United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service ISSN: 1949- 1573 Poultry - Production and Value 2017 Summary April 2018 Contents Summary..................................................................................... 5 Broiler Production and Value - States and United States Total: 2016......................... 6 Broiler Production and Value - States and United States Total: 2017......................... 7 Turkey Production and Value - States and United States: 2016................................ 8 Turkey Production and Value - States and United States: 2017................................ 9 Chickens Lost, Sold for Slaughter, Pounds Sold, and Value - States and United States: 2016.. 10 Chickens Lost, Sold for Slaughter, Pounds Sold, and Value - States and United States: 2017.. 11 All Eggs Production and Value - States and United States: 2016 and 2017..................... 12 Statistical Methodology..................................................................... 13 Information Contacts........................................................................ 13 This page intentionally left blank Summary 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 2017 was $42.7 billion, up 10 percent from $38.7 billion in 2016. Of the combined total, 71 percent was from broilers, 18 percent from eggs, 11 percent from turkeys, and less than 1 percent from chickens. The value of broilers produced during 2017 was $30.2 billion, up 17 percent from 2016. The total number of broilers produced in 2017 was 8.91 billion, up 2 percent from 2016. The total amount of live weight broilers produced in 2017 was 55.6 billion pounds, up 2 percent from 2016. The value of turkeys produced during 2017 was $4.84 billion, down 22 percent from the $6.18 billion the previous year. The total number of turkeys raised in 2017 was 243 million, down 1 percent from 2016. Turkey production in 2017 totaled 7.49 billion pounds, up slightly from the 7.49 billion pounds produced in 2016. The value of sales from chickens (excluding broilers) in 2017 was $46.7 million, down 47 percent from $87.4 million a year ago. The number of chickens sold in 2017 totaled 188 million, down 10 percent from the total sold during the previous year. Value of all egg production in 2017 was $7.55 billion, up 16 percent from $6.51 billion in 2016. Egg production totaled 106 billion eggs, up 4 percent from 102 billion eggs produced in 2016. Poultry Value of Production - United States: 2016 and 2017 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Year :Broilers 1/: Turkeys :Chickens 2/: Eggs : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 dollars : 2016 ...............:25,935,852 6,184,247 87,423 6,514,074 38,721,596 2017 ...............:30,229,700 4,841,545 46,674 7,551,021 42,668,940 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Excludes States which produced less than 500,000 broilers. 2/ Value of sales. Broiler Production and Value - States and United States Total: 2016 [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 ....................: 1,070,100 5,992,600 2,864,463 Arkansas ...................: 1,009,400 6,561,100 3,136,206 Delaware ...................: 252,500 1,843,300 881,097 Florida ....................: 63,200 366,600 175,235 Georgia ....................: 1,367,100 8,065,900 3,855,500 Kentucky ...................: 300,300 1,831,800 875,600 Maryland ...................: 303,500 1,851,400 884,969 Minnesota ..................: 48,400 295,200 141,106 Mississippi ................: 739,400 4,658,200 2,226,620 Missouri ...................: 293,000 1,435,700 686,265 : North Carolina .............: 818,700 6,467,700 3,091,561 Ohio .......................: 88,000 475,200 227,146 Oklahoma ...................: 209,700 1,363,100 651,562 Pennsylvania ...............: 185,700 1,039,900 497,072 South Carolina .............: 244,700 1,810,800 865,562 Tennessee ..................: 175,200 928,600 443,871 Texas ......................: 629,500 3,840,000 1,835,520 Virginia ...................: 269,100 1,533,900 733,204 West Virginia ..............: 90,300 352,200 168,352 Wisconsin ..................: 54,100 227,200 108,602 : Other States 1/ ............: 564,800 3,318,700 1,586,339 : United States ..............: 8,776,700 54,259,100 25,935,852 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: 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/ ............: 572,900 3,420,400 1,860,699 : United States ..............: 8,913,000 55,569,300 30,229,700 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: 2016 [Based on turkeys placed September 1, 2015, through August 31, 2016] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Number : Pounds : Value of : raised : produced : production ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head 1,000 pounds 1,000 dollars : Arkansas ...................: 26,000 525,200 433,815 California .................: 11,400 323,760 267,426 Indiana ....................: 19,500 758,550 626,562 Iowa .......................: 11,700 460,980 380,769 Michigan ...................: 5,400 216,540 178,862 Minnesota ..................: 44,500 1,103,600 911,574 Missouri ...................: 19,200 625,920 517,010 North Carolina .............: 33,500 1,202,650 993,389 Ohio .......................: 5,800 236,640 195,465 Pennsylvania ...............: 7,300 189,800 156,775 : South Dakota ...............: 4,200 180,180 148,829 Utah .......................: 4,700 121,730 100,549 Virginia ...................: 17,200 467,840 386,436 West Virginia ..............: 3,700 111,000 91,686 : Other States 1/ ............: 29,900 962,588 795,100 : United States ..............: 244,000 7,486,978 6,184,247 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Includes State estimates not shown and States withheld to avoid disclosing data for 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 ...................: 26,500 527,350 340,668 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 ...................: 18,800 624,160 403,207 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 ..............: 242,500 7,494,651 4,841,545 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: 2016 [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 ..............: 2,891.0 11,430.5 88,586.4 11,959.2 Arkansas .............: 3,849.1 16,425.5 120,234.7 15,510.3 California ...........: 4,361.3 5,606.4 19,454.2 214.0 Colorado .............: 1,907.0 2,369.0 10,992.2 747.5 Florida ..............: 6,416.6 424.9 3,144.3 408.8 Georgia ..............: 6,084.4 17,221.7 114,352.1 13,493.5 Illinois .............: 1,414.8 3,356.4 11,948.8 215.1 Indiana ..............: 11,589.8 15,668.4 53,429.2 374.0 Iowa .................: 17,710.6 8,507.0 28,583.5 142.9 Kentucky .............: 955.0 4,956.6 28,450.9 2,845.1 : Louisiana ............: 324.2 1,885.3 11,971.7 1,352.8 Maryland .............: 255.9 1,571.5 5,688.8 113.8 Massachusetts ........: 9.3 107.8 357.9 (Z) Michigan .............: 1,045.9 10,234.7 33,876.9 33.9 Minnesota ............: 2,228.3 4,872.9 17,688.6 371.5 Mississippi ..........: 1,460.3 6,145.4 44,922.9 5,750.1 Missouri .............: 1,432.4 8,183.4 37,889.1 2,576.5 Montana ..............: 296.6 51.6 170.8 (Z) Nebraska .............: 889.0 3,706.3 12,342.0 12.3 New York .............: 837.7 3,899.3 13,023.7 26.0 : North Carolina .......: 3,946.2 15,106.5 104,083.8 12,698.2 Ohio .................: 12,337.0 12,061.9 41,492.9 373.4 Oklahoma .............: 677.8 2,637.1 19,910.1 2,648.0 Oregon ...............: 1,352.6 568.8 1,871.4 1.9 Pennsylvania .........: 2,678.8 10,387.0 38,328.0 919.9 South Carolina .......: 1,226.6 4,126.6 21,705.9 1,910.1 South Dakota .........: 924.4 176.0 580.8 0.6 Tennessee ............: 363.3 2,199.4 17,287.3 2,351.1 Texas ................: 3,347.0 14,467.9 72,194.8 5,703.4 Utah .................: 949.9 3,002.9 9,939.6 9.9 : Vermont ..............: 10.5 87.7 338.5 11.8 Virginia .............: 1,140.0 2,244.9 17,151.0 2,281.1 Washington ...........: 5,527.8 321.1 1,066.1 2.1 West Virginia ........: 298.3 1,645.7 13,182.1 1,832.3 Wisconsin ............: 1,096.6 2,771.6 10,642.9 351.2 : Other States 2/ ......: 4,471.4 8,986.6 30,465.6 179.7 : United States ........: 106,307.4 207,416.3 1,057,349.5 87,422.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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: 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 .............: 3,459.4 16,212.6 121,594.5 8,633.2 California ...........: 5,975.7 3,012.6 11,056.2 132.7 Colorado .............: 2,305.5 1,544.4 7,845.6 345.2 Florida ..............: 5,375.3 380.5 2,891.8 214.0 Georgia ..............: 5,962.2 15,057.3 105,250.5 7,051.8 Illinois .............: 1,197.6 1,850.6 7,087.8 113.4 Indiana ..............: 13,929.7 10,536.6 36,878.1 221.3 Iowa .................: 27,429.4 6,288.4 21,757.9 108.8 Kentucky .............: 965.4 4,414.8 25,826.6 1,420.5 : Louisiana ............: 314.7 1,874.6 11,941.2 728.4 Maryland .............: 277.4 1,497.9 5,527.3 66.3 Massachusetts ........: 9.2 75.4 254.1 (Z) Michigan .............: 1,069.2 9,751.6 32,960.4 33.0 Minnesota ............: 3,941.0 4,101.5 15,872.8 254.0 Mississippi ..........: 1,399.6 5,524.6 40,550.6 2,798.0 Missouri .............: 3,143.1 8,568.0 41,040.7 1,600.6 Montana ..............: 322.7 52.4 176.6 (Z) Nebraska .............: 792.0 5,815.2 19,888.0 59.7 New York .............: 504.1 3,871.9 13,087.0 13.1 : North Carolina .......: 4,039.8 14,957.6 103,207.4 6,811.7 Ohio .................: 10,650.6 12,209.0 43,952.4 395.6 Oklahoma .............: 726.4 2,562.8 20,118.0 1,488.7 Oregon ...............: 1,621.4 14.1 47.5 (Z) Pennsylvania .........: 2,753.0 11,048.4 41,100.0 534.3 South Carolina .......: 1,961.3 1,915.2 12,602.0 806.5 South Dakota .........: 908.1 1,075.2 3,623.4 3.6 Tennessee ............: 519.7 1,793.8 14,045.5 1,039.4 Texas ................: 4,138.9 14,300.0 69,927.0 2,797.1 Utah .................: 1,598.0 2,647.5 8,922.1 8.9 : Vermont ..............: 18.1 107.9 414.3 7.0 Virginia .............: 1,519.7 2,116.9 17,041.0 1,278.1 Washington ...........: 4,852.1 33.3 112.2 (Z) West Virginia ........: 285.9 1,669.7 13,090.4 968.7 Wisconsin ............: 1,045.4 2,462.2 9,528.7 162.0 : Other States 2/ ......: 8,103.3 7,312.0 25,292.4 105.5 : United States ........: 126,310.8 187,658.6 991,978.7 46,674.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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: 2016 and 2017 [Annual estimates cover the period December 1 previous year through November 30. Includes hatching and market (table) eggs] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Eggs produced : Value of production State :------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2016 : 2017 : 2016 : 2017 : 2016 : 2017 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--- million eggs --- --- 1,000 dozen eggs --- ---- 1,000 dollars --- : Alabama ..........: 2,110.7 2,072.3 175,891.8 172,691.8 367,961 349,437 Arkansas .........: 3,411.4 3,376.9 284,283.5 281,408.6 485,411 479,956 California .......: 3,473.5 3,758.5 289,458.4 313,208.3 210,160 267,581 Colorado .........: 1,364.0 1,394.1 113,666.6 116,175.0 67,929 76,212 Florida ..........: 2,364.1 2,095.1 197,008.6 174,591.7 110,028 112,171 Georgia ..........: 5,054.5 4,964.1 421,208.9 413,675.4 597,102 578,298 Illinois .........: 1,534.7 1,478.1 127,892.0 123,175.2 72,534 85,996 Indiana ..........: 8,910.4 9,581.6 742,533.3 798,467.1 403,938 528,743 Iowa .............: 13,603.7 15,953.1 1,133,641.8 1,329,425.3 555,174 858,359 Kentucky .........: 1,304.1 1,289.3 108,675.2 107,441.8 118,592 118,459 : Louisiana ........: 541.0 480.2 45,083.4 40,017.2 53,193 53,041 Maryland .........: 795.9 833.7 66,325.2 69,475.3 31,449 44,046 Massachusetts ....: 40.6 40.2 3,383.8 3,350.2 1,425 2,023 Michigan .........: 3,963.9 4,224.7 330,325.0 352,058.8 163,234 220,346 Minnesota ........: 2,813.9 3,103.1 234,491.8 258,592.0 126,454 173,204 Mississippi ......: 1,391.9 1,392.6 115,991.3 116,050.2 221,704 211,033 Missouri .........: 3,208.9 3,057.0 267,408.3 254,750.1 189,889 201,090 Montana ..........: 135.9 153.8 11,325.3 12,816.7 7,870 11,192 Nebraska .........: 2,570.2 2,489.2 214,183.6 207,433.3 99,773 130,922 New York .........: 1,673.8 1,694.1 139,483.2 141,175.0 63,470 89,145 : North Carolina ...: 3,731.4 3,935.3 310,950.2 327,941.9 444,441 460,106 Ohio .............: 9,546.0 8,903.8 795,500.0 741,983.1 411,781 479,638 Oklahoma .........: 691.8 666.5 57,649.7 55,541.6 79,048 78,838 Oregon ...........: 732.0 743.9 61,000.0 61,991.6 42,447 50,366 Pennsylvania .....: 8,201.2 8,212.8 683,433.1 684,399.7 364,362 475,528 South Carolina ...: 1,141.7 1,067.9 95,141.7 88,991.9 95,367 92,710 South Dakota .....: 594.2 785.4 49,516.8 65,449.9 22,482 40,673 Tennessee ........: 394.5 374.6 32,875.1 31,216.8 76,518 68,391 Texas ............: 5,571.8 5,760.5 464,316.6 480,041.6 361,309 392,538 Utah .............: 1,271.4 1,512.7 105,950.1 126,058.4 73,238 102,375 : Vermont ..........: 38.4 43.9 3,200.7 3,659.1 1,829 2,628 Virginia .........: 782.3 691.4 65,191.6 57,616.7 96,909 89,995 Washington .......: 2,006.5 2,103.7 167,208.2 175,308.4 117,086 141,321 West Virginia ....: 287.1 273.1 23,924.1 22,757.8 55,890 50,120 Wisconsin ........: 1,618.8 1,759.4 134,899.7 146,616.5 79,083 103,278 : Other States 1/ ..: 5,235.3 5,422.1 436,275.0 451,841.2 244,994 331,262 : United States ....:102,111.5 105,688.7 8,509,293.6 8,807,395.2 6,514,074 7,551,021 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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@nass.usda.gov Travis Averill, Chief, Livestock Branch ................................................... (202) 720-3570 Bruce Boess, Head, Poultry and Specialty Commodities Section .............................. (202) 720-4447 Holly Brenize - Mink, Poultry Slaughter................................................. (202) 720-0585 Aaron Cosgrove - Catfish Production, Egg Products, Trout Production, Turkey Hatchery, Turkeys Raised .................................................................... (202) 690-3237 Alissa Cowell-Mytar - Cold Storage, Capacity of Refrigerated Warehouses ................ (202) 720-4751 Fatema Haque - Broiler Hatchery, Chicken Hatchery ...................................... 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