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TABLE OF CONTENTS Table Title Page Office Staff and NASDA Employees Georgia Poultry Highlights 1 State Rank by Value of Production from Commercial Broilers, Eggs, and Mature Chickens, 2002 . . . . . . . . 1 2 Poultry--Value of Production, Georgia, 1995-2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Poultry--Production, Sales and Value, Georgia 1995-2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 Eggs--Production and Value of Production, Georgia 1995-2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 5 Broiler Eggs Set--Georgia, Weekly, 1995-2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 6 Broiler Chicks Placed--Georgia, Weekly, 1995-2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 7 Broiler Type Chicks Hatched--by Commercial Hatcheries, Georgia, Monthly, 1995-2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 8 Egg Type Eggs Set--Georgia, Weekly, 1995-2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 9 Egg Type Chicks Hatched--Georgia, Weekly, 1995-2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 10 Egg Type Chicks Hatched--by Commercial Hatcheries, Georgia, Monthly, 1995-2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 11 Layers--Average Number in All Flocks, Georgia, Monthly, 1995-2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 12 Eggs Laid per 100 Layers--All Flocks, Georgia, Monthly, 1995-2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 13 Egg Production--All Flocks, Georgia, Monthly, 1995-2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 14 Layers--Average Number in Table Egg Flocks, Georgia, Monthly, 1995-2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 15 Eggs Laid per 100 Layers--Table Egg Flocks, Georgia, Monthly, 1995-2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 16 Egg Production--Table Egg Flocks, Georgia, Monthly, 1995-2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 17 Layers--Average Number in Hatching Egg Flocks, Georgia, Monthly, 1995-2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 18 Eggs Laid per 100 Layers--Hatching Egg Flocks, Georgia, Monthly, 1995-2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 19 Egg Production--Hatching Egg Flocks, Georgia, Monthly, 1995-2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 20 Prices Received by Farmers for All Eggs--Georgia, Monthly, 1995-2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 21 Prices Received by Farmers for Table Eggs--Georgia, Monthly, 1995-2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 22 Prices Received by Farmers for Hatching Eggs--Georgia, Monthly, 1995-2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 23 Forced Molt Layers as a Percent of Hens and Pullets of Laying Age First of Month--Georgia, 1995-2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 24 Poultry Slaughtered Under Federal Inspection--Georgia, Monthly, 1995-2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 25 Number of All Chickens on Farms, by States--December 1, 1995-2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 26 Total Value of All Chickens on Farms, by States--December 1, 1995-2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 27 Hatchery Capacity: Chicken and Turkey Hatcheries and Egg Capacity by Region and United States, January 1, 2002 and 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 28 Poultry--Production and Value of Production, United States, 1995-2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 29 Broiler Eggs Set--Selected States, Weekly, 1995-2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 30 Broiler Chicks Placed--Selected States, Weekly, 1995-2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 31 Domestic Placements--Pullet Chicks for Broiler Hatchery Supply Flocks, United States, Monthly, 1995-2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 32 Broiler Type Chicks Hatched--by Commercial Hatcheries, United States, Monthly, 1995-2002 . . . . . . . . . 25 33 Prices Received by Farmers for Commercial Broilers, United States, Monthly, 1995-2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 34 Domestic Placements--Pullet Chicks for Egg Type Hatchery Supply Flocks, United States, Monthly, 1995-2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 35 Egg Type Chicks Hatched--by Commercial Hatcheries, United States, Monthly, 1995-2002 . . . . . . . . . . . 26 36 Prices Received by Farmers for All Eggs, United States, Monthly, 1995-2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 37 Layers--Average Number in All Flocks, United States, Monthly, 1995-2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 38 Eggs Laid per 100 Layers--All Flocks, United States, Monthly, 1995-2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 39 Egg Production--All Flocks, United States, Monthly, 1995-2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 40 Forced Molt Layers as a Percent of Hens and Pullets of Laying Age, First of Month--30 Selected States, 1995-2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 41 Poultry Slaughtered Under Federal Inspection--United States, Monthly, Mature Chickens by Weight Group, 2001-2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 42 Poultry Slaughtered Under Federal Inspection--United States, Monthly, 1995-2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 43 Per Capita Consumption of Red Meat and Poultry--Selected Years, 1998-2002, United States . . . . . . . . . 30 TABLE OF CONTENTS Value of Production, Broilers, Chickens, and Eggs, Georgia, 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Broilers, Number & Value of Production, Georgia, 1995-2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Mature Chickens, Number Sold & Value of Sales, Georgia, 1995-2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Egg Production & Value, Hatching, Table, and Total Eggs, Georgia, 1995-2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Broiler Type Eggs Set, Jan 5, 2002 through Dec 28, 2002, Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Broiler Type Chicks Placed, Jan 5, 2002 through Dec 28, 2002, Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Broiler Type Chicks Hatched, Georgia, 2000-2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Egg Type Eggs Set, Jan 5, 2002 through Dec 28, 2002, Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Egg Type Chicks Hatched, Jan 5, 2002 through Dec 28, 2002, Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Value of Production, Broilers, Chickens & Eggs, and Turkeys, United States, 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Average Number of Layers, United States, 2000-2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Value of Production, Broilers, Chickens, Eggs, Turkeys, and Total, United States, 1995-2002 . . . . . . . . . . 22 GEORGIA POULTRY FACTS 2003 EDITION GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Thomas T. Irvin, Commissioner Cooperating with UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE National Agricultural Statistics Service R. Ronald Bosecker, Administrator Prepared 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 Talmadge G. Williams, Agricultural Statistician Connie R. McEver, Editor PREFACE This publication is a compilation of statistical data on poultry released by the Georgia Agricultural Statistics Service during 2002 with comparisons back to 1995. 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 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. James Brewster Peggy Craig Frieda Dekazos Laurel Garrison Calin Goolsby Jack Hall Georgia Agricultural Statistics Service Office Staff Kevin Lamons Clayton McDuffie Connie McEver Elaine McGarity John Meyer Jerry Midden Frances Palmer Jane Phelps Charlene Rhodes Tamara Serls Sharon Stewart Talmadge Williams Georgia's National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) Employees Office Enumerators Field Enumerators Priscilla G. Greene North Mary C. Tiller Regina W. Broach Patricia A. Anglin Evans O. Davis Pamela Beck Robyn Houp Steven Caudell Maylon H. Purcell Beverly D. Chalk Barbara C. Saylors Jacqueline Chastain Jimmy C. Taff Elena Dekazos Leland J. Willis Jane Erwin Linda E. Fair South Jo Neal Griffeth Vernon E. Cain Allie M. Hardman Howard R. Clifton Cindy M. Joiner H. Verlyn Denney Peggy Krumpe T. J. Futch, Jr. Debbie Lester Alfred E. Hester, Jr. Susan A. Mattox Albert Potts Therese A. Maudsley Millicent N. McCoy West Central Suzan Meentemeyer Catherine Lister Carolyn Morrill Donna Bryant Betty M. R. Smith Paul M. Bulloch Jack A. Smith J. E. Harris James O. Smith Lee Lucas Suzanne M. "Dusty" Smith William H. Monroe, Jr. Donna M. Tate Maurice R. Parker Carole Dean Wilson A. Marshall Scott East Central Inman Gerrald Willard R. Joiner Lilla P. Mobley William Ed Veal William A. Woodward GEORGIA POULTRY HIGHLIGHTS 2002 FARM VALUE OF PRODUCTION 1/ All Poultry and Eggs . . . . . . . . $2,302,124,000 Broilers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,935,750,000 Eggs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $355,952,000 Chickens* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,422,000 2002 -- GEORGIA NATIONAL RANK First . . . . . . . . . Broilers Value of Production First . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chickens Value of Sales First . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Broilers Produced First . . . . . . . . . . . . Eggs Value of Production First . . . . . . . All Poultry Value of Production Second . . Chickens Sold (excludes broilers) Sixth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eggs Produced SUMMARY--2002 EGG PRODUCTION The total farm value of poultry and eggs produced in Georgia decreased 18 percent to $2.30 billion for the 2002 production year. Value of production from broilers totaled $1.94 billion, down 20 percent from 2001. The value of production for all eggs was $356 million, down 3 percent from 2001. The sale of chickens excluding broilers totaled 16.9 million birds with a value of sales of $10.4 million. BROILER PRODUCTION For the nineteenth consecutive year, Georgia has been the leader in broiler production with 1.29 billion birds in 2002. Production increased 3 percent from 1.25 billion broilers produced in 2001. Pounds produced in 2002 totaled 6.45 billion. The average price received per pound for broilers in 2002 was 30.0 cents per pound, down 9.0 cents from the 2001 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 2002. For the eighth consecutive year, Georgia ranked number one in the Nation in value of broiler production. Egg production in Georgia for the year ending November 30, 2002, totaled 4.96 billion eggs, 2 percent less than in 2001. The number of layers averaged 20.5 million in 2002, 3 percent less than the previous year. In hatching egg flocks, the average number of layers was up 1 percent, to 9.52 million from 9.40 million in 2001. The average number of layers in table egg flocks was 10.9 million in 2002. All layers in Georgia produced an average of 243 eggs per hen in 2002, 1 egg more than 2001's average of 242. Hatching egg flocks produced 2.11 billion eggs during 2002, 1 percent more than the previous year. Table egg flocks produced 2.85 billion eggs in 2002, 5 percent less than 2001. The average price for all eggs in 2002 was 86.1 cents per dozen, 0.7 cents less than the previous year. Table egg prices averaged 38.6 cents per dozen, down 4.0 cents from the previous year. Hatching egg prices averaged $1.56 per dozen, down 2.5 cents from the previous year. Georgia's total egg production was 57 percent table eggs and 43 percent hatching eggs. Georgia ranked sixth in the Nation in 2002 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 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 TABLE 1 STATE RANK BY VALUE OF PRODUCTION FROM COMMERCIAL BROILERS, EGGS, AND MATURE CHICKENS, 2002 Eggs 1/ Mature Chickens 1/ Commercial Broilers 1/3/4 All Poultry 6/ ($000) ($000) ($000) ($000) GA 355,952 GA 10,422 GA 1,935,750 GA 2,302,124 AR 296,836 AR 9,202 AR 1,743,870 AR 2,248,325 AL 296,530 NC 7,149 AL 1,608,480 NC 2,032,632 OH 295,765 AL 5,331 NC 1,367,472 AL 1,910,341 IA 283,261 MS 4,372 MS 1,223,520 MS 1,391,985 PA 279,273 TX 2,465 TX 893,327 TX 1,169,104 TX 273,312 OK 1,565 DE 494,208 VA 616,799 IN 238,422 KY 1,257 MD 440,512 PA 596,842 NC 228,718 VA 1,046 KY 421,050 MN 588,598 CA 200,051 MO 992 VA 390,300 SC 532,760 MS 164,093 WV 984 OK 342,210 DE 511,862 FL 109,012 FL 794 SC 324,060 MD 487,942 MN 106,216 TN 722 TN 268,410 KY 483,784 NE 84,596 PA 529 PA 225,920 OH 432,994 MO 76,082 LA 429 FL 195,579 OK 409,711 SC 71,990 OH 303 WV 107,640 IN 383,625 OK 65,936 CA 289 MN 68,940 IA 359,436 KY 61,477 WI 156 OH 64,350 MO 358,900 VA 60,433 IN 123 WI 43,590 CA 358,366 MI 59,459 HI 102 NE 6,210 FL 305,385 WA 55,445 DE 95 NY 4,356 TN 300,132 ME 53,136 MD 91 HI 1,943 WV 168,778 CO 49,644 SC 80 MI 122,304 WI 49,312 IL 80 WI 93,058 NY 44,825 UT 78 NE 90,824 MD 42,092 SD 54 SD 71,377 CT 37,050 NH 51 IL 65,336 OR 33,947 IA 42 WA 55,452 LA 33,633 ME 42 NY 53,712 IL 32,892 CT 24 ME 53,178 UT 31,290 ID 19 CO 49,655 TN 31,000 MN 18 CT 37,295 WV 30,450 NE 18 LA 34,062 NJ 22,741 MI 13 OR 33,950 DE 17,524 CO 11 UT 31,368 SD 15,715 NY 10 NJ 23,296 ID 11,616 WA 7 ND 16,365 HI 8,724 VT 6 ID 11,635 MA 4,200 NJ 4 HI 10,769 MT 3,987 MT 4 MA 6,733 VT 3,037 MA 4 VT 4,606 NH 2,975 OR 3 MT 3,991 WY 146 NH 3,223 WY 146 All Other States 39,867 2/ 37 2/ 1,263,074 5/ 1,624,029 U.S. 7/ 4,262,662 49,023 13,434,771 20,446,789 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, 1995-2002 1/ 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 --Thousand Dollars-- Commercial Broilers 1,771,920 2,205,294 2,276,890 2,386,382 2,293,445 2,029,005 2,432,235 1,935,750 Mature Chickens, Hatching Egg Flocks 8,325 11,084 16,911 18,106 16,940 20,898 11,380 10,329 Table Egg Flocks 89 149 201 337 140 188 104 93 All Chickens, Including Commercial Broilers 1,780,334 2,216,527 2,294,002 2,404,825 2,310,525 2,050,091 2,443,719 1,946,172 Eggs 289,545 348,002 358,941 375,907 379,142 369,913 367,887 355,952 Turkeys 2/ 19,331 7,308 2,591 All Poultry 2,089,210 2,571,837 2,655,534 2,780,732 2,689,667 2,420,004 2,811,606 2,302,124 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/ Discontinued in 1998. Value of Production Broilers, Chickens, and Eggs, Georgia 2002 Mature Chickens 0.5% Eggs (Total) 15.5% Broilers 84.0% TABLE 3 POULTRY--PRODUCTION, SALES AND VALUE, GEORGIA, 1995-2002 1/ Unit 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Commercial Broilers Number Produced 1,000 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 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 34.5 39.0 38.5 40.5 37.0 33.0 39.0 Value of Production 1,000 Dols 1,771,920 2,205,294 2,276,890 2,386,382 2,293,445 2,029,005 2,432,235 Unit 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Mature Chickens, Hatching Egg Flocks Number Sold 1,000 7,956 9,565 10,385 9,198 14,163 14,363 14,187 Pounds Sold 1,000 67,768 84,685 87,794 84,245 127,694 128,345 126,361 Price per Pound Cents 12.3 13.1 19.3 21.5 13.3 16.3 9.0 Value of Sales 1,000 Dols 8,325 11,084 16,911 18,106 16,940 20,898 11,380 Unit 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Mature Chickens, Table Egg Flocks Number Sold 1,000 5,464 6,240 5,115 6,392 7,107 8,074 5,443 Pounds Sold 1,000 20,804 24,370 19,156 24,885 27,577 37,689 20,864 Price per Pound Cents 0.4 0.6 1.0 1.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 Value of Sales 1,000 Dols 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. 2002 1,290,500 6,452,500 30.0 1,935,750 2002 12,598 110,053 9.4 10,329 2002 4,349 17,050 0.5 93 BROILERS Number & Value of Production Georgia, 1995 - 2002 Number (Mil.) 2,500 Dollars (Mil.) 2,500 2,000 2,000 1,500 1,500 1,000 1,000 500 500 0 0 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Years Number Value Millions 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 MATURE CHICKENS Number Sold & Value of Sales Georgia, 1995 - 2002 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Years Number, Hatching Value, Hatching Number, Table Value, Table Million 500 EGG PRODUCTION & VALUE Hatching, Table, and Total Eggs Georgia, 1995 - 2002 Million $ 500 400 400 300 300 200 200 100 100 0 0 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Years Dz. Table Eggs Dz. Hatching Eggs Total Dz. Eggs Dollar Value TABLE 4 EGGS--PRODUCTION AND VALUE OF PRODUCTION, GEORGIA 1995-2002 1/2/ Unit 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Average Number Layers 1,000 Eggs per Layer Number Eggs Produced Millions Price per Dozen Cents Value of Production 1,000 Dols 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 Table Eggs 11,817 11,563 258 259 3,045 52.5 133,219 2,997 42.8 106,857 11,728 257 3,014 42.7 107,296 11,596 258 2,991 42.6 106,133 Unit 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Hatching Eggs Average Number Layers 1,000 Eggs per Layer Eggs Produced Table Hatching Total Price per Dozen Table Hatching Value of Production Table Hatching Total Number Millions Millions Millions Cents Cents 1,000 Dols 1,000 Dols 1,000 Dols 7,661 226 119 1,612 1,731 49.3 131.0 4,889 175,991 180,880 7,929 229 8,683 226 9,217 226 9,498 229 127 1,690 1,817 137 1,822 1,959 146 1,935 2,081 153 2,026 2,179 64.5 136.6 59.2 137.5 52.5 136.3 42.8 158.1 6,826 192,450 199,276 6,759 208,721 215,480 6,387 236,301 242,688 5,421 266,864 272,285 9,088 231 9,398 223 147 1,953 2,100 147 1,948 2,095 42.7 158.1 42.6 158.0 5,231 257,386 262,617 5,219 256,535 261,754 Unit 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Average Number Layers 1,000 Eggs per Layer Eggs Produced Number Table Hatching Total Price per Dozen Millions Millions Millions Table Hatching Total Cents Cents Cents Value of Production Table Hatching Total 1,000 Dols 1,000 Dols 1,000 Dols 18,000 243 2,764 1,612 4,376 49.3 131.0 79.4 113,554 175,991 289,545 18,626 246 19,869 245 Total Eggs 21,034 21,055 244 246 2,894 1,690 4,584 3,045 1,822 4,867 3,191 1,935 5,126 3,150 2,026 5,176 64.5 136.6 91.1 59.2 137.5 88.5 52.5 136.3 88.0 42.8 158.1 87.9 155,552 192,450 348,002 150,220 208,721 358,941 139,606 236,301 375,907 112,278 266,864 379,142 20,816 246 20,994 242 3,161 1,953 5,114 3,138 1,948 5,086 42.7 158.1 86.8 42.6 158.0 86.8 112,527 257,386 369,913 111,352 256,535 367,887 1/ The production year begins Dec. 1 previous year and ends Nov. 30 current year. 2/ Includes both commercial and farm flocks. 2002 10,931 260 2,847 38.6 91,611 2002 9,521 222 148 1,966 2,114 38.6 158.4 4,761 259,580 264,341 2002 20,452 243 2,995 1,966 4,961 38.6 158.4 86.1 96,372 259,580 355,952 Week Number 1995 1 26.5 2 26.4 3 26.4 4 26.2 5 25.8 6 25.6 7 26.1 8 26.8 9 26.9 10 26.8 11 26.6 12 27.5 13 27.4 14 27.3 15 27.1 16 27.1 17 27.8 18 27.6 19 26.8 20 27.3 21 27.5 22 27.1 23 27.5 24 27.3 25 26.5 26 26.9 27 26.7 28 27.4 29 27.3 30 27.1 TABLE 5 BROILER EGGS SET--GEORGIA, WEEKLY, 1995-2002 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 --Millions-- 28.9 29.5 30.3 31.6 31.6 28.9 28.8 30.3 31.3 31.7 28.9 29.0 29.7 31.5 31.3 28.5 29.2 29.6 31.1 31.5 28.5 29.1 29.2 30.8 31.1 28.5 29.6 29.2 31.2 31.4 29.1 29.9 29.8 31.8 30.8 28.8 30.0 29.7 31.9 30.7 28.9 30.1 29.9 31.4 31.8 29.1 29.4 29.9 32.0 31.9 28.1 29.6 30.3 31.6 32.1 28.5 29.0 29.9 31.5 31.2 28.3 28.2 30.4 32.0 32.4 28.8 30.4 30.4 31.9 32.3 29.0 29.9 30.6 31.8 32.4 28.6 30.2 30.5 32.0 32.5 28.8 30.5 30.9 31.7 31.8 28.2 28.8 31.0 31.6 32.3 28.7 29.6 31.0 31.6 31.7 28.3 30.6 31.3 32.1 32.1 28.4 30.6 31.0 31.9 32.3 28.7 30.9 31.3 32.0 32.0 29.1 30.8 31.3 31.8 32.1 29.1 30.7 31.5 32.2 32.0 28.2 30.5 31.2 31.9 31.1 28.3 30.3 31.3 31.2 29.9 28.0 29.7 30.8 31.4 30.3 28.7 30.7 30.7 30.9 29.7 28.9 30.6 31.3 31.8 29.8 28.7 29.6 31.1 31.9 30.3 31 26.9 28.6 32 26.0 28.4 33 26.9 27.9 34 26.8 28.9 35 26.7 27.8 36 24.6 28.3 37 27.4 26.6 38 26.4 26.5 39 28.2 26.8 40 28.1 28.6 41 27.1 28.1 42 26.2 25.7 43 25.9 25.9 44 26.2 27.3 45 28.3 28.5 46 28.3 29.4 47 29.0 29.3 48 29.1 29.7 49 28.3 29.1 50 29.0 29.2 51 28.7 29.1 52 29.0 29.7 53 Total 1/ 1,410.5 1,479.0 1/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 29.8 30.5 29.5 30.5 30.4 30.4 28.3 28.5 28.1 30.3 28.9 26.7 27.5 27.8 27.9 28.8 29.5 29.9 29.5 30.2 30.0 30.3 1,539.2 30.9 30.9 31.0 31.6 31.2 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 1,599.9 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 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 1,634.3 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 2002 31.3 31.9 31.4 31.3 31.2 31.6 31.5 31.6 31.5 32.2 31.6 31.8 31.3 32.3 31.9 32.3 31.9 31.5 32.9 32.8 32.6 32.7 32.7 32.7 32.2 32.4 31.7 32.6 31.9 32.2 32.4 32.0 31.1 31.5 31.6 32.0 29.0 30.1 28.7 29.5 29.8 28.4 27.3 28.3 29.8 30.6 29.9 30.4 30.4 30.5 29.9 30.9 1,624.1 Week Number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TABLE 6 BROILER CHICKS PLACED--GEORGIA, WEEKLY, 1995-2002 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 --Millions-- 21.1 23.6 23.4 20.8 23.8 23.6 21.4 23.8 24.3 21.5 24.1 24.4 21.4 24.0 23.8 23.9 24.7 24.1 24.0 24.7 24.0 24.5 25.2 24.1 24.8 25.7 25.0 24.1 24.8 25.1 21.8 23.6 23.5 21.4 23.4 23.6 20.9 23.2 23.9 20.8 22.9 23.7 21.2 23.3 23.9 24.2 24.5 24.5 24.0 24.3 24.7 23.4 24.7 24.9 23.1 25.3 24.7 24.0 24.8 24.0 2001 24.0 24.2 24.7 24.3 24.3 24.7 24.7 24.9 24.3 24.9 11 21.8 23.6 24.1 23.5 25.6 23.4 26.4 12 22.1 24.1 24.2 24.0 25.8 24.6 26.6 13 22.4 23.8 24.3 24.3 25.2 25.5 26.3 14 22.1 22.7 23.3 24.8 25.0 25.9 25.7 15 22.6 23.2 23.1 24.7 24.8 25.3 25.8 16 22.5 22.9 22.4 24.5 25.7 25.5 25.5 17 22.4 23.4 24.1 24.6 25.9 25.6 25.1 18 22.5 23.4 24.2 24.7 25.3 25.1 26.1 19 22.0 23.3 23.9 23.7 25.2 25.3 25.8 20 23.0 23.4 24.5 24.8 25.4 24.6 26.2 21 23.0 23.3 23.1 25.1 25.5 25.6 25.6 22 22.0 23.4 24.2 25.6 25.3 24.8 26.7 23 22.8 23.6 24.7 25.3 25.4 26.1 25.4 24 22.7 23.4 24.7 25.5 25.8 25.7 25.9 25 22.2 23.4 24.6 25.2 26.3 25.8 26.7 26 22.4 23.4 24.6 24.5 25.9 25.3 25.8 27 21.9 24.1 24.3 24.4 25.2 25.4 26.3 28 21.5 23.3 24.1 24.6 25.1 25.4 24.6 29 22.3 23.6 24.2 24.9 24.8 23.5 25.9 30 21.9 22.9 24.0 24.4 25.1 23.9 24.5 31 22.5 23.3 24.2 24.1 24.5 24.0 25.9 32 22.7 23.4 24.6 25.2 25.8 24.0 25.1 33 21.7 22.9 23.5 24.7 25.6 24.5 24.9 34 21.4 22.7 23.2 23.6 25.2 24.2 25.5 35 21.2 23.0 24.1 24.3 23.5 24.1 25.3 36 21.3 23.0 23.6 24.0 23.6 23.7 25.7 37 21.6 23.9 24.2 25.1 24.3 24.5 25.5 38 21.6 23.1 24.3 24.8 24.3 24.3 25.9 39 19.8 23.2 24.5 24.7 24.0 24.3 25.6 40 21.7 21.3 22.6 24.0 23.1 22.4 25.5 41 21.1 21.5 22.5 23.6 23.6 24.3 24.1 42 22.7 21.4 22.0 23.5 22.0 22.9 24.9 43 22.7 22.8 23.7 24.6 24.9 24.5 25.9 44 21.9 23.0 23.2 24.4 24.3 24.6 25.0 45 20.7 21.1 21.5 23.4 22.6 23.3 23.2 46 21.1 20.9 21.5 22.6 21.4 23.9 23.0 47 21.5 22.4 23.0 23.8 23.8 22.3 23.3 48 23.2 23.4 22.7 25.5 23.7 22.5 25.1 49 23.0 24.0 23.2 24.7 24.8 24.6 25.6 50 23.6 23.5 23.9 24.8 24.2 23.8 24.2 51 23.2 24.4 24.0 25.0 24.9 24.9 26.1 52 23.1 24.2 23.1 25.4 25.2 25.0 25.2 53 24.3 Total 1/ 1,141.8 1,205.6 1/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 1,231.7 1,269.6 1,285.5 1,297.3 1,312.7 2002 26.4 25.8 24.9 26.1 25.7 25.5 25.2 25.3 26.0 26.0 25.8 25.5 26.0 26.0 25.8 25.1 26.5 26.3 26.4 25.9 25.3 26.9 26.3 25.7 26.1 26.0 26.6 26.2 26.3 25.6 26.4 25.8 25.8 25.4 25.7 25.1 25.8 25.5 26.2 23.4 24.7 23.1 24.0 23.9 23.4 21.5 22.8 24.3 25.2 24.8 24.7 24.5 1,318.9 Million Eggs 33 BROILER TYPE EGGS SET Jan 5, 2002 through Dec 28, 2002 Georgia 32 31 30 29 28 27 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 Week Million Chicks 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 0 5 BROILER TYPE CHICKS PLACED Jan 5, 2002 through Dec 28, 2002 Georgia 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 Week Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1995 96.0 86.5 97.2 96.6 100.4 97.7 98.4 97.5 90.6 98.8 92.9 103.5 TABLE 7 BROILER TYPE CHICKS HATCHED--BY COMMERCIAL HATCHERIES GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1995-2002 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 --Millions-- 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 95.6 107.8 105.9 111.6 108.5 110.6 109.6 106.0 108.1 104.3 112.1 112.6 100.1 114.2 110.3 114.5 111.5 113.2 111.9 104.1 105.4 100.1 110.8 112.8 104.7 112.3 111.2 114.9 111.5 109.0 107.3 104.2 107.4 101.1 110.6 110.3 99.8 114.4 111.4 116.6 113.7 113.8 112.9 109.7 112.2 103.3 113.6 Total 1/ 1,156.0 1,216.5 1/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 1,255.9 1,288.4 1,308.8 1,306.8 1,331.8 2002 114.1 103.0 115.0 111.7 117.0 114.4 117.4 115.8 110.6 107.3 100.5 110.3 1,337.1 Million Chicks 120 BROILER TYPE CHICKS HATCHED Georgia, 2000 - 2002 115 2002 110 2001 105 2000 100 95 90 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Month Week Number 1 2 3 4 5 1995 596 411 291 531 583 TABLE 8 EGG TYPE EGGS SET--GEORGIA, WEEKLY, 1995-2002 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 --Thousands-- 600 521 537 573 531 592 622 621 611 613 446 600 509 599 413 570 622 478 442 605 448 575 524 568 602 6 574 579 592 551 593 480 7 547 581 569 612 367 553 8 608 596 543 508 322 572 9 424 579 537 588 622 570 10 450 603 560 599 586 583 11 510 519 572 549 567 464 12 592 576 528 596 546 415 13 0 518 584 607 591 320 14 445 550 667 553 468 593 15 549 574 579 658 583 532 16 601 635 562 585 609 512 17 663 592 588 541 618 476 18 569 582 582 611 596 543 19 613 578 456 409 651 583 20 632 569 600 604 531 399 21 552 438 586 620 410 481 22 507 453 545 525 527 576 23 483 620 592 583 581 534 24 413 447 373 394 446 581 25 445 594 546 570 543 300 26 392 490 441 543 469 582 27 304 523 567 531 566 541 28 403 501 559 501 323 222 29 462 520 594 600 596 530 30 445 606 553 458 378 505 31 488 547 547 423 502 467 32 585 488 599 514 570 572 33 475 555 461 609 626 561 34 544 554 599 435 516 495 35 480 576 595 560 567 597 36 555 529 508 431 531 599 37 292 614 585 549 524 604 38 570 498 585 535 443 522 39 632 553 388 583 525 554 40 560 409 294 409 523 374 41 193 341 426 251 514 515 42 72 536 396 323 500 474 43 548 121 436 594 480 525 44 222 569 381 522 540 570 45 138 414 263 296 281 305 46 415 647 483 458 550 611 47 372 596 420 595 376 568 48 425 464 574 611 494 616 49 302 231 459 233 445 616 50 439 523 451 311 428 475 51 478 593 600 625 622 462 52 611 412 531 613 622 609 53 613 Total 1/ 23,991 27,249 1/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 27,396 27,045 27,061 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 2002 633 621 629 609 634 554 607 548 614 637 590 546 595 645 565 596 647 625 523 529 593 640 638 616 613 636 475 498 630 541 589 627 615 616 612 559 372 440 631 625 321 305 643 638 420 603 643 638 446 622 606 645 30,043 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, 1995-2002 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 --Thousands-- 324 393 422 391 259 358 271 416 489 520 505 523 524 526 482 461 537 528 501 545 441 463 497 447 452 536 521 530 510 514 2001 395 511 565 573 505 236 396 425 517 495 393 480 509 473 533 509 434 495 522 416 500 499 462 497 507 475 518 499 527 318 352 487 497 549 535 466 394 414 471 543 501 544 303 530 371 548 430 453 501 503 466 453 269 475 505 512 501 594 489 482 476 487 540 511 472 491 533 489 488 489 542 400 539 366 520 253 456 386 480 451 497 455 508 527 525 505 541 520 567 490 406 507 559 497 478 517 543 515 461 506 276 519 499 486 450 521 422 524 387 521 466 535 531 493 555 506 492 387 432 394 503 512 504 355 364 561 470 519 470 505 532 346 448 462 464 457 462 500 480 311 480 419 536 474 521 422 545 297 386 265 513 313 418 243 446 536 577 349 336 342 390 488 503 452 399 497 373 486 439 506 469 536 491 532 256 502 508 529 439 507 333 442 469 440 369 490 339 486 509 437 486 438 210 495 553 536 483 402 316 486 387 443 525 458 496 185 458 451 555 421 487 372 537 492 499 412 501 475 483 422 508 488 469 253 532 391 537 531 504 378 444 510 471 499 439 373 228 522 488 472 488 525 439 437 522 536 521 498 567 518 527 454 469 490 510 371 182 304 25 477 519 443 396 338 518 508 255 364 477 361 206 464 340 282 451 470 497 475 439 339 431 457 546 409 542 437 108 286 494 125 358 362 545 325 520 385 510 435 343 471 480 222 259 240 403 395 480 362 510 289 467 485 489 266 270 548 534 547 481 388 361 407 272 195 500 539 418 387 202 364 522 425 528 280 396 20,325 23,942 23,709 23,717 23,051 23,282 25,494 5.1 6.0 5.6 5.4 5.1 5.4 5.6 2002 282 527 570 545 543 568 540 559 469 525 468 527 544 513 474 497 531 482 474 532 529 446 435 500 499 553 551 546 538 387 439 523 481 517 549 553 556 543 501 332 387 564 531 282 270 559 576 369 532 534 531 410 25,924 6.2 U.S. Total 396,501 401,640 1/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 2/ Revised. 425,007 438,273 451,721 430,412 452,673 2/ 421,320 Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1995 1.8 1.6 1.9 1.7 2.1 2.1 1.3 1.8 1.9 1.8 0.9 1.4 TABLE 10 EGG TYPE CHICKS HATCHED--BY COMMERCIAL HATCHERIES GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1995-2002 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 --Millions-- 2.1 2.1 2.1 1.9 2.0 1.8 2.4 2.2 2.3 2.0 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.2 2.0 2.1 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.7 1.7 1.5 1.4 1.6 1.8 1.8 1.7 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.0 1.9 2.0 1.8 2.1 2.3 2.0 1.7 2.2 2.3 1.9 2.2 1.7 1.9 2.2 1.7 1.6 2.3 2.0 2.0 1.5 1.8 2.2 2.2 2.0 1.9 2.1 1.7 1.8 2.0 1.7 2.1 2.3 Total 1/ 20.4 24.1 1/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 23.8 23.7 23.1 23.3 25.5 2002 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.2 1.9 1.9 2.3 26.0 Thousand Eggs 700 EGG TYPE EGGS SET Jan 5, 2002 through Dec 28, 2002 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 5, 2002 through Dec 28, 2002 Georgia 600 500 400 300 200 100 1 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 Week Month Dec 1/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov TABLE 11 LAYERS--AVERAGE NUMBER IN ALL FLOCKS, GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1995-2002 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 --Thousands-- 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 20,775 20,686 20,749 21,385 21,503 20,757 20,492 20,458 20,511 21,124 21,661 21,830 Annual Average 18,000 1/ Dec. preceding year. 18,626 19,869 21,034 21,055 20,816 20,994 2002 21,489 21,391 20,928 20,420 20,438 19,968 19,973 20,124 20,005 20,237 20,330 20,122 20,452 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, 1995-2002 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 --Number-- 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 2,108 2,026 1,827 2,104 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 2,014 1,995 1,913 2,033 2,077 1,979 2,064 2,080 2002 2,066 1,963 1,821 2,120 2,031 2,068 1,968 1,973 2,039 2,016 2,105 2,092 Average per Layer 2/ 243 246 245 244 246 246 242 243 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, 1995-2002 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 --Million Eggs-- 392 394 406 444 457 458 438 375 382 404 434 448 445 419 330 361 375 391 406 399 379 380 402 424 454 452 458 450 371 381 395 438 423 435 433 365 374 399 430 424 420 414 343 365 391 407 417 402 392 353 388 409 421 424 427 416 359 388 408 422 417 426 426 353 374 399 407 419 403 418 376 387 430 436 447 420 447 379 388 427 442 442 421 454 Annual Total 4,376 1/ Dec. preceding year. 4,584 4,867 5,126 5,176 5,114 5,086 2002 444 420 381 433 415 413 393 397 408 408 428 421 4,961 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, 1995-2002 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 --Thousands-- 10,700 10,894 11,209 11,428 11,916 11,841 11,837 12,112 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 11,994 11,560 10,964 10,887 10,299 10,255 10,608 10,704 10,980 11,079 10,925 Average 10,347 1/ Dec. preceding year. 10,669 11,188 11,817 11,561 11,783 11,696 11,031 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, 1995-2002 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 --Number-- 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 2,222 2,104 1,906 2,240 2,143 2,065 1,953 2,124 2,216 2,106 2,214 2,252 2002 2,188 2,026 1,920 2,326 2,204 2,214 2,087 2,036 2,149 2,158 2,247 2,270 Average per Layer 2/ 256 259 260 258 259 256 256 258 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, 1995-2002 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 --Million Eggs-- 249 242 251 230 229 245 199 217 225 270 274 276 263 258 266 265 245 232 241 237 220 234 246 254 227 228 233 273 268 276 269 261 244 257 257 216 218 233 199 216 228 206 234 241 252 237 237 233 238 232 230 218 247 235 249 240 212 234 242 211 226 236 229 237 259 233 240 261 247 234 251 252 239 242 238 247 261 261 246 268 267 263 252 279 Annual Total 2,645 1/ Dec. preceding year. 2,767 2,908 3,045 2,997 3,014 2,991 2002 265 243 222 255 240 228 214 216 230 237 249 248 2,847 TABLE 17 LAYERS--AVERAGE NUMBER IN HATCHING EGG FLOCKS, GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1995-2002 1/ Month 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 --Thousands-- Dec 2/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov 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 9,377 9,397 9,368 9,456 9,551 9,669 9,718 9,516 9,301 9,257 9,251 9,197 Average 7,661 7,929 8,683 9,217 9,498 1/ Hatching egg flocks used principally for hatchery broiler chicks. 2/ Dec. preceding year. 9,033 9,298 9,422 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, 1995-2002 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 --Number-- 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 1,909 1,884 1,697 1,882 1,832 1,913 1,842 1,902 1,914 1,847 1,935 1,881 Average per Layer 2/ 226 229 226 226 229 232 225 224 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, 1995-2002 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 --Million Eggs-- 143 152 155 174 183 182 175 145 153 159 176 182 180 174 131 144 150 159 165 162 159 146 156 170 181 184 182 181 144 153 162 177 179 178 176 149 156 166 178 187 183 181 144 149 163 169 185 172 174 147 154 168 174 189 178 176 147 154 166 175 183 175 174 142 148 163 168 177 165 171 147 150 171 175 186 174 179 146 148 166 175 179 169 175 Annual Total 1,731 1/ Dec. preceding year. 1,817 1,959 2,081 2,179 2,100 2,095 2002 179 177 159 178 175 185 179 181 178 171 179 173 2,114 Month Dec 1/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov TABLE 20 PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS FOR ALL EGGS--GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1995-2002 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 --Cents per Dozen-- 73.6 92.8 101.5 96.6 97.0 83.5 99.1 77.7 93.3 90.0 92.9 90.6 81.5 90.3 75.8 92.0 92.2 87.4 88.7 91.3 90.3 77.5 94.9 88.3 90.3 90.7 80.1 90.5 75.5 91.3 84.8 84.3 85.3 88.6 90.4 71.5 87.0 84.9 80.7 85.6 82.3 85.4 74.5 87.9 81.7 84.4 84.9 89.4 84.2 79.8 86.7 84.4 82.8 89.0 83.1 81.8 83.4 90.9 85.3 87.8 89.4 91.1 81.5 82.6 91.7 88.7 87.3 84.2 85.3 80.9 84.9 90.4 83.7 88.6 80.8 92.6 83.2 90.8 94.2 96.1 92.5 88.7 93.7 84.3 Weighted Average 1/ Dec preceding year. 79.4 91.1 88.5 88.0 87.9 86.8 86.8 2002 80.6 89.5 81.8 91.4 80.9 83.2 90.9 86.9 88.6 83.6 81.9 93.6 86.1 Month Dec 1/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov TABLE 21 PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS FOR TABLE EGGS--GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1995-2002 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 --Cents per Dozen-- 49.3 69.4 82.6 68.7 61.6 39.7 65.2 50.8 68.7 62.7 60.7 49.9 35.0 47.9 46.8 65.5 65.7 51.4 46.7 51.2 47.1 46.8 71.3 59.0 57.4 50.0 34.0 50.5 44.7 64.0 52.0 46.6 37.8 46.1 49.6 38.5 54.8 51.4 38.8 34.7 30.0 35.3 41.3 57.5 45.7 44.9 33.0 44.0 31.6 49.8 56.9 51.3 42.5 39.9 35.3 31.7 50.4 63.8 53.2 50.8 42.0 50.1 34.2 51.8 65.3 58.8 50.3 36.0 40.4 33.0 55.3 64.0 51.8 54.1 31.4 52.0 38.6 63.8 70.9 73.2 61.3 46.9 55.9 43.1 2002 33.7 45.4 32.9 50.5 30.6 29.0 41.4 34.0 41.0 35.7 33.0 54.2 Weighted Average 1/ Dec preceding year. 49.3 64.5 59.2 52.5 42.8 42.7 42.6 38.6 Month Dec 1/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov TABLE 22 PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS FOR HATCHING EGGS--GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1995-2002 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 --Cents per Dozen-- 130.0 130.0 132.0 140.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 130.0 130.0 130.0 131.0 131.0 131.0 131.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 130.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 140.0 140.0 140.0 140.0 140.0 140.0 140.0 140.0 140.0 140.0 140.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 Weighted Average 1/ Dec preceding year. 131.0 132.0 132.0 140.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 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, 1995-2002 Percent Being Molted 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2.0 2.0 6.0 6.5 4.0 3.0 2.0 5.0 5.0 6.0 6.0 6.5 6.5 5.0 4.0 2.5 1.5 4.0 3.0 3.5 3.5 1.0 3.0 1.5 1.0 2.5 1.0 2.0 4.0 7.5 5.0 6.0 5.5 7.0 6.0 7.5 5.5 3.0 9.5 5.5 9.0 6.0 4.0 2.5 5.0 6.0 6.0 5.0 3.5 3.0 5.0 1.5 5.5 6.0 5.0 6.5 5.0 3.5 4.5 5.0 3.5 3.0 4.5 7.0 6.0 9.5 5.0 3.5 7.0 5.0 3.0 4.5 6.5 2.5 1.0 4.0 1.0 1.5 0.0 5.5 1.5 1.0 1.5 0.0 Percent with Molt Complete 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 24.0 20.0 22.5 18.0 17.5 15.5 22.5 22.5 20.5 21.5 17.0 19.0 15.5 20.0 20.5 23.0 22.5 18.0 20.0 15.0 21.0 23.5 22.5 20.0 16.5 17.0 16.0 20.5 20.0 21.5 20.5 13.5 17.5 15.5 18.5 18.5 21.5 20.5 14.0 15.5 13.5 16.5 19.0 24.0 22.0 16.5 16.5 16.5 18.0 19.0 22.0 22.5 16.0 14.5 18.5 16.0 18.0 24.5 22.0 19.0 17.0 21.0 15.5 20.0 22.5 19.5 18.5 17.0 21.5 13.5 21.0 25.0 18.5 21.0 16.0 21.5 15.0 22.0 24.0 16.5 19.0 13.5 22.5 16.0 2002 5.0 4.0 3.5 2.5 6.0 6.0 3.0 5.0 4.0 4.5 4.0 1.5 2002 13.0 13.0 13.0 13.5 11.5 14.0 15.5 14.5 15.0 17.0 16.0 17.0 Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec TABLE 24 POULTRY SLAUGHTERED UNDER FEDERAL INSPECTION--GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1995-2002 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1/ 2002 Young Chickens --Thousands-- 81,872 92,462 96,333 94,535 94,574 92,800 98,541 105,158 75,464 86,665 88,362 87,814 90,500 93,152 89,693 94,304 86,750 86,507 88,516 94,959 102,421 101,920 99,260 98,715 74,630 85,898 96,133 95,803 97,788 91,508 95,722 106,496 87,426 95,582 96,684 92,024 96,449 104,311 106,300 108,173 89,992 85,740 91,206 95,492 102,859 101,788 100,581 96,648 79,438 95,275 97,319 100,692 100,902 92,961 104,147 109,104 93,323 96,873 96,233 95,695 101,196 106,019 112,436 109,843 82,857 87,708 92,676 97,958 96,617 89,451 93,433 99,215 86,983 99,933 103,460 98,501 94,396 95,706 110,675 113,094 80,495 81,612 82,650 85,520 92,771 93,226 101,289 94,917 81,198 86,255 91,992 97,553 92,261 88,430 92,719 100,186 Annual Total 1/ Revised. 1,000,510 1,080,510 1,121,564 1,136,546 1,162,734 1,151,272 1,204,796 1,235,853 State Alabama Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut TABLE 25 NUMBER OF ALL CHICKENS ON FARMS, BY STATES--DECEMBER 1, 1995-2002 1/ 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 --1,000 Head-- 16,873 15,445 16,091 16,068 16,132 15,647 15,903 25,075 29,700 4,125 22,881 29,800 4,080 23,145 30,500 4,718 23,500 29,993 4,597 25,773 31,248 4,479 23,145 29,556 4,170 23,366 28,042 4,210 4,369 4,432 4,309 3,959 3,991 3,945 3,748 2002 15,256 22,787 26,323 4,777 3,793 Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho 719 11,415 26,802 933 1,340 652 11,499 27,650 876 1,321 685 12,972 29,910 863 1,228 495 13,141 31,126 747 1,256 1,780 12,842 30,017 721 1,301 1,576 13,023 29,805 722 1,241 1,332 13,123 31,173 659 1,225 1,484 13,012 29,553 625 1,245 Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky 3,697 25,628 23,884 1,550 3,600 3,532 25,448 26,502 1,370 4,050 4,056 27,189 27,965 2,052 4,700 3,484 29,357 31,266 1,890 5,300 4,124 29,607 33,328 1,750 5,650 4,048 28,741 37,825 2,000 5,800 4,136 28,958 42,108 2/ 5,600 4,002 29,098 46,240 2/ 6,195 Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan 2,700 6,712 4,450 522 6,610 2,610 7,073 4,389 773 6,320 2,520 6,900 4,115 704 6,190 2,650 6,817 4,603 494 6,744 2,630 6,234 4,768 419 7,787 2,580 5,652 4,521 357 7,596 2,700 5,607 4,314 349 8,005 2,560 5,790 4,312 336 8,101 Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska 14,800 9,745 8,425 540 11,005 14,995 10,734 8,350 470 11,493 14,730 11,073 9,445 405 12,126 15,575 11,009 8,810 380 13,219 16,625 11,076 8,443 410 13,846 15,815 10,295 8,225 460 13,895 15,803 10,388 8,462 480 13,704 14,685 10,814 8,555 480 13,679 New Hampshire New Jersey New York North Carolina Ohio 275 1,914 5,000 18,835 29,000 247 1,946 4,400 17,281 33,860 218 2,128 4,500 17,175 34,798 215 2,097 4,700 17,220 39,010 248 2,237 5,000 17,135 40,438 262 2,337 5,600 17,759 35,832 215 2,346 4,730 18,121 38,009 229 2,158 4,892 17,042 37,883 Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania South Carolina South Dakota 5,140 3,103 26,520 6,050 2,516 5,040 3,350 26,315 5,940 2,345 5,605 3,591 27,670 5,670 2,550 5,380 3,476 28,454 5,599 2,645 5,310 3,714 27,885 5,961 2,440 5,320 3,703 30,619 6,946 2,530 5,395 3,704 29,328 6,946 2,777 5,590 3,400 29,257 6,598 2,677 Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia 1,640 20,440 2,040 121 5,385 1,600 21,300 2,044 197 4,648 2,036 22,700 2,138 203 4,660 2,255 24,400 2,196 246 5,143 2,155 24,400 2,884 274 4,641 2,210 25,360 3,828 246 4,553 2,250 26,101 4,015 207 4,554 2,200 25,506 3,853 201 4,573 Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming 7,008 1,750 3,910 2/ 6,937 1,780 4,693 2/ 6,867 1,790 5,025 2/ 6,969 1,856 4,615 2/ 6,233 2,170 5,437 2/ 6,721 1,859 5,823 2/ 6,372 1,953 6,100 17 6,484 1,966 5,600 17 Other States 3/ 2,211 2,069 2,115 2,089 2,800 2,908 4,974 5,120 United States 4/ 388,077 392,737 410,030 425,045 436,343 435,056 441,509 438,948 1/ Excludes commercial broilers. 2/ KS and WY combined with Other States to avoid disclosure of individual operations. 3/ AK, AZ, NV, NM, ND, and RI combined to avoid disclosure of individual operations. 4/ Totals may not add due to rounding. TABLE 26 TOTAL VALUE OF ALL CHICKENS ON FARMS, BY STATES--DECEMBER 1, 1995-2002 1/ State 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 --Thousand Dollars-- Alabama Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut 72,554 105,315 56,430 7,838 10,923 71,047 112,117 65,560 8,568 10,637 82,064 115,725 67,100 10,380 9,911 86,388 119,850 62,985 11,033 9,106 87,113 131,442 56,246 12,093 8,381 82,929 99,524 62,068 10,008 8,679 77,925 102,810 56,084 7,999 7,871 2002 54,922 107,099 49,871 9,820 8,724 Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho 3,451 23,972 83,086 2,612 2,278 3,064 22,998 96,775 2,278 3,170 3,151 31,133 98,703 2,158 2,702 1,980 30,224 102,716 1,868 2,386 4,628 29,537 102,058 1,658 2,602 6,619 29,953 104,318 1,444 2,482 4,795 26,246 99,754 1,384 2,573 4,452 24,723 100,480 1,063 2,241 Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky 5,546 35,879 35,826 1,705 7,920 6,004 40,717 42,403 2,329 8,910 6,895 46,221 44,744 3,694 10,810 5,574 46,971 46,899 2,835 11,660 6,598 44,411 49,992 2,625 14,690 6,882 28,454 49,173 2,600 16,240 4,550 37,645 50,530 2/ 15,680 5,603 32,008 64,736 2/ 19,824 Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan 6,210 12,753 12,905 1,096 7,932 6,264 14,853 10,095 1,701 9,480 6,048 16,560 8,230 1,549 9,904 6,625 16,361 7,825 1,087 9,442 7,364 13,715 9,536 1,131 11,681 7,482 13,000 15,824 1,071 13,673 8,100 11,775 13,373 942 13,609 7,424 12,738 11,211 1,042 13,772 Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska 22,200 44,827 15,165 1,350 20,910 22,493 51,523 20,875 1,504 24,135 27,987 56,472 26,446 1,296 25,465 28,035 61,650 25,549 1,102 27,760 28,263 56,488 24,485 1,189 23,538 28,467 55,593 20,563 1,380 25,011 25,285 50,901 19,463 1,440 24,667 19,091 52,989 19,677 1,488 24,622 New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina 550 4,785 1,820 10,000 75,340 593 4,865 2,387 8,360 79,493 523 5,320 2,671 8,100 79,005 559 6,291 2/ 7,990 79,212 744 3,132 2/ 7,000 85,675 838 4,440 2/ 7,840 71,036 688 2,581 2/ 7,095 90,605 756 2,158 2/ 7,827 81,802 North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania 621 37,700 19,532 5,585 45,084 588 67,720 21,168 7,035 44,736 638 69,596 25,783 6,464 47,039 2/ 78,020 23,134 6,604 48,372 2/ 76,832 28,674 5,200 50,193 2/ 53,748 20,748 5,184 48,990 2/ 57,014 22,659 5,556 46,925 2/ 49,248 27,950 7,480 52,663 Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas 401 14,520 5,535 7,052 47,012 162 17,226 5,159 7,040 55,380 153 17,010 5,610 9,773 59,020 156 14,557 5,555 11,050 68,320 120 16,095 5,368 12,499 68,320 2/ 15,281 5,060 13,260 55,792 2/ 15,281 5,276 13,500 65,253 2/ 17,815 4,819 13,420 56,113 Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming 2,652 278 24,233 14,016 7,875 8,993 42 3,066 591 21,846 12,487 8,722 10,325 36 3,421 589 22,368 13,047 9,487 11,558 36 3,514 640 24,686 13,938 10,022 9,692 36 4,038 658 21,349 10,596 11,501 10,874 34 6,890 640 19,123 12,770 8,923 11,646 48 5,220 518 20,493 14,656 8,593 13,420 56 6,550 503 21,950 15,562 9,240 11,200 56 Other States 3/ 596 586 624 3,576 4,532 5,270 8,061 8,490 United States 4/ 934,905 1,039,071 1,113,183 1,143,835 1,154,898 1,060,964 1,068,851 1,045,222 1/ Excludes commercial broilers. 2/ KS, NM, ND, and RI combined to avoid disclosure of individual operations. 3/ AK, AZ, and NV combined to avoid disclosure of individual operations. 4/ Totals may not add due to rounding. TABLE 27 HATCHERY CAPACITY: CHICKEN AND TURKEY HATCHERIES AND EGG CAPACITY BY REGION AND UNITED STATES, JANUARY 1, 2002 AND 2003 1/ Hatcheries Egg Capacity Geographic Region 2/ 2002 2003 2002 2003 --Number-- --1,000-- Chicken Hatcheries Georgia North Atlantic E North Central W North Central South Atlantic South Central West 36 36 112,264 108,364 24 24 26,986 26,256 25 24 25,399 24,615 39 35 47,572 52,419 94 93 305,888 301,274 117 116 426,358 417,114 23 25 42,479 39,438 US 322 317 874,682 861,116 E North Central 10 W North Central 19 N & S Atlantic Combined 20 South Central 3 West 7 Turkey Hatcheries 9 5,673 19 15,018 20 15,494 3 2,434 7 7,087 5,628 15,018 15,415 2,434 7,021 US 59 58 45,706 45,516 1/ Hatchery capacity is defined as the number of eggs the machines can hold in a controlled environment favorable for hatching. All setter, hatcher, and inactive capacities are included. 2/ Regional Listing: North Atlantic: CT, ME, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT. East North Central: IL, IN, MI, OH, WI. West North Central: IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD. South Atlantic: DE, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV. South Central: AL, AR, KY, LA, MS, OK, TN, TX. West: AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY. Value of Production Broilers, Chickens & Eggs, and Turkeys United States, 2002 Billion Dollars Turkeys $2.7 13.2% Chickens & Eggs $4.3 21.1% 65.7% Broilers $13.4 Number Produced TABLE 28 POULTRY--PRODUCTION AND VALUE OF PRODUCTION, UNITED STATES, 1995-2002 1/ Unit 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Commercial Broilers Thousands 7,325,670 7,596,760 7,764,200 7,934,280 8,146,010 8,284,000 8,389,090 2002 8,590,180 Pounds Produced Thousands 34,222,000 34,479,100 37,540,750 38,553,600 40,829,800 41,623,100 42,445,800 44,050,400 Price per Pound 2/ Cents 34.4 38.1 37.7 39.3 37.1 33.6 39.3 30.5 Value of Production 3/ Thous Dol 11,762,222 13,903,479 14,158,926 15,144,551 15,128,840 13,988,434 16,693,515 13,434,771 Number Sold Pounds Sold Price per Pound Value of Sales Unit 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Mature Chickens Thousands 179,503 174,299 190,986 193,768 210,173 218,212 199,862 198,035 Thousands 924,036 900,652 925,499 934,568 1,034,072 1,111,717 1,016,708 1,032,685 Thousands 6.5 6.6 7.7 8.1 7.1 5.7 4.5 4.7 Thous Dol 60,153 59,187 71,461 75,542 73,150 63,925 46,353 49,023 Number Raised Pounds Produced Price per Pound 4/ Value of Production Unit 1995 1996 Thousands 292,356 302,713 Thousands 6,761,327 7,222,834 Cents 41.0 43.0 Thous Dol 2,769,397 3,124,496 1997 1998 1999 Turkeys 2000 2001 2002 301,251 285,204 270,494 269,969 272,059 272,429 7,225,059 7,050,944 6,886,406 6,942,809 7,154,781 7,406,050 40.0 38.0 40.8 40.7 39.0 36.5 2,884,377 2,679,301 2,809,874 2,822,736 2,790,317 2,700,333 Average Numbers Layers Eggs per Layer Total Eggs Produced Price per Dozen Value of Production Unit 1995 1996 Thousands 293,854 297,958 Number 253 256 Millions 74,764 76,377 Cents 62.5 75.0 Thous. Dol. 3,892,912 4,776,252 1997 1998 1999 Layers and Eggs 2000 2001 2002 303,604 312,035 322,354 327,985 335,012 337,202 255 255 257 257 256 257 77,532 79,754 82,715 84,386 85,745 86,698 70.3 66.8 62.2 61.8 62.2 59.0 4,539,929 4,439,446 4,287,164 4,345,382 4,444,631 4,262,662 Unit 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 All Poultry 5/ Total Value of Production Thous Dol 18,484,684 21,863,414 21,654,693 22,338,840 22,299,028 21,220,477 23,976,497 20,446,789 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. Million Layers 345 Average Number of Layers United States, 2000 - 2002 340 2002 335 2001 330 2000 325 320 Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Month Value of Production Broilers, Chickens, Eggs, Turkeys, and Total United States, 1995-2002 Billion Dollars 25 20 Total Broilers 15 10 5 0 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Year 2000 Eggs Turkeys Chickens 2001 2002 Week Number 1 2 3 4 5 TABLE 29 BROILER EGGS SET--SELECTED STATES 1/, WEEKLY, 1995-2002 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2/ --Millions-- 161.9 160.7 160.5 160.5 155.6 168.7 167.1 168.3 165.0 165.8 170.7 168.9 167.0 168.9 170.9 171.8 172.5 172.0 170.4 168.6 178.7 178.3 177.3 175.7 176.8 182.1 182.6 181.5 182.5 180.0 180.6 181.4 181.1 179.2 179.5 2002 207.3 204.9 205.6 207.2 209.0 6 158.8 166.4 172.9 170.4 178.8 179.3 182.0 208.3 7 162.9 168.4 173.7 174.7 180.5 179.1 183.5 210.5 8 163.5 168.4 173.4 174.5 181.7 181.1 186.1 211.4 9 164.6 168.0 173.9 176.2 181.4 184.3 187.5 210.6 10 165.1 167.1 174.2 175.7 184.0 185.1 186.7 210.6 11 165.4 165.2 172.5 175.3 183.4 185.7 186.6 208.5 12 163.6 165.0 172.5 174.2 181.6 185.4 186.0 209.0 13 165.0 163.9 169.9 175.3 182.9 185.7 184.5 208.0 14 166.1 167.1 174.5 176.5 181.9 185.5 210.5 212.7 15 166.2 167.5 174.8 177.2 183.7 188.8 209.2 211.7 16 165.5 166.6 174.8 175.0 183.4 188.3 208.0 211.2 17 164.3 165.5 174.3 176.7 183.4 186.5 207.6 210.2 18 165.3 164.1 172.9 177.0 183.3 186.5 208.1 209.8 19 165.0 167.5 175.0 177.3 182.8 183.7 210.7 211.2 20 166.6 166.9 175.9 177.7 184.3 185.9 210.7 213.4 21 165.5 166.6 175.4 177.2 183.5 186.5 211.4 213.0 22 165.0 166.8 176.3 178.1 184.6 185.4 210.3 212.3 23 167.2 167.5 176.2 178.3 183.8 186.5 209.5 212.3 24 165.9 167.8 175.1 179.2 185.4 185.8 209.1 210.9 25 165.4 166.3 175.2 177.7 183.3 183.3 204.0 207.6 26 160.0 160.7 170.0 176.9 180.4 180.3 202.6 204.5 27 160.9 161.1 171.4 172.1 179.7 174.9 202.6 206.9 28 165.4 167.0 172.6 174.8 179.2 175.5 207.1 209.2 29 165.8 167.0 174.2 176.1 182.7 178.8 208.2 209.2 30 164.5 166.6 172.5 175.4 181.7 178.5 204.3 208.0 31 163.6 167.0 171.9 174.3 179.8 178.9 206.9 209.0 32 162.9 166.3 172.5 174.8 179.9 178.9 204.6 205.5 33 164.6 166.3 172.5 174.8 178.5 177.7 207.2 206.1 34 163.5 167.1 173.4 176.0 180.4 180.3 207.3 204.8 35 161.9 166.2 171.8 176.0 179.3 178.6 204.6 204.0 36 157.4 164.1 170.7 173.4 175.5 176.2 198.1 203.5 37 156.6 159.2 162.8 168.1 165.9 169.6 194.7 191.8 38 155.6 155.5 164.0 166.9 168.8 168.9 199.9 189.7 39 165.1 157.4 163.0 167.7 166.9 167.9 201.7 191.9 40 163.1 163.7 170.7 173.8 175.4 175.1 205.6 193.1 41 159.2 157.2 165.1 170.5 168.7 177.1 197.1 192.1 42 154.1 155.0 159.1 166.8 164.2 171.8 190.1 185.7 43 152.7 151.0 157.3 164.3 164.7 165.2 186.9 181.1 44 157.3 159.0 162.7 172.0 169.3 161.4 196.6 189.8 45 167.3 166.6 169.5 174.3 172.8 169.5 205.1 197.7 46 167.3 167.4 172.0 180.4 179.2 179.1 206.0 199.0 47 169.8 167.9 171.8 180.0 178.7 179.3 205.8 200.5 48 170.6 169.9 174.2 180.2 180.5 182.4 212.2 202.5 49 165.7 168.5 171.4 175.9 180.5 182.2 204.7 200.0 50 167.8 169.5 170.8 180.7 180.8 178.0 207.4 203.3 51 167.2 170.1 171.7 180.2 181.4 181.3 209.2 200.1 52 167.3 171.3 170.5 179.7 181.2 181.3 207.6 201.0 53 177.8 Total 8,493.4 8,596.2 8,903.0 9,085.3 9,304.0 9,351.6 1/ 10,637.1 1/ The 15 State total includes AL, AR, CA, DE, FL, GA, MD, MS, NC, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, & WV. Beginning April 7, 2002, KY, OK, LA, and MO were added, which does not allow for a total for 2001. The sum for 2001 is 10,377.9. 2/ Revised. Week Number 1 2 3 4 5 TABLE 30 BROILER CHICKS PLACED--SELECTED STATES, 1/ WEEKLY, 1995-2002 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2/ --Millions-- 130.1 130.0 130.6 132.1 130.6 136.0 135.4 136.2 135.8 134.4 136.5 136.9 138.0 137.8 137.3 137.2 136.9 136.2 138.7 137.1 142.1 144.8 142.1 143.1 141.2 143.9 145.0 145.2 145.7 146.7 143.2 144.7 143.5 144.6 145.8 2002 169.4 169.3 168.5 168.3 165.4 6 130.3 134.0 134.2 138.1 139.9 145.1 143.9 165.3 7 131.4 132.2 136.7 137.1 139.8 146.5 142.4 167.6 8 128.1 132.6 136.7 134.9 142.0 143.5 143.2 170.3 9 129.6 133.3 140.0 137.8 142.9 142.8 145.1 170.0 10 131.7 134.9 139.0 140.8 144.3 142.1 147.8 171.4 11 133.9 137.0 140.7 139.5 146.3 143.3 150.4 171.7 12 134.1 135.7 141.8 142.5 146.3 148.6 152.2 171.1 13 135.1 135.3 141.8 142.0 146.5 148.6 151.7 170.7 14 134.8 133.2 141.0 141.0 146.5 149.7 166.7 168.7 15 133.4 133.6 140.1 140.8 143.1 147.6 168.0 169.8 16 133.8 131.5 137.5 140.2 145.8 148.3 166.7 168.9 17 135.9 134.8 140.3 142.6 144.7 148.9 170.3 172.8 18 135.1 136.2 141.1 143.4 147.2 151.4 169.2 172.6 19 134.6 136.3 140.3 141.4 146.1 150.8 169.4 172.1 20 133.5 134.9 140.9 142.3 147.3 150.1 169.0 171.0 21 134.9 132.7 139.8 142.4 146.7 149.9 168.6 171.3 22 134.4 135.6 141.2 142.7 146.5 148.4 171.4 172.4 23 135.7 136.6 142.5 142.6 147.9 149.5 171.6 174.1 24 135.6 134.3 142.4 142.7 146.9 149.0 173.3 173.3 25 134.7 135.2 141.5 143.2 148.6 148.4 170.5 172.8 26 135.6 135.8 142.4 143.6 148.0 150.4 170.0 172.5 27 134.4 137.1 140.9 143.4 147.2 149.9 169.8 168.9 28 133.8 134.5 141.0 142.1 146.8 147.1 165.4 169.0 29 129.9 128.7 136.0 140.2 145.2 144.5 164.1 166.5 30 130.4 129.8 138.1 136.0 143.3 140.8 164.6 167.7 31 133.9 134.3 138.5 138.5 142.0 140.9 167.4 169.9 32 133.0 133.6 140.2 139.0 145.0 142.1 168.2 168.5 33 131.9 133.8 137.7 139.9 144.8 142.3 165.1 168.3 34 130.1 133.9 136.9 137.6 142.5 142.2 167.4 168.8 35 129.7 134.6 137.2 138.4 140.6 144.6 165.4 166.5 36 130.4 133.7 138.0 138.4 140.2 141.9 167.1 167.1 37 129.0 135.0 137.9 139.9 140.4 144.5 167.5 166.3 38 129.4 134.7 138.0 138.7 141.0 142.8 166.1 165.5 39 124.9 132.5 136.9 136.4 140.0 140.9 160.6 165.2 40 125.6 126.3 129.8 132.3 132.2 136.9 156.7 155.8 41 124.1 124.4 131.4 130.8 133.1 136.6 162.7 154.1 42 132.3 126.4 130.3 131.2 132.6 135.8 163.8 155.8 43 132.1 131.3 137.0 138.0 138.6 141.3 166.6 157.0 44 128.2 127.0 132.3 135.6 134.1 140.8 160.1 155.3 45 123.5 124.7 126.8 132.5 130.6 137.6 153.6 151.8 46 122.1 120.5 125.8 129.7 130.4 131.9 151.1 148.0 47 126.6 127.5 130.3 135.7 135.0 129.6 158.4 155.0 48 136.1 134.8 136.1 136.7 138.8 135.8 165.9 161.7 49 134.7 135.1 137.4 142.4 142.4 144.3 167.1 161.8 50 136.4 134.8 137.6 142.3 143.1 143.9 166.7 163.1 51 135.2 136.8 141.7 143.7 144.6 145.2 171.7 165.0 52 133.0 135.8 137.9 139.3 144.3 145.2 166.1 162.4 53 139.8 Total 6,850.3 6,925.0 7,160.0 7,226.5 7,407.1 7,495.0 1/ 8,659.4 1/ The 15 State total includes AL, AR, CA, DE, FL, GA, MD, MS, NC, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, & WV. Beginning April 7, 2002, KY, OK, LA, and MO were added, which does not allow for a total for 2001. The sum for 2001 is 8,372.4. 2/ Revised. 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, 1995-2002 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1/ 2002 --Thousands-- 5,710 5,484 6,161 5,491 5,917 6,100 6,397 5,916 6,443 6,765 6,328 6,776 7,059 6,882 7,284 6,861 7,001 7,310 6,685 6,748 6,752 6,264 7,275 6,775 6,320 6,751 6,036 6,687 7,038 6,764 6,398 6,814 6,135 6,780 7,062 7,062 7,736 7,435 7,117 7,597 6,178 6,175 6,008 6,932 7,041 6,829 6,822 7,206 6,302 6,034 7,167 6,788 7,088 6,310 6,326 6,602 6,475 6,515 6,697 7,109 7,665 7,288 7,494 7,449 6,288 6,013 6,170 6,225 6,502 6,254 7,328 6,883 6,870 7,121 6,469 6,694 6,647 6,704 6,676 6,265 6,656 6,514 6,347 7,312 6,984 7,105 7,261 6,938 6,218 5,951 6,252 6,904 6,999 6,429 6,577 6,475 Total 73,940 1/ Revised. 74,623 77,081 82,874 85,767 82,495 81,531 82,336 Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1995 662.5 600.1 679.1 664.1 691.9 670.8 673.7 674.1 638.9 655.0 629.2 693.0 TABLE 32 BROILER TYPE CHICKS HATCHED--BY COMMERCIAL HATCHERIES, UNITED STATES, MONTHLY, 1995-2002 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1/ --Millions-- 690.0 645.6 692.3 700.0 634.3 718.4 711.4 645.2 730.3 735.8 662.6 755.8 753.9 706.6 761.8 746.0 683.3 778.8 668.4 693.7 708.3 734.7 749.1 755.5 700.6 724.7 739.3 766.4 777.6 785.7 672.2 704.2 718.0 744.4 750.5 766.5 679.8 710.6 722.7 751.6 742.8 769.4 690.8 708.6 715.7 741.7 744.0 771.6 659.0 653.5 684.2 683.2 695.3 693.2 700.0 697.4 704.9 721.2 738.4 748.3 631.4 648.1 674.9 676.8 685.0 703.4 694.7 711.8 737.8 748.2 749.0 774.5 Total 2/ 7,932.4 8,078.2 8,321.6 1/Revised. 2/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 8,491.9 8,715.4 8,846.2 9,021.1 2002 777.0 703.3 791.1 765.4 799.3 776.3 781.7 780.0 740.4 720.6 690.1 753.9 9,079.0 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, 1995-2002 1/ 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 --Cents per Pound-- 32.5 36.2 40.7 32.4 38.5 36.0 32.4 37.2 39.0 33.6 38.0 33.0 32.5 35.3 37.7 34.3 36.4 30.0 32.7 34.1 36.9 35.4 35.0 32.0 32.3 34.9 36.7 36.4 35.4 34.0 31.9 37.8 36.8 37.5 38.0 34.0 33.2 40.6 37.4 40.6 38.7 34.0 34.7 40.5 40.0 44.0 38.0 35.0 37.4 40.3 39.9 46.8 37.2 33.0 38.1 40.2 38.2 45.9 35.9 38.0 36.8 39.5 34.7 43.4 34.3 35.0 37.6 40.4 33.7 41.3 38.0 38.0 Marketing Year Average 34.3 38.1 1/ Equivalent live weight price. 2/ Dec. preceding year. 37.7 39.3 37.1 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 2002 32.0 33.0 32.0 30.0 28.0 30.0 32.0 30.0 29.0 29.0 27.0 28.0 30.5 Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total TABLE 34 DOMESTIC PLACEMENTS--PULLET CHICKS FOR EGG TYPE HATCHERY SUPPLY FLOCKS, UNITED STATES, MONTHLY, 1995-2002 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 --Thousands-- 236 219 208 189 166 212 236 228 251 238 222 250 267 251 214 247 356 317 209 225 257 286 284 237 317 252 316 333 287 309 311 295 193 291 273 192 283 343 315 319 234 282 254 354 187 235 261 221 235 266 207 298 231 293 340 282 163 186 285 185 318 217 251 221 292 231 402 324 227 233 219 277 309 233 256 358 280 241 150 186 124 210 129 217 262 308 261 227 231 215 207 183 175 245 206 187 2,941 2,940 2,968 3,108 2,940 3,173 3,048 2,927 Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1995 32.4 32.7 36.0 35.1 37.5 35.0 29.6 31.4 33.6 33.4 29.1 30.6 TABLE 35 EGG TYPE CHICKS HATCHED--BY COMMERCIAL HATCHERIES, UNITED STATES, MONTHLY, 1995-2002 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1/ --Millions-- 31.6 33.8 34.6 35.7 36.9 37.3 35.7 38.8 38.0 39.0 33.0 36.8 31.9 33.8 31.8 33.1 31.9 37.1 32.3 35.3 30.9 28.1 32.9 35.8 37.2 35.2 34.2 36.7 34.6 36.4 34.7 37.8 40.6 41.2 38.9 41.0 39.1 42.3 36.7 42.8 39.2 40.7 41.2 42.7 39.3 41.4 37.3 40.8 35.6 34.3 33.2 38.7 33.4 35.5 34.3 35.0 38.0 39.3 36.3 37.1 34.7 39.0 36.1 35.8 31.2 32.8 32.4 32.4 35.5 33.6 35.2 31.9 Total 2/ 396.5 401.6 424.5 1/ Revised. 2/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 438.3 451.7 430.4 452.7 2002 35.6 34.5 37.0 38.1 38.8 35.1 35.6 35.7 35.7 32.1 31.1 32.0 421.3 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, 1995-2002 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 --Cents per Dozen-- 62.0 79.0 61.1 77.9 60.7 75.5 60.4 78.5 60.8 75.2 55.5 69.4 57.3 70.6 60.9 70.2 62.9 73.8 66.4 75.5 66.3 73.6 75.7 81.4 85.8 77.9 75.5 60.3 75.5 74.4 72.5 57.8 75.0 65.7 66.1 67.8 72.0 70.6 68.6 56.9 66.0 64.7 60.3 64.7 64.4 56.6 54.9 52.0 60.1 60.8 56.2 61.8 65.8 59.6 58.8 56.5 63.3 65.8 59.7 66.4 69.4 64.4 57.5 59.2 65.9 67.2 52.0 66.8 79.7 73.1 64.1 72.0 Marketing Year Average 62.4 1/ Revised. 2/ Dec preceding year. 74.9 70.3 66.8 62.2 61.8 2001 1/ 80.7 66.9 66.6 67.6 65.0 55.3 55.0 54.0 56.6 55.5 59.8 64.2 62.2 2002 58.6 62.4 55.5 67.7 52.2 50.5 62.1 56.5 61.1 57.1 53.2 70.7 59.0 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, 1995-2002 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1/ --Thousands-- 299,328 299,345 304,463 311,898 321,972 328,878 332,283 298,891 299,230 304,289 311,906 322,356 328,657 333,748 297,821 298,904 304,000 313,285 322,827 329,941 335,763 297,095 298,853 304,285 314,141 322,782 330,961 336,822 296,002 297,493 303,618 311,957 321,539 329,185 337,141 293,741 295,516 302,241 309,655 320,510 326,288 335,163 290,861 294,837 300,537 309,206 320,441 325,057 332,928 288,767 296,290 299,605 308,967 319,819 325,663 332,244 288,917 297,804 300,211 309,291 320,188 325,853 332,808 290,900 298,582 303,661 311,358 322,409 326,337 335,276 293,084 300,052 306,807 313,377 325,287 328,278 337,593 297,043 302,386 309,670 319,625 328,268 330,830 338,366 2002 339,105 338,966 337,991 337,447 336,776 335,865 335,412 335,498 336,159 337,264 338,159 337,808 Average 294,350 298,270 1/ Revised. 2/ Dec. preceding year. 303,604 312,035 322,354 327,985 335,012 337,202 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, 1995-2002 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1/ --Number-- 2,184 2,185 2,199 2,193 2,190 2,214 2,193 2,141 2,142 2,161 2,170 2,165 2,176 2,166 1,930 1,997 1,944 1,950 1,946 2,005 1,944 2,184 2,179 2,177 2,187 2,185 2,186 2,178 2,102 2,106 2,093 2,117 2,110 2,130 2,106 2,146 2,153 2,157 2,153 2,166 2,177 2,160 2,085 2,099 2,094 2,088 2,104 2,093 2,100 2,149 2,181 2,155 2,175 2,158 2,168 2,166 2,147 2,173 2,165 2,165 2,177 2,181 2,170 2,074 2,096 2,096 2,082 2,128 2,101 2,102 2,149 2,172 2,172 2,150 2,193 2,173 2,179 2,108 2,125 2,122 2,109 2,138 2,125 2,130 2002 2,188 2,143 1,947 2,198 2,110 2,173 2,125 2,190 2,188 2,119 2,192 2,139 Average per Layer 3/ 254 256 255 255 257 257 256 257 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 39 EGG PRODUCTION--ALL FLOCKS, UNITED STATES, MONTHLY, 1995-2002 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1/ --Million Eggs-- 6,536 6,541 6,696 6,841 7,051 7,280 7,287 6,399 6,409 6,577 6,767 6,979 7,152 7,228 5,747 5,970 5,909 6,110 6,281 6,615 6,528 6,488 6,511 6,625 6,870 7,052 7,235 7,336 6,223 6,264 6,355 6,604 6,785 7,013 7,100 6,305 6,361 6,519 6,666 6,941 7,104 7,241 6,065 6,188 6,292 6,457 6,742 6,802 6,993 6,206 6,462 6,457 6,720 6,903 7,062 7,197 6,202 6,471 6,500 6,695 6,971 7,106 7,222 6,033 6,257 6,366 6,482 6,861 6,855 7,049 6,297 6,518 6,664 6,737 7,132 7,132 7,357 6,263 6,425 6,572 6,741 7,017 7,030 7,207 Annual Total 74,764 76,377 1/ Revised. 2/ Dec. preceding year. 77,532 79,690 82,715 84,386 85,745 2002 7,420 7,264 6,581 7,417 7,105 7,297 7,126 7,347 7,356 7,147 7,412 7,226 86,698 TABLE 40 FORCED MOLT LAYERS AS A PERCENT OF HENS AND PULLETS OF LAYING AGE FIRST OF MONTH--30 SELECTED STATES, 1995-2002 1/ Percent Being Molted Month 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Jan 4.5 3.7 3.8 4.1 4.1 2.8 3.5 4.0 Feb 6.4 5.4 5.1 5.2 4.8 4.9 4.9 4.5 Mar 4.8 3.5 2.5 4.4 3.3 3.6 3.2 3.7 Apr 3.4 1.9 3.1 2.2 2.9 2.1 1.9 3.5 May 5.7 5.5 5.2 5.5 5.5 4.0 5.1 5.5 Jun 6.1 4.7 4.5 4.8 5.2 5.8 4.6 4.3 Jul 4.9 4.0 4.9 3.9 5.5 4.7 4.3 3.7 Aug 4.1 4.7 3.5 3.9 4.7 4.2 4.1 4.7 Sep 4.6 4.3 3.9 4.1 4.5 4.6 4.0 4.2 Oct 5.1 4.8 4.7 4.9 4.2 5.8 4.4 4.7 Nov 3.7 3.1 4.2 3.7 3.7 4.1 3.0 3.8 Dec 2.3 2.1 2.8 2.7 2.1 3.0 2.7 2.8 Percent with Molt Complete Month 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Jan 24.2 24.4 22.4 21.8 22.3 23.2 24.1 22.6 Feb 23.8 22.4 21.6 21.0 22.1 21.4 22.5 21.9 Mar 24.1 23.5 22.9 21.2 21.5 22.4 19.7 22.0 Apr 23.9 23.0 21.8 22.1 21.6 22.7 23.0 21.9 May 22.4 22.3 20.0 20.0 21.8 22.4 20.8 21.3 Jun 22.9 22.4 20.7 21.4 22.0 20.3 23.3 21.9 Jul 23.4 23.1 21.2 21.6 22.3 21.8 23.6 22.4 Aug 23.4 22.2 22.0 21.7 23.2 21.7 23.1 21.5 Sep 23.3 22.5 21.5 21.9 22.3 22.4 19.8 23.3 Oct 23.4 23.1 22.6 21.9 22.9 22.3 22.7 23.5 Nov 24.3 24.0 22.2 21.8 23.1 23.0 23.1 23.2 Dec 25.6 23.5 24.0 23.9 24.7 25.9 23.8 23.7 1/ 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, and 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, 2001-2002 2001 2002 All Heavy Light Month All Heavy Light --Thousands-- --Thousands-- 13,999 5,620 8,379 Jan 15,785 5,972 9,813 12,734 5,249 7,485 Feb 13,392 5,204 8,188 14,302 56,123 8,679 Mar 13,854 5,476 8,378 13,041 5,607 7,434 Apr 15,488 5,858 9,630 13,722 6,223 7,499 May 14,505 6,164 8,341 13,522 5,846 7,676 Jun 13,305 6,032 7,273 12,507 5,991 6,616 Jul 14,645 6,607 8,038 14,051 6,369 7,682 Aug 14,715 6,991 7,724 12,267 5,378 6,889 Sep 13,843 6,331 7,512 14,542 6,169 8,373 Oct 15,373 6,983 8,390 12,321 5,131 7,190 Nov 11,824 5,813 6,011 13,060 5,269 7,792 Dec 13,130 5,980 7,150 TABLE 42 POULTRY SLAUGHTERED UNDER FEDERAL INSPECTION--UNITED STATES, MONTHLY, 1995-2002 Month 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1/ 2002 --Million Head-- Young Chickens Jan 607.4 644.1 667.9 668.9 663.7 655.9 710.7 737.8 Feb 560.5 618.6 593.1 607.4 618.4 672.9 627.4 655.6 Mar 651.1 617.6 615.6 653.1 706.1 730.6 700.8 688.6 Apr 564.3 626.2 663.3 661.0 686.9 635.9 675.8 733.1 May 654.5 663.2 667.6 635.7 672.0 751.8 755.6 762.1 Jun 659.7 599.8 640.0 668.3 703.2 733.6 709.1 685.2 Jul 585.7 655.4 670.0 686.2 688.1 662.2 709.4 755.7 Aug 665.7 660.4 655.0 651.0 708.1 760.7 776.2 758.1 Sep 607.7 606.7 648.5 656.1 682.5 658.0 653.3 686.9 Oct 641.0 686.1 703.0 687.7 667.1 706.5 769.5 773.1 Nov 596.5 573.1 564.1 601.1 650.7 662.2 667.5 647.4 Dec 577.2 595.0 647.9 661.1 664.8 630.9 651.0 662.5 Annual Total 2/ 7,371.4 7,546.3 7,736.0 7,837.7 8,111.6 8,261.1 8,406.3 8,546.2 Jan 14.5 Feb 13.3 Mar 14.4 Apr 14.4 May 14.7 Jun 14.3 Jul 11.9 Aug 12.5 Sep 12.0 Oct 13.3 Nov 12.0 Dec 12.0 Annual Total 2/ 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 15.0 12.5 14.0 15.9 15.7 15.2 14.2 12.6 12.5 14.5 11.9 13.6 167.6 Mature Chickens 14.8 15.2 12.7 13.4 13.0 16.2 16.4 15.7 14.7 15.4 15.0 15.3 15.0 14.9 14.2 14.2 13.5 13.7 13.8 14.1 11.1 12.8 15.1 14.7 169.3 175.6 13.8 13.6 15.7 13.4 15.2 15.1 13.2 15.2 12.4 13.2 12.8 11.2 165.0 14.0 12.7 14.3 13.0 13.7 13.5 12.5 14.1 12.3 14.5 12.3 13.1 160.1 15.8 13.4 13.9 15.5 14.5 13.3 14.6 14.7 13.8 15.4 11.8 13.1 169.9 Jan 621.9 658.3 682.8 Feb 573.8 632.0 605.5 Mar 665.5 630.8 629.6 Apr 578.7 640.4 679.2 May 669.3 676.9 683.3 Jun 674.1 611.9 655.2 Jul 597.6 668.1 684.2 Aug 678.2 671.5 667.6 Sep 619.7 619.3 661.0 Oct 654.3 700.7 717.6 Nov 608.5 582.8 576.0 Dec 589.2 607.2 661.5 Annual Total 2/ 7,530.8 7,699.9 7,903.5 1/ Revised. 2/ Totals may not add due to rounding. Total Chickens 683.7 620.1 666.2 678.9 631.8 722.3 677.4 702.6 650.4 687.3 683.3 718.5 701.1 703.0 665.2 722.3 669.6 696.2 701.6 681.3 612.2 663.5 676.2 679.5 8,007.0 8,287.2 669.6 686.5 746.3 649.2 767.3 748.7 675.5 775.9 670.4 719.7 674.9 642.1 8,426.1 724.7 640.1 715.1 688.9 769.4 722.6 721.9 790.3 665.5 784.1 679.9 664.0 8,566.4 753.6 669.0 702.5 748.6 776.6 698.5 770.4 772.8 700.7 788.5 659.2 675.6 8,716.1 TABLE 43 PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION OF RED MEAT AND POULTRY--SELECTED YEARS, 1998-2002 1/ UNITED STATES 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Red Meat, Retail Weight Basis Beef Pounds 66.7 67.5 67.7 66.2 67.6 Pork Pounds 51.5 52.7 51.2 50.2 51.5 Lamb Pounds 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.2 Total 2/ Pounds 119.4 121.3 120.0 117.5 120.3 Eggs Total 2/ Number 245 255.6 258.2 252.6 253.7 Chickens Commercial Broilers 3/ Pounds 71.1 75.3 75.5 74.4 80.5 Turkey 4/ Pounds 17.7 17.6 17.4 17.5 17.7 Total 2/ 4/ Pounds 89.8 92.9 92.9 91.9 98.2 1/ Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Situation and Outlook Report, May, 2003. Economic Research Service, USDA. Per capita meat and egg consumption data are revised, incorporating a new population series from the Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis based on the 2000 Census. 2/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 3/ Retail lb. 4/ Ready-to-Cook Basis.