Broiler Exports
(billions of pounds)-
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Source: USDA/Economic
Research Service
Top 5 Export Markets for U.S. Turkey Meat,
2015 (tons)- Rollover graph bars for exact numbers.
Source: USDA/Economic Research Service
Top 5 Export Markets for U.S. Chicken Meat, 2015 (1,000 pounds)- Rollover graph bars for exact numbers.
Source: USDA/Economic Research Service
SLAUGHTER
Young Meat
Chickens Slaughtered in 2015
State
Number
Total Live Weight
Average Weight
1,000 head
1,000 pounds
Pounds
Georgia
1,268,345
7,432,381
5.9
Alabama
1,039,857
5,901,039
5.7
Arkansas
889,707
5,744,019
6.5
North Carolina
773,429
6,051,518
7.8
Mississippi
710,263
4,479,489
6.3
Texas
609,601
3,756,688
6.2
Missouri
437,458
2,120,405
4.8
Delaware
347,109
2,517,558
7.3
Virginia
334,821
1,872,917
5.6
Kentucky
299,398
1,748,685
5.8
Tennessee
299,027
1,578,737
5.3
South Carolina
290,541
2,108,127
7.3
California
261,072
1,586,857
6.1
Louisiana
197,710
1,182,314
6
Maryland
157,111
896,557
5.7
Oklahoma
134,823
888,887
6.6
West Virginia
113,637
436,612
3.8
Pennsylvania
111,294
619,003
5.6
Ohio
80,365
450,675
5.6
Florida
66,515
388,360
5.8
Indiana
62,052
278,067
4.5
Wisconsin
51,553
217,164
4.2
Minnesota
50,626
305,285
6
Washington
46,240
306,930
6.2
New York
24,155
121,870
5
New Jersey
1,237
6,271
5.1
United States
8,688,465
53,168,160
6.12
Source: USDA NASS, Poultry Slaughter 2015 Summary
PRODUCTION
Poultry Production
and Value 2015 Summary
The total value of productionfrom broilers, eggs, turkeys, and the value of sales from chickens in 2015 was $48.0 billion, down 1 percent from $48.4 billion in 2014. Of the combined total, 60 percent was from broilers, 28 percent from eggs, 12 percent from turkeys, and less than 1 percent from chickens.
The value of broilers producedduring 2015 was $28.7 billion, down 12 percent from 2014. The total number of broilers produced in 2015 was 8.69 billion, up 2 percent from 2014. The total amount of live weight broilers produced in 2015 was 53.4 billion pounds, up 4 percent from 2014.
The value of turkeys producedduring 2015 was $5.71 billion, up 8 percent from the $5.30 billion the previous year. The total number of turkeys raised in 2015 was 233 million, down 2 percent from 2014. Turkey production in 2015 totaled 7.04 billion pounds, down 2 percent from the 7.22 billion pounds produced in 2014.
The value of sales from chickens(excluding broilers) in 2015 was $101 million, up 5 percent from $96.2 million a year ago. The number of chickens sold in 2015 totaled 194 million, up 2 percent from the total sold during the previous year.
Value of all egg productionin 2015 was $13.5 billion, up 32 percent from $10.3 billion in 2014. Egg production totaled 96.4 billion eggs, down 4 percent from 101 billion eggs produced in 2014.
Source: USDA/NASS
Broiler Production and Value - States, United States, and 19 State Total: 2015 [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 Produced
Pounds Produced
Value of production
1,000 head
1,000 pounds
1.000 dollars
Alabama
1,061,500
6,050,600
3,845,232
Arkansas
970,100
6,014,600
3,831,300
Delaware
244,100
1,733,100
1,103,985
Florida
66,700
386,900
246,455
Georgia
1,324,200
7,547,900
4,808,012
Kentucky
308,000
1,724,800
1,098,698
Maryland
287,900
1,554,700
990,344
Minnesota
46,800
280,800
178,870
Mississippi
727,200
4,508,600
2,871,978
Missouri
288,500
1,384,800
882,118
North Carolina
795,200
6,043,500
3,849,710
Ohio
75,600
430,900
274,483
Oklahoma
205,800
1,337,700
852,115
Pennsylvania
181,300
997,200
635,216
South Carolina
232,500
1,650,800
1,051,560
Tennessee
180,600
939,100
598,207
Texas
591,800
3,550,800
2,261,860
Virginia
262,000
1,441,000
917,917
West Virginia
95,300
371,700
236,773
Wisconsin
53,400
224,300
142,879
Other States 1
546,500
3,204,900
2,041,522
United Sates
8,544,000
51,378,700
32,728,234
1 California, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Michigan, Nebraska, New York, Oregon, and Washington combined to avoid disclosing individual operations.
According to the latest Census of Agriculture (2012) there are 1,065 organic layer farms in the United States that house 9,602,676 laying hens. Wisconsin, California and Iowa are the three states with the most organic layer farms. There are 267 broiler farms in the United States producing organic broilers and there were 43,238,650 broiler chickens sold as organic according to the 2012 Agriculture Census. Wisconsin, New York and Maine have the most organic broiler production.
Organic turkey production in the United States is practiced on 132 farms. Maine, Washington and Wisconsin being the top three producing states.
Source: USDA - NASS
PRODUCTION: EGGS
Top 10 Egg Producing
Companies (As of 2015)-
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Companies involved in the production and processing of poultry provide 1,814,200 jobs that pay $100.2 billion in wages to families throughout the country, generate over $469.6 billion in annual economic impact, and about $32.9 billion in taxes. The poultry industry in the United States employs as many as 374,063 people across the country and generates an additional 1,440,180 jobs in supplier and ancillary industries. These include jobs in companies supplying goods and services to the industry. These are good jobs paying an average of $55,200 in wages and benefits. And today, every job is important. In fact, in the United States the unemployment rate has reached 5.47 percent. This means that there are 8.6 million people trying to find jobs across the country.
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