, Georgia, 1994-2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Poultry--Production and Value of Production, Georgia 1994-2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 ERRATA - August 12, 2002 The data on Mature Chickens, Hatching Egg Flocks, and Table Egg Flocks: Price per Pound and Values of Sales have been corrected. 4 Eggs--Production and Value of Production, Georgia 1994-2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 5 Broiler Eggs Set--Georgia, Weekly, 1994-2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 6 Broiler Chicks Placed--Georgia, Weekly, 1994-2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 7 Broiler Type Chicks Hatched--by Commercial Hatcheries, Georgia, Monthly, 1994-2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 8 Egg Type Eggs Set--Georgia, Weekly, 1994-2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 9 Egg Type Chicks Hatched--Georgia, Weekly, 1994-2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 10 Egg Type Chicks Hatched--by Commercial Hatcheries, Georgia, Monthly, 1994-2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 11 Layers--Average Number in All Flocks, Georgia, Monthly, 1994-2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 12 Eggs Laid per 100 Layers--All Flocks, Georgia, Monthly, 1994-2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 13 Egg Production--All Flocks, Georgia, Monthly, 1994-2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 14 Layers--Average Number in Table Egg Flocks, Georgia, Monthly, 1994-2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 15 Eggs Laid per 100 Layers--Table Egg Flocks, Georgia, Monthly, 1994-2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 16 Egg Production--Table Egg Flocks, Georgia, Monthly, 1994-2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 17 Layers--Average Number in Hatching Egg Flocks, Georgia, Monthly, 1994-2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 18 Eggs Laid per 100 Layers--Hatching Egg Flocks, Georgia, Monthly, 1994-2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 19 Egg Production--Hatching Egg Flocks, Georgia, Monthly, 1994-2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 20 Prices Received by Farmers for All Eggs--Georgia, Monthly, 1994-2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 21 Prices Received by Farmers for Table Eggs--Georgia, Monthly, 1994-2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 22 Prices Received by Farmers for Hatching Eggs--Georgia, Monthly, 1994-2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 23 Forced Molt Layers as a Percent of Hens and Pullets of Laying Age First of Month--Georgia, 1994-2001 17 24 Poultry Slaughtered Under Federal Inspection--Georgia, Monthly, 1994-2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 25 Number of All Chickens on Farms, by States--December 1, 1994-2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 26 Total Value of All Chickens on Farms, by States--December 1, 1994-2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 27 Hatchery Capacity: Chicken and Turkey Hatcheries and Egg Capacity by Region and United States, January 1, 2001 and 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 28 Poultry--Production and Value of Production, United States, 1994-2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 29 Broiler Eggs Set--15 Selected States, Weekly, 1994-2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 30 Broiler Chicks Placed--15 Selected States, Weekly, 1994-2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 31 Domestic Placements--Pullet Chicks for Broiler Hatchery Supply Flocks, United States, Monthly, 1994-2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 32 Broiler Type Chicks Hatched--by Commercial Hatcheries, United States, Monthly, 1994-2001 . . . . . . . . . 25 33 Prices Received by Farmers for Commercial Broilers, United States, Monthly, 1994-2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 34 Domestic Placements--Pullet Chicks for Egg Type Hatchery Supply Flocks, United States, Monthly, 1994-2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 35 Egg Type Chicks Hatched--by Commercial Hatcheries, United States, Monthly, 1994-2001 . . . . . . . . . . . 26 36 Prices Received by Farmers for All Eggs, United States, Monthly, 1994-2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 37 Layers--Average Number in All Flocks, United States, Monthly, 1994-2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 38 Eggs Laid per 100 Layers--All Flocks, United States, Monthly, 1994-2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 39 Egg Production--All Flocks, United States, Monthly, 1994-2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 40 Forced Molt Layers as a Percent of Hens and Pullets of Laying Age, First of Month--30 Selected States, 1994-2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 41 Poultry Slaughtered Under Federal Inspection--United States, Monthly, Mature Chickens by Weight Group, 2000-2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 42 Poultry Slaughtered Under Federal Inspection--United States, Monthly, 1994-2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 43 Per Capita Consumption of Red Meats--United States, Selected Years, 1997-2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 44 Per Capita Consumption of Eggs, Chickens and Turkeys--United States, Selected Years, 1997-2001 . . . 30 Graphs Value of Production, Broilers, Chickens, and Eggs, Georgia, 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Broilers, Number & Value of Production, Georgia, 1994-2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Mature Chickens, Number Sold & Value of Sales, Georgia, 1994-2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Egg Production & Value, Hatching, Table, and Total Eggs, Georgia, 1994-2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Broiler Type Eggs Set, Jan. 6, 2001 through Dec. 29, 2001, Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Broiler Type Chicks Placed, Jan. 6, 2001 through Dec. 29, 2001, Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Broiler Type Chicks Hatched, Georgia, 1999-2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Egg Type Eggs Set, Jan. 6, 2001 through Dec. 29, 2001, Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Egg Type Chicks Hatched, Jan. 6, 2001 through Dec. 29, 2001, Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Value of Production, Broilers, Chickens, & Eggs, and Turkeys, United States, 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Average Number of Layers, United States, 1999-2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Value of Production, Broilers, Chickens, Eggs, Turkeys, and Total, United States, 1994-2001 . . . . . . . . . 22 GEORGIA POULTRY FACTS 2002 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 2001 with comparisons back to 1994. 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 2001 FARM VALUE OF PRODUCTION 1/ All Poultry and Eggs . . . . . . . . $2,811,606,000 Broilers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,432,235,000 Eggs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $367,887,000 Chickens* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $11,484,000 2001 -- 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) First . . . . . . . All Poultry Value of Production Sixth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eggs Produced SUMMARY--2001 The total farm value of poultry and eggs produced in Georgia increased 16 percent to $2.81 billion for the 2001 production year. Value of production from broilers totaled $2.43 billion, up 20 percent from 2000. The value of production for all eggs was $368 million, down 1 percent from 2000. The sale of chickens excluding broilers totaled 19.6 million birds with a value of sales of $11.5 million. BROILER PRODUCTION Broiler producers in Georgia produced 1.25 billion birds in 2001, breaking the eighteenth consecutive year of record setting numbers. Production increased 1 percent from 1.23 billion broilers produced in 2000. Pounds produced in 2001 totaled 6.24 billion. The average price received per pound for broilers in 2001 was 39.0 cents per pound, up 6.0 cents from the 2000 average price. Georgia ranked first in the number of broilers produced and accounted for 15 percent of the number and pounds of the Nation's broiler production in 2001. For the seventh 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, 2001, totaled 5.09 billion eggs, 1 percent less than in 2000. The number of layers averaged 21.0 million in 2001, 1 percent more than the previous year. In hatching egg flocks, the average number of layers was up 3 percent, to 9.40 million from 9.09 million in 2000. The average number of layers in table egg flocks was 11.6 million in 2001. All layers in Georgia produced an average of 242 eggs per hen in 2001, 4 eggs less than 2000's average of 246. Hatching egg flocks produced 2.10 billion eggs during 2001, slightly less than the previous year. Table egg flocks produced 2.99 billion eggs in 2001, 1 percent less than 2000. The average price for all eggs in 2001 was 86.8 cents per dozen, the same price as the previous year. Table egg prices averaged 42.6 cents per dozen, down 0.1 cents from the previous year. Hatching egg prices averaged $1.58 per dozen, down 0.1 cent 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 2001 in both the average number of layers and in total egg production. Iowa was the leading State in both layers and egg production followed by Ohio. 1/ Value of production is quantity produced multiplied by the price per unit. * Value of sales for chickens which is quantity sold multiplied by the price per unit. 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, 2001 Eggs 1/ Mature Chickens 1/ Commercial Broilers 1/3/4 All Poultry 6/ ($000) ($000) ($000) ($000) GA 367,887 GA 11,484 GA 2,432,235 GA 2,811,606 OH 323,242 AR 7,785 AR 2,237,586 AR 2,737,089 PA 303,676 NC 6,907 AL 2,004,132 NC 2,372,682 AR 302,718 AL 4,667 NC 1,681,040 AL 2,274,187 IA 281,970 MS 3,761 MS 1,492,335 MS 1,658,846 TX 267,077 TX 2,403 TX 1,058,616 TX 1,328,096 AL 265,388 VA 1,501 DE 597,880 VA 788,557 IN 258,573 KY 991 MD 552,560 PA 690,032 CA 235,843 OK 975 VA 518,856 DE 618,789 NC 232,375 WV 773 KY 503,997 SC 616,573 MS 162,750 SC 760 OK 433,407 MD 602,529 FL 122,253 PA 539 SC 409,266 MN 583,436 MN 112,810 TN 520 TN 363,480 KY 577,684 NE 95,532 MO 506 PA 287,492 OK 499,434 SC 79,532 LA 447 FL 253,680 OH 469,679 MO 75,585 CA 396 WV 143,598 CA 448,054 KY 72,696 IN 340 MN 85,605 IN 410,533 OK 65,052 FL 233 OH 82,875 TN 395,850 WA 62,412 WI 191 WI 53,703 FL 376,166 VA 61,344 MI 128 NE 7,020 IA 357,806 MI 61,063 HI 111 NY 5,002 MO 346,691 ME 56,640 MD 95 HI 2,071 WV 207,321 NY 54,007 DE 79 MI 117,891 WI 51,458 IL 64 WI 105,352 CO 48,246 OH 58 NE 102,568 MD 44,008 IA 43 SD 74,917 CT 41,810 CT 42 IL 67,435 OR 40,900 ME 35 NY 63,557 IL 35,964 NH 35 WA 62,421 TN 31,850 ID 29 ME 56,675 LA 31,720 MN 21 CO 48,258 UT 31,277 NE 16 CT 41,974 WV 27,612 CO 12 OR 40,904 NJ 24,603 MA 11 LA 32,167 DE 20,787 NY 11 UT 31,282 SD 16,771 VT 11 NJ 25,319 KS 13,586 WA 9 ND 14,728 ID 12,257 SD 7 KS 13,588 HI 9,640 UT 5 ID 12,286 MA 4,380 MT 4 HI 11,822 MT 3,246 OR 4 MA 6,682 VT 3,213 KS 2 VT 4,579 NH 3,021 NJ 2 MT 3,250 WY 168 WY 1 NH 3,246 WY 169 All Other States 27,922 2/ 13 2/ 1,487,133 5/ 1,862,067 U.S. 7/ 4,444,864 46,027 16,693,569 23,974,777 1/ Estimates cover the 12 month period Dec. 1, previous year, through Nov. 30. 2/ AK, AZ, ND, NM, NV and RI 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, MO, 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. TABLE 2 POULTRY--VALUE OF PRODUCTION, GEORGIA, 1994-2001 1/ 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 --Thousand Dollars-- Commercial Broilers 1,653,225 1,771,920 2,205,294 2,276,890 2,386,382 2,293,445 2,029,005 2,432,235 Mature Chickens, Hatching Egg Flocks 9,565 7,522 9,739 15,100 14,673 15,701 19,202 10,441 Table Egg Flocks 719 892 1,494 2,012 3,770 1,379 1,884 1,043 All Chickens, Including Commercial Broilers 1,663,509 1,780,334 2,216,527 2,294,002 2,404,825 2,310,525 2,050,091 2,443,719 Eggs 282,045 289,545 348,002 358,941 375,907 379,142 369,913 367,887 Turkeys 2/ 17,227 19,331 7,308 2,591 All Poultry 1,962,781 2,089,210 2,571,837 2,652,943 2,780,732 2,689,667 2,420,004 2,811,606 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 2001 Mature Chickens 0.4% Eggs (Total) 13.1% Broilers 86.5% ERRATA - The data on Mature Chickens, Hatching Egg Flocks, and Table Egg Flocks: Price per Pound and Values of Sales have been corrected. - August 12, 2002 TABLE 3 POULTRY--PRODUCTION, SALES AND VALUE, GEORGIA, 1994-2001 1/ Unit 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Commercial Broilers Number Produced 1,000 1,005,000 1,070,000 1,154,000 1,182,800 1,202,500 1,239,700 1,229,700 1,247,300 Pounds Produced 1,000 4,723,500 5,136,000 5,654,600 5,914,000 5,892,300 6,198,500 6,148,500 6,236,500 Price per Pound 2/ Cents 35.0 34.5 39.0 38.5 40.5 37.0 33.0 39.0 Value of Production 1,000 Dols 1,653,225 1,771,920 2,205,294 2,276,890 2,386,382 2,293,445 2,029,005 2,432,235 Unit 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Mature Chickens, Hatching Egg Flocks Number Sold 1,000 8,404 7,956 9,565 10,385 9,198 14,163 14,363 14,187 Pounds Sold 1,000 73,577 67,768 84,685 87,794 84,245 127,694 128,345 126,361 Price per Pound Cents 13.9 12.3 13.1 19.3 21.5 13.3 16.3 9.0 Value of Sales 1,000 Dols 10,212 8,325 11,084 16,911 18,106 16,940 20,898 11,380 Unit 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Mature Chickens, Table Egg Flocks Number Sold 1,000 7,665 5,464 6,240 5,115 6,392 7,107 8,074 5,443 Pounds Sold 1,000 29,265 20,804 24,370 19,156 24,885 27,577 37,689 20,864 Price per Pound Cents 0.3 0.4 0.6 1.0 1.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 Value of Sales 1,000 Dols 72 89 149 201 337 140 188 104 1/ The production year begins Dec. 1 previous year and ends Nov. 30 current year. 2/ Live weight equivalent price. Number (Mil.) 2,500 BROILERS Number & Value of Production Georgia, 1994 - 2001 Dollars (Mil.) 2,500 2,000 2,000 1,500 1,500 1,000 1,000 500 500 0 0 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Years Number Value GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE, 2002 EDITION 3 MATURE CHICKENS Number Sold & Value of Sales Georgia, 1994 - 2001 Millions 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Years Number, Hatching Value, Hatching Number, Table Value, Table Million 500 EGG PRODUCTION & VALUE Hatching, Table and Total Eggs Georgia, 1994 - 2001 Million $ 500 400 400 300 300 200 200 100 100 0 0 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Years Dz. Table Eggs Dz. Hatching Eggs Total Dz. Eggs Dollar Value 4 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE, 2002 EDITION TABLE 4 EGGS--PRODUCTION AND VALUE OF PRODUCTION, GEORGIA 1994-2001 1/2/ Unit 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Table Eggs Average Number Layers 1,000 Eggs per Layer Number Eggs Produced Millions Price per Dozen Cents Value of Production 1,000 Dols 10,882 256 2,830 46.6 109,898 10,347 256 2,645 49.3 108,665 10,669 259 2,767 64.5 148,726 11,188 260 2,908 59.2 143,461 11,817 258 3,045 52.5 133,219 11,563 259 2,997 42.8 106,857 11,728 257 3,014 42.7 107,296 Average Number Layers 1,000 Eggs per Layer Number Eggs Produced Table Millions Hatching Millions Total Millions Price per Dozen Table Cents Hatching Cents Value of Production Table 1,000 Dols Hatching 1,000 Dols Total 1,000 Dols 7,558 227 120 1,593 1,713 46.6 126.0 4,660 167,487 172,147 7,661 226 7,929 229 Hatching Eggs 8,683 9,217 226 226 119 1,612 1,731 127 1,690 1,817 137 1,822 1,959 146 1,935 2,081 49.3 131.0 64.5 136.6 59.2 137.5 52.5 136.3 4,889 175,991 180,880 6,826 192,450 199,276 6,759 208,721 215,480 6,387 236,301 242,688 9,498 229 9,088 231 153 2,026 2,179 147 1,953 2,100 42.8 158.1 42.7 158.1 5,421 266,864 272,285 5,231 257,386 262,617 Total Eggs Average Number Layers 1,000 Eggs per Layer Number Eggs Produced Table Millions Hatching Millions Total Millions Price per Dozen Table Cents Hatching Cents Total Cents Value of Production Table 1,000 Dols Hatching 1,000 Dols Total 1,000 Dols 18,606 244 2,950 1,593 4,543 46.6 126.0 74.5 114,558 167,487 282,045 18,000 243 18,626 246 19,869 245 21,034 244 2,764 1,612 4,376 2,894 1,690 4,584 3,045 1,822 4,867 3,191 1,935 5,126 49.3 131.0 79.4 64.5 136.6 91.1 59.2 137.5 88.5 52.5 136.3 88.0 113,554 175,991 289,545 155,552 192,450 348,002 150,220 208,721 358,941 139,606 236,301 375,907 21,055 246 20,816 246 3,150 2,026 5,176 3,161 1,953 5,114 42.8 158.1 87.9 42.7 158.1 86.8 112,278 266,864 379,142 112,527 257,386 369,913 1/ The production year begins Dec. 1 previous year and ends Nov. 30 current year. 2/ Includes both commercial and farm flocks. 2001 11,596 258 2,991 42.6 106,133 9,398 223 147 1,948 2,095 42.6 158.0 5,219 256,535 261,754 20,994 242 3,138 1,948 5,086 42.6 158.0 86.8 111,352 256,535 367,887 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE, 2002 EDITION 5 Week Number 1994 1 24.2 2 24.4 3 23.5 4 23.1 5 23.6 6 24.3 7 24.5 8 24.4 9 24.3 10 24.7 11 24.7 12 25.2 13 25.2 14 25.0 15 25.6 16 25.6 17 25.5 18 25.5 19 25.6 20 25.6 21 25.5 22 25.9 23 26.0 24 25.8 25 25.9 26 25.8 27 25.5 28 25.6 29 25.5 30 25.8 31 25.6 32 25.3 33 25.4 34 25.3 35 25.5 TABLE 5 BROILER EGGS SET--GEORGIA, WEEKLY, 1994-2001 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 --Millions-- 26.5 28.9 29.5 30.3 31.6 26.4 28.9 28.8 30.3 31.3 26.4 28.9 29.0 29.7 31.5 26.2 28.5 29.2 29.6 31.1 25.8 28.5 29.1 29.2 30.8 25.6 28.5 29.6 29.2 31.2 26.1 29.1 29.9 29.8 31.8 26.8 28.8 30.0 29.7 31.9 26.9 28.9 30.1 29.9 31.4 26.8 29.1 29.4 29.9 32.0 26.6 28.1 29.6 30.3 31.6 27.5 28.5 29.0 29.9 31.5 27.4 28.3 28.2 30.4 32.0 27.3 28.8 30.4 30.4 31.9 27.1 29.0 29.9 30.6 31.8 27.1 28.6 30.2 30.5 32.0 27.8 28.8 30.5 30.9 31.7 27.6 28.2 28.8 31.0 31.6 26.8 28.7 29.6 31.0 31.6 27.3 28.3 30.6 31.3 32.1 27.5 28.4 30.6 31.0 31.9 27.1 28.7 30.9 31.3 32.0 27.5 29.1 30.8 31.3 31.8 27.3 29.1 30.7 31.5 32.2 26.5 28.2 30.5 31.2 31.9 26.9 28.3 30.3 31.3 31.2 26.7 28.0 29.7 30.8 31.4 27.4 28.7 30.7 30.7 30.9 27.3 28.9 30.6 31.3 31.8 27.1 28.7 29.6 31.1 31.9 26.9 28.6 29.8 30.9 31.6 26.0 28.4 30.5 30.9 30.9 26.9 27.9 29.5 31.0 30.6 26.8 28.9 30.5 31.6 31.4 26.7 27.8 30.4 31.2 31.0 36 25.8 24.6 37 24.4 27.4 38 23.6 26.4 39 24.0 28.2 40 25.0 28.1 41 26.0 27.1 42 25.0 26.2 43 24.0 25.9 44 24.2 26.2 45 25.3 28.3 46 26.2 28.3 47 25.6 29.0 48 26.4 29.1 49 26.5 28.3 50 26.0 29.0 51 26.3 28.7 52 25.9 29.0 53 26.5 Total 1/ 1,311.3 1,410.5 1/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 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 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 2001 30.8 31.0 30.6 30.6 30.4 30.7 31.1 31.5 32.4 31.7 31.9 31.9 31.5 32.4 32.6 31.9 32.5 32.0 32.5 32.3 32.6 32.5 32.5 32.4 30.7 32.1 30.8 31.9 31.4 30.9 31.7 31.7 31.8 31.9 32.0 31.2 31.4 30.1 30.6 32.5 31.2 29.0 28.6 29.4 31.2 31.5 30.7 32.6 31.3 31.5 31.7 30.8 1,634.3 6 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE, 2002 EDITION Week Number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 1994 20.1 19.6 20.1 19.9 20.2 TABLE 6 BROILER CHICKS PLACED--GEORGIA, WEEKLY, 1994-2001 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 --Millions-- 21.1 23.6 20.8 23.8 21.4 23.8 21.5 24.1 21.4 24.0 23.4 23.9 24.7 23.6 24.0 24.7 24.3 24.5 25.2 24.4 24.8 25.7 23.8 24.1 24.8 19.6 21.8 23.6 19.0 21.4 23.4 19.5 20.9 23.2 20.4 20.8 22.9 20.5 21.2 23.3 23.5 24.2 24.5 23.6 24.0 24.3 23.9 23.4 24.7 23.7 23.1 25.3 23.9 24.0 24.8 20.5 21.8 23.6 20.5 22.1 24.1 20.5 22.4 23.8 20.9 22.1 22.7 20.6 22.6 23.2 24.1 23.5 25.6 24.2 24.0 25.8 24.3 24.3 25.2 23.3 24.8 25.0 23.1 24.7 24.8 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 16 20.4 22.5 22.9 22.4 24.5 25.7 25.5 17 20.5 22.4 23.4 24.1 24.6 25.9 25.6 18 20.9 22.5 23.4 24.2 24.7 25.3 25.1 19 21.1 22.0 23.3 23.9 23.7 25.2 25.3 20 20.7 23.0 23.4 24.5 24.8 25.4 24.6 21 20.8 23.0 23.3 23.1 25.1 25.5 25.6 22 20.9 22.0 23.4 24.2 25.6 25.3 24.8 23 21.0 22.8 23.6 24.7 25.3 25.4 26.1 24 20.7 22.7 23.4 24.7 25.5 25.8 25.7 25 21.2 22.2 23.4 24.6 25.2 26.3 25.8 26 20.6 22.4 23.4 24.6 24.5 25.9 25.3 27 21.0 21.9 24.1 24.3 24.4 25.2 25.4 28 21.4 21.5 23.3 24.1 24.6 25.1 25.4 29 20.8 22.3 23.6 24.2 24.9 24.8 23.5 30 20.4 21.9 22.9 24.0 24.4 25.1 23.9 31 20.4 22.5 23.3 24.2 24.1 24.5 24.0 32 20.7 22.7 23.4 24.6 25.2 25.8 24.0 33 21.0 21.7 22.9 23.5 24.7 25.6 24.5 34 21.0 21.4 22.7 23.2 23.6 25.2 24.2 35 20.3 21.2 23.0 24.1 24.3 23.5 24.1 36 20.5 21.3 23.0 23.6 24.0 23.6 23.7 37 19.9 21.6 23.9 24.2 25.1 24.3 24.5 38 20.1 21.6 23.1 24.3 24.8 24.3 24.3 39 20.5 19.8 23.2 24.5 24.7 24.0 24.3 40 18.7 21.7 21.3 22.6 24.0 23.1 22.4 41 19.3 21.1 21.5 22.5 23.6 23.6 24.3 42 19.2 22.7 21.4 22.0 23.5 22.0 22.9 43 20.3 22.7 22.8 23.7 24.6 24.9 24.5 44 21.2 21.9 23.0 23.2 24.4 24.3 24.6 45 19.5 20.7 21.1 21.5 23.4 22.6 23.3 46 19.1 21.1 20.9 21.5 22.6 21.4 23.9 47 19.5 21.5 22.4 23.0 23.8 23.8 22.3 48 20.3 23.2 23.4 22.7 25.5 23.7 22.5 49 21.4 23.0 24.0 23.2 24.7 24.8 24.6 50 20.6 23.6 23.5 23.9 24.8 24.2 23.8 51 21.7 23.2 24.4 24.0 25.0 24.9 24.9 52 21.2 23.1 24.2 23.1 25.4 25.2 25.0 53 21.1 24.3 Total 1/ 1,062.1 1,141.8 1/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 1,205.6 1,231.7 1,268.8 1,285.5 1,297.3 2001 24.0 24.2 24.7 24.3 24.3 24.7 24.7 24.9 24.3 24.9 26.4 26.6 26.3 25.7 25.8 25.5 25.1 26.1 25.8 26.2 25.6 26.7 25.4 25.9 26.7 25.8 26.3 24.6 25.9 24.5 25.9 25.1 24.9 25.5 25.3 25.7 25.5 25.9 25.6 25.7 24.1 24.9 25.9 25.0 23.2 23.0 23.3 25.1 25.6 24.1 26.1 26.0 1,313.6 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE, 2002 EDITION 7 Million Eggs 33 BROILER TYPE EGGS SET Jan. 6, 2001 through Dec. 29, 2001 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. 6, 2001 through Dec. 29, 2001 Georgia 26 25 24 23 22 21 0 8 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 Week GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE, 2002 EDITION Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1994 87.7 77.8 90.3 89.2 94.0 91.1 93.2 92.6 88.1 89.8 87.2 95.1 TABLE 7 BROILER TYPE CHICKS HATCHED--BY COMMERCIAL HATCHERIES GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1994-2001 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 --Millions-- 96.0 86.5 97.2 96.6 100.4 97.7 98.4 97.5 90.6 98.8 92.9 103.5 104.7 96.8 104.5 100.2 104.2 100.6 103.5 103.3 98.7 98.4 94.8 106.6 106.3 95.6 108.3 103.2 107.9 107.8 109.3 108.0 104.4 103.6 95.7 105.9 108.5 95.6 107.8 105.9 111.6 108.5 110.6 109.6 106.0 108.1 104.3 112.1 112.6 100.1 114.2 110.3 114.5 111.5 113.2 111.9 104.1 105.4 100.1 110.8 112.8 104.7 112.3 111.2 114.9 111.5 109.0 107.3 104.2 107.4 101.1 110.6 Total 1/ 1,076.1 1,156.0 1/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 1,216.5 1,255.9 1,288.4 1,308.8 1,306.8 2001 110.3 99.8 114.4 111.4 116.6 113.7 113.8 112.9 109.7 112.2 103.3 113.6 1,331.8 Million Chicks 120 BROILER TYPE CHICKS HATCHED Georgia, 1999 - 2001 115 2001 110 2000 105 1999 100 95 90 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Month GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE, 2002 EDITION 9 Week Number 1 2 3 4 5 1994 546 125 279 417 412 TABLE 8 EGG TYPE EGGS SET--GEORGIA, WEEKLY, 1994-2001 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 --Thousands-- 596 600 521 537 573 411 592 622 621 611 291 446 600 509 599 531 570 622 478 442 583 448 575 524 568 6 156 574 579 592 551 593 7 356 547 581 569 612 367 8 470 608 596 543 508 322 9 157 424 579 537 588 622 10 484 450 603 560 599 586 11 541 510 519 572 549 567 12 570 592 576 528 596 546 13 559 0 518 584 607 591 14 546 445 550 667 553 468 15 561 549 574 579 658 583 16 623 601 635 562 585 609 17 607 663 592 588 541 618 18 609 569 582 582 611 596 19 414 613 578 456 409 651 20 359 632 569 600 604 531 21 449 552 438 586 620 410 22 579 507 453 545 525 527 23 566 483 620 592 583 581 24 570 413 447 373 394 446 25 402 445 594 546 570 543 26 459 392 490 441 543 469 27 362 304 523 567 531 566 28 467 403 501 559 501 323 29 465 462 520 594 600 596 30 424 445 606 553 458 378 31 617 488 547 547 423 502 32 584 585 488 599 514 570 33 622 475 555 461 609 626 34 518 544 554 599 435 516 35 570 480 576 595 560 567 36 603 555 529 508 431 531 37 590 292 614 585 549 524 38 641 570 498 585 535 443 39 593 632 553 388 583 525 40 333 560 409 294 409 523 41 474 193 341 426 251 514 42 385 72 536 396 323 500 43 150 548 121 436 594 480 44 323 222 569 381 522 540 45 0 138 414 263 296 281 46 415 415 647 483 458 550 47 389 372 596 420 595 376 48 368 425 464 574 611 494 49 289 302 231 459 233 445 50 156 439 523 451 311 428 51 417 478 593 600 625 622 52 443 611 412 531 613 622 53 622 Total 1/ 23,636 23,991 1/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 27,249 27,396 27,045 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 2001 647 633 561 630 536 505 643 647 597 640 633 616 610 581 616 607 590 538 578 584 647 629 642 642 585 585 607 534 643 556 642 586 638 508 628 594 592 575 516 505 622 625 563 302 642 647 461 536 324 635 616 642 30,461 10 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE, 2002 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 9 EGG TYPE CHICKS HATCHED--GEORGIA, WEEKLY, 1994-2001 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 --Thousands-- 217 324 393 422 391 259 455 271 416 489 520 505 464 524 526 482 461 537 219 501 545 441 463 497 226 452 536 521 530 510 2000 358 523 528 447 514 359 236 477 425 133 495 342 480 417 473 396 509 434 517 522 416 393 499 462 509 507 475 533 499 527 495 352 500 497 497 535 518 394 318 471 138 501 432 303 465 371 536 430 507 501 544 466 453 530 475 505 548 501 594 453 482 476 503 540 511 269 491 512 489 489 489 487 400 472 366 495 253 512 386 546 451 520 455 528 527 456 505 541 480 567 490 497 507 559 508 478 517 525 515 461 520 276 406 499 497 450 543 422 506 387 357 466 360 531 385 555 497 492 491 432 535 503 512 493 355 364 506 470 519 387 505 532 394 448 462 504 457 561 500 470 311 346 419 464 474 498 422 351 297 402 265 307 313 398 243 545 536 577 386 336 342 513 488 503 418 399 497 446 486 439 349 469 390 491 452 256 373 508 506 439 383 333 350 469 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438,273 451,721 430,412 2/ 451,813 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE, 2002 EDITION 11 Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1994 1.5 1.2 1.5 2.2 2.1 1.9 1.7 2.0 1.9 1.8 0.9 1.2 TABLE 10 EGG TYPE CHICKS HATCHED--BY COMMERCIAL HATCHERIES GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1994-2001 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 --Millions-- 1.8 2.1 2.1 1.6 1.9 2.0 1.9 2.4 2.2 1.7 2.0 2.2 2.1 2.3 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.1 1.3 2.0 2.0 1.8 2.0 2.2 1.9 2.1 2.0 1.8 1.9 1.7 0.9 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.8 1.8 2.1 2.2 2.2 1.8 2.0 1.9 2.3 1.8 2.1 2.2 2.0 1.7 2.1 2.3 1.9 2.2 1.7 1.9 2.0 1.7 1.6 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.8 2.2 1.7 2.0 1.9 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.7 2.1 Total 1/ 19.9 20.4 1/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 24.1 23.8 23.7 23.1 23.3 2001 2.3 2.0 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.3 1.5 2.2 2.1 2.0 2.3 25.5 Thousand Eggs 700 EGG TYPE EGGS SET Jan. 6, 2001 through Dec. 29, 2001 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. 6, 2001 through Dec. 29, 2001 Georgia 600 500 400 300 200 100 1 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 Week 12 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE, 2002 EDITION Month Dec 1/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov TABLE 11 LAYERS--AVERAGE NUMBER IN ALL FLOCKS, GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1994-2001 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 --Thousands-- 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 21,002 20,975 21,139 21,370 20,946 20,408 20,480 20,986 20,730 20,359 20,636 20,754 Annual Average 18,606 1/ Dec. preceding year. 18,000 18,626 19,869 21,034 21,055 20,816 2001 20,775 20,686 20,749 21,385 21,503 20,757 20,492 20,458 20,511 21,124 21,661 21,830 20,994 Month Dec 1/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov TABLE 12 EGGS LAID PER 100 LAYERS--ALL FLOCKS, GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1994-2001 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 --Number-- 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 2,181 2,122 1,954 2,143 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 2,077 2,058 1,963 2,035 2,055 1,979 2,035 2,029 2001 2,108 2,026 1,827 2,104 2,014 1,995 1,913 2,033 2,077 1,979 2,064 2,080 Average per Layer 2/ 244 243 246 245 244 246 246 242 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 13 EGG PRODUCTION--ALL FLOCKS, GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1994-2001 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 --Million Eggs-- 415 392 394 406 444 457 458 408 375 382 404 434 448 445 364 330 361 375 391 406 399 404 380 402 424 454 452 458 380 371 381 395 438 423 435 370 365 374 399 430 424 420 346 343 365 391 407 417 402 361 353 388 409 421 424 427 367 359 388 408 422 417 426 362 353 374 399 407 419 403 384 376 387 430 436 447 420 382 379 388 427 442 442 421 Annual Total 4,543 1/ Dec. preceding year. 4,376 4,584 4,867 5,126 5,176 5,114 2001 438 419 379 450 433 414 392 416 426 418 447 454 5,086 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE, 2002 EDITION 13 Month Dec 1/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov TABLE 14 LAYERS--AVERAGE NUMBER IN TABLE EGG FLOCKS, GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1994-2001 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 --Thousands-- 11,854 10,700 10,894 11,209 11,428 11,916 11,841 11,837 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 11,644 11,540 12,008 11,992 11,285 11,162 11,298 11,370 11,729 12,105 12,387 Average 10,882 1/ Dec. preceding year. 10,347 10,669 11,188 11,817 11,561 11,783 11,696 Month Dec 1/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov TABLE 15 EGGS LAID PER 100 LAYERS--TABLE EGG FLOCKS, GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1994-2001 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 --Number-- 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 2,331 2,234 2,039 2,276 2,209 2,107 1,993 2,085 2,128 2,040 2,074 2,126 2001 2,222 2,104 1,906 2,240 2,143 2,065 1,953 2,124 2,216 2,106 2,214 2,252 Average per Layer 2/ 256 256 259 260 258 259 256 256 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 16 EGG PRODUCTION--TABLE EGG FLOCKS, GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1994-2001 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 --Million Eggs-- 276 249 242 267 230 229 237 199 217 251 270 274 276 245 258 266 265 225 232 241 237 261 234 246 240 227 228 254 273 268 276 233 261 244 257 224 216 218 203 199 216 211 206 234 233 252 237 237 228 238 232 230 241 247 235 249 218 212 234 217 211 226 235 229 237 241 233 240 242 247 234 251 236 239 242 238 259 261 261 246 261 267 263 252 Annual Total 2,830 1/ Dec. preceding year. 2,645 2,767 2,908 3,045 2,997 3,014 2001 263 245 220 269 257 233 218 240 252 247 268 279 2,991 14 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE, 2002 EDITION TABLE 17 LAYERS--AVERAGE NUMBER IN HATCHING EGG FLOCKS, GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1994-2001 1/ Month 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 --Thousands-- Dec 2/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov 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 8,938 9,042 9,209 9,377 9,511 9,472 9,330 9,160 9,141 9,395 9,556 9,443 Average 7,558 7,661 7,929 8,683 9,217 1/ Hatching egg flocks used principally for hatchery broiler chicks. 2/ Dec. preceding year. 9,498 9,033 9,298 Month Dec 1/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov TABLE 18 EGGS LAID PER 100 LAYERS--HATCHING EGG FLOCKS, GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1994-2001 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 --Number-- 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 1,958 1,924 1,727 1,930 1,850 1,911 1,865 1,921 1,904 1,820 1,873 1,853 Average per Layer 2/ 227 226 229 226 226 229 232 225 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 19 EGG PRODUCTION--HATCHING EGG FLOCKS, GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1994-2001 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 --Million Eggs-- 139 143 152 155 174 183 182 141 145 153 159 176 182 180 127 131 144 150 159 165 162 143 146 156 170 181 184 182 140 144 153 162 177 179 178 146 149 156 166 178 187 183 143 144 149 163 169 185 172 150 147 154 168 174 189 178 149 147 154 166 175 183 175 145 142 148 163 168 177 165 149 147 150 171 175 186 174 141 146 148 166 175 179 169 Annual Total 1,713 1/ Dec. preceding year. 1,731 1,817 1,959 2,081 2,179 2,100 2001 175 174 159 181 176 181 174 176 174 171 179 175 2,095 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE, 2002 EDITION 15 Month Dec 2/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov TABLE 20 PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS FOR ALL EGGS--GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1994-2001 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 --Cents per Dozen-- 69.7 73.6 92.8 101.5 96.6 97.0 83.5 71.1 77.7 93.3 90.0 92.9 90.6 81.5 76.2 75.8 92.0 92.2 87.4 88.7 91.3 72.9 77.5 94.9 88.3 90.3 90.7 80.1 75.2 75.5 91.3 84.8 84.3 85.3 88.6 72.6 71.5 87.0 84.9 80.7 85.6 82.3 74.4 74.5 87.9 81.7 84.4 84.9 89.4 75.0 79.8 86.7 84.4 82.8 89.0 83.1 78.5 83.4 90.9 85.3 87.8 89.4 91.1 78.6 82.6 91.7 88.7 87.3 84.2 85.3 73.0 84.9 90.4 83.7 88.6 80.8 92.6 78.2 90.8 94.2 96.1 92.5 88.7 93.7 Weighted Average 1/ Dec. preceding year. 74.5 79.4 91.1 88.5 88.0 87.9 86.8 2001 99.1 90.3 90.3 90.5 90.4 85.4 84.2 81.8 81.5 80.9 83.2 84.3 86.8 Month Dec 2/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov TABLE 21 PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS FOR TABLE EGGS--GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1994-2001 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 --Cents per Dozen-- 49.0 49.3 69.4 82.6 68.7 61.6 39.7 48.5 50.8 68.7 62.7 60.7 49.9 35.0 51.6 46.8 65.5 65.7 51.4 46.7 51.2 53.4 46.8 71.3 59.0 57.4 50.0 34.0 45.3 44.7 64.0 52.0 46.6 37.8 46.1 41.5 38.5 54.8 51.4 38.8 34.7 30.0 40.6 41.3 57.5 45.7 44.9 33.0 44.0 42.9 49.8 56.9 51.3 42.5 39.9 35.3 46.7 50.4 63.8 53.2 50.8 42.0 50.1 46.6 51.8 65.3 58.8 50.3 36.0 40.4 42.1 55.3 64.0 51.8 54.1 31.4 52.0 48.5 63.8 70.9 73.2 61.3 46.9 55.9 2001 65.2 47.9 47.1 50.5 49.6 35.3 31.6 31.7 34.2 33.0 38.6 43.1 Weighted Average 1/ Dec. preceding year. 46.6 49.3 64.5 59.2 52.5 42.8 42.7 42.6 Month Dec 2/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov TABLE 22 PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS FOR HATCHING EGGS--GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1994-2001 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 --Cents per Dozen-- 120.0 130.0 130.0 132.0 140.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 120.0 120.0 120.0 130.0 130.0 130.0 130.0 130.0 130.0 130.0 130.0 130.0 130.0 130.0 131.0 131.0 131.0 131.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 130.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 140.0 140.0 140.0 140.0 140.0 140.0 140.0 140.0 140.0 140.0 140.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 Weighted Average 127.0 1/ Dec. preceding year. 131.0 132.0 132.0 140.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 16 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE, 2002 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 23 FORCED MOLT LAYERS AS A PERCENT OF HENS AND PULLETS OF LAYING AGE FIRST OF MONTH--GEORGIA, 1994-2001 Percent Being Molted 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 3.5 2.0 2.0 6.0 6.5 4.0 3.0 2.5 5.0 5.0 2.5 4.0 2.5 1.0 1.0 3.0 6.0 6.0 6.5 6.5 1.5 4.0 3.0 3.5 1.5 1.0 2.5 1.0 6.0 4.0 7.5 8.5 7.5 5.5 5.0 6.0 5.5 7.0 3.0 9.5 5.5 9.0 5.0 4.0 2.5 5.0 6.0 6.0 5.0 4.0 3.0 5.0 5.5 5.0 3.5 1.5 5.5 6.0 5.0 4.5 5.0 3.5 3.0 4.5 7.0 6.0 2.5 3.0 4.5 1.0 1.5 0.0 9.5 5.0 3.5 7.0 6.5 2.5 1.0 4.0 5.5 1.5 1.0 1.5 Percent with Molt Complete 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 21.5 24.0 20.0 21.0 22.5 20.5 22.5 18.0 17.5 15.5 21.5 17.0 19.0 15.5 19.5 20.5 23.0 22.5 18.0 20.0 15.0 20.0 23.5 22.5 20.0 20.0 21.5 20.0 16.5 17.0 16.0 20.5 13.5 17.5 15.5 15.5 18.5 21.5 19.0 19.0 24.0 21.5 19.0 22.0 20.5 14.0 15.5 13.5 22.0 16.5 16.5 16.5 22.5 16.0 14.5 18.5 21.5 18.0 24.5 24.5 20.0 22.5 22.0 19.0 17.0 21.0 19.5 18.5 17.0 21.5 25.0 21.0 25.0 18.5 21.0 16.0 21.5 27.0 22.0 24.0 16.5 19.0 13.5 22.5 2001 2.0 5.0 3.5 2.0 6.0 6.0 3.5 6.5 4.5 5.0 1.0 0.0 2001 22.5 20.0 21.0 20.5 18.5 16.5 18.0 16.0 15.5 13.5 15.0 16.0 Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec TABLE 24 POULTRY SLAUGHTERED UNDER FEDERAL INSPECTION--GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1994-2001 YOUNG CHICKENS 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 1/ 2001 --Thousands-- 74,295 81,872 92,462 96,333 94,535 94,574 92,800 98,541 70,379 75,464 86,665 88,362 87,814 90,500 93,152 89,693 79,097 86,750 86,507 88,516 94,959 102,421 101,920 99,260 75,193 74,630 85,898 96,133 95,803 97,788 91,508 96,196 79,013 87,426 95,582 96,684 92,024 96,449 104,311 107,922 83,116 89,992 85,740 91,206 95,492 102,859 101,788 101,159 74,876 79,438 95,275 97,319 100,692 100,902 92,961 102,581 89,627 93,323 96,873 96,233 95,695 101,196 106,019 112,385 84,522 82,857 87,708 92,676 97,958 96,617 89,451 93,075 82,167 86,983 99,933 103,460 98,501 94,396 95,706 112,306 78,178 80,495 81,612 82,650 85,520 92,771 93,226 99,022 78,900 81,198 86,255 91,992 97,553 92,261 88,430 91,089 Annual Total 1/ Revised. 949,363 1,000,510 1,080,510 1,121,564 1,136,546 1,162,734 1,151,272 1,203,229 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE, 2002 EDITION 17 State Alabama Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut TABLE 25 NUMBER OF ALL CHICKENS ON FARMS, BY STATES--DECEMBER 1, 1994-2001 1/ 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 --Millions-- 16.6 16.9 15.4 16.1 16.1 16.1 15.6 25.8 25.1 22.9 23.1 23.5 25.8 23.1 31.5 29.7 29.8 30.5 30.0 31.2 29.6 4.0 4.1 4.1 4.7 4.6 4.5 4.2 4.6 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.0 4.0 3.9 Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.5 1.8 1.6 12.5 11.4 11.5 13.0 13.1 12.8 13.0 25.8 26.8 27.7 29.9 31.1 30.0 29.8 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.7 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.2 3.4 3.7 3.5 4.1 3.5 4.1 4.0 26.4 25.6 25.4 27.2 29.4 29.6 28.7 19.6 23.9 26.5 28.0 31.3 33.3 37.8 1.6 1.6 1.4 2.1 1.9 1.8 2.0 3.2 3.6 4.1 4.7 5.3 5.7 5.8 2001 15.9 23.5 28.0 4.2 3.7 1.3 13.1 31.2 0.7 1.2 4.1 29.0 41.8 2.1 5.6 Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina 2.5 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.7 6.4 6.7 7.1 6.9 6.8 6.2 5.7 5.6 4.4 4.5 4.4 4.1 4.6 4.8 4.5 4.3 0.6 0.5 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 6.9 6.6 6.3 6.2 6.7 7.8 7.6 8.0 14.2 14.8 15.0 14.7 15.6 16.6 15.8 15.8 10.2 9.7 10.7 11.1 11.0 11.1 10.3 10.4 8.4 8.4 8.4 9.4 8.8 8.4 8.2 8.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 10.6 11.0 11.5 12.1 13.2 13.8 13.9 13.7 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 1.9 1.9 1.9 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.3 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 5.2 5.0 4.4 4.5 4.7 5.0 5.6 4.7 19.4 18.8 17.3 17.2 17.2 17.1 17.8 18.1 North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Other States 2/ 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 28.9 29.0 33.9 34.8 39.0 40.4 35.8 38.0 4.9 5.1 5.0 5.6 5.4 5.3 5.3 5.4 3.1 3.1 3.4 3.6 3.5 3.7 3.7 3.7 26.5 26.5 26.3 27.7 28.5 27.9 30.6 29.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 2/ 2/ 6.3 6.1 5.9 5.7 5.6 6.0 6.9 6.9 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.6 2.6 2.4 2.5 2.8 1.5 1.6 1.6 2.0 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.3 19.3 20.4 21.3 22.7 24.4 24.4 25.4 26.1 2.4 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.9 3.8 3.8 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 5.2 5.4 4.6 4.7 5.1 4.6 4.6 4.6 7.2 7.0 6.9 6.9 7.0 6.2 6.7 6.4 2.0 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.9 2.2 1.9 2.0 4.2 3.9 4.7 5.0 4.6 5.4 5.8 6.1 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 2.0 2.7 2.9 2.9 United States 3/ 385.7 388.1 392.7 410.0 425.0 436.3 435.1 441.1 1/ Excludes commercial broilers. 2/ AK, AZ, NV, NM, ND, RI, and WY combined to avoid disclosure of individual operations. 3/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 18 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE, 2002 EDITION TABLE 26 TOTAL VALUE OF ALL CHICKENS ON FARMS, BY STATES--DECEMBER 1, 1994-2001 1/ State 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 --Million Dollars-- Alabama Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut 54.8 72.6 71.0 82.1 86.4 87.1 82.9 105.8 105.3 112.1 115.7 119.9 131.4 99.5 59.9 56.4 65.6 67.1 63.0 56.2 62.1 8.4 7.8 8.6 10.4 11.0 12.1 10.0 11.4 10.9 10.6 9.9 9.1 8.4 8.7 2001 77.9 103.5 56.0 8.0 7.9 Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho 3.7 3.5 3.1 3.2 2.0 4.6 6.6 4.8 28.7 24.0 23.0 31.1 30.2 29.5 30.0 26.2 74.7 83.1 96.8 98.7 102.7 102.1 104.3 99.8 2.4 2.6 2.3 2.2 1.9 1.7 1.4 1.4 2.3 2.3 3.2 2.7 2.4 2.6 2.5 2.6 Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky 4.7 5.5 6.0 6.9 5.6 6.6 6.9 4.6 34.3 35.9 40.7 46.2 47.0 44.4 28.5 37.6 29.3 35.8 42.4 44.7 46.9 50.0 49.2 50.2 2.2 1.7 2.3 3.7 2.8 2.6 2.6 2.8 7.4 7.9 8.9 10.8 11.7 14.7 16.2 15.7 Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan 5.8 6.2 6.3 6.0 6.6 7.4 7.5 8.1 13.5 12.8 14.9 16.6 16.4 13.7 13.0 11.8 16.1 12.9 10.1 8.2 7.8 9.5 15.8 13.4 1.4 1.1 1.7 1.5 1.1 1.1 1.1 0.9 11.0 7.9 9.5 9.9 9.4 11.7 13.7 13.6 Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska 21.3 22.2 22.5 28.0 28.0 28.3 28.5 25.3 41.0 44.8 51.5 56.5 61.7 56.5 55.6 50.9 15.9 15.2 20.9 26.4 25.5 24.5 20.6 19.5 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.3 1.1 1.2 1.4 1.4 20.1 20.9 24.1 25.5 27.8 23.5 25.0 24.7 New Hampshire 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.7 New Jersey 4.9 4.8 4.9 5.3 6.3 3.1 4.4 2.6 New Mexico 2.0 1.8 2.4 2.7 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ New York 9.9 10.0 8.4 8.1 8.0 7.0 7.8 7.1 North Carolina 71.9 75.3 79.5 79.0 79.2 85.7 71.0 90.6 North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 40.4 37.7 67.7 69.6 78.0 76.8 53.7 57.0 17.0 19.5 21.2 25.8 23.1 28.7 20.7 22.7 5.3 5.6 7.0 6.5 6.6 5.2 5.2 5.6 45.1 45.1 44.7 47.0 48.4 50.2 49.0 46.9 Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 2/ 2/ 14.4 14.5 17.2 17.0 14.6 16.1 15.3 15.3 4.4 5.5 5.2 5.6 5.6 5.4 5.1 5.3 4.7 7.1 7.0 9.8 11.1 12.5 13.3 13.5 42.5 47.0 55.4 59.0 68.3 68.3 55.8 65.3 Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Other States 2/ 3.6 2.7 3.1 3.4 3.5 4.0 6.9 4.9 0.2 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.5 23.5 24.2 21.8 22.4 24.7 21.3 19.1 20.5 15.9 14.0 12.5 13.0 13.9 10.6 12.8 14.7 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 13.4 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 3.6 4.6 5.3 5.3 United States 3/ 902.8 934.9 1,039.1 1,113.2 1,143.8 1,154.9 1,061.0 1,068.8 1/ Excludes commercial broilers. 2/ AK, AZ, NV, NM, ND, RI, and WY combined to avoid disclosure of individual operations. 3/ Totals may not add due to rounding. GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE, 2002 EDITION 19 TABLE 27 HATCHERY CAPACITY: CHICKEN AND TURKEY HATCHERIES AND EGG CAPACITY BY REGION AND UNITED STATES, JANUARY 1, 2001 AND 2002 1/ Hatcheries Egg Capacity Geographic Region 2001 2002 2001 2002 --Number-- --1,000-- Chicken Hatcheries Georgia North Atlantic E. North Central W. North Central South Atlantic South Central West 36 36 113,659 112,264 25 24 24,803 26,986 26 25 26,063 25,399 40 39 47,779 47,572 93 94 305,230 305,888 116 117 416,737 426,358 23 23 41,683 42,479 US 323 322 862,295 874,682 N&S Atlantic Combined 23 E. North Central 10 W. North Central 22 South Central 4 West 7 Turkey Hatcheries 22 15,545 10 5,495 22 16,953 4 3,978 7 6,299 15,601 5,673 17,004 3,277 6,324 US 66 65 48,270 47,879 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, 2001 Billion Dollars Turkeys $2.8 11.7% Chickens & Eggs $4.5 18.7% 69.6% Broilers $16.7 20 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE, 2002 EDITION Number Produced TABLE 28 POULTRY--PRODUCTION AND VALUE OF PRODUCTION, UNITED STATES, 1994-2001 1/ Unit 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Commercial Broilers Thousands 7,017,540 7,325,670 7,596,760 7,764,200 7,934,280 8,146,010 8,284,000 2001 8,389,100 Pounds Produced Thousands 32,528,500 34,222,000 34,479,100 37,540,750 38,553,600 40,829,800 41,623,100 42,445,900 Price per Pound 2/ Cents 35.0 34.4 38.1 37.7 39.3 37.1 33.6 39.3 Value of Production 3/ Thous. Dol. 11,371,723 11,762,222 13,903,479 14,158,926 15,144,551 15,128,840 13,988,434 16,693,569 Number Sold Pounds Sold Price per Pound Value of Sales Unit 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Mature Chickens Thousands 197,012 179,503 174,299 190,986 193,768 210,173 218,212 200,100 Thousands 992,840 924,036 900,652 925,499 934,568 1,034,072 1,111,717 1,016,747 Thousands 7.0 6.5 6.6 7.7 8.1 7.1 5.7 4.5 Thous. Dol. 73,050 60,153 59,187 71,461 75,542 73,150 63,925 46,027 Number Raised Pounds Produced Price per Pound 4/ Value of Production Unit 1994 1995 Thousands 286,585 292,356 Thousands 6,540,295 6,761,327 Cents 40.0 41.0 Thous. Dol. 2,643,057 2,769,397 1996 1997 1998 Turkeys 1999 2000 2001 302,713 301,251 285,204 270,494 269,969 272,059 7,222,834 7,225,059 7,050,944 6,886,406 6,942,809 7,154,781 43.0 40.0 38.0 40.8 40.7 39.0 3,124,496 2,884,377 2,679,301 2,809,874 2,822,736 2,790,317 Average Numbers Layers Eggs per Layer Total Eggs Produced Price per Dozen Value of Production Unit 1994 1995 Thousands 291,018 293,854 Number 254 253 Millions 73,903 74,764 Cents 61.5 62.5 Thous. Dol. 3,789,834 3,892,912 1996 1997 1998 Layers and Eggs 1999 2000 2001 297,958 303,604 312,035 322,354 327,985 334,899 256 255 255 257 257 256 76,377 77,532 79,754 82,715 84,386 85,702 75.0 70.3 66.8 62.2 61.8 62.2 4,776,252 4,539,929 4,439,446 4,287,164 4,345,382 4,444,864 Unit 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 All Poultry 5/ Total Value of Production Thous. Dol. 17,877,664 18,484,684 21,863,414 21,654,693 22,338,840 22,299,028 21,220,477 23,974,777 1/ The production year begins Dec 1 previous year and ends Nov. 30 current year, except turkeys based on Sep 1 - Aug 31 hatch. 2/ Live weight equivalent price. 3/ Excludes states which produce less than 500,000 broilers. 4/ CT, DE, MD, MA, MI, MN, NH, NJ, ND, OH, PA, SD, and VT 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, 2002 EDITION 21 Million Layers 340 Average Number of Layers United States, 1999 - 2001 335 2001 330 2000 325 1999 320 315 Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Month Value of Production Broilers, Chickens, Eggs, Turkeys and Total United States, 1994-2001 Billion Dollars 25 Total 20 Broilers 15 10 5 0 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Year 1999 Eggs Turkeys Chickens 2000 2001 22 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE, 2002 EDITION Week Number 1 2 3 4 5 TABLE 29 BROILER EGGS SET--15 SELECTED STATES 1/, WEEKLY, 1994-2001 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2/ --Millions-- 154.9 154.4 152.9 150.5 153.0 161.9 160.7 160.5 160.5 155.6 168.7 167.1 168.3 165.0 165.8 170.7 168.9 167.0 168.9 170.9 171.8 172.5 172.0 170.4 168.6 178.7 178.3 177.3 175.7 176.8 182.1 182.6 181.5 182.5 180.0 6 154.6 158.8 166.4 172.9 170.4 178.8 179.3 7 156.4 162.9 168.4 173.7 174.7 180.5 179.1 8 156.3 163.5 168.4 173.4 174.5 181.7 181.1 9 157.9 164.6 168.0 173.9 176.2 181.4 184.3 10 157.8 165.1 167.1 174.2 175.7 184.0 185.1 11 158.4 165.4 165.2 172.5 175.3 183.4 185.7 12 158.7 163.6 165.0 172.5 174.2 181.6 185.4 13 157.8 165.0 163.9 169.9 175.3 182.9 185.7 14 158.6 166.1 167.1 174.5 176.5 181.9 185.5 15 160.5 166.2 167.5 174.8 177.2 183.7 188.8 16 160.9 165.5 166.6 174.8 175.0 183.4 188.3 17 161.4 164.3 165.5 174.3 176.7 183.4 186.5 18 159.1 165.3 164.1 172.9 177.0 183.3 186.5 19 160.7 165.0 167.5 175.0 177.3 182.8 183.7 20 161.9 166.6 166.9 175.9 177.7 184.3 185.9 21 162.9 165.5 166.6 175.4 177.2 183.5 186.5 22 163.0 165.0 166.8 176.3 178.1 184.6 185.4 23 163.6 167.2 167.5 176.2 178.3 183.8 186.5 24 163.4 165.9 167.8 175.1 179.2 185.4 185.8 25 162.8 165.4 166.3 175.2 177.7 183.3 183.3 26 160.8 160.0 160.7 170.0 176.9 180.4 180.3 27 155.6 160.9 161.1 171.4 172.1 179.7 174.9 28 156.4 165.4 167.0 172.6 174.8 179.2 175.5 29 159.3 165.8 167.0 174.2 176.1 182.7 178.8 30 160.3 164.5 166.6 172.5 175.4 181.7 178.5 31 159.7 163.6 167.0 171.9 174.3 179.8 178.9 32 160.0 162.9 166.3 172.5 174.8 179.9 178.9 33 158.8 164.6 166.3 172.5 174.8 178.5 177.7 34 160.4 163.5 167.1 173.4 176.0 180.4 180.3 35 160.3 161.9 166.2 171.8 176.0 179.3 178.6 36 158.8 157.4 164.1 170.7 173.4 175.5 176.2 37 151.6 156.6 159.2 162.8 168.1 165.9 169.6 38 146.8 155.6 155.5 164.0 166.9 168.8 168.9 39 145.0 165.1 157.4 163.0 167.7 166.9 167.9 40 157.3 163.1 163.7 170.7 173.8 175.4 175.1 41 157.3 159.2 157.2 165.1 170.5 168.7 177.1 42 149.9 154.1 155.0 159.1 166.8 164.2 171.8 43 144.9 152.7 151.0 157.3 164.3 164.7 165.2 44 147.7 157.3 159.0 162.7 172.0 169.3 161.4 45 152.5 167.3 166.6 169.5 174.3 172.8 169.5 46 159.7 167.3 167.4 172.0 180.4 179.2 179.1 47 158.8 169.8 167.9 171.8 180.0 178.7 179.3 48 161.1 170.6 169.9 174.2 180.2 180.5 182.4 49 161.3 165.7 168.5 171.4 175.9 180.5 182.2 50 159.9 167.8 169.5 170.8 180.7 180.8 178.0 51 159.8 167.2 170.1 171.7 180.2 181.4 181.3 52 159.7 167.3 171.3 170.5 179.7 181.2 181.3 53 161.1 177.8 Total 2/ 8,347.2 8,493.4 8,596.2 8,903.0 9,085.3 9,304.0 1/ The 15 State total includes AL, AR, CA, DE, FL, GA, MD, MS, NC, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, & WV. 2/ Revised. 9,351.6 2001 180.6 181.4 181.1 179.2 179.5 182.0 183.5 186.1 187.5 186.7 186.6 186.0 184.5 188.2 187.3 185.8 185.6 186.3 188.8 189.0 189.1 188.8 188.2 187.3 183.4 181.9 181.9 185.8 187.0 182.9 185.1 183.4 185.2 185.8 183.4 177.0 173.9 178.6 180.6 184.1 176.6 169.8 165.8 175.1 183.2 183.5 183.3 189.0 182.8 185.1 187.0 185.9 9,536.4 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE, 2002 EDITION 23 Week Number 1 2 3 4 5 TABLE 30 BROILER CHICKS PLACED--15 SELECTED STATES 1/, WEEKLY, 1994-2001 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2/ --Millions-- 122.9 122.2 122.9 123.3 122.9 130.1 130.0 130.6 132.1 130.6 136.0 135.4 136.2 135.8 134.4 136.5 136.9 138.0 137.8 137.3 137.2 136.9 136.2 138.7 137.1 142.1 144.8 142.1 143.1 141.2 143.9 145.0 145.2 145.7 146.7 6 122.4 130.3 134.0 134.2 138.1 139.9 145.1 7 120.6 131.4 132.2 136.7 137.1 139.8 146.5 8 123.0 128.1 132.6 136.7 134.9 142.0 143.5 9 123.6 129.6 133.3 140.0 137.8 142.9 142.8 10 124.2 131.7 134.9 139.0 140.8 144.3 142.1 11 124.8 133.9 137.0 140.7 139.5 146.3 143.3 12 126.6 134.1 135.7 141.8 142.5 146.3 148.6 13 127.1 135.1 135.3 141.8 142.0 146.5 148.6 14 127.2 134.8 133.2 141.0 141.0 146.5 149.7 15 127.9 133.4 133.6 140.1 140.8 143.1 147.6 16 127.6 133.8 131.5 137.5 140.2 145.8 148.3 17 127.7 135.9 134.8 140.3 142.6 144.7 148.9 18 128.7 135.1 136.2 141.1 143.4 147.2 151.4 19 129.1 134.6 136.3 140.3 141.4 146.1 150.8 20 129.8 133.5 134.9 140.9 142.3 147.3 150.1 21 128.5 134.9 132.7 139.8 142.4 146.7 149.9 22 129.6 134.4 135.6 141.2 142.7 146.5 148.4 23 131.0 135.7 136.6 142.5 142.6 147.9 149.5 24 131.5 135.6 134.3 142.4 142.7 146.9 149.0 25 132.1 134.7 135.2 141.5 143.2 148.6 148.4 26 132.2 135.6 135.8 142.4 143.6 148.0 150.4 27 132.1 134.4 137.1 140.9 143.4 147.2 149.9 28 130.3 133.8 134.5 141.0 142.1 146.8 147.1 29 128.9 129.9 128.7 136.0 140.2 145.2 144.5 30 124.5 130.4 129.8 138.1 136.0 143.3 140.8 31 124.5 133.9 134.3 138.5 138.5 142.0 140.9 32 128.3 133.0 133.6 140.2 139.0 145.0 142.1 33 129.0 131.9 133.8 137.7 139.9 144.8 142.3 34 129.2 130.1 133.9 136.9 137.6 142.5 142.2 35 129.5 129.7 134.6 137.2 138.4 140.6 144.6 36 128.0 130.4 133.7 138.0 138.4 140.2 141.9 37 128.6 129.0 135.0 137.9 139.9 140.4 144.5 38 128.4 129.4 134.7 138.0 138.7 141.0 142.8 39 126.4 124.9 132.5 136.9 136.4 140.0 140.9 40 121.5 125.6 126.3 129.8 132.3 132.2 136.9 41 117.3 124.1 124.4 131.4 130.8 133.1 136.6 42 117.1 132.3 126.4 130.3 131.2 132.6 135.8 43 127.0 132.1 131.3 137.0 138.0 138.6 141.3 44 126.8 128.2 127.0 132.3 135.6 134.1 140.8 45 127.0 123.5 124.7 126.8 132.5 130.6 137.6 46 117.2 122.1 120.5 125.8 129.7 130.4 131.9 47 119.2 126.6 127.5 130.3 135.7 135.0 129.6 48 123.3 136.1 134.8 136.1 136.7 138.8 135.8 49 129.5 134.7 135.1 137.4 142.4 142.4 144.3 50 129.5 136.4 134.8 137.6 142.3 143.1 143.9 51 131.0 135.2 136.8 141.7 143.7 144.6 145.2 52 130.7 133.0 135.8 137.9 139.3 144.3 145.2 53 131.2 139.8 Total 2/ 6,699.1 6,850.3 6,925.0 7,160.0 7,226.5 7,407.1 1/ The 15 State total includes AL, AR, CA, DE, FL, GA, MD, MS, NC, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, & WV. 2/ Revised. 7,495.0 2001 143.2 144.7 143.5 144.6 145.8 143.9 142.4 143.2 145.1 147.8 150.4 152.2 151.7 149.5 150.1 147.9 150.9 151.2 150.4 150.8 150.4 151.9 152.2 154.3 151.8 151.7 151.4 146.3 147.7 146.6 149.3 150.1 146.7 149.2 146.9 147.3 149.2 146.8 142.2 138.0 144.6 146.0 147.4 141.6 135.3 133.2 140.1 146.3 148.3 147.5 151.9 147.3 7,648.5 24 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE, 2002 EDITION Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec TABLE 31 DOMESTIC PLACEMENTS--PULLET CHICKS FOR BROILER HATCHERY SUPPLY FLOCKS, UNITED STATES, MONTHLY, 1994-2001 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 1/ 2001 --Thousands-- 5,988 5,710 5,491 6,397 6,765 7,059 6,861 6,685 5,452 5,484 5,917 5,916 6,328 6,882 7,001 6,748 6,334 6,161 6,100 6,443 6,776 7,284 7,310 6,752 6,121 6,320 6,751 6,036 6,687 7,038 6,764 6,398 6,266 6,135 6,780 7,062 7,062 7,736 7,435 7,117 5,911 6,178 6,175 6,008 6,932 7,041 6,829 6,822 6,104 6,302 6,034 7,167 6,788 7,088 6,310 6,326 6,064 6,475 6,515 6,697 7,109 7,665 7,288 7,494 6,336 6,288 6,170 6,502 7,328 6,870 6,469 6,647 6,342 6,013 6,225 6,254 6,883 7,121 6,694 6,704 5,819 6,656 6,514 6,347 7,312 6,984 7,105 7,261 6,413 6,218 5,951 6,252 6,904 6,999 6,429 6,577 Total 1/ Revised. 73,150 73,940 74,623 77,081 82,874 85,767 82,495 81,531 Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1994 618.1 558.6 640.3 627.1 658.7 647.3 646.9 654.3 626.7 620.7 600.1 663.6 TABLE 32 BROILER TYPE CHICKS HATCHED--BY COMMERCIAL HATCHERIES, UNITED STATES, MONTHLY, 1994-2001 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 1/ --Millions-- 662.5 690.0 700.0 711.4 735.8 753.9 600.1 645.6 634.3 645.2 662.6 706.6 679.1 692.3 718.4 730.3 755.8 761.8 664.1 668.4 693.7 708.3 734.7 749.1 691.9 700.6 724.7 739.3 766.4 777.6 670.8 672.2 704.2 718.0 744.4 750.5 673.7 679.8 710.6 722.7 751.6 742.8 674.1 690.8 708.6 715.7 741.7 744.0 638.9 659.0 684.2 695.3 700.0 704.9 655.0 653.5 683.2 693.2 697.4 721.2 629.2 631.4 648.1 674.9 676.8 685.0 693.0 694.7 711.8 737.8 748.2 749.0 Total 2/ 7,562.3 7,932.4 8,078.2 1/Revised. 2/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 8,321.6 8,491.9 8,715.4 8,846.2 2001 745.1 680.8 773.8 755.5 785.7 766.5 769.4 771.6 738.4 747.5 702.6 769.7 9,006.6 Month Dec 2/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov TABLE 33 PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS FOR COMMERCIAL BROILERS UNITED STATES, MONTHLY, 1994-2001 1/ 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 --Cents per Pound-- 33.9 32.5 36.2 40.7 32.4 38.5 33.7 32.4 37.2 39.0 33.6 38.0 34.4 32.5 35.3 37.7 34.3 36.4 35.3 32.7 34.1 36.9 35.4 35.0 35.6 32.3 34.9 36.7 36.4 35.4 37.6 31.9 37.8 36.8 37.5 38.0 37.5 33.2 40.6 37.4 40.6 38.7 36.4 34.7 40.5 40.0 44.0 38.0 35.1 37.4 40.3 39.9 46.8 37.2 35.1 38.1 40.2 38.2 45.9 35.9 33.9 36.8 39.5 34.7 43.4 34.3 32.3 37.6 40.4 33.7 41.3 38.0 Marketing Year Average 35.0 34.3 1/ Equivalent live weight price. 2/ Dec. preceding year. 38.1 37.7 39.3 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 2001 35.0 34.0 37.0 39.0 39.0 40.0 41.0 42.0 42.0 43.0 41.0 39.0 39.3 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE, 2002 EDITION 25 Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec TABLE 34 DOMESTIC PLACEMENTS--PULLET CHICKS FOR EGG TYPE HATCHERY SUPPLY FLOCKS, UNITED STATES, MONTHLY, 1994-2001 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 1/ 2001 --Thousands-- 213 236 219 208 189 166 212 236 184 251 238 222 250 267 251 214 259 356 317 209 225 257 286 284 277 317 252 316 333 287 309 311 334 193 291 273 192 283 343 315 257 234 282 254 354 187 235 261 254 235 266 207 298 231 293 340 309 163 186 285 185 318 217 251 315 292 231 402 324 227 233 219 278 309 233 256 358 280 241 150 240 124 210 129 217 262 308 261 125 231 215 207 183 175 245 206 Total 3,045 1/ Revised. 2,941 2,940 2,968 3,108 2,940 3,173 3,048 Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1994 33.2 31.1 33.5 35.7 35.3 32.0 29.6 31.3 31.6 32.1 26.1 30.2 TABLE 35 EGG TYPE CHICKS HATCHED--BY COMMERCIAL HATCHERIES, UNITED STATES, MONTHLY, 1994-2001 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 1/ --Millions-- 32.4 31.6 32.7 34.6 36.0 36.9 35.1 35.7 37.5 38.0 35.0 33.0 29.6 31.9 31.4 31.8 33.6 31.9 33.4 32.3 29.1 30.9 30.6 32.9 33.8 37.2 35.2 34.2 35.7 34.6 36.4 34.7 37.3 40.6 41.2 38.9 38.8 39.1 42.3 36.7 39.0 39.2 40.7 41.2 36.8 39.3 41.4 37.3 33.8 35.6 34.3 33.2 33.1 33.4 35.5 34.3 37.1 38.0 39.3 36.3 35.3 34.7 39.0 36.1 28.1 31.2 32.8 32.4 35.8 35.5 33.6 35.2 Total 2/ 381.6 396.5 401.6 1/ Revised. 2/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 424.5 438.3 451.7 430.4 2001 36.7 37.8 41.0 42.8 42.6 40.8 38.6 35.0 36.9 35.8 32.1 31.7 451.8 Month Dec 2/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov TABLE 36 PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS FOR ALL EGGS, UNITED STATES, MONTHLY, 1994-2001 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 --Cents per Dozen-- 63.6 62.0 62.3 61.1 64.0 60.7 65.7 60.4 61.3 60.8 58.7 55.5 57.7 57.3 58.4 60.9 60.3 62.9 60.8 66.4 57.7 66.3 61.7 75.7 79.0 87.9 78.7 75.5 78.2 76.5 74.3 72.5 75.7 76.1 64.9 66.1 79.1 72.3 69.9 68.6 75.8 66.0 63.7 60.3 69.3 64.2 54.9 54.9 70.7 59.4 59.6 56.2 69.8 65.6 58.2 58.8 73.7 63.1 65.0 59.7 75.8 69.6 63.3 57.5 73.5 65.9 66.3 52.0 82.0 80.8 72.8 64.1 Marketing Year Average 61.4 1/ Revised. 2/ Dec. preceding year. 62.4 74.9 70.3 66.8 62.2 2000 1/ 60.3 57.8 67.8 56.9 64.7 52.0 61.8 56.5 66.4 59.2 66.8 72.0 61.8 2001 80.7 66.9 66.6 67.6 65.0 55.2 55.0 54.0 56.6 55.5 59.9 64.1 62.2 26 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE, 2002 EDITION Month Dec 2/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov TABLE 37 LAYERS--AVERAGE NUMBER IN ALL FLOCKS, UNITED STATES, MONTHLY, 1994-2001 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 1/ --Thousands-- 290,649 299,328 299,345 304,463 311,898 321,972 328,878 290,059 298,891 299,230 304,289 311,906 322,356 328,657 290,064 297,821 298,904 304,000 313,285 322,827 329,941 290,736 297,095 298,853 304,285 314,141 322,782 330,961 290,090 296,002 297,493 303,618 311,957 321,539 329,185 288,801 293,741 295,516 302,241 309,655 320,510 326,288 287,992 290,861 294,837 300,537 309,206 320,441 325,057 288,008 288,767 296,290 299,605 308,967 319,819 325,663 290,337 288,917 297,804 300,211 309,291 320,188 325,853 293,398 290,900 298,582 303,661 311,358 322,409 326,337 295,188 293,084 300,052 306,807 313,377 325,287 328,278 297,150 297,043 302,386 309,670 319,625 328,268 330,830 2001 332,281 333,798 335,813 336,820 337,139 335,159 332,920 332,231 332,800 335,020 337,085 337,915 Average 291,035 294,350 1/ Revised. 2/ Dec. preceding year. 298,270 303,604 312,035 322,354 327,985 334,899 Month Dec 2/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov TABLE 38 EGGS LAID PER 100 LAYERS--ALL FLOCKS, UNITED STATES, MONTHLY, 1994-2001 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 1/ --Number-- 2,166 2,184 2,185 2,199 2,193 2,190 2,214 2,132 2,141 2,142 2,161 2,170 2,165 2,176 1,930 1,930 1,997 1,944 1,950 1,946 2,005 2,174 2,184 2,179 2,177 2,187 2,185 2,186 2,093 2,102 2,106 2,093 2,117 2,110 2,130 2,143 2,146 2,153 2,157 2,153 2,166 2,177 2,080 2,085 2,099 2,094 2,088 2,104 2,093 2,154 2,149 2,181 2,155 2,175 2,158 2,168 2,160 2,147 2,173 2,165 2,165 2,177 2,181 2,088 2,074 2,096 2,096 2,082 2,128 2,101 2,160 2,149 2,172 2,172 2,150 2,193 2,173 2,112 2,108 2,125 2,122 2,109 2,138 2,125 2001 2,193 2,165 1,943 2,178 2,106 2,160 2,100 2,166 2,170 2,103 2,180 2,128 Average per Layer 3/ 254 254 256 255 255 257 257 256 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 39 EGG PRODUCTION--ALL FLOCKS, UNITED STATES, MONTHLY, 1994-2001 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 1/ --Million Eggs-- 6,295 6,536 6,541 6,696 6,841 7,051 7,280 6,185 6,399 6,409 6,577 6,767 6,979 7,152 5,597 5,747 5,970 5,909 6,110 6,281 6,615 6,320 6,488 6,511 6,625 6,870 7,052 7,235 6,072 6,223 6,264 6,355 6,604 6,785 7,013 6,188 6,305 6,361 6,519 6,666 6,941 7,104 5,991 6,065 6,188 6,292 6,457 6,742 6,802 6,204 6,206 6,462 6,457 6,720 6,903 7,062 6,272 6,202 6,471 6,500 6,695 6,971 7,106 6,125 6,033 6,257 6,366 6,482 6,861 6,855 6,377 6,297 6,518 6,664 6,737 7,132 7,132 6,277 6,263 6,425 6,572 6,741 7,017 7,030 Annual Total 73,903 74,764 1/ Revised. 2/ Dec. preceding year. 76,377 77,532 79,690 82,715 84,386 2001 7,287 7,226 6,524 7,336 7,099 7,240 6,992 7,195 7,221 7,044 7,347 7,191 85,702 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE, 2002 EDITION 27 TABLE 40 FORCED MOLT LAYERS AS A PERCENT OF HENS AND PULLETS OF LAYING AGE FIRST OF MONTH--SELECTED STATES, 1994-2001 1/ Percent Being Molted Month 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Jan 4.5 4.5 3.7 3.8 4.1 4.1 2.8 3.4 Feb 5.3 6.4 5.4 5.1 5.2 4.8 4.9 5.1 Mar 3.7 4.8 3.5 2.5 4.4 3.3 3.6 4.2 Apr 2.7 3.4 1.9 3.1 2.2 2.9 2.1 2.0 May 5.6 5.7 5.5 5.2 5.5 5.5 4.0 5.1 Jun 5.5 6.1 4.7 4.5 4.8 5.2 5.8 4.6 Jul 5.1 4.9 4.0 4.9 3.9 5.5 4.7 4.5 Aug 4.6 4.1 4.7 3.5 3.9 4.7 4.2 4.2 Sep 4.7 4.6 4.3 3.9 4.1 4.5 4.6 4.5 Oct 5.1 5.1 4.8 4.7 4.9 4.2 5.8 4.4 Nov 3.9 3.7 3.1 4.2 3.7 3.7 4.1 3.1 Dec 3.4 2.3 2.1 2.8 2.7 2.1 3.0 2.7 Percent with Molt Complete Month 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Jan 22.7 24.2 24.4 22.4 21.8 22.3 23.2 24.1 Feb 21.4 23.8 22.4 21.6 21.0 22.1 21.4 22.5 Mar 21.0 24.1 23.5 22.9 21.2 21.5 22.4 23.0 Apr 21.1 23.9 23.0 21.8 22.1 21.6 22.7 23.0 May 20.2 22.4 22.3 20.0 20.0 21.8 22.4 20.8 Jun 21.5 22.9 22.4 20.7 21.4 22.0 20.3 23.3 Jul 22.4 23.4 23.1 21.2 21.6 22.3 21.8 23.6 Aug 23.0 23.4 22.2 22.0 21.7 23.2 21.7 23.1 Sep 22.9 23.3 22.5 21.5 21.9 22.3 22.4 22.6 Oct 23.4 23.4 23.1 22.6 21.9 22.9 22.3 22.7 Nov 24.2 24.3 24.0 22.2 21.8 23.1 23.0 23.1 Dec 25.4 25.6 23.5 24.0 23.9 24.7 25.9 23.8 1/ 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. Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec TABLE 41 POULTRY SLAUGHTERED UNDER FEDERAL INSPECTION--UNITED STATES, MONTHLY, MATURE CHICKENS BY WEIGHT GROUP, 2000-2001 2000 2001 All Heavy Light Month All Heavy Light --Thousands-- --Thousands-- 13,755 5,304 8,451 Jan 13,999 5,620 8,379 13,595 5,355 8,240 Feb 12,734 5,249 7,485 15,709 6,338 9,371 Mar 14,302 5,618 8,684 13,351 5,301 8,050 Apr 12,973 5,532 7,441 15,521 6,578 8,943 May 13,723 6,272 7,451 15,118 6,924 8,194 Jun 13,522 5,819 7,703 13,247 6,244 7,003 Jul 12,506 5,867 6,639 15,229 7,138 8,091 Aug 14,051 6,369 7,682 12,438 5,428 7,010 Sep 12,070 5,338 6,732 13,155 6,259 6,896 Oct 14,445 6,142 8,303 12,757 5,599 7,158 Nov 12,321 5,029 7,293 11,152 4,419 6,733 Dec 13,060 5,269 7,791 28 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE, 2002 EDITION GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE, 2002 EDITION 29 TABLE 42 POULTRY SLAUGHTERED UNDER FEDERAL INSPECTION--UNITED STATES, MONTHLY, 1994-2001 Month 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 1/ 2001 --Million Head-- Young Chickens Jan 557.2 607.4 Feb 521.8 560.5 Mar 599.9 651.1 Apr 568.0 564.3 May 587.4 654.5 Jun 628.9 659.7 Jul 570.4 585.7 Aug 662.5 665.7 Sep 612.5 607.7 644.1 618.6 617.6 626.2 663.2 599.8 655.4 660.4 606.7 667.9 593.1 615.6 663.3 667.6 640.0 670.0 655.0 648.5 668.9 607.4 653.1 661.0 635.7 668.3 686.2 651.0 656.1 663.7 618.4 706.1 686.9 672.0 703.2 688.1 708.1 682.5 655.9 672.9 730.6 635.9 751.8 733.6 662.2 760.7 658.0 710.7 627.4 697.4 670.1 750.4 704.7 705.1 769.8 650.7 Oct 601.7 641.0 686.1 703.0 687.7 667.1 706.5 786.6 Nov 579.9 596.5 573.1 564.1 601.1 650.7 662.2 667.6 Dec 581.3 577.2 595.0 647.9 661.1 664.8 630.9 650.7 Annual Total 2/ 7,071.6 7,371.4 7,546.3 7,736.0 7,837.7 8,111.6 8,261.1 8,373.3 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual Total 2/ 15.2 13.5 15.5 15.4 14.7 15.3 12.8 13.9 13.2 12.5 12.0 14.2 168.0 14.5 13.3 14.4 14.4 14.7 14.3 11.9 12.5 12.0 13.3 12.0 12.0 159.4 14.2 13.3 13.2 14.1 13.7 12.1 12.7 11.2 12.6 14.5 9.7 12.2 153.6 Mature Chickens 15.0 14.8 12.5 12.7 14.0 13.0 15.9 16.4 15.7 14.7 15.2 15.0 14.2 15.0 12.6 14.2 12.5 13.5 14.5 13.8 11.9 11.1 13.6 15.1 167.6 169.3 15.2 13.8 13.4 13.6 16.2 15.7 15.7 13.4 15.4 15.2 15.3 15.1 14.9 13.2 14.2 15.2 13.7 12.4 14.1 13.2 12.8 12.8 14.7 11.2 175.6 165.0 14.0 12.7 14.3 13.0 13.7 13.5 12.5 14.1 12.1 14.4 12.3 13.1 159.7 Jan 572.4 Feb 535.3 Mar 615.4 Apr 583.4 May 602.1 Jun 644.2 Jul 583.1 Aug 676.4 Sep 625.7 Oct 614.2 Nov 592.0 Dec 595.5 621.9 573.8 665.5 578.7 669.3 674.1 597.6 678.2 619.7 654.3 608.5 589.2 Total Chickens 658.3 682.8 632.0 605.5 630.8 629.6 640.4 679.2 676.9 683.3 611.9 655.2 668.1 684.2 671.5 667.6 619.3 661.0 700.7 717.6 582.8 576.0 607.2 661.5 683.7 620.1 666.2 677.4 650.4 683.3 701.1 665.2 669.6 701.6 612.2 676.2 Annual Total 2/ 7,239.6 7,530.8 7,699.9 1/ Revised. 2/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 7,903.5 8,007.0 678.9 631.8 722.3 702.6 687.3 718.5 703.0 722.3 696.2 681.3 663.5 679.5 669.6 686.5 746.3 649.2 767.3 748.7 675.5 775.9 670.4 719.7 674.9 642.1 8,287.2 8,426.1 724.7 640.1 711.7 683.0 764.2 718.2 717.7 783.9 662.8 783.0 679.9 663.8 8,533.0 30 GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE, 2002 EDITION TABLE 43 PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION OF RED MEATS--UNITED STATES, SELECTED YEARS, 1997-2001 1/ Red Meats, Retail Weight Basis 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 --Pounds-- Beef 65.7 66.7 67.5 67.7 66.2 Veal 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 Pork 47.9 51.5 52.7 51.2 50.2 Lamb 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1 Total 2/ 115.7 120.2 122.1 120.7 118.1 1/ Economic Research Service, USDA. 2/ Totals may not add due to rounding. TABLE 44 PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION OF EGGS, CHICKENS AND TURKEYS--UNITED STATES, SELECTED YEARS, 1997-2001 1/ Unit 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Eggs Shell Number 174 NA NA NA NA Processed Number 65 NA NA NA NA Total 2/ Number 239.9 245 255.6 258.2 252.6 Chickens Commercial Broilers 3/ Pounds 71.4 72.1 76.3 76.9 76.5 Turkey 4/ Pounds 17.3 17.7 17.8 17.4 17.5 Total 2/4/ Pounds 90.0 90.9 93.4 93.9 93.0 1/ Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Situation and Outlook Report, May, 2002. Economic Research Service, USDA. NA = Not available. 2/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 3/ Retail lb. 4/ Ready-to-Cook Basis. GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE, 2002 EDITION 31