Broiler Exports
(billions of pounds)-
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Source: USDA/Economic
Research Service
Top 5 Export Markets for U.S. Turkey Meat,
2008 (thousands of pounds)- Rollover graph bars for exact numbers.
Source: National
Turkey Federation
PRODUCTION
Young Meat
Chickens Slaughtered in 2010
State
Number
Liveweight
Average Weight
1,000 head
1,000 pounds
Pounds
Georgia
1,205,004
6,322,022
5.7
Alabama
1,082,334
6,059,406
5.2
Arkansas
973,634
5,551,543
5.7
Mississippi
757,545
4,483,780
5.9
North Carolina
707,861
5,013,567
7.1
Texas
684,058
3,841,478
5.6
Missouri
413,091
1,961,251
4.7
Virginia
318,858
1,650,008
5.2
Delaware
304,471
2,117,720
7
Kentucky
304,237
1,650,617
5.4
South Carolina
298,727
1,950,163
6.5
Tennessee
289,909
1,487,249
5.1
California
266,761
1,503,951
5.6
Louisiana
184,163
1,122,202
6.1
Maryland
138,855
667,669
4.8
Oklahoma
129,705
888,473
6.8
Other States
569,616
2,924,854
5.11
Poultry Production
and Value 2010 Summary
U.S. Value of Production and Sales Up 10 Percent The combined value of production from broilers, eggs, turkeys, and the value of sales from chickens in 2010 was $34.7 billion, up 10 percent from $31.6 billion in 2009. Of the combined total, 68 percent was from broilers, 19 percent from eggs, 13 percent from turkeys, and less than 1 percent from chickens.
U.S. Value of Broiler Production Up 9 Percent The value of broilers produced during 2010 was $23.7 billion, up 9 percent from 2009. The total number of broilers produced in 2010 was 8.63 billion, up 1 percent from 2009. The total amount of live weight broilers produced in 2010 was 49.2 billion pounds, up 3 percent from 2009.
U.S. Value of Egg Production Up 6 Percent Value of all egg production in 2010 was $6.52 billion, up 6 percent from $6.17 billion in 2009. Egg production totaled 91.4 billion eggs, up 1 percent from 90.5 billion eggs produced in 2009.
U.S. Value of Turkey Production Up 22 Percent The value of turkeys produced during 2010 was $4.37 billion, up 22 percent from the $3.57 billion the previous year. Turkey production in 2010 totaled 7.11 billion pounds, down 1 percent from the 7.15 billion pounds produced in 2009.
U.S. Value of Sales from Chickens Up 11 Percent The value of sales from chickens (excluding broilers) in 2010 was $72.0 million, up 11 percent from $65.1 million a year ago. The number of chickens sold in 2010 totaled 172 million, down 2 percent from the total sold during the previous year.
California Leads in Organic Poultry Production The United States had nearly14,000,000 certified organic layer hens in 2005, along with 3,286,456 organic broiler hens, 98,653 turkeys, and 17,244 unclassified organic poultry animals. California was the leader in organic poultry production, with 3,567,425 broilers in 2005. Oklahoma had 2,435,546 organic broilers coming in 2nd for organic broiler production in 2005.
Source: USDA/ERS
PRODUCTION: EGGS
Top 10 Egg Producing
Companies (As of 2010)-
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(Millions of
Layers in Production)
Source: Watt PoultryUSA
Top 10 Egg Producing
States (As of 2010)-
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(Ranked by number
of layers represented in thousands)
Source: American
Egg Board
PRODUCTION: BROILERS-
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Total: 557.41
Ready to cook pounds, millions
Source: Watt PoultryUSA Feb. 2010
PRODUCTION:
TURKEYS (2009)* - Rollover graph
bars for exact numbers.
Millions of Turkeys
Source: USDA/NASS 2008-2009
PROCESSING
Top Turkey
Processors 2010-
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Live
weight processed (in millions of pounds)
(2010 WattPoultry
USA)
STATE
Sources of Economic Information
for Various States
Approximately 300,000 people are employed in chicken processing plants nationwide and another 60,000 in feed mills, hatcheries, distribution centers, corporate headquarters and other locations. Wages offered by poultry plants are similar to those paid by competitive jobs in the surrounding community. Currently (2002) the average hourly wage for production workers in poultry slaughter and processing plants nationwide is estimated at $9.76 by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. Processing companies also offer benefits packages that typically include medical and dental benefits, paid vacation, an opportunity to participate in a 401(K) or similar retirement plan and job-related educational improvement opportunities.
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