United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service ISSN: 1949- 1573 Poultry - Production and Value 2018 Summary May 2019 Contents Summary...................................................................... ............... 5 Broiler Production and Value - States and United States Total: 2017......................... 6 Broiler Production and Value - States and United States Total: 2018......................... 7 Turkey Production and Value - States and United States: 2017................................ 8 Turkey Production and Value - States and United States: 2018................................ 9 Chickens Lost, Sold for Slaughter, Pounds Sold, and Value - States and United States: 2017.. 10 Chickens Lost, Sold for Slaughter, Pounds Sold, and Value - States and United States: 2018.. 11 All Eggs Production and Value - States and United States: 2017 and 2018..................... 12 Statistical Methodology.................................................................. ... 13 Information Contacts..................................................................... ... 13 This page intentionally left blank Summary Value of Production and Sales Up 8 Percent The combined value of production from broilers, eggs, turkeys, and the value of sales from chickens in 2018 was $46.3 billion, up 8 percent from $42.7 billion in 2017. Of the combined total, 69 percent was from broilers, 23 percent from eggs, 8 percent from turkeys, and less than 1 percent from chickens. The value of broilers produced during 2018 was $31.7 billion, up 5 percent from 2017. The total number of broilers produced in 2018 was 9.04 billion, up 1 percent from 2017. The total amount of live weight broilers produced in 2018 was 56.8 billion pounds, up 2 percent from 2017. The value of turkeys produced during 2018 was $3.88 billion, down 20 percent from the $4.87 billion the previous year. The total number of turkeys raised in 2018 was 245 million, down slightly from 2017. Turkey production in 2018 totaled 7.60 billion pounds, up 1 percent from the 7.54 billion pounds produced in 2017. The value of sales from chickens (excluding broilers) in 2018 was $49.4 million, up 5 percent from $47.0 million a year ago. The number of chickens sold in 2018 totaled 190 million, down slightly from the total sold during the previous year. Value of all egg production in 2018 was $10.6 billion, up 39 percent from $7.60 billion in 2017. Egg production totaled 109 billion eggs, up 2 percent from 107 billion eggs produced in 2017. Poultry Value of Production - United States: 2017 and 2018 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Year :Broilers 1/: Turkeys :Chickens 2/: Eggs : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 dollars : 2017 ...............:30,232,203 4,873,677 46,996 7,597,091 42,749,967 2018 ...............:31,746,230 3,875,131 49,364 10,586,262 46,256,987 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Excludes States which produced less than 500,000 broilers. 2/ Value of sales. Broiler Production and Value - States and United States Total: 2017 [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 : Number : Pounds : Value of : produced : produced : production ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head 1,000 pounds 1,000 dollars : Alabama ....................: 1,095,400 6,134,200 3,337,005 Arkansas ...................: 1,059,000 6,989,400 3,802,234 Delaware ...................: 259,800 1,870,600 1,017,606 Florida ....................: 65,200 371,600 202,150 Georgia ....................: 1,363,400 8,044,100 4,375,990 Kentucky ...................: 295,800 1,893,100 1,029,846 Maryland ...................: 306,700 1,840,200 1,001,069 Minnesota ..................: 59,700 358,200 194,861 Mississippi ................: 741,100 4,743,000 2,580,192 Missouri ...................: 291,100 1,426,400 775,962 : North Carolina .............: 830,800 6,563,300 3,570,435 Ohio .......................: 99,300 526,300 286,307 Oklahoma ...................: 204,500 1,370,200 745,389 Pennsylvania ...............: 185,200 1,037,100 564,182 South Carolina .............: 243,100 1,798,900 978,602 Tennessee ..................: 171,500 909,000 494,496 Texas ......................: 651,200 4,102,600 2,231,814 Virginia ...................: 277,400 1,608,900 875,242 West Virginia ..............: 86,100 335,800 182,675 Wisconsin ..................: 53,800 226,000 122,944 : Other States 1/ ............: 573,700 3,425,000 1,863,202 : United States ..............: 8,913,800 55,573,900 30,232,203 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: 2018 [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 : Number : Pounds : Value of : produced : produced : production ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head 1,000 pounds 1,000 dollars : Alabama ....................: 1,123,700 6,180,400 3,454,844 Arkansas ...................: 1,092,000 7,316,400 4,089,868 Delaware ...................: 263,600 1,924,300 1,075,684 Florida ....................: 65,400 385,900 215,718 Georgia ....................: 1,361,400 8,168,400 4,566,136 Kentucky ...................: 303,300 1,971,500 1,102,069 Maryland ...................: 289,400 1,736,400 970,648 Minnesota ..................: 59,100 360,500 201,520 Mississippi ................: 747,800 4,711,100 2,633,505 Missouri ...................: 293,100 1,465,500 819,215 : North Carolina .............: 873,600 6,901,400 3,857,883 Ohio .......................: 107,900 561,100 313,655 Oklahoma ...................: 196,800 1,318,600 737,097 Pennsylvania ...............: 200,100 1,140,600 637,595 South Carolina .............: 237,800 1,807,300 1,010,281 Tennessee ..................: 177,300 939,700 525,292 Texas ......................: 653,500 4,247,800 2,374,520 Virginia ...................: 278,900 1,673,400 935,431 West Virginia ..............: 83,300 316,500 176,924 Wisconsin ..................: 55,800 228,800 127,899 : Other States 1/ ............: 573,300 3,435,500 1,920,446 : United States ..............: 9,037,100 56,791,100 31,746,230 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: 2017 [Based on turkeys placed September 1, 2016, through August 31, 2017] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Number : Pounds : Value of : raised : produced : production ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head 1,000 pounds 1,000 dollars : Arkansas ...................: 29,500 587,050 379,234 California .................: 11,500 319,700 206,526 Indiana ....................: 20,000 792,000 511,632 Iowa .......................: 12,000 484,800 313,181 Michigan ...................: 5,100 206,040 133,102 Minnesota ..................: 42,000 1,058,400 683,726 Missouri ...................: 18,500 614,200 396,773 North Carolina .............: 32,500 1,144,000 739,024 Ohio .......................: 6,700 280,730 181,352 Pennsylvania ...............: 7,500 204,750 132,269 : South Dakota ...............: 4,100 176,300 113,890 Utah .......................: 5,200 134,160 86,667 Virginia ...................: 16,800 458,640 296,281 West Virginia ..............: 3,700 111,000 71,706 : Other States 1/ ............: 30,100 972,621 628,314 : United States ..............: 245,200 7,544,391 4,873,677 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Includes State estimates not shown and States withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. Turkey Production and Value - States and United States: 2018 [Based on turkeys placed September 1, 2017, through August 31, 2018] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Number : Pounds : Value of : raised : produced : production ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head 1,000 pounds 1,000 dollars : Arkansas ...................: 31,500 595,350 303,629 California .................: 11,000 317,900 162,129 Indiana ....................: 20,000 768,000 391,680 Iowa .......................: 11,900 477,190 243,367 Michigan ...................: 5,300 222,070 113,256 Minnesota ..................: 42,000 1,113,000 567,630 Missouri ...................: 19,000 640,300 326,553 North Carolina .............: 32,500 1,196,000 609,960 Ohio .......................: 6,700 282,070 143,856 Pennsylvania ...............: 7,000 195,300 99,603 : South Dakota ...............: 4,250 179,350 91,469 Utah .......................: (D) (D) (D) Virginia ...................: 16,800 462,000 235,620 West Virginia ..............: 3,100 96,410 49,169 : Other States 1/ ............: 33,700 1,053,349 537,210 : United States ..............: 244,750 7,598,289 3,875,131 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. 1/ Includes State estimates not shown and States withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. Chickens Lost, Sold for Slaughter, Pounds Sold, and Value - States and United States: 2017 [Annual estimates cover the period December 1 previous year through November 30. Excludes broilers. Totals may not add due to rounding] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : Number sold : Pounds : Value of State : lost 1/ : for slaughter : sold : sales -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------- 1,000 head ------ 1,000 pounds 1,000 dollars : Alabama ..............: 3,195.9 11,002.1 87,466.7 6,472.5 Arkansas .............: 3,474.2 16,212.7 121,595.3 8,633.3 California ...........: 5,978.1 3,013.3 11,058.8 132.7 Colorado .............: 2,313.7 1,553.0 7,873.7 338.6 Florida ..............: 5,378.0 380.5 2,891.8 214.0 Georgia ..............: 6,128.9 15,483.6 108,694.9 7,282.6 Illinois .............: 1,221.4 1,911.5 7,301.9 109.5 Indiana ..............: 14,310.7 11,245.2 39,245.7 196.2 Iowa .................: 28,023.2 6,376.1 22,061.3 110.3 Kentucky .............: 992.6 4,506.6 26,138.3 1,437.6 : Louisiana ............: 315.0 1,879.4 11,953.0 729.1 Maryland .............: 279.9 1,525.3 5,613.1 67.4 Massachusetts ........: 9.2 75.4 254.1 (Z) Michigan .............: 1,069.5 9,756.2 32,976.0 33.0 Minnesota ............: 3,902.3 4,058.2 15,705.2 267.0 Mississippi ..........: 1,399.8 5,525.2 40,555.0 2,798.3 Missouri .............: 3,209.7 8,703.9 41,865.8 1,632.8 Montana ..............: 322.6 52.3 176.3 (Z) Nebraska .............: 791.9 5,814.8 19,886.6 59.7 New York .............: 509.2 3,903.2 13,192.8 13.2 : North Carolina .......: 4,056.5 14,993.5 103,305.2 6,818.1 Ohio .................: 10,794.0 12,868.7 46,198.6 369.6 Oklahoma .............: 736.2 2,562.1 20,112.5 1,488.3 Oregon ...............: 1,625.6 14.1 47.5 (Z) Pennsylvania .........: 2,781.8 11,201.5 41,669.6 541.7 South Carolina .......: 1,961.7 1,916.2 12,608.6 807.0 South Dakota .........: 904.6 1,072.3 3,613.7 3.6 Tennessee ............: 521.1 1,802.3 14,076.0 1,041.6 Texas ................: 4,156.5 14,270.9 69,784.7 2,861.2 Utah .................: 1,598.2 2,648.0 8,923.8 8.9 : Vermont ..............: 19.2 103.2 390.1 5.9 Virginia .............: 1,536.5 2,116.9 17,041.0 1,278.1 Washington ...........: 4,852.1 33.3 112.2 (Z) West Virginia ........: 286.7 1,690.7 13,153.6 973.4 Wisconsin ............: 1,093.4 2,540.6 9,781.3 166.3 : Other States 2/ ......: 6,053.1 6,945.5 24,061.1 104.2 : United States ........: 125,803.0 189,758.3 1,001,385.8 46,996.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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/ Alaska, Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Maine, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, Rhode Island, and Wyoming combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. Chickens Lost, Sold for Slaughter, Pounds Sold, and Value - States and United States: 2018 [Annual estimates cover the period December 1 previous year through November 30. Excludes broilers. Totals may not add due to rounding] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : Number sold : Pounds : Value of State : lost 1/ : for slaughter : sold : sales -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------- 1,000 head ------ 1,000 pounds 1,000 dollars : Alabama ..............: 3,476.2 11,650.7 92,856.1 7,057.1 Arkansas .............: 3,513.9 15,524.2 115,034.3 8,282.5 California ...........: 7,143.7 2,671.1 9,909.8 109.0 Colorado .............: 2,240.8 1,286.7 6,973.9 341.7 Florida ..............: 5,022.6 401.7 3,000.7 216.1 Georgia ..............: 6,425.8 17,214.4 118,262.9 7,805.4 Illinois .............: 1,487.4 2,505.2 9,519.8 123.8 Indiana ..............: 13,820.0 12,441.1 44,041.5 220.2 Iowa .................: 31,854.6 9,608.6 33,534.0 100.6 Kentucky .............: 1,085.1 5,181.5 30,260.0 1,664.3 : Louisiana ............: 403.5 1,930.1 12,410.5 769.5 Maryland .............: 809.6 508.1 2,118.8 50.9 Massachusetts ........: 89.2 0.2 0.7 (Z) Michigan .............: 3,959.0 5,674.0 19,518.6 19.5 Minnesota ............: 4,729.9 3,571.8 15,394.5 431.0 Mississippi ..........: 1,406.8 5,812.7 43,072.1 3,058.1 Missouri .............: 2,418.0 6,790.5 34,971.1 1,573.7 Montana ..............: 629.9 5.1 17.5 (Z) Nebraska .............: 1,272.1 4,035.2 14,042.5 28.1 New York .............: 586.4 4,532.3 15,681.8 15.7 : North Carolina .......: 4,059.9 17,210.5 112,900.9 7,112.8 Ohio .................: 11,193.0 12,662.9 46,219.6 416.0 Oklahoma .............: 775.1 2,251.2 18,144.7 1,397.1 Oregon ...............: 1,710.8 14.9 51.3 (Z) Pennsylvania .........: 2,855.3 11,911.9 45,146.1 632.0 South Carolina .......: 1,993.0 2,269.1 15,611.4 1,046.0 South Dakota .........: 1,091.5 140.3 481.2 0.5 Tennessee ............: 467.9 1,917.2 14,800.8 1,095.3 Texas ................: 3,686.8 14,350.6 72,470.5 3,116.2 Utah .................: 1,127.0 2,271.9 7,815.3 7.8 : Vermont ..............: 25.2 142.2 594.4 14.3 Virginia .............: 1,326.4 2,092.1 16,841.4 1,279.9 Washington ...........: 5,113.0 36.3 129.6 (Z) West Virginia ........: 276.3 1,740.5 13,680.3 1,026.0 Wisconsin ............: 2,951.1 2,157.1 9,340.2 261.5 : Other States 2/ ......: 5,670.9 7,088.7 24,845.7 90.9 : United States ........: 136,697.7 189,602.6 1,019,694.5 49,364.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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/ Alaska, Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Maine, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, Rhode Island, and Wyoming combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. All Eggs Production and Value - States and United States: 2017 and 2018 [Annual estimates cover the period December 1 previous year through November 30. Includes hatching and market (table) eggs] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Eggs produced : Value of production State :------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2017 : 2018 : 2017 : 2018 : 2017 : 2018 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--- million eggs --- --- 1,000 dozen eggs --- ---- 1,000 dollars ---- : Alabama ..........: 2,072.3 2,133.3 172,691.8 177,775.2 349,437 382,196 Arkansas .........: 3,431.0 3,534.7 285,916.9 294,558.3 482,651 527,651 California .......: 3,759.6 4,294.6 313,299.9 357,883.7 267,690 503,663 Colorado .........: 1,414.5 1,482.9 117,875.0 123,575.2 77,227 113,657 Florida ..........: 2,095.7 2,005.4 174,641.7 167,116.7 112,225 154,784 Georgia ..........: 5,002.5 4,871.1 416,875.1 405,925.2 585,786 656,656 Illinois .........: 1,500.4 1,764.1 125,033.4 147,008.4 87,784 147,870 Indiana ..........: 9,862.9 9,658.6 821,908.7 804,883.7 543,210 796,467 Iowa .............: 16,151.6 16,273.8 1,345,966.9 1,356,149.8 868,529 1,327,106 Kentucky .........: 1,360.5 1,434.4 113,375.0 119,533.3 122,051 158,458 : Louisiana ........: 480.8 517.5 40,067.2 43,125.2 53,102 63,196 Maryland .........: 839.8 780.6 69,983.6 65,050.3 45,314 60,686 Massachusetts ....: 40.2 43.1 3,350.2 3,591.8 2,023 3,194 Michigan .........: 4,225.5 4,548.1 352,125.5 379,008.6 220,431 364,078 Minnesota ........: 3,070.7 3,131.8 255,892.1 260,983.3 171,173 262,646 Mississippi ......: 1,392.8 1,418.6 116,066.9 118,216.5 211,051 230,685 Missouri .........: 3,145.7 3,473.9 262,142.0 289,491.8 207,368 297,684 Montana ..........: 153.8 292.5 12,816.7 24,374.8 11,192 33,674 Nebraska .........: 2,489.1 2,388.8 207,425.0 199,066.6 130,912 198,202 New York .........: 1,717.8 1,656.5 143,150.0 138,041.8 90,433 127,359 : North Carolina ...: 3,956.2 3,705.4 329,683.8 308,783.5 461,195 509,017 Ohio .............: 9,073.6 9,364.9 756,133.2 780,408.3 488,317 762,538 Oklahoma .........: 691.8 697.1 57,649.9 58,091.6 80,090 92,177 Oregon ...........: 744.6 732.4 62,049.9 61,033.8 50,436 85,136 Pennsylvania .....: 8,335.1 8,423.1 694,591.5 701,924.5 481,899 673,940 South Carolina ...: 1,068.3 1,156.2 89,025.3 96,350.1 92,746 118,383 South Dakota .....: 784.3 797.9 65,358.2 66,492.0 40,556 63,795 Tennessee ........: 376.6 388.8 31,383.5 32,399.6 68,552 70,558 Texas ............: 5,820.3 6,108.5 485,025.1 509,041.5 395,521 546,249 Utah .............: 1,512.9 1,403.4 126,075.1 116,949.8 102,395 163,332 : Vermont ..........: 46.1 61.7 3,842.3 5,141.4 2,787 5,218 Virginia .........: 716.0 716.7 59,666.9 59,725.1 91,300 100,668 Washington .......: 2,103.7 2,102.1 175,308.4 175,175.0 141,321 240,515 West Virginia ....: 274.7 295.9 22,891.2 24,658.5 50,249 54,681 Wisconsin ........: 1,859.6 2,077.8 154,966.3 173,149.5 108,577 176,103 : Other States 1/ ..: 4,980.8 5,455.9 415,065.9 454,660.2 301,561 514,040 : United States ....:106,551.8 109,192.1 8,879,320.1 9,099,344.6 7,597,091 10,586,262 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Alaska, Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Maine, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, Rhode Island, and Wyoming combined to avoid disclosing 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. 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