Broilers (chickens under 13 weeks old) constitute virtually
all commercial chicken production.
Production and trade
- Retail equivalent value of U.S. broiler industry:
2002: $38 billion (revised)
2003: $39 billion (revised)
- Farm cash receipts, broiler production:
2002: $13.4 billion
2003: $15.2 billion
- U.S. broiler production:
2002: 32.2 billion pounds (federally
inspected)
2003: 32.7 billion pounds
(federally inspected)
- U.S. broiler exports:
2002: 4.8 billion pounds,
valued at $1.4 billion
2003: 4.9 billion pounds,
valued at $1.5 billion
- U.S. broiler exports as percent of production:
2002: 15 percent
2003: 15 percent
- U.S. broiler imports/exports by country—annual
and year-to-date, and monthly
- State broiler production, 2003:
U.S. total—8.5 billion birds
Top five: GA—1.3 billion
(15 percent)
AR—1.2 billion
(14 percent)
AL—1.0
billion (12 percent)
MS—790
million (9 percent)
NC—708
million (8 percent)
TX—601 million (7 percent)
DE—251 million (3 percent)
MD—292 million (3 percent)
U.S. broiler prices
- Retail price for broiler products:
2003 average: $1.623 per pound
2004 average: $1.640 per pound (January
to June)
- Wholesale price for broiler products:
2003 average: 65.74 cents per pound
2004 average: 83.01 cents per pound
(January to June)
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Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry
Outlook
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World
Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates
Poultry—Production
and Value
(includes state breakdown of poultry sectors)
USDA
facts on avian influenza situation
Information
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