United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service ISSN: 1949- 1573 Poultry - Production and Value 2021 Summary April 2022 Contents Summary.............................................................................. 5 Broiler Production and Value - States and United States Total: 2020.................. 6 Broiler Production and Value - States and United States Total: 2021.................. 7 Turkey Production and Value - States and United States: 2020......................... 8 Turkey Production and Value - States and United States: 2021......................... 9 Chickens Lost, Sold for Slaughter, Sold, and Value - States and United States: 2020.. 10 Chickens Lost, Sold for Slaughter, Sold, and Value - States and United States: 2021.. 11 All Eggs Production and Value - States and United States: 2020 and 2021.............. 12 Statistical Methodology.............................................................. 13 Information Contacts................................................................. 13 This page intentionally left blank Summary Value of Production and Sales Up 31 Percent The combined value of production from broilers, eggs, turkeys, and the value of sales from chickens in 2021 was $46.1 billion, up 31 percent from $35.1 billion in 2020. Of the combined total, 68 percent was from broilers, 19 percent from eggs, 13 percent from turkeys, and less than 1 percent from chickens. The value of broilers produced during 2021 was $31.5 billion, up 48 percent from 2020. The total number of broilers produced in 2021 was 9.13 billion, down 1 percent from 2020. The total amount of live weight broilers produced in 2021 was 59.2 billion pounds, down slightly from 2020. The value of turkeys produced during 2021 was $5.89 billion, up 14 percent from the $5.17 billion the previous year. The total number of turkeys raised in 2021 was 217 million, down 3 percent from 2020. Turkey production in 2021 totaled 7.18 billion pounds, down 2 percent from the 7.29 billion pounds produced in 2020. The value of sales from chickens (excluding broilers) in 2021 was $14.9 million, down 20 percent from $18.6 million a year ago. The number of chickens sold in 2021 totaled 180 million, down 3 from the total sold during the previous year. Value of all egg production in 2021 was $8.68 billion, up slightly from $8.66 billion in 2020. Egg production totaled 111 billion eggs, down 1 percent from 112 billion eggs produced in 2020. Poultry Value of Production - United States: 2020 and 2021 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Year :Broilers 1/: Turkeys :Chickens 2/: Eggs : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 dollars : 2020 ...............:21,267,206 5,170,582 18,625 8,664,846 35,121,259 2021 ...............:31,520,148 5,891,373 14,932 8,677,335 46,103,788 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Excludes States which produced less than 500,000 broilers. 2/ Value of sales. Broiler Production and Value - States and United States Total: 2020 [Annual estimates cover the period December 1 previous year through November 30. Broiler production including other domestic meat-type strains. Excludes States producing less than 500,000 broilers] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : : : Value of : Broilers : Production : production ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head 1,000 pounds 1,000 dollars : Alabama ....................: 1,200,900 6,605,000 2,364,590 Arkansas ...................: 1,049,700 7,347,900 2,630,548 Delaware ...................: 250,500 1,928,900 690,546 Florida ....................: 65,200 391,200 140,050 Georgia ....................: 1,325,100 8,083,100 2,893,750 Kentucky ...................: 299,000 1,943,500 695,773 Maryland ...................: 287,300 1,867,500 668,565 Minnesota ..................: 57,800 358,400 128,307 Mississippi ................: 732,200 4,612,900 1,651,418 Missouri ...................: 292,100 1,489,700 533,313 : North Carolina .............: 961,300 7,882,700 2,822,007 Ohio .......................: 108,200 551,800 197,544 Oklahoma ...................: 204,700 1,494,300 534,959 Pennsylvania ...............: 221,100 1,260,300 451,187 South Carolina .............: 243,500 1,875,000 671,250 Tennessee ..................: 187,400 1,030,700 368,991 Texas ......................: 702,500 4,636,500 1,659,867 Virginia ...................: 276,200 1,712,400 613,039 West Virginia ..............: 70,200 273,800 98,020 Wisconsin ..................: 55,000 225,500 80,729 : Other States 1/ ............: 632,200 3,834,500 1,372,753 : United States ..............: 9,222,100 59,405,600 21,267,206 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ California, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Michigan, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, and Washington combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. Broiler Production and Value - States and United States Total: 2021 [Annual estimates cover the period December 1 previous year through November 30. Broiler production including other domestic meat-type strains. Excludes States producing less than 500,000 broilers] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : : : Value of : Broilers : Production : production ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head 1,000 pounds 1,000 dollars : Alabama ....................: 1,171,600 6,561,000 3,490,452 Arkansas ...................: 1,051,300 7,464,200 3,970,954 Delaware ...................: 222,400 1,712,500 911,050 Florida ....................: 63,900 396,200 210,778 Georgia ....................: 1,298,900 7,923,300 4,215,196 Kentucky ...................: 297,400 1,933,100 1,028,409 Maryland ...................: 259,900 1,715,300 912,540 Minnesota ..................: 56,800 352,200 187,370 Mississippi ................: 707,000 4,454,100 2,369,581 Missouri ...................: 301,200 1,566,200 833,218 : North Carolina .............: 971,400 8,062,600 4,289,303 Ohio .......................: 126,100 554,800 295,154 Oklahoma ...................: 197,100 1,399,400 744,481 Pennsylvania ...............: 239,100 1,386,800 737,778 South Carolina .............: 249,400 1,895,400 1,008,353 Tennessee ..................: 195,300 1,132,700 602,596 Texas ......................: 706,600 4,734,200 2,518,594 Virginia ...................: 285,400 1,798,000 956,536 West Virginia ..............: 66,200 258,200 137,362 Wisconsin ..................: 55,900 223,600 118,955 : Other States 1/ ............: 607,800 3,724,600 1,981,488 : United States ..............: 9,130,700 59,248,400 31,520,148 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ California, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Michigan, Nebraska, New York, Oregon, and Washington combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. Turkey Production and Value - States and United States: 2020 [Based on turkeys placed September 1, 2019, through August 31, 2020. Dollar values based on data received from United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Turkeys : : Value of : raised : Production : production ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head 1,000 pounds 1,000 dollars : Arkansas ...................: 31,000 595,200 421,997 California .................: 8,000 232,000 164,488 Indiana ....................: 20,000 814,000 577,126 Iowa .......................: 11,700 505,440 358,357 Michigan ...................: 5,200 232,440 164,800 Minnesota ..................: 39,000 1,064,700 754,872 Missouri ...................: 17,000 581,400 412,213 North Carolina .............: 30,000 1,134,000 804,006 Ohio .......................: 6,000 271,200 192,281 Pennsylvania ...............: 6,700 190,950 135,384 : South Dakota ...............: 4,500 205,650 145,806 Virginia ...................: 16,000 446,400 316,498 West Virginia ..............: 3,900 125,970 89,313 : Other States 1/ ............: 24,000 893,425 633,441 : United States ..............: 223,000 7,292,775 5,170,582 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Includes State estimates not shown and States withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. Turkey Production and Value - States and United States: 2021 [Based on turkeys placed September 1, 2020, through August 31, 2021. Dollar values based on data received from United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Turkeys : : Value of : raised : Production : production ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head 1,000 pounds 1,000 dollars : Arkansas ...................: 27,000 540,000 443,340 California .................: 6,000 191,400 157,139 Indiana ....................: 20,500 836,400 686,684 Iowa .......................: 11,700 512,460 420,730 Michigan ...................: 5,100 217,260 178,370 Minnesota ..................: 40,500 1,044,900 857,863 Missouri ...................: 17,000 552,500 453,603 North Carolina .............: 30,000 1,167,000 958,107 Ohio .......................: 6,000 268,200 220,192 Pennsylvania ...............: 6,900 198,030 162,583 : South Dakota ...............: 4,000 184,400 151,392 Virginia ...................: 14,500 420,500 345,231 West Virginia ..............: 3,600 116,280 95,466 : Other States 1/ ............: 23,700 926,519 760,673 : United States ..............: 216,500 7,175,849 5,891,373 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Includes State estimates not shown and States withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. Chickens Lost, Sold for Slaughter, Sold, and Value - States and United States: 2020 [Annual estimates cover the period December 1 previous year through November 30. Excludes broilers. Totals may not add due to rounding] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Chickens : Sold : : Value of State : lost 1/ : for slaughter : Sold : sales -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------- 1,000 head ------ 1,000 pounds 1,000 dollars : Alabama ..............: 4,538.9 12,711.3 102,834.4 2,776.5 Arkansas .............: 3,393.6 16,199.5 119,390.3 2,865.4 California ...........: 8,811.8 2,191.2 8,458.0 50.7 Colorado .............: 2,340.1 2,636.7 10,889.6 98.0 Georgia ..............: 6,170.3 18,790.7 133,038.2 3,326.0 Illinois .............: 2,862.2 798.1 3,695.2 48.0 Indiana ..............: 17,114.8 10,947.0 39,190.3 117.6 Iowa .................: 35,751.6 13,773.7 48,758.9 97.5 Kentucky .............: 1,092.6 5,083.4 30,703.7 614.1 Louisiana ............: 358.2 1,692.7 11,933.5 286.4 : Maryland .............: 249.8 844.3 3,267.4 19.6 Massachusetts ........: 94.4 10.2 35.2 (Z) Michigan .............: 5,678.8 3,395.9 11,749.8 11.7 Minnesota ............: 3,184.8 3,430.0 14,097.3 112.8 Mississippi ..........: 1,430.4 5,044.9 37,635.0 940.9 Missouri .............: 6,704.3 5,230.0 30,281.7 605.6 Montana ..............: 807.5 8.4 29.1 (Z) Nebraska .............: 2,209.7 5,218.9 19,831.8 79.3 New York .............: 528.5 4,771.1 16,603.4 16.6 North Carolina .......: 3,958.2 15,066.4 108,628.7 2,715.7 : Ohio .................: 19,724.6 7,682.4 29,884.5 179.3 Oklahoma .............: 648.6 2,794.8 20,569.7 514.2 Oregon ...............: 1,667.1 12.9 44.6 (Z) Pennsylvania .........: 5,472.2 13,620.8 50,941.8 203.8 South Carolina .......: 1,868.1 1,958.2 14,197.0 369.1 South Dakota .........: 2,068.1 424.4 1,468.4 1.5 Tennessee ............: 514.9 1,796.5 14,174.4 340.2 Texas ................: 4,039.5 14,256.4 73,563.0 1,177.0 Utah .................: 2,168.4 1,744.6 6,018.9 6.0 Vermont ..............: 26.1 142.4 553.9 3.3 : Virginia .............: 1,445.4 2,160.6 17,047.1 460.3 Washington ...........: 4,574.1 35.2 121.8 (Z) West Virginia ........: 364.7 1,590.9 12,790.8 345.4 Wisconsin ............: 1,947.6 2,770.9 11,776.3 106.0 : Other States 2/ ......: 10,257.4 6,203.9 23,692.4 136.4 : United States ........: 164,067.3 185,039.3 1,027,896.1 18,625.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Z) Less than half of the unit shown. 1/ Includes rendered, died, destroyed, composted, or disappeared for any reason except sold during the 12-month period. 2/ Includes State estimates not shown and States withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. Chickens Lost, Sold for Slaughter, Sold, and Value - States and United States: 2021 [Annual estimates cover the period December 1 previous year through November 30. Excludes broilers. Totals may not add due to rounding] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Chickens : Sold : : Value of State : lost 1/ : for slaughter : Sold : sales -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------- 1,000 head ------ 1,000 pounds 1,000 dollars : Alabama ..............: 3,984.8 10,611.5 85,740.9 2,057.8 Arkansas .............: 4,421.8 17,401.6 127,901.8 2,685.9 California ...........: 8,811.3 1,752.0 7,323.4 43.9 Colorado .............: 2,753.1 1,398.5 6,600.9 72.6 Georgia ..............: 6,008.4 17,311.0 123,600.5 2,348.4 Illinois .............: 4,048.2 812.9 3,706.8 37.1 Indiana ..............: 17,611.7 10,943.2 39,176.7 78.4 Iowa .................: 22,388.9 10,418.9 37,508.0 75.0 Kentucky .............: 1,044.4 5,283.3 31,224.3 530.8 Louisiana ............: 358.2 1,715.5 11,957.0 239.1 : Maryland .............: 239.4 1,177.3 4,450.2 17.8 Massachusetts ........: 11.0 124.2 429.7 (Z) Michigan .............: 6,242.0 5,347.8 18,556.9 18.6 Minnesota ............: 2,360.3 3,521.6 14,086.4 84.5 Mississippi ..........: 1,468.3 4,805.1 34,692.8 763.2 Missouri .............: 8,717.7 5,183.3 31,203.5 499.3 Montana ..............: 678.7 7.3 25.3 (Z) Nebraska .............: 1,404.9 5,373.7 20,688.7 124.1 New York .............: 701.2 2,940.7 10,263.0 10.3 North Carolina .......: 4,436.7 14,672.1 106,226.0 2,124.5 : Ohio .................: 17,687.0 7,149.3 28,382.7 170.3 Oklahoma .............: 656.4 2,456.9 17,272.0 345.4 Oregon ...............: 1,621.1 13.9 48.1 (Z) Pennsylvania .........: 4,839.5 14,622.5 54,688.2 164.1 South Carolina .......: 1,572.8 2,326.9 16,358.1 310.8 South Dakota .........: 1,907.1 696.2 2,422.8 2.4 Tennessee ............: 569.1 1,970.9 15,609.5 327.8 Texas ................: 4,235.3 14,408.9 74,782.2 972.2 Utah .................: 2,236.2 1,338.9 4,619.2 4.6 Vermont ..............: 22.9 179.2 682.8 3.4 : Virginia .............: 1,442.0 2,112.8 17,240.4 379.3 Washington ...........: 4,699.2 36.0 124.6 (Z) West Virginia ........: 362.6 1,559.8 12,556.4 276.2 Wisconsin ............: 1,748.9 3,930.5 15,525.5 77.6 : Other States 2/ ......: 10,330.3 6,489.0 24,466.5 85.6 : United States ........: 151,621.4 180,093.2 1,000,141.8 14,931.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Z) Less than half of the unit shown. 1/ Includes rendered, died, destroyed, composted, or disappeared for any reason except sold during the 12-month period. 2/ Includes State estimates not shown and States withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. All Eggs Production and Value - States and United States: 2020 and 2021 [Annual estimates cover the period December 1 previous year through November 30. Includes hatching and market (table) eggs] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Egg production : Value of production State :------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2020 : 2021 : 2020 : 2021 : 2020 : 2021 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--- million eggs --- --- 1,000 dozen eggs --- ---- 1,000 dollars --- : Alabama ..........: 2,439.1 2,421.5 203,258.0 201,791.6 448,049 451,718 Arkansas .........: 3,819.4 4,248.7 318,283.3 354,058.7 567,968 692,829 California .......: 3,932.9 4,019.6 327,741.7 334,966.7 424,976 372,372 Colorado .........: 1,604.4 1,555.6 133,700.0 129,633.3 84,833 89,372 Georgia ..........: 5,094.0 5,064.2 424,500.0 422,016.3 626,350 635,134 Illinois .........: 1,911.2 1,941.5 159,266.5 161,791.8 109,384 112,280 Indiana ..........: 10,386.5 10,606.8 865,541.6 883,900.1 584,781 603,080 Iowa .............: 15,545.1 14,980.3 1,295,424.9 1,248,358.4 878,645 852,143 Kentucky .........: 1,579.6 1,505.6 131,632.9 125,467.0 145,659 145,178 Louisiana ........: 517.8 483.5 43,150.1 40,291.9 60,111 58,810 : Maryland .........: 795.7 747.6 66,308.3 62,300.6 40,478 36,937 Massachusetts ....: 42.0 36.4 3,499.8 3,033.3 1,934 1,639 Michigan .........: 4,330.9 4,541.9 360,908.0 378,491.4 230,625 244,590 Minnesota ........: 2,558.5 2,438.9 213,208.8 203,241.6 151,274 146,693 Mississippi ......: 1,391.7 1,375.7 115,975.0 114,641.9 223,301 228,487 Missouri .........: 4,001.0 3,962.6 333,416.7 330,216.9 255,840 279,197 Montana ..........: 357.1 362.8 29,757.7 30,232.9 38,073 33,241 Nebraska .........: 2,439.8 2,403.4 203,316.5 200,282.9 153,857 155,763 New York .........: 1,751.1 1,747.8 145,924.9 145,649.9 88,098 86,347 North Carolina ...: 4,080.2 4,093.6 340,016.6 341,133.4 504,920 512,783 : Ohio .............: 10,187.6 10,456.0 848,966.9 871,333.6 565,776 587,427 Oklahoma .........: 632.4 565.0 52,700.0 47,083.4 83,677 81,587 Oregon ...........: 683.5 621.6 56,958.4 51,799.8 72,999 56,958 Pennsylvania .....: 8,958.1 8,111.0 746,507.9 675,916.8 486,149 431,734 South Carolina ...: 999.9 942.7 83,325.0 78,558.2 92,559 90,510 South Dakota .....: 829.8 664.3 69,150.1 55,358.5 44,029 35,290 Tennessee ........: 358.9 373.7 29,908.3 31,141.5 64,821 68,914 Texas ............: 6,254.0 6,420.5 521,166.3 535,041.9 454,410 494,210 Utah .............: 1,446.5 1,738.0 120,541.5 144,833.0 153,633 159,749 Vermont ..........: 60.6 62.6 5,050.3 5,216.9 3,279 3,357 : Virginia .........: 716.3 710.7 59,691.6 59,224.7 94,379 94,561 Washington .......: 2,062.6 2,010.0 171,883.2 167,500.1 220,203 183,950 West Virginia ....: 290.3 298.2 24,191.6 24,850.1 56,688 58,331 Wisconsin ........: 2,275.1 2,182.0 189,591.5 181,833.0 132,165 129,357 : Other States 1/ ..: 7,400.8 7,034.4 616,734.6 586,201.8 520,923 462,807 : United States ....:111,734.4 110,728.7 9,311,198.5 9,227,393.9 8,664,846 8,677,335 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Includes State estimates not shown and States withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. Statistical Methodology Survey Procedures: These estimates were based on inventory, disposition, production, and price estimates as published in various NASS poultry and agricultural prices reports, as well as information on imports, exports, and slaughter obtained from other sources. Individual NASS Regional Field Offices (RFOs) maintain a list of all known poultry operations and use known sources to update their lists. Data are collected from broiler hatcheries which hatch over one million chicks annually and from turkey grow-out operations raising 1,000 or more turkeys annually. Also, data are collected from layer and egg contractors and independent producers who have at least 30,000 table egg layers, flocks of hatchery supply layers, or pullet only operations with at least 500 pullets. In every situation, operations are contacted as close to the reference date as possible and given adequate time to respond via mail, fax, or electronic data reporting (EDR). Those that do not respond are contacted by phone. Care is exercised to ensure that all operations of interest are accounted for in the estimates. Estimation Procedures: Sound statistical methodology is employed to derive the estimates from reported data. All data are analyzed for unusual values. Data from each operation are compared to their own past operating profile and to trends from similar operations. Data for missing operations are estimated based on similar operations or historical data. RFOs prepare these estimates by using a combination of survey indications and historic trends. Individual State estimates are reviewed by the Agricultural Statistics Board for reasonableness. Revision Policy: Revisions to previous estimates are made to improve estimates and are generally the result of late or corrected data. For all species, previous year estimates are subject to revision when the current year estimates are made. Five years of estimates are also reviewed after the Census of Agriculture data are available. Estimates are considered final after Census review and no revisions are made after the final estimates are published. Reliability: All estimates in this report have no sampling error since they are based on a census of all known contractors and independent producers who have at least 30,000 table egg layers, flocks of hatchery supply layers, pullet only operations with at least 500 pullets; broiler hatcheries which hatch over one million chicks annually; and turkey grow-out operations raising 1,000 or more turkeys annually. Estimates are subject to errors such as omission, duplication, and mistakes in reporting, recording, and processing the data. While these errors cannot be measured directly, they are minimized through strict quality controls in the data collection process and a careful review of all reported data for consistency and reasonableness. Information Contacts Listed below are the commodity specialists in the Livestock Branch of the National Agricultural Statistics Service to contact for additional information. E-mail inquiries may be sent to nass@usda.gov Travis Averill, Chief, Livestock Branch ..................................... (202) 692-0069 Jean Porter, Head, Poultry and Specialty Commodities Section ................ (202) 690-3223 Holly Brenize - Poultry Slaughter......................................... (202) 720-0585 Alissa Cowell-Mytar - Cold Storage, Capacity of Refrigerated Warehouses .. (202) 720-4751 Liana Cuffman - Catfish and Trout, Mink, Census of Aquaculture ........... (202) 720-8784 Fatema Haque - Turkey Hatchery, Turkeys Raised ........................... (202) 720-3244 Derron Martin - Chicken Hatchery, Egg Products............................ (202) 690-3237 Seth Riggins - Honey, Honey Bee Colonies ................................. 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