Georgia poultry facts, 2009

GEORGIA POULTRY FACTS
2009 EDITION
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Thomas T. Irvin, Commissioner
Cooperating with
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE National Agricultural Statistics Service Dr. Cynthia Clark, Administrator
Prepared by
USDA, NASS, GEORGIA FIELD OFFICE 355 East Hancock Avenue Athens, Georgia 30601
E-mail: nass-ga@nass.usda.gov Internet homepage: http://www.nass.usda.gov/ga/
Douglas G. Kleweno, Director S. Radley Edwards, Deputy Director James E. Brewster, Agricultural Statistician Tanimola Ayewa, Poultry Statistician Sonya M. Peacock, Statistical Assistant
Connie R. McEver, Editor
PREFACE
This publication is a compilation of statistical data on poultry released by the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service, Georgia Field Office during 2008 with comparisons back to 2001. 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, growers, 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 Field Office of USDA's, National Agricultural Statistics Service, in the Weekly Hatchery report and monthly in the Chicken and Eggs news release and Georgia
Farm Report. These reports and others are available at our Internet homepage address w
http://www.nass.usda.gov/ga/. w Paper and Compact Disc copies are available upon written request at the above address or by telephone at 800/253-4419.

Jackie Adams Tanimola Ayewa James Brewster Brent Chittenden Peggy Craig Robert Harris

Georgia Field Office Staff
Andy Jackson Kevin Lamons Clayton McDuffie Connie McEver John Meyer Jokeda Nelson

Sonya Peacock Jane Phelps Charlene Rhodes Sharon Stewart Talmadge Williams

OFFICE ENUMERATORS
Cindy Joiner Sue Johnston Allie M. Hardman Betty Strickland

North
Regina W. Broach Raymond H. Bryant Howard Cooper Keith Milburn James B. Morris Jimmy C. Taff Billy Tomlinson James P. Vickers Leland J. Willis

FIELD ENUMERATORS
West Central Jimmy P. Bradley Wayne Adkins Paul M. Bulloch Carlton Farmer James L. Hoover, Jr. Lee Lucas, Jr.

East Central
Inman Gerrald Willard R. Joiner John W. Meikle Lilla P. Mobley William Ed Veal William A. Woodward

Southwest
Alfred E. (Bubber) Hester, Jr. Scott Connell Don Hall William H. Kimbrel Ross E. NeSmith Charles W. Robertson

Southeast
Donna Taft Albert Potts Pat Reid Jack West

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Georgia Tables

Page

1 State Rank by Value of Production from Commercial Broilers, Eggs, and Mature Chickens, 2008 ... 2

2 Poultry--Production, Sales and Value, Georgia, 2001-2008 ............................................................... 3

3 Eggs--Production and Value of Production by Type, Georgia, 2001-2008 ......................................... 5

4 Poultry--Value of Production, Georgia, 2003-2008 ............................................................................. 6

5 Broiler Type Eggs Set, Georgia, Weekly, 2001-2008.......................................................................... 8

6 Broiler Type Chicks Hatched, Georgia, Weekly, 2001-2008 ............................................................... 9

7 Broiler Type Chicks Placed, Georgia, Weekly, 2001-2008 ............................................................... 10

8 Broiler Type Chicks Hatched by Commercial Hatcheries, Georgia, Monthly, 2001-2008 ................. 11

9 Layers--Average Number in All Flocks, Georgia, Monthly, 2001-2008 ............................................. 12

10 Eggs Laid per 100 Layers--All Flocks, Georgia, Monthly, 2001-2008 ............................................... 12

11 Egg Production--All Flocks, Georgia, Monthly, 2001-2008 ............................................................... 12

12 Layers--Average Number in Table Egg Flocks, Georgia, Monthly, 2001-2008................................. 13

13 Eggs Laid per 100 Layers--Table Egg Flocks, Georgia, Monthly, 2001-2008................................... 13

14 Egg Production--Table Egg Flocks, Georgia, Monthly, 2001-2008 ................................................... 13

15 Layers--Average Number in Hatching Egg Flocks, Georgia, Monthly, 2001-2008............................ 14

16 Eggs Laid per 100 Layers--Hatching Egg Flocks, Georgia, Monthly, 2001-2008 ............................. 14

17 Egg Production--Hatching Egg Flocks, Georgia, Monthly, 2001-2008.............................................. 14

18 Prices Received by Farmers for All Eggs, Georgia, Monthly, 2001-2008 ......................................... 15

19 Prices Received by Farmers for Table Eggs, Georgia, Monthly, 2001-2008 .................................... 15

20 Forced Molt Layers as a Percent of Hens and Pullets of Laying Age First of Month, Georgia,

2001-2008 .................................................................................................................................... 16

21 Young Chickens Slaughtered Under Federal Inspection, Georgia, Monthly, 2001-2008.................. 16

Georgia Graphs Broilers, Number and Value of Production, Georgia, 2001-2008 ........................................................ 3 Table Eggs, Number and Value of Production, Georgia, 2001-2008 .................................................. 4 Hatching Eggs, Number and Value of Production, Georgia, 2001-2008............................................. 4 Value of Production, Commercial Broilers, Mature Chickens, and Eggs, Georgia, 2008 ................... 6 Broiler Type Eggs Set, Jan 5, 2008 through Dec 27, 2008, Georgia .................................................. 7 Broiler Type Chicks Placed, Jan 5, 2008 through Dec 27, 2008, Georgia .......................................... 7 Broiler Type Chicks Hatched Monthly, Georgia, 2006-2008 ............................................................. 11

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United States Tables

Page

22 Poultry--Production, Sales and Value, United States, 2001-2008..................................................... 18

23 Chicken and Turkey Hatcheries: Number and Incubator Egg Capacity by Region and

United States, January 1, 2008 and 2009 .................................................................................... 19

24 Number of All Chickens on Farms by States--December 1, 2001-2008 ........................................... 20

25 Total Value of All Chickens on Farms by States--December 1, 2001-2008 ...................................... 21

26 Broiler Type Eggs Set--Selected States, Weekly, 2001-2008........................................................... 23

27 Broiler Type Chicks Placed--Selected States, Weekly, 2001-2008................................................... 24

28 Broiler Type Chicks Hatched by Commercial Hatcheries, United States, Monthly, 2001-2008 ........ 25

29 Domestic Placements--Pullet Chicks for Broiler Hatchery Supply Flocks, United States,

Monthly, 2001-2008...................................................................................................................... 26

30 Prices Received by Farmers for Commercial Broilers, United States, Monthly, 2001-2008 ............. 26

31 Egg Type Chicks Hatched by Commercial Hatcheries, United States, Monthly, 2001-2008 ........... 27

32 Domestic Placements--Pullet Chicks for Egg Type Hatchery Supply Flocks, United States,

Monthly, 2001-2008...................................................................................................................... 28

33 Prices Received by Farmers for All Eggs, United States, Monthly, 2001-2008 ................................ 28

34 Layers--Average Number in All Flocks, United States, Monthly, 2001-2008 .................................... 29

35 Eggs Laid per 100 Layers--All Flocks, United States, Monthly, 2001-2008 ...................................... 29

36 Egg Production--All Flocks, United States, Monthly, 2001-2008....................................................... 29

37 Forced Molt Layers as a Percent of Hens and Pullets of Laying Age,

First of Month, United States, 2001-200....................................................................................... 30

38 Poultry Slaughtered Under Federal Inspection, United States, Monthly,

Mature Chickens by Weight Group, 2007-2008 ........................................................................... 30

39 Poultry Slaughtered Under Federal Inspection, United States, Monthly, 2001-2008 ........................ 31

40 Per Capita Consumption of Red Meat and Poultry-Selected Years, 2004-2008, United States ....... 32

United States Graphs Value of Production, Broilers, Eggs, Mature Chickens & Turkeys, and Total, United States, 2001-2008............................................................................................................. 17 Value of Production, Broilers, Eggs, and Mature Chickens & Turkeys, United States, 2008............ 17 Chickens, Number and Value of Production, United States, 2001-2008 .......................................... 19 Broiler Type Eggs Set, Jan 5, 2008 through Dec 27, 2008, United States ....................................... 22 Broiler Type Chicks Placed, Jan 5, 2008 through Dec 27, 2008, United States ............................... 22 Broiler Type Chicks Hatched Monthly, United States, 2006-2008 .................................................... 25 Egg Type Chicks Hatched Monthly, United States, 2006-2008 ........................................................ 27 Per Capita Consumption, Pork, Beef, and Chicken, United States, 2004-2008 ............................... 32

USDA, NASS, GEORGIA FIELD OFFICE, 2008 EDITION

GEORGIA POULTRY HIGHLIGHTS
2008 FARM VALUE OF PRODUCTION1/ All Poultry and Eggs .............................................$3,935,384,000 Broilers...................................................................$3,360,960,000 Eggs ..........................................................................$564,244,000 Chickens* .................................................................... $10,180,000
2008 -- GEORGIA NATIONAL RANK First ................................................ Broilers Value of Production First ..................................................................Broilers Produced First ............................................All Poultry Value of Production First ....................................... Chickens Sold (excludes broilers) Second ................. Chickens Value of Sales (excludes broilers) Third .................................................... Eggs Value of Production Seventh ................................................................ Eggs Produced

SUMMARY--2008
The total farm value of poultry and eggs produced in Georgia increased 8 percent to $3.94 billion for the 2008 production year. Value of production from broilers totaled $3.36 billion, up 5 percent from 2007. The value of production for all eggs was $564 million, up 29 percent from 2007. The sale of chickens, excluding broilers, totaled 15.4 million birds with a value of sales of $10.2 million.
BROILER PRODUCTION
For the twenty-fifth consecutive year, Georgia has been the leader in broiler production with 1.41 billion birds in 2008. Production increased 1 percent from 1.40 billion broilers produced in 2007. Pounds produced in 2008 totaled 7.47 billion. The average price received per pound for broilers in 2008 was 45.0 cents per pound, up 2 cents from the 2007 average price. Georgia ranked first in the number of broilers produced and accounted for 16 percent of the number and 15 percent of pounds of the Nation=s broiler production in 2008. For the fourteenth 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, 2008, totaled 4.58 billion eggs, down 5 percent from 2007. The number of layers averaged 18.5 million in 2008, down 5 percent from the previous year. In hatching egg flocks, the average number of layers was down 5 percent, to 9.19 million from 9.66 million in 2007. The average number of layers in table egg flocks was 9.30 million in 2008. All layers in Georgia produced an average of 247 eggs per hen in 2008, the same as 2007. Hatching egg flocks produced 2.10 billion eggs during 2008, 5 percent less than the previous year. Table egg flocks produced 2.47 billion eggs in 2008, down 4 percent from 2007. The average price for all eggs in 2008 was 148.0 cents per dozen, 38.0 cents more than the previous year. Table egg prices averaged 104.0 cents per dozen, up 29.2 cents from the previous year. Hatching egg prices averaged $2.00 per dozen, up 50.0 cents from the previous year. Of the total eggs produced in 2008, 57 percent were sold as table eggs and 43 percent were used as hatching eggs. Georgia ranked sixth in the Nation in 2008 in the average number of layers and seventh 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 mature chickens is quantity sold multiplied by the price per unit.

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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

TABLE 1
STATE RANK BY VALUE OF PRODUCTION FROM COMMERCIAL BROILERS, EGGS, AND VALUE OF SALES FROM MATURE CHICKENS, 20081/2/

Commercial Broilers3/4/ ($000)
GA 3,360,960 AR 2,807,200 NC 2,691,619 AL 2,630,700 MS 2,194,245 TX 1,557,135 MD 790,076 DE 773,661 KY 743,805 SC 712,614 VA 563,175 OK 554,532 TN 458,325 PA 438,604 FL 169,380 WV 165,158 OH 147,510 MN 107,100 WI 102,037 NE 18,894

All Eggs

($000)

IA 1,117,850

OH 585,477

GA 564,244

IN 535,571

PA 487,467

TX 460,307

CA 440,730

AR 418,062

NC 373,944

AL 298,550

MN 237,237

FL 234,515

NE 225,242

MI 211,524

MS 179,075

MO 165,703

WA 136,448

KY 130,387

IL 120,770

ME 104,433

SC 104,178

WI 102,910

NY

96,871

CO

96,842

OK

80,888

VA

77,103

UT

72,422

OR

64,775

MD

62,682

CT

60,116

SD

55,752

LA

47,694

TN

42,815

NJ

41,590

WV

30,390

ID

13,630

MT

9,567

HI

8,678

NH

7,321

VT

5,252

MA

3,718

WY

193

Mature Chickens

($000)

AR

10,711

GA

10,180

AL

8,607

NC

7,715

MS

5,257

TX

4,161

OK

2,236

KY

2,049

TN

1,649

SC

1,608

VA

1,425

WV

1,098

MO

996

LA

966

PA

650

CO

439

FL

389

WI

306

IN

265

MN

261

OH

181

MD

137

IA

107

IL

100

NH

68

HI

59

CA

29

NE

21

VT

21

NY

20

CT

19

OR

9

ME

8

MI

8

ID

6

UT

6

NJ

2

SD

2

MA

1

WA

1

MT

0

WY

0

All Poultry5/

($000)

GA 3,935,384

NC 3,725,598

AR 3,584,072

AL 2,937,857

MS 2,378,577

TX 2,021,603

IA 1,319,557

MN 1,088,790

SC 1,085,800

PA 1,065,089

VA 912,855

KY 876,241

OH 866,800

MD 852,895

IN 842,105

DE 773,661

CA 693,175

OK 637,656

MO 537,769

TN 502,789

FL 404,284

WV 253,889

NE 244,157

MI 211,532

WI 205,253

SD 144,777

WA 136,449

UT 133,305

IL 120,870

ME 104,441

CO

97,281

NY

96,891

OR

64,784

CT

60,135

LA

48,660

NJ

41,592

ID

13,636

MT

9,567

HI

8,737

NH

7,389

VT

5,273

MA

3,719

WY

193

All Other States

2,125,454 6/

112,563 7/

72 7/

2,821,482

US

23,112,184

8,225,486

61,845

35,876,569

Puerto Rico

14,685

312

14,997

1/ Estimates cover the 12 month period Dec 1, previous year, through Nov 30 for eggs, chickens, and broilers. Estimates cover the twelve month period Jan

1 through Dec 31 for turkeys. 2/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 3/ Broiler production including other domestic meat-type breeds. 4/ Excludes states

producing less than 500,000 birds. 5/ Includes commercial broilers, eggs, chickens and turkeys. Georgia does not estimate for turkeys. 6/ CA, IN, IA, LA,

MO, OR, & WA combined to avoid disclosure of individual operations. 7/ AK, AZ, ND, NM, NV & RI combined to avoid disclosure of individual operations.

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Number (million) 4,000 3,500 3,000 2,500 2,000 1,500 1,000
500 0 2001

2002

BROILERS Number and Value of Production
Georgia, 2001 - 2008

2003

2004

2005

2006

Number

Value

2007

Dollars (million) 4,000 3,500 3,000 2,500 2,000 1,500 1,000 500 0
2008

TABLE 2 POULTRY--PRODUCTION, SALES AND VALUE, GEORGIA, 2001-20081/

Unit

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

Commercial Broilers

Number Produced 1,000 Head 1,247,300 1,290,500 1,260,500 1,298,900 1,324,000 1,358,800 1,398,800 1,409,200

Pounds Produced 1,000 Price per Pound2/ Cents

6,236,500 6,452,500 6,302,500 6,494,500 6,752,400 7,065,800 7,413,600 7,468,800

39.0

30.0

34.0

44.0

43.0

36.0

43.0

45.0

Value of Production 1,000 $

2,432,235 1,935,750 2,142,850 2,857,580 2,903,532 2,543,688 3,187,848 3,360,960

Unit

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

Mature Chickens3/

Number Sold

1,000 Head 19,630

16,947

17,957 15,707

14,043

13,843

15,318 15,417

Pounds Sold

1,000

147,225 127,103 113,129 102,096 103,918 103,823 111,821 109,461

Price per Pound Cents

7.8

8.2

6.9

8.0

11.6

8.6

8.0

9.3

Value of Sales

1,000 $

11,484 10,422

7,806

8,168

12,054

8,929

8,946 10,180

1/ The production year begins Dec 1 previous year and ends Nov 30 current year. 2/ Live weight equivalent price. 3/ Mature chickens includes Hatching Egg

and Table Egg Flocks.

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Dozen (million) 350 300 250 200 150 100
50 0 2001

2002

TABLE EGGS
Number and Value of Production Georgia 2001 - 2008

2003

2004

Number

2005

2006

Value

2007

Dollars (million) 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0
2008

Dozen (million) 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 2001

2002

HATCHING EGGS
Number and Value of Production Georgia 2001 - 2008

2003

2004

Number

2005

2006

Value

2007

Dollars (million) 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0
2008

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TABLE 3 EGGS--PRODUCTION AND VALUE OF PRODUCTION BY TYPE, GEORGIA 2001-20081/2/

Unit

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Table Eggs

Average Number Layers 1,000 Head 11,596

11,052 11,225 11,169

10,257

9,734

9,673

Eggs per Layer

Number

258

258

267

269

269

269

266

Eggs Produced

Million

2,991

2,853

2,998

3,002

2,760 2,614

2,576

Price per Dozen

Cents

42.6

38.6

55.9

55.8

34.5

43.2

74.8

Value of Production

1,000 $ 106,198

91,815 139,657 139,603

79,430 94,111 160,491

Unit

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Hatching Eggs

Average Number Layers 1,000 Head 9,398

9,422

9,217

9,054

9,380 9,635

9,664

Eggs per Layer

Number

223

224

222

225

229

228

229

Eggs Produced

Million

2,095

2,114

2,049

2,036

2,146 2,197

2,216

Price per Dozen

Cents

149.9

149.9

150.0

150.0

150.0 150.0

150.0

Value of Production

1,000 $ 261,689 264,153 256,112 254,517 268,250 274,625 277,000

Unit

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Total Eggs

Average Number Layers 1,000 Head 20,994

20,473 20,442 20,323

19,737 19,469

19,434

Eggs per Layer

Number

242

243

247

248

249

247

247

Eggs Produced

Million

5,086

4,967

5,047

5,038

4,906 4,811

4,792

Price per Dozen

Cents

86.8

86.0

94.1

93.9

85.0

92.0

110.0

Value of Production

1,000 $ 367,887 355,968 395,769 394,120 347,680 368,736 437,491

1/ The production year begins Dec 1 previous year and ends Nov 30 current year. 2/ Includes both commercial and farm flocks.

2008
9,300 266
2,472 104.0 213,577
2008
9,189 229
2,104 200.0 350,667
2008
18,539 247
4,576 148.0 564,244

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Value of Production Commercial Broilers, Mature Chickens, and Eggs
Georgia 2008 (Million Dollars)
Broilers $3,361

Mature Chickens* $10

Eggs (Total)

Mature Chickens

* Includes hatching and table egg flocks.

Eggs (Total) $564
Broilers

TABLE 4 POULTRY--VALUE OF PRODUCTION, GEORGIA, 2003-20081/

2003

2004

2005

2006

--Thousand Dollars--

20072/

2008

Commercial Broilers Mature Chickens, Value of Sales3/

2,142,850 7,806

2,857,580 8,168

2,903,532 12,054

2,543,688 8,929

3,187,848 8,946

3,360,960 10,180

All Chickens,

Including Commercial Broilers

2,150,656 2,865,748

2,915,586

2,552,617

3,196,794

3,371,140

Eggs

395,769

394,120

347,680

368,736

437,491

564,244

All Poultry

2,546,425 3,259,868

3,263,266

2,921,353

3,634,285

3,935,384

1/ The production year begins Dec 1 previous year and ends Nov 30 current year. 2/ Revised. 3/ Includes hatching and table egg flocks.

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Million Eggs 37.0 36.0 35.0 34.0 33.0 32.0 31.0 30.0 29.0 28.0
5

BROILER TYPE EGGS SET Jan 5, 2008 through Dec 27, 2008
Georgia

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

Week

Million Chicks 31.0 30.0 29.0 28.0 27.0 26.0 25.0 24.0 23.0
5

BROILER TYPE CHICKS PLACED Jan 5, 2008 through Dec 27, 2008
Georgia

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

Week

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Week Number
1 2 3 4 5

TABLE 5 BROILER TYPE EGGS SET, GEORGIA, WEEKLY, 2001-2008

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

20061/

--Million--

30.8

31.3

30.7

33.6

33.8

33.6

31.0

31.9

31.0

33.1

33.5

33.5

30.6

31.4

30.9

33.1

33.4

34.2

30.6

31.3

31.4

33.1

32.9

33.7

30.4

31.2

31.3

33.2

33.7

33.3

6

30.7

31.6

31.2

33.4

33.9

33.4

7

31.1

31.5

31.3

33.2

33.5

33.7

8

31.5

31.6

31.6

33.5

33.4

34.2

9

32.4

31.5

31.9

33.5

33.6

34.2

10

31.7

32.2

32.3

32.7

33.2

34.2

11

31.9

31.6

31.6

32.8

33.4

33.7

12

31.9

31.8

31.6

32.3

33.4

34.0

13

31.5

31.3

31.2

32.7

32.9

34.3

14

32.4

32.3

32.3

32.3

31.7

34.3

15

32.6

31.9

32.5

33.4

33.4

34.2

16

31.9

32.3

31.9

33.4

33.6

34.1

17

32.5

31.9

31.9

33.3

33.4

33.7

18

32.0

31.5

31.9

32.9

33.2

33.6

19

32.5

32.9

32.4

32.8

32.9

34.0

20

32.3

32.8

32.9

33.3

33.8

33.9

21

32.6

32.6

32.5

33.4

33.7

34.1

22

32.5

32.7

32.9

33.7

33.6

34.3

23

32.5

32.7

33.0

33.1

33.7

34.6

24

32.4

32.7

32.7

34.0

33.4

34.4

25

30.7

32.2

32.4

33.6

33.5

33.9

26

32.1

32.4

32.1

34.0

32.9

34.2

27

30.8

31.7

32.3

33.7

32.0

33.5

28

31.9

32.6

32.6

33.4

33.4

34.3

29

31.4

31.9

32.9

33.8

33.5

34.1

30

30.9

32.2

32.9

33.1

33.6

34.1

31

31.7

32.4

32.3

34.3

33.1

34.2

32

31.7

32.0

32.6

34.3

33.4

33.8

33

31.8

31.1

32.3

33.8

33.2

34.3

34

31.9

31.5

32.8

33.8

33.5

34.4

35

32.0

31.6

32.5

33.5

33.3

34.7

36

32.0

30.9

33.2

33.7

32.6

33.6

37

29.0

30.9

32.6

33.8

32.3

33.5

38

30.1

31.0

31.9

31.9

33.5

33.8

39

28.7

30.2

30.7

32.5

32.9

32.9

40

29.5

30.9

31.7

33.1

34.0

34.0

41

31.2

29.8

31.9

32.9

33.3

34.1

42

29.0

28.4

29.7

30.9

31.2

31.9

43

28.6

27.3

28.5

31.2

31.1

31.6

44

29.4

28.3

30.2

31.1

30.3

31.7

45

31.2

29.9

31.5

31.5

31.5

33.6

46

31.5

30.6

33.1

33.4

32.2

34.1

47

30.7

29.9

32.2

32.6

32.5

34.4

48

32.6

30.4

33.5

33.1

34.0

35.0

49

31.3

30.4

32.8

33.3

33.4

33.6

50

31.5

30.5

33.6

33.8

33.3

34.7

51

31.7

30.0

52

30.8

30.9

53

Total2/

1,634.3

1,624.2

1/ Revised. 2/ Totals may not add due to rounding.

32.7

34.0

33.1

33.8

1,659.6 1,719.1

34.1 33.5 33.9
1,722.0

34.3 34.4
1,759.4

20071/
34.3 34.6 34.6 34.0 34.3
34.5 35.0 34.8 34.9 34.7
34.8 35.1 34.6 35.6 35.6
35.9 35.7 35.1 35.3 35.6
35.6 35.4 35.9 35.2 34.5
34.0 35.6 35.5 35.0 34.8
35.1 35.1 34.9 34.9 35.2
33.6 33.5 33.8 32.9 34.9
34.3 32.9 34.4 33.4 34.6
35.0 35.3 35.4 34.4 35.4
35.8 35.5
1,811.0

20081/
35.9 34.9 35.1 35.5 35.9
35.5 35.3 35.3 35.1 35.1
35.2 34.4 34.7 34.9 34.1
34.7 34.0 34.6 34.0 34.8
34.5 34.1 34.1 34.3 33.8
34.0 32.6 34.0 33.6 33.3
32.8 33.5 32.8 32.9 32.9
32.4 30.9 31.1 32.2 29.8
30.3 28.7 30.0 28.6 28.9
31.1 32.0 32.5 31.4 32.5
32.8 32.7
1,730.2

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Week Number
1 2 3 4 5

TABLE 6

BROILER TYPE CHICKS HATCHED, GEORGIA, WEEKLY, 2001-2008

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

20061/

20071/

--Million--

24.9

26.3

25.0

27.5

27.8

27.7

28.3

24.8

25.9

24.5

26.7

28.2

27.4

28.0

24.9

25.2

25.3

27.0

27.6

27.7

28.3

24.9

25.7

25.4

27.3

27.9

27.6

28.1

25.1

26.0

25.6

27.2

27.9

27.5

28.2

6

24.9

25.6

25.5

27.4

28.0

28.0

28.1

7

25.0

25.7

25.8

27.3

27.6

27.8

27.7

8

24.8

25.5

25.4

27.4

28.2

27.3

28.0

9

25.2

26.2

25.5

27.7

28.1

27.6

28.0

10

25.3

26.1

25.6

27.5

27.9

27.7

28.3

11

25.8

26.0

26.1

27.7

27.7

28.2

28.3

12

26.4

25.7

26.4

27.7

28.1

28.2

28.5

13

26.0

26.1

26.7

27.1

27.7

28.2

28.4

14

26.1

25.9

26.2

27.2

27.9

27.6

28.7

15

25.8

26.0

26.2

26.7

27.8

27.4

28.7

16

25.6

25.8

25.8

27.0

27.6

28.4

28.4

17

26.3

26.4

26.8

26.6

26.5

28.5

29.3

18

26.6

26.3

26.9

27.2

28.1

28.7

29.4

19

26.1

26.5

26.4

27.6

28.2

28.2

29.4

20

26.5

26.2

26.5

27.6

28.1

28.2

29.2

21

26.1

26.0

26.5

27.3

27.6

28.0

28.9

22

26.5

27.0

26.9

27.2

27.8

28.4

29.0

23

26.4

26.8

27.3

27.6

28.3

28.0

29.2

24

26.5

26.6

27.0

27.8

28.2

28.1

29.2

25

26.7

26.5

27.4

27.9

28.2

28.3

29.1

26

26.5

26.7

27.6

27.6

28.3

28.8

29.5

27

26.5

26.9

27.2

28.2

27.9

28.6

29.0

28

25.0

26.5

26.9

27.9

28.0

28.1

28.5

29

26.1

26.7

26.6

27.9

27.4

28.1

28.1

30

25.1

25.9

26.8

27.5

26.6

27.6

29.5

31

25.9

26.7

27.0

27.5

27.8

28.2

29.3

32

25.5

25.9

27.3

28.1

27.8

28.1

29.0

33

24.9

26.1

27.2

27.2

27.7

28.1

28.8

34

25.7

26.2

26.9

28.1

27.4

27.9

28.8

35

25.8

26.2

27.1

28.0

27.3

27.8

28.5

36

25.6

25.7

26.8

27.5

27.2

28.1

28.3

37

25.7

25.9

27.2

28.0

27.7

28.3

28.4

38

25.9

25.9

26.9

27.5

27.3

28.6

28.6

39

25.2

26.3

25.4

27.6

27.5

26.7

27.4

40

25.5

23.9

25.5

26.8

27.7

26.4

27.2

41

24.5

24.9

25.6

26.4

26.2

26.9

27.6

42

24.9

23.5

24.9

24.9

26.2

26.9

26.6

43

26.5

24.4

25.5

26.1

26.9

28.0

28.5

44

25.3

24.4

26.4

26.8

27.2

27.7

27.7

45

23.6

23.5

24.4

25.4

25.8

26.2

26.6

46

23.0

22.2

23.4

25.2

25.6

25.5

27.3

47

24.0

23.3

24.8

25.9

24.7

26.1

27.0

48

25.4

24.5

25.9

26.0

26.0

27.1

28.3

49

25.8

25.3

27.1

27.8

26.6

27.8

28.3

50

24.7

24.6

26.3

26.9

26.9

28.3

28.7

51

26.5

25.0

52

25.4

24.8

53

Total2/

1,331.8

1,337.1

1/ Revised. 2/ Totals may not add due to rounding.

27.3

27.5

26.8

27.8

1,369.1 1,423.9

28.0 27.4 27.5
1,431.8

28.7 27.3
1,448.7

28.6 27.7
1,480.8

20081/
28.8 29.1 28.9 29.1 28.2
28.4 28.6 28.7 28.8 28.7
29.0 28.7 28.9 28.8 27.8
28.2 28.4 28.0 28.5 28.0
28.8 28.3 29.0 28.6 28.4
28.3 28.4 27.8 28.0 27.0
28.3 27.9 27.5 27.3 27.6
27.2 27.1 26.9 26.8 25.4
25.8 26.9 24.7 24.9 23.8
25.0 23.7 24.1 25.8 26.7
27.0 26.2
1,438.1

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9

Week Number
1 2 3 4 5

TABLE 7 BROILER TYPE CHICKS PLACED, GEORGIA, WEEKLY, 2001-2008

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

20061/

20071/

24.0

26.4

24.5

24.2

25.8

24.2

24.7

24.9

24.8

24.3

26.1

25.1

24.3

25.7

25.1

--Million--

26.4

26.8

27.2

28.2

24.9

27.1

27.1

27.8

26.2

26.7

27.7

28.2

25.9

27.2

26.8

27.8

25.7

27.2

27.0

26.8

6

24.7

25.5

25.6

25.7

27.0

27.0

27.5

7

24.7

25.2

25.8

25.6

26.4

27.5

28.5

8

24.9

25.3

25.0

26.0

26.8

27.1

27.9

9

24.3

26.0

25.7

26.3

27.2

27.2

28.1

10

24.9

26.0

24.4

26.3

27.8

27.6

28.1

11

26.4

25.8

25.1

26.5

27.1

27.7

27.7

12

26.6

25.5

25.4

26.4

27.5

28.2

28.4

13

26.3

26.0

25.5

25.8

27.9

27.6

28.1

14

25.7

26.0

25.1

26.0

27.4

26.6

28.4

15

25.8

25.8

25.2

25.5

26.9

27.3

28.7

16

25.5

25.1

24.6

26.2

27.0

28.5

27.7

17

25.1

26.5

25.7

26.2

25.9

28.2

29.3

18

26.1

26.3

26.4

27.0

27.2

28.2

29.3

19

25.8

26.4

24.9

26.6

28.4

27.7

29.3

20

26.2

25.9

24.7

26.9

28.2

27.7

27.8

21

25.6

25.3

25.2

26.6

26.9

27.8

29.5

22

26.7

26.9

25.4

25.2

28.2

27.7

28.9

23

25.4

26.3

26.0

26.4

27.9

28.8

29.1

24

25.9

25.7

26.4

27.0

27.7

28.2

28.7

25

26.7

26.1

26.2

27.0

26.8

28.3

29.0

26

25.8

26.0

26.5

27.2

28.3

28.1

29.7

27

26.3

26.6

26.1

27.7

27.1

28.2

28.7

28

24.6

26.2

25.3

26.9

27.7

27.8

28.8

29

25.9

26.3

25.2

27.8

27.3

27.7

27.9

30

24.5

25.6

25.2

27.1

26.0

28.0

29.7

31

25.9

26.4

25.6

25.5

27.5

27.8

29.8

32

25.1

25.8

26.3

27.1

27.2

28.4

28.4

33

24.9

25.8

26.2

26.2

27.8

27.5

28.5

34

25.5

25.4

25.3

26.7

26.6

27.6

29.4

35

25.3

25.7

26.2

27.2

26.6

28.0

28.1

36

25.7

25.1

25.1

26.4

26.9

27.3

28.5

37

25.5

25.8

26.0

27.0

27.4

27.9

28.6

38

25.9

25.5

25.4

27.1

26.6

29.1

28.0

39

25.6

26.2

24.7

27.4

27.1

27.0

27.6

40

25.5

23.4

23.9

25.3

27.9

26.3

27.6

41

24.1

24.7

24.4

25.7

25.8

26.9

28.2

42

24.9

22.9

24.1

23.3

26.1

26.7

26.5

43

25.9

24.2

24.4

25.5

25.9

28.0

27.4

44

25.0

24.1

25.3

25.5

25.9

27.5

27.8

45

23.2

23.4

23.8

24.7

25.4

26.3

27.9

46

23.0

21.5

22.5

24.4

25.6

25.8

26.3

47

23.3

22.8

23.3

24.6

24.0

26.1

26.9

48

25.1

24.3

24.9

25.7

25.7

25.9

27.9

49

25.6

25.1

24.9

26.3

26.7

27.4

28.4

50

24.2

24.7

24.7

24.8

26.2

27.7

29.0

51

26.1

24.8

25.9

52

25.2

24.7

25.9

53

Total2/

1,312.7

1,319.3

1,359.8

1/ Revised. 2/ Totals may not add due to rounding.

26.2 26.4
1,360.2

27.2 27.0 26.5
1,400.2

28.4 27.3
1,431.3

28.6 28.0
1,470.9

20081/
29.1 28.9 28.5 29.7 28.0
28.9 29.0 29.3 28.7 29.6
29.4 29.8 29.2 29.0 28.2
28.8 29.0 27.8 28.6 28.1
29.0 29.0 29.1 28.0 29.0
29.3 28.6 27.7 27.9 27.0
28.2 27.6 27.6 27.7 27.3
26.8 27.1 26.6 26.6 25.9
26.0 26.4 24.5 25.3 23.6
25.1 23.8 24.1 25.8 26.6
27.1 26.4
1,438.5

10

USDA, NASS, GEORGIA FIELD OFFICE, 2009 EDITION

Million Chicks 135.0

BROILER TYPE CHICKS HATCHED MONTHLY Georgia, 2006-2008

130.0

125.0

120.0

115.0

110.0

105.0

100.0

Jan

Feb Mar

Apr May Jun

Jul

Aug Sep

Oct

Nov Dec

2006

2007

2008

Month
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

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

TABLE 8

BROILER TYPE CHICKS HATCHED BY COMMERCIAL HATCHERIES, GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 2001-2008

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

--Million-

114.1

111.4

120.1

123.7

122.2

124.7

103.0

102.2

113.7

111.8

110.6

111.8

115.0

115.9

121.6

123.3

124.1

125.5

111.7

112.8

115.3

118.0

120.0

123.5

116.9

117.8

121.6

123.9

125.2

129.2

114.4

117.1

119.1

120.8

121.3

125.3

117.4

119.0

122.9

121.7

124.5

127.6

115.8

120.0

123.3

121.7

124.1

127.8

110.6

113.5

117.9

118.0

119.7

120.7

107.3

113.4

115.6

117.8

120.1

121.9

100.5

106.5

110.8

109.9

113.0

117.2

110.4

119.5

121.8

121.2

123.9

125.6

Total1/

1,331.8

1,337.1

1/ Totals may not add due to rounding.

1,369.1

1,423.9

1,431.8

1,448.7

1,480.8

2008
127.8 118.5 127.7 120.9 125.6 122.5 123.3 122.2 115.0 113.3 103.9 117.5
1,438.1

USDA, NASS, GEORGIA FIELD OFFICE, 2009 EDITION

11

Month
Dec1/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

TABLE 9

LAYERS--AVERAGE NUMBER IN ALL FLOCKS, GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 2001-2008

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

--Thousand--

20,775

21,489

20,515

20,672

20,223

19,524

19,791

20,686

21,391

20,393

20,674 20,565

19,662

19,881

20,749

20,928

20,630

20,567

20,828

19,550

19,755

21,385

20,420

20,734

20,510

20,535

19,740

19,780

21,503

20,438

20,516

20,233

19,856

19,836

19,593

20,757

19,968

20,553

20,106

19,380

19,639

19,246

20,492

19,973

20,554

20,197 19,272

19,107

19,099

20,458

20,124

20,337

20,076 19,119

19,101

19,121

20,511

20,005

20,230

20,054

19,131

19,356

19,190

21,124

20,237

20,145

20,280

19,318

19,373

19,198

21,661

20,330

20,200

20,323

19,354

19,345

19,252

21,830

20,377

20,499

20,179

19,258

19,392

19,306

Annual Average

20,994

1/ Dec preceding year.

20,473

20,442

20,323 19,737

19,469

19,434

2008
19,184 19,175 19,163 19,043 18,673 18,443 18,402 18,236 18,016 17,959 18,008 18,167
18,539

Month
Dec1/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

TABLE 10

EGGS LAID PER 100 LAYERS--ALL FLOCKS, GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 2001-2008

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

--Number--

2,108

2,066

2,159

2,095

2,171

2,120

2,117

2,026

1,963

2,084

2,075

2,120

2,085

2,062

1,827

1,821

1,852

1,940

1,892

1,908

1,883

2,104

2,120

2,088

2,101

2,099

2,107

2,154

2,014

2,031

2,042

2,031

2,009

2,011

2,042

1,995

2,068

2,082

2,069

2,069

2,077

2,058

1,913

1,968

1,980

2,025

2,039

2,015

2,005

2,033

1,973

2,065

2,117

2,113

2,073

2,061

2,077

2,039

2,101

2,084

2,054

2,087

2,048

1,979

2,016

2,040

2,027

2,024

2,039

2,016

2,064

2,105

2,139

2,140

2,165

2,109

2,130

2,080

2,095

2,059

2,086

2,108

2,078

2,082

2008
2,132 2,096 1,946 2,101 2,008 2,050 1,994 2,067 2,065 2,005 2,127 2,092

Average per Layer2/

242

243

247

248

249

247

247

247

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
Dec1/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

TABLE 11

EGG PRODUCTION--ALL FLOCKS, GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 2001-2008

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

--Million Eggs--

438

444

443

433

439

414

419

419

420

425

429

436

410

410

379

381

382

399

394

373

372

450

433

433

431

431

416

426

433

415

419

411

399

399

400

414

413

428

416

401

408

396

392

393

407

409

393

385

383

416

397

420

425

404

396

394

426

408

425

418

393

404

393

418

408

411

411

391

395

387

447

428

432

435

419

408

410

454

427

422

421

406

403

402

Annual Total

5,086

1/ Dec preceding year.

4,967

5,047

5,038

4,906

4,811

4,792

2008
409 402 373 400 375 378 367 377 372 360 383 380
4,576

12

USDA, NASS, GEORGIA FIELD OFFICE, 2009 EDITION

Month
Dec3/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

TABLE 12 LAYERS--AVERAGE NUMBER IN TABLE EGG FLOCKS, GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 2001-20081/

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

20072/

--Thousand--

11,737

12,012

11,285

11,531

10,991

9,934

10,039

11,544

11,894

11,186

11,403

11,020

9,923

10,089

11,440

11,460

11,283

11,285

11,204

9,785

10,019

11,908

10,864

11,287

11,287

10,951

9,897

10,021

11,892

10,787

11,013

11,065

10,318

10,025

9,815

11,185

10,199

10,989

10,978

9,871

9,892

9,397

11,062

10,155

10,996

11,098

9,829

9,431

9,247

11,198

10,508

10,953

10,965

9,776

9,399

9,387

11,270

10,604

10,958

10,918

9,617

9,595

9,464

11,629

10,880

10,999

11,120

9,768

9,607

9,433

12,005

10,979

11,138

11,227

9,911

9,609

9,548

12,287

11,080

11,416

11,148

9,824

9,711

9,614

2008
9,611 9,606 9,513 9,452 9,106 8,931 9,046 9,086 9,141 9,278 9,324 9,503

Average

11,596

10,952

11,125

11,169

10,257

1/ Average numbers of layers in flocks 30,000 and above. 2/ Revised. 3/ Dec preceding year.

9,734

9,673

9,300

Month
Dec1/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

TABLE 13

EGGS LAID PER 100 LAYERS--TABLE EGG FLOCKS, GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 2001-2008

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

--Number--

2,222

2,188

2,372

2,261

2,380

2,312

2,288

2,104

2,026

2,242

2,234

2,284

2,245

2,189

1,906

1,920

1,985

2,090

2,017

2,064

2,026

2,240

2,326

2,275

2,275

2,244

2,291

2,361

2,143

2,204

2,223

2,185

2,131

2,163

2,199

2,065

2,214

2,254

2,185

2,186

2,212

2,169

1,953

2,087

2,118

2,143

2,175

2,151

2,129

2,124

2,036

2,226

2,268

2,268

2,200

2,171

2,216

2,149

2,279

2,224

2,171

2,228

2,143

2,106

2,158

2,207

2,166

2,128

2,194

2,129

2,214

2,247

2,305

2,322

2,337

2,256

2,291

2,252

2,272

2,223

2,285

2,328

2,263

2,260

2008
2,319 2,247 2,081 2,273 2,163 2,194 2,111 2,178 2,187 2,123 2,283 2,272

Average per Layer2/

258

261

269

269

269

269

266

266

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
Dec1/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

TABLE 14

EGG PRODUCTION--TABLE EGG FLOCKS, GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 2001-2008

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

--Million Eggs--

263

265

270

263

264

232

232

245

243

253

257

254

225

223

220

222

226

238

228

204

205

269

255

259

259

248

229

239

257

240

247

244

222

219

218

233

228

250

242

218

221

206

218

214

235

240

216

205

199

240

216

246

251

224

209

206

252

230

252

245

211

216

205

247

237

245

243

210

213

203

268

249

259

263

234

219

221

279

254

256

257

231

222

219

Annual Total
1/ Dec preceding year.

2,991

2,853

2,998

3,002

2,760

2,614

2,576

2008
224 217 199 216 198 197 192 199 201 198 214 217
2,472

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TABLE 15 LAYERS--AVERAGE NUMBER IN HATCHING EGG FLOCKS, GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 2001-20081/

Month
Dec2/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

2001
8,938 9,042 9,209 9,377 9,511 9,472 9,330 9,160 9,141 9,395 9,556 9,443

2002
9,377 9,397 9,368 9,456 9,551 9,669 9,718 9,516 9,301 9,257 9,251 9,197

2003
9,130 9,107 9,247 9,347 9,403 9,464 9,458 9,284 9,172 9,046 8,962 8,983

2004

2005

--Thousand--

9,041

9,132

9,171

9,445

9,182

9,524

9,123

9,484

9,068

9,438

9,028

9,409

8,999

9,343

9,011

9,243

9,036

9,414

9,060

9,450

8,996

9,343

8,931

9,334

2006
9,490 9,639 9,665 9,743 9,711 9,647 9,576 9,602 9,661 9,666 9,636 9,581

2007
9,652 9,692 9,636 9,659 9,678 9,749 9,752 9,634 9,626 9,665 9,604 9,617

2008
9,523 9,519 9,600 9,541 9,517 9,462 9,306 9,100 8,825 8,631 8,634 8,614

Average

9,298

9,422

9,217

9,054

9,380

1/ Hatching egg flocks used principally for hatchery broiler chicks. 2/ Dec preceding year.

9,635

9,664

9,189

Month
Dec1/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

TABLE 16

EGGS LAID PER 100 LAYERS--HATCHING EGG FLOCKS, GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 2001-2008

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

--Number--

1,958

1,909

1,895

1,880

1,916

1,918

1,937

1,943

1,924

1,884

1,889

1,875

1,927

1,919

1,929

1,943

1,727

1,697

1,687

1,753

1,743

1,749

1,733

1,813

1,930

1,882

1,862

1,885

1,930

1,919

1,936

1,929

1,850

1,832

1,829

1,842

1,875

1,854

1,881

1,860

1,911

1,913

1,881

1,927

1,945

1,938

1,949

1,913

1,865

1,842

1,819

1,878

1,894

1,880

1,887

1,881

1,921

1,902

1,874

1,931

1,947

1,948

1,951

1,956

1,904

1,914

1,886

1,915

1,933

1,946

1,953

1,938

1,820

1,847

1,835

1,854

1,915

1,883

1,904

1,877

1,873

1,935

1,930

1,912

1,980

1,961

1,968

1,957

1,853

1,881

1,848

1,836

1,875

1,889

1,903

1,892

Average per Layer2/

225

224

222

225

229

228

229

229

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
Dec1/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

TABLE 17

EGG PRODUCTION--HATCHING EGG FLOCKS, GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 2001-2008

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

--Million Eggs--

175

179

173

170

175

182

187

174

177

172

172

182

185

187

159

159

156

161

166

169

167

181

178

174

172

183

187

187

176

175

172

167

177

180

182

181

185

178

174

183

187

190

174

179

172

169

177

180

184

176

181

174

174

180

187

188

174

178

173

173

182

188

188

171

171

166

168

181

182

184

179

179

173

172

185

189

189

175

173

166

164

175

181

183

Annual Total

2,095

1/ Dec preceding year.

2,114

2,049

2,036

2,146

2,197

2,216

2008
185 185 174 184 177 181 175 178 171 162 169 163
2,104

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Month
Dec1/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

TABLE 18

PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS FOR ALL EGGS, GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 2001-2008

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

--Cents per Dozen--

99.1

80.6

88.9

103.8

87.2

96.8

104.5

90.3

89.5

91.1

108.2

84.8

94.0

109.8

90.3

81.8

88.1

107.2

84.6

87.0

100.4

90.5

91.4

89.2

120.4

83.2

99.4

103.9

90.4

80.9

91.7

96.5

82.1

85.8

98.8

85.4

83.2

85.1

91.1

82.0

81.2

104.7

84.2

90.9

90.9

89.8

81.2

90.6

98.0

81.8

86.9

91.5

84.0

84.5

85.1

112.9

81.5

88.6

98.2

82.1

82.7

93.0

109.8

80.9

83.6

97.3

81.2

94.0

91.5

121.1

83.2

81.9

102.4

78.1

83.7

92.5

114.4

84.3

93.6

114.3

83.8

90.5

105.9

135.8

Weighted Average
1/ Dec preceding year.

86.8

86.1

94.1

93.9

85.0

92.0

110.0

2008
166.0 164.9 162.7 165.4 145.1 135.6 145.1 131.2 136.6 140.6 138.3 140.2
148.0

Month
Dec1/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

TABLE 19

PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS FOR TABLE EGGS, GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 2001-2008

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

--Cents per Dozen--

65.2

33.7

49.8

73.9

45.5

55.0

67.9

47.9

45.4

51.0

80.3

38.0

48.0

76.0

47.1

32.9

45.3

78.3

37.0

34.9

60.0

50.5

50.5

48.4

100.8

33.9

58.0

67.9

49.6

30.6

51.1

59.9

28.0

33.0

56.0

35.3

29.0

38.9

48.7

25.0

23.0

63.0

31.6

41.4

47.7

47.4

24.9

38.5

49.9

31.7

34.0

50.2

38.2

31.8

27.0

79.0

34.2

41.0

62.7

34.1

24.7

43.3

73.0

33.0

35.7

61.6

33.6

45.8

41.6

95.0

38.6

33.0

70.6

31.0

31.2

42.9

84.0

43.1

54.2

91.2

41.6

45.5

69.9

124.0

2008
138.0 135.0 130.0 136.0
96.1 76.4 95.1 69.6 82.6 92.0 89.5 95.3

Weighted Average
1/ Dec preceding year.

42.6

38.6

55.9

55.8

34.5

43.2

74.8

104.0

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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 20 FORCED MOLT LAYERS AS A PERCENT OF HENS AND PULLETS OF LAYING AGE
FIRST OF MONTH, GEORGIA, 2001-2008

2001

2002

2003

Percent Being Molted

2004

2005

2006

2007

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

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

3.5 2.0 1.0 1.5 4.5 6.0 5.5 5.5 3.5 3.5 1.0 0.5
2003

3.0

3.0

5.5

2.5

2.5

2.0

1.0

5.5

5.0

4.0

5.5

2.5

4.0

4.0

5.0

6.5

4.0

4.0

3.0

3.0

6.5

2.0

2.0

1.5

Percent with Molt Complete

2004

2005

2.5 6.0 2.0 0.5 3.0 6.0 2.5 3.5 2.0 4.0 2.5 0.5
2006

4.5 2.0 1.5 1.0 5.0 3.0 4.5 1.5 2.5 2.0 1.5 0.5
2007

22.5

13.0

20.0

13.0

21.0

13.0

20.5

13.5

18.5

11.5

16.5

14.0

18.0

15.5

16.0

14.5

15.5

15.0

13.5

17.0

15.0

16.0

16.0

17.0

18.5

17.0

16.5

16.5

16.0

13.0

17.0

17.0

14.5

11.5

13.5

16.5

14.5

18.5

15.5

17.5

18.0

15.0

17.5

18.0

18.5

17.0

17.5

17.0

16.0 17.0 15.5 13.5 11.5 15.0 15.0 14.0 13.5 15.0 14.0 13.5

13.0

14.0

11.5

15.5

12.0

17.0

12.5

16.5

10.5

13.0

10.5

14.0

12.5

16.5

12.0

17.0

11.5

15.0

11.0

15.0

13.5

16.0

15.0

14.5

2008
1.5 1.5 1.0 1.5 4.5 2.5 3.5 4.0 3.0 2.5 0.0 1.5
2008
14.0 13.5 13.5 12.0
8.5 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 12.0 13.5 11.5

TABLE 21

YOUNG CHICKENS SLAUGHTERED UNDER FEDERAL INSPECTION, GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 2001-2008

Month

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

20071/

2008

--Thousand--

Jan

98,541

105,158

108,550

104,155

102,439

106,537

110,557

116,135

Feb

89,693

94,304

90,702

95,147

96,336

96,381

99,973

105,034

Mar

99,260

98,715

98,252

106,673

110,540

111,618

107,319

106,576

Apr

95,722

106,496

102,389

103,597

100,761

101,634

105,026

114,923

May

106,300

108,173

103,584

99,446

107,004

115,418

116,989

113,536

Jun

100,581

96,648

102,178

105,823

107,836

111,227

110,998

110,035

Jul

104,147

109,104

108,293

106,733

103,253

106,748

114,590

115,610

Aug

112,436

109,843

104,516

108,968

112,976

117,710

118,970

108,454

Sep

93,433

99,215

108,755

108,574

107,591

105,768

107,166

111,465

Oct

110,675

113,094

114,258

105,310

105,051

115,698

119,566

113,472

Nov

101,289

94,917

89,376

101,471

103,624

106,792

107,067

92,865

Dec

92,719

100,186

103,141

106,096

103,478

101,308

103,145

103,592

Annual Total 1,204,796 1,235,853 1,233,994
1/ Revised.

1,251,993

1,260,889 1,297,019 1,321,366

1,311,697

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Billion Dollars 40.0 35.0 30.0 25.0 20.0 15.0 10.0
5.0 0.0
2001

Value of Production Broilers, Eggs, Mature Chickens & Turkeys, and Total
United States, 2001-2008

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

Broilers

Eggs

Mature Chickens & Turkeys

2007 Total

2008

Value of Production
Broilers, Eggs, and Mature Chickens & Turkeys United States, 2008
(Billion Dollars)
Eggs $8.2

Broilers $23.1

Mature Chickens & Turkeys $4.5

Broilers

Eggs

Mature Chickens & Turkeys

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TABLE 22 POULTRY--PRODUCTION, SALES AND VALUE, UNITED STATES, 2001-20081/

Unit

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

20072/

2008

Commercial Broilers

Number Produced 1,000 Head 8,389,770 8,591,080 8,492,850 8,740,650 8,872,000 8,867,800 89,067,003 9,009,100

Pounds Produced 1,000 Price per Pound3/ Cents Value of Production4/ 1,000 $

42,452,400 44,058,700 43,958,200 45,796,250 47,855,600 48,829,900 49,330,700 50,440,500

39.3

30.5

34.6

44.6

43.6

36.3

43.6

45.8

16,696,089 13,437,345 15,214,947 20,446,086 20,877,916 17,739,234 21,513,536 23,112,184

Number Sold Pounds Sold Price per Pound Value of Sales

Unit
1,000 Head 1,000 Cents 1,000 $

2001

2002

202,482 199,931

1,032,115 1,039,118

4.5

4.8

47,249 49,931

20032/

20042/ 20052/ Mature Chickens

189,660 191,971 193,938

984,853 999,066 1,005,838

4.9

5.8

6.5

47,997 57,709 65,072

20062/
173,883 924,993
5.9 54,141

20072/
168,283 912,875
5.6 51,498

2008
175,932 936,508
6.6 61,845

Unit

Number Raised

1,000 Head

Pounds Produced 1,000

Price per Pound5/ Cents

Value of Production 1,000 $

2001

2002

20032/ 20042/ 20052/ 20062/ 20072/

2008

Turkeys

272,660 275,477 269,556 255,987 249,666 256,334 266,828 273,088

7,173,111 7,494,861 7,230,650 6,949,311 6,991,599 7,223,675 7,566,315 7,922,087

39.0

36.5

34.6

41.5

44.5

48.0

52.3

56.5

2,796,821 2,732,481 2,503,540 2,887,170 3,107,875 3,467,534 3,954,472 4,477,054

Unit

2001

2002

20032/ 20042/ 20052/ 20062/ 20072/

2008

Layers and Eggs

Avg Number Layers 1,000 Head

Eggs per Layer

Number

Total Eggs Produced Million

Price per Dozen Cents

Value of Production 1,000 $

336,330 339,293 338,393 341,956 343,792 347,880 346,498 339,572

256

257

259

261

262

263

263

266

86,093 87,252 87,516 89,198 90,343 91,788 91,101 90,151

62.0

58.9

73.1

71.3

54.0

58.3

88.5

109.0

4,446,335 4,281,416 5,333,736 5,303,038 4,066,669 4,460,211 6,718,853 8,225,486

Unit

2001

2002

20032/ 20042/ 20052/ 20062/ 20072/

2008

Total Value of

All Poultry6/

Production

Million $

23,986 20,501 23,100 28,694 28,118 25,721 32,238 35,877

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/ Revised. 3/ Live weight

equivalent price. 4/ Excludes states which produce less than 500,000 broilers. 5/ Live weight equivalent price to producers is used when actual live weight

price is not available for the state. 6/ Includes commercial broilers, mature chickens, turkeys, and eggs.

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TABLE 23
CHICKEN AND TURKEY HATCHERIES: NUMBER AND INCUBATOR EGG CAPACITY BY REGION AND UNITED STATES, JANUARY 1, 2008 and 20091/

Geographic Region
North Atlantic E North Central W North Central South Atlantic South Central West

20082/

Hatcheries --Number--

29 22 35 80
126 25

Egg Capacity

2009

20082/

--1,000--

Chicken Hatcheries

31

28,554

22

27,533

35

51,191

80

295,482

125

452,623

25

45,663

2009
28,938 28,628 52,646 296,069 451,801 46,156

US

317

318

901,046

904,238

E North Central

11

W North Central

16

N & S Atlantic3/

20

South Central & West3/

11

Turkey Hatcheries

11

5,666

15

13,914

19

14,646

10

5,748

5,666 14,126 14,626
5,057

US

58

55

39,974

39,475

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/ Revised. 3/ Regions combined to avoid disclosure of individual operations.

Number (million) 1,600 1,400 1,200 1,000
800 600 400 200
0 2001

CHICKENS Number and Value of Production
United States, 2001 - 2008

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

Number

Value

2007

Dollars (million) 1,600 1,400 1,200 1,000 800 600 400 200 0
2008

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State
Alabama Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut

TABLE 24 NUMBER OF ALL CHICKENS ON FARMS, BY STATES--DECEMBER 1, 2001-20081/2/

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

20073/

15,903 23,366 29,270
4,210 3,748

15,256 22,787 28,218
4,780 3,793

14,425 24,271 25,981
5,100 3,745

--1,000 Head--

14,266

14,217

24,012

24,222

23,676

23,640

4,991

4,654

3,626

3,748

15,568 23,401 22,940
4,596 3,954

15,414 23,235 25,290
4,887 3,647

2008
15,715 20,749 24,220
4,711 3,416

Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho

1,332 13,123 31,173
659 1,225

1,629 13,012 30,296
625 1,245

4/ 13,298 29,508
600 1,177

4/ 13,087 29,352
598 1,247

4/ 13,595 28,539
547 1,188

4/ 13,706 27,987
470 844

4/ 13,588 28,081
398 869

4/ 12,588 27,190
373 859

Illinois Indiana Iowa Kentucky Louisiana

4,136 28,958 42,858
5,600 2,700

4,002 29,098 46,990
6,195 2,560

4,232 28,865 50,882
7,156 2,590

4,948 30,515 57,534
6,958 2,574

4,737 31,822 58,455
6,590 2,535

5,613 31,687 61,605
6,600 2,490

6,006 32,113 64,958
6,588 2,689

5,948 30,950 65,429
6,729 2,365

Maine Maryland
Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota

5,607 4,424
357 8,225 15,803

5,790 4,420
352 8,321 15,005

5,473 3,769
310 9,657 14,600

5,504 4,641
307 9,336 14,465

5,551 4,189
296 10,110 14,690

5,677 3,514
246 11,375 14,228

5,392 3,186
121 10,977 13,713

5,011 2,620
129 11,529 13,447

Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska New Hampshire

10,388 8,662 480
13,704 262

10,814 8,755 480
13,747 278

10,984 8,280 485
14,223 219

11,148 9,434 480
13,972 236

10,649 8,801 480
13,813 216

10,731 9,401 490
13,165 223

10,873 9,818 491
12,257 294

10,226 9,608 510
11,505 358

New Jersey New York North Carolina Ohio Oklahoma

2,346 4,730 18,121 38,009 5,395

2,158 4,992 17,042 37,883 5,740

2,134 4,815 17,450 37,663 5,654

2,084 5,498 17,720 36,030 4,747

1,636 4,995 17,961 36,432 4,588

1,385 5,140 19,201 33,511 4,481

1,655 5,298 20,039 33,117 4,908

1,637 5,758 19,609 33,250 4,788

Oregon Pennsylvania South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee

3,704 29,328
6,946 2,777 2,250

3,400 29,257
6,598 2,677 2,200

3,591 29,408
6,778 3,710 2,260

3,670 27,932
7,043 3,723 2,400

3,832 28,926
6,486 3,714 2,080

3,383 28,303
6,782 3,556 1,889

3,134 26,709
6,536 3,470 2,815

2,957 25,826
6,221 2,837 2,763

Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington

26,101 4,015 234 4,554 6,372

25,506 3,853 228 4,573 6,484

25,984 3,894 209 4,509 6,230

24,560 3,877 225 4,906 5,933

25,127 4,158 238 4,910 6,066

24,861 4,413 235 4,512 6,931

25,637 4,197 234 4,551 6,726

24,818 3,912 250 4,184 6,789

West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

1,953 6,100
17

2,066 5,600
17

2,060 5,500
17

2,263 6,480
17

1,856 6,093
16

2,108 6,527
16

2,021 5,930
13

1,677 6,008
13

Other States

4,974

5,129

8,068

7,584

6,903

6,677

6,718

6,590

United States

444,099

443,851

449,764

453,599

453,301

454,422

458,593

446,072

Puerto Rico5/

1,769

1,492

1,568

1,415

1,051

643

1/ Excludes commercial broilers. 2/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 3/ Revised. 4/ AK, AZ, DE, KS, ND, NM, NV, and RI combined to avoid disclosing

individual operations. 5/ Data collection began in 2003.

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TABLE 25 TOTAL VALUE OF ALL CHICKENS ON FARMS, BY STATES--DECEMBER 1, 2001-20081/2/

State

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

20073/

Alabama Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut

77,925 102,810
58,540 7,999 7,871

54,922 107,099
53,614 9,560 8,724

60,585 101,938
49,364 9,690 9,737

--Thousand Dollars--

52,784

56,868

105,653

113,843

47,352

44,916

9,982

9,308

9,428

9,745

70,056 105,305
43,586 8,273
10,676

73,987 109,205
55,638 11,240 10,212

2008
88,004 132,794
79,926 9,893 9,565

Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho

4,795 26,246 99,754
1,384 2,573

4,724 24,723 103,006
1,063 2,241

4/ 25,266 103,278
1,020 2,001

4/ 30,100 105,667
1,136 1,995

4/ 31,269 111,302
1,094 1,901

4/ 30,153 111,948
987 1,435

4/ 28,535 151,637
716 1,651

4/ 27,694 168,578
597 1,632

Illinois Indiana Iowa Kentucky Louisiana

4,550 37,645 47,144 15,680
8,100

5,603 32,008 65,786 19,824
7,424

5,078 40,411 81,411 26,477
9,065

4,503 33,567 109,315 30,615 10,039

5,211 50,915 81,837 28,337
7,352

6,174 38,024 104,729 25,740
7,221

6,006 41,747 129,916 34,258
9,949

5,948 46,425 157,030 35,664
8,041

Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota

11,775 13,714
964 13,983 25,285

12,738 11,492
1,091 14,146 19,507

13,683 12,061
992 25,108 20,440

13,760 13,923
982 14,004 20,251

13,322 12,567
947 18,198 23,504

13,625 10,542
1,230 18,200 22,765

12,941 11,151
508 18,661 23,312

15,033 9,956 619
21,905 26,894

Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska New Hampshire

50,901 19,923
1,440 24,667
838

52,989 20,137
1,488 24,745
917

52,723 18,216
1,504 25,601
832

52,396 19,811
1,584 26,547
1,038

47,921 22,003
1,296 29,007
1,166

53,655 26,323
1,617 23,697
959

50,016 28,472
2,013 26,965
1,264

53,175 30,746
1,938 25,311
1,539

New Jersey New York
North Carolina Ohio Oklahoma

2,581 7,095
90,605 57,014 22,659

2,158 7,987
81,802 49,248 28,126

2,347 9,149
78,525 56,495 22,616

2,084 10,446
77,968 54,045 19,463

1,636 6,993
96,989 43,718 22,022

1,801 11,308
107,526 40,213 20,165

1,986 12,715
132,257 52,987 22,577

2,128 12,092
162,755 59,850 27,770

Oregon Pennsylvania South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee

5,556 46,925 15,281
5,276 13,500

7,480 52,663 17,815
4,819 13,420

7,182 55,875 20,334
9,275 13,786

6,606 53,071 20,425
7,818 15,840

6,514 54,959 22,052
7,428 13,728

7,781 50,945 20,346
8,179 14,356

6,581 58,760 18,954
9,022 20,831

5,914 67,148 23,640 10,213 20,999

Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington

65,253 5,220 585
20,493 14,656

56,113 6,550 570
21,950 15,562

62,362 8,956 606
20,291 15,575

58,944 5,040 428
18,643 14,239

67,843 7,069 452
18,658 12,132

72,097 5,296 447
14,438 32,576

76,911 5,876 632
17,749 28,249

62,045 8,998 800
16,318 24,440

West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

8,593 13,420
56

9,710 11,200
56

9,682 9,900
56

12,673 11,664
56

9,837 11,577
51

11,172 13,054
51

11,722 16,604
42

8,720 15,020
42

Other States

8,061

8,516

16,780

17,038

13,209

16,057

17,094

18,774

United States

1,069,335 1,055,316 1,116,273 1,122,923 1,140,696 1,184,728 1,351,549 1,506,573

Puerto Rico5/

4,423

3,433

6,899

5,377

3,889

3,086

1/ Excludes commercial broilers. 2/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 3/ Revised. 4/ AK, AZ, DE, KS, ND, NM, NV, and RI combined to avoid disclosure of individual operations. 5/ Data collection began in 2003.

USDA, NASS, GEORGIA FIELD OFFICE, 2009 EDITION

21

Million Eggs 225.0 220.0 215.0 210.0 205.0 200.0 195.0 190.0 185.0
5

BROILER TYPE EGGS SET Jan 5, 2008 through Dec 27, 2008
United States

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

Week

Million Chicks 185 180 175 170 165 160 155 150
5

BROILER TYPE CHICKS PLACED Jan 5, 2008 through Dec 27, 2008
United States

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

Week

22

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Week Number
1 2 3 4 5

TABLE 26

BROILER TYPE EGGS SET--SELECTED STATES, WEEKLY, 2001-20081/

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

20062/

20072/

--Million--

180.6

207.3

203.9

205.7

210.3

213.3

210.2

181.4

204.9

203.5

206.6

210.2

213.7

211.0

181.1

205.6

202.5

207.0

209.6

214.8

209.2

179.2

207.2

204.6

205.6

211.7

213.7

210.1

179.5

209.0

203.7

204.6

212.6

212.4

211.4

2008
218.2 216.6 217.4 219.0 220.3

6

182.0

208.3

203.0

207.0

213.1

211.8

212.2

218.3

7

183.5

210.5

202.6

208.5

213.9

214.9

214.8

219.9

8

186.1

211.4

204.8

209.9

214.0

216.7

214.5

220.3

9

187.5

210.6

206.5

210.9

214.1

216.7

216.3

220.9

10

186.7

210.6

207.6

210.4

214.8

216.4

215.1

220.4

11

186.6

208.5

205.1

210.5

213.7

213.8

215.6

220.5

12

186.0

209.0

206.4

210.2

213.2

210.6

215.6

217.3

13

184.5

208.0

205.1

211.2

213.0

213.5

216.6

216.3

14

210.5

212.7

210.1

211.7

212.5

215.5

218.9

218.6

15

209.2

211.7

209.3

212.8

217.1

214.5

219.4

217.1

16

211.2

208.9

214.4

215.5

215.5

211.9

220.5

215.8

17

210.2

208.0

213.2

215.1

215.1

210.3

218.5

214.3

18

209.8

209.2

212.6

214.7

214.7

211.5

218.3

214.9

19

211.2

206.7

213.0

215.1

215.1

213.3

220.6

215.1

20

213.4

210.1

213.7

216.0

216.0

213.2

220.4

218.1

21

211.4

213.0

211.2

214.2

216.6

213.7

220.1

217.2

22

210.3

212.3

210.1

212.9

215.7

213.4

219.5

216.9

23

209.5

212.3

211.1

212.4

215.9

214.3

219.7

217.5

24

209.1

210.9

209.4

214.2

215.9

210.6

218.1

213.0

25

204.0

207.6

207.1

214.0

214.6

210.8

216.8

213.2

26

202.6

204.5

201.9

212.9

212.5

208.1

210.7

210.2

27

202.6

206.9

205.4

210.6

209.5

211.0

216.5

207.6

28

207.1

209.2

204.9

211.4

212.3

213.3

218.7

211.5

29

208.2

209.2

208.3

214.3

214.4

213.9

217.5

211.4

30

204.3

208.0

207.4

213.2

215.9

214.2

218.4

209.9

31

206.9

209.0

206.6

214.9

214.2

213.0

216.8

207.2

32

204.6

205.5

206.7

213.1

213.1

212.6

217.8

207.2

33

207.2

206.1

205.4

213.3

210.0

212.6

217.2

207.1

34

207.3

204.8

206.0

212.9

212.2

213.1

216.2

206.8

35

204.6

204.0

203.1

210.5

212.6

211.2

216.1

205.0

36

198.1

203.5

200.7

209.2

210.7

204.1

209.3

201.6

37

194.7

191.8

195.1

202.6

209.1

201.8

206.4

197.8

38

199.9

189.7

193.3

197.4

202.4

207.0

212.6

193.6

39

201.7

191.9

195.9

201.4

207.2

202.6

208.1

198.7

40

205.6

193.1

195.0

200.2

204.7

205.0

214.1

188.4

41

197.1

192.1

196.7

203.0

209.7

203.1

209.3

194.6

42

190.1

185.7

187.7

196.3

201.9

196.8

203.2

188.8

43

186.9

181.1

190.2

194.3

202.4

192.4

202.7

191.3

44

196.6

189.8

192.4

197.6

198.9

198.2

206.5

186.0

45

205.1

197.8

201.1

201.0

205.8

207.7

217.7

193.1

46

206.0

199.0

205.5

207.8

210.7

211.0

216.5

202.1

47

205.8

200.5

204.6

208.3

212.8

210.9

219.6

203.7

48

212.2

202.5

209.1

210.1

215.0

212.6

222.1

204.7

49

204.7

200.0

204.7

208.1

214.2

206.9

214.9

200.7

50

207.4

203.2

207.4

209.8

213.6

211.8

218.2

205.0

51

209.2

200.0

205.6

212.1

215.7

209.6

219.1

203.4

52

207.6

201.0

206.1

209.9

212.1

211.2

219.4

202.5

53

213.9

Total

10,377.9

10,637.1 10,617.3 3/ 10,868.0 11,026.1 10,951.2 11,188.7

10,876.8

1/ The 15 State total includes AL, AR, CA, DE, FL, GA, MD, MS, NC, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, & WV. Beginning April 7, 2001, KY, OK, LA, and MO were added. 2/ Revised.

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23

Week Number
1 2 3 4 5

TABLE 27 BROILER TYPE CHICKS PLACED--SELECTED STATES, WEEKLY, 2001-20081/

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

20062/

20072/

143.2 144.7 143.5 144.6 145.8

169.4 169.3 168.5 168.3 165.4

164.9 162.4 163.7 166.4 166.3

--Million--

168.9

172.6

166.9

174.0

167.7

173.0

167.3

173.0

168.7

173.6

175.6 173.4 174.0 174.9 175.0

173.0 171.3 172.8 172.0 172.7

6

143.9

165.3

165.3

169.1

173.6

175.4

171.2

7

142.4

167.6

167.2

167.7

175.5

175.0

171.9

8

143.2

170.3

165.7

166.9

176.0

174.0

172.4

9

145.1

170.0

165.3

168.5

176.1

174.0

173.6

10

147.8

171.4

165.4

169.9

176.7

175.9

174.7

11

150.4

171.7

167.5

171.5

176.9

177.2

174.8

12

152.2

171.1

169.4

172.3

177.6

177.5

176.0

13

151.7

170.7

169.7

172.5

178.2

177.4

176.0

14

166.7

168.7

168.0

172.7

177.2

175.3

177.1

15

168.0

169.8

169.2

172.1

176.2

172.3

177.3

16

166.7

168.9

168.2

173.9

176.6

175.3

177.7

17

170.3

172.8

172.1

173.7

175.5

177.2

180.2

18

169.2

172.6

172.4

174.9

179.7

176.3

180.1

19

169.4

172.1

171.8

176.4

179.0

173.9

180.6

20

169.0

171.0

171.0

175.4

178.4

172.3

178.5

21

168.6

171.3

172.1

175.3

177.5

174.1

179.1

22

171.4

172.4

170.3

175.7

178.1

175.4

180.5

23

171.6

174.1

173.0

176.4

178.3

174.7

180.9

24

173.3

173.3

174.0

177.9

178.3

175.2

180.2

25

170.5

172.8

172.6

175.6

178.1

174.7

180.5

26

170.0

172.5

172.4

175.6

178.9

176.3

179.4

27

169.8

172.4

171.6

176.8

178.7

172.9

178.8

28

165.4

168.9

169.5

176.6

177.0

173.4

178.0

29

164.1

166.5

165.5

176.2

175.3

170.6

172.5

30

164.6

167.7

167.9

173.2

172.8

172.8

177.0

31

167.4

169.9

167.6

174.2

175.3

174.9

180.1

32

168.2

168.5

170.1

176.0

177.1

174.9

178.1

33

165.1

168.3

169.5

175.4

177.0

175.0

179.0

34

167.4

168.8

169.3

176.2

176.1

173.6

177.7

35

165.4

166.5

169.3

175.2

174.6

173.5

177.4

36

167.1

167.1

168.2

174.8

169.7

173.8

176.4

37

167.5

166.3

168.8

175.0

173.1

174.0

176.0

38

166.1

165.5

165.8

173.4

174.1

172.9

176.1

39

160.6

165.2

163.1

172.0

171.9

167.2

171.7

40

156.7

156.2

158.7

165.9

171.1

165.2

168.9

41

162.7

154.3

157.9

162.3

165.8

168.3

174.0

42

163.8

155.8

160.1

165.6

169.3

164.8

169.9

43

166.6

157.6

159.2

164.7

167.5

167.4

175.5

44

160.1

155.8

160.6

166.9

170.8

165.2

171.1

45

153.6

151.4

153.6

160.9

165.8

159.9

166.0

46

151.1

147.6

155.5

159.7

165.6

156.1

164.2

47

158.4

154.9

157.1

162.6

162.8

162.0

168.7

48

165.9

161.8

164.8

166.2

169.3

168.3

177.7

49

167.1

161.6

166.2

170.9

172.2

171.6

176.4

50

166.7

162.9

167.4

171.9

174.1

172.3

178.9

51

171.7

165.1

171.2

172.7

176.1

173.0

180.0

52

166.1

163.2

168.1

172.1

175.3

168.4

175.3

53

174.6

2008
178.4 179.2 179.3 177.7 176.8
177.0 178.2 178.9 178.1 179.6
181.0 181.5 180.7 181.0 178.2
177.0 178.7 178.1 177.3 175.8
177.3 177.0 179.8 179.6 179.6
179.2 175.6 175.3 172.8 170.8
172.9 173.0 172.8 170.3 170.1
170.4 170.7 168.1 165.8 162.5
160.1 163.2 154.4 158.7 155.3
156.1 152.4 159.5 166.2 167.9
168.3 166.2

Total

8,372.4

8,661.1

8,672.9

8,914.5

9,068.9

8,964.1

9,129.8

8,964.1

1/ The 15 State total includes AL, AR, CA, DE, FL, GA, MD, MS, NC, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, & WV. Beginning April 7, 2001, KY, OK, LA, and MO were added.

2/ Revised.

24

USDA, NASS, GEORGIA FIELD OFFICE, 2009 EDITION

BROILER TYPE CHICKS HATCHED MONTHLY United States, 2006-2008

Million Chicks 860.0

840.0

820.0

800.0

780.0

760.0

740.0

720.0

700.0

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May Jun

Jul

Aug Sep

Oct

Nov Dec

2006

2007

2008

Month
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

TABLE 28

BROILER TYPE CHICKS HATCHED, BY COMMERCIAL HATCHERIES,

2001

UNITED STATES, MONTHLY, 2001-2008

2002

2003

2004

2005

20061/

20071/

--Million--

746.0

777.0

759.7

774.3

797.6

804.4

796.2

683.3

703.3

693.5

728.7

732.1

732.2

722.2

778.8

791.1

774.4

792.3

816.6

816.8

809.5

755.5

765.5

760.6

774.9

792.1

786.3

799.5

785.7

799.3

792.8

810.8

824.0

810.6

836.1

766.5

776.3

774.7

786.9

797.0

787.9

810.4

769.4

781.7

777.8

807.0

808.4

800.6

821.2

771.6

780.0

784.1

810.6

812.5

808.7

828.3

738.4

740.4

739.5

770.3

771.1

771.5

784.1

748.3

720.6

735.2

757.5

776.4

770.7

796.9

703.4

690.1

707.9

730.7

747.5

729.1

762.0

774.5

753.9

780.3

793.6

808.8

795.3

823.5

Total2/

9,021.1 9,079.1

1/ Revised. 2/ Totals may not add due to rounding.

9,080.6 9,337.6 9,483.9

9,414.1 9,590.0

2008
826.0 775.3 836.9 801.5 825.3 805.8 805.2 799.1 755.2 741.0 705.3 779.3
9,455.9

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Month
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

TABLE 29
DOMESTIC PLACEMENTS--PULLET CHICKS FOR BROILER HATCHERY SUPPLY FLOCKS, UNITED STATES, MONTHLY, 2001-20081/

2001
6,685 6,748 6,752 6,398 7,117 6,822 6,326 7,494 6,647 6,704 7,261 6,577

2002
6,264 7,275 6,775 6,814 7,597 7,206 6,602 7,449 6,676 6,265 6,938 6,475

2003
6,269 6,659 6,888 6,735 7,323 6,748 7,071 7,253 6,654 6,312 6,946 6,978

2004

2005

--Thousand--

6,811

6,409

7,340

7,325

6,815

7,077

6,402

6,800

7,590

7,783

6,890

7,109

6,688

6,657

7,280

7,484

7,758

7,132

6,457

6,944

7,128

7,298

6,772

7,112

2006
6,825 7,593 7,012 6,593 7,531 7,636 6,456 7,631 7,063 6,744 7,618 7,176

2007
7,015 7,071 7,135 6,692 8,083 7,799 6,634 7,792 7,346 6,970 7,606 7,248

2008
7,012 7,536 7,090 7,119 8,217 7,154 6,462 7,697 6,886 7,042 7,026 6,580

Annual Total

81,531

82,336

81,836

83,931

85,130

85,878

87,391

85,821

1/ Reported by leading breeders. Coverage may not be 100 percent. Includes expected pullet chicks from eggs sold during the preceding month at the rate

of 125 pullet chicks per 30 dozen case of eggs.

Month
Dec3/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

TABLE 30
PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS FOR COMMERCIAL BROILERS UNITED STATES, MONTHLY, 2001-20081/

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

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

2003
29.0 35.0 34.0 33.0 31.0 34.0 36.0 36.0 36.0 37.0 37.0 37.0

2004

2005

--Cents per Pound--

38.0

39.0

43.0

43.0

47.0

43.0

47.0

44.0

48.0

44.0

50.0

44.0

52.0

44.0

52.0

44.0

46.0

44.0

40.0

46.0

39.0

43.0

39.0

42.0

2006
36.0 36.0 35.0 34.0 32.0 33.0 36.0 38.0 39.0 39.0 37.0 37.0

20072/
37.0 39.0 44.0 45.0 46.0 47.0 47.0 47.0 46.0 45.0 40.0 41.0

Marketing Year Average

39.3

30.5

34.6

1/ Equivalent live weight price. 2/ Revised. 3/ Dec preceding year.

44.6

43.6

36.3

43.6

2008
40.0 44.0 46.0 46.0 46.0 48.0 48.0 50.0 47.0 45.0 45.0 46.0
45.8

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Million Chicks 43.0

EGG TYPE CHICKS HATCHED MONTHLY United States, 2006-2008

41.0

39.0

37.0

35.0

33.0

31.0

Jan

Feb Mar

Apr May Jun

Jul

Aug Sep

Oct

Nov Dec

2006

2007

2008

Month
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

TABLE 31 EGG TYPE CHICKS HATCHED, BY COMMERCIAL HATCHERIES,
UNITED STATES, MONTHLY, 2001-2008

2001
36.7 37.8 41.0 42.8 42.7 40.8 38.7 35.0 37.1 35.8 32.4 31.9

2002
35.7 34.5 37.0 38.1 38.8 35.1 35.6 35.7 35.7 32.2 31.2 32.1

2003
33.5 30.5 36.8 37.8 37.6 36.6 35.6 33.2 35.8 34.8 30.2 33.6

2004

2005

--Million--

35.2

38.3

31.9

34.4

37.5

41.9

37.5

37.6

38.3

39.0

37.8

35.1

34.9

34.7

36.7

38.5

36.6

33.8

34.9

35.5

38.8

32.3

37.3

35.9

2006
35.2 33.5 38.9 35.5 39.8 37.5 32.9 35.8 37.0 36.3 31.6 33.3

20071/
36.2 37.1 38.7 39.6 37.7 40.4 35.9 37.0 35.4 36.3 36.2 36.0

Total2/

452.7

421.5

1/ Revised. 2/ Totals may not add due to rounding.

416.0

437.4

437.1

427.4

446.6

2008
40.3 38.5 42.0 42.3 41.8 40.9 37.3 35.6 37.1 40.2 34.2 37.1
467.2

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Month
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

TABLE 32 DOMESTIC PLACEMENTS--PULLET CHICKS FOR EGG TYPE HATCHERY SUPPLY FLOCKS,
UNITED STATES, MONTHLY, 2001-2008

2001
236 214 284 311 315 261 340 251 219 150 261 206

2002
228 247 237 295 319 221 282 221 277 186 227 187

2003
210 225 319 280 289 309 230 188 273 310 319 246

2004

2005

--Thousand--

124

156

285

203

401

310

343

308

184

190

212

175

234

242

318

261

219

375

268

188

228

180

235

247

2006
223 200 261 254 241 198 319 284 260 222 206 205

2007
265 165 316 274 191 300 183 278 300 184 281 245

2008
198 271 245 264 227 231 244 279 210 273 317 199

Total

3,048

2,927

3,198

3,051

2,835

2,873

2,982

2,958

Month
Dec2/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

TABLE 33 PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS FOR ALL EGGS,
UNITED STATES, MONTHLY, 2001-2008

2001

2002

20031/

20041/

20051/

20061/

--Cents per Dozen--

80.6

67.7

67.6

86.4

65.3

71.6

66.8

74.4

69.1

92.9

56.2

61.3

66.5

55.4

63.7

87.7

55.3

49.5

67.6

67.6

68.5

109.0

52.8

66.3

64.9

52.1

68.6

76.6

47.5

51.4

55.2

50.5

58.7

64.4

45.7

44.6

54.9

62.0

67.2

66.5

45.3

56.2

53.9

56.4

68.7

58.2

52.8

45.6

56.5

61.0

80.8

52.6

47.2

57.7

55.4

57.0

77.6

53.8

63.7

56.0

59.7

53.2

83.8

49.4

51.2

56.9

64.1

70.6

102.0

60.4

65.1

81.4

Marketing Year Average

62.2

1/ Revised. 2/ Dec preceding year.

58.9

73.2

71.4

54.0

58.2

20071/
81.6 91.8 78.4 83.0 72.8 78.0 67.9 94.5 86.7 107.0 93.6 126.0
88.5

2008
135.0 130.0 131.0 137.0 103.0
86.8 106.0
84.1 96.3 99.6 102.0 102.0
109.0

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Month
Dec2/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

TABLE 34

LAYERS--AVERAGE NUMBER IN ALL FLOCKS, UNITED STATES, MONTHLY, 2001-2008

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

20071/

2008

--Thousand--

333,488

341,243

341,131

339,305

345,615

349,699

351,864

346,225

334,982

340,885

341,996

337,948

347,874

351,313

350,948

344,737

337,008

339,529

341,661

338,905

348,784

351,754

351,038

343,299

338,078

339,434

340,971

340,699

347,120

352,116

350,268

342,017

338,414

338,809

339,268

341,550

343,927

350,398

347,635

340,838

336,454

337,566

337,356

341,562

342,162

347,069

344,652

340,116

334,237

337,339

335,979

342,513

340,200

344,631

342,349

338,664

333,571

337,849

335,417

343,180

338,917

343,285

342,146

336,276

334,156

338,397

335,565

343,653

339,777

343,611

342,884

335,265

336,651

339,511

335,426

344,452

341,433

345,217

343,094

334,489

338,996

340,461

336,557

345,075

343,381

346,608

344,720

334,937

339,919

340,490

339,387

344,633

346,314

348,853

346,378

337,995

Average

336,330

339,293

1/ Revised. 2/ Dec preceding year.

338,393

341,956

343,792

347,880

346,498

339,572

Month
Dec2/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

TABLE 35

EGGS LAID PER 100 LAYERS--ALL FLOCKS, UNITED STATES, MONTHLY, 2001-2008

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

20071/

--Number--

2,193

2,190

2,189

2,223

2,234

2,234

2,233

2,166

2,144

2,167

2,182

2,192

2,209

2,199

1,944

1,947

1,956

2,032

1,986

1,993

1,992

2,178

2,198

2,184

2,209

2,230

2,238

2,241

2,106

2,110

2,125

2,148

2,156

2,163

2,161

2,161

2,173

2,179

2,194

2,215

2,211

2,225

2,101

2,124

2,122

2,128

2,162

2,159

2,168

2,166

2,191

2,215

2,208

2,234

2,240

2,234

2,171

2,189

2,203

2,199

2,218

2,238

2,229

2,103

2,119

2,128

2,136

2,155

2,165

2,167

2,180

2,192

2,218

2,222

2,236

2,228

2,254

2,130

2,139

2,165

2,172

2,172

2,175

2,190

2008
2,255 2,218 2,072 2,244 2,163 2,224 2,175 2,260 2,252 2,194 2,277 2,216

Average per Layer3/

256

257

259

261

262

263

263

266

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
Dec2/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

TABLE 36

EGG PRODUCTION--ALL FLOCKS, UNITED STATES, MONTHLY, 2001-2008

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

20071/

--Million Eggs--

7,315

7,473

7,468

7,543

7,720

7,813

7,856

7,255

7,307

7,412

7,373

7,625

7,761

7,718

6,551

6,611

6,683

6,888

6,926

7,012

6,992

7,364

7,462

7,446

7,526

7,740

7,879

7,851

7,127

7,149

7,209

7,336

7,414

7,579

7,513

7,270

7,335

7,352

7,493

7,579

7,675

7,670

7,022

7,166

7,128

7,289

7,354

7,442

7,423

7,226

7,402

7,429

7,577

7,571

7,689

7,644

7,254

7,408

7,394

7,557

7,537

7,690

7,642

7,079

7,193

7,137

7,356

7,358

7,473

7,436

7,389

7,463

7,465

7,666

7,677

7,724

7,770

7,241

7,283

7,348

7,484

7,522

7,587

7,586

Annual Total 86,093

87,252

1/ Revised. 2/ Dec preceding year.

87,473

89,091

90,027

91,328

91,101

2008
7,808 7,646 7,114 7,675 7,373 7,564 7,367 7,599 7,551 7,339 7,625 7,490
90,151

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TABLE 37
FORCED MOLT LAYERS AS A PERCENT OF HENS AND PULLETS OF LAYING AGE FIRST OF MONTH--UNITED STATES, 2001-20081/

Month 2001

2002

2003

Percent Being Molted

2004

2005

2006

20072/

2008

Jan

3.5

4.0

4.3

4.0

4.1

4.3

4.4

3.0

Feb

4.9

4.5

4.3

4.9

4.6

5.2

3.4

3.9

Mar

4.1

3.7

3.4

4.6

3.0

4.0

2.9

2.4

Apr

1.9

3.5

2.2

2.6

4.1

2.3

2.8

2.8

May

5.1

5.5

4.1

4.7

4.0

5.4

5.4

4.1

Jun

4.6

4.3

4.1

4.8

4.2

4.7

3.6

3.7

Jul

4.3

3.7

4.4

4.5

3.3

3.5

4.0

3.4

Aug

4.1

4.7

4.1

4.5

4.3

4.2

3.4

3.9

Sep

4.5

4.2

3.9

4.5

4.4

3.4

3.6

3.9

Oct

4.4

4.7

5.1

3.9

3.9

4.2

3.5

3.7

Nov

3.0

3.8

3.5

4.2

3.1

3.0

2.6

2.1

Dec

2.7

2.8

2.6

2.6

2.8

2.2

1.8

1.9

Month 2001

2002

Percent with Molt Complete

2003

2004

2005

2006

20072/

2008

Jan

24.1

22.7

23.7

22.9

23.2

23.0

24.6

22.7

Feb

22.5

21.9

23.9

22.7

21.7

23.7

24.5

21.7

Mar

23.1

22.1

23.5

23.5

22.8

24.4

24.4

22.1

Apr

23.1

22.0

24.5

23.5

22.7

24.9

23.6

21.3

May

20.8

21.4

23.6

22.3

22.4

23.6

22.2

20.8

Jun

23.4

21.9

23.2

23.2

23.0

24.8

24.0

20.9

Jul

23.6

22.5

23.5

23.9

22.6

25.7

24.1

20.8

Aug

23.2

21.5

23.0

23.4

22.2

25.2

23.5

21.2

Sep

22.7

23.3

22.5

23.3

22.4

25.9

24.1

20.8

Oct

22.7

23.6

22.7

23.6

23.4

25.9

23.7

21.9

Nov

23.1

23.3

23.8

23.7

24.3

26.1

24.0

22.7

Dec

23.8

23.7

22.6

23.6

23.7

26.4

23.9

22.1

1/ States include AL, AR, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, IL, IN, IA, ME, MD, MI, MN, MS, MO, NE, NY, NC, OH, OR, PA, SC, SD, TX, VA, WA, and WI. 2/ Revised.

Month
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

TABLE 38 POULTRY SLAUGHTERED UNDER FEDERAL INSPECTION--UNITED STATES, MONTHLY,
MATURE CHICKENS BY WEIGHT GROUP, 2007-2008

2007

2008

All

Heavy

Light

Month

All

Heavy

Light

--Thousand--

--Thousand--

10,821

6,133

4,688

Jan

12,970

6,637

6,333

9,828

5,507

4,321

Feb

11,801

6,445

5,356

10,914

5,922

4,992

Mar

12,720

6,401

6,319

10,522

5,777

4,745

Apr

13,536

6,960

6,576

11,686

6,801

4,885

May

13,772

7,455

6,317

11,865

6,826

5,039

Jun

13,767

7,406

6,361

11,492

6,938

4,554

Jul

13,828

7,887

5,941

12,424

7,405

5,019

Aug

12,822

7,364

5,458

9,356

5,529

3,827

Sep

12,959

7,755

5,204

12,171

7,390

4,781

Oct

13,771

7,919

5,852

10,714

6,212

4,502

Nov

10,574

6,135

4,439

10,756

5,417

5,339

Dec

11,476

5,949

5,527

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TABLE 39 POULTRY SLAUGHTERED UNDER FEDERAL INSPECTION, UNITED STATES, MONTHLY, 2001-2008

Month

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

20071/

2008

Young Chickens

--Million Head--

Jan

710.7

737.8

725.2

721.0

719.9

744.9

750.6

787.0

Feb

627.4

655.6

633.9

646.4

672.2

678.3

667.8

716.3

Mar

700.8

688.6

683.2

765.0

768.8

777.3

729.5

726.8

Apr

675.8

733.1

712.9

727.6

715.0

693.9

714.0

771.9

May

755.6

762.1

727.3

714.7

758.1

786.2

783.8

762.9

Jun

709.1

685.2

714.6

748.9

772.3

763.4

748.7

746.8

Jul

709.4

755.7

762.9

741.8

719.9

716.9

757.0

785.4

Aug

776.2

758.1

723.8

770.7

793.7

793.8

799.2

743.5

Sep

653.3

686.9

729.2

754.7

750.1

713.0

707.9

753.9

Oct

769.5

773.1

781.9

730.5

745.8

774.2

814.7

778.3

Nov

667.5

647.4

626.7

708.4

720.4

716.3

728.1

638.7

Dec

651.0

662.5

715.4

722.8

717.6

679.5

702.2

709.8

Annual Total2/
Month

8,406.3
2001

8,546.2
2002

Jan

14.0

15.8

Feb

12.7

13.4

Mar

14.3

13.9

Apr

13.0

15.5

May

13.7

14.5

Jun

13.5

13.3

Jul

12.5

14.6

Aug

14.1

14.7

Sep

12.3

13.8

Oct

14.5

15.4

Nov

12.3

11.8

Dec

13.1

13.1

8,536.9
2003
14.4 12.2 12.6 13.9 13.1 12.7 12.8 11.7 11.0 12.3
9.4 11.4

8,752.4

8,853.8

2004

2005

Mature Chickens

--Million Head--

11.3

11.2

9.8

11.1

12.2

13.7

12.1

13.1

11.6

13.0

12.4

13.9

12.5

11.7

12.9

13.1

12.7

11.6

12.1

11.2

11.4

11.3

12.3

11.8

8,837.5
2006

8,903.1
2007

12.6

10.8

10.0

9.8

11.6

10.9

10.7

10.5

11.8

11.7

11.7

11.9

9.9

11.5

11.6

12.4

10.0

9.4

11.2

12.2

10.1

10.7

9.9

10.8

8,921.3
2008
13.0 11.8 12.7 13.5 13.8 13.8 13.8 12.8 13.0 13.8 10.6 11.5

Annual Total2/
Month

160.1
2001

169.9
2002

Jan

724.7

753.6

Feb

640.1

669.0

Mar

715.1

702.5

Apr

688.9

748.6

May

769.4

776.6

Jun

722.6

698.5

Jul

721.9

770.4

Aug

790.3

772.8

Sep

665.5

700.7

Oct

784.1

788.5

Nov

679.9

659.2

Dec

664.0

675.6

147.6
2003
739.5 646.1 695.7 726.8 740.4 727.3 775.7 735.5 740.2 794.2 636.1 726.8

143.3

146.7

2004

2005

Total Chickens

--Million Head--

732.3

731.0

656.1

683.2

777.2

782.5

739.6

728.1

726.3

771.1

761.3

786.2

754.3

731.7

783.6

806.8

767.5

761.7

742.7

757.0

719.8

731.7

735.1

729.5

131.1
2006

132.5
20071/

154.0
2008

757.5 688.3 788.9 704.6 798.1 775.0 726.7 805.4 723.0 785.4 726.4 689.3

761.4 677.7 740.4 724.4 795.6 760.6 768.4 811.6 717.5 823.7 736.9 712.9

800.0 728.1 739.6 785.5 776.7 790.6 799.2 756.3 766.9 792.0 649.2 721.3

Annual Total2/ 8,566.4

8,716.1

8,684.4

1/ Revised. 2/Totals may not add due to rounding.

8,895.7

9,000.5

8,968.7

9,035.6

9,075.3

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UNITED STATES

Red Meat, Retail Weight Basis

Unit

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

Beef Pork Lamb
Total2/

Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds

66.1 51.4
1.1 118.6

65.6 50.0
1.1 116.7

65.8 49.4
1.1 116.3

65.2 50.8
1.1 117.1

62.8 49.5
1.0 113.3

Eggs Total2/

Number

257.3

255.8

257.8

250.1

248.9

Chickens

Commercial Broilers3/

Pounds

84.4

85.8

86.5

85.4

83.5

Turkey4/

Pounds

17.1

16.7

16.9

17.5

17.6

Total2/4/

Pounds

101.5

102.5

103.4

102.9

101.1

1/ Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Situation and Outlook Report, May, 2009. Economic Research Service, USDA. Per capita meat and egg consumption disappearance data are calculated using the Resident Population Plus Armed Forces Overseas series from the Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce. 2/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 3/ Retail lb. 4/ Ready-to-Cook Basis.

Pounds 100.0
90.0 80.0 70.0 60.0 50.0 40.0

2004

PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION Pork, Beef, and Chicken United States 2004 - 2008

2005 Pork

2006 Beef

2007 Chicken

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